1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 9... Nxe5 10. d4 Bd6 11. dxe5 Bxe5 looks better for black 10. Rxf2 Nxe5 11. d3 c6 12. Bf4 Ng4 13. Rf1 Qb6+ 14. d4 perhaps it should've gone there 3 moves ago! 14... Re8 15. e4 Be6 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qd3 Qd8 18. c4 18. Bg5 $1 18... Qd7 19. Kh2 Rad8 20. Rad1 Nh5 21. Qc2 Qe7 22. d5 Bc8 23. d6 Qe6 24. c5 Qg6 25. Qe2 Nf6 26. e5 Qf5 27. Qc4 Nd5 28. g4 Qe6 29. Bxd5 Qxd5?? unaccountable 30. Rxd5 cxd5 1-0 [John ]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qb3 c6 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 e6 I was worried by Bxf7 and Ng5, though Fritz says it's harmless 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rd1 b5 The 2nd time in 2 games I've played this in a Grunfeld 11. Be2 a5 12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 Qb6 Not the best - Fritz suggests 13... c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qa2 Qe7 14. Nbd2 c5 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Qd3 Ba6 17. b3 cxd4 18. Qxd4?? Nd5 19. Qd3 Bxa1 20. e4 N5b6 Nc5 is better 21. Bh6 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+ f6 23... e5 24. Nfxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe2 26. Nd7+ f6 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. Re1 24. Ng5 Rfe8 25. Bg4 e5 25... Bxc4 26. bxc4 Nc5 27. Nf3 Rad8 28. Qa1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Rd8 30. Qa1 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Nxd6 Re7 28. Nf3 Nc5 29. Nd2 h5 30. Bf3 Rd8 31. Nb5 Red7 32. Kf1 Bxb5+ 33. axb5 Nxb3?? the game is over, but it's a shame to blunder - even in a winning position 34. Nxb3 Rxd1+ 35. Bxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Ke2 Rd7 37. Nxa5 Kf7 38. Nc6?? b3 0-1

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 h6 6. Nf3 Re8 7. O-O c6 8. Na4 Bf8 9. Rb1 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. b4 d5 12. Bb2 e4 13. Nd4 e3 This push by Black gains a lot of space and potentially causes a lot of of problems for White 14. f3 Ne6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Qd7 19. f4 Bh3 20. Be5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 f6 22. Bd6 Nc3 A futile attempt by Black to fork queen + rook, but in reality loses a pawn and a couple of tempi. 23. Qb3+ Nd5 24. Qxb7 Qg4 25. Rb2 Rec8 26. Qb3 Kh8 27. Qc4 Qd7 28. Rfb1 Nc7 29. Bxc7 I was too hasty here. I should have kept my beautiful bishop and increased the pressure on Black`s position by playing Rb7. 29... Qxc7 30. Rb7 Qa5 31. Qb4 Qd8 32. Qe4 Qa5 33. Qxe3 Glad to be rid of Black`s advanced e-pawn, I overlooked the rook sacrifice. Fritz suggests 33 Rxg7 Kxg7 34 Qe7+ Kg8 35 Rb7 and winning. This can also be played after Black`s next move. 33... Qxa3 34. Qe7 Rg8 35. Qd6 Rae8 36. Kf3 Qa4 37. R1b2 Qd1 38. Kf2 Qh1 39. e4 Now Black is in charge. 39... Qxh2+ Here Rd8 is Black`s best response, preparing the sacrifice. 40. Kf3 Qh1+ 41. Ke2 Qg2+ 42. Kd1 Qf3+ 43. Kc2 Qe2+ 44. Kc3 Qe1+ 45. Kb3 Qd1+ 46. Ka3 And Black, playing for the perpetual check, accepts the draw offer. I was mighty relieved when I later realised that Black could have won by playing ….Rd8 47 Rd7 Qa1+ 48 Ra2 Qc3+ 49 Ka4 Qc4+ followed by …Rb8. An interesting game in which both sides missed chances to win. Unfortunately, the draw was not sufficient to save us the match. 1/2-1/2

