[Event "Klubbmesterskap TSK"]
[Site "Tromsø"]
[Date "2000.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Romsdal, Trond"]
[Black "Blomstereng, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "1281"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Savinov"]
[PlyCount "31"]

{The boss starts the new season with a easy win. On 15th move Robert decided
to join the fan club.} 1. d4 1... Nf6 2. Nf3 $1 {No more Volga Gambits!} 2...
d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 4... b6 {Not to say this move is bad, but White's impressive
74% score in this line has to be mentioned} 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Ne5 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 8... Na6 {
After a couple of routine moves the game goes back to the main E18 line} 9.
cxd5 9... Nxd5 {
A novelty, 9...exd5 is a normal move, fighting for the key e4 square.} 10. e4
Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. Be3 Qc7 (12... cxd4 $5 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Qb3 Nc7 15. Rac1
15... f5 {x d5} 16. f3 fxe4 17. fxe4 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 18... Bf6 $13) 13. Rc1 Rad8
14. Qb3 Nb8 15. Rfd1 15... f6 $4 {Terrible blunder in a slightly worse position
} (15... Nc6 $5 16. Nc4 $14) (15... Nd7 16. Nc4 Nf6 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. f3 $14) 16.
Qxe6+ {At least, Trond wasn't the one who decided the game this time!} 1-0

[Event "Klubbmesterskap TSK"]
[Site "Tromsø"]
[Date "2000.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Robertsen, Thomas"]
[Black "Pedersen, Jussi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Savinov"]
[PlyCount "20"]

{Not much to say about this game. Personaly I like friendly and peaceful
people, our world is too cruel these days...} 1. Nf3 1... d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6
4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Qc2 {Move suggested by Yermolinsky to avoid main theory
in different opening setups, and often used by well-known Denis Yevseev} 6...
O-O 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. e4 Qc7 10. Bg5 10... e5 {
Honestly, I think position is equal.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Klubbmesterskap TSK"]
[Site "Tromsø"]
[Date "2000.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salthe, Gaute"]
[Black "Berntsen, Frode"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[BlackElo "1228"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Savinov"]
[PlyCount "49"]

{The most attacking player in the club didn't get a chance to sacrifice
anything - his position was strong enough even without dropping a pawn!} 1. d4
1... d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bc4 4... Nc6 {Don't think it can be a serious
mistake, but still... c7-c5 is one reasonable way for Black's counterplay, and
c7-c6 and b7-b5 is another. The knight on c6 looks rather strange.} 5. Nge2 Nf6
6. f3 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. Qd2 exd4 9. Nxd4 9... Ne5 $6 {
Here there was a chance for short castling:} (9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 O-O 11. O-O-O
{though black's position is quite dangerous}) 10. Bb3 10... a6 $6 {Meaningless
move! Short castling is impossible, so maybe 10... Qe7 with the idea of Bd7
and 0-0-0 deserved attention. Yes, a7-a6 could be important in case of long
castling, but there was no reason for that move right now, and since Black is
seriously underdeveloped, it was more important to move a piece.} (10... O-O $2
11. Bxh6 11... Nxe4 $1 12. Nxe4 Qh4+ 13. Qf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Bxh6 15. Nb5 $16)
11. f4 Neg4 12. O-O-O Nxe3 13. Qxe3 13... h5 $2 {
After this move White has all time in a world to launch a decisive attack} 14.
e5 $1 14... Ng4 15. Qe2 {Now Black has his last chance to move his King to
relatively more safe location, though I don't think that White's attack can be
stopped in principle.} 15... Qe7 $4 {Simply blunders everything} 16. Nd5 Qd8
17. Nxc7+ Kf8 18. exd6 {There was nothing obviously wrong with Nxa8 too} 18...
Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qf6 20. Rhd1 Kg7 21. Nxa8 Nh6 22. Nc7 Nf5 23. R4d2 Rd8 24. Ne8+
Rxe8 25. Qxe8 1-0

[Event "Klubbmesterskap TSK"]
[Site "Tromsø"]
[Date "2000.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Storslett, Roald"]
[Black "Remman, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "1195"]
[BlackElo "1603"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Savinov"]
[PlyCount "62"]

