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Leko,P - Kramnik,V
Classical World Ch. (5) 2004
1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 d5
4.Nc3 Be7
5.Bf4 0-0
6.e3 c5
7.dxc5 Bxc5
8.cxd5 Nxd5
9.Nxd5 exd5
10.a3 Nc6
11.Bd3 Bb6
12.0-0 Bg4
13.h3 Bh5
14.b4 Re8
15.Rc1 a6
16.Bxa6 Rxa6
17.b5 Rxa3
18.bxc6 bxc6
19.Rxc6 Ra7
20.Rd6 Rd7
21.Qxd5 Rxd6
22.Qxd6 Qxd6
23.Bxd6 Bxf3
24.gxf3 Bd8
25.Rb1 Bf6
26.Kg2 g6
27.f4 Kg7
28.Rb7 Re6
29.Rd7 Re8
30.Ra7 Re6
31.Bc5 Rc6
32.Ra5 Bc3
33.Rb5 Ra6
34.Rb3 Bf6
35.Rb8 h5
36.Rb5 Bc3
37.Rb3 Bf6
38.e4 Ra5
39.Be3 Ra4
40.e5 Be7
41.Rb7 Kf8
42.Rb8+ Kg7
43.Kf3 Rc4
44.Ke2 Ra4
45.Kd3 Bh4
46.Bd4 Ra3+
47.Kc2 Ra2+
48.Kd3 Ra3+
49.Kc4 Ra4+
50.Kd5 Ra5+
51.Kc6 Ra4
52.Kc5 Be7+
53.Kd5 Ra5+
54.Ke4 Ra4
55.Rc8 Bh4
56.e6+ Bf6
57.e7 Rxd4+
58.Ke3 Bxe7
59.Kxd4 Bh4
60.f3 f5
61.Rc7+ Kf6
62.Kd5 Bg3
63.Rc6+ Kg7
64.Ke5 h4
65.Rc7+ Kh6
66.Rc4 Kg7
67.Ke6 Bh2
68.Rc7+ Kh6
69.Kf7 1-0
Chandler,M (2531) - Korchnoi,V (2568) [C11] Monarch Assurance Isle of Man
Port Erin IOM (8.1), 02.10.2004
1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Nf6
4.e5 Nfd7
5.Nf3 c5
6.dxc5 Nc6
7.Bf4 Be7
8.Bg3 Nxc5
9.Bd3 Qb6
10.0-0 Nxd3
11.Qxd3 Bd7
12.a3 0-0
13.Rfe1 Rfc8
14.Bf4 Na5
15.b3 Qc7
16.Nxd5 exd5
17.e6 Qd8
18.exf7+ Kh8
19.Rxe7 Qxe7
20.Ng5 Qxg5
21.Bxg5 Be6
22.Qf3 Rf8
23.Re1 1-0
Sorin,A (2509) - Rosito,J (2424) [E17]
79 ARG-ch Bs As, Bolsa de Comercio (7), 29.09.2004
1.d4 Nf6
2.c4 e6
3.Nf3 b6
4.g3 Bb7
5.Bg2 Be7
6.Nc3 Ne4
7.Bd2 f5
8.d5 Bf6
9.Qc2 Nxc3
10.Bxc3 0-0
11.Rd1 Qe8
12.0-0 c5
13.Bxf6 Rxf6
14.e4 fxe4
15.Ng5 exd5
16.cxd5 Qh5
17.h4 h6
18.Nxe4 Rg6
19.f4 Qf5
20.Kh2 b5
21.Bh3 Qf7
22.Nxc5 Bc8
23.Ne6 Na6
24.Nd8 1-0
Felgaer,R (2587) - Valerga,D (2498) [B11]
79 ARG-ch Bs As, Bolsa de Comercio (7), 29.09.2004
1.e4 c6
2.Nc3 d5
3.Nf3 Bg4
4.h3 Bxf3
5.Qxf3 Nf6
6.d3 e6
7.Bd2 Qb6
8.g4 d4
9.Nd1 h6
10.e5 Nfd7
11.Qe2 Qc5
12.f4 Qxc2
13.Rc1 Qa4
14.Bg2 Na6
15.0-0 Qb5
16.Nf2 0-0-0
17.b4 Nb6
18.a3 Nd5
19.Ne4 Qb6
20.Rc4 Ne3
21.Bxe3 dxe3
22.b5 Qxb5
23.Qxe3 Qb6
24.d4 Nc7
25.Nc3 Nd5
26.Nxd5 exd5
27.Rc3 Be7
28.Qd3 f6
29.Rb1 Qc7
30.Qc2 fxe5
31.fxe5 Rhf8
32.Bf1 c5
33.Qg6 c4
34.Bg2 Kb8
35.Rb5 a6
36.Qxa6 Rd7
37.Qe6 Bh4
38.Bxd5 Rdf7
39.Bxb7 Rf1+
40.Kh2 Ka7
41.Qa6+ 1-0
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Volume 3 Issue 40
October 3rd, 2004
In This Issue
“Don’t give up trying to do what you
really want to do. Where there is love, inspiration and hard work. I don’t
think you can go wrong.” – Ella Fitzgerald.jpg)
TheParrot
Squaawks….!
