CCLA Portraits

The following column was originally published in the May-June 1999 issue of The Chess Correspondent, Vol. 72, No. 3.

IM N. Eric Pedersen Eric is one of the USA's newest ICCF IMs, earning the title in September 1998. He kindly shares with us his personal story. It was interesting to discover that Eric entered military service in 1973, after being drafted in late 1972. He must have been one of the last group of Americans to be drafted, since the late and former President, Richard Nixon abolished the draft in 1973. I volunteered for the Army along with my brother Nick in the Spring 1974. Eric, at 49, is four years my senior. And I too remember eating in one of those famous New York City Automates! "I don't remember when I first started playing chess, but I remember why. My mother's parents used to live next door when I was growing up. Grandpa used to beat me at checkers on a fairly regular basis. One Saturday while walking through a local department store in Binghamton, New York, I happened upon a small plastic chess and checker set in the toy department. The price was right, only a dollar, which happened to be my weekly allowance. I thought I'd study my game and improve my results. If I couldn't get the best of grandpa at checkers, I thought I'd teach him chess. I picked up a copy of The Royal Game, a children's book, at the public library and took my new prize home. I taught myself the basics of chess that weekend but was still somewhat baffled by castling and en passant pawn captures. No matter, I knew enough to take grandpa on. As luck would have it, he knew how to play chess too. Ah well.. I took my set to school the next day. Two of my pals, Tom Gorman and John Cross, knew how to play. I'll never forget that first game. I had the white pieces. I lost to Tom in two moves, a classic Fool's Mate. The three of us continued playing on a fairly regular basis through grade school. Neither one of them was as consumed by the game as I ultimately would be. Several years later the three of us represented Windsor High School in the second New York State High School Chess Championship. Our team didn't finish very well but I did. I tied for first with two others, one of whom was Marc Lonoff. Marc also became an ICCF IM with me in 1998. I was a regular at the Binghamton YMCA chess club for several years. I thoroughly enjoyed the five minute round robins. I even enjoyed having cigar smoke blown across the board by some of the old veterans as they tried to intimidate us kids. I'll never forget the rock solid stonewall defenses of Harold Evans or the more romantic opening choices of Fred Bartholy. Another "Y" regular was Jim Bovay. As I recall, he was a year ahead of me in school. We played a lot of chess together in those early years but haven't seen each other since about 1970. Jim went on to become New Hampshire OTB champion and USCF's 1989 Absolute correspondence chess champion. We met again in the 7th US Correspondence Chess Championship finals where he beat me soundly in an embarrasing minature. "I started reading Al Horowitz's Chess Review magazine in mid-1964 when I was fourteen. He always had a big ad for the Golden Knights correspondence chess tournament on the back cover. I didn't pay much attention until 1966 when I entered the very last Golden Knights section assigned that year, number 179. I did reasonably well, ultimately finishing in 10th place overall. Not bad, considering that it was my first CC tournament and that I was one of about 1,300 players. Over the years I played in