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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ne7 10.h3 Ng6 11.Bg5+ Ke8 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Rd2 h6 14.Rfd1 hxg5 15.Rxd7 Bd6 16.e6 Nf8 17.Rxf7 Nxe6 18.Rf5 Rf8 19.Rxf8+ Kxf8 20.Ne4 Be7 21.c3 a5 22.Ne5 Bf6 23.Nd7+ Ke7 24.Ndc5 Nxc5 25.Nxc5 b6 26.Ne4 a4 27.Kf1 a3 28.b3 Ra5 29.c4 Bb2 30.Ke2 Re5 31.Kf3 Rf5+ 32.Ke2 Ke6 33.Rd8 b5 34.Rd3 bxc4 35.bxc4 Ra5 36.Rg3 Re5 37.Kd3 Bc1 38.Kd4 Kf5

Aft er being pressured throughout the game, it's understandable Black should attempt to seize the initiative, but this is too optimistic  39.Rf3+! Bf4 40.g4+ Ke6 41.h4? ( Simply 41.Rxa3 is good enough for a big advantage, the game now peters out. ) 41...Ra5 42.hxg5 Bxg5 43.Nc5+ Ke7 44.Rf5 Bf6+ 45.Kd3 g6 46.Nb3 Rxf5 47.gxf5 gxf5 48.Nd4 Bxd4 49.Kxd4 Kd6 50.c5+ Ke6 51.f4 Kf6 52.Kc4 Ke6 53.Kd4 Kf6 54.Kc4 Ke6 55.Kd4 Kf6 1/2-1/2

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.d3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Nbd2 c5 11.c3 Nxb3 12.Nxb3 Bb7 13.Bg5 Re8 14.Nbd2 h6 15.Be3 Bf8 16.Nf1 d5 17.exd5 Qxd5 18.d4 cxd4 19.cxd4 Rac8 20.dxe5 Qxd1 21.Rexd1 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Rxe5 23.Ng3 Rd5 24.Rac1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 Bd6 26.Ne4 Be5 27.b3 Nxe4 28.fxe4 Rd6 29.Rc8+ Kh7 30.Ra8 Bc3 31.Bc5 Rd1+ 32.Kg2 a5 33.Ra7 f6 34.a3 Rb1 35.a4 Rxb3 36.axb5 Rxb5 37.Bf8 Kg8 38.Ba3 Rb3 39.Bd6 Rb2 40.Bc5 Bb4 41.Bd4 Rd2 42.Bb6 Ra2 43.Kg3 Kh7 44.f4 h5 45.Bd4 Be1+ 46.Kf3 Kh6 47.Ra8 Ra3+ 48.Kg2 Rd3 49.Rh8+ Kg6 50.Bc5 h4

Black's extra pawn should be the most important factor, but....  51.f5+ Kf7?? 52.Rf8# 1-0

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.b3 Rb8 9.Nd5 e6 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.Bh6 Re8 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.d5 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Qd2 Bg7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.e4 Qf6 18.Rc3 Re7 19.Re1 Kg8

20.e5! dxe5 21.d6 Winning material  21...cxd6 22.Qxd6 e4!? 23.Qxb8+ Re8 24.Qxb7 Qxc3 25.Qxe4 e5 26.Qe3 Qc2 27.Qe2 Qc3 28.Rd1 Bf5 29.Qd2 Qd4 30.Qxd4 exd4 31.Bf1 Bg4 32.Rxd4 Bf3 33.Rd3 Bg4 34.Re3 Rd8 35.Bd3 Kg7 36.f3 1-0

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.O-O Be7 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 O-O 12.c4 a5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nd2 Nc5 15.Qc2 Bg5 16.Nb1 f5 17.Nc3 e4 18.Nb5 Bf6 19.Rad1 f4 20.a3

20...f3! 21.g3 ( if 21.gxf3 Be5! with a decisive attack ) 21...fxe2 22.Qxe2 a4 23.f3 exf3 24.Rxf3 Be5 25.Rdf1 Qe7 26.Kg2 Rxf3 27.Rxf3 Rf8 28.Re3 Qf6 29.h4 Bxb2 30.Nxd6 Bd4 31.Ne8 Qf1+ 32.Qxf1 Rxf1 33.Re2 Rb1 34.Re7 Kf8 35.d6 Rd1 36.Nc7 Bf6 37.Ne6+ Nxe6 38.Rxe6 Kf7 39.Re4 Rxd6 40.c5 Rd4 41.Re2 Rc4 42.Rd2 Ke7 43.Rd6 Rc3 44.g4 Rxa3 0-1

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.dxc5 Bxc5

10.Bxb5+ Nbd7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.e4 Qc7 13.Nc3 Ng4 14.h3 Nge5 15.Bf4 Nxf3+ 16.Qxf3 Ne5 17.Qg3 Bd6 18.Rac1 Nf3+ 19.Qxf3 Bxf4 Apparently a case of premature resignation. Nd5 looks good at first glance, but black can give up the queen for two rooks (19...Bxf4 20.Nd5 Qxc1 21.Rxc1 Bxc1 = ) 1-0

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.a4 Nc6 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 Nf6 7.exd5 exd5 8.O-O d4 9.Re1+ Be7 10.Ne4 O-O 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.d3 Be6 13.Bf4 Bd5 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.Bxe5 Re8 16.Bf4 Qd7 17.Qh5 Bxg2 18.Kxg2 b6 19.Bd2 g6 20.Qg5 a5 21.Qf6 Re6 22.Rxe6 Qxe6 23.Qf3 f5 24.Re1 Qd7 25.Bg5 Rf8 26.h4 h5 27.Qf4 Kf7 28.f3 Re8 29.Rxe8 Kxe8 30.Kf2 Kf7 31.g4

