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[Event "Dobrna"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walker, Susan K"]
[Black "Madl, Ildiko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. Bb2 Bg4 (6... Be6 7.
Be2 Be7 8. O-O c5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. c4 Rad8 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Qb1 Nb6
14. a4 Bf5 15. Rc1 Bg6 16. a5 Nd5 17. Nc4 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Ra3 Rfe8 20.
Nh4 Bh5 21. Bxh5 {Maeurer,C (2310)-Schmidt,S (2215)/BL2-Sued 2002/1-0 (59)}) 7.
Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O c6 (8... Nb6 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Bf3 Bd6 11. g3 Qe7 12. Nc3 Nc4 13.
Rb1 c6 14. d3 Nxb2 15. Rxb2 b5 16. a4 b4 17. Na2 c5 18. d4 c4 19. c3 b3 20. Nc1
Ba3 21. Rb1 Bf5 22. Rxb3 cxb3 23. Nxb3 {Hasler,U-Boffa,S (1905)/CiF 2006/0-1})
9. Nc3 $146 (9. c4 Re8 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. a3 Bd6 12. Nc3 N7f6 13. h3 Bh5 14. d3
Bc7 15. g3 Qd6 16. e4 Ne3 17. Qc1 Nxf1 18. e5 Rxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Qd4+
21. Kg2 Bxe5 22. g4 Bg6 23. Nd1 Qd5+ {
Doncea,V-Nemeth,F/Eforie Nord 2002/0-1 (41)}) 9... Bd6 (9... Re8 10. Rb1 $15)
10. h3 (10. Nd4 Bxe2 11. Ncxe2 Nc5 $11) 10... Bh5 (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12.
a4 $15) 11. Nd4 $11 Bxe2 12. Ncxe2 Re8 (12... g6 13. d3 $11) 13. Nf5 (13. d3
Nc5 $11) 13... Bf8 (13... Be5 14. Rb1 $11) 14. a4 (14. d3 g6 15. Nfd4 c5 $11)
14... Qc7 (14... g6 15. Nfd4 $11) 15. d3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dobrna"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walker, Susan K"]
[Black "Lisowska, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Qd6 3. a3 e5 4. e3 f5 5. f4 $146 (5. Nf3 e4 (5... Nd7 6. c4 c6
7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O Bf6 9. d4 e4 10. Nfd2 Nh6 11. Qb3 O-O 12. b5 a6 13. a4 axb5
14. axb5 Rxa1 15. Bxa1 f4 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nxe4 Qe7 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Bf3 Be6
20. Nc3 {carocan (1680)-argo52 (1740)/kurnik 2012/0-1}) 6. Nd4 Nf6 7. c4 (7.
Nb5 Qe7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qh5+ Kd8 10. Nd4 Rg8 11. f4 Qd7 12. g3 c5 13. bxc5 Bxc5
14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Nc3 Nc6 16. Na4 Bc7 17. Bb5 Qg7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Rf8 20.
Nac5 Qg6 21. Qe2 Ke7 {Plock,J-Wall,B/corr 2006/1-0 (34)}) 7... c6 8. Qc2 Be7 9.
Nc3 O-O 10. cxd5 Bd7 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Ndb5 Qb8 13. Ne2 a6 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 Qd6 16. Be2 Rac8 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. h3 f4 19. Rd1 Nd5 {
Sternik,R-Neugebauer/Olsztyn 1965/1-0 (32)}) (5. Nf3 $5 e4 6. Nd4 $16) 5...
exf4 $11 6. Qh5+ Qg6 (6... g6 7. Qg5 Be7 8. Qxf4 Qxf4 9. exf4 $11) 7. Qxg6+
hxg6 8. exf4 Nf6 (8... a5 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Nf3 $11) 9. g3 (9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Be5 Be6
$14) 9... a5 $11 10. c3 (10. b5 Be6 $11) 10... b6 (10... Bd6 11. Nf3 $15) 11.
Nf3 Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 (12... g5 13. Bb5+ Nbd7 14. Bc6 $15) 13. fxe5 $11 Ng4 {
Attacks the backward pawn on h2} (13... Ne4 14. Bg2 Ba6 15. d4 $11) 14. c4 (14.
d4 Ke7 $11) 14... dxc4 (14... Bb7 15. Bg2 Nd7 16. e6 $17) 15. Bg2 $11 (15. Bxc4
$2 Bb7 16. Rf1 Nxh2 $19) 15... Ra7 16. h3 Bb7 (16... Nh6 17. Nc3 axb4 18. axb4
Rxa1+ 19. Bxa1 $11) 17. Kf1 (17. O-O Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nh6 $14) 17... Nd7 (17...
Ke7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Kg2 $11) 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Kg2 Nh6 (19... Ngxe5 $143 20.
Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Re1 $16) 20. Nc3 (20. Re1 Ke7 $11) 20... c6 (20... O-O 21. Rae1
$11) 21. Rhe1 Ng8 (21... Ke7 22. Ne2 $11) 22. b5 (22. Ne2 Ne7 $14) 22... Rc7
23. bxc6 Nc5 24. Nb5 (24. a4 Rxc6 25. Ba3 Ne7 $11) 24... Rxc6 25. Nd6+ Ke7 (
25... Kd7 $142 $15) 26. Nxc4 $2 (26. Rab1 $142 $5 $11) 26... Nb3 $17 27. Ne3 (
27. d3 Nxa1 28. Bxa1 Ke6 $17) 27... Nxa1 28. Rxa1 (28. Bxa1 Ke6 $17) 28... Ke6
29. Bd4 (29. Bc3 Ne7 $19) 29... Ne7 $19 30. Rb1 (30. Bc3 Nd5 31. Nxd5 Kxd5 $19)
30... Rb8 (30... Rd8 31. Bc3 $19) 31. Rb5 (31. h4 Rd8 32. Bc3 Nd5 33. Nxd5 Rxd5
$19) 31... Rd8 32. Bc3 Nd5 33. Nxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 $4 (34. Rb1 $142 $19) 34...
