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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.a4 Rc8 10.f4 Be7 11.Kh1 O-O 12.Be3 Qc7 13.a5 exf4 14.Rxf4 Ne5 15.Nd4 Nc4 16.Nxe6 Nxe3 17.Nxc7 Nxd1

18.N3d5!? (18.N7d5 wins a whole piece ) 18...Bd8 19.Bxd1 Rxc7 20.Nxc7 Bxc7 21.e5 Re8 22.Bf3 dxe5 23.Rc4 Bd6 24.Bxb7 e4 25.Rc8 Rxc8 26.Bxc8 Nd5 27.Bxa6 Nb4 28.Bb7 e3 29.a6 Bc5 30.a7 Bxa7 31.Rxa7 f5 32.Bf3 Nxc2 33.Kg1 g5 34.h3 h5 35.g4 hxg4 36.hxg4 Nd4 37.Bd5+ Kh8 38.gxf5 Nxf5 39.b4 Nd4 40.Re7 Ne2+ 41.Kf1 Ng3+ 42.Ke1 Nf5 43.Re5 Nd4 44.Be4 Kg7 45.Rxg5+ Kf6 46.Rd5 1-0

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 f5 9.c4 Nb4 10.cxd5 Nxd3 11.Qxd3 O-O 12.Nc3 Bb4 13.Qc4 Bd6 14.Nxe4 fxe4 15.Bg5 Qe8 16.Ne5 Qh5 17.Be3 Bg4 18.Nxg4 Qxg4 19.h3 Qf5 20.a3 Rf6 21.Rac1 Rg6 22.Kh1 Rf8 23.Qe2 h6 24.Rf1 Kh7 25.Rc3 Qxd5 26.Qc4 Qh5 27.Bd2

27...b5! 28.Qc6 Qe2 0-1

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e3 b5 7.Ne5 Bb7 8.Be2 a6 9.O-O h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 h5 12.f4 g4 13.Bh4 Be7 14.f5 exf5 15.Rxf5 Bc8 16.Rf1 Be6 17.Qe1 Nd5 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Qf2 Ra7 20.Ne4 Rg8 21.Rac1 Rc7 22.b3 cxb3 23.axb3 h4 24.g3 a5 25.Nc5 f6 26.Ned3 hxg3 27.Qxg3 f5 28.Qe5 Bc8 29.e4 Ne3 30.Rf4 Qxe5 31.Nxe5 fxe4 32.Rxe4 g3

33.Nf3+? (33.h4! simply wins one knight or the other ) 33...Re7 34.hxg3 Rxg3+ 35.Kf2 Nf5 36.Rxe7+ Kxe7 37.Bd3 Rg4 38.Re1+ Kd6 39.Ne4+ Kc7 40.Rc1 Kb6 41.d5 Rf4 42.Nc3 Nh4 43.Be2 Nxf3 44.Bxf3 Bg4 45.Kg3 Rxf3+ 46.Kxg4 Rf8 47.dxc6 Nxc6 48.Nd5+ Kb7 49.Kg5 Rf7 50.Nc3 b4 51.Ne4 Nd4 52.Nd6+ Kb6 53.Nxf7 Nxb3 54.Rh1 a4 55.Ne5 a3 56.Nd3 1/2-1/2

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 Ne4 7.O-O d5 8.Nfd2 f5 9.Rd1 Be7 10.Nxe4 fxe4 11.f3 exf3 12.Bxf3 O-O 13.Nc3 c5 14.Be3 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Nc6 16.Bf2 Ne5 17.Be4 Rxf2 18.Bxh7+ Kh8 19.Kxf2 Bc5+ 20.Kg2 Nxc4 21.Qg6 Ne3+ 22.Kh3 e5 23.Qh5 Qf6 24.Rxd5 Qh6 25.Qxh6 gxh6 26.Rxc5 Bg2+ 27.Kh4 bxc5 28.Be4 Rb8 29.b3 Bxe4 30.Nxe4 Rb4 31.Kh5 Rxe4 32.Kxh6 Ng4+ 33.Kg6 Rd4 34.Rc1 Rd5