31...Ke6! Black is close to zugwang, but fortunately has some safe king moves  32.gxf5+ gxf5 33.Qg3 Qg7 34.Qh2 Ne5 35.Qh1 Qb7 36.Qd1 Qd5 37.Qe2 Kf7 38.Bf4 Kf6 39.Bg5+ 1/2-1/2

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bb4 9.Qd2 Nc5 10.Bd3 Nxd3+ 11.cxd3 Bd7 12.a3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Ba5 14.O-O Bb6 15.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 16.d4 O-O 17.f5 f6 18.fxe6 Qxe6 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Rxf6 gxf6 21.Re1 Qd6 22.Qh6 Bf5 23.Rf1 Bg6 24.Qf4 Qxf4 25.Rxf4 Kg7 26.Nxd5 Rc8 27.Nc3 Rc6 28.d5 Rb6 29.Rd4 Bf5 30.b4 Kf7 31.Kf2 a5 32.b5 Rd6 33.g4 Bg6 34.Ke3 h5 35.gxh5 Bxh5 36.Ne4 Rd8 37.Nc5 b6 38.Na4 Rd6 39.Nb2 Rd8 40.Nc4 Rb8 41.Nd6+ Ke7 42.Nf5+ Kd7 43.Ng3 Bg6 44.Rg4 Bb1 45.Rg7+ Kd6 46.Rf7 Kxd5 47.Rxf6 Kc5 48.a4 Bc2 49.Rc6+ Kb4 50.Rxc2 Kxa4 51.Rb2 Ka3 52.Rb1 Rh8 53.Nf1 Ka2 54.Rd1 Rh5 55.Rd2+ Kb1 56.Ng3 Rxb5 57.h4 a4 58.h5 a3 59.h6 a2 60.h7 Re5+ 61.Ne4 Re8

This ending features two study-like situations 1)  62.h8=Q? This leads to a theoretical draw. White's last pawn is too valuable to be surrendered like this. (  Instead White can neutralise the a pawn and retain the h pawn 62.Kd3! Rd8+ 63.Kc4 b5+ 64.Kb3 a1=N+ (64...a1=Q 65.Nc3+ Kc1 66.Rc2# ) 65.Kb4 Rf8 66.Rh2 Rh8 67.Nd6 wins ) 62...Rxh8 63.Nc3+ Kc1 64.Nxa2+ Kb1 65.Nc3+ Kc1 66.Rg2 Rh3+ 67.Kd4

2) Normally R+N v R is a draw but here Black's immobilised king means his position is critical. If White can defend c2 with his king, then Rc2 is mate. For this reason the b pawn is a 'false friend' because it enables the white king to reach the key b3 square without being checked away from behind.  67...Rh4+? ( The only saving move is 67...b5! Taking the pawn at any time spoils White's idea, but in the meantime the path to b3 is blocked off.  68.Rf2 ) 68.Kd3 Rh3+ 69.Kc4 Rh4+ 70.Kb3 1-0

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.a3 d6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bd7 8.Bd3 Bc6 9.O-O Nd7 10.Re1 Rc8 11.b4 a6 12.Ra2 dxe5 13.dxe5 N7b6 14.Ng5 Be7 15.Qh5 Bxg5 16.Bxg5 Qd7 17.Rd2 Ba4 18.Qg4 Bb5 19.Be4 Kf8 20.Qh3 Bc6 21.Nc3 Qc7 22.Red1 Qxe5 23.Nxd5 Bxd5 24.Bxd5 Qxg5

25.f4! Qxf4? 26.Bxe6! Chris lands some powerful blows in this phase of the game  26...Rc1! 27.Qd3 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Ke7 29.Bxf7! Black's king is fatally exposed  29...Rc8 30.g3 Qe5 31.Bb3 g6 32.Qd2 Kf8 33.Qf2+ Finally picking up extra material  33...Kg7 34.Qxb6 Rc3 35.Bd5 Rxa3 36.Qd4 Qxd4+ 37.Rxd4 b6 38.Rd2 Ra1+ 39.Kf2 Rb1 40.Rd4 Rb2+ 41.Kg1 a5 42.bxa5 bxa5 43.Ra4 Rb5 44.Bc6 Rc5 45.Be4 Kf6 46.Kf2 h6 47.Ke3 h5 48.Rd4 g5 49.Rd5 Rc3+ 50.Kd4 Ra3 51.Rf5+ Ke6 52.Rxg5 h4 53.g4 Rh3 54.Rxa5 Rxh2 55.Ra6+ Kf7 56.Ke5 h3 57.Ra7+ Kg8 58.Kf6 Rf2+ 59.Bf5 1-0

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.e3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.Nc3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Ne4 9.Rc1 d6 10.O-O Nd7 11.Qe2 O-O 12.Nd2 Nxc3 13.Rxc3 e5 14.d5 f5 15.e4 f4 16.b4 a5 17.a3 axb4 18.axb4 Ra4 19.Rb1 Rfa8 20.Qd1 Bc8

21.Bc2 R4a7 22.Bd3 Ra4 23.Bc2 R4a7 24.Bd3 Ra4 25.Bc2 R4a7 26.Bd3 Ra4 27.Bc2 R4a7 28.Bd3 Ra4 29.Bc2 R4a7 30.Bd3 Ra4 31.Bc2 Hmmm, perhaps fivefold repetition is the new threefold repetition 1/2-1/2

