1st Email Olympiad, 2000
Anthony Barnsley
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C45. 1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.d4 exd4 The
Scotch."It abounds in chess"-J.H.Blackburne 4.Nxd4
Nf6 5.Nxc6
bxc6 6.e5
Qe7 7.Qe2
Nd5 8.c4
Ba6 9.b3
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| [9...Qh4!?] | |
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10.g3 Re8
11.Bb2 f6
12.Bg2 fxe5
13.Nd2 Nf6
14. | |
| [24.Bxd4 c5 25.Bb2 d4] | |
| 24...Kb8 | |
[24...dxc4 25.bxc4
c5 26.Rd2
Bxc4 27.Rfd1 ] | |
| 25.Qxh5 e3 # 26.Rxg4! e2 27.Bc3! Rf8 28.Rd4 exf1=Q+ 29.Bxf1 Ref6 30.f4 dxc4 31.Qa5! c5?! But the alternative seems no better | |
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[31...Qxa5 32.Bxa5
c5 33.Rxc4
Bxc4 34.Bxc4] | |
| 32.Qxb6+ Rxb6 | |
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[32...cxb6 33.Rd1
R6f7 34.Be5+
Kc8 35.bxc4] | |
33.Rxc4 Much better than
capturing with the Bishop Bxc4 34.Bxc4
Rd6 35.Kf2
Kb7 36.h4
Kc6 37.a4
Rd4 The Bishops are just
too strong 38.Kf3 Rfd8
39.Bxd4 cxd4
40.Ke4 Kc5
41.f5 Re8+
42.Be6! Rh8
43.b4+!! Kxb4
44.Kxd4 c5+
45.Ke5 c4
46.Bxc4
Kxc4 47.f6
Re8+ 48.Kd6 #And
Black resigned.The Rook is no match for the King and his foot soldiers
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