35.b4! Despite the piece minus, Houdini thinks white is slightly better here  35...Ne3 36.bxc5 Rd7 37.c6 Rc7 38.Rc5 Ng4 39.h4 e4 40.Kf5 Nf2 41.Ke6 e3 42.Kd6 Rc8 43.Re5 Ng4 44.Rh5+ Kg7 45.Rg5+ Kf6 46.Rxg4 Rd8+ 47.Kc5 Rd2 48.c7 Rxe2 49.c8=Q Rc2+ 50.Rc4 1-0

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Be3 O-O 8.Qd2 c5 9.d5 Qa5 10.Rc1 e6 11.c4 Qa3 12.Bd3 Rd8 13.Ne2 Nc6 14.O-O b6 15.Rfd1 Nb4 16.Nc3 Ba6 17.Bf1 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Bh6 Bf6 20.Bg5 Rf8 21.dxe6 Nc6 22.Bxf6 Rxf6 23.Nd5 Rg6 24.Rc3 Qa4 25.Re1 Re8 26.Nc7 Re7 27.Qd6 Bc8 28.Rg3 Reg7 29.Rxg6 Rxg6

30.e7! Rxd6 31.e8=Q+ Kg7 32.Qxc8 Rg6 33.Qd7+ Kh6 34.Re7 Kg5 35.Rxh7 Qc2 36.Ne6+ Kf6 37.Qf7+ Ke5 38.Qxg6 Nd4 39.Nxd4 cxd4 40.Re7+ 1-0

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.d5 Be7 4.dxe6 dxe6 5.Qxd8+ Bxd8 6.e4 Nc6 7.exf5 exf5 8.Bc4 Nf6 9.O-O h6 10.Re1+ Be7 11.Bf4 Kd8 12.Nc3 g5 13.Ne5! Nxe5 14.Bxe5 Rh7 15.Nb5 Bd7 16.Bxc7+ Ke8 17.Bd6 Rc8

18.Bxe7! 1-0

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 g6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Nh4 Bd7 6.e4 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O e5 9.Nf3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Re8 11.f3 Nc6 12.Be3 Qe7 13.Qd2 Ne5 14.Rfd1 c6 15.Rac1 Rad8 16.Bf1 Bc8 17.Nc2 b6 18.Nd4 Bb7 19.Qf2 d5 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Bb5 Rf8 22.Bg5 dxe4 23.Nxe4 Bxe4 24.fxe4 Neg4 25.Qf4 Qb4

26.e5! h6 27.Bxf6 Nxf6 28.exf6 Bh8 29.Bc4 Kh7 30.Rc3 Qd6 31.Qxd6 Rxd6 32.Rcd3 Bxf6 33.b3 Rd7 34.Nb5 Rxd3 35.Rxd3 a6 36.Nd6 b5 37.Bd5 Kg7 38.Nxf7 Rc8 39.Nd6 Rc1+ 40.Kf2 Be5 41.Ne4 Bxh2 42.b4 Bf4 43.Bb3 g5 44.Nc5 Kg6 45.Nxa6 Kf5 46.Rd5+ Kg4 47.Bd1+ Kh4 48.Nc5 Rb1 49.a3 Ra1 50.Rd3 Ra2+ 51.Kf3 Bc1 52.Rd4+ Kh5 53.Kg3+ Kg6 54.Rd6+ Kf5 55.Rd5+ Kg6 56.Rd6+ Kf5 57.Bg4+ Ke5 58.Re6+ Kd5 59.Rxh6 Rxa3+ 60.Bf3+ Kc4 61.Na6 Bd2 62.Rc6+ Kd4 63.Kg4 Bf4 64.g3 Be3 65.Nc7 Ra4 66.Ne6+ Ke5 67.Nxg5 Rxb4+ 68.Kh5 Rb2 69.Re6+ Kd4 70.Ne4 b4 71.Nd6 Bc1 72.g4 Rh2+ 73.Kg6 b3 74.Nf5+ Kc5 75.Rc6+ Kb4 76.Rxc1 b2 77.Rc7 Kb3 78.Rb7+ Ka2 79.Bd5+ Ka1 80.Ra7+ Kb1 81.g5 Kc1 82.Rc7+ Kd2 83.Rb7 Kc1 84.Ba2 Rh3 85.Kf6 Ra3 86.Rc7+ Kd2 87.Bb1 Ra1 88.Rc2+ 1-0

