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1.e4 c5 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.Nc3 g6 5.f4 Nge7 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.e5 O-O 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 a6 10.Be3 b5 11.Qd2 Bb7 12.h4 h5 13.O-O-O d5 14.Bh3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Nc6 16.g4 b4 17.Ne2 hxg4 18.Bxg4 Rc8 19.Kb1 a5

White's attack is much faster  20.h5! gxh5 21.Rxh5 Re8 22.Rg5 Nxd4 23.Nxd4 Kf8 24.Rg1 Rc7 25.Bh5 Bh6 26.R5g4 Ke7 27.Qh2 Rh8

W hite now has a nice sacrifice to strip away the final defensive barrier  28.Bxf7! Kxf7 29.Qh5+ Forcing mate  29...Ke7 30.Rg7+ Kf8 31.Nxe6# The ultimate winning move a family fork and mate at the same time! 1-0

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.O-O Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 Bf6 10.Qc2 e5 Black has achieved the e5 break and equalized  11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Rd1 Qe7 13.Rb1 Nc6 14.e3 a5 15.b3 e4 16.Nd4 Nb4 17.Qe2 Nd3 18.Nb5 Be6 19.Ba3 c5 20.f3 Be5?! better would have been either Bg5 or Ne5  21.fxe4 fxe4 22.Bxe4 This looks strong but better was 22 Rf1  22...Nf2! 23.Qh5 Nh3+ Also ok is (23...Nxe4 24.Qxe5 Nf2 ) 24.Kh1 Nf2+ 25.Kg1 Nh3+ At this point I thought that my opponent might repeat, but I was very short of time  26.Kg2!? Rf2+ 27.Kh1

27...g6?? A horrible blunder - Black is doing fine (Ed more than fine) after (27...Ng5 eg  28.Bxh7+ Nxh7 29.Qxe5 Ng5 30.Rf1 Nf3 ( Ed 30...Raf8 wins ) 31.Qxe6+ Qxe6 32.Rxf2 Qe4 ) (27...Ng5 or  28.Bxc5 Qf6 29.Bxb7 Rb8 30.h4 Nh3 ( Ed 30...Nf3 wins ) ) 28.Qxe5 Rxa2 29.Rf1 Nf2+ 30.Rxf2 Rxf2 31.Bxc5 Qf7

32.Qxe6? Ed: tempting but this jeopardises the win  32...Qxe6 33.Bd5 Rd8 34.Nc7 Qxd5+? Ed Black can force an unusual draw with (34...Rxd5! 35.Nxe6 Rdd2 and White cannot avoid the perpetual ) 35.Nxd5 1-0

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 If it was good enough for Fischer ...  3...cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 So far, so book.  7...Qc8 (7...Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qc2 was the main alternative ) 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Be7 10.O-O Bh5 11.Ne5 O-O 12.Rae1 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 Qc6 14.Qc2 Bg6 15.Bxg6 hxg6 16.Qd1! b5 17.Re3 b4 18.h4! The idea is Rh3, followed by h5. If then ...Nxh5 Qg4! Poses problems   18...bxc3 19.bxc3 Rfe8 20.Rh3 Nd7?! 21.h5 g5 22.h6 f6? The losing move. Better was 22...Nxe5, though white retains attacking chances.  23.Qh5! Bf8 If (23...fxe5 24.Qg6 wins ) 24.f4! gxh6 (24...fxe5 25.fxe5 Re7 26.hxg7 is crushing ) 25.fxg5 Nxe5

26.gxf6! Nf7 27.Rg3+ Ng5 28.Rxg5+ hxg5 29.Qg6+ Kh8 30.Kf2 1-0

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Qe2 Nge7 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 g6 7.c3 Bg7 8.h4 h5 9.Na3 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.e5 Qc7 12.Bf4 Rd8 13.Rfe1 Nf5 14.Nc2 d4 15.c4

15...Bxc4! 16.dxc4 d3 17.Qd2 dxc2 18.Qxc2 O-O 19.Qe4 Ncd4 20.Ng5 Rd7 21.Kh2 Rfd8 22.Kh3 Qc8 23.f3 Nc6 24.a3 Na5 25.Rac1

Black is better in the final position, but White not surprisingly gets an Elo draw. 1/2-1/2

