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Volume 4, Issue 23                           September 1997
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Raouf El-Messiry   1650     26-6-0    EGY

I am an Egyptian, born in Alexandria in the year 1956.
I have lived in Cairo, since I was 9 years old
-- 32 years ago.

I am married since 1985, and we have three children.
Nour, an 8 years old girl; Noha, a 5 years old girl,
and Abdul-Rahman, a 21 months' boy.

I work in the computer field since my graduation from
Al-Azhar University at 1978.

I am a computer consultant and a software Engineer.

My hobbies are playing chess, listening to music, reading,
watching movies, and of course computer programming and
computer games (playing and modifying). I love to chase
computer viruses, and to write virus scanners and cleaners
(I earn money from this nice hobby).

About chess, I started to learn the rules when I was less
than five years. Having no brothers or sisters or relatives
of my age compelled me to play against my father, who never
allowed me to win a game against him.

I started to read chess books when I was 9 years. At the
age of 11, I finally won my first game against my father
(I am still remembering that game !!)

At the age of 15, I found some friends who were always
defeating me, and laughing at me, and at the chess books
that I was reading and learning from. Thanks to them, I
resolved to beat them all at this game.

I took some chess lessons, and attended as many tournaments
as I could. Finally, at the age of 18, I won against them
all, and from that time I started my chess career :-)

I stopped chess for about 15 years, and started again last
year when I joined the IECC.

I am also taking special chess lessons with one of the
strongest Egyptian champions, and I am getting better.

I hope I can serve the IECC better and better, and I wish
you all the best.

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Gudbrandur Jonsson  1031         2- 0- 0    ISL

I was born in the capital of Iceland, Reykjavik, January 12,
1956.

I have been playing chess for some few years and mostly at
work. We always play when we have nightshifts.

I have one brother and one sister, living in Florida. I
had two brothers, but the oldest one was killed just
after he finished his tour with the Australian Army in
Vietnam. We really miss him.

After high school and computer school, I went to sea, and
was on a small boat for two years.

Then I went to work in a small town in north of Iceland
called Husavik. My wife was born there, and her family
still lives there.

It is believed that the first Icelander landed in Husavik
some hundreds of years ago.

I met my wife in the year 1980 in Husavik, and we got
married the year after.

We live now in Reykjavik, which is a great place to live in.
We have four children: a girl named Selma who is 16 years
old; Sigurjon who is 11 years old, and is playing pro soccer
here in Iceland with a team called Throttur. We have twin
boys, Gudbrandur and Hoskuldur, 5 years old, who will be six
in September 29th. They are a great company.

Strange thing! After all my life I still can't get used to
living here in the winters:)

I hope that in the future I will work much more for the IECC
than I do now.

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2019  Wilbert Schreurs  20-11- 2    NED

About two years ago I started playing chess by Internet.

In my younger days I was a really fanatic chess player, but
when I got older it took too much time. Being a member of
the IECC was perfect for me!

I am 37 years old, happily married, two kids. I work as a
journalist and as a writer of books on history. I am
specialized in advertising history and have already written
four books on that subject.

My first book "Geschiedenis van de reclame in Nederland
1870-1990" was the first substantial book on Dutch
advertising history (and is more or less inspired by
Stephen Fox's "The Mirror makers".

I also wrote a book on the history of cooperative
advertising "Collectieve reclame in Nederland).

Next month my newest book will appear: "De doorbraak van
direct marketing", on the last half-century of
direct marketing-history.

I like writing, but too be honest, I prefer chess!

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Phil Hildenbrandt, Pyramid TD
  1806  Hildenbrandt, Phil            25- 5- 2    USA
Born: Patterson New Jersey
Education:  B.S. Chemistry, Brooklyn College 1988

I'm just a woodpusher (actually plastic). I'm 35, and I've
been playing chess, on and off, for 28 years.

When I learned at age 7, I quickly became disillusioned
after beating, (and therefore losing), most of my friends.

A few years later, I used to play at the Brooklyn Chess Club
(next door to my mom's weight watchers meetings).

I didn't play any more until my junior year in high school.
Then, there was finally someone I could not beat! His rating
was 1983.

After high school I didn't play chess till my sophomore year
in college (1986). Majoring in chemistry, holding a
full-time job and participating in chess tournaments made
for a very interesting schedule.

When I first played the members of my school chess team, I
was quite soundly beaten by them all.

Stubborn me, I decided to study a few tactics and opening
strategy. The outcome was that I was asked to go to the
Pan-Am Games (Intercollegiate Chess Championship) in 1986.
Two weeks later, I started beating some players regularly.
My first tournament was a disappointment, I scored +3-2=1.

