Paschall wins with a smooth, well-coordinated kingside attack.
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 0–0 5.Bg5 d6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 c5 8.d5 Qa5 9.Nd2Qb4 10.a3 Qb6 Black decides not to go fishing with ...Qxb2. Maybe the queen expeditionis not correct--Black sure misses her for helping out on the kingside. 11.Qc2 h6 12.Bh4Re8 13.0–0 Ne5 14.h3 g5 15.Bg3 Ng6 16.f4 Kh8 17.fxg5 hxg5 18.Bd3 Nh4 19.Bxh4 gxh420.Rf4 Bh6 21.Rxh4 Kg7
22.Nf3! White steps up the attack instead of defending hise-pawn. 22...Bxe3+ 23.Kh1 e5 24.Rf1 Bd7 25.Bf5! I like this move, which establishescontrol of the key f5-square. 25...Rh8 26.Bxd7 Nxd7 27.Qf5 Rad8 28.Qg4+ Kf6 29.Nxe5+Ke7 Of course White can win in a variety of ways, but he comes up with the flashy…30.Qe6+1–0
In a tense game, MacIntyre builds up the advantage. A time-troubleerror leads to a quick finish, but Black looks better anyway.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.0–0 0–0 6.d3 d67.Bg5 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qe7 9.Re1 Nd8 10.d4 Ne6 11.Bc1 c5 12.Bf1 Rd8 13.g3 Ne8 14.Qe2 Nf8 15.Be3b6 16.Bg2 Ng6 17.Rad1 Bb7 18.h4 Nf6 19.Nd2 Nf8 20.d5 Bc8 21.f3 h6 22.Kh2 Kh8 23.Rh1 N6h7 Preparingto attack the center with ...f5. It doesn’t appear that White has a similar plan. 24.Bh3Bxh3 25.Kxh3 Qd7+ 26.Kg2 f5
27.exf5 Qxf5 28.Ne4 Nf6 29.Qd3 Nxe4 30.Qxe4 Qxe4 31.fxe4 Nd7 Blackis better. He has the better pawn structure and a target at e4. White needs to getsomething going with his bishop, and tries g4, g5, but the knight wins a pawn and getsinto the game. 32.g4 What else? 32.Rhf1 or 32.a4 don’t seem to lead anywhere. 32...Nf633.g5 Nxe4 34.gxh6 Rg8 35.c4 gxh6+ 36.Kh2 Rg4 37.Rdg1 Rxh4+ 38.Kg2 Rg8+ 39.Kf3 Rf8+40.Ke2? Extreme time trouble.
Desmarais and Warfield end up in a game full of wild tactics withboth sides defending and attacking after 22.Nxd5 opens things up.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 0–0 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4b6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.b4 c6 11.Be2 a5 12.b5 c5 13.Rc1 Be6 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Na4 c416.Nc3 a4 17.Nd4 Qa5 18.0–0 a3 19.f4 g6 20.f5 gxf5 21.Nxe6 fxe6
22.Nxd5 exd5 23.Qxd5+ Kh8 24.Bxc4 Ra7 25.Rxf5 Qb6 26.Rcf1 Qxe3+ 27.Kh1 Nd7 28.h3 Qe729.Bb3 Raa8 30.Qd2 Bg7 31.Rf7 Qe8 32.Re1
32...Ne5 33.Rxf8+ Qxf8 34.Qd5 Rd8 35.Qe4 Nd3 36.Re2 Nf2+ 37.Rxf2Qxf2 38.Bc2 Kg8 39.Bb3+ Kh8 So what’s the deal after 39...Kf8? White has at leasta draw with 40.Qb4+ Ke8 41.Qe4+ Kd7 42.Qc6+42...Ke7 43.Qe6+ but could he try for more with 43...Kf8 44.Qg8+ Ke7 45.Qxg7+ ?40.Bc2Kg8 41.Bb3+ 1/2-1/2
