[Event "ICS"]
[Site "EICS"]
[Date "1996.1.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "FrankNStein"]
[Black "EvilTwin"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 e6 4. Nf3 Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d5 7.
Nxc6 7... bxc6 8. exd5 exd5 9. Bb3 Ng6 10. Qe2+ Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12.
Bxe7 Nxe7 13. O-O Re8 14. Rae1 Bf5 15. h3 Qd7 16.
Kh2 Ng6 17. Qf3 Qd6+ 18. g3 Qd7 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 Rac8 21. Rxe8+
Rxe8 22. Bc6 Ne5 23. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Bxd7 25. Kxf3 Bc6+ 26. Kg4 Re2
27. Rd1 h6 28. Rd6 Rxc2 29. f4 29... g6 30. f5 Rc4+
{*FrankNStein says:*}
{*   Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaastaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard*}
{*   !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*}
{FrankNStein resigns} 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Abercynon vs. Exeter"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hill, A."]
[Black "Regis, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1680"]
[BlackElo "1820"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 d5  {I thought the
Grunfeld offered more chances to play actively than the King's Indian
with ...d6}
 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nfd7 {Black is a
tempo up on a variation of the Queen's Gambit Accepted, but it's not a
very good variation and even with the extra tempo Black's position is
difficult to activate.} 8. O-O Nc6
 (8... Nb6 9. Bb3 Nc6)
 (8... c5)
  9. a3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11.  e4 Nb6 12. Be2 h6 13.  Be3 f5 14.
exf5 Nxf5 15. Bc5 Nd6 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. Qb3 Rf7 18. Qb4 a5 19. Qb3 Nd7
20. Be3 Qe7 21. Rad1 Raf8 22. Nb5 Nf6 23. Nh4 Nfe4 24. Nxf5 Nxf5
 (24 ... Rxf5!? 25. f3 Ng5 26. Bc5 e4)
  25.  d6 Nexd6 26.  Nxd6 Nxd6 27. Bc5 Kh7 28. Bc4 Rf4 29. Bd5
e4
{Both sides were getting rather short of time: about 15m left for the
next 10 tricky moves. White, having played very well up to here, grabs
a hot pawn.}
  30. Qxb7
 (30. Bxb7 a4 31. Qe3 Bxb2)
 {Black takes a deep breath, and...}
 30... Rxf2 {!?}
 (30... e3 {may also have been worth a punt})
 (30... Nxb7 {is safer, to say the least} 31. Bxe7 Re8 32. g3 Rf5
33. Bxe4 Rxe7 34. Bxb7 Bxb2)
 31. Rxf2 Rxf2 32. Bxd6 {!}
 (32. Bxf2 Nxb7)
 (32. Kxf2 Qf6+ 33. Kg1 Nxb7)
 32... Qf6 {(with a nonchalant expression: either
recapture loses the Queen!)}
 (32... Qxd6 33. Bg8+ Kxg8 34. Rxd6 cxd6 35. Kxf2)
  33. Bc5 Rxb2 {?}
 (33... Rxg2+)
  34.  Bd4 {?}
 (34. Qc8 {! is much better, but may still be worth only a draw
after} 34... Rxg2+ 35. Kh1 Rxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kf1
Qf3+ 39. Ke1 Qh1+ 40. Kd2 {?}
 (40. Kf2{!} Qf3+ {draw(!) by perpetual check})
 40... Qg2+ 41. Ke1 Bc3+ 42. Rd2 Qxd2+ 43. Kf1 Qxd5 {winning})
  34... Rxg2+ {?}
 (34... Qxd4+ {simple, really, and forcing, so I should have
spotted it, but I had fallen into a rut of thinking about the move
actually played.} 35. Rxd4 Bxd4+ 36. Kf1 Rxb7 37. Bxb7)
 35. Kxg2
 (35. Kh1 {! declining, was the critical line: Now}
 35... Qf3
 36. Qb3 Bxd4 37. Qxf3 exf3 38. Rxd4 {when Black has some chances
with the pawns against the piece, but the Queen's side pawns are split.})
 (or 35... Qf4 36. Bg8+ Kh8 37. Bxg7+ Kxg7 38. Rd7+ Kh8 39. Kxg2
Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Qg4+ 41. Kf2 Qf3+ 42. Ke1 Qh1+ 43. Ke2 {with a draw by
perpetual}
 (not 43. Kd2 e3+ 44. Kxe3 Qxb7))
 (or 35... Rxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qg4+ 38. Kf2 Qxd1 39. Bxg7
Qd2+ 40. Kg3 Qe3+ {when Black should probably take the draw by
perpetual check})
  35... Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qxd1+ 37. Kg2 {(?)}
 (37. Kf2 {is a little harder to catch} 37... Bxd4+ 38. Kg3 Qf3+
39. Kh4 Bf6#)
  37... Qf3+
 (37... Qf3+ 38.Kg1 Bxd4# {The Black Bishop, which has been
sitting bored at home on g7 all game, finally has its
moment.
At this point, after some grunts (expressions of disbelief, I think), my
opponent paid me his compliment: A f*cking cheapo, you bl**dy swindling bastard.
})
  0-1

[Event "ICS"]
[Site "D-FICS"]
[Date "1996.1.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "DrDave"]
[Black "Walt"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4
{*Walt tells you: a very good afternoon*}
1... Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Be7
6. O-O O-O 7. Bb3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7
11. Bf4 Bf6 12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Qxe5 Qd6 15. Rfe1 Qc6
16. f3 Qxc3 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Re3 Qc6 19. c4 Qd6 20. Qxd6 Rxd6
21. c5 bxc5 22. dxc5 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8 24. Bc2 Kf8 25. Ra3 a6
26. Bd3 Ra8 27. Kf2 a5 28. Bb5 c6 29. Bd3 h6 30. Ke3
30... Ke7
31. Be4 f5 32. Bc2 g6 33. f4 Kf6 34. Kd4 g5 35. g3 Bc8
36. Ba4 Bd7 37. Rb3 Ra7 38. Rb6 gxf4 39. gxf4 h5 40. Bxc6 Bxc6
41. Rxc6 Rd7+ 42. Rd6 Ke7 43. Ke5 Rxd6 44. cxd6+ Kd7 45. a4
45... h4
46. h3 Kd8 47. Kxe6 Ke8 48. Kxf5 Kd7 49. Ke5 Kd8 50. Ke6 Ke8
51. d7+ Kd8 52. f5
{*Walt tells you: you played me a set of dirty schwindles... I should
have won :)*}
{Walt resigns} 1-0