[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Constellation 2 MHz, Novag"]
[Black "Turbo Advanced Trainer, Saitek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1677"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. Nc3 Bb4
6. Nge2 O-O 7. a3 Bc5 8. Bf4 Ng4 9. Nd4 Nc6 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Qd1 Ne6 12. Bg3
Re8 13. Be2 b6 14. Bf3 Ba6 15. e5 c6 16. b4 Bd4 17. Rc1 Bxc4 18. Ne2 Bxe2 19.
Qxe2 a5 20. O-O Qe7 21. Rfd1 axb4 22. axb4 Ra4 23. b5 c5 24. Bd5 Nc7 25. Bb3
Ra3 26. Qd3 Rea8 27. Qb1 Nxb5 28. Bxf7+ Qxf7 29. Qxb5 Rxg3 $5 30. Rxd4 (30.
hxg3 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Qf7 32. Qc4 $1 Re8 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $19) 30... Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2
cxd4 32. Qc4 Qxc4 33. Rxc4 d3 34. Rd4 Ra3 35. Rxd7 b5 36. e6 Kf8 37. Rf7+ Ke8
38. Rxg7 Ra6 39. Rd7 Rxe6 40. Rxd3 b4 41. f4 $2 Re2+ 42. Kf1 Re4 43. Rf3 Kf7
44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Rh3 Rxf4+ 46. Ke3 (46. Kg3 Rf1 47. Rxh7 b3 48. Rb7 Rb1) 46...
Rc4 47. Rxh7 b3 48. Rb7 Rc3+ 49. Kd4 $11 Rh3 50. Kc4 Ke5 51. Re7+ Kd6 52. Re2
Kc7 53. Rf2 Kd6 54. Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Europa, Mephisto"]
[Black "Timmermans, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7
6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Ndb5 a6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Nd4 Qb4 12. Na4
Ng4 13. Bd2 Qd6 14. Nxc6 dxc6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Bf4 Qxd1 (16... Be5 17. Qxd6 exd6
$14) (16... e5 $4) 17. Raxd1 e5 18. Bg5 Be6 19. Nd7 Bxd7 20. Rxd7 Nf6 21. Rd6
Ne8 22. Rd7 (22. Rd2 Nc7 $14) 22... Nf6 23. Rd6 Ne8 24. Rd7 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Explorer, Mephisto"]
[Black "Turbo Advanced Trainer, Saitek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1893"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6.
Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O {Chessbase gab a3 oder dxc5 an, und auch am 7ten
Zug 0-0 (cxd5 wurde mit ? bezeichnet)} b6 9. Bd2 Re8 10. a3 Ba5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12.
Bb5 Re6 13. Nb1 {droht b4 ...} Bxd2 14. Nxd2 Nc6 15. Ndf3 $15 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Rc8
17. Rc1 cxd4 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. exd4 a6 20. Bd3 Bb7 $11 21. Qe2 b5 22. Bf5 Re7
23. Re1 Ne4 24. Qd3 Qb6 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qe3 f5 27. Nd3 Qf6 28. Nc5 Bd5 29. f4
$6 {Jetzt hat Schwarz ein freibauer im endspiel} h6 30. g3 g5 31. Kf2 Kf7 32.
b3 Rc7 $15 33. Ke2 Ke7 34. Rf1 g4 35. Rc1 Rc6 36. Qd2 Bf7 {Beiden spielen
langweilig...} 37. Ke3 {Endlich den König ....} Kd6 38. Rd1 Be8 39. b4 Bf7 40.
d5 {Na Endlich, Ich furchte das beider zwecklos weiterspielen werden...} Rc7
41. Qc2 Be8 42. Kf2 Qg7 43. Kf1 Qe7 $2 {Den einzelnen richtigen moment der
Partie....wo den Bilan zerstört ist} (43... Bf7 44. Qd2 Rc8 45. Nxa6 Qc3 46.
Qxc3 Rxc3 $11) 44. Rc1 Rc8 45. Nb7+ Qxb7 46. Qxc8 Qxc8 47. Rxc8 Bf7 48. Rc6+
Kxd5 49. Rxa6 h5 50. Rb6 Be8 51. Rb8 Bd7 52. Rd8 Ke6 53. Rh8 Kf7 54. Rxh5 Be6
55. Rh7+ Kg6 56. Rc7 Bc4+ 57. Kg2 e3 58. h4 gxh3+ 59. Kxh3 e2 60. Re7 Kf6 61.
Re3 Bd3 62. Kg2 Bc4 63. Kf2 Kf7 64. Rc3 Ke6 65. a4 Kd6 66. a5 Kc6 67. Re3 Kc7
68. Re5 Bd3 69. Rd5 Bc4 70. Rxf5 Kb7 71. g4 Bd3 72. Rf7+ Kc6 73. g5 Bc4 74. g6
Bd5 75. Kxe2 Bc4+ 1-0

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Super Mondial B, Mephisto"]
[Black "Timmermans, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6.
cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. e4 Bg7 9. Be2 (9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qb3 Bc8 11. e5 dxe5 12.
Bxe5 O-O $14) 9... O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Bf3 Re8 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Bg4
15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Nc4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Ng3 Nd7 20. f4 Ree8
21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Kh1 Qb7 23. Qb3 a5 24. Rfd1 Rac8 25. Qd3 Nb6 26. Qb5 Qa7 27. b3
Nd7 28. Qf1 Kg7 29. Qe2 Qb7 30. Qc4 Ra8 31. Kg1 Qa6 32. Qxa6 Rxa6 33. Kf2 Ra7
34. Kf3 Nb6 35. e5 dxe5 $14 (35... c4 36. bxc4 dxe5 37. c5 Nxa4 $11) 36. fxe5
Rxe5 37. Rxc5 f5 38. Kf4 Re8 39. d6 Nd7 40. Rc7 Rxc7 41. dxc7 Nc5 42. Rd5 (42.
Rc1 $4 Nd3+) (42. Rd8 $4 Ne6+ 43. Kf3 Rxd8 44. cxd8=Q Nxd8 $19) 42... Ne6+ 43.
Kf3 Rc8 $1 (43... f4 $4 44. Ne4 Nxc7 $4 45. Rd7+) (43... Ra8 44. Rxa5 Nxc7 45.
Rxa8 Nxa8 $16) 44. Rxa5 Rxc7 45. Ne2 $14 Nc5 46. Rb5 (46. Nd4 $2 Nxb3 47. Nxb3
Rc3+ $17) 46... Nxb3 47. Rxb4 Nd2+ {Better then Nc5} 48. Kf4 (48. Ke3 Nf1+ 49.
Kd4 Nxh2) 48... Rc4+ 49. Rxc4 Nxc4 50. Nc3 $6 {Not the best plan....} (50. Nd4
Kf6 51. Nb3 $14) 50... h6 51. Nd5 Kf7 52. Ne3 g5+ 53. Kf3 Ne5+ 54. Ke2 f4 55.
Nc2 Nc6 56. Kd3 Ke6 $4 57. Nd4+ Nxd4 (57... Kd5 58. Nxc6 Kxc6 59. Ke4 $18) 58.
Kxd4 Kd6 59. h3 (59. Ke4 h5 60. Kf5 $18) 59... h5 60. a5 $6 (60. Ke4 $1) 60...
g4 61. hxg4 $4 (61. h4 $1 Kc6 62. Ke4 f3 63. gxf3 gxf3 64. Kxf3 Kb5 65. Kf4
Kxa5 66. Kg5 Kb5 67. Kxh5 Kc6 68. Kg6 $18) 61... hxg4 62. a6 Kc6 63. Ke4 f3 64.
gxf3 gxf3 65. a7 (65. Kxf3) 65... Kb7 66. Kxf3 Kxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Super Mondial B, Mephisto"]
[Black "Constellation 2 MHz, Novag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1677"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6.
d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Nd7 {Untill here both
played 'accidentally' the moves from Chessbase.} 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Qe4 f5 {Black
tries to gain room} (12... Bf5 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qxa7 Rxb2 $16) 13. Qc2 Ng4 14.
Bg5 h6 15. Bf4 g5 16. Bd2 f4 {For sure not the best move, but black is
fighting for the initiative} 17. gxf4 gxf4 18. Qe4 e5 19. Qd5+ Rf7 20. Ne4 Qh4
21. h3 Nf6 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Kh2 Bg4 24. Rae1 Rd8 25. Ba5 b6 26. Bb4 Kg7 27.
Qd3 Bg5 28. Bd2 Bf5 {Black had a chance but unfortunately he lets white come
away with it...} (28... f3 $1 29. Bxg5 (29. exf3 Rxf3 30. Bxg5 hxg5 31. Re3
Bxh3 32. Rxf3 Bf5+ 33. Rh3 Bxd3 34. Rxh4 gxh4 $17) 29... hxg5 30. exf3 Rxf3 $17
) 29. Be4 Be6 30. Bd5 Bf5 31. Qf3 Rff8 $16 32. Rg1 Kh7 33. Rd1 Rc8 34. Bb4 Rf6
35. Bxd6 Rxd6 36. Be4 Rxd1 37. Bxf5+ $18 Kh8 38. Rxd1 Rd8 $16 39. Rd5 Bf6 40.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 41. Kg2 h5 42. Qe4 Qe7 43. Kf3 Qf6 44. Bg6 h4 45. Bf5 Kg7 46. Qb7+
Kf8 47. Ke4 Qd6 48. Qd7 Qxd7 49. Bxd7 Ke7 50. Bg4 Kd6 51. b4 a5 52. a3 axb4 53.
axb4 Be7 54. Kf5 Bf8 55. Bf3 Be7 56. Bh1 Bf8 57. Be4 Be7 58. Ba8 Bf8 59. Bg2
Be7 60. Be4 Bf8 61. Bd5 b5 $6 {Werch ich nie Machen mit Schwarz} 62. Ke4 bxc4
63. Bxc4 Bg7 64. Kf5 Kc6 65. Bd3 Kd7 $16 (65... Kd5 66. b5 Kd6 67. Kg5 $16) 66.
b5 Ke7 $2 {die Partie ist schon verloren, also...} (66... Kd6 67. Kg5 e4 68.
Bxe4 Ke5 69. Bd3 Bf6+ $16) 67. b6 $18 Kd6 68. Be4 Kd7 69. b7 Kc7 70. Kg5 Bf8
71. Kxh4 Bg7 72. Kg4 Kb8 73. h4 Kc7 74. h5 Bh6 75. Kf5 Bg7 76. Kg6 Bh8 77. h6
Kb8 78. Kf7 Kc7 79. Kg8 Bf6 80. h7 1-0

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Constellation 2 MHz, Novag"]
[Black "Europa, Mephisto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1677"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6.
Bb5 {Over & Over again the Cony Play this move. Hereby he plays twice with the
same piece.} Bd7 7. d4 exd4 8. O-O {Again the Conny plays d4 and every time
afterwars won't recapturen the pawn. Hereby he is 1 pawn down form the
beginning.} (8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Kf1 $15) 8... Ne5 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. cxd4 {The
fork but only superficially....} Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 {So this is it ?} Bb6 12. Re1
O-O 13. Bg5 Qb5 14. Bc1 (14. Bxf6 Qxb2 15. Qd2 $1 Qxa1 $4 16. Qg5) 14... Qb4
15. d5 Rfe8 16. Nd2 Qd4 17. Re3 $17 c6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Qe2 d5 20. Qe1 Qe5 $19
21. Re2 Bc7 22. Nf1 dxe4 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Ng3 f5 25. Bd2 (25. f3 Qd4+ 26. Kg2
Nd6 27. Be3) 25... Rad8 26. Be3 Nxg3 27. fxg3 Rd3 28. Rc1 (28. Kf2 Rxe3 29.
Rxe3 Bb6) 28... Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Bb6 30. Rc2 Bxe3+ 31. Kh1 Qe4+ 32. Rg2 Rd8 33. h3
Rd2 34. Qf1 Rf2 35. Qxf2 (35. Qg1 Rxb2 36. Qf1 f4 37. Qxf4 (37. gxf4 Rxg2 38.
Qxg2 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Bxf4+ 40. Qg3 Qxa2+ 41. Kg1 Bxg3 42. h4 Qf2+ 43. Kh1 Qh2#)
37... Qxg2#) 35... Bxf2 36. Kh2 0-1

