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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 g6 5 5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bg7 7. O-O-O O-O 8. h4 h6N 10 - I was already out of book at move 4, but this seems to be the first new move. 9. Nxf6+ Nxf6 10. Bxf6 1:17 10... Bxf6 1:10 11. Nf3 c5 10 12. Qd2 12. dxc5 Qa5 13. Qb3 Qxc5 and Black looks fine. 12... h5 15 - a good move but I spent too much time for calculating. 13. Bc4?! 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. Qe3 Bg4 15. Be2 Rac8~~ 13... b5! 14. Bxb5 Qb6 15. Bc4 cxd4 16. b3 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17. c3 Bxd4 (17... e5?! 18. Qc2! I missed this move. White threatens 19.Qxg6 now. 18... Kg7 19. Nf3~~) 18. cxd4 Bf5-/+ 16. Bb3 a5!-+ 16... Bg4 17. Rde1 Qd6 5 - to restrain White from playing 18.Ne5. 18. Qa5 18. Ng5 looks better. 18... Qa3+ 19. Kb1 Rac8 20. Bd3 a5-/+ 18... Rac8 19. Ng5 Bf5?! 7 minutes spent, but not the best continuation: 19... Rc5! 20. Qxa7 Qf4+ 21. Kb1 Rxc4-+ 20. Ne4 0:09 20... Bxe4 0:12 - I had some problems with this time control. 21. Rxe4 Rc5 22. Qxa7 Qc6 23. Rxe7 Bxe7 24. Qxe7 Rxc4 This mobe looks logical. Black now plays against the White king and White's (still) uncoordinated heavy pieces. I had the right intuition but threw it away in slight time trouble. 25. bxc4 Qxc4 26. Qa3 Rc8 27. Qb3 White offered a draw here. 27... Qe2 28. Rh3 28. Rd1 Qxf2 29. g3 Rc3-/+ 28... Qxf2 29. Rf3 Qe1+ 30. Kb2 0:02 30... Qe7 0:07 31. Kc1 Rc7 32. Rf1 Rb7 33. Qd3 Qxh4 34. Qf3 Qg5+ 35. Kd1 Rb1+ 36. Ke2 Qe5+ 37. Kd2 Qa5+ 38. Ke2 Qb5+? 38... Qxa2!-+ 39. Qd3 Qe5+ 40. Kf2 0:01 40... Qf4+ 0:03 41. Kg1 Rxf1+ 42. Qxf1 Qe3+ 43. Kh1 Qc3 44. Qb1 Kg7 45. a4 h4 46. Qa2 g5 47. Qd5 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qg3+ 49. Kh1 The bots still see Black ahead (+- 2.4) but I was unconfident and a little bit scared about White's passed a-pawn. 1/2-1/2 [Achim Mueller]

1:30/40m+0:15/rest+30sec./move

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 a6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Qc7?!N A new move and probably not a good one here. 7. Nf3 5 7... g6 8. Bb2 Bg7 9. Rc1 e6? This loses a pawn. 10. cxb5 10 - 1:09 10... O-O 1:11 10... axb5 11. Nxb5 Qd8 12. a4+- 10... cxb5 11. Nxb5 Qxc2 12. Rxc2 axb5 13. Rxc8+ Ke7 14. Rxh8 Bxh8 15. a3+- 11. bxc6 5 11... Nxc6 12. Be2? 12. Nxd5! Nxd5 13. Qxc6 Qa5+ 14. Bc3+- 12... Bb7 13. O-O Rfc8 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Nc5 Nb4 16. Qb1 Qb6 17. Nxe4?! 10 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 f5 20. b4+- 17... dxe4 18. Nd2 f5 19. Nc4 Qd8 20. Ne5 5 - 0:34 20... Bxe5 0:55 21. dxe5 Nd5 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Bc4 Qd7 24. Ba3 Kg7 25. Rd1 g5 26. Qa1 10 26... Kg6 27. Bd6 Qf7 28. Qd4 Kh6 29. Rc1 Rc8 30. Qd2 0:03 - somehow I couldn't deal with the slightly shortened time control. 30... Qd7 0:11 31. g3 Qc6 32. Rc2 Nb6 33. Qe2 Qd7 34. Rd2 Nd5 35. Bxa6 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 f4 37. exf4 e3 38. Bf8+? 38. Rxd5 Bxd5+ 39. Kh3 exf2 40. fxg5+ Kg7 (40... Kxg5? 41. Qg4+ Kh6 42. Bf8+ Qg7 43. Bxg7#) 41. Qxf2+- 38... Kg6 39. Qd3+ Kf7 40. Qxh7+ Kxf8 41. Qxd7?? 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qg7+ Kd8 43. Qxd7+ Kxd7 44. fxe3 Bxa6 45. e4 Rc2 46. Rxc2 Ne3+ 47. Kf3 Nxc2 48. fxg5~~ 41... Nxf4# Simply not seen after 9 hours of Chess. A very frustrating end of the day. 0-1 [Achim Mueller]

