[Event "Shawinigan CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Charbonneau, Anne-Marie"]
[Black "Divljan, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{The 2003 Canadian junior was held Jan 3-6 in Shawinigan Quebec at the Auberge
du Governeurs.There were only 22 players despite the fact the hotel was decent
and provided very reasonable rates. The tournement was paired with a qualifier
for the pan-am at a faster time control.This was the first year for this
tournement . The winners were as follows. Under 10,Lloyd May u12,Justin
Macdonald u14 David Peng Yu,under 16 Jordan Clydeunder 18 Hao-Yuan Wang .
Congratulations to the winners.Traditionally Canada has never had more than 2
or 3 representatives at the Pan am and it is doubtful this year will be any
different. The Canadian Junior was significantly weeker this year with the
absense ofI.M.Mark Bluvshtein ,F.M.Eric Lawson ,and Quebec master Thomas
Rousell -Roozman.One would normally assume this meant there was a problem with
the tournement but this time they were all hunting norms in europe. The
tournement still featured 4 cfc masters so competition was still very keen.The
tournement also had 2 girls playing ,Dinara Khaziyeva and Anne- Marie
Charbonneau.They immediately made their presense felt. The top two ranked
players were Igor Divljan and Hao-Yuan Wang with Wang eventually emmerging the
new Canadian Junior Champion.Anne- Marie Charbonneau won a playoff with Dinara
Khaziyeva to claim the title of Canadian Junior girls Champion.Congratulations
to our new champions.Igor starts off the tournement disasterously with the
following huge upset.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 {The Petrosian
system,white uses a tempo to stop Bb4.KAsparov has played this system with
great results .} Ba6 5. e3 {Very Solid.} c5 {d5 and Be7 are also popular.} 6.
Be2 {Very unusual move order.Nc3 is almost always played here.} cxd4 7. Nxd4
Bb7 8. O-O Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 a6 11. Nd2 d6 12. Bf3 Qc7 {Black is quietly
building a hedgehog formation which usually gives equal chances and this one
is no exception.} 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. Qc2 (14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Qf3 $11) 14... Rac8
15. Qb1 Nc5 16. Ba1 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 Bxf3 18. N2xf3 Qb7 19. Ne1 {The problem with
playing these patterns against higher rated players is they will usually
outmaneuver you .White has to constantly watch out for the pawn breaks d5 and
b5 and is far to passive to undertake anything active.} Rc7 20. Nd3 Rec8 21.
Ne2 Nfd7 22. Nef4 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Ne2 Qa6 (24... d5 $1) 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26.
b4 Nd7 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ $1 29. Qxc1 Nb6 $1 {Black is better here
because the extra center pawn may come into play while whites queenside
majority is not going anywhere.} 30. Nc3 Nc4 31. Nb1 d5 32. Qc2 Bxb4 $1 $19 33.
Bxg7 Nxa3 34. Nxa3 Qxa3 35. Bb2 (35. Bd4 $1) 35... Qa2 36. h3 Qc4 37. Qb1 Bf8
38. Qa1 Qc6 $2 {Poor Igor ,he has done everything perfectly and now one poor
move and its not so clear!} (38... Qc2 $1) 39. Qa7 (39. Qd1 $1) 39... Qc2 40.
Qd4 Qb1+ 41. Kh2 {Anne -Marie has done a good job drumming up some play and no
doubt Igor must have been depressed or in time trouble or both.He commits a
disasterous error.} Bd6+ $2 (41... f6 $1 42. Qxf6 Qf5 {is still fine for black.
}) 42. f4 Kf8 $4 {Diagram #} (42... e5 43. fxe5 Bf8 $1 44. Qg4+ Qg6 45. Qd7 b4
{holds fine.}) 43. Qh8+ $1 Ke7 44. Bf6+ Kd7 45. Qd8+ Kc6 46. Qc8+ Bc7 {forced
otherwise its mate!} 47. Be5 Kc5 48. Qxc7+ Kb4 49. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Shawinigan CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khaziyeva, Dinara"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Anne-Marie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{Here is the playoff game for the Canadian girls championships.Dinara quickly
builds up a winning position but my guess is she used to much time looking for
the knockout.I am guessing this game was at a very fast time control from the
way it ends.} 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7.
c4 b6 8. O-O Ba6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qc2 Re8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf8 13. Rfe1 Rc8
14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Ne5 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bb7 17. Re3 (17. c5 $1) 17... Bf6 18. Rh3 $2
g6 $2 19. Qd2 (19. Rf3 $1 $16) 19... Rcd8 20. Ng4 Bg7 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. d5 $2
cxd5 $2 23. Bxg7+ (23. Rd3) 23... Kxg7 24. Qb2+ $4 (24. cxd5) 24... f6 25. Ng4
Qe7 (25... Qf4 $19) 26. Rf3 $4 (26. cxd5 exd5 27. Bd3 d4 $17) 26... dxe4 {
Congratulations to both girls who finished the regular tournement with 50
percent but faced difficultopposition} 0-1

[Event "Shawinigan CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tang, Charlie"]
[Black "Khaziyeva, Dinara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{In round two N.M.Charlie Tang is nicked for a draw by Dinara.} 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3
d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 $6 {What to say about this move?It is doubtlessly playable
but black should have no great worries.White gets a lead in developement and
more board room for his pawn but the absense of targets makes the compensation
nebulous at best.} cxb4 5. a3 Nc6 {The most common move. I have had good
success with 5... b3!?with the idea of b6 and Ba6.Soem other interesting moves
are 5...d4!? and Nh6!?.} 6. axb4 {My Brother,F.M. Paul Ross had a cool game in
this line against G.M. Spraggett in this line in the 89 Canadian closed that
ended in a draw.} Qc7 $6 {This scores very poorly in practice .IT is far too
soon to determine the best position for the queen.} (6... Bxb4) 7. d4 Bxb4+ 8.
c3 Be7 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Ba3 {It is logical to trade off the
potentially bad bishop and hope to exploit the weekend black squares later.} (
11. Ng5 $5) (11. Nbd2) 11... Rc8 (11... Na7 $5) 12. Bxe7 Ngxe7 13. Ng5 h6 14.
Qh5 $1 g6 15. Qh3 $6 (15. Qh4 $1 {gives enough compensation for the pawn but
no more than that.}) 15... Na7 $1 16. Qh4 Qd8 17. f4 Nf5 18. Qh3 (18. Bxf5 $1
gxf5 (18... exf5 {looks playable as well.} 19. Rf2 Nb5 20. Rb2 Rc6) 19. Qh5 Qe7
20. Rf3) 18... Nb5 (18... Qe7 $5 19. g4 Ng7 $1) (18... Bb5 $5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20.
Rf2 Qe7 21. Rb2 Qf8 22. Nf3 Qg7 23. Ne1 h5 24. Nd3) 19. g4 $5 Ng7 20. Ra2 Nxc3
21. Nxf7 $1 {Diagram #} Kxf7 22. Bxg6+ $2 (22. Nxc3 $1 Rxc3 23. Bxg6+ Kxg6 24.
Qxc3 {Gives white some practical chances.}) 22... Kxg6 23. f5+ Kh7 (23... exf5
$1 {was winning.} 24. gxf5+ (24. Nxc3 fxg4 25. Qe3 Nf5 26. Qd3 $19) 24... Bxf5
25. Rg2+ Qg5 $3 26. Rxg5+ hxg5 $19) 24. Nxc3 exf5 25. Nxd5 Rf8 $2 (25... Rc6 $1
) 26. g5 $1 Qxg5+ $2 (26... h5 $1 27. Nf6+ Kg6 28. d5 Bb5 29. Re1 Bc4 30. Rd2 {
is very good for black.}) 27. Rg2 Qd8 28. Qg3 Qg5 29. Qa3 $4 (29. Qh3 $11)
29... Qh4 $2 {missing a simple win.Time trouble could be one explaination for
all the sudden blunders.} (29... Qxg2+ $3 30. Kxg2 Bc6 31. Kf2 Bxd5) 30. Qd6
Be6 31. Nf4 Rf7 $4 (31... Rg8 $19) 32. Nxe6 Rc6 (32... Qe7) 33. Qd8 $1 Qe7 34.
Qxe7 Rxe7 35. Nxg7 Rxg7 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rxf5 Kg6 (37... Rc8 $1 $11) 38. Rf8
{White is even a little better now.An amazing turn of events.} Rc7 39. e6 Kg7
40. Rf3 b5 41. d5 Re7 42. Kf2 Re8 43. Rf7+ Kg6 44. Ke3 b4 45. Rb7 a5 46. Kd4
Kf6 47. Rf7+ Kg6 48. Ra7 (48. Ke5 $1 $18) 48... b3 49. Rxa5 $4 (49. Kc3 $1 a4
50. Rxa4 Kf6 51. Ra7 Ke5 52. Rd7 $18) 49... Rb8 $1 $11 {The game burns out to
a draw after this!A great battle full of many fine moves and some real
"howlers" as G.M.Seirawan calls them.} 50. Ra1 b2 51. Rb1 Kf6 52. Kc5 Ke7 53.
Kd4 Kd6 54. Ke4 Rb5 55. h3 Rb3 56. Kf5 Ke7 57. Ke5 Re3+ 58. Kd4 Rb3 59. Kc4 Rb8
60. Kc5 Rb3 61. Kc4 Rb8 62. Kc3 Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shawinigan CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Black "Masse, Hugues"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{Round 3 was the first round where the top ranked players went head to head.By
the end of this round there were no perfect scores left. Wang,Charbanneau ,
Predescu,Panjwani ,Masse were all tied with 2.5.The following game was well
played.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 $5 {An interesting
alternative to the usual 5 d4that has a respectable score on the data base.} d6
6. a4 a6 7. d3 Be6 8. Nbd2 Ba7 $1 {I like this move.The bishop withdrawns to a
safe square while awaiting developements.The only game o nmy data base
continued 8..Nh5 .Hugues' move improves.} (8... Nh5 9. Bxe6 $1 $14) 9. O-O O-O
10. Ng5 Bg4 $1 11. Ngf3 Qe7 {very solid.Here Nh5 was very interesting.} (11...
Nh5 $5 12. g3 (12. Nb3 Qf6 13. Be3 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 $15) 12... Nf6 $1) 12. Nb3
Nd7 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Bd5 Nd8 15. Nbd2 Nxd5 16. exd5 c6 17. Bxa7 Rxa7 18. Qe3 Ra8
19. dxc6 Nxc6 {Black has equalized comfortably.} 20. d4 Qc7 21. h3 Bf5 (21...
Bxf3 22. Nxf3 exd4 23. Nxd4 Rfe8 $11) 22. Rfd1 Rfe8 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Nc4 Bg6
25. Qc5 f6 26. Nh4 Bf7 27. Nd6 $6 (27. Nf5 $1 $14) 27... Red8 28. Nxf7 Qxf7 29.
Nf5 Qe6 30. Nd6 Rab8 31. Nc4 h6 32. a5 $14 {White could continue as whatever
advantages that exist are certainly his.That said ,a draw is certainly the
most probable result.Play might continue 32 ..Qe7} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shawinigan CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Predescu, Sebastian"]
[Black "Panjwani, Raja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2214"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{The number 4 seed Sebastion Predescuof Ottawa has become a cfc master
strenghth player in the last year.The long time student of I.M. Tom O'donnell
""Seb"is strongest at endings like his teacher.The last few years have seen a
gradual sharpening of his openings but here he reverts back to an old favorite
but Raja knows the line well and has no problems at all.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6
3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 $1 {This is the problem with this opening.The late, great
English G.M.Tony Miles often played this setup and he turned to 5Nc3 for big
games.The text gives white nothing but is frequently played.} 5. Qc1 Nc6 6. c3
d5 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. h3 cxd4 10. exd4 Rc8 {White has an abysmal score
form this position but it is just equal.} 11. O-O Nb4 $1 12. Bb1 $2 (12. Be2
Bb5 13. Qd1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc6 15. Rab1 $11) 12... Bb5 13. Re1 Nd3 14. Bxd3 Bxd3
15. Ne5 Bg6 16. Bh2 Qd8 {Black recognises that the best plan is to attack
white's queenside with his pawns so needs the queen to get out of the way.} (
16... Qa5 $5) 17. Qd1 O-O 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Qe2 Bd6 20. Bxd6 (20. Be5) 20...
Qxd6 21. Qe3 Nd7 22. f4 $6 (22. a4) 22... Nb6 23. Qf2 Nc4 24. Nb3 a5 25. Nc5 b6
26. Nd3 Qc7 27. a3 (27. a4) 27... Nd6 28. Qe3 {By placing his knight on d3
White discourages b5 as the knight would hop into c5.This position is roughly
equal.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shawinigan CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Ramaswamy, Kishor"]
[Black "McDonald, Justin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

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

[Event "Shawinigan CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Masse, Hugues"]
[Black "Predescu, Sebastian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{Round 4 saw Hugues Masse take the lead by himself at 3.5 with the following
fine with over Predescu.Masse was playing the best chess i have seen him play
in this tournement.It may be he has discovered d4 suits his abilities better
than e4.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 {There
are many really strong gm,s who play this but in my opinion it is just far too
easy to slip into a space disadvantage for "normal" players.} 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2
f5 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Nge2 Ndf6 11. h3 fxe4 {The alternative was to play f4 and
gradualy begin operations on the other side.} 12. fxe4 Rf7 $2 (12... Qe7) 13.
c5 $6 {g3 is also reasonable} (13. g4 Nf4 14. Nxf4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Qe8 16. Bd3
Nd7 17. Rdf1 Ne5 {I find it hard to beleive black has enough compensation for
the pawn here,but this must be what Seb had in mind.}) 13... Nf4 (13... Nd7 $1)
14. g3 $1 Nxe2+ 15. Bxe2 $16 {Black's posit ion is very poor.White has a huge
spatial advantage and is better co-ordinated as well.} Bd7 16. g4 $1 Qe7 17.
cxd6 {There are other ways of playing this position but the text is good
enough.} (17. Rdf1 $5 $16) 17... cxd6 18. Kb1 a6 (18... b5 $5 19. g5 Nh5 20.
Bxh5 gxh5 21. Ne2 h4 $16) 19. Rc1 b5 20. Bd3 (20. g5 Nh5 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. Nd1
Rf3 23. Rc7 Qd8 24. Bb6 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Nf2 h4 $14) 20... Be8 (20... b4
$1 21. Ne2 a5 $14) 21. Ne2 $1 Qb7 22. Ng3 Rc7 $2 (22... Nd7) 23. Rxc7 (23. Qb4
$1) 23... Qxc7 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Qc2 h6 26. Qc7 {White has a huge space
advantage and black is cramped.White is still clearly better after this but
there were many more favourable ways....} (26. Qd2 $1 Kh7 27. g5 hxg5 28. Bxg5
b4 29. Qf2 Nd7 30. Be3) 26... Qxc7 27. Rxc7 Kf8 $2 (27... Bd7) 28. Bd2 $6 (28.
g5 $1) 28... Bd7 29. b3 Ke7 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. Rxc8 Bxc8 32. Kc2 {This ending is
very difficult for black.His pieces are very poorly placed.} Kd7 33. Nf1 h5 $2
34. g5 Ng8 35. h4 Bf8 36. Ne3 Bb7 37. a4 $1 {Diagram #} bxa4 38. bxa4 Ne7 39.
Bf1 Nc8 40. Bh3+ Ke8 41. Nc4 Na7 42. Bb4 Bc8 43. Bf1 Bd7 44. Kb3 Nc8 45. Nb2
1-0

