[Event "Munster League Div.1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Path, Dave"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8.
Ne3 c6 9. d5 Nh5 10. Bg3 Be7 11. dxc6 Nxg3 12. cxb7 Bxb7 13. Bb5+ Nc6 14. hxg3
O-O-O 15. Qd5 Ne5 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qa8+ Kd7 18. Qxa7+ Ke8 19. Qxa6 Rf8 20. Qa4+
Rd7 21. Qxe4 Qf7 22. f4 Rc7 23. O-O-O Rxc3 24. bxc3 Qxa2 25. fxe5 Rf2 26. Qc6+
Kd8 27. Qb6+ Kc8 28. Qb2 Qa7 29. Nd5 Bg5+ 30. Kb1 Rf7 31. Nb6+ Kd8 32. Rxd6+
Kc7 33. Rhd1 1-0

[Event "Munster Leagues 02-03"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.03.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Sutton, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[Annotator "Alex Lopez"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.04.30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Be7 5. g3 b5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Bg2 c5 8. c4
Nc6 9. Qe2 bxc4 10. dxc4 d4 11. O-O Qc7 12. Ne4 Bb7 13. Bf4 Ncxe5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5
15. Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bf6 17. Nf3 O-O 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Bc1 Rac8 20. Nd2 Qc6+
21. Kg1 Ne5 22. Ne4 Nxc4 $2 (22... Qxc4 23. Nd6 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 d3
26. Kxf3 dxe2 27. Kxe2 Red8 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 $11) 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Qg4+ Kf8 (
24... Kh8 25. Qxd4 $14) 25. b3 $1 Ne5 (25... Nd6 26. Qxd4 Nf5 27. Qxf6 $18) 26.
Ba3+ Re7 27. Rxe5 fxe5 28. Qg5 Rcc7 29. Qxe5 Kg8 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Qf6 Ke8 32.
Qh8+ (32. Rd1 $1 {winning immediately
} e5 (32... Qd5 33. Rxd4) 33. Bxe7)
32... Kd7 33. Qxd4+ Kc8 34. Bxe7 Rxe7 35. Rd1 Rc7 36. Qh8+ Kb7 37. Qxh7 f5 38.
Qh3 f4 39. gxf4 Rg7+ 40. Kf1 Rh7 $4 {In severe time trouble my opponent makes
an inexplicable move which loses the rook and before I could take it, resigns.}
(40... Qh1+ 41. Ke2 Qe4+ 42. Qe3 Qc2+ 43. Rd2 {
and without any more checks and three pawns down, black might as well resign.})
1-0

[Event "Munster League Div.1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.01.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harpur, Colin"]
[Black "O'Brien, Liam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e4 {last book move} e5 7.
O-O O-O 8. d3 d6 9. h3 {Controls g4} h6 {Covers g5} 10. Be3 Kh7 11. a3 {
Prevents intrusion on b4} a6 {Secures b5} 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 b5
15. c5 $11 {White wins space} (15. cxb5 $5 {has some apparent merit} axb5 16.
d4 $14) 15... Re8 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. Qb3 Kg8 19. d4 {
White fights for the Initiative} exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 $16 {
e4 seems the pivot of the position} (20... Ne5 $5 $11 {should be considered})
21. Rxd4 Re6 22. Rbd1 Ne8 23. R4d2 Qc7 $16 (23... Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Bxe4 25. Bxh6
Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rc6 $16) 24. Nd5 Qb8 25. h4 {
White gets strong play along the open d-file} dxc5 26. bxc5 Rcc6 27. Nb4 Rc7 $2
$18 (27... Rc8 $142 $16) 28. Nd5 $4 $11 {throwing away the advantage} (28. Bf4
$142 {a pity that White didn't try this} Be5 29. Bxe5 (29. Bxh6 $6 {
is much weaker} Rxc5 30. Nd5 Rc4 $14) 29... Rxe5 30. Rd8 $18) 28... Rcc6 29.
