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Wim Pommerel of The Netherlands (2018-06-01) (All annotations below by Fritz) (Games' source: Marek's 1.b4 database) [Event "corr SOK-89-45"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Husslein, G."] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] 1. b4 a5 2. b5 $11 a4 3. c4 e6 4. a3 (4. Nc3 d5 $11) 4... d5 5. e3 dxc4 (5... Nf6 6. d4 $11) 6. Bxc4 Nd7 7. Nf3 (7. d4 Ngf6 $11) 7... Nb6 8. Be2 Be7 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bb2 O-O 11. d4 Nfd5 (11... Qd6 12. O-O $11) 12. O-O $14 Bd7 13. e4 Nf4 14. Rc1 Ra5 15. Ne5 Nxe2+ (15... Be8 16. Re1 $11) 16. Qxe2 $14 Qe8 { b5 draws heavy fire} 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. Rc2 (19. d5 Bd6 $14 (19... exd5 $143 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 $16)) 19... Bf6 {Will d4 fall?} 20. Bc1 (20. Qf3 Bxd4 21. Kh1 e5 $17) 20... Qe8 (20... Bxd4 21. Bg5 f6 22. Be3 $15) 21. Be3 Be7 22. Bf4 Rd7 (22... Bxa3 $2 23. Bxc7 Rd6 24. e5 $18 (24. Bxd6 $6 Bxd6 25. Qf3 Qd7 $18)) 23. Nb1 Na8 24. Bd2 Ra7 25. Be3 b6 (25... Ra5 26. Rb2 $14) 26. Rdc1 h6 27. Qg4 Kh7 28. Rc6 Ra5 29. Qe2 Qf8 30. Bd2 Ra7 31. Qe3 Bf6 (31... Qd8 32. Bc3 $16) 32. R1c4 Qd8 33. Bc3 e5 (33... Be7 34. Qf3 $16) 34. d5 $18 Rd6 35. Bb2 Ra5 36. Nc3 Bg5 37. Qe2 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 Be7 39. Qc4 Bd6 40. Qd3 (40. Nxa4 Qg5 41. Bc1 Qg4 $18) 40... Qe7 41. Nd1 Bc5 42. Bc1 f6 (42... Qh4 43. Be3 Bd6 44. Bd2 $16) 43. Ne3 Bxe3 44. Bxe3 {White launches an attack} (44. Qxe3 $6 Rxb5 45. Qd3 Rc5 46. Rxc5 Qxc5 $11) (44. fxe3 $143 Ra7 $16) 44... Kg6 (44... Qf7 45. Bd2 Ra7 46. Qf3 $18) 45. Bd2 Ra7 46. Bb4 {White intends d6} (46. f4 exf4 47. e5+ Kf7 48. e6+ Kg8 $18) 46... Qf7 47. Re6 Kh7 48. Re7 Qg8 49. d6 (49. Qf3 Kh8 $18) 49... Qb3 50. Qe2 c5 (50... Qg8 51. Qg4 Rb7 $18) 51. bxc6 (51. Rxa7 $143 Qg8 52. Bd2 Qb8 53. Rxa4 Qf8 $18) 51... Rxe7 52. d7 Rf7 53. d8=Q Nc7 54. Qdd3 (54. Qdd3 Ne6 55. Qxb3 axb3 56. Qb5 $18) (54. Qb8 b5 $18) 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] 1. b4 a5 2. b5 $11 a4 3. c4 e6 4. a3 c6 5. Nc3 Qa5 (5... d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 $11) 6. e3 d6 (6... Nf6 7. Nf3 $11) 7. Qc2 (7. Rb1 Nd7 $14) 7... Bd7 (7... Nf6 8. Rb1 $11) 8. Be2 Nf6 9. Nf3 d5 10. Rb1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Be8 (13... cxb5 14. Nxd7 Nbxd7 15. Rxb5 $14) 14. f4 cxb5 15. Bxb5 (15. Nxb5 Nc6 $14) 15... Qc7 (15... Bxb5 16. Rxb5 Qc7 17. Bb2 $11) 16. d3 { a4 draws heavy fire} (16. Qb2 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qd8 $14) 16... Bxb5 $11 17. Rxb5 Rc8 (17... Nd5 18. Nc4 $11) 18. Nc4 $14 Nbd7 19. Nxa4 Nd5 20. Qb3 { b7 becomes a target} Rxa4 21. Qxa4 Nc3 22. Qb3 Nxb5 23. Qxb5 Nc5 (23... Qc6 24. Qb1 $14) 24. Nd2 (24. Ne5 $5 $16) 24... Qc6 $11 25. Qc4 (25. Qb1 Qa6 26. d4 Nd3 $11) 25... b5 (25... Qd5 26. Bb2 Qxd3 27. Qd4 $15) 26. Qc2 Qd7 27. d4 Na4 28. Qb1 Qd5 29. Bb2 f5 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ (30... Ra8 31. Rc7 Nxb2 32. Qxb2 Bxa3 33. Qc3 $11) 31. Bxc1 (31. Qxc1 Bf8 $14) 31... Qc6 $11 32. Bb2 Nc3 (32... Qa6 33. Nf3 $11) 33. Qd3 Na4 34. Qb3 Nxb2 35. Qxb2 Kf7 36. Nb1 Qc4 {Black intends b4} 37. Nc3 {Attacks the isolani on b5} b4 38. axb4 Bxb4 39. Ne2 Be1 40. Kf1 Bb4 41. Kf2 Kg6 42. Ng1 Qb5 43. Qc2 Qd5 44. Nf3 {White launches an attack} Bd6 45. Nd2 Bb4 46. Nc4 Kf6 47. Ne5 Be7 (47... Bd6 48. Qa4 Bxe5 49. fxe5+ Kg5 50. h3 $16) 48. Qa4 $18 {Threatening mate... how?} Qd8 49. g4 {The mate threat is g5} fxg4 50. Qd1 h5 (50... g6 51. Qxg4 Qc7 52. Qh3 $16) 51. h3 $1 $18 Qe8 (51... gxh3 { Exploits the pin} 52. Qxh5) 52. hxg4 {Threatening mate: g5} g6 53. gxh5 (53. Qg1 Qh8 $18) 53... gxh5 $16 54. Qg1 {Threatening mate... how?} Kf5 55. Qg3 (55. Qb1+ $142 Kf6 56. Qh7 Bf8 57. Nd7+ Qxd7 58. Qxd7 Be7 $18) 55... Bd8 56. Kf3 Bh4 57. e4+ Kf6 58. Qxh4+ Kg7 59. Qg5+ Kh7 60. f5 exf5 61. Qxf5+ (61. exf5 $142 h4 $18) 61... Kg8 62. Qg6+ Qxg6 63. Nxg6 (63. Nxg6 Kf7 64. Nf4 $18) 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Husmann, Albrecht"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1992.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. c4 a5 3. b5 d5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. dxc6 $14 bxc6 6. e3 cxb5 (6... Bd7 7. Qf3 $14) 7. Bxb5+ Bd7 8. Bc4 e6 9. Nc3 (9. Bb2 Bd6 $14) 9... Bb4 (9... Bd6 10. d4 $14) 10. Bb2 (10. a3 Bd6 $16) 10... O-O (10... Bc6 11. Nf3 $14) 11. Nf3 Bc6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nd4 Bb7 14. f4 (14. Rb1 Ne5 15. d3 Nxc4 16. dxc4 e5 $14) 14... Nb6 $14 15. Bb5 Bxc3 (15... Rc8 $5 $14) 16. Bxc3 $16 Qd5 { Threatening mate... how?} 17. Qe2 Ne4 18. Bb2 Nc5 (18... Nd6 19. Bd3 $16) 19. d3 $18 e5 (19... Rfc8 $142 $5 $18) 20. Nf5 (20. Nf5 Qe6 21. Qg4 $18) 1-0 [Event "corr NED"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "De Ruiter, Ton"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2125"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. c4 a5 3. b5 cxb5 4. cxb5 d5 5. Bb2 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2 Ngf6 9. O-O (9. Nh4 Bxb1 10. Rxb1 Rc8 $11) 9... Bd6 (9... Rc8 10. Nc3 $11) 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. f4 O-O 12. d3 (12. Nc3 Nb6 $11) 12... e5 (12... Qe7 13. Qd2 $11) 13. fxe5 (13. f5 exd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7 $15) 13... Bxe5 14. Nd2 (14. h3 Re8 $15) 14... Re8 $15 15. Rf2 Nc5 (15... a4 16. Rc1 $15) 16. Nf1 Qd7 17. Rb1 Ne6 (17... a4 18. Nc2 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 $15) 18. Nxe6 (18. Qa4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rac8 $11) 18... Qxe6 $15 19. Bf3 Bxb2 20. Rbxb2 Rac8 21. Rbc2 h6 (21... Rxc2 22. Qxc2 b6 23. Qb3 $15) 22. a4 $11 Qd6 (22... Qe5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc2 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 $11) 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc2 Re8 (24... Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Qa3 26. Be2 $11) 25. Rc1 Qa3 26. Be2 Re7 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Qc2 b6 (28... Qb4 29. Rc3 $11) 29. Rc6 Re6 30. Rc7 Qb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "email 4AMM-05"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Malmstroem, Jan"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. c4 a5 3. b5 Nf6 4. e3 cxb5 5. cxb5 d5 6. Bb2 Bf5 7. Nf3 (7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. Nc3 e6 $11) 7... Nbd7 8. Be2 e6 (8... Rc8 9. O-O $11) 9. O-O (9. Nh4 Bxb1 10. Rxb1 Rc8 $11) 9... Bd6 (9... Rc8 10. d3 $11) 10. Nc3 (10. Nd4 Bg6 $11) 10... O-O (10... e5 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 $11) 11. Nh4 $14 Bg6 12. Nxg6 (12. Rc1 Rc8 $11) 12... hxg6 $14 13. f4 (13. Rc1 Rc8 $14) 13... Qe7 14. Bf3 Rfc8 (14... Rac8 $11) 15. d3 (15. Rc1 Nb6 $11) 15... Rc7 (15... Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. Na4 $15) 16. Rc1 (16. Qd2 Rac8 $11) 16... Rac8 17. Qd2 (17. Na4 Rxc1 18. Bxc1 e5 $11) 17... Bb4 $15 18. a3 (18. Rf2 Qd6 19. d4 Nb6 $19) 18... Bxa3 $17 19. Ne2 Bxb2 (19... Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 $17) 20. Qxb2 (20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Qxb2 Qc5 $17) 20... Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 (22. Qxc1 Qc5 $19) 22... e5 23. Kf2 a4 (23... e4 24. dxe4 dxe4 25. Be2 $17) 24. Qc3 (24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Qc2 Nb6 $17) 24... e4 $19 25. dxe4 dxe4 26. Be2 (26. Bd1 Qc5 27. Qxc5 Nxc5 $19) 26... Nd5 27. Qd2 Qc5 (27... N7b6 28. g3 $19) 28. Na2 N7b6 (28... N7f6 29. g3 $19) 29. Qc1 (29. g3 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Qxc4 $19) 29... Qxc1 30. Nxc1 a3 31. Na2 ( 31. Nb3 Nc3 $19) 31... Na4 32. Bc4 Ndc3 33. Nxc3 (33. Nc1 Nb2 34. Be2 Nbd1+ 35. Bxd1 Nxd1+ 36. Ke2 Nc3+ 37. Kd2 Nxb5 $19) 33... Nxc3 34. Ke1 a2 35. Bxa2 Nxa2 ( 35... Nxa2 36. Kd2 f5 $19) 0-1 [Event "email 4AMM-05"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Magat"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. c4 a5 3. b5 Nf6 4. Nf3 cxb5 (4... d5 5. e3 $11) 5. cxb5 d5 6. e3 ( 6. Bb2 e6 $11) 6... Bg4 7. Ba3 (7. d4 Nbd7 $11) 7... Nbd7 8. h3 (8. d4 Rc8 $11) 8... Bxf3 $15 9. Qxf3 e6 (9... e5 10. Bxf8 Nxf8 11. Nc3 $15) 10. Bxf8 $11 Nxf8 11. Be2 (11. Nc3 Ng6 $15) 11... Ng6 $15 12. O-O O-O (12... Qc7 13. g3 $15) 13. Nc3 (13. d4 Rc8 $11) 13... Qd6 14. g4 (14. Rac1 Nh4 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. fxg3 Nf5 $15) 14... Rfc8 $15 15. g5 Nd7 16. Rac1 Nde5 17. Qh1 (17. Qg3 d4 18. exd4 Qxd4 $15) 17... Nc4 18. Rfd1 (18. Bxc4 Rxc4 (18... dxc4 $143 19. Qxb7 Rab8 20. Qe4 $11) 19. Qg2 Rac8 $17) 18... Nh4 19. Qh2 (19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Ra1 Rac8 $17) 19... Qa3 20. Rc2 Nxd2 21. Rdxd2 Rxc3 22. Qe5 Rcc8 (22... Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Qa4 24. Qc3 $17) 23. Qd4 Nf5 {Black gets in control} 24. Qb6 (24. Qg4 Nd6 $17) 24... Qe7 $19 25. Kf1 Nd6 26. Bd3 Nc4 (26... a4 27. Ke1 $19) 27. Bxc4 $17 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. a4 c3 (29... Qxg5 $6 30. Qxb7 Rf8 31. Qc7 $15) 30. Rc2 Rc8 (30... Qxg5 $6 31. Qxb7 Rf8 32. Rxc3 $11) 31. Ke2 (31. Qa7 Qc7 $17 (31... Qxg5 $6 32. Rxc3 Rd8 33. Qxb7 $11)) 31... e5 32. Qxa5 (32. Rc1 c2 33. Qxa5 Qa3 $19) 32... Qa3 ( 32... Qxg5 $6 33. Rxc3 Qh5+ 34. f3 $15) 33. Kf3 Qb3 34. Rc1 Qd5+ 35. Kg3 e4 36. Qb4 Qxg5+ 37. Kh2 Qd5 38. Kg2 (38. Qd4 Qa2 39. Kg2 Qb2 $17) 38... Qd2 { Black plans c2} 39. Qa3 (39. Ra1 Qd3 $19) 39... c2 40. a5 Qd1 41. Qb2 Qe2 ( 41... h6 42. h4 $19) 42. Kg1 (42. Qd4 $142 Qf3+ 43. Kg1 $19) 42... Rc5 { Do you see the mate threat?} 43. h4 h6 (43... Rxb5 $6 44. Qxc2 Qxc2 45. Rxc2 $19) 44. Qb3 (44. a6 bxa6 45. Qb3 $19) 44... g5 45. h5 (45. Qb2 gxh4 46. Qf6 Rg5+ 47. Kh2 $19) 45... g4 (45... g4 46. Rxc2 Rxc2 47. Qxc2 Qxc2 $19) 0-1 [Event "email 4AMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Poschmann, Hans"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. c4 a5 3. b5 Nf6 4. a4 (4. Bb2 e6 $11) 4... g6 (4... e5 5. Bb2 $11) 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. d4 d5 (6... cxb5 7. axb5 d5 8. e3 $11) 7. e3 O-O 8. Nf3 cxb5 ( 8... Nbd7 9. Nc3 $11) 9. cxb5 (9. axb5 Bg4 $11) 9... Bg4 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 (11... Nb6 12. Nbd2 $11) 12. Nbd2 Nb6 13. Qb3 Ne4 14. Bd3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Nc4 16. Qa2 e6 (16... Qd6 17. Rfc1 Qe6 18. Rc2 $11) 17. Rac1 $14 Nxb2 18. Qxb2 Nc5 19. Bc2 Nd7 20. Bd3 (20. Qa3 Qf6 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "email 4AMM"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Schuehler, Ernst"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. c4 a5 3. b5 Nf6 4. Bb2 cxb5 5. cxb5 d5 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. d3 Rc8 (11... e5 12. e4 Be6 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rc1 $11) 12. Rc1 (12. Nh4 Bg6 $11) 12... h6 (12... e5 13. Qb3 $11 ) 13. Na4 (13. Qd2 Bg4 $11) 13... Qe7 (13... Rxc1 14. Qxc1 e5 15. Qd2 $11) 14. Qb3 (14. Bc3 Bb4 $11) 14... e5 15. Rc2 (15. b6 Bg4 $11) 15... d4 (15... Be6 16. d4 e4 17. Ne5 $11) 16. Rxc8 $11 (16. exd4 $143 Be6 17. Rc4 Bxc4 18. dxc4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Rfe8 $17) 16... Rxc8 {Black fights for the Initiative} 17. Rc1 (17. exd4 $5 Be6 18. Qd1 Bxa2 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Qa1 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 $14) 17... Rxc1+ $15 18. Bxc1 dxe3 19. Bxe3 Ng4 20. Bd2 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxa5 (22. Be1 $142 $11) 22... Nxf2 $19 23. Kf1 Ng4 24. Bd2 (24. g3 Qf6 25. Ke1 Bf2+ 26. Kd2 e4 27. dxe4 Bxe4 $19) 24... Nxh2+ $1 25. Ke1 (25. Nxh2 {Theme: Deflection from h4} Qh4 {Theme: Double Attack}) 25... Ng4 26. Kd1 (26. Bc3 Qd6 27. Qb2 e4 28. dxe4 Qg3+ 29. Kd2 Bxe4 $19) 26... e4 (26... Qd6 27. Ke1 $19) 27. dxe4 Qxe4 (27... Bxe4 28. Ke1 $19) 28. Qc4 (28. Ke1 $142 $19) 28... Qb1+ 29. Qc1 Bc2+ 30. Ke1 Qxa2 ( 30... Qxa2 31. Kf1 Qb3 $19) 0-1 [Event "The Netherlands"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "De Ruiter, T."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 a5 2. b5 Nf6 3. Bb2 c6 4. c4 d5 5. e3 cxb5 6. cxb5 Bf5 7. Nf3 (7. Bxf6 exf6 8. Nc3 Bb4 $11) 7... Nbd7 8. Be2 e6 (8... Rc8 9. O-O $11) 9. O-O (9. Nh4 Bxb1 10. Rxb1 Rc8 $11) 9... Bd6 (9... Rc8 10. d3 $11) 10. Nd4 Bg6 11. f4 O-O 12. d3 (12. Nc3 Nb6 $11) 12... e5 (12... Qe7 13. Qd2 $11) 13. fxe5 (13. f5 exd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7 $15) 13... Bxe5 14. Nd2 Re8 15. Rf2 Nc5 16. Nf1 Qd7 17. Rb1 Ne6 ( 17... Rac8 18. a3 $15) 18. Nxe6 $11 Qxe6 19. Bf3 (19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qa4 Qc3 $17 ) 19... Bxb2 (19... Rac8 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Rc2 $15) 20. Rbxb2 $11 Rac8 21. Rbc2 (21. a4 Rc3 22. Rb3 Qe5 23. Rxc3 Qxc3 $11) 21... h6 (21... Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Qf5 23. Rc7 $11) 22. a4 Qd6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc2 Re8 25. Rc1 Qa3 26. Be2 Re7 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Qc2 b6 (28... Bf5 29. Rc5 $11) 29. Rc6 Re6 30. Rc7 Qb4 1/2-1/2 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Hasler, Ulrich"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] 1. b4 a5 2. b5 Nf6 3. e3 d6 4. Bb2 g6 5. d4 Bg7 $11 6. Nf3 O-O 7. c4 c5 8. Nc3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qb3 (11. d5 Ne4 12. Qd3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 e6 $14) 11... e5 (11... cxd4 12. exd4 e6 13. Na4 $11) 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 {White gets strong play along the open d-file} 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rd2 ( 15. Qc2 Rad8 $14) 15... Ne4 (15... Rfd8 16. Rfd1 $11) 16. Nd5 $14 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Nd6 19. R1d2 Ne4 20. R2d3 Qh4 {Threatening mate: Qxf2} 21. g3 Qe7 22. Qd1 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 (23. cxd5 $6 c4 24. Ra3 Qb4 $15) 23... h6 24. Rd7 Qe8 25. Bf3 Ng5 26. Bg2 e4 (26... Qe6 $5 27. Qd5 Qf5 $16) 27. Bxg7 $16 Kxg7 28. Qd5 Kh8 29. Qd6 (29. Rb7 Qd8 30. h4 Nf3+ 31. Bxf3 exf3 32. Rxf7 Qxd5 33. Rxf8+ Kg7 34. cxd5 Kxf8 $18) 29... Qb8 (29... Qc8 $5 $16) 30. Qxb8 Rxb8 31. h4 Nh7 (31... Nf3+ 32. Bxf3 exf3 33. Rxf7 $18) 32. Rxf7 (32. Bxe4 $143 Nf6 33. Rb7 Rxb7 34. Bxb7 Kg7 $16) 32... Re8 33. Rf4 g5 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Bxe4 Nf6 36. Bf5 Kg7 37. Kg2 (37. Kg2 Kf8 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. f4 $18) 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Kellerer"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] 1. b4 b5 2. a4 $14 bxa4 3. c4 e5 4. Qxa4 Nc6 5. b5 Nd4 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Bxd4 (7. e3 $5 Ne6 8. Nf3 $14) 7... exd4 $11 8. Nf3 Bc5 9. d3 (9. e3 $5 Qe7 10. Be2 $11) 9... Bb7 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Rb1 Bb6 12. g3 { Opening the a-file gets Black a lot of play} axb5 13. Qxb5 Ra5 14. Qb4 Qa8 15. Bg2 Ne7 16. O-O Nc6 17. Qb2 (17. Qb3 Ra3 18. Qb5 Qa5 $11) 17... Ra2 18. Qc1 ( 18. Qb3 Qa3 $15) 18... O-O $15 19. Ra1 (19. c5 Ba5 $15) 19... Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Re8 21. Qxa8 Rxa8 22. Rb1 d6 23. Ne4 Ra6 24. Ne1 Nd8 25. Bf3 (25. g4 Kf8 $11) 25... f5 26. Ng5 Ra2 27. Bxb7 Nxb7 28. Kf1 h6 (28... Nc5 29. Ngf3 Ne6 30. Ng2 $15) 29. Ne6 (29. Ngf3 Nd8 $11) 29... Na5 (29... Nc5 30. Nxd4 g6 31. Nc6 $16) 30. Nf4 $11 Nc6 31. Nd5 Ba5 32. Ng2 (32. Nf3 Kf7 $11) 32... g5 33. h4 Kf7 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. f4 gxf4 36. Ngxf4 (36. gxf4 Ke6 $11) 36... Nd8 $15 37. Ng2 c6 38. Ndf4 Kf6 39. Kf2 Nf7 40. Rb7 Ne5 41. Rb1 (41. Rb8 Bc3 $17) 41... Bc3 42. Rd1 Ng4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Cane, Luisito"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] 1. b4 b5 2. a4 bxa4 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e3 (4. Rxa4 Nf6 $14) 4... e6 5. Rxa4 Nf6 6. Bb2 Nd5 7. b5 c5 (7... a6 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. Ra5 $11) 8. c4 Nb4 9. d3 a6 10. Nc3 axb5 (10... d5 11. Be2 $11) 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 12. Nxb5 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qa5 14. Nc3 Na2 15. Qd1 $4 (15. Kd2 Qb4 16. Ba1 Be7 $16) 15... Nxc3 16. Qd2 Qb4 17. Bxc3 Qb1+ 18. Qd1 Qxd1+ 19. Kxd1 f6 20. Be2 Be7 21. Bh5+ g6 22. Bf3 O-O (22... d6 23. Be4 $16) 23. Ke2 Na6 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Ra1 Rb6 26. Ra5 d6 27. Rb5 Rb8 28. Ba5 Kg7 29. g3 f5 30. Bc6 (30. Bb7 Nb4 $16) 30... Rxb5 (30... Bf6 31. Bb7 Nb4 32. Bc7 $18) 31. cxb5 {White gets the initiative} (31. Bxb5 $143 Nb4 $14) 31... Nb8 32. Bb7 d5 33. Bc8 Bd6 34. Bxe6 d4 35. exd4 (35. b6 Kf6 36. Bc4 dxe3 37. fxe3 Be5 $18) 35... cxd4 36. Bb6 Kf6 37. Bc4 Kg5 $2 (37... Be5 $142 $18) 38. Bxd4 Kg4 (38... f4 39. Be6 $18) 39. Bg8 (39. b6 Kh3 $18) 39... h6 40. Bf7 g5 (40... Kg5 41. f4+ Kg4 42. Bxg6 $18) 41. Be6 h5 42. Bf6 Kh3 (42... Bc5 43. Be5 Ba7 44. f3+ Kh3 45. Bxf5+ g4 46. b6 Bxb6 47. Bxb8 $18) 43. Bxg5 Kxh2 (43... Kg4 44. Bf6 $18) 44. Bxf5 Kg2 (44... Bxg3 45. fxg3 Kxg3 46. Ke3 $18) 45. d4 Bc7 46. Ke3 Bd6 (46... Bb6 47. Bf4 Ba7 48. b6 Bxb6 49. Be4+ Kf1 50. Bxb8 $18) 47. Bf6 (47. Bg6 Ba3 48. Be4+ Kh3 $18) 47... Bc7 48. Be5 (48. Be5 h4 49. Bxc7 $18) 1-0 [Event "corr NLD Mkl"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Hauwert, N."] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e3 (2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 $11) 2... b5 (2... e5 $5 $11) 3. a4 $14 e6 4. Nf3 (4. axb5 Bxb4 5. Qg4 Bf8 $11) 4... Bxb4 $11 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. axb5 O-O 7. Be2 (7. Ra4 Be7 $11) 7... cxb5 8. Nc3 (8. Bxb5 a5 $11) 8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nd5 ( 9... Ba6 10. Qb1 $11) 10. Ba5 Qf6 11. Bxb5 Bb7 (11... Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. d4 $11) 12. c4 Nb6 (12... a6 13. Ba4 Ne7 14. Bc3 $11) 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Qa1 Bxf3 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. gxf3 Nc6 (18... d5 19. cxd5 Rc5 20. dxe6 Rg5+ 21. Kh1 fxe6 22. Rb1 $16) 19. f4 e5 (19... Na5 20. d3 $14) 20. f5 (20. Rb1 exf4 21. Ba6 Rb8 $14) 20... Kf8 (20... Na5 21. d3 $14) 21. Rb1 Ke7 22. Kg2 Na5 (22... Rg8+ 23. Kf3 Kd6 24. Bxc6 Kxc6 25. e4 $14) 23. Ba6 $16 Rc6 24. Rb4 Rd6 (24... h6 25. Kf3 $16) 25. Rb2 $16 Rc6 26. Bb5 (26. d3 Rd6 $16) 26... Rd6 (26... Rc5 27. d4 exd4 28. exd4 Rxf5 29. Re2+ Kd6 30. Re4 $11) 27. Kf3 (27. d3 Nb7 $14) 27... Nb7 28. Ke2 Nc5 29. f3 Rd3 (29... h5 30. Rc2 $14) 30. Ra2 $16 Rd6 (30... d5 31. Ra8 $16) 31. Ra1 (31. Ra3 h5 $16) 31... Rd3 (31... Nd3 32. Ra3 Nc1+ 33. Kd1 $16) 32. Ba4 (32. Ra8 Rd6 $16) 32... Rd6 (32... d5 33. Bc2 dxc4 34. Bxd3 cxd3+ 35. Kd1 Kd6 $16) 33. Bc2 $16 Kf8 34. Ra7 Kg7 35. d3 (35. Be4 $142 $16) 35... b5 $2 (35... Kh6 $142 $16) 36. cxb5 $18 Rb6 37. d4 exd4 38. exd4 Nb7 39. Bd3 Nd6 40. Ra6 Nc8 41. Kd2 Rxa6 42. bxa6 Kf8 43. Be4 (43. Bc4 Ke7 $18) 43... Ke7 44. Bb7 Na7 45. Kc3 Kd6 46. Kb4 (46. Kb4 Kc7 47. Ka5 $18) 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Petrini, Mario"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. c4 Qb6 3. a3 Qd4 $15 4. Nc3 Qxc4 5. Nf3 (5. e4 Qe6 $11) 5... a5 ( 5... Nf6 6. e4 Qe6 7. Nd4 $11) 6. e3 (6. e4 Qe6 7. bxa5 Nf6 $11) 6... Qe6 7. Na4 (7. b5 cxb5 8. Bb2 b4 9. axb4 Qb6 $11) 7... d6 (7... axb4 $142 $5 8. axb4 Qg4 $15) 8. Nb6 $11 Ra7 (8... Qf6 9. d4 (9. Nxa8 $6 Qxa1 10. Nb6 Bg4 $11) 9... Ra7 10. Nxc8 $18) 9. Nd4 Qg4 10. f3 (10. Nxc8 $6 Qxc8 11. b5 e5 $15) 10... Qh5 11. Nxc8 Ra8 12. Nb6 Ra7 13. b5 (13. bxa5 e5 14. Nb3 d5 $18) 13... e5 14. Ne2 ( 14. Nc8 Ra8 15. Nb6 Ra7 $11) 14... Qh4+ 15. Ng3 Qd8 16. Na4 Nd7 (16... d5 17. d4 Bd6 18. Nf5 $18) 17. Bb2 cxb5 (17... d5 18. b6 Ra8 19. d4 $18) 18. Bxb5 Ngf6 19. d4 Nd5 20. dxe5 Nxe3 21. Qd2 Qg5 22. Bd4 b6 (22... Nxg2+ 23. Qxg2 b6 24. Nxb6 dxe5 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Bb6 $18) 23. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Bxe3 (24. Bxe3 dxe5 25. Nxb6 $18) 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Peter, Josef"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e3 a5 3. bxa5 Qxa5 4. Nf3 e5 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O g6 (6... Nf6 7. d3 $11) 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. Ba3 (8. c4 Nf6 $11) 8... e4 $11 9. Nd4 Qd8 (9... c5 10. Nb3 Qa4 11. c3 $11) 10. Bb2 Nf6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. f3 d5 13. fxe4 dxe4 14. Rb1 (14. d3 Re8 $11) 14... Qe7 15. a4 Nd5 (15... Rd8 16. Qe1 $11) 16. Nxd5 $14 cxd5 17. Bb5 Qg5 18. Qe1 (18. Qe2 Bg4 19. Qf2 f6 $14) 18... Bh3 (18... Bd7 19. Bc3 $11) 19. Qf2 $14 f6 20. Ba3 Rc8 21. Bd6 Bg4 (21... Nc6 22. Bf4 Qxg2+ 23. Qxg2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nxd4 25. exd4 Rxc2 $18) 22. Bf4 $18 Qh5 23. h3 Bxh3 24. gxh3 Qxh3 25. Qg3 (25. d3 Qg4+ 26. Kh2 Qh5+ 27. Kg3 f5 $18) 25... Qxg3+ $16 26. Bxg3 f5 27. Rfc1 (27. c3 Nc6 $16) 27... Kf7 (27... Bxd4 28. exd4 Nc6 29. Bf2 $16) 28. Be2 $18 { White fights for the Initiative} Bxd4 29. Rxb7+ Ke6 30. exd4 Nd7 (30... Nc6 $142 31. Rb6 Kf7 $18) 31. Bb5 Nf8 32. Be5 Rd8 (32... g5 33. Rb6+ Ke7 34. c4 $18 ) 33. c4 Rdc8 (33... f4 34. cxd5+ Rxd5 $18) 34. cxd5+ Kxd5 35. Rbc7 (35. Rbc7 Rxc7 36. Rxc7 e3 37. d3 Rxa4 38. Bxa4 f4 39. Bb3#) 1-0 [Event "corr SOK-91-73"] [Site "?"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Mothes, Rainer"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "1992.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e3 a5 3. b5 d5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. c4 cxb5 (5... Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. bxc6 bxc6 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rfc1 Ne5 16. Nc6 Nf3+ 17. Qxf3 exf3 18. Nxd8 Rfxd8 19. a4 fxg2 20. Kxg2 {Koerner,H (1975)-Boettcher,P (2160)/Berlin 2006/1/2-1/2}) 6. cxb5 b6 $146 (6... Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 (7... Nbd7 8. Be2 e6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. d4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. h3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. a4 Qg5 18. Qf3 O-O-O 19. Bc3 Bc7 20. Rg1 Rd6 21. Qg4+ Qxg4 22. hxg4 { Plock,J-Pommerel,W/corr TKM/A001 1999/0-1 (49)}) 8. d4 Nbd7 9. a4 Bxb1 10. Rxb1 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Ne4 12. Rc1 Nb6 13. g3 Nc4 14. Qb3 Rc8 15. Bg2 Nxb2 16. Qxb2 Nc3+ 17. Rxc3 Bxc3 18. Qa2 O-O 19. Rc1 Bb4 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Ne5 { Borrmann,F-Pommerel,W/CiF-GM-91-0331B 1992/[Fritz 8 (No MMX) (3s)]/0-1}) 7. Nf3 e6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. d4 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. Rc2 Rc7 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Na4 Rxc2 17. Rxc2 Rxc2 18. Qxc2 Ne4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qb4 21. Bd4 Qe1+ 22. Bf1 Nd2 23. Qd3 Nc4 (23... Qxf1+ $143 24. Qxf1 Nxf1 25. Kxf1 $16) 24. Qc2 Nd2 (24... Ncxe5 $4 25. Bc3 Qxf1+ 26. Kxf1 $18) (24... Ndxe5 $2 25. Bxe5 Nxe3 26. Qe2 (26. fxe3 $6 Qxe3+ 27. Qf2 Qxe5 $18) 26... Qxe2 27. Bxe2 $18) 25. Qd3 Nc4 (25... Nxf1 $143 26. Qxf1 Qd2 27. a3 $16) (25... Qxf1+ $143 26. Qxf1 Nxf1 27. Kxf1 $16) 26. Qc2 Nd2 (26... Ncxe5 $4 27. Bc3 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 $18) (26... Ndxe5 $2 27. Bxe5 Nxe3 28. Qe2 (28. fxe3 $6 Qxe3+ 29. Qf2 Qxe5 $18) 28... Qxe2 29. Bxe2 $18) 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr TKM/A001"] [Site "?"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Plock, Joerg"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "1999.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e3 a5 3. b5 d5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. c4 cxb5 6. cxb5 Bf5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Be2 e6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. d4 (12. d3 Rc8 $11) 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. h3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. a4 Qg5 18. Qf3 O-O-O ( 18... Qf5 19. Qe2 $15) 19. Bc3 (19. Qxf7 $143 Qxg2 20. Qe6+ Kb8 $19) 19... Bc7 20. Rg1 (20. Qxf7 $143 Qxg2 21. Qe6+ Kb8 $17) 20... Rd6 21. Qg4+ (21. Kd1 Rf6 22. Qe2 Re6 $11) 21... Qxg4 $15 22. hxg4 f5 (22... g5 23. Kd1 $15) 23. gxf5 ( 23. Ke2 Rh4 $15) 23... gxf5 24. Ke2 Rg6 25. g3 Kd7 26. Rh1 Rgh6 27. Rxh6 Rxh6 ( 27... gxh6 $143 28. Kd2 $11) 28. Rg1 b6 29. Kf1 (29. Bd2 g5 $15) 29... g5 $17 { Black prepares the advance f4} 30. Kg2 Bd6 31. Rb1 f4 (31... g4 32. Rc1 $17) 32. exf4 gxf4 {Black gets strong initiative} 33. gxf4 Rh4 34. Bd2 Bxf4 35. Be3 Ke6 36. Kf3 Kf5 37. Rg1 Rh3+ (37... Bxe3 38. fxe3 Rh3+ 39. Ke2 Rh2+ 40. Kf3 $15 ) 38. Ke2 $15 Bxe3 39. fxe3 Rh2+ 40. Kf3 c3 41. Rg8 Ra2 42. Rf8+ Ke6 43. Rc8 ( 43. Rb8 Rxa4 44. Rxb6+ Kd7 $17) 43... Rxa4 44. Rxc3 Rc4 45. Rxc4 $4 (45. Rb3 $142 $17) 45... dxc4 $19 46. Ke2 a4 47. Kd2 a3 48. Kc2 Kd5 49. Kc3 Ke4 (49... Ke4 50. Kc2 a2 51. Kb2 c3+ 52. Kxc3 a1=Q+ 53. Kc2 Qa4+ 54. Kc3 Qa3+ 55. Kc4 Qc1+ 56. Kb3 Kd3 57. Kb4 Qc3+ 58. Ka4 Kc2 59. e4 Qa5#) 0-1 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Borrmann, Fritz"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "1992.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. b5 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. c4 cxb5 ( 5... Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. bxc6 bxc6 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Rfc1 Ne5 16. Nc6 Nf3+ 17. Qxf3 exf3 18. Nxd8 Rfxd8 19. a4 fxg2 20. Kxg2 { Koerner,H (1975)-Boettcher,P (2160)/Berlin 2006/1/2-1/2}) 6. cxb5 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 $146 (7... Nbd7 8. Be2 e6 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. d4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. h3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. a4 Qg5 18. Qf3 O-O-O 19. Bc3 Bc7 20. Rg1 Rd6 21. Qg4+ Qxg4 22. hxg4 { Plock,J-Pommerel,W/corr TKM/A001 1999/0-1 (49)}) 8. d4 Nbd7 9. a4 (9. Ba3 Rc8 10. Bxf8 Nxf8 $11) 9... Bxb1 10. Rxb1 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Ne4 12. Rc1 Nb6 13. g3 Nc4 14. Qb3 Rc8 15. Bg2 Nxb2 16. Qxb2 Nc3+ 17. Rxc3 Bxc3 18. Qa2 O-O 19. Rc1 Bb4 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Ne5 Qc3 22. Nd3 Rc8 23. Bf3 Qc2+ (23... Rc4 $142 $5 24. h3 $19) 24. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 25. Kf1 Rc3 26. Nf4 g5 (26... g5 27. Nh5 Rc1+ 28. Ke2 f5 $19) 0-1 [Event "email 4AMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Myrberg, Johnny"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e3 a5 3. b5 d5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. c4 a4 7. a3 cxb5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxb5+ Bd7 10. Be2 (10. Bd3 Bc6 $11) 10... Bd6 (10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nc3 $11) 11. O-O (11. Bxg7 Rg8 12. Be5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxg2 $11) 11... O-O 12. Nc3 (12. Be5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qg5 $11) 12... Nxc3 13. Bxc3 Bc6 14. Qb1 Nd7 15. Qb2 e5 16. d4 (16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxd2 $11) 16... e4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qg5 19. Bc4 (19. e6 fxe6 20. Rac1 Rac8 $11) 19... Rfe8 { e5 draws heavy fire} (19... Rae8 20. e6 fxe6 21. Bd4 $11) 20. e6 fxe6 21. Rfd1 Nc5 22. Rd6 {Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} Rad8 (22... Nd3 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Qb6 $15) 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qb6 Re8 25. Rb1 { Attacks the backward pawn on b7} Nd3 26. Qc7 Qg6 27. Bb5 (27. Qd6 Qf5 28. Qg3 g6 $11) 27... Qf7 (27... Rf8 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Qxc6 $11) 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Rb6 (30. Rb7+ Re7 31. Rb6 c5 $17) 30... e5 31. f3 exf3 (31... Rc8 32. fxe4 c5 33. h4 $15) 32. gxf3 $15 c5 33. Rd6 Nc1 (33... c4 34. Ra6 $17) 34. Bb2 (34. Kf2 Re7 $15) 34... Nb3 35. Bc3 Re6 36. Rd7+ Re7 37. Rd6 e4 38. Kf2 exf3 39. Kxf3 (39. Ra6 Re4 40. Kxf3 Rh4 $15) 39... Ra7 40. Ke4 Re7+ (40... Ke8 41. Kd5 $15) 41. Kd3 (41. Kf3 g5 $11) 41... Nc1+ 42. Kd2 Nb3+ (42... Na2 43. Ba1 $11) 43. Kd3 $15 Nc1+ (43... Rc7 44. Ra6 $15) 44. Kd2 $11 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr TKM/A001"] [Site "?"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bendig, Frank"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "1999.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e3 a5 3. b5 d5 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 (5... e6 6. c4 Bb4 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qa4 Re8 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. d3 Ng5 13. Nd4 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Ne6 15. a3 Bd6 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rab1 c5 19. Qc6 Ne5 20. Bxe5 {bambinik (2510)-k2_cult (2445)/internet 2003/0-1 (67)}) (5... Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8. c4 cxb5 9. cxb5 e6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. d4 Rc8 12. Nbd2 Ba3 13. O-O O-O 14. Nh4 Bg6 15. Qa4 Bb4 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Qd1 Qe7 18. Rc1 Nb6 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bd3 {Bendig,F-Yalcin,U/corr or01-018 2001 (32)}) 6. Bxf6 $146 (6. a4 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 (9. d3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Re1 Bg6 12. Bf1 Bb4 13. c3 Bf8 14. e4 e5 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Nh4 dxe4 17. Nxg6 exd3 18. Bxd3 Nxd3 19. Nxf8 Nxe1 20. Rxe1 Kxf8 21. c4 Qd6 22. Nf3 e4 23. Nd4 Rad8 { ferminkatcho (1785)-venca123 (1755)/kurnik 2012/1-0}) 9... Nbd7 10. d4 Ne4 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Nb6 15. Ba2 Bg6 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Bb2 Qe8 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Qd2 Bb4 20. Qe2 c5 { mila77 (1800)-marfrp (1645)/kurnik 2011/1-0 (40)}) 6... exf6 7. c4 Bc5 8. bxc6 Nxc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. a3 O-O 12. d4 Bd6 13. Bb5 Qc7 14. Ba4 Na7 15. Nd5 Qc4 16. Nb6 Qc3+ {Attacking the isolated pawn on a3} 17. Nd2 Bg4 (17... Rad8 18. Nbc4 Bg4 19. f3 $16) 18. Qb1 (18. Qc1 Qxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Rad8 $16) 18... Bf5 19. Qc1 Qxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Bxa3 21. Ra1 Bb4 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Kd1 b5 24. Bc2 Be6 25. Ke2 Bc3 26. Rac1 Rc8 27. Bd3 a4 28. Ne4 Bb2 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Kd2 a3 31. Nc3 Be6 32. d5 (32. Nd1 Ba1 33. Kc2 Nc6 34. Bxb5 Nb4+ 35. Kc1 Bb3 $11) 32... b4 33. Nd1 Bxd5 34. Nxb2 axb2 35. Rb1 Bxg2 36. Rxb2 Nc6 37. Bb5 Kf8 38. Bxc6 Bxc6 39. Rxb4 Ke7 40. e4 h5 41. f4 Bd7 42. Ke3 g6 43. h4 Kd6 44. Rc4 Be6 45. Rc1 Ke7 46. Rc5 {White intends e5} f5 47. e5 Kf8 48. Kd4 Kg7 49. Rb5 Kf8 50. Kc5 Kg7 51. Kd6 Kg8 52. Rb8+ Kg7 53. Ke7 Bd5 54. Kd7 Ba2 55. Kd6 Be6 56. Ke7 Ba2 (56... Bd5 57. Rd8 Bb3 $18) 57. Rc8 Be6 58. Rc7 Bb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr 3GMMsemio-01"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Wochnik, Manfred"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e4 d5 (2... Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. a3 $11) 3. e5 Qb6 ( 3... Bf5 4. Nf3 $11) 4. c3 a5 5. Qa4 (5. bxa5 Qxa5 6. Nf3 Bg4 $11) 5... Bf5 ( 5... Ra7 6. b5 $11) 6. d4 (6. Nf3 Nd7 $11) 6... Nd7 (6... e6 7. Nf3 $11) 7. Nf3 e6 (7... Ra7 8. b5 $11) 8. Be2 Qd8 9. bxa5 (9. b5 Nb6 10. Qb3 a4 $11) 9... Rxa5 (9... b5 10. Qb3 $11) 10. Qb3 b5 (10... b6 11. O-O $11) 11. O-O f6 (11... Qc7 12. Nh4 $11) 12. Bf4 (12. exf6 Ngxf6 13. Bf4 Be7 $15) 12... Be7 (12... Ne7 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Re1 $11) 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Nbd2 c5 15. Qd1 c4 16. Nh4 fxe5 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. dxe5 Bc5 19. Rf1 (19. Bg3 Ne7 20. Bh5+ g6 $17) 19... Ne7 $11 20. a4 O-O 21. Nf3 (21. axb5 $5 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 $11) 21... Rfa8 $15 22. Bg5 Qb7 23. Rb1 Ng6 (23... Rxa4 24. Nd4 Nc6 25. e6 $11) 24. Rxb5 $11 Rxb5 25. axb5 Ngxe5 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Qd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "email 4AMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Miraglia, Jorge"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 Qb6 4. c3 Bf5 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. d4 e6 7. Nh4 Be4 8. Nd2 a5 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. b5 c5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Rd1 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Nxe5 16. Qe3 {last book move} Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qxe4 Nf6 19. Qf4 Rh5 20. Be2 Rhd5 {The pressure on the isolated pawn grows} 21. O-O Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Qc1 Rd7 24. Qc3 Rc7 25. Qb2 Rc5 26. a4 Qc7 27. Bf3 Rc4 (27... b6 28. Bc6+ Kf8 29. Rd1 $15) 28. Qb3 Rb4 29. Qa3 Nd7 30. g3 Rc4 31. Qa1 Kf8 32. Be2 Rc3 33. Rd1 Qc5 34. Kg2 Ke7 35. Rd2 Rc2 36. Rxc2 Qxc2 37. Bf3 b6 38. Qd4 e5 39. Qh4+ Nf6 40. Bc6 Qd1 41. Qc4 Qd4 42. Qb3 Kf8 43. Qa3+ Kg8 44. Qe7 Ng4 (44... Qxa4 $143 45. Qxe5 Qc4 46. Qb8+ Kh7 47. Qxb6 $11) 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qxf7 Qxa4 47. Bd5 Nf6 48. Qe6 Qg4 (48... Qxb5 $6 49. Qh3+ Nh5 50. Qe6 $11) 49. Qxe5 a4 50. Bf3 Qc4 51. Qe3 (51. Bc6 $142 $15) 51... Qxb5 $19 52. Qe6 a3 53. Qh3+ Nh5 54. Qe6 Qg5 (54... Qg5 55. Qc4 Nf6 $19) 0-1 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Breite, Wilhelm"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. c3 (3. Qh5 Qc7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qxe5+ Qxe5 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 $11) 3... Nf6 4. Bd3 (4. Nf3 $5 $11) 4... d5 $17 5. f3 (5. exd5 $5 Qxd5 6. Bf1 $17) 5... dxe4 $19 6. Bxe4 Nxe4 7. fxe4 Qh4+ 8. Kf1 Qxe4 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Kf2 Bd6 11. d3 Qf5 (11... Qd5 12. Qe2 $19) 12. Qe2 (12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qg6 $17) 12... O-O 13. Nbd2 Nd7 14. Ne4 Bc7 15. Be3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nf6 17. Ng3 Qe6 18. Rag1 (18. Ne4 Nd5 $19) 18... Bb6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. a3 (20. Ra1 Ra3 $19) 20... Rxa3 21. Qd2 (21. Rc1 $19) 21... Ra2 (21... Ra2 22. Qe2 Rfa8 $19) 0-1 [Event "corr SOK-89-45"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Husslein, G."] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. a3 axb4 4. axb4 Rxa1 5. Bxa1 Qb6 6. Bc3 Na6 7. Na3 Nxb4 8. Nc4 (8. Qa1 Qa5 9. e3 Qxa3 10. Qxa3 Nxc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa3 12. Bd3 d5 13. Nf3 Nf6 14. Ke2 e6 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Ra1 O-O 17. f4 Nd7 18. g4 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxa3 Bb8 21. h4 e5 22. f5 e4 { xtom (1615)-beginner2011 (1655)/kurnik 2011/0-1 (42)}) 8... Qc5 9. e3 e6 10. Qb1 $146 (10. Nf3 d5 (10... Nf6 11. Qb1 Nbd5 12. Bd4 Qb4 13. Qa2 b5 14. Qa8 bxc4 15. Qxc8+ Ke7 16. Be2 Ne4 17. O-O Nd6 18. Qa6 Nb5 19. c3 Qb3 20. Bc5+ Kf6 21. Qc8 Bxc5 22. Qxh8 h6 23. Qd8+ Be7 24. Qxd7 Qa4 25. Qxc6 { Van der Linden,A-Berberich,C (2095)/Kleve op 1999/1-0 (49)}) 11. Bd4 Qe7 12. Nb6 Qc7 {Waibel,U (1830)-Walter,M (2050)/BdF OS-021 remoteschach.de 2005}) (10. Bd4 Qf5 11. d3 f6 12. c3 Na6 13. Be2 h5 14. Nf3 c5 15. e4 Qg6 16. Be3 b5 17. Nb6 Bb7 18. Qb3 Nc7 19. Qa3 Na6 20. Qa5 b4 21. Qa4 Qf7 22. d4 cxd4 23. cxd4 e5 24. Bxa6 Bxe4 {1ricardo (1800)-Ashley1/chesshere.com 2008/1-0 (31)}) (10. Bd4 Qf5 11. d3 f6 $15) 10... Nf6 11. d4 Qe7 12. Bd3 Nfd5 13. Ne2 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Qb4 16. Kd2 d5 17. Nb6 Kd8 18. Kc2 Qxb1+ 19. Rxb1 Bd6 20. f4 g5 21. fxg5 Bxh2 22. Rf1 Ke7 23. Nca4 Bc7 24. Rh1 Bxb6 25. Nxb6 Bd7 26. Kc3 Be8 27. e4 Rg8 28. Rxh7 Rxg5 29. e5 Kd8 30. Rh2 Rg4 31. Na4 b5 32. Nc5 Ke7 33. Nb7 Rg7 34. Nd6 Bd7 35. Nb7 Rg3 36. Nc5 Rg7 37. Kb4 (37. Nb7 f6 $15) 37... Be8 $15 38. Na6 Rg3 39. Kc3 f5 40. Rh7+ Bf7 41. Nb4 Rxg2 42. Nxc6+ Kf8 43. Nd8 Bg8 44. Rh3 f4 45. Rf3 Rg4 46. Nb7 Kg7 47. Nd6 Kg6 48. Ne8 Kf5 49. Nd6+ Kg5 50. Nxb5 Rg3 51. Rf2 Kg4 52. Kc2 (52. Nd6 $142 $5 $17) 52... Bh7 $19 53. Rd2 f3 54. Nc3 Rg2 55. Nd1 Re2 56. Nc3 (56. Kc3 Kg3 57. Kc2 $19) 56... f2 57. Rxe2 f1=Q 58. Kd2 Qa1 59. Kc2 Kf3 60. Rh2 Bf5 0-1 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rau, Johann"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. a3 axb4 4. axb4 Rxa1 5. Bxa1 Qb6 6. c3 d5 7. d4 Bf5 8. Nd2 Nf6 9. Ngf3 e6 10. e3 Bd6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qb3 Ra8 14. Nh4 Qc7 (14... Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. g4 $15) 15. h3 (15. Nxf5 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 exf5 17. g3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Qxg3 19. Bf3 $17) 15... Be4 $15 16. c4 h6 (16... dxc4 17. Nxc4 Bd5 18. Qc3 $17) 17. Nhf3 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bd5 19. Bb2 b5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 { The isolani on b4 becomes a target} 21. Bc3 Ra4 { The pressure on the isolated pawn grows} 22. Rc1 Nxb4 23. Bb2 Nd5 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Nfd2 Ra8 26. Nf3 Qb7 27. Nfd2 Qb6 28. Qc2 Rc8 29. Ra1 c5 30. dxc5 { White gets kings attack.