[Event "Bratislava"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boros"]
[Black "Kralovic, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "Bratislava Newspaper"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Bb5 dxe4 5. Nxe5 Qd5 6. Qa4 Nge7 7. Nc4 {The
Ponziani opening today has disappeared from tournament play because White's
3rd move is in actuality a waste of time.} a6 8. Bxc6+ Nxc6 9. Ne3 {defending
against b7-b5, but now the Black Queen permanently cripples the White
queenside.} Qd3 10. Rf1 Bd6 11. Qc4 O-O 12. Qxd3 exd3 13. f4 {Even an exchange
of queens hasn't improved White's situtation. Since Black cannot play Bxh2, 13.
f4 and is an unnecessary weakening of the kingside.} Re8 14. h3 Re4 15. f5 Bf4
16. g4 h5 17. Kf2 hxg4 18. hxg4 Ne5 ({Although Black could win a pawn with} 
18... Bxe3+ 19. dxe3 Rxg4 {he doesn't want to aid White in his queenside
development.}) 19. Rg1 b5 20. b3 Bb7 21. a4 Re8 {mobilizing the forces against
White's king.} 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra7 Bc6 24. Ra6 Ba8 25. Na3 Nxg4+ $1 {the
decisive combination. Since White would be faced with the loss of another pawn
after a king move, he must capture the Knight.} 26. Rxg4 {the only way to
capture} (26. Nxg4 $4 Re2+ 27. Kf1 Re1+ 28. Kf2 R8e2#) 26... Bxe3+ 27. Kg3 Bf2+
{Black will walk the White king to h5, where a mating net will be constructed.}
28. Kf3 Re2+ 29. Kf4 R8e4+ 30. Kg5 f6+ 31. Kh5 Bd5 {The threat is 32. ... Bf7+
33. Rg6 and Rh4#} 32. Re6 Rxe6 {Black declines the exchange sacrifice, and
keeps his important light-bound bishop.} 33. fxe6 Bf3 34. Nxb5 Re5+ {and White
resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Wch FIDE KO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 {The main strategic feature of the Semi-Tarrasch is
a struggle between initiative and structure. White contends with an isolated
queen pawn, but in turn has excellent chances in the middlegame to work up
threats against Black's king and in the center with the breakthrough d5.
Staticstics in my own large database show a White score of nearly 65% in this
variation, so Black's defensive task is certainly not a trivial one.} Bf6 (
10... Nf6 {is an alternative that contains a diabolical trap. After} 11. a3 (
11. Bg5 {is also popular and leads to interesting positions.} {Now Beliavsky's
immediate} h6 {may be viable, although generally speaking the move ...h6 is
risky for Black because he no longer has the convenient ...g6 if White now
goes for the thematic battery on the b1-h7 diagonal with a3 followed by Bc2
and Qd3.}) 11... b6 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qd3 Rc8 $2 {the game Smyslov-Karpov,
Leningrad SU ch 1971, continued} 14. Bg5 ({but readers are well advised to
remember Karpov's claim that} 14. d5 $1 {is already decisive! In fact, White's
position quickly becomes very threatening when the breakthrough d5 is executed
at the right time, and therefore Black players are obligated to keep the
isolated pawn under tight surveillance at all times...}) 14... g6 15. Rad1 Nd5
16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ba4 a6 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qe3 Bf6 20. b3 Qh5 21. d5 Nd8 22. d6
Rc5 23. d7 Re7 24. Qf4 Bg7 25. Qb8 Qxh6 26. Qxd8+ Bf8 27. Re3 Bc6 28. Qxf8+
Qxf8 29. d8=Q {1-0 Smyslov-Karpov, Leningrad SU ch 1971}) 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qd3
h6 ({Black's most popular method of shoring up his kingside goes} 12... g6 13.
Bh6 Bg7 {when one of the many games in my database went} 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd2
Qd6 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. h4 Bc6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Ng4 Nf5 21. h5 f6
22. h6+ Kf7 23. Ne3 Bc6 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Qe2 Rg8 26. Qh5+ Kf8 27. d5 Rg5 28.
Qe2 exd5 29. Nb5 Qb4 30. Nc7 Rd6 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. g3 Qf4 33. Rd3 Bd7 34. Qd8+
Kf7 35. Re7+ Kg6 36. Qg8+ Kh5 37. Qf7+ {1-0 Damljanovic-Torre, Elista ol 1998})
13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Nf5 15. Be3 a5 16. Rac1 ({We are still following main
stream theory, although here the alternative} 16. Rad1 {is somewhat more
popular than the text.} {Black players now usually exchange White's dark
squared bishop with} Nxe3 {and that seems to more or less level the position
for the second player after} 17. fxe3 ({even less ambitious looks} 17. Qxe3 Qb6
18. Bc2 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 b5 21. Be4 Rb8 22. Rc3 Bb7 {
Schekachev-Galkin, Krasnodar op 1996}) 17... Ra6 18. Rc1 Rd6 19. Qc5 b6 20. Qb5
Bd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Rc6 Rd6 23. Rec1 Rxc6 24. Qxc6 ({here} 24. Rxc6 $2 {does
not win the b/pawn because Black has} Bxd4 $1) 24... e5 25. d5 Be7 26. Qc3 Bc5
{and Black had equalized in Malaniuk-Adams, Hastings Masters 1995}) 16... a4 ({
Again the exchange} 16... Nxe3 {is one of Black's thematic alternatives.}) 17.
Red1 Qa5 $6 ({Safer than the text looks} 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qb6 {from the
game Topalov-Karpov, Linares 1995, which continued} 19. Ng4 Bg5 20. f4 Be7 21.
Bb1 Bd7 22. Qg3 {which is now level except for Black's mistake} f5 $2 {allowing
} 23. Nxh6+ Kh7 (23... Kh8 24. Qh3 $1) 24. Ng4 {with a winning position for
White. Later on, however, Topalov actually managed to lose?!}) 18. Qxa5 Rxa5
19. Bxf5 Bxe5 ({White's d/pawn becomes a force after} 19... exf5 20. Nc4) 20.
Be4 Bd6 {White's pieces are more active, but since Shipov has covered all of
the possible entry squares along the c/file there appears to be little
Alexandre can do to press his opponent further. After what must have been a
frustrating and futile search for a way to make progress, Alexandre decides to
liquidate his isolated pawn.} 21. d5 exd5 22. Bxd5 Be5 23. b4 axb3 24. axb3 {
The position is now completely level.} Be6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. g3 Bf6 27. Rc5
Rxc5 28. Bxc5 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Kg2 h5 31. Kf3 Kf7 32. Ke4 g6 33. h3 Bc7
34. Bd4 Bd6 35. Be5 Bb4 36. f3 Ke7 37. g4 Be1 38. Kd4 Bf2+ 39. Kc4 Kd7 40. Kb5
Be3 41. Bg3 Bd2 42. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Wch FIDE KO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shipov, Sergey"]
[Black "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. d4 {Shulman Rustemov} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6
7. e4 {Geller's pawn sacrifice had been virtually forgotten at the top level
until it was revived in 1997 by Yury Shulman in an opening survey in NIC YB/45.
} b5 ({Here} 7... cxd4 8. e5 {gave White a clear advantage after} Nfd7 9. Qxd4
Nc6 10. Qf4 $1 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Nc3 Nc5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Bc2 f5 $6 15. Be3 Be7
16. Bxc5 Bxc5 17. Bb3 $16 Bc8 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Nd5 $3 exd5 20. Bxd5 Rb8 21.
Bxc6+ Qxc6 22. e6 $1 $18 Bxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qb6+ 24. Kg3 O-O 25. Rd6 Qa7 26. Ne5
$18 Qb7 27. Nc6 Ra8 28. e7 Re8 29. Qe5 Kh8 30. Qd5 Qb6 31. Qe5 Qc7 32. Rd8
Qxe5+ 33. Nxe5 Be6 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Rd1 {when Black resigned in the game 1-0
Rustemov-Mirzoev, Koszalin MK Cafe 1997}) ({ECO claims equality for the second
player after} 7... Nxe4 8. d5 ({Quite promising looks} 8. Qe2 $5 Nf6 {when
White worked up a brilliant attack after} 9. d5 b5 10. dxe6 bxc4 11. Rd1 Qb6
12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. Ng5+ $1 Kg6 14. Rd5 $1 Nxd5 15. Qe8+ Kf5 16. g4+ Kxg4 17.
Qxc8+ Kh5 18. Qe8+ g6 19. Qe2+ Kh6 20. Qe5 $1 {in the game 1-0
Trofimov-Metliahin, Kolontaevo 1994}) 8... Be7 {which was confirmed by} 9. dxe6
Bxe6 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Ng5 ({However, the
intensification} 13. Rxe6+ $5 {eventually led to endgame difficulties for
Black in the game Aleksandrov-Sadler, Koge op 1997, viz.} Be7 14. Nc3 Nc6 15.
Bf4 O-O 16. Rae1 Rfe8 17. Ne5 Nd8 $6 18. Rb6 Bf8 19. Kf1 $14 Re6 20. Nc4 Rxe1+
21. Kxe1 Rc8 22. a4 $1 $16 Kf7 23. Bg5 Be7 24. f4 Kf8 25. f5 Rc6 26. Rb3 Nd5 $6
27. Nxd5 Bxg5 28. Kf2 Bf6 29. g4 $16 Bd4+ 30. Kg3 g6 31. h4 gxf5 32. gxf5 Rh6
33. Kg4 Bf2 34. h5 Bd4 35. a5 Rc6 36. Rb6 $6 Rxb6 37. axb6 Nf7 38. Kf4 Ke8 39.
Nc7+ Kd7 40. Ne6 Kc6 41. Nxd4+ cxd4 42. Ke4 Kc5 43. b3 h6 44. f6 Ng5+ 45. Kf5
d3 46. Kg6 Kd4 47. Kxh6 Ne6 48. Nd2 Kc3 49. Ne4+ Kd4 50. Nf2 Ke5 $1 51. Kg6 $6
Nf4+ 52. Kf7 Nxh5 53. Nxd3+ Kd4 54. Nc1 Kc5 55. Ke6 Nxf6 56. Kxf6 Kxb6 57. Ke5
Kb5 58. Na2 Kc5 59. Ke4 a5 60. Kd3 b5 61. Kc2 b4 $1 {1/2-1/2
Aleksandrov-Sadler, Koge op 1997}) 13... O-O 14. Nxe6 Re8 15. Nc3 Nbd7 $11 16.
Bf4 Ba5 {with a draw declared in the game 1/2-1/2 Neikirkh-Clarke, Leipzig ol
1960}) 8. Bd3 cxd4 ({The dubious reputation of Geller's sacrifice is primarily
due to the game Kasparov-Gulko, Kislovodsk 1982, where Black had an advantage
right from the opening and forced the future World Champion's resignation in
only 23 moves after} 8... Bb7 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 $5 ({The approach} 10. a4 $5
bxa4 11. Rxa4 Be7 12. Rxd4 {proved far more testing for Black after} Nfd7 13.
Qb3 Qb6 14. Qc3 f6 $6 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Rc1 (16. Bc4 $1 O-O $5 17. b4 Bxb4 18.
Qb3 $1 Nc5 19. Bxe6+ Qxe6 20. Qxb4 Rc8 21. Rfd1 $16) 16... O-O 17. Bc4 $5 (17.
Rxd7 $5) 17... Kh8 $1 18. Rdd1 Bxe4 19. Nbd2 Bxe3 $5 20. Qxe3 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Qxe3
22. fxe3 exd5 23. Nb1 $11 (23. Rc7 $5 Nb6 24. e4 Re8 25. Rb7 N8d7 26. exd5 $14)
23... Nb6 24. Nc3 Ra7 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Rb7 27. Rc2 Nd7 28. Nd4 Re8 29.
Rd6 h6 30. Kf2 Ne5 31. h3 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Nd3+ 33. Kf3 Nxb2 34. Rxa6 Nc4 35. Nf5
Ne5+ 36. Kf2 Rd8 37. Ra7 Rd7 {with a draw in 1/2-1/2 Shulman-Sherbakov,
Kakhovka 1997}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nc3 Ne5 $1 12. Ncxb5 $6 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 axb5 14.
Rfd1 Be7 $1 15. Qxb5+ Qd7 16. Qb3 Bxe4 17. Nf5 Bd5 18. Nxg7+ Kf8 19. Qh3 h5 $1
20. Qg3 Kxg7 21. Bxf6+ Kxf6 22. Rd4 Bd6 23. Qc3 Kg6 {0-1 Kasparov-Gulko,
Kislovodsk 1982}) ({Black's third option} 8... Nbd7 {arises mostly from Meran
move orders.}) 9. a4 b4 ({In a must win situation, Alexandre is quite