Nb6 Rxb6 $18 (29... Qe5 $5 $16) 30. cxb6 Bxe4 $4 {
Black crumbles in face of a dire situation} (30... Bc6 $18) 31. Qxe6 (31. Bxe4
$142 {nails it down} Nd6 $18) 31... fxe6 32. Bxe4 Qe5 (32... Bf6 $18) 33. Bxg6
Nf6 34. Rd8+ Bf8 35. b7 (35. Bxh6 $142 {and the rest is a matter of technique}
Qc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Munster League"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "D.J. O'Donogue"]
[Black "Paddy Mc Carthy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "Paddy McCarthy"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 Nf6 $4 (2... Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 $11) 3. Nf3
$4 (3. e4 $1) 3... Nxd5 4. Nc3 c5 5. Qa4+ (5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 e5
8. Nb5 Qa5 9. Qb3 Be6 10. Qb2 Nc6 $15) (5. e4 Nb4 6. a3 Nd3+ 7. Bxd3 Qxd3 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Ne5 Qa6 $1 10. Qxa6 Nxa6 11. Nxd7 Kxd7 12. b3 g6 13. Bb2 Bg7 14.
Rc1 Rhd8 $11) 5... Bd7 6. Qc4 Nb4 7. Nd5 $2 (7. Ne4 Be6 $1 8. Qxc5 $2 N8a6 9.
Qb5+ Bd7 $17) 7... N8c6 (7... b5 $1 8. Qb3 Be6 9. e4 a6 10. d4 Nxd5 11. exd5
Bxd5 12. Qc3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nf5 Nc6 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Ne3 Bb4 17. Qd3 Bxd2+
18. Qxd2 Rd8 19. Nxd5 Nd4 20. O-O-O Qxd5 21. Kb1 O-O 22. Be2 Qxg2 23. Qe3 f5
$19) 8. a3 $2 b5 9. Qe4 f5 $1 10. Nf6+ {Best move but hopeles} gxf6 11. Qh4 Qa5
12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. Rb1 Nc2+ 14. Kd1 N2d4 15. b3 c4 (15... Nxb3 $1 {
Considered at length!} 16. Bb2 (16. Rxb3 Qa4 17. Qf7 Na5 $19)) 16. e3 Nxb3 17.
Bb2 Ne5 18. Bc3 Qc7 (18... Qxa3 $1 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Qa2 21. Rb2 Qa1+ 22.
Ke2 Nc1+ 23. Kf3 Bc6+ 24. Kf4 Rg8 $19) 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. g4 Qc6 21. Rg1 fxg4 $4
$138 (21... Qf3+ 22. Ke1 Rc8 23. Be2 Qe4 24. Rd1 fxg4 25. d3 cxd3 26. Bxd3 Qb7
27. Qxe5 Rg8 28. Bxb5 Bg7 29. Rxg4 Qh1+ $8 (29... Bxe5 $4 30. Rxg8+ Kc7 31.
Rxd7+ Kb6 32. Rxb7+ Kxb7 $18) 30. Bf1 Bxe5 31. Rxg8+ Kc7 32. Bxe5+ Kc6 33. Rg3
Be6 $19) 22. Bg2 Qg6 23. Qxg6 hxg6 24. Bxa8 Rxh2 25. Ke2 Bg7 26. Be4 Bf5 27.
Bxf5 gxf5 28. Rh1 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Kd7 $17 {Here W had 30 mins and B 4. There
followed a time scrambe which finised as K+B+P v. K+N+P and both flags were
down!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munster League Div.1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "James, Kevin"]
[Black "O'Connell, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[BlackElo "1708"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Be6 7. Qf3 g6 8.
Nge2 Bd6 {last book move} 9. h3 Nd7 10. g4 fxg4 11. hxg4 Bf7 12. e4 $11 (12.
O-O-O Qa5 $11) 12... dxe4 13. Bxe4 Qa5 $14 (13... Qb6 $5 $11) 14. O-O-O $11 {
White prepares d5} (14. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 15. Qxc6 $16) 14... O-O-O ({Inferior is} 
14... Bxa2 15. Bxg6+ $1 {White moves ahead of the opponent} Kd8 16. Rh5 $16)
15. d5 c5 {The passed pawn on d5 quickly leads to threats} 16. Rh3 b5 17. a3
Be5 $14 (17... a6 $5 $11) 18. Nb1 Nb6 19. Qh1 Nc4 {Do you see the mate threat?}
20. Rb3 Qb6 $14 (20... Nd6 21. Bg2 Rhe8 22. Bf3 $11 (22. Qxh7 $2 {
leads to nothing} Rh8 23. Qxh8 Rxh8 $19)) 21. f4 Bc7 22. Nbc3 (22. g5 Rhe8 23.