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1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qc2 1:33 10... b5 1:31 - After the frustating first day (missing 1.5 point in two games) I played a bit dull. 11. Nf1 dxe4?!N releasing the tension in the center. 12. dxe4 Bb7 13. Bd2?! In this opening the bishop belongs to e3, f4 or g5. 13... Rac8 14. Ne3 Rfd8 15. Ng4 h5 5 16. Nh6+! I didn't like the knight on the rim (partly captured) but ... 16... Kf8 17. Bh3? ... we both missed: 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Nxe6 Qb6 20. Nxd8 Rxd8+/- 17... Ne5 5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bg2 Bg7 20. g4? 0:58 20... Rd7? 0:58 20... Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Be5-+ with the double threat Bxh2+ and Bf4 capturing the kh6. 21. gxh5 gxh5 22. Be3 Qe5 5 23. Qe2 Bxe4 10 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Qxh5 Qg6+ 26. Qxg6 Nxg6 27. Red1 Rdc7 28. h3 f5 Now White is in deep trouble with his knight. 29. Rd6 Rc6 10 30. Rxc6 0:41 I expected 30. Rd7 R8c7 31. Rd8+ Ke7 32. Bg5+ Bf6 33. Bxf6+ (I missed 33. Rg8=/+) 33... Kxf6-/+ 30... Rxc6 0:27 31. Bg5 Rd6 32. Re1 Be5 33. h4 Kg7 34. Kh1 Bf4 35. Nxf5+? White panics. Better - though still losing - is: 35. a4 bxa4 36. Ra1 Bxg5 37. hxg5 Ra6 38. Kg2 Nf4+ 39. Kg3 Nd3-+ 35... exf5 36. Bxf4 Nxf4 37. Re5 Rd5 38. Re7+ Kf6 39. Rxa7 Rd2 40. b4 0:24 40... cxb4 0:14 41. cxb4 Rxf2 42. Ra6+ Ke5 43. Ra5 Ke4 44. a4 bxa4 45. Rxa4 Rb2 46. b5+ Kf3 47. Ra3+ Kg4 48. Ra4 Rxb5 49. h5 Rb3 50. Kg1 Kg3 0-1 [Achim Mueller]

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1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 A move I haven't prepared against the Dutch Defense. 5. Qd2? Probably not the best game plan. 5... d5 6. f3 Bf5 7. O-O-O exf3 8. Bxf6? After 8. Nxf3 I was afraid of 8... Nb4 but 9. a3! Nxc2 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Ba4+/- 8... exf6 9. Re1+ 8 9... Be7 10. Nxf3 1:23 10... O-O 1:19 11. Nh4 Be4 11... Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. h4 and White has some compensation for the pawn. 12. Nxe4 dxe4?! 12... f5! hard to see ... this is obviously a suggestion of the bots. 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Ng6+?! 14. Nf5 g6 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 16. d5 Rad8 17. Qf4~~ 14. Re3 f5-+ 14... hxg6 15. Rxe4 20 15. Re3 f5 16. Rh3+ Bh4 17. g3 g5-+ 15... f5 16. Re3 Bh4 17. Rh3 g5 18. g3 Qf6 19. Rf1 f4? 19... Nxd4! 20. Rxh4+! 0:35 20... gxh4 0:45 21. Rxf4 hxg3 22. Rxf6 Rxf6 23. hxg3+- Raf8 24. b4 5 24... Rd8 25. c3 Rdf8 26. Qg5 Rh6 27. Kd2 Nd8? 28. Qe7! Rhf6 29. Qxc7 Rf2+ offered a draw here. 30. Ke3 0:19 30... R2f5 0:27 31. Ke4 b5 32. g4? Rf4+ 33. Qxf4 Rxf4+ 34. Kxf4 bxc4 35. b5 Luckily enough the endgame still seems to be won. 35... Kg8 36. Ke5 Kf8 37. Kd6 Ke8 38. a4 g5 38... Nb7+ 39. Kc7+- 39. d5 Nf7+ 40. Kc7 0:12 40... Ke7 0:14 41. a5 Nd6 42. b6 axb6 43. a6 Ne8+ 44. Kc6 Kd8 45. d6 1-0 [Achim Mueller]