{The positional master Frank Remmann played another classical
Nimzovitsch-style game.} 1. d4 1... Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 c5
6. Bg2 (6. d5 $1 {is the only way to cause problems for Black}) 6... cxd4 7.
Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qd2 $2 {Why did the Queen moved to d2? Maybe Roald wants to
develop his dark-squared Bishop to b2?} 8... Bb4 $1 {
Wisely preventing 9. b3 and 10. Bb2} 9. a3 (9. b3 $4 9... Ne4 $19) 9... Ne4 {
Black is already better here} 10. Qc2 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nc5 12. O-O Qc7 13. Nd4 a6
14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bf4 d6 16. Rab1 O-O 17. e4 e5 (17... f5 $5 18. exf5 (18. f3
fxe4 19. fxe4 19... Rac8 $17) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 19... Rxf5 {
with a very active position}) 18. Be3 Ba4 19. Qb2 19... b5 $6 {
This move gives White a sudden chance to improve his bad pawn structure} (19...
Rab8 $5) 20. cxb5 Bxb5 21. Rfd1 $2 {
Roald didn't find the following line with a equal game:} (21. Bxc5 $1 21...
dxc5 (21... Bxf1 $4 22. Bb6 $18) 22. Rfd1) 21... Na4 $17 {Now Frank takes over}
22. Qb4 $2 (22. Qc2 {the only move} 22... Nxc3 23. Rd2 Ba4 24. Qc1 Rfc8 25. Ra1
$17) 22... Nxc3 $19 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Bb6 Qc8 25. Rxf1 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 Qc6 27. a4
a5 28. Bxa5 Qc2 29. Ra1 Rfb8 30. Bb6 Qc6 31. a5 Rxb6 0-1

[Event "Klubbmesterskap TSK"]
[Site "Tromsø"]
[Date "2000.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pedersen, Johnny K"]
[Black "Walseth, Tron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "1325"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Savinov"]
[PlyCount "91"]

{A wild game with a number of interesting ideas, both discovered and
undiscovered at the board. At one moment Black could win rather easily, but
didn't calculate the critical line, and White took over in a better endgame,
where Black missed an opportunity to hold the position.} 1. c4 1... Nf6 2. Nc3
e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Bd2 {This line is not in favor of the main theory, but
contains some poison for Black} 4... O-O 5. e3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 cxd4 (7...
b6 $5 8. Qf3 8... d5 $13) 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qh4 9... e5 {
almost forced - Bxf6 was positional threat} 10. Bd3 $6 (10. Nf3 $5 10... d6 11.
Rd1 11... Qc7 $13) 10... d5 $1 11. Ne2 (11. Nf3 $6 {works if Black plays} 11...
e4 $2 12. Bc2 $1 12... Re8 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. cxd5 exf3 16. dxc6
fxg2 17. Rg1 Bh3 18. Bd1 bxc6 19. Bf3 $16 {, but 11... d4! refutes White's idea
}) 11... Be6 12. Nf4 (12. Rd1 $5) 12... d4 $1 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Rd1 $2 (14.
exd4 exd4 15. Bb4 Nxb4 16. axb4 e5 17. O-O $13) 14... e4 $6 {
a trap move, exclamation mark for psychological reasons} (14... Qb6 $1 $17) 15.
Bxe4 $2 {and White goes into it!} (15. Bc2 $1 15... d3 16. O-O e5 17. Ba4 17...
Qc7 $14) 15... Nxe4 16. Qxe4 16... Qf6 $1 {Maybe Tron felt he already won} 17.
Rxd4 $1 {The best move, the only move, the best practical chance - all in one!}
17... Nxd4 (17... Qxf2+ 18. Kd1 Nxd4 19. exd4 Qf5 20. Qxf5 Rxf5 21. Re1 21...
Kf7 $15) 18. Bxd4 $2 (18. Rf1 $1 18... Qf5 $1 19. Qxd4 Qb1+ 20. Ke2 20... Qg6
$15) 18... Qxf2+ 19. Kd1 19... Qf5 $1 {this move is actually winning for Black,
but some accurate calculation was necessary} 20. Qxb7 $6 (20. Qxf5 20... Rxf5
$17) 20... e5 $5 (20... Qb1+ {wins easily:} 21. Ke2 Qc2+ 22. Ke1 Qc1+ 23. Ke2
Qxc4+ 24. Ke1 Qc1+ 25. Ke2 Qc2+ 26. Ke1 26... Qg6 $19) 21. Qd5+ Kh8 22. Qxe5
22... Qxe5 $4 {White is under attack - why swap Queens? In one move Black lost
all winning chances and went into an inferior ending.} (22... Qb1+ $1 23. Ke2
Qc2+ 24. Ke1 24... Rf7 $1 $19) 23. Bxe5 Rf2 24. g3 Rc8 25. b3 Rd8+ 26. Bd4 Rb2
27. Rf1 Kg8 28. b4 28... Rb3 $2 (28... Rxh2 {a pawn is a pawn!}) 29. Ke2 Rxa3
30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Bxa1 a6 32. Bd4 Kf7 33. Kd3 Ke6 34. Ke4 g6 35. c5 $2 {
Serious mistake, now Black could block passed pawns with 35...Kd7!} 35... Rb8
$5 (35... Kd7 $1 36. Kd5 Kc7+ 37. Kc4 Kc6) 36. Bc3 36... Rb7 $2 (36... Rd8 $1)
37. Kd4 $2 (37. Kd3 $1 {it is important to have square d4 for the bishop})
37... h5 $2 {Tron misses the last chance to draw the game} (37... Rd7+ $1 38.
Kc4 38... Rd1 $1 39. b5 $1 39... axb5+ 40. Kxb5 Kd5 41. c6 Rb1+ 42. Bb4 Rc1 43.
e4+ Kxe4 44. Kb6 Kd5 45. c7 45... Ke6 $1 46. Bd2 Rc2 47. Bf4 Kd7 48. h4) 38.
Kc4 Rb8 39. e4 g5 40. e5 h4 41. c6 Rb5 42. Bd4 h3 43. Bc5 Rb8 44. Bd6 44... Rb5
$2 {Loses immediately, but even after the best 44... Rb6 White's task is just
technical.} (44... Rb6 45. b5 $1 45... axb5+ 46. Kc5 Ra6 47. c7 Ra8 48. Kc6 Re8
49. g4 $18) 45. c7 Kd7 46. e6+ {Great battle!} 1-0

