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Boris GALOIC

of Croatia
    
    
    (2015-04-01)
    (All annotations below by Fritz)
    (Games' source: Marek's 1.b4 database)
    
    
    
        
    
    (1) Galoic,Boris (1950) – Jelecevic,Ivo (2180)
    Velika Gorica op 7th, 2007
    
    1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.a3 c5 4.bc5 Bc5 5.e3 Qb6 6.Bf6 gf6 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.g3 a6 
    10.Bg2 Qa5 11.0–0 d5 
       (11...Ba3? 12.Nb1+–) 
    12.Qc1 Bd7 13.Qb2 b5 14.d3 Rc8 15.Ne2 Qc7 16.Rfc1 Ne5 17.Nf4 Qc3 18.Qa2 0–0 
    19.Ne2 Nf3 20.Bf3 Qd2 21.Qb3 Rc7 22.Ra2 Rfc8 23.Qb1 Qa5 24.Qb2 Qa4 25.Nf4 
       (25.c3!?+=) 
    25...Rc3-/+ 26.Bd5 Ba3 27.Qb1 ed5 28.Nd5 Be6 29.Nc3 Ba2 30.Na4 Bb1 31.Rb1 ba4 
    32.Ra1 Rc3 33.Ra2 a5 34.Kg2 Bb4 35.d4 Ra3 36.Rb2 Ra1 37.c4 a3 38.Rc2 Rb1 39.c5 Rb2 40.Rc4 
       (40.Rc1 Bd2 41.Ra1 Be3 42.Ra3 Rf2 43.Kh3 Bd4 44.Ra5–+) 
    40...a2 41.c6 
       (41.Rc1 Rb1 42.Rf1 a1Q 43.Rb1 Qb1–+) 
    41...a1Q 42.c7 Rf2! 
       (42...Rf2 43.Kf2 Qa2 44.Kf3 Qc4–+) 
    0–1
    
    
    
    (2) Galoic,Boris (1965) – Tolic,Mato (2040)
    14th Open, Bosnjaci CRO, 2009
    
    1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.Nf3 0–0 5.e3 Re8 6.a3 Ba5 7.Be2 d5 8.0–0 c5 9.c4 Nc6 
    10.Bb2 d4 11.Qc2 g6 12.Bd3 Qd6N 13.ed4 cd4 14.c5 Qf4 15.Bb5 Bc7 
       (15...Bh3 16.Qb3 (16.Qd3 Qg4 17.Nh4 Qh4 18.Qh3 Qh3 19.gh3 Rad8 
       20.Rc1 Rd5 21.Kf1 Ne4 22.Re1 Kf8; 16.gh3 Qf3 17.Qd3 Qd3 18.Bd3 Ne4 
       19.Rc1 Bd2 20.Nd2 Nd2 21.Rd1 Nb3 22.Rab1 Rad8) 16...Qg4 17.Ne1
       (17.Nh4 Qh4 18.Qh3 Qh3 19.gh3 Rad8 20.Rc1 Rd5 21.Kf1 Ne4 22.Rc4 Nc5) 
       17...Re1 (17...Bc3 18.f3 Qg5 19.dc3 Re1 20.Qc2 Rae8 21.Qf2 Bg2 22.Qg2 
       Qc5) 18.Qh3 Rf1 19.Bf1 Qh3 20.gh3–+ Ne4 21.Bb5 Nc5 22.a4 Rd8) 
    16.d3 Bg4 17.Bc1 
       (17.Nbd2 Re2 18.Qc1 Nd5-/+ (18...Rd8 19.g3 Qh6) 19.h3 Bh3) 
    17...Qf5 18.Bc6 
       (18.Nbd2 Rad8-/+ (18...Nd5 19.Bc6 bc6) 19.h3 Bh3) 
    18...bc6 19.Nbd2 Qh5 
       (19...Nd5 20.Nd4 Qe5 21.g3 Qd4 22.Bb2-/+) 
    20.Qa4 Rac8 
       (better is 20...Nd5!? 21.Qc6 Rac8–+) 
    21.Qd4-/+ Re2?? 
       (21...Re6 22.Bb2 Rd8+=) 
    22.Qf6+– Rd2 
       (22...Rb8 23.h3 Bf3 24.Nf3+– (24.gf3 Qh3 25.f4 Qg4 26.Kh1 Bf4 27.Qf4 
       Qf4–+; worse is 24.Qf3 Qe5 25.g3 Re1 26.Re1 Qe1 27.Kg2 Qe5+–)) 
    23.Bd2 Bf3 24.Bf4 
       (24.h4 Be5 25.Qf3 Qf3 26.gf3 Ba1 27.Ra1 f6+–) 
    24...Bf4 
       (24...Bd8 25.Qe5 Qg4 26.Bg3+–) 
    25.Qf4 Be2 
       (25...Bd5 26.Rfe1 Be6 27.Qd6+–) 
    26.Rfe1 Bd3 27.Re5 f5 
       (27...Bf5 28.Rae1 Rf8+–) 
    28.Rae1 
       (better is 28.Re7 Rf8 29.Qd4 Qh6 30.Qd3 g5+–) 
    28...Rd8 
       (28...g5 29.Qd2 Bc4 30.Rf5 h6+–) 
    29.Re8 
       (29.Re7 Rf8 30.Qd4 Qh6 31.Qd3 Qg5 32.Qb3 Kh8 33.Ra7 Qd2 34.Qb1 Kg8 
       35.Qa1 Qh6 36.Qa2 Kh8 37.Qb2 Kg8 38.Ree7 Rd8 39.Rg7 Kf8 40.Qf6 Ke8 
       41.Rge7) 
    29...Re8 30.Re8 Kf7 31.Re1 Be4 32.f3 g5 
       (32...Kg7+–) 
    33.Qc7 
       (33.Qc7 Kf6 34.fe4+–) 
    1–0
    
