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News & Notes 11
By ICCF GM Yoav Dothan

I will be happy to get comments or analyzed games – you can e-mail them directly to me.

Beautiful Combinations

(1) Alekseev,Evgeny (2644) - Chuprov,D (2527) [B16]
59th ch-RUS 1st League Tomsk RUS (1), 03.09.2006

Here Black could finish the game with 22...Rxc3+ 23.bxc3 Rxc3+ 24.Kb2 Rc2+ 25.Ka1 Bd3

22...Re5 and Black resigned at move 29.

(2) Sitnikov,D (2430) - Kornev,Alexei (2568) [B14]
59th ch-RUS 1st League Tomsk RUS (1), 03.09.2006

Here Black had the nice move 30...Nf6 31.Qf3 Nxe4

30...g6 31.Qg5 Rf8 32.Rc4 Qa5 33.b4 Ra1+ 34.Kh2 Qb5 35.Rc5 Qf1 36.Rd8 Qg1+ 37.Kg3 Ra3+ 38.f3 Ra2 39.Rxf8+ Kxf8 40.Qd8+ Kg7 41.Qf6+

And here White missed the win: 41.Bf6+ Kh6 42.Bg5+ Kh5 43.Bd2 and wins.

41...Kh6 ½–½

(3) McShane,L (2614) - Williams,Si (2473) [C05]
ch-EU Liverpool ENG (5), 10.09.2006

Black 's position seems very strong, but White has now a move that can change everything: 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.Ng5 Qg6 27.Rxh7 0–0–0 28.Kf2 Rh8 29.Rxh8 Rxh8 30.b5 with a large advantage.

25.Kf1 0–0–0 26.Ne1 Bd1 27.Be3 d4 28.Bf2 Bg4 29.Rh4 Ne7 30.Rh2 and White's position gradually deteriorated till he resigned on move 51.

(4) Ciuksyte,D (2440) - McShane,L (2614) [C95]
ch-EU Liverpool ENG (2), 07.09.2006

After 48 moves Ciuksyte had a chance to play a wonderful move, and win a game against the much higher rated McShane. Try to guess the move!

49.Rxg6+?±

49.Qf5 Qg7 50.Rxd7

49...Kh7 50.Qf5 and a draw was agreed after 84 moves.

(5) Quillan,G (2344) - Conquest,S (2534) [B30]
ch-EU Liverpool ENG (4), 09.09.2006

Now White can assure his well deserved win by 31.e6 Nxe6 32.Nc3 Qg2 33.Qxe6 Rhd8 34.Ne4 Ba3 35.Rf7

31.Nd6+ Ka6 32.Qxd5 cxd5 33.Rf7 Rc7+-

Another possibility to win: 34.e6 Nxe6 35.Nb5 Rb7 36.Nc7+ Rxc7 37.Bxc7 or 34.Rf4 Rc3 35.Bf2 Rf3 36.Rxd4 Bxd6 37.exd6 Rxf2 38.Rxd5

34.Nf5 and draw was agreed at move 45.

(6) Ragger,M (2456) - Sommerbauer,N (2468) [B48]
ch-AUT Koeflach AUT (2), 03.09.2006

It is not easy to calculate all the variations , but the simple 18...gxh6 wins. For example 19.a4 (19.Bxg6 Qxb5 20.Rxf8+ Bxf8 21.Bf7+ Kxf7)

18...Rf6 and Black resigned at move 37.

(7) Stanec,N (2517) - Moser,E (2395) [A16]
ch-AUT Koeflach AUT (3), 04.09.2006

Black could probably win by 33...Re8 34.Rxc1 Qd5 35.Re1 Qxe4 36.Rxe4 Kg7 37.Re1 Nc2

33...Qd5 34.Nxd7 Qxd7 35.Rxc1 Re8 36.Be5 Qc6 37.Qxd4 cxd4 38.Rxc6 Rxe5 39.Rc2 d3 40.Rd2 ½–½

(8) Zsifkovits,R (2158) - Ragger,M (2456) [B44]
ch-AUT Koeflach AUT (3), 04.09.2006

White has now a beautiful move: 26.Ndc5 Rfe8 27.Nb7 Rc8 28.Nxd6 Bxd6 29.Rxd6 with advantage.

26.Nb4 Nxb4 27.Bxb4 e5 28.Rd3 Bxg4 29.Qxg4 Rc8 30.Rfd1 Ne7 31.Kb1 Kh8 32.Bxd6 Bxd6 33.Rxd6 Qc4 34.R1d2 Ng6 35.h4 b4 36.axb4 Qxb4 37.h5 Ne7 38.Rd7 Rce8

White continued the game nicely, and reached a position where he has a large advantage. He could play now 39.Rc7 Rf6 40.Rd5 Kg8 41.Qd7 or 39.Ra7 Rf6 40.Rdd7 Kg8 41.Qg5

39.Qe6 Ng8 40.Qd6 and White resigned after 61 moves.