naturally not interested in the kind of quick draw the players settled for
after} 9... bxa4 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qxa4+ Nd7 14. Qxd4
O-O 15. Nbd2 Rb8 16. Bxa6 {in the game 1/2-1/2 Zakharevich-Sherbakov, Novgorod
SU Cup 1997}) 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Nb3 Nc5 ({Black keeps delaying the
development of his queen's bishop with} 12... Bb7 {when something like} 13.
Nbxd4 Be7 {also roughly holds a dynamic balance.} ({or} 13... Nc5)) 13. Nxc5 ({
I can imagine that the prospect of emerging from the opening with the bishop
pair after} 13. Nbxd4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 {rather appealed to Alexandre.}) 13... Bxc5
14. Ng5 Be7 15. Qg4 $5 {I have played this variation myself successfully in
several correspondence games, and can attest to the strength of White's queen
excursion. Shipov is far less concerned with retrieving his pawn than keeping
pressure on Alexandre's position. Black has increasingly difficult problems to
solve as long as his monarch cannot safely hide on the kingside...} g6 16. h4
Qc7 17. Re1 Bf8 {An interesting regrouping. Alexandre wants to shore up the
defense of his kingside dark squares with the belated fianchetto of his bishop,
which also bears pressure on White's pawn/e5.} ({Mind you, continuing his
queenside development with the less original} 17... Bb7 {certainly also makes
sense.}) 18. Bd2 Bg7 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. h5 ({Once again Shipov stays the course
by making an active move to increase the pressure instead of recovering his
material with} 20. Qxd4 {The position remains dynamic in any case, and with a
fair share of the chances on Black's side.}) 20... Bb7 21. Ne4 {The drawback
to Black's bishop maneuver is revealed. White's knight is en route to the
neglected square/c5.} O-O 22. Nc5 Qc6 23. Ne4 $6 ({Quite strong to me looks} 
23. a5 $1 {when White's pressure easily compensates for his opponent's
temporary material advantage.}) 23... Qxa4 $1 {The punctuation is for Black's
courage!} ({Since Shipov wins the match on the repetition} 23... Qd7 24. Nc5 {
etc, Alexandre has no choice but to grab another pawn to keep his chances
alive.}) 24. Ng5 Qd7 {Alexandre's queen returns just in time to prevent any
tactical shenanigans on his kingside.} 25. Nxh7 $2 {This sacrifice is based on
a miscalculation. It turns out that Shipov has asked for too much from his
position after Alexandre's courageous 23...Qxa4!} ({White's attack amounts to
nothing after} 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Qh4 Rfc8) ({while} 25. Qxd4 {now also looks
insufficient given that Black still remains with an extra pawn.}) 25... Kxh7
26. hxg6+ Kg8 ({Of course not the awful} 26... fxg6 $2 27. Qxg6+ Kg8 28. Qh7+
Kf7 29. Bg6+ {and an easy forced mate.}) 27. Qh5 fxg6 28. Bxg6 Rfc8 $2 {A
fatal mistake at the critical moment.} ({Virtually impossible to see five
moves earlier, the surprising} 28... Rf4 $1 {appears to be Black's only
defensive resource.} {However, after} 29. g3 (29. Qh2 Rf7 30. Re4 Ne7 31. Qh7+
Kf8 32. Bxf7 Bxe4 33. Qxe4 Rb8 34. Bh5 {is another difficult sequence, but
also finds White with a large advantage at the end.}) 29... Rf7 30. Qh7+ (30.
Re4 $5) 30... Kf8 31. Bh6 Bxh6 32. Qxh6+ Rg7 (32... Ke7 33. Qh4+ {is at least
a perpetual check for White.}) 33. Re4 Qe7 {and after} 34. Rd1 {Black's
prospects don't look good.} ({or} 34. Rg4)) 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Bh6 Bxh6 {
Alexandre's queen is about to expire, so enough is enough.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Wch FIDE KO f"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Starr, Nava"]
[Black "Peptan, Corina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Henson"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O (4. Bxc6 {leads to a more aggressive
system, Ivanchuk-Anand, Intel GP '94 continued} dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. Be3
b6 8. Nc3 f6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O Ne7 11. Bh6 O-O 12. g4 Nc8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
Nh4 {with the idea of Ng2 and f4 leading to a strong kingside attack for white,
while black has peanuts on the queenside.}) 4... Bg7 5. Re1 e5 $5 {Often white
tries for c3-d4-e5 in these types of positions, so this move holds up d4 and
puts the question to why white played Re1.} 6. h3 Nge7 7. Nc3 $5 $146 (7. c3
O-O 8. Na3 a6 9. Bf1 d5 10. d3 {led to an interesting game in Schwab,R - Fusi,
C Vienna '96 (1-0, 41)}) 7... O-O 8. d3 $6 ({This traps the white squared
bishop outside. Normally this isn't bad if white can get d4 in, however with a
N@c3 white could start to feel as though there isn't much to do. Maybe} 8. Bc4
a6 9. a4 d6 10. d3 Be6 (10... Kh8) 11. Nd5 (11. Bg5 $5) 11... f5 12. Bg5 $13 {
Where white has some piece activity, but black's pawns are gaining more space.}
) 8... h6 ({Not} 8... d5 $2 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxe5 $16 {White has
a pawn and big targets on c6 and c5 which can be blockaded nicely with Ne5-c4.
Although black does have the 2 Bishops, the lack of opposing weaknesses make
this position clearly better for the first player.}) 9. Nd5 ({I don't like
this move, but then what else is there?} 9. Be3 d6 10. Qd2 Kh7 {and black gets
in the huge f5, which will lead to white's suffocation.}) 9... Nxd5 10. exd5
Nd4 11. Bc4 (11. Ba4 $5 b5 12. Nxd4 bxa4 13. Nf3 $13 {Although black has the
two Bishops, her pawn structure is relatively weak.}) 11... b5 12. Nxd4 bxc4
13. Nf3 cxd3 14. Nxe5 dxc2 15. Qxc2 d6 16. Nc6 ({This square looks very
tempting for the knight, but what does it really do? It prevents a rook from
occupying the b-file and pressures some spots in black's camp, but with pawns
at d6 and c5, it limits the knights possibilities.} 16. Nc4 Bb7 $140 17. Bf4
$14 {Black has the two B's and the position is relatively open while White
will get a great knight at d6 and centralized rooks.} Bxd5 18. Nxd6) 16... Qf6
17. Qb3 ({Now White has to shuffle pieces in order to complete her development.
Maybe} 17. Ne7+ Kh7 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. Rb1 $11 {followed by Bd2-c3.}) 17... Ba6
18. Rb1 Rfe8 19. Bd2 Qh4 $5 {Possibly with the idea of Qh4-h5 and c4 with
pressure.} 20. Qf3 Bb5 21. Rxe8+ $5 (21. g3 $5 {My idea here is to distract
the black queen from the defense of the e7 square.} Qf6 $1 {The only move I
can see.} (21... Qxh3 $2 22. Ne7+ Kh7 (22... Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Rf8 24. Bc3 $16) (
22... Kh8 23. Qxf7 Bd3 24. Nxg6+ Bxg6 25. Qxg6 $16) (22... Kf8 23. Nxg6+ Kg8
24. Ne7+ Kf8 25. Nf5 Be5 26. Bxh6+ $16) 23. Qxf7 Bd3 24. Bc3 $18) 22. Qxf6 Bxf6
23. Bc3 $5 (23. Bxh6 Bc4 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nxa7 $13 {I suspect white is in
trouble here, however there are some interesting resources...}) 23... Bxc3 24.
bxc3 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bc4 26. a3 $5 Kg7 $11 {One possible line could go
something like,} 27. Re7 $5 Bxd5 28. Nxa7 Kf6 29. Rc7 Re8 30. g4 Kg5 {I leave
this for the endgame pros to work this out... Can white hold on? Or does black
have what it takes?}) 21... Rxe8 22. Nxa7 Be2 23. Qf4 Qh5 24. Qxd6 Qf5 25. Re1
Bd4 26. Be3 $4 ({The losing move. Instead} 26. Bf4 Qc2 27. Rc1 Qxb2 28. Nc6 $16
{Although black can win back the pawn, white's pieces are coordinating well.
Black's king is beginning to feel vulnerable, and h6 is almost ripe.}) 26...
Rxe3 $1 27. fxe3 Bxe3+ 28. Kh1 Qf2 $19 29. Ra1 Bf3 30. Qh2 (30. gxf3 Qxf3+ 31.
Kh2 Bf4+) 30... Bf4 31. Qxf4 (31. Qg1 Qg3) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Wch FIDE KO f"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Peptan, Corina"]
[Black "Starr, Nava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[Annotator "Henson"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. e4 g6 {In an absolute must win situation, it is critical that Black try to
sharpen the game as quickly as possible.} 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 $6 ({This move
tends to lead to positions where White gets a small but long lasting advantage.
Perhaps a more daring idea would have been to play} 3... c5 $5 4. dxc5 Qa5 {
and play the Pterodactyl}) 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bf4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bg4 7. Bc4 Qa5+ 8. Qd2
Qxd2+ {This must be exactly what White wants. When you're up 1-0 in a 2 game
match, it's best to avoid complications and just hold a slight edge.} 9. Nexd2
Bxf3 $6 {Black concedes the two bishops and gives White's only passive minor
something to do.} 10. Nxf3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Ngf6 12. Rhe1 $16 e6 13. Bb3 O-O 14.
h3 Rfd8 15. c3 Rac8 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 c5 $6 ({Black tries to blow things open
somewhat in order to get some play for her pieces however they aren't
positioned for active play yet. I wonder if she should have redeployed her
queen's knight first to b6, maybe} 17... g5 18. Bg3 Nb6 19. Ne5 Nbd5 {with the
idea of Nh5-f4 followed by an eventual c5.}) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 (18... Nxf6 19. dxc5
Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rxc5 $14 {White would control the only open file and her pieces
would be better placed.}) 19. d5 c4 $5 {Trying to mix things up.} 20. dxe6 cxb3
21. exd7 bxa2 22. Kc2 Rc7 23. Kb3 Rcxd7 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Kxa2 Kg7 (25... Re7
26. Rxe7 Bxe7 $11 {Although the bishop can move "faster", it is doubtful that
this position would not lead to a draw as white's king will reach the center
sooner anyway.}) 26. Kb3 Bd8 27. Re2 Bb6 28. Nd2 g5 29. Kc2 f5 (29... a6 $5 30.
Nc4 $140 Ba7 {Holding the bishop on the f-pawn and keeping some pawns on the
light squares.}) 30. Nc4 Bc7 31. Re6 f4 32. f3 $16 {this move secures black's
pawns on the dark squares which limits the bishop's mobility.} Kh7 33. Nd2 Kg7
34. Ne4 b6 {White's knight is dominant.} 35. Nf6 Rf7 36. Nd5 Rd7 (36... Bd8 37.
Kd3 Rd7 38. Ke4 $18) 37. Re7+ Rxe7 38. Nxe7 Kf7 39. Nc6 a5 40. Kd3 Ke6 41. Ke4
Bd6 42. Nd4+ Kf6 43. Kd5 Bc5 44. Nb5 {White's king invades, while black's king
sits passively. Also, notice that 3/5 white pawns are on white, while 5/5
black pawns are on black... Black's bishop can't really attack anything and
therefore proves useless.} 1-0

