[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zier, Ludwig"]
[Black "Heidrich, M.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "Ludwig Zier"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. a4 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 {
# At this point I worked out the forced win all the way to the end of the game.
} 14. axb5 axb5 15. Bxd5 Rxa1 16. Bxc6 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 f5 (17... h6 18. Bxd7+
Bxd7 19. Be3 $16) 18. Bxd7+ Bxd7 19. e6 Bxe6 20. Rd8+ Kf7 21. Ne5+ Kg8 22. Be7
{#} 1-0

[Event "German Team Cup Final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zier, Ludwig"]
[Black "Schuh, Hubert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Junior Tay"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 (5. Bc4 e6 6. f5 Nge7 $1 7. fxe6
fxe6 8. d3 d5 9. Bb3 b5 $1 $15 {
is the reason for the decline of the Bc4 Grand Prix Attack.}) 5... Nd4 6. O-O
Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Nh6 $5 {This allows Black the option of a future f7-f5 which will
allow Black to stem any White Kingside ambitions. The main problem for Black
however, would be to ensure that this N does not get misplaced and become
irrelevant in the scheme of things.} ({
Three years ago, Zier drew against the late GM Geraldo Barbero after} 7... a6
8. Nc3 d6 9. d3 Nf6 10. Qe1 h6 11. Bd2 b5 12. Kh1 b4 13. Nd1 a5 14. Ne3 d5 15.
e5 Ng4 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. Qg3 Qd7 18. h3 Bf5 19. Nh4 c4 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Qf3
cxd3 22. cxd3 h5 23. a3 bxa3 24. Rxa3 {
1/2-1/2 Zier,L-OTB-GM Barbero,G/Bozen 1989 (24)}) (7... d5 {Shredder 6.02 (20s)
} 8. exd5 a6 9. Nc3 Bd4+ 10. Kh1 Nf6 11. Ne2 Nxd5 12. Nexd4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nb4
14. c3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. d4 Be6 17. b3 Bd5 18. Re1 f5 19. Re5 O-O 20. Ba3
Rf7 21. Qe2 Be4 22. Bc5 {
Christiansen,L-Lobron,E/Essen 1999/CBM 71/[Bangiev]/1-0 (33)}) 8. d3 O-O (8...
f5 9. a4 O-O 10. Qe1 b6 11. e5 Bb7 12. Bd2 Bc6 13. Qh4 a6 14. Nc3 Nf7 15. Kh1
e6 16. Qf2 d6 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Be3 e5 $1 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Zueger,B/Dortmund 1980 (29)}) 9. Qe1 a6 10. Nc3 e6 11. Bd2
b6 12. Qg3 f5 13. Rae1 Bb7 14. Nd1 Rc8 $6 (14... fxe4 15. dxe4 d5 $36) 15. Bc3
$1 {#Once White trades off the 'Dragon' B, he has a decent game.} 15... c4 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nc3 cxd3 18. cxd3 b5 19. Qf2 Kg8 20. Qd4 Qc7 21. a4 Qc5 $6 22.
Qxc5 Rxc5 23. Ne5 Rd8 24. axb5 axb5 25. exf5 Nxf5 26. Ne4 Rc2 27. Rf2 Rxf2 $2 {
Now White takes over the initiative.} (27... Rc7 $142 $5 $11) 28. Kxf2 d6 29.
Nf3 Rc8 $2 (29... h5 $142) 30. g4 $1 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Ng7 (31... Rc2+ 32. Re2
Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Ng7 34. Nd4 b4 35. Nc6 $18) 32. Rb4 $18 h5 33. h3 Rc2+ 34. Ke3
hxg4 35. hxg4 Rg2 36. Rxb5 $18 Rxg4 $4 (36... Ne8 $18) 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Ng5+
Ke7 39. Rb7+ Kf8 40. Nh7+ Ke8 41. Nf6+ Kd8 42. Nxg4 Nf5+ 43. Kd2 $18 1-0

[Event "Lugano"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ardaman, Miles"]
[Black "Zier, Ludwig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "Junior Tay"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.09"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 (7...