I became determined to improve my game after that. I did
improve. I joined both the Marshall Chess club and the
Manhattan Chess club. I even attended lectures at the
Manhattan Chess club, those lectures were given by a little
known FM at the time, his name is certainly well known now:
Bruce Pandolfini.

I guess between the lectures, my trainer in school
(GM L. Shamkovich), and the amount of good players in NYC,
I did improve.

Then, I moved out here to northern Michigan, where good
players are very hard to find. My game suffered after I
moved, but I found a chess club here. Unfortunately, I am
one of the better club players, and I wish there were others
to help my game.

Now, here in the IECC, there are tons of good players and
my "goal" is to beat them all!

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Guillermo Carvalho    2260    IECC
Age: 30
Country: Uruguay, South America
City: Montevideo (1.300.000)

Occupation: Programmer at the telephone company of Uruguay
   (See www.adinet.com.uy)
   Web pages's design
   I teach chess and computers

Hobbies:
Play indoor soccer, movies, the Beatles
I also like to read about psychology and I study languages.
I speak French, Spanish (my language) and Portuguese.

Family:
Married since 1996 but no chidren yet.

Chess history:
I have played chess since 5 years old.

1992,1994,1995 rapid chess (30' games) champion of Uruguay

I played for my national team on the Pan American 1996
and the World championship U-26 1993.

I was champion of the University of Uruguay in 1989
and 1991.

I'm a national Master and my local rating is 2360, my
ELO rating is 2165 and my IECC rating is 2260

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Georges De Schryver
Born: Curitiba, Brazil, 9 May 1954
Education:  MBA International Finance, New York University

I am 43 years old and have a wonderful wife, Mercy, and
two sons, Georges 5 years old and Ian 3 years old. I am
currently Finance Director Asia/Pacific Region for a
large multinational corporation.

Even though I was born in Brazil, I grew up in Caracas,
Venezuela where my family moved when I was five. Venezuela
was a great place at the time. I had a great number of
local and American friends. Growing up, I participated in
many competitive sporting activities. I was active in
baseball, swimming and sailing. We also camped and hiked
quite often. My father showed me how to play chess when
I was 6 or 7. While I enjoyed playing with family and
friends, I never joined a chess club or participated
in a tournament.

I arrived in the United States in 1974. I moved to Boston
to pursue my BS degree in Management at Bentley College.
In 1977 I moved to New York City where I started working,
and studied for my MBA degree at night.  Having completed
my study requirements I moved to Miami in 1981 and started
working for my current Company. They laid me off in 1983,
but rehired me in 1986.

Since my re-employment with the Company I have held posts
in Miami, Belgium, North Carolina, Switzerland and finally
Hong Kong, where I have been stationed for 14 months. I feel
very fortunate to have been able to experience the historic
return of Hong Kong to China earlier this year.

After a 32 year chess hiatus I decided to investigate the
Internet and stumbled upon the IECC in late 1996. IECC has
been an extremely enjoyable experience for me. Even though
I am not a good chess player, my game has definitely
improved since joining. I have always felt that if one
benefits from an organization one should give something
back.

This prompted me to volunteer for IECC. I was Assistant TD
Pyramid until some months ago when I had to resign due to
work responsibilities. I have very recently re-volunteered
and am helping Lisa on the IECC Newsletter.

I have met some great folks from all over the world as a
member of IECC -- some of these folks have become truly
good friends:-)  I am looking forward to meeting more
of you in the very near future!

Have a great day...Georges

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The History of Algebraic Notation

Bill Wall

Algebraic notation (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6
5.O-O, etc) was first used in a French manuscript in 1173.
The notation was borrowed from Muslim players.

Of interest was that from left to right, letters were used
(a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h), but the numbers were reverse of what
it is today. In other words, from the White point of view,
the first rank was 8, then 7, then 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

    a b c d e f g h
  +-----------------+
1 | r n b q k b n r |
2 | p p p p p p p p |
3 | - = - = - = - = |
4 | = - = - = - = - |
5 | - = - = - = - = |
6 | = - = - = - = - |
7 | P P P P P P P P |
8 | R N B Q K B N R |
  +-----------------+


Another notation that did not survive was to
letter the ranks as i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q.

[no q, I suspect, Bill ???]

    a b c d e f g h
  +-----------------+
i | r n b q k b n r |
j | p p p p p p p p |
k | - = - = - = - = |
l | = - = - = - = - |
m | - = - = - = - = |
n | = - = - = - = - |
o | P P P P P P P P |
p | R N B Q K B N R |
  +-----------------+

In 1737 Stamma wrote several chess books and manuscripts
with the algebraic notation that we use today. That caught
on except in England where they continued to use
descriptive notation.

