[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chapter 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "The Opening"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Example 1 A"]
[Black "page 24"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Bb6 (6... Bxe3 7. fxe3
$1) 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4 O-O 9. O-O *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Example 1 B"]
[Black "page 24-25"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C24"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Example 2 A"]
[Black "page 25"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Be7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. O-O *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Example 2 B"]
[Black "page 25-26"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A44"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Bd3 a6 5. a4 Ne7 6. Ne2 Ng6 7. Na3 Be7 8. Nc4 O-O
9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Example 3 A"]
[Black "page 26"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C14"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qd2 Bd7 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Example 3 B"]
[Black "page 27"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bg5 Bg4 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chapter 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "The Middle-Game"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE PAWN-CHAIN"]
[Black "page 57"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C14"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
Nd1 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nf3 f6 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PINNING AND DISCOVERIES"]
[Black "page 65"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/pp2bpBp/7p/4p2P/3pP3/1PpP4/P1P5/1K4R1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. Bxh6+ Kh8 2. Bg7+ Kg8 3. Bxe5+ Kf8 4. Bg7+ Kg8 5. Bxd4+ Kf8 6. Bg7+ Kg8 7.
Bxc3+ Kf8 8. Bg7+ Kg8 9. Bd4+ Kf8 10. Bxa7 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PINNING AND DISCOVERIES"]
[Black "page 66"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/pp2bpBp/7p/4p2P/3pP3/1PpP4/P1P5/1K4R1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1... Bg5 $1 2. Bxh6 f6 3. Bxg5 fxg5 4. Rxg5+ Kf7 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ATTACK IN THE CENTRE"]
[Black "Diagram 110 A"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3qrk1/1pn2ppp/p2p2n1/2b1p3/P3P3/1BBP1N1P/2PR1PP1/Q2R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{Diagram 110 A} 1. d4 Bb6 2. dxe5 dxe5 3. Bxe5 Nxe5 4. Qxe5 Qxe5 5. Nxe5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ATTACK IN THE CENTRE"]
[Black "Diagram 110 B 1"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3qrk1/1pn2ppp/p2p2n1/2b1p3/P3P3/1BBP1N1P/2PR1PP1/Q2R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. d4 exd4 2. Bxd4 Bxd4 3. Qxd4 Rd8 4. Qb6 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ATTACK IN THE CENTRE"]
[Black "Diagram 110 B 2"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3qrk1/1pn2ppp/p2p2n1/2b1p3/P3P3/1BBP1N1P/2PR1PP1/Q2R2K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. d4 exd4 2. Bxd4 Ne5 3. Bxe5 dxe5 4. Qxe5 Qxe5 5. Nxe5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ATTACK ON THE WING"]
[Black "Diagram 114 A"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6bk/2r4p/2nr1p1P/1p1pp3/pP1P4/4PN2/RBP2P2/4K1R1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{Wing Attack with "Fluid" Centre} 1... Nxb4 2. dxe5 Nxa2 3. exd6 Rf7 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ATTACK ON THE WING"]
[Black "Diagram 114 B"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6bk/2r4p/2nr1p1P/1p1pp3/pP1P4/4PN2/RBP2P2/4K1R1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1... Nxb4 2. dxe5 Re6 3. exf6 Bf7 4. Rg7 Nxa2 5. Ng5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ATTACK ON THE WING"]
[Black "Diagram 114 C"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6bk/2r4p/2nr1p1P/1p1pp3/pP1P4/4PN2/RBP2P2/4K1R1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{Wing Attack with "Locked" Centre} 1... e4 2. Nd2 Nxb4 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ATTACK ON THE WING"]
[Black "Diagram 117"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k4r/pppr3p/8/5b1n/2B2p1q/2P3p1/PP3QP1/RNB1R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. Qxa7 Rd3 2. Nd2 (2. Bxd3 Qh2+ 3. Kf1 Bxd3+ 4. Re2 Qh1+ 5. Qg1 Bxe2+ 6. Kxe2
Qxg1) 2... Rxd2 3. Bxd2 Qh2+ 4. Kf1 f3 5. Qa8+ Kd7 6. Qa4+ c6 7. Re7+ $3 Kxe7
8. Bg5+ Kd7 9. Rd1+ Kc7 10. Qa5+ Kb8 11. Qe5+ Ka8 12. Qxh8+ Ka7 13. Qd4+ b6 14.
Ke1 $1 fxg2 15. Be3 c5 16. Qe5 g1=Q+ 17. Bxg1 Qxg1+ 18. Kd2 Qf2+ 19. Be2 g2 20.