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.c4 c6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.Ne5 O-O 9.Qc2 a5 10.Nd2 Na6 11.Ndf3 Ne4 12.a3 c5 13.e3 b6 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Bb2 Bb7 16.Rfc1 Rac8 17.Qd1 a4 18.Bf1 axb3 19.Qxb3 c4 20.Qxb6 Rf6 21.Qa5 Bc7 22.Qe1 g5 23.Bc3 Bd6 24.Rcb1 f4 25.exf4 gxf4 26.g4 Kh8 27.Ra2 Rg8 28.Rab2 Bc8 29.h3 h5 30.Nh2 f3 31.Rb6 Rf4 32.Qe3 hxg4 33.Rxd6 gxh3+ 34.Rg6 Qf6 35.Rb6 Qxb6 36.Rxg8+ Kxg8 37.Qxf4 Be6 38.Nhxf3 Nxc3 39.Qh6 Ne4 40.Nd7 Qd6 41.Qg6+ Kh8 42.Nfe5 Qe7 43.Bxh3 Qg5+ 44.Kf1 Qc1+ 45.Kg2 Qg5+ 46.Kf1 Bxh3+ 47.Ke2

47...Qxg6?? (47...Qd2+ 48.Kf3 Qxf2# ) (47...Nc3+ 48.Kf3 Bg2# ) 48.Nxg6+ Kg7 49.Nf4 Bxd7 50.Nxd5 Bc6 51.Ne3 Nd6 52.d5 Bb5 53.Kd2 Kf6 54.f4 Ne4+ 55.Kc1 Nac5 56.Kb2 Nd3+ 57.Kb1 Nxf4 58.a4 Ba6 59.Ka2 Ke5 60.Ka3 Nxd5 61.Nxc4+ Bxc4 62.a5 Kd4 63.Ka4 Nc5+ 64.Ka3 Nc7 65.Kb2 And Black eventually won 0-1

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Qe2 Bg6 10.e4 O-O 11.Bd3 c5 12.Na2 Ba5 13.Bg5 Qb6 14.dxc5 Qxc5 15.Rac1 Qb6 16.Bb5 a6 17.Be3 Qd8 18.Bxd7 Qxd7 19.b4 Bd8 20.Bc5 Re8 21.Nc3 b6 22.Rfd1 Qb7 23.Be3 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.Ne5 Bd5 26.Qg4 Be7 27.Rd4 f6

28.Nc6? (28.Qxg7+!! Kxg7 29.Rg4+ Kh8 30.Nf7# would have been pretty ) 28...Bf8 29.b5 axb5 30.axb5 Rac8 31.Qh5 Bc5 32.Rg4 Bxe3 33.fxe3 Rf8 34.Rh4 g6 35.Qg4 f5 36.Qa4 Rc7 37.Qc2 Ra8 38.e4 fxe4 39.Rg4 Rf8 40.h4 Rf5 41.Rg3 Rcf7 42.Qe2 Qc7 43.Rcc3 Qf4 44.h5 Rg5 45.Rxg5 Qxg5 46.hxg6 hxg6 47.Rc2 e3! 48.Nb4 Rf2 49.Rc8+ Kh7 50.Rc7+ Kh6 0-1

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 Nc6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.e4 Ba6 8.Bd3 Na5 9.Qe2 d6 10.g4 Qd7 11.a4 Nb3 12.Rb1 Nxc1 13.Rxc1 Qxa4 14.Kf2 e5 15.h4 c5 16.Nh3 Bc8 17.Qb2 Qc6 18.Be2 Bd7 19.h5 h6 20.d5 Qc7 21.Ke3 Nh7 22.Ra1 Ng5 23.Bd1 O-O 24.Ba4 Rfb8 25.Nxg5 hxg5 26.h6 g6 27.h7+ Kh8 28.Qh2 Bxa4 29.Rxa4