five Golden Knights: 1966, 1969, 1970, 1974, and 1975. I always made the finals and always finished "in the money", such as it was, but never won any of the tournaments. My best finish was a clear fourth in 1969. I lost interest in the Golden Knights because most of my opponents just weren't competitive with me and there were a lot of dropouts. "In 1976 I was invited to play in the first USCF Absolute Championship. I had the lowest rating of the seven players, even though I was about seventeenth on the overall USCF CC rating list. I also think I was the youngest player in the section. It was a double round robin. I did reasonably well, scoring 6-6 including two draws with the tournament winner and new IM Robert M. Jacobs and one draw against the second place finisher IM John Kalish, co-champion of the 2nd North American Invitational Correspondence Chess Championship (note: see crosstable at: 2nd NAICCC, RPM.) All told, I played in four Absolutes: 1976, 1977, 1980, and 1981. My performance was only fair, but it was an honor to play in such exhaulted company. Over the four tournaments I managed to score four draws against Jacobs, drew with IM's Frank Camaratta and Dan Fleetwood, and beat 1952-3 Golden Knights champ Ignas Zalys and 1980-1 Absolute champ IM David Eisen. "In 1972 I joined the Correspondence Chess League of America. The lure was the first U. S. Correspondence Chess Championship which CCLA sponsored. I finished second in my preliminary section half a point behind 1968 Golden Knights champion Ken Collins. Ken was the only player to beat me. Frankly, it was a miracle I did as well as I did - I spent the first four months of 1973 in basic and advanced Army training at Fort Polk, Louisiana. I played in four USCCC's, the first, third, fourth, seventh, and ninth. I made the finals in the fourth and seventh championships. In the 7th I beat ILM Dr. Christine Rosenfield in the preliminaries and drew with IM's Lonoff and Erik Osbun in the finals. Probably my most significant accomplishment as a CCLA player was winning the Master Class Championship in 1974, ahead of IM Osbun and Dave Taylor, the runaway champion of the 7th USCCC. I have maintained my membership in CCLA for over twenty-five years, although I haven't been active since my last USCCC. "I joined American Postal Chess Tournaments in 1977. I don't recall how I learned about APCT or why I joined, but the tournaments I have played in have all been of high quality. I finished second in an invitational tournament started in 1986 to commemorate APCT's twentieth anniversary, behind Jon Voth and ahead of Dave Taylor and IM Keith Hayward. I played first board for the Midwest team in APCT's 1995 Regional Team Championship, drawing twice with both USCCC10 winner Jon Edwards. Jon and I tied for first place on the top board. I also got a plus score playing on board 9 for the victorious APCT team in the first U. S. National Team Championship. I was invited to play in both of APCT's "King" tournaments, thirteen player invitationals similar to the USCF Absolute Championship but started every two years. In the first King I finished tied with IM Allan Savage for third and fourth places, behind USCF Absolute champion Steven Barbre and Robert Houser, half a point ahead of current APCT ratings leader Edwards. In the process I beat IM's Tony Albano and Savage. The second "King" is still in play and it's too early to predict the outcome of most of my games. To date, I've played 75 games in the APCT. USCF, CCLA, APCT - which league is the strongest? I don't