[Event "NZ Junior"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Judy Gao"]
[Black "Mario Krstev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Tony Booth and Bill Forster"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh5 6. Bg3 Nxg3 7. hxg3 e6 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. g4 Qb6 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. g5 O-O-O $5 {An enterprising plan
designed to make White pay a large price for her kingside weaknesses.} 13. gxh6
gxh6 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Nbd4 Ne7 17. Nd2 e5 18. N4b3 Bc6 19. Qh5 f5
$5 {Another enterprising idea, black judges a pawn is a small price to pay for
open lines given the opposite castling and his two bishops.} 20. Bxf5+ Nxf5 21.
Qxf5+ Kb8 22. Qf6 h5 23. Rg1 Rhf8 24. Qh6 Rh8 25. Qf6 Rhf8 26. Qg5 Bb5 27. Qxh5
Bd3 28. Rd1 Rf5 29. Qh6 Rdf8 {Diagram #} 30. f3 $2 {Whoops, White cannot
afford to weaken e3 like this, although grovelling in such a passive position
is no fun.} R5f6 31. Qg5 Rg6 0-1

[Event "NZ Junior"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andy Chen"]
[Black "Leo Zhu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Tony Booth and Bill Forster"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 d6 7. a4 Nf6 8. Bc4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Be2 Be6 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Nce2 Bd6
15. c3 Be5 16. Qc1 {Diagram #} Bg4 $2 {White has a better understanding of the
IQP position. Black should be avoiding minor piece exchanges and seeking to
use the e4 and c4 outpost squares to attack.} 17. h3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19.
hxg4 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Rfe8 21. Qd4 Rad8 22. Rfe1 Ne4 23. Rad1 Nf6 {
Diagram # White harvests the IQP and follows up with good endgame skill to win.
} 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 h6 27. Qd6 Qxd6 {Black is too willing
to exchange pieces. When a pawn down swap pawns not pieces!} 28. Rxd6 Re1+ 29.
Kh2 Re2 30. Rb6 Rxf2 {It's important to use the rook aggressively, but perhaps
it is even more important to avoid a rampant passed c pawn, so maybe ...Re7
instead.} 31. Rxb7 Rf4 32. Rb4 Rf6 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. a5 Rf4 35. Rb4 Rf6 36. Kg3
Kg6 37. Rb6 Kg5 38. Rxf6 Kxf6 39. Kf4 Ke6 40. c4 g6 41. b4 Kd6 42. b5 axb5 43.
cxb5 Kc7 44. Ke5 h5 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Kf6 Kb7 47. Kxf7 h4 48. Kg6 Ka7 49. Kh5
h3 50. gxh3 Kb7 51. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday Open 2008"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sutherland, J."]
[Black "Johnson, Q."]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Nbd7 9. e3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Nd2 Ndf6 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qe7 17. Qa4+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rh5 Ke7 20. Bd3 Bc6
21. O-O-O Be8 22. Rh2 Kf6 23. Rdh1 Kg7 24. d5 Bf7 25. dxe6 Bxe6 26. f4 Raf8 27.
Kc2 d5 28. fxg5 hxg5 29. Rxh8 Rxh8 30. Rxh8 Kxh8 31. cxd5 Bxd5 32. Bxf5 Bxg2 $2
{After 32 ... Kg7 33 Kc3 Kf6 34 Kd4 Bb7! keeping the White king out, Black
should probably hold the draw.} 33. e4 Kg7 34. Kc3 Kf6 35. Kd4 Bf1 36. Bg4 c5+
37. Kd5 Bg2 38. Bf5 Bf3 39. Kd6 g4 40. Kd5 Be2 41. Bc8 Bf3 42. Bb7 Ke7 43. Ke5
b5 44. Kd5 Kf6 45. Kd6 b4 46. e5+ Kg7 47. Ba6 bxa3 48. bxa3 Be4 49. Kxc5 1-0

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday Open 2008"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Cooper, N."]
[Black "Gold, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 g5 4. Bg3 f4 $6 5. e3 Nf6 6. exf4 g4 7. Bd3 h5 $4 8.
Bg6# 1-0

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday Open 2008"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Jackson, R."]
[Black "Croad, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. O-O Qd6 12. Rab1 a5 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4
Qf4 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. d5 Rd8 17. Qb3 cxd5 18. Qxb7 Na6 19. Rfd1 Nc5 20. Qb5
Ne4 21. Rxd5 Rab8 22. Qxa5 $2 {22 Rxd8 +/-} Rxd5 23. Qxd5 Nc3 24. Qd3 Nxb1 25.
Qxb1 Qxb2 26. Qxb2 Rxb2 27. g3 Rxa2 28. Kg2 f6 29. Ng1 g5 30. h3 Kf7 31. Nf3
Ke6 32. Nh2 h5 33. Nf3 Kd5 34. Nh2 Ke4 35. Nf3 Kd3 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Ke4 38.
Nh2 Kf4 39. Kf1 Ra1+ 40. Kg2 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday Open 2008"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2008.06.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Croad, N."]
[Black "Sutherland, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Be7 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Ng3 Nf8 8. Nf5
Bxf5 9. exf5 Qd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O N8h7 12. g3 O-O 13. h4 Rfe8 14. Qf3 Bd8 15.
Kg2 Ba5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Kf8 18. g4 Nf6 19. g5 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 hxg5 21. hxg5
Ke7 22. Rh1 Rh8 23. Be3 Raf8 24. f4 f6 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Rh1 Qe8
{27 ... Rxh1} 28. Bxc5 {
Also 28 f6+! gxf6 29 gxf6+ Kf7 30 Qg4 Rg8 31 Bg5 Rxg5 32 Qxg5 wins} dxc5 {
28 ... Rxh1 was best} 29. d6+ Kd8 30. Rxh8 Qxh8 31. Qxb7 Qe8 32. Qb8+ Kd7 33.
Qb5+ Kd8 34. Qxa5+ Kd7 35. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday Open 2008"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2008.06.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Croad, N."]
[Black "Johnson, Q."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Re8 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. a3 cxd4 11. axb4 dxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bd3 b6 14. c4 Bb7
15. e4 a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Rxa5 bxa5 18. Be3 Nc5 19. e5 Nxd3 20. exf6 Nb4 21.
Qd2 gxf6 22. Qd4 Bxf3 23. Qxf6 Qe7 24. Qxf3 f6 25. Ra1 Nc2 26. Rb1 Nxe3 27. Rb7
Qd6 28. fxe3 Qe5 29. Qg4+ Qg5 30. Qxg5+ fxg5 31. Ra7 Rc8 32. Rxa5 Rxc4 33.
Rxg5+ Kf7 34. Ra5 Rc2 35. Rh5 Kg6 36. Rh3 Re2 37. Kf1 Ra2 38. Rf3 Rb2 39. Rf2
Rb1+ 40. Ke2 Rh1 41. h3 Ra1 42. Kd3 Ra4 43. Ke2 Ra2+ 44. Kf3 Ra4 45. Rd2 Rb4
46. Rd4 Rb2 47. Rg4+ Kf6 48. Rf4+ Kg6 49. Ra4 Rc2 50. h4 Rb2 51. Ra5 Rb4 52. g4
h6 53. Ra7 Kf6 54. e4 $2 Rb3+ 55. Kf2 Rb2+ 56. Kf3 Rb3+ 57. Kf2 Rb2+ 58. Kf3
Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday Open 2008"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2008.06.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sutherland, J."]
[Black "Nyberg, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. h4 d6 4. h5 Nxh5 5. e4 Bg4 6. Bc4 e6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3
Nd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O Qf6 11. Qd2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nb6 13. Be2 Qe7 14. a4 Qd7
15. a5 Nc8 16. f4 Nf6 17. Bf3 d5 18. e5 Ng8 19. f5 gxf5 20. Rdg1 Bf8 21. Bg5
Nce7 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Bh5 Nc6 24. Qg5 Qe7 25. Qf4 O-O-O 26. Rh3 f6 27. Rhg3
fxe5 28. dxe5 Qb4 29. Qg5 Be7 30. Qh6 Nd4 31. Bf7 Kb8 32. Bxe6 Qxa5 33. Qg7 Bb4
34. Bxd5 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday Open 2008"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2008.06.02"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nyberg, M."]
[Black "Jackson, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Rb1 d5 10. b4 cxb4 11. cxb4 b6 12. Bb2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bb7 14. e5 Ng4 15.
Rc1 Qb8 16. Nc4 {? 16. Nd4! Nh6 (16....Ngxe5? 17. f4 +-) 17. f4+/-} Ngxe5 17.
Nfxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 Rd8 19. Qb3 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Bd5 22. Qe2 Bxc4 23.
Rxc4 Qd6 24. f5 Rac8 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Rcf4 Rf8 27. Qg4 Rcd8 28. h4 Qd7 29. Qg5
Qe6 30. h5 Rd5 31. Qg3 Rxh5 32. Re1 Re5 33. Ref1 Re3 34. Qh4 Re2 35. R1f3 Re5
36. Rg4 Re3 37. Rfg3 Kg7 38. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 39. Kf1 Rd8 {39....Rc8! 40. Qe1 Rc1 -+}
40. Qe1 Qxe1+ 41. Kxe1 Rd7 42. Rc4 e6 43. Ke2 f5 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. g4 Kg5 46.
gxf5 gxf5 47. a5 bxa5 48. bxa5 Rd6 49. Rc7 Ra6 50. Re7 Kf6 51. Re8 Ke5 0-1