29...b5! amusingly, the white pawn on h7 assures the safety of black's king  30.cxb5 Rxb5 31.Qh6 c4 32.Rb4 Rxb4 33.cxb4 Qd8 34.Rc1 Rc8 35.Kd2 Qf6 36.Qh2 Qxf3 37.Qe2 c3+ 38.Kd1 Qxe2+ 39.Kxe2 Kxh7 40.Rc2 Kg7 41.b5 f5 42.Kd1 Rc4 43.Ra2 c2+ 44.Kc1 Rc7 45.Ra6 fxg4 46.Rc6 Rb7 47.Kxc2 g3 48.Rc3 Rxb5 49.Rxg3 Rb4 50.Ra3 Rxe4 51.Rxa7+ Kh6 52.Rd7 g4 53.Rxd6 g3 54.Rb6 Rd4 55.Rb3 Rxd5 56.Rxg3 g5 57.Kc3 Kg6 58.Rf3 g4 59.Rf8 Kg5 60.Kc4 Rd4+ 61.Kc5 g3 62.Re8 Kf5 63.Rf8+ Ke4 64.Rg8 Kf3 65.Rf8+ Rf4 66.Ra8 g2 67.Ra1 Kf2 68.Ra2+ Kg3 69.Ra1 Rf1 0-1

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.O-O Nxb5 6.Nxb5 c6 7.Nc3 d6 8.d4 Qc7 9.h3 Be7 10.a4 O-O

11.Re1 Re8 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Qd3 Rad8 14.a5 Bc8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.d5 g6 17.a6 bxa6 18.dxc6 Qxc6 19.Nd5 Bg7 20.Ra3 f5 21.Qb3 Be6 22.Ng5 Bxd5 23.exd5 Qb5 24.Qxb5 axb5 25.Rxa7 Ra8 26.Rea1 Rxa7 27.Rxa7 e4 28.c3 b4 29.Ne6 Be5 30.cxb4 Rb8 31.b3 Rxb4 32.Ra8+ Kf7 33.Ra7+ Kf6 34.Rxh7 Rxb3 35.g4 fxg4 36.hxg4 Rd3 37.Nc7 Kg5 38.Kg2 Kxg4 39.Rh1 Rd2 40.Re1 Kf5 41.Kf1 Bd4 42.Re2 Rxe2 43.Kxe2 Ke5 44.f3 Bb6 45.Ne6 Bg1 46.Nf8 g5 47.Nh7 g4 48.fxe4 Kxe4 49.Nf6+ Kf5 50.Nh5 Bh2 51.Ng7+ Ke5 52.Nh5 Ke4 53.Nf6+ Kf5 54.Ne8 Be5 55.Ke3 Kg5 56.Nc7 Kh4 57.Kf2 Kh3 58.Nb5 Kh2 59.Na3 g3+ 0-1

1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 c4 5.b5 a6 6.bxa6 b5 7.Nc3 Bxa6 8.Bb2 b4 9.Ne2 Nc6 10.Ned4 Nge7 11.a3 Qc7 12.axb4 Nxe5 13.b5 Nxf3+ 14.Qxf3 Bb7 15.Rxa8+ Bxa8 16.Qa3 Bb7 17.Qa4 Qb6 18.d3 cxd3 19.Bxd3 e5 20.Nb3 d4 21.f4

21...exf4? (21...Nd5! defends, now black gets torn up ) 22.Bxd4 Qe6+ 23.Kd2 Qd5 24.Re1 Qxg2+ 25.Re2 Qd5 26.c4 Qd7 27.c5 Bd5 28.c6 Qd6 29.Be5 Bxb3 30.Qxb3 Qe6 31.Bc4 Qg6 32.Qa2 Nc8 33.Qa8 Qf5 34.Bd6+ 1-0