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Timmermans, Stefan"]
[Black "Explorer, Mephisto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 Nbd7
{c5 & a6 are played the most, but the move looks interesting, especially after
Bd6 , black can counter with e5.} 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 Nb6 8. Bb3 Nbd5 $14 {Black
has moved his knight 3 times to have the d5 square. But conting tempi, white
has 4 developped pieces, black only 3 and white has one pawn in the centre !
and white is to move... so white stands better.} 9. Re1 (9. e4 $2 Nxc3 10. bxc3
Nxe4) 9... Bb4 $6 (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Ne4 $14) 10. Bd2 $16 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be7 (
11... Ba5 12. Ne5) 12. e4 O-O 13. c4 b6 (13... c5 $2 14. e5 Nd7 15. d5 $18) 14.
e5 {White pushes black behi,d, and hopes that sooner or later his pieces lack
space to move....} Ne8 (14... Nd7 15. Qe2 Bb7) 15. Bc3 {Allows the Queen to
support the push to d5 if c5 & Bb7 would challenge the d4 pawn.} Ba6 16. d5 Bb7
17. Qd3 {with Bc2 in mind, and enabling Rd1, move the queen and capture on e6.
Also black can't play c6 cause d6 !} (17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nd4 Bc5 19. Qg4 Bxd4
20. Bxd4 $14) 17... Qd7 18. Rad1 Rd8 19. Qc2 Qc8 20. Rd2 $16 {Protects f2 in
the dxe6 fxe6 Nd4 Bc5 case and prepares doubling rooks which black can't.....}
exd5 21. cxd5 Qa8 {Black is putting pressure on the centre.} 22. Red1 h6 {the
Mephisto Explorer, has no chances of play and plays a move that doesn't harm.}
23. Qf5 $1 {The computer overlooked this move, when checking the position
evaluation after this move, his score went from 0,5 to 1, 8 for white, pretty
late to realise he is in trouble....;} (23. Bb2 Bb4) 23... a6 {again the
mephisto explorer decides to wait and ancipate, there is not much he can do ...
;} (23... Bc5 24. e6 Nd6 25. Qg4 $18) 24. Qg4 Kh8 (24... Bc8 25. Qe4 b5 26. Nh4
Bg5 27. Ng6 $18) 25. Nh4 {Having the bishop for the passive knight would be
good for white, as the centre and bishop pair are well placed !} c5 $2 {Still
waiting for the killing move.....} (25... Bg5 26. Qe4 Bxh4 27. Qxh4 $18 {e6
threatens with Qxh6 & e7 !}) 26. Nf5 Bg5 (26... Bc8 27. e6 fxe6 $2 28. Bxg7+
Kg8 29. Nxh6+ Kh7 30. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:00:02] Mate in}) 27. f4 c4 {Now I have 3
choices Bxc4 , Bc2 as the black bishop is caught in ....or the most agressive
move, break down the kings harvest} 28. fxg5 cxb3 29. gxh6 Rg8 (29... gxh6 $2
30. Qh5 Rd7 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Rd3 f6 33. Rg3+ Ng7 34. Rxg7+ Rxg7 35. Qxg7#) 30.
Ne7 (30. hxg7+ Rxg7 31. Nxg7 Nxg7 32. e6) 30... bxa2 $2 (30... g6 31. e6+ {To
break down the last defenses and open all lines !}) 31. Nxg8 Kxg8 32. e6 $1
fxe6 (32... Bxd5 33. exf7+ Bxf7 (33... Kxf7 34. Rf1+ $18) 34. Rxd8 $18 {[%emt
0:00:06] and mate in}) 33. Bxg7 {To play on real tactics instead of easy moves
like Qxe6+ and allowing the king to reach a solid field} Kh7 (33... Rxd5 $4 34.
Qg6 $18 {threatens simply h7+ mate}) 34. Qe4+ Kg8 35. Qxe6+ (35. Qg6 {[%emt 0:
00:03] Mate in}) 35... Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Qf8+ Kh7 38. Rd4 $6 (38. Qf7 $2 Nd6
) 38... Rxd5 (38... Nd6 39. Qf6 Rd7 40. Rg4 $18) 39. Rxd5 Qc8 (39... Bxd5 40.
Qf5+ Kg8 $18 {Won in many ways ....} 41. Qg6) 40. Rg5 {Takes away squares fr
the king and keeps c5 under control} Nf6 41. Qxc8 Bxc8 42. Bxf6 Kxh6 43. h4 {
and again mate threats..... hopeless} 1-0

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Turbo Advanced Trainer, Saitek"]
[Black "Super Mondial B, Mephisto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6
6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O {Until here
both played the openingstheorie...} 11. d5 {Not , very inspired especially if
your king is not yet in safety} exd5 12. exd5 Bg4 {And black has the better
play with whites monarch in the middle} 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Re8+ 15. Be2 Qe7
16. Rc1 Nd7 {Assesment: White has the bishop for the KNight but an isolated
pawn and the King is still in the centre. The chances are therefore more or
less balanced.} 17. Rc2 Rad8 18. O-O Nf6 {The pin on the bishop is just
resolved and black focussed on the 2nd weakness , the d-pawn.} 19. Bf3 Ne4 (
19... Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Qd7 21. Bxf7+ (21. Rd1 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Re1#)
21... Qxf7 $11) 20. Qd3 Ng5 21. Bg4 Qd6 22. Rd2 Re5 23. Rfd1 Ne4 24. Re2 Qg6
25. Qc2 {Strange move, leaving the bishop up for the crocodiles, but black has
still a problem with his Knight and Turbo advanced Trainer kind of
acknowledges this in his move sequence.} (25. Bf3 Rexd5 26. Qxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxd5
$16 f5) 25... Qxg4 26. f3 Qc8 27. Qxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxe4 Ree8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {All
of a sudden an endgame, with an pushed pawn, in reach of blacks rook and king,
but to attack the pawn with both, black requires more moves then the white
king to come over .......} 30. d6 Rd8 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Ke3 Ke8 33. Ke4 Kd7 34.
Kd5 $16 h6 35. h3 h5 36. g3 h4 {The last moves are tipical woodpushing moves ..
.} 37. gxh4 $2 (37. Rb1 b6 38. Re1 hxg3 39. Re7+ Kc8 40. Rc7+ Kb8 41. Rxf7 $16)
37... Rh8 38. Re1 Rh5+ 39. Re5 Rxe5+ {Af first I thought, how can the Super
Mondial be so sure this is the best move ? But If I calculate the Rxh4
alaternative, the move of the Super Mondial is actually the only hope he has.}
(39... Rxh4 40. Re7+ Kd8 41. Rxb7 Rf4 42. Kc6 $18) 40. Kxe5 Kc6 {With the aim
to pin blacks pawns} (40... b5 41. Kd5 b4 $14) 41. h5 Kd7 42. Kd5 b5 {Black
had to make a decision.} 43. f4 a6 44. f5 f6 (44... b4 $4 45. f6 g6 (45... gxf6
46. h6 {and white will promote to Queen}) 46. hxg6 fxg6 47. f7 {and here to,
whit will promote to Queen}) 45. Kc5 $18 b4 46. Kd5 (46. Kxb4 Kxd6 47. Ka5 Ke5
48. Kxa6 Kxf5 49. a4 Ke5 50. Kb7 f5 51. a5 f4 52. a6 f3 53. a7 f2 54. a8=Q f1=Q
$16) 46... a5 47. Kc5 a4 48. Kxb4 Kxd6 49. Kxa4 Ke5 50. Kb5 Kxf5 51. a4 Ke6 52.
a5 $4 {Unbelievable when I saw this, in such a position you simply block of
the returning King ... but the Saitek Trubo Advanced Trainer, sespite thinking
much longer in the Endgame, does not recognise this simple rule of thumb....
what a painfull way to handle such a winning endgame !!!} (52. Kc6) 52... Kd7
53. Kb6 Kc8 54. a6 Kb8 55. a7+ Ka8 56. h4 {Very important move, it forces a
Zugzwang, where black has to give up his f6 depended pawn.} f5 57. Kc5 Kxa7 58.
Kd4 f4 59. Ke4 f3 60. Kxf3 Kb7 61. Ke4 Kc7 62. Kf5 Kd6 {And as Black comes too
late... the game is won for white. So the Saitek Turbo advanced Trainer won
eventually. To me this program has more then once dissappointed me and my
strength estimate is something around the 1800barirer.} 63. Kg6 1-0

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Explorer, Mephisto"]
[Black "Super Mondial B, Mephisto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6.
O-O a6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Rd1 Qc7 9. a4 {Untill here the ME played theory from his
opening book} cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. d5 {Good to get rid of it on
the first occasion.} exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bg4 15. Qe4 $14 Bxf3 16. Qxf3
Bd6 17. Qh5 Be5 18. Ra3 {Well played !} h6 19. Bxc6 {Black can't retake with
the Queen due tu Qxe5, now black has 3 pawn Islands, white only 2.} bxc6 20.
Rad3 Rae8 21. b3 c5 22. Rd7 Qb6 23. Be3 Qe6 24. Qh3 {I didn't like this move
from the M.Explorer.} (24. R7d3 $14) 24... f5 25. Qf3 Qxb3 {Black could have
played much much sharper} (25... f4 26. Bxc5 Bd6 $3 $17 {bxd6 or Rxd6 fail on
Qe1+ !} 27. Qc3 Qxd7 28. Rxd6) 26. Bxc5 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Rf7 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29.
Rxd8+ Kh7 30. Re8 $15 Bc3 31. Bb6 Rf6 32. a5 Rd6 33. Ra8 Kg6 34. Kf1 (34. Rxa6
$6 Bxa5 35. Rxa5 Rxb6) 34... h5 35. Kg2 Bd2 36. Ra7 f4 37. h3 Kh6 38. Ra8 g5
39. Rh8+ Kg6 40. Rg8+ Kf5 41. Rf8+ Ke6 42. Re8+ Kf7 43. Ra8 Kg6 44. Rg8+ Kh6
45. Rh8+ Kg7 {This move from the Super Mondial requires guts !} 46. Rxh5 Rd5 $1
47. h4 Bxa5 48. Bxa5 Rxa5 49. Kh3 (49. hxg5 Kg6 50. Rh8 Kxg5 $15) 49... g4+ $3
{Disaster st rikes.... unbelievable that a chess computer can overlook such a
move.} 50. fxg4 Rxh5 51. gxh5 a5 0-1