[Event "PATT V"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2006.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Skeels, James"]
[Black "Freeman, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[Annotator "Michael Freeman"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "Combined AUS/NZ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd7 11. Rb1 f5 12. b4 Kh8 13. f3 axb4 14. axb4 c6 15. Kh1
Nf6 16. Nb3 cxd5 17. cxd5 f4 18. Na5 g5 19. Nc4 Ng6 20. Nb5 (20. b5 Rg8 21. Ba3
(21. Bd2 Bf8 22. Be1 h5 23. Ra1 Rb8 24. Na4 g4 25. Nab6 g3 26. Nxc8 (26. h3
Bxh3 27. gxh3 Nh4 28. Rg1 Nd7 $40 29. Nxd7 $2 Qxd7 30. Bf1 g2+ 31. Bxg2 Rxg2
$19) 26... Rxc8 27. Ba5 Qe7 28. h3 Nh7 29. Qd3 Ng5 30. Rg1 Nh4 31. Nb6 $2 (31.
Bf1 $1 $13) 31... Nxh3 $1 32. gxh3 g2+ 33. Rxg2 (33. Kh2 Qg5 34. Be1 Qg3+ 35.
Bxg3 fxg3#) 33... Nxg2 34. Rg1 (34. Nxc8 Qh4 $19) 34... Rc1 $1 35. Rxc1 Qh4 $19
{0-1 Ioseliani,N-Xie Jun/Monte Carlo 1993}) 21... Bf8 22. b6 h5 23. Nb5 (23.
Ra1 g4 24. Nb5 Rxa3 25. Rxa3 g3 26. Nbxd6 Bxd6 27. Nxd6 Qxd6 28. Qc1 Qxb6 29.
Ra8 Bd7 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. hxg3 Qd4 32. gxf4 Nxf4 33. Qd1 b5 34. g3 Nxe2 35.
Qxe2 b4 36. Rd1 Bb5 37. Qe1 Qc4 38. Rc1 Qd3 39. Kg2 b3 40. Qf2 Kf7 41. Re1 Kg6
{0-1 Smalcl,F-Talla,V/CZE-chT 2C corr 1999}) 23... Ne8 24. Ra1 Rg7 25. Bb4 Rb8
26. Rc1 Qf6 27. Be1 Ne7 28. Nc7 Bd7 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Na5 Rc8 31. Nxb7 Rb8 32.
Rc7 Bc8 33. Ba6 g4 34. fxg4 hxg4 35. g3 f3 36. Qc2 Ra8 37. Qc4 Rh7 38. h4 Bh6
39. Qb5 Bxb7 40. Bxb7 Rg8 41. Qd3 Bg5 42. Kg1 Qh6 43. Ba6 Be3+ 44. Bf2 Bg5 45.
Be1 Be3+ 46. Bf2 Bg5 47. b7 Bxh4 48. gxh4 g3 49. Qxf3 Qxh4 50. Rd1 {
1-0 Schinke,A (2402)-Simon,B (2402)/ICCF Email 2004}) 20... Ra6 21. Bd2 g4 22.
Rc1 Qe7 23. fxg4 $6 {The first new move, and probably not a very good one.} (
23. Na5 Bd7 24. Be1 g3 25. hxg3 Rb6 26. Nc7 Nh5 27. gxf4 exf4 28. Kg1 Ng3 29.
b5 Qh4 30. Bc3 Bxc3 31. Rxc3 Rc8 32. Rc2 Ne5 33. Nb3 Qh1+ 34. Kf2 Qh2 35. Qd4
Bxb5 {0-1 Karlgren,L (2146)-Lizarzaburu,O/ICCF 2005}) 23... Nxe4 24. Be1 Ng5
25. Na5 e4 26. Rc7 Qd8 27. Nxb7 {White continues on his plan of wiping out
black's queenside, meanwhile black is after the white king. If white survives,
he wins the endgame.} (27. Bc3 Be5) 27... Bxb7 28. Rxb7 f3 29. gxf3 exf3 30.
Bd3 (30. Bxf3 Ra1 31. Qe2 Rxf3 32. Rxf3 Nxf3 33. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 34. Kg2 Nh4+ $19) (
30. Bc4 Ra1 31. Qc2 f2 32. Bc3 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 Bxc3 34. Qxc3+ Ne5 35. Rc7 Qa8
36. Qd2 Ne4 37. Qh6 Nf7 38. Qe3 Qxd5 $17) 30... Ra1 31. Qc2 (31. Bb1 f2 32.
Rxf2 Rxf2 33. Bxf2 Qf8 34. Bd4 Rxb1 35. Bxg7+ Kg8 36. Bxf8 Rxd1+ 37. Kg2 Kxf8
$19) 31... f2 32. Bc3 Rxf1+ 33. Bxf1 Be5 34. Rc7 Nf3 35. Qxf2 Nd4 36. Rf7 Rxf7
37. Qxf7 Qh4 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kg8 40. Qe8+ Nf8 41. Qh5 Qf6 42. Qh3 (42.
Bc4 Qf3+ 43. Kg1 Qd1+ 44. Bf1 (44. Kg2 Ng6 $19) 44... Ne2+ 45. Kf2 Nxc3 46.
Qg5+ Ng6 47. Nxc3 Bd4+ 48. Kg2 Qe1 $19) 42... Nxb5 43. Bd2 Nc7 44. Bd3 (44. b5
Qf2 45. Qg2 Qd4 46. Bh6 Nxd5 $19) 44... Ng6 45. b5 Bd4 46. Qf1 Qe5 47. Qf5 (47.
Ba5 Nf4 $19 {...Qxd5 is coming.}) 47... Qxf5 48. gxf5 Ne5 49. Ba5 Nxd5 50. Bc2
Nc4 51. Bb3 (51. Bd8 Nde3 52. Bd3 Kf7 53. Bg5 d5 54. h4 Nd6 55. Bf4 Nec4 $19)
51... Nxa5 52. Bxd5+ Kg7 53. Kg2 Kf6 54. Kf3 Ke5 55. Bg8 h6 56. f6 (56. Kg4 Bc5
57. Ba2 d5 58. h3 d4 $19) 56... Kxf6 57. Ke4 Bb6 58. Bd5 (58. Kd5 Ke7 59. Bh7
Kd7 60. Bf5+ Kc7 61. Bc2 Bc5 $19) 58... Ke7 59. h3 (59. Kf5 Kd7 60. Kg6 Be3 61.
b6 Nc6 62. b7 Ne5+ 63. Kf5 Kc7 $19) 59... Kd7 60. Ba2 Kc7 61. Bf7 Bc5 62. Kd5
Kb6 63. Be8 Nb3 64. Kc4 Nd4 65. Bd7 Ka5 {Black is going to play ..Nc2-a3+ and
win the b pawn. After that white will be forced to give up the bishop for
black d-pawn, and black will then checkmate with bishop and knight.} 0-1