Round 8, having found myself out of the race for first place, the next best thing on the to do list is to collect the scalp of the top seed  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 The King's Indian Defense - one of black's most aggressive choices, and a fav of World Champions Fischer and Kasparov  5.Be2 O-O 6.Be3 (6.Nf3 Is the classical main line, instead Alan chooses a sideline. White wants to attack on the kingside himself rather than defend against black's automatic kingside attack in the main line ) 6...e5 7.d5 a5 8.g4 Na6 9.g5 Although Whites attack on Black's kingside looks strong, g5 maybe shuts down the full use of c1-h6 line giving Black more defensive options. Is h4 better? an interesting question for theory  9...Nd7 10.h4 f5 11.gxf6 Bxf6 I prefered Bx as Nx run into h5 which looked dangerous at the board  12.Nf3 Ndc5 13.Ng5?! White's hoping to provoke a weakness (13.Qd2 Bg4 14.Ng5 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 h6 16.Ne6 Nxe6 17.dxe6 Bxh4 18.Nd5 h5 19.O-O-O Nc5 20.Rdg1 Kh7 21.e7 Bxe7 22.Qxh5+ gxh5 23.Rxh5# Is a dream outcome for white and was seen in Havaskori-Berek Budapest 2005 ) 13...h6 now in fact White has given Black more defense options as h5 is now met with ...g5  14.Nf3 Bg7 15.Rg1 Kh7 16.Qd2 Nb4 Black's knights set up many potential dangerous tactical motifs eg a3 Nb3, Nd3+ Rxf3 etc  17.h5?! (17.Bxc5!? dxc5 18.a3 Na6 19.O-O-O Bd7 20.d6 a charging d-pawn post-mortem idea, which the iron monster shows is level for black  20...Bc6! 21.d7 Nb8! ) (17.Rg3!? ) 17...g5! closing down White traffic to Black's King   18.Bxc5 ( All sac's against Black's King fail 18.Nxg5+ hxg5 19.Bxg5 Bf6 -+ ) (18.Bxg5 hxg5 19.Nxg5+ Kh8 20.h6 Bf6 -+ ) 18...dxc5 19.a3? = g4! 20.Nh2 (  During the post mortem White thought different Knight moves may save his bacon  20.Nxe5? Bxe5 21.axb4 Qh4 22.Kd1 (22.O-O-O Bf4 ) 22...cxb4 -+ and Black is winning  23.Nb5 Rxf2 ) (20.Ng5+ hxg5 21.axb4 cxb4 22.Nd1 Rf4 23.Ne3 Qf8 24.Nxg4 a4 =+ and Black has a slight advantage ) 20...Qh4!

diagram  21.Nxg4? ( The last chance was 21.Rg2 Rxf2 22.Rxf2 g3 23.O-O-O gxh2 = ) 21...Bxg4 22.Bxg4 ( No help was 22.Rxg4 Qh1+ 23.Bf1 Rxf2! 24.Qxf2 Nd3+ and black wins ) 22...Rxf2! 23.axb4 Rg2+! 24.Kd1 Qxg4+! White resigns. 0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be2 O-O 9.g4 Be6 10.g5 Nd7 11.h4 a5 12.Nd5 a4 13.Nd2 a3 14.b3 f5 15.gxf6 Nxf6 The first new move. In Smith-Goldenberg Oceania Zonal Fiji 2007 Igor played 15...Bxf6 and eventually lost. So this was the improvement.  16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Bc4!? (17.Bg4 Bf7 ) 17...d5 18.exd5 Bxd5 19.Ne4 Nd4 (19...Bxc4 20.bxc4 White's pawns aren't pretty, but his knight certainly is, and black's b pawn is a target. ) 20.c3 Bxc4 21.bxc4 Qa5 22.Kf1! Nf5 23.Qd5+ Kh8 (23...Qxd5 24.cxd5 Nxe3+ 25.fxe3 Bxh4+ 26.Ke2 Bf6 27.Rab1 ) 24.Qxa5 Rxa5 25.Bc5 Rc8 26.Bb4 Ra6 27.c5 Bxh4?! 28.Rd1! Rd8 29.Ke2 Raa8 30.Rxd8+ Rxd8 (30...Bxd8 31.Rd1 ) 31.Nd6 Nxd6 32.cxd6 Bf6 33.Rd1?! Better 33.Kf3! idea Ke4 to d5.  33...Rd7?! Black misses his chance. Better was 33...Kg8.  34.Kd3 Kg8 35.Ke4 Kf7 36.Kd5 Rd8 37.Bc5! To pin black down with 38.Rb1.  37...h5 38.Rb1 Rd7 39.f3 Bd8 (39...e4 40.fxe4 Bxc3 41.e5 ) 40.Bxa3 Kf6 41.c4 Kf5 42.c5 h4 (42...Kf4 43.Ke6 ) 43.Bb2 g5 (43...Bf6 44.Re1 Kf4 45.Bxe5+ Bxe5 46.Rxe5 Kxf3 47.Re7 Rd8 48.Rxg7 ) 44.Bxe5 h3 45.Re1 Rh7 46.Bh2 Bf6 47.Re4!

