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54) Allen R. N. - Woodruff A. [C11]

Major (5) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Bxd4 Be7 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 10.Bd3 Nc5 11.Be2 Qa5 12.0-0 0-0 13.f5

+-----------------+
|r+b+.4k+|
|0p+.gp0p|
|.+.+p+.+|
|1.hp)P+.|
|.+.G.+.+|
|+.H.+.+.|
|P)P+B+P)|
|$.+Q+RI.|
+-----------------+

13...exf5

[2.31 Fritz 5.00: 13...Bg5 14.a3]

14.b4! Qxb4

[3.47 Fritz 5.00: 14...Qd8 15.bxc5 Be6 16.Rb1 Qc7 17.Nb5]

15.Nxd5 Qa5 16.Nxe7+ Kh8 17.Nxf5 Bxf5 18.Rxf5 Rad8 19.c3 Ne6 20.Bc4 Nxd4 21.cxd4 Qc3 22.Rc1 Qe3+ 23.Kh1 Rxd4 24.Qf1 Rfd8 25.Rxf7 Qxc1 26.Qxc1 Rxc4 Doesn't help, but Black must have realised that his intended move was flawed.

[8.97 Fritz 5.00: 26...Rd1+ 27.Qxd1 Rxd1+ 28.Bf1 Kg8 29.e6 Rd2]

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