[Event "Quebec City Carnival op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pageau, Roger"]
[Black "Lawson, Jonathon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

{This issue of G.M. factory we will analyse two games by the Montreal brothers
Eric and Jon Lawson.There have been many chess playing brothers in Canadian
chess over the last 25 years.The most successful would surely be Kevin and
Grant Spraggett. I have never read any studies but most chess teachers I know
have all noticed more times than not it is the younger brother who has the
greater talent .In the case of my brother and I [F.M.Paul Ross] this was
certainly true.I would study my chess books for hours and he would be able to
learn the same material just by playing blitz games with me. I remember when I
was 13 and he was 11. I was trying to learn how to mate with a knight and
bishop versus king .He saw me studying and said" thats easy"!I bet him 5
dollers he couldnt do it in 5 minutes .It seemed like easy money!!he mated me
in 2 minutes .How was this possible?he never opened a book in his life. I was
sure he got lucky so i challenged him to do it again.I lost another 5 dollers.
My close freinds will confirm I am a slow learner !After this I never bet
against my brother again.This brings us to an interesting topic.What exactly
is the relationship between talent and success? I have been a professional
chess trainer for going on 14 years now and I have seen some remarkably
talented kids come and go.At first I use to get very upset at the incredible
waste of talent but age has smartened me up. It may seem strange but I think
the kids with the most talent have less chance of becoming anything in chess.
Things come so easily to these children that they often never learn how to
work.Sooner or later everyone who whats to achieve great things will have to
study seriously to succeed. How can a talented kid with no work ethic succeed
against on who has it?It will happen occasionally but not usually.I am now at
the point where I either tell parents you are waisting your money on lessons
or just plain refuse their requests to teach their kids. .By the age of 11 or
12 a kid should have some sort of satisfaction from playing the game win or
lose and be showing a desire to want to improve by study or I just think
lessons are a total waste of time. That said I have done some work with a
young man who has become a master at the age of 18 who told me he never liked
studying and frankly won't. This young man likes competitions and gives 100
percent when he plays.I have nothing but respect for this approach but time
and time again he has failed to defeat the kids at the very top in his age
bracket .In my opinion he is far more talented than the others at the top of
his age group but he will rarely defeat them because they just know too much
more from their studies.He is o.k. with that. In my opinion without a true
affection for the game combined with a work ethic we shouldn't expect much .My
one request to parents would be please consider carefully whether you are
actually doing your children a favour by making things easy for them. Todays
first game was played last month at the annual Quebec city Carnaval tournement.
It represents a breakthrough game for Quebecs highest rated grade 6 ,Jonathon
Lawson.Here he defeats an a class player who has played in the quebec
championships by some great tactics and strong endgame play.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3
g6 3. Bf4 {A very solid variation.White usually plays this when he wants a
positional game and is content to wait for the openent t oweeken his position.
A very common plan older players adopt against juniors.} Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O
6. Bd3 $6 (6. Be2) 6... Nbd7 7. O-O Nh5 $2 {One of my students likes to play 7.
.Qe8 here.It is much better as a fast e5 will reveal why the bishop shouldn't
be on d3.The bishop will have to move again to avoid a fork with e4} 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Nb6 $2 {Black is misplacing his knights} 10. c3 $6 {White is sticking
to his solid policy but c4 followed by knight c3 looks good.} (10. c4 $1 Qe8
11. Nc3 c6 $14) 10... f5 11. Nbd2 (11. a4 $5 {looks more us.It is worth
remembering that pushing rook pawns after knights on n3 is also a fast way to
gain time and activate rooks without moving them.}) 11... Qe8 12. Be2 Nf6 13.
Bg3 {Whites refusal to play actively has resulted in Black getting a playable
position that resembles a Lenenigrad Dutch with a strange knight on b6.} g5 $5
14. Re1 g4 $2 {Black wants to attack but it is wayyy too soon.It was better to
build up e.g.} (14... c6 15. c4 Nbd7 16. Qc2 Qg6 17. c5 d5 {Looks still
difficult but probably not horrible}) 15. hxg4 fxg4 16. Nh2 h5 17. e4 e5 18.
dxe5 dxe5 19. f3 $2 {A very instructive mistake.White follows the rule about
attacking pawn chains at the head if you cant get to the base but this pawn
chain is totally irrelevent because it cannot move.All that happens is lines
open up to whites king .} (19. Nc4 $1 Be6 (19... Nxc4 20. Bxc4+ Kh8 {Once
white flips his knight around to f5 black's position will fall apart}) 20. Nxb6
axb6 21. Bxe5 $16) 19... gxf3 20. Bxf3 Nbd7 (20... Bd7 $1 $11) 21. Nc4 Bh6 22.
Nf1 Bg5 $1 {Black is planning to use his hpawn to open up the white king} 23.
Qe2 h4 24. Bh2 $2 {This bishop belongs on f2 for defensive reasons} (24. Bf2 $1
b6 25. Nfe3 Ba6 26. Nf5 Nc5 $1 $14) 24... Rf7 (24... Qe6 $1) 25. Nfe3 b5 26.
Nd2 a6 27. Nd5 {There were better trys umung them a4 and c4} Nxd5 $2 {This is
really bad.Black opens up all the lines for whites pieces} (27... Qe6 $1 28.
Nxc7 $4 Qb6+) 28. exd5 Bb7 29. Bh5 $1 {White is winning but the game is far
from over} Bxd5 30. Qg4 $2 {Diagram # Incredibly this very powerful looking
move throws away much of whites advantage.} (30. c4 $1 {a move white has
steadfastly refused to play.}) 30... Rg7 $1 31. Bxe8 Be3+ 32. Rxe3 $2 {
Incredibly the wrong move!} (32. Kf1 $1 Rxg4 33. Bxd7 Rxg2 34. Be6+ $1 Bxe6 35.
Kxg2 Bxd2 36. Rxe5 Kf7 {White keeps the advantage but this was very hard to
see.How many of us would capture automatically?}) 32... Rxg4 33. Nf3 $4 {White
finally freaks out at this sudden reversal of fortune.It is often very
difficult to make the change psychologically to a sudden reversal of fortune.
White wouldnt lose here if he stayed calm.} (33. Bxd7 $1 Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 Rxh2 35.
Rxe5 $1 Rf8+ 36. Ke1 Rh1+ 37. Ke2 Rxa1 38. Rxd5 $11) 33... Rxe8 34. Rd1 c6 {So
the tactics are over .Black will still have to show good endgame technique to
bring home the point.} 35. b3 Rf8 36. Ne1 Rf5 $1 37. Rd2 Rfg5 38. Rde2 e4 39.
Rf2 Ne5 40. Bxe5 Rxe5 41. Kh2 Kg7 42. Nc2 Reg5 43. Nd4 Rg3 44. Rfe2 Kf6 {very
patient play.soon white will be out of moves} 45. Rf2+ Ke5 46. Ree2 e3 $1 $19
47. Nf3+ Bxf3 48. Rxe3+ Be4 49. Rfe2 Rxe3 50. Rxe3 Rxg2+ 51. Kh3 Rg3+ 52. Rxg3
hxg3 53. Kxg3 Bb1 {0-1.A very cool game.I especially like that Jon was able to
score the full point in the endgame.} 0-1

