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    • Shane Bonetti

    of Australia

    Smith,Simon – Bonetti,Shane, corr or02–024, 2002:

    1.b4 e5=+ 2.a3 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.e3 Nf6 5.c4 c6 6.cd5 cd5 7.d4 ed4 
   (7...e4 8.Nc3=+) 
8.Bd4= Nc6 9.Bb2 a5 
   (9...0–0 10.Nf3=+) 
10.b5 Ne5 11.Nd2 0–0 
   (11...Bg4 12.Ngf3=) 
12.Ngf3 Qe7 
   (12...Bg4 13.Be2 Qe7 14.0–0=) 
13.Be2 Bf5 
   (13...Bg4 14.0–0=) 
14.Ne5 
   (14.Be5 Be5 15.Ne5 Qe5=) 
14...Be5 15.Be5 Qe5 16.0–0 Rfc8 17.Nf3 Qd6 18.Bd3 
   (18.Nd4 Qe5+=) 
18...Bg4= 19.h3 
   (19.Qa4 Bf3 20.gf3 Rc3=) 
19...Bf3=+ 20.Qf3 Rc3 21.Rfd1 Ra3 22.Rac1 Qe5 23.g4 
   (23.Bf5 Rb3–/+) 
23...Rb3 24.Rc2 a4 25.Qe2 a3 26.f4 
   (26.Ra2 Ne4–+) 
26...Qe6 27.Rdc1? 
   (better is 27.Kh2–+) 
27...a2! 28.f5 
   (28.Ra2 Ra2) 
28...Qe8 29.g5 a1Q 30.Ra1 Ra1 31.Kf2 Raa3 
   (31...Raa3 32.gf6 Rd3–+) 
0–1

    Bonetti,Shane – Pietrzak,Wojciech, Orang–Utan Invitational, 2002:

    1.b4 e5=+ 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Be5 Nc6 4.Bb2 Bb4 5.c4 0–0 6.e3 d5–/+ 7.cd5 Nd5 8.Nf3 
Re8 9.Bc4 Bf5 
   (9...Be6 10.Bb5–/+) 
10.0–0 Nb6 11.Bb5 Re6 
   (better is 11...Bd3!? 12.Bc6 bc6=+) 
12.Bc6+= Rc6 13.Nd4 Rc5? 
   (better is 13...Qg5 14.Nc6 Be4+/–) 
14.Nf5+– Rf5 15.Qg4 Rg5 
   (15...Qg5 16.Qb4 Rb5 17.Qd4+–) 
16.Qb4 Qd5 17.e4 
   (17.f3 Qd3+–) 
17...Qd3 
   (17...c5 18.ed5 cb4 19.Bd4+–) 
18.f4 Rg6 19.Rf2 a5 20.Qd4 Qc2 
   (20...Rd8 21.Qd3 Rd3 22.Be5+–) 
21.Na3 
   (21.Na3 Qa4 22.Rc1 Qd4 23.Bd4+–) 
1–0

    Bonetti,Shane – De Visser,Arno, Orang–Utan Invitational, 2002:

    1.b4 e5=+ 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.f4? f6 4.fe5=+ fe5 5.Be5 Nf6 6.e3 
   (6.c3 Nc6=+) 
6...0–0 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Bb2 d5 9.c4 
   (9.Be2!?=+) 
9...Qe7–/+ 10.Qe2 
   (10.Bc3 Ne4 11.Be2 Be6 12.cd5 Bd5–/+) 
10...Be6 11.cd5 Nd5 12.a3 Bd6 13.e4 Nf4 14.Qb5 Bd5 15.Nc3 Be4 16.Ne4 Qe4 
17.Kd1 a6 
   (17...Kh8 18.Ng5 Qf5 19.Qf5 Rf5 20.h4–/+) 
18.Qc4 Qc4 19.Bc4 Kh8 20.Ng5 
   (20.g3 Na5 21.Bf1 Nd5–/+) 
20...Be5 21.Nf7 Rf7 22.Be5 
   (22.Bf7 Bb2) 
22...Rf5 
   (22...Rff8 23.Bc7 b5 24.Ba2=) 
23.Bc7 b5 24.Ba2 Rc8 
   (24...Ng2 25.Rc1 Nd4 26.Bb6=+) 
25.Bf4= Rf4 26.Rc1 Ne7 
   (26...Rd4 27.Be6 Rc7 28.Re1+=) 
27.Re1 Rc1 28.Kc1 Ng6 29.d4 h5 30.d5 Nf8 
   (30...Rf6 31.Kd2+=) 
31.d6+/– g5 32.Bd5 
   (32.Bd5 Rd4 33.Re5+/–) 
1–0

