[Event "World Ch final 13"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bang, Erik"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{The thirteenth world championship of correspondence chess lasted from 1989
until 1998. Mikhail Umansky won. He had started the 3/4 final in 1984. So the
championship took him 15 years! He won the final with a record score of 13/16,
despite strong opposition.} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8
6. O-O c6 7. Qb3 a5 $5 8. d4 e4 9. Ne1 h6 $5 {
Black makes slightly provocative moves.} 10. Nc2 Na6 11. Ne3 Nc7 12. c5 $2 (12.
d5 $1 d6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Rd1 {avoids the disadvantage.}) 12... d6 $1 13. cxd6
Bxd6 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Nc4 Ncd5 16. Bd2 Bc7 17. Rac1 Bg4 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Ne3
Nxe3 20. Bxe3 {Black controls the kingside.} Rad8 21. Rfd1 Rd5 22. Rd2 Bd6 $1
23. a3 Qe6 24. Qb3 Re7 25. Rc3 Bh3 $1 {
Restriction increases near the white king.} 26. Bh1 h5 27. f3 $6 {
The counteraction backfires.} Qg6 28. Kf2 h4 29. f4 hxg3+ 30. hxg3 Rh5 31. Rc1
Be6 32. Qb6 Bc7 $5 33. Qa7 $5 Rh2+ 34. Bg2 Bh3 35. Rg1 Bxf4 $1 {
Sacrifices bring the decision.} 36. Bxf4 e3+ $1 37. Bxe3 Rxg2+ 38. Rxg2 Qe4 39.
Qb8+ Kh7 40. Ke1 ({Or} 40. Rh2 Qxe3+ 41. Ke1 Qg1#) 40... Qxg2 41. Rd3 Bg4 {
Umansky played a classical positional game. The controlled territory increased
and a combination finished the game.} 0-1

[Event "World Ch final 13"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Na6 11. Rad1 Nc5 12. Rd4 e5 $1 {Umansky equalises.} ({
He inproves on} 12... d5 {(Rauzer - Kan, Moscow 1931).}) 13. Rdd1 ({
The pointe is} 13. Nxe5 $5 Ne6 $1 14. Rfd1 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 d6) 13... Nce4 $1 14.
Bxf6 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bxf6 16. Qd2 Bc6 17. b4 a6 18. b5 Be4 19. Qxd7 Qxd7 20. Rxd7
axb5 21. cxb5 Rxa2 22. Bc4 Rc2 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 e4 25. Nd2 Re8 26. Rd1 h5
27. g3 Re6 28. Nf1 Re5 29. R1d4 Rc5 30. Rd7 Rc1 31. R7d5 Rb1 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33.
Rxe4 Rxb5 34. Nd2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch final 13"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldenberg, Richard"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e4
$5 h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 $5 (9... Be7 {was played in Vera - Eperjesi, Berlin 1988.})
10. Rd1 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 $5 12. Bd6 $1 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 g4 {
Umansky seeks a sharp confrontation.} 14. Ng1 a6 15. Qd1 Qc7 16. Rd2 Nf6 17. h3
Ne5 18. hxg4 Nxe4 $5 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qe2 Bb7 21. Rh5 d6 22. g5 O-O-O $5 23.
gxh6 Kb8 24. Nh3 f5 {Black has given a pawn for the control of the centre.} 25.
Ng5 Rde8 26. h7 d5 {Both parties follow their plans.} 27. b3 Ka7 28. Rh3 Ng4
29. Rd1 ({Not} 29. Nxe6 $2 {due to} Qc8 $1 30. cxd5 Bxd5 $1 {(Umansky).}) 29...
Nf6 30. b4 e5 {The fighting has reached a climax.} 31. cxd5 $2 ({Right is} 31.
c5 $1 bxc5 32. bxc5 Qxc5 33. Qd2 Re7 {and the battle continues.}) 31... Nxd5
32. Qc4 Qe7 33. Rxd5 Rc8 $1 34. Rc5 $1 bxc5 35. Nf7 cxb4 36. Qb3 $5 (36. Nxh8
$5 Rxc4 37. Bxc4 Qg5 $1 {favours Black as well (Umansky).}) 36... Rc1+ 37. Ke2
$1 Rhc8 38. Qe3+ ({Insufficient is} 38. h8=Q R8c2+ 39. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 40. Kd1 Qc5 {
(Umansky).}) 38... R1c5 39. h8=Q Qxf7 $1 40. Ke1 ({Or} 40. Qhxe5 Qxa2+ 41. Ke1
Qb1+ 42. Ke2 Qc2+ 43. Ke1 {(Umansky)} Qc1+ $1 44. Ke2 Ra8 $1 {and Black wins.})
40... Qd5 $1 41. Qg7 f4 42. Bc4 Qxc4 43. Rh7 Rb8 0-1

[Event "World Ch final 13"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korelov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nd2 h5 20. Ngf1 Rb8 21. Nh2 Bc8 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Kh1 Qc7 24. Qe2 Bd7 25. Qf1 b4 26. f4 bxc3 27. bxc3 Rb2 28. Bb1
h4 29. fxe5 Nh5 30. Qf3 dxe5 31. Nhf1 Bb5 32. Qd1 Nb3 33. Ra7 Qc8 34. Nf3 Bc5
35. Ra2 Rxa2 36. Bxa2 Bxe3 37. Nxe3 Nc5 38. Bb1 Bd7 39. Nxh4 Bxh3 40. Nhf5 Bxf5
41. exf5 e4 42. fxg6 fxg6 43. Nxc4 Rf8 44. Ne3 Qd8 45. Qg4 Kg7 46. Rf1 Rxf1+
47. Nxf1 Qxd5 48. Qe2 Nf6 49. Kg1 Qe5 50. Qe3 Ne6 51. Qa7+ Kh6 52. Qe3+ Ng5 53.
Qd4 Qf4 54. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch final 13"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 c5 8.
Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Ne5 Nxd4 12. e3 Ne6 13. Nxd5 O-O $5 ({
Known is} 13... Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rc8 {(Georgiev - Pokojowczyk, Varna 1982).}) 14.
Nc6 $1 Qe8 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Qd6 Kg7 17. Rd1 $6 ({More natural is} 17. O-O-O
Bb7 18. Qd7 Nd8 19. Qg4+ Kh8 {(Umansky)} 20. Rxd8 $1 Rxd8 21. Nxd8 Bxg2 22. Rd1
{and White has gained a plus.}) 17... Rc8 $1 18. Ne7 ({The pointe is} 18. Nxa7
Rc7 19. Qxb6 Rxa7 $1 20. Qxa7 Qb5 {(Umansky).}) 18... Qb5 19. Bf1 Qb4+ 20. Qd2
$1 Ng5 $1 {Black threatens .. Nf3#.} 21. Bg2 $2 ({Right is} 21. Be2 $1 Qe4 22.
Qd5) 21... Qg4 $1 22. Rg1 ({Mikhail has prepared} 22. Nxc8 Qf3 $1 23. Rg1 Qxg2
$1) 22... Rcd8 $1 23. Qc2 Rfe8 $1 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Nd5 Bb7 26. Qc4 Qh5 $1 {
Umansky won quickly after a risky opening.} (26... Qh5 {The defence} 27. e4 {
is crushed by} Nxe4 $1) 0-1

[Event "World Ch final 13"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svenson, Ulf"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A64"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bg2 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Na3 Nh5 14. Rb1 $5 Rb8
15. b4 Bf5 16. e4 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Be3 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ne2 cxb4 21. Rxb4
Qa5 22. Nc2 f5 23. Bh3 Nxf3+ $2 {
Umansky plays an incorrect combination. Hereafter, he survives by opportunism.}
(23... Rbc8 24. Ned4 Nf6 {brings a plus.}) 24. Rxf3 fxe4 25. Rf8+ $1 Rxf8 26.
Bxd7 h6 27. Ned4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Qc7 29. Be6+ Kh7 30. Qd2 ({
Even better is the simple} 30. Qxe4 $1) 30... Ra8 31. Nd4 Qg7 32. Nb3 Qf6 33.
Qe1 Ng7 34. Bd4 Qf3 35. Nd2 Qd3 36. Nxe4 Ra4 37. Nf2 Qa3 38. Bc3 Qa2 39. Ne4
Qc2 40. Nf6+ $2 {White lets the win slip.} ({Correct is the solid} 40. Bd7)
40... Rxf6 $1 41. Rb2 ({Not} 41. Bxf6 $4 Qc5+) 41... Rxe6 42. dxe6 Qd3 43. Re2
Ne8 44. Bb2 h5 45. e7 h4 46. Qf1 Qf5 47. Rf2 Qc5 48. Qe2 Rb4 49. Qe6 Rxb2 50.
Qf7+ Kh6 {The game ends by perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch final 13"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Berry, Francis "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 Nd7 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. b3 N7c6 11. Nde2 f5 12. f4 Ng4 13. h3 Nf6 14. exf5 gxf5 $2
({Correct is} 14... Bxf5 15. g4 Bd7) 15. Bb2 Nb4 $2 (15... Be6 $1 16. Qd2 Qd7
17. Rae1 Rae8 {completes the development.}) 16. Qd2 c6 17. Rad1 Ne8 18. Rfe1 a5
19. Na4 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Qc7 21. Nd4 {Umansky claimed a win, because Black had
overstepped the time limit, but Berry showed that registered post from Russia
to Canada took months. Hereafter, the game was continued by FAX.} Qg7 22. Kh2
Nc7 23. Qd2 Bd7 24. a3 Nba6 25. Nb6 Rae8 26. Nxd7 Qxd7 27. Qxa5 Nc5 28. Rxe8
Rxe8 29. Re1 Ra8 30. Qd2 Rxa3 31. Qc2 Ne4 32. g4 $1 {
The black position folds on the kingside.} 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 13"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kopylov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 c6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nge2
b5 9. Qd2 $6 (9. O-O {occurred in Christiansen - Fritsche, Germany 1993.}) 9...
Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 Nb6 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Rac1 Nbd7 $6 ({More active is} 
13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4) 14. b4 $1 Qb6 15. Kh1 Qb7 16. f4 $6 (16. d5 $1 {
punishes black's passivity.}) 16... h6 17. Bh4 e5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. f5 Qa8 20.
Ng1 Bb7 21. fxg6 fxg6 {Black has recovered.} 22. Nf3 Kh7 23. Bc2 c5 24. bxc5
Nxc5 25. Nxe5 b4 26. Nxg6 $1 bxc3 $1 ({Black avoids} 26... Kxg6 $2 27. e5+ $1
Nfe4 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Qe2 Kh7 30. Rd7) 27. Nxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qxc3 Ncxe4 29. Bxf6
Bxf6 $2 {Kopylov misses the escape.} (29... Rxf6 $1 30. Qc7 Rg6 $1 31. Rf1 Nf2+
$1 32. Rxf2 Bxg2+ 33. Kg1 Be4+ 34. Kf1 Qa6+ 35. Ke1 Qe6 36. Kf1 Qa6+ {
ends by a perpetual.}) 30. Qe3 Bg5 31. Rd7+ Kh8 32. Qd4+ Bf6 $6 (32... Nf6 $1
33. Rg1 Be4 34. Bxe4 Qxe4 35. Qxe4 Nxe4 {offers more resistance.}) 33. Qb6 Bc6
34. Rc7 Qa3 35. Rd1 Ba8 36. Qe6 Ng5 37. Qf5 Bg7 38. Rc8 Qe7 39. Rxf8+ Bxf8 40.
Rf1 Ne6 41. a4 Qg7 42. Be4 Bxe4 43. Qxe4 Nc7 44. Qc6 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 13"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lapienis, Donatas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Bg5
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. d5 $5 Na5 11. b3 $1 b5 $6 ({The alternative gives} 11...
c5 $1 12. Qd2 Bxa1 13. Rxa1 Bf5 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Qc3 f6 {and a difficult battle.
}) 12. cxb5 a6 13. bxa6 c5 14. Rc1 Rxa6 15. Qd2 Qa8 16. Qf4 $1 Bxf3 ({Or} 16...
Bxd5 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Bxd6) 17. Qxf3 Nb7 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Bf6 Bxf6 20. Qxf6
Rxa2 21. Ra1 Qa3 22. Rxa2 Qxa2 23. e4 Qxb3 24. Qa1 $1 {
White attacks on all fronts.} Qc2 25. Rc1 Qd3 26. Qa4 Re7 27. Qc6 {
Lapienis abandoned the tournament.} ({He intended to play} 27. Qc6 f5 $6 {Then}
28. e5 $1 dxe5 29. Bf1 Qe4 30. Ba6 Nd8 31. Qxc5 {wins for White.}) 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 13"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Nb3 Nb6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bb5 O-O $6 ({Theory has become
} 12... Bd7) 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1 $6 ({Preferable is} 14. Qxd4 $5 {
(Wilder - Lazic, Belgrade 1988).}) 14... Bg4 $6 {Black misses a counteraction.}
(14... Ba6 $1 15. Re1 d3 {gives counter-play.}) 15. Nbxd4 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 c5 17.
Qc2 c4 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Re4 Rfe8 20. Rce1 Rd5 21. h3 Qd8 $6 (21... Qe6 {
stops an important pawn.}) 22. e6 $1 fxe6 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Rd6 25. Re4 h6
26. Qe2 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Qd6+ 28. g3 Rd5 29. Re6 Qd7 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. g4 Qd6+ 32.
Kg2 Qg6 33. Nh4 Qf6 34. Qe4+ g6 35. Nxg6 Kg7 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. Nf4 {
Umansky defeated a strong opponent convincingly.} 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 13"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Pereira, Alvaro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6
8. f3 Bc5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Nf5 Bxe3+ 12. Nxe3 Ne5 13. Be2 Nd3+ 14.
Bxd3 cxd3 15. Rxd3 Rd8 16. Rhd1 Rxd3 17. Rxd3 c6 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 f6 20. exf6
Nxf6 21. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch final 13"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Salm, Maxwell"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bf4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Rc8 12. Qb3 Be7 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Qb1 O-O
15. O-O h6 16. Bd2 Nd7 17. a4 Bd6 18. Rd1 e5 19. Bb4 Bxb4 20. Qxb4 exd4 21.
Nxd4 Nc5 22. Bc2 a5 23. Qe1 Qe8 24. e5 Ne6 25. Bb3 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rc5 27. f4 Qc6
28. Qf2 Bc8 29. h3 Qc7 30. Kh2 Be6 31. Rb1 Bxb3 32. Rxb3 Rd8 33. Rbd3 Rxd4 34.
Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch final 13"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Santos, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. d5 Ne7 7. d6 Nf5 8. Qd3
b5 9. cxb5 Bb7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O c4 12. Qc2 Nxd6 13. Rd1 Qc7 $5 (13... O-O {
was played in Christiansen - Browne, South Bend 1981.}) 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rac1
Rfd8 16. Qa4 Qa5 $6 17. Qxa5 Bxa5 18. Ne5 (18. Nd5 $1 Bxd2 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20.
Nxd2 {gains a plus.}) 18... Nfe8 19. e4 f6 20. Ng4 Nf7 21. f3 d5 22. exd5 exd5
23. Be3 f5 24. Nf2 Bb6 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. b3 cxb3 27. axb3 Ng5 28. Nd3 Ne6 29.
Ne5 Rd6 30. Kf2 g6 31. Bf1 Kg7 32. Na4 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Kf6 34. Re1 Ke7 35. g3 Nf6
36. b4 Nd7 37. f4 Nf6 38. Bd3 Ne4+ 39. Kg1 g5 $5 40. fxg5 N6xg5 41. Rc1 $1 Kf6
42. Nc6 $1 {Umansky has embarked a persuasive counteraction.} f4 $2 ({Right is
} 42... Nh3+ $1 43. Kg2 Nef2 $1 44. Be2 d4 45. Nxb6 d3 46. Bf3 d2 47. Rf1 Ng5
$1 48. Nc4 $1 Nxf3 49. Nxd6 Ne1+ 50. Kxf2 d1=Q {and Santos survives.}) 43. Nxb6
fxg3 44. hxg3 Nxg3 45. Na4 d4 46. Nc5 Ba8 47. Kh2 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 13"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tomkovich, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. a4 a5 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Nc3
Bb4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. e4 Re8 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Na2 e5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. e6 Qxe6 15.
Nd4 Qf6 $2 ({Better is} 15... Qg6 $1 {Square f6 is kept open for a knight.} 16.
Nxb4 axb4 17. Nf5 b5 18. Nd6 Rd8 19. Nf5 Re8 {drawn.}) 16. Nxb4 axb4 17. f3
Nge5 18. f4 Nd3 19. Qxc4 Nxc1 20. Raxc1 $1 Qd8 ({The pointe is} 20... Rxa4 21.
e5 Qg6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Bxc6 Ra7 24. Qd4) 21. Nf5 Qa5 22. Nd6 Re7 23. Qd4 {
White threatens 24. Nf5!} c5 24. Qd5 Qxa4 25. Qg5 Re6 ({Or} 25... f6 26. Qd5+
Kf8 (26... Kh8 27. Nf7+ Kg8 28. Nh6+ {and mate}) 27. Nf5 Re8 28. Qd6+ Kf7 29.
e5 {and White wins.}) 26. Bh3 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Nf8 28. f5 f6 29. Qd2 Bd7 30. Bf1
h5 31. e5 Bxf5 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 13"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ziewitz, Hans"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Qd3 g6 12. Rd1 Bf8 13. Qf3 Bg7 14. Be4
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Rb1 f5 17. Bc2 b6 18. Qg3 Rc8 19. Bg5 Qc7 $5 (19... Bf6 {
was played in Vasiljevic - Rodriguez Cespedes, Pancevo 1987.}) 20. Qh4 $1 {
Ziewitz has the initiative and plays for a win, like Zukertort used to do
versus Steinitz in similar positions.} Nd8 21. Bb3 Nf7 22. Bf6 Bb5 23. Re1 Bc4
24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ba4 Re7 26. Bb3 Qd6 $5 {
Ziewitz wanted to score another draw, but Umansky continues.} 27. Nf4 b5 28.
Re3 e5 29. Rbe1 Bxb3 30. axb3 Rce8 31. Nd3 e4 32. Nc5 $2 {
Ziewitz collapses as Zukertort used to do.} ({
Databases give a dubious jump to e5, but the best hop is} 32. Nb4 $1 a5 33. Nc2
) 32... b4 $1 33. Rd1 f4 $1 34. Rh3 h5 $1 35. cxb4 Nh6 $1 {
White has no proper defence.} ({Notice} 35... Nh6 36. d5 Nf5 37. Qg5 e3 38.
fxe3 fxe3) 0-1

[Event "World Ch final 13"]
[Site "ICCF 1989-98"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zilberberg, Alik"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Na6 11. Rfd1 Nc5 12. Nd4 $5 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bf4
$1 Qc8 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nd6 Nxd6 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Qc7 $6 (18... Qc5 $1 19.
Qd2 Bd5 $1 20. Rxd7 Qc6 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. cxd5 Qd6 {holds.}) 19. Qd2 Bc6 20.
Rd1 Qb7 21. Qd4 b5 $1 22. c5 a5 23. Qf4 b4 24. Bf3 $6 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qb5 26. Qd4
Rac8 27. Rc1 Rc7 28. Rc4 Rfc8 $6 {Black allows restraint.} 29. Rb6 $1 Qa4 30.
a3 h6 $1 31. Kg2 d5 32. Rc1 Rc6 33. Rb7 Ra6 34. Qf4 Qe8 35. axb4 axb4 36. Qxb4
e5 37. Kh1 e4 38. f4 Qe6 39. Rb8 Rxb8 40. Qxb8+ Kh7 41. Qb7 Rc6 42. b4 $6 (42.
Qb5 $1 {plays for a win.}) 42... d4 $1 43. b5 Qg4 $1 44. bxc6 {When the tournam
ent started, Umansky lived in Pyatigorsk, near the Caucasian states. He had a
small income as chess trainer and participant of the world championship
Usually Mikhail plays solid chess, but he provokes the opponent if nothing
happens. He won by a score of 13/16 before Bang (111/2) and Penrose (11). The
former champs Palciauskas and Baumbach became sixth and tenth.} (44. bxc6 Qf3+
45. Kg1 dxe3 46. Qb2 Qg4+ 47. Kf1 Qf3 {draws (Zilberberg).}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boll, Peter"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{The NBC (Dutch Federation of Correspondence players or Nederlandse Bond van
Correspondentieschakers) celebrated its 25th anniversary with a big tournament.
Mostert planned the jubilee. It became an Open Dutch Super Championship of
fourteen Dutch and seven foreign players and lasted from 26 xi 1991 until 15 v
1994. Bouwmeester withdrew and scored twenty defeats.   Timmerman and Van
Oosterom were the best. I have analysed their games.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3
Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. f3 O-O 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Rad1 Bf6 $5 16. Rd3 $1
{He develops a rook and safeguards the knight. The chances are equal.} b4 17.
Na4 a5 {White has slight problems on the flank.} 18. c4 $2 ({
Fine prophylactic play is shown by} 18. Rd2 $1 Ba6 19. c4 $1 Bxc4 20. Rc1 d5
21. Be3 {(threatens Bc5)} Rd8 22. Bf2 {and White will recover the pawn.}) 18...
bxc3 19. bxc3 ({Not} 19. Nxc3 $2 a4 $1 20. Bd1 a3) 19... Ba6 20. c4 Bxc4 21.
Rc1 d5 22. exd5 $6 (22. e5 $1 {(Boll)} Be7 23. Be3 $1 Ba3 24. Rcc3 $1 {
gives more counter-play.}) 22... exd5 23. Be3 Nd6 $1 24. Nb6 Nf5 $1 25. Qf2
Nxe3 26. Nxa8 Bg5 $1 27. Rxe3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Rxa8 {
Van Oosterom has gained a pawn.} 29. Qd4 h6 $5 30. Rc2 ({The pointe is} 30.
Bxc4 Rc8 {(Boll).}) 30... Qb5 31. Rc3 Rc8 32. h3 a4 33. Bc2 Re8 34. Kh2 h5 $5
35. f4 h4 $1 {Black has opened a new front.} 36. a3 Qb8 37. Rf3 Qd6 $5 38. Bxa4
Re4 39. Qd2 g5 $5 40. Bd1 gxf4 41. a4 Qe5 42. Qa5 Qg5 43. Qb4 Ba6 44. Qb8+ Kg7
45. Qb2+ d4 46. Qb4 Qe5 47. Qb6 Bc4 48. Qb4 Bd5 49. Bb3 d3 50. Qb5 Bxb3 51.
Qxb3 d2 0-1

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ekebjaerg, Ove"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 e5 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8.
Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 {
The Frankenstein-Dracula Variation has been chosen.} 11. d3 Bb7 12. h4 f4 13.
Qf3 Nd4 14. Qg4 Bg7 15. Bd2 Bxa8 16. O-O-O Bf6 17. Bb4 a5 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nh3
$2 ({Passivity can be avoided by} 19. h5 $1) 19... Qc6 20. Ng5 $5 {
White makes a new move.} ({He betters} 20. c3 $6 {
(Hardman - Muir, corr 1986-7).}) 20... a4 21. Bc4 b5 $1 22. Nf7+ Kc7 23. Nxh8
Bxh8 {Black has sacrificed another exchange.} 24. h5 $1 (24. c3 bxc4 25. cxd4
$2 cxd3+ {failed in Belov - Stringer, corr. 1998.}) 24... g5 $1 25. c3 ({Or} 
25. Qxg5 bxc4 {(Timmerman)} 26. c3 Ne2+ 27. Kc2 Qxg2 {and Black wins.}) 25...
bxc4 26. cxd4 cxd3+ 27. Kb1 Qc2+ 28. Ka1 a3 $1 29. Rb1 Be4 $5 (29... h6 $1 30.
Qd1 Bxg2 {wions more easily.}) 30. Qd1 $1 exd4 31. Qf1 $1 d6 ({Black avoids} 
31... d2 $2 32. Qb5 $1 axb2+ 33. Qxb2 {(Timmerman).}) 32. f3 Bf5 33. Qc1 d2 34.
Qxc2+ Bxc2 35. Rhd1 d3 36. Rxd2 Kb6 {The black king will move towards a3 and
White will be mated. Timmerman had achieved an elegant win by restraint.} 0-1

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hovde, Frank"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 Kh8 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 Nh6 13. b4 f5 14. c5 Neg8 15. Nc4
Nf6 16. f3 f4 17. a4 g5 18. h3 Nf7 19. Ba3 Rg8 20. b5 dxc5 21. Bxc5 Bf8 22.
Bxf8 $2 (22. Bf2 {keeps the strong bishop.}) 22... Qxf8 23. d6 $2 {
White gives away a pawn.} cxd6 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Qe7 26. Na5 h5 (26... Qc7
{was played in Djurhuus - Watson, Gausdal 1991.}) 27. Bc4 Rg7 28. Rad1 g4 $1
29. hxg4 Qh4 $1 30. Nxb7 Bxb7 31. Qxb7 Rag8 $1 {
Timmerman decides the game beautifully.} 32. Qxf7 ({The pointe is} 32. Bxf7
hxg4 $1 {(threatens .. g3)} 33. fxg4 Qxg4 34. Rd2 {(Timmerman)} Qh3 35. Bxg8
Qe3+ 36. Rdf2 Rxb7) 32... Rxf7 33. Bxf7 hxg4 34. fxg4 Rxg4 35. Rxd6 Qe7 36. Rg6
Qc5+ 37. Rf2 Qc1+ 38. Rf1 Qe3+ 39. Rf2 Rg3 0-1

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hovde, Frank"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. g3 d5 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bf4 $5 (11. Be3 {
was played in Speelman - Gulko, Amsterdam 1989.}) 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 $5 13.
Re1 Qd7 $6 ({Better is} 13... Bg6 $1 14. e3 Rc8) 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Qa4 Bc5 16.
Nb3 Bb6 17. Qb5 Qe7 18. e3 h6 19. g4 Bg6 20. Na4 h5 $6 ({More solid is} 20...
Ne5 $5 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Nd4 Qd6) 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. g5 Ne4 23. h4
Ne5 24. Red1 Nc4 25. Rxd5 Nxb2 26. Re5 $1 Qf8 27. Rxe8 (27. Bf1 $1 Rxe5 28.
Bxe5 Nd1 29. f3 Nd2 30. Nxd2 Rxd2 31. Qxb6 {wins for White.}) 27... Qxe8 28.
Qxe8+ Rxe8 29. f3 Nd3 $1 ({Or} 29... Nc5 30. Nxc5 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Nd3 32. Rb5 {
and White wins (Hovde).}) 30. fxe4 Nxc1 31. Nxc1 Bxe4 32. Ne2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Rd8
{Black has counter-play for the exchange.} 34. Nd4 Kh7 35. Kf3 Rc8 36. Nf5 Rc1
37. Nd6 (37. Be5 {wins as well.}) 37... Kg6 38. Nxb7 Ra1 39. Nd6 Rxa3 40. Nc4
Rb3 41. Ne5+ Kf5 42. Nxf7 b5 43. Nd6+ Kg6 44. Ke4 $2 {The king blocks a pawn.}
({Right is} 44. Be5 $1 {(Hovde)} b4 45. Ke2 Rb1 46. e4 $1) 44... Rb1 45. Kd3 b4
46. e4 Rh1 47. Nf5 Kf7 48. g6+ Kxg6 49. Bg5 Rg1 50. Be7 b3 51. Kc3 Kf7 52. Bg5
g6 53. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neuvonen, Olavi"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qd7 11. Nd4 Qe7 12. Bf4 f6 13. Nb3 $2 {
White blunders in a theoretical position.} ({Known is} 13. e6 Bxe6 14. c3 {
(Rogers - Pavlovic, Sokobanja 1989).}) 13... Bxf2+ $1 14. Rxf2 Nxf2 15. Qxd5+
Be6 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Rae8 18. Nc3 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf5 20. Bd4 Ng4 21. Nb5
Bxc2 22. Rc1 Bg6 23. h3 Nh6 24. Nxc7 Re2 25. N7e6 Rc8 26. Rc3 $2 ({Correct is} 
26. Bc3) 26... Nf5 $1 27. Bf2 Rxb2 28. a4 Bf7 29. Nf4 Ra2 30. Nfd3 a5 31. Nc1
Ra1 32. Kh2 Ne7 33. N1d3 Nd5 34. Rc1 Ra2 0-1

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Overveld, Ronald"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 Nf6 6. Nh3 c6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. e3 g5 10. Ng1 $5 Nd7 11. h4 $5 Rg8 12. Nh3 $5 {
Moves were conceived in the Department of Funny Manoeuvres.} Qf7 13. Be2 Nf6
14. d5 Qc7 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. O-O-O c5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. f3 exf3 19. gxf3 O-O-O
20. Rdg1 Bh6 21. e4 f4 22. Nf2 Rh8 23. Bf1 Rde8 24. Bh3 a6 25. Be6 Bxe6 26.
dxe6 Rxe6 $2 ({Better is} 26... Qe7 $1) 27. Rxg5 $1 Qd8 28. Rg2 Nd7 29. Ng4 $6
(29. Nd5 $1 {keeps more pressure.}) 29... Bg7 $1 30. Rxh8 Qxh8 31. Rh2 Qf8 32.
Nd5 Ne5 33. Nxe5 Bxe5 34. Rh7 Qg8 $1 35. Rh2 Kb8 36. Rg2 Rg6 37. Rxg6 Qxg6 38.
Kc2 Qg3 39. Qe2 Qg1 40. Kb3 Qc1 41. a4 Ka7 42. Ne7 $6 {
The black king should remain imprisoned.} Kb6 $1 43. Ng6 Bd4 44. Ne7 $2 {
Suddenly Black is won.} (44. Nh4 $1 Ka5 45. Ng2 $1 b5 46. axb5 axb5 47. Qe1+ {
draws.}) 44... Ka5 45. Ng6 b5 46. axb5 axb5 47. cxb5 c4+ $1 48. Ka2 c3 49. bxc3
Qxc3 0-1

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Quist, Viggo"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 d6 3. Nc3 f5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O c6
9. b4 Be6 10. b5 d5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. d4 e4 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5
Bxd5 16. Qa4 Nd7 17. Rfc1 Nb6 18. Qa6 g5 19. Rc2 Qf6 20. Bf1 h5 21. Rac1 h4 22.
Nc3 Bf7 23. Qb7 hxg3 24. hxg3 f4 $5 {Gert Jan has begun a valiant attack. The
prospects look poor for White, if he starts to exchange pawns.} 25. Nxe4 $1
Rxe4 26. Rxc6 $1 Bd5 27. Qxa8+ $1 Nxa8 28. Rxf6 Bxf6 29. Bg2 fxe3 30. fxe3 Rxe3
$6 ({Preferable is} 30... Nb6) 31. Bxd5+ Kg7 32. Bc5 ({
The game was drawn, although} 32. Bc5 Nb6 33. Bb3 Rxg3+ 34. Kf2 {
brings an edge for White.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Quist, Viggo"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne4 10. Qb3 Qf6 11. Nf3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ne1 $6 Nc5 14. Qd1
Rad8 15. Nf3 $2 Rfe8 16. Nd4 d5 17. cxd5 Rxd5 18. Bc4 Rd6 19. Qf3 Qg6 20. Qg3
Nxd4 21. exd4 {Black can capture a pawn, but he prefers to continue the attack.
} Qe4 $1 22. dxc5 $5 ({Van Oosterom regards} 22. Bb5 {as better but} Rg6 $1 23.
Bg5 Qd5 $1 {crushes the white defence.}) 22... Qxc4 $1 23. Bg5 ({The pointe is
} 23. cxd6 Qxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Ba6+ 25. Kg1 Re1# {(Van Oosterom).}) 23... Qxc5 24.
Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 h6 26. Be7 $2 Re6 0-1

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rittner, Horst"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxg5 12. Qd3 $5 (12. O-O {
takes less risk in the Polugaevsky Variation.}) 12... Qxf6 13. Rf1 Qe5 14. Rd1
Ra7 15. Nf3 ({Slightly advantageous is} 15. Ndxb5 $1 Rd7 16. Qc4 Bb7 17. Rxd7
$1 {(Bednarski - Gralka, Piotrkow Trybunalski 1977).}) 15... Qc7 16. Ng5 f5 17.
Qd4 Qe7 $5 {Black gives the exchange.} (17... h5 $5 18. Rxf5 $5 exf5 19. Nd5 {
led to complications in Tal - Polugaevsky, Alma-Ata 1980.}) 18. Bh5+ g6 19.
Qxh8 Qxg5 20. Bf3 Nd7 21. Qxh7 $5 ({Rittner diverts from the known} 21. Rf2 {
(Hellers - Polugaevsky, Haninge 1989).}) 21... Qe3+ 22. Ne2 Ne5 23. Qh4 Bd7 {
Black has compensation for the exchange.} 24. Qf4 $6 (24. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 25. Nxd4
Nc4 26. Nc6 {counters timely.}) 24... Nc4 25. Rh1 $5 Kf7 26. Qxe3 Nxe3 27. Rd2
Nc4 28. Rd3 Nxb2 29. Rb3 Nc4 30. h4 Ne5 31. h5 $5 g5 $1 32. h6 Kg8 33. h7+ Kh8
34. Nd4 g4 35. Be2 Ng6 36. Bd3 $6 (36. c4 $1 {brings counter-play.}) 36... Nf4
37. g3 Nh3 $1 38. Bf1 Ng5 39. Rh5 Nxh7 40. Re3 Bc5 41. Rxe6 $5 Bxe6 42. Nxe6
Re7 43. Rh6 Be3 44. Rg6 Bd4 45. Be2 Bc3+ 46. Kf1 Nf6 47. Ng5 Rg7 48. Rh6+ Kg8
49. Ne6 Re7 50. Nf4 Kf7 51. Bd3 Re5 52. Rh8 $6 (52. a4 $1 Bd2 (52... bxa4 $2
53. Bc4+ $1) 53. axb5 axb5 {exchanges a pawn and plays} 54. Rh8) 52... Re3 53.
Rc8 Be5 54. Bxf5 $5 Rxg3 55. Bg6+ Kg7 56. Nh5+ $1 Kxg6 57. Nxg3 Bxg3 58. Ra8
Kf5 59. Rxa6 b4 60. a3 bxa3 61. Rxa3 Be5 62. Ra5 Ne4 63. Kg2 Nc3 64. Kf2 Kf4
65. Ra8 Bd4+ 66. Kg2 Kg5 67. Rd8 Bf6 68. Rd7 Be5 {The game was adjudicated.} ({
Players and arbiters investigated the line} 68... Be5 69. Re7 Kf4 70. Rf7+ $1
Ke4 71. Ra7 Nd5 72. Ra4+ Kf5 73. c4 $1 {
No win was found despite black's material advantage.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sarink, Hendrik"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Be3 O-O-O 9. Nd2 Nh6 10. f3 f5 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Nc4 Qg6 13. e5 c5 14. Nb3 b5 15.
Nca5 Rxe5 16. Qf2 c4 17. Bf4 $1 (17. Nc5 $4 f4 $1 {
(G. Nielsen - H. Nielsen, corr. 1984)} 18. Bd4 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Bh3 $1) 17... Rd5
18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Qb6 ({Not} 19... cxb3 $2 20. Bxc7 $1) 20. Be3 Qe6 21.
Nc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Re8 23. Qd2 Nf7 24. b3 cxb3 25. cxb3 Bc6 26. Qc2 Ba8 27. Bf2
Rd8 28. Rc1 Rd7 29. h3 $2 {White weakens his kingside.} ({More useful is} 29.
a4) 29... Qd5 30. Re1 g5 $1 31. Bg3 Nd8 32. b4 g4 $1 33. hxg4 fxg4 34. fxg4
Qd4+ 35. Kh2 Qxb4 36. Nb3 Qxg4 37. Rc1 Ne6 38. Re1 Rd5 39. Qc3 Rh5+ 40. Kg1
Rh1+ $1 41. Kf2 ({Or} 41. Kxh1 Qh3+ 42. Kg1 Qxg2#) 41... Qf5+ 42. Ke2 Qe4+ 43.
Kd1 Rxe1+ 44. Bxe1 Qb1+ 45. Nc1 Bxg2 46. Bg3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sarink, Hendrik"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Be3 O-O-O 9. Nd2 Nh6 10. f3 f5 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Nc4 Qg6 13. e5 c5 14. Nb3 b5 15.
Nca5 Rxe5 16. Qf2 f4 $5 ({Timmerman played} 16... c4) 17. Bxf4 Rf5 18. Bg3 $2 (
{Right is} 18. Qd2 $1) 18... c4 19. Nd4 Rd5 (19... Qb6 $1 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 {
wins as well.}) 20. c3 Bc5 21. b4 ({White could try} 21. f4 Nf5 22. Qf3 $1 Nxd4
$1 ({the trap was} 22... Rxd4 23. Qa8#) 23. cxd4 (23. Qxd5 Ne2+ 24. Kh1 Nxg3+
25. hxg3 Qh6+) 23... Bxd4+ {(Van Oosterom).}) 21... Bb6 22. Qd2 $2 Nf5 23. Bf2
Nxd4 24. cxd4 Bh3 25. Be3 Re8 0-1

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seewald, Pieter"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bd3 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 c6 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Na4 Qb4+ $1 ({An alternative brings} 11... Qa5+ {
(Garcia Palermo - Danailov, Alicante 1992).}) 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. Qe2 Nh5 14. O-O
Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. h3 Qb4 17. Qc2 b5 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Nc3 Qc5+ 20. Qf2 b4
21. Ne2 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Nc5 23. Bc2 a5 24. Ned4 $2 ({Better is} 24. Nxf4 Bxb2
25. Rd1) 24... a4 25. Rd1 Bb7 26. Nh2 Rfd8 {Timmerman plays a resourceful game.
} 27. b3 $6 ({The critical line is} 27. Rxf4 $1 b3 $1 28. axb3 Bxd4+ 29. Rxd4
axb3 30. Bd1 Ne6 $1 31. dxe6 Rxd4 32. exf7+ Kf8 33. Bxb3 Ra1+ {
and the complications favour Black.}) 27... axb3 28. axb3 f5 29. exf5 Rxd5 30.
Nhf3 Rd6 31. Rfd2 Be4 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Ne2 Rxd2 34. Rxd2 Bxc2 35. Rxc2 Nxb3
36. Rc4 Rb8 37. Nxf4 Na5 38. Rc5 $2 b3 39. Kh2 $2 {
White does not want to prolong the game.} b2 {
Poor Seewald died during the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seewald, Pieter"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qc1 Nbd5 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. Be3 c6 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Nd5 18. Nf4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21.
Qc3 Bf6 22. Rd3 Qd8 23. Qd2 e5 24. dxe5 Rxd3 25. exd3 Bxe5 26. d4 Bf6 27. Rc1
h6 28. b3 Qd7 29. d5 cxd5 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Qxd5 Qc2 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Qxa6
Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Staal, Jacob"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. f3
Bd7 15. e4 Ba4 16. Bb2 Rad8 17. Rae1 Bc6 18. Bb3 Nh5 19. g3 Rfe8 20. Rd1 Qg5
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 h6 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qe3+ 26. Kg2 c4
$1 27. d6 Nf6 28. d7 (28. d7 Nxd7 29. Qxd7 Qe2+ 30. Kh3 Qxb2 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32.
Qf5+ {leads to perpetual check (van Oosterom).}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Temmink, Henk"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Bg5 Nc6 6. Qe3 h6 7. Bh4 Nf6 8. c4
$6 (8. Nc3 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 {leads to Wedberg - Svensson, Stockholm 1977.}) 8...
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Nc3 Nh5 11. O-O-O $5 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qa5 13. Rd5 b5 14. e5 Be6
15. exd6 Bxc3 16. d7+ {White has chosen a forwards defence.} Kf8 17. bxc3 $2 (
17. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 18. bxc3 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nd8 {gives chances to both parties.})
17... Qa3+ 18. Kd1 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Qd6 20. Qd2 Ne5 21. Nxg5 Nxd7 22. Ne4 Qe5 23.
Rh4 $2 f5 $1 {White loses his knight.} 0-1

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Boll, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe1 Nb4 11. e5 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Be3 dxe5
15. Rc1 Qd8 16. fxe5 Bf5 17. Qf2 O-O 18. Bb6 Qe8 19. Qd4 Qb5 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21.
Rxc5 Qxd3 22. Rxd5 Rad8 23. Qxd3 Bxd3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rd5 26. Rc1 Kf8 27.
Kf2 Ke7 28. Rc7+ Rd7 29. Rc8 Bf5 30. Kg3 f6 31. exf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Kolenbrander, Joop"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 Be7 7. Re1 f5 8.
dxe5 O-O 9. Bb3+ Kh8 10. Nc3 d6 $6 ({Safer is} 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 {
(Geller - Kurajica, Wijk aan Zee 1977)} f4 $1) 11. Bf4 $5 ({Theory is} 11. exd6
) 11... g5 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Bd2 {
Correspondence players like to fight in such pointed openings.} Bf6 $2 ({
Better is} 13... g4 $1 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bc3+ Bf6 16. Nd4 d5 17. Qd2) 14. Rxe4
$1 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Bg4 $6 (15... g4 $5 16. Nxf6 Rxf6 17. Bc3 gxf3 18. Qd5 {
gives White a devastating attack.}) 16. Nxf6 $1 Qxf6 17. Bc3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxd1
19. Nd7 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Bh5 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Bd5 b6 23. Rb1 Rb8 24. f3 Kg7 25.
Kf2 Kf6 26. Ke3 h6 27. Kd4 Bg6 28. Rb2 Ke7 29. c4 Kd7 30. c3 a5 31. g3 Re8 32.
Rxb6 Re2 33. Rb7+ Kd8 34. Bc6 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rxh2 36. Rd7+ Kc8 37. Rxd6 Bb1 38.
a4 Kc7 39. Rf6 h5 40. Bd5 Bc2 41. c5 Bd1 42. Rf7+ Kd8 43. c6 Re2+ 44. Kd4 Bxa4
45. Kc5 1-0

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Kramer, Haije"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bc4 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 Nd7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14.
Qxa6+ Kb8 15. Qe2 Rhe8 16. a3 Nf8 17. g3 f5 18. Neg5 Bf6 19. h4 Bg7 20. c4 Re7
21. Rd3 Red7 22. Red1 h6 23. Nh3 c5 24. d5 Ng6 25. h5 Ne7 $4 ({Right is} 25...
Ne5 $1) 26. dxe6 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 fxe6 29. Nf4 $1 Qc6 30. Qe3 Qe4+
31. Qxe4 fxe4 32. Nd2 e3 33. fxe3 Nf5 34. Nxe6 Be5 35. Nf1 Nxg3 36. Nxg3 Bxg3
37. Ng7 Bh4 38. Kc2 Kc7 39. Kd3 Kd7 40. Ke4 Bg5 41. Nf5 Ke6 42. b3 a6 43. a4
Kf6 44. Ng3 Bh4 45. Nf5 Bg5 46. Ng3 Bh4 47. Ne2 Kg5 48. Nf4 Kg4 49. Kd5 Bf2 50.
Ng2 Kxh5 51. Kc6 Kg4 52. Kxb6 Kf3 53. Kxa6 Kxg2 54. a5 ({The pointe is} 54. a5
Be1 55. e4 $1) 1-0

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Rittner, Horst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Nf3 f5 10. exf6 Rxf6 11. Bg5 Rf7 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Qh4 g6 14. O-O c4
15. Be2 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Qa5 17. Ne5 Rae8 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Qh3 Rde7 20. Bg4 Nd8
21. f4 Qa4 22. Ra2 Qc6 23. Qe3 Nf7 24. Raa1 $5 (24. Qh3 {
drew quickly in Khalifman - Huzman, Sverdlovsk 1987.}) 24... Qa4 25. Qd2 Nd6
26. Bf3 Nb5 27. Re3 Nc7 28. h4 Nb5 $2 ({Correct is} 28... Rf8 29. g3 Ref7) 29.
f5 $1 {Rittner has underestimated this attack.} gxf5 30. Bh5 Nd6 $5 ({Or} 30...
Rf8 $2 31. Rg3+ Rg7 32. Rxg7+ Kxg7 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34. Qe7) 31. Rg3+ Kh8 32. Bxe8
Qxe8 33. Qf4 e5 34. dxe5 Ne4 35. Rf3 Rxe5 36. Re1 Qe7 37. h5 $1 Qf6 38. h6 b5
39. Ree3 a6 40. Rg3 $1 Re8 41. Rg7 Rf8 42. Rb7 Rg8 43. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 44. Qc7
Rxg2+ $5 ({The pointe is} 44... Qxh6 45. Qe5+ Rg7 46. Rb8#) 45. Kxg2 Qg5+ 46.
Kf1 Qc1+ 47. Ke2 Qxc2+ 48. Ke3 Qxc3+ 49. Kf4 Qf3+ 50. Ke5 Qg3+ 51. Kd5 1-0

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Smit, Dick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. b4
Qxb4 9. Bd2 Qd6 10. Rb1 Nd5 11. Rxb7 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Rb2 Nd7 14. Be2 $5 (
{Boll and Temmink played} 14. Bb5 {against Smit during the same event.}) 14...
h5 $1 15. g5 Qe6 16. Kf1 Qc6 17. Bd2 a6 18. c4 e6 19. Rg1 Be7 20. Bf4 Bf5 21.
Kg2 Qe4 22. Qd2 Bd6 23. Bxd6 cxd6 24. Rb3 g6 $6 ({Better is} 24... Rc8) 25. Rc1
O-O 26. c5 Rfc8 27. Rbc3 e5 $2 (27... dxc5 $1 28. dxc5 Qc6 {defends well.}) 28.
Re3 Qb7 29. cxd6 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 exd4 31. Re7 $1 d3 32. Bd1 Qd5 33. Qc7 $1 d2 34.
Rxd7 Bxd7 35. Qxd7 Rb8 36. Qe7 Rb7 37. Qe5 Qc6 38. Qd4 Rd7 39. Qxd2 Rxd6 40.
Qc2 Qd5 41. Be2 Rc6 42. Qa4 a5 43. Qb5 Rc5 44. Qe8+ Kg7 45. a4 Rc3 46. Qe7 Rc2
47. Bb5 Kg8 48. Qe1 Qa8 49. Bd3 Rc5 50. Qe7 Rc8 51. Qe5 Re8 52. Qf4 Qb7 53. Qd4
Rc8 54. Bc4 Qe7 55. Qe5 Rc7 56. Ba2 Ra7 57. Qf4 Qb4 58. Bc4 Re7 59. Qf6 $1 Qxc4
60. Qxe7 Qxa4 61. Qd8+ Kg7 62. Qd4+ Qxd4 63. Nxd4 a4 64. Nb5 f6 65. f4 1-0

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Soltau, Achim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Qh5 Rg8 14. g3 Rc8
15. c3 $5 {White plays a slightly different move along the theoretical ideas.}
Rg6 16. Nc2 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bg4 $1 18. Qh4 ({Not} 18. Qxh7 Rh6 19. Qg8 Be6) 18...
Qxh4 19. gxh4 f5 20. Bg2 $6 ({Better is} 20. h5 $1 Rg7 21. Nce3 fxe4 22. Nxg4
$1) 20... Bh5 $5 21. Kf1 $2 (21. Nb6 $1 Rxg2 $1 22. Nxc8 Bf3 23. Kf1 {
leads to a tactical fight.}) 21... Ne7 22. Nxe7 Bxe7 23. Bb7 Rb8 24. Bd5 ({
Avoids} 24. Bxa6 $4 d5 $1) 24... Bxh4 25. Nb4 Rb6 26. Rg1 Rxg1+ 27. Kxg1 a5 28.
Nc6 a4 29. Nb4 Bf7 $6 {Black should not exchange the bishops.} 30. Rd1 Be7 31.
Rd3 Bxd5 32. Nxd5 Rb7 33. Rf3 f4 34. Rh3 Bg5 35. Kg2 e4 $6 (35... Rg7 $1 {
keeps an edge.}) 36. f3 e3 37. Rh5 h6 38. h4 Bd8 39. Kf1 Rg7 40. Nxf4 Rf7 41.
Nd3 Rxf3+ 42. Ke2 Rh3 43. Rxh6 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Staal, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 Qd7 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Bxd5 ({Usual in the Marshall is} 17. Re1 {
(Nunn - Sokolov, Wijk aan Zee 1991).}) 17... cxd5 18. Re1 Rae8 19. Nf1 a5 20.
Bd2 Re4 21. a4 b4 22. Qb3 Ba8 $5 {
The tournament book gives 22. .. Bc8?? Gert Jan told me the right move.} 23.
Rxe4 dxe4 24. c4 Bb8 25. d5 f5 26. Re1 Rc8 $5 {
22. .. Re8 was reported. Timmerman told me the right move again.} 27. Qa2 Qf7
28. b3 Be5 29. Bc1 $6 {Black gets the opportunity to stage a counter.} ({
Best is} 29. f4 $1 {(Timmerman).}) 29... Bc3 30. Rd1 Qh5 31. Qc2 g5 $5 32. Be3
$1 f4 $5 33. Bd4 Qf3 34. h4 $6 ({Right is} 34. Bxc3 bxc3 35. Rc1) 34... Bxd4
35. Rxd4 e3 $1 36. fxe3 {Counter-play has reached a highlight.} fxe3 $2 ({
The battle rages on by the brilliant} 36... Bxd5 $3 {(Timmerman)} 37. e4 $1 Bc6
38. Qg2 Qc3 39. Qd2 Re8 40. Rd8 {and White has a slight advantage.}) 37. Nh2 $1
Qxg3+ 38. Qg2 Qe1+ $5 39. Nf1 h6 40. hxg5 h5 41. Qg3 {
Timmerman prevailed after an ambiguous intermezzo.} 1-0

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Temmink, Henk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. a5
Nbd7 9. h3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Qb1 $1 Nf8 13. Qa2 Be6 14. Qa3 $1 {
This fine move was played in Barbero - Rukavina, Bern 1990.} Nh5 15. Rfd1 Nf4
16. Bf1 Nd7 17. b4 h6 18. Rd2 $1 Bf8 ({Timmerman prefers the active} 18... g5
$5) 19. Qb2 b5 20. axb6 axb6 21. b5 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Bb4 $6 (22... Bg7 $1 23. bxc6
Qxc6 24. Bb5 Qc7 {shows more prudence.}) 23. Qb2 c5 24. Rd1 Nf6 $2 (24... Bxc3
25. Qxc3 {(Timmerman)} f6 $1 {creates a fortress.}) 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Na4 $1
g5 ({Not} 26... Nxe4 $2 27. Qxe5) 27. Nxb6 $1 {
Timmerman delivers the crucial blow.} Nxe4 ({The pointe is} 27... Qxb6 28. Qxb4
$1) 28. Qxe5 Nc3 $1 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. Nc4 Nxb5 31. Qxf4 Nd4 32. Ne3 $1 Nxf3+
33. Qxf3 Qd4 34. Bd3 Bc3 35. Bf5 $1 Bc4 36. Qh5 $1 Kg7 37. Bg4 $1 Be6 38. Bxe6
fxe6 39. Ng4 Bd2 40. g3 $1 Bc1 41. Ne5 (41. Ne5 Kf6 42. Nd3 $1 Bg5 43. h4 Bd2
44. Qxc5 {costs a second pawn.}) 1-0

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. Nb3
Qc7 9. g4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Be3 Nc5 13. a3 Nc6 14. Qf2 Be7 15. O-O
h6 $5 ({Polugaevsky played} 15... Nxb3 {against Mestel in Reykjavik 1990.}) 16.
Nxc5 $1 dxc5 17. gxh6 (17. g6 $1 {gains a plus.}) 17... Rxh6 18. Bxc5 Ne5 $1 {
Black counters tactically. Timmerman had underestimated this move.} 19. Bxe7
Ng4 $1 20. Qc5 Qxe7 21. Qxe7+ Kxe7 22. Be2 $1 Rh4 (22... Nxh2 $5 23. Rf2 $1
Rah8 24. Rd1 f5 25. Rg2 R8h7 {gives a two-edged position.}) 23. h3 $1 Nf6 $5 (
23... Rxh3 24. Bxg4 (24. Kg2 $2 Rxc3 $1) 24... Rg3+ 25. Kf2 Rxg4 26. Kf3 Rh4
27. Rh1 {leads to equality.}) 24. e5 Nh5 25. Bg4 f5 26. exf6+ gxf6 27. Kf2 $1
Rg8 ({The aggressive} 27... Nxf4 $6 28. Kg3 Ng6 29. Rae1 e5 30. Rd1 Bc6 31.
Nd5+ {favours White (Van Oosterom).}) 28. Ne2 f5 29. Bxh5 Rg2+ 30. Ke3 Rxh5 31.
Rg1 (31. Ng1 $1 Rxc2 32. Rac1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Kd6 34. Rc2 e5 35. Rh2 {
creates a solid fortress.}) 31... Rxh3+ 32. Kd2 Rg4 33. Rxg4 fxg4 34. Rg1 Rh4
35. b3 Kf6 36. Rg3 Bd5 $1 37. Ke3 {Gert Jan still experiences difficulties.}
Kg6 ({The critical line is} 37... Rh3 $1 38. Kf2 Kf5 39. Rxh3 gxh3 40. Kg3 Bg2
41. Nd4+ Kf6 42. c4 {White holds the game.}) 38. Kd4 Bf3 39. Ng1 Bd1 40. c4
bxc4 41. bxc4 Kf5 42. Rd3 Ba4 43. Ne2 Rh2 44. Re3 Rf2 45. Kc5 Bd1 46. Re5+ Kf6
47. Nd4 Rxf4 48. Rxe6+ Kf7 49. Re1 Bf3 50. Nxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Weyerstrass, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 a5 8. Qe2
O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. O-O dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Re1 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. Nd2 Rad8 $5 16. Nf3 Qc4 $2 ({Better is} 16... Qb4) 17. Qxc4 Nxc4 18. Ng5 $1
Rf5 19. f4 Rxg5 $5 20. fxg5 Bxe5 21. Rb1 Bg3 22. Rf1 e5 23. b3 Nd6 24. Be3 Nf5
25. Bf2 Bf4 26. Rbd1 Rd6 27. g4 Ne3 28. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 29. Kg2 Bxg5 30. Kf3 Kf7 31.
Ke4+ Ke6 32. Rd3 Bf4 33. Rb1 h6 34. c3 b6 35. Rf1 Rc6 36. Rf2 Rd6 37. Rc2 Bg5
38. Rb2 Rc6 39. Rb1 Bf4 40. Rbd1 Bg5 41. c4 Rd6 42. Rd5 Bf4 43. c5 $1 bxc5 44.
R1d3 Rb6 45. Rxc5 Rb4+ 46. Rc4 Rxc4+ 47. bxc4 c6 48. Rd8 h5 49. Rg8 hxg4 50.
Rxg6+ Kd7 51. h4 g3 52. h5 g2 53. c5 e6 54. Rxg2 Ke7 55. Rg7+ Kf6 56. Rc7 Bd2
57. Rxc6 Bb4 58. h6 1-0