1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nd7 3.d4 c5 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Nd2 g6 7.f4 h5?! 8.Ngf3 Bg7 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.fxe5 Ng4 11.Qf3 Bd7 12.h3 Nh6 13.g3 Qg5 14.O-O-O cxd4 15.exd4 O-O-O 16.Kb1 Bc6 17.Qf2 Nf5 18.Nf1 Kb8 19.Bc1 Qe7 20.c3 Rd7 21.Nh2 Rc7 22.Nf3 Bh6?! 23.Bxh6 Nxh6 24.g4 hxg4 25.hxg4 Rcc8 26.Qg3 a6 27.Rh2 Bd7 28.Kb2 Rcg8 29.Rdh1 Qf8 30.Ng5 Ka7 31.Qf4 Qg7 32.Rh4 a5 33.R1h3 Bc8 34.Qf6 Qf8 35.Qf4 Qg7 36.Be2 Ka8

37.Qf6! Qf8 38.Qf4? (38.Nf3! Threatening g5 and winning material because  38...Nxg4 fails to  39.Qxh8 Rxh8 40.Rxh8 winning the Bc8 ) 38...Qg7 39.Qh2 f6 40.Rxh6 Rxh6 41.Rxh6 fxg5 42.Rh7 Qf8 43.Bd3 Rg7 44.Rh8 Rg8 45.Rxg8 Qxg8 46.Qh6 Qd8 47.Qxg6 Bd7 48.Qf6 Qxf6 49.exf6 Be8 50.Bb5 Bf7 51.c4 Kb8 52.c5 Kc7 53.Ka3 b6 54.b4 axb4+ 55.Kxb4 Kb7 56.cxb6 Kxb6 57.a4 Kb7 58.Kc5 Kc7 59.a5 Kb7 60.Kd6 Kb8 61.Ke7 1-0

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Na6 7.a3 c5 8.Be3 cxd4 9.Bxd4 Nc5 10.O-O Nxd3 11.Qxd3 b6 12.Rad1 Bb7 13.f5 Rc8 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nf3 gxf5 16.exf5 Qc7 17.Rde1 Rfe8 18.Qd2 Kh7 19.Qf2 Ng4 20.Qh4 Bxd4+ 21.Nxd4 Nf6 22.Re3 Rg8 23.Rg3 Rxg3 24.hxg3 Rg8 25.Nce2 Rg4 26.Qh3

Black has built a harmonious attacking position  26...Qc5 ( simpler is 26...Ba6! 27.c3 Qc5 28.Re1 Re4 winning material ) 27.Kf2? Rather an eccentric response  27...Ne4+ Black stays on top after this but (27...Rxd4! 28.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 29.Ke2 leads to mate ) 28.Ke3 Nf6 29.Rh1 Re4+ 30.Kd2 Rxd4+ 31.Kc1 Ng8 32.f6 exf6 33.Nxd4 Qxd4 34.Qh5 Bd5 35.Rd1 Qe3+ 36.Kb1 Be6 37.Rxd6 Qe1+ 38.Rd1 0-1

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.d3 d6 9.c3 Bg4 10.Be3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.h3 Bh5 14.g4 Bg6 15.a4 Qc7 16.d4 c4 17.Bg5 Nd7 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Nf1 d5 20.exd5 Nxd5 21.dxe5 Bxc2 22.Qxc2 Nf4 23.Qf5 Nd3 24.Re2 g6 25.Qg5 Kg7 26.Ng3 h6?

27.Nf5+! Kg8 28.Qxh6 gxf5 29.Ng5 Nf6 30.exf6 1-0

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 Nc4 14.b3 Nb6 15.d5 Ne8 16.Ng3 g6 17.Bh6 Ng7 18.Qd2 c4 19.b4 a5 20.a3 Ra6 21.Rad1 Bf6 22.Bg5 Bxg5 23.Qxg5 f6 24.Qh6 axb4 25.axb4 Ra2 26.Bb1 Ra3 27.Qc1 Rfa8 28.Nf1 Qa7 29.Ne3 Qb8 30.Re2 Qf8 31.Rdd2 Nh5 32.Re1 Nf4 33.Kh2

Black has manoevred effectively and is clearly on top on both sides of the board  33...R3a7? ( Advancing rather than retreating was the right way 33...Qh6! and after for example  34.Ng1 Ra1 (threatening ...Nd3)  35.Red1 White is tied up and moves like ...R8a3, ...Na4, ...Nd3 are still in reserve ) 34.Ng1 Qh6 35.Nf1 Rf8 36.Re3 Nc8 37.Ne2 Ne7 38.Bc2 f5 39.Qe1 Nxe2 40.Rexe2 f4 41.f3 g5 42.Bd1 g4 43.fxg4 Bxg4 44.Ra2 Rfa8 45.Rxa7 Rxa7 46.Rd2 Bxd1 47.Qxd1 Ng6 48.Qg4 Qf8 49.Rf2 Qe7 50.Kg1 1/2-1/2

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nd2 g6 4.Be2 Nc6 5.c3 e5 6.d5 Ne7 7.Ngf3 Bg7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bd3 Nh5 10.Bc2 Kh8 11.Nc4 Bg4 12.Ne3 Bd7 13.h3 Nf4 14.Ng4 f5 15.Ngh2 fxe4 16.Bxe4 Ng8 17.Qc2 Nf6 18.Bxf4 Nxe4 19.Be3 Nf6 20.g4 Nxd5 21.Rfe1 Nf4 22.Bxf4 Rxf4 23.Re4 Qf6 24.Qe2 Rxe4 25.Qxe4 Bc6 26.Qe3 Rf8 27.Ne1 Bh6 28.Qe2 Qh4 29.Qf1 Be3 30.Ng2

30...Qg3!! ( The more brutal 30...Rxf2! also wins, but the move played, reminiscent of 23...Qg3!!! in Lewitzky-Marshall Breslau 1912 [possibly the most famous single move in chess history] deserves extra style points. It is rare to see so many simultaneous pins. ) 0-1

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O d6 8.c3 O-O 9.Bg5 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Nc6 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Qe1 Nh5 14.Be3 Bf6 15.Kh1 g6 16.Rg1 Bg7 17.g3 Qe7 18.Nh4 Kh8 19.f4 f5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Qf2

