The65thsquare Weekend Tournament

(1) bara4be - nodakindy [D70] 65thsquare Weekend Tourney Yahoo! Chess, 0012 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 g6 4.Nbd2 Bg7 5.c4 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5 7.Ne5 0-0 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Ne4 11.f4 Qb6 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qd5 e6 14.Qxe4 Bd7 15.b3 Bc6 16.Qc2 Bd5 17.Bf3 Rac8 18.Qf2 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Rc2 20.Ba3 Rd8 21.Bd6 Rdc8 22.h3 Rd2 23.Rac1 Rcc2 24.Rxc2 Rxc2 25.Kh1 Rxa2 26.Rc1 h6 27.h4 Qxb3 28.h5 Qb2 29.Rc8+ Kh7 30.hxg6+ fxg6 31.Qg3 Ra1+ 32.Kh2 Qc1 33.Kh3 Qh1+ 34.Kg4 Qh5# 0-1

(2) frodo888 - nodakindy [B07] 65thsquare Weekend Tourney Yahoo! Chess, 0012 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bd3 c6 6.Be3 b5 7.a3 Bb7 8.b4 Qc7 9.a4 a6 10.0-0 Be7 11.Re1 0-0 12.a5 e5 13.d5 cxd5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.Qxd5 Nf6 18.Qd3+ Kg8 19.Qf5 Nd5 20.Qe4 Nc3 21.Qf5 Qb7 22.Bg5 Rfe8 23.Bd2 Rac8 24.Ra3 Nd5 25.Bg5 Nxb4 26.Bxe7 Rxe7 27.Ng5 g6 28.Qh3 f6 29.Qb3+ Nd5 30.Ne4 Qc6 31.Nxf6+ Kf8 32.Nxd5 Rf7 33.Nb4 Qb7 34.Qh3 Ke7 35.Nd5+ Black lost on time 1-0

(3) frodo888 - greggglen [C50] 65thsquare Weekend Tourney Yahoo! Chess, 0012 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.d3 Nd4 5.Be3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 Nf6 7.c3 Nxf3+ 8.Nxf3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.h3 Nxe3 11.fxe3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qe7 13.Qxb7 Rd8 14.Bb5+ c6 15.Bxc6+ Qd7 16.Bxd7+ Rxd7 17.Qb8+ Ke7 18.Qxe5+ Kd8 19.d4 f6 20.Qa5+ Rc7 21.0-0 Bd6 22.Qd5 Kd7 23.c4 Ke7 24.c5 Rd7 25.cxd6+ Rxd6 26.Qc5 Rhd8 27.e4 Kf7 28.Rad1 Re6 29.Qh5+ Kg8 30.e5 g6 31.Qh4 fxe5 32.Qxd8+ Kg7 33.Qd7+ Kh6 34.Qxe6 1-0

(4) frodo888 - bara4be [C57] 65thsquare Weekend Tourney Yahoo! Chess, 0012 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke7 8.Bxd5 Nd4 9.Qf7+ Kd6 10.Bb3 Qf6 11.Qd5+ Ke7 12.Qc5+ Kd8 13.Qd5+ Bd6 14.Nc3 c6 15.Qe4 Bf5 16.Qe3 Bxc2 17.0-0 Bxb3 18.axb3 Nc2 19.Rxa7 Nxe3 20.Rxa8+ Kc7 21.fxe3 Qxf1+ 22.Kxf1 Rxa8 23.d3 Ra1 24.Ne2 Bc5 25.e4 Be3 1-0