[Event "Quebec City Carnival op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lawson, Eric"]
[Black "Duong, Than Nha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

{Eric Lawson has had nothing short of a meteoric rise to the level of national
master.On the Christmas 1999 list he was listed as 1633.In the last month Eric
played 3 i.m.s and scored a win and 2 draws.Here is his first ever win against
Quebec i.m. T.n. Duong played at the Quebec carnival open.} 1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 $5
{I showed Eric an amazing game I lost to Brian Nickoloff in this line . Brian
introduced a major novelty that completly overturned the theory in this line .
Here is the interesting part of that game} c5 (2... h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. Bg3 Bg7 5.
e4 $1 {This was suppose to lose a piece.} f4 6. Qh5+ Kf8 7. Bxf4 gxf4 8. Qf5+
Ke8 (8... Nf6 9. e5) 9. Be2 $3 {and black is helpless against the threat of
BH5 +}) 3. d5 h6 (3... Qb6 $5) 4. Bd2 $1 {A remarkably obscure position.} Nf6
5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 $1 fxe4 7. Nxe4 $1 {Diagram # Black never quite recovers after
this shocker.} Qb6 $2 (7... Nxe4 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Bxe4 Qb6 {was a try but white
is doing well}) 8. Nxf6+ exf6 9. Bc3 Kf7 10. Bd3 d6 11. Qf3 Bg7 12. Ne2 Qd8 13.
O-O-O {White has a fantastic attacking position and hasn't had to sacrifice
anything.} f5 14. Bxg7 (14. h4 $1) 14... Kxg7 15. Nf4 Na6 {This turns out
badly but it is not so easy to suggest good moves.} 16. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 17. Rhe1
Qf6 18. Qg3 Qg5 19. Qc3+ Kh7 20. g3 {Black is completly helpless because he
cannot do anything while white continues to build up} Rf8 21. h4 Qd8 22. Re3
Rb8 23. Rde1 Rb7 24. R1e2 {24h5 was very strong but this kind of move has the
psycological value of asking black "what can you do?" The answer is not much
and black speeds up his demise.} Qf6 $2 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. Re8 $18 Rc7 27. R2e7+
Rxe7 28. Rxe7+ Kg8 29. Rxa7 $2 {Rc7 won the house but here many moves were
good enough....Black exceeded the time limit here so 1-0 .A very smooth first
win over an I.M. and Duong's only loss of of the tournement. This game is a
really nice example of tactics flowing out of positional advantage. I don't
plan to make this column a forum of my students best games but since I asked
for material I have received exactly one submission and it was some games of a
kid who no longer plays chess.On the other hand I am not complaining as most
of them are beginning to play some very nice games.} 1-0