White's rook multi-tasks, controlling the open file, holding back the black king, stopping . ..g4 and stopping ...Rh4.  47...Rh8 48.d7 According to Fischer passed pawns must be pushed  48...Ra8 49.a4 Ra6 50.Re5+! Bxe5 (50...Kg6 51.Re6 Rxe6 52.Kxe6 Bd8 53.Be5 zugzwang.  53...Bf6 54.Bxf6 h2 55.d8=Q h1=Q 56.Qg8+ Kh6 57.Qxg5+ Kh7 58.Qg7# ) 51.d8=Q Bxh2 52.Qc8+ Kg6 53.Qxh3 Bg1 54.Qf1?! (Simpler was 54.Qd7)  54...Bxc5 55.Kxc5 Rxa4 56.Qb1+ Kh6 57.Qxb7 Rf4 58.Kd6 Kg6 59.Ke5 Rf5+ 60.Ke4 Rf4+ 61.Ke3 Rh4 62.Kf2 Rf4 63.Kg3 Kf6 64.Qc6+ Kg7 65.Qe6 Kh7 66.Qd6 Kg7 67.Qe5+ Kg6 68.Qe8+ Kh6 69.Kf2 Rh4 (69...Rf6 70.Ke2 Rf4 71.Ke3 Rf6 72.Ke4 Rf4+ 73.Ke5 Kg7 74.Qh5 ) 70.Qe6+ Kg7 71.Qf5 Kh6 72.Qf6+ Kh5 73.Qg7 Black resigns. 1-0

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6

sometimes called the Marshall Gambit - after the famous US Champion Frank Marshall (Scandinavian Defense or Center Counter Defense is the oldest recorded opening in Modern Chess 2...Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 e6 8.Qxb7 Nbd7 9.Nb5 Rc8 10.Nxa7 Nb6 11.Nxc8 Nxc8 12.d4 Nd6 13.Bb5+ Nxb5 14.Qxb5+ Nd7 15.d5 exd5 16.Be3 Bd6 17.Rd1 Qf6 18.Rxd5 Qg6 19.Bf4 Bxf4 20.Qxd7+ Kf8 21.Qd8# 1-0 De Castellvi,F-Vinoles,N/Valencia 1475 ) 3.d4 Bg4 the very sharp Portuguese Variation or Jadoul Variation  4.Nf3 (4.f3 the main line as used by Kasparov, Topalov, Svidler and Co  4...Bf5 5.c4 e6 6.Nc3 (6.dxe6 Nc6 7.d5 Bb4+ 1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2725)-Schmitt,H/Frankfurt 1997 (30)  ) 6...exd5 7.c5 1-0 Kasparov,G (2825)-TALPA/ICC INT 1998 (41) ) (4.Be2 Bxe2 5.Qxe2 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nc3 Qh5 0-1 Svidler,P (2650)-Shirov,A (2685)/Tilburg 1996 (59) ) 4...Qxd5 (4...Nxd5 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 c6 1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M (2810)-Short,N (2696)/Wijk aan Zee 2010 (47) ) 5.Be2 Nc6 6.O-O (6.Nc3 Qa5 7.Bd2 O-O-O 8.O-O 1/2-1/2 Bologan, V (2669)-Vlassov,N (2492) (34) ) (6.Be3 O-O-O 7.c4 Qh5 8.Nbd2 e5 1/2-1/2 Rogers,I (2594)-Smerdon,D (2429)/Canberra 2005 (60) ) 6...O-O-O 7.Be3 Qh5 (7...e6 8.c4 (8.Nbd2 Bd6 9.h3 h5 1/2-1/2 Ciolac,G (2323)-Nisipeanu,L (2592)/Eforie Nord 2000 (38) ) 8...Qf5 ) (7...Qd7 8.Nbd2 1-0 Movsesian,S (2628)-Rogers,I (2576)/Enschede 2005 (35) ) (7...Qf5 8.c4 (8.Nbd2 e5 1/2-1/2 Rogers,I (2556)-Smerdon,D (2421)/Brisbane 2006/CBM 110 ext (62) ) 8...e5 9.d5 e4 0-1 Kerbrat,J (2180)-Krivoshey,S (2533)/France 2005 (69) ) 8.h3 e5 9.Re1 a Novelty (9.hxg4 Nxg4 10.Nh4 f5 11.Bxg4 fxg4 12.g3 exd4 0-1 Hresc,V (2435)-Wahls,M (2540)/Velden 1996 (29) ) 9...Nxd4 (  another interesting option was 9...Bxf3!? 10.Bxf3 Qf5 += ) 10.Bxd4 exd4 11.hxg4 the tension gets to much and White finally decides to eat the Knight  11...Nxg4 12.g3 White is trying to play g3, Nh4 and Bxg4+ stopping Black attack on his King  12...d3! Black must act fast to bring in extra forces before white can consolidate  13.Bxd3 (13.cxd3? the capture with the pawn brings no relief  13...Bc5 -+ ) 13...Bc5 14.Re2 Rhe8?! = ( best was 14...Nxf2 -/+ and black has clear advantage ) 15.Nh4? (  White misses his chance to hold on with 15.Kg2 Bxf2 16.Nc3 Ne3+ 17.Rxe3 Bxe3 = ) 15...Nxf2! White resigns. 0-1

