Exeter Chess Club: Blunders at East Devon
This is, I repeat, "work in progress" so comments and criticisms are very much invited.(1) Dobber P. - Nielsen J. H. [B01]
Major (1) 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Re1 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 8...Nbd7 9.h3 Be7 10.Bf1 0-0 11.Nh4
Black mistakenly allows White to secure the two Bishops and a Queen's-side majority. 11...Rfe8 12.Nxf5 exf5 13.Bd3 Bd6 14.Bd2 Bb4 15.Qf3 g6 16.a3 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Qd5 18.Qxd5 Nxd5 19.Bd2 Kg7 20.c4 N5f6 21.f3 Rad8 22.Bc3 Kg8 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Kf2 Nb6 25.b3 Nh5 26.Re1 Rxe1 27.Bxe1 Nf4 28.Bf1 f6 29.g3 Ne6 30.Bc3 Kf7 31.f4 Nc8 32.Bd3
This is the perfect endgame situation for White. 32...Ke7 33.b4 h6 34.Kf3 Nd6 35.a4 Nc7 36.b5 Kd7 37.c5 Nde8 38.Bc4 Ng7 39.Ba5 Nce6 40.Bc3 Nh5
[0.75 Fritz 5.00: 40...Nc7 ]
41.a5 g5 42.Bxe6+ White hopes to distract Black from the Queen's-side.
[0.34 Fritz 5.00: 42.a6 1.00]
42...Kxe6 43.a6 bxa6
44.bxa6 This automatic recapture is less strong than the alternative.
[0.06 Fritz 5.00: 44.bxc6 Ke7 45.d5 g4+ 46.hxg4 fxg4+ 47.Kxg4 Ng7]
44...Kd5 45.Ba5 Kxd4 46.Bb6 Kc4 47.Bxa7 Kb5 48.Bb6 Kxa6 49.Bd8 Kb5 50.Be7 Kc4
[0.41 Fritz 5.00: 50...gxf4 51.g4 fxg4+ 52.hxg4 Ng7 53.Kxf4 h5 54.gxh5 Nxh5+ 55.Kf5]
51.Bd6
[-0.66 Fritz 5.00: 51.Bf8 gxf4 52.g4 fxg4+ 53.hxg4 Ng3 54.Kxf4 Nf1 55.Be7 Nh2]
51...Kd5
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 51...Ng7 52.Bf8 Ne6 53.Bxh6 Kd3 54.g4 fxg4+ 55.Kxg4 Nxf4 56.Bg7]
52.Bf8 1/2-1/2
2) Durrant P. E. O. - Halmkin P. E. [B07]
Major (1) 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f3 c6 5.Be3 Nbd7 6.Nge2 b5 7.a3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7...Qa5 8.g4 Bg7 9.Bg2 Rb8 10.Qd2 h5 11.g5 Nh7 12.0-0 Qc7 13.f4 Nb6 14.b3 0-0 15.Rad1 a6 16.f5 Bb7 17.fxg6 fxg6 18.Nf4 c5 19.Ne6 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Qc8 21.Bh3
Black is in difficulty here but his next move makes things worse, adding a pin to the threatened discovery. In fact, White's Knight is currently pinned to the Bh3! 21...Nd7
[2.50 Fritz 5.00: 21...b4 22.axb4 cxb4 23.Na2 Bxe4 24.Qf2 Qe8 25.Nxb4 Bb7 26.Nxg7]
22.Nxg7
[1.66 Fritz 5.00: 22.Qf2 Qe8 23.Nc7 Qf8 24.Bxd7 Qxf2+ 25.Rxf2 cxd4 26.Be6+ Kh8]
22...Kxg7 23.Qf2 Qe8 24.Be6 Ndf8 25.Qf7+ Kh8 Suicide.
[#1 Fritz 5.00: 25...Qxf7 26.Rxf7+ Kh8 27.Rxe7 Nxe6 28.Rxe6 b4 29.axb4 cxb4 30.Nd5;
25...Kh8 26.Qg8#]
1-0
3) Foulds A. - England M. C. [E76]
Major (1) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 Nbd7 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 8.Be2 a6 9.0-0 b5
Fritz doesn't like giving up Pawns, but this Benko-style idea looks perfectly legitimate.
[0.94 Fritz 5.00: 9...b6 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Be3 Qc7 12.f5 gxf5 13.exf5]
10.e5
[0.16 Fritz 5.00: 10.cxb5 Qb6 11.e5 Ng4 12.Na4 Qc7]
10...Ne8 11.e6 fxe6 12.Ng5
[-0.91 Fritz 5.00: 12.cxb5 ]
12...Nb6 13.cxb5 Bd4+ 14.Kh1 exd5
White's next is a miscalculation. 15.Nxd5
[-3.09 Fritz 5.00: 15.Nf3 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Nc7 17.bxa6 Bxa6 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.a4]
15...Nxd5 16.Bc4 Nef6 17.Qf3 e6 18.Re1 Re8 19.bxa6 Qa5 20.Be3
[-3.66 Fritz 5.00: 20.Re2 Bxa6 21.Bxa6 Qxa6 22.Nxe6 Qc4 23.a3 Rxa3 24.Qxa3 Qxe2]
20...Bxb2 21.Rad1 Bxa6 22.Bd2 Qa3 23.Qxa3 Bxa3 24.Bxa6 Rxa6 25.Rxe6 Bb4 26.Bxb4 Nxb4
[-1.34 Fritz 5.00: 26...Rxe6 27.Nxe6 cxb4 28.Ra1 b3 29.a4 b2 30.Rb1]
0-1
4) Hibbitt A. - Duckham J. [B00]
Major (1) 1.e4 Nc6 2.g3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 2...d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nxe4 6.Bxe4 g6 7.c3 e5 8.Ne2 Bh3 9.Ng1 Be6 10.d3 Bg7 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 0-0 13.Qd2
Black should seize the e-file. 13...Bd5
[0.66 Fritz 5.00: 13...Re8 14.Ne2 (14.0-0-0 Bxa2) 14...Bg4 15.h3 f5 16.hxg4 fxe4 17.dxe4 Qxd2+]
14.0-0-0
[-0.78 Fritz 5.00: 14.Nf3 Re8]
14...Bxe4 The a-Pawn could have been taken with impunity - it contributes to Black's attack on that wing, and so is no waste of time.
[0.13 Fritz 5.00: 14...Bxa2 15.Bh6 Na5 16.Qf4 Nb3+ 17.Kc2 Bxh6 18.Qxh6]
15.dxe4 Qxd2+ 16.Rxd2 Ne5 17.Rd5 Rfe8 18.Bxe5 Rxe5 19.Rxe5 Bxe5 20.Nf3 Bd6 21.e5 Bc5 22.Rd1 Re8 23.Rd7 Re7 24.Rxe7 Bxe7 25.Kc2 Kf8 26.Kd3 Ke8 27.g4 h6 28.b4 Kd7 29.a4 a6 30.Kc4 c6 31.h4 b5+ 32.axb5 axb5+ 33.Kd4 Kc7 34.h5 g5 35.Ke4 Bf8 36.Nd4 Kd7 37.Kf5 Bg7 38.Nb3 Ke7 39.Nc5 Bh8 40.Ne4 Bg7 41.Nd6 Bh8 42.c4 bxc4 43.Nxc4 Bg7 44.Na5 Kd7 45.Nb3 Ke7 46.Nc5 Bh8 47.e6 Bc3 48.exf7 Kxf7 49.Nd7 Bxb4 50.Ne5+ Kg7 51.Nxc6 Bc3 52.Ke6 Bb2 53.Ne7 Bc3 54.Nf5+ Kh7 55.Kf7 Bb2 56.Nd6 Bc3 57.Ne4 Bb2 58.Nf6+ Kh8 59.Nd7 Kh7 60.Nf8+ Kh8 61.Kg6 Bc1 62.Kxh6 Bb2
[2.31 Fritz 5.00: 62...Kg8 63.Ne6 Kf7 64.Ng7 Be3 65.Nf5]
63.Ne6 Bc1 64.Nxg5 Kg8 65.Kg6 Kh8 66.Nf7+
[2.47 Fritz 5.00: 66.h6 Bxg5 67.Kxg5 Kh7 68.Kf6 Kg8 69.h7+ Kxh7]
66...Kg8 67.h6 1-0
5) Ingham W. - Pinder R. [A07]
Major (1) 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.0-0 Bf5 5.d3 h6 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Re1 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7...Bh7 8.e4 Qc7 9.e5 Nfd7 10.Nf1 c5 11.c4 d4
12.b4 Fritz reckons this a blunder
[-0.91 Fritz 5.00: 12.Qe2 ]
12...Nc6 with double attack on b4 and e5 13.a3 cxb4 14.Qb3 makes the worst of a bad job
[-2.56 Fritz 5.00: 14.Bb2 ]
14...bxa3 Black does not exploit his advantage in the best way.
[-1.19 Fritz 5.00: 14...Nc5 15.Qa2 Nxd3 16.Rd1 Nxc1 17.Raxc1 bxa3 18.Nxd4 Nxe5]
15.Bxa3 Bxa3 16.Rxa3 0-0 17.Qb2 Ndxe5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Qxd4 Nc6
[-1.06 Fritz 5.00: 19...Nxd3 20.Rd1 Rfd8 21.Qe3 Qxc4 22.Bxb7]
20.Qc5 Rfd8 21.d4 Rxd4 22.Bxc6 Rd6 23.Rxa7 Rxa7 24.Qxa7 Rxc6 25.Rd1 Be4 26.Qa8+ Kh7 27.Qe8 Rxc4 28.Rd7 Qe5 29.Qxf7 Rc1 30.Rd8 Qb5
[0.22 Fritz 5.00: 30...Bc6 ]
31.Qg8+ Kg6 32.Qf7+
[-15.44 Fritz 5.00: 32.Qxe6+ Kh5 33.Qh3+ Kg6 34.Qg4+ Kf7]
32...Kxf7 0-1
6) Jukes S. - Belinfante N. [A20]
Major (1) 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.a3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4...a5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d3 0-0
7.Bg5 White sets himself up for a basic tactic (Knight fork [-0.94 Fritz 5.00: 7.Nf3 d6 8.0-0 Bg4 9.Bg5 Re8]
7...h6 Black didn't notice!
[0.03 Fritz 5.00: 7...Bxf2+ 8.Kf1 Bd4 9.e3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5]
8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nf3 d6 10.0-0 Qg6 11.Nd5 Bb6 12.b4
with a threat that Black overlooks. 12...f5
[2.16 Fritz 5.00: 12...axb4 13.axb4 Be6 14.Nxb6 cxb6 15.b5 Ne7 16.Qd2 Nf5 17.e3]
13.b5 Nd4 still missing the point!
[6.31 Fritz 5.00: 13...Qe8 14.c5 dxc5 15.bxc6 bxc6]
14.Ne7+ Kh7 15.Nxg6 Kxg6 16.e3 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Kh7 18.Rad1 f4 19.d4 exd4 20.exf4 Be6 21.Qe4+ Bf5 22.Qxb7 Rab8 23.Qd5 Rbe8 24.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 d3 26.Be4 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 1-0
7) Price M. C. - Sparkes D. A. [C14]
Major (1) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 a6 8.Nf3 c5 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.a3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 10...0-0
11.g4 Overlooking the check on h4.
[-0.72 Fritz 5.00: 11.0-0-0 f6 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.g3 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4]
11...cxd4 12.Ne2
[12.Nxd4 Qh4+]
12...Nc5 13.Nexd4 Ne4 14.Qe3 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Qc5 16.0-0-0 b6 17.Qxc5 bxc5 18.Rg1 c4 19.Rg2 f5 20.g5 g6 21.Nd4 Rf7 22.Be2 c3 23.b3 Rc7 24.h4 Bd7 25.Rh1 Kf7 26.Rh3 Bb5 27.Bxb5 axb5 28.Nxb5 Rb7 29.Nxc3 Rxa3 30.Kb2 Rba7 31.Rgh2 d4 32.Na4 R3xa4 33.bxa4 Rxa4 34.Ra3 Rxa3 35.Kxa3 Nc3 36.Kb3 Nd5 37.Rf2 d3 38.cxd3 Ke7 39.Rf3 Kd7 40.d4 Kc7 41.Kc4 Kc6 42.Rf2 Kb6 43.Kd3 Kc6 44.Ke2 Kb6 45.Kf3 Kc6 46.Rc2+ Kb7 47.h5 Ne7 48.hxg6 hxg6 49.Rh2 Kc7 50.Rh7 Kd7 51.Rf7 Ke8 52.Rf6 Kd7 53.Kg3 Nc6 54.Rxg6 Nxd4 55.Rf6 Ne2+ 56.Kf3 Nd4+ 57.Ke3
57...Nc2+ Black is in lots of trouble, but this Knight is headed the wrong way.
[9.56 Fritz 5.00: 57...Nc6 58.g6 Ne7 59.g7 Ng8 60.Rf7+ Ke8 61.Rf8+ Ke7 62.Kd3]
58.Kd2 Nb4 59.g6 Nd5 60.g7 Nxf4 61.g8Q Kc6 62.Rxe6+ Just the sort of clarifying sacrifice a human likes and computers hate. In fact, both the Knight and King are perilously short of squares and can each be profitably harassed.
[#7 Fritz 5.00: 62.Qg3 Ng2 (62...Nd5 63.Rxe6+ Kc5 64.Qg1+) 63.Qxg2+ Kc5 64.Kc3 f4 65.Rxe6 f3 66.Qxf3]
62...Nxe6 63.Qxe6+ Kc7 64.Qd6+ Kb7 65.e6 f4 66.e7 f3 67.e8Q f2 68.Qeb8# 1-0
8) Sandercock E. B. - Jones R. H. [A48]
Major (1) 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Bf4 Bb7 4.e3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.Nbd2 d6 7.h3 Nbd7 8.0-0 0-0 9.c3 c5 10.Re1 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 10...Rc8 11.Rc1 d5 12.Ne5 e6 13.Ndf3 c4 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Ne5 Qe8 16.Nf3 Qd7 17.g4 Ne8 18.Bf1 f6 19.Bg2 Nd6 20.Rc2 Rce8 21.Nh2 g5 22.Bxd6 Qxd6 23.e4 dxe4 24.Bxe4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 f5 26.Re1 e5 27.Rce2 Qd7 28.gxf5 Qxf5 29.Ng4 e4 30.Qa4 b5
Not a blunder but a judgement that snatching the a-Pawn is risky. 31.Qc2
[-0.59 Fritz 5.00: 31.Qxa7 h5 32.Ne3 Qxh3 33.Qc5 Ra8 34.Qd5+ Kh8 35.Qxb5]
31...h5 32.Nh2 Qxh3 33.Rxe4 Rxe4 34.Rxe4 Qf5 35.Qe2 g4 36.Re7 Rf7 37.Re8+ Kh7 38.Qe4 Qxe4 39.Rxe4 Kg6 40.Re8 a6 41.Kg2 Bh6 42.f3 Bc1 43.Re2 gxf3+ 44.Nxf3 Bf4 45.Kh3 Kf6 46.Kh4 Re7
Computers are no good at endgames because of the long-range planning required. Fritz urges White to grab the h-Pawn, but in doing so would expose his Pawns on dark squares. 47.Rf2
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 47.Rxe7 Kxe7 48.Kxh5 Ke6 (48...Bc1 49.b3 Bb2) 49.Kg4 Bc7 50.Kg5]
47...Kg6 48.Kh3 Re3 49.Kg2 Kf5 50.Ne5 h4 51.Nf3 Ke4 52.Nd2+ Kf5 53.Nf1
[-1.03 Fritz 5.00: 53.Nf3 ]
53...h3+ 54.Kh1 Re1 55.Kg1 Ke4 56.Kh1 Bg3
[-0.06 Fritz 5.00: 56...a5 ]
57.Rf7
[-0.72 Fritz 5.00: 57.Re2+ Kd5 58.Rxe1 Bxe1 59.Kh2 b4 60.cxb4 Kxd4 61.Kxh3 Bxb4]
57...Kd3 58.Rf3+ Ke2
[0.78 Fritz 5.00: 58...Kc2 59.Kg1 h2+ 60.Kg2 Re2+ 61.Kh1 Bb8 62.Rf8 Kxb2 63.Rxb8]
59.Rxg3 Rxf1+ 60.Kh2 Rd1 61.Kxh3 Kf2 62.Rg2+ Kf3 63.Rh2 Rd3 64.Kh4 Ke4 65.Kg5 Kd5 66.Kf4 a5 67.Rh5+ Kc6 68.Rc5+ Kb6 69.a4 bxa4 70.Rxc4 a3
[2.22 Fritz 5.00: 70...Rd2 71.Rxa4 Rxb2 72.c4 Re2 73.c5+ Kb5]
71.bxa3 Kb5 72.Rc5+ Kb6 73.a4 Rd1 74.Rb5+ Kc6
[3.34 Fritz 5.00: 74...Ka6 75.Ke5 Ra1 76.Kd5 Rxa4 77.c4 Ra1 78.Kc5 Ka7 79.d5]
75.Rxa5 Rd3 76.Rc5+ Kb6 77.a5+ Ka6 78.Ke5 Rd1 79.d5 Rd3 80.d6 Rd1 81.Ke6 Re1+ 82.Re5 Rc1
[11.31 Fritz 5.00: 82...Rg1 ]
83.Rc5
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 83.d7 Rd1 84.Rd5 Rxd5 85.Kxd5 Kxa5 86.d8Q+ Ka4 87.Qb6 Ka3]
83...Re1+ 84.Kd7 Kb7 85.c4 Kb8 Black lost on time 1-0
9) Speigel J. A. - Laurain F. [B26]
Major (1) 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.h3 Bd7 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 8.Qd2 a6 9.Nge2 e5 10.0-0 Qc8 11.Kh2 h5 12.Bg5 Nd4 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Nd5 Bd8 16.f4 Be6 17.fxe5 Bxd5 18.exd5 dxe5 19.Qb4 Qd7 20.Rae1
20...Be7 Making a bad situation worse.
[2.09 Fritz 5.00: 20...Bc7 21.Rf6 h4 22.d6 hxg3+ 23.Kxg3 Bd8 24.Rxe5+ Kf8 25.Rf4]
21.Rxe5
21...f6 Not cutting his losses.
[5.28 Fritz 5.00: 21...Kf8 22.Qxd4 Rh7 23.Re2 h4 24.g4 Rd8 25.Kh1 Re8]
22.Rxe7+ Qxe7 23.Re1 Qxe1 24.Qxe1+ Kf7 25.Qe6+ Kg7 26.Qe7+ Kh6 27.Qxf6 Rhf8 28.Qxd4 Rae8 29.Be4 Rc8 30.Qe3+ g5
[17.13 Fritz 5.00: 30...Kg7 31.c4 Rf6 32.d6 Rd8 33.c5 Rd7 34.d4 a5 35.Kg2]
31.Qb6+ 1-0
10) Stanners M. J. - Sellwood C. [D00]
Major (1) 1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 2...e6 3.Bd3 c5 4.f4 Nc6 5.c3 d5 6.Nd2 Qc7 7.Qf3 cxd4 8.exd4 Bd6 9.Nh3 0-0 10.0-0 b6 11.Ng5 h6
Computers can take the fun out of playing sacrifices. Fritz is unimpressed by White's intentions to deliver mate and fancies grabbing the material. 12.h4
[-1.78 Fritz 5.00: 12.Nh3 a5 13.Re1 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.Qg3]
12...Bb7
[-0.41 Fritz 5.00: 12...hxg5 13.fxg5 (13.hxg5 Nh7 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qh6) 13...Nd7 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qf3]
13.g4
[-1.81 Fritz 5.00: 13.Nh3 a6 14.Re1 Rfc8 15.a3 b5]
13...Ne7
[-0.28 Fritz 5.00: 13...hxg5 14.fxg5 Nd7 15.h5 Bh2+ 16.Kh1 Bd6]
14.Nh3 Nd7 15.g5 hxg5 16.hxg5 g6 17.Qg4 Kg7 18.Nf3 Rh8 19.Ne5 Rh7 20.Kg2 Rah8 21.Rh1 Nf5 22.Bd2 Rh4 23.Qe2 Be7 24.Bxf5 Nxe5 25.fxe5
[-0.81 Fritz 5.00: 25.Be1 R4h5 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Qxe5+ Qxe5 28.dxe5]
25...exf5
Fritz does not like to give up material, although White is surely well-motivated in seeking exchanges. However, the g5 Pawn is also imprtant for defence, and once is disappears, the King's-side is toast. 26.Nf4
[-1.28 Fritz 5.00: 26.Qf3 Rg4+ 27.Kf2 Re4 28.Kg2 Reh4]
26...Bxg5 27.Rxh4 Rxh4 28.Kf3
[-0.63 Fritz 5.00: 28.Qf3 Rg4+ 29.Kh1 Qb8 30.Be3 Qh8+ 31.Nh3 Rh4]
28...Qe7 29.Rg1 Bh6 30.e6 Bxf4 31.Bxf4 Qxe6 32.Be5+
[-1.72 Fritz 5.00: 32.Qxe6 fxe6 33.Be5+ Kh7 34.Rg5 a6 35.Kg2 Ba8]
32...f6 33.Bb8 Qe4+ 34.Kf2 a6 35.Qd2 f4 36.Rg2 g5 37.Bc7 b5 38.Bd6 Kf7 39.Bc7
[-6.22 Fritz 5.00: 39.Qe2 ]
39...Rh3 40.Bd6
[-#8 Fritz 5.00: 40.Kg1 Qb1+ 41.Kf2 Rd3 42.Qe2 f3 43.Qxf3 Qxb2+ 44.Kg1 Qc1+]
40...Qf3+
[-3.03 Fritz 5.00: 40...Rf3+ 41.Kg1 Qb1+ 42.Kh2 Bc8 43.Rg3 Rf1 44.Qg2 fxg3+ 45.Bxg3]
41.Kg1 Qe3+ 42.Qf2
[-7.81 Fritz 5.00: 42.Qxe3 Rxe3 43.Rh2 Kg7 44.Rg2 Re1+ 45.Kh2 f3 46.Rf2 g4]
42...Qc1+ 43.Qf1
[43.Qf1 Rh1+]
0-1
11) Webley M. A. - Spiller P. [C21]
Major (1) 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4.Bc4
[-1.47 Fritz 5.00: 4.Nxc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bb4 6.Bg5 Nc6]
4...cxb2 5.Bxb2 d5
[-0.94 Fritz 5.00: 5...Qg5 6.Qf3 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Nh3]
6.Bxd5 Nf6
[0.16 Fritz 5.00: 6...Bb4+ ]
7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qxd8 Bb4+ 9.Qd2 Bxd2+ 10.Nxd2 Re8 11.Ngf3 Nc6 12.0-0 Bg4 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ng5+ Kg8 15.f4 Ncb4 16.g3 Ne3 17.Rfc1 Nd3 18.Rc3 Nxb2 19.Rxe3 Na4 20.Rc1 c6 21.Nge4 Rad8 22.Ra3 Rd4 23.Nd6 Rb8 24.N2c4 Bd1 25.Nf5 Re4 26.Nce3
[0.50 Fritz 5.00: 26.Ncd6 Re1+ 27.Kf2 Re2+ 28.Kf1 Rd2 29.Ke1 Rxd6]
26...Bh5 27.Nd6 Rd4 28.Nef5 Rb4 29.h3
A curious double oversight follows. 29...Bf3 That Bishop is en prise!
[3.47 Fritz 5.00: 29...a6 30.e6 g6 31.Rb3]
30.Kf2
[0.78 Fritz 5.00: 30.Rxf3 Nb6 31.Ra3 g6 32.Ne3 a6]
30...Bd5 31.Ne7+ Kf8 32.Nxd5 cxd5 33.Kf3 a6 34.Kg4 Nb6 35.Kf5 Na8 36.Rac3
36...Rb6
[3.53 Fritz 5.00: 36...Ke7 37.Nc8+ Kd8 38.Rd3 g6+ 39.Kf6 Nc7 40.Nd6]
37.Ke6
[2.22 Fritz 5.00: 37.Rc8+ Rxc8 38.Rxc8+ Ke7 39.Rxa8 g6+ 40.Kg5 Rb2 41.Re8+ Kd7]
37...Rc6 38.Kxd5 Nc7+ 39.Ke4 Rxc3 40.Rxc3 Ne6
[2.97 Fritz 5.00: 40...Ne8 41.Nxe8 Rxe8 42.f5 b5 43.e6 Rd8 44.Rd3 Rc8 45.Rd7]
41.Kd5 Ke7 42.f5 Ng5 43.h4 Nh3 44.Rc7+ Kf8 45.Rf7+
[2.69 Fritz 5.00: 45.e6 Kg8 46.e7 b5 47.e8Q+ Rxe8 48.Nxe8 Nf2]
45...Kg8 46.Rxb7
[2.47 Fritz 5.00: 46.Rd7 Nf2 47.f6 gxf6 48.e6 Nd3 49.e7 Nb4+ 50.Ke6 Nc6]
46...Rxb7 47.Nxb7 Kf7 48.Kd6 Nf2 49.Nc5 a5 50.Kd7 1-0
12) Whelan G. - Knight S. [C02]
Major (1) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Bb5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5...cxd4 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.cxd4 c5 8.Be3 Qb6 9.Qd2 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Bc5 11.Bxc5 Qxc5 12.b4 Qc4 13.Nf3 Qe4+ 14.Kf1 Ba6+ 15.Kg1 Rc8 16.Na3 Ne7 17.b5 Qa4 18.Qd3 Bb7 19.h4 Nf5 20.Rd1 0-0 21.h5 Rfd8 22.Nb1 Qxa2 23.g4 Ne7 24.Ng5 Qc2 25.Qf3 Rf8 26.Kg2 Rc7 27.Rd4 h6 28.Nh3 f6 29.Qe3 fxe5 30.Qxe5 Rf6 31.Rf1
The materialistic Fritz wants to grab the b-Pawn. 31...Rc4
[0.53 Fritz 5.00: 31...Rc5 32.Nf4 Rf7 33.Nxe6 Rxb5 34.Nd2]
32.Rd2
[-2.34 Fritz 5.00: 32.Na3 Qb3 33.Nxc4 dxc4+ 34.Kh2 Qf3 35.Qb8+ Rf8 36.Qxa7]
32...Rxg4+ 33.Kh2 Qc4 34.Re1 d4 35.Qb8+ Qc8
36.Qxa7 Greedy: now White should get mated.
[-#6 Fritz 5.00: 36.Qxc8+ Nxc8 37.f4 Rf5 38.Rxe6 Rxb5 39.Re8+ Kh7 40.Re1 Rxh5]
36...Rg2+
[-1.38 Fritz 5.00: 36...Qc7+ mates 37.f4 Rfxf4 38.Re5 Rf1 39.Qxb7 Qxe5+ 40.Nf4 Qxf4+ 41.Kh3]
37.Kh1 Rgxf2+
[-#7 Fritz 5.00: 37...Qc7 38.Qb8+ Qxb8 39.f4 Rxd2+ 40.Kg1 Rg2+ 41.Kh1 Re2+ 42.Kg1]
38.Kg1 R2f3
[-7.91 Fritz 5.00: 38...Qc7 39.Qa8+ Bxa8 40.Rxf2 Qg3+ 41.Kf1 Qxh3+ 42.Ke2 Rxf2+ 43.Kd1]
39.Kh2
[-#5 Fritz 5.00: 39.Rg2 Rxh3 40.Nd2 e5 41.Qa2+ Bd5 42.Nc4 Qxc4 43.Qxc4 Bxc4]
39...e5
[-10.66 Fritz 5.00: 39...Qc7+ 40.Nf4 Qxf4+ 41.Kg1 Qg3+ 42.Rg2 Rf1+ 43.Rxf1 Qxg2#]
40.Ng1
[-#6 Fritz 5.00: 40.Qa2+ Bd5 41.Ng1 Qg4 42.Qxd5+ Nxd5 43.Nxf3 Rxf3 44.Kh1 Qh4+]
40...R3f5
[-11.47 Fritz 5.00: 40...Rf2+ 41.Kg3 R6f3+ 42.Nxf3 Rxf3+ 43.Kh2 Qh3+ 44.Kg1 Rg3+ 45.Kf2]
41.Qa3
[-#6 Fritz 5.00: 41.Qa2+ Bd5 42.Nh3 Rxh5 43.Qa3 Rf3 44.Qxf3 Bxf3 45.b6 Qxh3+]
41...Rxh5+
[-22.19 Fritz 5.00: 41...Rf2+ ]
42.Nh3 Rf3 43.Qxe7 Qxh3+ 0-1
13) Bartlett S. - Grist P. [B40]
Major (2) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.e5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 6...Ng8 7.Be2 Be7 8.0-0 f6 9.f4 Nh6 10.Ne4 0-0 11.Be3
Fritz has some curious ideas here that Black should try and slow up White by threatening the e- and b-Pawns. 11...Nf5
[1.25 Fritz 5.00: 11...fxe5 12.fxe5 Rxf1+ 13.Kxf1 (13.Qxf1) 13...Nf7 14.Bf4 Qb6 15.Rb1 Qa5 16.Nd6]
12.Nxf5 exf5 13.Nd6 fxe5 14.Bc4+ Kh8 15.Nf7+ Rxf7 16.Bxf7 exf4 17.Bxf4 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Qxb2 19.Re1 Qf6 20.Bd5
[0.69 Fritz 5.00: 20.Bb3 idea Qd5 is quicker. 20...Nc6 21.Bd6 g6 22.Qd5 Kg7]
20...Nc6 21.Qe2 Bf8 22.Qe8 h6 23.Bf7 1-0
14) Belinfante N. - Wood J. Z. [C11]
Major (2) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Be3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 6...Nc6 7.Bb5 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Re1 a6 10.Bf1 b5 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Rad1 cxd4 13.Bxd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4
Black now plays a series of moves which make a poor position fatal. 14...f6
[1.94 Fritz 5.00: 14...b4 15.Nb1 Qxc2 16.Bd3 Qc7 17.Nbd2]
15.exf6
Natural, but risking letting an opportunity slip.