} f5 31. Bxg7 (31. cxb6 $2 Rxc2 32. Bc1 fxe4 $19) 31... fxe4 (31... Nxc5 32. Bxh6 fxe4 33. Nxe4 $17) 32. Qxe4 (32. cxb6 $4 Rxc2 33. Bxh6 Rxd2 $19) 32... Bxc5 (32... Nxc5 33. Qg6 e5 34. Bf6+ Kf8 35. Bxe7+ Kxe7 36. Ra7+ Qxa7 37. Qh7+ Ke6 38. Qxa7 $18) 33. Bxh6 {Threatening mate: Qg6} Kf7 ( 33... Kh8 $5 $15) 34. Qh7+ $11 Ke8 35. Nf3 (35. Qg6+ Kd8 36. Ne4 Be7 37. Qg8+ Kc7 $11) 35... Kd8 (35... N7f6 36. Qh8+ Kd7 37. Ne5+ Kc7 38. Qg7+ Be7 $14) 36. Bg5+ Be7 37. Bxe7+ Nxe7 38. Qf7 Qd6 (38... Nd5 $5 $11) 39. Nd4 $14 { Attacks the isolani on e6} Nc5 40. Nxb5 Qe5 41. Qf8+ Kd7 42. Rd1+ Nd5 43. Qf7+ Kd8 44. e4 $1 Nxe4 (44... Qxe4 {A deflection} 45. Nd6 {Theme: Double Attack}) 45. f4 Qf6 46. Qg8+ Kd7 47. Qh7+ Qe7 48. Qxe4 Rc5 49. Nd4 Qf6 50. h4 Rc4 1-0 [Event "corr CiF-TT-88-0056A"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hasler, Ulrich"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. a3 axb4 4. axb4 Rxa1 5. Bxa1 Qb6 6. c3 d5 7. e3 Bf5 8. Na3 e6 9. Nf3 Nf6 (9... Be7 10. Be2 Nh6 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qa4 O-O 13. h3 e5 14. d3 Rd8 15. Rd1 e4 16. dxe4 Bxe4 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Nc2 Qc7 20. Qb3 b5 21. Bb2 Ra8 22. Ncd4 Nb6 23. Ra1 Rxa1+ 24. Bxa1 { marekt-Tihomir Glowatzky/ChessWorld.net 2008/1/2-1/2 (36)}) 10. Bb2 $146 (10. d4 Bd6 11. Qa4 O-O 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. O-O Re8 14. Nh4 Bb8 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. g3 Ne4 18. c4 Ndf6 19. b5 h5 20. cxd5 h4 21. Bf3 hxg3 22. hxg3 Nxf2 23. Qxf2 Rxe3 24. d6 Qxd6 { Mina,N (2195)-Kostopoulos,E (2075)/Aegean Open, Agios Kirykos GRE 2004/1-0}) ( 10. Be2 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nh4 Be4 13. d3 Bg6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Nc2 Nbd7 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. f4 e5 18. c4 dxc4 19. dxc4 exf4 20. exf4 Ne4 21. Qe3 Re8 22. c5 Ndxc5 23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Bd4 Nd6 { Hind,A-Larsson/corr 3GMM-22 1995/[Fritz 6 (3s)]/1-0}) 10... Bd6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qb3 (13. Nh4 $5 $11) 13... Nc5 $1 $17 14. Qa2 (14. bxc5 Qxb3 { Pinning} (14... Qxb3 {Deflection})) 14... Nd3 15. Nd4 Be4 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. g3 h5 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Rd1 h4 $1 20. f4 (20. gxh4 Bxh2+ {Pinning} (20... Bxh2+ { Deflection})) 20... e5 (20... hxg3 $142 $5 21. hxg3 Ra8 $19) 21. Nc1 $17 Bg6 22. Qb3 (22. c4 hxg3 23. c5 $19) 22... Qd7 23. d3 $2 (23. fxe5 Qh3 24. d3 hxg3 25. Rd2 Bxe5 26. Qc2 $19) 23... Qh3 24. Re1 (24. Rd2 hxg3 25. Nc2 Ng4 26. hxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Rg2 Qf3 $19) 24... Ng4 25. Qc2 hxg3 26. hxg3 (26. Qg2 gxh2+ 27. Kh1 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 exf4 29. exf4 Bxf4 30. b5 $19) 26... Qxg3+ (26... Qxg3+ 27. Kf1 Nh2+ 28. Qxh2 Qxh2 $19) 0-1 [Event "corr 3GMM-32"] [Site "?"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Krasny, Henryk Jan"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. a3 axb4 4. axb4 Rxa1 5. Bxa1 Qb6 6. c3 d5 7. Nf3 Bf5 8. d3 e6 9. g3 (9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. e3 Bd6 13. h3 Nbd7 14. Be2 g5 15. e4 Bf4 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nb3 O-O 18. g3 { pcmvr-Steinutz/ChessWorld.net 2002}) 9... Nf6 10. Bg2 Bd6 $146 (10... Be7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Bg6 13. h3 h6 14. Qa4 O-O 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. c4 e5 17. b5 e4 18. Nh4 e3 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. fxe3 Qxg3 21. Rf3 Qe1+ 22. Nf1 Qxe2 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Qxc6 {Golyak,I (2325)-Knaak,R (2520)/Leipzig SG 1977/0-1 (35)}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Nbd2 Nbd7 13. Qa4 e5 14. Bb2 Re8 {Black intends e4} 15. h3 Qc7 16. Ra1 Nb6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. g4 e4 19. dxe4 (19. Nd4 Bg6 20. g5 $15) 19... Bxe4 $15 (19... Nxe4 $2 20. gxf5 Nxd2 21. Nxd2 Rxe2 22. Qd1 $18) (19... dxe4 $6 20. Nd4 Bg6 21. c4 $11) 20. e3 Bd3 21. Ne1 Ba6 22. Nef3 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 (23... dxc4 $6 24. Qc2 $11) 24. Qc2 Ne4 25. Nd4 Bb8 26. f4 Bc7 27. Bc1 g6 28. Ra4 Qe7 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Qf2 {White plans f5} Bb6 31. f5 Qg5 32. Ra1 Bc7 33. Qg2 Bd3 34. Qf2 gxf5 35. Nxf5 h5 36. Qg2 Kh7 37. Bb2 Rg8 38. Kf2 Bd8 (38... hxg4 39. hxg4 Kg6 40. c4 $16) 39. Ra7 Bc4 $4 (39... hxg4 $142 40. hxg4 Qxg4 41. Qxg4 Rxg4 42. Rxb7 Kg6 43. Ne7+ Kh5 $15) 40. Qxe4 $18 Bd5 41. Qc2 (41. Qd3 hxg4 42. Ne7+ f5 43. Nxf5 Rf8 (43... gxh3 44. Rxb7+ Kh8 45. c4+ Bf6 46. Bxf6+ Qxf6 47. cxd5 $15) 44. Rxb7+ Kg8 $17) 41... hxg4 42. h4 (42. Ne7+ f5 43. Nxf5 (43. Nxg8 Qh4+ 44. Ke2 Bf3+ 45. Kd3 Be4+ 46. Kc4 Bxc2 47. Nf6+ Qxf6 48. Ra4 Qe6+ 49. Kd4 Bb6#) (43. Qxf5+ Qxf5+ 44. Nxf5 gxh3 45. Rxb7+ Kg6 $19) 43... gxh3 44. Ne7+ Kg7 45. Qf5 Qh4+ 46. Ke2 Bc4+ 47. Kd2 Bxe7 48. Qf4 $19) 42... Qg6 $15 43. Rxb7 Bxh4+ (43... Re8 $5 44. h5 Qxh5 45. Ng3+ Qg6 46. Qxg6+ Kxg6 $17) 44. Kg1 $11 Be6 45. e4 Qh5 46. Nxh4 (46. Nd4 Bc4 47. Bc1 $11) 46... g3 47. Qg2 (47. e5+ Kh8 48. Nf3 Qxf3 49. Qd2 $19) 47... Rd8 (47... Rd8 48. Qxg3 Rg8 49. Qxg8+ Kxg8 $19) (47... Qxh4 48. Qh1 Qxh1+ 49. Kxh1 $15) 0-1 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrini, Mario"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 (2... d5 3. Nf3 $11) 3. a3 (3. bxa5 d5 $11) 3... axb4 (3... Qb6 4. Bc3 $11) 4. axb4 Rxa1 5. Bxa1 Qb6 (5... Na6 6. Bc3 $11) 6. c3 (6. Be5 d6 7. Bc3 Na6 $15) 6... d5 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. d4 (8. e3 Bf5 $11) 8... Bf5 9. Nh4 (9. e3 e6 $11) 9... Bg4 10. Qc1 (10. Nf3 Ne4 $15) 10... e6 11. f3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. g5 Nfd7 15. e4 dxe4 (15... e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Be2 $15) 16. fxe4 e5 (16... Bd6 17. e5 Be7 18. Bd3 $14) 17. dxe5 (17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 Bd6 $11) 17... Rh4 (17... Nxe5 18. Be2 $15) 18. Bg2 $11 Nxe5 19. Qd2 Qa6 20. Bb2 Qd3 {Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} 21. Kf2 $4 (21. Qc1 $142 $15) 21... Ng4+ $19 22. Kg1 Qxb1+ 23. Bc1 (23. Qc1 Qd3 $19) 23... Nd7 ( 23... Nd7 24. h3 Nge5 $19) 0-1 [Event "corr SOK-91-73"] [Site "?"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Roggensack Hanspach, Peter"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1991.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. bxa5 Nf6 4. c4 d5 5. e3 Rxa5 6. Bc3 Ra7 7. Bd4 b6 8. Nf3 e6 9. Be2 (9. Qb3 Nbd7 $15) 9... Bd6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Nd4 Qc7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Nc3 Ra5 16. Qc2 b5 (16... Re8 17. Nf5 $15) 17. Nb3 $11 Nxb3 18. axb3 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Re8 20. Bd3 Qb6 21. Ne2 Ne4 22. Ng3 Bxf4 23. Bxe4 ( 23. Bd4 c5 24. exf4 (24. Bxe4 $143 cxd4 (24... dxe4 $2 25. Bxc5 (25. exf4 cxd4 26. Nxe4 Bb7 $15) (25. Nxe4 $143 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 cxd4 $17) 25... Qh6 26. exf4 $18) 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 $19) 24... cxd4 25. Ra8 $15 (25. Nxe4 $143 dxe4 26. Ra8 Bd7 (26... exd3 27. Qxc8 g6 28. Qxe8+ Kg7 29. Qh8+ Kh6 30. Rg8 $18) 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $19)) 23... dxe4 $15 24. Nxe4 (24. Bd4 c5 25. Bxc5 $18) 24... Bxe3+ $17 (24... Bxe3+ 25. Kh1 Bf4 $17) 0-1 [Event "corr 3GMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fritz, Harry"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. bxa5 Nf6 4. c4 (4. Nf3 d6 $11) 4... d5 (4... d6 5. e3 $11 ) 5. e3 (5. cxd5 cxd5 6. e3 e6 $11) 5... Rxa5 6. Be2 (6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 $11) 6... dxc4 $15 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 (7... b5 8. Be2 $15) 8. Nf3 $11 Nb6 (8... e6 9. d4 $11) 9. Bb3 (9. Be2 Be6 $11) 9... Bg4 (9... Bf5 10. Bc3 Ra8 11. Bc2 $11) 10. d4 (10. Bc3 Rf5 $11) 10... e6 $15 11. O-O Ne4 (11... Bd6 12. Nbd2 $15) 12. h3 Bh5 (12... Bf5 13. Nc3 $11) 13. Qe1 (13. Nbd2 Ng5 $11) 13... Na4 14. Nfd2 Nxb2 (14... Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Nxb2 16. Qxb2 $11) 15. Nxe4 Nd3 (15... Bg6 16. Bc2 $11) 16. Qd2 Nb4 17. Nbc3 Be7 (17... Bg6 18. Bc4 $11) 18. a3 (18. Rfb1 Bg6 $11) 18... Nd5 19. Na4 (19. Nc5 Qa8 $11) 19... Qc7 $15 20. Qb2 (20. Ng3 Bg6 $15) 20... O-O {Black fights for the Initiative} 21. Nac3 Rfa8 { The pressure on the isolated pawn grows} 22. a4 Bg6 23. Nd2 Nxc3 (23... Bd3 24. Rfc1 $15) 24. Qxc3 b5 25. Ra2 (25. axb5 Bb4 26. Qxb4 Rxa1 $17) 25... bxa4 26. Rfa1 a3 27. Bd1 (27. Nc4 R5a6 $17) 27... Rb5 28. Nc4 Rb1 29. Nxa3 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Qa5 31. Qxa5 Rxa5 32. Nc2 Bxc2 33. Rxa5 Bxd1 34. Ra6 f5 35. Rxc6 Kf7 (35... Bb3 36. Rc7 Kf7 37. g4 $15) 36. f3 Bb3 37. Kf2 (37. e4 f4 $15) 37... Bd5 38. Rc7 Kf6 39. Ra7 (39. h4 h5 $15) 39... h6 1/2-1/2 [Event "email 4AMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Woelfelschneider, Peter"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. bxa5 Nf6 4. Nf3 Qxa5 5. c4 d5 (5... d6 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. e3 $11) 6. Bc3 (6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qa5 $11) 6... Qa4 (6... Qd8 7. e3 $11) 7. Qxa4 Rxa4 8. Bxf6 exf6 (8... gxf6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 $11) 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e3 Ra5 11. Nc3 Bb4 (11... Nc6 $142 $5 $11) 12. Bb5+ Bd7 (12... Kd8 13. a4 Bd7 $14) 13. Bxd7+ (13. Nxd5 Rxb5 14. Nc7+ Ke7 15. Nxb5 Bxb5 16. a3 $15) 13... Kxd7 $11 14. Ke2 Nc6 15. a3 Bxc3 16. dxc3 Rha8 17. Rhb1 Kc7 18. Rb3 (18. Nd4 Nxd4+ 19. cxd4 Rxa3 20. Rc1+ Kd6 $14) 18... Ne5 (18... b6 19. Nd4 $11) 19. Nd4 (19. Rab1 Rb8 $11) 19... b6 20. Rb4 Nc6 (20... Nc4 21. a4 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "email 4AMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Malmstroem, Jan"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. bxa5 Nf6 4. Nf3 Qxa5 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O Qb6 8. Qc1 e6 9. d4 c5 (9... Qa6 10. Re1 $15) 10. Nbd2 (10. c4 dxc4 11. a4 cxd4 12. Bxd4 Qb4 $11) 10... cxd4 11. Bxd4 Qc7 12. c4 e5 13. Bb2 d4 14. Rd1 Nc5 (14... Bd6 15. Nb3 $15) 15. Ne1 (15. Nb3 Bg4 $11) 15... Bg4 (15... Bd6 16. Nb3 $17) 16. Ndf3 $15 Ra4 17. Qc2 (17. e3 e4 18. exd4 exf3 19. Nxf3 Ne6 $15) 17... Be6 { The isolani on c4 becomes a target} (17... Bd6 18. Nd3 Bf5 19. Nh4 $17) 18. Nd2 Be7 (18... Bd6 19. Nd3 Bf5 20. Nb3 Nxd3 21. exd3 $15) 19. Nd3 $15 Bf5 20. Nb3 ( 20. f4 Ng4 21. Nf1 f6 $15) 20... Nfd7 (20... Nxd3 21. exd3 b5 22. Rdc1 $11) 21. Nbxc5 (21. f4 f6 $15) 21... Nxc5 (21... Bxc5 $4 22. Qxa4 O-O 23. Qb5 $18) 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 Bf6 24. Bh3 (24. Qc1 O-O $17) 24... Bxd3 25. exd3 Qxf4 26. Re1+ Be5 27. Bc1 (27. Qg2 O-O 28. Bc1 Qf6 $17) 27... Qf6 28. Qe2 (28. Bg2 O-O 29. Bxb7 Qg6+ 30. Bg2 Qxd3 $19) 28... Qg6+ 29. Kh1 O-O (29... Nxd3 $6 30. Bf1 Qc6+ 31. Bg2 Qxc4 32. Rd1 $11) 30. Rg1 Qd6 31. Bg5 Raa8 (31... Re8 32. Raf1 $17 ) 32. Bf5 (32. Raf1 Ra3 33. Bf5 g6 $17) 32... Rfe8 $19 33. Qg2 g6 34. Rad1 (34. Rae1 Bg7 (34... gxf5 $4 35. Bf6+ Bg3 36. Qxg3+ Qxg3 37. Rxg3+ Kf8 38. Reg1 Nxd3 39. Rg8#) 35. Be4 h6 $19) 34... Bg7 (34... Qc6 35. Qxc6 bxc6 36. Rg2 $19) 35. Bh3 (35. Bg4 Ra3 36. Rgf1 Nxd3 37. Qxb7 Ne5 $19) 35... Ra3 36. Qc2 Ne4 (36... Rea8 $142 $5 37. Rg2 Qc6 $19) 37. Rge1 $17 Rea8 38. Be7 (38. dxe4 Rxh3 39. Qg2 Rha3 $19) 38... Qc6 {Threatening mate... how?} 39. dxe4 { Black creates threats along the open a-file} Rxa2 40. Qd3 Qc7 { Threatening mate... how?} 41. e5 Bxe5 42. Bg2 (42. Bb4 Qc6+ 43. Qe4 Rxh2+ 44. Kg1 Bg3 $19) 42... Qxe7 43. Qxd4 Re8 (43... Bxd4 {A pinning theme} 44. Rxe7) 44. Qe4 Qg5 (44... Qf6 45. Rd7 Re6 46. Rf1 $19) 45. Rd5 (45. Rd7 Re6 46. Qf3 Rf6 $19) 45... Re6 (45... Rf2 46. Rd7 $19) 46. Rb5 (46. c5 f5 47. Qf3 Bd4 48. Rd8+ Qxd8 $19) 46... Qd2 47. Rf1 Bxh2 {The mate threat is Rxe4.} 48. Qxb7 (48. Rd5 Qh6 49. Qxe6 Bc7+ 50. Qh3 Qxh3+ 51. Bxh3 Rh2+ 52. Kg1 Rxh3 53. Rd7 Rg3+ 54. Kf2 $11) 48... Bc7 {Threatening mate: Qh6} 49. Rb3 Re1 (49... Re1 50. Qf3 Qh6+ 51. Bh3 Rh2+ 52. Kg1 Qg5+ 53. Bg2 Qc5+ 54. Re3 Rxg2+ (54... Rxe3 $6 55. Qxf7+ Kh8 56. Qf6+ Kg8 57. Qf7+ Kh8 58. Qf6+ Kg8 59. Qf7+ $11) 55. Kxg2 Qg5+ (55... Qxe3 $4 56. Qxf7+ Kh8 57. Qf8#) (55... Rxe3 $6 56. Qxf7+ Kh8 57. Qf6+ Kg8 58. Qf7+ Kh8 59. Qf6+ Kg8 60. Qf7+ $11) 56. Qg3 Bxg3 (56... Qxe3 $6 57. Qxe1 Qg5+ 58. Kh3 $15) 57. Rxg3 Qd2+ 58. Rf2 Qd1 $19) 0-1 [Event "corr SOK-89-45"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Salaske, Peter"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. b5 cxb5 4. e3 b4 5. a3 Nc6 6. axb4 Nxb4 7. Ba3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Nf3 d6 10. Rb1 e6 11. Na4 (11. Bb5 d5 12. Bxf8 Rxf8 $11) 11... Be7 12. Be2 d5 (12... O-O 13. Nb6 Ra7 14. Nxc8 Qxc8 15. c3 $17) 13. Bxe7 (13. Nb6 Ra7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Bb5+ Nc6 $11) 13... Qxe7 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Nd4 (16. Nxc8 $5 Rxc8 17. O-O $17) 16... O-O $17 (16... Qxb6 $143 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Rxb6 Rxb6 19. Nb3 $14) 17. Nxc8 Nxd4 18. exd4 Rbxc8 19. c3 Ne4 20. Qf3 b6 21. h4 Nd6 22. Bd3 b5 (22... b5 23. Bxb5 Nxb5 24. Rxb5 Rb8 $17) (22... a4 23. Ra1 b5 24. Ra3 $19) 0-1 [Event "email 4AMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Hjortstam, Kurt"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. c3 d5 4. b5 Nf6 5. bxc6 Nxc6 6. e3 e5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. d4 Bd7 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. O-O (12. Ba3 Rfe8 $17) 12... Neg4 (12... Nc4 13. Bc1 $17) 13. g3 (13. h3 Ne5 $17) 13... Qf5 (13... Ne5 14. Ba3 $17) 14. Nf4 (14. c4 $5 $17) 14... Bxf4 $19 15. exf4 Rfe8 16. Nd2 Ra6 (16... Rac8 17. Rc1 $19) 17. Nf3 Rae6 (17... Rb6 18. Rb1 $17) 18. Nh4 Qe4 19. h3 Nh6 20. Nf3 Qc4 21. Ne5 Qc8 (21... Qc5 $5 $17) 22. g4 $11 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. c4 Nxg4 25. f5 (25. Qxd5 $5 Nf6 26. Qxa5 $15) 25... Re2 $17 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 27. cxd5 Nh2 (27... Nh6 28. Bc3 Nxf5 29. Bxa5 Ra8 $11) 28. Kxh2 $11 Rxb2 29. Kg3 Kf8 30. Rfd1 Ree2 31. d6 Ke8 32. Rac1 Rec2 (32... Rxf2 $4 33. d7+ Kd8 34. Rc8+ Ke7 35. d8=Q#) (32... Rxa2 $4 33. d7+ Kd8 34. Rc8+ Ke7 35. d8=Q#) 33. Re1+ Kd7 34. Rxc2 Rxc2 35. Re7+ Kxd6 36. Rxb7 Rc7 37. Rb6+ Kc5 38. Rb8 a4 39. f3 Rd7 40. a3 f6 ( 40... Rd3 41. Rb7 Rxa3 42. Rxf7 $11) 41. Rb4 Ra7 42. h4 1/2-1/2 [Event "email 4AMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Ganesan, Arasu"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 (1. d4 d5 $11) 1... c6 (1... Nf6 2. Nc3 $15) 2. e3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Nf6 6. Be2 (6. Nd4 Bg6 $11) 6... Bd6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d3 (8. Nc3 O-O $11 ) 8... a5 $15 9. bxa5 (9. Nc3 O-O $15) 9... Rxa5 (9... Qxa5 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. h3 $15) 10. Nbd2 $15 Qc7 11. Nb3 Ra7 12. c4 (12. h3 h6 $15) 12... dxc4 $17 13. dxc4 O-O 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rfa8 (16... Ne5 17. Qe2 $15) 17. c5 Be5 18. Qe2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Qe5 {Attacks the isolani on c5} 20. Qc1 Ra4 21. Bc2 Qb8 (21... Nd5 22. Nd2 R4a7 23. Rd1 $17) 22. Nd4 R4a5 23. Nb3 R5a6 24. Bd3 Ra4 25. Rd1 Qa7 26. Qc2 h6 (26... Rxa3 $143 27. Rxa3 Qxa3 28. Ra1 Qxa1+ 29. Nxa1 Rxa1+ 30. Bf1 $14) 27. Be2 Nd5 28. e4 N5f6 29. f3 b5 (29... Rxa3 $143 30. Rxa3 Qxa3 31. Ra1 Qxa1+ 32. Nxa1 Rxa1+ 33. Kf2 $16) 30. cxb6 Qxb6+ 31. Kh2 Rxa3 32. Rxa3 Rxa3 33. Nd4 {Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} c5 34. Nb5 Qb8+ 35. g3 (35. Kg1 Ra6 $15) 35... Re3 $17 36. Nd6 Ne5 37. Kg2 (37. f4 Nc6 38. Bb5 Nd4 39. Qxc5 Nxb5 40. Qxe3 Nxd6 41. Rxd6 Qxd6 $17) 37... Qb4 $19 38. Qd2 Qa3 39. Rf1 Rb3 40. Rf2 Rb2 (40... Qb4 41. Qxb4 cxb4 42. Rf1 $19) 41. Nb5 (41. Nc4 Nxc4 ( 41... Rxd2 $143 42. Nxa3 Rd4 43. Bb5 $17) 42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Bxc4 Rxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Qb2+ 45. Be2 c4 $19) 41... Qa2 42. Qe3 c4 43. Nc3 Qa5 44. f4 Nc6 45. e5 (45. Bxc4 $4 Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2 Qxc3 47. Qxc3 Nxe4+ 48. Ke3 Nxc3 $19) 45... Nd5 (45... Rb3 46. exf6 Qxc3 47. Qxc3 Rxc3 48. f5 exf5 49. Rf4 $19) 46. Nxd5 exd5 47. e6 Qb6 48. exf7+ Kxf7 49. Qa3 Rb4 50. Bf3 Qc5 51. f5 Ne5 52. Re2 Nxf3 (52... c3 $142 $5 53. Qa8 Rb2 (53... Nxf3 $4 54. Qe8+ Kf6 55. Qg6#) 54. Rxb2 cxb2 55. Qb7+ Kf6 56. Qxb2 Kxf5 57. g4+ Ke6 $17) 53. Qxf3 $11 Qc6 54. Qh5+ Kf8 55. f6 Rb7 56. Qg6 d4+ 57. Kh2 gxf6 58. Qxh6+ Rg7 59. Qh8+ Kf7 60. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "TKM/SF/01"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Benassi, Aspasio"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e3 d5 3. Bb2 Qb6 4. a3 a5 5. b5 Nf6 6. a4 Bg4 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Rc8 10. Nc3 $146 (10. Na3 e6 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. Rfc1 O-O 15. Bf1 Nfe4 16. Qd1 Bd6 17. g3 e5 18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nb1 f5 20. d4 exd4 21. exd4 Ne4 22. c4 f4 23. g4 f3 24. Ra2 Qf7 { Larsen,B-Garcia,J/Arrecife de Lanzarote 1976/0-1}) 10... e5 11. Rb1 Bb4 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rfe8 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Ba1 Qc5 16. Rfd1 d4 17. exd4 exd4 18. Na2 Qxc2 19. Nxb4 axb4 20. Bxd4 c5 (20... Qxa4 $2 21. Ra1 Qc2 22. Bd3 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 $18) 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. a5 Qe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Rb2 Re7 25. Rc1 Nd6 26. d4 c4 27. Bxc4 Nxc4 28. Rxb4 Nd6 29. Rxc8+ Nxc8 30. Rb8 Re8 31. a6 Kf8 32. Rb7 ( 32. d5 $5 $14) 32... Nd6 $15 33. Rd7 Nb5 34. Rb7 (34. d5 Ra8 35. Rb7 Nd6 $17) 34... Nxd4 $15 35. a7 Nc6 36. Rc7 Nb4 37. Rb7 Na6 38. f4 g6 39. Kf2 Kg7 40. Rb6 Nc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "email 4AMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Steuer"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e3 d5 3. Bb2 Qb6 4. a3 a5 5. Bd4 Qc7 6. f4 Bf5 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. b5 c5 9. Bb2 Ngf6 10. Be2 h6 11. O-O e6 12. h3 Bd6 13. Nh4 Bh7 14. c4 d4 15. g3 e5 16. Ng2 {last book move} O-O 17. f5 e4 18. exd4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxg3 20. Ra2 Qd6 21. Be3 Qe5 22. d4 exd3 23. Bxd3 Nc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Rad8 26. Qf3 Bc7 27. Rd2 Rfe8 28. a4 b6 29. Bc2 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Qd6 31. Qf4 Re2 32. Qxd6 Bxd6 33. Rd1 Bb4 34. c5 Rxd2 (34... Bxd2 $6 35. Bd3 Re5 36. Rxd2 Rxc5 37. Ne3 $17) 35. Rxd2 Bxd2 36. cxb6 Nd7 37. b7 g6 38. fxg6 Bxg6 39. Bxg6 fxg6 40. Kg1 Bb4 41. Nf4 Kf7 42. Nd3 Ke6 43. Nf4+ Kf5 44. Nd5 Ke5 45. Nc7 Bd6 (45... Bd6 46. Na6 Kd5 $19) 0-1 [Event "corr TKM/A001"] [Site "?"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Van Esbroeck, Jeff"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "1999.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. a3 Bf5 5. Nf3 Nbd7 (5... h6 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. d4 e5 8. c4 Bg7 9. Nc3 Be6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Nc5 Bc8 13. Be2 b6 14. Nb3 e4 15. Nfd2 f5 16. Ra2 a5 17. bxa5 bxa5 18. a4 Na6 19. O-O Nb4 20. Ra3 { Gschwendtner,M-Rudolph,J (2245)/BL2-Sued 2000/1/2-1/2 (44)}) 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3 $146 (8. Nh4 Bg6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nc3 a6 11. Na2 b5 12. Nc1 c5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Nd3 c4 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qe1 Qc7 18. Rf3 a5 19. Rh3 f5 20. Bf3 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Bxa1 Bxb4 { Gretencord,U (1785)-Peetoom,F (1775)/DESC 2001/0-1 (44)}) (8. Nh4 Be4 $11) 8... Qe7 (8... a5 9. bxa5 (9. Qe1 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Bxa1 Qb6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. c3) (9. Qd2 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Bxa1 Qb6 12. c3 O-O 13. Bb2) 9... Qxa5 (9... Rxa5 10. Bc3 (10. Nd4 Bg6 11. f4 O-O 12. c4 dxc4 13. dxc4) 10... Ra4 11. Bb2 O-O 12. c4 Ra6 13. Nh4) 10. Nbd2 $15 (10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. h3 Qb6 13. Ra2) (10. Nd4 Bg6 11. f4 O-O 12. Nd2 c5 13. N4b3) 10... e5 11. c4 O-O 12. d4 e4 13. Nh4) (8... e5 9. c4 O-O (9... Qe7 10. Nbd2 (10. Nc3 dxc4 11. dxc4 e4 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Qc2) 10... O-O 11. Qc2 Rfd8 12. c5 Bc7 13. e4) 10. Nc3 (10. Nbd2 Re8 11. e4 Bg6 12. Qc2 b6 13. cxd5) (10. c5 Bc7 11. Qc2 Qb8 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. e4 ) 10... Qe7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Bb8 13. Rc1) 9. Nbd2 (9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nd2 (10. f4 a5 11. Nc3 b5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e4) (10. c4 dxc4 11. dxc4 O-O-O 12. Qa4 Kb8 13. Rd1) 10... a5 11. Nb3 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1) 9... e5 10. c4 O-O 11. e4 (11. c5 Bc7 $11 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. h3) 11... dxe4 $15 12. Nh4 Be6 13. dxe4 Bc7 14. Qc2 Rfd8 (14... c5 15. b5 $11) 15. c5 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nxc5 17. bxc5 Rxd2 18. Bc3 Bd5 (18... Rxe2 $5 19. Qxe2 Qxh4 $14) 19. Nf5 $16 Qf6 (19... Bxe4 $2 20. Nxe7+ Kf8 21. Bxd2 Kxe7 22. Rad1 $18) (19... Qxc5 $4 20. Qg4 Qf8 21. Bxd2 $18) 20. Qb1 Rxe2 21. Ng3 Ra2 22. Rxa2 Bxa2 23. Qxa2 b6 (23... Qe7 24. Nf5 Qf6 25. Qb1 $18) 24. f4 $1 Re8 (24... exf4 25. Nh5) 25. Bxe5 Qe7 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. Qc2 bxc5 28. Qxc5 Re6 29. Nf5 Qb6 30. Qxb6 axb6 31. Rd1 h6 32. Kf2 Re4 33. Rd4 Re8 (33... Rxd4 34. Nxd4 c5 35. Nb5 $18) 34. Rd6 Re4 35. g3 Ra4 36. Rxc6 Rxa3 37. Rxb6 Ra2+ 38. Kg1 Ra7 39. Kg2 h5 40. Nd6 f6 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Rb7 Rxb7 43. Nxb7 g6 44. Nd6 (44. f5 Kg7 $18) 44... Kg7 (44... Kh6 45. f5 $18) 45. f5 g5 46. Ne4 Kf7 47. h4 (47. Kf3 $142 $18) 47... g4 (47... gxh4 48. gxh4 Kg7 $18) 48. Kf2 Ke7 49. Ke3 Kf7 50. Kd4 Ke7 51. Kd5 Kf7 52. Kd6 (52. Kd6 Ke8 53. Nxf6+ Kf8 54. Ke6 Kg7 55. Nxh5+ Kg8 56. Nf6+ Kf8 57. Nd7+ Kg7 58. f6+ Kg8 59. f7+ Kg7 60. f8=Q+ Kg6 61. Ne5+ Kh7 62. Qf7+ Kh6 63. Nxg4#) 1-0 [Event "NED Netherlands"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Black "De Waard, Jos"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. Qb3 e6 6. h3 (6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bxe2 8. Nxe2 Bd6 $11) 6... Bh5 (6... Bf5 7. Nf3 $15) 7. Ne2 (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 Bd6 $15) 7... Bd6 (7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 Bg6 9. Nf4 $15) 8. d3 (8. c5 Bc7 $11) 8... Nbd7 9. Nd2 (9. c5 Bc7 $15) 9... a5 (9... Bg6 10. g3 $15) 10. a3 (10. c5 Be7 11. Nf4 axb4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 $15) 10... Bg6 11. Nf4 Bf5 (11... Bxf4 12. exf4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 $15) 12. g4 $11 Bxf4 13. gxf5 Bc7 ( 13... Bd6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Rg1 $11) 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Bg2 O-O 16. Ke2 (16. f4 Bb6 17. c5 Bc7 $11) 16... Ne5 (16... a4 17. Qc2 $11) 17. f4 (17. bxa5 Ned7 $11) 17... Ng6 18. Rhg1 (18. bxa5 Bxa5 19. Rhg1 d4 $11) 18... d4 $15 19. Bxd4 (19. f5 a4 20. Qc2 exf5 21. Bxd4 Nf4+ 22. Kd1 Ne6 $15) 19... Nxf4+ 20. exf4 { Theme: Deflection from d4} (20. Kd1 $5 $15) 20... Qxd4 $17 21. Nf3 Qxf4 (21... Qxf4 22. bxa5 Rxa5 $19) 0-1 [Event "corr 3GMM-32"] [Site "?"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Stobbe, Arthur"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. g4 $146 (5. Qb3 Be7 (5... a5 6. b5 a4 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxb5 9. Bxb5+ Bd7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nc3 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Nc6 13. Rb1 Be7 14. Ne2 O-O 15. a3 Qd7 16. Nec3 Rfc8 17. d4 Nb4 18. Qe2 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. e4 { Shtyrenkov,V (2470)-Nalivajko,E (2435)/Alushta Puchko mem 2002 (56)}) (5... Nbd7 6. Nf3 b6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nd4 Bb7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Bxe6 a5 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. bxa5 bxa5 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Rfc8 18. Nd4 Ba6 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Kf2 {Pommerel,W-Woischke,N/TKM/SF/01 2001/0-1 (60)}) 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 Ne4 8. O-O Bf6 9. d4 Nd7 10. a4 Nd6 11. Nbd2 b6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Rac1 Qb7 14. Bf3 Be7 15. Nxc6 Nf6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bb7 {Makowski-Hudziak/Rzeszow 1987/1-0 (33)}) (5. c5 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 b6 8. d4 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. O-O bxc5 12. bxc5 Ne4 13. Ne5 Bf6 14. Nxc6 Qb7 15. Bc3 Nexc5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qg4 Bxc3 18. Nxc3 Qxc6 19. Qe2 Rfb8 {hal1958-Freitag/playchess.de 2004/0-1 (44)}) (5. Nf3 Bxb4 6. Qb3 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ne5 Qc7 9. f4 O-O 10. Be2 Bf5 11. g4 Be6 12. g5 Ne4 13. d3 Nc5 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Qc3 f6 17. Qc2 fxg5 18. Rg1 Ne6 { 0-1 Mueller,F-Bendig,F/corr SOK-89-42 1990}) (5. a3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 b5 $15) 5... dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bxb4 7. g5 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nd6 (8... Nxg5 $143 9. h4 $14) 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 g6 11. Bf6 Qa5 12. h4 Nd7 13. h5 Nxf6 14. gxf6 Qd5 15. Ke2 e5 16. Rh4 Ba5 17. Nc3 Bxc3 18. Rg1 $4 (18. dxc3 e4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. c4 $15) 18... e4 $19 19. Rxe4 (19. Qxc3 exf3+ 20. Ke1 Bf5 $19 (20... Qxa2 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Rxg6+ Kf7 24. Rg7+ Ke8 25. Qe5+ Qe6 26. Re7+ Kd8 27. Rxe6 Nf5 28. Rd6+ Bd7 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Rh7+ Ng7 31. Rxg7+ Rf7 32. Rxf7+ Kd8 33. Qd6+ Ke8 34. Qe7#)) 19... Bxf6 (19... Nxe4 $6 20. Bxe4 Qb5+ 21. Bd3 Qxh5 22. Qxc3 $19) 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rf4 Bg7 22. Rg5 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 (23... gxf5 $6 24. d3 $19) 24. Kf1 Rad8 25. d4 Rfe8 26. e4 (26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. axb3 Nxe3+ 28. fxe3 Rxe3 $19) 26... Nxd4 27. Qd2 (27. exd5 Nxc2 28. dxc6 bxc6 29. Ra5 $19) 27... Qc4+ (27... Qc4+ 28. Kg2 Nxf3 $19) 0-1 [Event "TKM/SF/01"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Woischke, Norbert"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 e6 5. Qb3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 b6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. cxd5 (8. Nd4 Bb7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f4 O-O 11. Be2 $11) 8... cxd5 9. Nd4 Bb7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Bxe6 a5 14. Bxd7 (14. Bc4 Bxb4 15. a3 Be7 16. O-O Nc5 17. Qd1 $11) 14... Qxd7 15. bxa5 bxa5 (15... Bd5 16. Qb5 (16. Qc2 Rxa5 $15) 16... Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Rxa5 18. a4 Bb3 19. Nd4 Bxa4 20. Bc3 Raa8 21. Nf5 Bf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. O-O (23. d4 exd3 24. Kd2 Bb5 25. Rhb1 Bc4 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Rxb6 Ra2+ 28. Kc3 Rc2+ 29. Kb4) (23. Kf2) 23... Bd7 24. Nd6 f5 25. Rfc1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1) 16. Qb5 (16. O-O a4 17. Qd1 Ba6 18. Rf2 Rab8 19. Bc3 Rb6 20. Qh5 Rfb8 21. h3 $11) 16... Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Rfc8 18. Nd4 Ba6 19. Nf5 (19. h4 Bd3 20. g4 Rab8 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Bc3 a4 23. h5 f6 24. Kf2 Ba3 25. Kg3 Kf7 26. Rag1 Rc5 $11) 19... Bf8 20. Kf2 f6 21. Bc3 a4 22. g4 Bd3 23. h4 Kf7 24. g5 Rab8 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Rhg1 Rc7 27. Rac1 Rc4 28. Nd4 a3 29. Nb3 Rbc8 30. f5 Rd8 31. Nd4 h5 32. Rg6 Rc5 33. Rgg1 Rb8 34. Kg3 Bd6+ 35. Kg2 Bc4 36. Kf2 Bxa2 37. Ra1 Rxc3 38. Rxa2 Rc4 39. Ke2 Rcc8 40. Rga1 Rg8 41. Rxa3 Bxa3 42. Rxa3 Rg2+ 43. Kd1 Rh2 44. Ra7+ Kg8 45. Ne6 Rxh4 46. Rg7+ Kh8 47. Rf7 Rh1+ 48. Ke2 Rg8 49. Nf4 Rh2+ 50. Kd1 Rd8 51. Ne2 Rd6 52. Re7 Rd5 53. Rxe4 Rxf5 54. Nf4 Ra5 55. Kc2 Kg7 56. Kc3 h4 57. Re7+ Kh6 58. d4 h3 59. Re8 Kg7 60. Re7+ Kg8 0-1 [Event "corr 3GMM-32"] [Site "?"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Zylla, Johannes"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. c4 (2. Bb2 d5 $11) 2... d5 3. e3 (3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 $11) 3... e6 (3... e5 4. Bb2 f6 5. a3 $15) 4. Bb2 (4. a3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a5 $11) 4... Nf6 (4... Bxb4 $2 5. Bxg7 dxc4 6. Bxh8 $18) 5. a3 a5 6. b5 Bd6 7. d4 b6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Be2 c5 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd7 12. bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nb5 $11) 11. O-O (11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 $11) 11... dxc4 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd8 (13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rc8 $11) 13... Rxd8 14. Ne5 Nbd7 15. Nxc4 Rac8 16. Na4 Bd5 17. Nxc5 (17. Rac1 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bd6 $11) 17... Rxc5 18. Rfc1 (18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd2 Rc2 $11) 18... Bxc4 (18... Rxb5 19. Bd4 $15) 19. Bxc4 $11 Rdc8 20. Ba2 (20. Bd3 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Nc5 $14) 20... a4 21. Rab1 (21. Rxc5 Rxc5 22. Rc1 Rxb5 $11) 21... Rc2 $15 22. Rd1 h6 (22... Nc5 23. Rd6 $11) 23. Rbc1 $11 R8c5 {Black gets the initiative} 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Bxf6 gxf6 (25... Nxf6 $4 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Bb1 $18) 26. Bb1 Rc3 27. Bd3 Kf8 (27... Ne5 28. Bf1 $15) 28. Bf1 (28. Be2 Ne5 29. f4 Rxe3 $14) 28... Ke7 29. Ra1 Nc5 30. g3 (30. Ra2 $5 $15) 30... Rc2 $17 31. Kg2 (31. Bg2 Nb3 32. Rd1 Ra2 $17) 31... f5 32. Kg1 Nb3 33. Rd1 Ra2 34. Bc4 Rxa3 35. Rd3 (35. Kf1 Nc5 $17) 35... Ra1+ $19 36. Kg2 Nc5 37. Rc3 a3 (37... a3 38. Kf3 Kd6 $19) 0-1 [Event "corr"] [Site "?"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Kratz"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1987.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. b4 c5 3. bxc5 $14 Qa5 4. e3 (4. Bb2 Nc6 $11) 4... Nd7 (4... Nc6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 $14) 5. Be2 (5. Bb2 Ngf6 $14) 5... Nxc5 (5... e5 6. Bb2 e4 7. Nd4 $11) 6. O-O (6. Bb2 Nf6 $14) 6... Bg4 7. d4 (7. Bb2 e6 $14) 7... Ne4 $11 8. Nbd2 (8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Ngf6 $14) 8... Nc3 {Black launches an attack} 9. Qe1 Nf6 (9... Nxe2+ 10. Qxe2 Nf6 11. Rb1 $11) 10. Kh1 (10. Bd3 e6 11. Nb1 Bxf3 12. gxf3 $16 (12. Nxc3 $6 Ne4 $11) (12. Qxc3 $6 Qxc3 13. Nxc3 Bh5 $11)) 10... Nxe2 $15 11. Qxe2 Rc8 12. Qd3 (12. Rb1 $5 $17) 12... Rc3 $19 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Qd1 Ne4 (14... e6 15. Rb1 $19) 15. Ba3 Rxc2 16. Nc5 (16. Kg1 b6 $19) 16... Nxf2+ (16... Nxc5 17. Qxc2 Na6 18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. Rfc1 $16) 17. Rxf2 Rxf2 18. Kg1 Bxf3 (18... Rxf3 $142 $5 19. gxf3 Bd7 $19) 19. Qa4+ $15 Qc6 20. Qxc6+ bxc6 21. Kxf2 Be4 ( 21... Bg4 22. Rb1 f6 23. Rb8+ Kf7 24. Nb7 $11) 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Rb1 f5 24. Rb8+ Kf7 25. Ra8 h5 26. Rxa7 g5 27. Bc5 (27. Rc7 Rh6 $11) 27... Kf6 28. Ra8 ( 28. a4 e5 29. Rc7 Bxc5 30. Rxc6+ Kf7 31. Rxc5 exd4 32. Rxf5+ Kg6 $11) 28... h4 (28... Ke6 29. a4 Bg7 30. Rxh8 Bxh8 31. a5 $18) 29. a4 h3 (29... f4 $142 $5 $14 ) 30. g3 f4 31. a5 (31. a5 fxe3+ 32. Ke2 $18) 1-0 [Event "corr 3AMMsemi-01"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Buss, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Ne5 Bf5 $15 4. e3 (4. a3 Nd7 5. d4 Nxe5 6. dxe5 e6 $15) 4... Qd6 5. d4 Nc6 (5... Qxb4+ 6. Nd2 Qa5 7. Rb1 $11) 6. Nxc6 (6. g4 Be4 (6... Qxb4+ $143 7. c3 Qd6 8. Ba3 $16) 7. f3 Nxe5 (7... Qxb4+ $2 8. c3 Qb6 9. fxe4 $18) 8. fxe4 Nd7 $11 (8... Qxb4+ $2 9. c3 Qa5 10. dxe5 $18)) 6... Qxc6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 e6 9. b5 Qd7 (9... Qb6 10. c4 a6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. bxa6 Qxa6 13. Qb3 $11) 10. Ba3 Nf6 (10... Bxa3 11. Nxa3 a6 12. c4 $11) 11. Bxf8 Rxf8 12. Nd2 O-O-O (12... c6 $11) 13. O-O-O (13. O-O $5 $14) 13... Qd6 $15 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nxc4 (15. Qxc4 Kb8 $11) 15... Qd5 16. f3 Ne8 (16... h5 17. Qb3 $11) 17. a4 (17. Qb3 Nd6 18. Nxd6+ Qxd6 $11) 17... Nd6 (17... Nf6 18. e4 Qh5 19. Rd2 $11) 18. Nxd6+ Rxd6 19. Rd2 (19. Qxh7 Qg5 20. Qe4 Qxg2 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "NED-ch2 email"] [Site "?"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Black "Gouma, Ronald"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1999.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Qd6 3. a3 e5 4. e3 Be6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. d3 f6 7. Be2 c6 (7... O-O-O 8. O-O g5 9. c4 h5 10. Nbd2 h4 11. Rc1 g4 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. c5 Qe7 14. c6 Nb6 15. b5 g3 16. fxg3 hxg3 17. h3 Nf5 18. Rf3 e4 19. dxe4 dxe4 20. Rf4 Nxe3 21. Rxe4 Nxd1 22. Bxd1 { oldi62 (1685)-alf5656/kurnik 2013/0-1}) 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. c4 Nh6 10. O-O $146 (10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O O-O 12. b5 b6 13. a4 Qc7 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Rc1 Qb7 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Qb1 Nf5 18. Rc1 Kf7 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Qc1 Qxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Nc5 22. d4 exd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. exd4 Nxa4 {exp2005-smonza/kurnik 2011/1-0 (45)}) (10. e4 d4 $11) 10... O-O 11. Qb3 Nf7 12. Rfc1 (12. d4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 a5 $11) 12... f5 (12... Rfe8 13. d4 $11) 13. Qc3 Bf6 14. cxd5 Bxd5 (14... Qxd5 15. e4 Qb5 16. Re1 $11) 15. e4 Be6 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ne4 Qe6 18. Nxf6+ (18. Re1 Nb6 $11) 18... Qxf6 (18... gxf6 $143 19. d4 Be4 20. Qe3 $16) 19. d4 e4 20. Ne5 Nb6 21. Qg3 (21. a4 Be6 22. Qg3 Nd6 $11) 21... Na4 22. Bc3 Nxc3 (22... Rad8 23. Bc4 Be6 24. d5 Nxc3 25. dxe6 Nxe5 26. Qxc3 Qxf2+ 27. Kh1 Nxc4 28. e7 $17) 23. Rxc3 Be6 24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Nxf7 (25. Re3 Bd5 $11) 25... Rxf7 $11 { Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn} 26. Bc4 (26. Qe3 Rdf8 $11) 26... Bxc4 $15 27. Rxc4 b5 28. Rc5 (28. Rcc1 Rxd4 29. h3 Rd5 $15) 28... Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qxd4 30. h3 Qa1+ (30... Rf6 31. Rxc6 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Rxc6 33. Qb8+ Kf7 34. Qb7+ Ke6 35. Qxc6+ Qd6+ 36. Qxd6+ Kxd6 37. Kg3 $17) 31. Kh2 $11 Qf6 32. Re5 (32. Qg4 a5 $11) 32... h6 (32... Re7 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Kh1 $15) 33. Kg1 (33. Rxe4 Qxf2 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Qxf2 Rxf2 $11) 33... Re7 34. Rxe7 Qxe7 35. Qe3 Kf7 (35... Kf8 36. Qf4+ Ke8 37. Qb8+ Kf7 38. Qf4+ Kg6 39. Qe3 $11) 36. Qf4+ Kg6 37. g4 (37. Qe3 Qe5 $11 ) 37... Qe6 $15 38. Qe3 Qd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Eifrig, Thomas"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 $15 Qd6 3. a3 e5 4. e3 Nc6 (4... Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bb5 $15) 5. Nf3 {White fights for the Initiative} Bg4 6. b5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e4 8. Qd1 Ne5 9. d4 Nc4 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Qe2 a6 (11... Qd5 12. Nd2 $11) 12. Qxc4 $14 c6 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Rb1 Qd5 (15... Be7 16. f3 exf3 17. gxf3 $14) 16. Bc1 (16. Qxd5 $142 cxd5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 $16) 16... c5 $2 (16... Be7 $142 $5 $16) 17. Qxd5 $18 Nxd5 18. c4 (18. Nxe4 $5 c4 $18) 18... Nf6 $16 19. d5 Bd6 20. Bb2 Rb8 21. Ke2 O-O (21... Ke7 22. Bxf6+ Kxf6 23. Nxe4+ Ke7 24. Nxd6 Kxd6 $18) 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Nxe4 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bxh2 (24... Rd8 25. Rb6 (25. Nxf6+ $143 Kg7 26. Ne4 f5 $18) 25... Bxh2 26. Rxa6 $18 (26. Nxc5 $143 Bd6 27. Nb7 Bc7 28. Rxa6 Rd7 $18)) 25. g3 Kg7 (25... Rc8 26. Nxf6+ Kg7 27. Ng4 Bxg3 28. fxg3 $18) 26. Rh1 Bxg3 27. fxg3 Rb8 (27... Rc8 28. Rf1 $18) 28. Nxc5 Rb2+ (28... Rc8 29. Nxa6 Rxc4 30. Kd3 $18) 29. Kf3 a5 30. d6 Rd2 31. d7 Rd6 (31... f5 32. Kf4 Kf6 33. Rh2 $18) 32. Rh4 (32. Ke4 Kg6 $18) 32... Kg6 33. Rd4 Rxd7 34. Nxd7 h5 35. c5 (35. c5 f5 36. c6 $18) 1-0 [Event "corr sok"] [Site "?"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Gross, Wilhelm"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. c4 dxc4 (4... Bxb4 $2 5. Bxg7 Bxb1 6. Rxb1 $18 (6. Bxh8 $6 Bf5 $18)) 5. Bxc4 Qh4 (5... Nc6 6. Bb5 $11) 6. d3 (6. Bd4 $5 $11) 6... Bxb4+ $15 7. Nd2 (7. Bc3 Qf6 8. Bxb4 Qxa1 $18) 7... Nf6 (7... Qg5 8. Qf3 Nc6 9. Nh3 Bxh3 10. Qxh3 $17) 8. Ngf3 Qg4 9. h3 (9. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 10. Rg1 $15) 9... Qxg2 $17 10. Qa4+ (10. Rh2 $142 $5 Bxd2+ 11. Kxd2 $17) 10... Nc6 $19 11. Ke2 Qg6 (11... Bxd2 $142 12. Nxd2 Ng4 $19) 12. Ne5 Qh5+ 13. Ndf3 O-O-O $4 ( 13... Bd6 $142 14. Nxc6 bxc6 $15) 14. Nxc6 $18 Be4 $4 (14... bxc6 15. Qxb4 Kd7 16. Rag1 $18) 15. Nce5 (15. Nxa7+ Kb8 16. dxe4 Rd2+ 17. Kf1 Rxb2 18. Nd4 $16) 15... a5 16. Rad1 Bxf3+ 17. Nxf3 c6 (17... Bd6 18. Rc1 $18) 18. a3 (18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qc2 b5 $18) 18... Bd6 (18... b5 19. Qc2 Bd6 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bb3 $16) 19. Qc2 (19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rb1 Rhg8 $18) 19... Ne8 (19... Kd7 20. Rhg1 Rhg8 21. Rg5 Qxh3 22. Rdg1 $18) 20. Rdg1 {The game is finished by a kings attack} h6 ( 20... Kd7 21. Rg5 (21. Bxg7 $143 Nxg7 22. Rxg7 Rhg8 23. Rxg8 Rxg8 $18) 21... Qh6 22. Rxa5 $18) 21. Rg4 (21. Bxg7 Nxg7 22. Rxg7 Bf8 $18) 21... Rg8 22. Rh4 Qf5 23. e4 Qh7 24. Ba6 (24. Rh5 g5 25. h4 g4 $18) 24... Rd7 $2 (24... bxa6 $142 25. Qxc6+ Nc7 $16) 25. Qxc6+ Rc7 26. Bxb7+ Kb8 27. Qb6 Bc5 28. Qa6 { Threatening mate... how?