Be6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Ng5 $1 Bc8 10. Ndxe4 Nbd7 $6 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. f4 h6 13. Ne4
Nxe4 14. dxe4 Qb6+ 15. Kh2 Nf6 16. a4 Kh7 17. Qd3 Be6 18. b3 Rfd8 19. Ba3 Ne8
20. f5 Bc8 21. Rad1 Qc7 22. Bb2 $18 {
Depasquale,C-Butt,S/Thessaloniki 1988,1-0 (47)}) 8. Bxf3 c6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. a4 (
10. c3 Nc5 11. Qc2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bc7 13. Be2 a5 14. a4 h5 $6 15. h4 Qd7 16. Kg2
Rad8 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. f3 Rd7 19. Nc4 Rxd1 20. Bxd1 Qe6 {
White soon makes his Bishops' presence felt.} 21. Be2 Ra8 22. Be3 Nfd7 23. b4
axb4 24. cxb4 Na6 25. Qc3 Qe7 26. Rb1 $16 {
1-0 Rodgaard,J-Berg,K/Copenhagen 1986 (37)}) 10... a5 11. c3 Nc5 12. Qc2 Qd7
13. Kh2 dxe4 $1 14. dxe4 Bc7 15. Be2 $6 (15. Nb3 $14) 15... Rfd8 $15 16. Rd1
Qe6 17. b3 Ne8 $1 {#Good planning! Black decides to target the White King and
hence, a regrouping of this N is required  to allow the Q squares to harrass
the White Kingside.} 18. Rb1 Qf6 19. Kg2 Qg6 20. Ba3 Ne6 21. Kh2 Bb6 22. Rf1
Nf6 {# It is clear that Zier had outmanouvred his opponent. Black's pieces are
gradually finding good relevant squares near his opponent's King while White's
Bishops have been unable to influence the game.} 23. Rbd1 Ng5 24. Nc4 Bc7 25.
f3 Nh5 $1 26. h4 {# Now, there's no turning back for Black...} 26... Nxe4 $5 (
26... Nxg3 27. hxg5 Nxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Qxg5) 27. g4 $2 ({
Shredder 6 showed that the only defence is} 27. Rg1 $1 Nef6 (27... Nexg3 28.
Qxg6 hxg6 29. Rxg3 Nxg3 30. Kxg3 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 b5 32. axb5 cxb5 33. Ne3 $15)
28. Qxg6 hxg6 29. Bd6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Nxd6 b6 $15) 27... Qf6 28. fxe4 (
28. Qxe4 $4 Qxh4+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Nf4 $19) 28... Qxh4+ 29. Kg2 Qg3+ 30.
Kh1 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Nf4 32. Rf2 (32. Bf3 b5 33. Ne3 Rxd1 34. Qxd1 Bb6 $19) 32...
b5 {#} 33. Rh2 (33. Bd6 $142 Rxd6 $1 34. Rxd6 bxc4 35. Rxc6 Qg3+ 36. Kf1 Nh3
37. Rg2 Qf4+ 38. Ke1 cxb3 39. Qxb3 Bd8 $19) 33... Qg3+ 34. Kh1 bxc4 35. Rg1 Qe3
36. Bc1 cxb3 37. Qxb3 Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Braille World Ch. Wunsiedel (GER)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zier, Ludwig"]
[Black "Dragun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Annotator "Junior Tay"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Bxc6 $6 (5. Ba4) (5. Bc4) 5... dxc6
6. Nxe5 Qe7 (6... Qg5 $1 7. d4 (7. Nf3 Qxg2 8. Rg1 Qh3 9. Rg3 Qe6 $15) 7...
Qxg2 8. Qf3 Qxf3 9. Nxf3 $15 {0-1 Hubert,S-Ballon,G/Dornbirn 1990 (31)}) 7. d4
f6 8. Nf3 Qxe4+ 9. Be3 Be6 (9... Bd7 {is more prudent.}) 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Nbd2
Qd5 12. b4 g5 13. c4 Qd7 14. d5 $3 {# Beautiful! White clears the d4 square
for the N and now the b4-b5 break becomes extremely relevant.} 14... cxd5 15.