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timmermans, Stefan"]
[Black "Constellation 2 MHz, Novag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1677"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 {Saemisch
variati on in the Nimzo-Indian, white has some profound plans to push e4 after
f3.} Bxc3+ {Thema of this opening, is the Bishop Exchange Justified ? Surely
the Conny won't play the best plan to demonstrate it is justified.} 5. bxc3 O-O
(5... c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 O-O {Is slighly better}) 6. f3 (6. Bg5 c5) 6... d5 {
Now White must get rid of the double pawn , before black plays c5.} 7. cxd5
exd5 {Represents a more balanced centre as capturing with a Knight that has to
retreat} (7... Nxd5 8. c4 Nf6) 8. e3 {White plan is to Play Bd3, Ne2, 0-0, Re1
and e4, e5 ... black has no defense against it except b6, Ba6 to lower the
pressure exchanging bishops.} Re8 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne2 {And the openingtheory
continues with Ba6 giving black a solid game compared to the Connys variation.}
Nbd7 {I won't call it a bad move, but no Grandmaster will ever play it.
Comparing only with the main move Ba6, its clear its no good.} (10... Ba6 11.
Bc2 c5 12. O-O Nc6) 11. O-O Bb7 {After Nbd7, of course Ba6 is no longer an
option, so the bishop is now looking against its own pawn. The only advantage
is that is controlls e4 a bit more, but white has many resources. Ng3, Re1,
Qc2 and e4 goes...} 12. Ng3 Qb8 $2 {The Conny doesn't know what to do, clearly
c5 is a valid option.} (12... c5 13. Re1 {14... c4 is not effective only after
an eventual Qc2.} Qc7 $14) 13. Qc2 $5 $16 {Again in support of e4 but , there
is a small but after c5, e4, either c4 or cxd4...} a6 $4 {The Conny chooses to
wait, but there is no waiting in this position....} (13... c5 14. e4 c4 15. Be2
dxe4 16. fxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxc4 Ndf6 $14 {And black is not too bad...}) 14. e4 $18
c5 $2 {Too late... a Knight will go ...} (14... Nf8 {To free up a square for
the Night on f6 as it has no fields to go...} 15. e5 N6d7 16. Bd2 c5 17. Nf5
$18) 15. e5 c4 16. Bf5 g6 17. Bh3 {Blacks position is hopeless... that soon !}
(17. exf6 $1 Nxf6 18. Qd2 Bc8 (18... gxf5 $4 19. Qg5+ Kf8 20. Qxf6 $18) 19. Qh6
Bxf5 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22. Qxf6 $18) 17... Nxe5 18. Bf4 $1 {Yes the
Knight is pinned !} Nxf3+ (18... Nfd7 $4 19. Bxd7) 19. Rxf3 Qa7 {That also !} (
19... Qd8 $4 20. Bg5) 20. Be5 (20. Nf5 $1 gxf5 21. Rg3+ Kh8 {Mate in as much
as 7 moves, didn't play that resourceful of course...} 22. Qxf5) 20... Ne4 {
Only Move or Rxe5 and Ne8 is also possible} 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Rf6 b5 {Tricky
move, now Raf1 fails on Rxe5 !} 23. Qf2 (23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Qf2+ Kg8 (24... Ke7
25. Qf6#) 25. Qf6 Rxe5 {Only move to not go checkmate} 26. Qxe5 $18 {Ok the
Rook sacrifice is nice for PC Chess engines, not for real humans ....;}) 23...
Bd5 24. Rd6 $1 Bb7 $4 (24... Qb7 25. Qf6 Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Bc6 $18) 25. Qf6 $2 {
Missed the most splendid combination Rd7 !!!} (25. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:05] Mat in}
Rf8 (25... f5 26. Qh4) 26. Qf6) 25... Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Rf8 27. Qe7 Qa8 28. Rf1 Bd5
29. Bd7 {In my opinion to avoid e3 & Re8....} (29. Qd7 $1 Bb7 30. Be6 fxe6 31.
Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Rd7 $1) 29... Bb7 $2 30. Rdf6 (30. Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Be6 Qf8 32. Qf6
{And black will go mate...}) 30... Bd5 31. Rd6 Bb7 32. Qf6 {I just didn't see
the killing move ...} e3 33. Bc6 Bxc6 34. Rxc6 Qe8 35. Re1 Qe4 36. Qf3 Qc2 37.
Qxe3 a5 38. d5 Qb3 39. d6 1-0

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Turbo Advanced Trainer, Saitek"]
[Black "Europa, Mephisto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "155"]

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 {Untill here the openginsbook of both} 9. b3 Re8
10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bc1 f5 13. Nh4 Nf6 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16.
Bb2 Nd4 17. Bd3 Nf5 18. Qc2 Qd7 19. Rae1 c6 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. Bc2 cxd5 22. Nxd5
Nxd5 23. Qxd5+ Kh7 24. Be4 Re7 25. f4 Rde8 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Ba3 exf4 28. Rxe7
Rxe7 29. Bxd6 Re2 30. a3 Qe6 31. Qxe6 Rxe6 32. Bxf4 Bb2 33. Bb8 $2 Bd4+ 34. Kh1
Re3 35. Rd1 Kg6 36. g4 Bf6 37. gxf5+ Kxf5 38. Rf1+ Kg6 39. Rg1+ Kf5 40. Rg3
Re1+ 41. Kg2 Bd4 42. Rf3+ Ke6 43. Bf4 Re2+ 44. Kf1 Ra2 45. Bxh6 Rxa3 46. h4
Ra1+ 47. Ke2 Rh1 48. Bg5 Rh2+ 49. Kd3 Bc5 50. Rf6+ Ke5 51. Rf7 Rh3+ 52. Ke2
Rh2+ 53. Ke1 Rh1+ 54. Kd2 Rh2+ 55. Kd1 Rh1+ 56. Ke2 Rh2+ 57. Kf1 Rh1+ 58. Kg2
Rg1+ 59. Kh2 Rb1 60. Rxb7 Bb6 61. Re7+ Kd6 62. h5 Rb2+ 63. Kg3 Rxb3+ 64. Kg4
Rb2 65. Re4 Rg2+ 66. Kf5 Rf2+ 67. Bf4+ Kd7 68. h6 Rf1 69. h7 Rh1 70. Kg6 Rh4 (
70... Bc5 71. Bh6) 71. Re2 Rh1 72. Bh6 Rg1+ 73. Kf5 Bd4 74. Rd2 Rf1+ 75. Kg4
Rg1+ 76. Kf4 (76. Kf3 Rf1+ 77. Kg3 Rg1+ 78. Kh2) 76... Rf1+ 77. Kg3 Rg1+ 78.
Kh2 1-0

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Constellation 2 MHz, Novag"]
[Black "Explorer, Mephisto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1677"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 (4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4
(5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 Qc7) 5... cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5
9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 $14) 4... cxd4 5. cxd4 (5. Nf3 Nc6 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O $14) 5... d6 6. Nf3 {A system I'm too , more
or less familiar with...} (6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. d5 a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10.
dxc6 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $15) 6... dxe5 {Now this move doesn't appear in the
opening lines, lets see how the Conny responds to that.} (6... Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 (
7... e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O $11) 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11.
Nc3) 7. dxe5 (7. Nxe5 Nd7 8. Bc4 e6 $14) 7... e6 (7... Nc6 8. Bc4 e6 (8... Nb6
$6 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Nc3 $14 {and white is a little ahead in
development})) 8. Nc3 {Typical Conny Move, I don't like that pawn structure
after an eventual exchange on c3.} (8. Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O $14) 8... Bb4 9. Bd2 Nxc3
10. bxc3 Ba5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. O-O Qc7 {My chessengine is saying white stand
slighly better.} 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bd3 Bc6 15. Nd4 Rd8 16. Qh5 g6 (16... h6 17.
Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Bd5 {To give an example how dangerous de situation is...}
19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bg6+ Kg8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Nb5 $18) 17. Qe2 Bb6 $14 {Double
attack on d4} 18. Nc2 $6 Rd5 19. Rfe1 Nd7 20. Bf4 Rc5 $11 21. Nb4 (21. c4 $2
Ba5) 21... Rxc3 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. Be4 Rc4 24. Bxb7 $4 {Its nice to go for a
sacrifice, the cony goes Superconny but, the sacrifice has to pay off, lets
see about that...} (24. Rac1 $11 {Secures the balance.}) 24... Rxf4 25. Bxa8
Rxf2 26. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Nxe5 $19 {at this stage the Mephisto Explorers
scroe was -1,8 for white, however my 32bit chessengine gives -4,2 !!!} 28. Kf1
Nd3 29. Re3 Qc4 30. Re4 Qb5 {The Mephisto Explorer evolved to - 2,6} 31. Re2 {
Forced move} (31. Kg1 Qc5+ 32. Kf1 (32. Kh1 Nf2+ 33. Kg1 Nh3+ $3 34. Kh1 Qg1+
35. Rxg1 Nf2# {Mate with only a Knight on the table !!!}) 32... Qf2#) 31... Nf4
32. Rae1 Nxe2 33. Rxe2 Qb8 {Mephisto Explorers scrore -3,3} 34. Bf3 Qxh2 35.
Rb2 Qc7 36. g4 f5 37. Kg2 e5 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Bd5+ Kg7 40. Rd2 Kf6 41. Re2 h5
42. Ba8 h4 43. Kf2 (43. Kh3 Qc3+ 44. Kh2 (44. Kxh4 $4 Qc4+)) 43... h3 44. Kg1 (
44. Kg3 Qc4 45. Rf2 Qg8+ $19) 44... e4 45. Rf2 Qg3+ 46. Kf1 Kg6 {To avid the
move Bxe4} 47. Bxe4 fxe4 0-1