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 a6 5.a4 e6 6.O-O Ne7 7.Re1 O-O 8.Nc3 Nbc6 9.Be3 h6 10.Qd2 Kh7 11.d5 Na5 12.Ba2 b6 13.Bd4 e5 14.Be3 f5 15.g3 fxe4 16.Nh4 Bf5 17.Qe2 Ng8 18.Bd2 Nf6 19.Nd1 Bg4 20.Qf1 g5 21.Ng2 Qd7 22.Bxa5 bxa5 23.Nc3 Bf3 24.Ne3 h5 25.h3 Kg6 26.Nc4

26...h4! 27.Nd2 hxg3 28.Nxf3 exf3 29.Qd3+ Kh6 30.Qxf3 gxf2+ (30...Nh5! winning a rook is even better ) 31.Qxf2 Nxd5 32.Qg3 Nf4 33.Re3 Qf5 34.Ne4 d5 35.Nf2 e4 36.c3 Be5 37.Ng4+ Kg7 38.Nxe5 Qxe5 39.Qg4 Qf5 40.Qxf5 Rxf5 41.Rd1 Nd3 42.Rg3 Rb8 43.h4 Rxb2 44.Bb1 Nf4 45.Rxg5+ Rxg5+ 46.hxg5

This game has basically been a series of ideal positions for Black, who now finally ends White's misery with a pair of simpleforks  46...Ne2+ 47.Kf1 Nxc3 0-1

1.e4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.e5 Ng8 4.Bd3 d6 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nc3 Ng6 8.Qe2 a6 9.a4 d5 10.Ng5 c6 11.Qh5 Qe7 12.f4 c5

13.Nxe6! Black's game is already beyond repair (13.f5!! exf5 14.Nxd5 Qd8 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.Bxf5 is even more destructive ) 13...fxe6 14.Bxg6+ Kd8 15.Bd3 Kc7 16.f5 cxd4 17.fxe6 dxc3 18.exd7 Bxd7 19.bxc3 Be6 20.Be3 g6 21.Bxg6 Bg7 22.Bf7 Raf8 23.Bxe6 Qxe6 24.Bd4 h6 25.h3 Kc8 26.Qg4 Qxg4 27.hxg4 Rxf1+ 28.Rxf1 Re8 29.Rf5 Re6 30.Kf2 b5 31.axb5 a5 32.Ke3 a4 33.Kd3 Rg6 34.Rf4 a3 35.c4 Rg5 36.cxd5 Bxe5 37.Bxe5 Rxe5 38.Ra4 Rxd5+ 39.Kc4 Rg5 40.Rxa3 Rxg4+ 41.Kc5 Rg5+ 42.Kb4 Rxg2 43.c4 h5 44.Ra7 h4 45.Rh7 Rh2 46.Kc5 h3 47.Kc6 Kd8 48.c5 Rg2 49.Rh8+ Ke7 50.Rxh3 Rg6+ 51.Kc7 Ke6 52.Rd3 Rg7+ 53.Kb6 1-0

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.a4 h6 7.h3 c6 8.Bb3 Qc7 9.Qe2 O-O 10.O-O g5 11.Be3 Kg7 12.Nd2 Nh7 13.Rfd1 Ndf6 14.Nf1 Bd7 15.a5 Qc8 16.Ng3 Rg8 17.dxe5 dxe5 18.Qc4 Be6

19.Nf5+! Bxf5 20.Qxf7+ Kh8 21.exf5 Rg7 22.Qe6 Qc7 23.Qc4 Nh5 24.Nd5 Qc8 25.Nxe7 Rxe7 26.Bc5 Rg7 27.Qe6 g4 28.Qxc8+ Rxc8 29.hxg4 Rxg4 30.Be6

30...Nf4 Desperation in a lost position  31.Bxc8 Rxg2+ 32.Kf1 Ng5 Black hopes to play Nf3 and Rg1 mate  33.f6! Not only does White have an extra rook, his attack is one vital tempo faster  33...h5 34.Rd8+ Kh7 35.Bf5+ 1-0

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 Nc6 4.d5 Nd4 5.Ne2 e5 6.Nxd4 exd4 7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O d6 9.f4 Nh6 10.f5 f6 11.Nd2 Nf7 12.Nf3 Qe7 13.b4 Bh6 14.bxc5 Bxc1 15.Qxc1 dxc5 16.fxg6 hxg6

17.e5! Simple winning chess, this comes just in time to deny Black the chance to blockade with Ne5  17...Nxe5 18.Nxe5 fxe5 19.Bxg6+ Kd8 20.g3! Essential to prevent Qh4  20...Rf8 21.Qh6 1-0

