[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Black "Napolitano, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. e4 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Bf4 b6 12. Nd2 Re8 13. h3 Nf8 14. Bh2 Ng6 15. Nc4
Bd7 16. e5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 b5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Ne3
b4 22. Ne4 Bxb2 23. Nc4 Bd4 24. Bd3 Ba4 25. Qh5 h6 26. Ncxd6 b3 27. Ng5 Be8 28.
Re1 Qd7 29. Bh7+ Kf8 30. Bf5 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berta, Matyas"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 a6 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Bc6 13. a4 Re8 14. b4 a5 15. bxa5
Rxa5 16. Nb3 Ra6 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Qc3 Rc8 19. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Black "Strand, Karl Wilhelm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 N7b6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd5 11. O-O Qxc3 12. Qe2 Be7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14.
Ne5 Ng6 15. f4 f5 16. Rac1 Qa3 17. e4 Nxf4 18. Qe3 Nxd3 19. exf5 O-O 20. f6
Rxf6 21. Rcd1 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Qd6 23. Qxd3 Bd7 24. Rf4 Be8 25. Rh4 h6 26. Qg3 c5
27. h3 cxd4 28. Rxh6 Rd8 29. Rh4 d3 30. Rg4 Qc7 31. Nxd3 Qc3 32. Nf4 Rd1+ 33.
Kh2 Qa1 34. Qe3 Rh1+ 35. Kg3 Qe1+ 36. Qxe1 Rxe1 37. Rg5 Bf7 38. Rc5 e5 39. Nd5
Bxd5 40. Rxd5 Re3+ 41. Kg4 Ra3 42. Kf5 Rxa2 43. g4 Rf2+ 44. Kxe5 Rf8 45. Rd7
Rb8 46. Kd6 b5 47. Rxa7 b4 48. Ra2 b3 49. Rb2 Kf7 50. Kd5 Kf6 51. h4 Rb4 52.
Rf2+ Kg6 53. Rb2 Rxg4 54. Rxb3 Rxh4 55. Ke5 Kh5 56. Rb7 g5 57. Rh7+ Kg4 58. Ra7
Rh1 59. Kf6 Rh6+ 60. Ke5 Rb6 61. Ra1 Kh3 62. Ra3+ Kh4 63. Kf5 g4 64. Ra8 Rb4
0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sterud, Edvard"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 ({
A clash between two Russian giants of CC, Nesis and Khasin, went:} 4. g3 Ba6 5.
Nbd2 c5 6. e4 cxd4 7. e5 Ng8 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O Rc8 10. Re1 Be7 11. a3 f6 $5 12.
b4 $1 {producing a game of exceptional intensity.}) 4... c5 5. d5 Ba6 6. Qc2
exd5 7. cxd5 g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Nbd7 (12...
Qc7 13. e4 $5 Nbd7 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Be3 Rac8 16. g4 $1 {Petrosian-Foisor, 1984.}
) 13. h3 Qc7 14. e4 {Not at all a bad Benoni!} 14... c4 {It's soon evident
that this has its pros and cons, and needed careful assessment.} 15. Be3 Nc5
16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Nc6 Nfd7 18. a4 Nd3 19. Reb1 N7c5 20. Nb5 {
Culminating in the win of a pawn on c4.} 20... Qd7 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Qxc4 Ne5
23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Ra3 Rb8 25. Rb3 Bd4 {
Keeping White's bishop tied to the defence of the e-pawn.} (25... Rb6 $6 {
allows} 26. Bf1 Bd4 27. Qc2 {etc.}) 26. Rc1 {The pin on the Nb5 is very
uncomfortable, and Black can intensify the pressure still further.} 26... Rb6
27. Rc2 Reb8 28. Bf1 Qe7 29. Qd3 {
The next phase is handled impressively by Black.} 29... Bxb5 30. Rxb5 a6 31.
Rxb6 Rxb6 32. a5 Rb5 33. b4 Rxb4 34. Qxa6 Qxe4 35. Qe2 Qxd5 36. a6 Rb1 $1 {
Keeping the runaway pawn under control.} 37. Kh2 ({
White can't play the seemingly plausible} 37. Ra2 {because of} 37... Rxf1+ 38.
Kxf1 Qh1#) 37... Ra1 38. Qc4 Qf3 39. Bg2 Qd1 40. h4 Rxa6 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Black "Anton, Volker_Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. e4 ({Anton-Penrose, IX Olympiad Final, went:} 10. Nc3 Qc7
11. d5 $6 {and the GB top board had no great trouble.  He got a fine middle
game position after:} 11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Rxd5 Be7 15.
e4 O-O 16. Bf4 Qb7 17. Bd6 Rfe8 $1 {and went on to win in style.}) ({
Santoro-Penrose, X Olympiad Final went:} 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5
13. a3 (13. Be3 O-O 14. f3 Rfd8 15. Qf2 Rac8 16. g4 b4 17. Nce2 Qc6 {
Povah-Penrose, BPCF Jubilee, 0-1 in 34.}) 13... O-O 14. Be3 Rfd8 15. f3 Ne5 {
0-1 in 39.}) 10... cxd4 11. e5 Ng4 ({Also interesting is the defence:} 11...
Nd5 12. Rxd4 Bc5 13. Rg4 Kf8 $5 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 h5 16. Rf4 Bxf3 17. Rxf3
Qc7 18. Bxe6 Nxe5 19. Rf4 Re8 {Karason-Hawkes, III Euro TT Prelims.}) 12. Bf4
Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nh6 14. Rxd4 Nf5 15. Rd2 g5 16. Bg3 Bb4 17. Nc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7
{Black's opening is a success.  His pawns are in good shape, the White bishops
are not menacing, and he's about to win a pawn.} 19. Bc2 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Qxe5 21.
Be4 Rd8 22. Rad1 Ke7 23. Rd4 Nf6 24. Qd2 Rb8 (24... Rxd4 {allows} 25. cxd4 Nxe4
26. fxe4 Qxe4 27. Qxg5+ {with a dangerous attack.}) 25. c4 Rhc8 26. Bd5 bxc4
27. Bxc4 a5 {White courts disaster by trying to win from this position.  Now
28.Ba6 or Bb3-a4 was more prudent.} 28. f4 $6 gxf4 29. Re1 Qg5 30. Bb3 Rg8 31.
Qc3 $1 Rgc8 ({The alternative} 31... Rbc8 {meets} 32. Qf3 $1 {
intending Rxf4 or Qb7+ when Black must still be careful.}) 32. Qd2 h5 {
No draw yet!} 33. Rxf4 h4 34. Qe3 hxg3 35. fxg3 Rb6 $1 36. Kg2 Rd6 37. Ref1 Rg8
$1 38. R1f3 $1 Rg7 $1 ({Clearly not} 38... Rg6 $2 39. Rxf6 Rd2+ 40. Kf1 Qxe3
41. Rxf7+ Ke8 42. Ba4+ Kd8 43. Rxe3 $18) 39. Qc3 Nd7 (39... Rg6 40. Ba4 $1 {
/\Qc7+} 40... Rd5 41. Qa3+ Rd6 42. Qc3 $11) 40. Ba4 Qe5 41. Bxd7 Qxc3 42. Rxc3
Rd2+ 43. Rf2 Rxd7 44. Rc5 Ra7 45. Rf4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vukcevic, Borislav"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 ({Weak now is:} 8. Be3 a6 9. Na3 Rb8 $1 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 $11) 8...
a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 ({Sorensen played:} 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 {
and came out with a preferable position after:} 12... O-O 13. Nc2 Rb8 14. Be2
Bg5 15. O-O g6 16. Kh1 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 Bh6 19. g3 Bg7 20. Bf3 e4 21.
Bg2 {soon getting in the thematic loosener g3-g4.}) 10... gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12.
Bxb5 $5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qa5+ {Black chooses a move well known to him, having
played it against Berg at Wijk an Zee back in 1979.} ({
In the theoretical dustbin, one can find:} 13... Qg5) ({plus} 13... Ra7) ({and
} 13... Ra4 {where the Hungarian Szilagyi has been especially hard:} 14. c4
Qa5+ 15. b4 Rxb4 16. O-O Rxb5 17. cxb5 Nd4 18. Qh5 Be6 19. Nf6+ Kd8 20. b6 {
Szilagyi-Sergyan, CC, 1980.}) 14. c3 Qa4 {The first subtlety.} (14... Kd8 15.
a4 $1 {threatening 16.b4}) 15. Nbc7+ $5 {Following an ECO sub-note.} ({
The Wijk game had gone:} 15. Ndc7+ Kd8 16. Qd5 Rb8 17. Qxc6 Bd7 18. Ne6+ fxe6
19. Qc7+ Ke7 20. Qxd6+ Kf6 21. Qxb8 Qxe4+ 22. Kf1 Qd3+ 23. Kg1 Bxb5 $19) 15...
Kd8 16. Nxa8 Qxa8 17. Nb6 ({
Another OTB experience, Knoppert-Povah, Ramsgate, 1984, went:} 17. O-O fxe4 18.
Nb6 Qb7 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 20. Qd5 f5 21. a4 $1 {
with a coherent game for White, who won in 31.}) 17... Qa6 18. Nxc8 Kxc8 19.
Qd5 {ECO stops here, giving unclear.} 19... Ne7 20. Qxf7 Qd3 {Stops 0-0-0.} 21.
Qe8+ Kc7 22. Qa4 Bh6 23. Rd1 Qxe4+ 24. Qxe4 fxe4 {An interesting proposition. 
White: pawns in good shape but lacking development; Black: mobile central pawn
mass and all his pieces active.} 25. Ke2 Ra8 26. Ra1 Rb8 27. Rab1 Nd5 28. Rhe1
Nb6 29. b3 $8 Nd5 30. Kf1 {White has sorted himself out, but the rooks are
passive and Black has the initiative.} 30... e3 31. Rb2 Rf8 32. c4 Nb4 33. Rd1
e4 {Forcing White to shed a pawn.} 34. f3 exf3 35. gxf3 Rxf3+ 36. Kg2 Rf6 37.
a3 Nc6 38. b4 Rg6+ 39. Kf1 Ne5 40. c5 {After this, the White pawns lose their
menace, as White, unfortunately for him, cannot pin.} 40... dxc5 41. bxc5 Nc4
42. Rb4 Rf6+ 43. Ke1 Nd2 44. Ke2 Rf2+ 45. Kd3 Rxh2 46. c6 Nf3 47. Re4 Bg5 {
And White must give up more material.} 48. Rxe3 Bxe3 49. Kxe3 Ne5 50. Kf4 Rh5
51. Rc1 Nd3+ 52. Kg4 Rc5 53. Rf1 ({White cannot exchange because of:} 53. Rxc5
Nxc5 54. Kh5 Ne6 55. Kh6 Nf8 {and the knight is untouchable.}) 53... Kxc6 54.
Kh4 Kd5 55. Kg5 Rc6 56. a4 Ke4 57. Rb1 Rg6+ 58. Kh4 Rg2 59. a5 Kf4 60. Kh3 Ra2
61. Rb7 Nf2+ 62. Kh4 Ne4 63. Rf7+ Ke5 64. Rb7 Kf5 $1 65. Rf7+ Nf6 66. Ra7 Ra4+
67. Kh3 h5 68. a6 Ra3+ 69. Kh4 Kf4 70. Ra8 Ra2 71. Kh3 Nh7 $1 {Threatening
mate and covering f8.  This was Black's last game to finish, and with it he
secured his last GM norm.} 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Black "Diaconescu, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nigel Povah"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 ({
Informator hints at:} 7... cxd4 {as best.  After} 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10.
Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 {White must try} 12. Bf4 {if he wants to win.}) 8. O-O
O-O 9. e4 Ndb4 {If this proves to be busted by White's reply, then} ({
Black also has} 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 b6) ({and} 9... Nb6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Nb4
{as theoretical tries.}) 10. dxc5 $1 {An improvement noted by John Watson.}
10... Bxc5 (10... Nd3 11. Qe2 Nxc1 12. Raxc1 Bxc5 13. Rfd1 {
and White threatens e5.}) 11. e5 Be7 ({Watson gives:} 11... Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nc2
13. Rb1 N2d4 14. Bf4 $16) (11... b6 $6 12. a3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. b4 Be7 16. Rxd5 $16) (11... Nd5 $5 12. Ne4 Be7 13. a3 b6 14. Qc2 Bb7 15.
Neg5 g6 16. Qe4 $16) 12. a3 Nd3 13. Qe2 Nxc1 14. Raxc1 Qa5 15. Rfd1 a6 $5 (
15... Rd8 16. Nb5 Qa6 17. Bf1 Bd7 18. Qe3 {with Black exchanging queens by:}
18... Qb6 {and tolerating a lot of endgame pressure, was Korchnoi-Hubner,
Johannesburg, 1981.}) 16. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 ({Alternatively,} 16... Bd7 17. Nf5 $5
exf5 18. Rxd7 Bg5 19. f4 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 $16) 17. Rxd4 Rd8 18. Rcd1 ({Maybe} 18.
Rxd8+ {is also good.}) 18... Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Rb8 20. Qd2 $1 b5 (20... Qc7 21. Ne4
b5 22. Nd6) (20... h6 21. Nd5 Qxd2 22. Nxe7+ Kf8 23. Ng6+ fxg6 24. Rxd2 Ke7 25.
Rd6 {followed by b4 and Bh3.}) 21. b4 Qb6 22. Ne4 Bb7 23. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 (23...
gxf6 24. Rg4+ Kh8 25. Qh6 Rg8 26. Rh4 Rg7 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Qxf6 $18 {
and the threats of Rg4 and Bxb7 are too much.}) 24. exf6 gxf6 (24... Bxg2 25.
Qg5) (24... e5 25. Rd6 {then Qg5.}) (24... h6 25. Rg4 g5 26. Rxg5+ hxg5 27.
Qxg5+ Kf8 28. Qg7+ {and White picks up rook and bishop.}) 25. Rd6 $1 (25. Rd6
Qc7 26. Rd7 Qb6 27. Qd1 $3 Bc6 (27... Bxg2 28. Qg4+ Kh8 (28... Kf8 29. Qh5) 29.
Rxf7 Rg8 30. Qh4 {threatening two mates.}) 28. Rd6 Rc8 29. Qc2 {
winning the piece.}) 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hintikka, Eero"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Be7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Qg4 Nxc3 10. Qxg7 Rf8 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. O-O Qxc3 13. Bg5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5
Qxd4 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Rd6 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Qh6 Qa5 20. Qxh7
Qxe5 21. Qd3 Rh8 22. h3 Qf5 23. Rxd7 Qxd3 24. R7xd3 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rh5 26. Rc3
Rd5 27. g4 c5 28. a4 b6 29. Kg2 Rd4 30. a5 c4 31. axb6 axb6 32. Rf3 b5 33. c3
Rd1 34. g5 b4 35. cxb4 Rb1 36. h4 Rxb4 37. Rf4 Ke7 38. Kg3 Kd6 39. f3 e5 40.
Rf6+ Ke7 41. h5 Rb1 42. Rc6 Rg1+ 43. Kh4 Rc1 44. Kg4 Kd7 45. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Rc1
e6 9. Qb3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Qb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sorensen, Henrik"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 (11. Nxe7 Qxe7 (11... Nxe7 12. Bxf6 gxf6
$11) 12. c4 b4 13. Nc2 O-O 14. f3 h6 15. Bh4 Be6 16. Bd3 a5 17. O-O Qa7+ 18.
Bf2 Qb7 19. Ne3 a4 20. Qd2 $14 {Oim-Omeltschenko, CC, 1975.}) 11... Bxf6 12. c3
O-O 13. Nc2 Rb8 14. Be2 Bg5 15. O-O g6 ({
The quiet positional line, Sarink-Berggreen, Volmac-15, continued:} 15... a5
16. b4 Be6 17. a4 bxa4 18. b5 Ne7 19. Rxa4 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bd7 21. c4 f5 22. Na1
e4 23. f3 Be3+ 24. Kh1 Qh4 {with a good attack by Black.}) 16. Kh1 f5 17. exf5
gxf5 18. f4 Bh6 19. g3 Bg7 20. Bf3 e4 21. Bg2 {A position type well known in
the King's Indian.  White's thematic loosener is g3-g4.  Here he has a plus,
control of d4, and a firm blockade on e3 and d5.} 21... Be6 22. a3 Rc8 23. Nce3
Ne7 24. g4 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 fxg4 26. Bxe4 Rc4 27. Bg2 Rc5 28. Qd3 Qh4 29. Rad1 Rf5
30. Qe2 Kf7 {White stays in control despite tremendous pressure.} 31. Rde1 $1
Qh6 (31... Bxd5 $4 32. Qe8+ Kf6 33. Qe7+) 32. Ne3 g3 33. h3 Rh5 34. f5 {
Black has done everything possible, but his illusions of a decisive attack are
now dispelled.} 34... Bd7 35. Ng4 Qg5 36. Qd1 Bf8 37. Bd5+ Rxd5 38. Qxd5+ Kg7
39. Kg2 Bxf5 40. Rf3 (40. Rf3 Bxg4 41. Qf7+) 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Black "Bohak, Janko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A66"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nigel Povah"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Be2 ({The off-beat} 6. Bd3
{was seen in Carnstam-Pyrich, III European TT Prelims, continuing:} 6... Nc6 7.
Nge2 Bg4 8. Be3 e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Qd2 Bxe2 12. Bxe2 c6 13. O-O Qa5
14. Bd1 $1 {1-0 in 31.}) 6... c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. e5 {A gambit which is
very testing for Black.  He has big decisions to make right away: does he
exchange pawns on e5, and where does the knight move to?} ({The more restrained
} 9. cxd5 {
was played in Chandler-Slinger, British CC Championship, 1989-90, continuing:}
9... Bg4 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. e6 fxe6 13. O-O Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne5 {
0-1 in 24.}) 9... Ng4 (9... Ne8 10. cxd5 Bg4 11. Ng5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nc7 13. O-O
dxe5 14. fxe5 Nxd5 15. Nxf7 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd5 17. e6 Nc6 18. Nh6+ {
Gibbs-Singleton, British CC Championship, 1983-84, 1-0.}) (9... Ne4 $5 10. cxd5
Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 $1 12. O-O dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Ng5 b6 15. Bf4 h6 16. Ne4
Bb7 17. c4 f5 18. Nf2 Qf6 {
Alcock-Williams, British CC Championship, 1984-85, 0-1.}) (9... dxe5 10. fxe5
Ng4 11. Bg5 Qa5 12. cxd5 Nxe5 13. O-O Re8 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bd3 c4
17. Bc2 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb2 19. Bd2 Bg4 $1 {Chandler-Hawley, British CC
Championship, 1986-87, and cool defensive simplification by Black resulted in
0-1.}) 10. cxd5 dxe5 11. h3 e4 12. hxg4 $1 {
A line which has produced some strong attacks on the Black king.} ({
The older continuation yields little, eg:} 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. O-O
Nd7 15. a4 Qd6 16. Qb3 Nf6 17. Bc4 b6 18. Be3 Bb7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rd3 Rfe8
$11 {Chandler-Singleton, BPCF Open.}) 12... exf3 13. gxf3 Re8 ({
Informator shows} 13... f5 $2 {to be suspect by the line:} 14. Be3 b6 15. Bc4
Re8 16. d6+ Be6 17. Bd5 $16) 14. f5 {
In OTB, an extremely troublesome move for Black to meet.} 14... b6 (14... Nd7
15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Rxh6 Ne5 17. Kf2 gxf5 18. Qc2 $1 Qg5 19. Rah1 Ng6 20. Rxh7
fxg4 $2 (20... Qe3+ $13) 21. Rh8+ $1 Nxh8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qxh8+ Ke7 24. d6+
Kd8 25. Qxe8+ $3 Kxe8 26. Rh8+ Kd7 27. Bb5+ Ke6 (27... Kxd6 28. Ne4+) 28. Re8+
Kf5 29. Bd3+ {etc.  Catalan-Saeed, Dubai Olympiad.}) (14... Qb6 15. Bh6 Qxb2
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rc1 $1) 15. fxg6 (15. Kf1 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Ne4 Nb4 18.
d6 gxf5 19. gxf5 Re5 20. Bg5 f6 21. Qb3+ Nd5 22. Rd1 c4 23. Qxc4 Rc8 24. Qb3
Kh8 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 fxg5 27. d7 Rc1+ 28. Ke2 {
Truran-Adams, Ward Higgs, 1984-85, 1-0.}) 15... hxg6 (15... fxg6 16. Kf1 $1 Ba6
17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. d6 $1 {(Informator)}) 16. Ne4 $1 {
A strong pawn sacrifice completely in the spirit of the opening.} (16. Kf1 Ba6
17. Ne4 Bxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Nd7 19. Qh2 Nf8 20. Bh6 Be5 21. Qd2 Qd7 22. Bg5 f5 23.
Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Qd6 25. g5 $16 {Huerta-Nogueiras, Santa Clara, 1984.}) 16...
