Brereton, J. - Sudharsan, K.
2nd EFI, 02/09/2008
Round 1

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 Korchnoi used this a lot in the 70s and 80s, and 4...Qxd5 is more popular now.
5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nge7 9.Nb3 Bb6 This is less popular than 9...Bd6, but many French players who prefer Bb6 are adamant, as it controls the important a7-g1 diagonal.
10.Bg5 10.Re1 is the main line. Some GMs prefer to play Be3 later. The text move is also fine.
10...O-O 11.Nbd4!? Control is more important than occupation. 11.Qd2 is the main line, and white is ready to bring his rooks into the center. The Nd4 is only a target for black to attack.
11...Qd6 12.Re1 Bg4 13.Nxc6?! Once again, white should play Qd2. White is wasting time moving his knights, and then trading them. Now black is at least equal.
13...Nxc6 14.Bh4 Rfe8

[14...Nd4! 15.Be2

(15.Be7? Qf4! 16.Be2 Rfe8)

15...Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Qf4 17.Bg3 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Qxf3 19.gxf3 and black is better.]

[14...Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nd4 16.Qd3 Qb4 17.Bd7 Nxc2 18.Qxc2 Qxh4 is also good for black.]

15.Bg3? Forcing the black queen to take up a more active position!
15...Qb4! 16.Rxe8+ Rxe8 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Qc1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 h6

[19...h5]

20.c3 Qc4 21.Qf1 Re2 22.b3?! Qxc3! 23.Qxe2 Qxa1+ 24.Kg2 Qf6 25.b4 Qe6 26.Qd3 d4 27.a4 Bd8?? I assume black simply missed 28.Qxd4 and was relocating his bishp to f6.

[27...Qd5]

28.Qxd4 Bb6 29.Qd6 Qxd6 30.Bxd6 a6 31.Kg3 f6 32.a5? White does not want his pawns on dark squares.
32...Bd4 33.Bc5! White had very little time, and goes into a tough pawn endgame.
33...Bxc5 34.bxc5 Kf7 35.Kf4 Ke6 36.Ke4 g5

[36...f5+!? 37.Kd4 f4

(37...g5 38.f4!)

38.h4! Kf5 39.h5!]

37.f4! gxf4

[37...f5+ 38.Kd4!]

38.f3 h5 39.h4 f5+ 40.Kd4 Kf6 41.Kd3 Kf7 42.Kc4 Ke7 43.Kc3 Kd7 44.Kd3 Ke7 45.Kc3 Kf6 46.Kd3 Ke5 47.Kc4 Ke6 48.Kd4 Kf6 49.Kd3 Kf7 50.Kc4 Kg7 51.Kc3 Kg6 52.Kc4

1/2-1/2

Shetty, A. - Rhee, W.
2nd EFI, 02/09/2008
Round 1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.O-O 5.d3 is more common, as often white tries Nd2, Nf1, Ne3 or other maneuvers.
5...Nf6 6.Ng5!? Once again, 6.d3 is the main move.
6...O-O 7.d3!? Now white usually plays 7.f4 (The point of 6.Ng5.
7...h6 8.f4!? This interesting idea has been played before, with good results.
8...exf4 9.Nxf7 This is new. White has done fine with 9.Nh3.

[9.Nh3 g5?! 10.Nxf4! gxf4 11.Bxf4]

9...Rxf7 10.Bxf4?! d6

[10...d5! 11.Nxd5 Be6 12.Nc7 Bxc4 13.Nxa8 Be6 14.Nc7 Bg4 15.Qe1 Nh5 16.Nd5 Nxf4 17.Nxf4 Qd4+ 18.Kh1 Qxb2]

11.Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.Nd5 Bg4

[12...Kg8]

13.Qe1 Nd4 14.Rf2 Kg8 15.c3 Nc6 16.Qe3 Be6 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Raf1 Both players were now in time trouble. So far, both players have played quite well, with the exception of the hiccup at move 10.
18...Bg5?! This unnecessarily weakens blacks pawns.
19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.Qxg5 hxg5 21.a3 This position is about equal.
21...Ne5 22.d4 Ng4 23.Rf3 Bc4?! Black should activate his rook with 23...Re8 =
24.Re1 Rf8?! Black shoul d keep the rooks on so his pieces can try to ovrpower white. The fewer pieces on the board, the more the extra white pawns are felt.
25.dxc5? Rxf3? Another error in time trouble. Black is fine after 25...dxc5. White gave away his center, and black gives it right back.
26.gxf3 Ne5 27.cxd6! An excellent move in time trouble. Black must have overlooked this when playing 25...Rxf3
27...Kf7 28.Kg2 Ke6 29.Rd1 Be2?? Now black is lost. Time trouble reared its ugly head.
30.Rd5! Bxf3+ 31.Kg3 Bg4 32.Rxe5+ Kxe5 33.Kxg4 Kxd6 34.Kf5 b6 35.e5+ Ke7 36.e6 Kd6 37.h3 Ke7 38.Ke5 g6 39.b3 a6 40.a4 a5 41.b4

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Amarasinghe, P. - Catlin, A.
2nd EFI, 02/09/2008
Round 1

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d6 7.Bb2 c6 8.c4 Qc7 9.Nbd2 The Leningrad Dutch is an interesting, and most likely, under-rated opening for black. Now black usually plays 9...Re8 with the idea of playing f5 later....but Andy plays another, less common move, which is also playable.
9...Nh5!? 10.Qc2 White has also played 10.e4 with good results.
10...e5 11.c5! This move is new, but it is a good novelty. Dreev-Dolmatov, 1989 saw white win a long game 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.c5 e4 13.Nd4.
11...e4

[11...exd4 12.Nxd4 d5]

12.cxd6 Qxd6 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.Nfe5 Be6 15.f3 White can also play 15.f4 with a slightly better game.
15...b5! 16.Na3 Bxe5!? Trading away the dark squared bishop is very risky, since black has pushed all his kingside pawns. This could have consequences later on, should black's king come under attack.
17.dxe5 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Nd7 19.Rad1 White has a clear advantage due to the two bishops and play on the open and half-open files.
19...Rae8 20.Rd6 Nb8 21.Bc1 f4 22.g4 Ng7 23.h3?! This is unnecessary, and makes the Bg2 look uglier!
23...e3! 24.Bb2 Qb7 25.Rfd1 Bd5 26.Rf6 Nd7 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Qb1 a6 29.Nc2 c5 30.Ne1 Ne6 31.Nd3 a5 32.Ba3 Kg8 33.h4 c4 34.bxc4 bxc4 35.Qxb7 Bxb7 36.Nb2?

[36.Nxf4!? Nxe5 37.Nxe6 Rxe6 38.Rd8+ Kf7 39.Bb2 Bxf3 40.Bxf3 Nxf3 41.Rd7+ Ke8 42.Rxh7 with an unclear position.]

36...Nxe5 37.Bd6 Nf7 38.Nxc4 Nxd6??

[38...Ba6! 39.Nxa5 Rd8]

[38...Rd8! 39.Rd3 Ba6 40.Bxf4 Rxd3 41.exd3 Nxf4]

39.Rxd6 Rd8?? 40.Rxe6 Bd5 41.Rd6! Rxd6 42.Nxd6 Bxa2 43.Nb5?!

[43.Kg1! a4 44.Kf1 Bd5

(44...a3?? 45.Nb5)

45.Nb5]

43...Kf7 44.Na3 Ke6 45.g5? White needs to get his king into the game! White should have played Kg1, Kf1, Ke1 his last 3 moves.
45...Kd5 46.Bh3 Kc5 47.Bd7 Kb4

[47...Bb3!]

48.Nb5?

[48.Nc2+ Kc3 49.Na3]

48...a4

[48...Bc4!]

49.Kg2 Bc4 50.Kf1??

[50.Nd4 Kc3 51.Bxa4 Kxd4 52.Kf1]

50...Bxb5 Many of the mistakes were made in terrible time trouble. Maybe g/90 is too fast?
51.Be6 Bc4 52.Bxc4 Kxc4 53.Ke1 Kb3 54.Kd1 Kb2 55.h5 a3 56.hxg6 hxg6 57.Ke1 a2 58.Kf1 a1=Q+ 59.Kg2 Qe1 60.Kh3 Qxe2

[60...Qg3#]

61.Kg4 Qg2+ 62.Kh4 Qg3#

0-1

Garwood, B. - Schilleman, A.
2nd EFI, 02/09/2008
Round 1

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ne2 An unusual nt. White wants to dissuade black from the usual Bg4 pin later on in the game.
6...Bd6 7.O-O Nge7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nb3 Bd6 With the white knight on f3, Bd6 is the most popular, but, in this less theoretical position, black usually played 9...Bb6. One difference, is that Re1 and Be3 no longer works, as the Ne2 blocks the rook.
10.Bf4 O-O 11.h3 Bf5 12.c3 Re8 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Rad1 Rad8 Both sides have completed their development, and the game is about equal.
15.Bg3 Be4 16.Nbd4 a6 17.Ba4 Nxd4?! 18.cxd4?!

[18.Bxd6! Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Qxd6 20.Bxe8 b5]

18...b5 19.Rc1 Qb8 20.Bb3 Nf5?! 21.Bf4?!

[21.Bxd6! Nxd6

(21...Qxd6? 22.f3)

22.f3 Bg6 23.Bxd5]

21...Nh4 22.Bxd6 Qxd6 23.Qf4??