Kxd5 35. Kf3 (35. h4 Rxc3 $1 36. dxc3 Kxe5 $19) 35... g5 (35... Rxc3+ $142 36.
dxc3 g5 $19) 36. h4 (36. Bb2 $19) 36... gxh4 37. gxh4 Rc4 (37... Rxc3+ $142 38.
dxc3 Kxe5 $19) 38. h5 Rh4 (38... Rxc3+ 39. dxc3 Kxe5 40. a4 $19) 39. Bb2 (39.
e6 Rh3+ 40. Kf4 Kxe6 41. Bxg7 Rxh5 42. Bb2 $19) 39... Rxh5 40. Kf4 g6 41. d4 (
41. Kg3 g5 42. e6 Kxe6 $19) 41... Ke6 42. Ke3 Rh3+ 43. Kf4 Rh4+ 44. Ke3 (44.
Kf3 g5 45. Kg2 f4 $19) 44... g5 45. Ba1 (45. Kd3 $19) 45... Rh3+ 46. Ke2 Rxa3
0-1

[Event "Athens schev (Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Susan K"]
[Black "Giaidzi, Aspasia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

{A00: Irregular Openings} 1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Qd6 3. a3 e5 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e3 Ngf6 6.
c4 c6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 (8. Qc2 Be7 9. d4 exd4 10. Bxd4 a5 11. bxa5 O-O 12.
Nbd2 Qh6 13. Nc4 Re8 14. Be2 Nc5 15. O-O Qh5 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. Rac1 f6 18. Qb2
Rab8 19. h3 Be6 20. Ncd2 Nc7 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. g4 Qxh3 {
bambinik (2465)-PAKlady (2605)/1-0 (73)}) 8... Nxc3 (8... g6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10.
Qc2 Bg7 11. Bc4 Qd6 12. O-O O-O 13. d4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Be2
Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Nf3 Rae8 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. h3 Nf6 21. Rfe1 Ne4 22. Rd4 h6
23. Red1 {jeglin-amadeuzz (1610)/kurnik 2014/0-1 (36)}) 9. Bxc3 $146 (9. dxc3
Qxd1+ (9... e4 10. Qxd6 Bxd6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Be2 Nb6
15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Rd4 b5 18. Ba2 b6 19. Rhd1 h6 20. g3 Kh7 21. h4
h5 22. R4d2 Ra7 23. Kc2 g6 24. Bb3 {Buczinski,H-Ritsema,R/corr 2004/0-1 (42)})
10. Rxd1 Be7 11. c4 f6 12. c5 Nf8 13. Be2 Be6 14. O-O Ng6 15. Nd2 Kf7 16. Bc4
b6 17. cxb6 axb6 18. f4 Bxc4 19. Nxc4 exf4 20. exf4 b5 21. Na5 c5 22. Nc6 Rhc8
23. Nxe7 Nxe7 {Saradjen,J-Kariz,P/Sk. Loka SLO/chTz1 1998/1-0 (53)}) (9. dxc3
Qg6 $11) 9... Be7 (9... e4 10. Nd4 $11) 10. Qc2 $14 O-O 11. d4 exd4 12. Bxd4
Bf6 (12... a5 13. Bd3 $14) 13. Rd1 Bxd4 (13... Qe7 14. Bd3 h6 15. O-O $14) 14.
Rxd4 Qf6 (14... Qe7 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. O-O $14) 15. Bd3 $16 h6 16. O-O Ne5 17.
Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rd1 (18. Qc5 Qxc5 19. bxc5 Re8 $14) 18... Be6 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20.
Be4 Qf6 (20... f5 21. Bf3 $14) 21. Qc5 Rfd8 (21... Rfe8 22. R1d2 $16) 22. Qxa7
Bd5 (22... Rxa7 $4 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rxd8#) 23. Qb6 (23. Rxd5 $4 cxd5 (23...
Rxa7 $4 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Rxd8#) 24. Qxb7 dxe4 $19) 23... Rxa3 24. Bxd5 (24.
Bf3 Qe7 $16) 24... Rxd5 25. Rxd5 (25. Qxb7 $6 Rxd4 26. exd4 Qxd4 27. Qc8+ Kh7
28. Qf5+ Kg8 $11) 25... cxd5 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. g4 (27. h4 Rb3 28. Rd4 f5 $16)
27... Rb3 (27... Ra4 28. Rd4 $16) 28. Rd4 Kg7 29. Kg2 (29. Rxd5 $143 Rxb4 30.
h3 Rb1+ 31. Kg2 b5 $14) 29... Kg6 (29... f5 30. gxf5 Kf6 31. Kf3 $16) 30. Kg3
Rb2 (30... f5 31. gxf5+ Kg5 32. Kf3 $16) 31. h4 (31. h3 $16) 31... h5 (31... f5
32. h5+ Kg7 33. gxf5 $16) 32. gxh5+ (32. Rxd5 hxg4 33. Rb5 f5 $18) 32... Kh6
33. Rf4 (33. f4 Rb3 34. Kg4 b6 $18) 33... Kxh5 34. Rxf6 Rxb4 35. Rxf7 Rg4+ 36.
Kf3 Rxh4 37. Rf5+ Kg6 38. Rxd5 Rh8 (38... Rb4 39. e4 $16) 39. Rb5 Rb8 (39...
Rf8+ 40. Ke2 $18) 40. Ke4 (40. e4 Kf6 $18) 40... Kf6 (40... Re8+ 41. Kd4 Rd8+
42. Ke5 $18) 41. f4 Ke6 (41... b6 42. Kf3 $18) 42. f5+ Kd6 43. Kd4 (43. f6 Kc6
44. Rb3 b5 $18) 43... Kc6 44. Rc5+ Kd6 (44... Kd7 $18) 45. e4 b5 (45... Ke7 46.
e5 Rf8 47. Ke4 $18) 46. e5+ Kd7 47. e6+ Ke8 (47... Ke7 48. Rc7+ Kd6 49. Rd7+
Kc6 $18) 48. f6 b4 (48... Kf8 49. Rh5 Kg8 $18) 49. Rh5 (49. Rh5 Kd8 50. Rh8+
Kc7 51. Rxb8 b3 52. f7 Kxb8 53. f8=Q+ Kb7 54. e7 b2 55. e8=Q b1=Q 56. Qb8+ Ka6
57. Qa3#) 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 7th"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Susan K"]
[Black "Goldgewicht, Lionel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 h6 5. Be2 (5. Nd4 Be4 $11) 5... e6 6. a3
Bd6 7. c4 (7. O-O O-O $11) 7... c6 (7... dxc4 $5 8. Bxc4 a5 $15) 8. c5 Bc7 9.