c5 Ne7 16. Nd4 $44 Nc6 17. Qb1 Rg8 $2 ({After} 17... Nxd4 $1 18. Bxd4 Bf5 19.
c6 $1 bxc6 20. Qb2 Bd3 $1 21. Rfe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Qc3 Bf5 24. Bxf6 Rg8
25. Nb3 Bd6 {Black is still kicking...}) 18. a4 $18 Nb8 (18... Nxd4 19. Bxd4
Bf5 20. Qb3 {Now Black cannot stop White from crashing through the Queenside.})
19. Rc1 c6 20. b5 f5 21. bxc6 Nxc6 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Nb3 {
#Now it's all over for Black. The attack is just too awesome to fend off.}
23... Bd7 24. Na5 $18 Qc7 25. c6 Bxc6 26. Qxf5+ Qd7 27. Nxc6 bxc6 28. Rxc6+ Kb7
29. Qb1+ {# A marvellous example of a square clearance for a piece outpost.}
1-0

[Event "EU/M/GT/309"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Prokofiew"]
[Black "Zier, Ludwig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "Junior Tay"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.09"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
dxc3 Re8 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nh3 {#Carsten Hansen, in his 'The Gambit Guide to the
English Opening 1...e5' considers that Black has comfortable equality here.}
10... h6 11. Nf4 Qe5 12. Rd1 Ne7 13. Be3 c5 14. Nd5 (14. Qd2 b6 15. b4 Ba6 16.
bxc5 bxc5 17. Qd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Karlsson,L-Sax,G/Hastings 1983(42)}) 14... Nexd5
15. cxd5 b6 16. c4 d6 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Bd2 ({More purposeful would be} 18. b4 $1
{as played by Hungarian GM Adorjan} 18... cxb4 19. Qa4 g5 20. Be3 Ng4 21. Bd4
$13 {1/2-1/2 Adorjan,A-Hjartarson,J/Akureyri 1988 (53)}) 18... Bf5 19. e3 $4 {
#Creating chronic light square weaknesses around the Kingside.} 19... Nh7 20.
Bc3 $2 (20. h4 {Preventing Ng5 allows White to stem the attack for a while
longer but the dice has been cast.}) 20... Qd7 21. b3 Bg4 22. Bxe4 {
# Allowing Black to finish off with a flourish after} 22... Rxe4 $1 23. Qxe4
Ng5 24. Qd3 Bf3 25. Kf1 (25. Bb2 Qh3 26. Qf1 Qg4 27. h4 Be2 28. Qg2 Nf3+ 29.
Kh1 Nxh4 30. Qh2 Nf3 31. Qg2 Qh5+ $19) 25... Be4 26. Qd2 Qh3+ 27. Ke2 Qh5+ 28.
Kf1 Qxh2 29. Qb2 Bf3 0-1

[Event "EU/M/GT/368"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zier, Ludwig"]
[Black "Gebhardt, Ulrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[Annotator "Ludwig Zier"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.09"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Qd6 (11... Nde7 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bh6 Bg7
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rad1 f6 16. Qc4 Bd7 17. d5 $1 exd5 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Qb5 Bxd5
20. Bxd5 Qc7 21. Bb3 $14 {Korolev-Razvaliev 1987-90}) (11... Nce7 12. Ne5 Nf5
$5 13. Ng4 $1 Nxd4 $2 14. Qd3 $1 Nxc3 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. bxc3 Nf3+ 17. Qxf3 Kxh7
18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Ba3 $1 Qxa3 20. Qe4+ g6 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Qe5 {
1-0 Pioch-Tseitlin 1985/91}) 12. Bc2 Nce7 13. Qd3 Ng6 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Nxf6+
Nxf6 16. Bg5 Nd5 17. Bb3 h6 (17... Bd7 18. h4 $5 {Zier}) 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. Ne5
Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bb5 21. Qg3 Ne7 22. Bc2 Nf5 23. Bxf5 exf5 {#} 24. e6 $1 fxe6 25.