(5) greggglen - bara4be [C65] 65thsquare Weekend Tourney Yahoo! Chess, 0012 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bd6 4.0-0 Nf6 5.Nc3 0-0 6.Nd5 Nxd5 7.exd5 Nd4 8.Nxd4 exd4 9.d3 a6 10.Ba4 f5 11.Bd2 Qh4 12.h3 Be5 13.Qe2 d6 14.f4 Bf6 15.Be1 Qh6 16.Qf3 Qg6 17.Bg3 b5 18.Bb3 Bb7 19.h4 a5 20.a4 bxa4 21.Rxa4 Qe8 22.Rc4 a4 23.Rxc7 axb3 24.Rxb7 bxc2 25.Rc1 Qa4 26.Rc7 Rfc8 27.Rxc8+ Rxc8 28.Qh5 Ra8 29.Qxf5 Qa1 30.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 31.Kh2 c1Q 32.Kh3 Qh1+ 33.Kg4 Qxg2 34.Qc8+ Kf7 35.Qd7+ Be7 36.Qf5+ Ke8 37.Qxh7 Qe2+ 38.Kf5 Qxd3+ 39.Kg4 Qxh7 0-1

(6) nodakindy - greggglen [D02] 65thsquare Weekend Tourney Yahoo! Chess, 0012 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Nc6 4.c3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.0-0 Ne4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Re1 Qe7 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nh4 0-0-0 12.Ng2 Qf6 13.f3 Ng3 14.f4 Be4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Kh2 Nf2 17.Qa4 a6 18.Bxa6 bxa6 19.Qxa6+ Kd7 20.Qe2 Ne4 21.Qf3 Na5 22.b4 Nc4 23.a4 e5 24.a5 exf4 25.exf4 Ncd2 26.Bxd2 Nxd2 27.Qd3 Bxf4+ 28.Kg1 Ne4 29.Qb5+ Ke7 30.Rxe4+ dxe4 31.Qc5+ Bd6 32.Qc4 Qf3 33.Rf1 Qxh3 34.Qxf7# 1-0

(7) nodakindy - frodo888 [D05] 65thsquare Weekend Tourney Yahoo! Chess, 0012 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.0-0 0-0 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.Re1 c5 8.c3 c4 9.Bc2 e5 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Rxe4 Nf6 13.dxe5 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Bxe5 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Ng5+ Kg8 17.Qh5 Qd1+ 18.Qxd1 Bf5 19.Qf3 Rad8 20.Be3 Bg6 21.Qxb7 f6 22.Ne6 Rf7 23.Qc6 Rd6 24.Qc8+ Kh7 25.Nf8+ Rxf8 26.Qxf8 Re6 27.g3 Re8 28.Qc5 Bd3 29.Qxa7 Kg6 30.Re1 Rb8 31.Qd7 Rxb2 32.Qg4+ Kf7 33.a3 Bxc3 34.Qh5+ g6 35.Qh7+ Kf8 36.Bc5# 1-0

(8) bara4be - nodakindy [D04] 65thsquare Weekend Tourney Yahoo! Chess, 0012 [Fritz 9 (30s)] D04: Colle System 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 g6 4.Nbd2 Bg7 5.c4 c6 6.cxd5 cxd5N [6...Nxd5 7.b3 Nb4 8.a3 Qa5 9.Bb2 Nd5 10.Rc1 Na6 11.Bd3 Bg4 12.0-0 0-0 13.h3 Bd7 14.Re1 Qd8 15.Bb1 Qc8 16.Qc2 Nac7 17.h4 Nf6 18.Kf1 Bf5 19.e4 Bg4 20.Nh2 Bh5 21.f3 Steinig,H-Daebel,H/Dortmund 1999/EXT 2002/1-0 (59)] 7.Ne5 0-0 Black castles and improves king safety 8.Be2 Nc6 9.0-0 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Ne4 11.f4 Qb6 12.Nxe4 dxe4 Black has new doubled pawns: e4+e7. 