    
    
    (3) Galoic,Boris (1965) – Ivic,Mateo (2280)
    8th Open, Velika Gorica CRO, 2008
    
    1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.a3 d5 4.d4 a5 5.b5 c5 
       (5...Bd6 6.a4 0–0 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 Qe7 9.h3 c5 10.c3 e5 11.Qc2 e4 
       12.Nh2 e3 13.Ndf3 ef2 14.Kf2 Bg3 15.Kg3 Ne4 16.Kf4 Qf6 17.Ke3 Qh6 
       18.Ng5 Qg5 0–1 dennism (2255)–pierred (2760)/net–chess.com 2010; 
       5...c6 6.a4 cb5 7.ab5 Be7 8.e3 0–0 9.Nf3 Ne4 10.Bd3 f5 11.0–0 Nd7 
       12.c4 dc4 13.Bc4 Nb6 14.Ba2 Bd7 15.Nbd2 Nd2 16.Qd2 Nd5 17.Bc4 b6 
       18.Ne5 Qe8 19.Qe2 Bd6 20.g3 bratek55–laguswielgus/kurnik 2011/0–1 
       (31)) 
    6.dc5N 
       (6.c4 dc4 7.e3 cd4 8.Qd4 Nbd7 9.Bc4 Bc5 10.Qh4 0–0 11.Nd2 Be7 12.Ngf3 
       Nc5 13.Rd1 Nd3 14.Bd3 Qd3 15.Qc4 Qd5 16.a4 Bd7 17.e4 Qc5 18.Bf6 gf6 
       19.Qc5 Bc5 20.Ke2 Rfd8 Woschkat,K–Markus,R/CiF 1999/½–½) 
    6...Bc5 7.e3 0–0 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.Be2 Qc7 10.–0 b6 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Rc1 Qd6 
    13.Nb1 e5 14.c4 e4 15.Nd4 Qe5 16.Qd2 Bd6 17.g3 Qg5 18.Nc6 h5 
       (better is 18...Bc5!?=) 
    19.Nc3 d4 20.Qd4 Bc5 21.Qd2 Bc6 22.bc6 Ne5 23.Nd5 Nfg4 
       (23...Rac8 24.Qc2 Qf5 25.Be5 Qe5 26.Nf6 gf6 27.Rcd1+=) 
    24.Bg4 
       (24.h3!? Nf6 25.h4+/-) 
    24...hg4+= 25.Be5 Qe5 26.Qc3 Qd6 27.c7 Ba3 28.Rb1 Bc5 29.Rfd1 
    ½–½
    
    
    
    (4) Galoic,Boris (1965) – Levar,Nenad (2170)
    8th Open, Velika Gorica CRO, 2008
    
