QCC 2006 Futurity

(1) Tamarkin,Larry (2026) - Felber,Joe (2000) [A34]
Futurity Jamaica (1), 07.07.2006

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc7 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d3 e5 8.0-0 Be7 9.a3 0-0 10.Be3 Rb8 Most popular is 10.. Be6, though other tries include Bd7, Ne6, Bg4, and f6. 11.Na4 b6 12.Rb1 Nd5 13.Bd2 f6 14.b4 cxb4 15.axb4 Be6 16.b5 Fritz finds the final position dead even. 1/2-1/2

(2) Simonaitis (1921) - Arluck (2048) [C02]
Futurity Jamaica (1), 07.07.2006

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 5.. Nge7 is the most popular choice here. 5.. Nh6 comes in a close second, while 5.. cxd4 also gets played ocassionally. 6.Be2 Nge7 7.0-0 Nf5 8.Bd3 cxd4 9.Bxf5 exf5 10.cxd4 Be6 11.Nc3 Be7 12.Qe2 0-0 13.Rd1 Rc8 14.Ne1 g5 15.g3 Kh8 16.Ng2 Rg8 17.Kh1 Rg6 18.f4 g4 19.Be3 h5 20.Kg1 Qd7 21.Kf2 Rcg8 22.Rac1 h4 23.Qb5 R8g7 24.a3 Bd8 25.b4 Rh7 26.Qd3 26 Rh1= 26...Rgh6 27.Na4 hxg3+ 28.hxg3 b6 [28...Nxb4 29.axb4 Qxa4 30.Ra1 Qxb4 31.Rdb1 Qf8=/+ ] 29.Nc3 Rh3 30.Ne2 Ne7 31.b5 Qe8 32.Rg1 Qg8 33.Qd1 Rh2 34.Qa4 Bd7 35.Qa6 Qg6 35.. f6= 36.a4 Qe6 37.Qxa7 Kg7 38.Qb8 Fritz thinks 38 Ke1 gives White a winning advantage, presumably because he can run his king to safety on the queenside and consolidate his material edge. 38...Rh8 39.Qd6 Fritz still wants 39 Ke1 39...Qxd6 40.exd6 Nc8 41.Rxc8? [41.Nc3 Nxd6 (41...Be6 42.Nxd5! Nxd6= ) 42.Nxd5 Ne4+ 43.Ke1 Nxg3 44.Nc3 Ne4 with an edge to Black but better for White than the game.] 41...Bxc8 42.Rc1 Be6 43.Rc6 Bd7 Black eventually won, the remaining moves not recorded. 0-1

(3) Lawson,Brian (2005) - Kleinman,Jay (1922) [A11]
Futurity Jamaica (1), 07.07.2006

1.c4 c6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 0-0 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Nb6 9.d3 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.. Re8 is Hickl (2540) - Weischede (2275), 1-0 in 41 (1998). 11.Rfe1 Rc8 12.h3 Be6 If I have to trade bishop for knight, I hoped I could get something going on the f-file in the process. 13.Nd4 Qb6 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Nf3 e5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Ne4 18.c5 The only move White has to defend. 18...Nxc5 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qc3+ Kg8 21.Qd4 Nd7 22.Qxb6 Here I couldn't decide if I should recapture with the a-pawn or with the knight. I figured a minority attack was coming, but I didn't know which capture was best to meet that. In the end, I just decided not to weaken my pawns. 22...Nxb6 23.Rec1 Rf6 24.Rc2 Rcf8 Doubling rooks seemed automatic. 25.e4 e6 26.f4 Now I was starting to feel squeezed. 26...dxe4 Figuring that if White recaptures with the bishop, I'd have a great square for the knight at d5. 27.dxe4 And if he recaptures with the pawn, I'd grab the d-file. 27...Rd8 Fritz points out 27.. e5! is best. 28.a4! Wow! I think I have 20 minutes left for the game while White has 40. I couldn't resist my follow-up, though I didn't really have enough time to check things out. 28.. a6 is safer than the text. 28...Rd3 29.a5 Nc8 30.a6! bxa6 31.Rxc6 Rf8 32.Bf1! Rxg3+ 33.Kh2 Rxb3 Yay! I'm two pawns up, but for only an instant. 34.Bc4 Rb2+ 35.Kg3 Nb6 36.Bxe6+ Kg7 37.Rxa6 Now I used up nearly all of my remaining time on this position. Very uneconomical considering I think my move is forced. 37...Ra8 38.Rc7+ Kf6 39.Bg4 h5?? White has a convincing reply, but Black was busted either way at this point. 40.e5# 1-0