13.Qd5 e6 [>=13...Bf5= is the best option Black has] 14.Qxe4+/- Bd7 15.b3 Bc6 16.Qc2 Bd5 17.Bf3 Rac8 18.Qf2 Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Rc2 20.Ba3 Rd8 21.Bd6 Rdc8 22.h3 Rd2 23.Rac1 Rcc2 24.Rxc2 Rxc2 25.Kh1 Rxa2 26.Rc1 h6? [>=26...h5 27.Rc8+ Kh7+/- ] 27.h4?? hands over the advantage to the opponent [>=27.Rc8+ White clearly has the better chances 27...Kh7 28.Rc7 Qxb3 29.Rxb7+- ] 27...Qxb3+/= 28.h5 Qb2 Black threatens to win material: Qb2xc1 29.Rc8+ Kh7 30.hxg6+ fxg6 31.Qg3?? White loses the upper hand [31.Kh2 Qe2 32.Qxe2 (‹32.Qxb7 Qf2 33.Rc1 Rb2=/+ ) 32...Rxe2 33.Rc7= ] 31...Ra1+-+ 32.Kh2 Qc1?? ignoring the path to victory [>=32...Rf1 and Black can already relax 33.e4 Qa1-+ ] 33.Kh3 [>=33.Rxc1 and White has reached his goal 33...Rxc1 34.Qh3+- ] 33...Qh1+ [>=33...Qxc8 and the result of the game is clear: Black will win 34.Qf3 Rh1+ 35.Kg3-+ ] 34.Kg4 [34.Qh2 Qd1 35.Rc4-+ ] 34...Qh5# 0-1

(9) frodo888 - nodakindy [B07] 65thsquare Weekend Tourney Yahoo! Chess, 0012 [Fritz 9 (30s)] B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e6 [4...c6 5.a4 (5.Bd3 Qc7 6.0-0 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.h3 Bc5 9.Qe2 0-0 10.a3 a6 11.b4 Ba7 12.Bb2 Nh5 13.g3 Ndf6 14.Kh2 Qd7 15.Ng1 Qe6 16.Rad1 Bd7 17.Bc4 Qe7 18.Rd3 Rad8 19.Rfd1 Bc8 Cifuentes Goncalves,L (1637)-Slagboom,A (1951)/Dos Hermanas 2003/EXT 2004/0-1) 5...Qc7 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Be7 8.Re1 0-0 9.h3 Re8 10.Bg5 Nf8 11.d5 h6 12.Be3 Ng6 13.Bf1 Bd7 14.Nd2 Rec8 15.a5 cxd5 16.exd5 Nh7 17.Bd3 Nhf8 18.Qh5 Qd8 19.Nf3 Leuba,D (2295)-Summermatter,D (2320)/Suhr 1991/CBM 22/0-1 (51)] 5.Bd3 c6 Black is behind in developement. Black's piece can't move: c8 6.Be3N [6.0-0 e5 7.Re1 Be7 8.a4 0-0 9.h3 Re8 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Qd2 Nf8 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Red1 Bb4 14.Nb5 Qa5 15.c3 Be7 16.b4 Qd8 17.Nxa7 Qc7 18.Nxc8 Rexc8 19.Qa2 b5 20.Ng5 Bd6 Atienza,H-Sousa,J/Almoradi 1998/EXT 2002/1-0 (35)] 6...b5 7.a3 Bb7 8.b4 Qc7 Black has a cramped position 9.a4 White threatens to win material: a4xb5 9...a6 Black has a cramped position 10.0-0 Be7 11.Re1 White has a very active position 11...0-0 12.a5 White gains space [12.Rb1 bxa4 13.Nxa4 a5= ] 12...e5 13.d5 cxd5 14.exd5?? [14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 h6-/+ ] 14...Nxd5 [>=14...Qxc3 secures the win 15.Nd4 Bd8-+ (15...exd4?! 16.Bxd4 Qc8 17.Rxe7 Bxd5 18.Rxd7 Nxd7 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Qh5+ Kg8 21.Bxg7-+ ) ] 15.Nxd5 Bxd5 16.Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.Qxd5 Nf6 Black threatens to win material: Nf6xd5 18.Qd3+ Kg8 White has an active position 19.Qf5 Nd5 20.Qe4 Nc3 Black threatens to win material: Nc3xe4 21.Qf5 Qb7 22.Bg5 Rfe8 23.Bd2 Rac8 24.Ra3 Nd5 25.Bg5?? [>=25.Ng5 was necessary 25...Bxg5 26.Qxg5=/+ ] 25...Nxb4-+ 26.Bxe7 Rxe7?? overlooking an easy win [>=26...Qxe7 would have made live much easier for Black 27.c3 g6-+ ] 27.Ng5+- g6 28.Qh3 f6 29.Qb3+?? a transit from better to worse [29.Ne4 Rf8 30.Qb3+ d5 31.Nc5+/- (31.Qxb4?! dxe4 32.Rg3 Kg7= ) ] 29...Nd5 30.Ne4 Qc6?? simply marches past the door to victory [>=30...Re6 would have given Black the upper hand 31.Qf3 f5-+ ] 31.Nxf6++- Kf8 [31...Kg7 is the last straw 32.Nxd5 Rf7+- ] 32.Nxd5 Rf7 33.Nb4 [>=33.Qh3 ends the debate 33...Kg7 34.Rc3 Qxd5 35.Rxc8 Rf8 36.Qd7+ Qf7+- ] 33...Qb7 [33...Qc5 doesn't change anything anymore 34.Rf1+- ] 34.Qh3 Ke7 [34...Kg7 otherwise it's curtains at once 35.Rd3 Qc7+- ] 35.Nd5+! Black lost on time. Deflection: d5 [35.Nd5+ Qxd5 36.Qxc8+- ] 1-0

(10) frodo888 - greggglen [C50] 65thsquare Weekend Tourney Yahoo! Chess, 0012 [Fritz 9 (30s)] C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.d3 Nd4 [4...g6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.h4 Na5 7.h5 Nxc4 8.dxc4 f6 9.Nxh7 Rxh7 10.hxg6 Rh8 11.f4 f5 12.Nc3 Bg7 13.fxe5 fxe4 14.Qd5 c6 15.Qxd6 Qxd6 16.exd6 Bf5 17.Bg5 Kd7 18.0-0-0 Bxg6 19.Na4 Seret,J (2420)-Bricard,E (2485)/Strasbourg 1992/EXT 97/0-1 (31)] 5.Be3 Bg4 6.Nbd2N [6.Bxd4 exd4 7.Nbd2 Be7 (7...a6 8.a4 Qf6 9.0-0 Ne7 10.b4 Ng6 11.Qb1 Ne5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.b5 a5 14.f3 Bd7 15.Bd5 Rb8 16.Nc4 Bb4 17.Nb2 Bc3 18.Ra2 Bd2 19.Nd1 Qg6 20.Kh1 0-0 21.Rf2 Bb4 22.Qc1 Grandjean,A (1499)-Francois,J (1750)/St Quentin 2002/CBM 88 ext/0-1) 8.c3 dxc3 9.bxc3 Bf6 10.Qb3 Nh6 11.0-0 0-0 12.Rab1 g6 13.d4 b6 14.Rfe1 Re8 15.Re3 c5 16.Rbe1 Bxf3 17.Nxf3 Ng4 18.R3e2 cxd4 19.Bxf7+ Kf8 20.Bxe8 Qxe8 Thissen,J-Jagtenberg,J/Hengelo 1996/EXT 2001/1-0] 6...Nf6 7.c3 Nxf3+ 8.Nxf3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.h3 [10.Qa4+!? Bd7 11.Qb3 Be6 12.Qxb7 Rb8 13.Qc6+ Qd7 14.Qxd7+ Kxd7 15.Nxe5+ Kd6 16.Bxd5 Kxd5+- ] 10...Nxe3 11.fxe3 Bxf3? [>=11...Bh5 12.g4 Bg6+/- ] 12.Qxf3+- Qe7 [12...f6 13.Qxb7 Rb8 14.Qxa7 Rxb2+- ] 13.Qxb7 Rd8 14.Bb5+ c6 [14...Rd7 a fruitless try to alter the course of the game 15.Qc8+ Qd8 16.Bxd7+ Ke7 17.Qxd8+ Kxd8 18.Bc6+- ] 15.Bxc6+ Qd7 [15...Rd7 what else? 16.Qc8+ Qd8 17.Bxd7+ Ke7+- ] 