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GAMES

Milov,V (2574) - Luther,T (2580) [D11]
XVI Carlos Torre Magistral Merida,Mex. (4), 14.12.2003

1.d4 d5
2.c4 c6
3.Nf3 Nf6
4.e3 a6
5.Bd3 Bg4
6.Qb3 Bxf3
7.gxf3 Ra7
8.Nc3 e6
9.c5 Nbd7
10.Bd2 e5
11.Qc2 g6
12.f4 exd4
13.exd4 Bh6
14.0-0-0 0-0
15.f5 Bxd2+
16.Qxd2 Nh5
17.Rhg1 Qh4
18.Kb1 Ndf6
19.fxg6 fxg6
20.Bxg6 hxg6
21.Qh6 Kf7
22.Qxg6+ Ke7
23.Rde1+ Kd8
24.Qh6 Rf7
25.Rg8+ Kc7
26.Rf8 Rh7
27.Na4 Rxh6
28.Nb6 Qe4+
29.Rxe4 1-0
 

Gonzalez,J (2510) - Ramirez,A (2483) [D15]
XVI Carlos Torre Magistral Merida,Mex. (4), 14.12.2003

1.Nf3 d5
2.d4 Nf6
3.c4 c6
4.Nc3 a6
5.a4 e6
6.Bg5 Nbd7
7.e3 Bb4
8.cxd5 exd5
9.Bd3 Qa5
10.Qc2 0-0
11.0-0 Re8
12.Bh4 Be7
13.Rae1 Nf8
14.Ne5 N8d7
15.Bg3 Bb4
16.f4 c5
17.f5 Nf8
18.Bh4 c4
19.Bxf6 gxf6
20.Nxd5 fxe5
21.Qxc4 Bxe1
22.Nf6+ Kg7
23.Nxe8+ Kg8
24.Nd6 Be6
25.fxe6 fxe6
26.dxe5 1-0
 

Hernandez,R (2415) - Nisipeanu,L (2675) [E43]
XVI Carlos Torre 8os.-1 Merida,Mex. (1.7), 17.12.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 b6
4.Nc3 Bb4
5.e3 Bb7
6.Bd3 0-0
7.0-0 c5
8.Na4 cxd4
9.exd4 Re8
10.a3 Bf8
11.b4 a5
12.b5 d6
13.Nd2 Nbd7
14.Nb3 e5
15.Bb2 Rc8
16.Re1 g6
17.c5 dxc5
18.dxe5 c4
19.exf6 Rxe1+
20.Qxe1 cxd3
21.Qe3 Nxf6
22.Nxb6 Rc2
23.Bxf6 Qxf6
24.Nd7 Qf5
25.Nxf8 Qd5
26.f3 Re2
27.Nd7 Qxd7
28.Qd4 Qxb5
29.Nc5 Qb6
30.Kf1 Ba6
31.Qd5 d2
32.Qa8+ Re8+
33.Qxa6 Qxc5
         0-1
 

Hernandez,G (2538) - Gelfand,B (2703) [D38]
XVI Carlos Torre 8os.-1 Merida,Mex. (1.7), 17.12.2003

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 d6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 a6
6.Bc4 e6
7.Bb3 b5
8.Bg5 Be7
9.Qf3 Qc7
10.0-0-0 Nbd7
11.Rhe1 0-0
12.Qg3 Nc5
13.Bh6 Ne8
14.h4 Kh8
15.Bg5 Nf6
16.e5 dxe5
17.Qxe5 Qxe5
18.Rxe5 Bd6
19.Re2 Bc7
20.a3 Bb7
21.Ba2 Nfe4
22.Nxe4 Nxe4
23.Be3 Nf6
24.Bd2 Bxg2
25.f3 Bb6
26.Rxg2 Bxd4
27.c3 Bb6
28.Bg5 Nh5
29.Rd7 h6
30.Bd2 Ra7
31.Rxa7 Bxa7
32.a4 Bc5
33.axb5 axb5
34.Bb1 Be7
35.Bd3 Rb8
36.Rg4 Nf6
37.Rg1 b4
38.Rh1 bxc3
39.bxc3 Nd5
40.Be4 Rc8
41.Bxd5 exd5
42.Kc2 Bf6
43.Kd3 h5
44.Ra1 Kh7
45.Ra5 Rd8
46.Ra4 Kg6
47.Be1 Rb8
48.Ra5 Rb1
49.Bf2 Rf1
50.Ke2 Rh1
51.Rxd5 Bxh4
52.Rd6+ f6
53.Bxh4 Rxh4
54.Rc6 Rh2+
55.Ke3 h4
56.Rc8 Kg5
57.c4 Rc2
58.Kd3 Rc1
59.Rh8 Kf4
60.Rxh4+ Kxf3
61.Rh7 Rd1+
62.Kc3 Rd7
63.c5 f5
64.Kc4 f4
65.c6 Rf7
66.Kd5 Ke3
67.Ke6 Ra7
68.Rh5 f3
69.Re5+ Kf4
70.Rf5+ Kg4
71.Rf8 Kg3
72.Kd6 g5
73.c7 Rxc7
74.Kxc7 g4
75.Kc6 Kg2
76.Kd5 f2
77.Ke4 g3
        0-1
 