Classical 9.b4. I have a bunch of questions about this very excitinggame.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e57.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Re1 Nf4 11.Bf1 Kh8 12.c5 Ng8 13.Nd2 Nf6 14.Nc4 Rg815.f3 Bf8 16.Bxf4 exf4 17.e5 Nh5 18.Ne4 b5
Now White sacs a piece for some scary-looking pawns. 19.Ncxd6 cxd620.Nxd6 Bxd6 21.exd6
21...Qf6 Is there something wrong with 21...a6? Maybe 22.Re7or Qd4+ Qf6 Qe5/e4. 22.Bxb5 Now it’s 3 pawns for the piece. 22...Rb8 23.a4a6 24.Bc6 Bf5 What happens after 24...Rxb4? 25.b5 a5 26.Qd2 g5 27.h3 Whathappens after 27.Qxa5? 27...Ng3 28.Rad1 Qh6 29.Re7 g4 Black continues with hiscounterattack, but it’s going to be 4 pawns for the piece. 30.Rxf7 gxf3 31.Qb2+Rg7 32.Qxg7+ Qxg7 33.Rxg7 Kxg7 34.gxf3 What’s going on? The heavy pieces are goneso White isn’t going to get checkmated and the pawns win out in the end. 34...Ne2+35.Kf2 Nc3 36.Re1 Nxa4 37.d7 Nxc5 38.Re8 Nxd7 39.Bxd7 Rxe8 40.Bxe8 Bc8 41.b6 Kf8 42.Bc6Ke7 43.Ke2 Kd6 44.b7 Bxb7 45.Bxb7 1–0
WARFIELD answers some questions about the game:
• 21…a6 couldbe met by 22.Re7 with the idea of restricting Black’s pieces. The pawn on f7 needsdefense and if 22.Re7 f6 23.a4 Black needs to prevent axb5 but 23…bxa4 24.Qza4 withRae1 and Re7-8 or Re7-c7 looks unpleasant for Black.
If 23…Bd7 24.axb5Bxb5 25.Bxb5 axb5 26.Ra8 Qa8 27.d7. Black still needs to work out how to stop the pawnsand c6 or d6 and Qe2-Qxb5 are ideas for White.
• 24…Rxb425.d7
25…Bxd7 26.Bxd7 Rd427.Qe2 Rxd5 28.c6. Material is equal but the advanced c-pawn looks like trouble for Black,who still needs to defend the a6-pawn and find a way to get Nh5 into play.
Or 25…Bb726.Bxb7 Rxb7 27.c6. How will Black stop the mass of pawns?
• 26.Re7 isprobably more accurate than 26.Qd2.
• I think 27.Qxa5is just irrelevant for the position. Whether or not Black also loses the a-pawn, the whitepawns are unstoppable. The question is whether or not he can generate counterplay againstthe white king. If not, it is game over. White doesn’t want to take the queen awayfrom the kingside; e.g., 27.Qxa5 Qd4+.
28.Kf1 Bd3+ 29.Re2 Qxa1+. White is not so happy with this turn of events.
Or 28.Kh1 Bd3with the intention of playing 29….Ng3+ hxg3 fxg3 and Qh4-h2++ looks undesirable forWhite.
• 26…f6instead of 26…g4 seems well met by 27.Bd7 and White is winning. It might be good forWhite to avoid lines like 27.d7 g4 28.fxg4 Bxg4 29.hxg4 Qh1 30.Kf2 Qh4, when Black has stirred up some trouble for the white king.
• 36.Rd4, pointed out by Paschall, seems the simplest way for White to win, sinceWhite doesn’t lose any queenside pawns and Black’s f4-pawn is hanging.
