Move
   

Romanov (IM), Sergey (2529) - Tay, Junior [A57]
ICCF/EM/TT/B3 RUS - SIP ????

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. f3 axb5 6. e4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 b4 8. Na3 d6 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. Bd3 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Ne2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Nd7 16. O-O Qf6 17. Bg3N
    This is definitely stronger than Olafsson's Qd2.
Be7 18. Qc2
    Here, I realised that Black would be in serious trouble if he plays passively.
h5!?
   The Bd6 controls too many key central squares and has to be dislodged by h5-h4. Black also feints a Kingside attack so that White cannot concentrate fully on his piece play.
19. Bf2!
    Hitting the weakie
h4 20. Rfe1!
   I expected 20.h3.
h3 21. Bf5! Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Qxf5 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24. Nxf5
    Now Black has to play a lot of forced moves just to stay alive
Bf6 25. Rad1 Ra7 26. Nd6 g6 27. a3!
    So much for the Black counterplay
bxa3 28. bxa3 hxg2 29. Kxg2 Rh5 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Ne4 Re5! 32. Rxd7?! Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxd7 34. Bxc5 Rd2+ 35. Kg3 g5!
   Without this move, Black is totally lost. White is forced to trade Bishops, leading to a drawn endgame. It seems ironical to put the pawn on a dark square but the White King is denied two more squares.
36. Be7 Bxe7 37. Rxe7 Kg6 38. Ra7 f5 39. h4 f4+ 40. Kh3 Rf2 41. hxg5 Kh5! 42. Ra5
   The drawing plan is just 42...Rxf3+ 43.Kg2 Re3 and shuffle the Black king from h5 to g6 and back till White plays a4. Black will then put the R on a3 and shuffle the king back and forth again. If the White king crosses the e file, f4-f3 will ensure the draw.
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Move
   

Tay, Junior (2066) - Redinger, Kerry (2063) [B27]
IECG C1-236 ????

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f6 17. Be3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. h3 Rf8 20. f4 Rad8 21. g5 d5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Rhd1 e5 24. Ke1 Be6 25. Rd6 Rfe8 26. Rcd1 exf4 27. Bxf4 Bf8 28. R6d3 Re7 29. Bd6 Rg7 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Re3 b5 32. Rxe6 bxa4 33. Bc4 Kh8 34. Rd5 axb3 35. axb3 f4 36. Kf2 Nb8 37. Rf6 Re8 38. Rxf4 Rb7 39. Rdf5 Kg7 40. h4 1-0










Move
   

Limayo, Ed (2367) - Tay, Junior (2416) [B22]
ICCF/EM/TT/A071 ????

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. Bc4 Bb7 8. O-O Na6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nfd2 Nf4 12. Qg4 Ng6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nb5 f5 15. Qg3 Bc6 16. Nf3 Qb4
    draw offer draw offer
17. Nd6 b5 18. a3 Qxb2 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 20. Rfb1 Qe2 21. Nxb5 Ne7 22. Nd6 Rab8 23. Qg5 Rb2 24. Rxb2 Qxb2 25. Re1 Nd5 26. Qc1 Rb8 27. Qc4 Qxa3 28. Nxf5 Nab4 29. Nd6 Nd3 30. Rd1 N5f4 31. Ne1 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 Qb2 33. Kf1 Rf8 34. Ne4 a5 35. g3 Nd5 36. Kg2 Qa3 37. Kg1 a4 38. Qe2 Qb4 39. Qd1 a3 40. Re2 Ra8 41. Ra2 Qa4 42. Qa1 Qb3 43. Nc5 Qc3 44. Kg2 Qxa1 45. Rxa1 a2 46. Nd3 Nc3 47. Nb4 Ra4
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48. Nc2 Nb1 49. f4 Nd2 50. Rd1 Nb3 51. Na1 Rb4 52. Nxb3 Rxb3 53. Ra1 Rb2+ 54. Kh3 h5
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55. g4 hxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Rxh2 57. Kg3 Rb2 58. Kf3 Rb3+ 59. Ke2 Ra3 60. Kd2 Kf7 61. Kc2 Kg6 62. Kb2 Ra4 63. Rg1+ Kf5 64. Ka1 g6 65. Rg5+ Kxf4 66. Rxg6 Rxd4 67. Kxa2 Rb4 68. Ka3 Rb7 0-1










Move
   

Tay, Junior (2416) - Comini, Giovanni (2287) [C42]
ICCF EM/M/A092 ????

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Qd7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bd3 Nd6 16. Qc2 f5 17. Bd2 c6 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. b4 Qc8 21. Rab1 a6 22. a4 Kh8 23. b5 cxb5 24. Qb3 Nc7 25. axb5 Ncxb5 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Bb4 Rd8 28. Rbc1 1-0










Move
   

Shaefer, Norberg (2393) - Tay, Junior (2416) [B22]
ICCF EM/M/A083 ????

