THE MOVES as annotated by GM Nigel Davies
[Event "2003 PNG Championship "][Site "Port Moresby"] [Date "2003.04.21"]
[Round "6"] [White "Fancy, Stuart"] [Black "Marcos, Joselito"]
[Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2195"] [BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "GM Nigel Davies"]
[PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2003.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "PNG"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 $5 {'Nunn's Chess
Openings (NCO) gives the following alternatives:'} ({An old-fashioned line
with violent intent. The usual preference these days is} 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4
Nge7 8. O-O Nf5 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. Kh1 Be7 11. g4 Nh4) (6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8.
b5 Na5 9. Bd3 Nc4 10. a4 Qc7 $11) (6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bc6 9. Nh4 Qd7
$11) 6... Qb6 ({Fancy was no doubt hoping for} 6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 {when I'm
quite sure he'd offer the Milner-Barry Gambit with} 8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxd4
10. O-O {This was all the rage in Britain in our junior days, the leading
young exponent being Michael Stean from Cheshire.
Now I wonder what happened
to him...}) 7. dxc5 {'I was not expecting this line. [First tried by Loewe in
1849, by Paulsen in 1882 and by Nimzowitsch in 1911, but avoided by most
modern GMs.]'} Bxc5 8. O-O a5 $5 {This is quite a sensible move, preventing
b2-b4 and leaving White tied to the defence of his b2 pawn. Diagram [#] This
was the first time I met this line, and had 30 minutes off my clock while my
rival consumed only a minute. [The text was used successfully by Blackburne
against Schottlaender in 1885 and by Suetin against Kaidanov in 1979.]
Alternatives are:'} ({This position has been widely used to show that one can
also control of the center with pieces. In the classic encounter, Nimzowitsch
- Salwe, Karlsbad 1911, Black played} 8... f6 {but after} 9. b4 Be7 10. Bf4
fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nf6 (12... Bf6 13. Qh5+ Ke7 14. Nd2 Bxe5 15. Qxe5
Nf6 16. Nf3 Bb5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Rfe1 Kf7 20. Nxe6 Rhe8 21. Ng5+
Kg6 22. Qg3 Qg4 23. Qxg4 Nxg4 24. Ne6 Rac8 25. Nf4+ Kf7 26. Nxd5 Nf6 27. Rxe8
Rxe8 28. Nxf6 Kxf6 29. Kf1 Rc8 30. Rc1 Ke6 31. Ke2 Rc6 32. a4 Ke7 33. h4 Kf7
34. c4 Ke7 35. g3 Kf7 36. Kd3 Rf6 37. Rc2 Ke7 38. c5 Kd7 39. Kd4 Re6 40. b5 Re1
41. c6+ bxc6 42. Rxc6 Rd1+ 43. Ke4 Re1+ 44. Kf4 Ra1 45. Ra6 {1-0 Hanley,
C-Cross,G/Port Erin IOM 2002 (45)}) 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. Qe2 Rac8 16.
Bd4 Qc7 17. Ne5 {White had a clear advantage because of his grip on the d4 and
e5 squares.}) (8... Nge7 9. b4 Nxb4 (9... Bxb4 10. cxb4 Nxb4 11. Be3 Qc7 12.
Be2 Nc2 13. Nbd2 Nxa1 14. Qxa1 O-O 15. Rc1 Nc6 16. Bc5 Rfc8 17. Bd6 Qa5 18. Nb3
Qd8 19. Bd3 Na5 20. Re1 Nxb3 21. axb3 Qb6 22. Nd4 a5 23. Re3 f5 24. g4 a4 25.