(4) Guevara,Robert (2085) - Murphy,Rich (1910) [D00]
Futurity Jamaica (1), 07.07.2006

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.e3 Nd7 4.Nd2 Qc7 4.. Ngf6 is most common, though 4.. g6 is also played. 5.Ngf3 e5 6.dxe5 Nxe5 7.Be2 Bd6 8.0-0 Ne7 9.c4 dxc4 10.h3 b5 [10...f6 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 and White goes down a pawn.] 11.Ne4 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 Be5 13.a4 Bb7 14.Qe2 0-0 15.Nc5 a6 16.Rfd1 Rfd8 17.Rxd8+ [17.Nxb7 Qxb7 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Bxc6= ] 17...Rxd8 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ra7 Ra8! 20.Rxa8+ Bxa8 21.Qd2 Nd5 22.g3 Qa7 23.Bxd5 cxd5 24.Ne4 h6 25.Bf4 Qa1+ 26.Kg2 Qxb2 27.Qa5 Qa1 28.Qd8+ Kh7 29.Bxe5 Qxe5 30.Nd6 Qe6 31.Nxb5 Qe4+ 32.f3 Qc2+ 33.Kg1 Qd3 34.Kg2 Qd2+ 35.Kh1 c3 36.Qc8 Qd3 37.Kg2 c2 0-1

(5) Drobbin,Mitch (1984) - Viera,Jeffren (1872) [A47]
Futurity Jamaica (1), 07.07.2006

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 b6 4.Nbd2 Be7 5.e3 Bb7 6.Bd3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6 8.e4 d6 9.e5 I could only find 9 Qe2 and 9 c3 here. 9...dxe5 10.dxe5 Bg5 11.Ne4 Nc6 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.c3 0-0-0 14.0-0 14 g3 = 14...Bf4 15.Ba6 [15.Ba6 ] 15...Bxe5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Bxb7+ Kxb7 18.f4 Nc6 19.b4 White's missing a center pawn, but can he make up for it with a frontal assault? 19...a6 20.a4 f5 21.b5 fxe4 22.bxc6+ Ka7 23.Qxe4 Qc5+ 24.Kh1 Rd6 25.Qe5 Qxe5 26.fxe5 Rxc6 The frontal assault thing is done. Black kept the lines to his king closed, and traded queens. Now can White take solace in the old maxim that all rook endgames are drawn? 27.Rf3 Rc5 28.Rf7 Kb7 29.Rxg7 Rxe5 30.Kg1 Rd8 31.Rg3 Rd2 32.h3 Ree2 33.Rc1 Kc6 34.Rf1 Ra2 35.Rf4 Re1+ 36.Rf1 Re4 37.Rg6 h5 38.Rf7 Raxa4 39.Rgg7 Rac4 40.Rxc7+ Kb5 41.Rg5+ Rc5 42.Rcxc5+ bxc5 43.Rxh5 At last material equality. 43...a5 But White is foiled again. Black wins the queen race by a tempo as he queens with check on a1. 44.Rh8 Rf4 45.g4 a4 46.Ra8 e5 47.Kg2 e4 48.g5 e3 49.Re8 a3 50.Rxe3 Kc4 51.g6 Rf6?? 51.. Rf8 keeps Black on top. 52.Rg3?? 52 g7 Rg6+ 53 Rg3 turns the tables and wins for White. 52...Rf8 Given a second chance, Black gets back on the path. 53.g7 Rg8 54.Kf3 a2 55.Rg1 Rxg7 56.Rxg7 a1Q 57.Rg4+ Kxc3 58.h4 c4 59.Rf4 Qf1+ 60.Kg3 0-1

(6) Viera,Jeffren (1872) - Lawson,Brian (2005) [B35]
QCC Futurity (2), 14.07.2006