    1.b4 d6 2.Bb2 Nd7 3.d4 Ngf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.c4 0–0 7.Be2 b6 8.0–0 Bb7 9.Nbd2 e6 
       (9...e5 10.de5 Ng4 11.Nd4 Nge5 12.f4 Nc6 13.Bf3 Nd4 14.Bb7 Nf5 15.Bg7 
       Kg7 16.Ba8 Ne3 17.Qa4 Nf1 18.Rf1 1–0 Vegjeleki,A (2310)–Giache,G/
       ICCF WSTT/3/06/1 2006/Inf 03) 
    10.Rc1N 
       (10.a4 Rc8 (10...a5 11.b5 Re8 12.Rc1 e5 13.de5 Ne5 14.Ne5 de5 15.Qc2 
       Nd7 16.Rcd1 Qe7 17.Bf3 Bf3 18.Nf3 f6 19.Rd5 Nc5 20.Rfd1 Red8 21.e4 Rd5 
       22.cd5 Qd7 23.Ba3 Bf8 24.Qc4 Bd6 25.Rd2 futsalboy (1720)–mgkb (1680)/
       kurnik 2011/0–1 (39)) 11.a5 c5 12.Qa4 Qc7 13.b5 Rfe8 14.Qc2 cd4 
       15.Nd4 d5 16.ab6 ab6 17.Ra7 e5 18.Nc6 Nc5 19.Rfa1 Qd6 20.cd5 Nd5 
       21.Nc4 Qc7 22.Rd1 Ne7 23.Nd6 Nc6 24.bc6 Qc6 Kuhn,H–Philippi,A/
       Saarland–chB 1993/1–0; 
       10.Qb3 Qe7 11.a3 a6 12.Rac1 Rae8 13.Rfd1 Ne4 14.Ne4 Be4 15.Nd2 Bg2 
       16.Kg2 Qg5 17.Kh1 Nf6 18.Rg1 Qh4 19.Rcf1 h5 20.Nf3 Qe4 21.Qd3 Qb7 
       22.Rg3 e5 23.de5 de5 24.Qc3 Ne4 ludice (1760)–leonash793318 kurnik 
       2011/½–½ (63)) 
    10...a5 11.b5 Qe7 12.a4 e5 13.Ba3 ed4 14.ed4 Rfe8 15.Re1 Qf8 16.Qc2 Nh5 17.c5 
       (17.Bd3 Nf4+=) 
    17...dc5 18.dc5 bc5 19.Bc5 Nc5 20.Qc5 Nf4 21.Qf8 Bf8 22.Bf1 Re1 23.Ne1 Bb4 
    24.Ndf3 Rc8 25.g3 Nd5 26.Nd3 Nc3 27.Nb4 ab4 
       (27...Bf3?? 28.Rc3 ab4 29.Rf3+–) 
    28.Nd2 
       (28.Nd4!?+=) 
    28...Ra8-/+ 
       (28...Na4?! 29.Rc4=) 
    29.Ra1 Ra4 
       (29...Na4?! 30.Rb1=) 
    30.Ra4 Na4 31.Bc4 Bc8 32.Kf1 Bd7 33.Nf3 Nb6 34.Bd3 Kf8 35.Ke2 Ke7 
       (35...Bg4 36.Be4–+) 
    36.Kd2 f6 37.h4 Kd6 38.h5 gh5 39.Bh7 Kc5 40.Bg6 Bg4 41.Nh2 Nc4 42.Kc1 Ne5 
    43.Ng4 hg4 
       (43...Ng6?! 44.Nf6 Kb5 45.Nh5-/+; 
       43...Ng4?! 44.f4 Kb5 45.Bh5–+) 
    44.Bf5 
       (44.Be8–+) 
    44...Kb5 45.Kc2 c5 46.Be6 c4 
    0–1
    
    
    