Nbc3 b4 24. Qxh7 Bg8 25. Qxg6 Na5 $11) 22... a6 23. d6 {
White advances the passed pawn} Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Bb7+ Kb8 26. Ne4 Qb6 $15
(26... Bd5 27. Nxd6 Bxh1 28. Bxh1 Nxd6 29. a4 $17) 27. Bxa6 Be8 $14 (27... Qxa6
$142 $5 {deserves consideration} 28. Nxc5 Qc8 29. Rxb5+ Bb6 $15) 28. Bxb5 $17 (
28. Nxc5 $142 {is a viable option} Ka7 29. Nd4 Bxf4+ 30. Kd1 $14) 28... Bxb5 $4
$16 {not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game} (
28... Na5 $142 29. Bxe8 Nxb3+ 30. cxb3 Rxe8 $17) 29. a4 Nd6 $4 {
Black has lost his nerve... understandable when you consider his position} (
29... Bc6 $142 30. Rxb6+ Nxb6 $16) 30. Nxd6 $1 {the knockout punch} (30. axb5
Qb7 (30... Nxb5 $4 31. N4c3 Qa6 32. Rxb5+ Ka7 33. Rb3 $18) 31. N4g3 Qxh1+ 32.
Nxh1 Re8 $11) 30... Qxd6 (30... Bxd6 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 31.
Rxb5 (31. axb5 $6 c4 32. Rh3 Qf2 $11) 31... Qxb5 32. axb5 $18) 31. Rxb5+ (31.
axb5 $6 Ba5 32. Rd3 Qb6 $16) 31... Kc8 32. Qa8+ Kd7 33. Qxh8 Qe7 (33... Qe7 34.
Kd1 g5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Munster League Div.1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.03.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Shea, Kevin"]
[Black "Cole, Kieran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd2 Qc7 8.
O-O {last book move} Be7 {Black is behind in development.} 9. Re1 O-O 10. Qe2
Nd5 $16 (10... Rd8 $5 $14 {looks like a viable alternative}) 11. Bxd5 cxd5 12.
Nxd5 $1 {staying in the lead} exd5 13. Qxe7 Qxc2 $4 {
terrible, but the game is lost in any case.} (13... Qxe7 $142 14. Rxe7 Nc6 $16)
14. Rac1 $18 (14. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 15. Bb4+ Qc5 16. Bxc5+ Kg8 17. Re8#) 14... Qf5
(14... Qxc1 {is one last hope} 15. Bxc1 Nc6 $18) 15. Qxf8+ $3 {
the opponent will choke on this} 1-0

[Event "Munster League Div.1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.10.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Shea, Kevin"]
[Black "Lawrence, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "1647"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 g6 {
last book move} 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bg7 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O $14 (10... d5 11.
e5 Ng4 12. h3 $11) 11. Rd1 a6 $14 {Consolidates b5} (11... d5 12. Ne5 Qe6 13.
Nxc6 bxc6 14. f3 $11) 12. Bg5 Ne8 13. Nd5 f6 {Prevents intrusion on e5} 14. Be3
Qd8 15. Nf4 Nc7 $18 (15... Qd7 $142 $5 $16) 16. d5 g5 17. Nd3 $16 (17. dxc6
gxf4 18. Bb6 bxc6 19. Qc4+ d5 20. Qxc6 Rc8 $18) 17... Ne5 18. Nd4 Nxd3 19. Rxd3
Qd7 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Qg4 Qe8 $2 (22... Kh8 $142 $5 $18) 23. Rdc3 h5