Be still my heart! The match for the "Classical" World
Championship is showing signs of life once again, after a pair of short
draws (18 & 23 moves respectively) Leko & Kramnik actually get to an
endgame. Reports Rolf Behovits
"After six and a half hours
and 69 moves Peter Leko from Hungary wins his first game against titleholder
Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) and equalizes the score.
Leko switches to 1. d4
and surprises Kramnik with the quiet line of the Queen’s gambit, which
Kramnik likes to play himself. The titleholder from Russia defends well and
reaches the endgame, where, although he was a pawn down, the draw looks like
the most probable result.
Leko manages to keep bishops
and rooks on the board and starts to push his pawns. When he brings his
bishop on the long diagonal, the position starts to look dangerous for the
World Champion. He hopes to escape in the endgame with three pawns and rook
against three pawns and bishop with pawns on the same side. But he fails to
regroup his bishop on the long diagonal - and finally Leko wins his first
game." There may be hope for the match after all, but for Leko?
Remember, he still has to outscore Kramnik to wrest the title away. Will he
do it? Talk to
The Parrot and tell us
what you think.
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Review:
Starting Out: The English by Neil McDonald, reviewed
by Rick Kennedy. "As a life-long 1.e4 player and frequent
1.d4 player (although I always considered the Blackmar Diemer Gambit to be
kind of an e4 opening) I figured if Neil McDonald could make the English
Opening, 1.c4, make sense to me -- better yet, make it attractive -- that
would be enough for me to recommend it highly. Make no mistake: I
recommend it highly..." |
(10/3)
A Study Plan:
Tom Rose is back with another of
Roses Rants, this time
laying out his study plan in great detail. "You can't make yourself any younger. You can't go back
to before your birth and get a different set of genes or a better start.
But what you can do starting now is to work hard, and try to do the right
things. How hard am I working? What am I actually doing with my
time? I have already explained my choice of study materials (Chess
Books). Now I'll show you how I have organised my study plan, and
why..."
(10/2)
Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia:
A fresh batch of the weird and wonderful, from the archives of the Mad
Aussie himself, Graham Clayton. Today's collection includes four of
Graham's popular Who Am I? feature, along with tidbits about Fischer,
Troitzky, Steinitz & Zukertort, the Turk, and lots more. Enjoy more of
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia in the archives, starting with
Part One.
(10/2)
Alekhine's Parrot:
Welcome
to the weekly leader of chess events around the world. Chessville
welcomes your Feedback to TheParrot on this week’s news where selected letters will be
featured. This week: Evans, Spassky & Reno; Korthnoi, Nakamura &
the Isle of Man; Kramnik,
Leko & Brissago;
and much, much more!
TheParrot Squaawks about Kramnik vs Leko - lightning or molassas?
A little bit of both, perhaps.
Read yesterday's headlines in
TheParrot's Archives.