Bxh6 Rf7 26. Bf4 $14 Bc4 27. Be5 Bd5 28. h4 Qb4 29. f4 Rc8 30. Rac1 Rxc1 31.
Rxc1 Qd2 32. Re1 {#} 32... Bc4 33. h5 Kf8 34. Bc3 Qd6 (34... Qd8 35. h6 gxh6
36. Bb4+ Ke8 37. Qg8+ $18) 35. Qg5 Qc5+ 36. Kh2 $16 {[P  d8#]} 36... Qe7 $2 {#}
37. Bb4 $1 {Zier/Europa Rochade} 1-0

[Event "EU/FSM/60 (European Ch.)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stern, Werner, Dr."]
[Black "Zier, Ludwig"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "Ludwig Zier"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.09"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1
O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7 17. Bh6+ Kg6 {#} 18. c3 (18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1
e5 $5 $146 {White must have been shocked to realize, that he will have played
the game of one move. Khalifman's opening novelty is so strong, that the whole
variation 15.Nxg7 will probably be put to rest by White players.} (19... Bd7
20. Rd4 Qe5 21. Be3 Bc6 22. Rg4+ Nxg4 23. Qxg4+ Kf6 24. Qh4+ Kg7 25. Bd4 Kg8
26. Bxe5 Bxe5 27. c3 {1-0 Korneev,O-Vakhidov,T/Ubeda/1997/ (36)}) (19... Be5
$142 20. Qe3 Ne4 $1 $13) (19... Qe5 20. Be3 Qh5 21. Qxh5+ Kxh5 22. Kxh2 Ng4+
23. Kg3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Sadvakasov,D/Lausanne/1999/ (54)}) 20.
Kxh2 (20. c3 Ng4 21. Bf8 e4 22. Qe2 Bf5 $19) 20... Ng4+ 21. Kg1 Kxh6 {
0-1 Zaw,W-Khalifman,A/Bali 2000/CBM 77/[Ftacnik] (21)} (21... Nxh6 22. Qg3+ Bg4
23. f3 Rd8 $17) 22. Qxf7 Qxf7 23. Bxf7 Bf5 24. Rd6+ Kg5 $19) (18. c4) 18... Nh5
19. Be3 (19. Bc1 $1 Bf4 $5 20. g4 Ng3+ $5 21. fxg3 Bxc1 22. Raxc1 b5 23. Bc2+
Kg7 24. Be4 Rb8 $11) 19... f5 20. g4 Nf6 21. gxf5+ (21. Bc2 h5 22. gxf5+ exf5
23. Qg2+ Ng4 24. f3 Bg3 25. fxg4 hxg4 26. Bd4 Rxd4 27. cxd4 Bd7 28. Kg1 Rh8 29.
Re3 Rh3 30. Qd5 Bf2+ {0-1 Sax,G-Tukmakov,V/Pula 2001/CBM 84 ext (30)}) 21...