21...Nd4!? 22.Bd1 Bc6+ 23.Ng2 Qf7? The knight is not safe on d4 indefinitely  24.fxe5 dxe5 Black's position is rather beautiful but with the f4 pawn gone White can now simply play c3xNd4 and remain a piece up!  25.Nf3?? Ne6 Normal service resumes  26.Bxc5 Nxc5 27.Qxc5 Qg6 28.Nxe5?? Nxg3+! Mating  29.hxg3 Qh6+ 0-1

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Qd2 O-O 6.Bh6 c6 7.Bxg7 Kxg7 8.f3 b5 9.g4 b4 10.Nce2 a5 11.Ng3 Rh8 12.h4 Ba6 13.Bxa6 Nxa6 14.N1e2 Qc7 15.g5 Nd7 16.h5 c5 17.h6+ Kf8 18.O-O cxd4 19.Qxd4 Qc5 20.Qxc5 Naxc5 21.f4 e6 22.Rad1 Ke7 23.Rd2 Nb6 24.b3 d5 25.exd5 Nxd5 26.Nd4 Rhc8 27.Re2 Nc3 28.Ree1 Kd6 29.Nf3 Nxa2 30.Ne5 Rf8 31.Nc4+ Kc7 32.Re5 Nd7 33.Rxa5 Rxa5 34.Nxa5 Nb6 35.Ne4 Ra8 36.Nc4 Nxc4 37.bxc4 Nc3 38.Nf6 Ne2+ 39.Kf2 Nd4 40.Nxh7 Nxc2 41.Nf6

41...b3 (41...Na3! Controlling the queening square is compulsory ) 42.Rb1! Ra2? Giving up any chance of stopping the h pawn  43.Kf3 b2 44.h7 Na3 45.Rxb2 Rxb2 46.h8=Q Rb3+ 47.Ke2 Nxc4 48.Qe8 Nd6 1-0

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Qf3 Nf6 A more natural square for the knight than in main line (7...Nh6 ) 8.Nb5 (8.e5 dxc3 9.dxc3 Qb6 10.exf6 Qxf6 11.Qxf6 Bxf6 = ) 8...O-O 9.Nxd4 (9.e5 Ng4 10.Qxg4 d5 11.Qxd4 dxc4 =+ ) 9...d5 10.exd5 e5 11.Ne2 Bf5!?

A new move... For two pawns black has better development and more coordinated pieces. Any white pawn move to release pieces from the first rank would open the position in black's favour.  12.Bb3 White spent a lot of time on this move. Better was (12.Qb3 ) 12...Be4 A simple way to equalise was (12...e4 13.Qe3 Nxd5 14.Qc5 Nc7 ) 13.Qg3 Qc8 (13...Nh5 14.Qh3 += ) 14.d3 Nh5 15.Qe3 Bxg2 16.Rg1 Qg4? With idea 17...Nf4. Better was (16...Nf4 17.Nxf4 exf4 18.Qxf4 Re8+ 19.Be3 Bxb2 20.d6 Qc3+ 21.Kd1 Qf6 = ) 17.Qg5 Qxg5 18.Bxg5 +/- Bf3 19.d6 Bf6 20.Nc3 Rfd8 21.Ne4? A psychological mistake made under increasing time pressure. The previous slow development made white to wish to castle as soon as possible. The game is now equal. Better was (21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Rg5 Rxd6 23.Rxe5 +/- ) 21...Bxe4 22.dxe4 Rxd6 = 23.Bd5 Rad8 24.O-O-O (24.Bxb7 Bxg5 25.Rxg5 Rd2 26.Rc1 Nf4 27.Ba6 Rxf2 28.Kxf2 Nh3+ 29.Ke3 Nxg5 = ) 24...b5 25.c3 Kg7 26.f3? Bxg5+ 27.Rxg5

27...Nf4 -/+ White was probably calculating (27...Kf6 28.Rg2 Nf4 29.Rgd2 = ) 28.Kc2 (28.Rxe5 Kf6 ) 28...Nxd5 29.exd5 Rxd5 30.Rxd5 Rxd5 31.b3 f5 32.Rg2 Kf6 33.c4 Rc5 34.Kc3 a5 Blocking b4 square  35.a3 g5 36.Rd2 Ke7 Not allowing white rook to get into the game via d8  37.Rg2 h6 38.Kd3 (38.h4 Kf6 39.hxg5+ hxg5 40.Rd2 g4 ) 38...a4 39.cxb5 Rxb5 40.b4 Rd5+ 41.Ke3 (41.Kc4 Kd6 42.b5 Rd4+ 43.Kc3 Kc5 ) 41...f4+

42.Ke2 (42.Ke4 Ke6 (and mate on d4) ) 42...e4 +- 43.fxe4 Rd4 44.Kf3 Rd3+ 45.Kg4 Rxa3 46.Kh5 Kf6 47.b5 Rh3+ 48.Kg4 Rb3 49.Ra2?? Kg6 next move mate with 50...h5 0-1

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O Nc6 8.c4 Be6 9.cxd5 Bxd5 10.Nc3 f5 11.Qe2 Nxc3 12.bxc3 O-O 13.Rb1 Bd6 14.Bc4 Bxc4 15.Qxc4+ Kh8 16.Bg5 Qd7 17.Rxb7 Na5 18.Qb5 Qc8 19.Qxa5 Qxb7 20.c4 Bb4 21.Qa4 f4 22.Rb1 Rab8 23.d5 c5 24.dxc6 Qf7 25.Qc2 Bd6 26.Rd1 Qc7 27.Nd4 Rbe8 28.g3 fxg3 29.hxg3 Bxg3 30.fxg3 Qxg3+ 31.Qg2 Re1+ 32.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33.Kh2 Qe5+ 34.Qg3 Qxd4 35.c7 Rf2+ 36.Kh3 Qd7+ 37.Kh4 h5

