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51) Spiller P. - Stanners M. J. [A00]

Major (4) 1.e4 d6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5.Nge2 0-0 6.0-0 c6 7.d3 Nbd7 8.h3 b5 9.a3 a5 10.Be3 Qc7 11.f4 Bb7 12.g4 exf4 13.Nxf4 b4 14.Nce2 d5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.g5 Qe5 17.Qd2 Ne8 18.d4 Qd6 19.Nd3 Nc7 20.Bf4 Qb6 21.axb4 axb4 22.Bxc7 Qxc7 23.Nxb4 Qd6 24.Nd3 Bd8 25.Rxa8 Bxa8 26.h4 Bc7 27.Qf4 Qc6

+-----------------+
|b+.+.4k+|
|+.gn+p0p|
|.+q+.+.+|
|+.+p+.).|
|.+.).!.)|
|+.+N+.+.|
|.)P+N+B+|
|+.+.+RI.|
+-----------------+

28.Nb4 loses a piece: not hard to see coming.

[-1.81 Fritz 5.00: 28.Qe3 Nb6 29.b3 Re8 30.Qf3 Re7 31.c3 f6 32.Nc5 fxg5]

28...Bxf4 29.Nxc6 Be3+ 30.Kh1 Bxc6 31.Rf3

[-2.31 Fritz 5.00: 31.c4 Rb8 32.Nc3 Bxd4 33.Rd1 Bxc3 34.bxc3 Rb3 35.cxd5 Bb5]

31...Re8 32.c3 f6 33.Rf5 fxg5 34.hxg5 Nb6 35.b3 Bd7

+-----------------+
|.+.+r+k+|
|+.+b+.0p|
|.h.+.+.+|
|+.+p+R).|
|.+.).+.+|
|+P).g.+.|
|.+.+N+B+|
|+.+.+.+K|
+-----------------+

36.Bxd5+

[-4.16 Fritz 5.00: 36.Re5 Rxe5 37.dxe5 Kf7 38.Nd4 Bxg5 39.Nf3 Bf4 40.Kg1 g5]

36...Nxd5 penny drops 0-1

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