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Ekebjaerg, Ove"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Nd2
exd5 9. exd5 Na6 10. Nc4 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Bf4 Ba6 {
They follow Alburt - Shirazi, USA 1983.} 13. Qd2 $5 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 a6 15. h3 Qd7
16. Qd3 Rfe8 17. Bd2 Nh5 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 f5 20. Rb1 a5 $2 (20... Be5 $1
21. b4 b5 $1 22. axb5 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 axb5 {fights back.}) 21. Re1 Re8 22. Rxe8+
Qxe8 23. g4 fxg4 24. hxg4 Nf6 25. g5 Ng4 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 Ne5 28. Be2 Nf7
29. b3 Kf8 30. c4 Ke7 31. Kg2 h6 32. gxh6 Bxh6 33. f4 Ne8 34. Kg3 Nf6 35. Nxf6
Kxf6 36. Bc3+ (36. Kg4 Ke7 37. Bd3 {(Van Oosterom) is met by} Ne5+ $1 38. fxe5
Bxd2 $11) 36... Ke7 37. Kg4 Nd8 $2 ({Right is} 37... Kf8 $1 38. Bd3 (38. f5
Ne5+ $1) 38... Bg7 39. Be1 Bb2 40. Bxg6 Nh6+ 41. Kh5 Ng8 42. Bd3 Nf6+ $1 {
and White cannot take the bastion (Van Oosterom).}) 38. Be1 Kf7 39. Bd3 Nb7 40.
Bf2 Kf6 41. Bh4+ Kf7 42. f5 gxf5+ 43. Bxf5 Ke8 44. Bc8 Nd8 45. Ba6 Kd7 46. Bb5+
Kc7 47. Kf5 Bg7 48. Kg6 Bd4 49. Be8 Kc8 50. Kh7 $1 {White's king will move
towards e8, while a bishop goes to b5. The knight jumps to b7, will be
exchanged and the black fort has opened up.} 1-0

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Kolenbrander, Joop"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nge2
Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. Nb3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Be2 c5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Na3 Nc6 15.
O-O Nd7 16. f4 Nd4 17. Bd3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Nf6 20. f5 Nxb5 21. Naxb5
Bc4 22. Nxd6 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Ng4 24. Bxc5 Rc8 $5 (24... Qc7 {
was played in Beliavsky - Hjartarson, Reykjavik 1991.}) 25. Qd5 $5 Nf6 26. Nxc8
$1 {White sacrifices a queen for two knights.} Nxd5 27. Nxd5 Bxb2 28. Nce7+ $1
Kh8 29. fxg6 $5 Qa5 $1 30. Be3 Qa4 31. Bh6 Bd4+ 32. Kh1 Bg7 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34.
Nf5+ $6 Kxg6 35. h4 Qxa2 36. h5+ $6 Kxh5 (36... Kg5 $1 37. Kh2 Qc4 {
tries to win.}) 37. Rf3 Qa1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. Rg3 {
Black can escape, but he misses a tactical point.} f6 $2 ({The combination} 
39... Rd8 $1 40. Nde7 $1 Re8 41. Ng7+ Qxg7 $1 42. Rxg7 Rxe7 {
leads to a dead draw (Van Oosterom).}) 40. Kh3 $3 Qxg3+ ({The pointe is} 40...
Qxe4 41. Nde3 $3 Rf7 42. Rg8 {and g4+ (Van Oosterom).}) 41. Kxg3 Kg5 42. Nd4
Ra8 43. Ne6+ Kg6 44. Ndf4+ Kh6 45. Nc7 Ra4 46. Kf3 Kg5 47. Nce6+ Kh6 48. Nd5
Ra5 49. Kg4 1-0

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Kramer, Haije"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. f4 f5 14. h3 $1 {
White refutes the black opening.} (14. Be2 {
was played in Kortschnoj - Gurgenidze, Tbilisi 1959.}) 14... Nh6 15. Ra2 $1 {
White aims his forces on the weakness d5.} Be6 16. Rd2 Qe7 17. Be2 $1 Rad8 18.
Bf3 Qf7 19. c4 $1 d4 20. exd4 cxd4 (20... Bxc4 $5 21. dxc5 $1 Qe7 22. Rff2 $1
bxc5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd2 {also brings a great advantage for White.}) 21. Rxd4
Rxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxc4 {
Black has kept the material equality, but he will suffer a positional defeat.}
23. Bb2 Be6 24. Rc1 Qe7 25. Rc6 Nf7 26. Bd5 Nd8 27. Qc4 $1 Bxd5 28. Qxd5+ Kh8
29. Rc8 h6 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. exd6 Kg8 32. Rc7 Rf7 33. d7 Re7 34. Bc3 a6 35. Bd4
Kf7 36. Bxb6 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Rb1 38. Ba5 Rb5 39. Be1 g5 40. fxg5 hxg5 41. h4 1-0

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Neuvonen, Olavi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Bd3 cxd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. Nge2 Ne8 $6 ({Usual is} 10... Nbd7) 11. O-O f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 $2
({Better is} 12... gxf5 {(Van Oosterom).}) 13. Ng3 Kh8 14. Qc2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3
Nd7 16. Nge4 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Rc2 Nef6 19. Rfc1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxc2 21. Qxc2
Nf6 22. Bg5 $1 Qf7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qb3 Bd8 $6 (24... Rd8 25. Nxf6 Qxf6 26.
Qxb7 {leaves little hope for Black.}) 25. Nxd6 Qf4 26. Rd1 b5 27. Ne4 g5 28. d6
g4 29. d7 gxf3 30. Qxf3 Qh6 31. Qa3 Qf4 32. h3 Rg8 33. Qd3 Qf7 34. Qd5 Qf4 35.
Kh1 1-0

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Overveld, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. g3 Nxc5 8.
Bg2 Nce4 9. Bd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 a6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rac1 $5 Rb8 13. Qd3 $5 b6 14.
Rfd1 Rd8 15. Nde4 Be7 $6 ({Preferable is} 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bb7 17. Nd6 Bxg2
18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. f3 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Qa4 $1) 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6
Ne8 19. Rd3 Bb7 20. Rcd1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rb7 22. e4 Kf8 23. e5 Ke7 24. Ne4 Rc8
25. b3 Rc6 $6 {Black defends passively in the endgame.} ({More active is} 25...
f5 26. exf6+ gxf6 27. g4 h5 $1 28. gxh5 f5) 26. g4 h6 27. f4 Ra7 $6 (27... f5
28. gxf5 exf5 29. Nc3 g5 {starts counter-play.}) 28. h4 b5 29. c5 f5 $1 30.
gxf5 exf5 31. Ng3 Rxc5 $5 32. Nxf5+ Ke6 33. Nd4+ Kf7 34. h5 Rac7 35. Kg3 d6 $1
36. Nf3 dxe5 37. fxe5 Re7 {Hereafter the black king has to withdraw.} ({
Better is} 37... g5 $1 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39. Rd8 Re7) 38. Rf1 $1 Kg8 39. Rd8 Kh7
40. Rfd1 g6 41. R1d7 Rc7 42. Rxe7+ $6 (42. e6 Ng7 43. Rxc7 Rxc7 44. Rd7 {
keeps more pressure.}) 42... Rxe7 43. hxg6+ Kxg6 44. Kf4 Ng7 45. Rd6+ Re6 $2 {
A knight is the best blockader.} ({Right is} 45... Ne6+ $1 {(Van Oosterom)} 46.
Ke3 $1 Kf5 47. Rxa6 h5 $1 {and Black seems to survive.}) 46. Rd7 Nf5 47. Rc7 $1
Ne7 48. Ke4 Nf5 49. Rc2 $1 Ng7 50. Nd4 Rb6 51. Kd5 $1 {
White attacks on all fronts.} h5 52. e6 h4 53. Ke5 $1 {White has triumphed in
the centre.   Van Oosterom became a Correspondence Grandmaster by the result
of this game.} 1-0

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Smit, Dick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E96"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 e5 3. d4 Nd7 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 a5 10. Rb1 Qe7 11. d5 Nc5 12. b3 Bd7 13. Ba3 b6 14. Nd2 Rfb8 15. dxc6
Bxc6 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Rbd1 Bh6 18. g3 Bd7 19. Bg2 Rab8 20. Nf1 Bc6 21. Ne3 Rd8
22. Ned5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Ne6 25. Red1 Nd4 26. R1xd4 exd4 27. e5 Bf8
28. Bxd6 Rxd6 29. exd6 Qe1+ 30. Bf1 Qe6 31. d7 Rd8 32. Qe2 Bc5 33. g4 h6 34. h4
Kf8 35. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Soltau, Achim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Nf3 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15.
Bg5 Qc7 16. Qa4 Nf6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qf4 Nd7 19. Nc4 Bb7 20. Be4 Be5 21. Nfxe5
Nxe5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qf6 Rd8 24. g4 Qd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. Rc1 c4 27. a4 Rd7
28. Rxc4 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. b4 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Weyerstrass, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d5 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qxb2 13. Nc7 Rad8 14. Qc1
Qxc1 15. Raxc1 b6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. e3 h6 18. Rc4 Rd6 19. Re4 b5 20. Ne5 Nxe5
21. Rxe5 Rf5 22. Re4 Ba3 23. Bh3 Rf6 24. f4 Kf7 25. Rf2 g6 26. Rc2 Ke7 27. Kf2
Kd7 28. Re5 Rb6 $4 ({Right is} 28... a6) 29. Rd5+ $1 Ke8 30. Rc8+ Ke7 31. Rc7+
Ke8 32. Rdd7 Rc6 33. Rxa7 Bc5 34. Rab7 Rc8 35. Rh7 Ra8 36. Bf1 Rxa2+ 37. Kf3
Ra8 38. Bxb5+ Kd8 39. Rbd7+ Kc8 40. Rc7+ Kb8 41. Rxc5 Ra5 42. Rxh6 Ka7 43. Rg5
Kb6 44. Rhxg6 Rxg6 45. Rxg6 1-0

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Wiersma, Tjalling"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O c5 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Bf5 cxd4 14. exd4 Nb8
15. Ne5 Bxe5 $2 (15... Nc6 16. f4 a6 {defends properly.}) 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Re1
Nc5 18. Nb5 $1 d4 $5 19. Nd6 $1 {White has a decisive attack.} Bd5 20. Qxd4
Bxa2 21. Rc3 Qe7 22. b4 Nb7 23. Be4 Nxd6 24. exd6 Qe6 25. Rg3 g6 26. Qd2 1-0

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wibe, Terje"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8.
Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. d3 Bb7 12. h4 f4 13. Qf3 Nd4 14. Qg4 Bg7
15. Nxb6 $1 ({Ekebjaerg played the immediate} 15. Bd2 {against Timmerman.})
15... axb6 16. Bd2 N6f5 $5 {Black has to play for a beleaguerment.} 17. c3 Nxb3
18. axb3 Bf6 19. h5 Nh6 20. Qe2 g5 $5 ({The natural looking} 20... Bxg2 $6 {
opens the game.}) 21. f3 $5 {
White makes a positional concession in order to develop his pieces.} Nf5 22.
Qf2 Kc7 23. Ne2 g4 {
The Frankenstein-Dracula fun has reached a highlight. Wibe sacrifices.} 24.
fxg4 $6 (24. Kd1 $5 Bh4 25. Qf1 $1 {plays for a win in a risky way.}) 24... Bh4
25. Rxh4 Nxh4 26. Kd1 Rf8 27. c4 $5 Nxg2 $5 (27... f3 $1 28. Nc3 $1 fxg2 29.
Nb5+ Kc6 30. Na7+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 28. Nc3 Ne3+ 29. Kc1 Qc5 30.
Nb5+ Kb8 31. Qg1 d5 32. Ra4 d4 $5 {Timmerman prepares a grand finale.} 33. Bb4
f3 34. Bxc5 f2 35. Bd6+ Kc8 36. Qxf2 Rxf2 37. Bxe5 Rf1+ 38. Kd2 Rf2+ 39. Kc1 {
The game ends by a perpetual.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wibe, Terje"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8.
Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. d3 Bb7 12. h4 f4 13. Qf3 Nd4 14. Qg4 Bxa8
15. Bd2 Bg7 16. O-O-O Bf6 17. h5 g5 18. Bb4 $1 ({Wibe improves on the known} 
18. Nf3) 18... a5 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. c3 $5 Nxb3+ 21. axb3 Bd5 22. c4 Be6 23. Qe2
Qb4 24. Qc2 e4 $2 {
Van Oosterom lacks the patience for this variation of restraint.} 25. dxe4 a4
26. e5 Bxe5 27. Nf3 ({Even better is} 27. Qe2 $1 Bd6 28. Nf3) 27... Bf6 28. Nd4
Bxd4 29. Rxd4 axb3 30. Qc3 Qxc3+ 31. bxc3 Kc7 32. Kb2 Rf8 {
White has an advantage in the endgame.} 33. Ra1 $2 (33. Re1 $1 Rf5 34. Rde4 {
(Van Oosterom) keeps the edge.}) 33... Rf5 34. f3 Re5 35. Kxb3 Re2 36. Ra2 Re1
37. Re4 Rxe4 38. fxe4 Kd6 39. Ra6 $6 (39. Ra8 $1 g4 40. Rh8 {draws at least.})
39... Ke5 $1 40. Rxb6 g4 41. Kc2 g3 $1 42. Kd3 f3 $1 43. gxf3 g2 44. Rb1 Kf4
45. h6 $1 {White has to force the draw.} Kxf3 46. c5 Kf2 47. Kd4 g1=Q 48. Rxg1
Kxg1 49. Ke5 Bg4 50. Kf6 Kf2 51. Kg7 Ke3 52. Kxh7 Kxe4 53. Kg7 Bf5 54. Kf6 Bh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "25 years jubilee"]
[Site "NBC 1991-94"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wiersma, Tjalling"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Be2 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 c6 10. O-O cxd5 11. cxd5 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Ne8 13. Na4 $5 Qb4 14. a3 Qxe4
15. Nc3 Qf5 16. Be3 Nd6 17. Nd4 $3 exd4 $1 {
Black gains  a rook  and two  minor pieces for the queen.} 18. Rxf5 Nxf5 19.
Bd2 dxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nc5 22. Rb1 b6 23. Bf3 Ba6 24. g4 Nh4 25. Be2
Ne4 {Ten moves had to be made in thirty days of contemplation time. So a
player had to carry out circa one hundred moves per month, when the tournament
began. That is a high speed for correspondence chess. Many blunders were made
by the lesser players. The stars Timmerman and Van Oosterom played several
impressive games.   The scores at the top were Timmerman (171/2), Van Oosterom
(16), Soltau (141/2), Ekebjaerg (14), Wibe (131/2) and Hovde (131/2). Van
Oosterom, Soltau, Wibe and Hovde became Correspondence Grandmaster. Boll (121/
2), Rittner (121/2), Sarink (11) and Smit (101/2) won the other prizes.} ({
The simple} 25... Ne4 26. Qe1 Bxe2 27. Qxh4 {(Timmerman)} Bxg4 $1 {
wins easily for Black.}) 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Bern, Ivar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

{The NPSF (Norwegian Correspondence Chess Federation) celebrated its
50thanniversary on 1 September 1995. A great tournament started on 15 October
1994 and lasted until 1998. Over-the-board Grandmaster Ulf Andersson and the
best postal players of Northern and Western Europe took part. I have analysed
the games by Andersson and the wins by Timmerman, Van Oosterom and Elwert.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 $5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Na3 $1 {
Andersson improves on a previous game.} Nc7 8. c4 b4 9. Nc2 a5 $5 {
Black makes another doubtful move.} 10. e4 $1 {Ulf gets excited.} Bxe4 11. Re1
Bxc2 $2 {Black allows a devastating attack in the centre.} ({Better is} 11...
Bb7) 12. Qxc2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ra6 ({Not} 13... Rb8 14. Nc6 $1 dxc6 15. Bxc6+) 14.
Rad1 h6 15. Bxf6 $5 (15. Bf4 $1 {continues the restraint.}) 15... Qxf6 16. Qa4
$1 Bc5 {Black seems to have counter-play.} 17. Nxe6 $1 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 Rxe6 19.
Qxd7+ Kf8 20. Rxe6 Qxe6 21. Qxc7 g6 22. Rf1 {
A combined charge on f7 will decide.} 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Hassler, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nh5 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Be2 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Qd2 f5 13. O-O-O f4 14. Bf2 Qd7 15.
Rhe1 $5 Rad8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ng3 ({Not} 17... Nxd4 18. Bd5+ $1) 18. Bd5+
Kh8 19. Kb1 a6 20. a3 Qd6 $6 ({Slightly better is} 20... Rde8) 21. Re6 Qd7 22.
Bxg3 fxg3 23. Qe3 Rf2 $6 24. Qxg3 Rf5 $5 ({The tactics of} 24... Bxd4 $5 25.
Qh4 $1 g5 $1 26. Qxg5 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Qxe6 28. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 29. Kb2 {
favour White (Grahn).}) 25. Rde1 $1 Rxd5 26. Nxd5 Nxd4 ({Not} 26... Qxd5 $2 27.
Re8+ Bf8 28. Qf4 Qd6 29. Qf7 {(Grahn).}) 27. Nxc7 Nxe6 28. Nxe6 Re8 29. Nc5
Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 {White has won a pawn.} Qb5 31. Nd3 Qc6 32. Nb4 Qb5 33. Qe4 Qf1+
34. Ka2 Qf7+ 35. Nd5 h6 36. a4 Kh7 37. g4 Kh8 38. c3 Kh7 39. Kb3 Kh8 40. Qc4
Be5 41. Nb4 Qd7 42. Qd5 Qe7 43. Nd3 Bd6 44. Nf2 Bc5 45. Ne4 Be3 46. Nd6 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Kauppala, Pekka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd2 Ngf6 7. Bc4 Qb6 $6
8. Qe2 $1 ({Andersson improves on} 8. Bb3 {(Bailey - Piasetski, Canada 1989).})
8... c6 $6 {Capture of pawn b2 loses too much time.} ({Preferable is} 8... e6
$1 9. d5 O-O-O) 9. O-O-O e6 10. Be3 Nd5 $2 (10... Bb4 11. d5 Qa5 12. dxe6 Bxe6
13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Bd2 O-O-O {averts a disaster.}) 11. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 12. Nh4 Bg6
13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Nxd5 $1 exd5 15. Bg5+ Qe6 16. Rhe1 $1 Bb4 17. Qf1 $1 Bxe1 18.
Rxe1 O-O 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Qb5 $1 Nb6 21. f3 Rac8 22. Qd3 Rf5 23. h4 Rc6 24. b3
Nc8 25. g4 Rf8 26. Qxg6 Rxf3 27. h5 Kf8 28. h6 gxh6 29. Qxh6+ Ke8 30. Qh8+ Rf8
31. Qh5+ Rf7 32. Kb2 Nb6 33. Bh4 Nd7 34. g5 Nf8 35. g6 Nxg6 36. Qxg6 Kf8 37.
Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "McNab, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 c6 6. h3 Qa5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
e5 9. Be3 $5 O-O 10. O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Rfe1 Qc7 13. a4 Nc5 14. Bh6 a5 (
{Black can take the initiative by} 14... Bxh6 $1 15. Qxh6 Qb6 $1) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. b3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Re7 18. Qf4 Nh5 ({Avoids} 18... Rae8 $2 19. Ndb5 $1 cxb5
20. Qxf6+ $1 {and White gains an edge.}) 19. Qe3 Rae8 20. Nf3 b6 21. Qd4+ Nf6
22. Ng5 h6 $1 23. Nh7 $1 Kxh7 24. Qxf6 d5 $5 25. Re3 dxe4 $2 ({
Black should play} 25... Be6 26. Qd4 {before the exchanges on e4 start.}) 26.
Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Bc8 28. Rde1 $1 {The main threat is Bxg6+.} Kg8 29. Bxc6
Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Bf5 32. Bd5 $5 (32. c4 {would be okay.}) 32... Bxc2
33. e4 $1 Kh7 $6 (33... Kf8 $1 34. Kf2 $1 Bb1 $1 {defends well.}) 34. Kf2 g5
35. Ke2 $1 Bb1 $1 36. Kf3 $1 {The bishop cannot check on d1.} Bc2 37. Bxf7 Bd1+
38. Kf2 $1 Qc2+ 39. Kg1 Qxe4 40. Be6 $1 Qe3+ 41. Kh1 Qf4 42. Bf5+ Kg8 43. Qg6+
Kf8 44. Qxh6+ Kf7 45. Qe6+ Kf8 46. Qc8+ Kg7 47. Qd7+ Kf6 48. Qe6+ (48. Qe6+ Kg7
49. Qe7+ Kg8 50. Be6+ Kh8 51. Qd8+ Kg7 52. Qxd1 {and White wins (Grahn).}) 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Millican, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Rac1 Qd6 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qb4
$5 {Gufeld suggested this move.} (14... c6 {
was played in Kasparov-Karpov, Moscow 1984.}) 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. h4 h6 17. Bf4
c5 $5 18. Nb5 cxd4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Nc7 $5 Rac8 21. Nxa6 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Rd5 $1
(22... bxa6 $6 23. Nc6 Rd7 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Rxd4 {favours White (Millican).})
23. Nxb4 Rxe5 24. Rxd4 Rxe2 25. Kf3 Re5 26. Nd3 Ra5 $6 {Black plays passively.}
({Right is} 26... Rd5 $1) 27. Bd2 Ra8 28. Rc4 b6 29. Ke2 Kf8 30. b3 Ke8 31. Bc3
g5 $1 32. Nb4 Kd7 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Bd4 Bd8 35. Be3 Nd5 $1 {
A timely counteraction starts.} 36. Nxd5 exd5 37. Rc1 Rc8 $1 {
Black has to exchange his passive rook.} 38. Rxc8 Kxc8 39. Kf3 (39. Kd3 $1 {
moves the king to the front.}) 39... Kd7 40. b4 ({Millecan gives} 40. Kg4 Ke6
41. Bxg5 f5+ 42. Kf4 Bxg5+ 43. Kxg5 Ke5 {drawn.}) 40... Ke6 41. Bd4 f5 $5 42.
g4 $1 Bc7 43. Bb2 ({The critical line is} 43. Bc3 $1 Bd6 44. gxf5+ Kxf5 45. Ke3
g4 $1 46. a5 bxa5 47. bxa5 g3 48. fxg3 Bxg3 49. a6 Bb8 {and Black survives.})
43... Bd6 44. Bc3 Bc7 45. Bd4 Bd8 46. Bb2 Be7 47. Bc3 Bd6 48. Bd2 d4 49. a5
bxa5 50. bxa5 Kf6 51. Bc1 Bc5 52. Kg3 $6 d3 53. f3 $6 f4+ $1 54. Kg2 Ke5 $1 55.
Kf1 {Black has a plus, but he cannot advance.   Only Millican defended
properly as Black against Andersson.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Temmink, Henk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nh4
e5 9. h3 Bc8 10. Nf3 exd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfe1 Nbd7 14. Rad1 Re8
15. a3 a6 16. Nde2 Qc7 17. Ng3 Re6 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Rae8 20. Nce2 c5 21.
c4 $1 {Andersson takes the initiative.} Bc6 $6 ({Better is} 21... Qa5 $1) ({
Temmink finds the white win} 21... Nxe4 $2 22. Nf4 Re5 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4
Rxe4 25. Nfh5 gxh5 26. Nxh5 Re1+ 27. Kh2 d5+ 28. f4) 22. f3 Kh8 23. b3 Qa5 24.
Qc1 Ne5 25. Nf4 R6e7 26. Be2 Rd8 27. Nf1 bxc4 $6 {Black swaps active material.}
(27... Kg8 28. Ne3 Rb7 {plays <->wait and see'.}) 28. Bxc4 Nxc4 $6 29. bxc4 Kg8
30. Ne3 Re5 31. Re2 h5 32. Qa1 Ne8 33. Kh2 Rb8 $2 34. Rxd6 $1 Nxd6 35. Qxe5 Qc7
36. Nfd5 Bxd5 37. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Veinger, Itzhak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nc6 8.
c3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 $6 ({Better is} 9... Bf5 $1) 10. Bxf3 e6 11. Nd2 Qd7 12. Be4
b6 13. Nf3 h6 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. Qc2 Kh7 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. Bd3 Qc8 $2 {
Veinger makes passive moves.} 18. Qa4 Qb7 19. Ba6 Qa8 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Bg3 g5 $6
22. Bd3+ Kg8 23. h4 gxh4 24. Bxh4 Nce7 $2 25. Be4 $1 {
White threatens c4 and Bxd5.} 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bang, Erik"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Be3 c6 11. a3 $5 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rad8 13. Be2 Qb8 14. Qc2 Bg6
15. Nh4 c5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. d5 $5 {White tries to take the initiative.} exd5
18. exd5 a6 19. Rcd1 Rfe8 20. a4 Bd6 21. Bg5 Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Bf4 23. Bxf6 $6 {
The exchange of bishops is wiser.} Nxf6 24. Bf3 Bd6 25. Rfe1 c4 26. Ne4 Nxe4
27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Bxe4 Qc7 29. g3 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Kg2 Ra8 32. b3 $2 c3 $1
{Andersson gains a considerable advantage on the queenside.} 33. h4 Qe7 34. Bf3
b4 35. h5 gxh5 36. Bxh5 Qg5 37. Bf3 g6 38. Re1 Kg7 39. Qb1 Bc5 40. d6 $2 {
Bang should defend passively.} Rh8 41. Qd3 Qh6 42. Kf1 Rd8 43. Qe4 Qh3+ 44. Ke2
Qf5 $2 (44... Bxd6 $1 {captures the d-pawn without exchanges.}) 45. Qxf5 gxf5
46. Rd1 Bxd6 47. Bc6 Kf6 48. Rd3 Ke6 49. Kd1 $2 (49. Rd4 $1 Rh8 50. Rh4 $1 Rc8
51. Rc4 {denies the black rook an entrance.}) 49... Rh8 50. Re3+ Kf6 51. Re2
Bc5 52. f4 Bg1 53. Rg2 Bh2 54. Bb5 Rh3 55. Bf1 Bxg3 56. Rg1 Bf2 57. Bxh3 Bxg1
58. Bf1 Bh2 59. Bd3 Bxf4 60. Ke2 Kg5 61. Kf3 Bd6 62. Bc2 f4 ({
Black has a forced win by} 62... f4 63. Bd3 Kh4 64. Bc2 (64. Kg2 Kg4 65. Be2+
f3+ $1 66. Bxf3+ Kf4 67. Bd1 Ke3) 64... Kh3 65. Bd3 Kh2 66. Kf2 Bc5+ 67. Kf3
Be3 68. Bc2 Kg1 69. Bd3 f6 $1 {zugzwang (Grahn).}) 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bern, Ivar"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Ne2 e5 8. e4
Nc6 9. dxc5 $6 dxc5 10. Ng3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Nf1 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Ne8 (13...
Nh5 $1 14. g3 Nf6 {weakens the flank.}) 14. Ne3 Nd6 15. a4 g6 16. O-O f5 17. f3
f4 18. Nd5 g5 19. Rfb1 g4 $1 {
The attack on the king starts with a pawn sacrifice.} 20. fxg4 Rdg8 $1 {
White has to start a counterattack.} 21. h3 $2 ({Right is} 21. Rb5 Qd8 $1 22.
Kh1 $1 Nxb5 23. axb5 Na5 24. Qf2) 21... h5 22. Nf6 Rg7 $1 {
Suddenly White has no proper defence.} 23. Qf3 ({The pointe is} 23. Nxh5 Rxh5
$1 24. gxh5 Bxh3 {and Black wins (Elwert).}) 23... hxg4 24. Nxg4 Bxg4 25. hxg4
Qd8 26. Be1 Qg8 27. Rd1 Rxg4 28. Bf2 Rg6 29. a5 Nf7 30. a6 Ng5 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bern, Ivar"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. b3 e5 8. Bb2
Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. h3 a6 11. O-O-O b5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. g4 h6 14. Nd2 (14. g5 $1
{cannonades (Lobron - Hazai, Rotterdam 1988).}) 14... Qe7 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Nde4
$6 bxc4 $1 {Timmerman starts a creative attack.} 17. Nd6 $2 ({The humble} 17.
bxc4 {is safer.}) 17... cxb3 18. axb3 $6 (18. Qxb3 $1 Reb8 19. Nxb7 e4 20. Ba3
Qe8 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. f3 $1 Qe8 24. Bd6 Bf8 $1 {
favours Black too.}) 18... Reb8 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20. Bxc6 Nc5 $1 21. b4 Ne6 22. f3
({Or} 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qa4 Ne4) 22... Qxb4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rhf1 e4 25. f4
Nc5 26. g5 hxg5 27. fxg5 Nfd7 28. Kb1 Rb8 29. Rf2 Ne5 30. Rd4 Ned3 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "DeMauro, Joseph"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O Be6 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Be3
Bc5 15. Qc1 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Qb6 17. Qd2 Qd4 18. Qg5 O-O 19. a5 h6 20. Qe7 Rae8
21. Qa3 Nc5 22. Rad1 Qc4 23. Rd6 Rd8 24. Rfd1 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Bf5 26. Bf1 Ne4 27.
Nxe4 Bxe4 28. Rd7 c5 29. Qe3 Bc6 30. Re7 Qd5 31. f3 Re8 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8 33. Kf2
Bc6 34. Qc3 Kf7 35. e4 Qd6 36. Bc4+ Kf6 37. Bd3 b5 38. axb6 axb6 39. Qb3 Bd7
40. Ke2 Qc6 41. Qg8 b5 42. Qf8+ Kg6 43. Qe7 c4 44. Bc2 Be6 45. f4 Bg4+ 46. Kf1
c3 $5 {Both parties cannot win.} 47. Bb3 Kh7 48. Qf8 Bh3+ 49. Kf2 Qd7 50. Bf7
Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "DeMauro, Joseph"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Bb3 Bc5 14.
Rfd1 $5 O-O 15. h3 Rfd8 16. Be3 h6 17. c4 $5 Kf8 18. Bc2 a6 19. b3 Ke7 20. a3
Be8 $5 {Black wants to fight.} 21. b4 Bd6 22. Bb3 Be5 23. a4 $6 (23. Rd3 $1 {
(Elwert) gains a plus.}) 23... a5 $1 24. bxa5 Ne4 25. Kf1 Rd6 26. f4 Bf6 27.
Rac1 Ra6 28. Nb5 Rxa5 29. Bb6 $6 (29. Na7 $1 Ra8 30. Nb5 {draws.}) 29... Ra6 $1
30. Bc7 Kf8 31. Bc2 Ng3+ 32. Kf2 Bh4 $1 {White encounters positional problems.}
33. a5 $5 Bc6 34. Bb6 $6 ({More solid is} 34. Rd3 $1 Ne4+ 35. Kg1) 34... Nh5+
35. Kf1 $2 (35. Ke3 $1 Bg3 36. Rd4 $1 e5 $1 37. fxe5 Bxe5 38. Na7 {
battles courageously.}) 35... Nxf4 36. Nc7 $6 (36. Rd2 Bxb5 37. cxb5 Rxb6 $1
38. axb6 Nd5 $1 {also wins for Black (Elwert).}) 36... Bxg2+ 37. Kg1 Bf3 38.
Nxa6 bxa6 39. c5 $5 Ne2+ 40. Kf1 Nxc1 41. Rxc1 Bg5 42. Rb1 Bf4 43. Bd3 Ra8 44.
Bc4 Ke7 45. Kf2 Bc6 46. Rd1 g5 47. Be2 f5 48. Kf1 h5 49. Bxh5 Rh8 50. Be2 Rxh3
51. Bd8+ Kf7 52. Bxg5 Bxg5 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "DeMauro, Joseph"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 c5 8.
dxc5 bxc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6 11. Qxf6 gxf6 12. O-O-O Bb7 13. e3 Rd8 14.
Bd3 Nc6 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Be2 f5 17. h3 Kf8 18. Rhg1 Ke7 19. g4 $1 {
The manoeuvres have led to equality.} Be4 20. gxf5 Bxf5 21. e4 $5 Bh7 ({Not} 
21... Bxh3 $4 22. Rg3) 22. f4 Nc6 $1 23. Rg4 Nd4 24. Bd3 d5 $1 25. cxd5 exd5
26. Re1 Kf8 27. f5 $6 (27. Rg3 Re8 28. Rge3 Rad8 29. Bb1 {
will lead to a draw (Van Oosterom).}) 27... Re8 28. e5 $2 ({The prudent} 28.
Kd1 $1 Rad8 29. exd5 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Rxd5 31. Be4 Re5 32. f6 $1 Bf5 33. Rh4 Bxe4
34. Rxe4 Rf5 {(Van Oosterom)} 35. Re7 $1 {draws.}) 28... f6 $1 29. e6 Nxe6 $1
30. Bb5 Bxf5 31. Bxe8 Rxe8 {Black has gained a positional advantage.} 32. Rh4
$6 (32. Ra4 $1 Re7 33. Rf1 Bxh3 34. Rf3 {(Van Oosterom)} Ng5 35. Rxf6+ Kg7 36.
Rd6 {offers more resistance.}) 32... Kg7 33. Ra4 Re7 34. h4 c4 $1 35. Ra6 Kf7
36. Rd6 $6 Nf4 $1 37. Rf1 Bd3 $1 38. Rh1 Ne2+ 39. Kd1 c3 $1 40. bxc3 Nxc3+ 41.
Kc1 Rc7 $1 42. Kb2 Ke7 {Black has trapped a rook.} 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. a4
Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qd2 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Be6 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. h3 h6 18. a5 Nh7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Ng5 21. c3
Nxf3 $6 ({Better is} 21... Bf6 $1 22. Bxd6 Qc8 23. Bg4 Qa8 $1 24. Re1 Nxe4 $1 {
(Elwert).}) 22. gxf3 Bf8 23. Rd3 Re6 24. Rad1 Rde8 25. Kh2 Re5 $5 {
Andersson forces a positional draw.} (25... b5 26. axb6 Qxb6 {
brings a plus for White.}) 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Qd4 d5 $1 28. Qb6 $1 Qb8 29. Qf2
Rf5+ $1 30. e5 $1 Qxe5+ 31. Kh1 Qf6 32. Re1 Kh7 33. Qd4 Qd6 34. f4 g6 35. Rf3
Qd7 36. Kg2 Bg7 37. Qb4 Bf6 38. Rd1 Qe6 39. Rd2 Qe1 40. Rdf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Hassler, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Bd2 dxc4 6. Qxb7 Be4 $5 (6... Nge7 {
was played in Botvinnik - Smyslov, Moscow 1954.}) 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. Qa6 Rb6 $1 9.
Qxc4 Rb4 10. Qa6 Nb8 $6 ({Elwert prefers} 10... Rb6 $5 11. Qa4 Rb4 12. Qd1 Bxf3
13. exf3 Qxd4) 11. Qxa7 Nc6 12. Qa6 Nb8 13. Qa5 Nc6 14. Qg5 f6 15. Qe3 Bf5 $6 (
{Better is} 15... Bxf3 16. exf3 Nxd4) 16. d5 $1 Rc4 $1 17. Nb5 $5 (17. dxc6 {
gives winning chances too.}) 17... Nb4 18. Na3 Kf7 $5 {
Black tries to stay in the game.} 19. Qb3 ({Elwert finds} 19. dxe6+ {
less solid.}) 19... exd5 20. Bc3 $1 c5 21. e3 Re4 22. Be2 Be6 23. Nd2 Rh4 24.
g3 Rh6 {Black's queen rook has moved strangely!} 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Nb5 Qb6 27.
Nd4 Bc5 28. Nxe6 Qxe6 29. Rc1 Bd6 30. Nf3 Ne7 31. Nd4 Qd7 32. Bf3 Be5 33. Rc5
Rd8 34. Bxd5+ $1 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Kauppala, Pekka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Bd2 Rb8 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 Nb4 $2 9. e4 $1 {Elwert refutes the novelty drastically.} dxe4 (9... Bxe4
10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 {also brings an edge for White (Elwert).}) 10. Ne5 Be6
11. Bc4 Qxd4 $5 12. Bxe6 Qxe5 13. Bxf7+ Kd7 $5 (13... Kd8 14. Bxf6+ gxf6 15.
O-O-O+ Nd3+ 16. Kb1 Bd6 17. Nxe4 $1 {and White wins similar to the game.}) 14.
O-O-O+ Nd3+ 15. Kb1 Bd6 ({Or} 15... Qxg5 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qe6+ Kd8 18. Qe8#)
16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Rxd3 b5 $5 19. Rc1 Rb6 20. f3 Qe5 21. Re3 Qf5+
22. Re4 Kd8 23. g4 Qc8 24. Qc3 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "McNab, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nd7 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Ngf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Qc1 c5 14. Nc2 $5 (14.
Nde2 {took place in Hondema - Hendriks, corr 1992.}) 14... Kh7 15. Rd1 b5 16.
cxb5 axb5 17. b4 Qe7 18. Rb1 Ba6 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Qe2 Qe5 21. Qd3 $1 {
Black has to defend accurately, but he misses a tactical joke.} Qe6 $2 ({
Right is} 21... Qe7 $1 22. a4 c4 $1 23. Qd4 bxa4 24. b5 Bb7) 22. a4 $1 Ne5 ({
The desirable} 22... c4 $2 {is refuted by} 23. Qe2 bxa4 24. Nd4 $1) 23. Qe2 Nc4
24. axb5 Bb7 ({Or} 24... Bxb5 25. bxc5 Ba6 26. Nd4 Qc8 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. c6 {
(Elwert).}) 25. Nd5 Nxe3 26. Ncxe3 Rec8 27. bxc5 Rxc5 28. Nxf6+ Qxf6 29. Rdc1
Qd4 30. Qa2 Kg8 31. Rd1 Qc3 32. Qa7 Rcc8 33. b6 Qc5 34. Kh2 Qe5 35. Rdc1 Qe8
36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Rc1 $1 Qe8 38. Rc7 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Temmink, Henk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Re8 9. Nc3 c6 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qe7 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. b3 a6 14. Qd2 $5 Bg4 $5
15. f3 c5 $5 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Nc2 Red8 {Black plays actively.} 18. Qe2 Be6 19.
Nd5 Bxd5 $6 20. cxd5 Qc7 21. a4 {An incomprehensible move is made.} c4 $2 {
Black gives away a pawn.} 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. bxc4 Rac8 24. Bf1 Bf8 25. Rab1 Bc5+
26. Kg2 Rc7 27. Ne1 Bd6 28. Rb6 Ne8 29. Rdb1 Rdd7 30. R6b3 Kg7 31. f4 exf4 32.
Nf3 Re7 33. e5 $1 Bxe5 34. Nxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxb7 fxg3 36. Rxc7 {
Elwert won the fourth prize and gained the title of Correspondence Grandmaster.
} 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fries Nielsen, Niels"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
e5 9. Be2 exd4 10. Nxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Qe7 13. h3 Re8 14. Nf3 Nbd7
15. g4 $5 {White plays a risky move, but Andersson gets no winning chances.}
Nc5 16. O-O-O Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Rd8 18. Nd4 Be6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Be5 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Nd7 24. f4 Bf6 25. Kc2 h6 26. Qe4 Qf8 27. Qf5
Qe8 28. Qe4 Qb8 29. Qf5 Qe8 30. Qe4 Qf8 31. Qf5 Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kauppala, Pekka"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. h3 c6 8. Nbc3 b5
9. Re1 Bb7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. a4 b4 14. Nb1 c5 15.
Nd2 Bf8 16. Nc1 Rac8 17. Ncb3 Ba6 18. Na5 Nb6 19. b3 Ne8 20. Bf1 Bxf1 21. Kxf1
Nd6 22. f3 f5 23. Red1 fxe4 24. fxe4 Be7 25. Ke2 Kf7 26. Rac1 Ke6 27. c3 bxc3
28. Rxc3 Nd7 29. Nac4 Nf6 30. Nxd6 Rxd6 31. Rd3 Rxd3 32. Kxd3 Rd8+ 33. Kc2 h5
34. Rg1 a6 35. Rg2 Rb8 36. Re2 Nd7 37. Nc4 Rf8 38. Rf2 Nf6 39. Nd2 Rb8 40. Re2
Nd7 41. Kc3 Rb4 42. Nc4 Nb6 43. Nxb6 Rxb6 44. Kc2 Rb8 45. h4 c4 $5 {
Timmerman wants to win.} 46. bxc4 Rb4 47. Kc3 Rxa4 48. Rb2 Bd8 49. Rb8 Ra3+ 50.
Kd2 Ba5+ 51. Ke2 Ra2+ 52. Kf3 Ra3 53. Ke2 Ra2+ 54. Kd1 Ra1+ 55. Kc2 $2 (55. Ke2
{is okay.}) 55... Ra3 $1 56. Re8+ Kd6 57. c5+ Kc6 58. Re6+ Kb5 $1 59. Bg5 ({Not
} 59. c6 $2 Rxe3 60. Rxe5+ Kb6 61. Rxa5 Rxe4 62. c7 Rc4+) 59... Rxg3 60. Rxg6
Rc3+ 61. Kd1 Rxc5 62. Rh6 Rc4 63. Rxh5 Rxe4 64. Rh8 $2 ({Right is} 64. Rh6 $1)
64... Kc4 $1 65. Rf8 (65. Ra8 Kd3 $1 66. Kc1 Bc3 67. Rd8+ Bd4 {
brings a mating attack.}) 65... Re1+ 66. Kc2 Re2+ 67. Kd1 Re1+ 68. Kc2 Re2+ 69.
Kd1 Rh2 70. Rf5 Bc3 71. Bf6 Kb3 72. h5 a5 73. h6 a4 74. Rf3 Rd2+ 75. Kc1 Rc2+
76. Kd1 Rd2+ 77. Kc1 Rc2+ 78. Kd1 a3 79. Rxc3+ Rxc3 80. h7 a2 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McNab, Colin"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf5
15. Re1 h6 16. Bd2 $5 (16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxf5 Rxf5 {
drew in Jirovsky - Jirovsky, Prague 1994.}) 16... Bxe4 17. Rxe4 c6 $1 18. Bc3
$6 ({Corect is} 18. dxc6 {(McNab).}) 18... cxd5 19. cxd5 Qb6 20. Rb4 Qa6 21.
Ne1 Rf7 22. Nc2 Raf8 23. Be1 h5 24. a4 b6 25. Ra3 Qb7 26. Rd3 Rc8 27. Na3 Nf5
28. Rc4 Rxc4 29. Nxc4 e4 30. Rd2 Qe7 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Qg5 $1 {
Black has positional advantages and can start an attack on the king.} 33. Bf2
h4 34. Qc1 Qg4 35. Rc2 Rf8 36. b4 Be5 37. Be1 hxg3 38. hxg3 Qf3 39. Rc8 Bxg3 $1
40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qd7+ Kf6 $1 43. Bc3+ Kg5 44. Qe7+ Kg4 45. Qe6+
Kh5 $1 {Black escapes from the checks.} 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Millican, Peter"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 h6 15.
Nbd2 Re8 16. Nf1 Bf8 17. Ng3 Na5 18. Bc2 Nc4 19. b3 Nb6 20. a4 bxa4 21. bxa4 a5
22. Bd3 Qc8 23. d5 c6 24. Rb1 Nbd7 25. c4 Nc5 26. Bf1 Qc7 27. Be3 Bc8 28. Bd3
Bd7 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Bc2 g6 31. Qd3 Rab8 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Qc3 Bd6 34. Nf1 Rb4
35. Ne3 Qb8 36. dxc6 Bxc6 37. Nd5 Bxd5 38. exd5 $6 (38. cxd5 $1 {
avoids the next difficulties.}) 38... Rb2 $1 39. Nd2 Qb4 40. Re3 $2 ({
The last chance brings} 40. Qxb4 axb4 41. Rc1 Nd7 42. Kf1) 40... Kg7 41. Nb3
Ra2 $3 {Black gives a pawn for the attack.} 42. Nxa5 Qxc3 43. Rxc3 Ra1+ 44. Kh2
e4+ 45. g3 Ra2 $1 {Van Oosterom threatens .. Be5.} 46. Bb3 Rxf2+ 47. Kg1 Rd2
48. g4 (48. Nc6 Nh5 49. g4 Ng3 {looks poor for White.}) 48... Bf4 49. Bc2 Be5
50. Nb3 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pioch, Zygmunt"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nce2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. c4 Qc7 12. b3 b5 $1 {
Andersson takes the initiative.} 13. cxb5 Bxb5 14. Re1 Ng4 $1 {
White shall not gain the exchange.} 15. Bb2 ({The pointe is} 15. e5 $2 Nxe5 16.
Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Qe3 {(Andersson)} Qb6 $1) 15... Bf6 16. Qd2 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Rac8
18. Qd2 Qb6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. h3 Nf6 22. g4 $5 h6 23. Re3 Rc5 24.
Rc3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 e5 $5 26. Ne2 Be6 27. Ng3 Rc8 28. Qd2 Rc6 29. Nf1 h5 30. g5
Nh7 31. h4 Nf8 32. Bf3 Ng6 33. Ne3 Nf4 34. Kh2 Qc7 35. Rg1 g6 36. Be2 Rc5 37.
Rg3 $6 ({The natural move is} 37. Rd1 $1) 37... Qc6 38. b4 $2 (38. f3 {
defends properly.}) 38... Nxe2 $1 39. bxc5 ({Or} 39. Qxe2 Rc1 $1 40. Qd3 Ra1 {
(Grahn).}) 39... Nxg3 40. Kxg3 Qxc5 41. Qb2 Qd4 42. Qb1 Kh7 43. a3 a5 {
Andersson has a pawn and the initiative.} 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Temmink, Henk"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O a6 11. Qf4 Rd7 12. h3 Qxf4 13. Bxf4 Ne7 14. Rfe1
b5 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Be3 c5 17. a4 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 b4 19. Nd1 Rfd8 20. Re1 a5 21.
Ne3 Rd4 22. f3 Nc8 23. Rec1 Nb6 24. Bb5 $2 ({Correct is} 24. Kf2 {
and White has a hard defence.}) 24... c4 $1 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27.
Nxd1 Kf8 28. c3 b3 29. e5 Ke7 30. Ne3 f6 31. f4 fxe5 32. fxe5 {
White has prevented .. Kd6 and .. c6, but he had to make too many concessions.}
Bd7 $1 33. Bxc4 ({The pointe is} 33. Nxc4 Bxb5 34. Nxb6 cxb6 35. axb5 a4) 33...
Nxa4 34. Nd1 (34. Bxb3 Nxb2 {also wins for Black.}) 34... Be6 ({Or} 34... Nxb2
35. Nxb2 a4) 35. Bd3 g6 36. Kf2 Bd5 {Pawn e5 or g2 will fall.} 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h4 Nc6 8. Rg1
d5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be3 Be7 13. Qd2 O-O $1 {
Andersson springs an important novelty in the Keres Attack.} (13... Bxh4 {
is known from Karpov - Spassky, Tilburg 1980.}) 14. Nf5 d4 15. Bxh6 $1 Bb4 $1 {
Capture on h6 loses immediately. Black has to counterattack.} 16. c3 dxc3 17.
bxc3 Ne5 $1 18. Be2 Re8 19. Kf1 $5 (19. Be3 $1 Bc5 $1 20. h5 $1 {
gives a more subtle answer to the threat of .. Nf3+.}) 19... Bf8 20. Bf4 Qa5
21. Rg3 Rad8 22. Nd4 Ba4 $5 23. h5 $5 Nc6 24. Be3 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Re4 26. Qb2 $6
({More solid is} 26. Qd3 $1 Rde8 27. Re3) 26... Bc5 27. Rb1 Bxd4 28. cxd4 Bc6
29. Rd1 Rf4 {Timmerman wants to lift the pressure from his position.} 30. d5 $2
{But this pawn sacrifice leads to a disaster.} ({Correct is} 30. Bc4 $1 Qg5 31.
Qd2) 30... Rxd5 $1 31. Rgd3 Qc5 32. f3 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Qg5 34. Ke1 Rc4 $1 35. Kf2
Qh4+ 36. Ke3 Rc5 37. Rd1 Qg3 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Bd3+ f5 $1 40. Qd4 (40. Bxf5+
Rxf5 41. gxf5 Qg5+ {(Grahn).}) 40... Qxf3+ 41. Kd2 Qg2+ 42. Ke3 (42. Be2 b6 43.
h6 Rd5 44. Rxd5 Qxd5 45. Qxd5 Bxd5 {leads to a won ending.}) 42... Qg3+ 43. Kd2
Qh2+ 44. Be2 Re5 45. Qc4 Bf3 46. Qg8+ Kh6 47. Qh8+ Kg5 48. Qxg7+ Kh4 49. Qf6+
Kh3 {Andersson had defeated the number one in correspondence chess by playing
a fine game. It became the decisive victory in the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "DeMauro, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qg3 Ne6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Bf5 $1 O-O $5 (13...
Nd4 $2 14. Qxg7 {took place in Riemersma - Hartoch, Dieren 1987.}) 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. Qh3 $1 Nf6 16. Be3 $1 Bd6 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Ne4 $1 h6 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20.
Bxh6 $1 gxh6 {Black keeps on trucking.} 21. Qxh6 Nf8 (21... Ng7 $6 22. Rxe8+
Nfxe8 $1 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Re1 $1 Ne6 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kf8
28. Re3 {also wins for White (Harding).}) 22. Rxe8 Nxe8 23. Rd3 $1 {
Black has no proper defence.} Qe7 $6 (23... Ng7 $1 24. Rh3 $1 f6 25. Rg3 $1 Qc7
26. Be4 {(Harding)} Re8 27. Bd5+ Nfe6 28. h3 $1 Qf7 29. Rg6 {
leads to paralysis, followed by annihilation.}) 24. Re3 Qf6 25. Rg3+ Qg7 26.
Rxg7+ Nxg7 27. g4 Rd8 28. Qf6 Nfe6 29. h4 Rd7 30. h5 Nxf5 31. gxf5 Nc7 32. h6
Ne8 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34. Qe3 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Fries Nielsen, Niels"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bc4 c6 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Qe2 Bb4 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. g4 Be6 14. f4
Bxc3 $5 {Black accepts the consequences of a two- edged opening.} 15. Bxc3 Qxa2
16. b3 Qa3+ $6 (16... d4 $1 17. Bb2 a5 18. Rxd4 a4 {proceeds the counterattack.
}) 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. f5 Bd7 19. Rhf1 O-O-O 20. e6 $1 fxe6 21. f6 $1 gxf6 22. Bxf6
Qd6 23. Bxh8 Rxh8 24. Rde1 Qa3+ $6 {
A number of poor moves are made in a defendable position.} 25. Kb1 Rd8 $6 26.
Rf7 c5 $2 27. Rxh7 c4 28. Qe5 $1 cxb3 29. Qc3+ Bc6 30. Qxb3 Qd6 31. Rh6 Re8 32.
g5 a5 33. Qb6 a4 34. Rexe6 $1 {Black spoiled the game quickly.} 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Pioch, Zygmunt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. a4 Re8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15.
d5 Na7 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Na3 g5 18. Qe2 Bb7 19. Nc2 Bc8 20. Ne3 Bd7 21. Bc2 b4
22. c4 Nc8 23. Ra1 Ne7 24. Nd2 Kh7 25. Nb3 Rb8 26. Bd3 Nc8 $2 {
Black pieces clutter on the queenside.} ({Better is} 26... Ng6) 27. Qc2 Qe7 28.
Be2 Kg7 29. Nf1 c5 30. dxc6 Be6 31. c5 $1 dxc5 32. Ne3 Qd6 33. Na5 Ne7 34. Nac4
Qc7 35. Ra6 Qxc6 36. Nxe5 Qb7 37. Bc4 Rd8 38. Ra1 Qc7 39. Bxe6 Qxe5 40. Bb3 Rd4
41. Nc4 Qb8 42. g3 Bc7 43. Ne3 Qb5 44. Bc4 Qb6 45. Qe2 Qc6 46. Bd5 Qg6 $2 47.
Ra6 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 e6 8. c4
exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. h3 Ne5 $1 {Known is an immediate exchange.}
12. Bf1 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Nd7 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. a4 a6 17. Bd2 Re8 18.
Bc3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qf6 $5 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 {The chances are about equal.} 21. f3 g5
22. Reb1 Nd7 23. b4 Rec8 24. h4 $5 h6 $5 {Ulf keeps his pawn structure intact.}
25. hxg5 hxg5 26. a5 cxb4 27. Rxb4 Rc2 28. Rab1 Nc5 29. Rb6 Rd8 30. R6b2 Rc3 $1
31. Rxb7 $5 {Both players have enterprising ideas.} Nxb7 32. Rxb7 Rc5 33. Bxa6
Rxa5 34. Bb5 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Rb1 36. Rd7 $1 Ra8 ({White draws by} 36... Rxd7 37.
Bxd7 {because the bishop will go to h3.}) 37. Bc6 Ra2 38. Rd8+ (38. Rxd6 $2
Rbb2 {is asking for troubles, according to Andersson.}) 38... Kg7 39. Bd7 Rbb2
40. Bh3 g4 $5 41. Bxg4 $1 Rxg2+ 42. Kh3 Kf6 43. Kh4 ({Not} 43. Rxd6+ $4 Ke5 {
(Grahn).}) 43... Ra6 44. Rd7 Ra8 45. Rxd6+ Ke5 46. Rh6 Rh2+ {White will play
47. Bh3 and draw.   Andersson won the event by one point before Timmerman.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Bern, Ivar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 b5 $5 12. Bxb5 Bb7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14.
Rb1 Rb8 15. Qc3 Rc8 16. O-O Ne5 17. Qd2 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Rc7 19. Rb4 $5 (19. Qa5
{drew in Ostenstad-Bern, Gausdal 1993.}) 19... a5 20. Rb3 Qxd4 21. Qxa5 Rc5 22.
Qd2 $1 {White keeps the extra pawn and forestalls a check on g5.} Ba6 23. Rd1
Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Qf6 25. a4 h6 26. Rd8 Rc8 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Qe3 Rc8 29. e5 Qg6+
30. Kf1 {Bern has to stop the passed pawn.} Rc4 $2 ({He can draw by} 30... Qc2
$1 31. Rd4 Qb1+ 32. Kg2 Rc1 33. Qd3 Qxd3 34. Rxd3 Ra1 {(Van Oosterom).}) 31. a5
$1 Ra4 ({Or} 31... Rh4 32. a6 $1 Rxh2 33. a7) 32. Qc3 $1 Qf5 33. a6 $1 Kh7 34.
Ra1 $1 Rxa1+ 35. Qxa1 Qxf3 36. Qd4 $1 g5 37. a7 g4 38. Qa4 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qf3+
40. Ke1 Qh1+ 41. Kd2 Qd5+ 42. Kc2 Qa8 43. Qd7 $1 Kg7 44. Kd3 h5 45. Kc4 ({
White can win by} 45. Kc4 Qe4+ 46. Kc5 Qxe5+ 47. Kb6 Qb2+ 48. Qb5 $1 Qxf2+ 49.
Kb7 Qg2+ 50. Qc6 $1) 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Kauppala, Pekka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O Nd7 6. c3 c6 7. Nbd2 Ngf6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qc7 12. a4 b6 13. Bf4 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Be3 Nh5 16. Rfd1 Nf4 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Qb3 Bf6 $6 ({Better is} 18... Bh6 $1) 19.
g3 $1 Nh5 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Nhf6 22. Qc2 Rb8 23. Qe2 a5 $2 (23... Kg7 24.
Qe3 Ng8 {denies the entry to square h6.}) 24. Bh6 $1 Nc5 ({Or} 24... Rfe8 25.
Qf3 Re7 26. Bg5 {and White also wins material.}) 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26. Bd3 h5 27.
h4 Ng4 28. Bc2 Kg7 29. Qd2 Qc8 30. Qd6 Re8 31. Kg2 Qa6 32. Re1 Re6 33. Qd8 Qc4
34. f3 Nf6 35. Qxb6 Rd6 36. Rad1 Nfd7 37. Qxa5 Rxd1 38. Bxd1 g5 39. Qd8 gxh4
40. Qxh4 f6 41. Qxh5 Qd3 42. Qh1 Qd2+ 43. Re2 Qg5 44. Qe1 f5 45. Qd2 f4 46. Kf1
Nb6 47. gxf4 Qh5 48. Rh2 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "McNab, Colin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
c6 9. d5 Qc7 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bd2 f5 $5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Ng5 $1 Ndf6 $1 14.
Rad1 (14. h3 $5 {will be played in Nielsen - Mortensen, Esbjerg 1997.}) 14...
e4 $2 (14... Re8 $1 {supports the centre.}) 15. dxc6 bxc6 $6 ({Preferable is} 
15... d5 $1 16. g3 bxc6 17. Bf4 {(Van Oosterom)} Qb7 $1 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Nxd5
$1 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 {but White has a strong attack.}) 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Qd2 Ne8 18.
c5 $1 {Joop breaks the black defence line.} dxc5 ({Or} 18... d5 19. Nxd5 $1
cxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Qxa8 {(Van Oosterom).}) 19. Na4 Kh8 20. Qc1 Nf6 21. Bc4
Nd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe7 24. Nxc5 Nf7 25. Rfd1 Nxg5 26. Bxg5 Qf7 27. Bh6
Qf6 28. Bxg7+ Qxg7 29. Rd8 h6 30. Qf4 Kg8 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Qc7 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Temmink, Henk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Nge2 Nf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. f5 $1 {Joop breaks the black defence line.} Bb7 10. Bg5 c5 11. d5 c6
$1 12. Qd2 Rb8 13. Ng3 Ba8 14. b3 Rb4 $5 ({A counter on the kingside by} 14...
Ng4 $1 15. h3 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 {(Van Oosterom)} h6 $1 {is more convincing.}) 15.
Rae1 Re8 $6 (15... Qa5 $1 16. e5 $1 dxe5 $1 {offers excellent resistance.}) 16.
Qe2 Bh8 $5 ({The obvious} 16... cxd5 $2 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd4+ 19. Kh1
Bxd5 20. Bxe7 $1 Qd7 21. c4 Ba8 22. f6 {
will soon lead to a disaster on the kingside (Van Oosterom).}) 17. e5 $1 {
The final onslaught begins.} dxe5 18. d6 $1 Qxd6 ({Not} 18... exd6 $2 19. Nce4
$1) 19. Nce4 Qc7 $2 (19... Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 {(Van Oosterom)} Qxe4 $1
22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 gxf5 24. Rxf5 e6 {fights back.}) 20. c3 $1 Rbb8 21. fxg6
hxg6 22. Bxf6 exf6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Rxf6 e4 $5 25. Qc4 Kg7 26. Ref1 Re7 27.
Nxe4 Rh8 28. Nd6 {Van Oosterom won the third prize.} 1-0

