[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shredder"]
[Black "Diep"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nc6 8. Be2
Be7 9. Nxc6 {last book move} 9... bxc6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. fxe5 Nd7
13. Bxd8 Kxd8 14. O-O-O Kc7 15. Rhe1 Nxe5 16. Bxa6 {Clearance to allow e1-e5}
16... Bxa6 (16... Rxa6 17. Rxe5) 17. Rxe5 Rhd8 18. a4 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Rd8+ 20.
Ke1 Rd4 21. Re4 c5 22. g3 Kc6 23. Rxd4 cxd4 {
The passed pawn on b2 quickly leads to threats} 24. Ne4 e5 25. Ng5 f6 26. Ne6
g6 27. b4 Bc4 28. Nc5 f5 29. Nd3 Kd6 30. Nb2 Bd5 31. Kd2 e4 32. c4 Bb7 33. Ke1
g5 34. a5 f4 35. b5 f3 36. a6 Bc8 37. Kf2 $2 (37. a7 Bb7 38. h4 gxh4 39. gxh4
$19) 37... Kc5 (37... g4 $142 $5 38. Ke1 Kc5 39. a7 $19) 38. g4 Kb4 (38... Bxg4
$2 {doesn't lead to the expected results} 39. a7 e3+ 40. Kg3 $18) 39. Kg3 h6 (
39... d3 40. Kf2 Kb3 41. Nd1 Kxc4 42. Ke3 $17) 40. h3 (40. Kf2 Kc3 (40... Bxg4
$143 41. a7 e3+ 42. Kg3 $14) 41. c5 Bxg4 $19) 40... d3 41. Kf2 Kc3 42. Nd1+
Kxc4 43. Ke3 Kxb5 44. Kxe4 Bxa6 45. Kxd3 Kb4+ {Black activates its king} 46.
Ke3 Bb7 47. Nb2 Kc5 48. Nd3+ Kd5 49. Ne1 (49. Kxf3 $4 {
the pawn must be left alone, otherwise White will be punished} 49... Kd4+ 50.
Kg3 Kxd3 $19) 49... Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "IsiChess X"]
[Black "Ferret"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C47: Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4 g3} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5
10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. h3 Rb8 13. b3 Re8 {last book move} 14. Rfe1 Rb7 15.
Re2 Be6 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Ba6 Rb4 18. c3 Re4 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Rxe4 dxe4 21. Qf4
Qa5 22. Qd6 Qg5 23. Qxc6 {The passed pawn on c3 will become decisive later}
23... e3 24. Rf1 Nf6 25. Qc5 Bd5 {Do you see the mate threat?} 26. f3 Re5 27.
Qxa7 e2 28. Re1 Bxf3 {The mate threat is Qxg2} 29. Qf2 Bxg2 {
Demolition of pawn structure} 30. Qxg2 {Theme: Deflection from e3} 30... Qe3+
31. Kh2 Rg5 32. Rxe2 {Threatening mate... how?.} 32... Qf4+ 33. Kg1 Rxg2+ 34.
Rxg2 Nd5 35. Bf1 (35. Kh1 $142 $19) 35... Ne3 {Threatening mate: Qxf1} 36. Rf2
Qg3+ 37. Bg2 f5 (37... Nxg2 $6 38. Rxg2 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 $19) 38. c4 Nxg2 39. Rxg2
Qe1+ (39... Qxh3 $6 40. Re2 $19) 40. Kh2 f4 41. Nb2 f3 42. Nd3 Qe6 43. Rd2 Qh6
44. Rd1 Qg5 45. Ne1 Qf4+ (45... Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Qe3+ 47. Kh2 Qf2+ 48. Kh1 Kf7 $19)
0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Quest (DeepFritz)"]
[Black "Pharaon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D86: Exchange Gruenfeld: Classical Line (7 Bc4)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Na5
11. Bd3 b6 12. Bb2 {last book move} 12... f5 13. f3 Qe7 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. c4 f4 {
Black wins space} 16. a4 Rfb8 17. Qc2 Nb7 18. Rfb1 a5 19. Ba3 Nc5 20. Nc1 Bf8
21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Be2 Qe3 23. Nb3 Bb4 {A classical outpost} 24. Bd3 h5 (24...
c6 $5 $14 {is worth consideration}) 25. Ra2 $16 h4 26. h3 Kg7 (26... c6 $5 $16)
27. Qd1 $18 b5 28. cxb5 Rb7 29. Rc1 Raa7 30. Rac2 Qb6 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Qf6
33. R5c2 Qe7 34. Qg1 (34. Rc4 Qg5 $18) 34... Qf6 (34... Qa3 35. Qe1 Qxd3 36.
Qxh4 $18) 35. Bc4 Qd6 36. Qf2 g5 37. Rc3 Rb6 38. Qe2 Qb4 39. Qc2 Qd6 40. Bd3
Rbb7 41. Kh2 Qf6 42. Qb2 Qe7 43. d6 cxd6 {
The passed pawn on b5 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} 44. b6 Qd8 (44...
Ra8 $142 45. Rc7 Rab8 $18) 45. bxa7 Rxb2 {
White now must not overlook the idea Qa8} 46. Rc7 g4 47. hxg4 h3 48. Rxd7+ $1 {
A double attack} 48... Qxd7 {Deflection from a8. Threatening mate... how?} 49.
a8=Q Rxg2+ (49... hxg2 50. Bc4 g1=Q+ 51. Kxg1 Qb7 52. Qg8+ Kh6 53. Qf8+ Kg5 54.
Qd8+ Kg6 55. Qxd6+ Kh7 56. Bg8+ Kh8 57. Qf6+ Kxg8 58. Qd8+ Kf7 59. Rc7+ Qxc7
60. Qxc7+ Ke6 61. Qc8+ Ke7 62. Qc5+ Kd7 63. Qxa5 Rb1+ 64. Kg2 Rd1 $18) 50. Kh1
Rb2 (50... Kh7 {a last effort to resist the inevitable} 51. Qb8 Rb2 52. Qxb2
Qa7 $18) 51. Rc8 (51. Rc8 Qxc8 52. Qxc8 $18) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tao"]
[Black "Deep Junior 7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C23"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C23: Bishop's Opening: 2...Bc5} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 cxd5 5.
Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Qe2 Qe7 9. Be3 {last book move} 9... Rd8
{Black gets strong initiative} 10. Bxa7 d4 11. Nf3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 h5 13. Na3
Rh6 14. Qxe7+ Bxe7 15. Nb5 Re6+ 16. Kd2 Kf8 17. a4 (17. Nxd4 $2 {
is a blank shot} 17... Ra6 $19) 17... d3 18. cxd3 {
The passed pawn on d3 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} 18... b6 19. d4
Nf6 20. Kd3 Nd5 21. Rae1 Rc6 22. Rc1 Nb4+ 23. Ke2 Re6+ 24. Kf1 Nd3 25. Ra1 Rc6
26. Rb1 Bh4 27. Ke2 (27. h3 $5 $11) 27... Nf4+ $15 28. Kd2 Ne6 {
Attacks the isolani on d4} 29. Ke3 Re8 {Threatening mate: Nf4} 30. Nc3 Nf4+ $5
{Discovered attack. The knight feels good on f4} 31. Kd2 (31. Kxf4 {
Decoy theme: f4} 31... Rf6# {A beautiful mate combination}) 31... Bxf2 32. a5
Bxd4 33. axb6 Bxb6 34. Bxb6 Rxb6 35. Kc2 Ng2 36. b4 Rf6 37. Kb3 Rxf3 38. Rbf1
Rh3 39. Rf2 Ne3 40. Rd2 f5 (40... Ng4 41. b5 Rc8 42. Rc2 $19) 41. Rd3 f4 42.
Ne2 Rh4 43. Nc3 (43. Nd4 $5 $17) 43... g5 $19 44. Rd4 Rh3 45. Rd3 (45. Rd2 $19)
45... f3 46. Rd2 Ng4 47. Rf1 (47. b5 f2 48. Rf1 Rf3 $19) 47... Nxh2 48. Rxh2 (
48. Rh1 g4 49. Rf2 g3 50. Rxf3+ Nxf3 51. Rxh3 h4 $19) 48... Rxh2 49. Rxf3+ Kg7
50. Rf5 (50. b5 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 50... g4 51. Rf1 g3
$19) 50... g4 51. b5 Kg6 52. Rf1 (52. Rc5 {does not help much} 52... g3 53. Nd5
g2 54. Nf4+ Kf6 55. Rc6+ Kf5 56. Nxg2 Rxg2 $19) 52... g3 53. Rg1 (53. Nd5 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} 53... g2 54. Nf4+ Kh6 55. Nxg2 Rxg2 $19)
53... h4 54. Nd5 (54. Nd1 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 54... Rhe2 55.
Nc3 R2e3 $19) 54... Rd2 55. Nf4+ Kf5 56. Nh3 (56. Kc3 {is still a small chance}
56... Rf2 57. Nh5 $19) 56... Re3+ 57. Kc4 g2 58. b6 Rxh3 59. b7 Rc2+ 60. Kb4 {
If White now only could play Rd1...} 60... Rb2+ 61. Kc4 Rxb7 (61... Rxb7 62.
Kc5 Rc7+ 63. Kb4 Rh1 64. Kb5 Rxg1 65. Kb6 Rc2 66. Ka5 Rb2 67. Ka4 Ra1#) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rebel"]
[Black "ParSOS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B93: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 f4} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 exf4 10. Bxf4 {last book move} 10...
O-O 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bd4 Bf6 13. Be2 Nc5 14. h3 Ne5 15. O-O Ne6 16. Bxe5 dxe5
17. Nd5 {The knight dominates} 17... Bd7 (17... Nf4 18. Nxf4 (18. Nxf6+ $143
Qxf6 19. Kh2 Qg6 $17) 18... Qb6+ 19. Kh1 exf4 20. e5 $11) 18. a5 (18. Nxf6+
gxf6 19. a5 Nf4 $14) 18... Bc6 $11 19. c4 g6 (19... Nf4 20. Kh2 $11 (20. Nxf6+
$143 Qxf6 21. Rf2 Qg6 $17)) 20. Qe1 Bg7 21. Rd1 Qe8 (21... Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nf4
23. Bc4 $11) 22. Qh4 (22. b4 $5 $14) 22... Bxd5 $11 23. exd5 {
The passed pawn on d5 quickly leads to threats} ({Inferior is} 23. Rxd5 Nf4 24.
Rd2 Qa4 $17) 23... Nf4 24. Rfe1 Nxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Qa4 26. Rb1 (26. Rde1 $5 $14 {
has some apparent merit}) 26... Qxa5 $15 27. Nxe5 Rae8 28. Rbe1 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 {
White launches an attack} 29... Rxe5 30. Rxe5 Qa1+ 31. Re1 Qxb2 32. Qe7 Kg7 33.
d6 {Is this a dangerous pawn?} 33... Qd4+ 34. Kh1 Qf6 ({Instead of} 34... Qxc4
35. d7 $18 (35. Qxb7 $6 Qd4 $11)) 35. c5 Rc8 36. Qxb7 Rxc5 (36... Qf2 37. Rd1
Qxc5 38. Qxa6 $14) 37. Rd1 $16 ({Worse is} 37. Qxa6 Rd5 $17) 37... Qd8 (37...
Rf5 $142 $5 38. Qxa6 Rf3 $16) 38. d7 $18 ({Not} 38. Qxa6 Qd7 $16) 38... f6 39.
Qxa6 Kf7 40. Qd6 (40. Qa2+ {and White can already relax} 40... Kg7 41. Qe6 Rb5
$18) 40... Re5 41. Qb4 $4 {White is ruining his position} (41. Qc6 Ke7 $18)
41... h5 $2 (41... Kg7 $142 $16) 42. Qc4+ $18 Ke7 43. Qc2 Rg5 (43... Kf7 {
is no salvation} 44. Qc8 Ke7 45. Rd6 $18) 44. Qd3 Re5 (44... Kf7 45. Rc1 Qa8
46. Qe2 Rxg2 47. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 48. Kxg2 Ke6 49. d8=Q g5 50. Re1+ Kf7 51. Re7+ Kg6
52. Qd3+ f5 53. Qd6#) 45. Qxg6 (45. Qxg6 Rc5 46. Qe4+ Re5 47. Qh7+ Ke6 48. Ra1
Qxd7 49. Ra6+ Qd6 50. Qg8+ Kd7 51. Qf7+ Qe7 52. Ra7+ Kd8 53. Rxe7 Rxe7 54. Qxf6
$18) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gromit 3.9.5"]
[Black "Chess Tiger 14.6 Gambit Tiger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B35: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: main line} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6
3. Nge2 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6
10. h3 Bd7 11. f4 Rac8 12. Nf3 Qh5 13. Nd4 {last book move} 13... Na5 14. Qxh5
Nxh5 15. Rfd1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Nde2 Bc6 18. g4 Nf6 {Can e4 get defended?}
19. b3 {Prevents intrusion on a4} 19... Nxe4 (19... Nxg4 $142 $5 {
is worth looking at} 20. Bd2 Rxc3 21. Bxc3 Ne3 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 20. bxc4 $11
Nxc3 21. Nxc3 Bxc3 22. Rac1 b6 23. Rd3 Ba5 24. c3 {Controls b4} (24. Ra3 f5 $11
) 24... Rc8 25. Bd2 f6 26. Re1 Kf7 {Black fights for the Initiative} 27. f5 {
This push gains space} 27... Bb7 28. Kh2 Rxc4 29. Rde3 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 29... Rc7 30. Kg3 a6 31. a3 b5 32. Rd3 gxf5 33.
gxf5 Bc8 34. Rf1 Rc5 35. Rdf3 Bb7 36. Re3 Rd5 37. Bc1 Bb6 38. Ref3 Re5 39. Rf4
Be4 40. Re1 Bd3 41. Rxe5 dxe5 42. Rf3 Be4 43. Rf1 e6 44. fxe6+ Kxe6 45. Re1 f5
46. h4 Kd5 47. Rd1+ Kc4 48. Rd6 f4+ 49. Kh2 (49. Kg4 {does not win a prize}
49... Be3 50. Bd2 a5 $19) 49... Be3 50. Bd2 Bxd2 51. Rxd2 Bd3 ({
Less advisable is} 51... Kxc3 52. Rd6 a5 53. Re6 $19) 52. Rf2 (52. Rg2 {
doesn't improve anything} 52... e4 $19) 52... Kxc3 (52... Kxc3 53. Rg2 f3 $19)
0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gandalf 5.0"]
[Black "XiNiX"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C45: Scotch Game} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nb5 Kd8 6.
N1c3 Bb4 7. Bd2 {last book move} 7... Nge7 8. a3 Bc5 {Threatening mate... how?}
9. g3 Qf6 {The mate threat is Qxf2} 10. Bf4 Ne5 (10... d6 $142 {
and Black can hope to survive} 11. Na4 g5 12. Nxc5 gxf4 $11) 11. Nd5 $18 Nxd5
12. Qxd5 Nf3+ 13. Ke2 Nd4+ 14. Kd3 {White threatens strongly Bg5} 14... Ne6 (
14... Nxb5 $4 {Black cannot capture the knight} 15. Bg5 d6 16. Bxf6+ gxf6 17.
Qxf7 $18) 15. Nxc7 $1 {Demolishes the pawn shield} 15... Nxc7 {A deflection}
16. Qxc5 {With the decisive threat Bg5} 16... Ne6 17. Qe5 Nxf4+ 18. gxf4 ({
Weaker is} 18. Qxf4 Qxb2 19. Qg5+ f6 20. Qxg7 Re8 $11) 18... Qa6+ 19. Kd2 f6
20. Qd4 Qa5+ 21. c3 Re8 22. Re1 {White prepares the advance e5} 22... Qc7 23.
e5 fxe5 24. fxe5 Qb6 (24... Re7 25. Bd3 $18) 25. Qh4+ (25. Qxb6+ $142 $5 {
might be the shorter path} 25... axb6 26. Rg1 g6 $18) 25... Kc7 26. Kc1 Rf8 27.
Re2 (27. Qxh7 $6 Rxf2 28. Re2 Rxe2 29. Bxe2 Qe3+ 30. Kd1 b6 $16) 27... Qg6 28.
Bh3 Rf3 (28... Qf7 29. Qxh7 Qf3 30. Rhe1 Qf4+ 31. Rd2 $18) 29. e6 (29. Rd1 $5 {
makes it even easier for White} 29... Qe8 $18) 29... d5 30. Rd1 Rf6 31. Qb4
Qg5+ 32. Rdd2 Kc6 33. c4 d4 (33... Qg1+ {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 34.
Rd1 Qg5+ 35. Re3 $18) 34. f4 $1 {Theme: Clearance for e2-g2} 34... Rxf4 (34...
Qxf4 {A deflection} 35. Bg2+) 35. Bg2+ Kc7 36. e7 Rf1+ (36... a5 {
doesn't change anything anymore} 37. e8=N+ Kb8 38. Qd6+ Ka7 39. Re5 $18) 37.
Kc2 (37. Bxf1 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} 37... Bd7 38. Bg2 Bc6 $18) 37...
Qf5+ (37... a5 {does not save the day} 38. e8=N+ Kb8 39. Qd6+ Ka7 40. Qxd4+ Kb8
41. Bxf1 $18) 38. Rd3 a5 39. e8=N+ (39. e8=N+ Kb8 40. Qd6+ Ka7 41. Nc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goliath"]
[Black "Crafty 18.10X"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D94: Gruenfeld: 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 e3} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3
Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. bxc4 Nd7 12.
Qc1 Nxc5 13. Rd1 Qa5 {last book move} 14. Nd5 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Rad8 16. Nd4 Bxd5
17. cxd5 Rxd5 18. Bf3 Rd6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Rxd6 exd6 21. Bxc6 Rc8 22. Bd5 {
A comfortable square for the white bishop} 22... Na4 23. Qb3 Rc7 24. Qb8+ Kg7
25. Bb3 Nc3 26. g3 Qc5 27. Re1 a5 28. h3 Re7 29. Qd8 Rb7 {Threatening a4} 30.
Qa8 Ra7 {Black intends a4} 31. Qb8 a4 32. Bc4 Rc7 33. Bf1 Nxa2 34. Ra1 Nc3 35.
g4 (35. Bd3 $5 $17) 35... Ra7 {Black plans a3} 36. Bg2 a3 37. Qb3 a2 38. Bf3 (
38. Qc2 Ra5 39. Bf1 Qe5 $19) 38... Qa3 39. Qc2 Ra4 40. Kg2 Rb4 41. Qd3 (41. Bd5
{cannot change destiny} 41... Nxd5 42. Rxa2 Qc3 $19) 41... Rb2 42. Kg3 (42. Bd5
{is the last straw} 42... Rxf2+ $3 {Demolition of pawn structure} 43. Kxf2 Qb2+
44. Kf3 Qxa1 45. Bxa2 Qh1+ 46. Kf2 Qh2+ 47. Ke1 Nxa2 48. Qd4+ Kg8 49. Qc4 $19)
42... Rxf2 $3 {a powerful sacrifice which decides the game} 43. Qd4+ (43. Kxf2
{Decoy to f2} 43... Qb2+ {Theme: Double Attack}) 43... Kg8 44. g5 Rb2 45. h4
Qc5 46. Qf6 (46. Qxc5 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 46...
dxc5 47. Kf4 Rb1 48. Rxa2 Nxa2 $19) 46... Qe5+ 47. Qxe5 dxe5 (47... dxe5 48. h5
Rb1 49. Rxa2 Nxa2 50. hxg6 hxg6 $19) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ruy Lopez"]
[Black "SpiderGirl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C02: French: Advance Variation} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3
Bd7 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Bxb5+ {last book move} 8... Qxb5 9. Bd2 Qxb2 10.
Nc3 Qb6 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Qb3 b6 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. O-O Rc8 15. Nb5 Qb7 {
Black is behind in development.} 16. Bb4 a6 (16... Bxb4 17. Rxb4 Rd8 18. Nd6+
Rxd6 19. exd6 $18) 17. Bxf8 axb5 18. Qa3 b4 (18... Ra8 $142 $5 {
is an interesting alternative} 19. Qxa8+ $5 Qxa8 20. Bxg7 Nh6 21. Bxh8 Kd7 $11)
19. Bxb4 $16 Ra8 20. Qb3 Qa6 (20... Nxb4 21. Qxb4 Rxa2 22. Qxb6 Qxb6 23. Rxb6
$16) 21. Rfc1 Nge7 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. Qxb6 O-O 24. Qxa6 Rxa6 25. Rc2 Ra4 26. g4
Ra3 27. Kg2 Ng6 28. Rb7 (28. h4 f6 29. Rb7 fxe5 $18) 28... Nf4+ (28... Rfa8 29.
Rbb2 $16) 29. Kg3 Nd3 30. Rb3 Rxb3 31. axb3 f6 32. Rc3 fxe5 (32... Nb4 33. h4
$18) 33. Rxd3 e4 34. Re3 exf3 35. Rxe6 Rb8 36. Re3 Rb4 37. Rd3 (37. Rxf3 $6
Rxd4 38. h4 g6 $16) (37. Kxf3 $6 Rxd4 38. Kg3 Kf7 $16) 37... Kf7 38. Kxf3 Rb6
39. h4 Kf6 40. Rc3 Rb4 41. Ke3 g6 42. Kd3 Ke7 (42... Ke6 $18) 43. Rc7+ Kd6 44.
Rxh7 Rxb3+ 45. Ke2 {White prepares h5} 45... Ke6 46. h5 gxh5 47. Rxh5 Rb2+ 48.
Ke3 Rb3+ 49. Kf4 Rb2 50. f3 Re2 (50... Rb3 $18 {
there is nothing better in the position}) 51. Re5+ (51. Re5+ Kd7 52. Rxe2 Kc6
53. g5 Kc7 54. g6 Kd6 55. g7 Kc6 56. g8=Q Kb6 57. Qb8+ Kc6 58. Qc8+ Kb6 59.
Rb2+ Ka5 60. Qa8#) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ferret"]
[Black "Gandalf 5.0"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C92: Closed Ruy Lopez: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3
Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 g6 16.
Ra3 Bg7 17. Nh2 c5 18. d5 Nd7 19. Ndf3 h5 {last book move} 20. Nf1 bxa4 21.
Qxa4 a5 22. Ne3 Ba6 23. Qd1 c4 24. Nd2 Ne5 25. Rf1 Qb6 26. Kh2 c3 27. bxc3 Bxf1
28. Qxf1 Na6 29. Rb3 Qc7 30. c4 Nb4 31. Qd1 Nd7 32. Nef1 Nc5 {A valuable piece}
33. Rf3 a4 34. Kg1 Reb8 35. Rg3 Qe7 36. Ba3 (36. Ra3 Ra7 $17) 36... Be5 37. Re3
Bf4 38. Rf3 Qe5 39. h4 (39. Bc1 Qa1 40. Ra3 Qg7 $17) 39... Bh6 40. Ne3 Nb3 41.
Ndf1 Bxe3 42. Nxe3 Qa1 43. e5 (43. Bxb4 $142 Nd4 44. Qe1 $19) 43... Qxa3 44.
Rxf7 Kxf7 45. Qf3+ Kg8 46. Qf6 Qa1 47. Qe6+ (47. Qxg6+ Kf8 48. Qf6+ Ke8 $19)
47... Kf8 48. Qxd6+ Ke8 49. Qxg6+ Kd8 50. d6 {Threatening mate: Qg8} 50... Kc8
$4 {Black has let it slip away} (50... Rb7 51. e6 Qg7 52. e7+ Rxe7 53. dxe7+
Qxe7 54. Qb6+ Ke8 $15) 51. Qf7 $16 {Do you see the mate threat?} 51... Qxb1+
52. Kh2 Na6 53. e6 {The mate threat is Qd7} 53... Nbc5 54. e7 {
Threatening mate... how?} 54... Qe4 55. d7+ Nxd7 (55... Kxd7 {Decoy theme: d7}
56. e8=Q+ {Discovered attack}) 56. e8=Q+ Qxe8 57. Qxe8+ Kc7 58. Nd5+ Kc6 59.
Qe6+ Kc5 60. Qxd7 a3 61. Qf5 Kxc4 62. Ne3+ Kc3 63. Qc2+ (63. Qxh5 $6 Nb4 $16)
63... Kb4 64. Qc4+ Ka5 65. Qc3+ Kb5 66. Qb3+ Kc6 67. Qa4+ Kb6 68. Qxa3 Rh8 69.
Qd6+ Kb5 70. Qe5+ Nc5 (70... Ka4 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 71. Nc4 Kb4
72. Nd6 $18) 71. Qb2+ Kc6 72. Qf6+ Kb5 (72... Kb7 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 73. Nc4 Na4 74. Na5+ Rxa5 75.
Qxh8 $18) 73. Nd5 Rhc8 (73... Kc4 {is no salvation} 74. Nb6+ Kb5 75. Nxa8 Rxa8
76. f4 $18) 74. Qb2+ Kc6 75. Ne7+ (75. Ne7+ Kd7 76. Nxc8 Rxc8 77. f4 $18) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chess Tiger 14.6 Gambit Tiger"]
[Black "Quest (DeepFritz)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxc4 15.
bxc4 bxc4 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Bf1 {Attacking the isolated pawn on c4} 17... Bf6 {
last book move} 18. Rac1 c5 19. e5 {White gets more space} 19... Bg5 20. f4 Be7
21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 cxd4 23. Bb2 Nb6 24. Bd3 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Bxc2 Rd8
27. Rd1 Bc5 28. Bd3 f6 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Rc1 Na4 31. Ba1 e5 32. Kg2 Bb6 33.
fxe5 fxe5 34. Re1 Bc7 35. Rc1 Bd6 36. Bf5 Rb8 37. Rc6 Rb6 38. Rxb6 Nxb6 39. Kf3
Kg7 40. g4 h6 41. Bb2 Be7 (41... Na4 42. Ba1 $19) 42. Bc2 Nc4 {
Black is in command} 43. Bc1 Bg5 44. Bd3 Nb6 45. Ba3 Na4 46. Bb4 Nb2 47. Bc2
Nc4 48. h3 Kf6 49. Ke4 Nd2+ 50. Kd5 Nf3 51. a4 Ng1 52. Bc5 a5 $4 {
gives the opponent new chances} (52... Nxh3 53. Bxa7 Nf4+ 54. Ke4 Ne2 $11) 53.
Bb6 $11 Nxh3 54. Bxa5 Nf2 (54... Nf4+ $142 {and Black has air to breath} 55.
Ke4 Ne6 $11) 55. Bd8+ $18 Kg7 56. Bxg5 hxg5 57. a5 (57. Kxe5 $6 d3 58. Bb3
Nxg4+ 59. Kf5 Nh2 $14) 57... d3 58. Ba4 {White threatens strongly a6} 58... e4
1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Deep Junior 7"]
[Black "Ruy Lopez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D17: Slav Defence: 5 a4 Bf5: Lines with 6 Nh4 and 6 Ne5} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3.
Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10.
Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 Rd8 12. Qc1 f6 13. O-O Be6 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. a5 a6 16. Ne4 Bb4
17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Qc2 {last book move} 18... Bxa5 19. Be4 {White gets in control}
19... g5 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Bf5 Rd2 22. Qb1 Bb4 23. Bxc8 Bxc5 24. Qf5 {
White inhibits 0-0} 24... Rf8 (24... Rxe2 25. Rad1 Bd4 $11) 25. Qxg5 $11 Rxb2
26. Qh5+ Kd8 (26... Ke7 27. Bg4 $11 (27. Qxh7+ $143 Kd8 28. Qxc7+ Kxc7 $15))
27. Be6 Qd6 (27... Ke7 $142 $5 {should not be overlooked} 28. Qxh7+ Kd6 29.
Rad1+ Bd4 $14) 28. Rad1 $16 Rd2 29. Qg5+ Kc7 30. Qxd2 Qxe6 31. e3 Kb8 32. Qa5
Qe7 33. Rb1 Ka8 34. Rfd1 e4 35. Rd2 Bd6 36. Ra2 Bc5 37. Rab2 Rb8 38. Rc2 Ba7
39. Rd1 Rc8 40. Rcd2 {White terminates the opponent with strong threats} 40...
Qc5 41. Qa2 Qf5 42. Rd7 Rf8 43. Qb2 {Do you see the mate threat?} 43... Bb6 44.
R1d2 (44. Qxb6 $6 {is clearly weaker} 44... Qxf2+ 45. Kh1 Qf3+ 46. Kg1 Qf2+ 47.
Kh1 Qf3+ 48. Kg1 Qf2+ $11) 44... Ka7 45. Qg7 {Threatening mate: Rxb7} 45... Rb8
46. R2d6 (46. R2d6 Qb5 47. Qxh7 $18) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Crafty 18.10X"]
[Black "Rebel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 1. d4
d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 {last book move} 5... Bxb1 6. Rxb1 Bb4+
7. Ke2 Bd6 8. Qb3 b6 9. Bg5 dxc4 10. Qxc4 O-O 11. e4 Be7 12. Rc1 Nxe4 13. Bxe7
Qxe7 14. Qxc7 Qxc7 15. Rxc7 Na6 16. Rc1 Nd6 17. g3 Rac8 18. Bg2 Nb4 19. a3 Na2
20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rd1 Rc2+ 22. Rd2 Rc8 23. Ne5 Nc1+ 24. Kd1 Nb3 25. Nc6 Nxd2
26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Nxc8 N2c4 28. Nxd6 Nxd6 29. Kd2 g5 30. Kd3 Ke7 31. Bf3 h6 32.
a4 Ne8 33. h3 Nc7 34. Kc4 Kd6 35. Kb4 e5 36. dxe5+ Kxe5 37. Kc4 f5 38. b4 f4
39. a5 bxa5 40. bxa5 Ne6 41. Bg2 Nd4 42. gxf4+ gxf4 43. Bb7 Ne6 44. Kb5 Nc7+
45. Kc6 Ne6 46. Ba8 Ng5 47. Kb7 Kd6 48. Kxa7 Kc7 49. h4 Nh3 50. f3 Nf2 51. Ka6
Nd3 $2 (51... Nd1 $142 $18) 52. Kb5 Kb8 53. Be4 {The mate threat is Bxd3} 53...