exf5 22. Qg2+ Ng4 23. f3 b5 24. Bc2 Kf6 25. Bd4+ Be5 26. Rxe5 (26. fxg4 Bxd4
27. Bxf5 Bb7 28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Bc5 30. Qf5+ Kg7 31. Re6 $2 Qb7+ 32. Kh2
Rd2+ $19) 26... Nxe5 {#} 27. Qh2 (27. f4 Bb7 28. Bxe5+ Ke7 $17) (27. Rg1 Rxd4
28. Qg5+ Ke6 29. cxd4 $1 Ng6 (29... Nxf3 30. Qxf5+ Kd6 31. Qf4+ Kc6 $2 32. Rc1)
30. Bxf5+ $16) 27... Rxd4 28. cxd4 Bb7 29. dxe5+ Qxe5 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31. Qxh7+
Kd6 32. Rd1+ Kc5 33. Qxb7 Rh8+ 34. Kg1 Qg3+ 35. Kf1 Rh1+ 36. Ke2 Qe5+ 37. Kd2
Qf4+ {#} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RLNW 2000/01"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer, Emil"]
[Black "Zier, Ludwig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "Ludwig Zier"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.09"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O b6 10. g4 $6 {Unusual, better moves are 10 Bd3 and 10 Bc4.
White opens the a8-h1 diagonal too early and will soon be forced to play g4-g5.
But White should reserve this square for a minor piece.} 10... Bb7 11. Bd3 Be7
$1 {Threatening f7-f5.} 12. g5 c5 13. Rhg1 $2 ({
Missing Black's reply. Better was} 13. Qf4 {although after} 13... cxd4 {
Black would also have the superior position.}) 13... c4 $1 14. Nf6+ Bxf6 15.
gxf6 Qxf6 {#} 16. Bxh7+ ({Somewhat better was} 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18.
Bxc4 {with an extra pawn and a clear positional plus for Black.}) 16... Kxh7
17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Rg3 e5 19. Rdg1 {#} 19... Qf4 $1 ({Black must exchange Queens
and return some material in order to win. Bad would have been:} 19... exd4 20.
Nh7 $1 Kxh7 21. Rxg7+ Qxg7 (21... Kh8 22. R1g6 $1 Qxg6 23. Rxg6 fxg6 24. Qh6+ {
with a perpetual check.}) 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qg5+ {
and White has a perpetual check.}) 20. Ne6 Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 g6 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 23.
Kc3 Nf6 $1 ({Better than} 23... Rc8 {
because the knight on f6 has much more impact.}) 24. f3 e4 25. f4 Nd5+ 26. Kxc4
Nxf4 27. Rg4 Rc8+ 28. Kb4 Nd5+ 29. Kb3 Ne3 30. Rh4 Bd5+ 31. Ka4 Rc4+ 32. b4 {
# The White K is caught in a mating net.} 32... Rxc2 33. Rg5 a6 34. a3 Rc3 $6 (
{A faster win would have been} 34... b5+ 35. Ka5 Rc6 {followed by ... Nc4 mate.
}) 35. b5 a5 36. Rxd5 Nxd5 ({Black could have mated by} 36... Nc2 {
(threatening 37... Rxa3 mate.)}) 37. Rxe4 Ne3 {and White resigned because the
threat ... Nc2 / ... Rxa3 mate forces him to capture the N} 0-1

[Event "Bavarian Rapid Ch."]
[Site "Trostberg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Köpke"]
[Black "Zier, Ludwig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "Ludwig Zier"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.09"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 {#I think this is a good line to play
against King's Indian Attack players as they are forced to play position which
are un-'KIA'esque.} 5. c3 ({If White tries to play the characteristic} 5. g3 {
then} 5... dxe4 6. dxe4 Bc5 7. Bg2 e5 $11 {
looks equal, according to English GM John Emms.}) 5... a5 6. e5 $6 (6. Be2 $142
e5 7. O-O Bc5 8. b3 O-O 9. a3 d4 10. c4 {with the idea of Ne1-c2 (Emms)}) 6...
Nd7 7. d4 f6 8. exf6 (8. Bb5 $1 fxe5 9. dxe5 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 Qe8 $5 {
with the idea of Qh5 (Kindermann)}) 8... Qxf6 9. Bd3 e5 10. dxe5 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5
Nxe5 12. Be2 (12. Qe2 Be7 13. Bc2 O-O 14. O-O b6 15. f4 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Ba6 17. c4
Nxc4 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qxd5+ Kh8 20. Nxc4 Rad8 21. Qe4 Rfe8 22. Ne5 Bxf1 23. b4
Bd4 24. Rb1 Rxe5 25. fxe5 Qf2 26. Be3 Bxe3 {
0-1 Winkler,G-Glek,I/Le Touquet 1993/EXT 97 (26)}) 12... Bd6 13. Nf3 c6 14.
Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Be3 O-O 16. O-O (16. Qd2 Qg6 17. O-O-O a4 {with a good attack.})
16... Bf5 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Rad1 Be4 19. Bd3 {
#And Black unleashes the classic double Bishop sacrifice.} 19... Bxg2 $1 20.
Kxg2 Qf3+ 21. Kg1 {#} 21... Bxh2+ $1 22. Kxh2 Qh5+ 23. Kg1 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Rf3 25.
Bf4 Rxf4 26. f3 Rxf3 27. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Re5 {
#End of combination. White can only prevent mate for a few more moves.} 30.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 31. Qd3+ Kg8 32. Rd2 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Qg1+ 34. Kh3 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "35th Friday Blitz Chessbase Event"]
[Site "Official A"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "jrt"]
[Black "Blautopas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2152"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Junior Tay"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.09"]

1. e4 {0} 1... c6 {6} 2. c4 {#I used to play this OTB once upon a time before
one horrible IQP game against a 2100+ player which had me grovelling  for a
draw after adjournment and 80+ moves. This convinced me that I'm not really
good playing with the isolani-type position. 3} 2... d5 {5} 3. exd5 {5} 3...
cxd5 {5} 4. cxd5 {3} 4... Nf6 {6} 5. Nc3 {1} 5... Nxd5 {7} 6. Nf3 {2} 6... Nc6
{6} 7. Bb5 {6} 7... e6 {14} 8. O-O {4} 8... Be7 {4} 9. d4 {3} 9... O-O {4} 10.
Re1 {1} 10... Qd6 $5 {#Schredder's first choice. I have never seen this before
although it is pretty logical. According to my database, I'm a move up on a
known position in the c3 Sicilian for example, Van der Weide,P (2290) - Timman,
J (2550),NED-ch31 Leeuwarden (9), 1976 went 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5
Nd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 d6 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Nc3 e6 9.Bb5 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Re1 and
we get the same position a tempo down for Black. They drew in 40 moves.     12}
({The theoretical continuation is} 10... Bd7 11. Bd3 Bf6 12. Be4 Nxc3 13. bxc3
Rc8 {Blatny}) 11. Ne4 {6} 11... Qc7 {Schredder's first choice. 5} 12. a3 {2}
12... Bd7 {Schredder's first choice. 4} 13. Bd3 {1} 13... h6 {
Schredder's third choice. 5} 14. Bd2 {11} 14... Qb6 {
Schredder's first choice. 7} 15. Bc3 {6} 15... Rac8 {
Schredder's first choice. 10} 16. Bc2 {14} 16... a6 {
Not chosen by Schredder but Hiarc's 4th choice 12} 17. Ne5 $6 {5} 17... Nxe5 {
Schredder's first choice. 4} 18. dxe5 {1} 18... Nxc3 {
Schredder's first choice. 3} 19. Qxd7 $4 {# 16} (19. bxc3 {is of course more
circumspect but my finger clicks faster than my brain-cells move.} 19... Rfd8
$15) 19... Nd5 $1 {Schredder's first choice. Oh..no! My B is hit and if I move
my B, Black just picks up a few pawns so.... 16} 20. Bd3 $4 {40} (20. Qa4 Qxb2
21. Bd3 Qxe5) 20... Qb3 $3 {#Schredder's first choice. This is the move that
should convince all that the player is receiving computer assistance! Within 5
seconds, Black found the most advantageous way to trap the White Q . Now
resistance is definitely futile, even for a blitz game. I was so stunned that
it took me more than a minute to make my next move which is probably worse
than 21. Resigns. 5} 21. Nf6+ {63} 21... gxf6 {Schredder's first choice. 4} 22.