Bxg4 17. Bg5 f6 (17... Qd7 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Bh3 (19... Bh5 20. Rxh5 gxh5
21. Kf2 Qf5 22. Qg1+ Qg6 23. Bd3 Qxg1+ 24. Rxg1+ Kf8 25. Bh7 $18) 20. Kf2 Qf5
21. Bc3 $16) (17... Qc7 18. d6 Qc6 19. Nf6+ {and wins.}) 18. Bh6 Nd7 (18... Bf5
19. Ng3 $1 Bc8 20. Qd2 $16 {with Kf2 or 0-0-0 to follow.}) 19. Qd2 Nf8 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Qh6+ Kf7 (21... Kg8 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Rh7+ Nxh7 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qxg6
$18) 22. Qf4 {Winning the exchange with thethreat of Nd6+} 22... Rxe4 23. Qxe4
Bf5 24. Qf4 b5 25. Kf2 $1 {This thematic move comes in very late this time.}
25... Qd7 (25... Qxd5 26. Bxb5 Qd4+ 27. Qxd4 cxd4 28. Rad1 Rd8 29. Bc4+ Kg7 30.
Rd2 {Idea Rhd1, and wins.}) 26. a4 $1 {A decisive loosener.} 26... g5 27. Qe3
c4 28. Qd4 Kg6 29. axb5 Ne6 {Letting White finish in style.} (29... Nh7 30. b6)
30. Rh6+ $1 {It's mate despite the presence of the two Black minor pieces.} 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. d4
e4 9. f3 exf3 10. Bxf3 Bg4 11. Bxg4 Nxg4 12. O-O Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Black "Foldi, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 ({
Siklos-Abramov, VIII World Championship, went:} 4... Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 b6 6. Nc3 d5
7. e3 Ba6 8. b3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13.
Bc4 Qa5 14. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Ne4 16. Rc2 Nd7 17. Nd2 $1 {
but the White advantage failed to produce a win.}) 5. g3 b6 ({
Black's other plan is to transform his central pawn formation by:} 5... d6 6.
Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 {White then has a "freebie" with his q-bishop:} 8. Bg5 (8.
Bh6 $5 gxh6 9. a3 Bc5 $1 10. dxc5 Nxc5 $11 {and Black is solid (Taimanov).})
8... exd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. b3 $14 {(Taimanov)}) 6. Bg2
Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 {Posing more problems than the standard 8.Nc3.  Black
now opts for the provocative solution faced with the threat of c5 then a3.} (8.
Nc3 Na6 9. Ne5 $5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qb8 11. e4 Qb7 12. Qf3 $14 {
Nesis-Kjarner, CC, 1982-84.}) 8... Bd6 $5 9. Bxd6 cxd6 10. Nc3 ({
Another idea is Voronkov's} 10. d5 $5) 10... Ne4 11. Na4 d5 12. Nd2 d6 13. cxd5
exd5 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qb3 Nd7 {
Black has his centre pawns restructured, but has some q-side weak spots.} 16.
Rfc1 Rb8 17. Rc2 Nf6 18. e3 Bd5 19. Qb5 Be6 20. Nc3 Rc8 21. b3 Nd5 {
This forces White into the exchange of rook for knight and two pawns.} 22. Nxd5
(22. Rac1 Nb4 23. Rd2 Nd5 24. Rdc2 {and repetition.}) 22... Rxc2 23. Bxe4 Rc8
24. Qxb6 Bxd5 25. Qxd8 Rfxd8 26. Bxd5 Rc2 {As the tournament progressed, it
became imperative that Nigel won this game to assure his GM title.  Viewed in
that light, the following play is all the more dramatic.} 27. a4 Rdc8 {
Mistakenly, Black also tries for a win.} 28. Bc4 Kf8 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. Kf1 g5 31.
g4 h5 $6 32. gxh5 Rb2 33. Kg2 Rh8 34. h3 Rxh5 35. Rc1 $1 d5 36. Bd3 (36. Bxd5
$2 g4 $1 {and goodbye GM title.}) 36... Rh6 (36... Rxb3 37. Be2 Rh6 38. Rc5 {
restores White's advantage.}) 37. Rc7+ Kd6 $2 {Losing.} (37... Kf8 {
was necessary.}) 38. Rxf7 Ke6 39. Rf5 Rf6 40. Re5+ Kd6 41. Bf5 Kc6 42. Kg3 Rd6
(42... Rxb3 43. Be6) 43. Kg4 $1 {Giving Black a choice of the b- or f-pawns,
but ensuring a passed h-pawn for White.} 43... Rxb3 44. Kxg5 Rb2 45. f4 Ra2 46.
Bg4 Rxa4 47. f5 Rb4 48. f6 Rb8 49. f7 Rf8 50. Be6 {
The centralised bishop is key to White's play.} 50... a4 51. Kf6 a3 52. e4 dxe4
53. Rxe4 Ra8 54. d5+ Kc5 55. Re1 a2 56. Rc1+ Kd4 57. Ra1 Rb6 58. Kg7 Rb7 (58...
Rb1 59. Rxa2 $1 {would have brought an abrupt end.}) 59. d6 Ke5 60. Bxa2 $1 (
60. Rxa2 $2 Kxe6 61. Rxa8 Rxf7+ {when Black has more hope than he deserves.})
60... Ra3 61. d7 Rg3+ 62. Kh6 Rb6+ 63. Kh5 Rb8 64. Re1+ Kf6 65. Rf1+ (65. Rf1+
Ke7 66. f8=Q+ Rxf8 67. Rxf8 Rxh3+ 68. Kg4 Rd3 69. Rf7+ Kd8 70. Be6 {
etc. (Povah)}) 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bryson, Douglas Marshall"]
[Black "Povah, Nigel Edward"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Notes by Nigel Povah"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

{Notes based on Nigel Povah's commentary in Informator 38.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 ({
Played this way, Black is open to the variation:} 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4
) 6... d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. Bd3 ({
Alternatives are:} 12. Bxb5) (12. Nxb5) (12. Qd3) (12. c3) (12. exf5) 12... Be6
13. Qh5 Rg8 $1 ({Canadian GM Jean Hebert, in his very fine annotation to his
game with black against Martinovsky (III North Atlantic Championship), pointed
out this strong text move.  Anyhow, he got a good game by the older:} 13... Bg7
14. O-O f4 15. c4 b4 16. Nc2 Rb8 $1 17. b3 h6 18. g3 O-O 19. Rad1 Qg5 20. Be2
Rb7 $1 {and Black won in 49.}) 14. f4 ({White can also try:} 14. g3) 14... Nd4
$1 15. c3 Bxd5 16. exd5 e4 17. O-O-O (17. cxd4 Qa5+ $1 18. Kf1 Qd2 19. Be2 Qxb2
$17 {(Povah)}) 17... b4 $1 18. Nc2 ({White gets one surprise after another. If:
} 18. cxb4 exd3 19. Rxd3 Bg7 $15) 18... Nxc2 19. Bxc2 Qf6 $1 {A comprehensive
move, holding the f5 and h7 pawns, putting the finger on White's soft spots b2
and c3, and anticipating White's next.} 20. Ba4+ Ke7 21. Qe2 $1 bxc3 22. Bc6
Bg7 $1 ({White is too active after:} 22... Rd8 23. Qxa6 Bh6 24. g3 cxb2+ 25.
Kb1 Qc3 26. Rhe1) 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Qc2 {
The threat was c2! followed by Rc8! if the queen takes.} 24... Rb8 25. b3 (25.
Qxc3 $2 Rc8 $1) 25... Kf8 $1 26. a3 {Otherwise the Black queen gets to a3 and
after a6-a5-a4 there's a mating attack.} 26... Qd8 27. Kb1 Qa5 28. Ka2 Rb5 29.
Qe2 $1 (29. a4 Rxd5 30. b4 Rxd1 $1 31. bxa5 Rxh1 ({or} 31... Rd2 {
the win is clear, so White sets a trap.})) 29... Qb6 $1 (29... Rxd5 30. b4 $1
Rxd1 31. bxa5 Rd2+ (31... Rxh1 32. Qxa6 $13) 32. Qxd2 cxd2 33. Kb3 $13) 30. Qc2
Qb7 31. Rhg1 Rxd5 32. g4 fxg4 33. Rxg4 Bf6 $1 34. f5 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 d5 36. Qg1
Qc7 $1 (36... d4 37. Qg3 Ke7 38. Qg2 $13) 37. Kb1 c2+ 38. Kc1 Be5 39. Rg8+ Ke7
40. f6+ Kd7 41. Rg4 h5 42. Rh4 Qc3 43. Qa7+ Bc7 44. Qb7 Qd3 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Napolitano, Mario"]
[Black "Berta, Matyas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Bd3 a6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. a3 Bg4 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Ba7 13. Bb2 Ne5 14. Be2 Nc4 15.
Bc1 Rc8 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Na4 Ne4 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxg4 Bxa1 21.
Bxc8 Rxc8 22. f3 Nf6 23. Nc5 Be5 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Strand, Karl Wilhelm"]
[Black "Napolitano, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Bd7 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bc4 Rc8 10. Bb3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Bb6 Qe8 14. Nc7 Qd8 15.
Qa5 Rxc7 16. Bxc7 Qc8 17. O-O-O Be6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxb3 20. axb3 Qe6 21.
Rhe1 Qf5 22. Kb1 e6 23. Qc3 Ne8 24. Bxg7 Nxg7 25. Qe5 Rc8 26. Qxf5 Nxf5 27. Rd7
b5 28. Red1 Kg7 29. Ra7 Rc6 30. Rdd7 Nh6 31. Rac7 Rb6 32. c4 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Napolitano, Mario"]
[Black "Sterud, Edvard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bd7 8. Be2
Nge7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Be3 c4 11. Nd2 O-O-O 12. f4 f5 13. g4 Qa5 14. Nb1 Rdf8 15.
Qc1 h6 16. Qb2 fxg4 17. Bxg4 Nf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Nd2 Ne7 20. Rab1 Qc7 21.
Qxb7+ Qxb7 22. Rxb7 Kxb7 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anton, Volker_Michael"]
[Black "Napolitano, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A60"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 Be7 6. d6 Bf8 7. e4 g6 8. e5 b6
9. Bg5 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Napolitano, Mario"]
[Black "Vukcevic, Borislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 b5 14. e5 Rab8
15. Bf4 e6 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. Be2 c4 19. Bf3 Nd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21.
Bh6 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 b4 23. Qe3 a5 24. Re2 b3 25. Qd2 a4 26. a3 b2 27. Rb1 Rdb5
28. Qc2 Qa5 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diaconescu, Paul"]
[Black "Napolitano, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
Qd2 f5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. O-O-O 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Napolitano, Mario"]
[Black "Hintikka, Eero"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 c6 7. O-O-O+ Kc7
8. f4 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. g3 Bc5 11. fxe5 Be3+ 12. Kc2 Bf5+ 13. Kb3 a5 14. a4
Na6 15. Bg2 fxe5 16. Bh3 Nc5+ 17. Ka3 Bc2 18. Rf1 Rhf8 19. Nf3 e4 20. Nh4 Rad8
21. Ng2 Bd2 22. Rf5 Kb6 23. Rhf1 Rd4 24. Nf4 Rfd8 25. Rxf7 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxc4
27. Ne6 Rxc3+ 28. Ka2 Bb3+ 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Napolitano, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Bd7 8.
Rd1 Qa5 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Qd2 a6 11. f4 Nc6 12. Be2 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nxe4 19. Rd4 Nf6 20. c4 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Napolitano, Mario"]
[Black "Sorensen, Henrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bf4
O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O a6 12. Rfe1 Nh5 13. Bh6 Bg4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Re3 Nd7 16. Rae1 Nf4 17. Bc2 Qf6 18. Ne2 Nxe2+ 19. R1xe2 Qxb2 20. Qe1 Qxa2 21.
h3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qb2 23. f4 Qf6 24. Rf3 Ne5 25. fxe5 Qxf3 26. Re3 Qf4 27. exd6
Qxd6 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bohak, Janko"]
[Black "Napolitano, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. Nh3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne5 10. Ng5 h6 11. Ne4 f5 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. d4 Nf7 15.
Nf4 Kh7 16. Ne6 Bxe6 17. dxe6 Nd8 18. d5 b6 19. g4 Nb7 20. gxf5 Rxf5 21. Be4
Rf6 22. c4 Raf8 23. Qd3 Qd8 24. Kh1 Qe8 25. Rg1 Bh8 26. Bd2 Rg8 27. Rg2 a6 28.
Rag1 b5 29. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Napolitano, Mario"]
[Black "Webb, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Rad1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qe3 Qa5 13. Qg3 e5 14. Be3
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bd3 Bg6 17. a3 Rac8 18. f4 e4 19. Be2 Rxc2 20. Rf2 Bf6
21. Bg4 Rxf2 22. Qxf2 h5 23. Bh3 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Rxd6 Be7 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Foldi, Jozsef"]
[Black "Napolitano, Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2
f5 9. Nbd2 Bf6 10. Qc2 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. f3 Qe7 14. fxe4 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Napolitano, Mario"]
[Black "Bryson, Douglas Marshall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E26"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 d6 8. Qc2
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 h6 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Nh4 g5 13. Nf5 Nxf5 14. exf5 e4 15. Bxe4
Qe7 16. f3 Bxf5 17. O-O Nxe4 18. Re1 O-O-O 19. fxe4 Bg6 20. Ra2 Rhe8 21. Qa4
Kb8 22. Rae2 Qc7 23. Qc2 Re5 24. Qa4 Rde8 25. Qb5 f5 26. Qb2 f4 27. Qc2 Qe7 28.
Qd3 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berta, Matyas"]
[Black "Strand, Karl Wilhelm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D51"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. a3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3
h6 9. Bh4 Re8 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O Nxc3 14. Qxc3 e5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Rxe5 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rd7
Rb8 21. Rfd1 Kf8 22. Kf1 Re7 23. Ke2 Rbe8 24. h4 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Re7 26. Rd8+ Re8
27. Rd4 Re5 28. g4 Rb5 29. Rd2 Ke7 30. Kf3 Ke6 31. Kf4 Rd5 32. Rc2 Rd1 33. h5
Kd6 34. Ke4 c5 35. f4 b5 36. Rg2 a5 37. g5 c4 38. f5 hxg5 39. Rxg5 b4 40. axb4
axb4 41. Rxg7 c3 42. bxc3 bxc3 43. Rg2 Rd2 44. Rg1 c2 45. Rc1 Rh2 46. Kf4 f6
47. e4 Rh4+ 48. Kf3 Rh2 49. Kg3 Rxh5 50. Rxc2 Ke5 51. Rc4 Rh1 52. Kg4 Rg1+ 53.
Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Ke2 Rh1 55. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sterud, Edvard"]
[Black "Berta, Matyas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 (6. Bg5 {
is tried from time to time, and Black is best with} 6... Be7 (6... f6 $143 $2)
7. Bxe7 Ngxe7 8. e3 c4) 6... Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 ({
The celebrated Tarrasch Defences played by Dr Dyckhoff in the IFSB era were
with the gambit:} 9... d4 {eg. Batik-Dyckhoff, 1930, which continued:} 10. Na4
Bf5 11. Nh4 Be4 12. f3 Bd5 13. Nf5 Be6 $1 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bg5 Bc4 $1 16. Re1
h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. b3 Ba6 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. Nb2 Re3 21. Rac1 Rae8 22. Bf1 Ne5
23. f4 Ng4 24. Nc4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Qg6 $3 26. Bg2 Nxh2 $1 27. Kxh2 Qxg3+ 28. Kg1
d3 29. Rc3 R8e6 $1 {0-1.}) 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 (11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13.
Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Rfe8 17. Rac1 Qb5 $1 18. b3 Rad8 19.
Rc4 d3 $1 $11 {Vogele-Goldenberg, CC, 1984.}) 11... Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rc1
Re8 14. Ne1 Be7 15. Nd3 Bf8 {
Black's undeveloped pieces are quite active where they stand.} (15... Qb6 16.
a3 Bg4 17. Re1 Rac8 $11 {(ECO)}) 16. Qd2 a5 17. a3 a4 ({Berta eschews} 17...
Qb6 18. Nec5 Ne5 $13 {(ECO)}) 18. Nec5 Qb6 19. Qc2 Qb5 (19... Ra5 $2 20. Nxa4
$16 {Nikolic-Gligoric, Niksic, 1983.}) 20. Rfe1 ({If now} 20. Nxa4 Bf5 {
looks good, as does:} (20... Rxa4 $1)) 20... Ne5 21. Nf4 Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23.
Rxc5 d3 $1 24. Kf1 dxe2+ 25. Rxe2 f6 26. Rc7 {Despite having rid himself of
the runt q-pawn, Black still has problems, and needs to defend with extreme
accuracy.} 26... Rb8 27. Bd5+ Kf8 28. Be4 b6 29. Kg2 Ng6 30. Bxg6 Rxe2 31. Nxe2
hxg6 32. Nf4 Bf5 33. g4 {With this, White tries hard to win.} 33... Bxg4 34.
Nxg6+ Kg8 35. Ne7+ Kh7 36. Rc4 {This nets a pawn.} 36... Bh5 (36... Bd7 37.
