[Event "Candidate Expert Invitational"] [Site "New Brunswick, NJ"] [Date "1981.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Goeller, Michael"] [Black "Bazaz, Robert"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "1940"] [BlackElo "1875"] [Annotator "Goeller,Michael"] [PlyCount "67"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 dxe5 7. fxe5 Nd5 8. Bc4 Nxc3 $6 9. bxc3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Ng5 e6 12. Be3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Ne7 14. Ne4 Nf5 15. Qd2 h5 $2 16. Rxf5 $6 {premature} (16. Rad1 $142 $1) 16... exf5 (16... gxf5 $2 17. Bg5 f6 (17... Qc7 $2 18. Nf6+) 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Re1 $16) 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Nf6+ Kh8 $2 ({ One problem with White's premature attack is that Black can force a draw with} 18... Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Qxc4 20. Qh6 Qxd4+ 21. Kf1 Qc4+ $3 $11 { and the White King cannot escape the checks.} ({And not} 21... Qxa1+ $4 22. Ke2 Qxe5+ 23. Bxe5 f6 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Bxf6+ $18)) 19. Be2 $1 $40 {Now Black shoul d suffer the consequences of his weak dark squares because he cannot prevent the plan of Qf4, Bxh5! and Qh4 winning. But he does find a trick and I fall for it.} Rd8 $5 {sneaky} 20. Bxh5 $6 {Completely focused on my own attack, I overlook that Black might have ideas of his own.} ({Better} 20. Qf4 $1 Bf8 21. Rd1 Qxc2 22. Bxh5 $40) 20... Qxe5 $1 {This ends White's attack and forces multiple exchanges into a rather equal ending.} 21. dxe5 Rxd2 22. Bxd2 Bxf6 23. exf6 gxh5 {The exchanges have left material roughly equal with opposite-colored bishops on the board. But while bishops of opposite-color are notorious for creating drawish endings, they are also known to create attacking chances. White now conjures up a mating attack in which Black assists to some degree, unaware of the danger.} 24. Rb1 b6 25. Rb3 Be6 $2 26. Rh3 $1 Kh7 $2 ({Black should play} 26... f4 $1 {to escape any potential mating nets. White would then win a pawn, but the opposite-colored bishops would make winning a chore.}) 27. Rxh5+ Kg8 ({Only now does Black see} 27... Kg6 $4 28. Rh6#) 28. Bh6 Kh7 $8 {Forced to avoid Bg7 and Rh8#.} 29. Bf4+ $1 { Played to prevent ...f4.} Kg8 $8 (29... Kg6 $4 30. Rh6#) 30. h4 $1 Rd8 $2 ({ Black can only save himself by} 30... Bc4 $8 31. Kf2 $1 Re8 $8 32. Bh6 Re2+ ( 32... Be2 33. Rxf5 $18) 33. Kg1 $1 (33. Kg3 $5 $16) 33... Re1+ (33... Bd5 34. Rg5+ Kh7 35. Bg7 $18) 34. Kh2 Be2 $8 35. Rxf5 $16 { and White's two-pawn advantage gives him excellent winning chances.}) 31. Bh6 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Kh7 {Mate is unavoidable:} (32... f4 33. Bg7 f3 34. Rh8#) 33. Bg7+ Kg6 34. Rh6# {and the dark square attack is triumphant.} 1-0 [Event "Hamilton Quads"] [Site "Hamilton, NJ"] [Date "2004.02.28"] [Round "3"] [White "Kernighan, Mark"] [Black "Milovanovic, Dragan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2230"] [BlackElo "2245"] [PlyCount "149"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Rxc3 c5 14. Bb1 $5 Nd7 15. Qc2 g6 16. Qa4 $6 Bxf3 $5 17. gxf3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Nf6 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Kf1 Nd5 22. Qd4 e5 23. Qc4 Qg5 24. h4 Nxe3+ $5 25. fxe3 Qxe3 26. Qc3 Qf4 27. h5 $6 Qh2 28. Bd3 $2 Qxh5 $2 29. Ke2 Qh2+ 30. Kd1 Qf2 31. Qc4 Rd4 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Rc3 Rh4 34. Be2 Rh1+ 35. Kd2 Qd4+ 36. Kc2 Rh2 37. Qa6 e4 38. fxe4 Qxe4+ 39. Kd2 Qf4+ 40. Kc2 Qe4+ 41. Kd2 Qf4+ 42. Kd1 $1 Qd4+ 43. Qd3 Qa4+ 44. Kd2 Qf4+ 45. Qe3 Qd6+ 46. Kc1 h5 47. Rc8 h4 48. Qc3+ Kh6 49. Qe3+ Kg7 50. Qc3+ Kh6 51. Qd2+ $5 Qxd2+ 52. Kxd2 Kg5 53. Rc7 f5 54. Rxa7 Kf4 55. Ra4+ Kg3 56. Ra3+ Kf4 57. Rf3+ Kg5 58. a4 h3 59. b4 Kh4 60. a5 bxa5 61. bxa5 Rg2 62. Rf4+ Kg3 63. Rf3+ Kh4 64. a6 $1 h2 65. a7 h1=Q 66. a8=Q Qh2 (66... Kg4 67. Rf2+ $1 Kg3 (67... Kg5 68. Rxg2+ $18) 68. Qf3+ Kh4 69. Rxg2 $18) 67. Qd8+ Kg4 (67... g5 68. Qh8+ Kg4 69. Qd4+ Kh5 70. Rh3+ $1 $18) (67... Rg5 68. Qd4+ Rg4 69. Qh8+ Kg5 70. Qxh2 $18) 68. Rf2+ $1 Kg3 69. Qg5+ $1 Kh3 (69... Kxf2 $2 70. Qe3#) 70. Qh6+ Kg3 71. Qxg6+ (71. Rf3+ $1 Kg4 72. Rf4+ Kg3 73. Qg5+ Kh3 74. Rh4#) 71... Kxf2 (71... Kh3 72. Qh5+ Kg3 73. Rf3#) 72. Qxf5+ Kg3 73. Qg4+ Kf2 74. Qf3+ Kg1 75. Qf1# 1-0