[23.f3]

23...Nxg2 24.Qxd6 Rxd6 25.f3 Bd3 26.Rf2 Nh4 Black has an extra pawn and a better pawn structure to boot.
27.Nf4 Bc4 28.Bc2 Rf6 29.Nh5 Rxf3 30.b3 Bd3 31.Bxd3 Rxd3 32.Re2 Rd1+ 33.Rxd1 Rxe2 34.Rc1 h6 35.Rc5 Nf3+ 36.Kf1 Rxa2 37.Rxd5 Rd2 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.d5 Kg6 40.Ng3 f5 41.Ne2 Kf6 42.Kf2 Nd4?! 43.Ke3 Rxe2+ 44.Kxd4 Ke7?! Black's ending technique was not best, and now white has drawing chances. Trading knights and activating white's king can only help white.
45.Rg8 Kf7 46.Ra8 f4 47.Rxa6 f3

[47...Re3!]

48.Kd3?!

[48.Ra7+ Kf6 49.Ra6+ Ke7

(49...Kf5 50.Ra7)

50.Ra7+ Ke8 51.Ra8+ Kd7 52.Ra7+ Kd6 53.Ra6+ Kc7 54.Ra7+ Kb6 55.Rxg7]

48...Rb2 49.Kc3 Rh2 50.Rb6? f2

0-1

Larson, E. - West, T.
2nd EFI, 02/09/2008
Round 1

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e3 This system is not very ambitious, although it has been played often.
5...Nf6 6.Be2 The most common move is 6.a3 and white tries to win the battle of the tempos.
6...Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 8.b3 is another way to play.
8...Ne4 Although this is very common earlier on (6.a3 Ne4), the main line for black is 8...b6. 8...Ne4 is an excellent move however, and black has no problems equalizing.
9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 I prefer 10.bxc3 giving white more of a center.
10...Bf6 11.Rd1 Qe7?! This gives white time to do stuff! Black can trade pawns and equalize, or complete development with 11..b6. Now white is a little better.
12.Qc2! Immediately breaking the pin is best.
12...Rd8 13.cxd5 Rxd5 14.Bc4?! White can fight an advantage with 14.Bd3! and then Be4 later and try to destroy black's pawn structure and/or win a pawn. Now the game is equal again.
14...Rh5 15.Be2 cxd4?! Black needs to pressure the d pawn, without allowing Be2. 15...Rd5 maintains the balance.
16.exd4 Qd6 17.Be3 Rd5?! 18.Bc4 Rh5 19.Be2?! Rd5 20.Bc4 Rh5 Here the players agreed to a draw, but white is close to winning if he takes advantage of the oddly placed black rook.

[20...Rh5 21.g4! Rh3 22.Qe4! Bd7 23.Bf1!

(23.Kg2?! Rxf3! 24.Kxf3 Na5 25.Ba2 Bc6 26.d5 exd5 27.Bxd5 Bxb2)

23...Rxf3 24.Qxf3]

1/2-1/2

West, T. - Garwood, B.
2nd EFI, 02/09/2008
Round 2

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 O-O 7.b4 Bb6 8.a4 a6 9.Na3 This is not a good square for the knight. Now black tries to get a quick kingside attack.
9...d6 10.Qb3?! Giving black free reign on the kingside.
10...Bg4 11.Nd2 There is only 1 game in this line, and white tried 11.Qd1 (!?!).
11...Nh5! 12.h3? Better to leave the pawns as close to white's king as possible. Now tactics abound!
12...Qh4!?

[12...Nf4! 13.Nf3

(13.d4 Bxh3! 14.g3 Qg5)

13...Ne2+ 14.Kh2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Qh4 16.d4 Nxc1 17.Raxc1 exd4]

13.d4! Bxh3!? 14.gxh3! Nf4

[14...exd4! 15.cxd4 Bxd4 16.Rb1 Ng3]

15.Nf3! Nxh3+

[15...Qxh3 16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Qd1 Qg4+ 18.Kh1 Qh3+ 19.Kg1

(19.Nh2?! Qxc3)]

16.Kh2 Qh5!?

[16...Qxe4 17.Bd5 Qf5 This is a very unclear position, with chances for both sides.]

17.Kg3! White's last few moves have been extremely precise, and he has beaten back the worst of black's attack.
17...Nf4 18.Bxf4! exf4+ 19.Kxf4! Rae8 20.Rae1 Re6 21.Ke3! Steinitz would be proud (although maybe not of white castling!).
21...Rf6 22.Qd1 Black only has one pawn for the piece. He has SOME CP, but not enough.
22...Qg4 23.Nd2 Qh3+ 24.f3 a5 25.bxa5 Nxa5 26.Kd3 c6 27.Ba2 d5 28.Kc2 Bc7 29.e5 Rg6 30.Nb3!? White had very little time, and has a tough defense ahead. The text move opens up the 2nd rank and the c4 square. Better were Kb1 or Kb2.
30...Ra8 31.Nc5 b6 32.Nd3 Qf5 33.Kc1!? Better was 33.Rg1 to challenge the open file, and stop potential counterplay.
33...Bd8 34.f4 Be7 35.Nc2 Rg3 36.Re3 Considering his time situation, and the difficulty, white is playing fantastic defense!
36...Rg2 37.Re2 Rg3 38.Ne3 Ba3+ 39.Kd2 Nc4+? 40.Bxc4 Rxe3 41.Rxe3 dxc4 42.Nb4 White is up too much material. The rest is easy, EXCEPT for the clock, which Tony was able to manage.
42...c5 43.Nd5 Kf8 44.Nxb6 cxd4 45.cxd4 Bb4+ 46.Ke2 Qh5+ 47.Ref3 Rd8 48.Nxc4 Rc8 49.Nb6 Rc3 50.Nd5 Rxf3 51.Rxf3 Qh2+ 52.Ke3 Qa2 53.Nxb4 Qa3+ 54.Nd3 g6 55.Qc2 Qa1 56.d5 Kg7 57.d6 Qa3 58.d7 Qe7 59.Qc8 g5 60.d8=Q gxf4+ 61.Rxf4 Qxd8 62.Qxd8

1-0

Sudharsan, K. - Larson, E.
2nd EFI, 02/09/2008
Round 2

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 This main line of the Tarrasch QGD was extremely popular when Kasparov, as black, used it to great effect in the 1980s.
9...c4 Kasparov did not play this line with black, but many GMs think black gets a reasonable game with this line. 10...cxd4 is the main line.
10.Ne5 Be6 11.Qd2?! There are four critical moves that GMs have tried: 11.Nxc6, 11.e3, 11.f4, and 11.b3. The text move does nothing aggressive and gives black easy equality.
11...h6 12.Bf4 Bb4 13.Rad1 Qb6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Qc2 Rfe8 16.h3 Qb7 17.Kh2 Qd7 18.Qa4 Bd6 19.Be5 Be7 20.g4!? Normally white goes for a small positional advantage. The text move is super aggressive, weakening white's king position for activity.
20...Qb7 21.Qc2 Rad8 22.f4 Bc8 23.f5 Bd6 24.Bxd6 Rxd6 25.Bf3 Re3 26.Kg2 Rd8 27.Kf2 Rde8 28.Rg1 Qc7 29.Rg2 Qf4 30.Kg1 Ne4? 31.Rf1?

[31.Bxe4! dxe4?

(31...R3xe4 32.Nxe4 Rxe4 33.Qd2)

32.Qd2!]

31...Qd6?!

[31...Ng5!]

32.Bxe4?!

[32.Nd1 Ng5 33.Nxe3 Nxh3+ 34.Kh1 Rxe3 unclear.]

32...dxe4 33.Qd2 Rxh3 34.e3 c5 35.Rd1 cxd4 36.Qxd4 Qxd4 37.Rxd4 Rxe3 38.Rxc4 Black should be winning, but it is difficult, especially with both players short on time.
38...Bb7 39.Rc7 Re1+

[39...Rb8!]

40.Kf2 e3+ 41.Kxe1 Bxg2 42.Ke2?!

[42.Rxa7 Bf3]

42...Bh3 43.Kf3 a5 44.Ne2 Rb8

[44...h5! 45.gxh5 Bxf5]

45.b3 Rb4 46.Rc4 Rxc4 47.bxc4 Kf8 48.c5 Ke7 49.Nf4 Bf1 50.Kxe3 Bc4 51.a3 Bb5 52.Kd4 Kd7 53.Nh5?! Be2! 54.Nxg7 Bxg4 55.Ke5 h5 56.Kf4 Be2 57.Kg5 Kc6 58.Nxh5 Kxc5 59.Nf4 Bd1 60.Kf6 Bb3 61.Nh5?

[61.Nd3+ Kb5 62.Ne5]

61...Kb5 62.Ng3? Ka4 Once again, time trouble decides the game.
63.Ne4 Kxa3 64.Ng5 a4 65.Nxf7 Kb2 66.Ng5 a3 67.Ne6 a2 68.Ke5 a1=Q 69.f6 Qe1+

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Catlin, A. - Shetty, A.
2nd EFI, 02/09/2008
Round 2

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g4!? A rather unorthodox move getting the players quickly out of main line theory.
3...e6 4.d3 d5 5.Bg2 d4 6.Nce2 e5 7.Ng3 b5?! Surprisingly, there are a few games played the same way until move 7, adn now black plays a novelty. The game is about equal if black simply develops his pieces.
8.f4 8.a4 is the positional move. Then I am not sure what black had in mind, but I suspect 8... bxa4?
8...c4 9.f5!? White gains a lot of space, but, at the same time, takes the pressure off of e5, and does not comtinue developing.
9...Bb4+ 10.Kf2 White's king is perfectly fine on f2.
10...Bb7 11.Nf3 Nf6 12.Bh3 The position is about equal, but both players have used large amounts of time, as there is not much theory after 3.g4!?
12...Qb6 13.g5 Nd7 14.Nh5 g6 15.fxg6 hxg6 16.Bxd7+ Kxd7 17.Nf6+ Kc8 18.Nd5 Qc5 19.a3 Ba5 20.b4 cxb3 21.cxb3 b4? 22.Bd2! This has been quite an original game, and now, Atulya had very little time left, and makes many errors in time pressure. White, who had much more time, makes some errors first, and Atulya does not manage to win when given the chance.
22...bxa3 23.Rc1?