Rh4#) 37. Rxa4 Rb7 38. Nc8 Rb8 39. Rc4 Be2 40. Rc7 Ba6 41. Nd6 Bd3 42. Kf3 Kg6
43. Ke3 Bf1 44. f4 Bh3 45. Rc1 Kh5 $1 46. Rc3 g5 47. fxg5 fxg5 48. Kd4 Bd7 49.
Rc7 Ba4 {The normal bad boy of the QGD is certainly getting around in this
particular game.  But now White can exchange rooks, and things look desperate
for Black.} 50. Rc8 Rxc8 51. Nxc8 b5 52. Nd6 Kh4 53. Ke3 Bd1 $1 54. Nxb5 Kh3
55. Kd2 Bb3 56. Nd4 Bd5 57. b4 Kxh2 {
A choice example for Yuri's next update of "Bishop Endings".} 58. b5 g4 59. Nf5
g3 60. Nxg3 Kxg3 61. Ke3 Bg2 $1 62. a4 Kg4 63. Kd4 Kf5 64. Kc5 Ke6 65. Kb6 {
And here White conceded the draw - a most instructive game.} (65. Kb6 Kd6 66.
Ka7 Kc5 67. Ka6 Kb4 68. a5 Bf1 {
completes the superb defensive play by the Yugoslav.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berta, Matyas"]
[Black "Anton, Volker_Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8.
Nbd2 Qxc5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 a5 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. bxc5 Rxd1 14. Rxd1
Bf5 15. c4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Nd7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Nxc5 20. Nb6
Be6 21. f4 Rb8 22. Kf2 Kf8 23. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vukcevic, Borislav"]
[Black "Berta, Matyas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

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 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Bc8 15.
b3 Bd7 16. Bb2 Rfc8 17. Rc1 Bf8 18. Nf1 b4 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. Ne3 g6 21. Kh2 Bh6
22. g3 Nb7 23. Qd1 Bb5 24. Nd2 Nc5 25. Nec4 Qd8 26. Ra1 a5 27. a3 Qc7 28. axb4
axb4 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. f4 Nfd7 31. Qf3 f6 32. Bb1 Nb6 33. Ne3 Qf7 34. Kg2 Bg7
35. Nd1 Qa7 36. Nf2 Nbd7 37. h4 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berta, Matyas"]
[Black "Diaconescu, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nb3
Be7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. bxc3 Be7 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4
Bd6 15. Bf4 Ke7 16. Bxd6+ Kxd6 17. Rab1 Rb8 18. Rb3 b5 19. Ra3 a6 20. Rc1 b4
21. Rb1 Rb5 22. Ra4 a5 23. e4 Bd7 24. Bf1 Rd5 25. Raxb4 axb4 26. exd5 Rb8 27.
dxe6 Bxe6 28. a4 b3 29. Bb5 Kc7 30. f4 Kb6 31. Bd3 Ka5 32. Be4 Bc4 33. Kf2 b2
34. Re1 Ba2 35. Re2 b1=Q 36. Bxb1 Bxb1 37. Re7 Ba2 38. Ke3 Rd8 39. Ke4 Bd5+ 40.
Ke5 Kxa4 41. f5 Kb4 42. f6 g6 43. g4 h6 44. Rc7 Bc4 45. Rc5 Kc3 46. h4 Rxd4 47.
g5 h5 48. Rc7 Rxh4 49. Kd6 Re4 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hintikka, Eero"]
[Black "Berta, Matyas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 ({
Also playable here is:} 7... Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d3 d6 11. Bg5 Bb4
12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. Bh4 Qe7 $11 {Spielmann-Eliskases, 1932!}) 8. d3 h6
9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nd1 d5 13. e5 Re8 14. f4 Bb6 15. Qf3
Nh7 16. Nf2 c5 17. f5 $1 Rxe5 18. a5 Ba7 $2 {A strange choice.} (18... Bc7 $142
{and it would prevent White's 23rd move in the game continuation.}) 19. Ng4 Re8
20. f6 Nxf6 21. Bxh6 $1 Re6 22. Bxg7 {If Black's bishop had been on c7, then
White's best here may have been Bg5, giving Black real problems.} 22... Kxg7
23. Qf4 Nxg4 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Qxe6 Qh4 26. h3 Ne3 27. Qe5+ Kg8 28. Rf3 Qh6 29.
Raf1 $1 Nxf1 30. Bxd5+ {A fine attack.} 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berta, Matyas"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O h6 5. d3 Bf5 6. c4 e6 7. Nd4 Bg6 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. e4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 dxe4 13. Qxd7+ Nxd7 14. Nb5
O-O-O 15. dxe4 a6 16. Na3 Bd6 17. Nc4 Bc7 18. Be3 b5 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. Rfc1 Kb8
21. h3 Nd3 22. Rc2 Nb4 23. Rcc1 Nd3 24. Rc6 Nb4 25. Rc3 Be5 26. Rc5 Bxb2 27.
Rb1 Bd4 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Nb3 Rd6 30. Na5 Nd3 31. Rc2 Rc8 32. Rd2 Rc3 33. Rbd1
e5 34. Nb3 Kc7 35. g4 f6 36. f3 Bf7 37. Bf1 Bc4 38. h4 Rd7 39. h5 Bxb3 40. axb3
Nc5 41. Rxd7+ Nxd7 42. Rd3 Rxd3 43. Bxd3 Nc5 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sorensen, Henrik"]
[Black "Berta, Matyas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

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 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Bb1 ({In the Volmac-15 Tournament, no less than four of Berta's opponents had
preferred} 15. Re2 {in this position (even Sorensen had it on his scoresheet,
scrubbed out!).  All the games continued:} 15... d5 $6 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Ng3 f5
18. exf6 Bxf6 {and all were lost by Black!}) ({Steadier is} 15. Re2 Nd7 16. Ne3
Rfe8 17. b3 Bf8 18. Bb2 Nc6 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. dxe5 Ndxe5 21. Nd4 $16 {
Zagarovsky-Kauranen, 6th World Final.}) 15... Rfe8 16. Ng3 g6 (16... exd4 $1
17. Nxd4 d5 18. e5 $6 Bb4 19. Bf5 Bxe1 20. Bxc8 Qxe5 {
when Black has the upper hand.  Rubtsova-Honfi, Ladies CC, 1981.}) 17. a4 {
With absolute logic.} 17... exd4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxd4 Qb6 20. Ndf5 $1 Rxc1
21. Qxc1 Nb3 22. Qc3 Nxa1 {Now another knight is offered.} 23. Nh5 $5 gxf5 24.
Qg3+ Ng4 25. hxg4 Qd4 $1 {Lucky!?} 26. e5 f4 27. Qh3 Bg5 $1 {
Excellent defence!  Now Black threatens Rxe5 and it's his game.} (27... dxe5
28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Ng3+ Kg6 30. Qh5+ Kf6 31. Qh6# {must have been one of
umpteen variations Black rejected during his 12-day think.}) 28. Bxh7+ Kf8 29.
Rxa1 Qxb2 {With tempo, so why not?} 30. Rb1 Qxe5 {Due to his mastery of the
long diagonal, Black has no serious problems left.  Indeed, with the Nh5 out
of play, Black has all the winning chances.} 31. Qd3 b4 32. Bf5 Bd5 {
Having defended superbly, Black drifts.} 33. Qd2 {
After a prolonged think by White.} (33. g3 $2 Qe1+ $1 34. Rxe1 (34. Kh2 $4
Qxf2+ 35. Kh3 Qg2#) 34... Rxe1+ 35. Qf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 fxg3 37. Nxg3 b3 $19)
33... b3 34. g3 Bc4 (34... fxg3 35. f4) 35. gxf4 Bh6 36. Rd1 Qc5 37. Qc3 {
Suddenly White's on the attack again.} 37... Re2 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qf6+ Ke8 40.
Qh4 Qa5 41. Nf6+ (41. Nf6+ Kd8 42. Ne4+ Kc7 43. Qe7+ Kb8 44. Qxd6+ {etc.}) 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berta, Matyas"]
[Black "Bohak, Janko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 $6 ({Another line goes:} 8... e6 9. Rc1 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 Na6 12.
dxc5 Nxc5 {Taimanov-Kudrin, Titograd, 1984.}) 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 d5 11. Bxg7
Kxg7 12. d4 dxc4 13. dxc5 $1 {Begining a subtle manoeuvre to take advantage of
Black's lack of attention to his q-side development.} 13... cxb3 14. Qxb3 Qc7
15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. Qc3+ Qf6 17. Qc7 Be4 18. Qc4 Bc6 19. Rac1 {
The repercussions of Black's q-side mess will be long term.} 19... Rd8 20. e4
e5 21. h4 Rd6 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qe7 24. Bh3 $1 {Underlining his opening
advantage.  It will be extremely difficult for Black to develop and also
resist the pressure which will have to be faced very soon in the middle game.}
24... a6 25. Qc3 f6 26. h5 g5 27. Bf5 Ra7 28. Nh2 Be8 {
The final phase is delightful.} 29. h6+ $1 Kxh6 {
If he refuses, he is going to be terribly bottled up by Qc8 and trouble at f6.}
30. Qb3 $1 Rb7 31. Qg8 {
The point.  There is only one defence to Ng4+, followed by Kg2 and Rh1#.} 31...
Bh5 32. g4 Qf7 33. Qh8 $1 ({Very fine play.  If:} 33. Qh8 Bg6 34. Rd3 {
and Rh3+ applies the coup de grace.}) 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
[Black "Berta, Matyas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

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 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 Bc8 15.
b4 Nc4 16. Nxc4 Qxc4 17. Rb1 Bd7 18. Bd3 Qc7 19. Be3 Rfc8 20. Nd2 Be8 21. Qe2
Bd8 22. a4 Qb7 23. Nb3 Bb6 24. Na5 Qa7 25. Bg5 bxa4 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Nc4 Bb5
28. Nxd6 Bxf2+ 29. Kh2 Bxe1 30. Nxc8 Qf2 31. Bxb5 axb5 32. Qg4+ Kf8 33. Nd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berta, Matyas"]
[Black "Foldi, Jozsef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2+ Qe7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Bd2 Bxc3
14. Bxc3 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bryson, Douglas Marshall"]
[Black "Berta, Matyas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 ({An extraordinary miniature occurred in
the ICCF World Cup V Tournament between Wittling and Sergiev:} 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5.
Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 d6 9. Nd5 Nxe4 10. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 11. Ke2 Bg4+
12. Kd3 Ne5+ 13. Kxe4 f5+ 14. Kf4 Ng6#) 4... d5 ({The defence} 4... Nf6 {
often used by Boey, has a main line which makes interesting postal chess.After:
} 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 f5 7. exf6 d5 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. cxd4 Kf7 10. fxg7 Bb4+ 11. Kd1
Re8 12. Be3 Kg8 {Estrin considers Black's game virtually won.  Indeed, the
game Mondragon-Palciauskas, III North American Championship, went:} 13. a3 Ba5
14. Kc1 c5 15. dxc5 d4 {and confirmed the ex-World Champion's view.}) ({
A considerable improvement for White was seen in Bryson-Jenkins, Scottish CC
Championship, 1978-79, with:} 4... Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 f5 7. exf6 d5 8. Nbd2
$1 d3 9. Qe3 Bc5 10. fxg7 Rg8 11. Nd4 Rxg7 12. Bxd3 Bf5 13. O-O Qf6 14. Bxe4
Bxd4 15. cxd4 Re7 16. Bxf5 Rxe3 17. fxe3 Qg5 18. Nb3 Ke7 19. e4 Qg7 20. exd5
Rg8 21. Bh3 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qg7 24. Bf4 {and White won.}) ({
There's also:} 4... Nge7 $1 5. Bc4 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. Nxd4 O-O $1 9.
Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qf3 Bd6 11. Nd2 Re8 12. h3 Qe7 $1 $17 {
Christiansen-Kasparyants, ICCF Master Class.}) 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Nf6 ({
Beware of ECO's} 6... Bg4 7. Nc3 Bb4 $1 {
which was demolished rapidly in another III NAC game, Preo-Sarosy:} 8. Be2 Nge7
$6 9. O-O Qa5 10. Bd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nxd4 12. Bxb7 Rd8 $2 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3
Qb6 15. Qa4+ Rd7 16. Rfe1 Qxb7 17. Bxd4 c5 18. Bxc5 O-O 19. Rad1 $1 Rc7 20. Qb4
{and White won.}) ({Black has better on the 8th move however:} 6... Bg4 7. Nc3
Bb4 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qc4 10. Be3 (10. Qb3) ({and} 10. Bxc6+ {
are both preferable to:}) 10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 Qc4+ 13. Kg1 Nge7
14. Rc1 Qxa2 15. Ra1 Qc4 16. Rc1 {Marshall-Capablanca, 1926, draw.} 16... Qa2
17. Ra1 Qc4 18. Rc1 Qb4 $1 {Bryson-Flear, Edinburgh, 1985, 0-1.}) ({
Also in this line,} 6... Bg4 7. Nc3 {allows} 7... Bxf3 $6 {when a sample line:}
8. Nxd5 Bxd1 9. Nxc7+ Kd7 10. Nxa8 Bh5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14.
Be3 Nc2+ 15. Kd2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Nf6 {offers ample scope for analysis.}) (6...
Bg4 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 {
transposes back to the first variation above, while avoiding 7... Bxf3.}) 7.
Nc3 Bb4 8. Be2 Ne4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. Rb1 b6 13. O-O
Qd6 {This stops Velimirovic's manoeuvre Qf4-h4.} 14. Bd3 h6 15. Rbe1 Bd7 16.
Re3 ({A simple, strong plan.  Black was probably expecting:} 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17.
dxe5 Qc5 $11) 16... Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Kf8 18. Bc2 Rxe3 19. fxe3 $1 {
The very experienced Berta is about to receive a chess lesson!} 19... Be6 20.
Qd3 g6 21. e4 {This emphatically declines Black's draw proposal.} 21... Ne7 22.
Qe3 Kg7 23. d5 Bd7 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Ne5 Rf8 26. Bb3 {Black can only find a
simplifying continuation, and loses in quick time to the White centre pawns.}
26... c5 27. dxc6 Qxd4+ 28. cxd4 Bxc6 29. d5 Bb7 30. d6 Nc6 31. Nxc6 (31. Nxf7
{followed by e5 and e6 also won. (Bryson)}) 31... Bxc6 32. e5 Bd7 33. Rc1 Rd8
34. Rc7 a5 $2 ({A blunder, but after:} 34... Kf8 35. Rxa7 {wins. (Bryson)}) 35.
Rxd7 $1 Rxd7 36. e6 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Strand, Karl Wilhelm"]
[Black "Sterud, Edvard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Qb3
Na6 9. Bg5 Kh8 10. Rad1 c6 11. Rfe1 Ne4 12. Bc1 Rb8 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Ng5 b5
15. Nxe4 bxc4 16. Qa4 Rb6 17. Nc3 d5 18. e4 Qf7 19. exd5 Bg4 20. f3 Bxf3 21.
Bxf3 Qxf3 22. Qxc4 Qf2+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anton, Volker_Michael"]
[Black "Strand, Karl Wilhelm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. a3 g6 14. b4 Ng7
15. Ng3 f5 16. Nge2 Be6 17. f3 Rad8 18. Nc1 Qd6 19. f4 Rd7 20. Nb3 Rde7 21. Nd2
Nd7 22. Nf3 Nh5 23. Ne5 Nhf6 24. h3 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Be2 Nb6 27. Qc5 Qd5
28. Qc3 Rc8 29. Kf2 Qd8 30. h4 Rec7 31. Rh1 Nd5 32. Qd2 a5 33. g3 Ra8 34. bxa5
c5 35. Bc4 cxd4 36. Qxd4 Nxf4 37. gxf4 Bxc4 38. Qb2 Be6 39. Rd1 Qe7 40. h5 g5
41. h6 Rac8 42. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Strand, Karl Wilhelm"]
[Black "Vukcevic, Borislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Bf4 c5 9. Rd1 cxd4 10. Rxd4 Qb6 11. e5 Be6 12. Qb5 Nd7 13. Rxd7 Bxd7 14. Qxd7
Qxb2 15. Qd2 Qa1+ 16. Qc1 Qxc1+ 17. Bxc1 Rac8 18. Bd2 Nb4 19. Nb5 Nc6 20. e6 f5
21. Be2 a6 22. Na3 Rfd8 23. O-O Nd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Bg5 Kf8 26. Bd1 f4 27. g3
Rd5 28. Bxf4 Ra5 29. Nb1 Rxa2 30. Bf3 Rb2 31. Rd1 a5 32. Na3 Rb3 33. Bd5 Rxa3
34. Bxb7 Re8 35. Bc6 Rc8 36. Bb7 Rac3 37. Bxc8 Rxc8 38. Rd7 Ra8 39. Bg5 Bf6 40.
Bxf6 exf6 41. Rxh7 Ra6 42. Rb7 a4 43. Rb2 Ke7 44. Kf1 Kxe6 45. Ke2 a3 46. Ra2
Kd5 47. Kd3 Ra7 48. f3 g5 49. Kc3 f5 50. h3 Kc5 51. Kb3 Kd4 52. Rxa3 Rh7 53.
Ra5 Rf7 54. f4 gxf4 55. Ra4+ Ke3 56. Rxf4 Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diaconescu, Paul"]
[Black "Strand, Karl Wilhelm"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Be2 Bd6 11. a3 O-O 12. e4 e5 13. f4 exd4 14. Qxd4
Bxf4 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Nd6 Bg5 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qd4 Qc2 20. Bf3 Bc1
21. Qc3 Qxc3+ 22. bxc3 Bb2 23. Rb1 Bxc3+ 24. Kf2 Bd4+ 25. Ke2 Bxe5 26. Nxb7
Rac8 27. Kd2 Bf5 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Strand, Karl Wilhelm"]
[Black "Hintikka, Eero"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 f5 {An excellent line for Black.} 5. d4 ({
Kellner-Purdy, CC, 1954, is a good example of the line:} 5. exf5 e4 6. d4 exf3
7. dxc5 Qe7+ 8. Be3 fxg2 9. Rg1 Nf6 10. Rxg2 (10. Qf3 $142 O-O 11. Nd2) ({Also,
} 10. Bc4 $142 {stopping 0-0.} 10... Ne5 11. Nd2 b6 12. Qb3 Bb7 13. O-O-O O-O-O
14. Qa3 Nfg4 15. Bd4 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Qg5+ 17. Rd2 b5 18. Nd6+ $1 {
Dauga-Mokrov, USSR CC, 1972.}) 10... d5 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nd2 Ne5
14. Qe2 Bxf5 $17) 5... fxe4 6. Nxe5 ({The main alternative is:} 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
Nfd2 Bd6 8. dxe5 e3 $1 9. fxe3 Bc5 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qf3 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 13. Ne4
Bg4 14. Qf1 Be7 15. Qxh3 Bxh3 16. Nf2 Be6 17. e4 O-O-O $5 18. Be3 h5 $11 {
Martinovsky-Andrews, III North Atlantic CC Championship.}) (6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
Nfd2 {There is also the super-violent:} 7... Qg5 $5 8. dxc5 Nf6 9. O-O $2 Bh3
10. g3 O-O-O $1 {
and White couldn't put together a defence in Magnusson-Sowray, NATT II.}) 6...
Nxe5 7. Qh5+ ({Black has no problem with} 7. dxe5 c6 {and White must choose} 8.