The castling symbols, O-O and O-O-O were introduced by
Allgaier in 1811.

Figurine algebraic notation was first used in Belgium in
1927.

Algebraic notation was introduced in CHESS LIFE in 1969.

The first American chess book with algebraic notation was
first published in 1974.

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Analyzed by
  1977  Bill Wall     26-12-23   USA

               Advantages of passed pawns   by Bill Wall

Conrad Goodman - Jorge Miraglia, IECC (G-52) 1997

1.d4 Nf6 2.f4

{a Bird type setup of a Queen's pawn opening}

2...d5 3.Nf3 Bg4

{other moves that have been played are 3...Bf5; 3...g6;
 3...c5}

4.e3 e6 5.Be2

{5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 c4 7.Bc2 b5 8.O-O Bd6 9.Nbd2,
 Delise - Finta, France 1984}

5...Be7 6.O-O c5 7.c3 0-0 8.Nbd2

{or 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.b4}

8...Nc6 9.Ne5 Bxe2 10.Qxe2 Qb6 11.Kh1

{other ideas are 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nb3; 11.Rf3; 11.Nxc6}

11...Rac8 12.b3 cxd4 13.exd4

{13.cxd4 is weaker since Black can play 13...Nb4 and
 aim for Nc2}

13...Rfe8 14.Qd3

{14.Bb2 and14.a4 are alternative moves}

14...Bd6 15.Bb2 Qa5 16.a4 {perhaps 16.Rfe1 is better}

16...Ne7 17.Rf3 {or 17.c4 or 17.Rae1}

17...Nf5 18.Rh3 Qd8 19.Rg1?!

{19.Re1 seems better}

19...h5 20.Qe2

{20.c4 and 20.Re1 are other good possibilities}

20...g6 21.c4 Bb4 22.c5 b6 23.c6 Ng4

{trying to take the defender of the pawn on c6 away}

24.Ndf3 Bd6 25.Rc1 Re7 26.Ng5

{threatening 27.Nxg4 hxg4 28.Qxg4}

26...Bxe5 27.dxe5 Rec7 28.Rd3

{perhaps better is 28.Rhc3 Nd4 29.Qd2 Nxc6 30.h3}

Rxc6 29.Rxc6 Rxc6 30.h3 Ngh6 31.g4

{White is trying to open up counterplay of the kingside}

31...Ng7 32.Rg3 Qe7 33.Qf2

{33.Rd3 and 33.Qd2 are other considerations}

33...Qc5

{Black wants to exchange because of his pawn advantage}

34.Qxc5 bxc5 35.Kg2 hxg4 36.hxg4 Ne8 37.Kh3

{or 37.Kf2 or 37.a5 as alternatives}

37...Nc7 38.Ba3

{38.Rc3 or 38.Bc1 may offer more resistance}

38...a5

{38...d4 or 38...c4 or 38...Na6 are good alternatives for
 Black}

39.Rc3 Na6 40.Nf3 Nb4 41.Bxb4

{41.Nd2 or 41.Kg3 or 41.Kh4 if White does not want
 to exchange}

41...axb4 42.Rc1 c4

{Black's passed pawns are just too strong}

43.Nd4

{or 43.Kg3 to get the king closer to the action.
 But it must guard g4}

43...Rc5 44.Rb1

{44.Kg3; 44.Kh4}

44...Kf8

{this looks better than 44...c3 45.Nc2 and 46.Rd1}

45.Kg3 cxb3 46.Rxb3

{or 46.Nxb3 Rc3+ 47.Kh4}

Rc4 47.Nb5??

{47.Nf3 g5 48.fxg5 Nxg4 49.a5 and Black still has
 a tough time}

47...g5! 48.fxg5 Nxg4

{Black has broken White's pawn structure and wins
 another pawn}

49.a5 Nxe5 50.a6 Rc6

{50...Nc6 or 50...Nd7 may be slightly better}

51.a7 Ra6 52.Kf4 Nc6 53.g6 fxg6 54.Kg5 Kg7 55.Rf3 Nd8
56.Rf4 b3

{White cannot defend 4 passed pawns and can resign anytime}

57.Rb4 e5 58.Kg4 Nc6 59.Rxb3 Ra4+ 60.Kg3 d4 61.Kf3 Nxa7
62.Ke4 Nc6 63.Nd6 Ra2 64.Kd5 Rc2 65.Ne4 Na5 66.Rb5 Nc4
67.Rb3 Nb2 68.Nc5 Re2 69.Rg3 d3 and White resigns

0-1

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Analysis by Don Camper
  2348  Camper, Donald                40-10- 0  + USA

Coffield,Alan - Cherner,Lyle
TH-Trio 103.2 IECC, 1997

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2
	King's Indian Thematic starting point

6...c5 7.O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6?