O-O O-O 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 a6 12. a4 Ne4 13. b5 Re8 (13... axb5 14. axb5 Rxa1
15. Bxa1 cxb5 16. Bxb5 $11) 14. b6 $14 Bb8 15. Nb3 Bg4 16. Na5 Qc8 17. Qc2 e5
18. Rad1 exd4 19. Bxd4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe2 21. Nexc6 $4 (21. Qxe2 $142 Bxe5 22.
Qd3 $11) 21... Bf3 (21... Bxd1 22. Rxd1 bxc6 $17) 22. gxf3 $18 Qh3 (22... Nxf2
23. Qxf2 bxc6 $18) 23. f4 (23. Nxb8 Ng5 24. Be5 Rxe5 25. Qe2 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3
Qxf3 27. Rfe1 Rg5+ 28. Kf1 Rxb8 29. Rd2 Qg2+ 30. Ke2 Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Qxa4 32. Nxb7
Qc4+ 33. Rde2 Rxb7 34. h4 $19) 23... Qg4+ $11 24. Kh1 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blackpool zt (Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Susan K"]
[Black "McLure, Alison"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. a3 c5 6. bxc5 Bxc5 7. c4 O-O 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nc6 (9... Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Nd7 11. d4 Bd6 12. Be2 Nf6 13. O-O Rc8 14.
Qb3 Qe7 15. Rfc1 Ne4 16. Be1 g5 17. d5 e5 18. a4 g4 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Bxd2 h5
21. f3 Qh4 22. Be1 Qg5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. e4 {
Reg_UK (2165)-SteVeYBoY (1785)/www.ChessWorld.net server game 2003/[Fritz 6 (3}
) 10. Rc1 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Qd6 $146 (11... Qd5 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. O-O Bg4 14. Be2 Bb6
15. Qc2 Bc7 16. Rd3 Qe7 17. Rb3 Rac8 18. Rc1 Nb4 19. Rxb4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Rxc2
21. Rxc2 Bf5 22. e4 a5 23. Rbc4 b5 24. Rc7 Qd6+ 25. Be5 Qxa3 26. exf5 {
Woschkat,K-Rodriguez,R/Telecomm 1995/1-0}) 12. Nh4 Rfd8 (12... Be4 13. f3 Bd5
14. e4 $11) 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Be2 Bb6 15. Rd3 Qg6 16. O-O f4 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18.
Qc1 Qd6 19. Qc3 f6 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Bc3 Bc7 22. g3 fxg3 23. fxg3 Ne5 24. Qe4
Qd5 (24... Bb6 25. Bb4 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Nxc6 27. d4 $14) 25. Qxd5 $16 Rxd5 26. d4
Nc6 27. Rb1 b6 28. Bf3 Rd6 29. Rc1 Ne7 30. Bb4 Rd7 31. d5 $1 Bd6 (31... Nxd5
32. Bxd5 {Combination}) 32. Bxd6 $18 Rxd6 33. Rc7 Ng8 34. Rxa7 g6 35. e4 Nh6
36. Kf2 Kg8 37. Ke3 Nf7 38. Bg4 Ne5 39. Be6+ Kh8 40. a4 Nc4+ 41. Kd4 Ne5 42.
Rc7 Nf3+ 43. Ke3 Ne5 44. h4 h5 45. Ke2 Rd8 46. Ra7 Rd6 47. Ke3 Rd8 48. Rb7 Rd6
49. Kd4 Nc6+ 50. Kc3 Ne5 51. Kb4 Nd3+ 52. Kb5 Nc5 (52... Nf2 53. Rxb6 Rd8 54.
a5 Nxe4 55. a6 $18) 53. Rxb6 Rxb6+ 54. Kxb6 (54. Kxc5 $143 Rb8 $18) 54... Nxa4+
55. Kc6 (55. Kc6 Nb2 56. e5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Telecom op Dublin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Susan K"]
[Black "McMahon, Daire"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. a3 Nbd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Be7 (7...
Nb6 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Be2 $15) 8. O-O c6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qb3 b5 11. Be2 Qb6 (11...
a5 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Bd3 $14) 12. Rac1 (12. Nd4 Bg4 $14) 12... a6 (
12... a5 13. Nd4 $11) 13. d4 (13. Nd4 Bg4 $14) 13... a5 $11 14. Ne5 (14. Rfd1
Nd5 $11) 14... axb4 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. axb4 Nf6 17. Rfe1 Nd5 {
Attacks the isolani on b4} 18. e4 Nxc3 19. exf5 Nd5 (19... Na2 20. Ra1 Bxb4 21.
Rf1 $16) 20. fxe6 $11 Bxb4 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Rf1 (22. Bh5 g6 23. Re6 gxh5 24.
Qxd5 cxd5 25. Rxb6 Ra2 $11) 22... Bf8 (22... Re8 23. Bf3 Bd6 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25.
Qxd5 $14) 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Rc2 (24. Qc2 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Rd6 $16) 24... Kh8 (24...
Be7 25. Rfc1 Rd6 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Rc5 $14) 25. Rfc1 $14 {
Attacks the backward pawn on c6} Rf6 26. g3 (26. Bxd5 $5 cxd5 27. Rc7 $14)
26... Qb7 27. Kg2 Qd7 28. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 29. Qxd5 cxd5 30. Ra1 (30. h3 Bd6 $11)
30... Rf7 31. Bc1 (31. f4 Re8 $11) 31... Kg8 (31... b4 32. Bf4 $15) 32. Bf4 (
32. f3 Re8 $11) 32... Rb7 (32... b4 33. Rc7 $15) 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. Ke2 (34. h3 b4
$11) 34... Bd6 35. Bxd6 Rxd6 36. Kd3 Rh6 37. f4 Rhb6 38. Rc5 Rd7 (38... Ke6 39.
f5+ Kd6 40. Re1 $16) 39. Kc3 (39. Ra5 $5 $14) 39... b4+ $11 40. Kb3 Ke6 41.
Re1+ Kf6 42. Re5 Ra7 43. Rexd5 Ra3+ 44. Kb2 Rd3 45. Rf5+ Ke6 46. Rce5+ Kd6 47.
Rd5+ Kc6 48. Rc5+ Kd6 49. Rfd5+ Ke6 50. Rg5 (50. Re5+ Kd6 51. Rcd5+ Kc6 $14)
50... g6 (50... Rxd4 51. Rxg7 Rd2+ 52. Rc2 Rxc2+ 53. Kxc2 $18) 51. Rc7 (51.
