[Event "SCCA Challenge"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McIntee, Chris"]
[Black "Mackenzie, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Chris McIntee"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 {
(Black will soon regret this as my Bishop on C! becomes all powerfull.)} 8.
bxc3 dxc4 9. Qa4 h6 10. Ba3 ({(Better than)} 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12.
Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Kf7 {(Which looks more boring but it does win a pawn. Ba3
is now a monster with a bad toothache.)}) 10... Bd7 11. Qxc4 Ng4 12. Rae1 {
(I think this is a mistake. Instead Rfe1 looks healthier.)#} 12... Qf6 13. e4
O-O-O 14. e5 Qf7 15. Rb1 {(The b file looks tasty!!)} 15... a6 $4 {
(Black had to try Na5.)} 16. Rxb7 $3 {
(The Rook smashes in for the kill. Black cannot accept or refuse the Rook.)}
16... Be8 (16... Kxb7 17. Rb1+ Ka7 18. Bc5+ Ka8 19. Qxa6+ Na7 20. Qxa7#) 17.
Qxa6 Rd5 18. Rfb1 1-0

[Event "SCCA Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lennox, Jonathon"]
[Black "Wallwork, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "Jonathon Lennox"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bf5 4. Nc3 {(The traditional plan is 4...Nbd7 and 5..
.e5. The critical test of the move played is probably 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qb3)} 4... e6
5. g3 Ne4 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. O-O c5 9. d5 Qb6 10. b3 O-O {#(At this point
, not having achieved very much in the opening, I decided on radical action to
seize the initiative, Remember Fischer's 1...Nh5 against Spassky?)} 11. Nh4 $5
Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bxh4 13. gxh4 e5 14. Qg5 Bg6 15. h5 f6 16. Qh4 Be8 17. e4 Qd8 18.
Bh3 f5 {(Black must play this to avoid strangulation, but it might have been
tried a move earlier.)} 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Bxf5 Bxh5 21. Nb5 Nf6 22. f4 {
(Around here I began to feel optimistic: White aims to create a central passed
pawn.)#} 22... exf4 23. Rxf4 Rfe8 24. Re1 a6 25. Nc7 Re5 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Rf5
Rxf5 28. Bxf5 Bg4 29. Be6 Bf3 30. e5 {(And after this move, the culmination of
White's strategy, optimism grew into confidence.)} 30... dxe5 31. Rxe5 Ng4 32.
Rf5 Be4 33. Rf4 Nf6 34. Bf5 Bxf5 35. Rxf5 Rd7 36. Ne8 $1 Ng8 37. Rf8 {
(Now it only remains to advance the White King in order to promote the d pawn.)
} 37... b5 38. Kf2 h6 39. Kf3 bxc4 40. bxc4 Rb7 41. d6 Rb1 42. Ke4 Rd1 {
(And George resigned, just as I was looking forward to)} 43. Ke5 Kh7 44. Ke6
Re1+ 45. Kd5 Rxe8 46. Rxe8 Nf6+ 47. Kxc5 Nxe8 48. d7 Nc7 49. Kd6 1-0

[Event "SCCA League Div 2 1998"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mackenzie, Stuart"]
[Black "Lloyd, Geoff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "G Lloyd"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 {(Page 54 Winning with the Modern, Norwood. So
now its time to learn about the Pirc/Modern.)} 4. Nc3 Nf6 {(Standard.)} 5. Be2
{(Be3 is a good alternative.)} 5... O-O 6. O-O c6 $5 {(Interesting isnt it?)}
7. Re1 $2 {(I didn't really know how to deal with this at first so I did what
I thought was in keeping with hypermodern chess and played.)} 7... d5 {
(David Norwood's book TEACHES!! White can either IGNORE/CAPTURE or ADVANCE,
calculate each before moving.) I hoped he would advance. I had ideas on the
f-file.)} 8. e5 {(He advanced.)} 8... Nfd7 9. Be3 f6 {(Here we go again.)} 10.
