Shaobin, Wu - Thong, Tu Hoang
SEA Games Ind. Semi Finals 1st Leg, 2001

Tu Hoang Thong


A81. 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 d6 7.Bb2 Qe8 8.Nbd2 Nc6 9.Nc4!? #9.Re1 followed by 10.e4 is the normal continuation. h6 10.d5 Nb4 11.Ne3 Qf7
[11...c5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.a3 Na6 14.b4 Rb8 15.c4 c5 16.b5 Nc7 17.Nh4! Pugachev-Rublevsky, USSR 1991 (Pedersen)]
12.Ne1
[12.c4 f4 13.Nc2 Nxc2 14.Qxc2 fxg3 15.hxg3 g5 0-1 Pina,U-Nunez Vallina,J/Capablanca mem-C 1992/TD (40)]
12...f4!? #Sharpening the game considerably. 13.gxf4 Nh5 14.Bxg7 Qxg7 15.a3 Na6 16.Nd3 Nxf4 17.Nxf4 Rxf4 18.Nc4 Bg4 19.f3 Bd7 20.e3 Rf7 #The position is difficult for both sides to handle.Black has weaknesses on b7 and g6 but his Bishop seens more active than his counterpart. 21.Na5?! 21.Qe2 is more solid Qc3! 22.Qe1 Qxc2 23.b4 Rb8 24.Rf2 Qa4 25.Qc3 c5 26.dxc6 bxc6 27.f4 c5! #Entering the tactical phase, worse is 27...d5? 28.Qd4! 28.Bf1 cxb4 29.axb4 Qxb4 30.Qxb4 Nxb4 31.Rb2 Na6 32.Rxb8+ Nxb8 33.Rc1 Rf5! 34.Rb1 Rxa5 35.Rxb8+ Kf7 36.h4 Be6 37.Rb2 Ra3 38.e4 Rf3 39.f5? gxf5 40.exf5 Rxf5 41.Rb7 a5 42.Ra7 Bb3 43.Be2 a4 44.h5 Kf6 45.Kg2 Re5 46.Bf3 Re1 47.Rb7 Bf7 48.Ra7 Ra1 49.Kg3 a3 50.Ra4 a2 51.Rf4+ Kg7 52.Rg4+ Kf8 53.Rf4 Rg1+ white resigns

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