b4 g6 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Rg3+ Kh8 28. Be7 Rf8 29. Nxf5 exf5 30. e6+ d4 31. Bc5 {
1-0 Kislinsky,A-Semenenko,A/Alushta UKR 2002 (31)})
10. cxb4 Bd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4
12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Bb2 Qxb4 14. Na3 a6 15. Rac1 b5 16. Rxc6 Qxb3 17. Rxe6+ fxe6
18. axb3 O-O 19. b4 Rfc8 20. Bd4 g6 21. g4 Kg7 22. h4 Rc7 23. Bc5 Rac8 24. f4
Rxc5 25. bxc5 Rxc5 26. Nc2 Rc3 27. Rd1 a5 28. Nd4 b4 29. f5 Kf7 30. fxe6+ Bxe6
31. Nb5 Rb3 32. Nd6+ Ke7 33. g5 a4 34. Bb5 a3 35. Ba4 Rb2 36. Rc1 a2 37. Bc2
Rxc2 38. Rxc2 a1=Q+ 39. Kg2 Qxe5 40. Nb5 Qe4+ {0-1 Billard,F-Nazareth,D/Creon
FRA 2002 (40)}) (8... Qc7 9. Bf4 a6 10. Nbd2 Nge7 11. Nb3 Ba7 12. Qe2 Ng6 13.
Bg3 O-O 14. h4 Rfe8 15. h5 Nf8 16. h6 g6 17. Kh1 Bc8 18. Nh2 Qe7 19. Ng4 Nd7
20. f4 b5 21. Qe1 Qf8 22. Bh4 Ne7 23. Bg5 Nf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Nh2 f6 26. Qd2
Bb7 27. exf6 Nxf6 28. Na5 Ne4 29. Qd1 Ng3# {0-1 Sander,K-Aranovski,L/Tallin
1998}) 9. Qe2 {'Overprotecting' the e5 square is the correct strategy in such
positions according to Nimzowitsch.} (9. Nbd2 f6 (9... a4 $5 {is also
interesting as it stops White's knight on d2 going to b3 and then to d4}) (9...
Nge7 10. Nb3 Ng6 11. Nxc5 Qxc5 12. Re1 O-O 13. Qc2 Rac8 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Bg5 Qc5
16. Rac1 a4 17. h4 Qa5 18. Qb1 Rfe8 19. h5 Nf8 20. h6 g6 21. Bf6 Ne7 22. Nh2
Bb5 23. Ng4 Nd7 24. a3 Qa6 25. Rcd1 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Nf5 27. Rd2 Rc4 28. Qd1 Rec8
29. Bg5 Qc6 30. Qf3 d4 31. Qd1 Qb6 32. cxd4 Qb3 33. Ne3 Qxd1 34. Rdxd1 Nxe3 35.
Bxe3 Nb6 36. Kf1 Nd5 37. Ke2 b5 38. Kd3 Kf8 39. Bd2 Ke8 40. Rc1 Kd7 41. g3 Nb6
42. Rxc4 bxc4+ 43. Kc2 Kc6 44. Re3 Nd5 45. Re1 Rb8 46. Bc3 Rb3 47. Rb1 Nc7 48.
Re1 Kd5 49. Re3 Nb5 50. Rf3 Nxd4+ {0-1 Schottlaender,A-Blackburne,J/Hamburg
1885})
10. Qe2 ({The adventurous} 10. b4 $5 axb4 11. c4 {was tried in
Yukhtman-Vaganian, USSR 1971}) 10... fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Nf6 13. Nf3
O-O 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Re1 Rae8 17. Bg5 Bc8 18. Bh4 Nd7 {
(Kaidanov-Suetin, Dubna 1979), and now} 19. Bg3 {still seems slightly better
for White because of his continuing control of the e5 square.}) (9. Na3 Nge7 (
9... Bxa3 10. bxa3 {shatters White's queenside pawn structure but leaves Black
very weak on the dark squares.}) 10. Qe2 Ng6 11. h4 (11. Nc2 {is also possible
here}) 11... f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nc2 O-O-O 14. b4 $5 axb4 $6 (14... Bd6 {
is better}) 15. cxb4 Nxb4 $2 16. Rb1 {led to a quick victory for White in
Farago,S-Mullner, Hungary 1999.})
(9. Qc2 Nge7 10. Bf4 h6 11. Nbd2 g5 12. Bg3
Nf5 13. Kh1 Be7 14. Rae1 Qd8 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Ng1 a4 17. Nd2 Nxg3+ 18. fxg3 Qc7
19. c4 d4 $11 {1/2 (45)-1/2 Terwey,M-Kiseleva,N/Recklinghausen GER 2002 (45)})
(9. a4 Nge7 10. Qc2 Ng6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Bg5 Rh5 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Nbd2 Bxf2+