Nf2 54. Kc4 Ka7 55. Kd4 Ka6 56. Ke5 Nh3 57. h5 Kxa5 58. Kf6 Nf2 59. Bf5 Kb6 60.
Kg7 Nh1 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pharaon"]
[Black "Shredder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3
Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7
11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 O-O 13. Nc2 Bg5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 a5 16. Bb5 Ne7 17.
Ncb4 Be6 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Bc6 Rab8 20. Rxa5 {
The passed pawn on b2 quickly leads to threats} 20... Qc7 21. Rb5 Rxb5 {
last book move} 22. Bxb5 Qc5 23. Be2 Ra8 24. O-O Qb6 25. Qd3 Ra5 26. Rd1 Bb3
27. Qxd6 (27. Rb1 $142 $16) 27... Qxd6 $15 28. Rxd6 Ra1+ 29. Bf1 Bc4 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 30. Nd3 Kf8 (30... f5 31. b3 (31. exf5 $2 e4 32.
h4 Be7 $19) 31... fxe4 32. bxc4 $11) 31. g3 f5 32. b3 (32. exf5 e4) 32... Ke7
33. bxc4 Kxd6 34. c5+ Kc7 35. exf5 e4 36. Nb4 Rd1 37. c4 Bf6 38. g4 Bd4 39. Nc2
Bxc5 40. Ne3 Re1 41. Nd5+ Kd6 42. Kg2 Ke5 43. Nc7 (43. h4 $5 $11 {
is interesting}) 43... g6 $15 44. fxg6 hxg6 45. Na6 (45. h4 Ra1 46. Be2 Ra2 $17
) 45... Be7 46. Nc7 g5 47. Nd5 Bc5 48. h3 Rb1 49. Be2 Rb2 50. Kf1 Rb3 51. Kg2
Rb2 (51... Ra3 52. Nc7 Ra2 53. Kf1 $19) 52. Kf1 Ra2 53. Ne3 Ra3 54. Nd5 Rxh3
55. Kg2 Ra3 56. Kf1 Ra1+ {Black gets strong initiative} 57. Kg2 Re1 58. Bf1 Rc1
59. Be2 Re1 $4 {releasing the pressure on the opponent} (59... Rc2 60. Kf1 $19)
60. Bf1 Rb1 61. Be2 Rc1 62. Nc7 Re1 63. Bf1 Ra1 64. Be2 Ra2 65. Kf1 Ra7 66. Nd5
Rf7 67. Ke1 Bxf2+ 68. Kd2 Ra7 69. Nb4 (69. Nc3 $19 {desperation}) 69... Rb7 70.
Nc2 Rd7+ (70... Rd7+ 71. Kc1 Kf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Diep"]
[Black "IsiChess X"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{E09: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2 c6 8 Nbd2} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. Qc2 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. b3 Rc8 11.
Bb2 c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nh4 g6 {last book move} 14. Qc3 Qc7 15. dxc5 Qxc5 ({
Instead of} 15... bxc5 16. cxd5 Rfe8 17. Nc4 $18) 16. Rad1 b5 17. Rfe1 bxc4 18.
bxc4 Rc7 19. Bh3 (19. cxd5 Qxc3 20. Bxc3 Bd6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 $14) 19... Qd6 (
19... Rd8 20. Nb3 Qd6 21. Na5 $14) 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxe7 {
Eliminates the defender e7} 21... Qxe7 22. Qxf6 Qxf6 23. Bxf6 dxc4 24. Nb1 Re8
25. Ng2 Bf3 26. Rd6 Rcc8 27. Ne3 Re6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Nd2 {
The isolani on c4 becomes a target} 29... Bd5 30. Bc3 Rc6 31. a4 Rc8 32. Ng4
Kf8 (32... h5 $5 33. Ne5 g5 $16) 33. f4 $18 Bc6 34. a5 Bd5 35. Ne5 g5 (35...
Ke7 36. Kf2 $18) 36. fxg5 Rc7 37. Kf2 Ke8 38. Ke3 Kd8 39. Ne4 (39. h4 {
might be the shorter path} 39... a6 $18) 39... a6 (39... Bxe4 40. Kxe4 Ke8 41.
Kd4 $18) 40. Nf6 Bg2 41. Bd4 Rg7 42. Bb6+ (42. h4 {and White can already relax}
42... Kc8 43. Nxc4 Rc7 44. Nd6+ Kb8 $18) 42... Kc8 43. h4 Bd5 44. Kd4 (44. Nxd5
$6 exd5 45. Kd4 Re7 $18) 44... c3 (44... Kb8 {is not much help} 45. Nfd7+ Ka8
46. Nc5 $18) 45. Kxc3 (45. Nxd5 $6 c2 46. Nd3 exd5 $18) 45... Bb7 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "XiNiX"]
[Black "Tao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5
exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4 {last book move} 8... Ne7 9.
Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 (10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Kh1 Bc7 $14) 10... Rc8 (10... c4 $5 $11 {
might be a viable alternative}) 11. Bg5 f6 {Secures e5} 12. Qe2 Rf7 {
Black prepares c4} 13. Be3 c4 {Black gains space} 14. Qd2 Bb4 15. a3 Ba5 16.
Bf4 Nf8 17. Rad1 Nfg6 18. Bg3 Nf5 19. Re2 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Qd7 21. Rde1 Re7 22.
Rxe7 Nxe7 23. Re2 a6 {Secures b5} 24. g4 Nc6 25. h3 Bb6 26. Kh1 Ba7 27. Qe3 Qf7
28. Qf4 h6 {Covers g5} 29. a4 Rd8 30. b3 Na5 31. b4 Nc6 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5
Bb8 34. Qe3 Na7 35. Nh4 Nc8 36. Nf5 Bc7 37. Na4 b6 {Consolidates c5} 38. Nc3 {
Blocks the pawn on c4} 38... Kf8 39. Kg1 Bd6 40. Rf2 Bb4 41. Nxh6 (41. Ne2 Nd6
$11) 41... Qe7 (41... gxh6 $5 {should be examined more closely} 42. Qxh6+ Ke7
$15) 42. Qxe7+ $11 Nxe7 43. Na4 (43. Na2 $5 {is an interesting idea} 43... Be1
44. Re2 $11) 43... Ra8 $17 44. Nxb6 Ra1+ 45. Kh2 gxh6 46. Nd7+ Ke8 47. Nxf6+
Kd8 48. Nh7 Kc7 49. g3 (49. Rf6 $5 Bd6+ 50. g3 $19) 49... Kb6 $19 50. g5 hxg5
51. Nxg5 Kxb5 52. h4 Bc3 53. Nf3 (53. Ne6 Re1 54. Rf6 $19) 53... Nf5 54. g4 Ne3
(54... Bxd4 $6 55. Rd2 Bg1+ 56. Nxg1 $15) 55. Re2 Nxg4+ 56. Kg3 Nf6 57. Re5 Bb4
58. Kh3 (58. Rf5 Be7 $19) 58... Rh1+ 59. Kg2 Rc1 60. Re2 Ne4 61. Kh3 Bd6 62.
Kg4 Rf1 63. Re3 (63. Ne5 {does not help much} 63... Kb4 64. Re3 Rf2 $19) 63...
c3 64. h5 (64. Kf5 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 64... Rf2 $19)
64... Rf2 65. h6 (65. Ne1 {is not the saving move} 65... Nf6+ 66. Kh4 Rf5 $19)
65... Rxc2 66. h7 (66. Rxe4 {does not solve anything} 66... dxe4 67. h7 Rg2+ (
67... exf3 $6 {is impossible} 68. h8=Q f2 69. Qh1 $19) 68. Kf5 c2 $19) 66...
Nf6+ 67. Kf5 Nxh7 68. Ne1 Rf2+ 69. Ke6 Bb4 70. Kxd5 Nf6+ 71. Ke6 Kc4 72. Nd3 (
72. Rh3 {the only chance to get some counterplay} 72... Nd5 73. Rh1 $19) 72...
c2 73. Rh3 Nh5 $1 {it's best to give back material} 74. Ke5 (74. Rxh5 {
Deflection from d3} 74... Kxd3) 74... Rf1 75. Ke4 Nf6+ 76. Ke5 Ng4+ 77. Ke6
Kxd4 (77... Kxd4 78. Kd7 Rd1 $19) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "ParSOS"]
[Black "Goliath"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qd2 h6 11. Bxf6
Nxf6 12. Bf3 {last book move} 12... e5 13. O-O-O a5 14. Qd3 O-O 15. g3 a4 16.
Nd2 a3 {Threatening mate... how?} 17. b3 Qc5 18. Kb1 Bh3 19. Nc4 {
Increases the pressure on the backward pawn} 19... Be6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 b5
22. Nd2 exf4 23. gxf4 Rfe8 (23... Bd8 24. Rhe1 $15) 24. c4 (24. Rhe1 Rac8 $11)
24... b4 (24... bxc4 25. Nxc4 Rac8 26. Qd4 $11) 25. Rhe1 Qf2 26. Re2 Qh4 27.
Qd4 Bd8 28. Rde1 (28. Be4 $142 $11 {would keep White alive}) 28... Qxe1+ $17
29. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 30. Kc2 Nd7 31. Bd1 (31. Ne4 Bb6 32. Qd2 $19) 31... Bb6 $19 32.
Qd3 Re3 33. Qf5 Rc3+ (33... Nf6 34. Nb1 $19) 34. Kb1 Re8 35. Qxd7 {
The mate threat is Qxe8} 35... Re1 36. Qc8+ Bd8 37. Qg4 (37. Qxd8+ Kh7) 37...
g6 38. Qe2 (38. h3 {does not solve anything} 38... h5 39. Qe2 Rxe2 40. Bxe2
Rxh3 $19) 38... Rxe2 39. Bxe2 Bb6 40. Ne4 (40. Nf1 {does not improve anything}
40... Be3 41. Nxe3 Rxe3 $19) 40... Re3 41. Ng3 (41. Nf6+ {
cannot undo what has already been done} 41... Kg7 42. Nd7 Bd4 $19) 41... h5 42.
Bd1 (42. c5 {is no salvation} 42... Bxc5 43. Bc4 Re1+ 44. Kc2 Ra1 $19) 42... h4
(42... h4 43. Ne2 Rh3 $19) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "SpiderGirl"]
[Black "Gromit 3.9.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 1. d4
Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. c4 Nc6
9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 a5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bg5 {last book move} 12... a4 13. Nc1 h6
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nd3 (15. Qxd5 Qxb2 16. Ra2 Qf6 $11) 15... Rd8 $15 16. Rc1 Bf5
17. b3 axb3 18. Qxb3 Na5 19. Qb4 Nc4 {Praise the knight!} 20. a4 Be4 21. Rfd1
Ra5 22. Rc2 Bc5 23. Qb3 b6 (23... Qb6 24. Rc3 Bxd3 25. Qxb6 Bxb6 26. exd3 $17 (
26. Rcxd3 $2 Nb2 $19 (26... Rxa4 $6 27. Rb3 $17))) 24. Ra2 Rd6 25. Nf4 {
Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} 25... g5 26. Nd3 Rd8 27. h4 Re8 28. hxg5
hxg5 29. Nh2 Bd6 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Nf3 Qh6 32. Kg2 (32. Nb2 $5 {
is an interesting alternative} 32... Rxe2 33. Nxc4 dxc4 34. Qxc4 Rxa2 35. Qxa2
$11) 32... Bxg3 $17 33. fxg3 Ne3+ {The isolani on a4 becomes a target} 34. Kf2
g4 35. Nh4 Qf6+ (35... Nxd1+ $5 {should be considered} 36. Qxd1 b5 $15) 36. Kg1
$11 Nxd1 37. Qxd1 b5 (37... Re3 38. Kh2 $11) 38. Nf2 $11 Re3 39. Ng2 Rxg3 40.
Qxd5 Rxa4 41. Rxa4 bxa4 42. Qa8+ Kg7 43. Qxa4 Qe5 44. Nxg4 Qxe2 {
The mate threat is Qxg2} 45. Qa1+ Kh7 46. Qb1+ Kg7 47. Qa1+ Kh7 48. Qb1+ Kg7
49. Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chess Tiger 14.6 Gambit Tiger"]
[Black "Ferret"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C95: Closed Ruy Lopez: Breyer Variation with 10 d4} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 {Controls b4+d4} 8... O-O 9.
h3 {Prevents intrusion on g4} 9... Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13.
Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 {Secures f5+h5} 15. a4 Bg7 16. d5 {White gets more space}
16... Qb8 17. b3 c6 18. c4 bxc4 19. bxc4 a5 20. Be3 Qc7 21. Qd2 Ba6 22. Rec1 c5
23. Bd3 Reb8 24. Qc2 Rb4 {The rook dominates} 25. Bd2 Rab8 26. Ra2 Bf8 27. Rd1
Bg7 28. Ne2 Nh5 29. g4 Nhf6 30. Rc1 Bf8 31. Kg2 Be7 32. Qd1 (32. g5 Nh5 $14)
32... R4b7 (32... Rb3 $5 {is worth looking at} 33. Nc3 Qd8 $11) 33. Nc3 h5 34.
Nb5 {An ideal square for the white knight.} 34... Qd8 35. Ng1 Nf8 36. Rb1 hxg4
37. hxg4 Kh8 38. f3 N8d7 39. Ne2 Qf8 (39... Ne8 40. Qe1 $16) 40. Nc1 Ne8 41.
Nb3 Bd8 42. Nxa5 Bxa5 43. Bxa5 f6 44. Qh1+ Kg8 45. Qh3 Qg7 46. Rh1 Nf8 47. Kg1
Qe7 48. Qh8+ {White terminates the opponent with strong threats} 48... Kf7 49.
Rah2 Ng7 50. f4 exf4 51. Bc3 Qd7 52. Rf2 Qe7 $4 {causes even greater problems}
(52... Qxg4+ 53. Rg2 Qd7 $18) 53. g5 $1 $18 {Demolishes the pawn shield} ({
Instead of} 53. Rxf4 Nd7 54. Qh7 Bxb5 55. axb5 Ne5 $18) 53... Nd7 (53... fxg5
54. Qxg7+) 54. Qh6 Bxb5 55. e5 $1 {Clearance to allow d3-g6} 55... Nxe5 (55...
fxe5 56. Bxg6+ {A classical mating theme}) 56. Bxe5 (56. Bxe5 Rg8 57. Bxf6 $18
(57. cxb5 $6 {is a useless try} 57... Qxe5 58. gxf6 Qxf6 $16) (57. axb5 Qxe5
58. gxf6 Qxf6 $16)) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Crafty 18.10X"]
[Black "Deep Junior 7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 1. d4
d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1 e6 9.
Nbd2 Qa5 {last book move} 10. Be2 b5 11. O-O b4 12. cxb4 Bxb4 13. a3 Bxd2 14.
Nxd2 O-O 15. b3 c3 {Is this a dangerous pawn?} 16. b4 cxd2 17. Qxc6 (17. bxa5
$2 {may look interesting but has some grave disadvantages} 17... dxc1=Q 18.
Raxc1 Nxa5 $19) 17... Qd8 18. f3 {Secures e4} (18. Ba6 Qb6 19. b5 Bd3 20. Qxb6
axb6 $11) 18... Rc8 19. Qa6 Bc2 20. Bd6 Re8 21. Bc5 {
'the bishop is the bishop!'} 21... e5 22. Bd1 Bxd1 23. Raxd1 e4 24. Qe2 ({
Inferior is} 24. Bxa7 Ra8 25. b5 exf3 $15) 24... exf3 25. Qxf3 Rc6 26. Rxd2
Rce6 {The backward pawn on e3 becomes a target} 27. Re2 Qd7 28. Qf5 Qb5 29.
Ree1 Ra6 (29... Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Bxa7 $11) 30. Ra1 Rxe3 31. Qc8+ Re8 32.
Qc7 Rae6 33. Qxa7 Re2 34. Qc7 h5 (34... Qa4 $5 $14 {
should be examined more closely}) 35. Qg3 R8e3 36. Rf3 h4 37. Qxh4 Rxf3 38.
gxf3 Qd3 {Threatening mate... how?} 39. Rf1 Qxa3 40. Kh1 Qd3 41. Qh3 g6 42. Qh6
Nd7 43. Qf4 Kg7 44. Kg1 Ra2 45. Rf2 Ra1+ 46. Kg2 Qb1 47. Kh3 Qh1 48. Qe3 Ra8
49. Rg2 Qf1 50. Kg3 Nf6 51. Rg1 Nh5+ 52. Kh4 Qa6 53. Qe5+ Kh7 54. Rg2 (54. Qxd5
Qf6+ 55. Kg4 Qf4+ 56. Kh3 $11) 54... Qf1 $11 55. Qe2 (55. Qxd5 Qxg2 56. Bd6 Kh6
57. Qxh5+ gxh5 58. b5 Qxf3 59. Bf8+ Rxf8 60. b6 Qg4#) 55... Qc1 56. Qd2 Qb1 57.
Rg5 Ng7 58. Qf4 $2 (58. Re5 Ra2 59. Qe1 g5+ 60. Kh3 $19 (60. Kxg5 $4 Qg6+ 61.
Kf4 Qh6+ 62. Kg4 Rxh2 $19)) 58... Ra2 $19 {Plans f6} 59. Bd6 (59. Qxf7 $4 {
A poison bait which should not be taken} 59... Rxh2+ 60. Kg3 Qg1+ 61. Kf4 Rh4+
62. Ke5 Qxg5+ 63. Kd6 Rf4 $19) 59... Qe1+ 60. Kh3 Qe6+ 61. Rg4 Nf5 62. Bc5 $2 (
62. Bb8 Qe1 63. Rh4+ Kg8 64. Qg5 Qf1+ 65. Kg4 Qg1+ 66. Bg3 Nxh4 67. Qxh4 Qxd4+
68. Bf4 $19) 62... Nh6 63. Bf8 {The mate threat is Qxh6} 63... Nxg4 64. Qxg4
Qa6 65. b5 {Threatening mate: bxa6} 65... Qxb5 66. Bd6 Qf1+ 67. Kh4 f5 68. Qf4
(68. Qg5 {hoping against hope} 68... Qf2+ 69. Bg3 Qxd4+ 70. Kh3 $19) 68... Rg2
69. Qe3 {Threatening mate... how?} 69... g5+ 70. Kh5 Rxh2+ $3 {
Clearance to allow f1-h3} 71. Bxh2 (71. Kxg5 {the last chance for counterplay}
71... Re2 72. Qa3 Qg1+ 73. Kxf5 Qg6+ 74. Kf4 Qf6+ 75. Kg4 Rg2+ 76. Kh3 $19)
71... Qh3+ {Theme: Double Attack} 72. Kxg5 Qh6+ 73. Kxf5 Qxe3 74. Be5 (74. Bb8
{doesn't get the cat off the tree} 74... Qxf3+ 75. Ke6 Qg4+ 76. Ke5 Qg3+ 77.
Ke6 Qxb8 78. Kxd5 Qf4 79. Kc5 Kg6 80. Kc4 Kf5 81. Kd5 Qe3 82. Kd6 Qxd4+ 83. Kc6
Ke5 84. Kc7 Qd5 85. Kb6 Kd6 86. Ka7 Qb3 87. Ka6 Kc6 88. Ka5 Qa3#) 74... Qxf3+ (
74... Qxf3+ 75. Kg5 Qf2 76. Kg4 Kg6 77. Bh8 Qg2+ 78. Kf4 Qh2+ 79. Ke3 Qxh8 80.
Kd3 Qc8 81. Kd2 Kg5 82. Kd1 Qc3 83. Ke2 Kf4 84. Kd1 Qb2 85. Ke1 Ke3 86. Kd1
Qb1#) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shredder"]
[Black "Quest (DeepFritz)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B99: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Be7 8 Qf3 Qc7 9 0-0-0 Nbd7} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O
Nbd7 10. Be2 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. e5 Bb7 13. Qg3 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Bxb5
axb5 16. Ndxb5 Qc5 17. Qxg7 Qxe5 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Nc7+ Kf8 20. Nxa8 Bxa8 21.
Rhe1 Ng4 {last book move} 22. Rd4 Rg8 (22... Bh4 23. Re2 Bg5+ 24. Kd1 Nxh2 25.
Ne4 Bxe4 26. Rdxe4 $11) 23. Rc4 (23. h3 $5 {is noteworthy} 23... Nf2 24. Rc4
$14) 23... Nxh2 24. a4 h5 (24... Bxg2 $2 {doesn't lead to anything significant}
25. Rc8+ Kg7 26. Rxg8+ Kxg8 27. Rg1 Bg5+ 28. Kb1 $18) 25. b4 (25. Rc7 $5 $15)
25... h4 ({Instead of} 25... Bxg2 26. Rc8+ Kg7 27. Rxg8+ Kxg8 28. Rg1 Bxb4 29.
Rxg2+ Ng4 30. Ne2 $14) 26. Ne4 Ng4 ({Weaker is} 26... Rxg2 27. Rc8+ Kg7 28.
Rxa8 Bxb4 29. Re3 $14) 27. Re2 f5 28. Nf2 (28. Nd2 $142 $5 Kf7 29. b5 $17)
28... Nxf2 $19 29. Rc8+ Kf7 30. Rxg8 Kxg8 31. Rxf2 Bxb4 32. c3 Bxc3 33. Rc2 f4
34. a5 (34. Rxc3 Bxg2 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rc7+ Kh6 $19) 34... Bd4 35. Rc8+ (35. a6
{doesn't change anything anymore} 35... Be4 36. Re2 Bd5 $19) 35... Kf7 36. Rxa8
f3 $1 {finishing the game} 37. gxf3 {Deflection from h3} 37... h3 38. Rd8 h2
39. Rd7+ Kg6 40. Rxd4 {Do you see the mate threat?} 40... h1=Q+ 41. Kc2 e5 42.
Rg4+ Kh7 43. Ra4 (43. a6 {what else?} 43... Qa1 44. Re4 $19) 43... Qg2+ 44. Kc3
{Threatening mate: Rh4} 44... Qxf3+ (44... Qxf3+ 45. Kb2 e4 46. a6 e3 47. Ra3
e2 48. Rxf3 e1=Q 49. Ra3 Qf2+ 50. Kb3 Qa7 51. Kc4 Kg7 52. Kb5 Kf6 53. Ra1 Ke7
54. Re1+ Kd6 55. Rd1+ Kc7 56. Rc1+ Kb8 57. Rc6 Qe7 58. Rb6+ Kc8 59. Rc6+ Kd7
60. a7 Qe2+ 61. Rc4 Qb2+ 62. Kc5 Qe5+ 63. Kb6 Qd6+ 64. Kb5 Qd5+ 65. Rc5 Qb7+
66. Kc4 Qxa7 67. Re5 Qf2 68. Kd3 Kd6 69. Re8 Qf5+ 70. Ke3 Qg5+ 71. Kf2 Qh4+ 72.
Kf1 Kd5 73. Re3 Kd4 74. Rf3 Qg5 75. Ke2 Qg2+ 76. Rf2 Qe4+ 77. Kf1 Qh1+ 78. Ke2
Ke4 79. Kd2 Qg1 80. Ke2 Qc1 81. Rg2 Qc2+ 82. Kf1 Qd1+ 83. Kf2 Kf4 84. Rg8 Qc2+
85. Ke1 Qb1+ 86. Kd2 Qa2+ 87. Kc3 Qxg8 88. Kd4 Qe6 89. Kc5 Ke5 90. Kb4 Kd4 91.
Kb5 Qd6 92. Ka4 Kc4 93. Ka5 Qe6 94. Ka4 Qa6#) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rebel"]
[Black "Diep"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B93: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 f4} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. Kh1 exf4 12. Bxf4
Bg4 13. Be3 {The bishop aims for Bf4-e3-d4-b6} 13... Rc8 14. a5 {last book move
} 14... Bh5 15. Bd4 Re8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Bb6 {Praise the bishop!} 17... Qd7 18.
Qd2 Bg6 19. Rae1 Nc7 20. g3 Ng4 21. Bxc7 Qxc7 22. Nd5 {The knight dominates}
22... Qd8 23. c4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 (24. Nxe7+ $6 Rxe7 25. Qc3 b5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 $15)
24... dxe5 25. c5 {This push gains space} ({Inferior is} 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Qe2
Rd7 $15) 25... Kh8 26. Rd1 ({Not} 26. Nxe7 Rxe7 27. Qc3 f6 $11) 26... Rb8 27.
Qg2 Qd7 28. Be2 Qa4 29. Bf3 ({Less advisable is} 29. Nxe7 Rxe7 30. Rb1 Rd8 $15)
29... f6 30. Ra1 Qb5 31. Be2 ({Weaker is} 31. Nxe7 Rxe7 32. Qb2 Rd7 $17) 31...
Qc6 32. Rad1 ({Instead of} 32. Nxe7 Rxe7 33. Bf3 Qb5 $15) 32... Bf8 33. Rd2
Red8 34. Rfd1 Bf7 35. Qh3 Bg6 36. Bf3 Rd7 37. Kg1 Rbd8 38. Bg4 Bxc5+ 39. bxc5
Qxc5+ 40. Kf1 Rd6 41. Bf5 Bxf5 42. Qxf5 Qb5+ 43. Rd3 Rf8 44. Kg2 Qxa5 45. g4
Qa4 46. R1d2 g6 47. Qf3 f5 48. exf5 (48. Re2 $5 $14 {has some apparent merit})
48... gxf5 $11 49. gxf5 {
The passed pawn on f5 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} 49... Qh4 50. f6
{A strong pawn} 50... Rg8+ 51. Kf1 e4 52. Qf5 exd3 {Threatening mate... how?}
53. f7 Rf8 $2 (53... Rg1+ $142 54. Kxg1 Qe1+ 55. Qf1 Rg6+ 56. Rg2 Rxg2+ 57.
Kxg2 Qxf1+ 58. Kxf1 Kg7 $14) 54. Qe5+ $18 Rf6+ 55. Nxf6 {
Do you see the mate threat?} (55. Qxf6+ Qxf6+ 56. Nxf6 Rxf7 $11) 55... Rxf7 56.
Qe8+ Kg7 {The mate threat is Qxf6} 57. Rg2+ Kxf6 58. Rf2+ Qxf2+ 59. Kxf2 d2 60.
Qd8+ Ke6+ 61. Ke2 Rd7 {Threatening mate... how?} 62. Qe8+ Kd6 63. Kxd2 Kc7+ 64.
Ke3 b6 (64... h6 $18) 65. Qe6 a5 66. h4 Rd1 (66... Rd6 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 67. Qc4+ Kb7 68. Qe4+ Kc8 69. Qxh7 $18) 67.
Qc4+ Kb7 68. Qe4+ Ka6 69. Qxh7 Rh1 (69... Re1+ {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 70. Kd2 Rg1 71. h5 $18) 70. h5
Rh4 (70... a4 {cannot undo what has already been done} 71. Qd7 Rh4 72. h6 $18)
71. h6 Rh3+ 72. Kd4 Rh4+ 73. Kc3 Rh3+ (73... Rh1 $18 {
a last effort to resist the inevitable}) 74. Qd3+ $1 {
Theme: Clearance for h6-h7} 74... Rxd3+ (74... b5 {cannot change destiny} 75.
Qxh3 Kb6 76. Qe3+ Kc6 77. Qb6+ Kxb6 78. Kd4 b4 79. h7 b3 80. Kd5 Kb5 81. h8=Q
Kb4 82. Qd4+ Ka3 83. Kc4 b2 84. Qc3+ Ka2 85. Qxa5+ Kb1 86. Kb3 Kc1 87. Qe1#)
75. Kxd3 Kb5 76. h7 (76. h7 Kc5 77. Ke4 a4 78. h8=Q b5 79. Qd4+ Kc6 80. Ke5 b4
81. Qxb4 a3 82. Qc3+ Kb5 83. Kd6 a2 84. Qb3+ Ka5 85. Kc5 a1=Q 86. Qb5#) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gandalf 5.0"]
[Black "Tao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B32: Sicilian: Loewenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be6 7. N1c3 Rc8 {last book move} 8. Nd5 Nf6
9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Be3 ({Worse is} 10. Nxd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Nd4 $15) 10... Qd8
11. Qd2 (11. Nxa7 $2 {is no good because of} 11... Nxa7 12. Be2 Nc6 $19) (11.
Bxa7 $2 {doesn't lead to the expected results} 11... Nxa7 12. Nxa7 Qa5+ 13. Qd2
Qxa7 $19) 11... a6 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rac1 Nd4 16. Bxd4
exd4 17. Qxd4 Bf6 18. Qe3 Rfe8 19. b3 b5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1
Qxa2 23. Qd3 Qa5 24. Rc6 Rd8 25. g3 {Secures h4} 25... Qa3 26. Kg2 Ra8 27. Bh5
Qb4 28. Qf3 a5 29. Rc7 a4 30. Bxf7+ Kh8 31. Be6 h6 $2 (31... Qd4 $142 32. bxa4
bxa4 $16) 32. Bc8 $18 {White threatens Qf5} 32... axb3 (32... Qd4 33. Qf5 Qe5
34. Qg6 $18) 33. Qg4 Qd2 (33... Qc4 {is the last straw} 34. Rxc4 bxc4 $18) 34.
Rf7 Qg5 35. Rf8+ Kh7 36. Qe6 Rxc8 37. Qxc8 Qe5 38. Re8 b2 (38... Be7 {
doesn't improve anything} 39. Rh8+ Kg6 40. Qe8+ Kf6 41. Kh3 $18) 39. Rxe5 Bxe5
1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruy Lopez"]
[Black "Goliath"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D04: Colle System} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 Nbd7 6.
c4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 c6 8. Nc3 e6 {Covers d5} 9. e4 Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O Rc8 12.
b4 a5 13. a3 Nh5 14. Bd2 Nhf6 15. Rfb1 {White prepares the advance b5} 15...
axb4 16. axb4 Qc7 17. b5 c5 18. Re1 (18. e5 $5 Ng4 19. Re1 cxd4 20. Qxd4 $11)
18... Nb6 $15 {The knight blocks b5} 19. Qd3 cxd4 20. Ne2 e5 21. Rec1 Bc5 (
21... Qd6 22. Ng3 $15) 22. Nh4 Ra8 23. Bg5 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nbd7 25. Ng3 Rc8 26.
