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38) Speigel J. A. - Kennedy P. J. [B26]

Major (3) 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Rb8 7.Qd2 b5 8.Nge2 e6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 9.Nd1 b4 10.c3 bxc3 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Nb2 Ba6 13.Nc4 Bxc4 14.dxc4

+-----------------+
|.4.+k+n4|
|0.+.+pgp|
|.+n0p+p+|
|1.0.+.+.|
|.+P+P+.+|
|+.).G.).|
|P+.!N)B)|
|$.+.I.+R|
+-----------------+

14...Qc7 does nothing for Black's game

[-0.06 Fritz 5.00: 14...Ne5 wins a Pawn 15.Bf4 Nxc4 16.Qd3 Nb2 17.Qxd6 Bxc3+]

15.Rd1 Ne5 16.Qxd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 Nxc4 18.Rd1 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Ne7

+-----------------+
|.4.+k+.4|
|0.+.hpgp|
|.+.+p+p+|
|+.0.+.+.|
|.+.+P+.+|
|+.).).).|
|P+.+N+B)|
|+.+RI.+R|
+-----------------+

20.0-0 allows Blqack to sieze the seventh

[-1.09 Fritz 5.00: 20.Rd2 Nc6 21.0-0 Ke7 22.Rfd1 Rhd8]

20...Rb2 21.Rfe1 Rxa2 22.Rb1 0-0 23.Rb7 Nc6 24.Rc7 Ne5 25.Nf4 c4 26.Rd1 a5 27.h3 Ra8 28.Kf1 a4

+-----------------+
|r+.+.+k+|
|+.$.+pgp|
|.+.+p+p+|
|+.+.h.+.|
|p+p+PH.+|
|+.).).)P|
|r+.+.+B+|
|+.+R+K+.|
+-----------------+

Fritz gets all interested now that Black is winning. 29.Ne2

[-4.34 Fritz 5.00: 29.Rb7 a3 30.Rbb1 Rb2 31.Ne2 Rb3 32.Ra1]

29...a3 30.Nf4

[-7.34 Fritz 5.00: 30.Nc1 ]

30...Rc2

[-4.69 Fritz 5.00: 30...Rb2 ]

31.Ne2 a2 32.Ra1 Rb2 33.Nc1

[-9.56 Fritz 5.00: 33.Kf2 Bf6 34.Bf3 Bg5 35.Kg2 Bxe3 36.h4 Rb1 37.Rc8+ Rxc8]

33...Rb1 0-1

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