MT Sustarsic: Win against ILM Gil, Maria do Carmo de Vasconcelos of Portugal

Win against ILM Gil, Maria do Carmo de Vasconcelos of Portugal: http://www.iccf-webchess.com/MakeAMove.aspx?id=297359 .

I was lucky to win this game when my opponent exceeded the time limit on the fortieth move, in a position where perhaps White had a microscopic advantage. She was close to losing on time at the previous time control also, but managed to play the thirtieth move with just a few hours to spare.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4
b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Nbd2 Nbd7 12.Be5

( 12.Nb3 Be4 13.Qd2 Qe7 14.Rfc1 Rfc8 15.Bxd6 cxd6 1-0(51) Kramnik, Vladimir (2785) - Shirov, Alexei (2739) / Tal Memorial (5), Moscow RUS 2007 )

12...Bxe5 13.dxe5 Nd5 14.Rfd1 c5 15.Ne4 Nb4 16.Qb1 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Nd5 18.a4 h6
19.Qc2 Qc7 20.Ne1 Nb4 21.Qd2 Rad8 22.Qd6 Qxd6 23.exd6 bxa4 24.Rxa4

( 24.e4 was an interesting alternative over which I spent some time. )

24...Nb6 25.Ra5 Nc4 26.Rxc5 Rxd6 27.Rc1 Nxb2 28.Rb1 Rd2 29.Nf3 Rd1+ 30.Rxd1
Nxd1 31.Ne5 Nb2 32.Bh3 f5 33.g4 Na4 34.Rc4 a5 35.gxf5 exf5 36.Nd7 Rf7 37.Rc8+
Kh7 38.Nf8+ Kg8 39.Ne6+ Kh7 40.e4 1-0


SIM Korze, Dr. Danilo, GM Voiculescu, Costel and GM Szczepanski, Zbigniew continue to jointly lead the tournament with 8.0 points, http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=22830

MT Sustarsic: Draw against GM Oliveira, Marcio Barbosa de of Brazil

Draw against GM Oliveira, Marcio Barbosa de of Brazil http://www.iccf-webchess.com/MakeAMove.aspx?id=297388. He is 59 years old, and a doctor radiologist. The game:

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 d6 7.b4 e5 8.
Bb2 a5 9.e3 Bg4 10.Be2 e4 11.Nd4 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Re8

( Novelty? 12...Nc6 13.O-O Ne5 14.Nf4 b6 15.d4 exd3 16.Nxd3 Nxd3 17.Qxd3 Re8 18.f3 Nd7 1/2-1/2 Cvetnic, Vladimir (2383) - Krajnc, Leon (2508) / Mare Nostrum III (?), ICCF 2008 )

13.Nf4 Nbd7 14.O-O Ne5 15.d4 exd3 16.Nxd3 Ne4 17.Qc2 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Qg5 19.f3 Nf6 20.Rae1 axb4 21.axb4 h5 22.e4 h4 23.f4 Qg6 24.f5 Qg5 25.Bc1 Qh5 26.h3 Re7 27.Rf4 b6 28.Be3 Qg5 29.Bd2 Qh5 30.Qb3 Kf8 31.c5 Kg8 32.cxb6 cxb6 33.b5 Rae8 34.Qf3 d5 35.Qxh5 Nxh5 36.Rxh4 Nf6 37.Bb4 Rxe4 38.Rhxe4 dxe4 39.g4 Nd5 40.Bd2 Re5 (Here I offered a draw, which was accepted.) 1/2-1/2

SIM Korze, Dr. Danilo, GM Voiculescu, Costel and GM Szczepanski, Zbigniew continue to jointly lead the tournament with 8.0 points, http://www.iccf-webchess.com/EventCrossTable.aspx?id=22830