exf6 Nxf6 11. Qd2 Bf5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Re8 14. Nh4 $6 {#(Tough stuff.)}
14... Bxc2 15. Rac1 Be4 16. g4 e5 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. f3 $2 Qb6+ 19. Kf1 Nxg4 $1
20. fxg4 Nd7 21. Bf3 Rf8 $1 {(At last.)} 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Rcd1 exf3 24. Qd2
Qb5+ {(The net soon tightens.)} 25. Kf2 Re2+ 26. Rxe2 fxe2+ {
(Discovered check. That f-file did it again.)} 0-1

[Event "Jiri Pelikan Memorial "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Olafsson, Hannes"]
[Black "Pyrich, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[Annotator "B.Milligan"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

{This event was, for me, very difficult. For the first time, I was paired
against some really top players and found it really hard going. Fortunately, I
did manage to win one game and achieve my first ever win against a CC GM.} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {The Open Variation, a
long-time favourite. In most lines, Black gets active piece play.} 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 {#} 10... Bg4 ({
There's nothing wrong with} 10... d4 {but I've always played the text}) 11. Bc2
Be7 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Nf1 Rd8 14. Ne3 Bh5 15. b4 Ne6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nf5 O-O 18.
a4 Rfe8 ({I tried} 18... d4 {against D. Karlsson (ISD) in the SCCA Bulletin 10
tournament in 1990 continuing.....} 19. axb5 axb5 20. Be4 Rfe8 21. Be3 Bf8 22.
Qd2 h5 23. h3 Nxb4 24. cxb4 dxe3 25. Qxd7 exf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rxd7 27. Bc6 Rdd8 {
and here, we agreed a draw! I recollect that all this was a bit dodgy for
Black and was more than happywiththeresult!}) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qe2 Rb8 21. Bd3
Ncd8 {#} 22. Ra7 ({In the same event, Tero Kokkila (FIN) played} 22. Be3 {After
} 22... Bf8 (22... d4 $6 {might be o.k., but}) (22... c6 {should have been
played. I recall that, at the time, I felt that it was too passive and,
fearing White's K-side pawn majority, played the text, in preparation for ....
d4. After 22... c6, there's nothing wrong at all. This was one of a number of
errors of judgement I made in this event.}) 23. Ra7 d4 24. cxd4 {
Now I should have played  rather than} 24... Qd5 $2 (24... Bxb4 25. Rb1 Nc6 26.
Bxb5 Bxf5 27. Bxc6 (27. gxf5 Nexd4 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 30. Bxe8 Qxa7 {
is equal}) 27... Qxc6 28. gxf5 Qe4 {with an unclear position}) 25. Ra5 $1 {
Oops! Missed this!} 25... Bxb4 26. Rxb5 Rxb5 27. Bxb5 Bxe1 28. Bxe8 Bb4 29. Bb5
{and White duly converted his advantage on move 54}) 22... d4 23. Rd1 {
A new move. There were 2 alternatives:} (23. cxd4 Bxb4 24. Rd1 Bc3 25. Be3 Qd5
26. Rb1 b4 27. Rd1 Nc6 28. Ra6 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Rbd8 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. h3 Rf8 32.
Rxc6 Qxc6 33. Ne1 Qa4 {0-1, Noskowiewicz - Koralewski, Corr. POL, 1994 shows
some of the possibilities for Black.}) (23. N3xd4 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Nxd4 25. cxd4
Qxd4 26. Rxc7 Bxb4 {was unclear in Zarnicki - Sorin, Ch. ARG, 1996}) 23... dxc3
24. Bc4 $5 ({If he'd tried} 24. Nh6+ {
I felt that Black's resources were adequate e.g.} 24... gxh6 25. Bxg6 Nf4 $1 {
Without this, Black's in big trouble!} 26. Bxh7+ Kg7 (26... Kxh7 27. Qe4+) 27.
