[Event "ICCF World Cup XI"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lennox, C J."]
[Black "Onoda, Hirokaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "C J Lennox"]
[PlyCount "71"]

{This game is certainly not typical of my style of play, but Richard Beecham
had shown me (see SCC 59) the vulnerability of Japanese players to all-out
attack.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 c6 7. Nc3
Nbd7 8. e4 e5 9. h3 Qa5 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Rb1 Be6 14.
b4 Qc7 15. f4 Ned7 16. Be3 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Nf8 {I have refraimed from
commenting on the opening lest I infringe Colin McNab's copyright. Here he
gives 18...h5, and the omission of that move proves highly significant.} 19.
Bf2 Bd7 20. Qb3 Ne6 21. Nf3 Nh5 $2 22. f5 Nf8 23. g4 Nf6 24. Bg3 b6 25. c5 ({
Now the obvious} 25. Rbd1 {allows counterplay after} 25... Qa7 26. Bxd6 Qa3 {
Instead, its time to justify Qb3.}) 25... bxc5 26. Ng5 ({
My origional intention here was not} 26. bxc5 Qa5 27. Bxd6 Nxg4 {but}) (26. Bc4
Reb8 27. Bxf7+ Kh8 28. e5 Rxb4 29. exf6 Rxb3 30. fxg7+ Kxg7 31. Bxb3 {
winning. That line is not entirely forced, however, and a few days later I
found something even better.}) 26... cxb4 {He might as well, since after 26...
Bc8 or 26... Re7 to defend f7, 27.bxc5 really would be strong.} 27. Qxf7+ Kh8
28. Bc4 h6 {I hope you noticed the threat of mate in 2. BM For those of you
who missed it the answers at the end of the game.} 29. e5 d5 {
No this was not a clerical error! White would also win quickly after} (29...
dxe5 30. Nce4 {e.g.} 30... hxg5 31. Nxf6 Nh7 32. Nxh7 Kxh7 33. Qxg6+ {
mating. But now, with three pieces already en prise, White can allow the
fourth to be captured withcheck!}) 30. exf6 Qxg3+ 31. Kf1 Qf4+ 32. Kg2 Bxf6 33.
Qxf6+ Kg8 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. f6 Ra2+ 36. Bxa2 {Black finally resigned in view of
36...Qd2+ 37.Re2 Rxe2+ 38.Nxe2 Qxe2+ 39.Kh1. The Ng5 plays a crucial role in
both attack and defence, despite having been en prise since move 28! BM The
threat was smothered mate with 29.Qg8+ Nxg8 30.Nf7. You really have to keep an
eye on these champions as they can come up with all sorts of nasty tricks!} 1-0

[Event "XXII WC/SF/11"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomson, Thomas"]
[Black "Stull, Norbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "T Thomson"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

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 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Nc5 14. f6 gxf6 15.
gxf6 Bf8 16. Rg1 h5 17. a3 Bd7 18. Bh3 Rc8 $146 {This  move  was  new  to  me 
and  I  could  not  find  any  other  games  in  my  database  with  this 
natural  looking  move.} 19. Kb1 {I  was  playing  safe  when  faced  with  a 
novelty  but  this  move  is  also  solid  tacticaly  and  positionaly.} 19...
