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(1) Farleigh,Richard (2200) – Lux,J
World op Philadelphia, 1995
1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.b5 a6 4.a4 ab5 5.ab5 Ra1 6.Ba1 c6 7.c4 d5 8.e3 Bd6 
9.Nf3 0–0 
   (9...Nbd7 10.Nc3 e5 11.bc6 bc6 12.cd5 cd5 13.Be2 0–0 14.0–0 Re8 
   15.Nb5 ½–½ aspasio (2550)–averoes (2455)/net–chess.com 2012) 
10.Be2 Nbd7 
   (10...Ne4 11.0–0 Qe7 12.d4 Ng5 13.c5 Nf3 14.Bf3 Bc7 15.b6 Bd8 16.Nd2 
   Nd7 17.g3 e5 18.Bg2 e4 19.Bb2 f5 20.Bc1 g5 21.f3 Qg7 22.fe4 fe4 23.Qg4 
   Nb6 24.Rf8 Qf8 25.Qh5 marvis (1750)–olovka123/playok.com 2012/1–0 
   (41)) 
11.0–0 e5 12.d3N 
   (12.d4 e4 13.Ne5 cb5 14.cd5 Qa5 15.Nd2 b4 16.Qb1 Rd8 17.Nec4 Qc7 
   18.Nd6 Qd6 19.Ne4 Ne4 20.Qe4 Nf6 21.Qb1 Nd5 22.Bf3 Be6 23.Rc1 b5 
   24.Be4 h5 25.Bd3 Rb8 26.Rc5 h4 Lehr,T–Seipel,J/Schleswig 
   Holstein–chF 1989/1–0 (54); 
   12.bc6 bc6 13.cd5 cd5=) 
12...Re8 13.Nc3 dc4 14.dc4 Nc5 15.h3 
   (15.bc6 bc6 16.Na4 Qc7 17.Nc5 Bc5=) 
15...Qe7 16.Na4 Nfe4 17.Nc5 Nc5 18.Qb1 e4 19.Qb2 f6 20.Nd2 Bc7 
   (20...Qf7!?-/+) 
21.Rd1+= Rd8 22.Qa3 b6 23.Bd4 Bd6 
   (23...Bf5 24.Qb4=) 
24.Qb2 
   (24.bc6 Qe8 25.Bc5 Bc5+/-) 
24...Bc7 25.Nf1 
   (25.Bc5 Qc5 26.Ne4 Rd1 27.Bd1 Qe7+/- (27...Qc4?? 28.Bb3 Be6 29.Bc4 Bc4 
   30.Qb4 cb5 31.Qe7+–)) 
25...Bb7 26.Ra1 Ra8 
   (better is 26...Nd3!? 27.Bd3 ed3 28.Bb6 Be5+=) 
27.Ra8+/- Ba8 28.Qa1 Line



(2) Farleigh,Richard – Guevara,Martin (2335)
Moscow ol (Men), 1994
1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.b5 d5 4.e3 a6 5.a4 ab5 6.ab5 Ra1 7.Ba1 c6 8.Nf3 Bd6 
9.Be2 
   (9.d4 Qa5 10.Nbd2 cb5 11.Bd3 Bd7 12.0–0 Bc6 13.Ne5 Nbd7 14.f4 0–0 
   15.Rf3 Ra8 16.Rh3 Qa1 17.Qa1 Ra1 18.Kf2 Ra2 19.Nd7 Bd7 20.Kf3 b4 21.g4 
   Ba4 22.Nb3 Ne4 23.Be4 de4 croach (2320)–pcmvr (2850)/net–chess.com 
   2011/0–1) 
9...0–0 10.0–0 Nbd7 
   (10...Bd7 11.h3 cb5 12.Nd4 b4 13.d3 Nc6 14.Nd2 Nd4 15.Bd4 Qc7 16.Bf6 
   gf6 17.Bh5 f5 18.f4 f6 19.Rf3 Kh8 20.Rg3 Rg8 21.Rg8 Kg8 22.Qf3 Ba4 
   23.e4 de4 24.de4 Bc2 25.ef5 horacyad2010–koune/kurnik 2013/1–0 (31)
   ) 
11.c4 Nb6N 
   (11...e5 12.bc6 bc6 13.Qa4 c5 14.cd5 Nd5 15.Qc6 N7f6 16.Be5 Be5 
   17.Ne5 Qe7 18.Nd3 Bf5 19.Qc5 Qc5 20.Nc5 Rc8 21.d4 Ne4 22.Rc1 Nc5 
   23.dc5 Kf8 24.Nd2 Bg6 25.Nf3 f6 26.Nd4 b4_player–opponent/
   gamecolony.com 2007/1–0 (33)) 
12.d3 cb5 13.cb5 Bd7 14.Qb3 Qe7 15.Bd4 Bc5 16.Bc5 Qc5 Exerts pressure 
on the isolated pawn 17.d4 Qc7 18.Ne5 Rc8 19.Bd3 Be8 20.g4 
   (20.Nd2 Qc3 21.Qc3 Rc3=) 
20...Nfd7 21.f4 
   (21.Nf3!?+=) 
21...Ne5-/+ 22.fe5 Nc4 23.Rc1 Qa5 24.Qc2 g6 
   (24...Bb5?! 25.Bh7 Kf8 26.Qf2+=; 
   worse is 24...Qb5 25.Nd2+=) 
25.Qf2 Bb5 26.h4 Qd8 27.Nc3 Be8 28.Rb1? 