Paschall gets at least an equal game after 11…d5 and wins in aninteresting endgame.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Be77.0–0 Qc7 8.f4 b5 9.Be3 Bb7 10.N1d2 Nf6 11.Rc1 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Qg4 g6 14.Nxe4 dxe415.Be2 Bd5 16.Qg3 Nd7 17.Qf2 Rb8 18.Rfd1 0–0
19.c4 This seems like the critical position. Is 19.c4 correct?19...bxc4 20.Nd2 Rxb2 21.Nxc4 Bxc4 22.Rxc4 Qxc4 23.Bxc4 Rxf2 24.Kxf2
24...Nc5 25.Ke2 I wonder if Black can win after 25.Bxc5 Bxc5+26.Ke2 25...a5 26.Rb1 Rc8 27.Rc1 Na4 28.Bb3 Nc3+ 29.Kf2 Ba3 30.Rc2 Nd1+ 31.Ke2 Rxc2+32.Bxc2 Nc3+ 33.Kf2 Nxa2 34.Bxe4 Bc1 Interesting. White has to trade bishops [35. Bb6Bxf4] and the knight becomes surprisingly strong. 35.Bc2 Is Bc6 any better? 35…Bxe3+36.Kxe3 Nb4 Even with the black king way off sides, the knight dominates the whiteking+bishop and the rest seems forced. The bishop doesn’t have a lot of room and theknight is better in tight quarters. 37.Bb3 Nd5+ 38.Ke4 a4 39.Bc4 a3 40.Kd4 Nxf4 41.g3Ne2+ 42.Kd3 a2 0–1
(comments by Chris Desmarais)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be68.Be3 Be7 9.Qd2 0–0 10.0–0–0 b5 11.g4 b4 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 a5 14.Kb1 a415.Nc1 Ra5 16.Bc4 Na6 17.Bxa6 Rxa6
18.Qxb4?! Qc7 19.g5 Rb8 20.Qa3 Nd7 21.Nd3 Nb6 22.Bxb6 Rbxb6 23.c3Bxg5
24.Nb4 Fritz 4 suggests 24.Rhg1 Be3 25.Rge1 Bc526.Nxc5 dxc5 27.f4. 24...Ra8 25.Rhe1 Jason started to play the rook to g1, butafter realizing that 25.Rhg1 Be3 26.Rg4 Bc5 loses a pawn, he played to e1 instead; Fritz 4continues 27.Rc4 Qd7 28.f4 Qb5. 25...Qc5 26.Re2 f5 27.Nc2 Qc4 28.Rg2 Bf6 29.Ne3 Qf430.Re1 Qxf3 31.Rge2 31...Bh4 32.Nc4 Qd3+ 32...Bxe1 33.Rxe1 Qd3+ was even stronger.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.0–0 Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.d4cxd4 8.Nxd4 Be7 9.Bg5 0–0 10.Nf3 Qc7
11.e5 dxe5 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Nxe5 Rfd8 14.Qe2 Be8 15.Rad1 b6 16.Rd3Rxd3 17.Nxd3 h6 18.Bh4 Rc8 19.Ne5 b5 20.a3 a5 21.Ng4 Nxg4 22.Qxg4 Bf8 23.Bg3 Qc4 24.Qxc4Rxc4 25.Rc1 Bxa3 26.bxa3 Rxc3 27.Bd6 f6 28.Kf1 Bg6 29.Ke1 Rc6 30.Be7 Bxc2 31.Kd2 Kf7 Whiteresigns, as after 32.Bxf6 gxf6 33.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 34.Kxc2 Black has a won king-and-pawnendgame. 0–1
Chris Desmarais–Ilya Orsher
Round 3 September 20, 2000
D58 Queen’s Gambit–Tartakower
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 0–0 7.Nf3b6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.b4 c5 12.bxc5 bxc5 13.Rb1 Bc6 14.0–0 Nd7
15.Bb5 Qc7 16.Qc2 Rab8 17.Rfc1 Rfc8 18.a4 Qd6 19.Qd2 c4 20.Bxc6Qxc6 21.Qc2 g6 22.Rb5 Rxb5 23.axb5 Qb7 24.Ra1 Nb6 25.h3 Re8 26.Ra6 Re6 27.Qb1 In atough position, Ilya missteps. 28.Nc8?
