[Event "ICCF - EU/H/1249"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Almarza-Mato, Carlos"]
[Black "Enderlein, S.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Annotator "Fritz5"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 {#} 7...
Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Be3 {#} (9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4
13. Be3 Nc6 14. Rxb7 Rab8 15. Rxb8 Rxb8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e6 18. d5 Ne5 19.
Bg5 h6 20. Be7 Rb2 21. d6 Rd2 22. Qb1 Qa4 23. Qb8+ Kh7 24. Qc7 Qd4 25. Bg4 Kg8
26. Qc8+ Kh7 27. Qc7 Kg8 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qc7 {
1/2-1/2 Wells,P-Rowson,J/Agency Int, London ENG 1998}) 9... Qa5 10. Qd2 cxd4
11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 {(In this line White has to accept some risks. The
king can be an attacking piece (Steinitz). The idea is to leave the King on
the Queen side to help in the control of Black's Pawns.)} 12... Rd8 13. d5 $1 {
(The first step of White's strategical plan: the creation of a pawn wedge.)}
13... Nc6 {(Taking advantage of the pin.)} 14. Bc5 e6 15. d6 {
(The second step.)} 15... b6 {(What about 15...e5? A good plan would be then
16.Bc4 with the idea of Ng5 or even Kc2 and Rd1. Black chose a dificult plan.)}
16. Ba3 Bd7 17. Ba6 Ne5 $1 {
(threatening 18...Nxf3 and a possible e5 isolating White's advanced pawn.)} 18.
Nd4 Nc4+ {#} (18... Ng4 19. Nf3 Bc8 20. Bc4 Bb7 21. Ke1 Bxe4 22. Rd1 Rac8 $19)
19. Bxc4 $1 Bxd4 20. f4 Bc6 {(In positional games one has to decide among
plans which are far more clear. Intuition can play an important role. Black
decided to attack White's pawn, instead of basing his plans on a possible ...
e5.)} 21. e5 $1 {(A positional sacrifice. White decided that the pawn
configuration gives him a clear strategical advantage. But for now accurate
play is needed.)} (21. Kd3 Bc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. e5 Bxg2 24. Rhd1 Bf3 25. Rd2
Rab8 $11) 21... Bxg2 22. Rhc1 Be4 23. Bd3 Bd5 24. Rc2 f6 25. Bb2 $3 {(The secon
d positional sacrifice based upon the following considerations:  a) White's
King can help to stop Black's pawns on the Queen side.  b) White must change
the dark squared Bishop's because his central pawns are on dark squares and
dark is the promotion square of White's Q-pawn.  c) A pair of Rooks must be
changed to tie Black down to his back rank. Then White will control the c-file
too.)  d) A fight for conjugated squares between the remaining Bishops will
appear.)} 25... Bxa2 26. Ra1 Bxb2 27. Rxb2 $1 {
(Following the established plan of battle.)} 27... Bd5 28. Rc1 Rdc8 29. Ba6
Rxc1 30. Kxc1 Rd8 31. Rc2 Bb3 {#} (31... fxe5 32. fxe5 g5 33. Rc7 h5 34. Rxa7
Rf8 35. d7 (35. Rd7 Ra8 $11) 35... Rd8 $11) 32. Rc7 ({
} 32. Rc8 Rxc8+ 33.
Bxc8 Ba4 34. Bxe6+ Kf8 35. d7 Bxd7 36. Bxd7 Ke7 $16) 32... Ba4 (32... h5 $11)
33. Bc8 (33. Bc4 fxe5 34. Bxe6+ Kh8 35. fxe5 a5 36. Bd5 b5 37. Kb2 b4 $14)
33... Bb3 {(In connection with 32...Ba4 and 33...Bb3 and with the benefit of
hindsight I suppose black never knew how to play this position. Nethertheless
i suppose that in case of 31...fxe5 32.fxe5 g5 33.Rc7 h5 34.Rxa7 Rf8 the
correct plan would be 35.Re7! Black has many difficulties. White's Bishop
controls c8 and f1. black cannot attempt to bring hir king to e8 because White
would play Bb5 and Rh7 posing new threats. the position is very complicated
but White managed to show that those central pawns were very dangerous for
black. In chess simply you have to choose, so committing yourself to the
consequences. Black took his decisions and lost. He was bold enough (credit
should be given to him) to decide and play accordingly. chess is a complicated
game and i have always found it very difficult to annotate my own games.)} 34.