[Event "Klubbmesterskap TSK"]
[Site "Tromsø"]
[Date "2000.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Erikstad, Olav"]
[Black "Elka, Parviz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1522"]
[BlackElo "1313"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Savinov"]
[PlyCount "144"]

{The game was decided as early as at 11th move, when Parviz acheived totally
won position, but his inaccuracy in advantage exploitation could give Olav
some drawing chances. Alapin variation has become a trademark of Tromso
SjakkKlubb!} 1. e4 1... c5 2. c3 Nc6 (2... Nf6) 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 e6 5. Nf3 {
Not even trying to refute Black's doubtful opening} (5. d5 $5) 5... Nf6 6. e5
Nd5 7. a3 a6 8. Bd3 (8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 d6 10. Bf4 Qa5 11. Qd2 (11. Qc2 $1 $11
) 11... dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 13... b5 $1 $15) 8... Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 10.
Bc3 $2 (10. Nc3 $1 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 exd5 13. Rb1 $1 $13)
10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 $2 (11. Nxc3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qe2 d6 14. exd6 Bxd6
15. Rd1 15... Qe5 $17) 11... Qb2 $1 $19 12. Nbd2 Qxc3 13. Qb1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Qxd4 15. O-O Qxe5 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. Re1 Be7 18. Ne5 h6 19. Qd1 O-O 20. Ng4 Qg5
21. Re3 f5 22. Ne5 Qf6 23. a4 d6 (23... Bc5 $1 24. Re1 Bd4) 24. Nc4 Qd4 25. Rb1
Bd8 26. a5 26... e5 $2 {pawn blunder} 27. Nxd6 Be6 28. Nxb7 Bc7 29. Bc2 Qxd1+
30. Rxd1 Rab8 31. Nc5 Bc8 32. Bb3+ Kh8 33. Bc4 33... Bxa5 $2 (33... Rf6 $19)
34. Nxa6 Bxa6 35. Bxa6 Rf6 36. Be2 Re8 37. Rd7 Bb6 38. Red3 Bd4 39. Rb3 39...
Rb6 $2 {In principle Black has to avoid rook exchanges, because the only
chance to win now is to attack. And White's task is to exchange all four rooks
and acheive a easy draw. So the next two moves are really strange. Maybe
because of time control?} 40. Rg3 $2 (40. Rxb6 Bxb6 41. Rf7 41... f4 $15) 40...
Rb1+ 41. Bf1 Rg8 42. Rg6 Kh7 43. Rg3 f4 44. Rg4 h5 45. Rg5 Kh6 46. h4 g6 47.
Rd6 Rd1 48. Ra6 e4 49. g3 f3 50. Re6 Re1 (50... Rb8 $1 51. Rexg6+ 51... Kh7 $19
) 51. Rd5 51... Rd1 $4 {Suddenly gives a chance for White...} 52. Rxe4 $4 {
Which wasn't noticed} (52. Red6 $1 52... e3 53. Rxd4 53... Rxf1+ $1 54. Kxf1
e2+ 55. Ke1 Rb8 56. Rd1 exd1=Q+ 57. Rxd1 Re8+ 58. Kf1 $11) 52... Bxf2+ 53. Kxf2
Rxd5 54. Kxf3 Rf8+ 55. Ke2 Ra5 56. Bh3 Ra2+ 57. Kd1 $2 {
There ain't no safety here, and White loses very quickly.} (57. Ke3 Ra3+ 58.
Ke2 Rxg3 59. Bd7 $19 {but still more moves can be produced}) 57... Rff2 58. Ke1
Rh2 59. Rd4 59... Ra1+ $2 (59... Rxh3 {
Well, 1 rook wins easily, and 2 rooks too, so this is really a matter of taste}
) 60. Rd1 Rh1+ 61. Bf1 Rxd1+ 62. Kxd1 Rxf1+ 63. Ke2 Rf5 64. Ke1 Kg7 65. Ke2 Kf6
66. Ke3 Ke5 67. Ke2 Ke4 68. Ke1 Ke3 69. Kd1 Rc5 70. g4 hxg4 71. h5 gxh5 72. Ke1
Rc1# 0-1