38.Be3 Black announced mate or a forced win in fifteen moves at the latest, and White therefore resigned. (38...Rh2+!) source: Turf, Field and Farm, 5 MAR 1880, p. 155 0-1

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 d5 6.c5 An ill-considered move, which immediately gets White into trouble: b3 was the correct play.  6...b6 The proper reply, giving Black a decided superiority.  7.b4 a5 Ed: Mike Stead man has often told me there is nothing a Dutch player likes better than playing b6 and a5 against the premature c5 and b4. "As soon as I see c5 I know I am playing a mug" is the inimitable Steadman phrasing.  8.Na4 Nbd7 9.Bd2 Qb3 would have saved the pawn for the time, though White would still have been left with an inferior game.  9...axb4 Black now forces a pawn very ingeniously, and obtains also a great advantage in position.  10.Bxb4 bxc5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Nxc5 Bxc5 13.Bxc5 Qa5+ 14.Qd2 Qxc5 15.Nh3 White is naturally anxious to brring out his knight, in order castle, and he evidently dare not play in to f3 on account of the reply Ne4. The present move, however greatly increases his difficulties, and it seems to us he should have played as follows (15.Qc1 Qd6 16.Nf3 Ne4 17.Qb2 O-O 18.O-O with a much better game than he obtains by the line of play adopted. ) 15...Ne4 16.Bxe4 Evidently compulsory  16...fxe4 17.O-O e5

Black has now practically a won game.  18.Kg2 O-O 19.Rac1 Qd6 20.Ng5 Quite fatal, as the knight cannot now be saved (Ed: the rest of the game amounts to a mopping up exercise) (20.Ng1 was imperative, bad as it was ) 20...Qd7 21.Rc5 He has nothing better.  21...h6 22.Nxe4 Qh3+ 23.Kg1 dxe4 24.Rxe5 He of course dare not take the c pawn, on account of Bb7 followed by e3. ( Ed: Houdini points out that after 24.Rxc6 Bb7 white has  25.Qd5+ Kh8 26.Qe6 although he remains lost ) 24...Be6 25.Qc3 Bd5 Black has played the whole game with great skill, and now leaves White without the slightest resource.  26.Re7 Rf7 27.Rxf7 Kxf7 28.Rb1 Qc8 29.Qe5 Rxa2 30.Rb8 Qd7 31.h3

31...e3 32.fxe3 ( Of course if 32.Qxe3? Ra1+ followed by Rh1 mate ) 32...Be4 33.Qf4+ Qf5 34.Rb7+ Kg6 35.Kf2 Bd3 All this finely played by Black.  36.g4 Rxe2+ 37.Kg3 Qd5 38.Qd4 Black mates in three moves 0-1

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 g5 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.g3 fxg3 7.Qf3 Qf4 8.Nd5 Qxf3+ 9.Nxf3 Kd8 10.Nxg5 Nh6 11.hxg3 f6 12.d4 c6 13.Nxf6 Bxf6 14.Rxh6 Bxg5 15.Bxg5+ Ke8 16.Bf6 Rf8 17.Kg2 b5 18.Bb3 d5 19.exd5 Bf5 20.Re1+ Kd7 21.Re7+ Kc8 22.Bg7 Rd8 23.dxc6 Na6

24.Rh5 source: NY Clipper, 9 JUL 1881, p. 252 1-0

1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Ne5 3.f4 Ng6 4.e4 e6 5.dxe6 fxe6 6.Nf3 d5 7.e5 Nh6 8.Bd3 c5 9.c3 Nh4 10.O-O

(10.Ng5 Nxg2+ (10...N6f5 11.g4 Ne7 12.Nxh7 Ng2+ 13.Kf2 Nh4 White is a little better, but the King might be a problem later. ) 11.Kf1 Nh4 12.Qh5+ ) 10...Nxf3+ 11.Qxf3 Be7!? (11...c4 12.Bc2 Bc5+ 13.Be3 Bxe3+ 14.Qxe3 O-O 15.Nd2 Nf5 16.Bxf5 Rxf5 White is better due to the Knight vs bad Bishop endings. Swap the major pieces off and Black will be squeezed to death. ) 12.Qh5+ Nf7 13.Bxh7 Bd7 14.Qg6 (14.Nd2 Qb6 15.c4 Kf8 16.Nf3 Be8 17.Ng5 This was more to the point, the other pieces get over to the Black King. The line plays allows Black to get out of his troubles and open lines to the White King instead. ) 14...Qb6 15.Qxg7 Bf8 16.Qg6 O-O-O 17.Qc2 Nh6 18.h3 Bb5 19.Rf3 Rd7 20.Bg6 Rg7 21.f5 Nxf5 22.Bxf5 exf5 23.Qxf5+ Bd7 24.Qf6 Rhg8

25.Qxb6 Rxg2+ 26.Kf1 Rg1+ 27.Kf2 R1g2+ 28.Kf1 Rg1+ 29.Kf2 R1g2+ 30.Kf1 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2

1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.d3 a6 7.Nd5 Bg4 8.h3? (8.c3 This is the main move and seems obvious, White is better and has done well from this position.  8...O-O 9.b4 Ba7 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nxd5 12.Bxd5 ) 8...Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nd4 10.Qg3