Gelfand,B (2703) - Quesada,Y (2475)
XVI Carlos Torre 2os.-1 Mertida,Mex. (5.11), 19.12.2003

1.Nf3 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.d4 b6
4.g3 Bb7
5.Bg2 Be7
6.Nc3 0-0
7.0-0 Ne4
8.Bd2 c5
9.Ne5 Nxc3
10.Bxc3 Bxg2
11.Kxg2 d6
12.Ng4 Nd7
13.d5 Nf6
14.Ne3 Re8
15.Qd3 Bf8
16.Rad1 Rb8
17.dxe6 fxe6
18.Rd2 Qe7
19.Bxf6 gxf6
20.f4 f5
21.g4 fxg4
22.Nxg4 Kh8
23.Rf3 Qh4
24.Rg3 Rb7
25.Qc3+ Rg7
26.Nf6 Ree7
27.Rdd3 e5
28.Nd5 exf4
29.Nxf4 Qxf4
30.Rdf3 Qe4
31.Kg1 Kg8
         0-1
 

Kravchenja - Burtasova [B42]
E. Bykova Memorial Vladimir (7), 12.0018

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 e6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 a6
5.Bd3 Nf6
6.c4 d6
7.Nc3 Bd7
8.Be3 Nc6
9.0-0 Be7
10.Nxc6 Bxc6
11.Bd4 0-0
12.f4 b5
13.cxb5 axb5
14.a3 Rb8
15.b4 d5
16.e5 Ne4
17.Rc1 f5
18.Ne2 Be8
19.Nc3 Ra8
20.Nb1 g5
21.g3 gxf4
22.gxf4 Kh8
23.Kh1 Bh4
24.Qf3 Rc8
25.Rc2 Rxc2
26.Bxc2 Rg8
27.Rg1 Rxg1+
28.Kxg1 Qc7
29.Qe2 Qg7+
30.Qg2 Qh6
31.Be3 d4
32.Bc1 Bc6
33.Bd3 Bf2+
34.Kf1 Nd2+
35.Nxd2 Bxg2+
36.Kxg2 Be3
37.Nb3 Qg6+
38.Kf3 Qg4
        0-1
 

Shadrina - Meshcheriakova [B28]
Bykova Memorial Vladimir, 11.0012

1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 a6
3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 e5
6.Nde2 Bc5
7.Ng3 d6
8.Be2 Nc6
9.0-0 Nd4
10.Bg5 h6
11.Bxf6 Qxf6
12.Nd5 Qd8
13.Bg4 Be6
14.c3 Bxg4
15.Qxg4 Ne6
16.b4 Ba7
17.Rad1 Qg5
18.Qe2 0-0
19.Nf5 b5
20.h4 Qd8
21.Nde7+ Kh7
22.Rxd6 Qe8
23.Qg4 g6
24.Nd5 Qc8
25.Nfe7 h5
26.Qg3 Nf4
27.Qg5 Qc4
28.Nf6+ 1-0

 

 

 

Past issues of The Chessville Weekly can be viewed at our archives.

Volume 2  Issue 51                                                         December 21st, 2003

In This Issue

Starting Out:
The Pirc/Modern

The Mad Aussie's
Chess Trivia

"New" Frank Marshall Game?