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 The present-day Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings also recommends (12.Nb3 dxc3 13.Qc2 Qd5 14.Qxc3 Bb4 15.Qe3 O-O In the game, White plays more naturally. ) 12...Ncxd4 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Be3 Nf5 15.Qc2 At the moment Black has no time for 15...Nxe3 in view of the check on c6  15...O-O 16.Rad1 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Qc8 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.exd4 Qe6 20.Ng3 f6? White has r etained the initiative and straightened out his pawn structure. At this point it was imperative for Black to attack the centre with 20...c5. Instead he does so 'from the other side'.  21.Nf5 fxe5 22.Qb3!

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Re1 Ne5 8.d4 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 e6 10.Qg3 Rc8 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qg7 Rf8 14.Qxh7 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qa4 16.Nc3 Qxd4 17.Rad1 Qe5 18.Qh3 b5 19.Qd3 Rb8 20.a4 a6 21.axb5 axb5 22.b4

A finely balanced thematic looking Sicilian position. Amongst other questions we could ask, are Black's centre pawns a mass or a mess?  22...Kd7? Understandably Black wants to connect rooks, but this asks too much of Black's position  23.Ra1 ( Missing 23.Nd5!! which wins here, for example  23...exd5 24.exd5 Qf4 25.g3 Rg8 26.Ra1 with unanswerable threats ) 23...Rfc8 24.Nd5! Not quite as strong here, but still a fantastic move to find and play. This sacrifice, the main point of which is to open the e-file, is one of the classic Sicilian sacrifices. In this setting it is a genuine sacrifice, Black has the option of clinging to an extra piece and White's compensation comes from the attacking opportunities the opened lines create.  24...exd5 Actually this is a misjudgement - grovelling was a better option.  25.exd5 Ra8! Black was no doubt relying on this clever back rank resource  26.Rad1! (26.Qxb5+ is tempting but much weaker ) 26...Qc3

27.Qe2!! This non-obvious move is the only way to win.  27...Re8 ( or 27...Bf8 28.Qxb5+ Kd8 29.Rc1!! Qxc1 30.Qe8+ Kc7 31.Rxc1+ Kb7 32.Qd7+ ) 28.Qxb5+ White has s kilfully delayed this capture until now so that Black has to move his king between his rooks, destroying his co-ordination  28...Kd8 29.Rc1 Qd4 30.Qb7 Qa7

Has Black managed to cover everything?  31.Rc8+!! Ah, that would be no. 1-0

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7

This move is often associated with a quick e7-e5, fighting for the centre. ( Black has several playable choices here including: 6...Nc6 ) (6...c6 ) (6...Bg4 ) 7.Nc3 a6 8.e4 e5 9.h3 (  The move h2-h3 prevents black from playing Ng4 in certain variations e.g. if 9.Re1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4!? 11.h3 Qf6! 12.Nf3 Nge5 Black will manage to exchange a pair of knights, which will be beneficial for him since he has less space than White. ) 9...Re8 (9...exd4 10.Nxd4 will transpose and there is no advantage in delaying exd4 ) 10.Re1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Rb8 Black is planning to play a quick c5 followed by b5 attacking on the queenside.   12.b3 ( During the game I was quite hesitant to play this move because of the power of the black g7 bishop. 12.Rb1!? is another option for White to get off the potentially deadly a1-h8 diagonal:  12...Nc5 13.b4 Ne6 14.Be3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Be6 16.Nd5 += with a playable position for Black but slightly better for White due to the extra space. ) 12...c5 13.Nc2 Ne5 (  This is the best move for black. Tactics against the c3-knight do not work: 13...Ng4? 14.Bb2 and Black will lose the d6-pawn ) 14.Bb2 b5? (  I believe this is a mistake. Black should play 14...Be6 15.f4 Nc6 and White can focus on the d6-pawn weakness but Black has dynamic counterplay with b7-b5. ) (14...Nh5 is another move to deter White from playing f4. ) 15.cxb5 axb5 16.f4 b4 17.Na4 Ned7 (17...Nc6 18.e5 ) 18.Qxd6 Re6 19.Qd2 Bb7 20.Rad1 After this it is hard to recover for Black as all his pieces are tied and e5 is coming.  20...Qc7 21.e5 Bxg2 22.exf6 Nxf6 23.Rxe6 fxe6 24.Be5 Overall I think my opponent played very well. If David did not rush 14...b5, then black can achieve a complex game with chances for both sides. 1-0

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2 e5 8.Rd1 Qe7 9.Nc3 c6 10.b3 Ne8 11.e4 f5 12.Bg5 Ndf6 13.c5 fxe4 14.cxd6 Nxd6 15.dxe5 exf3 16.exd6 Qe5 17.Bf4 Qh5 18.Bf1 Ng4 19.h3 Nf6 20.h4 h6 21.Re1 g5 22.Be5 gxh4 23.Rad1 hxg3 24.Bxg3 Bf5 25.Qd2 Qg6 26.Re3 h5 27.Bd3?