    Bonetti,Shane – Hemzo,Miguel Angelo, Orang–Utan Invitational, 2002:

    1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.b5 d5=+ 4.e3 Bd6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.c4 dc4 8.Bc4 
a6 
   (8...Nb6 9.Be2=+) 
9.ba6 ba6 10.0–0 
   (10.d4 Rb8 11.Qc2 Nb6=+) 
10...Bb7 
   (10...Nb6 11.d3=+) 
11.d3 Rb8 12.Bc3 
   (12.Nbd2 Bf3 13.Bf6 Bd1 14.Bd8 Bc2=+) 
12...Nb6 13.Nbd2 Nfd5 14.Be5 Nc4 15.Nc4 Be5 
   (15...f6 16.Bd6 cd6 17.Nd4=) 
16.Nfe5= f6 17.Nf3 Nc3 
   (17...e5 18.d4=) 
18.Qd2 
   (18.Qc2 Nb5=) 
18...Bf3 
   (18...Nb5 19.Rfb1=+) 
19.gf3 
   (19.Qc3 Be2–/+) 
19...Nd5=+ 20.d4 
   (20.Rab1 Qe8=+) 
20...Qe8 21.e4 
   (21.Qa5 Qg6 22.Kh1 Qh5=+) 
21...Ne7 
   (21...Rb4 22.Rfc1 Qa4 23.Qc2=+) 
22.Rfd1 Qh5 
   (22...Qg6 23.Kh1=+) 
23.Qe3 
   (23.Qf4 Qg6 24.Qg3 Rfd8=) 
23...Ng6 
   (23...Qg6 24.Kh1 f5 25.Ne5=) 
24.Rac1= e5 25.d5 
   (25.a3 Nf4 26.Kh1 Qg5=+) 
25...f5 
   (25...Nf4 26.Kh1=+) 
26.Kh1 
   (26.Rb1 Kh8=+) 
26...fe4 
   (26...Kh8 27.Rg1=+) 
27.Nd2 
   (27.fe4!? Nf4 28.Qc3=) 
27...ef3 28.Rc7 Rb4 
   (28...Qg4 29.Rg1 Qd4 30.Qd4 ed4 31.Rd1–/+) 
29.Rg1 
   (29.Qa7!?=) 
29...Rg4 
   (29...Rd8 30.Qa7 Kh8 31.Qa6=+) 
30.d6 
   (30.Rd1 Rd4 31.Rc5 Nf4–+) 
30...Rh4 31.Qb3 
   (31.Nf1 Rd8–/+) 
31...Kh8 32.Nf1 Qg4?? 
   (better is 32...Rd8–/+) 
33.Rg4+– 
   (33.Rg4 Rg4 34.Ne3+–) 
1–0

    Zednik,Martin – Bonetti,Shane, Orang–Utan Invitational, 2002:

    1.b4 c6 2.e3 Qb6 3.a3 d5 4.Bb2 Nf6 5.Nf3 
   (5.Bd4 Qc7=) 
5...Bg4 
   (5...c5 6.Bc3=) 
6.Bf6 
   (6.h3 Bf5=) 
6...ef6 7.d4 
   (7.c4 a5 8.b5 Bd6=) 
7...a5 8.b5 cb5 
   (8...Bd6!?=) 
9.Nc3+= b4 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Bb5 Nc6 12.Nf4 
   (12.c4 bc3 13.Nc3 Bd7+/–) 
12...g5 
   (12...ba3 13.d5 Qb6 14.Qe2+= (< 14.dc6 Qb5 15.cb7 Rd8–/+)) 
13.d5 Qb6 14.dc6 
   (14.Qd3 0–0–0 15.Nh5 Bh5 16.Qf5 Kc7 17.dc6 ba3=+) 
14...Qb5= 15.cb7 
   (15.Nd4 Qc6 16.Qg4 Qc3 17.Ke2 gf4 18.Qf4 Qc4 19.Kd1 Qd5=) 
15...Qb7 16.Nd5 0–0–0 
   (16...Rd8 17.c4 (17.Nf6 Ke7 18.Qd8 Kd8 19.Rd1 Ke7 20.Ng4 Bg7–+) 
   17...Be7 18.Qa4 Kf8 19.h4+/–) 
17.c4 
   (17.e4 Bf5 18.ef5 Rd5=+) 
17...bc3= 18.e4 Bc5 
   (18...Qb2 19.0–0 Bc5 20.Rc1+/–) 
19.0–0 
   (19.Rb1 Rd5 20.ed5 Re8 21.Kf1 Qa6 22.Kg1 Re2–+) 
19...f5 20.Rb1 Qc6 
   (20...Qa8 21.Qa4 fe4 22.Qe4 Qd5 23.Qg4 f5+/–) 
21.Qb3+/– Bf3 22.gf3 fe4 23.Rfd1 
   (23.fe4 Kd7 24.Qc3 Rb8+–) 
23...c2 24.Ne7! Kc7 
   (24...Be7 25.Qb8#) 
25.Nc6 cd1Q 26.Rd1 Rd1 27.Qd1 Kc6 28.fe4 h6 
   (28...g4 29.a4 Re8 30.Qg4+–) 
29.Qd5 Kb6 30.Qb3 Kc6 31.a4 Rf8 
   (31...Rd8 32.Qb5 Kd6 33.Qa5+–) 
32.Qb5 Kd6 33.Qa5 Rc8 34.Qa6 Rc6 35.Qb7 Rc7 36.Qd5 Ke7 37.a5 
   (37.a5 f6 38.a6+–; 
   37.Qe5 Kd7+–) 
1–0

    Luehrig,Walter – Bonetti,Shane, Orang–Utan Invitational, 2002:

    1.b4 e5=+ 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Rb1= Ba5 
   (5...a5 6.Nf3=) 
6.Bd6 
   (6.e3 d5=) 
6...Bc3 7.dc3 Ne4 8.Nf3 f6 
   (8...Qa5 9.Rb4 f5 10.Qd4 Nd6 11.Qd6=+) 
9.e3 
   (9.a3 Nd6 10.Qd6 Qe7 11.Qe7 Ke7=) 
9...Nc3 10.Qd4 Qa5 11.Nd2 Qd5 
   (11...Nb1 12.Qe4 Qe5 13.Be5 Nd2 14.Qg4 fe5 15.Qg7 (15.Kd2?! 0–0=) 
   15...Nf3 16.gf3+–; 
   11...Na2?? 12.Qe4 Qe5 13.Be5+–) 
12.Rb3 
   (12.Qc3?! Qd6 13.Rb4 Qf8=) 
12...Qd4 13.ed4 Nd5 
   (13...Na4 14.Re3 Kd8 15.c4+/–) 
14.c4 Nb6 15.Re3 Kd8 16.Bd3 g6 
   (better is 16...h6+/–) 
17.Ne4+– Na4 18.Nf6 b6 
   (18...Nb2 19.Be2 Na6 20.Kd2+–) 
19.Kd2 Ba6 20.Rhe1 Kc8 21.Re8 
   (21.Ne8 Nb2 22.Nc7 Bc4 23.Re8 Re8 24.Re8 Kb7 25.Na8 Nd3 26.Rb8 Ka6+–) 
21...Re8 22.Ne8 Nb2 23.Nc7 Bc4 24.Na8 Na6 
   (24...Kb7 25.Re8 Na6 26.Be2 Ba2 27.Re7 Nc4 28.Bc4 Bc4 29.Nc7+–) 
25.Bc2 
   (better is 25.Re8!? Kb7 26.Be2 Be2 27.Ke2 Nc4+–) 
25...Ba2 26.Kc3 
   (26.Re8 Kb7 27.Kc3 Nc4+–) 
26...Nc4 27.Bf8 
   (27.Re8 Kb7 28.Be5 d5+–) 
27...Na5 
   (27...Nc7 28.Nc7 Kc7 29.Re8+–) 
28.Bd3 
   (28.Re8 Kb7+–) 
28...Kb7 29.Ba6 
   (29.Re7 b5 30.Rd7 Ka8 31.Rh7 Bd5+–) 
29...Ka6 30.Nc7 Kb7 31.Ne8 h5 
   (31...Be6 32.Bb4+–) 
32.Re7 
   (32.Bb4 Be6+–) 
32...Kc8 
   (32...Be6 33.Ng7 Bd5 34.Rd7 Ka6 35.Rd6+–) 
33.Nd6 Kc7 34.Re8 b5 35.Kb4 
   (35.Ra8 Kb6 36.Be7 Nc4+–) 
35...Kb6 36.Rb8 Kc7 37.Ra8 
   (37.Ka5?! Kb8 38.Kb4 Bd5+/–) 
37...Kb6 38.Ne8 
   (better is 38.Nc8 Kb7 39.Ra7 Kc8 40.Ka5 Kd8+–) 
38...Kb7 
   (38...Nb7 39.Bc5 Nc5 40.dc5 Kb7 41.Rd8 a5 42.Ka5+–) 
39.Rd8 
   (39.Ka5?! Ka8 40.Bc5 Bc4+–) 
39...Nc4 
   (39...Nb3 40.Rd7 Kc8 41.Ra7 Nd4 42.Ra2+–) 
40.Rd7 Kc8 
   (40...Ka6 41.Nc7 Kb7 42.Nb5 Kc8 43.Rc7 Kd8 44.Be7 Ke8 45.Nc3+–) 
41.Ra7 Bb1 
   (41...Kd8 42.Nd6 Nd6 43.Be7 Ke8 44.Bd6+–) 
42.Kc5 
   (42.Nd6 Kb8 43.Rb7 Ka8+–) 
42...Be4 43.f3 Bd5 
   (43...Kb8 44.Rg7 Bd5 45.Nf6+–) 
44.Nf6 h4 
   (44...Ne3 45.Re7 Ng2 46.Kb6 Bf7 47.Rc7 Kb8 48.Nd7 Ka8 49.Ra7) 
45.Nd5 Kb8 
   (45...cd5 46.Kd5 Ne3 47.Kc6 Kb8 48.Re7 Nc4 49.Re8 Ka7 50.Bc5 Nb6 
   51.Bb6 Ka6 52.Ra8) 
46.Ra6 Kb7 
   (46...cd5 47.Rg6 Kc8 48.Kd5 Kd8+–) 
1–0

    Van Rooijen,Peter – Bonetti,Shane, Orang–Utan Invitational, 2002:

    1.b4 f5 2.Bb2 e6 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.a3 c5 6.c4+= Nf4 7.bc5 Bc5 8.d4 Bb6 
   (8...Be7 9.Qf3 Ng6 10.c5+=) 
9.Nf3 0–0 10.Qd2 Ng6 11.Be2 d6 
   (11...Bc7 12.0–0+=) 
12.ed6+/– Ba5 
   (12...Qd6? 13.c5 Bc5 14.dc5 Qc5 15.0–0+–) 
13.Bc3 Bc3 14.Nc3 Qd6 15.0–0 
   (15.c5 Qd7+/–) 
15...Bd7 
   (15...b6 16.Qe3+/–) 
16.c5 Qc7 
   (16...Qf4 17.Qe3+/–) 
17.Bc4 Nc6 
   (17...b6 18.Ng5 Qc6 19.Rfe1+/–) 
18.Nb5 
   (18.Qe3 f4 19.Nb5 Qd8+/–) 
18...Qf4 19.Qf4 
   (19.Rfb1 Qd2 20.Nd2 Nf4+/–) 
19...Nf4 20.Nd6 Na5 21.Ba2 Rf6 
   (21...Bc6 22.Ng5 Bd5 23.Rfe1+–) 
22.Rfe1 Rb8 
   (22...Bc6 23.Ng5 Bd5 24.g3+–) 
23.Ne5 
   (23.g3 Nd5+–) 
23...Bc6 24.g3 Nd5 25.f4 Rbf8 
   (25...Rd8 26.h3+–) 
26.Nc6 bc6 
   (26...Nc6 27.Re6 Re6 28.Bd5 Nd4 29.Rd1 (29.Be6?! Ne6 30.Rc1 Rd8+/–) 
   29...Ne2 30.Kg2+–) 
27.Re5 Rb8 28.Rae1 Rff8 
   (28...g6 29.Re6 Re6 30.Bd5 cd5 31.Re6+–) 
29.Re6 Nc3 30.Re7 
   (30.R6e2!? Na2 31.Ra2 Nb3+–) 
30...Na2+/– 31.Ra7 Ra8 32.Rc7 Kh8 33.Ree7 Rf6 34.Rg7 h6 35.Rh7 Kg8 36.g4! 
Rg6 
   (36...fg4 37.Rcg7) 
37.Nf5 Rg4 
   (37...Nb3 38.Nh6 Rh6 39.Rh6 Nd4 40.f5+–) 
38.Kh1 Rg6 39.Nh6 Rh6 40.Rh6 Nc3 41.Rch7 Rf8 42.Ra7 Nc4 
   (42...Nb3 43.Rg6 Kh8 44.Rc6 Nd4 45.Rcc7+–) 
43.Rg6 
   (< 43.Rc6 Rf4 44.Rc8 Rf8 45.Rf8 Kf8+–) 
43...Kh8 44.Rc6 Nd5 
   (44...Kg8 45.Rg6 Kh8 46.Rg4+–) 
45.Rh6 
   (45.f5 Kg8+–) 
45...Kg8 46.Re6 
   (46.Rg6!? Kh8+–) 46...Rf4 47.Re8 Rf8 48.Rf8 Kf8 49.a4 Ke8 50.a5 Kd8 51.a6 Nc7 52.Rc7 Kc7 
53.h4 Ne3 54.h5 Nf5 55.d5 Kb8 56.d6 Nh6 1–0

    Bonetti,Shane – de Bouver,Guido, Orang–Utan Invitational, 2002:

    1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.b5 d5=+ 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 Be7 6.c4 0–0=+ 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0–0= 
dc4 9.Na3 
   (9.Bc4 Nb6 10.Be2 a6=) 
9...a6 10.ba6 b6 11.Nc4 Ba6 12.a4 Qc7 
   (12...Nd5 13.d4=) 
13.d4 
   (13.Qc2 Bb7=) 
13...cd4 
   (13...Rfc8 14.Nfe5=+) 
14.Qd4= Nc5 15.Qc3 Rfd8 16.Rfc1 
   (16.Rfb1 Rac8 17.Rc1 Rd5=) 
16...Rac8 
   (16...Bb7 17.a5 ba5 18.Ra5 Ra5 19.Qa5 Qa5 20.Na5=) 
17.Qc2 Nd5 ½–½

    Schmickt,Bernhard – Bonetti,Shane, corr or02–024, 2002:

    1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0–0 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bb2 d5 7.Be2 Re8 8.0–0 
Qe7 9.d3 Bf5 10.Nbd2 Rad8 11.a3 Bc5 12.c4 dc4 13.Nc4 a6 14.d4 Ba7 15.Rc1 
Qe6 16.Nce5 Ne5 17.Ne5 Qb6 18.Nc4 Qe6 19.Ne5 Qb6 20.Nc4 ½–½