know. Based on my experience all three are leagues are very strong at the highest levels. APCT clearly has bragging rights thanks to winning the first National Team Championship. When will there be another? "My first international competition was ICCF's World Cup III, begun in 1975. While I finished with a plus score, I didn't make it out of the preliminaries. The section was won by IM Kurt Kaliwoda of Austria. I have played in nine ICCF fifteen man master sections (winning two and tieing for 1-4 in a third.) I represented the US twice on board 2 in the ICCF Olympiad. In the first instance I replaced IM Bob Cross in the finals of the VIII Olympiad. I played in my own right in the preliminaries of the Xth I have also represented the US in three Pan American Team Tournaments and two North Atlantic Team Tournaments (NATT). I was one of four players who represented the United States in the semifinals of the XIV World Championship. I finished with a plus score in my section. Only the winner of each section advanced to the next round. I am currently playing in the 8th North American Invitational Correspondence Chess Championship (NAICCC). I have three games remaining at this point and expect to finish about 8?- 5?. (note: Eric completed play with a very respectable 8/14 pts. See crosstable at: 8th NAICCC. He is also participating in 9th NAICCC, RPM) I started playing in the XXII World Championship semifinal in December 1997. As you would expect, it's a tough section. The highest rated player is 2605, several others are over 2500. I have three draws to date and the other games are more or less equal at this point. Most of my play in the last ten years has been of the ICCF variety. I enjoy international competition and it allows me to keep a larger number of games in play while at the same time devoting the right amount of time for analysis. I have played six of the seven Americans who received the ICCF IM title in 1998. I have also played about one third of all active American ICCF IM's, winning four, drawing eleven, and losing two. By the end of 1998 I had completed almost three hundred games ICCF rated games. "I have represented United States' correspondence chess organizations in friendly matches against Britain, Denmark, Germany (twice), Israel, Latvia, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, South Africa, and the USSR. "I rarely play over the board. It just doesn't suit my temperament as well as postal chess. Over the years I have won a few minor tournaments. "I do have a life outside of correspondence chess. I graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1972 with an BA in Natural Science. While there I played on the chess team and competed in three Pan American Intercollegiate Team Championships. I was drafted by the US Army in late 1972, just about the time the Viet Nam war was ending. I spent nearly six years in an administrative position with the 363rd Civil Affairs Brigade, "retiring" as a staff sergeant. I've been married for 26 years to a fellow Penn alum. My wife Caryl has no interest in chess at any level. We both enjoy Chicago Cubs baseball and travel. I have lived in Chicago since 1972. At present I live a short walk from Lake Michigan and Wrigley Field, due west of the elephant house in the Lincoln Park Zoo. I work for American General Assurance Company, a new name for what is basically the same company that has employed me since 1975. I have held positions as a programmer and a programming manager. At present I am Director of Technical Research and