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2) Durrant P. E. O. - Halmkin P. E. [B07]

Major (1) 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f3 c6 5.Be3 Nbd7 6.Nge2 b5 7.a3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7...Qa5 8.g4 Bg7 9.Bg2 Rb8 10.Qd2 h5 11.g5 Nh7 12.0-0 Qc7 13.f4 Nb6 14.b3 0-0 15.Rad1 a6 16.f5 Bb7 17.fxg6 fxg6 18.Nf4 c5 19.Ne6 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Qc8 21.Bh3

+-----------------+
|.4q+.+k+|
|+b+.0.gn|
|ph.0N+p+|
|+p0.+.)p|
|.+.)P+.+|
|)PH.G.+B|
|.+P!.+.)|
|+.+.+RI.|
+-----------------+

Black is in difficulty here but his next move makes things worse, adding a pin to the threatened discovery. In fact, White's Knight is currently pinned to the Bh3! 21...Nd7

[2.50 Fritz 5.00: 21...b4 22.axb4 cxb4 23.Na2 Bxe4 24.Qf2 Qe8 25.Nxb4 Bb7 26.Nxg7]

22.Nxg7

[1.66 Fritz 5.00: 22.Qf2 Qe8 23.Nc7 Qf8 24.Bxd7 Qxf2+ 25.Rxf2 cxd4 26.Be6+ Kh8]

22...Kxg7 23.Qf2 Qe8 24.Be6 Ndf8 25.Qf7+ Kh8 Suicide.

[#1 Fritz 5.00: 25...Qxf7 26.Rxf7+ Kh8 27.Rxe7 Nxe6 28.Rxe6 b4 29.axb4 cxb4 30.Nd5;

25...Kh8 26.Qg8#]

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