Bc4 {or} (8. Be2 $5)) 7... Ng6 ({More natural than:} 7... Nf7 8. Bc4 (8. Qxc5
c6 9. Be2 d6 10. Qa3 Qf6 11. Nd2 d5 12. Nb3 {and Black has good k-side play.})
8... Qe7 9. dxc5 Nf6 10. Bxf7+ Kf8) 8. dxc5 Nf6 9. Qg5 {Reckoned to be strong.}
9... O-O 10. Be3 b6 $1 ({Improving on:} 10... d5 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. Nd2 Be6 13.
Bd4 a6 14. Be2 d5 15. O-O $16 {Suetin-Naftalin, USSR, 1959.}) 11. Nd2 Bb7 12.
Rd1 ({In view of what happens,} 12. O-O-O {looks more circumspect.}) 12... Re8
13. Nb3 Re5 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Qg3 Qe7 $1 {A wonderful position for Black!} 16.
cxb6 (16. Bd4 e3 $1 {opens all the lines for Black.}) 16... axb6 17. Nc1 Nh5
18. Qg4 d5 19. Bf1 Rf8 20. Qe2 Nhf4 {And it's getting better and better -
quite overwhelming in fact, but it's a bit too early for White to resign!} 21.
Qd2 Ref5 $1 22. Rg1 Ne5 23. Be2 Qh4 24. h3 Nxh3 25. gxh3 Rxf2 26. Qd4 Rg2+ {
Now White was probably only too happy to resign!} 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Strand, Karl Wilhelm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 c4 7. b3 cxb3 8. Qxb3 Na5
9. Qc2 Qc7 10. Bd3 h6 11. O-O O-O-O 12. a4 f5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Re1 Bd6 15. Ba3
Ne7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Na3 Kb8 18. Nb5 Qf4 19. Reb1 e5 20. Ne1 Rhg8 21. Qb2 e4
22. Bf1 Bf5 23. Qa3 Nec6 24. Rb2 Rg7 25. g3 Ka8 26. Ng2 Qb8 27. Rbb1 Bh3 28.
Qc1 Rh7 29. Nf4 Bxf1 30. Qxf1 Qc8 31. Ra2 h5 32. h4 Qf5 33. Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Strand, Karl Wilhelm"]
[Black "Sorensen, Henrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. Bg5 c5 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Qg6 8.
Qd3 Bb4+ 9. Nd2 Qxd3 10. cxd3 Nc6 11. Ngf3 a5 12. O-O f6 13. Rfc1 a4 14. a3 Be7
15. Nb1 Bd7 16. Nc3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Bh3 g5 19. Rc2 h5 20. Rac1 Bd6 21.
Bf1 Ke7 22. d4 exd4 23. exd4 Ra5 24. Re1 Bb8 25. Rd2 Ba7 26. Re5 g4 27. Bg2 Bb8
28. Re1 Kd6 29. Bf1 Ba7 30. Ne2 Bb6 31. Nf4 Rh6 32. Be2 Ra8 33. Rc1 Bc6 34. Ng2
Rf8 35. Rcc2 Bd8 36. Rd1 Bb6 37. Bf1 Rf3 38. Ne3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bohak, Janko"]
[Black "Strand, Karl Wilhelm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 c4 7. g3 Qb6 8. Bg2 Na5
9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Ng5 Be8 11. f4 Ne7 12. Qe2 h6 13. Ngf3 f5 14. exf6 gxf6 15.
Nh4 Rg8 16. O-O Ng6 17. Ndf3 Nb3 18. Rb1 Nxc1 19. Rbxc1 Bf7 20. Rf2 Nxh4 21.
Nxh4 Bd6 22. Qc2 Rg7 23. Re1 Kb8 24. Kh1 f5 25. Rfe2 Bc7 26. Rb1 Rd7 27. Nf3
Bh5 28. Ne5 Bxe2 29. Nxd7+ Rxd7 30. Qxe2 Rd6 31. Bf3 Qb5 32. Rf1 Rb6 33. Rf2 a6
1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Strand, Karl Wilhelm"]
[Black "Webb, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. e5 Nd7 8. Ne2 (
8. O-O c5 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 $1 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5
Qd4+ 14. Kh1 Qxe5 {White has lost a pawn without compensation.}) ({
In the BPCF Jubilee, Boey-Webb exploded with:} 8. h4 $6 dxe5 9. fxe5 c5 10. e6
Nf6 11. exf7+ Rxf7 (11... Kh8 {is a possible improvement (Webb)}) 12. Bc4 e6
13. dxc5 $1 $13 Qa5 14. Be3 Ng4) ({
In Maeder-Richardson, 10th World Final, White played the more restrained:} 8.
Be3 {but after:} 8... c5 $5 9. exd6 $2 (9. Bxa6 $142) 9... exd6 10. Qd2 Nb4 $1
{Black stood well, and won in 24 moves.}) 8... c5 9. c3 $5 {An ECO suggestion.}
9... cxd4 10. cxd4 dxe5 ({
Rittner-Richardson, Canadian Invitation Tourney, 1981-85, saw:} 10... Nb4 11.
Bb1 Nb6 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Be4 dxe5 14. dxe5 Be6 15. O-O Nc4 $15 {
Black winning in 51.}) 11. fxe5 f6 12. O-O Nb6 13. Qe1 Bg4 14. Qh4 Qd7 15. Bh6
Nb4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Be4 Rac8 18. exf6+ (18. Bxb7 {loses the exchange after:}
18... Qxb7 19. Qxg4 Nc2 {and Ne3.}) 18... exf6 19. a3 N4d5 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Qe6 $1 {White is obliged to exchange on d5 and go on the defensive.} 22.
Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qf2 Re8 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Qd6 26. h3 Bd7 27. d5 $2 {
Untenable.  Whereas, on d4 the pawn could be protected easily.} 27... b6 28.
Rd3 Rc8 29. Qd2 Bf5 30. Rc3 Rxc3 31. Qxc3 Qxd5 32. Qc7+ Qd7 33. Qf4 g5 34. Qb4
Qc7 35. Nd4 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kh1 Bd7 39. a4 h5 $1 {
This gives Black the extra bite needed to force a win.} 40. b3 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4
42. Nc2 Qe5 43. Qd2 Be6 44. Nd4 g3 $1 45. Nxe6+ Qxe6 46. Kg1 Qxb3 47. Qd7+ Kh6
48. Qd2+ Kg6 49. Qe1 Kf7 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Foldi, Jozsef"]
[Black "Strand, Karl Wilhelm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. Ne5 Bh5 5. h3 Nbd7 6. g4 Bg6 7. e3 Nxe5 8.
dxe5 Ng8 9. h4 h5 10. e6 {A lively start.} 10... fxe6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3
hxg4 13. Nc3 c6 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. e4 Kd7 $5 16. Rhe1 Rh5 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Ne2 $1
Nh7 {The defence is impressive.} 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nf4 Qf7 21. Qg3 $2 ({
Missing his chance with:} 21. Nxh5 Qxh5 (21... Nxg5 22. hxg5) 22. Qf5+ Ke8 23.
Re6 {followed by Rde1.}) 21... Nxg5 22. Qxg4+ Ne6 23. Nxh5 g6 $1 24. Ng3 Qf4+
25. Qxf4 Nxf4 26. h5 gxh5 27. Rh1 Bh6 28. Kb1 Kc7 29. Nxh5 Nxh5 30. Rxh5 Bf4 {
Black is slightly down on material, but should hold as he's all in one lump.}
31. Rh7 Bg5 32. Rg1 Bf6 33. Rg4 Rd8 34. c3 Rd6 35. Kc2 c5 36. c4 $2 {
Expecting only 36... d4.} 36... Re6 $1 37. Kd3 Ra6 38. cxd5 Rxa2 39. Rf4 Kd6
40. Rxf6+ {Forced, or he loses on the q-side.} 40... exf6 41. Rxb7 Kxd5 42. Rf7
Ke6 43. Rc7 $1 Kd5 (43... Rxb2 44. Rxc5 Rxf2 45. Ra5 Rf5 46. Ra6+ $1 Ke5 47.
Ke3 $1 {draws.}) 44. Rd7+ $1 Ke5 45. Re7+ Kf4 46. Re4+ Kf5 (46... Kf5 47. Re2
Ra5 {
and White still has problems, but Black only required a draw for his title!})
1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Strand, Karl Wilhelm"]
[Black "Bryson, Douglas Marshall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 ({
Black can actually develop too quickly for his own safety, eg:} 7... Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. f5 e5 (10... Nc6 $142) 11. Nde2 b5 12. g4 b4 13. g5 $1 bxc3
14. Nxc3 Ne8 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. g6 Bb7 17. Qh5 {Kaiser-Brix, CC, 1976, 1-0.}) 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 Bb7 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Bc5 ({Not} 11... Nd5 $2 12. Qg4 g6 13.
Rxf7 Kxf7 14. Qxe6+ Kg7 15. Nf5+ {and it's over.}) 12. Be3 Bxd4 ({
The alternative line is:} 12... Nc6 13. exf6 Bxd4 14. Qe1 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qd4
16. Rae1 gxf6 17. Ne4 Rd8 $13 {(ECO)}) 13. Qxd4 (13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Rf4 Qc7 15.
Qe2 O-O-O $17 {(ECO)}) 13... Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6 15. Rf4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Nd7 17. a4
Ke7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 $6 ({In retrospect, Strand perferred:} 19. Re1)
19... Rxa8 20. Nxb5 Nxe5 21. Na3 Bc6 22. Kf2 h5 23. h3 g5 24. Bc4 Rb8 $1 25.
Bb3 f5 26. Nb1 h4 27. Nc3 g4 28. Ne2 g3+ 29. Kf1 Ng6 30. Rd2 e5 31. Nc3 Nf4 32.
Ba4 Ba8 33. Rd7+ Ke6 34. Rd2 Rb4 $1 {Threatening 35... Rd4, when g2 will fall.}
35. Bb3+ Kf6 36. Bd5 Nxd5 37. Rxd5 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sterud, Edvard"]
[Black "Anton, Volker_Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
c6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 f5 12. exf5 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxg4 Ne5
15. Bh3 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Ne2 Bb6 18. Ng3 Rf7 19. Ne4 d5 20. Ng5 Rf5 21.
c5 Bc7 22. Ne6 Qe7 23. Nxc7 Qxc7 24. h3 Raf8 25. Rae1 g5 26. Bc3 Ng6 27. Bd4
Qf4 28. Qc3 R5f7 29. b3 Qf5 30. Qd2 h6 31. Bb2 Kh7 32. b4 Rd8 33. Bd4 Rg8 34.
Re3 Nf4 35. Rfe1 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vukcevic, Borislav"]
[Black "Sterud, Edvard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 8. Bb5+
Kf8 9. Nf3 c4 10. a4 Kf7 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qh4 Qd8 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Bg5 Qf5 15.
Qg3 e5 16. O-O Kg7 17. Rae1 e4 18. Nh4 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sterud, Edvard"]
[Black "Diaconescu, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 Qa5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Rd8 13. Ke1 Nc6 14. d5
Nb4 15. a3 Na6 16. Nd4 e6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Nc6 Rd7 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Rc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hintikka, Eero"]
[Black "Sterud, Edvard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 (6. Be2 f6 7. exf6
Nxf6 (7... Qxf6 8. Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Qg6 11. c3 $5 {Idea Nh4.}) 8. O-O
Bd6 9. c4 $1 {is very strong.  In a rare Pia Cramling CC game versus Backe,
1982-83, the continuation was:} 9... O-O 10. c5 Bf4 11. g3 $5 Bh6 (11... Bxd2
$1) 12. Nb3 Ng4 $2 {and Black was on the slippery slope.} (12... Bxc1 $142))
6... Be7 7. h4 ({A World Championship game Estrin-Sloth now continued:} 7. Bb5
a5 8. c3 a4 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Re1 Qe8 13. Bd3 f5 $1 $13)
7... a5 8. a4 f6 $5 ({Alternatively,} 8... b6 9. Bg5 (9. c3 h6 10. Be3 Ncb8 11.
Nc1 Ba6 12. Rh3 c5 13. Bb5 Qc8 14. Nd3 {Kaliwoda-Veress, I Euro TT.}) ({
an immediate} 9. Bb5 $5 {is also possible.}) 9... h6 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. h5 c5
12. Bb5 Qc7 13. O-O Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 $14 {
Averbach-Zaitsev, USSR Championship, 1969.}) 9. Bf4 fxe5 10. dxe5 O-O 11. g3
Nc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd3 Qe8 14. Ng5 {The attack begins.} 14... h6 15. Nh7 Rf7
16. Qh5 Bd7 17. Bg6 Ne7 {A remarkable transition is about to occur.} 18. Bxh6
$1 Bxf2+ 19. Ke2 Bxg3 20. Nf6+ $1 Rxf6 21. Bxe8 Bxe8 {
It's better to win the exchange than the queen.} 22. Qxe8+ $1 Rxe8 23. exf6
gxh6 24. fxe7 Rxe7 25. Rag1 Rg7 26. c3 c6 27. Kf3 Bd6 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rg1+
Kf7 {The ending White was after; materially equal, but hopeless for Black!} 30.
Kg4 $1 b5 31. Kh5 bxa4 32. Kxh6 a3 33. bxa3 Bxa3 34. Rf1+ $1 Ke7 35. Kg6 Bb2
36. h5 Bxc3 37. h6 a4 38. h7 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sterud, Edvard"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. a3 Rc8 12. Na4 Ne4 13. b4 a5 14. b5 Nb8 15. Rxc8
Qxc8 16. Qa1 Bd6 17. Rc1 Qd8 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. Qb2 Nd7 20. Nc5 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Nb6 22. Qc3 Qa8 23. Kf1 Rc8 24. Ke1 g6 25. Qa1 Kg7 26. Bd3 Qa7 27. a4 Ra8 28.
Kf1 Qb8 29. Ke2 Qd8 30. Rc2 Qe7 31. f4 Kg8 32. Qg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sorensen, Henrik"]
[Black "Sterud, Edvard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 Be7 7. h4 a5 8. a4 f6
9. Bf4 fxe5 10. dxe5 O-O 11. g3 Nc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Bd3 Qe8 14. Ng5 h6 15.
Nh7 Rf7 16. O-O Ne7 17. Qg4 Kh8 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. Nh3 Bd7 20. h5 Nf5 21. Bd2 Kg8
22. Nf4 Bc6 23. b3 b6 24. Ng6 Rf7 25. Nh4 Bd7 26. Rae1 Rf8 27. Ng6 Rf7 28. Kh2
b5 29. Nf4 bxa4 30. bxa4 Rf8 31. c4 dxc4 32. Bxc4 Qf7 33. Re4 Rfe8 34. Ng6 Bb4
35. Bxb4 axb4 36. Rf4 Kh7 37. Qe2 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sterud, Edvard"]
[Black "Bohak, Janko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

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. Nd3 ({Highly interesting is:} 10. f3 f5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Nd3
c6 13. Be3 f4 14. Bf2 g5 15. Kg2 h5 16. h3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Ng6 18. Rg1 hxg4 19.
hxg4 Nh4+ $5 {Ohlin-Korolev, CC, 1987.}) 10... f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 ({
Cebalo-Cvitan, Yugoslav Championship, 1986, went:} 11... Kh8 12. Rc1 f4 13. f3
Ng8 14. b4 Ndf6 15. c5 g5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5 Ne8 18. a4 h5 19. Nf2 Nh6 20.
h3 Rg8 21. Rc3 $1 Bf8 22. Qc2 Bd7 23. Rc1 $14 {
Black's attack was held, and White won in 44.}) 12. f3 f4 ({
The fascinating game Gelfand-Kasparov, Linares, 1990, continued:} 12... Kh8 13.
Rc1 c5 14. g4 a6 15. Nf2 h6 16. h4 {
and a game of fluctuating fortunes was drawn in 45.}) 13. c5 ({
The latest idea here is:} 13. g4 g5 14. Be1 h5 15. h3 Ng6 16. c5 {
Khalifman-Spasov, Manila Interzonal, 1990, 1-0 in 58.}) 13... g5 14. Rc1 Kh8 {
Black can't afford this in conjunction with f4.} (14... Ng6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16.
Nf2 Rf7 17. a4 h5 18. h3 Bf8 19. Nb5 Nh4 20. a5 Rg7 21. Bb4 g4 22. fxg4 hxg4
23. hxg4 Nh5 24. Nc7 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 f3+ 26. Bxf3 Nf4+ 27. Kg3 Nh5+ 28. Kg2 Nf4+
29. Kg3 Nh5+ {Shirov-Spasov, Manila Interzonal, drawn.}) 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Nb5
Ne8 17. Nf2 h5 18. h3 Ng8 19. Qb3 Nh6 20. Rc2 Rf7 21. Rfc1 a6 22. Na3 b5 23.
Ba5 $1 Qxa5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8 Qe1+ 26. Bf1 Rf8 27. Qc3 $1 Qa1 {
He must avoid the endgame naturally.} 28. Ra8 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. fxg4 b4 31.
Qxb4 Nf6 32. Rxf8+ Bxf8 33. Qb8 Kg8 34. Qc8 (34. g5 $2 Nhg4 35. gxf6 Ne3 {
and White can't defend the bishop.}) 34... Nf7 35. Qc2 Qxa2 36. Bxa6 Ng5 37.
Bd3 Be7 38. Qc1 Qb3 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Nc4 Qb4 41. Kf1 {Now it's a winning
position.  White is 1.5 pawns up, and has the better of the two bad bishops.}
41... Qa4 42. Ke2 Qa7 43. Qf5 Nf7 44. Nh3 Nh6 45. Qg5+ Kh7 46. Nxf4 $1 Nfxg4
47. Qg6+ Kh8 48. Nh3 Qc5 49. b4 $1 Qxb4 50. Nf2 Bh4 {
The bishop gets in to the game, but...} 51. g3 $1 {this spoils the illusion!} (
51. Nxg4 Qe1+ {only draws.}) 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
[Black "Sterud, Edvard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 {
If one is influenced by ECO, then Black cannot lose with this.} 8. Be2 ({
Shortly before, Nesis-Sterud had gone:} 8. Qa4 c5 9. d5 Qb6 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11.
O-O e6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. dxe6 Qxe6 14. Bf4 h6 (14... Rfe8 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. Qb3
Qg4 {and Black played well to win in Justice-Kilgour, Olympiad Prelims.}) 15.
h3 Rfd8 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Nh5 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Nd2 Rd3 20. Rac1 Bd4 21. Nc4
Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Rxe3 23. fxe3 $1 Rd8 24. e5 Rd3 25. Kf2 Bc6 26. Ra1 Bb5 27. Ra5
$1 Bxc4 28. bxc4 Rd2+ 29. Kf3 Rxb2 30. Rxc5 Rb8 31. Rc7 Ng7 32. Rxa7 Ne6 33.