[Event "50 years jubilee"]
[Site "NPSF 1994-98"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Veinger, Itzhak"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nh3 Bc5 10. d3 O-O 11. O-O Nb7 12. Kh1 Bb6 13. Nd2 Nd6 14. Bf3 Qc7
15. Ng1 Ba6 16. c4 Rad8 17. Qa4 Bc8 18. b4 c5 19. Bb2 cxb4 20. Bxe5 Nd7 21. Bg3
Nc5 22. Qxb4 $5 Ba5 23. Qb2 Nxd3 24. Qa3 Bf5 25. Be2 Bb4 26. Qb3 Qc5 27. Ngf3
Nc8 28. a3 Ba5 29. Qa2 Bc3 30. Rab1 Qe7 31. Bxd3 Rxd3 32. Rb5 Be6 33. Qc2 Rfd8
34. Rd5 $5 R8xd5 35. cxd5 Bf5 36. Nh4 Bh7 37. Nb1 Qc5 38. Qc1 $6 ({
More active is} 38. Qa4 $1 Ba5 39. Qe8+ Qf8 40. Qe5) 38... Bd4 39. h3 Nb6 40.
Qe1 Qc8 41. Qe2 Nxd5 42. Kh2 Nf6 43. Nf3 Bb6 44. Qb2 Be4 45. Rc1 $2 (45. Nbd2 {
avoids the loss of material.}) 45... Qb7 46. Qe2 Qd5 47. Ne1 Rb3 48. Nc3 Qg5
49. Nxe4 Qxc1 50. Nxf6+ gxf6 51. Qg4+ Qg5 52. Qc8+ Kg7 53. Nf3 Qd5 54. a4 Qe6
55. Qc2 Rb4 56. Nh4 Re4 57. Qd3 f5 58. Qf3 f4 59. Bxf4 Bd8 60. Qg3+ Kh8 61. Nf3
Rxa4 62. Be3 Kh7 63. Qb8 Bb6 64. Bf4 Rc4 65. Bg3 Rc2 66. Qf4 Rc4 67. Qd2 Re4
68. Qd3 Kg8 69. Qc3 a5 70. Nd2 Rd4 71. Nf3 Rc4 72. Qd3 Re4 {Timmerman won the
second prize, one point after Andersson.   Andersson made a magnificent debut
in correspondence chess. He won the super tournament (111/2/14) and became
Correspondence Grandmaster. His games as White were spectacular, because his
opponents chose risky openings and Ulf crushed them like beginners. Timmerman
(101/2), Van Oosterom (10) and Elwert (91/2) followed and would stay at the
top during the next years. Elwert became Correspondence Grandmaster. The
MegaCorr3 CD by Harding was a useful source during the analyses.} 0-1

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barlow, John"]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{Qualification for the fifteenth world championship of the ICCF (International
Correspondence Chess Federation) had started in 1984. The final round began
eight years later on i xi 1996. Gert Jan Timmerman (1956) got a wild card.
Seventeen players kicked off. A Russian participant died the next year. The
time limit per game was ten moves in thirty days, excluding the postal periods.
Timmerman became world champion, Van Oosterom second, Poulsen third and
Gottardi fourth. The games between the seven best players have been selected.} 
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Qe2
O-O-O 15. Ne5 Nb6 16. Ba5 Rd5 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. c4 Ra5 19. Kb1 Bd6 20. f4 Rd8
21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 f5 23. Qe2 b5 24. Rhe1 Kb8 25. c5 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 Ra4 27.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 28. Rxe6 Raxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. g3 Rd3 31. Re7+ Rd7 32. Re5 Rd3 33.
Re7+ Rd7 34. Re3 b6 35. cxb6+ Kxb6 36. Kc2 Rd6 37. Re5 g6 38. b4 Rf6 39. Kd3
gxh5 40. Kd4 Rd6+ 41. Ke3 Rf6 42. Kf2 Kc7 43. Kg2 h4 44. gxh4 h5 45. Kf3 Kd6
46. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barlow, John"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bh4 Bb7 15.
Qe1 $6 ({Better is} 15. Qe2 {(Stefansson-Akesson, Nordic Grand Prix 1997).})
15... Bb4 $1 ({Black has improved on} 15... Rac8 {(Sutovskij-Lutz, Biel 1996).}
) 16. Rxf6 $2 {White sacrifices a rook.} ({Correct is} 16. a4 $1 Bxc3 17. bxc3
Rfc8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rd1) 16... Bxc3 $1 ({Maybe White hoped for} 16... Nxf6
$2 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qg3+ Kh8 19. Nd5) 17. Qg3 Kh7 {
Black will capture a rook or pawn b2 on the next move.} 0-1

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Finocchiaro, Fabio"]
[Black "Barlow, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 a6 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. Nb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5
15. cxd5 exd5 16. Be5 Be6 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Qd2 Rc6 19. Ne4 Qxd2 20. Nxd2 Rfc8
21. h3 Nd7 22. Bd4 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Nf3 Bb6 25. Rd2 g6 26. Rc2 Rxc2 27.
Bxc2 d4 $1 28. Nxd4 ({Black's intention is} 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. exd4 Ba2+ $1 30.
Kxa2 Rxc2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Finocchiaro, Fabio"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. Ba3 Nf4 12. Bf1 c6 $5 ({Usual is} 12... Bg4 {
(Kramnik-Gelfand, Dortmund 1996).}) 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. b5 c5 15. Bc1 Ne6 16. Nd5
Nxd5 $5 17. Qxd5 Ra7 18. Rb1 Bb7 19. Qd1 f5 20. Bd3 Ba8 21. Qa4 f4 $5 (21...
Raf7 22. Bd2 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Qa8 $1 {also attacks.}) 22. b6 Raf7 $1
23. h3 h5 $1 {Van Oosterom threatens to assault the king. His opponent
retreats and gives away the initiative.} 24. Qd1 $2 {
White uses his queen for the defence of square g4.} ({The crucial line is} 24.
Qxa5 $5 g5 25. Nh2 {He defends well in} f3 $5 26. Nxf3 g4 27. hxg4 hxg4 28. Nh2
Rxf2 29. g3 $1 Nd4 30. Be3 R2f7 31. Rf1) 24... Rb7 25. Rb5 Rxb6 26. Rxa5 Bc6
27. Ra7 Qb8 28. Ra3 Qc7 29. Bc2 Nd4 30. Qd3 $6 ({
Better chances of survival result from} 30. Ba4 Bxa4 31. Rxa4 Qd7 32. Ra3 Qe6
33. Rc3 Rb4 34. Qd3 Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 $1 {White has built a fortress.}) 30... Nxc2
31. Qxc2 Rfb8 32. Qd3 Bf8 33. Rb3 Qb7 34. Nd2 Ra8 35. Qb1 Raa6 36. Rxb6 Rxb6
37. Qd3 Ra6 38. a3 Rb6 39. Qe2 Bd7 40. Kh2 Be6 41. Qd1 Bh6 42. Qf3 Qf7 43. Qc3
g5 44. Rh1 $5 Kh7 45. Kg1 Kg6 46. Qd3 Qd7 47. Qc2 Bf8 48. Kh2 Be7 49. Bb2 Ra6
50. Ra1 Qa4 51. Qd3 g4 52. Rc1 Rb6 53. Bc3 Kf7 54. Ra1 Bg5 55. Kg1 Ke7 56. Kh1
Rb8 ({Even stronger is} 56... f3 $1) 57. Rg1 Bh4 58. Rf1 gxh3 59. gxh3 Qa6 60.
a4 $5 Rg8 $1 {This move wins faster than the capture of the a-pawn.} 61. a5 Qc8
62. Kh2 Rg7 $1 {White has no appropriate defence.} 63. Rg1 ({The pointe is} 63.
Bb2 Bg3+ $1 64. fxg3 Rxg3 65. Rf3 Bxc4 $1) 63... Rxg1 64. Kxg1 Bxh3 65. Qf3
Qg8+ 66. Kh2 Bc8 67. Qg2 Qxg2+ 68. Kxg2 Ba6 69. Nf3 Bf6 70. Nd2 Kd7 71. Kf3 Kc6
72. Ke2 Kb7 73. Kd3 Ka7 {The moves ..Bc8-e6, ..Ka6 and ..Bd8 will be followed
by promotion of the passed pawn or the gain of a second pawn.} 0-1

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gottardi, Gottardo"]
[Black "Barlow, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Qf4 c5 (10... Nf6 {
stems from Galkin-Pushkov, Azov 1995.}) 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Kb1 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5
14. Bd3 Qb4 $6 15. Qg3 Bf6 16. Ne5 Qh4 17. Qe3 $5 {White plays like Spassky.
He avoids a better endgame and sacrifices a pawn for an attack.} Bxe5 18. Qxe5
Qxf2 19. g4 Bd7 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Rxd7 Qg2 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Rhd1 Rac8 24. c3
b5 25. a3 b4 $1 {A fine defence starts with a sacrifice.} 26. axb4 Qe4+ {
The combination continues.} 27. R1d3 $5 ({The pointe is} 27. Ka1 a5 $1 28. R7d4
Qc2 29. bxa5 Rxc3 $1 {drawn.}) 27... Rcd8 $1 28. Ka2 Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3 30. Qb5
Rdd8 31. c4 Rb8 32. Qa5 Rfe8 33. Kb3 e5 $1 {
Black's passed pawn gives ample counter-play.} 34. Qxa7 e4 35. Qe3 Rbd8 36. Kc2
Rd3 37. Qe2 Rf3 38. Kd1 Rf4 39. Qe3 Rf1+ $5 {
Black does not repeat the moves and plays for a win.} 40. Ke2 Rh1 41. Qf4 Rb1
42. Qd2 e3 43. Qd4 Rg1 44. Qd5 Rxg4 45. Qc6 Rge4 46. b5 R4e6 47. Qd7 Kf8 48. c5
Rg6 49. Qd5 Rf6 50. c6 Rf2+ 51. Ke1 Rxb2 52. Qd3 Ra2 ({The trick} 52... Ra8 $4
53. c7 Ra1+ 54. Qd1 Rxd1+ 55. Kxd1 {is too simple for correspondence chess.})
53. Qd4 Rc2 54. Qd3 Ra2 55. Qd4 {
An ingenious game ends with a repetition of moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gottardi, Gottardo"]
[Black "Finocchiaro, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be3 Bg4 6. f3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qe6 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. Kf2 Nd5 10. Bd2 $5 (10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qd2 {
is known from Kulhanek-Suran, Plzen 1992.}) 10... Bf5 11. Ne2 Bxb1 $6 (11... a6
$1 12. Bc4 Ne3 $1 13. Bxe6 Nxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bxe6 {keeps the equality.}) 12. Rxb1
a6 13. Ba4 Qd7 14. Rc1 b5 15. Bb3 e6 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Be3 Qd7 $5 18. d5 $1
exd5 19. Nd4 Rc8 $6 {White has given a pawn for the blockade.} ({
The right response gives} 19... Nd8 $1 {(the knight might go to e6)} 20. Bf4
Ra7 21. Re1+ Be7) 20. Re1 Be7 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Bc5 $1 Rxc5 (22... Re6 $6 23.
Rxe6 fxe6 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. Qd4 {takes a great risk.}) 23. Rxc5 Qa7 24. Qxd5
O-O 25. b4 $1 h6 26. Qc6 Bxc5+ 27. bxc5 Qa8 28. Qxa8 Rxa8 {
White has excellent winning chances in the rook ending.} 29. f4 $2 ({
The centre is conquered by} 29. Re5 $3 Kf8 30. Ke3 f6 31. Rd5 Ke7 32. Kd4 Rc8
33. Rd6) 29... Rd8 $1 30. Rc1 Kf8 31. Ke3 Ke7 32. Rc3 Rc8 33. Kd4 Rd8+ 34. Ke3
Rc8 35. Kd4 Rd8+ 36. Ke5 Rd2 37. c6 f6+ 38. Ke4 Kd8 39. Ra3 Rxg2 40. Rxa6 Rd2
41. Ra7 g5 42. fxg5 hxg5 43. Kf5 Rxh2 44. Ke6 Rd2 45. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gottardi, Gottardo"]
[Black "Poulsen, Allan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 $6 7. Bc4 $5 Ba6
8. b3 Bb7 $2 {Black loses time. White applies the strategy of restraint.} 9.
O-O Be7 10. Bxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. d5 $1 O-O 13. d6 $1 Bh4 14. Bd2 h6 15.
Rc1 f5 16. Nb5 Na6 17. b4 Bg5 18. Nxg5 hxg5 {Black's position looks horrible.}
19. Qa4 $6 ({The plan can be continued with} 19. Qh5 $1 g4 20. a3 $1 Rc8 21.
Bg5 Qe8 22. Qxe8 Rfxe8 23. Nxa7 {
White has won a pawn and continues the constraint.}) 19... f4 20. Nc7 Nxc7 21.
Rxc7 Bc6 22. b5 Bd5 23. Rfc1 Qe8 24. h3 Qf7 25. f3 Rfd8 26. h4 a6 $1 27. bxa6
b5 $1 28. Qxb5 gxh4 29. Qd3 h3 $1 30. Kf2 Qh5 31. Rh1 Qxe5 32. Rxh3 Bc6 ({
A risk is taken by} 32... Qxd6 $5 33. Bc3 $1 Kf7 34. Bxg7 $1 Rg8 35. Bc3 $1)
33. Kg1 Qc5+ 34. Kh2 Kf7 35. Bxf4 Rh8 36. Be3 Rxh3+ 37. Kxh3 Qe5 38. f4 Qh5+
39. Kg3 Bb5 40. Qb3 Rh8 41. Rc5 Qh2+ 42. Kf2 Qh4+ 43. Kf3 Bxa6 44. Qb6 Bf1 45.
Rg5 Qe1 46. Qb2 Rh7 47. Qd2 Qb1 48. f5 Bc4 49. fxe6+ Bxe6 50. a4 Rh4 51. Kg3
Qe4 52. a5 Rg4+ 53. Rxg4 Qxg4+ 54. Kh2 Bc4 55. Bf4 Qe2 56. Qd4 g6 57. Be3 Ke6
58. Qe4+ Kxd6 59. Qxg6+ Kd5 60. Qf5+ Kd6 61. Bf2 Qd3 62. Qf6+ Kd5 63. Qg5+ Kd6
64. Qh6+ Be6 65. Qf8+ Kd5 66. Qc5+ Ke4 67. Bg3 Qd4 68. Qh5 Qc4 69. Qf3+ Kd4 70.
Qb7 Bd5 71. Qb6+ Kd3 72. Qb1+ Qc2 73. Qb5+ Qc4 74. Qxd7 Qe4 75. Qb5+ Kc2 76.
Qf1 Qh7+ 77. Kg1 Qa7+ 78. Qf2+ Qxf2+ 79. Kxf2 Kb3 80. Bc7 {
Two extra pawns have no value.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gottardi, Gottardo"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nd2 d5 12. Kh1 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4 14. Bf4 Bxe2
15. Qxe2 Bd6 16. Nb5 N7c6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Nc4 Qc5 19. Ne3 Ne7 20. b4 $5 ({
Known is} 20. Nd5 {from Anka-Vul, Kecskemet 1992.}) 20... Qxc3 21. Rac1 Qd4 22.
Rxc7 N5g6 23. Qf3 ({Or} 23. Rxb7 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 Ng6 25. Rf1 Qxe4 26. Qf3 {
(Timmerman).}) 23... Nxf4 (23... Qxb4 24. Bg3 $1 {
leads to active piece play for White.}) 24. Rxe7 Qxb4 25. Nf5 Ng6 26. Rc7 Rae8
{Both parties want to draw.} 27. Nxg7 $1 Rxe4 28. Nh5 Re1 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nh5+
({Avoids} 30. Nd7 $2 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Re8 32. Qa1+ Kh6 {(Timmerman).}) 30... Kg8
31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Nh5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Finocchiaro, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 b5 14. Re1 dxc4 15.
bxc4 bxc4 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Rad1 Bf8 18. Nf1 Qc7 19. Ne3 e5 20. Bf1 exd4 21. Bxd4
Ne5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Ree8 25. Re3 Rcd8 26. Red3 Rxd3 27.
Qxd3 Be7 28. Qd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 Bc5 30. e5 Kf8 31. Rc7 Bd4 32. Kf1 Bxe5 33. Rxa7
Bd4 34. Rd7 Bc5 35. Rc7 Re4 36. Nb2 Bd4 37. Nd3 Re6 38. Nb4 c5 39. Nc6 Bc3 40.
a4 Re1+ 41. Kg2 g6 42. a5 Ra1 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. Ra8 c4 45. a6 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Gottardi, Gottardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 $5 4. c4 Bb7 5. a4 bxc4 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 g6 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. h3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. a5 Rb8 12. Qe2 Ne8 ({He diverts from} 12... Ba8
{(Koczka-Nagy, Hungary 1994).}) 13. Bf4 Bc8 14. Ra2 ({Overprotection by} 14.
Rfc1 $1 Rb4 15. b3 $1 {is more effective.}) 14... Rb4 15. Bd2 Nc7 16. Re1 Ne5
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nd1 Rb8 19. Bc3 Bg7 20. Ne3 Bd7 21. Qd2 Bb5 22. Bxb5 Rxb5 $6
(22... Nxb5 $1 {shortens the draw.}) 23. Nc4 Qd7 24. Raa1 Rb3 25. Rac1 Bxc3 26.
bxc3 f6 27. Qd3 Rfb8 28. f4 Kg7 29. e5 Rd8 ({Not} 29... dxe5 $2 30. d6 $1 exd6
31. fxe5 d5 32. exf6+ Kxf6 33. Ne5 $1) 30. exf6+ exf6 31. a6 Qf7 32. Rcd1 f5
33. Na5 Rb6 34. Nc6 Rd7 35. c4 Qf6 36. Nxa7 Rxa6 37. Nc6 Ra2 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39.
Qxd2 h6 40. Rb1 Kh7 41. Qe1 Rg7 42. Rb8 Rg8 43. Rb7 Rg7 44. Rb8 Rg8 45. Qa5 Rg7
$1 46. Kh2 Qh4 47. Qd2 Rg8 48. Rb7 Rg7 49. Rb8 Rg8 50. Rb7 Rg7 51. Qe3 Ne8 52.
Na5 Nf6 $1 53. Rxg7+ Kxg7 54. Qe7+ Kg8 55. Qe6+ Kg7 {
Black has defended ingeniously.} 56. Qe7+ ({Or} 56. g3 Qh5 57. Qe7+ Kg8 58. Nc6
Qf3 59. Qd8+ Kg7 60. Qc7+ Kh8 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Poulsen, Allan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. Kh2 Qd7 15.
Qa4 a6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rfd1 Bf5 18. Bd4 Qb7 19. e3 Rac8 20. a3 Nh7 21. b4 Ng5
22. f4 Ne6 23. e4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Qb6 25. Qd1 dxe4 26. Nxe4 a5 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28.
Rxd6 axb4 29. axb4 Qxb4 30. Rcxc6 Rxc6 31. Rxc6 Re1 32. Qd5 Qb1 33. Rc7 Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maes, Valeer"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 12. Bg5 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf5
15. Qe2 ({Known is} 15. f3 {(Voiska-Nikolin, Igalo 1994).}) 15... Qd7 16. f3
Rf7 17. Nf2 h6 18. Be3 Qe8 $5 19. Qd2 Qf8 20. b4 Bd7 21. g4 $6 Nf5 $1 {
Black starts a dire counteraction.} 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Bc2 ({
White gives a pawn for the initiative in} 23. Ng4 $5 fxg4 24. fxg4 Bxg4 25. Qg2
h5 26. h3 Bf5 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Kh2 $1) 23... f4 24. Bxa7 Rxa7 25. Ne4 Ra3 26.
Bb3 Bf5 27. Qe2 Bf6 28. Kh1 Rg7 29. Rg1 Bg5 30. c5 Kh8 31. b5 $5 dxc5 $5 32.
Nxg5 hxg5 33. Qxe5 Kh7 34. b6 $5 {
White seeks a violent solution for his positional problems.} cxb6 35. d6 c4 36.
Bxc4 Rxf3 37. d7 $1 Bxd7 38. Rxg5 Rxg5 39. Qxg5 {
The black pieces are placed more actively.} Bc6 $1 ({
Timmerman allows perpetual check, because} 39... Rh3 $2 40. Rd1 $1 Bc6+ 41. Bd5
{favours White.}) 40. Qh5+ Qh6 41. Qf7+ Qg7 42. Qh5+ Qh6 43. Qf7+ Qg7 44. Qh5+
Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poulsen, Allan"]
[Black "Barlow, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. c3 c5 13. Neg5 $5 h6 14. Bh7+
Kh8 15. Bc2 $5 Qc7 16. Qd3 $5 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. Rhe1 cxd4 $2 {
White's aggressive novelty pays off.} ({Better is} 18... Rac8) 19. Ng4 $1 Ba6
$1 20. Qxa6 Nxg4 21. Qd3 Bf4+ 22. Kb1 g6 23. Nh3 h5 ({White attacks in} 23...
dxc3 $2 24. Nxf4 Qxf4 25. Re4 Qf5 26. Qxc3+) 24. f3 Ne3 25. Nxf4 Qxf4 26. g3
Qf6 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 Nf5 $1 {Pawn g3 becomes weak.} ({The simple} 28...
Nxc2 $2 29. Kxc2 Rfd8 30. Red1 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Kg7 32. Rd7 Kf6 33. Kd3 {
gives no counter-play to Black.}) 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Rd7 {
Black has to make the most active moves in the double rook ending.} a6 $2 (
30... a5 $1 31. Red1 Kg7 32. f4 Kf6 33. R1d3 Rg8 34. R7d6 b5 $1 35. Kc2 a4 $1
36. Kd2 Rab8 {creates a bastion.}) 31. Red1 Kg7 32. f4 Kf6 33. a4 Rg8 34. R1d3
Rg7 35. Rb7 $1 Rag8 36. Rxb6 Rxg3 37. Rxg3 Rxg3 38. Rxa6 Rf3 39. a5 Rxf4 40.
Rd6 Ke5 41. Rd1 (41. Rd1 Rxh4 42. b4 Rc4 43. Kc2 h4 44. a6 {is elementary.})
1-0

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poulsen, Allan"]
[Black "Finocchiaro, Fabio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c4 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nc3 Rac8 12. b3 Rfd8 13. Qd2 e6 14. Rad1 b6
$5 ({Black ends a bad opening since the 'theoretical move'} 14... d5 {
can be met by} 15. Qf2 $1 Ne7 16. Nde2) 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bd4 Ne8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Kh1 a6 19. f4 Nf6 20. f5 $1 Rd7 $2 {
Black makes one mistake and the unstoppable train heads to death.} ({
The natural} 20... Qc5 $2 21. fxe6 fxe6 {is refuted by} 22. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 23.
Qh6 Qf2 24. e5+ Ke7 25. Ne4 Qf7 26. Kg1 $1 d5 27. Rf1) ({Correct is the humble
} 20... Qc7 $1 21. Qf4 Qe7 $1 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1
Kf7 26. Rf1 Rc5) 21. Qf4 Rf8 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxd1 25. Rxd1
Kg8 26. h3 Ne8 27. Re1 Ng7 28. Ne4 Rd8 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Rf1 Qb7 31. Ne4 Kg8 32.
Qf6 $1 Qc7 33. Ng5 Ra8 ({Black loses after the elegant} 33... Re8 34. Nf7 Qb8
35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. Rd1 Qc7 37. Rd6 $1 Qe7 38. Nf7+ Kg8 39. Qxe7 Rxe7 40. Ne5 $1)
34. Nf7 Qc8 35. Nh6+ Kh8 36. b4 Rb8 37. Qe5 {
Poulsen demonstrated the strategy of restraint perfectly.} ({White wins by} 37.
Qe5 Rb7 38. c5 bxc5 39. bxc5 Qb8 40. c6 $1) 1-0

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poulsen, Allan"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. d5 Na7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nf1 Qb8 15. h3
Nc8 16. g4 Kh8 17. Ng3 Ng8 18. Kh2 g6 19. Rg1 Bf6 20. Qf1 Nce7 21. Qg2 Qe8 22.
Be3 Bg7 23. Nd2 Rd8 24. Bd1 Bh6 25. g5 Bg7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra6 Nc8 28. b4 c4
29. Bg4 f5 30. gxf6 Bxf6 31. Ne2 Qe7 32. Nf3 Rf7 33. Qg3 Rdf8 34. Kg2 h6 35.
Ra8 Bxg4 36. Qxg4 Qb7 37. Rga1 Kh7 38. h4 Bg7 {
White has gained some territory during long manoeuvring in a Closed Ruy Lopez.}
39. Ng5+ $5 {An explosion occurs.} ({The expected move is} 39. Nd2) 39... hxg5
40. hxg5 Nge7 41. Qe6 Kg8 42. R1a5 Kh7 43. Ng3 Rf3 44. Ra1 R3f7 45. R8a5 Kh8
46. Nf1 Nxd5 $5 {Black returns a knight in order to lift the restriction.} 47.
exd5 $5 ({The alternative} 47. Qxd5 Qxd5 48. exd5 Ne7 $1 49. Rxb5 Nf5 50. Ng3
Nxe3+ 51. fxe3 Rf2+ 52. Kh3 R2f3 53. Re1 e4 54. Kg4 Bxc3 {
also keeps the equality.}) 47... Re7 48. Qxg6 Qxd5+ 49. Kg1 e4 50. Qh5+ Kg8 51.
Rd1 Qe6 52. Nh2 Bxc3 53. Ng4 Rh7 54. Nh6+ Kh8 55. Rxb5 Ne7 56. Rb6 Nd5 57. Ra6
Nxe3 58. Rdxd6 Qf5 59. Nxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Barlow, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. c3 c5 13. Neg5 h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8
15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qf4 Qf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6
21. Rd2 b5 22. Rhd1 Rg8 23. g3 Rg4 24. Rc2 a6 25. Rd7 Ra7 26. Rd8+ Rg8 27. Rd3
f5 28. Kd1 Kg7 29. Ke2 Rc8 30. Rcd2 Be7 31. Ne5 b4 32. cxb4 Bxb4 33. Rd7 Rxd7
34. Rxd7 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 Kf6 36. Nd3 Be7 37. Ra7 Rc6 38. Rb7 Bd6 39. Nb4 Bxb4 40.
Rxb4 Rc2 41. a4 a5 42. Rb5 Kg6 43. Ke3 Kh5 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. Ke3 Kh5 46. Kf3 Kg6
1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Finocchiaro, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. O-O b5 12. f5 e5 13. Nde2 Bb7 14. Ng3 Nxb3 15.
cxb3 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qb7 18. Rad1 h6 19. Rf2 Rc8 20. h3 a5 21. Kh2 Qb5
22. Rfd2 Bd8 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Bf6 25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 O-O 27. Qc4 Rb8
28. Qc7 Rd8 29. Qc4 Rb8 30. Qc7 Rd8 31. Qc4 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Poulsen, Allan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. Bg5
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qb6 11. a4 b4 12. Nce2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Ng3 Qc5 15.
Be3 Qa5 16. f4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. Nh5 Ne4 20. Qg4 g6 21. Rad1 Kh8
22. Ng3 Nc5 23. Bd4 Rg8 24. Nf1 Bb7 25. Ne3 Ne4 26. Qf3 Rg7 27. Ng4 Qd8 28. Qe3
Rc8 29. Rf1 a5 30. Rf3 Rc6 31. c4 bxc3 32. bxc3 Ba6 33. Bc2 h5 34. Rh3 Rh7 35.
Bxe4 hxg4 36. Rxh7+ Kxh7 37. Bb1 Qb8 38. Qg3 Bc5 39. Qh4+ Kg8 40. Bxc5 Rxc5 41.
Qxg4 {Black has made a temporary pawn sacrifice.} Qb2 $2 ({Correct is} 41...
Qe8 $1 42. f5 exf5 43. Qd4 Qc6 44. Ba2 Bc4) 42. Bxg6 $1 Qe2 43. Bh5+ Qxg4 44.
Bxg4 Rxc3 45. Kg1 Bd3 46. Kf2 Bg6 47. Be2 Ra3 48. Rd4 Bf5 49. Bd1 Ra2+ 50. Kg3
Be4 51. Bf3 Ra3 52. Kg4 Bxf3+ 53. gxf3 Re3 54. h4 Kg7 55. Rd1 Ra3 56. f5 Kh6 $2
({The prosaic} 56... Rxa4+ 57. f4 (57. Kg5 Ra3 58. Rf1 Re3 59. f4 Rg3+ 60. Kh5
a4 61. f6+ Kh8 62. Rc1 a3 63. Rc7 a2 64. Ra7 Rg2) 57... Kh6 58. h5 Rb4 59. Rc1
Rc4 {draws.}) 57. fxe6 fxe6 58. Rd4 Re3 59. f4 Kg6 60. Rd1 Re2 61. Rg1 Rf2 62.
Rb1 Rg2+ 63. Kf3 Rh2 64. Kg4 Rg2+ 65. Kf3 Rh2 66. Rb7 Ra2 67. Re7 Kh5 68. Rh7+
Kg6 69. Re7 Kh5 70. Rh7+ $1 ({Not} 70. Rxe6 $2 Ra3+ $1 71. Ke2 Kg4) 70... Kg6
71. Rh8 Kg7 72. Re8 Kf7 73. Ra8 Kg6 74. Rf8 Ra1 75. Kg3 $1 ({No win brings} 75.
Rf6+ Kh5 76. Rxe6 Ra3+ 77. Ke2 Kg4 78. Rd6 Rxa4 79. Rxd5 Kxf4 {(Timmerman).})
75... Rg1+ 76. Kf2 $1 Ra1 77. Kf3 $1 {
White has made a triangle with his king. It is zugzwang.} Rc1 ({Crucial is} 
77... Ra2 $1 78. Rf6+ Kh5 79. f5 $1 {(Timmerman)} Ra3+ $1 80. Ke2 $1 Rxa4 {
If the checks continue, the king moves to c5.} 81. fxe6 $1 Rxh4 82. Rf5+ Kg6
83. e7 $1 {White wins.}) 78. Rf6+ Kh5 79. Rxe6 Rc3+ 80. Ke2 Kg4 81. Rd6 Rc4 82.
Kd3 Rxa4 83. e6 Kxf4 ({Or} 83... Rxf4 84. h5 $1 Kxh5 85. e7 $1) 84. h5 {
This win brought Timmerman close to the world championship title.} 1-0

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Gottardi, Gottardo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 $5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 ({The aggressive} 5. Nc3
$5 {leads to a ferocious fight.}) 5... Nc6 6. Ngf3 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5
9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. a3 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 d6 13. b3 {The game peters out.} ({
Usual is} 13. b4) 13... b6 14. e4 Bb7 15. f3 Qe6 16. Rfe1 f5 17. exf5 Qxf5 18.
Bg3 Rfe8 19. Bf1 Qf6 20. Rad1 Re6 21. Re3 h5 22. h4 Rae8 23. Rde1 Qg6 24. Kh2
Qf6 25. Kh1 Qg6 26. Bf4 Qf7 27. Bh2 Qf6 28. Qd4 Qf5 29. Qc3 Bc6 30. Bg3 Ng6 31.
Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Bd3 Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Qe6 34. Bc2 Ne5 35. Qe3 Qf6 36. Bg3 Ng6 37.
Qe1 Kf7 38. Kh2 Nf4 39. Qe3 Ng6 40. Qd3 Nf4 41. Qd2 Ne6 42. Bd1 g6 43. b4 axb4
44. axb4 Bd7 45. Qd3 Nd4 46. c5 bxc5 47. bxc5 Bb5 48. Qc3 d5 49. Qa5 c6 50.
Qc7+ Qe7 51. Qxe7+ Kxe7 52. Bf2 Be2 53. Ba4 Bb5 54. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Maes, Valeer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 h6 11. Bc2 e5 12. Re1 Bb4 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 exd4
15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Qc3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. h3 (18. Re7 $5 Rae8 19. Ne6 $5 fxe6
20. Rdxd7 Rxe7 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 {brings no advantage.}) 18... Rfe8 19. Nf3 c5 20.
Ne5 Rad8 21. Rd3 Bc8 22. Rde3 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Be4 b6 25. Bd5 Kh8 26. b4
Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Bb7 28. bxc5 Bxd5 29. Rd3 Qc7 30. Qd2 bxc5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Qxd5
Kg8 33. h4 g6 34. h5 gxh5 35. Qxh5 Qd6 36. Qg4+ Kf8 37. g3 a5 38. Kg2 Qe5 39.
a3 Ke7 40. Qf3 Qd4 41. Qe2+ Kf6 42. Kh3 Qe5 43. Qf3+ Qf5+ 44. Kg2 Qxf3+ 45.
Kxf3 Ke5 46. Ke3 h5 47. a4 f5 48. f4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC15 Final"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. a4 a5 14. Nd3 b6 15. b4 axb4
16. Nxb4 Nf6 17. Nc6 ({The usual} 17. Nd3 $1 {keeps a plus.}) 17... Nxc6 18.
dxc6 Qe8 19. Nd5 Rf7 20. a5 bxa5 21. Qa4 g4 22. Qb5 $5 ({Known is} 22. Bh4)
22... Nxd5 23. cxd5 g3 $1 24. hxg3 fxg3 25. Bxg3 Bh6 {
The opening favours Black.} 26. Kf2 $2 ({The prosaic} 26. Rxa5 $1 Rxa5 27. Qxa5
Rg7 {(Timmerman) has to be followed by} 28. Rb1 $1 Rxg3 29. Kf2 Bf4 (29... Kh8
$5 30. Qxc7 $1) 30. Rb8 Rxg2+ $1 31. Kxg2 Bh3+ 32. Kxh3 Qxb8 33. Qe1 $1 {
and survival.}) 26... Qe7 27. Rh1 Qg5 28. Rxh6 $1 ({White has to avoid} 28. Bh4
$2 Qe3+ 29. Kf1 Ba6 30. Bf2 Qd2 31. Be1 Qc2 {(Timmerman).}) 28... Qxh6 29. Rxa5
Rxa5 30. Qxa5 Kh8 31. Qa3 Qg6 32. Qa8 Rf8 33. Bh4 Qh6 34. g3 $6 (34. Be7 Re8 {
is okay (Timmerman).}) 34... Bf5 $1 35. Qa4 Bg6 36. Qc2 Kg8 37. Bd3 Bh5 38. Be2
Bg6 39. Bd3 Rb8 40. Be2 Qf8 41. Bg5 Rb4 42. Kg2 Qb8 43. Bh6 Rb2 44. Qc4 Qa7 45.
Bc1 Ra2 46. Be3 Qa5 47. Bh6 Kf7 48. g4 $6 {This weakening is unnecessary.} Ra1
49. Bf1 Qa7 50. Qd3 Ra3 51. Qc4 Ra2+ 52. Be2 Qa5 53. Bc1 Kg7 $1 54. Kf2 Ra1 55.
Bf1 Qb6+ 56. Be3 Qb1 57. Kg2 h5 58. gxh5 Bxh5 59. Bf2 Kf7 $1 60. Qd3 Qxf1+ $1 {
A combination forces the win.} 61. Qxf1 Rxf1 62. Kxf1 Bxf3 63. Be1 ({Or} 63.
Bb6 cxb6 64. c7 Bg4) 63... Ke8 64. Ba5 Kd8 {
Timmerman has accomplished a masterpiece.} 0-1

[Event "WC15 Final*"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Carleton, John"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8.
Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. d3 Bb7 12. h4 f4 13. Qf3 Nd4 14. Qg4 Bxa8
15. Bd2 Bg7 {This position of the Frankenstein-Dracula Variation is popular in
correspondence chess.} 16. Nh3 $6 {
Carleton had success with this move in a previous game.} ({Better seems to me} 
16. c3 $1 h5 17. Qh3 N4f5 18. O-O-O {(Lagland-Vailahti, corr. Finland 1970).})
16... Bf6 $1 {Timmerman plays his novelty. He fights for square g5.} 17. Bb4
Kc7 18. c4 $2 ({Control over black squares is vied by} 18. c3 $1 N4f5 {
(Timmerman)} 19. Ng5 h5 20. Qh3 Bxg5 21. hxg5 Qxg5 22. Rh2) 18... a5 19. Ba3
Qg7 20. Ng5 h5 21. Bxd6+ Kxd6 22. Qh3 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Qe7 24. Ba4 Rh7 $1 25.
O-O-O Qxg5 26. f3 Qg3 $1 27. Rd2 {Exchange of queens favours Black.} h4 28. Kb1
g5 29. Bd1 Qxh3 30. Rxh3 Kc5 $1 {The black squares are utilised.} 31. b3 Nf5
32. Rh1 Kd4 33. a3 Ne3 34. b4 g4 $1 35. fxg4 Bxg2 36. Rxg2 Nxg2 37. Bf3 Ne3 38.
Be4 Rh8 39. Rc1 axb4 40. axb4 Rf8 0-1

[Event "WC15 Final*"]
[Site "ICCF 1996-2002"]
[Date "1996.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tomkovich, Viktor"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 a6 7. Ba4 Nxe4 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. Qxe4 Ng6 10. f4 O-O 11. f5 d5 12. Qd3 Nh4 13. c3 $6 c5 14. Rf2 $5 {
White improves on Rakay-Kreizel, corr. 1993.} b5 15. Bc2 g6 16. fxg6 $6 ({
Better chances result from} 16. f6 Bxf6 17. dxc5 Bf5 18. Qf1) 16... fxg6 $1 17.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Be3 $2 ({Correct is} 18. Qd1 $1) 18... Bf5 19. Qd2 Bxc2 20. Qxc2
Qe7 21. Bf2 cxd4 22. Nd2 ({Or} 22. cxd4 Qg5 23. g3 Bg7) 22... dxc3 23. Qxc3 Rd8
24. Re1 Qg5 25. Bxh4 Qxh4 26. Nf3 Qf4 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 Rc8 29. Kf1 Bb4 30.
Re2 Kg7 31. Nd3 Bd6 32. h3 h5 33. Kf2 Kf6 34. Ke3 Rc4 35. b3 Re4+ 36. Kf3 Kf5
37. Rc2 g5 38. Rc6 g4+ 39. hxg4+ hxg4+ 40. Kf2 Be7 41. Rxa6 Bh4+ 42. Kf1 Re3
43. Nf2 d4 44. a4 b4 {The mail with Russia had been slow. A card with the
resignation finally arrived at the notorious 7/11/2001. Timmerman was the
fifteenth correspondence chess world champion.} 0-1

[Event "von Massow Memorial"]
[Site "BdF-50 1996-2001"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anton, Volker"]
[Black "Van Geet, Dick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{Hans-Werner von Massow (1912 - 1988) was a chief organiser and author in
correspondence chess. He edited Fernschach from 1928 until 1939 and thereafter
from 1951. His memorial began in November 1996. This coincided with 50 years/^
Deutscher Fernschachbund. It would be the strongest tournament ever and last
five years.} 1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 c6 5. O-O d6 6. b3 Nh6 $5 7.
Bb2 O-O 8. Qc1 $5 Nf7 9. Rd1 Nd7 $5 (9... Qc7 {
was played in Komljenovic - Bosch, Barcelona 1993.}) 10. c4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Nc3 Qb6 (12... e4 $1 {neutralises the white plus.}) 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Ng5 Bh6
15. Ne6 $1 Qb8 (15... Bxc1 $5 16. Nxc7 Bxb2 17. Nxb2 Rb8 {
slightly favours White.}) 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Nec5 Nf8 18. b4 Qc7 19. Nb3 Ne6 20.
a3 Neg5 $5 21. Nc3 Bg7 22. Nc5 Bf8 23. Nb3 {Anton expects a repetition and
offers a draw. Van Geet refuses after an ill advice from his brand-new
computer.} Bd7 $5 24. Nd2 Ne6 25. e3 Rac8 $6 (25... b6 $1 {
prevents the next move.}) 26. c5 $1 b6 27. cxb6 axb6 28. Rac1 Red8 29. Qb3 Qb8
$2 ({White only has a plus after} 29... Qa7 {(Van Geet).}) 30. Nde4 $3 {
Anton starts a dazzling combination.} fxe4 31. Nxe4 Bg7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7 33. Qxe6
Rcc7 34. Ng5 $1 ({The text is even better than} 34. Rxc6) 34... Qd8 35. h4 $1
c5 $5 ({The pointe is shown by} 35... Rd6 36. Qb3 Rd3 37. Bc3 $1 Qf6 38. Bf1 $1
{and the pin of Nf7 becomes fatal.}) 36. bxc5 bxc5 37. Bc3 Ra7 38. Qb3 $1 Kh8
39. Ne6 Qg8 40. Nxc5 Rd8 41. Bd5 {
White has two pawns and a big positional advantage for the exchange.} Rb8 (
41... Rxa3 42. Qxa3 Rxd5 {has little use.}) 42. Bb4 Rc7 43. Rc4 Qc8 44. Be6 Qe8
45. Na6 Rxc4 46. Qxc4 Rb7 47. Kg2 $1 Bf8 48. Bd5 Bxb4 49. axb4 Re7 50. b5 Nd6
51. Qc5 Qd7 52. Nb8 Qc7 53. Nc6 Re8 54. b6 Qd7 55. Qb4 Nb7 56. e4 Qd6 57. Qb2
Nd8 58. Nxd8 $1 Qxd8 59. Bc6 Re6 60. b7 Qb8 61. Qa1 Rf6 62. f4 Kg7 63. Qxe5 {
Anton had won the tournament!} ({Elementary is} 63. Qxe5 Qxe5 64. fxe5 Rf8 65.
Bd7 Rb8 66. Bc8) 1-0

[Event "von Massow Memorial"]
[Site "BdF-50 1996-2001"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morgado, Juan"]
[Black "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O g5 14. a3 h5
15. c5 $5 {A pawn is sacrificed by a new move.} bxc5 16. Bc4 d6 $2 {
There was no need to return the pawn.} ({Wiser is} 16... g4 $1 {
(TB = tournament book)} 17. Rfd1 Rd8) 17. Bxg5 Nxg5 18. Qxg5 Bf6 19. Qf5 {
White has positional advantages and he is going to charge in the centre.} Qd8
20. e5 $1 {More white pieces will attack the king.} dxe5 21. Rfd1 Qc8 22. Bb5+
Kf8 23. Bd7 Qc7 24. b4 $1 c4 25. Ne4 {Black fights for his last chance.} Rh6 $2
({Exchanges by} 25... Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Rd8 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Rxc4 {
are necessary, but White gets a fine endgame (TB).}) ({The active} 25... Rg8 $6
26. g3 Rd8 27. Nc5 h4 28. Rxc4 {favours White.}) 26. Nc5 $1 Rd8 27. Rxc4 Qc6
28. Nxb7 Rxd7 29. Qxd7 Qxc4 30. Nc5 Rg6 31. g3 Qe2 ({Or} 31... h4 32. Qxa7 Qe2
33. Rd8+ {(TB).}) 32. Qd3 Qg4 33. Kg2 $1 {White chooses the safest defence.}
Kg7 ({Margado has prepared} 33... h4 34. h3 Qg5 35. g4) 34. h3 Qc8 35. Qe4 $1
Rh6 36. Rd7 a5 37. Qd5 axb4 38. axb4 Rh8 39. b5 Qb8 40. Ne4 Rf8 41. g4 $1 hxg4
42. hxg4 Kg6 43. Qd3 e6 44. Nxf6+ Kxf6 45. Qh7 ({The pointe is} 45. Qh7 e4 46.
Qh6+ Ke5 47. Kg3 $1) 1-0

[Event "von Massow Memorial"]
[Site "BdF-50 1996-2001"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. Qg4 $5 {
Timmerman brings a novelty and will confuse the opponent by other odd moves.}
Nxb3 13. axb3 h6 14. Nh3 $5 Qd7 15. Qg3 $5 Nd8 $2 ({Correct is} 15... g5 $1 {
(TB)} 16. f4 Bg7 {and Black fights back in the centre.}) 16. Nf4 Bb7 17. Nf3
Ne6 $6 ({Preferable is} 17... dxc3 18. bxc3 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Nd4 Qd5 {(TB)
} 21. e6 $1 c5 $1) 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Nxd4 Qd5 20. Be3 g5 21. Rad1 Rd8 22. Rfe1
$5 {
White can take his time for preparation, because Black has no active defence.}
Be7 23. f3 $1 Bc5 24. e6 $1 {
Timmerman makes another discovery in his department of funny moves.} fxe6 25.
Qh3 Kf7 26. Bf2 Rd6 27. Qh5+ Kg7 28. c4 $1 bxc4 29. bxc4 {
Timmerman scored 10/14, like Anton. The latter had a better SB-score.} ({
Gert has prepared} 29. bxc4 Qxc4 30. Rc1 Qd5 31. Rxc5 $1 Qxc5 32. Nxe6+ Rxe6
33. Rxe6 Qc1+ 34. Be1 {and White wins.}) 1-0

[Event "von Massow Memorial"]
[Site "BdF-50 1996-2001"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
[Black "Oim, Tonu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 Qe6 $5 14.
d5 $6 ({Better is} 14. h3) 14... Qxe4 15. Qd2 a5 $1 ({Known is} 15... f6 {
(Sakaev-Bukhman, Leningrad 1989).}) 16. Rxb7 Nd7 $1 17. h3 Bf5 18. g4 {
White seems to win a piece.} Rfb8 $1 19. Rxb8+ Rxb8 20. Bd1 ({But} 20. gxf5 $2
Rb2 21. Qe3 Rxe2 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 {costs the game (TB).}) 20... Bxg4 21. hxg4 a4
22. Bxe7 $2 ({Right is} 22. Ne1 $1 a3 23. Qa2 Qb1 24. Qxb1 Rxb1 25. Nc2 a2 26.
Bxe7 {White will give a minor piece for the passed pawn.}) 22... Qxe7 23. Bxa4
Rb2 24. Qe3 Qd6 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Qe4 Bc3 27. Nh2 Rb4 28. Qe2 Qxd5 29. Rd1 Qe5
30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Re8 Qc5 32. Re3 Bd4 33. Rd3 h5 34. Kg2 h4 35. Rd2 Qg5 36. Kh3
Qf4 37. Rd1 Be5 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