Qb6 {Black would like to follow this up with ...b4.} 20. b4 Nb7 (20... Na4 {
This move was suggested by Norbert after the game.} 21. Nxa4 bxa4 22. Rg5 {+=}
22... h4 (22... Rc5 $2 23. Nxe6 $1) (22... Rc4 $2 23. Nxe6 $1) (22... Bc6 $2
23. Bxe6) 23. c3 Qc7 24. Rc1 (24. Kc2 $5 Rb8 25. Rh5 Rxh5 26. Qxh5 e5 27. Nf5)
24... Qd8 (24... Rb8 25. Ka1 Bc6 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 27. Bf1) (24... Qb7 25. Ka1 Bc6
26. Bg2) (24... Bh6 $2 25. Qh5 Bc6 26. Nxe6 $1) (24... Bc6 25. Bg2 Bb7 26. Qd1
Qd7 27. Rh5 Rg8 28. Qf3 {White has an advantage in all these lines.}) 25. Rc2
Rh6 26. Rf2 Qc7 27. Kb2 {+=}) 21. Rg7 $1 {The White Rook is well posted here,
it is always wise to look at this typical move when playing this variation of
the Najdorf.} 21... Nd8 (21... Qc7 22. Nd5 exd5 23. exd5 Bxh3 24. Re1+ Be6 25.
dxe6 {+-} (25. Rxe6+ $6 fxe6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Nxe6 Rc4)) (21... Bxg7 $4 22.
fxg7 Rg8 23. Nd5 Qd8 24. Nf6+ Ke7 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Rf1 {+-}) 22. Nd5 Qa7 (
22... exd5 $2 23. exd5 Bxh3 24. Qxh3 {+-}) 23. Ne7 Rc4 (23... Bxg7 $4 24. fxg7
Rf8 25. Qf6 {+-}) (23... Bxe7 $2 24. fxe7 Kxe7 25. Bxe6 Bxe6 26. Nxe6 {+-}) 24.
Qe3 Nc6 (24... Bxg7 $4 25. fxg7 Rf8 26. Qh6 {+-}) 25. Nexc6 Rxc6 26. Qg5 (26.
Qb3 $5 Rc4 27. Nxe6 Qf2 28. Nc7+ Rxc7 (28... Kd8 29. Bxd7 Rxc7 30. Bf5 {+-})
29. Qxf7+ Kd8 30. Qxd7+ Rxd7 31. Rxd7+ Kc8 32. Rh7+ Kb8 33. Rxh8 Qxf6 34. Rg8
Qf7 35. Rdg1 {This position is very difficult for Black.}) 26... Rc3 (26... Rc4
27. Nxe6 Qf2 28. Rd2 Qe1+ 29. Kb2 Qxe4 30. Nc5 $1 (30. Nxf8 $2 Bxh3 31. Rg8
Rxb4+ 32. axb4 Qxb4+ {=+}) 30... Rxc2+ 31. Rxc2 dxc5 32. Bxd7+ {+-}) 27. Bxe6
$1 Bxe6 28. Nxe6 {With the idea of Qe5.} 28... Qf2 29. Rd2 Qe1+ 30. Kb2 Rxa3 {
This is desperate but it allows Black to live in hope for a while. White still
has work to do.} 31. Kxa3 Qa1+ 32. Kb3 Qb1+ 33. Kc3 Qa1+ 34. Kd3 Qf1+ 35. Re2
Qh3+ 36. Kd2 Qxe6 37. e5 $1 {This move leads to the full point.} 37... d5 38.
Rg8 Rxg8 39. Qxg8 h4 40. c3 d4 41. cxd4 h3 42. Ke3 Qc4 43. Qg4 Bxb4 44. Qe4 1-0

[Event "BPCF Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hilton, Steve"]
[Black "Cadman, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Annotator "S Hilton"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 {This line is known as Kramer's
Variation though the Hungarian GM Szabo did work this line.} 5... O-O 6. Ng3 c5
{I had lost a previous game to John where I had played the Averbakh variation
(5.Be2, 6.Bg5). This move was expected.} 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. exd5 {
cxd5 by White gives the position a Benoni type pawn structure.} 9... Re8 10.
