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75) Manning P. - Murray C. V. [A26]

Exeter Premier (2) 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Nge2 e5 7.d3 Nc6 8.0-0 Bg4 9.f3 Be6 10.Bg5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 10...h6 11.Be3 Qd7 12.Qd2 Kh7 13.Nd5 Ne8 14.f4 f5 15.Nec3 Nd4 16.Rab1 c6 17.Nb4 Nf6 18.Bxd4 exd4 19.Ne2 a5 20.Nc2 c5

+-----------------+
|r+.+.4.+|
|+p+q+.gk|
|.+.0bhp0|
|0.0.+p+.|
|.+P0P).+|
|+.+P+.).|
|P)N!N+B)|
|+R+.+RI.|
+-----------------+

21.a3

[-1.22 Fritz 5.00: 21.e5 is Fritz' preference for losing a Pawn 21...Ne8 22.Rbe1 dxe5 23.fxe5 Bxe5 24.Nf4 Bxf4 25.Qxf4;

21.b3 looks better to me! 21...fxe4 22.dxe4]

21...fxe4 22.dxe4 Bxc4 23.Ne1 a4 24.Rc1 Qb5 25.Rxc4 Qxc4 26.f5 g5 27.h4

+-----------------+
|r+.+.4.+|
|+p+.+.gk|
|.+.0.h.0|
|+.0.+P0.|
|p+q0P+.)|
|).+.+.).|
|.).!N+B+|
|+.+.HRI.|
+-----------------+

27...d3

[-1.66 Fritz 5.00: 27...Rae8 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.Nc1 g4 30.Rf4 b5]

28.Nc3

[-2.66 Fritz 5.00: 28.Qxd3 Qxd3 29.Nxd3 gxh4 30.gxh4 Rae8 31.Nc3 Rg8]

28...Ng4

[-1.31 Fritz 5.00: 28...Qd4+ 29.Kh2 Ng4+ 30.Kh1 Qe3 31.Nf3 gxh4 32.gxh4 Bxc3 33.bxc3]

29.Nf3

[-2.78 Fritz 5.00: 29.hxg5 hxg5 30.Qxg5 Qd4+ 31.Kh1 Nf2+ 32.Kh2 Rh8 33.Nf3 Kg8+;

29.Qxd3]

29...Bd4+ 30.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 31.Kh1 Qe3 32.Qxe3 Nxe3 33.Rf3 Ng4 34.Bh3 Ne5 35.Rf2 g4 36.Bf1 c4 37.Nd5 b5 38.Kg2 Rac8 39.h5 Rc5 40.Nc3 Kg7 41.Nd5 Rxd5

+-----------------+
|.+.+.4.+|
|+.+.+.i.|
|.+.0.+.0|
|+p+rhP+P|
|p+p+P+p+|
|).+p+.).|
|.).+.$K+|
|+.+.+B+.|
+-----------------+

42.exd5

[-4.00 Fritz 5.00: 42.f6+ Rxf6 43.exd5 Nf3 44.Kh1 Kf7]

42...Kf6 43.Rf4 Rb8 44.Kf2 b4 45.axb4

[-4.53 Fritz 5.00: 45.Ke3 ]

45...Rxb4 46.Ke3 Rxb2 47.Bxd3 cxd3 48.Rxa4 Re2+ 49.Kf4 d2 50.Rd4 Nf3

[-#7 Fritz 5.00: 50...Nf7 51.Rxd2 Rxd2 52.Kxg4 Rxd5 53.Kh4 Rd4+ 54.g4 Ne5 55.Kh3]

51.Rd3 Ne1

[-10.53 Fritz 5.00: 51...Ng5 52.Re3 d1Q 53.Re6+ Rxe6 54.dxe6 Qf3#]

52.Rd4 Ng2+ 53.Kxg4

+-----------------+
|.+.+.+.+|
|+.+.+.+.|
|.+.0.i.0|
|+.+P+P+P|
|.+.$.+K+|
|+.+.+.).|
|.+.0r+n+|
|+.+.+.+.|
+-----------------+

I can't work up a lot of interest in some of Fritz' improvements, but here Black really did miss one! 53...Ne3+

[-3.41 Fritz 5.00: 53...Re4+ 54.Rxe4 d1Q+ 55.Kh3 Kxf5 is absolutely decisive! 56.Kxg2 Kxe4 57.g4 Qxg4+ 58.Kf2]

54.Kf3 d1Q

[-2.19 Fritz 5.00: 54...Nxf5 55.Kxe2 Nxd4+ 56.Kxd2 Kg5 57.Ke3 Kxh5 58.Kf4 Ne2+ 59.Kf3]

55.Rxd1 Nxd1 56.Kxe2 Nc3+ 57.Kd3 Nxd5 58.Ke4 Ne7 59.g4 Kg5 60.Kf3 d5 0-1

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