Qe7+ Kb8 21. Qe3 {Black resigns   - but Fritz doesn't seem to think Black's
position's all that bad (White's the exchange ahead):  Fritz 6:} Qxe3+ 22. Kxe3
({not} 22. Ke1 g1=Q# $1) 22... Nf6 23. Rg1 Be6 24. c4 Kc7 25. Rxg2 Kd6 26. Rg1
{1.47/15} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "COMPLEX ATTACKS"]
[Black "Diagram 118"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2r2k1/1b1q1ppp/1p2p3/pP1p4/PnP1P3/1B3R1P/1Q4P1/3R1N1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. cxd5 exd5 2. exd5 Bxd5 3. Ne3 Qb7 4. Nf5 $1 f6 5. Rg3 Rd7 (5... g6 6. Qxf6)
6. Qxf6 Rf8 (6... Rf7 7. Bxd5 Nxd5 8. Nh6+ Kf8 9. Qd6+ Re7 10. Rxd5 (10. Rxd5
gxh6 11. Rf5+ Ke8 12. Rg8#)) 7. Nh6+ Kh8 8. Qxf8+ Bg8 9. Qxg8# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chapter 4"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "The End-Game"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2r2k1/1b1q1ppp/1p2p3/pP1p4/PnP1P3/1B3R1P/1Q4P1/3R1N1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "KING & 2 PASSED PAWNS"]
[Black "Diagram 130"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7p/5k2/8/2pP1K2/4P3/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. e4 h5 2. e5+ Ke7 3. d5 c3 4. Ke3 {forced} h4 5. d6+ Ke6 {White resigns} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE OPPOSITION"]
[Black "Diagram 131 A"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/4k3/8/4K3/8/4P3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{The initial position is the "ideal" position for White to queen his pawn.} 1.
e3 Ke7 2. Ke5 {the "ideal" position again} Ke8 3. Ke6 Kd8 4. e4 Ke8 {
the "ideal" position} 5. e5 Kd8 6. Kf7 Kd7 7. e6+ Kd8 8. e7+ Kd7 9. e8=Q+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE OPPOSITION"]
[Black "Diagram 131 B"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/4k3/8/4K3/8/4P3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. e3 Kd6 2. Kf5 Kd5 3. e4+ Kd6 4. Kf6 Kd7 5. e5 Ke8 (5... Kd8 {
or any other king move except Ke8} 6. Kf7 {and pawn e6-e7-e8}) 6. Ke6 Kd8 7.
Kf7 Kd7 8. e6+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE OPPOSITION"]
[Black "Diagram 132"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/4k3/8/4K3/4P3/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{The "possible" position for White to queen. If Black has the move he must
give way, but White to move only has:} 1. Kd4 Kd6 2. e4 {and the king is no
longer in front of the pawn - it cannot be queened and the game is a draw.} ({
otherwise} 2. Ke4 {and repetition of moves}) *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE OPPOSITION"]
[Black "Diagram 133 A"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/4k3/4P3/4K3/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{The "impossible" position for queening the pawn.  A) - White to move} 1. Kd3
Ke6 2. Kd4 Kd6 3. e5+ Ke6 4. Ke4 Ke7 5. Kd5 Kd7 6. e6+ Ke7 7. Ke5 Ke8 8. Kd6
Kd8 9. e7+ Ke8 10. Ke6 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE OPPOSITION"]
[Black "Diagram 133 B"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/4k3/4P3/4K3/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{The "impossible" position for queening the pawn.  B) - Black to move} 1... Ke6
