Exeter Chess Club: Blunders at East Devon

This is, I repeat, "work in progress" so comments and criticisms are very much invited.
(1) Dobber P. - Nielsen J. H. [B01]

Major (1) 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Nf3 Bf5 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Re1 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 8...Nbd7 9.h3 Be7 10.Bf1 0-0 11.Nh4

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Black mistakenly allows White to secure the two Bishops and a Queen's-side majority. 11...Rfe8 12.Nxf5 exf5 13.Bd3 Bd6 14.Bd2 Bb4 15.Qf3 g6 16.a3 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Qd5 18.Qxd5 Nxd5 19.Bd2 Kg7 20.c4 N5f6 21.f3 Rad8 22.Bc3 Kg8 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Kf2 Nb6 25.b3 Nh5 26.Re1 Rxe1 27.Bxe1 Nf4 28.Bf1 f6 29.g3 Ne6 30.Bc3 Kf7 31.f4 Nc8 32.Bd3

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This is the perfect endgame situation for White. 32...Ke7 33.b4 h6 34.Kf3 Nd6 35.a4 Nc7 36.b5 Kd7 37.c5 Nde8 38.Bc4 Ng7 39.Ba5 Nce6 40.Bc3 Nh5

[0.75 Fritz 5.00: 40...Nc7 ]

41.a5 g5 42.Bxe6+ White hopes to distract Black from the Queen's-side.

[0.34 Fritz 5.00: 42.a6 1.00]

42...Kxe6 43.a6 bxa6

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44.bxa6 This automatic recapture is less strong than the alternative.

[0.06 Fritz 5.00: 44.bxc6 Ke7 45.d5 g4+ 46.hxg4 fxg4+ 47.Kxg4 Ng7]

44...Kd5 45.Ba5 Kxd4 46.Bb6 Kc4 47.Bxa7 Kb5 48.Bb6 Kxa6 49.Bd8 Kb5 50.Be7 Kc4

[0.41 Fritz 5.00: 50...gxf4 51.g4 fxg4+ 52.hxg4 Ng7 53.Kxf4 h5 54.gxh5 Nxh5+ 55.Kf5]

51.Bd6

[-0.66 Fritz 5.00: 51.Bf8 gxf4 52.g4 fxg4+ 53.hxg4 Ng3 54.Kxf4 Nf1 55.Be7 Nh2]

51...Kd5

[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 51...Ng7 52.Bf8 Ne6 53.Bxh6 Kd3 54.g4 fxg4+ 55.Kxg4 Nxf4 56.Bg7]

52.Bf8 1/2-1/2

2) Durrant P. E. O. - Halmkin P. E. [B07]

Major (1) 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f3 c6 5.Be3 Nbd7 6.Nge2 b5 7.a3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7...Qa5 8.g4 Bg7 9.Bg2 Rb8 10.Qd2 h5 11.g5 Nh7 12.0-0 Qc7 13.f4 Nb6 14.b3 0-0 15.Rad1 a6 16.f5 Bb7 17.fxg6 fxg6 18.Nf4 c5 19.Ne6 Rxf1+ 20.Rxf1 Qc8 21.Bh3

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Black is in difficulty here but his next move makes things worse, adding a pin to the threatened discovery. In fact, White's Knight is currently pinned to the Bh3! 21...Nd7

[2.50 Fritz 5.00: 21...b4 22.axb4 cxb4 23.Na2 Bxe4 24.Qf2 Qe8 25.Nxb4 Bb7 26.Nxg7]

22.Nxg7

[1.66 Fritz 5.00: 22.Qf2 Qe8 23.Nc7 Qf8 24.Bxd7 Qxf2+ 25.Rxf2 cxd4 26.Be6+ Kh8]

22...Kxg7 23.Qf2 Qe8 24.Be6 Ndf8 25.Qf7+ Kh8 Suicide.

[#1 Fritz 5.00: 25...Qxf7 26.Rxf7+ Kh8 27.Rxe7 Nxe6 28.Rxe6 b4 29.axb4 cxb4 30.Nd5;

25...Kh8 26.Qg8#]

1-0

3) Foulds A. - England M. C. [E76]

Major (1) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 Nbd7 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 8.Be2 a6 9.0-0 b5

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Fritz doesn't like giving up Pawns, but this Benko-style idea looks perfectly legitimate.

[0.94 Fritz 5.00: 9...b6 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Be3 Qc7 12.f5 gxf5 13.exf5]

10.e5

[0.16 Fritz 5.00: 10.cxb5 Qb6 11.e5 Ng4 12.Na4 Qc7]

10...Ne8 11.e6 fxe6 12.Ng5

[-0.91 Fritz 5.00: 12.cxb5 ]

12...Nb6 13.cxb5 Bd4+ 14.Kh1 exd5

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White's next is a miscalculation. 15.Nxd5

[-3.09 Fritz 5.00: 15.Nf3 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Nc7 17.bxa6 Bxa6 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.a4]

15...Nxd5 16.Bc4 Nef6 17.Qf3 e6 18.Re1 Re8 19.bxa6 Qa5 20.Be3

[-3.66 Fritz 5.00: 20.Re2 Bxa6 21.Bxa6 Qxa6 22.Nxe6 Qc4 23.a3 Rxa3 24.Qxa3 Qxe2]

20...Bxb2 21.Rad1 Bxa6 22.Bd2 Qa3 23.Qxa3 Bxa3 24.Bxa6 Rxa6 25.Rxe6 Bb4 26.Bxb4 Nxb4

[-1.34 Fritz 5.00: 26...Rxe6 27.Nxe6 cxb4 28.Ra1 b3 29.a4 b2 30.Rb1]