    (5) Galoic,Boris (1965) – Tomasevic,Sanja
    14th Open, Bosnjaci CRO, 2009
    
    1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.b5 Nd4 4.e3 Nb5 5.Bb5 Bd6 6.Nf3 Qe7N 7.c4 
       (7.Nc3 
         A) 7...Nf6 
            A1) 8.0–0 c6 9.Be2 0–0 10.a4 Bb4 11.Na2 Bd6 12.d3 Bc7 13.Nc3 d5; 
            A2) 8.Be2 0–0 (8...b6 9.0–0 Bb7 10.Nb5 0–0 11.a4 h6 12.Nd6 cd6 
             13.d3 Rac8) 9.Nb5 b6 10.–0 Bb7 11.Nd6 cd6 12.d3 Rac8 13.e4 d5;
            A3) 8.Ng5 c6 9.Bd3 Bc7 10.a4 d5 11.Be2 e4 12.h4 Bd6 13.a5 0–0;
         B) 7...c6 
            B1) 8.Bc4 Nf6 9.Ng5 0–0 10.–0 Bc7 11.a4 d5 12.Bb3 Ng4 13.Nh3 
             Nf6;
            B2) 8.Bd3 Bc7 (8...Nf6 9.Nh4 g6 10.Qf3 Bc7 11.a4 d5 12.Ba3 Bd6 
             13.Bd6 Qd6) 9.0–0 d5 10.e4 d4 11.Ne2 Nf6 12.h3 0–0 13.Ng3 g6;
            B3) 8.Be2 Nf6+– 9.0–0 0–0 10.a4 h6 11.h3 Bc7 12.Ba3 d6 13.d4 e4) 
    7...b6 
       (7...a6 8.Ba4 b5 (8...Nf6 9.Nc3 0–0 10.Bc2 b6 11.Qb1 Bb7 12.Ne4 Be4 
       13.Be4 Ne4) 9.Bb3 Nf6 10.c5 Bc5 11.Ne5 0–0 12.0–0 Bb7 13.d4 Bd6) 
    8.d4 e4 
       (8...a6 9.Ba4 e4 10.c5 ef3 11.Qf3 Rb8 12.cd6 cd6 13.0–0 Nf6) 
    9.Nfd2 
       (9.Ne5 a6 (9...Nf6 10.–0 0–0 11.Nd2 Bb7 12.Qe2 h5 13.f4 ef3) 
       10.Ba4 Nf6+– 11.0–0 0–0 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.Qe2 h6) 
    9...f5 
       (9...Nf6 10.Nc3 0–0 11.0–0 Bb7 12.Ba4 a6 13.h3 h6) 
    10.Nc3 
       (10.–0 Nf6 11.h3 Bb7 12.Nc3 0–0 13.Qb3 Rf7) 
    10...Nf6 11.Ba4 
       (11.0–0 c6 12.Ba4 0–0 13.Bb3 Kh8) 
    11...Bb7 
       (11...0–0 12.0–0 Bh2 13.Kh2 Ng4) 
    12.Nb5 Bb4 
       (12...0–0+– 13.Qb3 c5; 
       12...Kf7 13.0–0 Bh2) 
    13.Nc7 Kf7 14.Na8 Ra8 15.Bb3 Kf8 
       (15...Kg6 16.0–0+–) 
    16.a3 Ba5 
       (16...Bd6 17.h3+–) 
    17.0–0 g6 
       (17...Rc8 18.Qe2+–) 
    18.Rc1 
       (18.Ba4 Rc8+–) 
    18...d6 
       (18...Ba6 19.Ba4 Rc8 20.Bb5 Bb5 21.cb5 Rc1 22.Qc1 Bd2 23.Qd2+–) 
    19.Ba2 Bd2 20.Qd2 Rc8 
       (20...Kg7 21.Bb3+–) 
    21.c5! d5 22.cb6 ab6 23.Rc8 Bc8 24.Qb4 Qb4 25.ab4 
    1–0
    
    
    