(9) Freitag,M (2413) - Diermair,A (2357) [C68]
ch-AUT Koeflach AUT (3), 04.09.2006

Check the nice move 36...Bxh2. Difficult to calculate during the game...

36...Rg8 37.Qxf2 Rg6 38.Rg1 Rg4 39.Rxg4 hxg4 40.Ng1

Better is 40...Qh7 41.Qg2 Bxh2 42.Qxh2 Qxe4+ 43.Qg2 Rh8+

40...Qh6 41.Ne2 Rf8 42.Qg2 Be3 43.h3 gxh3 44.Qg4 Rf1+ 45.Kh2 Qf8 46.Ng3 Rf2+ 47.Kxh3 Bf4 48.Qg6 Bxg3 0–1

(10) Kuba,G (2391) - Diermair,A (2357) [C47]
ch-AUT Koeflach AUT (4), 05.09.2006

White had a nice move: 27.Qg6 Qf7 28.Rxf6 Qxg6 29.Rxg6 Rf8 30.Rxh6+

27.b3 a4 28.Bxf6

The same move can still be played.

28...gxf6 29.Qh5 Qg7 30.Re8 Re7? 31.R8xe7 1–0

(11) Moser,E (2395) - Freitag,M (2413) [D27]
ch-AUT Koeflach AUT (5), 06.09.2006

Much better is 31.Rc7+ Kf6 32.Qd8+ Ke5 33.Qg5+ f5 (33...Kd6 34.Qe7+ Ke5 35.Qxf7 Qa5 36.b4 Qa2 37.Rc1 Bxf2+ 38.Qxf2 Qxf2+ 39.Kxf2) 34.Qg3+ f4 35.Qxg7+ Kd6 36.Qe7+ Ke5 37.Rc2 f3 38.gxf3 Bc4 39.Re2+

31.Qc2 f5 32.b4 Kf6 33.Kf1=

And White managed to win at move 54.

(12) Freitag,M (2413) - Neubauer,M (2480) [D85]
ch-AUT Koeflach AUT (8), 09.09.2006

Here White could win the endgame by playing 35.Nxd7 Kxd7 36.Kd4 a4 37.Kc4 b3 38.axb3 a3 39.Kc3.

35.d6 + Ke8 36.Kd5 a4 37.Kc4 b3 38.axb3 axb3 39.Kxb3 Bg4 ½–½

(13) Lovkov,R (2384) - Can,E (2301) [B50]
Petrovskaja Ladja S Peterhof RUS (11), 20.08.2006

Here White can force the win: 47.Qe5+ Kd7 (47...Kf8 48.Be6 Ba4 49.Qh8+ Ke7 50.Qf6+ Kd6 51.Qxd8+) 48.Be6+ Kc6 49.Qc5+ Kb7 50.Bd5+ Qxd5 51.Qxd5+

47.Qxh7+ Kd6 48.Qxg6+ Kc7 49.Qg7+ Qd7 50.Qxd7+ Kxd7 51.f4 d2 52.Be2 Ke6 53.Kf2 Kf5 54.Ke3 1–0

(14) Swinkels,R (2286) - Taylor,Mart (2332) [C45]
ch-EU Liverpool ENG (4), 09.09.2006

Here White has a very nice move: 28.Qb4 f4 29.Ne8 Rxe8 30.Rxe8+ Kg7 31.Qe7+ Qxe7 32.Rxe7+ or 28.Qd2 c5 29.Nf7+ Rxf7 30.Bxf7 Qd4+ 31.Qxd4+ cxd4 32.Re7

28.Nf7+ Kg8 29.Nd6+ [Better is 29.Ne5+ d5 30.Nd7 Qd8 31.Nxf8 Kxf8] 29...Kh8 30.h4 [Stronger is 30.Qb4 c5 31.Qxc5+-] 30...c5 31.Bd5 b4 32.Nf7+ Rxf7 33.Bxf7 Qxf7 34.Qd6 Kg8 35.Re7 Qf8 36.Qd5+ Kh8 37.Qe5+ Kg8 38.Re8 1–0

(15) Devereaux,M (2377) - Meijers,V (2474) [E04]
ch-EU Liverpool ENG (4), 09.09.2006

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.0–0 Rb8 7.a4 a6 8.a5 Nd5 9.e4 Nb4 10.Na3 b5 11.axb6 Nxb6 12.Ne5 Bb7

Here White could play along well known paths: 13.Qh5 g6 14.Nxg6 fxg6 15.Qe5 Kf7 16.Qxh8

13.Naxc4 Nxc4 14.Qa4+ c6 15.Nxc4 Be7 16.Bf4 Rc8 17.d5 exd5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Qxd5 20.Rfe1 Kf8

White has a won position.