15. Kh1 Bxe1 16. Rxe1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Nf3 Qxa4 19. Qd2 Qg4 20. h3 Qf5 21.
Kg1 f6 22. Bf4 fxe5 23. Bxe5 Rh8 24. Bxg7 Rg8 25. Re5 Qf7 26. Bh6 Rc4 27. Qxd5
Rc6 28. Qxa5 b6 29. Qa8+ Rc8 30. Qb7 Qe7 31. Qxb6 Rc6 32. Qe3 Rh8 33. Nd4 Rc4
34. Bg5 Qd6 35. Bf4) (9. Nbd2) (9. b3) (9. a3 $6 a4 $11 (9... Nge7 $11)) (9.
Bh6) 9... Nge7 {'Diagram [#] Five minutes off my clock.'} ({Black concentrates
on development for the time being, rather than trying to undermine White's
pawn center straight away. The immediate} 9... f6 {was played in the game
Rubinetti - Ivkov, Palma de Mallorca (izt) 1970, with Black getting a
reasonable game after} 10. Bf4 (10. c4 $5 {has also been tried, but Black is
doing well after}
Nge7 11. Nc3 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Qxe5 O-O {
because of the pressure against f2.}) 10... Nge7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Bg3 O-O {etc.
} 13. Nb3 Be7 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. g3
Rff8 19. Ne5 Be8 20. Rad1 Bf6 21. Kg2 Rc8 22. f4 Kh8 23. Rf2 Rc7 24. Bb1 Bxe5 {
1/2-1/2 Rubinetti,J-Ivkov,B/Palma de Mallorca 1970/IZT (24)}) 10. Bf4 {'It was
only about this time that White began pondering his moves but still used only
five minutes.'} ({At this point White stopped to think for the first time but
had still only used 5 minutes on the clock. Actually I don't like this move as
it results in White's bishop being committed to a passive square; it seems
better to play either}
10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. h4 a4 14. Nbd4
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxh4 16. Qh5 f5 17. Re3 a3 18. b3 Qc7 (18... Rfc8 $11) 19. Bd2
Be7 $4 (19... Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Qxe5 22. Re1 $1 $16 (22. Rh1 h6 $11)
) 20. Rh3 $18 Qxe5 21. Qxh7+ Kf7 22. Rg3 Qxg3 23. fxg3 Rh8 24. Qxh8 Rxh8 $19) (
{or} 10. Na3) 10... Ng6 11. Bg3 Nce7 $5 {'Diagram [#] '} ({Temporarily
delaying the undermining of e5, though carrying this out more directly seems
like quite a good plan. The game Nun - Kupreichik, Germany 1991 went} 11... O-O
12. h4 (12. Nbd2 $5) 12... f6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Nbd2 Qxb2 16.
Rab1 Qxc3 17. Nb3 Ba3 18. Rfd1 Raf8 19. Rd3 Qc4 {and White was struggling to
justify his 'sacrifice' of two pawns.} 20. Nxa5 Qa6 21. Nxb7 e5 22. Re3 Qxe2
23. Rxe2 e4 24. Ne5 Bf5 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Rb3 Bc1 27. Be5 Bg4 28. Re1 Rc2 29.
Bd4 Bd2 30. Ra1 Rc4 31. Bb6 Bf4 32. g3 Be5 33. Rab1 d4 $17 {0-1 Nun,
Jiri-Kupreichik,V/NRW-I 1992 (59)}) (11... f5 12. Na3 Bxa3 13. bxa3 Qc5 14.
Rab1 Rb8 15. c4 Nce7 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Rfc1 Qe7 18. h3 O-O 19. Qb2 Ndf4 20. Bb5
Bc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qd2 Rbd8 23. Qc2 Qxa3 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Qc4 Nd5 26. Qxc6
Rfe8 27. Qc4 h6 28. Nd4 Kh8 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. Rxb3 Nf4 31. g3 Nxh3+ 32. Kg2 Nxf2
33. Rc7 Rxd4 34. Rbb7 Rg4 {0-1 Savic,M-Savic,G/Nis 1996}) (11... Rc8 12. Nbd2
a4 13. b4 axb3 14. axb3 O-O 15. b4 Be7 16. Nb3 Na7 17. Rfc1 Bb5 18. h4 Bxd3 19.