2. Kd4 Kd6 3. e5+ Ke6 4. Ke4 Ke7 5. Kd5 Kd7 6. e6+ Ke7 7. Ke5 Ke8 8. Kd6 Kd8 9.
e7+ Ke8 10. Ke6 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE OPPOSITION"]
[Black "Diagram 134"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/3k4/8/3KP3/8/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{The position after *Black's* second move in the previous two examples
(Diagram 133 A and B).  But even if it were Black to move here, it's still a
draw:} 1... Ke6 2. e5 Ke7 3. Kd5 Kd7 4. e6+ Ke7 5. Ke5 {etc.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE OPPOSITION"]
[Black "Diagram 135 A"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/3Pk3/4P3/8/8/8/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. Kg2 Kd7 2. Kg3 Ke6 3. Kg4 Kd7 4. Kg5 Ke6 5. Kg6 Kd7 6. Kf6 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE OPPOSITION"]
[Black "Diagram 135 B"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/3Pk3/4P3/8/8/8/7K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1... Kd7 2. Kg2 Ke6 3. Kg3 Kd7 4. Kg4 Ke6 5. Kg5 Kd7 6. Kg6 Ke6 7. d7 $1 Kxd7
8. Kf6 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE OPPOSITION"]
[Black "Diagram 136"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/8/K7/8/P7/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{The "ideal" position but with the pawn on the rook's file - draw} 1. a5 Kb8 2.
Kb6 Ka8 3. a6 (3. Kc7 Ka7 $11) 3... Kb8 $11 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE OPPOSITION"]
[Black "Diagram 137"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/K1k5/8/P7/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{White's king and pawn in "ideal" position but Black's king has reached the
bishop's file - draw.} 1. a6 Kc8 2. Ka8 (2. Kb6 Kb8 $11 {
- as in previous example (Diagram 136)}) 2... Kc7 $11 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE OPPOSITION"]
[Black "Diagram 138"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/8/2K5/2P5/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{The "possible" position but with pawn on the fifth rank: *always* possible to
queen even if it's White's move:} 1. Kd6 Kd8 2. c6 Kc8 3. c7 Kb7 4. Kd7 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "K & Ps -vs- K & Ps"]
[Black "Diagram 143"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6pp/1p1p1k2/8/P1PK4/3P4/6P1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1... h5 2. Kd5 g5 3. Kxd6 h4 4. c5 bxc5 (4... b5 5. c6 $1) 5. a5 g4 6. a6 h3 7.
gxh3 g3 (7... gxh3 8. a7 h2 9. a8=Q $1) 8. a7 g2 9. a8=Q g1=Q 10. Qf8+ Kg5 11.
Qg8+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ROOK IN THE ENDGAME"]
[Black "Diagram 144"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/5pp1/p3p2p/1p1pP3/3P1P2/6P1/PP5P/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1... Rc4 (1... Rc2 $2 2. Rf2 Rc4 3. Rd2) 2. Rd1 Rc2 3. Rb1 Rd2 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ROOK IN THE ENDGAME"]
[Black "Diagram 148"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3K4/3P1k2/8/8/8/8/2r5/4R3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{The Ideal Position - Method One} 1. Rf1+ Kg6 (1... Ke6 2. Ke8) 2. Rf4 $1 Rc1 (
2... Kg5 3. Rf7 Kg6 4. Re7 Kf6 (4... Rh2 5. Re8 {
and Kc7-b6-c5 etc. until the checks run out}) 5. Ke8) 3. Ke7 Re1+ 4. Kd6 Rd1+
5. Ke6 Re1+ 6. Kd5 Rd1+ 7. Rd4 $1 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ROOK IN THE ENDGAME"]
[Black "Diagram 149"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3K4/3P1k2/8/8/8/8/2r5/4R3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{The Ideal Position - Method Two} 1... Rc4 2. Rf1+ Kg6 3. Ke7 Re4+ 4. Kd6 Rd4+
5. Ke6 Re4+ 6. Kd5 Re2 7. Rd1 $1 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ROOK IN THE ENDGAME"]
[Black "Diagram 150"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3K1k2/2R5/8/3P4/8/8/3r4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{Arriving at the Ideal Position} 1. Rd6 Rd2 2. d5 Rd1 3. Kc7 Rc1+ 4. Rc6 Rd1 5.