[23.Bxa5 Qxa5 24.Qc1]

23...Bc3! 24.Nxc3 dxc3+ 25.Be3 Qa5

[25...Nd4]

26.Qe1 Kd8 27.Rxc3 Nb4 28.Bc5?! Nc6?

[28...Qxc5+ 29.Rxc5 Nxd3+ 30.Kg3 Nxe1 31.Rxe1]

29.b4 Qa4 30.Qa1 Nxb4 31.Rxa3??

[31.Nxe5]

31...Qc2+ Oops! 32.Kg3 Qxc5 33.Ra5 Qc8

[33...Rh3+!! 34.Kxh3 Qf2! black would have been winning if he had found this amazing rook sacrifice. With seconds left, Atulya falls apart instead. :(]

34.h4 Ke7?? This turns a win into a loss.
35.Qxe5+ Kd7 36.Qd4+ Nd5 37.exd5 Qc7+ 38.Ne5+ Ke7 39.Rc5 Qd6 40.Rf1 Rhf8 41.Rf6 Qb8 42.d6+ Kd8 43.Nxf7+ Kd7 44.Qg4+ Ke8 45.Qe6#

1-0

Schilleman, A. - Brereton, J.
2nd EFI, 02/09/2008
Round 2

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 Nge7?! Black has a better percentage with 7...Rb8, 7...Qa5, and 7...Nd4. Now white gets to attack quickly. With the Ng8 staying put, Bh6 is postponed.
8.Bh6 O-O 9.h4 f5?! Most games see 9..Bxh6 10.Qxh6 f6.
10.h5 Qe8? Better is 10...Rf7, although white scores well in this line too.
11.Nb5 Qd7 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.hxg6 hxg6 14.Qh6+ Kf7 15.Nh3 Novelty! Previously someone played 15.Nf3 and won quickly.
15...Ne5? This loses quickly. Black needs to defend with Ke8 (needs to be played in any case) and then Nd8 later. White is close to winning, but he needs to break black down. Now it is simple tactics, and the game is concluded.
16.Ng5+ Ke8 17.a4?! 17.Nxe6 wins rather quickly.
17...a6? Both players are missing the simple tactic of Nxe6.

[17...Nf7! 18.Nxf7 Kxf7]

18.Qg7! 18.Nxe6 was still winning, but, the text move also wins!
18...axb5 19.Nh7! Rg8

[19...Rf7 20.Nf6+ Rxf6?

(20...Kd8 21.Qh8+ Kc7 22.Nxd7 Kxd7)

21.Rh8+ Ng8 22.Rxg8+ Rf8 23.Rxf8#]

20.Nf6+ Kd8 21.Nxg8 Nxg8 22.Qxg8+ Qe8 23.Qxe8+ Kxe8 24.Rh8+ Ke7 25.exf5 gxf5 26.a5 Now white is easily winning.
26...d5 27.Ke2 Ng6 28.Rh7+ Kd6 29.c4 bxc4 30.dxc4 b6 31.cxd5 Nf8 32.dxe6 Nxh7 33.Bxa8 bxa5 34.Rxa5 Bxe6 35.Ra6+ Ke5 36.f4+ Kf6 37.Bd5 Nf8 38.Bxe6 Nxe6 39.Kd3 Ke7 40.Kc4

1-0

Rhee, W. - Amarasinghe, P.
2nd EFI, 02/09/2008
Round 2

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 The Bayonet Attack. This is currently white's most popular line in the Classical King's Indian.
9...Nd7 This is not as popular as 9...Nh5 or 9...a5.
10.Ba3 White's most common (and highest scoring!) move is 10.a4. The text move is also good.
10...a5 11.Ne1?! This is odd. It is not yet clear whether white should play Ne1, Nd2, or leave the knight on f3 to play Ng5 later, in some cases, after black plays f5. White usually plays 11.bxa5 here, with good results.
11...axb4 12.Bxb4 b6 We have transposed to the 9...a5 line, and now black usually plays 12...f5. 12...b6 was not necessary yet, as black already played Nd7.
13.a4 f5 We are finally out of book, and the game is about level. This is a typical Bayonet type position.
14.a5 Ba6 15.axb6 Nxb6 16.c5 Bxe2 17.Rxa8 Nxa8?! Not a great square for the knight.

[17...Bxd1 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.cxb6 c5! 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Nxd1 Rb8 And white is a little better, but probably drawn.]

18.Qxe2 fxe4 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Nxe4 White is a little better. Black does not have real attacking prospects against the white king, and the Bg7 is not very good, and white has nice Ne4 and black has a weak d pawn. Still (!) black is solid, and has the nice d4 square for his knight, later in the game.
20...Nxd5 21.Qa2? Why force t he Na8 to improve? What has a big edge after the simple 21.Bxd6, followed be a later Nf3 and Rd1.
21...Nab6 22.Nxd6 White should play Bxd6 and leave his beautiful Ne4 where is belongs!
22...Kh8

[22...Qa8!]

23.Bc5 Rf6?! 24.Ne4 Rf4 25.f3 Qc8? Black needs his knights defended.
26.Nd3 Rf7?? 27.Bxb6

[27.Nd6]

27...Qd7 28.Bc5 h6 29.Rd1 Nf4 30.Ndf2 Qc7 31.g3 Nh5 32.Kg2 Rd7 33.Rxd7 Qxd7 34.Qa6 Kh7 35.Nd6 Qc7 36.Nfe4 Qd7 37.Qb7 Qe6 38.Qf7 Qxf7 39.Nxf7 Kg8 40.Nfd6 g5 41.Nc4 Kf7 42.Ned6+ Ke6 43.Be3 Nf6 44.Ne4 Nd5 45.Bd2 Bf8 46.Kf2 Be7 47.Ne3 Bd8? 48.Nc5+ Kd6 49.Nb7+ Kc7 50.Nxd8 Nxe3 51.Ne6+

[51.Ba5+]

51...Kd6 52.Nxg5 Nd1+ 53.Ke2 hxg5 54.Bxg5?? Nc3+ 55.Kd3 Nd5 56.Ke4 Ke6 57.Bd2 Nf6+ 58.Kd3 Kf5 59.Kc4? e4 60.g4+ Kg6 61.fxe4 Nxe4 62.Kd4?

[62.Be3!]

62...Nxd2 63.Ke3 Nc4+ 64.Ke4 Nd6+ 65.Ke5 Nf7+ 66.Kf4 Nh6 67.g5 Nf7 68.h4 Nxg5 69.hxg5 Kg7 70.Kf5 Kf7 71.g6+ Kg7 72.Kg5 Kg8 73.Kh6 Kh8 74.Kh5 Kg7 75.Kg5 Kg8 76.Kf5 Kg7 77.Kg5 Kg8

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Shetty, A. - Lehmann, A.
2nd EFI, 02/09/2008
Round 3

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O Nc6 Boris Spassky used to play this way in the 60s and 70s. White gets a space advantage and two bishops, but black is solid and has counterplay .
8.d5 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Ne5 10.Be2 c5!? Although this is theory, Spassky liked to play 10... c6 and attack the white pawn chain.
11.a3 This is a novelty, and not that bad. White wants to play either f4 or b4, and Atulya decides he may do both!
11...a6 12.Be3 Rb8 13.f4 Ned7 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.Rab1 Rfc8 As is typical in this variation, black is passive, yet solid. White must be careful not to overextend, or get carried away. As was expected, Atulya has used a lot of time already, whereas Alex was still playing relatively quickly.
16.g4 Nf8 17.g5 Ne8 18.Bg4 Rd8 19.Ne2 b5 20.cxb5 Rxb5 21.Ng3?! Both sides have played consistently, but now white puts his knight on a bad square. The Ne2 protected d4 and was able to go to both sides of the board. Now black is equal.

[21.b4! cxb4

(21...Nd7 22.Rfc1)

22.Qxc7 Nxc7 23.Rxb4]

21...Rdb8 22.b3 Qb7 23.Be2!? Rxb3 24.Bxa6 Qb6 25.Bd3 Rb2!? 26.Rxb2 Qxb2 27.Qxb2

[27.Rb1! Qxb1+

(27...Qxc2 28.Bxc2 Nd7 29.Rxb8 Nxb8 30.Kf2)

28.Qxb1 Rxb1+ 29.Bxb1]

27...Rxb2 28.Rb1 Ra2 29.Bb5!?

[29.Bc1!]

29...Rxa3 30.Bc1 Ra8 31.Bc6 Rc8 32.Rb7

[32.Bd2]

32...Rc7

[32...Nc7]

33.Rb8 Bd4+ 34.Kg2 Ng7 35.Ra8! Bc3 36.Be3

[36.Ne2! Bb4

(36...Be1 37.Bb2)

37.Bb2]

36...f6 37.f5 Kf7 38.gxf6 Bxf6?

[38...exf6]

39.Bh6

[39.Bd2!]