[Event "Shawinigan CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Divljan, Igor"]
[Black "Panjwani, Raja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{Round 5 saw most of the top seeds win.Igor made a very practical if not quite
correct sacrifice that won immediately when Raja hung a rook.Anne- Marie who
was having a fantastic tournement lost her first game to the eventual winner,
Wang.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ {This is
playable but only if you are super accurate.Be7 is better.} (6... Be7) 7. Nxc3
d5 8. b3 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 $5 {This is rare and scores very poorly in practice
but might not be bad if followed accurately.} (9... dxc4 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. a4
Na5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nb5 Bb7 14. O-O $14) 10. a4 $1 {The bishop usually goes to
a3 in this line.} c5 11. Ba3 (11. O-O $14) 11... Re8 $6 {This looks sensible
but the rook would be better on d8.} (11... dxc4 12. bxc4 Qc8 $5 {Iadmit i
dont exactly trust this but i can't find anything wrong with it.} 13. Rc1 (13.
O-O Rd8 14. Qb3 (14. Nb5 $5 Ne5 $1) 14... cxd4 15. exd4 e5) 13... Rd8 14. O-O
cxd4 15. exd4 Nc5) 12. O-O Ne4 $2 {Black should try to equalise before he gets
any ambitious ideas.} (12... e5 $5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. cxd5 Bxe2
16. Qxe2 Nxd5 17. Ne4 $14) 13. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 14. Qc2 (14. Bb2 $1) 14... Bb7 15.
Rad1 Qc7 (15... Qg5 $5) 16. f4 $1 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 e5 $2 (18... Rad8
$14 19. Rdf1 f5 $1) 19. d5 (19. Qf5 $1) 19... Qd6 20. Rdf1 Rf8 21. Qf2 Qe7 22.
e4 Nf6 23. Qe2 $16 {Blacks posit ion is horrible.As soon as the bishop on a3
joins in it should be curtains..... .} Kh8 24. Bc1 Ng8 25. Rh3 h6 26. g4 f6 27.
Rg3 a5 $2 {It rarely makes sense closing one side when you are being attacked
on the other.It allows the attacker to build up without distraction.} 28. h4 g6
29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Rgf3 Rad8 31. Qf2 g5 32. Qg3 Qd6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Rh1 Ne7 35.
Qh2 Rh8 36. Rh3 Rxh3 37. Qxh3 Rg8 $1 {The only move to keep the game going.}
38. Bxg5 $5 {Diagram # Ther e doesnt seem to be a forced win here by slower
means and the sac risks nothing in the sense that black is way to tied up to
ever do anything.} fxg5 39. Qh7+ Kf8 40. Rf1+ Ke8 41. Qf7+ Kd8 42. Rf6 Qd7 43.
Kg3 Rh8 $2 {Igor's sac is immediatly rewarded .There were two defensive trys.}
(43... Qe8 $5 44. Rd6+ (44. Qe6 Nc8 45. Qf5 $11 Kc7 46. Re6 Qd8 47. Qxe5+ Kb7
48. d6) (44. Qxe8+ $4 Rxe8 45. Rxb6 Rf8) 44... Kc8 45. Qe6+ Kc7 46. Rxb6) (
43... Re8 44. Re6 Nf5+ $1 {a funny way to show that black is in no real danger!
} 45. Qxf5 Rxe6 $11) 44. Rxb6 (44. Rxb6) 44... Nc8 $4 (44... Kc7 $8 45. Qf6 Rh4
46. Re6 Nc8 $16) 45. Qf6+ $1 Kc7 46. Rc6+ Kb7 47. Qxh8 Nd6 48. Qxe5 Qh7 49.
Qxd6 Qh4+ 50. Kg2 Qxg4+ 51. Kf2 Qh4+ 52. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Shawinigan CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Black "Tang, Charlie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{This game put Wang in clear first by half a point with one round to go.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O
9. O-O-O $1 {In my opinion this move is the problem with the dragon.I have
studied this position very deeply and come to the conclusion it is difficult
for black!} Nxd4 $6 {d5 offers better chances.} 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. h4
Rfc8 13. h5 $5 {I was watching this game with Quebec master MArc Andre Fortier
and we were both surprised by this.G4 is far more common and scores very well.
Wang's move seems strong also!} Qa5 $1 {The best move.} (13... Nxh5 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 (14... Nxg7 15. Qh6 Nh5 16. g4 {Is the same.}) 15. g4 Nf6 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17.
e5 $1 dxe5 18. g5 $18) 14. h6 {This is way less popular than hxg6 but scores
about the same.} Bh8 (14... Bf8 {Might be playable.}) 15. a3 $1 {Black was
threatening an exchange sacrifice on c3,for example,} (15. g4 $2 Rxc3 16. Qxc3
Qxa2+ 17. Kc1 Bxg4 $1 18. Bc4 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qa4 $13) 15... Rab8 {Nd7 is the
alternative} 16. Bxf6 exf6 $6 (16... Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Nxf6+ exf6 19. Rxd2
$14) 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. g4 $1 {White mustnt allow f5!} b5 19. Be2 (19. f4 $5 Bxg4
$2 (19... b4 $1) 20. Be2 $16) 19... a5 $2 (19... b4 $1 20. a4 (20. axb4 Bxd5
21. exd5 a5 $1 {is very unclear.}) 20... b3 21. c3 $14) 20. f4 f5 $2 {Diagram
# This doesn't work.} (20... b4 $1 21. a4 $1 b3 22. c3 Qe8 23. Bb5 Rxb5 24.
axb5 Bxg4 25. Qd3 $1 $16) 21. gxf5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Qf6 23. e5 $1 $18 {Charlie
must have missed this in his calculations.} dxe5 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. fxe5 Qe7 26.
Rhg1 $2 (26. h7+ $1 Kf8 27. Rdf1 Rd8 28. Qf3 $18) 26... Kh7 $1 $16 27. Rdf1 Rc7
28. e6 $5 Qxe6 29. Qxe6 fxe6 30. Bd3 Rg8 31. Rxg6 (31. Rg3 $1) 31... Rxg6 32.
Rg1 Kxh6 (32... Rd7 33. Bxg6+ Kxh6 34. Be8 $16 Rd5 35. Rg6+ Kh7 36. Rxe6 $16)
33. Rxg6+ Kh5 34. Rxe6 {Black's king is too far away to aid in the defense.
White wins easily.} b4 35. axb4 axb4 36. Rb6 b3 37. Rxb3 Kg5 38. Rb4 Kf6 39.
Rb5 Ke6 40. Ka2 Kd6 41. c4 Ra7+ 42. Kb3 Kc7 43. c5 Kc6 44. Kc4 Be5 45. b4 Bc7
46. Be4+ Kd7 47. Kd5 Ra1 48. Bf5+ Kd8 49. Kc6 Rf1 50. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Shawinigan CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Masse, Hugues"]
[Black "Divljan, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "2286"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{This game had a major impact on the final standings.It also was Masse's only
loss of the tournement.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 c5 6.
a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. cxd5 $6 {Both Be3and c5 score excellently
for white here.Perhaps because Masse had a half point lead he chooses the
simplest but not the strongest path.This is already a large error
psychologically.It usually works out better to seek the maximum and then if it
suits your purpose you can offer a draw from a position of strength.The person
who declines overpresses more times than the other way round.The other
approach is just try to win always!} Nxd5 10. Bc4 Nxc3 $1 $146 {The only g ame
on my database went Nf6 but the text is logical giving white weekness'on the c
file} 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Bb3 b6 14. O-O (14. Bc2 $5) 14... Bb7 15.
Bg5 Rac8 16. Rac1 Qd6 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 h6 19. Be3 Nf6 (19... b5 $1) 20. c4
$1 $11 {This ending looks equal,White has the bishops but they are not exactly
impressive at the moment.} Rfd8 21. f3 Rd7 $2 {White is marginally better
after this waiting move.} (21... e5 $5 22. dxe5 (22. d5 Nd7) 22... Rd3 23. Rb1
Rxe3 24. exf6 $11) 22. Rfd1 g5 $6 {A bizarre move. Not only does this not
improve black's position but potentially opens his king up.Still White's
advantage remains containable.} (22... Rcd8 23. Ba4 Rc7 24. Bf4 Rcc8 25. c5
bxc5 26. dxc5 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Bc6 {was better but still a little better for
white.}) 23. Kf2 Rdc7 24. Rc2 $2 (24. g4 $1) 24... Nd5 $1 25. Rdc1 Ne7 26. a4 (
26. g4) 26... Nc6 27. c5 Nb4 28. Rc3 Ba6 (28... Bd5 $1) 29. Bc4 $4 {Diagram #
The only truly horrible move Masse played all tournement.} (29. Rd1 $11) 29...
Bxc4 30. Rxc4 Nd3+ $1 $19 31. Ke2 Nxc1+ 32. Rxc1 bxc5 33. dxc5 Rb8 34. Kd3 Rb3+
35. Ke2 Rb2+ 36. Kd3 Rc6 37. Kc4 Kf8 38. Bd4 Rb7 39. Be5 Ke7 40. Rh1 Kd7 41.
Rxh6 Ra6 42. Kd3 Rxa4 43. Ke3 Kc6 44. Bd6 Rb3+ 45. Kf2 Ra2+ 46. Kg1 Rb1+ {A
tragedy for Hughes that cost him any chance of winning the tournement.} 0-1

[Event "Shawinigan CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ramaswamy, Kishor"]
[Black "Predescu, Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{This was Kishor's best game of the tournement.Sebastian is under serious
presure all game but a couragous sacrifice breaks the bind.Considering
Sebastian finished half a point back this was a big game.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Nc5 10. f3
Nh5 11. Bd1 f5 12. Bc2 f4 13. Bf2 Bf6 14. O-O-O b6 15. Kb1 $5 $146 {amazingly
t he first new move.15 b4!? was played by Gaprindashvilli long ago.Kishor's
move does not seem worse.} Kg7 $6 (15... a6 $5) 16. Nge2 {a reasonable move
for sure but there was better.} (16. g4 $1 fxg3 17. hxg3 Bg5 18. Qe2 $16) 16...
Bh4 {It is logical to trade the "bad "bishop for the "good" bishop but it
still falls short of equality.} 17. Bxh4 Qxh4 18. b4 (18. g3 $1 fxg3 19. hxg3
Qg5 20. f4 $1 exf4 21. gxf4 Nxf4 22. Rdg1 Bg4 23. Nd4 $1 h5 24. Qh2 $1 {was a
difficult to see pawn sac that would give White a very strong position.}) 18...
Nd7 (18... Nb7 $5) 19. Nc1 (19. g3 $1) 19... Qe7 20. Nd3 g5 $2 (20... a6) 21.
Ba4 $6 (21. g4 $1 Nhf6 22. h4 $16) 21... Ndf6 (21... a5) 22. Bc6 Rb8 23. Nb5 a6
$2 (23... a5 $5) 24. Na7 $1 $16 g4 25. Nxc8 Rfxc8 26. Ka1 {White is much
better here.The Black knights look rediculous.} gxf3 27. gxf3 Kh8 28. Qf2 Nh7
29. c5 bxc5 30. bxc5 Nf8 $2 31. Rhg1 Qf7 32. Rg2 (32. Qh4 $1 $18) 32... Nh7 33.
Nb2 Rg8 34. Rxg8+ Rxg8 35. Nc4 Qg6 36. Bd7 $2 (36. Rb1 $1) 36... Ng5 37. Rb1 $4
(37. cxd6 cxd6 38. h4 $1 $16) 37... Nxe4 $1 {Diagram # A great sac that
completly changes the game.} 38. fxe4 Qxe4 39. Be6 $6 {Short of time White
decides to force a draw.It was possible to play on.} (39. Qf1 $1 Qxd5 40. cxd6
Qd4+ $1 41. Nb2 Qxd6 $1 42. Rd1 Qg6 43. Qc4 $1 {looks clearly better for white.
}) 39... Qxc4 40. Bxg8 Kxg8 41. Qg2+ Kf7 42. Rg1 Qc3+ 43. Kb1 Qb4+ 44. Ka1 Qc3+
{A difficult struggle.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shawinigan CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "McAlpin, John Francis"]
[Black "Livingston, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1552"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{One of the tournements great discoveries was ALex Livingston.Rated only 1550
he achieved a plus score with upsets like the following.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 $6 {The bishop is better on e2 in this line.
It is also reasonable to play ne5 and f4 quickly against this setup.} O-O 7.
O-O c6 8. Rb1 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. b4 Qe8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b5 Ndf6 13. Ne5 Bd6
14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Na4 Bd7 16. Nxd7 Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Ng4+ 18. Kg1 Qh5 19. Re1 Qh2+
20. Kf1 Qh1+ 21. Ke2 Qxg2 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 {Diagram #} 24. Rf1 $4 (
24. Kd1 $1 $18) 24... Nxf2 25. Kd2 $4 (25. Re1 $8 Nd3+ 26. Kd1 Qxc2+ 27. Kxc2
Nxe1+ 28. Kc3 Rf2 $17) 25... Nd1+ $1 {White is mated!} 0-1

[Event "Shawinigan CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Godbout, Mathieu"]
[Black "Kraiouchkine, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "1745"]
[BlackElo "1266"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

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

[Event "Shawinigan CA ch jr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Divljan, Igor"]
[Black "Wang, Hao Yuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{The showdown for the title!Dviljan had to win and Wang draw to claim the
title.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3
Be7 8. Nf4 {I am not sure why Igor would avoid d5 which is perfect for a must
win game.} d6 (8... d5 {usually equalises eventually.}) 9. Be2 {Be3 scores
better but the text is more common.} e5 10. Nfd5 $6 (10. dxe5 $1 dxe5 11. Qxd8
Bxd8 12. Nfd5 Nc6 13. Be3 $14) 10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Nc6 12. Be3 Bg5 $1 13. O-O
Bxe3 14. fxe3 exd4 15. exd4 Be6 16. Nb4 Qb6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 $11 {Black has
equalised} 18. Rb1 Qa5 $6 (18... a5 $1) 19. Kh1 $6 (19. Qc1 $1 $14 {ideas of
b4 and qf4 give white a mild initiative.}) 19... Rab8 20. Qd3 Qg5 21. b4 Rfe8
22. Qf3 Rbc8 $6 (22... d5 $1) 23. Bd3 $1 $14 f6 24. b5 $2 (24. Rbe1 $1 $14)
24... cxb5 25. Rxb5 Qg4 $11 26. d5 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Bh3 28. Rd1 Re3 29. Rb7 Rce8
30. Rg1 g6 {drawn most likely becasue white has nothing better than,} 31. Bxg6
hxg6 32. Rxg6+ Kf8 33. Rxf6+ Kg8 34. Rg6+ Kf8 $11 (34... Kh8 $4 35. Rh6+ {
Congratulations to Hao-Yuan Wang, 2003 Canadian Junior Champion.Wang was the
only undefeated player in the tournement and I want to wish him good luck at
the worlds.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Heraklio WYCC G16"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khaziyeva, Dinara"]
[Black "Morales, Luciana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{Dinara felt this was one of her best games.The opening doesn't give her much
but her better positional sense gradually allows her to take over.} 1. b3 e5 $1
2. Bb2 Bd6 $6 $146 {a bizarre move that i am tempted to award a ?.I think
black is confusing lines with the following.Amazingly i cannot find even one
game with this on my database.} (2... Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 $5) 3. e3 (3. c4
$5) (3. f4 $5 exf4 4. Bxg7 Qh4+ 5. g3 fxg3 6. Bg2 {looks entertaining.}) 3...
Nf6 4. Nf3 Qe7 5. d4 e4 6. Nfd2 O-O 7. c4 $6 (7. Nc4 $1 $14) 7... c6 8. Be2 b6
9. Nc3 Ba6 10. a4 $6 (10. Qc2 Re8 (10... Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 $14) 11. g4
$1 {is very good for white.}) 10... Bb4 11. Rc1 (11. Na2 $5) 11... d5 $1 {now
if anyone has the advantage it is black whos pieces all sit on good squares .}
12. cxd5 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 cxd5 14. O-O Na6 (14... Nbd7 $1 $15) 15. Nb1 $1 {the
knight has no future on d2.From b1 it can go to c3 to pressure the dpawn.} Bd6
(15... Rac8) 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bc3 Nd7 18. f4 $1 f5 19. Qe2 Nc7 20. Bb4 $1 {White
must have been very happy to get this in.White is back to equality.} Nf6 $2 (
20... Bxb4 21. Rxc7 Qd6 22. Rc2 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 (24. Qxc2 Nf6 25.
Qc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Ng4 27. Nf1 $11)) 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rc3 $14 {White has
gotten control of the only open file.} Ne6 23. Rfc1 Qd7 24. Qc2 (24. Qa6 $5)
24... Rf7 25. h3 Ne8 $1 {Black has played well over the last few moves and
Whites control of the cfile is contained.} 26. Ne2 Nd6 $6 (26... b5 $1) 27. Na3
Rff8 (27... a6) 28. Rc6 Nc4 $4 {Diagram #} (28... Rac8 $1 $11 29. b4 (29. Nb5
Rfd8 $1 {BlAck holds.}) 29... Nc4) 29. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 $2 (29... Nxa3 30. Qc6 Rad8
31. Kf2 $1 $16) 30. bxc4 $18 Rac8 31. c5 {The rest is a slaughter.} h6 32. Nb5
Qd7 33. Nd6 Rc7 34. Nb5 Rcc8 35. Nd6 Rc7 36. Qb3 Kg7 37. Nb5 Rcc8 38. Nd6 Rc7
39. Qxd5 Qxa4 40. Qe5+ Kh7 41. Nxe4 Rcf7 42. Nd6 Rg7 43. c6 Qa2 44. Kf1 {1-0}
1-0

[Event "Heraklio WYCC B12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McDonald, Justin"]
[Black "Shurygin, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{Here is Justin McDonald's favorite game of the event against one of the many
Russian contestants.} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 $6 {This
is a bad move order and allows black easy equality .Black also seems unaware
of move order subtleties.} (5. Qe2) 5... c6 (5... Nxe4) 6. Qe2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7
8. Rd1 (8. a4 $1) 8... b5 9. Bb3 a5 10. a3 $6 (10. e5 $1 a4 11. Bxf7+ Rxf7 12.
Ng5 {is good for white but a4 isnt forced.}) 10... Ba6 11. Qe1 Qb6 $2 12. e5 $1
{Diagram # Just like that white is winning completely.} Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14.
Bxd5 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. e6 $1 Nb6 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Ng5 Rff8 19. Qe6+ Kh8
20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxf7 Rf8 22. Qb3 Qe4 23. Be3 Nd5 24. Qd3 Qg4 25. h3 Qd7 26.
c3 a4 27. Re1 e6 28. c4 Nxe3 29. Rxe3 Qf7 30. Rf3 Bf6 31. cxb5 Rb8 32. Qc4 Qg7
33. Rd1 Qe7 34. Qxa4 Kg7 35. Qc4 Qd7 36. a4 Kf7 37. d5 Ke7 38. dxe6 Qxe6 39.
Qc7+ Qd7 40. Re1+ Be5 41. Rxe5+ {a nice game by Justin.} 1-0

[Event "Heraklio WYCC G18"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shitsuka, Rabith"]
[Black "Charbonneau, Anne-Marie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{Anne- Marie Charbaneau got off to a good start but had a difficult time after
the rest day.This was one of her best efforts.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4.
cxd5 {White heads straight for the minority attack.} exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 c6
7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Bxf6 $5 {White speeds up the
minority attack [see previous e.p. gm factory for discussion on minority
attack] by giving up the bishop at this point.} Bxf6 12. b4 Bg4 $1 13. Nd2 Be7
$1 {Anne Marie's preperation for this game was excellent.The bishop has no
future on f6 so immediately heads for a more active diagonal.} 14. b5 $2 {This
move has braught white nothing but misery scoring a pathetic 38percent .Rab1
does better.} c5 $1 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nb3 Bb6 {Black Shou ld be active enough
here to compensate for the isolated pawn.Whites next is a big mistake handing
black the initiative.} 17. Na4 $2 (17. Bf5 $1 Bh5 $11) 17... Rc8 18. Qb2 (18.
Qd2 $142) 18... Bc7 19. Rac1 Qh4 20. g3 Qh5 21. Rfe1 Ne6 $1 22. Be2 f5 $2 (
22... Ng5 $1) 23. Nac5 $2 (23. Qd2 $1 $15 Rcd8) 23... Ng5 $1 24. Nd4 Be5 25.
Ncb3 Rcd8 $2 (25... Nh3+ 26. Kg2 Nxf2 {was an immediate win.}) 26. Qd2 $2 (26.
f4 $1) 26... Ne4 27. Qc2 Nxf2 $1 {Diagram #} 28. Bxg4 Nxg4 29. Qd2 Qg5 30. Nf3
Qe7 31. Qc2 Qd7 32. Nfd4 $4 Nxe3 $1 33. Qd3 f4 34. Rxe3 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 fxe3 {A
very well played and deserved win} 0-1

[Event "Heraklio WYCC B10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Szabo, Leon"]
[Black "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Ross,D Thavandiran,S"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{Shiyam Thavandiran annottated one of his best efforts,my comments are in
bracketts.  My current opponent is from Hungary,and had a fide rating of 2025.
} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3 {[this line was popularised by G.
M.Kupreichik.]} Qb6 6. Qd2 {We have now landed in an Alapin variation in the
french advanced.} f6 $5 {[I have always played a simpler line here.]} (6...
cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb4 8. Nc3 Bd7 {Rc8 followed by na5 gives easy equality.}) 7. f4 {
[i wonder if this isn't a little too much center !f4 is the most common move
but Nf3 looks like it is worth a serious look.]} cxd4 8. cxd4 {The point of
f6!A creative idea to break up the center.} g5 $1 9. g3 $2 {A terrible move!
[its not great,thats for sure but it is not the cause of black's defeat]} (9.
fxg5 fxe5 10. dxe5 d4 11. Bf4 Bb4 $19) (9. exf6 Nxf6 10. fxg5 Ne4 {and black
has sufficient compensation.}) (9. Nf3 $142 g4 10. Nh4 {{Ng1} Be7) 9... gxf4
10. gxf4 fxe5 11. fxe5 Bh6 $1 {Now White's queen is suddenly overworked and
black wins a pawn.a sample line is 12. Bxh6 ,Nxh6 13 .Nf3 ,Nf5and the p/
d4falls.} 12. Bxh6 (12. Nf3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Qxb2 (13... Nge7 $1 14. Nc3 (14. Bh3
Qxb2 15. Qc3 Qxc3+ 16. Nxc3 Rf8 17. Rf1 Ng6 18. Ne2 $17) 14... Nf5 15. Qf2
Nfxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18. O-O-O) 14. Qc3 {[looks like a way better
try.Basically white is losing a pawn here and he will have much better drawing
chances if he surrenders the b2 pawn instead of the d4 pawn].}) 12... Nxh6 13.
Qxh6 $2 {Diagram # [This is actually the losing move.]} (13. Be2 $5 Qxd4 $2 (
13... Nf5 $1 14. Bh5+ Kd8 15. Ne2 Nfxd4 16. Nbc3 Nxe2 17. Bxe2 Kc7 $17) 14.
Qxh6 Qxb2 15. Bh5+ Kd8 16. Qf6+ Kc7 17. Qxh8 Qxa1 18. Qxh7+ $14) 13... Qxb2 {
Now black wins rook on a1 and the game.} 14. Qh5+ Kd8 15. Qg5+ Kc7 16. Nf3 Qxa1
17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Qc1 Raf8 19. Rf1 Kb8 20. Qc5 Rf7 21. a3 Rhf8 22. Ke2 Rxf3 23.
Rxf3 Nxd4+ 24. Ke1 Nxf3+ 25. Kf2 Qd4+ {0-1 .Congratulations to Shiyam for a
well prepared and executed game.Poor Szabo,he was one of the highest rated in
the boys u10 and got half out of 2 against Canadians!} 0-1