d6 Ke8 6. Rc2 Rd4 7. Re2+ Kf7 8. d7 Rc4+ 9. Kd8 {
arriving at the ideal position (Method Two)   - see Diagram 149} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ROOK IN THE ENDGAME"]
[Black "Diagram 150 - Variations A"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3K1k2/2R5/8/3P4/8/8/3r4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. Rd6 Ra1 2. d5 Ra7+ 3. Kc8 Ra8+ (3... Ke7 4. Re6+ Kf7 5. Re1) (3... Ra1 4.
Kc7 Ra7+ 5. Kb6 Re7 6. Rd8 Re8 7. Kc7 $1) (3... Ra5 4. Kc7 Ra1 5. Re6) 4. Kb7
Re8 5. Kc7 Re1 6. Rd8 Ke7 7. d6+ Kf7 8. Kd7 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ROOK IN THE ENDGAME"]
[Black "Diagram 150 - Variations B"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3K1k2/2R5/8/3P4/8/8/3r4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. Rd6 Rd2 2. d5 Rd1 3. Kc7 Ke7 4. Re6+ Kf7 5. Kd7 Rd2 6. Re8 Rd3 7. Kc6 Rc3+
8. Kd7 Rd3 9. d6 {and White can easily reach the ideal position.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ROOK IN THE ENDGAME"]
[Black "Diagram 150 - Variations C"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3K1k2/2R5/8/3P4/8/8/3r4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. Rd6 Rd2 2. d5 Rd1 3. Kc7 Rc1+ 4. Rc6 Rd1 5. d6 Ke6 6. Rc2 $3 Rxd6 7. Re2+
Kd5 8. Rd2+ {winning the Rook and the game.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ROOK IN THE ENDGAME"]
[Black "Diagram 151"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7K/3k3P/8/8/8/8/6r1/5R2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. Rf8 Ke7 2. Rg8 Rh2 3. Kg7 Rg2+ 4. Kh6 Rh2+ 5. Kg6 Rg2+ 6. Kf5 {
- ideal position Method One: White plays Kf5-g4-f3 until the checks run out.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ROOK IN THE ENDGAME"]
[Black "Diagram 152"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/7R/1r6/5K2/4P3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. Rg7 Ra6 2. Rg6 (2. e5 Rb6 3. Rh7 Rc6 4. e6 Rc1 $1 5. Kf6 Rf1+ 6. Ke5 Re1+ 7.
Kf5 Rf1+ 8. Kg4 Rg1+ 9. Kf3 Re1 10. Rh6 Ke7) 2... Rxg6 3. Kxg6 Ke7 4. Kf5 Kf7 {
with the opposition} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "QUEEN IN THE ENDGAME"]
[Black "Diagram 153"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3q4/3P3k/3Q4/7K/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. Qg5+ Kh7 2. Qe7+ Qxe7+ 3. dxe7 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "QUEEN IN THE ENDGAME"]
[Black "Diagram 154"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/3P4/4K3/3Q4/8/2q3k1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1... Qe2+ $2 2. Qe4+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "QUEEN IN THE ENDGAME"]
[Black "Diagram 155"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "Q7/5K2/8/8/8/8/3kp3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. Qd5+ Kc2 2. Qe4+ Kd2 3. Qd4+ Kc2 4. Qe3 Kd1 5. Qd3+ Ke1 6. Ke6 Kf1 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "QUEEN IN THE ENDGAME"]
[Black "Diagram 156"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/5K2/8/5p1Q/4k3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. Kf3 $1 (1. Ke3 $2 f1=N+ $1) 1... f1=Q+ 2. Ke3 $1 {
and whatever Black plays he is mated.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "QUEEN IN THE ENDGAME"]
[Black "Diagram 158"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2K5/8/8/8/5p1Q/4k3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. Qe5+ Kd2 2. Qf4+ Ke2 3. Qe4+ Kd2 4. Qf3 Ke1 5. Qe3+ Kf1 6. Kd5 Kg2 7. Qg5+