{Placing the queen in harm's way --  maybe wrongly thinking
the bishop must stay home with the b-pawn.
An unusual novelty!?!?!

{8...Nc6! Is the most natural and common move . . .
Na6, a6 and Bd7 are also worth 	consideration and also leads
to much different games.}

Example game:
Groszpeter,A (2545) - Reeh,O (2425)
Kecskemet, 1990

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 c5
7.0-0 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.Rc1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6
12.f3 a5 13.Kh1 Nd7 14.Be3 Nc5 15.b3 Qb6 16.Nb5 Rfc8
17.a3 Qd8 18.Rb1 Bxb5 19.cxb5 a4 20.b4 Nb3 21.b6 Rc3
22.Bg1 Qd7 23.f4 e6 24.Rf3 Rac8 25.Rxc3 Rxc3 26.e5 d5
27.Qe1 Rc2 28.Bd1 Rc4 29.Qf2 Bh6 30.g3 Rc3 31.Be2 Qc6
32.Rd1 Bf8 33.Bf1 Rc2 34.Bb5 Qc8 35.Qe3 d4 36.Qe4 Ra2
37.Bxa4 Rxa3 38.Bxb3 Rxb3 39.Bxd4 Rxb4 40.Qf3 Qc2
41.Be3 Rb3 42.Ra1 Rxe3 0-1

9.Be3!+/=
{An excellent developing move penalizing black's last move.}

9...Qxb2??
{A greedy bad move to be correctly punished.}

{9...Nc6 better 10.Ne6 Qxb2 11.Na4 Qxa1 12.Qxa1 Bxe6
13.Qb1+/=}

{9...Qd8 Losing a tempo but better to go backward safely
than forward wrecklessly.}

10.Na4!+-
	THE POINT!

10...Qb4

{What else?}

{10...Qa3 11.Bc1 Qb4 12.Bd2 Qa3 13.Nb5 Nxe4 14.Nxa3 Bxa1
15.Qc2+- And we are back to the game.}

11.Bd2 Qa3 12.Nb5 Nxe4 13.Nxa3 Bxa1 14.Qc2!

{And yet another piece will fall as will any chances for
 white.}

14...Nxd2 15.Rxa1

1-0

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Analyzed by
  2464  Ian Peddie       12- 6- 5   ENG

KO-19.3.2      Mckinley, Rocky - Burrell, Edward         1/2
1910  Rocky Mckinley           6-6-3        CAN  +12
2211  Edward Burrell           74-15-23     USA  -9

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4 b6
{New to me}

6.e3 Ba6

{Consistent with Black's fifth move, but is this
 a tenable plan?}

7.Ne5 e6

{7...b5? 8.axb5 Bxb5 9.Qf3 Nbd7 10.Nxc4 etc}

8.Bxc4 Bxc4 9.Nxc4 Bb4

{9...Nbd7 looks better--especially so since this
knight will remain dormant for the next fourteen moves}

10.Bd2?!

{Is 10.Bxc3 to be feared?  Still, the text makes for an
interesting game}

10...Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Qd5 12.Qe2 Qxg2 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Rdg1 Qd5
15.f3!

{Controlling the key e4 square limits the scope of black's
queen and knight -- the only two active black pieces!}

15...b5 16.Ne5 Rc8?

{White's Rxg7 is definitely in the air here and 16...g6
stops it dead.}

17.Rxg7+ Kxg7 18.Rg1+ Kf8 19.Qg2 Ke7 20.Qg7 Kd6 21.Qxf7?

{21.Qxf6 wins}

21...Nfd7 22.e4!

{Strong}

22...Rf8 23.Qxf8+ Nxf8 24.exd5 Nbd7 25.dxc6 Nxe5
26.dxe5+ Kxc6 27.axb5+ Kxb5 28.Rg8!? Rd8?

{28.Rg7 looks better while 28...Rb8
immediately should have been played by black.}

29.Bd2 Rb8 30.Bh6 Nd7 31.Rxb8+ Nxb8

{White has lost some of his initiative in the last
few moves. This bishop on h6 is badly misplaced.}

32.f4 Kc4!

