Games from the 1999 Colorado Open

Rook Rook Denver, Colorado
September 4 - 6,1999
Richard Buchanan, Director

Comments by Mark Schiedes

 

Philipp Ponomarev - Mark Schlagenhauf [B06] Coop99 Open R3
1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 a6 5.f4 b5 6.Nf3 Bb7 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.0-0-0 e6 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.e5 Be7 12.Ne4 Nb6 13.g4 Qd7 14.h4 0-0-0 15.Nfg5 Qe8 16.Rhe1 dxe5 17.dxe5 h6 18.Nf3 Nd5 19.c3 Qc6 20.Nd4 Qb6 21.Qf2 Rd7 DIAGRAM Ponomarev.P-Schlagenhauf 22.f5 gxf5 23.gxf5 Qa5 24.Kb1 exf5 25.Nf6! Rdd8 26.Bxf5+ Kb8 27.Nd7+ starting a sequence which almost, but not quite, traps the Black queen. 27...Ka8 28.Nb3 Qa4 29.Rd4 b4 30.Ndc5 Bxc5 31.Nxc5 Qb5 32.Nxb7 Nxc3+?! [32...Qxb7 does not get Black out of his difficulties: 33.c4 Ne7 34.Be4 c6 35.Rxd8+ Rxd8 36.Qxf7] 33.Ka1! [33.bxc3? bxc3+ 34.Ka1 Rxd4³] 33...Qxb7 34.bxc3 1-0

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