New At Chessville

KID Fireworks - Part 3
with IM Andrew Martin

Pablo's Chess News

Position of the Week

New On The Net

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Position of the Week








[FEN r2qr1k1/pp3ppp/2n2n2/8/2P2Pb1/3P4/P1PBB1PP/R2Q1KNR b - - 0 13]

Black to move and win - Find the Solution
 

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New At Chessville

Bits and Pieces

with
International
Master
Andrew Martin

(12/21)  KID Fireworks - Part 3:  Andrew's new book, King's Indian Pressure Play, published by Thinkers Press, will soon be appearing on the bookshelves.  To whet the appetite, this month's Bits and Pieces column includes a few snippets from the book - four illustrative games, one each week, fully annotated with Andrew's unique commentary and opening insight.  This week's game looks at the line beginning: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Qc2 Kh8!?

(12/21)  Problem of the Week: Tactical training with our weekly puzzle.

(12/21)  Chessprint for December 21, 2003  "for the sheer joy of chess"


(12/18)  ReviewStarting Out: The Pirc/Modern by GM Joe Gallagher, Reviewed by Jason Varsoke.  "The Pirc is an all-purpose counter-punching defense to 1.e4.  Like the King's Indian, it is among the family of openings that pretty much ignore what White is doing for the first few moves while digging into a solid defensive position.  GM Yasser Seirawan recommends this defense for beginners as a way to reduce opening preparation..."
 

(12/16)  New Marshall Game?:  Has Rusty Miller discovered a "new" game by former American Champion Frank James Marshall (1877-1944)?  Check it out for yourself!

(12/16)  Chess Discounters:  A new store opens at the Chessville Mall, with great prices on great products.  Beginners; Chess Clocks; Chess Software; Chess Computers; Chess Books; Chess Sets and Boards; Videos and DVDs; Chess Cases and Combos; For Clubs and Schools.  Be sure to check out their specials!
 

Starting Out: The Pirc/Modern
by GM Joe Gallagher, Reviewed by Jason Varsoke

The Pirc is an all-purpose counter-punching defense to 1.e4.  Like the King's Indian, it is among the family of openings that pretty much ignore what White is doing for the first few moves while digging into a solid defensive position.  GM Yasser Seirawan recommends this defense for beginners as a way to reduce opening preparation.  It has a reputation for rewarding the understanding of ideas rather than rote memorization.  I've been struggling with it for three years.

Books written by Joe Gallagher top my chess book wish list (my copy of Starting Out: The King's Indian has more dog-ears than an Iditarod) so when I heard GM Gallagher contributed a book on the Pirc/Modern to the mostly excellent Starting Out series by Everyman Chess, I leapt at the chance to review it.

This book carries on the traditional Starting Out series format ( e.g. Starting Out: The King's Indian, Starting Out: The Nimzo-Indian, and Starting Out: The Sicilian).  The binding is durable and allows for the paperback to lie open on your desk without much trouble.  Plenty of diagrams of the critical positions litter the book, though not enough to read the book without a board handy...

Read the rest of the review: Starting Out: The Pirc/Modern
 

"New" Frank Marshall Game?
Reported by David Surratt

Russell "Rusty" Miller has been a pillar of the Pacific Northwest chess community since before I learned the game back in 1970.  Now semi-retired, Rusty does a lot of research for various chess projects.

Recently Rusty emailed me about a discovery he may have made:  "While looking online at the  Brooklyn Eagle Newspaper (1841-1902) I think I have found a NEW Frank Marshall game, apparently played as part of a Brooklyn Chess Club Championship.  It was in the Brooklyn Eagle for January 6, 1901 on page 13 in a column by Helms.  He had two columns that day I believe."  Here is the game:

Marshall,F - Howell,C [A85]
Brooklyn CC Championship Brooklyn NY, 1901

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Nf3 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.0-0 Ne4 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.Bxe4 fxe4 11.Nd2 d5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Qb3 Qf7 14.f3 exf3 15.Rxf3 Qe6 16.Rxf8+ Kxf8 17.e4 Nc6 18.Rf1+ Kg8 19.Nxd5 Nxd4 20.Qc4 c5 21.Nb3 Kh8 22.Nd2 Rd8 23.Kh1 h6 24.Nc3 Qxc4 25.Nxc4 b5 26.Ne5 Kg8 27.Ng6 b4 28.Nd5 Bxd5 29.exd5 Kh7 30.Nf8+ Kg8 31.Ng6 Rd6 32.Ne7+ Kh7 33.h4 Rd7 34.Re1 Nb5 35.h5 c4 36.g4 c3 37.Ng6 Rd8 38.bxc3 bxc3 39.Rc1 Rxd5 40.a4 Rd2 41.Ne5 c2 42.Nd3 Nd6 43.Ne1 Rd1 44.Kg2 Rxc1 0-1

"Marshall felt that he could have won with 18.Nxd5, and later held the draw with 35.b3."

