MT Sustarsic: Win against Mary, Patrick

Win against IM Mary, Patrick of Argentina http://www.iccf-webchess.com/MakeAMove.aspx?id=297383. He is 54 years old, and works in European Central Bank in Western France.

11.Nd4 Novelty? The ChessOK opening tree http://chessok.com/?page_id=352 gives 6 games with 11.Bf4, but none with Nd4. I thought I'll vary with this move.

13...Qc8 ?! This hands over the initiative to White. Perhaps better was 13...Nh5.

14.e4 ! Losing no time to occupy the centre. Now Black makes a series of aimless moves.

20.Qg4 ! There is a shortage of defenders near the Black king.

20...g5 ? Somehow, most engines want to play this. But if you force a few moves down the line, they realize their mistake.

23...Kg7 ? 23...Bb4 was necessary.

28...a4 ? With so many White pieces pointed at the Black king, how can he make a pawn move on the other wing?

29.Bc3+ ! And Black resigned after a few more moves. This is my first win in the tournament.


But SIM Korze, Dr. Danilo continues to lead the tournament with 7.5 points, http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=22830 :

MT Sustarsic: Draw against Szczepanski, Zbigniew

Draw against Szczepanski, Zbigniew of Poland http://www.iccf-webchess.com/MakeAMove.aspx?id=297389. He is 53 years old, and works in his own management consultancy firm.

7.g4 As against SIM Sivic in the same tournament, and as mentioned in my post above, I employed the Shabalov / Shirov attack. Instead of 10...Nf8, Sivic continued 10...Nf6.

14...Nh4 14...Bd7 15.e4 Nf4 16.e5 Qh4 17.Rg3 Nxe2+ 18.Nxe2 Bf8 19.Rdg1 dxc4 20.Qxc4 O-O-O {1/2-1/2(33) Enricci, Juan Andrés (2407) - Cardelli, Gabriel (2443) / WCCC28CT06 (?), ICCF 2008}

17.e4 Novelty? http://www.chessok.com/?page_id=352 gives 17.cxd5 exd5 18.e4 Be6 19.exd5 cxd5 1-0, Computer "Zappa Zanzibar" - Computer "Scorpio", Leiden (Netherlands), 2007

17...dxc4 This move was accompanied by a draw offer, which I declined

36...b3!! I had analyzed 36...c3 for several weeks, only to conclude that White had nothing better than a draw, even though he remained a piece up. But I had hardly analyzed 36...b3. So when I received this move, I was shocked. I thought my opponent had blundered. Engines were showing high scores for White. But slowly, I realized that though I had a series of checks, they never led to mate. Anyway, I continued playing, hoping that a win will materialize somewhere. Perhaps somebody can show me a win?

 
39...Kb6! The move that engines miss.

45.Qd8 Finally, I offered the draw, which was accepted by my opponent.

SIM Korze, Dr. Danilo continues to lead the tournament with 7.5 points, http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=22830 :

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