1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 cxb2 12. fxg7 bxa1=Q 13. gxh8=Q Qa5+ 14. Nd2 Qf5

“The most common move. However, many alternatives have been tried here. It's clear that the position is very tricky to handle.

14... c5 15. O-O Qxd4 16. Qxh7(16. Nb3? Qxh8 17. Nxa5 Bd5) .

14... Ba6 15. O-O Bxe2 16. Qxe2=.

14... Q5xa2 15. O-O Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 and while White looks okay here, he lost in ten more moves in Barshauskas - Kholmov, LAT-ch, 1995.

14... Q5c3?! 15. O-O Qxd4 16. Qxh7Qxa2? Surprisingly, Black is completely lost. 17. Bc4! Qa5 18. Bxe6!! O-O-O (18... fxe6 19. Nb3 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 and Black must play 20... Qd5 21. Rxd5 cxd5 22. Bg5! as 20... Qc7 21. Qg6+ Kd8 22. Bg5+ Kc8 23. Qe8# is a nice checkmate ) 19. Qxf7 Qg7 (19... Qc7 20. Nc4 is crushing ) 20. Qxg7 Bxg7 21. Nc4 Qc7 (21... c5 22. Qg4) 22. Qg4 Be5 23. Bxd7+ Rxd7 24. Qg8+ Rd8 25. Qe6+ 1-0 Lazarev - Goldstein, 1962.”

15. O-O Qxa2 16. Nc4 O-O-O 17. Bd3 Qd5 18. Ne3 Qd6 19. Nc4

19. Qxh7 f5 20. Qf7 c5 21. Bc4 Qa1 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. Bxe6+ Kb8 25. Nxf5 Rf8 26. Qxf8+ Bxf8 27. Bf4+ 1-0, Nilssen - Matros, Stockholm 2000.

19... Qc7 20. Qxh7 Nb6 21. Nxb6+ axb6 22. Qdh5 Qd5 23. Qxd5 Rxd5 24. Be3 Rd8 25. Rb1 c5 26. dxc5 Bxc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Rd5 30. h4 b5 31. Qf4 Qc2 32. Rc1 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 34. Kh2 Qa4 35. Qxf7

35. Kg3!.

35... Qxh4+= 36. Kg1 Qc4 37. Qg8+ Kb7 38. Qg7+ Kb6 39. Qe5??

39. g4=.

39... b4??

39... Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Qc7 wins immediately, as after 41. Qxc7+ Kxc7 Black can stop the g-pawn. An extraordinary mutual oversight.

40. Qb8+ Ka6 41. Qa8+ Kb5 42. Qb7+ Ka4 43. Qa7+?

43. Qg7.

43... Kb3 44. f3 Kc2 45. Qf2+ Kd1 46. g4 b3 47. g5 Qc2 48. Qf1+ Kd2 49. Qf2+ Kd3 50. g6 b2 51. Qf1+ Kd4?

51... Ke3.

52. g7= Qg6+ 53. Kf2 Qxg7 54. Qd1+?

54. Qb5! (only move) draws, according to the Syzygy tablebases.

54... Kc4?

54... Kc5! (only move).

55. Qc2+?

55. Qa4+!= (only move).

55... Kb4 56. Qe4+ Kc5 57. Qc2+ Kd6 58. Qd3+ Ke7 59. f4 Qf6 60. Kf3 Kf8 61. Ke2 Qxf4 62. Qd8+ Kf7 63. Qd7+ Kf6 64. Qd8+ Kf5 65. Qf8+ Kg4 66. Qg7+ Kh4 67. Qh8+ Kg3 68. Qc3+ Kg2 69. Qc6+ Kh2 70. Qxe6 b1=R

“ 70... b1=Q?? 71. Qh3+! Kxh3 with stalemate!”

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Annotator(s): John Healy, Irish Chess Journal, August 2006, p. 7 (shown within inverted commas here); this report.

Source(s): Irish Senior Championships, John Healy, ICU web site, July 2006 (via the Wayback Machine); scoresheets.

Event information: Tournament report.

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