Bb7 (34. Ba6 $11) 34... a5 (34... fxe5 35. fxe5 a5 36. Kb2 Bd1 37. Re7 Bg4 38.
d7 Kf8 39. Rxh7 $11) 35. Re7 (35. Rc8 Rxc8+ 36. Bxc8 Ba4 37. Bxe6+ Kf8 38. d7
Bxd7 39. Bxd7 Ke7 $16) 35... fxe5 36. fxe5 Rf8 37. Bc6 Bd5 (37... Rf2 38. d7
Rc2+ 39. Kd1 $18) 38. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "WT/M/GT/368"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pachman, Otakar"]
[Black "Langerack, Dick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Annotator "B.Milligan"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 h6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. f4 b5 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 {
(Mabe 6.a3 is more circumspect.)} 6... c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. b3 g5 {#(A typical
Basman move, fights for e5, clears the h-file and gets the Bishop to g7, here
with tempi on Ktc3.)} 9. fxg5 Bg7 10. Bb2 hxg5 11. Nxg5 Nd7 12. Qf3 Bf6 $5 {
(To forestall 0-0-0 and tell Ktg5 not to be too optimistic about f7.)} 13. Nd5
$5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qa5+ {(That came in handy. the game already plays itself in
that there is no going back on heavy measures.)} 15. Kf1 (15. Ke2 c4 16. bxc4
bxc4 17. Bxc4 Rh4 18. d6 Rc8 19. Bxf7+ Kf8 {(and Black has Rxc2 and Qxg5.)})
15... Rh6 $1 16. d6 Rb8 {#(Now how on earth will White save the Ng5 or Bb2?)}
17. Bh7 (17. h4 $4 Bxg5) (17. Ne4 Bxb2) (17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Bf5 Nh6 19. g4 Ne5
20. Qf4 Nhxg4 {(Withe the idea 21...Rxf5 and 23...Ne3+. The answer is an
unbelievable six move sequence by the White Bishop all by itself! Watch this...
)}) 17... Bxg5 18. Bxg8 Rxd6 $1 19. Bxf7+ Kd8 20. Be8 $1 Bf6 (20... Kxe8 $2 21.
Qh5+ {(And ...Qxg5.)}) 21. Bxd7 Bxb2 22. Bg4 $3 {
(With the idea 22...Bxa1?? 23.Qf8+ +-. saving Rook AND Queen.)} 22... Rf6 {
(I really didn't (and Don't) see anything better.)} 23. Rd1+ Bd4 24. Bf5 Kc7 {
(Probably short of winning, but it semed logical to walk out of the pin, the
more so as} (24... e6 25. g4 exf5 26. c3 Kc7 (26... fxg4 $4 27. Qxf6+) 27. g5
$1 {seemed impossibly difficult too.)}) 25. Re1 {
(Also 25.g4 proves very tough. I really would like to see a run from Fritz5.)}
25... e6 $5 {(A very nasty trap in which White falls, he had to play 26.Qf4+
to take away d2 from the Black Queen, in that case I don't see a win for Black,
but he played...)} 26. Rxe6 $2 Rxe6 27. Bxe6 Qd2 $1 {(White is in terminal
trouble but still manages to squeeze an endgame out of it.)} 28. g3 Re8 29.
Qf7+ Kb6 30. h4 Ka5 $5 {#(Black could have won the Be6 by Qd1+ and Qe2+, and
maybe this would have been the quicker course, in retrospect, because White
drums up some last nasty moves.)} 31. c3 Re7 $1 (31... Rxe6 $4 32. Qc7+ Rb6 33.
cxd4) 32. b4+ Ka4 33. cxd4 {(Best try.)} 33... Rxf7+ 34. Bxf7 c4 35. h5 c3 36.