0-1

4) Hibbitt A. - Duckham J. [B00]

Major (1) 1.e4 Nc6 2.g3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 2...d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg2 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nxe4 6.Bxe4 g6 7.c3 e5 8.Ne2 Bh3 9.Ng1 Be6 10.d3 Bg7 11.f4 exf4 12.Bxf4 0-0 13.Qd2

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Black should seize the e-file. 13...Bd5

[0.66 Fritz 5.00: 13...Re8 14.Ne2 (14.0-0-0 Bxa2) 14...Bg4 15.h3 f5 16.hxg4 fxe4 17.dxe4 Qxd2+]

14.0-0-0

[-0.78 Fritz 5.00: 14.Nf3 Re8]

14...Bxe4 The a-Pawn could have been taken with impunity - it contributes to Black's attack on that wing, and so is no waste of time.

[0.13 Fritz 5.00: 14...Bxa2 15.Bh6 Na5 16.Qf4 Nb3+ 17.Kc2 Bxh6 18.Qxh6]

15.dxe4 Qxd2+ 16.Rxd2 Ne5 17.Rd5 Rfe8 18.Bxe5 Rxe5 19.Rxe5 Bxe5 20.Nf3 Bd6 21.e5 Bc5 22.Rd1 Re8 23.Rd7 Re7 24.Rxe7 Bxe7 25.Kc2 Kf8 26.Kd3 Ke8 27.g4 h6 28.b4 Kd7 29.a4 a6 30.Kc4 c6 31.h4 b5+ 32.axb5 axb5+ 33.Kd4 Kc7 34.h5 g5 35.Ke4 Bf8 36.Nd4 Kd7 37.Kf5 Bg7 38.Nb3 Ke7 39.Nc5 Bh8 40.Ne4 Bg7 41.Nd6 Bh8 42.c4 bxc4 43.Nxc4 Bg7 44.Na5 Kd7 45.Nb3 Ke7 46.Nc5 Bh8 47.e6 Bc3 48.exf7 Kxf7 49.Nd7 Bxb4 50.Ne5+ Kg7 51.Nxc6 Bc3 52.Ke6 Bb2 53.Ne7 Bc3 54.Nf5+ Kh7 55.Kf7 Bb2 56.Nd6 Bc3 57.Ne4 Bb2 58.Nf6+ Kh8 59.Nd7 Kh7 60.Nf8+ Kh8 61.Kg6 Bc1 62.Kxh6 Bb2

[2.31 Fritz 5.00: 62...Kg8 63.Ne6 Kf7 64.Ng7 Be3 65.Nf5]

63.Ne6 Bc1 64.Nxg5 Kg8 65.Kg6 Kh8 66.Nf7+

[2.47 Fritz 5.00: 66.h6 Bxg5 67.Kxg5 Kh7 68.Kf6 Kg8 69.h7+ Kxh7]

66...Kg8 67.h6 1-0

5) Ingham W. - Pinder R. [A07]

Major (1) 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.0-0 Bf5 5.d3 h6 6.Nbd2 e6 7.Re1 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 7...Bh7 8.e4 Qc7 9.e5 Nfd7 10.Nf1 c5 11.c4 d4

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12.b4 Fritz reckons this a blunder

[-0.91 Fritz 5.00: 12.Qe2 ]

12...Nc6 with double attack on b4 and e5 13.a3 cxb4 14.Qb3 makes the worst of a bad job

[-2.56 Fritz 5.00: 14.Bb2 ]

14...bxa3 Black does not exploit his advantage in the best way.

[-1.19 Fritz 5.00: 14...Nc5 15.Qa2 Nxd3 16.Rd1 Nxc1 17.Raxc1 bxa3 18.Nxd4 Nxe5]

15.Bxa3 Bxa3 16.Rxa3 0-0 17.Qb2 Ndxe5 18.Nxe5 Nxe5 19.Qxd4 Nc6

[-1.06 Fritz 5.00: 19...Nxd3 20.Rd1 Rfd8 21.Qe3 Qxc4 22.Bxb7]

20.Qc5 Rfd8 21.d4 Rxd4 22.Bxc6 Rd6 23.Rxa7 Rxa7 24.Qxa7 Rxc6 25.Rd1 Be4 26.Qa8+ Kh7 27.Qe8 Rxc4 28.Rd7 Qe5 29.Qxf7 Rc1 30.Rd8 Qb5

[0.22 Fritz 5.00: 30...Bc6 ]

31.Qg8+ Kg6 32.Qf7+

[-15.44 Fritz 5.00: 32.Qxe6+ Kh5 33.Qh3+ Kg6 34.Qg4+ Kf7]

32...Kxf7 0-1

6) Jukes S. - Belinfante N. [A20]

Major (1) 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.a3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4...a5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d3 0-0

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7.Bg5 White sets himself up for a basic tactic (Knight fork [-0.94 Fritz 5.00: 7.Nf3 d6 8.0-0 Bg4 9.Bg5 Re8]

7...h6 Black didn't notice!

[0.03 Fritz 5.00: 7...Bxf2+ 8.Kf1 Bd4 9.e3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5]

8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nf3 d6 10.0-0 Qg6 11.Nd5 Bb6 12.b4

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with a threat that Black overlooks. 12...f5

[2.16 Fritz 5.00: 12...axb4 13.axb4 Be6 14.Nxb6 cxb6 15.b5 Ne7 16.Qd2 Nf5 17.e3]

13.b5 Nd4 still missing the point!