[0.06 Fritz 5.00: 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Qxd5+ Kh8 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Qxa8 Bxb2]
15...Bxf6 ? Overlooking White's idea
[1.03 Fritz 5.00: 15...Nxf6 16.Bd3 Bd6 17.Ne5 Nd7 18.Nxd5 Bxe5 19.Nxc7 Bxd4 20.Nxa8]
16.Nxd5 back on track 16...exd5 ? Unnecessary! White must have some idea in mind, and there's no need here to fall for it.
[2.81 Fritz 5.00: 16...Qxc2 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.Bd3 Qc7 19.Qe5 Nd5 20.Qxc7 Nxc7]
17.Qxd5+ Kh8 18.Qxa8 Nb6 19.Qe4 Bb7 20.Qe8 Qc5 21.Nd4 Bd5
22.Ne6
[1.91 Fritz 5.00: 22.Qe3 Bxa2 23.b4 Qc7 24.Ne6 Bxe6 25.Qxe6]
22...Bxe6
[2.91 Fritz 5.00: 22...Qxf2+ 23.Kxf2 Bh4+ 24.Kg1 Rxe8 25.g3 Rxe6 26.Rxe6 Bxe6 27.gxh4]
23.Rxe6 h6
[3.53 Fritz 5.00: 23...Bh4 24.Re2 Bxf2+ 25.Kh1 g6 26.Qe5+ Qxe5 27.Rxe5]
24.Qg6 Bxb2 25.Re8 Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 Nd7 27.Bd3 1-0
15) Duckham J. - Ingham W. [B13]
Major (2) 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Be7 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 0-0 12.Qc2 h6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 13.h3 Bf5 14.0-0 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Qc6 16.Rfe1 Nd7 17.Nf3 Bd6 18.Re2 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Rxe5 Rac8 21.Rae1 Qb6 22.Qb1 a5 23.R1e3 Rc4 24.Rg3 Rfc8 25.Qd1
[-0.97 Fritz 5.00: 25.Qa1 a4 26.Rh5 Kh7 27.Re5 a3 28.bxa3 Ra4 29.Rf3 f6]
25...Qxb2 26.Qg4 g6 27.Rxe6 Qb1+ 28.Kh2 Rxc3 29.Rxc3 Rxc3 30.Re8+ Kg7 31.Qf4
31...Qb6
[4.09 Fritz 5.00: 31...Qf5 threatens either an exchange of Queens... 32.Qd6 Rxh3+ 33.gxh3 Qxf2+ 34.Kh1 Qf1+ 35.Kh2 Qf2+ ...or a draw by perpetual check!]
32.Qb8 ?? Missing an opportunity!
[-1.06 Fritz 5.00: 32.Qe5+ Qf6 33.Rg8+ Kxg8 34.Qxf6 Rc2 35.Qd8+ Kg7 36.Qxa5 Rxf2]
32...Qb1 ?? Missing a threat!
[#2 Fritz 5.00: 32...Qxd4 33.Rh8 Rc2 34.Qf8+ Kf6 35.Qd6+ Kg5 36.Qg3+ Kf5 37.Rxh6]
33.Rg8+ Kf6 34.Qd6+ Kf5 35.Qe5# 1-0
16) England M. C. - Fursman L. J. [B16]
Major (2) 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Be3 Bf5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7.Bd3 Bg6 8.Ne2 e6 9.Qd2 Nd7 10.0-0-0 Qc7 11.h4 0-0-0 12.h5 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Qa5 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Nf4 Nd5 16.Nxd5 Rxd5 17.Bd2 Qa6 18.Be3 Be7 19.c4 Ra5 20.Kb1 Rd8
21.d5 A thematic line-opening sacrifice of which Fritz is scornful. At least White should have tried doubling Rooks behind the Pawn before lashing out.
[-0.88 Fritz 5.00: 21.Rd2 Ra4 22.Rc1 Rb4 23.Qc2 f5]
21...exd5 22.cxd5 Rb5 23.Qc2 Rdxd5 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Qxh7 Qc4 26.g3
[0.22 Fritz 5.00: 26.Rc1 Qb4 27.Qxf7 Rb5 28.Rc2 Qe1+ 29.Bc1 Rg5 30.f4 Rg3]
26...f5 27.Qh8+
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 27.Rc1 Qe4+ 28.Ka1 Qe6 29.h6 Ra5 30.Qg8+ Kc7 31.Bf4+ Kb6]
27...Kd7
28.Qc3
[-5.72 Fritz 5.00: 28.Rc1 Qe4+ 29.Ka1 Ra5 30.Qd4+ Kc8 31.h6 Qe6]
28...Qe4+ 29.Kc1
[-#4 Fritz 5.00: 29.Qc2 Qxh1+ 30.Bc1 Qxh5 31.Qb3 Kc8 32.Qc3 Bc5 33.f4 Bf2]
29...Qxh1+ 30.Kc2 Qd1# 0-1
17) Halmkin P. E. - Owen S. M. [C00]
Major (2) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3 Nf6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 b6 6.Nf3 Ba6 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 c5 9.c3 Nc6 10.a3 Na5 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.0-0 Be7 13.Ng5 g6 14.Rf3 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qc7 16.b4 Nc4 17.Rc1 a5
18.f5 Fritz never likes sacrificing material, but also suggests that White's imaginative line-opening ideas are likely to rebound. In any event, it would have done no harm to remove the b-Pawn from danger first.
[-0.56 Fritz 5.00: 18.bxa5 bxa5 19.Nxc4 dxc4 20.Qc3 0-0 21.Rh3 h5]
18...gxf5 19.g4
[-1.78 Fritz 5.00: 19.Nxc4 dxc4 20.Qc3 axb4 21.axb4 Qd8]
19...Nxd2 Another triumph of the romantic imagination over prosaic materialism? In fact, to secure two Rooks for the Queen is usually an advantage, a principle of which Steve was certainly aware.
[-0.94 Fritz 5.00: 19...Rg8 Fritz is not scared by the incursion of the Knight into the King's-side. 20.Nxh7 Rxg4+ 21.Rg3 Rxg3+ 22.hxg3 axb4 23.axb4 Bxb4 24.Ng5]
20.Rxc7 Nxf3+ 21.Nxf3 Rxc7 22.gxf5 axb4 23.f6 Rc3 24.Qd2
Black now throws in a piece for relief from the cramp. 24...Bxf6
[-0.09 Fritz 5.00: 24...Rg8+ 25.Kh1 Bf8 26.axb4 Bxb4 27.Bg1 b5 28.Be3]
25.axb4 Rb3 26.exf6 Nxf6
White loses back the piece! 27.Bg5
[-1.91 Fritz 5.00: 27.Nh4 h6 28.Qe1 Rb2 29.Nf5 Rg8+ 30.Ng3]
27...Rxf3 28.Qc2 Kd7 29.Qa4+ Kd6 30.Qa6
Black needs to keep out the Queen. 30...Rb8
[-0.84 Fritz 5.00: 30...Nd7 31.Bh4 Rg8+ 32.Bg3+ Ke7 33.b5 Rc3 34.Kf2]
31.Qa7
[-1.81 Fritz 5.00: 31.Qe2 Rg8 32.Qxf3 Rxg5+ 33.Kh1 Rg6 34.h4]
31...Rc8
[-1.13 Fritz 5.00: 31...Nd7 32.Bh4 Rc8 33.Bg3+ Ke7 34.Bc7 Rg8+ 35.Bg3]
32.Qxb6+ Rc6
[#2 Fritz 5.00: 32...Kd7 33.Qb5+ Rc6 34.Kg2 Rf5 35.Bxf6 Rxf6 36.h4 Rg6+ 37.Kf3]
33.Qb8+ Rc7
White misses a trick here. 34.Qd8+
[-0.97 Fritz 5.00: 34.Bxf6 and the check on d8 forbids the recapture. 34...Kd7 35.Qd8+ Kc6 36.Qe8+ Kb7 37.Qb5+ Kc8]
34...Nd7
Fritz queries this move, but I think it's just being short-sighted. 35.Be7+
[-1.31 Fritz 5.00: 35.Kg2 f6 (35...Rf5) 36.Kxf3 fxg5 37.Qxg5 Rc2]
35...Kc6 36.b5+ Kb6 37.Bc5+ Kb7 38.Bd6 Rfc3
[38...Rc2 39.Qxd7+]
39.Bxc7 Rxc7 40.Qh4 Kb6
[1.59 Fritz 5.00: 40...Nf8 41.Qh6 Ng6 42.Qxh7 Kb6 43.h4]
41.Qxh7 Nf6
Fritz prefers staying on the King's-side to create more trouble. 42.Qb1
[0.84 Fritz 5.00: 42.Qh8 Ne4 43.Qb8+ Rb7 44.Qa8 Kc7 45.Qe8 Rb6 46.Qxf7+ Kd8]
42...Ne4 43.Qb4 Rc1+ 44.Kg2 Rc2+ 45.Kh3 Rc4 46.Qe7 Rxd4 47.Qd7 Rc4 48.Kg2 Rc2+ 49.Kg1 Rc1+ 50.Kg2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2
18) Herbert S. - Smith E. J. [C01]
Major (2) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bd6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 6.Bxd6 Qxd6 7.c3 0-0 8.Be2 Re8 9.0-0 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.h3 Bh5 12.Re1 Re7 13.Bd3
Black spurns an opportunity to get the advantage and instead gives up a Pawn. 13...Ne4
[0.88 Fritz 5.00: 13...Rxe1+ 14.Qxe1 Re8 15.Qf1 Qb6 16.Rb1 Qc6]
14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Rxe4 Rae8 16.Rxe7 Qxe7 17.Bc2 Qe2 18.Qxe2 Rxe2 19.Bf5 Nf6 20.g4 Bg6 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.b3 Ne4 23.Re1 Rxe1+ 24.Nxe1 Nxc3 25.a3 Ne2+ 26.Kf1 Nxd4 27.b4 Kf8 28.Nd3 Ke7 29.f4 Kd6 30.Kf2 f6 31.h4 Kd5 32.Kg3 b6 33.g5 Ke4 34.gxf6 gxf6 35.Nf2+ Kf5 36.Nd3 Nb5 37.a4 Nc3 38.a5 bxa5 39.bxa5 Ne4+ 40.Kf3 c5 41.Nb2 Nd6 42.Nd1 c4 43.Nc3 a6 44.Ne2 Nb5 45.Ng3+ Ke6 46.Ke4 Nd6+ 47.Kd4 Nf5+ 48.Nxf5 Kxf5 49.Kxc4 Kxf4 50.Kc5
Black could have played more incisively here. 50...Kg4
[-1.44 Fritz 5.00: 50...g5 51.h5 Kf5 52.Kd4 g4 53.Ke3 Kg5 54.h6 Kxh6 55.Kf4 f5 winning easily]
51.Kb6 f5 52.Kxa6 f4
53.Kb5 asking for trouble, putting the King on a square where it will be checked by a new Queen on f1.
[-8.28 Fritz 5.00: 53.Kb6 f3 54.a6 f2 55.a7 f1Q 56.a8Q Qf2+ 57.Kc7 Qc5+]
53...f3 54.a6 f2 55.a7 0-1
19) Jones R. H. - Stanners M. J. [A01]
Major (2) 1.b3 d6 2.Bb2 e5 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.e3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5...c5 6.Ne2 Nc6 7.d3 g6 8.Nd2 Bg7 9.0-0 0-0 10.c3 Be6 11.d4 Bd5 12.f3 Be6 13.c4 Bd7 14.d5 Ne7 15.Nc3 a6 16.a4 Qc8 17.e4 f4 18.gxf4
Black prefers a thematic Pawn sacrifice here of the sort computers hate. 18...Nh5
[0.47 Fritz 5.00: 18...exf4 19.Qe1 g5 20.a5 Re8 21.Qf2]
19.Ne2 White prefers not to test Black's judgement!
[-0.66 Fritz 5.00: 19.fxe5 Bxe5 20.Qc2]
19...Nxf4 20.Nxf4 Rxf4 21.Qe1 Bf6 22.Bc1 Bh4 23.Qe2 g5 24.Nb1 Rf7 25.Be3 Ng6 26.Nd2 Nf4 27.Bxf4 gxf4 28.Kh1 Rg7 29.Rg1 Kh8 30.Qf1 Qg8 31.Rb1 a5 32.Rb2 Rf8 33.Nb1 Rf6 34.Nc3 Rfg6 35.Ne2 Qc8
Fritz reckons Black missed several better finishes, but it's hard to be very critical. 36.Nc3 Fritz also reckons White missed more stubborn defences. Ditto.
[-2.59 Fritz 5.00: 36.Qa1 Qe8 37.Bf1 Bf2 38.Rg2 Rxg2 39.Bxg2 Be3 40.Qd1 Qg6]
36...Rh6
[-1.69 Fritz 5.00: 36...Bg3 37.Qd3 (37.hxg3 Rh6+ 38.Bh3 Bxh3 39.Qe2 Bf1+) 37...Bxh2 38.Rd1 Bg3 39.Rbd2 Qd8 40.Kg1 Qh4 41.Bh1]
37.Ne2
[-3.66 Fritz 5.00: 37.Qd3 ]
37...Bg3 38.h3
[-#5 Fritz 5.00: 38.Nxg3 ]
38...Bxh3 39.Nxg3 fxg3 0-1
20) Knight S. - Price M. C. [D04]
Major (2) 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 c4 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5.b3 b5 6.c3 Bf5 7.a4 Qa5 8.Bb2 Ne4 9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.Nd2 b4 11.Rc1 cxb3 12.Qxb3 e6 13.Nxe4 dxe4 14.Bb5+ Nd7 15.0-0
Black is busted here, mostly because of his exposed King. 15...Rb8
[2.09 Fritz 5.00: 15...a6 16.Bxd7+ Kxd7 17.f3 exf3 18.Rxf3 Ke8 19.e4 Rb8 20.cxb4]
16.d5 Rxb5 17.axb5 Nc5 18.Qc4
18...Nd3 Making a bad situation worse!
[8.38 Fritz 5.00: 18...b3 is not pretty but may be survived. 19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Ra1 Qc7 21.Ba3 b2 22.Ra2 Qe5 23.Bxb2]
19.Qc6+ Kd8 20.Qa8+ Ke7 21.Ra1
21...Qxb5 oops - puts the Queen in the line of fire.
[7.31 Fritz 5.00: 21...Qb6 22.dxe6 Nxb2 23.Rxa7+ Kf6 24.Rxf7+ Kxe6 25.Qe8+ Kd5 26.Rd7+]
22.Rxa7+ Kf6 23.c4+ Nxb2 24.cxb5 Nd3 25.d6 1-0
21) Laurain F. - Whelan G. [B07]
Major (2) 1.e4 d6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Be2 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4...g6 5.h3 Bd7 6.d4 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.exf6 dxc3 9.fxe7 Bxe7 10.0-0 Bf6 11.bxc3 0-0 12.Qxd6 Bxc3
13.Ba3
[-1.00 Fritz 5.00: 13.Rb1 Re8 14.Be3 Bc6 15.Rfd1 Qxd6 16.Rxd6]
13...Re8 Now White has chased the Rook to e8, he has pieces en prise on both e2 and a1! 14.Qd3
[14.Rab1]
14...Bxa1 15.Rxa1 Qb6 16.Nd4 Nc6 17.c3 Nxd4 18.cxd4 Bf5 19.Qd2 Rac8 20.Bc5 Qd8 21.Bb5 Re6 22.Bxa7 Rc2 23.Qb4
Now Black should attack with vigour. 23...b6
[-0.78 Fritz 5.00: 23...Qh4 24.g3 Qxh3 25.Bf1 Qg4 26.Qxb7]
24.d5 Re7
[-0.94 Fritz 5.00: 24...Qxd5 25.Bb8 Be4 26.Qa4 Qg5 27.Bg3]
25.Ba4 Rxa7 26.Bxc2 Bxc2 27.Qd2 Be4 28.Rd1 Qd6 29.f3 Bf5 30.Rc1 Rc7 31.Rxc7 Qxc7 32.d6 Qc5+ 33.Kh2 Bd7 34.f4 Kf8 35.Kg3 Ke8 36.Qe2+ Be6 37.Qe5 Kd7 38.h4 Qa3+ 39.Kh2 Qxd6 40.Qb5+ Kc7 41.Qa4 Kb7 42.a3 Bd7 43.Qc4 Qe6 44.Qc3 Bc6 45.Qg3 Qe2 46.Kh3 Ka6 47.Kh2 b5 48.Kh3 Qxg2+ 49.Qxg2 Bxg2+
A bizarre piece of computer commentary follows. 50.Kxg2
[-8.38 Fritz 5.00: 50.Kg3 Ka5 51.f5 gxf5 52.Kf4 Be4 53.Kg5 Ka4]
50...Ka5 51.Kf3 Ka4 52.Ke4 Kxa3 53.Kd3 b4 54.Kc2 Ka2 0-1
22) Pinder R. - Webley M. A. [C26]
Major (2) 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.f4 d6 5.d3 Bxg1 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 6.Rxg1 Ng4 7.g3 0-0 8.f5 Nf6 9.g4 c6 10.g5 Qb6 11.Rg3 Ne8 12.Qh5 d5 13.Rh3 Qg1+ 14.Kd2 Qg2+ 15.Ne2
15...Qxh3 Panicky
[1.97 Fritz 5.00: 15...h6 16.Rg3 Qf2 17.exd5 (17.gxh6) 17...Qxf5 18.c3]
16.Qxh3 dxc4 17.b3 f6
[2.44 Fritz 5.00: 17...cxd3 18.Qxd3 Nd7 19.Ba3 c5 20.Nc3 Nc7 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Qxd5]
18.bxc4 g6 19.Qg3 Nd7 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Ba3 Rf7 22.gxf6 Rxf6 23.Be7 Re6 24.Qg5 Kf7 25.Rf1+ Nef6 26.Bxf6
Another short-sighted piece of computer criticism. 26...Nxf6
[6.22 Fritz 5.00: 26...Rxf6 27.Rxf6+ Nxf6 28.Qxe5 Nh5 29.Qc7+ Kg8 30.Qd8+ Kh7 31.Qe7+]
27.Ng3 Bd7 28.d4 1-0
23) Price C. R. - Nicolson J. R. [B29]
Major (2) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bc4 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5...Nb6 6.Be2 d5 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.0-0 Be7 11.f4 0-0 12.Be3 f6 13.Qd2 a5 14.Kh1 Ba6 15.b3 Bxe2 16.Nxe2 c5 17.c3 a4 18.Ng1 axb3 19.axb3 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Qc7 21.Nf3 Ra8 22.Rxa8+ Nxa8 23.Qa2 Qb7 24.Qa5 Qc6 25.b4 Nc7 26.bxc5 Kf7 27.Qb6 Qd7 28.c6 Qc8 29.Bc5 Bxc5 30.Qxc5 Qa6 31.Qd6 Qa1+ 32.Ng1 Qa5 33.Qd7+ Kg6 34.Qd6
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 34.h3 fxe5 35.fxe5 h6 36.Nf3 h5 37.Kh2]
34...Kf5 Brave! Queens and Knights cooperate well in mating attacks.
[1.16 Fritz 5.00: 34...Kf7 ]
35.exf6 gxf6 36.h3 h5 37.Ne2 h4 38.Nd4+ Kg6 39.Nxe6
[1.44 Fritz 5.00: 39.Qd8 Qxc3 40.f5+ exf5 41.Qg8+ Kh5 42.g4+ hxg3 43.Qh7+ Kg5 44.h4+ Kg4 45.Qxf5+ Kxh4 46.Nf3+ Qxf3+ 47.Qxf3]
39...Nxe6 40.Qxe6 Qxc3 41.f5+ Kg7 42.Qd6 d4
[7.81 Fritz 5.00: 42...Kh6 if Black gets his King out of the way he can threaten perpetual and hold the White Queen to the h2-b8 diagonal. 43.Qf4+ Kg7 44.c7 Qc6 45.g4 hxg3 46.Kg2 d4+ 47.Kxg3]
43.c7 d3 44.Qe7+ Kg8 45.Qe8+ covering e1 and c8 1-0
24) Rogers D. R. - Freeman D. G. [E68]
Major (2) 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 0-0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c6 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.e4 e5 9.d5 Nc5 10.Qe2 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 10...a5 11.h3 Ne8 12.Be3 f5 13.Bxc5 dxc5 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.exf5 Rxf5 16.Nh4 Rh5 17.Bxc6 Bxh3 18.Rfd1 Qc8 19.Bxa8 Qxa8 20.Qe4 Qb8 21.Qd5+ Kf8 22.Qxc5+ Kg8 23.Qd5+ Kf8 24.Qf3+ Nf6 25.Rab1
[0.91 Fritz 5.00: 25.Nd5 ]
25...Bg4 26.Qc6 g5 27.Ng2 Bxd1 28.Rxd1 Qxb2 29.Qc5+ Kf7 30.Qxa5 Qc2 31.Ne3 Qg6 32.Qa7+ Kg8 33.Rd8+ Bf8 34.Qe7 Qh6 35.Qe6+ Kh8 36.Qc6 e4 37.Kf1 Rh1+ 38.Ke2 Rh2
White is panicked by Black's attack, and overlooks the win of a piece. 39.Ng4
[1.41 Fritz 5.00: 39.Qc8 Kg8 40.Qe6+ Kh8 41.Qf7 Qh5+ 42.Qxh5 Rxh5 43.Rxf8+ Kg7]
39...Nxg4 40.Qxh6 Rxh6 41.Rxf8+ Kg7 42.Ra8 Re6 43.a4 Kg6 44.a5 Ne5 45.a6 Kh6 46.c5 Nc6 47.Ke3 Nb4 48.a7 Ra6 49.Kxe4 Nc6 50.Nb5 Ra4+
Fritz' comments on this ending are perhaps coloured by the curious result. 51.Kd5 Ne7+
[6.56 Fritz 5.00: 51...Ra6 52.Nc7 Rxa7 53.Kxc6 Rxa8 54.Nxa8 Kg6 55.g4 Kf7 56.Kd6]
52.Kd6 Nf5+ 53.Ke5 Ne7
54.Kd6
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 54.Nd4 Kg7 55.Ke6 Rxd4 56.Kxe7 Ra4 57.c6 Re4+ 58.Kd6 Rd4+]
54...Nf5+ 55.Kc7 Ne7 56.Rd8 Rxa7+ 57.Nxa7 Kh5 58.Rd7 Ng6 59.f3 h6 60.Kb6 Ne5 61.Rd5 Nc4+ 62.Kb5 Na3+ 63.Kb6
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 63.Kb4 Nc2+ 64.Kc4 Ne3+ 65.Kd4 Nc2+ 66.Ke4 Nb4 67.Rd6 Na2]
63...Nc4+ 1/2-1/2
25) Scott R. - Bloom P. [B46]
Major (2) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Nge7 7.0-0 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Qd1 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 9...Be7 10.Be3 b5 11.f4 Bb7 12.Bf3 d6 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Rfd1 Na5 15.Ne2 Nc4 16.Qc3 Bf6 17.Bd4 e5 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Bf2 Qe7 20.b3 Nd6 21.Bc5 Rd8 22.Qb4 a5 23.Qa3 b4 24.Qxa5 Qe6 25.Qxb4 Be7 26.Bxd6 Bxd6 27.Qxb7 Bc5+ 28.Kh1 0-0 29.Rd5 Bf2 30.Rad1 Rde8 31.Qd7 Qh6 32.a4 Re6 33.Rd6 Qf6 34.a5 Qh4 35.Rxe6 fxe6 36.Qxe6+ Kh8 37.Qg4 Qh6 38.Qf5 Kg8 39.Qxe5 Qh4 40.Qe6+ Kh8 41.a6 h6 42.e5 Qg5 43.Qd6 Re8 44.e6 Bc5 45.Qd5 Qe3 46.Qe4 Qf2 47.b4
Fritz only gets interested in this game when it is already decided. White has a combination of threats to Queen or to mate and they cannot all be stopped. 47...Bb6
[17.81 Fritz 5.00: 47...Qe3 48.bxc5 Qxc5 49.Qg6 Qf8 50.a7 Qg8 51.Qf7 Rf8 52.Qxf8]
48.c4
[10.78 Fritz 5.00: 48.Qg6 threat Be4 is better 48...Rxe6 49.Qxe6 Qe3 50.Qc8+ Kh7 51.Qf5+ Kg8 52.a7 Qe8]
48...Bd8
[24.91 Fritz 5.00: 48...Qe3 49.c5 Qxe4 50.Bxe4 Bc7 51.a7 Be5 52.a8Q Rxa8 53.Bxa8]
49.Qd4
[11.34 Fritz 5.00: 49.Qg6 idea Be4 is better 49...Qxf3 50.Qxe8+ Kh7 51.gxf3 Bb6 52.Qc6 Bd4 53.e7 Bf6]
49...Qh4 50.Qxh4 Bxh4 51.a7 1-0
26) Sellwood C. - Sandercock E. B. [B40]
Major (2) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd3 Bxc3+ "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7.bxc3 d5 8.e5 Qc7 9.Nf3 Ng4 10.0-0 Nxe5 11.Bf4 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Qe7 13.Qg3 Nd7 14.Qxg7 Qf6 15.Qxf6 Nxf6 16.Be5 Ke7 17.f4 Rg8 18.Rab1 Ne4 19.Rbe1 f5 20.Rf3 h6 21.Rh3 Rg6 22.c4 Bd7 23.cxd5 exd5
24.c4 Fritz prefers centralising the Rook.
[-0.31 Fritz 5.00: 24.Rhe3 Re8 25.a3 Re6 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Kf2]
24...Rag8 25.Re2 Rc8 26.Bb2 Rgc6 27.Ba3+ Kf7 28.Rhe3
28...Re6
[1.84 Fritz 5.00: 28...dxc4 29.Bxe4 fxe4 30.Rxe4 Re6 31.Rxe6 Bxe6 32.Kf2]
29.Bb4
[-0.72 Fritz 5.00: 29.cxd5 simply wins a Pawn, although if White grabs a second... 29...Ree8 30.Bxe4 fxe4 31.Rxe4 Rxe4 32.Rxe4 Re8 ...Black can hope to draw an opposite-coloured Bishop ending.]
29...d4 30.Rh3 Rg6 31.Ba3 Bc6 32.Bb2 Rd8 33.Rh5 Kf6 34.Ba3 Rd7 35.c5 Rd5 36.Bxe4 fxe4 37.Rxd5 Bxd5 38.Bb2 Kf5 39.Bxd4 Ra6 40.Kf2 Kxf4 41.Be3+ Kf5 42.Rd2 Ke5 43.h3 h5 44.Ke2 Bxa2 45.Kf2 Bd5 46.Bd4+ Ke6 47.Ke3 Ra3+ 48.Kf4 a5 49.Kg5 Rd3 50.Rxd3 exd3 51.Bc3 a4 52.Kf4 Bxg2 53.Ke3 Bxh3 54.Kxd3 Kd5 55.Bd4 Bf1+ 56.Kc3 h4 57.Bg1 h3 58.Kb4 Bb5 59.Bh2 Bc6 60.Bd6 Ke4 61.Kc3 Kf3 0-1
27) Woodruff A. - Jukes S. [E12]
Major (2) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 a5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.e3 Ne4 7.Nxe4 Bxe4 8.Bd3 d5 9.Bxe4 dxe4 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.Qa4+ Nd7 12.0-0 Bxe5 13.dxe5 0-0
[0.50 Fritz 5.00: 13...Qg5 14.Qc6 Rd8 15.Qxc7 Nxe5 16.b3]
14.Rd1 Nc5 15.Rxd8 Nxa4 16.Rd4 Nc5 17.Rb1 Nb3 18.Bd2 Nxd4 19.exd4 f5 20.g3 Rfd8 21.Be3 Rd7 22.b3 h6 23.h4 Rad8 24.Kg2 Kf7 25.Rc1 Rb8 26.Rc2 c5 27.dxc5 bxc5 28.Bxc5 Rxb3 29.Bd6 Rdb7 I don't understand Fritz' querying this move.
[-0.88 Fritz 5.00: 29...Rd8 30.h5 Ke8 31.Kf1 Rd7 32.Ke2 a4 33.Rd2 Rdb7 34.Rd4]
30.c5 Rb2 31.c6 R7b3 32.Rc1 e3 33.c7
White is clearly threatening to promote, but it's Black's move! 33...exf2
[1.44 Fritz 5.00: 33...Rxf2+ 34.Kh3 Rbb2 35.Rh1 Rfc2 36.g4 f4 37.g5 h5 38.a4]
34.c8Q Rushed it!
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 34.Bc5 secures against the perpetual 34...f4 35.Bxf2 Rxg3+ 36.Kh1 Rxf2 37.c8Q Rxa3]
34...f1Q+
[34...f1Q+ 35.Kxf1 Rf3+ 36.Ke1 Re3+ with perpetual!]
1/2-1/2
28) Durrant P. E. O. - Price M. C. [C90]
Major (3) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.h3 Na5 9.c3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 9...Nxb3 10.axb3 0-0 11.d3 c5 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.Nf1 c4 14.bxc4 bxc4 15.Ng3 cxd3 16.Qxd3 h6 17.Be3 Re8 18.Nd2 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Nc4 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 Qd5 22.Qe4 Qxe4 23.Nxe4 Bxe4 24.Rxe4 f6 25.Ne3 Rab8 26.Ra2 Red8 27.Rea4 Rd2 28.Nc4 Rd1+ 29.Kh2 Rf1
30.b4
[0.22 Fritz 5.00: 30.Kg3 Rd8 31.Rxa6 Kf7 32.Ne3 Rc1]
30...Rc8 The wrong Rook.
