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24) Rogers D. R. - Freeman D. G. [E68]

Major (2) 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 0-0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 c6 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.e4 e5 9.d5 Nc5 10.Qe2 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 10...a5 11.h3 Ne8 12.Be3 f5 13.Bxc5 dxc5 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.exf5 Rxf5 16.Nh4 Rh5 17.Bxc6 Bxh3 18.Rfd1 Qc8 19.Bxa8 Qxa8 20.Qe4 Qb8 21.Qd5+ Kf8 22.Qxc5+ Kg8 23.Qd5+ Kf8 24.Qf3+ Nf6 25.Rab1

[0.91 Fritz 5.00: 25.Nd5 ]

25...Bg4 26.Qc6 g5 27.Ng2 Bxd1 28.Rxd1 Qxb2 29.Qc5+ Kf7 30.Qxa5 Qc2 31.Ne3 Qg6 32.Qa7+ Kg8 33.Rd8+ Bf8 34.Qe7 Qh6 35.Qe6+ Kh8 36.Qc6 e4 37.Kf1 Rh1+ 38.Ke2 Rh2

+-----------------+
|.+.$.g.i|
|+.+.+.+p|
|.+Q+.h.1|
|+.+.+.0.|
|.+P+p+.+|
|+.H.H.).|
|P+.+K).4|
|+.+.+.+.|
+-----------------+

White is panicked by Black's attack, and overlooks the win of a piece. 39.Ng4

[1.41 Fritz 5.00: 39.Qc8 Kg8 40.Qe6+ Kh8 41.Qf7 Qh5+ 42.Qxh5 Rxh5 43.Rxf8+ Kg7]

39...Nxg4 40.Qxh6 Rxh6 41.Rxf8+ Kg7 42.Ra8 Re6 43.a4 Kg6 44.a5 Ne5 45.a6 Kh6 46.c5 Nc6 47.Ke3 Nb4 48.a7 Ra6 49.Kxe4 Nc6 50.Nb5 Ra4+

+-----------------+
|R+.+.+.+|
|).+.+.+p|
|.+n+.+.i|
|+N).+.0.|
|r+.+K+.+|
|+.+.+.).|
|.+.+.).+|
|+.+.+.+.|
+-----------------+

Fritz' comments on this ending are perhaps coloured by the curious result. 51.Kd5 Ne7+

[6.56 Fritz 5.00: 51...Ra6 52.Nc7 Rxa7 53.Kxc6 Rxa8 54.Nxa8 Kg6 55.g4 Kf7 56.Kd6]

52.Kd6 Nf5+ 53.Ke5 Ne7

+-----------------+
|R+.+.+.+|
|).+.h.+p|
|.+.+.+.i|
|+N).I.0.|
|r+.+.+.+|
|+.+.+.).|
|.+.+.).+|
|+.+.+.+.|
+-----------------+

54.Kd6

[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 54.Nd4 Kg7 55.Ke6 Rxd4 56.Kxe7 Ra4 57.c6 Re4+ 58.Kd6 Rd4+]

54...Nf5+ 55.Kc7 Ne7 56.Rd8 Rxa7+ 57.Nxa7 Kh5 58.Rd7 Ng6 59.f3 h6 60.Kb6 Ne5 61.Rd5 Nc4+ 62.Kb5 Na3+ 63.Kb6

[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 63.Kb4 Nc2+ 64.Kc4 Ne3+ 65.Kd4 Nc2+ 66.Ke4 Nb4 67.Rd6 Na2]

63...Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

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