[Event "Klubbmesterskap TSK"]
[Site "Tromsø"]
[Date "2000.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jernberg, Karl P"]
[Black "Paulsen, Stein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "878"]
[BlackElo "1163"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Savinov"]
[PlyCount "76"]

{I'm glad that my favorite Caro-Cann appeared in this years tournament... and
White is still unable to win!} 1. e4 1... c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 4...
Nf6 {This move was played by Horatio Caro against Pillsbury in 1898 with the
idea to recapture with the e-pawn. Lately Nimzovitsch used to recapture with
the g-pawn. I think Stein would follow Nimzovitsch, but we will never know the
truth, at least until someone else will try 1. e4 against him...} 5. Nc3 {
Black's 66% score after 5. Nc3 provides some idea about that move... 5. Nxf6,
5. Ng5 or even 5. Ng3 are playable. Gauthe may consider 5.Bd3} 5... Bf5 6. Nf3
e6 7. Bd3 7... Bg4 {With the idea of Bxf3 and Qxd4, which unexpectedly works!}
8. O-O Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxd4 10. Be3 10... Qg4 $1 {
Clever strategy - to win a pawn, to swap the rest} 11. Qd1 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 Be7
13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Rfe1 O-O 15. Bc4 Rad8 16. Bxf6 $6 16... Nxf6 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18.
a4 Bb4 19. h3 Rd2 20. Bd3 20... Nd5 $2 {This move had to be prepared with Bxc3.
In the process of material advantage exploitation it is usually wise for the
winning side to keep different minor pieces on board. Knight vs. bishop in
this particular case is much stronger than two bishops of different colour...
Now White had to use a chance to swap knights and threat with rook exchange.}
21. Ne4 $4 {Blunders everything away. After the correct knight move there is
still a lot of play:} (21. Nxd5 $1 21... cxd5 22. Re2 Rd1+ 23. Kh2 $15) 21...
Rxd3 $1 $19 22. cxd3 Bxe1 23. Nd6 b6 24. Nc4 Bb4 25. Kf1 Bc5 26. Ne5 Nb4 27.
Ke2 Bd4 28. Nc4 b5 29. axb5 cxb5 30. Nd6 a6 31. b3 f5 32. f4 Kf8 33. Nb7 Ke7
34. g4 Bb6 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Kd2 Kd7 37. Kc3 Nd5+ 38. Kd2 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Klubbmesterskap TSK"]
[Site "Tromsø"]
[Date "2000.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Johansen, Asmund"]
[Black "Roeyset, Paal N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "1417"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Savinov"]
[PlyCount "54"]

{The second favourite starts with easy win based on his tactical (or maybe
even memory?) skills.} 1. e4 1... c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
Nc6 6. Bc4 {
I think 6. Ndb5 would also be met by 6... Bb4 with a very boring position:} (6.
Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 $14 {
Paal used to play it a lot on ICC.}) 6... Bb4 {
Typical Paal's move - provocative, tactically based, and strong.} 7. Bg5 $4 {
The losing move. Better is 7. 0-0 here, for example:} (7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxe4
9. Qg4 O-O 10. Qxe4 d5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qf3 dxc4 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Qxc6 $14)
7... Qa5 $1 $19 8. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxc3+ 10. Bd2 Qxc4 11. Ne5 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2
Qxg2 13. O-O-O Qe4 14. Qxe4 Nxe4 15. Rhg1 d6 16. Nc4 d5 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nd3 Kf7
19. f3 Nd6 20. Rg2 b6 21. Rdg1 Nf5 22. Nf4 d4 23. Nh5 Rg8 24. Ng3 e5 25. Nxf5
Bxf5 26. Kb2 Rac8 27. Bc1 g5 0-1

[Event "Klubbmesterskap TSK"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2000.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Paulsen, Stein"]
[Black "Romsdal, Trond"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1163"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Savinov"]
[PlyCount "78"]