[1.41 Fritz 5.00: 30...Rc1 31.Ne3 Rb5 32.c4 Rxb4 33.Rxa6]
31.Ne3 Rc1 32.Rxa6
Fritz does not identify Black's next as a blunder, because White is so far ahead, but ...Kf7 is a better try. 32...R1xc3 33.Nd5 Bxb4 34.Nxb4 R8c5 35.Rd2 e4 36.Rd7 e3 37.fxe3 Rxe3 38.Raa7 Rg5 39.Rd3 Re4 40.Nd5 h5
[#3 Fritz 5.00: 40...Re8 41.Ne7+ Kh7 42.g4 h5 43.Rad7 Rb8 44.Nd5 Kh6 45.Kg3]
41.Nxf6+ 1-0
29) Foulds A. - McFarlane P. [A69]
Major (3) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Bg5 Qb6 13.0-0 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Bc4 Qxb2 16.d6 Be6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 17.Bxe6 Rxe6 18.Qf3
Fritz queries Black's next, because it puts the f-Pawn en prise to the Queen on e6 (what Queen on e6?). 18...f6
[-2.28 Fritz 5.00: 18...f5 19.Qd5 Bd4+ 20.Kh1 Bxc3 21.Qxe6+ Kh8 22.Rad1]
19.Rab1
[-3.31 Fritz 5.00: 19.Qd5 forward! 19...Bd4+ 20.Kh1 Qxc3 21.Qxe6+ Kg7 22.Rac1 Qb2 23.Qe7+ Kh8]
19...Qxc3 20.Qxb7 Qd4+ 21.Kh1 Qxd6
When you see a good move, stop and think again... 22.Qxa8
[-2.00 Fritz 5.00: 22.Bh6 ...There might be a better one! This move gets the Bishop off the hook with tempo 22...Re7 23.Qxa8 Bxh2 24.Rbd1 Qe5]
22...fxg5 23.Qxa7
23...Re7 A type of blunder less common than you might think - turning a win into a loss. (Mostly, blunders come in poor positions.)
[0.91 Fritz 5.00: 23...Nd7 24.Rfd1 Bd4 25.Rb7 Nf6 26.Rdb1]
24.Rxb8+ Kg7 25.Rb7 Bf6 26.Rxe7+ Bxe7 27.Qb7 c4 28.Re1 Kf7 29.Qf3+
[0.94 Fritz 5.00: 29.Qc8 Qd5 30.Qh8 Bd6 31.Qxh7+ Kf6 32.a4]
29...Kg7 30.Qc3+ 1-0
30) Freeman D. G. - Belinfante N. [B03]
Major (3) 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Be2 Bf5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5.c3 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Qb3 Nb6 8.0-0 0-0 9.a4 Be6 10.Qd1 Nc6 11.a5 Nd5 12.c4 dxe5 13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nc3 e6 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Bf4 Nxf3+ 18.Bxf3 c6 19.Qd2 Qf6 20.a6 b6 21.Rab1 Rfe8 22.b4 b5 23.Rfd1 Re6 24.Be3 Qe7 25.Bc5 Qd7 26.Re1 Rae8 27.Rxe6 Rxe6 28.Re1 Rxe1+ 29.Qxe1 Bf8 30.Qe3 Qc8 31.Bxf8 Qxa6 32.Bh6 Qa1+ 33.Qc1
Fritz suddenly gets interested, thinking it can find a better finish. 33...Qd4
[#4 Fritz 5.00: 33...Qxc1+ 34.Bxc1 a6 35.Be3 f6 36.Bd4 Kf7 37.Kf1 Ke6 38.Ke2]
34.Qxc6
[5.75 Fritz 5.00: 34.Qe1 Qe4 35.Bxe4 dxe4 36.Qxe4 a5 37.Qe8#]
34...Qa1+ 35.Qc1 1-0
31) Grist P. - Sparkes D. A. [B01]
Major (3) 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxd5 4.Bc4 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4...c6 5.0-0 Bg4 6.d4 e6
White makes an unguarded move - or rather, an apparently guarded one. 7.Bg5
[-2.78 Fritz 5.00: 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.h3 Bf5 9.Re1 Nf4]
7...Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Qxg5 9.Re1 Bd6 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Re4
[-3.41 Fritz 5.00: 11.Ne4 Qf4 12.Nxd6 Qxd6 13.c3 Nf4 14.b4]
11...Nf6 12.Re3 Qf4 13.Qxf4 Bxf4 14.Rf3 Bc7 15.h4 Nbd7 16.Kh1 Rad8 17.Bd3 e5 18.Rg1 exd4 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Nf6 21.Bd3 h5 22.Be2 Rfe8 23.Bd1 Ba5 24.Rf5 Rd5 25.Rf4 Re1 26.Rxe1 Bxe1 27.Bf3 Bd2 28.Bxd5 Bxf4 29.Bf3 g6 30.g3 Bc1 31.b3 Nd5 32.a4 Nb4 33.Be4 f5 34.Bd3 Nxd3 35.cxd3 Kf7 36.Kg2 Ke6 37.Kf3 Ke5 38.Ke2 f4 39.Kd1 fxg3 40.fxg3 Be3 41.Ke2 Kf5 42.Kf3 a5 43.Kg2 Kg4
Fritz suddenly decides it can win more quickly. 44.Kh1
[-#5 Fritz 5.00: 44.Kf1 Kf3 45.Ke1 Bf2+ 46.Kd1 Bxg3 47.Kd2 Bxh4 48.Kd1]
44...Kxg3 45.b4 Kxh4
[-12.91 Fritz 5.00: 45...axb4 46.a5 b3 47.a6 b2 48.axb7 b1Q#]
46.bxa5 Kg4 47.a6 bxa6 48.Kg2 Kf4 49.Kh3 g5 50.Kh2 Bd2
[-17.09 Fritz 5.00: 50...Kf3 ]
51.Kg2 Ke3
[-#8 Fritz 5.00: 51...g4 52.Kf2 g3+ 53.Ke2 Be3 54.a5 g2 55.Kd1 g1Q+ 56.Kc2]
52.Kf1 h4 53.Kg2 g4 54.Kg1 Kxd3 55.Kf2 h3
[-17.00 Fritz 5.00: 55...Be3+ 56.Kg2 Ke2 57.Kh2 d3 58.Kg2 d2 59.a5 d1Q 60.Kh2]
0-1
32) Jukes S. - Scott R. [A24]
Major (3) 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.b4 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5...c6 6.Rb1 0-0 7.d3 d5 8.Bg5 Be6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Qd2 Re8 11.Nf3 Qd6 12.0-0 a6 13.Rfc1 Nbd7 14.Rc2 Nb6 15.h3 Rec8
16.Nxe5 enterprising but flawed?
[-1.81 Fritz 5.00: 16.Rbc1 d4 17.Bxf6 dxc3 18.Qg5 Bxf6 19.Qxf6]
16...d4 Black is bluffed!
[0.25 Fritz 5.00: 16...Qxe5 A) 17.Bf4 must have been White's idea: 17...Qh5 18.Bf3 (18.g4 Nxg4 19.hxg4 Bxg4 20.e3 Bf3 21.Bxf3 Qxf3) 18...Qxh3 19.Bg2 Qh5 20.Bf3 Bg4;
B) 17.Qe3 17...Nfd7 18.Qxe5 Nxe5 19.Rbc1 d4]
17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Ne4
[-0.84 Fritz 5.00: 18.Ng4 Bxg4 19.Ne4 Qe7 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.hxg4]
18...Qxe5 19.f4 Rxc2 20.Qxc2 Qf5 21.g4 From bad to worse.
[-2.47 Fritz 5.00: 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Bxb7 Rb8 23.Bxa6 Ra8 24.Bc4 Bxh3]
21...Qxf4 22.Rf1
[-3.50 Fritz 5.00: 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.Bxb7 Rd8 24.Bxa6 Qf4 25.Bb7 Nd5 26.Bxd5 Bxd5]
22...Qe3+ 23.Kh1 Bd8 24.Qc5 Rc8 25.Qe5 Nd5 26.Qd6 Bc7 27.Qc5 Bf4
White has a little defensive combination here which Fritz fancied but I don't find helpful: 28.Qa5
[-6.44 Fritz 5.00: 28.Qxd5 Bxd5 29.Nf6+ Kh8 30.Nxd5 Qxe2 31.Nxf4 Qd2 32.a3 Rc1 winning: Fritz is being short-sighted.]
28...Qxe2 29.Nc5
[-9.47 Fritz 5.00: 29.Rg1 Be3 30.Bf1 Qe1 31.g5 Bxg1 32.Kxg1 Bxh3 33.Qxd5 Qxf1+]
29...Ne3 30.Rg1 Nxg2
[-#5 Fritz 5.00: 30...Bxg4 ]
0-1
33) Nielsen J. H. - Allen R. N. [C55]
Major (3) 1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e4 Nf6 4.Bc4 Nxe4 If I had a penny for every time I've seen this... 5.Bxf7+ "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5...Kxf7 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Ng3 e4 8.Ng1 Bc5
[-1.22 Fritz 5.00: 8...Kg8 Fritz prefers to hide the King - probably wisely! See the next note.]
9.d3 Qf6 10.Qh5+ Kf8
11.Be3
[-1.56 Fritz 5.00: 11.Nxe4 picks up a Pawn 11...Bb4+ 12.Nd2 Nd4 13.Qd1 Qg6 14.Kf1]
11...Bb4+ 12.c3 Bxc3+
Unquestionably, White should cut his losses here instead of making the natural recapture. 13.bxc3
[-4.41 Fritz 5.00: 13.Kf1 is bad, but not resignable. 13...Bxb2 14.Bc5+ Ne7 15.Qxd5 Bxa1 16.Qd8+ Kf7 17.Qxh8 exd3]
13...Qxc3+ 14.Kd1 Qxa1+ 15.Bc1 Qxa2 16.dxe4 Qb3+ 17.Ke1 Qc3+ 18.Bd2 Qa1+ 19.Ke2 Nd4+ 20.Kd3 dxe4+ 21.Kxe4 Nc6 22.Nf3 Qa4+ 23.Ke3 Qb3+ 24.Ke2 Qc4+
Black has the exchange and Pawns, but both Kings are exposed. White's is more exposed than Black's, so if Black can get moving, White will be in a lot of trouble. 25.Ke3 Adds to White's problems.
[-7.50 Fritz 5.00: 25.Ke1 Bg4 26.Qg5 Re8+ 27.Be3 Qc3+ 28.Kf1 Qd3+ 29.Ke1 Bxf3]
25...Bd7 Too cautious.
[-3.69 Fritz 5.00: 25...Bg4 mates or wins the Queen. 26.Qxg4 (26.Qg5 Re8+ mates 26...Qxg4 27.Bc3 Re8+ 28.Kd2 Qf4+ 29.Kc2]
26.Rc1 Qe6+ 27.Ne4 Qh6+ 28.Qxh6 gxh6 29.Nf6 Ke7 30.Bc3
Fritz does not query Black's next, but it's asking for trouble. 30...Bf5
[30...Rhf8]
31.Nd5+ Kd6 32.Bxh8 Rxh8 33.Rd1 Bg6
[-1.34 Fritz 5.00: 33...Re8+ 34.Kf4 Bc2 35.Nf6+ Bxd1 36.Nxe8+ Kd7 37.Nf6+]
34.Nf4+ Ke7 35.Nh4
[-2.03 Fritz 5.00: 35.Nd5+ Kd7 36.Nb4+ Kc8]
35...Ne5
[-1.28 Fritz 5.00: 35...Re8 36.Kd2 Rd8+ 37.Ke1 Rxd1+ 38.Kxd1 Be4 39.Kc1]
36.Nd5+ Kd7 37.h3 c6 38.Nc3+ Kc7 39.f4
[-2.53 Fritz 5.00: 39.Ra1 ]
39...Nc4+ 40.Kf2 b5 At last the Pawns have their say. 41.f5 Bf7 42.Nf3 Re8 43.g4 a5 44.g5
[-4.13 Fritz 5.00: 44.Re1 Rxe1 45.Kxe1 b4 46.Na4 Kd6 47.Ke2 Kd5 48.Kd3 c5]
44...Bh5 45.Rd3 Bxf3 46.Rxf3 hxg5 47.f6 Rf8 48.f7
[-4.63 Fritz 5.00: 48.Ne4 h6 49.Ke2 Kd7 50.Rf2 Ke6 51.Kd3 Kd5 52.Nc3+ Ke5]
48...Ne5 0-1
34) Owen S. M. - Steer G. [C14]
Major (3) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Qg4 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7...f5 8.Qg3 a6 9.Nf3 c5 10.Be2 Nc6 11.0-0-0 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Ndxe5 13.Rhe1
13...Nxd4 Black is asking for trouble.
[0.47 Fritz 5.00: 13...0-0 14.f4 Nxd4 15.Rxd4 Nc6 16.Rd3 d4]
14.Bh5+ Kf8 15.Rxd4 and Black is in all sorts of trouble. 15...Qf6 16.Qxe5 Qg5+ 17.Kb1 Qxh5 18.Nxd5 Ra7 Fritz gets all interested again.
[#7 Fritz 5.00: 18...h6 19.Nb6 Kg8 20.Nxa8 Kh7 21.Nb6 Rf8 22.Nxc8 Rxc8 23.Qxe6]
19.Nf4
[6.47 Fritz 5.00: 19.Qd6+ Kf7 20.Qe7+ Kg6 21.Rxe6+ Bxe6 22.Qxe6+ Kg5 23.f4+ mates]
19...Qg5
[9.66 Fritz 5.00: 19...Qe8 20.Rd6 Kg8 21.Nxe6 Bxe6 22.Rxe6 Qd7 23.Re8+ Kf7 24.Re7+]
20.Qc7 Qe7 21.Rd8+
[7.16 Fritz 5.00: 21.Qxc8+ Kf7 22.Qxh8 Qe8 23.Qxh7 Qe7 24.Nxe6 Qxe6]
21...Kf7 22.Qxe7+ Kxe7 23.Rxh8 Bd7 24.Rxh7 Kf6 25.Nh5+ Kg6 26.Rxg7+ Kxh5 27.Rxd7 Ra8 28.Rxb7 Rd8 1-0
35) Rogers D. R. - Price C. R. [A15]
Major (3) 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nc3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5...d5 6.b3 Ne4 7.Nxe4 dxe4 8.e3 c5 9.Bb2 Nc6 10.Ne2 Bg4 11.Bxe4 cxd4 12.f3 Qa5+ 13.Kf1 Bh3+ 14.Kg1 Rd8 15.Bxc6+ bxc6 16.exd4 c5 17.Bc3
Both sides get in a muddle here: Black need not shed a piece, and has a clever alternative. 17...Bxd4+
[2.88 Fritz 5.00: 17...Qxc3 neat, eh? 18.Nxc3 Bxd4+ 19.Qxd4 cxd4 20.Nd5]
18.Qxd4 of course 18...cxd4 19.Bxa5 5.59 Fritz 5.00: 19...Rd7
[19...Bd7 I wonder if this was a clerical error: ...Rd7 must have been played, surely? 20.Nf4 3.00 Fritz 5.00: 20.Bxd8 Kxd8 21.Nxd4 e5 22.Ne2 f6) 20...Bf5 4.50 Fritz 5.00: 20...Rc8 21.Re1 g5 22.Nd5 Be6 23.Nc7+ Kd7 24.Nxe6 fxe6) 21.Rd1 g5 6.06 Fritz 5.00: 21...Rd6 22.Nd5 e5 23.Bc7 Re6 24.Kf2) 22.Nd3 3.34 Fritz 5.00: 22.Bxd8 gxf4 23.Rxd4 e5 24.Rd5 Be6) 22...0-0 4.94 Fritz 5.00: 22...Rd7 23.Kf2 h5 24.h4 Rg8 25.hxg5) 23.Kf2 f6 24.g4 Bg6 25.Nc5 3.41 Fritz 5.00: 25.Bxd8 Rxd8 26.h4 Kf7 27.hxg5 fxg5 28.Ne5+ Kg7) 25...Rd6 26.Bc7 Rc6 27.Nd7 Rc8 28.Ba5 1.06 Fritz 5.00: 28.Bb8 Be8 29.Rxd4 Bxd7 30.Rxd7 Rxb8 31.Rxa7) 28...Rd6 29.Nc5 0.00 Fritz 5.00: 29.Nb8 e5 30.h4 Rxb8 31.Bc7 Rbd8 32.Bxd8 Rxd8 33.hxg5 fxg5) 29...e5 2.81 Fritz 5.00: 29...Rf8 ) 30.Na4 Ra6 31.Bb4 Be8 32.a3 Bxa4 33.bxa4 Rxa4 34.Rc1 a5 35.Bd6 Raxc4 36.Rxc4 Rxc4 37.Rb1 Rc2+ 38.Kg3 Rc6 39.Be7 Kf7 40.Rb7 Ke6 41.Bd8 a4 42.Rb6 Rxb6 43.Bxb6 Kd5 44.Bd8 Kc4 2.03 Fritz 5.00: 44...Ke6 45.Kf2 h6 46.Bb6 f5 47.Bc5 Kf6 48.Ke2 Kg6 49.Kd3) 45.Kf2 Kb3 46.Be7 1.06 Fritz 5.00: 46.Bxf6 Kxa3 47.Bxe5 Kb3 48.Bxd4 a3 49.Ke3 Kc4 50.Ba1 a2) 46...Kc2 47.Bb4 Kd3 48.Be7 0.00 Fritz 5.00: 48.Ba5 h6 49.Bb4 e4 50.fxe4 Kxe4 51.Bf8 f5 52.gxf5 Kxf5) 48...Kc2]
20.Nf4
[20.Kf2 e5 21.Rad1 d3 22.Nc3]
20...Bf5 21.Rd1 g5 22.Nd3 0-0 23.Kf2 f6 24.g4 Bg6 25.Nc5 Rd6 26.Bc7 Rc6 27.Nd7 Rc8 28.Ba5 Rd6 29.Nc5 e5 30.Na4 Ra6 31.Bb4 Be8 32.a3 Bxa4 33.bxa4 Rxa4 34.Rc1 a5 35.Bd6 Raxc4 36.Rxc4 Rxc4 37.Rb1 Rc2+ 38.Kg3 Rc6 39.Be7 Kf7 40.Rb7 Ke6 41.Bd8 a4 42.Rb6 Rxb6 43.Bxb6 Kd5 44.Bd8 Kc4 45.Kf2 Kb3 46.Be7 Kc2 47.Bb4 Kd3 48.Be7 Kc2 1/2-1/2
36) Sandercock E. B. - Pinder R. [D02]
Major (3) 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Bd3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 6...Bd6 7.Bg3 Bxg3 8.hxg3 Qb6 9.Qc2 h6 10.Nbd2 Bd7 11.dxc5 Qxc5 12.Ng5 Ne5 13.Nb3 Qb6 14.Rh4 Bb5 15.Bxb5+ Qxb5
Fritz much prefers Black's centralised position. 16.Nd4
[-1.47 Fritz 5.00: 16.0-0-0 ]
16...Qb6
Fritz claims a double oversight follows, but it;
s just being short-sighted: 17.Ngf3
[-1.34 Fritz 5.00: 17.Nb3 Rc8 18.Nf3 Nc4 19.Nfd2]
17...Nc6
[-0.22 Fritz 5.00: 17...Qxb2 18.Qxb2 Nd3+ 19.Kf1 Nxb2 20.Rb1 g5 is nonsense: 21.Nxg5 Nc4 22.Rxb7 Nd6 is good for White.]
18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Rb4 Qc7 20.Qb3 0-0 21.Rb7 Qd6 22.Qb4 Qxb4 23.Rxb4 Rab8 24.Rxb8 Rxb8 25.Rb1 Ne4 26.Nd2 Nc5 27.b4 Na4 28.Rb3 Rb7 29.Ke2 Kf8 30.c4 Ke7 31.c5 e5 32.f4 f6 33.Nf3 Ke6 34.g4 g6 35.g3 g5 36.f5+ Kf7 37.Kd2 Ke7 38.Kc2 Kd7 39.Rb1 a5 40.a3 axb4 41.axb4
Fritz prefers Black here, although the Black Knight is horribly stuck. 41...Ra7
[0.59 Fritz 5.00: 41...Rb5 ]
42.Rb3 Rb7 43.Rb1 Ke8 44.Nd2 d4
[1.03 Fritz 5.00: 44...Kd8 45.e4 d4 46.Nc4 Rb8 47.Rb3 Ke8 48.Nd6+]
45.exd4 exd4 46.Nf3
[0.22 Fritz 5.00: 46.Ne4 Re7 47.Nd6+ Kf8 48.Rh1 Kg7 49.Rd1 Nc3 50.Rxd4 Re3]
46...d3+ clever 47.Kxd3 Nxc5+ 48.Kd4 Nd7 49.Kc4 Kf7 50.Re1 Nf8 51.Nd4 Rc7
[1.91 Fritz 5.00: 51...Rb6 52.Rh1 Nd7 53.Rxh6 Ke7 54.Nf3 Rb5 55.Kc3 c5 56.bxc5]
52.Kc5 Nd7+ Not best!
[4.97 Fritz 5.00: 52...Rd7 ]
53.Kd6 Rb7 54.Re7+ Kg8 55.Nxc6 1-0
37) Smith E. J. - Duckham J. [D04]
Major (3) 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 c6 4.Bd3 e6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5.Nbd2 Be7 6.0-0 Nbd7 7.b3 0-0 8.Bb2 b6 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd7 11.c4 Bb7 12.Rc1 f6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.f4 Nc5 15.Bb1 f5 16.Nf3 Rc8 17.Nd4 Qd7 18.Rf2 Ne4 19.Rfc2 Rxc2 20.Rxc2 Rc8 21.g4 Bc5 22.gxf5 Bxd4 23.Rxc8+ Qxc8 24.Qxd4 exf5
25.Bxe4 Fritz doesn't like this exchange.
[-0.41 Fritz 5.00: 25.e6 Qf8 26.a3 Qe7 27.Bc2 Ba8]
25...fxe4 26.e6 Qf8 27.Qe5 Bc6 28.Qc7 Be8 29.Qxa7 b5 30.Qc7 h6 31.f5 b4 32.Qb8 Bc6
White has a bind but although Fritz prefers several different moves below, it does not demonstrate a win. 33.Qc7
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 33.Qg3 d4 34.Bxd4 Bd5 35.Qc7 Ba8]
33...Be8 34.Qe5 Qe7
35.f6 Releasing the bind for no reason. White should adopt an 'ideal' formation (no checks or perpetuals) and see if he can nibble a few Pawns.
[0.66 Fritz 5.00: 35.h4 Kh7 36.Kg2 Bc6 37.Qg3 Be8 38.Be5 Bh5 39.Kg1;
35.Qxd5 Qg5+ 36.Kf1 Qxe3 only draws.]
35...gxf6 36.Qxf6 Qxf6 37.Bxf6 Kf8 38.Kf2 Bb5 39.Bd4 Ke7 40.Bc5+ Kxe6 41.Bxb4 Kf5 42.a4 Bd3 43.a5 Kg4 44.Bd6 h5 45.b4 Bb5 46.Ke1 Kf3 47.Kd2 h4 1/2-1/2
38) Speigel J. A. - Kennedy P. J. [B26]
Major (3) 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Rb8 7.Qd2 b5 8.Nge2 e6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 9.Nd1 b4 10.c3 bxc3 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Nb2 Ba6 13.Nc4 Bxc4 14.dxc4
14...Qc7 does nothing for Black's game
[-0.06 Fritz 5.00: 14...Ne5 wins a Pawn 15.Bf4 Nxc4 16.Qd3 Nb2 17.Qxd6 Bxc3+]
15.Rd1 Ne5 16.Qxd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 Nxc4 18.Rd1 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Ne7
20.0-0 allows Blqack to sieze the seventh
[-1.09 Fritz 5.00: 20.Rd2 Nc6 21.0-0 Ke7 22.Rfd1 Rhd8]
20...Rb2 21.Rfe1 Rxa2 22.Rb1 0-0 23.Rb7 Nc6 24.Rc7 Ne5 25.Nf4 c4 26.Rd1 a5 27.h3 Ra8 28.Kf1 a4
Fritz gets all interested now that Black is winning. 29.Ne2
[-4.34 Fritz 5.00: 29.Rb7 a3 30.Rbb1 Rb2 31.Ne2 Rb3 32.Ra1]
29...a3 30.Nf4
[-7.34 Fritz 5.00: 30.Nc1 ]
30...Rc2
[-4.69 Fritz 5.00: 30...Rb2 ]
31.Ne2 a2 32.Ra1 Rb2 33.Nc1
[-9.56 Fritz 5.00: 33.Kf2 Bf6 34.Bf3 Bg5 35.Kg2 Bxe3 36.h4 Rb1 37.Rc8+ Rxc8]
33...Rb1 0-1
39) Webley M. A. - Sellwood C. [B50]
Major (3) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.Be2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.Be3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7...Nc6 8.Nbd2 e5 9.h3 d5 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.exd5 Bxd5 13.Ne4 Be7 14.c4 Be6 15.Qd2 h6 16.Rad1 Qd7 17.Kh2 Rad8 18.Qc1 f5 19.Nc3 Bd6 20.Ng1 Bb8 21.g3
Some curious decisions: a clerical error? 21...g6
[0.47 Fritz 5.00: 21...Nd4 22.Bf3 Rfe8 23.Bd5 Bd6 24.Bxe6+ Rxe6;
21...g5]
22.a3
[-0.88 Fritz 5.00: 22.Qxh6 Rf6 23.Qg5 Kg7 24.Nf3 Bc7]
22...Nd4
[0.34 Fritz 5.00: 22...f4 23.Ne4 b6 24.Rfe1 Nd4 25.b4]
23.f4
[-2.00 Fritz 5.00: 23.Qxh6 Rf6 24.Qg5 Kg7 25.Nf3 Bc7 26.Nxd4 Qxd4]
23...exf4 24.gxf4 g5 apparently not? 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.cxd5 Bxf4+ 27.Rxf4 gxf4 28.Qxf4 Qd6 29.Qxd6 Rxd6 30.Bf1 f4 31.Re1 Rxd5 32.Re7 Rf7 33.Re8+ Kg7 34.Bg2 f3 0-1
40) Wood J. Z. - Laurain F. [A45]
Major (3) 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d6 3.Bxf6 gxf6 4.g3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4...Bg7 5.Bg2 c5 6.c3 f5 7.e3 Nc6 8.Ne2 e5 9.dxc5 dxc5 10.Qxd8+ Nxd8 11.Na3 Ne6 12.Nc4 Ke7 13.0-0-0 Rb8 14.Nd6 Kf6
15.Bh3 Lacking in vigour.
[0.47 Fritz 5.00: 15.f4 Attacking e5 and b7 15...exf4 16.exf4 b6 17.Rd5 Nc7 18.Rd2 Rd8 19.Rhd1 with a better position 19...Ne6]
15...Ng5 16.Bg2 Ne6 17.f4 e4 18.Rd5 Nc7 19.Rxc5 Na6 20.Rxc8 Rhxc8 21.Nxc8 Rxc8 22.Nd4 Nb4
[1.91 Fritz 5.00: 22...Rd8 23.Rd1 Nc5 24.Bf1 a6 25.Kc2 b5 26.Bh3 Rd5 27.Kd2]
23.a3
[1.03 Fritz 5.00: 23.Nxf5 Nd3+ 24.Kc2 Bf8 25.Nd4 Nf2 26.Re1 Re8 27.Re2 Ng4]
23...Nd3+ 24.Kc2 b5
[2.50 Fritz 5.00: 24...Nf2 25.Rf1 Ng4 26.Kd2 Nxh2 27.Rh1 Nf3+ 28.Nxf3 exf3 29.Bxf3]
25.Bf1 Missing:
[1.25 Fritz 5.00: 25.Nxf5 ]
25...Nf2 26.Rg1 Ng4 27.Kd2 a6
[1.47 Fritz 5.00: 27...Nxh2 28.Be2 (28.Bxb5) 28...Rd8 29.Rh1 Nf3+ 30.Kc2 Nxd4+ 31.cxd4 a6 32.Rxh7]
28.Rg2 Bf8 29.h3 Nh6 30.g4 fxg4 31.hxg4 Ke7
[2.69 Fritz 5.00: 31...Kg6 32.Be2 Rd8 33.Bd1 f6 34.Bc2 Re8 35.b4 f5 36.gxf5+]
32.g5 Ng8 33.Rh2 h6 34.Nf5+ Ke6 35.Nxh6 Rd8+ 36.Kc2 Bc5 37.Nxg8 Rxg8 38.Rh3 Rg6 39.Rg3 f6 40.Bh3+ Kd5 41.Bf5 Rg7 42.g6 a5 43.Rh3 b4 44.axb4 axb4 45.Rh7 Bf8 46.Rxg7
[2.28 Fritz 5.00: 46.Rh1 Bc5 47.Rd1+ Kc4 48.b3+ Kb5 49.Rd7 Rg8 50.Rb7+ Kc6]
46...Bxg7 47.cxb4 Kc4 48.Bxe4 Kxb4 49.Bd5 Kc5 50.Bf3 Kb4 51.e4 Kc4 52.b3+ Kb4 53.Kd3 Kxb3 54.Kd4 f5+ 55.Kd5 fxe4 56.Bxe4 Kc3 57.Ke6
[12.00 Fritz 5.00: 57.f5 Kd2 58.Ke6 Ke3 59.f6 Bh6 60.g7 Kxe4 61.g8Q Kf4]
57...Kd4 1-0
41) Allen R. N. - Sandercock E. B. [B06]
Major (4) 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 e5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Nxd4 Ne7 7.Be3 Nbc6 8.Bc4 h5 9.Qd2 Bd7 10.0-0-0 a6 11.Rhf1 b5 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Bd5 b4 14.Bxc6+ Nxc6 15.Nd5
Fritz is interested in b4 Pawn: White may be right to decline. 15...Na5
[2.00 Fritz 5.00: 15...Rb8 16.h3 Rg8 17.Qd3 Rb5 18.Rfe1 Ra5 19.Qc4 Qd7]
16.b3
[0.94 Fritz 5.00: 16.Qxb4 c5 17.Qa4+ Kf8 18.b3 Rb8 19.Bd2 Nb7 20.Qxa6 Qh4]
16...c5 17.f5 f6
[2.50 Fritz 5.00: 17...gxf5 18.Rxf5 Nc6 19.Bg5 Qb8 20.Nf6+ Bxf6 21.Bxf6 Rg8 22.Qxd6]
18.fxg6 Nc6 19.Qf2 0-0
[5.31 Fritz 5.00: 19...Rf8 20.Qf5 Qc8 21.Qf4 Ra7 22.Qxd6 Rd7 23.Qxc5 Qb7]
20.Qf5 Re8 21.Qxh5 Rxe4
[16.56 Fritz 5.00: 21...Kf8 ]
22.Qh7+
[2.34 Fritz 5.00: 22.Nxf6+ Kf8 23.Nxe4+ Ke8 24.Qd5 Ne5 25.Qe6+ Qe7 26.Nxd6+ Kd8]
22...Kf8 23.Rxf6+ 1-0
42) Belinfante N. - Bloom P. [B40]
Major (4) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 e6 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 Bb4+ "Out of Book," says Fritz. 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 a6 9.h4 Qc7 10.e5 Nf5 11.Bxf5 exf5 12.Qd3 d6 13.Bf4 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Be6 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Qxd5 Rad8 18.Qf3 Rd4 19.Rac1 Qe7
A double overight ensues: 20.Qb3
[-2.91 Fritz 5.00: 20.Be3 ]
20...Bd2
[-0.34 Fritz 5.00: 20...Rxf4 ]
21.Bxd2 Rxd2 22.Qc3
[-0.91 Fritz 5.00: 22.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Qxe5 24.Qxb7 Rb8 25.Qxa6 Rxb2]
22...Rfd8 23.a3
[-1.66 Fritz 5.00: 23.Rc2 R2d3 24.Qc4 R3d4 25.Qc7 Qxh4]
23...h6 24.Rfe1 Qe6 25.Qc7
And a sinmple oversight: 25...Rxb2
[3.97 Fritz 5.00: 25...R2d7 ]
26.Qxd8+ Kh7 27.h5 1-0
43) Boomsma B. H. - Knight S. [C07]
Major (4) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Re1 Nf6 9.Nb3 a6 10.Nbxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 Qc7 12.Qe2 Bd6 13.h3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 13...0-0 14.Bd3 h6 15.c3 b5 16.Bd2 Bb7 17.a4 e5 18.Nf5 Qc6 19.Qf1 bxa4
20.Nxd6 Misses a trick.
