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16) England M. C. - Fursman L. J. [B16]

Major (2) 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Be3 Bf5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7.Bd3 Bg6 8.Ne2 e6 9.Qd2 Nd7 10.0-0-0 Qc7 11.h4 0-0-0 12.h5 Bxd3 13.Qxd3 Qa5 14.Qb3 Nb6 15.Nf4 Nd5 16.Nxd5 Rxd5 17.Bd2 Qa6 18.Be3 Be7 19.c4 Ra5 20.Kb1 Rd8

+-----------------+
|.+k4.+.+|
|0p+.gp+p|
|q+p+p0.+|
|4.+.+.+P|
|.+P).+.+|
|+Q+.G.+.|
|P).+.)P+|
|+K+R+.+R|
+-----------------+

21.d5 A thematic line-opening sacrifice of which Fritz is scornful. At least White should have tried doubling Rooks behind the Pawn before lashing out.

[-0.88 Fritz 5.00: 21.Rd2 Ra4 22.Rc1 Rb4 23.Qc2 f5]

21...exd5 22.cxd5 Rb5 23.Qc2 Rdxd5 24.Rxd5 Rxd5 25.Qxh7 Qc4 26.g3

[0.22 Fritz 5.00: 26.Rc1 Qb4 27.Qxf7 Rb5 28.Rc2 Qe1+ 29.Bc1 Rg5 30.f4 Rg3]

26...f5 27.Qh8+

[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 27.Rc1 Qe4+ 28.Ka1 Qe6 29.h6 Ra5 30.Qg8+ Kc7 31.Bf4+ Kb6]

27...Kd7

+-----------------+
|.+.+.+.!|
|0p+kgp+.|
|.+p+.+.+|
|+.+r+p+P|
|.+q+.+.+|
|+.+.G.).|
|P).+.).+|
|+K+.+.+R|
+-----------------+

28.Qc3

[-5.72 Fritz 5.00: 28.Rc1 Qe4+ 29.Ka1 Ra5 30.Qd4+ Kc8 31.h6 Qe6]

28...Qe4+ 29.Kc1

[-#4 Fritz 5.00: 29.Qc2 Qxh1+ 30.Bc1 Qxh5 31.Qb3 Kc8 32.Qc3 Bc5 33.f4 Bf2]

29...Qxh1+ 30.Kc2 Qd1# 0-1

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