[Event "PATT V"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2006.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Freeman, Michael"]
[Black "Aldrete Lobo, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Michael Freeman"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Combined AUS/NZ"]
[BlackTeam "Mexico"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MEX"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
b4 {A move made popular by Topolov during his 2005 world championship winning
tournament. 8...Nbd7 and 8...Bb7 are the main alternatives.} 9. Nce2 (9. Na4
Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. b3 Bb7 12. a3 Qc7 13. axb4 d5 {
and now 14. b5 has been doing well for white recently.}) 9... e5 10. Nb3 Nc6 (
10... a5 11. Ng3 a4 12. Nc1 d5 13. exd5 Ra5 14. Nd3 Rxd5 15. Ne4 Nc6 16. Qf2
Bf5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. g4 Bxd3 19. Bxd3 a3 20. Be4 axb2 21. Rb1 Rd7 22. Rxb2
Be7 23. O-O {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2803)-Gelfand,B (2727)/Turin 2006}) 11. g4 h6 12.
Ng3 Be6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 {
This was the position I was seeking, with a new idea in mind.} a5 $6 {
I think this move is bad. Now to try and prove it!} ({
The alternative is 14...d5} 14... d5 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Be7 {
with an unclear position.} (16... dxe4 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nxe4 Rd8 19. Bd3 Rh6
20. Nec5 Bc4 21. Qe3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 a5 23. f4 Rxd3 24. Nxd3 {
and white should have a slight advantage.})) 15. Nf5 $146 {
A new move. 15. h4 had been previously played with no sucess.} d5 (15... a4 16.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 axb3 19. Rxc6 bxa2+ 20. Ka1 $14) 16. exd5
Nxd5 (16... Bxd5 17. Bb5 a4 (17... O-O-O 18. Ba6+ Kb8 19. Qf2 $16) (17... Bxf3
18. Rhf1 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Rc8 20. Qg2 Nd7 21. Nxa5 Ncb8 22. Nc4 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5
24. Bxd7+ Nxd7 25. Ncd6+ Kf8 26. Nxc8 Qxc8 27. Qd5 $18) (17... g6 18. g5 gxf5
19. gxf6 O-O-O 20. Qd3 Kb8 21. Ba6 $18) 18. Nc5 g6 19. g5 O-O-O 20. Qe2 Bxc5
21. Bxc5 gxf5 22. Ba6+ Kd7 23. gxf6 Ke6 $18) 17. Bb5 {
Black's problem is this nasty pin, taking advantage of the hole left by 14..a5.
} O-O-O {None of the alternatives are very appealing:} (17... g6 18. Nbd4 $1
exd4 19. Nxd4 Nde7 (19... Bd7 $2 20. Nxc6 $18) 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qd4 Rg8 22.
Bf4 Qb7 23. Qc4 $16) (17... a4 18. Nfd4 exd4 19. Nxd4 O-O-O 20. Nxc6 Rd6 21.
Ba6+ Kd7 22. Nxb4 $18) (17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Be7 20. Qe4 Rc8 21.
Nxa5 $18) 18. Qe2 {Aiming to exploit the b5 hole with Ba6+ and Qb5.} Nxe3 (
18... g6 19. Bf2 gxf5 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. Ba6+ Kb8 22. Qb5+ Ka8 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24.
Qxd5 Be6 25. Qb5 $18) 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 (19... Kxd8 20. Nxe3 Bd6 (20... Bxb3 21.
axb3 Nd4 22. Rd1 Qc5 23. Ba4 $18) 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Nxa5 Qa4 23. Nb7+ Ke7 24.
b3 Qc6 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 $18) (19... Qxd8 20. Bxc6 Qb6 (20... Nc4 21. Ne3 Nxe3 22.
Qa6+ Kc7 23. Qxa5+ Kc8 24. Qa6+ Kc7 25. Qb7+ Kd6 26. Qxb4+ Kxc6 27. Na5+ $18)
21. Nxe3 Qxc6 22. Nxa5 Qa8 23. Qb5 Bd6 24. Nec4 Bc7 25. Nc6 $18) 20. Nxe3 Nb7 {
Other possibilities are:} (20... Be7 21. Ba6+ Kb8 22. Rd1 Nc6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24.
Rxd5 Rd8 25. Rb5+ Ka7 26. Rb7+ $18) (20... Bc5 21. Rd1 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Nb7 23.
Qa7 Rd8 24. Qa8+ Qb8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Qxa5 $18) 21. Rc1 {
Aiming to open the queenside with c3.} Bc5 22. c3 Bxb3 23. axb3 Rd8 (23... Kb8
24. cxb4 axb4 25. Nd5 Qa5 26. Qxe5+ Bd6 27. Qxg7 $18) 24. Nf5 Kb8 (24... bxc3
25. Rxc3 g6 26. Nxh6 $18) 25. Ba6 Qb6 (25... bxc3 26. Rxc3 Qb6 27. Bxb7 Bb4 28.
Rc4 Kxb7 29. Qxe5 $18) 26. cxb4 axb4 (26... Bxb4 27. Bxb7 Kxb7 28. Qxe5 $18)
27. Bxb7 Kxb7 28. Qe4+ Ka7 29. Qxe5 Rc8 30. Qd5 Rc7 31. Nxg7 Qc6 32. Qxc6 Rxc6
33. Nf5 Kb6 34. Re1 Rf6 35. Re8 h5 36. h4 hxg4 37. fxg4 Rg6 38. g5 Kc7 39. Kc2
Kd7 40. Re5 Bd6 41. Nxd6 {Exchanging down to the won ending.} Rxd6 42. Re4 Rb6
43. Kd3 f6 44. gxf6 Rxf6 45. Rxb4 {This is a known 6-piece database win
without b2 pawn, so I intended to play as if that pawn did not exist...} Rf2
46. Ke4 Ke6 47. h5 Rxb2 48. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "World Championship 10th"]
[Site "GER/AUT"]
[Date "1910.02.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "Many great players, and Bill Forster"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1910.01.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 {My database indicates this was the
debut appearance of the Schlechter variation of the Slav!} 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3
O-O 7. Qc2 Na6 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 b4 11. Na4 bxa3 12. bxa3 {
Black's vigorous play has apparently been unsuccessful, his queenside makes a
poor impression.} Bb7 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Ne5 Nh5 15. g4 $6 {Already we see both
players apparently choosing the most reckless continuations available!} Bxe5
16. gxh5 Bg7 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qc4 {Threatening Bxg6 and Rxb7} Bc8 19. Rg1 Qa5+
20. Bd2 Qd5 21. Rc1 Bb7 22. Qc2 {Threatening Rxg6} Qh5 23. Bxg6 $2 Qxh2 $1 24.
Rf1 fxg6 25. Qb3+ Rf7 26. Qxb7 {Diagram #} Raf8 $1 {Lasker admitted missing
this resource.Without it black was lost, but now White has no time to take the
knight and confusion reigns. The world champion Rybka engine I am using calmly
evaluates the position as 0.00 in view of 27.f4 Qg3+ 28.Ke2 Qg4+ 29.Kd3 Qf5+
30. Ke2 Qg4+. Soltis points out that we can't assume Lasker didn't want a draw
from this alone, as Black can complicate further with 27.f4 e5?!. Kasparov
dismisses 28...e5 and prefers 28...Nb8 as a complicating attempt.} 27. Qb3 Kh8
28. f4 g5 $5 {Uncompromising} 29. Qd3 gxf4 30. exf4 Qh4+ 31. Ke2 Qh2+ 32. Rf2
Qh5+ 33. Rf3 Nc7 34. Rxc6 {Taking time out to grab a pawn in the manner of "a
general who under a hail of bullets lights up a cigar" -Tarrasch} Nb5 35. Rc4 {
Diagram # In this wild position black has many ways to test white but no clear
win. His actual choice is not one of the best moves available. Tarrasch's 35...
Nd6!? and Capablanca's 35...e5!? have their points but Schlechter's own
post-mortem suggestion of 35...Rd8 turns out to be ineffective due to Minev's
brilliant 36.Ke1!! (the two exclams are from Kasparov). Amusingly Rybka takes
less than a second to realise that 35...Rd8 forces 36.Ke1.} Rxf4 36. Bxf4 Rxf4
37. Rc8+ Bf8 38. Kf2 {Diagram #} Qh2+ {Too late Schlechter realised that 38...
Qh4+ 39.Kg2 Qg4+ 40.Rg3 Qxc8 41 Qg6!! wins for white. He now definitely has no
more than a draw.} 39. Ke1 Qh1+ {
Whoops, 39...Qh4+ was the way to draw. For example;} (39... Qh4+ 40. Kf1 Qh3+
41. Kf2 Rxf3+ 42. Qxf3 Qxc8 43. Qh5+ Kg8 44. Qxb5) {At this and some other
critical points Blair points out that the draws spurned by Schlechter were far
from obvious!} 40. Rf1 Qh4+ 41. Kd2 Rxf1 42. Qxf1 Qxd4+ 43. Qd3 {White has emer
ged successfuly and although his king his still somewhat exposed the main
danger has passed and he retains a small material advantage. Lasker
consolidates his advantage in computer like fashion.} Qf2+ 44. Kd1 Nd6 45. Rc5
Bh6 46. Rd5 Kg8 47. Nc5 Qg1+ 48. Kc2 {Thanks to Max Wigbout for pointing out
to me that ChessBase databases have the next few moves in the wrong order. The
order shown here is correct.} Qc1+ 49. Kb3 Bg7 50. Ne6 Qb2+ 51. Ka4 Kf7 52.
Nxg7 Qxg7 53. Qb3 Ke8 54. Qb8+ Kf7 55. Qxa7 Qg4+ 56. Qd4 Qd7+ 57. Kb3 Qb7+ 58.
Ka2 Qc6 59. Qd3 Ke6 60. Rg5 Kd7 61. Re5 Qg2+ 62. Re2 Qg4 63. Rd2 Qa4 64. Qf5+
Kc7 65. Qc2+ Qxc2+ 66. Rxc2+ Kb7 67. Re2 Nc8 68. Kb3 Kc6 69. Rc2+ Kb7 70. Kb4
Na7 71. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Wgtn CC Rapid"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bill Forster"]
[Black "Russell Dive"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "Bill Forster"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.02.07"]