   (better is 28.e4-/+) 
28...Ne5!–+ 29.de5 Rc3 30.Qd2 
   (30.Bf1 Bc6 31.Ra1 d4–+) 
30...Rc8 
   (30...d4 31.Rb4 Qh4 32.Rd4 Qg3 33.Kf1–+) 
31.g5 
   (31.Qf2 Qc7 32.Qb2 Qc3 33.Qc3 Rc3–+) 
31...Qc7 32.h5? 
   (32.Qb2 Qc3 33.Qc3 Rc3 34.Rd1–+) 
32...Qe5 33.hg6 Qg5 34.Kf2 fg6 35.Rb7 
   (35.Qb4 Ra8 36.Qf4 Ra2 37.Be2–+) 
35...Bc6 36.Rb4 Rf8 
   (better is 36...d4 37.Rd4 e5 38.Bc4 Kg7–+) 
37.Ke2 
   (37.Rf4 Ra8 38.Qc2–+) 
37...Qh5 38.Ke1 
   (38.Rg4 Qg4 39.Ke1 Qg1 40.Ke2 Qf1) 
38...Qh1 39.Ke2 Qf1 0–1



(3) Farleigh,Richard – De Firmian,Nick E
Philadelphia, PA USA, 1995
1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.b5 c5 4.e3 d5 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.c4 Bd6 7.Be2 b6 8.Qc2N 
   (8.0–0 Bb7 9.a4 (9.d4 cd4 10.ed4 dc4 11.Bc4 0–0 12.Nbd2 Rc8 13.Rc1 
   Nd5 14.Re1 N7f6 15.Qa4 Qe7 16.Ne5 Rc7 17.Ndf3 Nf4 18.Qb3 Rfc8 19.Bf1 
   Ng6 20.Rc7 Rc7 21.Ng6 hg6 22.g3 Bd5 23.Qe3 Ba2 Zelanti,M–Wege,H 
   (1910)/Berlin GER 2012/0–1 (54)) 9...dc4 10.Bc4 Qc7 11.h3 Ne5 
   12.Ne5 Be5 13.Be5 Qe5 14.Nc3 Nd5 15.Ne2 (15.Qb3 Nc3 16.Qc3 Qc3 17.dc3 
   0–0–0 18.Rfd1 Rd1 19.Rd1 Rd8 ½–½ Merkl–Fischer,A/corr SOK–89–30 
   1989) 15...Ne3 16.fe3 Qe4 17.Rf2 Qc4 18.Rc1 Qe4 19.Qc2 Qc2 20.Rc2 
   Rc8 21.Nc3 Ke7 22.Ra2 Bd5 Gerold–Fischer,A/corr SOK–87–15 1987/0–1 
   (42)) 
8...Bb7 9.d3 0–0 10.Nbd2 Qe7 11.a4 e5 12.e4 de4 13.de4 Nh5 14.0–0–0?? 