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Constellation 2 MHz, Novag"]
[Black "Timmermans, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "1677"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. f4 e5 2. e4 {Oops the Kingsgambit instead of the
Bird. I know very little about the Kingsgambit.} (2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4.
Nf3 g5 5. g3 g4 6. Nh4 Ne7 7. d4) 2... exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ {I decided to make use
of common sense, and apparently this has been played before.} (3... Nf6 4. Nc3
c6 5. d4 Bb4 6. e5 $15) 4. Kf1 Nf6 5. Nf3 Qh5 6. Qe2 {Out of book} g5 (6... Be7
7. d4 g5 $15) (6... Nc6 7. d4 g5 8. d5 Na5 9. Bd3 $17) 7. d4 Be7 {Moves like
d6 fail on e5 as the king is still on the e-file} 8. Kg1 {White clearly wants
to play h3, Kh2 to get the rook back into play.} c6 $11 (8... Nc6 9. h3 Qg6 10.
Nc3 Nh5 $15) 9. Nc3 b5 $2 {o-o or d6 were required} 10. e5 $1 Ng4 11. Bd3 $16
O-O $4 12. h3 $4 (12. h4 $1 gxh4 13. Bxf4 $18 {And blacks position is total
loss... lucky me it was against the Conny}) 12... Nh6 13. Nxb5 {Black can't
take as of Qe4} Na6 14. Qe4 Qg6 $16 {Just-In-Time} 15. Nd6 Nb4 $1 16. Qxg6+
hxg6 (16... fxg6 17. Bc4+ $11) 17. Nxc8 {A good Knight for a lousy bishop... I
don't complain} Raxc8 18. Be4 Nf5 {Threatens Ng3 with attack on the Rook and
bishop at the same time prevents h4} 19. a3 Nd5 {Inviting him to concede his
bishop pair.} 20. Kh2 $15 (20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. c4 Ne3 22. Bxe3 fxe3 $15) 20...
Nde3 {c5 would have been a nice move, but the Nd5 is no longer defended} (20...
c5 $4 21. Bxd5) 21. Bxf5 gxf5 {The aim was to combine the pawns in to a chain
of a freepawn.} 22. Bxe3 fxe3 23. g3 {Still in a messed up situation. Question
to answer, are the pawns going to remain in place ?} (23. Rae1 f4 24. g3 f6 $17
) 23... c5 24. d5 {well played I must say} g4 {well played from myself} (24...
d6 25. Rae1 f4 26. gxf4 gxf4 27. Rhg1+ Kh7 28. Rg4 {And white is coping with
it ! White is slightly better.}) 25. Ng1 d6 $2 $11 {Doesn't increase piece
activity compared to c4} (25... c4 $1 26. Ne2 gxh3 27. Kxh3 Rc5 $15) (25... f6
26. d6 Bd8 27. Re1 fxe5 28. Rxe3 f4 $17) (25... Rb8 26. b3 Rfe8 $1 27. Re1 Bg5
$17) 26. Re1 $11 dxe5 27. Rxe3 Bd6 (27... f6 28. hxg4 fxg4 29. Re4 $14) (27...
Bf6 28. hxg4 fxg4 29. Re4 Rfd8 30. Rxg4+ Kf8 31. c4 Rb8 $15) 28. Kg2 (28. Ne2)
28... c4 29. Ne2 Rc5 30. Nc3 Rb8 31. Rb1 gxh3+ 32. Kxh3 $11 f6 $2 {f5 is a
gift then} (32... Kg7 33. Rf3 Kg6 $11) 33. g4 (33. Rf3 Kg7 34. Rxf5 $16) 33...
Rc7 $2 (33... f4 $1 {Would have equalized}) 34. gxf5 $16 Rh7+ 35. Kg2 Rg7+ 36.
Kf3 Be7 $2 37. Re4 $16 {Much better was Ne4 !} (37. Ne4 Rd8 38. Rd1 Kf7 39. d6
Bf8 40. Rc3 $18) 37... Rg5 38. Rg4 Rxg4 39. Kxg4 Kf7 40. Kf3 Bc5 41. Ke2 $2 (
41. Ne4 Bxa3 42. Rh1 Rxb2 43. Rh7+ Ke8 44. Nxf6+ Kd8 45. d6 $18) (41. Ne4 Bf8
42. d6 Rd8 43. Rd1 $18) 41... Bd4 $16 42. Ne4 Ke7 (42... Rxb2 43. Rxb2 Bxb2 44.
Nd6+ $18) 43. d6+ Kd7 44. b4 $4 (44. Rh1 Rxb2 45. Rh7+ Kc8 46. Nxf6 Rxc2+ $18)
44... Rh8 45. c3 Rh2+ 46. Kd1 Be3 $14 (46... Rh1+ {Here Black could have
easily reached a draw by repitition of moves.} 47. Kc2 Rh2+ 48. Kd1 Rh1+ 49.
Kc2 Rh2+ 50. Kd1) 47. Nxf6+ Kxd6 48. Ng4 $14 Rd2+ 49. Ke1 Rd3 50. Rd1 Bg5 51.
Rxd3+ (51. f6 e4 52. f7 Ke7 53. Ne5 $16) 51... cxd3 52. f6 e4 $15 (52... Ke6
53. f7 Be7 (53... Kxf7 $4 54. Nxe5+ $18) 54. Nf2 Kxf7 $18) 53. Nf2 (53. f7 Ke7
$15) 53... Ke5 (53... Bh4 $1 54. Kf1 Bxf2 55. Kxf2 Ke6 56. c4 d2 57. Ke2 e3 58.
c5 Kxf6 59. b5 $19) 54. f7 Be7 55. Kd1 (55. Ng4+ Kf4 56. Nf6 Kf3 57. Nh7 e3 $19
) 55... Kf4 $4 56. c4 Kf3 57. Nh3 $4 {Not surprisingly the wrong move, its to
many moves ahead for the Conny as for humans possibly too} (57. Nxd3 exd3 58.
c5 $18) 57... Kg4 $4 {Decided to remain in the 'kwadrant' of the c pawn but is
based on a wrong judgement} (57... e3 58. c5 e2+ 59. Kd2 (59. Ke1 Ke3 {[%emt 0:
00:01] Mate in}) 59... Bf8 60. Ng5+ (60. c6 $4 Bh6+ $19) 60... Kf2 61. Ne4+ Kf3
62. Ng5+ Kg2 63. Ne4 $11) 58. Nf2+ (58. c5 Kf5 59. c6 Ke6 60. Nf4+ Kd6 61. Ng6
$18) 58... Kf3 59. f8=Q+ $4 {This isn't helping a lot, the Conny surely has a
program bug here....} (59. Nxd3 exd3 60. c5 $18 {The bishop surely can't be at
2 sides the same time, and the King is already out of sight}) 59... Bxf8 60.
Nxd3 exd3 61. c5 Ke4 62. c6 Bd6 63. b5 Bc7 64. Kd2 Ba5+ 65. Kd1 Ke3 66. a4 d2 {
What a terrible match from both sides... lots of endgame major blunders, but
then again only when the GM himself, my chessengine is showing us....} 0-1

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.11.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Super Mondial B, Mephisto"]
[Black "Europa, Mephisto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 {In support
of e5} 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Nf3 Na5 $6 {if you play dxc4, of course Na5 is logical,
but black is neglitating its own development and the Super Mondial is going to
demonstrate this !} 7. Ne5 Nf6 8. Be2 Bf5 $2 {A mistake...but white doesn't
take advantage out of it.} 9. Bf4 (9. Qa4+ $16 Bd7 10. Nxd7 {10... Qxd7 ?? 11.
Qxa5} Nxd7 11. O-O e6 12. d5 $1 $16) 9... Rc8 {Black consequently holds on to
the pawn...} 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. O-O e6 (12... Nc6 13. Bg4 $16) 13.
Rad1 (13. d5 $1 a6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Rad1 $18 {black is already in an awfull
lot of trouble}) 13... Be7 14. d5 $1 exd5 (14... e5 $2 15. Bg4 $3 exf4 16. d6
$18 Bf6 17. Rfe1+ Kf8 18. Bxd7) 15. Rxd5 Rc5 (15... b6 $4 16. Bg4 $18) 16. Rfd1
Rxd5 17. Nxd5 Nc6 18. Nc7+ Kf8 19. Bg4 Ncb8 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 21. Rxd7 {Ouch !!!}
Qc8 22. Qd1 g5 23. Rxe7 gxf4 (23... Kxe7 24. Qd6#) 24. Re8+ (24. Qd6 Kg7 25.
Ne6+) 24... Qxe8 25. Nxe8 Kxe8 26. Qd4 1-0

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Turbo Advanced Trainer, Saitek"]
[Black "Timmermans, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1893"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {I've seen that the Saitek plays
this with white on the sicilian, this approach is called to the closed
sicilian.} Nc6 {The most obvious move} 3. g3 {The fianchetto Idea, I had it
before in the ENCI tournament in Maastricht against a 2100+ player, in which I
had nothing to fear.} Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 {I decided to deviate from an earlier game,
and play for an obvious move.} (4... e6 5. Nge2 d6 6. O-O Be7 {This I played
in Maastricht.}) 5. f4 {Typical move in the Closed sicilian, white aims to
attack on the Kingsside, a break to e5 would limit black freedom.} (5. Nge2 Bg7
6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe4 8. Nxc6 Nxc3 9. Nxd8 Nxd1 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Kxd1 $11)
5... d6 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 $6 $17 {Looks promosing, d5 & e5 stuff but.
.. is dubious after the obvious cxd4 & Qb6 move, black has nothing to fear and
my chess engine even asseses the position is better for black.} cxd4 9. Nd5 (9.
Nxd4 Qb6 {Thats why !}) 9... Qa5 {Attacks Nd5 for the second time !} (9... Nxd5
10. exd5 Nb4 11. c3 (11. Nxd4 Bxd4+ $2 12. Qxd4 Nxc2 $4 13. Qxh8+) 11... Nxd5
12. Nxd4 $15) 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Rf2 O-O 12. a3 Qb6 13. Qe2 {Support the e5
push} e5 14. c4 (14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Nxd4 $4 {The bishop is in but there is an
very obvious refutation for this ....;} Nxd4 $19) 14... Be6 $17 {Better was to
accept the en-passant invitation...} (14... dxc3 15. bxc3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bxc3
$19) 15. Qd3 {White decides to avoid the pawn will ever move...} (15. f5 $5
gxf5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ne1 d3 $17) 15... Na5 (15... exf4 16. gxf4 Qc5 17. b3
Rfc8 $17 {White is under pressure, for sure}) 16. Nd2 {covers for b3 & c4} Bg7
{A too quite move in such a position. The bishop can't move to h4 anymore
after exf4,gxf4} (16... exf4 17. gxf4 Bh4 $19 {Here whites forces are pretty
disorganised}) 17. b3 f5 (17... exf4 18. gxf4 f5 $19) 18. Bb2 Rac8 19. Rd1 Rf7
$19 (19... Nxb3 20. Qxb3 (20. Nxb3 $4 Bxc4 21. Qf3 Bxb3 {And black is 3 pawns
up}) 20... Qxb3 21. Nxb3 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxc4 $13 {Very unclear , in terms of
material balance}) 20. Re2 Rcf8 21. Rf1 fxe4 (21... exf4 $1 22. gxf4 (22. Rxf4
Be5 $19) 22... fxe4 23. Bxe4 Rxf4 $19) 22. Bxe4 $17 {Now exf4 is much less, as
doing to, could end up in a situation of Bxg6 and Rook on e2 attacking the Be6
!} Bf5 23. Bxf5 $2 (23. b4 Nc6 24. b5 Ne7 25. Kh1 $17) 23... gxf5 $1 {Now its
is really looking good, black plans for e4 !} (23... Rxf5 24. b4 Nc6 25. Ref2
$17) 24. c5 {Damn, white has found this Schwindel} (24. fxe5 dxe5 25. b4 e4 $19
) 24... Qxc5 25. b4 Qb6 (25... e4 $3 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Qxe4 Qb5 $19) 26. Bxd4
exd4 (26... Qxd4+ 27. Qxd4 exd4 28. bxa5 $17) 27. bxa5 Qxa5 28. Rd1 Qc3 {Not
the right move to play, the game is flattening again... and black has
virtually nothing anymore.} (28... Rc7) 29. Nb3 Rc7 30. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 31. Qxd4
Qxd4+ 32. Rxd4 Rc6 $2 {Black is giving all out of hand} (32... Rf6 33. Red2 Rc6
$15) 33. Re6 Kf7 (33... Rd8 34. Rf6 Ra6 35. Rd3 $11) 34. Rdxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxd6
Ke7 36. Rh6 Rf7 37. Kf2 Kf8 38. Ke3 Kg7 39. Re6 $14 Rd7 {Cutting of the King}
40. h3 Kf7 41. Re5 Kf6 42. g4 fxg4 43. hxg4 h6 44. Re8 $14 Rg7 45. Kf3 Rd7 46.
Rf8+ Kg7 47. Rb8 Kf6 {Puts the king out of Rxb7 check if it ever comes to that}
48. Rh8 Kg7 49. Rc8 Kf6 50. Ke3 $14 Rg7 51. Rf8+ Ke7 {Rook and pawn are under
attack} 52. Ra8 a6 $4 (52... Rxg4 53. Rxa7 Rg3+ 54. Ke4 Kf6 $11 {and draw is
unavoidable}) 53. Kf3 Kf6 54. Rh8 $16 Kg6 55. Rd8 (55. f5+ Kg5 56. Rf8 Kh4)
55... Rc7 56. Rd6+ Kg7 57. Ke4 Kh7 58. g5 $4 (58. f5 Rc4+ 59. Rd4 Rc7 60. Ke5
$16) 58... hxg5 59. fxg5 Rc1 60. Rb6 Rc4+ 61. Kf5 Rc7 (61... Rc5+ 62. Kf6 Rc7
$16) 62. Kf6 Rg7 $1 63. Rb4 Rg6+ 64. Kf5 b5 65. a4 $2 (65. Rh4+ Kg7 $14) 65...
bxa4 66. Rxa4 Rb6 67. Ra5 Rb5+ 68. Rxb5 axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.12.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Europa, Mephisto"]
[Black "Super Mondial B, Mephisto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nf3 d6
6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Na5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. cxb3 O-O 12. a4
bxa4 13. Rxa4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Qb8 17. b4 d5 {This move
equalizes} 18. Bc5 dxe4 19. dxe4 (19. Bxf8 exf3 20. g4 Kxf8 (20... Nd5 21. Qxf3
Nxc3 22. Ra6 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Qxf8 $14) 21. gxh5 e4 22. dxe4 Qf4 23. Kh1 {other
moves fail} Nxe4 24. Rxa7 {Position not clear}) 19... Rd8 20. Qe2 Bg6 21. Be7
Nxe4 22. Bxd8 Nxc3 23. Qxe5 $1 $11 Nxa4 (23... Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Nxa4 25. Ba5 $11)
24. Qe8+ Kh7 25. Qxc6 Qxd8 26. Qxa4 Be4 27. Rd1 Qc7 28. Qd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd7 Bxf3
30. gxf3 Kg6 31. Kf1 h5 32. Rd6+ f6 33. Kg2 Rb8 34. Rd4 a6 $11 35. Kg3 Kf5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Rf4+ Ke6 37. Re4+ Kf7 38. Rd4 g6 39. Kf4 Ke6 40. Re4+ Kd6
41. Rd4+ $15 Kc6 42. Re4 Kb5 43. Ke3 f5 44. Re6 $2 $19 Rb6 45. Rxb6+ Kxb6 46.
Kf4 $4 (46. Kd4 Kb5 47. Kc3 $17) 46... Kb5 47. Kg5 Kxb4 48. Kxg6 0-1