Rc1 Qd6 27. Nhf5 Qe6 28. f4 (28. Qd1 $5 $15 {deserves consideration}) 28... h6
29. Bxf6 Nxf6 (29... Qxf6 $6 30. Nh5 Qd8 31. Nhxg7 (31. Nfxg7 $143 exf4 32. Nf5
Qg5 $17) 31... exf4 32. Rf1 $15) 30. Ne2 h5 31. Nfg3 g6 32. f5 Qe7 33. fxg6
fxg6 34. Nf1 Qd7 35. Nd2 Bb6 {Black fights for the Initiative} 36. Rxc8+ Qxc8
37. Nc4 (37. Kf1 $5 $17) 37... Qc5 $19 38. Nxb6 Qxb6 39. h3 Kg7 40. Kh2 Qc5 41.
Kh1 Ne8 42. Qb3 (42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Nd6 $19) 42... Nd6 43. Qe6 Nxe4 ({
Inferior is} 43... Nxb5 44. Qd7+ Kf6 45. Ng1 $19) 44. Qd7+ Kh6 45. Kh2 b6 (
45... Nc3 {keeps an even firmer grip} 46. Nxc3 dxc3 47. Qd8 $19) 46. Qd8 Qd6 (
46... Qxb5 $6 {is much worse} 47. Qf8+ Kh7 48. Qf7+ Kh8 49. Qf8+ Kh7 50. Qf7+
Kh6 51. Qf8+ Kh7 $11) 47. Qh8+ Kg5 48. Ng1 Nd2 49. h4+ Kxh4 50. g3+ Kg5 51.
Nh3+ Kg4 (51... Kf5 {and Black can already relax} 52. Qc8+ Kf6 53. Qh8+ Ke7 54.
Qg7+ Ke6 55. Qg8+ Kd7 56. Qf7+ Kc8 57. Ng5 $19) 52. Qc8+ Kf3 53. Qc1 $4 {
White crumbles in face of a dire situation} (53. Qc6+ Qxc6 54. bxc6 $19) 53...
Ke2 54. Ng1+ (54. Qc6 {does not solve anything} 54... Qa3 55. Ng1+ Ke1 $19)
54... Kd3 55. Qd1 Qf8 56. Kg2 e4 57. Qe1 (57. Nh3 Qf3+ 58. Qxf3+ exf3+ 59. Kf2
g5 60. Nxg5 Ne4+ 61. Kxf3 Nxg5+ 62. Kf4 Nh3+ 63. Kf3 Kc3 $19) 57... e3 58. Kh1
(58. Qd1 $19 {the only chance to get some counterplay}) 58... Qa8+ 59. Kh2 Nf3+
(59... Kc2 $142 $5 {seems even better} 60. g4 d3 61. gxh5 $19) 60. Nxf3 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gromit 3.9.5"]
[Black "ParSOS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e3 Nb6 8. Bd3 {last book move} 8... O-O
9. O-O h6 10. Bf4 c6 {Prevents intrusion on b5} 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. e4
Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 {Threatening mate... how?} 15... f5 16. Qe2 Rf6 17.
Rfe1 Nd5 18. Bd2 Be6 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Bc4 Qc7 21. a4 Qb6 22. Bc3 Qc7 23. Kh1
Kh8 24. Qh5 Nf4 25. Qf3 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Nd5 {A valuable piece} 27. Nxd6 Qxd6 28.
Rcd1 Rf7 29. Re5 {The white rook on an outpost} 29... Qg6 30. h3 Kh7 31. Rde1
Qg5 32. g3 {Controls f4} 32... Qg6 33. Kh2 f4 34. g4 Qc2 35. a5 a6 36. Re6 Kg8
37. h4 Rff8 38. R1e4 Rd7 39. g5 hxg5 40. hxg5 Nc7 41. R6e5 g6 (41... Nd5 42.
Kg1 $11) 42. Bb4 Rh7+ 43. Kg1 Rf5 44. b3 Rxe5 45. Rxe5 (45. dxe5 $2 Ne6 46. Qg4
Qxb3 $19 (46... Qxe4 47. Qxe6+ Rf7 48. Qe8+ Kg7 49. Bc3 $18)) 45... Rh4 46. Kf1
Qb1+ 47. Be1 Rh7 48. Qxf4 Qxb3 49. Qg4 Qh3+ 50. Qxh3 Rxh3 51. Bd2 Kf7 52. Re4
Nd5 53. Ke2 Rh2 54. Re5 Rh1 55. Kd3 Rd1 56. Re4 Ra1 57. Kc4 Rb1 58. Kc5 {
Active king in the endgame} 58... Rf1 59. Re2 Ra1 60. Kd6 Ra2 61. f3 Rc2 62.
Rf2 Ne7 63. Kc7 Rb2 64. Be1 Rb5 65. Re2 Nf5 (65... Rxg5 66. Rxe7+ Kxe7 67. Bh4
$18) 66. Re5 Rb1 (66... Nxd4 67. Rxb5 cxb5 68. Kxb7 $18) 67. Re4 Rb3 68. Bd2
Rxf3 69. Bb4 Rb3 70. Bc5 Ne3 (70... Rb2 $5 $14 {is interesting}) 71. Re7+ $16
Kg8 72. Re8+ Kf7 73. Rf8+ Kg7 74. Rb8 Nc4 75. Rxb7 Nxa5 76. Ra7 Kf7 (76... Kg8
77. Rxa6 Rb5 78. Kd6 $18) 77. Kd6+ Rb7 78. Rxa6 Rb5 79. Ra7+ Ke8 80. Rh7 Rb7 $2
(80... Rb1 $142 $18) 81. Rxb7 Nxb7+ 82. Ke6 (82. Kxc6 $6 {is clearly inferior}
82... Nd8+ 83. Kd5 Nf7 $11) 82... Na5 83. Kf6 Nc4 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "XiNiX"]
[Black "SpiderGirl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "20.??.??"]

{E54: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...dxc4 8 Bxc4} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5
3. exd5 cxd5 4. Be2 e6 5. d4 Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6
10. Bg5 h6 11. Bf4 b6 12. a3 {last book move} 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bb7 14. Bd3
Nd5 15. Bd2 Nf6 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Rb1 Qd6 {Black is in command} 18. Qa4 Rc7 19.
Rb2 Rfc8 20. g3 (20. Kh1 $142 $5 $11 {should be considered}) 20... Qd5 $17 21.
Re3 Na5 22. Rb5 Qd8 {Black threatens Ng4} 23. Ne5 Nd5 24. Rb1 Nxe3 25. fxe3 f6
26. Ng6 Qd7 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. Rb4 Kf7 29. a4 Rdc7 30. Kf2 Nc4 31. Be1 Nd6 32.
Ke2 Ne4 33. Bxe4 Bxe4 34. Nf4 g5 35. Nd3 Kg6 36. a5 bxa5 37. Ra4 Bd5 38. Rxa5
Rb8 39. Nb4 Bc4+ 40. Kf3 Rb5 41. Rxb5 Bxb5 42. Bd2 a5 43. Nc2 Bd3 44. Na3 Rb7
45. Bc1 h5 46. Kf2 Rc7 47. Bb2 Kf5 48. Ke1 h4 49. Kd2 hxg3 50. hxg3 Ke4 51. Bc1
Ba6 52. g4 (52. Bb2 {cannot change destiny} 52... Rh7 53. c4 Rh2+ 54. Kc3 Kxe3
$19) 52... Kf3 53. Bb2 Kxg4 54. Nc2 Kh3 55. e4 g4 56. Ne1 g3 57. Nf3 (57. Ba3 {
does not solve anything} 57... g2 58. Nxg2 Kxg2 $19) 57... g2 58. c4 (58. Ke1 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 58... Bb7 $19) 58... Rb7 59. Kc2 Bxc4 60. Bc3
Rb3 61. Ng1+ (61. e5 {hardly improves anything} 61... fxe5 62. dxe5 a4 $19)
61... Kh2 62. Nf3+ Kh1 63. d5 exd5 64. exd5 Rxc3+ $1 {A double attack} 65. Kxc3
Bxd5 66. Ng5 (66. Nh4 {doesn't improve anything} 66... g1=Q 67. Kd3 Qg3+ 68.
Nf3 Qxf3+ 69. Kd4 Qe4+ 70. Kc5 Qb4+ 71. Kxd5 a4 72. Ke6 a3 73. Kxf6 a2 74. Ke5
a1=Q+ 75. Kd5 Qg7 76. Ke6 Qc4+ 77. Kd6 Qgc7#) 66... g1=Q (66... g1=Q 67. Nf3
Qe3+ 68. Kc2 Bxf3 69. Kb2 Qd2+ 70. Kb1 Be4+ 71. Ka1 Qc1+ 72. Ka2 Bd5#) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "IsiChess X"]
[Black "Pharaon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C01: French: Exchange Variation} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5.
Nf3 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Bf4 Be4 11. Re1 Ng6
12. Be3 ({Weaker is} 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 Qd5 $15) 12... Re8 13. c4 Qf6 14.
cxd5 Bxd5 15. c3 {Consolidates b4} 15... Nf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. Ng5
Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 h6 20. Ne4 Qe6 21. Nc5 Qg4 {Threatening mate: Qxg2} 22. Qf1 Re8
23. f3 {Secures e4} 23... Qf4 24. Qf2 b6 25. Ne4 Na5 26. Re1 {
White threatens strongly g3} 26... Re6 27. g3 Qf5 28. Qf1 Nb3 29. Rb1 Qh5 30.
Qf2 Bxe4 31. fxe4 Rc6 32. Be2 Qg5 33. Rxb3 Rf6 34. Bf3 Qc1+ 35. Qf1 Qxf1+ 36.
Kxf1 Rxf3+ 37. Ke2 Rf6 38. c4 Kf8 39. d5 Ke7 40. e5 Rf5 41. Re3 a6 42. a4 Rh5
43. h4 a5 44. Re4 g6 45. Ke1 Rf5 46. Re3 Kd7 47. Ke2 Ke7 48. e6 g5 49. Re4 gxh4
50. gxh4 Kd8 51. Ke3 fxe6 52. Rxe6 ({Worse is} 52. dxe6 Ke7 $17) 52... Rh5 53.
Re4 c6 54. Kd4 Kd7 55. Rg4 cxd5 56. cxd5 Kd6 57. Kc4 Rxd5 58. Rg6+ Ke5 59. Rxb6
{Threatening mate... how?} 59... h5 60. Rb5 {Do you see the mate threat?} 60...
Rxb5 61. Kxb5 Kd5 62. Kxa5 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Deep Junior 7"]
[Black "Chess Tiger 14.6 Gambit Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Moeller Defences} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. c3 Nxe4 8. d4 Na5 9. Bc2 exd4 10. Bxe4
Bxe4 11. Re1 d5 12. Nxd4 c5 13. Nf5 {last book move} 13... g6 14. Ne3 Be7 15.
f3 d4 {Black intends d3} 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Ng4 f5 18. Nh6 {
Traps the king in the center} 18... Bxb1 19. Rxb1 d3 {A strong pawn} (19... Kf8
$142 $5 $11 {has some apparent merit}) 20. Bg5 $14 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 {
Threatening mate... how?} 21... Nc6 22. Rc1 Ne5 23. Be3 Qd5 24. Bf4 Nc6 25.
Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Qxd3 Rd8 27. Qe3 {The mate threat is Qxe7} 27... Rd7 28. Bg5 {
White threatens strongly Qe5} 28... Qc7 29. Qe6 {White threatens Ng8} 29... Rf8
30. Ng8 (30. Qxa6 $6 Qb7 31. Qa3 Kd8 $14) 30... Qc4 31. Nf6+ (31. Nxe7 $4 {
the bishop mustn't be touched} 31... Qxe6 32. Bh4 Qxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Rd1 $19) 31...
Rxf6 32. Qxf6 (32. Bxf6 $4 Qxe6 33. Bc3 Qxa2 $19) 32... Qf1+ 33. Rxf1 {
Threatening mate: Qe6} 33... Bxf6 34. Bxf6 Kf7 35. Bg5 Rd4 36. Rc1 Ke6 37. b3
a5 38. h3 a4 39. Rc7 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Ra1 (40... Rd7 {is not much help} 41. Rc8 $18
) 41. bxa4 bxa4 42. Rxh7 Rxa2 43. Rg7 f4 44. h4 Kf5 45. Rf7+ Ke5 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ferret"]
[Black "Crafty 18.10X"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C91: Closed Ruy Lopez: 7...d6 8 c3 0-0 9 d4} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. c3 exd4 10. Nxd4 {
last book move} 10... Bd7 11. Bf4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. b3 Ne5 14. Nf5 Re8 15.
Nd2 Bxf5 16. exf5 Nd5 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qf3 ({Inferior is} 18. Rxe5 Nxc3 19.
Qf3 Qxd2 20. Rxe7 Rad8 (20... Qxc2 $6 21. Rae1 Ne4 22. R7xe4 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4
24. Rxe4 $15) 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $17) 18... c6 19. Ne4 {
A comfortable square for the white knight} 19... Qc7 20. c4 bxc4 21. bxc4 Nf6
22. Ba4 Rac8 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Rad1 {The isolani on c6 becomes a target} 24...
h6 25. Qe4 Re7 26. c5 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Rd1 Qa7 29. Qe3 Be7 30. Qxe5 Bxc5
31. Rd2 Be7 32. Qe4 Qc7 33. Bb3 a5 34. Rd1 Bf6 35. Bc4 Kf8 36. Qe3 Qe7 37. Qb6
Qc7 38. Qc5+ Be7 39. Qe3 Bg5 40. Qa3+ Be7 41. Qe3 Bg5 42. Qa3+ Be7 43. Qf3 Rd8
44. Re1 Rd4 45. Bf1 Qd7 46. Rb1 Kg8 47. Rb8+ Kh7 48. Ra8 a4 49. Ra6 Rd2 50.
Rxa4 Qd5 51. Re4 Bc5 52. Re2 Qxa2 53. g3 (53. Qxc6 $2 {is no good because of}
53... Rxe2 54. Qxc5 Re1 $19) 53... Bd4 54. Kg2 Rxe2 55. Qxe2 {
Threatening mate... how?} 55... Qd5+ 56. Qf3 Kg8 57. Be2 Qa2 (57... Qxf3+ 58.
Kxf3 Kf8 59. h4 $11) 58. Qe4 $11 c5 59. Kh3 Qa4 (59... Bxf2 $4 {
the pawn must remain untouched} 60. Bc4 Qxc4 61. Qxc4 $18) 60. f3 Qd7 61. f4
Kh7 62. Kg2 Bc3 63. Kf3 Bd4 64. Bc4 h5 65. Qd5 {Do you see the mate threat?}
65... Qxd5+ 66. Bxd5 Kg8 67. Bc4 Kf8 68. Ke4 Bf2 69. Kf3 Be1 70. Ke2 Bb4 71.
Kd3 Ke7 72. Ke4 Be1 73. Be2 h4 74. g4 f6 75. Kd5 {White activates its king}
75... Bf2 76. h3 Kd7 77. Bd3 Kc7 78. Bf1 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Quest (DeepFritz)"]
[Black "Gandalf 5.0"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3.
Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10.
Rd1 Qe7 11. e4 e5 12. h3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Bf1 Rd8 15. Be3 {last book move}
15... c5 16. Nde2 Nc6 17. a3 {Secures b4} 17... b5 18. Bg5 Be6 19. f4 h6 20.
Bxf6 Qxf6 21. e5 Nxe5 22. Ne4 (22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. g4 Rac8 $14) 22... Qf5 23.
fxe5 ({Worse is} 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. fxe5 Rd5 $17) 23... Bxe5 24. a4 Bxb2 (24...
b4 $142 $5 {must definitely be considered} 25. g4 Qf3 $11) 25. Qxb2 $16 Qxe4
26. axb5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 axb5 28. Qxb5 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qf2 30. Qd3 Rc8 31. Qc3 Kh8
32. Ng3 c4 33. Be2 f6 34. Rf1 Qb6 35. Nh5 Rc7 (35... Qb3 36. Qd4 Qb7 37. Rxf6
gxf6 38. Qxf6+ Kh7 39. Qxe6 Rf8 40. Nf6+ Kg7 $18) 36. Nxf6 $1 {
Demolishes the pawn shield.} 36... Rf7 (36... gxf6 37. Qxf6+) 37. Ne4 Rxf1+ 38.
Bxf1 Bd5 39. Qe5 Qe6 (39... Bg8 40. Nd2 Qf2 $18) 40. Qxe6 Bxe6 41. Kg1 Bf5 42.
Nc3 Be6 43. Kf2 g5 44. Ke3 Kg7 45. Kd4 Kg6 46. Bxc4 Bxc4 (46... Bd7 {
does not help much} 47. Bd3+ Kg7 48. g4 $18) 47. Kxc4 g4 (47... Kf5 {
the only chance to get some counterplay} 48. Kd5 Kf4 $18) 48. hxg4 (48. hxg4
Kh7 49. Nb5 Kg7 50. Nd6 Kg8 51. Nf5 Kh7 52. Kd5 Kg6 53. Nxh6 Kxh6 54. Ke4 Kg5
55. Kf3 Kh4 56. g5 Kxg5 57. Kg3 Kf5 58. Kh4 Kg6 59. Kg4 Kf6 60. Kh5 Kg7 61. Kg5
Kh7 62. Kf6 Kh8 63. g4 Kg8 64. Kg6 Kh8 65. g5 Kg8 66. Kh6 Kf7 67. g6+ Kf8 68.
Kh7 Ke7 69. g7 Kd6 70. Kg6 Ke5 71. g8=Q Kd4 72. Kf5 Kd3 73. Ke5 Ke3 74. Qd5 Kf2
75. Qd2+ Kf3 76. Kf5 Kg3 77. Qe2 Kh3 78. Kf4 Kh4 79. Qg4#) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goliath"]
[Black "Rebel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{A00: Irregular Openings} 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nxf6+
Nxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 {last book move} 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be2 e6 9. Qd3 Qd5 10. O-O Bg6 11.
Qd1 O-O-O 12. Be3 Bd6 13. c4 Qa5 14. a3 {Covers b4} 14... c6 15. c5 {
White gains space} 15... Bb8 16. Re1 Qc7 17. a4 (17. b4 Nd5 $11) 17... Rhe8 18.
a5 (18. b4 e5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 $11) 18... Ne4 (18... a6 $5 $15) 19. Qb3 a6 {
Prevents intrusion on b5} 20. Ra3 h6 {Controls g5} 21. Kf1 Bf5 22. Qc4 (22. Qb6
$5 $11) 22... Nf6 23. Bd2 g5 24. Bd3 Qd7 25. Bxf5 exf5 {Black gets in control.}
26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rd3 Nd5 28. Rb3 Qe6 29. Qd3 g4 30. Ng1 Nf4 31. Qc2 gxh3 32.
gxh3 Nd5 {The knight feels good on d5} 33. Qd3 (33. Rf3 $5 {is worth looking at
} 33... f4 34. Qd3 $15) 33... Bf4 $17 34. Ra3 Bxd2 35. Qxd2 Qe4 36. Nf3 Qb1+
37. Ne1 f4 38. Rf3 h5 39. Ra3 Qe4 {The mate threat is Qh1} 40. Rf3 Nf6 41. b3
Re6 42. h4 Ng4 43. Qd1 Nh2+ 44. Kg2 Nxf3 (44... Qxe1 $6 {is much worse} 45.
Qxe1 Rxe1 46. Kxh2 $11) 45. Nxf3 Qg6+ 46. Kh3 Qg4+ 47. Kh2 Kb8 48. b4 Ka8 49.
d5 Rg6 (49... cxd5 $142 {and Black wins} 50. b5 axb5 51. Qxd5 Rg6 $19) 50. Qh1
cxd5 51. Ng5 (51. b5 $19 {is one last hope}) 51... d4 52. c6 (52. Qd5 f3 $1 {
surprise!} 53. Qxf3 Rxg5 54. Qxg4 Rxg4 $19) 52... Qxh4+ 53. Nh3 Rxc6 (53...
Rxc6 54. Qg2 Rc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "SpiderGirl"]
[Black "Shredder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{A30: Symmetrical English: Double Fianchetto and Hedgehog} 1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nf6
3. c4 e6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. d3 Be7 7. Bf4 {last book move} 7... Nh5 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Na3 Nf6 10. Bf4 b6 11. Qb3 Bb7 12. Rad1 a6 {Consolidates b5} 13. Rc1 d4
{Black wins space} 14. Ra1 Nh5 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. e4 dxe3 17. fxe3 Rad8 18. Rad1
Nf6 19. Bc3 Ng4 {Black launches an attack} 20. Rfe1 Bd6 21. Re2 Nce5 22. Nxe5
Bxe5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. e4 (24. Nc2 Qf3 25. Rdd2 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Qf5 $15) 24...
Bc7 25. d4 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Qc6 27. h3 (27. Kg2 Rd7 28. Qf3 Nxh2 29. Kxh2 e5 $17)
27... Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Qc5 29. Kg2 Qxd4 30. hxg4 Rd8 31. Qf3 (31. g5 Be5 $19)
31... Qc5 (31... Bd6 $5 32. Rc2 $19) 32. Rc2 Rd4 33. Re2 Be5 34. Rf2 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 34... Rd7 35. Qb3 f6 36. Re2 Bc7 37. Rf2 Rd4 38.
Qf3 Qd6 39. g5 (39. Nc2 Rd3 40. Ne3 $19) 39... Rd3 (39... fxg5 $4 {
simply mating in 3} 40. Qf7+ Kh8 41. Qe8+ Qf8 42. Rxf8#) 40. e5 Qd8 41. Qg4
Bxe5 (41... fxe5 $6 42. Qxe6+ Kh8 43. Qf5 Qa8+ 44. Kh2 $17) 42. gxf6 $2 (42.
Qxe6+ Kh8 43. Kf1 $19) 42... Rxg3+ (42... Rxg3+ 43. Qxg3 Bxg3 44. f7+ Kf8 45.
Kxg3 h5 $19) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Diep"]
[Black "Gromit 3.9.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{E00: Catalan Bogo-Indian (3 g3 Bb4+)} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5
5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Ne2 e5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 bxa3 11. Nxa3 a5
12. Qd2 Bg4 {last book move} 13. Nb5 {The white knight on an outpost} 13...
Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qb6 15. d5 {White gets more space} (15. Nxd6 $4 {
the pawn is indigestible} 15... Nxd4 16. Qe1 Qxd6 17. Rxa5 b6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 $19
) 15... Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Rfd1 Qc5 18. Ra3 Rfe8 19. Rb3 Qc7 20. Bh3 a4 21.
Ra3 Ra5 22. Rda1 Rea8 23. f3 {Secures g4} 23... Qc5+ 24. Kg2 b6 25. Qd3 h6 26.
Qc3 Kh8 27. Rc1 Kg8 28. Qd2 R8a7 29. Bf5 Rc7 30. Rc2 Kh8 31. h4 (31. b4 axb3
32. Rxb3 Ng8 $14) 31... h5 (31... Ng8 32. f4 Re7 33. b4 axb3 34. Rxb3 exf4 35.
Qxf4 $11 (35. gxf4 $143 g6 $17)) 32. Ra1 (32. b4 axb3 33. Rxb3 Ng8 $14) 32...
Raa7 $11 33. Rc3 Qb4 34. Qc2 Ra5 35. Rc1 a3 (35... Rac5 $5 $11 {
should not be overlooked}) 36. Rb3 $14 Qc5 37. bxa3 Rxa3 38. Rxa3 Qxa3 39. Rb1
g6 40. Bh3 Qa6 41. Qf2 Rxc4 42. Rxb6 (42. Qxb6 $4 Rc2+ 43. Kh1 Qe2 $19) 42...
Qa4 43. Rb2 (43. Rxd6 $2 {fails to} 43... Nxe4 44. fxe4 Rc2 $19) 43... Kg7 44.
Qd2 Rc5 45. Kh2 Rc7 46. Bg2 Nd7 47. Qg5 Nf6 48. Qe3 Nd7 49. Qe1 Qa3 50. Qb1 Qc5
51. Ra2 Qc4 52. Bf1 Qd4 53. Bb5 f5 {Trying to unravel the pawn chain} 54. Bxd7
Rxd7 55. Qb8 fxe4 56. Ra8 {Do you see the mate threat?} 56... Kh6 (56... Qxd5
$4 {leads to mate in 2} 57. Qf8+ Kh7 58. Qh8#) 57. Qf8+ Rg7 58. fxe4 Qd2+ 59.
Kg1 Qd3 60. Qh8+ Rh7 61. Qf8+ Rg7 62. Qf2 {Threatening mate: Rh8} (62. Qxd6 $4
{taking the pawn is naive} 62... Qxg3+ 63. Kh1 Rf7 64. Qf8+ Rxf8 65. Rxf8 Qxh4+
66. Kg1 Qe1+ 67. Rf1 Qxe4 $19) 62... Kh7 63. Kh2 Qxe4 64. Qf8 {
Threatening mate... how?} 64... Qe2+ 65. Kh3 Kh6 66. Qh8+ (66. Qxd6 Rf7 67.
Rh8+ Kg7 68. Rg8+ Kxg8 69. Qxg6+ Kf8 70. Qh6+ Ke8 71. Qe6+ Re7 72. Qg6+ Kd8 73.
Qd6+ Rd7 74. Qf8+ Kc7 75. Qc5+ Kb8 76. Qb4+ Rb7 77. Qf8+ Ka7 78. Qa3+ Qa6 79.
Qc5+ Rb6 80. Qe7+ Ka8 81. Qxe5 Qf1+ 82. Kh2 Rf6 83. Qe8+ Kb7 84. Qe7+ Ka6 85.
Qa3+ Kb5 86. Qb3+ Kc5 87. Qc3+ Kxd5 88. Qa5+ Kc6 89. Qa8+ Kd7 90. Qa7+ Ke8 91.
Qa8+ Kf7 92. Qd5+ Ke7 93. Qc5+ Rd6 94. Qc7+ Ke6 95. Qc8+ Kd5 96. Qb7+ Rc6 97.
Qd7+ Kc5 98. Qe7+ Kc4 99. Qe4+ Kb5 100. Qd5+ Rc5 101. Qb3+ Ka5 102. Qa2+ Kb4
103. Qb2+ Kc4 104. Qa2+ Kd4 105. Qb2+ Ke4 106. Qb7+ Rd5 107. Qb4+ Kf3 108. Qf4+
Ke2 109. Qe4+ Kf2 110. Qc2+ Qe2 111. Qxe2+ Kxe2 112. Kg2 Rd1 113. g4 hxg4 114.
Kg3 Rg1+ 115. Kf4 g3 116. h5 g2 117. Kg3 Kf1 118. Kf3 Rh1 119. Kf4 Rxh5 120.
Kg4 Rd5 121. Kf4 Ke2 122. Ke4 Rc5 123. Kd4 g1=Q+ 124. Ke4 Qe3#) 66... Rh7 67.
Qf8+ Rg7 68. Qh8+ (68. Qxd6 Rf7 69. Rh8+ Kg7 70. Rg8+ Kxg8 71. Qxg6+ Kf8 72.
Qh6+ Ke8 73. Qe6+ Re7 74. Qg6+ Kd8 75. Qd6+ Rd7 76. Qf8+ Kc7 77. Qc5+ Kb8 78.
Qb4+ Rb7 79. Qf8+ Ka7 80. Qa3+ Qa6 81. Qc5+ Rb6 82. Qe7+ Ka8 83. Qxe5 Qf1+ 84.
Kh2 Rf6 85. Qe8+ Kb7 86. Qe7+ Ka6 87. Qa3+ Kb5 88. Qb3+ Kc5 89. Qc3+ Kxd5 90.
Qa5+ Kd4 91. Qa7+ Ke5 92. Qa5+ Ke6 93. Qa2+ Kd7 94. Qd5+ Kc7 95. Qa5+ Rb6 96.