39...Nd7! 40.Bd2 Nb6 41.Ra6 Nc4 42.Ba5?! Nxa5 43.Rxa5 Rc8 44.Rb5 h5 45.fxg6+ Kxg6 46.Rb3 Kg5 47.Nf5?

[47.Ne2]

47...Kf4 48.Ng3 h4 49.Nf5?

[49.Nf1 Rg8]

49...Kxe4 50.Re3+ Kf4 51.Nxe7 Kxe3 52.Nxc8 Be5 Black is winning, but KBN vs K is looming!
53.Kh3 c4 54.Nb6 c3 55.Nc4+ Kd4 56.Na3 Nf5 57.Kg4 Ne3+ 58.Kxh4 Bxh2?!

[58...Kc5! 59.Ba4 Kb4 60.Nc2+ Kxa4 61.Nxe3 Bd4 62.Nc2 Bf2+ 63.Kg4 Kb3]

59.Nb5+ Kd3 60.Nxc3! Kxc3 61.Kg5 Be5 62.Kg6 Kd4 63.Kf7 Nxd5 64.Ke6 Nb4 65.Bf3 Kc5 66.Bg2 Nc6 67.Bh1 Nd4+ 68.Kd7 Bf4 69.Bg2 Nb5 70.Bf3 Nc3 71.Bg2 d5 72.Bxd5 Nxd5 This is very difficult to win, and since Alex had less than 10 minutes, and was not familiar with many of the intracacies, he was not able to find the winning ideas.
73.Kc8 Kc6 74.Kd8 Be5 75.Kc8 Ne7+ 76.Kd8 Nf5 77.Kc8 Ne7+ 78.Kd8 Bd6 79.Ke8 Ng6 80.Kf7 Ne5+ 81.Ke6 Nd7 82.Kf5 Kd5 83.Kg4 Ke4 84.Kh3 Kf3 85.Kh4 Nf6 86.Kg5 Ne4+ 87.Kf5 Nc5 88.Kg5 Ke4 89.Kg4 Nd3 90.Kh3 Kf3 91.Kh4 Be5 92.Kg5 Ke4 93.Kg4 Nf2+ 94.Kg5

1/2-1/2

Amarasinghe, P. - Garwood, B.
2nd EFI, 02/09/2008
Round 3

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Bg2 O-O The Bogo-Indian is solid and passive. Black tries to blockade the position, and white has a long grind ahead.
6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Ne4 8.a3 Nxd2 9.Nbxd2 Be7 Black can also trade on d2. It is a matter of taste. Black keeps more pieces on, making a draw less likely.
10.e4 d6 11.Qc2 White has a lot of space, but black is solid.
11...e5 12.d5 Nb8 13.b4 b6 14.Ne1? This is normally a good plan for white, relocating the knight to d3, where it controls many important squares (b4, c5, e5, f4) and prepares a later f2-f4. However, this move is simply a tactical oversight, as the Ra1 is now unprotected.
14...axb4 15.a4 Na6 16.Nd3 Bd7 17.Ra2 Maybe Rfb1 is better?
17...Nc5 18.Rfa1 Bg5 19.f4? White goes ballistic after making an earlier error. White should be calm and try to make the game last a long time, and try to block black's attempts to increase his advantage. Instead white destroys his own position, and loses more material.

[19.Qb1]

19...exf4 20.gxf4 Nxd3 21.fxg5 Ne5 22.Qb3 Qxg5 23.Qxb4 Qe3+ 24.Kh1 Nd3 25.Qb1 Nf2+ 26.Kg1 Nxe4+ 27.Kh1 Nf2+ 28.Kg1 Nd3+ 29.Kh1 Rfe8 30.Qf1? Nf2+ 31.Kg1 Ne4+ 32.Kh1 Nxd2 33.Qc1 Nb3 34.Qxe3 Rxe3 35.Ra3 Rae8 36.Kg1 Na5 37.Bf1 Rxa3 38.Rxa3 Re4 39.Rc3 Bxa4 40.Bg2 Rf4 41.Re3 Kf8

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Brereton, J. - Rhee, W.
2nd EFI, 02/09/2008
Round 3

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.d3 e5 6.O-O Be7 7.Be3 Nf6 8.h3 O-O 9.Nbd2 White has played passively and solid, and the game is equal.
9...Nd7 10.Nc4 Since white is playing slowly, and black has two bishops, he could consider using his Bc8 wtih either f5 or Ba6 now. Instead, the game gets even more boring! :)
10...Qc7 11.Bg5 Bxg5 12.Nxg5 d5 13.Ne3 Nf6 14.Re1 Re8 15.Nf1 Ba6 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Qc3 Since black wants to play c4, he should play in now, and not force the Ng5 to f3, which puts more pressure on e5.
17...h6 18.Nf3 c4 19.exd5?! cxd5?

[19...Nxd5! 20.Qa3 cxd3! 21.Qxa6 Nb4 22.Qa4 Nxc2]

20.Rxe5 Rxe5 21.Qxe5 Qb6 22.dxc4 dxc4 23.Ne3 White is a solid pawn ahead.
23...Rb8 24.b3 Rc8 25.Rd1 Re8 26.Qd6?! Since whit e played Rd1 earlier, black has counterplay with a later Be2! White should play 26.Qf4 to protect f3. Now black is not doing so badly.
26...Qa5?!

[26...cxb3! 27.Qxb6 axb6 28.cxb3 Be2]

27.a4? This is very weakening.

[27.bxc4! Qxa2 28.Qd4]

27...cxb3 28.cxb3 Be2 29.Qd2 Qa6! 30.Rc1 Bxf3 31.gxf3 Qe6 32.Kg2

[32.Ng4! Nxg4 33.fxg4 Qxb3 34.Qd7]

32...Qxb3 33.Qd4 Qa3? Forcing the white rook to a better square. At the risk of repeating myself, these errors are due to time pressure.

[33...Qb7]

34.Rc7 a6 35.Qc4 Re7?

[35...Re6]

36.Rc8+ Kh7 37.Qxa6 Nh5 38.Qc4 Ra7?? 39.Qe4+ g6 40.Qd4

[40.Qe8! Nf4+ 41.Kh2]

40...Ng7 41.Qxa7 Qe7?! 42.Qxe7

1-0

West, T. - Catlin, A.
2nd EFI, 02/09/2008
Round 3

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5 4.d4 A boring variation promising no advantage. However, white gets to play a position he has analyzed and likes, and black is on his own, so these pet lines have poison after all!
4...Nxc3 5.bxc3 Nd7 This is a bit passive. Black could also try 5...Nc6 or 5...e5.
6.Nf3 e6 This blocks the Bc8. Black could also play Nb6 and then try for Bf5 or Bg4 or Qd5 before playing e6.
7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2 White has more freedom, but black is solid.
9...Nf6 10.Ne5 c5! Black immediately attacks d4 after white takes his Nf3 away from its defense.
11.Bb2 Bd7 12.Qf3 Rc8 13.Rad1 Bc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 14..Rxc6 is also good.
15.dxc5 Qa5 16.c4 Qxc5 17.Bd4 Qh5 18.Qxh5 Nxh5 19.Be4 c5 20.Be5 Rcd8 21.f4 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 White has a little pull in the ending with two bishops, but, black is still solid as ever.
24.Bd6 Bb6 25.Kf2 Nf6 26.Bf3 Ne8 27.Be5 f6

[27...Bc7!]

28.Bb8 Kf7 29.a4 Ke7 30.Bc6

[30.a5 Bxa5 31.Bxa7 Kd6]

30...Nc7 31.Bxc7 Bxc7 32.Ke3 f5 33.h3 Kf6 34.Bd7 h6 35.Bc8 e5 36.fxe5+ Bxe5 37.a5 Bc7 38.a6 Ke5 39.Bb7 g5 40.Bd5 h5 41.Bf3 h4 42.Bh5 Ba5 43.Bf3 Not very exciting, but blunder free!

1/2-1/2

Larson, E. - Schilleman, A.
2nd EFI, 02/09/2008
Round 3

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.Qc2 a5 10.h3?! This is slow and unnecessary.
10...Nh5 11.Be3 b6 12.a3 a4!? An interesting pawn sac. White gets his pawn, but gives up the two bishops, and black gets to attack on the kingside.
13.Bxc5 bxc5 14.Nxa4 Nf4 15.Nc3 f5 16.b4 cxb4

[16...Rxa3!? 17.Rxa3 cxb4 18.Ra2 bxc3 19.Qxc3

(19.Bd3 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 fxe4 21.Qxe4 Rf4 22.Qe2 Bd7)

19...fxe4 20.Nh2]

17.axb4 Rb8 18.Rfb1 fxe4 19.Nxe4 Qd7 20.Ra7? This throws away white's advantage. He must have missed blac's point of 19...Qd7

[20.Nh2!]

20...Nxg2! 21.Kxg2 Qxh3+ 22.Kg1 Rxf3 23.Bxf3 Qxf3 24.Rb3! Qg4+ 25.Rg3 Qh4 26.Nd2

[26.Ng5!]

26...Bf5

[26...Rxb4!?]

27.Qa2 Rf8

[27...Rxb4!?]

28.Rxc7

[28.Nf3! Qf4 29.Rxc7]

28...e4! Now black has full compensation for his material. All of his pieces are working.
29.Nf1 Bh3?! This error misses white's brilliant counterplay. Luckily for black, white also missed it!

[29...Be5]

30.Qa3?