10...Nh5 11.Qg4 b5 (11...Nxc2+ 12.Kd1 Nxa1 13.Qxh5 c6 14.Nc3 g6 15.Qf3 b5 16.Bb3 Nxb3 17.axb3 White can resign, the reason for c3 is to keep the Knight from d4. ) 12.Bb3 Nxb3 13.axb3 c6 14.Qxh5 cxd5 15.fxe5 O-O 16.Bg5 Qe8 17.exd6? Bxd6? (17...Qe5 18.d4 Bxd4 19.Qg4 Bxb2 20.Ra2 Bc3+ 21.Bd2 dxe4 Black is much better, Ben was off his game in this game. ) 18.O-O-O Qe5 19.Qg4 f6 20.Bh6 Rf7 21.exd5 f5 22.Qg5 Kh8? (22...Qxd5 Luckily for Ben, Ewen wanted a draw (Ed: an important factor was that Ewen was now short of time), the Bishop on h6 is terminal with correct play.  23.Rde1 Kh8 24.Re2 gxh6 After Kh8, Qh5 is a saving resource for the Bishop and the game is equal again.  ) 1/2-1/2

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Nb6 7.Bb3 d5 8.exd6 Qxd6 9.O-O Be6 10.Na3 dxc3 11.Nb5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 Rc8 13.Bxe6 fxe6 14.Nxc3

This is pretty much the main line and Black has a pretty good score from here. It is tough for White to get the pawn back and there really is on 2 results from here - draw or Black wins.  14...h6 15.Ne4 g5 16.Nc5 Kf7 (16...Nd8 17.Be3 Bg7 18.Rab1 Nc4 19.b4 b6 20.Ne4 Nf7 Black still has his pawn, not worth much, but it still lives. He is still better. ) 17.Nxb7 Bg7 18.Rb1 Nb4 19.Be3 Nc4 20.Bd4 e5 21.Bc3? (21.Bc5 Na6 22.b4 e4 23.Ne1 Neither player can do much, the position is pretty drawish in this line. ) 21...Nxa2 22.Be1 Rb8 (22...e4 23.Nd4 Rb8 24.Na5 Nxb2 Black is winning, 2 pawns up. ) 23.Rd7 e4 24.Nd2 Ne5 25.Rc7 Nb4 26.Nd6+ Ke6 27.N6xe4 Nbc6 28.h4 Rhf8 29.hxg5 hxg5 30.b4 Rxb4 31.Rxb4 Nxb4 32.Nxg5+ Kd5 33.Nde4 Nbc6 34.Nc3+ Kc4 35.Ne6 Rg8 36.Nxg7 Rxg7 37.f4 Nf3+ 38.Kf2 Nd4 39.Ne4 Kd5 40.Ng5 Kd6 41.Rb7 Ne6 42.Ne4+ Kd5 43.Nc3+ Kc4 44.g3 Rg8 45.Kf3 Ncd4+ 46.Kf2 Nc6 47.Nb5 Nc5 48.Na3+ Kd5 49.Rb5 a6

50.Rb1? (50.Rb6 Nd4 51.Kf1 This way White keep his pawn, now he drops a pawn again and is worse. ) 50...Nd3+ 51.Kg2 Nxf4+ 52.Kf3 Ne6 53.Rb6 Ned4+ 54.Kg2 a5 55.Ra6 Nb3 56.Rb6 Rb8 57.Rxb8 Nxb8 58.Kf3 Nc6 59.Kf4 e5+ 60.Kf5 Ncd4+ 61.Kf6 Nf3 62.Bc3 e4 63.Bxa5 Nxa5 0-1

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.c3 O-O 6.Bb3 d5 7.Qe2 dxe4? This is a mistake. The golden rule is the player that relinquishes the central pressure is normally worse. This move gives Black a cheerless position and she is duly punished. A move like Re8 or Be6 keeping the central tension are much better.  8.dxe4 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Nbd2 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Qd7 12.Nf1 Rad8 13.Bc2 h6 14.Ng3 As you can see White's game plays itself, simple moves and the pieces gather around Black's king, the attack is almost undefendable.  14...Nh7 15.h4 Nf6 16.Nf5 Kh7 17.Be3 Rg8 18.g4 Rh8 19.g5 Ng8 20.Rg1 Bf8

Thi s could a composition - "how did Black get his King to h7?". If you get a position like this, you know you are losing, and badly.  21.Bb3 g6 22.Rd1 Qe8 23.Nxh6 Nxh6 24.gxh6 Rxd1+ 25.Kxd1 Nd8 26.h5 Ne6 27.Kc2 Qe7 28.hxg6+ fxg6 29.Qg4 1-0

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.Nf3 exd4 4.Bc4 I was a bit surprised by this. I think the 5...Ng4 line is probably the best for Black, but I couldn't remember the details and so went in for the safe option on a couple of occasions.  4...Nf6 5.e5 Ng4 QJ: A relative sideline in the Scotch Gambit, Black having earlier failed to entice his opponent into the Nimzovitch Defence. White chooses the most popular response that soon leads to an ending, but sharp alternatives are 6 0-0 and 6 Bxf7+!?  6.Qe2 Qe7 7.Bf4 d6 (7...f6 for example is a reasonable attempt to refute White's opening outright. ) 8.exd6 Qxe2+ (8...cxd6 and again keeping more tension in the position would be a serious alternative. I just wanted to get developed. ) 9.Bxe2 Bxd6 10.Bxd6 cxd6 11.Nbd2?!