{Black has been fighting for a draw and with this king
 move he reduces the scope of the white king and
 virtually ensures the draw.}

33.b3+ Kd4 34.Kb2 Nc6 35.Ka3

{Better to keep the king in the center with 35.Bc2}

35...Ke4 36.Ka4 Nd4 37.b4 a6 38.Ka5 Nc6+ 39.Ka4 Nd4
40.Bf8 Nc6 41.Bh6 Nd4 1/2-1/2


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Analysis by
  2192  Jack Berry      8- 4- 6    USA

 [Event "Swiss 42.2"]
 [White "Stroman,Patrick"]
 [Black "Schmidt,David"]
 [Result "1-0"]

1075  Patrick Stroman          4-0-2        CAN  +25
1250  David Schmidt            17-2-27      USA  -25

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Bc4

{It's more common for White to fianchetto the K-bish in the
Closed Sicilian.  The B on c4 will allow Black's counterplay
based on b5 or d5 to develop with tempo.}

4... e6

{I think this is a bit premature (and doesn't really help
Black's development).  Black should just play normally
w/ 4....g6.}

5.O-O g6

{A basic rule-of-thumb that I've found handy is to NOT
advance both the e & g pawns early, as the f6 (or f3)
square becomes a hole early in the game.}

6.d3 Bg7 7.Be3 d6 8.Qd2 Ng4

{I'd have castled here.}

9.Bg5 Qc7

{9...Bf6 was probably better here.  I don't think Black
needs to fear the dark-squared B-ish trade. The Q is not
well placed on c7 unless Black can get in ...a6.}

10.Qf4 f5

{Yeesh. I think 10...Nge5 was the last chance to hold
the game.}

11.Nb5 Qb6 12.Nxd6+

{As strong as this is, 12.Qd6 looks even stronger because
13.Nc7 is hard to meet: 12...Bf8 13.Nc7+ Kf7 14.Bxe6+ looks
good for White. Now Black is still in the game (which means,
alas, I still must annotate}

12... Kd7 13.Nb5 e5

{A good move to stop the attack & limit White's advantage.}

14.Qd2 h6

{All of a sudden, Black threatens to win a piece. The only
way White can save it is with 15.h3. Retreating the g5 bishop
leads to it getting trapped by an f4 push.}

15.Rfd1

{Hmm. Not really sure what this does.}

15...a6

{Probably played to allow the Black King to find shelter
at c7. However, this chases the N to the weak d5 square.}

16.Nc3 hxg5 17.Qxg5 Ne7 18.exf5

{White could regain the piece immediately with 18.Qxe7+
and 19.Nd5+}

19....Nh6 19.Re1 Bf6

{Perhaps 19....Nhxf5 would work better.  Advantages:  It
prevents Qxe7+ & Be6+.  After 20.Nxe5+ Bxe5 21.Rxe5,
I don't see a clear win for White, though he has a
definite advantage.}

20.Be6+

{Crunch!  An excellent move that regains the piece very
favorably.}

20...Kd8 21.Qxf6 Re8 22.Nd5 Qd6

{Other moves allow 23.Nxe7 Rxe7 24.Qf8+, winning the h6 N.}

23.c4

{A good move to keep Black bottled up.}

23....Bxe6 24.fxe6 Ng8 25.Qxe5

{Black could resign here with clear conscience.}

25...Nf5 26.Ng5 Qxe5 27.Rxe5 Kc8 28.Rae1

{28.Nb6+ works well too.}

28... Nd6 29.Nb6+ Kb8 30.Nxa8 Kxa8 31.g4 Ne7 32.Nf7 Ndc8
33.Rxc5 Nc6 34.h4

Unless White has a brain spasm, he'll win.  Black can resign
w/ a clear conscience here.

34...Nb4 35.Rxc8+

{Yep, everything wins for White.}

34... Rxc8 36.e7 Nxd3 37.e8=Q Rxe8 38.Rxe8+ Ka7
39.h5 gxh5 40.gxh5 Nf4 41.h6 Ng6 42.h7 1-0

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Analyzed by
2324  Dale Whitehead    15- 8- 7    USA

Steve Smithers - Dale Whitehead
IECC Trio 173

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.Bd3 d6
7.Nxd4 cxd4 8.Ne2 Nf6 9.c3 dxc3 10.dxc3 Qb6 11.Qb3 Qc5
12.Nd4

{12.Qb5+ Qxb5 13.Bxb5+ Bd7 14.Bd3 Bc6 15.Ng3 h5
16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Ng4 18.e6 f5 19.O-O O-O-O
20.Bc2 Be5 21.Re1 Bc7 22.Bg5 Bb6+ 0-1
Koren-Ashley, New York (USA) 1991.}

12...0-0 13.Be3 Qa5 14.0-0-0 Ng4 15.Bg1 Bd7!?