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bc4 c5 4.Ne2 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 0-0 8.f3 Qb6 9.Qd3 The age-old question: How much poison does the b-pawn hold? 9...Ne5 10.Qe2 Qxb2 11.Kd2 Qb4 12.Bb3 d5 12.. Nc6 was played in the two games I found with this position. Black won both which would appear to indicate that in this particular line the b-pawn doesn't hold that much poison. 13.Rab1 Qa5 14.exd5 Rd8 But now Fritz prefers 14.. Bd7 to keep up the pressure. 15.Qb5 Qc7 16.Ne4 16 Qb4 better. 16...Nxd5 [16...Nxe4+ 17.fxe4 Ng4-/+ ] 17.Bxd5 a6 18.Qb3 e6 [18...Qa5+ 19.Nc3 e6-/+ ] 19.Qc3 Qxc3+ 20.Nxc3 exd5 21.Bf2 Nc6 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.Rb6 Bd7 24.Rhb1 Be5 25.Na4 Bc7 26.Rb7 Ba5+ 27.c3 Bf5 28.Bh4 Bxb1 29.Bxd8 Rxd8 30.Rxb1 d4 31.Kc2 Re8 32.cxd4 Re2+ 33.Kd3 Rxa2 34.Nb2 Bc7 35.h3 Kf8 36.Kc4 Ke7 37.Re1+ Kd7 38.Kb3 Ra5 39.Nc4 Rd5 40.Re4 40 Kc3 better 40...f5 41.Rh4 h5 42.Ne3 Rb5+ 43.Kc4 Bd8 44.Nxf5 Rxf5 45.Re4 a5 46.g4 Rxf3 47.gxh5 gxh5 48.Re5 Rxh3 0-1

(7) Murphy,Rich (1910) - Simonaitis,Arunas (1921) [D00]
Futurity (2), 14.07.2006

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.Nge2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.a3 a6 9.b3 b5 10.e4 b4 11.exd5 exd5 12.axb4 cxb4 13.Na4 Bg4 14.Be3 Na7 15.f3 Bf5 16.Qd2 Nb5 17.Rfc1 Re8 18.g4 Bg6 19.Nf4 Bd6 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Bf4 Nc3 22.Be3 Qc7 23.Bf1 Rxe3 24.Qxe3 Bxh2+ 25.Kh1 Bf4 26.Qf2 Bxc1 27.Rxc1 Qf4 28.Re1 Nxg4 29.Qg2 Ne3 30.Qf2 Ncd1 31.Qh2 Qxf3+ 32.Kg1 Qg4+ 33.Kh1 Qf5 34.Bg2 Nf2+ 35.Kg1 Nfg4 36.Qg3 Re8 37.Bf3 Re6 38.Nc5 Rf6 39.Bxg4 Nxg4 40.Re8+ Kh7 41.Qh3+ Nh6 42.Qxf5 Nxf5 43.Nd7 Rc6 44.Ne5 Rc7 45.Rd8 Nxd4 46.Rxd5 Nxc2 47.Rd8 f6 48.Nd7 Na1 49.Nf8+ Kh6 50.Ne6 Rc1+ 51.Kg2 g5 52.Ra8 Rc2+ 53.Kg3 Nxb3 54.Rxa6 Nd2 55.Kg4 b3 56.Ra8 Kg6 57.Nf8+ Kf7 58.Nd7 b2 White resigns 0-1

(8) Kleinman,Jay (1922) - Tamarkin,Larry (2026) [B27]
Futurity Jamaica (2), 14.07.2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.e5?? As soon as I touched the pawn I knew I blundered, but it was too late. 5...Qa5+ 6.Nc3 Qxe5+ 7.Be2 Nc6 8.Nf3 Qc7 9.0-0 Bg7 10.Bg5 0-0 11.Qd2 d6? Fritz wants 11.. Qd8, when White appears to have little compensation for the pawn. 12.Bxf6 exf6 [12...Bxf6 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Nxf6+ exf6 is also equal] 13.Nb5 Qb6 14.Qxd6 Bf5 15.c3 Rac8 [15...Rae8 16.Qd2 Rd8=/+ ] 16.Nfd4 16 a4 best, according to Fritz. 16...Rfd8 [16...Rfe8 17.Rfe1 (17.Nxf5 Rxe2 18.Qg3 Rd8-/+ ) 17...Nxd4 18.Qxd4 Rxe2 19.Rxe2 Qxb5-/+ ] 17.Qf4 [17.Nxc6? I looked at this but thankfully discounted the line after seeing that White doesn't get enough for the queen. 17...Rxd6 18.Ne7+ Kf8 19.Nxc8 Bxc8 20.Nxd6 Qxd6-+ ] 17...Bd7 [17...Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Qxb2 19.Nxf5 Qxe2-/+ ] 18.Rab1 g5 19.Qg3 a6 20.Nxc6 Bxc6 21.Nd4 [21.Nd6 Ra8 gives White a slight edge, according to Fritz, but I didn't see anything concrete and decided to plant the knight on d4 instead. (21...Bxg2 ) ] 21...Be4 Fritz thinks the final position is completely equal, utterly miraculous considering my 5th move. The Kleinman Gambit will not be seen again. [21...Bd5 22.a4 Ba2 23.a5 Qd6 (23...Qxa5 24.Ra1! ) 24.Ra1 Fritz thinks White has a slight edge here, but it doesn't look like anything special.] 1/2-1/2