[6.31 Fritz 5.00: 13...Qe8 14.c5 dxc5 15.bxc6 bxc6]

14.Ne7+ Kh7 15.Nxg6 Kxg6 16.e3 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Kh7 18.Rad1 f4 19.d4 exd4 20.exf4 Be6 21.Qe4+ Bf5 22.Qxb7 Rab8 23.Qd5 Rbe8 24.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 d3 26.Be4 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 1-0

7) Price M. C. - Sparkes D. A. [C14]

Major (1) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 a6 8.Nf3 c5 9.Qd2 Nc6 10.a3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 10...0-0

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11.g4 Overlooking the check on h4.

[-0.72 Fritz 5.00: 11.0-0-0 f6 12.exf6 Qxf6 13.g3 cxd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4]

11...cxd4 12.Ne2

[12.Nxd4 Qh4+]

12...Nc5 13.Nexd4 Ne4 14.Qe3 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Qc5 16.0-0-0 b6 17.Qxc5 bxc5 18.Rg1 c4 19.Rg2 f5 20.g5 g6 21.Nd4 Rf7 22.Be2 c3 23.b3 Rc7 24.h4 Bd7 25.Rh1 Kf7 26.Rh3 Bb5 27.Bxb5 axb5 28.Nxb5 Rb7 29.Nxc3 Rxa3 30.Kb2 Rba7 31.Rgh2 d4 32.Na4 R3xa4 33.bxa4 Rxa4 34.Ra3 Rxa3 35.Kxa3 Nc3 36.Kb3 Nd5 37.Rf2 d3 38.cxd3 Ke7 39.Rf3 Kd7 40.d4 Kc7 41.Kc4 Kc6 42.Rf2 Kb6 43.Kd3 Kc6 44.Ke2 Kb6 45.Kf3 Kc6 46.Rc2+ Kb7 47.h5 Ne7 48.hxg6 hxg6 49.Rh2 Kc7 50.Rh7 Kd7 51.Rf7 Ke8 52.Rf6 Kd7 53.Kg3 Nc6 54.Rxg6 Nxd4 55.Rf6 Ne2+ 56.Kf3 Nd4+ 57.Ke3

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57...Nc2+ Black is in lots of trouble, but this Knight is headed the wrong way.

[9.56 Fritz 5.00: 57...Nc6 58.g6 Ne7 59.g7 Ng8 60.Rf7+ Ke8 61.Rf8+ Ke7 62.Kd3]

58.Kd2 Nb4 59.g6 Nd5 60.g7 Nxf4 61.g8Q Kc6 62.Rxe6+ Just the sort of clarifying sacrifice a human likes and computers hate. In fact, both the Knight and King are perilously short of squares and can each be profitably harassed.

[#7 Fritz 5.00: 62.Qg3 Ng2 (62...Nd5 63.Rxe6+ Kc5 64.Qg1+) 63.Qxg2+ Kc5 64.Kc3 f4 65.Rxe6 f3 66.Qxf3]

62...Nxe6 63.Qxe6+ Kc7 64.Qd6+ Kb7 65.e6 f4 66.e7 f3 67.e8Q f2 68.Qeb8# 1-0

8) Sandercock E. B. - Jones R. H. [A48]

Major (1) 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Bf4 Bb7 4.e3 g6 5.Be2 Bg7 6.Nbd2 d6 7.h3 Nbd7 8.0-0 0-0 9.c3 c5 10.Re1 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 10...Rc8 11.Rc1 d5 12.Ne5 e6 13.Ndf3 c4 14.Nxd7 Qxd7 15.Ne5 Qe8 16.Nf3 Qd7 17.g4 Ne8 18.Bf1 f6 19.Bg2 Nd6 20.Rc2 Rce8 21.Nh2 g5 22.Bxd6 Qxd6 23.e4 dxe4 24.Bxe4 Bxe4 25.Rxe4 f5 26.Re1 e5 27.Rce2 Qd7 28.gxf5 Qxf5 29.Ng4 e4 30.Qa4 b5

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Not a blunder but a judgement that snatching the a-Pawn is risky. 31.Qc2

[-0.59 Fritz 5.00: 31.Qxa7 h5 32.Ne3 Qxh3 33.Qc5 Ra8 34.Qd5+ Kh8 35.Qxb5]

31...h5 32.Nh2 Qxh3 33.Rxe4 Rxe4 34.Rxe4 Qf5 35.Qe2 g4 36.Re7 Rf7 37.Re8+ Kh7 38.Qe4 Qxe4 39.Rxe4 Kg6 40.Re8 a6 41.Kg2 Bh6 42.f3 Bc1 43.Re2 gxf3+ 44.Nxf3 Bf4 45.Kh3 Kf6 46.Kh4 Re7

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Computers are no good at endgames because of the long-range planning required. Fritz urges White to grab the h-Pawn, but in doing so would expose his Pawns on dark squares. 47.Rf2

[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 47.Rxe7 Kxe7 48.Kxh5 Ke6 (48...Bc1 49.b3 Bb2) 49.Kg4 Bc7 50.Kg5]

47...Kg6 48.Kh3 Re3 49.Kg2 Kf5 50.Ne5 h4 51.Nf3 Ke4 52.Nd2+ Kf5 53.Nf1

[-1.03 Fritz 5.00: 53.Nf3 ]

53...h3+ 54.Kh1 Re1 55.Kg1 Ke4 56.Kh1 Bg3

[-0.06 Fritz 5.00: 56...a5 ]

57.Rf7

[-0.72 Fritz 5.00: 57.Re2+ Kd5 58.Rxe1 Bxe1 59.Kh2 b4 60.cxb4 Kxd4 61.Kxh3 Bxb4]