O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 {
The major alternative is f4 which can allow Black to sacrifice a pawn.} (11. f4
a6 12. f5 b5 13. fxg6 hxg6 14. cxb5 Qb6 15. Kh1 axb5 16. Bxb5 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6
18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Rb1 Rab8 20. Qd2 Rb4 {
As in Rembinger - Pendersen, Gausdal 1991.}) 11... Ne5 12. Qd2 Bd7 {
Now I'm out of the theory available to me.} 13. Bg5 Qb6 {This move for Black
is wrong as I felt that the Queen is better placed on a5 and on b6 it hampers
any Queenside counterplay with b5.} 14. f4 Neg4 15. f5 {
Necessary to try and deny the e3 square for Black.} 15... Rf8 $2 {
h6 is necessary for Black here now or on the next move.} 16. h3 Ne5 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. Nce4 Bh8 $4 {Where does this Bishop go? There is no active square for
it. I feel it cannot go to h4 as White plays Qh6.} 19. f6 Rfd8 20. b3 Bc8 {
This is necessary to allow the Black Knight access to f8 via d7.} 21. Qh6 Nd7
22. Ng5 Nf8 23. Bd3 Bd7 24. Nxf7 {If Black takes the Knight, White sacrifices
the Bishop with Bxg6+, If Black takes with the pawn the Bishop on h8 falls or
if Black takes with the Knight Qxh7+ kf8 Qxg6 is winning clearly fot White.}
1-0

[Event "BCCC Reserves"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Crane, K."]
[Black "Hilton, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "S Hilton"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 {Maybe Black
could have safely taken the pawn on e4 though this would cost him two tempi in
retreating the piece hence my reason for playing d6.} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9.
h3 Be6 10. Qd3 O-O-O {Risky but worthwhile as Black has a lead in development.}
11. Be2 Na5 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. b4 Ne7 14. O-O Ng6 {An interesting position is
reached. White is trying for a Queenside attack whilst Black is trying for
play on the Kingside. However Black's pieces are supporting the attack whilst
White's are not and that is a crucial factor in what follows.} 15. Qe3 Kb8 16.
b5 Nf4 17. Kh2 g5 18. g4 {This unecessarily weakens the Kingside.} 18... h5 19.
gxh5 Nxh3 20. Qg3 Nf4 21. Bg4 Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Rxh5+ {
Black has won a pawn and maintains his initiative.} 0-1

[Event "Major 199?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Simpson, R."]
[Black "Beacon, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "R Beacon"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 {
A move designed to take advantage of White's passive opening.} 4. exd5 {
After this exchange it is difficult for White to "harass" the Queen on d5.} ({
More prudent would be} 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6) 4... Qxd5 ({Interesting is} 4...
c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6 {with an improved version of the Scandinavian Gambit 1.e4 d5 2.
exd5 c6 3.dxc6 Nxc6 4.Bb5! (the "refutation")}) 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 f5 ({
Better would be} 6... Bg4) 7. c3 Nf6 8. Nb3 (8. Nc4 $5) 8... Be7 9. Nfd2 {
This is too passive. 9.d4 or 9.c4 would be more promising.} 9... O-O 10. Nc4 f4
11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Re8 15. Ne5 Qxd4 (15... Bc5 {
is even better!}) 16. Qc4+ Qxc4 17. Bxc4+ Be6 18. Bxe6+ (18. O-O-O $5 {
is an improvement.}) 18... Rxe6 19. Bxb4 Rxe5+ 20. Kf1 {Obviously Queenside
castling would have prevented this move which "underdevelops" White's game.}
20... Rae8 21. f3 (21. Re1 {had to be played.}) 21... Re2 22. Bc3 Nd5 23. Bd4
Rd2 24. Bxa7 b6 25. h3 Ne3+ 26. Ke1 Rxb2 27. Rc1 Rxa2 28. Rg1 Rxa7 29. Kd2 c5
30. g3 fxg3 31. Rxg3 Rd7+ 32. Kc3 Kf7 33. Kb3 Nf5 34. Rgg1 Nd4+ {The main merit
of this game is Black's third move ...e5. It is a rare move which looks
promising for Black.} 0-1

[Event "Premier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Whitehead, S."]