[30.Qa7! Be5 31.Rxh7! Qxh7 32.Qxh7+ Kxh7 33.Rxh3+]

30...Bxf1 Now black misses a chance to get a winning position, and gives white one last chance to draw! White misses his chance, and gets no more opportunities!

[30...Bd4!]

31.Kxf1??

[31.Rxg7+ Kxg7 32.Qa1+! Kg8 33.Qxf1]

31...Bd4! 32.Qa2 Qxg3

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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 Korchnoi used this a lot in the 70s and 80s, and 4...Qxd5 is more popular now. 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Nge7 9.Nb3 Bb6 This is less popular than 9...Bd6, but many French players who prefer Bb6 are adamant, as it controls the important a7-g1 diagonal. 10.Bg5 10.Re1 is the main line. Some GMs prefer to play Be3 later. The text move is also fine. 10...O-O 11.Nbd4!? Control is more important than occupation. 11.Qd2 is the main line, and white is ready to bring his rooks into the center. The Nd4 is only a target for black to attack. 11...Qd6 12.Re1 Bg4 13.Nxc6?! Once again, white should play Qd2. White is wasting time moving his knights, and then trading them. Now black is at least equal. 13...Nxc6 14.Bh4 Rfe8
	[14...Nd4! 15.Be2
		(15.Be7? Qf4! 16.Be2 Rfe8)
	15...Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Qf4 17.Bg3 Nxf3+ 18.Qxf3 Qxf3 19.gxf3 and black is better.]

	[14...Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Nd4 16.Qd3 Qb4 17.Bd7 Nxc2 18.Qxc2 Qxh4 is also good for black.]
15.Bg3? Forcing the black queen to take up a more active position! 15...Qb4! 16.Rxe8+ Rxe8 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Qc1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 h6
	[19...h5]
20.c3 Qc4 21.Qf1 Re2 22.b3?! Qxc3! 23.Qxe2 Qxa1+ 24.Kg2 Qf6 25.b4 Qe6 26.Qd3 d4 27.a4 Bd8?? I assume black simply missed 28.Qxd4 and was relocating his bishp to f6.
	[27...Qd5]
28.Qxd4 Bb6 29.Qd6 Qxd6 30.Bxd6 a6 31.Kg3 f6 32.a5? White does not want his pawns on dark squares. 32...Bd4 33.Bc5! White had very little time, and goes into a tough pawn endgame. 33...Bxc5 34.bxc5 Kf7 35.Kf4 Ke6 36.Ke4 g5
	[36...f5+!? 37.Kd4 f4
		(37...g5 38.f4!)
	38.h4! Kf5 39.h5!]
37.f4! gxf4
	[37...f5+ 38.Kd4!]
38.f3 h5 39.h4 f5+ 40.Kd4 Kf6 41.Kd3 Kf7 42.Kc4 Ke7 43.Kc3 Kd7 44.Kd3 Ke7 45.Kc3 Kf6 46.Kd3 Ke5 47.Kc4 Ke6 48.Kd4 Kf6 49.Kd3 Kf7 50.Kc4 Kg7 51.Kc3 Kg6 52.Kc4 1/2-1/2

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Bc4 Be7 5.O-O 5.d3 is more common, as often white tries Nd2, Nf1, Ne3 or other maneuvers. 5...Nf6 6.Ng5!? Once again, 6.d3 is the main move. 6...O-O 7.d3!? Now white usually plays 7.f4 (The point of 6.Ng5. 7...h6 8.f4!? This interesting idea has been played before, with good results. 8...exf4 9.Nxf7 This is new. White has done fine with 9.Nh3.
	[9.Nh3 g5?! 10.Nxf4! gxf4 11.Bxf4]
9...Rxf7 10.Bxf4?! d6
	[10...d5! 11.Nxd5 Be6 12.Nc7 Bxc4 13.Nxa8 Be6 14.Nc7 Bg4 15.Qe1 Nh5 16.Nd5 Nxf4 17.Nxf4 Qd4+ 18.Kh1 Qxb2]
11.Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.Nd5 Bg4
	[12...Kg8]
13.Qe1 Nd4 14.Rf2 Kg8 15.c3 Nc6 16.Qe3 Be6 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Raf1 Both players were now in time trouble. So far, both players have played quite well, with the exception of the hiccup at move 10. 18...Bg5?! This unnecessarily weakens blacks pawns. 19.Bxg5 Qxg5 20.Qxg5 hxg5 21.a3 This position is about equal. 21...Ne5 22.d4 Ng4 23.Rf3 Bc4?! Black should activate his rook with 23...Re8 = 24.Re1 Rf8?! Black shoul d keep the rooks on so his pieces can try to ovrpower white. The fewer pieces on the board, the more the extra white pawns are felt. 25.dxc5? Rxf3? Another error in time trouble. Black is fine after 25...dxc5. White gave away his center, and black gives it right back. 26.gxf3 Ne5 27.cxd6! An excellent move in time trouble. Black must have overlooked this when playing 25...Rxf3 27...Kf7 28.Kg2 Ke6 29.Rd1 Be2?? Now black is lost. Time trouble reared its ugly head. 30.Rd5! Bxf3+ 31.Kg3 Bg4 32.Rxe5+ Kxe5 33.Kxg4 Kxd6 34.Kf5 b6 35.e5+ Ke7 36.e6 Kd6 37.h3 Ke7 38.Ke5 g6 39.b3 a6 40.a4 a5 41.b4 1-0

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d6 7.Bb2 c6 8.c4 Qc7 9.Nbd2 The Leningrad Dutch is an interesting, and most likely, under-rated opening for black. Now black usually plays 9...Re8 with the idea of playing f5 later....but Andy plays another, less common move, which is also playable. 9...Nh5!? 10.Qc2 White has also played 10.e4 with good results. 10...e5 11.c5! This move is new, but it is a good novelty. Dreev-Dolmatov, 1989 saw white win a long game 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.c5 e4 13.Nd4. 11...e4
	[11...exd4 12.Nxd4 d5]
12.cxd6 Qxd6 13.Nc4 Qc7 14.Nfe5 Be6 15.f3 White can also play 15.f4 with a slightly better game. 15...b5! 16.Na3 Bxe5!? Trading away the dark squared bishop is very risky, since black has pushed all his kingside pawns. This could have consequences later on, should black's king come under attack. 17.dxe5 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Nd7 19.Rad1 White has a clear advantage due to the two bishops and play on the open and half-open files. 19...Rae8 20.Rd6 Nb8 21.Bc1 f4 22.g4 Ng7 23.h3?! This is unnecessary, and makes the Bg2 look uglier! 23...e3! 24.Bb2 Qb7 25.Rfd1 Bd5 26.Rf6 Nd7 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Qb1 a6 29.Nc2 c5 30.Ne1 Ne6 31.Nd3 a5 32.Ba3 Kg8 33.h4 c4 34.bxc4 bxc4 35.Qxb7 Bxb7 36.Nb2?
	[36.Nxf4!? Nxe5 37.Nxe6 Rxe6 38.Rd8+ Kf7 39.Bb2 Bxf3 40.Bxf3 Nxf3 41.Rd7+ Ke8 42.Rxh7 with an unclear position.]
36...Nxe5 37.Bd6 Nf7 38.Nxc4 Nxd6??
	[38...Ba6! 39.Nxa5 Rd8]

	[38...Rd8! 39.Rd3 Ba6 40.Bxf4 Rxd3 41.exd3 Nxf4]
39.Rxd6 Rd8?? 40.Rxe6 Bd5 41.Rd6! Rxd6 42.Nxd6 Bxa2 43.Nb5?!
	[43.Kg1! a4 44.Kf1 Bd5
		(44...a3?? 45.Nb5)
	45.Nb5]
43...Kf7 44.Na3 Ke6 45.g5? White needs to get his king into the game! White should have played Kg1, Kf1, Ke1 his last 3 moves. 45...Kd5 46.Bh3 Kc5 47.Bd7 Kb4
	[47...Bb3!]
48.Nb5?
	[48.Nc2+ Kc3 49.Na3]
48...a4
	[48...Bc4!]
49.Kg2 Bc4 50.Kf1??
	[50.Nd4 Kc3 51.Bxa4 Kxd4 52.Kf1]
50...Bxb5 Many of the mistakes were made in terrible time trouble. Maybe g/90 is too fast? 51.Be6 Bc4 52.Bxc4 Kxc4 53.Ke1 Kb3 54.Kd1 Kb2 55.h5 a3 56.hxg6 hxg6 57.Ke1 a2 58.Kf1 a1=Q+ 59.Kg2 Qe1 60.Kh3 Qxe2
	[60...Qg3#]
61.Kg4 Qg2+ 62.Kh4 Qg3# 0-1