Kh2 8. Qf4+ Kg2 9. Qg4+ Kh2 10. Qf3 Kg1 11. Qg3+ Kh1 $1 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "B & N IN THE ENDGAME"]
[Black "Diagram 163"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3P1n2/3K4/8/8/8/6k1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. Ke7 Ne5 $1 2. d8=Q Nc6+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "B & N IN THE ENDGAME"]
[Black "Diagram 164"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3b4/3k4/1p1p4/pP1Kp3/P3P2p/4BP1P/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{"Good" and "bad" Bishops} 1. f4 exf4 2. Bxf4 Be7 3. Be3 Bd8 4. Bf2 Kc7 5. Ke6
Bg5 6. Be1 Bd8 7. Bd2 {Black resigns: the Bishop cannot move!} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "B & N IN THE ENDGAME"]
[Black "Diagram 165"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3b4/2p2k2/3p1p2/pP1N1K2/P3P3/6P1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{Knight defeats Bishop} 1. g3 Kg6 2. Ke5 Kg5 3. Kd6 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "B & N IN THE ENDGAME"]
[Black "Diagram 166"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/p3p2p/1p1k1p1P/1P1P4/P2K1Nb1/6P1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1... Bf2 2. Kc3 Ke4 3. Nd2+ Ke3 4. Nf3 (4. Nf1+ Ke2 5. Nh2 Bg3) 4... Bg3 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "EXAMPLES OF END-GAME PLAY"]
[Black "Diagram 167"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/2p2nbp/np1p4/3Pp1p1/NPP1P1qP/2B3P1/6K1/3QRRN1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1... Qxd1 2. Rxd1 Nxb4 3. Nxb6 cxb6 4. Bxb4 Ra4 $1 5. Rb1 Rc8 6. Rfc1 gxh4 7.
gxh4 Bf8 8. Nf3 b5 9. Nd2 Bh6 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "EXAMPLES OF END-GAME PLAY"]
[Black "Diagram 169 A"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/pp3k1p/8/3pP3/8/3K3P/P6P/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1... Ke6 2. Kd4 b5 3. a3 a5 4. h4 h5 5. h3 b4 6. a4 b3 7. Kc3 Kxe5 8. Kxb3 Kd4
$1 9. Kc2 Ke3 10. Kd1 Kd3 {
White resigns - Black has reached the "ideal" position for queening the pawn.}
*

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "EXAMPLES OF END-GAME PLAY"]
[Black "Diagram 169 B"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/pp3k1p/8/3pP3/8/3K3P/P6P/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1... Ke6 2. Kd4 b5 3. a3 a5 4. h4 b4 $2 5. axb4 axb4 6. h5 b3 $2 7. Kc3 Kxe5 8.
Kxb3 Kd4 9. Kc2 Ke3 10. Kd1 Kd3 {Now Black has what would be the ideal
position, but White has a larger number of tempos in hand.} 11. h6 d4 12. h3
Ke3 13. Ke1 d3 14. Kd1 d2 15. h4 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "EXAMPLES OF END-GAME PLAY"]
[Black "Diagram 170"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/pp4p1/2pP4/2P2p2/2P4r/PK6/3R3P/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1... b6 2. cxb6 (2. d7+ Kd8) 2... axb6 3. Kb4 Kd7 4. Rg2 Rh7 5. Rg6 f4 6. c5 f3
7. Rg1 (7. Rg3 f2 8. Rf3 Rh4+ $1 9. Kb3 Rh3 $1) 7... bxc5+ 8. Kxc5 f2 9. Rf1
Rxh2 10. a4 g5 11. a5 g4 12. a6 g3 13. a7 Rh8 14. Kb6 g2 {White resigns} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "EXAMPLES OF END-GAME PLAY"]
[Black "Diagram 171"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/1pp1rp1p/p2p1bp1/P2R4/2B1P3/1P3P2/2P3PP/4RK2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1... Bc3 2. Re3 Bb4 3. c3 c6 4. Rg5 (4. Rd1 Bxa5 5. Rxd6 Bc7 6. Rd1 Bxh2) 4...