[Black "Beacon, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "R Beacon"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Qb3 d4 (4... Qe7+ {
disturbing White's development looks better.}) 5. c5 Bxc5 6. Bc4 Qe7+ 7. Kd1 (
7. Ne2 $5 {would be more circumspect.}) 7... Nf6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Re1 Qd6 (9...
Ne4 $5 {threatening Nf2+ would be better.}) 10. Ng5 (10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxf7 Qxh2
12. Nd6+ Kh8 13. Nf7+ Rxf7 14. Bxf7 d3 {is better for Black.}) 10... Qxh2 11.
Bxf7+ (11. Nxf7 Ng4 12. Qf3 Nxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Bg4+ 14. Kc2 d3+ 15. Kc3 Bxf2 16.
Nh6+ Kh8 17. Nf7+ Kg8 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Nf7+ Kg8 $11) 11... Kh8 12. Be8 h6 {
12...Nxe8 and 12...Rxe8 are inferior.} 13. Nf7+ (13. Ne4 $5 {looks interesting.
}) 13... Kh7 14. Qc2+ g6 (14... d3 $5 15. Qxd3+ g6 {is better.}) 15. Qxc5 Rxe8
16. Rxe8 (16. Qxd4 Rxe1+ 17. Kc2 Kg7 {is taboo.}) 16... Nxe8 {Threatening d3.}
17. Qxd4 Ng7 18. Qd8 Qg1+ 19. Kc2 Bf5+ 20. d3 Qxf2+ (20... Nc6 $1 21. Qh4 Qf1
22. Qxh6+ Kg8 {probably leads to a quicker victory.}) 21. Kc3 $4 (21. Nd2 Bxd3+
$1 22. Qxd3 Qxf7 23. Ne4 {Black is still winning.}) 21... Qc5+ (21... Nc6 $1 {
as mentioned in a previous note.}) 22. Kd2 Qb4+ $2 (22... Nc6 $1) 23. Nc3 (23.
Ke2 $1 {looks like a draw.}) 23... Qf4+ 24. Ke1 Qg3+ 25. Kf1 (25. Kd2 g5 26.
Ne2 $1 {looks playable for White.}) 25... Qxd3+ 26. Qxd3 Bxd3+ 27. Kf2 Nc6 28.
Nxh6 Rf8+ {29.Kg3 Nh5+ 30.Kh2 Rf1 White obviously has problems develoing.
White's gambit is a rarity which I think could be dangerous in OTB play.} 0-1

[Event "Bernard Partridge Memorial SF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Truyens, A."]
[Black "Christiansen, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[Annotator "A Truyens"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qh6 O-O-O
(14... Rg6 15. Qh3 O-O-O 16. Nd5 Kd7 17. Re3 Qc5 $2 18. Rc3 Qd4 19. Rc7+ Ke8
20. Rxe7+ Kf8 21. Bh6+ {
1-0 Truyens,A-Guyot,C/corr VIII KO B 1986. (21...Kg8 22.Rxb7 exd5 23.exd5 +-)})
15. Qh3 (15. f3 Rg6 16. Qh4 Rdg8 17. Re2 Bd8 18. Qe1 Bb6+ 19. Kh1 Bd4 20. Bf4
Nh5 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Qc5 (22... Rxg2 23. Nd5 Kb8 24. Ne7 Rg1+ 25. Qxg1
Rxg1+ 26. Rxg1 Qb6 $15) 23. Nd5 exd5 24. Rc3 Ng3+ 25. Qxg3 Rxg3 26. hxg3 Qxc3
27. bxc3 dxe4 28. Bxf7 Rxg3 29. Kh2 {1-0 Krason,J-Schurade,M/Olomouc 1989 (106)
}) 15... Kb8 16. f3 (16. a3 Rg6 17. f3 Rdg8 18. Re2 h5 19. Kh1 (19. Be3 Bd8 20.