   (better is 14.g3=) 
14...Nf4 15.Bf1 
   (15.Nb1 a6–+) 
15...Ne6 16.g3 a6 17.Bh3 Nd4 18.Qd3 ab5 19.ab5 Ra4 20.Nh4 g6 21.Rhe1 Nf6 
22.f3 Bc8 
   (22...Rd8!? 23.Ng2–+) 
23.Bc8 Rc8 24.Ng2 Qa7 25.Qc3 Bf8 26.Ne3 Bh6 27.Kb1 
   (27.Nc2–+) 
27...Ra8 28.Nc2 
   (28.Kc1 Rb4–+) 
28...Rb4! 29.f4 
   (29.Nb4 cb4 Passed pawn) 
29...Rb3!! 30.Nb3 
   (30.Nb3 Qa2 Double attack (30...Qa2 Decoy)) 
30...Qa2 31.Kc1 Nb3 
   (31...Nb3 32.Qb3 Qb3–+) 
0–1



(4) Farleigh,Richard (2200) – Ivanov,Alexander (2530)
World op Philadelphia, 1995
1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.Nf3 Nd7 4.b5 Ngf6 
   (4...e6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Bg7 Bf3 7.Qf3 Be5 8.Bh8 Bh8 9.Nc3 Ngf6 10.Be2 Ne4 
   11.Ne4 Ba1 12.Nc3 Bc3 13.dc3 Qe7 14.c4 Qb4 15.Kf1 dc4 16.g3 Qb5 17.Qe4 
   0–0–0 18.Bc4 Qc5 19.Bb3 thecat74–voschtabrog/playok.com 2012/1–0) 
5.e3 
   (5.a4 Bf3 6.gf3 e5 7.Rg1 g6 8.e3 Bc5 9.a5 0–0 10.a6 b6 11.Ra4 Qe7 
   12.f4 e4 13.h4 Ne8 14.Qh5 f5 15.Qh6 Ndf6 16.Be2 Rf7 17.Nc3 Qe6 18.h5 
   Bf8 19.Qg5 Rg7 Nadanian,A (2375)–Ponomariov,R (2565)/Kiev–NIKA 1997/
   0–1 (38)) 
5...e5N 
   (5...e6 6.h3 Bf3 7.Qf3 c6 8.a4 a6 9.c4 ab5 10.cb5 Bb4 11.Qf4 Qa5 
   12.Be2 0–0 13.0–0 Bd2 14.bc6 bc6 15.Ba3 e5 16.Qh4 Rfb8 17.Bd6 Rb7 
   18.Nd2 Qd2 19.Bg4 Ng4 20.Qg4 Sergeeva,T (2165)–Zaitseva,L (2375)/
   Yerevan ol (Women) 1996/0–1 (50)) 
6.Be2 Bd6 7.h3 Bh5 8.Nh4 
   (8.Nc3!?=) 
8...Be2-/+ 9.Qe2 g6 10.Nf3 a6 11.Nc3 0–0 12.0–0 e4 13.Nd4 ab5 14.Ndb5 Bc5 
15.a4 c6 16.Nd4 Re8 17.Ba3 Ba3 18.Ra3 Qe7 19.Rfa1 Ne5 20.d3? 
   (better is 20.R3a2!?-/+) 
20...b5–+ 21.R3a2 ba4?? 
   (21...b4 22.Nd1 c5 23.Nb5 ed3 24.cd3–+) 
22.Nd1? 
   (better is 22.de4!? a3 23.f4+=) 
22...c5 
   (22...a3!? 23.Qd2 Ra6–+) 
23.Nb5-/+ ed3 24.cd3 c4 
   (24...Ra5!? 25.Ndc3 Rb8-/+) 
25.d4 Nc6 26.Qf3 
   (better is 26.Ra4!? Ra4 27.Ra4=) 
26...Reb8 27.Nc7 
   (27.Ndc3 Ra5 28.Nc7 Qc7 29.Qf6 Rb3-/+) 
27...Ra5 
   (27...Ra7!? 28.Nd5 Nd5 29.Qd5 Nb4 30.Qc4 Na2 31.Qa2 a3–+) 
28.g4?? 
   (better is 28.Nc3 Qc7 29.Qf6-/+) 
Rb3–+ 
   (28...Rb3 29.Ra4 Nd4 (29...Qc7?! 30.Qf6 c3 31.Nc3 Rc3 32.Ra5 Na5 
   33.Kg2–+) 30.Qf6 Qf6 31.Ra5 Qh4 32.Nd5 Nf3 33.Kg2 Ne1 34.Kf1 Nc2–+; 
   28...Qc7?! 29.Qf6 Rba8 30.Nc3–+) 
0–1



(5) Farleigh,Richard – Ker,Anthony F (2325)
Moscow ol (Men), 1994
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c3 Be7 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bf6 Bf6 7.e3 0–0 8.Bd3 
   (8.Bb5 d5 9.Bc6 bc6 10.h3 Rb8 11.Qa4 Bf5 12.Nd2 Re8 13.Qc6 Bd3 
   14.Ngf3 Re6 15.Qa4 c5 16.Qa7 Ra6 17.Qc5 Be7 18.Qe7 Qe7 19.Ne5 Bb5 
   20.c4 dc4 21.0–0 c3 22.Ndc4 Qc7 leslawg–fuszer44/kurnik 2012/0–1) 
8...d5 9.Ne2 Re8 10.Qc2N 
   (10.0–0 Bg5 11.h3 Qd6 12.Qc2 g6 13.Nd2 b6 14.e4 de4 15.Ne4 Qe7 16.Ng5 