(9) Murphy,Rich (1910) - Simonaitis,Arunas (1921) [D00]
Futurity (2), 14.07.2006
[,Jay]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.Nge2 6 f4 is Pohl (2115) - Khadempour (2160), eventually drawn (1998). 6...Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.a3 a6 9.b3 b5 10.e4 b4 11.exd5 exd5 12.axb4 cxb4 13.Na4 Bg4 14.Be3 Na7 15.f3 Bf5 16.Qd2 Nb5 17.Rfc1 Re8 18.g4 Bg6 19.Nf4 Bd6 20.Nxg6 hxg6 21.Bf4 Nc3 22.Be3 [22.Bxd6 Ne2+ 23.Kh1 Qxd6 24.Re1= ] 22...Qc7 23.Bf1 Rxe3!! 24.Qxe3 Bxh2+ 25.Kh1 Bf4 26.Qf2 Bxc1 27.Rxc1 Qf4 28.Re1 Nxg4 29.Qg2 Ne3 30.Qf2 Ncd1 31.Qh2 Qxf3+ 32.Kg1 Qg4+ 33.Kh1 Qf5 34.Bg2 Nf2+ 35.Kg1 Nfg4 36.Qg3 Re8 37.Bf3 Re6 38.Nc5 Rf6 39.Bxg4 Nxg4 40.Re8+ Kh7 41.Qh3+ Nh6 42.Qxf5 Nxf5 43.Nd7 Rc6 44.Ne5 Rc7 45.Rd8 Nxd4 46.Rxd5 Nxc2 47.Rd8 f6 48.Nd7 Na1 49.Nf8+ Kh6 50.Ne6 Rc1+ 51.Kg2 g5 52.Ra8 Rc2+ 53.Kg3 Nxb3 54.Rxa6 Nd2 55.Kg4 b3 56.Ra8 Kg6 57.Nf8+ Kf7 58.Nd7 b2 White resigns 0-1

(10) Viera,Jeffren (1872) - Kleinman,Jay (1922) [B01]
Futurity (3), 21.07.2006

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nbxd7? 4.. Qxd7 is book. 5.c4 Nb6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Bf4 a6 9.Nf3 0-0 10.Qd3 Nbd7 11.0-0 Nh5 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bh4 Re8 14.Rfe1 Nhf6 15.Re2 Nf8 16.Rae1 g5 17.Bg3 Ng6 18.Ne5 Nf8 19.Na4 b5 20.Nc6 bxc4 21.Qxc4 Qxd5 22.Qxd5 Nxd5 23.Nxe7+ Rxe7 24.Rxe7 Nxe7 25.Rxe7 Ne6 26.d5 Rd8 27.h4? 27 Kf1 looks drawish. 27...Bf6 28.dxe6 Bxe7 29.exf7+ Kxf7 30.hxg5 hxg5 31.Bxc7 We've emerged from the complications dead even in material. 31...Rd1+ 32.Kh2 Bd6+? [32...Rd4-+ As White will have to lose a pawn.] 33.Bxd6 Rxd6 34.Kg3 Kf6 35.Nc5 Kf5 36.b4 Rb6 37.Nd3 Ke4 The game is most likely a draw, but now Black starts pushing a little too hard. 38.Nc5+ Kd4 39.a3 Rc6 40.Kg4 Rf6 41.f3 Rg6 42.Kf5 Rg8 43.Nxa6 Kc4 44.Nc5 Ra8 45.Ne4 Rxa3 46.Nxg5 Kxb4 Fine, in BASIC CHESS ENDINGS, says that with the Black king in front of the pawns this tuype of ending is always a draw. If the Black king is far away, however, Black's game is untenable. The current game would be an example of the latter. 47.g4 Kc4 48.f4 Kd5 49.Ne6 Ra7 50.Kf6 Ra6 51.f5 Ke4 52.Kg5 Kf3 53.Kh5 Ra1 54.g5 Ke4 55.f6 Kf5 Now if White isn't paying attention he gets mated. 56.Ng7+ He's paying attention. 56...Ke5 57.f7 Rh1+ 58.Kg6 Rf1 59.Ne8 Ke6 60.Nf6 1-0