16.Bxd7+ Rxd7 17.Qb8+ Ke7 18.Qxe5+ Kd8 19.d4 [>=19.Qb8+ and White has triumphed 19...Ke7 20.0-0 f6+- ] 19...f6 20.Qa5+ Rc7 21.0-0 Bd6 22.Qd5 Kd7 23.c4 Ke7 24.c5 Rd7 25.cxd6+ Rxd6 26.Qc5 Rhd8 27.e4 Kf7 28.Rad1 [28.e5 Rd5 29.Qc6 Rxd4 30.exf6 g5 31.Rae1 Kg6 32.f7+ R4d6 33.Re6+ Rxe6 34.Qxe6+ Kh5 35.Rf6 Rd1+ 36.Kh2 Rh1+ 37.Kxh1 g4 38.Qxg4# ] 28...Re6 29.Qh5+ [29.Qc7+ Kg6 30.Rd3 Kh6 31.Rg3 Rg8 32.Rf4 Rxe4 33.Rxe4 g5 34.Rh4+ gxh4 35.Rxg8 a6 36.Qg7+ Kh5 37.Qxh7# ] 29...Kg8 30.e5 g6 31.Qh4 [31.Qh6 f5 32.Rxf5 Red6 33.Rf7 Kxf7 34.Qxh7+ Ke6 35.Qxg6+ Ke7 36.Qg7+ Ke6 37.Qf6+ Kd5 38.Qf7+ Kc6 39.Rc1+ Kb6 40.Qc7+ Ka6 41.exd6 Rxd6 42.Rc5 Rb6 43.a4 Rxb2 44.Ra5# ] 31...fxe5 32.Qxd8+ Kg7 [32...Re8 cannot undo what has already been done 33.Qxe8+ Kg7 34.Qf8# ] 33.Qd7+ [33.Qf8# ] 33...Kh6 34.Qxe6 [34.Qxe6 e4 35.Rf7 a6 36.Qf6 Kh5 37.Rxh7# ] 1-0

(11) frodo888 - bara4be [C57] 65thsquare Weekend Tourney Yahoo! Chess, 0012 [Fritz 9 (30s)] C57: Two Knights: Wilkes-Barre/Traxler and 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5, unusual Black 5th moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Qf3+ Ke7 8.Bxd5 Nd4 [8...Be6 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Qxc6 Bd5 11.Qc5+ Kf7 12.Qe3 Qd6 13.0-0 Re8 14.Nc3 Bc6 15.Qxa7 Qg6 16.f3 Re7 17.Ne4 Ke6 18.d3 Bxe4 19.fxe4 c6 20.Qe3 Rf7 21.Rxf7 Qxf7 22.Bd2 Qf4 23.Qxf4 Strikovic,M-Perez Lorenzo,L/Santiago de Compostela 2002/CBM 86 ext/1-0 (67)] 9.Qf7+ Kd6 10.Bb3 White's piece can't move: c1 10...Qf6N [10...Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Nc3 Qf6 13.Ne4+ Kc6 14.Nxf6 gxf6 15.Qxe6+ Bd6 16.Qxf6 Rhf8 17.Qxf8 Rxf8 18.d3 Bc5 19.Be3 Bd6 1-0 Zeghib,A-Berbeche,N/Constantine 2000/EXT 2002; 10...Be6 11.Bxe6 Nxc2+ 12.Kd1 Nxa1+/- ] 11.Qd5++/- Ke7 12.Qc5+ White forks: e7+c7 12...Kd8 13.Qd5+ Bd6 White has a cramped position. White's piece can't move: c1 14.Nc3 [>=14.Qe4= and White can hope to live] 14...c6-/+ 15.Qe4 Bf5 16.Qe3 Bxc2 17.0-0 Bxb3 18.axb3 Nc2 19.Rxa7? [>=19.Qb6+ axb6 20.Rxa8+ Kc7 21.Rxh8-+ ] 19...Nxe3-+ 20.Rxa8+ Kc7 21.fxe3 Qxf1+! Double attack: a8/f1 22.Kxf1 Rxa8 23.d3 Ra1 24.Ne2 Bc5 25.e4?? a blunder in a bad position [>=25.Kf2-+ ] 25...Be3 1-0

