[Event "SapporoSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kobayashi, Katsuhiko"]
[Black "Sugimoto, Koichi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "1539"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8192] C84: Closed Ruy Lopez: Unusual White 6th moves} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Bg5 $146 (8. Qe2 Nd7
9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 Nb6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Qf3 g6 14. b4 a5 15.
N2b3 axb4 16. Bh6 c5 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Ne2 Bg7 19. Rfc1 Na4 20. Rc2 Nxc3 21.
Nxc3 Bxc3 22. Rd1 Qc8 {Balinas,R (2365)-Torre,E (2535) Manila 1982 0-1 (35)}) (
8. h3 Re8 (8... b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Re1 Bf8 12. a3 Bb7 13. b4 a5 14.
Bb2 axb4 15. cxb4 d4 16. Bb3 Nd7 17. Nf1 Nb6 18. Ng3 Na4 19. Bc1 h6 20. Nh2 Bc8
21. Bd2 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Qb3 {Georgakopoulos,N (2283)-Maiorov,N (2535)
Paleochora 2011 0-1 (45)}) (8... Nd7 9. d4 Bf6 10. Be3 b5 11. Bc2 Ne7 12. Nbd2
Ng6 13. g3 Nb6 14. Kg2 Rb8 15. Qe2 Re8 16. h4 Bg4 17. Qd3 Qc8 18. Rh1 h5 19.
Ng5 Nc4 20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Rxb2 23. Bd3 {Kladiva,I (2265)
-Kovacs,G (2310) Hungary 1992 1/2-1/2 (42)}) (8... Bd7 9. Re1 Kh8 10. Nbd2 Ng8
11. d4 f6 12. Nf1 Qe8 13. Bc2 g5 14. N3h2 Qg6 15. Ng3 Nh6 16. a3 Nd8 17. Ng4
Ndf7 18. Be3 Rae8 19. f3 Ng8 20. Bf2 h5 21. Ne3 Ngh6 22. b4 g4 23. fxg4 {
Heinatz,T (2355)-Straeter,T (2365) Germany 1994 1-0 (43)}) 9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2
Bf8 11. Nf1 Bd7 12. Bc2 Ne7 13. Nh4 g6 14. Qf3 Nc6 15. Ne3 Bg7 16. Bd2 Be6 17.
Bb3 Bxb3 18. axb3 a5 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Qc8 21. Qg3 Qe6 22. Ra3 Ra6 {
Movsesian,S (2721)-Carlsen,M (2802) Moscow 2010 1-0 (56)}) 8... h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6
{Black has the pair of bishops} 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. Re1 g6 13. Nb3 a5
14. d4 (14. a4 b4 $11) 14... a4 $15 {Black threatens to win material: a4xb3}
15. Nc1 Na5 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. Bd3 {White threatens to win material: Bd3xb5} (17.
dxe5 Nc4 18. Qe2 a3 $15) 17... Qd7 (17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. dxe5 dxe5 20.
Qe2 $15) 18. d5 {White gets more space} c5 19. b4 axb3 20. Nxb3 (20. axb3 Nc4
21. bxc4 Rxa1 22. cxb5 Rfa8 $17) 20... Nc4 $17 21. Bxc4 (21. Qc1 Na3 22. Nbd2
c4 $17) 21... bxc4 22. Nc1 Rfb8 (22... f5 $5 23. h3 fxe4 $17) 23. Ne2 $15 Bc8
24. Ng3 Qa4 25. Qc1 Rb6 26. Re2 Rab8 27. Nd2 h5 28. Ngf1 Rb2 {Black threatens
to win material: Rb2xa2} 29. Ne3 {White threatens to win material: Ne3xc4} Ba6
(29... Bh6 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Nxb1 $17) 30. a3 (30. Qd1 $142 $5 {is an
interesting alternative} Qxd1+ 31. Nxd1 $15) 30... Bh6 $17 31. Rb1 (31. Qe1
$142 $17) 31... Qxa3 $4 {makes life more difficult.} (31... Rxb1 32. Nxb1 Qb3
33. Nd2 $19) 32. Rxb2 (32. Ndf1 $142 {secures victory} Rxb1 33. Qxa3 $18) 32...
Qxb2 $19 33. Qxb2 $2 (33. Re1 $142 Qa2 34. Ndf1 $19) 33... Rxb2 34. Kf1 Bxe3
35. fxe3 Bb5 (35... Rb3 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 36. Nf3 Rxc3 37.
Ra2 $19) 36. Nf3 Rb3 37. Rc2 Rb1+ (37... Ra3 38. Rb2 Be8 39. Rb6 $19) 38. Kf2
Kf8 39. Ra2 (39. Nd2 Ra1 $17) 39... Rb3 40. Ra5 $2 (40. Rc2 $5 Ra3 $17) 40...
Ke7 (40... Bd7 41. Ra7 Be8 42. Ra8 Rxc3 43. Ke2 $19) 41. Ra7+ Bd7 42. Ng5 $2 (
42. Ke2 $142 $19) 42... Rxc3 43. Nxf7 (43. h4 {doesn't do any good} f5 44. Ra2
Rc1 $19) 43... Rc2+ 44. Kf3 (44. Ke1 {does not help much} h4 45. Kd1 Rxg2 $19)
44... Rc1 (44... c3 45. Nh8 Rb2 $19) 45. Ke2 Rc2+ 46. Kd1 $4 {White loses the
upper hand} (46. Kf3 c3 47. Nh8 $19) 46... Rxg2 $19 47. Nxe5 (47. h4 $19 {
what else?}) 47... dxe5 48. Ra6 (48. h3 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} Rh2
$19) 48... c3 (48... Rxh2 49. d6+ Ke6 50. Ra8 h4 51. Kc1 h3 52. Kb1 Rg2 53. Rh8
h2 54. Rh7 c3 55. Re7+ Kxd6 56. Rh7 Bb5 57. Rxh2 Rxh2 58. Ka1 Rh1+ 59. Ka2 Ba4
60. Ka3 Ra1#) 49. d6+ (49. h4 {does not improve anything} Rg3 $19) 49... Ke6
50. Ra3 c2+ 51. Kc1 Rxh2 52. Rd3 (52. Ra8 {doesn't get the bull off the ice}
Bc6 53. Rf8 Bb5 54. Rc8 Bd3 55. Rxc5 Rh1+ 56. Kb2 Rb1+ 57. Ka2 c1=Q 58. Rxc1
Rxc1 59. d7 Kxd7 60. Kb2 Rc2+ 61. Ka3 Kc6 62. Ka4 Bc4 63. Kb4 Kd6 64. Ka3 Kc5
65. Ka4 Ra2#) 52... h4 53. Rd2 (53. Ra3 {doesn't change anything anymore} h3
54. Ra8 Rf2 55. Kb2 h2 56. Rh8 Ba4 57. d7 Rf1 58. d8=N+ Kd7 59. Rh7+ Kc8 60.
Rc7+ Kxc7 61. Ne6+ Kc8 62. Ka2 c1=Q 63. Ng7 Qa1#) 53... Rxd2 54. Kxd2 Ba4 55.
d7 Kxd7 56. Kc1 h3 (56... h3 57. Kb2 h2 58. Ka3 c1=Q+ 59. Kxa4 Qb2 60. Ka5 h1=Q
61. Ka6 Qha1#) 0-1

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Yoshii, Yukihiko"]
[Black "Sato, Yasuji"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "1452"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8256] A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} 1. c4 Nf6 2.
d4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. Bg5 (4. a3 d5 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. Nf3 a6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1 Be7 9.
cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. Bb1 Re8 13. Ne5 Nf8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Ba2
Rc8 16. f4 c4 17. Kh1 Ne6 18. Qf3 Ba8 {Gregor,J (2296)-Vokoun,J (2201) Prague
2012 1-0 (85)}) 4... Bb7 5. e4 $146 (5. Rb1 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. f3 c5 9.
dxc5 bxc5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Nge2 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Na4 Re8 15.
Kh1 Bf8 16. Bb5 Qa5 17. Nac3 Rxe3 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd7 Qxa2 {Drasko,M (2465)
-Sokolov,I (2545) Yugoslavia 1988 0-1}) (5. Qc2 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8. Nf3
Be7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. dxc5 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. cxb6 Nxb6 14. Rac1
g5 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. Qb3 Nd2 17. Qc2 Nxf1 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. Bxf1 Rfd8 {Savitskaya,
E (2170)-Petrov,J (2355) Moscow 1996 1-0 (34)}) 5... h6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 {Black
has the pair of bishops} 7. Qg4 {Black is behind in developement} Nc6 8. Nf3 h5
{Black threatens to win material: h5xg4} 9. Qf4 {White has an active position}
(9. Qh3 Bb4 $11) 9... Bd6 (9... Bh6 10. Qh4 $15) 10. e5 (10. Qe3 $142 $5 $11 {
should not be overlooked}) 10... fxe5 $15 11. dxe5 (11. Nxe5 $142 Qe7 12. Nxc6
Bxf4 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. h4 $17) 11... Be7 (11... Nxe5 $142 $5 12. Nxe5 f6 $17)
12. a3 {Black has a cramped position} (12. O-O-O Bf8 13. Ne4 Bh6 $14) 12... Rg8
13. Ne4 $4 {a transit from better to worse} (13. h4 $142 $11 {and White can
hope to live}) 13... Rg4 $17 14. Nf6+ Bxf6 15. Qxf6 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"c6e5","",10]} Nxe5 $1 {Remove defender: e5} 16. Qxd8+ (16. Nxe5 Qxf6 {Remove
defender}) (16. Qxe5 Re4+ {Decoy Double attack}) 16... Rxd8 17. Nxe5 Re4+ 18.
Kd2 Rxe5 19. f3 (19. Rc1 $5 $17) 19... d5 $19 20. cxd5 Rdxd5+ 21. Kc2 Rc5+ 22.
Kb3 $4 {shortens the misery for White} (22. Kd2 $19) 22... Bd5+ 23. Ka4 (23.
Bc4 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Rxc4 24. Rad1 Re2 $19)
23... Bc6+ (23... Ra5+ 24. Kb4 Re3 25. Bb5+ Ke7 26. Bd3 Rxd3 27. Rac1 Rb3#) 24.
Kb3 $19 Re3+ 25. Ka2 Bd5+ 26. Kb1 (26. Bc4 {otherwise it's curtains at once}
Rxc4 27. Rad1 Rc2+ 28. Ka1 Rxg2 29. h4 $19) 26... Re1# 0-1

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Takeuchi, Hiroshi"]
[Black "Drakakis, Athanasios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1330"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8192] D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. Nc3
Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Bg6 7. Ne5 $146 (7. O-O Bd6 8. Bg3 Bxg3 9. hxg3 Nbd7 10.
Re1 Ne4 11. Nh4 f5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Ne2 Rh1+ 14. Kxh1 Nxf2+ 15. Kg1 Nxd1 16.
Raxd1 Nf6 17. Nf4 Kf7 18. Kf2 g5 19. Nh3 Kg6 20. Ke2 Qd6 21. Rh1 Qxg3 {Liebold,
T (2160)-Neidhardt,C (2420) Germany 2000 0-1 (38)}) 7... Nbd7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 {
White has the pair of bishops} 9. Bg5 (9. h3 Bb4 $11) 9... Be7 (9... Qb6 10.
Rb1 $11) 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. f4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O-O 15. h3
{Covers g4} (15. a3 Rde8 16. b4 Qb6 $15) 15... Rh5 (15... d4 $5 16. exd4 Rxd4
$17) 16. Rf3 Rdh8 17. Kf2 (17. a3 Re8 $11) 17... Bb4 (17... Qb4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6
19. Rb1 $15) 18. Bxf6 $11 gxf6 {Black has a new doubled pawn: f7} 19. Qd4 f5
20. Ne2 R5h7 21. Qf6 {Black king safety dropped} (21. a3 Be7 $11) 21... Qc7 (
21... Re8 22. c3 Be7 23. Qd4 $15) 22. Qd4 {White threatens to win material:
Qd4xb4. White forks: a7+b4} Qa5 23. Qf6 {Twofold repetition} Bf8 24. c3 {
Consolidates b4} Qc7 25. Qd4 {White threatens to win material: Qd4xa7} Kb8 26.
Qd2 Bg7 27. Rc1 Rd8 28. Rc2 Rhh8 29. Qd1 Rhe8 30. Rd2 Kc8 31. Rg3 Bf6 32. Rf3
Qb6 33. Rd3 $2 (33. b4 $142 $5 $15 {and White has air to breath}) 33... Qxb2
$19 34. Rd2 Qb6 35. Qc1 Re4 36. Rb2 Qc5 37. Qb1 (37. Qd2 Rde8 38. Nd4 Bd8 $19)
37... b6 (37... Rde8 38. Rxb7 Rxe3 39. Rb8+ Kc7 40. Rxe8 Rxe8+ 41. Kf1 $19) 38.
Nd4 Rde8 39. Rc2 Kc7 40. Qb4 $2 (40. Qd1 $142 $19) 40... Bxd4 41. exd4 Qxb4 42.
cxb4 Rxd4 43. b5 (43. a3 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} Rd1 $19)
43... c5 44. Kg1 (44. Ra3 {is the last straw} Kb7 45. g3 $19) 44... Rd1+ 45.
Kh2 d4 46. Rff2 (46. Ra3 {cannot undo what has already been done} Kb8 47. Rc4
Re2 $19) 46... Kd6 47. Kg3 (47. Rc4 {is not the saving move} d3 48. Ra4 Re7 $19
) 47... Kd5 48. Kh4 (48. Rb2 {cannot change destiny} d3 49. Rb3 c4 $19) 48...
f6 (48... f6 49. Rfe2 Rxe2 50. Rxe2 c4 $19) 0-1

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Watanabe, Katsumi"]
[Black "Ito, Katsuhide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1733"]
[BlackElo "1312"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8256] B20: Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3
g6 4. e4 (4. a3 Bg7 5. g3 e6 (5... d6 6. Rb1 e6 7. b4 Nge7 8. Bg2 b6 9. Bb2 O-O
10. Ba1 Bb7 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Ne4 Bxa1 13. Rxa1 f5 14. Nc3 Qd7 15. O-O Rad8 16.
Ra2 h6 17. h4 Nd4 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. f4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 {Linares Napoles,O (2310)
-Gomez Garrido,C (2499) Havana 2014 0-1 (31)}) 6. Rb1 a5 7. Bg2 Nge7 8. O-O O-O
9. d3 d5 10. Bd2 b6 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bh6 Rc8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qf4 f6 15. cxd5
Nxd5 16. Qc4 Ba8 17. Rfd1 Qd6 18. e4 Nc7 {Wedberg,T (2529)-Gashimov,V (2442)
Leon 2001 1/2-1/2 (36)}) 4... Bg7 5. Be2 $146 (5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Ne8
8. d3 Nc7 9. Be3 Ne6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Nh4 Ned4 12. f4 e6 13. Nf3 d6 14. Bf2 f5
15. Rae1 Bd7 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 {Ozhegov,V 
(2202)-Kazancev,V (2323) Togliatti 2007 1/2-1/2 (55)}) (5. d3 d6 6. Be2 h6 7.
h3 e5 8. g4 Nge7 9. Rg1 Rb8 10. Bd2 a6 11. h4 Nd4 12. g5 h5 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14.
Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bd7 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Qa3 Re8 18. O-O-O Qb6 19. Kb1 Bf8 {
Teodorescu,I (2265)-Seder,N (2189) Olanesti 2013 1/2-1/2 (45)}) 5... d6 {
Prevents intrusion on e5} 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5 a6 {Controls b5} 9. Qd2
Rb8 10. Rad1 b5 11. b3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 {White has the pair of bishops}
Nd4 {The black knight is well posted.} 14. Bg4 Nxg4 15. hxg4 b4 {Black
threatens to win material: b4xc3} 16. Nd5 {White threatens to win material:
Nd5xe7} Ne6 $4 {a weak move, ruining a winning position} (16... Nc6 17. Bh4 $11
) 17. Bh6 (17. Nxe7+ $142 {and White wins} Kh8 18. Nxg6+ fxg6 19. Bxd8 Nxd8 20.
Qg5 $18) 17... Bc3 (17... Nd4 $142 $5 $11 {would keep Black in the game}) 18.
Nxc3 $16 bxc3 19. Qxc3 Nd4 20. Rde1 Re8 21. f4 e5 22. g5 (22. Qc1 a5 $16) 22...
Ne6 (22... a5 $5 $14 {is worth looking at}) 23. fxe5 $16 Nd4 24. exd6 Qxd6 25.
Rf6 Qe5 26. Qd2 Qc7 (26... Ne6 27. Qe3 $16) 27. Ref1 $18 Re7 28. Qf2 (28. Rxa6
Qg3 $18) 28... Rd8 (28... Ne6 $142 $5 $16) 29. Rxa6 $18 Ne6 $4 {leading to a
quick end} (29... Re6 30. Rxe6 Nxe6 $18) 30. Qf6 Rxd3 (30... Ree8 {there is
nothing better in the position} {[%tqu "En","","","","b3b4","",10]} 31. b4 $1 {
final destruction} Qb7 $18) {[%tqu "En","","","","a6e6","",10]} 31. Rxe6 $1 {
Mate attack} (31. Rxe6 Qh2+ 32. Kxh2 Rh3+ 33. gxh3 fxe6 34. Qf8#) 1-0