28.Rxe6 fxe6 29.Qxg6+ Qg7 30.Qe8+ Qf8 31.Qxe6+ Kg7 32.Nxd5 Nd633.Qd7+ Kg6 34.Nf4 mate (conceding graciously) 1–0
In a pawn-down endgame, Spector finds the way to a draw.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.c4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Ne78.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 0–0 10.0–0 c6 11.a3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qxd4 13.Qe2 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qf6 Ofcourse not 14...Qxc3?? 15.Bb2 +-. 15.a4 Nd7 16.Ba3 c5 17.Bb5 Nc6 18.Rfd1 Rad8 19.Rd5 b620.Rad1 Ndb8 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rxd8+ Qxd8 The game is dynamically balanced. White’sbishops look like compensation for the extra pawn. 23.Qe4Qd7 24.a5 Qe6 25.Qxe6 fxe6 26.axb6 axb6 27.Bc1 Kf7 28.Kf1 Ke7 29.Bg5+ Kd6 30.Ke2 Nd731.Ke3 Nf6 32.Bxf6 White doesn’t want 32…Nd5+. 32...gxf6 33.f4 Ne7 34.c4Nf5+ 35.Ke4 Nd4 36.Ba6 Kc6 37.g4 Kd6 38.g5 f5+ 39.Ke3 e5 40.h4 e4 41.h5 Ke7 42.Bc8 h643.gxh6 Kf8
44.Bxf5 Nxf5+ 45.Kxe4 Nxh6 46.Kd5 Ke7 47.Kc6 Ke6 48.Kxb6 Kd649.Kb5 It’s a draw. The knight can’t stray from the kingside pawns. 49...Nf550.Kb6 Nh6 51.Kb5 Nf5 52.Kb6 Nh6 53.Kb5 Nf5 ½-½
The Championship has been producing some very good games. This time,MacIntyre comes up with a nice combination starting with 15.Nxe4.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0–09.h3 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Nc3 Bb4
15.Nxe4 Bxe1 16.Bg5 Qd7 17.Nc5 Qf5 18.Rxe1 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 Qxg520.Nc6 White is better. 20...Qd2 21.Rd1 Qe2 22.Qxd5 Qxb2 23.e6! fxe6 24.Nxe6 Qxf2+25.Kh1 Kh8 26.Nxf8 Rxf8
27.Qd8! Kg8 28.Ne7+ Kh8 28...Kf7 29.Qxc7 +-. 29.Qxf8+! Qxf830.Nc6 b4 31.Rd8 Qxd8 32.Nxd8 c5 33.Nc6 g6 34.Kg1 Kg7 35.Kf2 Kf6 36.Ke3 Kf5 37.Na5 Ke538.Nc4+ Kd5 39.Kd3 g5 40.Ne3+ Ke5 41.g3 h5 42.g4 h4 43.Kc4 Kf4 44.Nf5 Kf3 45.Nxh4+ Kg346.Nf5+ Kxh3 47.Nh6 Kg3 48.Kxc5 Kf4 49.Kxb4 Ke5 50.Ka5 Kf6 1–0
Orsher looks fine out of the opening and mixes it up with 20.Qxb2,but the players soon call it a draw.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 0–0 6.0–0 dxc47.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 Nd5 11.Nc3 Nxf4 12.gxf4 Qd6 13.Ne5 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Nd715.Rfd1 Rfd8 l6. 16.Rac1 Nf6 17.f3 c5 18.e3 Qb6 19.Ne2 Nd5 20.Kf2 Qxb2 21.Rb1 Bh4+22.Kg1 b5 23.Rxb2 bxc4 24.Nxc4 cxd4 25.exd4 Anything wrong with 25.Nxd4? ½-½
(game comments by Chris Desmarais)
This game has an unfortunate story. It was adjourned on 9/27, to beresumed on 10/2 at noon. At the time of the adjournment, Chris offered Bill a draw. At thetime scheduled for resumption, Bill did not show up, having forgotten, so Chris waited forBill’s clock to run out, then claimed a win by time forfeit. Bill, upset by Chris’refusal to re-schedule the resumption,withdrew from the tournament.