Bc5 5. Rd3 Kg7 {moves the King out of the Bishop's line of fire} 6. b4 Ba7 7.
Rxd6 Be3 8. Rg4 (8. Rg3 Bf4) 8... h5 9. Rh4 Bg5 10. Rh3 Bf4 11. Rd3 Rc8 12. g3
Bb8 13. Rd2 c5 14. Bd5 cxb4 15. cxb4 Rc1+ 16. Ke2 Rb1 17. g4 hxg4 18. fxg4 Rxb4
19. Rc2 Bc7 20. Rc5 Rb2+ 21. Kd3 Rd7 22. Kc4 Be5 23. Rb3 (23. Kd3 Rb3+) 23...
Rc2+ 24. Kb4 Bd6 25. Rbc3 Bxc5+ {White resigns} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "EXAMPLES OF END-GAME PLAY"]
[Black "Diagram 172"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p2k4/4p1B1/PP1pP2p/2pK1Pb1/6P1/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. f5 exf5 2. b6 axb6 3. a6 $1 c3 (3... Kc7 4. e6 Kd6 5. a7) 4. Kxc3 d4+ 5.
Kxd4 Kc7 (5... Bf3 6. Bxf5+ {followed by Be4}) 6. e6 Bf3 7. Bxf5 {Black resigns
} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "EXAMPLES OF END-GAME PLAY"]
[Black "Diagram 173"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r6/p4kp1/1npb1p1p/4p3/3PP3/2PBB1P1/5P1P/5R1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

1. Ra1 Rb7 2. f4 exf4 3. gxf4 Ke8 4. c4 Nd7 5. e5 Bb4 6. Be4 Rc7 7. e6 Nb8 8.
f5 a5 9. Bf4 Rc8 10. Bf3 $1 Na6 11. Bh5+ Ke7 12. c5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rd1
Rd8 15. Rxd8 Kxd8 16. Bf3 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chapter 5"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "The Theory in Action"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r6/p4kp1/1npb1p1p/4p3/3PP3/2PBB1P1/5P1P/5R1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE THEORY IN ACTION"]
[Black "Game No. 1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{GAME NO. 1} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. c3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Qe7 7.
O-O Ng8 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. d5 Qc5 10. Na3 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qf8 13. Bxb6
axb6 14. Nb5 Kd8 15. Rac1 d6 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Qe3 Ra6 18. Nc7 Qe7 19. Ne6+
fxe6 20. Bxa6 Bd7 (20... bxa6 21. Qxb6+ Ke8 22. Rxc8+ Kf7 23. Rc7) 21. Bb5 Ke8
22. dxe6 Nf6 23. Rc8+ {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE THEORY IN ACTION"]
[Black "Game No. 2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{GAME NO. 2} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. f4 Ng6 6. Be3 Bb4+ 7.
Nd2 Qe7 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Nh4 10. Kf2 Bc5 11. Re1 g5 $1 12. f5 Ne5 13. Qc3 Ng4+
14. Kf1 O-O 15. f6 $1 Nxe3+ 16. Rxe3 Qd6 17. e5 Qe6 18. Rg3 h6 19. Ngf3 Nf5 20.
Nxg5 $1 Nxg3+ 21. hxg3 Qg4 (21... hxg5 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5+) 22. Ndf3 d6 23.
Bh7+ Kh8 24. Rxh6 Qxg3 25. Qc2 Qf2+ 26. Qxf2 Bxf2 27. Kxf2 Be6 28. Nxe6 fxe6
29. Bf5+ Kg8 30. Bxe6+ {Black resigns} (30. Bxe6+ Rf7 31. Ng5 Raf8 32. Rg6+ Kh8
33. Bxf7 Rxf7 34. Nxf7+ Kh7 35. Rg7#) 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE THEORY IN ACTION"]
[Black "Game No. 3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{GAME NO. 3} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7.