Ne4 $18 {1-0 in 45.}) 8... c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O ({
Bouwmeester-Staal, CC, 1978, went:} 10. Bg5 {
with the Dutch GM trying the exciting long castling plan.  Play continued:}
10... exd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. O-O-O Bxd5 13. Rxd5 Qc7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e5 Be7
16. Rhd1 Rad8 17. Qa4 Rxd5 18. Rxd5 Nb8 19. Qxa7 Nd7 20. Qa3 Nb6 $11) 10...
exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 ({Black also has} 11... Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 Bf5 14. Rad1
Ne4 15. Bd3 Nd6 16. Bxd6 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Qxd6 18. Nd2 Qd7 $1 19. Nde4 b5 $1 {
netting two minor pieces for rook and pawn, and a satisfactory game in
Itin-Kwiatkovskaya, Evrard Delannoy Cup Final.}) 12. Bf4 Qb6 {
The specialist in this line, GM Gavrikov, prefers this logical move.} (12...
Re8 13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Bd3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16. Qxb5 Nxc3 $1 17. Qxa6 Bxd3 18.
Qxd3 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxf4 20. Qc4 Qd6 $11 {
Itin-Laue, CC, 1975, an important reference game.}) 13. Be5 Qb4 14. a3 (14.
Rad1 $5 {(ECO)}) 14... Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Rfd8 ({The other rook was selected in
Hybl-Estrin, VI World Championship.  The rare finish is good enough reason to
give the whole score:} 15... Rad8 16. Rfe1 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19.
Re7 Nf6 20. Rxa7 Nxd5 21. Na4 Rb8 22. Rc1 Nf4 23. Rxc5 Nd3 24. Rc2 Rfc8 25.
Rxc8 Rxc8 26. h3 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Rc2 28. Ng5 Rxf2 29. Nxf7 Ne1 30. Kg1 Rc2 31.
Nd6+ Kf6 32. Nxf5 gxf5 33. Rxa6+ Ke5 34. Ra5+ Kf4 35. Rc5 Rd2 36. Rc4+ Kg3 {
0-1.  White cannot prevent mate, eg.} 37. Rc3+ Nd3 38. Kf1 Kh2 $1) 16. Rfe1 Ne8
17. h3 h5 $2 (17... Bxe5 $142 {(Webb)}) 18. Bf4 Kf8 19. Bg5 $1 {Beginning a
process of harrassment which ends up with White having the bishop pair against
two knights, and a clear advantage.} 19... Rd7 20. Bb5 Rc7 21. Bf4 Rcc8 22. Nh4
Nac7 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. Be2 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Nxd5 26. Bh6+ Kg8 27. Bxh5 $2 {
After this inaccuracy, White has to play very energetically to avoid loss in
the ending should his attack fail.} (27. Bf3 {wins comfortably (Webb).}) 27...
Nxc3 28. Re7 Nd6 29. Bf4 Nce4 30. f3 Nf6 {
First point.  Gaining the tempo, Black can stay cohesive.} 31. g4 $5 ({
White can choose to bail out with:} 31. Bxd6 Nxh5 32. Rxb7 {and a drawn ending.
}) 31... Nfe8 32. gxf5 Rc6 33. Kh1 Rd8 34. Rd1 Kf8 35. Re5 Nf6 36. Bh6+ Kg8 37.
Rg1+ Kh7 38. Bg5 Nc4 39. Re7 $1 {Sacrificing the bishop secures the draw. 
Black still has to play accurately to avoid losing (Webb).} 39... Nxh5 40.
Rxf7+ Kg8 41. Rxb7 Re8 42. Be7+ Kh8 43. Rg5 Rh6 $1 (43... Nf4 $2 44. f6 Nd6 45.
Rd7 {wins (Webb).}) 44. Bxc5 Nf6 45. Bd4 Ne5 46. Kg2 Nc6 47. Bc3 Re2+ 48. Kf1
Re3 49. Rf7 {White must take the draw by Rf8 and Rf7+ (Webb).} 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sterud, Edvard"]
[Black "Foldi, Jozsef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 c5 8. e4
Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Bxe4 10. Bb5+ Bc6 11. Bxc6+ Nxc6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. dxc5 Ne5 14. Qe4
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. cxb6 axb6 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Rd3 Kb7 20.
Rhd1 Kc6 21. a4 Be7 22. b4 Bf6 23. b5+ Kc5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rc3+ Kb4 26. Rc6
Kxa4 27. Rxb6 Rd7 28. Kd2 Ka5 29. Rxf6 Kxb5 30. Kd3 Ra8 31. Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bryson, Douglas Marshall"]
[Black "Sterud, Edvard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Bd7 ({
Kosenkov-Sloth in the World Championship went:} 7... b6 8. a4 Ne7 9. Bb5+ (9.
a5 $5 {is an idea from Uhlmann.}) 9... Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 Na5
13. Ba3 $5 O-O 14. Nd2 Bxa4 $5) 8. a4 Nc6 9. Bd3 {
An interesting gambit recommended in ECO.} 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. O-O
Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Ne7 13. Re1 Ng6 14. Ba3 Bxa4 (14... Nxe5 15. Qg3 f6 16. Qxg7
O-O-O 17. Qxf6 Nc4 18. Bxc4 $16 {(Bryson)}) 15. c4 $146 ({
Bryson introduces a novelty whereas Moles only mentions:} 15. Bd6 Qd7 {
Sterud cracks immediately by failing to analyse far enough ahead.}) 15... dxc4
$2 (15... Bc6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bb5+ Bc6 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Bxc6+ bxc6 20. Bd6
Qd7 $13 {(Bryson)}) 16. Bd6 Qd7 17. Bxg6 (17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Rxa4 $1 {
this is what Black missed.} 18... Qxa4 19. Qxb7 {and Black is routed. (Bryson)}
) 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anton, Volker_Michael"]
[Black "Vukcevic, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 ({We will not discuss the well-known} 9... Qa5 {
lines this time, but a couple of not so well-documented divergences are:}) (
9... b6 10. O-O (10. Be3 Bb7 11. e5 cxd4 12. cxd4 e6 13. h4 h5 $5 14. Ng5 Qd5 {
with an intense battle, Singleton-Hurdle, British CC Championships, 1981-82.})
10... Bb7 11. Qd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qd7 13. Rd1 e6 14. Bf4 f5 $5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16.
Qe3 Bd5 17. Ne5 $1 {
punishing Black's impatient 14th in Anton-Kilgour, X OLympiad Prelims.}) (9...
cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Rxb7 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Bxd4 13. O-O Na6 $5 14. e5 Nc5 15. Rb4
Nd3 $1 {with exciting play in Gefenas-Nesis, Keres Memorial CC Tournament.})
10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 e6 ({We've seen an example of} 12... Qa5 13.
Rb3 Rd8 14. f4 Bg7 15. c4 $1 Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 b6 17. e5 Bf5 18. g4 Be4 19. O-O
$18 {Haag-Guner.}) ({Also playable is} 12... b6 13. f4 Bg7 14. c4 e5 15. O-O
exf4 16. Qxf4 Qe7 {Khalifman-Olafsson, New York, 1990.}) 13. f4 Bg7 ({
The quirky retreat} 13... Bh8 $6 {has been tried against Anton before.} 14. c4
Re8 15. e5 f6 16. f5 $1 gxf5 17. Rb3 Re7 18. Qh6 fxe5 19. Bg5 Qf8 {
Anton-Uogele, XIII WC 3/4 Finals.  White exchanged, played Rh3, and won in 32.}
) ({More serious is} 13... Bc7 $5 {with some stimulating play:} 14. O-O exd5
15. exd5 Rb8 16. c4 Ba5 17. Qc2 b5 $1 18. Rxb5 Rxb5 19. cxb5 Qxd5 20. Rd1 Bf5
21. Rxd5 Bxc2 22. Kf1 (22. Be3 $14 {(ECO)}) 22... c4 23. Ba3 Re8 24. Rd7 Re4
25. g3 Bb6 26. Bb2 Ba4 27. Rb7 Bxb5 28. Rb8+ Re8 29. Rxe8+ Bxe8 30. Bxc4 Bd7 {
Donchenko-Perelstein, USSR, 1985, drawn.}) 14. c4 Re8 ({
There's a fascinating variation:} 14... exd5 15. cxd5 Bd4 16. Bb2 Qb6 17. Bd3
c4 18. Bxc4 Re8 19. Bd3 Bf5 20. Ba1 Qf6 21. e5 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Bxa1 23. O-O $1
$11 {(Schussler)}) 15. e5 f6 16. d6 fxe5 17. Bb2 e4 ({
The power of the White line is shown in:} 17... exf4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. O-O $1
Rf8 20. Rxf4 Rxf4 21. Qxf4 Qf6 22. Qe3 $1 b6 23. Kh1 $1 {
Tukmakov-Ftacnik, Hastings, 1982-83.} (23. Rf1 {
Tal-Vaganian, USSR Championships, drawn.})) 18. Be5 {Now White gives his
opponent a thorough testing with a move originating from Gavrikov.} 18... b6
19. h4 $1 ({Superior to} 19. O-O Rf8 $1 {with the idea Rf5 (Ghinda).}) 19...
Rf8 {One can assume the players are on their own now.} 20. Qe3 Bb7 21. Bg4 Qd7
22. Rd1 $1 {Another strong move.  White is going to play the game uncastled.}
22... h5 23. Bh3 Rf7 24. g4 $1 hxg4 25. Bxg4 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Kg7 27. h5 Rh8 28.
Rg1 Rh6 {Black seems to have held things together, but now comes a stunning
simplification.} 29. Bxe6 $1 Qxe6 30. Qxh6+ Kxh6 31. Rxg6+ Qxg6 32. hxg6 Rf8
33. e6 Bc8 34. d7 Rh8 35. Rd6 $1 {Logical and decisive.} (35. d8=Q $2 Rxd8 36.
Rxd8 Bxe6 {is impetuous, and not the way.}) 35... Kg7 36. dxc8=Q Rxc8 37. e7
Re8 38. Re6 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diaconescu, Paul"]
[Black "Anton, Volker_Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A55"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. e4 e5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1
a6 9. Bf1 b5 10. cxb5 cxb5 11. b4 Bb7 12. d5 Nb6 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Nxa4 15.
Rxa4 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anton, Volker_Michael"]
[Black "Hintikka, Eero"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. Qd2 c5 8. Nge2
Nd7 9. dxc5 Ndxc5 10. Nd4 Nb4 11. Be2 Ne6 12. Nb3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Nd5 Nc6
15. Rac1 Nc5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 e5 19. Qd2 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5
21. f4 exf4 22. Bg4 Re5 23. Rxf4 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Qg5 25. h4 Qe7 26. Rcf1 a5 27.
Qd4 Re8 28. Rf6 Re1 29. Be6+ Nxe6 30. dxe6 Rxe6 31. Rf7 Qxf7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33.
Qxb6 Re5 34. Qxd6 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Anton, Volker_Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 {A move one finds hard
to be convinced by.  It was unsuccessful in this tournament, and one wonders
why White is attracted to it.} ({
Bohak-Anton (X Olympiad Prelims) saw the gambit line:} 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7
8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4 10. O-O a6 11. Qe2 Ne7 12. Kh1 Nc6 13. f4 Nb4 14. Rd1
Nxd3 15. Rxd3 Qb6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. f5 O-O-O $1 20.
Qg4 d4 21. fxe6 h5 $1 {and Black won in fine style.}) 6... c4 (6... a5 {
isn't bad either.}) 7. g3 Na5 ({
The old recipe.  In II NATT, Chevaldonnet-Giulian saw the modern:} 7... f6 8.
exf6 Nxf6 9. Bg2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Na5 $2 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Ne5 Be8 14.
Ndf3 $1 (14. Ng4 Kh8 $1) 14... Nb3 15. Rb1 Nxc1 16. Rbxc1 Kh8 17. Rce1 Bh5 18.
Qc2 Rae8 19. h3 Re7 20. Re3 Ne4 21. Nxc4 $1 {
Black's position deteriorated slowly but surely, and White won in 39.}) 8. Nbd2
Bd7 9. Bh3 ({Interesting now is the White development} 9. h4 $5 O-O-O 10. Bh3
f5 11. O-O Nh6 12. Ne1 Nf7 13. Ng2 g5 14. hxg5 Nxg5 15. Nf4 Nxh3+ 16. Nxh3 Be7
17. Rb1 Rdg8 $15) 9... O-O-O (9... h5 $1 10. O-O Be7 11. Ne1 g5 12. f4 g4 13.
Bg2 Nh6 14. Rb1 Nf5 15. Rf2 O-O-O 16. Bf1 h4 17. gxh4 Bxh4 18. Re2 Nxd4 19.
cxd4 Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Bf2 21. h3 Bc6 {
Lanz-Carleton, 14th World Championship Semi-Final, 0-1.}) 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 (
11. Rb1 h5 12. b4 $5 cxb3 13. Nxb3 Ba4 14. Nfd2 h4 15. g4 Rd7 16. Qc2 Rc7 $11 {
Hromada-Sauermann, I Euro TT.}) 11... h5 12. Nf1 Nh6 13. Rb1 h4 14. g4 Rdf8 15.
Bg5 $6 {Generally a correct transaction in this variation.} 15... Bxg5 16. Nxg5
f6 17. Nf3 Nf7 18. Ne3 fxe5 19. dxe5 g5 $1 {
A fine move, fixing the g-pawn, and behind it the bishop.} 20. Nd4 Re8 $1 {
Hindering a Nf5 shot, White's great hope.} 21. Nf1 Rhf8 22. Nd2 Nh6 {
Refusing the draw offer.} 23. b3 {Very late, this "terrifying" push only
results in a pin and solves Black's bad bishop problem.  But White had to make
the aggressive gesture.} 23... cxb3 24. N2xb3 Ba4 25. Qc2 Nxb3 26. Nxb3 Rf4 27.
Qa2 Bxb3 28. Rxb3 Qc5 29. Qe2 Ref8 30. Rf1 Rf3 $1 31. Bg2 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Nxg4
33. Rb5 (33. Qxg4 $2 {and White gets mated.}) 33... Qxf2+ 34. Qxf2 Nxf2 ({Not} 
34... Rxf2 $2 35. h3 $1 {and it's all spoiled.}) 35. c4 h3 36. Bf1 d4 37. c5
Rf4 38. a4 (38. Bc4 d3 $1) 38... g4 39. a5 Ne4 $1 40. a6 bxa6 (40... bxa6 41.
Rb4 (41. Rb2 Rxf1+ 42. Kxf1 d3 $1) 41... Rf2 $1 42. Rxd4 g3 $1 43. Rxe4 Rxf1+
44. Kxf1 gxh2 $1 {(Anton)}) 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anton, Volker_Michael"]
[Black "Sorensen, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nge2
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. h3 Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. f4 {One suspect
s this is a winning layout for White.  To judge from Sorensen's reply, he
thinks so too!} 14... Qd7 15. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. f5 {
The classic breakthrough.} 17... e4 18. Nxe4 Bxb2 19. d6 gxf5 20. dxc7 Qxc7 21.
N4g3 Bxa1 22. Qxa1 {Not just an exchange sacrifice, but a couple of pawns also.
} 22... Re3 23. Rf3 Qe5 24. Qf1 f4 25. Rxf4 Be6 (25... Rxd3 26. Re4 Qg5 27. h4
$1 Qg6 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. h5 Qg5 (29... Qg7 30. Qb1 $1) 30. Qxf7+ Qg7 31. Qg6+
Qxg6 32. hxg6+ Kg7 33. Nh5+ Kxg6 34. Nhf4+ $18 {(Sorensen)}) 26. Bf5 {
Almost every White move is surprising to the spectator.} 26... Re8 27. Bxe6
Rxe6 28. Rxf7 Rxg3 29. Nxg3 Qxg3 {Faced with Re1, White can't stop now.} 30.
Rf8+ Kh7 31. Qf7+ Qg7 32. Qf5+ Qg6 $8 (32... Rg6 $2 33. Rf7) 33. Qxc5 {
White's queen is dominant for the moment, and he plays to win because of his
more secure king position.} 33... Qg5 34. Qc2+ Kg7 35. Rf3 b6 36. Qc3+ Qe5 37.
Rg3+ Kh7 38. Qd3+ Qe4 39. Qd8 Re8 40. Qf6 Re7 41. Kh2 {A sort of zugzwang! 
Black must guard g6 and g7, so has no liberty with either his queen or rook.}
41... Rd7 42. Rg4 Qd3 43. Qe5 Rf7 (43... Qd6 44. Rg7+ $1 Kh8 45. Qxd6 Rxd6 46.
Rxa7 {and the rook and pawn ending is an easy win for White.}) 44. Qb8 {Magic.}
1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bohak, Janko"]
[Black "Anton, Volker_Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 cxd4 ({
Highly controversial is:} 6... Nh6 $5 {
because of the variations where the Black queen is locked in after:} 7. Bxh6
Qxb2 {for example,} 8. Bc1 (8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxa1 10. Qc2 Ba3 11. Nb5 Bb2
12. Bc5 Qxa2 13. O-O b6 14. Ba3 Kd7 15. Bxb2 d4 16. cxd4 Ba6 17. d5 $18 {
Sorensen-Juoma, 19th European CC Championship, 1-0.}) 8... Qxa1 9. Qc2 cxd4 10.
O-O Bd7 11. Bb5 $5 d3 12. Bxd3 Rc8 13. Bb5 Na5 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Nd4 Bb4 16.
Bd2 Nc4 17. Qa4+ Kd8 18. Nc2 Qb2 19. Bc1 $1 {
Nyman-Kellner, Purdy Memorial, 1979-82.}) 7. cxd4 Nh6 8. Nc3 ({No worries about
} 8. Bxh6 Qxb2 {now, as the queen gets out via c3 easily enough.}) 8... Nf5 9.
Kf1 (9. Na4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. Bc3 b5 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 b4 14. axb4 Qxb4
15. Bb5 Bd7 $11 {Dunhaupt-Rittner, CC, 1974.}) 9... Bd7 ({
Another Nyman game in the Purdy Memorial (against Ozols) went:} 9... h5 10. h4
Be7 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Rh3 Bd7 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Rc1 b5 15. Nc5 Qb6 16. Bxe7 Kxe7
17. Qd2 a5 18. Bd3 Ncxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qg5+ Ke8 21. Qxg7 Rf8 22. Qxf8+ $5 {
with White eventually content to draw with two rooks and bishop versus queen
and knight.} (22. b4 $142)) 10. Na4 Qd8 11. h4 $1 Be7 12. h5 b5 $5 13. Nc3 Qb6
14. h6 gxh6 15. Nxb5 Rg8 $1 {
Logical.  Holds the Nf5 position, and therefore d4 will fall to Black.} 16. Nc3
Ncxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Nxd4 19. Bd3 Nc6 20. Rh5 $1 Nb4 $1 21. Bxh7 Rg7
22. Rxh6 {Not really an ending, more a prolongation of the middle game without
queens.  It's very good for Black, whose play unfolds beautifully.} 22... d4 $1
23. Be4 O-O-O 24. Ne2 Bb5 25. Bd2 Bg5 $1 {A surprise move.} 26. Bxg5 Rxg5 27.
Rc1+ Kb8 28. Rc5 Ba6 29. Ke1 f5 $1 30. Nxd4 $1 {The best chance.} 30... fxe4
31. Nxe6 Rxe5 $1 32. Nxd8 (32. Rxe5 $4 Nc2#) 32... Rxc5 33. a3 Nc2+ 34. Kd2 Bd3
35. Ne6 Rf5 36. f4 $6 {Permitting a pretty finish a little later.} 36... Rd5
37. Kc3 Ne3 38. b4 Nd1+ 39. Kd2 Bf1+ $1 40. Ke1 Nc3 $1 41. Kxf1 e3 {
Exciting chess!} 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anton, Volker_Michael"]
[Black "Webb, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "Notes by Simon Webb"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
e5 9. h3 {
A little-played line which is not supposed to set Black many problems.} 9... h6
10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Qe2 b6 13. d5 {
White commits himself to the normal blocked set-up in this line.} ({
He could wait instead with} 13. Re1 {
when both sides have difficulty in making constructive moves.}) 13... Ne7 14.