Qxd3 Rfd8 20. h5 Nf8 21. Bf4 h6 22. Be3 Qb5 23. Qd2 Nc6 24. Nbd4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4
Qc4 26. Ra7 Rc7 27. Ne2 Nd7 {0-1 Iwaniuk,D-Dacalor,A/Paris 1994 (40)})
(11...
Be7 12. a4 O-O 13. Na3 Rfc8 14. Nb5 Nf8 15. Kh1 Nd8 16. Nfd4 Bxb5 17. axb5 Qc7
18. f4 g6 19. Qg4 b6 20. Bf2 Nb7 21. Nc6 Bc5 22. Bh4 h5 23. Qg3 Nh7 24. Be2 Kh8
25. Bf6+ Nxf6 26. exf6 Bf8 27. Qg5 Kh7 28. Bd3 Bh6 29. Qxh5 Nc5 30. Bc2 Ne4 31.
Bxe4 dxe4 32. Qh4 Rg8 33. Ne7 $16 {1-0 Tessmer,H-Glende,S/Bad Woerishofen 1991
(46)}) 12. Rd1 {'!?'} (12. Nbd2 Nf5 13. Nb3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Be7 15. Nbd4 O-O 16.
Rfe1 Rae8 17. Rab1 Rc8 18. Kh2 Rfe8 19. Kg1 Nf8 20. g4 Bc5 21. g5 Ng6 22. g3
Ne7 23. Kg2 Nf5 24. Rh1 g6 25. Rh3 Kg7 26. g4 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Bxd4 28. Qd2 Bc5
29. Qf4 Rh8 30. Rbh1 Be7 31. Rxh7+ Rxh7 32. Rxh7+ Kxh7 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Bxg6 {
1-0 Vassaux,G-Morrison,J/Buenos Aires 1939}) 12... O-O 13. h4 $5 {'With an air
of confidence, White made this move after a couple of minutes.'} ({Apparently
White played this with an air of confidence but he was probably overestimating
his chances. Even at this stage I would prefer} 13. Na3)
13... f5 (13... f6 14.
exf6 {transposes}) 14. exf6 ({The following lines need checking:} 14. h5 Nh8 (
14... f4 15. Bh2 Nh8 16. Qc2 (16. Ng5 g6 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nf3 a4 19. Rd2)) 15.
h6 (15. Na3 Be8 (15... Nf7) 16. h6 Bh5 17. Nc2 Nc6 18. c4 Ng6 $11) 15... gxh6
16. Nbd2 Qxb2 $11) 14... Rxf6 {Suddenly White started thinking. With Black's
knight about to land on f4. It turns out that his 13th move has achieved
little apart from weakening his king side. 'Diagram [#] With my pieces about
to spring into action, my rival started pondering his next move at length.'}
15. c4 $5 (15. Nbd2 $11)
15... Nf4 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 $15 17. Nc3 Raf8 $17 {Black
is better. Diagram [#]} 18. Rac1 (18. Rd2 Qc7 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21.
cxb5 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Qg3+ 23. Kf1 Qxf3 $19 (23... Qxh4 $6 24. Qg4 Qh1+ 25. Qg1
Qxf3 26. Qg2 $11)) (18. cxd5 $2 exd5 19. Bc4 Kh8 $1 $19 20. Nxd5 (20. Bxd5 Rxh4
21. Ne4 Bg4 $19) 20... Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxh4 22. Rac1 Bxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Rh1+ $19)
18... e5 $5 {'!' 'This was meant to be a surprise but my opponent did not show
any emotion.'} ({An aggressive and enterprising way to play the position;
Black hadn't calculated everything when he played this move, but his
'instinct' turns out to be right. He had a good alternative in}
18... Rxh4 {which wins a pawn (} 19. Nxh4 Rxf2 $1 {wins on the spot).} (19... Bxf2+ $2 20.