Bxf4 Qxg4+ 28. Bg3 Kxh7 29. Rxc7 Qxb4 30. Qc2+ Kh8 31. Rd4 Qb2 32. Rxc3 Qxc2
33. Rxc2 b4 {and it's about equal!}) (24. Be4 Qc8 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Bxg6 hxg6
27. Qe4 Rd7 {Doesn't offer White much either}) 24... Qc6 25. Bd5 {#} 25... c2 {
Inspiration, born of desparation. Instead} (25... Qb6 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. Be3 {
wins immediately for White}) 26. Bxc6 cxd1=Q+ 27. Qxd1 Nxc6 28. Nxe7+ Rxe7 29.
Ra1 Rd8 30. Qf1 Be4 $1 {Now White is in trouble. After a series of almost
"only" moves, I'm now almost winning. I guess I got lucky.} 31. Ng5 Red7 32.
Nxe4 (32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Bg5 (33. Bb2 Bf3 34. Re1 Nxb4 35. Qxb5 Nc2 36. Rf1 Rd1
{also wins}) 33... Nxe5 34. Ra3 Nf3+ 35. Rxf3 Bxf3 {wins for Black - if now 36.
Bxd8 then Black replies Rxd8! before playing Rd1 next move!}) 32... Rd1 33.
Qxd1 (33. Bb2 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Nxb4 {is similar to the game}) 33... Rxd1+ 34. Kg2
h6 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Be3 Rb1 {##Now I simply have to hold things together to win
} 37. Nc5 Rxb4 38. Nxe6 fxe6 39. Rc8 Nxe5 40. Rxc7 Rxg4+ 41. Kf1 Rc4 42. Re7
Ng4 43. Rxe6 Nxh2+ 44. Ke2 Ng4 45. Bd2 Rc7 46. f3 Nf6 47. Rb6 Rc5 48. Bb4 Rf5
49. Rb7 h5 50. Kf2 (50. Bf8 {comes to much the same after} 50... Ne8 51. Bb4 h4
52. Kf2 Kh6 53. Rb8 Nf6 54. Rh8+ Nh7 55. Kg2 Kg6 56. Rd8 Ng5 {Now, after...}
57. Rd3 Kh5 58. Re3 Rxf3 $1 {
I was fairly certain that the 3 pawns were too strong for the B}) 50... h4 51.
Kg2 Kh6 52. Be7 Kh5 53. Bd8 Rd5 54. Ba5 g5 55. Bc3 Nd7 {##Here, White, rather
generously, resigned. Of course, Black is 2 pawns to the good but still has
some work to do.} 0-1

[Event "SCCA Championship 1997/98"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sprott, G R."]
[Black "Beecham, C R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "C R Beecham"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 {George and I have played many times. He usually
plays a Colle or Torre System of some kind so I play a line that has brought
me success against him in the past.} 4. Nbd2 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d6
{It is a matter of "taste" whether Blacks pawn goes to d6 or d5. I prefer d6
when the centre can be contested with either e5 or c5.} 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. c4 e5 $1
10. Qc2 ({Whites d3 Bishop is lost after} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 {etc.})
10... Re8 {Black has snatched a small initiative with the threat of 11...e4.}
11. d5 Nc5 {Renewing the e4 threat.} 12. Be2 {I felt 12.e4 was better. Black
is unlikely to exchange the c5 knight for a Bishop with little future.} 12...
Bc8 $5 {The Bishop threatens to come to f5.} ({Also interesting was.} 12... Qd7
13. b4 Na4 $5) ({but probably correct was} 12... a5 13. a3 Qe7 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Ncd7 {When the Knight has to go back to d7 anyway.}) 13. e4 Nh5 {
White creates a new weakness at f4.} 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nb3 Nf4 16. Rfe1 Rf8 17.