Nh4 g5 $5 {Forcing an even more blocked position, which seems quite
satisfactory for Black.} 15. Qf3 (15. Nf5 $2 Nxf5 16. exf5 e4 $1) 15... Ne8 16.
Nf5 Nxf5 17. exf5 f6 {Preventing f6 by White once and for all.  The question
is now, who can break through, and on which side?  Well, neither side can do
anything on the q-side, since White can easily stop a6 and b5 by playing a4,
while a4 and a5 by White achieves nothing but the creation of a passed a-pawn
for Black.  So, both sides should turn their attention to the k-side, where
White has chances of coming down the h-file with his major pieces, or of
playing g3 and f4.} 18. h4 Ba6 $1 {The only purpose of this is to clear the
way for the q-rook to come over and defend the k-side.} 19. a4 $2 {
Wasting a tempo.} 19... Rd8 20. Bd2 Rd7 21. Rb2 $2 {Continuing with his
incorrect plan.  He should settle for g4, Kg2, Rh1 etc., with a deadlocked
position.} 21... Rh7 22. a5 $2 bxa5 23. Ra1 Kh8 24. Rba2 Bc8 25. Rxa5 a6 26.
R5a2 Rg8 {Black is now beginning to generate threats on the k-side, such as g4
followed by rounding up the f-pawn, or gxh4, h5 Rg4, etc.} 27. hxg5 fxg5 $1 (
27... hxg5 $11 {but the text threatens Nf6 followed by advancing the h- and
g-pawns.  So White goes in for some tactics which end in Black's favour.}) 28.
f6 Rf7 29. Qh5 Rxf6 30. Bxg5 Rxg5 31. Qxe8+ Rg8 32. Qh5 Qg7 {Black now has a
clear advantage - better pawn structure and a k-side initiative.} 33. g3 Rf4
34. Re1 {Preventing e4-e3.} 34... Qf6 35. Re3 {Black's position looks very
good, but it is difficult to make progress without giving up the a-pawn.  I
feel that I must have missed a winning line somewhere in the next few moves.}
35... Bg4 36. Qh2 Rf3 37. Rxa6 Rxe3 38. fxe3 Bf3 39. Ra2 $1 {
White continues to defend accurately.} 39... Qg5 (39... e4 40. Be2 {
seems to hold.}) 40. Rf2 Bh5 $5 {Blocking the h-file so that Qxe3 is a threat.}
({The alternative} 40... e4 41. Bf1 Qxe3 42. Qh4 {is not conclusive.}) 41. Kh1
Qxg3 {Admitting that I couldn't find a win in the middle game, and going into
an ending which is advantageous, but not entirely clear.} 42. Qxg3 Rxg3 43. Rf6
Rxe3 (43... Kg7 44. Rxd6 Rxe3 45. Bf1 $13) 44. Bf5 $6 ({I was expecting} 44.
Rxh6+ Kg7 45. Rxh5 Rxd3 {and was not sure if the rook ending was a win.}) 44...
Kg7 45. Rxd6 Rf3 {The bishop must be driven from f5 where it both supports the
advancing d-pawn, and hinders Black from advancing the e-pawn.} 46. Bc8 Rxc3
47. Rc6 e4 $1 {The direct pawn advance just wins.} (47... Rxc4 48. Kg2 $1 {
seems ok for White.}) 48. d6 e3 49. d7 e2 50. Re6 Rd3 51. Kg2 Bg4 52. Re8 Bxd7
53. Bxd7 Rxd7 54. Rxe2 Kf6 (54... Rd4 $2 55. Re6 Rxc4 56. Rc6) 55. Rf2+ Kg5 56.
Re2 Kf5 57. Rf2+ {Leading to a simple book win.} (57. Kf2 Rd4 58. Rc2 h5 {
etc. would not last long either.}) 57... Ke4 58. Rf6 Kd3 59. Rxh6 Kxc4 {
White could resign, but continues for another nine months.} 60. Kf1 Re7 61. Rc6
Kb4 62. Rc8 c4 63. Kf2 Kb3 64. Rb8+ Kc2 65. Rc8 c3 66. Rb8 Kc1 67. Rc8 c2 68.
Rb8 Re5 {My opponent remarked that my last move was "like the famous Tower
Bridge of London."} 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Foldi, Jozsef"]
[Black "Anton, Volker_Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. h3 Qb6 12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. Be3 Qe5 14. Qd2 Qe7
15. g5 f6 16. Rad1 fxg5 17. Bxg5 Qf7 18. f3 Ne5 19. Qxd6 Be6 20. Nd5 Rab8 21.
b3 h6 22. Nc7 Bg4 23. Be7 Bxf3 24. Be2 Qf4 25. Bxf3 Qg3 26. Bxf8 Nxf3+ 27. Kf1
Nh2+ 28. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anton, Volker_Michael"]
[Black "Bryson, Douglas Marshall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
({In the 1983-85 CC match Scotland-France, there was an exciting example of
the open variation:} 8. O-O e5 (8... b6 $5 {is worth considering.}) 9. Ng5 O-O
10. f4 {The pairing Beecham-Biaux continued:} 10... exd4 11. cxd4 cxd4 12. exd4
h6 (12... Nxd4 $6 {is dangerous, but may be playable, eg:} 13. Bb2 Nf5 14. Qc2
Ne3 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qd3 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 Bg4 $1 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. Qc3 Rae8 20. Be4
Nh5 $1 {Hansen-Hjartarson, Gausdal Zonal, 1985, 0-1 in 26.}) 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. h3
$5 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 d5 16. Bb2 Re8 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. Ba1 Nxd4 19. Qf2 Ne2+ $1 20.
Bxe2 Rxe2 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Bxf6 Raxa2 23. Rfd1 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 Rh2+ 25. Kg1 gxf6
26. cxd5 Rag2+ 27. Kf1 Rd2 28. Kg1 Rdg2+ {
Black accepting the repetition draw in rather the better position.}) 8... e5 9.
h3 h6 10. O-O ({Interesting and quite logical is:} 10. Be3 b6 11. d5 Ne7 12.
Nd2 Ng6 13. g3 O-O 14. Kf1 Ne8 15. Kg2 Ne7 $1 {Portisch-Browne, Tilburg, 1982.}
) 10... Qc7 (10... O-O $142 {(Bryson)}) 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. dxc5 $5 dxc5 13. Ne1
O-O-O 14. Nc2 Qd6 15. Rd1 Ne8 16. Ne3 Na5 17. Nd5 Qa6 18. Be3 b6 {White's layou
t is now completed and he works up an attack in a most extraordinary fashion.}
19. Qh5 $1 f6 ({Black would lose the e-pawn after} 19... Nd6 {
and also be susceptible to mate on c7.}) 20. Qf7 (20. f4 $1 {
is also strong (Bryson).}) 20... Ba4 21. Ne7+ Kb8 22. Bc2 $1 Nb7 $1 (22...
Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxc2 {allows mate.} (23... Nd6 24. Rxd6 Bxc2 25. Qxg7 Re8 {
leaves Black's k-side decimated, and threats to his king on the other side.}))
23. Bb3 Nbd6 24. Qd5 Rd7 $2 {My worst move of the tournament (Bryson).} ({
Simply} 24... Nc7 {and Black is back in the game.} 25. Nc6+ $2 Ka8 26. Qd3 Rhe8
) 25. Bxa4 ({I had planned 24... Nc7 when playing 20... Ba4, but now thought
that 24... Rd7 followed by} 25. Ng6 Nc7 {
stopped the option of Nd5 for White (Bryson).}) 25... Qxa4 26. Bxc5 $1 {
I completely overlooked this (Bryson).} 26... Rxe7 ({Naturally not:} 26... bxc5
27. Rab1+ Kc7 28. Qxc5+ Kd8 29. Nc6+ {wins just about everything.}) 27. Bxd6+
Nc7 ({Forced, as he loses off-hand if:} 27... Nxd6 28. Qxd6+ Rc7 29. c5) 28. c5
Rd7 29. cxb6 axb6 30. Rab1 Ka7 {With his bishop pinned and the queen
threatened, the attack must be over.  But now comes one of the moves of the
tournament!} 31. Bxc7 $3 Rxd5 (31... Rxc7 32. Rb4 {(Bryson)}) 32. exd5 b5 33.
c4 Kb7 34. d6 b4 35. a3 b3 36. Rd3 Kc6 37. Rbxb3 e4 38. Rb6+ Kd7 39. Rg3 g5 40.
c5 Qc2 41. c6+ Ke6 42. d7 Ke7 43. Rgb3 Rf8 44. Rb8 Qxc6 45. d8=Q+ Rxd8 46.
Bxd8+ Kf7 47. R3b7+ Kg6 48. Rb1 ({Avoiding the draw by} 48. Rb6 Qc1+ 49. Kh2
Qf4+ {etc.  Black is now helpless with one piece against three.}) 48... g4 49.
R8b6 Qc8 50. Bxf6 gxh3 51. gxh3 Qxh3 52. R1b3 Qd7 53. Bd4+ Kh5 54. R3b5+ Kg4
55. Rg6+ Kf3 56. Rg3+ Ke2 57. Rb2+ Kd1 58. Kh1 $1 {A beautiful final touch.} (
58. Kh1 Qxd4 59. Rg1#) 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vukcevic, Borislav"]
[Black "Diaconescu, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Bc5 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bb3
d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Ng5 Nd8 12. Nd2 h6 13. Nc4 Qf6 14. Nf3 Ndc6 15.
Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 g6 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Nxd7 Kxd7 19. Re6 Qg7 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21.
Qf3 Kc7 22. Rae1 Nc6 23. Bd5 Qd7 24. Rxg6 Ne5 25. Qb3 Rab8 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27.
Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hintikka, Eero"]
[Black "Vukcevic, Borislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Qe7 $1 {
A very rare bird, requiring White to react energetically.} (5... b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Bd7 12. d3 Qc8 13. Nd5 Bd8
14. c3 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. d4 Ng6 17. dxe5 Re8 {
and the pin turned nasty after} 18. e6 $1 {
Kopylov-Bragin, USSR CC Championship, 1979-80.}) 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. c3 Bg7 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 b5 12. e5 {Complications.} 12... bxa4 13.
Qf3 Rb8 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. exf6 Qb4 16. Qg3 Bh8 17. Qxc7 Qxd4 18. Qg3 {It looks as
though Black has gone too far with his originality.  His pawns are a mess, and
there's one of White's stuck in his throat.} 18... Bc6 19. Rfd1 Qb6 20. Rab1
Rfe8 21. Rd6 Qc5 22. h4 Qf5 23. Rbd1 h6 {Another exciting moment.} 24. Nd5 Bxd5
(24... hxg5 25. Rxc6 $1 dxc6 (25... gxh4 26. Qxb8) 26. Ne7+ {and wins.}) 25.
R6xd5 Qe4 26. f3 Qc2 27. Rc1 {
If there's an improvement in White's attack, one senses this is the moment.}
27... Qxb2 28. Bxh6 Qxf6 29. h5 {Still Black has problems.} 29... Rb5 $1 30.
Rcd1 Qc6 {But he holds against all the threats.} 31. Rxb5 (31. Rxd7 Qc5+ {
and White can't avoid simplification and the loss of the h-pawn.}) 31... axb5
32. hxg6 Qxg6 33. Qxg6+ fxg6 34. Rxd7 {That's only half the game.  Now we have
another treat.  A beautifully played ending.} 34... b4 35. Kh2 Ra8 36. Bc1 a3
37. Rb7 Bc3 38. Kh3 Rd8 39. Bh6 Rd1 40. Kg4 Rg1 {
Accurate.  White threatened mate in three, so the a-pawn has to wait.} 41. g3
Rg2 42. Kg5 Rxg3+ 43. Kf4 Rg2 44. Rb8+ Kf7 45. Bf8 Rb2 46. Bc5 Rb1 ({
If Black rushes to it:} 46... b3 47. Bxa3 bxa2 48. Bxb2 $11 {
White draws easily.}) 47. Ra8 Re1 $1 (47... b3 48. Bxa3 bxa2 {
was a real threat this time.}) 48. Ra4 Bd2+ {
Only this makes the win possible.  The White king can't advance.} 49. Kg4 Rc1
50. Bd6 Rc6 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Bf8 Rc2 53. Rb7 Kd5 $1 54. f4 Kc4 55. Rc7+ Kd3 56.
Rd7+ Kc3 57. Rb7 Rb2 58. Kg5 (58. Bd6 Kc2 {and then b1 and a2.}) 58... Bxf4+
59. Kxf4 Rf2+ 60. Ke3 Rxf8 61. Rc7+ Kb2 62. Rb7 Kxa2 63. Rxb4 g5 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vukcevic, Borislav"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Ng5 Nh7 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22.
Rf1 Kg8 23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Nd7 25. Raf1 Ne5 26. Nxh5 gxh5 27. Qe2 Bh6 28. Rf6
Bg7 29. Bg5 Nd7 30. R6f5 f6 31. Qxh5 Re5 32. Bf4 Rxf5 33. Qxf5 Ne5 34. Bxe5
dxe5 35. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sorensen, Henrik"]
[Black "Vukcevic, Borislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
d6 ({The cute miniature Pisarev-Spiechin from the variation's infancy in
Archangelsk is worth quoting:} 8... Ng4 $2 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 $2 (10. h3 $1)
10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qh4 12. Nf3 Qxf2+ 13. Kh1 Qg1+ 14. Rxg1 Nf2#) 9. d4 Bb6 10.
Bg5 ({At this point, lovers of traps can try} 10. Be3 O-O ({hoping for} 10...
Nxe4 $2 11. d5 $18) 11. Nbd2 h6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Nd7 $5 14. Rad1 Qe7 15.
Nf1 Na5 16. Ng3 $14 {Povah-Heemsoth, BPFC Jubilee.}) ({
Arnlind-Zagarovsky, Axelson Memorial, went:} 10. a4 $5 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4
exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. Nc3 g5 $6 15. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Re7 17. Nd5 Bxd4 18.
Re3 $3 Nxd5 19. Rg3 Bg7 20. Bxd5 Qc8 21. Qh5 Nd8 22. Nh7 Rd7 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24.
Rxg7 $1 {and Black surrendered before:} 24... Kxg7 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Nh7+ Ke8
27. Qg8+ Ke7 28. Qf8#) 10... h6 11. Bh4 O-O ({
Black can go west with his king as in Penrose-Pereira, IX Olympiad Final:} 
11... Qd7 $5 12. a4 O-O-O {drawn after 34 moves.}) 12. Qd3 ({Or} 12. a4 {
and White would be replaying the fantastic game Penrose-Vukcevic, IX Olympiad
Final:} 12... exd4 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. cxd4 Re8 16. Nc3 g5 17. Qd2
$1 Na5 18. Bc2 b4 19. Nxg5 bxc3 20. Qf4 Bxd4 21. Nh7 $1 {That move again!}
21... Be5 22. Qxh6 Re6 23. Nxf6+ Rxf6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Re3 Be5 26. Rh3 Qe7 27.
Rh5 f5 28. Qg6+ Qg7 29. Qe6+ $1 Qf7 30. Qc8+ Qf8 31. Qxc7 Bg7 32. Rxf5 Qe8 33.
Rg5 Qf8 34. Rxa5 cxb2 35. Ra7 {1-0.}) 12... Qe7 $1 (12... Re8 $14 {(ECO)}) 13.
Nbd2 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. d5 {The closed centre doesn't seem to be oppressive
enough in this setting, but it requires some fine defence by Black to prove
the point.} 15... c4 16. Qe2 Rfb8 $1 17. b4 cxb3 18. axb3 Bc8 19. b4 Nb7 20.
Ra3 Ra7 21. Nf1 g6 22. h3 Kg7 23. g4 Qe8 $1 24. Bxf6+ Kxf6 {A position to
excite the tastebuds of the analyst.  Can White exploit the audacity of the
Black king?  The Danish IM is about to give it everything.} 25. g5+ hxg5 26.
Qd2 Bxh3 27. Nxg5 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Kg7 29. c4 Qd7 30. Rf3 Rf8 31. Ke2 Nd8 32. Nh7
$1 {That move again!  But without the terrible Lopez bishop participating,
Black can cope.} 32... Rh8 33. Nf6 Qe7 34. Qg5 a5 $1 {
Completing the defence, Black activates.} 35. bxa5 Bxa5 36. Rg1 bxc4 37. Nh5+ {
And White is only too pleased to take the draw by perpetual check.} 37... Kg8
38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Nh5+ Kg8 40. Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vukcevic, Borislav"]
[Black "Bohak, Janko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Qc7 ({
More flexible is:} 7... Nbd7 {then if:} 8. Bf4 Qa5 $1) 8. Bf4 Nh5 ({If now:} 
8... Nbd7 9. e5 Nh5 10. Bg5 dxe5 11. Bxe7 Re8 12. d5 $1 {
Balashov-Pribyl, Helsinki, 1984.}) 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nf6 11. h3 Kh7 12. a4 a5
13. Qd2 Na6 14. Rad1 Nb4 15. Nh2 Ng8 16. f4 f5 17. e5 Be6 18. Nf3 Rad8 19. Qc1
b6 20. Nd2 Bc8 21. Nf3 e6 {Declining a draw by repetition.} 22. Nd2 d5 23. Nf3
Ba6 24. Bxa6 Nxa6 25. Qd2 Qd7 26. Qe2 Ra8 27. g4 {
Embarking on an improbable-looking attack...} 27... Ne7 28. Kh1 Rg8 29. Rg1 Nc7
30. Rg2 b5 31. Qf2 b4 32. Ne2 c5 33. Qh4 Rge8 34. Rdg1 Qxa4 {
Thinking he has time - it does seem that way.} 35. Ng3 fxg4 36. Qxg4 Rg8 37. f5
$1 exf5 38. Nxf5 gxf5 39. Qh5 $1 {White hasn't even checked the king yet -
it's all to come!  A wonderfully mysterious attack.} 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
[Black "Vukcevic, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes."]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Nge7 ({
In the 10th World Championships, Engel-Morado went:} 6... h5 $5 7. O-O Nh6 8.