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kikuchi, Daijiro"]
[Black "Kikuchi, Akira"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "1695"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8192] D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6
3 Bf4} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c3 (4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 c6
7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 O-O 11. Rfe1 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Nf6 13. Re2
Rc8 14. Qa3 Nd5 15. Bg5 b5 16. Qxa7 f6 17. Bd2 Qd6 18. a4 Ra8 {Regan,K (2430)
-Christiansen,L (2490) Pasadena 1978 0-1 (44)}) 4... e6 5. Nd2 c6 $146 {
Prevents intrusion on b5} (5... Nbd7 6. Be2 Be7 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 h5 9. g5 Ne4
10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. f3 Bg6 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 g6 14. Ne2 c5 15. e4 O-O 16.
exd5 exd5 17. O-O-O c4 18. Qc2 b5 19. Be5 Re8 20. f4 {Muranyi,K (2365)-Schinke,
A (2191) Altenkirchen 2005 1-0 (39)}) 6. Ngf3 Nbd7 7. Be2 (7. Nh4 Be4 $11) 7...
Be7 8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. h3 {Controls g4} Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. axb3 c5
13. O-O O-O 14. Rfe1 a6 {Secures b5} 15. Bf3 cxd4 (15... Rfd8 16. Bc7 Rdc8 17.
Bh2 $14) 16. exd4 Nh5 17. Bh2 Bg5 {Black threatens to win material: Bg5xd2} 18.
Red1 Bf4 19. c4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Nhf6 21. c5 {White wins space} (21. b4 Rfe8 $14)
21... Rfc8 (21... Nb8 $5 $11) 22. b4 $14 Kf8 23. Re1 Ke7 {Black king safety
dropped} 24. Nb3 Kd8 {Black king safety improved} 25. Rac1 (25. Be2 Ng8 $14)
25... Rc7 (25... Nb8 26. Ra1 Nc6 27. Ra4 $11) 26. Na5 (26. Be2 Rac8 $14) 26...
Rac8 (26... Nb8 27. Ra1 Nc6 28. b5 Nxd4 29. b6 $11) 27. Nb3 (27. Be2 Nb8 $14)
27... Nb8 28. Na5 (28. Ra1 $5 $11) 28... Nc6 (28... b6 29. Nb3 Nc6 30. cxb6 $17
) 29. Nxc6+ $15 Rxc6 (29... bxc6 $142 $5 {has some apparent merit} 30. Ra1 Rb8
$15) 30. Rc3 Kd7 31. g4 Ne8 32. Bd1 Kd8 33. Ba4 {White threatens to win
material: Ba4xc6} R6c7 34. Bxe8 Kxe8 35. f4 Kd7 36. Kg3 Rh8 (36... Kc6 37. Ra1
$11) 37. Rb3 (37. Ra1 Kc6 $14) 37... Ra8 (37... b6 38. Rc1 $11) 38. Ra1 $14
Rac8 (38... Rcc8 $5 $14) 39. b5 $16 axb5 40. Rxb5 Kc6 (40... Rd8 41. Rb6 $16)
41. Rb6+ Kd7 42. Ra7 Rb8 43. c6+ $4 {White has let it slip away} (43. b4 $142
$16) 43... bxc6 $15 44. Rxb8 Rxa7 45. Rg8 (45. h4 $5 $15 {is worth
consideration}) 45... Rb7 $17 46. Rxg7 (46. Ra8 Kd6 47. Rd8+ Ke7 $19) 46... Ke7
$19 47. Rg8 Rxb2 $4 {with this move Black loses his initiative.} (47... Rb3+ $5
48. Kh4 $19) 48. Rc8 (48. h4 $142 $5 $11 {is the best option White has}) 48...
Rd2 $17 49. Rc7+ Kf8 50. Rc8+ Kg7 51. Rxc6 Rxd4 52. Rc3 Kf6 53. Kf3 (53. g5+ $5
Ke7 54. Ra3 $17) 53... g5 $19 54. fxg5+ Kxg5 55. Rc8 $2 (55. Kg3 f5 56. h4+ Kf6
57. gxf5 e5 $19) 55... e5 (55... Rd3+ $142 {and Black can already relax} 56.
Kg2 d4 $19) 56. Re8 $4 {White crumbles in face of a dire situation} (56. Rg8+
$142 Kh6 57. h4 $17) 56... Rd3+ (56... e4+ {seems even better} 57. Ke2 Rd3 58.
Re5+ Kh4 59. g5 $19) 57. Ke2 (57. Kg2 {does not solve anything} e4 58. Re7 Kh4
59. Rxf7 Rg3+ 60. Kf2 Rxh3 $19) 57... e4 58. Rh8 (58. Re5+ {does not save the
day} Kh4 59. Kf2 Kxh3 60. g5 $19) 58... Rf3 (58... d4 $142 $19 {and the result
of the game is clear: Black will win}) 59. Rh5+ $17 {White skewers: d5} Kf4 60.
Rf5+ (60. Rxd5 $5 Rxh3 61. Rf5+ Kxg4 62. Rxf7 $17) 60... Kg3 61. Rxd5 Kxh3 62.
Re5 (62. g5 Kg4 63. Re5 Kf4 $17) 62... Kxg4 $19 63. Rxe4+ Rf4 64. Re8 Rf3 65.
Re4+ Rf4 {Twofold repetition} (65... Kg3 66. Re8 $19) 66. Re8 $17 f5 (66... Kg3
$142 $5 $17) 67. Rg8+ $15 Kh5 68. Rh8+ Kg6 69. Ke3 Re4+ 70. Kf3 Kf6 (70... Rc4
$5 $15) 71. Rf8+ $11 Ke5 72. Re8+ Kd4 73. Rf8 {White threatens to win material:
Rf8xf5} Ke5 74. Re8+ Kd4 75. Rf8 {Twofold repetition} Ke5 {Draw by threefold
repetition} 76. Re8+ Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sugimoto, Koichi"]
[Black "Watanabe, Katsumi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "1733"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8192] C41: Philidor Defence} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. dxe5 Nxe5
5. Nxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bc4 Ke8 (7... f6 8. Nc3 Bc5 9. f4 c6 10. Rf1 Bd6
11. f5 b5 12. Bb3 Bc5 13. Rf3 Ne7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Kc7 16. O-O-O Bb7 17.
Be6 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rg3 g6 20. Rh3 h5 21. b4 Rh8 22. fxg6 {Skaric,D 
(2271)-Grbic,M (2296) Belgrade 2013 1/2-1/2 (54)}) 8. Be3 (8. Nc3 c6 9. Be3 Bb4
10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nf6 12. f3 Be6 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. axb3 Nd7 15. Rd6 Ke7
16. Rhd1 Rhd8 17. Kb2 c5 18. R6d5 b6 19. Ra1 f6 20. b4 Rdc8 21. b5 Rc7 22. f4
Re8 {Loginov,V (2525)-Mestrovic,Z (2465) Ljubljana 1995 1-0 (53)}) 8... Bd7
$146 (8... Nf6 9. f3 Bd6 (9... Bb4+ 10. Ke2 Ke7 11. a3 Bd6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bxe6
Kxe6 14. Rad1 Rhd8 15. Rd3 Be7 16. Rhd1 Rxd3 17. Rxd3 a6 18. Bg5 Rd8 19. Bxf6
Rxd3 20. Kxd3 Bxf6 21. Nd5 Bd8 22. a4 g6 23. Ne3 c6 24. b4 {Schlindwein,R 
(2440)-Werner,C (2340) Germany 1995 1/2-1/2 (54)}) 10. Nd2 (10. Nc3 a6 11. Rd1
Ke7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nd5+ Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Rab8 15. Bb3 h6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. c3 Nc5
18. Bc2 a5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Rd5 Bd6 21. Rxa5 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Bb3 Bc5 24.
Ke2 Rd8 {Vasilchenko,O (2415)-Kustar,S (2360) Budapest 1994 1-0 (80)}) 10...
Ke7 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Nc4 Rhd8 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5
Nf6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6+ Kxf6 19. Rhd1 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 (19) Vukovic,Z (2454)
-Abramovic,B (2502) Jahorina 2001}) 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. O-O Nc6 11. c3 {Controls b4}
Bd6 12. Rad1 Ke7 13. Bb3 (13. Bd3 a5 $14) 13... a6 {Black has an active
position} (13... Na5 14. Bd5 $11) 14. Nc4 $14 h6 {Consolidates g5} 15. Nxd6
cxd6 16. f3 (16. Rd2 Be6 $16) 16... Be6 $14 17. Bd5 Rhc8 18. Rd3 Bxd5 19. Rxd5
Ke6 (19... Rd8 20. Rfd1 $14) 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. Bb6 (21. f4 b5 $14) 21... Rd7 $11
22. a3 {Covers b4} Rc8 23. Bc5 {[%cal Rc5d6,Rd5d6,Gd7d6,Ge6d6] Exerts pressure
on the backward pawn} Rcd8 24. Bb6 {White threatens to win material: Bb6xd8}
Rc8 {Twofold repetition} 25. Be3 Ne7 26. R5d3 Rc6 27. f4 exf4 28. Bxf4 g5 {
Black threatens to win material: g5xf4} 29. Bg3 Ng6 30. Rd5 {Menacing} f6 {
Secures e5} 31. Kf2 Ne5 32. Bxe5 fxe5 {A double rook endgame occured.} 33. Ke3
Rb6 34. b4 Rc6 {Black threatens to win material: Rc6xc3} 35. R5d3 b5 {White
has a new backward pawn: c3} 36. Kd2 Rf7 37. Ke3 (37. Rh3 Rf6 $11) 37... g4 $15
38. Ra1 (38. Ke2 Rf4 39. Re3 Rc8 $15) 38... h5 (38... Rf4 39. Rad1 Ke7 40. a4
$19) 39. a4 (39. Rad1 Rf8 $15) 39... Rfc7 (39... bxa4 $5 40. Rxa4 Rf1 $17) 40.
Kd2 $15 Rf7 41. Ke2 (41. Ke3 bxa4 42. Rxa4 Rf1 $17) 41... Rfc7 (41... Rc4 42.
Re3 $17) 42. axb5 (42. Kd2 Rc4 $15) 42... axb5 $15 43. Ra5 $2 (43. Ra3 $142 $15
{and White hangs on}) 43... Rxc3 $19 44. Rxb5 R3c4 (44... Rc2+ $142 45. Rd2
R7c4 $19) 45. Ke3 $17 Rc2 46. Rb6 Rd7 47. Rd2 Rc3+ (47... Rxd2 $142 $5 48. Kxd2
Rf7 $17) 48. Ke2 $11 Rc4 {Black threatens to win material: Rc4xe4} 49. Kd3 {
White threatens to win material: Kd3xc4} (49. Ke3 h4 $11) 49... Rdc7 (49...
Rd4+ 50. Ke3 Rxd2 51. Kxd2 $17) 50. b5 $2 (50. Ke3 $142 $5 {and White can hope
to survive} R7c6 51. Rxc6 Rxc6 52. Kd3 $11) 50... Rd4+ $17 51. Ke3 Rc3+ 52. Ke2
Rxe4+ 53. Kd1 Rd4 54. Rxd4 exd4 55. Rb8 (55. Rb7 h4 $17) 55... Kd5 56. Rh8 $2 (
56. b6 Rc6 57. Kd2 h4 $17) 56... Rb3 (56... Kc4 {makes it even easier for Black
} 57. Kd2 Rd3+ 58. Ke2 $19) 57. Rxh5+ $2 (57. Kc2 $142 Ra3 58. b6 Rc3+ 59. Kd2
$17) 57... Kc4 $19 58. Rg5 $4 {simply worsens the situation} (58. Rh6 Rxb5 59.
Rxd6 $19) 58... Kd3 (58... Kc3 $142 {ends the debate} 59. Ke2 Rb2+ 60. Kf1 d3
$19) 59. Kc1 Kc3 60. Rd5 Ra3 61. Kb1 Rb3+ (61... Ra5 62. h4 d3 63. Rxd6 Rxb5+
64. Kc1 $19) 62. Ka2 $4 {White is ruining his position} (62. Kc1 Rb4 63. Rxd6
Rxb5 64. Rc6+ Kd3 65. Rg6 $19) 62... Rb2+ $17 63. Ka1 $4 {the position was bad,
and this mistake simply hastens the end} (63. Ka3 $142 Rxg2 64. Rxd6 Rxh2 65.
Rc6+ Kd3 66. Rg6 $17) 63... Rxg2 $19 64. b6 Kb3 (64... Rxh2 $142 {and Black
wins} 65. b7 Rh8 66. Rxd6 Rb8 67. Rc6+ Kd3 $19) 65. Rb5+ $18 Kc4 (65... Ka3 {
doesn't improve anything} 66. b7 Rg1+ 67. Rb1 $18) 66. b7 (66. Rb2 Rxb2 67.
Kxb2 Kc5 68. b7 Kc6 69. b8=Q Kd7 70. Qa7+ Kc6 71. Qxd4 Kd7 72. Qxg4+ Kc7 73.
Kc3 Kc6 74. Kd4 d5 75. Qg6+ Kb5 76. Kxd5 Kb4 77. Qd3 Ka5 78. Kc5 Ka4 79. Qf3
Ka5 80. Qa3#) 66... Rg1+ (66... Kxb5 {praying for a miracle} 67. b8=Q+ Kc4 68.
Qxd6 Rg1+ 69. Kb2 Rg2+ 70. Ka3 Kd3 $18) 67. Rb1 1-0