(11) Guevara,Robert (2085) - Tamarkin,Larry (2026) [D00]
Futurity (3), 21.07.2006

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 f5 5.g3 5 Bd3 is most popular here, though c4, Nd2 and Nf3 are also played. 5...c6 6.Bg2 Qb6 7.Qc1 Be6 8.Ne2 Bd6 9.0-0 Nd7 10.Nd2 Qa6 11.Re1 g5 12.c4 dxc4 13.e4 f4 14.d5 Bg4 15.dxc6 Ne5 15.. bxc6= 16.cxb7 Rb8 17.gxf4 gxf4 18.Nxf4 Rg8 19.Nd5 [19.Re3+/= ] 19...Rg6 [19...Bh3!! 20.Nf6+ Ke7 21.Nxg8+ Rxg8-+ ] 20.Re3 Rxb7 21.Qc3 f6 22.Rg3 [22.f4! Bc5 23.fxe5 Bh3 24.Nf4+- ] 22...Nd7 23.f4 Bc5+ 24.Kh1 Bf2 25.Rxg4 Rxg4 26.Qf3 Rxg2 27.Qxg2 Bd4 28.Qg7 Qe6 29.Qxh7 Kf8 30.Qh8+ Kf7 If I'm reading the score correctly, Black offered a draw here which was declined. 31.Qh5+ Kf8 32.Re1 Rxb2 33.Qh8+ Fritz prefers keeping the attack going with 33 Nf3. 33...Qg8 34.Qxg8+ Kxg8 35.Nxc4 Rc2 36.Nd6 Rxa2 37.Ne7+ Kh7 38.Nef5 Ra1 39.Rxa1 Bxa1 40.Kg2 Nc5 41.Kf3 a5 42.Ke3 Fritz likes 42 Nc4 when White still has good winning chances. 42...Bb2 [42...a4 43.Nc4 Bb2 44.e5 a3 45.Nxa3 Bxa3 46.exf6 and draws] 43.Kd2 a4 44.Kc2 Ba1 45.Kb1 Bc3 46.Ne3 Bd4 47.Nd5 Nd3 48.Nb5 Bg1 49.Nxf6+ Kg6 50.Nd5 Bxh2 51.f5+ Kf7 52.Ka2 [52.Nd4 Nf2 53.Nf3 Nxe4 (Because 54 e5 is too strong, according to Fritz.) 54.Nxh2 Nc3+!! 55.Nxc3 Kf6 56.Nf3 Kxf5 and now we've reached the curious ending where if 57 Nxa4? the game is drawn, but if White refrains from chopping he retains winning chances. The idea, as stated in Fine, is to constrain the Black king to the corner with the king and one knight, and blockade the a-pawn with the other knight. At the right moment the blockade is lifted and the other knight moves with an eye toward checkmating the black king. Without the a-pawn, however, Black would be stalemated. Practically, though, this would be next to impossible in G/2 as the winning method can sometimes take 100 moves!] 52...Nc5 53.Nbc3 Bd6 54.Nb6 Kf6 55.Nbxa4 Nxe4! 56.Nxe4+ Kxf5 57.Nxd6+ 1/2-1/2

(12) Drobbin,Mitch (1984) - Murphy,Rich (1910) [D00]
Futurity (3), 21.07.2006

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 c6 3.e3 Nd7 4.Nf3 Ngf6 5.Bd3 Ne4 6.Bf4 Qb6 7.Nbd2 Ndf6 8.0-0 Bg4 9.Nb3 1-0