Development. "To sum up my postal chess career to date, I've had the opportunity to play in a lot of tough competitions. I've set no records but I have done reasonably well. To some degree, I feel a little like Zelig, a character in a Woody Allen movie of the same name - I've been there but I haven't done that, although I got to see it firsthand. To date I've played almost seven hundred CC games. On average, I win about 70% of the possible points. My average game is about thirty-one moves long. A few of my games have lasted over five years or have gone more than seventy-moves. At times I've had as many as eight-five games in play, most against masters and my rating suffered accordingly. Forty games is a comfortable load for me. Most of my play in recent years has been in international tournaments. While I'm a big fan of electronic mail and use it regularly both at home and at work, I prefer correspondence chess in the traditional way - with picture postcards, colorful stamps, and handwritten notes. I think it's more fun that way. "Here are few tips for the serious CC player: - Avoid clerical errors. Develop a good system for record keeping and stick to it consistently. Check and recheck your records. Always visualize the current position and play over the latest moves one more time before dropping that card in the mailbox. - Play over all of the moves in each game before you make a move. In some cases you may even want to go back to the original postcards rather than relying on your scoresheet. - Make good notes at critical junctures in your games. Sometimes you simply won't remember the details of your analysis when you need to make next month's move! - Choose an opening system that you are comfortable with. Understand the underlying principles thoroughly. Avoid the latest fashion. - Think for yourself. Just because some super GM played something in a certain position doesn't necessarily make it good. - Never hurry. Use the time available to understand the position and find the best move. Here are a few book suggestions: - My Sixty Memorable Games (Fischer) The greatest game collection of all time. - Every collection of tactical positions Spend three minutes on every position. It will make a real difference in your ability to recognize opportunities. - Rook Endings (Levenfish and Smyslov) This is the one endgame book that you must read from cover to cover, several times! - My System (Nimzovitch) Quirky, but one of the all time classics. - Pawn Power in Chess (Kmoch) Ok, a lot of the terminology is used only by Kmoch, but the concepts are important."

The first game is against IM Alan Savage. White: ICCF IM Alan Savage (2412) Black: ICCF IM N. Eric Pedersen (2450) APCT 1995 King Tournament, 1997 French Defense/Winawer/Winckelmann-Reimer Gambit [C15] [Notes by N. Eric Pedersen and Ralph P. Marconi (RPM)] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 dxe4 Alternatives are: 5...c5; 5...Nf6; and 5...Ne7, RPM. 6.f3 This move introduces the so-called Winckelmann-Reimer Gambit. In an upcoming issue of CHESS MAIL magazine there will be an article published on the Winckelmann-Reimer Gambit and Thomas Winckelmann, primary inventor of the this Gambit line of the French Winawer (see CHESS MAIL 12/1999 pages 20-24). The main line is 6.Qg4, recovering the pawn immediately. 6.Bc4 has been shown to be unsound, eg: 6...Nf6 7.Bg5 Nc6 8.Ne2 h6 9.Bh4 Na5 10.Ba2 b6 11.0-0 Ba6 -/+ {ECO}, Romanovski-Bronstein, USSR 1945.,RPM 6...e5!? 