[Event "New York Rice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1916.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Janowski, David"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "Teplitsky,Y"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1916.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 (5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nd2 $1 {with
advantage would be played nowadays}) 5... Qb6 6. Qxb6 axb6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5
cxd5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bd2 Bd7 $1 {This move by Capablanca was met with
considerable sceptisism by the fellow players. Indeed, it seems illogical as
black had just developed the bishop to f5 and is already retreating. However,
the great Cuban rightly understood that the bishop had no more things to do on
f5 and is better used to support the deployment of queen side attack.} 11. Be2
e6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Rfc1 Ke7 14. Bc3 Rhc8 15. a3 Na5 16. Nd2 f5 17. g3 b5 {
Diagram [#]} 18. f3 $2 ({Black's plan is to create further queen side activity
with Nc4 and Janowski makes a serious mistake allowing black to proceed with
his plan. In fact, a simple} 18. Bxa5 $1 Rxc1+ (18... Rxa5 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20.
Nb3 {and black loses a pawn}) 19. Rxc1 Rxa5 20. Nb3 Ra8 21. Nc5 {leads to an
absolutely equal position}) 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. e4 Kf7 21. e5 $4 ({a
very serious mistake and probably a decisive one} 21. exd5 exd5 22. f4 {with
the idea of moving the knight to e5 would lead to equality}) 21... Be7 22. f4
b5 {white no longer has any counter chances and , therefore, he went on to
loose miserably} 23. Kf2 Ra4 24. Ke3 Rca8 25. Rab1 h6 26. Nf3 g5 27. Ne1 Rg8
28. Kf3 gxf4 29. gxf4 Raa8 30. Ng2 Rg4 31. Rg1 Rag8 32. Be1 b4 33. axb4 Ba4 34.
Ra1 Bc2 35. Bg3 Be4+ 36. Kf2 h5 37. Ra7 Bxg2 38. Rxg2 h4 39. Bxh4 Rxg2+ 40. Kf3
Rxh2 41. Bxe7 Rh3+ 42. Kf2 Rb3 43. Bg5+ Kg6 44. Re7 Rxb2+ 45. Kf3 Ra8 46. Rxe6+
Kh7 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise Position"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Teplitsky,Y"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/1p3rpp/2bpp3/p7/2P1P3/P1QR2P1/1P3qBP/4R2K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

{Is it good for black to play} 1... Qc5 2. b4 {?          Solution:} Bxe4 3.
Rxe4 Rf1+ 4. Bxf1 Rxf1+ 5. Kg2 Qf2+ 6. Kh3 Rh1 7. Rf3 Qxh2+ 8. Kg4 Qh5+ 9. Kf4
Qh6+ 10. Kg4 g5 $3 {and black is winning.    This exercise is useful for those
who tend to miss strong moves for the opponent. In addition to that, it tests
the player's ability to find non standard, 'quiet' moves.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise Position"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Teplitsky,Y"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p2PB1pk/1p5p/3Qq3/2p3K1/2Pn1P2/6PP/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

{White's move} 1. Qd6 $3 {Covering the h2 square 'through' the black queen,and
white is winning.    This exercise is there to test the players ability to
find original moves for him/herself.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise Position"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Teplitsky,Y"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b2rk1/p1p1qppp/2pb1n2/3p4/2P5/1PN1P3/PB2BPPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

{Black to play  Solution:} 1... dxc4 $1 2. bxc4 (2. Bxc4 $4 Bxh2+ {and black
wins}) 2... Rb8 $1 3. Qc1 (3. Na4 Rxb2 4. Nxb2 Qe5 $19) 3... Ng4 4. g3 (4. Bxg4
Bxg4 {is not great for white either}) 4... Re8 5. Nd1 Nxh2 6. c5 Nxf1 7. cxd6
Nxg3 $1 {It was necessary to see this move from the beginning, otherwise
black's combination would not work.} 8. fxg3 Qxd6 9. Kf2 Qh6 $19 {This
position tests the player's ability to see the board as one whole instead of
several parts. It also test ability to play an otherwise positionally
suspicious move based on concrete calculations as well as being able to see
strong moves for the opponent (c5) and him/herself (Ng3) and accurately
calculate long lines.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise Position"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Teplitsky,Y"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1kb1r/p4ppp/1qp1p3/3np1B1/8/2N2Q2/PPP2PPP/2KR1B1R w kq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

{White to move. Evaluate:} 1. Nxd5 exd5 2. Rxd5 cxd5 3. Qxd5 Be7 (3... Bb7 $2
4. Bb5+ $18) (3... Rb8 4. Bb5+ Qxb5 5. Qd8#) (3... Ba3 4. Bb5+ Kf8 5. Qxa8
Bxb2+ 6. Kb1 $1 {and white should win}) 4. Bxe7 (4. Bb5+ $2 Kf8 5. Qxa8 (5.
Bxe7+ Kxe7 6. Qxa8 Qxb5 {and black wins}) 5... Bxg5+) 4... Kxe7 (4... Bb7 $5 5.
Qxe5 Qe6 6. Bb5+ Kxe7 7. Qc7+ Kf6 8. Qxb7 g6 {is playable for black, but white
keeps better chances}) 5. Qxa8 Qxf2 6. Qe4 Qd4 7. Qxd4 exd4 8. Bd3 {with an
approximately equal position    This position test the player's ability to
calculate a long tree of variations with many branches as well as ability to
find non-standard moves for both him/herself and the opponent.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise Position"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Teplitsky,Y"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4q3/2p5/2n2Q2/p5N1/7k/8/1K6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

{White to move  Solution:} 1. Ne3+ Kg3 2. Qg4+ Kf2 3. Qf4+ Ke2 4. Qf1+ Kd2 5.
Qd1+ Kc3 6. Qc2+ Kb4 7. Qb2+ Nb3 8. Qa3+ Kxa3 9. Nc2# {This position tests the
ability to calculate very long lines and  clearly see the position at the end 
(the player has to find 8)Qa3 )} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise Position"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Teplitsky,Y"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/pp2p1bp/4b1p1/8/2qP4/1Q2BB2/PP3PP1/R3K2R b KQ - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

{Black to move. He was offered a draw. Should he agree or keep playing ? If he
should keep playing, what should black do ?    Solution:} 1... Rxf3 $1 2. gxf3
Qc6 3. Qd1 Bd5 4. Rh3 Qe6 {and black get a pawn for the exchange and a very
good counter play.  This position test the trainee bravery and faith in him/
herself and the position as well as ability to make intuitive decisions.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise Position"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Teplitsky,Y"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1rk1/pp5p/2n2ppQ/2p5/b7/2P1RNP1/P1q2PBP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

{White to play  Solution:} 1. Nd4 $1 cxd4 2. Bd5+ Kh8 (2... Rxd5 3. Re8 $18) 3.
Re7 {and white wins. This position test tactical abilities} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise Position"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Teplitsky,Y"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnr3k1/p3qpp1/1p2b2p/1Bpp4/3P4/Q3PN2/PP3PPP/2R1K2R b K - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

{Black to play  Solution:} 1... Qb7 $1 2. dxc5 bxc5 3. Rxc5 Rxc5 4. Qxc5 Na6 5.
Bxa6 Qxa6 6. Qa3 $8 Qc4 {with a very strong initiative for the pawn.  This
position tests the ability to take a risk to obtain the initiative as well as
intuition.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise Position"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Teplitsky,Y"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1kq3r1/3bbp2/p1npp1p1/1p4P1/4PP2/1PN1BB2/1PP4Q/1K5R w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

{White to play  Solution:} 1. Bg1 $1 {and it's very difficult to find a move
for black. White will play Qf2, followed by Rh7 and black's position will
become very uncomfortable.  This position tests positional understanding and
non-standard thinking.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise Position"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Teplitsky,Y"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3qrk1/1pp3bn/3p2p1/p2Ppp1p/b1P1P1PP/1N2BP2/PP2B3/R2QK2R b KQ - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

{Can black take a pawn with} 1... hxg4 2. fxg4 fxe4 {?  Solution:} 3. g5 $3 {
Bg7, Nh7 will not participate in the game anymore} Rf4 $1 {the only chance} 4.
Qd2 $1 b6 5. O-O-O Bxb3 6. axb3 a4 7. b4 a3 8. b3 a2 9. Kb2 $16 {This
positions tests non-standard thinking as well as ability to be "not greedy"} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise Position"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Teplitsky,Y"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r2kb1r/3b1ppp/1q1ppn2/p1p3B1/4P3/1NNQ4/PPP2PPP/2KR3R w k - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

{Evaluate} 1. e5 {Solution:} Ng4 $1 2. exd6 Nxf2 3. Qe2 Nxd1 4. Nd5 Qxd6 5.
Rxd1 Rc8 6. Nxa5 Qb8 7. Qa6 f6 8. Bf4 e5 9. Nb6 Rc7 10. Nxd7 Rxd7 11. Qe6+ Re7
12. Qc6+ Kf7 13. Qd5+ Re6 14. Nc6 Qd6 15. Nd8+ Ke7 16. Qb7+ Kxd8 17. Rxd6+ Rxd6
18. Be3 {and pawn a will decide the game    This position test intuation and
tactical abilities.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise Position"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Teplitsky,Y"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1k2r/2q1bppp/p1nppn2/1p6/4PP2/1NN1BB2/PPP3PP/R2Q1RK1 w kq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