} Rxb7 29. Be5+ (29. Be5+ Nc7 30. Qxa5 $18) 1-0 [Event "corr"] [Site "?"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Gross, Wilhelm"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. b5 c5 (5... a6 6. a4 $15) 6. Nbd2 h6 (6... Qa5 7. c4 $15) 7. g3 (7. e4 dxe4 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. dxe4 Bg4 $11) 7... Nbd7 8. c4 Bd6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bh7 (10... Qc7 11. a4 $11) 11. cxd5 (11. a4 a6 $11 ) 11... exd5 12. Qb3 Re8 {Black fights for the Initiative} 13. e3 Qb6 14. a4 a6 15. Nh4 (15. Bh3 axb5 16. axb5 Be7 $11) 15... Be5 $15 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. bxa6 Qxa6 {d3 draws heavy fire} 18. d4 c4 19. Qc3 Nc6 20. Rfc1 Qa5 21. Qxa5 Rxa5 22. Nb1 g5 23. Nf3 b5 24. Nfd2 b4 (24... Nb4 $142 $5 25. Nc3 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rxa4 27. Nxa4 Ra8 $17) 25. Nxc4 $11 Nxd4 26. Nxa5 (26. exd4 dxc4) 26... Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxc1 28. Nd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "email 4AMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Coltharp, Cameron"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. a3 Nbd7 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nh4 (8. d3 O-O (8... Qe7 9. Nbd2 e5 10. c4 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nh4 Be6 13. dxe4 Bc7 14. Qc2 Rfd8 15. c5 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nxc5 17. bxc5 Rxd2 18. Bc3 Bd5 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. Qb1 Rxe2 21. Ng3 Ra2 22. Rxa2 Bxa2 23. Qxa2 { Pommerel,W-Van Esbroeck,J/corr TKM/A001 1999/1-0 (52)}) 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. h3 Be5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 13. d4 Qc7 14. c4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bf3 Qe7 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Rc1 a6 20. Qc2 Qe7 21. Qc5 Qd7 22. a4 Rac8 { ejdrzej (1640)-wraith (1715)/kurnik 2014/1-0 (79)}) 8... Bg6 9. f4 Ne4 $146 ( 9... Qc7 10. d3 a5 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Rb1 axb4 13. axb4 b6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Rf3 g5 {^--^- pcmvr (2000)-Frodo (1950)/chesshere.com 2006}) (9... Qc7 10. Bd4 $11) 10. Nxg6 $14 hxg6 11. d3 Qh4 (11... Nef6 $5 $11) 12. dxe4 $16 Qxh2+ 13. Kf2 g5 14. exd5 (14. Bxg7 Rh7 15. Bd4 gxf4 16. exf4 Bxf4 $11) 14... gxf4 $14 15. Bf3 cxd5 (15... exd5 16. Bd4 $14) 16. exf4 Bxf4 17. Qd3 (17. Nc3 Ne5 18. Rh1 Qg3+ 19. Ke2 O-O-O 20. Rxh8 Rxh8 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qxd5 Nxf3 23. Qxf3 Qg5 $15) 17... Be5 (17... O-O-O 18. Ke2 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nc3 $11) 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 (18... Qxe5 19. Nd2 $14) 19. Qb5+ $16 Kd8 20. Nd2 (20. Qxb7 Rc8 21. c3 Rh3 22. Bxd5 Qg3+ (22... exd5 $6 23. Qxd5+ Ke8 24. Ke2 $11) 23. Ke2 Qd3+ 24. Ke1 Re3+ 25. Kf2 Re2+ 26. Kg1 Qe3+ (26... Qxd5 $6 27. Qxd5+ exd5 28. Rd1 $17) 27. Kh2 Ng4+ 28. Kh1 Qh6+ 29. Kg1 Qh2#) 20... Qf4 (20... Rc8 21. Rac1 $14) 21. Ke2 $16 Rc8 ( 21... Nxf3 22. Nxf3 Rc8 23. Kd1 $16 (23. Qxb7 $143 Qe4+ 24. Kd1 Qxc2+ 25. Ke1 Qe4+ 26. Kd1 Qd3+ 27. Nd2 Rh5 $11)) 22. Bxd5 Qg4+ 23. Bf3 Nxf3 24. Nxf3 (24. gxf3 Rh2+ 25. Kd1 Qg2 26. Qd3+ Ke7 $19) 24... Qxg2+ (24... Rxc2+ 25. Ke3 Qxg2 26. Rac1 $18) 25. Ke1 Rxc2 26. Rd1+ (26. Qd3+ $5 Kc8 27. Nd2 $14) 26... Kc8 $11 27. Qd7+ Kb8 28. Qd6+ Ka8 (28... Kc8 29. Rd2 Rc1+ 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 $11) 29. Qd8+ $14 Rc8 30. Qd2 Qg3+ 31. Ke2 Qg4 32. Rc1 e5 33. Qg5 Qe4+ 34. Kf2 (34. Qe3 Qxe3+ 35. Kxe3 f6 $11) 34... Rc2+ 35. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 36. Kg1 e4 37. Nh4 (37. Qxg7 $2 Qc8 38. Qxf7 Rg8+ (38... exf3 $143 39. Rxf3 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 $17) 39. Kf2 Rf8 $19) 37... Qc7 38. Rc1 Qb6+ 39. Rc5 a6 40. Qe3 Qe6 (40... Rxh4 $143 41. Rc8+ Ka7 42. Ra8+ Kxa8 43. Qxb6 Rg4+ 44. Kf2 $18) 41. Ng2 Rd8 42. Qf4 f6 43. Ne3 Rd3 44. Rh5 Qc8 45. Ra5 $4 (45. Nf1 $142 Qe8 46. Rh4 $11) 45... Qc1+ $19 ( 45... Qc1+ 46. Kg2 Rxe3 $19) 0-1 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Glanzmann, Peter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1991.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Nbd7 6. Be2 c5 7. bxc5 Bxc5 8. d3 (8. Nh4 Be4 $15) 8... Qb6 9. Bd4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Rfc8 11. c4 Bg6 (11... Qd6 12. cxd5 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd5 14. Nc4 $11) 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 (12... gxf6 $143 13. cxd5 exd5 14. d4 $14) 13. d4 Be7 14. Ne5 Bf5 15. g4 Be4 16. f3 Bg6 17. g5 Ne8 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Rg1 Qb2 {The isolani on a3 becomes a target} 20. Kf2 (20. Rb1 Qxa3 21. Rb3 Qd6 $17) 20... b6 (20... dxc4 21. Qc1 c3 22. Qxb2 cxb2 23. Ra2 $19 ) 21. cxd5 (21. Qc1 Qxc1 22. Rgxc1 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Bxg5 $11) 21... exd5 $15 22. a4 Bb4 23. Nb3 Rc2 24. Nc1 Rac8 25. Nd3 Qc3 26. Rc1 Be7 (26... Bd6 27. Rxc2 Qxc2 28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. e4 $11) 27. Rxc2 Qxc2 28. Nf4 (28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. h4 Ba3 $14) 28... Qa2 29. Qb1 Qxa4 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr SOK-92-89"] [Site "?"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Merten, Rainer"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1992.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 c5 6. bxc5 Bxc5 7. c4 (7. Be2 O-O 8. Nh4 Be4 9. d3 Bg6 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Nxg6 fxg6 12. d4 Bd6 13. c4 Qc7 14. c5 Bxh2 15. Qb3 a5 16. Rb1 a4 17. Qd3 e5 18. Nf1 exd4 19. Nxh2 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 Ne4 21. Nf3 Nxc5 {Fritz 6 (2220)-Doctor 3.0/1-0}) 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 $146 (8... O-O 9. O-O (9. d4 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. O-O Rc8 12. Re1 Na5 13. Bb3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 b6 15. e4 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qd7 20. Rc2 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Qd3 h6 23. f4 Nh5 { mtr-Wichtel4/internet 2001/1-0 (32)}) 9... Bd3 10. Bb3 Bxf1 11. Kxf1 Qd3+ 12. Kg1 Nc6 13. Bc2 Qd8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qe7 16. Nc3 Rfd8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxa3 19. Qg4 f6 20. Bc3 f5 21. Bxf5 exf5 22. Qxf5 Rac8 23. h3 { novemberrain1-diklo/kurnik 2014/0-1 (35)}) 9. d3 O-O 10. Nbd2 b5 (10... Nb6 11. Nd4 $15) 11. Bxb5 $11 Rb8 12. a4 Bxd3 13. Bxd3 Rxb2 14. Nc4 {White plans a5} Rb7 15. O-O Qe7 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Rfb1 Bb4 18. a5 Nc5 19. Be2 Nce4 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. a6 Rbc7 22. Be2 Nd5 23. Nd4 Bc3 (23... Nd7 24. Qb3 Bc3 25. Ra2 Bxd4 26. exd4 $15) 24. Ra3 Bxd4 25. exd4 Nd7 26. Rh3 h6 27. Qa2 Nf4 28. Rc3 Nxe2+ 29. Qxe2 Nb8 30. d5 (30. Qe5 Nxa6 (30... Rxc4 $143 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Rxb8+ Kh7 33. g3 $14) 31. Rbc1 Nb4 $19) 30... exd5 31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. Ne3 Rd8 (32... Rce8 33. Rcc1 d4 34. Nf5 $17) 33. Nxd5 Red7 (33... Rxd5 $6 34. Rxb8+ Kh7 35. g3 $11) 34. Ne3 Nxa6 35. Rc4 (35. Kf1 Nc7 $17) 35... Nc7 36. Ra4 a6 37. Rc1 Kf8 38. Kf1 Ra8 39. Ke2 Ne6 40. Rcc4 Rb7 41. Ra2 Rb5 42. Rca4 Nc5 43. Ra5 Rab8 44. Kf3 Rxa5 45. Rxa5 Rb5 46. Rxb5 axb5 47. Nc2 Ke8 48. Ke3 Ne6 (48... Kd7 49. f4 $17) 49. Nd4 Nxd4 (49... Nc7 $5 $17) 50. Kxd4 $15 Kd7 51. Kc5 Ke6 52. Kxb5 Kd5 53. Kb6 Kd6 ( 53... g5 $5 $17) 54. Kb5 $15 Kd5 55. Kb6 f5 56. Kc7 (56. h4 f4 57. f3 Kd4 $19) 56... Ke6 (56... f4 57. Kd7 $15) 57. Kc6 $15 g5 58. Kc5 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr"] [Site "?"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Clarizza"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1987.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. b4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. c4 Nbd7 6. c5 a5 7. a3 axb4 8. axb4 Rxa1 9. Bxa1 Be7 10. Be2 (10. Nd4 Bg6 $11) 10... Qa8 (10... O-O 11. Bd4 $11) 11. Bc3 O-O 12. Nd4 (12. O-O Ne4 $11) 12... Bg6 13. d3 (13. O-O Ne4 $11) 13... b6 14. cxb6 Nxb6 (14... cxb6 15. f4 $11) 15. b5 Bd6 16. O-O Na4 (16... Qa4 17. Qxa4 Nxa4 18. Nc6 $11) 17. Nc6 Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Qa3 19. Qa1 Ra8 20. Qxa3 Rxa3 ( 20... Bxa3 $4 21. Ra1 $18) 21. Rc1 h6 22. h3 Rb3 23. Bd1 Rb2 24. Rc2 Rxc2 25. Bxc2 Kf8 26. Kf1 (26. e4 Ba3 $11) 26... h5 (26... Ng8 27. e4 $11) 27. Ke2 h4 ( 27... Ng8 28. e4 dxe4 29. Nxe4 $11) 28. Kd2 Nd7 (28... Ng8 29. e4 dxe4 30. dxe4 $14) 29. Bd1 (29. d4 f5 $14) 29... Ne5 $11 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Na4 (31. d4 Bd6 $11) 31... Bd6 32. Nc3 (32. d4 Bb4+ 33. Nc3 Ke7 $11) 32... Bb4 33. Kc2 (33. d4 Ke7 $11) 33... Ke7 34. Be2 f6 (34... Bd6 35. Kd2 $11) 35. Kb3 (35. Kb2 Kd6 $15) 35... Bd6 36. d4 (36. Kc2 Bc5 37. Na4 Bb4 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr SOK-97-121"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Borrmann, Fritz"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Nd4 Rb8 8. Nxf5 exf5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. a3 Ba5 12. Qc2 f4 13. Nc3 Qe5 $146 (13... Qc5 14. Rb1 fxe3 15. fxe3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. dxc3 Ke7 18. g3 Ne5 19. Ke2 b5 20. Bh3 Rhd8 21. Bf5 h6 22. Rhd1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rb6 24. Ra1 Ra6 25. Bd3 Nxd3 26. Kxd3 Ra4 27. Kc2 a6 28. Kb3 { Pommerel,W (2405)-Rudbeck,J (2340)/corr 3GMM-F 2001/0-1 (58)}) (13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3 fxe3 15. fxe3 $11) 14. Rc1 (14. Rb1 fxe3 15. fxe3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. dxc3 Ke7 $11) 14... Bxc3 (14... fxe3 15. fxe3 Ne7 16. Bc4 $11) 15. Qxc3 fxe3 16. fxe3 Rg8 17. g3 (17. Qb3 Ke7 $11) 17... Rd8 (17... Qd5 18. Rg1 Ne5 19. Be2 $11) 18. Bg2 $14 Qxc3 (18... Rd6 19. Qc2 $14) 19. Rxc3 Rd6 20. Ke2 Kd7 21. Rb1 (21. Be4 Rg5 22. Rb1 f5 $14) 21... Rb8 22. Rc4 f5 23. Rb5 Rf6 (23... Nd8 24. Rxf5 Rh6 25. h3 $16) 24. Rf4 (24. Bxc6+ Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Kxc6 26. Rxf5 Rf8 $16) 24... Ne7 (24... Rh6 25. Rbxf5 Nd8 26. h4 $16) 25. Rh4 (25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Bxb7 Rh6 27. Rd4+ Ke8 $16) 25... c6 26. Ra5 h6 27. Rxa7 Nc8 28. Ra5 Nd6 29. d3 (29. Rf4 Re8 $16) 29... Re8 $14 30. Rf4 Nb5 (30... Rfe6 31. Rf3 $14) 31. Kd2 $16 Nd6 32. e4 (32. Rf3 Rfe6 $14) 32... Rfe6 33. Bh3 fxe4 34. Bxe6+ Rxe6 35. Rh5 f5 36. Rfh4 1-0 [Event "corr 3GMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Rudbeck, Joergen"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2405"] [BlackElo "2340"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. c4 Bxb4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Nd4 Rb8 8. Nxf5 exf5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. a3 Ba5 12. Qc2 (12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. dxc3 Qe4 $11) 12... f4 13. Nc3 Qc5 14. Rb1 fxe3 15. fxe3 Bxc3 (15... Qxa3 16. Bb5 O-O 17. Rb3 $11) 16. Qxc3 $15 Qxc3 17. dxc3 Ke7 18. g3 (18. Rb3 Ne5 $15) 18... Ne5 19. Ke2 (19. Bg2 Rhd8 20. Be4 h6 $15) 19... b5 20. Bh3 (20. Bg2 a6 $15) 20... Rhd8 21. Bf5 h6 22. Rhd1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rb6 24. Ra1 (24. Rb1 a5 $15) 24... Ra6 $17 25. Bd3 (25. Ra2 c5 $17) 25... Nxd3 26. Kxd3 Ra4 27. Kc2 a6 28. Kb3 Re4 29. a4 Rxe3 30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra6 (31. Kb4 c6 $17) 31... Re6 (31... Re2 32. Rc6 Rxh2 33. Rxc7+ Ke6 34. Rb7 $17) 32. Ra2 c6 (32... Re5 33. Ra6 Re2 34. Rc6 Rxh2 35. Rxc7+ Ke6 36. Rb7 $17) 33. Ra7+ Kf8 34. Ra2 (34. Ra6 f5 $17) 34... Kg7 ( 34... f5 35. Rf2 $19) 35. Rd2 (35. Kb4 Re4+ 36. Kb3 f5 $19) 35... f5 36. Rd4 ( 36. Ka3 Re4 $19) 36... Re4 (36... Re2 37. h4 $19) 37. Rd6 Rc4 38. Kb2 (38. h3 h5 $19) 38... f6 (38... f4 39. gxf4 b4 40. cxb4 Rxb4+ 41. Ka3 Rxf4 42. Rxc6 $19 ) 39. Kb3 Kf7 (39... h5 40. Rd7+ Kg6 41. Rd6 $19) 40. Rd7+ Kg6 41. Rd6 h5 42. Re6 (42. h4 f4 43. gxf4 Kf5 $19) 42... Kf7 43. Rd6 (43. Re3 f4 44. Rf3 Ke6 $19) 43... f4 44. gxf4 (44. Rd8 Re4 $19) 44... Ke7 (44... Rxf4 $6 45. Rxc6 Rh4 46. Rb6 $19) 45. Rd2 Rxf4 46. Rg2 h4 47. Kc2 (47. Rg7+ Kd6 $19) 47... Ke6 48. Kd3 Ke5 (48... c5 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. Rg7 $19) 49. Ke3 c5 {Black intends b4} 50. Rg8 Re4+ 51. Kd2 f5 (51... b4 52. Rc8 Kd5 53. cxb4 cxb4 54. Kd3 Rd4+ 55. Ke3 $19) 52. Rc8 Kd5 53. Kd3 b4 54. cxb4 (54. Rd8+ Ke5 55. cxb4 cxb4 $19) 54... cxb4 55. Rb8 (55. Rd8+ Ke5 $19) 55... Rd4+ 56. Ke2 Kc4 57. Rc8+ Kb3 58. h3 (58. Rc5 f4 $19) 58... Rc4 (58... Rc4 59. Rd8 Kb2 $19) 0-1 [Event "corr EM/MN/013 ICCF Email"] [Site "?"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Black "Limayo, Edgardo V"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2390"] [BlackElo "2365"] [PlyCount "132"] [EventDate "1999.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c4 c6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nc3 (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 a5 $11) 7... O-O (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 $11) 8. d4 (8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Be2 Bf6 $11) 8... a5 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O $11) 9. b5 $11 cxb5 { Black gets the initiative} 10. Nxb5 a4 (10... Nc6 11. Rc1 $11) 11. Be2 (11. Rc1 Ne4 $11) 11... dxc4 $15 12. Bxc4 Qb6 13. Rc1 (13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Bc3 Qc6 $15) 13... Ra5 $17 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. O-O (15. Nd2 Ne4 $17) 15... Rxc4 $1 16. Qxc4 (16. Rxc4 {Theme: Interference} Rxb5) 16... Rxb5 (16... Qxb5 $6 17. Qc8+ Bf8 18. Rc5 Qxb2 19. Rxa5 $11) 17. Bc3 (17. Qc8+ Bf8 18. Qxb8 Rxb2 $17) 17... Nc6 18. Qxa4 Nd5 19. Nd2 (19. Rfe1 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rb1 $17) 19... Nxc3 (19... Bd3 20. Rfe1 $17 ) 20. Rxc3 Ra5 21. Qb3 Qa6 22. Ra1 Ra4 23. Rc4 Rxa3 24. Rxa3 Qxa3 (24... Bxa3 $2 25. Ra4 Qe2 26. Rxa3 $18) 25. Qxa3 Bxa3 26. e4 Bg6 27. d5 exd5 28. exd5 { The passed pawn on d5 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} Nd8 29. Rc8 Be7 30. Nc4 (30. d6 Bf6 $17) 30... Kf8 31. d6 Bf6 32. Ne5 Bf5 33. Rc5 Ke8 34. f4 Ne6 35. Rb5 (35. Rc8+ Bd8 36. g4 Be4 $19) 35... Nxf4 36. Rxb7 Bxe5 37. Re7+ Kd8 38. Rxe5 Be6 39. Ra5 (39. Rg5 g6 $19) 39... Kd7 40. Ra4 Nd5 41. Ra6 Nc3 (41... Nb4 42. Ra4 Nc6 43. Ra8 $19) 42. Kf2 Nb5 43. Ke3 f6 (43... h5 44. Ra5 Bc4 45. Ra4 $19) 44. Rb6 Nxd6 45. Rb8 (45. Kd4 Kc7 46. Ra6 Bc8 $19) 45... Kc6 46. Ra8 Kc5 47. Ra5+ Kb6 48. Ra1 Bd5 49. g3 (49. g4 Nf7 $19) 49... Bc6 (49... Nf5+ 50. Kd3 $19) 50. Rc1 (50. Kd4 Nf5+ 51. Kc4 Ne3+ 52. Kd3 Ng4 $19) 50... h5 51. Kd4 Nf5+ 52. Kd3 (52. Kc4 h4 53. gxh4 Nxh4 54. Rb1+ Kc7 $19) 52... h4 53. g4 Ne7 ( 53... Nh6 54. Rg1 $19) 54. Ke3 g5 (54... Ng6 55. Rc2 $19) 55. Rf1 Kc5 56. Rf2 ( 56. Rc1+ Kd6 $19) 56... Nd5+ 57. Ke4 Kd6 58. Rd2 (58. Rf1 Nf4+ 59. Ke3 Bb5 60. Rxf4 gxf4+ 61. Kxf4 Ke6 $19) 58... Ke7 59. Rd4 Nf4+ 60. Ke3 Bg2 61. Ra4 Bh3 62. Kf3 Nd3 63. Ra7+ Ke6 64. Ra6+ Kf7 65. Ra7+ Kg6 66. Ke2 Ne5 (66... Ne5 67. Ra6 Bxg4+ 68. Kf2 Bf3 $19) 0-1 [Event "email 4AMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Schirmer, Michael"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. c5 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. d4 Nbd7 9. O-O b6 10. Nh4 Be4 $146 11. Nd2 bxc5 12. bxc5 Qc7 (12... Rb8 13. Bc3 $11 (13. Nxe4 $2 Nxe4 (13... Rxb2 $6 14. Ng3 $15) (13... dxe4 $6 14. Rb1 $17) 14. Rb1 Bxh4 $19)) 13. Nxe4 (13. f3 Bg6 $14) 13... Nxe4 ( 13... dxe4 14. g3 $11) 14. Nf3 Rab8 15. Qc2 f5 (15... e5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxc5 18. Rfc1 $11) 16. Rab1 $14 Rf6 (16... Qa5 17. a3 $14) 17. Bc3 (17. a3 Rff8 $11) 17... Rh6 (17... Rff8 18. Bd3 $11) 18. Rxb8+ $14 Qxb8 (18... Nxb8 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. h3 $14) 19. Rb1 (19. Ba5 e5 $14) 19... Qc7 $11 20. h3 Bf6 21. Be1 e5 22. Ba6 exd4 (22... Qd8 23. dxe5 Be7 24. Nd4 Nxe5 25. Nxf5 $16) 23. exd4 Qf4 24. Rb7 Nf8 (24... Rg6 25. Qe2 (25. Rxd7 $143 Qxf3 26. Bf1 Bxd4 $17) 25... Nf8 26. Qe3 $16) 25. Qd3 (25. Rxa7 Rg6 26. Kf1 Ng5 $14) 25... Ng5 (25... Qc1 26. Qe3 Qa1 27. Rb8 $14) 26. Nxg5 $16 Bxg5 27. Rxa7 Qc1 28. Qc3 Qd1 29. Bc8 Rf6 ( 29... Ne6 30. Qb4 Nxd4 31. Bxf5 $18) 30. Qb4 Qe2 31. a4 Bf4 32. Qb1 (32. a5 Qd1 $16) 32... Ne6 33. Bxe6+ (33. Bc3 Ng5 34. Bxf5 Rxf5 35. Ra8+ Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Qf5+ Nf7 38. Qxf4 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qxa4 $16) 33... Rxe6 34. Ra8+ Re8 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. a5 Qc8 (36... Qe2 37. Bb4 Qc4 38. g3 $18) 37. Qb3 (37. Qd3 Bc7 $18) 37... g6 (37... Qe6 38. Bc3 Qc8 39. Qd1 $18) 38. Qd3 $18 Kf7 (38... Bb8 39. Bd2 $18) 39. a6 (39. Bd2 Bc7 $18) 39... Qb8 (39... Bc7 40. Bd2 $18) 40. g3 (40. g4 fxg4 41. hxg4 Qc8 $18) 40... Bc7 (40... Bg5 41. h4 Bf6 42. h5 $18) 41. Qa3 (41. Bd2 Bd8 $18) 41... Ke6 (41... Qa7 42. Bd2 $18) 42. a7 Qa8 43. Qa6 Bd8 (43... Kd7 44. Ba5 $18) 44. Ba5 Kd7 45. Bxd8 Kxd8 46. f4 h5 47. Qb6+ Kc8 48. Kf2 Qb7 49. Ke3 Qe7+ 50. Kd2 (50. Kd2 Qb7 51. Kc3 $18) 1-0 [Event "corr"] [Site "?"] [Date "2000.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Luzuriaga, Norberto Horacio"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2240"] [BlackElo "2400"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2000.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nd4 Be4 (5... Bg6 6. a3 $15) 6. a3 $11 Nbd7 (6... a5 7. Nc3 $11) 7. Nc3 Bg6 8. f4 (8. Be2 c5 9. bxc5 Bxc5 $11) 8... c5 9. bxc5 Bxc5 10. Na4 (10. Nb3 Be7 $11) 10... Bd6 11. Be2 O-O (11... a6 12. O-O $11) 12. O-O a6 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. Rb1 (14. h4 Bc5 $11) 14... e5 (14... b5 15. h4 Rfc8 16. h5 $14) 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. Qe1 (17. g3 Be4 18. Qe1 Rae8 $11) 17... Ne5 (17... d4 $142 18. exd4 Rfe8 $11) 18. Nxd5 $4 (18. Qh4 $142 $11) 18... Nxd5 $19 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxb7 Bxc2 22. Bc4 (22. Qa1 Qe6 $19) 22... Qe4 23. Be2 Nf6 24. Rb6 Qa4 25. Qc1 Rfb8 26. Rb2 (26. Rb4 Rxb4 27. axb4 Rb8 $19) 26... Rxb2 (26... Rc8 27. Rb4 Qd7 28. Rd4 $19) 27. Qxb2 Bg6 28. Rf4 Qe8 29. Rb4 a5 30. Rb5 Be4 31. Qe5 Bc6 (31... Qd8 32. Bc4 $19) 32. Qxe8+ Bxe8 33. Rb2 Kf8 34. Kf2 (34. g4 Rd8 $19) 34... Rc8 (34... Ne4+ 35. Kf3 Bc6 36. d3 Nc3+ 37. Kf2 Nxe2 38. Kxe2 Bxg2 39. e4 $19) 35. Bf3 Bc6 (35... Rc1 36. g4 $19) 36. Rc2 Bb7 37. Rxc8+ Bxc8 38. e4 Ng4+ (38... Ne8 39. e5 $19) 39. Kg3 (39. Bxg4 Bxg4 40. d4 h5 $19) 39... Ne5 40. Be2 f5 (40... Ke7 41. d4 Nc6 42. d5 $19) 41. exf5 Bxf5 42. Kf4 Bd3 43. Kxe5 Bxe2 44. Kd6 Bd3 45. Kc5 a4 46. Kd4 Bc2 (46... Be2 47. h4 $19) 47. Kd5 (47. Ke5 g5 $19) 47... Ke7 48. Ke5 h5 49. g3 Kd7 50. Kd5 Bb3+ 51. Ke5 Kc6 52. Kd4 (52. d3 Bd5 $19) 52... Kd6 53. Ke4 Kc5 54. d3 (54. Kd3 Bc4+ 55. Ke4 g5 $19) 54... Bc4 (54... Bd5+ 55. Ke3 $19) 55. d4+ (55. Ke3 Bf7 56. Ke4 g5 $19) 55... Kd6 56. Kf4 Kd5 57. Ke3 g5 (57... g5 58. h4 g4 $19) 0-1 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Venneker"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1991.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. a3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nc6 (5... a5 6. b5 $15) 6. c4 O-O (6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 e5 8. Qc2 $11) 7. d4 b6 (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nd5 9. Qc2 $11) 8. Nc3 Bb7 (8... a5 9. b5 Ne7 10. Bd3 $11) 9. cxd5 (9. c5 Be7 $14) 9... exd5 ( 9... Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 $14) 10. Bd3 $14 Qd7 11. O-O Rae8 (11... a6 12. Rc1 $14) 12. Qc2 h6 (12... Ne7 13. Nb5 Ba6 14. Nxd6 (14. Nxa7 $143 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 c6 $17) 14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qxd6 16. Rfc1 $14) 13. Nb5 Ne4 (13... Ba6 14. Qa4 Nb8 15. Rfd1 $14) 14. Rfc1 (14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Rac1 a6 $16) 14... Re7 (14... Be7 15. Nc3 (15. Bxe4 $6 dxe4 16. Nd2 Nxb4 17. axb4 Qxb5 $11) 15... Nxc3 16. Qxc3 $18) 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Qb3 (16. b5 Na5 $18) 16... Rc8 17. Rc2 Nd8 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Rc7 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. Qd1 Qc6 22. b5 Qc7 23. Nd2 Ne6 24. f3 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 Qe7 26. g3 (26. Qc2 Qg5 27. Bc1 Qh4 $16) 26... Ng5 27. Kf2 (27. Kg2 Qf6 28. Qf2 Bc8 $16) 27... Qf6 $14 28. Qe2 Nh3+ (28... Bc8 29. h4 Nh3+ 30. Kg2 $16) 29. Kg2 $16 Ng5 30. h4 Ne6 31. Bc3 Nc5 32. dxc5 Qxc3 33. c6 Bc8 34. a4 ( 34. Bc2 Qxa3 35. Qd3 Qb2 $16) 34... Kf8 35. g4 Qb4 36. Qd1 h5 (36... d4 $5 37. e4 Kg8 $14) 37. Be2 (37. Bf5 $5 Bxf5 38. gxf5 Qxh4 39. Qxd5 Qg5+ 40. Kh3 $18) 1/2-1/2 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Mrkvicka, Josef"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] 1. b4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. a3 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. cxd5 (7. d4 a5 8. c5 Be7 $11) 7... exd5 $15 8. Qc2 c5 9. Ng5 g6 10. Bd3 (10. bxc5 bxc5 11. Be2 Nc6 $11) 10... c4 11. Be2 Bf5 12. Qd1 Nc6 (12... a5 13. b5 $15) 13. O-O Be5 ( 13... Ne5 14. f4 Nd3 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nc3 $11) 14. Bxe5 (14. Nc3 d4 15. exd4 Nxd4 (15... Qxd4 $143 16. Nf3 Qd6 17. Nb5 $16) 16. Bxc4 Qc7 $11) 14... Nxe5 $15 15. f4 Nd3 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Nc3 (17. Nd4 Be4 $11) 17... h6 (17... Ne4 18. Na4 $11) 18. Nd4 $11 Qd7 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. Nb5 Red8 (20... Rad8 21. Nd4 Qe4 22. Qb1 $14) 21. Rf3 (21. Qb1 Rf8 $14) 21... a6 $11 22. Nd4 Qe4 23. Rg3 (23. Qf1 Rdc8 $11) 23... Re8 24. f5 g5 (24... Nf4 25. Bf3 Qe5 26. Nc6 Qxf5 27. exf4 Qxf4 28. d4 $14) 25. Bf3 (25. Qa4 b5 26. Qa5 Nf4 $11) 25... Qe5 $15 26. Qc2 a5 (26... Rac8 27. Be2 Ne4 28. Rf3 $15) 27. b5 $11 Qd6 28. a4 (28. Be2 Ne4 29. Rh3 Nec5 $11) 28... Ne5 (28... Rac8 29. Rh3 g4 30. Rg3 $17) 29. Qd1 (29. Rc1 Rac8 $11) 29... Kh7 30. h3 (30. Rc1 $5 $11) 30... Rg8 (30... Nd3 31. Ne2 $17) 31. Qc2 Nd3 32. Ne2 h5 33. Qc3 h4 34. Rg4 Nxg4 35. Bxg4 Nc5 36. Bh5 Ra7 37. Nd4 Ne4 (37... Rd7 38. Qc2 $19) 38. Qc2 g4 (38... g4 39. Bxg4 Rxg4 40. hxg4 h3 $19) 0-1 [Event "TKM/SF/01"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Benussi, Alberto"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. a3 d5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. cxd5 (8. d4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bd3 Nbd5 11. O-O a5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. b5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 $11) (8. h3 b6 9. g4 Bb7 10. g5 Ne4 11. h4 c5 12. d3 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 dxc4 14. Rh3 cxd3 15. Bxd3 cxb4 16. axb4 Qc7) (8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 a5 11. bxa5 Qxa5 12. O-O $11) 8... exd5 9. Be2 a5 10. b5 Nb6 11. O-O Re8 12. Rc1 (12. bxc6 bxc6) (12. Qc2 Bd6) 12... Bd6 13. Na4 (13. Nd4 c5 14. Nf3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qc2 Bg4 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nge4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Be2 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Qc3 Qg6 22. Rfe1 Bd3 $15) (13. d4 $11) 13... Nxa4 14. Qxa4 c5 (14... Bd7 15. Bd3 Ne4 16. Qd4) 15. Rfe1 b6 16. d3 (16. h3 Bb7 17. d3 Rc8 18. Qh4 Be7 19. Qg5 Qd7 20. a4 h6 21. Qg3 Nh5 22. Qg4 $11) 16... h6 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Qh4 Re6 19. a4 d4 $1 20. g3 Qf8 21. g4 Nxg4 22. e4 g5 23. Qh5 Nf6 24. Qf3 Bg4 25. Qh1 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Nd5 27. Nc4 Bc7 28. Rd1 Rae8 29. f3 Qg7 30. Rf2 Nf4 31. h3 Nh5 32. Qg2 Qg6 33. Bc1 Kh7 34. Rc2 Bf4 35. Bb2 Bc7 36. Bc1 Rg8 37. Re1 Bf4 38. Bb2 Rd8 39. Qf1 Rde8 40. Qg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr sok"] [Site "?"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Secula, Victor"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 a5 8. b5 Nbd7 9. Nc3 e5 10. Rc1 e4 (10... Bd6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Be2 $11) 11. Nd4 Ne5 (11... cxb5 12. cxd5 b4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 $11) 12. cxd5 c5 13. Nb3 c4 (13... Bf5 14. Na4 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 exd3 16. Qc4 $16) 14. Nd4 $14 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 cxd3 16. Qa4 Qd6 17. O-O Bd7 18. f3 (18. Qd1 Ng4 19. f4 Nf6 $14) 18... exf3 19. Nxf3 (19. Rxf3 Nxd5 20. Qc4 Rac8 21. Qxd3 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Bf6 $16) 19... Nxd5 $11 {Black gets strong initiative} 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Rc7 Bd8 (21... Bxb5 $2 22. Qg4 Bg5 23. Qxg5 Qxg5 24. Nxg5 $18) 22. e4 Qd6 23. Rcc1 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 (24. Nd4 Bf6 $11) 24... Bxb5 $15 25. Qd4 {The mate threat is Qxg7} Qxd4 26. Nxd4 Bd7 27. Rf3 Re8 28. Re1 Bf6 (28... b5 29. Rxd3 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. Nc2 $15) 29. Rxd3 Rad8 30. Rde3 Bg4 31. e5 Bg5 32. Re4 (32. Rb3 Bxd2 33. Rb1 Rd7 $17) 32... Bxd2 33. Rf1 Be6 34. Nxe6 Rxe6 35. Rd1 Rc6 36. a4 (36. Rd4 Rxd4 37. Bxd4 Rc1 38. Rxc1 Bxc1 $17) 36... Rc2 37. Ba3 (37. Rd4 Rxd4 38. Bxd4 Kf8 $17) 37... Rd3 $19 38. Bd6 f5 (38... Bc3 39. Rb1 Rcd2 40. h3 $17) 39. Ree1 $17 Rxd6 (39... Bxe1 40. Rxd3 Bc3 41. h3 $17) 40. exd6 Bxe1 41. g3 (41. Rxe1 Rd2 42. Re8+ Kf7 43. Re7+ Kf6 44. h3 $17) 41... Rd2 (41... Bc3 42. d7 Bf6 43. d8=Q+ Bxd8 44. Rxd8+ Kf7 45. Rd7+ Kg6 46. Rxb7 $19) 42. Rxe1 $17 Rxd6 43. Re5 (43. Re8+ $5 Kf7 44. Re5 $19) 43... b6 44. Rxf5 Rd4 (44... Rd4 45. Kg2 Rxa4 $19) 0-1 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Koelbel, Wolfgang"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bb2 Bg4 4. e3 Qd6 (4... e6 5. a3 $15) 5. a3 (5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e5 $11) 5... Nbd7 6. c4 (6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 e5 $11) 6... e5 $15 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 c6 (8... e4 9. Qf5 $11) 9. cxd5 $15 Qxd5 (9... e4 10. Qf5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 cxd5 12. Bb5 $11) 10. Qxd5 $11 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Bd6 (11... Rd8 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. d4 $14) 12. Bc4 (12. Ne4 Be7 $11) 12... N5b6 (12... N7b6 13. d3 $11) 13. Bb3 f5 (13... Rd8 14. Ne4 Be7 15. d4 $14) 14. O-O (14. Be6 a5 $14) 14... Rf8 ( 14... a5 15. b5 $11) 15. d4 (15. Rfc1 a5 16. b5 Nc5 $17) 15... Ke7 (15... exd4 16. exd4 O-O-O 17. d5 $14) 16. b5 (16. Rfd1 exd4 17. Rxd4 Be5 $11) 16... a6 ( 16... Rfd8 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Rad1 $11) 17. bxc6 $14 bxc6 18. Na4 (18. Rab1 Rab8 $14) 18... Rab8 (18... Nxa4 19. Bxa4 Rab8 20. Rab1 $11) 19. Rab1 (19. Rfb1 Nd5 20. Bc4 f4 $11) 19... e4 (19... Rfd8 $142 $11) 20. Bc3 (20. Rfc1 $142 $11) 20... Bxa3 $17 21. Nxb6 Rxb6 (21... Nxb6 $6 22. Ra1 Bd6 23. Rxa6 $15) 22. Bc4 ( 22. Ba5 Rb5 23. Bc7 Rc8 $19) 22... Rxb1 (22... Ra8 23. Ba5 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 $17) 23. Rxb1 Rb8 24. Ra1 Bb4 25. Bxb4+ Rxb4 26. Bxa6 g6 (26... c5 27. dxc5 Nxc5 28. Bc8 $15) 27. g4 (27. Rc1 Kd6 $11) 27... f4 (27... c5 28. dxc5 Nxc5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Bc8 $15) 28. Bf1 (28. g5 fxe3 29. fxe3 c5 30. dxc5 Nxc5 $11) 28... fxe3 29. fxe3 c5 30. dxc5 Nxc5 31. Ra7+ Rb7 32. Rxb7+ Nxb7 33. Bc4 (33. Bg2 Nd6 $11) 33... h6 (33... Nd6 34. Bd5 $11) 34. Kf2 Kf6 (34... Nc5 35. h4 $11) 35. h4 (35. Bd5 Nd6 $11) 35... Nc5 (35... Nd6 36. Bd5 $11) 36. Bd5 (36. Bd5 Nd3+ 37. Ke2 $11) (36. Ke2 Ke5 $11) * [Event "email 4AMM-05"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "LeClair"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. Ne5 (6. a3 e6 $11) 6... Bxe2 $15 7. Qxe2 Nxe5 8. Bxe5 e6 9. a3 a5 10. b5 $11 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. bxc6 (12. O-O O-O $15) 12... bxc6 13. c4 (13. Nc3 O-O $15) 13... d4 (13... Rb8 14. O-O $15) 14. d3 O-O 15. O-O (15. e4 e5 $15) 15... dxe3 (15... Rab8 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. Nd2 $15) 16. fxe3 Rfd8 (16... e5 17. Nc3 $15) 17. d4 (17. Rd1 Rab8 $15 ) 17... c5 $17 18. Rd1 (18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Ra2 Rac8 $17) 18... Qb6 19. Ra2 cxd4 {Black gets deadly initiative} 20. Rb2 Qa7 21. Rbd2 e5 22. exd4 exd4 23. Rd3 Re8 24. Qf2 (24. Qb2 Rad8 $17) 24... Rad8 25. h3 (25. Qh4 Ne4 $17) 25... Ne4 $19 26. Qf4 Qc5 (26... Qc5 27. Qc1 Rc8 $19) 0-1 [Event "corr NL K30"] [Site "?"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Massy, Giel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "1999.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. a3 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3 ( 8. Nc3 O-O $11) 8... Qc7 (8... a5 9. Qd2 $15) 9. Nbd2 O-O-O (9... a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. c4 $15) 10. c4 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 dxc4 12. dxc4 Ng4 { Increases the pressure on h2} (12... Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Rxd1 15. Bxc7 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Kxc7 17. Rd1 $11) 13. g3 $14 (13. Bxg7 $143 Rhg8 14. Bb2 Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Nde5 $15) 13... Ndf6 (13... Ngf6 14. Qa4 Kb8 15. Rad1 $14) 14. Qa4 $16 {White plans b5} Kb8 15. c5 (15. Rad1 c5 $14) 15... Be5 $14 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. b5 (17. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Ned7 $14) 17... cxb5 18. Qxb5 Rd5 19. Rfc1 Rhd8 20. Rab1 Ne4 21. f4 Nc6 22. Bf3 f5 23. Bxe4 (23. Bxg7 Nd2 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 $16) 23... fxe4 24. Qc4 (24. Qa4 Qe7 $16) 24... h5 (24... Qf7 25. Qxe4 Qh5 26. Bd4 $16 ( 26. Qxe6 $143 Rd2 27. Be5+ Ka8 $17)) 25. Qxe4 Qe7 26. Bc3 (26. Qg6 $16) 26... e5 (26... h4 $5 $14) 27. Bxe5+ $18 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Qxe5 29. Qxe5+ (29. Qf3 Rc8 30. Rc4 Qe6 $16) 29... Rxe5 $16 30. c6 Re7 31. Rxb7+ (31. Rb5 b6 $16) 31... Rxb7 32. cxb7 Kxb7 (32... Rd3 33. Rc5 $16) 33. Rc5 Rd3 34. Rxh5 Rxe3 35. Rh7 Re7 36. Kg2 (36. h4 Kc6 $16) 36... Kc6 37. h4 Kd5 (37... Rc7 38. h5 $16) 38. Kf3 (38. h5 Ke6 $16) 38... Ke5 (38... Rc7 39. Rh8 $16) 39. g4 Rc7 (39... a6 40. Rh8 $16) 40. Rh5+ Kf6 (40... Kd4 41. Rh8 $16) 41. Rf5+ (41. Ra5 Rc3+ 42. Ke2 Rc4 43. Ra6+ Ke5 44. Rxa7 Rxg4 $18) 41... Kg6 (41... Ke6 42. Ra5 $18) 42. Re5 ( 42. h5+ Kh6 43. Ra5 Re7 $18) 42... Rc3+ $16 43. Re3 Rc6 44. a4 (44. h5+ Kf6 $16 ) 44... Kf6 $16 45. Kf4 (45. h5 Rc4 46. Re4 Rc1 $18) 45... Rc4+ (45... Rc1 46. Re4 $16) 46. Re4 Rc1 47. Rd4 Rf1+ 48. Ke4 (48. Ke3 Ke6 $16) 48... Re1+ (48... Ke6 49. h5 $16) 49. Kd5 Rh1 (49... Rb1 50. Rc4 Rd1+ 51. Kc6 $18) 50. g5+ Kg6 51. Kc6 Rb1 52. Rd7 a5 53. Rd5 Rb4 54. Rxa5 { The passed pawn on a4 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} (54. h5+ Kxh5 55. Rxa5 Rd4 $18) 54... Rxh4 55. Ra7 (55. Kd7 $142 $16) 55... Kxg5 $2 (55... Rc4+ $142 56. Kb5 Rg4 $16) 56. Rxg7+ $18 Kf6 57. Ra7 Ke6 (57... Re4 58. a5 $18) 58. a5 Rc4+ 59. Kb5 {Threatening mate... how?} Rc1 60. a6 (60. Rb7 $142 $18) 60... Kd6 $16 61. Ra8 Kc7 62. Rg8 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "email 4AMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Bennett, Hilton"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. a3 c5 5. b5 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. c4 Nbd7 8. d3 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Be2 Qe7 11. O-O Rad8 12. h3 Bb8 13. Qb3 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Qd6 15. a4 h6 16. cxd5 {last book move} exd5 17. Qc2 Nh7 18. Nf1 Qg6 19. Nh4 Qg5 20. g3 Rc8 21. Bg4 Qd8 22. f4 Bd6 (22... c4 $5 $11) 23. Bxg7 $1 $16 (23. Bxg7 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Nhxf8 25. e4 $16) 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1986.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Black "Bultje"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1986.??.??"] 1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. a3 c5 4. bxc5 Bxc5 5. e3 d5 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. c4 Nc6 (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5 9. d4 $11) 8. d4 Bd6 (8... Be7 9. Nbd2 $11) 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. c5 (10. Bd3 b6 $11) 10... Bc7 11. Bd3 Ba5 (11... b6 12. O-O $11) 12. O-O $14 Ne7 ( 12... Qe7 13. e4 $14) 13. Ne5 Be8 (13... Nc6 14. Ndf3 $14) 14. f4 (14. Rb1 Nc6 $14) 14... a6 (14... Nf5 15. Qe2 $14) 15. Rf3 (15. Ndf3 Ne4 $14) 15... b6 ( 15... Bb5 16. Bc2 $14) 16. Rh3 h6 17. Ndf3 (17. Rc1 bxc5 18. dxc5 Rb8 $14) 17... bxc5 18. dxc5 Rb8 (18... Qc7 19. c6 $11) 19. Bd4 $14 Bb5 20. Bc2 (20. Bc2 Ne4 21. Ng5 $14) * [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Johnson"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 b6 (5... Bd6 6. Be2 $11) 6. c4 Bb7 (6... a6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 $11) 7. a4 (7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 a6 $11) 7... Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. Nbd2 (9. a5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. axb6 Nxb6 $15) 9... Qe7 (9... c5 10. Bd3 $15) 10. Be2 Rfe8 11. O-O dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nd5 (12... a6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Bd3 $11) 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Qb3 (14. Rc1 a6 $14) 14... Rac8 ( 14... Rec8 15. e4 N5f6 16. e5 $11) 15. Rfc1 N7f6 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. Nc4 { White fights for the Initiative} Rc7 18. Ba3 Rec8 19. Qb2 Ne4 (19... Ne8 20. e4 Nf4 21. f3 $11) 20. Bd3 (20. f3 Rxc4 21. Bxc4 Nxe3 22. Bd3 $18 (22. fxe4 $6 Nxc4 23. Qb4 Nxa3 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. Qxa3 Bxe4 $14)) 20... Nef6 $2 (20... Ndf6 $142 $11) 21. Nxd6 $18 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Ne8 24. Nc4 (24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. e4 Ndf6 $18) 24... f6 25. e4 Ndc7 26. Qc3 (26. Qc3 f5 27. Ne5 $18) 1-0 [Event "CiF-BCCA"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Howard"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] 1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. b5 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. c4 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. d3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. h3 Rad8 12. a4 e5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qb3 N7f6 15. Nc4 {White intends a5} e4 16. Nfd2 exd3 17. Bxd3 (17. Qxd3 $143 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Rfe8 $15) 17... Nb4 18. Be2 (18. Nxd6 $143 Rxd6 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 $15) 18... Be7 19. a5 Qd7 (19... Bd5 $5 $11) 20. axb6 $16 { White gets the initiative} axb6 21. Ra7 Nbd5 22. Bf3 Qc8 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Qb8 (24... Qe6 $5 25. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 26. Rxb7 Rb8 27. Qc2+ Kg8 $18) 25. Rfa1 $18 Rd7 (25... Rfe8 $18) 26. Be5 Qd8 27. Bf5 (27. Bf5 Rc7 28. Qd3 $18 (28. Bxc7 $6 Qxc7 29. Be4 Rd8 $18)) 1-0 [Event "corr 3GMM½-01"] [Site "?"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Fernandez Fornes, Juan Alberto"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1999.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. b5 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. a4 Nbd7 8. Be2 e5 9. O-O e4 10. Nd4 c5 $146 11. Nb3 (11. Nc2 dxc4 12. Nba3 Qc7 $15) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Ne5 13. Be2 Nfg4 (13... Qc7 14. Qc2 $17) 14. g3 (14. f4 exf3 15. gxf3 Nxh2 16. Rf2 $17) 14... Qg5 $19 15. Nc3 Qh6 (15... Bf5 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. f3 Nxe3 18. dxe3 Qxe3+ 19. Rf2 $14) 16. h4 f5 (16... Nf6 17. d4 exd3 18. Bxd3 $17) 17. Nd5 (17. Bxg4 Nxg4 (17... fxg4 $6 18. Nxe4 Nf3+ 19. Kg2 $11) 18. Rc1 c4 $19) 17... Be6 18. Nf4 Bc4 19. Rc1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Nf3+ 21. Kg2 g5 22. Nh3 gxh4 23. Nxc5 Rf7 24. Rh1 Rc8 (24... Bxc5 25. Rxc5 hxg3 26. fxg3 $17) 25. Nxe4 $15 Rxc1 26. Nxd6 Rxh1 27. Nxf7 Rh2+ (27... Kxf7 $6 28. Kxh1 hxg3 29. Qc4+ Qe6 30. Qc7+ Qe7 31. Qxg3 Nxd2 32. Qg2 $14) 28. Kxf3 Qh5 (28... Kxf7 $4 29. Qc4+ Ke7 30. Qc7+ Ke8 31. Qc8+ Kf7 32. Qxb7+ Kg6 33. Qc6+ Kf7 34. Qd7+ Kg8 35. Qd5+ Kf8 36. Qxf5+ Ke7 37. Kxg4 $18) 29. Kf4 Qxf7 (29... Rxh3 30. Ng5 Nf6 31. Qc4+ Kg7 32. Bxf6+ Kxf6 33. Qe6+ Kg7 34. Qd7+ Kg8 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36. Qxb7+ Kf6 37. Qa6+ Kg7 38. Qxa7+ Kf6 39. Qd4+ Kg6 40. Qd6+ Kg7 41. Qe7+ (41. Nxh3 $4 Qg4+ 42. Ke5 Qe4#) 41... Kg8 42. Qe6+ Kg7 43. Qxf5 $18) (29... Kxf7 30. Qc4+ Ke7 31. Qc7+ Ke6 32. Qc8+ Kd5 33. Qg8+ Kd6 34. Qd8+ Ke6 35. Ng5+ Qxg5+ 36. Kxg5 h6+ 37. Kg6 Rxf2 38. Ba3 Ne5+ 39. Kg7 Rxd2 40. Qxd2 Nc4 41. Qa2 Kd5 42. Kf6 Ke4 43. Qxc4+ Kxe3 44. gxh4 a6 45. Kxf5 Kf2 46. bxa6 bxa6 47. Qc2+ Kg3 48. Qe2 Kh3 49. Bd6 Kxh4 50. Qg4#) 30. Qd3 {Attacks the isolani on f5} h6 (30... Rxh3 $143 31. Qd8+ Qf8 32. Qg5+ Kf7 33. Qxf5+ Ke8 34. Qxf8+ (34. Kxg4 $4 Rxg3+ 35. fxg3 Qxf5+ 36. Kxf5 h3 $19) 34... Kxf8 35. Kxg4 $16) 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qxh4 (32. f3 $142 Rxh3 33. fxg4 $17) 32... Nxf2 33. Ng5+ Kg6 34. Qxh2 Qd5 35. e4 fxe4 (35... fxe4 36. Nf3 Qf5+ 37. Ke3 Qxf3+ 38. Kd4 Qd3+ 39. Kc5 Qxd2 $19) 0-1 [Event "NetherlandsD Mkl"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Schaper, H."