[-0.28 Fritz 5.00: 20.Rxe5 Rad8 21.Re7 Kh8 22.Nxd6 Qxd6 23.Re3]
20...Qxd6 21.Rad1 Qc7 22.Re3 Nd5 23.Rg3 Nf4 24.Bc2 Bc6 25.Bxf4 exf4 26.Qd3 Cool 26...f5 27.Qc4+ Kh8 28.Rg6 Rac8
29.Rdd6 Fritz disapproves, but White must have thought there were bigger fish to fry, and the a-Pawn cannot run away.
[0.16 Fritz 5.00: 29.Bxa4 ]
29...Bb5
[1.16 Fritz 5.00: 29...Be8 30.Qxc7 Rxc7 31.Rd8 Bxg6 32.Rxf8+ Kh7 33.Bxa4 f3 34.gxf3]
30.Qd4 Kh7 31.Qxf4
White's position is good... 31...Rf6 ...but this is asking for trouble.
[7.13 Fritz 5.00: 31...Be8 32.Rge6 (32.Bxf5 Bxg6 33.Bxg6+ Kh8) 32...Kg8 33.Qe5 Qc5 34.Qxc5 Rxc5 35.Rxa6 Bf7 36.Re7]
32.Rgxf6 gxf6 33.Bxf5+
[7.97 Fritz 5.00: 33.Qxf5+ Kg8 34.Rxf6 Re8 35.Qd5+ Kg7 36.Rg6+ Kf8 37.Rg8+ Ke7]
33...Kg7 34.Bxc8 Qxc8
[#6 Fritz 5.00: 34...Qe7 35.Be6 h5 36.Qg3+ Kh6 37.Bf5 Be8 38.Re6 Qd8 39.Qe3+]
35.Qxf6+ 1-0
44) England M. C. - Bartlett S. [B26]
Major (4) 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Nf6 6.Be3 d6 7.f4 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7...Bd7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.0-0 Rb8 10.h3 b5 11.Ne2 a5 12.Qd2 a4 13.Nh4 Qa5 14.c3 b4 15.f5 a3 16.b3 bxc3 17.Nxc3 Nh5 18.Rac1 Nxg3
White is in difficulties. 19.Rf3
[-2.59 Fritz 5.00: 19.Rf2 Bf6 20.Bg5 Bd4 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Qxe3]
19...Bxc3 20.Rxc3 Qxc3 winning the exchange 21.Rxg3 Qxd2 22.Bxd2 Nd4 23.Kh2 Nxb3 24.Bc3
[-5.19 Fritz 5.00: 24.Bg5 Rfe8 25.Nf3 Na1 26.Bc1 Nc2 27.Bh1 Bb5 28.fxg6 hxg6]
24...Nd4 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.exf5 Nxf5 28.Rg4 Rb2 29.Kh1 Nd4 30.Bd5 e6 31.Bb3 Nxb3 32.axb3 Rxb3 33.Bf6 a2 34.Rh4
[-8.34 Fritz 5.00: 34.Ra4 Rxd3 35.Rxa2 c4 36.Kg2 c3 37.Kf2 Rxh3 38.Ra7 Rb8]
34...a1Q+ 35.Bxa1 Rb1+ 0-1
45) Halmkin P. E. - Wood J. Z. [C00]
Major (4) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3 Nf6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Be2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 0-0 11.Nd2 a6 12.a4 Nc5 13.b4 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qc2 Bd7 16.Rd1 Rc8 17.b5 Qa5 18.0-0 axb5 19.axb5 Bxb5 20.Bxb5 Qxb5 21.Qxe4 Qc6 22.Qxc6 bxc6 23.Be3 Rfd8 24.Bb6 Rd5 25.c4 Bc5+ 26.Bxc5 Rxc5 27.Rd4 f6 28.Re1 Re8 29.Re3 Kf7 30.Kf2 Ke7 31.Ke2 Ra8 32.exf6+ gxf6 33.Rh3 h5 34.Rg3 Rf8 35.Rg7+ Rf7 36.Rxf7+ Kxf7 37.Kd3 Kg6 38.g3 Kf5 39.Rd6 e5 40.fxe5 fxe5 41.Rh6 Kg4 42.Kc3 Ra5 43.Rxc6 Ra2 44.Rc5 Rxh2 45.Rxe5 Kxg3 46.c5 h4 47.c6 Rh1
Impeccable so far, says Fritz. Both sides overlook a standard skewer tactic. 48.Rg5+
[-0.56 Fritz 5.00: 48.Kd2 Rf1 49.c7 Rf8 50.Ke3 Rf3+ 51.Ke4]
48...Kf3 49.c7
[-1.28 Fritz 5.00: 49.Kd2 Ra1 50.c7 Ra8 51.Rc5 Rc8]
49...Re1
[0.81 Fritz 5.00: 49...Rc1+ 50.Kd3 Rxc7 51.Rf5+ Kg4 52.Re5 Rf7 53.Ke4]
50.Kd4 Fritz' analysis is distorted by its myopia. 50...Rc1
[3.56 Fritz 5.00: 50...Re4+ 51.Kd5 Re8 52.Kd6 Kf4 53.Rc5 Rc8 54.Rc4+ Kg3]
51.Rg7
[0.03 Fritz 5.00: 51.Rc5 Rd1+ 52.Kc4 Rc1+ 53.Kd5 Rd1+ 54.Kc6 Rd6+ 55.Kxd6]
51...h3 52.Kd5 h2 53.Rh7 Kg2 1/2-1/2
46) Herbert S. - Dobber P. [B07]
Major (4) 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.Bd2 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5...e5 6.Nd5 Qd8 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bg5 Qd6 10.Qxd6 Bxd6 11.0-0-0 Bc7
12.Nxe5 An attractive but flawed idea.
[-0.72 Fritz 5.00: 12.Bc4 b5 13.Be2 Nd7 14.Bh4 Nc5 15.Nxe5 Bb7 16.Bg3 Nxe4]
12...f6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nc4 Be6 15.Be2 Nd7 16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.Rxd6 Ke7 18.Rhd1
18...Bd5 This is a sacrifice of two pieces for a Rook, not a win of the exchange.
[0.63 Fritz 5.00: 18...Rad8 19.a3 Nc5 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rxd8 Kxd8 22.f3 h6 23.b4]
19.Rxd7+ Kxd7 20.exd5 cxd5 21.Rxd5+ Ke7 22.Bg4 Rad8 23.Rc5 Kd6 24.Rf5
Black displays some poor technique here! 24...Rdf8
[24...Rhf8 25.Rh5 Rf7]
25.Bf3 b6 26.Rd5+ Ke6 27.c4 Rd8 28.Bg4+ Ke7 29.Rh5 h6 30.Rd5 Can't be right. 30...Rxd5 31.cxd5 Rg8 32.Bf3 Rg5 33.Kd2 Re5 34.a3 a5 35.b4 axb4 36.axb4 Kd6 37.Kd3 Re1 38.Kc4 Rb1 39.Kb5 Rb2 40.Kxb6 Rxb4+ 41.Ka5 Rb2 42.Ka6 Rxf2 43.Kb7
43...Rxf3 Somewhere between brilliant and hasty. 44.gxf3 Kxd5 45.Kc7 f5 46.Kd7 f4 47.Ke7 h5
[0.44 Fritz 5.00: 47...Kd4 wins simply]
48.Kf7 Kd4 49.Kg6 Ke3 50.Kxh5 Kxf3 51.Kg5 Ke3 52.h4 f3 53.h5 f2 54.h6 f1Q 55.h7 Qa1 56.Kh6
[-#3 Fritz 5.00: 56.Kg6 Ke4 57.Kf7 Kf5 58.Kg8 Qg1+ 59.Kh8 Qd4+]
56...Qh8
[-8.94 Fritz 5.00: 56...Qf6+ 57.Kh5 Kf4 58.h8Q Qg5#]
57.Kg6 Kf4 0-1
47) Jones R. H. - Grist P. [A01]
Major (4) 1.b3 c5 2.Bb2 e6 3.g3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 3...Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.e3 Qc7 6.Ne2 0-0 7.d3 Nc6 8.Nd2 a6 9.c3 b5 10.Nf3 Bb7 11.0-0 Rad8 12.d4 Rfe8 13.c4 bxc4 14.bxc4 cxd4 15.exd4 Nb4 16.a3 Nc6 17.Rc1 Qb8
18.Nc3 Overlooking a series of masked attacks.
[-0.88 Fritz 5.00: 18.Qd3 ]
18...Nxd4 19.Na4
[19.Nxd4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Qxb2]
19...Nxf3+ 20.Bxf3 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 d5 22.Rb1 Qc7 23.cxd5 Rxd5 24.Rfc1 Qd6 25.Rd1 Rd8 26.Rxd5 Qxd5 27.Qe2 Qe4 28.Qxe4 Nxe4 29.Re1 Nd2 30.Re3 Nc4 31.Rb3 Nxb2 32.Nxb2 f5 33.Nc4 Kf7 34.Kg2 Rd4 35.Ne5+ Kf6 36.Nc6 Ra4 37.Nxe7 Kxe7 38.f4 a5 39.Kf2 Rc4 40.Ke3 a4 41.Rd3 e5 42.fxe5 Re4+ 43.Kf3 Rxe5 44.Kf4 Kf6 45.Rd4 g5+ 46.Kf3 Ra5 47.Rd6+ Ke5 48.Rd3 Rb5 49.Ke2 Rb2+ 50.Ke3 f4+ 51.gxf4+ gxf4+ 52.Kf3 Rb3 53.Ke2 Rxd3 54.Kxd3 Kf5
[-5.59 Fritz 5.00: 54...Kd5 55.h4 h5 56.Ke2]
55.h3 h6 56.h4
[-6.66 Fritz 5.00: 56.Ke2 Ke4]
56...h5
[-3.94 Fritz 5.00: 56...Kg4 57.Ke2 Kg3 58.h5 Kg2 59.Kd3]
57.Ke2 Ke4 58.Kf2 f3 0-1
48) Price C. R. - Wahab A. A. [B50]
Major (4) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 6...e6 7.Bf3 Ne5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Nd2 Nd3+ 10.Kf1 Ne5 11.Be2 Nxe4 12.Nxe4
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Nxe4 Bxg5 14.Nxd6+ Kf8 15.Qe2 Bxb5 16.N4xb5 Qf6]
12...Bxg5 13.Bb5+ Bd7
[0.72 Fritz 5.00: 13...Kf8 14.Nxg5 Qxg5 15.Qa4 Qe7 16.Rd1 Qc7 17.Qb4 Kg8 18.f4]
14.Nxd6+ Ke7 15.Bxd7 Qxd7 16.Ne4 Bh6 17.g4 Bf4 18.Qe2 Rhd8 19.Rd1 Kf8 20.Nc5 Qe7 21.Qe4 Qxc5 22.Qxf4 Qd5 23.Rg1 Ng6 24.Qc7 Rac8
[2.66 Fritz 5.00: 24...Kg8 25.Rd2 Rac8 26.Qg3 Qc4+ 27.Ke1 e5 28.Nb3 Rxd2 29.Nxd2]
25.Nxe6+ fxe6 26.Rxd5 exd5 27.Qg3 Rc4 28.Kg2 Kg8 29.Kh1
29...Rb8 Oversight or clerical error?
[8.81 Fritz 5.00: 29...Rf4 30.Re1 Rdf8 31.Kg1 d4 32.cxd4 Rxd4 33.Qb3+ Rf7 34.Re8+]
30.Rf1
[2.28 Fritz 5.00: 30.Qxb8+ ]
30...Rf4 31.h3 Ne5
Ditto.
[8.25 Fritz 5.00: 31...Re8 32.f3 Re2 33.Rf2 Re3 34.h4 Rf8 35.Qd6 Nf4 36.h5]
32.Qe3
[3.19 Fritz 5.00: 32.Qxf4 ]
32...Re4 33.Qd2 Rd8 34.f4
[1.56 Fritz 5.00: 34.Rd1 Rd7 35.Qc2 Kf8 36.Kg2 Ke7]
34...Nc4 35.Qf2 Rde8 Now Black is coordinated, the win for White is much harder. 36.Qc5 Kh8 37.Rg1
[1.69 Fritz 5.00: 37.Qxa7 b6 38.Rf2 R4e7 39.Qa4 Kg8]
37...Re3 38.b3 Nd2 39.Qxd5 Nf3 40.Rf1 Nh4 41.Kh2 h6
[3.72 Fritz 5.00: 41...Rxc3 42.Rf2 Rc7 43.Rd2 Rce7 44.a3]
42.Qf7 Rd8 43.Rf2 Rdd3 44.g5
[-0.63 Fritz 5.00: 44.Qxb7 Rxh3+ 45.Kg1 Rd1+ 46.Rf1 Nf3+ 47.Kf2 Rh2+ 48.Kxf3 Rxf1+]
44...Rxh3+ 45.Kg1 Rd1+ 46.Rf1 Rg3+ 47.Kh2 Rg2+ 48.Kh3 Rxf1 49.Qe8+ Kh7 50.Qe4+ Kh8 51.Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2
49) Price M. C. - Stenhouse I. A. [B17]
Major (4) 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 e6 6.Qe2 Be7 7.Nf3 Ngf6 8.Neg5 Nd5 9.0-0 h6 10.Ne4 N7f6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 11.Re1 b6 12.Ne5 Qc7 13.Nxc6
[-1.09 Fritz 5.00: 13.Nxf6+ first is logical, but Fritz' assessment of the game continuation is faulty 13...Bxf6 14.Nxc6 0-0 15.Ne5 Bb7 16.c3]
13...Nxe4 14.Nxe7 Kxe7 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.f3 f5 17.fxe4 dxe4 18.Rf1 Be6 19.b3 Qc3 20.Ba3+ Kf7 21.Qxe4 Rad8 22.Rad1 Rhe8 23.d5 Bc8 24.Qd3 Qa5 25.b4 Qa4 26.Qc3 Kg8 27.Bb2 Re7 28.d6 Rf7 29.g4 Qb5 30.a4 Qe2 31.Rd4 fxg4
[2.31 Fritz 5.00: 31...Bb7 32.Rf2 Qe5 33.Rxf5 Rxf5 34.gxf5 Qxf5]
32.Rxf7 Kxf7 33.Rf4+ Ke8
There is an immediate tactic here, although White wins in any event. 34.Rf2
[0.38 Fritz 5.00: 34.Qc6+ Bd7 35.Re4+ Kf8 36.Bxg7+ Kxg7 37.Qc3+ Kh7 38.Rxe2 Bxa4]
34...Qd1+ 35.Rf1 Qxd6 36.Qxg7 Qe7
[4.88 Fritz 5.00: 36...Be6 37.Be5 Qe7 38.Qxe7+ Kxe7 39.Bf6+ Ke8 40.Bxd8 Kxd8 is no salvation]
37.Qg6+ Kd7 38.Rf7 1-0
50) Scott R. - Fursman L. J. [B12]
Major (4) 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h5 5.c4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 e6 7.a3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7...Nd7 8.Nc3 Nb6 9.Bb3 Be7 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Be3 Nd5 12.Bxd5 exd5 13.Qe2 Nh6 14.Bxh6 Rxh6 15.Qe3 Re6 16.Ne2 Qa5+ 17.Nd2 Bxe2 18.Kxe2 Qb5+ 19.Qd3 Qxd3+ 20.Kxd3 a5 21.f4 Rg6 22.Rag1 Rg3+ 23.Nf3 Kd7 24.Ke2 f6 25.Kf2 Rg4 26.g3
26...fxe5 Oops
[1.50 Fritz 5.00: 26...Rf8 27.Re1 a4 28.Nh2 Rg6 29.Nf3]
27.Nxe5+ Ke6 28.Nxg4 hxg4 29.Re1+ Kd6 30.Ke3 Bf6 31.Kd3 b6 32.f5 c5 33.Re6+ Kc7 34.dxc5 bxc5 35.b3 Rb8 36.Kc2 a4 37.Rb1 axb3+ 38.Rxb3 Rxb3 39.Kxb3 c4+ 40.Kc2 d4
[4.69 Fritz 5.00: 40...Ba1 41.Rg6 Be5 42.a4 d4 43.Rxg4]
41.Rxf6 gxf6 42.h5 1-0
51) Spiller P. - Stanners M. J. [A00]
Major (4) 1.e4 d6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5.Nge2 0-0 6.0-0 c6 7.d3 Nbd7 8.h3 b5 9.a3 a5 10.Be3 Qc7 11.f4 Bb7 12.g4 exf4 13.Nxf4 b4 14.Nce2 d5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.g5 Qe5 17.Qd2 Ne8 18.d4 Qd6 19.Nd3 Nc7 20.Bf4 Qb6 21.axb4 axb4 22.Bxc7 Qxc7 23.Nxb4 Qd6 24.Nd3 Bd8 25.Rxa8 Bxa8 26.h4 Bc7 27.Qf4 Qc6
28.Nb4 loses a piece: not hard to see coming.
[-1.81 Fritz 5.00: 28.Qe3 Nb6 29.b3 Re8 30.Qf3 Re7 31.c3 f6 32.Nc5 fxg5]
28...Bxf4 29.Nxc6 Be3+ 30.Kh1 Bxc6 31.Rf3
[-2.31 Fritz 5.00: 31.c4 Rb8 32.Nc3 Bxd4 33.Rd1 Bxc3 34.bxc3 Rb3 35.cxd5 Bb5]
31...Re8 32.c3 f6 33.Rf5 fxg5 34.hxg5 Nb6 35.b3 Bd7
36.Bxd5+
[-4.16 Fritz 5.00: 36.Re5 Rxe5 37.dxe5 Kf7 38.Nd4 Bxg5 39.Nf3 Bf4 40.Kg1 g5]
36...Nxd5 penny drops 0-1
52) Steer G. - Neilsen J. H. [A45]
Major (4) 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bxf6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 3...exf6 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.Nd2 d5 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 Bd6 9.0-0 Nd7 10.c4 f5 11.cxd5 Nf6 12.Qb3 0-0 13.Rfe1 a5 14.a3
14...b5 A slightly random move.
[1.81 Fritz 5.00: 14...a4 15.Qc4 Re8 16.Nc3 Qd7 17.Rac1]
15.Qxb5 Ba6 16.Qb3 Re8 17.Nc3 Rb8 18.Qc2 Qd7 19.Bh3 g6 20.e4 Bf8 21.exf5
21...Nxd5
[3.22 Fritz 5.00: 21...g5 at least shelters the Queen. 22.Bg2 Bb7 23.Nb3 Nxd5 24.Nxa5]
22.fxg6 Qxh3 23.gxf7+ Kxf7 24.Nxd5 c6 25.Nf4 Qd7 Suicide.
[#1 Fritz 5.00: 25...Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Qg4 27.h3 Qg5 28.Nf3 Qf6]
26.Qg6# 1-0
53) Whelan G. - Rogers D. R. [D01]
Major (4) 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Qd2 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4...c6 5.0-0-0 b5 6.Nb1 Ne4 7.Qe3 Qa5 8.a3 b4 9.f3 Nxg5 10.Qxg5 bxa3 11.Nxa3 Rb8
12.Rd3 Exposes the King. Fritz is dying for Black to play ...Qb4, but he resists.
[-3.97 Fritz 5.00: 12.Qd2 Qb6 13.Qc3 e5 14.e3 Bb4 15.Qb3 0-0 16.Ne2 exd4]
12...Ba6
[-1.63 Fritz 5.00: 12...Qe1+ 13.Rd1 Qb4 14.b3 Qxa3+ 15.Kb1 a5 16.Qc1 Qxc1+ 17.Kxc1]
13.Rc3
[-4.56 Fritz 5.00: 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Re3 e5 15.f4 Qb6 16.Rb3 Qxd4 17.Rxb8+ Nxb8]
13...Qa4
[-1.81 Fritz 5.00: 13...Qb4 14.Nb5 Bxb5 15.Qe3 e5 16.f4 Ba6 17.b3 Qxd4 18.Qxd4]
14.Qe3
[-3.09 Fritz 5.00: 14.Qg3 e6 15.Nh3 Qxd4 16.e3 Qf6 17.Nb1 Bb7 18.Bd3 e5]
14...e6
[-1.81 Fritz 5.00: 14...Qb4 15.Kd1 Qxb2 16.Rb3 Rxb3 17.Qxb3 Qxd4+ 18.Kc1 Qf2 19.Nh3]
15.Nh3
[-4.25 Fritz 5.00: 15.Rb3 Bb4 16.Qf4 c5 17.Nh3 Bc4 18.Ng5 f6 19.Nxe6 Bxb3]
15...Be7
[-1.66 Fritz 5.00: 15...Qb4 16.Kd1 Qxb2 17.Nf4]
16.Nf2
[-3.50 Fritz 5.00: 16.Qf2 c5 17.e3 c4 18.Qg3 Qb4 19.Qxg7 Bf6 20.Qh6 Qxb2+]
16...Bf6 17.Rb3 Rxb3
[-2.75 Fritz 5.00: 17...Bxd4 18.Qg5 Bxf2 19.Qxg7 Bd4 20.Rxb8+ Nxb8]
18.cxb3 Qxd4 19.Qxd4 Bxd4 20.Nd1 Be5 21.g3 Ke7 22.e3 Bxf1 23.Rxf1 Rb8 24.e4 Rxb3 25.f4 Bd6 26.Kc2 Rb7 27.e5 Bxa3 28.bxa3 c5 29.Nc3 f6 30.exf6+ gxf6 31.Re1 Kd6 32.Rd1 f5 33.Re1 Nf6 34.Na4 Ne4 35.Re3 h5 36.Re1 c4 37.Nb2 Rb3 38.Rd1 Ke7 39.Ra1 Rc3+ 40.Kd1 Rf3 41.Ke1 Rf2 42.Nd1 Rxh2 43.Rb1 Rh1+ 44.Ke2 Nxg3+ 45.Kf3 Ne4 46.Rb7+ Kf6 47.Ne3 Rh3+ 48.Ke2 Rh2+ 49.Ke1 Nc3 50.Nf1 Suicide.
[-#1 Fritz 5.00: 50.Kf1 a5 51.Rb8 h4 52.Rf8+ Ke7 53.Rg8]
50...Re2# 0-1
54) Allen R. N. - Woodruff A. [C11]
Major (5) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Bxd4 Be7 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 10.Bd3 Nc5 11.Be2 Qa5 12.0-0 0-0 13.f5
13...exf5
[2.31 Fritz 5.00: 13...Bg5 14.a3]
14.b4! Qxb4
[3.47 Fritz 5.00: 14...Qd8 15.bxc5 Be6 16.Rb1 Qc7 17.Nb5]
15.Nxd5 Qa5 16.Nxe7+ Kh8 17.Nxf5 Bxf5 18.Rxf5 Rad8 19.c3 Ne6 20.Bc4 Nxd4 21.cxd4 Qc3 22.Rc1 Qe3+ 23.Kh1 Rxd4 24.Qf1 Rfd8 25.Rxf7 Qxc1 26.Qxc1 Rxc4 Doesn't help, but Black must have realised that his intended move was flawed.
[8.97 Fritz 5.00: 26...Rd1+ 27.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 28.Bf1 Kg8 29.e6 Rd2]
1-0
55) Bloom P. - Spiller P. [C62]
Major (5) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.0-0 g6 7.Nxc6 Bxc6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 8.Bc4 Bg7 9.c3 Ne7 10.Qe1 0-0 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.Bg3 Ng6 14.Nd2 Ne5 15.Bb3 a5 16.a4 Qd7 17.Qb1 Rae8 18.f4 gxf4 19.Rxf4 Ng6 20.Rf2 Qg4 21.Bd1 Qg5 22.Qc2 Qe3 23.Bf3 Qb6 24.Nc4 Qc5 25.Qd3 Re7 26.Kh1 Rfe8 27.Raf1 Bxa4 28.e5 Nxe5 29.Nxe5 Bxe5
[1.16 Fritz 5.00: 29...dxe5 30.Qd5 (30.Bd5 e4) 30...Qxd5 31.Bxd5 Rf8 32.Ra1 (32.Bxb7 Bb5 33.Re1 c6 34.c4 Rxb7 35.cxb5 Rxb5) 32...c6 33.Bh4 Rc7 34.Rxa4]
30.Bd5 and Black is in deep, deep trouble. 30...Kh8
[8.06 Fritz 5.00: 30...Qxf2 31.Rxf2 Bg7 32.Bxf7+ is cute (32.Rf1) 32...Rxf7 33.Rxf7 Kxf7 34.Qc4+ Kf8 35.Qxa4]
31.Rxf7 Rxf7
[17.06 Fritz 5.00: 31...Bg7 32.Qg6 Rg8 33.Be5 Rxe5 34.Rxg7 Qg1+ 35.Rxg1 Rxg7 36.Qxh6+]
32.Rxf7 Bg7 33.Qg6
[33.Qg6 Rg8 34.Rxg7 Rxg7 35.Qxh6+ Rh7 36.Qf8#]
1-0
56) Dobber P. - Duckham J. [B00]
Major (5) 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Nce7 4.Nf3 Ng6 5.Be3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5...Nf6 6.Bd3 Bb4+ 7.c3 Ba5 8.h3 0-0 9.0-0 d6 10.Na3 Bb6 11.Bd2 a6 12.Kh2 Nh5 13.g3 Qd7 14.Ng1
With two points: 14...Qe7
[3.22 Fritz 5.00: 14...Nf6 15.Bg5 Ne8 16.Nc4 Bc5 17.Qh5]
15.Qxh5 one of which Black missed. 1-0
57) Foulds A. - Belinfante N. [D63]
Major (5) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 Be7 6.e3 0-0 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Rc1 b6 This combines poorly with ...Nbd7. 9.cxd5 Nxd5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 10.Bxe7
[0.41 Fritz 5.00: 10.Nxd5 exd5 (10...Bxh4 11.Nxc7) 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Rxc7]
10...Nxe7 11.Qc2 c5 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.b4 Na6 14.Qa4 Nc7 15.Ne4 Bb7 16.Nc3 Ncd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Bc4 Qd6 19.0-0 Rfc8 20.a3 Rc7 21.Rc2 Bc6 22.Qb3 b5 23.Bd3 Rac8 24.Rfc1 a6 25.Rc5 Bb7 26.Qc2 Qe7 27.Nd4 Rxc5 28.bxc5 Qg5 29.c6
Fritz doesn't like the next few moves at all! 29...Nxe3
[1.22 Fritz 5.00: 29...Ba8 30.Qc5 Qe7 31.Be4 Qxc5 32.Rxc5 Ne7 33.f4 Nf5 34.Bxf5]
30.Bh7+ This is not just irrelevant, it is very dangerous, allowing a Queen on d4 access to d1, and removing the threat to Black's last rank.