(27.Rxf3 was a better try, getting rid of the dreadful pawn even at the cost of an exchange, e.g.  27...Bg4 28.Bc4+ Kh8 29.Bd3 Bh6 30.Bxg6 Bxd2 31.Rxd2 Bxf3 though White's prospects are still rather grim. ) 27...h4 28.Bxf5 Qxf5 29.Qd3 Qxd3 30.Rdxd3 hxg3 31.Rxf3 gxf2+ 32.Rxf2 Rad8 33.Re2 Rd7 34.Na4 b6 35.Rc2 c5 36.Nc3 Rfd8 37.Nb5 a6 38.Nc7 Rxd6 39.Rxd6 Rxd6 40.Nxa6 Nd5 41.Kf2 Bd4+ 42.Ke1 Rd8 43.Rg2+ Kf7 44.Rg5 Kf6 45.Rh5 Kg6 0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.f4 b5 4.Nf3 Bb7 5.d3 e6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 d5 8.e5 d4 9.exf6 dxc3 10.f5 Qxf6 11.bxc3 exf5

(11...Qxf5 was 'obviously' better. ) 12.O-O Be7 13.Bg5 Qb6 14.Bxe7 Kxe7 15.Re1+ (15.Qe2+! ) 15...Kf6 ( Not sure w here Hans thought his king was going here. Survival chances were better after the saner 15...Kf8 ) 16.Qe2 (16.Qd2! ) 16...Nc6 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.Bxc6 (  It looks like Black may have escaped but the bloody machine comes up with 18.Ng4+! Kg6 19.Be4! and the attack is probably winning. ) 18...Bxc6 19.Qe3 Bb7? ( The final straw. Maybe Black wasn't fully awake yet. Instead, 19...Rhe8 lets go the extra pawn but leaves Black perfectly okay. ) 20.Qf4 and it's all over ...  20...Rac8 21.g4 ( Or 21.Ng4+ Kg6 22.Re5 Qd7 23.Rf1 +- ) 21...g6 22.gxf5 g5 23.Ng4+ 1-0

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Ne7 9.c4 Ng6 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Nc3 f5 12.Be2 Be7 13.O-O O-O 14.b4 b6 15.Qb3 Kh8 16.a4 f4 17.Bd2 Nh4 18.f3 Nf5 19.Bd3 g5 20.Ne4 Rg8 21.Qc3 Nd4 22.a5 bxa5 23.Rxa5 Qf8 24.c5 dxc5 25.bxc5 g4 26.fxg4 Rxg4 27.c6 Qg7 28.Rf2? ( This defence is insufficient and even worse was 28.cxd7? Rxg2+ 29.Kh1 Nf3 and mate in a few. ) (28.g3 was the best defence, with the idea 28... fxg3 29.h3 and the attack falters, so Black should continue with 28...Bf5 or 28...Rg8 with a continuing attack. ) 28...Bh4 29.cxd7 (29.Bf1 looks sensible but isn't really any better, e.g.  29...Rg8 (or 29...Bf5)  30.Qh3 Bxf2+ 31.Kxf2 Rg3! -+ ) 29...Bxf2+ 30.Kxf2 Rxg2+ 31.Ke1 Nf3+? (  This could've thrown away the win - the white king escapes to the queenside where it is surprisingly safe. Correctwas 31...Rg1+ 32.Bf1 Qg2 33.Qc8+ (33.Qd3 Rxf1+ 34.Qxf1 Qxe4+ ) 33...Kg7 34.Qa6 Nf3+ and mate is not too far off. ) 32.Kd1 Rg1+ 33.Kc2 Nd4+ 34.Kb2 Qxd7 White is okay now that his king has reached relative safety. And now he seizes a chance for some tactics himself .. .  35.Bxf4! Rb8+ 36.Ka2 Rg2+ We now go through a bit of thud and blunder approaching the time control at move 40 - not surprising with such complicated play.  37.Nd2 ( It is easy to understand White avoiding 37.Ka3 Rb3+ but this was the winning way:  38.Qxb3 Nxb3 39.Bxe5+ Rg7 (39...Kg8 40.Nf6+ wins ) 40.Kxb3 and White has far too much for the queen. ) 37...Qg7 (37...exf4 leaves the d4-knight to its fate but the white knight would now be vulnerable too:  38.Bf1 (38.Qxd4+? Qg7 wins the knight ) 38...Rxd2+ 39.Qxd2 Qg7 and who knows what should happen from here? ) 38.Bf1