6...c5 7.fxe4 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qxe4+ 9.Kf2 Qxh1 10.Nf3 Bd7 11.Qd2 Nf6 12.Qf4 Bc6 13.Bb5 Qd1 14.Bxc6+ Nxc6 15.Ra2 0-0 0-1, Berg-Gunnarsson, Rekkjavik 1996. 6...b6. Accepting the gambit pawn with 6...exf3 has not faired well. Here's just a few examples: 7.Nxf3 Ne7 8.Bd3 Ng6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Ng5 h6 11.Nxf7 Rxf7 12.Rxf7 Kxf7 13.Qh5 1-0, Winkelmann-Vogel, corr. 1990, or 7...Nf6 8.Bd3 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Qe2 Nc6 13.Nh4 Ne7 14.Rae1 Ng8 15.Ng6 Rh7 16.Qg4 Rg7 17.Rxe6+, 1-0, Luddeke-Bliss, corr. 1993. RPM. 7.Be3 Bf5 Grabarczyk-Gdanski, Lubniewice tt, 1993 continued: 7...exd4 8.cxd4 Nh6 9.fxe4 Qh4+ 10.Kd2 Qxe4 11.Nf3 Nf5 12.Bb5+ Nc6 13.Re1 0-0 14.c3 Nxe3 15.Rxe3 Qf4 16.Qf1 Na5 17.Rb1 Be6 18.g3 Qd6 19.Bd3 h6 20.Re5 Qxa3 21.Reb5 b6 22.Ne5 Qd6 23.Qe2 c6 24.R5b2 Rab8 25.g4 c5 26.g5 cxd4 27.cxd4 f6 28.Ng6 fxg5 29.Nxf8 Kxf8 30.Rb4 Qf4+ 31.Kc2 Bg4 32.Qe5 0-1, RPM. 8.Rb1 b6 9.Ne2 exf3 10.Ng3 Be6 10...Bg4 11.gxf3 Be6 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Qe7 14.Kd2 Nf6 15.Bg2 c6 16.Re1 0-0 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 Qd6 19.Bxf6 Qxf4+ 20.Re3 Qxf6 21.Ne4 Qe7 22.Qg1 Qxa3 23.Nf6+! Winkelmann-Streichenbach, corr. 1995.RPM 11.Qxf3 Bd5 12.Qh5 Nd7 13.dxe5 Qe7 14.Nf5 Qxe5 15.Nxg7+ Kf8 On 15...Qxg7 16.Qxd5 {16.Bd4 Ngf6 17.Qxd5 Nxd5 18.Bxg7 Rg8 19.Bd4 c5} Qxc3+ 17.Kd1 {17.Bd2 Qe5+ 18.Qxe5+ Nxe5 19.Bc3 f6 20.Bxe5 fxe5 21.Rb5 0-0-0 22.Rxe5 unclear.} 17...c6 18.Qe4+ Qe5 19.Qxe5 Nxe5 20.Bc3 f6 unlcear. Eric felt in these lines the resulting two Bishops vs two Knights would have favored White, hence his decision not to play 15...Qxg7, RPM. Eric writes: "I wanted to keep my pieces centralized and bring my Queen Rook to e8. 16.Qxe5 Nxe5 17.Nh5 Re8! 18.Kd2?! This move loses a pawn. Eric agreed with me that 18.Kd2 looks like a blunder. After 18.Kd1!? Black has three interesting moves: 18...Ng4; 18...Nd3; and 18.Nf3. 18...Ng4 19.Bg1; 18...Nd3 19.cxd3 Rxe3 and 18...Nf3 19.Bc2, all leading to unclear positions, RPM. However, Eric dosen't think much of 18.Kd1 either. 18...Bxg2! (D) 19.Bxg2 Nc4+ 20.Kd3 Nxe3 21.Bf3 Nh6 22.Rbe1 Nef5 23.Kc4 Re3 24.Rxe3 Nxe3+ 25.Kd3 Neg4 26.Re1 Rg8 27.Bc6 f6 28.Re8+ Kf7 29.Rxg8 Kxg8 30.Bd5+ Kf8 31.h3 Ne5+ 32.Ke4 Ke7 33.Ng3 c6 34.Bb3 Nef7 35.h4 Nd6+ 36.Kf4 Nhf7 37.Ba4 Ne5 38.Nf5+ Nxf5 39.Kxf5 b5 40.Bb3 Nc4 41.a4 Na5 0-1. I noticed that Black cannot prevent the loss of the h-pawn, allowing White a passed h-pawn. However, Eric demonstrated why White is lost. After a) 42.Bg8 bxa4 43.Bxh7 Kf7! (I suggested 43...a3? 44.Bg8! c5 45.Ba2 and Black has difficulties making progress and has to worry about the passed h-pawn) and the Bishop is prevented from stopping the advance of Black's a-pawn {Pedersen}. If 44.Bg6+ Kg7! {44...Kf8? or 44..Kg8? 45.Kxf6 with the idea of Bf7; 44...Ke7?! allows White to queen as well resulting in an unclear position.} 45.h5 {not 45...a3? 46.h6!? Kf8! 47.h7 Kg7 48.Bf7! Kxh7 49.Kxf6 c5 50.Ba2.} 45...c5! "...and slams the door on the White Bishop (if necessary) with 46...c4. There's not quite enough time to get back and cover the a2 square" {Pedersen}. And After b) 42.axb5 Nxb3 43.cxb3 cxb5 "and Black's King Bishop pawn (or the widely separated Queen Rook Pawn and King Bishop pawn together) decide the game." {Pedersen} The following is a selection of unannotated King Gambits, that Eric is obviously fond of playing. I decided not to attempt to annotate them. Enjoy! The ratings indicated are current ICCF ratings as of the ICCF rating list from 1/10/00 to 31/03/01. White: ICCF IM N. Eric Pedersen (2450) Black: Louis Owen (2424) CCLA 1974 