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46) Herbert S. - Dobber P. [B07]

Major (4) 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.Bd2 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5...e5 6.Nd5 Qd8 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bg5 Qd6 10.Qxd6 Bxd6 11.0-0-0 Bc7

+-----------------+
|rhb+k+.4|
|0pg.+p0p|
|.+p+.+.+|
|+.+.0.G.|
|.+.+P+.+|
|+.+.+N+.|
|P)P+.)P)|
|+.IR+B+R|
+-----------------+

12.Nxe5 An attractive but flawed idea.

[-0.72 Fritz 5.00: 12.Bc4 b5 13.Be2 Nd7 14.Bh4 Nc5 15.Nxe5 Bb7 16.Bg3 Nxe4]

12...f6 13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Nc4 Be6 15.Be2 Nd7 16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.Rxd6 Ke7 18.Rhd1

+-----------------+
|r+.+.+.4|
|0p+ni.+p|
|.+p$b0.+|
|+.+.+.+.|
|.+.+P+.+|
|+.+.+.+.|
|P)P+B)P)|
|+.IR+.+.|
+-----------------+

18...Bd5 This is a sacrifice of two pieces for a Rook, not a win of the exchange.

[0.63 Fritz 5.00: 18...Rad8 19.a3 Nc5 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rxd8 Kxd8 22.f3 h6 23.b4]

19.Rxd7+ Kxd7 20.exd5 cxd5 21.Rxd5+ Ke7 22.Bg4 Rad8 23.Rc5 Kd6 24.Rf5

+-----------------+
|.+.4.+.4|
|0p+.+.+p|
|.+.i.0.+|
|+.+.+R+.|
|.+.+.+B+|
|+.+.+.+.|
|P)P+.)P)|
|+.I.+.+.|
+-----------------+

Black displays some poor technique here! 24...Rdf8

[24...Rhf8 25.Rh5 Rf7]

25.Bf3 b6 26.Rd5+ Ke6 27.c4 Rd8 28.Bg4+ Ke7 29.Rh5 h6 30.Rd5 Can't be right. 30...Rxd5 31.cxd5 Rg8 32.Bf3 Rg5 33.Kd2 Re5 34.a3 a5 35.b4 axb4 36.axb4 Kd6 37.Kd3 Re1 38.Kc4 Rb1 39.Kb5 Rb2 40.Kxb6 Rxb4+ 41.Ka5 Rb2 42.Ka6 Rxf2 43.Kb7

+-----------------+
|.+.+.+.+|
|+K+.+.+.|
|.+.i.0.0|
|+.+P+.+.|
|.+.+.+.+|
|+.+.+B+.|
|.+.+.4P)|
|+.+.+.+.|
+-----------------+

43...Rxf3 Somewhere between brilliant and hasty. 44.gxf3 Kxd5 45.Kc7 f5 46.Kd7 f4 47.Ke7 h5

[0.44 Fritz 5.00: 47...Kd4 wins simply]

48.Kf7 Kd4 49.Kg6 Ke3 50.Kxh5 Kxf3 51.Kg5 Ke3 52.h4 f3 53.h5 f2 54.h6 f1Q 55.h7 Qa1 56.Kh6

[-#3 Fritz 5.00: 56.Kg6 Ke4 57.Kf7 Kf5 58.Kg8 Qg1+ 59.Kh8 Qd4+]

56...Qh8

[-8.94 Fritz 5.00: 56...Qf6+ 57.Kh5 Kf4 58.h8Q Qg5#]

57.Kg6 Kf4 0-1

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