Qc5+ Rc6 97. Qe7+ Kb6 98. Qd8+ Kb5 99. Qd5+ Rc5 100. Qb3+ Ka5 101. Qa2+ Kb4
102. Qb2+ Kc4 103. Qa2+ Kd4 104. Qb2+ Ke4 105. Qb7+ Rd5 106. Qb4+ Kf3 107. Qf4+
Ke2 108. Qc4+ Rd3 109. Qe6+ Kd1 110. Qa2 Rd2+ 111. Qxd2+ Kxd2 112. g4 Ke3 113.
gxh5 Kf2 114. h6 Qg2#) 68... Rh7 69. Qf8+ Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tao"]
[Black "Ruy Lopez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C31: Falkbeer Counter Gambit: 3 exd5 c6 and 3...e4 sidelines.} 1. e4 e5 2. f4
exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 c6 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. Ne5
Nxd5 10. Nxd5+ cxd5 11. Bxf4 f6 12. Nd3 Nc6 13. O-O-O Bxf4+ 14. Nxf4 Kd6 {
last book move} 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Bf3 {Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn}
16... Nb4 17. c3 g5 18. Kd2 ({Not} 18. cxb4 Rhc8+ (18... gxf4 $6 19. Kd2 $11)
19. Kd2 Rc2+ (19... gxf4 $6 20. Rc1 $11) 20. Ke1 gxf4 $17) 18... gxf4 19. cxb4
Be4 20. Rhe1 Rae8 21. Rc1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 h5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. b5 Rg8 25. Re1 h4
26. Re2 h3 27. Kc3 Rg1 28. Rf2 f5 29. Kc2 Re1 30. Kd2 Ra1 31. Kc3 Rxa2 32. Rf1
Ra4 33. Rg1 Rc4+ 34. Kd3 Rb4 35. Kc3 Rxb5 36. Rg6+ Ke7 37. Rh6 Kf7 38. Rxh3 {
The passed pawn on h2 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} 38... Rb6 39.
Rh7+ Kf6 40. Rh6+ Kg5 41. Rh7 a5 42. b3 Rh6 43. Rxh6 $4 (43. Rg7+ $142 {
is the best chance} 43... Kf6 44. Rxb7 $15) 43... Kxh6 $19 44. b4 a4 45. b5 Kh5
(45... b6 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 46. Kb4 Kg5 47. Kxa4 $19) 46. Kb4 Kh4
(46... b6 $142 {might be the shorter path} 47. Kxa4 Kh4 48. Kb4 $19) 47. b6 Kh3
48. Kxa4 Kxh2 49. Kb5 (49. Kb3 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 49... Kg2 50.
Kc3 Kxf3 51. Kb4 Ke3 52. Kc5 f3 53. Kd6 f2 54. Ke5 f1=Q 55. Ke6 f4 56. Ke7 f3
57. Kf6 f2 58. Kg6 Qd3+ 59. Kf6 f1=Q+ 60. Ke7 Qe4+ 61. Kd7 Qf7+ 62. Kd6 Qfe7#)
49... Kg3 50. Kc5 Kxf3 51. Kxd5 Kg4 52. Kc4 (52. Ke6 {
cannot undo what has already been done} 52... f3 53. d5 f2 54. Kf7 f1=Q 55. d6
Qd3 56. Ke7 Qxd6+ 57. Kxd6 f4 58. Kc7 f3 59. Kxb7 f2 60. Kc7 f1=Q 61. b7 Qc4+
62. Kd7 Qd5+ 63. Kc7 Qc5+ 64. Kd7 Qb6 65. Kc8 Qc6+ 66. Kb8 Kf5 67. Ka7 Qc7 68.
Ka8 Qa5+ 69. Kb8 Ke6 70. Kc8 Qc5+ 71. Kb8 Ke5 72. Ka8 Qa5+ 73. Kb8 Kd6 74. Kc8
Qc7#) 52... f3 53. Kd3 (53. Kc3 {is no salvation} 53... f2 54. d5 Kh3 55. d6
f1=Q 56. Kc2 Qf2+ 57. Kb3 Qxb6+ 58. Kc2 Qxd6 59. Kb3 f4 60. Ka4 f3 61. Kb3 f2
62. Kb2 Qd3 63. Ka1 Qe2 64. Kb1 f1=Q#) 53... Kg3 54. d5 f2 55. Ke2 (55. Kc4 {
doesn't get the bull off the ice} 55... f1=Q+ 56. Kc3 Qa1+ 57. Kd2 Qa2+ 58. Kc3
Qxd5 59. Kb4 Qd4+ 60. Kb5 Qxb6+ 61. Kxb6 f4 62. Kxb7 f3 63. Kc6 f2 64. Kd5 Kf4
65. Kc4 Ke4 66. Kc5 f1=Q 67. Kd6 Qc4 68. Ke7 Qc6 69. Kd8 Ke5 70. Ke7 Qb7+ 71.
Kd8 Kd6 72. Ke8 Qe7#) 55... Kg2 56. Kd3 f1=Q+ 57. Kc3 (57. Ke3 {
doesn't improve anything} 57... Qf2+ 58. Kd3 Qf3+ 59. Kd4 Qxd5+ 60. Kxd5 f4 61.
Kd6 f3 62. Kc7 f2 63. Kxb7 f1=Q 64. Kc7 Qc4+ 65. Kd7 Qd5+ 66. Kc7 Qc5+ 67. Kb7
Kf3 68. Ka8 Ke4 69. b7 Qa5+ 70. Kb8 Kd5 71. Kc8 Qa6 72. Kc7 Qc6+ 73. Kb8 Qd7
74. Ka7 Kc6 75. Ka6 Qxb7+ 76. Ka5 Qb5#) 57... Qe1+ (57... Qf3+ 58. Kd4 Qxd5+
59. Kxd5 f4 60. Kd6 f3 61. Kc7 f2 62. Kxb7 f1=Q 63. Kc7 Qc4+ 64. Kd7 Qd5+ 65.
Kc7 Qc5+ 66. Kb7 Kf3 67. Ka8 Ke4 68. b7 Qa5+ 69. Kb8 Kd5 70. Kc8 Qa6 71. Kc7
Qc6+ 72. Kb8 Qd7 73. Ka7 Kc6 74. Ka6 Qxb7+ 75. Ka5 Qb5#) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "ParSOS"]
[Black "IsiChess X"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B99: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4 Be7 8 Qf3 Qc7 9 0-0-0 Nbd7} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 d6 {Secures e5} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Covers b5} 6. Bg5 e6 {
Prevents intrusion on d5+f5} 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 b5 11.
Rhe1 Bb7 12. Qg3 b4 13. Nd5 (13. Nb1 $142 $5 $11 {is worthy of consideration})
13... exd5 $17 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nh5 16. Qh4 Bxg5+ 17. Qxg5 g6 {
Consolidates f5} 18. e6 {Do you see the mate threat?} 18... Nc5 19. exf7+ Kxf7
20. Rf1+ Kg8 21. Nf5 Ne6 (21... Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 Rf8 23. Re3 $11) 22. Nh6+ Kg7
23. Nf5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pharaon"]
[Black "XiNiX"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Be7 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O
Be6 {last book move} 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c3 Qd7 8. Qb3 Na6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Qc2 c5
11. Nb3 Rac8 12. Qe2 Qa4 13. c4 Nb4 14. Ng5 Nd7 (14... Qd7 $142 $5 $11 {
should not be overlooked}) 15. Nxe6 $16 Rf6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nf3 Nxa2 18. Qd1 Nb8
19. Be3 Nc6 20. Nxc5 $1 {Discovered attack} 20... Qxd1 (20... dxc5 21. Qxa4)
21. Rfxd1 (21. Raxd1 $2 dxc5 22. Nh4 Nab4 $19) 21... dxc5 22. Rxa2 Rg6 23. h4
b6 24. h5 Rd6 25. Ra3 Rcd8 26. Kf1 R8d7 27. Ke2 Kh8 28. Bd2 Bf6 29. Bc3 Re6 30.
Nh2 Bg5 31. Ng4 Kh7 32. f3 Kg8 33. g3 Rf7 34. Rf1 a5 35. Rb3 Bd8 36. Ne3 g6 37.
hxg6 Rxg6 38. g4 Kh7 39. Rh1 Rff6 40. Nd5 Rf7 41. Rh5 (41. Nxb6 $6 Rb7 42. Na4
Rxb3 43. Nxc5 a4 $11) 41... Rg5 42. Rh3 (42. Nxb6 $6 Rb7 43. Na4 Rxb3 44. Nxc5
Rxc3 45. bxc3 Rxh5 46. gxh5 Bg5 $11) 42... Rg6 43. Ra3 (43. Nxb6 $6 Rb7 $11)
43... Re6 44. Rh5 Rb7 45. f4 Rg6 46. Ra1 Rf7 47. f5 {
The passed pawn on f5 quickly leads to threats} 47... Rg5 48. Rah1 Rxh5 49.
Rxh5 Rg7 50. f6 Rxg4 51. Bxe5 Nxe5 52. Rxe5 Rg2+ 53. Kf3 Rg8 54. Rf5 Rg5 55.
Rxg5 hxg5 56. Ne7 Bc7 57. Kg4 a4 (57... Be5 {is the last straw} 58. f7 Kg7 59.
f8=Q+ Kxf8 60. Ng6+ Kf7 61. Nxe5+ Ke6 $18) 58. Kxg5 Be5 (58... b5 {
doesn't change anything anymore} 59. cxb5 c4 60. dxc4 $18) 59. f7 Kg7 60. f8=Q+
$1 {an unpleasant surprise} 60... Kxf8 {A deflection} 61. Ng6+ {A double attack
} 61... Kf7 62. Nxe5+ Ke6 63. Nf3 Ke7 64. Kf5 (64. Kf5 Ke8 65. Nd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Quest (DeepFritz)"]
[Black "Deep Junior 7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qe7 10.
h3 e5 11. a3 Bb8 12. Ba2 h6 13. Nh4 Rd8 14. Nf5 Qe8 15. Ne2 Nf8 16. dxe5 Bxf5
17. Qxf5 Qxe5 18. Ng3 Qxf5 19. Nxf5 Ne6 20. b4 Be5 21. Rb1 Ne4 22. Bb2 Bxb2 23.
Rxb2 Rd7 {last book move} 24. Rc1 Rad8 25. f3 Nf6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Nd4 e5 28.
Ne6 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Rxc1 30. Nxd8 b5 31. Rd2 Kf8 32. Ne6+ Kf7 33. Nc5 Rc3 34. Rd3
Rxd3 35. Nxd3 Nd7 36. Kg3 Kf6 37. h4 Nb6 38. f4 exf4+ 39. Kxf4 {
The passed pawn on e3 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} ({
Less advisable is} 39. Nxf4 Nc4 $17) 39... Nc4 40. h5 Nxa3 41. Ne5 Nc2 42. Nxc6
a6 43. g4 Kf7 44. Ke4 Kf6 45. Kd3 Na3 46. Nd4 Nc4 47. Nf3 a5 48. bxa5 Nxa5 49.
Kd4 b4 50. e4 b3 51. Kc3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ruy Lopez"]
[Black "IsiChess X"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C80: Open Ruy Lopez: Sidelines and 9 Nbd2} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bxc6 {last book move} 8... dxc6 9.
Nxe5 Ne6 10. d3 O-O 11. a4 Bd6 12. Bd2 Nd4 13. Nc4 Be7 14. h3 {Controls g4}
14... c5 15. Nd5 (15. Ne2 $5 $11 {must be considered}) 15... Qxd5 $17 16. Rxe7
Ne6 {Threatening Qd8} 17. Be3 Rd8 18. Qe1 Kf8 19. Rxc7 (19. Rxe6 $5 Bxe6 20.
Qa5 $17) 19... Nxc7 $19 20. Nb6 Qc6 21. Nxa8 Nxa8 22. a5 Nc7 23. b4 cxb4 24.
Qxb4+ Kg8 25. Re1 Nd5 (25... Qxc2 $6 26. Rc1 Qxd3 27. Rxc7 $11) 26. Qd2 Nxe3
27. Rxe3 Be6 28. Rg3 Qc7 29. d4 (29. c4 g6 30. Qc3 Rd5 $19) 29... Rd5 30. Ra3
Qc4 31. c3 Qc7 32. Qb2 Rb5 (32... Rxa5 $6 33. Rxa5 Qxa5 34. Qxb7 $19) 33. Qc1
Rxa5 {The passed pawn on a6 quickly leads to threats} 34. Rxa5 Qxa5 35. Qe3 (
35. c4 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 35... Qc7 36. c5 b6 $19) 35... Qd8
36. Qf3 a5 (36... Bd5 $142 $5 {makes it even easier for Black} 37. Qe2 b5 38.
f4 $19) 37. Qxb7 g5 (37... Bd5 {seems even better} 38. Qb2 $19) 38. Qb5 g4 (
38... Qd5 $5 {might be the shorter path} 39. Qb6 h6 40. Qb8+ Kg7 41. Qa7 $19)
39. hxg4 Bxg4 40. Qe5 (40. d5 Bd7 41. Qc5 a4 $19) 40... a4 41. Qg3 $2 (41. Qc5
$19) 41... h5 42. f3 (42. Qd3 {the last chance for counterplay} 42... Qa5 43.
Qc4 $19) 42... a3 43. Qf2 (43. fxg4 {is not much help} 43... a2 44. gxh5+ Kf8
$19) 43... Be6 44. Qf1 (44. c4 {doesn't improve anything} 44... Bxc4 45. Qg3+
Kh7 $19) 44... a2 45. Qc1 Qa5 46. Kh2 a1=Q 47. Qf4 Qf5 (47... Q1xc3 48. Qg3+
Kh8 49. d5 Qe3 50. Qb8+ Kh7 51. Qf4 Qxf4+ 52. g3 Qfd2+ 53. Kg1 Qa1#) 48. Qg3+
Qg6 49. Qf2 h4 50. Qxh4 Qc1 51. f4 (51. Qd8+ {hardly improves anything} 51...
Kg7 52. Qh4 Qd2 53. Qh7+ Kxh7 54. c4 Qgxg2#) 51... Bd5 52. Qh8+ (52. Qf2 {
doesn't do any good} 52... Qxf4+ $1 {Demolition of pawn structure} 53. Kh1 Qb1+
54. Qf1 Qbxf1#) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gandalf 5.0"]
[Black "Goliath"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C45: Scotch Game} 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 O-O-O 10. g3 g6 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Bg2 Rhe8 {
Can e5 get defended?} 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1
17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3 c6 19. Rc1 Kb8 {last book move} 20. Ne2 Rde8 21. Nd4 Kb7
22. f4 Re3 23. Kf2 Kb6 24. Bf1 f6 25. f5 g5 26. Ne6 Re5 ({Instead of} 26...
dxe6 27. Kxe3 exf5+ 28. Kd2 $14) 27. Nc5 Rxf5+ 28. Kg1 Kc7 29. Bh3 Rfe5 30.
Nxd7 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Kf2 Ra1 33. a4 Ra2+ 34. Kg1 h6 35. Nxf6 Rb2 36.
Bg4 Rxb3 37. Ng8 Rb4 38. Nxh6 Rxa4 39. Kf2 (39. h3 $142 $17) 39... a5 $19 40.
h3 (40. Be2 Rb4 41. Bd1 a4 42. Bxa4 Rxa4 $19) 40... Rb4 41. Bd1 a4 42. Bxa4
Rxa4 43. Nf7 g4 44. hxg4 Rxg4 45. Nh6 (45. Ne5 {hoping against hope} 45... Rg8
46. Nd3 $19) 45... Rg6 46. Nf5 (46. Ng4 {
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 46... Rxg4 47. Kf3 Rxg3+ 48.
Kxg3 c5 49. Kf3 Kd6 50. Ke3 Ke5 51. Kd3 c4+ 52. Kc3 Ke4 53. Kd2 d4 54. Kd1 Ke3
55. Kc2 Ke2 56. Kb2 d3 57. Kc3 d2 58. Kxc4 d1=Q 59. Kc5 Qd7 60. Kc4 Kd2 61. Kc5
Kc3 62. Kb6 Kb4 63. Ka6 Kc5 64. Ka5 Qb5#) 46... Rf6 47. g4 Rxf5+ 48. gxf5 (48.
Kg3 {does not solve anything} 48... Rg5 49. Kf3 Rxg4 50. Kxg4 c5 51. Kf3 Kd6
52. Ke3 Ke5 53. Kd3 c4+ 54. Kc3 Ke4 55. Kd2 d4 56. Kd1 Ke3 57. Kc2 Ke2 58. Kb2
d3 59. Kc3 d2 60. Kxc4 d1=Q 61. Kc5 Qd7 62. Kc4 Kd2 63. Kc5 Kc3 64. Kb6 Kb4 65.
Ka6 Kc5 66. Ka5 Qb5#) 48... Kd6 (48... Kd6 49. f6 Ke6 50. f7 Kxf7 51. Ke2 c5
52. Kd3 Ke6 53. Kc3 d4+ 54. Kc4 Ke5 55. Kd3 c4+ 56. Kxc4 Ke4 57. Kb3 d3 58. Kc3
Ke3 59. Kb2 d2 60. Kc2 Ke2 61. Kc3 d1=Q 62. Kc4 Qd6 63. Kc3 Qc5+ 64. Kb3 Kd2
65. Ka4 Qb6 66. Ka3 Kc3 67. Ka2 Qb2#) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gromit 3.9.5"]
[Black "Tao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{A21: English Opening: 1...e5 2 Nc3} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5.
d4 {last book move} 5... exd4 6. exd4 {White gets strong initiative} 6... d5 7.
Bg5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. O-O Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 {
The pressure on the isolated pawn grows} 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd4
14. Re4 Qc5 (14... Qd6 15. Rae1 $14) 15. Rae1 $16 h5 16. Nd5 Rh6 17. b4 $1 {
staying in the lead} (17. Nxc7 $6 Ne5 18. Rxe5 Qxc7 19. Qa3+ Kg8 20. Re8+ Rxe8
21. Rxe8+ Kh7 22. Bd3+ Rg6 $18) 17... Qd6 (17... Qxb4 18. Nxb4) 18. b5 Nd4 (
18... Ne5 $142 19. Qe3 g5 20. bxa6 bxa6 $16) 19. Qe3 $18 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 19... Ne6 20. Nf4 (20. Nxf6 $6 Rxf6 21. bxa6 bxa6
$14) 20... axb5 21. Nxe6+ (21. Bxe6 $6 g5 22. Nd3 fxe6 23. Rxe6 Qd8 $16) 21...
fxe6 22. Rxe6 {Threatening mate: Re8} (22. Bxe6 $6 Ra4 $14) 22... bxc4 23. Re8+
Kf7 24. Rxa8 {The mate threat is Qe8} 24... Qe7 25. Qd2 Qd6 26. Qe2 {
Threatening mate... how?} 26... Qc6 27. h4 (27. Rc8 $142 $5 g5 28. Rb1 $18)
27... Rg6 $16 {Threatening mate: Qxg2} 28. g3 {White threatens strongly Rc8}
28... Rg4 29. Rc8 g6 30. Re8 Rd4 31. Qe3 Rd8 32. Re7+ Kg8 33. Re6 {
With the decisive threat Qh6} 33... Rd6 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Qf4 {
Threatening mate... how?} 35... Qd7 36. Qxc4 {The mate threat is Qg8} 36... Qf7
37. Qf4 Rd8 (37... Rd4 $142 $5 38. Qc1 c6 $18) 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 39. Qb4 b6 40. Rd1
c5 41. Qb5 Be7 42. Rd7 (42. Qxb6 $6 Qxa2 43. Rd7 Qa1+ 44. Kg2 Qe5 $18) 42...
Qe6 43. Rb7 Qe1+ 44. Qf1 {Do you see the mate threat?} 44... Qe4 45. Rxb6 Bf6 (
45... Bd8 46. Ra6 Be7 $18) 46. Qb1 Qxb1+ 47. Rxb1 Kf7 (47... Bc3 $18 {
there is nothing else anyway}) 48. a4 Bc3 49. Rb5 Bd4 50. a5 Ke7 51. a6 c4 52.
Rb7+ Kd6 53. a7 Bxa7 54. Rxa7 Kd5 (54... c3 {
a last effort to resist the inevitable} 55. Ra3 c2 56. Rd3+ Ke5 57. f4+ Ke6 58.
Re3+ Kd5 $18) 55. g4 hxg4 56. Rc7 g3 (56... c3 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} 57. Rxc3 Kd6 58. Rg3 Ke6 59. Rxg4 Kf7 60.
Rxg6 Kxg6 61. Kg2 Kf5 62. Kf3 Ke5 63. Kg4 Kd6 64. f4 Ke6 65. Kg5 Kd5 66. h5 Ke6
67. h6 Kf7 68. f5 Kf8 69. f6 Kg8 70. Kf5 Kf8 71. h7 Kf7 72. Ke5 Ke8 73. f7+
Kxf7 74. h8=Q Ke7 75. Qg7+ Kd8 76. Kd6 Kc8 77. Qc7#) 57. f4 Ke4 (57... g2 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} 58. f5 $1 {a devastating blow} 58...
Kd4 59. Rxc4+ Kd5 60. fxg6 Ke6 61. Kxg2 Kf6 62. Rc6+ Ke5 63. g7 Kd5 64. Rg6 Ke5
65. Kf3 Kd4 66. g8=Q Kc5 67. Qb8 Kc4 68. Rc6+ Kd3 69. Qd6#) 58. Kg2 (58. Rxc4+
Kf5 59. Rc3 Ke6 60. Rxg3 Kf7 61. Rxg6 Kxg6 62. Kf2 Kf6 63. h5 Kg7 64. Kf3 Kh7
65. f5 Kg7 66. Kf4 Kh6 67. f6 Kh7 68. Ke5 Kh6 69. Ke6 Kxh5 70. f7 Kg4 71. f8=Q
Kg3 72. Qf1 Kg4 73. Qf2 Kh3 74. Ke5 Kg4 75. Qg2+ Kh4 76. Kf4 Kh5 77. Qg5#)
58... Kf5 (58... Kd4 {is not the saving move} 59. Rxc4+ Kd5 60. f5 gxf5 61.
Kxg3 Kxc4 62. Kf4 Kd5 63. Kxf5 Kd6 64. Kf6 Kd5 65. h5 Kc4 66. h6 Kc3 67. h7 Kd4
68. h8=Q Kc4 69. Ke5 Kd3 70. Qc8 Ke2 71. Qc3 Kd1 72. Ke4 Ke2 73. Qb2+ Kd1 74.
Kd3 Ke1 75. Qe2#) 59. Rxc4 Kf6 60. Kxg3 (60. Kxg3 Ke6 61. f5+ Kxf5 62. Rc6 Ke4
63. Rxg6 Ke5 64. Kf3 Kf5 65. h5 Ke5 66. h6 Kf5 67. Rb6 Ke5 68. h7 Kd4 69. h8=Q+
Kc5 70. Qf6 Kc4 71. Ke3 Kc5 72. Qd4#) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "SpiderGirl"]
[Black "Pharaon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 1. d4
Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. c4 e6 8. b3 Be7 9.
Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 {last book move} 10... Qa5 11. a3 {Covers b4} 11... Ne4 (11...
Bxa3 $2 {fails to} 12. Ra1 $18) 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rad8 (14...
Bxa3 $2 {doesn't solve anything} 15. Ra1 $18) 15. b4 {White intends c5} 15...
Qb6 16. Qa4 Ra8 17. e4 dxe4 18. c5 {White wins space} 18... Qc7 19. Nxe4 Nf6
20. f3 {Consolidates e4+g4} 20... Rfd8 21. Rfe1 Nd5 {A valuable piece} 22. f4
Qd7 23. Nd2 g5 24. Nc4 gxf4 25. Qb3 Bg5 26. Rc2 fxg3 27. hxg3 Nc7 28. Rf2 Qd5+
29. Kg1 Nb5 {Increases the pressure on the backward pawn} 30. Qd3 (30. Re5 Qd7
(30... Nxd4 $143 31. Qc3 $16) 31. Rxg5+ hxg5 $11) 30... Nxd4 {
Black gets strong play along the open d-file} 31. Nd6 {
Attacking the backward pawn on f7} 31... Nf5 32. Qc3 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 32... f6 33. Qc2 (33. Ne4 $142 $5 {
is an interesting idea} 33... Qd3 34. g4 $11) 33... Rxd6 $17 34. cxd6 Qxd6 35.
Qb3 Qd5 ({Inferior is} 35... Nxg3 36. Bxf6 (36. Rxe6 $6 Qd5 37. Qxd5 cxd5 $17)
36... Bxf6 37. Rxe6 $14) 36. Qxd5 cxd5 37. Rxe6 Nxg3 38. Rf3 {
Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on f6} 38... Kf7 39. Rd6 Ne4 40.
Rd7+ Ke6 41. Rxb7 Nd6 42. Rh7 a6 43. Rxh6 Bxh6 44. Rxf6+ Kd7 45. Rxh6 Nc4 46.
Bc1 a5 47. Rh7+ Ke6 48. Rh6+ Ke5 49. b5 (49. bxa5 Rxa5 50. Kf2 Kd4 $15) 49...
a4 50. Ra6 Rb8 51. Rxa4 Rxb5 52. Rb4 Rc5 53. a4 Ke4 {Black activates its king}
54. Kf2 d4 55. Bh6 (55. Ke2 d3+ 56. Kd1 Kd5 $15) 55... Rc7 $17 56. Kg3 Ne3 57.
Bg5 Nd5 58. Rb2 Rc3+ 59. Kg4 d3 (59... Ra3 60. Re2+ Kd3 61. Rd2+ Kc3 62. Kf3
Kc4+ 63. Ke4 Nc3+ 64. Ke5 $19) 60. Rh2 $17 Rc8 (60... Ra3 61. Rh4 $17) 61. Bd2
(61. Rh4 $142 $5 $15 {is interesting}) 61... Ne3+ $19 62. Kg5 Nf1 63. Rh4+ Kd5
64. Rh3 Kc4 65. Rh4+ Kb3 66. Bb4 d2 (66... Rg8+ $5 67. Kf6 Rd8 $17 (67... Kxa4
$143 68. Rd4 $11)) 67. Rd4 $15 Kc2 68. Bxd2 Nxd2 69. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Crafty 18.10X"]
[Black "Diep"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nc3
O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Ne5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Nbd7 9. Qf3 {last book move} 9... e6 10. O-O
Nh5 {Black fights for the Initiative} 11. e4 (11. Nxd7 $5 {
might be a viable alternative} 11... Qxd7 12. Ne2 $11) 11... Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Nxe5
13. dxe5 d4 14. Ne2 c5 15. Qg3 Qb6 16. b3 Qc6 17. f3 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. f4
Qc6 20. Qd3 g5 21. g3 Kh8 22. fxg5 (22. Kh1 gxf4 23. gxf4 f6 24. exf6 Rxf6 $15)
22... Qc7 23. Rf1 Qe7 24. h4 Bxe5 {A comfortable square for the black bishop}
25. a3 f6 26. gxf6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 Bxf6 28. Rf1 Rg8 29. Kh2 Be5 30. Nf4 b6 31.
Qf3 Bd6 32. Kh3 c4 33. bxc4 Bxa3 34. e5 Bc5 35. Qh5 Bb4 36. Qh6 Bd2 37. Rf3
Bxf4 38. Qxf4 Rd8 39. g4 Kg7 40. g5 {This push gains space} 40... Kg8 41. Qg4
Kh8 42. Kg3 a5 43. Rb3 Rf8 44. Qxd4 (44. Rxb6 Qc5 45. g6 Qxe5+ (45... Qxb6 $143
46. g7+ Kg8 47. gxf8=R+ Kxf8 48. Qf3+ Kg8 49. Qa8+ Kg7 50. Qe8 $14) 46. Kh3
Qe3+ 47. Qg3 Qxg3+ 48. Kxg3 Rc8 $15) 44... Qf7 45. Qe3 ({Weaker is} 45. Qxb6
Qf4+ 46. Kh3 Qf5+ 47. Kh2 a4 $15) (45. Rxb6 Qf3+ 46. Kh2 Qe2+ 47. Kh1 Rf1+ 48.
Qg1 Qe4+ 49. Kh2 Qxe5+ 50. Kg2 Qe2+ 51. Kh1 Qe4+ 52. Kh2 Qxh4+ 53. Kg2 Rxg1+
54. Kxg1 Qxg5+ 55. Kf1 Qc1+ 56. Kf2 Qxc2+ 57. Kf3 Qd3+ 58. Kf2 Qd4+ 59. Kf3
Qxb6 60. c5 Qxc5 61. Kg4 h5+ 62. Kf3 Qe3+ 63. Kxe3 Kg7 64. Kd4 h4 65. Kc4 h3
66. Kb5 h2 67. Kxa5 Kf6 68. Kb4 Ke5 69. Kc5 h1=Q 70. Kc4 Qf3 71. Kc5 Qd5+ 72.
Kb6 Kd6 73. Ka7 Qb3 74. Ka6 Kc6 75. Ka5 Qa3#) 45... Qc7 46. Rxb6 Qxc4 47. g6
Qxc2 48. h5 Qc8 (48... hxg6 49. Rxe6 Rb8 50. Qh6+ Kg8 51. Rxg6+ Qxg6+ 52. Qxg6+
Kf8 53. Qd6+ Kg8 54. Qxb8+ Kf7 55. Qd6 a4 56. Qf6+ Ke8 57. e6 a3 58. Qf7+ Kd8
59. Qd7#) 49. Rd6 a4 50. Rd4 Qc6 51. Qa3 {The mate threat is Qxf8} 51... Rg8 (
51... Rb8 52. Qxa4 Qc3+ 53. Kg4 $11) 52. Rg4 (52. Rxa4 $5 Qb6 53. Qf3 hxg6 54.
