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44) England M. C. - Bartlett S. [B26]

Major (4) 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Nf6 6.Be3 d6 7.f4 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7...Bd7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.0-0 Rb8 10.h3 b5 11.Ne2 a5 12.Qd2 a4 13.Nh4 Qa5 14.c3 b4 15.f5 a3 16.b3 bxc3 17.Nxc3 Nh5 18.Rac1 Nxg3

+-----------------+
|.4.+.4k+|
|+.+b0pgp|
|.+n0.+p+|
|1.0.+P+.|
|.+.+P+.H|
|0PHPG.hP|
|P+.!.+B+|
|+.$.+RI.|
+-----------------+

White is in difficulties. 19.Rf3

[-2.59 Fritz 5.00: 19.Rf2 Bf6 20.Bg5 Bd4 21.Be3 Bxe3 22.Qxe3]

19...Bxc3 20.Rxc3 Qxc3 winning the exchange 21.Rxg3 Qxd2 22.Bxd2 Nd4 23.Kh2 Nxb3 24.Bc3

[-5.19 Fritz 5.00: 24.Bg5 Rfe8 25.Nf3 Na1 26.Bc1 Nc2 27.Bh1 Bb5 28.fxg6 hxg6]

24...Nd4 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Nf5 Bxf5 27.exf5 Nxf5 28.Rg4 Rb2 29.Kh1 Nd4 30.Bd5 e6 31.Bb3 Nxb3 32.axb3 Rxb3 33.Bf6 a2 34.Rh4

[-8.34 Fritz 5.00: 34.Ra4 Rxd3 35.Rxa2 c4 36.Kg2 c3 37.Kf2 Rxh3 38.Ra7 Rb8]

34...a1Q+ 35.Bxa1 Rb1+ 0-1

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