Rad1 $6 {#This is not the correct plan. White should continue with 17.Rac1 and
c5 or 17.a4 and a5.} 17... f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bc1 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 f4 21. Rde1
Qe8 $1 {
The exclamation mark is not for the move itself, but for the plan it initiates.
} 22. Ng5 {Threatening mate in one!} 22... Qh5 23. Ne6 Rf6 24. Nxc7 Rh6 25. h3
Nf8 $3 26. f3 ({The Rook is taboo as} 26. Nxa8 Bxh3 $1 27. gxh3 Qxh3 {mates})
26... Bf5 27. Qc3 Qg6 $1 {White was threatening 28.g4! and Rg2! winning.} 28.
Nxa8 Rxh3 29. Bb2 $1 {Good defence as Black was intending e4 next.} 29... Qg3
30. Rf2 {# Creating an escape square at e2 for the King.} 30... Bf6 31. Qd2 Bh4
{
With a deadly threat of 32...Bd3!! followed by 33...Qxf2 or 33...Qh2+ and mate.
} 32. Nc1 Ng6 {Bringing up the calvary.} 33. Nc7 e4 34. Rxe4 Bxe4 35. Qd4 Ne5
36. Kf1 ({Also taking the Bishop fails} 36. fxe4 f3 {
and there is no answer to Qh2+ and Qh1 mate.}) 36... Rh1+ 37. Ke2 Bxf3+ $1 38.
gxf3 ({if} 38. Rxf3 Qe1#) 38... Qg1 {With mate to follow White Resigns.} 0-1

[Event "SCCA Challenge"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McAinsh, T."]
[Black "Hilton, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "S Hilton"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. f3 {
(This was a surprise to me as I had only started playing the Semi-Slav.)} 5...
dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 e6 8. Nge2 Bb7 9. a3 a6 10. e4 {(White is building a
very imposing centre which Black must try and breach at some point in the
future.)} 10... Be7 11. Nf4 Qb6 {
(I didn't appreciate the full force of Whire's next move.)} 12. Bxe6 $3 fxe6
13. Nxe6 Bf8 {(Is there an alternative move for Black here? There seemed an
Rg8 which didn't seem all that attractive but neither is my eventual choice of
Bf8 either.)} 14. Be3 c5 15. d5 Qa5 {(Necessary as White was threatening b4.)}
16. O-O Ne5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 {# (White has gained a third pawn for his piece and
with a rolling pawn centre is clearly better, if not winning.)} 18. Bxc5 Qc7
19. b4 Ned7 20. Bd4 O-O 21. Rc1 Qd6 22. Qb3 Rfe8 {(Black is seeking to hold up
the inevitable movement of White's central pawns. Black threatens Nd3.)} 23.
Qb2 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Nd1 Qxb2 26. Nxb2 Rac8 {(With the Queens exchanged
White should be able to get his central pawns moving.)} 27. Nd3 Nd7 28. Nc5
Nxc5 29. bxc5 Rcd8 {(Necessary to vacate the c8 square for my Bishop.)} 30.
Rfd1 Bc8 31. g4 g5 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Kg3 Kf6 34. c6 Ke5 {
(Black has at last stopped the White pawns from moving onwaeds.)} 35. Rc3 {
(The alternative is Rc5 which I expected.)} 35... h5 {
(With this move I'm trying to open the h-file for my Rooks.)} 36. h3 Rh8 37.
Kg2 Rh7 38. Rcc1 {# (Again Rc5 is playable though Black is developing some
chances to save the game.)} 38... Rdh8 39. d6 hxg4 40. Rc5+ Kf4 41. d7 {
(This seems natural but White I feel has lost a tempo somewhere which is
crucial.)} 41... gxf3+ 42. Kf2 Rxh3 43. Rg1 ({(If White had played)} 43. d8=Q {
then Black is winning with} 43... Rh2+ 44. Ke1 Rh1+ 45. Kd2 Rxd8+ {
(winning the Rook on d1.)}) ({(If)} 43. dxc8=Q {(then the continuation is the
same as above except after Kd2 Black takes the Rook on d1 before taking on c8
with a winning Rook and pawn ending for Black.)}) 43... Rh2+ 44. Kf1 Ra2 {
(If Rc1 then f2 wins. A tough game for Black to defend.)} 0-1

[Event "BCCS v NATCCR"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hilton, S."]