Neither Rusty nor I have been able to find this game anywhere else, but of course that doesn't mean someone else might not be aware of it.  I searched the ChessBase MegaDataBase 2003, as well as the Pitt U. Chess Archive, the ChessBase - Online Database, the ChessLab site, and the games database at the Frank James Marshall Electronic Archive and Museum.

The only games I can find between these two combatants that year (1901) were in the NYSCA Masters at Buffalo, New York.  Seems Howell owned Marshall at that event too, winning both games.  I was able to find a reference to Marshall participating in a Brooklyn Chess Club Championship in 1901 on the FJMEA&M, which shows only a partial crosstable for the event, so the game score is at least plausible.

However, we can't seem to find the above game, and would appreciate any feedback anyone has about it.  If you've seen it before, or can refer us to a source where it has previously been published other than the Brooklyn Eagle, please drop us a line, and let us know.
 

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KID Fireworks

Bits and Pieces

with
International
Master
Andrew Martin

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Saturday 21st February 2004 at Wellington College, Crowthorne, IM Andrew Martin will attempt to set a world record for simultaneous chess games to raise money for youth activities and charities.   Get more info here!

Andrew's new book, King's Indian Pressure Play, published by Thinkers Press, will soon be appearing on the bookshelves.

To whet the appetite, here are a few snippets from the book.  A new game from the book will be published here at Chessville each week throughout December.


Epishin,V (2640) - Hebden,M (2540) [E97]
12th Monarch Assurance, Port Erin IOM (8), 2003

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Nh5 10.Qc2 Kh8!?








Hebden loves these 'constructive waiting' moves and of course, it's White's job to prove ...Kh8 useless now.

What is the overall function of 10...Kh8?

  • I think the main idea is to free up the g8 square for a Knight. As we've seen many times, the e7-Knight tends to end up at a loose end, so Black prepares ...Ng8,...f7-f5 and perhaps ...N8f6.  g8 might also be used for a Rook as the Black attack progresses.

  • The King is removed from the sensitive a2-g8 diagonal.

  • 10...Kh8 is elastic.  There's no total commitment here.  Black may just wait to see how White lays out his pieces before revealing a concrete plan.

  • Finally 10...Kh8 is provocative, fully in keeping with modern King's Indian fashion. White is invited to overreact.

See all of IM Martin's analysis on this variation of the King's Indian!

Revisit Part 1 and Part 2
 

The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton

Famous Venue:  The 2001 FIDE World Championship match in Moscow between Ruslan Ponomariov and Vassily Ivanchuk was held in the Metropol Hotel.  The Metropol was also the venue of the 1925 Moscow International Tournament, won by Bogulyubov ahead of Emanuel Lasker and Capablanca.

Different Venue:  There was no USSR chess championship held in 1953, as all of the top players were competing in the Zurich Candidate's tournament.  The next USSR championship was the 21st, held in Kiev in 1954.

Submit your trivia to the Mad Aussie!
 

Pablo's Chess News

Pablo's Chess News  Chessville coverage of:

  • Pamplona Tournament 2003 (December 20-28/ Pamplona, SPAIN)
    Round 2 today / Illescas, Karjakin & Sutovsky lead (1/1)

  • XVI Carlos Torre Memorial (December 12-20 / Merida, MEXICO)  IM Yuniesky Quesada wins the tournament / Final: Quesada, Y - Filippov, V: 1.5-0.5

  • First Saturday Tournaments (December 2003 / Budapest)
    December tournaments results:
       * GM Section: GMs Kamil Miton & Levente Vajda tied in the 1st place (9.5/13)
       * IM Section: Christian Seel & Juergen Brustkern performed IM-norms

  • Lindsborg Invitational (December 13-14 / Kansas, USA)
    Anatoly Karpov won this rapid tournament (3.5/5)

  • More!