21.Nb6 Qf5 22.Nxc8 Qxc8 23.Qe4 Bc5 24.Ra5 f5 25.Bd6+ 1–0

(16) Wallace,P (2242) - Robertson,David [B82]
ch-EU Liverpool ENG (2), 07.09.2006

Here White could win nicely, try to find the way.

28.Qh6?= [ 28.Qg5+ Kd6 29.Qd2+ Kc7 30.Qd7+] draw was agreed at move 69.

(17) Conquest,S (2534) - Devereaux,M (2377) [B25]
ch-EU Liverpool ENG (3), 08.09.2006

White has a few moves that could give him some chances for a win, for example:

30.Bxe6 fxe6 31.Rf3 Rb7 32.Rf6 Rh5 33.g4 Rg5 34.Qf4; or

30.g4 Qh4 31.Qxh4 Rxh4 32.Bxe6 fxe6 33.Rxe6 Rh8 34.Rxd6 Rf8 35.Rd7+ Kg8 36.Rxf8+ Kxf8 37.Rxa7; or even

30.g4 Qh4 31.Qxh4 Rxh4 32.Bxe6 fxe6 33.Rxe6 Rh8 34.Rxd6 Rf8 35.Rd7+ Kg8 36.Rxf8+ Kxf8 37 Rxg2. Instead...

30.Qd2= Rxh3+ 31.Kg2 Rxb3 32.axb3 Qg5 33.Rxf7+ Kg8 34.Rf8+ Kg7 35.Rf7+ Kg8 36.Rf8+ ½–½

(18) Meijers,V (2474) - Grant,J (2251) [B13]
ch-EU Liverpool ENG (3), 08.09.2006

Black has now a nice move to win the game: 26...Nh3 27.Kg2 R8e3 28.Qd1 Qf5

26...Qh3? 27.gxf4 R8e3?² 28.Qd1 Qh4 29.Qxd5 Qxf4 30.Qxb7 Rxc3 31.Rae1 Rxa2 32.Re8+ Kh7 33.Qb8 Qd4 34.Rh8+ Kg6 35.Rg1 Kf5 36.Qb7 Qe4+ 37.Qxe4+ Kxe4 38.Re8+ Kf4 39.Rg4+ Kf5 40.Rxg7 Kf6 41.Rg1 Rxb3 42.Ng4+ Kg7 43.Nxh6+ Kf6 44.Ng4+ Kf5 45.Ne3+ Kf6 46.Rg3 Rb1+ 47.Kg2 Rb7?

Try to find in your mind a forced mate in a few moves.

48.Rf3+ [48.Nd5+ Kf5 49.Rf3+ Kg6 50.Rg8+ Kh7 51.Nf6+ Kh6 52.Rh3#] and Black resigned on move 54.

(19) Medvegy,Z (2518) - Savory,R (2101) [B80]
ch-EU Liverpool ENG (3), 08.09.2006

Here Medvegy could play 44.e6+ and then either:

44...Kxe6 45.Rg6+ Kf7 46.Bxh8 Kxg6 47.Be5 Bc5 48.b7 Ba7 49.Kd5 Kg5 50.Kc6 Kf5 51.Bc7 Ke4 52.Kb5 Kf5 53.Ka6; or

44...Kc6 45.Rxe7 h2 46.Rc7+ Kd6 47.Be5+ Kxe6 48.Bxh2 Rxh2 49.Kd4 Rb2 50.Rg7 Kd6 51.Rg6+ Kd7 52.Kc3 Rb5 53.Kc4. Instead...

44.Rg1 and draw was agreed on move 103.

(20) Lauterbach,I (2120) - Rudd,J (2328) [E65]
ch-EU Liverpool ENG (5), 10.09.2006

White has now a long move, that probably wins: 18.Qh4 h6 19.Rxc8 Nxc8 20.Nf3 g5 21.Qb4 Nd6 22.Nxe5

18.Rxc8 Bxa4 19.Rxf8+ Bxf8 20.Rd5–+ and White resigned on move 34.

(21) Brandenburg,D (2392) - Dgebuadze,A (2527) [C06]
ch-EU Liverpool ENG (6), 11.09.2006

White could win now with: 39.Rf3 Kg6 40.Kg1 e5 41.dxe5 g4 42.Rf2 Qe6 43.Qd3+ Kg5 44.Qe3+ Kh5 45.Kh2

39.Qxg5 Qxd3 40.Qh5+ Kg8 41.Qe8+ Kh7 42.Qh5+ ½–½