{Stein deserved to win this game... but Trond's fighting spirit paid off again!
} 1. d4 1... d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bf4 3... Qb6 {Natural reaction on early
development of white dark-squared bishop - Queen attacks b2 and d4.} 4. Qc1 Bf5
5. e3 e6 6. c4 6... Bxb1 {
This rather strange move is a novelty, according to my database.} 7. Rxb1 Nf6 (
7... Bb4+ $5 8. Nd2 (8. Ke2 $5 {Paulsen}) 8... Nf6) 8. c5 $1 8... Qd8 9. b4 $14
9... Nbd7 10. h3 Be7 11. Bd3 11... Ne4 {Trond likes to centralize his knights.}
12. O-O O-O 13. Qc2 f5 14. b5 $1 {White has big advantage - spatial and
positional (better pieces, especially dark-squared bishop). Black has no
counterplay, moves like ...g5 will only make more weaknesses, so he has only
to prepare for fight and wait.} 14... Bf6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Rb7 Re8 17. Bc7 $1
17... Qe7 {White's position is dominant, so he can just slowly improve his
pieces like 18. Rfb1 and so on, watching for possible sacrifice on c5... Stein
played less patient move} 18. Qa4 $2 {and after} (18. Rfb1 Nexc5 19. dxc5 Nxc5
20. Bd8 Qf8 21. Bxf6 Nxb7 22. Rxb7 Qxf6 23. Qxc6 $16) 18... Ndxc5 $1 19. dxc5
Nxc5 20. Qxc6 {Trond took the initiative} 20... Rec8 $1 {
Seems to be the best choice} (20... Nxb7 $5 21. Qxb7 Rac8 22. Rc1 Qa3 23. Rd1
Qe7) (20... Nxd3 $5 21. Bd6 Qd8 22. Bc7 22... Qc8 $2 (22... Qe7) 23. Rfb1 Ne5
24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. f4 $1 $18) 21. Rfb1 (21. Bxf5 $5 21... exf5 (21... Nxb7 $4
22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Qxb7 Rxc7 25. Qxd5 $18) 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. Rfb1
Nxb7 24. Rxb7 24... Qe4 $1 25. Qxe4 fxe4 26. Nd4 Rf8 27. Bg3 $15) 21... Nxd3
22. Rb8 Raxb8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Bxb8 h6 25. Qa8 Kh7 26. Qxa7 Qb4 27. Bg3 $1
27... f4 $5 {Adding more spise} 28. exf4 d4 (28... Nxf4) 29. Qa8 {with idea Qe4
} (29. a4 Nc5 30. a5 d3 31. Kh2 Bc3 (31... d2 $2 32. Nxd2) 32. Qf7 d2 33. Ng5+
hxg5 34. Qh5+ Kg8) 29... Nc5 $1 {xa4} 30. Bh4 $1 (30. Qc8 d3 31. f5 31... Ne4
$1 32. fxe6 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 d2 34. Nxd2 34... Nxd2 $19) 30... Bxh4 31. Nxh4 d3 (
31... Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qxf2 33. Nf3 d3 34. Qa5 Ne4 35. Qe5 Qe3 36. f5 d2 37. fxe6
d1=Q 38. Qf5+ Kg8) 32. Qe8 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 d2 34. f5 Nd7 35. Qg6+ Kg8 36. Qe8+
36... Nf8 $4 {Amazing mistake that could cost the game} 37. Ng6 $1 37... Qb4
38. Ne7+ $4 {White missed beautiful win} (38. fxe6 $3 38... d1=Q (38... Qd6+
39. f4 Qxe6 40. Qxf8+ Kh7 41. f5 $18) 39. e7 Qdd6+ 40. g3 Qxg6 (40... Qbb8 41.
Qxf8+ Qxf8 42. exf8=Q+ Qxf8 43. Nxf8 Kxf8 44. Kg2 $18) 41. Qxf8+ Kh7 42. e8=Q
$18) 38... Kh7 $4 {Stein was in terrible time-trouble, and trying to exploit
it, Trond gives his opponent another chance.} (38... Qxe7 39. Qxe7 d1=Q 40.
fxe6 Qh5 41. a4 Qe5+ 42. Kg1 Qxe6 43. Qa7 Qd7 44. Qa6 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qd4 46. Kg1
Nd7 47. a5 Nc5 48. Qb6 $15) 39. Qxf8 $4 (39. Ng6 $1 39... Kg8 (39... Nxg6 40.
fxg6#) 40. fxe6 $18) 39... Qf4+ {mate in 2} 0-1

ate in 2} 0-1



[Event "Klubbmesterskap TSK"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2000.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berntsen, Frode"]
[Black "Storslett, Roald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "1228"]
[BlackElo "1195"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Savinov"]
[PlyCount "115"]