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Drakakis, Athanasios"]
[Black "Sato, Yasuji"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "1452"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8192] D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6
3 Bf4} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 g6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 Nh5 (6... Nbd7
7. h3 c5 8. Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 Ne8 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. a4 f6 13. a5 e5 14.
Bh2 Nc7 15. axb6 axb6 16. Qb3 b5 17. dxc5 Kh8 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. b4 f5 20. Rxa8
Bxa8 21. Nf3 {Deviatkin,A (2520)-Iljiushenok,I (2433) Moscow 2014 1-0 (35)}) (
6... b6 7. h3 Bb7 8. Be2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Nf3 Re8
13. a4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Bf3 Qe7 18. Qb3 Rb8 19.
Rfd1 b5 20. axb5 Rxb5 21. Qa2 {Limp,E (2366)-Khaje Hesamedini,A (2177)
Botafogo 2015 1-0 (51)}) 7. Bg3 $146 (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3
Qd6 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Qe2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qf6 16. O-O-O
Re8 17. Bc2 c6 18. Nd4 c5 19. Qb5 Bg4 20. Nf3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qxf3 {Ljubinkovic,
M (2261)-Janjos,S (2232) Serbia 2008 1-0 (52)}) 7... f5 (7... Nxg3 8. hxg3 a5
9. a4 $11) 8. Be5 Nf6 9. h3 {Consolidates g4} Nc6 10. Bh2 Ne4 11. Be2 e6 12.
O-O Qe7 13. Bb5 Nd8 14. Ne5 {An ideal square for the white knight.} a6 {
Black threatens to win material: a6xb5} 15. Bd3 c5 16. f3 {White threatens to
win material: f3xe4} Nf6 17. Qe2 Nh5 18. g4 fxg4 (18... Nf6 $5 $11) 19. hxg4 (
19. fxg4 $142 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 $16) 19... Qg5 $4 (19... Nf6 $142 $14 {is the
best chance}) 20. f4 $18 Nxf4 (20... Qh4 {is no salvation} 21. Ndf3 Qh3 22. Ng5
$18) 21. Bxf4 Qh4 (21... Qe7 22. Qh2 b5 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Bxg6 $18) 22. Ndf3
Qe7 23. Qh2 cxd4 (23... Rxf4 {hardly improves anything} 24. Qxf4 Bd7 25. dxc5
$18) 24. exd4 (24. Nxg6 $142 {makes it even easier for White} hxg6 25. Bd6 $18)
24... Qf6 (24... Rxf4 {desperation} 25. Qxf4 Bd7 $18) 25. Bg5 Qxf3 26. Rxf3
Rxf3 27. Nxf3 e5 28. Bxd8 e4 29. Ne5 (29. Qd6 b5 30. Ng5 h6 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 32.
Qxe4 hxg5 33. Qxg6 Kg8 34. Rf1 Bf5 35. Qxf5 Bf6 36. Qg6+ Kf8 37. Rxf6#) 29...
exd3 30. Qf4 (30. Qf4 Be6 31. Qg5 Bxe5 32. dxe5 d2 33. Qe7 Rxd8 34. Qxe6+ Kg7
35. Qe7+ Kg8 36. Qxd8+ Kg7 37. Rf1 Kh6 38. Qf6 a5 39. Qf4+ g5 40. Qf6#) 1-0

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kikuchi, Akira"]
[Black "Nishimori, Toshiyuki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1695"]
[BlackElo "1797"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8256] B50: Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bd3
d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. d4 (7. Qe2 e5 8. g4 Bg6 9. d3 h5 10. g5
Nh7 11. Qe3 Be7 12. Rg1 Qd7 13. Nh4 Nf8 14. Qg3 Ne6 15. Be3 O-O-O 16. Nd2 Nf4
17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qxf4 Qxh3 19. O-O-O Qd7 20. Bb3 Ne5 21. Nc4 Nxc4 {Bitoon,R 
(2436)-Wang,P (2469) Quezon City 2000 0-1 (36)}) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 e6 $146 {
White has a very active position.} (8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. d5 (10. Be3 d5 11.
a3 Qb6 12. Bb3 Be7 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. e5 Nd7 15. Rb1 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Bc1 f5
18. h4 Rc8 19. Ne2 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 Qc7 21. Bd3 a6 22. Rh3 b5 23. Nf4 Qb6 24. Be3
g6 {Gerasimov,N (2355)-Saprikin,V (2259) Tula 2002 1-0 (42)}) 10... exd5 11.
exd5 Ne5 12. f4 Ned7 13. Nc3 Be7 14. Be3 O-O 15. O-O Nb6 16. Kh2 Rc8 17. Rg1
Rxc3 18. bxc3 Nbxd5 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. Qf3 Rc8 21. Rg5 Qc6 22. Qg3 Bf8 23. Rg1 {
Bezgodov,A (2518)-Kazancev,V (2343) Samara 2002 1-0 (35)}) (8... d5 9. e5 Ne4
10. e6 fxe6 11. g4 Bf7 12. Nc3 h5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 hxg4 15. Ng5 e5 16.
Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Qb3+ Kf6 18. h4 g6 19. Qxb7 Nxd4 20. Qxa8 Nc2+ 21. Ke2 {1-0 (21)
Antal,G (2526)-Wittmann,W (2303) Budapest 2010}) 9. Nc3 Be7 {Black has a
cramped position} 10. Be3 a6 {Prevents intrusion on b5} 11. O-O {White has a
very active position} O-O {Black has a cramped position} 12. Rc1 h6 {White has
an active position} 13. a3 {White has a very active position} b5 {White has an
active position} 14. Qe2 d5 (14... Rc8 $5 $11 {might be a viable alternative})
15. e5 $16 Nd7 (15... Ne8 $5 $16) 16. g4 $18 Bg6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 {[%tqu "En","",
"","","c3d5","",10]} 18. Nxd5 $1 {Discovered attack: c3, Rc1xc6} Nxd4 $4 {
sad, but how else could Black save the game?.} (18... exd5 19. Rxc6 {
Discovered attack}) 19. Nxe7+ $18 Qxe7 20. Nxd4 Nxe5 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"e3h6","",10]} 21. Bxh6 $1 {Decoy: h6} Nc4 (21... gxh6 22. Qe3 {Decoy Double
attack} (22. Qxe5 {Discovered attack})) 22. Be3 (22. b3 {makes it even easier
for White} gxh6 23. bxc4 Qf6 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Nxe6 Rf3 $18) 22... e5 23. Nb3
Qh4 24. Kg2 e4 25. Bc5 Rf3 26. Rh1 Rxb3 (26... Rd8 {doesn't improve anything}
27. Qxe4 Rdd3 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Kxf3 Nxb2 30. Ke2 $18) 27. Qxe4 (27. Rxc4 $142
{keeps an even firmer grip} e3 28. Rf4 $18) 27... Rd8 $4 {the final mistake,
not that it matters anymore} (27... Rb8 28. Be7 Qh6 $18) 28. Rxc4 (28. Be7 $142
{might be the shorter path} Ne3+ 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Bxh4 $18) 28... Kh7 (28...
Rxb2 {there is nothing else anyway} 29. Rb4 Qf6 30. Rxb2 Qxb2 $18) 29. Rb4 (29.
Be7 $142 {seems even better} Qg3+ 30. fxg3 Rd2+ 31. Kf1 bxc4 $18) 29... Rbd3 (
29... Rxb4 {cannot change what is in store for White} 30. Bxb4 Qf6 31. Be7 $18)
30. Rd4 (30. Be7 $142 {and White has it in the bag} R8d4 31. Bxh4 Rxe4 32. Rxe4
$18) 30... R3xd4 31. Bxd4 Rf8 (31... Qg5 {does not win a prize} 32. Rd1 $18)
32. Re1 (32. Rc1 $142 $5 {and White can already relax} Rf7 33. Rc6 Qg5 $18)
32... Qd8 33. Bc3 Qb6 (33... Qd7 $18 {cannot undo what has already been done})
34. Bd4 {White threatens to win material: Bd4xb6} Qb8 $4 {ignoring the path to
victory} (34... Qd8 35. Qe7 Qd5+ 36. Kg1 Rf7 37. Qh4+ Kg8 38. Re8+ Rf8 $18) 35.
Qe7 Qa8+ (35... Rxf2+ {does not win a prize} 36. Bxf2 Qa8+ 37. Re4 Kg8 38. Bd4
Qf8 39. Qb7 Kh7 40. Re8 Qf1+ 41. Kxf1 Kh6 42. Qe7 Kh7 43. Qxg7#) 36. Kg1 Rg8 (
36... Rf7 {is not much help} 37. Qxf7 Qg8 38. Qd7 a5 39. Re8 Qf8 40. Rxf8 Kh6
41. Bxg7+ Kh7 42. Rh8#) 37. Qh4# 1-0

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Yoshii, Yukihiko"]
[Black "Kikuchi, Daijiro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8256] D35: Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3
Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. a3 (6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 h6 9.
Bh4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ne2 Nbd7 12. O-O Qa5 13. a4 Ne4 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Rfb1
a6 16. Rb4 Nf8 17. f3 Nd6 18. Bg3 Nc4 19. Nf4 Ne3 20. Qb3 Qd8 {Nogueiras
Santiago,J (2555)-Barlov,D (2555) Zagreb 1987 1-0 (40)}) 6... Be7 {Black has
an active position} 7. Nf3 $146 (7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nge2 a5 10. Qc2 h6
11. Bf4 c6 12. h3 Ne8 13. O-O Ndf6 14. Rad1 Be6 15. Qb3 b5 16. Bb1 Nd6 17. Ng3
Nd7 18. Qc2 f5 19. b3 Rc8 20. Qe2 Qe8 21. f3 b4 {Popov,D (2293)-Ismagambetov,A
(2477) Kostanay 2013 0-1 (58)}) 7... Be6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O c6 {
Covers b5} 11. h3 {Secures g4} h6 {Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 12.
Bh4 Re8 13. Rc1 Nh7 (13... Bd6 14. Nd2 $11) 14. Bg3 $14 Ng5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16.
Bxe5 Qd7 17. Kh2 (17. Qc2 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Qxh3 $11) 17... Bf5 (17... Bxh3 $5 {
looks like a viable alternative} 18. Qc2 f6 $15) 18. Bxf5 $11 Qxf5 19. Ne2 Rad8
20. Ng3 Qg6 21. Qg4 Bd6 22. f4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Ne4 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. Nxe4 dxe4 {
A double rook endgame occured.} 26. Rcd1 (26. Rf2 $5 $14 {must be considered})
26... Kf7 $11 27. Rd4 (27. Kg3 Ke6 $11) 27... Rxd4 $15 28. exd4 {Black has a
new passed pawn: e4} Rd8 {Black threatens to win material: Rd8xd4} 29. Rd1 c5 (
29... Ke6 $142 30. b4 b6 $15) 30. d5 $14 e3 {A strong pawn} 31. d6 {White has
a new strong pawn: d6} Ke6 32. Kg3 (32. Rd3 $5 {should be considered} g5 33.
fxg5 Kxe5 34. Rxe3+ Kd4 35. Re7 hxg5 36. Rxg7 Rxd6 37. Rxg5 $14) 32... g5 $11
33. Kf3 (33. fxg5 $142 {and White could well hope to play on} hxg5 34. Re1 Kxe5
35. Rxe3+ Kf6 36. Rf3+ Ke6 37. Re3+ Kf6 38. Rf3+ Ke6 39. Re3+ Kf6 $11) 33...
gxf4 $17 34. Ke4 $2 (34. Kxf4 $142 $5 e2 35. Re1 Rf8+ 36. Kg4 Kxe5 37. d7 $17)
34... g5 (34... Rf8 {and Black can already relax} 35. Rg1 $19) 35. b3 (35. h4
Rf8 36. hxg5 hxg5 $19) 35... a5 (35... Rf8 {keeps an even firmer grip} 36. Kf3
$19) 36. a4 (36. h4 Rf8 37. hxg5 hxg5 $19) 36... b6 (36... Rf8 $142 {seems
even better} 37. Kf3 Kxe5 $19) 37. Re1 $4 {a blunder in a bad position} (37. h4
$142 Rg8 38. hxg5 $19) 37... Rf8 $19 38. Rd1 (38. g3 {no good, but what else?}
fxg3 39. Kxe3 $19) 38... e2 39. Re1 Rf5 40. Rxe2 (40. Kf3 {hoping against hope}
Rxe5 41. g3 $19) 40... Rxe5+ 41. Kf3 Rxe2 42. Kxe2 Kxd6 43. Kd2 Kd5 44. Kd3 h5
45. Kc3 h4 46. Kd3 (46. Kd2 {is no salvation} g4 47. hxg4 f3 48. Ke3 fxg2 49.
Kf2 h3 50. g5 Ke5 51. g6 Kf6 52. g7 Kxg7 53. Kg1 Kh6 54. Kh2 Kg5 55. Kg1 Kf5
56. Kf2 Kf4 57. b4 cxb4 58. Ke2 g1=Q 59. Kd3 Qc5 60. Ke2 Qc2+ 61. Ke1 Ke3 62.
Kf1 Qb1#) 46... Ke5 (46... g4 47. hxg4 f3 48. gxf3 h3 49. Ke3 h2 50. g5 h1=Q
51. Kf4 Qg2 52. g6 Qxg6 53. Ke3 Qg3 54. Kd3 Qxf3+ 55. Kc2 c4 56. bxc4+ Kxc4 57.
Kd2 Qf2+ 58. Kd1 Kd3 59. Kc1 Qc2#) 47. Kc4 {[%tqu "En","","","","g5g4","",10]}
g4 $1 {an unexpected blow} 48. hxg4 {[%tqu "En","","","","f4f3","",10]} f3 $1 {
a beautiful, forced end to the game. .} (48... f3 49. gxf3 h3 50. f4+ Kxf4 51.
g5 Kxg5 52. Kb5 h2 53. Kxb6 h1=Q 54. Kxc5 Kf6 55. Kd4 Qh4+ 56. Kd3 Ke5 57. Kc3
Qd4+ 58. Kc2 Kd5 59. b4 Kc4 60. bxa5 Qc3+ 61. Kb1 Kb3 62. a6 Qb2#) 0-1

