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News & Notes 7
By ICCF GM Yoav Dothan

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

(1) Wang Yue (2626) - Almasi,Z (2672) [E20]
4th Marx Gyצrgy Mem Paks HUN (10), 07.08.2006

White could try 38.Nxg6+ Kg8 39.e5 dxe5 40.Nxe5 Bxf3 41.Qxf3 Bd6 42.g6 Bxe5 43.Qxh5 with a large advantage.

38.Rff1 Bg7 39.Nd5 Be5 40.Rc2 Be6 41.Bh3 Ng7 42.Rcf2 Rf8 43.Nf4Bxf4 44.Rxf4 Bxh3 45.Qxh3 Qd4 46.c5 dxc5 47.bxc5 Qxc5 48.Rxf7 Rxf7 49.Rxf7 Qb4 50.Qd3 Qe1+ 51.Kg2

Black's position is not too bad. He could continue 51...Kh7 52.Rf2 a3 53.Qd4 a5 54.Qd5 Qb4 55.Re2 a4.

51...Qxh4?+- Now White can win at once with 52.Qd4 Qxg5+ 53.Kf3 Qg4+ 54.Kf2 Qh4+ 55.Ke2 Qg4+ 56.Kd2 and in a few moves there will be more checks... but White errs too.

52.Qd8+ Kh7 53.Qe7 Qg4+ 54.Kf2 Qh4+ 55.Ke3 Qe1+ 56.Kd4 Qd2+ 57.Kc5 Qc3+

Another possibility for White: 58.Kb6 Kg8 59.Qf8+ Kh7 60.Rd7 a3 61.Qf6 Qb4+ 62.Ka7 and White is much better.

58.Kd6= a3 59.Qe5 Qb4+ 60.Qc5 Qxe4 61.Kc7 Qe8 62.Re7??–+

White had to play 62.Rd7 a2 63.Qd4 Qf8 64.Kc6

62...a2 63.Rxe8 Nxe8+ 64.Kd7 a1Q 65.Kxe8 Qg7 66.Qa5 Qb7 67.Kf8 h4 68.Qe5

Now Black has a winning position: 68...Qb4+ 69.Kf7 Qb3+ 70.Ke7 Qg3 71.Qd5 Qc7 72 Ke8 Qb8+ or 68...Qc8+ 69.Ke7 Qg4 70.Ke8 Qa4+ 71.Kd8 Qb4 72.Qe3 a5

68...h3 69.Qg3 Qc8+ 70.Ke7 Qc5+ 71.Kf7 Qf5+ 72.Ke7 Qe4+ 73.Kf7

Now Black must play 73...Qc4+ 74.Kf6 Qf1+ 75.Ke7 a5 76.Ke8 Qb5+

73...Qd5+ 74.Ke7 Qb7

A draw was agreed on the 85^th move.

(2) Tiviakov,S (2668) - Nijboer,F (2598) [B22]
Dutch Open Dieren NED (6), 31.07.2006

For many moves White had an advantage and now he could play 51.f4 and enhance it further: 51...Rd8 52.Qe5+ Kf7 53.Ra6 Rd5 54.Qh8 Rd8 55.Qh7+ Kf6 56.Qh6 Qd7 57.Kh2 or 51...Rd7 52.Ra8 e5 53.Qh8+ Qg7 54.Rf8+ Ke6 55.Re8+ Kf7 56.Qxg7+ Kxg7 57.Rxe5

51.Rg3±

Now Black could play 51...Qxb4 52.Qh8+ Ke7 53.Kh2 Qd6

51...Qd8 52.Qb7 Qd7 53.Qa8 Kg7 54.Ra3 Rd1+ 55.Kh2 Qc7+ 56.g3 Rd8 57.Qa5 Qd6 58.Rf3 Qd5 59.Qa3 e5 60.Qc3 Rd6 61.Re3 Qd4 62.Qe1 e4 63.Kg2 c5 64.bxc5 Qxc5 65.Rc3 Rd1 66.Qxd1 Qxc3 67.Qb3 Qd2 68.a4 Qa5 69.h4 Qa8 70.Kg1 e3 71.fxe3 Qf3 72.Qc3+ Kh7 73.Qe1 Qg4 74.a5 Qa4 75.Qd2 Qa1+ 76.Kg2 Qa4 77.Kf2 Qa1 78.Qb4 Qa2+ 79.Ke1 Qa1+ 80.Kd2 Qa2+ 81.Kc3 Qe2 82.Qe7+ Kh6 83.Qe5 Kh7 84.Kb4 Qa6 85.h5 Qb7+ 86.Ka3 Qd7

White is winning, and could finish the game at once with 87.h6 g5 88.Qg7+ Qxg7 89.hxg7 Kxg7 90.a6

87.hxg6+ Kxg6 88.Qd4 Qc8 89.Kb3 Kh5 90.Qd6 Qb7+ 91.Kc3 Qe4 92.Qc5 Qb1

Another good move was at White's disposal: 93.g4+ Kh4 94.gxf5 Qa1+ 95.Kb3

93.Kc4 Kg4 94.Qe5 Qa2+ 95.Kb5 Qb3+ 96.Kc6 Qc4+ 97.Kd7 Qa4+ 0–1

I must assume that White had only a few seconds in the last stage and that he lost on time.

