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9) Speigel J. A. - Laurain F. [B26]

Major (1) 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.h3 Bd7 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 8.Qd2 a6 9.Nge2 e5 10.0-0 Qc8 11.Kh2 h5 12.Bg5 Nd4 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Nd5 Bd8 16.f4 Be6 17.fxe5 Bxd5 18.exd5 dxe5 19.Qb4 Qd7 20.Rae1

+-----------------+
|r+.gk+.4|
|+p+q+p+.|
|p+.+.+p+|
|+.+P0.+p|
|.!.0.+.+|
|+.+P+.)P|
|P)P+.+BI|
|+.+.$R+.|
+-----------------+

20...Be7 Making a bad situation worse.

[2.09 Fritz 5.00: 20...Bc7 21.Rf6 h4 22.d6 hxg3+ 23.Kxg3 Bd8 24.Rxe5+ Kf8 25.Rf4]

21.Rxe5

+-----------------+
|r+.+k+.4|
|+p+qgp+.|
|p+.+.+p+|
|+.+P$.+p|
|.!.0.+.+|
|+.+P+.)P|
|P)P+.+BI|
|+.+.+R+.|
+-----------------+

21...f6 Not cutting his losses.

[5.28 Fritz 5.00: 21...Kf8 22.Qxd4 Rh7 23.Re2 h4 24.g4 Rd8 25.Kh1 Re8]

22.Rxe7+ Qxe7 23.Re1 Qxe1 24.Qxe1+ Kf7 25.Qe6+ Kg7 26.Qe7+ Kh6 27.Qxf6 Rhf8 28.Qxd4 Rae8 29.Be4 Rc8 30.Qe3+ g5

[17.13 Fritz 5.00: 30...Kg7 31.c4 Rf6 32.d6 Rd8 33.c5 Rd7 34.d4 a5 35.Kg2]

31.Qb6+ 1-0

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