Nd5 Bg4 9. d3 Qd7 10. b4 Kf8 11. h4 Re8 {
and Black's original concept brought a win in 32 moves.}) 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Be6
9. Nd5 Qd7 10. Rb1 Rab8 11. b3 Rfc8 {Interesting.  Black stays compact, ready
to neutralise any White q-side play, prepares Bh3 and holds back f5.  Better
was 11... f5 (Webb).} 12. e4 $1 Bh3 $2 (12... Rf8 {followed by f5 was correct.}
) 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7 14. Be3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 f5 {Inconsistent.  One suspects it's
possible to undertake something positive on the q-side instead.} 16. a4 a6 17.
f3 Ra8 {Not surprisingly, White now nets a small positional advantage.} 18. b4
Nc6 19. Qb3 Qe6 20. Nc3 fxe4 21. fxe4 Ne7 22. c5 Qxb3 23. Rxb3 Rf8 24. b5 Rxf1
25. Kxf1 a5 {Now 26.b6 or 26.c6 are unclear, but the simple exchange fixes the
pawns.  White's good bishop, together with the weaknesses a5, b7 and d6, give
him a probable winning advantage (Webb).} 26. cxd6 $1 cxd6 27. Ke2 Kf7 28. Rb1
Ke6 29. Rf1 Rc8 30. Kd2 Bf6 31. g4 $1 h5 {White threatened Rf3-h3.} 32. g5 Bh8
33. Bb6 d5 $1 {Trying to liberate his bishop.} 34. Rc1 Ra8 35. Nd1 dxe4 36.
dxe4 Nc8 37. Bc5 $1 Nd6 38. Bxd6 Kxd6 39. Ne3 Bg7 40. Nd5 Rd8 41. Kd3 Bf8 42.
Rc7 Rd7 43. Rc8 Rf7 44. b6 Kd7 45. Rc7+ Ke6 46. Rxf7 Kxf7 {
It's good knight versus not-so-bad bishop.} 47. Kc4 Ba3 ({Webb gives:} 47...
Ke6 48. Kb5 Kd6 49. Ne3 $1 (49. Kxa5 $2 Kc5)) 48. Kb5 Bc1 49. Kxa5 Bxg5 50. Kb5
Bh4 51. a5 Bf2 52. a6 bxa6+ 53. Kxa6 Bc5 (53... Bxb6 54. Kxb6 {
and White's king gets across the board in time.}) 54. b7 Bd6 55. Kb6 Bb8 56.
Nc7 g5 57. Na6 {A very fine endgame judgement.} 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vukcevic, Borislav"]
[Black "Foldi, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 (6... Be7 7. c5 (
7. cxd5 {is also popular.}) 7... O-O 8. Bd3 b6 9. b4 a5 ({
Black may diverge with Golombek's:} 9... Bd7 $6 {
Marot-Torda, 21st Hungarian CC Championship continued:} 10. Be3 Ng4 11. O-O a5
12. Na4 Bxa4 $1) 10. Na4 Nfd7 {White has the interesting line:} 11. h4 (11. b5
{is normal.}) 11... f5 12. Ng5 Qe8 13. Kf1 $13) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 ({ECO gives:} 7...
exd5 $11) 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 (10... Nb6 $2 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Rc1 Nd5 15. Re4 {and the audacious attack was
successfully concluded in Vadican-Vasconcellos, Coupe Latine II.}) (10... Nf6 {
is another alternative.}) 11. a3 Nxc3 $2 (11... Bf6 12. Qc2 (12. Qe2 Nxd4 13.
Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qe4+ Kg8 16. Qxd4 $14) 12... h6 13. Rad1 Bd7 14.
Nxd5 exd5 15. Qb3 Bg4 16. Bb1 h5 17. h3 $14 {Suba-Petrosian, Tallinn, 1983.})
12. Bxc3 b6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Be4 Bb7 {With his luxury bishop on c3, White need
waste no time on preparation for the attack.} 15. d5 exd5 16. Rfd1 Qc7 {
After this, Black could almost resign.} (16... Na5 $8 {(Foldi)}) 17. Bxd5 Na5
18. Qd2 $1 Bxd5 19. Qd4 f6 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Rac1 Qf4 22. Ng5 Qf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5
24. Rd5 Rac8 25. Rxf5 Kg8 {Preparing 26... Rxg3} 26. Ne4 Rc6 27. Rd1 Kf7 28. g4
Rg8 29. h3 Re6 30. f3 Nc6 {White has consolidated beautifully, and now has a
little combination winning a second pawn.} 31. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 32. Nxf6 Rxf6 33.
Rxf6+ Kxf6 34. Rd6+ Kg5 35. Rxc6 h5 36. Kf2 Rd8 37. Re6 $1 Rd2+ 38. Re2 Rd5 39.
Kg3 h4+ 40. Kf2 Rd3 41. Re7 a6 42. Re5+ Kf6 43. Rh5 Rd2+ 44. Ke3 Rxb2 45. Kf4
$1 {It's a mating attack!} 45... Rb3 46. g5+ Kg7 47. Rh6 a5 48. Kg4 b5 49. f4
Rxa3 50. Rb6 b4 51. Rb7+ Kg8 52. g6 Rc3 53. Kg5 b3 54. f5 a4 55. Rb8+ {
Impressive and instructive endgame play.} 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bryson, Douglas Marshall"]
[Black "Vukcevic, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nxc3 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Ng5 Ne5 9. Bb5 c6 10. f4 Neg4 11. Be2 h6 12. Nf3 Nh5 13. Nd4 Qc7 14. Qd1 Nhf6
15. h3 Ne5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nc2 Be6 18. O-O Be7 19. Ne3 O-O 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21.
Rxf5 b5 22. Qc2 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 b4 24. Nd1 Qd4 25. Nf2 c5 26. Bc4 Rad8 27. Rf3 Qd6
28. Be3 Qc7 29. Rf1 Kh7 30. Kh2 g5 31. Nh1 Kg6 32. Ng3 Rd6 33. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diaconescu, Paul"]
[Black "Hintikka, Eero"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A54"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 e4 5. Ng5 Bf5 6. g4 Nxg4 7. Ngxe4 Bxe4 8.
Nxe4 d5 9. h3 Qh4 10. Ng3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Ne3 12. Qa4+ b5 13. cxb5 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2
Nc4+ 15. Kc3 Qf4 16. e3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qxg3 18. Bd3 O-O 19. Qd1 c6 20. Kd2 Re8
21. Qe2 a6 22. bxc6 Nxc6 23. Rhg1 Qb8 24. b3 Nxd4 25. Qg4 Ne6 26. Raf1 Qe5 27.
Rc1 d4 28. exd4 Qa5+ 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Diaconescu, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 c5 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15.
d5 g6 16. a4 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Nh2 Bg7 21. Rf1 h5 22.
Nf3 Nfd7 23. Ng5+ Kg8 24. f4 f6 25. f5 fxg5 26. fxg6 Rf8 27. Bxg5 Qe8 28. Nf5
Rxf5 29. exf5 Nf6 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Qh6 Qe7 32. Qxh5 bxa4 33. g4 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diaconescu, Paul"]
[Black "Sorensen, Henrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. h4
g6 9. O-O-O Bg7 10. e5 Qe7 11. Re1 dxe5 12. Nxe5 c5 13. f4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 O-O
15. Ne4 Nxe5 16. fxe5 Rd8 17. Qc3 Bd7 18. Qg3 Bc6 19. Bd3 Rd5 20. Nc3 Ra5 21.
Re2 Rd8 22. Qf4 Qc5 23. Rf1 Rd7 24. Qg4 Rd4 25. Qh3 Qe7 26. Ref2 Be8 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bohak, Janko"]
[Black "Diaconescu, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 f5 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Bc5 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bb3
d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Re1 h6 11. Nbd2 b5 12. a4 Bb7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8
15. Nf1 d3 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Nb4 18. c3 Nbd5 19. Rxd3 f4 20. Nd4 c6 21.
Qh5+ g6 22. Qh3 Bb7 23. Rd1 Bc8 24. Qd3 Bb7 25. Nd2 g5 26. c4 bxc4 27. Nxc4 Qf6
28. Na5 Ba8 29. Qe4 Nc7 30. Ndxc6 Bxc6 31. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diaconescu, Paul"]
[Black "Webb, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8.
exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qd3 Bb7 13. Rad1 h6 14. f3 Rc8
15. Bf2 Rc7 16. Rfe1 Rd7 17. Ba2 Re8 18. Bb1 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 e5 20. Qc4 exd4 21.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Ne2 Qe3+ 23. Kf1 Qe5 24. Rxd4 Nd5 25. Qd3 g6 26. g3 Ba6 27. Qxa6
Ne3+ 28. Kf2 Rxd4 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 30. Qd3 Ng4+ 31. Kg2 Qxb2+ 32. Bc2 Qxc2+ 33.
Qxc2 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Foldi, Jozsef"]
[Black "Diaconescu, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Qb6 6. Qc1 d5 7. c3 Nc6 8.
Nbd2 Bd7 9. Bd3 Rc8 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qb1 O-O 14. Nf1 e5
15. Bf5 Qd8 16. Ng3 e4 17. Nh4 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Ne7 19. Rf1 Kg7 20. Qd1 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diaconescu, Paul"]
[Black "Bryson, Douglas Marshall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 Ne8 12. Qc2 Ng6 13. g3 Bh3 14. Re1 Qd7 15.
Nf1 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Nd2 Re8 20. f3 e4 21. fxe4
Rfe5 22. Bf2 Qg4 23. Qd3 Nxe4 24. Qf3 Nxf2 25. Qxf2 Nf4 26. Rxe5 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hintikka, Eero"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 (7. O-O O-O
8. c3 d5 9. d3 Bb7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 {
gives a "Marshall", with Qe5 and Rf1 instead of Re5 and Qd1.} 12... Re8 13. c4
Nf6 14. Qf5 Bc8 15. Qf4 Qxd3 16. cxb5 Bd6 $19 {
Poirier-Jordan, O'Kelly Memorial.}) (7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. d4 d5 10. c3
Nxe4 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 O-O 13. O-O Bf5 14. Be3 $11 {
Spassky-Kholmov, USSR, 1954.}) 7... d5 $5 {A battle in the centre before
anyone has castled, similar to the Spassky-Kholmov game above.} 8. exd5 Nxd4 9.
Nxd4 exd4 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Na3 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Qe5
Bc5 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Qf4 Rb6 18. Qd2 h6 19. Bh4 Bf5 20. Rae1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Qd7
22. Re5 d3+ 23. Bf2 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 dxc2 25. Nxc2 Bxc2 {
Eliminating a dangerous minor piece.} 26. Qxc2 Qd6 27. Qc3 Rb8 28. g3 Nd7 29.
Re4 Nc5 30. Rg4 g6 31. Bc2 Re8 (31... Qxd5 $2 32. Bxg6) 32. b4 Nd7 33. Re4 Rd8
34. Bb3 Nf6 35. Rd4 Ne8 {Black can't win the d5-pawn, so regroups.} (35... c6
$2 36. dxc6 $1) 36. Rf4 Qb6+ 37. Kf1 Nd6 38. Qf6 Ra8 39. Bc2 Qa7 40. Rg4 Qe3 {
A delicate situation.} 41. Bxg6 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Ra2+ 43. Bc2+ Kf8 44. Kh3 Qxc2 45.
Qd8+ Ne8 46. Re4 Qxh2+ 47. Kg4 f5+ $1 {That makes all the difference.} 48. Kxf5
Qh5+ 49. Kf4 Qf7+ 50. Ke5 {He can't avoid the exchange of queens.} (50. Kg4
Qd7+ $1) 50... Qe7+ 51. Qxe7+ Kxe7 52. Kf5+ Kf7 53. Rh4 Ra6 {
The rest is relatively easy.} 54. Ke5 Rg6 55. f4 Nf6 56. Rh3 Nd7+ 57. Kd4 Kg7
58. Rh1 Rxg3 59. Rc1 Kg6 60. Rxc7 Nf6 61. d6 h5 62. Kc5 Rd3 63. Re7 h4 64. Re1
Kf5 65. Kc6 h3 66. Rf1 Rd2 67. Rh1 Kg4 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sorensen, Henrik"]
[Black "Hintikka, Eero"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Ng4 14. h3 Qh4
15. Qf3 Nxf2 16. Re2 Ng4 17. g3 Qxg3+ 18. Qxg3 Bxg3 19. hxg4 Bb7 20. Nd2 Rae8
21. Bd1 Rxe2 22. Bxe2 Re8 23. Kf1 Re6 24. Nf3 Rg6 25. g5 f6 26. Be3 fxg5 27.
Ne5 Rf6+ 28. Kg1 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Re6 30. Bd4 c5 31. Bg4 Rh6 32. Bxc5 Rh1+ 33. Kf2
Rxa1 34. Be6+ Kh8 35. Bd7 Rxa2 36. Ba3 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hintikka, Eero"]
[Black "Bohak, Janko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
Bxb5 9. exf7+ Kd7 10. Nxb5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qc4
Rhf8 15. Bd2 Qf5 16. h3 Nf6 17. O-O Qe6 18. Qb5 Kc7 19. f5 Qxf7 20. fxg6 Qxg6
21. Rxf6 Rxf6 22. Nd5+ Kc8 23. Nxf6 Qxf6 24. Re1 Kc7 25. Ba5+ b6 26. Bc3 Qg6
27. b4 Rg8 28. Re2 Qg3 29. Be1 Qg5 30. Qd3 h5 31. Bd2 Qg7 32. Qc4 Kd7 33. Bc3
Qg5 34. Qe6+ Kc7 35. Bd2 Qg6 36. Qc4 Kd7 37. b5 Ne5 38. Qd5 Qe6 39. Qb7+ Ke8
40. Rf2 Nc4 41. Bg5 d5 (41... Rxg5 42. Qa8+ Kd7 43. Qc6+ Kd8 44. Rf8#) 42. Qa8+
Kd7 43. Qxa7+ Kd6 44. Qb7 Qe1+ 45. Rf1 Qxf1+ 46. Kxf1 Rxg5 47. a4 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
[Black "Hintikka, Eero"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. c3 b4 11. d4 bxc3 12. bxc3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 d5
15. e5 Ng4 16. h3 Nh6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Nc3 c6 19. Bc2 f5 20. Qd3 Rb4 21. Ra7
c5 22. Rxe7 Kh8 23. Ra7 Rxd4 24. Qe3 Qb6 25. Rea1 Bb7 26. e6 f4 27. Qe5+ Kg8
28. Bf5 Re8 29. Qf6 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hintikka, Eero"]
[Black "Foldi, Jozsef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. d4 d6 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nc3 c6 13. O-O Bc5 14. Bg5 h6
15. Be3 Qe7 16. h3 O-O 17. Qf3 Nd7 18. Ne2 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Nc5 20. Ng3 Rd8 21.
Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Ra8 23. Qc3 g6 24. Nf1 Bb7 25. Nh2 Nxb3 26. Qxb3 h5 27. Nf3
Ra4 28. Qe3 Kg7 29. b3 Ra2 30. Qc3 c5 31. Nxe5 b4 32. Qg3 h4 33. Qf4 g5 34. Qf5
Bc8 35. Nd7 Rxc2 36. e5 Re2 37. f4 Re3 38. Rd6 Rg3 39. Qf6+ Qxf6 40. Nxf6 Rxb3
41. Rd8 gxf4 42. Rxc8 Rc3 43. Ne4 Rc1+ 44. Kf2 b3 45. Rb8 c4 46. Ke2 Rc2+ 47.
Kf3 b2 48. Kxf4 c3 49. Nxc3 Rxc3 50. Rxb2 Rg3 51. Kf5 Rg6 52. Rf2 Rg3 53. Ke4
Rg5 54. Kf4 Rg3 55. Re2 Kg6 56. Ke4 Kg7 57. Rf2 Rg5 58. Rf4 Rxg2 59. Rxh4 Rh2
60. Kf5 Rh1 61. Rg4+ Kf8 62. h4 Ke7 63. Re4 Rf1+ 64. Kg5 Rg1+ 65. Rg4 Re1 66.
Kh6 Rxe5 67. Kg7 Ke6 68. Rf4 Rh5 69. Ra4 Kf5 70. Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bryson, Douglas Marshall"]
[Black "Hintikka, Eero"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Bd6 8.
Qg3 Ne7 9. d4 exd4 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qf6 Qd7 12. Kh1 Bc5 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. Nf3
Ng6 15. Qf5 Qxf5 16. exf5 Ne7 17. Bg5 Rd5 18. Bxe7 Bxe7 19. g4 h5 20. Rae1 Bd6
21. Re4 hxg4 22. hxg4 Ra5 23. Ra1 Rb5 24. b3 Rc5 25. Nxd4 Re5 26. Rae1 Rxg4 27.
Rxe5 Bxe5 28. Nxc6 Bd6 29. Re8+ Kd7 30. Ne5+ Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Kd6 32. Re2 Rf4 33.
Kg2 Rxf5 34. f3 Ra5 35. c3 c5 36. Kf2 c4 37. Rb2 Rb5 38. Ke3 Ke5 39. f4+ Kf5
40. Rg2 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Sorensen, Henrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3
Nd7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O Ngf6 13. Ne4 Nxh5 14. c4 Nhf6
15. Rac1 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Qd8 18. Bc3 Be7 19. Ne5 O-O 20. Rfe1 Bd6 21.
b4 Rc8 22. a4 Re8 23. a5 Bc7 24. Qf3 Re7 25. a6 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bohak, Janko"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

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. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 ({The other main line is} 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 {
In the XI World Championship, Zaitsev-Sande, there followed:} 11... Qc8 12. a4
c6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. dxc6 Bxf3 $6 (15... Rd8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qd5
Qxc6 18. Bd3 Qxd5 19. exd5 Nb3 $11 {
Tseshkovsky-Romanishin, Tallinn, 1979, is ECO.}) 16. Qxf3 Qxc6 17. Rd1 Be7 18.
Nd2 Nc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. a5 {
and White exploited the "OCB" syndrome to perfection.}) 10... exd4 11. cxd4 Na5
(11... d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Nh2 $5 Bb4 16. f3 Bxe1 17. Qxe1
Ng5 18. Nc3 Ne6 $1 19. Rd1 Nb4 20. Qe2 a5 21. Qxb5 c6 22. Qe2 f5 $1 {
produced a fine win for Black in Helbich-Marczell, 21st Czech CC Championship.}
) 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nbd2 Nc6 ({
In Stern-Penrose, Nielsen Memorial, Black preferred:} 14... Nd7 {
allowing Stern's favourite} 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh2 {but after} 17... Qc7
18. f4 f6 19. Ndf3 c4 20. Nh4 Rad8 {the World No.1 was master of the situation.
}) ({Gulko-Adams, Groningen, 1991, continued:} 14... Nd7 15. Bf4 $1 Re8 16. e5
Nf8 17. Be4 Rc8 18. Nf1 Ne6 19. Bg3 Nd4 20. Ne3 {1-0 in 43.}) 15. Qb1 $5 ({
Gulko-Portisch, Niksic, 1978, went:} 15. Rc1 Nb4 16. Bb1 Rc8 17. h3 Be6 18. Nb3
$1 Qb6 19. Ng5 Rfd8 20. Qf3 $16 {1-0 in 36.}) 15... h6 ({
Despite the fact that ECO shows:} 15... Qc7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Nh4 Bd6 $1) 16. e5
Nd5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qc8 20. Qe4 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Qe6 22. a4
Rfd8 23. Nf1 Rac8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ng3 c4 {
With bishop v knight and a q-side majority, it looks good for Black.} 26. Ne2
Qd5 27. Qb1 Qd7 28. Nf4 Nd4 29. e6 {
This fails to create any insoluble problems for Black.} 29... Nxf3+ 30. Rxf3
fxe6 31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. Ne5 Qd2 $1 33. h3 {Obviously his queen can't go anywhere.
