(1) Salvador Ten (1230) - Manny Otero (1150)
Standard Work Match MRC, 25.02.2005
[Fritz 8 (6s)]

B10: Caro-Kann: 2 d3 and 2 c4

1.e2-e4 c7-c6
Secures b5 [1...Nb8-c6 2.Ng1-f3= ]

2.f2-f4 d7-d5 3.e4-e5
White wins space

3...e7-e6 4.Ng1-f3 Ng8-e7 5.Bf1-d3 g7-g6
Prevents intrusion on f5 [5...Qd8-b6 6.c2-c3= ]

6.0-0 Bf8-g7 7.b2-b4
[7.Bd3-e2 0-0+/= ]

7...0-0
[7...Qd8-b6+ 8.Rf1-f2= ]

8.c2-c4
[8.Bd3-e2 Nb8-d7= ]

8...d5xc4 9.Bd3xc4 Ne7-f5 10.d2-d4 b7-b5 11.Bc4-b3 Nb8-a6 12.a2-a3
Controls b4

12...Rf8-e8
[12...Na6-c7 13.Nb1-c3+/= ]

13.g2-g4 Nf5-h4 14.g4-g5
[14.Nf3xh4 Qd8xh4 15.Qd1-f3 Na6-c7+/- ]

14...Nh4xf3+ 15.Rf1xf3 Na6-c7 16.a3-a4
[16.Nb1-c3 a7-a5+/= ]

16...b5xa4 17.Bb3xa4 Bc8-d7
[17...Qd8-d7 18.Nb1-c3= ]

18.Nb1-c3+/= a7-a6
Consolidates b5

19.Qd1-d3 Ra8-b8 20.Bc1-a3
[20.Bc1-d2 Nc7-d5+/- ]

20...Nc7-b5
[20...Nc7-d5 21.Nc3-e4+/= (21.Qd3xa6? leads to nothing 21...Nd5xc3 22.Rf3xc3 Rb8-a8-+ ) ]

21.Nc3xb5
[21.Nc3-e4 Nb5xa3 22.Qd3xa3 Qd8-b6+/- ]

21...a6xb5
[21...c6xb5!? 22.Ba4-b3 Bd7-c6= ]

22.Ba4-d1+/- Rb8-a8 23.h2-h4 Qd8-b6 24.Rf3-h3 Ra8-a7 25.h4-h5 Re8-a8 26.h5-h6
[26.Kg1-g2!?+/= ]

26...Ra7xa3= 27.Ra1xa3 Ra8xa3 28.Qd3xa3 Qb6xd4+ 29.Kg1-g2 Qd4-d2+ 30.Kg2-g3 Qd2-e1+ 31.Kg3-g4
[31.Kg3-g2 Qe1-d2+ 32.Kg2-g3 Bg7-f8+/= ]

31...Qe1-g1+
[31...Qe1xd1+ 32.Qa3-f3 Qd1xf3+ 33.Rh3xf3 f7-f5+ 34.g5xf6 Bg7xh6 35.Rf3-a3=/+ ]

32.Rh3-g3
[>=32.Kg4-h4 would allow White to play on 32...Bg7-f8 33.Bd1-f3= ]

32...Qg1xd1+-/+ 33.Qa3-f3 Qd1-b1
[33...f7-f5+ 34.g5xf6 Qd1xf3+ 35.Rg3xf3 Bg7xh6=/+ ]

34.h6xg7= Kg8xg7 35.Qf3-c3 Qb1-d1+ 36.Kg4-h4??
a weak move, ruining a winning position [>=36.Rg3-f3= was possible]

36...Qd1-h5# 0-1