   Qg5 17.f4 Qe7 18.Rae1 f5 19.Nc1 Be6 20.Bb5 Qd6 21.Qa4 Bd7 22.Nd3 Kg7 
   23.Ne5 Ne5 24.fe5 Bb5 Stefanov,P (2425)–Mrkvicka,J (2480)/WCCC32SF02 
   ICCF 2008/½–½ (34)) 
10...g6 11.0–0 Ne7 12.Nd2 Bg7 13.a4 Bf5 14.Rfb1 Rb8 15.Ra2 Bd3 16.Qd3 Nf5 
17.Rab2 Nd6 18.c4 dc4 19.Nc4 b6 20.Nd6 Qd6 
   (worse is 20...cd6 21.a5+/-) 
21.Qc4 a5 22.h3 Rbc8 23.Rc2 c5 24.Qa6 Qd7 25.Rbc1 Bf8 
   (25...Rc6 26.Qb5+=) 
26.Nf4 
   (26.Qb6!? cd4 27.Rc8 Rc8 28.Rc8 Qc8 29.Nd4 Qc1 30.Kh2+/-) 
26...Rcd8 27.Rc4 Bd6 28.Nd5 Kg7 
   (28...Qf5!? 29.dc5 Qd5 (worse is 29...bc5 30.e4 Qe5 31.f4+=) 30.cd6 Rd6=) 
29.dc5 
   (29.Qb6?! cd4 30.Rd4 Be5+=) 
29...bc5 30.Nc3 
   (30.Qa5 Ra8 31.Qb5+/-) 
30...Re6 
   (30...Ra8 31.Qb5 Qf5 32.Qb3=) 
31.Qb5 
   (31.Qa5 f5+/-) 
31...Qe7 
   (31...Qa7 32.Qb3+=) 
32.Nd5 
   (32.Qa5 Rc8 33.Nd5 Qb7+/-) 
32...Qg5 33.Nf4 
   (33.Qa5? Qd5 34.Qc3 Kg8–+) 
33...Rf6 34.Qa5 Rd7 35.Qb5 Re7 36.Qb2 Be5 37.Qd2 Rd6 38.Qc2 Rc6 
   (38...Bf4!? 39.Rf4 Rd5+/-) 
39.Nd3+– Bd6 40.Nc5 Bc5 41.Rc5 Rc5 42.Qc5 Qf6 43.Rd1 Rb7 44.e4 Qb6 45.Qc3 
Qf6 46.e5 Qe7 47.Rd6 Rb1 48.Kh2 Rc1 49.Qd4 Rc4 50.Qd5 
   (better is 50.Rg6! hg6 51.Qc4 Qe5 52.f4+–) 
50...Ra4 51.Rd7 Ra5 52.Re7 
   (worse is 52.Qa5 Qd7 53.Qc3 Qd8+/-) 
52...Rd5 53.e6 Rf5? 
   (better is 53...Kf6 54.Rf7 Ke6 55.Rh7 Kf6+–) 
54.Ra7?? 
   (better is 54.Rf7 Rf7 55.ef7+–) 
54...Rf2= 55.ef7 ½–½



(6) Farleigh,Richard – Al Modiahki,Mohamad (2370)
Moscow ol (Men), 1994
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nf6 4.c4 g6 5.d4 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Qe7 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Nc3 0–0 
9.0–0 e4N 
   (9...Re8 10.a4 e4 11.Nd2 h5 12.a5 Nf8 13.Qc2 a6 14.Rfc1 c6 15.Na4 Bf5 
   16.Nb6 Rad8 17.d5 cd5 18.cd5 N8d7 19.Ndc4 h4 20.h3 g5 21.Qd1 Kh7 
   22.Nd7 Rd7 23.Nb6 Rc7 24.Rc7 Rodriguez,A–Lida/corr ARG–99–1081 1987/
   1–0 (35)) 
10.Nd2 Re8 11.b5 Nf8 12.a4 h5 13.Ba3 Bf5 14.c5 dc5 15.Bc5 Qd8 16.a5 N6d7 
   (16...h4 17.h3+=) 
17.Nb3 
   (17.Bb4!?+/-) 
17...Qg5 18.Re1 Ne6 19.Bb4 Nf6 20.f4 
   (20.a6 b6+=) 
20...ef3= 21.Bf3 Ng4 22.Qd2 
   (22.a6 Rad8 23.Qc1 ba6 
     A) 24.Ra6? Nd4 25.Nd4 
        A1) worse is 25...Bd4 26.Nd5 (26.ed4?? Qh4 27.Ne2 Qh2 28.Kf1 Qh1 
         29.Ng1 Bd3 30.Be2 Re2 31.Re2 Rd4–+) 26...Ne3 27.Ne3 Re3 
         28.Kh1–+;
        A2) 25...Rd4–+;
     B) 24.Bc6-/+) 
22...Rad8+= 23.Bg4 
   (23.Bb7?? Nd4 24.ed4 Qd2 25.Nd2 Bd4 26.Kh1 Nf2 27.Kg1 Nd1 28.Kf1 Bd3 
   29.Ne2 Ba1–+) 
23...Bg4 24.Qf2 h4 25.Rf1 
   (25.b6 ab6 26.ab6 cb6 27.Kh1-/+) 
25...f5-/+ 26.d5 Nf8 
   (26...Bc3!? 27.Bc3 Rd5–+) 
27.Rfe1 h3 28.b6 
   (28.Qf4 Qh5 29.g3-/+ (29.Qc7?? Be5 30.Qe5 Re5–+)) 
28...ab6 29.ab6 cb6 30.Nd4? 
