(4) Farrell,K (1416) - Young,B [B00]
Gosford Summer 2007, 13.02.2007
[,keith]
1.e4 time control G90 - 130 1...b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.Be2 g6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.Bf4 Ngf6 8.e5!? Nh5 9.Qd2 Rc8 Diagram
10.exd6? [ 10.e6 ever-so briefly considered but only as a move and not a sequence, Ng5 I had also semi-looked at - but only with the target being f6 and not e6 10...fxe6 11.Ng5 of course, the pawn push adds so much more forcecffullness to this - black's pawns are in disarray and pieces uncoordinated 11...Nf8 12.Bxh5 gxh5] 10...cxd6 Time - B 119 11.Bh6 Ndf6 W119 B114 12.Rfe1 W116 12...Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Ng4 Diagram 14.Qd2 [ 14.Bb5+ Bc6 15.Bxc6+ Rxc6 16.Qd2] 14...h6 B101 15.d5 B101 "threatening" Bb5 check 15...Ngf6 16.Bb5+ Nd7 17.Ne4 W108 17...a6?? [ 17...Kf8 or; 17...Qc7 was needed] 18.Nxd6+ Kf8 19.Nxb7 Qc7 20.Bc6? [ 20.Bxa6 Ra8 21.Rxe7 Rxa6 ( and not 21...Kxe7?? since 22.d6+ is crushing) 22.Ne5 ( 22.d6? Qxb7 23.Ne5) 22...Qxb7 23.Rxd7] 20...Nb8 B52 21.Qe2 [ 21.Qb4 Juniors choice (and one I wanted to do - just a bit of conservatism] 21...Nxc6 W59 B52 22.dxc6 Qxc6 23.Qxe7+ Kg7 24.Nd6 [ 24.Nd4 Qf6 25.Nd6 Rb8 26.Rad1 Nf4 27.Qxf6+] 24...Rc7 25.Qe5+ f6 W55 B46 26.Qd4 [ 26.Ne8+ Rxe8 27.Qxe8 Qxe8 28.Rxe8 Rxc2 29.Rae1 f5 30.R1e7+ Kf6 31.Re6+ Kg7 32.h4 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 Rc7 34.Rxb6] 26...Rd7 [ 26...Rd8? 27.Nf5+] 27.Re6 [ 27.Rad1; 27.Qg4 -- ( 27...Rxd6 28.Nh4 f5 ( 28...Nf4 29.Qxf4) 29.Nxf5+ Kf8 30.Nxd6) 28.Nd4 Qxd6 29.Nf5+ Kh7 30.Nxd6] 27...Rhd8 W52 B41 28.Rd1 [ 28.Ne8+ Rxe8 29.Rxc6 Rxd4 30.Nxd4 Rb8 31.Ne6+ Kg8 32.Rd1] 28...Kh7 B36 29.Nh4 I'd had my eye on moving the black Knight with a g4 for far too long 29...g5 B30 30.Qd3+! Kg8 31.Nf7 [ 31.Nhf5 Nf4 32.Nxh6+] 31...Rxf7 just a big slip [ 31...Rxf7 32.Qg6+ ( although 32.Qxd8+ Rf8 33.Rxc6 was what I was intending) 32...Ng7 33.Rxd8+ Rf8 34.Re7] 1-0
(5) Pascoe,J - Losh,G [D02]
Gosford Summer 2007 Gosford, 13.02.2007
1.d4 time limit Game/90 1...d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 c4 5.c3 b5 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.Be2 Bd6 8.Bg3 Bxg3 9.hxg3 Nf6 10.0-0 Bd7 11.b4 a5 12.a3 axb4 13.axb4 Ke7 14.Qc2 Qb6 15.Ra2 Ra7 16.Ne5 Rha8 17.Nxc6+ Bxc6 18.Rfa1 g6 19.Nf3 Nd7 20.Qb2 f6 21.Ra3 Rxa3 22.Rxa3 Rxa3 23.Qxa3 Qb7 24.Nd2 Nb6 25.Qa5 Na4 26.Nb1 Kd7 27.Bd1 Nb2 28.Bc2 Qa8 29.Qxa8 Bxa8 30.g4 e5 31.f4 e4 32.Kf2 g5 33.f5 Kc7 34.Ke2 Diagram
34...Bc6 35.Bd1 Nxd1 36.Kxd1 Be8 37.Ke1 h5 38.gxh5 Bxh5 39.Kf2 Bg4 40.Nd2 Bxf5 41.Nf1 Kd6 42.Kg3 Ke7 43.Nh2 Kf7 44.Ng4 the next 20 or so move uncertain - final move is move 60 1/2-1/2
(6) Short,N (2660) - Timman,J (2630) [B04]
Tilburg Tilburg (4), 1991
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.0-0 0-0 9.h3 a5 10.a4 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.Re1 e6 14.Nd2 Nd5 15.Nf3 Qc5 16.Qe4 Qb4 17.Bc4 Nb6 18.b3 Nxc4 19.bxc4 Re8 20.Rd1 Qc5 21.Qh4 b6 22.Be3 Qc6 23.Bh6 Bh8 24.Rd8 Bb7 25.Rad1 Bg7 26.R8d7 Rf8 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.R1d4 Rae8 29.Qf6+ Kg8 30.h4 h5 31.Kh2 Rc8 Diagram
NOW ! picture the white king on h6
but how does black stop white's plan
according to Fritz black has to give up a lot32.Kg3 Rce8 33.Kf4 Bc8 34.Kg5 1-0
(7) Legalls mate [C23]
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Nc3 b6 5.Nxe5 Diagram
5...Bxd1?? 6.Bxf7+ Ke7 7.Nd5# 1-0
(8) Ponomariov,R - Morezovich,A
Tal Memorial Moscow, 2006
Diagram 1.Kf4!! Rxd6 2.exd6 Kxd6 3.c5+!! Kxc5 [ 3...Ke7 4.Ba8! Kd8 5.c6 Kc7 6.Bb7] 4.Ke5 Ba6 5.Kf6 Kd6 6.Be4! Be2 7.Kxf7 Bg4 8.Bxg6 1-0