Kh3 $11) 52... Rb8 $11 53. Kh4 h6 54. Qa1 (54. Rf4 $142 $5 {
has some apparent merit} 54... Qh1+ 55. Kg4 Qg1+ 56. Qg3 Qxg3+ 57. Kxg3 $11)
54... Qc2 $17 {Threatening mate... how?} 55. Qg1 {White prepares the advance g7
} (55. Rxa4 {leads to a pleasing mate} 55... Qf2+ 56. Kg4 Qf5+ 57. Kh4 Qg5+ 58.
Kh3 Rb3+ 59. Kh2 Qg3+ 60. Kh1 Qh3+ 61. Kg1 Rg3+ 62. Kf2 Qh2+ 63. Ke1 Rg1#)
55... a3 {White has to watch this pawn} 56. Qg3 Qd2 57. Ra4 Qd8+ 58. Kh3 Qd1
59. g7+ Kg8 {Threatening mate: Qxa4} 60. Rxa3 Qxh5+ 61. Qh4 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 61... Qf5+ 62. Qg4 Qxe5 63. Qg6 Qd5 {
Threatening mate... how?} (63... Qxg7 $6 64. Qxe6+ Kh7 65. Rg3 $11) 64. Qf6
Qh1+ 65. Kg3 Qe1+ 66. Kh2 Qe4 67. Ra2 (67. Qxh6 {
is not directly advisable since it leads to the following attractive mate}
67... Rb2+ 68. Qd2 Rxd2+ 69. Kh3 Qg2+ 70. Kh4 Rd4+ 71. Kh5 Qd5+ 72. Kh6 Rh4+
73. Kg6 Qf5#) 67... Qd5 {Do you see the mate threat?} 68. Ra3 Rc8 {
Threatening mate: Rc2} 69. Kh3 (69. Qxh6 {succumbs to an attractive mate} 69...
Rc2+ 70. Kg3 Qg2+ 71. Kf4 Rf2+ 72. Ke3 Re2+ 73. Kd4 Qe4+ 74. Kc5 Rc2+ 75. Kb6
Qb4+ 76. Ka6 Qxa3+ 77. Kb5 Qb3+ 78. Ka5 Ra2#) 69... Qh1+ 70. Kg3 {
The mate threat is Qxe6} 70... Qg1+ (70... Qe1+ $142 $5 71. Kh3 h5 $17) 71. Kh3
$11 Kh7 72. Qxe6 Qh1+ 73. Kg3 {Threatening mate: Qf5} 73... Rg8 74. Kf4 Qf1+
75. Rf3 {The mate threat is Qxg8} 75... Qxf3+ 76. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rebel"]
[Black "Chess Tiger 14.6 Gambit Tiger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B93: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 f4} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. Kh1 exf4 12. Bxf4
Bg4 13. Be3 {Manoeuvre Bf4-e3-d4-b6} 13... Rc8 14. a5 {last book move} 14...
Bh5 15. Bd4 Ne6 (15... Re8 16. Qd2 $11) 16. Bb6 {
An ideal square for the white bishop.} 16... Qd7 17. Qd2 Bd8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19.
exd5 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. b4 Rc7 22. c4 Bg6 23. Rac1 Qg4 24. Rfe1 Bf6 25. h3
Qh5 26. Re3 Qh6 27. Rce1 Qf4 28. Bf1 h5 29. Qd1 Rcc8 30. Qe2 h4 31. Kg1 Bf5 32.
Qd2 Bh7 33. Qa2 Bd8 34. Qa4 Bf5 35. Kh1 Bf6 36. Qa2 Bg6 37. Kg1 Bd8 38. Rb3 b6
39. axb6 Bxb6+ 40. Kh1 Rfe8 41. Ra1 (41. Qxa6 $4 {the pawn is indigestible}
41... Rxe1 42. c5 Rxf1+ 43. Qxf1 dxc5 $19) 41... Ra8 42. Ra3 Rab8 43. Rxa6 Be3
44. b5 {White gains space} (44. Re1 Bh5 (44... Rxb4 $143 45. Qa3 Rb1 46. Rxb1
Bxb1 47. Qxd6 $16) 45. Ra3 Bxf3 (45... Rxb4 $2 {doesn't work} 46. Qe2 $18) 46.
gxf3 Bd2 $15 (46... Rxb4 $2 {doesn't work because of} 47. Qe2 $18)) 44... Bc5 {
The bishop is not easily driven from c5} 45. Qd2 Re3 46. Qd1 Rbe8 47. Ra8 Rxa8
48. Rxa8+ Kh7 49. Be2 Qg3 50. Ra1 Qf2 51. Ra2 Rc3 52. Qa1 Qe3 53. Rd2 Be4 54.
Qe1 Kg8 55. Rd1 (55. Qxh4 $5 {should be examined more closely} 55... Bxf3 56.
Qd8+ Kh7 57. Qh4+ Kg6 58. Qg3+ Kh6 59. Qh4+ Kg6 60. Qg3+ Kh7 61. Qh4+ Kg8 62.
Qd8+ Kh7 63. Qh4+ $11) 55... Rc2 $15 56. Bd3 Bxd3 57. Qxe3 Bxe3 58. Ne1 (58.
Rxd3 $5 Rc1+ 59. Kh2 $15) 58... Rxc4 $17 59. Rxd3 Bb6 60. Rd1 Rb4 61. Nf3 Kh7 (
61... Rxb5 $6 62. Nxh4 g6 63. Nf3 $11) 62. Rc1 f6 63. Nd2 Rxb5 64. Nc4 Bc5 65.
Rd1 g5 66. Kh2 Kg6 67. Kh1 Kf5 68. Re1 Rb4 69. Na5 Re4 {Threatening mate: Rxe1}
70. Rd1 Rd4 {Do you see the mate threat?} 71. Rf1+ Ke4 72. Kh2 f5 73. Kh1 Rxd5
74. Re1+ Be3 75. Nb7 (75. Nc6 {does not save the day} 75... Rd2 $19) 75... g4
76. hxg4 (76. Nd8 {does not help much} 76... gxh3 77. gxh3 f4 $19) 76... fxg4
77. Kh2 Rd2 78. Na5 d5 79. Nb7 Kd3 80. Rb1 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shredder"]
[Black "Ferret"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C45: Scotch Game} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6.
Bd3 Ne7 7. Nc3 {last book move} 7... Ng6 8. O-O O-O 9. Na4 Bd4 10. Bc4 Qf6 11.
c3 Be5 12. g3 {Secures f4} 12... Qd8 13. f4 Bf6 14. e5 {White gets more space}
14... Be7 15. Qf3 Qe8 16. Be3 d6 {Prevents intrusion on c5} 17. b3 Bf5 18. Ba6
Rb8 19. Rad1 ({Inferior is} 19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. exd6 cxd6 $17) 19... c5 20. Rfe1
Bd7 21. Qe4 (21. Nb2 $5 $14) 21... Bc6 $11 22. Qc2 Bxa4 23. bxa4 dxe5 24. f5
Nh8 25. f6 Bxf6 26. Bxc5 Ng6 27. Bxf8 Nxf8 28. Qe4 Ne6 29. Bb5 {
White launches an attack} 29... Qf8 30. Qc4 Rb6 31. Bd7 Ng5 (31... Qc5+ $5 {
is worth consideration} 32. Qxc5 Nxc5 $14) 32. Bg4 $16 Qa8 33. Qd5 {
Threatening mate... how?} (33. Qxc7 $2 {fails because of} 33... Rb2 34. Qc8+
Qxc8 35. Bxc8 Nf3+ 36. Kf1 Nxh2+ 37. Kg1 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Nxe1 39. Rxe1 Rxa2 $19)
33... Qf8 34. a5 Rd6 35. Qb7 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 Qc5+ 37. Kf1 h5 38. Bxh5 g6 39. Bg4
Qe3 40. Re1 (40. Qxc7 $6 Nf3 41. Qc4 Qg1+ 42. Ke2 Qg2+ 43. Kd3 e4+ 44. Qxe4
Ne5+ 45. Ke3 Bg5+ 46. Kd4 Qxe4+ 47. Kxe4 Nxg4 $11) 40... Qd3+ 41. Re2 Bg7 42.
h4 ({Worse is} 42. Qxc7 f5 $11) 42... Nh7 43. Qxa7 {
The passed pawn on a5 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} 43... f5 44. Qa8+
Bf8 45. Qc6 Kg7 (45... fxg4 46. a6 Qb1+ (46... Qxg3 $4 {
capturing this pawn is a mistake} 47. a7 Qh3+ 48. Qg2 $18) 47. Kg2 Qd3 48. Qe6+
Kg7 49. Qxe5+ Nf6 $18) 46. Qxc7+ $18 Kg8 47. Qc6 ({Not} 47. Qxe5 fxg4 48. Qe3
Qd1+ 49. Kg2 Nf6 $18) 47... Kg7 $2 (47... fxg4 48. a6 Qd1+ 49. Kf2 $18) 48. a6
(48. h5 fxg4 49. Qxg6+ Qxg6 50. hxg6 Kxg6 51. Rxe5 $18) 48... Nf6 49. Qb7+ Kh8
50. Qf7 (50. Bxf5 gxf5 51. a7 $11) 50... Nxg4 $16 {Do you see the mate threat?}
51. Qxf8+ Kh7 52. Qf7+ Kh6 53. Qb3 Qf3+ 54. Ke1 Qxg3+ 55. Kd2 Qf4+ 56. Kc2 {
With the decisive threat Qb8} 56... Ne3+ 57. Rxe3 Qxe3 58. Qd5 Kh5 59. Qd8 Qe4+
60. Kb2 {The mate threat is Qg5} 60... Kg4 61. Qb6 Qe2+ 62. Ka3 Qc2 63. a7 (63.
Qxg6+ $6 {is no comparison} 63... Kxh4 64. Qf6+ Kg4 65. Qxe5 Qc1+ 66. Ka4 Qc2+
67. Kb5 Qb2+ 68. Kc6 Qxa2 69. Qg7+ Kf4 70. Qc7+ Ke4 71. Qe7+ Kf3 $18) 63...
Qxc3+ 64. Ka4 Qc2+ 65. Kb5 Qxa2 (65... Qe2+ {does not win a prize} 66. Kc6 Qxa2
67. Qb8 $18) 66. Qb7 Qb1+ 67. Kc6 Qh1+ 68. Kb6 Qg1+ (68... Qxb7+ 69. Kxb7 e4
70. a8=Q Kg3 71. Qe8 g5 72. hxg5 Kf4 73. g6 Ke3 74. Qxe4+ fxe4 75. g7 Kf2 76.
g8=Q e3 77. Qf7+ Ke1 78. Kc6 e2 79. Kd5 Kd1 80. Qf3 Kd2 81. Qf2 Kd1 82. Qd4+
Kc1 83. Qc3+ Kd1 84. Qd3+ Ke1 85. Ke4 Kf2 86. Qf3+ Kg1 87. Qxe2 Kh1 88. Kf3 Kg1
89. Qg2#) 69. Kc7 e4 70. a8=Q Kxh4 (70... Qg3+ {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} 71. Kd7 Kxh4 72. Qb6 $18) 71. Qh8+ Kg5 (71...
Kg4 72. Qa6 g5 73. Qe2+ Kg3 74. Qc3+ Kh4 $18) 72. Qc6 (72. Qc6 Qg3+ 73. Kb7 Qf4
74. Qcf6+ Kg4 75. Qfh4+ Kf3 76. Qh1+ Ke2 77. Qb2+ Kd3 78. Qd1+ Qd2 79. Qdxd2+
Kc4 80. Qdd4#) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "XiNiX"]
[Black "ParSOS"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

{C85: Closed Ruy Lopez: Deferred Exchange Variation} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxe5
Nxe4 {last book move.} 11. Nxg6 Nxc3 12. dxc3 hxg6 13. Kg2 (13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14.
Kg2 Bd6 $11) 13... Qd5+ 14. Qxd5 cxd5 15. Rd1 O-O-O 16. Be3 c6 17. Re1 Bd6 18.
Rad1 Kc7 19. b4 f6 {Consolidates g5} 20. Re2 Rde8 21. Rde1 Re4 22. Bd2 Rxe2 23.
Rxe2 g5 24. Be3 Ra8 25. a3 b6 26. Rd2 a5 27. Rd3 b5 28. Bd4 a4 29. Re3 Kd7 30.
Re2 Rh8 31. Bb6 Rc8 32. Be3 Re8 33. Kf3 Re4 34. Rd2 Rc4 35. Rd3 Be5 36. Bd2 g6
37. Ke2 Kd6 38. Kd1 Kc7 39. Ke2 Re4+ 40. Be3 Bd6 41. Rd4 Kd7 42. Kf3 Re8 43.
Rd3 Be5 44. Kg2 Ke6 45. Kf3 Rh8 46. Kg2 Kf7 47. Bd2 Re8 48. Kf1 Bd6 49. Re3 Re4
50. f3 Rc4 51. Ke1 Be5 52. Kd1 c5 53. Rd3 Ke6 54. Be1 cxb4 55. cxb4 Kd6 56. Bf2
Rc8 57. h4 gxh4 58. Bxh4 Rh8 59. Be1 Rh1 60. Ke2 Rh2+ 61. Kd1 Rh3 62. Ke2 Rh7
63. Bc3 Rh2+ 64. Kd1 Rh1+ 65. Ke2 Rc1 66. Bxe5+ fxe5 67. Rc3 d4 68. Rc5 Ra1 69.
f4 exf4 70. Kf3 Rxa3+ {
The passed pawn on a4 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} 71. Kxf4 d3 72.
cxd3 Rxd3 73. Rxb5 Kc6 {Threatening mate... how?} 74. Rg5 Rd8 75. Rxg6+ Kb5 76.
g5 a3 77. Rg7 (77. Rh6 $5 $11 {deserves consideration}) 77... Rf8+ 78. Ke5 Ra8
79. Rc7 Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Deep Junior 7"]
[Black "Shredder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B84: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines without early Be3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. f4 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10.
Bf3 Nbd7 11. Nde2 Rc8 {last book move} 12. O-O Be7 13. Kh1 O-O 14. b4 Nb6 15.
Qd3 Rfd8 16. f5 {This push gains space} 16... Nc4 {
Menacing. Black fights for the Initiative} 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Bd4 Rd7 19. Bxf6
Bxf6 (19... gxf6 $2 20. Bg4 f5 21. exf5 $18) 20. Bg4 Re7 21. Qh3 Rce8 22. a4
bxa4 23. Bh5 Rf8 24. Bg4 Bc8 25. Rxa4 Ree8 26. Raa1 g6 27. Qg3 Qb6 28. Bh3 (28.
Rfb1 $5 $17) 28... Qxb4 29. Qd3 Bg7 30. Rfb1 Qc5 31. Na4 Qc7 32. c3 Rf6 33. Nd4
Ref8 34. Nf3 Rf4 35. Nd4 Re8 36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37. Rxf1 Bd7 38. Ra1 Kh8 39. Qf1 g5
40. Qd1 (40. Qb1 h5 41. g3 g4 $19) 40... Ne5 (40... g4 $5 41. Qxg4 Bxd4 42.
cxd4 Bxa4 43. Qf3 $19) 41. g3 g4 42. Bg2 a5 43. Qc2 Rb8 44. Qc1 Nc4 45. Qe1 Bh6
46. h3 (46. Qf1 Qc8 47. h4 Ne3 $19) 46... Ne3 47. hxg4 e5 (47... Nxg2 $6 48.
Kxg2 Kg8 49. Qd1 $17) 48. Nf5 Bxf5 $1 {a forceful and devastating end} (48...
Nxg4 $6 49. Nxh6 Nxh6 50. Qd2 $19) (48... Nxg2 $6 49. Kxg2 Bf8 50. Qe2 $17) 49.
exf5 (49. gxf5 Nc2 {A double attack}) 49... Nc2 {Theme: Double Attack} 50. Qd1
Nxa1 51. Qxa1 e4 52. Qd1 e3 53. Bf3 Bg7 54. Kg2 Re8 55. Kh3 (55. Qf1 Bf6 $19)
55... Qc4 (55... Bxc3 $6 56. Qc1 Rc8 57. Qxe3 $19) 56. Be2 Qc6 57. g5 {
White gets in control} 57... Be5 (57... Bxc3 $6 58. Nxc3 Qxc3 59. Qxd6 $19) 58.
Nb2 d5 59. Nd3 Bxc3 60. Nf4 {White prepares the advance g6} 60... d4 61. Kh4 (
61. Kh2 Qd7 62. Bd3 Qf7 $19) 61... a4 (61... h6 {makes it even easier for Black
} 62. Qb3 hxg5+ 63. Kxg5 $19) 62. f6 Rb8 (62... Re5 63. Qb1 d3 64. Bxd3 $15)
63. Bf3 {Threatening mate: Bxc6} 63... Qb5 (63... Qd7 64. g6 Rg8 65. g7+ Rxg7
66. fxg7+ Kxg7 67. Bd5 $15) 64. g6 $17 {Threatening mate... how?} 64... Rd8 $4
{forfeits the clear win} (64... Rg8 65. Bd5 e2 66. g7+ Rxg7 67. fxg7+ Kxg7 68.
Qxe2 Qxe2 69. Nxe2 Kf6 $11) 65. g7+ $18 Kg8 66. Qc2 Rd6 67. Qa2+ Qb3 68. Bd5+
Rxd5 69. Nxd5 Kf7 (69... Qxa2 {hoping against hope} 70. Ne7+ Kf7 71. g8=Q+ Kxf6
72. Qxa2 Kxe7 73. Qxa4 Kd6 $18) 70. Qg2 d3 (70... Qb8 71. Qe4 (71. Nxc3 $6 {
is a useless try} 71... Kxf6 72. Qd5 Kxg7 73. Qxd4+ Kg8 $18) 71... Bb4 72. Nxb4
$18) 71. Qf3 Qb8 (71... Qb4+ 72. Nxb4 Bxf6+ 73. Qxf6+ Kxf6 74. g8=Q d2 75. Qd8+
Kf7 76. Qd5+ Kg7 77. Qe5+ Kf7 78. Nd5 h5 79. Qf6+ Kg8 80. Ne7+ Kh7 81. Qf7+ Kh6
82. Nf5#) 72. Qh5+ Ke6 73. Nxc3 e2 74. Qg4+ Kf7 75. Kg5 h6+ 76. Kxh6 e1=Q 77.
Qg6+ Ke6 78. f7+ Kd7 {The mate threat is Qh1} 79. Qxd3+ Kc7 80. Qc4+ Kb6 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chess Tiger 14.6 Gambit Tiger"]
[Black "Crafty 18.10X"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "217"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. f3 Nh5 {last book move
} 10. Bf2 Re8 11. Nge2 Nf6 12. O-O Na6 (12... c5 13. e4 c4 14. Bb1 $11) 13. h3
{Consolidates g4} (13. Bxa6 $142 $5 {looks like a viable alternative} 13...
bxa6 14. e4 $14) 13... Nb4 $11 14. Bb1 c5 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. Bc2 cxd4 17. Nxd4
Nxd4 18. Qxd4 b6 19. Qd3 Bc5 20. e4 Bxf2+ 21. Rxf2 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qxd8
Rxd8 24. Bxe4 Rb8 25. Rc1 Be6 26. Rc7 a5 27. b3 {Covers c4} 27... Rbc8 28. Rb7
Rd6 29. g4 g6 {Secures f5} 30. f4 f5 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Bg2 Kf8 33. h4 Rc3 34.
Kh2 Rcd3 35. h5 Re3 36. Rb8+ Kf7 37. Bf1 Bd5 38. Rd2 Ree6 39. Kg3 Be4 40. Rxd6
Rxd6 41. Bc4+ Ke7 42. Kf2 Bb1 43. a3 Bc2 44. Rb7+ Kd8 45. Ke3 Bd1 46. Rf7 Bg4
47. b4 axb4 ({Less advisable is} 47... Bxh5 48. Rf8+ Ke7 49. Rxf5 axb4 50. Re5+
Kd7 51. Rxh5 bxa3 52. Rb5 $18) 48. axb4 Ke8 49. b5 Kd8 50. Ba2 Ke8 51. Bb3 Kd8
52. Bc4 Ke8 53. Ba2 Kd8 54. Bc4 Ke8 55. Bb3 Kd8 56. Bc2 {
Attacking the isolated pawn on f5} 56... Bxh5 57. Rxf5 Bg6 58. Rf8+ Ke7 59. Rc8
Re6+ 60. Kf2 Be8 61. Bd3 Rd6 62. Bf1 Rd8 63. Rc7+ Rd7 64. Rc3 Rd6 65. Kg3 Bd7
66. Rc7 Kf6 67. Be2 Ke7 68. Rb7 Kd8 69. Ra7 Rd2 70. Kf3 Rd6 71. Ra8+ Ke7 72.
Rb8 Be8 73. Bc4 Bg6 74. Rh8 Bf5 75. Ke3 Kd7 76. Rf8 Bg6 77. Rb8 Ke7 78. Be2
Re6+ 79. Kf2 Rf6 80. Rb7+ Kd8 81. Kg3 Be4 82. Rb8+ Kc7 83. Re8 Bd5 84. Bd3 Re6
85. Rxe6 Bxe6 86. Kh4 Bf7 87. Kg4 Kd6 88. Kf5 {White activates its king} 88...
Be8 89. Kf6 h5 90. Kg5 Kc5 {Attacks the isolani on b5} 91. Be2 {
Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} 91... Kd4 92. f5 Ke5 93. f6 h4 94. Bg4
Bf7 (94... Bxb5 $4 {taking the pawn is naive} 95. f7 $18) 95. Bf5 (95. Kxh4
Kxf6 96. Kg3 Be6 $11) 95... Bd5 (95... Be6 96. Bh3 $11) 96. Kg6 $14 Bb3 97. Bc8
Kd6 98. Kg7 Kc5 99. Bd7 Ba2 100. Kg6 Kd6 {Threatening mate: Kxd7} 101. Bh3 Bc4
102. Kh6 Bd5 (102... Bxb5 $4 {the pawn is indigestible} 103. f7 Ke5 104. f8=Q
$18) 103. Kh5 (103. Kh7 Kc5 $14) 103... Be6 $11 104. Bxe6 Kxe6 {
Threatening mate: Kxf6} 105. Kg6 h3 106. f7 {The mate threat is f8Q} 106... h2
107. f8=Q {Threatening mate... how?} 107... h1=Q 108. Qf6+ Kd7 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 109. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ferret"]
[Black "Diep"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B30: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5, lines without ...g6} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3
Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. e5 {last book move} 5... dxe5 6. Nxe5 Qc7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Qf3
Bd7 9. b3 e5 10. Bc4 {A comfortable square for the white bishop} 10... Bg4 11.
Qg3 h5 12. h3 h4 13. Qe3 Bh5 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Re1 Bd6 16. Bb2 Kb7 17. Na4 Ka8
18. Nxc5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. b4 f6 21. Ne6 Qxc2 22. Rec1 Qxb2 23. Rab1 Qxc1+
24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rb1 Bf7 26. Nxg7 Bb8 (26... Rc4 27. Nf5 Bxb4 28. a3 $18) 27.
Qf3 Rc6 28. b5 {The mate threat is bxc6} 28... e4 29. Qf5 Rd6 30. Rc1 Rb6 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pharaon"]
[Black "Gandalf 5.0"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C14: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7 main line} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3
Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. dxc5
Qxc5 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. Bd3 Rac8 14. Nb5 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Nbd4
Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Na4 18. Nb3 Qb6 19. Rhe1 Nc5 {last book move} 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21.
g4 g6 {Controls f5} (21... Bb5 22. f5 $14) 22. Rf1 Bb5 23. Bxb5 Qxb5 24. Qe3
Qc4 25. Rf2 Rc6 26. Qxa7 Ra6 27. Qxb7 Qxa2+ 28. Kc1 Qa5 29. Qb8+ Rf8 30. Qe5
Qb4 {Do you see the mate threat?} 31. b3 Rfa8 32. Kb1 Qc5 33. Rdd2 Qa7 34. Kb2
Qc5 35. h4 Qb4 36. Kb1 Qe7 37. Rh2 Qa7 {Threatening mate... how?} 38. Rhg2 Ra1+
39. Kb2 Qc5 {The mate threat is R8a2} 40. Qxe6+ Kg7 41. Qe5+ Kf8 42. Qh8+ Kf7
43. Qxh7+ Kf8 44. Qh6+ Kf7 45. Qh7+ Kf8 46. Qh8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rebel"]
[Black "Quest (DeepFritz)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B85: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 Be2 a6, lines with early Be3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10.
Kh1 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Bc6 15. Rae1 Qb7 {
e4 seems the pivot of the position} 16. Bd3 {White prepares e5} 16... b4 17.
axb4 Qxb4 18. Ne2 Qb7 19. e5 Nh5 20. Qh3 g6 21. Ng3 {White plans f5} 21... dxe5
22. Bxe5 Ng7 23. f5 exf5 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nxf5+ gxf5 26. Qxf5 Bxg2+ 27. Kg1
Bc5+ 28. Qxc5 Bxf1 29. Qg5+ Kh8 {last book move} 30. Qf6+ {
The isolani on a6 becomes a target} 30... Kg8 31. Rxf1 Rab8 (31... Qa7+ 32. Kg2
Rfd8 $16) 32. Bxh7+ $16 {Demolishes the pawn shield} 32... Kxh7 {
Decoy theme: h7. The mate threat is Rg8} 33. Qh4+ Kg7 34. Qg5+ Kh7 {Plans Rg8}
35. Rf6 {Do you see the mate threat?} 35... Qb6+ 36. Rxb6 Rxb6 37. Qf5+ Kg7 38.
Qe5+ Kg8 39. h4 Rc8 40. h5 Rb5 (40... Rxc2 $4 {
the pawn must be left alone, otherwise Black will be punished} 41. Qg5+ Kh7 42.
Qf5+ Kg7 43. Qxc2 $18) 41. Qg3+ Kh8 {Black threatens strongly Rg8} 42. Qf4 Rg8+
43. Kf2 {Threatening mate... how?} 43... Rgg5 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Qxa6 Rxb2 46.
Qc8+ Kh7 47. Qc7 Kh6 48. Qc3 {The mate threat is Qh8} 48... Rxc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tao"]
[Black "ParSOS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{E11: Bogo-Indian} 1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg2
O-O 7. Qb3 c6 8. O-O Ne4 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. Nc3 g5 11. Bc1 {last book move} 11...
f5 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Nb6 14. cxd5 cxd5 (14... exd5 15. e3 $11) 15. Rfc1 Nc4
16. Be1 f4 {Black gains space} 17. Nd1 fxg3 18. fxg3 Bf6 19. e3 {
Prevents intrusion on d4} 19... a5 20. Bf1 Nd6 21. Nc3 {
Begins the manoeuvre Nd1-c3-a4-c5} 21... Bg7 22. Na4 b5 {
Black gets strong initiative} 23. Nc5 {The white knight on an outpost} (23.
Bxb5 $2 {fails to} 23... Nxb5 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Qxb5 Qc2 $19) 23... Nc4 24. Bg2
Ra7 25. Rc2 Raf7 26. a4 ({Instead of} 26. Qxb5 Nxe3 27. Bxa5 Qf6 $17 (27...
Nxc2 $6 28. Bxd8 Nxa1 29. Bxg5 $11)) 26... bxa4 27. Rxa4 e5 28. Rcxc4 dxc4 29.
Qxc4 exd4 30. Bd5 Bh3 31. exd4 $2 (31. e4 Qf6 32. Qe2 $17) 31... Qf6 $19 {
Threatening mate... how?} 32. Qe2 Qf5 {Threatening mate: Qxd5} 33. Be6 Qxe6 $1
{finishing him off} 34. Qxe6 (34. Nxe6 Rf1+ {A classical mating theme}) 34...
Bxe6 35. Nxe6 Rf1+ 36. Kg2 Rxe1 37. Nxf8 Kxf8 38. Kf3 Rh1 39. b3 Rxh2 40. Rxa5
Bf6 41. d5 Rb2 42. Rb5 h5 43. Rb7 (43. Ke4 Kf7 $19) 43... Be5 44. g4 (44. Rh7 {
a last effort to resist the inevitable} 44... Rxb3+ 45. Ke4 Bxg3 46. Rxh5 $19)
44... h4 45. Ke4 Bf4 46. Rh7 (46. Ra7 {does not win a prize} 46... Rxb3 47.
Ra8+ Ke7 $19) 46... Rxb3 47. Kd4 (47. d6 {
cannot undo what has already been done} 47... Bxd6 48. Kd5 Bf4 49. Rh8+ Kg7 $19
) 47... h3 48. Kc4 (48. d6 {doesn't change anything anymore} 48... Bxd6 49. Kd5
Bf4 $19) 48... Ra3 49. Kb4 Bd6+ 50. Kb5 h2 51. Kc6 Ra1 (51... Ra1 52. Kxd6 h1=Q
53. Rxh1 Rxh1 54. Ke5 Re1+ 55. Kf5 Ke7 56. Kxg5 Rf1 57. Kh4 Kd6 58. Kg3 Kxd5
59. Kg2 Rf4 60. Kg3 Ke5 61. g5 Ke4 62. g6 Rf6 63. g7 Rg6+ 64. Kf2 Rxg7 65. Ke2
Rg2+ 66. Ke1 Ke3 67. Kd1 Rf2 68. Kc1 Kd3 69. Kb1 Kc3 70. Ka1 Kb3 71. Kb1 Rf1#)
(51... Ra6+ $142 {and the rest is a matter of technique} 52. Kb5 Ra1 53. Kc6
$19) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ruy Lopez"]
[Black "XiNiX"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.