{Frode castled, as he promised me before game started, and won. I wonder if it
was only a coincidence?} 1. d4 1... d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e6 4. Bxc4 Nf6 5. Nc3
c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 {12 times white played 7. exd4, so Frode found a new
7th move in QGA - not so bad!} 7... Bc5 8. O-O Bxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11.
Bh4 Nbd7 12. Rc1 a6 13. a3 b5 14. Ba2 Bb7 15. Bb1 (15. d5 $1 {Such Kramnik-styl
e breakthroughs are usually effective in this sort of positions.} 15... exd5
16. Bxd5 Qb6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qd6 $14) 15... Rc8 16. Qd3 Qb6 17. f3 Rfd8 18.
Ne4 $2 18... Bxe4 19. fxe4 19... Ne5 $1 20. Qg3 Qxd4+ 21. Kh1 Ng6 22. Rce1 $2 (
22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Qf2 Qxf2 24. Bxf2 24... Rd8 $17) 22... Nxh4 23. Qxh4 23...
Qxb2 $19 24. e5 Nh7 25. Rf2 (25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Rxf7 Rf8 27. Qe4+ Kh8 28. Rxf8+
28... Rxf8 $19) 25... Qd4 26. Rf4 Qa7 27. Rg4 27... Ng5 $6 {A bit risky move
inviting White to sacrifice, which is probably his only chance to complicate
things.} (27... Kh8 $1 {Just more safe.}) 28. Rxg5 $1 {No hesitation!} 28...
hxg5 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7 Qf2 32. Qxg5+ Kd7 33. Rd1+ Kc7 34. Qe7+
Kb8 (34... Kb6 $1 35. Rg1 35... Rd2 $1 {with idea ...Qxg1 and ...Rc1#.}) 35.
Rg1 (35. Qxd8 Rxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kc7 37. Rd1 37... Qe2 $19) 35... Qa7 $6 (35... Rd2
$1) 36. Qb4 Qc5 37. Qa5 Ka7 38. Be4 Qxe5 39. Bf3 Qc7 40. Qe1 Rd3 41. Rf1 Rcd8
42. Bh5 R8d7 43. h3 Qc5 44. Bf3 Qxa3 45. Qe4 R3d5 46. h4 Qd3 47. Qe1 Rd4 48.
Qf2 Qd2 49. Qg3 Qf4 50. Qg8 Qxh4+ 51. Kg1 51... Qe7 $4 {
Roald played very well until this move, but now he loses control.} 52. Qa8+ Kb6
53. Qc6+ Ka5 54. Qc3+ 54... b4 $4 (54... Kb6 55. Qc6+ 55... Ka5 $11) 55. Ra1+
Kb6 56. Qc6+ Ka7 57. Rxa6+ Kb8 58. Ra8# 1-0

[Event "Klubbmesterskap TSK"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2000.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stensen, Lars A"]
[Black "Nevermo, Ivar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "1114"]
[BlackElo "1278"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Savinov"]
[PlyCount "101"]

{It started as a complex strategic battle that I personaly tend to avoid...
but white's 22nd move made this game very interesting to me - an idea of
sacrifice is just so nice! Good deserved win.} 1. d4 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3
Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Nge2 Rb8 9. h4 h5 10. a3 {
Up to this move - mainstream theory, which these people know better than I do.}
10... e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Nc1 b6 13. b4 Nb7 14. Nb3 a5 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Bg5 Qc8
17. Be3 Ra8 18. Kf2 Nh7 19. Rhc1 f5 20. Kg1 f4 21. Bf2 a4 22. c5 $1 22... Nd8
$2 (22... bxc5 23. bxc5 Be8 24. c6 Nd8 25. Nc5 dxc5 26. Bxc5 Rf7 27. Bb5 Nf6
28. Nxa4 Bf8 29. Bf2 $15) 23. cxb6 $1 23... axb3 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Rf7 26.
Qc3 Qb7 27. Bc6 Nxc6 28. dxc6 Qb8 29. b7 Ra7 30. Qxb3 $18 {White acheived
strategicaly won position that deserves special diagram. It reminds me famous
game Polugaevsky-Torre...} 30... Kf8 31. b5 Re7 32. Rc4 Re8 33. a4 Rxb7 34.
cxb7 Qxb7 35. Rc6 Re7 36. a5 Nf6 37. a6 Qa8 38. Rac1 Ne8 39. Qb4 Bf6 40. Qc4
Kg7 41. b6 cxb6 42. Rc8 Qa7 43. Qb5 Nc7 44. R1xc7 Rxc7 45. Rxc7+ Qxc7 46. Qxb6
Qc1+ 47. Kh2 Kh6 48. a7 Qa1 49. Qxd6 Be7 50. Qxe7 Qa2 51. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "Klubbmesterskap TSK"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2000.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pedersen, Jussi"]
[Black "Hansen, Knut A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[BlackElo "1024"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Savinov"]
[PlyCount "41"]