Kh1 $11)) ({Objectively speaking, winning a pawn with} 18... Rxh4 {was best
but jettisoning my own has more profound psychological effect on my rival.
Black's advantage is decisive according to Komodo 10.3 after either 1)} 19.
cxd5 ({or 2)} 19. Rc2 Rh5 20. Nd4 g6 21. Nf3 Qd6 22. cxd5 exd5 23. Ne4 dxe4 24.
Bxe4 Qc7 25. Qc4+ Rf7 $19) 19... Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Rh1+ 21. Kxh1 Qxf2 22. dxe6
Bxe6 $19) 19. Nxd5 (19. cxd5 $5 Bg4 20. Ne4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bd4 $15 {Black
achieved his aim of disrupting White's kingside formation but play becomes
complicated after} 22. d6 {However, according to Fritz, Black maintains a
slight edge after either}
Nf5 ({or} 22... Ng6)) 19... Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bg4 {
Diagram [#]} 21. Bxh7+ $2 {'!?' 'A surprise - for me. Already I was asking
myself where I could have gone wrong... It seems illogical to me that Black
could lose by making normal, at times forceful, moves.'} ({Black had missed
this tactic, and maybe White should have missed it too. It was probably worth
trying}
21. Qc2 {as then Black has to find} Bxf3 22. gxf3 Be3 $3 23. fxe3 (23.
Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Be4 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxh4) 23... Qxe3+ 24. Qf2 (24. Kg2 Qxf3+ {
leads to mate}) 24... Rg4+ $1 {which wins White's queen.}) ({Taking the e-pawn
would lead to difficulties for White.} 21. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 (22. Kf1 Bg3 $19)
22... Rxf3 $1 (22... Bg3 $19) (22... Bxf3 $1 23. gxf3 Qd8 $1 24. Kg2 (24. Rc7
$5 Qxh4+ 25. Kg2 Qg3+ $1 ({The speculative} 25... Rg4+ $5 {was sufficient only
for a draw. e.g.,} 26. fxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Kh2 Bg1+ $5 (27... Qh4+ 28. Kg2 Qg4+ 29.
Kh2 $11) 28. Kh1 (28. Rxg1 $2 Qh4+ 29. Kg2 Rf2#) 28... Qf3+ 29. Kxg1 Qxd1+ 30.
Kg2 (30. Kh2 $4 Rf2+ 31. Kh3 (31. Kg3 Qg1+ 32. Kh4 Rh2+ $19) 31... Qh1+ 32. Kg4
(32. Kg3 Qh2+) 32... Qg1+ 33. Qg3 h5+ $19 34. Kh4 Rh2+ 35. Qxh2 Qg4#) 30...
Qf3+ 31. Kh2 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 $11) 26. Kf1 Rxf3 27. Qxg3 Bxg3+ $19) 24... Rxf3 25.
Rc4 (25. Qe4 Rg3+ 26. Kh2 Rg6 $19) 25... Bg3 $17) (22... Qh6 23. Qg5 Qd6 24.
Rc4 Rxc4 25. Bxc4 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Rf4 $19) 23. gxf3 Bxf3+ 24. Kh2 Qd8 $19) 21...
Kh8 $5 {Diagram [#] 'Having regained my cool, I saw Black was okay.'} ({
This looks like the safe option but in fact it misses a win. Black should take
the bishop} 21... Kxh7 {after which}
22. Qc2+ (22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Qc2 Bxf2+ 24.
Kh2 Qh6 $19 (24... Bf5 $19) 25. g3 Bxg3+ 26. Kxg3 Bf5 $19) 22... e4 {I
overlooked this move in the heat of the battle.} ({Not} 22... Kh8 23. Qxc5 $16
{and White would have a clear advantage.}) 23. Qxc5 (23. Ng5+ Kg8 24. Qxc5 Qxc5
25. Rxc5 Bxd1 {wins a whole rook}) (23. g3 Bxf3 24. Qxc5 (24. gxf4 Qg6+ (24...
Rxf4 25. Kf1 Rxh4) 25. Kf1 Qg2+ 26. Ke1 Bb4+ 27. Qc3 Qg1+ 28. Kd2 Qxf2#) 24...