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Ito, Katsuhide"]
[Black "Kobayashi, Katsuhiko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1312"]
[BlackElo "1539"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8192] C01: French: Exchange Variation} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 Bb4+ $146 (2... b5
3. Bxb5 Bb7 4. Qe2 f5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 fxe4 8. Bxe4 Bxe4 9. Bxf6
Qxf6 10. Qxe4 Qxb2 11. Qxa8 Bxc5 12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O Qxa1 14. Qb7 Bb6 15. Nd2
Qxa2 16. Qe4 Qa5 17. Qd3 {Soylu,S (2380)-Kotronias,V (2425) Kavala 1985 0-1 
(46)}) (2... Ne7 3. Nf3 g6 4. h4 h6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. Qd2 d5 7. Nc3 c6 8. O-O-O Nd7
9. Bd3 a6 10. Rhe1 b5 11. Kb1 Bb7 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Nc1 a5 15. Qe3
a4 16. Ne5 b4 17. Nxd7 {Sveshnikov,E (2565)-Zorman,V (2335) Ljubljana 1996 1-0
(40)}) (2... g5 3. Be3 h5 4. Qd2 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O-O Nd7 7. h4 gxh4 8. Nf3
a6 9. e5 b5 10. Bd3 Nb6 11. a3 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. d5 Rb8 14. Qd4 dxe5 15.
Nxe5 Bf6 16. f4 Nh6 17. Qxc4 {Kiik,K (2380)-Kiltti,J (2225) Naantali 1997 1-0})
(2... Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Be3 d5 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9.
O-O Nc6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Kh8 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 f6 14. b3 d5 15. c5 Na8
16. a3 Nc7 17. b4 {Schmitzer,K (2305)-Kuban,G (2260) Hessen 1990 1/2-1/2 (67)})
(2... f5 3. exf5 exf5 4. Bd3 g6 5. Nf3 Qe7+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bg5 c6 9.
Qd2 O-O 10. Re1 Qd8 11. h4 d6 12. h5 Re8 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Ne2 Nbd7 15. Nh4 Nf8
16. g4 N8h7 17. Nxg6 {Sveshnikov,E (2515)-Trajkovic,D (2230) Pula 1990 1-0}) (
2... d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 $11) 3. c3 $14 {White threatens to win material:
c3xb4} Be7 4. Nf3 {Black's piece can't move: c8} Nf6 {Black threatens to win
material: Nf6xe4} 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 {Black's piece can't move: c8} 7. Nbd2
b6 8. b4 Bb7 9. Bb2 d5 10. e5 {White gains space} Ne4 (10... Nh5 $5 $14 {
is worthy of consideration}) 11. Nxe4 $16 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Ba6 $4 {but even a
better move would not have saved the game} (12... Qc8 $142 $16) 13. Bxc6 $18
Bxf1 14. Bxa8 (14. Qxf1 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} Qc8 $18) 14... Bxg2 15.
Bc6 Bh3 16. Qd3 Bh4 (16... Qc8 {does not solve anything} 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Ne4
$18) 17. Qe4 (17. a4 {might be the shorter path} Bf5 18. Qe2 Bg4 $18) 17... Bg5
18. Bc1 Bf5 19. Bxg5 (19. Qe1 $142 {and White takes home the point} Bxc1 20.
Qxc1 $18) 19... Bxe4 $16 20. Bxd8 (20. Bxe4 $5 Qd7 21. a4 $16) 20... Bxc6 $11
21. Bxc7 Bxf3 22. Bd6 {White threatens to win material: Bd6xf8} Rc8 {Black
threatens to win material: Rc8xc3} 23. Rc1 b5 24. Bc5 a6 25. c4 bxc4 26. Rxc4 {
White has a new backward pawn: d4.} Bd5 {A comfortable square for the black
bishop} 27. Rc2 f6 28. exf6 gxf6 29. a3 Kf7 30. Rc3 Re8 31. Bd6 (31. f3 h5 $14)
31... e5 (31... Rd8 $5 32. Rc7+ Kg6 $11) 32. dxe5 $16 fxe5 33. Rc7+ (33. Kf1
Kf6 $16) 33... Ke6 $14 {Black threatens to win material: Ke6xd6} 34. Bc5 {
A classical outpost} Rg8+ 35. Kf1 Bc4+ 36. Ke1 Rg1+ 37. Kd2 Rg8 (37... Ra1 $5
$16) 38. Rxh7 Rd8+ 39. Ke3 Rd3+ 40. Ke4 Rxa3 41. Re7+ Kf6 42. Rxe5 Bd3+ (42...
Rh3 $5 $16) 43. Kf4 $18 Ra2 44. Bd4 Bg6 $4 {terrible, but the game is lost in
any case} (44... Kf7 $142 $18) 45. Re2+ (45. Re2+ Kf7 46. Rxa2 Bd3 47. Ke5 Ke7
48. f4 Kf7 49. f5 Ke8 50. Ra5 Bc4 51. f6 Kf8 52. Rc5 Bb3 53. h4 Ke8 54. h5 Ba2
55. Rc7 Bb3 56. h6 Kd8 57. Kd6 Bf7 58. Rxf7 Ke8 59. Rd7 Kf8 60. h7 a5 61. h8=Q#
) 1-0

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kikuchi, Daijiro"]
[Black "Sugimoto, Koichi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8192] D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6
3 Bf4} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nd2 Bf5 7. Be2 e6
8. Ngf3 c4 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. a3 b5 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne5 $146 (12. h3 O-O 13. g4
Bg6 14. Nh4 Nd7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bf3 f5 17. g5 Kf7 18. Kg2 Rh8 19. Kg3 Nb6 20.
Rac1 Ke8 21. h4 Kd7 22. Rh1 Nd8 23. Be5 Rh7 24. h5 Nf7 25. hxg6 Rxh1 26. Rxh1
Nxe5 {Jadrijevic,A (2242)-Brumen,D (2383) Zagreb 2008 1-0 (66)}) 12... O-O 13.
h3 {Covers g4} Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bg3 Ra6 (15... Nb6 16. Ra2 $15) 16. Nf3 h6
{Prevents intrusion on g5} 17. Ne5 {White threatens to win material: Ne5xd7}
Nb6 18. Bg4 Bh7 19. f4 $2 (19. Rad1 $142 $5 $15 {is a viable option}) 19... Na4
$17 20. Rf2 Bf5 (20... f6 $142 $5 21. Nd7 Rd8 $17) 21. Bh5 Nb6 22. Re1 g6 {
Black threatens to win material: g6xh5} 23. Bf3 Bf6 (23... Be4 24. Rd2 $15) 24.
e4 $11 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rd8 (26... Be7 27. Rf1 $11) 27. Ng4 Bg7 28.
Bh4 {White threatens to win material: Bh4xd8} Rd5 29. Bf6 Nd7 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31.
Ne5 Nf6 {Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 32. Re1 h5 33. g3 Rd8 34. Kg2
Nd5 {The knight is not easily driven from d5} 35. Kf3 $4 {releasing the
pressure on the opponent} (35. Nf3 $142 $14 {and White is still in the game})
35... f6 $17 36. Nxg6 (36. Rfe2 $17) 36... Kxg6 $19 37. Rfe2 Kf7 38. Kf2 $6 {
instead of fighting back} (38. g4 hxg4+ 39. hxg4 Rh8 $19) 38... f5 (38... h4 {
and Black can already relax} 39. Kf3 hxg3 40. h4 $19) 39. Re5 (39. Kf3 Rg8 $19)
39... Rb6 (39... h4 $142 {makes it even easier for Black} 40. R5e2 $19) 40. Kf3
Rc8 (40... Rg8 41. Rc1 $19) 41. Rg1 Nf6 42. Rge1 Ne4 (42... Rh8 43. Rf1 $19)
43. Rg1 (43. g4 Kf6 44. gxf5 exf5 $19) 43... Rg8 (43... Rh8 44. Ke2 $19) 44.
Rg2 Rd8 (44... Nf6 45. Rg1 $19) 45. Re2 (45. g4 hxg4+ 46. hxg4 Nd6 $17) 45...
Rd5 46. Rg2 (46. Rh2 $142 $19) 46... Rxe5 47. fxe5 Ng5+ 48. Ke3 Ra6 49. h4 (49.
Rh2 $19) 49... Ne4 50. Kf3 (50. Kf4 $19 {is still a small chance}) 50... Ra8
51. Ke3 Rg8 52. Kf4 (52. Ke2 {doesn't do any good} Ke7 $19) 52... Rg4+ 53. Kf3
Ke7 54. Rg1 Kd7 55. Rg2 Kc6 56. Re2 (56. Rg1 {the only chance to get some
counterplay} Kd5 57. Rg2 $19) 56... Rxg3+ 57. Kf4 Rg4+ 58. Kf3 Rxh4 59. Rg2 Rg4
60. Re2 h4 61. Rxe4 Rxe4 62. Kg2 (62. a4 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} Rg4
63. b3 cxb3 64. axb5+ Kxb5 65. Ke2 b2 66. c4+ Kxc4 67. Kf3 b1=Q 68. Kf2 Qg1+
69. Ke2 Kxd4 70. Kf3 Qg2#) 62... Re3 63. Kf2 (63. Kg1 {doesn't change anything
anymore} Rg3+ 64. Kf2 f4 65. d5+ Kxd5 66. Ke2 h3 67. Kf2 h2 68. b3 h1=Q 69.
bxc4+ Ke4 70. cxb5 Rg2#) 63... f4 (63... Rg3 64. a4 f4 65. axb5+ Kd5 66. b6 h3
67. b4 h2 68. Ke2 h1=Q 69. Kf2 Rh3 70. Ke2 Rh2#) 64. Kg2 (64. b3 {doesn't get
the cat off the tree} cxb3 65. a4 bxa4 66. Kg2 b2 67. d5+ Kc5 68. dxe6 Rxc3 69.
e7 b1=Q 70. Kf2 Qb2+ 71. Kf1 Rc1#) 64... h3+ (64... Rg3+ 65. Kf1 h3 66. Kf2 Kd5
67. b3 h2 68. bxc4+ Ke4 69. cxb5 h1=Q 70. a4 Rg2#) 65. Kf2 (65. Kg1 {is not
the saving move} Re2 66. Kh1 f3 67. a4 bxa4 68. d5+ Kxd5 69. Kg1 Rg2+ 70. Kh1
f2 71. b4 f1=Q#) 65... Rg3 (65... Rg3 66. Kf1 h2 67. d5+ exd5 68. b4 h1=Q+ 69.
Kf2 Rg2+ 70. Kf3 Qf1#) 0-1

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Watanabe, Katsumi"]
[Black "Kikuchi, Akira"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "1733"]
[BlackElo "1695"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{E21: Nimzo-Indian: 4 Nf3} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4
6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Bxc3 8. bxc3 {White has the pair of bishops} Ne4 $146 {
Black threatens to win material: Ne4xc3} (8... Re8 9. Re1 (9. Bg5 d6 10. e3
Nbd7 11. a4 a5 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 e5 14. Ne4 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6
17. Rb1 Qf5 18. Rb5 Rad8 19. Qb1 {1/2-1/2 (19) Schmidt,W (2430)-Keene,R (2465)
Rome 1979}) 9... d6 10. Qc2 Be4 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Bf1 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Rxe5 15. Bf4 Re8 16. f3 Bb7 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. e4 Qf6 19. Bg2 Ne5 20. Rd2 Re7 21.
Red1 Bc6 22. Rf2 Rae8 23. Bf1 {Bogoljubow,E-Nimzowitsch,A Karlsbad 1929 0-1 
(50)}) (8... Be4 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Bf1 d5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Bg6 14.
Bg2 Rad8 15. cxd5 exd5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qf5 18. h4 Ne5 19. Nd2 Nd3 20. Re2
c5 21. Be4 Qf6 22. Bxg6 Qxg6 23. Nf3 {Ribli,Z (2585)-Garcia Gonzales,G (2520)
Linares 1981 1/2-1/2 (58)}) (8... Qc8 9. Re1 d6 10. a4 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Nh4
Nc6 13. f3 Nf6 14. Bh3 Qe8 15. d5 Ne5 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Qxf5 Qxc4 18. Qe6+ Kh8
19. Qxc4 Nxc4 20. e4 Rae8 21. Bg5 Re5 22. Bf4 Rc5 23. Bf1 {Miladinovic,I (2565)
-Vallejo Pons,F (2415) Saint Vincent 1998 1/2-1/2 (61)}) (8... d6 9. Re1 $11)
9. Qc2 f5 10. Bf4 d6 {Controls e5} (10... Nc6 11. d5 Na5 12. dxe6 dxe6 13. Ne5
$11) 11. Rad1 (11. Ng5 Qe8 $14) 11... Nd7 $11 12. d5 {White threatens to win
material: d5xe6} (12. Bc1 Qe8 $11) 12... e5 $15 {Black threatens to win
material: e5xf4} 13. Bc1 Ndf6 14. Bg5 (14. Ng5 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 h6 $11) 14... Bc8
15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. e4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 {The bishop feels
good on e4} g6 {Consolidates f5} 20. h4 (20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qh6+
Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ $11) 20... Bf5 $15 21. Rfe1 Qf6 22. Qd2
Rf7 23. Qg5 (23. Bg2 Bg4 24. Rb1 Raf8 $15) 23... Raf8 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. Bg2 Bg4
26. Rd2 Kg7 27. Rf1 Bc8 28. Rb1 a5 29. Be4 Bf5 30. Re1 (30. Bxf5 Rxf5 31. Kg2
Rf3 $17) 30... Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Rf3 32. Rc2 R8f7 (32... Rd3 $5 $17) 33. Kg2 Rf8
34. Re3 $4 {not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the
game} (34. Kg1 Rd3 35. c5 bxc5 36. Ra4 $17) 34... R3f7 (34... Rxe3 $142 {
Black missed this excellent chance} 35. fxe3 e4 $19) 35. f3 $15 h5 36. Rf2 Rf6
37. Re4 R8f7 38. f4 exf4 39. Rexf4 Rf5 40. R2f3 R7f6 41. Kf2 Kf7 42. Ke3 Re5+
43. Kd2 Rxf4 44. gxf4 (44. Rxf4+ Kg7 $11) 44... Rf5 (44... Re4 $142 $5 45. Kd3
Re1 $17) 45. Ke3 $11 Kf6 46. Ke4 Kf7 47. Rg3 Kf6 48. Rg5 Rxg5 49. fxg5+ Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sato, Yasuji"]
[Black "Ito, Katsuhide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1452"]
[BlackElo "1312"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8192] B22: Sicilian: 2 c3} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 {Black
threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 4. Bc4 $146 (4. Qe2 d6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7
7. O-O O-O 8. h3 e5 9. d3 Ne8 10. Ne1 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Kh2 Nc7
14. Na3 b6 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Nac2 Bd5 17. f3 b5 18. Bh6 Bxh6 {Zupe,M (2280)
-Zueger,B (2335) Caorle 1982 1-0 (60)}) (4. Qc2 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O e5 7. d3
O-O 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Nbd2 h6 10. h3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. a4 Nd4 13. Qd1 Nxe3 14.
fxe3 Nf5 15. Nc4 e4 16. dxe4 Ng3 17. Re1 Nxe4 18. Bd3 f5 {Skatchkov,P (2370)
-Sherbakov,R (2580) Ekaterinburg 1997 0-1 (72)}) (4. d3 e5 (4... g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7
6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Re1 e5 9. a3 Ne8 10. b4 Nc7 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Bf1 a5 13.
bxc5 dxc5 14. a4 Ne8 15. Nb1 Nd6 16. c4 f6 17. Nc3 Nb4 18. Bc1 Nf7 19. Be3 {
Hickl,J (2450)-Zueger,B (2400) Munich 1987 1/2-1/2}) 5. Be2 (5. Nbd2 Be7 6. g3
O-O 7. Bg2 Rb8 8. O-O b5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d6 11. d5 Nb4 12. Ne1 a5 13. a3
Na6 14. Nd3 Qb6 15. Kh1 Bd7 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Bb2 Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 19. Re1 Rc7 {
Moldovan,D (2435)-Bogdan,D (2290) Bucharest 1993 1-0 (38)}) 5... d5 6. Nbd2 Be7
7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 d4 9. cxd4 cxd4 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a4 Be6 12. b3 a6 13. Ng5 Bxc4
14. bxc4 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. cxb5 Nd8 18. Qb3 Qa5 {Viskic,P 
(2240)-Jukic,M (2460) Pula 1998 1/2-1/2}) (4. e5 Nd5 $11) 4... e6 {
Consolidates d5} (4... Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O $17) 5. O-O (5. e5 d5 6. Be2 Nd7
$11) 5... Be7 (5... Nxe4 $142 $5 6. d3 Nf6 $17) 6. e5 $11 Ng4 (6... Nd5 7. d4
d6 8. exd6 Qxd6 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Qe2 $11) 7. d4 $14 O-O (7... d5 8. Bd3 $14) 8.
h3 $16 Nh6 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. Bd3 (10. d5 $142 exd5 11. Bxd5 $16) 10... Bg5 $2 (
10... cxd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. Nc3 $14) 11. Qc2 (11. Nxg5 $5 Qxg5 12. f4 Qh4 13.
dxc5 Qe7 $18) 11... f5 12. exf6 (12. dxc5 Qe7 $16) 12... Qxf6 (12... cxd4 13.
Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Be4 Qxf6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. cxd4 Qxd4 18. Nc3 $16)
13. Nbd2 (13. Bxh7+ $142 $5 Kh8 14. dxc5 $16) 13... cxd4 $14 14. Ne4 {White
threatens to win material: Ne4xf6} Qe7 15. Nexg5 hxg5 16. Rfe1 (16. Nxd4 Rf4
$14) 16... d6 {Secures e5} (16... dxc3 17. bxc3 Qg7 $11) 17. cxd4 (17. Nxd4
$142 Nxd4 18. cxd4 $16) 17... e5 $4 {forfeits the advantage} (17... Rxf3 $142 {
was much better} 18. gxf3 Nxd4 $15) 18. dxe5 $18 Rxf3 $2 (18... dxe5 19. Be4
$18) 19. gxf3 (19. exd6 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Qg7 20. gxf3 Bxh3 21.
Be4 $18) 19... Nd4 $4 {Black falls apart} (19... Nxe5 $142 20. Be4 Bxh3 $18)
20. Qc4+ $18 Ne6 21. exd6 Qxd6 (21... Qf6 {does not help much} 22. Qe4 Kf8 23.
Bc4 $18) 22. Bf5 Kf7 (22... b5 {hardly improves anything} 23. Bxe6+ Bxe6 24.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 $18) 23. Rad1 Qe7 (23... Qc6 {does not save the day} 24.
Qb3 Kf6 25. Rc1 Kxf5 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Qd3+ Kf6 28. Qc3+ Kf7 29. Qxc6 $18) 24.
Qc2 (24. Qd5 a5 25. Rc1 $18) 24... Qf6 (24... Kg7 {doesn't change the outcome
of the game} 25. Qc3+ Qf6 26. Bxe6 Qxc3 27. bxc3 Bxe6 28. Rxe6 $18) 25. Bxe6+ (
25. Rd6 Kg8 26. Rexe6 Bxe6 27. Bxe6+ Kf8 28. Qxh7 Qg7 29. Qf5+ Ke8 30. Bc4 a6
31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Rd7 Rb8 33. Qf5+ Ke8 34. Bf7+ Qxf7 35. Qxf7#) 25... Bxe6 $18
26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qe4 (27. Rd6 {seems even better} Re8 28. Qe4 Kf7 29. Qxb7+
Re7 $18) 27... Re8 (27... Bxh3 28. Qb4+ Kg8 $18) 28. Rd6 Kf7 29. Qxb7+ Kg6 (
29... Re7 {is one last hope} 30. Qe4 a5 $18) 30. Qa6 Kf7 31. Qxa7+ Re7 32. Qb6
(32. Qa6 Qf5 33. Rdxe6 Rxe6 34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kxe6 36. Kg2 Kf5 37. Kg3
Kf6 38. Kg4 Ke7 39. Kxg5 Kd6 40. a4 Kc5 41. h4 Kc4 42. h5 Kb4 43. b3 Kc5 44. h6
Kb4 45. h7 Kxb3 46. a5 Kc2 47. a6 Kd3 48. a7 Kc4 49. a8=Q Kc5 50. h8=Q Kc4 51.
Qa3 Kb5 52. Qc8 Kb6 53. Qac5#) 32... g4 33. Rexe6 Rxe6 (33... Qxe6 {is not
much help} 34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kxe6 36. fxg4 Kd5 37. h4 Ke6 38. a4 Kd6 39.
h5 Kd5 40. h6 Kc4 41. h7 Kb4 42. a5 Kxa5 43. h8=Q Kb6 44. Qe5 Kb7 45. g5 Kb6
46. g6 Kb7 47. Qd6 Ka8 48. Qe7 Kb8 49. g7 Kc8 50. g8=Q#) 34. Rxe6 (34. Rxe6
Qxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kxe6 36. fxg4 Kd5 37. h4 Ke6 38. a4 Kd6 39. h5 Ke6 40. a5 Kd5
41. h6 Kc4 42. a6 Kd4 43. h7 Ke4 44. h8=Q Kd5 45. a7 Kc5 46. Qd8 Kc4 47. a8=Q
Kb5 48. Qda5+ Kc4 49. Q8d5#) 1-0