[Event "Heraklio WYCC B10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.11.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Me, Kevin"]
[Black "Szabo, Leon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{This past November Twenty young Canadians made the long journy to the island
of Crete ,Greece to compete in the annual World Youth Chess Championships.They
were accompanied by opptomistic parents and their coach F.M.Richard Berube of
Montreal. The kids had earned the right to represent Canada at this event by
qualifying earlier in the year at the nationals.For those of you who are
unfamiliar with the "wycc" the competition is fierce.It is truely a future
look at tomorrows world champions and grandmasters.The groups are divided
every two years starting at under 10. Here are the scores of our reps. out of
11. Boys u10 ,Shiyam Thivandiran 8,Kevin Me 6,Harris Kauffman 5. Girls u10
Alina Sviridovitch 8,Amanda Wang 4.Boys u12 Raja Panjwani 6,Justin Macdonald 4.
5 Girls u12 Tiffany Tang 5,Gabreille Nadeau 3 B u14-Mark Bluvshtein 7.5 ,Bobby
Meng 5.5 Gu14-Anastasia Kazakevitch 4.5 B u16-Igor Dviljan 6,Dmitri Keoktistov
5,Gary Ng 5. G u16-Dinara Khaziyava 7 B u 18-Warrick Rolfe 4.5 Eric Lawson 5.5
,Julien Bachant- Fleurant 4. Gu-18 Anne Marie Charbonneau 5. Congratulations
to everyone who Competed and their parents for supporting them in a difficult
competition. Four people deserve some special recognition .Three kids came in
the top 10 .Alina Sviridovitch [5th],Mark Bluvshtein [6th] Shiyam Thivandiran 
[8th].I also think Dinara Khaziyeva deserves special creditfor finishing 13th
in a very difficult G u16.Dinara was paired up in many of here games and
always found a way to compete. Now on to some games. Saskatchewan's Kevin Me
got a very tough player in round two and passed the test with flying colors 
[correction,Mark was 8th]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 {The
positional Winawer.More common is the immediate central attack 4..c5.} 5. Bd2
b6 6. f4 $6 {While by no means a disaster this is pretty much what black is
hoping for.Black seeks to trade the Bc8 for the Bf1 and putting more pawns on
black just makes the remaining B[c1]that much more lame in the coming
middlegame.} ({Nco gives two lines leading to a slight white advantage.} 6. Bb5
$1 c6 7. Ba4 a5 8. a3 Bxc3 (8... Bf8 $5) 9. Bxc3 Ba6 10. Bd2 Ne7 11. c3 Nf5 12.
Ne2 $14) (6. Nf3 Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6 8. Ne2 Bf8 9. Nf4 $14) 6... Ba6 7. Bxa6 Nxa6
8. Qe2 Nb8 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne7 11. Nf3 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. O-O-O $2 {
Wrong side.} Qa4 $1 14. g3 Nbc6 15. Kb1 Rb8 16. Ka2 Nb4+ $6 {finally Kevi n
gets a break.So far his opponenet has played flawlessly but here misses a very
strong continuation.} (16... d4 $1 17. b3 Nd5 $1 18. Bb2 Qa5 19. Nd2 Ne3 $17)
17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Qd3 $1 Nc6 $2 (18... bxa3 19. Qxa3 Qc4+ 20. Kb1 O-O $1 21.
Qxe7 $2 Qc3 $19) 19. Qb3 Qa6 20. Qd3 (20. a4 $5) 20... Qa5 21. Nd4 b3+ $2 (
21... Nxd4 22. Qxd4 bxa3 23. bxa3 O-O {was good enough.}) 22. Nxb3 Nb4+ 23. Ka1
Nxd3 24. Nxa5 Nf2 25. c4 $1 Nxh1 26. Rxh1 dxc4 27. Nxc4 Ke7 28. Nd6 {Diagram #
Amazinly Black doesn't have much here.The knight is very strong and white has
a pawn for the exchange as well.} Rhd8 29. Rc1 f6 30. Rc7+ $2 (30. b4) 30...
Rd7 31. Rc4 Rf8 32. a4 h6 33. Ka2 h5 34. Ka3 fxe5 35. fxe5 Rf3+ 36. b3 Re3 37.
Rc5 Re2 38. a5 Re1 39. b4 g5 40. Ka4 h4 41. g4 Re2 42. h3 Re3 43. b5 Rxd6 {
Black decides he just can't stand the knight anymore.} 44. exd6+ Kxd6 45. Rxg5
Rxh3 46. Rh5 Rh1 47. g5 h3 48. g6 h2 49. g7 Rg1 50. Rxh2 Rxg7 51. b6 Kc6 52.
Re2 Re7 (52... Rg4+) 53. bxa7 Rxa7 $4 {an incredible blunder Kb7 was an easy
draw.} 54. Rxe6+ Kd7 55. Rh6 Rc7 56. Kb5 $4 {returning the favour.A6 is
winning!} (56. a6 $1 Rc8 57. Kb5 Kc7 58. Rc6+ Kb8 (58... Kd7 59. a7 Rxc6 60.
a8=Q {Queen vs rook is a lot harder to win against perfect defense than most
people realise.}) 59. a7+ $1) 56... Kc8 57. a6 (57. Rb6 $1 {Still offered
winning chances.}) 57... Kb8 58. Kb6 Rc8 59. Rh7 Rg8 60. Rc7 Rh8 61. Rc5 Rg8
62. Rb5 Ka8 63. Ra5 Rh8 {A triumph of cool defense!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Heraklio WYCC B12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.11.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Panjwani, Raja"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{When i talked to Raja he seemed disappointed by his result but in my opinion
he did not underpreform.} 1. b3 {This has become somewhat popular of late.My
personal opinion is it is suitable only for master strength players preferably
who play the nimzo as the structures are ofte nthe same.} e5 $1 {There are
many answers but this must be the best.} 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 (3... d5 4. Bb5
Bd6 5. f4 {is the critical line .}) 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. f4 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. fxe5 O-O
8. O-O dxe5 9. Bc4 $6 {i have no idea what this move is about} h6 10. e4 a6 11.
a4 Rb8 $6 {another pointless move.The pawn structure dictates black must play
f5 so Kh8 must be right.} (11... Kh8) (11... Nd4 $5) 12. Nc3 (12. a5) 12... Na5
13. Nd5 $2 (13. Be2) (13. Qe1 $5) 13... Nxc4 $2 (13... Nxd5 14. exd5 e4 $1) 14.
bxc4 c6 15. Ne3 $11 Qc7 $2 (15... f5) 16. c5 $1 Be6 17. Qe2 {White is now
better as black has repeatedly refused to play the right pawn break and now is
cramped.} Rbe8 18. Nc4 Bxc4 $2 (18... f6) 19. Qxc4 Kh7 20. d4 $6 {Thsi is far
from best but the real problem is the next move.} (20. Bc3 $5) (20. Rab1 $5)
20... exd4 21. Nxd4 $4 {Diagram #} (21. Bxd4 {is still clearly better for
white.}) 21... Ng8 $1 {sometimes it is hard to see backward moves.Sadly for
Raja black is finally much better.} 22. Rae1 Be5 23. h3 (23. g3) 23... Nf6 24.
Kh1 Nh5 25. Rf3 Ng3+ 26. Kg1 Nxe4 27. Rfe3 (27. Ne6 $1 Rxe6 28. Rxe4 $17 Kg8
29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Qxe5) 27... Bh2+ 0-1

[Event "Heraklio WYCC B14"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.11.22"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{I.M. Mark Bluvshtein is the undisputed star of the current crop of Juniors.
MArk was ranked first in the boys under 14 and cannot have been to thrilled
with an 8th place finish.MAny have speculated that he may have been somewhat
fatigued after playing so many games at the olympiad.Was it not for an
unfortubate round 7 defeat he most likely would have finished considerably
higher. Most chess people are impressed by Mark's Attacking and combinational
vision but i have analysed many of his games and i am certain his main
strength is in endings!As evidence i would refer anyone to his win over I.M.
Charbaneau from last summers Montreal international.As further proof witness
the following.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6
7. Bc4 {These positional dragons are always a little difficult for black.White
mus tmake sure d5 doesnt come in at a bad moment or he will have absolutely
nothing.} O-O 8. h3 $6 d6 $2 {missing a typical trick.} (8... Nxe4 $1 $15 9.
Nxe4 (9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Bd4 dxe4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7) 9... d5 10. Nxc6
bxc6 11. Bd3 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxb2 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rb1 Bc3+ 15. Ke2 Be6) 9. O-O
Bd7 10. Bb3 Na5 11. f4 Nxb3 12. axb3 Qb8 13. Qd3 a6 14. Ra5 (14. b4) 14... Qc7
15. b4 {Black should be o.k. here but i would rather be white.} Bc6 $6 (15...
Rad8 $1) 16. Qc4 Rac8 17. e5 (17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 Rxc6 19. b5 Rc4 $11) 17...
Ne4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 dxe5 (19... Ng3 $5 20. Re1 dxe5 21. fxe5 Rcd8 22. Qb3
Bxe5 23. Ne6 $1 $11) 20. fxe5 b6 $2 21. Rxa6 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Bxe5 23. c3 Bxd4 24.
Bxd4 b5 {without a doubt white doesnt have much here.} 25. Re1 f5 26. Re6 Kf7
27. Re5 Rb8 28. Rf1 Nd2 29. Rf2 Nb3 $6 (29... Nc4 30. Re1 Nd6 $11) 30. Be3 Rfd8
31. Bg5 Rb7 32. Rfe2 $14 {Suddenly black has some problems to solve.The knight
on b3 looks particularly rediculous.} Rdd7 33. Kf2 Kf8 34. g4 $1 fxg4 35. hxg4
Kf7 36. Re6 Ra7 37. R6e5 Rab7 38. Ke1 Kf8 39. Bh6+ Ke8 40. Rf2 Rd6 41. Rf8+ Kd7
42. Rf7 Re6 43. Rxe6 Kxe6 44. Rxh7 {Whites strong preasure has netted him a
pawn.} Ra7 45. Kd1 Rd7+ 46. Ke2 Rd5 47. Bf4 Kf6 48. Rh8 e5 49. Be3 Na1 50. Ra8
Nc2 51. Ra6+ Kf7 52. Bc1 e4 53. b3 $2 (53. Bf4) 53... Rd3 $1 54. Ra2 Rxc3 $4 {
Diagram # missing an incredible draw!} (54... Rg3 $3 55. Rxc2 (55. Kd1 Rg2 56.
Ra7+ Ke6) 55... Rg2+ 56. Kd1 Rg1+ $11) 55. Kd2 $18 Rxb3 56. Rxc2 Rxb4 57. Ke3
Ke6 58. Bb2 g5 59. Bd4 Rb3+ 60. Rc3 Rb1 61. Kxe4 b4 62. Rc6+ Kd7 63. Rb6 b3 64.
Be5 1-0

[Event "Heraklio WYCC G10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.11.23"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Liu, Xuewei"]
[Black "Sviridovitch, Alina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. e4 {Here is a very nice win by Alina against a chinese girl.} c5 2. Nf3 e6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 (5. Bd3) 5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O Nc6
9. Nde2 $6 {This seems slow.} (9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qe2 {looks better.}) 9... O-O
10. a3 b6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rc1 Ne5 $1 13. b4 Bb7 14. Ng3 Rac8 15. Bxe5 $2 {this
is seldomly a good move.The black dark squared bishop combined with the
weekend d4 square is just too high a price to pay to shake the pressure offf
the cpawn.} (15. Be2 $1 $11) 15... dxe5 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 $2 (17. c5 $5)
17... Rd4 $1 18. Qe3 Rcd8 $2 (18... Qd8) 19. Nge2 {missing an incredible shot
that almost works but not quite.} (19. Nd5 $5 exd5 20. cxd5 Qd7 21. Nf5 Bxd5 $1
(21... Nxd5 $2 22. Qg3 $1) 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Qg5 g6 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7) 19... R4d7
20. h3 a5 $1 21. Rb1 Ba6 22. b5 $2 {horrible,opening the black squares gives
black an easy win.} (22. Nb5) 22... Bc5 23. Qf3 Bb7 24. Rb3 Qb8 25. Na4 $4 Bxe4
$1 $19 {Diagram #} 26. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 27. Kh2 Nxe4 28. Qxe4 f5 29. Qc6 e4+ 30. Rg3
R8d6 31. Nxc5 Rxc6 32. bxc6 bxc5 33. f4 exf3 34. gxf3 Rd2 35. h4 Rxe2+ 36. Kh3
Qb1 0-1

[Event "Heraklio WYCC G12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.11.16"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Tang, Tiffany"]
[Black "Chierici, Marianna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{here is a win by our girls u12 champ.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 {this
line has always had a strange fascination to me .MAny years i was teachign i
na school and a grade two who was in his first year of classes rolled off 12
moves of obscure theory in this line.I asked him if he played with a computer .
He sad no;sure enough he was national champion two yearslater!} 4. O-O a6 5.
Ba4 b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. h3 Bb7 8. c3 Qd7 9. d4 Rd8 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Nf1
Be7 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Nf5 $14 {White has outmaneuvered her opponent and has a
very nice game.} Bf6 15. d5 Nce7 16. Ng3 Nc8 17. Bc2 Nb6 18. Nh2 $1 c6 19. dxc6
Bxc6 20. Ng4 Bh4 21. Nf5 Bg5 22. Nfxh6+ $1 {Diagram #} gxh6 23. Bxg5 Qc7 24.
Bxd8 {good enough to win but immediately ending the game was....} (24. Nxh6+
Kh7 25. Qh5) 24... Qxd8 25. Nxh6+ Kg7 26. Nf5+ Kg8 27. Qxd6 Bd7 28. Rad1 Re8
29. Bb3 Rf8 30. h4 Qc8 31. Qxb6 Bxf5 32. exf5 Qxf5 33. Qe3 Nxh4 34. Qxe5 Qh7
35. Qf6 Rc8 36. Rd7 Rf8 37. Rd8 Qh5 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Re5 Qh7 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41.
Rg5+ Ng6 42. Qd5 Qg8 43. Bc2 Qe8 44. Qd4+ Kh6 45. Rg3 Qc8 46. Bxg6 fxg6 47. Qf6
Qe8 48. Rh3# 1-0