{Peter Korning (1902-1995) was a player and sponsor in correspondence chess
and Danish over-the-board chess. He sent his last correspondence cards a week
before his death. A correspondence tournament could be organised from his
legacy. Fifteen players began the memorial in 1998. They lived in Nordic and
Western European countries. Joop van Oosterom, Curt Hansen and Hans Elwert
were very successful. We follow their games.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bd3 b5 11.
a3 Bb7 12. g4 d5 13. Ndxb5 $1 ({Known is} 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ndxb5 {
and White has tactical chances in over-the- board chess.}) 13... axb5 14. Bxb5+
Nd7 15. exd5 Bxa3 16. Bxd7+ Qxd7 17. bxa3 O-O {
The black king has escaped from danger.} 18. Bc5 $2 (18. Qb5 $1 Qc7 19. Qc5 Qd7
20. Qb5 {leads to a repetition of moves.}) 18... Rfc8 $1 {
Black takes over the attack.} 19. Bb4 Bxd5 20. Rd3 $2 (20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Qe4
Rd8 22. Qf5 {offers a strong resistance.}) 20... Nc6 21. Re1 Nxb4 22. axb4 Qa7
23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rb3 (24. Qe5 Qxf2 {loses quickly as well.}) 24... Qd4 25. b5
h5 $5 26. Rd1 Ra1+ 27. Rb1 Qf4+ 28. Qd2 Qa4 29. Qd3 Ra3 30. Qe2 ({Or} 30. Qf5
Rac3 31. Kd2 g6 $1) 30... Ra2 (30... Ra2 31. Rd2 Qa3+ 32. Kd1 Qb2 $1 {
seals White's fate.}) 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Rfd1 Bb6 {They play 
a quiet line of the Tarrasch Defence (Psakhis-Greenfeld, Israel 1996).} 14.
Rac1 $5 h6 15. Bf4 d4 16. Re1 Qd8 17. a3 Qf6 18. b4 Bf5 19. Qb3 Be4 20. b5 Nd8
21. Bc7 Bxc7 22. Rxc7 Ne6 23. Rcc1 Rad8 24. Qb2 Qf5 25. Qb4 Qd5 26. Qc4 Qd6 27.
a4 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Hector, Jonny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Qb3 a5 11. f3 Qb6 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6
15. Bb3 $1 ({Elwert diverts from} 15. Bf1 {(Tukmakov - Hübner, Lugano 1989).})
15... Nfd7 16. Bd2 Nd5 17. e4 Nb4 18. Bf4 Bd8 19. Rac1 Bb6 20. Kf1 Ke7 21. h3
f6 22. Bg3 e5 23. Ne2 Rad8 24. Bf2 g5 25. Bg1 exd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 (27.
Bxd4 b6 $1 28. Ke2 c5 29. Bc3 Ne5 {equalises too.}) 27... c5 28. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Jardorf, Svend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Bb7 9. e6 f6 10. Bf4 Qd5 11. Be2 Qxe6 12. O-O {Black has a difficult position,
because he has not developed his kingside. The two extra pawns matter little.}
c6 $2 ({More useful is} 12... Qd7 {(Jantzen - Putzbach, Hamburg 1993).}) 13.
Re1 Qf5 14. Bg3 {Black has spoiled time.} Qd7 $2 {Square d7 should remain open
for the queen's knight, because c6 has been occupied.} ({Better is} 14... Qc8
$1 15. Nd2 c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Qb1 (18. Qa1 $6 Nd7 $1) 18... Bc6
19. d5 $1 Bxd5 20. Qxb5+ Nd7 {and Black might survive.}) 15. Nd2 $1 c5 ({Not} 
15... Kf7 $2 16. Nxc4 $1) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Qa1 $1 Bc6 19. Bxb8
cxd4 20. cxd4 Kf7 21. Nb1 $5 ({Or} 21. Qb2 e6 22. Ra1 {
and the rook will penetrate.}) 21... Qb7 22. Bg3 Bxg2 23. Nc3 Bh3 24. f3 Bd7
25. Rb1 e6 26. Nxb5 $1 Bxb5 27. Bxc4 Qc6 28. Bxb5 Qxf3 29. Bc4 Qe3+ 30. Bf2
Qg5+ 31. Kf1 Bd6 32. Rb7+ Kg6 33. Bxe6 Kh6 34. Qc3 Rf8 35. Qh3+ Kg6 36. Bf5+ $1
{White took an appropriate advantage of the mistakes made after the opening.}
1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Nielsen, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Nd4 Nxc5 8. b4
Ne6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bd2 a5 11. b5 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Ne4 14. Rc1 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 Qc7 {They have followed Smyslov - Xu Jun, Biel 1993.} 16. Na4 $5 d6 17. e4
$1 Rab8 ({Not} 17... Bxe4 $2 18. Qe3) 18. Qe3 Bc8 19. h4 Kh8 20. h5 gxh5 21.
Bxh5 e5 22. Nc3 $5 e6 (22... Qxc4 $5 23. Nd5 Qxb5 24. Nxe7 {
brings White an attack for a pawn.}) 23. Na4 Rg8 24. Rc3 Bf6 25. Rd1 Be7 26.
Qh3 Rg7 27. Bg4 Bb7 $6 ({Preferable is} 27... Rg6 28. Rf3 Kg8) 28. Re1 Rbg8 $2
{Black exchanges two rooks for a queen.} (28... Bg5 $1 29. Rc2 Rf8 30. Bxe6 Bf4
{gives a pawn for the initiative.}) 29. Bxe6 $1 Rxg2+ 30. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2
Bg5 32. Rg3 {White starts the restraint of black pieces.} h6 33. Nc3 Qc5 34.
Rd1 Kg7 35. Rf3 Bf6 (35... Bf4 36. Rfd3 {leads to the fall of d6.}) 36. Rdd3
Kg6 37. Rf5 Bg5 38. Rf8 $1 {The restriction continues step by step.} a4 39.
Rdf3 Bf4 40. Bf5+ (40. Bf5+ Kg7 41. Rd8 $1 Kf6 42. Rd7 Ba8 43. Ra7 {
and White dominates a bishop.}) 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Read, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. b3 Nc6 10. Qf4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Rfc1 Qd7
$6 (14... Bc5 $2 {costs a pawn due to} 15. Ne5 $1 {
(Grushka - Spangenberg, Buenos Aires 1988).}) ({Best is} 14... f6 $1) 15. Qg4
g6 16. e3 f6 17. Bh3 f5 $2 {Black makes a grave positional error.} 18. Qf4 Bd6
19. Qh6 Rf7 20. Bg2 Bf8 21. Qh4 Be7 22. Qa4 $1 {
White switches the action to the flank.} a6 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Qxc6
Rb8 26. Be5 Rb7 27. Qf3 Re7 28. Rc6 Qd5 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. f4 Bh6 31. Rc8+ Kf7 (
{Or} 31... Bf8 32. Bd6 Rf7 33. Rd1) 32. Rh8 $1 Bg7 (32... Ke6 33. Rc1 Kd7 34.
Rcc8 {also leads to a white win.}) 33. Rxh7 Ke6 34. Rxg7 Rxg7 35. Bxg7 Rxg7 36.
Rc1 {Black has lost a pawn and keeps a passive position in the rook ending.}
Kd6 37. Rc8 Rf7 38. h3 a5 39. Kf2 Kd7 40. Rg8 Rf6 41. Ke2 Ke7 42. Kd3 Kd6 43.
g4 fxg4 44. hxg4 Re6 45. g5 Kc5 46. a3 Rc6 47. Rf8 Rc7 48. Rf6 Rg7 49. Re6 Rg8
50. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Trapl, Jindrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Be6 7. Bxe6 Nd3+ 8.
Kf1 fxe6 9. Ng5 Qb6 $2 ({Better is} 9... Qd4 10. Qf3 Ne5 {
(Suba - Alburt, Bucharest 1978).}) 10. Qf3 c4 11. b3 $1 h6 12. bxc4 $1 Ne5 ({Or
} 12... Nxc1 13. Nf7 Rg8 14. Ne5 $1 {(Tukmakov - Peshina, USSR 1980).}) 13. Qh3
hxg5 {Black cannot save the game. A painful case of headbanging follows.} 14.
Qxh8 Nbc6 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qxg5 O-O-O 17. g3 Bg7 18. Rb1 Qd4 19. Kg2 Bf6 20. Qe3
Qxc4 21. f4 Rd3 22. Qe2 Nd4 23. Qf1 Nef3 24. Rb4 $1 ({The pointe is} 24. Rb4 $1
Ne1+ $1 25. Qxe1 Qxb4 26. e5 Bg7 27. Qe4 Qc4 28. Qxg6) 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Qb3 h6 11. a4 Nf4 $5 (11... f5 {
was played in Skembris - Vragoteris, Athens 1991.}) 12. Nd2 f5 13. f3 {
White closes the defence.} Nxe2+ $5 14. Nxe2 g5 15. c5 f4 {
Black choses the most aggressive moves.} 16. Ba3 Ng6 17. b5 Rf7 {
The confrontation sharpens on the flanks.} 18. b6 $2 ({Better is} 18. a5 g4 19.
Rac1) 18... dxc5 $1 19. bxc7 Qxc7 20. Nc3 Bf8 {The white offensive has ended.}
21. Bb2 g4 22. Nb5 Qd8 23. fxg4 Bxg4 24. Kh1 a6 25. Nc3 $6 ({Preferable is} 25.
Na3 {in order to move the queen's knight to c4.}) 25... Rc8 26. a5 c4 $1 27.
Qc2 ({allows} 27. Nxc4 f3 $1 28. gxf3 Rxf3 29. Rg1 Qh4 {and Black attacks.})
27... Bb4 28. Qa4 Bc5 $5 29. Nf3 ({Or} 29. Qxc4 Nh4 30. Na4 Be3 $1) 29... Bd4
30. Qb4 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Rg7 32. Na4 c3 $1 {
Van Oosterom plays with his foe in the main game of the tournament.} ({
The pointe is} 32... c3 33. Bxc3 Qh4 34. Qb2 Rxc3 $1 35. Nxc3 Qh3 36. Qg2 Qxg2+
37. Kxg2 Bxc3) 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7 14. Bc4
Nb6 15. Qh4 c5 $2 ({Correct is} 15... Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Rb8) 16. Rhe1 e6 17. Nb5
Qc6 18. Nd6 a6 19. Qf6 Qc7 20. h4 $1 Ra7 21. h5 $1 Qe7 22. Qc3 Nxc4 23. Qxc4
Rd8 24. hxg6 $1 Rxd6 25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. Qc3+ f6 $1 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Qxf6+ Rg7
29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Rd8+ Kxh7 31. f4 $1 {White threatens 32. Qh4+ Kg6 33. Rf8 Rf7
34. Qg5+ Kh7 35. Qg8+. Black has no proper riposte.} 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Jardorf, Svend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Qe6 10. b3 Rb8 11. Qe3 d5 $5 {Black brings a novelty.} 12. Bd3
Bb4 $5 13. O-O O-O $6 ({He should continue the adventure by} 13... Bc3 $5 14.
Rb1 Bxe5) 14. Nf3 Qg4 15. Bd2 Be7 $2 ({Right is} 15... Bxd2 $1 16. Nxd2 d4) 16.
c5 $1 Nd7 17. b4 Rb7 18. h3 Qh5 19. Nd4 Qxe5 20. Nxc6 Qxe3 21. Bxe3 {
The restriction by White increases.} Bf6 22. Rab1 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. c6 $2
Rb8 25. Bxa7 Ra8 26. Bc5 Rd8 27. Rfe1 f6 28. Rbd1 Kf7 ({Or} 28... Rxa2 29. Bc4
$1) 29. Bc4 Be6 30. Bb3 Ra6 31. b5 Ra5 32. a4 Raa8 33. Bd4 Bd6 34. Bc3 Bc5 35.
Rd3 Rd6 36. Bd4 Bxd4 37. Rxd4 f5 38. f4 Kf6 39. Kf2 Bf7 40. g4 fxg4 41. hxg4 h6
42. Kg3 g6 43. g5+ $1 hxg5 44. fxg5+ Kxg5 45. Rg4+ Kh6 46. Re7 Be6 47. Rh4+ Kg5
48. Rxc7 Re8 49. b6 Bf5 50. Rf4 Rh8 51. Rf3 Rdd8 52. b7 Kf6 53. a5 Ke6 54. Rd7
$1 Rxd7 55. cxd7 Kxd7 56. a6 Kc6 57. Bxd5+ $1 ({The pointe is} 57. Bxd5+ Kb6
58. a7 $1) 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Maliangkay, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. f3 h5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Na5 Qc8 15.
Rac1 {They followed Ivanchuk - Ljubojevic, Monte Carlo 1998. White has a plus.}
Re8 $5 16. Kh1 Bg6 17. b4 Bd8 18. Nb3 h4 19. c4 h3 $5 20. g4 Nf6 $6 (20... b6
$1 {makes a useful defensive move.}) 21. c5 $1 Qd7 22. g5 Nh5 $5 23. Bd3 Bxd3
24. Qxd3 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. g6 $1 {The black pawns become shattered.} fxg6
27. Qxg6 Bf6 28. Nd2 dxc5 29. Ne4 $1 Bd4 $2 (29... Be5 $1 30. Rxc5 Qf7 $1 {
prevents an attack on the king.}) 30. bxc5 $1 Qxd5 31. Rcd1 $1 Qe5 32. Ng5 $1 {
White charges at the king.} Qf6 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Qh5 Kg8 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Rg1
$1 {Hansen forces an elegant decision.} Rad8 ({The pointe is} 36... Bxg1 37.
Rd7 $1) 37. Qb1 $1 Qe5 38. Qxb7 Re7 39. Qxa6 Qxc5 40. Ne6+ Rxe6 41. Qxe6 Rd6
42. Qe4 Bxg1 43. Qxf4+ Rf6 44. Qb8+ Ke7 45. Rxg1 {
White has won a pawn and continues the attack.} g6 46. Rb1 Rd6 47. Qh8 Qb4 $5
48. Rc1 Rc6 $5 49. Qg7+ Ke8 50. Qe5+ Kf8 51. Rd1 Qe7 52. Qh8+ Kf7 53. Qxh3 Kg8
54. a4 Re6 55. Rd8+ Qxd8 56. Qxe6+ Kh7 57. Qf7+ Kh8 $5 58. Qf4 Qd1+ 59. Kg2
Qe2+ 60. Kg3 Qe1+ 61. Kh3 Qf1+ 62. Kh4 Kg7 63. Qe5+ Kh7 64. Qe7+ Kh6 65. Qe3+
Kh7 66. a5 Qc4+ 67. Kh3 Qb5 68. Qe7+ Kh6 69. Qe1 Kh7 70. Kg2 Qg5+ 71. Kh1 Qd5
72. Qe7+ Kh6 73. Qe3+ Kh7 74. Qc3 Qb5 75. Kg2 Qg5+ 76. Kf1 Qf4 77. a6 Qxh2 78.
Qc5 Qh3+ 79. Kf2 Qh2+ 80. Ke1 Qh1+ 81. Ke2 Qg2+ 82. Qf2 Qg5 83. Qh2+ Kg8 84.
Qb8+ Kf7 85. Qc7+ Ke6 86. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Nielsen, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5
15. b3 Rc8 16. Ndxb5 Qa5 17. a4 a6 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Rxd2 Rce8 21.
Nxd6 Rxe7 22. Bc5 Re5 23. Ba3 Be6 {A known position in the Dragon occurs.} 24.
Rhd1 (24. Nb7 {won in Bawart - Neumeier, Budapest 1999 and other games.}) 24...
h5 25. f4 $1 Rxe4 26. f5 Rxg4 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. c4 Rf4 29. Bb2 Ng4 30. b4 Ne5
31. Rc2 Rh4 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Ng4 34. Re1 Rxh2 35. Rxh2 Nxh2 36. c5 Nf3 37.
Rd1 Bxb2 38. Kxb2 h4 39. c6 h3 40. c7 h2 41. Rh1 g5 42. b6 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Plomp, Michiel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Be6
8. Na4 Rd8 9. Bd3 Bd4 10. O-O Qh4 11. Qf4 Qh5 12. Qg3 Ne7 13. Be3 Bxe3 $5 14.
Qxe3 b6 15. f4 Qh6 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Rae1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Read, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Rad1 d5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. Nf5 d5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. b3 Rfe8 $5 {
Read diverts from Hellers - Hartman, Stockholm 1987.} 19. Ne2 Red8 $6 ({
More active is} 19... Re7 20. Qd3 Qh4) 20. f3 Bc8 $6 {Black loses time again.}
21. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qg6 23. Re3 Bf5 24. Rde1 f6 ({The greedy} 24... Bxc2
$2 {is punished by} 25. f4 $1 f6 26. Rg3 Qf5 27. Re7 g6 28. Rh3 h5 29. Rc3 $1)
25. Rc3 $1 {The black queenside pawns are difficult to protect.} Rd6 $6 ({
Preferable is} 25... Rdc8 26. Re7 a5) 26. Qf4 Bh3 $6 27. g4 $1 Re8 28. Qg3
Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Bxg4 $5 30. fxg4 Qxg4+ 31. Kf1 Re6 32. Qd2 a6 33. Rg3 Qh5 34. h3
Re4 35. Bf2 Qe8 36. Qa5 Re2 37. Rc3 d4 38. Rc4 c5 39. Rxc5 ({Notice} 39. Rxc5
d3 40. cxd3 Rb2 41. Kg2 Qg6+ 42. Kh1 $1) 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. d3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Na5 12. Bc2 b4 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Re1 c6 $1 {
The last move is an improvement on Lékó - Garcia, Yopal 1997.} 15. Rb1 Nd7 16.
Qg3 Qf6 17. Nf3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qg6 $5 {
White gets a slight advantage by the next exchanges.} 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Bg5 Ba3
21. Be7 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Re8 23. Bg5 c5 $5 24. Kf1 f6 25. Be3 Rb8 26. Rxb8+ Nxb8
27. Ke2 Kf8 28. h4 Nd7 29. Nd2 c4 $5 30. Nxc4 Nxc4 31. dxc4 Bc5 32. Bc1 {
White cannot make any progress due to the blockader on c5.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. Qe2 Ngf6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Ne5
Nb6 15. Ba5 Rd5 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. f4 Bd6 18. Kb1 Rd8 19. c3 {
So far, they follow Romanishin - Bagirov, Lvov 1978.} c5 $5 20. Rd3 Kb8 21. Rc1
Qe7 $5 (21... c4 {closes the position.}) 22. Nf1 cxd4 23. cxd4 Ra5 24. Rg3 $2
Nd5 $1 25. Rf3 ({White has to lose a tempo, because} 25. Rxg7 $6 Nxf4 26. Qf3
Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qf8 $1 28. Rh7 Qg8 $1 {leads to troubles (Hansen).}) 25... f6 26.
Ng6 Qd7 27. Nd2 Nb4 28. Nc4 $2 (28. a3 $1 Nc6 29. Rd3 Rd5 30. Nb3 Bc5 $1 31.
Rcd1 Nxd4 32. Nxd4 Bxd4 33. R3d2 {costs a pawn but offers stubborn resistance.}
) 28... Nxa2 $1 29. Re1 $1 Ra6 30. Qxe6 Qa4 $1 31. Na3 Bb4 $1 {
Hansen turns the quiet Caro-Kann into a tactical turmoil.} 32. Ree3 $1 {
The threat .. Nc3+ has been prevented.} Nc1 $1 33. Rf1 ({Not} 33. Kxc1 $2 Rc8+)
33... b5 $1 34. Qf7 Ne2 $1 35. Rxe2 ({The pointe is} 35. Re8 Nc3+ $1 36. bxc3
Qxa3 37. Rxd8+ Ka7 38. Rf3 Bxc3 39. Ra8+ Kxa8 40. Qf8+ Qxf8 41. Nxf8 Bxd4 {
(Harding).}) 35... Bxa3 36. bxa3 Qxa3 37. Qa2 Qd3+ 38. Qc2 Qxd4 39. Qb2 Qa4 $1
{Hansen wants more than perpetual check.} 40. Rc1 Rc6 $3 {Hector resigns early.
} ({Natural moves are} 40... Rc6 41. Rxc6 bxc6 42. Rc2 Rd1+ 43. Rc1 Qe4+ 44.
Ka1 Rd3 45. Rc3 {White's pieces are placed on ideal squares. There might follow
} Rd4 46. f5 $1 Kb7 $1 {(Harding). It is zugzwang! After} 47. Nh8 Rd1+ 48. Rc1
Rd8 $1 {Black wins material.}) 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. a4 Bg4 10. d5 Ne7 11. axb5 $5 (11. h3 Bd7 {
occurred in Adams - Hector, Koge 1997.}) 11... axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Na3 Bd7
14. Qe2 b4 15. cxb4 O-O 16. Nc4 Bb5 17. Bg5 Ng6 18. Bd3 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nf4 20.
Bxf4 exf4 21. Bb5 Ng4 22. Ne1 (22. Ne1 {and Black responds} Ne5 {
and the extra white pawn has no importance.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hyldkrog, Lars"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bd3 b5 11. g4 b4 12. Na4 Nd7 $5 {
Black has gained a plus in the opening.} 13. b3 $5 Nc5 14. Nb2 $6 ({
Preferable is} 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Nf3) 14... g6 15. f4 Bg7 16. Nf3 Bb7 $1 17.
Bd2 Nc6 18. Kb1 a5 $1 19. Na4 $1 Nxa4 20. bxa4 O-O-O $6 ({Stronger is} 20...
Rc8 $1 21. h4 h5) 21. Be3 h5 22. g5 d5 23. e5 d4 24. Bc1 $2 (24. Bf2 $1 {
keeps pawn d4 as a target for the bishop.}) 24... Ne7 25. Ba6 Nd5 26. Bd2 Nb6
27. Be1 Nxa4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Nxd4 Rd8 30. Nb3 Qc3 $1 {
A decisive penetration takes place. Black threatens mate in one.} 31. Bxb7+ $1
Kc7 $1 32. Bxc3 Nxc3+ 33. Kb2 Nxe2 34. Nxa5 Kb6 35. Bf3 Nxf4 36. Nc4+ Kc5 37.
Kb3 Rd4 38. Nd6 Nh3 39. Rd1 Rf4 40. Ne4+ Kb6 41. Bg2 Bxe5 {
The tactics have led to the win of a pawn.} 42. Rd7 Rg4 43. Bf3 Nxg5 44. Nxg5
Rxg5 45. Rxf7 Bd6 46. Be4 Rg4 47. Bd3 Bxh2 48. Rf6 g5 49. Be2 Rh4 50. Rg6 Bf4
51. Kxb4 Bd2+ 52. Ka3 Kc5 53. Rxe6 Rh3+ 54. Kb2 h4 55. a4 Rg3 56. a5 Kd5 57.
Rb6 Bc3+ 58. Ka2 Bd4 59. Rb7 h3 60. a6 Rg2 61. a7 Bxa7 62. Bf3+ Kd4 63. Rxa7
Rxc2+ 64. Kb1 Rf2 65. Bc6 Ke5 66. Rg7 Kf4 67. Kc1 Re2 68. Kd1 Re5 69. Kd2 Kg3
70. Kd3 Rc5 71. Bb7 g4 72. Ke2 Re5+ 73. Kf1 Ra5 74. Bc6 Rc5 75. Bb7 Rc4 76. Rf7
Rc1+ 77. Ke2 Kh2 78. Kd2 Ra1 79. Bc8 Kg3 80. Rg7 Ra4 81. Be6 h2 82. Rh7 Ra6 83.
Bf5 Kf4 84. Bc8 Ra8 85. Be6 g3 86. Bd5 Rd8 {
Black has successfully concluded a hard technical phase.} 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hyldkrog, Lars"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Bd3 Bb7 15.
Ne4 $5 ({Bellon Lopez tried} 15. Nd2) ({and} 15. Ne2 {in this position.}) 15...
a5 16. b5 c5 17. dxc5 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 $6 ({
The quiet alternative brings} 19. Qc2 $1) 19... Qxc5 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Rd1 a4
$1 22. Qd3 Bf6 $1 {Black takes the initiative.} 23. Qe4 Ra5 $1 {
Black conquers a pawn.} 24. h4 $2 (24. Nd2 $1 Qxb5 25. Nc4 {
leads to a fine counteraction.}) 24... a3 $1 25. Rd7 Rxb5 26. Qb7 Rb1+ 27. Kh2
Rf1 $1 28. Qb8+ ({The pointe is} 28. Rxf7 Qd6+ 29. Kh3 Rh1+ 30. Kg4 h5#) 28...
Kg7 29. Qe8 Be5+ $1 30. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 31. f4 Qf6 32. Qe7 Qxe7 33. Rxe7 Re1 34. Rb7
Rxe3 35. Rxb6 Re2 36. Ra6 Rxa2 37. Kg3 Ra1 38. Ra7 a2 39. Kg4 h5+ 40. Kg3 Kh6
41. Kf2 f6 42. Ra5 e5 $1 {The centre pawn will march forward until promotion,
if White leaves it untouched.} 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jardorf, Svend"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. f3 g6 5. Be3 d6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Ne2 Nd7 8. O-O e6
$5 {Black diverts from Strikovic - Cebalo, Yugoslavia 1989.} 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. b4
O-O 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Rab1 Bc6 13. Rfd1 a5 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Qa3 Rfb8 $5 16. dxc5
Nxc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qxc5 {
White has gained material but the advance of the extra pawn will be impossible.
} Be5 19. Nf1 Bd6 20. Qc4 e5 21. Bc2 Nc8 22. Qd3 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Nb6 24. Nc1 Bb7
25. Qe2 Ba6 26. Bd3 Na4 27. Rxb8+ Qxb8 28. Qd2 Nb2 29. Re1 Nxd3 30. Nxd3 Bxd3
31. Qxd3 Qb2 32. Re2 Qa1 $1 {Black has started dangerous counter-play.} 33. Rc2
$2 {White loses an important tempo.} ({Better is} 33. Rd2 $1 Ra7 34. h4 Rd7 35.
Qxd7 Qxf1+ 36. Kh2 Qg1+ {and Black delivers perpetual check.}) 33... Rb8 34. g4
$2 (34. g3 $1 a4 35. Kg2 a3 36. Qd5 Rb2 37. Rd2 Qc1 38. Qxc5 Rxd2+ 39. Nxd2
Qxd2+ 40. Qf2 Qxc3 41. Qe2 $1 Qb2 42. Kf2 {gives the last chance.}) 34... a4
35. Kg2 a3 36. Qd5 Rb2 37. Rd2 Bf8 38. g5 h6 39. Ne3 Qc1 40. Nc4 Qxc3 41. Rf2
Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qc2+ 43. Nd2 hxg5 44. Ke2 Bb4 45. h3 Qb2 46. Ke3 Kg7 47. Nb3 Be1
48. Kd3 Bg3 49. Nd2 Bf4 50. Ke2 Bxd2 51. Qxd2 Kh6 52. Kd3 Qxd2+ 53. Kxd2 Kh5
0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knobel, Rolf"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Qc1 Nd7 8. e3
Bd6 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 a5
15. Nd2 $5 (15. Qc3 {
was played in Bazant - Krajina, Czechia 1998. This game also drew.}) 15... Bf5
16. Qc3 Rfe8 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nf6 19. Rab1 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Rxa6 21. b3 Kf8
22. Rfc1 Ke7 23. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knobel, Rolf"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Rab1 Bd6 $1 {
Hansen gains a plus by a novelty.} 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. Bg3 Bxg3 15. hxg3 a5 16. Qc2
g6 17. Rfc1 h5 $1 18. a3 Qd6 19. Na4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Qxc5
Qd7 23. b4 $2 {White neglects a threatening attack.} ({Right is} 23. Re1 $1 {
Then} h4 $6 {can be answered by} 24. f3 $1) 23... axb4 24. axb4 h4 25. gxh4
Rxh4 26. f3 (26. Ra1 $1 Re8 $1 27. b5 Qf5 28. bxc6 Qh5 $1 29. f3 Rh1+ 30. Kf2
Qh4+ 31. Ke2 Rh2 32. Rg1 Qg5 {is insufficient for White as well.}) 26... Qe6
27. Qc3 Ra2 28. Qe1 g5 29. Ra1 Rxg2+ $1 30. Kxg2 Qh3+ 31. Kf2 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Qb2
33. Qf2 Rh1+ 34. Qg1 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Qe2 36. Re1 Qxf3 37. Ra2 Kg7 38. Rf2 Qe4
0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maliangkay, Rudolf"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. g5 Rd8 18. Qe2 Ne8 19. Be3 Be6 20. Qf2 Rdc8 21. Bg4
Qc6 $5 ({Theory is} 21... Nd6) 22. Bxe6 (22. Rad1 $1 Nc7 $1 {
(Black shall not capture Bg4)} 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Qf5 {keeps the game going.})
22... Qxe6 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Bc5 Rc6 25. Nb4 Rcc8 26. Nd5 Rc6 27. Nb4 Rcc8 28.
Nd5 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Plomp, Michiel"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nbd2 Ba7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 f6 11. Ne3 $5 Be6 12. Re1 Na5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5
Qxd5 {A balanced position remains after the exchanges.} 15. Be3 c5 16. Qa4 Nc6
17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Nd2 Rac8 19. f4 Rc7 20. Nf3 exf4 21. Bxf4 Re7 22. Rxe7 Nxe7
23. Bc7 Rd7 24. Bg3 Nc6 25. Bf2 Bb8 26. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Read, Michael"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8.
Nbd2 Bd6 9. Re1 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Nh2 Rxh2 13. Qxg4 Qh4 14. Qxh4
Rxh4 15. Nf3 Rh5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. c3 g5 19. g3 {
The theory has ended.} g4 $5 20. Kg2 Ke7 21. Rh1 Rxh1 22. Kxh1 Ke6 23. Kg2 c5
24. Be3 c4 25. Rd1 b5 26. Bf4 c6 {
The doubled pawn means no positional problem for Black.} 27. Kf1 Rh8 28. Ke2
Bxf4 29. gxf4 Rh3 30. Rd8 Rh1 31. Rd1 Rh3 32. Rd8 Rh1 33. Rd1 Rh3 {
A repetition of positions occurs.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rufenacht, Matthias"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. Bc4 Bb7 8. O-O
Na6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Ne4 Rc8 $1 (10... Qc7 {
drew in Schweber - Najdorf, Buenos Aires 1983.}) 11. b3 Qh4 12. Qe2 Nab4 13. a3
Nc6 14. Rd1 Be7 15. g3 ({Not} 15. Bb2 $2 Nf4 $1 16. Qf3 Nxe5 $1 17. dxe5 Bxe4
18. Qxe4 Nh3+) 15... Qh3 16. Bb2 Na5 17. Nbd2 f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bd3 O-O 20.
Rac1 Bd5 21. b4 Nb7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Nd6 25. b5 $6 ({
More solid is} 25. f3) 25... Nfxe4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Qh5 29.
Qa8+ $5 Kf7 30. Be3 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qa4 32. Qb7 Qxb5 33. Qxa7 Qd5+ 34. f3 b5 35.
Bf2 h5 36. h4 Qc6 37. Be3 Qc3 38. Bf4 Qc6 $5 (38... Qb2+ 39. Kg1 Qa1+ 40. Kg2
Qxa3 41. Qxd7 Qa2+ 42. Kf1 Qd5 43. Qxd5 exd5 {wins a pawn but not the game.})
39. Be3 Bf6 40. Bf2 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rufenacht, Matthias"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd6
Qxd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Na3 dxc3 11. Qe2 Bxb3 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. axb3 e5 {
A theoretical position has arisen.} 14. Nfd4 $6 (14. bxc3 Be7 15. Be3 {
is okay (Sveshnikov - Yudasin, Jaroslavl 1986).}) 14... c2 $1 {
Black has grabbed two pawns. Now it is time to consolidate.} ({Theory is} 14...
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 f6) 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 Qd6 17. Nxc2 Be7 18. Re1 f6 19. f4 O-O
20. fxe5 fxe5 21. Qxe5 Nd5 $1 {
Black has returned the extra pawns and taken the initiative.} 22. Bd2 $6 {
White lifts the protection of pawn b2.} (22. Qe4 $1 {
accepts a positional disadvantage.}) 22... Qxe5 $1 23. Rxe5 Bf6 24. Re6 Bxb2
25. Rae1 c5 26. Rc6 Rac8 27. Ree6 Kf7 28. Kf1 Rb8 29. Red6 Nf6 30. Rd3 Kg8 31.
Rf3 Ng4 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8+ 33. Ke1 Re8+ 34. Kf1 Nxh2+ 35. Kg1 Re2 $1 36. Kxh2 Be5+
37. Kh3 Rxd2 38. Rxc5 Rd3+ 39. Kg4 Bh2 $1 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rufenacht, Matthias"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 f5 7. Ng5 d3 8.
cxd3 Nd4 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qh4 c6 11. dxe4 cxd5 12. exd5 Bg7 13. Kd1 h6 {
Black has a plus after thirteen theoretical moves.} 14. Nf3 d6 15. Qxd8+ Kxd8
16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Rb1 Ke7 19. Bd3 Kf6 20. Bf4 Be5 21. Be3 f4 22. Bf2
a5 23. Kd2 a4 24. Rhc1 {White has consolidated his position.} Rhc8 25. g4 fxg3
26. hxg3 a3 $5 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. b3 Bf5 29. Rc1 Ra5 30. Be4 h5 31. Ke3 Rc5 32.
Rxc5 dxc5 33. Bxf5 Kxf5 34. Kd3 Bd6 $1 35. Kc4 $1 g5 36. g4+ $5 {
White forces the draw.} hxg4 37. fxg4+ Kxg4 38. Bxc5 Bxc5 39. Kxc5 Kf5 40. Kd6
$1 g4 41. Kc7 g3 42. d6 g2 43. d7 g1=Q 44. d8=Q Qh2+ 45. Kxb7 Qxa2 46. Qd5+ Kf4
47. Qd4+ Kf3 48. Qd3+ Kf2 49. Qd4+ Ke2 50. Qe4+ Kd1 51. Qh1+ {
White delivers perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tanggaard, Hans"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. a4 a6 14. Ne4 c5 $5 ({
The solid} 14... Be7 {equalises.}) 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8
18. b3 Rh4 $1 19. dxc5 Qc3+ 20. Bd2 Qe5+ 21. Be3 {
White wants to draw but Black does not.} Nd7 $5 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Qa4 Qe4 $5 ({
This time Black avoids the draw by} 23... Qc3+ 24. Kd1 Bc6 25. Qxc6 Qb3+) 24.
Qa3 Qb1+ 25. Qc1 Qb4+ 26. Bd2 Qb3 $5 27. Bc3 $6 (27. Be3 Qb4+ 28. Bd2 {
aims at a repetition of positions.}) 27... Re4+ 28. Kd2 $1 (28. Be2 Nxc5 29.
Kf1 Nd3 {favours Black.}) 28... Nxc5 29. Qb2 Qa4 30. Be2 $2 {
White miscalculates the tactics.} (30. f3 $1 Nb3+ 31. Kc2 Rf4 32. Kb1 Bc6 33.
Be2 {defends properly.}) 30... Bb7 31. f3 ({Development by} 31. Rd1 {
Rd1 fails due to the brilliant} Qd7+ 32. Kc1 Nb3+ 33. Kb1 Rxe2 $1 34. Qxe2 Be4+
$1 35. Kb2 Qb5 $1 36. Qe3 Nd4+ 37. Kc1 Qb1+ 38. Kd2 Qa2+ 39. Ke1 Nc2+) 31...
Qd7+ $1 32. Kc1 Na4 33. Qc2 Rxe2 34. Qxe2 Nxc3 35. Qxc4 Nd5 36. Rd1 Qd6 37. Rd3
Ba6 38. Qa4+ Ke7 39. Qh4+ f6 40. Qh7+ Kd8 41. Qg8+ Kc7 42. Qf7+ Kb6 43. Rb3+
Bb5 44. Qg6 Qxh2 45. Qd3 Qg1+ 46. Kb2 Qc5 47. f4 Kc6 48. Qd2 Bc4 49. Rb8 Qa7
50. Rc8+ Kb5 51. Kb1 Nb4 52. Rd8 Bd3+ $1 ({The pointe is} 52... Bd3+ 53. Rxd3
Qh7 $1) 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tanggaard, Hans"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5
Na5 15. Bc5 Bf6 {
The players fight a theoretical battle in the Grünfeld Indian Defence.} 16. Rb4
$5 (16. e5 Bxe5 17. Rb4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 {
leads to an equal game (Krasenkow - Lékó, Madrid 1998).}) 16... Rfc8 $1 17. Ra4
Qb3 18. Rxa5 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 b6 20. Bxe7 Bxe7 21. Ra2 a5 22. Rb1 Bc5 23. Bb5 Bxf3
24. gxf3 Bd6 {Black has to stop the centre pawns.} 25. Bc6 Rab8 26. Rab2 b5 $5
{He gives a pawn for his positional aim.} 27. Rxb5 Rxb5 28. Rxb5 a4 29. Ra5 a3
30. f4 Bxf4 $1 31. Rxa3 Rb8 32. Ra7 Kg7 33. Kg2 Be5 34. h4 Rb2 $1 35. Rb7 ({
The pointe is} 35. Be8 Rxf2+ $1 36. Kxf2 Bd4+ 37. Kf3 Bxa7 38. e5 f6 {draws.})
35... Rxb7 36. Bxb7 f5 37. exf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trapl, Jindrich"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. a4 bxa4 18. Qxa4 $5 {
White has a plus but Black equalises effortlessly.} Ne7 19. Bc4 Kh8 20. Qa5
Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bd7 22. Rfd1 Qxa5 23. Rxa5 Rb8 24. Nc4 Bf8 25. b4 Rc7 26. Ra3 Bb5
27. Ne3 f4 28. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trapl, Jindrich"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bg5 Qe8
9. g4 Nd7 10. Rg1 Kh8 11. Nd2 f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. a3 Nf6 14. Qc2 Nc5 15. Be3
Nfxe4 $5 ({Theory is} 15... Ncxe4 16. Ndxe4 fxe4 {
(Bagirov - Lingnau, Cuxhaven 1994).}) 16. Ndxe4 fxe4 17. O-O-O Nd3+ $1 {
Van Oosterom sets tactical problems.} 18. Bxd3 $2 (18. Kb1 $1 Nf4 19. Nxe4 {
defends well.}) 18... exd3 19. Qxd3 Bf5 20. Qd2 Qh5 21. f4 $6 (21. Rg3 Bf6 22.
Rdg1 Rg8 23. b3 $5 {gives the last chance.}) 21... exf4 22. Bxf4 Bg6 $1 {
Black threatens 23. .. Rxf4! 24. Qxf4 Bh6 and 23. .. Qxh3.} 23. Rg4 $5 Qxh3 24.
Rdg1 Rae8 25. R4g3 Qf5 26. Be3 Rxe3 $1 27. Rxe3 Bh6 28. Rge1 Bxe3 29. Rxe3 Qf1+
30. Re1 Qxc4 31. b3 Qxb3 0-1

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qb3
b5 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. Qe3 Bf5
15. Bh6 Bxb2 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Qxa2 $5 ({
Black tries to improve on} 19... Bf6 {(Shneider - Yermolinsky, Telavi 1982).})
20. Rd2 Qa3 21. Qe4 $1 Rc8 22. Qd5 $1 (22. Ng5 $2 Bf6 {
drew in Sosonko - Svidler, St Petersburg 1997.}) 22... Na5 (22... Rc7 23. Ng5
$1 e6 24. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kg7 26. Rd7+ {gives a decisive white attack.})
23. Ng5 Rf8 24. c6 $1 {Black resigns early.} ({The lines} 24. c6 Qc3 25. c7 $1
Bc1 26. Nxf7 $1 Bxd2 27. Nd8+ Kh8 28. Qd7) (24. c6 Nc4 25. c7 Nd6 26. Ne4 $1 {
and}) (24. c6 Bg7 25. c7 Qc3 26. Qd8 Nb7 27. Ne4 $1 {win for White.}) 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Hyldkrog, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. d5 Bxc3 11. dxe6 Ne5 12. exf7+ Kh8 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. e4 Qe7
15. Re1 b5 16. Bxb5 Nh5 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. Qe3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qxf7 20. Be2 h6 21.
f4 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Rf1 $5 ({Known is} 23. Rad1 {
in this razor-sharp line (Gligoric-Olafsson, Lone Pine 1979).}) 23... Rab8 24.
Rab1 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rb2 $6 (26... g6 $1 27. Rf6 Rb6 {draws.}) 27.
Rf8+ Kh7 28. Kf1 Rb1+ 29. Kf2 Rb2 30. Ke1 Rb1+ 31. Kd2 Rb2+ 32. Kd1 {
Black cannot deliver perpetual check.} Rxa2 $2 (32... c4 $1 33. Rf5 Nd3 34.
Bxd3 cxd3 35. e5 Kg6 36. Rf8 Re2 37. c4 Rxe3 38. Kd2 Rxe5 39. Kxd3 Rf5 $1 {
escapes.}) 33. Re8 Nf7 34. Bc4 $1 Ra1+ 35. Ke2 Kg6 36. h4 Rh1 37. Re7 Rxh4 ({
The pointe is} 37... Nh8 38. e5) 38. Bxf7+ Kf6 39. Rxa7 Rxe4 40. Bd5 Re5 41. c4
h5 42. Rf7+ Kg6 43. Rc7 Kf6 44. Rc6+ Kg5 45. Rxc5 h4 46. Rb5 Kf6 47. Bg2 Re6
48. Rh5 g5 49. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Knobel, Rolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Be2 Qc7 13. f5 h5 14. a4 $5
bxa4 15. Qxa4+ Bd7 16. Qa2 $5 (16. Bb5 {leads to exchanges.}) 16... Qc5 17. Bc4
Qe5 18. Rhe1 Bd8 19. Qa3 Qxh2 20. e5 $5 {Van Oosterom wants the initiative.} (
20. Qxd6 {brings an endgame.}) 20... Qf4+ $1 (20... dxe5 $2 21. Rxd7 $1 Qf4+
22. Kb1 Qxc4 23. Red1 Qc6 24. fxe6 Qxe6 25. Rb7 {gives a winning white attack.}
) 21. Kb1 Qxc4 22. Ne4 Qa4 (22... Bc7 $6 23. Nxf6+ Kd8 24. exd6 Bb6 25. Nxd7
Kxd7 26. fxe6+ fxe6 27. Qf3 {opens the black defence.}) 23. Qg3 $1 dxe5 (23...
Bc6 24. Qg7 Bxe4 25. Qxh8+ Ke7 26. Qxf6+ Kf8 {ends by perpetual check.}) 24.
Qg7 Rf8 25. Nd6+ Ke7 26. Ne4 Ke8 27. b3 $5 Rb8 ({Or} 27... Qb4 28. Nd6+ Ke7 29.
Ne4 Ke8) 28. Nc5 Qc4 29. Nxd7 Rxb3+ 30. Kc1 $5 {Another repetition is avoided.}
Be7 31. Qxf8+ $1 {Joop van Oosterom made a lot of fun.} (31. Qxf8+ Bxf8 32.
Nxf6+ Ke7 33. Ng8+ {accepts perpetual check at last.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Maliangkay, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. a4 f5 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. Ba3 Nxe4 $6 ({
Theory is} 14... b6 $1) 15. Ncxe4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 {White has conquered square e4.
} b6 17. Bb4 Ra7 18. Bd3 Nf5 19. a5 bxa5 20. Rxa5 Rxa5 21. Bxa5 Qd7 22. Bb4 Bb7
23. Ng5 Nd4 $1 {Square e6 gets extra protection.} 24. Bc3 Bh6 25. Ne4 {
A crucial position has been reached.} Qd8 $2 (25... Bf4 $1 26. Qa1 c6 $1 27.
Bxd4 exd4 28. Qxd4 Be5 29. dxc6 Bxc6 30. Qe3 Bf4 {defends actively.}) 26. Qa1
$1 Bg7 27. Qa7 $1 Qa8 28. Ra1 Re8 29. h4 h6 30. Nd2 $1 ({The greedy} 30. Qxa8
Rxa8 31. Rxa8+ Bxa8 32. Ba5 c6 33. Nxd6 cxd5 34. Bxg6 dxc4 35. Bf7+ Kf8 36.
Nxc4 {wins a pawn but exchanges a lot.}) 30... Kf7 31. c5 $1 e4 $1 32. Nxe4
Rxe4 33. Bxe4 Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Nxc3 35. c6 $1 {White chooses the elegant win.} Qxa7
36. Rxa7 Ba6+ 37. Rxa6 Nxe4 38. Ra7 Bc3 39. Rxc7+ Ke8 40. Rc8+ Ke7 41. Ra8 Nd2+
42. Ke2 {The passed pawn cannot be stopped.} 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Nielsen, Jens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. a3 Bb7 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Bg5 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Nd7 $5 ({Theory is} 17... Be5) 18. Rac1 $1 Nb6 $6 (
{The liberating move} 18... c5 $1 19. Nd5 Qb8 {has to be played at once.}) 19.
Be2 h6 ({Not} 19... c5 $2 20. Bxb5 $1) 20. Be3 Rad8 21. b4 $1 Nd7 ({Now} 21...
c5 $2 {fails due to} 22. Rxd6 $1) 22. Nd5 $1 Qb8 23. Nf4 Nf6 24. Bf3 Bc7 $2 (
24... a5 $1 25. Rd4 Bf8 $1 {exerts pressure on the queenside.}) 25. Rxd8 Bxd8
26. Rd1 Bc7 ({The liberating manoeuvre} 26... c5 $5 27. bxc5 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Nxe4
{brings ro relief due to} 29. c6 $1) 27. Nh5 Nxh5 28. Bxh5 Rd8 29. Bd4 Rd6 30.
e5 Rd5 31. Bf3 Rd8 {
Black undergoes a positional catastrophe. White utilises the momentum.} 32. e6
$1 fxe6 33. Qg6 e5 34. Bc5 Rd5 $5 ({Or} 34... a5 $1 35. Be3 $1) 35. Rxd5 $5
cxd5 36. Bg4 $1 (36. Bg4 Qd8 37. Be6+ Kh8 38. Qf7 $1 d4 39. Bf8 {
crushes the defence.}) 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Plomp, Michiel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 a6 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. Bd3 $1 ({
Van Wely had good results with} 13. Nb3) 13... h6 $5 {
Black weakens his kingside.} ({More prudent is} 13... Kh8 $1 14. Bg5 d4 $1) 14.
g4 $1 {White takes advantage immediately.} Bxa3 $2 {
Black makes the decisive error.} ({No good is} 14... Nxg4 $2 15. cxd5 Nce5 16.
Be2 $1) ({Black should play} 14... d4 $1 15. Na4 Qa7 16. Nf3 b5 $5 {
and immense complications arise.}) 15. Na4 Qb4 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Ng4 18.
Rdg1 f5 (18... Nce5 19. h3 $1 Nxf2 20. Bf6 $1 Ng6 21. Bc3 Qe7 22. Bxg6 {
leads to a winning white attack.}) 19. Rxg4 $3 fxg4 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Qg6 $1 {
The planned move is 22. Qh5! and a fast win.} Rf5 $1 {
Black threatens 22. .. Rxg5!} 22. h4 $1 ({The tactical points are} 22. h4 Qxd2
23. Qh5 $1 Qd3+ 24. Ka1 {and}) (22. h4 gxh3 23. Rxh3 Qf8 24. Qxe6 $1 Bxe6 25.
Bxf5+ Kg8 26. Bxe6+) 1-0

[Event "Korning Memorial"]
[Site "corr 1998-2001"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Tanggaard, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. d5 {
Lengthy manoeuvring in a closed position begins. White controls more territory.
} Rac8 15. Bb1 Nd7 16. Nf1 Nc4 17. Ng3 g6 18. b3 Ncb6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Bd2 $5 (
{Known is} 20. Bd3) 20... Nf6 21. Bd3 Nbd7 22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Bc3 Nc5 24. Bb1 Qa7
25. Qd2 Ncd7 26. Bd3 Nc5 27. Bc2 Ncd7 28. a4 bxa4 29. bxa4 Rc4 30. Bb3 Rcc8 31.
Bb4 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Qb8 33. a5 Rc8 34. Rc3 Bd8 $6 {The bishop should stay on e7.}
(34... Rxc3 35. Qxc3 Qc8 36. Qxc8+ Bxc8 {exchanges the heavy pieces at once.})
35. Rxc8 Bxc8 36. Qc3 Qc7 37. Qc6 $1 {White has gained a plus.} Ne8 38. Ba4
Ndf6 39. Ne2 Bd7 40. Qxc7 Bxc7 41. Bc2 Nh5 $2 ({More solid is} 41... Bc8 $1 42.
Nd2 Nd7) 42. g4 $1 Nhg7 43. Bd3 Bc8 44. Nd2 f5 45. f3 Kf7 46. Kg2 Kf6 47. Nc4
h5 48. Kg3 hxg4 49. hxg4 Kg5 {The entry to the kingside remains closed.} 50.
Nb6 Bb7 51. Bc2 $1 {But the bishop is going to enter on the other flank.} f4+ (
{Or} 51... Kf6 52. Ba4 Ke7 53. Bc6 $1 Bxc6 54. dxc6 Nf6 55. Nc3 {
and White will utilise the opening d5.}) 52. Kg2 Nf6 53. Ba4 $1 Kh6 54. Nc1 g5
55. Nd3 Kg6 56. Nb2 $1 {The beleaguerment leads to a breach.   The last games
of the tournament ended in 2001. Van Oosterom and Hansen had scored 111/2/14.
Joop triumphed on tie-break. He had won his first international mail chess
tournament. Elwert became third by a score of 9 points and Hector made 8
points. Over- the-board grandmasters Hansen and Hector became correspondence
chess grandmasters too.   Until now, few games have been published with
analyses. Therefore, I had to make a hard effort. An effect of the application
of chess engines could be recognised, because few tactical errors were made.
The lesser players still made strategic blunders.} ({See} 56. Nb2 Kf7 57. N2c4
Nge8 58. Nd7 Nxd7 59. Bxd7 Nf6 60. Be6+ $1 Ke7 61. Nxe5 $1 {
and the bastion has been taken.}) 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Black "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

{An Argentine club for correspondence chess has the name of CAPA. The tenth
anniversary was celebrated with an elite tournament of three Argentines and
three foreigners. They played double rounds from December 1999 til February
2002.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf4 12. Bxf4 exf4 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Ne6
Bxe6 15. dxe6 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 fxe4 17. Bf1 e3 18. fxe3 fxe3 19. Rcxe3 a5 $5 (
19... c6 {was played in Kramnik - Shirov, Tilburg 1997.}) 20. b5 c6 21. c5 $5
dxc5 22. Qd7 Rb8 23. Rb3 Kh8 24. Rd1 Qe8 $1 25. a4 Rd8 $1 {Black defends well.}
26. Qxd8 Qxd8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. bxc6 bxc6 $1 29. Rb7 Re8 $1 30. Ra7 Kg7 31.
Rxa5 Kf6 32. Rxc5 Kxe6 33. a5 Kd6 34. Rc3 Nd5 35. Ra3 Re7 36. Kf2 Rf7+ 37. Rf3
Ra7 38. a6 Nb4 39. Kg3 Kc5 40. Kg4 Nxa6 41. Ra3 Kb6 42. Kg5 Nb4 43. Rxa7 Kxa7
44. Be2 {
Berdichesky stopped playing the game. He has excellent drawing chances.} 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.03.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4
Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. f5 Nxa4 20. fxe6 Nc3 21. exf7+ Kxf7
22. Bd3 Bxb4 23. Rdf1+ Kg8 24. Qf2 Ba3+ 25. Kd2 Ne4+ 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. g5 $5
Bd5 28. e6 $5 {Alvarez plays new moves in a fashionable opening.} ({
Shirov will play} 28. gxh6 {versus Anand in Sydney 2000.}) 28... Rf8 29. Qg2
Qc4 $2 {Black misses an elegant opportunity.} ({Right is} 29... Rc8 $1 30. Rf7
Qc3+ 31. Kd1 h5 32. Rd7 Bc4 33. Bf4 e3 34. Rxg7+ $1 Kf8 35. Bd6+ Ke8 36. Re7+
Kd8 {1/2-1/2 (Benz - Muneret, corr. 2000).}) 30. Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. g6 $1 {
Black loses due the miserable position of his rook.} ({A spectacle gives} 31.
g6 Bxe6 (31... Qxd4+ 32. Bxd4 e3+ 33. Kxe3 Bxg2 34. Rb1 $1) 32. Nxe6 Bb4+ 33.
Kc1 $1 Ba3+ 34. Kd1 Qxe6 35. Re1 $1 {and White has a winning attack (Alvarez).}
) 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Black "Morgado, Juan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. b3 Nd7 5. Bb2 e6 6. d3 Ngf6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. a3
Qb6 9. O-O a4 10. b4 c5 11. c3 Be7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. bxc5 Bxc5 15. c4
O-O 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. e4 N5f6 18. d4 Be7 19. Qe2 Rfc8 20. Rfe1 h6 21. Qb5 Ra5
22. Qd3 Ra6 23. Bf1 Bg6 24. Qe3 Rb6 25. Bd3 Qd8 26. Qe2 Bh7 27. Qf1 Ne8 28. Bb5
Ra8 29. Bd3 Rc8 30. Bb5 Ra8 31. Qe2 Bf8 32. Bc3 Ndf6 33. Ne5 Nd6 34. Bd3 Rxb1
35. Rxb1 Rc8 36. Bb4 b5 37. Bc5 Nc4 38. Nexc4 bxc4 39. Nxc4 Bxc5 40. dxc5 Rxc5
41. Rb4 Bg6 42. Kh2 Qc7 43. Qc2 h5 44. Qxa4 Kh7 45. Qa8 Nxe4 46. Bxe4 Rxc4 47.
Rxc4 Qxc4 48. Bxg6+ Kxg6 49. h4 e5 50. Qa7 e4 51. Qe3 f6 52. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Black "Rause, Olita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Rad1
O-O 16. Bg3 Nh7 $5 ({Olita diverts from the known} 16... Nd7) 17. e5 f5 18.
exf6 Qxf6 19. f3 Qf5 20. Qd2 Qg6 21. fxg4 hxg4 22. Qe3 Rf5 23. Ne4 c5 $5 {
The extra pawn is returned for activity.} 24. Nxc5 Bd5 25. a4 Raf8 $2 ({
More solid is} 25... a6) 26. Rxf5 ({A few weeks later} 26. axb5 $1 {
was played in Kramnik - Akopian, Dortmund 2000.}) 26... exf5 27. axb5 Bh6 28.
Qc3 f4 $1 29. Bxc4 Qf7 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Be1 g3 $5 32. Qb3 Nf6 33. Qxd5+ Nxd5
34. Bd2 Ne3 $5 {Black has given a lot for a counteraction.} 35. Re1 $2 (35. Ra1
$1 f3 36. gxf3 Rxf3 37. Ne4 $1 Bf4 38. h5 {plays for a win.}) 35... Rb8 36. b3
Nf5 37. Re4 Rxb5 38. Kf1 Bg7 39. Rxf4 Nxd4 40. Be3 Rxc5 41. Bxd4 Bxd4 42. Rxd4
Rc3 43. b4 Rb3 44. Ke2 a6 45. Rd3 (45. Rd3 Rxb4 46. Rxg3+ Kh7 47. Rh3 Rb2+ 48.
Kf1 (48. Kf3 Rb3+ 49. Kg4 $4 Rxh3 $19) 48... Rb4 $1 {draws.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. Be2 Nb6 $5 {Black prepares .. d5 by a new move.} 11. O-O-O $5
Qc7 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 O-O 16. g3 Rfe8 17. Rhf1
Qc7 18. g4 Rac8 19. c4 e4 $2 {Black allows a white charge.} 20. g5 $1 exf3 21.
Bxf3 Ng4 22. Bxg4 hxg4 23. Qf4 Bf8 24. g6 $1 fxg6 25. Nd4 $5 Qxc4 26. Qf7+ Kh8
$1 27. Ne6 Qc2+ 28. Ka1 Re7 $5 {The king did not move to h7 due to 29. Nxf8+.}
29. Qf4 Ree8 $1 30. Rc1 Qf5 31. Qd2 Rxc1+ 32. Qxc1 Qxd5 33. Nc7 $1 {
White wins an exchange and continues to attack with his heavy pieces.} Qe4 34.
Nxe8 Qxe8 35. Qc7 $6 {Alvarez makes an insufficient move.} (35. Qf4 $1 Be7 {
(Alvarez)} 36. Re1 $1 Qc6 $1 37. Qxg4 {grabs a pawn and keeps the heavy pieces
centralised. White has fine winning chances.}) 35... d5 $1 {
The liberating move can be played at last.} 36. Qxb7 Bd6 37. Qxd5 (37. Qxa6
Bxh2 38. Qa5 Qe5 {gives ample counter-play (Alvarez)}) 37... Qe2 $1 ({
Sanakoev avoids the trap} 37... Bxh2 $2 38. a3 $1 Kh7 39. Qg2 g3 40. Qh3+ Kg8
41. Rc1 {(Alvarez).}) 38. Rg1 $1 Be5 $1 39. Qg2 Bxb2+ $3 40. Kb1 Qe3 41. Kxb2 {
White cannot avoid perpetual check after the brilliant sacrifice.} Qd4+ 42. Kb1
Qb6+ $1 43. Kc2 Qc5+ 44. Kd3 Qd6+ 45. Ke4 Qe6+ 46. Kf4 Qf5+ 47. Kg3 Qe5+ 48.
Kxg4 Qf5+ 49. Kg3 Qe5+ 50. Kf3 Qf5+ 51. Ke3 Qc5+ 52. Ke4 Qc6+ 53. Kd4 Qb6+ 54.
Kd5 Qd8+ 55. Kc6 Qc8+ 56. Kb6 Qd8+ 57. Kxa6 Qd6+ 58. Ka7 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Black "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 d6 13. Rad1 Ne8 14. e4 Bc6 15.
Qc2 Qb7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Nd5 Nb6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Ne1 e5 21. Nf3 a5
22. Nh4 g6 23. f3 Rab8 24. b3 Nd7 25. Rd3 a4 26. Bh3 axb3 27. axb3 Nf8 28. Qd2
Bd7 29. Bxd7 Nxd7 30. Ng2 Rb7 31. Bh6 Nb8 32. Ne3 Nc6 33. Nd5 Qe6 34. Be3 Ra8
35. g4 Rba7 36. Nb6 Rb8 37. Nd5 Rab7 38. Rb1 f5 39. Qd1 fxe4 40. fxe4 Nd4 41.
g5 Rf7 42. Rb2 Nc7 43. Nf6+ Kh8 44. Rf2 Na6 45. Nd5 Rxf2 46. Bxf2 Nb4 47. Nxb4
{Berdichesky withdrew. He had slight positional problems in the final position.
} 0-1