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.12.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Europa, Mephisto"]
[Black "Turbo Advanced Trainer, Saitek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. Nf3
Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O h6 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. Rc1 Nh5 12. Be5
a6 13. d5 $5 {Audacious move for a device that only calculates 7 Ply on average
} Nxe5 (13... b5 14. d6 $1 $14) 14. Nxe5 Nf6 $16 15. Nc6 {Goes for the bishop
pair, there where a few moves ago, he gave the pair} (15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6
fxe6 17. Qb3 {Was better}) 15... Qd7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. d6 $1 Qd7 18. e4 Bb7
19. e5 Qc6 20. f3 $14 Nd7 21. Qe2 b5 22. Nxb5 $1 {Another aud acious move from
the Europa, sometimes I'm really surprised he only has "1700" ELO. To me he
shows flashes of 1900+ in many games before. TheSaitek Turbo is only holding
his position....up till now} Nxe5 {Interesting Idea, he must have thought ok
the Knight on d7 in the previous variation was sitting along... to why not
sacrifice it back ? Very unhuman thnking (except for Human Masters of course)}
(22... axb5 23. Bxb5 Qb6 $1 24. Bxd7 Ba6 $17) 23. Qxe5 (23. Nc7 Nxc4 24. Rxc4 (
24. Nxa8 $4 Nxd6 $19 {Now black has 2 pieces for a rook and 6 pawns against 5.}
) 24... Rad8 $17) 23... axb5 24. Be2 c4 25. b3 Qd5 $2 {This move compared to
Rxa2 turns the balance from a better up to winning position to equal.} (25...
Rxa2 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Rxc4 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Rd8 $17) 26. Qxd5 exd5 {Reinforces
the ackward pawn structure.} 27. a4 bxa4 28. bxc4 a3 29. cxd5 $2 $15 {The
Europa played to well, and now he lets it all slip away so easily...} (29. c5 {
A move I myself would have played but was not played by the Europa ... I think
now that there are less pieces, the RISC processor of the Saitek is on the
upperhand....} a2 30. Bb5 $15) 29... Rfd8 30. Rc7 Bxd5 $19 31. d7 Kf8 32. Ra1
Be6 33. Bb5 a2 34. Bc6 Rab8 35. Kf2 Rb1 36. Rc8 Ke7 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38. Rxa2 Bxa2
39. Ke3 0-1

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.12.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Explorer, Mephisto"]
[Black "Constellation 2 MHz, Novag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1677"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 {The Conny already
ran out of opening moves but played one nevertheless} 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nf3 d5 {an
very clever move, as any bishop retreat goes at the expense of a tempoloss} 6.
Bb5 $2 (6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 Nf4 8. O-O O-O $14) 6... Bg4 $15 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Nxd5
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Bxf3 (9... Nxd5 10. Bxc6 (10. exd5 Qxd5 $17) 10... Nf4 $1 11.
Nxe5 Qg5 12. Nxg4 Nxg2+ 13. Kd1 Qxg4+ 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 bxc6 $19) 10.
Nxf6+ (10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. gxf3 Qxf3 13. Rg1 $15) 10... Qxf6 11.
Bxc6 Bxg2 12. Rg1 Qxc6 13. Rxg2 f5 14. Qg5 Rf7 15. f3 (15. exf5 $2 Qxc2) 15...
fxe4 16. fxe4 Raf8 17. O-O-O Qd6 18. Rgg1 g6 $11 19. h4 Rf2 20. h5 {Going for
the win, but neglecting its own defense} Qc6 {Compared to Qc5, Rd2 is now a
good defense !} (20... Qc5 $3 21. c3 (21. Rd2 Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Rf2+ $17) 21... Qb6
22. b4 (22. b3 Qa5 $19) 22... Rxa2 $19) 21. Rd2 Rf1+ {[%emt 0:02:39]} 22. Rxf1
Rxf1+ 23. Rd1 Rf2 24. c3 Qb6 25. b4 Rxa2 $4 {Black had a win a few moves
before, and now faces a risk to loose the game , admittedly, this is very hard
to calculate, I wonder how much ELO you need to win this, surely 2000+} 26.
Qd8+ {To give you an idea, the Mephisto Explorer played this winning move with
a score of +0.0 !!! He has no clue either.} Kg7 {Much better was Kf7 again
hard to see if you don't see h6+ coming !} (26... Kf7 27. Rf1+ Rf2 28. Rxf2+
Qxf2 29. Qxc7+ Kf6 30. Qxh7 $16) 27. h6+ $1 {The Explore r plays h6 with an
score of +0.3, so again he plays this natural move, without having the mate or
win in his horizon. Pretty cool if you play the right moves beyond your
horizon just based on some aritmetic calculation} (27. Qe7+ $1 Kg8 28. Qe8+ Kg7
29. h6+ Kxh6 30. Rh1+ Kg5 31. Qe7+ Kg4 32. Qh4+ Kf3 33. Rh3+ Ke2 34. Qg4+ Ke1
35. Qd1+ Kf2 36. Qf3+ Ke1 37. Rh1+ Qg1 38. Rxg1#) 27... Kf7 $18 (27... Kxh6 {
Now there is a mate in 8 !!} 28. Rh1+ Kg7 29. Qe7+ Kg8 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+
Ke7 32. Rh7+ Ke6 33. Qe8+ Kd6 34. Qxg6#) 28. Rf1+ {And now the score from the
Explorer moves up to +1.1 which is still way to low to assess the position,
but at least he goes for the win.} Rf2 $18 29. Rxf2+ Qxf2 30. Qxc7+ Ke6 (30...
Kf6 31. Qxh7 $18) 31. Qxh7 Qe3+ 32. Kc2 {Score moves up to +2.0 whereas any GM
level Engine now sees the score is +9 as the pawn on h6 is going for the win}
Qe2+ 33. Kb3 Qh5 (33... Qd1+ 34. Kc4 b5+ 35. Kc5 Qxd3 36. Qxg6+ Ke7 37. Qg5+
Ke6 (37... Kf7 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Qg6+ Kf8 40. Qg7+ Ke8 41. Qxe5+ Kf7 42. Qd5+
$18) 38. Qf5+ Ke7 39. Qxe5+ Kf7 40. Qd5+ $18) 34. Qg8+ {Mephistos scores
finally moved up to +7.8} Kf6 (34... Kd6 35. h7 Qd1+ (35... b5 36. Qd5+ Ke7 37.
Qxb5 $18) 36. Kc4 b5+ 37. Kxb5 Qxd3+ 38. c4 $18) 35. h7 Kg5 (35... Qd1+ 36. Kc4
b5+ 37. Kc5) (35... Ke7 36. h8=Q) 36. h8=Q Qd1+ 37. Kc4 b5+ 38. Kc5 Qg1+ 39.
Kd5 {End of Story !} (39. Kxb5 Qb6+ 40. Kc4) (39. d4 exd4 40. Qe5+ Kh4 {[%emt
0:00:05] Mate in}) 39... Qg3 (39... Qb6 40. Qxe5+ {[%emt 0:00:06] Mate in}) 40.
Qxg6+ Kxg6 41. Qg8+ Kf6 42. Qxg3 1-0

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.12.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Super Mondial B, Mephisto"]
[Black "Explorer, Mephisto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 {SuMo out of
book} Bg7 {Explorer out of book} 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O {
Quite boring game ahead... but its their chocie} Ba6 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bg5 Qa5 11.
Qd2 Qf5 12. Na3 Rfb8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rac1 Qh5 17. Bf3
Ng4 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. f3 Qe6 $17 {Black has the pair of bishops and a good
centre} 20. Bc5 Rb7 21. b3 Rd8 22. Rfd1 Rc7 23. Be3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd7 25. Bc5
Rc7 26. b4 f5 27. b5 $15 Bc8 28. Rc2 Qd7 29. b6 $2 $17 {The black bishop on c8
was made passive, and with a move like b6 will regain his squares... not
really smart move} axb6 30. Bxb6 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Bb7 32. Qb3 Qe6 33. Nc2 Ba6 34.
Bc5 Kf7 (34... Bxe2 35. Qb8+ Kf7 36. Qc7+ Kg8 (36... Ke8 $4 37. Qxg7) 37. Qb8+
{Draw by repetition of moves}) 35. e3 Qc6 36. Qb4 Qb5 37. Qxb5 Bxb5 $15 38. Kg2
h6 39. Kf2 Ke6 40. h4 d4 41. exd4 Ba4 42. Nb4 exd4 43. Nd3 Bb5 44. Nf4+ Kf7 45.
h5 {White is increasing the number of blacks pawn chains (isolanis)} gxh5 46.
Bd6 Bf6 47. Nxh5 d3 48. Bb4 Bg5 49. Nf4 $11 {The game is slowing down and a
clear winning plan is out of sight} Bxf4 50. gxf4 {Now this looks really
drawish to me ....and my chess engine confirms this after 30 ply deep !
However there is always the chance that one oldie blunders when the
consequences of its move is out of its own horizon. With simple 8 to 10 ply
calculations you might play an very unfortunate endgame error.} h5 51. Kg3 Kf6
52. Kh2 Kg7 53. Kg3 Kf7 54. Kh3 Kg6 55. Kh4 Kh6 56. Bf8+ Kh7 57. Bb4 Kg6 58.
Kh3 Bc6 59. Kg3 Ba4 60. Kh4 Be8 61. Kh3 Bd7 62. Kh4 Ba4 63. Kg3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.12.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timmermans, Stefan"]
[Black "Turbo Advanced Trainer, Saitek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5
6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qb3 $6 (9. Qe2 $1 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6 $14) (9.
Nh4 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4 $14) 9... Qb6 10. Ne5 Rd8 (
10... Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. e4) 11. Rd1 (11. a5 $1 Bxa5 12. Rxa5 Qxa5 13. Qxb7
Nbd7 14. Nxc6 $16) 11... Nbd7 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. a5 Qxb3 14. Bxb3 a6 (14... e5 15.
a6 b5 $15) 15. f3 e5 16. d5 $4 (16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. e4 Bd7 18. dxe5 Bxe5 $14)
16... Bxd3 (16... cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Kf1 $11) 17. Rxd3 Nc5 18.
Bc4 Nxd3 19. Bxd3 cxd5 $19 20. Ra4 Rac8 21. Bd2 h6 22. Bf5 Rc7 23. Kf1 Kf8 24.
g3 Ke7 25. Ke2 Rc5 26. Nd1 d4 27. exd4 exd4 28. Bd3 (28. Rxd4 $4 Rxf5) 28...
Rh5 29. Rxd4 Rxh2+ 30. Ke3 (30. Kf1 $4 Rxd2) (30. Nf2 Bxg3 31. Bb4+ Ke8 32.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. Bc5 $19) 30... Bc5 31. Bb4 Bxb4 32. Rxb4 Nd5+ 0-1