Rxh4 25. gxh4 Rf4 26. Rd3 Qxc5 27. Rxc5 exd3) 23... Qxc5 24. Rxc5 exf3 {
leaves him a piece up.} 25. g3 Rb4 26. b3 b6 27. Rc7 {White is still in the
game.} Re8 28. d6 Rbe4 $19) 22. Qc2 $2 {White now sank into thought to produce
the text after 15 minutes, thereby reducing the gap between our clocks to 15
minutes.} ({White thought for some 15 minutes over this move, but chooses the
wrong path. He should play} 22. Bb1 {after which}
Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rxf3 {can be
met by} 24. Qxe5 Bxf2+ 25. Kg2 Rg3+ 26. Kh1 Rh3+ (26... Qh6 $3 {was winning!}
27. Rc4 Rh3+ 28. Kg2 Re3 29. Be4 Bxh4 30. Rc3 (30. Rc2 Bg3 $19) 30... Rxe4 $19)
27. Kg2 Rg3+ {with a draw.}) (22. Be4 $5 $11 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Rxh4 $11) 22... Bxf3
23. gxf3 Bd4 $5 ({Once again the surprising} 23... Be3 $5 {looks like the best,
as after} 24. fxe3 (24. Be4 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxh4 $17 26. Qc5 (26. Rd1 Qh6) 26...
Qd8 27. Kf1 b6 28. Qc7 Qg5 29. Rd1 Rh1+ 30. Ke2 Rxd1) 24... Qxe3+ 25. Qf2 (25.
Kg2 Qxf3+) 25... Rg4+ {White loses his queen.}) 24. Be4 (24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Be4
Rxh4 $17) 24... Qh6 $3 {Diagram [#] This very strong move--the other point of
my 18th move--was not anticipated by my opponent who was blushing profusely at
this point.'} 25. Qc8 $5 {At this point our clocks displayed identical time.} (
{Played after a long think, but possibly not the best. In his notes to the
game Mr. Marcos pointed out that}
25. Rxd4 {is met by} Rxh4 26. Kf1 Rh1+ 27.
Ke2 Rxc1) ({and that after} 25. h5 {White would find it difficult to meet} Rh4
$1 {for example,} 26. Bg6 {is met by} (26. Qc8 g6 27. Qxb7 Qf4 28. Rc2 Qh2+ 29.
Kf1 Rxe4 $1 $19) (26. Kf1 $5) 26... Qf4 27. Rxd4 Qh2+ (27... exd4 28. Qd1 Qh2+
29. Kf1 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 Qxf3+ 31. Kd2 Qxf2+ 32. Qe2 Qf4+ 33. Kc2 Rc8+ ({or} 33...
Rh2 $19) 34. Kb3 Qxc1 $19) 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qxf3+ {etc.} 30. Ke1 Rh1+ 31.
Kd2 Qxf2+ 32. Kc3 (32. Kd3 Qxd4+ 33. Ke2 Rf2#) 32... Qxd4+ 33. Kb3 Qb4#) ({
White's best practical chance might be to head for the hills with}
25. Kf1 Qxh4 (25... Rxh4 26. Rd2 (26. Ke2 Bxf2 (26... Rh2 27. Rf1) 27. Qd2 Rxe4+ 28. fxe4
Qg6 29. Rh1+ Kg8 30. Kd1 Qxe4 31. Rf1 Rd8 32. Rxf2 Rxd5 33. Re2 Qa4+ 34. b3
Rxd2+ 35. Rxd2 Qg4+ 36. Re2 b5 37. Rc7 e4 38. Rc3 Qg1+ 39. Kc2 Qa1 40. Rxe4
Qxa2+ 41. Kc1 a4 42. bxa4 bxa4 43. Re7 Kh7 (43... a3 44. Rb7 Qd5 45. Rcc7 $11)
44. Rh3+ Kg6 45. Rg3+ Kf6 46. Rgxg7 $11) 26... Bxf2 27. Rxf2 Rh1+ 28. Ke2 Rxc1
29. Qd2 Qh1 30. Kd3 Kg8 31. Qxa5 Rd1+ 32. Ke2 Rc8 33. d6 Rxd6 34. Rf1 Qh6 35.
Bd5+ Kh8 $19) 26. Rd2 Rxe4 $1 (26... Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Rxe4+ (27... Qg2 28. Rf1 (28.
