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77) Ponter I. - Phillips A. [C45]

Exeter Premier (2) 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6 9.b3 0-0-0 10.g3 Re8 11.Bb2 Nb6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 12.Bg2 f6 13.0-0 fxe5 14.Re1 Qf7 15.Nd2 Bc5 16.Rad1 d5 17.Nf3 Rhf8 18.Qd2 e4 19.Nd4 Bb7 20.Re2 Qe7 21.Bh3+ Kb8 22.Ne6 Rxf2 23.Rxf2 e3 24.Qc2 exf2+ 25.Kf1

+-----------------+
|.i.+r+.+|
|0b0.1.0p|
|.hp+N+.+|
|+.gp+.+.|
|.+P+.+.+|
|+P+.+.)B|
|PGQ+.0.)|
|+.+R+K+.|
+-----------------+

25...dxc4

[-3.63 Fritz 5.00: 25...Bc8 Fritz reckions this is immediately decisive 26.cxd5 Nxd5 27.Rxd5 cxd5 (27...Bxe6 is better, on reflection, winning the house 28.Qxc5 Qxc5 29.Nxc5 Bxh3+ 30.Kxf2 is only an exchange.]

26.Bd4 Bxd4 27.Rxd4 c5 28.Rd2

+-----------------+
|.i.+r+.+|
|0b0.1.0p|
|.h.+N+.+|
|+.0.+.+.|
|.+p+.+.+|
|+P+.+.)B|
|P+Q$.0.)|
|+.+.+K+.|
+-----------------+

28...Nd5

[-2.25 Fritz 5.00: 28...Qf6 29.Rxf2 Qa1+ 30.Ke2 Qe5+ 31.Kf1 Bc8 32.Re2 Qf6+ 33.Rf2]

29.Re2 c3 30.Bg2

[-3.81 Fritz 5.00: 30.Kxf2 Bc8 31.Qd3 Qf7+ 32.Kg1 c2 33.Qxc2 Bxe6 34.Qxc5 Qd7]

30...Qd6 31.Qf5 c2 32.Qxc2 Rxe6 33.Rxe6 Qxe6 34.Bxd5

[-#2 Fritz 5.00: 34.Qxf2 Ne3+ 35.Kg1 Nxg2 36.Qf8+ Qc8 37.Qe7 g6 38.h4 Qh8]

34...Qxd5 Not best!

[34...Qe1+ 35.Kg2 f1Q#]

35.Qxf2 Qh1+ 36.Ke2 Ba6+ 37.Kd2 Qd5+ 38.Kc1 Qg5+ 39.Kd1 Qf6 0-1

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