[-1.34 Fritz 5.00: 30.fxe3 Qxe3+ 31.Kh1 Ba8 (31...Qxd4 32.cxb7! Rxc2 33.b8Q+ Rc8 34.Qxc8+ Qd8 35.Qxd8#) 32.Qc3 Qf4 33.Ne2 Qc7 34.Be4 e5]
30...Kh8 31.Qe4
[31.fxe3 Qxe3+ 32.Kh1 Qxd4 33.Be4 (33.cxb7 Rxc2 34.b8Q+ Kxh7) ]
31...Nxg2 32.Qxg2 overlooking th threat to c1
[-6.91 Fritz 5.00: 32.Rc5 Bxc6 33.Rxc6 Rxc6 34.Nxc6 Ne3+ 35.Kh1 Ng4 36.Qc2 Nxf2+]
32...Qxc1+ 33.Qf1 Qxf1+
[-4.88 Fritz 5.00: 33...Rxc6 34.Nxc6 Qxc6 35.f3 Kxh7 36.Qd3+ f5 37.Kg2 Qxf3+ 38.Qxf3]
34.Kxf1 Kxh7 0-1
58) Freeman D. G. - Nicolson J. R. [B29]
Major (5) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 Nc6 6.dxc5 Bxc5 7.Ne4 d6 8.exd6 0-0 9.c4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Nf6 11.Nxf6+ gxf6 12.Bxb4 Nxb4 13.Qd2 a5 14.a3 Nc6 15.Bd3 Ne5 16.Nxe5 fxe5 17.0-0 f5 18.c5 b6 19.b4 bxc5 20.bxc5 Bb7 21.Qb2 Bd5 22.Qxe5 Ra7 23.g3 Rg7 24.c6 Rg6 25.c7
Fritz prefers to keep the Queen for blockading the e-Pawn but Black's choice looks very understandable. 25...Qh4
[-#3 Fritz 5.00: 25...Qd7 26.Rac1 Bc6 27.Rfd1 Ba4 28.Rd2 Rc8]
26.Rfc1 Qxh2+ 27.Kf1 Qh1+ 28.Ke2 Qf3+ 29.Kd2 Bc6
White's exchange sacrifice, which decides the game, is beyond Fritz. 30.Rxc6
[2.47 Fritz 5.00: 30.Be2 Qg2 31.Qxa5 Qxf2 32.Rxc6 Qd4+ 33.Bd3 Qxa1 34.c8Q Rxc8]
30...Qxc6 31.Rc1 Qd7 32.Bb5 1-0
59) Grist P. - Eadie R. [C00]
Major (5) 1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.g3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 3...dxe4
4.d4 Fritz doesn't like White's Pawn sacrifice at all.
[-0.88 Fritz 5.00: 4.dxe4 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Bc5 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.Bg2 Bxf2 8.Bxc7]
4...c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nc6 7.Ne2 Nf6 8.Bg2 e5 9.d5 Qxd5 10.Qxd5 Nxd5 11.Bxe4 Be6 12.Bd2 Be7 13.Nbc3 Rd8 14.0-0 0-0 15.Rad1 f5 16.Bg2 e4 17.b3 Bf6 18.Na4 b6 19.Nac3 Nxc3
20.Nxc3 This leaves the Bishop half-pinned to the Rook.
[-2.78 Fritz 5.00: 20.Bxc3 Bxc3 21.Nxc3 Ne5 22.Nb5 a6 23.Nc7 Bc8]
20...Rd3 21.Nb1 Rfd8 22.Rc1 Nd4 23.Kh1 Nf3 24.Bxf3 Rxf3 25.Be3
25...Bd4
[0.03 Fritz 5.00: 25...g5 This choice of Fritz looks very thematic. 26.Rc7 f4 27.gxf4 gxf4 28.Bd2 Rd7 29.Rg1+ Kf7]
26.Bxd4 Fritz prefers a more combative defensive try.
[-1.38 Fritz 5.00: 26.Rfd1 Bf6 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8 28.Nd2 f4 29.Nxf3 fxe3]
26...Rxd4 27.Rc7 e3 28.Kg2 Bd5 29.fxe3 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Rd1+ 31.Ke2 Rxb1 32.Rxa7 Be4 33.Kd2 Rb2+ 34.Kc3 Rxh2 35.a4 Rh3 36.Ra6 Rxg3 37.Kd4 Rg6 38.b4 Rd6+ 39.Ke5
I don't understand Fritz' comments on the rest of this game. 39...Rg6
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 39...Rf6 40.Ra7 Rf7 41.Ra6 Rb7 42.Ke6 g5 43.a5 bxa5 44.Ra8+]
40.b5
[-4.53 Fritz 5.00: 40.Kd4 This can hardly be equal, and asked a second time, Fritz agrees.]
40...h5 41.a5 Kh7 42.axb6 Bb7 43.Ra4 Rxb6 44.Kxf5 Rxb5+ 45.Kf4 g5+ 46.Kg3 Re5 47.Kf2 Kg6 48.Rd4 Kf5 49.Rd7 Bd5 50.Rh7 Kg4 51.e4 Rxe4 52.Rd7 Re5 53.Rc7 h4 54.Rc2 h3 55.Kg1 Re1+ 56.Kf2 Rh1 0-1
60) Ingham W. - Steer G. [A14]
Major (5) 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.0-0 Be7 5.c4 0-0 6.b3 Nbd7 7.Bb2 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Nc3 c6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 10.Qc2 Ba6 11.Nd4 Rc8 12.d3 g6 13.Rfe1 c5 14.Nf3 d4 15.Nb1 Nd5 16.Qd2 N7f6 17.a4
17...c4 No need for this.
[0.50 Fritz 5.00: 17...Re8 18.a5 b5 19.Bh3 Nd7 20.e3 dxe3 21.fxe3]
18.Bxd4
[-0.28 Fritz 5.00: 18.dxc4 is even better: 18...Ne4 (18...Bb4 was presumably what White was worried about, but he gets a lot of material for the Rook. 19.Qxd4 Bxe1 20.Nxe1 and Black is in terrible trouble. This is a much better version of the game's tactics for White. 19.Qxd4 Ndf6 20.Nbd2 Bc5]
18...Bb4 19.Qh6 Bxe1 20.Ng5
[-3.16 Fritz 5.00: 20.Nxe1 is sufficient 20...Nc7 21.Qh4 Nh5 22.bxc4 Qxh4]
20...Bxf2+ 21.Bxf2 cxd3 exposing White's last rank. 22.Bd4 Rather desperate.
[-8.56 Fritz 5.00: 22.Nd2 dxe2 23.Bd4 Re8 24.Re1 Rc2 25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.Bxf6 Rxd2]
22...Rc1+ 23.Bf1 dxe2 24.Nd2 Rxf1+
[-5.25 Fritz 5.00: 24...Rxa1 25.Bxa1 e1Q 26.Bxf6 Nxf6 27.Ngf3 Qd1 28.Qe3 Bxf1 29.Nxf1]
25.Nxf1 exf1Q+ 26.Rxf1 Bxf1 27.Kxf1 Re8 28.Nxh7 Good idea, but too late. 28...Ne3+ 29.Bxe3 Rxe3
[-2.84 Fritz 5.00: 29...Ng4 30.Kg1 Nxh6 31.Nf6+ Qxf6 32.Bxh6 Re1+ 33.Kg2]
30.Qxe3 Kxh7 31.h4 Ng4 32.Qe4
[-4.34 Fritz 5.00: 32.Qe2 is safer 32...f5 33.Ke1 Qd4 34.Qe7+ Qg7 35.Qxg7+ Kxg7]
32...Qd1+ 33.Kg2 Qd2+ 34.Kf3 Nh2# 0-1
61) Knight S. - Durrant P. E. O. [A46]
Major (5) 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Nbd2 c5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5.c3 b6 6.Qa4 Qc7 7.Bxf6 exf6 8.e3 Be7 9.Bd3 0-0 10.Qc2 g6 11.h4 Bb7 12.h5 Kg7 13.Rh3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Rg8 15.Bc4 Nf8 16.Qb3
16...Bd8
[2.66 Fritz 5.00: 16...Qd7 17.Bxf7 (17.Rh2 Ne6 is still better for White, but not so incisive. 17...Qxh3 18.Bxg8 Qh1+ 19.Nf1 Qxf3 20.Qf7+ Kh8 21.hxg6 hxg6]
17.h6+
[1.06 Fritz 5.00: 17.Bxf7 is the same idea but a better move order 17...c4 18.Qxc4 Qxc4 19.Bxc4 with two Pawns and the exchange coming up. Still, the text produced a pleasing result!]
1-0
62) Rogers D. R. - Sellwood C. [A15]
Major (5) 1.c4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nc3 Nb6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 6.Nf3 c6 7.0-0 N8d7 8.a3 a5 9.e4 a4 10.d4 Nf6 11.Qc2 h6 12.Rd1 Be7 13.h3 0-0 14.Be3 Nc4
15.Bc1
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 15.Bf4 b5 (15...g5 was presumably what White wanted to avoid: 16.Ne5 is the most forward-looking reply. 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Bxe5 Nd7 18.Bf4]
15...b5 Fritz doesn't like this much.
[0.63 Fritz 5.00: 15...Nb6 ]
16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nd7 18.Be3 Bb7 19.Kh2 Rc8 20.Qe2 Qc7 21.f4 Rfd8 22.Qf2 Ba6 23.Rd2 Qb7 24.Rad1 c5 25.Kh1 c4 26.Na2 Qc7 27.Nb4 Bb7 28.Nc2 Nc5 29.Rxd8+ Rxd8 30.Rxd8+ Qxd8 31.Bxc5 Bxc5 32.Qxc5 Qd1+ 33.Kh2 Qxc2 34.Qd4 Qe2 35.Kg1 b4
36.Bf1
[-0.28 Fritz 5.00: 36.axb4 Qe1+ 37.Kh2 Qxb4 38.Bh1 Qb3 39.Qd8+ Kh7]
36...Qe1 37.Qxc4
[-1.78 Fritz 5.00: 37.axb4 Qxg3+ 38.Bg2 Qe1+ 39.Kh2 Qxb4 40.Bh1 Qb3 41.Qd8+ Kh7]
37...Qe3+
[-0.53 Fritz 5.00: 37...bxa3 38.bxa3 Bxe4 39.Qe2 Qxg3+ 40.Bg2 Bxg2 41.Qxg2 Qxa3]
38.Kh2 Qf2+
[0.50 Fritz 5.00: 38...bxa3 39.bxa3 Qxa3 40.Qb5 Bxe4 41.Qe8+ Kh7 42.Qxf7 Qf3]
39.Bg2 Qxb2 40.f5 Qc3
[-0.41 Fritz 5.00: 40...bxa3 ]
41.Qb5 Bc6
[-0.06 Fritz 5.00: 41...Qc6 42.Qxb4 exf5 43.Kg1 fxe4 44.Kf2]
42.Qb8+ Kh7
43.Qf8 Right idea, wrong move order. Had White not seen Black's threat, or did he consider it inevitable?
[-1.09 Fritz 5.00: 43.f6 gxf6 44.Qf8 Qxa3]
43...exf5 44.exf5
[-9.41 Fritz 5.00: 44.axb4 Bxe4 (44...Qc2 45.Qc8) 45.Bxe4 fxe4 46.Qxf7 Qxe5 47.Qf8]
44...Qd2 0-1
63) Smith E. J. - Whelan G. [A48]
Major (5) 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.h3 g6 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.c3 Qb6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7.Qb3 Qxb3 8.axb3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.Nbd2 e5
12.Ne4
[-3.16 Fritz 5.00: 12.Bg5 e4 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Bb5 exf3 15.Bxe8 Nxe8 16.Nxf3]
12...Nxe4
[For some unknown reason Fritz fails to recommend 12...exf4 13.Nxd6 with at best two Pawns for the piece and a difficult game.]
13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Ng5 Getting in more of a muddle.
[-4.47 Fritz 5.00: 14.Bh2 f5 15.Rfd1 a6 16.Ra4 Nb6]
14...Nd2 15.Rfd1 Nxb3 16.Ra3 exf4 17.exf4
[17.Rxb3 fxe3 18.fxe3 Bh6]
17...h6 18.Ne4 c4 19.Nd6 Bf8 20.Nxe8 Bxa3 21.Bxc4 Bxb2 22.Bxb3 Nc5 23.Nc7 Rb8 24.Rd8+ Kh7 25.Ne8 Bxc3 26.Bxf7 Ba5 27.f5 gxf5 28.Rd6 Ne4 29.Rd5 Bb6 30.Bh5 Be6 0-1
64) Stanners M. J. - Price M. C. [D00]
Major (5) 1.d4 d5 2.e3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 2...Nf6 3.Bd3 c5 4.c3 c4 5.Bc2 Bg4 6.f3 Bh5 7.Ne2 Nc6 8.Nf4 e6 9.0-0 g5 10.Nxh5 Nxh5 11.e4 Nf4 12.Bxf4 gxf4 13.exd5 Qxd5 14.Be4 Qd6 15.Nd2 b5 16.a4
16...0-0-0 Into the fire.
[2.44 Fritz 5.00: 16...f5 17.axb5 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Qc7 19.bxc6]
17.axb5 Nxd4 18.Rxa7
[0.59 Fritz 5.00: 18.Nxc4 is rather better 18...Nxf3+ 19.Qxf3 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 Qxc4 21.Qxf4 Qc5 22.Qxf7]
18...Nxf3+ 19.Bxf3
[0.16 Fritz 5.00: 19.Qxf3 Qb6+ 20.Kh1 Qxa7 21.Nxc4 Qc7 22.Bc6 Qb8 23.b6 Bc5]
19...Qb6+ 20.Kh1 Qxa7 21.Qe2 Bc5 22.Nxc4 Be3 23.Qc2 f5 24.Qb3 Kd7 25.Ne5+
It's hard to give Black advice here, but Fritz prefers ...Kd6. 25...Ke8
[5.78 Fritz 5.00: 25...Kd6 26.Nc6 Qc5 27.Rd1+ Kc7 28.Rxd8 Rxd8 29.Nxd8 Kxd8 30.Qxe6]
26.Qxe6+ Kf8
[#6 Fritz 5.00: 26...Qe7 27.Qxf5 Rd6 28.Rd1 Qe6 29.Qh5+ Ke7 30.Rxd6 Kxd6 31.Nf7+]
27.Qf6+ Kg8 28.Qxd8+ Kg7 29.Qg5+ Kf8 30.Qf6+ Kg8 31.Bd5+ 1-0
65) Wahab A. A. - Pinder R. [D20]
Major (5) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 e5 4.Bxc4 exd4 5.Nf3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5...Bb4+ 6.Kf1 Qe7 7.Qxd4 Nf6 8.Bd2 Bxd2 9.Nbxd2 0-0 10.Qe5 Nc6 11.Qxe7 Nxe7 12.Rd1 Ng6 13.Ke2 Rd8 14.Ne4 Be6 15.Nxf6+ gxf6 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Nd4 Kf7 18.Nb5 c6 19.Nd6+ Ke7 20.Ne4 Rd5 21.Nc3 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Rxd8 Kxd8 24.Ne4 Ke7 25.Nc5 b6 26.Nd3 e5 27.f3 Ke6 28.e4 c5 29.g3 f5 30.exf5+ Kxf5 31.Nf2 Ne7 32.Ne4 Nd5 33.a3 a6 34.Kd3 h6 35.Nd6+ Ke6 36.Ne4 Kf5 37.h3 h5 38.Nd6+ Ke6 39.Ne8 Nf6 40.Nxf6 Kxf6 41.Ke4 Ke6 42.h4 c4 43.g4 hxg4 44.fxg4 b5
45.h5 The distant Pawn is usually best, but White can put off the King with the other one. It's atill impossible for White to prevent Black from Queening, but he would have lots of Pawns.
[1.84 Fritz 5.00: 45.g5 a5 46.h5 b4 (46...a4 is another siliconic misconception 47.b3 axb3) 47.axb4 c3 48.bxc3 a4 49.h6 A) 49...Kf7 50.b5 (50.Kd3 is playing for the loss 50...e4+ 51.Kc2 a3 52.h7 a2 53.Kb2 Kg7 54.g6 e3) 50...a3 51.b6 a2 52.b7 a1Q 53.b8Q Qh1+ is still a try for White;
B) 49...a3 50.h7 a2 51.h8Q a1Q 52.Qxe5+ is surely winning.]
45...a5
[3.75 Fritz 5.00: 45...Kf6 is the chance he perhaps should have taken. 46.h6 Kf7 47.g5 Kg6 48.Kxe5]
46.h6 Kf6 47.g5+ Kg6 transposes to the last note anyhow 48.Kxe5 b4
49.axb4 it is no longer possible to avoid Black's idea
[49.Kd4 c3 50.Kd3 (50.bxc3 bxa3) 50...cxb2 51.Kc2 bxa3]
49...c3!
[10.84 Fritz 5.00: 49...axb4 is Fritz' insane suggestion 50.Kd4 c3 51.bxc3 bxc3 52.Kxc3 Kh7 53.Kd4]
50.bxc3 a4 51.b5 a3 52.b6 a2 53.b7 a1Q 54.b8Q 1/2-1/2
66) Dunn A. M. - Aston P. A. [A00]
Exeter Premier (1) 1.Nc3 c5 2.Nf3 g6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nc6 6.Qd2 Bg7 7.Bh6 Bxh6 8.Qxh6 Qb6 9.0-0-0 d6
I watched a lot of this game and was unable to predict either side's moves for a long time. 10.Rxd6 An enterprising exchange sac. 10...Be6 trusted him!
[0.69 Fritz 5.00: 10...exd6 11.Qg7 Rg8 12.Qxf6 Be6 13.Ng5 Qd4 14.Nxh7 with a bind 14...Rc8]
11.Ng5 Forward-looking but restricts the Queen.
[-2.78 Fritz 5.00: 11.Rd2 Nb4 12.a3 Nbd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.e3 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Rc8]
11...Qxf2
[-0.06 Fritz 5.00: 11...exd6 Time to grab the Rook, says Fritz. 12.Qg7 Ke7 This is the point. Fritz now comes up with a cute tactical line 13.Nxe6 Rhg8 (13...Kxe6 is adequate 14.Qxf6+ Kxf6 15.Nd5+ Kxe6 16.Nxb6 axb6 with a whole Rook.]
12.Nge4
[-1.09 Fritz 5.00: 12.Rd1 Bc4 13.Qg7 Rg8 14.Qh6 Rh8]
12...Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Qf5 14.Ng3 Not giving Black time to take the Rook. 14...Qa5 15.Rd3 Nb4 16.a3 Not best.
[-#3 Fritz 5.00: 16.e4 Nxd3+ 17.Bxd3 Bxa2 18.Rd1 Qe5 19.h4 Rd8 20.Qg5 Qxg5+]
16...Nxd3+ 17.exd3
[17.Kd1 Qe1#]
17...Qe1# 0-1
67) Homer S. - Brusey A. W. [C05]
Exeter Premier (1) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Ne4 5.Bd3 Nxd2 6.Bxd2 c5 7.dxc5 Nc6 8.Nf3 Bxc5 9.0-0 Qc7 "out of book", says Fritz 10.Qe2 Nd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Rfe1 Bxb2 13.Rab1 Ba3 14.Rb3 Be7 15.Reb1 f5 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Bb5+ Kf7
Fritz now starts admonishing White. 18.Rf3 The start of an over-optimistic idea.
[-1.91 Fritz 5.00: 18.Bd3 e5 19.c4 e4 20.Qh5+ Kf8 21.Bb4+ Be7 22.Bxe7+]
18...Rf8 19.Rxf6+
[-2.19 Fritz 5.00: 19.Bf4 Qc5 20.Be5 d4 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Rd3]
19...gxf6 20.Qh5+ Kg8 21.Rb3 e5
Looks promising, but without a mate White is still Pawns down even if he wins the exchange. 22.Rg3+ Kh8 23.Bh6 Be6 24.Bxf8 Rxf8 See? 25.Be8
[-2.31 Fritz 5.00: 25.c3 Qf7 26.Qh6 Rd8 27.Re3 Qg6]
25...Qxc2 26.h4 Qc1+ 27.Kh2 Qc7 28.Qh6 Qe7 29.Bg6 Bg8 30.Bf5 Rf7 31.Rg6 e4 32.Kg1 d4
[-0.94 Fritz 5.00: 32...Qe5 is more forward-looking 33.g4 (33.Bh3) 33...d4 34.a3 b5 35.Kh1]
33.Rg4 e3 34.Re4 exf2+ 35.Kxf2 Qc5
White is busted. 36.Kg1
[-4.03 Fritz 5.00: 36.g4 ]
36...Qxf5 37.Rxd4 Qb1+ 38.Kh2 Qg6 39.Qf4 Rg7 40.Qf3 Bxa2 41.Ra4 Qf7 42.Rd4 h5 43.Rd6 f5 44.Qc3 Kh7 45.Qd2 Qc7 46.Kg1 Bc4 47.Rh6+ Kg8 48.Rd6 b5 49.Rd8+ Kh7 50.Rd6 a5 51.Qh6+ Kg8 52.Ra6 Qb7 0-1
68) Lee N. S. - Thomas G. [C10]
Exeter Premier (1) 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.e5 Nge7 5.Bg5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5...b6 6.Nf3 Bb7 7.Be2 Qd7 8.0-0 h6 9.Bc1 0-0-0 10.Re1 Ng6 11.Bb5 a6 12.Ba4 Kb8 13.a3 Qc8 14.Qd3 Na5 15.b3 Be7 16.Bd2
16...c6 Fritz reckons White's spatial plus worth a whole Pawn here.
[1.00 Fritz 5.00: 16...Nc6 ]
17.Ne2 Qc7 18.Bxa5 bxa5 19.c4 c5 20.Rec1 dxc4 21.Qxc4
21...Bd5 Giving up material for no very good reason.
[1.41 Fritz 5.00: 21...Bxf3 22.gxf3 Qb7 23.dxc5 Nxe5 24.Qf4 Qc7 25.Rc3 Bg5 26.Qg3]
22.Qxa6 Qa7 23.Qb5+ Ka8 24.dxc5 Rb8 25.Qd3 Bxc5 26.Nc3 Bxf2+ 27.Kh1 Nf4 28.Qf1 Bxf3 29.gxf3 Rhc8 30.Ne4
If I know anything about Nick, he'd be blitzing by now. 30...Bc5
[5.25 Fritz 5.00: 30...Bd4 ]
31.b4 And hence missing opportunities.
[2.44 Fritz 5.00: 31.Nxc5 Rxc5 32.Rxc5 Qxc5 33.Qa6+ Qa7 34.Bc6+ Rb7 35.Bxb7+ Kb8]
31...Bd4 32.Nd6 Bxa1 Worse than retaining the Bishop.
[5.84 Fritz 5.00: 32...Bc3 33.Nxc8 Rxc8 34.Rab1 f6 35.Qb5 fxe5 36.Qxa5 g6 37.Qxa7+]
33.Nxc8 Rxc8 34.Rxc8+ Kb7 35.Qc4 1-0
69) Saqui D. A. J. - Manning P. [A48]
Exeter Premier (1) 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 d5 5.Nbd2 Nc6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 6.b3 Bf5 7.Nh4 Bd7 8.f4 Ne4 9.Nxe4 dxe4 10.g3 Nb4 11.c4 c5 12.Bb2
12...Bh3
[-0.03 Fritz 5.00: Fritz prefers 12...Bg4 13.0-0 (13.Bxg4 Nd3+ 14.Kf1 Nxb2 15.Qc2 Nd3 with White disorganised, but he may be able to unravel. 13...Bxe2 14.Qxe2 cxd4 15.a3 Nd3 16.Rad1 e5 17.fxe5]
13.Qd2 Qd6 14.a3 Na6 15.d5 Bxb2 16.Qxb2 Qf6 17.Qxf6 exf6 18.Kf2 Ke7 19.g4 h5 20.gxh5 gxh5 21.Rhg1 Bd7 22.Rad1 Kd6 23.Rg7 Raf8 24.f5 Ke5 25.Bf1
25...Nb8
[3.94 Fritz 5.00: 25...Kd6 26.Bg2 Rhg8 27.Rxg8 Rxg8 28.Bxe4 Rg4 29.Bf3 Rg5 30.Be4]
26.b4
[1.28 Fritz 5.00: 26.d6 with mating threats is stronger 26...Bc6 27.Bh3 Rh6 (27...Nd7 28.Ng6+ fxg6 29.Re7#) 28.Ng6+ Rxg6 29.fxg6 f5 30.gxf7 Ke6]
26...Ba4 27.Rd2 Kd6 28.Be2 Nd7 29.b5
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 29.Kg3 Ne5 30.bxc5+ Kxc5 31.Kf4 Re8 32.Rb2 b6 33.Rd2 Nxc4 34.Bxc4 Kxc4 35.Rd4+ Kb3 36.Rxf7]
29...Ne5 30.Rb2 Bd1 31.Bf1 Ng4+ 32.Ke1 Nxe3 33.Kf2 Ng4+ 34.Ke1 Bf3 35.h3 Ne5 36.Nxf3 exf3 37.Kf2 Rfg8 38.Rg3 Rxg3 39.Kxg3 Rg8+ 40.Kf4 Rg1
Black is right out of his bind. 41.Rf2 Rg8
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 41...Kc7 42.a4 b6 43.Ke4 Kd6 44.Ke3 h4 45.Ke4]
42.a4
[-0.97 Fritz 5.00: 42.Rb2 ]
42...b6 43.Ra2 a5 44.Rf2 h4 45.Ke3 Rg5 46.Kf4 Rg3 47.Ke3
Drawn. 47...Nd7 A winning try, but in White's interests.
[0.09 Fritz 5.00: 47...Rg7 48.Ke4 Rg1 49.Ke3 Rg3 50.Kf4 Kd7 51.Rd2 Rg1 52.Rf2]
48.Kf4
[-0.97 Fritz 5.00: 48.Rxf3 Rg5 49.Rf4 Rg3+ 50.Rf3]
48...Nf8
[0.09 Fritz 5.00: 48...Rg1 49.Ke4 Ne5 50.Kf4]
49.Rxf3 Rxf3+ 50.Kxf3 Ke5 51.Kg4 Ke4 52.Kxh4 Kxf5 53.Kg3 Ke4 54.h4 f5 55.h5 Ke5 56.h6 Kf6 57.Bh3 Kg6
[2.44 Fritz 5.00: 57...Ke5 58.Kf3 f4 59.Bc8 Nh7 60.d6 Kxd6 61.Bf5 Nf6 62.h7]
58.d6 Kxh6 59.Bxf5 Kg5 60.d7 Nxd7 61.Bxd7 f5 62.Kf3 f4 1-0
70) Wareing J. P. - Rapkins D. G. E. [B01]
Exeter Premier (1) 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bc4 Bf5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bb3 Nb6 7.Qf3 Qd7 8.a4 Rd8 9.d6 c6 10.dxe7 Bxe7 11.h3 0-0 12.Nge2 Bc5 13.0-0 Rfe8 14.d3
14...Ng4 Interesting but flawed. Black may have felt the pressure to justify his Pawn minus.
[3.19 Fritz 5.00: 14...Nbd5 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bxe7 Rxe7 18.Rfe1]
15.hxg4 Bxg4 16.Bxf7+ Kh8 17.Bxe8 Rxe8
[17...Bxf3 18.Bxd7 is what Black must have missed.]
18.Qg3 Bxe2 19.Nxe2
[1.50 Fritz 5.00: 19.Re1 Bd6 20.Bf4 Bxf4 21.Qxf4 Nd5 22.Nxd5 cxd5]
19...Rxe2 20.Be3 Rxc2 21.Bxc5 Rxc5 22.a5 Nc8 23.Qe3 Rd5 24.Rfe1 Nd6 25.Qxa7 Rxd3 Natural, but only serves to open lines for White.
[3.56 Fritz 5.00: 25...Qd8 26.Qe3 Rb5 27.Ra2 c5 28.Qe7]
26.Rad1
[2.34 Fritz 5.00: 26.Qb8+ is preferred by Fritz but I like White's idea better]
26...Rxd1
[26...Rd5 27.Qb8+ Nc8 28.Rxd5 cxd5 29.Qc7]
27.Rxd1 winning the Knight 27...Qe7 28.Rxd6 Qe1+ 29.Kh2 Qe5+ 30.g3 1-0
71) Aston P. A. - Saqui D. A. J. [D00]
Exeter Premier (2) 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 Bf5 5.fxe4 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5...Nxe4 6.Qf3 Nd6 7.Bf4 Qc8 8.Bxd6 cxd6 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Nh3 a6 11.Bxd7+ Nxd7 12.Nd5 Qc6 13.0-0 Nf6
14.c4 This perfectly reasonable attempt to pursue an initiative is queried by Fritz.
[-1.44 Fritz 5.00: 14.Nhf4 Rc8 15.c3 e6 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.d5]
14...Qxc4 15.Nxf6+ gxf6 16.Qxb7 Qc8 17.Qe4 Rb8 18.Nf4 f5 19.Qd3 e6 20.Rac1 Qb7 21.Rce1 Be7 22.Re2 Qb5 23.Qf3 d5 24.Rfe1 Rb7 25.Qh5 0-0 26.Qh6 Qb6 27.Rd1 Kh8 28.Re3 Rg8 29.Rh3 Rg7
White has at last worked up an attack. 30.Nh5 Allows Black an opportunity to chase away the Queen.
[-2.16 Fritz 5.00: 30.Rc3 Qd8 31.Nd3 Bg5]
30...Bf8 allows mate in three!
[#3 Fritz 5.00: 30...Rg6 31.Qe3 Qxb2 32.Nf4 Rg7 33.a3]
31.Nf6 Not only missing the mate, but walks into a defensive tactic.
[-5.13 Fritz 5.00: 31.Nxg7 surely the most natural move on the board! 31...Qxd4+ 32.Rxd4 Bxg7 33.Qxh7#]
31...Rxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Bxh6 33.Rxh6 Kg7 34.Rxh7+ Kxf6 35.h4 Qxb2+ 36.Kf3 Rb4 0-1
72) Bolt G. - Talbot A. R. [B86]
Exeter Premier (2) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 a6 7.a4 Be7 8.Bb3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 8...0-0 9.0-0 Nc6 10.f4 Qc7 11.Kh1 Bd7 12.f5 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 e5 14.Qd3 Bc6 15.Bg5 Rad8 16.Rae1
A thematic break, but is it sound? 16...d5 17.Qg3 Bluffed!