Kd3 Rxf3+ 29. Bxf3 (29. Kc4 $5 Rc8+ 30. Kb5 Rxc2 31. Rdxc2 Rb3+ $1 32. axb3 (
32. Kxa5 Qxe4 33. axb3 Qxd5+) 32... Qxe4 $19) 29... Qxf3+ 30. Kc4 Rc8+ 31. Kb5
Qxd5+ 32. Ka4 b5+ 33. Ka3 (33. Kxa5 b4+ 34. Kxb4 (34. Ka4 Ra8+ 35. Kxb4 {
leads to the same thing after} Rb8+) 34... Rb8+ 35. Ka3 Qd6+ 36. Qc5 (36. b4
Qxb4#) 36... Qa6+ 37. Qa5 Qxa5#) 33... Qd6+ 34. Kb3 Qb4#) (28. Re1 Qh3 29. Kd1
b5 30. Rde2 Rc8 31. Qb3 Rc5 32. Rc2 a4 33. Qd3 Qd7 34. Rxc5 Bxc5 35. Rh1+ Kg8
36. Kc1 Rf6 37. Qc2 Bd4 38. Kb1 Rh6 39. Rc1 Rf6 40. Qd2 a3 41. b3 Rf4 42. Rc6)
28... Rxf3 29. Bxf3 (29. Ke1 Re3+ $19) 29... Qxf3+ 30. Ke1) 28. fxe4 Rxf2+ (
28... Qf3+ 29. Ke1 Qh1+ (29... Be3 $3 $19 {10.03/0 Komodo}) 30. Ke2 Qf3+ $11
{White wanted to win so this could be one reason for refraining from 25 Kf1. A
more valid explanation was it is Black who was calling the shots here.}) 29.
Kd3 Qh3+ $3 (29... Qf3+ $2 $11 30. Kc4 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Qxe4 32. Qc2 (32. Kb3 $2
Qxd5+ 33. Ka3 (33. Kc2 Qxa2 $19) (33. Ka4 b5+ 34. Kxa5 Bb6+ $19) 33... Bc5+ $19
) 32... b5+ 33. Kxb5 (33. Kb3 $2 Qxd5+ $19) 33... Qxd5+ 34. Ka6 Qa8+ 35. Kb5
Qd5+ 36. Ka4 Qxa2+ 37. Kb5 Qxb2+ 38. Qxb2 Bxb2 39. Rc2 Bd4 40. Kxa5 Kh7 $18)
30. Kc4 Qh6 $19 31. Rxf2 (31. Rh1 Qxh1 32. Rxf2 Bxf2 33. Qxf2 Qxe4+ 34. Kc3
Qb4+ $19) 31... Qa6+ 32. Kb3 Qb5+ 33. Ka3 Qb4#) 27. fxe4 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Rxf2+ 29.
Kd3 Qh3+ 30. Kc4 Qh6 $3 31. Rxd4 Qa6+ $19 32. Kc3 exd4+ 33. Kxd4 Rxc2 34. Rxc2
Qb6+ $19) 25... g6 $6 ({And not} 25... Rxc8 $4 {because of} 26. Rxc8+ {
followed by mate.} Rf8 27. Rxf8#) ({But Black had a strong alternative in}
25... Qxh4 $3 26. Rc2 (26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Rc2 (27. d6 d3 28. d7 d2 29. Rd1 Rg4+
30. fxg4 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Qxg4+ 33. Kh2 Rxc8 34. dxc8=Q+ Qxc8 35.
Rxd2 Qe8 $1 36. Bf3 Qe3 $1 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rf8 Qf2+ 39. Kh3 Qxb2 $19) 27... d3
28. Bxd3 Rxf3 29. Qc4 Qg5+ 30. Kf1 Qg3 $19) 26... Qg3+ 27. Kf1 Rxf3 28. Bxf3
Qxf3 $19) 26. Qh3 $4 {'His clock overtook mine here.'} (26. d6 $3 Rxh4 (26...