Rge5+ $5 Kd6 52. Rcd5+ Kc6 53. Rd8 $14) 51... Rd2+ $11 52. Kb3 Rxh2 $2 (52...
Rxd4 53. Re5+ Kd6 54. Rxh7 Rd3+ 55. Kc2 Rc3+ 56. Kb2 Rc5 57. Rxc5 Kxc5 $14) 53.
Rxh7 $1 $18 Rxh7 54. Rxg6+ {
The passed pawn on f4 will quickly become a dangerous weapon. A double attack}
Kd5 55. Rxb6 Rg7 56. Rxb4 Rxg3+ 57. Ka4 Rf3 (57... Ke4 58. Rb7 $18) 58. f5 Ke4
59. Kb5 (59. Rb5 $142 $5 $18) 59... Rxf5+ $16 60. Kc4 Rd5 61. Kc3 Ke3 62. Ra4
Rd7 63. Rc4 Rd8 64. Rc7 (64. Ra4 $142 $5 $16) 64... Rxd4 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Susan K"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. a3 d5 4. e3 b6 5. b5 a6 $15 6. a4 c5 7. bxc6 (7. Nf3 Bd6
$15) 7... Nxc6 8. Nf3 Bb7 (8... Bd6 9. Ba3 $15) 9. Be2 $11 Rc8 10. O-O Bd6 11.
Na3 (11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 O-O $11) 11... e5 (11... O-O 12. c4 $15) 12. c4 (12.
Nh4 O-O $15) 12... d4 (12... e4 13. Ne1 $15) 13. Nh4 (13. exd4 $5 exd4 14. Nc2
$11) 13... O-O $17 14. Nf5 Bc5 15. d3 g6 (15... Re8 16. Nc2 $15) 16. exd4 Bxa3
(16... exd4 17. Ng3 $15) 17. Nh6+ $11 Kg7 18. Rxa3 (18. Bxa3 Kxh6 19. dxe5 Nxe5
20. Bxf8+ Qxf8 $11) 18... Nxd4 $15 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Bxg4 f5 {Black intends e4}
21. Bxd4 Qxd4 (21... fxg4 $2 22. Bxe5+ Kg8 23. Qxg4 $18) 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3
e4 24. Qf4 (24. Qe2 Rfe8 $15) 24... Rfd8 (24... Qb2 25. Qc1 Qxc1 26. Rxc1 $19)
25. dxe4 $15 Qxe4 26. Qg3 (26. Qxe4 fxe4 27. a5 bxa5 28. Rxa5 Rxc4 29. Rxa6 Rd7
$15) 26... Qxc4 27. h4 (27. Re3 Kg8 (27... Qxa4 $2 28. Re7+ Kf8 29. Qe5 $18 (
29. Rxh7 $4 Rd1 30. Rh8+ Kf7 31. Rh7+ Kf6 $19)) 28. Re7 Re8 $17 (28... Qxa4 29.
Qe5 Qd4 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Qf7 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rc2+ 33. Kg1 Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Rd2+
35. Rf2 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 g5 37. Qxh7#)) 27... Re8 (27... Qc7 28. Qe3 $17) 28. Rd1
Re7 29. Re3 Rce8 30. Qg5 $2 (30. Rxe7+ $142 $5 Rxe7 31. Rd6 $17) 30... Rxe3 $19
31. fxe3 Qxa4 32. Rd5 (32. Rd6 Qa1+ 33. Kf2 Qb2+ 34. Kf3 Qb5 $19) 32... Qb3 (
32... h6 33. Qg3 Qe4 34. Rd7+ Re7 35. Rd6 Qxe3+ 36. Qxe3 Rxe3 37. Rxb6 $19) 33.
Rd7+ Kg8 34. Rd8 Qe6 35. Rxe8+ (35. Rd3 Qe7 $19) 35... Qxe8 36. h5 Kf7 (36...
b5 37. Qf4 $19) 37. h6 (37. Qh6 Kf6 $19) 37... Qe5 38. Kf2 Qf6 (38... Qd6 $5
39. Ke2 $19) 39. Qf4 g5 (39... b5 40. Qc7+ Qe7 41. Qb6 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 $19) 40.
Qc4+ Kg6 41. Qxa6 Qb2+ 42. Ke1 Kxh6 43. Qc8 Qb4+ 44. Ke2 Qb5+ 45. Kf2 Kh5 46.
Qc7 {Threatening mate... how?} Qb2+ 47. Kg3 Kg6 48. Qc6+ Qf6 49. Qd5 (49. Qe8+
Kh6 $19) 49... h5 {Black prepares the advance g4} 50. Kf2 (50. e4 h4+ 51. Kh2
fxe4 52. Qxe4+ Kh6 $19) 50... h4 51. Kg1 g4 52. Kh2 Kh6 (52... Qe7 53. Qg8+ Kf6
54. Qh8+ Kf7 55. Qh7+ Ke6 56. Qg6+ Kd5 57. Qxb6 Qd6+ 58. Qxd6+ Kxd6 59. Kg1 $19
) 53. e4 f4 54. e5 Qf5 55. Kg1 Kh5 56. Qb5 Kg5 (56... h3 57. gxh3 gxh3 58. Kh2
$19) 57. Qxb6 (57. Qb3 Qxe5 58. Kf1 f3 59. gxf3 gxf3 60. Qe3+ Kf5 61. Qd3+ Kg4
$19) 57... Qxe5 58. Qd8+ Kh5 59. Qd1 (59. Kf1 h3 60. gxh3 gxh3 61. Qd1+ Kh4 62.
Qd8+ Kg3 63. Qd3+ Kg4 64. Qd7+ Qf5 65. Qd1+ Kg5 66. Qd8+ Kh5 67. Qh8+ Kg4 68.
Qg7+ Kh4 69. Qe7+ Kh5 70. Qe2+ Qg4 71. Qe5+ Qg5 72. Qe2+ Kh4 73. Qe1+ Kg4 74.
Qe2+ f3 75. Qc4+ Kg3 76. Qc7+ Kh4 77. Qh7+ Kg4 78. Qd7+ Qf5 79. Qg7+ Kh5 80.