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8.
Nbc3 e6 9. a3 Qd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. Rc1 Kb8 13. Na4 f6 14. exf6
Bxf6 15. Nc5 Qd6 16. h3 h5 17. Bf4 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxd6 cxd6 20. Bxe5 Nxe5
21. Ne6 Bxe6 22. Bxe6 Rde8 23. Nd4 Nc6 24. Nxc6+ bxc6 25. Bf5 Kc7 26. b4 Re5
27. Bd3 Kd7 28. Rc2 Nd5 29. Rfc1 Ne7 30. Rc4 Rf8 31. b5 c5 32. Ra4 Nc8 33. Bg6
Kc7 34. f4 Rd5 35. Re1 Rf6 36. f5 Kb6 37. Bxh5 Rfxf5 38. Bg4 Rf8 39. Bd7 Kc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Black "Morgado, Juan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. Nbd2 Bb4 12. Nc4 O-O 13. a3 Bc5 14. b4 Nxe4
15. Re1 Qd5 16. Rxe4 Qxe4 17. Ncd2 Qd5 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qe2 e5 20. Ne4 Qb5 21.
Qe1 Qc4 22. Bg5 Rb2 23. Nfd2 Qd3 24. Rc1 Rc2 25. Qd1 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Qb5 27. Qc2
Qd5 28. f3 Rb8 29. Nc5 Na5 30. Na6 Rc8 31. Nb4 Qb5 32. Kf2 Kh8 33. Qf5 Re8 34.
Qf7 Nb7 35. Qxc7 Nc5 36. Qf7 h6 37. Be7 Qd7 38. Nd5 Nd3+ 39. Kg3 Rd8 40. Nf6
Qf5 41. Nde4 Qf4+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Black "Rause, Olita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qc2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ng5 e5 18. Qf5 Bc8 19. Qc2 h6 20. Nf3 Rxd1 21.
Bxd1 e4 22. Nd4 e3 23. Kh1 exf2 24. Bf3 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Rxf2 Rd8 {
The game ended by an arbiter's verdict. Berdichesky faced tactical problems.}
0-1

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bf4 Nc5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Rac1 Nce4 14. Nd4 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 a6 16. Qb3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 Ra7 19. Qxb7 Rxb7 20. f3 Rc8 21.
e4 d6 22. Ne2 Rc6 23. b4 h6 24. a4 Rbc7 25. b5 Rxc4 26. bxa6 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Ra7
28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Nd4 Rxa6 30. Nc6 e5 31. Be3 Ng8 32. Rxg8 Bg5 33. Bxg5 Kxg8 34.
Bd8 Rxa4 35. Bxb6 Kf8 36. Bc7 Ke8 {Berdichesky withdrew. He had a plus.} 0-1

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 d5 8. Bd3 c5
9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. c4 Qd8 12. d5 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bc3+ 14. Kf1 b5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Rxb5 Ba6 17. Rb3 Bf6 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. h4 Rb8 20. Rxb8 Qxb8 21. h5
Qb2 22. Qa4 Qa1+ 23. Qxa1 Bxa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. h3 e5
9. Be3 Rb8 10. Rc1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Na5 12. b3 c5 13. Nc2 Be6 14. Na3 Nc6 15. Qd2
Qd7 16. Kh2 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Nd4 18. Bf4 Ne8 19. e3 Nc6 20. e4 Nd4 21. Nc2 Nc6 22.
a4 Nc7 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Ne5 25. Bg5 f6 26. Be3 b6 27. f4 Nf7 28. g4 Re8
29. Qd3 b5 30. b4 c4 31. Qd2 f5 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Bd4 Bh6 {
Berdichesky overstepped the time limit.} 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Morgado, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 h6 15.
Ne1 Bxe1 16. Rxe1 Bg6 17. Be2 Rc8 18. Bd2 Nb8 19. Bb4 $5 (19. a5 {
occurred in Kramnik - Bareev, Bugojno 1999.}) 19... Re8 20. Bb5 Nc6 21. Bc5 Qg5
$5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. a5 a6 24. Bf1 f6 25. b4 fxe5 26. dxe5 g4 $5 27. Ra2 Be4
28. Bd6 Nd4 29. Rd2 {White controls more territory.} Nb5 $2 ({Correct is} 29...
Nb3 $1 30. Rb2 Nd4 31. b5 axb5 32. Bxb5 Nxb5 33. Rxb5 Ra8 {(Morgado)}) 30. Bc5
Bf5 31. Re3 Kf7 32. f3 gxf3 33. Rxf3 Kg6 34. Rdf2 Rc7 35. h4 Kh7 36. g4 Bxg4
37. Rf7 Rec8 38. Bd3+ Kh6 39. Kg2 {He has small advantages.} Nc3 40. Kg3 Bf5 $1
41. Rxc7 Rxc7 42. Bxf5 exf5 43. Rxf5 g6 44. Rf8 Ne4+ 45. Kf4 Nxc5 46. bxc5 d4
47. Ke4 d3 48. e6 Kg7 $5 ({The alternative is} 48... d2 $1 49. Rd8 Kg7 50. Rxd2
Rxc5 51. Rf2 Rxa5 52. Rf7+ $1 (52. e7 $2 Ra1 $1 53. e8=N+ Kh6 {draws}) 52...
Kg8 53. Rf1 $1 Rc5 54. e7 Rc8 55. Ke5 {and White wins (Morgado).}) 49. Rf1 Rxc5
50. e7 Rc2 ({More resistance is offered by} 50... Rc8 $1 51. Kd5 d2 52. h5 $3
gxh5 53. Kd6 {(Morgado)} Rc6+ 54. Kd7 Rc1 55. e8=Q Rxf1 56. Qe5+ Rf6 57. Qg5+
$1 {Probably White wins.}) 51. Kxd3 (51. e8=N+ {wins as well.}) 51... Rc8 52.
Kd4 Re8 53. Re1 Kf7 54. Kc5 Rc8+ {Exchange will lose too.} 55. Kb6 Ke8 56. Kxb7
Rc4 57. Kxa6 Rxh4 58. Kb5 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Rause, Olita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. e4 Rd8 13. e5 Qe7 14. Qe2 c5 15.
dxc5 $5 (15. d5 {was played in Hillarp Persson - Gurevich, Korinthos 1998.})
15... Nxc5 16. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bd7 18. Bb5 a6 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Qe3 Rc8 21.
h4 Rc7 22. a3 Qf8 23. Ne2 Nb8 24. h5 g5 25. Qe4 Qc8 26. Nc3 $2 (26. b4 {
keeps a plus despite the vulnerable white e-pawn.}) 26... Rd7 27. Re1 Nc6 {
Black has taken the initiative.} 28. Rc1 $2 (28. Re2 $1 Na5 29. Nd2 $1 {
stops a black raid on the queenside.}) 28... Qc7 29. Re1 Na5 $1 30. Ne2 Nb3 $1
31. Qe3 Qc4 32. Nc3 Nc5 33. Ne4 Nd3 $5 34. Nd6 Rxd6 35. exd6 Nxe1 36. Nxe1 ({
The alternative} 36. Qxe1 Qc6 37. Qd2 Qd7 38. Qc2 Qxd6 39. Qc8+ Bf8 40. Qxb7
Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qe2 42. Qb6 g4 43. Nh4 Qe5+ 44. g3 Bc5 {also leads to a black win.
}) 36... Qc6 37. Qd2 Qd7 38. f4 gxf4 39. Qxf4 e5 40. Qe4 Qxd6 41. Nd3 Qd7 42.
g4 Qc7 43. Kf2 Bf6 44. a4 Qc2+ 45. Ke3 b6 46. Qf5 Bg5+ 47. Kf3 Qd1+ 48. Kf2
Qxa4 49. Nxe5 Qb3 50. Nd3 a5 {Olita triumphed with small means.} 0-1

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bg2 Bd7 $5 12. f4 Ng6 13. Rc1 $6 (13. e5 $1 {
takes the initiative.}) 13... Bc6 14. a3 $5 {
White wants to liberate his position.} Bxa3 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nxa3 $2 {
Matters go terribly wrong for Elwert.} (16. Ba5 $1 Bb4+ 17. Bxb4 axb5 18. c5 $1
Qa6 19. Ra1 Qxa1+ 20. Nxa1 Rxa1+ 21. Kf2 Ra4 {slightly favours Black (Harding).
}) 16... Qxb3 17. Bc3 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. O-O dxc4 20. f5 $5 Qb6+ 21. Rf2 $6 (
21. Kh1 $5 {would have been a better way to complicate matters.}) 21... Rae8
22. Nxc4 Rxe2 23. Nxb6 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Ne5 $1 {
Black has an extra pawn and can activate his pieces.} 25. Kg1 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Re8
27. h3 Nc6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rc2 Nd4 30. Rf2 Kg7 31. Nc4 b5 32. Nd6 Rd8 33. Ne4
Nc6 34. g4 Ne5 $1 35. Re2 Rd4 36. Ng3 Kf8 $1 37. Nh5 Nd7 38. Rc2 a5 39. Kg3 a4
40. Nf4 Ne5 41. Rc8+ Ke7 42. Rb8 b4 $1 43. Ra8 ({Or} 43. Rxb4 Rxb4 44. Nd5+ Kd6
45. Nxb4 Kc5 {(Harding) and Black wins.}) 43... b3 44. Ra6 Kd7 ({Elementary is
} 44... Kd7 45. h4 Kc7 46. g5 Kb7) 0-1

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morgado, Juan"]
[Black "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c3 f5 14. Nc2 O-O
15. O-O Rb8 16. exf5 e4 17. Be2 Bxf5 18. Nb4 Qg5 19. f4 exf3 20. Bxf3 Rb6 21.
Nd5 Rbb8 22. Nb4 Rb6 23. Nd5 Rbb8 24. Rf2 Be6 25. Qd3 Be5 26. g3 h5 27. Qd2
Qxd2 28. Rxd2 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 b4 30. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morgado, Juan"]
[Black "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Kh8 12. Rc1 Ng8 13. f4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15.
Bf3 Nef6 16. Re1 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bd7 19. Qd2 Qf6 20. Be3 Rae8 21.
Rf1 Qh4 22. Rxf8 Rxf8 23. Bf4 Nf6 24. Bf3 Ng4 25. Rf1 Kg8 26. h3 Bd4+ 27. Kh1
Ne5 28. Nxe5 dxe5 29. Bg5 Qg3 30. d6 c6 31. Be3 e4 32. Qxd4 exf3 33. Rxf3 Rxf3
34. gxf3 Qxf3+ 35. Kh2 Bxh3 36. Qd2 Bf5 37. Bxa7 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Qg4+ 39. Kf2 Qh4+
40. Ke3 Qxc4 41. a3 Qe4+ 42. Kf2 Qh4+ 43. Kf1 Qg3 44. Be3 Kf7 45. Qd4 Ke6 46.
d7 Bh3+ 47. Ke2 Qg4+ 48. Qxg4+ Bxg4+ 49. Kf2 Kxd7 50. Kg3 Bd1 51. Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morgado, Juan"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4
Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. f5 Nxa4 20. fxe6 Nc3 21. exf7+ Kxf7
22. Bd3 Bxb4 23. Rdf1+ Kg8 24. Qf2 Ba3+ 25. Kd2 Ne4+ 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Qf5 ({
Alvarez played} 27. g5 {against Elwert in this tournament.}) 27... Bb4+ 28. Kc1
Qc3 29. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morgado, Juan"]
[Black "Rause, Olita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ne5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. Ng6 Rg8 {
This remarkable position occurred in Garma - Lavega, Greenhills 1996.} 12. Bf4
$5 Nc5 13. dxc5 Qxd3 14. cxd3 fxg6 15. d4 e6 {
Black draws easily, despite the scattered pawns.} 16. O-O-O Be7 17. Be5 O-O-O
18. f3 Nd7 19. Bf4 e5 20. Bxe5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Nxe5 22. Ne4 Rd5 23. Rxd5 cxd5 24.
Nc3 Rd8 25. Rd1 d4 26. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morgado, Juan"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Qa5 8.
a3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. e3 Be5 12. f4 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 d6 14. Qd3 O-O
15. Be2 e5 $5 ({The bait was eaten by} 15... Qxb2 16. O-O Qb6 {
in Vujadinovic-Hassim, email 1998.}) 16. O-O e4 17. Qc3 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19.
h3 Nf6 20. a4 $5 a5 $6 (20... Rfc8 $1 {stops the attack. on the queenside}) 21.
Ra3 $1 Rfc8 22. Rb3 $1 Qc6 23. Rb5 Qxc4 $6 (23... b6 $1 24. Rd1 Ne8 {
reorganises the defence.}) 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Ra1 $1 Rc7 $2 {
The black knight should become active at once.} (25... Nd7 $1 26. Bxa5 Nc5 $1
27. b4 Nb3 28. Rd1 Nxa5 29. bxa5 Rxa4 {
exchanges towards a defendable ending of rooks.}) 26. Rd1 Rc4 27. b3 Rc5 28.
Rxb7 Rd5 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Ke2 Rc8 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Bxc1 Rd3 33. b4 $1 {
The black weaknesses become fatal.} Rb3 34. b5 Nd5 35. Bd2 Ke8 36. g4 Rb2 37.
Kd1 Rb1+ 38. Kc2 $1 {White sacrifices his kingside pawns.} Rh1 39. Bxa5 Nxe3+
40. Kc3 Rxh3 41. b6 Nxg4+ 42. Kc4 Ne3+ 43. Kd4 Ng4 44. Ra7 Rd3+ 45. Kc4 Ne3+
46. Kb5 Rb3+ 47. Kc6 $1 {Black is going to lose his rook.} 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rause, Olita"]
[Black "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

{The event will be decided by this game.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. O-O-O b5 11. Kb1
Be7 12. f4 O-O 13. f5 Bc4 14. h3 {These moves were also played by her man (I.
Rausis - A. Sokolov, Upplands Vasby 2000).} Bxf1 $2 ({Better is} 14... Bxb3 $1
15. cxb3 b4 16. Nd5 Nxe4 17. Qxb4 Ng3 {(Alvarez).}) 15. Rhxf1 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 (
16... Nxe4 $2 17. Qd3 Ndf6 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. g4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Bc1 {
introduces a devastating white attack.}) 17. Qxd5 $1 h4 18. g4 hxg3 19. Rg1 Nf6
20. Qd3 a5 $5 (20... d5 $6 21. exd5 e4 22. Qd2 Bd6 23. Bf4 $1 {
strongly favours White (Alvarez).}) 21. Rxg3 Kh8 $1 22. Rdg1 Rg8 23. Qe2 a4 24.
Nd4 $1 Qe8 $1 ({The pointe is} 24... exd4 $2 25. Bxd4 Nh7 26. Bxg7+) 25. Qg2 $6
(25. Bg5 $1 {(Rause)} Nh7 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Nb5 {starts a decisive offensive.})
25... g6 26. Ne2 Rc8 27. fxg6 fxg6 28. Bg5 Kh7 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Rf3 Qe6 31. h4
Be7 32. Ng3 d5 33. exd5 Qxd5 {Black has counter-play at last.} 34. Ne4 Rc4 35.
Ng5+ Bxg5 36. hxg5 Kg7 37. Qf2 Rd4 38. Rc1 $1 {
White has to make a defensive move in order to avoid mate.} Rh8 39. Qf1 $1 Rhh4
$2 (39... Rc8 $1 40. Rh3 Rc6 $1 {moves the king's rook to a central position.})
40. Rf6 Qc4 41. Qe1 $1 Rde4 42. Qf2 $1 Rd4 43. b3 $1 Qd5 44. Ra6 Qf7 ({The bold
} 44... Rhf4 $5 45. Ra7+ Kg8 46. Qe2 $1 axb3 $5 47. Qa6 $1 {
wins for White (Alvarez).}) 45. Qxf7+ Kxf7 46. bxa4 Rhg4 47. Rh1 Rxg5 48. Rh7+
Kg8 49. Rb7 Rd8 50. Re6 e4 $5 {White threatened a fast march of pawn a4.} 51.
Rxe4 Rc8 52. Rbxb4 Kf7 53. Kb2 Rc6 54. Rec4 Rxc4 55. Rxc4 Ke6 56. Kb3 Ra5 57.
Rc6+ Kd7 58. Rxg6 Kc7 {The rook ending would be drawn without the extra a-pawn.
} 59. Kb4 Re5 60. c4 Re2 61. a3 Rb2+ 62. Kc3 Ra2 63. Kb3 Ra1 64. a5 {
The doubled pawns cleverly advance.} Rb1+ 65. Ka4 Rc1 66. Kb5 Rb1+ 67. Kc5 Rh1
68. a6 Kb8 69. a4 Ka7 70. Kb5 Rb1+ 71. Ka5 Rc1 72. Rg7+ Ka8 73. Kb6 Rb1+ 74.
Kc5 Ra1 75. a5 $1 {
This game lasted for twenty-six months. Rause ended before Alvarez.} 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rause, Olita"]
[Black "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Nd7 6. Be2 Ne7 7. O-O h6 8. Nbd2 g5
9. Nb3 Bg7 10. Bd2 f6 11. Bb4 a5 12. Bd6 O-O 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 fxe5 15. dxe5
b5 16. Be2 Be4 17. a4 b4 18. Nbd4 Bd5 19. Rc1 g4 20. Nh4 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22.
Bxg4 Rf6 23. Re1 Qd6 24. g3 Kh8 25. Nxe6 Bxb2 26. Rc2 Be5 27. f4 Bxe6 28. Qxd6
Bxd6 29. Bxe6 Kg7 30. Nf3 c5 31. Kf2 Rd8 32. Rd2 Nc6 33. Bc4 Nd4 34. Nxd4 cxd4
35. Ke2 {
White has the superior pawn structure.  Berdichesky gave no answer and lost.} (
{Rause proposes} 35. Ke2 Re8+ 36. Kd1 Rxe1+ 37. Kxe1 {She analyses} Bc5 ({
I regard the minority attack by} 37... h5 {and .. h4 as better.}) 38. Ke2 Rf8
39. Kd3 Re8 40. Re2 Re3+ {
and White can win, despite the opposite coloured bishops.}) 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rause, Olita"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nb4 8.
Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Nc3 f5 11. Bf3 N4d5 12. Bd2 Be7 $5 (12... Be6 {
is known from Karpov - Short, Linares 1992.}) 13. Nh3 O-O 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4
Bf6 (15... Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 {gives a solid alternative.}) 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. O-O
g5 $1 {Elwert wants complications.} 18. Be5 g4 19. Be2 Bxe5 20. dxe5 f4 $5 {
He does not stop!} 21. e6 $5 (21. Ne4 {
strives for a plus, but Rause also wants a tactical fight.}) 21... f3 $1 22.
gxf3 $5 gxf3 23. Ne4 $1 Qd4 $1 {Black makes an effort to win.} (23... fxe2 24.
Qc3+ Kg8 25. Qg3+ {draws.}) ({The tactics of} 23... Rg8+ $5 24. Kh1 fxe2 25.
Rg1 Rxg1+ 26. Rxg1 e1=Q $1 27. Rxe1 Qd4 28. f3 Qe5 29. f4 $1 Bxe6 $1 30. fxe5
Bxb3 31. axb3 {favour White.}) 24. Bxf3 $5 {White comes with another surprise.}
(24. e7 Qg7+ 25. Ng3 Qxe7 26. Bxf3 {equalises.}) 24... Bxe6 25. Qxe6 Rxf3 26.
Rad1 $1 Qxb2 27. Kh1 Rff8 $1 {Elwert defends well.} 28. Rg1 Rae8 29. Qh6 Qe5 $1
(29... Rf7 30. Qe6 $1 Rff8 31. Qh6 {repeats the position.}) 30. f3 Rg8 $5 31.
Nf6 $1 Qf5 32. f4 $1 Nd5 $1 33. Rxd5 ({The alternatives} 33. Nxg8 Qe4+ 34. Rg2
Rxg8 35. Rdg1 Rxg2 36. Rxg2 Qe1+) ({and} 33. Rxg8+ Rxg8 34. Nxg8 Qe4+ 35. Kg1
Qe3+ 36. Kf1 Qf3+ {also bring perpetual check.}) 33... Rxg1+ 34. Kxg1 Qb1+ 35.
Kg2 Qc2+ 36. Kg3 (36. Kg3 Re3+ 37. Kg4 Qg2+ 38. Kf5 Qc2+ {
leads to a repetition of positions.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rause, Olita"]
[Black "Morgado, Juan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. d3 a6 8.
Qb3 Qc7 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 $5 b6 11. Na3 Bb7 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Nc4 b5 14. axb5
axb5 15. Na5 Ba8 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. Nd4 Nd5 18. e4 N5f6 19. Nxe6 $5 {
A storm breaks loose.} fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 21. Bf4 Qb6 22. Qxb6 (22. Bh3 {
is fine too.}) 22... Rxb6 23. Nb3 Rf8 24. Be3 $5 c4 $5 25. dxc4 bxc4 26. Bxb6
Nxb6 27. Nd2 Bc5 28. e5 Ng4 {The material difference will be restored.} 29.
Bxa8 Bxf2+ 30. Kh1 Be3 31. Nxc4 Bxc1 32. Nxb6 Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rause, Olita"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Nc3 a6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Qxc4 Rxb2 15. Rab1 Rb6 16. Qc5 h6 17. Rfd1 Rxb1 18. Rxb1 Qd6 19. Ne4 Qd5 20.
Qxd5 cxd5 21. Nc5 Re8 22. Rb8 Kf8 23. a4 $5 (23. f4 {
occurred in Khalifman - Ivanov, St Petersburg 1996.}) 23... Ke7 24. a5 $1 Bd7
$5 {
Black suffers from a complete passivity. He decide to return the extra pawn.} (
24... f6 $5 {would have postponed this fate.}) 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Nxa6 Kd6 27.
f4 $5 Bb5 $1 28. Nc5 Kc6 $1 ({Black takes a risk by} 28... Bxe2 $6 29. a6 Bb5
30. g4 Bc6 31. h4) 29. Kf2 Bc4 30. h4 h5 31. Kf3 Bb5 32. e3 Bf1 33. f5 exf5 34.
Kf4 Be2 35. Ke5 $5 {White has set a trap.} Bf3 $2 ({The accurate} 35... Bc4 $1
36. Kxf5 Kb5 37. a6 Kb6 38. Ke5 Bxa6 39. Nxa6 Kxa6 40. Kxd5 Kb5 41. e4 g6 42.
e5 c6+ 43. Kd6 Kc4 {draws.}) 36. Na6 $1 Kd7 ({The alternative} 36... Be4 37.
Nb4+ $1 Kb5 38. a6 Kb6 39. Nxd5+ Bxd5 40. Kxd5 Kxa6 41. Kc6 {
wins for White by opposition.}) 37. Nb4 f6+ 38. Kf4 $5 Be4 39. a6 Kc8 40. Nc6
Bd3 41. Ne7+ Kb8 42. Nxd5 Bxa6 43. Ne7 $5 Bc4 44. Nxf5 g6 45. Ne7 Bf7 46. Ke4
$1 {White threatens 47. Nd5.} c6 $5 47. Nxc6+ Kc7 48. Nb4 Kd6 49. Kf4 Bc4 50.
e4 Ke6 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. Nd3 Bb3 53. Kf4 Ba2 54. e5+ Ke7 55. Nc5 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Black "Alvarez, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Na6 10. h3 Re8 11. Ng3 Rb8 12. f4 c4 $5 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 b4 $1
({Known is} 14... Nc5 $5 {from Sheldon - Norris, Hampstead 1999.}) 15. Na4 Qa5
16. a3 Bd7 17. axb4 Rxb4 $1 {Black regains the pawn.} 18. Bc2 Nxe4 19. Nxe4
Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Rxa4 21. Bxa4 Rxe4 22. Bc2 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Rd4 24. Qe2 Qc4 (24...
Rc4 25. Qe8+ Bf8 26. f5 $1 Qc8 27. Qxc8 Rxc8 28. Be4 {also brings equality.})
25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Bd3 Ra4 27. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Black "Berdichesky, Ruben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Rd1 Bd3 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Rxd3 b5 14. Qb3 Nxe5
15. Rd1 Qc8 16. O-O N7c6 17. Rc1 Na5 18. Qd1 Nac4 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. Bg3 Qb7 21.
a4 Be7 22. axb5 O-O 23. Qe2 Rfc8 24. bxa6 Rxa6 25. Ncb5 Nb6 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27.
Nc3 Qc4 28. Rd1 Bf6 29. h3 Ra8 30. Qxc4 Nxc4 31. b3 Nb2 32. Rd2 Rd8 33. Rxb2
Rxd4 34. Rb1 Be7 35. Ne2 Rd5 36. f3 e5 37. Bf2 {Berdichesky withdrew.} 1-0

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2
e5 9. h3 Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. d5 Na5 12. Nbd2 g6 13. b4 Nb7 14. Rb1 Qc7 $5 {
The opening looks like the Ruy Lopez.} 15. Nf1 Rfc8 16. Ne3 Bf8 17. g4 Bg7 18.
a3 a5 19. Bd2 axb4 20. axb4 h5 21. g5 Nh7 22. Kh2 Qd8 23. Rg1 c4 24. Ra1 Rxa1
25. Qxa1 Ra8 26. Qb1 f6 27. Nf5 $5 fxg5 $6 ({Unclear is} 27... gxf5 $5 28. exf5
fxg5 29. Nxg5 Nf6 30. Ne6 Bxe6 31. fxe6 Qf8) 28. Nxg5 Qf6 $1 ({Not} 28... gxf5
$2 29. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 30. Bh6 $1) 29. Nxh7 $6 (29. Ne6 $1 Bf8 30. Rg3 {
tries to win.}) 29... Kxh7 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Be3 Kh7 32. Rg2 Qf3 33. Rg3 Qf6
34. Kg2 Nd8 35. Bg5 Qf8 36. Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Black "Morgado, Juan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8. Qc2
c5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. e4 Bb7 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 Bd6 13. O-O-O O-O {
The players have followed Eingorn - Palac, Graz  1995.} 14. Bb5 $5 a6 15. Bc6
$1 Qc7 16. Bc3 {Sanakoev leaves the white bishop en prise for three moves.}
Rae8 ({Now} 16... Bxc6 17. dxc6 Qxc6 $4 18. Qd2 {costs a piece.}) 17. g3 f6 $1
18. Qf5 $2 {White should exchange the bishops.} Bc8 $1 19. Qd3 b5 20. Qd2 Qb8
$1 {The attack on the queenside intensifies.} 21. Ba5 $5 ({White could play} 
21. Rhe1 {at once.}) 21... Re4 $1 22. Rhe1 Rc4+ 23. Kb1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25.
Rc1 Rd4 26. Qe3 Bf5+ 27. Ka1 Rd3 28. Qe2 Bg6 {
Black controls the whole board. White has to make passive moves.} 29. Bd2 $6 c4
30. Bc3 Qb6 31. f4 b4 $1 (31... b4 32. Bxb4 Bxb4 33. axb4 Qxb4 34. Qc2 Rb8 {
leaves no hope.}) 0-1

[Event "CAPA X Jubilee"]
[Site "email 1999-2002"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Black "Rause, Olita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 Ng5 14. Qg4 Ne6
15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nc3 Nxd4 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Bg5 Qe5 19. Qh4 Be7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21.
Kh1 Re6 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 Rd8 24. g4 a6 25. Rfe1 Rf6 26. Rf1 g5 27. Kh2
Rfd6 28. Bb1 b5 29. a3 a5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Bd7 32. f3 Be6 33. Bd3 Nc6 {
The event was played in the early days of email chess. Contemplation time was
ten moves in forty days. Everything went smoothly until Rubén Berdichesky
stopped responding. He forfeited many games in 2001 and his rating of dropped
from 2633 to 1843.  Olita Rause won the tournament. She has been a top ten
player in correspondence chess for many years.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Bang, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{The tournament was organised at the occasion of 35 years NBC (the Dutch
federation for correspondence chess). A meeting of Nol van 't Riet with Joop
van Oosterom and his staff resulted in a design for the Millennium Email Chess
Tournament. Six top players should participate in a double rounded event. A
large prize fund of 105,000 Guilders was made available. Five invited players
agreed to play: Ulf Andersson (rating = 2805; nr. 1), Gert Timmerman (2738; nr.
3), Joop van Oosterom (2684; nr. 4), Hans-Marcus Elwert (2681; nr. 5) and
Harald Tarnowiecki (2674; nr. 7). Korchnoi appeared to be only interested in
over-the-board games. His place was taken by Erik Bang (2661; nr. 10). So six
top ten correspondence players took part. Most games began in November 1999.
The official start was on 1 January 2000. ICCF President Alan Borwell made the
brilliant suggestion to present the ongoing games on the ICCF Website. The
publication started in May 2000, when all games were different. A delay of
three moves was applied. Each month one thousand spectators watched the games.
Elwert triumphed! Tarnowiecki did well but he was defeated by the winner. Van
Oosterom had a great result by beating Timmerman twice. Gert became world
champion during the tournament but he was also hampered by a personal tragedy.
Andersson lost a game in correspondence chess for the first time. He missed
chances in two endings. His last game continued after the other games had
ended in October 2001. A year later he had to resign to a draw. The
superiority of over-the- board players in correspondence chess had ended! I
looked into all games. Chess Mail 2002/2 and the report by Nol van 't Riet
have been most helpful. Jan van Reek.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3
Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. Qxf3
Qxd5 12. Qg3 Qxd4 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nb5 Qg4 15. Bf4 $6 ({Better alternatives are
} 15. Nxc7 Rad8 16. Qxg4 Nxg4 17. Be2 {(Levacic-Sarthou, Cannes 1995)}) ({and} 
15. Qxc7 {(Jouan-Ricard, corr. 1985).}) 15... Qxg3 16. Bxg3 Rad8 $1 {
White is in trouble.} 17. Rad1 Bb4 18. Rf1 a6 $1 19. Nxc7 Ba5 20. a3 Rd7 (20...
Nh5 $5 21. Nd5 $1 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rxd5 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rxd5 {
does not win for Black either.}) 21. Bf5 Rxc7 22. b4 Bb6 23. Bxc7 Bxc7 24. g3
$1 {Anderssen finds a solid defence.} Bb6 25. Bh3 Rd8 26. Bg2 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Nd8
28. a4 Kf8 29. a5 Bc7 30. Rb1 Ne8 31. b5 axb5 32. Bxb7 $1 Bxa5 33. Rxb5 Nd6 34.
Rxa5 N8xb7 35. Ra8+ Ke7 36. f3 h5 {Bang sees no serious winning attempts.} 37.
Kg2 g6 38. g4 hxg4 39. fxg4 g5 40. h4 gxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Rxc4 Nd7 13. Bb1 e5 14. O-O exd4
15. Nxd4 $5 ({The known} 15. Rxd4 {gives no advantage as well.}) 15... Nf6 16.
Qc2 Re8 17. h3 Bd7 18. Re1 Rac8 19. e4 $5 c5 20. Nf3 Nh7 $5 21. Rc3 b6 22. e5
Nf8 {Black has consolidated his position.} 23. Nd2 $6 ({Right is} 23. Ra3 $1
Ra8 24. Nd2 {and now the bishop's rook cannot go to the d-file.}) 23... Rcd8 $1
24. Rce3 Bf5 $1 25. Qc1 $6 (25. Qxf5 Rxd2 26. R3e2 Red8 {
favours Black (Elwert and Grahn) less.}) 25... Bxb1 26. Nxb1 Qe6 27. Nc3 Ng6
28. Re4 Rd4 $5 29. f4 Red8 30. R1e2 h5 31. Rf2 Rxe4 32. Nxe4 Rd4 $1 {
Black prevents a counter in the centre and sets a diabolic trap.} 33. Qb1 $2 ({
Elwert had expected} 33. Nc3 Qf5 34. Ne2 Rd3 35. Nc3 h4 {and Black will win.})
33... Nxf4 $3 34. Rxf4 Qxe5 {
Andersson had suffered his first defeat in correspondence chess.} ({
The pointe is} 34... Qxe5 35. g3 h4 $1 36. Rxh4 f5) 0-1

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bxf6 Qxb3 14. axb3
Bxf6 15. Na4 Na6 16. Rfd1 d4 17. Bxa6 Bxa6 18. Nxc5 Be2 19. Rd2 Bxf3 20. gxf3
dxe3 21. fxe3 Rfb8 22. Rd3 Bxb2 23. Ra2 Be5 24. f4 Bc7 25. Na6 Rc8 26. Nb4 a5
27. Nd5 Bd8 28. e4 Rab8 29. Kg2 Rc1 30. Re2 Rb1 31. Ree3 a4 32. bxa4 R8b2+ 33.
Kf3 Rf1+ 34. Kg4 Rxh2 35. Rh3 Rg2+ 36. Rdg3 Ra2 37. Rb3 Kh7 38. Ra3 Rg1+ 39.
Kf5 g6+ 40. Ke5 Rga1 41. Rxa2 Rxa2 42. Rb3 Rxa4 43. f5 Ra5 44. fxg6+ Kxg6 45.
Kf4 Bg5+ 46. Kf3 h5 47. Nf4+ Kh6 48. Rb6+ f6 49. Nd5 Ra3+ 50. Kg2 Kg7 51. e5
fxe5 52. Re6 h4 53. Rxe5 Kg6 54. Kh2 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. O-O Rb8 8. Bg5
d6 9. Qd2 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. Rac1 Bd7 12. Ne1 b4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bg7
15. e3 e6 16. Nf4 Ne7 17. Ned3 e5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. Rfd1 Qd6 21.
Nc5 Rfd8 22. Qe1 Qb6 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. a3 bxa3 25. bxa3 Qa7 26. Nb7 Rd7 27.
Nc5 Rd8 28. Nb7 Rd7 29. Nc3 Ba6 30. Na5 Qc5 31. Nd5 Qxa3 32. Ra1 Qd3 33. Nxe7+
Rxe7 34. Nc6 Re6 35. Qa5 Bc4 36. Qxc7 Qd6 37. Qc8+ Bf8 38. Nxe5 Ba6 39. Qa8
Qxe5 40. Rxa6 Rxa6 41. Qxa6 Kg7 42. Qa2 Bd6 43. Bd5 Qf6 44. Kg2 h5 45. Qc4 g5
46. Bf3 h4 47. Qg4 Qe5 48. Bb7 Bc7 49. e4 hxg3 50. hxg3 Qf6 51. Bd5 Bb6 52. f4
Qg6 53. f5 Qf6 54. Qh5 Bc7 55. Qf3 Qb2+ 56. Kh3 Qa1 57. Bb3 Be5 58. Bd1 {
Andersson did not fare well with the white pieces. He lost once and had to
escape from difficulties twice.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Qa5 11. d5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Qd2 c4
15. f4 $5 Bg7 16. Bf2 Rad8 17. e4 $5 e6 18. Bd4 exd5 19. exd5 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4
Rfe8 $1 21. f5 $2 {Andersson strives for an exchange of pawns.} ({
The action in the centre can be continued by} 21. Rce1 $1 b5 22. Qf6 Bf5 23.
Re5 {with chances for both sides.}) 21... Bxf5 22. Qxc4 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 h5 $1 24.
Qb3 Qe3 25. c4 $1 b6 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 {Andersson has ran into trouble. He decides
to exchange three pawns for two queenside pawns.} 27. a4 $1 ({The active} 27.
c5 $2 bxc5 28. Rxc5 {is refuted by} Rb8 $1 29. d6 Rb2) ({and the natural} 27.
Kg1 $2 Rc8 28. Rf3 Rxf3 29. Bxf3 Kg7 30. Kf2 Kf6 {
does nothing about the positional disadvantage.}) 27... Rc8 28. a5 Bd3 29. Rfd1
Bxc4 30. axb6 axb6 31. d6 b5 32. Bf1 $1 {Andersson continues the exchanges.}
Re4 33. Bd3 Rd4 34. Bxc4 Rcxc4 35. Rb1 Kf8 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxb5 Rxd6 38. h4
Ke7 39. Kg2 Ke6 40. Rb3 f6 41. Re3+ Kf5 42. Kf3 g5 43. hxg5 fxg5 44. g4+ hxg4+
45. Kg3 Rh6 46. Re8 Rh3+ 47. Kg2 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.??.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bang, Erik"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "218"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 a6 11. Bd2 Bf5 12. e4 Be6 13. b3 Qd7 14. Rac1 Bh3
15. f3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rfc8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 h5 19. h4 Bf6 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8
21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Qc7 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Qc2 Qe1 25. Bf2 Qa1 26. Qc8+ Kg7 27.
a4 Qb2 28. Qc4 Qd2 29. Kf1 Be5 30. Kg2 Bc3 31. Kf1 Bb2 32. Kg2 f5 33. Kf1 Bf6
34. Qe2 Qc3 {Andersson has applied his usual approach. He creates a solid
position and waits for errors endlessly.} 35. exf5 $2 {
White weakens his pawn structure.} (35. Qe3 $1 Qc2 36. Be1 $1 {avoids any risk.
}) 35... Qxb3 $1 36. Qe4 gxf5 37. Qxf5 Qxa4 38. Qxh5 b5 39. Be3 Qd1+ 40. Kf2
Qc2+ 41. Kf1 b4 42. Bh6+ Kg8 43. Qg4+ $2 ({Better is} 43. Qe8+ $1 Kh7 44. Bg5 {
because the white queen might move to a4.}) 43... Kh7 44. Bg5 Qd3+ 45. Kg2 Bxg5
46. Qxg5 Qe2+ 47. Kh3 Qe5 48. Qd2 a5 49. Qd3+ Kg7 50. f4 Qf6 51. Qe4 $5 {
A counterattack is prepared.} b3 52. h5 Kf8 53. g4 a4 (53... Qc3+ 54. Kh4 a4 $1
{gives excellent winning chances as well.}) 54. g5 Qc3+ 55. Kg4 a3 {
White can only hunger for perpetual check.} 56. Qa4 $5 ({
A complex variation brings} 56. Qf5+ $1 Ke8 57. g6 a2 58. Qf7+ Kd7 59. g7 a1=Q
60. Qe6+ Kc7 61. Qxe7+ Kb6 62. Qxd6+ Kb7 $1 63. Qd7+ Qc7 64. Qb5+ Ka7 65. g8=Q
Qg1+ {and a skewer decides.}) 56... b2 $2 {Black does not win as it might seem.
} ({Right is} 56... Qc8+ $1 57. f5 {and now} b2 $1 58. Qb5 $1 (58. Qd4 Ke8 $1
59. Qa4+ Kd8 60. Qa5+ Qc7 61. Qa8+ Kd7 {
and Black will escape from the checks eventually}) 58... b1=Q $1 59. Qxb1 Qc4+
60. Kf3 Qc3+ 61. Kg4 Qb2 62. Qe4 a2 63. Qc4 Kf7 64. g6+ Kf6 $1 {and Black wins.
}) 57. Qa8+ Kf7 58. Qd8 b1=Q 59. g6+ Qxg6+ 60. hxg6+ Kxg6 61. Qxe7 Qf6 62. Qe8+
Kh6 63. Qe2 Qg6+ 64. Kh4 Qf5 65. Qc4 Qf6+ 66. Kh3 Qf5+ (66... Qb2 $1 67. f5 Kg5
68. Qg4+ Kf6 69. Qg6+ Ke5 70. f6 a2 71. f7 a1=Q 72. Qg7+ Kxd5 73. Qxb2 Qxb2 74.
f8=Q {leads to a theoretical draw.}) 67. Kh4 Qf7 68. Kh3 Qd7+ 69. Kg2 Qg4+ 70.
Kf2 Qf5 71. Qa4 Qd3 72. Qa8 Qd4+ 73. Kf3 Qc3+ 74. Ke4 Kh5 75. Qg8 Kh4 76. Qg2
Qc4+ 77. Ke3 Qb3+ 78. Ke4 Qb1+ 79. Ke3 Qf5 80. Qf2+ Kh5 81. Qh2+ Kg6 82. Kd4
Qg4 83. Ke3 Kg7 84. Ke4 Kf6 85. Qh8+ Ke7 86. Qh7+ Kd8 87. Qh8+ Kd7 88. Qa8 Qg6+
89. Kf3 Qd3+ 90. Kg4 Ke7 91. Qa5 Qe2+ 92. Kf5 Qd3+ 93. Kg4 Qd1+ 94. Kg5 Qg1+
95. Kf5 Qc5 96. Qa8 Qc2+ 97. Kg5 Qg2+ 98. Kf5 Qh3+ 99. Kg5 Qe3 100. Kg6 Qg3+
101. Kf5 Kf7 102. Qa7+ Kf8 103. Qa4 Qe3 104. Kf6 Qe7+ 105. Kf5 Qf7+ 106. Kg4
Qg6+ 107. Kh4 Qd3 108. Qa7 Qe4 109. Kg3 Qe1+ {His total score of minus one was
hard to accept for Andersson. Now he does because no capture or pawn move was
made for nearly fifty moves.   The report was removed from the ICCF server
during the final stage, but it was reinstalled after complaints by endgame
lovers.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bang, Erik"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nc3
b5 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 Na5 11. Bc2 Be7 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Rad1 Nd5 14. Ne4 Rc8
15. Bxe7 ({The comparable} 15. h4 h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 {
was played in Sorokin-Karpatchev, Novgorod 1999.}) 15... Qxe7 16. Nc5 Nc4 17.
Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Be4 Nd6 19. Bb1 O-O 20. Ne5 Rfd8 21. Rfe1 Qe7 22. Qh5 $5 g6 23.
Qe2 $5 (23. Nxg6 $6 hxg6 24. Qxd5 Nc4 25. Qf3 Nxb2 26. Rd2 Rc4 {
slightly favours White.}) 23... Rc7 24. g3 Nc4 25. h4 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bang, Erik"]
[Black "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Na6 13. Bb1 Re8 14. Qa4 g6
15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. exd4 Nc7 17. Bd3 Kg7 (17... Re6 {
stems from Bang-Palciauskas, Wch. ICCF 1989.}) 18. g3 $6 {
Bang starts to make small errors in an effort to win.} ({More solid is} 18. Re1
) 18... Qd6 19. Bf1 a6 20. Qb3 Rab8 21. Bg2 Ne6 22. Rd2 $6 ({More active is} 
22. Na4 Bc6 23. a3) 22... Rbc8 23. Qd1 b5 24. h4 Rc4 25. b3 Rc7 26. Rdc2 b4 27.
Ne2 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Bc8 29. Nh2 h5 30. Nf1 Bb7 31. Ne3 Kh7 32. Bf3 Bg7 33. Qd3
Kg8 34. Ng2 Qb6 35. Ngf4 $2 (35. Rd2 $1 a5 36. Ngf4 {avoids the loss of a pawn.
}) 35... Bxd4 $1 36. Nxd5 Bxd5 37. Bxd5 Bxf2+ 38. Kg2 Bc5 39. Qf3 Kg7 40. Bc4
Re7 41. Qd5 Be3 42. Qe5+ ({Black had set the trap} 42. Bxa6 $2 Nc7 43. Qd8 Qf6
$1 44. Rxc7 Qxa6 45. Rxe7 Qxe2+ 46. Kh3 Qf1+ 47. Kh2 Qg1+ 48. Kh3 Qh1#) 42...
Kh7 43. Kh2 Qa7 44. Qa5 Bd2 $1 45. Qd5 ({The pointe is} 45. Rxd2 Qf2+ 46. Kh3
Qe1 $1 47. Qd5 Rd7 $1) 45... Bh6 46. Kg2 Ng7 47. Bd3 Re3 48. Rc6 Qe7 49. Qc4 $2
({Right is} 49. Ng1 $1) 49... Qd7 50. Nc1 Ne6 51. Kf2 ({Or} 51. Kh2 Nf4 $1 52.
Bf1 Rc3) 51... Re5 $1 52. Ne2 Nc5 $1 ({Notice} 52... Nc5 53. Rxc5 Be3+) 0-1

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bang, Erik"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O Nc6 6. d4 a6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. d5
Na5 9. c5 b5 10. cxb6 cxb6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. b3 b5 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Nc6
$5 Nxc6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Na4 $1 bxa4 18. Rxc6 Qa5 19. Bd2 Qf5 20. b4 $5 (20.
bxa4 $5 Rb2 $5 21. Bc3 Rxa2 22. Rxa6 {drew in Sloth-Maliangkay, Wch. ICCF 1999.
}) 20... Qb5 21. Qc2 Nd7 22. Rc7 d5 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. exd3 Rfd8 25. Bxd5 $5 {
White wants to exchange towards a draw, because Black has a plus.} Ne5 26. Bg2
Nxd3 27. Rxe7 Bd4 28. Rb1 $1 ({Protection of the b-pawn by} 28. a3 $2 {
fails due to} Bb2) 28... Nxf2 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Rd2 {
Black has an extra pawn, but his a-pawns are weak.} 31. Bf1 $2 {
White counterattacks too hastily.} ({Right is} 31. a3 $1 Ng4 32. Rf3 Rc8 33.
Bf1 $1 Rc6 34. Rd3) 31... Rxa2 32. Bxa6 Nh3+ 33. Kh1 Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Nh3+ 35. Kh1
Rd8 36. Re2 Rxe2 37. Bxe2 Rd2 38. Bf1 Nf2+ 39. Kg1 Ng4 $1 40. b5 {
The black attack has become too strong.} ({Matter is lost by} 40. Bb5 $5 Nxh2
41. Bxa4 Nf3+ 42. Kf1 Ra2 $1 43. Bb3 Ra3 44. Kf2 Nd2) 40... Ne5 $1 {Black threa
tens mate in two. The knight gets enough time to catch up with the passed pawn.
} 41. Bg2 a3 42. b6 a2 43. Ra1 Rb2 44. b7 Nd7 45. Be4 Kg7 46. Kf1 Kf6 {
Timmerman carried out a fine positional game.} 0-1

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bang, Erik"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Bf4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd5 12. Bxc7 Qc5 13. Bxb6 $5 ({
Unknowingly, Bang improves on} 13. Bf4 {from Etchechoury-Mrkvicka, corr. 1999.}
) 13... axb6 14. Qd4 Be6 15. Rfd1 (15. Qh4 f6 {
gives no winning chances to White.}) 15... Nc6 16. Qxc5 bxc5 17. Rdb1 Rfb8 18.
Nd2 Bxa2 19. Rb2 Be6 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Rxb7 Ne5 22. h3 $1 Ra1+ 23. Kh2 Ra2 24.
Ne4 Rxe2 25. Nxc5 $5 {
Bang does not like his position and gives a pawn for a secure draw.} Nf3+ 26.
Bxf3 Rxf2+ 27. Kg1 Rxf3 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Kg2 Rxc3 30. Rxe7 Re3 31. Kf2 Re5 32.
Kf3 h5 33. g4 Kf8 34. Rh7 hxg4+ 35. hxg4 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Ne7 8.
Qe2 d6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 e5 11. c4 Be6 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Be2 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6
15. Nd2 (15. Na5 $1 O-O-O 16. b4 {(Elwert) keeps a positional advantage.})
15... Nc6 16. b3 Nd4 17. Rfd1 Ke7 18. Nf1 a5 19. Ne3 a4 $1 20. Bd3 Rhc8 21.
Rdb1 $6 {White loses time.} axb3 22. axb3 g6 23. g3 Kd8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nc2
Nxc2 26. Bxc2 Bd7 $5 {Andersson made this move after after a reflection time
of 43 days! He is going to play for a win. Both players will attack in the
endgame.} 27. Rd1 Ke7 28. f4 f6 29. Kf2 Ra3 30. Rd3 Be6 31. Nb5 Ra2 32. Rd2 Nd7
33. Ke2 ({Easy is} 33. Nxd6 $2 Rxc2 $1 34. Rxc2 Kxd6) 33... Nc5 34. f5 Bd7 $5
35. Nc3 Ra3 36. Nd5+ Kf7 37. b4 $1 Nb3 38. Bxb3 Rxb3 39. fxg6+ hxg6 40. Ra2 Be6
41. b5 f5 42. Ra7 Bxd5 $1 43. exd5 e4 $1 {Black's devious plan becomes clear.}
44. Kd2 $1 ({White avoids the greedy} 44. Rxb7+ $6 Kf6 45. Rd7 $2 ({Elwert's} 
45. Kd1 $1 {draws in a difficult way}) 45... Ke5 46. Kd2 Kd4 $1 47. Rxd6 e3+
48. Ke2 Rb2+ 49. Kf1 Ke4 $1) 44... Kf6 45. Kc2 Rb4 46. Kc3 Rb1 47. Kc2 $6 {
Capture is the right way to draw this time.} (47. Rxb7 $1 e3 48. Kd3 Rb3+ 49.
Ke2 Ke5 50. Rh7 g5 51. h4 Kd4 52. hxg5 Rb2+ 53. Kf1 Kxc4 ({not} 53... Kd3 $2
54. Re7 Rb1+ 55. Kg2 e2 56. c5 $1) 54. Re7 Kd3 55. g6 Rxb5 56. g7 Rb8 57. Ra7)
47... e3 $6 ({Better is} 47... Rh1 48. Rxb7 Rxh2+ 49. Kc3 Rh3 50. Kc2 Rxg3 51.
b6 Rh3 $3 ({Elwert gives} 51... Rg2+) 52. Rb8 Rh7 53. Re8 Kg5 54. Re6 f4 55.
Rxe4 Rb7 {and Black has a great advantage.}) 48. Kd3 Rb3+ 49. Kd4 g5 50. Ra2 b6
51. Re2 f4 52. gxf4 gxf4 53. Ke4 Rc3 54. Kxf4 Rxc4+ 55. Kxe3 Ke5 56. Kf3+ Kxd5
57. Kg3 Rc5 {Andersson missed a good chance in this subtle endgame.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Bang, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Rc1 Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd4 12. exd4 exd5 13. O-O Be6 14. Bf3
Rad8 15. Re1 Bd6 16. g3 Bb8 17. Bg2 Rd6 18. Na4 Rfd8 19. Rc3 b6 20. Rf3 Qe7 21.
Nc3 Qd7 22. Rfe3 b5 23. b4 a6 24. a4 Rc8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd7 7. Qxc4 Nb6 8.
Qd3 e5 9. Be3 Nb4 10. Qb5+ Bd7 $6 ({Better is} 10... c6 11. Qxe5+ Be7 12. Na3
O-O {(Horvath-Rabiega, Austria 1996).}) 11. Qxe5+ Be7 12. O-O O-O $2 (12... Nc2
$1 13. Qxg7 Bf6 14. Qh6 Nxa1 {(Elwert) keeps a real fight going.}) 13. Rc1 N4d5
14. Qe4 Re8 15. Qd3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 c5 17. Qd3 Be6 18. Nc3 Bc4 19. Qd1 Rc8 20. e3
cxd4 21. Nxd4 Ba6 22. Ncb5 Bf6 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. Qc2 Nd6 25. Nc7 Bd3 26. Qc3
Rf8 27. Nd5 Be4 28. Nxf6+ Qxf6 29. f3 Bg6 30. Ne2 Qxc3 31. Nxc3 f5 32. Bf1 Rc8
33. Rc1 Kf8 34. Ne2 Rxc1 35. Nxc1 Bf7 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. Bd3 Kf6 38. e4 fxe4 39.
Bxe4 h6 40. b3 g5 41. Ke3 Be6 42. Ne2 Ke5 43. f4+ gxf4+ 44. gxf4+ Kf6 45. Ng3
b6 46. Nh5+ Ke7 47. Ng7 Bg8 48. Kd4 a5 49. Bd3 Bf7 50. Ke5 a4 51. bxa4 Bxa2 52.
Nf5+ Nxf5 53. Kxf5 {White has kept the extra pawn.} Kf7 54. Bc2 Be6+ 55. Ke5
Ke7 56. f5 Bc4 57. f6+ Kd7 58. Bf5+ Ke8 59. Be6 Be2 60. Bb3 Kd7 61. h4 ({
White has a forced win by} 61. h4 Bd3 62. f7 $1 Ke7 63. Kd5 $1 Bf5 64. f8=Q+ $1
({not} 64. Kc6 $4 Bd7+ 65. Kxb6 Bxa4) 64... Kxf8 65. Kc6 Ke7 66. Kxb6 {
(Elwert).}) 1-0

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. d5
Na5 9. c5 b5 10. cxb6 cxb6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. b4 $1 ({Bang played} 13.
b3 {against Timmerman. Elwert's novelty favours White.}) 13... Nc4 14. Qb3 b5
15. Nc6 Bxc6 16. dxc6 Qb6 17. Rac1 e6 18. a4 d5 $2 ({Correct is} 18... Nh5 $1
19. axb5 Nxf4 {(Elwert)} 20. Qxc4 Nxg2 21. bxa6 d5 22. Qb5 Qxb5 23. Nxb5 Rxb5
24. c7 Rc8 25. a7 Nh4 26. a8=Q Rxa8 27. c8=Q+ Rxc8 28. Rxc8+ Bf8 29. gxh4 Kg7 {
Black will survive.}) 19. e4 $1 e5 20. Bg5 Qxc6 21. exd5 Qd7 22. axb5 axb5 23.
Nxb5 $1 Rxb5 24. Rxc4 Rfb8 ({Or} 24... Nxd5 25. Rc5 $1 Nxb4 26. Bc6 $1 {
(Elwert).}) 25. Rd1 Qd6 26. Rc6 Qd8 27. Qf3 e4 28. Qf4 $1 R5b6 29. Rxb6 Qxb6
30. d6 Nd7 31. Qxe4 Qb5 32. Be7 Ne5 33. Rd5 Qa4 34. Bf1 {
Elwert defeated his main competitors and withstood Andersson.} 1-0