Kh1 h4 21. Rg1 Qe8 22. Rd2 Bc7 23. Re1 Nh5 24. Kg1 Qd8 25. Kf1 e5 26. Bxf7 Bc8
27. g4 Qf6 28. Bxg6 Rxg6 29. Rf2 Be6 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 Nf4 32. Bxf4 Qxf4
33. Qxh4 Rh6 34. Qg3 Qc4+ 35. Kg2 Bd8 36. Re4 Qxd5 37. g5 Rg6 38. h4 Qg8 39.
Rg4 Kb7 40. Re2 Be7 41. f4 {1-0 Kalod,R-Jirovsky,P/CZE-chJM U16 Svetla 1994.})
19... Qc7 20. Nd1 (20. Bf4 $5) 20... h4 21. Ne3 (21. Qxh4 $2 Nxe4) 21... Nh5
22. Ng4 Qd8 $1 23. Bd2 Bg5 24. g3 f5 $1 $17 25. Ne3 fxe4 26. f4 Bxf4 27. Bxe6 (
27. gxf4 Nxf4 28. Qf1 Rg1+ $19) 27... Rxg3 $1 28. hxg3 Nxg3+ 29. Kg2 Nxe2+ 30.
Bxg8 Qxg8+ 31. Kf2 Nd4 32. Nf5 Bxd2 33. Nxd4 e3+ 34. Kf1 Qc4+ {
0-1 Georgiev,K-Ivanchuk,V/Tilburg 1993.}) 16... Rg6 17. Be3 Rdg8 18. Re2 Bd8
$146 (18... Nd7 19. Nd5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Qc7 21. Bxf7 Bf6 22. Rd1 Bxb2 23. c4 Ba3
24. cxb5 axb5 25. Bxg8 Rxg8 26. Qxh7 Qc8 27. Rc2 Qe8 28. Rd3 Rh8 29. Qg7 Rg8
30. Qd4 Bc5 31. Rxc5 dxc5 32. Qxd7 Qxd7 33. Rxd7 c4 34. a3 Kc8 35. Rf7 {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Polugaevsky,L/Monaco blind 1993.}) 19. Kh1 b4 (19... Bc8 20. Nd1
h6 21. a4 b4 22. c3 bxc3 23. bxc3 e5 24. Qh4 Ng4 25. Qe1 Nxe3 26. Nxe3 $16) (
19... Ba5 20. Bd2 Bb6 21. Rd1 Qc7 22. Be1 h6 23. a4 b4 24. Na2 $16) 20. Na4 Bc8
21. Bd2 (21. Rd1 e5 22. Qh4 Ng4 23. Qe1 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Rxg2 25. Qxb4+ Ka7 26.
Rc3 (26. Qc4 $11) 26... Qd7 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qxd6 $14) 21... a5 (21... e5 22.
Qh4 a5 23. Bxf7 (23. Qe1 Ba6 24. c4 $16) 23... Ba6 24. c4 bxc3 (24... Qxa4 25.
b3 Qd7 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. a3 bxa3 28. Rxa3 $16) 25. Nxc3 Bxe2 26. Nxe2 (26. Bxg8
Bxf3 27. gxf3 Rxg8 28. Rc1 $16) 26... Rxg2 27. Bxg8 Rxg8 28. Nc3 Qc4 29. Qf2
$16) 22. c4 (22. a3 e5 23. Qh4 Ba6 24. Rae1 (24. Ree1 Rxg2 25. Rg1 Rxg1+ 26.
Rxg1 Rxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Bb5 $17) 24... Bxe2 25. Rxe2 bxa3 26. bxa3 Qa6 27. Qe1 $11)
(22. g3 Ba6 23. c4 bxc3 24. Nxc3 Bxe2 25. Nxe2 Qb5 (25... a4 26. Rc1 $11) 26.