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Bc4 e6 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Be7 8.Qe2 Ne5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.Bb5+ Kf8 12.Be3 Nf6 13.Rac1 Qa5 14.a3 a6 15.b4 Qxa3 16.Bc5 axb5 (16...Bxc5 17.Rd8+ Ke7 18.Rxh8 Qxc1+ 19.Nd1 axb5 20.bxc5 Ra1 21.g4 Qxd1+ 22.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 23.Kg2 Rd8 wins Fritz 6 ) 17.Rd8+

17...Ne8 18.Qe3 f6 19.Bxe7+ Kxe7 20.Qc5+ Kxd8 21.Rd1+ Bd7 22.Qxb5 Nd6 23.Rxd6 Qc1+ 24.Rd1 Qxd1+ 0-1

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e5 6.Rb1 Nge7 7.Nf3 d6 8.O-O O-O 9.Bd2 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Ne4 b6 12.Bg5 f6 13.Bd2 Be6 14.a3 a5 15.Qa4 Qd7 16.Rbc1 Rac8 17.Qb5 Rfd8 18.Rc2 Bh3 19.Rfc1 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 h6 21.Qc4 Kh7 (21...Nd4 ) 22.Qb5 Rb8 23.Nc3 Nc7 24.Qc4 Ne6 25.Qh4 Ncd4 26.Ne4 Nxc2 27.Bxh6 Rf8 28.Bg5+ Kg8 29.Nxf6+ Rxf6 30.Bxf6 Ncd4 31.Nxe5 Qe8 (31...Qb7+ ) 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.Qe4 Ng5 34.Qe3 Nf7 35.f4 Nxe5 36.fxe5 Qe6 37.Rf1 Re8 38.Qf4 Nxe2 39.Qe4 Nd4?

