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53) Whelan G. - Rogers D. R. [D01]

Major (4) 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.Qd2 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4...c6 5.0-0-0 b5 6.Nb1 Ne4 7.Qe3 Qa5 8.a3 b4 9.f3 Nxg5 10.Qxg5 bxa3 11.Nxa3 Rb8

+-----------------+
|.4b+kg.4|
|0.+n0p0p|
|.+p+.+.+|
|1.+p+.!.|
|.+.).+.+|
|H.+.+P+.|
|.)P+P+P)|
|+.IR+BHR|
+-----------------+

12.Rd3 Exposes the King. Fritz is dying for Black to play ...Qb4, but he resists.

[-3.97 Fritz 5.00: 12.Qd2 Qb6 13.Qc3 e5 14.e3 Bb4 15.Qb3 0-0 16.Ne2 exd4]

12...Ba6

[-1.63 Fritz 5.00: 12...Qe1+ 13.Rd1 Qb4 14.b3 Qxa3+ 15.Kb1 a5 16.Qc1 Qxc1+ 17.Kxc1]

13.Rc3

[-4.56 Fritz 5.00: 13.Qd2 Qc7 14.Re3 e5 15.f4 Qb6 16.Rb3 Qxd4 17.Rxb8+ Nxb8]

13...Qa4

[-1.81 Fritz 5.00: 13...Qb4 14.Nb5 Bxb5 15.Qe3 e5 16.f4 Ba6 17.b3 Qxd4 18.Qxd4]

14.Qe3

[-3.09 Fritz 5.00: 14.Qg3 e6 15.Nh3 Qxd4 16.e3 Qf6 17.Nb1 Bb7 18.Bd3 e5]

14...e6

[-1.81 Fritz 5.00: 14...Qb4 15.Kd1 Qxb2 16.Rb3 Rxb3 17.Qxb3 Qxd4+ 18.Kc1 Qf2 19.Nh3]

15.Nh3

[-4.25 Fritz 5.00: 15.Rb3 Bb4 16.Qf4 c5 17.Nh3 Bc4 18.Ng5 f6 19.Nxe6 Bxb3]

15...Be7

[-1.66 Fritz 5.00: 15...Qb4 16.Kd1 Qxb2 17.Nf4]

16.Nf2

[-3.50 Fritz 5.00: 16.Qf2 c5 17.e3 c4 18.Qg3 Qb4 19.Qxg7 Bf6 20.Qh6 Qxb2+]

16...Bf6 17.Rb3 Rxb3

[-2.75 Fritz 5.00: 17...Bxd4 18.Qg5 Bxf2 19.Qxg7 Bd4 20.Rxb8+ Nxb8]

18.cxb3 Qxd4 19.Qxd4 Bxd4 20.Nd1 Be5 21.g3 Ke7 22.e3 Bxf1 23.Rxf1 Rb8 24.e4 Rxb3 25.f4 Bd6 26.Kc2 Rb7 27.e5 Bxa3 28.bxa3 c5 29.Nc3 f6 30.exf6+ gxf6 31.Re1 Kd6 32.Rd1 f5 33.Re1 Nf6 34.Na4 Ne4 35.Re3 h5 36.Re1 c4 37.Nb2 Rb3 38.Rd1 Ke7 39.Ra1 Rc3+ 40.Kd1 Rf3 41.Ke1 Rf2 42.Nd1 Rxh2 43.Rb1 Rh1+ 44.Ke2 Nxg3+ 45.Kf3 Ne4 46.Rb7+ Kf6 47.Ne3 Rh3+ 48.Ke2 Rh2+ 49.Ke1 Nc3 50.Nf1 Suicide.

[-#1 Fritz 5.00: 50.Kf1 a5 51.Rb8 h4 52.Rf8+ Ke7 53.Rg8]

50...Re2# 0-1

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