O-O Nxe4 5. d4 exd4 6. Re1 f5 7. Ng5 {last book move} 7... Bb4 8. Nxe4 (8. c3
$5 {must definitely be considered} 8... Be7 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qh6 Nxg5 11. Bxg5
$11) 8... Bxe1 $17 (8... fxe4 $4 {would be a gruesome error} 9. Rxe4+ Be7 10.
Bxc6 $18) 9. Bg5 Ne7 10. Ng3 h6 11. Bf4 (11. Qxe1 $142 $5 hxg5 12. Nxf5 $17)
11... Ba5 $19 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. Qh5+ {A double attack} 13... Kf8 14. Qxf5+ Qf6
15. Qe4 c6 16. Be5 Qe6 17. Bd3 (17. Qxd4 $4 {White will choke on that pawn}
17... cxb5 18. Na3 Bb6 19. Qf4+ Qf7 $19) 17... Bb6 (17... d6 $5 18. Qf4+ Kg8
19. Bxd4 Qe1+ 20. Bf1 Be6 $17) 18. Qf4+ $15 Qf7 (18... Ke7 19. Nd2 g5 20. Qg3
$11) 19. Qg3 (19. Bd6+ Ke8 20. Qg3 Kd8 $16) 19... Kg8 (19... d6 20. Bxd6+ Kg8
21. Be5 $15) 20. Bg6 (20. Bd6 $5 {should be examined more closely} 20... h5 21.
Nd2 $11) 20... Qe7 $17 21. Nd2 Qg5 $4 {weakening the position} (21... d5 $142
22. Nf3 d3 $15) 22. Bd6 $18 {The mate threat is Qb3} 22... Qxg3 23. hxg3 {
Threatening mate: Re1} 23... Bc5 24. Bxc5 b6 25. Bxd4 Ba6 26. Re1 c5 27. Be5 h5
28. Bf4 h4 (28... Rf8 {cannot change destiny} 29. Nf3 $18) 29. Re7 hxg3 30. Be5
Rh6 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 32. Ne4 gxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Bc4 34. b3 Bg8 35. Nd6 Be6 36. c4 Rh4
37. Kf3 Rh1 38. Kf4 Rf1+ (38... a5 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 39. Bf6
$18) 39. Kg5 a5 (39... Rh1 {is not much help} 40. Bf6 Rg1 41. g4 $18) 40. Rh7
Bg8 41. Rxd7 Be6 42. Rh7 Rd8 43. Bg7+ Ke7 44. Ne4 Rd7 (44... Ra8 45. Bf6+ Kf8
46. Be7+ Kg8 47. Nf6+ Rxf6 48. Bxf6 Kf8 49. Rb7 Rd8 50. Bxd8 Kg8 51. Rb8 Bc8
52. Rxc8 Kg7 53. Bf6#) 45. Be5+ Bf7 46. Bf5 Re1 (46... Rxf5+ {
does not solve anything} 47. Kxf5 Rd1 48. Ng5 Rf1+ 49. Bf4 $18) 47. Bf6+ Kf8
48. Bxd7 (48. Bxd7 Rxe4 49. Rh8+ Bg8 50. Bc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "IsiChess X"]
[Black "SpiderGirl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B15: Caro-Kann: 3 Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nf6 5 Nxf6+ exf6} 1. e4 c6
2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. h3 Nf6 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nd7 9.
O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bd3 {last book move} 12... c5 13. c3 b6 14.
Qd2 Bb7 15. Bxh6 Bxf3 16. gxf3 cxd4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. cxd4 Nf6 19. Rfe1 Rh8 20.
Bf1 e6 21. f4 Rh4 22. f5 exf5 23. d5 Rd8 24. Bg2 Qd6 {
The pressure on the isolated pawn grows} 25. Rac1 Kg8 (25... Nxd5 $2 {
is no good} 26. Rcd1 Qf6 27. Bxd5 Rxh3 28. Qd4 $16) 26. Red1 Ne4 27. Qe1 Nc5
28. Qc3 a5 29. b3 {Consolidates a4} 29... Rh5 30. Rd4 Re8 31. Re1 Rc8 32. Qg3
Qd7 33. Bf3 {White intends d6} 33... Rh7 34. d6 {Don't underestimate that pawn}
34... Ne6 35. Rdd1 Rc3 36. Kf1 b5 37. Re5 Kf8 38. Red5 f6 (38... Rh5 $5 $11)
39. h4 Rg7 40. R5d3 {White is in command} 40... f4 41. Qg2 Rc8 42. Bg4 f5 43.
Be2 b4 44. Rd5 f3 (44... Nc5 $5 $16) 45. Qxf3 $18 Rc3 46. Qh1 {
White prepares h5} 46... Nf4 (46... Qb7 $142 47. Qh2 Rc1 48. Rxf5+ gxf5 49.
Rxc1 Qd5 $18) 47. Bb5 Qb7 48. d7 {Threatening mate... how?} 48... Rxd7 {
White gets strong play along the open d-file} 49. Bxd7 Kg7 50. h5 Rc5 51. Be6 (
51. Rxc5 {Exploits the pin} 51... Qxh1# {Theme: Double Attack}) 51... Nxd5 52.
h6+ (52. Bxd5 $5 {seems even better} 52... Qa6+ 53. Ke1 gxh5 $18) 52... Kh7 53.
Bxd5 {Do you see the mate threat?} 53... Qb5+ 54. Kg1 Qe2 55. Bf3 {
The mate threat is Rd7} 55... Qe7 56. Qh2 Qg5+ 57. Kf1 {
Threatening mate... how?} 57... Rc1 58. Qe5 {Threatening mate: Qg7} 58... Rxd1+
59. Bxd1 Qxh6 60. Qe7+ (60. Qxa5 $6 Qh1+ 61. Ke2 Qe4+ 62. Kd2 Qf4+ 63. Ke1 Qe4+
64. Be2 Qb1+ 65. Kd2 Qb2+ 66. Ke3 Qc1+ 67. Kd4 Qb2+ 68. Kc5 Qxe2 69. Qa7+ Kh6
70. Kxb4 Qd2+ 71. Kc4 Kh5 $16) 60... Qg7 (60... Kh8 61. Qd8+ Kg7 62. Qc7+ (62.
Qxa5 $6 Qh1+ 63. Ke2 Qe4+ 64. Kd2 Qf4+ 65. Ke1 Qe4+ 66. Be2 Qb1+ 67. Kd2 Qb2+
68. Ke3 Qc1+ 69. Kd4 Qb2+ 70. Kc5 Qxe2 71. Qa7+ Kf6 72. Kxb4 Qd2+ 73. Ka3 g5
$16) 62... Kg8 63. Bf3 $18 (63. Qxa5 Qh1+ 64. Ke2 Qe4+ 65. Kd2 Qf4+ 66. Ke1
Qe4+ 67. Be2 Qb1+ 68. Kd2 Qb2+ 69. Ke3 Qc1+ 70. Kf3 Qh1+ 71. Kf4 Qc1+ 72. Ke5
Qb2+ 73. Ke6 Qxe2+ 74. Kf6 Qb2+ 75. Kxg6 Qg7+ 76. Kxf5 Qf7+ 77. Ke4 Qe6+ 78.
Qe5 Qg6+ 79. Kd5 Qd3+ 80. Kc5 Qc3+ 81. Kd6 Qc2 $18)) 61. Qxg7+ (61. Qxg7+ Kxg7
62. Ke2 $18) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC Maastricht"]
[Site "MyTown"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Goliath"]
[Black "Gromit 3.9.5"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.08.19"]

{B17: Caro-Kann: Modern Line (4...Nd7)} 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 c6 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4
Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11.
Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. h4 {last book move} 14... O-O 15. Bg5 Nd5
(15... Qe7 $5 $11 {is worth looking at}) 16. Qe4 $14 {Threatening mate: Qh7}
16... Bf4+ 17. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 18. Nd2 {The mate threat is Qh7} 18... Qxe4 19. Bxe4
Rfd8 20. c3 {Controls b4} 20... Rac8 21. Rhe1 Ba6 22. g3 {
Prevents intrusion on f4} 22... Rc7 23. Nf3 Nf6 24. Bc2 g6 {Covers f5} 25. Ne5
Kg7 26. a4 c5 27. dxc5 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxc5 29. f4 g5 30. Nd7 Rc7 31. Nxf6 Kxf6
32. fxg5+ hxg5 33. h5 Kg7 34. Rd2 Bb7 35. g4 Bf3 36. Bd1 Bxd1 37. Kxd1 f5 38.
gxf5 exf5 39. Rd6 g4 40. Ke2 Rc4 41. a5 bxa5 42. Kf2 (42. Kd3 Rf4 43. Ke3 Rf3+
44. Kd4 $17) 42... a4 $17 43. Ra6 a3 44. Rxa7+ Kh6 45. Rxa3 {
The passed pawn on b2 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} 45... Kxh5 46. b4
(46. Ra5 $5 Kg5 47. Kg3 $17) 46... Kh4 $19 47. b5 g3+ 48. Kg2 f4 (48... Kg4 49.
b6 f4 $19) 49. Kf3 $11 Kh3 50. b6 g2 {Do you see the mate threat?} 51. Ra8
Rxc3+ 52. Kf2 g1=Q+ 53. Kxg1 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "SpiderGirl"]
[Black "Tao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 1. d4
Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. e3 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6 9.
Nbd2 Ba6 10. Re1 Rc8 11. a3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rfd8 {last book move} 13. c4 Ne4 (13...
dxc4 $5 {should be considered} 14. Nxc4 Qb8 $11) 14. cxd5 $14 exd5 15. Bh3 Nxd2
16. Qxd2 Rb8 17. Red1 Bc8 18. Bg2 Bg4 19. h3 Be6 20. Qc2 (20. dxc5 bxc5 21. b4
c4 $14) 20... Qc8 21. Kh2 Qd7 22. Rd2 Bf5 23. Qd1 f6 {Secures e5+g5} 24. Ne1
Be6 25. Qh5 Na5 26. Rc3 c4 27. bxc4 Nxc4 28. Rdc2 Qa4 {
Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on a3} (28... Bf5 29. Nd3 $15) 29.
Qe2 b5 {Black launches an attack} (29... Nxa3 $2 {is no good because of} 30.
Bxa3 Bxa3 31. Ra2 $18) 30. Nd3 a5 {Black intends b4} (30... Bxa3 $2 {
doesn't lead to anything significant} 31. Bxa3 b4 32. Bxb4 Rxb4 33. e4 $18) ({
Not} 30... Nxa3 31. Bxa3 Bxa3 32. Ra2 $18) 31. Bc1 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Ra2 (
33. Nf4 $142 $5 {is worthy of consideration} 33... bxc3 34. Nxe6 $11) 33... Qb5
$17 34. Rb3 Na5 35. Rb1 Bf5 {Black prepares the advance b3} 36. Bf1 b3 {
With the decisive threat Bxd3} 37. Raa1 Nc4 {The knight dominates} 38. Bb2 Ra8
39. Bc3 Ba3 40. Qd1 Rdb8 41. Qe1 (41. Bg2 $5 Kh8 42. Nf4 $17) 41... Qc6 $19 42.
Be2 b2 43. Ra2 Kh8 44. Qh1 (44. Kg1 $5 $19) 44... Rb3 45. Bxb2 Bxd3 (45... Rxd3
$6 46. Bxd3 Bxd3 47. Rba1 Nxb2 48. Rxa3 Rxa3 49. Rxa3 $15) (45... Nxb2 $6 46.
Rc1 Qe8 47. Nc5 $19) 46. Bxd3 Rxd3 (46... Rxb2 {is clearly weaker} 47. Bxc4
Rxb1 48. Qxb1 dxc4 49. Rxa3 $16) 47. Bxa3 Rdxa3 48. Rxa3 Nxa3 49. Ra1 Kg8 (
49... Kg8 50. Qf3 Nc4 51. Rxa8+ Qxa8 $19) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "ParSOS"]
[Black "Pharaon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C01: French: Exchange Variation} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5.
Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O Bf5 8. Ng3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Qd7 10. Nce2 O-O 11. c3 Bd6
12. Bf4 Rfe8 {last book move} 13. Rae1 Ng6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nf5 Qe6 16. Qf3
Rad8 17. h3 a5 18. Ne3 Qe4 19. Qh5 Nce7 20. Ng3 {White gets the initiative}
20... Qf4 21. Qd1 Qd6 22. f4 Nxf4 23. Qf3 Neg6 24. h4 h5 (24... Nxh4 {
Theme: Deflection from f4} 25. Qxf4) 25. Ngf5 Qf8 26. g3 Nd3 27. Rb1 c5 28.
Nxd5 (28. Qxh5 $6 Ne7 $14) 28... Re6 29. Nc7 Rc6 30. Nb5 cxd4 31. Qxd3 dxc3 32.
Nbd4 cxb2 33. Rxb2 Rc7 34. Qb5 Rcd7 35. Qxa5 Nh8 (35... Rxd4 36. Nxd4 Rxd4 37.
Rxb7 $18) 36. Ne6 (36. Nb3 $5 g6 37. Ne3 Qe7 $18) 36... fxe6 37. Nh6+ $1 {
Demolition of pawn structure} 37... gxh6 38. Rxf8+ {A double attack} 38... Kxf8
39. Rf2+ Kg8 40. Qxh5 Rg7 41. Kh2 Nf7 42. Qb5 Rb8 43. Qd7 e5 44. a4 Nh8 45.
Qe6+ Nf7 46. Rf6 Rd8 47. Rxh6 Rd2+ 48. Kh3 Rd8 49. g4 Kf8 50. Rf6 Re8 (50...
Rd3+ {does not save the day} 51. Kg2 Rd8 52. h5 $18) 51. Qd5 (51. Qd5 Re7 52.
g5 $18) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Crafty 18.10X"]
[Black "IsiChess X"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 1. d4
Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Na3 Ra5 {
last book move} 9. Bc7 e5 10. Bxb6 ({Worse is} 10. dxe5 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Ne4 $15)
10... Ra6 11. Bc5 Bxc5 12. dxc5 Ra5 13. Nd2 e4 {Black wins space} 14. Nab1 O-O
15. b4 Ra8 16. a4 Ne5 17. a5 {White gets more space} 17... Re8 18. Be2 Nd3+ 19.
Bxd3 exd3 20. O-O Kf8 21. Nf3 Re6 22. Re1 Re7 23. Nd4 {A sound move} 23... Bd7
24. Ra3 Ree8 25. f3 h6 26. Nd2 g6 27. Kf2 Ra7 (27... Rec8 28. e4 Be6 29. e5 $16
) 28. b5 (28. Rea1 $5 Ke7 $18) 28... Rc8 $16 29. a6 {White is in command} 29...
Bxb5 30. Nxb5 Rxa6 31. Rea1 Rxc5 32. Rxa6 bxa6 33. Nd4 (33. Rxa6 Rxb5 34. Rxf6
Rb2 $14) 33... a5 34. Rb1 Kg7 35. Rb7 Kg8 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. Ra8 h5 38. Kg3 Nd7 (
38... g5 $142 $5 $16) 39. Ra7 $18 Nf8 40. Kf4 Kf6 41. e4 dxe4 $4 {
shortens the misery for Black} (41... Ne6+ 42. Nxe6 Kxe6 43. Ra6+ Ke7 44. exd5
Rxd5 $18) 42. Nxe4+ Kg7 43. Nxc5 d2 44. Nde6+ Kh6 (44... Kg8 {
hardly improves anything} 45. Ra8 fxe6 46. Rd8 $18) 45. Nxf8 d1=Q 46. Rxf7 Qd6+
47. Ke4 Qc6+ 48. Kd4 Qe8 49. Rh7+ Kg5 50. Nfe6+ Kf6 51. Kd5 Qa8+ 52. Kd6 Qb8+
53. Rc7 Kf5 54. Nd7 (54. Nd7 Qxc7+ 55. Nxc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gandalf 5.0"]
[Black "Ruy Lopez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3.
Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nh3 {
last book move} 9... Nb6 10. Bb3 c5 11. dxc5 {
The passed pawn on c5 quickly leads to threats} 11... Qxd1+ 12. Bxd1 Bxc5 {
Opening the c-file gets White a lot of play} 13. Bf3 Nd5 14. Nf4 Bb7 15. Nxd5
Bxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Bf4 Nc6 (17... Ke7 $5 $15 {is worth consideration}) 18.
Rc1 $11 {White launches an attack} 18... b3 19. Nc3 ({Inferior is} 19. Rxc5
bxa2 20. Kd2 Nd4 $17) 19... Nb4 20. Ke2 O-O 21. Rhd1 {
The isolani on d5 becomes a target} 21... Rad8 22. Nb5 Bb6 23. a5 Bxa5 24. Bd2
{White threatens Ra1} 24... Rde8 25. f4 a6 26. Bxb4 Bxb4 27. Nc7 Rc8 28. Nxa6
Be7 29. Rc7 Rxc7 30. Nxc7 Rc8 31. Nxd5 Kf8 32. h3 Rc2+ 33. Rd2 Rc1 34. Ne3 f6
35. e6 Rc6 (35... g6 $142 $18) 36. f5 g6 37. g4 gxf5 (37... Rc7 38. Rd7 Rxd7
39. exd7 $18) 38. gxf5 Rc7 (38... Rd6 {doesn't improve anything} 39. Rd3 $18)
39. Rd3 (39. Rd7 $5 {might be the shorter path} 39... Rxd7 40. exd7 Bd8 $18)
39... Rb7 40. Rc3 (40. Rd7 {and White can already relax} 40... Rxd7 41. exd7
Bd8 $18) 40... Rb5 (40... Kg7 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 41. Nd5
$18) 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Rc7 Kf8 43. Rd7 Re5 44. Kd3 Bc5 45. Nd5 Rxf5 46. Kc4 Rxd5
(46... Re5 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 47. Rf7+ Ke8 48. Rxh7 $18) 47.
Kxd5 Be7 48. Rb7 f5 49. Kc6 Bg5 50. Kd6 h5 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chess Tiger 14.6 Gambit Tiger"]
[Black "Goliath"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{E15: Queen's Indian: 4 g3 sidelines, 4 g3 Ba6 and 4 g3 Bb7 early deviations} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Bb2 Bd6 {
Black plans f4} 15. a3 f4 {last book move} 16. e3 fxe3 17. fxe3 Qg5 18. Qe2 c5
19. Bh3 Qh6 20. Bg4 Rcd8 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Kh8 24. Ke1 Nf8
25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. e4 dxc4 27. Nxc4 Bxc4 28. bxc4 e5 29. Qd2 Qf6 30. Bf5 Bd4 31.
a4 Bxb2 32. Qxb2 Qe7 33. Qb5 Qd6 34. Qe8 Kg8 35. Ke2 g6 36. Bg4 h5 37. Bc8 Kg7
38. Bh3 Kh6 39. Bc8 Nh7 40. Bb7 Qd4 41. Bd5 Qb2+ 42. Ke1 Qc1+ 43. Kf2 Qd2+ 44.
Kf1 Qxh2 45. Qxe5 Qd2 46. Qb8 Qd1+ 47. Kg2 Qe2+ 48. Kg1 Qf3 49. Qf4+ Qxf4 50.
gxf4 g5 51. f5 g4 {The passed pawn on f5 will quickly become a dangerous weapon
} 52. e5 Kg5 53. Bg8 Nf8 54. e6 Kf6 (54... Kxf5 $4 {
A poison bait which should not be taken} 55. e7 Ne6 56. e8=Q $18) 55. Kh2 h4 (
55... Kxf5 $4 {the pawn must remain untouched} 56. e7 Ne6 57. e8=Q $18) 56. Kg2
Ke7 (56... Kxf5 57. e7 Ne6 58. Bxe6+ Kxe6 59. e8=Q+ Kd6 60. Qb8+ Kd7 61. Qxa7+
Kc6 62. a5 $18) 57. Kg1 g3 58. Kg2 a5 59. Kh3 Kf6 60. Kg2 (60. Kxh4 $4 {
a poisoned pawn} 60... g2 (60... Kxf5 $6 {is a weaker possibility} 61. e7 Ng6+
62. Kxg3 Nxe7 63. Bf7 $17) 61. e7 Kxe7 $19) 60... Ke7 (60... Kxf5 $4 {
capturing this pawn is a mistake} 61. e7 Ne6 62. e8=Q $18) 61. Kh3 Kf6 62. Kg2
(62. Kxh4 $4 {it may look tempting but White must resist capturing the pawn}
62... g2 (62... Kxf5 $6 {is impossible} 63. e7 Ng6+ 64. Kxg3 Nxe7 65. Bf7 $15)
63. e7 Kxe7 $19) 62... Ke7 (62... Kxf5 $4 {
the pawn contains a lethal dose of poison} 63. e7 Ne6 64. e8=Q $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shredder"]
[Black "Rebel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C45: Scotch Game} 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 g5 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O-O 12. Qe4 Nf6 13.
Qc2 {last book move} 13... Ng4 {Will e5 fall?} 14. Bg2 Bxe5 15. O-O Bxb2 16.
Qxb2 Kb8 17. Nd2 Rhe8 18. Nf3 f6 {Prevents intrusion on e5} 19. Rfe1 Qg7 20.
Rad1 h5 21. Qd4 Ne5 22. c5 Bb7 23. Qb4 h4 {Black wins space} 24. g4 Nxf3+ 25.
Bxf3 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 d5 27. cxd6 cxd6 28. Qc3 d5 29. b4 Qe7 30. Re1 d4 (30...
Qd6 31. Qd2 $15) 31. Qd2 $11 (31. Rxe7 $2 {is tempting, but} 31... dxc3 32. Re2
h3 $19) 31... Qd6 32. Qd3 a6 ({Weaker is} 32... Qxb4 33. Rb1 Qd6 34. Qa6 $16)
33. a3 Qf4 34. h3 Qd6 35. Rc1 Qe5 36. Rc5 (36. Bxc6 $4 {
that pawn is deadly bait and will cause White grave problems} 36... Rc8 37. Qf3
Qe8 38. Bxe8 Rxc1+ (38... Bxf3 $6 {is the weaker alternative} 39. Rxc8+ Kxc8
40. Kf1 $15) 39. Kg2 d3 $19) 36... Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Rd6 38. Rc2 Qe6 39. Re2 Qd7 40.
Kg1 Bc8 41. Be4 Qd8 42. Rc2 Bb7 43. Bf3 Qc7 44. a4 Qb6 45. Rc1 (45. Rc4 Bc8 $11
) 45... Qxb4 $15 46. Rb1 Qa5 (46... Qxa4 $4 {
taking the pawn will bring Black grief} 47. Qh7 Qb5 48. Rxb5 axb5 49. Qe7 $18)
47. Qc4 Qc7 48. Qxa6 {The passed pawn on a4 quickly leads to threats} 48... d3
{Pushes the passed pawn} 49. Kg2 d2 50. Qe2 Qd8 51. Qd1 Kc8 52. Qc2 Qc7 53.
Qf5+ Qd7 54. Qc2 Qd8 55. Qb2 {The mate threat is Qxb7} 55... Qc7 56. Qa2 Qh7
57. Qb2 Qf7 58. a5 Qc7 59. Qc3 Ba6 60. Rd1 Qd7 61. Qc5 Bb5 62. Be4 Kb8 63. Qb6+
Qb7 64. Qc5 Qe7 65. Qb6+ Ka8 66. Bf3 Qb7 67. Qc5 Rd3 68. Rb1 Kb8 69. a6 Qxa6 {
A pinning theme} (69... Bxa6 {A pinning theme} 70. Rxb7+) 70. Bxc6 d1=Q {
Threatening mate... how?} 71. Rxb5+ Qxb5 72. Qxb5+ (72. Bxb5 $2 Qf3+ 73. Kg1
Rd1+ 74. Bf1 Qe2 75. Qf8+ Kb7 76. Qf7+ Kc8 77. Qg8+ Kd7 78. Qf7+ Qe7 $19) 72...
Kc7 73. Qb7+ Kd6 74. Bb5 Rd2 75. Qc6+ Ke7 76. Qe8+ Kd6 77. Qc6+ Ke5 78. Qc5+
Ke6 79. Qc6+ Ke5 80. Qc3+ Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gromit 3.9.5"]
[Black "Deep Junior 7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4
4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8. e3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 c5
11. b4 h6 12. Bh4 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Qb3 {White intends b5} 14... e5 15. b5
Bb7 {Black prepares the advance e4} 16. O-O e4 17. Bb1 d5 {
Manoeuvre Bd6-d5-c4-d3. last book move} 18. cxd5 g5 19. Bg3 Bxd5 20. Qe3 (20.
Qb2 Nh5 $14) 20... Bc4 21. Re1 Re8 22. Nc3 {Can e4 get defended?} 22... Bd3 {
An ideal square for the black bishop.} 23. Qd2 Nf8 24. d5 (24. Bxd3 $5 {
is interesting} 24... Qxd4 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. Rxe3 (27. fxe3 $143
Nxg3 28. hxg3 Rc3 $17) 27... Nxg3 28. Rxg3 $11 (28. hxg3 $143 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Rc3
$17)) 24... Nxd5 $15 25. Nxe4 (25. Bxd3 $4 {
the pawn of course cannot be captured} 25... Nxc3 26. Re3 Qd4 $19) 25... Bxb1
26. Raxb1 Nc3 27. Qxd8 Rexd8 (27... Rcxd8 $4 28. Nxc3 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 $18) 28.
Nxc3 Rxc3 29. Ra1 f5 30. f4 g4 {Black gets more space} 31. Re5 Rc5 32. Rae1
Rcd5 33. Bh4 Rxe5 34. fxe5 Re8 35. Bg3 Kf7 36. Rf1 Kg6 37. Rc1 Ne6 38. Rc4 Kg5
{Black prepares f4} 39. Be1 f4 40. Bb4 Kf5 41. Bd6 h5 42. g3 f3 43. Kf2 Ng5 {
Attacking the isolated pawn on e5} 44. Rf4+ Ke6 45. Ke3 Rc8 46. Kd4 Nh7 47. a4
(47. Kd3 $5 $15 {has some apparent merit}) 47... Rc2 $17 48. Kd3 Ra2 (48...
Rxh2 $6 49. Bb8 $11) 49. Bb8 (49. h4 $5 gxh3 50. Rxf3 Rxa4 51. Ke3 $19) 49...
Ra3+ (49... Rxh2 $6 {is much worse} 50. Bxa7 Ra2 51. Bxb6 $14) 50. Kd2 Ng5 51.
Rf6+ (51. Kc1 Rxa4 $1 {the knock-out blow} 52. Kd2 Ne4+ 53. Kd3 $19) 51... Kd7
52. Rf4 f2 $1 {the end, the rest is history} 53. Ke2 (53. Rxf2 {A deflection}
53... Ne4+ {Theme: Double Attack}) 53... Ra2+ 54. Kf1 Nh3 55. Rf7+ Ke8 {
Threatening mate: Ra1} 56. e6 Ra1+ 57. Ke2 Re1+ 58. Kd3 Rxe6 59. Rf5 Kd7 60.
Bxa7 Re5 $3 {beautifully played} 61. Rf7+ (61. Rxe5 {Deflection from f1} 61...
f1=Q+) 61... Ke6 62. Rf8 Ke7 63. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 64. Kc4 Re4+ 65. Kb3 (65. Kd5 {
cannot change what is in store for ?} 65... Rxa4 66. Bxb6 Ra2 $19) 65... Nd3
66. Bxb6 Kd6 67. Kc3 Nc5 68. a5 Na4+ 69. Kd3 Rb4 70. Bf2 Rxb5 71. Be1 Re5 72.
Bd2 Nc5+ (72... Nc5+ 73. Kc4 Kc6 $19) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Quest (DeepFritz)"]
[Black "Ferret"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10.
Rd1 Qc7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 c5 {last book move} 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Qh4 c4 15.
Bc2 Be7 16. e4 Ne8 17. Qh5 f5 18. exf5 exf5 19. Qh3 Bd6 20. Re1 Qa5 21. Bg5 Qc7
(21... Nc7 22. b3 c3 23. b4 Bxb4 24. Bb3+ Kh8 25. Ne5 $18) 22. b3 b5 23. bxc4
bxc4 24. Ne5 Rb8 25. Rac1 Be6 26. Bd3 {The pressure on the isolated pawn grows}
26... Bxe5 27. Rxe5 {Now all is on f5. Praise the rook!} 27... Qd7 28. d5 (28.