Qxh4 27. Rxd4 exd4 28. d7 Rd8 29. Qc5 Rxd7 30. Qe5+ Kh7 31. Rc8 Kh6 32. Rh8+
Rh7 33. Rg8 Rf6 34. Qxd4 $11) 27. Qxf8+ Qxf8 28. d7 Bb6 29. d8=Q Bxd8 30. Rc8
Kg7 31. Rcxd8 $11) (26. Rxd4 $1 exd4 27. Qc7 $5 {when Black must find} Re8 $1
$17) 26... Rxh4 $19 27. Qg2 {Diagram [#]} ({After} 27. Qg3 {there follows} Rh3
{'!'} 28. Qg4 (28. Qg2 {Or} Rh5 $1 {as in the game.}) 28... Rh1+ 29. Kg2 Qh2# {
The rest of the game was played in mutual time-trouble, but Black doesn't let
it slip.}) 27... Rh5 $1 {Winning the queen. 'After thinking out my succeeding
moves carefully, I only had five minutes left to finish the game, and had to
play blitz from hereon.'}
28. Rc7 (28. f4 $5 Rxf4 $1 (28... Qxf4 $1 $19) 29.
Rc8+ Kg7 30. Rc7+ Kf6 31. Rd3 Rg5 32. Rg3 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 Rxg3+ 34. Kf1 Qh2 $19)
({Fancy must have thought of} 28. Kf1 {but found to his disappointment that
his queen remained trapped after all after} Rg5 $19) (28. d6 Rg5 29. Bxb7 Rxg2+
30. Kxg2 Qg5+ 31. Kf1 Qh4 32. Rc2 Rd8 $19) 28... Rg5 29. Rxb7 {'?'} (29. Qxg5
Qxg5+ 30. Kf1 Qh4 31. Rc2 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Qg2 $19) (29. d6 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qg5+ 31.
Kf1 Qh4 32. Rc2 Rd8 $19) 29... Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qg5+ (30... -- 31. Rh1 {was an
accidental threat that was easily thwarted.}) 31. Kf1 Qh4 32. Rd2 (32. Rxd4
exd4 $19) 32... Rc8 33. Rxd4 exd4 (33... Rc1+ 34. Ke2 Qh1 $19) (33... Qh1+ 34.
Ke2 Rc1 $19) 34. d6 (34. Bxg6 Qf6 35. Rh7+ Kg8 36. Rh3 Rc1+ 37. Ke2 Qa6+ $19)
34... Rc1+ ({I almost dropped my rook one square short, but stopped myself in
time.} 34... Rc2 $4 {Whew!}) (34... Qh1+ $144 35. Ke2 Rc1 $19) (34... Qd8 35.
d7 Rc7 36. Rb5 Rxd7 $19 (36... Qxd7 $19)) 35. Ke2 Qh1
{[#] Copyright 2003
Nigel Davies. All rights reserved. ChessCafe.com August 2003} 0-1
The Marcos-Fancy rivalry continued in 2014 World Chess Olympiad in Tromso, Norway where Marcos has been the Delegate and the one to vote for FIDE President being contested at that time by former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov and the incumbent Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and at the 2016 World Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan where Marcos is the Head of Delegation of Palau Chess Team.
I met Joselito in the 2009 Oceania Zonal Chess Championship and since then, we've been together in 8 countries for chess and leisure...
AUSTRALIA
RUSSIA
PALAU
ISTANBUL, TURKEY
NORWAY
MANILA, PHILIPPINES
BANGKOK, THAILAND
BAKU, AZERBAIJAN
Sources: Chess Mate by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
December 29, 2002 -- March 15, 2019
Chess and Music (Perfect Combination)
The Beginning of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
Soon to be published as a book
Music and Me by Roberto Hernandez
Tia Belau Newspaper
March 15, 2012 -- April 18, 2013
http://palau-chess.blogspot.com
April 25, 2013 -- March 15, 2019
The History of Chess in Palau
By Roberto Hernandez
June 09, 2002 -- March 15, 2019
Memoirs of a Chess Amateur
My Memorable Games and Compositions
By CM Joselito Marcos