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Ne2 An unusual nt. White wants to dissuade black from the usual Bg4 pin later on in the game. 6...Bd6 7.O-O Nge7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nb3 Bd6 With the white knight on f3, Bd6 is the most popular, but, in this less theoretical position, black usually played 9...Bb6. One difference, is that Re1 and Be3 no longer works, as the Ne2 blocks the rook. 10.Bf4 O-O 11.h3 Bf5 12.c3 Re8 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Rad1 Rad8 Both sides have completed their development, and the game is about equal. 15.Bg3 Be4 16.Nbd4 a6 17.Ba4 Nxd4?! 18.cxd4?!
	[18.Bxd6! Nxe2+ 19.Qxe2 Qxd6 20.Bxe8 b5]
18...b5 19.Rc1 Qb8 20.Bb3 Nf5?! 21.Bf4?!
	[21.Bxd6! Nxd6
		(21...Qxd6? 22.f3)
	22.f3 Bg6 23.Bxd5]
21...Nh4 22.Bxd6 Qxd6 23.Qf4??
	[23.f3]
23...Nxg2 24.Qxd6 Rxd6 25.f3 Bd3 26.Rf2 Nh4 Black has an extra pawn and a better pawn structure to boot. 27.Nf4 Bc4 28.Bc2 Rf6 29.Nh5 Rxf3 30.b3 Bd3 31.Bxd3 Rxd3 32.Re2 Rd1+ 33.Rxd1 Rxe2 34.Rc1 h6 35.Rc5 Nf3+ 36.Kf1 Rxa2 37.Rxd5 Rd2 38.Rd8+ Kh7 39.d5 Kg6 40.Ng3 f5 41.Ne2 Kf6 42.Kf2 Nd4?! 43.Ke3 Rxe2+ 44.Kxd4 Ke7?! Black's ending technique was not best, and now white has drawing chances. Trading knights and activating white's king can only help white. 45.Rg8 Kf7 46.Ra8 f4 47.Rxa6 f3
	[47...Re3!]
48.Kd3?!
	[48.Ra7+ Kf6 49.Ra6+ Ke7
		(49...Kf5 50.Ra7)
	50.Ra7+ Ke8 51.Ra8+ Kd7 52.Ra7+ Kd6 53.Ra6+ Kc7 54.Ra7+ Kb6 55.Rxg7]
48...Rb2 49.Kc3 Rh2 50.Rb6? f2 0-1

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e3 This system is not very ambitious, although it has been played often. 5...Nf6 6.Be2 The most common move is 6.a3 and white tries to win the battle of the tempos. 6...Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.a3 8.b3 is another way to play. 8...Ne4 Although this is very common earlier on (6.a3 Ne4), the main line for black is 8...b6. 8...Ne4 is an excellent move however, and black has no problems equalizing. 9.Qc2 Nxc3 10.Qxc3 I prefer 10.bxc3 giving white more of a center. 10...Bf6 11.Rd1 Qe7?! This gives white time to do stuff! Black can trade pawns and equalize, or complete development with 11..b6. Now white is a little better. 12.Qc2! Immediately breaking the pin is best. 12...Rd8 13.cxd5 Rxd5 14.Bc4?! White can fight an advantage with 14.Bd3! and then Be4 later and try to destroy black's pawn structure and/or win a pawn. Now the game is equal again. 14...Rh5 15.Be2 cxd4?! Black needs to pressure the d pawn, without allowing Be2. 15...Rd5 maintains the balance. 16.exd4 Qd6 17.Be3 Rd5?! 18.Bc4 Rh5 19.Be2?! Rd5 20.Bc4 Rh5 Here the players agreed to a draw, but white is close to winning if he takes advantage of the oddly placed black rook.
	[20...Rh5 21.g4! Rh3 22.Qe4! Bd7 23.Bf1!
		(23.Kg2?! Rxf3! 24.Kxf3 Na5 25.Ba2 Bc6 26.d5 exd5 27.Bxd5 Bxb2)
	23...Rxf3 24.Qxf3]
1/2-1/2

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 h6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 O-O 7.b4 Bb6 8.a4 a6 9.Na3 This is not a good square for the knight. Now black tries to get a quick kingside attack. 9...d6 10.Qb3?! Giving black free reign on the kingside. 10...Bg4 11.Nd2 There is only 1 game in this line, and white tried 11.Qd1 (!?!). 11...Nh5! 12.h3? Better to leave the pawns as close to white's king as possible. Now tactics abound! 12...Qh4!?
	[12...Nf4! 13.Nf3
		(13.d4 Bxh3! 14.g3 Qg5)
	13...Ne2+ 14.Kh2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Qh4 16.d4 Nxc1 17.Raxc1 exd4]
13.d4! Bxh3!? 14.gxh3! Nf4
	[14...exd4! 15.cxd4 Bxd4 16.Rb1 Ng3]
15.Nf3! Nxh3+
	[15...Qxh3 16.Bxf4 exf4 17.Qd1 Qg4+ 18.Kh1 Qh3+ 19.Kg1
		(19.Nh2?! Qxc3)]
16.Kh2 Qh5!?
	[16...Qxe4 17.Bd5 Qf5 This is a very unclear position, with chances for both sides.]
17.Kg3! White's last few moves have been extremely precise, and he has beaten back the worst of black's attack. 17...Nf4 18.Bxf4! exf4+ 19.Kxf4! Rae8 20.Rae1 Re6 21.Ke3! Steinitz would be proud (although maybe not of white castling!). 21...Rf6 22.Qd1 Black only has one pawn for the piece. He has SOME CP, but not enough. 22...Qg4 23.Nd2 Qh3+ 24.f3 a5 25.bxa5 Nxa5 26.Kd3 c6 27.Ba2 d5 28.Kc2 Bc7 29.e5 Rg6 30.Nb3!? White had very little time, and has a tough defense ahead. The text move opens up the 2nd rank and the c4 square. Better were Kb1 or Kb2. 30...Ra8 31.Nc5 b6 32.Nd3 Qf5 33.Kc1!? Better was 33.Rg1 to challenge the open file, and stop potential counterplay. 33...Bd8 34.f4 Be7 35.Nc2 Rg3 36.Re3 Considering his time situation, and the difficulty, white is playing fantastic defense! 36...Rg2 37.Re2 Rg3 38.Ne3 Ba3+ 39.Kd2 Nc4+? 40.Bxc4 Rxe3 41.Rxe3 dxc4 42.Nb4 White is up too much material. The rest is easy, EXCEPT for the clock, which Tony was able to manage. 42...c5 43.Nd5 Kf8 44.Nxb6 cxd4 45.cxd4 Bb4+ 46.Ke2 Qh5+ 47.Ref3 Rd8 48.Nxc4 Rc8 49.Nb6 Rc3 50.Nd5 Rxf3 51.Rxf3 Qh2+ 52.Ke3 Qa2 53.Nxb4 Qa3+ 54.Nd3 g6 55.Qc2 Qa1 56.d5 Kg7 57.d6 Qa3 58.d7 Qe7 59.Qc8 g5 60.d8=Q gxf4+ 61.Rxf4 Qxd8 62.Qxd8 1-0

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 This main line of the Tarrasch QGD was extremely popular when Kasparov, as black, used it to great effect in the 1980s. 9...c4 Kasparov did not play this line with black, but many GMs think black gets a reasonable game with this line. 10...cxd4 is the main line. 10.Ne5 Be6 11.Qd2?! There are four critical moves that GMs have tried: 11.Nxc6, 11.e3, 11.f4, and 11.b3. The text move does nothing aggressive and gives black easy equality. 11...h6 12.Bf4 Bb4 13.Rad1 Qb6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Qc2 Rfe8 16.h3 Qb7 17.Kh2 Qd7 18.Qa4 Bd6 19.Be5 Be7 20.g4!? Normally white goes for a small positional advantage. The text move is super aggressive, weakening white's king position for activity. 20...Qb7 21.Qc2 Rad8 22.f4 Bc8 23.f5 Bd6 24.Bxd6 Rxd6 25.Bf3 Re3 26.Kg2 Rd8 27.Kf2 Rde8 28.Rg1 Qc7 29.Rg2 Qf4 30.Kg1 Ne4? 31.Rf1?
	[31.Bxe4! dxe4?
		(31...R3xe4 32.Nxe4 Rxe4 33.Qd2)
	32.Qd2!]
31...Qd6?!
	[31...Ng5!]
32.Bxe4?!
	[32.Nd1 Ng5 33.Nxe3 Nxh3+ 34.Kh1 Rxe3 unclear.]
32...dxe4 33.Qd2 Rxh3 34.e3 c5 35.Rd1 cxd4 36.Qxd4 Qxd4 37.Rxd4 Rxe3 38.Rxc4 Black should be winning, but it is difficult, especially with both players short on time. 38...Bb7 39.Rc7 Re1+
	[39...Rb8!]
40.Kf2 e3+ 41.Kxe1 Bxg2 42.Ke2?!
	[42.Rxa7 Bf3]
42...Bh3 43.Kf3 a5 44.Ne2 Rb8
	[44...h5! 45.gxh5 Bxf5]
45.b3 Rb4 46.Rc4 Rxc4 47.bxc4 Kf8 48.c5 Ke7 49.Nf4 Bf1 50.Kxe3 Bc4 51.a3 Bb5 52.Kd4 Kd7 53.Nh5?! Be2! 54.Nxg7 Bxg4 55.Ke5 h5 56.Kf4 Be2 57.Kg5 Kc6 58.Nxh5 Kxc5 59.Nf4 Bd1 60.Kf6 Bb3 61.Nh5?
	[61.Nd3+ Kb5 62.Ne5]
61...Kb5 62.Ng3? Ka4 Once again, time trouble decides the game. 63.Ne4 Kxa3 64.Ng5 a4 65.Nxf7 Kb2 66.Ng5 a3 67.Ne6 a2 68.Ke5 a1=Q 69.f6 Qe1+ 0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g4!? A rather unorthodox move getting the players quickly out of main line theory. 3...e6 4.d3 d5 5.Bg2 d4 6.Nce2 e5 7.Ng3 b5?! Surprisingly, there are a few games played the same way until move 7, adn now black plays a novelty. The game is about equal if black simply develops his pieces. 8.f4 8.a4 is the positional move. Then I am not sure what black had in mind, but I suspect 8... bxa4? 8...c4 9.f5!? White gains a lot of space, but, at the same time, takes the pressure off of e5, and does not comtinue developing. 9...Bb4+ 10.Kf2 White's king is perfectly fine on f2. 10...Bb7 11.Nf3 Nf6 12.Bh3 The position is about equal, but both players have used large amounts of time, as there is not much theory after 3.g4!? 12...Qb6 13.g5 Nd7 14.Nh5 g6 15.fxg6 hxg6 16.Bxd7+ Kxd7 17.Nf6+ Kc8 18.Nd5 Qc5 19.a3 Ba5 20.b4 cxb3 21.cxb3 b4? 22.Bd2! This has been quite an original game, and now, Atulya had very little time left, and makes many errors in time pressure. White, who had much more time, makes some errors first, and Atulya does not manage to win when given the chance. 22...bxa3 23.Rc1?
	[23.Bxa5 Qxa5 24.Qc1]
23...Bc3! 24.Nxc3 dxc3+ 25.Be3 Qa5
	[25...Nd4]
26.Qe1 Kd8 27.Rxc3 Nb4 28.Bc5?! Nc6?
	[28...Qxc5+ 29.Rxc5 Nxd3+ 30.Kg3 Nxe1 31.Rxe1]
29.b4 Qa4 30.Qa1 Nxb4 31.Rxa3??
	[31.Nxe5]
31...Qc2+ Oops! 32.Kg3 Qxc5 33.Ra5 Qc8
	[33...Rh3+!! 34.Kxh3 Qf2! black would have been winning if he had found this amazing rook sacrifice. With seconds left, Atulya falls apart instead. :(]
34.h4 Ke7?? This turns a win into a loss. 35.Qxe5+ Kd7 36.Qd4+ Nd5 37.exd5 Qc7+ 38.Ne5+ Ke7 39.Rc5 Qd6 40.Rf1 Rhf8 41.Rf6 Qb8 42.d6+ Kd8 43.Nxf7+ Kd7 44.Qg4+ Ke8 45.Qe6# 1-0