40.Rf6! Turning the tables, white wins (+4.5 according to Houdini - I might be able to recover the remaining moves, if any, from Alan, unfortunately they didn't appear in the print magazine which is my only record at the moment, Bill) 1-0

1.g3 e5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 d5 6.Nc3 Bc5 7.Nc2 dxc4 8.O-O Bf5 9.Ne3 Bxe3 10.fxe3 Bg6 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.b3 cxb3 13.Qxb3 O-O? 14.Rxf6! gxf6 (14...Qxf6 15.Qxb7 ) 15.Ba3 c5 16.Nd5 Qd6 17.Rf1 Nd7 18.Bh3 f5 19.Bb2 Ne5 20.Bxf5 Kg7 (20...Bxf5 21.Rxf5 Rfe8 (21...f6 22.Nxf6+ ) 22.Nf6+ ) 21.Bh3?! (21.Bxg6! fxg6 (21...hxg6? 22.Rf6 ) 22.Rf4!! ) 21...f5 (21...f6 22.Nxf6 Rxf6 23.Qxb7+ ) 22.Qxb7+ Kh6 23.Bc3! Rab8?! 24.Qc7 Qxc7 25.Nxc7 Nd7? 26.Ne6 Rg8 27.Rf4 Rb6 28.Rh4+ Bh5 29.Bxf5 Rg6 30.g4 Nf6

31.Bxf6 Amazing! White never moved his e or d pawns! 1-0

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3

4...Bb4 Hecht chooses a solid defensive opening. Why play to your opponent's strength?  5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6 9.Nd2 e5 10.f3 Qe7 11.e4 Nbd7 12.Bd3 Nf8 The position is positional in nature with the typical tensions that arise from the Nimzo-Indian Defence. White has the two bishops but his crippled queenside pawn structure makes it difficult for him to activate them. Black, having exchanged his dark squared bishop looks to camp his pawns on black squares and confine the white bishops.  13.c5!? Tal will not be constrained and looks to sacrifice material in order to open diagonals for his bishops. The evaluation of the move is probably not objective. The resulting position is probably fine for Black but...  13...dxc5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.Qa4+ c6 (15...N8d7 16.Bb5 Rd8 17.Qxa7 Qxc3 18.Rd1 c6 19.Be2 Ba8 seems good for Black. The move played weakens the d6 square which leads to important themes later. ) 16.O-O Ng6 (16...Qd6 17.e5 Qxd3 18.exf6 looks likely the way that Tal would have continued (but who knows!). He has open lines against the Black king at a small material cost. ) 17.Nc4 Qe6 18.e5 b5 Black appears to have controlled matters and White has a number of pieces under attack.  19.exf6! Fantastic, classic Tal. The chess engine tells me the position is lost for White but watch how Tal finds ways to keep his attack rolling even without his queen.  19...bxa4 20.fxg7 Rg8 (20...Kd7? 21.Rfd1 Kc8 22.gxh8=Q+ Nxh8 23.Bf5 is a disaster for Black. Notice the key role the d6 square plays in White's attack. Did Tal see its significance when he played Qa4+? ) 21.Bf5 Nxh4 (21...Qxf5 22.Nd6+ Kd7 23.Nxf5 Nxh4 24.Nxh4 Rxg7 looks like a reasonable alternative although it depends on which minor pieces Black would like left on the board. While a pawn down White has a superior pawn structure, better development and an easier game to play. ) 22.Bxe6 Ba6 (22...fxe6 23.Nd6+ again leads to a less than pleasant ending for Black. Notice the d6 theme again. This time forking the black bishop instead of the queen. ) 23.Nd6+ Ke7 24.Bc4 Rxg7 25.g3 Kxd6 26.Bxa6 Nf5 We have arrived at another ending of a similar type to those considered earlier. In this case Black has retained his knight instead of his awkwardly placed bishop, but again White has plenty of play for the pawn. Tal finishes clinically.  27.Rab1 f6 28.Rfd1+ Ke7 29.Re1+ Kd6 30.Kf2 c4 31.g4 Ne7 32.Rb7 Rag8 33.Bxc4 Nd5 34.Bxd5 cxd5 35.Rb4 Rc8 36.Rxa4 Rxc3 37.Ra6+ Kc5 38.Rxf6 h5 39.h3 hxg4 40.hxg4 Rh7 41.g5 Rh5 42.Rf5 Rc2+ 43.Kg3 Kc4 44.Ree5 The double rook ending is very good for White and the passed g pawn will be decisive.  44...d4 45.g6 Rh1 46.Rc5+ Kd3 47.Rxc2 Kxc2 48.Kf4 Rg1 49.Rg5 1-0