    (6) Galoic,Boris (1995) – Jambresic Filip
    Krapina Open, 2011
    
    1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 c6 3.e3 Nd7 4.Nf3 Qc7 5.d4 Ngf6 
       (5...e6 6.a3 Ngf6 7.c4 Be7 8.c5 1–0 cmulligan (2240)–mrmr (2460)/
       m1322100453 net–chess.com 2011 (8.Nbd2 0–0 9.Rc1 h6 10.Bd3 a5 
       11.Qb3 ab4 12.ab4 Re8 13.0–0 Bd6 14.e4 de4 15.Ne4 Ne4 16.Be4 Nf6 
       17.Bd3 Bf4 18.Ra1 Ra1 19.Ra1 b6 20.h3 Bb7 21.Ra7 Qb8 22.Qa2 c5 
       futsalboy (1755)–nino1942 (1820)/kurnik 2011/0–1 (34))) 
    6.Be2N 
       (6.c4 g6 7.Nbd2 Bg7 8.Bd3 0–0 9.0–0 Re8 10.Rc1 e5 11.de5 Ne5 12.Ne5 
       Re5 13.Be5 Qe5 14.Nf3 Qh5 15.Nd4 Bg4 16.f3 Bd7 17.Qe1 Re8 18.Qf2 Qh6 
       19.Rfe1 Nh5 20.cd5 cd5 bratek55 (1690)–jonas77777/kurnik 2011/1–0 
       (37)) 
    6...g6 
       (6...e6 7.a3=) 
    7.0–0+= Bg7 8.c4 0–0 9.Nbd2 Ne4 10.Qc2 Nd2 11.Nd2 dc4 12.Nc4 Nb6 13.Rac1 Be6 
    14.Nb6 Qb6 15.a3 Rac8 16.h3 Rfd8 17.Rcd1 Rd7 18.Rd2 Rcd8 19.Bc3 Bf5 20.Qc1 e5 
    21.de5 Rd2 22.Bd2 Be5 23.Bc3 Qc7 24.Qb2 f6 25.Bc4 Kg7 26.Re1 Bc3 27.Qc3 Qe5 
    28.Qb3 Be4 29.Rd1 Rd1 30.Qd1 Bd5 31.Bf1 Kf7 32.Qg4 h5 
       (32...Be6!? 33.Qh4 Kg7=) 
    33.Qd7 Qe7 34.Qc8 Kg7 35.Bd3 Be6 36.Qb8 a6 37.Qg3 
       (37.Qa7 Qd7 38.Bc2 Bf7+=) 
    37...Bf7= 38.f4 h4 39.Qf3 f5 40.e4 fe4 41.Be4 Bd5 42.Bd5 cd5 43.Qc3 Kh7 44.Kf2 Qe4 
    45.Qc7 Kh6 46.Qb8 
       (worse is 46.Qb7 Qf4 47.Ke2 Qe5 48.Kd1 Qa1 49.Ke2 Qb2 50.Kf1 Qa3 51.Qd5 Qb4-/+)
    46...Qd4 47.Kf3 Qe4 48.Kf2 Qc2 49.Kf3 
       (49.Kg1 Qb2=) 
    49...Qe4 
       (49...Qc3 50.Kf2+=) 
    50.Kf2= Qc2 51.Kg1 Qc1 52.Kh2 Qc3 53.Qf8 Kh5 
    ½–½
    
    
    
    (7) Galoic,Boris (1995) – Srsan,Matija (1890)
    , 2013
    
    1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.e3 d6 5.Be2 0–0 6.0–0 Nbd7 7.b4 c6 8.Bb2 Qc7 9.Nc3 e5 10.Rc1 
       (10.a4 a6 11.Qb3 h6 12.Rfd1 Ne8 13.b5 Kh7 14.Ba3 c5 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Bb2 
       e4 17.Nd2 f5 18.dc5 Nc5 19.Qc2 a5 20.Nb3 Bb2 21.Qb2 Nb3 22.Qb3 b6 
       23.Rd2 Bb7 24.Nf4 Qe7 Savchenko,A (2275)–Tkachuk,K (2180)/Sparkassen 
       Open A, Dortmund GER 2010/1–0 () 
    10...h6N 
       (10...e4 11.Nd2 Re8 12.Qb3 Nf8 13.b5 h5 14.a4 N8h7 15.Qc2 Bf5 16.c5 
       d5 17.Rfe1 Bh6 18.Nf1 h4 19.Ra1 h3 20.g3 Bg4 21.a5 Ng5 22.Reb1 Qd7 
       23.a6 ba6 24.bc6 Qf5 25.Qd1 ferminkatcho (1820)–gosh1991 (1850)/
       kurnik 2012/0–1 (37); 
       10...a5 11.b5 Re8 12.c5 dc5 13.de5 Ne5 14.Ne5 Qe5 15.Na4 Qe6 16.Bc4 
       Qe7 17.Nc5 Bg4 18.Bf6 1–0 ferminkatcho (1745)–ondoko (1895)/kurnik 
       2012) 
    11.Qb3 1–0
    
    
    