Malta Chess FederationAlekhine-Attard Memorial 2003 - jointly won by the father-daughter team of GM Oleg Chernikov and WIM/FM Svetlana Chernikova, each scoring 5.5/7.  Read More

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C.N.s 3127-3129
     Let's Take a Look by Nigel Davies: Mauling the Master
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Mid-Day: Anand Reveals His Fascination With Soccer

Chessbase
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     Caught on video: Kasparov in New York and Denmark
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World Chess Rating
     Notkin: Through the Eyes of a Clown
     Shipov: Santo Domingo Open
     Game of the Week, December 20, 2003

allAfrica.com: Nigeria Set to Produce First Chess Grandmaster

Chandler Cornered - Geoff Chandler
     Christmas Bonanza. and League review
     Bad Move Street

Chess India: 41st National 'A' Chess Championship

Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary
     231. 19 December 2003: The Strong Queen

Hindustan Times: Anand In Black and White

Seagaard Chess Reviews
     Essential Chess Sacrifices
     2010 Chess Oddities

Mid-Day: First chess book in Braille launched

About.com Chess
     Elementary endgames (Part 8)

New York Times: Child's Play: Grade-School Grandmasters Square Off

Australian Chess Columns - 14/12/03

World Chess Network
     Larry Evans On Chess: Rigging Ratings

RusBase Part Three - New Material From 1967

USCF
     2003 U.S.C.F. National K12/Collegiate Chess Championship
     Congratulations to Sam Schmakel - National 2nd Grade Champion!!

Annotated Games

Nigel Short (Telegraph Chess Club)
     Perez-Conquest, Elgoibar, Spain 2003

David Sands (Washington Times): Bonin-Shabalov, 87th Marshall Chess Club Championship, New York, December 2003

Boris Schipkov (Chess Siberia): Paehtz-Schipkov, Miskolc Open 1989

Robert Byrne (NY Times): Azmaiparashvili-Radjabov

Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post)
     Ramirez-Mateo, Santo Domingo 2003

Jack Peters (LA Times): Solleveld-Bruzon, Santo Domingo 2003

Jonathan Berry (Globe and Mail): Nisipeanu-Vera, Santo Domingo 2003

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     Krylenko vs Lykum, USSR, 1925
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J. Schulten - Paul Morphy
New York m 1857

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 Bb4 6.Bd2 e3 7.Bxe3 0-0 8.Bd2 Bxc3 9.bxc3 Re8+ 10.Be2 Bg4 11.c4 c6 12.dxc6 Nxc6 13.Kf1 [Diagram] 13...Rxe2! 14.Nxe2 Nd4 15.Qb1 Bxe2+ 16.Kf2 Ng4+ 17.Kg1 Nf3+ 18.gxf3 Qd4+ 19.Kg2 Qf2+ 20.Kh3 Qxf3+ 21.Kh4 0-1
 

 

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Normally we'd draw the curtain here, but I just wanted to see what he'd play next. – Bobby Fischer (on delaying his resignation)

Black is now in desperate need of a good idea. Or, to put it standard chess notation, +-. – Mark Dvoretsky
 

Backing up for a running jump, the initiative has passed to Black. – David Bronstein

A flaccid idea that justifies Black's play. – Yasser Seirawan

Now I have the pawn and the compensation. – Roman Dzindzichashvili

And his six pawns were scattered like the ships of the Armada that should have conquered England; the Lord blew, and they were all isolated. – Hans Kmoch

I wasn't sure what square to take the rook to. Because there were three alternatives (e8, d8 and c8), I decided to go for the middle one. – Jan Timman

My opponent should have considered that a player of my experience and strength could never allow such a move if were good. – Jose R. Capablanca (on a powerful looking move made against him)

A diabolical concoction! Alekhine serves up his b-pawn, but if White partakes, he dies of indigestion. – Lev Alburt

Just the kind of blunder with which this very wretched specimen of a game ought to finish. – William Norwood Potter

Up to this point White has been following well-known analysis. But now he makes a fatal error: he begins to use his own head. – Siegbert Tarrasch

White lost because he failed to remember the right continuation and had to think up the moves himself. – Siegbert Tarrasch

This game, now an obvious draw, was prolonged for 45 moves. Winawer should make his pedantic experiments at home and not insist on his opponents taking part in such uninteresting twaddle. – William Norwood Potter

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GAMES

Gonzalez,J (2510) - Milov,V (2574) [E20]
XVI Carlos Torre Magistral Merida,Mex. (7), 18.12.2003