   (better is 30.Qf4 Nh7 31.Nd2–+) 
30...Re3!–+ 31.Ncb5 White prepares d6 
   (31.Re3 Bd4 Decoy; 
   31.Qe3 Qe3 Double attack) 
31...f4 32.d6 Qd5 
   (better is 32...Bd7!? 33.Bd2 Bb5 34.Nb5 Ba1 35.Be3 fe3 36.Qa2 Kh7 37.Qe2–+) 
33.Re3 fe3 34.Qa2 Qa2 35.Ra2 Ne6 36.Ne6? 
   (36.gh3 Bh3 37.Ne6 Be6 38.Rg2–+) 
36...Be6 37.Ra3 
   (37.Rc2 Rf8 38.d7 Ra8 39.Rc8 Rc8 40.dc8Q Bc8–+) 
37...Bc4 38.Nc7 
   (38.Re3 Bb5 39.Bc3 hg2 40.Kg2 Rd6–+) 
38...e2 39.gh3 
   (39.Rh3 Bd4 40.Kh1–+) 
39...Bd4 40.Kg2 Bc5 41.Ra8 Ra8 42.Na8 Bb4 43.d7 
   (43.Kf3 e1Q 44.Nc7 Qe2 45.Kf4 Bd6 46.Kg5 Kf7 47.Nd5 Qh5) 
Be7 
   (43...Be7 44.Nc7 e1Q 45.d8Q Bd8 46.Kf3 Qe2 47.Kf4 g5 48.Kg3 Bc7; 
   43...Bd5 44.Kg3 e1Q 45.Kf4 Bd2 46.Kg4 Qg1 47.Kh4 Qg5) 
0–1



(7) Farleigh,Richard – Kaliksteyn,Alexander (2405)
World op Philadelphia, 1995
1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.b5 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 b6 7.0–0 Bb7 8.c4 c5 
9.Qc2 Nbd7 
   (9...dc4 10.Qc4 Bd5 11.Qc2 Nbd7 12.Nc3 Qc7 13.h3 Rfc8 14.Rac1 Ba2 
   15.Na2 Nd5 16.d4 Nb4 17.Nb4 c4 18.Nc6 Bf6 19.Qc4 Kh8 20.Ba3 h6 21.Rc2 
   a5 22.Rfc1 Qb7 23.d5 e5 24.d6 brozal–corvas005/kurnik 2012/1–0) 
10.a4N 
   (10.d3 h6 (10...Qc7 11.Nbd2 Rad8 12.a4 Ne8 13.a5 Nd6 14.Qb3 Nc8 
   15.Ra4 Bf6 16.Rfa1 d4 17.ab6 ab6 18.e4 e5 19.Nf1 g6 20.Bc1 Bg7 21.Ng3 
   h6 22.Qd1 Nf6 23.h3 Nd6 24.Bd2 Ra8 25.Ra8 Alonso,F–Georg,D/American 
   op USA 1996/½–½ (41)) 11.Nbd2 Nh7 12.Ne5 Ne5 13.Be5 Bf6 14.f4 
   Be5 15.fe5 dc4 16.Nc4 Qg5 17.Bf3 Bd5 18.Qe2 Bc4 19.Ba8 Bd3 20.Qd3 Ra8 
   21.Qe4 Rf8 22.Rad1 Qe7 23.Rd6 Ng5 24.Qc6 Nh7 carocan 
   (1795)–zakapior51 (1700)/kurnik 2011/0–1 (37); 
   10.cd5 Nd5 11.Nc3 Bf6 12.Rfd1 Nb4 13.Qb3 Nd5 14.Rac1 Nc3 15.Bc3 Bc3 
   16.Qc3 a6 17.a4 ab5 18.ab5 Bd5 19.d4 Qf6 20.Qd3 cd4 21.Qd4 Nc5 22.Qf6 
   gf6 23.Nd4 Ra2 24.Bf1 Rb2 pcmvr (2810)–tcc (2560)/net–chess.com 2007
   ) 
10...Rc8 11.d3 Bd6 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.h3 Rfd8 14.a5 Ne5 15.ab6 ab6 16.Ra7 Ng6 
17.Rfa1 Qe7 18.Bc3 Bb8 19.R7a4 Nh5 20.Qb2 Qc7 
   (better is 20...Nf6+=) 
21.d4?? 
   (better is 21.cd5 ed5 22.d4+/-) 
21...cd4+= 22.Bd4 
   (22.ed4 Nhf4 23.Bf1 dc4 24.Rc4+= (24.Nc4?? Nh3 25.gh3 Bf3–+; 
   24.Bc4?? Ng2 25.d5 ed5–+)) 
22...e5-/+ 23.Ne5 Ne5 24.Bh5? 