Read what other readers thought about last week's
Squaawk
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Champion of Champions: IM Ronald Burnett from Tennessee is the
US State Champion of Champions. John Henderson reports from
Seattle: "Thirty-eight USCF state champions from Eastern and Western
states competed in separate Swiss style Blitz qualifying tournaments on
Saturday, September 18 and Sunday, September 19, hosted by the ICC. The
finalists from the Eastern conference were Ronald Burnett (Tennessee)
and Edward McHugh (Connecticut), with the Western conference finalists
being Mark Ginsburg (Arizona) and Oleg Zaikov (Oregon)..." |
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(9/29)
Images of Caissa: Images
from the collection of Riccardo Andreis. Chess collector Riccardo Andreis has amassed an amazing
collection of chess images. While primarily focusing on his
philatelic interests, he also has quite a few images of old prints,
magazines, post cards, and photographs of famous chess players...Today's
group includes, among others, four World Champions: Bobby Fischer,
Mikhail Tal, Vassily Smyslov, and Boris Spassky. |
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Champion of Champions
Reported by John Henderson
The
inaugural winner of the US Chess Federation, America’s Foundation for Chess,
and the Internet Chess Club’s US State Champion of Champions online event is
IM Ronald Burnett from Tennessee, who took the title on Sunday, September
26, 2004.
Thirty-eight USCF state champions from
Eastern and Western states competed in separate Swiss style Blitz qualifying
tournaments on Saturday, September 18 and Sunday, September 19, hosted by
the ICC. The finalists from the Eastern conference were Ronald Burnett
(Tennessee) and Edward McHugh (Connecticut), with the Western conference
finalists being Mark Ginsburg (Arizona) and Oleg Zaikov (Oregon).
 The Finals Weekend with a prize fund of
$1,000 and an added lure of a spot in the 2005 Chessmaster US Chess
Championships was held 25-26 September, though this time with a more fitting
time-control of Game 60 with so much at stake. And for added safety,
an independent proctor was allocated to each of the four finalists to ensure
fair play for all.
In the semifinals, pre-tournament favorite
IM Mark Ginsberg surprisingly lost 2-0 to NM Edward McHugh, while IM Ronald
Burnett comfortably beat Oleg Zaikov 1.5-0.5. In the final, Burnett became
the first player to be crowned US State Champion of Champions after beating
McHugh 1.5-0.5 to take the title...
Read the
rest of John's report, which includes pgn files of all the games!
Images of Caissa
Chess collector Riccardo Andreis has amassed an amazing
collection of chess images. While primarily focusing on his
philatelic interests, he also has quite a few images of old prints,
magazines, post cards, and photographs of famous chess players.
Visit
his website
today to see all of this wonderful collection, and enjoy the links below
to some of them that he has allowed us to share with you here at
Chessville. Also see his
Chess Items Market (exchange or sale) and his
Want List. To
begin, enjoy this picture of a young Bobby Fischer...
Now, check out the Images below, to which we hope to add one
new image weekly...
Today's
group includes, among others, four World Champions: Fischer, Tal, Smyslov,
and Spassky.
A Study Plan
A New Rose's Rants by Tom
Rose
 I've
ranted against the
habit of making excuses
for failing to give your best. I believe that being objective and
accepting full responsibility for the results of our actions (or inaction)
are essential first steps to improvement. I've explained my ideas on
what are
the biggest
differences between a strong player and the rest of us, and on what you
have to do to become strong. I've ranted against the ageism that is
rampant in chess and is at least in part a self-fulfilling prophecy.
I've also ranted against the belief that unless you are born with huge
amounts of natural chess talent you will never amount to much.
The practical consequences of this are that until you really
try you don't know what you can and can't achieve, and the only place you
can start from is where you are now.
You can't make yourself any younger. You can't go back
to before your birth and get a different set of genes or a better start.
But what you can do starting now is to work hard, and try to do the right
things. How hard am I working? What am I actually doing with my
time? I have already explained my choice of study materials (Chess
Books). Now I'll show you how I have organised my study plan, and
why...
Read the complete Rant,
A
Study Plan; or start at the beginning and read all of
Rose's
Rants!
Starting Out: the English
by Neil McDonald, reviewed by Rick Kennedy
As a life-long 1.e4 player and frequent
1.d4 player (although I always considered the Blackmar Diemer Gambit to be
kind of an e4 opening) I figured if Neil McDonald could make the English
Opening, 1.c4, make sense to me -- better yet, make it attractive -- that
would be enough for me to recommend it highly. Make no mistake: I
recommend it highly.