1 Nf3 e6 2 d4 d5 3 e3 Nf6 4 Bd3 Nbd7 5 b3 Bd6 6 Bb2 0–0 7 0–0Ne4 8 Ne5 f5 9 f3 Ng5 10 f4
10 ... Ne4 11 Nc3 c6 12 Rf3 Nxe5 13 fxe5 Bb4 14 Ne2 g5 15 g4 Bd7
16 a3 Be7 17 Ng3 Nxg3 18 Rxg3 Be8 19 c4 Bg6 20 Qc2 Qd7
21 Rf1 Rf7 22 Rgf3 Raf8 23 h3 h5 24 R3f2 h4 25 Bc3 Bh7 26 Bb4 Bxb427 axb4 a6 28 b5 axb5 29 cxb5 cxb5 30 Qc5 Qc6 31 Qb4 f4
32 Bxh7+ Kxh7 33 exf4 gxf4 34 Qd2 f3 35 Rc1 Qb6 36 Rc5 Rf4 37 Qd3+Kh6 38 Qe3 Kg6 39 Qd3+ Kh6 40 Qd2 Kg7 41 Kh2 b4 42 Qc1 adjourned (42 ... R8f7 was thesealed move.) 0–1 on time forfeit
The position is a dead draw; White has no winning chances. 43 Rxf3would draw after 43 ... Rxf3 44 Qg5+, with a perpetual.
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 Nf3 0–0 6 Be2 e5 7 0–0Nc6 8 d5 Ne7 9 b4 c6 10 Rb1
10 ... Ne8 11 Qb3 cxd5 12 cxd5 h6 13 Nd2 f5 14 f3 g5 15 b5 f4 16Ba3 h5 17 Rfc1 Ng6 18 Qd1 Bh6 19 Rc2 Rf7 20 Nc4 Rg7
21 b6 a6 22 Na5 Nh4 23 Nc6 Qf6 24 Na7 The knight will remainat this forlorn outpost for the remainder of the game. 24 ... Bd7 25 Bxa6
25 ... Rb8 If Black takes the bishop, 25 ... bxa6, Whitegets connected passed pawns by 26 b7 Rb8 27 Nc6 Bxc6 28 dxc6. 26 Bb5 g4 27 Bxd7 Rxd7 28fxg4 f3 29 g3 Ng2
30 Rxg2 fxg2 31 Kxg2 Rf7 32 Qe2 White might have tried 32 gxh5Qf2+ 33 Kh1. 32 ... hxg4 33 Qxg4+ Ng7 34 Qe2 Rbf8 35 Nd1 Qg6 36 Rb3 Nh5 37 Kh3?
Exposing the king to a fatal attack. 37 ... Rh7 38 Qg4 Nf4+ Andall moves lead to mate. 39 gxf4 Bxf4+ 40 Qh4 Rxh4+ 41 Kxh4 Kg7 0–1
Ilya was about 15 minutes late for this game, which he may haveregretted later as he played the last 10 or so moves of the time control with his flaghanging. Of course Jason was playing with a broken arm.
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nxc6 bxc6 6 e5 Ne4 7 Qd4Nc5 (7 ... f5) 8 Be2 Ne6 9 Qe4 Bc5 10 0–0 Bb7
11 c4 d5 12 exd6 cxd6 13 Nc3 Qd7 14 Rd1 0–0 15 Qf5 Qe7 16 Bd3g6 17 Qe4 Rad8 18 Bh6 Rfe8 19 Qg4 Bd4 20 Re1 a6 Why? 20 ... Qf6 21 Ne4 Qh8 avoidslosing material. 21 Rxe6 fxe6 21 ... Bxf2+ 22 Kxf2 Qxe6 recovers a pawn. 22 Qxd4e5 23 Qg4 Qf7
Now White brings all his pieces into action, while Black’s armyremains discombobulated. 24 Bg5 Rb8 25 Ne4 Re6 Fritz suggests 25 ... Bc8; or 25 ...h5, both more aggressive than the game continuation. 26 Bh6 Bc8 27 Qg3 Qc7 28 b3 d5 29cxd5 cxd5 30 Rc1 Qe7 31 Ng5 The pace quickens, as White is in severe time trouble. 31... Rf6 32 Nf3 Bf5
33 Nxe5 White could have picked up more material here with 33Bxf5 Rxf5 34 Nd4 Rf6 35 Nc6. 33 ... Re8 34 Bg5 Qa3 35 Re1 Rff8 Not 35 ... Rfe6 36Bxf5. 36 f4 Rc8 37 Bxf5 Even stronger was 37 Bh6 Bxd3 (37 ... Rf6 38 Bxf5 Rxf539 Nxg6) 38 Bxf8 Rxf8. 37 ... Rxf5 38 Qd3 Qb4 39 Rd1 Rc5 40 Be7 Qxf4 41 Bxc5 Qxe542 Qxa6 1–0
MacIntyre wins a pawn early and keeps a strong attack going.
