(1) Low,Scott (2198) - McNeill,Jonathon (1860) [B01]
Denker (1), 03.08.2008
[Rybka 2.3 32-bit (60s)]

B01: Scandinavian Defence

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 a6
[5...c6 6.Nge2 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.d3 e6 9.g4 Bg6 10.Nf4 e5 11.Qe2 Be7 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Bd2 Nbd7 14.0-0-0 0-0-0 15.Be3 Qc7 16.d4 exd4 17.Bxd4 Bc5 18.Kb1 Rhe8 19.Qf3 Bxd4 20.Rxd4 Delgado,N (2541)-Gonzalez,R (2424)/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext/0-1 (65)]

6.Nf3 Bg4 7.d3 Nc6 8.h3N
[8.0-0 0-0-0 (8...e5 9.Re1 0-0-0 10.Qd2 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 h5 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4 h4 14.c3 Qd7 15.Qg5 g6 16.gxh4 Be7 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Qxe5 Bd6 19.Qg5 Rh5 20.Qg2 Rxh4 21.h3 Rxh3 22.Bg5 Rh2 23.Qf3 Muratet Casadevall,J-Serrano Aspa,X (2133)/Sants 2001/EXT 2005/0-1) 9.Bf4 e5 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 g5 14.Bg2 Qg6 15.Be4 f5 16.Bg2 g4 17.hxg4 fxg4 18.Nd5 h5 19.Ne3 Bc5 20.Be4 Qf6 21.Nd5 Qh6 22.a3 Qg5 Staley,E-Qwert,G/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 099 ext/0-1]

8...Bh5 9.Be3 e6
Secures d5

10.Qd2 Be7 11.0-0-0 0-0-0 12.g4 Bg6 13.Bf4
White threatens to win material: Bf4xd6

13...Qb4 14.Nh4 Nd4 15.Nxg6 hxg6
White has the pair of bishops

16.Rde1 Bd6 17.Be3 Rhe8 18.f4 Be7 19.Qf2 Nb5 20.Bd2 Bc5
Black threatens to win material: Bc5xf2

21.Qf3
White threatens to win material: Qf3xb7

21...Nd4 22.Qg3 Bf8 23.Rhf1 Nb5 24.Re5 Nxc3 25.Bxc3 Qa4
Black threatens to win material: Qa4xa2

26.Ra5
White threatens to win material: Ra5xa4

26...Qd7 27.Qf2 Kb8 28.a3
Controls b4 [28.f5 exf5 29.gxf5 g5+/= ]

28...Nd5 29.Bxd5 exd5 30.b3 Qc6
Black threatens to win material: Qc6xc3 [30...d4 31.Bd2=/+ ]

31.Kb2
White king safety dropped [31.Bd4 Re6= ]

31...Qb6 32.Qg2 c6
[32...Bc5 33.Ra4=/+ ]

33.f5 gxf5
[33...g5 34.Ra4 Qa7 35.f6=/+ ]

34.Rxf5 f6
Covers e5

35.Ra4 Qe3 36.Raf4
[36.g5 d4 37.Ba5 Rd7+/= ]

36...Bd6
Black threatens to win material: Bd6xf4

37.Rf3
White threatens to win material: Rf3xe3

37...Qe7 38.a4 Ba3+ 39.Ka2 Bb4
Black threatens to win material: Bb4xc3

40.Bb2 Ka8
[40...Qe2!? 41.Qxe2 Rxe2= ]

41.g5+/= fxg5 42.Rf7
White threatens to win material: Rf7xe7 [42.Rxg5 Qc5+/- ]

42...Qe2+/=
Black threatens to win material: Qe2xg2

43.Rf2
White threatens to win material: Rf2xe2

43...Qh5
[43...Qd1 44.Qxg5 g6 45.Bd4+/= ]

44.Rxg7+/-
Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn

44...Bc5
Black threatens to win material: Bc5xf2

45.Rff7
White threatens to win material: Rf7xb7 [>=45.Rxg5!? Qxg5 46.Qxg5 Bxf2 47.Bf6+/- ]

45...Re2= 46.Qg4 Qxg4 47.hxg4 Rxc2 48.Kb1 Rxb2+
[48...Rg2!?=/+ is worthy of consideration]

49.Kxb2+/=
White wins the exchange

49...Bd4+
Black forks: b2+g7

50.Kc2 Bxg7 51.Rxg7
A rook endgame occured

51...Rh8 52.Kc3 Rh1
[52...a5 53.Rxg5 Rh4 54.Rg7+/= ]

53.Rxg5+/- Ka7 54.a5 Ra1 55.b4 Ra3+ 56.Kc2 Ra2+
[56...d4!?+/- ]

57.Kb3 Rd2 58.Kc3 Rd1 59.Rg7 Rc1+ 60.Kb2 Rg1 61.g5 d4
[61...Kb8+- ]

62.Kc2 Rg3 63.g6 c5?
[63...Kb8 64.Rg8+ Kc7+- ]

64.bxc5 Rg5 65.Rc7
[>=65.c6 secures the point 65...Rc5+ 66.Kb3 Rxc6 67.Kb4+- ]

65...Rxg6= 66.Kb3 Kb8
Black threatens to win material: Kb8xc7

67.Rd7
White threatens to win material: Rd7xd4

67...Rg1 68.Rxd4 Rb1+ 69.Kc4 Rb5 70.Rd7 Rxa5 71.d4 Ra1 72.d5 Kc8 73.Rf7 Ra4+ 74.Kc3 Rh4 75.Re7 Rg4 76.Kd3 a5 77.Kc3 a4
[77...Rb4 78.Rg7+/= ]

78.Re8++/= Kd7
Black threatens to win material: Kd7xe8

79.Ra8 Rg5
[79...Rf4!?+/- ]

80.Kc4 Rg4+ 81.Kb5 Rg5 82.d6 Rg1 83.Rxa4 Rb1+ 84.Rb4 Rc1 85.Kb6 Kc8 86.Rf4 Rb1+ 87.Ka5 Rb2 88.Rb4 Rc2 89.Kb5 Rc1 90.Rg4 Rb1+ 91.Kc4 Rc1+ 92.Kd5 Kd7??
terrible, but what else could Black do to save the game? [>=92...Rd1+ 93.Ke5 Re1+ 94.Re4 Rc1+- ]

93.Rg7++- Kc8 94.Rc7+ Kb8 95.Ke6 Re1+ 96.Kd7 Re5
[96...Rc1 is not the saving move 97.Kd8 Rh1 98.Rc8+ Ka7 99.d7+- ]

97.Rxb7+!!
Demolishes the pawn shield.

97...Kxb7
Decoy to b7 [97...Ka8 98.Rb5 Ka7 99.Ra5+ Kb8 100.c6 Rxa5 101.c7+ Ka7 102.c8Q Rb5 103.Qc6 Rb7+ 104.Ke8 Rb6 105.Qc7+ Ka8 106.Qc8+ Ka7 107.d7 Re6+ 108.Kf8 Rf6+ 109.Ke7 Rh6 110.Qc5+ Ka6 111.Qa3+ Kb5 112.Qb3+ Kc5 113.Qe3+ Kc4 114.Qxh6 Kc3 115.d8Q Kb3 116.Qhb6+ Kc2 117.Qb4 Kc1 118.Qdd2# ]

98.c6+ Kb6 99.c7
[99.c7 Rg5 100.c8Q+- ] 1-0