Re3 {28} 22... Nxe3 {Schredder's first choice. Clinical to the end... 5} ({
Hoping for} 22... Rfd8 $6 23. Qxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxb3 {
And White might just have some chance to eke a living.}) 23. Qxe7 {1} 23... Nd5
{jrt resigns  (Lag: Av=0.58s, max=0.7s) #Schredder's first choice. Arrgh! My Q
is trapped again! Darn! 5} 0-1

[Event "35th Friday Blitz Chessbase Event"]
[Site "Official A"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "jrt (Junior Tay)"]
[Black "secondWind (Andreas Lambert)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "Junior Tay"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.09"]

1. e4 {0} 1... c5 {2} 2. Nc3 {2} 2... a6 {#Does this move represent the loss
of a tempo or is it meant to be played anyway in the Sicilian? My database
revealed scores of GMs playing this, with the likes of Lautier, Ftacnik and
Mikhail Suba nudging the a pawn forward. Canadian GM Tyomkin seems to do very
well with it too. In any case, the subtleties of the plans to exploit this
move order or' tempi-loss' are lost on the likes of Andreas and yours truly. 4}
3. f4 {3} ({
Another Canadian GM Kevin Spragett makes a good case for White after} 3. g3 b5
4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. f4 d5 7. e5 Ne7 8. Qe2 Nf5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Qf2 d4 11. Nd1
Be7 12. O-O c4 (12... h5) 13. g4 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Bxh4 15. Qe2 cxd3 16. cxd3 Be7
17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Nf2 O-O-O 19. Ne4 Kb8 20. a3 Na5 21. Bb4 $1 Rhe8 22. Bxe7 Rxe7
23. b4 Nc6 24. Nc5 $18 {Spragett-A Rodriquez, Manresa 1995, 1-0 (43)}) 3... b5
{2} 4. Nf3 {1} 4... Bb7 {1} 5. d3 {1} 5... d6 {1} 6. g3 {1} 6... e6 {1} 7. Bg2
{1} 7... Nf6 {0} 8. O-O {1} 8... Qc7 {1} (8... Be7 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 h5 $1 11.
a4 b4 12. a5 Qc7 13. c3 c4 $1 $15 {0-1 Keogh,E-Ftacnik,L/Panormo 2001 (43)}) 9.
h3 {6} (9. e5 Nfd7 10. f5 $1 Nxe5 $4 11. Nxe5 Bxg2 12. fxe6 $1 dxe5 13. exf7+
Kd8 14. Kxg2 $18 {1-0 Larsen,B-Barendregt,J/Berg en Dal  1960 (26)}) 9... h5 $5
{#This is definitely a 'blitz' move as the Black King would find castling on
either side dangerous with his pawns advanced. Well, if Ftacnik can do it, why
not Andreas? 6} 10. Ne2 {4} 10... Be7 {2} 11. Be3 {6} 11... d5 {13} 12. e5 {6}
12... Nfd7 {1} 13. d4 {3} 13... Nc6 {2} 14. c3 {2} 14... cxd4 {9} 15. cxd4 {3}
15... Rc8 {11} 16. f5 $1 {#Incidentally, Schredder also agreed that this is
the best move. As for me, I was inspired by CC-IM Ludwig Zier's square
clearance pawn sacrifice idea in one of his games submitted to CCN. .When I
discussed the game with Andreas, he said this move had put him on the
defensive and made him uncomfortable. I on the othe hand, thought I was
probably a bit reckless for making this pawn sacrifice. 6} 16... exf5 {12} 17.