{White to play} 1. e5 $1 dxe5 2. fxe5 Nd7 3. Bxc6 $1 Qxc6 4. Nd4 Qb7 (4... Qc7
5. Qf3 {and white wins}) 5. Qg4 g6 6. Rxf7 Kxf7 7. Qxe6+ Ke8 8. Nd5 Nc5 9. Nf6+
Kd8 (9... Kf8 10. Bh6#) 10. Nc6+ Kc7 11. Qxe7+ Kxc6 12. Qd6# {This position
test tactical ability} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise Position"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Teplitsky,Y"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4r1k/2pb1qbn/3p2p1/2pPpp1p/p1P1P2P/2NBBP2/PPQ3P1/2KR3R w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

{Black's last move was Kh8  White to play (This position is very difficult and
requires going very deep into the plans for both sides)    Solution:} 1. Bd2 $3
$16 {A very deep prophilactic move. White's game will probably be on the queen
side where black has a week pawn on a4. Open file b doesn't really matter
since white can always block in with Nb5. The centre is very stable, so the
only way for black to prevent white from playing on the queen side, especially
to prevent white from winning the pawn on a4, is to bring the knight from h7
to b6(after taking the knight on b5). Besides, both knight on h7 and bishop on
g7 are very poorly placed. Another possible plan for black would be to bring
the knight to g8 via f6 and then trade the bishops on h6. Both of these plans
involve the knight's transition to f6. Now, let's look at the original
position and imagine it was black's move: Can he play 1)...Nf6 ? The answer is:
Yes because after 2)ef ef 3)Bf5 Nd5! and black gets an excellent position. 
(None of ths would work had black king been on g8 because of 4)Bh7+ - that's
what the misterious move Kh8 was made for!). Therefore, white has to find a
move that helps his plan and prevents the opponent's idea. 1)Bd2 is a perfect
candidate. The continuation of the game illustrates white's plan quite clearly:
} (1. -- Nf6 2. exf5 gxf5 3. Bxf5 Nxd5) 1... Rg8 {What else to do?} (1... Nf6
2. exf5 gxf5 3. Bxf5 Nxd5 4. Bg6) 2. Rdf1 $1 {Now black has to worry about g4
as well} f4 {Black doesn't want to close the centre because it leaves white
free to play on the queen side, but this is the only way to prevent g4} 3. Qd1
Rgb8 4. Rfg1 Rb7 5. g4 $1 hxg4 6. fxg4 g5 {Otherwise white will play g5 himself
} 7. hxg5 Kg8 8. g6 $1 Qxg6 9. Bxf4 {and soon white won.  This position tests
abilities to find complex, milti-plan positional solutions, knowledge of
prophilactics and not underestimating the opponent ("mysterious" move Kh8)} *

[Event "Seattle US ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Battsetseg, Tsagaan"]
[Black "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 {What is happening
to the world? Thirty years ago I thought this was just a blunder committed by
C players in weekend swisses.} Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. h4 g6 11.
Be3 Qc7 12. Bd4 b5 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. O-O-O b4 15. Nd5 {In the battle of the
sexes, I've noticed that every strong woman player knows that the object of
the game is to give checkmate. Not always true for men!} exd5 16. exd5+ Be7 17.
Rde1 {Much stronger is 17.f4 Rh7 18.Rde1 Ng8 and White has compensation.} (17.
f4 Rh7 18. Rde1 Ng8) 17... O-O $1 18. f4 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Bf8 {Black is winning
and does not play each move with equal foresight.} 20. h5 Nxg4 21. hxg6 fxg6
22. Qd3 Bg7 23. Qxg6 Ngf6 24. Rhg1 Nf8 25. Qg3 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Re8 27. Qxb4 Re2
28. c4 $1 Qe7 {Who should win is not clear anymore.} 29. Qc3 Ng6 30. Bf3 Kf7
31. Bxe2 Qxe2 32. Qg3 Qe4 33. Nd2 Qf5 34. Qe3 Nxf4 $2 {DIAGRAM HERE Although
Battsetseg was desperately short of time, Kreiman cracks first. White has
three good moves.} 35. Ne4 $1 ({Good, but not as good as the text is} 35. Rxg7+
Kxg7 36. Ne4 N4h5 37. Nxd6) ({Also good is:} 35. Rf1 $1 N6h5 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37.
Qe7+ Qf7 38. Rg1+ Ng6 39. Qxf7+ Kxf7 40. Ne4 Ngf4 41. Nxd6+ Ke7 42. Nf5+ Kf6
43. Nd4 Ke5 44. Nf3+ Ke4 45. Nd2+ Kd3 46. Rg8) 35... Qxe4 36. Rxg7+ Kf8 37.
Qxe4 $2 (37. Rxb7 Ne2+ 38. Kd1 Qxd4+ 39. Kxe2 Qxc4+ 40. Qd3 {looks like a
clear win for White.}) 37... Nxe4 38. Rxb7 {Also possible are 38.Kc2 or 38.
Kd1!.} Ne2+ 39. Kc2 $2 ({On} 39. Kd1 Nxd4 {Black is maybe a little better
because of the passed h6-pawn, but it is still a tough struggle.}) 39... Nxd4+
40. Kd3 $2 Nc5+ {How badly did Battsetseg overlook this check? This badly:
Even after a deep breath for having made the time control at move 40, she
played 41. Rb8+. The rules of chess, however, require a different move.} 41.
Kxd4 Nxb7 42. b4 Ke7 43. a4 a5 44. bxa5 Nxa5 45. Kc3 h5 {White resigned. A
game full of drama!} 0-1

[Event "Toronto St.Valentines op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Teplitsky, Yan"]
[Black "Stevens, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "Teplitsky,Y"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 $5 {Most people
prefer 6. d4 in this position. According to the book 6. b3 is supposed to lead
to an equal position, however, I like playing it occasionally to confuse my
opponents.)} a5 $5 ({Following the book's recommendation, however, I think} 
6... b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. e3 c5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. d3 Qc7 {as was played in the game
Teplitsky-Doettling in Bermuda is simpler}) 7. Nc3 $1 ({Much stronger than the
usual} 7. Bb2 a4 8. Na3 b6 {where the knight on a3 is really badly placed and
black has no prolems what so ever}) 7... b6 (7... d4 8. Nb5 c5 9. e3 Nc6 10.
exd4 cxd4 11. Re1 $1 {preventing e5 leads to a very upleasant position for
black as the pawn on d4 becames weak}) 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. e3 $5 (9. d4 Nbd7 10. Ne5
{is more normal, although the bishop is better placed on f4 or g5 in those
lines. Also, the pawn on b3 doesn't let the queen go to a4 in some variations..
.}) 9... Nbd7 10. d4 $5 {White is inconsistent. I was planning to play 10.Qe2
intending for d3 and e4, however I didn't think white had much in the
following lines:} (10. Qe2 a4 $5 11. Nxa4 (11. bxa4 Nc5 {should be OK for black
}) 11... dxc4 12. Rfc1 (12. Nd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Ne5 {is good for black}) (12.
Qxc4 $5 Ba6 13. Qc6 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 {is interesting. White definitely has enough
compensation for the small material deficiency, but probably not more than
enough.}) 12... cxb3 13. axb3 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Bxf6 (16. d4
Bd6 {doesn't give white much either}) 16... Qxf6 17. d4 Bxf3 (17... Bd6 18. Nd2
{is very pleasant for white, although probably not enough for any tangible
advantage}) 18. Bxf3 $1 Bd6) (10. d3 dxc4 11. bxc4 Nc5 12. Ne5 {is better for
white, but a simple 10....Nc5 looks all right for black}) 10... dxc4 $5 {An
unordinary and very interesting idea. During the game I thought it was
somewhat dubious, but nowhere in the analysis was I able to prove white
achieve anything tangible after this move.} 11. bxc4 Bb4 $1 {The point of
black's last move. Black doesn't really need the dark square bishop.} 12. Na4 {
White is reluctant to trade the knight because it holds the key to the
position - square e4} (12. Nb5 $2 c6 13. a3 cxb5 14. axb4 bxc4 {leads to
black's advantage}) 12... Bd6 $1 {black avoids the potential danger of having
the bishop trapped on b4} 13. Rc1 (13. Qc2 Be4 $1 $11 (13... Qe7 $2 {loses due
to thematic} 14. c5 bxc5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Ng5)) (13. Ne5 Qc8 {
is OK for black}) 13... Qe7 14. Qb3 (14. c5 bxc5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5
17. Qc2 Ba3 $1 {and white has nothing} (17... Bd6 $2 18. Ng5 {and white wins
material})) 14... Rab8 15. Rfd1 Ba8 16. Ne5 {What else to do ? Despite having
a space advantage white has no clear plan.} Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19.
Ba3 Ndc5 20. Nxc5 (20. Qb5 $2 Qg5 $1 21. f3 Qxe3 {is bad for white}) (20. Qc2
$2 Qe8 $1) 20... Nxc5 21. Qb5 (21. Qc2 Qe8 $1 $11) 21... Rfc8 $1 22. Rb1 c6 23.
Bxc5 (23. Qb2 b5 {is good for black}) 23... Qxc5 24. Qxc5 bxc5 25. Rxb8 Rxb8
26. Rd7 Kf8 27. Rc7 Rb2 28. Rxc6 Rxa2 29. Rxc5 $2 ({Here white misses his last
chance to create difficulties for black.} 29. g4 $1 {trying to blockade the
king side pawns was a must, although the position is still a definite draw.})
29... h5 $1 30. Rc8+ Ke7 31. Rc7+ Ke8 32. h4 a4 {and soon a draw was agreed. A
very nice game by Christian!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Spartakiad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. Nf3 Qd7 6. Bd2 Bf8 7. a4 Nc6 8. Be2
Nge7 9. O-O f6 10. Re1 fxe5 11. Bb5 Ng6 12. Nxe5 Ngxe5 13. Rxe5 a6 14. Bxc6
Qxc6 15. Nxd5 Bd7 16. Bg5 Bd6 17. Qh5+ Kf8 18. Qf3+ Kg8 19. Rxe6 Rf8 20. Ne7+
Bxe7 21. Qxc6 Bxc6 22. Rxe7 Rf7 23. Rae1 Bxa4 24. b3 Bc6 25. R1e6 Bd5 26. Re8+
Rf8 27. R6e7 h6 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Rxc7 Kg8 30. Bf4 g5 31. Be5 Rh7 32. Rc8+ Kf7
33. c4 Bb7 34. Rd8 Ke6 35. Rd6+ Kf5 36. f3 g4 37. Rf6+ Kg5 38. f4+ Kh5 39. Rxb6
Be4 40. Kf2 Rb7 41. Rxb7 Bxb7 42. d5 1-0