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nishimori, Toshiyuki"]
[Black "Takeuchi, Hiroshi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1797"]
[BlackElo "1330"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8192] B07: Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3.
Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Bc4 (5. Nge2 O-O 6. f3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Nb5
Na6 10. c3 b6 11. a4 Nd7 12. Nc1 Bf8 13. Be2 Kg7 14. Kf2 c6 15. Na3 Ndc5 16.
Nc4 f6 17. b4 Ne6 18. g3 Nac7 19. Nb3 Bb7 {Kruppa,Y (2545)-Berelowitsch,A 
(2490) Sochi 1994 1-0 (40)}) (5. e5 Nfd7 6. e6 fxe6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9.
O-O-O a6 10. h4 b5 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Kd7 13. Qe3 Qg8 14. g3 Kd8 15. Bh3 {
1-0 (15) Pasiev,R (2384)-Byambaa,Z (2285) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013}) 5... O-O 6.
Qd2 $146 (6. f3 c6 7. Qd2 d5 8. Bb3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nbd7 10. O-O-O a5 11. a3 b5
12. Bh6 b4 13. a4 Qc7 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. h4 c5 16. dxc5 Ba6 17. h5 Rfd8 18. Qg5
Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Rd8+ 20. Kc1 Bxh6 {Pritchett,C (2340)-Kagan,S (2425) Havana
1966 1-0 (32)}) 6... c6 {Prevents intrusion on b5} 7. Nf3 {Black has a cramped
position} Nbd7 {Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} 8.
Bh6 e5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. O-O-O (10. a4 $142 $11) 10... d5 (10... b5 $142 $5 {
must definitely be considered} 11. dxe5 dxe5 $11) 11. dxe5 (11. exd5 e4 12. Ne5
cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nf6 $16) 11... dxc4 $14 12. exf6+ Qxf6 13. h4 h5
14. Ng5 Ne5 (14... Qe7 $5 $14 {should be examined more closely}) 15. f4 $16 Ng4
16. e5 Qe7 17. Nce4 Bf5 18. Nd6 a5 (18... Be6 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. g3 $16) 19.
Nxc4 (19. Nxf5+ gxf5 20. Qd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 Kg8 $18) 19... Qc5 (19... Be6 20.
Nb6 Rad8 21. Qxa5 $16) 20. Qd4 (20. Nd6 $142 Nh6 21. Nxb7 $18) 20... Qb4 $4 {
an oversight. But Black was lost anyway.} (20... Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Rae8 22. Nd6 $16
) 21. Nd6 (21. e6+ $142 {finishes off the opponent} Nf6 22. a3 $18) 21... c5
22. Nxf5+ gxf5 23. Qxb4 (23. Qd2 $5 Rfd8 24. Qxb4 cxb4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. e6 $18
) 23... axb4 $16 24. Rd7 Rxa2 25. Kb1 $4 {simply marches past the door to
victory} (25. Re1 $142 Kg6 26. Rxb7 $16) 25... Rfa8 $19 26. Rxf7+ (26. c4 {
doesn't improve anything} Ra1+ 27. Kc2 Rxh1 $19) 26... Kg8 27. c4 (27. Kc1 {
cannot change destiny} Ra1+ 28. Kd2 Rxh1 $19) 27... Ra1+ (27... Ne3 28. Kc1
Nxc4 29. Kc2 Rxb2+ 30. Kd3 b5 31. Rxf5 Rd8+ 32. Ke4 Rd4+ 33. Kf3 Rb3+ 34. Kf2
Rd2+ 35. Kg1 Ne3 36. Rf8+ Kxf8 37. Ne6+ Ke7 38. Kh2 Ng4+ 39. Kg1 Rb1#) 28. Kc2
$19 Rxh1 29. e6 (29. Rxb7 Ne3+ 30. Kd2 Rb1 31. Kxe3 Rxb2 $19) 29... Rh2 30.
Rxf5 (30. Kd3 {the last chance for counterplay} Rxg2 31. Rxf5 $19) 30... Ne3+ (
30... Ne3+ 31. Kd3 Nxf5 $19) 0-1

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.27"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Kobayashi, Katsuhiko"]
[Black "Yoshii, Yukihiko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "1539"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8192] A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e4 Nf6 4.
Nc3 Be7 (4... Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. Nge2 Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10.
d4 Nd7 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. f4 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Ng6 14. Nd4 Bf6 15. Nxc6 Qe8 16. e5
dxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Re1 {Khairullin,I (2658)-Inarkiev,E (2680)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 1-0}) (4... c5 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O a6
9. a4 Rb8 10. h3 Nd4 11. f4 b6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nxf6+
Bxf6 16. Bd5 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Nc3 Bg5 19. Nd5 {Akash Pc,I (2243)
-Karthikeyan,M (2509) Dindigul 2015 1/2-1/2 (47)}) 5. Nf3 Bg4 $146 (5... O-O 6.
d4 (6. d3 c5 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 h5 12. g5 Nd7 13.
Nd5 f6 14. gxf6 Nxf6 15. Ng5 Nxd5 16. Ne6 Qa5+ 17. c3 Nf4 18. Bh3 Rf6 19. Ng5
Raf8 20. Bf1 Ne6 {Krasnov,V (2189)-Savinov,L (2260) St Petersburg 2003 0-1 (32)
}) 6... Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O Bf8 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 c6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Bf3
Nc5 13. h3 Ne6 14. Ne2 Ng5 15. Nc1 Bb4 16. c3 Bf8 17. Qe2 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Nxh3+
19. Kh2 Nf4 20. Qe3 {Jovanovic,S (2290)-Drozdov,I (2375) Arandjelovac 1993 0-1}
) (5... c6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. Rad1 Nf8 11. Rfe1
Ng6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Bf1 Rad8 14. Qc1 Bc8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Rd1
Rxd1 18. Qxd1 b5 19. Nd2 Bc5 20. g3 {Strenzwilk,D (2227)-Shocron,R (2260)
Parsipanny 2002 1/2-1/2 (59)}) 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 exd4
10. Qxd4 {White has the pair of bishops} Ne5 11. Qd1 c6 {Secures b5+d5} 12. Na4
(12. Be2 Ned7 $14) 12... Qc7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. c4 Rfe8 15. Bxe5 (15. h3 a6 $11)
15... dxe5 $15 {Opposite coloured bishops appeared.} 16. Qc2 Rd7 17. Rad1 Red8
18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. Rd1 Rd4 20. Rxd4 exd4 {Black has a new passed pawn: d4} 21.
Qd3 c5 (21... Qe5 22. g3 $15) 22. h3 {Covers g4} h6 23. b4 (23. Nb2 Nd7 $11)
23... b6 24. b5 {This push gains space} (24. bxc5 Bxc5 25. Nb2 g6 $15) 24...
Nd7 (24... Qf4 25. g3 Qc1+ 26. Kg2 $17) 25. Nb2 Ne5 {Black threatens to win
material: Ne5xd3} 26. Qd1 Qd6 27. Nd3 $2 {The white knight is safe in front of
d4} (27. Be2 $142 $5 $15 {would allow White to play on}) 27... Nxc4 $19 28. Qb3
$2 (28. g3 Qc7 $17) 28... Ne5 $4 {letting the wind out of his own sails} (28...
Nd2 {seems even better} 29. Qc2 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Qg6+ 31. Kh2 $19) 29. Bh5 $2 (
29. Nxe5 $142 Qxe5 30. g3 $17) 29... g6 $4 {lets it slip away} (29... c4 $142 {
secures the win} 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Nxe5+ Qxe5 32. Qxc4+ Kf6 $19) 30. Nxe5 $11
{White has a mate threat} Qxe5 {Black forks: e4+h5} 31. Bxg6 {White has a mate
threat} Qf6 32. Bh5 Qe6 {Black threatens to win material: Qe6xe4} 33. Qg3+ Kh7
34. Qf3 {White threatens to win material: Qf3xf7} Bf6 35. Qf5+ $4 {gives the
opponent new chances} (35. e5 $142 {would keep White in the game} Qxe5 36. Bxf7
$11) 35... Qxf5 $19 36. exf5 Kg7 (36... c4 37. Bf3 d3 $19) 37. Kf1 $2 (37. Be2
$142 $11 {would allow White to play on}) 37... d3 $17 38. Bd1 $4 {the pressure
is too much, White crumbles} (38. Ke1 $142 Bc3+ 39. Kd1 $19) 38... c4 $19 39.
f4 (39. Ba4 $19 {is the last straw}) 39... c3 40. Ke1 (40. Be2 {does not win a
prize} c2 41. Bxd3 c1=Q+ 42. Ke2 Bd4 43. f6+ Kxf6 44. Bh7 Qe3+ 45. Kd1 Bc3 46.
Kc2 Qd2+ 47. Kb3 Bb2 48. a4 Qc3+ 49. Ka2 Ba3 50. g4 Qb2#) 40... Bh4+ 41. Kf1 c2
42. Bxc2 dxc2 43. f6+ (43. Ke2 {cannot change what is in store for White} c1=Q
44. a4 Qc2+ 45. Ke3 Bf2+ 46. Kf3 Bc5 47. Kg3 Qf2+ 48. Kh2 Be3 49. f6+ Kxf6 50.
f5 Bf4+ 51. Kh1 Qf1#) 43... Kxf6 44. g3 (44. Ke2 {is not much help} c1=Q 45.
Kd3 Kf5 46. g3 Bxg3 47. a4 Be1 48. h4 Qc3+ 49. Ke2 Qd2+ 50. Kf1 Qf2#) 44...
Bxg3 (44... Bxg3 45. Kg2 Be1 46. Kh2 c1=Q 47. Kh1 Qc2 48. a4 Bg3 49. Kg1 Qh2+
50. Kf1 Qf2#) (44... c1=Q+ 45. Kg2 Qe3 46. gxh4 Kf5 47. a4 Kxf4 48. h5 Qe2+ 49.
Kg1 Kg3 50. h4 Qe1#) 0-1