Nf4 $6 {Idee fixee... 2} (17. Ng5 $1 Nb6 18. Rxf5 O-O (18... Qd7 19. Rf1 Nd8
20. b3 $16) 19. Nf4 $1 g6 20. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qd3 Rg8 23. Nxd5
$18) 17... Nd8 {11} 18. Rc1 {4} 18... Qb8 {2} 19. Qb3 {6} 19... Nb6 {13} 20. h4
{21} 20... Nc4 {10} 21. Ng5 {6} 21... Bxg5 {3} 22. hxg5 {2} 22... Qa8 {
#Later, Andreas said he felt uncomfortable in the position of his Q and his
defensive setup. I was wondering what he was up to, putting his Q on such a
weird square...17} 23. Bf2 $4 {Allowing a N fork. To tell the truth, I saw it!
Honestly....but I thought since this N is so pesky, I might as well give away
a R for it and hope for the best. 7} (23. g6 $1 {according to Schredder would
have put Black in the doghouse as Black will get routed on the light squares. 
Of course, Junior (the Singapore version) sees nothing...} 23... Ne6 24. Rce1
Nxf4 25. gxf7+ Kxf7 26. Bxf4 g6 27. e6+ {
is of course the beginning of the end for Black.}) 23... Ne6 $4 {
But he missed it...or did he think likewise? 4} (23... Nd2 24. Qd3 Nxf1 25.
Rxf1 g6 $19 {And White is definitely busted...}) 24. Qd3 {
OK, no second chance... 14} 24... g6 {36} 25. b3 {10} 25... Nxg5 $1 {#Wow! Andr
eas got his 'second wind' here and seizes back the initiative with this
marvellous N sacrifice! I saw this possibility too and would have done
likewise if I was handling Black. In one blow, Black releases the long
diagonal to great effect. 7} (25... Nb6 26. Qd2 $44 {
White has well, dark square compensation for his pawn, I suppose.}) 26. bxc4 {
According to Schredder, I should ignore the pawn but a piece is a piece and
greed prevails. Actually, it didn't even occur for me than a non-N capture is
playable?!} 26... dxc4 {1} 27. Qe3 {8} 27... Bxg2 {3} 28. Nxg2 {3} 28... Nf3+ {
27} (28... f4 $1 29. gxf4 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 h4 31. d5 (31. Rc3 Nxd4 32. Qh3 Ne2 33.
Rf3 c3 $19) 31... Qxd5 32. Rfd1 Qa8 33. e6 h3 $19) 29. Kh1 {3} 29... h4 {
#And Black is already better! 1} 30. gxh4 {5} 30... Nxh4 {16} 31. Bxh4 {3}
31... Rxh4+ {1} 32. Kg1 {2} 32... Rg4 {1} 33. Rc2 {# The critical point for
Black now. Fortunately for me, instead of liquidating the heavy pieces and
hence liberating his mass of pawns, Andreas decides to go for mate! 7} 33...
Ke7 $6 {Clearing the back rank for the other R to zip down the a-file. However,
White has a defensive resource in 2} (33... Qe4 $1 34. Qxe4 Rxe4 35. Rf4 Rd8
36. Rxe4 fxe4 $17) 34. Rf4 $1 {13} 34... Rxf4 {5} 35. Qxf4 {3} 35... Qe4 {6}
36. Qxe4 {7} 36... fxe4 {1} 37. Ne3 {1} 37... Ke6 $6 {
Preventing d4-d5 but allowing the White R to invade... 3} (37... f5) 38. Rf2 $1
{3} 38... c3 {7} 39. Rf6+ {1} 39... Ke7 {1} 40. Nd5+ $6 {
Patzer sees a check... 1} (40. Nc2 {is necessary, of course.}) 40... Kf8 $4 {
And Black loses the plot completely! 3} (40... Ke8 41. Rf1 Rc4 $13) 41. e6 $18
{#Unfortunately for Black, this move wins. 10} 41... Kg7 {
Other moves just get Black mated 18} 42. Rxf7+ {7} 42... Kh6 {1} 43. Nxc3 {7}
43... Rxc3 {1} 44. e7 {secondWind gibt auf  (Lag: Av=1.07s, max=1.9s) 1} 1-0