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. b5 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. c4 a6 $15 7. a4 axb5 8. axb5 Rxa1 9. Bxa1 c6 10. Nc3 cxb5 (10... b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Qf3 $15) 11. Nxb5 Nc6 12. Qb1 Bd7 (12... Bb4 13. Nbd4 Bc5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. d4 $11) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Be2 Ncb4 15. O-O Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Qa5 17. Be2 Rc8 (17... Ra8 18. Be5 $11) 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Nc6 20. g3 (20. Qb2 Nf6 $14) 20... g6 (20... Qa2 21. Bb2 $11) 21. Bf1 (21. Bb2 Nb6 $11) 21... Qa4 (21... Qc7 22. Qb2 Bf6 23. d4 $14) 22. Bg2 Ndb4 23. Ne1 (23. Ne5 Bf6 24. d4 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nd3 $11) 23... Nd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr 3GMM1/2-1"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Buss, Michael"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. c4 e6 4. Qb3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. d4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nb6 8. Nc3 Nxc4 9. Qxc4 c6 10. a3 Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nge2 O-O 13. e4 Bc7 14. f3 Qd7 15. a4 a5 16. b5 Rfc8 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Ba3 e5 19. Kf1 $146 (19. Rd1 exd4 20. Nxd4 Bg3+ 21. Kf1 Rd8 22. Ke2 Qa7 23. Rhf1 Qc7 24. Nxc6 Re8 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Bg6 27. Rfd1 Bh4 28. Ne5 Qb6 29. Bc5 Qb2+ 30. R1d2 Qa1 31. Nxg6 Qe1+ 32. Kd3 Qf1+ 33. Re2 hxg6 {Kusmierek,J-Buss,M/corr 3GMM<<-01 1998/0-1 (41)}) 19... Rd8 (19... Rab8 20. Rd1 Qe8 21. dxe5 (21. Kf2 exd4 22. Nxd4 Nd7 23. Nf5 Ne5 24. Qe2 $11) 21... Bxe5 22. Kf2 c5 23. Nd5 Nd7 24. Rd2 $11) (19... Qe8 20. Rd1 (20. Kf2 exd4 (20... Rab8 21. Rhb1 Nd7 22. Rxb8 Bxb8 23. Rd1 Bg6 24. Kg1 $11) 21. Nxd4 Nd7 22. Rab1 Ne5 23. Qe2 Rab8 24. Rhd1 $11) 20... Rab8 21. dxe5 (21. Kf2 Nd7 22. Rhe1 exd4 23. Nxd4 Ne5 24. Qa6 $11) (21. Kg1 Nd7 22. Kf2 exd4 23. Nxd4 Ne5 24. Qc5 $15) (21. Bc5 Nd7 22. Ba3 exd4 23. Nxd4 Bg6 24. h4 $15) 21... Bxe5 22. Kf2 c5 23. Nd5 Qe6 24. Rd2 $11) 20. Nd5 $4 (20. Rd1 $142 Qe8 21. g4 $15 Bg6 22. h4 exd4 23. Nxd4 Bb6 24. Nxc6 $15) 20... Nxd5 (20... cxd5 $142 21. exd5 Nxd5 $19) 21. Bc5 $4 (21. exd5 cxd5 22. Qb5 Qe6 $19) 21... Rab8 (21... Ne3+ $142 22. Kf2 Nxc4 $19) 22. Qb5 $4 (22. exd5 cxd5 23. Qc3 $19) 22... f6 (22... f6 23. Qc4 Qe6 24. exd5 cxd5 $19 (24... Rxd5 $6 25. Nc3 $17)) 0-1 [Event "corr 3GMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Zbroja, Tadeusz"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. h3 Bh5 4. c4 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Bg2 c6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. a3 (9. Qb3 Nbd7 (9... Qe7 10. e3 (10. b5 Nbd7 11. Nh4 Nc5 12. Qe3 Qxe3 13. fxe3 $15 {-0.37/8}) (10. Bc3 Nbd7 11. a3 a5 12. d4 a4 13. Qd1 $15 {-0.50/10 }) (10. Rg1 Qxb4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qe3+ Qe7 13. Nc3 $17 {-0.78/11}) (10. a3 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxb7 $11 {-0.06/9}) 10... Nbd7 11. Ba3 Be4 12. b5 Nc5 13. Bxc5 $11 {0.00/9}) (9... Be7 10. Ne5 (10. O-O O-O 11. d3 Bd6 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. b5 $15 {-0.34/9}) (10. d3 O-O 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. b5 $15 { -0.31/9}) (10. a3 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. d3 O-O 13. O-O $15 {-0.44/8}) (10. Bd4 Nbd7 11. Nh4 Nf8 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e3 $15 {-0.37/8}) 10... O-O 11. b5 Be4 12. f3 Bxb1 13. Rxb1 $11 {-0.03/8}) (9... Na6 10. a3 (10. Ne5 Qb6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. a3 Nc5 13. Qe3+ $11 {-0.12/9}) (10. Qe3+ Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. Ne5 Nc7 13. O-O $11 {-0.25/8}) 10... Be7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Nc3 $11 {0.00/9}) (9... a5 10. Qe3+ (10. bxa5 Nbd7 11. Nh4 Nc5 12. Qe3+ Ne6 13. Nxg6 $11 {-0.22/8}) 10... Be7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. b5 cxb5 13. Qb3 $11 {0.06/9}) 10. Nh4 (10. d3 Bd6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. a3 a5 13. O-O $17 {-0.87/8}) (10. O-O Bd6 11. Qe3+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Bxe7 13. a3 $17 {-0.75/10}) (10. Bd4 Bd6 11. Qe3+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Bxe7 13. b5 $15 {-0.44/9}) (10. a3 a5 11. Nh4 axb4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. axb4 $15 {-0.37/10}) 10... Qb6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. b5 Bd6 13. g5 $11 {-0.25/8}) (9. Qa4 Na6 (9... Nbd7 10. Qb3 (10. Nh4 Bd6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. a3 a5 13. b5 $15 {-0.31/8}) (10. O-O Nb6 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. a3 h5 13. g5 $15 {-0.34/9}) (10. Bd4 h5 11. g5 Ne4 12. h4 a5 13. b5 $15 {-0.34/8}) (10. a3 Bd6 11. Nh4 Nb6 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Bd4 $15 {-0.56/8}) 10... Qb6 11. a3 Ne4 12. Nd4 a5 13. d3 $15 {-0.28/8}) (9... b5 10. Qb3 (10. Qa3 Qe7 11. Qb3 Qxb4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qe3+ $17 {-0.72/9}) 10... Qe7 11. a3 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Ne5 $15 {-0.31/8}) (9... Qe7 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Bd4 a5 12. Nc3 b5 13. Qd1 $15 {-0.31/8}) (9... Bd6 10. Ne5 (10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nxg6 fxg6 12. b5 a6 13. bxc6 $11 {-0.19/9}) (10. Nc3 b5 11. Qb3 a5 12. g5 a4 13. Qd1 $17 {-0.94/9}) (10. b5 O-O 11. Nh4 Be4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Nf5 $15 {-0.44/9}) (10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 b5 12. Qb3 a5 13. a3 $17 {-0.78/8}) 10... Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Kxd7 12. b5 Rg8 13. Nc3 $11 {-0.12/8}) 10. a3 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Bd4 $15 {-0.37/8}) (9. Bc3 h5 (9... Bd6 10. d3 (10. a3 O-O 11. d3 Nbd7 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 $15 { -0.47/9}) (10. Nh4 O-O 11. Nxg6 fxg6 12. b5 Qe7 13. bxc6 $15 {-0.44/9}) (10. Qb3 O-O 11. Ne5 Na6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. a3 $15 {-0.59/9}) 10... O-O 11. a3 Re8 12. Nh4 Nbd7 13. Nxg6 $15 {-0.34/9}) (9... Ne4 10. Bd4 a5 11. bxa5 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O $15 {-0.44/9}) (9... Na6 10. a3 Bd6 11. d3 O-O 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. Nxg6 $15 {-0.50/9}) (9... Be7 10. a3 (10. d3 O-O 11. a3 Bd6 12. O-O Re8 13. e3 $15 {-0.37/9}) (10. O-O Na6 11. a3 O-O 12. d3 Nc7 13. Qc2 $15 {-0.34/9}) (10. a4 O-O 11. d3 Bd6 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Nh4 $15 {-0.44/10}) (10. Qb3 O-O 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. b5 Nbd7 13. Nxg6 $15 {-0.47/8}) 10... O-O 11. d3 Bd6 12. O-O Re8 13. Nbd2 $15 {-0.34/9}) 10. gxh5 (10. Ne5 Be4 11. f3 d4 12. fxe4 dxc3 13. Nxc3 $17 { -0.81/8}) (10. g5 Ne4 11. h4 Nxc3 12. dxc3 Bd6 13. e3 $17 {-0.84/10}) 10... Nxh5 11. e3 Bd6 12. a3 Nd7 13. d3 $15 {-0.59/9}) 9... Bd6 (9... a5 10. bxa5 ( 10. b5 Bc5 11. Be5 O-O 12. d4 Bd6 13. Qa4 $15 {-0.41/8}) (10. Qb3 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Bxa1 Bd6 13. Nh4 $15 {-0.56/8}) (10. g5 Nh5 11. bxa5 Nf4 12. Rh2 Qe7 13. Be5 $15 {-0.66/9}) 10... Bc5 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. d4 $11 {-0.19/10 }) (9... Nbd7 10. Nh4 (10. Nc3 Bd6 11. d3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 $15 {-0.53/9} ) (10. O-O Bd6 11. d3 O-O 12. Nh4 Nxg4 13. Nxg6 $17 {-1.16/8}) (10. d3 a5 11. bxa5 Qxa5+ 12. Qd2 Be7 13. Qxa5 $11 {-0.25/8}) (10. Qb3 a5 11. Nh4 axb4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. axb4 $15 {-0.37/10}) 10... Be4 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Nf5 Ndf6 13. Qb3 $11 {-0.12/8}) (9... Be7 10. Ne5 (10. Nh4 Be4 11. Bxe4 Nxe4 12. Nf5 Bf6 13. Qc2 $15 {-0.28/9}) (10. O-O a5 11. bxa5 O-O 12. Ne5 Rxa5 13. d3 $15 {-0.31/8}) (10. d3 O-O 11. Nh4 a5 12. bxa5 Qxa5+ 13. Qd2 $15 {-0.37/9}) (10. Nc3 a5 11. b5 d4 12. Nb1 c5 13. e3 $15 {-0.34/8}) 10... O-O 11. Nxg6 fxg6 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. b5 $11 {0.00/9}) 10. Nh4 (10. O-O a5 11. b5 O-O 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. d3 $15 {-0.28/9}) ( 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nh4 Nbd7 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. O-O $15 {-0.44/8}) (10. d3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Nh4 Qe7 13. Nxg6 $15 {-0.47/8}) (10. g5 Nh5 11. d3 O-O 12. e3 Nd7 13. O-O $17 {-0.72/9}) 10... Ne4 (10... O-O $142 $5 $15 11. Nxg6 fxg6 12. Nc3 Nbd7 13. b5 $15 {-0.44/8}) 11. Nxg6 $14 hxg6 12. Bxg7 Qh4 (12... Rh4 13. d3 $14 {0.47/8}) 13. Bxe4 Rh7 14. Bf3 Rxg7 15. d4 a6 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Rc1 f5 18. Qc2 f4 19. Bg2 Nb6 20. Qd3 O-O-O 21. O-O Qf6 22. e4 fxe3 23. fxe3 Qe7 24. e4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Nd5 26. Nxd6+ Qxd6 27. b5 1/2-1/2 [Event "TKM/SF/01"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Boronka, Joseph"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. h3 (3. Nf3 Bxf3 4. exf3 e6) 3... Bh5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 e6 6. a3 a5 7. b5 Bd6 8. c4 O-O 9. d4 Nbd7 10. c5 Be7 11. Bd3 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. c6 bxc6 14. bxc6 Nb8 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Nc3 Qg5 (16... Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nxc6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Qxc6 Qd3 21. g4 Rad8 22. Qc3 Bg6 23. Qxd3 exd3 24. Bc3 Be4 25. Rg1 a4 26. f4 c5 27. Kd2) 17. Kf1 (17. g4 Nxf2 (17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Bg6) 18. Qxf2 fxg4) 17... Nxc3 (17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 Na6 (18... Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Be8 20. Bb5 f4 $15) (18... Nxc6 19. Nxd5 Nxe5 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. h4 Qd8 22. Qxc7 Qxc7 23. Nxc7 Ng4 24. Nxa8 Rxf2+ 25. Kg1 Rxb2 26. Rh3 Re2 27. Rg3 Nxe3 28. Rb1 Nf5 29. Rg5 $11) (18... Bg6 19. Ne2 $11) (18... Be8 19. Nb5 Na6 20. Nd4 Bf7 $11) 19. Nb5) 18. Qxc3 f4 (18... Bxe5 19. dxe5 f4 (19... Be8) 20. e4 $15) 19. e4 (19. exf4 Qxf4 20. Qc2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nxc6 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. g4 Be8 $19) 19... Bxe5 (19... f3 20. g4 (20. Nxf3 $5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rxf3 $15) ( 20. g3 Bxe5 21. dxe5 d4 22. Qxd4 Nxc6 (22... Rd8 23. Qc3 Nxc6 24. Rd1 $13 (24. Qxc6 Qd2 25. Bc3 Qxd3+ 26. Kg1 $15)) 23. Qc4 Nxe5 24. Qxe6+ Nf7 25. Bc4 Kh8 $11 ) 20... Bxe5 21. dxe5 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bg6 23. Bc1 Qd8 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. Be3 Qd5 26. Rc1 Ra6 27. Qd4 Nxc6 28. Qxd5 exd5 29. e6 Re8 30. Rg1 Rxe6 31. Rg3 d4 32. Bf4 Rf6 33. Bxc7 d3 $19) 20. dxe5 f3 (20... Qd8 $15 21. exd5 Qxd5 22. Qc2 Bg6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Kg1 Ra6 25. Kh2 Rxc6 26. Qxg6 Qd2 27. Rac1 Qxf2 28. Rxc6 Nxc6 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Rg1 Qxb2 31. Qxc6 Qxe5 32. Qf3 Rd8 33. Rc1 c5 34. Qf2 Rc8) 21. g3 d4 (21... dxe4 22. Bxe4 Rd8 23. Re1 Qd2 24. Qxd2 Rxd2 25. Bc1 Rd4 26. g4 Be8 27. Bxf3 Bxc6 28. Bg2 Kf7 $11) 22. Qxd4 (22. Qc4 Ra6 23. Re1 Rxc6 24. Qxd4 Rd8 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. Rxe3 Rb6 27. Bc3 Rb3 28. Bc2 Rxa3 $17 29. g4 Bg6 30. Rxf3 Nc6 31. Kg2 Nb4 32. Bxb4 axb4 33. Rxa3 bxa3 34. Ra1 Rd2 35. Bb3 Bxe4+ 36. Kf1 Bd5 37. Bxd5 Rxd5 38. Rxa3 Rxe5 39. Ra7 Rc5 40. Ke2 Kf7 41. f4 Rc3 42. h4 Kf6 43. Ra8 c5 44. Rf8+ Ke7 45. Rg8 Kf7 46. Rc8) 22... Nxc6 23. Qc4 (23. Qc3 Rab8 ( 23... Rfd8 24. Qxc6 $6 Qd2 25. Bc3 Qxd3+ 26. Kg1 Bg6 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Rc1 Bxe4 $15)) 23... Rad8 (23... Rab8 24. Bc3 (24. Qxe6+ Bf7 25. Qxc6 Rxb2 26. Rd1 Qxe5 27. Kg1 Kh8 $17) 24... Rb6 25. Kg1) (23... Nxe5 24. Qxe6+ Nf7 25. Bc4 Kh8 26. Qd5 Qh6 $11) 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 (24... Bf7 25. Qxc6 Rxd3 (25... Qd2 26. Bc3 Qxd3+ 27. Kg1 Rfe8 $14) 26. e6 $1 (26. Bc3 $2 Rfd8 (26... Qe7 27. Kg1 Rfd8 28. Kh2 Be8 29. Qc4+ Bf7 $11) 27. Qxc7 Rd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Be1 Be6 30. Qb8+ Kf7 31. Qc7+ Kg6 32. Qc6 Qxe5 $19) 26... Qd2 27. exf7+ Rxf7 28. Qe8+ Rf8 29. Qe6+ Rf7 ( 29... Kh8 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qe5+ Kh6 32. Kg1 Qc3 33. Qxc3 Rxc3 34. Kh2 Rc2 35. Rhf1 $14) 30. Qe8+ Rf8 31. Qe6+ Rf7 $11) 25. Rd1 (25. Qxc6 Rxd3 26. Re1 (26. Bc3 Qe7 (26... Rfd8 27. Re1 Qe7 28. Bxa5 Rd1 29. Qxc7 Qxc7 30. Bxc7 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Rc8 32. Kd2 Rxc7 33. Ke3 g5 34. h4 Rc3+ 35. Kd4 Rxa3 36. hxg5 Bg6 37. e6 Kg7 38. Ke5 Ra5+ 39. Kf4 Kf8 40. Kxf3 Re5 41. Re1 Rxg5 42. Kf4 Rc5 $11) 27. e6 (27. Kg1 Rfd8 28. Kh2 Be8 29. Qc4 Bf7 30. Qc6 Be8 $11) 27... Rd6 28. Qa4 Bg6 29. Qxa5 c5 30. Kg1 Bxe4 31. Kh2 Rxe6 32. Rhe1 Rh6 33. Qb5 Qe6 34. h4 Qg4 35. Qf1 Bf5 36. Be5 c4 37. Rad1 Bd3 38. Qh3 Qg6 39. Bc3 Qf7) 26... Qd2 (26... Qe7 27. e6 Be8 28. Qc4 Rd6 29. Qc5 Rxe6 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. Bc3 Bb5+ 32. Kg1 Be2 33. Bxa5 Ra8 34. Bb4 Rxe4 $11) 27. Qc1 Qxc1 28. Bxc1 (28. Rxc1) 28... Re8 29. Kg1 Rxe5 30. Re3 Rxe3 31. Bxe3 c5) 25... Nd4 26. h4 Nxe6 (26... Qxg3 27. fxg3 Nxe6 28. Kf2 $14) 27. hxg5 Nc5 28. Rxh5 Rxd3 29. Re1 Rb3 (29... Rb8 30. Bc1 Rc3 31. Bd2 Rc2 32. Be3 Nd3 33. Rd1 Rcb2 34. Kg1 Rb1 35. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 36. Kh2 Nxe5 37. Bd4 Ng6 38. g4 Rb3 39. Kg3 Rxa3 40. Rh1 Kg8 41. Rc1 Ra4 42. Bb2 Rb4 43. Ba1 Rb7 44. Rc4 Kf7 45. Bc3 Nf8 46. Bxa5 Ne6 47. Kxf3 c5 48. Bd2 Rb3+ 49. Ke2 Rb1 50. f4 Rb3 51. Be3 Rb2+ 52. Kd3 Rb3+ 53. Rc3 Rb8 $18) 30. Bd4 (30. Ba1 Kg8 $15) 30... Nd3 31. Rd1 c5 32. Be3 c4 33. g6 c3 34. e6 (34. Rxh7+ Kg8 $19) 34... c2 35. Rc1 Nxc1 36. e7 Re8 37. Rf5 hxg6 38. Rf8+ Kh7 39. Rxe8 Ne2 40. Ke1 0-1 [Event "corr 3GMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Schirmer, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "125"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 $15 2. a3 a5 3. b5 d5 4. e3 Be6 5. Bb2 Nd7 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. c4 dxc4 8. Qc2 Qf6 9. Bxc4 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 Qg6 11. O-O e4 12. Nh4 Qg4 13. g3 Nb6 14. Qc2 Ne7 15. Nc3 f5 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 (17. Rxf3 g5 18. h3 Qxh3 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. Qxf5 Qxf5 21. Rxf5 Nc4 $11) 17... O-O 18. Rf2 Nc4 19. Raf1 Nxb2 (19... Bxa3 $2 20. Bxa3 Nxa3 21. Qa2+ Qc4 22. Qxa3 $18) 20. Qxb2 Kh8 21. Nd4 c5 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Qb3 Rad8 24. Nce2 Qe4 25. Nf4 Rb8 26. Qc3 {Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn } Qe5 27. Nd3 Qd5 28. g4 c5 29. Nxf5 Nxf5 30. Rxf5 (30. gxf5 $2 Rb3 31. Nf4 Bxf4 $19 (31... Rxc3 $6 32. Nxd5 Rxa3 33. Nb6 $11)) 30... Rxf5 31. Rxf5 (31. gxf5 $2 Rb3 32. Qxa5 Rxd3 $19) 31... Rb1+ 32. Nc1 Qe6 33. h3 a4 34. Kg2 h6 35. Kf2 c4 36. Qc2 Rb8 (36... Ra1 37. Ne2 Rxa3 38. Ra5 Qf7+ 39. Qf5 $11) 37. Ne2 ( 37. Qxa4 $5 Kh7 38. Qa5 $14) 37... Bxa3 $11 38. Nf4 Qc6 39. g5 hxg5 40. Rxg5 Kg8 41. Rh5 Rf8 42. Qh7+ Kf7 43. Rf5+ Ke8 44. Qh5+ Kd7 45. Rg5 Bd6 (45... Be7 $142 $5 46. Rxg7 a3 $14) 46. Rxg7+ $16 Kc8 47. Qf3 (47. Qg6 a3 48. Ke2 Kb8 $14) 47... Qxf3+ $14 48. Kxf3 a3 49. Ke4 Re8+ 50. Kd5 Bb4 51. Kxc4 Bxd2 52. Nd5 Bxe3 53. Kb3 Rd8 54. Ne7+ Kd7 55. Ng8+ Kc6 56. Kxa3 Bc5+ 57. Ka2 Rd2+ 58. Kb1 Bd4 59. Rg4 Kc5 60. Ne7 Rh2 61. h4 Bf6 62. Ng6 Kd6 63. Kc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "TKM/SF/01"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Palmkoeck, William"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. a3 d5 3. Bb2 Bd6 4. Nf3 Qe7 5. e3 Nf6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 d4 8. Ne2 Bg4 9. exd4 Bxf3 10. dxe5 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 Qxe5 $146 12. gxf3 O-O 13. d4 Qe6 (13... Qf5 $11 14. Rg1 (14. Bg2) (14. Qb3 a5 $15) 14... Qxf3 15. Bg2 Qf5 16. Qb1 Qh5 17. h3 Re8 18. Qd3 a5 19. b5 cxb5 20. cxb5 Nbd7 21. Kf1 Rad8 $16) 14. Qd3 Nbd7 (14... Re8 15. Rg1 (15. O-O-O a5 16. b5 cxb5 17. cxb5 Nbd7 18. Kb2 Rac8 19. Rg1 Nb6 20. f4 Nc4+ 21. Ka1 Qd6 22. Bh3 $15) (15. h4 a5 (15... Nbd7) 16. Bh3 Qd6 ( 16... Qe7) 17. O-O axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qxb4 20. Rb1 Qe7 21. Ng3 Qc7 22. Ne4 Nbd7 23. c5 Rb8 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Nd6 b5 26. Re1 Nf6 27. Ra1 $15) (15. Kd2 Nbd7 16. Ng3 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Ne4 c5) 15... a5 16. b5 cxb5 17. cxb5 Qd6 18. f4 Nbd7 (18... Qxf4 19. Qg3 $14) 19. O-O-O Rac8+ 20. Kb1 Nb6 21. Bh3 Rc7 22. Rc1 (22. Ng3 Qxf4 23. Nf5 $17) 22... Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Nbd5 24. Rc8 $11) 15. f4 Nb6 (15... Rfe8 16. Bh3 Qe7 17. Kf1 (17. Rg1) 17... a5 18. bxa5 (18. b5) 18... Rxa5 19. Rg1 $11) 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Rg1 (17. Bg2 Rfe8 (17... a5) 18. Rc2 $11 (18. Kf1 $11) (18. Bf3 a5 19. O-O axb4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. c5 Nbd5 22. Rb1 Qa3 23. Qxa3 Rxa3 24. Bxd5 Rxe2 25. Bg2 Re7 $11)) 17... Rfe8 18. Rg5 $11 (18. Rg3 Nh5 ( 18... Qd7 19. Bh3 Qc7 20. Qf5 (20. Re3 a5 21. bxa5 Rxa5 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Rb1 Rh5) (20. Kf1 Re7 21. Re1 $14)) 19. Rh3 g6 20. Re3 Qh4 21. f5 Qxh2 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Rc2 Rf8 24. Rf3 Rae8 (24... Rxf3 25. Qxf3 Re8 (25... Rf8 26. Qe3 Ng7 27. Qg3 Qh5 28. Rc3 Qf5 29. Bg2))) (18. Qg3 g6 19. f5 Qe4 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Kd2 Qe6 22. Qd3 Ne4+ 23. Ke1 Qf6 24. Rg2 $15) 18... Rad8 (18... Nfd7 19. Bg2 h6 20. Rg3 Qh4 21. d5 Qxf4 22. Qc3 Re5 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Bxc6 Rc8 25. Kf1 Qf6 26. Bb5 $16) 19. Re5 Qc7 20. Bh3 Nbd7 21. Re3 Nf8 22. Kf1 Ng6 23. Qf5 b6 24. Rcc3 Ne7 25. Qc2 c5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. d5 $14 Ng6 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Re3 Rd8 30. Qc1 $14 (30. Qf5 Qd6 31. Kg1 $14) (30. f5 Nf4 31. Kg1 $14) 30... Rf8 (30... Qd6 31. f5 $14) 31. Rd3 Qd6 32. Kg1 a6 33. f5 Ne5 34. Rg3 Kh8 35. f4 Ned7 36. Re3 Nb6 37. Bg2 Rg8 38. Bf3 Nbd7 39. Qb1 Rb8 40. Rb3 Rxb3 41. Qxb3 h6 42. Qa4 Qb6 43. Kg2 ( 43. Ng3 Qd6 44. Kg2 (44. Nh5 Nxh5 45. Bxh5 Qxf4 46. Qxd7 Qg5+ 47. Kf2 Qxh5 48. Qc8+ Kh7 49. Qxc5 Qxf5+ 50. Kg1 $11) 44... Qxf4 45. Be2 Ne5 46. Qxa6 $11) 43... Kh7 44. Qc2 Qc7 45. Qc1 Qb8 46. Qc3 (46. Qe3 Qb2 $11) 46... Qd6 (46... Ne8 47. Qe3 Nd6 48. f6 g6 (48... gxf6 49. Ng3 $16) 49. Ng3 $14) 47. Qa5 Qb6 48. Qa4 Qb7 49. d6 Qb6 50. Qc6 Qa5 51. a4 Qe1 (51... Nb6 52. Qc7 Nxc4 53. Qxa5 Nxa5 54. Nc3 Nc4 55. Ne4 Nd7 56. Be2 Nb2 57. a5 c4 58. f6 g6 59. Bg4 Nb8 60. Bc8 Nd3 61. Kf3 Nb4 62. d7 N8c6 63. Ke3 $18) 52. Ng3 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr ICCF Cup11 V84"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Black "Michel, Klaus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2360"] [PlyCount "154"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. a3 d5 3. Bb2 Bd6 4. Nf3 Qe7 5. e3 Nf6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 d4 8. Ne2 (8. Nb1 dxe3 9. dxe3 O-O $15) 8... dxe3 (8... d3 9. Ng3 e4 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd4 $11) 9. dxe3 O-O 10. Ng3 (10. Qc2 c5 11. bxc5 Bc7 $11) 10... Rd8 (10... c5 11. bxc5 Bc7 12. Bd3 $15) 11. Qc2 (11. Bd3 Bg4 $11) 11... a5 (11... c5 12. bxc5 Bc7 13. Bd3 $11) 12. c5 $11 Bc7 13. h3 (13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Nbd7 $11) 13... e4 14. Nd2 Bxg3 15. fxg3 Nd5 (15... Bf5 16. Bc4 Nd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. O-O $15) 16. Qxe4 $11 Qxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe3 18. Ke2 Nd5 19. Nc3 (19. b5 cxb5 20. Kf2 f5 $15) 19... Nc7 (19... axb4 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Bxa1 $15) 20. Rd1 (20. Ne4 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Bxa1 Nba6 $15) 20... Rxd1 $11 21. Kxd1 Be6 22. Ne4 axb4 23. axb4 Nd5 24. b5 (24. Nd6 Ra2 25. Bc1 Nxb4 26. Nxb7 Bb3+ 27. Ke1 Nd7 $17) 24... Nd7 25. g4 (25. Kc1 cxb5 26. Bxb5 Nxc5 27. Nxc5 Rc8 $15) 25... Ne3+ 26. Kd2 Nxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Bd5 28. bxc6 Bxc6 29. Re1 (29. Nd6 Nxc5 30. Ke3 f6 $17) 29... Re8 $19 30. Nf2 Rxe1 31. Kxe1 Nxc5 32. g3 Ne6 (32... b5 33. Kd2 $19) 33. Kd2 f6 34. Ke3 Kf7 (34... b5 35. Ba3 $19) 35. Ba3 (35. h4 b5 $19) 35... Ng5 36. Bb4 b6 (36... b5 37. Bd6 $19) 37. Bc3 (37. h4 Nf3 $19) 37... Ke6 (37... b5 38. h4 Nf3 39. Nd3 $19) 38. Bb4 (38. h4 Nf7 $19) 38... Kd5 $19 39. Kd3 (39. Bf8 Ne6 40. Be7 Kc4 $19) 39... Bb5+ 40. Kc3 (40. Ke3 Kc4 41. Be7 Bc6 $19) 40... Ne6 41. Be7 (41. Kd2 Nc5 $19) 41... Bf1 42. Ba3 (42. h4 h6 $19) 42... Nc5 (42... b5 43. Be7 $19) 43. h4 h6 44. Bb4 Bc4 45. Ba3 (45. Kd2 b5 $19) 45... Ba6 (45... b5 46. h5 $19) 46. Bb4 Bb5 (46... Be2 47. Kd2 Bb5 48. Bc3 $19) 47. Ba3 (47. h5 Be2 $19 ) 47... Bc6 48. Bb4 Bd7 49. Ba3 g6 (49... Be6 50. Bc1 $19) 50. Bb4 (50. Bc1 g5 $17) 50... Bc8 (50... Be6 51. Ba3 $17) 51. Ba3 f5 (51... Ba6 52. Bc1 g5 53. Kc2 $19) 52. gxf5 Bxf5 (52... gxf5 53. Bc1 h5 54. Be3 $17) 53. g4 Bd7 (53... Be4 54. Kb4 $17) 54. Bc1 h5 55. gxh5 (55. g5 Nb7 $17) 55... gxh5 56. Nd3 Ne4+ 57. Kb4 Kd4 58. Nf4 Ng3 59. Ng6 Ke4 60. Bg5 Kf5 61. Ne7+ Ke6 62. Ng6 Be8 63. Nf4+ Ke5 64. Nd3+ Kf5 65. Nf2 (65. Nf4 Bc6 $17) 65... Ne2 66. Nd3 (66. Be3 b5 $17) 66... Nd4 67. Kc4 Nf3 68. Bd8 Bc6 69. Nf2 (69. Nb4 Bd7 $17) 69... Ne5+ 70. Kb4 b5 71. Kc5 Be8 72. Bc7 Ng6 73. Bg3 Ne5 74. Kb4 Nf3 75. Kc5 Nd2 76. Bc7 Nb3+ 77. Kb4 Nd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "email 4AMM-05"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Andersson, Egart"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. a3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 e4 (6... a5 7. Nf3 e4 8. Ng5 O-O 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Nxf7 Rxf7 12. Nb5 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 Nc6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. O-O Ne5 17. Bxf7+ Nxf7 18. Qc4 Bf5 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Qb5 Qg6 21. Rc1 { nitousche-Klaus Behrmann/ChessWorld.net Tour #13493 2004/[Fritz 8 (3s)] (39)}) 7. Ne2 (7. d3 O-O 8. Nd2 exd3 9. Bxd3 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Ngf3 Bxh2 12. Qc2 Rd5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Rxh2 Rxd2 16. Bg8+ { 1-0 Luzuriaga,N (2440)-Sofia,G (2035)/Liape ch-1 zone-A gr-07 email 2002}) 7... Nc6 8. Qc2 $146 (8. Nbc3 Ne5 9. d3 exd3 10. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Nb5 Rd8 14. Qc2 Qe4 15. Qxe4 Nxe4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Nxc7 Bxc7 18. fxe4 Bc6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nc3 Be5 21. Ke2 Bxc3 22. Bxc3 Bxe4 { NN-KnightStalker 80286 12Mhz/1-0 (105)}) (8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nbc3 Bf5 $11) 8... Ne5 $15 9. Ng3 Nxc4 (9... Be6 10. Be2 Bd5 11. O-O $14) 10. Qxc4 $11 Bxg3 (10... O-O 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 $11) 11. hxg3 $14 O-O 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nc3 (13. Qxe4 $143 Bf5 14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. exd4 Rfd8 $15) 13... Re8 (13... Bf5 14. g4 (14. Qxc7 $2 Rac8 15. Qxb7 Rxc3 $19) 14... Bg6 15. Qxc7 $14) 14. Qxc7 $16 Bg4 (14... b6 15. Qf4 Qe6 16. f3 exf3 17. gxf3 $16) 15. Qxb7 Rac8 16. O-O (16. Rc1 a6 $16) 16... Re7 17. Qd5 Bf5 (17... Re5 18. Qd4 Rd8 19. Qxa7 $18) 18. Rac1 (18. g4 Re5 19. Qb7 Bxg4 20. Nxe4 Qd8 $16) 18... Rd7 19. Qa5 Re8 20. Nd5 Qe5 (20... Qg6 21. Rc2 $16) 21. Rc5 Qd6 22. Rfc1 (22. Nc7 $142 Rc8 23. Rfc1 $18) 22... Qb8 $4 ( 22... Red8 $142 $18) 23. Nc7 Rc8 (23... Red8 24. Rxf5 Rxd2 25. Nd5 $18) 24. Na6 (24. Rxf5 $6 Rdxc7 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 $18) 24... Rxc5 25. Qxc5 (25. Nxb8 $6 Rxc1+ 26. Kh2 Rd6 $16) (25. Rxc5 $143 Qe8 26. Rxf5 Rxd2 $18) 25... Qd8 (25... Qe8 26. Qxf5 g6 27. Qb5 $18) 26. Qxf5 g6 (26... h6 27. Qxe4 Rxd2 28. Rc7 $18) 27. Qxe4 Rxd2 28. Qf3 Kg7 29. Rc7 Rd7 30. Qf4 (30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Nc5 Qd2 $18) 30... Rxc7 31. Nxc7 (31. Qxc7 $6 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qh5+ 35. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 31... Kg8 32. Qe5 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 f5 (33... Qa4 34. Nd5 Qa6 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Ne4+ Kf8 37. Nc5 $18) 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qe7+ Kg8 36. f3 f4 37. Ne6 (37. Ne6 fxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Qe1+ 39. Kg4 h5+ 40. Kg5 Qxe3+ 41. Kxg6 Qd3+ 42. Kh6 Qd2+ 43. f4 Qxf4+ 44. Nxf4 h4 45. Qe8#) 1-0 [Event "email 4AMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Chatterjee"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 Nf6 2. e3 e5 3. a3 d5 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 O-O 7. d3 Bg4 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. O-O (9. h3 Bf5 $11) 9... Qe7 (9... a5 10. b5 $11) 10. h3 Bh5 (10... Be6 11. Nbd2 $11) 11. Nbd2 (11. g4 Bg6 $11) 11... Rfd8 (11... a5 12. b5 $11) 12. Qc2 (12. g4 Bg6 $11) 12... Nb6 13. Rfc1 (13. g4 Bg6 $11) 13... Rac8 (13... Nxc4 14. dxc4 c5 15. bxc5 $15) 14. Nh4 Nfd5 15. Nf5 Qd7 16. Nxd6 (16. Ng3 Bg6 $11) 16... cxd6 17. Qb3 Nf6 (17... Qe6 18. a4 $11) 18. a4 (18. e4 Qe8 $11) 18... Nxc4 (18... Qe7 19. a5 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 $11) 19. Rxc4 Rxc4 20. dxc4 (20. Nxc4 Qe6 $11) 20... Qf5 (20... Bg6 21. Rd1 $11) 21. f3 Qg5 22. Rd1 b6 (22... Bg6 23. f4 exf4 24. Nf3 $11) 23. e4 $14 Bg6 24. Bc1 Qh4 25. Nf1 (25. a5 Nh5 $14) 25... Nh5 (25... Nh5 26. Qd3 f5 27. exf5 Bf7 $14) (25... Bh5 26. Qe3 Nxe4 27. g4 $16) * [Event "corr"] [Site "?"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gross, Wilhelm"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. a3 d5 3. Bb2 Bd6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e3 c6 6. c4 Ngf6 7. Nc3 e4 8. Nd4 O-O 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. d3 Nb6 (10... a5 11. dxe4 axb4 12. Ncb5 $11) 11. dxe4 (11. Be2 a5 $11) 11... dxe4 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Qb3 (13. Qd2 Rd8 $11) 13... Bd7 14. Ncb5 (14. Rd1 Rfd8 $11) 14... Be5 $15 15. Rd1 Rad8 (15... Rfd8 16. O-O $15) 16. O-O $11 (16. Nxa7 Ba4 17. Nf5 Qc7 $19 (17... Bxb3 $4 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Rxd8 (19. Bxe5 $6 Bxd1 20. Bxd1 Rd7 $18) 19... Rxd8 20. Bxe5 $18)) 16... Ng4 (16... a6 17. Nc3 $11) 17. h3 (17. Nxa7 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 $19) 17... Nh2 { Black gets the initiative} 18. Rfe1 Nf3+ 19. Nxf3 exf3 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Bxe5 fxe2 22. Nc3 (22. Nd4 Qd5 23. Qxd5 Rxd5 $17) 22... Qd3 23. Bd4 (23. Rxe2 Rfe8 24. Re1 Rxe5 $17) 23... Nd5 (23... Rc8 24. Qb2 $17) 24. Qb1 Qxb1 25. Nxb1 (25. Rxb1 $4 Nxc3 26. Re1 Rxd4 27. exd4 Rd8 $19) 25... Rc8 26. Nd2 (26. f3 $5 $17) 26... Rc2 $19 27. Rxe2 Rfc8 28. Kf1 (28. g3 Nc3 29. Bxc3 R8xc3 $17) 28... Ra2 29. Nf3 Rxa3 30. Rb2 f6 (30... f6 31. Ke2 Kf7 $19) (30... b5 31. Ne5 $19) 0-1 [Event "corr 3GMMsemi-01"] [Site "?"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Kusmierek, Jozef"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "1999.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. a3 d5 3. Bb2 Bd6 4. Nf3 Qf6 5. e3 Ne7 6. c4 dxc4 (6... c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. d4 $15) 7. Bxc4 Nbc6 (7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 $11) 8. O-O (8. d4 e4 9. Nfd2 Qg6 $11) 8... Bg4 9. Be2 (9. d3 O-O $11) 9... Qh6 (9... a6 10. Nd4 $15) 10. Nc3 f5 11. Nb5 {White fights for the Initiative} e4 (11... O-O-O 12. Nxd6+ Qxd6 13. b5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 $14) 12. Nxd6+ cxd6 13. Nd4 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 (14. Qxe2 O-O $11) 14... O-O (14... a5 15. b5 Ne5 16. Nf4 $11) 15. Qb3+ d5 (15... Rf7 16. f3 $11) 16. b5 Nd8 17. a4 Ne6 18. Ba3 Rf7 (18... Qf6 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. f3 $14) 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Qxd5 Rf7 (20... Qf6 21. Ng3 $16) 21. f3 $16 Rd8 22. Qa2 exf3 (22... Rfd7 23. Nf4 Rd6 24. Rac1 $16) 23. Rxf3 Qf6 24. d4 (24. Raf1 Qg6 $16) 24... Qe7 (24... Ng5 25. Rff1 $16) 25. Qb3 g6 26. Rc1 (26. Rd1 Ng5 27. Rf4 Ne6 $16) 26... Ng5 27. Rff1 Re8 28. Rc3 Ne4 29. Rc2 (29. Rd3 Kg7 $16) 29... Ng5 30. h4 Ne4 31. h5 Kg7 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. Nf4 Qh4 (33... Ng3 34. Rf3 Qh4 35. b6 $16) 34. d5 g5 35. Nh3 Qg3 36. Rcc1 (36. Nf2 Nf6 $14) 36... Rf6 $11 37. Rc2 (37. Qa3 Nd2 38. Rf2 Rxe3 $11) 37... Rh6 38. Rf3 Qe5 {Threatens g4} 39. d6 Rxd6 40. Rc7+ Kh8 41. Rf1 (41. Qf7 Rd1+ 42. Rf1 Rxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Ng3+ 44. Kg1 Qa1+ 45. Kf2 Ne4+ 46. Ke2 Qb2+ 47. Kf1 Ng3+ 48. Kg1 Qb1+ 49. Kf2 Ne4+ 50. Ke2 Qb2+ 51. Kf1 Qa1+ 52. Ke2 Qb2+ $11) 41... Rd2 42. Rc2 { White launches an attack} (42. Rxb7 $2 Qg3 43. Nf2 Rxf2 44. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 45. Kh2 g4 $19) 42... Red8 43. Nf2 Nxf2 44. Rxf2 R2d3 45. Qb2 Rd1+ 46. Rf1 Rxf1+ 47. Kxf1 {Threatening mate: Qxe5} Qxb2 48. Rxb2 Kg7 49. b6 a6 (49... Ra8 50. bxa7 Rxa7 51. Rb4 $11) 50. Rc2 Kf6 51. Rc7 Rb8 52. Ke2 a5 (52... Ke5 $5 $14) 53. Kd3 $16 Ke6 54. Kc4 Ke5 55. Kb5 Ke4 56. Rf7 g4 (56... Ke5 57. Kxa5 Ke4 58. Re7+ Kd5 59. Kb5 $16) 57. Kxa5 Ke5 58. Kb5 Ke6 59. Rxb7 Rxb7 60. a5 (60. a5 Rd7 61. a6 $15) 1-0 [Event "NBC KE01 email"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Schroeder, Marc"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackElo "2110"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 e5 4. Bb2 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. a3 Ngf6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Be2 O-O 9. d3 a5 10. b5 Qe7 (10... Re8 11. O-O $11) 11. O-O b6 12. Nbd2 (12. Nc3 Ra7 $15) 12... Re8 13. a4 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Qb3 Nc5 (15... Qe6 16. Ba3 $11) 16. Qd1 $11 Ncd7 (16... e4 17. Ne1 $11) 17. Qb3 $15 h6 (17... Qe6 18. Ba3 $11) 18. h3 Nc5 (18... Qe6 19. d4 $15) 19. Qd1 $11 Ncd7 (19... e4 20. Ne1 $11) 20. Qb3 $15 Kh7 (20... Bb4 21. Nb1 $15) 21. Rfd1 Rg8 22. Nf1 g5 (22... d4 23. N1d2 Bd5 24. Nc4 dxe3 25. fxe3 $15) 23. d4 (23. Ng3 Qe6 $11) 23... e4 24. N3h2 h5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Ra1 (26. Nd2 Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qd6+ 28. Kg1 Qb4 $11) 26... Qe6 ( 26... Bxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qd6+ 28. Kg1 $11) 27. Ba3 $14 Bb8 (27... h4 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Ng4 $11) 28. Qd1 h4 29. Rc1 Rg8 (29... Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Kg7 31. Nd2 $11) 30. Nd2 Ne8 (30... Kg7 31. Ng4 $14) 31. f3 (31. Nhf1 Nd6 $14) 31... Qg6 (31... Nd6 32. Qf1 Nf6 33. fxe4 Ndxe4 34. Nxe4 dxe4 35. Ng4 $11) 32. fxe4 (32. Qf1 f5 $14) 32... dxe4 33. Nc4 (33. Qf1 Qf6 $14) 33... Qe6 34. Ng4 (34. Qc2 Bd5 $11) 34... Bd5 $11 35. Nd2 f5 36. Nf2 Nef6 37. Bc4 g4 38. Bxd5 Nxd5 39. Rc6 Qf7 40. Qe2 ( 40. hxg4 Nxe3 41. Qe1 Nd5 $11) 40... Bg3 (40... gxh3 41. Nxh3 N7f6 42. Nc4 $15) 41. hxg4 Bxf2+ (41... Nb8 42. Rc1 Bxf2+ 43. Qxf2 Rxg4 44. Nc4 $11) 42. Qxf2 ( 42. Kxf2 Nb8 43. Rc1 Rxg4 $11) 42... Rxg4 43. Bd6 (43. Kh2 f4 44. Nc4 Qf5 $11) 43... h3 44. g3 Qh5 45. Rc1 (45. Kh2 N7f6 46. Kh1 Rg6 $15) 45... Rg6 { Black gets strong initiative} 46. Nc4 N7f6 47. Ne5 Rg8 48. Kh1 Rd8 49. Ba3 (49. Rc6 Re8 50. Rc1 Qg5 $15) 49... Ng4 $17 50. Nxg4 Qxg4 51. Rf1 Kg6 52. Qa2 Kf6 ( 52... Qxg3 $2 53. Rg1 Qxg1+ 54. Kxg1 $18) 53. Qc2 Kg7 54. Bc1 Kh7 (54... Rd7 55. Qc6 Nf6 56. Qc2 $15 (56. Qxb6 Qe2 57. Qxf6+ Kxf6 58. Rg1 h2 59. g4 Qf3+ 60. Rg2 Qf1+ 61. Kxh2 Rh7+ 62. Kg3 Qf3#)) 55. Kh2 $17 Rc8 {Threatening mate... how? } 56. Qd2 (56. Qa2 Kg7 57. Kh1 Nc3 $19) 56... Rc3 (56... Kg7 57. Rf2 $17) 57. Qf2 (57. Qa2 Rc7 (57... Nxe3 $6 58. Qf7+ Qg7 59. Qxg7+ Kxg7 60. Bxe3 Rxe3 61. Rxf5 $11 (61. Kxh3 $143 Kg6 $17)) 58. Qd2 Kg7 $17) 57... Kg6 (57... Kg7 58. Qg1 $17) 58. Qa2 (58. Bd2 Ra3 59. Bc1 Rxa4 60. Qc2 $19) 58... Kf6 $19 (58... Nxe3 59. Qe6+ Kh7 60. Qe7+ Qg7 61. Qh4+ Qh6 62. Qxh6+ Kxh6 63. Bxe3+ Rxe3 64. Rxf5 $14 (64. Kxh3 $2 Kg5 $19)) 59. Qf2 Nb4 {Black intends Rc2} (59... Nb4 60. Qf4 Rc2+ 61. Kh1 Qxf4 62. gxf4 Ra2 $19) 0-1 [Event "email 4AMM-05"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Ganesan, Arasu"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. a3 d5 3. Bb2 Bd6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e3 Ngf6 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. d3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 (9... a5 10. Be2 $15) 10. Be2 (10. Rc1 $15) 10... Nf8 (10... a5 11. d4 $15) 11. Rc1 (11. O-O Bf5 $11) 11... Bf5 (11... a5 12. b5 $11) 12. Qb3 ( 12. d4 e4 13. Nh4 Be6 $17) 12... Ng6 (12... Rc8 13. O-O $15) 13. O-O $11 Qe7 ( 13... Qb6 14. d4 $11) 14. Rc2 (14. d4 e4 15. Ng5 h6 $17) 14... Rac8 (14... Rec8 15. Rfc1 $11) 15. Rfc1 Rxc2 16. Rxc2 (16. Qxc2 Rc8 17. Qa4 Rxc1+ 18. Bxc1 a6 $15) 16... Rc8 (16... b5 17. Rc6 $15) 17. Nf1 (17. Rxc8+ Bxc8 18. d4 e4 $15) 17... Rxc2 18. Qxc2 h6 (18... Be6 19. d4 e4 20. Ne5 $15) 19. Ng3 $11 Be6 (19... Bd7 20. d4 $11) 20. Qc3 {e5 draws heavy fire} (20. d4 e4 21. Ne5 a6 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr 3GMMsemi-01"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Cottarelli, Franco"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. a3 d5 3. Bb2 Bd6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e3 Ngf6 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. d3 O-O (8... a5 9. b5 $15) 9. Nbd2 (9. Nc3 a5 $15) 9... a5 (9... Qe7 10. Be2 $15) 10. b5 a4 (10... Rb8 11. Be2 $11) 11. Be2 Qa5 (11... Qb6 12. Rb1 $15) 12. Rb1 Re8 (12... Qd8 13. Qc2 $15) 13. O-O Nf8 (13... Qd8 14. Rc1 $11) 14. e4 $11 d4 ( 14... N8d7 15. exd5 Qxb5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 $14) 15. Nc4 Qd8 16. Bc1 Ng6 17. Nxd6 (17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 $15) 17... Qxd6 18. Rb4 Bd7 19. Rxa4 Bxb5 20. Rb4 Ba6 21. Nd2 (21. Re1 Rec8 $11) 21... Nf4 22. Nc4 Nxe2+ (22... Bxc4 23. Rxc4 b5 24. Rb4 $11) 23. Qxe2 $11 Qe6 (23... Bxc4 24. Rxc4 b5 25. Rb4 $11) 24. Rb6 (24. Nb6 Ra7 $11) 24... Qd7 25. Rb4 (25. Rxf6 Bxc4 26. Rf5 Bb3 $11) 25... Qe6 (25... Bxc4 26. Rxc4 Ng4 27. Qb2 $11) 26. Rb6 (26. Nb6 Ra7 $11) 26... Qd7 ( 26... Qg4 27. Qxg4 Nxg4 28. f4 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr 3GMM-32"] [Site "?"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Stobbe, Arthur"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. e3 e5 3. a3 c5 (3... Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bb2 $15) 4. Bb2 Qc7 (4... f6 $5 $11) 5. Nc3 $14 Nf6 6. Nb5 Qc6 (6... Qe7 $5 7. bxc5 Ne4 $14) 7. Bxe5 $16 Na6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. bxc5 Bxc5 10. Nbd4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc5 (12... Nc7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bd3 $18) 13. Rb1 (13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Rb1 Kd8 $18) 13... Ncd7 14. Bb5 Qxc2 15. O-O Ke7 (15... Qe4 16. Qg3 Rd8 17. Qxg7 $18) 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Qxd5 b6 18. Rbc1 Qg6 19. Rc6 Qg4 20. h3 Qh4 21. Rc7 Rhd8 22. Bxg7 Ke8 23. Rxd7 $1 (23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Qxa8+ Qd8 25. Qc6 $18) 1-0 [Event "email 4AMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Kaniak, Andrzej"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. e3 e5 3. a3 Bf5 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Bb2 Bd6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a5 8. bxa5 Rxa5 9. Qb3 Nh6 10. d4 e4 11. Nfd2 Nb6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Ncxe4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Re8 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Qb4 {last book move} Qa6 17. Qc3 Ra4 18. h3 Re7 19. Rc1 Bd3 20. d5 Nf5 21. Nf3 (21. Nb3 Bb5 22. Nc5 $14) 21... Rc4 $15 22. Qd2 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Qb5 24. Qc3 f6 25. d6 Nxd6 26. Nd4 Qa6 27. Qb4 Kf7 28. Qc5 Kf8 29. Qb4 $2 (29. Bc1 $142 $17) 29... Ne4 $19 30. Nb3 Qc6 31. Nd4 Qd5 (31... Qd5 32. Nf3 Bc4 33. Bxf6 gxf6 $19) 0-1 [Event "corr 3GMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Preuss, Guenter"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. a3 Nf6 3. Bb2 d6 4. c4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 (6... Nc6 7. Nf3 $15 ) 7. Nf3 (7. d4 Bf5 $11) 7... e4 (7... a5 8. b5 $11) 8. Nd4 c5 9. Nde2 (9. Nc2 Nc6 $11) 9... cxb4 10. axb4 Na6 (10... d5 11. cxd5 Bxb4 12. Ng3 $15) 11. b5 Nc5 {Do you see the mate threat?} 12. Nf4 a5 (12... Be6 13. d4 exd3 14. Bxd3 $14) 13. d4 $14 exd3 14. Bxd3 Be6 15. Be2 Nfd7 16. O-O Re8 (16... Bf6 17. Qxd6 Be5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qd1 $16) 17. Ncd5 Bg5 (17... a4 18. Ra3 $14) 18. Nh5 Bh6 19. Ra3 a4 20. Qd4 {Will g7 fall?} Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Nb6 22. Qf3 Re6 (22... Nbd7 23. Rd1 $16) 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Rd4 (24. Qg4 Rg6 25. Qd4 Nb3 $14) 24... Ncd7 $14 { Attacking the backward pawn on c4} 25. Rc3 (25. Qg3 Qc5 26. Ra1 a3 $11) 25... g6 26. Qg3 {The isolani on d6 becomes a target. White is in command} (26. Nf4 Rf6 27. Ra3 Rf5 $14) 26... Qc5 $11 27. Ba3 (27. Nf4 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 $14 (28. Rxf4 $4 Qb4 29. Ba1 Qb1+ 30. Bf1 Qxa1 $19)) 27... Qxd4 (27... Qg5 $142 $5 28. Qxg5 Bxg5 $11) 28. exd4 $16 Rxe2 {Threatening mate: Re1} 29. h3 Bd2 30. Rc2 Bf4 31. Qc3 {White plans c5} (31. Nxf4 Rxc2) 31... Rxc2 32. Qxc2 gxh5 33. Qe4 Bd2 34. c5 Nc4 (34... dxc5 35. dxc5 Bc1 36. Bxc1 Nxc5 $18) 35. Qxb7 Rd8 36. c6 { The passed pawn on c6 quickly leads to threats} Ndb6 37. c7 { Do you see the mate threat?