(12) greggglen - bara4be [C60] 65thsquare Weekend Tourney Yahoo! Chess, 0012 [Fritz 9 (30s)] C60: Ruy Lopez: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bd6 4.0-0 Nf6 5.Nc3 0-0 6.Nd5N [6.d3 a6 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.h3 h6 9.Ne2 c5 10.Ng3 Re8 11.b3 Be6 12.Bb2 Nd7 13.Re1 b5 14.Qe2 Rb8 15.Rad1 a5 16.Nh2 a4 17.Ng4 Ra8 18.Ra1 Kh7 19.Nf5 Bf8 20.Nfe3 f6 Mitkov,N (2552)-Pavasovic,D (2596)/Terme Zrece 2003/CBM 97/1/2-1/2 (39); 6.d4 Qe7 7.Bg5 Nxd4 8.Nd5 Qe6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Bc4 c6 11.Nb6 Qe7 12.Nxa8 b5 13.Bb3 Ba6 14.Nh4 f5 15.Nxf5 Nxf5 16.exf5 Rxa8 17.Re1 Qf6 18.Re3 Kh8 19.Qh5 Rg8 20.Qxf7 Qxf7 De Jonghe,P-Verlinden,G/Schilde 1969/EXT 2002/1-0; 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.d4 c5 8.dxe5 Bxe5 9.Nxe5 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 b6 11.Nd5 Nxe4 12.Nxc7 Rb8 13.Re1 Nd6 14.Re3 Bb7 15.Ng4 Nc4 16.Rg3 Rbd8 17.Nh6+ Kh8 18.h3 Rd1+ 19.Kh2 Re8 20.Rg4 Ree1 Ulrich,M-Larm,M/Bremen 1992/EXT 2002/1-0; >=6.d3!?+/= and White can hope to survive] 6...Nxd5-/+ 7.exd5 Nd4 [>=7...e4!? 8.dxc6 dxc6-/+ ] 8.Nxd4= exd4 9.d3 a6 Black threatens to win material: a6xb5 10.Ba4 f5 11.Bd2 Qh4 12.h3 Be5 13.Qe2 d6 14.f4 Bf6 15.Be1 White threatens to win material: Be1xh4 15...Qh6 16.Qf3 Qg6 17.Bg3 b5 Black threatens to win material: b5xa4 18.Bb3 Bb7 19.h4 a5 20.a4 bxa4 21.Rxa4 Qe8 22.Rc4 White threatens to win material: Rc4xc7 [>=22.Rfa1!?+/= is a viable option] 22...a4=/+ Black threatens to win material: a4xb3 23.Rxc7?? [23.Rb4 axb3 24.Rxb7 bxc2 25.Rxc7 Qe3+ 26.Qxe3 dxe3-/+ ] 23...axb3 [>=23...Qb8 and Black can celebrate victory 24.Rxb7 Qxb7-+ ] 24.Rxb7=/+ bxc2 White has a new passed pawn: b2. Black has a new passed pawn: c2 25.Rc1 Qa4 26.Rc7 Rfc8 27.Rxc8+ Rxc8 28.Qh5 White threatens to win material: Qh5xf5 28...Ra8 29.Qxf5 Qa1 30.Rxa1?? leads to further unpleasantness [30.Qe6+ Kf8 31.Qe1 (31.Qxd6+?? White will choke on that pawn 31...Be7 32.Qc6 Qxc1+ 33.Kh2 Rd8-+ ) 31...Qxb2 32.Kh2-/+ ] 30...Rxa1+-+ 31.Kh2 c1Q 32.Kh3 [32.Qe6+ Kf8 33.Kh3 Qh1+ 34.Kg4 Rc1-+ (34...Qxg2?! is a useless try 35.Qc8+ Kf7 36.Qe6+ Kf8 37.Qc8+ Ke7 38.Qe6+ Kd8 39.Qxd6+ Kc8 40.Qc6+ Kd8 41.Qd6+ Ke8 42.Qc6+ Kf7 43.Qe6+ Kf8 44.Qc8+ Ke7 45.Qe6+ Kf8 46.Qc8+ Kf7 47.Qe6+ Kf8= ) ] 32...Qh1+ [>=32...h5 makes sure everything is clear 33.Qe6+ Kh7 34.Qe8 Qh1+ 35.Bh2-+ ] 33.Kg4 Qxg2 [>=33...Re1 and the rest is a matter of technique 34.Bxe1 Qxg2+ (34...Qxe1?! 35.h5-/+ ) 35.Bg3 h5+ 36.Kxh5 Qxg3-+ ] 34.Qc8+ Kf7 Black has a mate threat 35.Qd7+ White forks: d6+f7 35...Be7 Black has a mate threat 36.Qf5+ White forks: h7+f7 36...Ke8 37.Qxh7?? spoils everything [>=37.Qc8+ would save the game 37...Bd8 38.Qe6+ Kf8 39.Qf5+ Bf6 40.Qc8+ Ke7 41.Qc7+ Ke8 42.Qc8+ Kf7 43.Qd7+ Kf8 44.Qc8+ Kf7= ] 37...Qe2+ 38.Kf5 Qxd3+ 39.Kg4 Qxh7 [39...Qxh7 40.Bf2 Qg6+ 41.Kf3 Qh5+ 42.Kg2 Qg4+ 43.Kh2 Qxf4+ 44.Bg3 Qf3 45.Be1 Rxe1 46.h5 Rh1# ] 0-1