[Event "Moscow SU ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
Nd7 9. Be3 Bf6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. d5 Ne7 12. b4 g6 13. c4 c6 14. Rc1 Bg7 15. c5
dxc5 16. bxc5 cxd5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bg5 Ne7 19. Ne4 h6 20. Nd6 hxg5 21. Nxf7
Qa5 22. N7xg5 Rf8 23. Bxd7 Qxa2 24. Re2 Qa3 25. Re3 Qb4 26. Bxc8 Raxc8 27. Qd7
Nf5 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Moscow SU ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd2 Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. O-O
Nb8 9. Ne2 Be7 10. Rc1 b5 11. Nf4 h5 12. b3 Ba3 13. Rb1 a5 14. c4 c6 15. c5 Bb4
16. Bc1 a4 17. Nd3 Ba5 18. bxa4 bxa4 19. Qxa4 Qa7 20. Bg5 Bc7 21. Rxb8+ Qxb8
22. Qxc6+ Kf8 23. Nf4 Ra7 24. Nh4 Qe8 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Nhg6+ Qxg6 27. Nxg6+
Ke8 28. Nxh8 Ra4 29. Rd1 Ne7 30. Bxe7 Kxe7 31. Ng6+ Kf7 32. Nf4 Bxe5 33. dxe5
Rxf4 34. Rc1 Ke8 35. c6 Kd8 36. c7+ Kc8 37. g3 Ra4 38. Rc6 Rxa2 39. Rxe6 g5 40.
Rd6 Rd2 41. e6 Kxc7 42. e7 Re2 43. Rxd5 Rxe7 44. Rxg5 1-0

[Event "Moscow cq"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. f4 e6 13. Kh1 b6 14. f5 Na5 15.
Bd3 exf5 16. exf5 Bb7 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Ng3 Qc6 19. Rf2 Rad8 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. Qf4
Rd7 22. Ne4 c4 23. Bc2 Rde7 24. Rcf1 Rxe4 25. fxg6 f6 26. Qg5 Qd7 27. Kg1 Bg7
28. Rxf6 Rg4 29. gxh7+ Kh8 30. Bxg7+ Qxg7 31. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "Riga cs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qxc5 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. Be2
d4 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. O-O Rd8 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Rb1 dxe3 19. Bxe3 Qa5 20. Nd6 Rxd6
21. Rxb7 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Qb3 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Rd1 Rb8 26. Qg3 Rb7
27. h3 g6 28. Bf3 Rc7 29. Qd6 Qc5 30. Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga cs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 c5 18. Bd5 Rad8 19. Nd2 Bb8 20. Bg2 Qh5 21. Rae1
Be6 22. b3 Bf5 23. Be4 cxd4 24. cxd4 Bc8 25. Bf3 Qh6 26. Bg2 Ba7 27. Nf3 Qf6
28. Re5 g6 29. d5 Bb7 30. Re7 Rb8 31. R7e2 Rbd8 32. Ne5 h5 33. a4 Qb6 34. axb5
axb5 35. Qd2 Rd6 36. Qg5 Kg7 37. Qe7 Bxd5 38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. Nd7 Rxd7 40. Qxd7
Rd8 41. Qe7 Rd5 42. Ra1 Bb8 43. Re3 Bd6 44. Qe8 Qb7 45. Qe4 Qc6 46. Rd3 Rc5 47.
Qxc6 Rxc6 48. Kg2 b4 49. Ra7 Kf8 50. Rd7 Be7 51. Re3 Bc5 52. Re4 Ra6 53. Rc4
Bd6 54. Kf3 Kg7 55. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Riga cs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. Rc1 Re8 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. dxe5 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Rxe5 15. Be2 Bd7 16. c4 Re7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Rd6 Kg7 19. Kd2 Bc6 20. Kc3 Re6
21. Rd2 f5 22. Rg1 Rh6 23. h3 Re8 24. Bd3 Kf6 25. Bc2 Rh4 26. Rd6+ Re6 27. Rd2
f4 28. exf4 Rxf4 29. Bxh7 Be4 30. Bxe4 Rexe4 31. Rd7 Rxf2 32. Rgd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga cs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Na4 Be7 12. Be3 Bg4 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Nc5 Bxc5
15. Bxc5 Ne4 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Qa4 h5 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Rd3 h4 20. Rcd1 hxg3 21.
hxg3 Qc8 22. Qa3 Qe6 23. Qb3 Rd7 24. Qa4 Bh3 25. Bh1 Bf5 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4
b6 28. Re3 Qg6 29. Rc1 Red8 30. Rc6 Qh7 31. Bg2 Bh3 32. Qc2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Qh5
34. Rf3 f6 35. Rc8 Qe8 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Re3 Qd7 38. Rd3 Rc8 39. Qd1 Kf7 40.
Qh1 Qg4 41. Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga cs"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Geller, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. f3
Na5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 O-O 11. Qd2 a6 12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 Rc8 14. Bh6 e5 15.
Nde2 Be6 16. g4 Qc7 17. Ng3 b5 18. b4 Qb7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Qxd6
Rc6 22. Qxe5 Kg8 23. Nge2 Bc8 24. Nd4 Rc7 25. O-O-O Re7 26. Qg5 Rg7 27. Rhe1
Ne8 28. Qd5+ Qf7 29. Qxf7+ Rgxf7 30. Nd5 Nc7 31. Nxc7 Rxc7 32. Kd2 h5 33. gxh5
gxh5 34. Rh1 Rh7 35. Rdg1+ Kf7 36. Rh4 Rfh8 37. Ke3 Rg7 38. Rgh1 Rg5 39. Ne2
1-0