Bb3+ Kxb4 37. Rh4 {(I was glad he played this instead of the prosaic 37.h6, c2
etc which also wins after many ++)} 37... a5 $1 38. h6 a4 39. d5+ Ka3 40. h7
axb3 41. h8=Q c2 {
(A fitting end don't you think. I hope you found this interesting.))} 0-1

[Event "Challenge Tournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saphire, Novag"]
[Black "Cumming, David R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "David Cumming"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 {#(In my postal games against Humans
recently, I have preferred 11...Bxf6 here. However, with myself owning a
Saphire I knew the machine's opening repertoire so I played the main line.)}
12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. f6 gxf6 15. gxf6 Bf8 16. Rg1 Bd7 17. Rg7 Bxg7 18.
fxg7 Rg8 19. e5 O-O-O 20. exd6 Qb6 21. Ne4 Bc6 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Qxf7 {
(The Saphire was still in book at this point. A superior alternative was} (23.
Qc3 Qxe4 24. Qxc5+ Kb8 25. Qc7+ Ka8 26. Qxf7 $1 {Which may well be White's
best according to Nunn and does indeed seem to be winning, hence my reason for
preferring  to play 11...Bxf6 against human opponents!)}) 23... Nxe4 24. Qxe6+
Kb8 25. Bg2 Rxg7 26. Bxe4 {#(Saphire had exhausted its known theory with this
move and had started to think for itself here.)} 26... Qc5 27. Bf3 $6 Rg1 28.
d7 Kc7 29. Qxa6 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Rxd7 31. Qa5+ Kb8 32. Qe1 Qg5+ 33. Kb1 Qd2 {
#((In an OTB game which I used as a "dress rehearsal" for this postalencounter,
mt own Saphire, in TR8 mode, then played} 34. Qxd2 (34. Qg3+ $5 {
(The game finished as follows: -} 34... Ka7 35. Qg1+ Qd4 $1 36. Qxd4+ Rxd4 37.
Kc1 Rh4 38. h3 Rxh3 39. Bg4 Rh2 40. Bf5 h5 41. Kd1 h4 42. Ke1 Kb6 43. Kf1 Kc5
44. b3 $2 b4 $1 45. Kg1 Rd2 46. Kf1 Kd4 47. Kg1 Kc3 48. Kf1 Kb2 49. Ke1 Rh2 50.
Kf1 Kxa2 51. Kg1 Rd2 52. Kf1 Kb2 53. Be6 Rxc2 54. Bf7 Rc3 55. Ke2 Rxb3 56. Bg8
{(& Resigns. 0 1!!, played on Saturday, 17th of January, 1998.)}) (34. Qe5+ Ka7
{(and Black wins. Varlamov - Kirillov, corres 1989. 34.Qxd2 left me out of
book and was different to the 34.Qg3+!? as played in my OTB game vs. my own
silicon monster. I still figured that as near as damn it, Black should
effectively be winning, so time to start playing chess for myself.)}) 34...
Rxd2 35. Kc1 Rxh2 36. Bf3 h5 37. Kd1 h4 38. Be4 h3 39. Ke1 Kc7 40. a3 Kd6 41.
Bf5 Ke5 42. Bc8 Rh1+ {(and with that, David Salter decided to call it a day
for his Saphire. He said in his note "Novag is approaching a -5 evaluation and
it would probably take another 2 months to actually make it resign, si I'll
save us the agony!")} 0-1

[Event "Challenge Tournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Salter, David"]
[Black "Rutherford, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Annotator "David Salter"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nc6 3. c4 Bg4 4. Nc3 Bxf3 {
(Early departure from the usual. what's he up to.)} 5. exf3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Qxd4
$6 {(Ah, pawn grabbing. But in common with a number of opening situations,
there's a downside. Black cannot hold onto the material without suffering
positionally. Capturing by 6...Nxd4 allows 7.Bd5 and there are a surprising
number of tricks in that line to keep White happy.)} 7. Qb3 Nd8 $6 {(White reje
cts 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qb3+ e6 as there is greater scope for Black to muddy the