38...Rg6 ( The only way to keep things under control was 38...Rf2 39.Bg3 but now Black would have to find  39...Rbf8!! 40.Bd3 (40.Bxf2 Rxf2 41.d6 Qh6 with enough counterplay. ) 40...Qg5 41.Bxf2 Rxf2 42.Ka3 Rxd2 43.Rxa7 and then he'd need to find  43...Rc2!! 44.Ra8+ (44.Bxc2? Nb5+ 45.Kb4 Nxc3 46.Rxh7+ Kg8 47.Kxc3 Qe3+ 48.Kb2 Qd4+ 49.Kc1 e4 and the pawn is very hard to stop. ) 44...Kg7 45.Ra7+ Kf6 46.Ra6+ Kg7 47.Ra7+ with repetition. ) 39.Bg3 Rgb6 40.Nc4 Rb3 41.Qxb3? (  White miscalculates now and the advantage passes back to Black. The calm 41.Qe1 was best, e.g.  41...Nf3 42.Qe4 Qb7 (the best try)  43.Bd3 Rb2+ 44.Ka1 Rb4 45.Bxe5+ Nxe5 46.Qxe5+ Kg8 47.Ra3 Rb3 48.Rxb3 Qxb3 49.Bc2! winning. ) 41...Nxb3 42.Bxe5 Qxe5 43.Nxe5 Nxa5 [Black's technique makes the win look simple now.]  44.d6 (44.Nc6 Nxc6 45.dxc6 Rb6 46.Bg2 Rb5 47.Ka3 a5 48.Ka4 Rc5 -+ ) 44...Kg7 45.Ka3 Rd8 46.d7 Kf6 47.Ng4+ Ke6 48.Bb5 Nb7 49.Kb4 a5+ 50.Ka4 Nc5+ 51.Kxa5 Nxd7 52.Kb4 Ne5 53.Nxe5 Kxe5 54.Kc3 Kf4 55.Bd3 h5 56.Be2 h4 57.h3 Ke3 58.Bg4 Rd6 59.Kc4 Rd4+ 0-1

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 a6 5.f4 b5 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O c5 9.Kh1 Rc8 10.e5 cxd4 11.Bxd4 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nh6 13.e6 Bxf3 14.Bxg7!

(14.exd7+ will likely transpose to the game so is also good. ) 14...Bxd1 15.exd7+ Qxd7 16.Raxd1 Rxc3 17.bxc3 Ng4 18.Be2 Qc7? (  After this White's has a winning material advantage but the better 18...Qc8 19.Bxg4 Qxg4 20.Bxh8 f6 gives Black chances to hold, thanks to the trapped bishop and weak queenside pawns. Still, I'd rather be White, the only one who can play for a win and without any losing chances. ) 19.Bxg4 Rg8 20.Bd4 f5 21.Bf3 e6 22.Rfe1 Kf7 23.Be5 Qc8 24.Rd6 Re8 25.Red1 Qc5 26.Rd7+ Re7 27.Bd6 1-0