(13) nodakindy - greggglen [D04] 65thsquare Weekend Tourney Yahoo! Chess, 0012 [Fritz 9 (30s)] D04: Colle System 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Nc6 4.c3 Bg4 5.Be2 [5.Nbd2 e5 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Qb3 Bd6 8.Nxe5 Bxe5 9.Qxb7 0-0 10.h3 Bd7 11.Bd3 Qe7 12.Qb3 c5 13.Qd1 Bc6 14.0-0 Rad8 15.Qe2 Bc7 16.b3 Ne4 17.Bb2 Qd6 18.Nf3 Ng5 19.Rfd1 d4 Szenetra,W (2175)-Schlenker,J (2258)/Schwaebisch Gmuend 2003/EXT 2004/0-1] 5...e6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.0-0 Ne4N [7...0-0 8.a3 Qd7 9.c4 Rfe8 10.c5 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Bf8 12.b4 a6 13.Bb2 Ne7 14.Qc2 c6 15.g4 e5 16.dxe5 Nxg4 17.Kh1 Qe6 18.Bxg4 Qxg4 19.Rg1 Qh4 20.Rg3 g6 21.Rag1 Nf5 22.Qxf5 Argueso,P-Requena Munguira,J/Zaragoza 2003/EXT 2004/1-0 (38)] 8.h3 White threatens to win material: h3xg4 8...Bh5 9.Re1 Qe7 10.g4? [>=10.c4!? would keep White alive 10...Qf6 11.Qb3= ] 10...Bg6-/+ 11.Nh4?? the position is going down the drain [>=11.c4!? dxc4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Nd2-/+ ] 11...0-0-0 [>=11...Qxh4 secures victory 12.Rf1 h5-+ ] 12.Ng2 Qf6 13.f3 Ng3 14.f4 Be4 [>=14...h5 keeps an even firmer grip 15.g5 Qf5-+ ] 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 [15...dxe4?! 16.Bb5 h5 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.g5= ] 16.Kh2? [16.g5!? Qe7 17.c4-/+ ] 16...Nf2 17.Qa4 a6?? Black has let it slip away [>=17...h5 Black had this great chance 18.gxh5 Qf5-+ ] 18.Bxa6 bxa6 19.Qxa6+?? weakening the position [19.Qxc6 h5 20.Rf1 hxg4 21.Rxf2 Rxh3+ 22.Kg1-+ ] 19...Kd7-+ 20.Qe2 Ne4 21.Qf3 [21.h4 g5 22.h5 Ra8-+ ] 21...Na5 22.b4 Nc4 23.a4 e5 [>=23...h5 might be the shorter path 24.g5 Nxg5 25.Qf1-+ ] 24.a5 exf4 [>=24...Nxc3!? might be the shorter path 25.g5 Qf5 26.a6-+ ] 25.exf4 Ncd2 [>=25...h5!? 26.Kg1 hxg4 27.Qxg4+ Ke8-+ ] 26.Bxd2-/+ Nxd2 27.Qd3 Bxf4+ 28.Kg1 Ne4 29.Qb5+? [29.Nxf4!? deserves consideration 29...Qxf4 30.Rf1 Qg3+ 31.Qxg3 Nxg3 32.Rxf7+ Kd6 33.Re1=/+ ] 29...Ke7 30.Rxe4+ dxe4 31.Qc5+?? shortens the misery for White [>=31.Rf1 g5 32.Qb7-+ ] 31...Bd6 32.Qc4 Qf3 [>=32...Qh6 nails it down 33.h4 Rhe8-+ ] 33.Rf1+- Qxh3 [33...h5 there is nothing better in the position 34.g5 h4 35.Rxf3 exf3+- ] 34.Qxf7# 1-0