Nd4 $11) 22... bxc3 (22... e5 23. Qh4 Be6 24. a3 Bxc4 $16) 23. Bxc3 (23. Rc1 e5
24. Qh4 Nxe4 $17) 23... Ba6 24. Rd2 (24. Rc2 Bd3 25. Rd2 Bb5 26. Rc2 (26. Bxf6
Bxf6 27. Rc2 Qa6 28. g3 Bd3 29. Rcc1 Bg5 30. Re1 Rh6 31. Qg2 Bf4 $19) 26... Bd3
(26... Qd7 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Nb6 $14) 27. Rd2 Bb5 $11) 24... Bb5 25. Rad1 (25.
Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Rc2 Qa6 27. Rac1 (27. Qh5 Bd3 28. Rd2 Bg5 29. Rdd1 Be2 $17) (27.
g3 Bd3 28. Rcc1 Bg5 29. Rg1 Be3 $17) 27... Bg5 28. g4 (28. f4 Bxf4 29. Qe3 (29.
Qc3 Qb7 $17))) 25... Bxa4 (25... Ne8 26. Be5 $16) 26. Rxd6 Bxb3 27. Rxc6 (27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kc7 29. Bxa5+ Kb7 30. Qh4 (30. Bc3 Qb5 31. g3 Bxa2 $17) (
30. Bd2 Qb5 31. Rd3 Bc4 $17) 30... Qc2 31. Bd2 Bxa2 $15) 27... Bxd1 28. Be5+
Kb7 29. Rc1 Ba4 (29... Be2 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Qxh7 R6g7 32. Qh5 Bxb2 33. Rb1
Rxg2 34. Rxb2+ Ka6 35. Qc5 Rg1+ 36. Qxg1 Rxg1+ 37. Kxg1 Bxf3 38. e5 $18) 30. b3
(30. b4 axb4 31. Rb1 Rxg2 32. Rxb4+ Bb6 33. Qxg2 Rxg2 34. Kxg2 Nd7 35. Bd4 Bc6
36. Kf2 Ka6 37. Bxb6 Nxb6 $15) (30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. b3 Bd7 32. g4 Bg5 (32... h6
33. Qg3 e5 34. Qe1 $14) 33. Rc2 f5 34. Qxh7 R6g7 35. Qh3 $13) 30... Bc6 31.
Bxf6 (31. Rc2 h6 32. Rd2 (32. Qh4 Nxe4 33. Qe1 Rg5 34. fxe4 Rxe5 35. Qc3 Bxe4
36. Qc8+ Ka7 37. Qd7+ Ka6 38. Qd6+ Kb7 39. Qd7+ $14) 32... Be7 33. Qh4 Bb4 34.
Rc2 Nd7 35. Bg3 e5 36. Be1 Bxe1 37. Qxe1 $14) 31... Bxf6 (31... Rxf6 32. Qxh7
$16) 32. Qxh7 R8g7 (32... R6g7 33. Qh5 $16) 33. Qh3 a4 (33... Be5 34. Rc2 $16)
(33... Rxg2 34. Qxg2 Rxg2 35. Kxg2 $14) 34. bxa4 (34. Rc2 axb3 (34... Rg8 35.
Qh5 Rd8 36. g4 axb3 37. axb3 Bd4 $16) 35. axb3 Rg8 36. Qh5 Rd8 37. g4 (37. g3
e5 38. Qh3 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Bd7 $14) 37... Bd4 (37... e5 38. Qh7 Bg7 39. Qh4 $16)
38. Qh4 Rd7 (38... Bf6 39. Qe1 $16) (38... Bb6 39. Kg2 $16) 39. Kg2 f5 40. Rd2
Rgg7 (40... fxg4 41. Rxd4 Rxd4 42. Qh7+ $18) 41. exf5 exf5 42. g5 (42. h3 fxg4
43. hxg4 Rgf7 44. Rd3 Bb5 45. Rd2 Bc6 $11) 42... Rxg5+ 43. Qxg5 Rg7 44. Qxg7+
Bxg7 45. h4 $16) 34... Bxa4 (34... Rxg2 35. Qxg2 Rxg2 36. Kxg2 Bxa4 37. Kg3 Bc6
(37... Be5+ 38. f4 Bg7 39. h4 Bc6 40. e5 $16) 38. h4 $16) 35. Rb1+ Kc8 (35...