} Re8 (37... Rc8 38. Bxd6 a3 39. Bxa3 $18) 38. Bxd6 Bc3 (38... Nc8 39. Be5 Kf8 40. Qe4 Nxe5 41. dxe5 $18) 39. Bc5 a3 40. Bxb6 a2 41. c8=Q {Threatening mate... how?} a1=Q+ 42. Kh2 Nd6 43. Qcd7 Nxb7 44. Qxe8+ Kg7 45. Qe5+ (45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. Qb8+ Kg7 47. Qxb7 $18) 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Vomberg"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "1987.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. a3 Ba5 5. c4 O-O 6. e3 Nc6 (6... d5 7. Nf3 $15) 7. Bc3 d5 8. Bxa5 Nxa5 {Black begins to deal mighty blows} 9. Qa4 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. d4 Re8 $15) 9... b6 (9... Nxc4 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 $17) 10. c5 (10. cxd5 $5 Bb7 11. d4 $15) 10... Ne4 11. d4 Bd7 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Bd3 (13. Qa4 Qh4 14. Ra2 Nxf2 15. Rxf2 Bxb1 $19) 13... bxc5 $19 14. dxc5 (14. Nc3 cxd4 15. exd4 Qg5 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rfe8 $19) 14... Qf6 (14... Nb3 15. Qxb3 Nxc5 16. Qc3 Nxd3+ 17. Kf1 $19) 15. Ra2 Rab8 16. Ne2 (16. g4 Bg6 17. g5 Qxg5 18. Ne2 $19) 16... Nxf2 $1 17. Bxf5 (17. Kxf2 {Decoy to f2} Bxd3+ {Theme: Double Attack}) 17... Nxh1 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 (18... Kh8 19. Bf5 Nc4 $19) 0-1 [Event "corr SOK-97-121"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Borrmann, Fritz"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Bg3 (7. Bxf6 Bxf6 (7... gxf6 $143 8. Bd3 $16) 8. Bd3 c5 $11) 7... Bf5 8. Nf3 (8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 d5 $11) 8... Nbd7 (8... Re8 9. Bd3 Qd7 10. O-O $11) 9. Nbd2 (9. Bd3 Ne4 $15) 9... c6 (9... d5 10. c4 $15) 10. Be2 $11 Qa5 (10... Nh5 11. c4 $11) 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. Nc4 (12. O-O $5 $11) 12... Nxc4 $17 13. Bxc4 d5 14. Be2 Ne4 15. O-O (15. Nh4 Nxc3 16. Kf1 Bxh4 17. Bxh4 Nxe2 18. Kxe2 Qa6+ 19. Kd2 Rfe8 $19) 15... Nxc3 16. Rfe1 Qb4 17. Qxb4 (17. Bf1 Qxb3 18. axb3 Ne4 $17) 17... Bxb4 18. a3 Ba5 19. Bd6 Rfe8 20. Bb4 (20. Bf1 Ne4 21. Bb4 Bc7 $17) 20... Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 Bc7 22. Rb2 a5 (22... Rab8 23. h4 $17) 23. Bc5 $17 b6 (23... b5 24. Rc1 $17) 24. Nh4 (24. Bxb6 Rab8 25. Bxc7 Rxb2 26. Bxa5 Ra8 $17) 24... Be4 25. Bxb6 Rab8 26. Bxc7 Rxb2 27. Bxa5 Ra8 28. Be1 g5 (28... g5 29. Nf3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Ra4 $19) 0-1 [Event "corr KGP/2.Z-02"] [Site "?"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Schirmer, Michael"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "1992.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Bb2 Bxb4 4. Bxe5 Nf6 5. Nf3 d5 (5... d6 6. Bd4 $15) 6. cxd5 $11 O-O (6... cxd5 $2 7. Bxb8 O-O 8. Be5 $18) 7. a3 Be7 8. dxc6 Nxc6 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. d3 (11. Qxf5 $4 Qxb2 12. e3 Qc1+ 13. Ke2 Qb2 $19) 11... Be6 12. e3 Rac8 13. Bc3 Nd5 (13... Rfd8 14. Be2 $11) 14. Qb2 $14 f6 (14... Qxb2 15. Bxb2 Rfd8 16. Nbd2 $14) 15. Qxb6 (15. e4 Qxb2 16. Bxb2 Nf4 $14) 15... Nxb6 16. Be2 Na4 17. O-O Rfd8 18. h3 Nc5 19. Ne1 (19. Rd1 a6 $11) 19... Nb3 20. Ra2 Nbd4 21. Rb2 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 b6 23. Rd2 Bd6 (23... b5 24. f4 $11) 24. Nf3 $14 Bd5 (24... b5 25. Rc1 $14) 25. Nh4 (25. e4 Be6 26. d4 Bc4 $16) 25... Ne7 (25... Be6 26. d4 Bd5 27. Nf5 $11) 26. Bb2 (26. Rc1 Bb7 $14) 26... g5 27. Nf3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Kf7 29. Rfd1 (29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Ng6 $14) 29... Ng6 (29... a6 30. Bd4 b5 31. Kf1 $11) 30. Kf1 $14 Rc6 31. d4 Rdc8 32. Rd3 Ne7 (32... a6 33. Ke2 $14) 33. d5 Rc2 34. Bc3 Ng6 35. Bb4 Ne5 36. R3d2 Ke7 37. Ke2 R2c4 38. Rd4 Rc2+ ( 38... b5 39. Bxd6+ Kxd6 40. Rxc4 Rxc4 41. e4 $14) 39. Nd2 Nc4 40. Kf1 Bxb4 41. axb4 Nd6 42. Ne4 h6 (42... a5 43. bxa5 bxa5 44. Ra4 $16) 43. Nxd6 $16 Kxd6 44. Re4 Kd7 45. Ra1 (45. Re6 Rb2 46. Ra1 a5 47. Rxf6 Rcc2 $11) 45... Rb2 (45... Rc1+ 46. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 47. Kg2 $14) 46. Re6 (46. Rxa7+ $5 Kd8 47. Kg2 $18) 46... a5 $16 47. Kg2 (47. bxa5 Rcc2 48. Kg1 Rxf2 49. Rxb6 Rg2+ 50. Kf1 Rgf2+ 51. Ke1 Rfe2+ 52. Kd1 Red2+ 53. Kc1 Rdc2+ 54. Kd1 Rd2+ 55. Ke1 Re2+ 56. Kd1 Red2+ $11) 47... Rcc2 $11 48. Rf1 Rxb4 { The passed pawn on a5 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} 49. Rxf6 a4 50. Rxh6 a3 51. Ra1 (51. e4 $142 $11) 51... a2 $17 52. Rh7+ Kd6 53. Ra7 Rbb2 54. Kg3 Rxf2 {The mate threat is Rg2} 55. Kg4 Kxd5 (55... Rg2+ 56. Kf5 Kxd5 57. Rc1 $17) 56. Kxg5 $15 b5 (56... b5 57. f4 Ke4 $17) 0-1 [Event "corr SOK-92-89"] [Site "?"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Merten, Rainer"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "1992.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e3 e5 3. Bb2 Bxb4 4. Bxe5 Nf6 5. Qf3 Be7 6. Qd1 (6. Be2 d6 7. Bb2 O-O $15) 6... d5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qc1 Nc5 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. O-O Rae8 13. d4 (13. Rb1 Qc7 $15) 13... Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. c4 Qa6 16. Rd1 Nd6 17. Nd2 f6 (17... Be6 18. cxd5 Qxe2 19. Re1 $15) 18. Kf1 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Qa4 20. Ba3 Nxc4 (20... Nf7 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Qc3 $11) 21. Bxc4+ Kh8 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rd2 (23. Kg1 Rfe8 $14) 23... Qa5 24. a4 Rfe8 25. Kg1 Be4 26. Bd3 Bd5 (26... Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Qf5 28. Qc2 $14) 27. Rc2 g6 28. Qa3 f5 29. g3 (29. Qd6 Qc7 30. Qxc7 Rxc7 $11) 29... Qd8 30. Bf1 f4 31. exf4 Be4 32. Rd2 Bd5 33. Qc3 Qd7 34. Rdd1 Qe6 35. Bg2 Kg8 36. Bxd5 Qxd5 (36... cxd5 37. Rac1 $11) 37. Qc5 a6 (37... b6 38. Qxd5+ cxd5 39. Rdb1 $14) 38. Qxd5+ $14 cxd5 39. Rab1 Rc8 40. Kf1 Rc4 41. a5 Rec7 42. Ke2 Re7+ 43. Kf3 Rec7 (43... Ra4 44. Ra1 Rb4 45. Rac1 $14) 44. h4 Kf7 45. Rd3 Ra4 46. Rdb3 {The backward pawn on b7 becomes a target} Rxa5 47. Rxb7 {Threatening mate... how?} Ra3+ 48. Kg4 Rac3 49. f5 Kg7 (49... Rc2 $142 $5 $16) 50. fxg6 $18 hxg6 51. Kg5 Kh7 52. R1b6 a5 53. Rxc7+ Rxc7 54. Ra6 (54. Rxg6 Rg7 55. Rxg7+ Kxg7 $19) 54... a4 (54... Rf7 55. g4 $18) 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Sojka"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1991.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. e3 d5 7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O Be6 9. d3 Qe7 10. a3 Bc5 11. Nbd2 Ng4 (11... Bd6 12. Rb1 $15) 12. h3 (12. Rb1 Bd6 $11) 12... Nh6 13. d4 Bb6 (13... Bd6 14. c4 Nf5 15. c5 $18) 14. c4 Ba5 (14... dxc4 15. Qc2 $11) 15. Qb3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxd2 17. Bxe6 Bxe3 18. Bd5 Bf4 19. Qxb7 Na5 (19... Rab8 $5 20. Qxc6 Rxb2 $11) 20. Qa6 $14 Rab8 21. Rae1 Qd7 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bc1 Bd6 $4 (23... Bxc1 $142 24. Qxa5 Bf4 $16) 24. Qxa5 $18 Rb5 25. Qa4 c6 26. Bc4 Rb7 27. Bxh6 gxh6 28. d5 Rc7 29. Re1 (29. Nd4 Qe5 30. Rd1 cxd5 31. Bxd5 Qxd5 $18) 29... Qd7 30. dxc6 Qxc6 31. Bb5 Qc5 (31... Qc2 32. Re8+ Bf8 33. Qg4+ Qg6 34. Nd4 $18) 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33. Re8+ Bf8 34. Ne5 (34. Qg3 Rc8 35. Ne5 Rc7 $18) 34... Qc1+ (34... Qxa3 35. Bc4 h5 36. Qg5 $18) 35. Bf1 Qg5 (35... Qxa3 36. Nd7 Rxd7 37. Qxd7 $18) 36. Qb4 (36. Rxf8+ Kg7 37. Re8 Qxg4 38. hxg4 Rc1 $18) 36... Re7 37. Rxf8+ Kg7 38. Nf3 Kxf8 (38... a5 39. Qc3+ Kxf8 40. Nxg5 $18) 39. Nxg5 hxg5 40. Qd6 (40. Qd6 a6 41. Bxa6 $18) 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Kohlmann, Helmut"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 Re8 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O Bf5 8. Bb2 a6 9. d3 Nc6 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nbd2 Qe7 (11... b5 12. c4 $15) 12. c4 $11 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Rad8 14. Qb3 b5 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. e4 (16. Rfc1 $5 $11) 16... Bg4 $15 17. Rac1 Nd7 $4 (17... Bxf3 $142 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 $15) 18. Qc3 $18 { Do you see the mate threat?} Ndb8 $4 (18... Nde5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Bxg4 Qxd3 $18) 19. Qxg7# 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Perez Hernandez, Raul Felix"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. e3 d5 7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O Bf5 9. d3 Qe7 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nbd2 Rad8 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Bc5 14. Qb3 Bb6 15. Nxb6 axb6 (15... cxb6 16. Rac1 $11) 16. h3 h6 17. Rac1 Rd7 18. e4 Bh7 19. Rfe1 Nh5 (19... Red8 20. Bc3 $14) 20. g3 (20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Ne5 Nf4 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 $14) 20... Nf6 21. Bf1 Red8 22. Re3 Ne8 23. Bg2 Nd6 24. Qc3 f6 1/2-1/2 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Denecke, Hermann"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] 1. b4 Nf6 2. e3 e5 $15 3. Bb2 Bxb4 4. Bxe5 O-O 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb2 d5 7. Be2 Qe7 8. O-O Re8 9. a3 Bd6 10. d3 Ng4 (10... Be6 11. Nbd2 $15) 11. Nc3 $11 Nce5 12. g3 (12. h3 Nf6 $15) 12... c6 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. e4 (14. Re1 Qd7 $15) 14... d4 $17 15. Nb1 Bh3 16. Re1 c5 17. c3 Nc6 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Bf1 (19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Bg4 Bxg4 21. Qxg4 Rac8 $17) 19... Bxf1 (19... Be6 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Bg2 $17) 20. Rxf1 Qf6 21. Kg2 Rad8 22. Nc3 Qe6 23. Nd5 f5 (23... Be5 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Nc7 $15) 24. Re1 $15 1/2-1/2 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Zuechner"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bb2 d5 7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O Bg4 9. d3 Qd7 (9... Qe7 10. Nc3 $15 (10. Nbd2 Rad8 (10... Rab8 11. a3 Bd6 12. c4 Be6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 Rbd8 15. Nxd6) 11. Rb1 Bc8 12. c3 Bc5 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Qa4 Be6 15. Qh4) 10... a6 11. Re1 Bd6 12. h3 Be6 13. Ng5 b5 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Rb1) (9... a6 10. Nbd2 (10. h3 Be6 (10... Bf5 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Rb1 Rab8 13. Re1 Bd6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Nxc4) (10... Bd7 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Rb1 Be6 13. Ne5 Rab8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. c4) 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Rb1 b5 13. c4 Bd6 14. Rc1 Na7 15. e4) 10... Qe7 (10... Rb8 11. c4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 b5 13. Ncd2 Bd6 14. a3 Na7 15. Qc2) (10... b5 11. c4 dxc4 12. dxc4 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nd4 15. Qd1 ) 11. Rb1 b5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Re1 Rad8 14. Nh4 Be6 15. Nhf3) 10. Nbd2 (10. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 11. c3 $14 (11. d4 Qe6 12. a3 Bd6 13. Nbd2 Na5 14. Qb1 a6 15. Bd3) 11... Bd6 12. Nbd2 Qe6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Be5 15. Rc1) 10... Qe6 $15 (10... Qe7 11. Rb1 Rab8 12. c4 Be6 13. Qc2 a6 14. Rfc1 dxc4 15. Nxc4) (10... Be7 11. Rb1 Rab8 12. h3 Be6 13. Re1 Qd6 14. c4 Qd7 15. Qc2) 11. h3 {White is in command } (11. a3 Bd6 12. c4 Be7 13. Rb1 Rab8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3) 11... Bh5 12. c4 ( 12. a3 Bd6 13. c4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15. cxd5) 12... Rad8 (12... dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Na3 Rab8 15. Qb3) 13. cxd5 (13. a3 Bxd2 14. cxd5 (14. Nxd2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 ) 14... Qxd5 (14... Nxd5 15. Qxd2) 15. Bxf6 Rd6 16. Bxg7 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qxd3 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 $14) (13. Rb1 Bxd2 14. Nxd2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2) 13... Nxd5 (13... Rxd5 14. a3 Bd6 (14... Be7 15. Rb1) 15. Bxf6 $11 {0.06/8} (15. Nc4 $15)) 14. Ng5 $11 Qe7 (14... Nxe3 15. Nxe6) 15. Bxh5 Qxg5 16. Ne4 Qh6 17. Qf3 Re7 18. a3 Ba5 (18... Bd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bg4 $11) 19. Nc5 Bb6 (19... b6 20. Nb7 Rdd7 $16) 20. Nxb7 $16 Rdd7 $2 (20... Rb8 21. Rfc1 Rxb7 22. Qxd5 Bxe3 23. Rxc6 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qe3 $18) 21. Bg4 $18 f5 22. Bxf5 (22. Qxf5 {Decoy theme: f5} g6) 22... Rf7 23. Qe4 (23. Bxd7 $6 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Nb8 $18) 23... Rxf5 (23... Rfe7 24. Qc4 (24. Bxd7 $6 Rxe4 25. dxe4 Nde7 $18) 24... Na5 25. Nxa5 Bxa5 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Qb5 $18) 24. Qxf5 Nb8 25. Rac1 c6 26. Nc5 Rf7 (26... Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Na6 28. Qxd7 $18) 27. Qc8+ Rf8 28. Qe6+ Qxe6 29. Nxe6 Rf7 30. e4 (30. e4 Nf6 31. Rfe1 $18) 1-0 [Event "corr KGP/Z"] [Site "?"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Schirmer, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1992.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 $15 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Bb2 Re8 8. O-O Bg4 9. d3 Qe7 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nbd2 Bf5 (11... Be6 12. c4 $15) 12. c4 $11 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Rad8 14. Qb3 b6 15. Rac1 Be6 16. Qb5 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 (17. Qxc6 $143 Bd5 18. Qa4 c5 $15) 17... Na5 18. Qh4 Nd5 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 20. Rc2 c5 21. d4 Nb7 22. Rd1 Nc7 23. dxc5 (23. Bd3 a6 $16) 23... Bxc5 (23... bxc5 24. Rcd2 $14) 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Ne5 Ne8 26. Rd2 Nd6 27. Bf3 Ne6 28. Nc6 (28. Kf1 b5 $16) 28... Rc7 29. Bd5 Nf5 (29... b5 30. Rc2 $14) 30. Bxe6 (30. Ne5 h5 $16) 30... fxe6 $14 31. Rd8+ (31. Nd8 Re7 $14) 31... Kf7 $11 32. Ne5+ Ke7 33. Rg8 g6 (33... Kd6 34. g4 Nh4 35. Nd3 $14) 34. g4 $14 Nh6 35. Rh8 Kd6 36. h3 b5 37. Nd3 Kc6 38. e4 Bb6 39. Bf6 g5 (39... Nf7 40. Rxh7 Rd7 41. Nb4+ Kb7 42. Kf1 $16) 40. Kg2 (40. Ne5+ Kb7 41. Nf3 Bc5 $16) 40... Kb7 $18 41. f4 Rd7 42. fxg5 (42. Ne5 $142 Rd2+ 43. Kg3 gxf4+ 44. Kxf4 Rf2+ 45. Nf3 $18) 42... Nxg4 $14 43. hxg4 Rxd3 44. Rxh7+ { The passed pawn on g5 quickly leads to threats} Kc6 45. g6 Rd2+ 46. Kg3 (46. Kg3 Rd3+ 47. Kf4 Be3+ 48. Ke5 Bd4+ 49. Kxe6 Bxf6 50. Kxf6 Rf3+ 51. Ke5 $18) 1-0 [Event "corr SOK-89-45"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Salaske, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Bb2 Re8 8. O-O Bg4 9. d3 Qe7 10. a3 Bd6 11. Nbd2 Rad8 12. c4 Bxf3 (12... Be6 13. Ng5 $15) 13. Bxf3 $11 Ne5 14. cxd5 Nxf3+ (14... Nxd3 15. Bd4 Be5 16. Nb3 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 $15) 15. Qxf3 (15. Nxf3 $6 Nxd5 16. Qa4 c5 $11) 15... Nxd5 16. Nc4 Qh4 $4 ( 16... c6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Rab1 $11) 17. g3 $15 (17. Nxd6 $6 Rxd6 18. Bd4 Rh6 $14) 17... Qg5 18. h4 (18. Nxd6 $6 Rxd6 (18... cxd6 $2 19. h4 Qg6 20. Qxd5 $18) 19. Bd4 a6 $11) 18... Qg6 19. Qxd5 Bxg3 20. h5 Rxd5 21. hxg6 Bd6 22. gxh7+ Kxh7 23. Nxd6 Rg5+ 24. Kh2 cxd6 25. Rg1 Rb5 $2 (25... Rh5+ 26. Kg3 Rh8 $18) 26. Rxg7+ (26. Rxg7+ Kh6 27. Bd4 $18) 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Moles, JA."] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. e3 Re8 7. a3 Ba5 ( 7... Be7 8. Bd3 $11) 8. Be2 $11 d5 (8... d6 9. O-O $11) 9. O-O a6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 {White gets decisive kings attack} Bg4 (11... b5 $5 12. Be2 Qd6 $15) 12. Qb3 $11 Bxf3 $2 (12... Qd7 $5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 $14) 13. Bxf7+ $16 Kh8 (13... Kf8 14. Bxe8 Bd5 15. Qxb7 $19) 14. Bxe8 Nxe8 (14... Qxe8 15. gxf3 Bb6 16. d3 $18) 15. gxf3 $18 Nd6 16. Kh1 Qf8 17. f4 Qf5 18. Rg1 {Threatening mate... how?} Qe4+ 19. Rg2 Rg8 20. Kg1 (20. Kg1 b5 21. d3 $18) 1-0 [Event "corr 3GMM-32"] [Site "?"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Zylla, Johannes"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Re8 7. a3 Ba5 8. Be2 d5 9. O-O Bf5 10. d3 (10. Nh4 Be6 $11) 10... a6 (10... Bb6 11. c3 $15) 11. Nbd2 $11 Qe7 12. c4 Rad8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 (13... Qxf6 14. cxd5 Rxd5 $11) 14. cxd5 $14 Rxd5 15. Nc4 Bg4 (15... Bc3 16. Rb1 b5 17. Qc2 bxc4 18. Qxc3 cxd3 19. Bd1 $15) 16. Rb1 (16. Qc2 Ne5 $14) 16... b5 $14 17. Nxa5 Nxa5 18. Re1 (18. Qe1 Nb7 $14) 18... Nb7 (18... Qxa3 19. Ra1 Qb4 20. Qb1 $14) 19. Rb4 (19. a4 Rb8 $16) 19... f5 (19... Be6 20. e4 Rd7 21. Qc2 $11) 20. h3 c5 21. Rf4 Bh5 22. Nh2 (22. Qc2 Nd6 $14) 22... Bxe2 $11 23. Qxe2 Qd6 (23... Red8 $142 $15) 24. Qh5 $2 { Attacks the isolani on f5} (24. Qf3 Rxd3 25. Qxb7 Qxf4 26. exf4 Rxe1+ 27. Nf1 $15) 24... Qe6 $4 (24... Qxf4 25. exf4 Rxe1+ 26. Nf1 Re6 $15) 25. Rh4 $14 h6 26. Qxh6 Qxh6 27. Rxh6 Nd6 28. Rd1 Kg7 29. Rh5 a5 (29... Nc4 30. a4 $11) 30. a4 (30. Ng4 Re6 $14) 30... b4 31. Ng4 (31. Kf1 $14) 31... c4 (31... Re6 32. Kf1 $14) 32. d4 (32. Rg5+ Kf8 33. Nf6 Rxd3 34. Rxd3 cxd3 35. Rg8+ Ke7 36. Rxe8+ Kxf6 37. Rd8 $19) 32... Kg6 (32... Ne4 33. Rc1 c3 34. f3 $14) 33. Rh6+ $14 Kg7 {Black gets the initiative} 34. Rh5 (34. Nf6 Kxh6 35. Nxd5 c3 $11) 34... Ne4 $11 35. Re1 (35. Rc1 c3 36. f3 Nd2 $11) 35... f6 36. f3 (36. Rc1 $142 $5 Red8 37. Nh6 $15) 36... Ng5 $17 37. Ne5 Nxh3+ 38. gxh3 (38. Rxh3 fxe5) 38... fxe5 39. Rxf5 Kg6 40. e4 $2 (40. Rxe5 $142 $5 Rexe5 41. dxe5 Rxe5 42. Kf2 $15) 40... Rxd4 $19 41. Re2 (41. Kf2 Rd2+ 42. Ke3 Rd3+ 43. Ke2 Kh6 $19) 41... b3 (41... Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Rf1 43. Rg2+ Kh6 44. Rf6+ Kh7 45. Ra6 $17) 42. Kh2 (42. Rg2+ Kh6 43. Rf6+ Kh7 44. Rf7+ Kh8 $19) 42... Re6 (42... Rd6 43. Rg2+ Kh6 44. Rb2 $19) 43. Rg2+ (43. Rb2 Rd1 $19) 43... Kh6 44. Rf8 {Threatening mate... how?} Rg6 ( 44... Rg6 45. Rh8+ Kg7 46. Rxg6+ Kxg6 $19) 0-1 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Vermaas, Dick Wouter"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. e3 d5 7. a3 Ba5 (7... Bd6 8. Be2 $15) 8. Be2 $11 Bf5 9. O-O Qd6 (9... Re8 10. d3 $11) 10. d3 Rfe8 11. Nbd2 Ng4 12. h3 Nge5 13. Rb1 Bb6 14. Rc1 (14. Re1 Rab8 $11) 14... Nxf3+ (14... d4 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Rb1 $15) 15. Bxf3 $11 Ne5 16. d4 (16. Re1 Ba5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 $15) 16... Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qd7 (17... Qe6 18. c4 Rad8 19. c5 $11) 18. c4 $11 c6 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. cxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Borrmann, Fritz"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 $11 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 d5 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O $11 Nc6 9. Bb2 Re8 10. c4 Bf5 11. cxd5 (11. Nc3 dxc4 (11... d4 12. Nd5 d3 13. Nh4 dxe2 14. Qxe2 Be6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7) 12. Bxc4 Bd3 $15 (12... Rf8 13. h3 Na5 14. Be2 Qb6 15. Na4 Qb3) 13. Qb3 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Na5 15. Qe2 c4) 11... Nxd5 12. Qb3 (12. Nc3 a6 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. a4 Na5 15. Qa2 Be6) 12... Na5 13. Qa4 Bd7 ( 13... Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. d4 $15 (15. Qxa5 b6) 15... Nc6) 14. Qc2 $11 Bf6 ( 14... c4 15. Nc3 Nf6) 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 (15... Qxf6 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. dxc3 $11) 16. d3 Rc8 17. Nbd2 b6 (17... Be6 18. Rfc1 $11) 18. Qb2 (18. Rfc1 Be6 $11) 18... Bf5 19. d4 Qd6 (19... Nc6 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Bc4 $11) 20. Rfc1 (20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Rfd1 Qb6 $11) 20... Red8 (20... Nc6 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Nc4 $11) 21. dxc5 $11 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. Rc1 Qd6 24. Nd4 Bg4 (24... Qe5 25. Bf3 $14) 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Bxg4 g6 (26... Qg6 27. Bf5 Qf6 28. Bxe4 $18) 27. g3 (27. Bf3 Qe5 $14) 27... f5 (27... Qf6 28. Bf3 Nc5 29. Rc3 $14) 28. Qa2+ (28. Bf3 Qe5 $14 ) 28... Kh8 (28... Qd5 29. Qxd5+ Rxd5 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Bf3 $14) 29. Ne6 (29. Ne6 Qe5 30. Nxd8 $18) 1-0 [Event "corr NED NBC-M-265"] [Site "?"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "de Laat, Piet"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 $11 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Bb2 (7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Bxd7 Nbxd7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 $15 (9... gxf6 $143 10. Nc3 $14)) 7... Bg4 8. Be2 Nc6 (8... Re8 9. O-O $15) 9. O-O $11 Qd6 10. d3 (10. Nc3 Rfe8 $11) 10... Bf5 (10... Rae8 11. Nc3 $11) 11. Nbd2 $11 b5 (11... Rfe8 12. Rb1 $11) 12. c4 ( 12. Rb1 Rfd8 $11) 12... bxc4 (12... a6 13. cxb5 axb5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 $15) 13. dxc4 Rab8 (13... Rfb8 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 $15) 14. cxd5 (14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 c5 $15) 14... Qxd5 (14... Rxb2 15. Nc4 Bc2 16. Qe1 Qxd5 17. Nxb2 $16) 15. Qc1 (15. Bc4 Qd6 16. Nb3 Rfd8 $15) 15... Rfd8 16. Rd1 Ne8 (16... Qe6 17. Ng5 Qc8 18. Bf3 $11) 17. Nf1 (17. Bc4 Qa5 $11) 17... Qc5 (17... Qe6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 $11) 18. Rxd8 Nxd8 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Bd7 (21... Be6 22. Rd1 $11) 22. Rc1 (22. Rd1 c5 23. Nb3 Ba4 $11 (23... Rxb3 $143 24. Rxd7 Nc6 25. Bh5 $14)) 1/2-1/2 [Event "TKM/FINAL"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bendig, Frank"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2003.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e3 e5 3. Bb2 Bxb4 4. Bxe5 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. Bb2 Re8 8. O-O Bg4 9. d3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 Bd6 11. Rb1 b5 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 a6 14. g4 Bg6 15. g5 Nh5 16. h4 c5 17. Nf1 (17. Nh2 Qc7 18. Nhf1 c4 19. dxc4 dxc4 $11) 17... d4 ( 17... Bf5 $5 $11) 18. N3h2 $14 dxe3 19. Bxh5 exf2+ 20. Kxf2 Rxe1 21. Kxe1 Bxh5 22. Qxh5 Qa5+ 23. Kf2 Qxa2 24. Qd1 Re8 25. Nf3 Nb6 26. N3d2 Na4 27. Ba1 Bf4 ( 27... c4 28. Kg1 $14) 28. Rb3 Nb6 29. Bb2 Qa5 30. Ne4 c4 31. Qg4 (31. Bc3 Qa2 32. dxc4 Nxc4 $14) 31... Nd5 (31... b4 32. Nf6+ gxf6 33. gxf6+ Bg5 34. Rxb4 h6 (34... Qxb4 $4 35. Qxg5+ Kh8 36. Qg7#) 35. hxg5 hxg5 $18 (35... Qxb4 36. gxh6+ Kh7 37. Qg7#)) 32. dxc4 $16 bxc4 33. Rb7 c3 34. Qf5 Bc7 35. Ba3 Rd8 (35... Qxa3 36. Qxd5 Qe7 37. Nfg3 $18) 36. Bc5 (36. Bd6 Rxd6 37. Nxd6 Qc5+ 38. Kg2 Qxd6 39. Qc8+ Qf8 40. Rxc7 Nxc7 41. Qxc7 Qa8+ 42. Kg3 f5 $18) 36... g6 (36... Qa2 37. Bd6 $1 g6 38. Qe5 Qxc2+ 39. Kg1 Qxe4 40. Qxe4 (40. Bxc7 Re8 41. Qxe4 Rxe4 $17) 40... Bxd6 41. Kf2 $18 (41. Qxd5 Bh2+ 42. Nxh2 Rxd5 $16)) 37. Qf3 Qa4 38. Kg1 Qc6 $2 (38... Bf4 $142 $18) 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40. Rxc7 Qxc7 41. Bd4 (41. Nxd5 Qxc5+ 42. Nde3 Qd4 $15) 41... Kf8 (41... Qc4 42. Qe4 Kf8 43. Nxh7+ Kg8 44. Qe5 $18) 42. Nxd5 Qc4 43. Qf6 Rxd5 44. Qh8+ Ke7 45. Bf6+ Kd6 46. Qd8+ Kc5 47. Qc7+ Kb5 ( 47... Kb4 48. Be7+ Kb5 49. Qb7+ Ka5 50. Ne3 Rd1+ 51. Nxd1 Qg4+ 52. Kf2 Qf4+ 53. Qf3 Qxh4+ 54. Kg2 $18) 48. Qb7+ Kc5 49. Ne3 Qa2 (49... Rd1+ 50. Nxd1 Qg4+ 51. Kf2 Qxh4+ 52. Kf1 Qh3+ 53. Ke1 Qg3+ 54. Nf2 Qe3+ 55. Kf1 Qxf2+ 56. Kxf2 Kd6 $18 ) 50. Be7+ (50. Be7+ Kd4 51. Kf2 $18 (51. Qxd5+ $6 Qxd5 52. Nxd5 Kxd5 $18) (51. Nxd5 $6 Qxd5 52. Bf6+ Kc5 53. Qc7+ Kb5 54. Qxc3 Qc5+ 55. Qxc5+ Kxc5 $18)) 1-0 [Event "corr NED-ch31"] [Site "?"] [Date "2000.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Black "Stuart, Antoon J"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2000.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O c5 8. d3 Nc6 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qc1 Bf5 (10... Re8 11. Nbd2 Qd8 12. Rb1 d4 13. c3 dxe3 14. fxe3 Ng4 15. e4 $15 {-0.34/9}) (10... Be6 11. Nbd2 Rfe8 (11... Qc7 12. c4 Rad8 13. Rb1 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Nd5 15. a3 $11 {-0.25/8}) (11... Rad8 12. c4 Rfe8 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. a4 $15 {-0.41/9}) (11... Qa5 12. c4 Rfe8 13. a3 Rad8 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. cxd5 $11 {-0.09/8}) (11... Qa6 12. c4 Rad8 13. Rd1 Rfe8 14. Ng5 Bg4 15. Bxg4 $15 {-0.34/8}) 12. c4 Qc7 13. Rb1 Rad8 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxf6 $15 { -0.44/9}) 11. Nbd2 (11. a3 Rfe8 (11... Rae8 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Rb1 a6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 $11 {-0.12/9}) (11... Rad8 12. Nbd2 Rfe8 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Rb1 d4 15. exd4 $15 {-0.28/8}) (11... Qd8 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Re1 Rb8 14. c4 dxc4 15. dxc4 $11 {-0.19/10}) (11... d4 12. Nbd2 Rad8 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Nb3 Bd6 15. exd4 $11 { -0.22/7}) (11... Rfd8 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Rb1 d4 14. Nb3 Bd6 15. Re1 $11 {-0.12/7} ) 12. Nbd2 Rad8 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Re1 d4 15. exd4 $15 {-0.28/8}) (11. Re1 Rfe8 ( 11... Rad8 12. Nbd2 Rfe8 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. a3 d4 15. exd4 $15 {-0.28/8}) 12. Nbd2 Rad8 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. a3 d4 15. exd4 $15 {-0.31/7}) 11... Rfe8 (11... Rad8 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Nb3 Qd6 14. Rd1 Be6 15. c4 $11 {0.03/8}) (11... Rfd8 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Rb1 Rd7 14. Nb3 b6 15. Qd2 $15 {-0.34/9}) 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. a3 (13. Re1 Rad8 14. a3 Ng4 15. h3 $11 {-0.25/9}) 13... Rad8 14. Re1 a6 15. c4 (15. Nb3 $15 { -0.41/8}) 15... dxc4 16. Qxc4 b5 17. Qc2 Nd7 (17... Ng4 18. Qc3 Bf6 19. Qxc5 Bxd3 20. Bxd3 Rxd3 21. Rec1 $11) 18. Red1 (18. e4 Bg6 $11) 18... Nb6 19. Qc3 Bf8 20. Qc2 h6 (20... Bd6 21. Ba1 $15) 21. Rbc1 (21. Nh4 Bh7 22. Nhf3 c4 $15) 21... Na4 $15 22. Ba1 Bh7 23. Bf1 Qd7 24. Nc4 Qe6 25. Ncd2 (25. Nb2 Nb6 $15) 25... Rd7 26. Nb3 Red8 27. Rd2 Bd6 28. Qd1 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr SOK-91-73"] [Site "?"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Mothes, Rainer"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "1991.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 $15 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 Re8 6. Be2 d5 7. a3 Ba5 8. O-O c5 9. d3 Nc6 $15 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. d4 (11. Nbd2 b5 $15) 11... c4 12. Nc3 Bd7 (12... Bf5 13. Re1 $17) 13. h3 (13. Ne5 Bf5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 $17) 13... Bxc3 ( 13... Bf5 14. Re1 $17) 14. Bxc3 $15 Nh5 (14... Ne4 15. Qe1 $15) 15. Ne5 $11 Nf6 (15... Nxe5 $143 16. dxe5 (16. Bxh5 $6 Nc6 $11) 16... g6 17. Qxd5 $16) 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bf3 a5 18. Qd2 b6 19. Rfb1 Rab8 1/2-1/2 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Ruether, Rudolf"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 $15 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 $11 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bb2 Re8 9. a3 Ba5 10. d3 Bg4 (10... d4 11. Nbd2 $15) 11. Nbd2 Bc7 (11... Qd6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 $15) 12. h3 (12. c4 dxc4 13. dxc4 b6 $11) 12... Bh5 ( 12... Bf5 13. Re1 $15) 13. Re1 (13. c4 dxc4 14. dxc4 Rb8 $11) 13... Qe7 14. Rc1 b5 {Black prepares the advance c4} 15. Rb1 (15. c4 bxc4 16. dxc4 dxc4 $11) 15... Rab8 (15... a6 16. a4 $15) 16. Ba1 (16. c4 dxc4 17. dxc4 b4 $15) 16... a5 {Black prepares b4} (16... a6 17. c4 $15) 17. Bxf6 (17. Bb2 b4 $15) 17... Qxf6 $17 (17... gxf6 $6 18. d4 c4 19. Qc1 $11) 18. d4 (18. e4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 d4 $17) 18... c4 19. c3 (19. Ra1 Bd6 $17) 19... Bg6 {Black gets strong initiative} 20. Rb2 (20. Ra1 Bd6 $17) 20... b4 $19 21. axb4 axb4 22. Qc1 bxc3 (22... b3 $5 23. Qd1 $19) 23. Rxb8 $17 Rxb8 24. Qxc3 Ba5 25. Qa3 (25. Qc1 c3 $19) 25... h6 ( 25... Bb4 26. Qa1 $17) 26. Rc1 Bb4 27. Qa6 (27. Qa4 $5 $17) 27... Nxd4 $1 $19 28. Qxf6 (28. Nxd4 Qxa6) 28... Nxe2+ (28... gxf6 29. exd4 Bxd2 30. Nxd2 $16) 29. Kf1 Ng3+ $1 (29... Nxc1 $6 30. Qe5 Bd3+ 31. Ke1 $17) 30. fxg3 gxf6 31. Nb1 (31. Ke2 Bd3+ 32. Kd1 Re8 $19) 31... Bc5 32. Nc3 (32. Nbd2 Bxe3 33. Ke2 Bc5 $19 ) 32... Bxe3 (32... Bd3+ 33. Ke1 Bxe3 34. Rd1 $19) 33. Rd1 Bd3+ 34. Ke1 Rb2 35. Nxd5 (35. Nd2 d4 36. Na4 $19) 35... Bf2# 0-1 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Benedetto, Giuseppe"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 $15 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. Be2 d5 7. a3 Ba5 8. O-O $11 c5 9. Bb2 Nc6 $15 10. d3 Bc7 (10... d4 11. Nbd2 $17) 11. d4 (11. Nbd2 d4 12. exd4 cxd4 $15) 11... c4 12. Nc3 (12. Ne5 Qd6 $15) 12... a6 $17 13. h3 (13. Na4 Bf5 $15) 13... Qd6 (13... b5 14. Rb1 $17) 14. a4 Bf5 15. Ba3 Qd7 16. Nh4 Bxh3 (16... Be6 $142 $17) 17. Nf3 $4 (17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Nf3 Re6 $19) 17... Bxg2 $4 (17... Qg4 $142 18. Ne1 Qg6 $19) 18. Kxg2 $11 Qg4+ 19. Kh1 Qh3+ ( 19... Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 $14) 20. Kg1 $17 Ng4 (20... Ne4 21. Nb1 Re6 $19) 21. Nxd5 $11 Re6 $4 (21... Bh2+ $142 22. Kh1 Bd6+ 23. Kg1 Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Bd6+ 25. Kg1 Bh2+ $11) 22. Nf4 (22. Nxc7 Rh6 23. Nxa8 Qh1#) 22... Bxf4 $19 23. Bxc4 (23. Be7 Nxe3 $1 24. fxe3 Bxe3+ 25. Rf2 Rxe7 26. Qe1 Rae8 27. d5 Nd4 28. Nxd4 Re5 29. Nf5 Rxf5 30. Bg4 Qxg4+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Ke2 Bxf2+ 33. Kd1 Rxe1+ 34. Kd2 Rxd5#) 23... Rh6 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 (24... Kh8 25. Bh5 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 Rxh5+ 28. Nh4 Rxh4#) 0-1 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Toedter, Hans Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. e3 e5 $15 3. Bb2 Bxb4 4. Bxe5 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Re8 7. O-O $11 c5 8. d3 Nc6 $15 9. Bb2 b5 10. a4 Rb8 (10... bxa4 11. c3 Ba5 12. Qxa4 $11) 11. axb5 Rxb5 12. c4 Rb7 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. Nbd2 Bxd2 (15... Nf4 16. Bd1 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Nxd3 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qxd3 $11) 16. Qxd2 $14 Nxe3 17. fxe3 { White is in command} (17. Qxe3 Qxe3) 17... Qxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Rxe3 19. Kf2 (19. Ra6 $142 Nb8 20. Rd6 $14) 19... Rxe2+ $1 $17 20. Kxe2 {Decoy theme: e2} Rxb2+ 21. Ke3 Bb7 (21... Be6 22. Rfc1 Rb5 23. d4 Rb3+ 24. Kd2 $15) 22. Rfb1 $11 Rb6 23. Rc1 Rb5 24. Ra4 Na5 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 {Deflection from b1} 26. Rb1 Bc8 27. Rb8 { The mate threat is Rxc8} Kf8 28. Rxc8+ Ke7 29. Nd2 (29. Rc7+ Kf6 $16) 29... Kd7 30. Rh8 Ke6 (30... Ra1 31. Ne4 Kc6 32. Rc8+ Kd7 33. Rg8 $18) 31. Rxh7 g6 32. h4 Rb5 (32... Ra1 33. h5 $18) 33. Ne4 f5 (33... Ke7 34. Ng5 Kd6 35. Rxf7 $18) 34. Ng5+ Kf6 (34... Ke5 35. Nf3+ Kd5 36. Rd7+ Ke6 37. Rxa7 Rb6 $18) 35. d4 Rb3+ 36. Kf4 Rb7 37. Rxb7 a6 38. Rf7# 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Mrkvicka, Josef"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 $15 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bb2 Re8 9. d3 Bg4 10. Nbd2 d4 11. a3 Bxd2 (11... Bc3 12. Bxc3 dxc3 13. Nb3 $15 (13. h3 Bh5 14. Nb3 Qd6 15. d4 cxd4 16. Nfxd4) 13... Qd6 14. h3 Bf5 15. d4 cxd4 16. Nfxd4) 12. Qxd2 $11 Qe7 (12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Re6 15. Bc1 Rb6 16. Bd2) 13. e4 Rad8 (13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qxe5 16. f4) 14. Qf4 (14. a4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe2 16. Nxf7) 14... c4 (14... Qd6 15. Qxd6 Rxd6 16. Rab1) 15. Rab1 (15. a4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3) 15... c3 (15... Ne5 16. dxc4) 16. Bc1 Bxf3 ( 16... b6 17. Re1 $11) 17. Qxf3 Nd7 18. Qh5 {White gets strong initiative} (18. Rxb7 $143 Nde5 19. Rxe7 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Rxe7 $17) 18... Nb6 19. f4 Na4 (19... Qe6 20. f5 Qe5 21. Bg5 $11) 20. f5 $14 f6 21. Rf3 Ne5 22. Rh3 { Do you see the mate threat?} g6 (22... h6 $142 $5 $14) 23. fxg6 $16 Nxg6 24. Bg4 Nc5 25. Rb5 b6 26. Rxc5 bxc5 (26... Qxc5 {A deflection} 27. Qxh7+ { Demolition of pawn structure}) 27. Be6+ $3 Kh8 (27... Qxe6 { Theme: Deflection from h7} 28. Qxh7+ {Demolishes the pawn shield}) 28. Qxg6 Qg7 29. Qf5 Rb8 30. Bf4 {Threatening mate... how?} Rb1+ (30... Rb7 31. Bb3 $18) 31. Kf2 Rb6 (31... Rb7 $18) 32. Rxh7+ $1 Qxh7 {Deflection from f6} 33. Qxf6+ { A classical mating theme} Qg7 34. Qh4+ Qh7 (34... Qh6 35. Qxh6#) 35. Be5# 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Ayress"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Re8 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. h3 Nf8 10. d3 Ng6 11. Nbd2 c6 12. c4 b6 13. a4 h6 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. Re1 Bb4 (15... Be6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Bd4 $11) 16. Rc2 (16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qb3 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Be6 $14) 16... Bd7 17. Qa1 Rad8 (17... dxc4 18. Rxc4 (18. Nxc4 $143 Bxe1 19. Nxe1 c5 $17) 18... c5 19. Rb1 $11) 18. Rb1 (18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rc7 Ne4 20. dxe4 dxe4 $16) 18... Bxd2 19. Nxd2 Nf4 20. Bf1 Ng6 (20... Ne6 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. d4 $14) 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxg7 Kh7 (22... f5 23. Bb2 $16 ) 23. Ne4 (23. e4 $5 Nb4 24. Rc4 c5 $18) 23... Ne5 $16 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Nd6 Rf8 (26... Re7 27. d4 $16) 27. Nc4 (27. d4 Re6 28. Bd3+ Kg8 $18) 27... Rg5 28. f4 (28. h4 Rh5 $16) 28... Rg3 $14 29. Kh2 (29. Kf2 $5 Rfg8 30. Rcb2 $14) 29... Nxe3 $11 30. Nxe3 Rxe3 31. Rbc1 (31. a5 b5 $15) 31... c5 32. Rf2 (32. a5 Rfe8 $15) 32... Bxa4 $17 33. Ra1 $2 (33. Ra2 Bb3 34. Rxa7 Rb8 $17) 33... Bb5 (33... b5 $142 $19) 34. Rxa7 $15 Bxd3 35. Bxd3+ Rxd3 36. Rb7 (36. Rb2 Rd6 $15) 36... Rd6 (36... Rb3 $5 $17) 37. Rb2 $15 Rd4 38. g3 (38. f5 Rd5 $11) 38... c4 $15 39. Rc2 h5 40. Rxb6 h4 (40... Rfd8 $5 41. Kg1 h4 $15) 41. Rc6 hxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Rg8+ 43. Kf3 Rd3+ 44. Ke4 Rxh3 45. R2xc4 Rh5 46. Rc7 Re8+ 47. Kd4 Rf5 48. Kc3 (48. Kd3 Rd5+ 49. Rd4 Rxd4+ 50. Kxd4 Kg6 $11) 48... Kg6 (48... Re3+ 49. Kc2 $15) 49. R4c6+ (49. Rd4 Re3+ 50. Kb4 Re1 $11) 49... Re6 (49... f6 $5 $15) 50. Rxe6+ $11 fxe6 51. Rc4 Rd5 52. Rc8 Kf5 53. Rf8+ (53. Rf8+ Ke4 54. Re8 $11) * [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Leuschner"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 $15 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Be2 Re8 7. O-O Bg4 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. d3 c5 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Nb3 Qc7 {Black prepares the advance c4} ( 11... b5 12. c3 Ba5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. a4 $11) 12. a3 c4 (12... Ba5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. d4 $11) 13. axb4 $16 cxb3 14. c3 Qb6 (14... Ne5 $5 $14) 15. Qxb3 $16 Nc5 16. Qa3 Ne6 17. c4 dxc4 (17... Nf4 18. Bd1 (18. exf4 $6 Rxe2 19. Nd4 Rd2 $16) 18... Ng6 19. Bd4 $18) 18. dxc4 (18. Bxf6 cxd3 19. Qxd3 gxf6 $16) 18... Ne4 (18... Nf4 19. Bd1 (19. exf4 $6 Rxe2 20. Nd4 Rd2 $14) 19... Ng6 20. c5 $18) 19. c5 {White gets strong initiative} Qc7 20. Qd3 Qc6 21. Qc2 (21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. Qb3 Nd2 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 $18) 21... Bxf3 (21... Rad8 22. Qa4 Qxa4 23. Rxa4 $16 ) 22. Bxf3 $18 N6g5 23. Bxe4 (23. Bg4 b6 $16) 23... Qxe4 $16 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Rfd1 Rad8 26. Rxd8 (26. f3 Nd2 27. e4 Nc4 $18) 26... Rxd8 27. f3 (27. Bd4 f6 $16) 27... Nd2 (27... Rd2 28. Bd4 (28. fxe4 $6 Rxb2 29. Rd1 Kf8 $11) 28... Nf2 29. c6 bxc6 30. Rxa6 $16) 28. c6 (28. e4 $5 $16) 28... bxc6 $14 29. Rxa6 (29. Rxa6 Nc4 30. Bd4 $16) 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Bankwitz, Werner"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 $15 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. e3 a6 (6... Be6 7. Be2 $15) 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. a3 Bc5 10. c4 (10. d4 Bb6 $11) 10... h6 ( 10... d5 11. Qb3 $11) 11. d4 $14 Bb6 12. d5 Na7 13. Qc2 c6 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. Rfd1 c5 (15... Re8 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qb3 $14) 16. Rab1 Bh5 (16... Re8 17. Na4 Ba5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rxb7 $16) 17. Na4 Bg6 (17... Ba5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rxb7 $16) 18. Bd3 $18 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Ne4 $4 (19... Ba5 $142 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Rxb7 Rc7 $18) 20. Rb3 (20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Rb3 Qc7 22. Qxe4 b5 $18) 20... f5 (20... Qe7 21. Nxb6 Rce8 22. Ba1 $18) 21. Rxb6 (21. Rxb6 Rf7 22. Bc3 $18) (21. Nxb6 Rb8 $18) 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Breite, Wilhelm"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. c4 d5 6. Nc3 Be6 (6... dxc4 $5 7. Rb1 Nc6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 $17 (8... gxf6 $6 9. Bxc4 a5 10. Qc2 $14)) 7. Bxf6 $11 Qxf6 (7... gxf6 $143 8. Nxd5 Bd6 9. Qb1 $16) 8. Nxd5 Bxd5 9. cxd5 Re8 (9... Rd8 10. Rb1 c5 11. Qh5 $11) 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Rb1 a5 12. Bb5 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Be2 Qd6 15. O-O Ne5 16. d4 Ng6 17. Qd3 a4 18. Rfc1 Ba5 19. Qc4 Rec8 20. Rb7 { The mate threat is Qxf7} (20. Qxa4 $6 Bd2 21. Qc2 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Rcb8 $16) 20... Rf8 (20... Bc7 $18) 21. Qxc6 Qd8 22. Rc5 (22. Qxa4 $6 Bd2 23. Qc6 Bxc1 24. Qxc1 Rxa2 $14) 22... a3 23. Bc4 (23. Bc4 Nh8 24. Ng5 $18) 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1985.