Bf4 O-O 8. Bd6 f5 $2 9. e5 a6 10. Be2 Nbc6 11. O-O Rf7 12. Kh1 f4 $2 13. Ne4
Nf5 14. Bh5 g6 15. Bg4 Ng7 16. Qf3 h5 17. Bh3 Qh4 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Qe4 Qg5 20.
g3 f3 (20... fxg3 21. fxg3) 21. Nd2 $1 Bd8 (21... Qxd2 {Fritz 6:} 22. Qxg6 Rxf6
23. exf6 Qg5 24. Qxg5 Ne8 25. Qxh5+ Kg8 26. f7+ Kg7 {#6/13} 27. f8=Q#) 22. Nxf3
Qh6 23. Rg1 Bxf6 24. exf6 Ne8 25. Bf4 Nxf6 (25... Qh7 26. Ng5) (25... Qf8 26.
Qxg6) 26. Qxc6 Qxf4 27. Qxc8+ Rxc8 28. gxf4 Rxc2 29. Rac1 Rxf2 30. Rc8+ Ng8 31.
Ne5 Rg7 32. Nxg6+ Kh7 33. Nf8+ Kh6 34. Nxd7 Rxd7 35. Rcxg8 Rxf4 36. Bxe6 Re7
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE THEORY IN ACTION"]
[Black "Game No. 4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{GAME NO. 4} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Be2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. c4 a6 7.
Nc3 Nf6 8. O-O Qc7 9. b3 Be7 10. Bf3 Bd7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Re1 Nxd4 $2 13. Qxd4
Bc6 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. Nd5 $1 exd5 (15... Qd7 16. Nb6) (15... Bxd5 16. cxd5) 16.
cxd5 Qd7 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 Bd6 20. Qg5 h6 21. Qh4 Rac8 22.
Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qxh6 Bf8 24. Qxf6 Bg7 25. Qg5 Qd2 $2 26. Re8+ $1 {Black resigns}
(26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Qxd2) (26. Re8+ Kh7 27. Be4+ f5 28. Bxf5#) 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE THEORY IN ACTION"]
[Black "Game No. 5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{GAME NO. 5} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7.
O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Rb1 d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 Nd7 12. f4 e6 13. Na4 Qa5 14.
c3 Rd8 15. b4 Qc7 16. Qd2 Bf8 17. Bd4 c5 18. Bf2 Rb8 19. Bh4 Re8 20. Rfc1 Bh6
21. Nxc5 Qxe5 $1 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. Bg3 Qd6 24. c4 e5 25. Bf3 (25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26.
cxd5 exf4) 25... e4 26. c5 Qf6 27. Be2 d4 28. Qb2 Rbd8 29. b5 Bxf4 30. Bxf4
Qxf4 31. c6 Bc8 32. Bc4 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Kg7 34. Rf1 f5 35. a4 Qc3 36. Qxc3 dxc3
37. Rbc1 e3 38. Rxc3 e2 39. Re1 Rd1 40. Rc1 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE THEORY IN ACTION"]
[Black "Game No. 6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{GAME NO. 6} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O
Nbd7 8. d3 Qc7 9. Nc3 Rd8 10. Qc2 Nb6 11. e4 d4 12. Ne2 e5 13. h3 Be6 14. Ng5
c5 15. f4 Nh5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bc1 Rf8 18. f5 Nc8 19. g4 Nf6 20. Ng3 Nd6 21.
Qe2 Qc8 22. Bd2 a5 23. a4 b6 24. Rf2 Nf7 25. g5 Ne8 26. Qh5 Nh8 27. Qg4 g6 28.