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 Nge7?! Black has a better percentage with 7...Rb8, 7...Qa5, and 7...Nd4. Now white gets to attack quickly. With the Ng8 staying put, Bh6 is postponed. 8.Bh6 O-O 9.h4 f5?! Most games see 9..Bxh6 10.Qxh6 f6. 10.h5 Qe8? Better is 10...Rf7, although white scores well in this line too. 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.hxg6 hxg6 14.Qh6+ Kf7 15.Nh3 Novelty! Previously someone played 15.Nf3 and won quickly. 15...Ne5? This loses quickly. Black needs to defend with Ke8 (needs to be played in any case) and then Nd8 later. White is close to winning, but he needs to break black down. Now it is simple tactics, and the game is concluded. 16.Ng5+ Ke8 17.a4?! 17.Nxe6 wins rather quickly. 17...a6? Both players are missing the simple tactic of Nxe6.
	[17...Nf7! 18.Nxf7 Kxf7]
18.Qg7! 18.Nxe6 was still winning, but, the text move also wins! 18...axb5 19.Nh7! Rg8
	[19...Rf7 20.Nf6+ Rxf6?
		(20...Kd8 21.Qh8+ Kc7 22.Nxd7 Kxd7)
	21.Rh8+ Ng8 22.Rxg8+ Rf8 23.Rxf8#]
20.Nf6+ Kd8 21.Nxg8 Nxg8 22.Qxg8+ Qe8 23.Qxe8+ Kxe8 24.Rh8+ Ke7 25.exf5 gxf5 26.a5 Now white is easily winning. 26...d5 27.Ke2 Ng6 28.Rh7+ Kd6 29.c4 bxc4 30.dxc4 b6 31.cxd5 Nf8 32.dxe6 Nxh7 33.Bxa8 bxa5 34.Rxa5 Bxe6 35.Ra6+ Ke5 36.f4+ Kf6 37.Bd5 Nf8 38.Bxe6 Nxe6 39.Kd3 Ke7 40.Kc4 1-0

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 The Bayonet Attack. This is currently white's most popular line in the Classical King's Indian. 9...Nd7 This is not as popular as 9...Nh5 or 9...a5. 10.Ba3 White's most common (and highest scoring!) move is 10.a4. The text move is also good. 10...a5 11.Ne1?! This is odd. It is not yet clear whether white should play Ne1, Nd2, or leave the knight on f3 to play Ng5 later, in some cases, after black plays f5. White usually plays 11.bxa5 here, with good results. 11...axb4 12.Bxb4 b6 We have transposed to the 9...a5 line, and now black usually plays 12...f5. 12...b6 was not necessary yet, as black already played Nd7. 13.a4 f5 We are finally out of book, and the game is about level. This is a typical Bayonet type position. 14.a5 Ba6 15.axb6 Nxb6 16.c5 Bxe2 17.Rxa8 Nxa8?! Not a great square for the knight.
	[17...Bxd1 18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.cxb6 c5! 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Nxd1 Rb8 And white is a little better, but probably drawn.]
18.Qxe2 fxe4 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Nxe4 White is a little better. Black does not have real attacking prospects against the white king, and the Bg7 is not very good, and white has nice Ne4 and black has a weak d pawn. Still (!) black is solid, and has the nice d4 square for his knight, later in the game. 20...Nxd5 21.Qa2? Why force t he Na8 to improve? What has a big edge after the simple 21.Bxd6, followed be a later Nf3 and Rd1. 21...Nab6 22.Nxd6 White should play Bxd6 and leave his beautiful Ne4 where is belongs! 22...Kh8
	[22...Qa8!]
23.Bc5 Rf6?! 24.Ne4 Rf4 25.f3 Qc8? Black needs his knights defended. 26.Nd3 Rf7?? 27.Bxb6
	[27.Nd6]
27...Qd7 28.Bc5 h6 29.Rd1 Nf4 30.Ndf2 Qc7 31.g3 Nh5 32.Kg2 Rd7 33.Rxd7 Qxd7 34.Qa6 Kh7 35.Nd6 Qc7 36.Nfe4 Qd7 37.Qb7 Qe6 38.Qf7 Qxf7 39.Nxf7 Kg8 40.Nfd6 g5 41.Nc4 Kf7 42.Ned6+ Ke6 43.Be3 Nf6 44.Ne4 Nd5 45.Bd2 Bf8 46.Kf2 Be7 47.Ne3 Bd8? 48.Nc5+ Kd6 49.Nb7+ Kc7 50.Nxd8 Nxe3 51.Ne6+
	[51.Ba5+]
51...Kd6 52.Nxg5 Nd1+ 53.Ke2 hxg5 54.Bxg5?? Nc3+ 55.Kd3 Nd5 56.Ke4 Ke6 57.Bd2 Nf6+ 58.Kd3 Kf5 59.Kc4? e4 60.g4+ Kg6 61.fxe4 Nxe4 62.Kd4?
	[62.Be3!]
62...Nxd2 63.Ke3 Nc4+ 64.Ke4 Nd6+ 65.Ke5 Nf7+ 66.Kf4 Nh6 67.g5 Nf7 68.h4 Nxg5 69.hxg5 Kg7 70.Kf5 Kf7 71.g6+ Kg7 72.Kg5 Kg8 73.Kh6 Kh8 74.Kh5 Kg7 75.Kg5 Kg8 76.Kf5 Kg7 77.Kg5 Kg8 1/2-1/2

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Bg4 7.O-O Nc6 Boris Spassky used to play this way in the 60s and 70s. White gets a space advantage and two bishops, but black is solid and has counterplay . 8.d5 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Ne5 10.Be2 c5!? Although this is theory, Spassky liked to play 10... c6 and attack the white pawn chain. 11.a3 This is a novelty, and not that bad. White wants to play either f4 or b4, and Atulya decides he may do both! 11...a6 12.Be3 Rb8 13.f4 Ned7 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.Rab1 Rfc8 As is typical in this variation, black is passive, yet solid. White must be careful not to overextend, or get carried away. As was expected, Atulya has used a lot of time already, whereas Alex was still playing relatively quickly. 16.g4 Nf8 17.g5 Ne8 18.Bg4 Rd8 19.Ne2 b5 20.cxb5 Rxb5 21.Ng3?! Both sides have played consistently, but now white puts his knight on a bad square. The Ne2 protected d4 and was able to go to both sides of the board. Now black is equal.
	[21.b4! cxb4
		(21...Nd7 22.Rfc1)
	22.Qxc7 Nxc7 23.Rxb4]
21...Rdb8 22.b3 Qb7 23.Be2!? Rxb3 24.Bxa6 Qb6 25.Bd3 Rb2!? 26.Rxb2 Qxb2 27.Qxb2
	[27.Rb1! Qxb1+
		(27...Qxc2 28.Bxc2 Nd7 29.Rxb8 Nxb8 30.Kf2)
	28.Qxb1 Rxb1+ 29.Bxb1]
27...Rxb2 28.Rb1 Ra2 29.Bb5!?
	[29.Bc1!]
29...Rxa3 30.Bc1 Ra8 31.Bc6 Rc8 32.Rb7
	[32.Bd2]
32...Rc7
	[32...Nc7]
33.Rb8 Bd4+ 34.Kg2 Ng7 35.Ra8! Bc3 36.Be3
	[36.Ne2! Bb4
		(36...Be1 37.Bb2)
	37.Bb2]
36...f6 37.f5 Kf7 38.gxf6 Bxf6?
	[38...exf6]
39.Bh6
	[39.Bd2!]
39...Nd7! 40.Bd2 Nb6 41.Ra6 Nc4 42.Ba5?! Nxa5 43.Rxa5 Rc8 44.Rb5 h5 45.fxg6+ Kxg6 46.Rb3 Kg5 47.Nf5?
	[47.Ne2]
47...Kf4 48.Ng3 h4 49.Nf5?
	[49.Nf1 Rg8]
49...Kxe4 50.Re3+ Kf4 51.Nxe7 Kxe3 52.Nxc8 Be5 Black is winning, but KBN vs K is looming! 53.Kh3 c4 54.Nb6 c3 55.Nc4+ Kd4 56.Na3 Nf5 57.Kg4 Ne3+ 58.Kxh4 Bxh2?!
	[58...Kc5! 59.Ba4 Kb4 60.Nc2+ Kxa4 61.Nxe3 Bd4 62.Nc2 Bf2+ 63.Kg4 Kb3]
59.Nb5+ Kd3 60.Nxc3! Kxc3 61.Kg5 Be5 62.Kg6 Kd4 63.Kf7 Nxd5 64.Ke6 Nb4 65.Bf3 Kc5 66.Bg2 Nc6 67.Bh1 Nd4+ 68.Kd7 Bf4 69.Bg2 Nb5 70.Bf3 Nc3 71.Bg2 d5 72.Bxd5 Nxd5 This is very difficult to win, and since Alex had less than 10 minutes, and was not familiar with many of the intracacies, he was not able to find the winning ideas. 73.Kc8 Kc6 74.Kd8 Be5 75.Kc8 Ne7+ 76.Kd8 Nf5 77.Kc8 Ne7+ 78.Kd8 Bd6 79.Ke8 Ng6 80.Kf7 Ne5+ 81.Ke6 Nd7 82.Kf5 Kd5 83.Kg4 Ke4 84.Kh3 Kf3 85.Kh4 Nf6 86.Kg5 Ne4+ 87.Kf5 Nc5 88.Kg5 Ke4 89.Kg4 Nd3 90.Kh3 Kf3 91.Kh4 Be5 92.Kg5 Ke4 93.Kg4 Nf2+ 94.Kg5 1/2-1/2