} 33... Rd5 34. Re3 Rf8 35. Nf3 Qb4 36. Rxe6 Bf6 37. Qe4 Rdd8 38. Rb1 Qc5 39.
Ne5 Qd5 40. Ng4 Qxe4 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Webb, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. a3 Rfd8 12. Bd3 Be8 13. Qf3 a6 14. Qh3 b5 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 e5 17. Bf2 Bd7 18. Qf3 Bg4 19. Qg3 Be6 20. f5 Bc4 21. Qf3 d5
22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Be4 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Rac8 25. Rfd1 Bc5 26. Qf3 f6 27. Bxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Foldi, Jozsef"]
[Black "Zagorovsky, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. h3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bd3
b6 9. Qe2 Bd6 {Black's treatment of the opening lacks edge, and he soon drifts
into an inferior middle game position.} 10. Bg5 Be7 11. O-O-O a5 12. Ne5 Nxe5
13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. f4 c4 16. Bc2 b5 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Nd4 Qc5 19. Qh5
Nf8 20. h4 Bd7 21. Rh3 Qe7 22. e4 dxe4 {He can't permit f4-f5.} 23. Bxe4 Rab8
24. Qg5 $1 {The attack and the ending are both good for White.} 24... f6 $1 25.
exf6 Qxf6 26. Rg3 Kh8 27. Re1 b4 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. h5 Rb6 30. f5 $1 Be8 31. h6
bxc3 32. bxc3 exf5 33. Bxf5 Bg6 34. Re7 Rdb8 35. Rg7 $1 R8b7 36. Rxb7 Rxb7 37.
Re3 Kg8 38. g4 a4 39. Nc2 Rb5 40. Nd4 Rb7 {
Naturally, Black is happy to repeat moves.} 41. Re4 $1 Kf7 42. Nc6 {A fine vict
ory by a player fighting illness at the same time.  Towards the end of the
tournament, Dr Foldi was in and out of hospital.} 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zagorovsky, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Bryson, Douglas Marshall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nb3 b6 12. Kh1 Re8 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qf3 Nb4 15.
Nd4 Bf8 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. Qh3 Qd7 19. Bc4 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Qxd7
Nxd7 22. Bb3 Nc5 23. Nce2 Nxb3 24. cxb3 Nd3 25. Rb1 Nc5 26. Bc3 Nxb3 27. Nxb3
Rxe2 28. Rbe1 Rae8 29. Rxe2 Rxe2 30. Nd4 Re4 31. g3 Bc8 32. Rd1 Bd7 33. a5 b5
34. Re1 b4 35. Rxe4 dxe4 36. Bd2 Bc5 37. Be3 b3 38. Kg2 Be6 39. Kf2 Bd5 40. Nf5
Bb4 41. Bd4 g6 42. Nh6+ Kf8 43. Ng4 f5 44. Nf6 Bc6 45. Nxh7+ Ke7 46. Ng5 Kd6
47. Ke3 Bxa5 48. g4 Be1 49. Be5+ Kd5 50. gxf5 gxf5 51. Nh7 a5 52. Nf6+ Kc4 53.
Ke2 Bb4 0-1

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sorensen, Henrik"]
[Black "Bohak, Janko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 ({
The game Oim-Gipslis (Keres Memorial) went:} 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Nf3 e5 8.
Ne2 {with a complex struggle.}) 5... a5 {
Both sides are going to castle long, believe it or not!} 6. Qd2 Na6 7. f3 Bd7
8. Bc4 Nb4 9. Nge2 e6 10. Bb3 d5 11. g4 h5 12. O-O-O hxg4 13. fxg4 Qh4 14. h3
O-O-O {Voila!} 15. Kb1 Bh6 {
A provocation which White is to refute by some very finely conceived play.} 16.
g5 Bg7 17. Nf4 b6 18. Rdf1 Be8 19. Ng2 Qh7 20. exd5 $1 {A simple exchange, but
very profound.  White locks the centre before manoeuvring, and it also opens
up the line of attack to f5 and g6.} 20... exd5 21. Ne2 f5 22. Nef4 Bf7 23. h4
Ne7 {Black completes his development, but will find it hard to breathe.} 24. c3
Na6 25. Bc2 Kb7 26. h5 $1 gxh5 27. Nh4 {
The knight work has been especially pleasing.  Now g5-g6 is a nasty threat.}
27... Qg8 28. Nxf5 Nxf5 29. Bxf5 Rd6 30. Qc2 c5 31. g6 Be8 32. dxc5 bxc5 33.
Nxh5 {White's strategy has succeeded; his plus pawn is very strong and Black's
bit of counterplay is to be self-destructive.} 33... d4 34. Nxg7 Qxg7 (34...
dxe3 35. Rxh8 Qxh8 36. Qe4+ Bc6 37. Qe7+) 35. Rxh8 Qxh8 36. Qe4+ {
A killing centralisation.} 36... Rc6 (36... Bc6 37. Qe7+ {as before.}) 37. Rh1
Qg8 38. Rh7+ Kb6 39. cxd4 {
Black loses quickly in all lines.  A wonderful positional effort.} 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
[Black "Sorensen, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A67"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ {
A favourite with the English postal GMs Webb and Hollis.} 8... Nfd7 ({
It's universally accepted that Black's reply is quite forced, but:} 8... Nbd7
9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nh5 11. e6 Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qxh1 14. Be3 Bxc3+ 15.
bxc3 Qe4 {might hold if there's a good reply to:} 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. exd7+ $1
Bxd7 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. Nxf3 b6 $2 (19... Kd6 $142) 20. Ne5+ Ke7 21. a4 $1 {
According to Koualty, Black's only try is:} 21... Rhe8) 9. a4 $5 a6 ({
In the 11th World Championship, Baumbach-Danner went:} 9... Na6 10. Nf3 Nc7 11.
O-O a6 12. Bxd7+ $1 Bxd7 13. f5 O-O 14. Bg5 {
and a vigorous attack by the World Champion brought victory in 32 moves.}) 10.
Bd3 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qd8 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Nf6 {Black's last five moves are not
at all convincing, with so many losses of tempi.  It's no surprise that White
gains a strong k-side initiative.} 14. f5 Ng4 15. h3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bh6
Bxg3 18. Qf3 Be5 19. f6 Nd7 20. Bg7 {
Turning down the win of the exchange to have a fianchetto at the wrong end!}
20... Nxf6 $2 ({Black later gave the better:} 20... Qb6 $1 21. Kh1 Qxb2 22. Ne2
Qd2 23. Rad1 Qg5 $1 {logically using the black squares which White has
abandoned by his "strong" Bg7.}) 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qxf6 Bxh3 23. Qxd8 Raxd8 24.
Rfe1 f6 25. a5 {
Black has three pawns for the piece, but White's q-side bind is a big plus.}
25... Rf7 26. Na4 Bd7 27. Nb6 Be8 28. Rab1 Bb5 29. Bf1 $1 Re7 30. Bh3 Kg7 31.
Be6 Rc7 32. Re3 Be8 33. Rf1 Bf7 34. Ref3 ({It's hopeless:} 34. Ref3 Bxe6 {
lets in the knight at d5.}) 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sorensen, Henrik"]
[Black "Foldi, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

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 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Bb1 Nh5 16. Ne3 Nf4 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qd2 Nc4 20. Qxf4 Nxb2 21.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. a3 Rce8 23. Ra2 Nc4 24. Nh4 Bc8 25. Rd1 d5 26. e5 f6 27. Qf3
fxe5 28. Qxd5+ Rf7 29. dxe5 g5 30. e6 Rg7 31. Nf5 Bxe6 32. Nxg7 Bxd5 33. Nxe8
Qc6 34. Rxd5 Qxe8 35. Rxg5+ Kh8 36. Bd3 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Nb2 38. Rg3 Qxf2 39. a4 h5
40. Rf3 Qd4 41. axb5 Nxd3 42. bxa6 Qe5+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Rf1 Qe3+ 45. Kh1 Qa7
46. Raa1 Kg7 47. Rf3 Nc5 48. Re3 Kf6 49. Rf1+ Kg6 50. Rg3+ Kh7 51. Rf5 Kh6 52.
Rf6+ Kh7 53. Rgf3 Nd7 54. Rf7+ Kg8 55. Re7 Qxa6 56. Rxd7 Qa1+ 57. Kh2 Qe5+ 58.
Kg1 Qc5+ 59. Rf2 Qe3 60. Rdf7 Qd4 61. R7f4 Qd1+ 62. Kh2 Kg7 63. h4 Qd6 64. g3
Kg6 65. Rf5 Qd4 66. Rg5+ Kh6 67. Rff5 Qd2+ 68. Kh3 Qd1 69. Rxh5+ Kg6 70. Rhg5+
Kh6 71. Kg2 Qe2+ 72. Rf2 Qe4+ 73. Kh2 Qd4 74. Rgf5 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bryson, Douglas Marshall"]
[Black "Sorensen, Henrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. a3 Be7 13. Bc2 a6 14. Qd3 Re8 15.
Bg5 Nf8 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Bc1 Qc7 18. Ne4 Rad8 19. Bb1 f5 20. Ng3 Bf6 21. Ba2
Kh8 22. Nh5 Qf7 23. Nxf6 gxf6 24. Qd2 Ng6 25. Qh6 Nge7 26. Re2 Rg8 27. Ne1 Rc8
28. f3 a5 29. Bb1 Ba6 30. Rf2 Rc4 31. Rc2 b5 32. Rxc4 bxc4 33. Qd2 Nc6 34. Ba2
Qa7 35. Kh1 f4 36. Nc2 Qg7 37. Rg1 Qg6 38. Qe2 e5 39. dxe5 Nxe5 40. Ne1 Re8 41.
Qd2 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bohak, Janko"]
[Black "Webb, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 c5 4. c3 Nbd7 5. Be3 e5 6. dxc5 dxc5 7. a4 Be7 8. Ne2
Nh5 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Qb3 Nb8 12. Ng3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nc6 14. g4 Rd8 15.
Qc2 Qd7 16. g3 Qe6 17. Be2 g5 18. Rh5 Qg6 19. Kf2 Be6 20. Rah1 f6 21. Bc1 Bf8
22. Ne3 Rd7 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Kh8 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Rd8 27. Qc2 Qf7 28.
b3 a6 29. Nb6 Rd6 30. Nd5 c4 31. b4 Ne7 32. Ne3 Nc8 33. Rh1 Be7 34. Nf5 Rd7 35.
Be3 Bd8 36. Rd1 Bc7 37. Ke2 Qe6 38. a5 h6 39. Rxd7 Qxd7 40. Nxh6 Nd6 41. Nf5
Nb5 42. Kf2 Kg8 43. Bc5 Bd6 44. Bb6 Bf8 45. Ne3 Qc6 46. Qd2 Be7 47. Qd5+ Kf8
48. Qxc6 bxc6 49. Nd1 Ke8 50. Ke2 c5 51. bxc5 Kd7 52. Kd2 Nc7 53. Ne3 Ne6 54.
Nd5 Bxc5 55. Nxf6+ Kc6 56. Nd5 Bd6 57. Kc2 Kb5 58. Ne3 Bf8 59. Nf5 Kc6 60. Kd2
Kb5 61. Ba7 Kxa5 62. Bb8 Ka4 63. Kc2 Nc5 64. Bxe5 Nd3 65. Bf6 Ne1+ 66. Kb2 Ba3+
67. Ka2 Nxf3 68. e5 Nd2 69. e6 Ne4 70. Be5 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Foldi, Jozsef"]
[Black "Bohak, Janko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Bc4 $6 d5 8.
Be2 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. a4 Nb8 11. a5 (11. Bf4 $142 {(Foldi)}) 11... Nc6 12.
Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 13. axb6 axb6 14. O-O Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Qa8 $1 {
Seizing the initiative after a weak opening by White.} 16. b4 cxb4 17. cxb4 Qb7
18. Qb2 e6 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. g3 Be7 21. b5 Na7 22. Ra1 f6 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. Rb1 Rc7
25. Ne1 Nc8 26. e4 dxe4 27. Nxe4 Kg7 28. Nd3 g5 $1 {
Stops Nf4 and play against e6.} 29. Rd1 Qd5 $1 30. Qxd5 exd5 31. Nd2 Rc3 32.
Nf1 Bd6 {The d4-pawn is doomed.} 33. Rc1 Rxd3 34. Rxc8 Rxd4 35. Ne3 Kf7 36. Rh8
Ke6 37. Re8+ Kd7 38. Rh8 Bc5 39. Rxh7+ Ke6 40. Rh8 Ra4 $1 41. Rd8 d4 42. Nd5
Ra7 {And the knight is lost.} 43. h4 Rb7 44. h5 Bd6 45. Nxf6 Be7 46. Rxd4 Kxf6
47. Kg2 Rc7 48. Kh3 Rc5 49. h6 Rxb5 50. h7 Kg7 51. Rd7 Re5 52. Rb7 $2 (52. f4
$1 {was what Dr Foldi should have played.}) 52... Re6 53. Kg4 Kh8 54. Kf5 Rf6+
55. Kg4 Bd8 $2 (55... Bc5 {is correct in order to win.}) 56. Rd7 Rf8 57. f4
gxf4 58. gxf4 Re8 59. f5 Be7 60. Rb7 Bc5 61. f6 $1 Rf8 62. Kf5 Bf2 (62... Bd4
63. Ke4 $1 {draws.}) 63. Kg6 Bd4 64. f7 Bc5 65. Kh6 Rd8 66. Kg6 Rc8 67. Kf5 Rf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
[Black "Foldi, Jozsef"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be6 8.
O-O Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. Rd1 Rad8 12. d3 f5 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. d4 exd4
15. exd4 Bf6 16. d5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bc3 Qf7 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Rxd5 Qxd5 22. Rd1 Qe4 23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Nc3 Nd4 25. Nxe4 Nxb3 26. Nc3 Rf7
27. Rd5 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bryson, Douglas Marshall"]
[Black "Webb, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[Annotator "Notes by Douglas Bryson"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qb6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. g3
Ne5 $5 ({I had intended to follow Matulovic-Mednis, Informator 32/275, but
Black varies first with this move, which gets a ! in "Sicilian,
Richter-Rauzer" by Harding and Markland.  Mednis played:} 14... Kb8) 15. Nd4 h5
16. Bh3 Ng4 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. Nf5 $1 {The book ended with
Black's 16th, but White's 19th suggests that he has won the opening.} 19... Bf8
(19... exf5 20. Nd5 {and White recovers the piece with a fine position.}) 20.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Kc7 23. Rhd1 $1 {Much better than retreating
the Rd6.  Now when Black recovers his pawn on h2, he will have the Bd7 pinned.}
23... b4 $1 24. Ne2 e5 {Stpos the knight coming to f4.  White now has to spend
a lot of time to get this piece to a good square.} 25. Nc1 Rxh2 $6 ({
Simon thought the move played was too risky and that he should have tried:} 
25... Bc6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. Nd3 a5 29. Nf2 Bd7 {
which he thought might be drawn with best play.}) 26. b3 $1 ({
A difficult decision to take away the obvious square for the knight, but} 26.
Nb3 Rhh8 $8 27. Nc5 Bc8 {leads nowhere.}) (26. Rxa6 Ba4 $3) 26... Rh3 27. R1d5
Rxg3 28. Nd3 Rf3 (28... Rg1+ {was the only move I considered when:} 29. Kb2 g3
30. Nxb4 g2 31. Nxa6+ Kc8 $2 (31... Kb7 32. Rxd7+ Kxa6 33. Rxd8 Rb1+ 34. Kxb1
g1=Q+ 35. Kb2 {and the two rooks are better than the queen.}) 32. Rb6 Rb1+ 33.
Ka3 g1=Q 34. Rb8#) 29. Nxb4 a5 30. Na6+ Kb7 31. Rc5 $1 (31. Rc5 g3 32. Rc7+ Ka8
33. Nc5 {and White wins because of the threat of:} 33... g2 34. Ra6+ Kb8 35.
Rb7+ Kc8 36. Ra8#) 1-0

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Foldi, Jozsef"]
[Black "Bryson, Douglas Marshall"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nc6 6. c3 d5 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. exd4 Nh5 10. Qc2 h6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. g3 Bd7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 f5
15. Nb3 g5 16. Rhe1 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. f4 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Qb6 21.
Qf2 Kb8 22. Re2 Qxf2 23. Rxf2 Rhg8 24. Be2 Rg7 25. c4 gxf4 26. gxf4 Ne7 27. Nc5
Bc8 28. Bf3 b6 29. Na4 Ba6 30. b3 Rgg8 31. Rfd2 Rc8 32. cxd5 Bb7 33. Kb2 Bxd5
34. Bh5 Rg7 35. Nc3 Rc5 36. Rf2 Rc8 37. Rdd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "cr SCCA-100"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bohak, Janko"]
[Black "Bryson, Douglas Marshall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Notes by John Hawkes"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 ({Maybe a little more punchy is:} 3. Nge2 d5 4. exd5
exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bg4 $6 9. Qd3 Be7 10. h3 Be6 11.
Nxe6 fxe6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Rae1 Rfe8 15. Re2 h6 16. Bc1 d4 17. Ne4
Rad8 18. Rfe1 Nd5 19. Nd2 Bf8 20. a3 Qf7 21. Nc4 g5 22. h4 $1 gxh4 23. Re4 hxg3
24. Qxg3+ Kh7 25. Rg4 Nf6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Ne5 Qh5 28. Rh4 Qf5 29. Rf4 {
Harding-Schranz, III European TT Prelims.}) 3... d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6.
d3 d4 7. Ne4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 ({Gulko has tried recapturing:} 8. dxe4) 8... Nd7 ({
Worth noting is the old quote Smyslov-Trifunovic, 1947, which went:} 8... Bd6
9. Qh5 Nd7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nf3 h6 12. h4 Rg8 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Qe5 {
when Black is safe, but can't castle!}) 9. Bg2 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Ne2 O-O 12.
O-O h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Equality, if not more, for Black.} 14. Nf4 Be5 15. Qf3
Rb8 16. Rfe1 Bd6 17. c4 dxc3 18. bxc3 Bd7 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Qf6 {Black has t
he q-side pawn majority, two bishops, and White's IQP is a potential target.}
21. Nd5 Qxf3 22. Bxf3 Rfe8 23. Kg2 b5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Ne3 Rc8 26. Bd5 a5 27.
Kf3 Rc3 28. h4 h5 29. Ke2 g6 30. Rb1 Kg7 31. Be4 b4 32. Kd2 Bb5 33. Rb3 Rc8 34.
Bd3 Bd7 35. Bc4 Bb8 36. a3 Ba4 37. Rd3 Bd6 38. axb4 Bxb4+ ({
A rather generous resignation.  After:} 38... Bxb4+ 39. Ke2 Rxc4 40. Nxc4 Bb5
41. Ne5 {Black has the advantage, but is it enough to win? (Bryson)}) 0-1