{This game clearly shows that if you decided to play Sicilian as Black, you
have to know the main strategic ideas of this opening, because playing with
wrong plan may easily lead to defeat.} 1. e4 1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. Qd2 {Not the best square
for the queen as practice shows. White intends to play Kh1, f4 and try to
attack kingside, and his queen usually goes to e1 and then to g3 or h4. Of
course it is nothing obviously wrong with Qd2, but it's more solid move than
active.} 9... O-O 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. f4 11... Qc7 {Lengyel and Farago (Budapest,
1993) found this position too boring to play and signed draw.} 12. f5 $5 (12.
a4 $5 {Maybe I would prefer a2-a4, because Karpov plays it in such positions,
though it's only a matter of taste.}) 12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 (13... e5 14. Be3
b5 15. a3 Bc6 16. Bf3 $14) 14. Bd3 ({This game should be commented by Jon
Kristian Royset or some other guy competent in Sicilian plans. It is very
difficult to say whether white is better off playing f5xe6 or delaying it, if
one doesn't merely know it... I had a feeling during the game that e6 is such
an important square that it is neccessary to undermine it:} 14. fxe6 14... fxe6
15. Bc4 $14) 14... Rac8 {Looks pointless. I don't think that Black can stand
this f5-e6 opposition any longer. Here was a good moment to counterattack
center and equalize the game.} (14... e5 15. Bf2 15... d5 $1 16. exd5 Nxd5 17.
Nxd5 (17. Ne4 $6 17... Rfd8 $15) 17... Bxd5 18. Bg3 (18. f6 $6 18... Bxf6 19.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxd5 20... Qxc2 $15) 18... f6 $11) 15. a4 $5 {
with idea a4-a5, taking control over b6 square} (15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Rae1 $13)
15... a5 $6 {Typical positional mistake, now b5 is weak.} (15... e5 $1 16. Bf2
d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 18... Bxd5 $11 {same story}) 16. Rae1 16... Bd7 $6 (
16... e5 {has to be played!}) 17. e5 $1 {Now Jussi breaks through} 17... dxe5
18. Bxe5 18... Bd6 $2 {Decisive error} (18... Qd8 19. Qg5 h6 20. Qg3 20... Ne8
$16 {and Black is pressed but alive}) 19. Bxf6 $1 {Enough to win} ({
Another option was} 19. Bxd6 $1 19... Qxd6 20. fxe6 $18) 19... gxf6 20. Qh6
20... e5 $2 21. Nd5 1-0

d5 1-0



[Event "Klubbmesterskap TSK"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2000.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Elka, Parviz"]
[Black "Salthe, Gaute"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "1313"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Savinov"]
[PlyCount "50"]

{Parviz tried to lead the game to dry positional grounds, but Gaute found the
way to sacrifice a piece for some compensation when his position became
uncomfortable to hold, and soon after Parviz didn't find the best reply it was
over.} 1. e4 1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ng5 $2 {
One move too late. Apart from that, just waste of time.} 5... O-O 6. O-O d6 7.
Kh1 h6 8. Nf3 8... Bg4 {
Gaute knows something about development and pieces activity...} 9. h3 Be6 (9...
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qd1 c6 12. c3 12... Ne6 $11) 10. b3 $5 {Creative thinking
! Other more obvious alternatives were 10. Nbd2 and 10. Bb3 (intending to
recapture with a-pawn).} 10... Qd7 (10... d5 $6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bb2 Qd6 13.
Bxd5 $5 13... Bxd5 14. Nc3 $1 {+=}) 11. Nc3 11... Nd4 {Black could sac on h3
right now, but he decided to put some more pressure on white's position and
it's main defender - knight on f3.} (11... Bxh3 $5 12. gxh3 Qxh3+ 13. Nh2 $1 (
13. Kg1 $2 13... Ng4 $19 {with the idea Qg3+, Bxf2 and Qh3 #}) 13... Bd4 14.
Bd2 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 15... Nxe4 $1 16. Bb2 Ng5 17. Qg4 Rae8 18. Rae1 Qxg4 19. Nxg4
h5 20. Nh2 {+=}) 12. Na4 {A good move! However, in fact it turns the game to
Gaute's favour, even if only psychological effect is concerned. Perhaps more
practical was to swap light-squared bishops to prevent Black's "dogmatic" Bxh3.
} (12. Bxe6 $5 12... Nxe6 13. Na4 Bb6 14. c3 $11) 12... Bxh3 $5 13. Nxd4 $2 {
Knight goes the wrong way! Parviz could acheive wonderful position with the
little help of tactics: 13.Nxe5} (13. Nxe5 $1 13... dxe5 14. Nxc5 14... Qg4 $1
(14... Qc6 15. gxh3 Qxc5 16. Rg1 Kh8 17. c3 $16)) 13... Bxd4 14. c3 Bb6 15.
Nxb6 axb6 16. Qf3 $4 {Decisive blunder in worse position.} (16. a4 $17) 16...
Bg4 $1 $19 17. Qg3 b5 18. f3 bxc4 19. fxg4 cxb3 20. Bxh6 Qxg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4 22.
Bc1 bxa2 23. Kg1 Ra6 24. Rd1 f5 25. exf5 Rxf5 0-1