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Europa, Mephisto"]
[Black "Constellation 2 MHz, Novag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1677"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2
O-O 6. d3 (6. Nd5 Re8 7. Qf5 d6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. a3 Bc5 11. b4
Bb6 12. Bb2 $15) 6... d5 $5 {Conny played this move but it was clear that it
was based on his strong feeling of centreplay} 7. cxd5 Qxd5 {Better was Nxd5}
8. Bd2 Qc5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Re8 11. Be2 Bf5 12. Rc1 e4 $5 $11 {It is clear
that black has free play and white must content with its strong harvest} 13.
dxe4 Nxe4 14. Nh4 Nxf2 {I can't say its excellent (!) nor say its bad (?) but
its a typical move you'll see with the Dave Kittinger machines... also very
SuperConny alike... lets face it it opens the game, and in particular facing
humans this is not a bad idea at all !} 15. Nxf5 (15. Kxf2 $4 Qxe3+ 16. Ke1
Bxc2 17. Rxc2) (15. Qxf5 {Probably the best and refutation of the sacrifice}
Qxf5 (15... Qxe3 16. O-O (16. Qxf2 $4 Qxc1#) 16... Ne4+ 17. Kh1 Nd6 $16) 16.
Nxf5 Nxh1 17. Bf3 $14) 15... Nxh1 {Now the only remaining question is , wil
the Horse on h1 be able to evacuate in time ?} 16. Bxg7 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Ne7 18.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Bd4 b6 {The idea is that whenever the King goes down the first
line, c5 comes, e3 falls and pressure will be put on the e-file} 20. Rc6 (20.
b4 Rae8 $16) 20... Kf8 (20... Re6 21. Rxc7 Rh6 22. Be5 Re8 23. Bf4 $18 {and
black didn't succeed in freeing up the N on h1}) 21. Rh6 Kg8 22. Rc6 Kf8 23.
Rh6 f5 $2 {The conny being in kind of bad position refuses to play 3 fold
repetition of moves. Stuborn as he is ! Lets see how he handles all this
lateron.} (23... c5 $4 24. Bf6 Re6 25. Rxh7 Rxf6 26. Rh8+ Kg7 27. Rxa8 $16) 24.
Rh5 f4 25. Rf5+ Rf7 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7 27. Bc4+ Kg6 28. exf4 c5 29. Be5 Rd8 $18 {
Black faces Be2, g3 & Bf3 what is going to stop the Europa from doing ?} 30. g3
h5 31. Be2 c4 (31... h4 {Too late for help....} 32. gxh4 (32. Bf3 $2 Nxg3 33.
hxg3 hxg3 $11) 32... Kf5 33. Bf3 Rg8 34. Kf1 $18) 32. Bf3 Nxg3 33. hxg3 Rd7 34.
Bc6 {With the idea Bb5and approaching with the King} Rd8 35. Bb5 Rc8 36. Ba6
Rc6 37. Kf2 (37. Kd2 Kf5 38. Kc3 Rc5 39. Kd4 {Loosing the c-pawn}) 37... Kh7
38. Kf3 Kg6 39. g4 $5 {At first I thought the Europa was centralising his king,
but no, he played the king to move g4 all along. However the idea is not so
bad as it seems. As the g pawn was subject to an rook attack and/or black King
approachso get rid of it and push the free f-pawn thereafter to spread the
battlefield a bit.} hxg4+ 40. Kxg4 Kf7 41. Kf5 Rc5 42. Ke4 c3 {The hope for
this pawn is lost.} 43. Bxc3 Rh5 44. f5 Rh4+ 45. Ke5 Ke7 46. f6+ Kf8 47. Ke6
Rf4 48. Be5 Re4 49. Bc4 a5 50. f7 Re3 51. b3 {The Europa surely doesn't know
whats going on here.... he has no plan in his near futur to promote the pawn
to whatever expense. He might need to drop his score to win much easier.. will
he go for the underneath listed variation ?} (51. Kd6 Rf3 52. Kd7 b5 53. Bd6+
Kg7 54. f8=Q+ Rxf8 55. Bxf8+ Kxf8 56. Bxb5 {1-0}) 51... b5 $2 (51... Re1 $4 52.
Kf6 {and now Rf1+ can't be played)}) 52. Bxb5 Re1 53. Bc4 Re3 54. b4 1-0

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.12.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Explorer, Mephisto"]
[Black "Timmermans, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1899"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 {The Taimanov, my type of
Sicilian Play} 6. Ndb5 {The Explorer already runs out of opening book options.
This variation is not in particular good and allows black to equalize rapidly.}
Qb8 (6... Qb6 $4 7. Bf4) (6... Qe5 7. f4 $16) 7. Bc4 {This move also will
sooner or later come at a loss of tempo.} a6 8. Nd4 b5 9. Bb3 {Aimed against
blacks potential d5} Nf6 {Threatens b4 & Nxe4} 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12.
Qe2 {Compared to Qf3, this move prepares for the e5 advance.} (12. Qf3 a5 13.
a3 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Na4 $15) 12... O-O $6 {The move is
dubious, I overlooked the Bishop recapture in my calculations... but I managed
well with the bishop pair afterwards. So yes it might have been bad , but no
its not a real error neither.} (12... c5 13. a3 c4 14. Ba2 Bb7 $11) 13. e5 Nd5
14. Bxd5 $1 (14. Nxd5 Bxg5 15. h4 Bd8 $19) (14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. O-O $11) 14...
Bxg5 15. Bxc6 Ra7 $14 {Bf4 is a constant threat to regain the pawn} 16. O-O {
This move allows Re1 ! but also is quite handy for playing f4 !} Rc7 17. Be4 (
17. Ne4 Bf4 18. Nf6+ gxf6 19. Qg4+ Bg5 20. exf6 h6 21. h4 $17) 17... b4 $1 (
17... Rc5 18. f4 $16) (17... Bf4 18. Bxh7+ (18. g3 Bxe5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxe5
$14) 18... Kxh7 19. Qe4+ Kg8 20. Qxf4 Rc4 $18) 18. Nd1 Rd8 19. f4 Be7 (19...
Bh6 20. Ne3 (20. Qh5 Bb7 $1) 20... Rcd7 $16) 20. Ne3 (20. Qh5 h6 21. g4 $6 Bb7
$15) 20... Qb6 (20... Bb7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Rad1 (22. f5 Qe4 $15) 22... Rcd7
23. Rxd7 Rxd7 $11) 21. Rad1 (21. Rad1) (21. f5 exf5 (21... Qd4 $1 $19 22. Bd3 (
22. f6 $2 Bc5 $19) 22... Bc5 23. Rae1 $17) 22. Bxf5 Bc5 23. Rae1 Bxf5 24. Rxf5
Bxe3+ 25. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Rxc2 $17) 21... Rcd7 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Rd1 Bc5
24. Rd3 $4 {I couldn't believe my eyes, I even replaced the batteries and took
the moves back, the Explorer kept on playing this move.} (24. Kf2 Bb5 25. Bd3
$11) 24... Bb5 $19 25. Kf2 (25. Qg4) (25. Rxd8+ $2 Qxd8 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. cxd3
Qd4 28. Kf2 Qxf4+ 29. Qf3 Bxe3+ 30. Ke2 $19) 25... Bxd3 26. cxd3 (26. Bxd3 Bd4
27. c3 bxc3 28. bxc3 Bxc3 $19) 26... Rc8 27. Kf3 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kxe3
Rc2 30. a3 Rxb2 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. f5 a5 33. fxe6 fxe6 34. d4 a4 35. d5 Rxe4+
36. Kxe4 a3 37. d6 Kf7 38. Kd3 0-1