57...Kd3 58.Rf3+ Ke2

[0.78 Fritz 5.00: 58...Kc2 59.Kg1 h2+ 60.Kg2 Re2+ 61.Kh1 Bb8 62.Rf8 Kxb2 63.Rxb8]

59.Rxg3 Rxf1+ 60.Kh2 Rd1 61.Kxh3 Kf2 62.Rg2+ Kf3 63.Rh2 Rd3 64.Kh4 Ke4 65.Kg5 Kd5 66.Kf4 a5 67.Rh5+ Kc6 68.Rc5+ Kb6 69.a4 bxa4 70.Rxc4 a3

[2.22 Fritz 5.00: 70...Rd2 71.Rxa4 Rxb2 72.c4 Re2 73.c5+ Kb5]

71.bxa3 Kb5 72.Rc5+ Kb6 73.a4 Rd1 74.Rb5+ Kc6

[3.34 Fritz 5.00: 74...Ka6 75.Ke5 Ra1 76.Kd5 Rxa4 77.c4 Ra1 78.Kc5 Ka7 79.d5]

75.Rxa5 Rd3 76.Rc5+ Kb6 77.a5+ Ka6 78.Ke5 Rd1 79.d5 Rd3 80.d6 Rd1 81.Ke6 Re1+ 82.Re5 Rc1

[11.31 Fritz 5.00: 82...Rg1 ]

83.Rc5

[0.00 Fritz 5.00: 83.d7 Rd1 84.Rd5 Rxd5 85.Kxd5 Kxa5 86.d8Q+ Ka4 87.Qb6 Ka3]

83...Re1+ 84.Kd7 Kb7 85.c4 Kb8 Black lost on time 1-0

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

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

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

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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

10) Stanners M. J. - Sellwood C. [D00]

Major (1) 1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 2...e6 3.Bd3 c5 4.f4 Nc6 5.c3 d5 6.Nd2 Qc7 7.Qf3 cxd4 8.exd4 Bd6 9.Nh3 0-0 10.0-0 b6 11.Ng5 h6

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

Computers can take the fun out of playing sacrifices. Fritz is unimpressed by White's intentions to deliver mate and fancies grabbing the material. 12.h4

[-1.78 Fritz 5.00: 12.Nh3 a5 13.Re1 Ba6 14.Bxa6 Rxa6 15.Qg3]

12...Bb7

[-0.41 Fritz 5.00: 12...hxg5 13.fxg5 (13.hxg5 Nh7 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qh6) 13...Nd7 14.Qh5 g6 15.Qf3]

13.g4

[-1.81 Fritz 5.00: 13.Nh3 a6 14.Re1 Rfc8 15.a3 b5]

13...Ne7

[-0.28 Fritz 5.00: 13...hxg5 14.fxg5 Nd7 15.h5 Bh2+ 16.Kh1 Bd6]

14.Nh3 Nd7 15.g5 hxg5 16.hxg5 g6 17.Qg4 Kg7 18.Nf3 Rh8 19.Ne5 Rh7 20.Kg2 Rah8 21.Rh1 Nf5 22.Bd2 Rh4 23.Qe2 Be7 24.Bxf5 Nxe5 25.fxe5

[-0.81 Fritz 5.00: 25.Be1 R4h5 26.Bxe6 fxe6 27.Qxe5+ Qxe5 28.dxe5]

25...exf5

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Fritz does not like to give up material, although White is surely well-motivated in seeking exchanges. However, the g5 Pawn is also imprtant for defence, and once is disappears, the King's-side is toast. 26.Nf4

[-1.28 Fritz 5.00: 26.Qf3 Rg4+ 27.Kf2 Re4 28.Kg2 Reh4]

26...Bxg5 27.Rxh4 Rxh4 28.Kf3

[-0.63 Fritz 5.00: 28.Qf3 Rg4+ 29.Kh1 Qb8 30.Be3 Qh8+ 31.Nh3 Rh4]

28...Qe7 29.Rg1 Bh6 30.e6 Bxf4 31.Bxf4 Qxe6 32.Be5+

[-1.72 Fritz 5.00: 32.Qxe6 fxe6 33.Be5+ Kh7 34.Rg5 a6 35.Kg2 Ba8]

32...f6 33.Bb8 Qe4+ 34.Kf2 a6 35.Qd2 f4 36.Rg2 g5 37.Bc7 b5 38.Bd6 Kf7 39.Bc7

[-6.22 Fritz 5.00: 39.Qe2 ]

39...Rh3 40.Bd6

[-#8 Fritz 5.00: 40.Kg1 Qb1+ 41.Kf2 Rd3 42.Qe2 f3 43.Qxf3 Qxb2+ 44.Kg1 Qc1+]

40...Qf3+

[-3.03 Fritz 5.00: 40...Rf3+ 41.Kg1 Qb1+ 42.Kh2 Bc8 43.Rg3 Rf1 44.Qg2 fxg3+ 45.Bxg3]

41.Kg1 Qe3+ 42.Qf2

[-7.81 Fritz 5.00: 42.Qxe3 Rxe3 43.Rh2 Kg7 44.Rg2 Re1+ 45.Kh2 f3 46.Rf2 g4]

42...Qc1+ 43.Qf1

[43.Qf1 Rh1+]

0-1

11) Webley M. A. - Spiller P. [C21]

Major (1) 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4.Bc4

[-1.47 Fritz 5.00: 4.Nxc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bb4 6.Bg5 Nc6]

4...cxb2 5.Bxb2 d5

[-0.94 Fritz 5.00: 5...Qg5 6.Qf3 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Nh3]