[Event "Heraklio WYCC G18"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.11.15"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Charbonneau, Anne Marie"]
[Black "Khukhashvili, Sopiko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. d4 $1 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 f5
8. g3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. f3 Nf6 11. e3 c5 12. Ne2 Na6 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. O-O Rac8
15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Rac1 d5 17. Nd4 Qe7 18. Qa4 Nd7 19. cxd5 Ndc5 20. Qd1 Bxd5
21. Bb4 Qd7 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. b4 Na4 24. Qd2 Bc4 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. f4 b5 27. h3
Nb6 28. Qe1 Bd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Rd3 Nc4 31. Rdc3 Re8 32. Kf2 Re7 33. R1c2
Rce8 34. Re2 a6 35. Qc1 Re4 36. Qc2 Qf7 37. Qc1 Qh5 38. Qf1 h6 39. Rd3 Qf7 40.
h4 R4e7 41. Qh3 Nd6 42. Rc2 Rc7 43. Ke1 Rxc2 44. Nxc2 Qc7 45. Kd1 Qc4 46. Rd4
Qb3 47. Kc1 Rc8 48. Qg2 Ne4 49. Rxe4 dxe4 50. Qd2 Qxa3+ 51. Kb1 Qd3 52. Qc1
Qb3+ 53. Ka1 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wells, Peter"]
[Black "Lawson, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "Lawson,E"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. e4 {This game is the 1st win of mine aginst a gm!} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {so
far 3 players did something different on move 3.one played d4.one played c3.
one playedBb5} g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 {i know quite a bit on this opening as i use to
use it as white} 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 c4 {This move shocked him and
caused him to use about 35 min. there was only 1 other game with this move in
the database.} 8. d4 (8. dxc4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Be6 10. c5 O-O-O+ 11. Ke1 Nd7 12.
Be3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 $11) 8... b5 {Blacks queenside is ready to move and at the
right time to move b4 and capture e4.if i thought the last move he took a long
time this was even longer 45min} 9. e5 Nd5 {nice center square} 10. Ne4 (10.
Nxd5 cxd5) 10... Bf5 11. Ng3 (11. Nc5 $4 Nb4 $19) 11... Qd7 (11... Bd7) 12. O-O
c3 {gaining control of the light squares and securind an outpost on d5} 13.
bxc3 Nxc3 14. Qe1 Na4 {Nd5 was more accurate} 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 16. c4 {he decides
to sac a pawn for initive and posibly a worry of Nb6 occuping the light squares
} (16. Bb2) 16... bxc4 17. Ba3 {Threatining Qb4 winning a piece or mate} (17.
Qb4 $142 {Regaining the pawn}) 17... c3 {defendind the pawn and preventing Qb4
and the dream of defeniding it from d5 someday} 18. Rc1 (18. Rb1 $11) 18... Bh6
{Here the pawn might actually be decently strong} 19. Qe2 {he should have
still played rb1 Whicj=h is still around equallity} Bxc1 $19 20. Rxc1 Qe6 21.
Qc2 (21. Qa6 Nb6) 21... Qc4 {i am just trying to keep as much material as
possible} 22. e6 {His position is lost so he trys to complicate matters more}
fxe6 (22... f6 {was more accurate. preventing Ne5}) 23. Ne5 Qxd4 24. Nxc6 Qc4
25. Ne5 Qb5 26. Qe4 {I still have to be carefull} Rb8 (26... Rc8 {Was better
although with the move i played it becomes more difficult}) 27. Nc6 Rb7 28.
Qxe6 Qf5 29. Qc4 Nb6 30. Qxc3 Rf8 {My piece are finally out covering alot of
useful squares Around here he was realy short of time} 31. Nxe7 (31. Qe1 $15)
31... Rxe7 $19 32. Bxe7 Nd5 (32... Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Kxe7 {Was just so much easier}
) 33. Qe1 Nxe7 34. Rc7 Rf7 35. Rxa7 Kf8 36. a4 Qc5 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. a5 Nc6 39.
a6 Ra7 {Here i played my move and he lost on time. before he could capture my
rook. Although if i play correctly after Qxrook I should win by 1st winning
the a6 pawn while avoiding perpetual checks and then concentrate on the
kingside} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shaw, John"]
[Black "Lawson, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Lawson,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 e5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Qxe5+
8. Be3 Bd7 9. Qb3 Nf6 {taking the pawn now also gives black great counterplay}
10. Nd2 (10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qxa7 Ng4 12. Be2 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Rxb2 14. Qa8+ Rb8 15.
Qf3 Bd6 $17) 10... Be7 {just getting ready to get my final pieces out and get
my king to safty} 11. Qxb7 {i just think this is to greedy.the queen has now
moved 3 times and will move some more while black will get the rook on the 7
file} Rb8 12. Qxa7 Rxb2 {as u see black got rid of a couple of useless pawns
on the queenside to shatter whites solide queenside structure and a rook on
the 7th with a lasting activity} 13. Qa3 (13. Rc1 $1 Rxd2 $3 14. Kxd2 O-O $40 {
this position to a computer is equal}) 13... Rxd2 (13... Rc2 {was also
intersting}) 14. Kxd2 Ne4+ 15. Ke1 (15. Kc2 O-O 16. Bc4 (16. Bd3 c4 $19) (16.
Rc1 c4 $3 $19) (16. Re1 Ba4+ $3 $19) 16... Bf5 $17) 15... O-O {black has
completed his development and is now ready for the attack} 16. Bc4 Bh4 $3 {
this move is a key. his king is decently safe now. so i have to weaken his
white squares around his king with his white bishop not on the white squares
around his king} 17. g3 (17. Kf1 Bxf2 18. Bxf2 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Qf4+ 20. Kg1 Qe3+
$11) 17... Bf6 {putting my bishop on a better diagonal} 18. Rc1 Re8 {Now Nxf2
is a irrestible threat and as u see if the pawn was still on g2 after Kf1 hes
safe but not here because ofBh3+} 19. Qb2 $8 Ng5 $6 {With this m ove i was
trying to invade the white squares another method. but the same plan Qe4} (
19... Nxf2 $3 $19 20. Qxf2 Qe4 $3 {as u see again the white squares hurt white
again}) 20. Qb7 $1 Bg4 21. Qd5 Qe7 $2 (21... Nf3+ $5 22. Ke2 (22. Kf1 Be6 $3
23. Qxf3 Bxc4+ 24. Kg1 Bd5 25. Qf4 Qe6 $19 26. c4 Ba8 $11 27. h3 $8 (27. Re1 g5
$3 {the queen is trapped}) 27... Bxh1 28. Kxh1 Qxh3+ $11) 22... Nxh2+ $3 23.
Ke1 $4 Qxc3+ $3 $19) 22. Be2 Be6 {Bxe2 is better although after having a
superior position. i did not want to trade more} 23. Qc6 (23. Qxc5 $18 {i
completly forgot about this capture although even here i still have some
counterchance after Qb7}) 23... Rc8 24. Qa6 Ne4 {my pieces are starting to
find better squares again} 25. c4 (25. Qd3 {was better}) 25... Re8 {once again
with the idea of getting Nxf2 at the right moment} 26. Bf3 Ng5 (26... Bg4 $3
$11 27. Bxg4 $8 Nxf2 28. Kxf2 $8 Qxe3+ 29. Kg2 Qd2+ 30. Kh3 Qh6+ 31. Kg2 Qd2+
$11) 27. Be2 $4 (27. Bc6 {was alot better keeping on the long diagonal}) 27...
Bc8 $3 {Its alll finished now the queen gets to e4} 28. Qa3 Qe4 29. Rf1 Nf3+
30. Bxf3 Qxf3 {No white bishop and two rooks and a bishop not playing while
every black piece is} 31. Qd3 Bg4 32. Kd2 (32. Qc2 Bc3+ 33. Qxc3 Qe2#) (32. h3
Rd8 33. Qxd8+ Bxd8 34. hxg4 Ba5+ 35. Bd2 Qe4+ 36. Kd1 Qd3 37. Rc2 Qxf1+ 38. Be1
Qxe1#) 32... Rd8 33. Qxd8+ Bxd8 34. Rfe1 Ba5+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dvroska"]
[Black "Lawson, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Lawson,E"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{My First IM Norm The 78th Hastings International Chess tournament was held
from December 28th to January 5th, 2003 at the Horntye Sport Center in
Hastings, 60 miles north of London. The playing site was in a nice location ,
large and spacious. Two canadiens participating. Thomas Roussel-Roozmon and
Eric Lawson, FM , both from Laval, Quebec.The Congress Director Mr. Con Power
and the Director, Premier Tournament Mr. Stewart Reubens and the Congress
secretary Pam Thomas and several arbiters.The tournament ran very smoothly and
on time.The pairings were always available the night before. Having recently
participating in the World Youth Championship in Greece. My next big project
was to play in the 78th Hastings International chess tournament. I set out
with a lofty goal of achieving my first im norm.Landing in Heathrow we had a
four hour trip to Hastings by train. Their we found our lodging to be a
forty-five minutes walk to the playing site, rather than a twenty minute walk
as announced. We were lucky to find a place closer to the playing site. I had
the opportunity and the good fortune to beat my first GM, Peter Wells. With a
hard, fought draw in round eight against Collin Crouch i achieved my first im
norm. I enjoyed my trip to Hastings. I was abled to walked along the seafront,
and the old town. After my exhausting nine round tournament we visited London.
I finished the tournament with a score five of nine having played players with
an average fide rating of over 2400. This was my 1st im in this tournment.} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. c3 Bg7 13. Nc2 Be6 14. g3 O-O 15.
Bg2 a5 16. O-O f5 17. a4 {a move which is not played to much} Rb8 {getting out
of a potential pin on the bishop and putting my rook on a natural square} (
17... b4) (17... bxa4) 18. Na3 {taking the pawn does not seem good allowing my
rook on a good square where it puts pressure on the key d5 square defends the
a5 pawn and gains a tempo attacking b2 this move was played 3 times in the
database} (18. axb5 Rxb5) 18... b4 {this move is natural in these systems as
black trying to open my dark squared bishop and try to control the b4 square}
19. Nb5 bxc3 {taking with either knight is bad because Nbxc3 loses b2 pawn and
Ndxc3 after e4 i have astrongposition} 20. bxc3 {there was one interesting
laternative in Ndc7} (20. Ndc7 cxb2 21. Nxe6 (21. Rb1 $5 Bd7 $8 22. Qb3+ (22.
Qxd6 Nd4 $15) (22. Bxc6 $5 Bxc6 23. Ne6 Qf6 24. Nxf8 Bxf8 25. Rxb2 d5 $44)
22... d5 $1 23. Bxd5+ (23. Nxd5 Be6 $19) (23. Rxb2 $144) (23. Qxd5+ Kh8 24.
Rxb2 $144) 23... Kh8 24. Ne6 (24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Ne6 Bd5 $19) (24. Qxb2 Nd4 $144
) 24... Bxe6 25. Bxe6 Nd4 $19) 21... bxa1=Q 22. Nxd8 (22. Qxa1 Qd7 23. Nxf8
Rxf8 $15) 22... Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Nxd8 $19) 20... e4 $146 21. f3 exf3 {i could
have played nd4which equallises but getting the knight to e5 seemed to apppeal
to me} 22. Qxf3 Ne5 23. Qh5 Kh8 {getting the king off the light squares} 24.
Rad1 Ng4 $3 $15 {the knight cuts of the queen. while now threating Bxd5 Ne3
which is hard to prevent} 25. Nbc7 Bf7 26. Qxf5 {her only chance of suvival
was to play Qh4although black is extemly happy after Qxh4 and Bg8 black stands
better} (26. Qh4 Qxh4 27. gxh4 Bg8) 26... Bxd5 27. Qxg4 Rxf1+ $3 28. Bxf1 (28.
Kxf1 Bxg2+ $19) (28. Rxf1 Qxc7 29. Bxd5 Qc5+ $19) 28... Bb3 29. Ne6 Qb6+ $3 30.
Kh1 Qb7+ 31. Bg2 Bxd1 32. Qg5 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Challengers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lawson, Eric"]
[Black "Crouch, Colin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Lawson,E"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. d4 {I just found out that ill i needed was just Hlf a point to get my im
norm so i became more tense for this game} Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 {a move
which is not used to much more frequent is Exf6} 4. c4 c6 5. e3 f5 6. Nc3 e6 {
He is playing it like a stonewall setup} 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Qc2 {Before the game i
saw that he alread played this setup before} a6 9. h3 {This move threatens g4
at the right time} Qf6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. a4 Bd6 (11... b6 {on this move i saw
the following pretty combination} 12. a5 b5 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Qc6 Rb8 15. a6 e5
16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. Nxe5 $16) 12. g3 {Didnt feel like worring on f4 break} Nf8 {
The knight is going is planning to go to C6} 13. Qb3 Ng6 14. a5 O-O 15. Na4 Ne7
16. Qb6 $4 {i allucinated that the bishop had to go to b8 insr=tead of
contining my plan with Nb6 with slight advantage for white. instead afte this
move iplayed i lose atleast a apawn by force} Nc6 17. Bd3 {I desperate need
counter play so i want to play g4 again} Qe7 {Now Bc7 is a threat} 18. Nc5 e5
$19 19. Be2 exd4 20. Nd3 $19 {The onl thing white has better is his structure
and blacks screwed up one} (20. exd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxc5 $19) 20... dxe3 (20...
Bc7 {Was better}) 21. Qxe3 Qxe3 22. fxe3 Bxg3+ 23. Kd2 {As u see whites pieces
are all active now and balcks struture is bad} Bd6 24. Ra4 {Now im dreaming of
an attack ith Rg1+followed by Rh4 and Ng5} f6 {Preventing Ng5} 25. Nd4 Bd7 26.
Bf3 Ne7 27. Raa1 Rac8 28. h4 (28. Nf4 {Is also interesting}) 28... Kh8 29. h5
Rg8 30. Ne2 Bb5 31. Nc3 Bc4 {If he captures on d3 i have chance for opposite
colored bishop endgame} 32. b3 Bxb3 (32... Bxd3 33. Kxd3 Rxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Be5+
35. Kd3 Bxa1 36. Rxa1 $15 {White has chances to survive here in a healthy
structure and bishop on an open board}) 33. Rhb1 Bc4 34. Rxb7 {Getting play on
the 7th file} Rg3 35. Rd7 Bxd3 (35... d4) (35... f4 {Are slightly more accurate
}) 36. Rxd6 Rxf3 37. Kxd3 f4 38. Nxd5 Nxd5 39. Rxd5 {We have liqudified in an
endgame where the last couple pawns im gonna have is hard to attack and the
and both a5 pawn and the h5 pawn provide lots of resourses such as if i put
the pawn on h6 it keeps his king in a mating net and the pawn on a5 migth give
me a decently far passed pawn} fxe3 $17 (39... Rxe3+ $19 {is actually better
altough it still look funny to me. the reason is he gains an important tempo})
40. Rd6 Rh3 41. Re1 {I cant allow the e3 pawn to be too strong while now im
ready to start picking up some pawns} Re8 (41... e2+ $19) 42. Rxf6 Rxh5 43.
Rxa6 Rd5+ 44. Kc4 Rd2 45. Rf6 {Have to be able to answer e2 with Rf2 or else
he would queen} e2 46. Rf2 Ra2 47. Kd3 Rxa5 48. Rfxe2 {Now this is drawn} Rd5+
49. Kc4 Rxe2 50. Rxe2 Rd7 51. Re5 Kg7 52. Rd5 {After the trade of rooks my
king gtes back just in time to draw} Re7 53. Kd4 Kg6 {Now Re5 loses he
captures and plays Kg5} 54. Ra5 h5 55. Ra3 h4 56. Re3 Rf7 57. Kd3 Kg5 58. Ke2
Kg4 59. Re8 Kg3 60. Rg8+ Kh2 61. Rg4 h3 {This is a theo ritical draw my kning
is close enough the rest is easy now i was starting to smell my im norm coming}
62. Rg8 Ra7 63. Kf1 Ra1+ 64. Kf2 Ra2+ 65. Kf1 Rg2 66. Rh8 Rg4 67. Kf2 Rf4+ 68.
Ke3 Rf7 (68... Kg3 69. Rxh3+) 69. Ke2 Kg2 70. Rg8+ Kh1 71. Rh8 h2 72. Rg8 Ra7
73. Kf1 Ra1+ 74. Kf2 Rg1 75. Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vancouver"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Vukadinov, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Annotator "Spraggett,K"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. e4 {%05The year was 1976 and the place was sunny Vancouver. The tournament
was the first Keres Memorial. This was the first and only time that Milan and
I were to meet over the board. We became friends after this game, and this
friendship would last up until his death. Several times we would meet at his
house (thankyou Ruth for your hospitality!) and several times we would meet at
various tournaments.^013^010  %05^013^010  %05} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nc6 {The Tajmanov variation of the Sicilian Defence is the choice of numerous
positional players. Milan was no exception. He did not believe in fancy or
flashy moves. He chose to build up his games with solid time proven principles
and constructive ideas.} 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nxc6 {This is not
the best (and I knew it!) but I had fond memories of a brilliant victory of
mine against master Leon Piasetski some years before ...and I wanted to
'relive' them!} bxc6 9. O-O Bb7 {!  This is clearly the best move! Even though
Milan was not aware of the Spraggett,K vs Piasetski,L game (it was not
published) he was cautious and prevented any tactical play} (9... Nf6 10. Re1
Bb7 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qh5 {!} c5 {?!} 15. Nxd5 {!} Bxd5 16.
Bxd5 exd5 17. e6 O-O 18. exf7+ {!!} Rxf7 19. Rxe7 {!!} Rxe7 20. Qxd5+ Rf7 21.
Qxa8+ Nf8 22. Qxa6 h5 23. h4 {1-0, Spraggett K. - Piasetski L., Quebec 1972})
10. Na4 {There is nothing better. White strives to establish a bind with c4.} (
10. Re1 c5 {0.00}) 10... Nf6 11. c4 c5 12. Nc3 Be7 13. f4 O-O 14. b3 {This is
a good strong move, but hardly the best one. In those days I knew little
theory (was there much published theory in those days?) and so I was often
content to play solid moves and then and only then start an attack.^013^010 
^013^010  Today I would have played the more direct g4, though it has to be
admitted that white would also have had little chances (against correct
defence on black's part) to get the upper hand.^013^010  ^013^010  Curiously,
after my move, Milan never lets me get an active game again} (14. g4 {!?} Nd7
15. g5 Rfe8 16. b3 Bf8 17. Bd2 {!?} Rad8 18. Qg4 Nb6 {?!} (18... Nb8 {$13!})
19. a4 d5 20. a5 dxc4 21. axb6 Qxb6 22. Nb1 cxb3 23. Ba5 Qd6 24. Nd2 Qd4+ 25.
Kh1 b2 26. Rad1 Rc8 27. Qh3 Qa4 28. Bc3 Qc2 29. Rb1 Red8 30. Rxb2 Qxb2 31. Bxb2
Rxd2 32. Ba1 Rd7 33. f5 exf5 34. exf5 Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rc6 36. f6 Rcd6 37. fxg7
Bxg7 38. Bxg7 Kxg7 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40. Qe1 Rd5 {1-0, Popovic P. - Paunovic D.,
TCh-YUG, Herceg Novi YUG 2001 3}) (14. Qd3 {!  ?} Rad8 (14... Nd7 {!}) 15. b3
Nd7 16. g4 Rfe8 (16... Bf6 {!}) 17. g5 Bf8 18. Bb2 g6 19. Rad1 Qa5 (19... Nb8 {
!} 20. h4 Nc6 $13) 20. Qh3 Qc7 21. Rd3 Bg7 22. f5 Ne5 23. Rg3 Bc8 24. Qh4 Bf8
25. Rh3 h6 26. gxh6 Kh7 27. Qg5 Be7 28. f6 Bf8 29. Ne2 Nc6 30. Nf4 e5 31. Nd5
Qa5 32. Rg3 Be6 33. Nc3 Nd4 34. Bc1 Bc8 35. Bh3 Bxh3 36. Rxh3 Ne6 37. Qg4 Nf4
38. Rg3 Nh5 39. Rgf3 Re6 40. Nd5 Rc8 41. a3 Rb8 42. Kh1 Qd8 43. Rg1 Nf4 44. Re1
Qa5 45. Ref1 Qd8 46. Bd2 Rb7 47. Bxf4 exf4 48. Nxf4 Rxe4 49. Qg2 Qe8 50. Nh3
Re2 51. Ng5+ Kh8 52. Qg3 d5 53. cxd5 c4 54. bxc4 Rbb2 55. R3f2 Rxf2 56. Rxf2
Bd6 57. Qf3 Bc5 58. Nxf7+ {1-0, Kuzmin G. - Poluljahov A., Yalta op 1995 05})
14... Nd7 {!} 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Rc1 Rad8 {!} 17. Rc2 Nb8 {!  Milan was of that
generation of masters who always knew where to put his pieces. With the text
black intends to control (perhaps even occupy) d4 with his knight.^013^010 
^013^010  It must be said that Milan even gets close to getting an advantage
after my somewhat exagerated play. If I remember correctly, I was hoping to
outplay Milan in a boring middlegame, and this turned out to be somewhat silly.
} 18. Rd2 Nc6 {0.00} 19. Qa1 {!?  Looking over this game I am surprised that I
would play such a move in those younger days. It seems somewhat artificial to
me today...on the otherhand it does have some good ideas behind it} Nd4 20.
Rfd1 Bc6 {!  prepares both an eventual a5 to a4 pawn break as well as Qb7} 21.
Ne2 {!} e5 {!} (21... Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 {still gives white some
hopes of directing pressure down the d line.}) 22. Re1 Rfe8 (22... exf4 23.
Nxf4 (23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4 fxg3 26. hxg3 {0.00}) 23... Be5 24.
Rf1 $14) 23. Qb1 (23. f5 Bg5 24. Rd3 Nc2) 23... Qb7 24. f5 {!?  Probably not
as good as the simple Nc3 (with a complex game), but I felt that I might
actually get the advantage in the game continuation. However, Milan was not
one to be bluffed for long...} (24. Nc3 a5 25. f5 a4 26. bxa4 Rb8 27. Nb5 $13)
24... Nxf5 {!} 25. exf5 Bxg2 26. Nc3 Bc6 27. Nd5 {White's idea is one based on
increasing the number of open lines his rooks have. White clearly has
compensation for the pawn with his strong central control.} Bg5 28. Rdd1 Bxd5 {
!} (28... f6 29. Bc3 Kh8 30. Ba5 Rd7 31. Qe4 {followed by the advance of the
kingside pawns. Black would have no counterplay and would have to defend
passively for the duration of white's attempts.}) 29. Rxd5 Be7 30. Bc3 f6 31.
Qe4 {%02White has got as much as he could from his pawn sac.} Bf8 {!?  An
excellent practical resource. Milan offers to return the pawn . ^013^010 
^013^010  One of Milan's assets as a chess player was his realism. He knows
that his extra pawn is worthless in terms of winning chances, and rather than
be stubborn and try to hold on to it, he returns it to simplify the game.} 32.
Rxe5 {It is a difficult decision as to whether white should continue with a
slow build up on the kingside (he risks nothing) or regain his pawn with a 
(hopefully) slightly better endgame.} (32. Ba5 {!?} Rd7 33. g4 h6 34. h4 Be7
35. Kh2 Rf8 36. Rg1 Bd8 37. Bd2) 32... Qxe4 33. R5xe4 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 d5 {!} 35.
cxd5 Rxd5 {Capablanca introduced the concept of pawn islands. White in this
case has two pawn islands and black three. According to Capa, he who has more
pawn islands has a slight positional advantage.^013^010  ^013^010  In this
particular case, however, the f5 pawn is a source of worry for white, and
allows black sufficient counterplay.^013^010  ^013^010  Milan plays the
endgame with great precision} 36. Ra4 Rd6 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Ke2 {White is trying
to improve his position before beginning anything more concrete.} g6 {!  Milan
understands that he needs counterplay: sitting still in such positions is a
sure fire recipe for defeat.} 39. Rh4 {!  ?} (39. fxg6+ hxg6 {and the
assymetrical pawns on the kingside should offer sufficient counterplay for
black. It is difficult to say whether I would have any real chances, but this
is what I should have done. I underestimated Milan's 41st move.} 40. g4 f5 41.
gxf5 gxf5 42. Bd2) 39... Kg8 40. Rc4 {!?} gxf5 {!  an 'ugly' move, but Milan
played with ideas and was not detered by how the kibitzers would react. I
think that this was one of the characteristics that attracted students of the
game to Milan...he stressed the importance of playing the board and being
willing to test one's ideas and beliefs.} 41. Rf4 (41. Rxc5 {??} Re6+) 41...
Rd5 42. Ra4 Rd6 43. Bd2 Kf7 44. Bf4 Rb6 45. Kd3 Ke6 {!} 46. Bd2 {White has to
manoevre} (46. Kc4 {?!} Bd6 {!} (46... Rb4+ {!?  there is no need for black to
calculate the long variations of this move and their unclear assessments} 47.
Rxb4 cxb4 48. Bd2 h5)) 46... Rd6+ 47. Kc2 Kd5 {!  Despite all of the weak
pawns in black's position, his active king and more space fully compensate.}
48. Rh4 Rd7 49. Bc3 Ke6 50. Bd2 Rb7 51. Be3 Bd6 52. Ra4 Rb6 53. Kd3 Kd5 54. Rh4
Rb7 55. Rh5 Ke6 56. Bd2 Rg7 {!  Unfortunately for me, Milan is very alert.} 57.
Be3 (57. Kc4 Rg4+ {!}) 57... Rg4 {!} (57... Rb7 {!?  is ok but is more passive.
Milan decides to force the issue and is completely correct: he is not the
least bit inferior after the text}) 58. Rxh7 f4 {!} 59. gxf4 Bxf4 60. Bxc5 (60.
Bxf4 Rxf4 61. Ra7 Rh4 62. Rxa6+ Kd5 {!} 63. Rxf6 Rh3+ 64. Ke2 Rxh2+ 65. Rf2
Rxf2+ 66. Kxf2 c4 {!  0.00} 67. b4 {?!} (67. Ke3 Kc5 68. Kd2 Kb4 69. Kc2 cxb3+
70. axb3 Kb5 71. Kc3 Kc5 {0.00}) 67... c3 68. Ke3 (68. Ke2 Kc4 69. a3 Kb3 70.
Kd1 Kb2) 68... Kc4 69. b5 (69. a3 {??} Kb3 $19) 69... Kxb5 70. Kd3 Kb4 71. Kc2
{0.00}) 60... Rg2 {!} 61. Ke4 {A bit of humour that caused Milan and I to
smile...} Bd6 {!} (61... Bxh2 62. Re7#) 62. Bxd6 Kxd6 63. a4 Rb2 64. Rh3 Kc5 {
!  black is sufficiently active to compensate the pawn down.} 65. Rh4 {After
long thought white realizes that he can not make any progress} (65. Kf5 Rf2+ {!
}) 65... Kb4 66. Rh8 Ra2 {!} (66... Kxb3 {??} 67. Rb8+ Ka2 68. Rxb2+ Kxb2 69.
h4) 67. Rh3 (67. h4 Kxb3 68. h5 Kxa4 69. h6 Rh2 {and who is better?}) 67... a5
{!  There is just no way that Milan is going to let loose the grip he has on
my queenside pawns.} 68. Kd5 Re2 {!} 69. Kd6 f5 {!  And here Milan and I
decided to call it a draw. The f pawn will sacrifice itself for the h pawn.
^013^010  ^013^010  We spent a pleasant hour after the game analyzing the
various critical positions that came up during the game. I remember being a
bit disappointed at not achieving more winning chances than what I got, but
Milan tried to cheer me up by arguing that I had forced him to play very
well!^013^010  ^013^010  Milan was always a great sportsman. I will miss him}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamilton CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vukadinov, Milan"]
[Black "Pelts, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Jung,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{This game was one of Milan's fondest memories.  He showed it to me at least 5
times and I never got tired of seeing it.  Roman Pelts was a newcomer to
Canada at the time but already a legendary personality of the chess world. 
Honoured Chess Coach of the USSR, trainer of the greats, and a great
positional player himself! (and too many other accomplishments to mention here)
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {The kings Indian Defence: a fitting opening
for two positional greats!} 4. e4 d6 5. h3 {One of Milan's favourite systems
which he would fall back on when his prepared lines weren't scoring or he was
anticipating an innovation!!} O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Bd3 cxd5 {Black fixes
the centre was a prelude to opening the kingside.} 9. cxd5 Nh5 10. Be2 a6 $2 (
10... Nf4 {is a way to create play.  It is hard to criticise Roman, but look
what happens!}) 11. Bxh5 gxh5 12. g4 $1 {This is deep strategy - a locking
pawn move which puts a clamp on black's kingside position.  What can black do?
If he exchanges pawns then the h file is opened.  The f5 pawn lever is stopped
and in some lines g5 can be prepared.} b5 13. a3 Nd7 14. Nge2 h4 15. O-O {
Milan boldly castles showing that he is playing a waiting game.  Where will
black initiate play?} h5 16. f3 Kh7 17. Kh2 Bf6 18. Rg1 Bg5 {Roman trades his
"bad" bishop but it is also the Gufeld Bishop.  Which is really the "bad"
bishop here?  Milan effortlessly pushes back a great positional player.} 19.
Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qc1 Qxc1 21. Raxc1 Nf6 22. Nd1 {The beginning of the two knight
tango!} Bd7 23. Ne3 Rac8 24. g5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ne8 26. Ng2 Rg8 27. Nxh4 Rxg5 28.
Ng3 Kg7 29. Nhf5+ Kf8 30. h4 Rg8 31. b3 Rg6 32. a4 bxa4 33. bxa4 Ng7 (33...
Bxa4 34. Nxh5 {is the unplayed variation of the tango!  Whose passed pawn is
stronger?}) 34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35. a5 Kf8 36. Rc7 {Milan maximises the rook and
even gives up his good knight and passed h pawn for an instructive rook
endgame with the superior king!} Ke8 37. Ra7 Bc8 38. Nxh5 Rh6 39. Ng7+ Kf8 40.
Ra8 Kxg7 41. Rxc8 Rxh4+ 42. Kg3 Rh1 43. Rc6 Ra1 44. Rxa6 Ra2 45. Kg4 Ra3 46. f4
exf4 47. Kxf4 Ra1 48. Rxd6 Rxa5 49. Rb6 Ra1 50. Ke5 Rd1 51. Rb7 Rd2 52. Kd6 Re2
53. e5 Kf8 54. Rb8+ Kg7 55. Re8 Rd2 56. Kc6 Rc2+ 57. Kd7 Rc1 58. d6 Rc5 59. e6
fxe6 60. Kxe6 Rc6 61. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Windsor Rose City op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Day, Lawrence"]
[Black "Vukadinov, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Vukadinov,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 ({Other possibilities are} 2... e6) ({or} 2... Nf6) 3. Nf3
g6 4. c3 ({Needing to win to place "in the money", White immediately goes out
of the book lines. More usual is} 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 {with equal chances.})
4... d5 5. e5 ({Black's last move logically challenged the centre since on} 5.
exd5 Qxd5 {the c3 square is not available for the knight.  However, the it is
double edged, as now Black will have problems developing his king-side pieces.}
) 5... Bg4 6. h3 ({If white intends a king-side pawn storm, it might have been
more effective to first play} 6. Be2 {followed by castling.}) 6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3
e6 8. d3 Nge7 9. g4 h5 {Black cannot castle on the king-side, but after the
text, neither can White.} 10. Na3 a6 11. Nc2 Qc7 12. Be3 Qb6 ({After} 12...
O-O-O 13. Bxc5 hxg4 14. hxg4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Rxh1 16. Qxh1 Qxc5 17. d4 {Black
has a cronically weak f7.}) 13. Rb1 d4 {The same reply would have met 13.b4 or
13.O-O-O.} 14. Bd2 dxc3 15. Bxc3 hxg4 $1 16. hxg4 ({The right momment for this
exchange.  On} 16. Qxg4 {White is left with a weak h-pawn, while after the
text, the White King will remain in the centre adn his pieces are
uncoordinated.  His queen will require a tempo to get back in the game and his
rook will have no open file, whereas, after Black castles queen-side, his rook
will ahve the d-file and the weak d-pawn to work on.}) 16... Rxh1 17. Qxh1
O-O-O ({More precise is} 17... Nd5 {not allowing} 18. Ne3 {which is better tha
White's actual move.}) 18. Qe4 Nd5 19. Bd2 Ndb4 20. Nxb4 Nxb4 21. Bxb4 cxb4 (
21... Rd4 $4 {would lose to} 22. Qxd4 $1 cxd4 23. Bxf8 {After the text, the
Black bishop is free at last and White has an additional weakness at a2.}) 22.
Rc1+ Kb8 23. Bg2 Rd4 24. Qf3 Be7 25. g5 $1 {Preventing a possible g5 by Black.}
Rd7 26. Ke2 Qa5 27. Rh1 {There is no way to defend the Queen-side so White
sets a trap.} Bc5 ({On} 27... Qxa2 $4 28. Rh8+ Ka7 29. Qe3+) ({while} 27... Qc5
28. Rh8+ Ka7 29. Qe3 {greatly reduces Black's winning chances.}) 28. Rh8+ Ka7
29. Rc8 Bd4 (29... Bb6 $5) 30. Rc4 Bb6 $5 ({Playing it safe, but} 30... Bxb2 {
seems stronger.}) 31. Qe4 Qxa2 32. Rxb4 Qb1 33. d4 Qxe4+ 34. Bxe4 Rxd4 $2 ({A
bishop capture is better, as White can hardly hold the ending after} 34... Bxd4
35. Bxb7 Rxb7 36. Rxd4 Rxb2+) 35. Rxd4 Bxd4 36. b3 Kb6 37. Kd3 Bc5 38. Bf3 Kc7
39. f5 $5 {With time control approaching and Black unsure of how many moves
have been made, White plays a totally unexpected move and Black fails to find
the correct sequence.} gxf5 40. Bh5 Kc6 41. Bf3+ (41. Bxf7 Kd5 42. g6 Bf8 $19)
41... Kd7 $4 (41... Kc7 42. Bh5 Kd7 43. Bxf7 Be7 44. g6 Bf8 $19) 42. Bxb7 a5
43. Bf3 $1 Be7 44. Bh5 Bxg5 45. Bxf7 Bc1 46. Kc3 f4 $2 ({A better try was} 
46... Be3) 47. Bh5 Kc6 48. Kd4 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Winnipeg CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vukadinov, Milan"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Profit,B"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {Smirin is a world famous expert on the Kings
Indian Defence.} 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Bd3 Nfd7 ({A
lesser known alternative.  Milan was unphased as he had played a game with
this line a few months before.  More usual is} 8... Qxc5) 9. cxd6 Bxc3+ 10.
bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Qd2 Qxa1 12. dxe7 Re8 {This is the type of position that Milan
loved.  Unclear and sharp play is ahead with many possibilities for active
play.} 13. e5 {Shutting in the Black queen.  White threatens to castle and
then play Ba3.} Nc6 14. O-O Nd4 $2 {Trying to trade knights and give himself
access to the d4 square.  The punctuation is is given by GM Vaisser in his
book entitled "Beating the King's Indian and Benoni, Four Pawns Attack".} (
14... Nc5 $1 15. Ba3 $1 (15. Bb2 $2 Qxa2 16. f5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Ne6 18. Bxe6 fxe6
19. Qh6 Rxe7 $19 {was played in the correspondence game Szczepaniec-Stypka,
corr. 1989.}) 15... Nb3 $1 16. Rxa1 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Nxe7 18. Ne4 Rd8 19. Nd6 {
White has good compensation for the exchange according to GM Vaisser.}) 15. Ng5
{Again white threatens to play Ba3.  Black will soon have to give up his queen.
} Ne6 (15... Nc5 16. Ba3 Ncb3 17. Qf2 Qc3 18. Qh4 h5 19. Ne4 Qxd3 20. Nf6+ Kh8
21. Nxe8 $18 {is also given by GM Vaisser.}) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxg6 $1 {
Trapping the queen.} hxg6 18. Ba3 Qxf1+ 19. Kxf1 a5 (19... Nb8 20. f5 Kf7 (
20... gxf5 21. Qg5+ {and eventually the Re8 will be lost.}) 21. Qg5 {
Vukadinov-Turtel, Toronto International 1997.  Smirin understands the
importance of keeping the f6 square under control with the knight so he
prepares a rook lift.}) 20. f5 $2 ({After the game, GM Murey showed the
correct way.} 20. Qd3 $1 Kg7 21. h4 $1 {and Black is tied up.  If} Ra6 (21...
b6 22. h5 gxh5 23. f5 Nxe5 24. Qg3+ Kf7 25. Qxe5 exf5 26. Bb2 Rxe7 27. Qg7+ Ke8
28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Qd5+ $18) (21... Nb6 22. Qd8 $18) 22. h5 gxh5 23. Qg3+ Kf7 24.
Qg5 Rh8 25. e8=Q+ Rxe8 (25... Kxe8 26. Qe7#) 26. Qxh5+ Kg7 27. Qxe8 $18) 20...
exf5 21. e6 Ne5 22. Qf4 Bxe6 ({Black must give back a piece to try to reduce
the bind as} 22... Nc6 {is met by} 23. Qg5 $1 {The threat that Black must
always be on the lookout for is White playing his queen to f8.}) 23. Qxe5 Ra6 (
23... Bxc4+ {might be possible, but it might leave the king a little drafty
after white puts his bishop on b2.}) 24. Kf2 Kf7 {Preventing White from
playing his queen to f6.} 25. Qf4 (25. Qc7 Rc6 26. Qxb7 Rxc4 {should be ok for