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.dxe5 d5 5.Be3 Be7 6.Bd3 Bg4 7.Nbd2Nc5 8.Be2 0–0 9.0–0 Ne6 10.h3 Bf5 Black offered a draw. 11.c3 Qc8 12.Nd4Nxd4 13.cxd4 Qe6 14.Rc1 Nc6 15.f4 Bg6 16.Qb3
This looks like a critical position. White has more space and isstarting to have threats. 16...Rab8 Black loses a pawn with this move. Can he allowQxb7 and follow with one of the rooks to b8? 17.Bg4 f5 18.exf6ep 18...Qxf619.Qxd5+ Bf7 20.Qe4 Rbe8 21.Nf3 h5 22.Ng5 Bg6 23.Be6+ Kh8 24.f5 Nxd4 What else? 25.fxg6[25.Qxd4] 25...Ne2+ 26.Kh2 Bd6+ 27.g3 Bxg3+ 28.Kh1 Qxb2 29.Rxf8+ Rxf8 30.Rb1 Qf631.Nf7+ Rxf7 32.Bxf7 Be5 33.Rg1 Nc3 34.Qxb7 Qd8 35.Qf3 Bf6 36.Qxh5 mate1–0
A tough loss for Desmarais, who is in control for the whole gameuntil the slip-up 54... b3?.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Na6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3Nxc5 8.f3 d5 9.b4 Na4 10.Qb3 Bd7 11.e3 Rc8 12.Bd2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nb6 14.Bd3 Ba4 15.Qb1 Nc416.Ra2 Nd5 17.e4 Nde3 18.Bxc4 Nxc4 19.Ne2 Qb6 20.Bc3
20...Rd8 21.Bxg7 Rg8 22.Bd4 Rxd4 23.Nxd4 Qxd4 24.Qc1 Ke7 25.Rf2Qd3 26.Re2 b5 27.Rf1 Qxa3 28.Qxa3 Nxa3 29.Kd2 Rd8+ 30.Kc1 Rc8+ 31.Kb2 Nc4+ 32.Ka2 Rd833.f4 Rd3 34.e5 Ra3+ 35.Kb1 Rb3+ 36.Ka1 Rxb4 37.f5 Rb3 38.f6+ Ke8 39.Rf3 Rxf3 40.gxf3 Bd141.Ra2 a5 42.f4 Bf3
Black looks good. 43.Rc2 Kd7 44.Rc1 Be4 45.h4 h5 46.Rd1+ Ke847.Rg1 Bg6 48.Ka2 a4 49.Rc1 Be4 50.Ka1 Bf5 51.Ka2 Bd3 52.Rd1 Bc2 53.Rd4 b4 54.Ka1 b3 54...Bb3wins-Warfield. 55.Rxc4 a3 56.Rb4 b2+ 57.Ka2 b1Q+ 58.Rxb1 Bxb1+ 59.Kxb1 and Whitewins. 59...Kd7 60.Ka2 Kc6 61.Kxa3 Kc5 61...Kd5 62.Kb4 is the same as the game. 62.Kb3Kd5 63.Kb4 Ke4 64.Kc5 1–0
(comments by Paul MacIntyre)
A typical Winawer with action all over the board. Maclntyre’scombination Rxd5! wins the game.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Bd78.Nf3 Qa5 9.Qd2 Nbc6 10.Bd3 c4 11.Be2 0–0–0 12.0–0 f6 13.Ba3 Rdg8!? Moreusual is 13...Rdf8 / f7 14.Rfb1 Kb8!? A pawn sacrifice that opens lines on thekingside. 15.Rb5 Qd8 16.Rab1 Bc8 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Qf4+ Ka8 19.Qxf6 Rg6
Black probably saw this kingside action as compensation for his pawn.- Slive. 20.Bxe7 White takes a defender away from Black’s king and reducesmaterial a pawn up. 20...Nxe7 21.Qh4 Rhg8 22.g3 Qf8! Threatens to trap the whitequeen. 23.Qh5 Nf5 24.Ne5 R6g7 Or else 25.Qf7! 25.Bf3 Qa3 26.a5 Qxc3? Betteris 26...a6. 27.a6 b6