6.Bxd5 Nf6

[0.16 Fritz 5.00: 6...Bb4+ ]

7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qxd8 Bb4+ 9.Qd2 Bxd2+ 10.Nxd2 Re8 11.Ngf3 Nc6 12.0-0 Bg4 13.e5 Nd5 14.Ng5+ Kg8 15.f4 Ncb4 16.g3 Ne3 17.Rfc1 Nd3 18.Rc3 Nxb2 19.Rxe3 Na4 20.Rc1 c6 21.Nge4 Rad8 22.Ra3 Rd4 23.Nd6 Rb8 24.N2c4 Bd1 25.Nf5 Re4 26.Nce3

[0.50 Fritz 5.00: 26.Ncd6 Re1+ 27.Kf2 Re2+ 28.Kf1 Rd2 29.Ke1 Rxd6]

26...Bh5 27.Nd6 Rd4 28.Nef5 Rb4 29.h3

+-----------------+
|.4.+.+k+|
|0p+.+.0p|
|.+pH.+.+|
|+.+.)N+b|
|n4.+.).+|
|$.+.+.)P|
|P+.+.+.+|
|+.$.+.I.|
+-----------------+

A curious double oversight follows. 29...Bf3 That Bishop is en prise!

[3.47 Fritz 5.00: 29...a6 30.e6 g6 31.Rb3]

30.Kf2

[0.78 Fritz 5.00: 30.Rxf3 Nb6 31.Ra3 g6 32.Ne3 a6]

30...Bd5 31.Ne7+ Kf8 32.Nxd5 cxd5 33.Kf3 a6 34.Kg4 Nb6 35.Kf5 Na8 36.Rac3

+-----------------+
|n4.+.i.+|
|+p+.+.0p|
|p+.H.+.+|
|+.+p)K+.|
|.4.+.).+|
|+.$.+.)P|
|P+.+.+.+|
|+.$.+.+.|
+-----------------+

36...Rb6

[3.53 Fritz 5.00: 36...Ke7 37.Nc8+ Kd8 38.Rd3 g6+ 39.Kf6 Nc7 40.Nd6]

37.Ke6

[2.22 Fritz 5.00: 37.Rc8+ Rxc8 38.Rxc8+ Ke7 39.Rxa8 g6+ 40.Kg5 Rb2 41.Re8+ Kd7]

37...Rc6 38.Kxd5 Nc7+ 39.Ke4 Rxc3 40.Rxc3 Ne6

[2.97 Fritz 5.00: 40...Ne8 41.Nxe8 Rxe8 42.f5 b5 43.e6 Rd8 44.Rd3 Rc8 45.Rd7]

41.Kd5 Ke7 42.f5 Ng5 43.h4 Nh3 44.Rc7+ Kf8 45.Rf7+

[2.69 Fritz 5.00: 45.e6 Kg8 46.e7 b5 47.e8Q+ Rxe8 48.Nxe8 Nf2]

45...Kg8 46.Rxb7

[2.47 Fritz 5.00: 46.Rd7 Nf2 47.f6 gxf6 48.e6 Nd3 49.e7 Nb4+ 50.Ke6 Nc6]

46...Rxb7 47.Nxb7 Kf7 48.Kd6 Nf2 49.Nc5 a5 50.Kd7 1-0

12) Whelan G. - Knight S. [C02]

Major (1) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Bb5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 5...cxd4 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.cxd4 c5 8.Be3 Qb6 9.Qd2 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Bc5 11.Bxc5 Qxc5 12.b4 Qc4 13.Nf3 Qe4+ 14.Kf1 Ba6+ 15.Kg1 Rc8 16.Na3 Ne7 17.b5 Qa4 18.Qd3 Bb7 19.h4 Nf5 20.Rd1 0-0 21.h5 Rfd8 22.Nb1 Qxa2 23.g4 Ne7 24.Ng5 Qc2 25.Qf3 Rf8 26.Kg2 Rc7 27.Rd4 h6 28.Nh3 f6 29.Qe3 fxe5 30.Qxe5 Rf6 31.Rf1

+-----------------+
|.+.+.+k+|
|0b4.h.0.|
|.+.+p4.0|
|+P+p!.+P|
|.+.$.+P+|
|+.+.+.+N|
|.+q+.)K+|
|+N+.+R+.|
+-----------------+

The materialistic Fritz wants to grab the b-Pawn. 31...Rc4

[0.53 Fritz 5.00: 31...Rc5 32.Nf4 Rf7 33.Nxe6 Rxb5 34.Nd2]

32.Rd2

[-2.34 Fritz 5.00: 32.Na3 Qb3 33.Nxc4 dxc4+ 34.Kh2 Qf3 35.Qb8+ Rf8 36.Qxa7]

32...Rxg4+ 33.Kh2 Qc4 34.Re1 d4 35.Qb8+ Qc8

+-----------------+
|.!q+.+k+|
|0b+.h.0.|
|.+.+p4.0|
|+P+.+.+P|
|.+.0.+r+|
|+.+.+.+N|
|.+.$.).I|
|+N+.$.+.|
+-----------------+

36.Qxa7 Greedy: now White should get mated.