1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nc3 Bb4
4.Nf3 c5
5.g3 Nc6
6.Bg2 Ne4
7.Bd2 Bxc3
8.Bxc3 Nxc3
9.bxc3 0-0
10.0-0 d6
11.Qd3 Qe7
12.Nd2 e5
13.dxc5 dxc5
14.Bd5 Kh8
15.e4 Bh3
16.Rfe1 Rad8
17.Qe3 Qd6
18.Nf3 Na5
19.Qg5 f6
20.Qh5 Bd7
21.Nh4 Be8
22.Qg4 Qd7
23.Qe2 Qc7
24.Rad1 Nc6
25.Nf5 Ne7
26.Ne3 Bg6
27.Ng2 h6
28.Rd2 Bh7
29.Red1 Rd6
30.f4 exf4
31.Nxf4 Nxd5
32.exd5 Qf7
33.Re1 b6
34.Qf3 Re8
35.Rxe8+ Qxe8
36.Re2 Qf7
37.Re6 Rd7
38.Qe2 Bf5
39.g4 Bg6
40.d6 Kh7
41.Re7 Rxe7
42.dxe7 Qe8
43.Nxg6 Kxg6
44.Qe6 h5
45.h3 1-0
 

Espinosz Flores,R (2415) - Dreev,A (2705) [B12]
XVI Carlos Torre 8os.-1 Merida,Mex. (1.7), 17.12.2003

1.e4 c6
2.d4 d5
3.e5 Bf5
4.Nf3 e6
5.Be2 Ne7
6.0-0 h6
7.b3 Nd7
8.c4 g5
9.Ba3 Ng6
10.Bxf8 Kxf8
11.Bd3 Bxd3
12.Qxd3 Kg7
13.Nc3 dxc4
14.Qxc4 g4
15.Ne1 c5
16.dxc5 Ndxe5
17.Qb4 Rc8
18.Rd1 Qc7
19.Nd3 Rhd8
20.Nb5 Nxd3
21.Rxd3 Qf4
22.Qxf4 Nxf4
23.Rxd8 Rxd8
24.g3 Nd5
25.a3 b6
26.c6 a6
27.c7 Ra8
28.Rc1 Ne7
29.Nd6 Nc8
30.Ne8+ Kf8
31.Nf6 Na7
32.Nd7+ Kg7
33.Nxb6 Re8
34.c8Q Nxc8
35.Rxc8 1-0
 

VAJDA,L (2537) - TAYLOR,T (2385) [B14]
First Saturday GM Budapest (13), 19.12.2003

1.e4 c5
2.c3 g6
3.d4 cxd4
4.cxd4 d5
5.exd5 Nf6
6.Nc3 Nxd5
7.Qb3 Nb6
8.Bb5+ Bd7
9.a4 Bg7
10.a5 Nc8
11.Nf3 Nd6
12.Bxd7+
          Nxd7
 13.Bf4 0-0
14.Bxd6 exd6
15.0-0 Rb8
16.Nb5 a6
17.Nxd6 b6
18.Nc4 bxa5
19.Qc2 Qc7
20.Rfc1 Rfc8
21.Qd2 a4
22.h4 Qc6
23.Rc3 Nf6
24.Nfe5 Qe6
25.Re1 Nd5
26.Rf3 f5
27.h5 Qf6
28.hxg6 hxg6
29.Rg3 Rxc4
30.Nxc4 Qxd4
31.Qxd4 Bxd4
32.Rxg6+ Kf7
33.Rd6 Rb5
34.Rd1 Bxb2
35.R6xd5 Rxd5
36.Rxd5 a3
37.Ra5 1-0
 

Kelemen,L - Nagy,L (2064) [C11]
First Saturday FM-A Budapest (9), 15.12.2003

1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Nf6
4.e5 Nfd7
5.Qg4 a6
6.a3 c5
7.Be3 cxd4
8.Bxd4 Nc6
9.Nf3 Nxd4
10.Nxd4 Nxe5
11.Qg3 Nc6
12.0-0-0 Nxd4
13.Rxd4 g6
14.Qe3 Bc5
15.Na4 Bxd4
16.Qxd4 0-0
17.f4 b5
18.Nc5 Qe7
19.h4 Bd7
20.h5 Rac8
21.Nd3 f6
22.hxg6 hxg6
23.g4 Rc4
24.Qg1 Rfc8
25.c3 d4
26.Qh2 Qg7
27.g5 dxc3
28.gxf6 cxb2+
29.Kb1 Rc1+
30.Kxb2
            R1c2+
31.Qxc2
            Rxc2+
32.Kxc2 Qxf6
33.Rg1 Bc6
34.Ne5 Be4+
35.Kc3 0-1

 

 

 

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