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33) Nielsen J. H. - Allen R. N. [C55]

Major (3) 1.Nc3 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.e4 Nf6 4.Bc4 Nxe4 If I had a penny for every time I've seen this... 5.Bxf7+ "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5...Kxf7 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Ng3 e4 8.Ng1 Bc5

[-1.22 Fritz 5.00: 8...Kg8 Fritz prefers to hide the King - probably wisely! See the next note.]

9.d3 Qf6 10.Qh5+ Kf8

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|0p0.+.0p|
|.+n+.1.+|
|+.gp+.+Q|
|.+.+p+.+|
|+.+P+.H.|
|P)P+.)P)|
|$.G.I.HR|
+-----------------+

11.Be3

[-1.56 Fritz 5.00: 11.Nxe4 picks up a Pawn 11...Bb4+ 12.Nd2 Nd4 13.Qd1 Qg6 14.Kf1]

11...Bb4+ 12.c3 Bxc3+

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Unquestionably, White should cut his losses here instead of making the natural recapture. 13.bxc3

[-4.41 Fritz 5.00: 13.Kf1 is bad, but not resignable. 13...Bxb2 14.Bc5+ Ne7 15.Qxd5 Bxa1 16.Qd8+ Kf7 17.Qxh8 exd3]

13...Qxc3+ 14.Kd1 Qxa1+ 15.Bc1 Qxa2 16.dxe4 Qb3+ 17.Ke1 Qc3+ 18.Bd2 Qa1+ 19.Ke2 Nd4+ 20.Kd3 dxe4+ 21.Kxe4 Nc6 22.Nf3 Qa4+ 23.Ke3 Qb3+ 24.Ke2 Qc4+

+-----------------+
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|0p0.+.0p|
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|.+.GK)P)|
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+-----------------+

Black has the exchange and Pawns, but both Kings are exposed. White's is more exposed than Black's, so if Black can get moving, White will be in a lot of trouble. 25.Ke3 Adds to White's problems.

[-7.50 Fritz 5.00: 25.Ke1 Bg4 26.Qg5 Re8+ 27.Be3 Qc3+ 28.Kf1 Qd3+ 29.Ke1 Bxf3]

25...Bd7 Too cautious.

[-3.69 Fritz 5.00: 25...Bg4 mates or wins the Queen. 26.Qxg4 (26.Qg5 Re8+ mates 26...Qxg4 27.Bc3 Re8+ 28.Kd2 Qf4+ 29.Kc2]

26.Rc1 Qe6+ 27.Ne4 Qh6+ 28.Qxh6 gxh6 29.Nf6 Ke7 30.Bc3

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+-----------------+

Fritz does not query Black's next, but it's asking for trouble. 30...Bf5

[30...Rhf8]

31.Nd5+ Kd6 32.Bxh8 Rxh8 33.Rd1 Bg6

[-1.34 Fritz 5.00: 33...Re8+ 34.Kf4 Bc2 35.Nf6+ Bxd1 36.Nxe8+ Kd7 37.Nf6+]

34.Nf4+ Ke7 35.Nh4

[-2.03 Fritz 5.00: 35.Nd5+ Kd7 36.Nb4+ Kc8]

35...Ne5

[-1.28 Fritz 5.00: 35...Re8 36.Kd2 Rd8+ 37.Ke1 Rxd1+ 38.Kxd1 Be4 39.Kc1]

36.Nd5+ Kd7 37.h3 c6 38.Nc3+ Kc7 39.f4

[-2.53 Fritz 5.00: 39.Ra1 ]

39...Nc4+ 40.Kf2 b5 At last the Pawns have their say. 41.f5 Bf7 42.Nf3 Re8 43.g4 a5 44.g5

[-4.13 Fritz 5.00: 44.Re1 Rxe1 45.Kxe1 b4 46.Na4 Kd6 47.Ke2 Kd5 48.Kd3 c5]

44...Bh5 45.Rd3 Bxf3 46.Rxf3 hxg5 47.f6 Rf8 48.f7

[-4.63 Fritz 5.00: 48.Ne4 h6 49.Ke2 Kd7 50.Rf2 Ke6 51.Kd3 Kd5 52.Nc3+ Ke5]

48...Ne5 0-1

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