QJ: The normal move here is 11 Na3! with the idea of Nb5xd4 regaining his pawn, while at the same time defending c2 against Black's next move. (11.Na3 This was the move I was concerned about.  11...Be6 (11...a6 12.Rd1 d5 13.Nxd4 is a small, safe edge for White ) (11...Nge5 12.Nb5 O-O 13.Nfxd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 is a similar edge. ) 12.Nb5 d3 13.Bxd3 O-O-O when again the weakness of the d6 pawn is a concern, but I've got a bit more activity then in the other lines. ) 11...Bf5 12.Bb5?! (12.Nb3!? This gets messy  12...Bxc2 13.Nbxd4 Be4 14.Rd1 Nge5 15.Nb5 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Rd8 17.Nxd6+ Ke7 and White has regained the pawn at the cost of his structure. Black can press, but it's drawish. ) 12...O-O-O (  QJ: Black has an ingenious way of remaining a pawn up 12...Bxc2 13.Nxd4 Bd3! however the simpler option of giving the pawn back retains an edge because White has difficulty fully developing ) 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Nxd4 Rhe8+ 15.Kf1 Now White's got the pawn back at the expense of activity, which should be more serious.  15...Bd7 16.h3 Ne5 17.f4 c5 18.Ne2 QJ: 17.c5! shows that White's position is vulnerable once the power of the bishop is unleashed. So if here (18.fxe5?! cxd4 19.exd6 Bb5+ 20.Kg1 Re2 21.Rd1 Rxd6 with the idea of 22...d3! ) 18...Nc6 19.c3?! This is the point where I felt I should win (19.a3 looks less natural but I don't see how to stop Kf2, Rhe1, Rad1 when White should hold.)  19...Nb4!

QJ: A decisive penetration to d3  20.g4 (20.cxb4 Bb5 21.Re1 Rxe2 22.Rxe2 Re8 23.bxc5 Rxe2 24.Nb3 Rxb2+ 25.Kg1 dxc5 26.Nxc5 Rxa2 is the sort of thing I was aiming for. The a-pawn will be very quick. ) 20...Nd3 21.b3 Re3 22.Rh2 Bb5 QJ: Denying the c4 square to the white knight, which would chase his rook from e3. White is reduced to complete passivity, awaiting the final attack.  23.c4 Bc6 24.f5 Rde8 25.Rd1 Kc7

Aroun d here I was trying to find a way to reduce White to complete immobility. His five pieces have four moves between them but I couldn't see a way to reduce that to zero. Instead I have to win prosaically by opening the position up for my more active pieces.  26.Nb1 g6 27.fxg6 fxg6 28.Nbc3 QJ: Most resilient was returning the knight to d2, to protect f3, but after (28.Nd2 h5! followed by 29... Bd7 the white kingside pawns will topple ) 28...Rf8+ 29.Kg1 Ne5 QJ: The threat of 30...Nf3+ forces White to give up the h-pawn  30.Rf2 Rxf2 31.Kxf2 Rxh3 32.Ng1 We both thought that (32.Rg1 would get mated, but it appears that it doesn't quite work. White is still lost though.  32...Nd3+ 33.Kf1 Rf3+ 34.Kg2 g5 and the g4 pawn will eventually drop off. ) ( QJ: A blunder in a lost position, as White must also lose the g-pawn after either 32.g5 Rf3+ 33.Kg1 Rf5 ) ( or 32.Rg1 g5 followed by 33...Rh4 ) 32...Rxc3 0-1

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.c3 e5 6.Be2 dxe4 7.dxe4 Bc5 8.O-O ( Interesting is 8.b4 Bd6 9.Qc2 ( not 9.Nc4 Nxe4 10.Qc2 f5 ) 9...a5 10.b5 Ne7 11.Nc4 Ng6 12.O-O Qe7 13.Nxd6+ cxd6 14.Ba3 O-O 15.Rfd1 Rd8 and White is slightly better ) 8...a5 9.Qc2 Bg4 ( Preferable is 9...Qe7 10.Nc4 h6 with approximate equality ) 10.Nc4 Qe7 11.Ne3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Bxe3 13.Bxe3 O-O 14.Rad1 h6 15.Qb3 b6 16.h3 Rfd8 17.Qc4 Qe8 18.a3 Rac8 19.b4 Kh7 20.b5 Rxd1 21.Rxd1 ( or 21.Bxd1 Ne7 22.Bb3 Ng6 ) 21...Ne7 22.a4

(A good plan for White is to advance the c pawn to c5, eg 22.Qd3 Ng6 23.c4 Nf8 (23...Nh4 24.Be2 ) 24.c5 bxc5 (24...Ne6 25.cxb6 cxb6 26.Bxb6 Rb8 27.Qd6 White is a pawn up ) 25.a4 Ne6 26.Qc3 Nd4 27.Qxc5 Nxf3+ 28.gxf3 Qe6 29.Kg2 White has a solid advantage ) 22...Ng6 23.g3 Nf8 24.Kg2 Qe6 25.Qe2 (25.Be2 After White is still slightly better ) 25...Qb3 Black seizes the initiative  26.Bg4 Re8 27.Ra1 Ne6 28.Bf5+ Kg8 29.Bxe6?! Rxe6 30.f3 Rd6 ( Not 30...Qxc3? 31.Rc1 Qb3 32.Rxc7 Qxa4 33.Rb7 = ) 31.g4 Qxc3 32.Rc1 Qd3 33.Qe1 (33.Kf2 holds things together better ) 33...Qb3 34.Rxc7 Rd3 (34...Qxa4 35.Qe2 Qb3 36.Rc6 Rd1 was the right way to maintain Black's advantage ) 35.Bxb6 Rxf3

36.Bxa5 This is tempting but better is (36.Bf2! defending h3 indirectly  36...Kh7 getting away from rook checks  37.b6 Rxh3 giving up the exchange for two pawns is the only path to advantage  38.Bg3 Qxb6 39.Rc2 Rxg3+ 40.Qxg3 Qd6 ) 36...Rxh3 37.Rc8+ Kh7

38.Qf2? This natural move has a tactical refutation. There is only one good move in this position. ( After 38.Rc3 Rxc3 39.Bxc3 Qxa4 40.Qe2 ( or 40.b6 Qc2+ 41.Qf2! Qxc3 42.b7 Qb3 43.Qf5+ g6 44.Qxf6 Qb2+ 45.Kg3 Qxb7 46.Qxe5 Qb3+ Black keeps some winning chances ) 40...Nd7 41.Be1 Nc5 Black is somewhat better ) 38...Rh2+! 39.Kxh2 Nxg4+ 40.Kg2 Nxf2 41.Kxf2 Qxa4 0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nf6 3.Nbc3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O e6 7.d3 Qc7 8.Nf4 Nc6 9.Be3 Be7 10.a4 b4