{This game is a classic example of "A Big One that Got Away". Maybe I'd find
fishing less frustrating actually.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. dxc3 Nc6
5. Nf3 d6 6. exd6 {I was already out of book. It turns out that good players
try something else here but my choice worked out well.} cxd6 7. Be3 g6 8. Qd2
Qa5 9. Bc4 Bg4 10. O-O-O Bxf3 11. gxf3 {The computer doesn't like my position
but with two bishops, a wide open position and a development advantage I was
happy. It's not much fun being outplayed positionally in a technical position
by Russell, as I have found out every other time I've played him. Better to
hunt heffalumps in swampy ground as the classic book "Chess for Tigers"
counsels.} Bg7 12. f4 $1 {I like this move, taking e5 away from the knight.}
O-O {I didn't check with Russell afterwards, but I suspect this may be unwise
and the computer agrees.} 13. h4 b5 14. Bb3 b4 15. c4 {Looks awkward, but I
thought it more important to avoid opening lines. Russell agreed in the
post-mortem.} Qc7 16. h5 a5 17. Ba4 Nd8 {Certainly justifying my earlier
attempt to dominate the knight by 12.f4. I can't believe this is good and the
box agrees.} 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Rdg1 Qxc4 {I thought Russell was falling into
my trap, but after the game he said that he considered black to be lost anyway.
} 20. Bb3 Qb5 21. Rxg6 a4 22. Rhg1 (22. Qd4 {wins on the spot, I rejected it
because of 22...f6 which the computer doesn't let me analyse because it's
illegal. Doh! [H.Simpson]}) 22... axb3 23. Rxg7+ {As I played this I was
convinced it must be game over (I was right) but I also had the uneasy feeling
that I might have to find one more good move and that with less than 5 minutes
left I might fail (I was right again!).} Kh8 {Diagram #} 24. f3 $2 {R7g5, f3, Q
d4 and Bd4 were my candidates. Unfortunately I analysed them in this (the
wrong) order. R7g5 wins the queen but I wasn't sure I could then mate him
before the huge pawn he gets on a2 queens with check. I couldn't see anything
wrong with f3 and so I played it with a minute left and hence rejected the
best two moves in the position that both mate in 7.} (24. Bd4 $1 {The strength
of this move dawned on me as I tried unsuccessfully to go to sleep after the
game, It threatens mate in two in two different ways (R7g5 then Rh1 and f5
then Qh6). Black can do nothing but postpone mate in 80's chess computer style,
although there is one attractive line..} f6 25. f5 Nf7 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Qh6+
Rh7 28. Bxf6+ exf6 29. Qxf6+ Rg7 30. Qxg7#) 24... Qh5 $1 {The only way to
avoid instant death Fortunately for Russell he thus stays alive long enough to
benefit from a familiar pattern; The weaker player misses his chance to win
quickly and easily and then quickly crumbles under pressure. It's possible I
haven't reconstructed one or two of the following moves perfectly but the
remainder of the game essentially went like this (played with the 5 second
increments only by Dive, and a little more time by his unfortunate opponent)}
25. cxb3 Ne6 26. Qg2 {Thinking I was threatening Rh1} Rac8+ 27. Kb1 Qf5+ 28.
Ka1 Qh5 29. Rh1 Qxh1+ {Whoops, it wasn't much of a threat} 30. Qxh1+ Kxg7 {
White is still winning after f5, but instead collapses completely} 31. Qg2+ $2
Kf6 32. f5 Rg8 33. Qh3 Rh8 34. Qg4 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andy Chen"]
[Black "Bob Smith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nc3 e6 9. Rd1 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. b4 b6 12. b5 Bb7 13. Ba3 Qc7 14. Qe3 Rac8 15.
Rd3 Nd7 16. Qe1 Nc5 17. Re3 Bf6 18. Bb4 a5 19. Ba3 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Qe7 21. e5 dxe5
22. Nxe5 Qc7 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bb2 Nxa4 $1 25. Ba1 (25. Nxa4 Qxc2) 25... Nxc3
26. Bxc3 Qc5 27. Qf1 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Helen Milligan"]
[Black "Mike Steadman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Be3 a6 6. a4 b6 7. Qd2 h6 8. h3 Bb7
9. Bd3 e6 10. O-O Ne7 11. Rad1 g5 12. Nh2 Ng6 13. Ne2 Qe7 14. c4 c5 15. d5 Nde5
16. b4 O-O 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. f4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 exd5 20. exd5 Rfe8 21. Rf3 gxf4
22. Nxf4 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Helmut Marko"]
[Black "Daniel Han"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d3 Na6 8. a3
c5 9. e4 d6 10. b3 Qd7 11. Qe2 Rad8 12. Re1 Qc8 13. Bf4 Qa8 14. Nb5 Ne8 15.
Rad1 Nac7 16. Nxc7 Nxc7 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Na6 19. b5 Nc5 20. Ra1 e5 21. Be3
Nd7 22. Bh3 f5 23. Ng5 f4 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Nxh7 f3 26. Qf1 Bxe4 27. dxe4 Qxe4
28. Nxf8 Nxf8 29. Qh3+ Qh7 30. Qxh7+ Kxh7 31. Bd5 Rd7 32. Bxf3 Rc7 33. Bd5 Nd7
34. f4 Bf6 35. Rad1 g6 36. Bc6 Nf8 37. Rxd6 Be7 38. fxe5 Bxd6 39. exd6 Rg7 40.
Bd4 Rf7 41. Re7 1-0