[Black "Carroll, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "S Hilton"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 {
(This is without doubt the sharpest responce.)} 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9.
Nxg5 hxg5 {(The alternative for Black is Nd5 inviting White to play Nf7 with
fantastic complications.)} 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Nxf6 14.
Bg2 Be7 15. O-O Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. a4 a6 19. Na3 Rh4 $3 {
# (At first I thought this to be an error. I discovered afterwards that Shirov
has played it in a similar position. I came to the conclusion that White would
be losing after gxh4 as I would come under a vicious attack with Black playing
follow up moves like Rg8 and Nf4. I felt that White's best chance was to try
and add a few more complications with.)} 20. Re1 Nf4 $1 {(Again White cannot
afford to take for the same reasons to my notes on Black's previous move.)} 21.
Nxc4 $1 {(Black has three pieces en prise, the problem being White doesn't
have time to take any of them!)} 21... Nh3+ 22. Bxh3 Rxc4 23. Qh5 Qc6 {
(Threatening mate but I think its the wrong time to play it. Rg8 is necessary
for Black to hold the initiative.)} 24. Qg5+ Kd7 25. Rad1+ Rd4 26. Rxd4+ cxd4
27. f3 $3 Qxf3 {(Black now falls into the trap that White has set.)} 28. Bxe6+
fxe6 {(Black is forced to accept this sacrifice otherwise White has a winning
attack. e.g.)} (28... Kc7 29. Qe5+ Kb6 {(And mate in 8. Black has no option
but to accept the Bishop, which forces a draw for White.)}) 29. Qg7+ Kd8 30.
Qg8+ Kc7 31. Qg7+ Kb8 32. Qe5+ Ka7 33. Qxd4+ Kb8 34. Qd6+ Ka7 35. Qc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU/H/GT/263"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Di Lao, Riccardo"]
[Black "Cumming, David R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "David Cumming"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Re1 {(All that I could find on this move was in Suetin's "French Defence"
(circa 1988), in which he says "Definately playable is 8.Re1" with  with no
further suggestion on how play would continue. It is possible that I could've
looked for transpositions into "main lines" but no. I thought at this juncture
it was time to start playing chess...)#} 8... a6 ({BM - ChessBase 7 came up
with a number of games where 8.Re1 was played, including this one.} 8... Nc6 9.
Nb3 Bd7 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Bf1 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. g3 h5 15. Bg5
a6 16. c4 Rdg8 17. c5 Be7 18. Bf4 Qa5 19. Qe5 Kd8 20. Nb3 Qa4 21. Qb8+ Bc8 22.
Qc7+ {1-0 Remont,L-Vannerom,R/Huy 1991/EXT 97 (22)}) 9. a4 Nc6 10. Qe2 $5 {
(10.Nb3 might have transposed in the direction of the main line possibly.)}
10... Be7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Nc4 {(Establishing a firm grip on the square e5, as
well as attacking the Black Queen on d6.)} 12... Qc7 13. g3 Nd5 {
(Guarding against a subsequent Bf4.)} 14. Bd2 Rd8 15. Ng5 h6 $1 {(Of course I
could not leave the Ng5 unmolested! White had threats of 16.Qh5, or 16.f4 (the
latter strengthens his grip on the e5 square).)#} 16. Nh3 $6 e5 17. Nxe5 Bxh3
$1 18. Nxf7 Qd7 19. Nxd8 Rxd8 20. c3 Qf5 21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxe7 Rf8 23. Bxd5+
Qxd5 24. Qe4 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Nxd2 27. Re2 Nb3 28. Rae1 Bd7 $1 0-1

[Event "SCCA Candidates Sec 'B'"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cumming, David R"]
[Black "Armstrong, Alan"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Annotator "B.Milligan"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. h4 $5
{(Designed to prevent the ...g5 break so common in the 08/g3 main lines, or so
I read from my books!)} 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 f6 11. Be3 fxe5 {