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5
15. Qh5 Qd8 16. h4 Bf6 17. fxe6 O-O 18. Bh3 Kh8 19. Nd5 fxe6 20. Bxe6 Bd7 $2 ({
Theory is} 20... Bb7) 21. Rdf1 Nc4 $6 22. Rxf6 $1 {
Joop's novelty gets a drastic refutation.} Rxf6 23. Bxd7 Rh6 $5 ({Or} 23...
Qxd7 24. Nxf6 gxf6 25. Qh6 {(Elwert).}) 24. Qf5 $1 Rxh4 25. Rd1 $6 ({
Even better is} 25. Rg1) 25... Qf8 $6 (25... Nd2+ $1 26. Ka1 Nxe4 {
is preferable (Elwert)} 27. Nf3 Ng3 {Black's last knight move is possible,
because the white rook has not moved to g1.}) 26. Ne6 Qxf5 27. exf5 Ne5 28.
Nec7 Rf8 29. Be6 Nf3 30. Nxa6 Nd4 31. Nac7 Nxf5 32. Rf1 g6 33. a3 Re4 34. Nc3
Re5 35. N3xb5 Kg7 36. a4 h5 37. a5 1-0

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Bd7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. h3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qa5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Be2 Rc5 16. Qd4 Qc7 17. Rhf1 Rg8 18. g4 Kd8 19. Rd2 Kc8 20. Nd1 Kb8
21. Ne3 Rc8 22. c3 Be8 23. a3 b5 24. Rc2 Qa7 25. Rfc1 Bd8 26. Nf1 Be7 27. Ng3
R5c7 28. Qxa7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Black "Bang, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. e3 Nxc5 8.
Bd2 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nce4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bxd2 14.
Qxd2 d5 15. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Rb1 b5 11. a3 Qd7 12. b4 a6 13. bxc5 Qa7 14. Kh1 Qxc5 15. e5
d5 16. Qc1 Bd7 17. Ne2 b4 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Rb3 Rfc8 20. Bd2 Qc5 21. Be3 Qa5 22.
Bd2 Qc5 23. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Bg5 Qe8 8. g4 c5
9. Be3 $5 {White diverts from Crouch-Miles, Calcutta 1994.} cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5
11. Bg2 b6 $6 (11... Bd7 $1 {
will be played in Kosyrev-Nevostrujev, Ekaterinbrg 2002.}) 12. Ndb5 $1 {
White threatens 13. e5.} Rb8 13. Nxa7 Bb7 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. f3 $5 Qe6 16. Ne2 d5
$2 {Timmerman should attack the weaknesses in the right way.} (16... Nfd7 $1
17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Ne5 19. O-O Nxc4 {regains the pawn.}) 17. Nd4 $1 Qd6 18.
exd5 e6 19. O-O exd5 20. Nab5 Qd7 21. b3 Rfd8 $6 22. Rad1 Ra8 {
Black has lost a tempo.} 23. Bf4 Ne8 24. Rfe1 dxc4 25. bxc4 Qc8 26. h4 Rd7 27.
g5 Rd8 28. Bg3 Ra4 29. Qe2 Qa8 30. a3 Bxd4+ 31. Nxd4 Ng7 32. Be5 Ne8 33. Bf6 $1
Rb8 ({The pointe of the offensive shows} 33... Nxf6 $1 34. gxf6 Rxa3 35. Nf5 $1
Rxd1 ({or} 35... gxf5 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Qe8+) 36. Nh6+ Kh8 37. Nxf7+ Kg8 38.
Nh6+ Kh8 39. Qxd1 {and White wins.}) 34. Qe7 Nxf6 35. Qxf6 Nd7 36. Qe7 Nc5 37.
h5 Rf8 38. Nf5 $1 gxf5 39. Qf6 Be4 $5 {Black is lost anyway.} 40. h6 Ne6 41.
fxe4 fxe4 42. Bh3 Ra7 43. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bg5 Qe8
9. g4 Nd7 10. Be2 Ndc5 11. Rb1 ({Known is} 11. Rg1 {
(Murdzia-Bekker Jensen, Germany 1999).}) 11... Bd7 12. b4 Na4 13. Nb5 Nb6 14.
a4 Nc8 $5 {Van Oosterom plays passively.} ({More active is} 14... f5 $1) 15.
Nc3 Rb8 16. Be3 c5 17. b5 $5 Nb4 18. g5 f5 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. h4 h6 21. Rg1 a6
$6 22. h5 $1 g5 $2 ({Right is} 22... Ne7 $1 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. a5 $1 axb5 25. cxb5
{(White threatens 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Bxc5)} Rf8) 23. Nxg5 $1 {
Tarnowiecki breaks through the defence.} hxg5 24. Bxg5 Kh8 ({The pointe is} 
24... Rf8 25. h6 Bh8 26. Bh5 {(Harding).}) 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Bg4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4
Qf8 28. Ke2 $5 Ne7 ({Or} 28... Nb6 29. Rg3 Nxc4 30. Qg6 $1) 29. h6 Qf7 30. h7
Rf8 31. Rbf1 Qg7 $2 ({Strong resistance is offered by} 31... Bg5 32. Rg3 Bh6
33. Rh3 Qf6) 32. f4 Qxg4+ 33. Rxg4 Bg7 34. Rfg1 Rf7 35. f5 Bf8 36. Nd1 Nc2 37.
Kd3 Nb4+ 38. Kc3 axb5 39. axb5 Nc8 40. Nf2 Nb6 41. Rg8+ Kxh7 42. R8g3 Rg7 43.
Rxg7+ Bxg7 44. Ng4 Nd7 45. Ra1 Kg8 46. Ra7 Kf7 47. Rxb7 Ke8 48. Ra7 Kd8 49. f6
Bxf6 50. Rxd7+ Kxd7 51. Nxf6+ Ke7 52. Ng4 Kd7 53. Nf2 Na2+ 54. Kd2 Nb4 55. Nd3
Nxd3 56. Kxd3 Kc7 57. Ke2 Kd7 58. Kf3 Ke7 59. Kg4 Ke8 60. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Bf4 $1 Be7 {This line stems from Mason-Maróczy, London 1899.} 10.
Re1 O-O 11. Qf3 Re8 12. e5 $1 Nd7 13. Na4 Bb7 14. c4 Qa5 15. b3 c5 16. cxd5
Bxd5 $1 ({Ulf avoids} 16... exd5 $6 17. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 18. Qh3+ Kg8 19. Qxd7)
17. Qe2 Red8 $6 ({More active is} 17... Qb4 $1) 18. Rac1 Bc6 19. Nb2 $1 Nb6 ({
Not} 19... Qxa2 $4 20. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 21. Qc2+ Kg8 22. Ra1) 20. Bb1 (20. Qc2 $1
h6 21. Bd2 Qa3 22. Bc3 {keeps a plus.}) 20... g6 21. Be3 Rac8 22. Qg4 c4 $1 {
A fine Andersson move is made! He gives a pawn and gets a manageable defence.}
23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. Nxc4 Qb4 25. h4 Bb5 26. h5 Kg7 27. Re4 Bxc4 28. bxc4 Qd2 29.
Rf1 Qh6 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Re3 a5 32. Rh3 Qd2 33. Rf3 Qh6 34. Rh3 Qd2 35. Rf3
Qg5 36. Qxg5 Bxg5 37. Ra3 Rc5 38. f4 Be7 39. Rc3 Rcc8 40. Kf2 Rd4 41. Kf3 Bb4
42. Rd3 Rdxc4 43. Rd7 Rc3+ 44. Kg4 Re3 45. Rfd1 Rc4 46. Rb7 Be1 47. Rb3 Rcc3
48. Rxc3 Bxc3 49. Rd3 Rxd3 50. Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Bang, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Qb3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Nd5 $1 (16... Qd5 $6 {
lost in Adams-Timman, Wijk aan Zee 2000.}) 17. Rb1 Rb8 18. Bd2 Qd7 $6 (18... c6
$1 {equalises.}) 19. Qb3 c5 20. c4 Nc7 21. d5 Bd6 22. a4 b6 23. Qc2 Rfe8 24.
Rfe1 Kg8 25. g3 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 a6 $2 {
Harding does not inform us, why Black loses: Bang weakens his queenside.} ({
Correct is} 26... Re8 {and the exchanges will continue.}) 27. Bd2 b5 28. Be3 $1
Re8 29. Nd2 $1 {Timmerman restrict the queenside.} b4 30. Nb3 $1 Qe7 31. Re1 h5
$5 32. a5 h4 33. Kg2 Qd7 34. Qg6 f5 $5 35. Nd2 h3+ $5 36. Kf1 Be5 37. Bg5 Bd6
38. Rb1 Rf8 39. Rb3 Be5 40. Re3 Bf6 41. Bxf6 Rxf6 42. Qh5 Rh6 43. Qe2 f4 $5 {
The flight forwards continues.} 44. gxf4 Kf8 45. Ne4 Qf5 46. Nxc5 Qg6 47. Re7
Qg2+ 48. Ke1 Qg1+ 49. Kd2 Qxh2 50. Nd7+ Kg8 51. Re8+ $1 Nxe8 ({Or} 51... Kh7
52. Qe4+ Rg6 53. Nf8+ {(Harding).}) 52. Qxe8+ Kh7 53. Nf8+ Kg8 54. Ne6+ Kh7 55.
Ng5# 1-0

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. f5 Be7 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Be3 Qc7 12. O-O b5 $5 13. a3 e5 14. Nde2 Bb7 15.
Ng3 Nxb3 16. cxb3 b4 $5 {
Elwert brings a funny novelty. The white triple pawn brings no advantage.} 17.
axb4 Bc6 18. Nh5 Rfd8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. b5 $5 axb5 21. b4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Ra8
23. Rd1 Be7 24. h3 Qb7 25. Kh2 Ra6 26. Bf2 Qa8 27. Nd5 Qb7 28. f6 $5 {
Timmerman creates a lively finale.} Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxf6 30. Qd3 $1 h6 31. Rxb5
Qc7 32. Ra5 Rxa5 33. bxa5 Qxa5 34. Qxd6 Qb5 35. b4 Qb7 36. Qb6 Qxe4 37. b5 Bg5
38. Qc5 h5 39. b6 h4 40. Bg1 Bf4+ 41. Kh1 Qb1 42. Qc7 Be3 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44.
Qxh4+ Kg8 45. Qd8+ Kh7 46. Qh4+ Kg8 47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qf3 Bf5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Re3 Be4 19. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 20. Qf6 Qg4 21.
Qxg5+ Qxg5 22. Bxg5 f5 23. Nd2 Rae8 24. a4 f4 25. axb5 $1 (25. Re1 {
was played in Jonsson-Berzinsh, Hallberg 1993.}) 25... axb5 26. gxf4 Bxf4 27.
Bxf4 Rxf4 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Re3 Kf6 30. Kf1 Kf5 31. Ke2 h5 32. Rg3 Rg4 33. Nf1
Rxg3 34. hxg3 {Timmerman stays prudent.} ({A great risk is taken by} 34. Nxg3+
$2 Kg4 35. Ke3 h4 36. Nxe4 Kh3 37. f3 Kxh2 38. Kf2 Rg8) 34... Ra8 35. Ne3+ Kg5
36. Kd2 Ra2 37. Kc2 Ra6 38. Kd2 Ra2 39. Kc2 Ra6 40. Kd2 Ra2 {
A hazardous opening was followed by a quiet draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. f5 b5 10. Qf3 Bd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6+ Kf8 15.
fxe6 b4 $1 ({Van Oosterom improves on} 15... Qc8 {
(Istratescu-Badea, Bucharest 1997).}) 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Qf3 fxe6 18. O-O h6 $5 {
Joop chooses the sharpest move each time. Exchange is more prudent.} 19. Rad1
Qb6 $5 20. Be3 Qc6 21. Qg3 Nxb3 22. axb3 Qe4 23. c4 Kf7 $5 24. Nc1 Rhd8 25.
Rde1 Qg6 $5 26. Qxe5 Bd6 27. Qa5 Kg8 28. Kh1 Ng4 29. Bg1 {
Black has given a pawn.} Bg3 $1 {And gets an attack.} 30. Re2 ({The pointe is} 
30. hxg3 $4 Rd5 $1) 30... Rf8 $5 31. Rf3 Bf4 $5 32. Nd3 Bxh2 $1 33. Qxa6 ({Not
} 33. Bxh2 $4 Rxf3 $1 34. gxf3 Qxd3) 33... Bxg1 34. Kxg1 Rcd8 {
White has to make a difficult decision.} 35. Ne1 $5 ({
He could exchange towards a rook ending by} 35. Qxe6+ Qxe6 36. Rxe6 Rxf3 37.
gxf3 Rxd3 38. fxg4 Rxb3 39. Kf2 $3 ({not} 39. Re2 $2 Rg3+ 40. Rg2 Rxg2+ 41.
Kxg2 b3 $1) 39... Rxb2+ 40. Ke3 {and draw by accurate play.}) 35... Rfe8 36.
Qc6 Qh5 37. Rh3 Qf7 38. Rf3 Qh5 39. Rh3 Qg5 40. Rd3 e5 41. Rxd8 Rxd8 42. g3 Kh8
43. Qe4 Rd4 44. Qa8+ $2 (44. Qf3 $1 {keeps a potential check.} Rd1 45. Qf8+ {
draws.}) 44... Kh7 45. Qf3 Qg6 46. c5 h5 47. Ng2 $5 {White prevents .. h4.} Rd3
48. Qe4 Rd1+ 49. Ne1 Rc1 50. Kf1 Rxc5 51. Nd3 Rb5 52. Qxg6+ Kxg6 53. Re4 Ra5
54. Nxb4 Kf5 55. Re1 Rb5 56. Nc6 Kf6 (56... Rxb3 $6 57. Rxe5+ $1 Nxe5 58. Nd4+
{puts the win at risk.}) 57. b4 Rb6 58. Rc1 Ke6 59. Rc3 Kd6 60. Na5 Rxb4 61. b3
Kd5 62. Ke2 Nh6 63. Rd3+ Ke6 64. Nc4 Nf5 65. Kf2 e4 66. Rc3 Kd5 67. Ne3+ Nxe3
68. Kxe3 g5 69. Ke2 Kd4 70. Kd2 g4 {Pawn g3 will fall soon.} 0-1

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Ne7 8. c4
d6 9. Nc3 e5 10. Qe2 Be6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nd7 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6
15. Rac1 O-O-O 16. Na1 Kb8 17. b3 g6 18. Nc2 f5 19. Be2 Rhe8 20. Rd2 fxe4 21.
Rcd1 Kc7 22. Nxe4 d5 23. cxd5 Nbxd5 24. Ng5 Bg8 25. Bc4 b5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27.
Ne3 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 h5 29. Ne4 Rd8 30. Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Bang, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O $6 7. Bxc6 $1
dxc6 8. Nxe5 Re8 9. Nf3 c5 $6 ({Better is} 9... Bg4) 10. d3 $5 b6 $6 11. Nbd2
Bb7 $6 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Bf4 Nf8 14. Bg3 Ne6 15. c3 Bf6 {
Black has no compensation for the pawn.} 16. Qb3 $1 h5 17. h4 a5 18. Rad1 Nf8
19. Ne3 Ng6 20. Nf5 Ne7 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. d4 a4 23. Qc4 Ba6 24. Qd5 g6 25. Qc6
Bc4 26. d5 $1 Rec8 27. Bxc7 Ra7 28. e5 Raxc7 29. Qxf6 {
Van Oosterom scored a simple win.} 1-0

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 b5 11. Be3 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Na5 15.
Nxa5 Qxa5 16. fxe5 Rad8 17. e6 fxe6 18. dxe6 Qe5 19. Qd4 Qxe6 20. Bc4 d5 21.
Bd3 a5 22. Qb6 Qxb6 23. Bxb6 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Ra8 25. Re1 Bf6 26. b3 Kf7 27. Bb5
Rc8 $5 28. Re2 ({Or} 28. Bxa5 Rxc2 29. Bxb4 Bb2) 28... Bd8 29. Ba7 Bc6 30. Bd3
g6 31. Bd4 Bd7 32. Rf2+ Ke8 33. Kg1 Rc6 34. Kf1 Bb6 35. Bxb6 Rxb6 36. Ke2 Re6+
37. Kd2 Ke7 38. g3 Rf6 39. Rxf6 Kxf6 40. c3 bxc3+ 41. Kxc3 Ke5 42. b4 axb4+ 43.
Kxb4 Bxa4 $5 {Elwert ends the game with a joke.} 44. Kxa4 Kd4 45. Bb5 Ke3 46.
Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
Qa5 9. Bd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa4 11. c3 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 h6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Rh3 $5
O-O $6 {Tarnowiecki makes a strategic error after the novelty. His kingside
will become a target.} ({Better is} 14... Na5 15. Rg3 Kf8 $1) 15. Rf3 Na5 16.
g4 Nc4 17. Bc1 $1 {
The weakness h6 invites an attack. White is ready to strike with g5.} f6 $1 {
Black makes a courageous decision. He gives the weak pawn for a counterattack.}
18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Bxh6 e5 $1 21. f3 $6 (21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. f3 exd4
23. cxd4 {keeps more advantage.}) 21... Nb2+ 22. Kc2 Nxd3 23. Kxd3 e4+ $1 24.
Ke3 $5 (24. fxe4 dxe4+ 25. Kxe4 Bxg4 26. Rf1 {brings a plus.}) 24... Kh7 25.
Bf4 exf3 26. g5 fxg5 27. Bxg5 Nf5+ 28. Kf2 $5 Rc8 29. Rc1 Nd6 30. Nxf3 Bg4 31.
Bf4 Ne4+ 32. Ke3 Bxh5 33. c4 Bxf3 34. Kxf3 Kg6 35. cxd5 Rxc1 36. Bxc1 Kf5 37.
Bf4 Nc3 38. d6 Ke6 39. Ke3 Nd5+ 40. Ke4 Nxf4 41. Kxf4 Kxd6 42. Ke4 b5 43. a4
bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millennium Email"]
[Site "NBC 2000-02"]
[Date "2000.01.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 b6 11. bxa5 Nh5 12. Re1 f5 13. Bb4 bxa5 14. Ba3 Nf4 15.
Bf1 fxe4 16. Nd2 Nf5 ({The next year} 16... Nd3 $5 17. Bxd3 exd3 18. Nde4 {
was played in Delchev-Smirin, Pula 2001.}) 17. Ndxe4 Nd4 18. Nb5 Qh4 19. f3 ({
Not} 19. Nxc7 $2 Bg4 20. f3 Nxg2 $1 21. Bxg2 Bxf3 22. Qc1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nf3)
19... Nh3+ $1 20. Kh1 {The critical position has been reached. Timmerman
always wants to fight and plays a wonderful combination.} Qxe4 $2 ({
Harding misses in his comments} 20... Nf2+ 21. Nxf2 Nxb5 22. cxb5 Qxf2 23. Qe2
{and a boring equlity.}) 21. Rxe4 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Nc2 $5 24. Bb2 Rf7
$6 ({Preferable is} 24... Bf5 25. Re2 Bh6 26. Nxc7 Rac8 27. Nb5 Rf6) 25. Re2
Nb4 26. Bc3 Bf5 27. a3 Na6 28. Bxa5 Bh6 29. a4 Bg5 30. Ra1 h5 31. Ree1 Bd8 32.
Ra3 Kh7 33. Bd2 Bh4 34. g3 Bf6 35. a5 Bg7 36. Bd3 Bh3 37. Bf1 Bf5 38. h4 Bh6
39. Bxh6 Kxh6 40. Bd3 Nc5 41. Bxf5 gxf5 42. f4 exf4 $5 ({Or} 42... e4 43. Nd4)
43. gxf4 Rg7+ 44. Kh2 Rg4 45. Nxc7 Rxh4+ 46. Kg3 Rg4+ 47. Kh3 Rc8 48. Nb5 Ne4
49. Rf1 Rxc4 50. a6 Rg8 51. a7 Ra8 52. Ra6 Rg8 $1 53. Ra2 $1 (53. a8=Q $4 Rg3+
54. Kh2 Rc2+ 55. Kh1 Rh3+ {draws.}) 53... Ra8 54. Rb1 h4 55. Nxd6 Nxd6 56. Rb6
Kh5 57. Rxd6 Rc3+ 58. Kh2 Kg4 59. Rg6+ Kxf4 60. Rc6 Rd3 61. Rb6 Rxd5 62. Rb8 {
Van Oosterom had defeated Timmerman for the first time.} 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Black "Berliner, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{The International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF) celebrated its
fiftieth anniversary in 2001. A special Jubilee event started on 1 vii 2001.
All living world champions took part in an email tournament. If the champ had
no computer, it was made available. Van Oosterom donated 25,000 euro as prize
money.   The nine participants were Hans Berliner (5th champion; born in 1929),
Horst Rittner (6th; 1930), Jorn Sloth (8th; 1944), Tonu Oim (9th and 14th;
1941), Vytas Palciauskas (10th; 1941), Fritz Baumbach (11th; 1935), Grigory
Sanakoev (12th; 1935), Mikhail Umansky (13th; 1952) and Gert Jan Timmerman
(15th; 1956). Tournament director was Nol van 't Riet. The last fight ended on
24 xii 2004. Some games lasted more than three years. Umansky showed a
superior positional style, but some moves came as a big surprise. He won the
tournament within two years and scored 7/8! Palciauskas, Timmerman and
Baumbach shared the second place. Palciauskas scored wins by two intense
attacks. The mysterious Timmerman held a prophylactic grip on his opponents.
He won twice and drew by a perpetual six times. Players were great friends of
Fritz (Baumbach). Berliner had not played correspondence chess since 1968. His
two losses were a sensation. A lack of analyses by the players hampered my
work but I did my best. Jan van Reek} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12.
Bb4 Ra6 $5 13. a4 Nc5 14. a5 Kh8 $6 ({Theory is} 14... f5) (14... b6 $1 15.
Bxc5 bxc5 {defends in a surprising way.}) 15. Nd2 Ng8 $6 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Nb3
Qe7 18. Na4 b6 19. Nc3 f5 20. axb6 Rxb6 $6 {Now pawn c5 lacks protection.} 21.
Ra5 Nf6 22. Nxc5 Nxe4 23. N5xe4 fxe4 24. Qd2 $6 {White makes an odd move.} ({
The obvious} 24. Nxe4 Bf5 25. Bd3 {
gains a material advantage. Berliner continues with} Bxe4 26. Bxe4 {He regards
his position as drawn due to the control over the dark squares. One could also
mention the opponent's control over the rest!?}) 24... Bf5 25. c5 Rb3 26. Rb5
Rxb5 27. Nxb5 Qxc5 28. Rc1 e3 $5 29. fxe3 Qe7 30. Rxc7 Qf6 31. Rc6 Qh4 32. Rc4
e4 33. g3 Qf6 34. Rc6 Qe5 35. Rc7 h5 36. d6 Rd8 37. Qd4 $6 {
White stops his efforts to win.} Qxd4 38. Nxd4 Bxd4 39. exd4 Rxd6 40. Rc4 e3
41. Rc3 Rxd4 42. Rxe3 Kg7 43. Bf3 Kf6 44. h4 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Black "Oim, Tonu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 c5 8.
Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. O-O Bb7 $1 ({Known is} 12...
Qd6 $6 13. Nc4 $1 Qd7 {(Nielsen-Ehlvest, Stockholm 1999).}) 13. Rfd1 Na6 14.
Nc4 $1 Qd7 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Rac1 {White bombards pawn d5.} Kh8 $6 ({Best is} 
16... Qc8 $1 17. dxc5 d4 18. Bxb7 ({not} 18. c6 $2 dxe3 19. cxb7 exd2 20.
bxc8=Q dxc1=Q 21. Qxd8 Qxc3) 18... Qxb7 19. Nf5 Nxc5) 17. dxc5 d4 $2 (17...
Nxc5 $1 18. b4 d4 $1 19. bxc5 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 dxc3 {survives by exchanges.}) 18.
c6 $1 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Nf5 Nc5 21. Nxd4 Qd7 22. Qf4 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24.
Qf3 Qxf3 25. Nxf3 g6 26. b4 Ne6 27. e3 Kg7 28. Ne5 Re7 29. Kg2 Rxd1 30. Rxd1
Rc7 31. Rd6 Rc2 32. Rd7 Rc7 33. Rd6 Rc2 34. Rd7 Rc7 35. Rxc7 Nxc7 36. Nc6 Nd5
37. a3 a6 38. e4 Nc3 39. Kf3 Nb1 40. a4 a5 41. Nxa5 $1 Nc3 ({Or} 41... bxa5 42.
bxa5 Nc3 43. a6 Nxa4 44. a7 Nb6 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Kd4) 42. Nc4 Nxa4 43. Ke3 Kf6
44. Kd4 Ke6 45. f4 h5 46. Ne3 Kd6 47. Nd5 Ke6 48. Kc4 Nb2+ 49. Kc3 Nd1+ 50. Kd4
Nf2 51. Nxb6 Ng4 52. h3 Nf2 53. Nc4 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Black "Rittner, Horst"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb7 14. Nfg5 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Qc7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Ne4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Rad8 20. Rad1
Qa8 21. Qc3 Nb8 22. Qf3 Na6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 h6 25. Rd7 $1 {
Baumbach starts a combination.} f5 $1 ({Black avoids the trap} 25... Rxd7 $4
26. Nf6+ gxf6 27. Qxa8+) 26. g4 $1 Nc5 $1 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Nxc5 bxc5 29. h3
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Black "Sloth, Jorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. Bxb4 axb4 10. Qxd4 Nf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nb3 c5 13. Qd3 Qe7 14. Rfd1 Ra6
15. a3 bxa3 16. Rxa3 Rb6 17. Rd2 Re8 (17... g6 $6 {
was played in  Naumkin-Keitlinghaus, Berlin 1991.}) 18. Nc1 $1 Ne4 $6 ({
Better is} 18... Ng4) 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. Na2 {
Black has exchanged towards a lesser endgame.} Kf8 $1 ({Not} 21... Rxc4 $2 22.
Ra8 Rc6 23. Rxd6 $1) 22. Nc3 Rxc4 $6 ({Black should accept the retreat} 22...
Re8 23. Nb5 Rd8) 23. Ra8 Rc6 24. Nb5 Ke7 25. Na7 Rc1+ 26. Kg2 Bd7 27. Nxc6+
Bxc6+ 28. f3 d5 29. g4 h6 30. h4 Rc4 31. Kg3 Ke6 32. e3 Rb4 33. Rc2 Kf6 $5 34.
Ra5 $5 b6 35. Ra7 Ke6 36. Rc7 Bd7 37. h5 Rb3 38. Rb7 Ba4 $6 ({
The critical line is} 38... Bc6 39. Rb8 Kd6 40. Rg8 Rxe3 41. g5 $1 Re6 42. Rxg7
hxg5 43. Rh2) 39. Rb8 Ke5 40. Rd2 Bc6 41. Rc8 Bd7 42. Rg8 Kf6 43. Rxd5 Be6 44.
Rd6 $1 b5 (44... Rxb2 45. Re8 $1 Ke5 46. Rd1 $1 Re2 47. f4+ Ke4 48. f5 {
shows the pointe.}) 45. e4 Rxb2 46. Re8 Rb3 47. Kf4 Rb4 ({Or} 47... g5+ 48.
hxg6 Kxg6 49. Rdd8 $1) 48. Rb6 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berliner, Hans"]
[Black "Oim, Tonu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. Rc1 Be7 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Ng3 $5 {
Berliner tries a new move.} b5 13. Qb3 Rc8 14. f3 $1 Bh5 $2 {
Oim misses a combination.} ({Right is} 14... Na5 $1 15. Qd1 Bh5) 15. Nxb5 $1
axb5 16. Bxb5 Qb6 17. Qa4 O-O 18. Rxc6 Rxc6 19. Bxc6 Qxb2 20. O-O Bg6 21. Qa6
Qa3 22. Qxa3 Bxa3 {
Black has stopped the extra pawn. White makes insufficient progress, hereafter.
} 23. Re1 Rc8 24. Ba4 Bb4 25. Ra1 Ba3 26. Bb3 h6 27. Kf2 Bc2 28. Ne2 Rc6 29.
Rh1 Nd7 30. g4 g5 31. Bg3 Kg7 32. h4 Nb6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. f4 Be4 35. Rh3 gxf4
36. Bxf4 Nc4 37. g5 Be7 38. Ng3 Bg6 39. Rh6 Kg8 40. Ke2 Bf8 41. Rh2 Na5 42. Be5
Bg7 43. Bxg7 Kxg7 44. Kf3 f6 45. gxf6+ Kxf6 46. Kf4 Nxb3 47. axb3 Rb6 48. Rb2
Rb4 49. Ne2 Bd3 50. Nc1 e5+ 51. Kg3 Be4 52. Rd2 Rb8 53. Ra2 Rc8 54. Ne2 Bd3 55.
Kf2 Bxe2 56. Kxe2 exd4 57. exd4 Rc3 58. Rb2 Kf5 59. b4 Ke4 60. b5 Rh3 61. Kd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berliner, Hans"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. f3
{Berliner plays his pet move.} Qe7 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 $5 Ne5 11. Ne2 g5 $5 12.
Bg3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 e5 {Long manoeuvring in a closed position begins.} 14. Bf2
Bd7 15. h4 g4 16. h5 Nh7 17. Bh4 Ng5 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Ng3 f6 20. Kd2 O-O-O 21.
Raf1 Qf7 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Qe3 Rdf8 24. Qf2 Kc7 25. a4 Qe8 (25... Bxh5 26. Nxh5
Rxh5 27. Qxf6 {draws.}) 26. a5 Qa4 27. Kd3 Kb8 28. Nf5 $5 {
White opens the game.} Bxf5 29. Qxf5 Qxa5 30. h6 Qd8 31. h7 Rf7 32. Rh6 Kc7 33.
Rfh1 Qd7 34. Qe6 f5 35. exf5 Rxf5 36. Qxd7+ Kxd7 37. Rg6 Rf7 38. Rhh6 Rfxh7 39.
Rxd6+ Kc7 40. Rxh7+ Rxh7 41. Rg6 e4+ $5 42. Kxe4 Rh4+ 43. Ke5 $1 Rxc4 44. d6+
Kc6 45. Rg8 Rxc3 46. Rc8+ Kd7 47. Rc7+ Ke8 48. Re7+ Kd8 49. Rxb7 Re3+ 50. Kd5
Ra3 51. Rg7 c4 $1 {
The white king should not be allowed to hide behind the c-pawn.} ({Not} 51...
a5 $4 52. Kc6) 52. g3 Ra1 53. Kxc4 Ra5 54. Kd4 Ke8 55. Ke4 Kd8 56. Kf3 Rd5 57.
Rxa7 Rxd6 58. Kg4 Ke8 59. Kxg5 Kf8 60. g4 Kg8 61. Kh5 Rc6 62. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berliner, Hans"]
[Black "Sloth, Jorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 d6 6. f3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e4 Re8
9. Qc2 $5 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Bb5 Qa5 $5 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. Nge2 c4 14. O-O
Bc5+ 15. Kh1 b5 16. a3 Rb8 17. f4 $1 Qb6 18. Ng3 Nf8 $5 19. f5 $1 {
White has to move forwards before Black breaks through the queenside.} Nh7 20.
Nh5 Bd7 21. Rae1 Bd4 $6 (21... b4 $1 22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Re2 Rb7 {
keeps the mutual fight going.}) 22. Ne2 Be5 $2 {
The bishop is used in vain as a protector of g7.} (22... Be3 23. Rf3 f6 {
survives the assault but makes positional concessions.}) 23. f6 $1 {
White opens the kingside.} g5 ({Or} 23... g6 24. Qd2 $1 Ng5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26.
Qxg5 Kh7 27. Ng7 Rh8 28. Nf5 $1 Kg8 29. Ne7+ Kf8 30. Nf4) 24. Bf2 Qc7 25. Bd4
Bg4 26. Bxe5 dxe5 27. Neg3 Rb6 28. Ng7 Rd8 29. N7f5 Rxf6 30. Qc3 Re8 31. h3
Bxf5 32. Nxf5 Qd7 33. b3 Nf8 $6 (33... cxb3 34. Qxb3 a6 {delays the loss.}) 34.
bxc4 bxc4 35. Qxc4 Kh7 36. Ne3 Rb6 37. Rb1 Ng6 38. Rxb6 axb6 39. Qc6 Qxc6 40.
dxc6 Ne7 41. Rxf7+ Kg6 42. Rxe7 Rxe7 43. Nd5 Kf7 44. c7 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berliner, Hans"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Bd3 a6 8. Nge2 b5
9. cxb5 axb5 10. b4 Nbd7 11. a4 bxa4 12. Rxa4 Rb8 13. b5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 Ne8 15.
O-O Nc7 16. Bd3 e5 17. Qd2 Ne6 18. Bb5 Nc7 19. Bd3 Ne6 20. Bb5 Nc7 21. Bd3 {
Berliner was happy to draw against the ruling world champion. He claimed to
have found 'White begins and wins', but did not prove it in this tournament.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oim, Tonu"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. h4 a5 15. Kb1
a4 16. Nbc1 Nc7 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 {
The players have followed Shovunov-Zagrebelny, Krasnodar 1998.} b3 $5 19. cxb3
axb3 20. a3 $1 Qb8 $2 {Black allows a successful onslaught.} (20... Ne5 $1 {
is okay (Morchiashvili-Danner, Batumi 2002).}) 21. Nxe6 fxe6 (21... Nxe6 22. h5
{has a similar effect.}) 22. h5 $1 Qb7 23. g6 $1 Ne5 ({Or} 23... h6 24. Bxh6 $1
) 24. gxh7+ Kh8 25. Qg2 Ne8 26. Nd3 Bf6 27. h6 g5 28. Bxg5 Qxh7 29. Bxf6+ Nxf6
30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. Qg5 Qc7 32. Rc1 Nxe4 33. Qe3 Qb7 34. Rh4 Nf6 35. Qxe5 Qd5 36.
Qe3 Rac8 37. Bc4 {
Sanakoev erred in a razor-sharp variation of the Sicilian Defence.} 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oim, Tonu"]
[Black "Sloth, Jorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Bd3 Bxh2+ 16. Kf1 {Oim diverts from Emms-Knott, Millfield 2000.} Bf4
17. Qh5 f5 18. g4 Rd8 19. c3 Qe7 $5 20. gxf5 e5 {
Sloth has chosen a clever defence.} 21. Rad1 ({The pointe is shown by} 21.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 22. f6+ Kh6 $1 23. fxe7 Re8) 21... h6 22. Ne2 Bg5 23. Ng3 Bd7 24.
Bc4 Be8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ne4 Kf8 $2 ({Correct is} 26... Kg7 $1 27. Nxg5 Qxg5
28. Qxg5+ hxg5 29. Rxe5 Kf6) 27. Nxg5 Qxg5 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. f6 Rd6 $6 (29...
Rd2 $1 {gives the last chance.}) 30. Rxe5 Rxf6 31. Rxg5 Ke7 32. Re5+ Kd8 33.
Ke2 Bc6 34. Bd5 Kd7 35. Bxc6+ Rxc6 36. Ke3 Rh6 37. Kf4 Rh2 38. Re2 Rg2 39. a4
b6 40. Kf5 Rg6 41. f4 Rc6 42. Re4 Kd8 43. c4 a5 44. b3 Kd7 45. Re5 Rh6 46. Rb5
Kc6 47. c5 bxc5 48. Rxa5 Rh3 49. Rb5 Rd3 50. Kf6 Rd7 51. b4 Rd4 52. Rxc5+ Kd6
53. f5 Rxb4 54. Rc1 Rb7 55. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oim, Tonu"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Nd5
Ba7 9. Bg5 $6 Qxg5 $1 (9... Nge7 {
was played in Hostinsky-Vorisek, Czechia 1996.}) 10. Nxc7+ Ke7 $1 ({
Timmerman improves on} 10... Kd7 {(Hanison - Toothill, BFCC Veterans 2000).})
11. Nxa8 Nf6 12. Qd2 $1 (12. a5 $2 {is refuted by} Bg4 13. f3 Nxe4 $1 14. Nb6
Bxb6 15. axb6 Qh4+ 16. g3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qxg3+ 18. Kd2 Qf4+ {(Schön).}) 12...
Qh4 $1 13. Bd3 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 15. Qe2 $6 {
Harding misses the inaccuracy of this move.} (15. Kd1 $1 Bg4+ 16. f3 Bxf3+ 17.
gxf3 Qxf3+ 18. Qe2+ Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Rxa8 20. Rad1 {nearly equalises.}) 15...
Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 Bf5 {Black has gained a plus.} 17. Nc7 Bxc2 18. Nc1 Be4 19. Re1
$1 {White has to give a pawn.} ({Bad is} 19. f3 $2 Nd4+ 20. Kd2 Bc6) 19... Bxg2
20. Nb5 $1 Bb6 ({The pointe is} 20... axb5 21. axb5 Nd4+ 22. Kd3+ Kf6 23. Rxa7)
21. Rg1 Bd5 22. Nc3 Bc4+ {
Black has achieved a material equality and positional advantage.} 23. Kf3 Nd4+
24. Kg2 Nc2 ({More useful is} 24... Rc8 $1 25. a5 Ba7) 25. Rb1 Kd7 26. Rd1 Nb4
27. Rd2 f6 28. N1e2 Re8 29. Ng3 Bb3 30. Nf5 Bc5 31. Nd4 Bc4 32. Rbd1 Kc7 33.
Nf5 Bb3 34. Rc1 Nc6 35. Rd3 g6 36. Ne3 Kb8 37. Ned5 Bd4 38. Nf4 Be5 39. Nfd5 g5
40. Rh3 $1 {White has found a counteraction.} Ne7 41. Nb6 Ka7 42. a5 Bg8 43.
Rd1 Ng6 44. Kf1 Nf4 45. Rh6 Bb3 46. Rd2 Be6 47. f3 d5 48. Rxh7 d4 49. Ne4 Bf5
50. Rh6 Bh3+ 51. Kf2 d3 52. Kg3 Be6 53. Kf2 Bd4+ 54. Kf1 Be3 55. Rxd3 Nxd3 56.
Ke2 Bc1 57. Kxd3 Bxb2 58. Nxf6 Bf5+ 59. Kc4 Re3 $1 {
Black activates the battle again.} 60. h4 gxh4 61. Nfd5 Ra3 62. Rd6 Rxa5 63.
Rd8 Rxd5 64. Nxd5 h3 65. Nc3 Be6+ 66. Kd3 b5 67. Rd4 Bf5+ 68. Kd2 Ba3 69. Rh4
Bd6 70. Ne2 Kb6 71. Nd4 Bd7 72. Rh7 Bc8 73. Ke3 Kc5 74. Rh8 Bd7 75. Rh7 Bc8 76.
Rh8 Bd7 77. Rh7 h2 $1 {Timmerman avoids a repetition and plays for a win!} 78.
f4 Kc4 79. Nf3 Kc3 80. Rxh2 Bc5+ $1 {The last trap has been set.} 81. Ke2 $1 {
Hereafter, White has a forced draw.} ({The alternative} 81. Ke4 $2 Bc6+ 82. Ke5
Bxf3 83. Rh3 b4 84. Rxf3+ Kc4 {
lead to great difficulties for White, but the variation} 85. f5 b3 86. Rf4+ Kc3
87. Rf3+ Kc2 88. Kd5 $1 b2 89. Rf1 Bf8 90. Kc4 b1=Q 91. Rxb1 Kxb1 92. Kb3 {
draws.}) 81... b4 82. Nd2 Bg4+ 83. Ke1 Be3 84. Rg2 Bxd2+ 85. Rxd2 b3 86. Rd6 $1
a5 87. Rc6+ Kd3 88. Rd6+ Kc3 89. Rc6+ Kd3 90. Rd6+ Kc3 91. Rc6+ Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oim, Tonu"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. e6 $5 fxe6 8.
Ng5 Nf6 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. cxd6 $6 ({Better is} 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bb5 {
(Vasiukov-Tseshkovsky, Leningrad 1974).}) 10... exd6 11. Bc4 d5 12. Bb3 O-O 13.
O-O {The players have followed the game Shirazi-Christiansen, Palo Alto 1981.
Black has a plus.} h6 14. Nf3 Kh7 15. Qd3 a5 16. Na4 $6 (16. a3 $1 {
prevents the next move.}) 16... Nb4 $1 17. Qb5 Bd7 $1 {
Black makes a temporary pawn sacrifice.} 18. Qxb7 Ne4 $1 19. Be3 Bxa4 20. Bxa4
Nd6 21. Qb6 Qxb6 22. Bxb6 Nc4 23. Bd4 Nxb2 24. Bd7 $6 ({Correct is} 24. Bxb2
Bxb2 25. Rab1) 24... Nxc2 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rac1 Ne3 27. Nd4 $1 Nxf1 28. Nxe6+
Kf6 29. Nxf8 Rxf8 30. Rxf1 d4 31. Rb1 Rb8 {
Oim has kept the material equality, but Umansky increased his positional edge.}
32. Ba4 Rb4 33. Bb3 Nc4 34. Rc1 Ne3 35. Rc6+ Kf5 36. Ra6 Kxf4 37. Kf2 Ke4 38.
Rxa5 ({Not} 38. Rxg6 $2 a4) 38... Kd3 39. Ra6 g5 40. h3 Rb5 41. g4 Rb8 $1 42.
Rf6 $1 Kd2 43. Kf3 d3 44. Rxh6 Rf8+ 45. Ke4 Rf4+ 46. Ke5 Nc4+ $1 {
Black strives for the right exchanges.} 47. Kd5 Na5 48. h4 $1 Rxg4 49. hxg5
Rxg5+ 50. Kd4 Rg4+ 51. Kc5 Nxb3+ 52. axb3 Kc3 53. Rh3 {
Umansky has to solve technical problems.} Re4 54. Rg3 ({Avoids} 54. b4 Rc4+ $1)
54... Re5+ 55. Kc6 Kd4 56. b4 Re6+ 57. Kb5 d2 58. Rg8 Kd5 59. Rg5+ Re5 $1 {
White has no tricks left.} 60. Rg1 Re1 61. Rg5+ Ke6 62. Rg6+ Ke5 63. Rg5+ Kf6 {
Umansky played a marvellous positional game.} 0-1

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Black "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. b3 Nc5 13. Qe3 Bd7 14. Rab1 Bc6
15. f3 a5 16. Kh1 b6 17. Rfd1 Qb8 18. Be1 Qb7 19. a3 Rfc8 20. Bf2 Be5 21. Rd2
Re8 22. Bf1 Reb8 23. Bh4 Ne6 24. Rdd1 Re8 25. Nd5 Rab8 26. Bf2 Nc5 27. Qg5 Rbc8
28. Qh4 Bxd5 29. cxd5 b5 30. b4 Na4 31. bxa5 $5 {The game comes to life.} Nc3
32. Bb6 Nxb1 33. Rxb1 Rc3 34. Bxb5 Rec8 35. Bc6 R8xc6 ({An alternative brings} 
35... Qa6 $5 36. Qxe7 Qd3 37. Rg1 Qd2 38. Qh4 Rxa3) 36. dxc6 Qxc6 37. Bg1 Bf6
38. Qh6 Qa8 39. a4 (39. a6 $1 Qxa6 40. Rb8+ Rc8 41. Rxc8+ Qxc8 42. Qe3 {
gains a plus.}) 39... Rc4 40. a6 Bd4 41. Bxd4 Rxd4 42. a5 Ra4 43. Qg5 Qxa6 44.
Qxe7 Qb5 $1 {Baumbach allows himself some fun after a lengthy defence.} 45. Rd1
Rd4 46. Rc1 Qc5 47. Rb1 Kg7 48. a6 Rc4 49. h4 Ra4 50. Kh2 Rxa6 51. Rb7 (51. Rb7
Qe5+ 52. Qxe5+ dxe5 {draws.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Black "Berliner, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 exd4 $5 7. Re1 d5 8.
Bg5 $5 {A rare correspondence chess line is used.} Qd6 9. c4 $5 ({
White diverts from} 9. Nbd2 {(Bradley-Shories, corr. 1908).}) 9... dxc3 10.
Nxc3 Be6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd4 $5 {Palciauskas plays in a gambit style.} (12.
Rxe4 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Be7 {allows a quick draw.}) 12... Qd5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 $2 ({
Right is} 13... Qxe6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qa4 f5 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. Qxc6+ Kf7) 14.
Qh5+ g6 15. Qh4 Bc5 16. Rad1 Qf5 ({Or} 16... Qxa2 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Bh6 $1)
17. g4 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Qxg5 19. Rxe4 Qe7 20. Qf3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Bxc6+
bxc6 23. Rxe6+ Kd7 24. Qxc6+ Kc8 25. Qxa6+ Kb8 26. Re4 Qd1+ 27. Qf1 Rd8 28.
Qxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kf2 g5 30. Rb4+ Ka7 31. Rb3 c5 32. h3 c4 33. Ra3+ Kb6 34. Ke3
Rb1 35. Kd4 Rxb2 36. Kxc4 Rd2 37. Rb3+ Kc6 38. a3 Rd1 39. Rf3 Rd6 40. a4 Kb6
41. Rf5 Rh6 42. Rxg5 Rxh3 43. Rb5+ Ka6 44. Rh5 Rg3 45. g5 Rg1 46. Kd5 Rd1+ 47.
Ke6 {The defeat of the invincible Berliner was a sensation.} 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Black "Oim, Tonu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 d4
$1 {The temporary pawn sacrifice is okay.} 15. b5 Na5 16. exd4 Qd5 17. g4 Bg6
18. Rc1 Rae8 19. Rc3 Be4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Be5 f6 22. Bc7 Bxc7 23. Rxc7 Nb3 24.
Qc2 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 26. Re1 Rd8 27. Qe2 Rd1 28. a4 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qd1 30.
Qxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kg2 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Black "Rittner, Horst"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Bb2 Bd6 15.
Rc2 Qe7 16. Qc1 Nf6 17. e3 c5 18. Rd1 cxd4 19. exd4 Rc7 20. Re1 Rfc8 21. a3 Bb7
22. Qd1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. f3 exf3 25. Bxf3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Bxa3 27. Bxa3 Qxa3
28. Rxe6 Qa1+ 29. Kg2 Qxd4 30. Qxf5 Rf8 31. Qe4 Qd1 32. Qe2 Qb1 33. Re8 Rcf7
34. Rxf8+ Rxf8 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rittner, Horst"]
[Black "Berliner, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 10. Ba3 d6 11. exd6 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bg7 13. cxd5 Bxe2 14. Kxe2
Bxa1 15. Rc1 O-O-O 16. Rxc6 Rd7 17. Nd2 Re8+ 18. Kd3 Re5 19. Nc4 Rxd5+ 20. Ke4
Rd4+ 21. Ke3 Rh4 (21... f5 {stems from Bakos-Schwetlick, Rheinland Pfalz, 1999.
}) 22. Bc5 Kb7 23. Na5+ Kc8 24. Nc4 Kb7 25. Na5+ Kc8 26. h3 $1 {
White avoids a draw by repetition.} Be5 27. Nc4 f5 28. f3 Bh2 29. Kf2 Rh6 30.
g3 Re6 $5 31. Bxa7 Kb7 32. Rxc7+ Rxc7 33. dxc7 Kxc7 34. Bb6+ Kc6 35. Ba5 f4 36.
g4 Bg3+ 37. Kf1 Rh6 38. Kg2 Re6 39. Kf1 Rh6 40. Kg2 {
Now White has to accept the perpetual.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rittner, Horst"]
[Black "Oim, Tonu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Qe1 c5 8.
Nxe5 Qd4 9. Nd3 Nxe4 10. b3 $5 Bf5 (10... Qxa1 $5 11. Bb2 Qxa2 12. Qxe4 c4 13.
Nc3 Qa5 14. Nd5 Be6 15. N3f4 {
gives a serious alternative (Nicevski-Vogt, Lublin 1974).}) 11. Bb2 Qd6 12. Ne5
Nf6 {They players followed Klaman-Furman, Baku 1951.} 13. Nc3 O-O 14. d3 Rae8
15. Ne4 Qe6 16. Ng3 Nd5 17. Qd2 f6 18. Nc4 Bg6 19. f4 Qd7 20. f5 Bf7 21. Qf2 b5
22. Nd2 Nb6 23. Nge4 c4 24. dxc4 bxc4 25. Bd4 Qc6 26. Rfe1 Nd7 27. Re3 Bd6 28.
Rae1 Be5 29. c3 Rb8 $6 30. Rh3 $1 {Suddenly Rittner unleashes an attack.} Rfe8
$1 ({Not} 30... cxb3 $2 31. axb3 Bxb3 32. Ba7 Rb7 33. Nxb3 Rxb3 34. Qa2 $1) 31.
Qh4 h6 32. Be3 Kf8 $1 ({The complications of} 32... cxb3 $6 33. Bxh6 g5 34.
Nxg5 fxg5 35. Qxg5+ Bg6 36. axb3 {favour White.}) 33. b4 a5 34. a3 axb4 35.
axb4 Ra8 36. Bf2 Ra2 37. Rhe3 Rea8 38. Nf3 Ra1 39. R3e2 Rxe1+ 40. Rxe1 Re8 41.
Nxe5 Rxe5 42. Ng3 Rxe1+ 43. Bxe1 Qd6 44. Qe4 Qd3 45. Qxd3 cxd3 46. Kf2 Ne5 47.
Ke3 Bd5 48. Ne4 h5 49. g3 Ke7 50. Nc5 Ba2 51. h3 Kd6 52. Nxd3 Nxd3 53. Kxd3
Bb1+ 54. Kd4 Bxf5 55. h4 c5+ 56. Kc4 cxb4 57. cxb4 Kc6 58. b5+ {
Oim defended well.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rittner, Horst"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Bf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O-O e5 14. Kb1 Be6
15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. g4 a5 (18... O-O-O $1 {
is more solid.}) 19. Qe2 a4 $6 (19... O-O $1 20. h4 a4 21. Nd2 Rfc8 {
gives an equal fight.}) 20. Nd4 $1 O-O 21. Nb5 Qc5 22. c4 $1 a3 23. b3 e4 $1
24. Bg2 Ra5 $6 (24... Rad8 {choses for the defence.}) 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. h4 b5
27. g5 Nd7 28. Bxe4 Rb8 29. Rhg1 bxc4 30. Qxc4 hxg5 $2 (30... Rc5 31. Qe2 Re8
32. Qg2 h5 {offers serious resistance.}) 31. hxg5 Rc5 32. Qd3 g6 33. Rh1 Qe5
34. Qd4 Re8 35. Bf3 Qxd4 36. Rxd4 Nf8 37. Rc4 Ra5 38. Kc2 Re5 39. b4 Ra8 40.
Rd1 Rxg5 41. Rc3 Rb8 42. Rd4 Rg1 43. Rxa3 Rc8+ 44. Kb2 Rcc1 45. Re3 Kg7 46. Rd2
Rc4 47. Kb3 Rf4 48. Be2 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rittner, Horst"]
[Black "Sloth, Jorn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. f4
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Be2 Qd8 12. O-O Be7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Kh1 Rd8
15. a3 Bc8 16. Qe3 b5 17. Rd3 Qa7 18. Qxa7 Nxa7 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bf3 Nc6 21.
Nxc6 Bxc6 {The game slowly goes into black's favour.} 22. Ne2 Bf6 23. b4 O-O
24. Kg1 Ba8 25. Kf2 g5 26. g3 g4 27. Bh1 $6 {
The bishop moves one square too far.} e5 28. f5 Rfe8 29. Nc3 Rc8 $1 {
Sloth gives a pawn in order to open the position for his pieces.} 30. Rxd6 Bg5
31. Rd3 Rc4 32. Rb1 Rec8 33. Rb3 Bd8 34. Ke2 Bb6 {
The white bishop stands offside.} 35. Kd1 $2 ({Better is} 35. Bg2 $1 Bd4 36.
Nd5 Rxc2+ 37. Rd2 Bxd5 38. exd5) 35... Kg7 36. Bg2 Bd4 37. Ne2 {
Rittner decides to return the extra pawn.} ({The passive defence by} 37. Kd2
Kf6 38. Bh1 Bb7 39. Bg2 Kg5 40. Bh1 h5 41. Bg2 f6 42. Bh1 h4 $1 43. gxh4+ Kxh4
44. Bg2 R8c7 {leads to zugzwang.}) 37... Rxc2 38. Rd2 R2c4 39. Rbd3 $6 (39. h3
$1 h5 40. hxg4 hxg4 41. Nxd4 exd4 42. Rbd3 Rc1+ 43. Ke2 Rg1 44. Bf1 Bxe4 45.
Rxd4 Bxf5 {and White has lost a pawn but gained counter-play.}) 39... Bb6 40.
Rd6 Bc6 41. Rb2 a5 42. Rd3 axb4 43. axb4 Bxe4 44. Bxe4 Rxe4 45. Rd5 Rd8 46.
Rxd8 Bxd8 47. Nc3 Rc4 48. Nxb5 Be7 49. Rc2 Rxb4 50. Nc7 Bg5 51. Ke2 Re4+ 52.
Kf1 Rd4 53. Ne8+ Kf8 54. Nc7 Ke7 55. Nb5 Rd3 56. Ke2 Re3+ 57. Kd1 Rf3 58. Rc7+
Kf8 59. Ke2 Rxf5 60. Rc4 h5 61. Rc5 Ke7 62. Rd5 Bf6 63. Nc3 Ke6 64. Ra5 Rf3 65.
Ra6+ Kf5 66. Nd1 Bg5 67. Ra7 Kg6 68. Ra8 f6 69. Ra4 Rb3 70. Ra8 Kf5 71. Rc8 h4
72. Rc3 Rxc3 73. Nxc3 e4 74. Nd1 Ke5 75. Nf2 f5 76. Nd1 hxg3 77. hxg3 Kd4 78.
Nb2 Bc1 0-1

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Black "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Nxf3 Nf6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. c3 e5 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Qa4 Rfc8
15. Rfe1 Nf8 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. Bh4 {
A retreat of the white forces begins.} a5 19. Bg3 b5 20. Qc2 f6 21. a4 Rd8 22.
Nh2 h5 23. Nf1 Bh6 24. Ne3 Bg5 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Nd5 h4 27. Bh2 Ra6 28. f3 $2 {
Hereafter, Black advances on all fronts. Instead, White should become active
on the kingside.} ({Right is} 28. Rf1 $1 {as preparation for f4.}) 28... Kg7
29. Kh1 a4 30. Qf2 Rd6 31. Rf1 Qa7 32. Bg1 Nf4 33. c4 Nh5 34. Bh2 b4 35. Ra1
Ra6 36. d4 cxd4 37. Nxb4 Rb6 38. Nd3 Rb3 39. Qc2 Rdb8 40. Ra2 Qa5 41. Rd1 Ng3+
42. Bxg3 hxg3 43. Kg1 Be3+ 44. Kf1 f5 45. exf5 gxf5 46. Nc1 Bxc1 47. Qxc1 Kg6
48. f4 e4 49. Rxd4 Qc5 50. Qd2 R8b6 0-1