{15...e5 16.Nb5 Be6 7.Bc4 Bxc4 18.Qxc4 Rfc8 +/=
or 15...Bxd4 16.Bxd4 e5 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Bg1 Be6
19.Bc4 Bxc4 20.Qxc4 Rac8 +/=}

16.Qxb7 Nf6 17.Qa6 Qxa6 18.Bxa6 Bh6 19.Be3 Ng4 20.Kd2 e5
21.Ne2 exf4 22.Nxf4

{22.Bxf4 Bxf4+ 23.Nxf4 Nf2 24.Nd5 Be6 =/+}

22...Rfe8 23.h3 Nxe3 24.Kxe3 Bc6 25.Rd4 Rab8 26.b4 f5
27.Bd3 d5 28.Rf1 fxe4 29.Be2 Rf8 30.h4 Bg7 31.Rdd1 Bxc3
32.Nxd5 Rxf1 33.Bxf1 Bxb4 34.Nf6+ Kg7 35.Rc1 Ba8
36.Nxe4 Ba5 37.Bd3 Bb6+ 38.Ke2 Rf8 39.Rf1 Rd8 40.Bb1 Rd4
41.Kf3 Bd5 42.g4 Ra4 43.Kf4 Bxa2 44.Bxa2 Rxa2 45.Rd1 Rc2
46.Rd7+ Kh8 47.Rb7 Rc7 48.Rb8+ Kg7 49.Ke5?

{Either 49.Nd6 or Re8 provide better chances for a draw}

49...Re7+! 50.Kd5

{If 50.Kf4 Bc7+  -/+}

50...Re5+  0-1

{51.Kxe5 Bc7+ 52.Ke6 Bxb8 -/+}

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Analyzed by Andre Valverde:
  2214  Andre Valverde      26-19- 6    ESP

[Event "Swiss 10.4"]
[Site "IECC"]
[Date "1997.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anderson,Tom"]
[Black "Power,Mike"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.e3 Qb6 6.Qb3 c4 {!?}

{White gets a slight static advantage due the weakness of
black's queen side pawns structure. Black wins some dynamic
advantages, instead, basically because white has not space
enough to operate in the queen side}

7.Qxb6 axb6 8.Na3

{After a few moves black will change its weak b3 pawn for
white's valuable d4 pawn. I think this plan is the cause of
white's loss of a win. I prefer 8.Bfd2 attempting e4}

8...Ra5 9.Bc7 e6 10.Bxb6 Ra6 11.Bc5 Bxc5 12.dxc5 Ne4
13.Nb5 O-O 14.Be2 Nxc5 15.O-O

{What to do? Black was treatening Nb3 and Rb6. White decides
to avoid the second choice to enter in a lost ending with
one net pawn less}

15..Rb6 16.a4 Nxa4 17.Rxa4 Rxb5 18.b4 Bd7 19.Rfa1 f6
20.Ra8 Rxa8 21.Rxa8+ Kf7 22.Rh8 h6 23.Kf1 Ne5 {?}

{There are no reasons to weaken the Black's pawn structure.
Black might activate its rook with Rb6. The game is "won"
anyway by achieving a draw against a higher-rated player.}

24.Nxe5+ fxe5 25.Ra8 Rb6 26.Bf3 Ra6 27.Rxa6 bxa6 1/2-1/2

{Unexpected draw!. Black must win without any risk. Then,
I cannot understand this agreement.

One plan to win begins locking the center with e4 and e5,
continues translating the king to b6 and moving a4. This
will make c5 available to black King allowing d4; that
would be definitive. This can be a good analysis exercise.}

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Analyzed by
2158  Guido De Bouver     4- 4- 2    BEL

Burrell,Edward - Peddie,Ian
CL1-1997.3, 1997

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3

{New In Chess has not mentioned this line in its surveys.
IGM Paul VanderSterren, however, includes 21 games in
his French Openings CD-ROM on this move, giving a score
of +9 -7 =5, or 54 % for the white player.
Famous white players games include Euwe (Euwe-Maroczy,draw)
and Alekhine (Alekhine-Vasic 1-0).