Black.  With the text move, White holds the pawn on c4 and threatens invasions
to h4 and h6.}) 25... Rc6 26. Qh4 $2 (26. Qh6 $1 {seems stronger.  Black has
two choices.} Bd7 (26... Rcc8 {to prevent Qf8} 27. Qh7+ Kf6 28. Bb2+ Kg5 29.
h4+ {and Black will be mated shortly.}) 27. Qh7+ Kf6 $1 (27... Ke6 28. Qxg6+
Ke5 29. Bb2+ Ke4 30. Qg5 $18) 28. h4 Rxc4 (28... a4 29. Bb2+ Ke6 30. Qg7 Bc8
31. Qxg6+ Kxe7 32. Qg7+ $16) 29. Bb2+ Ke6 30. Qxg6+ Kd5 31. Bf6 {and the h
pawn should be too strong.}) 26... Bxc4 27. Qh6 Kf6 $1 28. h4 (28. Qf8+ Bf7 $1)
28... Bxa2 {Black has escaped.} 29. h5 Bf7 30. hxg6 Bxg6 31. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vancouver op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vukadinov, Milan"]
[Black "Formanek, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Vukadinov,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 ({Also possible is} 4. Nbd2 {or}) (4. Nc3
{The latter leads to the Nimzo Indian.}) 4... a5 ({Voronkov, in his book
"Queen's Indian Defence", states that this is an idea of Averbakh's
successfully employed by Bronstein in the 1964 Interzonal at Amsterdam.  Prior
to this, common practice was to exchange the Bishops, but white then keeps a
small but constant advantage based on Black's difficulties in developing his
remaining bishop.  Better is} 4... Qe7) 5. g3 (5. Bxb4 {is out of the question.
}) (5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Qc2 c5 9. e4 Bxd2 10. Nbxd2 Nc6 11. d5
Nb4 12. Qc3 exd5 13. exd5 b5 14. b3 a4 {gave Black a fine game in
Buslaev-Smyslov, Moscow 1967.}) ({Black also has nothing to fear from} 5. a3
Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 a4 7. e4 d6 8. Be2 e5 9. c5 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. d5 Nb8 12. b4
axb3 13. Qxb3 Nbd7 {Rossetto - Schweber, Buenos Aires 1970.}) ({If} 5. Nc3 {we
have a Nimzo-Indian where the B on d2 is somewhat misplaced.}) 5... O-O 6. Bg2
d6 7. O-O Bxd2 {The exchange is forced, because White's next move would be Bg5
or Bf4.} 8. Qxd2 Nc6 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. e4 e5 11. Rfe1 $2 {I remember reading one
of L. Kavalek's annotated games in "Chess Life and Review". Kavaleks mentioned
that when he was a young master, he was often faced with the choice of which
rook to put on the line.  I am no longer young, nor will I ever be a
Grandmaster, but I still have that problem.  In view of White's eventual play
on the king-side, it was better to move the "a" rook to the e line.} Bg4 12. d5
Nd8 $2 ({This move doesn't make a good impression.  It would be good if Black
could establish his knight on d4, but on} 12... Bxf3 13. dxc6 Bxg2 14. cxb7
Rab8 15. Kxg2 Rxb7 {White has a healthier pawn structure.}) ({The correct plan
was} 12... Nb4 {on its way to a6 and c5.}) 13. Nh4 g6 14. f4 exf4 15. Qxf4 {
White's threat is 16.e5.} Qe5 ({If} 15... Re8 16. Rf1 Kg7 17. Nb5 Rc8 18. c5)
16. Qxe5 dxe5 17. c5 $1 Ne8 {At this stage of the game, Black is strategically
lost.  Most of his peices are on the back rank.  The queenside is weak with no
chance of counterplay.} 18. Rac1 b6 19. Nb5 Nb7 20. cxb6 cxb6 21. Rc6 Nc5 22.
Rxb6 Na4 23. Rb7 Nxb2 24. Bf1 {This move has many purposes:  It threatens to
trap the knight on a4, puts the bishop on a more useful diagonal, prepares to
guard the e pawn by Bd3 if necessary, and also creates a route for the knight
on h4 to reenter the game via g2 and e3.} Na4 25. Rc1 Nf6 26. Rc4 Nb2 27. Rc2
Nd1 ({White would have more opportunities to go astray if Black had retreated
to a4.} 27... Na4 28. Nd6 {opening the way for the bishop and at the same time
attacking f7 and defending e4.} (28. Bd3 Nd7 {threatening Nc5 with some
manoeuvrability for his pieces.}) 28... Rad8 (28... Rab8 29. Ra7 Ra8 30. Rxa8
Rxa8 31. Rc7 Bd7 (31... Nd7 32. h3) 32. Nf3 $16) 29. Rc6 Nc5 30. Rxc5 Rxd6 31.
Bd3 $16) 28. Bd3 a4 29. Rc6 Kg7 30. Nd6 Rab8 31. Rcb6 Rxb7 32. Rxb7 Nd7 33. Bc2
Nc3 34. Rc7 ({There is no sense tryingto save the a pawn, because white would
lose all of his initiative after} 34. a3 Rb8) 34... Nxa2 35. Bxa4 Nf6 36. Kf2
Nb4 37. Ng2 Na6 38. Ra7 Nc5 39. Bc2 Bd7 $4 ({Black was running out of time,and
made this blunder of a piece.  He should have played} 39... Ncd7 {with a hard
struggle ahead.}) 40. Ra5 Ng4+ 41. Ke1 $2 Nxe4 42. Bxe4 Nxh2 43. Ra7 Bh3 44.
Ne3 Kg8 45. Ra2 Ng4 46. Nxg4 Bxg4 47. Nc4 f5 48. Bg2 h5 49. d6 e4 50. Ne5 Kg7
51. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "King's Island op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Vukadinov, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "O'Donnell,T"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{I have to admit that before being asked to do this analysis I don't think I
had ever played through one of Mr. Vukadinov's efforts. If these two games are
any indication, Mr. Vukadinov strikes me as the sort of player that was tough
to beat because he didn't lose hope in unpleasant, passive positions. A lot of
chess is attitude, and if one looks at successful defense as an accomplishment,
rather than as a chore, the task is a lot more fun. If this is true, then I
think Mr. Vukadinov had a lot of fun, while experiencing a rightful feeling of
accomplishment, in these games.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5.
Nxd4 Qb6 6. Bg2 Bc5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Nb3 {8.Nxc6 and 8.Nc3 have also been tried,
but they too do not lead to much:} (8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. O-O e5 10. Nc3 {intending
Na4, grabbing the two Bs} Qc7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. b3 Be6 13. Bb2 Rad8 {as seen in
Piket - Topalov, Wijk aan Zee, 1998.}) (8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. exd4 Bxd4 10. O-O e5 11.
Nb5 O-O 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. b3 d5 {following Haba - Sax, Bundesliga 1992/3.})
8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 (9. N3d2 d5 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Be7 12. Nc3 Rd8 13. b4 a5 14.
b5 Ne5 {looks to me to be at least = for Black, as in Tukmakov - Brodsky,
Nikolaev Zonal, 1993.}) 9... Ne5 10. Qc2 d5 11. cxd5 Qb5 $2 {Better are both
11...Nxd5 and 11...Qa6!? The latter was tried in the game Sosonko - Suba,
Tunis Interzonal, 1985 and continued} (11... Qa6 12. Bxb4 (12. Bf1 Nf3+ 13. Kd1
Qb6 {gives Black plenty of compensation for the sacrificed pawn}) 12... Nd3+
13. Kd2 Nxb4 14. Qc3 Nbxd5 15. Qd3 Qxd3+ 16. Kxd3 b6 17. Nc3 Ba6+ $15) 12. Nd4
$1 Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Qxb2 14. Qxb2 Nd3+ 15. Ke2 Nxb2 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. a4 {Here
White stands well, but even better is:} (17. Rhb1 $1 Na4 18. Rxb7 (18. Bxb7
Nc3+ 19. Ke1 Nxb1 20. Bxa8 Nxd2 21. Kxd2 {is good too}) 18... Bxb7 19. Bxb7 Ke7
20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Rc1 {and White is up a clear pawn with more active pieces.})
17... Bd7 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bc6 e5 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 21. N4b3 Rhc8 {Diagram [#]}
22. Ra2 $1 (22. Rhc1 $2 {would be nice in theory (normally the side ahead
material is looking for fair exchanges) but ...} Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nxa4 24. Ra1
Nc3+ ({the only move, as} 24... Rb4 $2 25. Rxa4 Rxa4 26. Nc5+) (24... Nb6 $2
25. Rxa7+ {and in both cases White is winning}) 25. Kd3 Nb5 {recovering the
pawn. With the text, White finds a sound way to make some exchanges.}) 22...
Nc4 23. Rc1 Nxd2 24. Rxd2+ Ke7 25. Rc5 $5 Rxc5 26. Nxc5 Rc8 27. Nd3 Ne4 28. Rb2
Nc3+ 29. Kf1 e4 (29... Nxa4 $5 30. Rb5 $5 (30. Ra2 e4 31. Nb4 Nc5 32. Rxa7+ Kf6
) (30. Rb7+ Kf6 31. Rxa7 Nc5 {both look tough to win with all of the pawns on
the same wing}) (30. Rb4 $5 Nc5 31. Nxe5 a5) 30... e4 31. Re5+ Kf6 32. Rxe4 Nc3
33. Rd4 $16) 30. Nf4 {30.Rb7+!?} Rc7 31. Rb4 Kd6 32. Ne2 Nxe2 33. Kxe2 Kd5 34.
Rb5+ Ke6 35. h4 $1 {Gaining space for the White K on the Kside.} h6 36. h5 Kf6
37. Kf1 $6 {Diagram [#]} ({I rather prefer to prevent Black playing ...g6 with:
} 37. Ra5 {also forcing the Black R into passively guarding the P/a7} Ke6 (
37... g6 $2 38. Ra6+ Kg5 39. hxg6) (37... g5 $2 38. Ra6+ Kg7 39. Rg6+ Kh7 40.
Re6) 38. Kf1 {there isn't a lot that Black can do, so now White takes time out
to improve the K} Kd6 39. Kg2 Rf7 40. g4 Ke6 41. Rb5 Kd6 42. a5 Rc7 43. Kg3 Rf7
44. a6 Rf3+ 45. Kg2 Rf7 46. Rb4 Re7 (46... Kd5 47. Rb7 $18) 47. Kg3 Kc6 48. Rb7
Rxb7 49. axb7 Kxb7 50. Kf4 {and White easily wins the K and P ending.}) 37...
g6 38. hxg6 Kxg6 39. g4 a6 40. Rb4 $6 ({How about} 40. Ra5 {played with the
intention of paralysing the rook to the defense of the a-pawn while keeping
the Black K from crossing his 4th rank?} Rc6 (40... Re7 41. Kg2 Re6 42. Kg3 Kf7
(42... Rf6 43. Re5) 43. Kf4 $18 {eventually bagging the e-pawn}) 41. Kg2 Kf6
42. Kg3 Kg6 43. Kf4 Rf6+ 44. Rf5 Re6 (44... Rc6 {then anyway} 45. Re5) 45. Re5
Rf6+ 46. Kg3 {and the e-pawn drops again}) 40... Re7 41. Rb6+ $2 (41. Kg2 {
looks better, trying to round up the e-pawn in much the same way as in the
last note} Kg5 42. Kg3 Re6 (42... Re5 43. Rd4 a5 44. Rc4 h5 45. gxh5 Kxh5 46.
Kf4 $18) 43. Rd4 Re5 44. Rc4 {trying to run Black out of moves, forcing him to
either retreat the K, move the R off of e5, or play ...h5, allowing White's K
access to f4} a5 45. Rd4 h5 (45... Kg6 46. Kf4 $18) 46. gxh5 Kxh5 47. Kf4 $18 {
and yet again the e-pawn falls}) 41... Kg5 42. Rxa6 {Now a lot of weaknesses
disappear from the board, while White's K remains passive. If White is still
winning, it is a hard slog now.} Kxg4 43. Rf6 Re5 44. Rf4+ Kh3 45. a5 Rxa5 46.
Rxe4 h5 47. Rf4 h4 48. e4 Rh5 49. Rf5 Rh8 50. Rg5 {Sealing the K on the h-file,
thereby slowing the advance of the h-pawn.} Ra8 51. e5 Kh2 52. Ke2 ({White
could try} 52. e6 $5 {a sample line goes} h3 53. e7 Re8 54. Rg7 Kh1 55. f4 h2
56. Ke2 $18 Rf8 57. Rh7 Re8 58. f5 Kg1 59. f6 h1=Q 60. Rxh1+ Kxh1 61. Kf3)
52... h3 53. f4 Kh1 54. e6 h2 {Black entombs his own K in preparation for a
self-stalemate. I don't see a way to avoid the draw now.} 55. Rh5 Kg2 56. Rg5+
Kh1 57. f5 Ra5 {57...Ra2+ looks drawn, too.} 58. Kf3 Ra3+ 59. Kf4 Rf3+ 60. Kg4
Rf4+ (60... Rf4+ 61. Kh5 (61. Kxf4 {is stalemate}) 61... Rh4+ 62. Kg6 Rh6+ 63.
Kf7 Rxe6 {and either capture of the rook is stalemate as well}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dallas SouthWest Class ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vukadinov, Milan"]
[Black "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "O'Donnell,T"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4
{Due to the popularity at even the highest levels of the sharp and very
theoretical 8.e4!? , the text move is relatively rare. An example of the sort
of  excitement one can get after 8.e4:} (8. e4 Bxe4 9. fxe4 Nxe4 10. Bd2 Qxd4
11. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Qd5+ 14. Kc2 Na6 15. Nxc4 b5 $5 {(also
possible is 15...0-0 or 15...0-0-0, with many exciting games in both lines)}
16. axb5 Nb4+ 17. Kb3 cxb5 18. Kxb4 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rb8+ 20. Ka3 Qa5+ 21. Qa4+ {
and here the players agreed to a draw in Bareev - Khalifman, Ubeda 1997.}) 8...
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. dxc5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 {Also possible is 12.Kxd1 as
seen in a few games. For example} (12. Kxd1 Rd8+ 13. Kc1 Na6 (13... Nc6 $5 14.
e4 Bh7 15. Bf2 Nd7 {if/when Black blasts the position open with ...f7-f5 he
will be doing well indeed.}) 14. e4 Nxc5 15. Kc2 Bh7 16. Be2 g5 17. Bf2 Rac8
18. Rhd1 Nd5 19. Na2 $1 {as seen in the game Kamsky - Akopian, Biel Interzonal,
1993.The key to the position appears to be not the exposed White king 
(actually, his position could be valuable in the endgame) but rather the lack
of employment of the B/h7 who finds himself separated from the queenside
action by the White pawn chain.}) 12... Bc2 13. Rc1 Bxa4 14. Ra1 $2 {Better
appears to be 14.Bxf6 in order to avoid a timely ...N/f6-d5 in the variation
seen in the next note.} (14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ra1 Bb3 16. Nb6 Nc6 17. Nxa8 Rxa8
18. e3 Bxc5 {for his Exchange deficit, Black has a pawn, very active pieces
and lots of play on the dark squares.}) 14... Bb3 15. Nd2 {Here we see why
White had to toss in 14.Bxf6. If he tries to play it now Black simply doesn't
recapture, while if he doesn't take it, the N proves to be a monster on d5:} (
15. Bxf6 Bxc4) (15. Nb6 Nd5 $1 16. Nxa8 Nxc3 17. e3 (17. bxc3 Bxc3+ 18. Kf2
Bxa1 $19) 17... Nd5+ 18. Kf2 Bxc5 $19 {that N/a8 is not getting out.}) 15...
Bd5 {Now Black is clearly better. For starters the P/c5 is not likely to
survive the coming siege.} 16. e4 (16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rc1 (18. e3
Re8) 18... Nd7 {and now the attempt to liquidate the weak c-pawn off with} 19.
c6 {runs into} Rac8 {which wins the pawn}) 16... Bc6 17. Bf2 Nbd7 18. Nb3 a5 $1
19. Nd4 Nxc5 20. Bc4 Nfd7 $6 {Diagram [#]} (20... Na4 $1 {this looks crushing}
21. Nxc6 Nxb2 22. Nxb4 axb4 {and White has to give the piece back, for example:
} 23. Na4 (23. Na2 Nxc4) (23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Nb1 Nxc4 25. O-O b3) 23... Nxc4 {
in all cases Black is basically winning} 24. Ke2) 21. Nxc6 bxc6 {The next few
moves see both players attempting to activate their pieces without creating a
weakness.} 22. Ke2 Ne5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Ba2 Rab8 25. b3 Bd4 26. Rac1 c5 27.
Rhd1 Rb4 28. Rd2 Nd7 29. Nd1 f5 {29...a4!? looks possible as well, though I
think I prefer the less committal text as Black can still improve his position,
I feel, before opening the diagonal for the B/a2.} 30. Nf2 Ne5 31. exf5 exf5
32. Nd3 Re8 $2 {Perhaps a byproduct of the frustration over White's solid
defense, perhaps some sort of tactical oversight, whatever the explanation,
this is asking too much of the position. Simply 32...Nxd3 maintains the
advantage:} (32... Nxd3 33. Rxd3 Re8+ 34. Kd2 {Black can still improve the
position of his K with ...K/g8-f7-f6, but of course the opposite coloured Bs
means that he has to be careful to avoid the pure B endings, as in such cases
the game is normally an easy draw. Even, as here, when one side has an extra
pawn.} Kf7 35. Re1 $2 {White cannot enact an exchange of rooks quite yet as if
he does, he will be rocked with:} Bc3+ 36. Rxc3 Rd4+ 37. Rd3 Rxd3+ 38. Kxd3
Rxe1 39. b4+ Ke7 40. bxc5 $19) 33. Nxb4 Nc6+ 34. Kf1 Nxb4 35. Bb1 {
Unfortunately White can't fight for the e-file right away:} (35. Re1 $2 Rxe1+
36. Kxe1 Bc3) (35. Re2 $2 Rxe2 36. Kxe2 Nxa2) 35... Nd5 36. Re2 $5 {Diagram [#]
} (36. g3 $5 Ne3+ 37. Kg1 Kf7 (37... Nd5+ 38. Kg2 Be3 $2 39. Re1) 38. Kh1 {
this looks ridiculous, but the idea is that White has to first get his K out
of the range of the B/d4 and N/e3 before trying to untangle his pieces. With
the clock ticking, it would take a brave man to try this sort of repositioning
from such passivity.}) 36... Ne3+ 37. Rxe3 {Undoubtedly the idea behind 36.Re2.
A very pragmatic decision.} (37. Kg1 $6 Nxg2+ 38. Kf1 Ne3+ 39. Ke1 Kf7 {
Black's better pieces (compare the dominating B/d4 to his lame counterpart on
b1) give Black the edge.}) 37... Bxe3 38. Rd1 f4 $6 {After this, Black has
nothing. He could try defending the P/f5 but even that doesn't yield much:} (
38... g6 39. Rd7 {keeps the Black K confined to the back rank}) (38... Re5 39.
Rd7 Kf8 40. Bd3 {and it is hard to believe that Black has much. It is still
tough to get the K off of the back rank}) 39. Bg6 $1 {Good move. Now the K is
pretty much stuck on the back rank, while the Black R is doomed to defending
against mating attacks. After this, despite Black's extra pawn, I think it is
about equal here.} Rb8 40. Rd7 Bd4 {Of course not 40...Rxb3?? 41.Bf7+ forking
K and R.} 41. Ke2 Kh8 42. Kd1 Bf6 43. Ra7 Bd8 44. Rf7 Kg8 {Why not simply
repeat with 44...Bf6? Very mysterious.} 45. Rxf4 {Now White has some hope of
winning, since the pawn majority gives him something to work with.} Rb6 46. Bd3
Bf6 47. Kc2 Rb7 48. Bg6 Be7 49. h4 Rd7 50. Re4 Kf8 51. h5 Rd8 52. Ra4 Ra8 53.
g4 Bf6 54. Re4 Rd8 55. Ra4 Ra8 56. Re4 {This sort of seemingly aimless
manoeuvring, played in an attempt to depress the opposition, is seen more
frequently at the Master level and above than amongst the class players.
Sometimes when a player has an advantage, but it doesn't seem like enough to
win, this sort of methodology is called for. In particular, when the defender
has no counterplay, sometimes the best thing to do is to do "nothing".   The
idea is that no one really enjoys defending some passive position for dozens
of moves in the hopes of salvaging a draw. As a result there are two pleasant
possibilities for the skilled "do nothinger".  The first is that the defender
will become impatient and try to do something (dubious) to generate excitement,
either because they can't stand the stress of defending, or because they start
seeing possibilities that aren't there ("ghosts"). The second is that the
defender will hold his ground, and will instead also opt to do nothing, but
that over time their watchfulness will slacken, and they are more likely to
allow something later in the game that they would not have overlooked earlier.
Of course, implicit in all this is that there is something that can ultimately
be done. Here, with his Kside pawn majority and potential mating threats,
White certainly has chances to eventually generate some play.} Bg5 57. Rc4 Be7
58. Rf4+ Bf6 59. Re4 Bd4 60. Kd3 Rb8 61. Kc4 Rc8 62. Kb5 $6 {Instead of the
text, it seems to me that White should stop manoeuvring his pieces (they are
about as good as they are going to get for the moment) and instead concentrate
on advancing his Kside:} (62. f4 Rb8 63. g5 hxg5 (63... Kg8 64. Re6 {and White
can try to make gxh6 followed by f4-f5-f6 work}) 64. fxg5 Rb4+ 65. Kd5 Rb8 66.
h6 {gives White reasonable winning chances}) 62... Bc3 63. Kb6 Bf6 64. Kxa5 Rb8
{Cutting the K off. The technical problems are substantial now:} (64... Rb8 65.
Ka6 {White can't simply try to stroll his K back down the a-file 
(a5-a4-a3-a2-b1-c2-d3, etc.) because for starters on Ka3, Black can force the
exchange of Rs with...Ra8+ if he wants to (or even ...Bd4 and ...Ra8#).} Be7 {
now Black is threatening to take on b3, as White doesn't have Re8#.} 66. Re3
Bg5 67. Re6 Be7 68. Rc6 {there may be some way to get the White K off of the
a-file without trading rooks, but perhaps time trouble (the second control was
the dreaded SD/60) caused White to have to call off any attempt.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Delaware Midwest ch tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vukadinov, Milan"]
[Black "Rajlich, Vasik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Neven,K"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{I met Milan for the first time at the Canadian Open in Windsor, when he
joined a student of his and myself in the post mortem of a game we had played
earlier that day. Most impressive immediately was how much he enjoyed looking
at the various positions - I had employed an unusual plan in the Dutch Defense
after 1.d4 f5 2._|g5 h6 3._|h4 g5 4._|g3 >>f6 5.e3 _|g7 6.h4 g4!? which he
wasn't familiar with and treated rather skeptically! Still, we analyzed for
hours, and his assessments were never anything but objective. Afterwards we
saw each other from time to time at other tournaments, and I always enjoyed
chatting with Milan or looking at an interesting position or two. It was a
pleasure to have known this man.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2
O-O 6. Bg5 {This is the Averbakh Kings Indian, Ihave always liked this line
for white.It is a nice cross between positional play and attacking play.} Na6
$5 {This is the modern response which should eventually equalise but many
things can happen first...} 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 c6 {8...Nc5 was the other move.} 9.
f3 h6 $2 {This seems out of place here.GMSmirin likes Qa5 here but most games
go with cd5cd5 Bd7} (9... Qa5) (9... cxd5 10. cxd5 Bd7) 10. Be3 cxd5 11. cxd5
Nh5 12. g3 Kh7 13. Bd3 $5 f5 $2 {This turns out badly.} (13... Nb4 14. Bb1) 14.
exf5 $1 gxf5 15. Nge2 Nc5 16. Bc2 Qe7 $6 17. O-O a5 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. g4 $1 {
Just like that black is completly busted.} Nf6 20. Ng3 e4 21. gxf5 Rf7 22. fxe4
Ng4 23. f6 Rxf6 24. e5+ Rg6 25. Bxg6+ Kxg6 26. Qc2+ {Black made a few second
best moves and was blown off the board,very nice.} 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vukadinov, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Stone,R Finegold,B"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Bg2 c6 {This
line is solid but might not be a good choice against Epishin who likes to play
technically.  These slow lines work better against wild attacking players who
go overboard.} 8. Bf4 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. Nd2 {White prepares e4 but this will
result in trades that can ease Black's defence.} Nbd7 (10... c5 $5 11. Nb3 (11.
dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nb3 Bb4 13. cxd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bxd5) 11... Na6 $13) 11. e4 dxe4 {
This leaves Black with a long and arduous defence.} (11... dxc4 $1 {Milan
analyzed this with some GM's in Las Vegas and concluded that it offers better
chances for active play or equalization.} 12. Nxc4 Ba6 13. b3 (13. Qa4 Qc8 14.
Qb3 e5 15. dxe5 Nc5 {with good play.}) 13... b5 14. Ne3 (14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5
Nd7 {with good play.}) 14... b4 15. Ne2 c5 16. d5 (16. Re1 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 cxd4
18. Qxd4 e5 19. Bxe5 Bc5 20. Bxf6 $1 Bxd4 21. Bxd8 Bxa1 22. Be7 Rfc8 23. Bxb4
$14) 16... e5 17. d6 (17. Bg5 Nxd5) 17... exf4 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. gxf4 Rac8 (
19... Nb6 $5 20. e5 Nh5 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Re1 Qh4 23. Nf5 Qh3) 20. e5 Nh5 21.
Nc4 Nb6 $13) 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Nxe4 ({The "d" pawn is
poisoned.  If} 14... Qxd4 $4 15. Rad1) 15. Bxe4 Qd7 ({It still can't be
captured.} 15... Qxd4 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Rd7 Bc8 18. Be3 Qe5 19. Bd4) 16. Rad1
Rfe8 17. Qc2 g6 18. c5 {Blocking the pawn on c6 and restricting the Bishop on
b7.  Black is solid but passive and White has a clear advantage.} Bf8 19. Rfe1
Red8 20. h4 {Milan said, "Vladimir cooly builds up his position.  He's in no
rush."} ({<BF> Better is} 20. b4) 20... Bg7 21. Be5 Qe7 22. b4 b5 {This avoids
possible tactical shots based on b5 but leaves Black passive on the queenside.}
23. Qc3 Qf8 {Parrying the threat of White taking on g7 and then playing d5.}
24. a4 ({Better is the immediate} 24. Qf3 {eyeing both the c6 pawn and the
dark squares.}) 24... a6 25. Ra1 bxa4 {This splits Black's queenside pawns but
diverts White's rook from the first rank for the moment.  Milan was already
looking for a chance to sacrifice for counterplay.} 26. Rxa4 Rd7 27. Qf3 Rc8
28. Raa1 $6 {DIAGRAM PLEASE!} (28. Bd3 $1) {What is the best chance?} 28...
Rxd4 $1 {Milan grabs his chance!  Vladimir was shocked!  This is an excellent
practical choice breaking White's grip on the position.  The dark squares are
ample compensation.} 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Rad1 e5 31. Bd3 Kg7 32. Bc4 Rc7 33. Qe2
Rd7 {Definding the "a" pawn is not in Black's plans, so he starts active play
in the center.} 34. Bxa6 {Epishin could have waited to grab this weak pawn,
but it's tempting and there and there is no clear way to improve his position.}
Bxa6 35. Qxa6 Qd8 $1 {Suddenly Black has threats!  (e.g. Bxf2 winning back the
material) This is a great example of Milan's eye for dynamic opportunities.}
36. Kg2 Bc3 $1 {An awkward move for White to meet.  The bishop wreaks havoc
with White's pawns.} 37. Qe2 ({Epishin tries to return the exchange for a
favourable queen ending.  If white tries to keep the exchange by} 37. Rxd7 {
the position remains complex and Black has the initiative.} Qxd7 38. Re4 f5 39.
Rc4 Qd5+ 40. Kh2 Qf3 $1 (40... Qd3 $6 {The pin looks dangerous, but it's not.}
41. Qa2 {with the upper hand.} (41. Qb7+ Kh6 42. Rxc3 Qxc3 43. Qxc6 Qxb4 44.
Qd5 Qc3 45. c6 e4 46. Qd6 Qc2 47. Qf4+ Kg7 48. c7 e3 49. Qd4+ Kf7 50. Qd8)) (
40... Qd2 41. Qxc6 e4 42. Kg2 (42. Qc7+ Kg8 43. Qf4 Qd3 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Qa7+
Kh6 46. Qa2 f4 {Black still has some tactical chances.}) 42... e3 43. Qc7+ Kg8
$13) 41. Rxc3 $5 (41. Qa2 $5 f4 42. Qc2 (42. gxf4 e4 $1 $132 43. Rxc3 Qxc3)
42... Be1 $132) 41... Qxc3 (41... Qxf2+ $2 42. Kh3 Qg1 43. Rc2 f4 44. Qd3) 42.
Qxc6 e4 43. Qd7+ Kh6 44. c6 Qc2 45. Kg1 Qc1+ 46. Kg2 Qc2 47. Kf1 Qc1+ 48. Kg2
Qc2 49. Qe6 Qc3 50. b5 Qf3+ 51. Kg1 Qd1+ 52. Kh2 Qe2 $11) 37... Rd5 $1 {But
Milan stays faithful to his idea!} (37... Bxe1 38. Qxe5+ Kg8 39. Rxd7 Qxd7 40.
Qxe1 {with a large advantage.}) 38. Rf1 Bxb4 39. Qxe5+ {This neat shot keeps
some advantage forcing Milan to defend very accurately.} Rxe5 40. Rxd8 Rxc5 {
The dust has cleared and Black has acheived an endgame with practical chances
to draw.  Still, how many masters would succeed in drawing against a world
class professional such as Epishin?} 41. Rb1 Rb5 {Preventing the rooks from
doubling on the 7th for the moment.  Black must be very careful about
defending f7.} 42. Rd7 h5 {Fixing White's pawns on the dark squares.} 43. Rb3 (
43. Rc7 c5 44. Rd1 Rb6 45. Rdd7 Rf6 {and White has succeeded in doubling on
the 7th, but it's still not easy to see how to make progress.}) 43... Kf8 $1 {
A subtle defence against White's next move.} 44. Rf3 Be7 {The point!} 45. Re3
Bb4 46. Re4 Rb6 47. Ra7 Bd6 48. Rea4 c5 49. R4a6 {White decides to simplify
before Black gets winning chances!  The combination of rook, bishop and pawn
is too strong, so the text move preserves White's chances.} Rxa6 50. Rxa6 Be5
51. Kf3 {Without the c pawn, the ending would be difficult to win for White. 
With the c pawn, Black should hold the draw, but nothing is easy when your
opponent is over 2600 FIDE!!} Bd4 52. Ra2 {Black has acheived the optimum
defensive position with his bishop strongly anchored in the centre, attacking
f2 and still controlling the long diagonal.} Bf6 53. Rc2 Bd4 54. Ke4 Ke7 55.
Kd5 Kf6 56. Re2 g5 {Seeking active play and disrupting White's methodical
exploitation of his advantage.} 57. Ke4 ({White's isolated pawn on h4 becomes
a target but capturing on g5 by} 57. hxg5+ Kxg5 {would have activated Black's
king.}) 57... gxh4 58. gxh4 Kg6 59. f4 Bf6 60. Rg2+ Kh6 61. Rh2 c4 62. Kf5 Be7
{Keeping the "h" pawn under fire and the king out of g5.} 63. Ke5 c3 64. Rc2
Bxh4 65. Rxc3 Kg6 66. Rc6+ Kg7 67. Rc1 Bg3 68. Kf5 h4 69. Rf1 Kh6 70. Rf3 (70.
Kf6 Kh5 71. Kxf7 h3 72. f5 h2 73. f6 Kg4 74. Ke6 (74. Kg6 Bd6 75. f7 Kg3 76.
Rd1 Be7) 74... Bf4 $11) 70... Kg7 71. Kg5 Be1 72. Re3 Bf2 73. Rd3 Bg3 74. Rd7 {
Here Vladimir offered a draw having made no headway against Milan's determined
defence.  A 6 hour marathon!!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Detroit Metro tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vukadinov, Milan"]
[Black "Feldman, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Stone,R Finegold,B"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{Dr. Steve Feldman is a master from Michigan with a fighting style who has
played many tough games against Milan over the years.  Milan and Steve liked
and respected each other and their games were always exciting.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 {The Tartakover QGD has
been one of the most popular lines in chess for over 50 years.} 8. Be2 Bb7 9.
Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O (11. b4 {is the main line now, but Milan
played this game in back in 1975!  I <BF> have played b4 against Feldman years
ago and he played the solid yet passive c6.  I won a long game then but Steve
is not known to play solid and passive and it shows in this game!}) 11... Nd7
12. b4 c5 13. bxc5 bxc5 14. Qb3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 $1 ({Steve decides the
knight is too strong and gives teh game a drawish character by making the pawn
structure symmetrical.  White maintains a slight edge due to his better bishop.
} 15... Nc5 16. Qb4 Rc8 17. Bg4 Ba6 18. Rfd1 (18. Bxc8 Bxf1 19. Bh3 Na6 20. Qb7
Bc4 $13) 18... Rc7 19. Rab1 Be7 20. Qa5 $14) 16. exd4 Nb6 17. a4 Rb8 18. a5 Nc4
({Typical Feldman (and later Kasparov!).  Steve sacs a pawn for activity. 
Instead of this, if} 18... Na8 {The knight can exit the penalty box via c7} 19.
Rfe1 {Anticipating the bishop going to a6, which can now be answered by
capturing on d5} Nc7 20. Bf3 Ba6 {intending to put the bishop on c4.}) 19. Bxc4
dxc4 20. Qxc4 {It's too bad that Milan and Steve didn't apply for a patent for
this position since they would have been collecting royalties 12 years later
from the players in the World Championship - Karpov and Kasparov!!} Rc8 ({
Kasparov played} 20... Qd6 {against Karpov.  No doubt he made a careful study
of Milan's game with Steve (wink!).  That game continued} 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. dxc5
Rbc8 23. a6 Ba8 24. Nb5 Rxc5 25. Nxa7 Be4 26. f3 Ra8 27. fxe4 Rxa7 28. Ra4 Rc6
$11 {Karpov-Kasparov, Sevilla (m/19) 1987.}) 21. Qd3 Qg5 {Black clearly has
compensation for the pawn but no more.  The game should be a draw, but Milan's
stubborn defence wears Steve down later.} 22. Ne4 {White has other tries, but
none give him the advantage.} (22. d5 Qe5 23. Rac1 Rc5 24. d6 Rd8 {with active
play for Black.}) (22. f3 Rfd8 23. Ne4 Qd5 {transposes back to the game.})
22... Qd5 23. f3 Rfd8 (23... Rc4 24. Rfd1 Rd8 25. Nc3 Qxd4+ 26. Qxd4 Rcxd4 27.
Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Nb5 Rd7 29. Nxa7 Bxf3 {and white has all the winning chances.})
24. a6 $1 {Milan's superb judgement at work!  The bishop is driven to an
awkward square.} Bc6 ({This blocks the c file, but} 24... Ba8 $6 25. Rfc1 $1 {
would preserve the "d" pawn because of the weakness of the back rank.}) 25.
Rfd1 {White has solidified his extra pawn, but Black has a nice blockade and
active pieces and White has had to compromise his kingside slightly with f3. 
White is better but we are still in the draw zone.} Bb5 26. Qe3 Rc2 27. Nc3 Qc4
(27... Qb3 $5 {may have been a better chance to draw.} 28. Rab1 (28. Rdc1 Rxc1+
29. Rxc1 Bxa6 {and Black is not worse.}) (28. Rdb1 Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxb5
Rxd4 {and White is better but Black can probably draw due to the threat of
doubling on the seventh rank.}) 28... Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Rxc3 30. Rxb5 Ra3 $11 31.
Rb7 Rxa6 32. Rc1 Rxd4 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rxf7 Rdd6 35. Rcc7 Rg6 36. Rxa7 $11) 28.
Nxb5 Qxb5 29. Rd2 ({Better is} 29. Qe4 Qb2 30. f4) 29... Rdc8 (29... Rxd2 $1
30. Qxd2 Qc4 $11 {winning back the pawn.}) 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31. Re1 Qb2 $6 ({In
time pressure, both players overlook that it's safe to take the a pawn.} 31...
Qxa6 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ (33. Qxf7 Qd3) 33... Qg6) 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+ g6
34. f4 $1 {Milan has preserved his extra pawn.  The g2 pawn is securely
guarded neutralizing Black's pressure on the second rank.  Meanwhile Milan
prepares to loosen up the Black king's shelter.} Rd2 (34... Rc1 {and White has
to hide form a lot of checks.}) 35. f5 $1 gxf5 $6 ({Steve stumbles in time
pressure and Milan capitalizes beautifully and is clearly winning.  If instead
} 35... Qxd4+ {a rook ending is reached with drawing chances after} 36. Qxd4
Rxd4 37. Re7 Kg7 38. fxg6 Kxg6 39. Rxa7 Rd6) 36. Qxf5+ Kg7 37. Qg4+ Kh7 38. Rf1
Qa2 ({Still in a time scramble, it's understandable that Black may not have
seen or didn't want to risk the rook ending down 2 pawns after} 38... Qxd4+ {
but that was his best chance at this point.} 39. Qxd4 Rxd4 40. Rxf7+ Kg6 41.
Rxa7 Rd6 {and Black still has a lot of resistance in this ending!}) 39. Qe4+
Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kg7 {DIAGRAM PLEASE!  How can White improve his
position?} 42. Kh1 $3 {Played coolly in the time scramble.} Rxg2 $2 (42... Qe6
{would keep Black in the game, but that is hard to find in a time scramble.})
43. Qxf7+ $1 Kh8 44. Qe8+ (44. Qf8+ $1 {was faster, but the outcome is no
longer in doubt.}) 44... Qg8 (44... Rg8 45. Qe5+ Kh7 46. Qf5+ Kh8 47. Qf6+ Kh7
48. Qe7+ $18) 45. Qxg8+ Rxg8 46. Rf7 Ra8 {With the king cut off on the 8th
rank, Black can't allow White to get a passed "a" pawn.  But now Black's
pieces are totally passive so it's still hopeless.} 47. Kg2 Kg8 48. Rd7 Kf8 49.
Kf3 Ke8 50. Rh7 Rd8 51. Rh8+ Ke7 52. Rxd8 Kxd8 53. Ke4 Kd7 54. Kd5 {The pawn
ending is easy.  A tense battle!} 1-0