24. Qe2 (24. Qh3 $5 {might be the shorter path} e6 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 exf5
27. Qxf5 Bg7 $18) 24... Nxd5 (24... Nb5 $142 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27.
Qxh5 Qc2 28. Qg6+ Kh8 $18) 25. exd5 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Qg6 (26... Rc8 {
doesn't change anything anymore} 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qd3 $18) 27. Qc2 {
The mate threat is Nxe7} 1-0

[Event "Munster League Div.1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.12.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Driscoll, Kieran"]
[Black "Junker, Carsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1765"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. d5 c6 8. O-O e5
9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bf4 Bxc4 11. Bxd6 Re8 12. Qd4 Ba6 {last book move} 13. Qb4 {
White gets in control} Ne4 $11 (13... Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Rfe1 $15) 14. Qb3+
Kh8 15. Bf4 h6 $14 {Controls g5} (15... Nxc3 $5 {should not be overlooked} 16.
bxc3 Qf6 $15) 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Nd4 Nxc3 {Will e2 fall?} 18. bxc3 {Covers d4}
Nd7 ({Weaker is} 18... Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Rxe2 20. Qf7 $16) 19. Qf7 g5 $4 $18 {
allows the opponent back into the game} (19... Nf8 $142 $11 {was possible}) 20.
Nxf5 {Threatening mate... how?} Bxc3 (20... Rg8 {desperation} 21. Rxd7 Qe8 22.
Nxh6 Bc4 $18) 21. Rxd7 (21. Rd6 $142 {nails it down} Re6 $5 22. Rxe6 $18 (22.
Qxd7 $6 {is impossible} Qxd7 23. Rxd7 gxf4 $15) (22. Rxd7 {is much weaker} Qg8
23. Qxg8+ Rxg8 $18)) 21... Qxd7 22. Qxd7 gxf4 23. Nxh6 1-0

[Event "Munster League Div.1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Driscoll, Kieran"]
[Black "Moynihan, Kieran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "1942"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nf3 d6 7. g3 g6 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Nh4 {last book move} O-O 12. Qc2 Ra7 13. Rd1
Qc7 14. Rb1 e6 {Covers f5} 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg5 Ng4 18. Bf3 Nf6 19.
Ng2 Kh8 20. Ne3 Ne8 21. Ng4 $16 (21. b4 $5 cxb4 22. Rxb4 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 $18)
21... Rxf3 $18 (21... Qc8 $142 $5 22. Nh6 Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 $16) 22. exf3 Qf7
23. Qb3 Nc4 24. Nd5 (24. Ne4 $5 Rb7 25. Qc3 h5 $18) 24... Rb7 25. Qa4 $16 (25.
Qc3 e4 26. Ngf6 exf3 $16) 25... Bb5 26. Qa8 Nb6 $18 (26... Ra7 27. Qd8 Bc6 28.
Ngf6 $16) 27. Nxb6 Rxb6 28. f4 exf4 (28... Ra6 29. Qc8 exf4 30. Bxf4 Qxa2 31.
Re1 $18) 29. Bxf4 g5 $2 (29... Ra6 $142 30. Qd5 Qxd5 31. Rxd5 h5 $18) 30. Qd8 (
30. Bxd6 $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} h5 31. Ne5 Qf5 $18) 30... Rb7 $2 (
30... gxf4 $142 31. Qxb6 Be2 $18) 31. Qxg5 (31. Bxd6 {keeps an even firmer grip
} Qd7 32. Qxd7 Bxd7 $18) 31... Bc6 (31... Qxa2 32. Ra1 Qxb2 33. Rab1 $18) 32.
Rxd6 (32. Re1 $142 $18 {and White has prevailed}) 32... Nxd6 33. Bxd6 Qe8 $4
$18 {leads to further unpleasantness} (33... h6 34. Qd8+ Kh7 $11) 34. Be5 (34.