28.Rxd5! Kb8? 28...exd5 29.Bxd5+ Kb8 30.Bxg8 Rxg8 31.Nc6+ isunclear. 29.Rc5! Nxd4? 30.Nd7+! Rxd7 31.Qe5+ 1–0
(comments by Simon Warfield)
1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 e4 d6 5 Be2 0–0 6 Nf3 e5 7 0–0Nc6 8 d5 Ne7 9 b4 Nh5 10 Re1 Nf4 11 Bf1
11 ... h6 (very slow) 12 c5 g5 13 Nd2 a6? 14 a4 a5 15 cxd6cxd6 16 bxa5 f5 17 Nc4 Rf6 18 Ba3 Bf8
19 Rc1 g4 20 Nb5 Neg6 21 Nb6 Rb8 22 Qc2 Bd7 23 Qc7 Bxb5 24 Qxd8Rxd8 25 axb5 Nh4 26 Re3 Nh5
27 a6 Stopping the pawn is quite difficult. 27 ... bxa6 28bxa6 f4 29 Rec3 f3 30 g3 1–0
Well, if Kasparov and Kramnik can do it, why not Orsher andDesmarais?
1 Nf3 c5 2 c4 Nc6 3 Nc3 g6 4 g3 Bg7 5 Bg2 e6 6 0–0 Nge7 7 e30–0 8 d4 cxd4 9 Nxd4 d5 ½-½
Comments by Simon Warfield
Orsher counters Warfield’s exchange sac, 19…Rxf3, with21.Nxd5! and goes on to win.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb68.Nf3 cxd4 9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.0–0 Bd6 12.Nc3 0–0 13.Be3 Bd7 14.Re1 Be815.Rc1 Bh5 16.Be2 Rae8 17.a3
17...Bb8 17...Kh8; 17...a6; or 17...Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Qxb2!?probably -/+. 18.Rc2 Ng4 18...Bg6, probably =. 19.Bc1 Rxf3 19...Nxd4 doesn’tquite work for Black. 20.Bxf3 Nxd4 21.Nxd5 Qd6 22.Bf4 Nxf3+ 23.Qxf3 e5 24.Bg3 Rf825.Qb3 Bf7 26.Rd2 b6 27.Qb4 Bxd5 28.Qxd6 Bxd6 29.Rxd5 Bc5 30.Rd2 Bd4 31.h3 Nh6 32.Bxe5 Bc533.b4 Be7 34.Rd7 Rf7 35.Rxa7 Bxb4 36.Ra8+ Bf8 37.Bd6 Nf5 38.Rxf8+ Rxf8 39.Bxf8 Kxf8 40.Rb1Nd6 41.Rxb6 Nc4 42.Rb8+ Ke7 43.Rb7+ Kf6 44.a4 h5 45.h4 Kg6 46.Rb4 Ne5 47.a5 Kh7 48.a6 Nc649.Rb6 Na7 50.Rb7 1–0
MacIntyre wraps up his 7 out of 8 score with this solid win.
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 Nbd7
8.Bxe6! fxe6 9.Nxe6 Qa5 10.0–0 Ne5 11.b4! Qxb4 12.Nc7+ Kd8
13.N3d5! Surprising. MacIntyre decides not to grab the Ra8 -at least for now. 13...Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxe4 15.Bg5+ Kd7 16.Nb6+ Kc7 17.Nxa8+ Kb8 18.Nb6Bh3 19.f3 Qg6 20.Qd2 d5 21.Nxd5 Nc4 22.Bf4+ Kc8 23.Qf2 Qc6 24.Qh4 Bc5+ 25.Kh1 Be6 26.Ne7+Bxe7 27.Qxe7 Re8 28.Qxg7 Bd5 29.Rae1 Rxe1 30.Rxe1 Qh6?? Both scoresheets give thismove. 31.Qc7 mate 1–0
-- last modified 06/27/2001 Allan Ong