[Event "Winnipeg CA op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vukadinov, Milan"]
[Black "Hergott, Deen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Hergott,D"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

{I received an email from Brian Profit shortly after I heard the news of
Vukadinov's passing.  Regretfully, I had few opportunities to meet the man,
but by all accounts he was intelligent, gentle, and a true lover of chess,
though he had few opportunities to play.  Our first meeting was in his home
town of Windsor when I was a junior player.  He wasn't playing in the
tournament, but he showed up as a spectator and graciously offered his advice
and wisdom.  Our only OTB meeting was at the Canadian Open in Winnipeg in 1997
- he certainly taught me a sharp lesson in this game.} {In the previous round,
I had hung on to draw an interested endgame with Icelandic GM Johann
Hjartarson.  I looked forward to the second half of the Open with some promise,
but this defeat was a cold, if deserved, shower.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4 ({Disappointment set in for
two reasons after this move: 1.all of my opening preparation on the
ultra-sharp piece sacrifice} 8. e4 Bxe4 $5 {line was going to be for nought in
this game, and 2. the sinking realization that I actually hadn't paid much
attention to this alternative.    Truth be told, I had only played the Slav
for a few months before this game, and hadn't really taken the time to learn
the opening completely before trying it out on the board.  Normally, this
approach hasn't caused me too many problems (learn from your defeats and all
that, you know), but this game was a sad exception.  Milan simply made a
practical decision to play a lesser known but reasonalbe line, and I walked
headlong into essentially a "book trap".    I remember overhearing talk after
this game about how shocking it was for IM Hergott to lose to a player 250
rating points below him - I fought the urge to rush up and point out that
Vukadinov was probably playing chess before I was born (and themselves, for
that matter), and that the only reason his rating was so low was that he
rarely played in serious play in Canada.  FM Ray Stone mentioned to me once
that he played team chess occasionally across the boarder in Detroit (he made
his home in Windsor), and that he was well over 2400 USCF.}) 8... Nd5 ({More
commonly played here are} 8... c5) ({and} 8... O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 c5) 9. Bd2
Qh4+ $6 ({Looks innocent enough, but this is rarely played - and the results
have not been promising.} 9... Nb6 $5 {has been tried here as well, though
with less success than the 8th move alternatives.}) 10. g3 Qxd4 11. e3 Qf6 12.
e4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rc1 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Bg6 {DIAGRAM PLEASE!!  This all
looks more or less forced, but how bad is Black's position here?  I knew that
White's next would cause some problems, but thought it would be simply an
inconvenience.} 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Nxb7 $1 {Simple, yet powerful.  Black's queen
side is destroyed, and with the d-file newly reopened, Black's ...Qxf3 is put
on hold (18.Qd8 mate).} Nd7 $1 18. Be2 $1 ({Not} 18. Qxd7 $2 Qxf3 $1 {with
strong threats.}) 18... Qe7 19. O-O Nf6 $2 ({This is the real culprit.  With} 
19... Nb6) ({or} 19... Kg8 {, Black will merely be suffering as opposed to
lost.  After the text, Black's pieces are simply targets for White's king side
pawn advances and Black's king position continues to be an insoluble problem.})
20. Na5 $1 c5 21. Qe3 Rc8 22. Ba6 Rc7 23. Bb5 Nd7 $2 (23... Kg8 {is a small
improvement, freeing f8 for Black's queen, but the position is still a mess.})
24. Nc6 $1 {Black Resigns.    I decided to let Milan revel in his miniature
victory rather than play a few extra pointless moves.  It reminded me in some
ways of my short, painful, and uncharacteristic loss to Abe Yanofsky in the
Canadian Closed in 1986, another woeful Winnipeg memory!    This was a smooth
performance by Milan, if a sub-par one by your truly - I won't be repeating
this line for awhile and I have him to thank for it!    Canada has lost a
talented player, and more importantly, a true gentleman.  I hope that others
have shared thier experiences in this memorial.} 1-0