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Black "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
Ba7 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Nh5 12. g3 Nf6 13. g4 Nd7 14. Bg5 Qe8 15.
Be3 Nc5 16. Bd5 Ne7 17. O-O-O $6 {White began calmly.} ({Now opportunism by} 
17. Bxc5 $1 Bxc5 18. Nxe5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qa4 20. Nc4 Re8 21. Nfe3 {is needed.})
17... c6 18. Bxc5 $6 Bxc5 19. Bb3 Ng6 20. Ne3 b5 21. h4 $6 Nf4 $1 22. Qc2 a5
23. a3 Be6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Kb1 Rfb8 26. Ng5 Qe8 27. a4 $2 b4 $1 28. cxb4 Bd4
$1 {Palciauskas springs a fantastic surprise.} (28... Bxb4 29. Nc4 {
allows an effective defence.}) 29. b3 Rxb4 30. Ka2 Rab8 31. Rb1 Bxe3 $5 32.
fxe3 Ng2 $5 {Palciauskas allows himself great fun.} 33. Qxg2 c5 34. Rb2 ({
The pointe is} 34. Ka1 Rxb3 $1 35. Qa2 R3b4 $1 36. Nxf7 Qxf7 {
If White continues the exchanges, Black will win the endgame.}) 34... c4 $1 35.
Rc1 Rxb3 36. Rxb3 cxb3+ 37. Kb2 Qxa4 38. Ra1 Qb4 39. Qe2 a4 0-1

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Ne3 Nf4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Qg6 15.
Kf1 Ne7 16. Bc4 $5 ({Usual is} 16. Bb3 {
(Matejicek-Rosenzweig, Czechoslovakia corr. 1988).}) 16... Kh8 17. Nh4 Qf6 18.
Nf3 Qg6 19. Nh4 Qf6 20. Nf3 Ng6 {Gert Jan wants to play chess!} 21. Be3 $6 ({
Right is} 21. d4) 21... Bxe3 22. Rxe3 {The rook has gone forwards prematurely.}
Nf4 23. Ng1 Qg5 $5 24. Rg3 Qe7 25. Ne2 f5 $1 26. exf5 $6 ({Wiser is} 26. Rf3
fxe4 27. dxe4) 26... Bxf5 27. Qe1 $2 ({A determined defence brings} 27. Nxf4
exf4 28. Rf3 Bg6 $1 29. g3) 27... Qh4 28. Rd1 b5 29. Bb3 g5 30. d4 e4 31. Kg1
Nd3 32. Qf1 ({Or} 32. Qd2 Nxf2 $1 33. Kxf2 Bg4+ 34. Kg1 Bxe2 35. Qxe2 Qxg3)
32... Bh7 33. f3 e3 34. d5 Rae8 {
Timmerman has created a horrendous example of restriction.} 35. Kh2 Nxb2 36.
Rd4 Rf4 37. Qa1 Rxd4 38. Nxd4 e2 39. Ne6 Rxe6 40. dxe6 Qf4 0-1

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. g4 $5 {
Westerinen introduced this odd move.} c5 8. d5 (8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bg2 dxc5 {
will be played in Mueller-Azmaiparashvili, Rethymnon 2003.}) 8... e6 9. Bg2 $6
(9. g5 Ne8 10. Bg2 {is preferable.}) 9... exd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Nge2 Re8 12.
Ng3 Ne5 13. O-O Rb8 14. Qe2 $2 Nfxg4 $1 {A series of sacrifices begins.} 15.
hxg4 Bxg4 16. Qd2 ({The sacrifices continue in} 16. f3 Nxf3+ $1 17. Bxf3 Rxe3
$1 18. Qxe3 Bd4) 16... Nc4 17. Qc1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rxe3 $1 {
Umansky chooses the enjoyable finale.} 19. Qxe3 Bd4 20. Qf2 f5 21. Nge2 Bxe2
22. Nxe2 Bxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Qf6 24. c3 Re8 25. Nf4 Re3 26. a5 Qe5 27. Kf1 g5 28.
Ne6 f4 29. Rd1 Qf5 {Sanakoev had lost all games with White!} 0-1

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sloth, Jorn"]
[Black "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. a3 b5 10. Qxb5 Nc2+ 11. Kd2 Nxa1 12. Qxc6+ Bd7 13. Qxc4 c5 14.
Qa2 Qa5+ 15. Nc3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17. Rxa1 e5 18. b4 Qb6 19. Nc2 Qxf2 20. Bd5
O-O 21. Qc4 Be6 22. Ne3 Qxh2 23. Qh4 Qxh4 24. gxh4 f5 {
So far, they follow Kasparov-Adams, Wijk aan Zee 2001.} 25. Ke1 {
Adams suggested this move.} Bxd5 26. Nexd5 Rd7 27. Rd1 Kf7 28. e4 Rc8 29. exf5
Rc4 30. Kf2 Rd4 31. Rc1 g6 32. fxg6+ hxg6 33. Rh1 $5 {
Black will exchange towards an equal rook ending.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sloth, Jorn"]
[Black "Sanakoev, Grigory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Bg5 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
cxd4 d5 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. a4 bxa4 12. Qxa4 a5 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. Bf1
Bb4 15. e3 Nb6 16. Qd1 Qd6 17. Nb3 Rfc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Ne1 Nd7 20. Nd3 Ba6
21. Nxb4 Bxf1 22. Nc5 Bb5 23. Nbd3 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Qa6 25. Ra3 h6 26. Qc2 Kg7 27.
Nf4 f5 28. Qc7 Qb5 29. Rc3 Kg8 30. Rc6 Nf6 31. Rb6 Qd7 32. Qe5 Ne8 33. Nd3 Qd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sloth, Jorn"]
[Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Na6 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe5+ Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Qd4 Bc5 11. Qd1 d5 $5 ({Known is} 11... d6 {
from Cekro-Van Mechelen, Antwerp 1997.}) 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 {
Black avoids the exchange of queens.} 14. Nd4 Bg4 15. a3 Qf6 16. Be3 Bb6 17. b4
Rad8 18. Qd2 Nb8 19. Rad1 {White makes a passive move.} Qg6 20. Rfe1 Nc6 $1 {
Black concludes his development.} 21. Nxc6 $5 ({Not} 21. Nc2 $2 d4 $1 22. Bg5
f6 23. Bf4 Rxe2 $1 24. Rxe2 d3) 21... Bxe3 $1 22. fxe3 bxc6 23. e4 $1 Qh5 (
23... d4 $1 {gains a plus.}) 24. Qe3 a6 25. Qf2 h6 26. Rd4 $1 dxe4 27. Bxe4
Rxd4 28. Qxd4 Bf5 29. Bf3 Qg6 30. e4 Bg4 31. Bg2 Qe6 32. e5 Bh3 33. Bxh3 Qxh3
34. e6 $5 Rxe6 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qd3+ g6 $5 (36... Kg8 37. Rxe6 Qxe6 38. Qxa6
Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qd2+ {draws more easily.}) 37. Rf1 Re7 38. Qxa6 Qd7 39. Qc4 f5 40.
Qc5 h5 {White has a distant passed pawn but it does not suffice for a win.} 41.
Qf2 Qd3 42. Re1 Rxe1+ 43. Qxe1 Qxa3 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ Kg5 46. Qd8+ Kg4 47.
Qd4+ Kf3 48. Qf2+ Ke4 49. Qc2+ Ke3 50. Qf2+ Ke4 51. Qc2+ Ke3 52. Qf2+ Ke4 {
Black draws by a threefold repetition.  Sloth played solidly in three games.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sloth, Jorn"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7
15. Ne5 $5 ({Theory is} 15. e3) 15... Nxe5 16. fxe5 Rfd8 17. f4 a6 18. e3 Rd7
19. Be4 {White occupies the centre.} Kh8 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Rad1 b5 22. a3 c5 $1
{The battle for the centre begins.} 23. d5 $1 exd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 c4 $1
{Black has accomplished a majority on the queenside.} 26. h3 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5
28. Bxd5 Qd7 29. Bg2 g6 30. Kf2 Kg7 31. Ke2 f6 32. Qe4 $5 {
White starts to waver.} fxe5 33. Qd5 $5 Qc8 $5 {
The exchange of queens does not win due to the bishops of different colours.}
34. Qb7 $2 {Sloth becomes confused.} Qc5 $1 35. Qc6 (35. Qxa6 $5 exf4 36. Qe6
Bf6 37. b4 Qa7 38. Bd5 fxe3 39. Qxe3 Qc7 {
brings an ample material and positional advantage for Black.}) 35... exf4 36.
Qxc5 Bxc5 37. Bb7 a5 38. Ba6 ({Or} 38. exf4 Bd4 39. Ba6 Bxb2 40. Bxb5 c3 $1 41.
Kd3 Kf6 $1 42. Bd7 Bxa3 43. Kxc3 Bd6 {and Black wins a second pawn.}) 38...
fxe3 39. Bxb5 Bd4 40. Bxc4 Bxb2 41. Kxe3 Bxa3 42. Bb3 Kf6 43. h4 Bc1+ 44. Kf3
h6 45. Bc2 g5 46. Ba4 Ke5 $1 ({The silly} 46... gxh4 $4 47. Kg2 {draws.}) 47.
Kg4 Kd4 48. Kh5 Kc4 49. Bd7 Kb4 50. Kxh6 g4+ $1 {
Black has the necessary unstoppable two passed pawns.} 0-1

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. O-O Qb6 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Rac1 a6 14. b3 b5
15. Bf3 bxc4 $5 ({Theory is} 15... b4 $2 16. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 17. exd5 {
(Giardelli-Robledo, Buenos Aires 1998).}) 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 {
Black gets two pawns for the exchange.} 18. bxc4 Bxc4 19. Rfd1 Be6 20. h3 h5
21. Qb2 Rc8 22. Bd2 Rc4 23. Qb8+ Rc8 24. Qb7 Rc7 25. Qa8+ Rc8 26. Qb7 Rc7 27.
Qa8+ Rc8 28. Qa7 Rc7 29. Qb8+ Rc8 30. Qa7 Rc7 31. Qe3 {
Gert Jan continues because he has a plus.} Rc4 32. Rb1 Qc7 33. Rdc1 Kh7 34. Rb6
$5 Nd5 $5 (34... Qa7 $1 35. Rbb1 Qxe3 36. Bxe3 Nd7 {
leads to a slightly better endgame.}) 35. Nxd5 Bxd5 36. Rxc4 Qxc4 37. a3 e4 38.
Rb8 Qc7 39. Rb1 Qc6 40. Rc1 Qb7 41. a4 Qd7 42. a5 Bc6 43. Rc4 f5 44. Bc3 Qd1+
45. Be1 Bb5 46. Rc1 Qd6 47. Bd2 Qd7 48. Rc5 Qd8 49. Rc1 Qd7 50. Rc5 Qd8 51. g4
$5 {Timmerman starts a risky assault on the well defended bastion.} hxg4 (51...
e5 $1 {begins an interesting counter.}) 52. hxg4 fxg4 53. Rxb5 $5 {
What is he doing?} axb5 54. a6 g3 $1 55. a7 gxf2+ 56. Kg2 $1 ({Not} 56. Kf1 $2
Qd5 $1 57. Qh3+ Kg8 58. Qc8+ Kf7 $1 59. a8=Q Qd3+ 60. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 61. Kf1 Qd1+
62. Kf2 Bd4+ {and Black delivers mate in six!}) 56... Qd5 57. Qh3+ Kg8 58. Be3
$5 {Timmerman tries a last trick.} ({The expected} 58. Qc8+ Kf7 59. a8=Q f1=Q+
$1 60. Kxf1 Qd3+ 61. Ke1 Qg3+ 62. Kd1 Qf3+ 63. Kc2 Qd3+ {draws.}) 58... Kf7 59.
Qg3 f1=Q+ $1 60. Kxf1 b4 61. Kg2 b3 62. Qb8 b2 63. a8=Q Qxa8 64. Qxa8 b1=Q 65.
Qd5+ Kf8 66. Qd8+ Kf7 67. Qd5+ Kf8 68. Qd8+ Kf7 69. Qd5+ {
The game ends by perpetual check.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4
dxe4 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ng4 12. Bxe4 Nxf2 13. Bc6+ Ke7 14. Rd5
Bb6 15. Bg5+ f6 16. exf6+ gxf6 17. Bh4 Ng4+ 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Rh5
Nf2+ $1 (20... Kf7 {stems from Svidler-Gelfand, Biel 23 vii 2001.}) 21. Bxf2
Bxf2 22. Ne4 Rb6 23. Nxf2 Rxc6 24. a4 $1 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Bf7 26. Re4+ Kd7 27. Ra5
Rb8 28. Rd4+ Ke7 29. Nd3 Bc4 30. Nb4 Rd6 31. Re4+ Kf7 32. h3 Bb5 33. c4 Bc6 34.
Nxc6 Rxc6 35. Rd5 h5 $5 36. Rxh5 Rxb2 37. Rd5 $1 Rb4 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. Rg4+ Kf5
40. Rd5+ Ke6 41. Re4+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kg6 43. Rg4+ Kf5 44. Rd5+ Ke6 45. Re4+ Kf7 {
A threefold repetition of position has occurred.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Rittner, Horst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Ne2 Ng6 11. O-O Qa4 12. f4 c4 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Ra2 Bd7 15.
h4 Rf7 $1 ({Theory is} 15... Rf5) 16. h5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 Raf8 18. Qg4 b5 $2 ({
White's attack is stopped by} 18... Qa5 $1 {because} 19. Rf3 $2 {fails due to}
Qb6 $1 20. Ra1 (20. Rf1 Nxe5 $1) 20... Qb2 21. Raf1 Qxc2 22. Ng3 b5) 19. Rf3
Ne7 ({The variation} 19... Qa5 20. Rh3 Re8 21. Qh5 h6 22. Bf6 $1 Ne7 23. g4 {
also gives White a strong attack.}) 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. f5 $1 {
A classical breakthrough is made.} Rxf5 (21... exf5 22. Qh4 Ree8 23. Nf4 Be6
24. Rg3 {is bad for Black too.}) 22. Rxf5 exf5 23. Qg5 Re8 24. Nf4 $1 {
Pawn d5 cannot be defended effectively, because White threatens 25.Ng5.} Qa6
25. Nxd5 h6 26. Qg3 Rd8 27. Ra1 Kh7 28. Re1 Be8 29. Qf3 Qxa3 30. e6 Bg6 31. Nf4
Be8 32. Nd5 Bg6 33. e7 Re8 34. Qf4 Kh8 35. Re6 Kh7 36. Kh2 $1 Bf7 37. Rd6 Bg6
38. Qe5 Qc1 39. Rxg6 $1 Kxg6 40. Qe6+ Kg5 41. Qf7 g6 42. Qf6+ Kh5 43. Qe5 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timmerman, Gert Jan"]
[Black "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Be2 b4 7. Nb1 Bb7 8. Bf3 Nf6
9. Nd2 e5 $5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. c3 (11. d5 {
stems from Voloshin-Cicak, Czechia 9 iii 2002.}) 11... O-O 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Qc2
bxc3 14. bxc3 exd4 15. cxd4 c5 $1 {A counter in the centre was needed.} 16. Rb1
cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc6 18. O-O (18. e5 $1 Nd5 19. O-O Nf4 {
also leads to a hard defence for Black.}) 18... Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 Qe7
21. Nxd4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Qf2 Qe7 24. h3 $5 (24. Nf5 $5 gxf5 25. Rbe1 Qd7
26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Qg3+ Kf8 28. Qc3 {draws.}) 24... Rf8 25. Qf4 Nd7 26. Rb7
Rac8 27. Qg4 Rfd8 28. Qf3 Rf8 29. Qg4 Rfd8 30. Nf5 $5 Qf8 31. Qg3 Rc5 32. Nd4
Qe8 33. Nf5 Qf8 34. a3 $5 (34. Nd6 Re5 35. Nxf7 Re7 36. Nxd8 Qxf1+ 37. Kh2 Qf6
{also draws.}) 34... Rd5 $1 35. Ne3 Rd3 36. Qf4 Rd6 ({Not} 36... Rxa3 $2 37.
Ng4 f5 38. Qd4 Qg7 39. Qd6 $1 Qf8 40. Qd5+) 37. Ng4 Kg7 38. Qg5 f6 39. Qc1 $5
Kh8 40. Ra7 Re8 41. Qc4 h5 42. Nf2 Ne5 43. Qf4 f5 $5 (43... Rde6 44. Rb1 $1 {
gives little pleasure to Black.}) 44. Rc1 $1 Nd7 45. Qa4 $5 (45. Rcc7 $1 {
continues the torture.}) 45... Qg7 $5 (45... Rc8 {
tries to play for a win but Umansky ends the defensive manoeuvres.}) 46. Rxa6
Rd2 47. Ra8 Rxa8 48. Qxa8+ Kh7 49. Qf3 Qd4 50. Rd1 Ne5 51. Rxd2 Qxd2 52. Qb7+
Kh6 53. Qc8 Qd4 54. a4 Nd7 55. Qc1+ f4 56. Qd1 Qxf2 57. Qxd7 Qe1+ 58. Kh2 Qg3+
59. Kh1 Qe1+ 60. Kh2 Qg3+ 61. Kh1 Qe1+ {
The fierce fighter Timmerman draws by a repetition for the fifth time.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Baumbach, Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. e4
Nb4 $1 9. a3 $1 Qxd4 $1 10. axb4 Qxd1+ $2 {
Baumbach wants to avoid risky tactics.} ({Theory will become} 10... Qxe5 $1 11.
Bf4 Qf6 12. e5 ({Korchnoi analyses in 1997:} 12. Nxb5 Bxb4+ 13. Kf1 cxb5 14. e5
Qe7 15. Bxa8 Bb7) 12... Qe7 13. Nxb5 Qxb4+ {(Poluljahov-Adly, Abu Dhabi 2003).}
) 11. Kxd1 Bxb4 12. Bd2 Bc5 13. f4 a5 14. Nf3 f6 15. e5 f5 16. Ke2 Bd7 17. Be3
Bxe3 18. Kxe3 c5 19. Nd2 Ra7 20. b3 b4 21. Na4 cxb3 22. Nxc5 b2 23. Ra2 Ke7 24.
Rxb2 Rc8 25. Nxd7 Rc3+ 26. Ke2 Rxd7 27. Ra1 Na6 28. Rxa5 Nc5 29. Bc6 Rc7 30.
Bb5 b3 31. Ra3 h6 32. Nxb3 g5 33. Kf1 Kf7 34. Be2 Ke7 35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Rb1 Re7
37. Bh5+ Kg7 38. Nxc5 Rxa3 39. Rb6 Ra2+ 40. Kg1 Ra1+ 41. Kf2 Ra2+ 42. Be2 Kf7
43. Ke3 gxf4+ 44. gxf4 Ra3+ 45. Kd4 Rh3 46. Bc4 Rxh2 47. Bxe6+ Kg6 48. Bd7+ Kh5
49. Bxf5 Rf2 50. Nd3 Ra2 51. Rb1 {
The game was decided by one mistake in a theoretical position.} 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Berliner, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Ne7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Ne1 b6 $5 ({Usual is} 10... f5 11. Nd3 Nf6) 11. Nd3 Nc5 ({
Known is} 11... a5) 12. f4 $5 exf4 13. Bxf4 h6 14. Nf2 $1 ({The exchange} 14.
Nxc5 bxc5 {gains little (Umansky).}) 14... g5 $5 15. Be3 f5 $6 ({
My preference goes to} 15... Ng6 $1 16. Rc1 {(Umansky), and now} Ne5 $1) 16.
Bd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 f4 18. b4 $1 f3 $2 {This move seems to be brilliant.} ({
But Black should have tried} 18... Nd7 $1) 19. Bxf3 Rxf3 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Qd1
$3 {Berliner experiences a complete surprise, because White does not protect
knight c3.} Qf8 $1 ({The pointe is} 21... Rxc3 $2 22. Qh5 Rxc4 23. Nd1 $1 Rxe4
24. Rf6 Nf5 25. Qg6+ Ng7 26. Rf7 Re1+ 27. Kg2 Re2+ 28. Nf2 {
and White can utilise a winning advantage (Cafferty).}) 22. e5 $1 Ng6 $1 ({Or} 
22... dxe5 23. Nce4) 23. e6 Ne5 24. Nce4 Ba6 25. Nd2 Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. Ng4
$1 Rxf1+ 28. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Kg7 30. Nf6 Ne5 31. h4 $1 {
Umansky can win the exchange but he betters his position firstly.} Rc8 32. h5
$1 c4 $1 33. Kg2 a5 34. a4 $1 {
Black has to weaken his position due to mutual zugzwang.} ({Premature is} 34.
e7 $2 Kf7 35. e8=Q+ Rxe8 36. Nxe8+ Kxe8 37. Kf2 {due to} Ng4+ $1) 34... g4 $5 {
He takes square g4 from his knight.} ({The complex variation} 34... Ra8 $5 35.
Nd7 $1 Nxd7 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rxd7 Rc8 38. Kf3 $1 c3 39. Ke3 c2 40. Kd2 c6 $1
41. Kxc2 cxd5+ 42. Kd3 Kf8 43. Kd4 Rc4+ 44. Kxd5 Rxa4 45. Rf7+ Ke8 46. Kxd6 Ra3
47. g4 Rd3+ 48. Ke5 Re3+ 49. Kf6 Rf3+ 50. Kg7 {
leads to a White win (after Umansky).}) 35. e7 $1 Kf7 36. e8=Q+ Rxe8 37. Nxe8+
Kxe8 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Ke3 c6 40. Ke4 Nf3 ({Or} 40... c5 41. Kf5 $1 Nd3 42. Kg6
c3 43. Kxh6 {and the h-pawn decides the game (Umansky).}) 41. Rc1 c5 42. Kf5
Ne5 43. Rc2 $1 Kf7 44. Rb2 Nd3 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. Kf6 $1 Ke8 47. Ke6 Kf8 48. Rf7+
Kg8 49. Rf1 {The win by the champ of champions caused a sensation.} (49. Rf1 c3
50. Kxd6 $1 c2 51. Kc7 c1=Q 52. Rxc1 Nxc1 53. d6 {and the d-pawn rules.}) 1-0

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Palciauskas, Vytas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Rb8 7. Nc3 a6 8. e4
b5 9. d5 Nb4 10. b3 cxb3 11. Qxb3 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Bf4 Rb7 14. Rad1 $5 {
White has sufficient compensation for the pawn.} ({'Theory' is} 14. Rac1) 14...
Nd7 15. e5 Na5 16. Qb1 Rc7 17. Ne4 Bb7 18. Nfg5 Bxe4 $5 19. Qxe4 Be7 ({
Black has to avoid} 19... h6 $2 20. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 21. Qg6+ Ke7 22. Rd6) 20. Nxh7
Rc4 21. Qd3 Nxe5 22. Qe2 $5 (22. Qxd8+ Bxd8 23. Bxe5 Rxh7 24. Rd6 $1 {
proceeds the attack in the endgame.}) 22... Qc8 23. Qh5 Ng6 24. Be3 Qc7 25.
Rfe1 Qe5 26. Qh3 Nc6 27. f4 Qf5 28. Qxf5 exf5 29. Bb6 Nce5 $5 30. Ng5 $1 {
The knight can be withdrawn at last.} Bxg5 31. fxg5 O-O 32. h4 Ng4 33. Rd5 Rb8
34. Ba7 Ra8 35. h5 Nf8 36. Rxb5 $1 {White finally regains the pawn.} axb5 ({Not
} 36... Rxa7 $2 37. Rb8 Re4 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. Rxe4 f5 40. Ree8 Rf7 41. Kg2 $1)
37. Bxa8 Ne6 38. Bd5 Ra4 39. g6 $1 Rxa7 40. gxf7+ Kxf7 41. Rxe6 Rd7 42. Rd6+ (
42. Bb3 $5 {makes an effort to win.}) 42... Ke7 43. Rxd7+ Kxd7 44. Bf3 b4 45.
Bxg4 fxg4 46. Kf2 Kd6 47. Ke2 Ke6 48. Kd2 Kd6 {
Black holds the distant opposition of the kings.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Champions Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2001-04"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Rittner, Horst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Rfd1 b6 15.
Ne1 g6 $6 ({Better is} 15... Qd7 $1 16. e5 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Bg5 {
(Van de Velde-Dutreeuw, Deurne 2000).}) 16. Nb5 Bg7 17. Nd3 (17. Rac1 {
has been played (Beliavsky-Rozentalis, Batumi 1999).}) 17... Bxb5 18. axb5 Qe7
19. e5 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rad8 21. Qa3 Qxa3 22. bxa3 g5 23. Rac1 Rfe8 24. Bc6 Re7
25. Kg2 f6 $6 (25... Kf8 $1 26. f4 f6 $1 {
and White only controls more territory.}) 26. d5 $1 {
White can open the position by a tactical trick.} exd5 27. e6 $1 f5 28. Bd7
Rdxd7 $1 {Black has to give the exchange.} 29. exd7 Rxd7 30. a4 d4 $6 {
The d-pawn becomes less useful.} ({Better is} 30... Kf7 31. Kf3 g4+ $1 32. Ke2
Bf8) 31. Kf3 Re7 32. Rc6 Be5 33. h3 Kg7 34. g4 fxg4+ 35. hxg4 Rf7+ 36. Ke4 Bd6
37. Kd5 Rd7 $5 38. Rd3 Bc5+ 39. Kc4 Rf7 40. f3 Kf8 $2 (40... Bd6 $1 41. Kd5 Rf6
42. Rc2 Bc5 43. Rxc5 bxc5 44. Kxc5 h5 $1 {still draws.}) 41. Re6 Kg7 42. Kd5
Rf8 43. Kc6 Rf7 44. Kb7 Rd7 45. Rc6 Rf7 46. Rd1 $3 {
White wins by a completely unexpected move.} ({Premature is} 46. Rxc7 $2 Rxc7+
47. Kxc7 {due to} Kf6 48. Kc6 Ke5 $1) 46... Rxf3 (46... h6 $5 47. Rxc7 Rxc7+
48. Kxc7 Kf6 49. Re1 $1 {shows the pointe.}) 47. Rxc7+ $1 Kf6 $5 48. Rc6+ Ke5
49. Rxb6 Kd5 50. Rc6 Rf4 51. Ka6 Rxg4 52. Rxc5+ $1 Kxc5 53. b6 Re4 54. b7 Re8
55. Kxa5 Kc6 56. Ka6 Kc5 57. a5 h5 58. Ka7 Re7 59. a6 h4 60. Ka8 {
Umansky played a great endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anton, Volker"]
[Black "Rause, Mrs.Olita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{The fiftieth anniversary of the ICCF was celebrated by the organisation of
grand tournaments. Eight players, who had not become world champion,
participated in the ICCF Elite Grandmasters Jubilee. Van Oosterom, Rause,
Tarnowiecki, Elwert, Anton, Bang, Hamarat and Ekebjaerg started to play double
rounds on 15 i 2002. Nol van 't Riet was the director. The Max Euwe
Association sponsored the event. Unfortunately, Ove Ekebjaerg had to stop in
2003. Eleven unfinished games were adjudicated. The tournament ended on 10 iv
2004. Van Oosterom and Elwert won by 10/14. Two participants would become
world champion later. I analysed the eleven decided and completed games.} 1. d4
d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6
9. Rc1 Be7 10. Qb3 Ra7 $6 {The queen's rook will remain offside for some time.}
({Usual is} 10... Na5 $5) 11. O-O O-O 12. f3 {
Rausis - San Segundo Carrillo, Anibal open 1997 ended drawn in this position.}
Bh5 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. e4 Nf6 17. Nc5 Na5 18. Qc2 b6
19. Nd3 $1 Ra8 ({Not} 19... dxe4 $2 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Bc7 $1) 20. Nf2 Rc8 21.
Qd3 Nh5 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Bd2 Nf6 $6 (23... Nc4 $1 24. Bc1 dxe4 25. fxe4 Rd8
26. Qf3 Qb7 {defends more actively.}) 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Qc2 Nc4 26. Bg5 Nh7 27.
Bxe7 Qxe7 28. e5 Rb8 $6 (28... Ne3 29. Qd3 Nf5 {
places the queen's knight at a stronger square.}) 29. b3 Na3 30. Qc6 Nf8 31.
Nd3 a5 32. h4 Qd7 $5 33. Kf2 $5 Qe7 34. g3 Nd7 35. Ke3 Nf8 36. Kd2 g5 $5 37.
hxg5 Qxg5+ 38. f4 Qe7 {The attack on the kingside has been fully prepared.} 39.
f5 $1 exf5 40. Ndf4 Qa7 ({Or} 40... Ne6 41. Nxd5 Qg5+ 42. Ndf4) 41. Nxd5 Ne6
42. Nef4 $1 {Anton's prudent play paid off.} (42. Nef4 {
The 'petite combinaison' continues by} Nxd4 43. Qd6 Nf3+ 44. Ke3 Nb5 45. Ne7+
Kf8 46. Neg6+ Kg8 47. Rh1 $1) 1-0

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bang, Erik"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 Ne4 7. Bh4 Qa5 8. e3
e6 $5 ({Known is} 8... Nxc3 9. Qd2) 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 {
The c-pawn gets indirect protection.} 11. Qb3 Ba3 12. Bd3 b5 13. O-O O-O 14. e4
dxe4 15. Nxe4 Ra7 $5 16. Rfe1 Ne7 17. Bg5 $5 Bb7 18. Bd2 Bd5 $5 19. Qd1 $6 ({
The forced variation} 19. c4 $1 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Bxa5 Bxb3 22. axb3 Bb2
23. Bb6 $1 Rb7 $1 24. Rxa6 Rfb8 25. Bc5 Nd5 {leads to an equal endgame.}) 19...
Qb6 20. Qh5 f5 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nh3 Rc7 23. Rab1 e5 $1 24. dxe5 Qg6 25. Qxg6 Nxg6
26. Bc2 Rd8 $1 27. Red1 ({The pointe is} 27. Bxf5 $2 Bxa2 $1 28. Bg5 $1 hxg5
29. Ra1 Bb2 $1 30. Rxa2 Bxc3) 27... Be4 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. e6 $1 Rc6 30. Kf1
Rxe6 31. Be3 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rc6 {Black pressures on a weakness.} 33. Rd7 $2 {
White wastes time.} ({Best is} 33. Rd4 Rxc3 34. Rxe4 Kf7 35. Nf4 Rc4 $5 36.
Rxc4 bxc4 37. Nxg6 Kxg6 38. Ke2 {drawn.}) 33... Ne5 $1 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Bd4 {
White seems to be safe, but Black plays a wonderful manoeuvre.} Nd3 $1 36. Rd7+
Ke8 $1 37. Rxg7 b4 38. Rg4 ({Insufficient is} 38. c4 $5 Rxc4 39. Be3 Rc2 40.
Rg4 Rxa2 41. Rxe4+ Kf7 {because Black will decide the battle on the queenside.}
) 38... bxc3 39. Rxe4+ Be7 40. Be3 c2 41. Ra4 c1=Q+ 42. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 43. Ke2 Nc5
44. Ra3 Rh1 45. Kf3 Rxh2 46. Nf4 Rh1 47. Nd5 Kf7 48. Ra5 Rc1 49. Ra3 Ke6 50.
Ne3 Bd6 51. g3 Be5 0-1

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Bang, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qc2 Be4 12. Qc1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rd1 a5 $5
15. Nbd2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 c6 {
The players have followed Bareev - Gelfand, Monaco 2002.} 17. e3 Na6 18. Qc4
Nb4 19. Nd2 Qb6 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. h4 Rc7 (22... Qc7 $1 {
occupies square c7 with the right piece.}) 23. Nc4 Qa7 24. Qh5 b6 $2 (24... Nd5
$1 {is correct.} 25. g4 $5 g6 26. Qxh6 Bg7 27. Qg5 Bf6 {shows the pointe.}) 25.
g4 Nd5 26. g5 hxg5 27. hxg5 g6 28. Qh4 Bg7 29. Qg3 Qb8 30. b3 Ne7 31. Be4 Rcd7
$6 (31... c5 $1 32. dxc5 Rxc5 33. Qxb8 Rxb8 34. f4 Nd5 {adds useful exchanges.}
) 32. Qxb8 Rxb8 33. f4 Nd5 34. Kf2 Rc7 35. Kf3 Nb4 36. Rd2 Nd5 (36... c5 $1 {
forces swaps. It will ease the defence of the fortress.}) 37. Ne5 Rbc8 38. Nd3
c5 39. dxc5 bxc5 40. Rdc2 Bf8 41. Ne5 Nb6 42. Bd3 Bg7 43. Ng4 Kf8 44. Ba6 Ra8
45. Bb5 Rac8 46. e4 Bd4 47. e5 Ke7 48. Rh2 Nd5 49. Rh7 Rf8 50. Rch1 Rcc8 51.
R1h6 Rg8 52. Nf6 $1 Nxf6 53. gxf6+ Kf8 54. Bd7 Rb8 55. Rxf7+ $1 {
Elwert delivers the final pound in the beleaguerment.} ({White wins by} 55.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 56. Rh7+ Kf8 57. Bxe6 Rd8 58. Bc4 Bc3 59. e6 Bxf6 60. Rf7+ Ke8 61.
Bb5+) 1-0

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Hamarat, Tunc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 fxe5 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. Re1 Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nh4 $5 Be7 $5 {
Black shows ambition in the Ruy Lopez Exchange.} ({A standard move is} 12...
Ne7) 13. Ndf3 Bb4 14. c3 Bd6 15. Bg5 Rd7 16. Nd2 Bf7 17. Nf5 Be6 (17... h6 $1
18. Be3 Be6 {is easier.}) 18. Nf3 g6 $6 (18... Rf7 $1 19. Bh4 Bxf5 20. exf5
Rxf5 21. Bg3 e4 22. Rxe4 Nf6 {equalises.}) 19. Ne3 Rf7 20. Bh4 $1 Nf6 21. Ng5
$1 Re7 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 {White has made a favourable exchange.} 23. f3 Be7 24.
Rad1 Rd8 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. g3 b5 28. Kf2 h5 29. h4 Kd7 30. Ke2
Re8 31. Rd1+ Ke6 32. Ng2 $5 {
White starts manoeuvring. This gives his opponent the chance to counter.} c5 $1
33. b3 Rb8 34. Rd5 Be7 35. Ne3 c6 36. Rd1 a5 37. c4 b4 $2 {
Black makes the pawns on the queenside immobile.} ({Right is} 37... a4 $1 38.
bxa4 b4 $1 39. a3 bxa3 40. Nc2 g5 $1 {and Black counterattacks on both flanks.}
) 38. Rg1 a4 39. f4 axb3 40. axb3 Ra8 41. f5+ gxf5 42. exf5+ Kf7 43. Kf3 Rd8 $2
{Hamarat misses the last opportunity for a counteraction.} ({Better is} 43...
Ra3 $1 44. g4 $1 Rxb3 45. g5 Rd3 46. f6 Bxf6 $1 47. gxf6 Kxf6 {
Black might survive.}) 44. g4 $1 Rd4 45. gxh5 Rf4+ 46. Ke2 Rxh4 47. Rg6 Rxh5
48. Rxc6 e4 ({The alternative} 48... Rh2+ 49. Kf3 Rb2 50. Nd5 Rxb3+ 51. Ke4 Bf8
52. Rc7+ Ke8 53. Kxe5 {leads to a disaster.}) 49. Ng4 Rg5 50. Ne5+ Kg7 51. Ke3
Rxf5 52. Rg6+ Kf8 53. Kxe4 Rh5 54. Kd5 Rh3 55. Ke6 Re3 56. Rg1 Bh4 57. Kd5 Ke8
58. Rg8+ Ke7 59. Rg7+ Ke8 60. Kd6 Kf8 61. Rf7+ Ke8 62. Rf3 Be7+ 63. Ke6 {
Black resigned because pawn c5 will fall eventually. Elwert won in a seemingly
simple but excellent way. The last game of the event had ended. All final
scores of Elwert and Van Oosterom were equal.} 1-0

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Bd7 8. Qe2
b5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. e4 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Ne1 $1 ({
Elwert diverts from} 13. Rd2 {(Levin - Novikov, Kiev 1986).}) 13... Rb8 14. e5
Ne8 $5 ({Or} 14... Nd5 $5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxd5 {
and Black loses control over the centre.}) 15. Be3 f6 16. f4 Nd8 17. d5 fxe5
18. fxe5 Nf7 $6 (18... Kh8 $1 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Bf2 Rb8 {
applies consolidation perfectly.}) 19. Ba7 Rb7 20. Bf2 g6 $6 ({Right is} 20...
Rb8) 21. a4 $1 Ng7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Nc2 $1 (23. dxe6 Bxe6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25.
Ra7 Qc6 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. Nxf3 Bg4 28. Nd5 Bd8 {brings no advantage for White.})
23... Rb8 24. Ra7 Kh8 $2 (24... Re8 $1 {
gives mysterious support to the central area.}) 25. d6 $1 cxd6 26. exd6 Nxd6
27. Nb4 $1 Rf7 28. Na6 Rb7 $1 29. Bxb7 Nxb7 30. Qe5 $1 {
White has cleverly achieved a winning attack.} Bc6 31. Qb8 Qf8 32. Qxf8+ Rxf8
33. Nxb5 e5 34. Nbc7 h5 $5 35. Nd5 Rd8 36. Ne3 Rxd1+ 37. Nxd1 Nf5 38. Nb8 Bf3
39. Nd7 Bd6 40. Ne3 Nxe3 41. Bxe3 Kg7 42. Kf2 Bc6 43. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hamarat, Tunc"]
[Black "Elwert, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. c4 b6 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. f4 Be7 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Rae1 O-O 14. e5 Ne8 15.
Qh5 $6 ({More solid is} 15. b3 $1) 15... g6 16. Qh3 Nc5 ({Not} 16... dxe5 $2
17. Nxe6 $1) 17. Bc2 Rd8 18. Be3 dxe5 19. fxe5 Ng7 $1 (19... Qxe5 20. Nf3 {
gives White an attack for a pawn.}) 20. Bf2 Nd7 21. Bb3 $6 ({Preferable is} 21.
b3 Nxe5 $1 22. Bg3 f6 $1 23. Nf3 $1 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 $1) 21... Bc5 22. Na4 Nh5 23.
Nxc5 bxc5 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 ({Or} 25. Qxf3 Nxe5 26. Qc3 Nd3 $1) 25... Nxe5
26. Bg3 Nxg3+ 27. Qxg3 f6 28. f4 Nd3 29. Re3 $6 ({Better is} 29. Rxe6 Rd4 30.
f5 Nf4 31. Re3 g5 {but Black has a fine positional advantage.}) 29... Nxb2 30.
Rxe6 Rd2 31. f5 Qxg3 32. hxg3 a5 33. Rc1 (33. Ra6 Re8 34. fxg6 Ree2 $1 35.
gxh7+ Kxh7 {is hopeless for White.}) 33... Kg7 34. Rc2 Rxc2 35. Bxc2 Rd8 36.
fxg6 hxg6 0-1

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Black "Bang, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
cxd5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. e3 Bc5 11. b3 d6 12. Qc2 $5 (12. Bb2 {
was played in Grant - Motwani, Scotland 1993.}) 12... dxe3 $2 {
Bang blunders immediately.} ({Better is the instant} 12... Qg5) 13. fxe3 $1 Qg5
14. Rf4 $1 Bd7 15. Bb2 {The openness of the centre and kingside are useful for
the development by White.} c6 $2 {
The weakening of the queenside will become fatal.} 16. Raf1 Re7 17. dxc6 bxc6
18. Be4 $1 h6 19. Bh7+ Kf8 20. Bf5 $1 Kg8 {
Black has no proper defence against the threats.} 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. b4 Bb6 23.
Qxc6 Rad8 24. Qf3 f5 25. Rxf5 Qg6 26. Qd5+ Kh7 27. Rf8 Rxf8 28. Rxf8 Qb1+ 29.
Kg2 {The final standings were: van Oosterom and Elwert 10/14, Anton 8,
Tarnowiecki 7, Rause 61/2, Hamarat 51/2, Bang 5 and Ekebjaerg 4.} 1-0

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Bang, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 $2 ({Better is} 12...
Qxa8) 13. Nf1 Nc5 14. Ba2 $1 {White brings a novelty.} Bb7 15. c3 Qa8 {
Black has lost time by his twelfth move.} 16. Bd5 Nd8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Ng3 Re8
19. h4 $5 (19. d4 {keeps a plus, but Joop wants to attack the hostile king.})
19... Bf8 $5 20. h5 b4 $5 21. d4 $1 exd4 22. cxd4 Nd7 $6 ({
The alternative brings} 22... Nxe4 23. d5 $1 f5 $1 24. Nxf5 Qb5 25. h6 $1 g6
26. Ng7 Bxg7 27. hxg7 {(Van Oosterom)} b3 $1) 23. d5 $1 c6 24. Be3 cxd5 25.
exd5 Qb5 26. Qd4 $1 Nc5 $2 ({Correct is} 26... h6 $1 27. Rd1 Nb7 28. Nf5 {
(Van Oosterom), and now} Ne5 $1 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Qg4 Kh7 {
but the white offense continues.}) 27. h6 g6 28. Qf6 Nd7 {
Incredible tactics follow.} 29. Ne4 $3 Re7 ({Van Oosterom analyses} 29... Nxf6
30. Nxf6+ Kh8 31. Nxe8) ({and} 29... Rxe4 30. Qxd8 Re7 31. Rc1 Qxd5 32. Rc7)
30. Ra1 $3 Qb7 ({Or} 30... Nxf6 31. Nxf6+ Kh8 32. Ra8 Bxh6 33. Rxd8+ Kg7 34.
Bd4) 31. Qd4 f5 32. Nxd6 Qb8 33. Bf4 Qb6 34. Nc8 {
The Dutchman had scored a great win.} 1-0

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Hamarat, Tunc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. a3 Be7 12. Be3 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rfe1 a6
$6 ({Better is} 14... Bd6 $1 15. d5 exd5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nxd5 Qd8)
15. Rad1 Qa5 $5 {The queen makes her first step to hell.} 16. Ne5 $1 Rcd8 $6 (
16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bd4 $1 Qc7 19. Be5 {favours White (Van Oosterom).}
) 17. Nc4 $1 Qh5 $5 {She has to go astray.} (17... Qc7 $2 18. d5 exd5 19. Bb6 {
and White wins material (Van Oosterom).}) 18. Be2 Qh4 ({Not} 18... Ng4 $2 19.
Bf4 Qg6 20. Qxg6 fxg6 21. Bg3) 19. Bf3 Rfe8 $6 (19... Be8 $1 20. g3 Qh3 21. Qe2
h5 {prolongs the game.}) 20. Qe2 $1 Bf8 21. g3 Qh3 22. Ne5 h5 $5 {
Black will lose a pawn.} 23. Bg5 Qf5 24. h4 Be7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27.
d5 Ne5 28. Bxh5 Kg7 29. dxe6 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rh8 31. Nd5 Qxh5 32. Qxh5 Rxh5 33.
Nxe7 fxe6 34. Rc1 Nd3 35. Rc7 Rc5 36. Nf5+ Kg6 37. Rxc5 Nxc5 38. Nd6 b5 39. Kf1
f5 40. Ke2 Na4 41. b3 Nc5 42. b4 Nd7 43. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Rause, Mrs.Olita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Qf3
Bd6 15. h3 Qc5 $5 {Black sacrifices a pawn.} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qxf6 Rhg8 18.
Re4 $1 {Van Oosterom plays a new move.} Bc7 $2 {She gives another pawn.} ({
The humble} 18... Rdf8 {gives better chances.}) 19. Qxf7 Qd6 20. Nf3 Rdf8 21.
Qxh7 Rh8 22. Qxd7+ $1 Kxd7 23. Rd4 Rxf3 24. Rxd6+ Bxd6 25. gxf3 Rxh3 {
Black has ruined the white pawn structure but it gives insufficientcompensation
for two pawns.} 26. Re1 Rh6 27. Re4 Bh2+ 28. Kg2 e5 29. Bd5 Bf4 30. Bxb7 Rb6
31. Bd5 Rxb2 32. Bb3 Rb1 $6 (32... Kc6 $5 {gives the last chance, but} 33. Re1
$1 Kc5 34. Kf1 $1 a5 35. a4 Kb4 36. Ke2 Kc3 37. Rd1 Rxb3 38. cxb3 Kxb3 39. Kd3
{wins for White.}) 33. Ra4 $1 Rd1 34. Rxa6 Rd2 35. Kf1 Rd1+ 36. Ke2 Rd2+ 37.
Ke1 Kc7 38. Ra5 Rd6 39. Rd5 Rh6 40. a4 Rh1+ 41. Ke2 Rh2 42. Rd1 Kb6 43. Rg1 Rh6
44. Ra1 Rd6 45. Rd1 Rc6 ({The critical line is} 45... Rxd1 46. Kxd1 Kc5 47. Ke2
Bg5 48. Kd3 Bd8 49. Ke4 Bc7 50. Kf5 Kd4 51. Ke6 Kc5 52. Kd7 {
An encircling king's march decides the game.}) 46. Rd5 Rc3 47. Rd3 Rc6 48. c4
Ka5 49. Kd1 Kb4 50. Kc2 Bg5 51. Rd5 Rc5 52. Kd3 Be7 53. Rd7 Bh4 54. Rb7+ Ka5
55. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Elite Grandmasters Jubilee"]
[Site "ICCF Email 2002-04"]
[Date "2002.01.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Tarnowiecki, Harald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Nc3 a6 10. a4 Rc8 $5 11. Rd1 ({The immediate} 11. d4 {
stems from Lalic - Matros, Southend 2002.}) 11... Be7 $6 (11... b4 $1 12. Ne4
Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 c5 {develops the queenside.}) 12. d4 $1 {
White frustrates the freeing move.} c5 $2 (12... O-O 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Nxe5
15. dxe5 c5 {plays the liberating move after sufficient preparation.}) 13. axb5
axb5 14. dxc5 $1 (14. Nxb5 $6 cxd4 15. Qa4 O-O 16. Nfxd4 Bc5 {
activates the black pieces.}) 14... Bxc5 15. Ne5 $1 Bxg2 (15... Qb6 $2 16. Nxd7
Bxf2+ 17. Kf1 Bxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Nxd7 19. Qd3 $1 Ne5 20. Qe4 $1 Ng6 21. e3 {
imprisons a piece.}) 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Kxg2 Qc7 18. Qd3 b4 19. Ne4 Qc6 20. f3
Ne5 21. Qb3 Qb5 22. Qa4 $1 Qxa4 23. Rxa4 O-O $5 (23... Be7 24. Bf4 $1 Nc4 25.
Ra7 e5 26. Rdd7 $1 Bf8 27. Bc1 $1 {gives White a great positional advantage.})
24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxb4 h6 26. Kf2 Rfc8 27. Be3 Rc2 28. Rd2 f6 29. Rb7 Rxd2 30.
Bxd2 Rc2 31. Bc3 Nc4 32. g4 Nd6 33. Rb6 Nc4 34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. h4 e5 36. h5 Rc1
37. Rb4 Nd6 38. Ke3 Rd1 39. Ra4 Nb5 40. Rc4 g6 41. Rc5 Nxc3 42. Rxc3 gxh5 43.
gxh5 Rd4 44. b3 Rh4 45. Rc1 Kg7 ({Or} 45... Rxh5 46. b4 Rh4 47. Rb1 Rd4 48. b5
f5 49. b6 f4+ 50. Kf2 Rd8 51. b7 Rb8 52. Rb6 $1 {and White wins.}) 46. Rb1 Rb4
47. Kd3 Kf7 48. e4 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elwert, Hans"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{The 18th final of the correspondence chess world championship began on 1 vi
2003. Van Oosterom was announced as winner on 9 ii 2005. I have analysed his
eight wins and six draws (a score of 11/14).} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.
Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Ng4 8. g3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne5 10. Qe3 $5 e6
11. Bg2 d6 12. Ne2 Be7 13. f4 Nc6 14. c3 c4 15. d4 cxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. Be3 b5
18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Bb7 20. h3 a5 21. b3 Rfb8 22. Kh2 Ba6 23. c4 Bc8 24. Rd1
Rb7 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 e5 27. Bf2 Rab8 28. Rb1 Bd7 29. Raa1 a4 30. bxa4 Rxb1
31. Rxb1 Rxb1 32. Qxb1 Bxa4 33. Qa2 Bc6 34. Qa7 Qb7 35. Qxb7 Bxb7 {
Complete equality has been achieved by Black.} 36. Kg1 Kf8 37. Be3 Ke8 38. f5
Kd7 39. Kf2 Kc6 40. Ke2 Bd8 41. Bf3 Bb6 42. Bc1 Kd7 43. g4 g6 44. f6 Bc8 45. g5
Kc6 46. h4 Bh3 47. h5 Bd4 48. hxg6 hxg6 49. Kd2 Bf1 50. Be2 Bxe2 51. Kxe2 Kc5
52. Kd3 Bg1 53. Bd2 Bf2 54. Bc1 Bg1 55. Bd2 Kc6 56. Be1 Bh2 57. Bh4 Bf4 58. Kc2
Kc5 59. Kc3 Be3 60. Kd3 Bd4 61. Be1 Bb2 62. Bf2+ Kb4 63. Be1+ Kb3 64. Ba5 Bc1
65. Bc7 Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mraz, Milan"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nd2 $6 {White had great results with this
move, but it should lead to passivity, as Van Oosterom shows.} Re8 $1 12. Re1
Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. Nf1 Bg6 $1 ({Black improves on} 14... b6 {
from Tepper - Monner Sans, corr 1999.}) 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. Ra2 Rd7
18. Rae2 Red8 19. Bb2 {White can do little and he has weaknesses on a3 and e3.}
Nh7 $1 20. Nf1 $6 ({More active is} 20. a4 $5 Nf8 21. Ba3) 20... Nf8 $1 21. Nd2
Ne6 22. Nb3 Na5 23. Nxa5 Qxa5 24. Rd2 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rc8 26. Qe2 b5 27. e4 $5
Qb6 28. Qf2 a5 29. Re3 Rc4 30. f4 $2 {The attempt to break the passivity fails.
} (30. Qe2 {continues the selected strategy.}) 30... dxe4 $1 31. Rxe4 b4 32.
axb4 Rxb4 33. h3 a4 34. Ba3 Rb3 35. Bc5 Qb7 36. Rde2 Rd5 37. R2e3 Rf5 38. Qf3
Qb8 39. Re5 Kh7 40. Qg3 Rxe3 41. Rxe3 Kg8 42. Ra3 Nxf4 43. Kh2 Qb5 44. Ra2 Nh5
45. Qa3 Rf1 {Black has an extra pawn and the initiative.} 0-1

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schoen, Wolfram"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. h4 b5 14. Bh3 Nb6 $5
{The novelty induced a positional sacrifice.} 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. g5 Nh5 17. Nd5
Bxd5 18. Bxc8 Bxb3 19. Bg4 Bxa2+ 20. Kxa2 Nf4 21. Qc3 $5 ({
White takes defensive measures, because} 21. h5 $6 b4 22. g6 a5 $1 23. gxh7+
Kxh7 24. Bf5+ Kh8 {looks risky for White.}) 21... a5 22. Bd7 a4 23. Qc6 Qa7 24.
Bc8 $5 (24. Qxb5 Rb8 25. Qc6 Ne2 26. Rh2 Nd4 27. Qxa4 Qb6 {
brings about equal chances.}) 24... Bf8 $5 (24... b4 $1 25. Rh2 b3+ 26. Kb1 $1
a3 27. Qb7 $1 Qa5 28. Qxe7 Rxc8 29. Qb7 {leads to a survival by White.}) 25. h5
b4 26. Ka1 Qb8 $5 (26... b3 $1 27. Qd7 $1 bxc2 28. Rc1 {also gives equality.})
27. Bb7 Ra7 28. Ba6 b3 29. g6 $5 Rc7 $5 30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. Bxb5 bxc2 32. Rc1 Ne6
33. Bxa4 Nd4 34. Ka2 Be7 35. Rh2 Ra7 36. b3 Rc7 37. Kb2 hxg6 38. hxg6 Bg5 39.
Rcxc2 Nxc2 40. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 41. Kxc2 fxg6 42. b4 Kf7 43. Kd3 Ke7 44. b5 Kd8 45.
b6 Kc8 46. Bc6 Bd8 47. b7+ Kc7 48. Kc4 Bg5 49. Kd5 {
Schoen defended cold-bloodedly.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soltau, Achim"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe4 d6 8. c4
$6 Qa5+ $1 9. Bd2 Ndb4 {
A simple examination of the 'theory' has brought a plus.} 10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. Be2
f5 12. Qb1 Qd8 $5 13. O-O Nf7 14. Nd1 $6 ({More natural is} 14. Rd1 $1) 14...
Nc6 15. Bc3 Nfe5 $1 16. Ne3 Be7 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Nc2 $5 {
White makes artificial moves.} O-O 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. b4 b6 21. Qb2 Bf6 22. b5 Ne7
23. Rd2 Bb7 24. Rad1 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Qxe5
Qd2 29. Bf1 Qxc2 30. Qc7 Kf7 31. Qxb7 Qxa2 {
Soltau could not work out the defensive problems satisfactorily.} 32. g3 Qa3
33. Qc7 g5 34. h3 h5 35. Kg2 g4 36. h4 $1 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 f4 $5 {
White gets sufficient counter-play.} 38. Qxa7 fxg3 39. Qxb6 Nf5 40. Qc7+ Kg6
41. Qb6 gxf2+ 42. Qxf2 Qc3 43. Kh1 Kf6 44. b6 g3 45. Qg2 Nxh4 46. b7 $1 Qe5 $1
(46... Nxg2 47. b8=Q Qd2 {draws.}) 47. Qe2 g2+ $1 48. Kg1 gxf1=Q+ 49. Kxf1 Qb8
50. Qb2+ $1 Kf7 51. c5 $1 Nf5 52. c6 Qf4+ 53. Kg1 Qg4+ 54. Qg2 {
Black has to deliver perpetual check, if he wants to avoid promotion by White.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tiemann, Hagen"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. g5 ({Schoen chose} 
13. h4 {against Joop.}) 13... Nh5 14. Rg1 g6 $5 {
Van Oosterom springs a novelty.} ({Hefka played} 14... Nb6 {in their game.})
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. a3 Nb6 18. Rg4 Bd8 19. Rh4 f6 $1 (19... h6 20.
Rxh5 {looks risky for Black.}) 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. Bxb6 Qxb6 22. Bh3 Rc7 23. Be6+
Kh8 24. Ra4 Rg7 25. Rc4 Nh5 26. Nc1 Nf4 27. Ne2 Qa6 28. Re4 Nxe2 29. Qxe2 Qxe2
30. Rxe2 Bb6 31. Re4 Rf8 32. Rd3 Rc7 33. a4 Kg7 34. Kc1 Rf4 35. Rxf4 exf4 {
This position brings no simple draw, because Black can penetrate everywhere.}
36. c3 $2 ({White should exchange the rooks at a positional cost by} 36. Rc3 $1
Be3+ 37. Kd1 $1 Rxc3 38. bxc3 b5 39. Bd7 $1 bxa4 40. Bxa4 Kf6 41. Ke2 Bg1 42.
h3 Kg5 43. Kf1 Be3 44. c4 Kh4 45. Kg2 {drawn.}) 36... Bg1 $1 37. h3 Kf6 38. Kd1
Be3 39. Ke2 Rc5 40. Bd7 {White prevents the threat .. b5.} Ke7 41. Bb5 Rc7 42.
Rd1 Kf6 43. Kf1 Kg5 44. Kg2 Kh4 45. Kh2 Re7 $1 {
The defender cannot stop the entrance by the black rook.} 46. Bd3 Re5 47. Bb5
Bb6 48. Bf1 Rg5 49. Bg2 ({Or} 49. b4 Bg1+ 50. Kh1 Bf2 51. Kh2 b6) 49... h5 50.
Bf1 Bg1+ 51. Kh1 Be3 52. Kh2 Rg1 53. b4 b6 54. Re1 g5 {
The advance of the g-pawn decides.} 0-1