Qh8+ Kg5 81. Kf2 $19) 59... f3 60. Kf2 (60. Qd2 h3 61. gxf3 gxf3 62. Qf2 Qg7+
63. Kh2 Qg2+ 64. Qxg2 hxg2 65. Kg3 $19) 60... Qg3+ 61. Ke3 fxg2+ (61... fxg2+
62. Ke4 Kg6 $19) 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Susan K"]
[Black "Le Blancq, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c4 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Ba5 7. cxd5 Nbd7 (
7... Nxd5 8. Qc2 $15) 8. Bd4 (8. Bc3 Bb6 $11) 8... Nxd5 $15 9. Qb3 N7f6 (9...
N5f6 10. e3 $15) 10. e3 $11 Be6 (10... Bb6 11. Bxb6 Nxb6 12. d4 $11) 11. Qa4 (
11. Qxb7 Bb6 $11) 11... c5 (11... Bb6 12. Bc4 $15) 12. Bb2 (12. Bxc5 $5 Re8 13.
Nd4 $11) 12... Qb6 (12... Bf5 13. Nc3 $15) 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Bxb5 a6 15. Be2 (
15. Bc4 b5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 $15) 15... b5 16. O-O Ne4 17. Rc1 c4 18.
Bd4 Rfc8 19. Nc3 Ndxc3 (19... Nc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nd4 $15) 20. dxc3 Nc5 21.
Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Nd4 Bd5 23. Kf1 g6 (23... Rd8 24. f3 $15) 24. g3 Rac8 25. Bf3 (
25. Ra2 Rd8 $15) 25... Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Susan K"]
[Black "Milligan Scott, Helen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 Be6 4. e3 f5 5. Nf3 Nd7 (5... Nc6 6. d4 (6. b5 Na5 7.
Na3 Nf6 8. Qa4 b6 9. d4 Be7) 6... Nxb4 (6... exd4 7. b5 Ne5 8. Bxd4 Nxc4 9. Nc3
d5) 7. dxe5 (7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. d5 Bd7 9. dxc6 Bxc6) 7... dxe5 8. Bxe5 (8. Nc3
Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Rd8) 8... Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 O-O-O+ 10. Kc1 Nd3+ 11. Bxd3 Rxd3 12. Bd4
$11) (5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. Be2 e4 8. Nd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O) 6. d4 $11 (6. Nc3 a5
7. a3 Nh6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O) 6... e4 (6... d5 $5 7. Qa4 (7. dxe5 Bxb4+ 8.
Nc3 Nc5 9. cxd5 Qxd5) 7... e4 $11 (7... dxc4 8. Nxe5 c6 9. b5 cxb5) 8. cxd5
Bxd5 9. Nc3 Ngf6) (6... Ngf6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Qc2 e4 9. d5 Bf7) (6... a5 7. b5
Nh6 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. dxe5 Nxe5) (6... Be7 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a5) 7. d5
$14 Bf7 8. Nd4 Nh6 (8... Ne5 9. Nxf5 Qd7) 9. Qa4 (9. Ne6 Bxe6) 9... c6 (9...
Be7 $142 $5 $14) (9... Qf6 $16 {1.24/9}) 10. dxc6 $18 Nb6 11. Qc2 bxc6 12. Nxc6
Qc7 13. b5 Be6 14. Nd2 Kf7 15. Be2 Rg8 (15... Be7 16. Nxe7 Qxe7 17. Bh5+ Kg8
18. O-O $16) 16. O-O Be7 17. f3 exf3 18. Bxf3 Rac8 19. e4 (19. Bh5+ g6 20. Bf3
Ke8 $18) 19... Bf6 (19... Bg5 20. Rae1 Bxd2 21. Bh5+ Kf8 22. Qxd2 Nxc4 23. exf5
$18) 20. Bxf6 gxf6 (20... Kxf6 21. exf5 Nxf5 22. g4 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 $18 (23. gxf5
$143 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Bxf5 $18)) 21. Bh5+ (21. Rae1 Kg7 $18) 21... Kf8 22. exf5
Qg7 {Threatening mate... how?} 23. g3 Bd7 24. Rae1 (24. Nxa7 $5 Rc5 $18) 24...
Bxc6 25. bxc6 Ng4 (25... Qg5 26. Qe4 Rc7 27. Qe8+ Kg7 28. Qe2 Nxf5 29. Ne4 Qe3+
30. Qxe3 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 Nxc4 32. Rb3 $18) 26. Qd3 {The mate threat is Qxd6} Qc7
27. Bxg4 Rxg4 28. Qf3 (28. Re6 Kg7 29. Qe2 Rxg3+ 30. hxg3 Qxc6 31. Re7+ Kf8 32.
Qe6 Qe8 33. Qxf6+ Qf7 34. Qxf7#) 28... Rg7 29. Re6 Rf7 30. c5 (30. Qa3 Rd8 $18)
30... dxc5 31. Qa3 Rd8 32. Qxc5+ Kg7 33. Ne4 Rd5 34. Qc3 Na4 35. Qb4 (35. Qf3
$142 Rd4 36. Qe3 $18) 35... Nb6 36. Nxf6 $1 Rxf6 {A deflection} (36... Rd8 37.
Ne8+ Rxe8 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Rxe8+ Rf8 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Re1+ Kd6
43. Qe5+ Kxc6 44. Rc1+ Kb7 45. Rxc7+ Ka6 46. Qe2+ Ka5 47. Rc5+ Kb4 48. Qb5+ Ka3
49. Qb3#) 37. Re7+ (37. Re7+ Qxe7 38. Qxe7+ Rf7 39. f6+ Kg8 40. Qe8+ Rf8 41.
f7+ Kg7 42. Qe7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Duncan Lawrie Women-Men"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Susan K"]
[Black "Jackson, Sheila"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 g6 (4... Be6 5. Bg2 c6 6. d3 $15) 5. Bg2 $11
Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. Nc3 Re8 8. e3 c6 9. a4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Ne2
Nc6 13. b5 Ne7 14. O-O Be6 15. d4 e4 16. Nf4 Nf5 17. Qb3 Rc8 18. Rac1 Qd7 19.