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sugimoto, Koichi"]
[Black "Drakakis, Athanasios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1963"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8192] B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4.
Nf3 h6 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Be3 Be7 $146 (7... Qb6 8. b3 Qa5 (8... Ne7 9.
Nbd2 (9. Qd2 Ng6 10. Ne1 Bb4 11. c3 Be7 12. g4 Be4 13. Qc1 h5 14. gxh5 Nh4 15.
Nd2 Bf5 16. Kh1 g5 17. Rg1 O-O-O 18. Rxg5 f6 19. Rg7 Bf8 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Rf7
Ng4 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Rf4 Bf5 {Lane,G (2405)-Dorenberg,G (2370) Belgium 1997
1-0}) 9... g5 10. Re1 Bg6 11. Nf1 Nf5 12. Bd3 Bb4 13. Bxf5 Bxf5 14. Bd2 Be7 15.
Ng3 Bg6 16. h3 c5 17. Be3 Qc7 18. c4 Nb6 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. cxd5
Nxd5 22. Rc1 Qa5 23. Ne4 {Prie,E (2445)-Anic,D (2440) Nantes 1993 1/2-1/2 (44)}
) 9. c4 Ne7 10. a3 dxc4 11. bxc4 Rd8 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qc3 Qc7 14. Rd1 Ng6 15. c5
Ne7 16. Nbd2 Nd5 17. Qb3 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Rdc1 Be7 20. Bb5 c5 21. dxc5 bxc5
22. Nc4 {Vogt,L (2510)-Boehnisch,M (2355) Plauen 1980 1/2-1/2 (41)}) (7... Ne7
8. Nh4 (8. Nbd2 Bh7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nd5 11. Qb3 N7b6 12. Na5 Rb8 13. Bd2
Be7 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Rfd1 Qd7 16. Ne1 Nc7 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. Be3 Ncd5 19. Nd3 Nxe3
20. fxe3 Nd5 21. Nc4 Nb4 22. Nc5 Bxc5 {Renner,C (2385)-Koenig,D (2295) Germany
1992 0-1 (37)}) 8... Bh7 9. f4 c5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qd2 Be7 13. Na3 a6
14. c4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bb4 16. Nb3 Bxd2 17. Bxb6 Bxf4 18. cxd5 Nxb6 19. dxc6 Be3+
20. Kh1 bxc6 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Na5 {Fogarasi,T (2410)-Jelling,E (2365) Festuge
1991 1/2-1/2 (32)}) 8. b3 Bg5 (8... Bb4 9. Ne1 $11) 9. Nxg5 $16 hxg5 {White
has the pair of bishops} 10. Qd2 g4 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. c4
(14. Re1 Qf7 $14) 14... e5 (14... dxc4 15. Re1 $14) 15. dxe5 (15. Re1 $5 O-O-O
16. cxd5 exf4 17. dxc6 $16) 15... fxe5 $11 16. Bg3 {In the style of Nimzovich}
d4 {White has a cramped position. White's piece can't move: b1. Black has a
new protected passed pawn: d4} 17. Qd1 $4 {hands over the advantage to the
opponent} (17. f4 $142 {and White can hope to survive} gxf3 18. Bxf3 $11) 17...
Ngf6 $17 18. Re1 O-O-O 19. Bd3 (19. a4 $142 $5 $17) 19... e4 $19 20. Nd2 Nc5
21. Bf1 $2 (21. Bb1 d3 22. Nf1 $19) 21... Nh5 22. b4 (22. Be2 {the last chance
for counterplay} Nxg3 23. fxg3 $19) 22... Nxg3 23. fxg3 Qh7 24. bxc5 (24. h4
gxh3 25. Be2 $19) 24... Qxh2+ 25. Kf2 e3+ 26. Ke2 d3+ (26... Qg1 27. Ne4 Bxe4
28. Qc1 Qf2+ 29. Kd1 Rh1 30. a3 Rxf1 31. Qc3 dxc3+ 32. Kc1 Rxe1#) 27. Kxe3 Qg1+
28. Kf4 Qd4+ (28... Rhf8 29. Nb3 Be6+ 30. Ke4 Qf2 31. Qc1 Qf5+ 32. Ke3 Qg5+ 33.
Ke4 Bf5+ 34. Ke5 Rfe8#) 29. Ne4 (29. Re4 {is no salvation} Qf2+ 30. Nf3 Rhf8
31. Qd2 Bd7+ 32. Kg5 Qxc5+ 33. Ne5 Qe7+ 34. Kh5 Rh8+ 35. Qh6 Rxh6+ 36. Kxh6
Qf6+ 37. Kh7 Rh8#) 29... Rdf8 (29... Rdf8 30. Qxg4 Bxg4+ 31. Kxg4 Rhg8+ 32. Kh4
Qh8#) 0-1

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kikuchi, Akira"]
[Black "Sato, Yasuji"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1695"]
[BlackElo "1452"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8192] 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 e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Bg5 (5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7.
Bd3 Nbd7 8. Ne5 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nc5 10. Bc2 Nfd7 11. Qh5 f5 12. g4 g6 13. Qh6 Qg7
14. Qxg7+ Kxg7 15. gxf5 exf5 {1/2-1/2 (15) Kovacevic,V (2520)-Loncar,R (2385)
Makarska 1995}) 5... h6 $146 {Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} (5... c5
6. c3 Qb6 7. Qb3 Ne4 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10. exf4 Nc6 11. Nbd2 Bd7 12. Bb5
Ke7 13. Ke2 Nxd2 14. Kxd2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bd3 dxc3+ 17. bxc3 Kd6 18.
Rhb1 Kc5 19. Rb2 Ra5 20. Rab1 {Dermann,G (2297)-Matthias,H (2355) Germany 1998
0-1 (49)}) (5... Nbd7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. c4 Qb6 9. Qb3 cxd4 10. exd4 Qxb3
11. axb3 Bb4 12. Bd3 b6 13. Bg3 Bb7 14. O-O Ne4 15. Rfd1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 O-O 17.
Nb1 Rfd8 18. Nc3 dxc4 19. bxc4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 {Lazic,L (2250)-Lukic,N (2194)
Belgrade 2009 1-0 (63)}) (5... c6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. Rb1 Qa5 9. O-O h6
10. Bh4 Qc7 11. c4 b6 12. b4 O-O 13. c5 Be7 14. h3 Bb7 15. Nb3 Qd8 16. Bg3 Ne4
17. Bh2 Nc3 18. Qc2 Nxb1 19. Rxb1 Qc8 20. a4 {Soman,S (2364)-Roy Chowdhury,S 
(2395) Mumbai 2003 1/2-1/2 (56)}) (5... O-O 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9.
c3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bg3 h5 13. h3 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Bd6 15. g4 hxg4
16. hxg4 c5 17. Qf2 cxd4 18. exd4 e5 19. Qg3 Qc7 20. Bh7+ {Brkic,A (2208)
-Sengupta,D (2169) Oropesa del Mar 2000 1-0}) 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Bxg3 (7... Bd7
8. c4 $11) 8. hxg3 $14 Ne4 9. Nbd2 Nc6 (9... Nd7 $5 $14) 10. Nxe4 $16 dxe4 11.
Nd2 f5 12. Qh5+ Ke7 13. Nc4 (13. O-O-O Qf8 $16) 13... Qf8 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Nd2
Be8 16. Qh2 Bf7 17. Bc4 (17. Bb5 Nb8 $16) 17... Kf6 18. f3 exf3 19. Nxf3 g4 {
Black gets more space} (19... Qd6 20. Bb5 $16) 20. Qh4+ Kg7 21. Ne5 Ne7 $4 {
leads to further unpleasantness} (21... Re8 $142 22. Bb5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 c6 24.
Qf6+ Kg8 $16) 22. Nd7 $18 Qe8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Bxe6 (24. Ne5 $142 {and White
can celebrate victory} Nd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Rxh6 Rxh6 27. Qxh6 $18) 24... Bxe6
25. Qxe6+ Qf7 26. Qxf7+ (26. Nf6+ $142 $5 Kg7 27. Nh5+ Kg8 28. d5 $18) 26...
Kxf7 $16 27. Ne5+ Ke6 (27... Kg7 28. Rdf1 $16) 28. Rh5 $18 Rad8 (28... Raf8 29.
Rdh1 Rf6 30. e4 $18) 29. Rdh1 Ng8 30. c3 Re8 (30... Nf6 31. Rxh6 Rxh6 32. Rxh6
$18) 31. Kd2 (31. e4 {makes it even easier for White} Nf6 32. exf5+ Kd5 33.
Rxh6 Rxh6 34. Rxh6 Rf8 $18) 31... Kf6 $2 (31... Rh7 $18) 32. Rf1 Ne7 33. e4 Kg7
(33... Reg8 {does not save the day} 34. exf5 Nc6 35. Ng6 $18) 34. exf5 Nd5 35.
Nxg4 Nf6 36. Nxf6 Kxf6 37. Rf3 1-0

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Takeuchi, Hiroshi"]
[Black "Kikuchi, Daijiro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1330"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8256] D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3
Nf6 $146 (4... Nc6 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be7 10.
Bb2 a5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qd4 Ba6 13. Rfb1 Ne8 14. Na4 f6 15. bxa5 e5 16. Qb6
Qd6 17. Bc3 Bd8 18. Bb4 Qe6 19. Qc5 {Haubt,G (2225)-Weise,M (2152) Germany
2007 1-0}) 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. Bd3 a6 {Prevents intrusion on
b5} 9. O-O Nb4 10. Re1 (10. Be2 O-O $11) 10... Nxd3 {Black forks: b2+e1} 11.
Qxd3 {Black has the pair of bishops} O-O 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Re3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bc5
15. Rh3 g6 16. Ne2 Qg5 17. Rg3 Qf5 (17... Qh4 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Nxd4 $14) 18.
Qxf5 $16 exf5 19. Nf4 Be6 20. Nh5 (20. Rd3 $5 $16) 20... Kh8 21. Nf6 Be7 22.
Re1 Rac8 {Black threatens to win material: Rc8xc2} 23. Re2 Rc6 24. f4 Rfc8 25.
c3 {Controls b4} b5 26. Rh3 h5 27. Kh1 $4 {White lets it slip away} (27. Rd3 $5
$11 {deserves consideration}) 27... b4 (27... d4 $142 28. Rc2 Bb4 $19) 28. Ree3
$4 (28. Rc2 $142 $15 {saving the game}) {[%tqu "En","","","","d5d4","",10]}
28... d4 $1 $19 {Deflection: c3} 29. Nxh5 (29. cxd4 Rc1+ {Mate attack
Deflection}) 29... dxe3 {Black wins a rook.} (29... Kg8 $142 {and Black has
reached his goal} 30. Ref3 bxc3 $19) 30. Nf6+ $11 {The knight dominates} Kg7
31. Rh7+ Kf8 32. Rh8+ Kg7 33. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Yoshii, Yukihiko"]
[Black "Watanabe, Katsumi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1869"]
[BlackElo "1733"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8192] E91: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2, unusual replies including 6.
..c5 and 6...Bg4} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7
7. O-O c5 8. d5 b6 $146 (8... Nb6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. h3 e5
13. Kh1 Kh7 14. Ng1 g5 15. Rc1 Rg8 16. b3 Bf8 17. g3 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Bxg4
Nxg4 20. Bd2 Be7 21. Qf3 Bg5 22. Qxg4 Bxd2 23. Qf5+ {Zakharchenko,A (2380)
-Malikov,V (2166) Alushta 2001 1-0 (37)}) (8... Re8 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Rb1 a6 11.
Nd2 Nf8 12. f4 h6 13. Bh4 N6h7 14. Bd3 g5 15. fxg5 hxg5 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. e5 dxe5
18. Rxf7 Bg4 19. Qxg4 Kxf7 20. Rf1+ Kg8 21. Na4 Qd6 22. Ne4 Nf6 23. Rxf6 {
Loeffler,S (2429)-Bentsen,O (2185) Gausdal 2005 1-0}) (8... Rb8 9. Bg5 h6 10.
Bf4 a6 11. a4 g5 12. Bd2 Kh8 13. Qc1 Rg8 14. Ne1 Qf8 15. Nd3 Ne8 16. Kh1 Ne5
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Bd4 19. Be3 Qg7 20. fxg5 hxg5 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Nd1 Nf6
23. Nf2 {Latzke,B (2282)-Holzinger,E (2171) Stuttgart 2004 1-0 (36)}) 9. h3 {
Prevents intrusion on g4} Ba6 {Black has a cramped position} 10. Bf4 Nh5 {
Black threatens to win material: Nh5xf4} 11. Bh2 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rae8 (12... Bh6
13. Rc2 $11) 13. a4 {White has an active position} (13. Nd2 Nhf6 $14) 13... Bc8
(13... Bh6 14. Ra1 $14) 14. b3 (14. Qd2 $142 $14) 14... f5 $2 (14... Bh6 $142
$11 {and Black hangs on}) 15. exf5 Rxf5 (15... Bxc3 16. Rxc3 gxf5 $16) 16. Bd3
$4 {hands over the advantage to the opponent} (16. g4 $5 {makes it even easier
for White} Rxf3 17. Bxf3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Ng7 $18) 16... Rf7 (16... Rf6 $142 $5
$16) 17. Ng5 $18 Rf6 $2 (17... Ne5 18. Nxf7 Nxf7 19. f4 $18) 18. Nce4 (18. Nxh7
$142 {makes sure everything is clear} Nf8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qc2 $18) 18... Ne5
19. Nxf6+ exf6 20. Bxe5 (20. Ne6 $142 $5 Bxe6 21. dxe6 $18) 20... fxe5 21. Ne4
Bf5 $2 (21... Nf4 22. Re1 $16) 22. Re1 (22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxf5 Nf4 $18) 22...
Qe7 $2 (22... Nf4 23. Rc3 $16) 23. Ng3 $4 {throwing away the advantage} (23.
Nxd6 $142 {and the scales tip in favour of White} Qxd6 24. Bxf5 $18) 23... Nxg3
$14 24. fxg3 e4 (24... Bxd3 25. Qxd3 e4 26. Qd2 $16) 25. g4 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Qf7 $2
(26... Bf2 $142 $5 27. Rf1 Be3 28. gxf5 Bxc1 29. Qxc1 exd3 $16) 27. gxf5 $18
gxf5 28. Bb1 Kh8 (28... Qg6 29. Rf1 $18) 29. Qe2 (29. g4 {might be the shorter
path} Qg7 30. gxf5 Qh6 $18) 29... Rg8 30. Rf1 Qg6 31. Bc2 (31. Rc2 $142 $5 Be5
32. Qf2 Rf8 $18) 31... Be5 32. g4 $4 {forfeits the clear win} (32. Qf2 $142 {
a shame that White overlooked this excellent chance} Qg5 33. Rfe1 $18) 32...
Qh6 $19 33. Kg2 (33. Qg2 {cannot change what is in store for White} Rxg4 34.
Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Rc2 $19) 33... Qh4 (33... Rxg4+ 34. Qxg4 fxg4 35. Bxe4 Qd2+ 36.
Rf2 gxh3+ 37. Kf1 Qxc1+ 38. Ke2 Bc3 39. Rf8+ Kg7 40. Rf2 Qe1+ 41. Kd3 Qxf2 42.
Kxc3 Qd4+ 43. Kc2 Qxe4+ 44. Kb2 h2 45. Ka2 h1=Q 46. Kb2 Qhb1+ 47. Kc3 Qd4#) 34.
Qe3 (34. Rxf5 $142 {and White can already relax} Qg3+ 35. Kf1 Qxh3+ 36. Qg2
Qxg4 37. Qxg4 Rxg4 $18) 34... fxg4 (34... Rxg4+ 35. Kh1 Rg3 36. Rf2 Rxe3 37.
Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kf1 Rf3 39. Rxf3 exf3 40. Bd3 Bd4 41. Bxf5 Qf2#) 35. Kh1 (35. Bxe4
$142 {and White has triumphed} Bd4 36. Qd3 gxh3+ 37. Kh1 $18) 35... Bg3 $16 36.
Qc3+ $4 {not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the
game} (36. Kg1 $142 {White has a promising position} Re8 37. Rf5 Qxh3 38. Bxe4
$16) 36... Be5 $11 {Black threatens to win material: Be5xc3} 37. Qe3 {Twofold
repetition} Bg3 38. Qc3+ Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Ito, Katsuhide"]
[Black "Nishimori, Toshiyuki"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1312"]
[BlackElo "1797"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8192] B33: Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6
gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bg7 13. c4 (13. Qh5 h6 14. c4 Bxd5 15. exd5
Nd4 16. Nc2 e4 17. Rae1 O-O 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bb1 Qg5 20. Qxg5+ hxg5 21. cxb5
axb5 22. g4 Bxb2 23. gxf5 Rfe8 24. Re2 Bf6 25. Bxe4 Ra4 26. f3 Rea8 27. Bb1 Rc8
{Kotronias,V (2585)-Milanovic,D (2415) Kavala 1997 1/2-1/2 (31)}) 13... b4 $146
(13... Bxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7 (14... fxe4 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. dxc6 Ra5 17. Qd5 b4 18.
Nb5 O-O 19. a4 bxa3 20. Rxa3 Rxa3 21. bxa3 Qb6 22. Nxd6 e3 23. fxe3 Qxe3+ 24.
Kh1 Qe2 25. Rxf7 Kh8 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Qxe5+ Qxe5 28. Nf7+ {1-0 (28) Torre,E 
(2490)-Suradiradja,H (2330) Wellington 1978}) 15. Qh5 f4 16. Nc2 O-O 17. a4
bxa4 18. Rxa4 a5 19. Rfa1 Rb8 20. R1a2 Rb3 21. Bc4 Rb7 22. Qe2 f5 23. Bd3 fxe4
24. Bxe4 Qc7 25. Qh5 h6 26. Rxa5 Rxb2 27. Rxb2 Qxa5 28. Rb7 {Kuijpers,F (2430)
-Goldenberg,R (2300) Strasbourg 1975 1-0 (33)}) (13... O-O 14. exf5 bxc4 15.
Be4 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Rc8 17. Nxc4 Nd4 18. Ne3 Qg5 19. Be4 Kh8 20. Qg4 Bf6 21. g3
Qh6 22. Kg2 Rg8 23. Qh3 Qf4 24. Bd5 e4 25. Kh1 Qe5 26. Bxf7 Rg7 27. Be6 Nxe6
28. fxe6 {Rios Escobar,A (2235)-Torres Bravo,C (2240) Santiago de Chile 2005
1-0 (44)}) (13... bxc4 14. Nxc4 Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. Rad1 e4 18.
Be2 h5 19. f3 Rh6 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Qc2 Kg8 22. Qxe4 Rb8 23. b3 Ng6 24. Qf5 Rb7
25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Qc8+ Bf8 27. Qxb7 Nf4 28. Bf3 {Lungu,M (2295)-Chakurira,S 
(2205) Abuja 2003 1-0 (32)}) (13... bxc4 $142 $5 {has some apparent merit} 14.
Nxc4 O-O $11) 14. exf5 $16 Bxd5 15. cxd5 bxa3 16. bxa3 $4 {forfeits the
advantage.} (16. dxc6 $142 axb2 17. Rb1 $16) 16... Ne7 {Black threatens to win
material: Ne7xd5} (16... Nd4 17. Rb1 $17) 17. Qa4+ $15 {[%cal Ra4a6,Rd3a6,
Ga8a6] The isolani on a6 becomes a target} Kf8 {Black loses the right to castle
} 18. Be4 {A comfortable square for the white bishop} h5 19. h3 h4 20. Rab1 Ng8
(20... Bf6 21. Rb3 $17) 21. Rfc1 Nf6 22. f3 $2 {Controls e4+g4} (22. Rb7 $142 {
would keep White alive} Bh6 23. Rcc7 $15) 22... Bh6 $19 23. Rc6 Be3+ 24. Kf1 (
24. Kh1 Kg7 $19) 24... Kg7 25. Rb3 (25. Rb7 Nh5 $19) 25... Bc5 26. Rxa6 $4 {
the pressure is too much, White crumbles} (26. Bb1 $19) 26... Rxa6 (26... Nxe4
$142 {and the rest is a matter of technique} 27. Rxa8 Ng3+ 28. Ke1 Qxa8 29.
Qxa8 Rxa8 $19) 27. Qxa6 Qa8 (27... Nh5 28. Qd3 Qg5 29. f6+ Nxf6 30. Ke1 Qxg2
31. Qd2 Qg1+ 32. Ke2 $19) 28. Qb5 (28. Qxa8 Rxa8 29. Bd3 Bxa3 $19) 28... Rc8
29. a4 (29. Qe2 {does not improve anything} Nh5 30. f6+ Kxf6 $19) 29... Qa7 30.
a5 (30. Ke2 {desperation} Bg1 31. Kd1 $19) 30... Bg1 31. Qb6 (31. Ke2 {cannot
change destiny} Nxe4 32. f6+ Kxf6 33. Qd3 Rc1 34. Rb6 Qxa5 35. Rxd6+ Kg7 36.
Rg6+ fxg6 37. fxe4 Qe1+ 38. Kf3 Qg3+ 39. Ke2 Qxg2#) 31... Bxb6 32. axb6 (32.
Rxb6 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Rc1+ 33. Ke2 Qxa5 34.
Rc6 Re1+ 35. Kd3 Qb4 36. Rc3 Nxe4 37. f6+ Kxf6 38. fxe4 Qxe4+ 39. Kd2 Qe2#)
32... Qb7 (32... Rc1+ 33. Ke2 Qxa2+ 34. Ke3 Qxb3+ 35. Kf2 Qc3 36. Ke2 Re1+ 37.
Kf2 Qd2#) 33. a3 Rb8 (33... Nxe4 34. f6+ Kg8 35. Rb1 Nd2+ 36. Kf2 Nxb1 37. a4
Qxb6+ 38. Ke2 Qb2+ 39. Ke3 Qc2 40. a5 Rc3#) 34. Rc3 Qa6+ (34... Qxb6 35. Bc2
Qd4 36. Rc6 Qe3 37. Rc4 Nh5 38. Rg4+ Kf8 39. Rg8+ Kxg8 40. g4 Ng3+ 41. Kg2 Rb2
42. Kh2 Rxc2#) 35. Bd3 Qxb6 36. Rc6 (36. Bc2 {doesn't get the bull off the ice}
Nh5 37. f6+ Kxf6 38. Ke1 Qa5 39. Kd2 Rc8 40. g4 Qxc3+ 41. Ke2 Nf4+ 42. Kf2
Qxc2+ 43. Kf1 Qg2+ 44. Ke1 Rc1#) 36... Qd8 (36... Qe3 37. Bc2 Nh5 38. f6+ Kh6
39. g4 hxg3 40. Kg2 Qf2+ 41. Kh1 Qf1#) 37. Bc4 Rb2 (37... Rb1+ 38. Ke2 Qa5 39.
Bb3 Qe1+ 40. Kd3 Rxb3+ 41. Kc2 Qb1+ 42. Kd2 Rb2+ 43. Rc2 Rxc2+ 44. Kd3 Qb3#)
38. a4 (38. Bd3 {does not save the day} Qa5 39. Bc2 Qd2 40. Kg1 Ra2 41. Kh2
Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Ra1+ 43. Bb1 Rxb1+ 44. Rc1 Rxc1+ 45. Kf2 Qd2#) 38... Nh5 (38...
Qa5 39. Bd3 Qd2 40. Bc2 Ra2 41. Kg1 Ra1+ 42. Bb1 Rxb1+ 43. Rc1 Qxc1+ 44. Kh2
Qh1#) 39. Bb5 (39. f6+ {does not win a prize} Kh6 40. Kg1 Rb1+ 41. Bf1 Ng3 42.
Kf2 Qa5 43. Ke3 Rd1 44. Rc3 Qa7+ 45. Rc5 Qxc5#) 39... Qg5 40. Be2 (40. f6+ {
doesn't do any good} Nxf6 41. Be2 Rb1+ 42. Rc1 Qxc1+ 43. Bd1 Qxd1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2#
) 40... Ng3+ 41. Kg1 Nxe2+ 42. Kf1 Qe3 43. f6+ Kg6 (43... Kg6 44. Rxd6 Rb1#)
0-1