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Black "Huisjes, Johan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "1985.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. c4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be2 Re8 9. Nf3 Rxe3 10. fxe3 Nxe3 11. Qa4 Qe7 (11... Nxg2+ 12. Kd1 $16 Bc5 ( 12... a6 13. Rg1 (13. Ne5) 13... Ne3+ 14. Kc1 Nf5 15. Bc4 Qd6 16. Qb3 Qf8 $18 { 1.72/8}) 13. Qb3 (13. Nc3) (13. Qb5) 13... Ne3+ 14. Kc1 Nd5 15. Nc3 Nb6 16. Ne4 Bd4 $18 {1.53/9}) 12. Nc3 (12. a3 Nxg2+ 13. Kd1 Nf4 $16 14. Bc4 Bg4 15. Rf1 Qe4 16. Qb3 Rd8 $16 {0.87/7}) 12... Nxg2+ $16 13. Kd1 Bf5 (13... Bd7 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 $16 (15. dxc3 Re8 (15... Rd8 16. Nd2 Bf5 $19) 16. Bb5 Bg4 $17 {-1.22/7 }) 15... Re8 16. Bd3 Qd6 $16 {1.16/8}) 14. Rg1 $18 Ne3+ (14... Bh3 15. Nd5 Qe4 16. Nxb4 Nxb4 $18 {1.87/8}) 15. Kc1 a6 (15... g6 16. Ba6 Bd7 17. Bxb7 Na5 18. Qxb4 Qxb4 19. Bxa8 Nac4 $11) 16. Bd1 $4 (16. Rxg7+ $142 $1 Kf8 17. Ng5 $18 (17. dxe3 $2 Qxe3+ 18. Nd2 Rd8 $19)) 16... Qc5 17. Rg5 (17. a3 $142 b5 18. Qb3 $16) 17... b5 $17 18. Rxf5 Qxf5 (18... bxa4 $2 19. Rxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxa4 $18 (20. dxe3 $6 a3 $16)) (18... Nxf5 $6 19. Qc2 $15) 19. Qb3 Bc5 (19... Nxd1 $142 20. Nxd1 Re8 $17) 20. Ne4 $4 (20. dxe3 Bxe3+ 21. Nd2 Bxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Qg5+ 23. Ke1 $17) 20... Qxe4 $19 (20... Nxd1 $6 21. Ng3 Qg4 22. Kxd1 $15) 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Ng5+ Kf8 23. Nxe4 Nxd1 24. Kxd1 (24. Nxc5 Nxb2 25. Kxb2 Ke7 $19) 24... Bd4 25. Ba3+ (25. Rc1 Bxb2 26. Rxc6 Be5 $19) 25... Ke8 26. Rc1 Kd7 27. Bc5 Be5 28. Ng5 (28. h3 Re8 $19) 28... Bxh2 29. Nxh7 Rh8 (29... Bd6 30. Bxd6 cxd6 31. Kc2 $19) 30. Nf8+ Ke8 31. Ne6 Be5 32. Bg1 Rh6 (32... Nb4 $5 33. a3 Ke7 34. Nf4 Bxf4 35. axb4 $19) 33. Rxc6 Kd7 34. Rxa6 Rxe6 35. Ra5 c6 (35... b4 36. Bc5 Bd6 37. Bxd6 Kxd6 38. a3 bxa3 39. Rxa3 $17) 36. Bc5 g5 37. a4 bxa4 38. Ra7+ Ke8 39. Rxa4 Kf7 40. Be3 Bf6 41. Ke2 Kg6 42. Kf3 Kh5 43. Ra5 Re5 (43... Bd8 $142 $5 44. Ra7 Be7 $17) 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr TKM/A001"] [Site "?"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Baer, Werner"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1999.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 d6 4. a3 Ba5 5. fxe5 Qh4+ 6. g3 Qe4 7. Nf3 dxe5 8. Bxe5 f6 9. Nc3 $146 (9. Bb2 Bf5 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. c3 Qe6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 O-O-O 14. Rf1 Ne7 15. Bc3 Bb6 16. Qa4 Be4 {line}) 9... Qg4 10. Bf4 (10. h3 Qf5 (10... Qe6 11. Bd4 Nc6 12. e3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qe5 14. Qf3) (10... Qh5 11. Bf4 Bxc3 12. dxc3 Qa5 13. Qd2 Na6 14. Bg2) (10... Qd7 11. Bf4 a6 12. Bg2 Qe6 13. Rf1 g5 14. Nd4) 11. Bf4 (11. Bd4 Qg6 12. g4 Nc6 13. e3 Nge7 14. Bd3) 11... Bxc3 12. dxc3 Qc5 13. Qd3 Ne7 14. Bg2) (10. Bd4 Nc6 11. e3 Nxd4 12. exd4 Be6 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. Rb1) 10... g5 11. Be3 Qe6 (11... Bxc3 12. dxc3 Nc6 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. Nd4) 12. Nd4 Qe5 (12... Qe7 13. Bf2 Bxc3 14. dxc3) 13. Bf2 (13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Bf2 ) 13... Bxc3 14. dxc3 c5 15. Nb5 Bd7 16. Qd3 Bc6 17. Nd6+ Kf8 (17... Ke7 18. Rg1 Qxd6 19. Qxd6+ Kxd6 20. Rd1+ Ke6 21. Bxc5 $19) 18. e4 $14 Na6 19. g4 Rd8 20. Bg3 Qe6 21. O-O-O b5 (21... Qa2 $5 22. c4 Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qd4 $16) 22. a4 $16 Nc7 23. Qe3 (23. axb5 $6 Nxb5 24. Qc4 Qxc4 25. Bxc4 Nxc3 $11) 23... Qa2 (23... a6 $5 24. h4 Ne8 25. Qxc5 Ne7 26. hxg5 Bxe4 $18) 24. Qxc5 $18 Ne7 25. Rd3 Rd7 ( 25... Qxa4 $4 26. Nf5 Re8 27. Nxe7 (27. Bxc7 $6 Bxe4 28. Rg1 Bxf5 29. gxf5 Qc4 30. Qxa7 Nxf5 $18) 27... Rxe7 28. Qxc6 $18) 26. Bg2 Rg8 (26... Qxa4 27. Rf1 Ne8 28. Qxg5 Qa3+ 29. Kd2 Qa2 30. Rxf6+ Nxf6 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 $18) 27. e5 (27. Rf1 Rg6 28. axb5 Bxb5 29. Nxb5 Rxd3 30. cxd3 Nxb5 31. Qxb5 Qxg2 $18) 27... Ne6 $2 ( 27... Bxg2 28. exf6 Bxh1 29. fxe7+ Rxe7 30. Qf5+ Qf7 31. Nxf7 Be4 32. Rd8+ Ne8 $18) 28. Qf2 $18 Rg6 (28... Nf4 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. Qxf4 $18) 29. exf6 Nd5 30. Bxd5 (30. axb5 $6 Rxf6 31. Bxd5 Qa3+ 32. Kb1 Rxf2 33. Bxc6 Rd8 34. Bxf2 Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Bxa7 Qa3 $16) 30... Bxd5 31. Re1 bxa4 32. Rxe6 Bxe6 33. Qc5 ( 33. Qc5 Rxf6 34. Nf5+ Kg8 35. Qc8+ Rf8 36. Nh6+ Kg7 37. Rxd7+ Bxd7 38. Be5+ Kg6 39. Qa6+ Qe6 40. Qd3+ Rf5 41. gxf5+ Qxf5 42. Nxf5 Bxf5 43. Qa6+ Kh5 44. Qf6 $18 ) 1-0 [Event "NLD e-mail ch"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "van der Kooij, Jaap"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 $2 d6 4. a3 $15 Bc5 5. e3 (5. fxe5 dxe5 6. Bxe5 Nf6 $15) 5... exf4 $17 6. Bxg7 (6. exf4 $5 Nf6 7. d4 $17) 6... Qh4+ $19 7. g3 fxg3 8. Bg2 gxh2+ 9. Kf1 hxg1=Q+ 10. Kxg1 Qg3 11. Bxh8 Bf5 (11... Ne7 12. Nc3 Qg8 13. Bf6 $11) 12. Qf3 $11 Qxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 (13... Nc6 14. d4 Bb6 15. c4 $11) 14. Nc3 (14. d4 Bb6 15. e4 Bg6 $14) 14... Nd7 (14... Bxc2 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 $14 ) 15. Ne4 (15. d4 Bb6 16. Rf1 Bxc2 $11) 15... Ke7 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. e4 Bg6 ( 17... Nxe4 $2 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Re1 $18) (17... Bxe4 $2 18. Re1 f5 19. d3 $16) 18. Bd4 Ne6 (18... Bxe4 $2 19. Re1 f5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. d3 $18 (21. Bxe4 $6 fxe4 22. Rxh7+ Kd6 $16) (21. Rxh7+ $6 Kd6 22. Bxe4 fxe4 $16)) (18... Nxe4 $143 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Re1 $18) 19. Be3 Nf6 20. d3 d5 21. exd5 cxd5 (21... Nxd5 22. Bf2 $11) 22. Re1 Rg8 (22... Kd6 23. Bf2 $11) 23. Kf2 (23. Kf1 b6 $11) 23... Kd6 24. Bxa7 Ra8 25. Be3 Rxa3 26. Ra1 (26. Rh4 b5 $11) 26... Rxa1 $15 27. Rxa1 h5 ( 27... d4 28. Bd2 b6 29. Ra6 $15) 28. Kg3 (28. Rb1 Ng4+ 29. Bxg4 hxg4 $11) 28... Nc7 (28... d4 $5 29. Bd2 b6 $15) 29. Rb1 (29. Bd4 Nd7 $14) 29... b5 30. Bf4+ ( 30. Bf4+ Kc6 31. Bxc7 Kxc7 32. Rxb5 $14) * [Event "corr NL K30"] [Site "?"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Van Wieringen, Cornelius A"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "1999.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 d6 4. a3 Bc5 5. e3 (5. fxe5 dxe5 (5... Nc6 6. exd6 ( 6. e6 Bxg1 (6... Nf6 7. exf7+ Kxf7 8. e3 Rf8 9. Nf3 Kg8 10. Be2 $15 {-0.28/9}) 7. exf7+ Kxf7 8. Rxg1 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qxh2 10. Rg2 $15 {-0.53/11}) (6. Nf3 dxe5 7. Nxe5 Qf6 8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nd3 Bb6 10. Nd2 $19 {-1.56/8}) 6... Bxg1 (6... Bxd6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. e3 a6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O $11 {-0.22/10}) 7. Rxg1 Qxd6 8. Rh1 Nf6 9. Nc3 Ne5 10. e4 $15 {-0.34/9}) 6. Bxe5 Nf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bc3 Ne4 10. Bd3 $15 {-0.41/9}) 5... Nc6 (5... exf4 6. exf4 Nf6 (6... Qh4+ 7. g3 Qe7+ 8. Qe2 f6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Nd2 $17 {-0.94/10}) 7. d4 Qe7+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Bxe2 Bb6 10. Nf3 $17 {-1.19/10}) (5... Qh4+ 6. g3 Qe7 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg2 Ngf6 10. O-O $17 {-1.06/10}) (5... Nd7 6. Nf3 (6. d4) (6. Be2) 6... Qe7 7. Be2 Ngf6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 $17 {-0.97/10}) (5... Qe7 6. Nf3 (6. fxe5) (6. Qh5) (6. Bb5+) 6... Nd7 (6... f6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 Bb6 10. Be2 $15 {-0.62/9}) 7. Be2 Ngf6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 $17 {-0.97/10}) 6. Nf3 ( 6. Bb5 Qh4+ 7. g3 Qe7 8. Nf3 Bd7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. d4 $17 {-0.84/8}) 6... f6 ( 6... Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qe7 10. Qe2 $15 {-0.56/8}) (6... Qe7 7. Bb5 f6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Ne4 $17 {-0.75/9}) 7. fxe5 (7. d4 Bb6 8. Bb5 exd4 9. exd4 a6 10. Ba4 $17 {-0.81/9}) 7... dxe5 8. Nc3 (8. d4 Bd6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. dxe5 $15 {-0.66/8}) 8... Nge7 (8... Be6 9. Bb5 Nge7 10. d4 $17 {-0.78/9}) 9. Bc4 Bg4 (9... Na5 10. Ba2 $17 {-0.72/8}) 10. h3 (10. Ne4 $17 {-0.72/8}) 10... Bh5 11. O-O Bb6 12. Kh1 Nf5 {Black gets in control} 13. Qe1 Qd7 14. Na4 Nd6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Ba2 Bf7 17. Bxf7+ Nxf7 (17... Kxf7 $6 18. Bxe5 Nc4 19. Qg3 $11) (17... Qxf7 $6 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 $11) 18. d3 O-O 19. Qg3 Nd6 20. Nh4 Kh8 21. Rf2 e4 22. Raf1 Rf7 23. Kh2 Raf8 24. Rf4 Qe6 25. R1f2 Re8 26. Nf5 Nxf5 27. Rxf5 exd3 28. cxd3 Qxe3 29. R2f3 Qe1 30. Rf2 Re6 31. d4 Re3 32. Qg4 Rf8 33. d5 Ne5 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35. Rc2 Re7 36. Qf4 Qb1 37. d6 Re1 38. Rf2 c5 39. Qf3 Rd1 40. Rd5 Rh1+ 41. Kg3 Qg6+ 42. Qg4 Qf7 43. Re5 Rg8 (43... fxe5 44. Rxf7 Rg8 45. d7 Rg1 46. d8=Q Rxg2+ 47. Kxg2 g6 48. Qf6+ Rg7 49. Qxg7#) 44. Qf5 Rd1 45. Re7 Qb3+ 46. Rf3 Qb2 47. d7 Rd2 48. Kh4 Qa2 (48... Rxg2 $5 49. Rd3 Qc1 $19) 49. g4 $17 Rd6 50. Rfe3 Rd5 51. Qf3 Qc4 (51... f5 52. gxf5 Qd2 53. f6 Qd4+ 54. R7e4 Qxf6+ 55. Qxf6 gxf6 56. Re7 $11) 52. R3e4 (52. Qe4 $142 $5 Rd4 53. Qe6 $11 ) 52... Rd3 $17 53. Re3 Rd6 54. Kg3 Qd4 55. Qxb7 Qd1 56. Kf2 Qd2+ 57. Kg1 Qd1+ (57... Qc1+ $5 58. Kf2 Rd1 $17) 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr NED-ch29"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Thorn Leeson, John"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 d6 4. a3 Bc5 5. e3 f6 $146 (5... exf4 6. exf4 (6. Bxg7 Qh4+ 7. g3 fxg3 8. Bg2 gxh2+ 9. Kf1 Nh6 10. Bxh8 Ng4 11. Qe2 Qg3) 6... Nf6 (6... Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bd3 f5) 7. d4 $17 Qe7+ 8. Qe2 Bb6 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Nbd2 Bf5) (5... Nf6 6. Nf3 (6. fxe5 dxe5 7. Bxe5 Nc6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Nc3 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Qe7 11. d4 Bxa3) 6... e4 7. Nd4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be2 Rb8 11. Na4 Ng4) 6. Nc3 (6. d4 exd4 (6... Bb6 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. Ne2 Nge7 11. O-O Bg4) 7. exd4 Qe7+ (7... Bb6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Nd4 Ne7 11. Nc3 Bxd4) 8. Kf2 Nh6 $17 9. dxc5 Ng4+ 10. Kg3 Qe3+ 11. Kh4 Nh6) (6. fxe5 fxe5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Na4 Bb6 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bb5 O-O) (6. Nf3 Nc6 (6... Ne7 7. fxe5 fxe5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbc6 10. O-O h6 11. Ne4 Bb6) (6... exf4 7. d4 Bb6 8. exf4 Nc6 9. Bb5 d5 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nge7) 7. d4 Bb6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nbd2 exf4 11. exf4 Be3) 6... Ne7 (6... exf4 7. exf4 (7. d4 Bb6 8. exf4 Ne7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bb5 Nbc6 11. O-O Bg4) 7... Qe7+ (7... Nc6 8. Bc4 Nd4 9. Nge2 Bg4 10. Na4 b5 11. Nxc5 dxc5) 8. Be2 $17 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bb6 10. Nd5 Qe4 11. Nxb6 axb6) (6... Bf5 7. d4 Bb6 8. fxe5 fxe5 9. e4 Be6 10. Nf3 Nh6 11. Bb5+ c6) (6... Nc6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. Nf3 Be6 9. fxe5 fxe5 10. Bd3 Nh6 11. h4 Bg4) 7. Bc4 (7. Na4 Nd7 $17 8. d4 Bb6 9. Kf2 O-O 10. Nf3 e4 11. Nd2 f5) (7. fxe5 fxe5 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbc6 10. O-O d5 11. Ng5 g6) 7... d5 8. Bb3 (8. fxe5 dxc4 9. exf6 O-O 10. fxg7 Rf7 11. Nf3 Na6) 8... exf4 (8... Nbc6 9. fxe5 fxe5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. O-O O-O) 9. Nxd5 (9. exf4 Be6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Nf3 Nbc6) 9... Nxd5 10. Qh5+ g6 (10... Kf8 11. Qxd5 Qxd5) 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 (12... fxe3 13. dxe3 Bxe3 14. Ke2 $17) 13. Bb3 (13. Bxf6 Rf8 (13... cxd5 $143 14. Bxh8 fxe3 15. dxe3 $14) 14. Bg7 cxd5 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. exf4 Nc6 $19) 13... fxe3 14. Nf3 Rf8 (14... exd2+ 15. Nxd2 Rf8 16. Ne4 $17) 15. O-O-O a5 (15... exd2+ 16. Rxd2 Nd7 17. Re1+ Kd8 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 $11) 16. Rhe1 Kd8 17. dxe3+ Kc7 18. e4 Nd7 19. g3 (19. Rd3 b5 $17) 19... b5 20. e5 fxe5 21. Ng5 (21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5+ Kb6 $17) 21... Kb6 22. Be6 Ra7 23. Nxh7 (23. Ne4 Be7 $17) 23... Rh8 24. Ng5 Rxh2 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Rf1 (26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc7 $17) 26... b4 (26... Re2 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 $17) 27. a4 $17 Re2 28. Rde1 (28. Rfe1 Rxe4 $1 29. Rxe4 Nc5 30. Rxe5 Bxe6 $19) 28... Rxe4 $1 $19 29. Rxe4 Nc5 30. Rxe5 Bxe6 31. Rfe1 Bd6 32. Rxc5 Kxc5 (32... Bxc5 $6 33. Rxe6 g5 34. Bf6 $15) 33. Rxe6 Bxg3 34. Rxg6 Bf4+ 35. Kb1 Re7 36. Rf6 Be5 37. Bxe5 (37. Rf8 Bc7 $19) 37... Rxe5 38. Rf3 Kd4 39. Rd3+ Ke4 40. Kb2 c5 41. Kb3 Rf5 42. Rd2 Rf4 43. Rh2 Kd4 44. Rd2+ ( 44. Kb2 c4 $19) 44... Ke3 (44... Ke5 $5 45. Re2+ Re4 46. Rh2 $19) 45. Rd5 $17 c4+ 46. Kb2 (46. Ka2 Rf2 47. Kb1 c3 $19) 46... Rf2 47. Kb1 c3 (47... Rf1+ 48. Ka2 $19) 48. Rg5 Rf1+ 49. Ka2 Kd2 (49... Rc1 $5 50. Rg2 $19) 50. Rg2+ Kc1 51. Kb3 Kb1 52. Rg5 Ka1 53. Rxa5 Rb1+ 54. Kc4 Kb2 55. Kxb4 (55. Rh5 Kxc2 56. Rh2+ Kc1 $19) 55... Kxc2+ 56. Kc4 Rb8 57. Rh5 Kb2 (57... Rc8+ 58. Kb5 $19) 58. a5 ( 58. Rh2+ c2 $19) 58... c2 59. Rh2 Kb1 (59... Rh8 60. Rxc2+ Kxc2 61. a6 $17) 60. Rxc2 Kxc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr 3GMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Steinmann, Joachim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2002.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 d6 4. e3 Nc6 5. a3 Ba5 (5... Bc5 6. Nf3 (6. Bb5) 6... Qe7 (6... f6 7. d4 (7. Nc3) (7. fxe5) 7... Bb6 8. Bb5 exd4 9. exd4 a6 10. Ba4 Bf5 $15 {-0.59/8}) (6... Bg4 7. Bb5 (7. h3) (7. fxe5) 7... e4 8. Bxg7 exf3 9. gxf3 Qh4+ 10. Ke2 Bxf3+ $14 {0.50/8}) 7. Bb5 (7. fxe5) 7... f6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Ne4 O-O-O $15 {-0.69/8}) 6. Nf3 (6. Bb5 Nge7 (6... Rb8 7. fxe5 ( 7. Nf3 a6 8. Ba4 f6 9. O-O Nge7 10. fxe5 dxe5 $17 {-0.84/9}) (7. Qf3 Qh4+ 8. g3 Qe7 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 $17 {-1.19/8}) 7... Qh4+ 8. g3 Qe4 9. Nf3 Qxe3+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ $17 {-0.75/10}) (6... Qh4+ 7. g3 Qf6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Nf3 Bg4 $17 {-0.75/10}) (6... a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qf3 Qd7 9. fxe5 Rb8 10. Bc3 Bxc3 $15 {-0.41/11}) (6... f6 7. Qh5+ (7. Nf3 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. fxe5 fxe5 10. Nc3 Bf5 $17 {-1.06/9}) (7. Nh3 Nge7 8. O-O a6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Bb3+ d5 $17 { -0.97/9}) (7. Bc3 Bb6 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qf3 Nge7 10. Ne2 Be6 $17 {-0.88/8}) (7. Ne2 Nge7 8. O-O a6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Nbc3 d5 $17 {-0.94/9}) (7. fxe5 fxe5 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Bc3 Bb6 10. O-O O-O $17 {-1.13/9}) (7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Bc3 Bb6 9. Ne2 Ne7 10. O-O Rb8 $17 {-1.22/9}) 7... g6 8. Qh4 Bd7 9. Nf3 e4 10. Nd4 Nxd4 $17 {-0.78/9}) 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. Nf3 a6 9. Bc4 Nf5 10. O-O e4 $17 {-0.97/9}) 6... f6 (6... Bg4 7. fxe5 (7. h3 Be6 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bb5 f6 10. Bc3 Bb6 $17 {-0.94/10}) (7. Bb5 f6 8. Bc3 Bb6 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 $17 {-0.94/10}) 7... dxe5 8. h3 Bd7 9. Bb5 Qe7 10. O-O f6 $17 {-0.78/9}) (6... Qe7 7. Bb5 (7. fxe5) 7... Bd7 8. O-O f6 9. Nc3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e4 $15 {-0.63/9}) 7. fxe5 (7. Bc4 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Be2 Qd7 10. O-O Nge7 $17 {-0.97/8}) (7. Bb5 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 exf4 10. exf4 a6 $17 {-1.09/9}) (7. Be2 exf4 8. exf4 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc3 Bb6+ $17 {-1.06/9}) 7... fxe5 (7... dxe5 8. Bb5 Bg4 9. Bc3 Bb6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 $17 {-0.97/10}) 8. Bc4 Nf6 9. O-O Bg4 (9... a6 10. Bb3 Rf8 $17 {-0.88/10}) 10. Qe1 (10. h3 Bh5 $15 {-0.69/9}) 10... Qd7 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. Nd5 Rhf8 13. Nb4 Ne7 { Black gets the initiative} 14. Be2 c5 15. Na2 Ned5 16. Qd1 e4 17. Ng5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 h6 19. Nh3 Qa4 20. Rac1 g5 21. Nf2 Kb8 22. Nd1 Nd7 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. Ndc3 Nxc3 25. Nxc3 Qc6 26. d3 exd3 27. cxd3 Re8 28. Ne4 d5 29. Nf2 Bc7 30. e4 Qe6 31. Re1 dxe4 (31... d4 32. Rf1 $17) 32. dxe4 c4 33. Bd4 Ne5 34. Qb2 Nc6 { Black gets deadly initiative} 35. Rb1 b6 36. Bc3 Bd6 37. a4 (37. Qb5 Bxa3 38. Kh1 Rf8 $19) 37... Bc5 $19 38. e5 Rf8 39. Rf1 Qg4 40. g3 (40. Be1 Nd4 41. Kh1 Qd1 $19) 40... h5 (40... Rxf2 41. Rxf2 Qf3 42. Be1 $19) 41. Qd2 Qf3 (41... Qf3 42. e6 h4 $19) 0-1 [Event "IECC"] [Site "?"] [Date "2000.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Saldana, Enrique"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2480"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2000.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 d6 4. e3 Qh4+ 5. g3 Qe7 (5... Qf6 6. a3 (6. Bg2) (6. Nf3) (6. Nc3) 6... Ba5 (6... Bc5 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. d4 $11 { -0.12/8}) 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bg4 9. Rf1 Qe6 10. fxe5 $15 {-0.56/9}) (5... Qh6 6. fxe5 (6. a3 Ba5 7. Bg2 exf4 8. gxf4 Nf6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Rg1 $17 {-1.03/9}) (6. Ne2) (6. c3) 6... Qxe3+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Nxe2 d5 9. a3 Be7 10. Nf4 $17 {-0.75/10 }) 6. Nf3 (6. a3 Bc5 (6... Ba5 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg2 Ngf6 10. O-O $17 {-1.00/10}) 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Qe2 Ngf6 9. d4 e4 10. Nh4 $17 {-1.09/11}) 6... Nd7 ( 6... Nc6 7. a3 Bc5 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. O-O O-O-O 10. d4 $17 {-0.84/8}) (6... f6 7. a3 Bc5 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Be2 Nd7 10. d4 $17 {-0.84/9}) 7. Bg2 (7. a3 Bc5 8. Qe2 Ngf6 9. d4 e4 10. Nh4 $17 {-1.12/10}) 7... Ngf6 8. O-O (8. a3 Bc5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. O-O $17 {-1.06/10}) 8... e4 9. Nd4 Nc5 (9... O-O 10. Nf5 $17 {-1.12/10}) 10. Nc3 (10. a3 $17 {-1.06/9}) 10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Na4 12. Nb5 Nxc3 13. Nxc3 O-O 14. d3 d5 (14... Bf5 15. Qd2 $17) 15. dxe4 dxe4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 c6 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Bxe4 Re8 20. Bd3 Rxe3 21. Rae1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Kf8 23. a4 Bg4 24. Kf2 h6 25. Rb1 {White fights for the Initiative} b6 26. a5 bxa5 27. Ra1 a4 28. Rxa4 a5 29. f5 h5 30. Kg2 c5 31. h3 Bd1 32. Kf2 Ra7 33. f6 h4 34. g4 Ra8 35. Ra1 c4 36. Be4 (36. Rxd1 $143 cxd3 37. Rxd3 gxf6 $15) 36... Rd8 37. fxg7+ Kg8 38. Ke3 (38. Rxa5 $6 Bxc2 39. Rh5 Rd2+ 40. Ke3 c3 41. Bxc2 Rxc2 42. Rxh4 Rg2 $11) 38... Kxg7 (38... c3 39. Bd3 (39. Rxa5 $6 Rd2 $14 (39... Kxg7 $2 40. Rc5 $18)) 39... Re8+ 40. Kf2 Bxg4 41. hxg4 $18) 39. Rxa5 Re8 40. Kf4 Rb8 41. Rd5 Rb1 42. Kg5 Ra1 43. Kxh4 Rc1 44. Rc5 Be2 45. Kg3 Rf1 46. Rc7 Kf6 47. Bd5 Ke5 48. Bg2 (48. Bg2 Rf6 49. Re7+ Re6 50. Rxf7 $18) 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "2004.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kucharkowski, Jens"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 d6 4. fxe5 dxe5 5. Bxe5 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bc3 Qe7 9. Bxb4 Nxb4 10. a3 Nbd5 11. Bd3 Nxe3 (11... Bg4 $142 $5 $15) 12. dxe3 $14 Qxe3+ 13. Kf1 Ng4 {The mate threat is Qf2} 14. Qd2 Qc5 (14... Qb6 15. Nc3 Ne3+ 16. Ke2 $11) 15. Nc3 (15. Nd4 Be6 $14) 15... Ne3+ $11 16. Ke1 (16. Ke2 Re8 17. Ne4 Nc4 $11 (17... Nxg2 $2 18. Kd1 Qd5 19. Rg1 $18 (19. Qxg2 $6 Rxe4 20. Kc1 Rf4 $14))) 16... Bg4 (16... Nxg2+ 17. Qxg2 Qxc3+ 18. Kf2 Qc5+ 19. Kf1 $11) 17. Na4 (17. Ne4 Qb6 18. c3 $11) 17... Qh5 (17... Qe7 $5 18. Kf2 Bxf3 19. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Kxe3 Bxg2 $14) 18. Qxe3 $16 Rae8 19. Be4 f5 20. Nd2 (20. Qxa7 $2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qxf3 $19) 20... fxe4 21. Rb1 (21. Nxe4 Qa5+ 22. c3 Qxa4 $19) 21... b6 22. Nc3 {Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on e4} (22. Nxe4 Qa5+ 23. Rb4 c5 24. Qb3+ Be6 $19) 22... c5 23. h4 (23. h3 Re7 $16) 23... Re5 (23... Qe5 24. Rf1 $14 (24. Ndxe4 $2 Bf5 $19)) 24. Nf1 (24. a4 Qg6 $16) 24... Bf3 (24... Qf5 25. Ng3 Qf4 26. Nd1 $14) 25. Qg1 (25. Rh2 Bg4 $14) 25... Qh6 26. Qh2 Rfe8 ( 26... Qf6 27. Ne3 $16 (27. gxf3 exf3+ 28. Kd1 Rd8+ 29. Nd2 Ree8 $17)) 27. Qh3 ( 27. Qg3 c4 $16) 27... Qd6 28. Nb5 (28. gxf3 $2 exf3+ 29. Kf2 Qd4+ 30. Kg3 Qxc3 $19) 28... Qd8 29. Ne3 (29. gxf3 exf3+ 30. Kf2 Re2+ 31. Kg1 Rg2+ 32. Qxg2 fxg2 33. Kxg2 Re2+ 34. Kg1 a6 $19) 29... a6 30. Nc4 (30. gxf3 $4 exf3 31. Rf1 Rxe3+ 32. Kf2 axb5 $19) 30... R5e6 31. Nbd6 (31. gxf3 $2 axb5 32. f4 bxc4 $19) 31... Qf6 (31... Rxd6 32. Nxd6 Qxd6 33. gxf3 exf3+ 34. Kf1 $16) 32. Nxe8 Qc3+ 33. Kf2 Qxc2+ 34. Kg1 Rg6 {Threatening mate: Rxg2} 35. Rb2 Qxc4 36. Kh2 Qf7 37. Rf2 Qf4+ (37... Qxe8 38. gxf3 e3 39. Rg2 Qe5+ 40. Rg3 Qb2+ 41. Qg2 Qxa3 42. Rd1 $16 ) 38. g3 Qb8 39. Re1 h5 (39... b5 40. Re3 h5 41. Rfxf3 exf3 42. Re6 $11) 40. Rxf3 $14 exf3 41. Re6 Rg4 42. Nd6 Qc7 43. Qf1 Qd7 44. Re8+ Kh7 45. Qd3+ Rg6 46. Rh8+ $5 Kxh8 {Deflection from g6} 47. Qxg6 Kg8 48. Kg1 (48. Ne4 Qf7 49. Qxf7+ Kxf7 50. Ng5+ Kf6 $11) 48... Qe7 {Threatening mate: Qe1} 49. Ne4 c4 50. Qc6 b5 (50... Qxa3 $143 51. Qxc4+ Kf8 52. Qc8+ Ke7 53. Qb7+ Ke8 54. Qxb6 $18) 51. Kf2 Kf8 52. Qc8+ Qe8 53. Qxe8+ (53. Qc5+ Kg8 54. Kxf3 Qf7+ 55. Ke3 Qd7 $16) 53... Kxe8 54. Kxf3 Ke7 (54... Kd8 55. Ke3 $16) 55. Kf4 (55. Ke3 Kd7 $18) 55... a5 ( 55... Ke6 56. Nc5+ Kd5 57. Nxa6 $18) 56. Nc3 $18 Kd6 57. Nxb5+ Kc5 58. Na7 (58. Nc3 $142 $5 Kd4 59. Na4 $18) 58... c3 $16 59. Ke3 Kc4 60. Nc6 Kb3 61. Nxa5+ Kb2 62. Nc4+ Kb3 63. Kd3 c2 64. Kd2 Kxc4 65. Kxc2 (65. Kxc2 Kc5 66. Kd3 $18) 1-0 [Event "corr NED Mkl"] [Site "?"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Noomen, Jeroen"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Bxe5 Nf6 8. c3 Bd6 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qd4 Bxe5 (10... Be6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qe4 $15) 11. Qxe5+ Be6 (11... Kf8 12. Qg3 $15) 12. Qb5+ $11 c6 13. Qxb7 O-O (13... Bd5 14. e3 $11) 14. e3 (14. Qxc6 Rc8 15. Qf3 Bd5 $14) 14... Ne4 (14... c5 15. Qc6 Qe7 16. Be2 $11) 15. Qb4 (15. Qxc6 $5 Bd5 16. Qa6 $14) 15... Bd5 $11 16. Bd3 (16. Qd4 c5 17. Qa4 Qf6 $17) 16... Rb8 $15 17. Qd4 c5 18. Qe5 (18. Qa4 Qh4+ 19. g3 Qg4 $11) 18... Re8 (18... Qh4+ 19. Ke2 Qf2+ 20. Kd1 Rxb1+ 21. Kc2 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Qxd2+ 23. Kb1 Nxc3+ 24. Qxc3 Qxc3 25. a4 Qxd3+ 26. Kc1 Qc3+ 27. Kd1 Bc4 28. Ra2 Rd8+ 29. Rd2 Qxd2#) 19. Qf4 $15 c4 20. Bc2 Rb6 (20... Rb2 21. Na3 $15) 21. Bxe4 (21. O-O Rf6 22. Qg4 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qf6+ 24. Qf4 Qg6 $11) 21... Bxe4 22. Na3 ( 22. O-O Rf6 23. Qg3 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Bxb1 $19) 22... Qd5 (22... Bxg2 $5 23. Rg1 Re4 $15) 23. Qc7 (23. O-O Ra6 24. d3 Bxd3 (24... Rxa3 $6 25. dxe4 Qh5 26. g4 $17) (24... cxd3 $6 25. c4 Qe6 26. Nb5 $17) 25. Nxc4 Qxc4 $19) 23... Bd3 $15 24. Qg3 $2 (24. Qxa7 Qxg2 25. O-O-O $19) 24... Qc5 $19 (24... Qc5 25. Nxc4 Qxc4 $19) 0-1 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "2004.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Kucharkowski, Jens"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 d6 4. fxe5 Qh4+ 5. g3 Qe4 6. Nf3 dxe5 7. Bg2 (7. Bxe5 $5 Bg4 8. Bxg7 Bxf3 9. Rg1 $11 Qe3 10. Bxh8 Bc6 11. Rh1 Bxh1 $17 {-0.75/8} ) (7. a3 Bd6 8. Bg2 Qc6 9. e3 Qb5 10. Qc1 Nc6 11. Nc3 Qa5 $17 {-0.81/10}) 7... Bd6 (7... f6 8. a3 (8. Nc3 Qc4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Nc6 11. O-O Nge7 $17 { -0.88/9}) (8. c3 Bd6 9. Ba3 Qg4 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. Na3 Ne7 $17 {-0.81/10}) (8. O-O Qg6 9. a3 Bd6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nh4 Qh5 $17 {-0.75/9}) 8... Bc5 9. e3 Nc6 10. O-O Qg4 11. d4 Bd6 $17 {-0.72/9}) 8. O-O Qb4 9. Bc3 (9. Bxe5 $2 Bxe5 10. c3 Qb6+ 11. d4 Bf6 $19) 9... Qb6+ 10. Kh1 (10. d4 Ne7 11. a4 Nd5 $15 {-0.69/8}) 10... Nc6 (10... f6 11. d4 exd4 $15 {-0.69/9}) 11. d4 e4 (11... exd4 $15 { -0.69/8}) 12. Nfd2 f5 (12... Nxd4 $2 13. Nc4 Qc6 14. Nxd6+ cxd6 15. Qxd4 $18) 13. e3 (13. Nc4 $5 Qb5 14. d5 Qxc4 15. dxc6 $15) 13... h5 14. Bh3 (14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 $17) 14... Nce7 15. Nc4 Qc6 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Be1 Qh6 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. Nd2 Ng4 (19... h4 20. g4 fxg4 21. Bg2 $19) 20. Bxg4 (20. Nb3 Nd5 (20... Nxe3 $6 21. Bd2 $15) 21. Bd2 Ndf6 $19 (21... Ngxe3 $143 22. Bxf5 h4 23. g4 $14) ) 20... hxg4 $19 21. c4 b6 22. Rf2 a5 23. Nf1 Ba6 24. Qc2 Qc6 25. Rc1 Rh3 26. d5 Qc5 27. Qb2 (27. Qa4+ c6 $19) 27... Bxc4 28. Qxg7 (28. Nd2 b5 $19) 28... Qxd5 29. Nd2 Qf7 (29... Bxa2 30. Rxc7 Qd6 31. Rxe7+ Qxe7 32. Qg6+ Kd7 33. Qxf5+ Qe6 34. Qb5+ Kc7 35. Qb2 $19) 30. Qd4 Bxa2 31. Rxc7 Qe6 32. Nf1 Bb3 33. Qg7 Rd8 (33... Rb8 34. Bc3 Rc8 35. Rxc8+ Nxc8 36. Qc7 $19) 34. Rb2 (34. Bc3 Rd6 $19) 34... Rd7 (34... Nd5 $5 35. Rc1 Ba4 36. Kg1 $19) 35. Rxd7 Kxd7 (35... Qxd7 $143 36. Rxb3 Qe6 37. Rb1 $16) 36. Qd4+ Ke8 37. Nd2 a4 38. Nxb3 axb3 39. Qa4+ Kf7 40. Rxb3 Rh8 41. Rb1 Rc8 42. Qa7 Kg8 43. Kg1 Nd5 44. Rd1 Qc6 (44... Nxe3 45. Bc3 Kf8 46. Qg7+ Ke8 47. Qh8+ Kf7 48. Qh5+ Kg8 49. Qg5+ Kf7 50. Qxe3 $16) 45. Qa2 Rd8 46. Bc3 (46. Qf2 Qf6 $17) 46... b5 (46... Qxc3 47. Rxd5 Qxe3+ 48. Kf1 Qf3+ 49. Kg1 Rxd5 50. Qxd5+ Kf8 51. Qd8+ Kf7 52. Qd7+ Kf6 53. Qd6+ Kg5 54. Qe7+ Kg6 55. Qe6+ Kg7 56. Qd7+ Kh8 57. Qd4+ Kh7 58. Qd7+ Kh6 59. Qe6+ Kh5 60. Qf7+ Kg5 61. Qe7+ Kh5 62. Qf7+ Kg5 63. Qe7+ $11) 47. Ba1 b4 48. Qa7 Qd7 49. Qa5 Kf7 50. Bb2 (50. Be5 b3 $17) 50... b3 (50... Ke6 51. Bd4 $17) 51. Rd4 Kg6 (51... Ke6 52. Rb4 $17) 52. Rd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Muyvid, Yury"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1998.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 exf4 4. Bxg7 Qh4+ 5. g3 fxg3 6. Bg2 Qg5 7. Bxh8 gxh2 8. Kf1 hxg1=Q+ 9. Kxg1 Nh6 10. e3 Ng4 11. Qf3 h6 12. Nc3 f5 13. Qf4 (13. Rf1 d6 $14) 13... Qxf4 $11 14. exf4 Nc6 15. Bf3 Kf7 (15... Bc5+ $5 16. Kg2 Ne7 $16) 16. Bxg4 $16 fxg4 17. Rxh6 b6 (17... Bf8 $5 18. Rf6+ Kg8 $16) 18. Nd5 (18. Rf6+ Kg8 19. Rg6+ Kf8 20. Rxg4 Bc5+ 21. Kh2 Nb4 $18) 18... Bc5+ 19. Kh2 Bb7 20. Kg3 Nd4 (20... Rc8 $142 $18) 21. Rh7+ Kf8 22. Nxc7 Rc8 23. Rxd7 (23. Rxd7 Bc6 24. Rxd4 $18 (24. Bxd4 $6 Bxd7 25. Bxc5+ bxc5 $16)) 1-0 [Event "corr TKM/A001"] [Site "?"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Bernardo, Angelo"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1999.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. f4 exf4 4. Bxg7 Qh4+ 5. g3 fxg3 6. Bg2 gxh2+ 7. Kf1 hxg1=Q+ 8. Kxg1 Qg5 9. Bxh8 h5 10. e3 h4 11. Qf3 c6 12. Qf4 Be7 $146 13. Qxg5 ( 13. Be5 Qxf4 (13... Qg6 14. Bxb8 d6 15. Bc7 h3 16. Rh2 d5 $11 {0.10/11}) 14. Bxf4 (14. exf4 d5 (14... Na6 15. Bh3 Nc5 16. Bd4 d5 $15 {-0.48/11}) 15. Nc3 Na6 16. Nd1 Nh6 $15 {-0.51/11}) 14... Na6 (14... d5 15. Nc3 Na6 16. e4 d4 $11 { -0.09/11}) 15. Nc3 Nb4 16. Rc1 d5 $11 {-0.23/11}) 13... Bxg5 14. Nc3 (14. Bh3 Ne7 (14... Na6 15. Kh2 d5 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 $11 {0.22/11}) 15. Nc3 d5 16. Bxc8 Nxc8 $11 {0.00/11}) (14. c4 d6 (14... f5 15. Nc3 d6 16. Ne2 Ne7 $11 {0.09/11}) 15. Nc3 f5 16. Ne2 Ne7 $11 {0.09/11}) 14... d5 (14... d6 15. Rf1 Nd7 16. Bh3 d5 $14 {0.31/11}) (14... Be7 15. e4 d6 16. d4 Nd7 $11 {0.24/11}) 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Be7 17. Be5 Bf5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Kd7 20. Ba3 Kc7 (20... Bxc2 21. Rxh4 Na6 22. Bf1 $14) 21. Rxh4 (21. d3 Nd7 $16) 21... Nd7 (21... Bxc2 22. d4 $14) 22. d3 $16 Re8 23. Rf4 Be6 24. Bb2 Ne7 25. Re1 Rg8 26. Kf2 Nd5 27. Rh4 b6 28. a3 a6 29. Bh3 Bxh3 30. Rxh3 b5 31. Bc1 (31. Rf3 f6 $16) 31... N5f6 (31... Rg6 32. c4 Rf6+ 33. Rf3 Rxf3+ 34. Kxf3 bxc4 35. dxc4 $16) 32. Bf4+ Kd8 33. Bd6 Nd5 (33... Re8 34. Rxe8+ Nxe8 35. Rh8 $16) 34. Rh7 1-0 [Event "corr"] [Site "?"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Beck, Christian"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 f5 4. d4 $11 e4 5. d5 Nf6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nh3 O-O 8. Nf4 Qe8 (8... a5 9. a3 $11) 9. Be2 $14 Bd7 (9... a5 10. b5 $14) 10. Nd2 g5 11. Nh5 Qg6 (11... Na6 12. Bc3 $14) 12. O-O (12. h4 g4 13. Nf4 Qf7 $14) 12... Be8 ( 12... Nxh5 13. Bxh5 Qh6 14. Be2 $14) 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14. f3 f4 (14... a5 $5 $16) 15. exf4 $18 (15. Ngxe4 $143 fxe3 16. Bd3 Ne5 $14) 15... gxf4 16. Ngxe4 Ne5 17. Qc2 Bd7 18. Nxf6+ (18. Bd3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 a5 $16) 18... Qxf6 (18... Bxf6 19. Ne4 $16) 19. Bd3 Qg7 20. Kh1 Rf6 (20... Bf6 21. Ne4 $18) 21. Rfe1 Rh6 22. Nf1 (22. Re2 Qf7 $18) 22... Bh4 (22... Bf6 23. Qd2 $16) 23. Re2 $18 Bg3 (23... Bf6 24. Rb1 $18) 24. h3 (24. Nxg3 Qxg3 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 $17) 24... Rf8 (24... Re8 25. Bd4 $18) 25. c5 (25. Bd4 Re8 $18) 25... Bh4 26. c6 (26. Bd4 Bf6 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 $16) 26... bxc6 $16 27. dxc6 Bxc6 28. Rc1 Bd5 29. Bc4 $1 Bxc4 (29... Nxc4 30. Bxg7) 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Qxc4+ Rf7 32. Qb3 Kf8 33. Rc5 Re7 34. Qc4 Rd6 (34... Rb6 $5 $16) 35. Rexe5 $1 $18 Rxe5 36. Qxf4+ Qf6 37. Qxe5 Qxe5 38. Rxe5 Bf6 39. Rf5 Kg7 40. Ng3 (40. Ng3 Be7 41. a3 $18) 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1984.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bankwitz, Werner"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1984.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 $15 2. Bb2 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. e3 (5. Nh3 Be7 $11) 5... c6 6. c4 Be6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Ne2 (8. Nf3 d5 9. c5 e4 $11) 8... Qc7 (8... d5 9. c5 $15) 9. Nd2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. d4 Rad8 12. a3 g5 (12... Rfe8 13. Qc2 $11) 13. h3 (13. Rc1 d5 $11) 13... Rf7 (13... g4 14. hxg4 fxg4 15. Rc1 $11) 14. f4 (14. Rc1 Qb6 $14) 14... Rg7 (14... gxf4 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. exf4 $11) 15. fxg5 (15. fxe5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 $16) 15... Rxg5 $14 16. h4 (16. Rc1 Qb6 $14) 16... Rg6 $11 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. e4 f4 19. d5 (19. Rc3 fxg3 20. Rxg3 b5 $11) 19... Bg4 $15 20. Qe1 ( 20. gxf4 Bh3 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Rf2 $19) 20... Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Rxg3 { Opening the g-file gets Black a lot of play} 22. Rf3 (22. Rc3 Rg4 $17) 22... Rg7 23. Rh3 Ng4 {Black begins to deal mighty blows} 24. Nf3 (24. Kh1 $5 $17) 24... Ne3 $19 25. Rh2 Kh8 (25... Nxg2 $6 26. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 27. Kxg2 $17) 26. Kh1 Rdg8 (26... Nxg2 $6 27. Rxg2 Rxg2 28. Kxg2 Rg8+ 29. Kf1 $17) 27. Rg1 Nf6 28. Ng5 h6 29. Ne6 (29. Bc1 hxg5 30. Bxe3 fxe3 31. hxg5+ Nh7 32. Bh3 Bxg5 33. Be6 $19) 29... Nxe4 $1 (29... Nxe4 30. Rh3 Rxg2 (30... Nxg2 $6 31. Nxg7 Ng3+ 32. Rxg3 fxg3 33. Nf5 $17) 31. Rxg2 Rxg2 (31... Nxg2 $6 32. Qxe4 cxd5 33. cxd5 $19) 32. Qxe3 fxe3 33. Kxg2 Qg8+ 34. Kf3 Nd2+ 35. Kxe3 Qg2 $19) (29... Nxg2 $6 30. Nxg7 Ne3 31. Nf5 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 Nxf5 33. exf5 cxd5 34. cxd5 $17) (29... Rxg2 $143 30. Rhxg2 Rxg2 31. Rxg2 Nxg2 32. Qxg2 $19) 0-1 [Event "corr SOK-89-45"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Roscher, Joerg"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "16"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. Bb2 d6 4. f4 (4. Nf3 $5 $11) 4... exf4 $17 (4... a5 5. b5 (5. Qf3 axb4 (5... exf4 6. b5 (6. Qxf4 axb4 7. Bc4 Qe7 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. O-O $15 { -0.59/9}) (6. bxa5 Qh4+ 7. Qf2 Qxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Rxa5 9. Ne2 $15 {-0.66/9}) 6... Qh4+ 7. Qf2 Qxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Nd7 9. Kf3 $15 {-0.53/9}) 6. fxe5 Be6 7. a3 dxe5 8. Bxe5 Nd7 9. Bb2 $15 {-0.62/9}) 5... exf4 6. Qf3 (6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qh4+ 9. Kf1 $15 {-0.59/9}) (6. Qe2 Qh4+ 7. Qf2 Qxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Nd7 9. Kf3 $15 { -0.53/9}) 6... Qh4+ 7. Qf2 Qxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Nd7 9. Kf3 $15 {-0.53/9}) 5. Nf3 (5. Qf3 Qh4+ (5... Qe7 6. Bd3 (6. Be2 f5 7. d3 fxe4 8. Qxe4 Qxe4 9. dxe4 $17 { -0.81/9}) (6. Ne2 Nf6 7. Nbc3 d5 8. exd5 Qxb4 9. dxc6 $15 {-0.56/9}) 6... f5 7. Qxf4 Nf6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Ne2 $15 {-0.41/9}) (5... a5 6. b5 (6. bxa5 Qh4+ 7. Qf2 Qxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Rxa5 9. Ne2 $15 {-0.66/9}) (6. Qxf4 axb4 7. Bc4 Qe7 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. O-O $15 {-0.59/9}) 6... Qh4+ 7. Qf2 Qxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Nd7 9. Kf3 $15 {-0.53/9}) 6. Qf2 (6. g3 fxg3 7. hxg3 Qe7 8. Be2 Be6 9. Bd4 $17 {-1.00/9}) 6... Qe7 7. Qxf4 d5 8. Ne2 Qxb4 9. Bd4 $17 {-0.81/9}) 5... Nf6 (5... Qe7 6. Bd3 (6. Qe2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. a3 $17 {-0.97/9}) (6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bd3 d5 8. Qe2 dxe4 9. Nxe4 $15 {-0.66/9}) 6... f5 7. O-O fxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bd3 $15 {-0.28/9}) (5... Bg4 6. Be2 (6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe7 8. O-O a5 9. a3 $15 {-0.59/9}) (6. a3 Nd7 7. d3 Ne5 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Be2 $15 {-0.62/9}) 6... Qe7 7. O-O Qxe4 8. a3 Qg6 9. Nh4 $15 {-0.47/9}) 6. e5 (6. Bd3 $5 $17 Nbd7 7. Bd4 Ne5 8. O-O Nxd3 9. cxd3 $17 { -0.81/9}) (6. a3 Qe7 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. d4 g5 9. h3 $17 {-0.91/9}) (6. Nc3 d5 7. exd5 Bxb4 8. dxc6 Nxc6 9. Qe2+ $17 {-0.97/9}) 6... dxe5 $19 7. Bc4 (7. Nxe5 Bxb4 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O $19 {-1.44/9}) 7... b5 8. Bb3 Bxb4 (8... Bxb4 9. Nxe5 O-O $17) (8... Nbd7 9. O-O $19 {-1.47/9}) 0-1 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kellerer, Horst"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. Bb2 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Ba3 Be6 7. Ng5 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 (9. Nxe2 $143 h6 10. Nf3 Nxe4 $17) 9... Be7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Na4 Qc7 12. d4 (12. c4 O-O $11) 12... b5 (12... exd4 13. Rfd1 $17) 13. dxe5 $15 Nxe5 14. Nc3 Nfd7 (14... O-O 15. Rfb1 $15) 15. Qh5 Nf6 (15... g6 16. Qh6 $15) 16. Qd1 $4 (16. Ne6 Qd7 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. Qh6 $11) 16... Nfg4 17. Nf3 (17. Nh3 d5 18. Re1 a5 $17) 17... Nxf3+ (17... d5 $5 18. Nd4 Nxh2 $15) 18. Qxf3 $11 h5 19. Qg3 Bf6 20. Bb2 Qb6 (20... a5 21. a3 $11) 21. h3 Ne5 22. a4 h4 23. Qf4 Nc4 24. a5 (24. Qc1 bxa4 25. Nxa4 Qxb4 26. Bxf6 gxf6 $11) 24... Qb8 25. Qc1 Nxb2 ( 25... c5 $5 $15) 26. Qxb2 $11 O-O 27. Qa3 a6 28. Rad1 Re8 29. Rfe1 Re6 30. Re2 Qa7 31. Red2 Be5 32. Ne2 Rae8 33. Qb3 Rf6 34. Rf1 c5 35. Qe3 Rfe6 36. Rfd1 Bf6 37. f3 (37. Rxd6 $2 Rxe4 38. Qxc5 Qxc5 39. bxc5 Rxe2 40. Rxa6 Rxc2 $19) 37... Qe7 38. Qb3 Bg5 39. Rd5 Rg6 40. bxc5 dxc5 41. Rd7 Qe6 1/2-1/2 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Black "Van der Horst"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1987.