McDonald even succeeds in making the
supposedly stodgy English look sexy:
…White has the freedom to embark on wing
attacks that would be too risky if he had played 1.e4 or 1.d4. In
this book you will see many instances of White being able to start an
enterprising attack on the kingside – often beginning with g2-g4.
White is also able to launch a bold attack on the queenside, moving all of
his pawns forwards.
First off, the
book is hefty. Not that size is everything, but it weighs in at
approaching 200 pages (Everyman lists it as 160 pages, but it's more like
190) which is good for an introduction. As McDonald
writes:
This book seeks to explain all the basic
ideas behind the English Opening for both White and Black. Every
system of defense is examined and, where necessary, I have given analysis
of tactical variations. I have tried to keep this analysis to a
minimum, but at times general principles have to give way to detailed
examination of what has and hasn’t worked in the past.
The contents include...
Read the complete review of Starting Out: the English
The Mad Aussie's Chess Trivia
From Graham Clayton
Correspondence Interruptus: In 1889 and 1890
Wilhelm Steinitz and Mikhail Chigorin played a 2 game correspondence match
using the telegraph system as the means to transmit the moves. Halfway
through the match, Steinitz requested an adjournment from December 1889 to
January 1890 so that he could defend his world title against Isidor Gunsberg.
Steinitz won the match against Gunsberg, but then lost both games to
Chigorin.
Correspondence Abandonadus: When the chess
clubs of Paris and Pest played a 2 game correspondence match between 1842
and 1845. Alexandre Deschapelles quit the Paris team because they did
not accept his recommendation of 1....f5 after the opening moves of 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 in one of the games.
Submit your trivia to the
Mad Aussie!
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World Chess Championship: Kramnik
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Lopez: closed 20 moves
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Top 10: Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, Morozevich, Topalov, Leko,
Adams, Svidler, Polgar & Shirov
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2004, ACP site)
Anand, Morozevich, Kramnik, Short, Sasikiran, Grischuk,
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Greater Boston (Massachusetts) area with an official history which dates
back to the 1920’s. The 2004 BCC Championship Tournament is an 8-person
single round-robin with classical time controls where one game is played
each Wednesday night from 9/8/04 to 11/3/04. This year’s Championship
includes to 2 FIDE Masters & 3 additional USCF National Masters. The
website offers annotated games, standings, background, impressions,
adjourned positions, “local color”, discussion of tournament-related topics,
etc.
CHESS on Sculpture
Brownsville student invited to international
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Review:
Gladiatoren Ante Portas reviewed by Prof. Nagesh Havanur
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Assurance Isle of Man International 2004
Chess Siberia
- Best Players And Games Of Month
Viswanathan Anand is the best player of August 2004. Vaisser, A -
Degraeve, JM, French Championship 2004 is the best game of August:
Vaisser,A (2580) - Degraeve,J (2530) [B09]
ch-FRA, Val d'Isere (4), 2004
1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bd3 Na6