[Event "Detroit tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vukadinov, Milan"]
[Black "Strugach, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[Annotator "Ross,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 {According to the eco i have
this is a little dubious .I have tried 5 Qa4 a few times and never gotten
anywhere I wanted to be after 5..c5.Milan doesn't try to take advantage of
Black's move order but heads for a solid middle game battle with roughly equal
chances.} 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 {We have
transposed back to something common with each side losing a tempo.} f5 {Seems
the really strong players prefer c5 but f5 and Be4 are both totally reasonable.
} 11. Ne1 {Rd1 is decent also.} (11. d5 exd5 12. Ne1 Bf6 13. Qc2 Nc6 {Seems o.
k.}) 11... Bxg2 12. Nxg2 Bf6 {The bes tsquare for the queen who clearly cannot
stay in line with the bishop.} 13. Qd3 $1 Nc6 14. Be3 Qe7 $11 {Black has no
worries at this point.} 15. Rac1 Nb4 16. Qb3 c5 17. Rfd1 a5 18. dxc5 bxc5 19.
Rd2 a4 $1 20. Qd1 Ra7 $1 {Black is playing a strong game.} 21. Nf4 Rb8 (21...
Nxa2 $1 22. Ra1 Nb4 23. Rxa4 Rxa4 24. Qxa4 d6 {Is a little better for Black.})
22. Nh5 Be5 23. f4 Bd4 24. Rxd4 $1 {Diagram [#]} cxd4 25. Bxd4 {White has
completly changed the character of the game by the exchange sacrifice from a
positional battle to a tactical battle.The bishop on d4 radiates energy in
harmony with the knight on h5.White has very good practical compensation for
the exchange.} Rab7 $2 (25... d6 $1 26. Bxg7 $1) 26. Bxg7 Qf7 27. e3 Nd3 28.
Bc3 $6 (28. Qxd3 $1 Qxh5 29. Bc3 Rxb2 30. Bxb2 Rxb2 31. Rc2 Rxc2 32. Qxc2 Qf3
$11 {was more realistic but Milan must have been feeling lucky that day so to
keep the game alive he throws in a second exchange.There is a defense but it
is not so easy to find.}) 28... Nxc1 29. Nf6+ Kf8 30. Qd6+ Kg7 $4 (30... Qe7 $1
31. Nxh7+ Kf7 32. Qd1 (32. Ng5+ Ke8 33. Qd1 a3 $1 $19) 32... Qc5 $1 33. Qh5+
Ke7 34. Bf6+ Kd6 35. Qd1+ Kc7 36. Qxc1 Rb4 $19) 31. Ng4+ $1 $18 {Black has
hung the queen!} Kg6 32. Ne5+ Kg7 33. Nxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qd1 Nxa2 35. Qh5+ Kf8 36.
Be5 Rxb2 37. Bd6+ Kg8 38. Qg5+ Kf7 39. Qe7+ Kg6 40. Qxd7 {1-0 Milan found a
way to win .Geza Fuster was fond of saying "good player is lucky player "
meaning we create the conditions where good luck will come our way.       The
Canadian chess landscape has been deminished by the losss of this fine player
and gentleman.I will miss him.} 1-0