Raf1 Nc7 29. h4 Qe8 30. h5 Bd6 31. Bh3 Qe7 32. Rh2 Rf7 33. Qh4 gxf5 34. exf5
Kf8 35. f6 Qd7 36. Ne4 Ke8 37. Rg2 Kd8 38. g6 hxg6 39. hxg6 Nxg6 40. Rxg6 Ne8
41. Ng5 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE THEORY IN ACTION"]
[Black "Game No. 7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{GAME NO. 7} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d3 Be6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 h6 7. O-O
Qd7 8. Re1 Be7 (8... Bh3 9. Bh1 $1) 9. a3 g5 10. b4 Bh3 11. Bh1 Rd8 12. b5 Nb8
(12... Nd4 13. e3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3) 13. Bb2 Qg4 14. Qd2 Nbd7 15. Qe3 b6 16. d4
exd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. Nc6 Nxc6 19. Bxc6+ Kf8 20. Qd3 h5 21. Nd5 Rh6 22. f3 Qc8
23. Nxe7 Kxe7 24. Qe3+ Be6 25. Qxg5 Rdh8 26. Qh4 Qg8 27. e4 Qg6 28. e5 dxe5 29.
Bxe5 Kd8 30. Bb7 Rg8 31. Rad1+ Ke8 32. Bxc7 Kf8 33. Bd6+ Kg7 34. Bf4 Rhh8 35.
Rxe6 fxe6 36. Be4 Qe8 (36... Nxe4 $2 37. Rd7+ Qf7 (37... Kf8 38. Qe7#) 38. Be5+
Kg6 39. Rxf7 Kxf7 40. fxe4) 37. Be5 Rh6 38. Qg5+ Rg6 39. Bxg6 Qxg6 40. Bxf6+
Kf7 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Qf4 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE THEORY IN ACTION"]
[Black "Game No. 8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{GAME NO. 8} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 Nd7 7. O-O
Bb7 8. d5 Nc5 9. dxc6 Bxc6 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. a4 Rd8 13. axb5 $1 Qb7
14. Qc2 Nb3 15. Ra6 Nf6 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. Rc6 Nb3 19. Bxc4 Nd4 20.
Qa4 $1 O-O (20... Nxc6 21. bxc6 Qc7 22. Nb5) 21. Ra6 Qb8 $1 22. f4 (22. Rxa7
Ng4 23. g3 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Nd2) 22... g5 $1 23. e5 Nh5 24. g3 Kh8 25. Qd1 Ng7 26.
Qg4 gxf4 27. Qxf4 Ndf5 28. Ne2 Nh5 29. Qe4 Rg8 30. Bd3 Rg5 31. Rc6 Rd5 32. Rfc1
Kg7 33. b6 axb6 34. Rc7 b5 35. R1c6 Qd8 36. Rc8 Qa5 37. Nf4 Nxf4 38. Qxf4 Qe1+
39. Bf1 Qe3+ 40. Qxe3 Nxe3 41. Rd6 Rgxe5 42. Rxd5 Rxd5 43. Rc3 Nxf1 44. Kxf1
Rd1+ 45. Ke2 Rh1 46. Ke3 Rxh2 47. b3 Rh5 48. Rc7 Rg5 49. Kf4 Rd5 50. Ke4 h5 51.
b4 Rg5 52. Kd4 Rg4+ {White resigns} (52... Rg4+ 53. Kc5 Rc4+) 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "THE THEORY IN ACTION"]
[Black "Game No. 9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.05.01"]

{GAME NO. 9} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7.
Bd3 O-O 8. b3 Re8 9. O-O e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bb2
d4 14. Rad1 Bxh2+ $1 (14... dxc3 15. Bxh7+) 15. Kh1 (15. Kxh2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 (16.
Kg1 Qh4) (16. Kh3 Nxe3+) 16... Qc7+) 15... Ng4 16. g3 Qg5 17. Ne4 Qh5 18. Kg2
Ne5 19. f4 Qh3+ 20. Kf2 Bxg3+ 21. Nxg3 Qh2+ 22. Ke1 Qxg3+ 23. Rf2 Nf3+ 24. Ke2
Rxe3+ 25. Kf1 Qg1# 0-1