    (8) Galoic,Boris (1960) – Djurkovic,Maks (2095)
    Hum na Sutli op, 2008
    
    1.b4 f5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.a3 b6 5.c4 a5 6.b5 Bb7 7.e3 g6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.0–0 0–0 10.d4 Ne4 
    11.Nbd2 d6 12.Qc2 Nd7 13.Rad1 Qe7 14.Nb3 e5 15.Rfe1 Ng5 16.Nbd2 f4 17.ef4 Rf4 18.Qb3 Kh8 
    19.de5 Ne5 20.Ne5 Be5 21.Bf1 Qf6 22.Be5 de5 23.Qe3 Rf8 24.Qe5 Rf2 25.Qc7?? 
       (better is 25.Qf6 R2f6 26.Re7+=) 
    25...Rg2!! 26.Kh1 
       (26.Bg2 Qf2 Mate attack) 
    26…Rg1!! 
       (26...Rg1 27.Kg1 Qf2) 
    0–1
    
    
    
    (9) Galoic,Boris (1965) – Pandurevic,Miro (2255)
    8th Open Velika Gorica CRO, 2008
    
    1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 Nf6 
       (2...Bb4?? 3.Bg7 Nf6 4.Bh8+–) 
    3.a3 c5 4.b5 a6 5.e3 ab5 6.Bb5 Be7 7.Nf3 0–0 8.0–0 d6 9.d4 b6 
       (9...Bd7 10.Nc3+=) 
    10.Nbd2 Bd7 11.c4 
       (11.Bd3 Nc6+=) 
    11...Nc6 
       (11...Bb5 12.cb5 Nbd7 13.Qe2+=) 
    12.Qe2= Qc7 13.Rfd1 Rfc8 14.h3 Na5 15.Rac1 
       (15.Bd7!? Qd7 16.e4=) 
    15...Bb5+= 16.cb5 c4 17.Bc3 
       (17.e4!?+=) 
    17...d5-/+ 18.a4 Nb7 19.Ra1 Nd6 20.Ne5 Nde4 21.Ne4 Ne4 
       (worse is 21...de4 22.Nc6+/-) 
    22.Qc2 Bh4 23.Be1 Qd6 
       (23...Bg5 24.Rdb1+=) 
    24.Nc6 Rc6 
       (24...Bg5!?+=) 
    25.bc6= Bd8 26.f3 Nf6 27.Rdb1 
       (27.a5 ba5 28.Qa4 Bc7=) 
    27...Bc7 28.g3 Qc6 29.Kg2 g5 
       (29...g6 30.Bb4=) 
    30.Bb4 Qd7 31.Rf1 
       (31.Qd2 Qd8+=) 
    31...Kg7 
       (31...h5 32.Ra2=) 
    32.e4+= de4 33.fe4 Nh5 
       (33...h5 34.e5 Nd5 35.Bd2+=) 
    34.Rf3 
       (34.e5!?+/-) 
    34...f6 
       (34...Qd4?? 35.Bc3 Qe5 36.Raf1+–) 
    35.Qc4 
       (better is 35.e5 fe5 36.de5 Be5 37.Bc3+/-) 
    35...Kg6? 
       (35...Bg3 36.Rc1 Bh4 37.Qc7 Qc7 38.Rc7 Kh6 39.Ra3 Nf4 40.Kf3 Nh3 
       41.Bd2+=) 
    36.Rc3?? 
       (36.d5 ed5 37.ed5 Be5+–) 
    36...Ra4? 
       (better is 36...Bg3!? 37.a5 Bf4=) 
    37.Ra4+– 
       (37.Qc7 Qc7 38.Rc7 Ra1=) 
    37...Qa4 38.Qc7 
       (better is 38.Qe6 Qb4 39.Qf5 (39.Rc7?? Qd2 40.Kf1 Qd3 41.Ke1 Qg3 42.Kd2 Qh2 