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Drakakis, Athanasios"]
[Black "Kikuchi, Akira"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "1695"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{A47: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 b6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6
3. Bg5 Be7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 d6 10.
Re1 Nbd7 11. Rc1 (11. Bh4 Re8 12. h3 Bc6 13. a4 Qc7 14. Bg3 Nf8 15. Qe2 Ng6 16.
Bh2 {1/2-1/2 (16) Cifuentes Parada,R (2540)-Ernst,T (2535) Haninge 1992}) 11...
Nd5 $146 (11... Rc8 12. c4 a6 13. b4 Re8 14. Qb3 Nf8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Be4 d5
17. cxd5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 exd5 19. Bd3 Ne6 20. Qb2 Nf4 21. Bf1 Qd6 22. a3 g6 23.
Qc2 Ne6 24. Nb3 Qf4 25. Qd1 Bc8 26. g3 {Panko,A (2180)-Panush,V (2271)
Serpukhov 2003 1/2-1/2 (41)}) (11... Re8 12. Nf1 Nf8 13. Ng3 a6 14. a3 b5 15.
Qe2 Rb8 16. h3 Bc6 17. Rc2 a5 18. b4 Qb6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Ned2 Nd7
22. Nb3 axb4 23. axb4 Nf6 24. Na5 Ba8 25. Ng5 h6 26. Ne4 {Prymula,R (2273)
-Hinks Edwards,T (2373) Czechia 2014 0-1 (45)}) (11... a6 12. a4 Re8 13. Bb1
Qc7 14. Nf1 Bc6 15. Ng3 Qb7 16. b4 b5 17. a5 Rac8 18. Qd3 Nf8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20.
Ne4 Be7 21. Neg5 h6 22. Ne4 Bd5 23. Nfd2 f5 24. Ng3 Bxg2 25. f3 Bh3 26. Nh5 {
Bartha,S (2280)-Schneider,A (2355) Budapest 1993 0-1 (40)}) 12. Bxe7 {White
forks: d6, f8+d8} Qxe7 13. Bb1 f5 14. h4 h6 {Covers g5} 15. a3 {Secures b4}
Rac8 16. Ba2 (16. c4 Nc7 $11) 16... N7f6 17. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SapproSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sato, Yasuji"]
[Black "Sugimoto, Koichi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1452"]
[BlackElo "1963"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8256] C56: Two Knights: 4 d4 exd4 5 0-0 Nxe4} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4
Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. Nc3
Qf5 11. g4 Qg6 (11... Qxf6 12. Nd5 (12. Nce4 Qe7 13. Nxf7 O-O 14. Nfg5 Bd5 15.
Nxh7 Bxe4 16. Ng5 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Qxe1+ 18. Kg2 d3 19. Qxc4+ Kh8 20. Qxc5 Qe5 21.
Qa3 Qd5+ 22. Kg1 Nd4 {0-1 (22) Bogomolow,S (2199)-Bierenbroodspot,P (2179)
Germany 2012}) 12... Qd8 13. Rxe6+ fxe6 14. Nxe6 Qd7 15. Ndxc7+ Kf7 16. Ng5+
Kg6 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. Nce6 {1-0 (18) Piorun,K (2457)-Staniszewski,P (2383)
Polanica Zdroj 2009}) 12. Nxe6 $146 (12. Nce4 Bb6 13. f4 (13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bg5
O-O 15. fxg7 Rf7 16. Kg2 d3 17. cxd3 Ne5 18. dxc4 Nf3 19. Qxf3 Rxf3 20. Kxf3
Bd4 21. Rad1 Qxg7 22. Bc1 Rf8+ 23. Kg3 e5 24. g5 Qg6 25. b3 Qf5 26. Nf6+ Rxf6
27. gxf6 Qxf2+ {Juarez Flores,C (2340)-Garcia,G (2445) Granma 1987 0-1}) (13.
fxg7 Qxg7 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Ng5 e5 16. f4 d3+ 17. Kg2 O-O-O 18. Ne6 Qd7 19.
Nxd8 Rxd8 20. cxd3 cxd3 21. Bd2 Nd4 22. Rxe5 Ne2 23. Kh3 h5 24. Rxh5 Rg8 25.
Rh4 Ng1+ 26. Kg3 Qd5 27. Qf1 Ne2+ {Hersvik,D (2165)-Flores,D (2319) Oropesa
del Mar 1999 1/2-1/2}) 13... O-O-O 14. f5 Bxf5 15. gxf5 Qxf5 16. Kh1 gxf6 17.
Qf3 Qxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Nb4 19. Nxf6 Nxc2 20. Bf4 Nxa1 21. Rxa1 c3 22. bxc3 dxc3 23.
Rc1 Rd3 24. Ne1 Rd2 25. Nc2 Re2 26. Nd5 Ba5 {Blackburne,J-Teichmann,R
Nuremberg 1896 1/2-1/2 (36)}) 12... fxe6 13. Rxe6+ Kd7 {Black threatens to win
material: Kd7xe6} 14. Ne4 (14. f4 $142 $5 {is interesting} Qxc2 15. Qxc2 d3+
16. Kg2 dxc2 17. Re4 $15) 14... Kxe6 $17 15. Nxc5+ Kd5 16. Nxb7 Rab8 (16...
gxf6 $142 17. b3 c3 $17) 17. Qf3+ $2 (17. b3 c3 18. Qf3+ Qe4 19. Qxe4+ Kxe4 20.
Nc5+ Kf3 21. fxg7 $19) 17... Qe4 $19 18. Qxe4+ Kxe4 19. Nc5+ Kd5 (19... Kf3
$142 {and Black could have gained the advantage} 20. fxg7 Rhg8 $19) 20. fxg7
$17 Rhg8 21. Nd7 Rxg7 22. Nxb8 Rxg4+ 23. Kf1 Nxb8 24. h3 Rh4 25. Kg2 Nd7 (25...
Re4 26. Bd2 $17) 26. Kg3 (26. f3 $5 $15 {should be investigated more closely})
26... Re4 $17 27. Bd2 (27. Bf4 Nc5 28. Kf3 Ne6 $17) 27... Re2 $19 28. Rd1 Nc5 (
28... c5 $142 $19) 29. b3 $4 {strolling merrily down the path to disaster} (29.
Kf3 $142 Re7 30. Be3 $17) {[%tqu "En","","","","e2d2","",10]} 29... Rxd2 $1 $19
{Decoy: d2} 30. Rxd2 Ne4+ 31. Kf4 (31. Kf3 {is still a small chance} Nxd2+ 32.
Ke2 $19) 31... Nxd2 32. h4 c3 33. Kf5 (33. b4 {does not solve anything} {
[%tqu "En","","","","d4d3","",10]} d3 $1 {finishing him off} 34. cxd3 c2 35. a3
c1=Q 36. h5 Qg1 37. Ke3 Qe1+ 38. Kf4 Qxf2+ 39. Kg5 Ke6 40. Kh6 Qg2 41. Kxh7 Kf7
42. b5 Qg7#) {[%tqu "En","","","","d4d3","",10]} 33... d3 $1 {here's the full
point. . . . . .} (33... d3 34. cxd3 c2 35. h5 c1=Q 36. a3 Nxb3 37. Kg4 Nd4 38.
h6 Qg1+ 39. Kf4 a5 40. a4 c5 41. f3 Ne6+ 42. Kf5 Qg6#) 0-1