[Event "Sukhumi cm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Geller, Efim"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 b6 8. a4
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O Nb8 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. c4 O-O 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qe2 Nd7
15. Rd1 Qb7 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Bg5 Nf8 18. Qc4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nd5 20. Bd2 Rd8 21.
Re1 Ng6 22. h4 h6 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. h5 Nf8 25. c4 Ne7 26. Be3 Qc7 27. Rb1 Nf5 28.
Qe4 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Qc6 30. a5 Kg8 31. Rb5 Nd7 32. Qd3 Qa8 33. Qb1 a6 34. Rb7 Rb8
35. Rxb8+ Qxb8 36. Qe4 Qd8 37. Qe1 Nb8 38. Qb1 Nc6 39. Qb7 Nxe5 40. Nxe5 Qd1+
41. Kh2 Qxh5+ 42. Kg1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kiviaho, Robert"]
[Black "Lipnowski, Irwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Hergott Teplitsky Berry"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 (2... c6) 3. Nc3 (3. c4) 3... d6 (3... c6 4. Bc4 (4. Nf3 d5
5. h3 $1) 4... d6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nge2) 4. Be3 a6 $5 (4... Nf6) (4... c6) 5. Qd2 (
5. a4 Nc6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be2 O-O 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. d5 Nd4)
5... b5 6. f3 Bb7 $6 (6... Nd7 7. Nh3 Bb7 (7... c5 $1 8. Be2 (8. d5) 8... cxd4
9. Bxd4 Ngf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. a3 Rc8) 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 h6 10. O-O
Ngf6 11. Nd1 Ne5 12. Ndf2 g5 13. c3 Bc8 $1) 7. h4 (7. Nge2) 7... h5 (7... h6 $5
8. Nge2 Nd7 9. g4 c5 10. Ng3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Ngf6 13. a4 Ne5 14.
Be2 Nc6 15. Qd2 Qa5 16. h5 b4 17. Nd1 O-O-O 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Rxh6 Rxh6 20.
Qxh6 Nd4) 8. Nh3 Nd7 9. Ng5 Ngf6 (9... c5) 10. Qf2 (10. O-O-O) (10. a4 $1 c6 (
10... b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. Nf4) (10... e6)) 10... e6 $1 (10... c5 11. dxc5 dxc5 (
11... Nxc5 12. e5) 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qxc5 Rc8) 11. Bd3 Qe7 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 (
13. Nd1) 13... c5 14. c3 O-O (14... bxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Nxc3)) 15. Nd2 Rfc8 (
15... bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd4) 16. cxb4 $6 cxd4 (16... cxb4) 17. Bxd4 e5 $2 (17...
Ne5 $1 18. Bxe5 (18. Be2 Nc6 19. Bc3 d5) 18... dxe5) 18. Bc3 d5 $1 19. Nb3 (19.
exd5 Nxd5 20. Bc4) 19... dxe4 20. fxe4 Ng4 21. Qe2 f6 $2 (21... Bf6 22. Na5) (
21... Bh6 22. Na5 (22. Nf3 Be3)) 22. Nf3 (22. Na5 $5) 22... f5 $6 23. exf5 $6 (
23. Ng5) (23. Na5) 23... gxf5 $2 (23... e4 $1 24. Bc4+ Kh8) 24. Bxf5 Rxc3 $5
25. bxc3 e4 26. Nfd4 Nde5 27. O-O-O (27. Nc5) 27... e3 28. Nc5 Bd5 29. Be6+ (
29. Bxg4 Nxg4 30. Nf5 Qe5 31. Ne7+ $1 Qxe7 32. Rxd5) 29... Bxe6 30. Ncxe6 Rc8 (
30... Nf2 $2 31. Qxe3 Nxh1 32. Rxh1) 31. Nc5 Rxc5 32. bxc5 Qxc5 33. Qb2 $6 (33.
Qa2+ $1 Kh8 34. Ne2 Nf2 35. Rd8+) 33... Nf2 34. Kb1 Nxh1 $2 (34... Nc4) 35.
Rxh1 Nd3 (35... Nc4 $5) 36. Qb3+ Kh8 37. Rd1 (37. Rf1 $5 Bxd4 $1 38. cxd4 e2
39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Re1 $1 Qe7 41. Qg3+) (37. Ne6 $5 Qxc3 (37... Qe5 38. Nxg7 e2
39. Qe6 Qxc3 $1) 38. Qxc3 Bxc3 39. Kc2 $1 Nf2 (39... e2 40. Kxc3 e1=Q+ 41. Rxe1
Nxe1 42. Nf4) 40. Rb1) (37. Ne2 $5) 37... Nf2 $1 38. Rc1 Qe7 (38... Ne4 39. Qc2
$5 Nd2+ 40. Ka2) 39. Ne2 $1 Ne4 (39... Qxh4) (39... Qe4+) 40. Ka1 $6 (40. Kc2)
40... Nd2 41. Qa2 $2 Qe4 $6 (41... Qb4 $1) 42. Re1 Qxg2 $2 (42... Qb4 $5) (
42... Qxh4) 43. Qf7 $2 (43. Qe6 $3) 43... Qg4 $4 (43... Qe4) 44. Nf4 $1 Bxc3+
45. Ka2 Bg7 46. Qxh5+ Qxh5 47. Nxh5 Bd4 48. Nf4 Kh7 49. Ne2 Be5 50. Rc1 Kg6 51.
Rc6+ Kf5 52. Rxa6 Kg4 53. Re6 Kf5 54. Re8 Nf3 55. a5 Ke4 56. a6 Kd3 57. a7 Kxe2
58. a8=Q Bc3 59. h5 Ne5 60. Qe4 Kd2 61. Rxe5 Bxe5 62. Qxe5 e2 63. Qxe2+ 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg CA ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.08.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Joyner, Lionel Berry"]
[Black "Lipnowski, Irwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d3
Ne8 9. f4 f5 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Rb1 Nc7 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Nd5 e6 14. Nb4 a5 15.
Nc2 Na6 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. b3 Nb4 18. a3 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 Kh8 20. Rfc1 fxe4 21. dxe4
e5 22. Rf1 Qc7 23. Qd3 b6 24. Rb2 Ba6 25. Rc2 Rac8 26. Bh3 Rce8 27. b4 Bb7 28.
f5 Qc6 29. Bg2 gxf5 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. b5 Rf1+ 32. Ng1 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Qc8 34.
Rf2 Rf8 35. Qe2 Bh6 36. Rxf8+ Qxf8 37. a4 Be3+ 38. Kh1 Qf2 39. Qxf2 Bxf2 40.
Bf3 d3 41. Kg2 Be3 42. Kf1 Kg7 43. Kg2 d2 0-1

[Event "Toronto CNE"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lipnowski, Irwin"]
[Black "Browne, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 d6 6. Nh3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Qd2 Rb8 10. Bh6 e5 11. Kh1 f6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. f4 Be6 14. Ng1 Qd7 15.
Nf3 b5 16. a3 a5 17. Rae1 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Nd1 Ra8 20. Nf2 Ra2 21. Qc1 Nd4
22. Nh4 Qa4 23. f5 Bd7 24. Ng4 g5 25. Rf2 h5 26. Nxf6 Kxf6 27. Ng6 Rg8 28. h4
Nxg6 29. Qxg5+ Kf7 30. fxg6+ Ke8 31. Rf7 Nc6 32. Qf6 Qa8 33. Rf1 Bg4 34. g7 Ra7
35. Rf8+ Kd7 36. Rxa8 Raxa8 37. Bf3 Bxf3+ 38. Rxf3 Ne7 39. Qf7 Ra1+ 40. Kg2 Rc1
41. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Sackville CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lipnowski, Irwin"]
[Black "Mazock, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Lipnowski,I"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rk4/4n2R/p1rqpQp1/1pRp1p2/1P1P1PP1/P3PB2/5K2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. Bxd5 Rxc5 (1... exd5 2. Rxd5 Rc2+ 3. Kg3 Rg2+ 4. Kh4 Rh2+ 5. Kg5) 2. bxc5
1-0

[Event "Toronto op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Teplitsky, Yan"]
[Black "Stevens, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 a5 7. Nc3 b6 8. Bb2
Bb7 9. e3 Nbd7 10. d4 dxc4 11. bxc4 Bb4 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Qb3 Rab8
15. Rfd1 Ba8 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Ba3 Ndc5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5
21. Qb5 Rfc8 22. Rb1 c6 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxc5 bxc5 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rd7 Kf8
27. Rc7 Rb2 28. Rxc6 Rxa2 29. Rxc5 h5 30. Rc8+ Ke7 31. Rc7+ Ke8 32. h4 a4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Toronto ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Findlay, Ian"]
[Black "Meng, Ang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2002.04.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
Nxe5 Bxe5 9. Bg5 d6 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. Re1 Bd7 12. a4 a6 13. Bc4 Kh8 14. f4 f6 15.
Bh4 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bb3 Bc6 18. Nf3 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Bh6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. e5
dxe5 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Rxe5 g5 24. Bg3 Bg7 25. Qe1 Ng6 26. Rd5 Qc8 27. Rxg5 Bf6
28. Rc5 c6 29. Qe4 1-0