waters. retaining the threatening Bishop, and indeed the Bishop pair, looked
better. blacks responce defends the attacked pawns but clutters his back rank
with non-participants. A developing move at the cost of a pawn was advisable.)}
8. Be3 Qd7 {(White takes advantage of the Queen and deploys the second Bishop.
8.Nb5 Qe5+ doesn't look so convincing. Black's retreat may have been too
orientated towards stopping Nb5. 8...Qf6 may have been a lesser evil.)} 9. Rd1
Qc8 {#(Again White can bring more firepower to bear at the expence of the
Queen's vulnerable position. the reply 9...Qf5 may have been tried but that
White Knight would be ready to spring to b5 again.)} 10. Rxd8+ $1 Kxd8 {
(With such a lead in development and potential to embarrass the King, I was
happy to give up the Rook for the poor defending Knight. 10...Qxd8? 11.Bxf7+
Kd7 12.Qe6++.)} 11. Bxf7 Nf6 12. Be6 Qb8 {(White's Bishop imposes a blockade
as well as driving away the Queen. 12...Nd7 would invite 13.0-0 with Rd1 to
follow.)} 13. Qd1+ $6 Ke8 {(White was intent on using the d file for attacking
and so it seemed the King on e8 would stop Black's Knight from redeploying via
that square onto d6. However 13.Bf4 is unpleasant, as in 13...Ne8 14.Qa4 Nf6
15.Nd5.)} 14. O-O g6 {(With the same intent, White wants to get the Rook
available for the d file but even here 14.Bf4 is good.)} 15. Ne4 Qd8 {
(Despite the slower than necessary build-up White can now finish off. 15...Bg7
was another try but 16.Bh6 exposes the shortcomings of the Black position. (16.
..Bxh6 17.Nxf6+).)} 16. Qb3 Qb8 {(Again 16...Bg7 prolongs matters.)} 17. Bf7+
Kd8 18. Rd1+ $6 {
(Not bad, but innacurate as 18.Qd3+ is quicker. (18...Nd7 19.Nc5 Qc8 20.Ne6++.)
} 18... Nd7 19. Qd5 Qc8 20. Nc5 {(The "flashy" 20.Nf6 works just as well.
black tried to hold onto material for too long. The resulting positional
difficulties brought on by underdevelopment and allowing the Queen to be
harrassed, were too great even to survive some inefficiant latter moves by
White.)} 1-0

[Event "WT/III/956"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Macgregor, C.olin"]
[Black "Bogers, L.M.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "B.Milligan"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

{(Rubenstine Variation of 4 Knights with colours reversed.)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nd5 $1 Nxe4 {(The only analysis of this line was
by I Glaskov in the 1970s in the Soviet weekly "64". his analysis showed that
the alternative)} (5... d6 {(allows)} 6. d4 $1 Nxd4 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 (7... Nxd5 8.
Bb5+ Kf8 9. Nb3 Bb4+ 10. c3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Bd2 Bxa1 13. Qxa1 {
(with advantage to White)}) 8. Bg5 {(or)}) {
(The text move, however gets black into terrible trouble.)} 6. Qe2 Bxf2+ {
(The alternatives at move 6 are no better.)} (6... Nxf2 7. d4 {(wins material)}
) (6... Nd6 7. d4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. c3 {(is good for White)}) 7. Kd1 f5 8.
d3 Nd4 $2 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. dxe4 f4 {#(This blocks off the diagonal for the
Black squared Bishop. White's pieces have more space, however.)} 11. c3 c6 12.
cxd4 cxd5 13. Qh5+ {(Black's King is very exposed.)} 13... g6 $4 14. Qxe5+ Qe7
15. Qxh8+ Qf8 16. Qxf8+ {(To simplify things.)} 16... Kxf8 17. Bxd5 g5 18. Bd2
d6 19. Bb4 Bg4+ {(A delaying tactic.)} 20. Kd2 Rd8 21. Rac1 {(White is a Rook
and Knight ahead, and is threatening to get his Rooks into play, with
devastating effect.  I had played Leonardo bogers in a tournament some 3 years
ago, at the time of my marriage, and as a wedding present, he sent me a
beautiful clan crest and motto in wood!)} 1-0

[Event "EU/MSM/V/3-10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ferreira, J M G."]