[Event "SapporoSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Watanabe, Katsumi"]
[Black "Kikuchi, Daijiro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "1733"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8256] A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3.
Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bb4 (4... Bd6 5. d4 b6 6. b3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. cxd5
exd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 c5 13. Nd6 Bc6 14. O-O Qb8 15. Nf5 Re8
16. Rae1 g6 17. Ng3 Qb7 18. Qb2 a5 19. Rc1 {Uhlmann,W (2500)-Dizdar,G (2490)
Germany 1993 1-0 (47)}) 5. Be2 $146 (5. Qc2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Qxc3 b6 8. b3 c5
9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. d4 Ne4 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15.
Rxd4 Qe7 16. Rc1 e5 17. Rdd1 dxc4 18. bxc4 Nec5 19. Ra1 Be4 {Swiercz,D (2627)
-Przedmojski,R (2359) Warsaw 2012 1-0}) 5... O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Qc2 d4 (7... b6
8. b3 $11) 8. exd4 (8. a3 $5 Ba5 9. Na4 dxe3 10. fxe3 $14) 8... cxd4 $11 9. Ne4
Nc6 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. d3 e5 {White has a cramped position} 12. a3 {White
threatens to win material: a3xb4} Bd6 {White has a cramped position} 13. Bg5 {
White threatens to win material: Bg5xf6} Qg6 14. Rae1 f6 {Black threatens to
win material: f6xg5} 15. Bc1 Bh3 $4 (15... a5 $142 $11 {was much better}) 16.
Nh4 $18 Qf7 17. gxh3 f5 (17... Kh8 18. Nf5 Bc7 19. Bf3 $18) 18. f4 Be7 19. Ng2
Qg6 (19... Rac8 {cannot change destiny} 20. Bf3 e4 21. dxe4 $18) 20. Bf3 Bd6 (
20... Bh4 {is not the saving move} 21. Re2 $18) 21. Bd5+ (21. c5 $142 {secures
the win} e4 22. dxe4 Bc7 23. Qb3+ Qf7 24. Qxb7 Na5 $18) 21... Kh8 22. Rf3 Rae8
23. Rg3 Qh5 (23... Qf6 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 24. Qa4 Re7 25. fxe5
Rxe5 26. Rf1 $18) 24. Bxc6 (24. Qe2 $142 $5 {and White can already relax} Qxe2
25. Rxe2 g6 $18) 24... bxc6 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Bf4 Bxf4 (26... Bf6 27. Qf2 $18)
27. Rxe8 Rxe8 (27... Qxe8 28. Nxf4 Qe1+ 29. Kg2 $18) 28. Nxf4 Qh4 29. Qf2 g5 (
29... Qd8 $18 {praying for a miracle}) 30. Qxd4+ Kg8 31. Ne6 (31. Qf6 $142 {
keeps an even firmer grip} Qxg3+ 32. hxg3 gxf4 33. gxf4 Re1+ 34. Kf2 $18) 31...
Qh6 (31... Qxd4+ {otherwise it's curtains at once} 32. Nxd4 h6 33. Nxf5 Re6 $18
) 32. Rxg5+ Kf7 33. Qg7+ (33. Rxf5+ Kg8 34. Rg5+ Qxg5+ 35. Nxg5 h6 36. Qd7 hxg5
37. Qxe8+ Kg7 38. Qxc6 Kf7 39. c5 g4 40. hxg4 a5 41. Qh6 a4 42. c6 Ke7 43. g5
Kf7 44. c7 Ke7 45. c8=Q Kf7 46. Qf6#) 33... Qxg7 34. Nxg7 Rg8 (34... Rd8 {
does not help much} 35. Nxf5 Rxd3 36. Ng3 $18) 35. Kf2 Rxg7 (35... Kf6 {
the only chance to get some counterplay} 36. Rg2 Ra8 $18) 36. Rxg7+ Kxg7 37.
Kf3 Kf6 38. Kf4 h6 39. h4 a5 40. h5 (40. b4 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip}
axb4 41. axb4 $18) 40... a4 (40... c5 {is the last straw} 41. b3 Ke6 $18) 41.
d4 Ke6 {[%tqu "En","","","","d4d5","",10]} 42. d5+ $1 {decapitation} cxd5 43.
cxd5+ Kxd5 44. Kxf5 Kc4 (44... Kd4 45. Kg6 Ke5 46. Kxh6 Kd6 47. Kg6 Kd5 48. h6
Kc6 49. h7 Kb7 50. h8=Q Ka7 51. Qd4+ Ka6 52. Qd7 Kb6 53. Kf5 Ka5 54. Ke4 Ka6
55. Kd5 Ka5 56. Kc6 Ka6 57. Qb7+ Ka5 58. Qa7#) 45. Kg6 Kb3 46. Kxh6 Kxb2 47.
Kg6 Kxa3 48. h6 Ka2 49. h7 Kb1 50. h8=Q a3 51. h4 a2 52. h5 Kc2 (52... a1=Q {
is no salvation} 53. Qxa1+ Kxa1 54. h6 Kb2 55. h7 Kc2 56. h8=Q Kc1 57. Kg5 Kc2
58. Qa8 Kb1 59. Qa4 Kb2 60. Kf4 Kb1 61. Ke4 Kc1 62. Qa2 Kd1 63. Kd3 Ke1 64.
Qe2#) 53. Qa1 Kb3 54. h6 Ka3 (54... Kc4 {is not much help} 55. Kf5 Kb5 56. h7
Ka6 57. h8=Q Kb5 58. Qc8 Kb4 59. Qb2+ Ka4 60. Qa8#) 55. h7 Kb3 (55... Kb4 {
doesn't change the outcome of the game} 56. h8=Q Kc5 57. Qad4+ Kc6 58. Qa8+ Kc7
59. Qdd8#) 56. h8=R (56. h8=Q Kc4 57. Qhc3+ Kb5 58. Qab2+ Ka6 59. Qca3#) 56...
Ka3 (56... Kc4 {doesn't improve anything} 57. Kf6 Kc5 58. Qc3+ Kb6 59. Rb8+ Ka7
60. Qc7+ Ka6 61. Qb6#) 57. Ra8+ (57. Rb8 Ka4 58. Qxa2#) 57... Kb4 58. Qxa2 (58.
Qc1 Kb3 59. Rb8+ Ka4 60. Qc2+ Ka3 61. Qb3#) 58... Kc5 (58... Kb5 {cannot undo
what has already been done} 59. Rc8 Kb6 60. Rc2 Kb5 61. Qb3+ Ka6 62. Ra2#) 59.
Rc8+ Kd6 (59... Kd4 {doesn't change anything anymore} 60. Qd2+ Ke4 61. Rf8 Ke5
62. Re8#) 60. Qd2+ (60. Kf6 Kd7 61. Qe6#) 60... Ke7 61. Rc1 (61. Rd8 Ke6 62.
Re8#) 61... Kf8 (61... Ke8 {hardly improves anything} 62. Re1+ Kf8 63. Qd8#)
62. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "SapporoSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Takeuchi, Hiroshi"]
[Black "Yoshii, Yukihiko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1330"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{D04: Colle System} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. h3
Bh5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. b3 $146 (8. c4 c5 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. exd4 b6 12. Rc1
Rc8 13. Be2 Qe7 14. Ne5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Ba3 16. Ndf3 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 dxc4 18. bxc4
Rc7 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Nd7 22. Nf3 h6 {Hinteregger,A (2160)
-Neihs,H (2180) Werfen 1998 1/2-1/2}) 8... h6 {Prevents intrusion on g5} (8...
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Be2 $11) 9. Bb2 $14 O-O 10. Qe1 a6 {Covers b5} 11. a3 {
Consolidates b4} b5 12. Ne5 c5 13. f4 (13. g4 $142 $5 {is an interesting
alternative} Bg6 14. Bxg6 fxg6 15. Nxg6 $14) 13... c4 $15 {Black gets more
space} 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Nf3 (17. bxc4 bxc4 18. Bc3
a5 $15) 17... Nf6 $17 18. Rae1 (18. Rfb1 $5 $17) 18... Ne4 {[%cal Yc4c3] Black
prepares the advance c3} 19. Qd1 c3 (19... Rfc8 20. Ne5 $17) 20. Bc1 a5 {
[%cal Yb5b4] Black prepares b4} 21. Ne5 b4 22. a4 f6 {Black threatens to win
material: f6xe5} (22... Kh7 23. Nd3 $17) 23. Ng4 (23. Nd3 f5 $15) 23... Qf7 (
23... h5 24. Nh2 Qf7 25. h4 $17) 24. Qf3 (24. Kh2 f5 25. Nf2 Nf6 $15) 24...
Rfd8 (24... Qg6 25. Rd1 $17) 25. Nf2 $15 f5 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Qg4 Qf5 28. Qe2
Rdb8 29. g4 {White threatens to win material: g4xf5} Qf7 30. Qg2 g6 31. h4 {
[%cal Yg4g5] White intends g5} Kh7 32. Qh3 Rg8 33. g5 {White wins space} h5 34.
Re2 Rgf8 35. Rg2 Qd7 36. Re2 Rf5 37. Ref2 Qc6 38. Qg2 {White's piece can't
move: c1} Raf8 39. Kh1 Qa6 40. Kg1 R8f7 41. Qh3 Qc8 42. Qg3 Qf8 43. Kg2 Bb8 44.
Kg1 Kg7 45. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SapporoSummer2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.07.28"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Nishimori, Toshiyuki"]
[Black "Kobayashi, Katsuhiko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "1797"]
[BlackElo "1539"]
[Annotator "Fritz 15 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.27"]

{[%mdl 8256] C15: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Unusual White 4th moves} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 Bxc3+ $146 (4... Nc6 5. Nge2 (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 dxe4 7.
Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Qd6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qe2 Ne7 11. Qf3 f5 12. Bxb7 Bxb7 13. Qxb7
O-O 14. Qf3 Rab8 15. Qg3+ Qxg3 16. hxg3 Rb2 17. Kd2 c5 18. Nf3 cxd4 19. cxd4
Rc8 {Djuric,S (2517)-Gervasio,R (2369) Cannes 1999 1-0 (45)}) 5... dxe4 6. Bxe4
Nf6 7. Bf3 Ne7 (7... e5 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O Ba6 10. dxe5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 12.
Qe1 Qd5 13. Be3 Qc4 14. f3 Qxe2 15. fxe4 Qxf1+ 16. Qxf1 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 O-O-O 18.
Ke2 Rhe8 19. Bf4 Re6 20. Rb1 c5 21. Rb5 Ra6 22. Rxc5 {Bohm,H (2200)-Hecht,H 
(2470) Amsterdam 1972 0-1 (50)}) 8. O-O Ng6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 O-O 11. Nf4
Bd6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qf3 c6 14. c3 Qc7 15. h4 e5 16. h5 exd4 17. cxd4 gxh5 18.
Qxh5 f5 19. Bc2 {Euwe,M-Maroczy,G Bad Aussee 1921 1/2-1/2 (31)}) (4... Nf6 5.
e5 (5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e5 Qe7 8. Nge2 c5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Nxc3 Nc6 11.
Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. O-O cxd4 14. Qxd4 c5 15. Qd2 Rb8 16. b3 Bb7 17. Rfe1
Bc6 18. Ne2 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 {Ferreira,R (2200)-McCambridge,V (2350) Mexico
City 1980 0-1}) 5... Nfd7 6. Qg4 Kf8 7. Nf3 h6 8. h4 c5 9. Rh3 Qe7 10. a3 Ba5
11. Rg3 Rg8 12. Bxh6 f5 13. Qg6 Qf7 14. Qxf7+ Kxf7 15. Bd2 Nc6 16. Nb5 Bb6 17.
c3 a6 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Bg5+ {Finkel,A (2500)-Bykhovsky,A (2405) Tel Aviv 1996
1-0 (32)}) 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 {White has the pair of bishops} Nf6 {Black
threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Bg5 Qd5 $2 (8... h6 9. Bxf6
Qxf6 10. Nf3 $11) 9. Nf3 (9. Bxf6 $142 $5 gxf6 10. Nh3 $16) 9... Ne4 $14 10.
Bxe4 (10. c4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Rd8 $11) 10... Qxe4+ $11
11. Be3 f5 {Black has a new backward pawn: e6} (11... b6 12. O-O $11) 12. O-O
f4 {Black threatens to win material: f4xe3} (12... b6 13. Re1 $11) 13. Bd2 $14
b6 14. Re1 Qg6 $2 (14... Qd5 $142 $5 $14 {and Black could well hope to play on}
) 15. Ne5 $16 Qg5 16. Qf3 c6 17. g3 Qf5 18. gxf4 (18. Re4 $142 $5 g5 19. h4 $18
) 18... Qxc2 $14 19. Qe3 (19. Bc1 Nd7 20. Nxc6 Qg6+ 21. Kh1 Qf7 $16) 19... Ba6
(19... Rf6 20. Rec1 Qf5 21. Qf3 $11) 20. Rec1 {White threatens to win material:
Rc1xc2} (20. a4 Qf5 $14) 20... Qf5 $11 21. Qg3 (21. a4 Rc8 $11) 21... Rd8 (
21... Bb7 22. Qg2 $11) 22. h3 (22. Re1 $142 $14) 22... c5 $4 {allows the
opponent back into the game} (22... Bb7 23. Kh2 Nd7 24. Rg1 $11) 23. Be3 $4 {
Loses material. White has let it slip away} (23. Qf3 $142 {White had this
great chance} Nd7 24. Nxd7 $18) 23... Nd7 $11 24. Nc6 Re8 25. Qh4 $4 (25. dxc5
Bb7 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. fxe5 Qe4 $11) 25... Qg6+ (25... Bb7 $142 $19 {and Black
can celebrate victory}) 26. Kh2 Bb7 (26... Qe4 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. dxe5 $17) 27.
Rg1 $11 Qxg1+ $4 {overlooking an easy win} (27... Qf6 $142 {is just about the
only chance} 28. Qxf6 Nxf6 $11) 28. Rxg1 $18 Bxc6 {[%tqu "En","","","","f4f5",
"",10]} 29. f5 $1 {Decoy: f5} exf5 (29... Kh8 {is not the saving move} 30. fxe6
Rxe6 $18) 30. dxc5 (30. Qh6 $142 {makes it even easier for White} Bg2 31. Rxg2
$18) 30... Re4 $4 {ignoring the path to victory} (30... Ne5 $142 {is the best
chance} 31. Rg3 Rad8 $11) 31. Qh6 $18 g6 (31... Re7 {does not save the day} 32.
Qxc6 Rae8 33. Qd5+ Kf8 34. Qxf5+ Rf7 35. Qxh7 $18) 32. Bd4 (32. Rxg6+ $142 {
seems even better} hxg6 33. Qxg6+ Kf8 34. Bh6+ Ke7 35. Bg5+ Kf8 36. Qxc6 Nxc5
37. Qxa8+ Kf7 38. Qxa7+ Kg6 39. Qxb6+ Ne6 $18) 32... Ne5 (32... Re7 {cannot
change what is in store for White} {[%tqu "En","","","","g1g6","",10]} 33.
Rxg6+ $1 {Decoy: g6} hxg6 34. Qxg6+ Kf8 35. Qxc6 Rb8 36. Qh6+ Ke8 $18) 33. f4 (
33. Rxg6+ $142 $1 {and White wins} hxg6 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35. Qxg6+ Kf8 36. Qf6+
Kg8 37. Qxe5 $18) 33... Nf3+ $17 34. Kg3 $4 {another bit of territory lost} (
34. Kg2 $142 Re7 35. Kf2 Nxg1 36. Kxg1 $17) 34... Nxd4 (34... Rxd4 $142 {
it becomes clear that Black will call all the shots} 35. cxd4 Nxg1 $19) 35.
cxd4 $11 Re3+ (35... Rxd4 36. Kh4 Be8 37. Qg5 bxc5 38. Qxf5 $11) 36. Kh4 $14
Rae8 $2 (36... Bd5 37. Rg3 Re7 38. Qg5 $14) 37. Qg5 $4 {White threatens to win
material: Qg5xf5. letting the wind out of his own sails} (37. Rxg6+ $142 $5
hxg6 38. Qxg6+ Kf8 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Qxc6 $18) 37... Bf3 (37... Kg7 $142 $5 $11
{and Black can hope to survive}) 38. Qxf5 $16 Rf8 39. Qg5 Re4 $4 {but even a
better move would not have saved the game} (39... Kg7 $142 40. cxb6 axb6 $16)
40. Kg3 $18 h6 (40... Re3 {what else?} 41. Kf2 Rd3 $18) 41. Qxg6+ Kh8 42. Qxh6+
Kg8 43. Kxf3+ Kf7 1-0