Qxc5 $2 {is a blank shot} Qe4 35. Qxc6 Qxc6 $19) (34. Bxc5 $6 {is not possible}
Rxb2 35. Rd1 Re2 $18) 34... h5 (34... Re7 {no good, but what else?} 35. Re1 Qf8
$18) 35. Re1 (35. Nf6 $142 {and the result of the game is clear: White will win
} Qf7 36. Rd1 Bxf6 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Bxf6 Qe8 $18) 35... Kh7 (35... hxg4 {
does not improve anything} 36. Bxg7+ Rxg7 37. Rxe8+ Bxe8 38. Qxc5 $18) 36. Qf5+
(36. Qxg7+ $142 $1 {and White wins} Rxg7 37. Nf6+ Kg6 38. Nxe8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Munster League Div.1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Driscoll, Kieran"]
[Black "O'Leary, Tadhg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1969"]
[BlackElo "1721"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 {
Pawn e5, live or die!} 7. Nc3 Qc5 {last book move} 8. e3 {Consolidates d4}
Ngxe5 9. Nd5 O-O $2 $18 (9... Nxf3+ $142 {and Black could well hope to play on}
10. Qxf3 O-O $11) 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Qh5 $11 (11. b4 $142 Qd6 12. c5 $18) 11...
Qd6 $14 (11... Re8 12. b4 Qd6 13. Rd1 $11) 12. O-O-O f5 $14 (12... Re8 13. f4
Ng6 14. Kb1 $11) 13. Be2 Rb8 14. f4 Ng6 15. g4 Ne7 16. Rhg1 $14 (16. gxf5 c6
17. Nc3 Qc5 $16) 16... Nxd5 $16 (16... c6 $142 $5 {
is an interesting alternative} 17. Nc3 Qe6 $14) 17. Rxd5 (17. cxd5 $6 Qc5+ 18.
Kb1 d6 $14) 17... Qe7 18. Re5 {The mate threat is Rxe7} Qd8 19. gxf5 d6 (19...
Qf6 20. Rg6 Qf7 21. Qg5 $18) 20. f6 {Do you see the mate threat?} Qxf6 21. Bd3
$1 {the final blow. The mate threat is Qxh7} h6 (21... dxe5 $4 {
Black is doomed he takes the rook} 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bg6+ Kg8 24. Qh7#) 22.
Reg5 $3 {a sacrifice that merits applause. Threatening mate: Rxg7} Rf7 (22...
hxg5 $4 {capturing the rook would seal Black's fate} 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Bg6+ Kg8
25. Qh7#) 23. Rg6 {Threatening mate... how?} Qe7 24. Qxh6 {
The mate threat is Qh7.} Qxe3+ 25. Kc2 {Threatening mate: Rxg7} Qf2+ (25...
Qxd3+ {a last effort to resist the inevitable} 26. Kxd3 Bf5+ 27. Kd2 Bxg6 28.
Rxg6 Re8 $18) 26. Kc3 Kf8 27. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Munster League Div.1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.12.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "O'Toole, Lorcan"]
[Black "Harpur, Colin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
h6 {last book move} 9. g4 Nbd7 10. Be2 Ne5 11. h4 Qc7 12. h5 {White gains space
} g5 13. O-O {He knows no fear} Bd7 $14 (13... d5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nxg4
16. fxg4 Qg3+ 17. Kh1 Qh3+ 18. Kg1 Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Qh3+ 20. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) 14. Nd5
$11 (14. Rfe1 Rc8 $14) 14... Nxd5 {Black launches an attack} 15. exd5 Nc4 16.
Qc3 Rc8 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. Rad1 O-O 20. c3 {
Prevents intrusion on d4} f5 {Nimzovich: attack the chain at its base} 21. gxf5
Bxf5 22. f4 Bh3 23. Rf2 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Bg4 25. Rd3 Kh7 (25... Bxh5 26. Rg3 Rf7
27. Bxh6 $16) 26. Rg3 $17 (26. Bg3 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxf8 Rxd5 29. Rf7+
Kg8 30. Rxe7 Rd1+ 31. Re1 Rd2 $15) 26... Bxd4 27. cxd4 Bf5 $11 (27... Bxh5 $142
$5 28. Re3 Rf7 $17) 28. Be3 Rcc8 29. Rgf3 $15 (29. Rfg2 $5 Be4 30. Rg7+ Kh8 31.
R2g4 $11) 29... Rg8+ 30. Kh2 Be4 31. Rf7+ Rg7 32. R2f4 Rc2+ 33. Kh3 Bg2+ 34.
