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21) Laurain F. - Whelan G. [B07]

Major (2) 1.e4 d6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Be2 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4...g6 5.h3 Bd7 6.d4 c5 7.e5 cxd4 8.exf6 dxc3 9.fxe7 Bxe7 10.0-0 Bf6 11.bxc3 0-0 12.Qxd6 Bxc3

+-----------------+
|rh.1.4k+|
|0p+b+p+p|
|.+.!.+p+|
|+.+.+.+.|
|.+.+.+.+|
|+.g.+N+P|
|P+P+B)P+|
|$.G.+RI.|
+-----------------+

13.Ba3

[-1.00 Fritz 5.00: 13.Rb1 Re8 14.Be3 Bc6 15.Rfd1 Qxd6 16.Rxd6]

13...Re8 Now White has chased the Rook to e8, he has pieces en prise on both e2 and a1! 14.Qd3

[14.Rab1]

14...Bxa1 15.Rxa1 Qb6 16.Nd4 Nc6 17.c3 Nxd4 18.cxd4 Bf5 19.Qd2 Rac8 20.Bc5 Qd8 21.Bb5 Re6 22.Bxa7 Rc2 23.Qb4

+-----------------+
|.+.1.+k+|
|Gp+.+p+p|
|.+.+r+p+|
|+B+.+b+.|
|.!.).+.+|
|+.+.+.+P|
|P+r+.)P+|
|$.+.+.I.|
+-----------------+

Now Black should attack with vigour. 23...b6

[-0.78 Fritz 5.00: 23...Qh4 24.g3 Qxh3 25.Bf1 Qg4 26.Qxb7]

24.d5 Re7

[-0.94 Fritz 5.00: 24...Qxd5 25.Bb8 Be4 26.Qa4 Qg5 27.Bg3]

25.Ba4 Rxa7 26.Bxc2 Bxc2 27.Qd2 Be4 28.Rd1 Qd6 29.f3 Bf5 30.Rc1 Rc7 31.Rxc7 Qxc7 32.d6 Qc5+ 33.Kh2 Bd7 34.f4 Kf8 35.Kg3 Ke8 36.Qe2+ Be6 37.Qe5 Kd7 38.h4 Qa3+ 39.Kh2 Qxd6 40.Qb5+ Kc7 41.Qa4 Kb7 42.a3 Bd7 43.Qc4 Qe6 44.Qc3 Bc6 45.Qg3 Qe2 46.Kh3 Ka6 47.Kh2 b5 48.Kh3 Qxg2+ 49.Qxg2 Bxg2+

+-----------------+
|.+.+.+.+|
|+.+.+p+p|
|k+.+.+p+|
|+p+.+.+.|
|.+.+.).)|
|).+.+.+K|
|.+.+.+b+|
|+.+.+.+.|
+-----------------+

A bizarre piece of computer commentary follows. 50.Kxg2

[-8.38 Fritz 5.00: 50.Kg3 Ka5 51.f5 gxf5 52.Kf4 Be4 53.Kg5 Ka4]

50...Ka5 51.Kf3 Ka4 52.Ke4 Kxa3 53.Kd3 b4 54.Kc2 Ka2 0-1

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