North American, 1977 King's Gambit [C39] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bg7 8.d4 Nh5 9.0-0 Qxh4 10.Qe1 Qxe1 11.Rxe1 0-0 12.Nc3 c5 13.Nb5 Nd7 14.Nc7 Rb8 15.d6 Nb6 16.Bb5 cxd4 17.d7 Rd8 18.Nc6 Bxd7 19.Nxb8 Rxb8 20.Bxd7 Nxd7 21.Nd5 Be5 22.Re4 Ng3 23.Re1 Nh5 24.Re4 Ng3 1/2-1/2 White: ICCF IM N. Eric Pedersen (2450) Black: ICCF IM Keith Hayward (2146) APCT Q-100, 1988 King's Gambit [C30] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Qh4+ 3.g3 Qe7 4.fxe5 d6 5.Nc3 dxe5 6.d3 c6 7.Qf3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Bg4 9.Bxf6 Bxf3 10.Bxe7 Bxh1 11.Bxf8 Rxf8 12.Nd1 Bxe4 13.dxe4 Nd7 14.Nf3 f6 15.a4 Nc5 16.Nc3 0-0-0 17.Rd1 Rxd1+ 18.Kxd1 Rd8+ 19.Ke1 a5 20.Kf2 Kc7 21.Ke3 b6 22.Bc4 Nb7 23.g4 Nd6 24.Bd3 h6 25.h4 g6 26.g5 Kd7 27.gxf6 Ke6 28.f7 Rf8 29.Nb1 Rxf7 30.Nbd2 Rf4 31.Nd4+ Kf6 32.Nxc6 Rxh4 33.Nxe5 Rh3+ 34.Ndf3 g5 35.Kf2 h5 36.Nd7+ Ke7 37.Nxb6 g4 38.Nd5+ Kd8 39.Ng1 Rh2+ 40.Kg3 Rd2 41.Nf4 Rd1 42.Nge2 Rh1 43.b3 Nf7 44.Kg2 Rd1 45.Nxh5 Ne5 46.Nhf4 1-0 White: ICCF IM N. Eric Pedersen (2450) Black: ICCF IM Erik Osbun (2406) corr USPCU USCCC7 Finals, 1989 King's Gambit [C39] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bg7 8.d4 Nh5 9.0-0 Qxh4 10.Qe1 Qxe1 11.Rxe1 0-0 12.Nc3 Nd7 13.Nb5 c6 14.Nc7 cxd5 15.Bxd5 Rb8 16.c3 Ndf6 17.Nd3 Bh6 18.Re5 Bd7 19.Bb3 Kg7 20.Re7 Rbc8 21.Nd5 Rce8 22.Nxf6 Nxf6 23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Bxf4 Bxf4 25.Nxf4 Re4 26.g3 Re3 27.Kh2 Ne4 28.Rg1 Nd2 29.Rd1 Nxb3 30.axb3 Bf5 31.d5 Kf8 32.Rd2 Be4 33.d6 Ke8 34.Nh5 Bf3 35.Kg1 Bc6 36.Rd4 f5 37.Ng7+ Kd7 38.Nxf5 Rf3 39.Rf4 Rxf4 40.gxf4 Bd5 41.c4 Be6 42.Nh6 Kxd6 43.Kf2 b5 44.f5 Bd7 45.Kg3 Kc5 46.cxb5 Kxb5 1/2-1/2 White: ICCF IM N. Eric Pedersen (2450) Black: ICCF IM Robert Jacobs (2423) USCF 77-PC 1, 1979 King's Gambit [C32] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Nf3 Bb4+ 7.c3 Qe7 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.Be2 Bc5 10.dxc6 0-0 11.Nbd2 Nf2 12.Rf1 b5 13.Qc2 Re8 14.Ne5 f6 15.Nb3 Bb6 16.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 17.Kxf2 fxe5 18.g3 Bh3 19.fxe5 Rf8+ 20.Kg1 Rae8 21.Nd4 Qxe5 22.Bf4 Qf6 23.Qb3+ Kh8 24.Qd5 Re7 25.Qg5 Rxe2 26.Nxe2 Qxc6 27.Kf2 h6 28.Qh5 Qg2+ 29.Ke3 Bg4 30.Qxg4 Re8+ 31.Kd2 Qd5+ 32.Ke1 Qh1+ 33.Kf2 Qxa1 34.Qd7 Rf8 35.Qe7 Kg8 36.Qe6+ Kh7 37.Qe4+ Kg8 38.Qe6+ Kh7 39.Qe4+ Kg8 1/2-1/2 White: ICCF IM Pedersen,E (2410) Black: D. Pordzik (GER) (2355) ICCF MN/1, 1997 King's Gambit [C36] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ c6 6.dxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 Bd6 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nbd2 Bg4 10.Nc4 Bc7 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Qd3 Re8 13.b3 Bxf3 14.Rxf3 Re1+ 15.Rf1 Rxf1+ 16.Kxf1 Nd5 17.Bd2 Qf6 18.Re1 a5 19.Kg1 f3 20.gxf3 Nf4 21.Bxf4 Qxf4 22.Ne5 a4 23.Qe3 Qh4 24.Qe4 Qxe4 25.Rxe4 axb3 26.axb3 f5 27.Re3 Re8 28.Rc3 Bxe5 29.dxe5 Rxe5 30.Rxc6 g5 31.f4 gxf4 32.Kf2 Re3 33.b4 Rh3 34.Kg2 Re3 35.b5 Re1 36.Rc3 Rb1 37.Rb3 Rc1 38.Rb2 Ra1 39.b6 Ra8 40.c4 Kf7 41.c5 Ke6 42.c6 1-0 King's Gambit [C39] White: ICCF IM N. Eric Pedersen (2450) Black: ICCF IM Dr. Eugene Martinovsky (2428) ICCF NAICCC 8, 1998 King's Gambit [C39] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.d4 0-0 9.Bxf4 Nh5 10.g3 f6 11.Nxg4 Nxg3 12.Bxg3 Bxg3+ 13.Nf2 f5 14.Qf3 f4 15.Nc3 Bxf2+ 16.Qxf2 Bg4 17.Rg1 h5 18.Kd2 Kh8 19.Rae1 Nd7 20.Bb3 a5 21.Re6 Bxe6 22.dxe6 Nf6 23.Rg5 Qd6 24.Kc1 c6 25.d5 f3 26.Rf5 b5 27.dxc6 Nh7 28.Nxb5 Qb4 29.Rxf3 Rxf3 30.Qxf3 Qxh4 31.a4 Nf6 32.Kb1 Kg7 33.c7 Ne4 34.Qf7+ Kh6 35.e7 1-0

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