Kh4 Bxd5 {The mate threat is Rh2} 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Rg4+ Kh7 37. Rg1 (37. Rg6
Bxa2 38. Rxh6+ Kg7 39. Rg6+ Kf7 $19) 37... Rxb2 38. a4 (38. Rg6 Rxa2 39. Rxh6+
Kg7 40. Rg6+ Kf7 $19) 38... Rh2+ 39. Kg4 Be6+ 40. Kg3 Rxh5 41. Rb1 (41. Rc1 Rf5
$19) 41... Bd5 (41... Rh3+ {keeps an even firmer grip} 42. Kf2 Bd5 43. Bd2 $19)
42. Bf4 Rf5 43. Re1 Rf7 44. Bd2 Kg6 45. Re2 (45. a5 {doesn't do any good} Rf3+
46. Kh4 Rf2 $19) 45... h5 (45... Rf3+ {and Black can already relax} 46. Kh2 $19
) 46. Rh2 (46. a5 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} Rf3+ 47. Kh2 Rd3 $19
) 46... Be4 (46... Rf3+ $142 $5 {makes it even easier for Black} 47. Kh4 Rd3
48. a5 $19) 47. Kh4 Bf5 48. Rf2 Bg4 (48... b5 $142 $19 {
and Black has it in the bag}) 49. Rg2 $4 {shortens the misery for White} (49.
Rxf7 $142 Kxf7 50. a5 $19) 49... Rf3 {Threatening mate... how?} 50. Rh2 b5 51.
axb5 axb5 52. Bc1 (52. Ba5 {doesn't change anything anymore} Rd3 $19) 52... b4
53. d5 (53. Bd2 {doesn't improve anything} b3 54. Bc1 e5 55. dxe5 dxe5 $19)
53... b3 54. Bb2 Kf5 (54... Rd3 {might be the shorter path} 55. Ba3 $19) 55.
Rh1 (55. Ba3 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Rd3 $19) 55...
Ke4 (55... Rd3 {seems even better} 56. Ba3 $19) 56. Re1+ Re3 57. Rf1 (57. Rxe3+
{cannot undo what has already been done} Kxe3 58. Kg3 Kd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Munster League"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paddy Mc Carthy"]
[Black "Noel Douglas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Annotator "Paddy McCarthy"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bc4 Nbd7 8.
Bd2 Qc7 9. Qe2 a6 10. Rc1 Qb6 11. Nf3 e6 (11... Qxb2 12. Ng5 e6 13. Nxf7 Kxf7
14. Qxe6+ Kg6 15. Bd3+ Kh5 16. Qh3#) 12. O-O Bd6 13. Ng5 Nf8 (13... O-O $1 14.
Nxf7 $6 Rxf7 15. Bxe6 (15. Qxe6 $4 Ne5 $3 $19) 15... Qxd4 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 $11)
14. d5 Qc7 (14... e5 15. Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Ng6 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Bb5+ axb5 19.
Qxb5+ Ke7 20. Nxd6 Bd7 21. Qb3 Kxd6 22. Bc5+ Kc7 23. Qb6+ Kb8 24. Bd6+) 15.
dxe6 Nxe6 16. Bxe6 O-O $4 (16... Bxe6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Qe7 19. Qb3) 17.
Bxc8 (17. Nd5 {really crushing} Qd8 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Qd3 {
all over}) 17... Raxc8 18. h3 Rfe8 19. Qf3 Re5 20. Nce4 Qxc1 21. Bxc1 Nxe4 22.
Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Qxb7 Rec4 25. Be3 R4c6 26. b3 h6 27. g3 Kh7 28. Rd1
R8c7 29. Qa8 Rc8 30. Qa7 Be5 31. Qe7 Bf6 32. Qe4+ Kg8 33. Kg2 Kf7 34. Rd7+ Kg8
35. Bd4 a5 36. Bxf6 Rxf6 37. Qb7 Re8 38. Rxg7+ Kf8 39. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Munster League Div.1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.10.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kiely, Paul"]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "2014"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bg5 {
last book move} h6 8. Bd2 d6 9. O-O Be6 10. Rb1 Qd7 11. b4 Bh3 12. b5 {
This push gains space} Nd4 13. e3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Rab8 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Nd5
Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Kh7 18. c5 (18. f4 exf4 19. exf4 c6 $11) 18... dxc5 19. Qxc5 Qd7
20. Rfd1 Qxd3 21. Bb4 $15 (21. Ba5 b6 22. Qxc7 Qf5 $11) 21... Qe4 22. a3 Rfc8
23. Qxa7 Ra8 24. Qc5 Bf8 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 c5 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Rxe5 $15 (
28. Rd7 $5 $11) 28... c5 29. Bd2 Rd8 $11 (29... Rxa3 $5 30. Bc1 Ra2 $17) 30.
Be1 Rxa3 31. Kg2 Kg8 32. Re4 Rad3 $11 (32... f5 33. Rc4 $15) 33. Rc4 Rd1 34.
Rxd1 Rxd1 35. Ba5 Rb1 36. Kf3 f6 37. h4 Kf7 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. f4 $17 (39. Kd3 $5
$15 {should be considered}) 39... f5+ 40. Kd3 (40. Kf3 Kd5 41. Rc2 Rf1+ 42. Ke2
Ra1 $15) 40... Rg1 41. Bd2 Rxg3 42. Ra4 Rh3 43. Ra6+ Bd6 44. Be1 Kd5 45. Kd2 c4
46. Ra5+ (46. Ke2 $142 $5 $19) 46... Ke4 47. Kc3 $4 {
terrible, but the game is lost in any case} (47. Ra4 Rxe3 48. Bf2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Munster League Div.1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "O'Connell, Philip"]
[Black "Harpur, Colin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "1708"]
[BlackElo "1999"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.32 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
d4 {last book move} 9. a4 e5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. h3 {Consolidates g4} h6 {Covers g5
} 12. Nh4 Kh7 13. Kh2 Be6 14. b3 {Secures c4} Nd7 15. f4 {
Attacks the pawn chain} a6 $11 (15... exf4 $5 {is an interesting alternative}
16. Bxf4 Nde5 $15) 16. f5 {White gains space} Bxc4 17. bxc4 Bf6 18. Rf1 (18.
Qg4 g5 19. Nf3 Bg7 $11) 18... Rg8 (18... Bxh4 19. gxh4 Qd8 20. Rb1 $11) 19. Bd2
$15 (19. Nf3 Bg7 $11) 19... Qd8 $11 (19... Bxh4 20. gxh4 Qd6 21. fxg6+ Qxg6 22.
Qg4 $11) 20. Nf3 g5 21. Rb1 b6 {Consolidates a5} 22. g4 a5 23. Rf2 Nb4 24. Kg1
Qe7 25. Nh2 {The idea is Nf3-h2-f1-g3-h5} Qd6 26. Nf1 Qc6 27. Ra1 Kg7 28. Ng3
Kf8 29. Nh5 {A beautiful square!} Ke7 30. Bf3 Rh8 31. Qc1 Rag8 32. Kf1 Ke8 33.
Ke2 Be7 34. Bg2 Kd8 35. Bf1 Kc7 36. Bg2 Qd6 37. Rf1 Nc6 38. Be1 Ncb8 39. Bg3
Nf6 40. Nxf6 Bxf6 {In the style of Nimzovich} 41. Bh1 Nd7 42. Qb2 Qc6 $14 (
42... h5 43. Rab1 $11) 43. Rfb1 Rb8 44. Qc1 Qd6 45. Rb5 {The rook dominates}
Be7 46. Rab1 Qc6 $16 (46... h5 47. Bg2 $11) 47. Qb2 Bd6 48. Be1 Kd8 49. Qc1 Ke7
50. Qb2 $11 (50. c3 Kf8 $14) 50... Bc7 $14 (50... Kd8 51. Bd2 $14) 51. Qc1 $11
(51. Bd2 Nf6 $14) 51... Rbg8 52. Bg3 f6 53. Bf3 Qa8 54. Qa3 Qc6 55. Bf2 Nb8 56.