11.Nce2 O-O 12.c3 bxc3 13.bxc3 Na5 14.Qc2 Rab8 15.Rab1 d6 16.c4 Nc6 17.Bd2 Nd7 18.Bc3 Rfe8 19.Nh5? Nd4! 20.Qd2 (20.Nxd4 cxd4 21.Bxd4? (21.Bd2 ) 21...e5 22.Bc3 g6 -+ ) 20...e5 21.g4 Bc6 22.a5 Rxb1 23.Rxb1 Rb8 24.Rb2 Nf8 25.Nhg3 Nfe6 26.Rxb8+ Qxb8 27.Qb2 Qxb2 28.Bxb2 g6 29.f4 Nxe2+ 30.Nxe2 exf4 31.Kf2 Bh4+ 32.Kf3 Ba4 33.Nxf4 Bd1+ 34.Ne2 Be1 35.Ke3 Bxa5 36.e5 Bc7 37.Nc3! Bxg4 38.Nd5 Bd8 39.exd6 Bg5+ 40.Kf2 Bh4+ 41.Ke3 Bf5? 42.Ne7+ (42.Nf6+? Kg7 43.Ne4+ (43.d7 Bxf6 44.Bd5 Nd8 -+ ) (43.Ne8+ Kf8 44.d7 Bg5+ 45.Ke2 Nf4+ -+ ) 43...Kf8 44.d4 Bxe4 45.Bxe4 Bf6 -+ ) 42...Kf8 43.Nxf5 gxf5 44.Bh3 Bg5+ 45.Kf3 Bf4 46.d7 Ke7 47.Bxf5 Bxh2 48.Bxh7 Ng5+ 49.Kg2 Nxh7 50.Kxh2 Kxd7 51.Kg3 a5 52.Kf4 a4 53.d4 Nf8 54.Ke5 Kc6 55.d5+ (55.dxc5! Nd7+ 56.Kd4 Nxc5 57.Kc3! f5 58.Bc1 Kd7 (58...Kd6 59.Be3 ) 59.Be3 Na6 60.Kb2 Nb4 61.Bg1 Nd3+ 62.Ka3 Ne5 63.Kxa4 Nxc4 64.Kb5 = ) 55...Kc7 56.Kf6 Nd7+ 57.Kxf7? (57.Ke7! f5 58.Bc1 Nb6 (58...Ne5? 59.Bf4 ) (58...a3 59.Bxa3 f4 60.Bc1 f3 61.Bf4+ Kc8 62.Bg3 Nb6 63.d6 Nd7 64.Bf2 +- ) 59.Ba3 Nxc4 60.Bxc5 Kb7 61.d6 Nxd6 62.Kxd6 = ) 57...Kd6 58.Kg6 Nb6 59.Kf5 Nxc4 60.Bc3 Kxd5 61.Kf4 a3 62.Kf3 Nb2 0-1

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e5 dxe5 7.fxe5 Nd5 8.Bc4 Be6 9.Nxd5 Bxd5 10.Bxd5 Qxd5

11.Qe2 b5 12.O-O Nd7 13.c3 Nb6 14.b3 a5 15.Ba3 Qd7 16.Bc5 Nd5 17.Qd2 Rfb8 18.Rac1 b4 19.c4 Nc3 20.Rfe1 a4 21.Rc2 axb3 22.axb3 f5 23.exf6 Bxf6 24.Bxb4 Rxb4 25.Rxc3 Rab8 26.Ree3 c5 27.Rcd3 cxd4 28.Nxd4 Bxd4 29.Rxd4 Qa7 30.Rd7 Qc5 31.Qd5+ Qxd5 32.cxd5 Rd4 33.Rexe7 Rd2 34.Rg7+ Kf8 35.Rxh7 Ke8 36.Ra7 1-0

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.c4 Nb6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Be3 N8d7 10.Bf4 Bxf3

11.gxf3 dxe5 12.dxe5 Nb8 13.Qc1 Nc6 14.Rd1 Qc8 15.Qe3 Nd7 16.Na4 Qe8 17.b3 f6 18.exf6 Bxf6 19.Rac1 e5 20.Bg3 Nd4 21.Nc3 c6 22.Ne4 Be7 23.c5 Qg6 24.Kh1 Rae8 25.b4 Kh8 26.Rg1 Qf5 27.Rcd1 Nf6 28.Rxd4 exd4 29.Qxd4 Nxe4 30.fxe4 Bf6 31.exf5 Bxd4 32.Bd3 Be5 33.Bh4 Bf6 34.Bg3 Be5 35.Bh4 Bc3 36.Rg4 Bf6 37.Bg3 Re1+ 38.Kg2 Rd8 39.Bd6 Be5 40.Bxe5 Rxe5 41.Be4 Rd4 42.f3 Rxb4 0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.O-O d6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.Qe2 Be7

11.Rad1 b5 12.a3 Rb8 13.f4 b4 14.axb4 Rxb4 15.Qxa6 Nxd4 16.Rxd4 Rxb2 17.Rc4 Qd8 18.e5 Ng4 19.Bc1 Qb6+ 20.Qxb6 Rxb6 21.h3 d5 22.Bxd5 exd5 23.Nxd5 Rb7 24.hxg4 Bxg4 25.f5 Be2 26.Rc8+ Bd8 27.Bg5 Kd7 28.Rxd8+ Rxd8 29.Re1 Bc4 30.Ne3 Rc8 31.Rd1+ Kc7 32.Nxc4 Rb4 33.Nd6 1-0