Ba3 b6 20. Bb4 Bf8 (20... Bh6 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Qa3 $11) 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. h4 (
22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. f3 exf3 24. Bxf3 Rc4 $14) 22... h5 23. Kh2 Ne7 24. f3 Bf5 25.
fxe4 dxe4 26. Rcd1 Qd6 27. Rd2 Rfd8 28. Rdf2 Rf8 29. Nxh5 gxh5 30. Rxf5 Nxf5
31. Rxf5 Kg7 (31... Rce8 $5 $18) 32. Rg5+ Kf6 33. Bxe4 Rc1 34. Qb2 Rfc8 35.
Qf2+ Ke7 36. Re5+ Kf8 37. Qf4 Rd8 38. Bc6 (38. Rxh5 Qxf4 39. gxf4 Re1 $16)
38... Rc2+ 39. Kh3 Qg6 (39... Rxc6 $142 40. bxc6 Qxc6 41. Rxh5 Rd6 $18) 40. Bf3
Ra2 (40... Qd6 41. Bd5 Rc7 $18) 41. Bxh5 Qh7 {
If Black now would get Rd7 in, he might survive} 42. Rf5 (42. Bxf7 Rh2+ 43.
Kxh2 Qxf7 44. Qh6+ Qg7 45. Rf5+ Kg8 46. Qe6+ Kh8 47. Rh5+ Qh7 48. Qf6+ Kg8 49.
Rg5+ Qg6 50. Rxg6+ Kh7 51. Qg7#) 42... Rd7 43. Qb8+ Kg7 (43... Ke7 44. Re5+ Kf6
$18) 44. Rg5+ Kf6 45. Qe5# 1-0

[Event "Novi Sad ol (Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Susan K"]
[Black "Dekic, Biljana N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2160"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. b4 e6 2. Bb2 $11 Nf6 3. a3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nf3 c5 6. b5 d6 (6... a6 7. Bc4
$11) 7. Be2 Nbd7 (7... Be7 8. O-O $11) 8. O-O Be7 9. a4 Qc7 10. c4 (10. a5 O-O
$11) 10... O-O 11. d3 Rad8 12. a5 d5 13. Nbd2 (13. a6 Ba8 $11) 13... Ng4 (13...
bxa5 14. Qa4 $11) 14. h3 (14. axb6 Qxb6 15. Qa4 d4 16. exd4 a6 $16) 14... Ngf6
15. Qc2 Ne8 (15... bxa5 16. Bc3 $11) 16. axb6 $14 axb6 17. Ra7 Nd6 18. Rfa1
dxc4 19. dxc4 Nc8 20. R7a2 (20. Qc3 Bf6 21. Rxb7 Qxb7 $17) 20... Bf6 $14 21.
Bd3 h6 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Be4 Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 f5 26. Ng3 Kh7 27. Qc2
Ne5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Rd1 (29. Ra6 Nd6 $14) 29... Qc7 (29... Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Nd6
31. Ra4 $14) 30. Re1 Kg8 31. Ne2 g5 (31... Rd6 32. Rea1 $14) 32. Raa1 (32. Rea1
e5 $14) 32... Qg7 33. g3 (33. Red1 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 g4 35. hxg4 fxg4 $16) 33...
Nd6 34. Ra6 Nc8 35. Raa1 (35. Rea1 e5 $14) 35... Nd6 36. Ra6 (36. Red1 e5 $14)
36... Nc8 37. Kh2 (37. Rea1 e5 $14) 37... Qc7 (37... g4 38. Rea1 $14) 38. Rea1
Rf7 39. Rd1 Rxd1 40. Qxd1 h5 (40... Rd7 41. Qc2 $14) 41. Ra2 (41. Nc3 h4 $14)
41... Rd7 42. Qa1 e5 43. Nc3 Ne7 44. e4 Qd6 (44... h4 45. gxh4 gxh4 46. Qg1+
Kf7 47. Qg5 $14) 45. exf5 {White gets the initiative} Qd3 (45... Qf6 $5 $14)
46. f6 $18 Nf5 47. Qc1 Nd4 (47... g4 $142 $18) 48. Qxg5+ Kf7 (48... Kf8 49.
Ra8+ Rd8 50. Qg7+ Ke8 51. Qe7#) 49. Qxh5+ Kxf6 50. Nd5+ Rxd5 51. Qh6+ (51. Qh6+
Ke7 52. Ra7+ (52. cxd5 $6 Nf3+ 53. Kg2 Ne1+ 54. Kg1 Nf3+ 55. Kg2 Ne1+ 56. Kg1
Nf3+ 57. Kg2 $11) 52... Rd7 53. Qg7+ Ke6 54. Qxd7+ (54. Rxd7 Nf3+ 55. Kg2 Ne1+
56. Kh2 Nf3+ 57. Kg2 Ne1+ 58. Kh2 Nf3+ $11) 54... Kf6 55. Qg7+ Kf5 56. Rf7+ Ke6
57. Qf6#) (51. cxd5 $6 Nf3+ 52. Kg2 Ne1+ 53. Kg1 Nf3+ 54. Kg2 Ne1+ 55. Kg1 Nf3+
56. Kg2 $11) 1-0

[Event "Delden zt (Women)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Susan K"]
[Black "De Kleuver, Esther"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. b4 e5 $15 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 d5 6. c4 (6. Bd3 Nbd7 $15
) 6... c5 (6... Nc6 $5 7. Qb3 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 c5 $17) 7. cxd5 (7. a3 $142 Ba5 8.
Nc3 $15) 7... Qxd5 (7... Nxd5 8. Bb2 $15) 8. Be2 (8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. a3 Ba5 $14)
8... Nc6 (8... Qe6 9. Bb2 $11) 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O (10. a3 Ba5 $11) 10... Bf5
11. d3 (11. a3 $142 Ba5 12. Qa4 $11) 11... Rad8 $4 (11... Bg6 $142 $15) 12. a3
$14 Ba5 (12... c4 13. e4 (13. axb4 $6 cxd3 14. Re1 dxe2 15. Qxd5 Rxd5 $11)
13... Bxe4 14. dxe4 (14. axb4 cxd3 15. Nc3 dxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18.
gxf3 Rd3 $17) 14... Qxe4 15. Qc1 $18) 13. e4 $16 Bxe4 14. dxe4 Qxe4 15. Nbd2
Qf4 16. g3 (16. Ra2 $5 $16) 16... Qh6 $14 17. Ra2 Nd4 18. Nh4 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2
Rxd2 (19... Bxd2 $2 20. Nf5 Qg5 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. f4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 $18) 20. Nf5
Qg5 (20... Rxe2 $4 21. Nxh6+ Kg7 22. Nf5+ (22. Rxe2 $6 Kxh6 23. Re7 b6 $16)
22... Kg6 23. Nh4+ (23. Rxe2 $6 Kxf5 24. Re7 b6 $16) 23... Kh6 24. Rxe2 $18)
21. Rxd2 Qxd2 (21... Bxd2 $2 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. f4 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 $18) 22. Qf3 (
22. Qg4+ Qg5 23. Qe4 Qd2 $14) 22... Re8 23. Qxb7 Bb6 24. Qc6 Re6 25. Qa8+ Qd8
26. Qf3 (26. Qb7 Qe8 $11) 26... Qd2 27. h4 (27. Qa8+ Qd8 28. Qb7 Qe8 $11) 27...
Qe2 28. Qa8+ Re8 29. Qb7 (29. Qc6 Qe6 30. Qf3 Kh8 $11) 29... Qe6 (29... Qe4 30.
Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Kg2 $15) 30. Qf3 $11 Qe2 31. Qb7 Qe6 (31... Qe4 32. Qxe4 Rxe4 33.
Rc1 $15) 32. Qf3 $11 Kh8 33. Kh2 Qe2 34. Qc3 (34. Qc6 $5 Re6 35. Qc8+ Re8 36.
Qc6 $11) 34... Re6 (34... Re5 35. Ne3 $17) 35. Ne3 (35. Kg2 c4 $15) 35... c4 (
35... Kg7 36. Kg2 c4 $15) 36. Qb4 $4 (36. Qxc4 $142 Rxe3 37. Qxf7 $15) 36...
Kg8 $19 37. Qxc4 Rxe3 38. Qc8+ (38. Qxe2 Rxe2 39. Kg2 Ra2 $19) 38... Re8 (38...
Kg7 $142 39. Qc6 Rxa3 $19) 39. Qc1 (39. Qh3 $19) 39... Bxf2 40. h5 (40. Kh3
Bxg3 $1 41. Kxg3 Re3+ 42. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 43. Rf3 Qe5+ 44. Kh3 $19) 40... Be3+ (
40... Be1+ 41. Kg1 Bxg3 42. Qd2 Qxd2 43. Rf5 Re1+ 44. Rf1 Qh2#) 41. Kh3 Bxc1
42. Rf5 Re4 43. a4 (43. h6 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Re2+ 45. Rf2 Rxf2+ 46. Kg1 Qxg3+ 47.
Kh1 Rh2#) 43... Qg4+ 44. Kg2 (44. Kh2 Re2+ 45. Kh1 Qh3+ 46. Kg1 Qg2#) 44...
Qxf5 45. Kg1 Re1+ 46. Kg2 Qf1+ 47. Kh2 Re2# 0-1

[Event "4NCL"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Susan K"]
[Black "Roy, Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. b4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 (4. Be2 e6 5. a3 Be7 (5... c5 6. bxc5 Bxc5
7. d3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c4 Qe7 10. O-O Rfd8 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Bb6 13. a4
Rac8 14. Nd4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxd4 16. exd4 Bxd4 17. Ba3 Qd7 18. Rab1 f5 19. Ng5
Nc3 20. Qh5 {alfy-mirbor/6621471 kurnik 2012/0-1}) 6. d4 O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b5
c5 9. a4 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. c4 Nb6 12. Nb3 Nxc4 13. dxc5 Ne4 14. Qe1 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Nxc5 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bd2 Qg5+ {
Pal,P (2250)-Bombek,P (2270)/TCh-SVK, SVK 2000/0-1}) 4... Bh5 5. Be2 $146 (5.
g4 Bg6 6. g5 Ne4 7. d3 Nd6 8. Bb2 e6 9. c4 c6 10. c5 Nf5 11. Nbd2 Na6 12. a3
Nc7 13. e4 Ne7 14. Bg2 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bh5 16. Nc4 Ng6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. cxd6 Nb5
19. Bxg7 Rg8 {themonkey (2120)-keyrock (1835)/GameColony.com 2002/1-0 (39)})
5... e6 6. a3 c5 7. bxc5 Bxc5 8. Bb2 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11.
Be2 $15) 10. cxd5 $11 Nxd5 11. d4 (11. Nc3 Rc8 $11) 11... Be7 12. O-O Rc8 13.
Nbd2 Qc7 14. Rc1 Qb8 15. Nb3 Rfd8 16. Nfd2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 e5 18. Nf3 Bf6 (18...
e4 19. Nfd2 f5 20. g4 $14) 19. dxe5 $14 Nxe5 (19... Bxe5 $5 20. Rfd1 Bxb2 21.
Qxb2 b6 $14) 20. Bxe5 $16 Bxe5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Qb5 Rd8 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Rd1
(24. Qxb7 $142 Nc3 25. Nd4 $16) 24... Rd6 $2 (24... b6 $142 $14) 25. Qxb7 $18
g6 26. Qxa7 Nc7 (26... Kg7 27. a4 Re6 28. a5 $18) 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Nd4 Nd5 29.
a4 Nb4 30. a5 f5 (30... Na6 31. Qb6 Qxb6 32. axb6 $18) 31. Qb6 Qxb6 32. axb6
Na6 33. Kf1 (33. b7 Nb8 $18) 33... Nb8 34. Ke2 (34. Ne6 $5 h6 $18) 34... Kf7
35. Kd3 (35. Kd2 $142 Ke7 36. Nb5 $18) 35... Ke7 $4 (35... Nd7 $142 $16) 36.
Kc4 $18 Kd6 37. Kb5 h6 (37... Kd7 38. Nf3 $18) 38. h4 Kd7 (38... h5 39. Ne2 Kd7
40. Nf4 $18) 39. h5 $1 (39. h5 gxh5 40. Nxf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "4NCL West Bromwich ENG"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ashby, Ann"]
[Black "Lalic, Susan K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2105"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. a3 Nc6 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c3 Be7 8. d4
Nh6 9. Bd3 Nf5 10. g4 (10. h4 h5 11. Na3 a6 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. Nc2 Rc8 14. Ne3 g6
15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. c4 Nb4 17. cxd5 Bb5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. d6 Qd8 20. Qb3 Nd3+ 21.