Kc7 36. f4 $1 Rxg2 37. Qe3 $18) 36. f4 $1 (36. f4 Rxg2 37. Qe3 Rc2 38. Qb6 Bc6
(38... Bb2 39. Qa6+ Kd8 40. Rd1+ $18) 39. Qb8+ Kd7 40. Rd1+ Bd5 41. Qb7+ Ke8 (
41... Rc7 42. Qb5+ $18) 42. Qb5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "SCCA Championship 1998"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mackintosh, I."]
[Black "Livie, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Annotator "I Mackintosh"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
{Up to here, I'd been following Karpov-Korchnoi 1974. Douglas now surprises me
with his reply - I'd expected 0-0 or Bd7.} 8... h5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bc4 Qc7 11.
O-O {With Douglas seemingly intent on not castling, I thought I'd be a touch
perverse and invite a further K-side advance.} 11... h4 12. h3 Bd7 13. Rad1 Nh5
14. Bd4 {Trying to be consistent with one of the original objectives of the
opening - removal of the fianchettoed Bishop.} 14... Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Rf8 16. Ne2
Rd8 17. Kh1 {To keep the Queens on.} 17... Nf6 {
Here I felt White had the better position.} 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxh4 Bf5 20. c3 Nd5
21. Ng3 Ne3 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Re1 Qd2 {
But now Black recovers lost ground with some energetic play.} 24. Re2 Qc1+ 25.
Kh2 Kd7 26. Ba6 Rb8 27. Qa4 Rxb2 28. Qa3 {Reactivating White's Queen and
stirring up some tactical play was more important than the b2 pawn.} 28... Nc2
{#This seems a natural response to break the pin, but it is probably the
losing move. The Knight is now dangerously marginalised. Nd1 looks better.} 29.
Qc5 Rb6 30. Nxf5 gxf5 {1 defender gone.} 31. Bd3 Qf4+ {2 defenders gone.} 32.
Kg1 Rb1+ {3 defenders gone.} 33. Kf2 Qh4+ {
Douglas decides to give up the Knight and flushes out the White King.} 34. g3
Qxh3 35. Bxc2 {Qxa7+ looks more efficient with hindsight.} 35... Rf1+ 36. Ke3
Qh6+ 37. Kd3 Rxf3+ 38. Kc4 Qe6+ 39. Kb4 Qd6 {The White King has survived his
cross-country trek, and although Bishop for 3 pawns looks equal, White's
superior mobiity gives the edge.} 40. Rxe5 e6 41. Qxd6+ Kxd6 42. Ra5 f6 43.
Rxa7 Rxg3 44. Rf7 c5+ {Rg2 or Rg6 might be improvements here.} 45. Kc4 Rg4+ 46.
Kb5 Rg3 47. c4 Rg8 {If now Rg6, 48.Rb7 and the Black c-pawn goes.} 48. Rxf6
Rb8+ 49. Ka4 {The a-pawn needs to stay on.} 49... Rb4+ 50. Ka5 Ke7 {
If Rxc4, 51.Bxf5.} 51. Rh6 f4 52. a3 Rb8 53. Be4 Kd6 54. Bd5 Re8 55. Kb6 Rb8+
56. Bb7 {The a-pawn can't be stopped now.} 56... Ke5 57. a4 f3 58. Rh3 f2 59.
Rf3 Kd4 60. Rxf2 Kxc4 61. a5 {No brilliancy prizes, but good robust stuff!} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Magazine 65"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "B Milligan"]
[PlyCount "0"]

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