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.12.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Super Mondial B, Mephisto"]
[Black "Turbo Advanced Trainer, Saitek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "162"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 {
Turbo out of Book} O-O 6. e3 h6 {After e3, Turbo back in Book ? Transposition ?
} 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O {Sumo
& Turbo out of book} c5 13. Ne5 Nd7 {And here the theory recommends Nd3 or
even f4} 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Re1 Rac8 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. Rc1 Bf5 18. Qb3 Be4 19. f3
Bg6 20. Bb5 Qd6 21. Qa4 Rfc8 22. Ba6 Rd8 23. Qa3 Re8 24. Bb5 Rec8 25. Be2 Bh7
26. Ba6 Re8 27. Qa4 $15 {White Avoids the draw and now is somehow in a less
position.} Re6 28. Bb5 cxd4 $6 {Now black opens the game without a rook on the
8th Rank} 29. Qxd4 Rc5 30. b4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Bg6 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Bd3 Qd7 34.
Bxg6+ Kxg6 35. Qg4+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ g6 37. Rd8 Qc7 38. Qf4 (38. Qxd5 Qc1+ 39. Qd1
(39. Kf2 Qxe3+ 40. Kg3 Qe1+ 41. Kh3 $15) 39... Qxe3+ 40. Kf1 $15) 38... Qxf4
39. exf4 Re1+ 40. Kf2 Ra1 41. a3 Rxa3 42. Rxd5 Ra2+ 43. Kg3 a5 44. Rd7 Kg7 45.
Ra7 a4 46. f5 gxf5 47. Rb7 Re2 48. Ra7 (48. Rxb6 Rb2 49. b5 f4+ 50. Kh3 a3 $11)
48... b5 49. Ra5 f4+ 50. Kxf4 Rxg2 $15 {Here the first time in the game there
is some sort of an 'unbalanced' position.The Super Mondial gives itself -1.98
after 8 Ply, though any free chessengine does not go beyond -0.5} 51. Rxb5 Rxh2
52. Ra5 $4 {Gives away a clear pawn and likely also the game WHY ???? Schon
nach dem 50. Rxg2 gab er sichselbe - 2.25 aber nicht zurecht!} (52. Kg3 Rb2 53.
Rb8 {& black can't get through on h-file}) 52... Rh4+ 53. Ke5 Rxb4 54. Kf5 h5
55. f4 $19 h4 56. Kg4 h3 57. Kxh3 Rxf4 58. Kg3 Rc4 59. Ra6 f5 60. Kf2 f4 61.
Ke2 Rb4 62. Kf3 Kf7 63. Kg4 {The king has to move to b7 only then can a pawn
be pushed forward.} Ke7 64. Kh4 f3+ $2 65. Kg3 Rf4 66. Kf2 Kd7 67. Rg6 {Black
has the problem that the SuMo will not allow the King to pass the 6th row, so
how will black play for the win ? To me the potential of a draw is imminent.}
Ke8 68. Rg7 Kf8 69. Rd7 Rf7 70. Rd4 Ra7 71. Rd2 $2 {Another odd move from the
SuMo now that the draw was a fact, doesn't seem to like any draw games at all..
..} (71. Kxf3 a3 72. Rd1 Ke7 73. Ke3 Ke6 74. Ke4 $11) 71... a3 $1 72. Ra2 Kf7
$2 {The Saitek can't calculate what an 32 bit engine can, and plays a very
natural, but then again drawish move.} (72... Ke7 73. Kxf3 Kd6 74. Ke2 Kc5 75.
Kd1 Kb4 76. Kc1 Rh7 77. Kb1 Rh1+ 78. Kc2 Rg1 $3 {and black wins, however black
has to play 72... Ke7 for the shortest path to the white rook ! Not that hard
for a human , but 78... Rg1 !!! is a hard to see moveespecially for humans ,
but what a killer !} 79. Kd3 Kb3) 73. Kxf3 {The only way to go for a draw, as
not only it removes a pawn but can make an King opposition when blacks monarch
decides to enter the field.} Ke6 74. Ke3 (74. Kf4 $4 Kd5 75. Ke3 Kc4 76. Kd2
Kb3 77. Ra1 a2 $19) 74... Ke5 75. Kd3 Kd5 76. Kc3 Ra8 77. Kb4 Kd4 78. Rd2+ Ke3
79. Ra2 Kd4 80. Rd2+ Ke3 81. Ra2 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Constellation 2 MHz, Novag"]
[Black "Super Mondial B, Mephisto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1677"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 (3... g6 4. O-O Bg7
5. c3 $15) 4. Bxc6 {Playing this move the Conny was out of book, and the SuMo
as well on his move.} (4. e5 Nd5 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 $11) 4... dxc6 5.
Nc3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 Be5 $11 11. Rad1 Qb6
12. Na4 Qb4 13. b3 Rad8 14. Bd2 Qa3 15. Bc1 $2 Qxa2 16. Nxc5 (16. Qe2 b6 17.
Bf4 $1 Bd4 {The Queen is still trapped , but not lost, would have been
slightly better though...}) 16... b6 $17 17. Nb7 {For this you have to have
good nerves !} Rd7 18. d4 Bxd4 19. e5 (19. c3 Qxb3 20. Rxd4 Rxb7 $17 {is
slightly better than the move the Conny Played}) 19... Bxe5 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21.
Qxc6 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Qxc2 {Given +1.12 for and by the SuMo} 23. Be3 $1 (23. b4
bxc5 24. bxc5 a5 $17) 23... bxc5 24. Qxc5 Qxc5 25. Bxc5 Rb8 26. Bxa7 Rxb3 27.
Rc1 h5 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Kf1 Kg6 30. Ke2 Kf5 31. Rd8 g5 32. Rd7 Rb2+ 33. Kd3 f6
34. Rh7 Kg6 35. Re7 Rb3+ 36. Ke4 Rb4+ 37. Kd3 Kf5 38. Rh7 h4 39. Bc5 Rb1 40.
Rf7 Bf4 (40... Rg1 $2 41. f4 Rxg2 42. fxe5 Kxe5 $11) 41. Be7 Rd1+ 42. Ke2 Rd2+
43. Ke1 Rc2 $2 (43... Rd7 44. Rxf6+ Ke5 45. Rf7) 44. Rxf6+ Ke5 45. Kf1 Rc7 46.
Bd8 Rc8 47. Be7 Rc7 48. Rf7 {The conny refuses threefold repetition of moves,
playing a BAD move.} Ke4 49. Rg7 Be5 50. Rxg5 (50. Rh7 Kd3 $1 $19 {Threatens
Mate !} (50... Bd6 $17 {Another obvious move but not as convincing as Kd3 !}))
50... Rxe7 51. f3+ Kd4 52. Rg4+ Kd5 53. Rxh4 Rc7 54. f4 Bd4 55. g4 $4 (55. Ke2
Rc2+ 56. Kd3 Rc3+ 57. Ke2 $17) 55... Ke4 $1 56. Rh6 (56. f5 Kf3 57. Ke1 Be3 {
And white goes mate}) 56... Kf3 $1 {Threatens mate via Rc1+} 57. Rxe6 Bf2 $1 {
and white has to surrender} 58. Re1 Bxe1 59. Kxe1 Kxf4 60. Kf2 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.12.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timmermans, Stefan"]
[Black "Europa, Mephisto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 (3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 e6
5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4) 3... Qxd5 4. Nf3 (4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3
exd4 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. Nxd4 $11) 4... Bg4 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. e3 {A passive alternative}
(6. e4 e5 7. dxe5 (7. d5 Nd4 8. Be2 $11) 7... Bb4 8. Bd2 O-O-O $11) (6. d5 $1
O-O-O 7. Bd2 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Ne5 9. e4 $16) 6... e5 7. dxe5 (7. d5 O-O-O 8. Bd2
Nb4 9. a3 Na6 $16) 7... Nxe5 8. Be2 (8. Bb5+ c6 9. Qd5 Qxb5 10. Qxb5 Nxf3+ 11.
gxf3 cxb5 12. fxg4 $11) 8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 {This pawn formation is usually not
bad in the centre, the only drawback is the unsafe King} (9. Bxf3 Rd8 10. Qb3
Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Bb4) 9... Rd8 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. f4 {An recommendation of my
nearly 6 year old son, I analysed his idea, and he's right it improves my
piece play and limits blacks choices} Nc6 12. Bd2 Bb4 (12... Nb4 13. Qb1 Be7
14. a3 Nbd5 15. Qc2 $14) 13. Bf3 (13. Rg1 O-O 14. O-O-O Bxc3 $4 15. Bxc3 {
Attacks the Queen and Nf6 !}) 13... O-O 14. Rg1 Rfe8 $16 15. Rg5 $2 (15. O-O-O)
15... Nd4 {A real Exploitation of the Kings unsafe position !} 16. Qd1 Nxf3+ {
Not really the best, but quite understandable, not that white is too happy
about it...either} (16... Qa6 17. Bg2 Ne6 18. Re5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nd7 20. Rd5 $4
(20. Rf5 g6 21. Rd5 Nxf4 $19) 20... Nxf4 $19) 17. Qxf3 Qb6 $15 18. O-O-O Ne4 $6
{The combination is Ok, but somehow it arranges white affairs} (18... Qa6 19.
Rdg1 g6 $17) 19. Nxe4 Qc6+ 20. Kb1 Qxe4+ 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Kc2 {The position
is flat} f6 (22... Bxd2 23. Rxd2 (23. Rc5 Re7 24. Rxd2 Red7 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26.
e4 $11) 23... Rxd2+ 24. Kxd2 $11) 23. Rb5 {I was in no doubt that this was the
best move, as it simplifies the game even further to a single rook ending, a
territory 8 bitters are not particulary strong...} Bxd2 (23... Rc4+ 24. Kb3 Rc6
25. Kxb4 Rc2 26. Kb3 Rdxd2 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Rxb7 $14) 24. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 25. Kxd2
b6 26. Rd5 Kf7 27. f3 Re8 28. b4 {With the idea to play b5 and hold 3 pawns
with just 1 !} Ke6 29. e4 c6 30. Rd3 a6 (30... c5 $6 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Ra3 $14)
31. f5+ Ke7 32. f4 c5 {I don't like such moves in general, though My PC chess
engine does not dislike it. First of all, it splits whites pawn formation,
making an extra island.} (32... g6 {Good enough to keep the game under control,
The Europa many times assessed it, but always skipped it in the end.} 33. fxg6
hxg6 34. Ra3 Ra8 35. h4 $11) 33. bxc5 bxc5 34. Kc3 {Going for the all to
obvious, but doing so , I missed a better move Rd5 !} (34. Rd5 $1 Rc8 35. Kc3
g6 36. Kc4 gxf5 37. Rxf5 $14) 34... Kf8 {A strange move, but even my PC engine
plays it.} 35. Re3 Ke7 36. Kc4 $2 (36. e5 Rd8 37. Rd3 Rb8 $14) 36... Kd6 {At
this stage the e5 and all exchanges would lead to both players promoting for
Queen, only Black has still the h7 pawn. This convinced me that a4 is the move
to play, to gain a tempo !} 37. a4 g6 {This move, played or not, does not
count in the King+pawn vs King+pawn race, as g6 is not faster to g4 then g7-g5
(2 steps) tog4} (37... g5 38. fxg5 (38. e5+ $2 fxe5 39. fxe5+ Rxe5 40. Rxe5
Kxe5 41. Kxc5 g4 42. f6 Kxf6 43. a5 h5 44. Kb6 h4 45. Kxa6 g3 46. hxg3 hxg3 $19
{And black is first}) 38... fxg5 39. Re2 $14) 38. e5+ $1 $16 fxe5 (38... Kd7
39. Rh3 fxe5 40. Rxh7+ Kc6 41. fxg6 exf4 42. Rf7 $18) 39. fxg6 hxg6 $16 (39...
e4 40. gxh7 Rh8 41. Rh3 $18) 40. fxe5+ Kc6 (40... Rxe5 $4 $18 41. Rxe5 Kxe5 42.
Kxc5 g5 43. Kb6 Kf4 44. Kxa6 Kf3 45. a5 Kg2 46. Kb6 Kxh2 47. a6 g4 48. a7 g3
49. a8=Q $18) 41. e6 Re7 42. Re5 {Doesn't bring Joy} (42. a5 g5 43. h3 Kd6 44.
Rd3+ Kxe6 45. Re3+ Kd6 46. Rxe7 Kxe7 47. Kxc5 $18) 42... Kd6 43. Re4 g5 {Thism
oves brings the pawn closer to promotion whenever it comes to an Xchange on e6.
} 44. a5 {This brings the white pawn one square closer to promotion....} (44.
Re3 Rxe6 45. Rxe6+ Kxe6 46. Kxc5 Kf5 47. Kb6 Kg4 48. Kxa6 Kh3 49. a5 Kxh2 50.
Kb7 g4 51. a6 g3 52. a7 g2 53. a8=Q g1=Q) 44... Re8 $4 (44... g4 {This pawn
gets in the way of the King to find its shortest path to capturing the h2 pawn.
..} 45. Re3 Rxe6 $4 46. Rxe6+ Kxe6 47. Kxc5 Kf5 48. Kb6 Kf4 49. Kxa6 Kf3 50.
Kb7 Kg2 51. a6 Kxh2 52. a7 g3 53. a8=Q g2 54. Qh8+ Kg3 55. Qe5+ $18) 45. e7
Rxe7 46. Rxe7 Kxe7 47. Kxc5 Ke6 48. Kb6 Kd5 49. Kxa6 Kc6 50. h3 $1 Kc7 51. Kb5
Kb7 52. Kc5 Ka7 (52... Ka6 53. Kd5 Kxa5 54. Ke5 Kb5 55. Kf5 Kc5 56. Kxg5 Kd6
57. Kf6 $18) 53. Kd5 Ka6 54. Ke5 Kxa5 55. Kf5 Kb4 56. Kxg5 1-0