[-#6 Fritz 5.00: 36.Qxc8+ Nxc8 37.f4 Rf5 38.Rxe6 Rxb5 39.Re8+ Kh7 40.Re1 Rxh5]

36...Rg2+

[-1.38 Fritz 5.00: 36...Qc7+ mates 37.f4 Rfxf4 38.Re5 Rf1 39.Qxb7 Qxe5+ 40.Nf4 Qxf4+ 41.Kh3]

37.Kh1 Rgxf2+

[-#7 Fritz 5.00: 37...Qc7 38.Qb8+ Qxb8 39.f4 Rxd2+ 40.Kg1 Rg2+ 41.Kh1 Re2+ 42.Kg1]

38.Kg1 R2f3

[-7.91 Fritz 5.00: 38...Qc7 39.Qa8+ Bxa8 40.Rxf2 Qg3+ 41.Kf1 Qxh3+ 42.Ke2 Rxf2+ 43.Kd1]

39.Kh2

[-#5 Fritz 5.00: 39.Rg2 Rxh3 40.Nd2 e5 41.Qa2+ Bd5 42.Nc4 Qxc4 43.Qxc4 Bxc4]

39...e5

[-10.66 Fritz 5.00: 39...Qc7+ 40.Nf4 Qxf4+ 41.Kg1 Qg3+ 42.Rg2 Rf1+ 43.Rxf1 Qxg2#]

40.Ng1

[-#6 Fritz 5.00: 40.Qa2+ Bd5 41.Ng1 Qg4 42.Qxd5+ Nxd5 43.Nxf3 Rxf3 44.Kh1 Qh4+]

40...R3f5

[-11.47 Fritz 5.00: 40...Rf2+ 41.Kg3 R6f3+ 42.Nxf3 Rxf3+ 43.Kh2 Qh3+ 44.Kg1 Rg3+ 45.Kf2]

41.Qa3

[-#6 Fritz 5.00: 41.Qa2+ Bd5 42.Nh3 Rxh5 43.Qa3 Rf3 44.Qxf3 Bxf3 45.b6 Qxh3+]

41...Rxh5+

[-22.19 Fritz 5.00: 41...Rf2+ ]

42.Nh3 Rf3 43.Qxe7 Qxh3+ 0-1

13) Bartlett S. - Grist P. [B40]

Major (2) 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.e5 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 6...Ng8 7.Be2 Be7 8.0-0 f6 9.f4 Nh6 10.Ne4 0-0 11.Be3

+-----------------+
|rhb1.4k+|
|+p+pg.0p|
|p+.+p0.h|
|+.+.).+.|
|.+.HN).+|
|+.+.G.+.|
|P)P+B+P)|
|$.+Q+RI.|
+-----------------+

Fritz has some curious ideas here that Black should try and slow up White by threatening the e- and b-Pawns. 11...Nf5

[1.25 Fritz 5.00: 11...fxe5 12.fxe5 Rxf1+ 13.Kxf1 (13.Qxf1) 13...Nf7 14.Bf4 Qb6 15.Rb1 Qa5 16.Nd6]

12.Nxf5 exf5 13.Nd6 fxe5 14.Bc4+ Kh8 15.Nf7+ Rxf7 16.Bxf7 exf4 17.Bxf4 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 Qxb2 19.Re1 Qf6 20.Bd5

[0.69 Fritz 5.00: 20.Bb3 idea Qd5 is quicker. 20...Nc6 21.Bd6 g6 22.Qd5 Kg7]

20...Nc6 21.Qe2 Bf8 22.Qe8 h6 23.Bf7 1-0

14) Belinfante N. - Wood J. Z. [C11]

Major (2) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Be3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 6...Nc6 7.Bb5 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Re1 a6 10.Bf1 b5 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Rad1 cxd4 13.Bxd4 Nxd4 14.Qxd4

+-----------------+
|r+b+.4k+|
|+.1ngp0p|
|p+.+p+.+|
|+p+p).+.|
|.+.!.+.+|
|+.H.+N+.|
|P)P+.)P)|
|+.+R$BI.|
+-----------------+

Black now plays a series of moves which make a poor position fatal. 14...f6

[1.94 Fritz 5.00: 14...b4 15.Nb1 Qxc2 16.Bd3 Qc7 17.Nbd2]

15.exf6

+-----------------+
|r+b+.4k+|
|+.1ng.0p|
|p+.+p).+|
|+p+p+.+.|
|.+.!.+.+|
|+.H.+N+.|
|P)P+.)P)|
|+.+R$BI.|
+-----------------+

Natural, but risking letting an opportunity slip.

[0.06 Fritz 5.00: 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Qxd5+ Kh8 17.exf6 Bxf6 18.Qxa8 Bxb2]

15...Bxf6 ? Overlooking White's idea

[1.03 Fritz 5.00: 15...Nxf6 16.Bd3 Bd6 17.Ne5 Nd7 18.Nxd5 Bxe5 19.Nxc7 Bxd4 20.Nxa8]

16.Nxd5 back on track 16...exd5 ? Unnecessary! White must have some idea in mind, and there's no need here to fall for it.

[2.81 Fritz 5.00: 16...Qxc2 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.Bd3 Qc7 19.Qe5 Nd5 20.Qxc7 Nxc7]

17.Qxd5+ Kh8 18.Qxa8 Nb6 19.Qe4 Bb7 20.Qe8 Qc5 21.Nd4 Bd5

+-----------------+
|.+.+Q4.i|
|+.+.+.0p|
|ph.+.g.+|
|+p1b+.+.|
|.+.H.+.+|
|+.+.+.+.|
|P)P+.)P)|
|+.+R$BI.|
+-----------------+

22.Ne6

[1.91 Fritz 5.00: 22.Qe3 Bxa2 23.b4 Qc7 24.Ne6 Bxe6 25.Qxe6]

22...Bxe6

[2.91 Fritz 5.00: 22...Qxf2+ 23.Kxf2 Bh4+ 24.Kg1 Rxe8 25.g3 Rxe6 26.Rxe6 Bxe6 27.gxh4]