    Bonetti,Shane – Schmickt,Bernhard, Orang–Utan Invitational, 2002:

    1.b4 c6 2.Bb2 a5 3.b5 cb5 4.e4 b4 5.a3 Nc6 6.ab4= Nb4 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Nc3 e6 
   (8...d5 9.Ne5 Nc6 10.Bb5=+) 
9.e5 
   (9.Bb5 Qc7=) 
9...Nfd5 10.Nb5 
   (10.Nd5 Nd5 11.Bd4 d6=) 
10...b6 
   (10...Nf4 11.g3 Nfd5 12.Ba3=) 
11.c3 
   (11.Ba3 Nf4 12.g3 Nfd5=) 
11...Nc6 12.c4 Ndb4 13.d4 
   (13.Ra4 Be7=) 
13...Ba6 
   (13...d5 14.ed6 Bd6 15.d5 (< 15.Nd6 Qd6 16.Be2 0–0=+) 15...ed5 
   16.cd5+= (< 16.Nd6 Qd6 17.cd5 Nd5–/+)) 
14.Be2 
   (14.d5 ed5 15.cd5 Na7 16.Na7 Bf1 17.Kf1 Ra7=) 
14...Bb5 
   (14...d5 15.ed6 Bb5 16.d7 Qd7 17.cb5=+) 
15.cb5= Ne7 16.0–0 Ned5 17.Qd2 Be7 18.Bc4 
   (18.Rfc1 0–0=) 
18...0–0 19.Rfe1 
   (19.Rfc1 d6=+) 
19...Rc8 
   (19...Nc7 20.Be2=+) 
20.Rac1 
   (20.Rec1 Nc7=+) 
20...f6 
   (20...Nc7 21.Qd1=+) 
21.Bb3 Rc1 22.Bc1 Qe8 23.Ba3 fe5 24.Ne5 
   (24.de5 Nf4 25.Re3 Bc5–+) 
24...Nf4–/+ 25.f3 Nbd5 
   (25...Qd8 26.Re4 Nfd5 27.Bc4–/+) 
26.Be7 Ne7 27.g3 Nfd5 28.Qc2 Qd8 29.f4 Nb4 30.Qe4 Ned5 31.Rc1 ½–½

    Luzuriaga,Norberto Horacio – Bonetti,Shane, Orang–Utan Invitational, 2002:

    1.b4 e5=+ 2.a3 d5 3.Bb2 Bd6 4.Nf3 Qe7 5.e3 Nf6=+ 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 dc4 
   (7...e4 8.c5 ef3 9.cd6 fg2 
     A) 10.de7?? gh1Q (10...gh1R?! 11.Qf3 Rg1 12.Ne2=) 11.Ne2 Ke7–+;
     B) 10.Bg2 Qd6 11.b5=+) 
8.Bc4= b5 9.Ba2 0–0 10.Ng5 a5 11.Nce4 Ne4 12.Ne4 ab4 13.ab4 Ra4 14.Nd6 
Qd6 15.0–0 
   (15.Qc2 Rd8 16.0–0 Qb4=+) 
15...Na6=+ 
   (< 15...Rb4 16.Ba3+=) 
16.Qh5 
   (16.Bb3 Ra1 17.Qa1 Re8=+) 
16...e4 17.Bb3 Ra1 18.Ra1 Nb4 19.Be5 
   (19.Ra7 Nd5=+) 
19...Qe7=+ 
   (19...Qd2 20.Qg5 Qf2 21.Kh1 g6 22.Qh6 Qg2 23.Kg2 Bh3 24.Kh3 Nd3 
   25.Qg7) 
20.Ra7 Bg4 
   (20...Qa7 21.Qg5) 
21.Qg4= Qe5 22.d4 Qb8 23.Qd7 Nd5 24.Bd5 cd5 25.h3 b4 26.Rb7 Qd8 27.Qb5 b3 
   (27...Qg5 28.Qb4 Rd8 29.Qe7 Qe7 30.Re7=) 
28.Qb3 Qd6 29.Rb6 Qd7 30.Qb4 Rd8 31.Rb7 Qe6 32.Re7 Qf6 33.Qb7 h6 
   (33...Kf8 34.Rd7 Rd7 35.Qd7+=) 
34.Rc7 
   (34.Rd7 Rd7 35.Qd7 Qe6 36.Qe6 fe6=) 
34...Qe6 
   (34...Qf5 35.Rc6=) 
35.Kf1 
   (35.Rc6 Qf5=) 
35...Qf5 
   (35...Qg6 36.Rc8 Rc8 37.Qc8 Kh7 38.Qd7=) 
36.Kg1 
   (36.Ke1 Qg5=) 
36...Qe6 
   (36...Qh5 37.Rc5=) 
37.Rc5 
   (37.Rc6 Qf5=) 
37...Qd7 
   (37...Kh7 38.Qa7=) 
38.Qd7 ½–½