(Against Paul McDonald in Section 'A' Alan played the alternative 11...Be7.)}
12. fxe5 O-O 13. a3 Be7 14. b4 a6 $6 {
# (The line that I was following continued} (14... Qd8 15. Bd3 Ndxe5 $1 16.
dxe5 Nxe5 17. Ke2 Ng4 $1 18. Qc2 h6 19. Nh3 $1 e5 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Nhg5 e4 $1
22. Bd4 exf3+ 23. gxf3 {
(Estrada - Watanabe, Barlioche 1991, and now Estrada gives ...} 23... Bxg5 24.
hxg5 Qxg5 25. Qg6 $1 Qxg6 26. Bxg6 Nf6 27. Rac1 Bd7 28. Rc7 Bc6 29. Kd3 $1 {
(Intending Re1-e7 with compensation for the material.)}) 15. Bd3 Qc7 $2 {
(Also planning to sacrifice on e5, but to recapture with the queen after d4xe5,
but...)} 16. Qc2 $1 {(Pinning the ...Nc6 to the ...Qc7, and also threatening
17.Bxh7+, thus effectively, if Black played 16...Ndxe5 although he is still
disolving the White centre, he will have a 2 pawn defecite, not just 1!)} 16...
h6 {("Chickening out" of liquidating the centre under my terms.)} 17. Kg3 $1 {
(Now the Nf3 is no longer pinned to the White King. the exchange sacrifice on
e5 is now impossible.)} 17... b5 $2 {(A weakening move, trying to connect his
Rooks with a subsequent ...Bb7, but this Bishop's power is blunted by it's own
prawns!)} 18. Nh3 Rd8 19. Rac1 $1 Bb7 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Nf4 Nf8 22. Ng6+ Nxg6
23. Bxg6 {#(I origionally intended playing 23.Qxg6 with what I thought was a
winning plan involving 24.Ng5, but 23...Rf8! 24.Ng5 Rf6! exploiting the
prawn's enpinment on the White king, rathet scuppers my plans.)} 23... a5 24.
Ng5 $1 Rdc8 25. Nxe6 Qb6 26. Bxh6 $3 gxh6 (26... Nxd4 $4 27. Bxg7+ Kg8 28. Bh7+
Kf7 29. Qg6# {(is an example of how Black could easily go wrong here!)}) 27.
Qd2 {(Resigns 0 1!! Not bad for my first shot at the White side  of the French
Tarrach eh? My annalysis now runs)} 27... Bf8 (27... Bg5 28. hxg5 axb4 29.
Rxh6+ Kg8 30. Rch1 ({(BM)} 30. Bf7+ Kxf7 31. Qf2+ Kg8 32. Rh8+ Kxh8 33. Qf6+
Kg8 34. Qg7#) 30... Nxe5 {
(BM 30...Rxa3 is better but only delays the inevitable.)} 31. Rh8#) (27...
Bxh4+ {(This move only serves to delay the inevitable.)} 28. Rxh4 Kg8 29. Qxh6
{(With mate to follow.)}) (27... Kg8 {(Or any other move by Black.)} 28. Qxh6 {
(With mate to follow.)}) 28. Qf4 {(Intending 29.Nxf8 with mate imminent... If}
28... Bg7 29. Nxg7 Kg8 30. Ne6 Nxe5 31. Qxe5 {
(and Black has to sacrifice  even more material to survive in the short term.)}
*