23.Rxe6 h6

[3.53 Fritz 5.00: 23...Bh4 24.Re2 Bxf2+ 25.Kh1 g6 26.Qe5+ Qxe5 27.Rxe5]

24.Qg6 Bxb2 25.Re8 Qxf2+ 26.Kh1 Nd7 27.Bd3 1-0

15) Duckham J. - Ingham W. [B13]

Major (2) 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.c3 Nf6 6.Bf4 Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc8 8.Nd2 e6 9.Ngf3 Be7 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.Bxe5 0-0 12.Qc2 h6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 13.h3 Bf5 14.0-0 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Qc6 16.Rfe1 Nd7 17.Nf3 Bd6 18.Re2 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Rxe5 Rac8 21.Rae1 Qb6 22.Qb1 a5 23.R1e3 Rc4 24.Rg3 Rfc8 25.Qd1

[-0.97 Fritz 5.00: 25.Qa1 a4 26.Rh5 Kh7 27.Re5 a3 28.bxa3 Ra4 29.Rf3 f6]

25...Qxb2 26.Qg4 g6 27.Rxe6 Qb1+ 28.Kh2 Rxc3 29.Rxc3 Rxc3 30.Re8+ Kg7 31.Qf4

+-----------------+
|.+.+R+.+|
|+p+.+pi.|
|.+.+.+p0|
|0.+p+.+.|
|.+.).!.+|
|+.4.+.+P|
|P+.+.)PI|
|+q+.+.+.|
+-----------------+

31...Qb6

[4.09 Fritz 5.00: 31...Qf5 threatens either an exchange of Queens... 32.Qd6 Rxh3+ 33.gxh3 Qxf2+ 34.Kh1 Qf1+ 35.Kh2 Qf2+ ...or a draw by perpetual check!]

32.Qb8 ?? Missing an opportunity!

[-1.06 Fritz 5.00: 32.Qe5+ Qf6 33.Rg8+ Kxg8 34.Qxf6 Rc2 35.Qd8+ Kg7 36.Qxa5 Rxf2]

32...Qb1 ?? Missing a threat!

[#2 Fritz 5.00: 32...Qxd4 33.Rh8 Rc2 34.Qf8+ Kf6 35.Qd6+ Kg5 36.Qg3+ Kf5 37.Rxh6]

33.Rg8+ Kf6 34.Qd6+ Kf5 35.Qe5# 1-0

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

17) Halmkin P. E. - Owen S. M. [C00]

Major (2) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3 Nf6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 b6 6.Nf3 Ba6 7.Bd3 Bxd3 8.Qxd3 c5 9.c3 Nc6 10.a3 Na5 11.Nbd2 Rc8 12.0-0 Be7 13.Ng5 g6 14.Rf3 cxd4 15.cxd4 Qc7 16.b4 Nc4 17.Rc1 a5

+-----------------+
|.+r+k+.4|
|+.1ngp+p|
|.0.+p+p+|
|0.+p).H.|
|.)n).).+|
|).+QGR+.|
|.+.H.+P)|
|+.$.+.I.|
+-----------------+

18.f5 Fritz never likes sacrificing material, but also suggests that White's imaginative line-opening ideas are likely to rebound. In any event, it would have done no harm to remove the b-Pawn from danger first.

[-0.56 Fritz 5.00: 18.bxa5 bxa5 19.Nxc4 dxc4 20.Qc3 0-0 21.Rh3 h5]

18...gxf5 19.g4

[-1.78 Fritz 5.00: 19.Nxc4 dxc4 20.Qc3 axb4 21.axb4 Qd8]

19...Nxd2 Another triumph of the romantic imagination over prosaic materialism? In fact, to secure two Rooks for the Queen is usually an advantage, a principle of which Steve was certainly aware.

[-0.94 Fritz 5.00: 19...Rg8 Fritz is not scared by the incursion of the Knight into the King's-side. 20.Nxh7 Rxg4+ 21.Rg3 Rxg3+ 22.hxg3 axb4 23.axb4 Bxb4 24.Ng5]

20.Rxc7 Nxf3+ 21.Nxf3 Rxc7 22.gxf5 axb4 23.f6 Rc3 24.Qd2

+-----------------+
|.+.+k+.4|
|+.+ngp+p|
|.0.+p).+|
|+.+p).+.|
|.0.).+.+|
|).4.GN+.|
|.+.!.+.)|
|+.+.+.I.|
+-----------------+

Black now throws in a piece for relief from the cramp. 24...Bxf6

[-0.09 Fritz 5.00: 24...Rg8+ 25.Kh1 Bf8 26.axb4 Bxb4 27.Bg1 b5 28.Be3]

25.axb4 Rb3 26.exf6 Nxf6

+-----------------+
|.+.+k+.4|
|+.+.+p+p|
|.0.+ph.+|
|+.+p+.+.|
|.).).+.+|
|+r+.GN+.|
|.+.!.+.)|
|+.+.+.I.|
+-----------------+

White loses back the piece! 27.Bg5

[-1.91 Fritz 5.00: 27.Nh4 h6 28.Qe1 Rb2 29.Nf5 Rg8+ 30.Ng3]

27...Rxf3 28.Qc2 Kd7 29.Qa4+ Kd6 30.Qa6

+-----------------+
|.+.+.+.4|
|+.+.+p+p|
|Q0.iph.+|
|+.+p+.G.|
|.).).+.+|
|+.+.+r+.|
|.+.+.+.)|
|+.+.+.I.|
+-----------------+