Most common continuation after 4.Bd3 is 4...Ne7, but
4...dxe4 5.Bxe4 c5 6.a3 is playable as well.}

4...c5 5.exd5 exd5

{5...Qxd5 is recommended when black wants to avoid the
isolated pawn.}

6.dxc5

{6.Nf3 limits black's king's bishop more.}

6...Nc6

{6...d4 7.a3 Qe7 8.Qe2 Bxc3 is better}

7.Bd2 Bxc5 8.Qe2+ Nge7 9.Nf3 Bg4 10.O-O-O

{10.O-O (?) Nd4}

10...a6

{10...O-O allows for 11.Bxh7+ Kh8 12.Bd3 Nd4 13.Qe5
with clear white advantage}

11.Rhe1 Nd4

{Black already has problems. 11...O-O is punished
by 12.Bxh7+}

12.Qe5 Ne6 13.Qg3

{Simple move with several purposes: covering f2, attacking
black's queen bishop and releasing the rook on e1.}

13...h5 14.Bf4 Bb4

{Nor does 14...Bxf2 15.Qxf2 Nxf4 16.Bc4 (!) solve black's
problems.}

15.h3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Bxf3 17.bxc3 Rc8

{17...Qa5 leaves black many more possibilities.}

18.c4

{18.Be5 Qe5 is weaker. Black is in a hopeless position
after the text move}

18...Qa5

{What else?!}

19.Bd6 Qxa2 20.Bxe7 Qa1+

{20...Kxe7 is worse as it followed by 21.cxd5 Qa3+
 22.Kd2 Qb4+ 23.Ke2 Nd4+ 24.Kf1}

21.cxd5 Qa3+ 22.Kd2 Qb4+ 23.Ke2 Nd4+ 24.Kf1+ 21.Kd2 Qa5+
22.Ke2 Nd4+

{22...Kxe7 23.Nd4+ as note above, but what else as Black is
a piece down.}

23.Kf1 Qxe1+

{23...Nxf3 24.Bb4+ Nxe1 25.Rxe1+ Kd7 26.Bxa5 is no better}

24.Rxe1+ Nxf3 25.gxf3 Kd7

{25...dxc4 26.Bf5 Rc6 27.Bg5+ Kf8 28.Bd7}

26.Bf5+ Kc6 27.Re5

{Stronger then 27.Bxc8 Rxc8 28.Re5 dxc5 29.Rxh5 which
 doesn't give White a winning pawn.}

27...Rb8 28.cxd5 Kb6 29.d6 g6 30.Bd7

{Like vultures gathering around a kill.}

30...f6 31.Re6 Ra8 32.Bxf6 Rhf8 33.Bd4+ Ka5 34.Rxg6 Rad8
35.Bc3+ Kb6 36.Bg7 Rf7

{36...Rxf3 37.Be8 and promotion is near}

37.Bd4+ Ka5 38.Bc3+ Kb6 39.Be8 1-0

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Analysis by
2089  Alfonsino Lannaioli   6- 2- 2    ITA

[Event "P-57"]
[White "Power, Mike"]
[Black "Burrell, Edward"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6

{this exchange keeps a balanced and safe but passive
position. More ambitious line is 5...cxd6}

6.Nc3 Be7 7.Be2 O-O 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.O-O Bg4 10.b3 Bf6
11.Be3 Re8 12.h3 Bxf3

{12...Bh5 13.Qd2 d5 14.c5 Nc8 15.b4 Bxf3 16.Bxf3
 1-0 Minic,D-Hartston,W/Praia da Rocha 1969/Inf 08 (34)}

13.Bxf3 Bg5 14.Bxg5 Qxg5 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Qf3 c5 17.Nb5 Re7
18.Rfe1 cxd4 19.Nxc7 Rd8

{of course it isn't possible 19...Rxc7 because of 20.Qxa8+
and mate in two}

20.Nb5 Rde8 21.Rxe7 Qxe7 22.Nxd4 d5 23.cxd5 Qc5 24.Rd1 Nxd5
25.Nf5 Nf6 26.Nd6 Rb8 27.Ne4 Nxe4 28.Qxe4 Qc7 29.Re1 h6
30.Qa4 Kh7 31.Qc4 Qd7 32.Qc2+ g6 33.Qd1 Qc7 34.Re3 Rc8
35.Qe1 Qc1 36.Re7 Qxe1+ 37.Rxe1 Kg7 38.Re7 a6 39.Ra7 Rc6
40.Kh2 g5 41.a4 Rb6 42.a5 Rxb3 43.Rxa6 Ra3 44.Ra8 Ra2
45.f3 Kg6

{White doesn't believe he can win}
{45...Kg6 46.a6 Kh5 47.a7 f5 48.h4 48.Kg3 f4+ 49.Kh2

{48...gxh4 49.Kh3 f4 50.Rf8 Rxa7 51.Rxf4 Ra1 52.Rxh4+ Kg5
53.Rb4 Ra3 54.Kg3 Ra2 55.Rb5+ Kg6 56.f4 Rc2 57.Kh3
{and White may win}

1/2-1/2

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Analysis by
2089  Alfonsino Lannaioli   6- 2- 2    ITA

[Event "M-993.2"]
[White "Richard,Andy"]
[Black "Shires,James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Annotator "Lannaioli Alfonsino"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3