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5

3...exd5 The Exchange variation has undergone a bit of a renaissance in recent years.  4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 c6 6.h3 Be7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.O-O Nb6 11.Bb3 Nfd5 (11...Nbd5 is more common. ) 12.Bc2 Be6 13.Ne4 Nb4 14.Neg5 Nxc2 15.Qxc2 g6 ( I think 15...Bxg5 was better. After  16.Nxg5 g6 17.Nxe6 fxe6 we have a similar position to the game but with the important difference that White lacks a knight and the black knight might well dominate White's bishop. The black squares around his king can be defended comfortably by Black. Still, not an easy decision to take. ) 16.Nxe6 fxe6 17.Re1 Qd5 18.Re5 Qd7 19.Qe2 Bf6 20.Rxe6 Rae8 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Qd1 Kh8 A bit of a waste of a move.  23.Bf4 Re4 24.Be5 Bxe5 25.dxe5 Qxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Nd5 27.Kf1 Kg7 28.Rd4 Rxd4 29.Nxd4 Nb4? (29...Kf7 keeps the white knight out of e6, and puts a little pressure on the e-pawn. ) 30.Ne6+! Kf7 31.Nd8+ Ke7 32.Nxb7 Nxa2 (32...Ke6 33.f4 ) 33.Nc5 Now White has an attacking fortress; the black queenside majority is going nowhere and White has plenty of time to bring up his own king and advance his kingside majority.  33...Nb4 34.Ke2 Nd5 35.g3 h5 36.f4 h4 37.Kf3 hxg3 38.Kxg3 Ne3 39.Kh4 Kf7 40.Kg5 Nc4 41.b3 Nd2 42.e6+ Kg7 43.e7 Kf7 44.e8=Q+ Kxe8 45.Kxg6 a5 46.f5 Nf3 47.f6 Ne5+ 48.Kg7 1-0

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nd3 Ng6 14.b4 Nf6 15.Rc1 h5 16.c5 Rf7 17.Qc2 g4 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.Nb5 Ne8 20.Nxa7 Bd7 21.Kh1

( Passive defence is rarely satisfactory in such KID positions. Instead, White can obtain counter-chancesafter 21.Nc6! bxc6 22.dxc6 Be6 23.a4 Qg5 with a double-edged position. ) 21...g3! (21...Qb8 22.Nc6 bxc6 23.dxc6 Be6 24.a4 gives White enough compensation for the piece but probably no more.  ) 22.Bg1 Qh4 (22...h4! ) 23.Nc6 [No choice now.]  23...Qg5 (23...bxc6 24.dxc6 Be6 25.a4 Qg5 ) 24.Na5 h4 25.Bd1 (25.Rfd1 allowing Bf1 allowed a more flexible defence of his king. ) 25...h3 [The attack is unstoppable now.]  26.Bb6 hxg2+ 27.Kxg2 Bh3+ 28.Kg1 gxh2+ 29.Kxh2 Qg3+ 30.Kh1 Bxf1 31.Nb2 Bf6 32.Bg1 Rh7+ 33.Bh2 Rc8 34.Nc6 bxc6 35.Qd2 Rcc7 36.dxc6 Rxh2+ 37.Qxh2 Rh7 38.Qxh7+ Kxh7 39.Rc2 Nh4 40.c7 Bg2+ 41.Kg1 Bxf3+ 42.Kf1 Nxc7 43.Rxc7+ Kg6 44.Bxf3 Qxf3+ 45.Ke1 Ng2+ 46.Kd2 Qe3+ 47.Kc2 Qxe4+ 48.Kb3 f3 49.Ka4 f2 50.Ka5 f1=Q 51.b5 Qa8+ 52.Kb4 Qxa2 53.Na4 Qfb1+ 54.Ka5 Bd8 55.b6 Bxc7 56.bxc7 Qd5+ 57.Nc5 Qxc5+ 58.Ka6 Qa3# 0-1

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.Qb3 Na5 10.Qa4+ Bd7 11.Qc2 g6 12.Nf3 Bg7 13.O-O O-O 14.Nbd2 Rc8 15.Rfe1 Nc4 16.h3 Bb5 17.Nf1 Re8 18.a4 Bc6 19.N1d2 e6 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Bxe5 a5 22.Nf3 Bh6 23.Bh2 Nd7 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.Bxe5 f6 26.Bg3 Bg7 27.f4 Qd7 28.b3 Qd6 29.Qf2 Qf8 30.Re3 Bd7 31.Be2 Bh6 32.Bf3 Kg7 33.h4 Qd6 34.Bg4 Qb6 35.Qb2 Re7 36.Rae1 Kf7 37.Kh2 Ree8 38.Qb1 Rc6 39.Bf3 Rcc8 40.h5 f5 41.Qb2 (41.Kh1!? Qd6 42.Qc1 Bxf4 43.Bxf4 Qxf4 44.Bxd5! Qg5 (44...exd5? 45.Re7+ Rxe7 46.Rxe7+ Kxe7 47.Qxf4 +- ) 45.Bf3 Bc6 is about equal. ) 41...Qc7 42.c4 (42.Qc1 doesn't work with the king on h2 but the text move gives White compensation for the pawn. ) 42...Bxf4 43.Bxf4 Qxf4+ 44.g3 Qd6 45.c5 Qf8 46.Qd2 Ra8 47.Re5 Qg7 48.Qe3 Qf6 49.Qh6 Kg8 50.Kg2 Rad8 51.Rh1 Qg7 52.Qd2 Ra8 53.hxg6 hxg6 54.Qg5 Kf7 55.Rh6 Rh8

