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23) Price C. R. - Nicolson J. R. [B29]

Major (2) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bc4 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5...Nb6 6.Be2 d5 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.0-0 Be7 11.f4 0-0 12.Be3 f6 13.Qd2 a5 14.Kh1 Ba6 15.b3 Bxe2 16.Nxe2 c5 17.c3 a4 18.Ng1 axb3 19.axb3 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Qc7 21.Nf3 Ra8 22.Rxa8+ Nxa8 23.Qa2 Qb7 24.Qa5 Qc6 25.b4 Nc7 26.bxc5 Kf7 27.Qb6 Qd7 28.c6 Qc8 29.Bc5 Bxc5 30.Qxc5 Qa6 31.Qd6 Qa1+ 32.Ng1 Qa5 33.Qd7+ Kg6 34.Qd6

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[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 34.h3 fxe5 35.fxe5 h6 36.Nf3 h5 37.Kh2]

34...Kf5 Brave! Queens and Knights cooperate well in mating attacks.

[1.16 Fritz 5.00: 34...Kf7 ]

35.exf6 gxf6 36.h3 h5 37.Ne2 h4 38.Nd4+ Kg6 39.Nxe6

[1.44 Fritz 5.00: 39.Qd8 Qxc3 40.f5+ exf5 41.Qg8+ Kh5 42.g4+ hxg3 43.Qh7+ Kg5 44.h4+ Kg4 45.Qxf5+ Kxh4 46.Nf3+ Qxf3+ 47.Qxf3]

39...Nxe6 40.Qxe6 Qxc3 41.f5+ Kg7 42.Qd6 d4

[7.81 Fritz 5.00: 42...Kh6 if Black gets his King out of the way he can threaten perpetual and hold the White Queen to the h2-b8 diagonal. 43.Qf4+ Kg7 44.c7 Qc6 45.g4 hxg3 46.Kg2 d4+ 47.Kxg3]

43.c7 d3 44.Qe7+ Kg8 45.Qe8+ covering e1 and c8 1-0

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