[-0.47 Fritz 5.00: 17.Bxd5 h6 18.Be3 Ng4 19.Bd2 Bc5;
17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Qe2 also wins a Pawn;
17.Nxd5 is the most obvious line to analyse, and it is not bad for Black: 17...Nxd5 18.exd5 Bxg5 19.Qg3 Bxd5 20.Qxg5]
17...d4 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nh5 20.Qh4 Bxg5 21.Qxg5 Nf6 22.Rf3 Kh8
23.Qh4
[-0.84 Fritz 5.00: 23.Rg3 Rg8 24.d6 Qa5 25.Re2 Rxd6 26.Bxf7]
23...e4 24.Rh3 Rfe8 25.Rg3 Qe5 26.Qg5 Rg8 27.d6 h6 28.Qd2 e3 29.Qb4 Ne4 30.Rf3 Nd2
Fritz piddles all over this last phase. 31.Rh3 Qxf5
[0.06 Fritz 5.00: 31...Rd7 and Fritz reckons Black is better 32.c3 Qxd6 33.Qxd6 Rxd6 34.Bxf7 Rf8]
32.Qxd4 Qxh3 A creative way to lose a piece!
[3.22 Fritz 5.00: 32...Rge8 33.Rhxe3 Rxe3 34.Qxe3 Nxb3 35.Qxb3 Rxd6 36.Re8+ Kh7 37.Qxb7 when short-sighted Fritz has allowed 37...Qf1#]
33.gxh3 Nf3 34.Qxe3 Nxe1 35.Qxe1 Rgf8
[3.75 Fritz 5.00: 35...Rxd6 36.Bxf7 Rgd8 37.Qe7 Rd1+ 38.Kg2 b6]
36.a5 f5
[3.81 Fritz 5.00: 36...Rxd6 37.Qe7 Rfd8 38.Qxf7 R6d7 39.Qg6]
37.Bd5 f4 38.Kg2 Rf5
[6.06 Fritz 5.00: 38...Rxd6 39.Bxb7 Rdf6 40.Kf3 Rd6 41.Qe5]
39.Bf3 and Black can no longer nibble the d-Pawn 39...Rc8
[6.13 Fritz 5.00: 39...Rff8 40.Qe5 Rfe8 41.Qd5 Rf8 42.d7 g5 43.Kf2;
39...Rxd6 40.Qe8+ Kh7 41.Be4]
40.d7 Rd8 41.Bg4 Rd5
[11.91 Fritz 5.00: 41...Rf7 42.Qe8+ Rf8 43.Qe7 Rg8 44.Bf3 Rb8 45.Bd5 Rgd8 46.Bxb7]
42.Qc3
[5.88 Fritz 5.00: 42.Qe8+ is rather clearer!]
42...Rd2+
[12.00 Fritz 5.00: 42...Kh7 43.Qc7 Rf8 44.Qc8 Rg8 45.Be6 Rd2+ 46.Kf3 Rh8]
43.Kf1 h5 44.Qc8
[5.22 Fritz 5.00: 44.Qxd2 hxg4 45.Qe1 Rxd7 46.Qe8+ Kh7 47.Qxd7 g3 48.hxg3 fxg3]
44...R2xd7 45.Bxd7 Rxc8 46.Bxc8 g5 47.Bxb7 Kg7 48.Bxa6 Kf6 1-0
73) Hammond T. J. - Wareing J. P. [B24]
Exeter Premier (2) 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nge2 Be7 6.0-0 d6 7.d3 a6 8.f4 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 8...Qc7 9.h3 Bd7 10.Be3 d5 11.Bf2 dxe4 12.Nxe4 b6 13.Qd2 Rd8 14.Rae1 0-0 15.g4 Bc8 16.Qc1 Bb7 17.N2g3 Nd5 18.f5 Nf4 19.f6 gxf6 20.Nh5 Nxh5 21.gxh5
21...Kh8 I don't think Fritz really believes this is a blunder, but the threatened invasion of the Queen to h6 must be reacted to now.
[-0.22 Fritz 5.00: 21...f5 22.Bg3 Ne5 23.Qf4 fxe4 24.Qxe5 Qxe5 25.Bxe5 f5]
22.Qh6 Rg8 23.Bh4 Rg7 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Qxf6
25...Qe5
[0.78 Fritz 5.00: 25...Kg8 26.a3 e5 27.Rf5 Qd7 28.b3]
26.h6 Qxf6 27.Rxf6 Rg6 28.Rxf7
28...Ba8
[1.53 Fritz 5.00: 28...Ne5 29.Rf6 (29.Rf2) 29...Nxd3 30.Rxg6 Nxe1 31.Rxe6 Nxc2 32.Rxb6]
29.Nf6 Rxh6 30.Ng4 Rg6 31.Be4 Rg7 32.Rxg7 Kxg7 33.Bxc6 Bxc6 34.Rxe6 Bd5 35.Rxb6
35...Re8
[2.84 Fritz 5.00: 35...a5 36.Rb5 a4 37.Rxc5 Bxa2 38.Re5]
36.Kf2
[1.63 Fritz 5.00: 36.Nf6 Re5 37.Nxd5 Rxd5 38.Rxa6 Rg5+ 39.Kf2 Kf8 40.Rf6+ Ke7]
36...Rf8+ 37.Ke2 h5 38.Ne3 Bf3+ 39.Kd2
39...h4 Black needs counterplay, not material!
[3.09 Fritz 5.00: 39...Rf6 40.Nc4 Bd5 41.Rxf6 Kxf6 42.Ke3 Kf5]
40.Rxa6 Bh5 41.Ra5 Rf2+ 42.Kc3 Rf3 43.Rxc5 Bg6 44.Ng4 Rxh3 45.a4 Rg3 46.Rc4 h3 47.Nf2
[47.a5 DR 47...Bf5 48.Nf2 h2 49.a6 Rg1 50.Ra4 Bd7 51.a7 Bc6 52.Rh4 Rg2 53.Ne4]
47...h2 48.Rh4 Rg2 49.Ng4 Panicky
[0.47 Fritz 5.00: 49.Nh1 Bf5 50.a5 Bc8 51.b4 Kf6 52.Rh8 Bd7 53.Kd4 (53.a6) 53...Rxc2]
49...Rxg4 50.Rxh2 Rxa4 51.Rf2 Bf7 52.b3 Ra8 53.d4 Kf8 54.Re2 Bh5 55.Re5 Bg6 56.Kb2 Re8
[2.91 Fritz 5.00: 56...Kg7 57.c4 Kf6 58.Kc3 Ra1 59.Kb4 Ra8]
57.Rxe8+ Kxe8 58.c4 Kd7 59.Kc3 Kc7 60.b4 Be8 61.b5 Kb6 62.Kb4 Time trouble? Well worth playing on! 1/2-1/2
74) James R. A. - Piper S. J. [B40]
Exeter Premier (2) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 g6 6.0-0 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 6...Bg7 7.Re1 d6 8.d3 Nge7 9.Be3 0-0 10.Qd2 Re8 11.Bh6 Bh8 12.Nd1 Rb8 13.c3 b5 14.Ne3 b4 15.Ng4 e5 16.Qg5 Bxg4 17.Qxg4 Nc8 18.h4 Nb6 19.Bh3 Rb7 20.h5 Qe7 21.hxg6 fxg6 22.Ng5 Nd8 23.cxb4 cxb4 24.Rac1 Na4 25.Rc8 Nc5 26.Rc1
26...Rc7 Allowing a fine double exchange sac which cannot be accepted because of mate on e6.
[3.25 Fritz 5.00: 26...Bf6 27.Nf3 Nxd3 28.R1c2 Nf7 29.Rxe8+ Qxe8 30.Qc8 Qxc8 31.Rxc8+]
27.Rxd8 Qxd8 28.Rxc5 Rce7
This next bit illustrates the advantages of computers in forcing, tactical positions. 29.Rc6
[2.81 Fritz 5.00: 29.Qd1 This diagonal switch continues White's winning theme. 29...Bg7 30.Qb3+ Kh8 31.Nf7+ Rxf7 32.Qxf7 Bxh6 33.Rc7 Qxc7]
29...a5
30.Nf3 Again missing a cleaner win
[1.97 Fritz 5.00: 30.Nxh7 Kxh7 31.Qh4 is easy, then 31...Kg8 32.Rc8 Qxc8 33.Bxc8 Rh7 34.Bg4]
30...Bf6 31.Nh4 Rc7
[4.09 Fritz 5.00: 31...Bg7 32.Nxg6 hxg6 33.Qxg6 Rf8 34.Bf5 Rxf5 35.exf5 Rf7 36.Rxd6]
32.Rxc7 Qxc7 33.Nxg6 More deflating than decisive.
[33.Nxg6 Bg7 34.Bxg7 Qxg7 35.Nh4]
1-0
75) Manning P. - Murray C. V. [A26]
Exeter Premier (2) 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 e5 7.d3 Nc6 8.0-0 Bg4 9.f3 Be6 10.Bg5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 10...h6 11.Be3 Qd7 12.Qd2 Kh7 13.Nd5 Ne8 14.f4 f5 15.Nec3 Nd4 16.Rab1 c6 17.Nb4 Nf6 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Ne2 a5 20.Nc2 c5
21.a3
[-1.22 Fritz 5.00: 21.e5 is Fritz' preference for losing a Pawn 21...Ne8 22.Rbe1 dxe5 23.fxe5 Bxe5 24.Nf4 Bxf4 25.Qxf4;
21.b3 looks better to me! 21...fxe4 22.dxe4]
21...fxe4 22.dxe4 Bxc4 23.Ne1 a4 24.Rc1 Qb5 25.Rxc4 Qxc4 26.f5 g5 27.h4
27...d3
[-1.66 Fritz 5.00: 27...Rae8 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.Nc1 g4 30.Rf4 b5]
28.Nc3
[-2.66 Fritz 5.00: 28.Qxd3 Qxd3 29.Nxd3 gxh4 30.gxh4 Rae8 31.Nc3 Rg8]
28...Ng4
[-1.31 Fritz 5.00: 28...Qd4+ 29.Kh2 Ng4+ 30.Kh1 Qe3 31.Nf3 gxh4 32.gxh4 Bxc3 33.bxc3]
29.Nf3
[-2.78 Fritz 5.00: 29.hxg5 hxg5 30.Qxg5 Qd4+ 31.Kh1 Nf2+ 32.Kh2 Rh8 33.Nf3 Kg8+;
29.Qxd3]
29...Bd4+ 30.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 31.Kh1 Qe3 32.Qxe3 Nxe3 33.Rf3 Ng4 34.Bh3 Ne5 35.Rf2 g4 36.Bf1 c4 37.Nd5 b5 38.Kg2 Rac8 39.h5 Rc5 40.Nc3 Kg7 41.Nd5 Rxd5
42.exd5
[-4.00 Fritz 5.00: 42.f6+ Rxf6 43.exd5 Nf3 44.Kh1 Kf7]
42...Kf6 43.Rf4 Rb8 44.Kf2 b4 45.axb4
[-4.53 Fritz 5.00: 45.Ke3 ]
45...Rxb4 46.Ke3 Rxb2 47.Bxd3 cxd3 48.Rxa4 Re2+ 49.Kf4 d2 50.Rd4 Nf3
[-#7 Fritz 5.00: 50...Nf7 51.Rxd2 Rxd2 52.Kxg4 Rxd5 53.Kh4 Rd4+ 54.g4 Ne5 55.Kh3]
51.Rd3 Ne1
[-10.53 Fritz 5.00: 51...Ng5 52.Re3 d1Q 53.Re6+ Rxe6 54.dxe6 Qf3#]
52.Rd4 Ng2+ 53.Kxg4
I can't work up a lot of interest in some of Fritz' improvements, but here Black really did miss one! 53...Ne3+
[-3.41 Fritz 5.00: 53...Re4+ 54.Rxe4 d1Q+ 55.Kh3 Kxf5 is absolutely decisive! 56.Kxg2 Kxe4 57.g4 Qxg4+ 58.Kf2]
54.Kf3 d1Q
[-2.19 Fritz 5.00: 54...Nxf5 55.Kxe2 Nxd4+ 56.Kxd2 Kg5 57.Ke3 Kxh5 58.Kf4 Ne2+ 59.Kf3]
55.Rxd1 Nxd1 56.Kxe2 Nc3+ 57.Kd3 Nxd5 58.Ke4 Ne7 59.g4 Kg5 60.Kf3 d5 0-1
76) Page M. C. - Jepps G. N. [A31]
Exeter Premier (2) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5 6.cxd5 Bc5 7.e3 0-0 8.Be2 Nxd5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 9.0-0 Be6 10.N1c3 Nxc3 11.Nxc3 Nc6 12.b3 f5 13.Bb2 Qe7 14.Bb5 f4 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.exf4 exf4 17.Na4 Rad8 18.Qc2 Rd5 19.Nxc5 Rxc5 20.Qe4 Qf7 21.Ba3 Rg5 22.f3 Re8 23.Rae1 Bd7 24.Qb4 Bh3 25.Rxe8+ Qxe8
26.Re1 Rather resigned!
[-0.84 Fritz 5.00: 26.Rf2 c5 27.Qd2 Qd7 28.Qxd7 Bxd7 29.Re2]
26...Rxg2+ 27.Kh1
27...Re2
[4.59 Fritz 5.00: 27...Qd8 28.Qc4+ Kh8 29.Qe4 Qg8 30.Qxf4 Rxa2]
28.Qc4+
[-0.34 Fritz 5.00: 28.Rxe2 We're assuming the score is accurate, I suppose, but this looks a little better! 28...Qd8 29.Qc4+ Kh8 30.Re1 Qb8 31.Qxc6]
28...Re6 29.Rxe6 Bxe6 30.Qxf4 Bd5 31.Kg2 Qe2+ 32.Kg3 Qe1+ 33.Kg2 Qe2+ 34.Kg3 Qe1+ 35.Kg2 1/2-1/2
77) Ponter I. - Phillips A. [C45]
Exeter Premier (2) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6 9.b3 0-0-0 10.g3 Re8 11.Bb2 Nb6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 12.Bg2 f6 13.0-0 fxe5 14.Re1 Qf7 15.Nd2 Bc5 16.Rad1 d5 17.Nf3 Rhf8 18.Qd2 e4 19.Nd4 Bb7 20.Re2 Qe7 21.Bh3+ Kb8 22.Ne6 Rxf2 23.Rxf2 e3 24.Qc2 exf2+ 25.Kf1
25...dxc4
[-3.63 Fritz 5.00: 25...Bc8 Fritz reckions this is immediately decisive 26.cxd5 Nxd5 27.Rxd5 cxd5 (27...Bxe6 is better, on reflection, winning the house 28.Qxc5 Qxc5 29.Nxc5 Bxh3+ 30.Kxf2 is only an exchange.]
26.Bd4 Bxd4 27.Rxd4 c5 28.Rd2
28...Nd5
[-2.25 Fritz 5.00: 28...Qf6 29.Rxf2 Qa1+ 30.Ke2 Qe5+ 31.Kf1 Bc8 32.Re2 Qf6+ 33.Rf2]
29.Re2 c3 30.Bg2
[-3.81 Fritz 5.00: 30.Kxf2 Bc8 31.Qd3 Qf7+ 32.Kg1 c2 33.Qxc2 Bxe6 34.Qxc5 Qd7]
30...Qd6 31.Qf5 c2 32.Qxc2 Rxe6 33.Rxe6 Qxe6 34.Bxd5
[-#2 Fritz 5.00: 34.Qxf2 Ne3+ 35.Kg1 Nxg2 36.Qf8+ Qc8 37.Qe7 g6 38.h4 Qh8]
34...Qxd5 Not best!
[34...Qe1+ 35.Kg2 f1Q#]
35.Qxf2 Qh1+ 36.Ke2 Ba6+ 37.Kd2 Qd5+ 38.Kc1 Qg5+ 39.Kd1 Qf6 0-1
78) Young C. A. - Hewson B. W. R. [B06]
Exeter Premier (2) 1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 3.Nc3 a6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4.a4 Bg7 5.Nf3 d6 6.h3 Nd7 7.Be3 Qa5 8.Nd2 Ngf6 9.Nb3 Qc7 10.a5 0-0 11.Be2 c5 12.d5 b5 13.axb6 Nxb6 14.0-0 Bb7 15.f3 Rfd8 16.Qe1 e6 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.Na5 Bc8 19.Qf2 Nfd7 20.Qg3 Ne5 21.f4 Nc6 22.Nxc6 Qxc6 23.Rad1 Na4
24.f5 Allows a simple tactic.
[-1.44 Fritz 5.00: 24.Nxa4 Qxa4 25.e5 Qxc2 26.Rd2 Qb3 27.exd6 Bxb2]
24...Nxc3 Wrong move!
[0.56 Fritz 5.00: 24...Nxb2 25.f6 Nxd1 26.Nxd1 Bxf6 27.Rxf6 Qxe4]
25.bxc3 Bb7 26.fxg6 hxg6 27.Qxg6 Qxe4 28.Qg3 Qe5 29.Rf4 Rf8 30.Bd3 Rxf4 31.Bxf4 Qxc3 32.Bxd6
32...Re8
[5.25 Fritz 5.00: 32...Rd8 33.Bh7+ Kxh7 34.Qh4+ Bh6 35.Qxd8 Qxc2 36.Qe7+ Bg7 37.Qh4+]
33.Re1 Missed one!
[1.59 Fritz 5.00: 33.Qg6 Qd4+ 34.Kh1 Qxd6 35.Qxe8+ Qf8 36.Qxe6+ Kh8 37.Qg6 Bxg2+]
33...e5 Oops.
[6.97 Fritz 5.00: 33...Qf6 is not pretty but not lost 34.Bxc5 e5 35.Qg4 Qh6 36.Bg6 Bc8 37.Qe4]
34.Bh7+ 1-0
79) Blackmore M. - Page M. C. [C56]
Exeter Premier (3) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.Re1 d5 7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qa5 9.Nxe4 Be6 10.Neg5 0-0-0 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Rxe6 Bd6 13.Qe2 Qh5 14.g3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 14...Rde8 15.Kg2 h6 16.Bd2 Qf7 17.Re1 Kd7 18.Re4 Rxe4 19.Qxe4 Rf8 20.Re2 Qf5
21.Nxd4 Wrong move order!
[-2.56 Fritz 5.00: 21.Qxf5+ Rxf5 22.Re4 Rc5 23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.Rxd4 Rxc2]
21...Nxd4 22.Qxd4 Qf3+ Oops. 23.Kg1 Qxe2 24.Qxg7+ Qe7 There is no advantage in retreating the Queen.
[-2.38 Fritz 5.00: 24...Kc8 25.Bf4 Qxc2 26.Qxh6 Qb1+ 27.Kg2 Qxb2 28.Qe6+ Kb8]
25.Qxh6 Bc5 26.Be3 Bxe3 27.fxe3 Qf6 28.Qf4 Qxf4 29.exf4 Ke6 30.Kf2 Kf5
[30...Rh8 31.h4 (31.Kg2 Rd8) 31...Kf5 blockades 32.Kf3 Rg8 33.a4 a5 34.c4 c5 35.b3 b6 36.h5 Rg7 37.h6 Rg8 38.h7 (38.Kf2 Kg4) 38...Rh8 39.g4+ Kg6]
31.Kf3 Re8 32.g4+ Kf6 33.h4 Re1 34.h5 Rc1 35.Ke4 Rxc2 36.g5+ Kg7 37.f5 Rxb2 38.Ke5 Re2+ 39.Kf4 c5 40.f6+ Kf7 41.Kf5 Rf2+ 42.Ke5 Rg2 Doesn't stop the threat!
[42...Rh2 43.g6+ Kf8 44.Ke6 Rxh5 45.g7+ Kg8]
43.g6+ Kf8 44.Kf5 Rf2+ 45.Kg5 c4 46.h6 White's counterplay has been allowed to hget totally out of hand! 46...Rg2+
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 46...Kg8 47.f7+ Kf8 48.h7 Kg7 49.Kh4 c3 50.Kg3]
47.Kf5 Kg8 48.f7+ Kf8 49.Kf6 Rf2+ 50.Ke6 Re2+ 51.Kf6 1/2-1/2
80) Dilleigh S. P. - Frost N. A. [E15]
Exeter Premier (3) 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.g3 Bb7 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.c4 c5 6.d5 b5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7.dxe6 fxe6 8.cxb5 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 d5 10.0-0
10...d4 Not picked up by Fritz as an error. 11.Nxd4 Bxg2 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.Kxg2 Bd6 14.e4 0-0 15.f4
15...e5
[4.31 Fritz 5.00: 15...Rd8 16.Qc2 Be7 17.Be3 Ng4]
16.Nd5
[2.13 Fritz 5.00: 16.b6 actually allows too much counterplay 16...axb6 (16...Qd7 17.b7 Qxb7 18.Qxd6 Nxe4 19.Qe6+ Rf7) 17.fxe5 Bxe5 18.Rxf6 Rxf6 19.Qd5+ Qf7 20.Qxa8 Rf2+]
16...Qb7 17.Nxf6+
[1.88 Fritz 5.00: 17.fxe5 Bxe5 18.Nxc5 Qf7 19.a3 Rc8 20.Qc2]
17...Rxf6 18.Qd5+ Uninterested in complications! 18...Qxd5 19.exd5 Nd7 20.f5 Nb6 21.Nd2 Rff8 22.Ne4 Rad8 23.Bg5 Rd7 24.Nxd6 Rxd6 25.Be7 Rxd5 26.Bxf8 Kxf8 27.Rad1 Rd4 28.Rxd4 exd4 29.Kf3 Ke7 30.Ke4 Na4 31.Rf2 Kd6 32.g4 h6 33.h4 Nb6 34.g5 hxg5 35.hxg5 Ke7 36.Rc2 1-0
81) Hewson B. W. R. - Jaszkiwskyj P. [D53]
Exeter Premier (3) 1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 0-0 6.Bxf6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 6...Bxf6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bd3 c6 9.h4 Re8 10.Nge2 Bg4 11.Qc2 g6 12.h5 One Pawn sacrifice that even Fritz doesn't query! 12...Bxh5 13.0-0-0 Bxe2 14.Nxe2 Qd6 15.Rh3 Kg7 16.Rdh1 Rh8 17.f4 Nd7 18.g4 c5 19.g5 Be7 20.Kb1 c4 21.Bf5 b5 22.Ng3 Nf8 23.Rh6
23...Bxg5 Desperation!
[2.19 Fritz 5.00: 23...Qc7 24.Qg2 Rd8 25.Bc2 c3 26.Bb3 cxb2 27.Bxd5 Qc3 28.Qf3]
24.Bxg6 Qc6 How does that help?
[9.66 Fritz 5.00: 24...hxg6 25.Rxh8 Be7 26.Qg2 Qe6 27.f5 Qxe3 28.fxg6 Qd3+ 29.Ka1]
25.Nf5+
[25.Nf5+ Kg8 (25...Kf6 26.fxg5+) 26.Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.Rxc6]
1-0
82) Hodge D. - Hammond T. J. [A35]
Exeter Premier (3) 1.e4 c5 2.c3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.cxd4 d5 5.exd5 Nf6 6.Nf3
Typically Fritz does not like to be without material. 6...Bg7
[0.78 Fritz 5.00: 6...Nxd5 7.Nc3 Bg7 8.Bc4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Bg4]
7.Nc3 0-0 8.Be2
[-0.06 Fritz 5.00: 8.Qb3 This is a well-known idea from the Panov. 8...Nbd7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Rc1]
8...Nxd5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Be3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 10...e6 11.Rc1 Qd7 12.Bb5 Nxc3 13.Rxc3 Qd5 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.Qa4 Qb5 16.Qc2 Rb8 17.b3 Qh5 18.Rc5 e5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Rxe5 Qg4 21.h3 Qd7 22.Bh6 Qxd4 23.Rfe1 Bf5 24.Qxc6
Black is busted. 24...f6
[5.72 Fritz 5.00: 24...Be6 25.R5e4 Qf6 26.Bxf8 Rxf8]
25.Re7 Rfc8 26.Rg7+ Kh8 27.Rc7
27...Rd8
[9.44 Fritz 5.00: 27...Rg8 28.g4 Rbd8 29.Ree7 Rd7 30.Rexd7 Bxd7 31.Rxd7 Qb6 32.Qxb6]
28.Bg7+ Adequate.
[2.78 Fritz 5.00: 28.Ree7 Bd7 (28...Qd1+ 29.Kh2) 29.Rcxd7 Qa1+ 30.Kh2 Qe5+ 31.Rxe5 Rxd7]
28...Kg8 29.Bxf6 1-0
83) Homer S. - Manning P. [C19]
Exeter Premier (3) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 Nbc6 8.Bd3 Qb6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 9.0-0 Bd7 10.Be3 c4 11.Be2 Nf5 12.Qd2 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 Qd8 14.Ng5 h6 15.Nh3 Ne7 16.f4 Nf5 17.Qd2 Rg8 18.Bg4 g5 19.Bxf5 exf5 20.Kh1 g4 21.Ng1 h5 22.Rfb1 Bc6 23.Rb2 Qe7 24.a4 a5 25.Rb6 Qd7 26.Qe1 Rg6 27.Qh4 Qd8 28.Qxd8+ Kxd8 29.h4 g3 30.Nf3 Rg4 31.Ng5 Rxh4+ 32.Kg1 Ke7 33.Rab1
33...Rb8 Overlooking an elementary tactic.
[3.13 Fritz 5.00: 33...Ra7 34.Nh3 Bxa4 35.Rxb7+ Rxb7 36.Rxb7+ Bd7 37.Kf1 a4 38.Ra7]
34.Rxc6 bxc6 35.Rxb8 Rxf4 36.Rb7+ Ke8 37.Nxf7 Rf2 38.Nd6+ Kd8
[#3 Fritz 5.00: 38...Kf8 39.e6 Re2 40.e7+ Rxe7 41.Rb8+ Kg7 42.Nxf5+ Kf6 43.Nxe7]
39.e6 Re2 40.Rd7# 1-0
84) Lee N. S. - Regis D. [B27]
Exeter Premier (3) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.d5 b5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5.e5 a6 6.a4 d6 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.axb5 Nf6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.g3 Bb7 11.Bf4
It's hard for me to comment objectively on this game, except to note that it had more than its fair share of errors! 11...e5
[1.78 Fritz 5.00: 11...Qb6 ]
12.bxa6 Nxa6
[1.84 Fritz 5.00: 12...Bxa6 13.Bg5 Bb7 14.Rxa8 Bxa8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6]
13.Bg5
[0.25 Fritz 5.00: 13.Bxe5 Rfe8 was Black's idea, trying to make something of the development lead. 14.Qe2 Qd7 15.Qb5 Bxd5 16.Nxd5 Qxd5]
13...Nb4 14.Rxa8 Rxa8 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Bc4 Ra1 17.Qxa1 Nxc2+ 18.Ke2 Nxa1 19.Rxa1 e4 20.Nd2 Qb6 21.Na4 Qb4
22.Ra3 White was in horrible time trouble here.
[-3.31 Fritz 5.00: 22.Nc3 Qxb2]
22...Be5 Wrong square for this piece!
[-1.03 Fritz 5.00: 22...Bh6 23.Rc3 Bxd2 24.Kxd2 Qxa4 25.d6 Kf8]
23.Rb3 Qxa4 24.Rxb7 Bd6 25.b3
25...Qa8
[0.63 Fritz 5.00: 25...Qe8 26.Ra7 h6 27.Ke3 Bb8 28.Ra8]
26.Rb6
[-0.84 Fritz 5.00: 26.Rd7 Be5 27.Re7 Bf6 28.Rc7]
26...Qd8 27.Rc6 f5 28.Ba6 Kf7 29.Nc4 Bc7
[0.72 Fritz 5.00: 29...Bf8 30.d6 Ke6 31.Rc8 Qf6 32.Re8+ Kd5 33.Bb7+ Kd4]
30.Rxc5 f4 31.d6 f3+ 32.Kd1 Bb6 33.Rd5
[-1.19 Fritz 5.00: 33.Re5 Bxf2 34.Rxe4 Bc5 35.Ne5+ Kf6 36.d7]
33...Bxf2 34.d7
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 34.Nd2 Qa8 35.Bc4 Qa1+ 36.Kc2 Qa2+ 37.Kd1 Be3]
34...Ke6 35.Re5+ Kf6 36.Rd5
[-0.72 Fritz 5.00: 36.Bb5 e3 37.Re8 e2+ 38.Kc2 Qc7 39.d8Q+ Qxd8 40.Rxd8 e1Q]
36...e3 37.Ne5 e2+ 38.Bxe2 fxe2+ 39.Kxe2 Bb6 40.Nc6 Qa8 41.Rd6+ Kg7 42.Nd4
[-2.28 Fritz 5.00: 42.d8Q Bxd8 43.Nxd8 Qa2+ 44.Ke3 Qxb3+ 45.Rd3 Qb6+ 46.Ke4 Qb4+]
42...Qb8
[1.41 Fritz 5.00: 42...Qe4+ 43.Kd1 Kf7 44.Nc2 (44.Nc6) 44...Bd8 45.Kd2 Qg2+ 46.Kc3]
43.Rxb6 Qxb6
[3.84 Fritz 5.00: 43...Qe5+ 44.Kd3 Qd5 45.Rb7 Kf6 46.b4 g5 47.Rc7 Ke7 48.b5]
44.d8Q 1-0
85) Murray C. V. - Young C. A. [B30]
Exeter Premier (3) 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Qc7 5.0-0 a6 6.Bxc6 bxc6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7.d3 d6 8.e5 Another Pawn sacrifice Fritz was content to accept. 8...dxe5 9.Qe2 Bd6 10.Ne4 f6 11.Nfd2 Nh6 12.Nc4 Nf7 13.Be3
13...0-0 The front c-Pawn is doomed, restoring material equality, even if Fritz queries how to lose it;
sadly for Black, an exchange will follow.
[1.50 Fritz 5.00: 13...Rb8 14.Qg4 Bf8 15.Nxc5 Bxc5 16.Bxc5 Rg8]
14.Nexd6 Fritz prefers the other way of securing the exchange.
[0.66 Fritz 5.00: 14.Ncxd6 Nxd6 15.Bxc5 Nxe4 16.Bxf8 Nd6]
14...Nxd6 15.Bxc5 Nxc4 16.Bxf8 Nxb2 17.Ba3 Na4 18.Qd2 c5 19.Rab1 Bb7 20.Rb3 Rd8 21.Qe3 Bd5 22.c4 Ba8 23.f3 Rd4 24.Rfb1 Bc6 25.Bc1 g5 26.Bd2 Kg7 27.Qf2 Qd6 28.Qe2 Qc7 29.Be3 Rh4 30.Bf2 Rf4 31.h3 h5 32.Bg3 Rd4
Fritz can't believe White let this one slip! I wonder what the time situation was. 33.Bf2
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 33.a3 h4 34.Bf2 Rd8 35.Be3 Qd6 36.Qf2 Rd7 37.Qc2 Rd8 is hardly a decisive alternative.]