56.Rh4 (  I imagine the timer was influencing decisions by now, but White really needed to 'have a go" before Black can simplify too much. There were several ways, e. g. 56.Rxf5+ exf5 (56...gxf5 57.Bh5+ ) 57.Bxd5+ Ke8 58.Rxh8+ Qxh8 59.Qxg6+ Ke7 60.Qd6+ with perpetual check. ) ( or maybe 56.Rxh8 Rxh8 57.Bxd5 Bc6 (57...Rh5?? 58.Qd8 +- ) 58.Bxc6 bxc6 59.Kf3 Rb8 60.Qe3 and the position is pretty much balanced. ) 56...Qf6 57.Qxf6+ Kxf6 58.Rxh8 Rxh8 [The simplification has hugely enhanced the value of Black's extra pawn.]   59.Re1 Rb8 60.Rc1 Bc6 61.Be2 e5 62.dxe5+ Kxe5 63.Bb5 Kd4 64.Kf3 Re8 0-1

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 f5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 O-O 8.h3 Ne4 9.Ne5 Nd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qb3 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Kh8 13.g3 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Qxd6 15.h4 b6 16.Be2 Bb7 17.Rg1 c5 18.dxc5 Qxc5 19.Rd1 Rad8 20.Rd4 Rd7 21.Qb4 Bc6 22.f3 Nxc3 (22...Qxb4!? 23.Rxb4 Nxc3 24.bxc3 Re7 25.Kd2 Rfe8 wins a pawn but after  26.Bb5 Bxb5 27.Rxb5 Rxe3 28.Rxd5 Rxf3 29.Re1 Rc8 30.Re7 the active white rooks should keep the balance. ) 23.Qxc3

23...Qxc3+ 24.bxc3 Re7 25.Kf2 Rfe8 26.Bd3 ( Better was 26.Rd3 Bb5 27.Rxd5 Bxe2 28.Kxe2 Rxe3+ 29.Kd2 Rxf3 transposing to the last note after Black's 28th. ) 26...Rxe3 27.Rc1 g6 ( Overlooking White's next. Black can protect the f-pawn by 27...R3e5 but he doesn't need to be afraid of giving up the exchange. ) 28.Be4 dxe4 29.Kxe3 exf3+ 30.Kf4? ( This is fatal. Necessary was 30.Kf2 Re2+ 31.Kf1 Rxa2 when Black's advantage is considerable but he still has plenty of work to do. ) 30...f2 31.Rf1 Re2 32.h5 Kg7 33.hxg6 hxg6 34.Kg5 Bg2 35.Rd7+ Kf8 36.Rdd1 Bxf1 37.Rxf1 Kf7 38.a4 Rc2 39.g4 fxg4 40.Kxg4 Ke6 41.Kg5 Ke5 42.Kxg6 Ke4 43.Kg5 Kf3 0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Be2 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nd2 Be7 9.c4 O-O 10.a3 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.Rc1 Rd8 13.c5 Ne4 14.b4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bg5 16.Be3 Bf6 17.Nxe4 dxe4 18.Qc2 Be5 19.g3 Bh3 20.Rfd1 Re8 21.a4 f5 22.c6! f4 23.cxb7 Qxb7 24.Bc4+ Kh8 25.Bd5 Qxb4 26.Bxa8 fxe3 27.fxe3 Rxa8

Black has just "obtained" two bishops for a rook but now comes a beautiful finish:  28.Qc8+!! Qf8 [Otherwise it's mate in 2 or 3 moves.]  29.Qxh3 h6 30.Rf1 Qe8 31.Qf5 Bf6 32.Rc4 Rd8 33.Rxe4 Qc6 34.Re6 1-0

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Ngf3 cxd4 7.cxd4 dxe4 8.Nxe4 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Be3 Nb4 11.Nxf6+ Bxf6 12.Be4 Nd5 13.Qd3 g6 14.Ne5 Qd6 15.Nc4 Qe7 16.Rac1 Rd8 17.Na5 Bg5 18.Qb3 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Qg5 20.Bxd5 Rxd5