[Event "Kingston op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hum, Peter"]
[Black "Predescu, Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "Dixon,F"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd2
Re8 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. d5 (10. Kb1 a5 11. h4 a4 12. h5 Qa5 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. d5
Rb8 15. g4 Nb6 16. Nc1 Nbd7 17. N1e2 Qb4 18. a3 Qa5) 10... c5 11. g4 a6 12. Ng3
(12. h4 b5 13. Ng3 bxc4 14. Bh6 Nf8 15. h5 Bh8 16. Bxc4 Rb8 17. Rdg1 Re7 18.
Nf5 Reb7 19. Nd1 Rb4 20. Qc2 Bd7) 12... Nf8 $1 13. h4 Bd7 14. Bd3 Qa5 15. h5 b5
$1 16. Rdg1 b4 17. Nb1 Qxa2 18. Nf5 $5 Bxf5 $1 19. gxf5 Qa4 $1 20. hxg6 fxg6
21. Qf2 Qd7 22. Bf1 $1 Qf7 23. Bh3 $1 a5 $1 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Qh4 a4 26. Rh2
Nh5 $1 27. Bg4 Nf4 $1 28. Rgh1 a3 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "London student tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tipu, Vincentiu"]
[Black "Glinert, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "Dixon,F"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. g3 Nd7 12. Bg2 f5 13. f4 (13. exf5 gxf5 (13...
Nxf5 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ne4 Qf7) 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7
16. g4 fxg4 17. Qxg4 Nc5) (13. Qd2 Nb6 14. Bg5 Rf7 15. a4 a6 16. a5 Nd7 17. h4
Qf8) 13... exf4 14. Bxf4 Nc5 (14... Ne5) 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. Rae1 Rae8 17. Kh2 fxe4
(17... Na4 $1) 18. b4 $1 Na4 (18... Na6 19. Nxe4) 19. Nxe4 Qb5 20. Bxd6 $5 Rxf1
$2 (20... cxd6 $1 21. Nxd6 Qd7 (21... Bc3 22. Rxf8+ $1 Rxf8 (22... Kxf8 23.
Qh6+) 23. Nxb5 Bxd2 24. Rxe7 Bxb4 25. Rxb7) 22. Nxe8 Bc3 (22... Rxe8 23. Qe3
Bc3 24. Re2 Bxb4 25. c4 (25. h4) 25... Bc5 $1 26. Qf4 $1 (26. Qh6 Nf5 $1) 26...
Nf5 $1) 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qh6+ Kxe8 25. Rf1 Nf5 26. Qf4 $1 Qd6 $1 27. Qxd6
Nxd6 28. a3 Nc4 $1) 21. Bxf1 $1 Qxd5 22. Bxe7 Qxd2+ 23. Nxd2 Bc3 24. Bb5 c6 25.
Bxa4 Bxd2 26. Bb3+ Kg7 27. Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "London student tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ng, Kit"]
[Black "Peredun, Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "Dixon,F"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 (7...
Nc6 8. d5 Ne7) 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 f5 $5 12. Nxc6 bxc6
13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Rfe1 (14. exf5 gxf5 15. Bd3 Qf7 16. Rae1 Be6 17. Be3 Be5 18. f4
Bg7 19. Be2 Qg6 20. Bf3 Bd7) (14. Rac1 Qf7 15. exf5 gxf5 16. f4 Nf6 17. Bf3 Ne4
18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. f5 e3 20. Bxe3 Bxf5) (14. g4 Nf6 15. gxf5 gxf5 16. Kh1 (16.
exf5 Qxf5 17. Bd3 Qh3) 16... Kh8 17. Rf2 Qf7 18. Rg1 Be6) 14... Qf7 15. exf5
gxf5 16. f4 Rb8 $1 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. b3 h6 19. Bh4 Nxf4 $5 20. Bf3 Ne6 21. Bf2
a5 $1 22. Ne2 a4 23. Ng3 Rf8 24. Qc2 axb3 25. axb3 Qf6 $1 26. Rd2 $2 Qc3 $1 27.
Re3 Qxc2 28. Rxc2 f4 $1 29. Rxe6 fxg3 0-1

[Event "London student tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Raheb, David"]
[Black "Pechenkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Dixon,F"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 (3. d4 Bg4) 3... Nxd5 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. d4
O-O 7. c4 Nb6 8. h3 Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Nc3 e6 12. Re1 (12. Bh6 Re8
13. f4 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bf3 exd5 16. Qd4+ f6 17. cxd5 c6 18. d6 Be6) 12...
exd5 (12... Bg7 13. Bf4 exd5 14. c5 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Bxc7
Rf8) 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Qf6 $1 15. Bf3 Bd7 16. Qb3 a5 $1 17. Bd2 a4 18. Qb4
Bxb2 19. Rab1 a3 20. Bc1 $2 (20. Qxb7 $5 Rfb8 21. Qxc7 Bf5 $1 22. Be4 (22. Rbd1
Bc2) 22... Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Bd4 $1) (20. Qe7 $2 Bf5 $1) 20... Bc3 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22.
Bxf4 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Rfe8 24. Rb1 b5 25. Bxc7 Ra4 26. Bd6 Rc8 27. Bd1 Rd4 28. Bb3
b4 29. Re1 Bb5 30. Re7 Bc4 31. Be5 Rxd5 $1 32. Bxc4 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 Rxc4 34. Rb5
Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Rc2 36. Rxb4 Rxf2 37. Rb3 Rxa2 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. Kf3 h5 40. g4 hxg4+
41. hxg4 Kf6 42. Ke3 Ke6 43. Kd3 Rg2 0-1

[Event "London student tt"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Glinert, Stephen"]
[Black "Chu, Stefanie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Annotator "Dixon,F"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e5 (6... e6) 7. Nh3 Nge7
(7... exf4 8. Bxf4 Nge7 9. O-O h6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. a3 Be6 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Nf4
Bd7) 8. O-O Nd4 9. f5 f6 (9... gxf5 10. Qh5 h6 11. Rf2 Be6) 10. Ne2 (10. g4 h5
11. g5 gxf5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. gxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne4 Bg7 15. c3 Ndc6 16. Qb3 Qd7 17.
Nhg5 Nd8) 10... Bd7 11. c3 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Bc6 (12... Qc7 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. b4
gxf5 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. Rfb1 f4 17. Nxf4 Bh6) 13. g4 Qd7 14. g5 gxf5 (14...
O-O-O 15. fxg6 Rdf8 16. gxh7 Rxh7) 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Qh5+ Kd8 17. Qf7 Bh4 18.
Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Kc7 20. Ne6+ Kb6 21. b4 cxb4 22. cxb4 Rag8 23. a4 fxe4 24.
Qf2+ (24. Qf2+ e3 25. Qxe3+ Ka6 26. b5+ Ka5 27. Qd2+ Kb6 28. bxc6 Qxe6 29.
Rab1+) 1-0

[Event "Sudbury North ON op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Henderson, Fred"]
[Black "Kiviaho, Bob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "Henderson, Fred"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Rd1
Qc7 9. Nc3 e5 10. h3 Re8 11. e4 b5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. c5 Be6 15.
Be3 b4 16. Na4 Rad8 17. b3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Nb2 Qa5 21.
Nd3 Nd7 22. Bd2 Bf8 23. Bxb4 Qb5 24. Bf1 Qb8 25. Bd2 f5 26. Bg2 Qb5 27. Be3
fxe4 28. Bxe4 Bxh3 29. a4 Qb7 30. Qc4+ Kg7 31. f4 (31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Bd4 {
looks very dangerous}) 31... exf4 32. Nxf4 Bg4 33. Ne6+ {?!  this move allows
a simplifying combination which makes a White victory very difficult to achive,
particularly with time pressure looming} Bxe6 34. Qxe6 Bxc5 35. Bxc5 Nxc5 36.
Qe5+ Kg8 37. Qxc5 Qxb3 38. Bxc6 Qxg3+ 39. Kf1 Qd3+ 40. Ke1 Qb1+ 41. Kd2 Qb8 42.
Bd5+ Kg7 43. Qd4+ Kh6 44. Qh4+ Kg7 45. Qe7+ Kh6 46. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Peel Inviational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Franke, Raymond"]
[Black "Brown, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Annotator "Brown,J"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c6 (3... c5) 4. g3 h5 5. Bg2 h4 (5... Nd7) 6. e5 hxg3
7. hxg3 Rxh1 8. Bxh1 Nh6 9. Nf1 Nf5 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Qc1 Nd7 12. Nf3 (12. f4
Qxg1) 12... Bc5 13. Be3 Nd4 14. N1d2 Nxc2+ 15. Qxc2 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qxe3+ 17. Kf1
(17. Kd1) 17... Nc5 (17... Nxe5 18. Re1) 18. d4 Nd3 19. Kg2 Qe2+ 20. Kh3 Nf2+ (
20... g5 21. Nxg5 Nf2+ 22. Kh2 (22. Kh4 Qg4#) 22... Ng4+ 23. Kh3 (23. Kg1 Qf2#)
23... Qh2+ (23... Nf2+) 24. Kxg4 f5+ 25. exf6 e5+ 26. Kf3 Qh5+ 27. Kf2 Qxg5)
21. Kh4 g5+ 22. Kxg5 Bd7 23. Re1 Ne4+ 24. Kf4 (24. Nxe4 Qxc2) 24... Qf2 25. Rg1
Qe2 26. Re1 Qf2 27. Rg1 Qe2 28. Rg2 Qa6 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxa2 31. Qh7
O-O-O 32. Qc2 f5 33. b3 (33. exf6) 33... Qa3 34. Rh2 Qf8 35. Qc5 Qg7 36. Qxa7
Rg8 37. Qa8+ Kc7 38. Qa5+ b6 (38... Kb8 39. Ra2) 39. Qa7+ Kd8 40. Qb8+ Ke7 41.
Qd6+ Ke8 42. Qb8+ Kf7 43. Qc7 Qg4+ 44. Ke3 Qe4+ 45. Kd2 f4 46. Ng5+ Rxg5 47.
Qxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Kingston University ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grant, David"]
[Black "Lambruschini, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "Dixon,F"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 $6 dxe4 5. Ng5 c5 (5... Bb4 $1 6. Bd2 Qxd4
7. Nb5 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 9. Kxd2 Na6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nc3 Ke7 12. Ngxe4 Nxe4+
13. Nxe4 Rad8) 6. Ncxe4 Be7 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nxc5 Rd8 10. Nce4 h6 11.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Ne4 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Rxd4 14. Qg4 $1 e5 $2 15. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 $2 (
15... Kf8 16. Qxg7+ $1 Ke7) 16. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 17. Ne8+ Kf8 18. Nxc7 Ke7 19.
O-O-O Kd8 20. Nxa8 Nc6 21. Bb5 1-0

[Event "London ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jackson, David"]
[Black "Zendrowski, Jay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Zendrowski,J"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 $6 {Considered
pretty tame by theory.} Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O $5 {And this is
Jackson's innovation.} Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Ba3 $1 {The consistent follow-up
to 0-0.} Bxa1 12. Qxa1 {The critical position of the Jackson variation. The
bishop on a3 is a monster and black is underdeveloped with his K in the center.
White is looking to further open up the a1-h8 diagonal and the e-file for his
rook with f4 in the near future).} Nd4 $2 {Trying to dislodge the knight on b3
and take control of the d4 square but this move is not good.} 13. f4 {My
initial line following ...Nd4 was 13. f4 Nxb3 14. ab Qd4+ forcing queens off.
Unfortunately 13...Nxb3 loses immediately to 14. Qxe5+ Be6 15. Bb5+ and black
can resign.} Be6 14. fxe5 $2 {Jackson follows up with an inaccuracy himself. I
showed him 14. Re1 after the game when white just increases the pressure on
the e-file} Nxb3 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. axb3 Rd8 {After the game
Jackson asked why I didn't castle and I showed him the following two lines: 18.
Bd6 and now with the a-pawn under attack Black has two losing lines either 18..
.b6 19. Qa6+ Qb7 20. Qc4+ when Kd7 loses to Rxf7, or 18..a6 19. Qc3+ Qc6 when
White can either exchange Q's on c6 and grab the f7 pawn or play 19. Qh3+ with
at least a draw.} (17... O-O-O 18. Bd6 b6 (18... a6 19. Qc3+ Qc6 20. Qh3+ (20.
Qxc6+ bxc6 21. Rxf7)) 19. Qa6+ Qb7 20. Qc4+) 18. Bd6 {This bishop provides a
huge clamp on the Black position, Black will be happy to sac the exchange back
just to get rid of it.} a6 19. c4 h5 20. c5 {I had been angling for 20..Rh6
with the idea of Rxd6 but 20.. Rh6 loses to an immediate 21. e6! (if ..fe ,
Rxf8 mate). ...Rxe6 22. Qxg7 when the Rxd6 ends with Qg8+ Ke7, Qf7 mate!)} Qg4
{Keeping an eye on the g7 pawn and giving the King a little breathing space.} (
20... Rh6 21. e6 Rxe6 (21... fxe6 22. Rf8#) 22. Qxg7) 21. Qc3 Rh6 {Finally.}
22. h3 Qg5 {I still have to keep an eye on the g pawn in case of an e6 push.}
23. c6 bxc6 24. Qxc6+ Rd7 25. Qxa6 (25. Qxa6 {And at this point Jackson
offered a draw which I accepted after looking at the line 25..Rhxd6 26. ed
Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Qxd6. Jackson thought the winning chances were minimal and the
draw allowed him to maintain his one point lead going into the second half of
the tournament. As mentioned, I've found this line to be very beneficial in
speed games against the Sveshnikov. The reader is welcome to open his home
laboratory to find a refutation to the Jackson variation!} Rhxd6 26. exd6 Qc5+
27. Kh1 Qxd6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St.John's Christmas op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Watson, Michael"]
[Black "Sadov, Serge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[Annotator "Sadov,S"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[Source "CFC"]
[SourceDate "2003.06.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Qd7 8.
d3 f6 9. Be3 h5 10. Nd2 g5 11. Qe2 c5 12. Nb3 b6 13. c3 a5 14. a4 Qe6 15. Rfd1
Ne7 (15... Qxb3 16. c4) 16. Nd2 Ng6 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 g4 19. Qb5+ Kf7 $6 20.
d5 $1 Qc8 21. Rac1 gxh3 22. Bxb6 Be7 $2 (22... Qg4 $1) 23. d6 $2 (23. g3 $1 Qg4
24. Bxc7 Bb4 $3) (23. f3 hxg2 (23... Qg8 $5)) 23... Qg4 24. Qb3+ Kg7 25. Qxh3
Bxd6 26. Qxg4 hxg4 27. Bxc7 Nf4 $1 28. Re1 Rac8 29. g3 Nh3+ 30. Kg2 Bxc7 31.
Rc6 Bb8 32. Rec1 Rcd8 33. Nb3 Ng5 34. Nxa5 Rd4 35. Rc8 Rxa4 36. Rxh8 Kxh8 37.
Rc8+ Kg7 38. Nc6 Bd6 0-1