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Umansky, Mikhail"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 c5 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 cxd4 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. Bd2 Rd8 13. e4 Nb6 14. e5
h6 15. Rc1 Rd3 16. Bc3 Na4 17. Ke2 Rd5 18. Rhd1 Rxd1 19. Kxd1 Bd7 20. Nd2 Rc8
21. f4 b6 22. Ne4 Nxc3+ 23. Rxc3 Ne7 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Kd2 Kf8 26. Kc3 Bc6 27.
Nd6 Nxd6 28. Bxc6 Ne8 29. Kd4 {White controls a lot of territory, but he
cannot take the bastion.   Joop van Oosterom became the eighteenth world
champion and got the number one rating of 2773. His games have a rich content.
Positional sacrifices inducing an attack are a special feature. The encounters
are even harder to analyse than Kasparov's. I had to revise lines after seeing
his perusal, a rare event. Elwert and Soltau are going to win silver and
bronze.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Kempen, Heinz"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Nbd7 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 a5
15. Kb1 a4 16. Nc1 f6 $5 17. g6 $1 {White gives a witty answer to the new move.
} hxg6 18. Qg2 $6 ({More natural is} 18. Bd3 $1 a3 19. b3 f5 20. Rdg1 $1) 18...
a3 19. Qxg6 axb2 20. Nb3 f5 21. Bh3 $1 ({Not} 21. Qxh5 $2 Rxa2 $1 {
(van Oosterom).}) 21... Nb6 $5 22. Qxh5 $6 (22. Bxb6 $1 Qxb6 23. Qxh5 Qa7 24.
Kxb2 Qxa2+ 25. Kc1 Qa3+ 26. Kd2 Qb4+ 27. Ke2 Qc4+ 28. Rd3 e4 29. fxe4 Qxe4+ 30.
Re3 Qxh1 {gives equality (van Oosterom).}) 22... Nc4 23. Bxf5 ({Avoids} 23. Bc5
$2 Rxa2 $1) 23... Rxf5 24. Qxf5 Nxe3 25. Qd3 Nc4 $1 {
Black springs another surprise. Capture of the rook draws.} 26. Nd2 Nxd2+ 27.
Rxd2 Qa5 28. a3 Qc5 29. Kxb2 e4 30. Qb3 Bg5 $1 {
The bishop has the value of a rook.} 31. Re2 $2 ({Van Oosterom prefers} 31.
Rhd1 $3 {and Black cannot win.}) 31... Bf6+ 32. c3 exf3 33. Rd2 Re8 34. Ka2 (
34. Rc2 $5 Re2 35. Kb1 b5 36. Rf1 Qe3 $1 37. Qxb5 Qe4 $1 38. Qb8+ Kf7 $1 39.
Qb7+ Be7 40. Qb3 Qd3 {also wins for Black.}) 34... b5 $1 (34... Re2 $2 35. Rxe2
fxe2 36. Re1 Qf2 37. Qb5 $1 Qxe1 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qh5+ {
leads to a white escape.}) 35. Rc2 Kh7 $1 36. Rhc1 Re3 37. Rb2 Bxc3 $1 38. Qxb5
Qd4 39. Rbc2 Kh6 $1 40. h4 Re2 $1 {Black has a decisive attack.} 41. Kb3 Bd2
42. Rf1 Qe3+ {Van Oosterom set new problems until the opponent collapsed.} ({
The pointe is} 42... Qe3+ 43. Ka2 Bc3 $1 44. Qb3 Qe4 45. Kb1 f2 46. Qxc3 Re1+)
0-1

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Fleetwood, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. g3 Bd6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O a5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rc1 c5
15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. a4 Rac8 19. Bh3 Rb8 20. Qa3 Bc8 21.
Bf1 c4 22. Rc3 Qe7 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Ra1 h6 25. f3 g5 26. h3 Kg7 27. Kf2 h5 28.
g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bd7 30. e3 Re6 31. Raa3 Rh8 32. Bg2 Rc8 33. Rc2 Rce8 34. Nb1
Rc6 35. Re2 Ng8 36. Nc3 Ne7 37. Ra1 Rf6 {So far, the game has been eventless.}
38. Ree1 $5 {A startling move in the style of Ljubojevic is played.} ({
The expected} 38. e4 Bxg4 39. exd5 Bd7 40. Rae1 Kf8 41. Re5 {
brings slight pressure.}) 38... Bxg4 39. e4 Bd7 $5 (39... Bxf3 $1 40. Bxf3 g4
41. Re3 dxe4 42. Nxe4 Rxf3+ 43. Rxf3 gxf3 44. Rg1+ Ng6 45. Kxf3 {
gives little advantage to Black.}) 40. exd5 Rh6 41. Rac1 Nf5 42. Ne4 Bxa4 43.
Rxc4 Bb3 44. Rc3 Nxd4 45. Rd3 Nc2 46. Rc1 a4 47. d6 Rd8 48. Ng3 Kg6 49. d7 Nb4
50. Rd6+ Kh7 51. Rd2 Be6 52. Rcd1 Na6 53. Ne4 Kg6 54. Rd6 Nc5 55. Rxb6 Rxd7 56.
Rxd7 Nxd7 57. Ra6 Ne5 58. Nc5 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Hefka, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Rg1 Nb6 $5 (
{The alternative brings} 14... b5) 15. Qf2 Bd8 16. h4 g6 $6 17. Rg2 $5 (17. Rd2
{stems from Topalov - Kasparov, Leon 1998. Both moves are dangerous for Black
due to his weakened kingside}) 17... Qc6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Be7
21. h5 Bf8 $5 22. Nd4 Qe8 23. Rf2 Rxc3 $5 24. bxc3 Na4 25. Rf3 b5 {
Hefka has achieved counter-play. Van Oosterom further sharpens the game.} 26.
Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Bh3 Qc4 28. Rdf1 Ra7 29. e5 $1 {White stops the counterattack.
The offer to exchange the queens has a tactical basis.} Qxf4 ({The pointe is} 
29... Nxc3+ 30. Rxc3 Qxc3 31. Be6 $1 Qxe5 32. Bxf7+ Kh8 33. Bd5 $1 Qxf4 34.
Rxf4 Bg7 35. h6 $1) 30. Rxf4 Nxc3+ 31. Ka1 $1 Bg7 ({Or} 31... dxe5 32. Rxf7 $1
Rxf7 33. Be6) 32. exd6 Be5 ({Another tactical justification gives} 32... Nd5+
33. Rf6 $1 Bxf6+ 34. gxf6 Ne3 35. Rf4 $1 Nxc2+ 36. Kb2 Ne3 37. Re4 Nc4+ 38.
Rxc4 $1 bxc4 39. Bc8 $3) 33. d7 Rxd7 34. Bxd7 Ne2+ 35. Kb1 Bxf4 36. c4 $1 Bxg5
{Otherwise White has mating lines.} 37. Re1 Ng3 38. hxg6 bxc4 39. Re8+ Kg7 40.
gxh7 Kxh7 41. Kc2 Nf1 42. Kc3 Bd2+ 43. Kxc4 a5 44. Bh3 Ng3 45. Rd8 (45. Rd8 Be1
46. Rd1 Bb4 47. a3 $1 Bf8 48. Kb5 Ne2 49. Rd3 {
leads to the fall of pawn a5 and a free path for the other a-pawn.}) 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Nimtz, Manfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 $5 Qa5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Rg1 Nc5 15.
g5 hxg5 $5 (15... Nxa4 16. bxa4 hxg5 17. hxg5 Nd7 18. g6 {
also leads to a strong white attack (Vorobiov - Korobov, Moscow 2002).}) 16.
hxg5 Nfd7 17. g6 f5 18. Kb1 Nxa4 $1 (18... fxe4 $6 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. f4 $1 {
frustrates the black counteraction.}) 19. bxa4 Qxa4 (19... Nc5 $6 20. Nb3 $1
Nxb3 21. axb3 {closes the white defence.}) 20. Nxe6 Ne5 $1 {
Black revives his counter-play.} ({Not} 20... fxe4 $2 21. Rg5 $1 exf3 22. Bd4
$1 {(van Oosterom).}) 21. Rg3 $1 Nxf3 $1 22. Rxf3 Bxe4 23. Bc5 $3 {
He calculates beyond his rival's horizon.} Bxf3 24. Re1 Be4 25. Bd3 Qc6 $1 {
Black has to defend the centre.} 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Qf4 Be7 28. Rd1 $1 (28. Qf7+
$6 Kd7 29. Qf5 Rh5 $1 30. Qxh5 Kxe6 31. Qg4+ Ke5 32. Qh5+ {
leads to perpetual check (van Oosterom).}) 28... Bf6 $1 ({Avoids} 28... Kd7 29.
Rxd6+ $1 Qxd6 30. Bxd6 Bxd6 31. Qf5) 29. Nxg7+ $1 Bxg7 30. Qf7+ Kd8 31. Qxg7
Qxc5 32. Qxh8+ Kc7 $1 (32... Kd7 $2 33. Qh7+ Kc6 34. g7 Qc4 35. Qf5 $1 Kb7 36.
Rd2 $1 {wins (van Oosterom).}) 33. g7 $1 Kb7 34. Qh2 $1 Rg8 $2 {
Black misses the hidden escape.} (34... Qc3 $1 35. Rg1 Rg8 36. Qxd6 Rxg7 37.
Rxg7+ Qxg7 38. Qxb4+ Ka7 39. Qxe4 {gives a likely draw (van Oosterom).}) 35.
Qh7 Qc4 36. Qg6 Rc8 37. Qg2 Qe6 ({Or} 37... Kc7 38. Re1 $1 Re8 39. Qg6) 38. Rf1
Qd5 39. Re1 Re8 40. Qg6 Rg8 41. Rxe4 a5 42. Qg2 Qc6 (42... Ka6 43. Rg4 $1 Qe5
44. Qg3 $1 {also leads to a won rook ending.}) 43. Rg4 $1 Qxg2 44. Rxg2 Kc6 45.
Kc1 Kd5 46. Kd2 Ke4 47. Rg1 d5 48. Rg2 Kf3 49. Rg6 (49. Rg6 Ke4 50. Rg1 $1 a4
51. Rg6 Kf5 52. Rg2 Ke4 53. Rg1 $1 a3 54. Rg6 Kf5 55. Rg2 Ke4 56. Rg1 $1 {
A repeated zugzwang mechanism induces the white win.}) 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Piccardo, Vittorio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. d5 Na6 $5 8. Bg5
$5 h6 $6 9. Be3 Nc7 $6 10. Qd2 Kh7 {Black has reached a poor position from
Gonzalez Zamora - Gavilanes, St Spiritus 1989.} 11. Be2 a6 12. a4 b6 13. O-O e6
$2 {Black allows a combination.} 14. a5 $1 exd5 (14... b5 $5 15. e5 $1 b4 16.
Na4 Ne4 17. Qc2 exd5 18. cxd5 f5 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Nh4 $1 {
gives White a strong attack.}) 15. axb6 Nce8 16. e5 $1 Nd7 17. Nxd5 dxe5 18. b4
$5 {A cat-and-mouse-game starts.} e4 19. Nh2 cxb4 20. Qxb4 $5 {Joop has fun!}
Bxa1 21. Rxa1 Bb7 22. Rd1 h5 23. Nf1 Rc8 24. Ng3 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Nef6 26. Rd6 Qe7
27. c5 h4 28. Nf1 Rcd8 29. Bg5 Qe5 30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. c6 Nd5 33.
Qc5 Qb2 34. c7 Rc8 35. Qxd5 Qxb6 36. Qxf7+ Kh8 37. Ne3 Qxc7 38. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Rause, Mrs.Olita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bd3 Qd7 17. Rb1 b6 18. d5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Bf6 $6 ({Better is} 
19... Bxa3 $1 20. Ng5 $1 g6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Rbd1 f5 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 {
(Huzman)} Ne5 $1 {Black has a pawn for his positional disadvantage.}) 20. c4
Ne7 $5 (20... h6 $6 {was played in Lékó - Anand, Linares 2003.}) 21. Ne5 Bxe5
22. Bxe5 Ng6 23. Bg3 Nf8 24. h3 c6 $2 ({
Black should accept the complete passivity of} 24... Rcd8 $1) 25. Rbd1 h6 26.
Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Qb3 cxd5 $5 (27... Ng6 {prolongs the resistance.}) 28. cxd5 b5
29. Rc1 a6 30. Rc7 Qf5 31. d6 Re1+ (31... Nd7 {(Harding)} 32. Qd1 $1 {
leads to a positional horror.}) 32. Kh2 Rb1 33. Qc3 Kh7 $6 {
Black misses the most suitable defence.} ({A new barrier is created by} 33...
Ne6 $1 34. Qd2 Rb3 35. d7 Rd3 36. Qc2 Qg6 37. Rc6 $1 (37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Qc6 Qf5
$1 39. Bd6 Nd4 40. Rh8+ Kxh8 41. d8=Q+ Kh7 42. Qc1 Rxh3+ $1 43. gxh3 Qxf2+ {
drawn}) 37... Kh7 {and now} 38. Qxd3 $1 Qxd3 39. Rd6 Qxa3 40. Rxe6 fxe6 41.
d8=Q {wins.}) 34. Re7 Ng6 35. Qd2 $1 Rf1 36. d7 {
Van Oosterom had defeated a main rival by accurate play.} 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Spitz, Patrick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. h3
c6 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Nde2 Nc5 12. b3 Re8 $6 (12... Ne8 $1 13. Be3 f5
{(Edzgveradze - Ivanisevic, Panormo 1998) is more active.}) 13. Be3 Qc7 14. f3
$1 {This move gives support to the centre.} a6 ({More useful is} 14... b6 $1)
15. Rc1 Qe7 16. Qd2 b5 17. Rfd1 Nb7 18. Bf2 h6 $2 {Black wastes time.} ({
Best is} 18... bxc4 19. bxc4 Be6 $1 20. Nd4 Bd7 {
The king's knight cannot go to g3.}) 19. g4 $1 Kh7 20. Ng3 $1 {
An extra piece overprotects pawn e4.} Be6 21. Nce2 $1 bxc4 22. bxc4 Nd7 23. Nd4
Rac8 24. f4 $1 {This move has been prepared by subtle prophylactic manoeuvres.}
Ndc5 25. e5 $1 dxe5 26. Nxc6 Qc7 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. fxe5 Qxe5 {
The exchanges have favoured White.} 29. Rc3 Na5 30. Re1 Qc7 31. Qc2 Rf8 32. Nh5
$1 f5 $1 33. Bd5 gxh5 (33... Qd6 34. Bg3 $1 Qb6 35. Nf4 Ne4+ 36. Bf2 Nxf2 37.
c5 $1 Qd8 38. Rxe6 {brings no rescue for Black.}) 34. Bxe6 Nxe6 35. Rxe6 hxg4
36. hxg4 Qg7 37. Kh2 $1 Rc6 ({Or} 37... Qxg4 38. Re7+ Kh8 39. Qd2) 38. gxf5 $1
Rxe6 39. fxe6+ Qg6 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. Rg3+ Kh5 42. e7 Re8 43. Bc5 Nc6 44. Re3
1-0

[Event "World Ch final 18"]
[Site "ICCF 2003-05"]
[Date "2003.06.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Toro Solis de Ovando, Guillermo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qd2 d6 14. Rfe1 Qd7
15. Rcd1 Rfe8 16. Bf1 Rad8 17. b3 Rc8 18. g3 Nc5 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qg4 21.
Qe3 Qe6 22. Bg2 Qe5 23. Bh3 Rcd8 24. Rd2 Qh5 25. Bg2 Rc8 26. h3 Kg7 27. f4 f6
28. Kh2 Qh6 {The queen seems to be in trouble.} 29. h4 a5 30. Kg1 Kg8 31. Nd5
Bxd5 32. Rxd5 (32. exd5 $1 {gives more pressure.}) 32... Qf8 33. Red1 Rcd8 34.
Qd2 Rb8 35. h5 Qh6 36. Qc3 Kh8 37. hxg6 Qxg6 38. e5 dxe5 39. fxe5 Rg8 40. exf6
exf6 41. Rd6 Qxg3 42. Qxf6+ Qg7 43. Qxg7+ Rxg7 44. Kh2 Rg6 45. Rxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch final 21"]
[Site "ICCF 2005-07"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bjuhr, Arne"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

{VAN OOSTEROM CHAMPION!  The 21st World Championship started on 1 August 2005
and was played by email. Van Oosterom scored 10/14 (six wins, one loss and
seven draws) and became world champion within two years. He won the title for
the second time.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 Bg7
7. Nf3 Ne4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 {White restricts his dark coloured bishop.} Nxc3
10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Ba3 Qd7 13. Qb3 Rac8 14. Rfc1 Rfd8 $5 {
Black has a plus.} (14... Rc7 {
is known from Quinteros - Juarez, Sao Paulo 1972.}) 15. Qb5 Bf5 16. Bb2 $5 {
White chooses for a passive defence.} e5 $5 17. a4 b6 18. Ba3 $2 {
Bjuhr fails to advance a backward pawn.} ({The active} 18. c4 $1 a6 $1 19. Qb3
Na5 20. Qxb6 Nxc4 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. Qxa6 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. exd4 Qxd4 25.
a5 {brings a competent counteraction.}) 18... Bh3 $1 19. Nb3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 h5
21. h4 Qg4 22. Ra2 Bf6 23. Qe2 Qe6 24. a5 Nxa5 25. Nxa5 bxa5 26. Bc5 Rd7 27. c4
$6 {He plays the pawn at a doubtful moment.} ({The pawn sacrifice} 27. Rxa5 $1
exd4 28. cxd4 Bxd4 $1 29. Qd2 $1 Bxc5 30. Rcxc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 {might draw.})
27... dxc4 28. Rxc4 Bd8 29. Rac2 Bb6 30. Qf1 $5 {
White wants to avoid the exchange of heavy pieces.} Qd5+ 31. Kh2 Rdc7 32. Qa1
Rc6 33. Qc1 exd4 34. exd4 Rf6 35. Re2 Re6 36. Rxe6 Qxe6 37. Rc3 Qd5 38. Qe3 Kg7
39. Rc1 Rc6 40. Kg1 Re6 41. Qd2 Kh7 42. Qd1 Kg8 43. Qc2 Re4 44. Rd1 Kg7 45. Rc1
a4 $1 {Black marches the pawn at last.} 46. Qc3 ({The pointe is} 46. Qxa4 $4
Bxc5 $1 47. Rxc5 Re1+) 46... Kh7 47. Ra1 Re2 $1 48. Ra3 Kg8 $1 {
Zugzwang has arisen. White has to make an inferior move.} 49. Qf3 $5 (49. Kf1
Bxc5 $1 50. dxc5 Rd2 {and}) (49. Ra1 Qf5 50. Rf1 Rc2 {bring hardship for White.
}) 49... Qxf3 50. Rxf3 Rc2 51. Ra3 Rc4 52. Kf1 Bxc5 53. dxc5 Kf8 54. Ke2 Ke7
55. Kd3 Rb4 $1 56. Kc2 (56. Kc3 Rb3+ $1 {gives a won pawn ending.}) 56... f5
57. Rd3 Rc4+ 58. Kb2 Rxc5 59. Rd4 a3+ 60. Kb3 $5 Ra5 61. Ka2 Ke6 62. Rc4 Rd5
63. Kxa3 Rd3+ 64. Kb4 Rf3 65. Rc6+ Kf7 {
Fine positional play brought the victory.} ({Elementary is} 65... Kf7 66. Rc7+
Kf6 67. Rc6+ Kg7 68. Rc7+ Kh6 69. Rc2 f4 $1) 0-1

[Event "World Ch final 21"]
[Site "ICCF 2005-07"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nickel, Arno"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 a6 {
The next line can be avoided by 7. .. Nf6.} 8. Bb6 axb5 9. Nxb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5
11. Nc7+ Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bxc7 {Black has given a queen and pawn for three minor
pieces. Consequently, he has sacrificed a pawn.} 13. Qg4 g6 14. Qh4 $5 {
Nickel renews the harass of the kingside.} Nge7 15. Bb5 f5 16. f3 O-O $6 {
Van Oosterom needs counter-play in the centre.} (16... fxe4 $5 17. fxe4 O-O 18.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 d5 $1) 17. O-O $1 d5 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. a4 $1 Rf7 20. Qe1 Kg7
21. Rd1 Raf8 22. Qe2 {
Nickel defends the centre and threatens an advance on the queenside.} Bc8 $6 (
22... fxe4 $5 23. fxe4 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 25. Qxf1 dxe4 26. Qe2 Nd5 27. Qxe4
Nf6 {creates a black screen.}) 23. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 24. b4 e5 25. a5 Rf6 26. h3 h5
27. Ra1 $1 Bb7 {
Exchange in the centre has no use, cause White will queen his passed pawn.} 28.
a6 $1 Ba8 29. c4 $1 d4 30. c5 $1 {A bishop has been imprisoned.} g5 31. g3 $5
Ng6 32. Rg1 Kh6 33. Raf1 h4 34. f4 $1 exf4 35. e5 $1 {
He opens the position tactically.} d3 36. Qg2 hxg3 $6 (36... Bxe5 37. gxh4 gxh4
38. Rf3 Rd8 39. Qd2 {wins technically for White.}) 37. exf6 Nh4 38. Qd2 f3 $1 {
The black counter looks impressive.} 39. Rxf3 $3 Nxf3 40. Qxd3 Nxg1 {
White has sacrificed two rooks.} 41. Qd7 $1 Rxf6 42. Kxg1 Be5 43. Qe8 $1 Bc3
44. Qxa8 Bxb4 45. Qh8+ {
Arno Nickel showed the vulnerability of the world champion.} ({The pointe is} 
45. Qh8+ Kg6 46. Qg8+ Kh6 47. Qc4) 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 21"]
[Site "ICCF 2005-07"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Branding, Gerd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Ba2 b6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Bb2 Rac8 14. Rac1
Rfe8 15. Nd2 $5 {White has the usual two bishops in the Nimzo Indian. It
brings little advantage.} (15. Rfd1 {
was played in Granda Zuniga - Lobron, Groningen 1993.}) 15... e5 16. f3 Nf8 $6
(16... exd4 $1 17. cxd4 Qd6 {approximately equalises.}) 17. e4 Ng6 18. Rfd1
Rcd8 19. Nc4 Nf4 20. Qf1 Ba6 $6 ({More activity shows} 20... exd4 21. cxd4 b5
$1 22. Ne3 c4) 21. dxe5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxe5 23. Bc1 Re7 24. Qe1 $1 h6 25. Be3
Kh7 26. Rd2 Bxc4 $5 27. Bxc4 Qe5 28. Rd1 g5 $6 {
White enlarges his collection of slight advantages.} ({Better is} 28... Ne6)
29. a4 Ng6 30. Bc1 Nd7 31. Qe3 Qf6 32. g3 Qc6 33. Bb5 Qe6 34. Qe2 Nf6 35. Rd8
Ne5 $1 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. h3 Qb3 38. Bd2 Qe6 39. f4 $1 {
Van Oosterom starts a decisive attack.} Nc6 $1 40. f5 Qe5 41. Bxc6 Qc7 42. Bxg5
Qxd8 43. Qe3 hxg5 44. Qxg5+ Kh7 45. Qxf6 {
Joop has a winning positional advantage.} Rd7 ({Or} 45... Qd3 $5 46. Kf2 $1 Rc7
47. Bd5 $1 Qd2+ 48. Kf3 Rd7 49. c4 Qd1+ 50. Kf4 Qd2+ 51. Kg4 Qd1+ 52. Kh4 {
and Black has no perpetual.}) 46. Qxd8 Rxd8 47. Bd5 $1 a6 $5 48. c4 $5 {
He leaves pawn f7 untouched and follows his original plan.} Kg7 49. h4 {
White pawns rush forwards, supported by two pieces.} 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 21"]
[Site "ICCF 2005-07"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Jakobetz, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nh4 O-O 10. h3 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Qe7 13. a5 Rac8 14. Qb3 $5 ({
Theory is} 14. Rd1) 14... b5 $5 15. axb6 axb6 16. Rd1 Ra8 17. Ra2 Bd6 18. Bf1
b5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Qc2 b4 $6 {White gets a plus in the Slav Defence.} ({
The solid} 20... Nb6 {is preferable.}) 21. Ne4 c5 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. b3 Ra1 $6 (
{More useful is} 23... Qd5 $1) 24. e4 $1 cxd4 25. Qb2 $1 Rxc1 $2 {
The planned move leads to a disaster.} ({
Black should try to survive by the retreat} 25... Ra7 26. Rxd4 Qb8) 26. Qxc1
Nxe4 27. Qc4 e5 28. Ra1 Nd2 29. Qc8+ Nf8 30. Ra2 $1 Nxb3 31. Bc4 $1 Nc5 32. Ra5
Nce6 $5 (32... Ncd7 33. Qe8 Qf6 34. Ra7 $1 Kh7 35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. Qxd7 {
wins material.}) 33. Bxe6 Qxe6 34. Qxe6 Nxe6 35. Rxe5 {White wins the ending.}
d3 36. Rb5 Kf8 37. Rxb4 Ke7 38. h4 Kd6 39. Kf1 Nc5 40. Ke1 Kd5 41. Kd2 Ke5 42.
Ke3 Kd5 43. Rd4+ Ke6 44. Rd8 Ke5 45. Ra8 Ke6 46. Ra7 g5 47. hxg5 d2 48. Ke2 Nd3
49. Kxd2 Nxf2 50. Ke3 Nd1+ 51. Kf4 Nb2 52. g6 fxg6 53. Kg5 Nd3 54. Rxg7 Ne5 55.
Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 21"]
[Site "ICCF 2005-07"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Lanc, Alois"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 Bg7 12. e5 O-O 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qe2 b6 15.
Rad1 a6 $5 {Black advances timidly on the queenside. White occupies the centre.
} 16. Bd3 $5 Bb7 17. Be4 Rab8 18. h4 $1 b5 19. Qc2 Rdc8 20. a3 c5 $6 ({
More solid is} 20... Nb6 $1) 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Ne4 Rcc7 23. Rc1 $1 {
White gains a positional advantage.} c4 (23... cxd4 $2 24. Qxc7 $1 Rxc7 25.
Rxc7 Qd8 26. Rec1 Nb6 27. Nd6 Bxe5 $1 28. Rc8 $1 Nxc8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Nxc8 d3
$1 31. b3 $1 Bc3 32. Kf1 {wins a piece for two pawns.}) 24. Rcd1 Rb8 25. h5 $1
gxh5 $5 (25... g5 {is unpleasant as well.}) 26. Ng3 b4 ({Or} 26... h4 27. Nh5
h3 28. gxh3) 27. axb4 Qxb4 28. Nxh5 Kh8 $5 (28... Qxb2 29. Qe4 Kh8 {
exchanges the moves.}) 29. d5 $5 Qxb2 30. Qe4 exd5 31. Rxd5 {
Van Oosterom realizes a decisive attack.} Nc5 ({Or} 31... Nf8 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33.
Nd4 $1) 32. Qh4 $1 ({The pointe is} 32. Qh4 Nd3 (32... Ne6 33. Nd4 $1) 33. Nxg7
Kxg7 34. Nd4 $1 Kh7 35. Nf5 Qd2 36. Re3 {and White wins.}) 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 21"]
[Site "ICCF 2005-07"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Soltau, Achim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5
a4 16. Nbd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3
Ne5 22. h4 Ra5 {This pseudo offer in the Sicilian Defence is sophisticated.
The position was reached in Lékó - Vallejo Pons, Monte Carlo 2005.} 23. Qb4 Qa8
24. Bb6 Ra4 25. Qxb3 Qxe4+ 26. Nc2 Ra8 27. Qd5 Qxd5 28. Rxd5 Rb8 29. Ba5 $5 (
29. Rb5 {occurs in Najer - Popov, Moscow Aeroflot 2006.}) 29... Bd8 30. Bb4 f6
31. g6 hxg6 32. fxg6 Be7 33. h5 Nc7 34. Rd1 {White applies restriction.} Rfe8
$2 (34... f5 $1 35. Ba5 Ne6 36. Ne3 f4 {lessens the restraint.}) 35. Ba5 Ne6
36. Ne3 Bf8 37. Nf5 $1 {A blockade increases the constraint.} Rb3 38. Bc3 Reb8
39. Kc2 ({The continuation by} 39. Kc2 R3b6 40. Rh4 Nc7 41. Bg2 {
leads to a miserable position.}) 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 21"]
[Site "ICCF 2005-07"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Black "Walsh, Hector"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Qa5 12. Be2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nd5 14. Qg3
Qxa2 15. c4 Qa1+ 16. Kc2 Qa4+ 17. Kb1 Nb4 18. Nc3 Qc2+ 19. Ka1 Qf5 (19... Qb3
$6 20. Rd2 $1 Nc2+ $6 21. Kb1 Na3+ 22. Kc1 {brings no perpetual check.}) 20.
Bg4 $5 ({
The correspondence game Jaderholm - Sabaev, Finjub-40, 2001 finished by} 20.
Bc7 Nc2+ {drawn.}) 20... Qa5+ 21. Kb1 Be7 22. Rhe1 {
A critical position has been reached.} Qc5 $2 ({No good is} 22... O-O $2 23.
Re5 $1 Qb6 (23... c5 24. Bxh6 $1 Bf6 25. Bxg7 $1 Bxg7 26. Rg5 f5 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7
28. Bxf5+) 24. Bxh6 $1 Bf6 25. Ne4 $1 Bxe5 26. Qxe5 f6 27. Bxe6+ Bxe6 28. Qxe6+
Kh7 29. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 30. Rd7+ {and mate will follow.}) ({Better is} 22... Ra7
$1 23. Be5 Rg8 24. Bf3 Kf8) 23. Re5 $1 Qxc4 24. Be2 Qb3 25. Rd2 $1 Kf8 26. Re3
e5 $5 ({No relief brings} 26... a5 {due to} 27. Be5 $1 f6 28. Qg6 $1 fxe5 29.
Bh5 Kg8 30. Qf7+ Kh7 31. Bg6#) 27. Bxe5 Bf5+ 28. Bd3 Bxd3+ 29. Rexd3 Bg5 30.
Re3 $1 {The pin does not matter.} Kg8 31. f4 Qe6 32. fxg5 Qg6+ 33. Kc1 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 21"]
[Site "ICCF 2005-07"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Unen, Hans"]
[Black "Van Oosterom, JJ."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Nc3 c5 7. e4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
d6 9. Be2 a6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. f3 Rc8 14. Kh1 Re8 $5 {
The black pieces occupy three ranks.} ({Theory is} 14... Qc7 {
(Jose Mateus - Lau, Dubai 1986).}) 15. f4 Qc7 ({Premature is} 15... d5 16. e5
Ne4 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bf3 {(Van Unen).}) 16. Rac1 Qb8 17. b4 Qa8 18. Bd3 Rc7
19. Qb1 g6 20. Nb3 $5 ({Many exchanges are made in} 20. Nf3 d5 $1 21. cxd5 exd5
22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Bxd5) 20... Rec8 21. Bd4 Nh5 22. Be3 Bf6
23. Kg1 Bg7 24. Bf1 $5 (24. Nd2 {guards the centre pawn.}) 24... Bxc3 25. Rxc3
Nhf6 $5 {Black postpones the capture in the centre.} 26. Nd2 Nxe4 27. Rcc1 (27.
Nxe4 $5 Bxe4 28. Qb2 d5 $1 29. Rdc1 dxc4 30. Bxc4 Bxg2 31. Bd5 $1 Rxc3 $1 32.
Bxa8 Rxc1+ 33. Bxc1 Bxa8 {brings a black plus (Van Unen).}) 27... Nxd2 28. Rxd2
Be4 29. Qb2 d5 $1 30. Rcd1 Qb7 31. cxd5 Bxd5 32. Bd3 b5 33. f5 $1 {
White has sufficient counter-play for the sacrificed pawn.} Qc6 $5 ({Not} 33...
exf5 $2 34. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 35. Rxd5 Rc2 36. Qd4 {(Van Unen)} Qc6 37. Bd2 $1 Nf8
38. Rxf5 {and White attacks.}) 34. Qd4 Qc3 35. fxe6 Bxe6 36. Qf4 $1 {
Van Unen has to give another pawn.} Qxa3 37. Bf1 Qb3 38. Rd6 f6 $5 39. R1d3 Qa2
40. Rd2 Qb3 41. R2d3 Qa2 42. Rd2 {The game ended by a repetition of moves.   I
cannot analyse the six remaining draws, because the notations are lacking.  
Van Oosterom made a great achievement by winning the world championship of
correspondence chess for the second time. Only Oim obtained the same success. 
Correspondence chess became a computer sport many years ago. Special means are
needed in order to investigate Van Oosterom's games. I reach a level of 2700
on a 2.8 GHz machine with Fritz, Hiarcs and Shredder. My brand-new computer of
four processors reaches a level of 3100 with Rybka. This way I could study the
presented games.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Ch final 26"]
[Site "ICCF 2010-2013"]
[Date "2010.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hamarat, Tunc"]
[Black "Langeveld, Ron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]

{The 26th world championship of correspondence chess started in June 2010.
Seventeen players participated in the final. Although a few games were not
finished, Ron Langeveld was proclaimed champion in October 2012. We follow his
six wins and three games of other players.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3
dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. e4 Be7 9. Qe2 b5 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Bf4
Re8 12. a4 $5 (12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 Bd6 {
happened in Matthiesen - Skrondal, Aarhus 2010.}) 12... Nb4 13. axb5 axb5 14.
Ra7 Rb7 15. Rxb7 $6 ({More active is} 15. Ra8 $1 Nd3 16. Ne5 Nxf4 17. gxf4)
15... Bxb7 16. Nxb5 Bxe4 17. Qxc4 {White has regained the pawn.} Qb8 $1 18. Nc3
Bc6 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. f3 Bd6 22. Bd2 h6 23. Na4 Rb8 24. Rc1 Nbd5
25. Nd3 Ne7 26. Nac5 Qa8 $1 {Black keeps the game going.} 27. Rc3 Nf5 28. Ra3
Qc6 29. Kf2 g5 30. Ra6 Rb6 31. Nb4 Qb5 $1 32. Qxb5 Rxb5 {He has gained a plus.}
33. Ncd3 $1 Nd5 $5 (33... Nxd4 34. Bc3 Bxb4 35. Nxb4 c5 {also favours Black.})
34. Nc6 Rb3 35. Ke2 Kg7 36. Ra4 $2 (36. Bc1 $1 Kg6 37. Nde5+ Kf6 38. Ra4 {
defends accurately.}) 36... Bxg3 $1 37. Na5 $1 ({Not} 37. hxg3 $4 Nxg3+ 38. Kf2
Rxd3) 37... Rxd3 $1 38. Kxd3 Bxh2 {
The attack on the kingside resulted in a dangerous black pawns.} 39. Nc6 Nf4+
40. Bxf4 Bxf4 41. Ke2 h5 42. Kf2 Ne3 43. Kg1 $5 g4 44. fxg4 hxg4 {
Langeveld has two passed pawns.} 45. Ra6 Bd6 46. Na7 Kf6 47. Nb5 Bf4 48. Nc3
Kg5 49. Kf2 Nf5 50. Ne4+ Kh5 51. Ra4 ({Or} 51. d5 g3+ $1 52. Kf3 e5) 51... Be3+
52. Kg2 Nh4+ 53. Kf1 f5 54. Ke2 Bc1 $1 55. Rc4 Bf4 $5 {
He picks the elegant solution.} 56. Nc5 g3 $1 {White cannot stop the passed
pawns. Langeveld has defeated the sixteenth champion.} ({The pointe is} 56...
g3 57. Nxe6 Bh6 $1 58. Rc3 Kg4) 0-1

[Event "World Ch final 26"]
[Site "ICCF 2010-2013"]
[Date "2010.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Langeveld, Ron"]
[Black "Almiron, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 fxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bf3 a5
$5 (14... Nf5 15. Be4 Nd4 {drew in Panno - Garcia, Mar del Plata 1968.}) 15.
Bc3 Bg7 16. Re1 Nf5 17. a4 Bd7 18. c5 $1 b6 19. c6 Bc8 20. Be4 Qg5 21. Bd2 Qh4
22. g3 Qe7 23. Bc3 Ba6 24. b4 $5 axb4 25. Nxb4 Bc4 26. Ra3 Qf7 27. Ba1 Ne7 28.
Rf3 Qe8 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. h4 b5 31. axb5 Bxb5 {The chances are equal.} 32. Bc3
Qf7 33. Re3 Kh8 34. Rf3 Qe8 35. g4 Qc8 36. Rg3 Ng8 37. h5 $1 {
He takes the initiative on the kingside.} Nf6 38. Bb1 g5 39. Bf5 Qg8 40. h6 $5
{White gives a pawn for pressure.} Bxh6 41. Bd2 Bf8 42. Qc1 h6 43. Rh3 {
White threatens Bxg5!} Nh7 44. f3 Qg7 45. Kf2 Qg8 $5 46. Kg3 $5 Ra4 47. Rh1 Ra8
48. Nc2 Ba6 49. Ne1 Bc8 50. Bxh7 Kxh7 51. Bxg5 {
Langeveld has regained the pawn.} Qg6 52. Ng2 $1 Rb8 53. Be3 Rb3 54. Qc4 Ra3
55. Qb4 Ra8 56. Qd2 Qf6 57. Qc2+ Kg8 $6 ({Preferable is} 57... Qg6 $1) 58. Rh5
Ra3 59. Qc1 Ra4 $6 ({Better is} 59... Rd3 $5 60. Qc4 Ra3) 60. Bxh6 $1 e4 61.
fxe4 Rxe4 62. Qg5+ Qxg5 63. Rxg5+ Kf7 64. Bxf8 Kxf8 {
White has an extra pawn in the endgame.} 65. Nf4 Re1 66. Kf2 Re4 67. Kf3 Re1
68. Nh5 Rf1+ 69. Kg2 Rd1 70. Kf2 $1 Rd3 71. Nf6 Ke7 72. Nd7 Kf7 ({The pointe is
} 72... Bxd7 73. Rg7+ Ke8 74. Rxd7 Rxd5 75. Rxc7 {and White wins.}) 73. Rf5+
Kg7 74. Rf4 $1 Rxd5 75. Ra4 $1 Rd2+ 76. Kf3 Rc2 77. Ra8 $1 Rxc6 78. Rxc8 Kf7
79. Rh8 Rc3+ 80. Kf4 Kg6 81. Re8 Rd3 82. Re4 Rd1 83. Nf8+ Kf7 84. Ne6 c5 85.
Ng5+ $1 {Almiron has been outplayed slowly. No obvious mistakes were made.} 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 26"]
[Site "ICCF 2010-2013"]
[Date "2010.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Langeveld, Ron"]
[Black "Cardelli, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Qxb2 8. Qb1
Qb4 9. a3 Qxb1+ 10. Rxb1 b6 $2 {Black makes a fatal decision to keep the extra
pawn. Langeveld benefits brilliantly.} ({Known is} 10... c4 11. Rxb7 Nc6) 11.
dxc5 bxc5 12. Rb7 $1 {White has a great compensation for the pawn.} ({
The alternative is} 12. Nb5 $5 Kd8 13. Nd6 Bxd6 14. exd6 Nd7 15. Rb7 a6) 12...
d4 $5 (12... a6 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Kd2 {(Burg)} d4 $1 15. Rxd7 dxe3+ 16. fxe3 Kxd7
17. Nb6+ Kc6 18. Nxa8 Kb7 19. Ng5 Nh6 20. Bf3+ {also favours White.}) 13. Ng5
Nc6 14. Nb5 $1 Rb8 15. Bf3 Rxb7 16. Bxc6+ Ke7 17. Bxb7 dxe3 18. Nxa7 {
He has an advantage in development.} Nh6 19. Ke2 f6 20. Ne4 Ng4 21. f3 $1 Bxe4
22. fxe4 Kf7 23. a4 $1 c4 (23... Nxe5 24. a5 c4 25. Rd1 Bc5 26. Nc8) 24. Nc6
Bc5 (24... Nf2 25. Ra1 $1 {wins for White.}) 25. Rf1 Kg6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Rb1
$1 Ne5 28. Rb5 $1 Ba3 29. a5 Nxc6 30. Bxc6 Rc8 31. Bd7 Rc7 ({Or} 31... Rc5 32.
Rb7 Rxa5 33. Bxe6) 32. Bxe6 Bc5 33. Bxc4 h6 34. a6 Bd6 35. Bd3 Bxh2 36. e5+ Kf7
37. exf6 Kxf6 38. Rb6+ Kf7 39. Rxh6 Be5 40. Rh7+ Bg7 41. Be4 {
Cartelli could not develop his kingside timely.} 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 26"]
[Site "ICCF 2010-2013"]
[Date "2010.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Langeveld, Ron"]
[Black "Santana Peñate, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3
Bh7 9. Bd2 Nf5 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 O-O 12. a6 b6 13. c4 dxc4 $5 ({Known is} 13...
Rc8) 14. Bxc4 Rc8 {Black has a crammed game.} 15. Qe2 Nh4 $5 {
He makes an exchange.} ({The active} 15... c5 $6 16. Rac1 cxd4 $6 17. Nbxd4
Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bc5 19. Nf3 {favours White.}) 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. Rfc1 Be7 18. Rc3
$1 Bf5 19. Rac1 Nb8 $1 {Black has to defend passively.} 20. Rg3 Bh4 21. Rg4 Bg5
$1 (21... Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Bg5 23. f4 Bh4 24. Rf1 {
leads to an attack by White (Burg).}) 22. Rg3 Bh4 23. Rgc3 $1 Be7 24. h3 Rc7
25. Rg3 Bh4 26. Rf3 Bg5 27. Rg3 Bh4 28. Rgc3 Be7 29. Rf3 Bg5 30. Bxg5 $1 Qxg5
31. Rg3 {Langeveld has a plus and keeps the game going.} Qe7 32. Rgc3 Rfc8 33.
Qf3 Qg5 34. Be2 Bg6 35. Qe3 Qxe3 $1 36. fxe3 f6 37. exf6 gxf6 38. Nd2 Rd8 39.
b4 Kf8 $6 {Black loses a tempo.} ({The immediate} 39... e5 40. Nf3 Re7 {
is more active.}) 40. Kf2 e5 41. Nf3 Be4 42. dxe5 Bxf3 43. gxf3 fxe5 44. b5 Rd2
$6 (44... c5 $5 45. Rc4 Rg7 46. Re4 Rd5 47. Rh4 Rd6 {
places the black rooks on open files.}) 45. Rc4 Rd6 $6 (45... c5 $1 46. Re4 Nd7
{develops the knight.}) 46. Re4 Nd7 47. bxc6 Rdxc6 48. Rxc6 Rxc6 49. Bb5 Rc2+
50. Kg3 Ke7 51. Rg4 $5 {He postpones the win of a pawn.} Rc7 52. Rg7+ Kd6 53.
Rh7 Nf6 54. Rxh6 {White has gained a pawn.} Ke7 55. Rh8 Rc5 56. Bd3 Rc3 57. Bf5
$1 Rxe3 (57... Ra3 58. h4 $1 Kf7 59. Rb8 Rxa6 60. Rb7+ Kf8 61. Be6 b5 62. Bb3 {
wins for White.}) 58. Ra8 Ra3 59. Rxa7+ Kd6 60. Kh4 $1 Ne8 61. Kg5 {
Langeveld won by patient manoeuvring.} 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 26"]
[Site "ICCF 2010-2013"]
[Date "2010.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Langeveld, Ron"]
[Black "Schuster, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rad1 Qb6
15. Rd2 $5 {
White controls more territory in the Russian System of the Grünfeld Defence.}
Rac8 16. h3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Qc1 Ree8 19. Bc4 ({The alternative is} 19. d6
$5 Nb8 20. Bd3 Be6 21. b3) 19... Qd6 20. Re2 g5 21. h4 f6 {
Black defends solidly.} 22. Rfe1 Nc7 23. Bb3 b6 24. Nd2 Kh8 $2 {
He makes a premature move.} ({Preferable is} 24... Rcd8 25. f3 Kh8) 25. Nc4 $1
Qd7 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. d6 $1 {Langeveld goes forwards.} Ne6 28. Qd1 b5 29. Na3
c4 30. Bc2 Bxc2 31. Nxc2 Rc6 32. Rd2 Rd8 33. Qh5+ Kg8 34. Red1 a5 35. Rd5 b4
36. Qf3 {White has the initiative.} Nf8 37. Bc1 Ng6 38. Ne3 Nh4 $2 (38... Nf4
$1 39. Nf5 $1 Nxd5 40. Qxd5+ Kh7 41. g4 Re8 {offers more resistance.}) 39. Qe2
c3 40. bxc3 bxc3 41. Ba3 c2 42. Rc1 Ng6 43. Rxa5 {White has gained a pawn.} Nf4
44. Qd2 Bf8 45. Rxc2 Bxd6 46. g3 $1 {
Langeveld has used the chess engines brilliantly.} (46. g3 Rxc2 47. Qxc2 Bxa3
48. gxf4 gxf4 49. Qg6+ Qg7 50. Qxg7+ Kxg7 51. Nf5+ Kg6 52. Nh4+ {
wins a piece in the endgame.}) 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 26"]
[Site "ICCF 2010-2013"]
[Date "2010.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Langeveld, Ron"]
[Black "Walsh, Héctor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 a5 13. Qc3 Ba6 14. Nc4
Nd5 15. Qc1 f5 16. Rd1 $5 (16. e3 {
was played in Bareev - Aleksandrov, New Delhi 2000.}) 16... Qe7 17. a3 Rbc8 18.
Qc2 Rfd8 19. Rac1 {
White has a positional plus by the usual pressure in the Catalan.} Qf6 20. Qb3
Nce7 21. e3 h6 $6 (21... Ng6 22. h4 Ra8 23. h5 Nge7 {makes waiting moves.}) 22.
Nfe5 $1 c5 $2 ({Better is} 22... Bxc4 23. Rxc4 c5) 23. Nxb6 $1 Rb8 24. Bxd5
exd5 25. Ned7 $1 Rxd7 26. Nxd7 Rxb3 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Rxc5 Rxb2 29. Rxa5 {
Langeveld has achieved a material edge.} Rb6 30. a4 Kf7 31. Rc5 Ke6 32. Ra1 Kd7
33. Rcc1 Bd3 34. a5 Rb7 ({The alternative is} 34... Ra6 35. Ra3 Be2 36. Rb1 Nc8
37. Rb7+) 35. Rd1 Be4 36. f3 $5 Bxf3 37. Rdb1 Ra7 ({Or} 37... Rxb1+ 38. Rxb1
Be2 39. Rb7+ Kd6 40. a6) 38. Rb6 Nc6 39. Rc1 $1 Nxa5 40. Rxf6 Ke7 41. Rxh6 $1
Rd7 42. Kf2 Be4 43. Ra1 Nc4 44. Rh7+ Ke6 45. Ra6+ Nd6 46. Rh6+ $5 Ke7 47. h4
Nf7 48. Rhg6 Kf8 49. h5 $1 f4 50. Ra8+ Ke7 51. exf4 $1 Bxg6 52. hxg6 Nd8 (52...
Nh6 53. Rh8 Nf5 54. g4 Ng7 55. f5 {wins for White.}) 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Ra6+ Kg7
55. g4 Nb7 56. f5 Nd6 57. Kf4 Ne4 58. Ra2 Rc7 59. g5 Nd6 60. Rh2 Nxf5 61. Rh7+
Kxg6 62. Rxc7 Nxd4 63. Kg4 Ne6 64. Rc6 Kf7 65. g6+ Ke7 66. Rxe6+ $1 Kxe6 67.
Kg5 {Langeveld won the 26th final by a score of 11/16.   World champions of
correspondence chess used to be strong over-the-board players. However,
Langeveld has a strength of circa 2000 in practical chess. The ability to
utilise chess engines has become more important for correspondence chess.} 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 26"]
[Site "ICCF 2010-2013"]
[Date "2010.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leitão, Rafael"]
[Black "Schuster, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. d5 Na6 12. h4 {
White has great plans in the Grünfeld Defence.} h5 $5 (12... f5 $6 13. exf5
Bxf5 14. h5 {won for White in Kramnik - Svidler, Moscow 2009.}) 13. Ng5 Rad8 $2
{Black makes the fatal error.} (13... Nc7 $1 14. f3 Bd7 15. g4 hxg4 16. h5 gxh5
17. Qh2 f6 18. Qxh5 fxg5 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. d6 exd6 21. Bc4+ Be6 22. Bxg5 Bxc4
23. Qh5+ Ke6 24. Qxg4+ Kf7 {leads to perpetual check.}) 14. f3 Bd7 15. g4 $1
hxg4 16. h5 $1 gxh5 17. Qh2 $1 {Leitão applies brilliant tactics.} f6 (17...
Bxc3+ 18. Kf2 g3+ 19. Qxg3 Bg7 20. Rxh5 {wins for White.}) 18. Qxh5 fxg5 19.
Qh7+ Kf7 20. d6 $1 Qxa2 (20... e6 21. Bc4 $1 Rh8 22. Qf5+ $1 Bf6 23. Bxg5 $1
Rxh1+ 24. Kd2 Rh2+ 25. Ke3 {attacks decisively.}) 21. dxe7 gxf3 22. Rh2 Qe6 23.
Bxg5 Rde8 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. exf8=R+ Kxf8 26. Qxf3+ Kg8 27. Bd3 Rf8 28. Qh5 Rf7
29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Bh6 $1 Qg4 31. Bxg7+ Qxg7 32. Qxg7+ Rxg7 33. Bxa6 bxa6 34. Kd2
{The endgame ends quickly.} a5 35. Rh5 Rg4 36. Rxc5 {Leitão has an
over-the-board rating of 2623. This strength does not suffice for the first
place in correspondence chess. He became third.} 1-0

[Event "World Ch final 26"]
[Site "ICCF 2010-2013"]
[Date "2010.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serban, Florin"]
[Black "Cardelli, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1
{Karpov and Kasparov made this line famous.} cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. Kg1 Rc8 17.
d5 Nc4 18. Qb3 $5 {The extra pawn has little value.} ({Theory is} 18. Bf2)
18... Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Rc2 20. h3 Bf8 21. Kh2 Qc7 22. Rf1 $1 Bd6 ({Not} 22... Rxa2
$4 23. Qb3 $1) 23. a4 Ra2 24. Ng1 $1 {
Serban starts a smart attack on the kingside.} ({The alternative is} 24. Nc3 $5
Ra3 25. Rc1 a6) 24... Rxa4 25. h4 Qd8 $2 ({Preferable is} 25... Qe7 $1 26. g5
a5 27. Rf6 Bc5 28. Qe2 Rb4 29. h5 Rb6 {but Black awaits a difficult defence.})
26. g5 $1 Rc4 27. h5 $1 Rc7 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rf6 $1 Rg7 30. Qxa7 Be7 31. Re6
Bxg5 32. Nf3 $1 Be7 33. Qa2 Bd6 34. g3 Kh7 35. Qd2 b5 36. Kg2 Rc7 37. Nh4 Rg7
38. Qe2 Bf8 39. Qg4 Qc8 40. Nxg6 Kg8 41. Qf5 Qc2+ 42. Kh3 Rh7+ 43. Nh4 $1 Qc1
44. Rf6 Qh1+ 45. Kg4 Qd1+ 46. Nf3 $1 Rg7+ 47. Rg6 {Serban charged accurately.}
1-0

[Event "World Ch final 26"]
[Site "ICCF 2010-2013"]
[Date "2010.06.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serban, Florin"]
[Black "Walsh, Héctor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. b3
cxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. Bg3 Qxd4 18. Rad1 $5 {
White has sacrificed two pawns. Black took a great risk by the acceptance.} ({
Known is} 18. Rfd1) 18... Qb6 $2 ({The tactics by} 18... Qb4 $1 19. e5 $1 Nd5
20. Ne4 Rfd8 21. Ng5 Nc3 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Bd3 $1 a5 25. Qxh5 Qe7
26. Nh7+ Kg8 $1 27. Nf6+ Kf8 {brings a hard defence.}) 19. e5 $1 Ne8 (19... Nd5
$6 20. Ne4 Bh6 $2 21. Rxd5 cxd5 22. Nf6+ {leads to mate.}) 20. Ne4 Bh6 21. Rd6
$1 a5 22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. exf6 Rad8 24. Rfd1 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Rd8 26. Rxe6 $1 Bc8
27. Re5 $1 Qd4 28. Qxc6 Bd7 29. Qb7 a4 30. Rd5 {Results are dominated by the
3200+ analytical power of the engines. So, it is hard to avoid a draw. The
standings at the top became: Langeveld 11/16, Serban 10, Leitão 91/2.} 1-0