[Black "Thomson, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Tom Tomson"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8.
Rd1 O-O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. Rxd4 Qe7 12. Rxd8+ Qxd8 13. Rd1 Qe8 14.
Nc4 $1 Qh5 $2 (14... Qxe4 $2 15. Nd6+ $1) (14... Qg6 $2 15. Bf4 Be7 (15... Bc5
$2 16. Qd2 Ne7 17. Qa5 $18) 16. Qd3) (14... Be7 15. h3 Be6 (15... Bd7 16. Qd3
g5 (16... h5 17. Na5 Be6 18. Qd4 b6 19. Nc4 $16 Bc5 20. Qd3 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 a5
22. b4 axb4 23. a3 bxa3 24. Qxa3 Kb7 25. Ra1 c5 26. Qa7+ Kc6 27. Rd1 Nh6 28.
Nc4 Qa8 29. Nce5+ fxe5 30. Nxe5+ Kb5 31. Rb1+) 17. Nxg5 $1 $18 fxg5 18. Qd4 Bf6
19. Qa7 Kd8 20. Qb8+ Ke7 21. Bc5+ Kf7 22. Qxc7 Kg6 23. Qxd7) 16. Nd4 Bf7 $2 (
16... Bd7 17. Qd2 $16) 17. Qg4+ $18) 15. Qd3 $2 (15. Qd2 $1 Be7 16. Bf4 $1 Nh6
(16... g5 17. Bg3) 17. Bxc7) 15... Be7 16. Rd2 (16. h3 Be6 17. Rd2 c5 $11) (16.
Bf4 Nh6 17. Qb3 Bc5 $11) 16... c5 (16... Nh6 17. Nd4 Rd8 18. Qb3 $14) 17. Bf4
Be6 (17... g5 18. Bg3 Qe8 19. Qb3 $14) 18. a4 $6 (18. Qb3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qg4 20.
Bg3 Kb8 21. h3 Qc8 22. Qf7) 18... Qg4 {#} (18... g5 19. Bg3 Qf7 $2 (19... Nh6
$5 20. Qb3 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qf7 22. Qc3 $14) 20. b4 $1 cxb4 (20... Kb8 21. b5 Bxc4
$2 (21... g4 22. b6) (21... h5 22. b6) (21... Nh6 22. Na5 Rd8 23. Qf1 Rxd2 24.
Nxd2 Qe8 25. bxa6 $18) 22. Qd7 Bd6 23. Qd8+ Ka7 24. Bxd6 $18) (20... Bxc4 $4
21. Qd7+ Kb8 22. Qxc7+ Ka7 23. Qb8+ Kb6 24. Bc7+ Kc6 25. Bd8 Bf8 26. Qc8+) 21.
Qd4 Kb8 22. Na5 Bd6 23. Bxd6 cxd6) 19. Bg3 Nh6 (19... f5 20. Qc3 $16) 20. h3 (
20. Ne3 $5 Qh5 21. Qc3 Rd8 22. Nd4 Qf7 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. f3 Qc6
26. b4 cxb4 27. Qxb4) 20... Qg6 21. Qb3 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qf7 23. Qe2 (23. Qc3 Qe6
24. Qa5 Qc6 25. c3 Rd8 26. Rd5 Rxd5 27. exd5 Qd7 28. b4 $14) 23... Qe6 (23...
Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 (24... Kxd8 25. Qd2+ Kc8 26. Qa5 Bd6 27. Bxd6 cxd6 $11) 25.