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bob Smith"]
[Black "Jeffrey McCrone"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. h3
Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 a5 11. Be3 h6 12. f4 Nc5 13. Ndb5 Nfd7 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. b3
Bd7 16. Rae1 Bc6 17. e5 Bxg2 18. Qxg2 Rc8 19. Rd1 Nbd7 20. Rfe1 dxe5 21. Bxc5
Rxc5 22. Qxb7 Qb6 23. Rxd7 Rxb5+ 24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. Nd5 Re6 26. Nxe7+ Kh7 27. f5
gxf5 28. Nxf5 e4 29. g4 Bc3 30. Re3 Bb4 31. Kg2 Bc5 32. Re2 Kg6 33. Rd5 Bb6 34.
Ng3 Rfe8 35. h4 Bc7 36. h5+ Kg7 37. Nf5+ Kf8 38. Rc5 Bb6 39. Rc4 e3 40. Kf3 Ba7
41. Rc7 Bb8 42. Rd7 Re4 43. Rd4 R4e6 44. Rxe3 Ba7 45. Rxe6 fxe6 46. Rd7 exf5
47. Rxa7 fxg4+ 48. Kxg4 Re5 49. Rb7 Rg5+ 50. Kh4 Rg2 51. Rb5 Rxc2 52. Rxa5 Rg2
53. Ra6 Rh2+ 54. Kg4 Rg2+ 55. Kf4 Rb2 56. Rb6 Rf2+ 57. Kg3 Rd2 58. a5 Ke7 59.
b4 Rd3+ 60. Kg4 Kd7 61. Kf5 Rf3+ 62. Kg6 Rg3+ 63. Kxh6 Rg4 64. b5 Kc7 65. Rg6
Rb4 66. Rg5 Ra4 67. b6+ Kb7 68. Kg7 Rd4 69. h6 Rd7+ 70. Kf8 Rd8+ 71. Ke7 Rh8
72. Rh5 Rh7+ 73. Kf6 Ka6 74. Kg6 Rd7 75. h7 Rd6+ 76. Kf7 Rd7+ 77. Ke6 Rg7 78.
h8=Q Rh7 79. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Don Eade"]
[Black "Russell Dive"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. Bf4
O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Rd1 Nc6 11. Nc3 Re8 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ng5 Nd4 14. Qd2 h6 15.
Nf3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 dxe4 18. Qe3 exf3 19. Bxf3 Nd4 20. b4 Bf6 21.
Qa3 Qc8 22. Rac1 Nxf3 23. Rxc5 Qb7 24. Qb3 Nd4+ 25. Qd5 Qxd5+ 0-1

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Peter Stuart"]
[Black "Paul Garbett"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne1
d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. a3 Be6 12. Rb1 Qd7 13. Nc2 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. b4 Rac8 19. Qb3 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Rc7 21.
Rfc1 Rfc8 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. a4 Qc6 24. Qb5 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 f6 26. Nd5 Rd7 27. e4
Kf7 28. Kf1 Bf8 29. Ke2 Bd6 30. f3 Ke6 31. Rb1 Rf7 32. Rc1 Rf8 33. Rc4 f5 34.
Nc7+ Kd7 35. Nd5 Rb8 36. Kd2 b5 37. axb5 Rxb5 38. Kc2 Bc5 39. Nc3 Ra5 40. Kb3
Bd4 41. Na2 fxe4 42. dxe4 Ra6 43. Nb4 Rb6 44. Kc2 Bg1 45. h3 Bf2 46. g4 Kd6 47.
Nd3 Be3 48. Rc8 Kd7 49. Rc4 Kd6 50. Rc8 Kd7 51. Rc4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leonard McLaren"]
[Black "Bob Smith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. g3 d6 5. exd6 e6 6. Nf3 Bxd6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
O-O 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c4 Ne7 12. O-O Rb8 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Nc3 Be5 15.
Rd1 Ba6 16. b3 Nf5 17. Na4 Qb4 18. Bd2 Qe7 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qc7 21. Nc5
Bc8 22. Qf3 Qe5 23. Nd3 Qf6 24. Qf4 Bb7 25. Nc5 e5 26. Qf3 Bc8 27. Qxc6 Qe7 28.
Nd7 Bb7 29. Qc5 Qxc5 30. Nxc5 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Rbc8 32. b4 f6 33. Rd7 Rf7 34. Rad1
Nd4 35. Rxf7 Kxf7 36. f4 Rc7 37. Rd2 Nc6 38. a3 exf4 39. gxf4 Ne7 40. Kf3 Nf5
41. Ke4 g6 42. Rd7+ Rxd7 43. Nxd7 Ke7 44. Nb8 Kd6 45. c5+ Kc7 46. Na6+ Kb7 47.
b5 Ne7 48. Nb4 Kc8 49. Nd5 Ng8 50. a4 Kd7 51. a5 f5+ 52. Kd4 Nh6 53. a6 Nf7 54.
Nf6+ Ke6 55. Nxh7 Nd8 56. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pengli Zhang"]
[Black "Michael Steadman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qxd4 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bg3 f6 14. O-O
e5 15. Re1 Ne7 16. Nb3 Nf5 17. N1d2 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Kf7 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Ra4
21. Nd4 Bc5 22. N2f3 Rha8 23. a3 Bg4 24. Nh2 Be6 25. Red1 Bd5 26. Kf1 h5 27. g3
h4 28. gxh4 Bd6 29. Kf2 Bxf4 30. Nhf3 Re8 31. Re1 Raa8 32. Rad1 Rxe1 33. Rxe1
Re8 34. Rxe8 Kxe8 35. b3 Bc1 36. a4 c5 37. Ne2 Bh6 38. b4 Kd7 39. Ne1 Kc6 40.
Nd3 Bd2 41. bxc5 bxc5 42. Ndf4 Bb3 43. Nh5 Bh6 44. Neg3 Bd1 45. c4 Kb6 46. Nxg7
Bxg7 47. h5 Bc2 48. Kf3 f5 0-1