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 Ngxe5 7. O-O Nxf3+ 8. Bxf3 Ne5 9. a3 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 a5 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Ra6 13. Ne4 Ba7 9... a5 10. Be2 1:27 10... O-O 1:34 11. b3 Ra6N A novelty but yet a standard manouver in the Budapest Gambit. 12. Qd5 Qe7 13. Bb2 Re6?! Perhaps a bit artificial. 13... Re8 14. Bc3 c6 15. Qd2 d6 16. b4 16. Bxa5? Qh4 17. g3 Qh3 18. f4 Nxc4-+ 16... Ba7 17. Bd4! I missed his move and promptly erred. 17... Bb8 18. f4 Nd7? 18... Rh6 19. fxe5 Qh4 20. h3 Bxh3~~ 19. Rf3? 19. Nc3! 19... c5! 20. Bc3 1:01 20... Re8 1:06 - Now my opponent thought for quite a while - he used around 40 minutes here. 21. bxa5 Rxe3?! Again I released tension too quickly here. I should have looked for a way to take advantage of his undeveloped queen's side. 22. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Rxe3 24. Kf2 Re8 5 25. Bf3? 25. g3 b6 26. axb6 Nxb6~~ 25... d5! My opponent was visibly irritated by this move. In combination with his lack of time this gave me enough to play on. 26. Bxd5 Bxf4 27. Nd2 Be3+ 28. Kf1 Nf6 5 29. Bf3?! Ng4! 10 30. Ne4 0:08 30... Nxh2+ 0:36 31. Ke2 Bf4 32. Kf2 f5 33. Nd2 Ng4+ 34. Kf1 Ne3+ 35. Kg1 Nc2 10 36. Rf1 Be3+ 37. Kh2 h6 38. Bd5+ Kh7 39. Rf3 g5 40. Nb1 0:01 40... Nd4-+ 0:17 41. Rf1 Bf4+ 42. Kh1 Ne2 5 43. Be1 Ng3+ 44. Bxg3 Bxg3 45. Nc3 Re1! 5 46. Rxe1 Bxe1 47. Na4 Bxa5 48. Nxc5 b6 a pawn up, bishop pair and pawns on both sides should be enough to win. 49. Nb7 Bc3 50. Nd6 0:05 50... Bd7 0:15 51. Nb5 Bb2 52. a4 Kg6 53. Kg1 Kf6 54. Kf2 Ke5 55. Kf3 f4 56. Kf2 Bd4+ 57. Kf1 Bf5 58. Na7 Kd6 59. Nb5+ Kc5 60. Ke2 0:05 60... Be3 0:09 61. Na7 Bc2 62. Nc6 Bxa4 63. Ne5 b5 64. Bf7 bxc4 65. Nxc4 Kd4 66. Nd6 Bc6 67. Kf1 Ke5 68. Nc4+ Kf6 69. Bg8 Bb5 70. Ke1 Bc5 71. Nb2 Kf5 72. Bd5 Kg4 73. Nc4 Kg3 74. Kf1 g4 75. Be6 f3 76. gxf3 gxf3 77. Bd5 h5 78. Ke1 h4 79. Be6 Kg2 80. Kd1 f2 81. Nd2 f1=Q+ 82. Nxf1 Kxf1 0-1 [Achim Mueller]