33...Rf4 34.Be3 Rh4 35.Bf2
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 35.a3 Qd6 36.Qf1 Ba8 37.Rb8 Bc6;
35.g3 Rxh3 36.Kg2 g4]
35...Rf4 36.Bg3
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 36.a3 Rf5 37.Be3 h4 38.Qc2 Qd7 39.Rb8 Qd6]
36...Rd4 37.Bf2
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 37.a3 h4 38.Bf2 Rd8 39.Be3 Qd6 40.Qe1 Qc7 41.Qf2]
37...Rf4 1/2-1/2
86) Pinkerton A. - Aston P. A. [A44]
Exeter Premier (3) 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.g3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 3...d6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 h5 7.e4 h4 8.g4
8...h3 As usual, positional Pawn sacrifices are not to Fritz' taste.
[0.75 Fritz 5.00: 8...Bg5 9.Bxg5 Qxg5 10.h3 Nf6 11.Nf3 Qf4]
9.Bxh3 Bh4 10.Nce2
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 10.a5 ]
10...Nf6 Curiously, Fritz does not comment on White's counter-sacrifice of the e-Pawn. 11.Ng3 Bxg3 12.hxg3 Nxe4 13.Bg2 Rxh1 14.Bxh1 Nf6 15.g5 Ng8 16.Be4 Nd7 17.Qh5 Qe7 18.Nf3 b6 19.Qh8 Qf8 20.Nh4 Ne7 21.Qh5 Bb7 22.c4 0-0-0 23.Qd1 Kc7 24.a5 Rb8 25.axb6+ Nxb6 26.Qc2 Qc8 27.Bd2 Qg4 28.b3 g6 29.Bf3 Qh3 30.Qe4 Rh8
31.0-0-0 Fritz would sooner leave the Rook on a1.
[0.03 Fritz 5.00: 31.b4 Nd7 32.Bg2 Qh2]
31...Qd7 32.Ba5 Bc8 33.Qc2 Nf5 34.Nxf5 Qxf5 35.Qxf5 gxf5 36.b4
36...Bd7 Drops the Knight on b6.
[3.59 Fritz 5.00: 36...Kb7 37.Be2 Rh2 38.bxc5 dxc5 39.Be1]
37.bxc5 e4 38.cxb6+ Kb7 39.Rh1 Rc8 40.Be2 Bb5 41.Rh7 Bxc4 42.Rxf7+ Kb8 43.b7 Rc5 44.Bb6 Bxd5+ 45.Bxc5 Bxf7 46.Bxd6+ Kxb7 47.Kd2 a5 48.Ke3 Kc6 49.Ba3 Kd5 50.Kf4 Bg6 51.g4 fxg4 52.Bxg4 Kc4 53.Bf5 Bf7 54.Bxe4 Kb3 55.Be7 a4 56.Ke5 a3 57.Bxa3 Kxa3 58.f4 Kb4 59.f5 Kc5 60.Kf6 Bg8 61.Kg7 Ba2 62.f6 Kd6 63.Bg6 Ke5 64.Bf7 Bb1 65.Bb3 Kf5 66.f7 Kxg5 67.f8Q 1-0
87) Pridmore M. D. - Brusey A. W. [D02]
Exeter Premier (3) 1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4.Nbd2 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Bb5 a6 7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.g4 Bg6 9.Ne5 Qd6 10.b3 Nd7 11.f4 f6 12.Nxd7 Qxd7 13.f5 Bf7 14.Ba3 g6 15.Qf3 gxf5 16.gxf5 Rg8 17.h4 a5 18.Rf1 a4 19.Bc5 h5 20.b4 Rg4 21.Qf2 Bh6 22.0-0-0 Bg8 23.Rg1 Bh7 24.Rxg4 hxg4 25.Rf1 Kf7 26.Kb2 Rg8 27.Qg3 Bxf5 28.c3 Qc8 29.Ka3
I haven't followed any of the earlier moves, and Fritz' alternative lines don't help! 29...Bh7
[-1.88 Fritz 5.00: 29...Qe6 30.Qxc7 Bd3 31.Re1 g3 32.Kxa4 Bxe3 Asked a second time, Fritz acknowledges that this line is not so clearly better for Black 33.Bxe7]
30.Kb2 Ke8 31.Re1 Kd8 32.a3 Qf5 33.e4 dxe4 34.Nxe4 Bf4 35.Qd3 Qd7 36.c4 g3 37.Qf3
Fritz' line is not superior. 37...g2
[-1.50 Fritz 5.00: 37...Bxe4 38.Qxf4 Rg4 39.Qh6 g2 40.Qf8+ Qe8]
38.d5 Be5+ 39.Ka2 cxd5 40.Nd2 c6 41.Rg1 Qf5 42.Qxf5 Bxf5 43.cxd5 cxd5 44.Nf3 Bf4 45.Re1 e5 46.Ng1 d4 47.Rd1 Be3 48.Kb2 Rh8 49.b5 Rxh4 50.Re1 Rh1 51.Rxe3
51...dxe3 Actually, Black can have the Knight and then the Rook.
[-4.81 Fritz 5.00: 51...Rxg1 52.Rg3 Rb1+ 53.Ka2 g1Q 54.Rxg1 Rxg1 55.b6 Be4 56.Kb2]
52.Bxe3 Kc7 53.Kc3 Kb7 54.Kb4 Bc2 55.Kc5 f5 56.Kd5 f4 57.Bc5 e4 58.Ke5 f3 59.Kf4 Rh5 60.Bb4
[-#7 Fritz 5.00: 60.Bd4 ]
60...f2 0-1
88) Rapkins D. G. E. - Dunn A. M. [C41]
Exeter Premier (3) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.Bd3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4...fxe4 5.Bxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Nxg6
8...Nf6
[2.31 Fritz 5.00: 8...hxg6 9.Qxh8 Nf6 10.Bh6 Nbd7 11.Bxf8 Nxf8]
9.Qe5+ Be7 10.Nxh8 Nc6 11.Qb5 Be6 12.c3
12...Qd7
[4.06 Fritz 5.00: 12...Kd7 13.Qxb7 Rb8 14.Qa6 Rb6 15.Qe2 Qxh8]
13.Be3
[0.72 Fritz 5.00: 13.Qxb7 Rb8 14.Qa6 Rb6 15.Qe2 Bd6]
13...0-0-0 14.Nd2 Rxh8 Compared with the last line, White has two more pieces developed. 15.h3 h5 16.Bg5 Nd5
[1.47 Fritz 5.00: 16...Bd5 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.c4 e3 19.cxd5 exd2+ 20.Kxd2 Nxd4 21.Qxd7+]
17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.0-0-0 Qg5 19.g3 Rf8 20.Qe2 e3 21.fxe3
I don't understand this next bit! 21...Nxc3
[1.91 Fritz 5.00: 21...Qxg3 22.Rde1 Qh4 23.Reg1 Nb6 24.Nf3 Qe7 25.a3 Bd5 26.Rf1]
22.bxc3 1/2-1/2
89) Saqui D. A. J. - Baer B. L. [E61]
Exeter Premier (3) 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 d6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 Nf6 5.0-0 0-0 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.Rb1 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 8...Re8 9.b4 e4 10.Nd2 Nf8 11.c5 d5 12.b5 h5 13.c6 b6 14.Qb3 N8h7 15.Re1 Be6 16.a4 Bf8 17.Ba3 Bh6 18.Nf1 Ng4 19.Bxg4 hxg4 20.a5 Ng5
A standard reversed KIA position (Pe3 not Pe4) where Black will want to deliver mate soon. 21.Kh1
[-0.16 Fritz 5.00: 21.a6 Removes any White counterplay! 21...Qf6 22.Ng3 Rad8 23.Qc2 Bg7]
21...Kg7 22.Ra1 Rh8 23.Bb4 Rc8 24.axb6 axb6 25.Ra7 Nf3
[0.19 Fritz 5.00: 25...Ra8 ]
26.Rea1 Qh4
27.g3 This weakening move sets Black up for a stock mate.
[-#5 Fritz 5.00: 27.R7a2 Bg5 28.h3 Qxh3+ 29.gxh3 Rxh3+ 30.Kg2 Nh4+ 31.Kg1 Nf3+]
27...Qh3 Sufficient but the game could have been decided simply:
[-7.66 Fritz 5.00: 27...Qxh2+ 28.Nxh2 Bxe3 29.Bf8+ Rcxf8 30.Kg2 Rxh2+ 31.Kf1 Rxf2#]
28.Ne2
[-#4 Fritz 5.00: 28.Qxd5 Bxd5 29.Rxc7 Bc4 30.Rxf7+ Kxf7 31.Nxe4 Bxf1]
28...Bxe3 29.Ng1 Qxh2+ 0-1
90) Wareing J. P. - James R. A. [C65]
Exeter Premier (3) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Bc5 5.d3 d6 6.h3 0-0 7.c3 Bd7 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 8.Bg5 Bb6 9.a4 a5 10.Na3 Qe7 11.Nc4 h6 12.Nxb6 cxb6 13.Be3 Qd8 14.Qb3 Be6 15.Qc2 Na7 16.Qd2 Nxb5 17.axb5 Nd7 18.c4 Nc5 19.Ra3 f5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Ne1 d5 22.f3 d4 23.Bf2 Qd6 24.Bg3 Rae8 25.Bh2 h5 26.g4 Bg6 27.b4 axb4 28.Qxb4 hxg4 29.hxg4 Qf6 30.Qd2 e4 31.dxe4 Nxe4 32.Qg2 Nc3 33.g5 Qe6
34.f4 White hasn't seen it coming!
[-3.91 Fritz 5.00: 34.Ra1 Qxc4 35.Qg4 Qc5 36.Ng2 d3+ 37.Kh1 d2 38.Nf4 Bf5]
34...Qxe1
[-5.66 Fritz 5.00: 34...Qe3+ 35.Kh1 Qxe1 36.Ra7 (36.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 37.Bg1 Be4 38.Kh2 Bxg2 39.Kxg2 a Rook down 36...Qh4 37.f5 Rxf5 38.Rxf5 Bxf5 39.Ra1]
35.Qxb7
[-9.22 Fritz 5.00: 35.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 36.Kf2 Re2+ 37.Kg1 Rxg2+ 38.Kxg2 a piece down 38...Be4+ 39.Kf2 Rc8]
35...Qe3+ 36.Rf2 Qc1+ 0-1
91) White I. R. - Lilley G. [E92]
Exeter Premier (3) 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Na6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Qe8 10.0-0 Nh7 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 11.Ne1 f5 12.f3 g5 13.Bf2 f4 14.Nd3 h5 15.c5 Qg6 16.b4 g4 17.fxg4 hxg4 18.b5 Nb8 19.Kh1 Nf6
20.Re1 This is surely unobjectionable.
[-0.34 Fritz 5.00: 20.cxd6 cxd6 21.Qa4 a6]
20...Nbd7 21.c6 bxc6 22.dxc6 Nb6 23.Bxb6 axb6 24.Nb4 g3
25.Nbd5
[-1.81 Fritz 5.00: 25.h3 Qh7 26.Kg1 A) 26...Bxh3 looks better to me: 27.Bc4+ Kh8 28.Qc2 (28.gxh3 Qxh3 29.Qe2 f3) 28...Bg4;
B) 26...Qh4 is Fritz' analysis 27.Nbd5 Rf7 28.Rf1 Be6]
25...Qh7 26.Nxf6+
[-3.09 Fritz 5.00: 26.h3 Bxh3 27.Bh5 Bxg2+ 28.Kxg2 Nxh5 29.Qf3 Rf7 30.Rg1]
26...Bxf6
[-0.91 Fritz 5.00: 26...Rxf6 27.Bh5 Rh6 28.h3 Rxh5 29.Qd5+ Kf8 30.Rf1 Ra3 31.Rac1]
27.Bh5 Ra3
[-3.97 Fritz 5.00: 27...gxh2 28.Nd5 Bh4 29.Rf1 Bg3 30.Bg4 Qh4 31.Bxc8 Rfxc8 32.Qf3]
28.Rc1 f3 29.Qxf3 Bg5 30.Qxg3 Qxh5 31.Rf1 Rxc3 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8 33.Rf1+
[-7.06 Fritz 5.00: 33.Qxc3 Bf4 34.h3 Bxh3 35.gxh3 Qe2 36.Qc2 Qf3+ 37.Qg2 Qxg2+]
33...Bf4 0-1
92) Abbott M. - Wheeler J. F. [D10]
Exeter Premier (4) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 b5 5.Qf3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5...Nf6 6.h3
[6.Nxb5 Bg4]
6...a6 7.a4 b4 8.Nd1 Qd5 9.Ne2 a5 10.Nf4 Qxf3 11.gxf3 g5 12.Ne2 Ba6 13.e4 h6 14.Bd2 Nbd7 15.Ne3 e6 16.Ng3 Nb6 17.h4 Rg8 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.Nh5 Nfd7
20.Ng3 Fritz doesn't like going backwards.
[-2.09 Fritz 5.00: 20.Ng4 Be7 21.Bh3 Bb7 22.Rh2 Rd8 23.f4 f5 24.Ne3 fxe4]
20...c5 21.d5 Bg7 22.dxe6 fxe6 23.Nd1 Ne5 24.Be2 Nd3+ 25.Bxd3 cxd3 26.Rh5 Nc4 27.Bc1 Ne5
28.f4 This doesn't help: Black Pawns are a tidal wave.
[-#7 Fritz 5.00: 28.Be3 Nxf3+ 29.Kf1 c4 30.Kg2 Ne1+ 31.Kf1 Nc2 32.Rb1 Nxe3+]
28...Nf3+
[-3.34 Fritz 5.00: 28...d2+ 29.Kxd2 Rd8+ 30.Kc2]
29.Kf1 0-1
93) Baer B. L. - Spink B. M. [A04]
Exeter Premier (4) 1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d6 4.d3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4...e5 5.0-0 Be7 6.c3 0-0 7.Nbd2 Nc6 8.b4 Qe8 9.a4 Qh5 10.e4 fxe4 11.dxe4 Bg4 12.Re1 Rf7 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Nxf3 Nd7 15.Be3 Raf8 16.Nd2 Qg6
17.a5 Missing a chance to nibble the a-Pawn.
[-0.47 Fritz 5.00: 17.b5 Nd8 18.Bxa7 Bg5 (18...b6 19.a5) 19.a5 Ne6]
17...Bg5 18.Bxg5 Qxg5 19.Nf3 Qh5 20.Re3 Nd8 21.Ra2 Kh8 22.Qd3 Ne6 23.Qd5 Ng5 24.Nxg5 Qxg5 25.Re1 b6 26.axb6 axb6 27.Qe6 Re7 28.Qg4
28...Qf6
[0.53 Fritz 5.00: 28...Qxg4 29.hxg4 Ref7 30.Rea1 b5 31.Bh1 Nf6]
29.Re3 Qf7 30.Qe2 Qb3 31.Bf1 Ref7 32.Qc4
32...Qb1 This is the real blunder: can Black guarantee to get the Queen out? 33.Kg2 Nf6 34.Bd3 Qc1 35.Rc2 Qd1 36.Ree2 Nh5 37.Rcd2 Qa1 38.Ra2 Qc1
[6.63 Fritz 5.00: 38...d5 39.Qxd5 Nf4+ 40.gxf4 Qxc3 41.Rec2]
39.Qxf7 1-0
94) Frost N. A. - White I. R. [C02]
Exeter Premier (4) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Qb6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Be2 Nh6 7.b3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf5 9.Bb2 Bb4+ 10.Kf1 Bd7 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 11.g4 Nh6 12.h3 0-0 13.a3 Be7 14.b4 f6 15.exf6 gxf6 16.Nc3 Qd8 17.Bd3 Kg7 18.Rg1 Nf7 19.h4 Be8 20.Bc2 Nd6 21.h5 Kh8 22.Qe2 Qd7 23.Re1 Nc4 24.Bc1 e5 25.dxe5 N4xe5 26.Bf5 Qd8 27.Rd1 d4 28.Qe4 Nxf3 29.Qxf3 Qb6 30.Ne2
In this obsure position Fritz does not like the plans chosen by either player. 30...Ne5
[1.44 Fritz 5.00: 30...Rd8 31.Qe4 Rf7 32.Bb2 Bc5 cheeky 33.Qd3]
31.Qf4 Bb5 32.Ke1
[0.09 Fritz 5.00: 32.Bb2 d3 33.Nd4 Rad8]
32...Rae8
[1.19 Fritz 5.00: 32...Bd6 33.Qh6 sacrificing the exchange for attacking chances 33...Nf3+ 34.Kf1 Bxe2+ 35.Kxe2 Nxg1+ 36.Kf1 Qb5+ 37.Kxg1 Rf7 38.Bxh7 Bf8 39.Bd3+ Bxh6 40.Bxb5 Bxc1 41.Rxc1]
33.Be4 Bxe2 34.Kxe2 Qa6+ 35.Ke1 Bd6 36.Qf5 Rf7 37.Rg3 Nc4
38.Bf4 It's very natural to refuse to concede the exchange.
[-1.66 Fritz 5.00: 38.Rxd4 Bxg3 39.fxg3 Rfe7 40.g5 fxg5 41.Bxg5]
38...Rxe4+ 39.Qxe4 Re7 but a Queen is worth hanging onto. 40.Qxe7 Bxe7 41.Rxd4 Nxa3 42.Rc3
42...Nb5
[-2.03 Fritz 5.00: 42...Qe6+ 43.Kf1 Nb5 44.Re3 Qxg4 45.Rde4 Qd1+ 46.Re1]
43.Rc8+ Kg7 44.Re4 Bxb4+ 45.Rxb4 Qe6+ 46.Be3 Qxc8 47.Rxb5 Qd7 48.h6+ Kg6 49.Ra5 b6 50.Rf5 Qe6 51.Kd2 a5 52.Kd3 a4 53.Bd4 Qb3+ 54.Ke4 Qc2+ 55.Kd5 Kxh6 56.Rxf6+ Kg5 57.f4+
[-3.72 Fritz 5.00: 57.f3 b5 58.Rf5+ Kh4 59.Be5 Qc4+ 60.Kd6 Kh3 61.Rf4 Qb3]
57...Kxg4 58.Rh6
[-7.41 Fritz 5.00: 58.Rxb6 a3 59.Be5 a2 60.Rb8 Qd1+ 61.Ke6 a1Q 62.Bxa1 Qxa1]
58...a3
[-4.47 Fritz 5.00: 58...Qb3+ 59.Ke5 Qb5+ 60.Kd6 Qd3 61.Kc6 Qxd4 62.Kb5 a3 63.Kc6]
59.Ke5
[-10.66 Fritz 5.00: 59.Rxb6 a2 60.Rb4 Qd1 61.Kc5 h5 62.Bg7 a1Q 63.Bxa1]
59...Qf5+ 0-1
95) Hammond T. J. - Blackmore M. [C01]
Exeter Premier (4) 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.d4 exd5 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.cxd5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 6...Qxd5 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Be3 Bg4 10.Be2 Qh5 11.0-0-0 Nd5 12.h3
12...Bxf3 This natural capture loses a piece!
[1.72 Fritz 5.00: 12...Be6 13.g4 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qa5 15.Qxa5 Bxa5 16.c4]
13.Bxf3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qa5 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Qxb4 Qxa2 17.Qb2 Qc4
18.Kd2
[2.09 Fritz 5.00: 18.Rhe1 ]
18...Rab8 19.Qc2 c5 20.Rb1 Rbd8 21.Qb3 Qa6 22.Rhc1 Rfe8 23.Ra1 Qg6 24.Rxa7 Qxg2 25.Rxc7
25...Rxe3 Never say die.
[5.63 Fritz 5.00: 25...Qf3 26.Rxc5 Qxh3 27.Rc7 Qf3 28.Qb7 Qf6 29.Re1 Rb8 30.Qd5]
26.Qxf7+ Kh8 27.Kxe3 Qg5+ 28.Qf4 Re8+ 29.Kf3 Qd5+ 30.Kg3 cxd4 31.cxd4 1-0
96) James R. A. - Lee N. S. [B51]
Exeter Premier (4) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.0-0 a6 5.Bxd7+ Bxd7 6.Nc3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 6...g6 7.e5 Bc6 8.d3 Bg7 9.Re1 e6 10.Bf4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 d5 12.Rab1 Qc7 13.Rbd1 Ne7 14.Bg5 Nf5 15.Bf6 Bxf6 16.exf6 0-0-0 17.Rd2 g5 18.Qe2 h5 19.Qe5 Rh6 20.Na4 Qa5 21.Nc3 d4 22.Nb1
22...Rg8
[0.34 Fritz 5.00: 22...Rd5 23.Qe2 Rxf6]
23.Qe2
[-0.75 Fritz 5.00: 23.c3 dxc3 24.Nxc3 Rd8 25.Rc1 Rd4 26.Ne4]
23...Rxf6 24.Qxh5 Rg7
Neither side agrees with Fritz' choices for a bit. This often happens if one side (Black here) has a looming King's-side attack. 25.Rde2
[-0.88 Fritz 5.00: 25.Qh8+ Qd8 26.Qxd8+ Kxd8 27.c3 Rh6 28.g4 Nd6 29.cxd4 cxd4]
25...Qc7
[-0.03 Fritz 5.00: 25...Rh6 26.Qg4 Rh4 27.Qf3 g4 28.Qe4 Qxa2]
26.Qf3
[-1.47 Fritz 5.00: 26.Qh8+ Kd7 27.Re5 Rh6 28.Qf8 Rgh7 29.h3 Qd6 30.Qxd6+ Kxd6]
26...Rh6
[-0.81 Fritz 5.00: 26...g4 27.Qe4 Rh6 28.g3 Rgh7 29.f4 gxf3 30.Qxf3 Rh3 31.Qe4]
27.h3 Gives Black a lever.
[-3.22 Fritz 5.00: 27.Re5 g4 28.Qf4 Rgh7 29.c3 Rxh2 30.Qxh2 Rxh2 31.Kxh2 f6]
27...Rg8
[-0.88 Fritz 5.00: 27...g4 is sharper, threatening mate on h2 28.Qxf5 gxh3 29.Rxe6 Rxg2+ 30.Kf1 Rxe6 31.Rxe6 fxe6 32.Qxh3]
28.Re5 g4 29.Qf4
[-2.69 Fritz 5.00: 29.hxg4 Ne3 This tactic could also occur later. 30.R1xe3 dxe3 31.Rh5 exf2+ 32.Qxf2 Rgh8 33.Qxc5 Qxc5+]
29...gxh3 30.Rxf5 Suicide.
[-15.53 Fritz 5.00: 30.g3 Rh4 31.Qf3 Ne3 32.Re4 Rh6 33.Rf4 h2+ 34.Kh1 Qa5]
30...Qxf4 31.Rxf4 hxg2 0-1
97) Ponter I. - Rapkins D. G. E. [B01]
Exeter Premier (4) 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bc4 Bf5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5.Nc3 Nbd7
Probably no breakthrough, but Fritz' alternative looks rather vague. 6.Qf3
[0.22 Fritz 5.00: 6.Nf3 Nb6 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Bxd7+ Qxd7 9.Ne5 Qd6]
6...Bg4 7.Qg3 Nb6 8.d3 Bc8 9.Nge2 Nbxd5 10.Nxd5 Nxd5 11.0-0 g6 12.Nf4
12...c6 Loses a Pawn, making use White's Queen on g3.
[1.03 Fritz 5.00: 12...Nb6 13.Bb3 Bg7 14.Re1 Bf5 15.a3]
13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Qe5 f6 15.Bb5+
[0.28 Fritz 5.00: 15.Qxd5 Qxd5 16.Bxd5 e5 17.f4 Bc5+ 18.Kh1 Bd6 19.fxe5 Bxe5]
15...Kf7 16.Qg3 Bd7 17.Bxd7 Qxd7 18.Re1 Rc8 19.c3 e6 20.Be3 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Rxc5 22.Re2 d4 23.c4 Rg5 24.Qf4 Rf5 25.Qd2 h5 26.Rae1 e5 27.b4 g5 28.Qc2 h4 29.h3 Rf4 30.f3 Re8 31.Qb3 Kg6 32.c5 a6 33.a4 Qe7 34.Rc1 f5 35.c6 g4 36.Qd5 gxf3 37.gxf3
Black is lots of trouble, even if Fritz can't see it yet. 37...Kh5
[2.97 Fritz 5.00: 37...Rd8 38.Qxe5 Qxe5 39.Rxe5 Rxf3 40.cxb7 Rxd3 41.Rc6+ Kg5 42.Kh2]
38.c7 Qf8
[4.63 Fritz 5.00: 38...Rc8 39.Qxb7 Qe8 40.Rg2 a5 41.Qa6 Rxf3 42.Qf6 Rg3 43.Qxf5+]
39.c8Q Rxc8 40.Rxc8 Qxc8 41.Qf7+ Kh6 42.Rg2 Qc1+ 43.Kh2 Rg4 44.Qf6+ 1-0
98) Regis D. - Piper S. J. [B47]
Exeter Premier (4) 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 e6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qc7 7.Be2 b5 8.Bf3 Bb7 9.Be3 d6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 10.0-0 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Ne7 12.Qd2 Nc6 13.Be3 Be7 14.Qf2 0-0 15.g4 b4 16.Ne2 Bf6 17.c3 bxc3 18.bxc3 g6 19.Rad1 Ne7 20.f5 exf5 21.exf5 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 gxf5 23.gxf5 Kh8 24.Kh1 Rg8 25.Ng3
25...Be5
[0.72 Fritz 5.00: 25...Rab8 26.Ne4 Be5 27.f6 Rb2 28.Rf2 Rxf2 29.Bxf2 Ng6 30.Rg1]
26.f6 Ng6 27.Bh6 Rgc8
[1.94 Fritz 5.00: 27...Rad8 28.Bg7+ Rxg7 29.fxg7+ Bxg7 30.Qxf7 Qxc3 31.Rc1 Qe3 32.Rc7]
28.Bg7+ Kg8 29.Nf5
29...h5
[5.00 Fritz 5.00: 29...h6 30.Nxh6+ Kh7 31.Nf5 Qc6 32.Rd3 Qxf3+ 33.Rfxf3 Nf4 34.Rh3+]
30.Nh6+
[0.38 Fritz 5.00: 30.Qxh5 Qb7+ 31.Rf3 Bf4 (31...Rxc3 was my anxiety but 32.Nh6+ Kh7 33.Nxf7+ Kg8 34.Nh6+ Kh7 35.Ng4+ Kg8 36.f7+ sorts it 32.Ne7+ Qxe7 33.fxe7 Kxg7 34.Re1 Re8]
30...Kh7 31.Qxh5 Qc6+
[3.69 Fritz 5.00: 31...Qb7+ 32.Rf3 Nf4 33.Qf5+ Ng6 34.Nxf7 Qxf7 35.Rg1 Rxc3 36.Qh3+]
32.Rf3 Qe4
[#3 Fritz 5.00: 32...Nf4 33.Qf5+ Ng6 34.Nxf7 Bf4 35.Qh5+ Kg8 36.Rg1 Rab8 37.Nh6+]
33.Nf5+ 1-0
99) Taylor G. P. - Wareing J. P. [B23]
Exeter Premier (4) 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 a6 5.a4 d6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.0-0 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7...Nxe4 8.Nxe4 d5 9.d3 dxc4 10.dxc4 Be7 11.Qxd8+ Nxd8 12.Be3 b6 13.Rfd1 0-0 14.Nd6 Nc6 15.Ne5 Nb4 16.Rac1 f6 17.Nxc8 Raxc8 18.Nd7 Rfd8 19.Nxb6 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rc6 21.a5 Nxc2 22.Bf2 Nd4 23.Kf1 Nb3 24.Rd7
24...Kf7
[0.31 Fritz 5.00: 24...Nxa5 was safe enough 25.Be1 Nb3 26.Nc8 Rxc8 27.Rxe7]
25.Na4 Ke8 26.Ra7 Nxa5 27.Nc3 Nxc4 28.f5 Kf7 29.fxe6+ Kxe6 30.Rb7 f5 31.Ke2
31...Bf6 is OK
[-3.31 Fritz 5.00: 31...Rd6 32.Rxe7+ Kxe7 33.Bxc5 Nxb2 34.Nd5+ Kd7 35.Bxd6 Kxd6]
32.Na4 Nd6 33.Ra7 Ne4 34.Be3 Kd5 35.Rb7 Nd6 36.Rd7 Ke6 37.Ra7 Ne4 38.Rb7 h6 39.g3 h5 40.Ra7 h4 41.gxh4 Bxh4 42.Rxg7 Bf6 43.Rh7 Kd5 44.Rb7 Be5 45.Rf7 Rf6 46.Rd7+ Kc6 47.Rh7 f4 48.Rh5 f3+ 49.Kf1 Rd6 50.Ke1 Bd4
51.Bf4
[-#2 Fritz 5.00: 51.Bxd4 Rxd4 52.Rh6+ Kb5 53.Nc3+ Nxc3 54.bxc3 Rc4 55.Kd2 Rf4]
51...Re6 52.Kf1 Rg6 53.Rh6 Rxh6 54.Bxh6 c4 55.Bf4 Kb5 56.Nc3+ Nxc3 57.bxc3 Bxc3 58.Kf2 Bb2 59.Kxf3 c3 60.Be5
[-4.84 Fritz 5.00: 60.h4 c2 61.h5 c1Q 62.Bxc1 Bxc1 63.Ke4 Kc4 64.Ke5 a5]
60...Kc4 0-1
100) Ward I. C. - Hodge D. [B22]
Exeter Premier (4) 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 g6 4.cxd4 d5 5.e5 Bg7 6.Nc3 f6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7.f4 Nc6 8.Be3 Nh6 9.h3 0-0 10.Nf3 Be6 11.Be2 Nf5 12.Bf2 fxe5 13.fxe5 Bh6 14.a3 Ne3 15.Bxe3 Bxe3 16.Qd3 Bf4 17.0-0 Qd7 18.b4 Rad8 19.Ne1 Kg7
20.g3 Ugly.