       43.Kc3 Qc7 44.Kd2 Qf4 45.Kd3 Ng7 46.Qb6 Qf3 47.Kc4 Qe4–+) 39...Kh6 
       40.Rc7 Nf4 41.gf4 Qd2 42.Kg3 Qe3 43.Kg4 Qe2 44.Kg3 Qe3 45.Kh2 Qf2 
       46.Kh1 Qf1 47.Kh2 Qf2 48.Kh1 Qf1 49.Kh2 Qf2=) 
    38...Qb4 39.Qc4 Qb2 40.Rc2 Qa3 41.Qc3 
       (41.Qe6?! Qg3 42.Kh1 Qe1 43.Kh2 Qg3 44.Kh1 Qe1 45.Kh2 Qg3 46.Kh1=) 
    41...Qd6 42.Qd3 f5 43.d5 fe4 44.Qe4 
       (44.Rc6!? Qe5 45.Qb3 Nf6 46.Re6 Qd4 47.Qb6 Qb6 48.Rb6 h5+–) 
    44...Kg7+/- 45.Qf3 Nf6 
       (45...Qd5!? 46.Qd5 ed5+/-) 
    46.de6+– Qe6 47.Qc6 Qe3 48.Qf3 
       (48.Rb2 Qe5 49.Qb6 h5+–) 
    48...Qe5 
       (48...Qe6 49.Re2 Qd7+/-) 
    49.Re2+/- Qc5 50.Qe3 Qd5 
       (50...Qc6 51.Kh2 h6 52.Qe6+–) 
    51.Kh2 Qb5 
       (51...g4!? 52.h4+–) 
    52.Rf2 Qc5 
       (52...Qd5 53.Qb6 Qf7 54.Qc5+–) 
    53.Qc5 bc5 54.Rf5 Kg6 55.Rc5 h5 
       (55...g4 56.hg4 Ng4 57.Kg2+–) 
    56.Ra5 Ne4 57.Kg2 Kf6 
       (57...g4 58.h4 Kh6 59.Ra4+–) 
    58.Kf3 
       (better is 58.h4!? gh4 59.gh4 Kg6+–) 
    58...Nd2 59.Kg2 Nc4?? 
       (59...Ne4 60.h4 gh4 61.gh4 Kg6+–) 
    60.Rc5 Ne5 61.Rc8 Kf5 62.Rf8 Kg6 63.Kf2 Nd7 
       (63...Nf7 64.Kf3 Nd6 65.Ra8+–) 
    64.Rg8 Kf5 65.Ke3 Nf6 66.Rf8 Ke5 67.Ra8 g4 
       (67...Nd5 68.Kd3 h4 69.gh4 gh4+–) 
    68.h4 
       (68.Ra5!? Ke6 69.h4 Nd5 70.Kd4 Nf6+–) 
    68...Nd5 69.Kf2 
       (69.Kd3 Nb4 70.Ke2 Nd5+–) 
    69...Kf5 
       (69...Nf6 70.Ra5 Nd5 71.Ke2+–) 
    70.Rg8 Nf6 71.Rg5 Ke6 
       (71...Ke4 72.Kg2+–) 
    72.Ke3 Nd5 73.Ke4 Nf6 74.Kd4 Kd6 75.Re5 
       (75.Rg6 Ke7+–) 
    75...Kd7 76.Ke3 Kd6 77.Kf4 Nd5 78.Kf5 Ne7 
       (78...Ne3 79.Re3 Kc5+–) 
    79.Re7! Ke7 80.Kg5 Ke6 81.Kh5 Kf5 82.Kh6 Ke4 83.Kg5 Kf3 84.h5 Kg3 85.h6 Kf3 
    86.h7 g3 87.h8Q g2 88.Qf6 Ke2 89.Qd4 Kf3 90.Qd1 Kf2 91.Qd2 Kf1 92.Qf4 Ke1 93.Qg3 Kf1 
       (93...Kd2 94.Qf2 Kd3 95.Qg2 Kd4 96.Qf3 Kc5 97.Qh5 Kc6 98.Qe8 Kb6 
       99.Qc8 Ka7 100.Qc6 Kb8 101.Qd6 Kb7 102.Kf6 Ka8 103.Ke7 Ka7 104.Qb4 Ka6 
       105.Kd7 Ka7 106.Kc6 Ka6 107.Qb6) 
    94.Qf3 Kg1 
       (94...Ke1 95.Qg2 Kd1 96.Qb2 Ke1 97.Kf4 Kd1 98.Ke3 Ke1 99.Qe2) 
    95.Kg4 Kh2 
    1–0
    
    
    
