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45) Halmkin P. E. - Wood J. Z. [C00]

Major (4) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3 Nf6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Be2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 0-0 11.Nd2 a6 12.a4 Nc5 13.b4 Ne4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qc2 Bd7 16.Rd1 Rc8 17.b5 Qa5 18.0-0 axb5 19.axb5 Bxb5 20.Bxb5 Qxb5 21.Qxe4 Qc6 22.Qxc6 bxc6 23.Be3 Rfd8 24.Bb6 Rd5 25.c4 Bc5+ 26.Bxc5 Rxc5 27.Rd4 f6 28.Re1 Re8 29.Re3 Kf7 30.Kf2 Ke7 31.Ke2 Ra8 32.exf6+ gxf6 33.Rh3 h5 34.Rg3 Rf8 35.Rg7+ Rf7 36.Rxf7+ Kxf7 37.Kd3 Kg6 38.g3 Kf5 39.Rd6 e5 40.fxe5 fxe5 41.Rh6 Kg4 42.Kc3 Ra5 43.Rxc6 Ra2 44.Rc5 Rxh2 45.Rxe5 Kxg3 46.c5 h4 47.c6 Rh1

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Impeccable so far, says Fritz. Both sides overlook a standard skewer tactic. 48.Rg5+

[-0.56 Fritz 5.00: 48.Kd2 Rf1 49.c7 Rf8 50.Ke3 Rf3+ 51.Ke4]

48...Kf3 49.c7

[-1.28 Fritz 5.00: 49.Kd2 Ra1 50.c7 Ra8 51.Rc5 Rc8]

49...Re1

[0.81 Fritz 5.00: 49...Rc1+ 50.Kd3 Rxc7 51.Rf5+ Kg4 52.Re5 Rf7 53.Ke4]

50.Kd4 Fritz' analysis is distorted by its myopia. 50...Rc1

[3.56 Fritz 5.00: 50...Re4+ 51.Kd5 Re8 52.Kd6 Kf4 53.Rc5 Rc8 54.Rc4+ Kg3]

51.Rg7

[0.03 Fritz 5.00: 51.Rc5 Rd1+ 52.Kc4 Rc1+ 53.Kd5 Rd1+ 54.Kc6 Rd6+ 55.Kxd6]

51...h3 52.Kd5 h2 53.Rh7 Kg2 1/2-1/2

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