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paul Garbett"]
[Black "Gino Thornton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 Bxf3 5. gxf3 c6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Qb3 Qb6 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Qb4+ 11. Bd2 Qxb2 12. Bb5 Rd8 13. Rc1 e6 14. Qxb7
Ba3 15. Bxd7+ Rxd7 16. Rc8+ Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Ba5+ Ke8 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20.
Kd2 Ba3 21. Rb1 Ke7 22. Rb7+ Kf6 23. Rxa7 Bd6 24. f4 Rb8 25. Bc3 Kg6 26. d5 Rd8
27. Ba5 Rb8 28. dxe6 fxe6 29. Bc3 Bf8 30. Kc2 h5 31. a4 h4 32. h3 Rc8 33. Rb7
Kf5 34. Kd3 Rd8+ 35. Bd4 Ra8 36. a5 Kg6 37. Ra7 Rc8 38. a6 Rd8 39. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Daniel Shen"]
[Black "Russell Dive"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Rc1 Bg4 10. Be2 Nc6 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. O-O
N8e7 16. Ne2 Nf5 17. Qd2 Nh4 18. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qh4 20. Kg2 h6 21. f4 a5
22. a3 Ne7 23. Ng3 Ra6 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Rfa8 26. b5 Ra4 27. Rc2 Kh7 28. Rb1
Nc8 29. c6 bxc6 30. Rxc6 Qd8 31. Qc2 Nd6 32. Qc5 Nc4 33. Rc7 Ra2 34. Kf3 Rc2
35. Qe7 Nd2+ 36. Bxd2 Qxc7 37. Qxc7 Rxc7 38. Be3 Ra4 39. Ne2 Rcc4 40. Bd2 Ra3+
41. Kg2 Ra7 42. Bc3 Bf6 43. Bb4 Ra2 44. b6 Bd8 45. b7 Bc7 46. Nc1 Rac2 47. Nd3
Rxd4 48. Ba5 Bb8 49. Ne5 Rxf4 50. Nd7 Rfxf2+ 51. Kg1 Bh2+ 52. Kh1 Rb2 53. Rxb2
Rxb2 54. Bc3 Rxb7 55. Nf6+ Kg7 56. Kxh2 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Michael Steadman"]
[Black "Leonard McLaren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Qa4+ c6 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Rad1 h6 13. Bf4 c5 14. h3 c4 15.
Bb1 a6 16. Ne5 b5 17. Qc2 Nf8 18. f3 Qb6 19. Ne2 Bd6 20. Qd2 a5 21. g4 b4 22.
axb4 axb4 23. h4 Rac8 24. Ng3 c3 25. bxc3 bxc3 26. Qh2 N6d7 27. Nf5 Nxe5 28.
Nxd6 Qxd6 29. Bxe5 Qa3 30. Bc2 Qe7 31. Rfe1 Nd7 32. Bd6 Qf6 33. Kf2 Ra8 34. g5
Qe6 35. gxh6 Ra2 36. Rc1 Qxh6 37. Bf4 Qg6 38. Re2 Ba6 39. h5 Qf5 40. Kg1 Qxf4
41. Qxf4 Bxe2 42. Bb3 Rb2 43. Bxd5 Nf6 44. Bc6 Nxh5 45. Qg5 Re6 46. Qd8+ Kh7
47. Be4+ Rxe4 48. fxe4 Bf3 49. Qg5 g6 50. Rxc3 Rb1+ 51. Kf2 Bxe4 52. Qe5 Rb2+
53. Ke1 Rb1+ 54. Kd2 f5 55. Rc7+ Kh6 56. d5 Rg1 57. Rc1 Rg2+ 58. Kc3 Ng3 59.
Kb4 Rb2+ $4 60. Qxb2 1-0

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Russell Dive"]
[Black "Peter Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e4 d6 6. Rb1 Rb8 7. a3 a6 8. b4 cxb4
9. axb4 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. d4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bf4 Rb6 15.
Bd2 Be7 16. Ne2 O-O 17. O-O Bf5 18. Rb3 Bf6 19. Be3 Re8 20. Nc3 Be6 21. Qd3 Qd7
22. Ra1 Be7 23. Qb1 Bf6 24. Qd1 Be7 25. Rab1 Ra8 26. Qd2 Bf6 27. Rd1 Be7 28.
Qb2 Bf6 29. Rd2 Be7 30. h4 h6 31. Kh2 Bf6 32. Ne2 Be7 33. Nf4 Ra4 34. Nd3 Qc8
35. Nc5 Ra8 36. Ra3 Rbb8 37. Rc3 Qe8 38. Bf4 Rc8 39. Re3 Nd8 40. Rde2 Qc6 41.
Re1 Bf8 42. Qe2 Bxc5 43. dxc5 Ra4 44. Rb3 Qb7 45. Be5 Nc6 46. Qb2 Nxe5 47. Rxe5
Qc6 48. Rd3 Rd8 49. Qd2 Kh7 50. Rd4 Qa8 51. Qd3+ g6 52. h5 Qc6 53. hxg6+ fxg6
54. Qe3 Ra6 55. Rf4 Kg7 56. Qd4 Kg8 57. Rf6 Qd7 58. Rxg6+ Kh7 59. Rf6 Qg7 60.
Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bob Smith"]
[Black "Paul Garbett"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Nf6
9. a3 O-O 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qc8 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Qf3 Qxf3 14. Nxf3 Nc6 15.
Be3 Rfd8 16. Kg2 Rac8 17. Rad1 Nd4 18. Rd2 Nxf3 19. Kxf3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21.
Rde2 Bf6 22. Bc1 h5 23. Re4 Bd4 24. Kg2 Bf6 25. h3 a5 26. a4 b4 27. b3 Bc3 28.
R1e2 e5 29. g4 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rd4 31. f4 f6 32. Kf3 Rxe4 33. Kxe4 Rd8 34. f5 Kf7
35. Rh2 Rd4+ 36. Kf3 Rd8 37. g5 Ba1 38. g6+ Kg8 39. Rh4 Bd4 40. Bd2 Rd7 41. Be1
Rd8 42. Ke2 Rd5 43. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mark Brimble"]
[Black "Jeffrey McCrone"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 Nf6
15. Rab1 Bf5 16. b4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Qb2 Qg5 20. Rxc8 Bxc8
21. Kh1 h5 22. Rc1 h4 23. h3 Qf6 24. Nf1 g5 25. Nh2 Kg7 26. Qe2 Kg6 27. Rc5 Rd8
28. Ng4 Bxg4 29. hxg4 b6 30. Rc3 Qe6 31. f3 Rc8 32. Qc2 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Qd7 34.
a3 f5 35. gxf5+ Qxf5 36. Qc6+ Kh5 37. Qe8+ Qg6 38. Qh8+ Qh6 39. Qe8+ Qg6 {
Draw agreed. However white missed a win with} 40. g4+ hxg3 (40... Kh6 41. Qh8+
Qh7 42. Qf8+ Qg7 43. Qd6+ Qg6 44. Qxd5) 41. Qh8+ Qh6 42. Qxh6+ Kxh6 43. fxe4
dxe4 44. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paul Garbett"]
[Black "Michael Steadman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. g3 e6 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Nd5 5. c4 Nb4 6. d3 d6 7. a3 Qa5 8. Bd2
Nxd3+ 9. Ke2 Nb4 10. Bc3 Qa6 11. b3 Nd5 12. Bb2 dxe5 13. Qd3 Nf6 14. Bxe5 Nc6
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Nc3 f5 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Qd6 Nd4+ 20. Nfxd4 Qxd6
21. Nxd6+ Kd7 22. N4b5 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 a6 24. Nxc8 Kxc8 25. Nd6+ Kc7 26. Nxb7 Kb6
27. b4 Rac8 28. Nxc5 Rxc5 29. bxc5+ Kxc5 30. Kd3 Rb8 31. Kc3 a5 32. Re1 Kd6 33.
Rd1+ Kc5 34. Rd7 Rb1 35. Rc7+ Kd6 36. Rc6+ Ke7 37. c5 Rg1 38. Bf3 Rf1 39. Rc7+
Kf6 40. Bb7 Rxf2 41. Rd7 Rxh2 42. c6 1-0