   (24.f4 Nf4 25.ef4 Nc4 26.Nc4 dc4-/+) 
24...Nc4?? 
   (24...Nd3 25.Qc3 Qh2 26.Kf1 dc4-/+) 
25.Nc4 Qh2 26.Kf1 dc4 27.Bf3 Bf3 28.gf3 Qh3 29.Ke2 Qf5 30.Qc3 
   (30.Rc1 Qd3 31.Ke1 c3 32.Rc3 Rc3 33.Qc3 Qb1 34.Ke2 Qb5 35.Qc4 Qd7+=) 
30...f6 
   (30...Be5 31.Be5 Rd3 32.Qc1 Qe5 33.Rc4-/+) 
31.Rg1 
   (31.Rc1 Bd6-/+) 
31...Kh8 
   (31...Be5 32.Be5 Qe5 33.Qe5 fe5 34.Ra7-/+) 
32.Ra6? 
   (better is 32.Rc1+=) 
32...Be5–+ 33.Be5 fe5 
   (33...Qe5?! 34.Qe5 fe5 35.Rb6=) 
34.e4 
   (34.Rc1 Rd3 35.Qc2 Rcd8 36.Rb6 Qd7–+) 
34...Qf6 35.Ra7?? 
   (better is 35.Rd1 Rd1 36.Kd1–+) 
35...Rd3 36.Qc1 Qf3 37.Ke1 Rcd8 38.Ra1 Qe4 39.Kf1 R3d7 
   (better is 39...Qf3!? 40.Rg3 Rd1 41.Qd1 Rd1 42.Rd1 Qd1 43.Kg2–+) 
40.Qe1 Qd3 
   (40...Qf3 41.Rg3 Qh1 42.Rg1–+) 
41.Kg2 
   (41.Qe2–+) 
41...Qg6 42.Kf1 Qd3 
   (better is 42...Qh5 43.Qe3 Rd1 44.Kg2 R1d3–+) 
43.Kg2= Rf8 0–1



(8) Farleigh,Richard – Rodriguez,Andres (2430)
Moscow ol (Men), 1994
1.b4 c6 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bb2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.c4 0–0 6.Qb3 
   (6.Nc3 d5 7.Be2 Qd6 8.Qb3 dc4 9.Qc4 Bg4 10.h3 Bf3 11.Bf3 Nbd7 12.d4 
   Nb6 13.Qb3 Nfd5 14.b5 Nc3 15.Bc3 Nd5 16.Bb2 Rfd8 17.Ba3 Qe6 18.bc6 bc6 
   19.0–0 Rab8 20.Qc4 Rb6 Anastasian,A (2545)–Chuprov,A (2410)/St 
   Petersburg op 1994/½–½ (62)) 
6...d6 7.d4 Bf5N 
   (7...Bg4 8.Nbd2 Re8 9.Bd3 Na6 10.h3 Bc8 11.Rd1 Nc7 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3 
   a5 14.ba5 Ra5 15.Bc3 Ra8 16.Rd2 Bc8 17.e4 Ne6 18.Ne2 Bh6 19.Rb2 Nf4 
   20.Nf4 Bf4 21.Bb1 Nh5 22.g4 Kalepky,H (2080)–Geyler,S (1915)/
   Wiesbaden GER 2012/1–0 (61)) 
8.Be2 a5 9.b5 a4 10.Qa3 cb5 11.cb5 Nbd7 12.0–0 Nb6 13.Nbd2 Ne4 
   (better is 13...Nbd5!?+=) 
14.Ne4+= Be4 15.Nd2 Bf5 16.Rac1 Qb8 17.Nc4 Qa7 18.Nd2 Rfc8 19.e4 Bd7 20.e5 
Bh6 21.Rc8 Nc8 22.Ne4 Qb6 23.d5 Bg7 
   (better is 23...de5!? 24.Be5 Bf5+= (24...Bb5?? 25.Rb1+–)) 
24.e6+/- fe6 25.Bg7 Kg7 26.de6 Bb5? 
   (better is 26...Be8 27.Rd1 Qa5+–) 
27.Bb5 
   (better is 27.Qb2 Kg8 28.Qb5 Qb5 29.Bb5+–) 
27...Qb5+= 28.f4 
   (better is 28.Nc3 Qe5 29.Qb4 Qe6 30.Qb7+=) 
28...Qe8?? 
   (better is 28...d5 29.Nc3 Qb6 30.Kh1 Qe6-/+) 
29.Qc3+– Kg8 30.Nf6?? 