[Event "Klubbmesterskap TSK"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2000.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Remman, Frank"]
[Black "Pedersen, Johnny K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "1603"]
[BlackElo "1325"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Savinov"]
[PlyCount "49"]

{Frank Remman is nearly a Grandmaster with white pieces and 1.d4!!} 1. d4 1...
e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 6... Nd7 $2 (6... dxc4 7.
Qa4+ c6 8. Qxc4 8... Nf6 $11) 7. cxd5 $1 7... Bxd5 8. Nc3 Ngf6 9. Qd3 $1 {xe4}
9... Bb7 10. Bg5 10... Qc8 $6 (10... O-O 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nc5 13. Qc2 13... a5
$14) 11. Nb5 $1 11... Be7 12. Rac1 c6 13. Ne5 13... c5 $2 (13... Nb8 $1 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 (14... Bxf6 15. Nd6+) 15. Nc4 Qd8 16. Nc3 $16) 14. Nc4 $1 $18 14...
O-O 15. Ncd6 Bxd6 16. Nxd6 Ba6 17. Nxc8 Bxd3 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Bxa8 Bxe2 20.
Rfe1 Rxa8 21. Rxe2 Re8 22. Nc6 Nd5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Ne7 {
Perfect chess, Frank!} 1-0

[Event "Klubbmesterskap TSK"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2000.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hemmingsen, John"]
[Black "Robertsen, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1455"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Savinov"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 $5 {I like this move order, it is probably not the
best option, but leads to interesting positions in it's main lines.} 3... Nf6
4. d3 (4. Bd3 {is the main move}) 4... e6 5. Qb3 {Rather early activity. Queen
is the strongest unit and has to be handled with care... personaly I lost many
games because of premature Qb3 (especially playing against QGD stuff).} 5...
Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O 8... Rb8 {Black plays according to
Dvoretsky's recommendations, white has no advantage after the opening.} 9. d4
d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Re1 b5 (11... f6 $1 $15 {
white is underdeveloped, time to attack in a center}) 12. Qc2 Qb6 (12... b4 $5)
13. a4 13... a6 $2 (13... b4 $1 14. Rd1 (14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rf1 15... Ncxe5 $19)
(14. Bd3 h6 15. a5 Nxa5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rf1 17... Nc6 $19) 14... cxd4 15. a5
Nxa5 16. cxd4 16... Bb7 $17) 14. Nb3 $2 (14. axb5 axb5 15. Bd3 h6 16. dxc5 Bxc5
17. Nb3 Be7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bf4 $13) 14... c4 15. Nbd2 15... b4 $1 16. Bxc4 $2
{White goes for desperate sacrifice, which can hardly help.} (16. Nf1 b3 17.
Qd1 {Black has an advantage, but there is still a lot of play}) 16... dxc4 $19
17. Nxc4 Qc7 18. a5 (18. Bg5) 18... Rb5 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Rec1 $2
21... Qxc4 0-1

[Event "Klubbmesterskap TSK"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2000.09.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blomstereng, Robert"]
[Black "Johansen, Asmund"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1281"]
[BlackElo "1417"]
[Annotator "Mikhail Savinov"]
[PlyCount "85"]

{Professional game by Robert, he got the advantage after the opening (the
whole variation with 4...Nd7 is slightly better for white) and merely
exploited the mistakes of Asmund. Good theoretical preparation has to be
mentioned!} 1. e4 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 (9... Be7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. c3 Nd5 12. Bg3
$14) 10. Nb3 Be7 (10... Bd6 {is theory}) 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Qf3 Qd5 13. Qe2 Bd7
14. Rad1 14... Qh5 $2 (14... Qc6 $14) 15. Qxh5 Nxh5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Rxd7
Nxf4 18. Rxe7 $16 18... b6 19. Rd1 Nd5 20. Rd7 Rac8 21. c3 a5 22. a4 Rc4 23.
Rd4 Rxd4 24. Nxd4 Kg8 25. Nc6 Rc8 26. Rd8+ (26. Rxd5 Rxc6 27. Rb5 $16 {
+ - for Rubinstein}) 26... Rxd8 27. Nxd8 Kf8 28. Nc6 Ke8 29. Kf1 f6 30. Nd4 Kd7
31. g3 e5 32. Nf5 g6 33. Ne3 33... Nxe3+ $2 {
bad decision, pawn ending is lost for black} 34. fxe3 $18 34... Kd6 35. e4 Kc5
36. b3 b5 37. axb5 Kxb5 38. Ke2 a4 39. bxa4+ Kxa4 40. Kd3 Kb5 41. g4 Kc5 42.
Kc2 Kc4 43. h4 1-0