Bf4 g5 26. Be3 Be7 27. Qd3 Qe6 $11) 24. Qe3 Re8 $11 (24... Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8
26. Qxc5 Qxe4 $11) 25. a5 $6 (25. b4 Bf8) 25... Nf7 $15 26. b3 (26. Re2) 26...
Kb8 (26... Bd6 27. Bxd6 Nxd6 28. e5 fxe5 29. Re2 e4 30. Qxc5 Qf6 $15) 27. Re2 (
27. Rd1 $5 Bd6 28. Bxd6 Nxd6 29. Qxc5) 27... Qc6 28. Qd3 (28. e5 Bf8 $15) 28...
Rd8 (28... Bd6 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxd6 Nxd6 31. e5 $11) 29. Qc3 (29. Qc4 Qe8 (
29... Nd6 30. Qe6 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 32. e5 Nf5 33. Bf4 $14)) 29... Qb5 (29...
Nd6 30. Qe1) 30. Rd2 Nd6 31. e5 (31. Qe3 Qxa5 32. Rd5 b6) (31. Bxd6 Bxd6 32. e5
fxe5 33. Nxe5 Qb4) 31... Ne4 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. Qe3 Nxg3 34. fxg3 c4 35. Qd2
Be7 36. bxc4 Qc5+ 37. Kf1 Qxc4+ 38. Qd3 Qxd3+ 39. cxd3 fxe5 40. Nxe5 Kc8 41. d4
Bf6 42. Nf3 Kd7 43. g4 c6 44. Ke2 Ke6 45. Kd3 Kd5 0-1

[Event "SCCA Premiers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kilgariff, Andrew"]
[Black "Lloyd, Geoff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Annotator "Geoff Lloyd"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Nc3 {
(Tactics already, keep your eyes open at all times!)} 5... Nxe4 6. Bc4 Nxc3 7.
Bxc3 Bxc3 8. dxc3 O-O {
(Well my pawns look pretty healthy to me and the centres on a plate.)} 9. O-O
e5 10. Nd2 d5 11. Be2 f5 {#(I have been pushing the f pawn with a great deal
of success in OTB play in the Modern Defence, particularly when White responds
to Qb6 with Qb3 and an early exchange of Queens follows. The f file is a
dangerous file to occupy. just look at the centre now!)} 12. c4 d4 13. Nf3 Nc6
14. Qc1 e4 {(The moves play themselves.)} 15. Ne1 f4 16. Qb2 f3 17. gxf3 Qg5+
18. Kh1 Qd2 19. fxe4 Qxe2 20. Ng2 Bh3 21. Rae1 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qf3+ 23. Kg1 Rf4
0-1

[Event "Premiers"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trennor, David"]
[Black "Lloyd, Geoff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Annotator "G LLoyd"]
[PlyCount "44"]

{(The Modern can produce some lively play as the following game reveals. White
adopts a much more aggressive game than the previous game, kicks the King's
Knight around but still manages to lose.)} 1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e4 Bg7 4. e5
Ne4 5. d3 Ng5 6. h4 Ne6 7. h5 d6 {(A little prod at the centre.)} 8. d4 O-O 9.
hxg6 fxg6 {# Here's that f-file again.} 10. Nf3 dxe5 11. Bc4 exd4 12. Ng5 Rf5
$1 13. Qg4 b5 14. Nxe6 Re5+ 15. Kf1 bxc4 $1 16. Qf3 Rxe6 17. Qxa8 {(This at fir
st looks OK for White, however the Queen is out on a limb and I have ideas to
ensnare the crowned lady!)} 17... c3 18. Bxc3 Ba6+ 19. Kg1 dxc3 20. Na3 Re2 21.
Nc4 Bd4 22. Kh2 c6 $3 {
(White resigned. i don't think there's a way out after Qc7+ and Bb7!)} 0-1

[Event "Alan Shaw Memorial"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Craig (SCO), Tom"]
[Black "Anderton (ENG), David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Tom Craig"]
[PlyCount "57"]

{Tom says "I was aware that David was a devoted French Defence man, but his
7th move really took me by surprise. It was even more surprising to discover
that the variation has a name - the Eigom Variation.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 $5 8. a4 {In an OTB game, this
unusual variation would have more impact. Calmly, I was able to consider three
alternative replies.} (8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 {with counterplay.}) (8. Qd1 $5) (
8. h4 {intending Rh3.} 8... Qc7 9. Qd1 $1 {Kasparov vP. Nikolic, Horgen, 1994.}
) 8... b6 (8... Qc7 9. Nf3 (9. Kd1 $1) 9... cxd4 {Eigom.}) 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. Bb5
$5 {#} ({I did find one of David's OTB games with this line.} 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11.