   (better is 30.f5 Qc6 31.Qf3+–) 
30...ef6–+ 31.Qf6 Ne7 ½–½



(9) Farleigh,Richard – Matamoros Franco,CS (2415)
Moscow ol (Men), 1994
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Nd7 4.c4 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 Ngf6 7.d3 0–0 8.Nc3 Re8 
   (8...c6 9.0–0 Qe7 10.a4 Rd8 11.a5 Nf8 12.a6 d5 13.ab7 Bb7 14.Qb3 e4 
   15.de4 Ne4 16.Ne4 Qe4 17.Bg7 Kg7 18.Qc3 Kg8 19.Ra5 Rd7 20.Ne5 Re7 
   21.Ng4 d4 22.Qa1 Nd7 23.Rd1 pcmvr (2760)–fhupp (2310)/net–chess.com 
   2006/1–0; 
   8...a5 9.a3 ab4 10.ab4 Ra1 11.Qa1 c6 12.0–0 Re8 pcmvr 
   (2225)–oliveira (2370)/net–chess.com 2006) 
9.Qb3N 
   (9.0–0 Nf8 10.Qb3 h6 11.d4 c6 12.de5 de5 13.Rfd1 Qc7 14.b5 e4 15.Nd2 
   Bg4 16.h3 Be2 17.Ne2 N8d7 18.bc6 Qc6 19.Nd4 Qc8 20.Nb5 Bf8 21.Nf1 Nc5 
   22.Qc2 Nfd7 23.Nd6 Bd6 Howes,T–Kocandrle,J (2140)/internet 2004/1/
   2–½ (32); 
   9.Qc2 Nf8 10.a4 Bd7 11.a5 a6 12.0–0 h5 13.Rfd1 N8h7 14.e4 Bg4 15.Bc1 
   Nd7 16.Be3 Bf3 17.Bf3 Ng5 18.Be2 Ne6 19.Rdb1 Kh7 20.Qd2 Rg8 21.Bd1 f5 
   22.f3 Qf8 23.Bb3 Re8 Rogers,I–Piket,J/Groningen 1989/1–0 (56)) 
9...a6 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nge4 Ne4 12.de4 c6 13.Rd1 Qe7 14.0–0 b5 15.a4 bc4 
16.Qc4 Bb7 17.Qd3 Bf8 18.f4 a5 
   (18...ef4 19.Qd4 f3 20.gf3 c5 21.bc5 Qg5 22.Kh1 Qc5= (22...Nc5?? 
   23.Nd5 Re5 24.f4+–)) 
19.f5 
   (19.b5 ef4 20.Rf4 Ne5+=) 
19...gf5 
   (better is 19...ab4 20.fg6 Nf6 21.gf7 Qf7+=) 
20.Rf5?? 
   (better is 20.ba5 fe4 21.Ne4=) 
20...ab4–+ 21.Bh5 bc3 22.Ba3?? 
   (better is 22.Bf7 Kh8 23.Be8 cb2 24.Bd7 Qd7 25.Qb3-/+) 
22...Nf6–+ 23.Rf6 
   (23.Bd6 Qd6 24.Qf1–+) 
23...Qf6 24.Rf1 
   (24.Qc3 Ba6 25.a5–+) 
24...Ba6 25.Qa6 
   (25.Rf6?? Bd3 26.Bf7 Kg7 27.Be8 Kf6 28.Bc6 Ra6–+) 
25...Ra6 26.Rf6 Ra4 27.Bc1 Ra1 28.Rf1 Rb8 29.Bf7 Kg7 30.Bc4 
   (30.Be6 Rbb1 31.Kf2 Rc1 32.Rc1 Rc1–+) 
30...d5! 31.ed5 Rbb1 32.dc6 Rc1 33.c7 Rf1 34.Bf1 Ra8 35.Bd3 Bd6 0–1



(10) Farleigh,Richard – Inocencio,Edgarlino S (2275)
World op, 1995
1.b4 g6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 0–0 5.c4 d6 6.Be2 a6 
   (6...Nc6 7.b5 Na5 8.0–0 a6 9.a4 Bf5 10.d3 c6 11.Nbd2 Qc7 12.h3 ab5 
   13.ab5 cb5 14.cb5 Rfc8 15.Rc1 Qb8 16.Rc8 Qc8 17.Qb1 Qe8 18.Bd4 Bd7 
   19.Ne4 Bb5 20.Bf6 Bf6 21.Nf6 Teske,H (2170)–Baer,W (2255)/RSX7E – 
   A15 – Engl vs. Koen.Ind–1 2009/½–½) 
7.d3N 
   (7.0–0 c5 (7...c6 8.d3 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 b6 10.Rb1 Bb7 11.h3 b5 12.a3 a5 
   13.d4 ab4 14.ab4 bc4 15.Nc4 Ba6 16.Qd3 d5 17.Qd2 dc4 18.Bc3 Ne4 19.Qc2 