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d4 e4 7. Nfd2 d5 8. b5 (8. Ba3 Bf5 (8... Re8 9. Qb3 (9. b5 a6 (9... Bxa3 10. Nxa3 a6 11. Qa4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Be6 $11 {-0.19/10}) (9... Bg4 10. Bxe7 Rxe7 11. Qc2 c6 12. Nc3 cxb5 $11 { -0.25/9}) (9... Be6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Nc3 c6 $11 {-0.06/10}) ( 9... c6 10. Bxe7 Rxe7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 $11 {-0.13/9}) (9... Nbd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 $11 {-0.03/11}) 10. Bxe7 Rxe7 11. cxd5 axb5 12. Qb3 Qxd5 $15 {-0.34/9}) (9. Be2 c6 (9... a6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Ndxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qd5 $11 {-0.16/9}) (9... Be6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. O-O f5 12. Bc4 c6 $15 { -0.28/8}) 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Nxc4 b5 12. Na5 Bd6 $15 {-0.38/9}) (9. Nc3 Be6 (9... Bg4 10. Qb3 c6 11. b5 Be6 12. cxd5 Bxd5 $11 {0.00/10}) 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ncxe4 a5 12. Nc5 Bc8 $11 {-0.19/7}) (9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... Qxd5 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. b5 a6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {-0.03/9}) 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 $11 {-0.25/10 }) 9... Be6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Bc4 Bxc4 $11 {-0.06/9}) (8... Bg4 9. Qb3 (9. Qa4 Nbd7 (9... Be6 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. b5 Nb4 $11 {-0.13/9}) (9... Bf5 10. b5 Nbd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qa5 Be6 $11 {-0.13/9}) (9... Qe8 10. Qxe8 Rxe8 11. b5 a6 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 $11 {0.00/10}) (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bf5 $11 {-0.09/9}) 10. cxd5 Nb6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. h3 Bf5 $15 { -0.34/9}) (9. Qc2 c6 (9... Re8) (9... a5) (9... Bf5) 10. h3 Be6 11. b5 cxb5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 $15 {-0.50/9}) 9... c6 (9... Re8 10. Nc3 c6 11. b5 Bxa3 12. Qxa3 dxc4 $11 {0.00/8}) (9... Be6 10. Nc3 c6 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. b5 dxc4 $11 {-0.03/8}) 10. b5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 cxb5 $11 {-0.06/8}) (8... Be6 9. Nc3 (9. cxd5 Bxd5 (9... Nxd5) 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qa4 a6 12. Rb1 Be6 $15 {-0.41/9}) (9. b5 Bxa3 (9... a6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Nc3 axb5 $11 {-0.25/9}) (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Nxc4 Nbd7 12. Qb3 a6 $11 {-0.16/9}) 10. Nxa3 a6 11. Rb1 Qe7 12. Qb3 Rd8 $15 {-0.28/8}) (9. Qc1 Nbd7 (9... Re8 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 c6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 $11 {-0.22/8}) (9... Nc6 10. b5 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 Ne7 12. Be2 Rc8 $11 {-0.19/9 }) (9... c6 10. Nc3 Re8 11. b5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 $11 {-0.25/9}) (9... a6) ( 9... Bd6) (9... a5) 10. b5 Re8 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. c5 a6 $15 {-0.31/9}) (9. Qb3 Nbd7 (9... a6) (9... Re8) (9... a5) (9... Bd6) 10. Nc3 c6 11. b5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 $15 {-0.31/9}) (9. Qa4 Nbd7 (9... a6) (9... dxc4) (9... Bd6) (9... Re8) ( 9... a5) (9... Bf5) 10. b5 Bxa3 11. Qxa3 a6 12. bxa6 Rxa6 $15 {-0.53/10}) 9... Re8 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 a5 11. Qb3 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 axb4 $11 {-0.16/9}) (9... Nc6 10. Qb3 a5 11. b5 Nb4 12. Qb1 Bf5 $11 {-0.09/7}) 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ncxe4 a5 12. Nc5 Bc8 $11 {-0.19/8}) 9. cxd5 (9. b5 a6 (9... Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Be6 11. Be2 a6 12. c5 Nfd7 $11 {-0.19/9}) (9... Nbd7) (9... Be6) (9... c6) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. bxa6 Nxa6 12. Nc3 dxc4 $15 {-0.44/9}) (9. Qb3 a6 (9... Be6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11 {0.06/8}) (9... Nbd7 10. b5 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 $11 {-0.06/10}) 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. b5 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 axb5 $15 {-0.34/9}) 9... Nxd5 (9... a6 10. Nc3 Nxd5 11. Ndxe4 Nxb4 12. Qb1 N8c6 $11 {-0.09/9}) 10. b5 Bxa3 11. Nxa3 a6 12. Bc4 Nb6 $15 {-0.31/8}) (8. a3 c6 (8... a5 9. b5 (9. bxa5 Be6 (9... c6 10. Bc3 Be6 11. c5 Nbd7 12. Be2 Qc7 $14 {0.28/11}) (9... Rxa5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Qc6 12. Rc1 Bg4 $11 {0.00/9}) 10. Nc3 c6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 $15 {-0.28/8}) 9... c6 (9... Bg4 10. Qa4 c6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rc8 $11 {0.09/8}) 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Nc3 cxb5 12. Nxb5 Na6 $11 {-0.03/9}) (8... Bg4 9. Qb3 (9. Qc2 c6 (9... a5 10. cxd5 axb4 11. Nxe4 Nxd5 12. Bc4 bxa3 $11 {-0.06/8}) 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Rb1 Re8 12. f3 exf3 $15 {-0.38/9}) (9. Be2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 c6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 a5 $11 {-0.09/9}) 9... c6 (9... Be6 10. Nc3 c6 11. Be2 Bd6 12. O-O Qc7 $11 {0.03/7}) (9... Bf5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bc4 c6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 $11 {0.12/9}) 10. Nc3 a6 11. Rc1 b6 12. cxd5 cxd5 $11 {-0.09/10}) 9. cxd5 (9. Be2 a5 (9... dxc4 10. Nxc4 b5 11. Na5 Qd5 12. Qc2 Qg5 $11 {0.03/10}) 10. bxa5 Qxa5 11. O-O dxc4 12. Nc3 b5 $11 {-0.19/9}) (9. Nc3 Bg4 (9... Nbd7 10. Be2 a5 11. b5 cxb5 12. cxd5 b4 $11 {0.12/10}) (9... Be6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O a5 12. b5 cxb5 $11 {-0.06/9}) (9... a5 10. b5 cxb5 11. cxd5 b4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 $11 { -0.19/9}) 10. f3 exf3 11. gxf3 Bf5 12. e4 dxe4 $15 {-0.31/8}) (9. Qc2 Be6 (9... a5) (9... Bd6) (9... Bf5) 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Be2 a5 12. b5 cxb5 $15 {-0.28/9}) 9... cxd5 10. Be2 a5 11. b5 Bd6 12. Nc3 Be6 $11 {-0.13/10}) 8... a6 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 (9. Nc3) (9. Qa4) 9... a6 (9... Nbd7 10. Qc2 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bf5 12. Nc3 Qd7 $11 {0.12/8}) (9... c6 10. Nc3 cxb5 11. Bxb5 a6 12. Ba4 Bb4 $11 {0.06/8}) 10. bxa6 Nxa6 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. f3 Bb4 $11 {0.06/8}) (8... Bg4 9. Qb3 c6 10. bxc6 bxc6 11. Qb7 Qb6 12. Qxe7 Qxb2 $15 {-0.31/8}) (8... Be6 9. cxd5 Bxd5 (9... Qxd5 10. Qc2 Bb4 11. a3 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 c6 $11 {-0.09/10}) 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Be2 c6 12. O-O cxb5 $11 {-0.19/9}) 9. a4 (9. cxd5 axb5 10. Qc2 Nxd5 11. Qxe4 c6 12. Nc3 f5 $15 {-0.53/9}) (9. Qa4 dxc4 (9... Be6) 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bxc4 Bd7 12. Qc2 axb5 $15 {-0.38/9}) (9. bxa6 Nxa6 10. Nc3 c6 11. Be2 Bf5 12. cxd5 cxd5 $15 {-0.28/9}) ( 9. Qc2 Bf5 (9... c6) (9... dxc4) 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 axb5 12. Ncxe4 Bb4 $15 { -0.44/8}) (9. Nc3 axb5 10. cxd5 b4 11. Ncxe4 Nxd5 12. Bc4 Nc6 $11 {-0.22/9}) 9... b6 (9... axb5 10. axb5 Rxa1 11. Bxa1 $15 Bg4 12. Qc2 c6 $11 {-0.25/9}) ( 9... Bg4 10. Qc2 axb5 11. axb5 Rxa1 12. Bxa1 c6 $11 {-0.25/9}) (9... Be6 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. Qc2 Re8 $15 {-0.28/8}) 10. Nc3 $11 Be6 (10... Bb4 11. cxd5 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxd5 $11 {-0.03/9}) 11. Qc2 (11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 $14 ) 11... c6 12. Be2 (12. bxc6 Nxc6 $11 {-0.09/10}) 12... axb5 13. axb5 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 cxb5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxb5 Bb4 17. O-O Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Bb7 19. Rc1 Nd5 20. Qc4 f5 21. Qa4 (21. Bb2 Rf7 $14) 21... Qg5 (21... f4 22. Nxe4 fxe3 23. fxe3 $11 ) 22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Bxd5 (23. Qb3 Rd8 $14) 23... Bxd5 $11 24. Qb5 Qd8 25. Nc4 Rf6 26. Ne5 f4 27. Bb2 (27. exf4 Rxf4 28. Bc3 Rf5 $14) 27... fxe3 $11 28. fxe3 h5 ( 28... Rf5 29. Nf7+ Rxf7 30. Qxd5 Qxd5 31. Rc8+ Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Qg8 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. d5 $11) 29. Qe2 (29. Ba3 Bb7 $14) 29... Qe8 30. Rc7 Nc6 $2 (30... Kh7 $142 $14) 31. Qb5 $18 Qe6 32. Nxc6 $4 (32. Nd7 $142 Rf7 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Nf8+ Rxf8 35. Rxf8 $18) 32... Qf5 $17 33. h3 Qf2+ 34. Kh1 Rg6 35. g4 Qf3+ 36. Kh2 hxg4 ( 36... hxg4 37. Rf7 g3+ (37... Bxc6 38. Qh5+ (38. Rxf3 Bxb5 39. Rf8+ Kh7 $15) 38... Rh6 39. Qxh6+ gxh6 40. d5+ Kg8 41. Rxf3 exf3 42. dxc6 $18) 38. Kg1 Qxe3+ 39. Kg2 Qd2+ 40. Kg1 Qh2+ 41. Kf1 g2+ 42. Ke1 g1=Q+ 43. Rf1 Qe3+ 44. Qe2 Qhxe2# ) 0-1 [Event "corr NBC KE02"] [Site "?"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Dopper, Johan"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "1999.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 e4 7. Nfd2 O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 d5 10. O-O Na6 (10... Bf5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rc1 $14) 11. b5 (11. cxd5 cxd5 12. b5 Nc7 $14) 11... Nc7 (11... cxb5 12. cxb5 Nc7 13. Ba3 $14) 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Rb1 Bf5 (13... Re8 14. Ba3 $14) 14. Ba3 $16 Re8 15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Qa5 ( 16. Bd6 Ne6 17. c5 a5 $16) 16... dxc4 $14 17. Bxc4 Ncd5 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Na4 Bc8 (19... Bf5 20. Rfc1 $16) 20. Rfc1 Bh6 (20... Bg4 21. Nc5 $16) 21. Rb3 Ng4 ( 21... Bf5 22. Rcb1 $16) 22. Nf1 (22. Nc5 Ndxe3 23. fxe3 Bxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Nxe3 25. Ncxe4 Nxc4 26. Rxc4 Re6 $16) 22... f5 23. h3 {White gets the initiative} Ngf6 24. Be2 Re6 25. Nc5 Re7 26. Na6 Re6 27. Nb8 Bd7 28. Nxd7 (28. Bc5 a5 $16) 28... Rxd7 29. Ba6 Rc7 (29... Nb6 30. Bc5 Nfd5 31. a4 $14) 30. Rb7 Rxb7 (30... Bf8 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Rxc7 Nxc7 33. Bb7 $16) 31. Bxb7 f4 32. Bc8 (32. exf4 Nxf4 33. Rc2 Bf8 34. Bxf8 Kxf8 $16) 32... Re8 $14 33. Rxc6 fxe3 34. fxe3 Nxe3 (34... Bxe3+ $143 35. Nxe3 Nxe3 36. Be6+ (36. Rxf6 $6 Rxc8 37. Bc5 Rb8 $14) 36... Kg7 37. Rc7+ Kh8 38. Bf7 $18) 35. Be6+ Kg7 36. Ra6 Ra8 37. Bd6 Ned5 38. Be5 Nb4 39. Rd6 Bg5 40. g3 {With the idea h4} Rf8 41. h4 Bc1 42. g4 Kh6 43. Ng3 Be3+ (43... Ne8 44. g5+ Bxg5 45. hxg5+ Kxg5 46. Nxe4+ Kh6 47. Rd7 $18) 44. Kg2 Ne8 45. Rd8 (45. Rd7 Nc6 $18) 45... Nd3 46. g5+ Bxg5 47. hxg5+ Kxg5 48. Nxe4+ Kh6 49. Kg3 Nxe5 50. dxe5 (50. dxe5 Nf6 51. Rxf8 (51. Nxf6 $6 Rxd8 52. Kf4 Kg7 $16) (51. exf6 $6 Rxd8 52. Kf4 Rd1 $18) 51... Nxe4+ 52. Kg2 $18) 1-0 [Event "corr SOK-91-73"] [Site "?"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Roggensack Hanspach, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "1991.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 $15 2. Bb2 e4 3. e3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. d3 Bd6 6. Nd2 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxe2 8. Nxe2 exd3 9. cxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd4 Ne5 12. N2f3 Qd7 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bd6 15. Qf3 a5 (15... Rfe8 16. Rac1 $11) 16. b5 (16. Nb3 a4 17. Na5 Be7 18. Nxb7 Qc6 $16) 16... Rfe8 17. Rac1 Re7 18. h3 (18. Qg3 $11) 18... Rc8 (18... Rae8 19. Rfe1 $11) 19. g4 (19. Nc2 $5 Qf5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nd4 $16) 19... c6 20. Nf5 Re6 21. Nxg7 (21. Nxd6 $143 Qxd6 22. f5 Re7 $11) 21... Kxg7 22. g5 cxb5 (22... Kg8 23. gxf6 Kh8 24. Kh1 $14) 23. Rxc8 $16 Qxc8 24. gxf6+ Kh8 25. Rc1 { The mate threat is Rxc8} (25. Rc1 Qe8 26. Qxd5 $16) (25. Qxd5 Rxe3 26. Qxf7 Rg3+ 27. Kf2 Rg8 $14) 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Woischke, Norbert"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "1991.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 e4 3. e3 Nf6 4. a3 d5 5. d3 Be7 (5... Bd6 6. dxe4 dxe4 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Be2 $15) 6. dxe4 $11 dxe4 7. Qxd8+ Bxd8 8. Ne2 Bf5 (8... Be7 9. Nd4 $11) 9. Nd2 O-O (9... Nc6 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Rd1 $14) 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. h4 h6 (11... h5 12. O-O-O Re8 13. Bc4 $14) 12. h5 (12. O-O-O Re8 $14) 12... Bh7 $11 13. O-O-O Nbd7 (13... Re8 14. Bb5 c6 15. Bc4 $11) 14. Bc4 (14. Ndxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxd7 Nxf2 17. Rg1 $14) 14... Re8 15. Nb3 Be7 16. Na5 Rab8 17. Rd2 Bf8 ( 17... Nb6 18. Rhd1 $11) 18. Bb5 (18. Rhd1 Ne5 $14) 18... c6 $11 19. Be2 Nb6 ( 19... c5 20. Bb5 Re7 $16) 20. Bxf6 $16 gxf6 21. Rhd1 c5 22. c3 cxb4 (22... Rbc8 23. b5 (23. Nxb7 $6 cxb4 24. axb4 Rxc3+ 25. Kb2 Bxb4 $11) 23... Rb8 24. Nc4 $16 ) 23. cxb4 (23. axb4 Rbc8 24. Rc2 Re7 $14) 23... Rec8+ 24. Rc2 f5 25. Nc4 f4 26. exf4 e3 27. f5 (27. fxe3 Bxc2) 27... Nxc4 28. Bxc4 exf2 (28... b5 29. Bd5 exf2 30. Kb1 Rxc2 31. Kxc2 $17) 29. Bd3 (29. Rd7 $142 $5 $16) 29... a5 30. bxa5 Bxa3+ 31. Kb1 Rxc2 32. Kxc2 Ra8 33. a6 $2 (33. Rf1 $142 $11) 33... bxa6 $17 34. Rf1 Rc8+ (34... Bd6 35. Ne4 Rc8+ 36. Kd1 Be5 $11) 35. Kd2 $15 Bb4+ 36. Ke2 a5 37. Ne4 Kg7 38. Rxf2 f6 39. Rf4 Kf7 40. Ke3 Rc1 41. Bb5 Ke7 42. Rf3 Bc3 43. Rf2 Be5 44. g4 Rb1 45. Bc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "TKM/SF/01"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Krasny, Henryk Jan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 e4 3. a3 d5 4. e3 a5 5. b5 Qg5 6. d3 Bg4 7. Ne2 Nd7 8. Nd2 Nc5 (8... Ngf6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nf4 Qh4) 9. h3 Bh5 10. dxe4 (10. g4 exd3 11. Nf3 (11. Nf4 dxc2 12. Qxc2 Bg6 13. Qc3 Qd8 $11) 11... dxe2 (11... dxc2 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. gxh5 Nb3 14. Qxc2 Nxa1 15. Qd1 Qc5 16. Qxa1 $16) 12. Bxe2 Qe7 ( 12... Qh6 13. gxh5 Nf6 14. Rg1 Nce4 15. Nd4 Nd6 16. Qd3 Nfe4 (16... Be7 17. Nf5 Nxf5 18. Qxf5 c6 19. Be5 g6 20. Qf3 g5 21. Qf5 Rg8 22. c4 $16) 17. Qb3 Qf6 18. Rg2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Nc5 20. Qa2 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Rd8 22. Rg4 $16) 13. gxh5 Nf6 $11) 10... dxe4 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nf4 (12. Bg2 Nf6 13. Nf4 $14) (12. h4 Qxg4 13. Bh3 Qh5 14. Nf4 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 f6 16. Rg1 Bf7 17. Bf5 Ne7 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Ng6 $11) (12. Ng3 Qe7 $11) 12... Qe7 (12... Qh6 $2 13. h4 f6 14. Bg2 Bd6 15. h5 Bf7 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxf4 18. exf4 Qxf4 19. Bxb7 Rd8 20. Bc6+ Ke7 21. Qe2+ Be6 22. Bc3 $18) (12... Nf6 $6 13. Be2 $1 (13. Nf3 exf3 14. h4 Nd3+ 15. cxd3 Qxb5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. h5 $16) 13... Ne6 (13... Qh4 14. Ng2 Qh6 15. h4 $18 ) 14. h4 Qc5 15. Nb3 $18) (12... Qh4 $5 13. Qe2 (13. Bc4 $11) (13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Qc4 Bd6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Bd4 $14) (13. Ng2 $11) 13... O-O-O 14. Qc4 $14) (12... h5 13. Bg2 (13. Be2 hxg4 14. h4 (14. Rg1 Bf5 $15) 14... Rxh4 15. Rxh4 Qxh4 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Be5 $15) (13. h4 Qxg4 (13... Qh6) 14. Qxg4 hxg4 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. Bd4 Nf6 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Bg2 O-O-O 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 g3 21. Bxg6 Rd6 22. Bd3 $14) 13... O-O-O 14. Qe2 f5 15. b6 (15. h4 Qh6 16. g5 Qh7 $16) 15... c6 16. h4 Qh6 17. g5 Qh7 $16) 13. h4 h6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Bg2 $16 (15. Qe2 Nf6 16. Bg2 $16 O-O-O 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Rxh1+ 19. Bxh1 Nfd7 20. Qg4 Kb8 21. Nxe4 Ne5 22. Qg2 Ncd3+ 23. cxd3 Nxd3+ 24. Kf1 Nxb2 25. Ng3 $18 c5 26. bxc6 Nc4 27. Kg1 Nxe3 28. c7+ Qxc7 29. fxe3 Bc5 30. Nf1 Qe7 31. Qg3+ Bd6 32. Qg4 Bxa3 33. Be4) 15... Qe6 16. g5 (16. Qe2 Nf6 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Rxh1+ 19. Bxh1 Nh7 $14) (16. Bd4 Nf6 $11) 16... hxg5 17. Bh3 Qe7 (17... g4 18. Qxg4 ( 18. Bxg4 $14) 18... Qxg4 19. Bxg4 Nf6 20. Bh3 Be7 21. Bg2 O-O-O 22. a4 Rh5 23. Bd4 Re8 24. Ke2 Bd6 25. Rag1 Kd8 26. f4 b6 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. c4 $16) 18. hxg5 Rh5 19. f4 exf3 20. Qxf3 Rxg5 (20... Qxg5 21. O-O-O Nf6 22. Nc4 Rh4 23. Rdg1 Qh5 24. Qxh5 Rxh5 25. Rxg6 Kf7 26. Rgg1 $14) 21. O-O-O Rd8 (21... Nf6 22. e4 ( 22. Nc4 $14) (22. Rhg1 Nfe4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Bg4 Qxf3 25. Bxf3 Rxg1 26. Rxg1 O-O-O 27. Rxg6 $14) 22... Nfd7 (22... Na4 $2 23. e5 $18) 23. Nc4 $16) 22. Nc4 ( 22. e4 Na4 23. Qb3 Nxb2 24. Kxb2 $11) (22. Qf4 Rh5 23. Rdf1 Nf6 24. e4 $11) 22... Nf6 (22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qe4 24. Bd7+ Ke7 25. Qf4 Qxf4 26. exf4 Rh5) 23. Rxd8+ (23. Nxa5 $2 Nce4 24. Nxb7 Rb8 25. Na5 Rgxb5 26. Nb3 Rxb3 27. cxb3 Qc5+ 28. Kb1 Rxb3 29. Ka1 Rxa3+ 30. Bxa3 Qxa3+ 31. Kb1 Qb3+ 32. Ka1 Bb4 $19) 23... Qxd8 24. Nxa5 (24. Rd1 Rd5 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Nxd5 27. Bg2 Nf6 (27... c6 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Kd2 Nb7 30. Be4 g5 31. Ne5 Ne7 32. Bg2 Nd8 33. Bf3 $14)) 24... Qd5 (24... Nce4 25. Rd1 Rd5 26. Bg2 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Qa8 28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Qd3 Qxa5 30. Qxe4+ Kf7 31. Qc4+ Ke8 32. Kd1 Qb6 33. Qe4+ Be7 34. a4 Qd6+ 35. Kc1 b6 36. Bxg7 Kd7 37. Be5 Qe6 38. Qd3+ Bd6 39. Bxd6 Qxd6 40. Kd2 $18) 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. Re1 (26. e4 Nf4 27. Bc8 b6 28. Nc6 (28. Nc4 Ne2+ 29. Kd1 Ng3 30. Rh8 Rh5 31. Bxg7 Rxh8 32. Bxh8 Ngxe4 33. Bd4 $11) 28... Rg2 (28... Nxe4 29. Re1 Rg1 30. Rxg1 Ne2+ 31. Kd1 Nxg1 32. Ne5 g5 33. Bf5 Nf2+ 34. Ke1 Bc5 35. Kf1 $11) ) (26. Nc4 Na4 27. Bd4 Ndc3 $15) (26. Bd4 Ne4 27. c4 Bxa3+ 28. Kc2 b6 29. Nc6 Nb4+ 30. Nxb4 Bxb4 31. Bf1 Kf7 32. Rh4 Nf6 33. Kd3 $11) (26. c4 Nxe3 27. Kd2 Nf5 28. Re1+ Kf7 $15) (26. Bc8 Nb6 27. Bh3 $11) 26... Nb6 (26... b6 27. Nc6 ( 27. Nc4 Na4 28. Rd1 Ndc3 29. Bxc3 Nxc3 30. Rd3 Nxb5 31. Bd7+ Ke7 32. Bc6 Na7 33. Bd5 b5 34. Na5 $11) 27... Rg3 28. e4 Nc3 29. Bf1 Be7 30. Nxe7 Kxe7 31. e5 N3a4 32. Bd4 Rxa3 33. Kd2 Ne6 34. Re3 Rxe3 35. Kxe3 Nxd4 36. Kxd4 Nc5 37. Be2 Ne6+ 38. Ke4 Ng5+ 39. Kd5 Ne6 40. Bg4 Nf4+ 41. Ke4 $11) 27. Bf1 (27. e4) 27... Nba4 28. Be2 c6 29. bxc6 (29. Rf1 Nxb2 30. Kxb2 Na4+ (30... Be7 31. Bf3 cxb5 32. Nxb7 Nxb7 33. Bxb7 Kd7 34. Kb3 $11) 31. Kb3 Nc5+ 32. Ka2 cxb5 33. Bxb5+ Ke7 34. Bc4 Ke8 35. Bf7+ Kd7 36. Bxg6 $14) (29. Nc4 cxb5 30. Nd2 Nxb2 31. Nf3 Rg3 32. Kxb2 Kd8 33. Rd1+ Kc7 34. Rf1 $15) (29. c4 $15) (29. Bf1 Nxb2 30. Kxb2 Bd6 31. c4 Bc7 32. Nb3 Nxb3 33. Kxb3 Bg3 34. Re2 cxb5 35. Rg2 bxc4+ 36. Kxc4 b6 37. a4 Ke7 38. Kd4 Kf6 39. Rc2 $11) 29... Nxb2 30. Kxb2 (30. c7 Kd7 31. Rf1 Rf5 $11 (31... Be7 32. Rf7 Re5 33. Kxb2 Rxe3 34. Bf3 Kxc7 35. Nc4 Re1 36. Rxg7) (31... Ne6 $11) 32. Kxb2) 30... Na4+ 31. Ka1 Rxa5 32. cxb7 Bd6 33. Rb1 Bb8 (33... Be5+ 34. c3 Bb8 (34... Nxc3 35. b8=Q+ Bxb8 36. Rxb8+ Ke7 37. Bf3 Re5 38. Kb2 Rxe3 39. Rb3 Rxf3 40. Rxc3 Rxc3 41. Kxc3 g5 42. Kd3 $11) 35. Rh1 Kd8 36. Rh8+ Kc7 37. Bf3 Rf5 38. Rc8+ Kb6 39. Rxb8 Rxf3 40. Ra8 Rf1+ 41. Ka2 Nxc3+ 42. Kb3 Kxb7 43. Rg8 Ne4 44. Rxg7+ Kc6 45. Rxg6+ Kd5 46. Rh6 $11) 34. Rb5 Ra7 35. Bf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Black "Kuhlmann, Antonius Egidius J"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e3 e5 3. Bb2 f6 4. a3 d5 5. d4 exd4 (5... e4 6. c4 $11) 6. Bxd4 Nh6 7. c4 (7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nf3 Nf5 $14) 7... dxc4 (7... Nf5 8. Nf3 $11) 8. Bxc4 (8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qh4 Nf5 10. Qxf6 Nxd4 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. exd4 b5 $17) 8... a5 (8... Nf5 9. Nf3 $14) 9. b5 (9. Qh5+ $5 g6 10. Qh4 $14) 9... c5 $11 10. Bc3 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nd7 (11... Bd6 12. Nf3 $11) 12. Nd2 Nb6 13. Ngf3 Nf7 (13... Bf5 14. Ke2 $11) 14. a4 (14. Bd3 Be6 $11) 14... Bd6 (14... Nd6 15. Bd3 $11) 15. Bb3 Ke7 ( 15... O-O 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Nfd2 $14) 16. Ke2 (16. Rc1 Be6 $11) 16... Bg4 (16... Be6 17. Bxe6 Kxe6 18. Ne4 $11) 17. h3 Bh5 (17... Be6 18. Bxe6 Kxe6 19. Nb3 $11) 18. g4 $14 Bg6 19. h4 (19. Nh4 Ng5 $14) 19... h6 (19... h5 20. g5 $11) 20. g5 ( 20. h5 Bh7 $14) 20... hxg5 21. hxg5 { Black creates threats along the open h-file} Ne5 (21... Nxg5 22. Rxh8 Rxh8 23. Nxg5 fxg5 24. Bxa5 $14) 22. gxf6+ (22. e4 Bh5 $11) 22... gxf6 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 (24. Rxh8 Rxh8 25. Rg1 Bxc3 26. Rxg6 Bxd2 27. Rg7+ Kd6 28. Rxb7 Nxa4 29. Kxd2 Rh4 $16) 24... fxe5 25. Rag1 Kf6 26. Rxg6+ $2 (26. e4 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 Rd8 $11) 26... Kxg6 $15 27. Rg1+ Kh6 28. Rh1+ (28. Nf3 e4 29. Ne5 $17) 28... Kg7 $17 29. Rg1+ Kf8 30. Rg6 Nd7 31. Bd5 (31. Be6 Ke7 32. Bxd7 Kxd7 33. Rg7+ Ke6 34. Rxb7 Rh4 $11) 31... Rb8 (31... Ra7 32. b6 Ra8 33. Bxb7 $17) 32. b6 Rh7 ( 32... Ke8 33. Nc4 Nf8 34. Rg7 $14) 33. Nc4 (33. Rg8+ Ke7 34. Rxb8 Nxb8 35. Bxb7 Rh6 $17) 33... Rg7 34. Rd6 Ke7 35. Re6+ {The isolani on e5 becomes a target} Kf8 36. e4 (36. Nxa5 Rg4 $11) 36... Rh7 (36... Re7 $5 $15) 37. Nxe5 Nxe5 38. Rxe5 Rd8 39. Rg5 (39. Bc4 Rd4 40. Rxc5 Rxe4+ 41. Kd3 Rf4 42. Rc8+ Kg7 $15) 39... Rg7 40. Rh5 (40. Rxg7 $142 Kxg7 41. Kd3 $11) 40... Ke7 (40... Rd6 41. Bc4 $11) 41. f4 (41. Bxb7 Rb8 42. Re5+ Kf6 43. Rf5+ Ke7 44. Ba6 Rxb6 45. Bb5 $11) 41... Rd6 $11 42. f5 Kd7 43. Be6+ Kc6 (43... Ke8 44. f6 Rg2+ 45. Kf3 Rxe6 46. Kxg2 Rxe4 47. Rxc5 Rxa4 48. Rc7 $11) 44. Rh6 Kxb6 45. f6 Rc7 (45... Rg2+ 46. Kf3 Rgd2 47. Bc4 $11) 46. Bc4 (46. Bb3 c4 47. f7 Rxh6 $16) 46... Rc8 47. Ke3 Rd4 48. Bb5 Ka7 (48... Rd1 49. Bc4 $11) 49. Rg6 (49. e5 Rd5 50. Ke4 Rd4+ 51. Kf5 c4 $14) 49... Rd1 $11 50. f7 Rf8 51. Rg7 Kb6 52. Kf4 Kc7 53. Kf5 Kd8 (53... Kd6 54. Kf6 Re1 55. Rg8 Rxf7+ 56. Kxf7 Rxe4 57. Rb8 $16) 54. Ke6 Rh1 55. Kd6 Rh6+ 56. Kxc5 Ke7 57. Be8 (57. Bc4 Rh5+ 58. Kb6 Re5 $16) 57... b6+ (57... Rd6 58. e5 Rd1 59. Rg5 $14) 58. Kd4 (58. Kd5 Rd6+ 59. Kc4 Rd1 $14) 58... Rd6+ 59. Ke5 Re6+ 60. Kd5 Rd6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr NLD Mkl"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Verstraten"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. a3 $11 d5 4. e3 Ne7 5. c4 (5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 Ng6 $11) 5... Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nc3 c6 (7... Be6 8. Qh5+ Bf7 9. Qf3 $11) 8. d4 (8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. e4 Nc7 $14) 8... Ng6 (8... e4 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Qg4 $14) 9. dxe5 ( 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Nxe5 $14) 9... Nxe5 { White gets strong play along the open d-file} (9... fxe5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Rc1 $16) 10. Nxd5 $16 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 cxd5 12. Bxe5 (12. O-O-O a5 13. Rxd5 axb4 14. axb4 Bxb4 $16) 12... fxe5 13. O-O-O a5 14. Rxd5 axb4 15. a4 Nc6 ( 15... Ke7 16. Bb5 Ke6 17. Rd8 $16) 16. Bb5 Ke7 17. Nf3 { Attacking the isolated pawn on e5} Kf6 18. Rd7 Na5 (18... Bc5 19. Nd2 Be7 20. Rxb7 $16) 19. Kb1 Rc8 (19... g5 20. Rhd1 g4 21. Nd2 $16) 20. Rhd1 (20. Rd5 Rc5 21. Rhd1 Nc6 $16) 20... b3 21. Nd2 Ke6 22. f4 (22. Rd3 Rc7 $16) 22... g6 (22... exf4 $142 $5 23. exf4 Kf6 $16) 23. Nf3 {Do you see the mate threat?} h6 (23... Be7 24. fxe5 Rhe8 $18) 24. Nxe5 Ba3 (24... Bc5 25. Be2 h5 26. Nf7 $18) 25. Be2 h5 26. Nf7 (26. Nxg6 $6 Rc2 27. f5+ Kf6 28. R1d6+ Bxd6 29. Rxd6+ Kg7 $18) 26... Kf6 (26... Rhf8 27. Ng5+ Kf6 28. e4 $18) 27. Ng5 Rcf8 (27... Rhf8 28. e4 Rc2 29. Nh7+ Ke6 30. Nxf8+ Bxf8 31. f5+ gxf5 32. Bxh5 $18) 28. e4 b6 (28... Nc6 $18 ) 29. e5+ Kf5 30. Rf1 Nc6 (30... h4 31. h3 Nc4 32. Bd3#) 31. g4+ hxg4 32. Bd3# 1-0 [Event "corr TKM/FINAL"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Bendig, Frank"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2003.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. a3 d5 4. e3 Be6 5. d4 exd4 6. Bxd4 Nc6 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nge7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Qe8 11. Nbd2 Qg6 12. c4 a6 13. Qb3 Rad8 14. Rad1 Kh8 15. c5 Be5 16. Rfe1 Bf5 17. Nh4 Qh6 18. g3 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Be4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Ng2 Ng6 (21... Nd5 22. Nf4 Nxf4 23. exf4 $11) 22. b5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Rb8 24. Rd2 Nge5 25. Nf4 f5 26. Red1 g5 (26... Ng4 27. h3 Nge5 28. Qb3 $11) 27. Qb2 gxf4 28. exf4 b6 29. cxb6 Rxb6 30. Qc3 Qg7 31. fxe5 Nxe5 32. Qc5 Rc6 33. Qa5 Qe7 34. Rd5 Re6 35. Qc3 c6 36. R5d4 Rc8 37. Qb2 (37. f4 exf3 38. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 39. Qxf3 Re3 40. Qxf5 Rf8 $11) 37... Qf6 38. Qb6 Ree8 39. a4 Qe7 40. Rd6 c5 41. Rc1 c4 42. Rd5 Qg5 43. Rc3 Qg7 44. Qd4 f4 45. Kf1 (45. Bxc4 e3 (45... Nxc4 $143 46. Rxc4 Rxc4 47. Qxc4 $14) 46. Rxe5 Rxe5 (46... Qxe5 $6 47. Qxe5+ Rxe5 48. gxf4 $19) 47. fxe3 fxg3 48. hxg3 Rec5 $19) (45. Qxe4 $143 Nc6 46. Qxc4 Na7 $17) 45... f3 46. Bd1 (46. Bxc4 $2 Nxc4 (46... Rxc4 $143 47. Qxe5 (47. Rxc4 $2 Nxc4 48. Kg1 Nb6 49. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $19) 47... Qxe5 48. Rxe5 $14) 47. Ke1 Qxd4 48. Rxd4 Na5 49. Rxc8 Rxc8 $19) 46... Nd3 47. Rxc4 Qxd4 48. Rdxd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr 3GMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rohde, Friedhelm"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. a3 d5 4. e3 Be6 5. d4 Nd7 6. Nd2 Bd6 7. c4 exd4 (7... a5 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 axb4 10. Nxd6+ cxd6 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Bxa1 $11) 8. Bxd4 (8. cxd5 Bxd5 9. Bxd4 Ne5 $11) 8... Ne7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 Be7 11. Na5 Qc8 (11... Nxb4 12. Nxb7 (12. axb4 $143 Bxb4+ 13. Ke2 c5 $19) 12... Qb8 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Bxc5 $14) 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Rc1 Rd8 (13... c6 14. e4 N5b6 15. Bd3 $14) 14. Qc2 ( 14. Bd3 f5 $14) 14... Nf8 15. Bc4 c6 16. O-O Bg4 (16... Bd6 17. Rfd1 $14) 17. e4 $16 Bxf3 18. gxf3 (18. exd5 Qg4 (18... Bxd5 $6 19. Rfe1 Ng6 20. Red1 $15) ( 18... cxd5 $6 19. gxf3 dxc4 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21. Qxc4+ Kh8 22. Qxc5 $15) 19. dxc6+ Kh8 20. g3 Qh3 21. Qxh7+ Nxh7 22. Nxb7 Qg2#) 18... Qh3 19. Qb3 b5 (19... Ne6 20. Rfd1 Bd6 $16) 20. f4 $16 (20. Bxd5+ cxd5 21. exd5 Ng6 $15) 20... Qh5 21. Bxd5+ (21. exd5 $143 bxc4 22. Rxc4 cxd5 $15) 21... cxd5 22. Nc6 Rd7 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Qxd5+ Qxd5 25. exd5 Rd7 26. Rc5 a6 27. Be3 (27. Rfc1 Ng6 28. Be3 Ne7 $11) 27... Ng6 28. Rfc1 Ne7 {Attacking the isolated pawn on d5} 29. Kg2 (29. Rc7 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Nxd5 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr"] [Site "?"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Van Mechelen"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. a3 d5 4. e3 Be6 5. Nf3 a5 6. b5 Nh6 7. Be2 c5 8. bxc6 bxc6 (8... Nxc6 9. Nc3 $11) 9. O-O Nd7 10. d3 (10. Nc3 Bd6 $11) 10... Rb8 11. Qc1 Bd6 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. c4 f5 {Black intends e4} (13... Qe8 14. Bc3 $15) 14. g3 (14. d4 e4 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 $11) 14... g5 {Black plans f4} 15. d4 e4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 f4 (17... Ng4 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bd4 $15) 18. Rb1 (18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bd4 Nf5 $11) 18... f3 19. Bd1 Qe8 (19... Qe8 20. cxd5 Bxd5 $11) ( 19... Nf7 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qc6 $15) * [Event "TKM/SF/01"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bilsel, Sabahaddin"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. a3 d5 4. e3 Be6 5. Nf3 Bd6 (5... a5) 6. c4 c6 (6... Nc6) 7. d4 e4 8. Nfd2 (8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nfd2 Ne7) 8... Ne7 (8... f5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O $11) 9. Nc3 O-O (9... Nd7) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 (11. Nb5 f5 12. Be2 f4 13. O-O fxe3 14. fxe3 Rxf1+ 15. Nxf1 a6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Nd2 Nbc6 $15 (17... Nd7)) 11... f5 (11... Qd7 12. Nb5 $11) (11... a6 $2 12. Ndxe4 $16) 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. f4 (14. f3 Nbc6 (14... exf3 15. Nxf3 f4)) 14... exf3 15. Nxf3 Nd7 (15... f4 16. Be2 Nbc6 (16... Nf5 17. exf4 Qxf4 18. O-O Nc6 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. Bd3 $11) 17. O-O fxe3 18. Qxe3 Nf5 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qd2 Rae8 $11) 16. Be2 Nf6 (16... Rac8 17. O-O) 17. O-O Ne4 $11 18. Rac1 Nc6 (18... Ng6 19. b5 (19. a4) 19... f4 20. a4 $11) 19. Rc2 Qe7 (19... Rac8 20. Rfc1 f4 21. Ne5 (21. exf4 Qxf4 (21... Rxf4 22. Ne5 Rff8 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Bxa6 c5 $11) 22. Rf1 Qg4 23. Bd3 $11)) 20. Rfc1 f4 $36 (20... Rf6 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rh6 23. Bf3 Qh4 24. g3 Qg5 25. Bd4 Rf8 26. b5 Nxg3 (26... Rxh2 $2 27. Rxh2 Qxg3+ 28. Rg2 Qxf3 29. bxa6 bxa6 $18) (26... f4 27. exf4 Rxf4 28. bxa6 $18) 27. hxg3 Qxg3+ 28. Rg2 Qxf3 29. bxa6 bxa6 30. Qb7 Rg6 31. Rxg6 hxg6 32. Rc7 Qg3+ 33. Kf1 Kh8 34. Rxg7 Qh3+ 35. Ke1 $17) 21. exf4 Rxf4 22. Qe3 Raf8 $40 23. Bxa6 bxa6 24. Rxc6 Bh3 (24... Bg4 25. Ne5 Qg5 26. Nxg4 Qxg4 27. h3 Rf1+ 28. Kh2 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Qg6 $11) 25. Rc7 (25. Ne5 Bxg2 $19) 25... Qf6 26. R7c6 Qf7 27. R6c2 (27. Qe2 Qh5 28. R6c2 Bxg2 29. Qxg2 Rg4 30. Ne5 Rxg2+ 31. Rxg2 Qf5 $19) 27... Bxg2 28. Rxg2 Rxf3 29. Qe2 Rf2 (29... Qf4) 30. Rxf2 Nxf2 0-1 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Borrmann, Fritz"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. b5 d5 4. e4 c6 5. exd5 $11 cxd5 6. d4 e4 7. c4 Bf5 (7... Ne7 8. c5 $11) 8. Nc3 Bb4 (8... Ne7 9. Rc1 $11) 9. a3 (9. Qa4 Bxc3+ 10. Bxc3 Ne7 $11) 9... Ba5 $11 10. Nge2 Ne7 11. c5 (11. Ng3 Be6 $11) 11... O-O 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Be2 (13. Qd2 Qc7 $11) 13... f5 14. f4 Nd7 (14... a6 15. O-O $11) 15. O-O Nf6 16. Rc1 (16. Qd2 Qc7 $11) 16... Bf7 (16... Qc7 17. Qd2 $11) 17. Rf2 ( 17. Qd2 Qc7 $11) 17... Re8 (17... Qc7 18. Qd2 $11) 18. Nf1 (18. Qd2 Ng4 19. Rff1 Qd7 $11) 18... Ng6 (18... Qc7 19. Ne3 $11) 19. Ne3 Bc7 20. g3 Be6 21. a4 ( 21. Rf1 Ba5 $11) 21... Ba5 22. Bf1 Rc8 (22... Qc7 23. Qb3 $11) 23. Qb3 h5 ( 23... Ne7 24. Re1 $11) 24. Bh3 (24. Ba3 h4 $11) 24... Qd7 25. Ng2 (25. Rfc2 h4 $11) 25... h4 26. gxh4 Kf7 (26... Qf7 27. Nd1 $15) 27. Nd1 Rh8 28. Bc3 (28. Qg3 Nf8 $11) 28... Bc7 (28... Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Nxh4 30. Nxh4 Rxh4 31. Qg3 $15) 29. Bd2 (29. Bb4 Nxh4 30. Nxh4 Rxh4 $17) 29... Nxh4 $15 { Black begins to deal mighty blows} 30. Nxh4 Rxh4 31. Qg3 Rch8 32. Rg2 { Attacking the backward pawn on g7} Ng4 33. Bxg4 fxg4 (33... Rxg4 34. Qf2 $15) 34. Nf2 (34. c6 bxc6 35. bxc6 Qe7 $15) 34... g5 (34... Ke8 35. Rf1 $15) 35. Rf1 Ke8 36. Nd1 (36. Be3 Qf7 37. b6 axb6 $19 (37... gxf4 38. Qxh4 Rxh4 39. bxa7 $18 )) 36... Rh3 $19 37. Qe1 g3 $1 38. Rxg3 $2 {Decoy to g3} (38. Qxg3 Rxg3) 38... Rxh2 39. Rxg5 Qh7 (39... Rh1+ 40. Kf2 R8h2+ 41. Ke3 Rh3+ 42. Kf2 Rf3+ 43. Kg2 Rhxf1 $19) 40. Ne3 $17 Bd8 (40... Bd8 41. Rg3 Rh1+ 42. Kf2 Qh2+ 43. Ng2 Bh4 44. Rxh1 Bxg3+ (44... Qxg3+ $6 45. Kg1 Qf2+ 46. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 47. Kxf2 Rxh1 48. Ne3 $15) 45. Ke3 Bxe1 46. Rxh2 Bxd2+ 47. Kxd2 Rxh2 $19) 0-1 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Verseghi_Nagy, Andras"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 $15 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 Bxb4 4. Bc4 c6 5. Bxg8 Rxg8 6. Qh5+ Kf8 7. Qxh7 d5 8. f4 (8. Ba3 Bxa3 9. Nxa3 $15) 8... Nd7 (8... exf4 $5 9. a3 Ba5 $15) 9. exd5 exf4 (9... cxd5 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 fxe5 12. Nf3 $14) 10. Ne2 (10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Nf3 Ba6 $14) 10... f3 (10... cxd5 11. Nbc3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 $14) 11. gxf3 (11. dxc6 fxe2 12. cxd7 Qxd7 13. Qh4 $11 (13. Kxe2 $4 Qg4+ 14. Kf1 Qf4+ 15. Kg1 Bf5 $19)) 11... Ne5 (11... cxd5 $5 12. Nf4 Nb6 $14) 12. Bxe5 $16 fxe5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qe4 Qe7 15. f4 Rh8 (15... Bd6 16. f5 $16 (16. Qxc6 Bb7 17. Qc3 Bxh1 $19)) 16. fxe5 $18 (16. Qxc6 $4 Bb7 17. Qc4 Bxh1 18. fxe5 Rh4 $19) 16... Rh5 (16... Rh4 17. Rf1+ Kg8 18. Rf4 Rxf4 19. Qxf4 $18 (19. Nxf4 Qh4+ 20. Kf1 Rb8 $16)) 17. O-O+ (17. Rf1+ $5 Kg8 18. a3 Rh4 $18) 17... Kg8 18. d4 Bh3 19. Qxc6 Rc8 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Rf4 (21. Ng3 $5 Rh4 22. Rf7 $16) 21... Rxc2 22. Qa8+ Rc8 (22... Bc8 23. Rf2 Qh4 $11) 23. Qf3 $18 Qg5+ 24. Qg3 (24. Kh1 $142 $16) 24... Be1 $15 25. Qxg5 Rxg5+ 26. Kh1 Rc2 27. Ng3 Rc1 {Do you see the mate threat?} (27... Rc1 28. Rf1 Rxg3 29. hxg3 Bxf1 $19) 0-1 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Rau, Johann"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 Bxb4 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qh4 Qe7 8. f5 gxf5 9. Qh5+ Kd8 10. exf5 Qg7 11. g4 Bd7 12. Nf3 Nge7 13. a3 Ba5 14. Nc3 (14. Bf7 $5 $17) 14... Be8 $19 15. Qh4 (15. Qh3 h5 16. g5 fxg5 $19) 15... h5 16. g5 fxg5 17. f6 Qxf6 (17... gxh4 18. fxg7 Rh6 19. g8=Q Nxg8 20. Bxg8 $14) 18. Nxg5 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Kc8 20. Rf1 Qh6 21. Nf7 Bxf7 22. Rxf7 Qg6 23. O-O-O d5 24. Rxe7 Nxe7 25. Bxe5 Re8 (25... dxc4 $6 26. Qxc4 Qb6 27. Bxh8 $11) 26. Bd3 Qc6 27. Qxh5 b5 28. Rf1 Kb7 29. Rf7 Qc5 30. Kb2 b4 31. a4 Rf8 32. Qh6 $2 (32. h4 $142 $17) 32... Qc6 (32... Rxf7 $142 33. Ba6+ Kb8 34. Qh8+ Ng8 35. Qxg8+ Rf8 $19) 33. Qxc6+ $15 Nxc6 34. Rxc7+ Kb6 35. Bg3 Rf6 36. Rd7 Kc5 37. Rh7 Re8 38. Rb7 Ra8 (38... a5 39. Bc7 $11) 39. Rh7 a5 40. Bh4 Rf3 41. Be2 Rff8 42. Bg3 Rf6 43. Bb5 Ra7 44. Rh8 1/2-1/2 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Kunz, Rolf"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 Bxb4 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. f5 Nh6 7. Qh5+ $15 Kf8 8. Ne2 Bd7 9. a3 (9. c3 Bc5 $15) 9... Bc5 $15 10. Nbc3 Be8 11. Qf3 Bf7 12. Bxf7 Nxf7 13. Na4 Ng5 14. Qd3 Bb6 (14... Ke8 15. Rb1 $15) 15. Nxb6 $11 axb6 16. O-O Ke7 17. Nc3 (17. c4 Re8 $15) 17... Qf8 (17... Re8 18. Rab1 $15) 18. Nb5 (18. Nd5+ Kd8 $11) 18... Kd8 $15 19. a4 (19. Nc3 Ne7 $15) 19... Qg8 (19... g6 20. c4 $15) 20. Ba3 Nf7 21. Qe3 Kd7 (21... Ra5 22. c3 $15) 22. Rfb1 (22. Bb2 Ng5 23. d3 d5 $15) 22... Ra6 23. Qb3 (23. Bb2 g6 $15) 23... Nfd8 (23... Kd8 24. Rf1 $15 ) 24. Qd3 $11 Kc8 (24... Qf8 25. Bb2 $11) 25. Nc3 (25. Bxd6 cxd6 26. Nxd6+ Kb8 $11) 25... g6 26. Qh3 (26. Rf1 $5 $11) 26... gxf5 $15 27. Qxf5+ (27. exf5 Qc4 $17) 27... Qe6 $17 28. Qf2 Rf8 29. Rf1 {Attacking the backward pawn on f6} Ne7 30. Qh4 Rf7 31. Rf2 f5 32. Raf1 f4 33. d3 Qg6 (33... Ndc6 34. Bb2 $17) 34. Kh1 (34. Rb1 Ne6 $17) 34... Ne6 35. Bc1 h5 (35... Rg7 36. g3 fxg3 37. hxg3 $17) 36. g3 fxg3 37. hxg3 Rxf2 38. Rxf2 Kd7 39. Rf6 Qg4 (39... Qg8 40. Qh3 Qg4 41. Qxg4 hxg4 42. Rf7 $17) 40. Rf7 $15 {Threatening mate: Qxe7} Qxh4+ 41. gxh4 Ke8 ( 41... c6 42. Kh2 $15) 42. Rh7 $11 Ng6 (42... Nc6 43. Rxh5 b5 44. Rh8+ (44. axb5 $143 Ra1 45. Rh8+ Kf7 46. bxc6 Rxc1+ 47. Kg2 Rxc2+ 48. Kg3 bxc6 $17 (48... Rxc3 49. cxb7 Rxd3+ 50. Kg4 $16)) 44... Kf7 45. Rh7+ (45. axb5 $143 Ra1 46. bxc6 Rxc1+ 47. Kg2 Rxc2+ 48. Kg3 bxc6 $17 (48... Rxc3 49. cxb7 Rxd3+ 50. Kg4 $16)) ( 45. Nxb5 $6 Rxa4 46. Bg5 Ra1+ 47. Kg2 Ra2 $11) 45... Kg8 46. Rd7 (46. axb5 $2 Ra1 (46... Kxh7 $6 47. bxa6 bxa6 48. Nd5 $15) 47. Ne2 Ncd4 48. Nxd4 Rxc1+ ( 48... Kxh7 $6 49. Nxe6 Rxc1+ 50. Kg2 $19) 49. Kh2 exd4 $19 (49... Kxh7 $6 50. Nxe6 Rxc2+ 51. Kg3 $19)) 46... bxa4 47. Nd5 $11) 43. Rxh5 $14 b5 44. Rh6 (44. axb5 $2 Ra1 45. Ne2 Nef4 46. Nxf4 Rxc1+ 47. Kh2 Rxc2+ 48. Ng2 Rxg2+ 49. Kxg2 Nf4+ 50. Kg3 Nxh5+ 51. Kg4 Nf6+ 52. Kg5 Kf7 $19) 44... Ngf8 45. Nxb5 (45. axb5 $2 Ra1 46. Ne2 Nd4 $19) 45... Rxa4 46. Na3 (46. Rf6 c6 47. Nxd6+ Ke7 48. Rxf8 Kxf8 $15) 46... b5 $15 47. Bb2 (47. Nxb5 $2 Ra1 48. Na3 Rxc1+ 49. Kh2 Nd4 $19) 47... b4 48. Nc4 Ra2 49. Rh8 (49. Rf6 Nf4 50. d4 Ne2 $17) 49... Nf4 (49... Nc5 50. Rg8 $17) 50. Rg8 $15 b3 51. cxb3 Nxd3 52. Rg2 Nc5 53. Rh2 Nxb3 54. Bxe5 Ra4 55. Nxd6+ cxd6 56. Bxd6 Rxe4 (56... Ne6 $5 $17) 57. Bxf8 $15 Kxf8 58. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr ICCF EU/M61"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Shlapkin, Viktor Yakovlevich"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 Bxb4 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. a3 Ba5 6. f4 d6 7. f5 Nge7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. fxg6 Nxg6 10. Nf3 Qd7 11. h3 Qg7 12. Nc3 $15 Bd7 13. O-O-O (13. Nd5 O-O-O $15 14. O-O (14. g4 Nce7 (14... Nge7 15. c3 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 $17 ) 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. O-O-O Qg7 17. Kb1 Nf4 $17 {-1.25}) (14. Rb1 Nce7 (14... Nge7 15. O-O f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Qg5 Rhg8 $17 {-1.06}) (14... Nf4 15. Nxf4 Qg3+ 16. Kd1 Qxf4 17. d3 Qg3 $17) 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. g4 Bc6 17. Bd3 Ng6 $19 { -1.66}) 14... Rdf8 (14... Rhf8 15. Bc1 f5 16. d3 f4 17. Rb1 Nge7 $17) 15. d3 f5 16. Bc1 f4 17. Rb1 Nge7 $17 {-1.00}) (13. Rb1 Rf8 (13... O-O-O 14. Ne2 (14. Nd5 Nce7 (14... Nge7 15. O-O f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Qg5 Rhg8 $17 {-1.06}) (14... Nf4 15. Nxf4 Qg3+ 16. Kd1 Qxf4 17. Bd5 Bb6 $17) 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. g4 Bc6 17. Bd3 Ng6 $19 {-1.66}) 14... Nce7 (14... Nf4 15. Nxf4 Qg3+ 16. Kd1 Qxf4 17. Bd5 Bb6 $17) 15. O-O f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Ng5 Ngh4 $17 {-1.22}) (13... Bxc3 14. Bxc3 O-O-O 15. g3 Rdf8 16. d3 f5 17. Bd2 fxe4 $17 {-1.13}) 14. g4 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 O-O-O 16. Rg1 Nf4 17. Qh4 f5 $17 {-1.34}) (13. Rf1 Bxc3 (13... Rf8 14. Ne2 (14. Bd3 Bxc3 (14... Nce7 15. Ne2 O-O-O 16. Rb1 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 $17 {-1.06}) 15. Bxc3 O-O-O 16. g3 Nge7 17. g4 Ng6 $17 {-1.25}) (14. g4 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 O-O-O 16. Kd1 Nf4 17. Qh4 h5 $17 {-1.38}) 14... f5 15. Ng5 Nce7 16. Qxh7 Qf6 17. Qh6 O-O-O $11) 14. Bxc3 O-O-O 15. g3 Nge7 16. g4 Ng6 17. Ng1 Nf4 $19 {-1.81}) 13... O-O-O (13... Rb8 14. Rdf1 (14. Nd5 Nce7 (14... Kd8 15. Rhf1 b5 16. Bb3 Rf8 17. d4 b4 $17) (14... b5 15. Bb3 b4 16. a4 Nce7 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 $17 {-0.}) (14... a6 15. Rhf1 Rf8 16. Nh4 Kd8 17. Nf5 Bxf5 $15) (14... Rf8 15. Nh4 Kd8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nge7 $15) 15. Nxe7 Kxe7 16. g3 b5 17. Bb3 c5 $17) (14. Bb3 Bxc3 (14... Kd8 15. Ne2 Bb6 16. g4 Kc8 17. Rhf1 Nge7 $15) 15. Bxc3 Kd8 16. g3 Rf8 17. Nh4 Nge7 $17 {-0.}) (14. Rde1 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 b5 16. Bb3 b4 17. axb4 Nxb4 $17 {-1.03} ) 14... Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Kd8 16. g3 Rf8 17. d3 b5 $15) (13... Bxc3 14. Bxc3 O-O-O 15. g3 Rdf8 16. d4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 $19 {-1.59}) 14. Ne2 (14. Nd5 Nce7 (14... Nge7 15. g4 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 $17) 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. g4 Bb6 17. d4 Qg6 $17) 14... Bb6 (14... Nce7 15. d4 c5 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Rhf1 b5 $17) ( 14... Nge7 15. g4 Be8 16. Qh4 h5 17. d4 Bd7 $17) (14... Nf8 15. g4 Ne6 16. d4 Ng5 17. Nxg5 fxg5 $17 {-0.}) (14... Qe7 15. Rhf1 Rdf8 16. g4 Bb6 17. Bd5 Qg7 $15) (14... Rhe8 15. Rhf1 Nce7 16. d4 c5 17. dxc5 dxc5 $15) 15. Rhf1 (15. g4 Na5 16. Ba2 Bc6 17. d3 d5 $17) 15... Nce7 (15... Na5 16. Ba2 Rhe8 17. g4 Bc6 $15) 16. d4 exd4 (16... Rde8 17. g4 exd4 $17) 17. Nfxd4 Ne5 18. Ne6 Qg8 (18... Qxg2 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nxd8 Kxd8 21. Rf3 $17) 19. Bxe5 Bxe6 (19... dxe5 20. Rxf6 (20. Nxd8 $143 Qxc4 21. Rxd7 Be3+ 22. Kb1 Qb5+ (22... Kxd7 $143 23. Nf7 Qb5+ 24. Ka2 $15) 23. Ka1 Qxd7 $17) 20... Qxg2 21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Be6+ Kc6 24. Bg4+ Rd6 25. Qxe5 $18) 20. Bxe6+ Qxe6 21. Bxf6 Rhf8 22. Qf3 (22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Rde8 $17) 22... Ng8 23. e5 Rde8 (23... Nxf6 $6 24. exf6 Bc5 25. Kb2 $11) 24. Nf4 Qa2 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. cxb3 Nxf6 (26... dxe5 27. Nh5 Bc5 28. b4 $17) 27. exf6 Rxf6 (27... Be3+ 28. Kc2 Rxf6 29. Nh5 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 $17) 28. Nd5 $15 Rxf1 29. Rxf1 Bd4 30. Rf7 c6 1/2-1/2 [Event "corr 3GMM-32"] [Site "?"] [Date "1996.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Krasny, Henryk Jan"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1996.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 Bxb4 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. f5 Nge7 7. Qh5+ $15 g6 8. fxg6 Nxg6 9. a3 Bc5 10. Nf3 Qd7 11. h3 Qg7 (11... Kd8 12. Nc3 $17) 12. Nc3 $15 Bd7 13. Ne2 (13. Rb1 O-O-O 14. g3 Nce7 $17) 13... O-O-O $17 14. g4 Nge7 (14... Nce7 15. Rb1 $17) 15. Ng3 (15. Rb1 Be8 16. Be6+ Kb8 $17) 15... Be8 $17 { Black is in command} 16. Nf5 Nxf5 17. Qxf5+ Kb8 18. g5 (18. d3 $5 $17) 18... Rf8 19. Qg4 fxg5 20. Qxg5 (20. Nxg5 Qh6 21. Rh2 Rf4 $19) 20... Bf2+ $1 21. Kd1 (21. Kxf2 Qxg5) 21... Rd7 (21... Qg6 $5 22. Qxg6 Bxg6 23. Ng5 $19) 22. Be2 h6 23. Qxg7 Rxg7 24. Rf1 Bc5 25. d3 Rg2 (25... Rg3 26. Nd2 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 $19) 26. Nd2 (26. Kd2 Bd7 27. Nd4 Rxf1 (27... Bxd4 $143 28. Rxf8+ Bc8 29. c3 $16) 28. Nxc6+ bxc6 (28... Bxc6 $6 29. Rxf1 a6 30. Rf6 $17) 29. Rxf1 Bxh3 $19) 26... Rxf1+ 27. Nxf1 Nd4 28. Bxd4 Bxd4 29. Rb1 Ba4 (29... Ba4 30. h4 Bxc2+ 31. Kxc2 Rxe2+ 32. Kb3 Rg2 $19) 0-1 [Event "corr 3GMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Myrberg, Johnny"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 Bxb4 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. f4 Qe7 6. f5 g6 7. a3 Bc5 8. Ne2 gxf5 9. exf5 Bf2+ 10. Kxf2 Qc5+ 11. d4 Qxc4 12. h3 (12. Nd2 $5 Qf7 13. Rf1 $17) 12... d6 $19 13. g4 h5 14. Nd2 Qf7 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. gxh5 (16. Nxh5 $5 Bxf5 $1 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Ng3 $19) 16... O-O-O 17. c4 Nh6 18. Nde4 (18. d5 Ne7 $19) 18... exd4 19. Bxd4 Nxf5 (19... Bxf5 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Bxf6 $17) (19... Nxd4 $6 20. Qxd4 Nxf5 21. Qxa7 $19) 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. Ng3 Be6 (21... Nxd4 $6 22. Qxd4 c5 23. Qf4 $19) 22. Rc1 Ne5 23. Rc3 Bxc4 24. Bxa7 (24. Qa4 a6 $19) 24... b6 25. a4 Kb7 26. Bxb6 Kxb6 27. a5+ Ka6 28. Qd4 c5 (28... Kxa5 29. Rb1 Ng4+ 30. hxg4 Bb3 31. Rcxb3 Qxb3 32. Rxb3 Rxh5 33. Qa7#) 29. Qd2 Qd5 30. Qxd5 Bxd5 31. Rd1 Bc6 32. Ke3 (32. Rb3 Nc4 (32... Kxa5 $6 33. Ra1+ Ba4 34. Rba3 $19) 33. Ra1 d5 $19 (33... Nxa5 $6 34. Rba3 $19)) 32... Bb5 (32... Kxa5 $5 33. Kd2 $19) 33. Kf4 c4 34. Ra3 Nd3+ 35. Ke3 Rdg8 36. Rg1 f5 (36... f5 37. Kd4 f4 $19) 0-1 [Event "TKM/SF/01"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Martins, Karin"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "126"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 Bxb4 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. f4 Qe7 $15 6. f5 g6 7. Qf3 (7. a3 Bc5 8. Ne2 gxf5 9. exf5 Bf2+ 10. Kxf2 Qc5+ 11. d4 Qxc4 $17) (7. Ne2) 7... Nh6 ( 7... d6 8. Qg3 Qg7 9. Nf3 Nge7 10. c3 Bc5 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4+ 13. Nfd2 d5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bd6 16. Qb3 Ne7 $17) 8. a3 (8. fxg6 hxg6 9. Qg3 Qg7 ( 9... g5 10. Nc3 Qc5 11. Bb3 Nd4 $15) 10. Nc3 d6 11. a3 Bc5 12. O-O-O Bg4 13. Rf1 O-O-O $17) 8... Bc5 9. Ne2 d6 (9... Nf7 10. fxg6 (10. Nbc3 Ng5 11. Qg3 gxf5 12. exf5 Qf8 13. Nd5 Kd8 $15)) (9... Qg7 10. Nbc3 d6 11. Nd5 Na5 12. Ba2 c6 13. Ne3 Bxe3 (13... gxf5 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 fxe4 16. Qxe4+ Qe7 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. O-O Nf7 $15) 14. dxe3 gxf5 15. Ng3 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Ke7 17. O-O f5 18. Nxd6 Kxd6 19. Qf4 Re8 20. Qb4+ Kc7 21. Qxa5+ b6 22. Qc3 Bb7 $17) 10. Nbc3 (10. Rf1 Bd7 11. Nbc3 O-O-O 12. Nd5 Qg7 $17) 10... Qg7 11. Na4 (11. Qg3 Bd7 12. O-O-O O-O-O $17) 11... gxf5 12. Nxc5 (12. exf5 Bxf5 (12... Nxf5 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. O-O Nd6 15. Bd5 Ne7 16. Ng3 Bg4 $17) 13. Nxc5 dxc5 14. Bd5 Bd7 15. O-O Rf8 16. Qc3 Qe7 17. Rae1 Qd6 18. Be4 O-O-O 19. d3 (19. Bxh7 f5 $19) 19... Ng4 20. Ng3 Qd4+ 21. Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 cxd4 $19) 12... dxc5 13. Bb5 (13. exf5 Nxf5 (13... Bxf5) 14. O-O Nd6 15. Bd5 Ne7 16. Ng3 Bg4 17. Nh5 Bxh5 18. Qxh5+ Qg6 19. Qxg6+ hxg6 20. Be6 Nef5 21. g4 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Ke7 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Bd5 Rh4 $17) (13. O-O f4) 13... Bd7 14. exf5 O-O-O $17 15. Rb1 (15. Ng3 Ne7 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. f6 Qf8 19. fxe7 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Rxe7 21. Ne4 c4 22. Kf2 Rf8 $16) 15... a6 ( 15... Rhg8 16. Ng3 Qg4 17. O-O Nd4 18. Bxd7+ Rxd7 19. Bxd4 Qxf3 20. Rxf3 Rxd4 21. d3 Rf4 22. Rxf4 exf4 23. Ne4 Nxf5 24. Rf1 Ne3 25. Rf2 f5 26. Nxc5 f3 27. g3 f4 $17) 16. Bd3 Ne7 (16... Rhg8 17. O-O Ne7 18. Be4 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 $17) 17. Bxe5 Bc6 18. Qg3 Qf7 (18... Qxg3+ 19. hxg3 Ng4 20. Ba1 Bxg2 21. Rh4 h5 $15) 19. Bxc7 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Kxc7 21. O-O Rg8 22. Nf4 (22. Ng3 c4 $19) 22... Nhxf5 23. Rf2 c4 24. Qh3 Nd4 (24... Nd6 25. Ne6+ Kb8 26. Nd4 h5 $17) (24... Kb8 25. d3 Nd6 $17) 25. c3 Nb5 (25... Nc2 26. a4 (26. Ne6+) 26... Bxa4 27. Ne6+ Kd6 28. Re2 Nd5 29. Qh4 Bb5 30. Nf4 Bc6 31. Rc1 Na3 32. Rf1 f5 33. Nxd5 Bxd5 34. Qd4 Kc6 $19) 26. a4 Nd6 27. d3 $2 (27. a5 Nd5 (27... Bd7 28. Qf3 Rg5 $17) 28. Ne6+ Kc8 29. Nc5+ Bd7 30. Nxd7 Qxd7 $17) 27... cxd3 $19 28. Nxd3 Ne4 29. Rc2 Ng5 30. Qe3 Nf5 31. Qf4+ Nd6 32. Kh1 Qg6 33. Qf1 Nh3 (33... Nge4) 34. Rbb2 Nc4 35. Nf4 Qg4 36. Nxh3 Nxb2 37. Nf4 (37. Rxb2 Qxh3) 37... Qd1 38. Qxd1 Nxd1 39. a5 Ne3 ( 39... Rg4 40. Ne6+ Kd7 41. Nc5+ Kd6) 40. Rf2 Nxg2 41. Ne6+ (41. Nxg2 Bxg2+ 42. Rxg2 Rxg2 43. Kxg2) 41... Kd7 42. Nd4 Bd5 43. h3 f5 (43... Ne3+ 44. Kh2 f5 45. c4 Bxc4) 44. c4 Be4 45. Kh2 Ne3 46. c5 f4 (46... Rg2+ 47. Rxg2 Nxg2 48. Kg3 Ne1 49. Kf4 Nd3+ 50. Kg5 f4 51. Kg4 h5+ 52. Kxh5 f3) 47. Nf3 Bxf3 48. Rxf3 Rf8 49. Kg1 Kc6 50. Rf2 Kxc5 51. Re2 Rf7 52. Ra2 (52. Kf2 Kb5 53. Ra2 Nc4) 52... Rg7+ 53. Kh2 f3 54. Rf2 Rg2+ 55. Rxg2 fxg2 56. Kg1 Kd4 57. Kf2 Ke4 58. h4 h5 59. Kg1 Kf3 60. Kh2 Kf2 61. Kh3 Nd1 (61... Nc4 62. Kh2 g1=Q+ 63. Kh3 Qg2#) 62. Kh2 g1=Q+ 63. Kh3 Qg2# 0-1 [Event "corr CiF CP2"] [Site "?"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Papadoypolos"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 c6 4. Bxe5 fxe5 5. Qh5+ g6 $4 $146 6. Qxe5+ $18 Qe7 7. Qxh8 Qxe4+ (7... Nf6 8. f3 d5 9. Nc3 Kd7 10. g3 Kc7 $11) 8. Ne2 (8. Kd1 Qxb4 9. Qxg8 Qb2 10. Bc4 Qxa1 $18 {2.97}) 8... Nh6 (8... Qxb4 9. a3 Qc4 10. Qxh7 Qe6 $18 {2.25}) 9. Qxh7 (9. Nbc3 Qxb4 10. Qxh7 Qg4 $18 {2.44}) 9... Qxc2 10. Nbc3 Ng4 $4 (10... Qf5 $18) 11. Nd4 (11. Nd4 Nf6 12. Qh8 $18) 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Leuschner"] [Result "*"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "1988.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 d5 4. f4 dxe4 $15 5. Bc4 (5. Qh5+ g6 6. Qe2 exf4 7. Qxe4+ Qe7 8. Qxe7+ Bxe7 $17) 5... Nh6 (5... exf4 $142 $5 6. Qh5+ g6 $17) 6. fxe5 f5 (6... Bg4 7. Be2 fxe5 8. Bxg4 Qh4+ 9. g3 Qxg4 10. Qxg4 Nxg4 11. h3 $17) 7. Ne2 (7. a3 Ng4 8. Qe2 Nc6 $15) 7... Qe7 (7... Bxb4 8. e6 Ng4 9. Nf4 $17) 8. a3 $15 Ng4 9. Nf4 Nxe5 10. Ba2 (10. Qh5+ $5 Kd8 11. Bb3 $15) 10... Nf3+ $17 11. Kf2 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh6 13. d3 Qb6+ (13... Be7 $5 $17) 14. Kg2 $11 Qh6 (14... a5 15. dxe4 fxe4 16. Qe2 $11) 15. dxe4 fxe4 16. Qd5 (16. Qd5 Nh4+ 17. Kf1 $11) * [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Van Breda"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] 1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Bxb4 $4 3. Bxg7 $18 Nf6 4. Bxh8 Qe7 (4... d5 5. Nf3 $18) 5. c3 Bc5 6. d4 Bd6 (6... Bb6 7. Qd3 $18) 7. Bxf6 (7. e3 Ne4 $18) 7... Qxf6 8. e3 Nc6 9. Bd3 Qh6 10. Nf3 e5 (10... Be7 11. Qc2 $18) 11. O-O exd4 12. exd4 (12. Nxd4 $4 Qxh2#) 12... Kd8 13. Qd2 (13. Re1 Bf4 $18) 13... Bf4 14. Qb2 d5 15. Re1 Bg4 16. Nbd2 b6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 f5 (18... Qf6 $18) 19. d5 (19. Re6 $142 Qg7 20. Rxc6 Bh3 $18) 19... Ne7 (19... Ne5 20. Rxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 b5 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qxa8 Kf7 25. d6+ bxc4 26. Qd5+ Kg7 27. dxc7 Qf6 $18) 20. Qh8+ Kd7 21. Qxa8 Bxd2 22. Re6 Qf4 23. Bb5+ c6 24. Bxc6+ Nxc6 (24... Kc7 25. Qb7+ Kd8 26. Qd7#) 25. Qxc6+ Kd8 26. Re8# 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1985.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Bourgoyne"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "1985.??.??"] 1. b4 b5 2. Bb2 e6 3. a4 bxa4 4. Rxa4 (4. e3 Bb7 $11 (4... Bxb4 $4 5. Bxg7 Nf6 6. Bxh8 $18)) 4... d5 5. e3 Bd7 6. b5 Nc6 $4 (6... c6 $142 7. Nc3 Nf6 $11) 7. bxc6 $18 Bxc6 8. Ra6 Qd7 (8... Ne7 $18) 9. Nf3 Bb7 (9... f6 10. Nd4 Rb8 11. Ba3 $18) 10. Ne5 Qe7 (10... Qc8 11. Bb5+ Ke7 12. Bd7 Bxa6 13. Bxc8 Bxc8 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. Qh5+ Ke7 16. Ba3+ Kd8 17. Bxf8 $18) 11. Bb5+ (11. Bb5+ Kd8 12. Nc6+ Bxc6 13. Bxc6 $18 (13. Rxc6 $6 Qb4 14. Ba3 Qxb5 15. Bxf8 Nh6 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bf6+ Kd7 $18)) 1-0 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1984.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Black "Bankwitz, Werner"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "1984.??.??"] 1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 c6 4. a4 Bb4 5. Nf3 d6 6. c3 Ba5 7. Na3 d5 (7... e5 8. Nc4 $15) 8. e3 $11 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. c4 Re8 11. O-O e5 12. d4 e4 13. Ne5 Bc7 (13... Qc7 14. Qc2 $11) 14. bxc6 $14 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. cxb7 Bxb7 17. Rb1 (17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Qd4 Rg5 $14) 17... Bxb2 $11 18. Rxb2 Bc6 19. Rb4 (19. Nb5 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Re7 $11) 19... Rb8 (19... Qd6 $5 20. Qd2 a5 $17) 20. Qb3 Rxb4 21. Qxb4 Qd7 {Attacks the isolani on a4} (21... a5 22. Qb3 $11) 22. a5 d4 23. exd4 Qxd4 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Nc2 Rb8 26. Qa3 Bd7 27. Ne3 h6 28. h3 Qb2 (28... Be6 29. Nd5 $11) 29. Qd6 Qb4 (29... Ba4 30. Rd2 Qc1+ 31. Bf1 $14) 30. c5 Be6 31. Nc2 Qb2 32. Nd4 Re8 33. c6 Bc8 34. Qc5 Qb8 $2 (34... a6 $142 $5 $16) 35. Nb5 Qe5 $4 (35... e3 $142 36. c7 exf2+ 37. Qxf2 Qb7 $18) 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 1-0 [Event "corr ICCF Cup11 V84"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Black "Wosch, Arkadiusz J"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] 1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 e6 3. b5 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. c4 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d3 O-O 11. Nbd2 a6 12. a4 axb5 (12... Re8 13. bxa6 Rxa6 14. d4 $15) 13. axb5 $11 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Qe7 (14... Qc7 15. Rc1 $11) 15. Qa7 $11 Rb8 16. Ra1 d4 17. Nc4 Bc7 (17... Nd5 18. e4 Bf4 19. g3 $11) 18. Qa2 (18. Ne1 Ne5 19. Nxb6 dxe3 $15) 18... dxe3 (18... Nd5 19. Bc1 $15) 19. fxe3 Ra8 20. Qb1 Nd5 (20... Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Ng4 22. e4 $15 (22. Bxg7 $2 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Bxh2+ 24. Kf1 Nxe3+ 25. Nxe3 Qxe3 $19)) 21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22. Qa1 (22. e4 Nf4 23. Bd1 Bb7 $11) 22... Qe8 23. e4 Nf4 24. Bf1 Ne6 25. g3 Qd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1990.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Floegel, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1990.??.??"] 1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. b5 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. c4 c5 7. Be2 $11 O-O 8. O-O d5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nbd7 (10... a6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bd3 $11) 11. Nd2 ( 11. Nc6 Qe8 $14) 11... dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nc5 (12... Rc8 13. Rc1 $11) 13. Ne5 (13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. bxc6 Rac8 $15) 13... Qd5 (13... Qc7 $5 14. Ndc6 Bd6 $11) 14. Ndc6 $16 Bd6 (14... Rfe8 15. Bf3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 $16) 15. Bc4 (15. Nc4 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Bc7 $16) 15... Qxd1 $14 16. Raxd1 Bxe5 (16... Ne8 17. Nd3 $14) 17. Bxe5 (17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Bxe5 a6 $14) 17... Nfd7 (17... a6 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rd2 $11) 18. Bd6 $16 Rfe8 19. f3 a6 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Rf2 axb5 22. Bxb5 Ba6 23. Bc6 Bb7 24. Rfd2 Bxc6 25. Nxc6 Ra3 (25... f5 $5 $16) 26. Bc7 (26. Bc7 b5 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Rxd7 Rxa2 29. Rxf7 $18) 1-0 [Event "corr TKM/A001 (Pommerel)"] [Site "?"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Moeller Nielsen, Peter"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "1999.??.??"] 1. b4 f5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b5 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. c4 c5 7. Nc3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Qe8 10. Ne5 d6 11. Bf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 (13. d3 Nxc3 (13... dxe5 14. dxe4 Nd7 15. exf5 exf5 (15... Rxf5 16. Qc6 $16) 16. Nd5 Bd6 17. e4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 $14) 14. Qxa8 Na4 15. Ba3 dxe5 16. Qxa7 Nc3 17. Bb2 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 $18) 13... fxe4 14. Qxe4 Nd7 15. Nc6 (15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qg4 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. d4 $16) 15... Bf6 16. d4 Qf7 (16... a6 17. a4 $16) 17. f4 a5 18. Rad1 Rae8 19. Ba3 d5 20. Qd3 Be7 21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Qxe4 Qf5 24. Qc6 Rb8 25. Qd6 Qf8 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Qxc5 1-0 [Event "EM/TT/F/04 ICCF Email"] [Site "?"] [Date "1999.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Black "Schreiner, Richard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "1999.??.??"] 1. b4 Nf6 2. e3 e5 3. a3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nbd2 b6 10. c4 Bb7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Bc3 Nf8 13. a4 N6d7 (13... Ne6 14. a5 $11) 14. a5 $14 a6 15. Nb3 d5 16. b5 Ne6 (16... c5 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Rfc1 $14) 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. cxd5 (18. d4 Ra7 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Rea8 $16) 18... Bxd5 19. d4 exd4 (19... Ra7 20. axb6 Rxa1 21. Bxa1 $11 (21. Nxa1 $143 exd4 22. Bxd4 Nxd4 (22... cxb6 $143 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rd1 $11) (22... Nxb6 $143 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. Rc1 $11) 23. Nxd4 Nxb6 $15)) 20. Nbxd4 (20. Bxa6 dxc3 21. Be2 Nf4 $14) 20... Nxd4 $11 21. Nxd4 Raa8 22. Rfd1 ( 22. a6 $5 $14) 22... Be4 $11 23. Qd2 bxa5 24. Rxa5 (24. Bxa5 $143 c5 25. Nf3 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Ne5 $19) 1/2-1/2 [Event "CiF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Gnuechtel"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] 1. b4 a5 2. b5 g6 3. Bb2 Nf6 $11 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O c6 8. a4 cxb5 (8... Qb6 9. Nc3 $11) 9. axb5 Nbd7 10. d3 (10. Nc3 Nc5 $11) 10... b6 ( 10... a4 11. Na3 $11) 11. Nbd2 (11. c4 Bb7 $11) 11... Bb7 (11... Nc5 12. c4 $11 ) 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Rc8 14. Qb3 Nc5 15. Qa3 (15. Qc2 a4 $11) 15... Bd5 ( 15... a4 16. Be5 $11) 16. Rfc1 $14 Ne6 17. Nce5 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 { White launches an attack} Nc7 (18... Re8 19. e4 Bb7 20. Bh3 $14) 19. e4 Ba8 ( 19... Nxb5 $2 20. Qa4 Nd6 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nc6 $18) 20. Nc6 Nxb5 21. Nxd8 (21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Qb3 Na7 $14) 21... Nxa3 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Nb5 24. Rxb6 Nd6 ( 24... Nc7 $16) 25. Bxf6 $14 Bxf6 26. e5 Nc8 27. Rb5 (27. exf6 Nxb6 28. fxe7 Re8 $19) 27... Bg7 28. Rxa5 Nb6 29. Ra7 e6 30. d4 h6 31. Rb7 (31. Kf1 Nd5 $18) 31... Nd5 32. Nd2 Ra8 (32... Nc3 33. Kf1 $18) 33. Bxd5 exd5 34. Rd7 (34. Rd7 Ra2 35. Nf1 $18) 1-0 [Event "corr 3GMM-F"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Dopper, Johan"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2195"] [BlackElo "2405"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] 1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O e4 8. Nd4 c5 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Nb3 Qc7 (10... Qd6 11. d4 exd3 12. Qxd3 (12. Bxd3 $4 Ng4 13. g3 Bxb2 $19) 12... Qxd3 13. Bxd3 $11) 11. Nc3 Bf5 (11... Be6 12. f3 exf3 13. Rxf3 $11) 12. f3 Nbd7 (12... exf3 13. Bxf3 Rd8 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 $14) 13. fxe4 $14 Bxe4 14. d3 (14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 $14) 14... Bc6 $11 15. d4 Ne4 16. Qd3 f5 17. d5 Ne5 18. Qc2 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 (19. Qxc3 $2 Nf3+ 20. Rxf3 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 Ba4 $19) 19... Bd7 20. Rad1 Qd6 21. Nd2 Rae8 22. e4 (22. Qb3 b6 $11) 22... Rf7 (22... b6 23. a3 $11) 23. Qb3 (23. Rfe1 Ref8 $11) 23... b6 24. Bb2 (24. Qa3 Bc8 $11) 24... Rfe7 25. Rf2 (25. Qa3 Bc8 $11) 25... Nf7 (25... Bh6 26. Qc3 $11) 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qa3 (27. Qe3 Qe5 $11) 27... fxe4 (27... Ng5 28. e5 Rxe5 29. Bf1 $15) 28. Qc3+ (28. Qxa7 $2 e3 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 $19) 28... Kg8 29. Qe3 Qe5 30. Nf1 Nd6 31. Ng3 Bf5 (31... Qb2 32. Rff1 $17) 32. a4 Rf7 (32... Rf8 33. a5 $15) 33. a5 $11 Ref8 34. axb6 axb6 35. Qb3 Rb8 36. Nf1 (36. Rdf1 Rf6 $15) 36... b5 ( 36... Bd7 37. Rxf7 Kxf7 38. Qe3 $15) 37. cxb5 $11 c4 38. Qe3 (38. Bxc4 $5 Bg4 39. Rdd2 Nxc4 40. Qxc4 $15) 38... Rxb5 $17 39. g4 Bd7 40. Rxf7 Kxf7 (40... Nxf7 41. Bxc4 Bxg4 42. Bxb5 Bxd1 43. Nd2 $17) 41. Nd2 (41. Qh6 Kg8 (41... Rxd5 $143 42. Qxh7+ Kf6 43. Rxd5 (43. Qxd7 Rxd1 44. Qd8+ Ke6 45. Bxc4+ Nxc4 46. Qxd1 g5 $17) 43... Qxd5 44. Qxd7 $16) 42. Ne3 Rc5 $17) 41... Rxd5 42. Bxc4 Nxc4 43. Rf1+ Kg7 44. Nxc4 Qd4 45. Qxd4+ Rxd4 46. Ne3 Rd3 (46... g5 47. h3 $17) 47. Kf2 $17 Kf6 48. h4 Ke5 49. Re1 h6 50. Re2 (50. h5 gxh5 51. gxh5 Rd2+ 52. Kg3 Kd4 $19) 50... Be6 (50... g5 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Kg3 $19) 51. Re1 (51. g5 hxg5 52. hxg5 Rd7 $19) 51... Rd2+ 52. Kg3 Kd4 53. g5 hxg5 54. hxg5 Ra2 55. Ng2 (55. Nf1 Ra3+ 56. Kf2 Rf3+ 57. Kg1 Kd3 $19) 55... Ra3+ 56. Kf2 Rf3+ 57. Kg1 Rg3 58. Rd1+ Ke5 59. Ra1 (59. Kf2 Rxg5 60. Ra1 Rh5 $19) 59... Rxg5 60. Ra5+ Kf6 61. Rxg5 Kxg5 62. Kf2 Kg4 (62... Kg4 63. Ke3 Bc8 $19) (62... Kf5 63. Ke3 g5 64. Ne1 $19) 0-1 [Event "NBC Email"] [Site "?"] [Date "2000.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim"] [Black "Dopper, Johan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2385"] [BlackElo "2175"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2000.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. d3 a6 8. O-O Nc6 9. Qb3 Re8 (9... Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 (12. Bxd4 $143 b5 $17) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 $11) 10. Nbd2 Bf5 (10... Bg4 11. a4 $11) 11. a4 Qd7 12. b5 Nd8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Ne6 16. Qd1 (16. Qb4 Bg4 17. f3 Bf5 $11) 16... axb5 (16... Bxe4 17. Bxe4 axb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 $11) 17. axb5 Rxa1 (17... c6 18. Qb3 $11) 18. Qxa1 (18. Bxa1 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 c6 $11) 18... c6 19. bxc6 (19. Qa5 d5 20. Nd2 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. cxd5 cxd5 $11 (22... Rxe2 $143 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. bxc6 $16) (22... cxb5 $6 23. Ne4 $11)) 19... bxc6 20. Qa4 Rc8 (20... Qc7 21. Re1 $11) 21. Qb4 (21. Ba3 Bxe4 22. dxe4 Qd8 $11) 21... Rd8 22. Nc3 (22. Rb1 d5 23. Nd2 Qc7 $11) 22... Nd4 $15 23. Rb1 d5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Qb6 e4 26. h3 (26. dxe4 dxe4 27. Rd1 Qe8 $17) 26... Qe8 27. dxe4 Rb8 (27... dxe4 $143 28. Nxe4 Nxe2+ 29. Kh2 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 $11) 28. Qa6 Bxe4 (28... dxe4 29. g4 Bc8 30. Qa7 $17) 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Rc1 Ra8 (30... Rxb2 $143 31. Rc8 Nxe2+ 32. Kf1 Qxc8 33. Qxc8+ Kh7 34. Bxe4 $16) 31. Qc4 Ra4 32. Qc8 { The mate threat is Qxe8} Nxe2+ (32... Qxc8 33. Rxc8+ Kh7 34. Bxd4 Rxd4 35. Re8 $15) 33. Kf1 $11 Ra8 34. Qxe8+ Rxe8 35. Rc2 Bxb2 (35... Nd4 36. Bxd4 Bxd4 37. Rc4 $11) 36. Rxb2 (36. Rxe2 $142 $5 Bd4 37. Rxe4 Rxe4 38. Bxe4 $11) 1/2-1/2 [Event "Dutch CC Championship KE09"] [Site "?"] [Date "2006.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Etmans, Maarten D"] [Black "Pommerel Brouwer, Wim H"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2010"] [BlackElo "2315"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2006.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. Bb2 a5 3. a3 axb4 4. axb4 Rxa1 5. Bxa1 Qb6 6. c3 d5 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. e3 Bf5 9. d3 e6 10. Nbd2 Bd6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Qc7 $146 (12... O-O 13. Nd4 ( 13. Nh4 Bg6 (13... Qc7 14. f4 Qb6 15. d4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 f5 19. Bb2 Ra8 20. Ra1 Rxa1+ 21. Bxa1 Qa7 22. Bb2 Qa2 23. Bc1 Nf6 24. Nf3 Ne4 25. Nd2 Qa1 {0-1 Nicklich,W-Hochgraefe,H/corr DDR-ch M629 1979}) 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. e4 c5 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. e5 Bxe5 18. d4 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Nce4 20. Nf3 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Qc7+ 22. Ne5 Qxc3 23. Rh1 Ne4 24. Kg1 Rc8 25. g3 Qc1 26. Kg2 Qxd1 27. Rxd1 Rc2 {CountFromHolland-Redmike/playchess.de 2003/1/2-1/2 (58)}) 13... Bg6 14. Qb3 Ne5 15. e4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. b5 Bc5 20. bxc6 Nxc6 21. Qxb6 Bxb6 22. Nxc6 { 1/2-1/2 Bott,H-Wirsching,L/Baden-ch AT Ladenburg 1992}) 13. Qb3 O-O 14. c4 { White prepares b5} b6 15. Bb2 c5 16. b5 Rd8 17. h3 Ne5 18. Qc3 d4 19. exd4 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 cxd4 21. Qc2 Bb4 22. Rd1 e5 23. Bc6 Bd7 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. f3 ( 25. Ra1 Nf6 $11) 25... Nc5 $15 26. Ne4 Ne6 27. Bc1 f5 28. Nf2 Ra8 29. Bd2 Be7 30. Qb2 Bh4 31. Ra1 Rd8 32. Be1 Nf4 33. Qc2 Qe7 34. Nh1 e4 (34... Bxe1 35. Rxe1 Ra8 36. Kh2 $17) 35. fxe4 $11 (35. dxe4 $143 d3 36. Qa2 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Qc5 $19) 35... fxe4 36. c5 (36. Bxh4 $5 Qxh4 37. dxe4 $15) 36... Bxe1 37. Rxe1 e3 38. cxb6 Qb4 (38... Qg5 $5 $17) 39. Qc4+ $15 Qxc4 40. dxc4 Nd3 41. Re2 Rf8 42. Ng3 Ne5 43. c5 d3 44. Re1 d2 45. Rd1 Nd7 46. c6 Nxb6 47. Ne2 Rf5 48. Nd4 (48. g4 Rxb5 49. Kg2 Rc5 $19) 48... Rc5 49. Kf1 (49. Ne2 $19) 49... Rc1 50. Ke2 Rxd1 51. Kxd1 Na4 (51... Na4 52. Kc2 Nb2 53. Kxb2 d1=Q $19) 0-1 [Event "CIF email CServe email"] [Site "?"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Borrmann, Fritz"] [Black "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "1994.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. c5 a5 (5... Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. g3 b6 8. d4 bxc5 9. dxc5 a5 10. a3 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Bxa1 Nbd7 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Qa8 15. Bc3 Ne4 16. Qb3 Nxc3 17. Nxc3 Rb8 18. Nd4 Nf6 19. f3 Bc8 20. Qb2 { chybol3-muterka1/playok.com 2013/0-1 (37)}) 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O $146 (7... axb4 8. axb4 Rxa1 9. Bxa1 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. d4 bxc5 12. bxc5 Ne4 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. O-O Nd7 15. Nbd2 f5 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Bc3 Bd7 19. Rb1 Rb8 20. Rxb8+ Qxb8 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. Bxb4 {Plock,J-Gorlt/(Plock) 1996/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 8. Be2 b6 9. d4 Ba6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. O-O Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qc7 13. Rfd1 Rfb8 14. Qc2 Rb7 15. Rd2 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1+ 17. Bxa1 bxc5 18. bxc5 e5 19. Qa2 (19. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Rd1 $15) 19... e4 $17 20. Ne1 Nf8 21. Rb2 Ra7 22. Qb1 Ne6 23. Ne2 Nd7 24. Rb3 Bf6 25. Bc3 g6 26. Nc2 Bg7 27. g3 (27. Qb2 h6 $11) 27... h5 28. Ne1 Kh7 29. Ng2 Ng5 30. Nh4 Qc8 31. Nf4 Nf6 32. Kg2 Ne6 33. Nxe6 Qxe6 34. Kg1 Qh3 35. Qf1 Qc8 36. Qe2 Kh6 37. Ng2 g5 38. h4 Nh7 39. Rb6 Bf6 40. hxg5+ Nxg5 41. Nf4 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 h4 43. Rb1 Qg4 44. Rh1 Kg7 45. Qb2 Ra8 46. Rh3 (46. Kf1 Rh8 $17) 46... Rh8 $17 47. Qe2 $4 (47. Rh1 $142 $17) 47... hxg3 $19 ( 47... hxg3 48. fxg3 Rxh3 49. Nxh3 Qxh3+ 50. Kxh3 Ng1+ 51. Kg2 Nxe2 $19) 0-1 [Event "CIF GM email"] [Site "?"] [Date "1987.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Black "Foerster, Hans Georg"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "1987.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. b4 e5 3. Nxe5 Bxb4 4. e3 Nc6 $146 (4... Nf6 5. Bb5+ (5. Ba3 Bxa3 6. Nxa3 Qe7 7. Nxf7 Qxf7 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Be2 Be6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Na6 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. f5 Bd7 14. Rb1 Rab8 15. Rxb8 Rxb8 16. Qe2 Bc8 17. c4 Rb2 18. cxd5 Rxa2 19. dxc6 Rxa3 {GrandMasterChess-SuperForte/0-1 (36)}) 5... c6 6. Ba4 O-O 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. O-O Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Bd6 10. Bd4 Bg4 11. f3 Bh5 12. h4 b5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. g4 Qxa1 15. gxh5 bxa4 16. Kf2 Qe5 17. Rg1 Qxh5 18. d3 Qxh4+ 19. Ke2 { Gramps-mount/Live Game Caissa's Web 2004/0-1 (39)}) (4... Nd7 5. Nd3 Be7 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. Ba3 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Rb1 Bd6 11. f4 b6 12. Nb5 Be7 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bh5 Nxh5 15. Qxh5 g6 16. Qh3 a6 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Qxd7 Bxe5 19. Qxd8 { COMP-COMP/Boissel blitz 2000/1-0 (63)}) 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. c4 (8. Bb2 Nf6 9. Qf3 $11) 8... Nf6 $4 (8... Qf6 $142 9. Nc3 Bxc3 10. dxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxc4 $17) 9. Qa4 $16 Bxd2+ $2 (9... Rb8 $142 10. a3 Be7 $14) 10. Nxd2 $18 (10. Nxd2 O-O 11. Qxc6 $18) (10. Kxd2 $6 Ne4+ 11. Ke2 O-O $16) 1-0 [Event "CiF-FT-84-345B"] [Site "?"] [Date "1984.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Johnson"] [Black "Pommerel Brouwer, Wim H"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1984.??.??"] 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. b5 Nbd7 5. Nf3 b6 6. c4 Bb7 7. a4 Bd6 8. d4 O-O $146 9. Nbd2 Qe7 (9... c5 10. Be2 $15) 10. Be2 Rfe8 11. O-O dxc4 12. Nxc4 Nd5 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Qb3 Rac8 15. Rfc1 N7f6 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. Nc4 Rc7 18. Ba3 Rec8 19. Qb2 (19. Bf3 Qd8 $14) 19... Ne4 20. Bd3 (20. f3 $142 Nec3 21. Qd2 $15) 20... Nef6 $2 (20... Ndf6 $142 $11) 21. Nxd6 $18 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 Ne8 24. Nc4 (24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. e4 Ne7 $18) 24... f6 25. e4 Ndc7 26. Qc3 0-1 [Event "Netherlands M-class"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel Brouwer, Wim H"] [Black "Hauwert, N."] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. e3 b5 3. a4 e6 (3... a5 4. axb5 a4 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Rxa4 Rxa4 8. Qxa4 g6 9. d4 Bg7 10. bxc6 Bxc6 11. Qa5 O-O 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. c4 Be4 14. Nbd2 Bc2 15. b5 d6 16. c5 dxc5 17. dxc5 Nd5 18. Nd4 { pierred (2600)-mrazo (2250)/net-chess.com 2008/1-0 (31)}) 4. Nf3 $146 (4. Bb2 Nf6 5. c3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. axb5 c5 8. bxc5 Bxc5 9. c4 O-O 10. Be2 a6 11. O-O axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. cxb5 d5 14. d4 Bd6 15. Qc2 Nbd7 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. Qxc7 Bxc7 18. Rc1 Bb6 {Nielsen,J (2100)-Moeller Hansen/Nakskov 1970/1-0 (39)}) 4... Bxb4 5. Bb2 Nf6 6. axb5 O-O 7. Be2 cxb5 8. Nc3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nd5 10. Ba5 Qf6 11. Bxb5 Bb7 12. c4 Nb6 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Qa1 Bxf3 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. gxf3 Nc6 19. f4 e5 20. f5 Kf8 21. Rb1 Ke7 22. Kg2 Na5 23. Ba6 Rc6 24. Rb4 Rd6 25. Rb2 Rc6 26. Bb5 Rd6 27. Kf3 Nb7 28. Ke2 Nc5 29. f3 Rd3 30. Ra2 Rd6 31. Ra1 Rd3 32. Ba4 Rd6 33. Bc2 Kf8 34. Ra7 Kg7 35. d3 b5 36. cxb5 Rb6 37. d4 exd4 38. exd4 Nb7 39. Bd3 Nd6 40. Ra6 Nc8 41. Kd2 Rxa6 42. bxa6 Kf8 43. Be4 Ke7 44. Bb7 Na7 45. Kc3 Kd6 46. Kb4 1-0 [Event "CiF-LV-91-0193A"] [Site "?"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel Brouwer"] [Black "Beresovsky"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "1991.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Bb2 Re8 9. c4 d4 10. Qc2 $146 (10. exd4 cxd4 11. d3 (11. a3 Ba5 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Ne5 15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qh4 Qxh4 17. a4 Nxd3 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Na3 Nxf2 20. Rab1 Ng4+ 21. Kh1 Ng3# { mate 0-1 Neumann,F (1635)-Dammer,A (2400)/RSS7E-102 remoteschach.de 2010}) 11... Bg4 12. Nbd2 Bc3 13. Bxc3 dxc3 14. Nb3 Nb4 15. d4 Ne4 16. a3 c2 17. Qc1 Nc3 18. Bd3 Nxd3 19. Qxc2 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Ndf4 21. Ne5 Be6 22. Rae1 Qg5 23. g3 Nxg3+ 24. fxg3 Nh3 {mila77 (1780)-mirekcz (1650)/kurnik 2012/1-0 (48)}) (10. d3 dxe3 11. fxe3 Rxe3 12. Nc3 Bg4 13. Bc1 Re6 14. Bd2 Qe7 15. Re1 Re8 16. Kf2 h6 17. a3 Ba5 18. h3 Bh5 19. Bf1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nd4 21. Qg3 Nc2 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 23. Rc1 Nd4 24. Re1 Qd7 {rom49szachy-atlas51 (1670)/playok.com 2013/1-0 (43)}) 1-0 [Event "sok corr"] [Site "?"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel Brouwer, Wim H"] [Black "Spiegel, Ulrich"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. a3 Ba5 7. Nf3 d5 8. Be2 Re8 9. O-O a6 $146 (9... Bf5 10. c4 Qd6 11. d4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Rad8 13. Qb3 Re7 14. Nc3 Bb6 15. a4 Na5 16. Qa2 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Be6 18. Qd3 Ba5 19. Ba3 c5 20. Nb5 Qa6 21. Qc2 Rc8 22. dxc5 Nd7 23. Ng5 f5 24. Rac1 { Rush,B-Murphy,J/50. LSS No Engine Cup Preliminary 2011/0-1 (32)}) (9... Bg4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. d4 Rad8 (11... Ne7 12. Nbd2 c6 13. c4 Bc7 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Qb3 Re7 16. Rab1 Rae8 17. g3 Qg6 18. Rfe1 Qh5 19. Qd3 Re6 20. Rxb7 Bb6 21. h4 h6 22. Ne5 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Nf3 Qe4 26. Nd2 { bluepiramid2 (1760)-batonivre (1830)/kurnik 2012/0-1 (55)}) 12. Nbd2 h6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Bb6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qc2 Rd5 17. Rac1 Rh5 18. Rfd1 Re7 19. d5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bxg4 Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 Rg5 23. Bf3 Rge5 24. Ke2 { bluepiramid2 (1705)-batonivre (1860)/kurnik 2012/1-0 (33)}) 10. d3 Qe7 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Rc1 b5 (12... Red8 13. c4 $11) 13. c4 dxc4 (13... bxc4 14. dxc4 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 $14) 14. dxc4 $14 b4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Qc2 Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 18. c5 Red8 19. Rfd1 a5 20. Qa4 Bxd2 21. Rxd2 Ne4 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Qd4 Nf6 24. Qh4 Bg6 ( 24... Bxf3 $5 25. Bxf3 Rb8 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 $16) 25. Ne5 Be4 26. Bc4 Bf5 27. g4 ( 27. Rd1 a4 28. g4 a3 29. gxf5 axb2 $16) 27... Be6 28. g5 Nd7 29. Bd3 Nf8 30. f4 Ng6 31. Qh5 c6 32. f5 (32. Nxg6 $6 hxg6 33. Qf3 a4 $15) 32... Qb7 33. Qe2 (33. Nxg6 hxg6 34. fxg6 Qxb2 35. gxf7+ Nxf7 $19) (33. fxg6 Qxb2 34. Qxh7+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Ke7 36. Qxg7 Qxc1+ 37. Kf2 Rb8 (37... Qxc5 $4 38. Bc4 Nb7 39. gxf7 $18) 38. Qf6+ Ke8 39. gxf7+ Bxf7 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. Nxc6+ Nxc6 42. Qf6+ Kf8 43. Qh6+ Ke8 44. Qxc6+ Kf8 45. Qh6+ Ke8 46. Qh8+ Kd7 47. Qd4+ Ke8 48. Qe5+ Kf8 49. Qxb8+ Kg7 50. Qe5+ Kg8 $18) (33. fxe6 $4 Qxb2 34. exf7+ Nxf7 35. Qxh7+ Kxh7 36. Bxg6+ Kg8 37. Bxf7+ Kf8 $19) 1-0 [Event "CIF"] [Site "?"] [Date "1989.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Black "Verseghi, Andras"] [Result "0-1"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "1989.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 Bxb4 4. Bc4 c6 5. Bxg8 Rxg8 6. Qh5+ Kf8 7. Qxh7 d5 8. f4 Nd7 (8... exf4 $5 9. Ne2 dxe4 10. Nxf4 Qe8 $11) 9. exd5 exf4 10. Ne2 (10. dxc6 Qe7+ 11. Ne2 bxc6 $14) 10... f3 11. gxf3 Ne5 $2 (11... cxd5 $142 $5 12. Rg1 Ne5 13. Bxe5 fxe5 $11) 12. Bxe5 $18 fxe5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Qe4 Qe7 15. f4 Rh8 $2 (15... exf4 $142 $5 16. Qxf4+ Ke8 $16) 16. fxe5 $18 (16. Qxe5 $6 Be6 17. f5 Bd5 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $14) (16. Qxc6 $4 Bb7 17. Qc4 Bxh1 18. fxe5 Rh4 $19) 16... Rh5 17. O-O+ Kg8 18. d4 (18. Qxc6 $6 Bc5+ 19. d4 Rg5+ 20. Kf2 Rxe5 $15) 18... Bh3 19. Qxc6 Rc8 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Rf4 Rxc2 22. Qa8+ Rc8 (22... Bc8 $142 $5 23. h4 Rxh4 24. Rxh4+ Qxh4 $19) 23. Qf3 $16 Qg5+ 24. Qg3 $4 (24. Kh1 $142 $16) 24... Be1 $17 25. Qxg5 Rxg5+ 26. Kh1 Rc2 27. Ng3 $2 (27. Nd2 Bg2+ 28. Kg1 Bxd2 29. Rf8+ Kh7 30. Kf2 $19) 27... Rc1 (27... Rc1 28. Na3 Rxa1 29. Rh4+ Kg8 30. Rxh3 Bxg3+ 31. Kg2 Rxa2+ 32. Kf3 Bxe5 $19) 0-1 [Event "CIF email CServe email"] [Site "?"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel, Wim H"] [Black "Fraser"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1995.??.??"] 1. b4 e5 $15 2. Bb2 f6 3. e4 Bxb4 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. f4 d6 6. f5 g6 7. a3 Bc5 8. Nc3 a6 (8... gxf5 $6 9. Qh5+ Kd7 10. Qxf5+ Ke7 11. Nd5+ Kf8 12. Qh5 $11) 9. Nge2 Nge7 10. Ng3 b5 (10... gxf5 $143 11. Qh5+ Kd7 12. Nxf5 $11) 11. Ba2 Kf8 (11... gxf5 $6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 $11) 12. d3 Kg7 (12... gxf5 $143 13. Qh5 Ng6 14. Bd5 $16 (14. Nxf5 $143 Nd4 $15)) 13. Bc1 h5 (13... Nd4 $5 $17) 14. fxg6 $15 Bg4 (14... Nxg6 $143 15. Nxh5+ Kf8 16. Rf1 $16) (14... Kxg6 $6 15. Nd5 Bd4 16. Rb1 $11) 15. Qd2 h4 (15... Kxg6 $143 16. Rf1 Qf8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 $14) 16. Nf5+ (16. Nge2 Nxg6 17. h3 Bd7 $15) 16... Nxf5 $17 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 ( 18... Kxg6 $6 19. Bd5 Bd7 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Qf2 $11) 19. dxe4 Ne7 20. Qd3 c6 21. Rf1 d5 (21... Kxg6 22. Rxf6+ Kg7 23. Rf7+ Kg8 24. Rxe7+ d5 25. exd5 Qxe7 26. d6+ Kg7 27. dxe7 $18) (21... Nxg6 $6 22. Bb3 $17) 22. Qf3 Qb6 $4 (22... Qd6 $142 23. exd5 cxd5 $19) 23. Qxf6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1991.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pommerel"] [Black "Hoffmann"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "1991.??.??"] 1. b4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 e5 4. a3 a5 (4... Nf6 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Nc3 N5f6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Ng5 Nf8 13. Nce4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Be6 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qc3 Ne6 19. Rg4 { pierred (2840)-mgilbert (2525)/net-chess.com 2015/1-0}) 5. b5 Nf6 $146 (5... d4 6. Nf3 dxe3 7. fxe3 Bg4 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qf6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. O-O Qd6 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4 Ngf6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Re1+ Be7 17. c5 Qb8 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Bxc6 Bd8 20. Bxa8 {barborski-niepis/playok.com 2012/0-1 (34)}) 6. Bb2 1-0
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