cxd3 Nd7 12. O-O Kg8 13. Ba3 Rc8 (13... h6) 14. c4 h6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rab1
Kh7 17. Rb7 Rc7 18. Rxc7 Qxc7 19. d4 Rc8 (19... Rb8 $5) 20. Rc1 Qa5 21. cxd5
Qxa4 22. dxe6 Qxa3 23. Rf1 fxe6 24. Qxe6 cxd4 25. Qxd7 d3 26. g3 Rc1 27. Rxc1
Qxc1+ 28. Kg2 Qa3 29. Ne1 a5 30. Qxd3+ (30. Nxd3 $1) 30... Qxd3 31. Nxd3 a4 32.
Nb4 g5 33. f4 Kg6 34. Kf3 a3 35. Ke4 h5 36. Na2 h4 37. Nc3 h3 38. Na2 Nf5 39.
Kd5 Ne3+ 40. Kd6 Nf5+ 41. Kd5 Ne3+ 42. Kd6 Nf5+ {
1/2 1/2, Thomas Emst v David Anderton, Gausdal TM, 1992.}) 10... Bxb5 11. axb5
Qe8 $5 (11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc7 13. O-O Qxc2 $6 14. Bg5 $1) (11... Qc7) 12. c4
$5 {He suggested "If 12.Rb1 Nd7."} 12... Nd7 (12... cxd4 13. cxd5 Nxd5 (13...
Qxb5) 14. Qxd4 Nd7 15. c4 Ne7 16. Ba3 $16) (12... dxc4 13. dxc5 Qxb5 14. cxb6)
(12... h5 13. Qf4 Ng6 (13... dxc4) 14. Qe3) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 (13... exd5 14. O-O (
14. c4 $6) 14... Ng6 15. Bd2 (15. Re1)) 14. c4 (14. O-O $2 Nc3) 14... f5 $6 {
Black offered a draw!} (14... Nc3 15. Qf4 $16) (14... Ne7 15. O-O (15. Ba3)) (
14... Nb4 {intending a5.} 15. Qe4) 15. exf6 (15. Qg3 Nc3) 15... N5xf6 (15...
N7xf6 16. Qh4 Nc3 (16... Nb4 17. O-O) 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Ba3 Nfe4 19. O-O (19.
Ne5 $1) 19... g5 $6 20. Qg4 $4 (20. Nxg5 $1) 20... h5 $19) 16. Qg3 (16. Qf4
cxd4) 16... cxd4 (16... Ne4 17. Qf4+ Ndf6 18. O-O {intending Re1.}) 17. Nxd4 {#
} 17... Nc5 (17... Ne4 18. Qf4+ Ndf6 19. Qc7 $5) (17... Kf7 18. O-O Qb8 19. Bf4
$5 e5 20. Nf5 Rg8 (20... g6 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Be3) 21. Be3 $16) (17... Rc8 $2
18. Qd6+ Kg8 19. Nc6) 18. O-O Kf7 $6 (18... Kg8 19. Be3 Nce4 20. Qc7 $16) 19.
Nc6 Rf8 (19... a6 20. Be3 $1 Nfd7 $2 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Qf3+ $1) 20. Be3 Kg8 {
Black has effectively taken four moves to castle!} 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Ra2 $1 Nd7
23. Qd6 $1 e5 (23... Rf6 24. Rd1 $1) 24. Rfa1 Qf7 (24... e4 $2 25. Rxa7 Rxa7
26. Rxa7 Rf7 27. Qd5 e3 28. Ra8 $1) 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Qxd7 Rae8 27. Qxa7 Rxe7 (
27... Qxe7 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Ra8) 28. Qxc5 Rc7 29. Ra7 $1 1-0