7.0-0 c5 8.d5 Bg4 9.Qe2 Nc7 10.a4 e6 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 exd5 13.exd5 Nd7
14.Nd1 Re8 15.Bd2 Qe7 16.c3 Nf6 17.f5 Nd7 18.Bf4 Ne5 19.Bxe5 Bxe5 20.Nf2
Qh4 21.Ng4 g5 22.Rfe1 f6 23.Rxe5 fxe5 24.g3 Qxh3 25.f6 Kf7 26.Kf2 e4
27.Bxe4 h5 28.Qf5 Kf8 29.Qh7 Rxe4 30.Qh8+ 1-0
Mechanics'
Institute Chess Room - Newsletter
by John Donaldson: #211, 09/29/2004: 1) Mechanics' Institute
Chess Club News; 2) Mike Valvo ( 1942-2004); 3) Ron Burnett qualifies for US
Championship
4) USCF looking for permanent home; 5) Chess Olympiad to start soon; 6)
William Addison in Louisiana; 7) Boris Spassky and the Western States Open;
8) Reuben Fine at the MI; 9) 1967 US Intercollegiate Championship; 10) Here
and There; 11) 4th Annual Chess-in-the-Parks Rapid Open; 12) MI Book and
Equipment Donations
FIDE
36th Chess
Olympiad, FIDE announcement concerning team compositions
FIDE Hanbook 2005
75 FIDE Congress
Time-table, 21-31 October 2004. Agenda for the General Assembly 2004,
Calvia, Spain, 28-30 October 2004
FIDE Trainer
Academy
1st October FIDE
Rating List
| 1 |
Kasparov, Garry |
g |
RUS |
2813 |
6 |
1963-04-13 |
| 2 |
Anand, Viswanathan |
g |
IND |
2781 |
16 |
1969-12-11 |
| 3 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
g |
RUS |
2760 |
10 |
1975-06-25 |
| 4 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2758 |
10 |
1977-07-18 |
| 5 |
Topalov, Veselin |
g |
BUL |
2757 |
14 |
1975-03-15 |
| 6 |
Leko, Peter |
g |
HUN |
2743 |
16 |
1979-09-08 |
| 7 |
Adams, Michael |
g |
ENG |
2740 |
26 |
1971-11-17 |
| 8 |
Svidler, Peter |
g |
RUS |
2735 |
17 |
1976-06-17 |
| 9 |
Polgar, Judit |
g |
HUN |
2728 |
0 |
1976-07-23 |
| 10 |
Shirov, Alexei |
g |
ESP |
2726 |
2 |
1972-07-04 |
| 11 |
Bacrot, Etienne |
g |
FRA |
2718 |
22 |
1983-01-22 |
| 12 |
Bareev, Evgeny |
g |
RUS |
2715 |
0 |
1966-11-21 |
| 13 |
Ponomariov, Ruslan |
g |
UKR |
2710 |
10 |
1983-10-11 |
| 14 |
Ivanchuk, Vassily |
g |
UKR |
2705 |
10 |
1969-03-18 |
| 15 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
g |
RUS |
2704 |
10 |
1983-10-31 |
Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary
259. 1 October 2004: The King on the wrong square mafia
(+ PS 3 October)
Larry Evans On Chess (WCN): Saving Chess?
RUSBASE (Part Four)
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USCF
Commissioner Podziba and Commissioner Benepe Announce the 4th Annual
Chess-in-the-Parks Rapid Open in Central Park October 2, 2004
New York
Governor Pataki Welcomes Chess Legend Susan Polgar
IM Ronald Burnett
Qualified for US Chess Championships
Chess Review Online -
September 29:
Volume 1 - Issue 35
Problemesis - N° 41 - Octobre 2004
Annotated Games
Nigel Short (Telegraph Chess Club): Leko-Kramnik, Classical World
Championship (1) 2004 [C42]
Lubomir Kavalek (Washington Post): Volokitin-Rublevsky, Budva,
Montenegro 2004 [B84]
David
Sands (Washington Times): Leko-Kramnik, Classical World Championship (1)
2004 [C42]
Robert Byrne (NY Times): Sandipan-Nisipeanu, Pune India, 2004 [B44]
Jack Peters (LA Times): Leko-Kramnik, Classical World Championship (1)
2004 [C42]
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Position of the Week: Solution
This position illustrates a variety of pin-models. In each
variation a different piece delivers the mating check, and two black pieces
are pinned, the pawn on both rank and file. The key 1.Bc5
threatens 2.Qh1+ Kxd2 3.Qc1, and gives the thematic variations 1…Nxc5 2.Qh1+
Kf2 3.Nd1, 1…Kxd2 2.Qh6+ Re3 3.Bb4 and 1…Rh8 2.Qe4 either Re8 3.Rd1.
The last mate is called a sideboard model, a type considered a little
inferior as there are less squares around the king to be guarded.