   Nc3 20.Qc3 Nb6 21.Rb2 Bb5 22.Rd1 aniabielak–chequemate26/kurnik 2012/
   0–1 (35)) 8.a3 Nc6 9.d4 cb4 10.ab4 Nb4 11.Qb3 Nc6 12.Nbd2 Qc7 
   13.Rfc1 Rb8 14.e4 b6 15.e5 de5 16.de5 Ng4 17.e6 Be6 18.Bg7 Kg7 19.Qc3 
   Kg8 20.h3 Nf6 21.Nd4 Nd4 emeryt85–torrino/kurnik 2011/0–1 (49)) 
7...Nc6 8.Qb3 e5 9.Nc3 Bf5 10.0–0 Re8 11.a4 a5 12.b5 Nb4 13.e4 Bg4 14.Nd5 
c5 15.h3 Nbd5 
   (better is 15...Bd7!?=) 
16.cd5+/- 
   (worse is 16.ed5 Bd7=; 
   worse is 16.hg4 Nf4 17.Qd1 Ng4-/+) 
16...Bc8 17.Nd2 b6 18.Nc4 Bh6 19.Qd1 Rf8 20.Bc1 Bg7 21.Bg5 h6 22.Be3 Ne8 
23.Qd2 Kh7 24.Rae1 f5 25.f4 g5 26.fg5 f4 27.g6 Kg6 28.Bf2 Rb8 29.Qd1 Rb7 
30.Bg4 Bf6 31.Bc8 Qc8 32.Qf3 Kh7 33.Kh2 Bd8 34.Rg1 Rg7 35.Re2 Qd7 36.Be1 
Rg6 37.Kh1 Rfg8 38.Nd2 Kh8 39.Qf1 
   (39.Rf1 Nf6 40.Nc4 Rg5+=) 
39...Nf6= 40.Qf3 
   (40.Rf2=) 
40...Qh7 
   (40...Rg3!? 41.Bg3 Rg3=) 
41.g3 Qd7 42.Kh2 Qg7 
   (better is 42...Nh7!?=) 
43.Reg2+/- fg3 44.Rg3 Rg3 45.Rg3 Qh7 
   (45...Qf7!?+/-) 
46.Rg8 Qg8 
   (46...Ng8 47.Qf8 Be7 48.Qe8+/-) 
47.Nc4 Ne8 48.Bd2 Qg7 
   (48...Qg6 49.Qf8 Kh7 50.Nd6 Nd6 51.Qd8+–) 
49.Qh5 Qf8 
   (49...Nf6 50.Qh6 Qh6 51.Bh6+–) 
50.Qh6 
   (50.Bh6?! Qf2 51.Kh1 Qf1 52.Kh2 Qf2 53.Kh1 Qf1 54.Kh2 Qf2=) 
50...Qh6 51.Bh6 Kg8 52.Kg3 1–0



(11) Goldsmith,Alan – Farleigh,Richard
AUS–ch Melbourne, 1982
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cb4 3.d4 d5 4.ed5 Qd5 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.c4 bc3 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.d5 Nb8 
9.Nf3 Nf6 10.Bc4 g6 11.0–0 Bg7 12.d6 0–0N 
   (12...e6 13.Nb5 Na6 14.d7 Bd7 15.Nd6 Ke7 16.Nf7 Rhc8 17.Qd6 Kf7 
   18.Bf6 Kf6 19.Qd4 Kf7 20.Qd7 Kg8 21.Qe6 Kh8 22.Rae1 Nc5 23.Qd5 Rd8 
   24.Qg5 Qc7 25.h4 Rf8 26.Re7 Qd6 27.Ne5 Jakubiec,A (2375)–Antosik,A/
   Karvina op 1994/0–1) 
13.de7 Re8 14.Re1 Qb6?? 
   (14...Qb4 15.Nb5 
     A) 15...Qc4?? 16.Nd6 Qc6 17.Ne5 Re7 18.Nc6 Nc6 19.Re7 (19.Nc8?! 
      Re1 20.Qe1 Rc8+–) 19...Ne7 20.Qf3+–;
     B) 15...Qb2?? 16.Rb1 Qb1 17.Qb1+–;
     C) 15...Be6 16.Be6 fe6+–) 
15.Bf7 Kf7 16.Ng5 Kg8 17.Nd5?? 
   (17.Qa4 Be6 18.Re6 (18.Ne6?! Qb2 19.Qc4 Kh8+–) 18...Qb2 19.Qc4+–) 
17...Qb2= 18.Nf6 Qf6 19.Qd5 Kh8?? 
   (better is 19...Be6! 20.Re6 Qd4=) 
20.Nf7+– Qf7 21.Qf7 Bd7 22.Rad1 Nc6 
   (22...Bh6+–) 
23.Rd7 Ne5 
   (23...Bh6 24.Rb7 Bg7 25.Rd7+–) 
24.Qe8! Re8 25.Rd8 
   (25.Rd8 Kg8 26.Re8 Kf7 27.Rg8 Ke7 28.Rg7 Kf6 29.Rb7+–) 
1–0

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