(13) Lawson,Brian (2005) - Arluck,William (2048) [A38]
Futurity (3), 21.07.2006

[Event "QCC Futurity"] [Site "?"] [Date "2006. 07. [Round "3"] [White "Lawson, Brian"] [Black "Arluck, William"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A38"] [WhiteElo "2005"] [BlackElo "2048"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2006. 07. 01"] [SourceDate "2006. 07. 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.0-0 e5 7.a3 0-0 8.Ne1 d6 9.Nc2 9 Rb1 was all I found here. 9...Rb8 10.Rb1 Bf5 11.d3 Qd7 12.Re1 Bh3 13.Bh1 Nd4 14.b4 h6 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 f5 17.Bd5+ Kh7 18.bxc5 dxc5 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Rb5 b6 21.Qb3 e4 Fritz prefers 21.. f4 with equal chances. 22.dxe4 fxe4 23.Bxe4 Rbe8 24.Qd3 Qe6 [24...Qf7 25.Bf4 Bd7 26.Rb2 Bf5 gives Black more compensation for his pawn than the text.] 25.f3 Rc8 26.Bb2 Qf6 27.Rd5 Rfd8 28.Rd1 Be6 29.Rxd4 Rxd4 30.Bxd4 Bxc4 31.Bxf6 Bxd3 32.Bxg7 Bxe4 33.Rd7 Bc6 34.Rxa7 g5 35.Bd4+ Kg6 36.Rg7+ Kf5 37.g4+ Ke6 38.Rg6+ Kd5 39.Bxb6 Bb5 40.Kf2 Rc2 41.Rxh6 Bxe2 42.Rh5 Bc4+ 43.Kg3 Kc6 44.Bf2 Rc3 45.Rxg5 Bd5 46.Rf5 Rxa3 47.h4 Kd7 48.Rxd5+ 1-0

(14) Murphy,Richard (1910) - Lawson,Brian (2005) [B06]
QCC Futurity (4), 28.07.2006
[,Jay]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 Qa5 6.Qd4 Nf6 7.Qb4 Qxb4 7.. Qc7 is the only move I found here. 8.cxb4 Nxe4 9.Bb2 0-0 10.Bd3 d5 11.c4 Be6 12.Nf3 Fritz wants 12 Ne2 and then prefers White. 12...a5 13.Nd4 13 a3= 13...axb4 14.Nxe6 fxe6 15.Bxe4 dxe4 If, as Philidor said, pawns are the soul of chess, then this position needs some serious soul saving. I haven't seen so many islands since my Carribean honeymoon. Most interesting is Black's tripled e-pawn. In my experience, I think I've only seen tripled c- or f-pawns (probably due in part to bishops chasing knights). A tripled e-pawn is especially unusual. 16.0-0 Nd7 17.Bd4 Rf5 [17...Rfc8-/+ ] 18.h4 [18.Rfe1=/+ ] 18...Nxc5 [18...Ne5=/+ ] 19.g4 Rd8 20.gxf5 [20.Be3+/= ] 20...Rxd4 21.fxg6 hxg6 Black has two pawns for the exchange and while his pawns are weak, so are White's. Fritz calls it dead even. 22.Rfd1 This though hands Black an extra pawn and the initiative. [22.Rfc1= ] 22...Nd3 23.Rd2 Rxc4 24.f3 Ne5 25.Rd8+ Kg7 26.fxe4 Rxe4 27.Rb8 Nf3+ 28.Kg2 Nxh4+ 29.Kh3 Nf5 30.Rxb7 Rh4+ 31.Kg2 Rc4 32.a4 bxa3 33.Rxa3 g5 34.Ra6 Kf6 35.Rb8 g4 36.Rg8 Rc2+ 37.Kg1 g3 38.Ra3 Rc1+ 39.Kg2 Nh4+ 40.Kh3 Rh1+ 41.Kxg3 Rg1+ 42.Kxh4 Rxg8 43.Rf3+ Ke5 44.Re3+ Kf4 0-1

(15) Kleinman,Jay (1922) - Guevara,Robert (2085) [B02]
QCC Futurity (4), 28.07.2006

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5 5.d4 e6 6.Nc3 b6 7.cxb6 axb6 8.Bc4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bb7 10.Qg4 A thematic move in this line. White makes it difficult for Black to develop the kingside. 10...Nc6 11.Ne2 11 Nf3 better, but I'd have to be a wizard to see that in advance. 11...Na5 [11...Nxe5! 12.dxe5 Ra4 13.Ng3 Qe7 (To enable the Black king to run to the queenside.) (13...Bxg2 14.Nh5+/= ; 13...b5? 14.Nh5+- ) 14.Nh5 Qc5-/+ ] 12.Bg5 Qb8 [12...f6 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Qh5+ Ke7 15.Bxf6+ Kxf6 16.Qe5+ Kf7 17.Qxh8 Nxc4 18.Qxh7+ Bg7= ] 13.Bd3 h6 14.Be3 Bd5 15.Nf4 Bc4 [15...Nb3 16.Rb1 Rxa2?? 17.Nxd5+- ] 16.Be4 c6 [16...Nb3! 17.Rd1 Rxa2=/+ ] 17.Nh5 Kd8 [