[-1.38 Fritz 5.00: 20.g4 Rc8 21.b5 Nb8]
20...Bf5 21.Qf3 Bh6 22.g4 Be4 23.Qg3
23...Bd2
[-0.34 Fritz 5.00: 23...Nxd4 is even better 24.Rxf8 Nxe2+ 25.Nxe2 Kxf8 26.Qf2+ Kg7 27.Qxa7]
24.Rd1 Rxf1+ 25.Bxf1 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 Rf8 27.Qg3 Qc7 28.Bg2 Qb6 29.Bxe4 dxe4
[-0.25 Fritz 5.00: 29...Nxd4 is a tricky but superior line 30.Kh2 Ne2 31.Qg2 dxe4 32.e6 Qc7+ 33.Kh1]
30.Qe3 Nxe5 31.Qxe4 Nc6 32.Kg2 Qb5 33.Nf3
It's all slipping away from Black. 33...Rd8
[0.63 Fritz 5.00: 33...Qa4 34.Rd3 Qc2+ 35.Nd2 Rf4 36.Qxf4 Qxd3]
34.d5 Qa4
[2.50 Fritz 5.00: 34...Rd7 35.Ne5 Nxe5 36.Qxe5+ Kg8 37.Qe6+ Kh8 38.g5 Rd6]
35.Re1 Rf8 36.dxc6 bxc6 37.Qxe7+ Rf7 38.Qe5+ Kg8 39.Qe8+ Kg7
[5.69 Fritz 5.00: 39...Rf8 40.Qe6+ Kh8 41.Qe7 Kg8 42.Ng5 Qc2+ 43.Re2]
40.Qe4
[3.84 Fritz 5.00: 40.Nd4 Rf6 41.g5 Qc2+ 42.Nxc2 Rf7 43.Qxc6]
40...Qxa3 41.Re2 a5
[#7 Fritz 5.00: 41...Qa1 42.Ng5 Qf1+ 43.Kg3 Qg1+ 44.Kh4 Qf1 45.Nxf7 Qxf7 46.Qxc6]
42.bxa5
[4.25 Fritz 5.00: 42.Qd4+ is decisive, although White may prefer the simpler text. 42...Kg8 (42...Rf6 43.Re7+ Kg8 44.Qxf6 Qa2+) 43.Re8+ Rf8 44.Qc4+ Kg7 45.Re7+ Kh8 46.Qd4+]
42...Qxa5 43.Qe5+
[2.88 Fritz 5.00: 43.Qd4+ Kg8 44.Re8+ Rf8 45.Rxf8+ Kxf8 46.Qh8+ Ke7 47.Qxh7+ Kd8]
43...Qxe5 44.Rxe5 Rc7 45.Rc5 h5 46.g5 Kf7 47.Nd4 Rd7 48.Nxc6 Rd2+ 49.Kf3 Rd3+ 50.Ke4 Rxh3 51.Ne5+ Kg7 52.Rc7+ Kg8 53.Nxg6 Rh1 54.Kf5 h4 55.Nf4 h3
[#5 Fritz 5.00: 55...Rf1 56.g6 h3 57.Kg5 Rxf4 58.Kxf4 h2 59.Rh7 h1Q 60.Rxh1]
56.Kf6 Rf1 57.Rc8+ 1-0
101) Abbott M. - Page M. C. [D35]
Exeter Premier (5) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Qc2 0-0 7.e3 Be6 8.Bd3 h6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 9.Bh4 Nbd7 10.f3 c5 11.Nge2 Rc8 12.0-0 a6 13.a4 Qc7 14.Bf5 Bd6 15.Bg3 Rfe8 16.Bxe6 Rxe6 17.Nf4 Bxf4 18.Bxf4 Qc6 19.Qd2 Nh5 20.e4 Nxf4 21.Qxf4 Nf6 22.Rac1 c4 23.e5 Nd7 24.Qd2 f5 25.Ne2 g5 26.h4 Rg6 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.Qc2 Qe6 29.Kf2 Kg7 30.Rh1
Good move! Fritz scents mate coming up. 30...Rh6
[1.91 Fritz 5.00: 30...b5 31.axb5 axb5 32.Rh3 b4 33.Ng3 f4 34.Nf5+ Kf8 35.Rh8+]
31.Ng3
[1.22 Fritz 5.00: 31.Rxh6 Kxh6 32.g4 is the way to pursue it: 32...Rf8 (32...Rh8 gives in meekly 33.gxf5 Qe8 34.Rh1+ Kg7 35.f6+) 33.Ng3 Qb6 34.Kg2 Qxd4 35.e6 fxg4 36.Rh1+ Kg7 37.Rh7+ Kg8 38.Qg6+ Qg7 39.Qxg7#]
31...Rf8 32.Rxh6 Kxh6 33.Rh1+ Kg6 34.Ne2 Kg7 35.a5
[35.g4 Qg6]
35...Rh8 36.Rxh8 Kxh8 37.f4 Qg6 38.Qa4
[1.19 Fritz 5.00: 38.g4 Kg8 39.Qxf5 Nf8 40.fxg5 Qe8 41.Ke3 Qc6 42.Nf4 c3]
38...Nf8 39.Qb4 Ne6 40.Qxb7 Nxf4 41.Ng3
[0.53 Fritz 5.00: 41.Nxf4 gxf4 42.Qc8+ Kg7 43.Qd7+ Kf8 44.Qd8+ Kg7 45.Qxd5 Qg3+]
41...Nd3+ 42.Kf1 f4 43.Qc8+ Kh7 44.Qb7+
[-0.88 Fritz 5.00: 44.Ne2 Kh6 45.Qb7 f3 46.gxf3 Qe6 47.Qb6 Qg6 48.e6 Qh5]
44...Kh6
[0.91 Fritz 5.00: 44...Qg7 45.Qxg7+ Kxg7 46.Nh5+ Kf7 47.Nf6 Ke6 48.Nh7 Kf5 49.Ke2]
45.Ne2 Qe4 46.Qc6+
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 46.Qxa6+ Kh5 47.Qb7 Qe3 48.Qh7+ Kg4 49.Qh3+ Qxh3 50.gxh3+ Kxh3]
46...Kh7 47.Qd7+ Kg6 48.Qe6+ Kh7 49.Qe7+ Kh6 50.Qe6+ Qg6
[0.84 Fritz 5.00: 50...Kh7 ]
51.Qxd5 Nxb2 52.Qd6 Kh5
[0.69 Fritz 5.00: 52...Kh7 53.Qc7+ Kh6 54.Qb6 Nd1 55.Qb7]
53.Qxg6+
[0.06 Fritz 5.00: 53.g4+ Kh6 54.Nc3 Nd3 55.Qc7 f3 56.Qxc4 Kg7 57.e6 Qh7]
53...Kxg6 54.Nc3 Kf5 55.Ke2 g4 56.Nd5 Nd3 57.Nc7 Nxe5
[1.84 Fritz 5.00: 57...Nc1+ 58.Ke1 f3 59.gxf3 gxf3 60.e6 Nd3+ 61.Kd2 f2 62.Ke2]
58.dxe5 Kxe5
[2.47 Fritz 5.00: 58...c3 59.Nd5 Kxe5 60.Nxc3 Kd4 61.Na4 f3+ 62.gxf3 gxf3+ 63.Kxf3]
59.Nxa6 Kd4 60.Nc7
[0.88 Fritz 5.00: 60.Kf2 c3 61.Nb4 Kc5 62.Nd3+ Kb5 63.Nxf4 c2 64.Ne2 Kxa5]
60...c3
[3.38 Fritz 5.00: 60...f3+ 61.Kf2 c3 62.Nb5+ Kc5 63.Nxc3 fxg2 64.Kg1 Kc6 65.Kxg2]
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102) Evans I. D. - Dunn A. M. [C41]
Exeter Premier (5) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5 4.exf5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4...e4 5.Qe2 Bxf5 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Nh4
7...Qd7
[2.69 Fritz 5.00: 7...Be6 8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Qe7 10.Bg5 d5 11.Qe5 Qf7 12.Nf3]
8.Nxf5 Right idea, wrong move order.
[0.53 Fritz 5.00: 8.Qb5 Nc6 9.Nxf5 a6 10.Qb3 Ra7 11.d5 Qxf5 12.dxc6 bxc6]
8...Qxf5 9.Qb5+ Qxb5 10.Nxb5 Kd8 11.Be3 c6 12.Nc3 d5 13.0-0-0 Bd6 14.Be2 Nbd7 15.h3 Kc7 16.Rhf1 Rhf8 17.f3 exf3 18.Bxf3 Rae8 19.Rde1 Rxe3 20.Rxe3 Bf4 21.Nd1 Re8 22.Rfe1 Nb6 23.Kb1 Bxe3 24.Rxe3 Nc4 25.Rxe8 Nxe8 26.Kc1 Nf6 27.Nf2 Nd6 28.Kd2 Kd7 29.Kd3 Ke6 30.b3 Kf5 31.Ke3 Kg5 32.Ng4 Nf5+ 33.Kd3 Nh5 34.c3 Nf4+ 35.Kd2 Nh4 36.Ke3 Nfxg2+ 37.Bxg2 Nxg2+ 38.Kf3 Nh4+ 39.Kg3 Ng6 40.Ne3 h5 41.c4 h4+ 42.Kf3 Nf4 43.cxd5 cxd5 44.b4 b5 45.Nd1 Nxh3 46.Nc3 Kf5 47.Nxb5 Ng5+ 48.Kg2 Ke4 49.Nxa7 Kxd4 50.Nc6+ Kc4 51.a4 Ne6 52.b5 Kc5 53.Kh3 g5 54.Kg4 Kb6 55.Nb4
55...d4
[-1.00 Fritz 5.00: 55...Nf4 56.Nc6 h3 57.Kg3 g4 58.Ne5 Nh5+ 59.Kh2 Nf6 60.Kg3]
56.Nd3 Nc5 57.Nf2 Ne6
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 57...d3 58.Kxg5 Ne4+ 59.Nxe4 h3 60.Nf2 h2 61.a5+ Kxa5 62.b6]
58.Nd3 Nf4 59.Nf2 d3
And a final double blunder (time pressure notwithstanding): 60.Kxg5
[-4.56 Fritz 5.00: 60.Nd1 Ng6 61.Nf2 d2 62.Kf3 Nf4 63.Ke3]
60...Ne6+
[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 60...Nh3+ and White's poor Knight does the splits. 61.Nxh3 d2 62.Nf2 h3 63.Kf5 h2 64.Ke5 h1Q 65.Nxh1]
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103) Jepps G. N. - Aston P. A. [A44]
Exeter Premier (5) 1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.c4 d6 4.e4 f5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bd3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. "Out of Book," says Fritz. 6...f4 7.f3 Nh5 8.Qe2 Qh4+ 9.Qf2 Be7 10.Qxh4 Bxh4+ 11.Ke2 Na6 12.Bd2 g5 13.Be1 Bxe1 14.Rxe1 Rg8 15.a3 Bd7 16.Kf2 (Ian's score gives Kd2)
[16.Kd2 Ke7 17.g4 Nf6 18.h4 gxh4 19.Rxh4 h5 20.gxh5 Rg5
A) 21.Bf1 A1) 21...Rag8 Black is too suspicious, Fritz reckons. I'm suspicious that the White King is on f2! 22.Nh3 Rxh5 23.Rxh5 Nxh5 A1a) 24.Ng1 A1a1) 24...Ng3 A1a11) 25.Bg2 Rh8 A1a111) 26.Nb5 A1a1111) 26...Bxb5 27.cxb5 Nc7 A1a11111) 28.a4 A1a111111) 28...b6 -3.13 Fritz 5.00: 29.Bh3 (29.Ra1 -0.16 Fritz 5.00: 29...Rh2 30.b3 Rxg2+ 31.Kd3 Kf6 32.Rc1 a5) 29...a6 30.bxa6 Nxa6 31.Rd1 Nb4 32.Rc1 Ra8 33.Ra1 Rg8;
A1a111112) -0.25 Fritz 5.00: 28...Rh2 29.b3 Rxg2+ 30.Kd3 a6 31.bxa6 Nxa6 32.Kc4 Nb4 33.Rc1;
A1a11112) -3.34 Fritz 5.00: 28.b6 28...axb6 29.Ne2 Nb5 30.Rg1 Nxe2 31.Kxe2 Nd4+ 32.Kf2 b5;
A1a1112) -1.03 Fritz 5.00: 26...Rh2 27.b3 Rxg2+ 28.Kd3 Ra2 29.Rc1 Nb8 30.a4 a6 31.Nc7;
A1a112) -3.44 Fritz 5.00: 26.Nge2 26...Nxe2 27.Nxe2 b5 28.cxb5 Bxb5 29.b3 Nc7 30.Rh1 Rxh1;
A1a12) -1.00 Fritz 5.00: 25.Bh3 25...Bxh3 26.Nxh3 Rh8 27.Nf2 Rh2 28.Ncd1 Rg2 29.Kd3 Nc7;
A1a2) -0.22 Fritz 5.00: 24...Rxg1 Black is too suspicious, Fritz reckons. I'm suspicious that the White King is on f2! 25.Be2 Rg2 26.Rh1 Be8 27.Kd3 Ng3 28.Rh8;
A1b) -3.38 Fritz 5.00: 24.Nf2 24...Nf6 25.Be2 Rg2 26.Nd3 Nh7 27.Rh1 Ng5 28.Ne1 Rg3;
A2) -0.19 Fritz 5.00: 21...Rxg1 22.Bh3 Rg3 23.Bxd7 Nxd7 24.Rf1 Rag8 25.Nb5 Nb6 26.b3;
B) -1.59 Fritz 5.00: 21.h6 21...Rh8 22.Nb5 Rg6 23.Nxa7 Rgxh6 24.Rxh6 Rxh6 25.Nb5 Rh7]
16...Ke7 17.g4 Nf6 18.h4 gxh4 19.Rxh4 h5 20.gxh5 Rg5
21.Bf1
[-1.59 Fritz 5.00: 21.h6 Rh8 22.Nb5 Rg6 23.Nxa7 Rgxh6 24.Rxh6 Rxh6 25.Nb5 Rh7]
21...Rag8 Of course, with a King on f2, g1 is no longer en prise, and the pressure on g2 deters White from Bh3.
[-0.19 Fritz 5.00: 21...Rxg1 22.Bh3 Rg3 23.Bxd7 Nxd7 24.Rf1 Rag8 25.Nb5 Nb6 26.b3]
22.Nh3 Rxh5 23.Rxh5 Nxh5 24.Ng1 Ng3
[-0.22 Fritz 5.00: 24...Rxg1 25.Be2 Rg2+]
25.Bg2
[-1.00 Fritz 5.00: 25.Bh3 Bxh3 26.Nxh3 Rh8]
25...Rh8 26.Nb5
[-3.44 Fritz 5.00: 26.Nge2 Nxe2 27.Nxe2 b5 28.cxb5 Bxb5 29.b3 Nc7 30.Rh1 Rxh1]
26...Bxb5
[-1.03 Fritz 5.00: 26...Rh2 27.b3 Rxg2+]
27.cxb5 Nc7 28.a4
[-3.34 Fritz 5.00: 28.b6 axb6 29.Ne2 Nb5 30.Rg1 Nxe2]
28...b6
[-0.25 Fritz 5.00: 28...Rh2 29.b3 Rxg2+]
29.Ra1
[-3.13 Fritz 5.00: 29.Bh3 a6 30.bxa6 Nxa6 31.Rd1 Nb4 32.Rc1 Ra8 33.Ra1 Rg8]
29...a5
[-0.16 Fritz 5.00: 29...Rh2 30.b3 Rxg2+]
30.Ne2 Nxe2 31.Kxe2 Rh2 32.Kf2 Kf6 33.Rh1 Rxh1 34.Bxh1 Kg5 35.Bg2 Kh4 36.Bf1 Ne8 37.Bg2 Nf6 38.Bf1 Nh5 39.Bc4 Kh3 40.Bf1+ Kh2 41.Bc4 Ng3 42.Bd3 Nh1+ 43.Kf1 Kg3 44.Be2 Nf2 45.Kg1 Nh3+ 46.Kf1 Ng5 0-1
104) Lee N. S. - Baer B. L. [C25]
Exeter Premier (5) 1.e4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 e5 5.d3 h5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 6.h3 Be6 7.Nf3 Ne7 8.0-0 Nbc6 9.Ng5 Bd7 10.f4 f6 11.Nf3 h4 12.g4
12...Bxg4
[1.53 Fritz 5.00: 12...f5 Fritz has never seen a positional sacrifice that it liked!]
13.hxg4 h3 14.Bh1 Qd7 15.f5 0-0-0
[0.09 Fritz 5.00: 15...Bh6 16.Bxh6 Rxh6 17.Qd2 Rh8 18.Kh2 0-0-0 19.fxg6 Nxg6]
16.Kh2 gxf5 17.gxf5 d5 18.Qe2 Qd6 19.Qf2 Bh6 20.Bxh6 Rxh6 21.Nb5 Qb4 22.Nxa7+ Nxa7 23.Qxa7 Nxf5 24.Nxe5 fxe5 25.Rxf5 Qxb2 26.Raf1 Ra6 27.Qf2 Rxa2 28.exd5 Qc3 29.Rc1 Qa3 30.Qd2 Qd6 31.Be4 Rg8 32.Rcf1 Qc5 33.R1f2 b5 34.R5f3 Rg2+ 35.Rxg2 hxg2
36.Qxg2
[-1.22 Fritz 5.00: 36.Rf2 g1Q+ 37.Kxg1 Qd4 38.Qe2 Kb8]
36...Rxc2 37.Rf8+ Kd7 38.Rg8 Rxg2+ 39.Rxg2 Qe7 40.Rg6 Qh4+ 41.Kg2 Qf4 42.Rg7+ Kd6 43.Rg6+ Kc5 44.Rc6+ Kd4 45.Rxc7 Ke3 46.Rh7 Qg5+ 47.Kh3 Qf6 48.Kg4 b4 49.Rb7 Qd6 50.Kf5 Kd4 51.Rf7 b3
52.Rf6
[-4.34 Fritz 5.00: 52.Rb7 Kc3 53.Rh7 b2 54.Rh1 Qf8+ 55.Kxe5 Qb8+ 56.d6 b1Q]
52...Qd7+ 53.Kg6 Qe8+ 54.Kf5
[-10.50 Fritz 5.00: 54.Kg7 Qb8 55.Rf8 Qc7+]
54...Qh5+
[-1.66 Fritz 5.00: 54...b2 55.Rb6 Qh5+ 56.Kf6 Qh6+ 57.Bg6 Qf8+ 58.Ke6 Qc8+ 59.Kd6]
55.Ke6 b2 0-1
105) Littlejohns D. P. - Ponter I. [C78]
Exeter Premier (5) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.Re1 Bc5 8.c3 d6 9.d3 0-0 10.Bg5 Qe7 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 11.Nbd2 Nd8 12.Nh4 Ne6 13.Nf5 Qd8 14.Bh4 Nf4 15.Qf3 Bc8 16.d4 Bb6 17.Rad1 Ng6 18.Bg5 Be6 19.d5 Bd7 20.Nf1 Kh8 21.N1g3
21...Ne7
[1.78 Fritz 5.00: 21...Bxf5 22.Nxf5 a5 23.Bc2 a4 24.Bd3 Rb8 25.Ng3 Bc5 26.Bxf6]
22.Nxg7 Ng4 23.Bf6 Allows Black to escape...
[0.53 Fritz 5.00: 23.Bxe7 ]
23...Nxf6 24.Qxf6 Kg8 ...if he sees it!
[8.66 Fritz 5.00: 24...Nxd5 25.Qxd8 (25.Qh6 Qf6;
25.Qf3 Nxc3) 25...Raxd8 26.Bxd5 Kxg7 27.Nf5+ Kf6 28.Ne3 Rg8 29.Bb7]
25.N7h5 1-0
106) Pinkerton A. - Homer S. [E68]
Exeter Premier (5) 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d6 5.0-0 0-0 6.c4 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.d5 c5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 10.Be3 a6 11.Ne1 Ne8 12.Nd3 b5 13.cxb5 axb5 14.a3 Ba6 15.b4 c4 16.Nc1 Nb6 17.N1e2 f5 18.f3 Nf6 19.Qd2 Rf7 20.Bg5 Qe8 21.Bh3 Bc8 22.Qc2 Rfa7 23.exf5 Nbxd5 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.Rad1 Qc6 26.Bc1 Qb6+ 27.Kh1 Ne3 28.Bxe3 Qxe3 29.Nc3
29...Bb7
[1.34 Fritz 5.00: 29...Qb6 ]
30.Bg2
[-0.06 Fritz 5.00: 30.Nxb5 Bxf3+ 31.Bg2 Bxd1 32.Rxd1 Qb3 33.Qxb3 cxb3]
30...Rxa3 31.Nxb5 Ra2 32.Qxc4+ d5
33.Qc7 With no forced mate, White may have been reluctant to sacrifice, but surprisingly, Fritz fancied it!
[-2.72 Fritz 5.00: 33.Rxd5 Bxd5 34.Qxd5+ Kh8 35.Nd6 Bf8 36.Nf7+ Kg7 37.fxg6 Bxb4 (37...hxg6 38.Nxe5 R8a7 39.b5) ]
33...Qe2 34.Rg1 Qxb5 35.fxg6 hxg6 36.Qe7 Rc8 37.Qe6+ Kh7 38.f4 Rxg2
[-1.47 Fritz 5.00: 38...Rcc2 39.f5 d4 40.fxg6+ Kh6 41.Qh3+ Kxg6 42.Qg4+ Kf7 43.Rgf1+]
0-1
107) Piper S. J. - Bartlett J. [B00]
Exeter Premier (5) 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 Bg4 5.Be3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.h3 Bxf3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 8.gxf3 Qd7 9.Qd2 0-0-0 10.d5 exd5 11.exd5 Ne5 12.f4 Ng6 13.Qd4 c5 14.dxc6 Qxc6 15.0-0-0 a6 16.Bc4
16...d5
[1.81 Fritz 5.00: 16...Rhf8 17.Rhg1 Qc5 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Qxd4 20.Bxd4 Nxf4 21.Bxg7]
17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Bf6 19.Bxc6 Bxd4 20.Bxd4 bxc6 21.Bxg7 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rd8 23.Be5 Rxd1+ 24.Kxd1 Kd7 25.Kd2 Ke6 26.Ke3 Kf5 27.Bd6 Nh4 28.c4 Ng2+ 29.Kd4 Ne1 30.Kc5 Nd3+ 31.Kxc6 Nxf2 32.Kd5 Ne4 33.c5
33...Nxc5
[5.53 Fritz 5.00: 33...Nf6+ 34.Kc6 Ne4 35.Kb6 h5 36.Kxa6 h4 37.b4 Nf2 38.a4]
34.Kxc5 Ke4 35.b4 Kf3 36.a4 1-0
108) Saqui D. A. J. - Helbig P. D. [A48]
Exeter Premier (5) 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Be2 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4...0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 e5 8.b3 exd4 9.exd4 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd7 12.Be3 f5 13.Bd5+ Kh8 14.f4 Re8 15.Bf2 Nf6 16.Bf3 Ne4 17.Bxe4 fxe4 18.Be3 Ne7 19.g4 d5 20.Qd2 c5 21.Rad1 Nc6 22.Ne2 cxd4 23.Nxd4 dxc4 24.Nxc6 bxc6 25.bxc4 Qe7 26.Qd6 Rac8 27.Qxe7 Rxe7 28.Rd6 Kg8 29.Rfd1 Kf7 30.Kg2 Ke8 31.Kg3 g5 32.Kf2 gxf4 33.Bxf4 Be5 34.Bxe5 Rxe5 35.Ke3 Ra5 36.Rh6 Rc7 37.Rb1 Kf8 38.Rb2 Re7 39.Rxc6 Ra3+ 40.Rb3 Rxa2 41.Rf6+ Kg7 42.Rf4 Rh2 43.Kd4 Re2 44.c5 Rd7+ 45.Ke5 Rc2 46.Ke6 Rc7 47.Rb5 e3 48.Kd6 e2 49.Re4 Rf7
50.Rb1 Oops.
[-2.91 Fritz 5.00: 50.Rb3 Rd2+ 51.Kc6 Rf6+ 52.Kb5 a6+ 53.Kc4 Rf4 54.Rbe3 Rxe4+]
50...Rd2+ 51.Kc6 Rd1 52.Rb7 e1Q 53.Rxe1 Rxe1 0-1
109) Ward I. C. - Lilley G. [B07]
Exeter Premier (5) 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.g4 c6 6.g5 Nfd7 7.Be3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7...b5 8.a3 Bb7 9.f4 Nb6 10.Nf3 N8d7 11.0-0 Qc7 12.Qe1 a6 13.Nd2 c5 14.d5 e6 15.dxe6 fxe6 16.Bg4 Nf8 17.f5 exf5 18.exf5
18...Be5
[0.97 Fritz 5.00: 18...gxf5 19.Rxf5 Be5 20.Nde4 Nc4 21.Nf6+ Kd8 22.Rd1 h5 23.Bxh5]
19.f6 Kf7 20.Nf3 Re8 21.Nxe5+ Rxe5 22.Qg3 Ne6 23.Rae1 Re8 24.Bxe6+ R5xe6 25.Qh3 h5 26.gxh6 Qc6 27.h7 Qh1+ 28.Kf2 Rxf6+ 29.Ke2 Qg2+ 30.Qxg2 Bxg2 31.Rxf6+ Kxf6 32.Kf2
A final blunder: Graham is of course one of the country's finest visually disabled players. 32...Bc6
[6.53 Fritz 5.00: 32...Rh8 33.Kxg2 Nc4 34.Bc1 Rxh7 35.Ne4+ Kf5 36.b3 Ne5 37.Nxd6+]
33.Bd4+ 1-0
110) Wareing J. P. - Bolt G. [B45]
Exeter Premier (5) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 d6 7.g4 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7...a6 8.Nd4
Black misses a chance to exploit the Pg4, but White pays a higher price later! 8...Be7
[0.19 Fritz 5.00: 8...Nxg4 9.Be2 Qh4 10.Bxg4 Nxd4 11.Be3]
9.Be2 0-0 10.0-0 Bd7 11.Be3 Rc8 12.f4 Nb4
13.Bd3
[-0.50 Fritz 5.00: 13.g5 Ne8 14.a3 Nc6 15.Bc4 Qc7]
13...e5
14.Nf3 I guess this is a sacrifice to open up lines against the King. (But whose King?)
[-1.53 Fritz 5.00: 14.Nf5 Bxf5 15.gxf5 exf4 16.Rxf4 d5 17.e5 Nxd3 18.Qxd3]
14...Nxg4 15.Qd2 Nxe3 16.Qxe3
16...d5 This decision to open up the game is totally correct, as far as I can see.
[-3.44 Fritz 5.00: 16...f5 17.exf5 exf4 18.Qxf4 Nxd3 19.cxd3 Bxf5 20.d4]
17.Qd2 Nxd3 18.cxd3 dxe4
19.Nxe5
[-2.75 Fritz 5.00: 19.Nxe4 exf4 20.d4 keeps more central control against the power of the two Bishops. 20...Bh3 21.Rfe1 Bg4 22.Ne5 f5 23.Nf2 Bc5]
19...exd3 20.Qxd3 Be6 21.Qg3 Qb6+ 22.Kh1 Qxb2 23.Ne4 Bf5
White is losing horribly, but can try to minimise the damage. 24.Rab1
[-11.19 Fritz 5.00: 24.Rae1 Qc2 25.Qf3 f6 26.Ng3 fxe5 27.Rxe5 Bh3 28.Rxe7 Bxf1]
24...Qa3
[-3.25 Fritz 5.00: 24...Bxe4+ is a rather straightforward improvement: 25.Nf3 Bxb1 26.Qe1 Bd3 27.Rg1 Rfe8 28.Qe5 Qxe5 29.fxe5]
25.Rxb7 Oops.
[-12.22 Fritz 5.00: 25.Nf6+ Kh8 26.Qxa3 Bxa3 27.Nfd7 f6 28.Nxf8 fxe5 29.Nd7 Bxd7]
25...Bxe4+ 0-1
111) Wheeler J. F. - Brusey A. W. [D13]
Exeter Premier (5) 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Ne5 Bh5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 8.Qa4 Qb6 9.Nb5 Rc8 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nxa7 Qxb2 12.Rc1 e5 13.Nxc8 Bb4+ 14.Kd1 Qxd4+ 15.Kc2
15...exf4
[1.13 Fritz 5.00: 15...Qc3+ 16.Kb1 (16.Kd1 Qd3+ may have been what Black missed 16...Bg6+ 17.Rc2 Qxc2+ 18.Qxc2 Bxc2+ 19.Kxc2 exf4]
16.Qxc6+ Nd7 17.Nd6+ Bxd6 18.Qxd6 Nc5 19.e4 Qxe4+ 20.Kc3
It's never going to be a draw, is it? 20...d4+
[3.34 Fritz 5.00: 20...Qc4+ 21.Bxc4 Ne4+ 22.Kc2 Nxd6 23.Rhe1+]
21.Kc4
[0.09 Fritz 5.00: 21.Kb4 Be2 22.Bxe2 Qxe2 23.Qc6+ Kf8 24.Qxc5+ Qe7 25.Qxe7+ Kxe7]
21...d3+
[3.16 Fritz 5.00: 21...Ne6 22.Qb8+ Ke7 23.Qxh8 Qc6+ 24.Kb3 Qxc1 25.Qxh7 Qc3+ 26.Ka4]
22.Kxc5 1-0
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