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pengli Zhang"]
[Black "Russell Dive"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Bc4 Nb6 4. Bb3 c5 5. c3 d6 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. Qf3 c4 8. Bc2
Nc6 9. d4 e5 10. Ne2 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rd1 Qf6
15. Be4 Rd8 16. Be3 Qxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd5 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Rd2 h6 21.
h3 b6 22. g4 a6 23. a4 Rc7 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rdc2 Bf3 26. d5 Rb7 27. Rd2 b5 28.
axb5 axb5 29. Bf4 Bd6 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31. Re1 b4 32. Ne4 Re7 33. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 34.
Kh2 Rc1 35. Kg3 c3 36. bxc3 bxc3 37. Rd4 Bxd5 38. Rxd5 c2 39. Rc5 Rg1+ 40. Kf3
c1=Q 41. Rxc1 Rxc1 42. Nf5 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 Kh7 44. f3 g6 45. Nd6 Kg7 46. Kg3 Rd3
47. Ne8+ Kf8 48. Nf6 Rd6 49. Ne4 Rb6 50. Nc5 Ke7 51. h4 Rb5 52. Nd3 Ke6 53. Kf2
Kd5 54. Kg3 Kd4 55. Nf2 Re5 56. Nh3 g5 57. hxg5 hxg5 58. Nf2 Ke3 59. Nh3 Ra5
60. f4 f6 61. fxg5 fxg5 62. Kg2 Ke4 63. Kg3 Ra3+ 64. Kg2 Ra5 65. Kg3 Rb5 66.
Nf2+ Ke5 67. Nd3+ Kd4 68. Nf2 Ke5 69. Nh3 Rb3+ 70. Kg2 Rxh3 71. Kxh3 Kf4 72.
Kh2 Kxg4 73. Kg2 Kf4 74. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leonard McLaren"]
[Black "Gino Thornton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. g3 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nc5 12. Bg2 Be7 13. O-O g6 14. Qe3 Na4 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. b3 Be6 17. bxa4 bxa4 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Bc5 Bh3 21.
Rf2 Qb7 22. Qa3 Kf8 23. Rd1 Bxc5 24. Qxc5+ Kg7 25. Qxc4 Rd8 26. Re1 Qb6 27. Qc3
Kg8 28. g4 Bxg4 29. Qe3 Qb4 30. Rc1 Be6 31. Rfc2 a3 32. Rc3 Qb2 33. R3c2 Qb4
34. Rc3 Rd4 35. Rf1 Bxa2 36. Rxa3 Bd5 37. Rd3 $4 (37. Qc3) 37... Qb2 38. Rf2
Qb1+ 39. Rf1 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jeffrey McCrone"]
[Black "Daniel Shen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. c3 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. a3 a5
9. Qe2 Re8 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Nbd2 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5
15. c4 Qd6 16. Rad1 Ne7 17. Nh4 c5 18. Nb1 Rd8 19. Nc3 Qd7 20. e4 Ng6 21. Nxg6
fxg6 22. Nd5 b5 23. b3 Ne8 24. Qf2 Qd6 25. cxb5 Nf6 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Qe3
Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 a4 29. bxa4 c4 30. Ke2 Qxa3 31. dxc4 Qxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Rxd1 33. b6
Rb1 34. a5 Kf7 35. c5 Rb5 36. a6 Rxc5 37. a7 Ra5 38. b7 Ra3+ 39. Kd2 Rxa7 40.
b8=Q Re7 41. Kc3 Re6 42. Kc4 Ke7 43. Kd5 Kf7 44. g4 Re7 45. h4 Re6 46. Qb3 Kf6
47. Qf3+ Ke7 48. Qa3+ Kf7 49. Qa7+ Re7 50. Qf2+ Ke8 51. Kd6 Rf7 52. Qa2 1-0

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bob Smith"]
[Black "Pengli Zhang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. Bb5 d6 6. O-O Bd7 7. d3 a6 8. Bxc6
Bxc6 9. Qe1 g6 10. Bd2 Bg7 11. Kh1 b5 12. a3 Qc7 13. Qh4 O-O 14. Rae1 Rae8 15.
Nd1 Qc8 16. f5 $6 exf5 17. Ng5 h5 18. Ne3 f6 19. Nh3 fxe4 20. dxe4 Qb7 21. Bc3
Bxe4 22. Bxf6 Nf5 23. Rxf5 Bxf5 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Nxf5 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Rxf5 27.
Qe6+ Qf7 28. Qxd6 Kg7 29. Ng1 Rf1 30. h4 Qf6 31. Qd7+ Qf7 32. Qd6 c4 33. Qd4+
Kh7 34. Qd6 Rf6 35. Qd8 Rf1 36. Qd6 Qa7 37. Qh2 Qf2 38. Qc7+ 0-1

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leonard McLaren"]
[Black "Jeffrey McCrone"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 e5 6. Nf3 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 exd4 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Qxb4 $4 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Nxb4 0-1

[Event "Waitakere"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Russell Dive"]
[Black "Paul Garbett"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c6 7. d3 a5 8. a3 b6
9. Qc2 Bb7 10. e4 c5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Bf4 d4 13. Nb5 Na7 14. a4 Nxb5 15. cxb5
Nh5 16. Bc1 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. f4 f6 20. Nc4 Ng7 21. g4 Rab8 22.
Rae1 Rf8 23. Qf2 Rf7 24. Qg3 Bf8 25. h4 Ne8 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. g5 f5 28. exf5
exf5 29. Re6 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Ng7 31. Rc6 Qd8 32. Rd6 Rd7 33. Rf6+ Rf7 34. Rxf7+
Kxf7 35. Qf3 Kg8 36. Re1 Qc7 37. Qd5+ Kf8 38. Re5 Rd8 39. Qc6 Qxc6+ 40. bxc6
Rc8 41. Nxb6 Rxc6 42. Nd7+ Kf7 43. Rxc5 Rxc5 44. Nxc5 Ne6 45. Nb7 Nxf4+ 46. Kf3
Nxd3 47. Nxa5 Ke6 48. Nc6 Ne5+ 49. Nxe5 Kxe5 50. a5 Kd5 51. a6 Kc6 52. b4 Kb6
53. b5 Ka7 54. Ke2 f4 55. Kd3 f3 56. Kd2 Kb6 57. Kd3 Ka7 58. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Otago Queen's Birthday Open 2008"]
[Site "Dunedin"]
[Date "2008.05.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Croad, N."]
[Black "Nyberg, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Quentin Johnson"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 Bb4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qc2 {Playing safer than
the stem game in this variation Kmoch-Yates 1930 where White chose 6 Qg4! Nxc3
7 a3 Bf8 8 bxc3 with some advantage, though Black, England's top international
at the time, went on to win.} Bb7 7. Nf3 c5 8. a3 cxd4 {
Preserving the bishop for now with 8 ... Ba5!? was promising.} 9. axb4 dxc3 10.
bxc3 d5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. O-O Nd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. c4 Nxe5 $2 {Sometimes grabbin
g a centre pawn is worth it, but here it costs Black his last chance to castle.
The black king's insecurity is the theme of the rest of the game.} 15. Nxe5
Qxe5 16. Bb2 Qf4 17. cxd5 Nf6 {
Or 17 ... Bxd5? 18 Rae1 and the pin against the king will win a piece.} 18.
Rae1+ Kf8 19. Be5 $1 Qg5 20. f4 $1 Qh5 21. Qc7 $1 {Having bundled the black
queen out of the way White launches a direct mating attack. Black's reply is
forced, leading to the fatal weakening of his king's shelter. Croad's handling
of the attack is first-rate.} Bxd5 22. Qd6+ Kg8 23. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 24. Re3 {
The the check on the g-file will prove costly to Black, with the king unable
to escape: e.g. 24 ... Kg7 25 Rg3+ Kh6 26 Qxf6+ etc.} Be6 25. Rg3+ Bg4 26. Qxf6
$1 Re8 27. Bc4 {Diagram # Black must jettison material or be mated e.g. 27 ...
Rf8 28 Rd1! h6 29 Bxf7+ Qxf7 30 Rxg4+ Kh7 31 Rd7! Rhg8 (31 ... Qxd7 32 Qg6#)
32 Rxf7+ Rxf7 33 Qxf7+ Kh8 34 Qxg8#.} 1-0