    (10) Galoic,Boris (1980) – Oreski,Zdravko
    3rd Open, 2009
    1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.a3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Nf3 0–0 6.e3 c6 7.c4 a6 8.Nbd2 Nbd7 9.Bd3 b5N 10.c5+= Bb7 
       (10...a5 11.a4 ba4 12.Qa4+/-) 
    11.0–0+/- a5 
       (11...Qc7 12.a4+/-) 
    12.Ne5 
       (12.a4!?+/-) 
    12...ab4+= 13.ab4 Ra1 14.Ba1 Ne5 
       (14...Qc7 15.Qc2+=) 
    15.de5+/- Nd7 16.f4 f6 
       (16...Qc7 17.e4+/-) 
    17.Qh5+/- f5 18.Nb3 Rf7 
       (18...Qa8 19.Qd1 Qe8 20.Qd2+/-) 
    19.g4 
       (19.Nd4 Nf8+–) 
    19...g6+/- 20.Qh3 Rg7 
       (20...Qa8 21.Bc2+/-) 
    21.Kh1 
       (21.Nd4 Nf8 22.Bc3 Qb8+–) 
    21...Nf8 
       (better is 21...Qa8!? 22.Bc3 Qa2+/-) 
    22.Bc3+– Qc8 23.Rg1 Ba8 
       (23...Qe8 24.Nd4 fg4 25.Qg4+–) 
    24.Qh6 
       (better is 24.Nd4 Bb7 25.Qg3 (25.gf5 gf5 26.Rg7 Kg7 27.Nf5 ef5 28.e6 Kg8+–) 
       25...fg4 26.Qg4+–) 
    24...Qa6?? 
       (24...fg4 25.Rg4 Bb7 26.Nd4+–) 
    25.Na5 
       (25.gf5 ef5 26.Bf5 d4 27.Bd4 Bd8+–) 
    25...Qc8? 
       (25...fg4 26.Rg4 Qa7=) 
    26.gf5+– ef5 27.e6! Ne6 
       (27...Qe6 28.Qg7; 
       27...Ne6 28.Bg7) 
    28.Bf5! 
       (28.Bf5 Bf8 29.Bg7 Bg7 30.Rg6 hg6 31.Qg6+–) 
    1–0
    
    
    
    (11) Galoic,Boris (1955) – Pospis,Mihael
    Open Hum na Sutli, 2010
    
    1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.c4 b6 6.Be2 Be7 7.0–0 Nbd7 8.d3N 0–0 9.Nbd2 
       (9.Nc3 a5 10.a3 h6+=) 
    9...c6 
       (9...a5 10.Nh4 Be6 11.f4 ab4 12.f5+=) 
    10.a3 
       (10.Nh4 Be6+=) 
    10...Qc7 
       (10...h6 11.e4 Bh7 12.g3=) 
    11.Rc1 
       (11.Nh4 Be6+=) 
    11...a5 12.b5 Nc5 13.e4 Bg4 14.h3 Bf3 
       (14...Bh5 15.bc6 Qc6 16.d4 Bf3 17.Nf3 ed4 18.Nd4+/- (worse is 18.Qd4 Nb3 
       19.Qc3 Nc1 20.Rc1 Rfe8+=)) 
    15.Nf3+= Rac8 16.d4 Nce4 17.de5 
       (17.bc6 Qc6 18.Bd3 Rfe8+=) 
    17...de5 18.Ne5 
       (18.Be5 Qb7 19.Qb3 Rfe8=) 
    18...cb5 
       (18...Rfd8!? 19.Nd3 Qd7+=) 
    19.cb5= Qd6 
       (better is 19...Bc5!?=) 
    20.Nc6 Rce8 21.Qc2 
       (21.Bd3 Nc5 22.Bd4 Nfd7+/-) 
    21...Bd8 
       (better is 21...Qf4!? 22.Be5 Qd2 23.Qd2 Nd2+=) 
    22.Rcd1+/- Qc7 
       (22...Qc5!? 23.Bd3 Qc2 24.Bc2 Bc7+/-) 
    23.Bd3 Ng5 
       (23...Nc5+–) 
    24.a4 h6 
       (24...Be7 25.Be5 Qb7 26.Bc4+–) 
    25.Ba3 Kh8 
       (25...Be7 26.Be7 Re7 27.Ne7 Qe7 28.Qc6+–) 
    26.Bf8 Rf8 27.Bf5 Be7 28.Ne7 Qe7 29.Rfe1 Ne6 
       (29...Qb4 30.Qc6 Qa4 31.Qb6+–) 
    30.Qc6 
       (better is 30.Be6 fe6 31.Qc6 Qb4 32.Qb6 Qa4+–) 
    30...Re8 
       (30...Qb4 31.Be6 fe6 32.Qb6 Qa4+–) 
    31.Be6 fe6 32.Qb6 Nd7 
    1–0
    
    
    
    
    
    

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