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Turbo Advanced Trainer, Saitek"]
[Black "Explorer, Mephisto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5
6. Nf3 d5 {Turbo out of book, Variation known as the Rubinstein Variation in
the Nimzo-Indian Defence} (6... b6 7. d5 $1 exd5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxh7+ Kxh7 10.
Qxd5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 $16) 7. cxd5 {And here also the Explorer out of book} exd5
8. O-O b6 9. Bd2 Re8 (9... c4 10. Be2 Nc6 11. b3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Qc2 $11)
10. a3 (10. dxc5 bxc5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 $14) 10... Ba5 11. Ne5 {White is
occupying the better places...} Bb7 12. Bb5 (12. b4 cxb4 13. Na4 Qd6 {To
"prevent" axb4} 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16. Nc5 $1 bxc5 17. Rb1 Qc3 18. Rb3
Qa5 19. Rxb7 $16) 12... Re6 13. Nb1 {The Turbo sets in a special manoeuvre, at
first it seems odd, but allbeit not to bad , black pieces are still a bit
clumsy (Re6 en Ba5)} Bxd2 14. Nxd2 Nc6 15. Ndf3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 {Normally
speakin g black has to be vigilant as not to remain stuck with the isolated d5
pawn, and should use the pawns on the queenside in his favor. The position is
quite balanced though.} Rc8 17. Rc1 cxd4 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. exd4 (19. Qxd4 $14 {
In this option, white will play on the isolated pawn theme}) 19... a6 20. Bd3
Bb7 21. Qe2 {Qf3 was better} b5 22. Bf5 (22. f3 $14 {Preventing Ne4}) 22... Re7
23. Re1 Ne4 $11 {There he goes !} 24. Qd3 Qb6 25. Bxe4 {This will make the 24
Qd3 a bit silly, but I don't think computers will ever look back in the 'Past'
as the only thing they care about is the futur .} dxe4 26. Qe3 f5 {Not a bad s
trategical prospect, to me thats the difference the Explorer sometimes tends
to make...} 27. Nd3 {Fancy move but no efficiency involved} (27. Rc1 Qf6 28.
Qb3+ Kf8 29. Rc5 $14 {And white is a bit better, as the pieces exert more
control over the enemy}) 27... Qf6 28. Nc5 $2 {A stretegical bad move from the
Turbo, as the central occupation on e5 was much more restrictive for white.}
Bd5 $15 {A Positional move, can eventually get on the outside of his own pawns
via c4} 29. f4 $6 {My chessengine played the same move, incredible don't you
think ? Now the well protected e-pawn is a free pawn ! This is not the first
time I see the Turbo play such a move. To me this is where humans and
computers depart.} h6 30. h3 g5 {This move was not applauded more then any
other move by my chessengine, but to me the fact that the Explorer plays it,
and even the preparation on h6, proves he tries to keep the game going and
grasps for the initiative ! Many computers would play dull moves in such cases.
} 31. g3 (31. Rf1 Rg7 32. fxg5 hxg5 $15 {And black surely has the initiative})
31... gxf4 32. gxf4 $15 (32. Qxf4 $2 Qxd4+ 33. Qe3 Qxe3+ 34. Rxe3 $17) 32...
Rg7+ 33. Kh2 Kf7 34. Rg1 Rxg1 35. Kxg1 Kg6 36. Kf2 Ba8 $2 37. Nd7 Qd6 38. Nc5
Kf6 39. Ke2 Ke7 40. b3 Qb6 41. Qg3 {What takes them so long ?} Kf7 42. Qh4 Qg6
43. Qd8 Qg2+ {The best defense could be the attack} 44. Ke1 Qh1+ 45. Kd2 Qh2+
46. Ke1 Qg1+ 47. Ke2 Qh2+ 48. Ke1 Qg3+ 49. Ke2 Qf3+ 50. Ke1 Qe3+ (50... e3 {I
would have played this move, in the hope the King can escape from its checks
via h5 & h4, whereas black has the threat Qf2+ Qd2+ mate, but seemingly is the
Qe8+ sufficient to keep the King inside and though both refuse to go for the
draw, this is what it will become...} 51. Qd7+ Kf6 (51... Kg6 52. Qe8+ Kg7 53.
Ne6+ Kf6 54. Qf8+ Kxe6 55. Qe8+ Kf6 56. Qf8+ Kg6 57. Qe8+ {Draw !})) 51. Kd1 a5
52. Qd7+ (52. Qxa8 $4 Qxd4+ 53. Ke2 Qxc5) 52... Kf6 53. Qe6+ (53. Qxb5 Qxd4+
54. Ke2 Bd5 55. Qxa5 {Maybe this is the way out (if ever Kg6 Qe8+ Bf7)} Kg6 56.
Qb4 (56. Qb6+ $2 Kh5) 56... Qg1 57. a4 {Unclear Situation}) 53... Kg7 54. Qe7+
(54. Qxf5 {Also here the King can't escape the Perpetual Checks}) 54... Kg8 55.
Qe6+ Kg7 56. Qe7+ Kg8 57. Qe6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Explorer, Mephisto"]
[Black "Europa, Mephisto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1685"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7.
Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O Bd7 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Ne2 Nd4 12. Nexd4 cxd4 13. Bf2
e5 14. c3 f5 15. Re1 Nc6 16. cxd4 exd4 17. b4 Be6 $6 18. b5 Bxa2 $2 (18... Na5)
19. bxc6 Qxb1 20. Qxb1 Bxb1 21. cxb7 Bxd3 22. bxa8=Q Rxa8 23. exf5 gxf5 24.
Nxd4 Rb8 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. Nc6 Rb1 27. Rxb1 Bxb1 28. Bxa7 Bf8 29. Nd4 Kg7 30.
Ne6+ Kf7 31. Kf2 Bh6 32. Nd4+ Ke7 33. Bg8 Bg7 34. Bxh7 Bxd4+ 35. Bxd4 Be4 36.
g4 Ke6 37. g5 {[%emt 0:00:00] And here I allowed my 6 year old son to finish
the job, the Europa went to c4 with his King and the pawn promotion allowed my
son a quick checkmate. 1 -} 1-0

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timmermans, Stefan"]
[Black "Super Mondial B, Mephisto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 $1 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 {For
me an interesting move.} (5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O $11) 5... Nc6 6. O-O e4
(6... Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5 f5 $14 {As played by Vassiliy Ivanchouk vs Alexey
Shirov 2010 & Topalov vs Timman Jan 1999}) 7. Ne1 {Only field} Qe7 {The Sumo
ca lculated Bf5 for a very log time and came with this move, at first not good,
but after my move just the opposite comes true} 8. Qb3 $6 {Leaves e2
undefended , and an eventual d3 exd3 can't be met with Nxd3 as e2 would fall...
.} (8. d3 exd3 9. Nxd3 $14) 8... Nb6 9. Nc3 Be6 (9... Nd4 10. Qd1 Bf5 11. Nc2
$14) 10. Qd1 f5 11. d3 O-O-O {Chances are about even} 12. Bd2 {Unpins the
Queen for capturing on e4} (12. Be3 $2 Nc4) (12. Qc2 Nd4 13. Qd1 $15) (12. a3
g5 $15) 12... Nd5 {Interesting move.} 13. Qc1 Nd4 {Even more interesting move..
.} 14. Nc2 $1 {Diagram # Audacious move from a human against a digital opponent
} Nxe2+ (14... Nxc3 15. Nxd4 (15. bxc3 $4 Nxe2+ $19) (15. Bxc3 $4 Nxe2+ $19)
15... Rxd4 16. Bxc3 $18) 15. Nxe2 exd3 16. Ned4 $16 {And white has the far
better play despite being the pawn down.} dxc2 17. Re1 Nf4 {A surprising and
curious move.} 18. Nxe6 (18. Bxf4 Rxd4 19. Qxc2 {with the threat Rxe6 & Qxc7 #}
Rd7 20. Re5 $18) 18... Nxe6 19. Qxc2 Nd4 20. Qc4 $16 Qc5 {Very neutralising
move, white has to be very creative to keep the pressure now.} 21. Rac1 $2 (21.
Qa4 a6 22. Bg5) 21... Qxc4 (21... Nf3+ 22. Bxf3 Qxc4 23. Rxc4 Rxd2 24. Re8+ Kd7
25. Ra8 $11) 22. Rxc4 h6 $2 (22... Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Rxd2 $11) 23. Bf4 Nb5 (23...
Rd7 $4 24. Re8+ Rd8 25. Rxc7+ Kb8 26. Rxd8#) (23... c6 24. Be5 $14) (23... Bd6
$4 24. Rxd4) 24. Rec1 Rd7 (24... c6 25. a4 (25. Bxc6 $4 {Not playable} bxc6 26.
Rxc6+ Kb7 $19) 25... Nd4 $11) 25. a4 Nd6 26. Rc5 g6 (26... b6 27. Rc6 $14) 27.
Bd5 $1 {An very nice idea of mine. Prepares for Be6} Kb8 (27... Ne8 {Bf8
counterattacks Rc5} 28. Rb5 $1 Nd6 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Bxb7+ Kd8 $16) 28. Be6
Rdh7 (28... Re7 $4 29. Bxd6 Rxe6 (29... cxd6 30. Rc8#) 30. Bxc7+ Ka8 31. Re5
$18 Rxe5 32. Bxe5 Bg7 33. Bxg7) 29. Be5 b6 30. Rc6 {Probably not the best} (30.
Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Rxc7 Kxc7 32. Bxh8 $14) 30... Bg7 {Here I took my time, black is
passive but offers a passive piece for an exchange... this might seem to work
for him.} 31. Bxd6 (31. Rxd6 $2 Bxe5 (31... cxd6 32. Bxd6+ Kb7 33. Rc7+ Ka6 34.
Bc4+ Ka5 (34... b5 35. Bc5 Bxb2 36. Bxb5+ Ka5 37. Rc6 Re7 38. Ra6#) 35. Rxa7#)
32. Rd2 $15) 31... cxd6 32. b4 {a cool mov e, d6 is isolated and wxeak, will
surely fall, no need to go for an immediate Rxd6. also better then b3 cause of
Be5 f4 Bd4+ follwed by Bc5 which is not possible with b4 (instead of b3)} Rd8
33. Rc7 d5 $4 {An actual bad move ! Likely just behind the computers horizon.}
34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Rc8+ Kb7 36. R1c7+ Ka6 37. Ra8 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Rg1+ 39. Kxg1 b5
40. Raxa7+ Kb6 41. a5# 1-0

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Turbo Advanced Trainer, Saitek"]
[Black "Constellation 2 MHz, Novag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1899"]
[BlackElo "1677"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Be7 6. f4 d6
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bd2 f5 10. Nd5 exf4 11. Bxf4 Bf6 12. c3 fxe4 (12...
Be6 $14) (12... Be5 $14) 13. dxe4 Nce5 14. O-O Be6 (14... c4 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 $16)
15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Nh4 (16. h3 {Too Soon !} Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Ne5) 16... Qb6 $2 (
16... Nf7 17. h3 Nge5 $18) 17. h3 Bc4 18. Re1 Qxb2 19. hxg4 Nd3 {Thpug black
has 3 active pieces, white has not mouch to fear} 20. Bf1 Qf2+ 21. Kh1 Nxf4 22.
Bxc4+ Kh8 23. gxf4 Qxh4+ 24. Kg2 f5 25. exf5 Rae8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Qf3 Rf8 28.
Rb1 d5 29. Rh1 Qf6 30. Qxd5 Qxc3 31. Qxc5 Qb2+ 32. Kf3 Qc3+ 33. Kf2 Qd2+ 34.
Kg3 Re8 35. Be6 Qd3+ 36. Kh4 Qd8+ 37. g5 Re7 38. Qc3+ Rg7 {Matt in 6 bis 10;
Kg4 !} 1-0

[Event "U1950 Turnier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Europa, Mephisto"]
[Black "Explorer, Mephisto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1900"]
[Annotator "Stefan Timmermans"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6.
bxc3 Ne7 7. Be2 Nbc6 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rb1 b6 12. Re1 Bb7
13. Bg5 Rfc8 14. Qd2 Nf5 15. Bb5 h6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Ra1 g5 18. g4 cxd4 19. Bxg5
dxc3 20. Qxc3 Ncd4 21. Bxe7 Rxc3 22. Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Be2 Nxc2 24. Rec1 Rac8 25.
Ra2 d4 26. Rd1 Bd5 27. Rb2 Bc4 28. Bf1 d3 29. Bd6 Kg7 30. h4 Rg8 31. Bxd3 $2
Rxd3 32. Rc1 Nxa3 33. Bxa3 Bd5 34. Be7 Rh3 35. f3 Bxf3 $19 36. Rc7 Kg6 37. Rb4
$1 a5 38. Rf4 b5 39. h5+ Kh7 (39... Kg7 $4 40. Bf6+ Kh7 (40... Kf8 41. Rc8#)
41. Rxf7+ Rg7 42. Rxg7+ Kh8 $18) 40. Rxf7+ Rg7 41. Rxg7+ Kxg7 42. Bb4+ $15 Kg8
43. Rc8+ Kf7 44. Rc7+ Ke8 45. Bxa5 Rh1+ 46. Kf2 Bxg4 47. Rc8+ Kf7 48. Rc7+ Kf8
49. Rc8+ Kg7 50. Rc7+ Kg8 51. Rc8+ Kh7 52. Rc7+ Kh8 53. Rc8+ Kg7 54. Rc7+ Kf8
55. Rc8+ Ke7 56. Rc7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