[Event "PATT V"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2006.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Freeman, Michael"]
[Black "Boyd, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Michael Freeman"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Combined AUS/NZ"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Bd3 (6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nd7
8. e5 c5 9. Be4 Bxe4 10. Nxe4 Nh6 (10... cxd4 11. Bxd4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nh6 13. e6
Nf6 14. Qe2 Qa5+ 15. c3 O-O 16. Neg5 b4 17. O-O bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qb5 19. exf7+
Nxf7 20. Qe6 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Qd6 22. Rae1 Ra7 23. Qb3 {
1-0 Adams,M (2750)-Bezold,M (2510)/Birmingham 2001}) 11. Qe2 (11. O-O Ng4 12.
Bf2 Nxf2 13. Rxf2 cxd4 14. exd6 O-O 15. Nxd4 exd6 16. c3 Nc5 17. Ng5 Qb6 18.
Ngf3 Rac8 19. g3 Ne4 20. Re2 d5 21. Rc1 b4 22. Qb3 Rc4 23. Kg2 Nc5 24. Qd1 bxc3
25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Ne4 27. Rc2 Rc8 28. Qd3 Rc4 29. f5 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Nxc3
31. Rxc3 Rxd4 32. Qe3 Qb2+ 33. Kh3 Re4 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Qg5 h6 36. Qd8 {
1-0 Remoli Sargues,F (2255)-Pym,T (2114)/Herceg Novi MNE 2006}) 11... cxd4 $146
(11... O-O 12. e6 f5 13. Neg5 Nb6 14. dxc5 Bxb2 15. Rd1 Nc4 16. O-O d5 17. Bd4
Bxd4+ 18. Rxd4 Rc8 19. Nf7 Nxf7 20. exf7+ Rxf7 21. Qe6 Kg7 22. Rxd5 Qc7 23. Ng5
Rf6 24. Re1 Re8 25. Qd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 h6 27. Ne6+ Kg8 28. Nc7 Ref8 29. Nd5 R6f7
30. c6 Na5 31. Nxe7+ Kg7 32. c7 Nc6 33. Nxc6 Rxd7 34. Re7+ {
1-0 Trygstad,K (2304)-Aabling Thomsen,J (2208)/Copenhagen 2005}) 12. Bxd4 Nf5
13. Bc3 dxe5 14. O-O-O Qc7 15. g4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 O-O
19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. Rd1 $14) 6... Nd7 7. e5 Nh6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qe2
$146 (9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 c5 11. e6 fxe6 12. Nfg5 Nf6 13. dxc5 d5 14. Nf2 e5 15.
fxe5 Nfg4 16. Nxg4 Nxg4 17. Qe2 Bxe5 18. Nf3 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Nxe3 20. Rxb2 d4 21.
Bc4+ Kh8 22. Rb3 Bg4 23. Rxe3 dxe3 24. Qxe3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qc7 26. Bd5 Rad8 27.
Be4 Qe5 28. O-O Rc8 {0-1 Eisenbeiser,A (2312)-Manca,F (2373)/Cork 2005}) 9...
Nb6 (9... c5 10. Be4 Rb8 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. O-O Be6 14. Rfd1 Qb6
15. a4 $14) 10. O-O-O {Setting it up for a very complex and wild game, with
castling on opposite sides.} (10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd5
14. Bf2 e6 15. O-O f5 16. Ng5 Qd7 $13) 10... Be6 ({
One crazy line I looked at went:} 10... b4 11. Ne4 Qe8 12. h4 Qa4 13. Kb1 Bg4
14. h5 Bxh5 15. Rxh5 gxh5 16. Neg5 Rfb8 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 d5 19. e6 f5 20.
Ne5 Ng4 21. Bxf5 Nf6 22. Rh1 Qb5 23. Rxh5+ Kg8 24. Bg6 Qxe2 25. Bf7+ Kf8 26.
Ng6# {It is nice to dream sometimes.}) 11. Kb1 Qd7 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Bd2 c6 14.
c3 a5 15. h3 f6 16. Rde1 Rae8 {Interesting that black choose to move away from
his queenside advance and match up in the centre.} (16... a4 17. exf6 Nxf6 18.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. g4 Bd5 $13) 17. g4 fxe5 18. f5 $1 gxf5 19. Neg5 e4 20. Nxe6 Qxe6
21. gxf5 Nxf5 22. Ng5 Qc8 23. Nxe4 {In return for a pawn white has managed to
open up lines to the black king, whilst black's attack is still to get moving.}
e6 24. Rhg1 Re7 25. Ng5 Rf6 26. h4 a4 27. Ne4 Rf8 28. h5 h6 {Diagram #} 29.
Nxd6 $1 Nxd6 30. Bxh6 Nf5 (30... Qd7 31. Bxg7 Rxg7 32. h6 $18) 31. Bg5 Kh8 32.
Bxe7 Nfxe7 (32... Ndxe7 33. Qxe6 Qxe6 34. Rxe6 Rf7 35. Rf1 $18 {
The c6 pawn is going to fall.}) 33. Qe4 Rf5 (33... Nf5 34. h6 Bf6 35. Qxe6 Qxe6
36. Rxe6 Nf4 37. Bxf5 Nxe6 38. Bxe6 Bh4 39. Bd7 Rf6 40. h7 Bf2 41. Rg8+ Kxh7
42. Rc8 $18) 34. h6 Bxh6 (34... Bf6 35. Qxe6 Qxe6 36. Rxe6 Rf3 37. Be4 Rf4 38.
Bxd5 cxd5 39. Rb6 Rf3 40. a3 Kh7 41. Rxb5 Kxh6 42. Rb4 $18) (34... Bf8 35. Qh4
Rf6 36. h7 Bg7 37. Rxg7 Kxg7 38. Rg1+ Kh8 39. Rg8+ Qxg8 40. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 41. a3
$18) 35. Re2 {White's idea is to line up on the h-file with the heavy pieces.}
Qf8 (35... Nf4 36. Rh2 Qf8 37. Bc2 Nfd5 38. a3 $18) 36. Rh2 Nf4 (36... a3 37.
Qxe6 Rf6 38. Qe5 axb2 39. Kxb2 Ng8 40. Rg6 Nf4 41. Rhxh6+ Nxh6 42. Qxf6+ Qxf6
43. Rxf6 $18) 37. Bc2 Nfd5 38. a3 {Making a hole for the white king} Qf6 39.
Qh1 Kh7 40. Ka2 Qf8 41. Rgg2 Qf6 (41... Ng8 42. Rxg8 Qxg8 43. Rxh6+ Kg7 44.
Qg2+ Kf8 45. Qxg8+ Kxg8 46. Bxf5 exf5 47. Rxc6 Kf7 48. Rc5 $18) (41... Ng6 42.
Rxh6+ Qxh6 43. Rh2 Qxh2 44. Qxh2+ Kg7 45. Bxf5 exf5 46. c4 bxc4 47. Qc2 f4 48.
Qxa4 f3 49. Qd1 Nh4 50. Qh1 $18) 42. Rxh6+ Qxh6 43. Rh2 Qxh2 44. Qxh2+ Kg7 45.
Bxf5 exf5 46. Qe2 Kf6 47. c4 {Black resigned here because the a4 pawn will
fall, and white's a-pawn will be hard to stop whilst the black f-pawn can be
blocked. Had I been black I would probbaly have played on for a few moves
though.} 1-0