Kd2 Nxf2 22. Ng5 O-O 23. Rhc1 Qb6 24. Nc2 Rc4 {
Sedlak,N (2570)-Dvirnyy,D (2450)/11th EICC Men 2010/1/2-1/2 (31)}) (10. O-O O-O
11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. f4 Be7 14. Ra2 f6 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. g5 Rf5 17.
Bxf5 exf5 18. Nd2 Be6 19. Nf3 Bf7 20. Qd3 g6 21. Re1 Kg7 22. Rae2 a5 23. Qb5
Qc7 24. Qa4 Rb8 {
Leconte,J (2295)-Gatineau,Y (2090)/13th ch-FRA Rapid 2015/1-0 (33)}) 10... Nh4
11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. O-O Bd7 $146 (12... Be7 13. Na3 Bd7 14. f4 a6 15. f5 h5 16.
gxh5 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Qh4 18. Be2 exf5 19. Rf4 Qe7 20. c4 dxc4 21. Rg3 b5 22. Rxg7
O-O-O 23. Rf2 Be6 24. Bg5 Qf8 25. h6 Rxd4 26. Qa1 Kb7 27. Bf3 {
Lampen,T-Tolonen,L/Jyvaeskylae JyS 2000/1-0 (47)}) (12... g6 13. Na3 Be7 14.
Bh6 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Nb5 Kf8 17. f4 Qe7 18. f5 gxf5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Kh1
Rg8 21. Qf3 Be6 22. Nd6 Rd8 23. Bxf5 Rd7 24. Bxh7 Rh8 25. Qh5 Rxd6 26. exd6
Qxd6 27. Rae1 {Salmensuu,O (2415)-Wiley,T (2290)/19th Open 2000/1-0 (31)}) 13.
f4 Be7 14. Qe2 g6 (14... O-O 15. f5 $17) 15. Na3 a6 16. Nc2 Na5 (16... Qc7 17.
Ba3 $15) 17. Rb1 (17. Ba3 Bh4 $15) 17... Rc8 18. f5 (18. Bd2 $17) 18... Rxc3 (
18... exf5 19. Ne3 $17) 19. fxg6 (19. f6 $142 $5 Bf8 20. Bd2 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 $11)
19... hxg6 $17 20. Qf3 O-O (20... Rh7 21. Bd2 Rc8 22. Bxa5 Qxa5 23. Rxb7 $17)
21. Bh6 Bg5 (21... Bb5 22. Bxf8 Qxf8 23. Rxb5 axb5 24. Qe2 $17) 22. Bxf8 $11
Qxf8 23. Qe2 Qh6 24. Rf3 (24. Qf3 Qg7 25. Qe2 f6 $11) 24... Rc7 (24... Ba4 $5
25. Rbf1 Bxc2 26. Bxc2 Be3+ 27. Kh1 Nc6 $15) 25. Rbf1 (25. Qf2 Ba4 26. Rf1 Bxc2
27. Bxc2 Nc4 28. Rxf7 Be3 29. Rxc7 Qg5 30. Qxe3 Qxe3+ (30... Nxe3 $143 31. Rc8+
Kg7 32. Rc7+ Kh6 33. Rf3 $17) 31. Kh1 Qe2 $19 (31... Qxd4 32. Bxg6 Qc5 33. Bf7+
Kg7 34. Rxc5 Nxe5 35. Rc7 Nd7 36. Rxd7 Kh6 37. h4 Kg7 38. Bxe6+ Kg6 39. Rdf7 b5
40. R1f6#)) 25... Be8 26. Qg2 Nc4 27. Rh3 Qg7 28. Rf2 (28. Qf2 Ba4 29. Bxc4
dxc4 $15) 28... Nb2 29. Bf1 b5 (29... Ba4 30. Ra3 $15) 30. Ra3 $11 Na4 31. Qg3
Bc1 (31... Qh6 32. Qg2 $15) 32. Ra2 (32. Rb3 Qh6 $11) 32... Qh6 33. Rf3 (33.
Qf3 Rc3 34. Qg2 b4 35. Nxb4 Be3 $15) 33... Qd2 34. Qf2 (34. Rd3 Qf4 (34... Rxc2
$143 35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Bxd2 37. Kg2 $14) 35. Qxf4 Bxf4 $15) 34... Qxf2+
$17 35. Rxf2 Rc3 (35... a5 36. Ra1 Bg5 37. Ra2 $17) 36. Kg2 Rc6 (36... a5 $142
$5 $17) 37. Nb4 $11 Rc8 (37... Be3 38. Nxc6 Bxc6 39. Rac2 $11) 38. Rac2 (38.
Nxa6 $143 Be3 39. Rac2 Nc3 $17) 38... Rxc2 39. Rxc2 Bb2 (39... Be3 40. Rc8 Kf8
41. Nxa6 $14) 40. Rc8 (40. Nxa6 $142 $5 f6 41. Nc7 $16) 40... Kf8 $14 41. Nxa6
Nb6 (41... Ke7 42. Rxe8+ Kxe8 43. Bxb5+ Ke7 44. Bxa4 Bxd4 45. Nb4 Bxe5 46. Nc6+
Kd6 47. Nxe5 Kxe5 48. Be8 $16) 42. Rb8 Nd7 43. Rb7 Bxd4 44. Bxb5 Nxe5 45. Rb8
Nxg4 46. Rxe8+ Kg7 47. Nb4 Ne3+ 48. Kf3 Nf5 49. Ba6 (49. Bd3 Kf6 $16) 49... Nd6
50. Rd8 Ne4 51. Nd3 (51. Bd3 Nc5 $16) 51... Kf6 52. Bb5 Kf5 53. Be8 f6 54. h4 (
54. Bd7 g5 $18) 54... Nd2+ $16 55. Ke2 Nc4 (55... Nb3 $142 $5 $16) 56. Bf7 $18
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• 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 (4 players, 3 days/move)
• 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bb4 3.f4 ef4 4.Bg7 Qh4 5.g3 fg3 6.Bg2 gh2 7.Kf1 hg1Q 8.Kg1 (Kucharkowski-Meybohm gambit, 6 players, 10 days move)
• 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bb4 4.Bc4 (Sokolski gambit, 4 players, 3 days/move)
• 1.c4 Nf6 2.b4 (English orangutan, 4 players, 3 days/move)
• 1.e4 c5 2.b4 (Sicilian: Wing gambit, 4 players, 10 days/move)
• 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 (French: Wing gambit, 4 players, 3 days/move)

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