Wongwhicit, Pachara (1947) Lidums Australian Open 2005 (5.10) |
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nf3 e6 9. Be2 Nb4 10. Na3 c5 11.
Preventing ...Rd8 and maintaining a tight grip on the black position
25... Bc2 26. Rd2 Ba4 27. Rc1 Na7 28. h3 h6 29. Qb6!
The start of a change of scene
29... Bc6 30. Qe3! Qc7 31. Rd4! Kh7 32. Bf6!! Rh8
32... gxf6 33. Rh4 gives a quick checkmate
33. Qd3+ Kg8 34. Rg4 Rh7 35. Qxh7+!! Kxh7 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37. Rxf7+ 1-0
Mendes Da Costa, Alex (1877) Lidums Australian Open 2005 (5.13) |
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6.
and the queen is trapped!
1-0
Johansen, Darryl (2485) 2005 Lidums Australian Open (6.2) |
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
23... Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Ng4+ 25. Kh1
25... Nf2+ 1/2-1/2
Humphrey, Jonathan (2060) 2005 Lidums Australian Open (6.3) |
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7.
Now black has a better endgame
30. Kg2 Bh4 31. Bd4 Qd6 32. Rf3 Qc6 33. a3 Re4 34. Re3 Qb7 35. Kf3 Qc7 36. Kg2 Rxe3 37. Qxe3 Qc2+ 38. Kh1 Kh7 39. Qe5 Qd1+ 40. Bg1 Qf3+ 41. Kh2 Bg5 0-1
D'Amore, Carlo (2448) 2005 Lidums Australian Open (6.4) |
1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. d3 g6 5.
Now c6 is weak
14... Qb6 15. Be3 Qa6 16. b3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Ne5 18. Be2! h5 19. a4 Ng4 20. axb5 Qb6 21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. f3 Bxd4?
Wei, Michael (2043) 2005 Lidums Australian Open (6.6) |
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
30. Ke1 Re8+ 31. Kd1 Be2+ 32. Kd2 Nb3+ 33. Kc2 Nxc1 34. Rxc1 Re6
31... Bxc4+ 32. Rxc4 Nd2+ 33. Ke2 Nxc4
0-1
Carlsen, M (2581) Smartfish Masters (7) |
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.