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e6 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Nd4 10. O-O-O Rb8 11. Nce2 e5 12. c3 Nxe2+ 13. Nxe2 Be6 14. Kb1 Qa5 15. Nc1 b5 16. f4 c4 17. a3 Qb6 18. fxe5 a5 19. exd6 b4 20. cxb4 axb4 21. Qg7 bxa3 22. Qxh8+ Kd7 23. Qc3 Qxb2+ 24. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 25. Ka1 c3 26. Bh3 26. d4 c2 27. d5 cxd1=Q 28. dxe6+ fxe6 29. Rxd1 Rxg2 30. dxe7+ Kxe7 31. Rd3 Rxh2 26... Nc6 27. Bxe6+ fxe6 28. Nb3 Nb4 29. Rc1 c2 0-1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. e4 h6 7. Bh4 Nh5 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Be2 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd4 12. Bxh5 gxh5 13. Ne2 c5 14. O-O Qd7 15. h3 f5 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Rae1 Rf7 19. Re6 Raf8 20. f3 b5 21. b3 bxc4 22. bxc4 Rc8 23. Qe2 Qc7 24. Bxe7 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Bxd6 d3 27. Rd1 Rc2 28. Rxd3 Rb7 29. Rg6 Kf7 30. Re6 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Rbb2 32. Re7+ Kg6 33. Rxg7+ Black resigned because after K x g7 the bishop forks the King and the rook and white has a winning end game. It was also late and both players had had a long day! 1-0

1. d4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 Opens up g-file and gives stronger centre 8. exf6 gxf6 9. h3 9.Bf4! 9... e5 10. dxe5 fxe5 11. Nh2 12.Ng5 13. Nxf7!? 11... Be6 12. Bg4 f5 13. Bh5+ Kd7 14. f4 e4 15. c4 d4 16. b3 Rg8 17. Nc3 Qh4 18. Kh1 Bd6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nb4 20...Ne7 better due to 21.Bf7 21. Bd2 21.Bf7! 21... Nxd5 22. Bf7 I completely missed this fork 22... Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Bxg8 Rxg8 25. Qe1 Qg5 26. Qf2 Ke6 27. Rae1 Be3 28. Rxe3 dxe3 29. Qe2 b5 30. a4 Qg3 31. Rg1 f4 32. Nf1 Qf2 33. Qh5 Kf6 33...e2-+ - can white perpetual check me with his queen? 34. Qxc5 f3 35. Nxe3 fxg2+ 36. Rxg2 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Rxg2+ 38. Nxg2 Qe2 39. Qc6+ Ke5 40. Qxa6 Kd4 41. axb5 e3 42. Qb6+ Ke4 43. Qc6+ Kd3 44. b6 44.Qc4+! 44... Qf2 45. Qc4+ Kd2 46. Qd4+ Kc2 47. Qxe3 1-0

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qb3 e6 8. Be2 Nh5 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qg5 12. g4 Ng7 13. f4 Qh4+ I felt cramped a few moves back, but now my opponents position is starting to look rather loose 14. Kd2 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Qe7 16. Rad1 16. Ne4 $1 16... b5 17. Qb3 Bb7 18. Bf3 c5 19. Ne4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Ne4 19... Bxe4 20. Bxe4 c4 21. Qc2 Rfd8+ 22. Ke2 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 f5 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Qc2 b4? 26. g5 Qe7 27. Qxc4 Nf5 28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. h4 Rb6 30. h5 Qb7 31. Rg1 a5 32. Kf2 Qc6 33. Rc1 Qd6 34. Qc8+ Qf8 35. Ke2 Qxc8 36. Rxc8+ Kf7 37. Rc7+ Kg8 38. b3 a4 39. Kd3 axb3 40. axb3 Kh8 41. h6 Kg8 42. e4 Kf8 43. Kd4 Kg8 44. exf5 exf5 45. Kc5 Re6 46. Kxb4 Re4+ 47. Rc4 1-0

A pretty old game, but quite a nice finish

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. a3 Be7 8. O-O Rb8 9. b4 Na7 10. d4 d6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Qc2 b6 Blacks play seems passive 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Qc8 16. Rd2 c5 17. bxc5 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Bxc5 19. Ng5 g6 20. Bd5 Be7 21. h4 Bxg5 22. hxg5 opening the h file 22... b5 23. Qe4 Qe8 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. Qh4 f6 26. Qh6+ Kh8 27. Rh1 Qe7 28. Qxg6 fxg5 29. Be4 Rf7 30. Rd2 Rb6 31. Bxe5+! Nxe5 32. Rd8+! Qxd8 33. Rxh7+ Rxh7 34. Qxh7# 1-0