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Bg2 O-O The Bogo-Indian is solid and passive. Black tries to blockade the position, and white has a long grind ahead. 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.O-O Ne4 8.a3 Nxd2 9.Nbxd2 Be7 Black can also trade on d2. It is a matter of taste. Black keeps more pieces on, making a draw less likely. 10.e4 d6 11.Qc2 White has a lot of space, but black is solid. 11...e5 12.d5 Nb8 13.b4 b6 14.Ne1? This is normally a good plan for white, relocating the knight to d3, where it controls many important squares (b4, c5, e5, f4) and prepares a later f2-f4. However, this move is simply a tactical oversight, as the Ra1 is now unprotected. 14...axb4 15.a4 Na6 16.Nd3 Bd7 17.Ra2 Maybe Rfb1 is better? 17...Nc5 18.Rfa1 Bg5 19.f4? White goes ballistic after making an earlier error. White should be calm and try to make the game last a long time, and try to block black's attempts to increase his advantage. Instead white destroys his own position, and loses more material.
	[19.Qb1]
19...exf4 20.gxf4 Nxd3 21.fxg5 Ne5 22.Qb3 Qxg5 23.Qxb4 Qe3+ 24.Kh1 Nd3 25.Qb1 Nf2+ 26.Kg1 Nxe4+ 27.Kh1 Nf2+ 28.Kg1 Nd3+ 29.Kh1 Rfe8 30.Qf1? Nf2+ 31.Kg1 Ne4+ 32.Kh1 Nxd2 33.Qc1 Nb3 34.Qxe3 Rxe3 35.Ra3 Rae8 36.Kg1 Na5 37.Bf1 Rxa3 38.Rxa3 Re4 39.Rc3 Bxa4 40.Bg2 Rf4 41.Re3 Kf8 0-1

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.Bxc6+ bxc6 5.d3 e5 6.O-O Be7 7.Be3 Nf6 8.h3 O-O 9.Nbd2 White has played passively and solid, and the game is equal. 9...Nd7 10.Nc4 Since white is playing slowly, and black has two bishops, he could consider using his Bc8 wtih either f5 or Ba6 now. Instead, the game gets even more boring! :) 10...Qc7 11.Bg5 Bxg5 12.Nxg5 d5 13.Ne3 Nf6 14.Re1 Re8 15.Nf1 Ba6 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Qc3 Since black wants to play c4, he should play in now, and not force the Ng5 to f3, which puts more pressure on e5. 17...h6 18.Nf3 c4 19.exd5?! cxd5?
	[19...Nxd5! 20.Qa3 cxd3! 21.Qxa6 Nb4 22.Qa4 Nxc2]
20.Rxe5 Rxe5 21.Qxe5 Qb6 22.dxc4 dxc4 23.Ne3 White is a solid pawn ahead. 23...Rb8 24.b3 Rc8 25.Rd1 Re8 26.Qd6?! Since whit e played Rd1 earlier, black has counterplay with a later Be2! White should play 26.Qf4 to protect f3. Now black is not doing so badly. 26...Qa5?!
	[26...cxb3! 27.Qxb6 axb6 28.cxb3 Be2]
27.a4? This is very weakening.
	[27.bxc4! Qxa2 28.Qd4]
27...cxb3 28.cxb3 Be2 29.Qd2 Qa6! 30.Rc1 Bxf3 31.gxf3 Qe6 32.Kg2
	[32.Ng4! Nxg4 33.fxg4 Qxb3 34.Qd7]
32...Qxb3 33.Qd4 Qa3? Forcing the white rook to a better square. At the risk of repeating myself, these errors are due to time pressure.
	[33...Qb7]
34.Rc7 a6 35.Qc4 Re7?
	[35...Re6]
36.Rc8+ Kh7 37.Qxa6 Nh5 38.Qc4 Ra7?? 39.Qe4+ g6 40.Qd4
	[40.Qe8! Nf4+ 41.Kh2]
40...Ng7 41.Qxa7 Qe7?! 42.Qxe7 1-0

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5 4.d4 A boring variation promising no advantage. However, white gets to play a position he has analyzed and likes, and black is on his own, so these pet lines have poison after all! 4...Nxc3 5.bxc3 Nd7 This is a bit passive. Black could also try 5...Nc6 or 5...e5. 6.Nf3 e6 This blocks the Bc8. Black could also play Nb6 and then try for Bf5 or Bg4 or Qd5 before playing e6. 7.Bd3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2 White has more freedom, but black is solid. 9...Nf6 10.Ne5 c5! Black immediately attacks d4 after white takes his Nf3 away from its defense. 11.Bb2 Bd7 12.Qf3 Rc8 13.Rad1 Bc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 14..Rxc6 is also good. 15.dxc5 Qa5 16.c4 Qxc5 17.Bd4 Qh5 18.Qxh5 Nxh5 19.Be4 c5 20.Be5 Rcd8 21.f4 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 White has a little pull in the ending with two bishops, but, black is still solid as ever. 24.Bd6 Bb6 25.Kf2 Nf6 26.Bf3 Ne8 27.Be5 f6
	[27...Bc7!]
28.Bb8 Kf7 29.a4 Ke7 30.Bc6
	[30.a5 Bxa5 31.Bxa7 Kd6]
30...Nc7 31.Bxc7 Bxc7 32.Ke3 f5 33.h3 Kf6 34.Bd7 h6 35.Bc8 e5 36.fxe5+ Bxe5 37.a5 Bc7 38.a6 Ke5 39.Bb7 g5 40.Bd5 h5 41.Bf3 h4 42.Bh5 Ba5 43.Bf3 Not very exciting, but blunder free! 1/2-1/2

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Na6 7.O-O e5 8.d5 Nc5 9.Qc2 a5 10.h3?! This is slow and unnecessary. 10...Nh5 11.Be3 b6 12.a3 a4!? An interesting pawn sac. White gets his pawn, but gives up the two bishops, and black gets to attack on the kingside. 13.Bxc5 bxc5 14.Nxa4 Nf4 15.Nc3 f5 16.b4 cxb4
	[16...Rxa3!? 17.Rxa3 cxb4 18.Ra2 bxc3 19.Qxc3
		(19.Bd3 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 fxe4 21.Qxe4 Rf4 22.Qe2 Bd7)
	19...fxe4 20.Nh2]
17.axb4 Rb8 18.Rfb1 fxe4 19.Nxe4 Qd7 20.Ra7? This throws away white's advantage. He must have missed blac's point of 19...Qd7
	[20.Nh2!]
20...Nxg2! 21.Kxg2 Qxh3+ 22.Kg1 Rxf3 23.Bxf3 Qxf3 24.Rb3! Qg4+ 25.Rg3 Qh4 26.Nd2
	[26.Ng5!]
26...Bf5
	[26...Rxb4!?]
27.Qa2 Rf8
	[27...Rxb4!?]
28.Rxc7
	[28.Nf3! Qf4 29.Rxc7]
28...e4! Now black has full compensation for his material. All of his pieces are working. 29.Nf1 Bh3?! This error misses white's brilliant counterplay. Luckily for black, white also missed it!
	[29...Be5]
30.Qa3?
	[30.Qa7! Be5 31.Rxh7! Qxh7 32.Qxh7+ Kxh7 33.Rxh3+]
30...Bxf1 Now black misses a chance to get a winning position, and gives white one last chance to draw! White misses his chance, and gets no more opportunities!
	[30...Bd4!]
31.Kxf1??
	[31.Rxg7+ Kxg7 32.Qa1+! Kg8 33.Qxf1]
31...Bd4! 32.Qa2 Qxg3 0-1