(20...exd5 was the only move, giving his bishop a chance to breathe. ) 21.Nc4 b6 22.Ne5 Rxe5 ( Probably Black had no choice as 22...f6 runs into  23.Qa3 with a winning attack. ) 23.dxe5 Bb7 24.Rf2 Qxe5 25.Qc3 Qxc3 26.Rxc3 f5 27.Rc7 Be4 28.Rd2 Bd5 29.a3 a5 30.Rdc2 b5 31.Re7 Bc4 32.a4 Bb3 33.Rcc7 Bxa4 34.Rg7+ Kh8 35.Rxh7+ Kg8 36.Rcg7+ Kf8 37.Rxg6 Bb3 38.h4 1-0

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bc4 Ngf6 8.O-O e6 9.Re1 Be7 10.Bb3 O-O 11.Nh4 c5 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.d5 c4

(13...Nb6! has a similar but more vicious idea:  14.Qe2 Qc8 15.a4 Nbxd5 and White has had to cede a pawn to save the bishop. ) 14.Bxc4 Nb6 15.Bb3 Nfxd5 16.Nf1 Bf6 17.Rb1 Qc7 18.Qf3 Rfd8 19.Ne3 Nxe3 20.Bxe3 Rac8 21.c3 Nd5 22.Red1 Nxe3 23.Qxe3 b6 24.h3 Be7 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Rd1 Bc5 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.Qe2 Qg5 29.Kh2 Qf4+ 30.g3?? ( Typical human error. White wanted to play but realised he couldn't while the f2-pawn was pinned. So first he plays 29.Kh2 and then he can play g2-g3 . . . which he then does without further thought. A pity because the game was completely equal after 30.Kg1 ) 30...Qxf2+ 31.Qxf2 Bxf2 The opposite colour bishops will not be enough to save White as Black will obtain connected passed pawns without too much trouble.  32.Kg2 Be1 33.Bc2 f5 34.g4 Kf7 35.Kf3 Kf6 36.c4 e5 37.Ke2 Bh4 38.b4 e4 39.c5 bxc5 40.bxc5 Ke5 41.Bb3 f4 42.c6 Bd8 43.Bc2 f3+ 44.Kf2 Kf4 45.Bd1 g5 46.Kg1 Kg3 47.Kf1 Ba5 0-1

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bg4 9.Be3 Nc6 10.O-O Qd7 11.h3 Bh5 12.a3 Ba5 13.g4 Nxg4 14.b4 Nxe3 15.fxe3 Bb6 16.Kg2 Rae8 17.Qd3 Qd6 18.Nh4 Qh6 19.Nf5 Qg5+ 20.Kh2 Bg6 21.Nd5 Kh8 22.Ra2 Ne7 23.Ndxe7 Rxe7 24.e4 Bxf5 25.Rxf5 Qh4 26.Raf2

26...Qxe4 ( The computer comes up with 26...Rxe4! 27.Qg3 ( Not 27.Rxf7 Qxf2+! 28.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 29.Kg3 Rxd4 30.Qb3 Rdd2 and the black pieces have a field day ) 27...Qxg3+ 28.Kxg3 Bxd4 29.Rf1 f6 and Black should be able to win from here. ) 27.Rxf7! (27.Qxe4 Rxe4 28.Rxf7 Rxf7 29.Rxf7 g6 30.Bd5 Rxd4 31.Bxb7 is also a draw, but Hans's move gives Ben a chances to go wrong - which he doesn't take! ) 27...Rexf7 28.Rxf7 Qe8 29.Qe4 Qd8 30.Bd3 Kg8 31.Re7 Qd6+ 32.Kg2 Qg6+ 33.Qxg6 hxg6 34.Bxg6 Rf6 35.Re8+ 1/2-1/2

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Qf3 Qb6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Bd3 g6 10.Be3 Qc7

11.O-O Bg7 12.a4 Nd7 13.Rf2 b6 14.Rd1 Bb7 15.Bf1 d5 16.exd5 Nb4 17.Qe2 Bxc3 18.dxe6 fxe6 19.bxc3 Nc6 20.Bd4 O-O 21.Qxe6+ Rf7 22.Bc4 Nd8 23.Qe2 Kf8 24.Bxf7 Nxf7 25.Re1 Bd5 26.f5 Bc4 27.Qe7+ Kg8 28.fxg6 hxg6 29.Rf6 1-0