Rg1 Na6 57. Rbb1 Nb4 58. Qb3 Qe8 59. Rg2 h5 $16 {The typical lever} (59... Kd8
60. Rh2 $11) 60. gxh5 Rxh5 61. Bxh5 Qxh5+ 62. Kd2 Qxh3 63. Rbg1 g4 64. Kc1 Qf3
65. Bg3 Kd6 66. Kb1 Bd8 $18 (66... Rh8 $5 67. Be1 Rg8 $18) 67. Ka1 $16 (67. Qb2
$5 Kc7 68. Qc1 Rh8 $18) 67... Be7 $18 (67... Rh8 68. Rf2 Qe3 69. Qb1 $18) 68.
Qb1 Bf8 69. Qd1 Qe3 (69... Ke7 70. Qxf3 gxf3 71. Rh2 $18) 70. Qd2 (70. Bf2 $5
Qh6 $18) 70... Bh6 (70... Qxd2 71. Rxd2 Bh6 72. Rdg2 $16) 71. Qxe3 dxe3 72. Kb2
Bg5 73. Be1 Nc6 74. c3 Rh8 75. Rxg4 Rh2+ 76. R4g2 Rh3 77. Kc2 Nd8 78. Bg3 (78.
Kd1 Nc6 $18) 78... Nf7 (78... Bf4 79. Kd1 $18) 79. Rh2 Rxh2+ 80. Bxh2 Bf4 81.
Bxf4 $16 (81. Rg2 $142 $5 $18) 81... exf4 82. Kd1 Ng5 $4 $18 (82... f3 $142 {
is the best chance} 83. d4 Ng5 84. e5+ Ke7 $14) 83. Ke2 Ke5 84. Rb1 Nh3 (84...
Nxe4 {the last chance for counterplay} 85. dxe4 Kxe4 $18) 85. Rxb6 {
The mate threat is Re6} Ng1+ 86. Ke1 $19 (86. Kf1 $142 {and White has prevailed
} e2+ 87. Kf2 $18) 86... f3 87. Re6+ Kf4 {Threatening mate: f2} 88. Rxf6 (88.
Rb6 {doesn't do any good} f2+ 89. Kd1 f1=Q+ 90. Kc2 Qg2+ 91. Kb3 e2 92. Ka2
e1=Q+ 93. Rb2 Ne2 94. Rc2 Nxc3+ 95. Ka3 Qa1+ 96. Kb3 Qxa4+ 97. Kxc3 Qgxc2#)
88... f2+ (88... f2+ 89. Kd1 e2+ 90. Kc2 e1=Q 91. Rh6 f1=Q 92. Rh4+ Kg3 93.
Rg4+ Kxg4 94. Kb3 Qb1+ 95. Ka3 Qfc1#) 0-1

[Event "Munster Leagues 02-03"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.03.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rea, PJ."]
[Black "Lopez, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[Annotator "Alex Lopez"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.04.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Nf3 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. Qb3 Qa6 $5 12. Qc2 $6 (12. e4) 12... cxd4 13.
Nxd4 Bd7 $5 14. Rad1 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Ba4 16. Qd3 Bxd1 17. Qxa6 bxa6 18. Bxa8 Bxe2
19. Re1 Bc4 20. Bf3 e6 21. Ba3 Rd8 22. Be2 Bxa2 23. Bxa6 Bxd4 {
And after careless play by white, black has a crushing position.} 24. Be7 Rb8
25. Rd1 e5 26. Rd2 Bd5 {Can it get much better?!} 27. Bd3 a5 28. Kf1 Bf3 29.
Ra2 Kg7 30. Bd6 Rb2 31. Rxb2 Bxb2 32. Bb5 (32. Be2 {or}) (32. Bc2 {
would have been better}) 32... Bd1 33. Ke1 Bb3 34. Kd2 a4 {
how I love those bishops :-)
} 35. Bb4 a3 36. Bc3 Bxc3+ 37. Kxc3 a2 38. Kb2 e4
39. Bc6 f5 40. h4 Kf6 41. Bb5 Ke5 42. Be2 Kd4 43. h5 e3 44. hxg6 hxg6 45. f3
Bc4 {0-1} 0-1