{Typical English opening moves, in order to exert pressure
in the central light squares e4 and d5}

3... Bb4

{Smyslov System, speed development and to weaken White's
hole on d5}

4.Bg2 O-O 5.e3

{the logical move was 5.e4 to control d5}

5...Re8 6.Nge2 e4 7.O-O Bxc3

{it was better to continue the development}

8.Nxc3 d6 9.b3 Nbd7 10.Ba3 b6 11.Rc1 Bb7 12.d3 Nc5
13.Bxc5 bxc5 14.d4 cxd4 15.exd4 Rb8 16.d5 e3
17.fxe3 Rxe3 18.Kh1

{18. Qd4}

18...Bc8 19.Qd2 Re5 20.Rce1 Bg4

{better would be 20...Ng4 {and if} 21.Rxe5 dxe5)

21.Rxe5 dxe5 22.Ne4

(22.Qg5 {threating 23.Rxf6 and 24.Qxg4})

22...Nxe4 23.Bxe4 f5

{Black, who didn't played badly, commits two serious
 blunders}

24.Bxf5 Qf6 25.Bxh7+

{Better was 25.Be6+ Bxe6

25...Qxe6 26.dxe6 Bxe6 27.Re1

{26.Rxf6 gxf6}

27...dxe6

{25...Kxh7 26.Rxf6 gxf6 27.Qf2 f5 28.Qxa7 Rc8 29.d6 Kg6
30.dxc7

{30.d7}

30...Kf7 31.Qb7 f4 32.gxf4 exf4 33.a4 Ke7 34.Qe4+ Kd7
35.Qxf4 Be6 36.c5 Rxc7 37.Qd6+ Kc8 38.Qxe6+ Kb7 39.b4 Rc6
40.Qxc6+ Kxc6 41.h4 Kd5 42.h5 Kc4 43.c6 Kxb4 44.c7 Kxa4
45.c8=Q Kb5 46.h6 Kb6 47.h7 Kb5 48.h8=Q Kb4 49.Qb2+ Ka4
50.Qa8# 1-0

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Analysis by
  2100  Chuck Cadman

[Event "M-686.2"]
[White "Cerqueira,Rodrigo"]
[Black "Gaudreau,Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6
7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O O-O 9.Nh4

{An alternative to the more popular 9.Qe2}

9...Bg6

{A strong idea for black is 9...Nbd7 10.Nxf5 exf5
11.Qc2 g6, when the white center can be restrained
and then attacked by ...c5 as in Yusupov-Kramnik, Riga 1995}

10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.Qe2

{The queen might be misplaced here.  11.Qc2 provides extra
defense for c3 and leaves e2 open as a retreat square.}

11...Nbd7 12.Rd1 Qe7 {?!}

{This is too passive.  12...Qa5 13.Bd2 Nb6 14.Bb3 c5 and
black is doing fine.}

13.e4 Rfe8 14.Bg5
{Also possible is 14.e5 Nd5 15.Ne4 f6 16.f4}

14...e5 15.d5 Nb6 16.Bb3 a5 17.dxc6 {?!}

{White should not break this tension. After 17.Rac1, white
is better due to the strong center and pressure against c6.
A good plan would then involve h4-h5, thus taking control
of the entire board.}

17...bxc6 18.Be3 Nbd7 19.f3 Nc5 20.Bc2 Ne6 21.Qc4 Nd4 {!}

{The black knight slowly proceeds to this powerful outpost,
making use of the newly freed square e6.}

22.Ne2 c5 23.Rac1 Rad8 24.Bb3 Rd7 25.Nxd4 {?}

{It can't be good to allow black a protected passed pawn.
White can try to take advantage of d5 via 25.Nc3 Red8
26.Bg5 Ne6
{26...Bxc3 27.bxc3 Nxb3 28.Qxb3 White is winning}
27.Nd5!?
{27.Be3 with equality isn't bad}
27...Rxd5 28.exd5 Nxg5 29.h4 Ngh7 30.d6 with an unclear
position.}

25...cxd4 26.Bd2 Rb8 27.Bg5 Rdb7 28.Rd3 Qd6

{Black needs to give the bishop a retreat square.
Therefore 28...Qe8! is correct.}

29.Qc2 Nd7 30.Bd5 Nc5 31.Rdd1 Rc7 32.Qf2 Rbc8 33.f4 Nxe4 {?}

{White now has a nice win.  After 33...Ne6 34.fxe5 Qxe5
35.Rxc7 Qxc7, the position is unclear.}

34.Rxc7 Nxf2 35.Rxc8+ Kh7 36.Kxf2 Qxd5 37.Rd3 1-0

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