(14) nodakindy - frodo888 [D05] 65thsquare Weekend Tourney Yahoo! Chess, 0012 [Fritz 9 (30s)] D05: Colle System with ...e6 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 Bd6 5.0-0 0-0 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.Re1 c5 8.c3 c4 [8...Qb6 9.e4 cxd4 10.e5 dxc3 11.bxc3 Ng4 12.Bxh7+ Kh8 13.Nd4 Ngxe5 14.Re3 g6 15.Rh3 Kg7 16.N2f3 Rh8 17.Rb1 Qa6 18.Ng5 Nf6 19.f4 Nxh7 20.fxe5 Nxg5 21.Rxh8 Kxh8 22.Bxg5 Bxe5 23.Qf3 Chernikov,O (2450)-Godes,D (2385)/Cheliabinsk 1975/MCD/1/2-1/2 (31); 8...a6 9.Bc2 b6 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Ra7 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Qc2 Nf6 16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.b4 Qe7 18.Bd3 Rd7 19.Bf1 Bb7 20.Ne5 Rc7 21.Rab1 Nd5 22.c4 Re8 23.Qb3 Kruck,D-Zesch,F/Pinneberg 1996/EXT 97/1-0 (51)] 9.Bc2 e5N [9...b5 10.e4 Bf4 11.e5 Ne8 12.Nf1 Bxc1 13.Qxc1 h6 14.Qf4 f5 15.exf6 Qxf6 16.Qg3 a5 17.a3 Ra6 18.Ne3 Rb6 19.Re2 Kh8 20.Rae1 Nd6 21.Ne5 Qg5 22.Qxg5 hxg5 23.Ng6+ Kg8 24.Nxf8 Przepiorka,D-Nimzowitsch,A/Frankfurt 1930/EXT 99/1-0 (72)] 10.e4 dxe4? [10...Qc7!?= is noteworthy] 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Rxe4 Nf6 13.dxe5?? there were better ways to keep up the pressure. [>=13.Bg5 and White gets the upper hand 13...h6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Qd2+- ] 13...Nxe4=/+ 14.Bxe4 Bxe5! Mate attack. 15.Bxh7+ [15.Nxe5 Qxd1# Mate attack; 15.-- Qxd1+ Mate threat] 15...Kxh7 16.Ng5+?? leading to a quick end [>=16.Qc2+ Qd3 17.Qxd3+ cxd3 18.Nxe5-+ ] 16...Kg8-+ 17.Qh5 Qd1+ [>=17...Qd3 secures the point 18.Be3 f6-+ ] 18.Qxd1+- Bf5 19.Qf3 Rad8 20.Be3 Bg6 21.Qxb7 f6 [21...Rb8 the only chance to get some counterplay 22.Qd5 Bf6+- ] 22.Ne6 Rf7 23.Qc6 Rd6 24.Qc8+ Kh7 25.Nf8+ Rxf8 26.Qxf8 Re6 27.g3 Re8 28.Qc5 Bd3 29.Qxa7 [29.f4 seems even better 29...a6 30.Re1 Kg8+- ] 29...Kg6 30.Re1 Rb8 31.Qd7 [31.Bc5!? makes it even easier for White 31...Rh8 32.f4 Bxc3+- ] 31...Rxb2 32.Qg4+ Kf7 33.a3 [>=33.Bd4 and White has prevailed 33...Rb1 34.Rxb1 Bxb1 35.Bxe5 fxe5 36.Qxc4+ Kf6+- ] 33...Bxc3 34.Qh5+ g6 35.Qh7+ Kf8 [35...Ke6 does not win a prize 36.Qg8+ Ke5 37.Qe8+ Kd6 38.Qd8+ Kc6 39.Qc8+ Kd6 40.Qc5+ Kd7 41.Qd5+ Kc7 42.Bb6+ Kxb6 43.Re6+ Ka7 44.Qc5+ Kb8 45.Re8+ Kb7 46.Re7+ Kb8 47.Qa7+ Kc8 48.Qc7# ] 36.Bc5# [36.Bh6# ] 1-0