Black needs to keep out the Queen. 30...Rb8

[-0.84 Fritz 5.00: 30...Nd7 31.Bh4 Rg8+ 32.Bg3+ Ke7 33.b5 Rc3 34.Kf2]

31.Qa7

[-1.81 Fritz 5.00: 31.Qe2 Rg8 32.Qxf3 Rxg5+ 33.Kh1 Rg6 34.h4]

31...Rc8

[-1.13 Fritz 5.00: 31...Nd7 32.Bh4 Rc8 33.Bg3+ Ke7 34.Bc7 Rg8+ 35.Bg3]

32.Qxb6+ Rc6

[#2 Fritz 5.00: 32...Kd7 33.Qb5+ Rc6 34.Kg2 Rf5 35.Bxf6 Rxf6 36.h4 Rg6+ 37.Kf3]

33.Qb8+ Rc7

+-----------------+
|.!.+.+.+|
|+.4.+p+p|
|.+.iph.+|
|+.+p+.G.|
|.).).+.+|
|+.+.+r+.|
|.+.+.+.)|
|+.+.+.I.|
+-----------------+

White misses a trick here. 34.Qd8+

[-0.97 Fritz 5.00: 34.Bxf6 and the check on d8 forbids the recapture. 34...Kd7 35.Qd8+ Kc6 36.Qe8+ Kb7 37.Qb5+ Kc8]

34...Nd7

+-----------------+
|.+.!.+.+|
|+.4n+p+p|
|.+.ip+.+|
|+.+p+.G.|
|.).).+.+|
|+.+.+r+.|
|.+.+.+.)|
|+.+.+.I.|
+-----------------+

Fritz queries this move, but I think it's just being short-sighted. 35.Be7+

[-1.31 Fritz 5.00: 35.Kg2 f6 (35...Rf5) 36.Kxf3 fxg5 37.Qxg5 Rc2]

35...Kc6 36.b5+ Kb6 37.Bc5+ Kb7 38.Bd6 Rfc3

[38...Rc2 39.Qxd7+]

39.Bxc7 Rxc7 40.Qh4 Kb6

[1.59 Fritz 5.00: 40...Nf8 41.Qh6 Ng6 42.Qxh7 Kb6 43.h4]

41.Qxh7 Nf6

+-----------------+
|.+.+.+.+|
|+.4.+p+Q|
|.i.+ph.+|
|+P+p+.+.|
|.+.).+.+|
|+.+.+.+.|
|.+.+.+.)|
|+.+.+.I.|
+-----------------+

Fritz prefers staying on the King's-side to create more trouble. 42.Qb1

[0.84 Fritz 5.00: 42.Qh8 Ne4 43.Qb8+ Rb7 44.Qa8 Kc7 45.Qe8 Rb6 46.Qxf7+ Kd8]

42...Ne4 43.Qb4 Rc1+ 44.Kg2 Rc2+ 45.Kh3 Rc4 46.Qe7 Rxd4 47.Qd7 Rc4 48.Kg2 Rc2+ 49.Kg1 Rc1+ 50.Kg2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

18) Herbert S. - Smith E. J. [C01]

Major (2) 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bd6 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 6.Bxd6 Qxd6 7.c3 0-0 8.Be2 Re8 9.0-0 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Nbd7 11.h3 Bh5 12.Re1 Re7 13.Bd3

+-----------------+
|r+.+.+k+|
|0p0n4p0p|
|.+.1.h.+|
|+.+p+.+b|
|.+.).+.+|
|+.)B+N+P|
|P).H.)P+|
|$.+Q$.I.|
+-----------------+

Black spurns an opportunity to get the advantage and instead gives up a Pawn. 13...Ne4

[0.88 Fritz 5.00: 13...Rxe1+ 14.Qxe1 Re8 15.Qf1 Qb6 16.Rb1 Qc6]

14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Rxe4 Rae8 16.Rxe7 Qxe7 17.Bc2 Qe2 18.Qxe2 Rxe2 19.Bf5 Nf6 20.g4 Bg6 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.b3 Ne4 23.Re1 Rxe1+ 24.Nxe1 Nxc3 25.a3 Ne2+ 26.Kf1 Nxd4 27.b4 Kf8 28.Nd3 Ke7 29.f4 Kd6 30.Kf2 f6 31.h4 Kd5 32.Kg3 b6 33.g5 Ke4 34.gxf6 gxf6 35.Nf2+ Kf5 36.Nd3 Nb5 37.a4 Nc3 38.a5 bxa5 39.bxa5 Ne4+ 40.Kf3 c5 41.Nb2 Nd6 42.Nd1 c4 43.Nc3 a6 44.Ne2 Nb5 45.Ng3+ Ke6 46.Ke4 Nd6+ 47.Kd4 Nf5+ 48.Nxf5 Kxf5 49.Kxc4 Kxf4 50.Kc5

+-----------------+
|.+.+.+.+|
|+.+.+.+.|
|p+.+.0p+|
|).I.+.+.|
|.+.+.i.)|
|+.+.+.+.|
|.+.+.+.+|
|+.+.+.+.|
+-----------------+

Black could have played more incisively here. 50...Kg4

[-1.44 Fritz 5.00: 50...g5 51.h5 Kf5 52.Kd4 g4 53.Ke3 Kg5 54.h6 Kxh6 55.Kf4 f5 winning easily]

51.Kb6 f5 52.Kxa6 f4

+-----------------+
|.+.+.+.+|
|+.+.+.+.|
|K+.+.+p+|
|).+.+.+.|
|.+.+.0k)|
|+.+.+.+.|
|.+.+.+.+|
|+.+.+.+.|