(3) Brandenburg,D (2392) - Tiviakov,S (2668) [B22]
Dutch Open Dieren NED (7), 01.08.2006

After playing very well White misses his chance for a draw: 40.Rb6 Nd5 41.Re2+ Ne3 42.Kf3 Ra3 or 40.Re2 Ra1 41.Re1 Ra2+ 42.Re2 Ra1

40.Rh7–+Ra1 41.Rb7 Rf1+ 42.Ke2 Rh1 43.Rb5+ Nd5 44.Rb3 Ke4 45.Kf2 f3 46.Rbd3 Rh2+ 47.Kf1 Rxh3 48.Rd4+ Ke5 49.Kf2 Nc3 0–1

(4) Swinkels,R (2286) - Erenburg,S (2585) [B44]
Dutch Open Dieren NED (9), 03.08.2006

Black could get a won position after 43...Qb1+ 44.Kf2 Qa2+ and wins the knight.

43...e4? 44.Qxe4?–+

White could assure the draw with 44.Qe6 and 44...Kg7 45.Qe7+ Kg8 46.Qe6+ Kg7 or 44...Kf8 45.Qxf6+ Kg8 46.Qe6+ Kg7

44...Kf7 45.Kf2 Qxa5 46.Ne1 Qe5

46...d3 47.Nxd3 Qd2+ is stronger.

The game continued 'till this position where Black made an error in a won endgame:

96...Ke3 97.Ke1 f2+ 98.Kf1 Kf3 99.h3 Ke3

96...Ke5?= 97.Kf2 Ke4 98.Ke1 Ke3 99.Kf1 Kd4 100.Kf2 Ke4 101.Ke1 Kf5 102.Kf2 Kg4 103.Kg1 Kh3 104.Kh1 Kg4 105.Kg1 Kf4 106.Kf2 h3 107.Kf1 Ke4 108.Kf2 Kf4 109.Kf1 Ke3 110.Ke1 Kd3 111.Kf2 Ke4 112.Kf1 Ke3 113.Ke1 f2+ 114.Kf1 Kf3 ½–½

(5) Li Shilong (2540) - Van den Berg,Ha (2180) [A81]
Dutch Open Dieren NED (6), 31.07.2006

After playing well against a much higher rated player Black could play now 21...Nb6 with an equal position. Instead came 21...e5 22.Bxd5+ 1–0 as the mate is inevitable.

(6) Valenti,G (2273) - Odendahl,R (2389) [B35]
Dutch Open Dieren NED (6), 31.07.2006

The simple h6, opening room for the black king, is enough to win: 28...h6 29.Qd8+ Kh7 30.Be2 Bxe4 31.Qxa5 Qxh3+ 32.Kg1 Qg3+ 33.Kf1 Bd3 34.Bxd3 Qxf3+ 35.Bf2

28...Qxh3+ 29.Kg1 Qh4 30.Qd7 h5 31.Bf2 Qf4 32.Qd8+ Kh7= 33.Qxa5 Bxe4 34.fxe4 Qxe4 35.Bf1 Qg4+ 36.Bg2 h4 37.Qb4 Qd1+ 38.Bf1 g5 39.Bxa7 Qf3 40.Qd6 Qg4+ 41.Kf2 Qf5+ 42.Ke2 Qe4+

The position has changed, now White is winning. Kd2 or Be3 are good moves. Next comes a long series of unbelievable moves:

43.Kd1??–+ 43...Qa4+ 44.b3 Qxa7–+

43...Qb7?+- 44.Qb6 Qd5+ 45.Bd3+??–+ Hard to believe: 45.Kc2!

45...f5?± 45...Qxd3+ wins for Black.

46.Qf2??–+ 46.Kc2

46...h3?± 46...Qxd3+

47.Be3??–+ 47.Kc2

47...g4? 47...Qxd3+

48.Bf4??–+ 48.Kc2

48...Kg6? 48...Qxd3+

49.Kc2 Bh6 50.Bxh6= Kxh6 51.Qh4+ Kg7 52.Qg5+ Kf7 53.Qh5+ Kg7 54.Qg5+ Kf7 55.Qh5+ Kg7 ½–½

(7) Otte,Mari (2117) - Van Assendelft,F (2243) [B99]
Dutch Open Dieren NED (6), 31.07.2006

White can force the draw now with 30.Qh8+ Bf8 31.Qh5 Bd6 32.Qh8+ Bf8 30.Kd7 Qh3

30.Qf3 Did White think that he can get an advantage with this move? He will lose a pawn very soon, and the pair of bishops should bring Black the whole point.

30...Qc4 31.b3 Bxd5 and White lost at move 45.

(8) Miedema,R (2218) - Bloemhard,R (2092) [E92]
Dutch Open Dieren NED (6), 31.07.2006

White could simply take Q:f5; two moves later the same move leads to mate.

25.Rxg7 Kh8 26.Rg8+ Kh7 27.R8g2

27.Qxf5+ Rxf5 28.R1g7 is mate.

27...Qh5 28.Bxc5 dxc5 29.Ne4 1–0

(9) Neuer,T (2080) - Ten Hagen,Y (2127) [E61]
Dutch Open Dieren NED (9), 03.08.2006

White has a nice, forced win : 38.Bg1 Nf2+ 39.Bxf2 Qxf2 40.c7 Be6 41.Bb7 Bh6 42.Nf3 Qxc2 43.Rxc2. Instead he played 38.Rf1 and the game was drawn 20 moves later.

(10) Afek,Y (2316) - Sinke,Wim [B06]
HZ Open Vlissingen NED (1), 05.08.2006

After 28 moves Black could create a huge surprise by winning his game: unrated vs an IM rated 2316!

28...Rxg2 29.Rxg2 Nxg2 30.Bxh6 Qxh6 31.Bxd5 Ne3 32.Qf2 Nxd5; or 29.Bxd5 Rxg1+ 30.Qxg1 Rxd5 31.a6 b6 32.Qf1 Nd6.

Another possibility to get an advantage was 28... Nh3.

Black played 28...Nxg2 and after some mistakes lost the game on move 42.