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Leko,P - Kramnik,V Classical World Ch. (3) 2004
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nf6
3.Nxe5 d6
4.Nf3 Nxe4
5.d4 d5
6.Bd3 Nc6
7.0-0 Be7
8.c4 Nb4
9.Be2 0-0
10.Nc3 Bf5
11.a3 Nxc3
12.bxc3 Nc6
13.Re1 Re8
14.cxd5 Qxd5
15.Bf4 Rac8
16.c4 Qe4
17.Be3 Qc2
18.d5 Na5
19.Nd4 Qxd1
20.Rexd1 Bd7
21.Bd2 Bf6
22.Bxa5 Bxd4
23.Rxd4 Rxe2
½-½
Kramnik,V - Leko,P Classical World Ch. (4) 2004
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Be7
6.Re1 b5
7.Bb3 0-0
8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6
10.a3 Nd7
11.Nc3 Nd4
12.Ba2 Nxf3+
13.Qxf3 Bg5
14.Bxg5 Qxg5
15.Nd5 c6
16.Ne3 g6
17.Rad1 Rad8
18.c3 c5
19.Bd5 Bc8
20.b4 Nb6
21.c4 Nxd5
22.Nxd5 Be6
23.bxc5 dxc5
24.Rb1 Rb8
25.cxb5 Bxd5
26.exd5 axb5
27.d6 b4
28.a4 Rfd8
29.Qd5 Qf6
30.Qxc5 Qxd6
31.Qxd6 Rxd6
32.Rxe5 b3
33.Rb5 Ra8
34.R1xb3 Rxa4
35.Rb6 Rd7
36.Rf6 Ra1+
37.Kh2 Rd1
38.Rf3 h5
39.h4 Rd2
40.g3 Kg7
41.Kg2 Rd1
42.Re3 Kh7
43.Kf3 Rd2
½-½
Kramnik,V - Leko,P Classical World Ch. (6) 2004
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6
5.0-0 Be7
6.Re1 b5
7.Bb3 0-0
8.h3 Bb7
9.d3 d6
10.a3 Na5
11.Ba2 c5
12.Nbd2 Nc6
13.c3 Qd7
14.Nf1 d5
15.Bg5 dxe4
16.dxe4 c4
17.Ne3 Rfd8
18.Nf5 Qe6
19.Qe2 Bf8
20.Bb1 h6
½-½
Valvo,M (2465) - Zapata,A (2410) [A26]
New York MCC New York (1), 1980
1.c4 g6
2.Nc3 Bg7
3.g3 d6
4.Bg2 e5
5.Nf3 Nc6
6.0–0 Nf6
7.Rb1 0–0
8.b4 Be6
9.d3 h6
10.b5 Ne7
11.a4 Qd7
12.Re1 Nh7
13.Ba3 f5
14.Qc2 Nf6
15.Nd2 Rab8
16.c5 Rfd8
17.Nc4 Ne8
18.Na5 Qc8
19.c6 bxc6
20.bxc6 Rxb1
21.Rxb1 Qa6
22.Nb7 Rc8
23.Nb5 Nf6
24.Rc1 Nfd5
25.e3 Bf7
26.d4 Nb6
27.Nxc7 Rxc7
28.Bxd6 Nbd5
29.Bxc7 Nxc7
30.a5 Bd5
31.Qc5 Kf8
32.Bxd5
Ncxd5
33.Qd6 exd4
34.exd4 Kg8
35.Qe6+ Kh7
36.Nd6 Nxc6
37.Qxd5 Nxd4
38.Rc8 Nf3+
39.Qxf3 Qxd6
40.Qb7 Qd4
41.a6 f4
42.Rf8 fxg3
43.hxg3 h5
44.Ra8 Kh6
45.Rxa7 Bf6
46.Kg2 Qd2
47.Qf3 1–0
Smeets,J (2545) - Carlsen,M (2567) [B74] Gausdal Classics GM Gausdal,
Norway (9), 2004
1.e4 c5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Nc3 g6
4.d4 cxd4
5.Nxd4 Bg7
6.Be3 Nf6
7.Be2 0-0
8.0-0 d6
9.Nb3 a6
10.a4 Be6
11.f4 Rc8
12.Qd2 Na5
13.Nxa5 Qxa5
14.Bf3 Qb4
15.Rfb1 Ng4
16.Bxg4 Bxg4
17.Qd3 Qc4
18.a5 Bd7
19.Ra3 f5
20.Nd5 Qxd3
21.cxd3 Rce8
22.Rb3 Bc6
23.Nc7 Rc8
24.Ne6 fxe4
25.Nxf8 Rxf8
26.dxe4 Bxe4
27.Rc1 Rf5
28.Rc7 Kf7
29.Bd2 Bc6
30.Re3 Bd4
31.Rcxe7+ Kf8
32.g3 g5
33.fxg5 Rf3
34.Bc1 Bc5
35.Bd2 d5
36.Kg2 Rxe3
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