    Kucharkowski,Jens – Bonetti,Shane, Orang–Utan Invitational, 2002:

    1.b4 e5=+ 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 d6 
   (4...Nf6 5.fe5 Ng4 6.e3=) 
5.fe5 de5 6.Be5 Nf6 7.e3 0–0 
   (7...Nc6 8.Bb5=+) 
8.Be2 Nc6 9.Bb2 Qe7 10.0–0 Nd5 
   (10...Rd8 11.Qc1=+) 
11.Qe1 Bf5 
   (11...f5 12.Nc3 Be6 13.Nd5 Bd5 14.c4=) 
12.Bc4 Rad8 13.Bd5 
   (13.Qg3 Bg6=) 
13...Rd5=+ 14.d4 Bb4 15.c3 Bd6 16.c4 Bb4 17.Nfd2 Ra5 18.e4 Bg6 
   (18...Re8 19.d5 Bc5 20.Kh1+/–) 
19.a3+= Bd2 20.Nd2 Rg5 
   (20...f6 21.Qe3+=) 
21.Rf4 f6 
   (21...f5 22.e5 Rg4 23.Qf2+/–) 
22.Nf3 
   (22.Qf2 Re8+=) 
22...Rh5 23.Nh4 Rd8 24.Ng6 hg6 25.Qe3 Na5 
   (25...g5 26.Rff1+=) 
26.Rc1 
   (26.c5 b5+/–) 
26...c6 
   (26...c5 27.d5+=) 
27.Qg3 
   (27.Qf3 b5 28.cb5 cb5+=) 
27...b5 
   (27...c5 28.d5 (28.Qg6?? Rg5 29.Qg5 fg5–+) 28...Kh7 29.Rg4+/–) 
28.cb5+/– Rb5 29.Qc3 Rdb8 30.Re1 
   (30.Rc2 g5 31.Rf3 Qe4=+) 
30...Rb2 
   (30...c5 31.Rf2+=) 
31.Qa5 Rc2 32.Qa6 
   (32.e5 fe5 33.Qe5 Qe5 34.de5 Ra2+=) 
32...Qd7 33.e5 fe5 34.de5 Rbb2 35.Kh1 Rg2 36.Qc4 Qd5 37.Qd5 cd5 38.h4 Rh2 
   (38...g5 39.hg5 Rh2 40.Kg1 Rbg2 41.Kf1–/+) 
39.Kg1 Rbg2 40.Kf1 g5 41.hg5 Rg5 42.Re3 Rgg2 43.e6 Ra2 44.Kg1 Rhe2 45.Re2 
Re2 46.Ra4 Re6 47.Ra7 Rd6 48.a4 
   (48.Kf2 Kh7=+) 
48...d4–/+ 49.Kf2 Kh7 
   (49...Kf8 50.Ke2 d3 51.Kd2=+) 
50.Ke2=+ Kh6 
   (50...Kg6 51.a5=+) 
51.a5 g5 52.a6 g4 53.Ra8 Kg7 54.a7 d3 
   (54...Ra6 55.Rd8 Ra7 56.Rd4 Ra2 57.Kf1=) 
55.Kd2 Ra6 ½–½

    (2010-10-20)

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