Bxc4 $2 {doesn't lead to the expected results} 28... Bxc4 29. Qe3 Bxa2 $19)
28... cxd3 29. dxe6 {
The passed pawn on e6 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} (29. Rxe6 $2 Qxd5
30. Rxa6 d2 31. Bxd2 Qxd2 $19) 29... Qd6 30. Rxf5 Nf6 31. Qg3 Qxg3 32. hxg3 Rb2
33. a4 Re2 34. Rd1 Ne4 35. e7 {
Threatening mate... how?. White gets strong initiative} 35... Re8 36. Rxd3 Nxg5
37. Rxg5 R8xe7 38. Rd8+ Re8 39. Rxe8+ Rxe8 40. f4 Rc8 41. Ra5 Rc6 42. Kf2 Rc2+
43. Kf3 Rc3+ 44. Kg4 Rc6 45. Kf5 Kf7 46. g4 h6 47. g5 g6+ 48. Kg4 h5+ 49. Kh3
Rb6 50. g4 hxg4+ 51. Kxg4 Ke6 52. Re5+ Kd7 53. Rd5+ Ke7 54. Rc5 Kd7 55. Re5 Rc6
56. Re1 Rc5 57. Rb1 Kc7 58. Rh1 Kd7 59. Rh6 Rc6 60. a5 Ke8 61. Rh8+ Kf7 62.
Rh7+ Ke8 63. Ra7 Kf8 64. Kf3 Re6 65. Rc7 Kg8 66. Rb7 Rc6 67. Rb6 Rc3+ 68. Ke4
Kg7 69. Rxa6 Rc5 70. Ra7+ Kg8 71. a6 Ra5 72. f5 $1 {Theme: Clearance for e4-f4}
72... Kf8 (72... gxf5+ 73. Kf4) 73. f6 (73. f6 Rxg5 74. Rd7 Rg4+ 75. Kd5 $18) (
73. fxg6 $5 {seems even better} 73... Kg8 $18) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Diep"]
[Black "XiNiX"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{E37: Nimzo-Indian: Classical: 4...d5 5 a3 Bxc3+ 6 Qxc3 Ne4} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c6 {last book move} 8. e3
f5 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rf6 12. b4 {White plans c5} 12... a5 13. b5
cxb5 14. c5 {This push gains space} 14... Qc7 15. Bxb5 Rh6 16. h3 g5 (16... b6
17. c6 Ndf6 18. Ne5 $14) 17. Bxd7 $16 Bxd7 18. Ne5 {'the knight is the knight!'
} 18... Rh4 (18... g4 19. hxg4 (19. Nxd7 $143 gxh3 20. g3 Qxd7 $15) 19... Bb5
20. Rd1 $14) 19. Rb1 Bc6 20. f3 Nf6 21. e4 {White gets the initiative} 21... f4
22. Re1 dxe4 23. fxe4 Nd7 (23... Rd8 $5 $16) 24. Nf3 $18 Rh5 25. Qc4 Nf8 26.
Bd2 a4 27. Bc3 Rd8 28. Ne5 Rh4 29. Kf2 f3 30. gxf3 (30. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 31. Re3 g4
$11) 30... Rxh3 31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 Be8 33. Bd2 b5 34. Qc3 Nd7 35. Bxg5 Rc8
36. Bf4 Nxe5 37. Bxe5 (37. dxe5 $6 Qxc5+ 38. Qxc5 Rxc5 $11) 37... Qb7 38. Qe3
Bg6 (38... Qe7 $18) 39. Qg5 Qf7 40. Rh4 Re8 (40... Qf8 {
there is nothing else anyway} 41. Rxh7 $3 {Demolition of pawn structure} 41...
Kxh7 42. Qh4+ Qh6 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. Qxe6+ Kf8 45. Qxc8+ Be8 $18) 41. Rf4 Qe7 42.
Rf6 Qg7 {White now must not overlook the idea b4} 43. c6 Bf7 44. Qh4 h5 (44...
b4 {desperation} 45. Rh6 Bg6 46. Bxg7 Kxg7 47. axb4 a3 $18) 45. Qf4 Bg6 {
If Black now would get Kh7 in, he might survive} 46. c7 Rc8 {
Black threatens to counter with Kh7} 47. Rxe6 Rxc7 {
If Black now only could play Qf7...} 48. Bxg7 Rxg7 49. Qh6 b4 (49... Bf5 {
does not save the day} 50. exf5 Kf7 51. Qxh5+ Rg6 52. Qxg6+ Kf8 53. Re8#) 50.
Rc6 Be8 (50... Bf7 {doesn't do any good} 51. Rc8+ Be8 52. Rxe8+ Kf7 53. Qe6#)
51. Rc8 Kf7 (51... Re7 {is no salvation} 52. Qg6+ Kh8 53. Qf6+ Kh7 54. Qxe7+
Kg6 55. Qxe8+ Kh6 56. Qf8+ Kg5 57. Qe7+ Kf4 58. Qf6#) 52. Rc7+ Bd7 53. Rxd7+
Kg8 (53... Ke8 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 54. Qe6+ Re7
55. Qxe7#) 54. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Deep Junior 7"]
[Black "Rebel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3
Bb7} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. Bf4 Bc5 11. Be2 O-O 12. Rd1 a5 13. Bg3 Qc8 14. e5 Ne8
15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qf4 {last book move} 17... h6 18. h4 Qc7 19. O-O
Rd8 20. Bh5 d6 21. Qd2 d5 22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. Qf4 Qe7 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Bg6 Nc7
26. h5 Ne6 {In the style of Nimzovich} 27. Qf3 f4 28. Bh2 Kh8 29. b4 axb4 30.
axb4 Bxb4 31. Qxd5 f3 32. gxf3 Qg5+ 33. Bg3 Bc5 {Threatening mate: Qxg3} 34.
Kh1 Nf4 {Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn. A valuable piece} 35. Qe4 b5 36.
e6 {Black has to watch this pawn} 36... Be7 37. Bf7 Nxh5 38. Bh2 Nf6 39. Qb7
Qc5 {Black prepares b4} 40. Bg3 b4 41. Ra1 Rd8 42. Bg6 Qc3 43. Rb1 Ng8 44. Kg2
Qf6 45. Bf7 {Here comes the goal-getter} 45... Bc5 46. Qb5 Rc8 (46... Qg5 47.
Rh1 Be7 48. Rh5 $11) 47. Rd1 Ne7 48. Rd7 {A beautiful square!} 48... Qg5 49.
Qb7 Rf8 50. Kh2 g6 (50... Nc8 $5 $14) 51. Qe4 $16 {White intends Bh4} 51...
Qh5+ 52. Kg2 Qf5 53. Qc4 {Threatens Rc7} 53... b3 54. Qxb3 Kh7 55. Bh4 Qf4 56.
Qb5 (56. Qc3 $142 {it becomes clear that White will call all the shots} 56...
Nf5 57. Bg3 $18 (57. Qxc5 $6 {is the less attractive alternative} 57... Nxh4+
58. Kf1 Ra8 $14)) 56... Nf5 $16 57. Bg3 Qg5 58. f4 Qh5 59. Qb7 Qe2 60. Be8+ Kg8
61. Bxg6 {The mate threat is Bxf5} 61... Bxf2 62. Bxf2 Qg4+ 63. Kf1 {
Threatening mate... how?} 63... Qxg6 64. Qb3 (64. Qd5 Re8 65. Rd8 Rxd8 66.
Qxd8+ Kh7 67. Qd7+ Kg8 $18) 64... Kh8 65. e7 (65. Qc3+ $5 Kg8 66. Qc4 $18)
65... Re8 $16 66. Bc5 Qa6+ 67. Ke1 Kg7 68. Bb4 Qg6 (68... Qc6 $142 $5 69. Rd8
Rxe7+ 70. Bxe7 Qe4+ 71. Kd1 Nxe7 72. Qb2+ Kf7 73. Qa2+ Kg6 $18) 69. Rd8 $18 Kh7
(69... Rxe7+ 70. Bxe7 Qg1+ 71. Kd2 Qf2+ 72. Kc3 Qe3+ 73. Kb2 Qf2+ 74. Kb1 Qe1+
75. Ka2 Nxe7 76. Qb2+ Kf7 77. Qd4 $18) 70. Qc4 (70. Rxe8 $5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} 70... Qxe8 71. Qe6 Ng7 $18) 70... Ng7 71. Bc5 Qf5
72. Kd2 Kh8 (72... h5 73. Rxe8 Nxe8 74. Be3 $18) 73. Qa4 Qg6 74. Kc1 (74. Qa8
$142 $1 {and White can already relax} 74... Qf7 75. Bd4 Kh7 76. Qe4+ Qg6 77.
Qxg6+ Kxg6 78. Bxg7 Rxe7 $18) 74... Kh7 75. Qd7 Qf7 (75... h5 76. f5 Qf7 77.
Rxe8 Nxe8 78. Bd4 $18) 76. Qd3+ Kg8 77. Qe4 h5 78. Bf2 h4 (78... Qf6 79. Bd4
Qf7 80. Bxg7 Kxg7 81. Rxe8 Qxe8 82. Qe6 $18) 79. Bxh4 Qh5 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Crafty 18.10X"]
[Black "Quest (Deep Fritz)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "218"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B34: Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: sidelines} 1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 d6 8. O-O Nf6 {
last book move} 9. Qf3 O-O 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. Rab1 Nd7 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Nc5
14. f3 {Secures g4} 14... Qb6 15. Kf1 a5 16. a3 a4 17. b4 axb3 18. cxb3 Qa7 19.
b4 Nd7 20. Ra1 Bd4 21. Qe1 Ne5 22. Be2 Be6 23. g4 Bc4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Bh6
Rfd8 26. Ra2 d5 ({Weaker is} 26... Nxa3 27. Ne2 Be3 28. g5 $16) 27. exd5 cxd5
28. Bc1 e5 29. Rd3 Qa6 30. Qe2 f6 31. b5 Qd6 (31... Qa5 32. Nd1 Rd7 33. a4 $17)
32. a4 Qb4 33. Rxd4 Qxc3 34. Rd1 Ra8 35. g5 Qb4 36. Qc2 Rdc8 37. Qe2 (37. Rxd5
$2 {doesn't work because of} 37... Ne3+ $1 {Theme: Clearance for c8-c2} 38.
Bxe3 Rxc2 39. Rxc2 Qb3 $19 (39... Qxa4 $6 {is much worse} 40. Rc7 $17)) 37...
Rc5 38. Bd2 (38. gxf6 $5 Rxa4 39. f4 Qxb5 40. Rxa4 Qxa4 41. fxe5 Nxe5 42. Re1
$17) 38... Qb3 $19 (38... Nxd2+ $6 39. Raxd2 Rd8 40. gxf6 $11) 39. Rda1 Rxb5
40. gxf6 Rb6 (40... Nxd2+ $6 41. Rxd2 Rb4 42. Kg2 $11) 41. Bg5 Kf7 42. Kg2 Rba6
{Black gets in control} 43. Qf2 Qb4 (43... Rxa4 44. Rxa4 Rxa4 45. Qc5 Ne3+ 46.
Bxe3 Kxf6 47. Qf8+ Ke6 48. Bg5 Ra2+ 49. Kg3 $18) 44. Qg1 Qb7 ({Instead of} 
44... Rxa4 45. Rxa4 Rxa4 46. Rb1 Ra2+ 47. Kg3 $11) 45. Qc5 Ra5 46. Rb1 {
Threatening mate: Rxb7} 46... Qd7 ({Not} 46... Rxc5 47. Rxb7+ Ke6 48. Rxh7 $14)
(46... Qxb1 $4 {mating quickly in 2} 47. Qe7+ Kg8 48. Qg7#) 47. Qe7+ Qxe7 48.
fxe7 h6 $1 {Black stays in the lead} (48... Rxa4 $4 {
capturing this pawn is a mistake} 49. Rxa4 Rxa4 50. Rb8 $18) 49. Bxh6 {
Deflection from e7} 49... Kxe7 (49... Rxa4 $6 50. Rxa4 Rxa4 51. Bg5 Ra2+ 52.
Kg3 $11) 50. Rb4 Kd6 51. Bg5 Kc5 52. Be7+ Kc6 53. Kg3 R8a7 54. Bd8 R5a6 55. Kf2
Kc5 56. Rb5+ Kd6 57. Rb4 Ra8 58. Bh4 Rh8 59. Bg3 g5 60. Ke2 Ra7 61. Rc2 Ra5 62.
Rc1 Ke6 63. Rh1 Raa8 64. Ra1 Ra6 65. Rb5 Rha8 66. Rb4 Nb6 67. Kf2 Rh8 68. Rg4
Kf5 69. h4 gxh4 70. Bxh4 Rh5 71. Rb1 Nc4 72. Rb8 {Threatening mate... how?}
72... Rhh6 73. Rf8+ Ke6 74. Bg5 Rg6 75. Re8+ Kd7 76. Rd8+ Kc6 77. Rc8+ Kb7 78.
Rc5 Rgd6 79. Be3 Rd7 80. Rcxc4 dxc4 81. Rxc4 Rd3 82. Rc5 Re6 83. Rc4 Rf6 84.
Re4 Rf5 85. Kg3 Rd5 86. Rc4 Ka6 87. Rc6+ Ka5 88. Kg4 Rf7 89. Rc4 Rf8 90. Bc5
Rf6 91. Be3 Rf7 92. Re4 Ka6 93. Rc4 Rf8 94. Rc6+ Ka5 95. Rc4 Rd6 96. Rc5+ Kxa4
97. Rxe5 Rg6+ 98. Rg5 Re6 {Do you see the mate threat?} 99. Bc5 Rfe8 100. f4
Rc6 101. Kf3 Kb3 102. Bd4 Kc4 103. Re5 Rd8 104. Be3 Rd1 105. Ke4 Rh6 106. Re8
Rh3 {The mate threat is Rxe3} 107. Rc8+ Kb5 108. f5 Rh4+ 109. Ke5 Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shredder"]
[Black "Chess Tiger 14.6 Gambit Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D04: Colle System} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 {last book move}
5. Qxd3 Nbd7 6. O-O e6 7. Nc3 c5 8. e4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Be3
O-O 12. Rad1 Qa5 13. Nxf6+ {White fights for the Initiative} 13... Nxf6 14. Qb3
Nd5 15. Qxb7 {The passed pawn on c2 quickly leads to threats} 15... Rab8 16.
Qd7 Rfd8 (16... Qxa2 $2 {doesn't lead to anything significant} 17. Nc6 Bf6 18.
Nxb8 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rxb8 20. b3 $18) 17. Nc6 Rxd7 18. Nxa5 Rxb2 19. c4 Nf6 ({
Less advisable is} 19... Rxa2 20. Nc6 (20. cxd5 $143 Rxa5 21. dxe6 Rxd1 22.
exf7+ Kxf7 23. Rxd1 Ra2 $15) 20... Bf6 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Bxa7 $18) 20. Nc6 Bf8
21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Ra1 Bc5 (22... Nb6 $5 $11 {has some apparent merit}) 23. Nxa7
$14 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Ne5 25. a4 h5 (25... Kf8 $5 26. a5 Nxc4 $16) 26. a5 $16 h4
27. h3 Nxc4 28. a6 Nb6 29. Nc6 Kh7 30. a7 Na8 31. Nd8 Kg6 32. Ra4 e5 (32... Rd2
$5 33. Nc6 Rc2 34. Ne5+ Kf6 $18) 33. Rxh4 $18 Ra2 (33... Rb6 34. Rc4 Ra6 35.
Rc6+ Rxc6 36. Nxc6 $18) 34. Nc6 Ra6 35. Nxe5+ Kg5 36. Rg4+ Kf6 37. Nd7+ Ke7 38.
Nb8 ({Worse is} 38. Rxg7 Rxa7 39. Nc5 Nb6 $18) 38... Ra1+ 39. Kh2 Kd6 (39...
Nb6 40. Rd4 Nc8 41. Nc6+ Ke6 42. Rd8 Nxa7 43. Ra8 Rh1+ 44. Kxh1 Nxc6 45. g3 $18
) 40. Rd4+ Kc7 41. Rd7+ Kb6 42. Rxf7 Rxa7 43. Nd7+ Kc6 44. Ne5+ Kb6 45. Nc4+
Ka6 46. Rxa7+ Kxa7 47. h4 Kb8 (47... Nc7 {hardly improves anything} 48. Nd6 $18
) 48. Nd6 g6 49. Nf7 (49. Nf7 Nb6 50. Kg3 $18) (49. Nc4 $5 {
might be the shorter path} 49... Nc7 50. Kg3 Kb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Goliath"]
[Black "Ferret"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "235"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B17: Caro-Kann: Modern Line (4...Nd7)} 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 c6 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4
Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11.
Bd2 Nf6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O {last book move} 13... b6 {Prevents intrusion on a5
} 14. Ne5 c5 15. c3 Bb7 16. f4 Rfd8 17. a4 Qe7 18. Be3 Nd5 19. dxc5 {
Black gets strong play along the open d-file} 19... Bxe5 20. fxe5 Nxe3 21. Qxe3
Qxc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. Bb5 a6 24. Bc4 Bd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Rae1 Rad8 27. g4
Rd2 28. Rf2 Rd1 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Rfe2 R1d3 31. Rf2 Rd1 (31... Ke7 32. Re4 $15)
32. Rfe2 R1d3 (32... R8d2 33. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 34. Re1 Rxe1+ 35. Kxe1 $15) 33. Rf2
R8d7 34. Re4 Ke7 35. Ref4 Ke8 36. Rc4 R3d5 37. Re4 Ke7 38. Ref4 Ke8 39. Re4 Ke7
(39... Rd1+ 40. Kg2 $15) 40. Ref4 $11 Kf8 41. Re4 a5 42. Kg2 Ke7 43. Ref4 Kf8
44. Re4 Ke8 45. Kg3 Rd1 46. Kg2 g5 47. Rc4 R7d5 48. Re4 Ke7 49. Ree2 Ra1 50.
Re4 Ke8 51. Kf3 Rd3+ 52. Kg2 Rdd1 53. Rc4 Rd5 54. Re4 Kf8 55. Kf3 Rd3+ 56. Kg2
Rdd1 57. Rc4 Rd5 58. Re4 Ke8 59. Kf3 Kf8 60. Kg2 Ke7 61. Rfe2 Rad1 62. Rf2 R5d2
63. Rc4 Rxf2+ 64. Kxf2 Rd2+ (64... Rd5 65. Re4 $15) 65. Kg3 (65. Ke3 $5 {
should not be overlooked} 65... Rxb2 66. Rxc5 Rxh2 67. Rxa5 $11) 65... Rd5 $15
66. Re4 Rd3+ 67. Kf2 Kd7 68. Rc4 Rd5 69. Re4 Kc6 70. Ke2 Rd7 71. b4 axb4 72.
cxb4 cxb4 73. Rxb4 Kc5 74. Rb1 Rd4 75. Ra1 Rxg4 76. a5 Rd4 77. Kf3 h5 78. a6
Rd3+ 79. Ke2 {Threatening mate: Kxd3} 79... Rd8 80. Rg1 Ra8 81. Rxg5 h4 82. Rh5
Rxa6 83. Rxh4 Kd5 84. Rh5 Ke4 {The black king gets dangerous} 85. h4 Ra5 {
Attacks the isolani on e5} 86. Rh7 Ra2+ 87. Ke1 Ke3 {
Do you see the mate threat?} (87... Kxe5 $6 88. Rxf7 Kd4 89. h5 $11) 88. Kf1
Rf2+ 89. Ke1 Rf4 90. h5 Kd4 91. Rg7 (91. Ke2 $142 $5 $17) 91... Kxe5 $19 92.
Rh7 f5 (92... Kf6 93. Ke2 $19) 93. Ke2 (93. Rh6 Rh4 $19) 93... Rc4 (93... Re4+
94. Kf3 $19) 94. h6 $2 (94. Kf3 Rc3+ 95. Kg2 f4 $17) 94... Ke4 (94... Rh4 $142
$19 {a pity that Black didn't try this}) 95. Kf2 e5 96. Rb7 Kf4 97. h7 {
The mate threat is h8Q} 97... Rc2+ 98. Kg1 Rc8 99. Rc7 {Threatening mate: Rxc8}
99... Ra8 100. Ra7 {Threatening mate... how?} 100... Rd8 101. Rg7 Rh8 102. Kf2
Ke4 103. Rd7 Kf4 104. Rg7 e4 105. Re7 Kg4 106. Ke3 Kg5 107. Rb7 Rd8 108. Rg7+
Kh6 {The mate threat is Kxg7} 109. Rd7 Rc8 110. Kf4 Rf8 111. Rf7 {
The mate threat is Rxf8} 111... Rh8 112. Rd7 Rxh7 {Do you see the mate threat?}
113. Rd6+ Kh5 114. Kxf5 e3 {Threatening mate: e2} 115. Re6 Rf7+ 116. Ke4 e2 {
Threatening mate... how?} 117. Kd3 Rd7+ 118. Kxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Diep"]
[Black "Gandalf 5.0"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D20: Queen's Gambit Accepted: 3 e3 and 3 e4} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4.
Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8. Nbd2 Nge7 9. Ng5 Qd6 10. Nxe6
Qxe6 11. Nb3 Qd6 12. Bf4 Qxf4 13. Nxc5 O-O 14. g3 Qh6 {last book move} 15. Rc1
a6 16. Be2 a5 17. f4 b6 18. Nd3 {White plans e5} 18... Rfd8 19. Qa4 Rab8 20.
Bf3 b5 21. Qc2 Rb6 22. e5 {White gets more space} 22... Kf8 23. Qg2 Ra6 24. Be4
Nb4 25. Nxb4 axb4 26. Rxc7 f5 27. exf6 Qxf6 {
Black gets strong play along the open e-file} 28. Qf2 Rxa2 29. Bb1 (29. Rd1 d3
30. Rc2 dxc2 31. Rxd8+ Kf7 32. Qxc2 Qb6+ (32... Rxb2 $143 33. Qd1 Qb6+ 34. Kh1
$16) (32... Qxb2 $4 {A poison bait which should not be taken} 33. Bd5+ Nxd5 34.
Qf5+ Qf6 35. Qh5+ g6 36. Qxh7+ Qg7 37. Rd7+ Ne7 38. Rxe7+ Kxe7 39. Qxg7+ Kd6
40. Qe5+ Kc6 41. Qe6+ Kc5 42. Qxa2 $18) 33. Kg2 Qxd8 34. Qb3+ Kf6 35. Qxa2 Qd2+
36. Kh3 Qd7+ 37. Kh4 Qd2 38. Qa6+ Kf7 39. Qa2+ Kf6 $11) 29... Ra6 {
The idea is Ra2-a6-e6-e3} 30. Re1 Re6 31. Bd3 {The bishop blocks d4} (31. Bxh7
$2 {is inferior since it leads to} 31... Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 d3 33. Qxb4 d2 $19)
31... Re3 {The black rook is well posted.} 32. Qd2 (32. Rxe3 $2 {
is no good because of} 32... dxe3 33. Qc2 Qb6 34. Rxe7 Kxe7 $19) 32... Nd5 33.
Rc5 Qe6 34. Rec1 h5 35. Rc6 Qg4 36. Rg6 Qf3 37. Bf1 (37. Bxb5 $2 {
fails because of} 37... d3 38. Qf2 Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Re2+ 40. Kf3 Rxb2 41. Bxd3
Re8 $19 (41... Rxh2 $6 {is the weaker alternative} 42. Bc4 Nf6 43. Rb1 $17))
37... d3 {Black advances the passed pawn} 38. Rg5 Rde8 39. Bg2 (39. Rf5+ Nf6
40. Re5 R8xe5 41. fxe5 Ng4 $17) 39... Qe2 $15 40. Qxe2 dxe2 41. Re1 Nf6 42. Bc6
Rd8 43. Kf2 Re7 44. Bf3 Rd2 45. b3 Rb2 46. Rxb5 (46. Rxe2 $2 {
would be great except for} 46... Rexe2+ 47. Bxe2 Ne4+ 48. Ke1 Rb1+ 49. Bd1 Nc3
$19 (49... Nxg5 $143 50. fxg5 Rb2 51. h4 $19)) 46... Rxb3 47. Rxe2 Ng4+ 48.
Bxg4 hxg4 49. Rd2 Kf7 50. Rf5+ Ke8 51. Rb5 Rc7 52. Ke2 Rb1 53. Kd3 Rd7+ 54. Ke3
Re1+ 55. Re2 $4 {a weak move, ruining a winning position} (55. Kf2 $142 {
would save the game} 55... Rxd2+ 56. Kxe1 $11) 55... Re7+ $19 56. Re5 (56. Kd3
{desperation} 56... R1xe2 57. Rxb4 Rxh2 58. f5 $19) 56... Rxe2+ 57. Kxe2 Rxe5+
(57... Rxe5+ 58. fxe5 Kd7 $19) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "XiNiX"]
[Black "Gromit 3.9.5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} 1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. Nf3 d6 4. O-O Nf6
5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. Bg5 Qc7 9. Bb3 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ne5
12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 {last book move} 13... Bg7 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Rad1 b5 16. a4
b4 17. Na2 a5 18. c3 Qb7 {The isolani on e4 becomes a target} 19. Bc2 bxc3 20.
Nxc3 Qb6 (20... Qxb2 $2 {is a blank shot} 21. Ndb5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 $18) 21. Kh1
O-O (21... Qxb2 $2 {doesn't work} 22. Ndb5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 $18) 22. Ndb5 Ne8 23.
Qh5 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Qc5 25. Rc1 Ng6 26. Qxc5 dxc5 27. Be3 Rc8 28. b3 Nf6 29. Nd6
Rc7 30. Bb1 Nd7 31. Bd2 Ra7 32. Rfd1 (32. Nc4 Rfa8 $16) 32... Rd8 (32... Nge5
33. Bf4 $14) 33. Be3 Nge5 34. Rc2 (34. Bxc5 $2 {is worthless because of} 34...
Nxc5 35. Rxc5 Rad7 $19) 34... Ng4 35. Bg1 (35. Bxc5 $4 {
would be a terrible mistake} 35... Nxc5 36. Re1 Nxb3 $19 (36... Rxd6 $143 37.
Rxc5 Nf2+ 38. Kg1 $19)) 35... Nge5 36. h3 {Covers g4} (36. Bxc5 $2 {
doesn't solve anything} 36... Nxc5 37. Rxc5 Rad7 $19) 36... Rc7 37. Nb5 {
An ideal square for the white knight.} 37... Rcc8 38. Rcd2 Bf6 39. Bh2 Bg5 40.
Rc2 h5 41. Nd6 Rc6 42. Nb7 Ra8 43. Bxe5 (43. Bg3 Be3 $14) 43... Nxe5 $11 {
The knight feels good on e5} 44. Rxc5 Rxc5 45. Nxc5 Rb8 46. Nd3 Ng6 47. Bc2 Rc8
48. Bb1 Rc3 49. Ba2 (49. e5 h4 $11) 49... Nf4 $15 50. Nxf4 Bxf4 51. Kg1 Kg7 52.
Rf1 Bg3 53. Rd1 Kf6 54. Kf1 Ke5 55. Ke2 Bf4 56. Kf1 Kxe4 57. Kg1 (57. Bb1+ $5
Ke5 58. Re1+ Kf6 59. Re4 $17) 57... Bg3 58. Rf1 Kd4 59. Bb1 f5 60. Ba2 e5 61.
Bb1 (61. Rb1 e4 62. b4 e3 $19) 61... e4 62. Rxf5 (62. Rd1+ Kc5 63. Kf1 $19)
62... e3 (62... e3 63. Kf1 Rc1+ 64. Ke2 Rxb1 $19) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "IsiChess X"]
[Black "Tao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C79: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 0-0 d6} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 b5 9. Bb3
Bg7 10. Bg5 O-O {last book move} 11. Qc1 Qe7 12. Bd1 Kh8 13. d5 {
White gains space} 13... Na5 14. Nbd2 c5 15. h3 {Controls g4} 15... c4 {
Black wins space} 16. b4 Nb7 17. a4 {Trying to unravel the pawn chain} 17...
Rfc8 18. Be2 Qe8 19. Qc2 Nh5 20. Ra2 f6 21. Be3 f5 {
Nimzovich: attack the chain at its base} 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rea1 Nf6 24. Bg5
Rxa2 25. Rxa2 Ra8 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Qb2 Qb8 28. Qa1 Rxa2 29. Qxa2 Nd8 30. Nf1
Nf7 31. Ng3 Ng5 32. Nd2 Qb7 33. Qc2 f4 {This push gains space} 34. Nh1 Qa7 35.
Qb2 Bd8 36. Bd1 Bb6 37. Kf1 Qb7 38. Qa3 Qc8 39. Kg1 Bxh3 (39... Kg7 40. Be2 $15
) 40. gxh3 $11 Nxh3+ 41. Kf1 Ng5 42. Bf3 Be3 {Demolition of pawn structure} 43.
fxe3 fxe3 44. Nf2 exd2 45. Bd1 {The white bishop is safe in front of d2} 45...
Qf8 46. Kg2 h5 47. Qa6 Qf4 48. Qc8+ (48. Qxb5 Nxe4 49. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 50. Kh2 Qf4+
51. Kg2 h4 52. Qe8+ Kh7 53. Qd7+ Kg8 $14) 48... Kg7 49. Qd7+ Nf7 50. Kf1 h4 51.
Ke2 (51. Qxb5 h3 52. Qb6 g5 $19) 51... Qg3 52. Qh3 Ng5 {
Threatening mate... how?} 53. Qd7+ Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "ParSOS"]
[Black "SpiderGirl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B08: Pirc Defence: Classical System} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 d6 5.
O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Bg5 c5 {last book move} 9. d5 {
White gets more space} 9... h6 10. Be3 a6 {Consolidates b5} 11. a4 b6 12. Qd2
Kh7 13. b3 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qc7 (14... Ne8 15. Bc4 $11) 15. Kh1 Rg8 16. Bc4 g5 17.
Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5+ Kg6 19. e5 {
Clearance to allow d2-d3. The mate threat is Bd3} 19... Nxe5 (19... dxe5 20. d6
) 20. f4 Bh6 21. fxe5 Bxg5 22. Qd3+ Kh6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Ne4 Rg6 25. Rf4 Kg7
26. Rdf1 Qd8 27. Nxf6 exf6 28. Qd2 Kf8 (28... Bc8 29. Bd3 f5 30. Bxf5 Bxf5 31.
Rxf5 $18) 29. Bd3 Rh6 (29... Rg7 30. c4 f5 31. Rxf5 $18) 30. R4f3 Kg7 31. Rg3+
Rg6 32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Qd3 Qe8 34. h4 Qf7 (34... Bc8 $18 {
there is nothing better in the position}) 35. h5 g5 36. Rxg5+ $3 {
Demolishes the pawn shield} (36. Rxg5+ Kf8 37. Rg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pharaon"]
[Black "Ruy Lopez"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D10: Slav Defence: 3 cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3 Nc3} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3.
cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Qb6 6. Qb3 {last book move} 6... Qxd4 {
Black inhibits 0-0-0} 7. e3 Qb6 8. Bxb8 (8. Qxb6 $142 $5 {
should be examined more closely} 8... axb6 9. Nf3 $11) 8... Qxb3 $17 9. axb3
Rxb8 10. Rxa7 Bd7 11. Nf3 e6 12. Ne5 Bc5 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Ra4 O-O 15. Bb5 Nb6
16. Ra1 Rfc8 17. Ke2 Bb4 {A sound move} 18. Rhc1 Rc5 19. Bd3 Rbc8 20. Ra7 R8c7
({Not} 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 R8c7 22. b4 $16) 21. Kd1 Nc8 (21... Bxc3 $6 22. Rxc3
Rxc3 23. bxc3 $11) 22. Ra8 g5 23. Rc2 Ra5 24. Rxa5 Bxa5 25. Nb5 Rxc2 26. Kxc2
Ne7 27. Nd6 b6 28. Kd1 h5 29. Ne8 h4 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nh5+ Kh6 32. Nf6 Nc6 33.
Nd7 Kg7 34. Bb5 Na7 35. Be2 b5 36. g3 b4 37. gxh4 gxh4 38. Ne5 Bc7 39. Nf3 Bd8
40. Kc2 Bf6 41. Ne1 Nc6 42. Bb5 Na5 43. Nd3 Be7 44. Ne5 Nb7 45. h3 Nd6 46. Bf1
Ne4 47. f3 Ng5 48. f4 Ne4 49. Bg2 Bc5 50. Kd3 Ng3 51. Bf3 f6 52. Nc6 Kf7 53.
Bg4 Be7 54. Nd4 f5 55. Bf3 Ne4 56. Nc6 Bd6 (56... Nc5+ 57. Kc2 Nb7 58. Bh5+ Kf6
59. Be2 $17) 57. Bg2 (57. Bxe4 $5 {might be a viable alternative} 57... fxe4+
58. Kd4 $15) 57... Ke8 58. Bxe4 fxe4+ ({Inferior is} 58... dxe4+ 59. Kc4 $14)
59. Kd4 Kd7 {Threatening mate: Kxc6} 60. Ne5+ Kc7 61. Nf7 Kc6 62. Nd8+ Kd7 63.
Nf7 Bb8 64. f5 Ba7+ 65. Ke5 exf5 66. Kxd5 Bxe3 67. Nd6 Bb6 68. Nxf5 e3 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 69. Nxh4 e2 {Threatening mate... how?} 70. Ng2 {
If White now only could play Kc4...} 70... Bf2 71. Kc4 e1=R 72. Nxe1 Bxe1 73.
Kd5 Ke7 74. Ke4 (74. Ke5 {cannot undo what has already been done} 74... Kf7 75.
Kf5 Bd2 76. Ke4 Kg6 77. Kd3 Bh6 78. Kc4 Bf8 79. Kb5 Kg5 80. Kc6 Kh4 81. Kb5
Kxh3 82. Kb6 Kg4 83. Ka7 Bg7 84. Kb6 Bxb2 85. Kc5 Bc3 86. Kc4 Kf5 87. Kd5 Kf4
88. Kc5 Ke4 89. Kc4 Bd2 90. Kc5 Kd3 91. Kb5 Kc3 92. Ka4 Be1 93. Kb5 Kxb3 94.
Kc5 Kc3 95. Kd5 b3 96. Kc6 b2 97. Kd5 b1=Q 98. Kd6 Kd4 99. Kc6 Bh4 100. Kc7 Kc5
101. Kd7 Qb7+ 102. Ke6 Qd5#) 74... Kf6 75. Kd3 (75. Kf4 {is no salvation} 75...
Bd2+ 76. Kg4 Kg6 77. Kf3 Kg5 78. Kg3 Bf4+ 79. Kf3 Be5 80. Kg2 Kh4 81. Kf3 Kxh3
82. Ke4 Bxb2 83. Kf3 Bc3 84. Kf2 Kg4 85. Ke3 Kg3 86. Ke2 Kf4 87. Kd3 Kf3 88.
Kc4 Ke3 89. Kd5 Kd3 90. Kc5 Kc2 91. Kc4 Bd2 92. Kd4 Kxb3 93. Kd3 Bc3 94. Ke3
Kc4 95. Ke4 b3 96. Ke3 b2 97. Ke2 b1=Q 98. Kf3 Kd5 99. Kg2 Ke4 100. Kf2 Qe1+
101. Kg2 Be5 102. Kh3 Qg3#) 75... Kg5 $19 76. Ke2 (76. h4+ Bxh4 77. Kc4 Be1 78.
Kc5 Kf4 79. Kb6 Ke4 80. Kc7 Bc3 81. Kd6 Bxb2 82. Kc5 Bc3 83. Kc4 Bd2 84. Kc5
Kd3 85. Kb5 Kc3 86. Ka4 Be1 87. Kb5 Kxb3 88. Kc5 Kc3 89. Kd5 b3 90. Kc6 b2 91.
Kd5 b1=Q 92. Kd6 Kd4 93. Kc6 Bh4 94. Kc7 Kc5 95. Kd7 Qb7+ 96. Ke6 Qd5#) 76...
Bg3 77. Kd3 Kh4 78. Ke4 Bd6 79. Kd5 (79. Kd4 {cannot change destiny} 79... Kxh3
80. Kd3 Kg4 81. Ke2 Be5 82. Ke3 Bxb2 83. Ke4 Bc3 84. Ke3 Kg3 85. Ke2 Kf4 86.
Kd3 Kf3 87. Kc4 Ke3 88. Kd5 Kd3 89. Kc5 Kc2 90. Kc4 Bd2 91. Kd4 Kxb3 92. Kd3
Bc3 93. Ke3 Kc4 94. Ke4 b3 95. Ke3 b2 96. Ke2 b1=Q 97. Kf3 Kd5 98. Kg2 Ke4 99.
Kf2 Qe1+ 100. Kg2 Be5 101. Kh3 Qg3#) 79... Bf8 (79... Bf8 80. Kd4 Kg3 $19 (
80... Kxh3 {is not possible} 81. Kd5 Kg3 82. Kc4 Kf3 83. Kd5 Ke3 84. Ke6 Bg7
85. Kd6 Bxb2 86. Kc5 Bc3 87. Kd5 Kd3 88. Kc5 Kc2 89. Kc4 Bd2 90. Kd4 Kxb3 91.
Kd3 Bc3 92. Ke3 Kc4 93. Ke4 b3 94. Ke3 b2 95. Ke2 b1=Q 96. Kf3 Kd5 97. Kg2 Ke4
98. Kf2 Qe1+ 99. Kg2 Be5 100. Kh3 Qg3#)) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gandalf 5.0"]
[Black "Deep Junior 7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D55: Queen's Gambit Declined: 4 Bg5 Be7: Lines without ...h6 and 6...h6 7 Bxf6
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Ne4 exd4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Rfe1 Be6 {last book move} 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Red1 Kf7 19.
f3 {Covers e4+g4} 19... Rad8 20. e4 g5 21. Kf2 a5 22. Bb3 Nd7 23. Ke3 Ne5 24.
Rc5 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Kf6 26. g3 Rd8 27. Be2 b6 28. Rc3 c5 29. f4 Nc6 30. e5+ Ke7
31. Rd3 Nd4 32. Bg4 gxf4+ 33. gxf4 Rg8 34. h3 h5 35. Bxh5 {
The passed pawn on h3 will become decisive later} 35... Rg3+ 36. Ke4 Rg2 37. a3
Rxb2 38. Rg3 Nf5 39. Rc3 Rb1 40. Bg6 Re1+ 41. Kf3 Rf1+ 42. Ke4 Nh4 43. Bh7 Ng2
44. Rf3 Re1+ 45. Kd3 b5 46. Kd2 Ra1 47. Kc2 c4 48. Kb2 Rh1 49. Be4 Re1 50. Rf2
(50. Bc6 b4 $19) 50... Ne3 51. Bc2 b4 52. axb4 axb4 53. Rh2 b3 54. Bg6 Rg1 55.
Bh7 Nd1+ 56. Ka3 b2 57. h4 c3 58. Kb3 Kf7 59. Rh3 b1=Q+ 60. Bxb1 Nf2 61. Rf3
Rxb1+ 62. Kxc3 Ne4+ 63. Kc2 Rh1 64. Kd3 Nc5+ 65. Kd4 Nd7 66. h5 (66. f5 $142 $5
$17) 66... Rxh5 $19 67. Rc3 Rh1 68. Ke4 Ke7 69. Rc7 Kd8 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 70. Rc6 Rh3 71. Rd6 Ke7 72. Rc6 Ra3 73. Rc4 Ra5
74. Rc7 Rc5 $4 {hands over the advantage to the opponent} (74... Ra1 $142 $19 {
would have made live much easier for Black}) 75. Rxc5 $11 Nxc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Quest (Deep Fritz)"]
[Black "Goliath"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{E12: Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4 a3, 4 Nc3 Bb7 5 a3 and 4 Nc3
Bb7} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 Nd7 13. Qe2 a6 14. a4 cxd4
15. cxd4 Nb8 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Nb4 18. Bb1 {last book move} 18... Rc8 19.
Ne5 f5 (19... Bd6 $5 $11) 20. exf5 $14 exf5 21. Ba3 Rc7 22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. Ba2+
Kh8 24. Qh5 {Threatening mate: Ng6} 24... Rf6 25. Rab1 Bf8 26. Bb3 Be4 27. Rbc1
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bd5 (28... Qxd4 {fails to the following pretty mating combination
} 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Ng5+ Bd5 31. Qxh7#) 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Qe8 Kg8 (30... Qxd4 $2
{doesn't lead to the expected results} 31. Nd7 Kg8 32. Nxf6+ Qxf6 33. Qc6 $18)
31. h3 Qxd4 32. Nd7 Rf7 33. Nxf8 Rxf8 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Rc8 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 35... Qa1+ 36. Kh2 Qa3 37. Qxf5 {
The mate threat is Qxf8} 37... Qd6+ 38. g3 Rg8 39. Rxg8+ Kxg8 40. Qc8+ Kf7 41.
Qxa6 Qd4 42. Qb7+ Ke6 43. Qc6+ Ke7 44. Kg2 Kf7 45. Qc2 Kf6 46. g4 g6 47. Kg3
Qd6+ 48. f4 h6 49. h4 {White intends g5} 49... Qd4 50. g5+ hxg5 51. hxg5+ Kg7
52. Kf3 Kf8 53. Qb3 (53. Qxg6 $6 Qd1+ 54. Kf2 Qd2+ 55. Kg3 Qe1+ 56. Kg2 Qd2+
57. Kh3 Qe3+ 58. Kh4 Qf2+ 59. Kh5 Qh2+ 60. Kg4 Qe2+ 61. Kf5 Qc2+ 62. Kf6 Qc6+
63. Kf5 Qc2+ 64. Kf6 Qc6+ 65. Kf5 Qc2+ $11) 53... Qc5 54. Qe6 Qd4 55. Qc8+ Kf7
56. Qc1 (56. Qb7+ $142 $5 Kf8 57. Qb8+ Kf7 58. Qe5 Qd1+ 59. Kf2 Qc2+ 60. Kg3
Qb3+ 61. Kh4 $16) 56... Qd5+ $14 57. Kg3 Qd3+ 58. Kh4 Qe4 59. Qc7+ (59. Qd2 $5
$14) 59... Ke8 $11 60. Qe5+ Qxe5 61. fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gromit 3.9.5"]
[Black "Crafty 18.10X"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D21"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3.
Nf3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 c6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 a5 10.
bxc4 b4 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Nxd7 Nbxd7 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O Ra7 {
last book move} 16. Rfb1 {White launches an attack} 16... e5 17. Nf3 Ra8 18.
dxe5 (18. Rb2 Qc7 $11) 18... Ne4 19. Rd1 Ra7 {With the idea Nc3} 20. Rd4 Nc3 {
Menacing} 21. Qc2 Qe7 22. Bd3 g6 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rg4 Kh8 25. Rf1 Raa8 26. Bxg6
hxg6 27. Qxg6 {
The passed pawn on g2 will become decisive later. With the decisive threat Ng5}
27... Rf7 (27... Rg8 28. Ne5 Nxe5 29. Qh5+ Qh7 30. Qxe5+ Rg7 31. f4 $11) 28.
Rh4+ $11 Rh7 29. Ng5 {Threatening mate... how?} 29... Rxh4 30. Nf7+ Qxf7 31.
Qxf7 Rh7 32. Qxe6 Nf8 33. Qc6 Rha7 34. f4 Kg8 35. Qc5 Ra6 36. f5 Nd7 37. Qe7 {
White prepares the advance f6} 37... Nf6 38. g4 Re8 (38... R8a7 $5 39. Qd8+ Kf7
$18) 39. Qb7 Rea8 40. g5 Nfe4 $2 (40... R6a7 $142 41. Qc6 Ra6 $18) 41. f6 R6a7
42. Qc6 Kf7 (42... Nxg5 {is one last hope} 43. h4 Nge4 44. f7+ Kh7 $18) 43. g6+
$1 {a beautiful, forced end to the game} 43... Kxg6 {Decoy theme: g6} 44. f7+ {
Discovered attack} 44... Kg7 (44... Kh7 {doesn't improve anything} 45. f8=Q
Rxf8 46. Rxf8 $18) 45. Qe8 $3 {the opponent will choke on this} 45... Rxe8 46.
fxe8=Q Nf6 47. Qe5 Ra6 48. h4 Nce4 49. Rf4 Kh6 50. Rxe4 Nxe4 51. Qf4+ Kh5 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chess Tiger 14.6 Gambit Tiger"]
[Black "ParSOS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C96: Closed Ruy Lopez: Chigorin Defence: 11 d4, replies other than 11...Qc7} 
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. b4 {last book move} 11... Nc4 12. a4 d5 (12...
Nb6 13. d3 $11) 13. exd5 $14 e4 {Black is in command} 14. Ng5 Qxd5 15. Nxe4 Nd6
16. f3 {Consolidates e4} 16... Nfxe4 17. fxe4 Qg5 18. d3 Qg6 19. Qd2 f5 20.
Bb3+ Kh8 21. Bd5 (21. e5 Bh4 22. Rf1 $11 (22. exd6 $2 {leads to nothing} 22...
Bxe1 23. Qg5 Qxd6 $17)) 21... Bh4 $15 22. Bxb7 Bxe1 23. Qxe1 Nxb7 24. axb5 axb5
25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nd2 Qd6 27. exf5 Qxd3 28. Qe5 Nd6 {Plans Qc2} 29. f6 Kg8 30.
Kh2 (30. fxg7 $2 {fails to} 30... Ra1 31. Qe6+ Nf7 $19) 30... Qf5 31. Qxf5 Nxf5
32. Ne4 Re8 33. Ng3 Nxg3 34. Kxg3 Re2 35. Bf4 gxf6 36. Bxc7 Re3+ 37. Kf2 Rxc3
38. Bb6 (38. Bf4 Kf7 $19) 38... Kf7 39. Bc5 Ke6 40. Bf8 f5 41. Ke2 f4 42. Kf2
Kf5 43. Bg7 Rb3 44. Bf8 Ke4 45. Bd6 Kd5 46. Bf8 Kc4 47. Bd6 Rxb4 (47... Rxb4
48. Kf3 Kc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rebel"]
[Black "IsiChess X"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C80: Open Ruy Lopez: Sidelines and 9 Nbd2} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.
Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11.
Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 Be7 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. axb5 Qxe5 16. bxa6 {
The passed pawn on a6 quickly leads to threats} 16... O-O 17. Qa4 Nc5 18. Qc4
Rfb8 {Attacking the backward pawn on b2} 19. Ra5 Qd6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qb4
22. Qxb4 Bxb4 23. Ra2 {last book move} 23... Bd6 24. Be3 f6 25. a7 Rb4 26. g3
Kf7 27. Kg2 h6 28. f4 Rb3 29. Bf2 Rb7 30. Rd1 Be7 31. f5 c5 32. Rda1 Ke8 33. g4
Kd7 34. h3 Kc7 35. Be3 Rb3 36. Bf4+ Bd6 37. Bxd6+ Kxd6 38. Re1 Kd7 39. Re6 Rb7
40. Rea6 Rb3 41. R6a3 Rb4 42. Kg3 Kc6 43. Kh4 Rb7 44. Kh5 Kd5 45. Kg6 c4 46.
Ra5+ Kd4 47. R5a4 Kd5 48. R4a3 Kc5 49. Kh5 Rd7 50. h4 Kd4 51. Kg6 Rb7 52. Ra6
Ke4 53. R6a4 Kd5 54. Ra5+ Ke4 55. Ra6 Kd4 56. R6a3 Ke5 57. h5 Rc7 58. Ra5+ Ke4
59. R5a4 Kd5 60. Ra1 Ke5 61. Ra6 Ke4 62. R1a3 Kd4 63. R6a4 Kd5 64. Ra2 Kc5 65.
Ra6 Kd4 66. R2a3 Ke4 67. R6a5 Kd4 68. Ra1 Ke4 69. R1a2 Kd4 70. R2a3 Rb7 71.
R3a4 Kd3 72. Ra2 Kc2 73. R5a4 Kb1 74. R4a3 Rc7 75. Kh7 Rd7 76. Ra6 Rc7 77. R6a4
Rd7 78. R4a3 Rb7 79. Ra5 Kc2 80. R5a4 (80. R2a4 $142 Kd3 81. Ra6 $18) 80... Kb1
$11 81. Kg6 Rc7 82. R4a3 Rb7 83. Ra6 Rd7 (83... Kc2 $142 $5 $16) 84. R2a4 $18
Rc7 85. Rb4 Kc2 86. Ra1 Kd3 87. Ra3+ Kd2 88. Kh7 c3 $2 (88... Ke2 $142 $18) 89.
bxc3 Raxa7 90. Rxa7 Rxa7 91. Rb8 Kxc3 92. Rg8 Ra4 93. Rxg7 (93. Rxg7 Kd4 94.
Kxh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ruy Lopez"]
[Black "Shredder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{B14: Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack with 5...e6 and 5...g6} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. c5 Ne4 9. Qc2 Ng5
{last book move} 10. Nxg5 Bxg5 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bxg5 Qxg5 14. O-O
e5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Rfe1 Qg5 17. b4 Bg4 18. Qd3 Bf5 19. Qe2 Qf6 20. Qd2 Rfe8
21. Rad1 d4 22. Ne2 d3 {Pushes the passed pawn} 23. Ng3 Bg6 24. h3 h6 25. f4
Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rd8 27. Kh2 Qd4 28. f5 Bh7 29. Re7 a5 30. Re4 Qd5 31. Rf4 (31.
bxa5 $2 {is nothing because of} 31... Bxf5 32. Ra4 Qxc5 $19) 31... axb4 32.
axb4 f6 33. Rf3 Kh8 34. Kh1 Qc4 35. Kg1 Bg8 36. Nh5 Qa2 {
Black launches an attack} 37. Rf2 Qa1+ 38. Rf1 Qd4+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ 40. Ng3 Bb3
41. Rf3 Bc2 {The bishop dominates} 42. Kg1 Kh7 43. Kh1 (43. Nf1 $142 $5 $17)
43... Rd4 $19 44. Nf1 Qb8 45. Qe1 Rxb4 46. Nd2 Rb5 47. Qe7 Ra5 48. Rf1 Qe5 49.
Qe6 (49. Qxe5 fxe5 50. g4 Rxc5 $19) 49... Rxc5 50. Qf7 Ra5 51. Nc4 $6 {
not the greatest defence} (51. Qg6+ Kh8 52. Nf3 Qxf5 53. Qe8+ Kh7 54. Qxc6 $19)
51... Qe2 52. Qg6+ Kh8 53. Rf3 Ra7 54. Re3 Re7 55. Rxe7 Qxe7 56. Nd2 Qe1+ 57.
Kh2 Kg8 (57... Qxd2 $6 {is a weaker possibility} 58. Qe8+ Kh7 59. Qg6+ Kg8 60.
Qe8+ Kh7 61. Qg6+ Kg8 62. Qe8+ Kh7 $11) 58. Nf3 (58. Qh5 Bd1 (58... Qxd2 $6 {
is impossible} 59. Qe8+ Kh7 60. Qg6+ Kh8 61. Qe8+ Kh7 62. Qg6+ Kg8 63. Qe8+ Kh7
$11) 59. Qg6 c5 $19 (59... Qxd2 $6 {is a useless try} 60. Qe8+ Kh7 61. Qg6+ Kh8
62. Qe8+ Kh7 63. Qg6+ Kg8 64. Qe8+ Kh7 $11)) 58... Qe3 59. Kh1 (59. Qg3 {
what else?} 59... d2 60. Nxd2 Qxd2 61. Qf3 $19) 59... Bb3 60. Qg3 0-1

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ferret"]
[Black "XiNiX"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence: 4 0-0 Nxe4} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.
O-O Nxe4 5. d4 exd4 6. Re1 f5 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 c6 9. f3 cxb5 10. fxe4 f4 {
last book move} 11. Bxf4 {White gets the initiative.} 11... b4 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13.
Qxd6 Qe7 14. Qd5 Qe6 15. a3 bxa3 16. Nxa3 a6 17. Nb5 O-O 18. c4 Qxd5 19. exd5
Rb8 (19... b6 20. Re7 $18) 20. Nd6 h6 21. Re7 Kh7 22. Rf1 {
The mate threat is Rxf8} 22... Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 b5 24. Re8 (24. Nxc8 $6 {
is much weaker} 24... Rxc8 25. cxb5 axb5 $14) 24... bxc4 25. Rxc8 (25. Nxc8 $6
a5 $14) 25... Rxb2 26. Nxc4 ({Inferior is} 26. Rxc4 Ra2 $18) 26... Rb5 27. d6
Rf5+ (27... Kg6 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 28. Rc7 $18) 28. Ke2 Rh5 (
28... Rg5 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 29. Kf3 $18) 29.
Rc7 Rxh2 30. Rxd7 Rxg2+ 31. Kf3 Rg6 (31... Rg1 {does not win a prize} 32. Re7
$18) 32. Re7 Rf6+ 33. Ke3 Rf1 34. d7 Re1+ 35. Kd2 Rxe7 36. d8=Q Rf7 (36... Re6
{doesn't change anything anymore} 37. Nb6 $18) 37. Ne5 Rf2+ 38. Ke3 Rb2 39.
Qd3+ Kg8 40. Nd7 Kh8 (40... Rb5 41. Qg6 Rb3+ 42. Kf4 Kh8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Nf6+
gxf6 45. Qf7+ Kh8 46. Qxf6+ Kg8 47. Qe6+ Kg7 48. Qxb3 Kf6 49. Qb6+ Ke7 50. Ke5
Kf7 51. Qf6+ Kg8 52. Qe7 a5 53. Kf6 a4 54. Qg7#) 41. Qxa6 Rb3+ 42. Kf4 Kh7 43.
Qa4 g5+ (43... Rb6 {does not improve anything} 44. Qe4+ Kh8 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46.
Nxb6 g6 47. Qf7+ Kh8 48. Qf8+ Kh7 49. Nd5 g5+ 50. Kf5 h5 51. Nf6#) 44. Kf5 Rd3
(44... Rf3+ {cannot change what is in store for ?} 45. Ke6 Kg7 46. Qd4+ Kg6 47.
Ne5+ Kg7 48. Nxf3+ Kg8 49. Qd7 g4 50. Kf6 gxf3 51. Qg7#) 45. Qe4 (45. Qe4 Rd5+
46. Kf6+ Rf5+ 47. Qxf5+ Kh8 48. Kg6 h5 49. Qf8#) (45. Nf6+ Kg7 46. Qa7+ Kf8 47.
Kg6 Rd7 48. Qxd7 h5 49. Qd6#) 1-0

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tao"]
[Black "Pharaon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{C08: French Tarrasch: 3...c5 4 exd5 exd5 sidelines} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2
c5 4. Ngf3 a6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Nb3 {
The pressure on the isolated pawn grows} 9... Nf6 10. Nfxd4 O-O 11. Bf4 Bd6 12.
Qd2 {last book move} 12... Ne4 13. Qe3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 {
A comfortable square for the white knight} 14... Re8 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. f3 {
Prevents intrusion on g4} 16... Nf6 17. Qf2 Qb4 18. Rab1 Bd7 19. c3 Qa5 20. a3
Qc7 21. Bd3 Qf4 22. Bc2 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Bd3 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qd6 26. Qe3
Qb6 27. b3 {Secures a4} 27... Qd6 28. a4 Qa3 29. Qe1 Kh8 30. Kh1 Kg8 31. Bb1
Kh8 32. Kg1 Kg8 33. Qd2 Qe7 34. Qe2 Qa3 35. Qe1 Qc5 36. Kh1 Qd6 37. Bc2 Qa3 38.
Kg1 Qd6 39. Bd3 Qa3 40. Kh1 Qd6 41. Bb1 Qa3 42. Bc2 Qd6 43. Qd2 Qa3 44. Bb1 Kh8
45. Kg1 Kg8 46. Qd1 Qb2 47. Qc2 Qa3 48. Kh1 Kh8 49. Qd2 Kg8 50. Bc2 Qa1+ 51.
Bd1 Qa3 52. Kg1 Kh8 53. Bc2 Qa1+ 54. Kf2 Qh1 (54... Qb2 55. Ke2 $11) 55. Qf4
$14 Qa1 56. Ne2 Qa2 57. Qc1 b5 58. c4 b4 (58... bxc4 $4 {
taking the pawn will cause Black grave problems} 59. Nc3 cxb3 60. Nxa2 bxa2 61.
Bb3 $18) 59. cxd5 a5 60. d6 Ne8 61. Nd4 g6 (61... Nxd6 $4 {
taking the pawn is naive} 62. Qg5 Qb2 63. Qd8+ Ne8 64. Qxd7 $18) 62. g4 (62.
Kg3 $5 Kg8 63. Bd3 $16) 62... Kg8 $11 (62... Nxd6 $4 {That pawn is poisoned}
63. Qf4 Nf5 64. gxf5 Bxf5 65. Kg3 $18) 63. Qe1 Qb2 ({Instead of} 63... Nxd6 64.
Qe7 Bxa4 65. Kg3 $18 (65. bxa4 $6 b3 66. Qd8+ Kg7 67. Qxd6 bxc2 68. Qe5+ Kg8
$14)) 64. Qe5 Qc3 (64... Ng7 65. Qc5 $14) 65. Kf1 Ng7 66. Qe7 (66. Qd5 Ne8 $14)
66... Ne6 $11 67. Qxd7 Qa1+ 68. Ke2 Nxd4+ 69. Kf2 Qc3 {The mate threat is Qxf3}
70. Qe8+ Kg7 71. Qe5+ Kg8 72. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WMCCC"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2001.08.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "SpiderGirl"]
[Black "Diep"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz (10s)"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

{D74: Fianchetto Gruenfeld: Main Line (5 Nf3 0-0 6 cxd5 Nxd5 7 0-0)} 1. d4 Nf6
2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9.
bxc3 e5 10. Nxe5 {last book move} 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qxd8
Rxd8 14. Rfd1 {Do you see the mate threat?} 14... Bg4 15. Bxb7 Bxe2 16. Rxd8+
Rxd8 17. Re1 Rd1 18. Rxd1 Bxd1 19. Be3 Bxc3 20. Bxa7 Kg7 21. Bc6 Kf6 22. Bc5
Be2 23. a4 Bc4 24. f4 Ke6 25. Kf2 Bd5 26. Be8 c6 27. Ke2 Ba5 28. g4 Bc7 29. Ke3
Bd8 30. g5 Bc7 31. h4 Ba5 32. Ke2 Kf5 33. Be3 Kg4 {Active king in the endgame}
34. Bd2 Bxd2 (34... Bd8 $142 $11 {and Black could well hope to play on}) 35.
Kxd2 $16 Kxf4 36. a5 c5 37. a6 Ke5 38. a7 f5 39. Bf7 {Clearance to allow a8-h8}
39... Ba8 (39... Bxf7 {A deflection} 40. a8=Q) 40. Bg8 f4 41. Bxh7 Kf5 42. h5
Kxg5 43. Bxg6 f3 {The passed pawn on h5 will quickly become a dangerous weapon}
44. Bf7 Kf6 45. Be8 Kg5 46. Ke3 c4 47. Bf7 c3 48. Bg6 Bd5 49. Kd3 c2 50. Kxc2
f2 51. Bd3 Kxh5 1/2-1/2