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Qe4 f5 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Qh4 d5 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bg6+ Ke7 12. Bc2 h6 13. Nd4 g5 14. Qh3 Qb6 15. Nb3 e5 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Qe2 Be6 18. Be3 b6 19. N1d2 Ng4 20. f3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Raf8 22. O-O Kd8 23. Bd3 e4 24. fxe4 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 Bf4 26. Qe2 Ne5 27. exd5 Bg4 28. Qe4 Bf5 29. d6 Qc8 30. d7 Qb8 31. Qxf5 Rxf5 32. Bxf5 Rf8 33. Rxf4 gxf4 34. Nd4 Rxf5 35. Nxf5 Nd3 36. Nd4 Kxd7 37. b3 Qe5 38. N2f3 Qa5 39. c4 Qc3 40. Rb1 Kc8 41. Kg1 Ne5 42. Rd1 Ng4 43. Re1 Qb2 44. Re2 Qa1+ 45. Re1 Qxa2 46. Re8+ Kd7 47. Re2 Qb1+ 48. Re1 Qd3 49. g3 fxg3 50. Kg2 Ne3+ 51. Kxg3 Kc7 52. Kf2 Nf5 53. Nxf5 Qxf5 54. Re7+ Kb8 55. Re8+ Kb7 56. Re7+ Ka6 57. Ke2 h5 0-1










Move
   

Baroin, Bernard (FRA) (2266) - Tay, Junior (2416) [B20]
EM/M/A083/ICCF Email ????

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4!? h6 7. h4 Be7 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. g5 hxg5 10. hxg5 Rxh1+ 11. Bxh1 Nh7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 d5 14. Qh5 Nf8 15. Qh8 Bxg5 16. Qxg7 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Qh4 18. Bg2 Rb8 19. Nd1 Qf4 20. Ra1 Ba6 21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. fxg3 Ng6 23. b3 Nxe5 24. Nb2 Ke7 25. Kf2 Rh8 26. Na4 Ng4+ 27. Kf3 e5 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. Rh1 Rxh1 30. Bxh1 Kd6 31. b4 f5 32. c3 e4+ 33. Ke2 d4 34. cxd4 Kd5 35. Nb3 Ba6+ 0-1










Move
   

Luis Sanchez , Ybargven (2200) - Tay, Junior (2416) [E98]
ICCF/EM/TT/A071 ????

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8
   Endorsed by the World No 1 player (not politically correct to say World Champion these days) Kasparov. The disadvantage of this line is that one has to waste time flinging the h pawn in order to attack the Kingside whereas with 9...Nd7, you just need to shove the g pawn. However, OTB GM Zdenko Kozul's 14.c5! in response to 9...Nd7 was sufficient to convince me that Black can only grovel for a draw in that line.
10. Be3
   The sharpest line in the Classical KID. Heavy hitters with white are Kozul, Korchnoi and Piket.
f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 h5
    played to prevent
13. c5 g5
    Black has four general plans here 1. Kasparov's Kh7, Bh6 and the sacrifice of the g4 pawn which will allow the whole queenside to get mobilised - 2. The typical Rf7, Bf8 and Rg7 (or h7) and finally g5-g4. 3. Nunn's Nxd6 after cxd6, followed by Rf6-g6 (or h6). 4. Play Bh6, Rf7-g7 and abandon the whole queenside.
14. Rc1
   Well, Plan 1 is out of the question because the Rook arrives on c7 with a check and plan 4 deserves consideration because the Rc1 can be a target for the Bh6. Here are some key games which shape the theory of this interesting line.
Ng6 15. a4 Bh6 16. Nd3 Rf7 17. a5?!
   I think White has mixed up his plans here. Rc1 and a4-a5 does not work well together. The a pawn could become a target for the White Queen after cxd6, cxd6. If anything, 17.a5 is a waste of an important tempo, fatal in KID Classical flank attacks.
Rg7 18. Rc2
   White decides not to follow through his flank attack and work on prophylactic defence instead. This gives Black the chance to unleash
g4! 19. fxg4 Qg5!
    allowing hxg4 is tantamount to suicide so instead he decided to ditch the exchange with
20. gxh5 Nh4 21. g3 Bh3 22. Ne1 Nf6 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 fxg3 27. Bxg3 Rf8 28. Kg1 Qe3+ 29. Kg2 a6 30. Kh1 Nxd5!
   I took 3 whole days and nights to work out 31.Qxd5 but alas, he didn't fall for it. Now the win will be long and technical...
31. Nxd5 Qxf3+ 32. Qxf3 Rxf3 33. Kg2 Rf8 34. Rf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Bc1 36. b4 Kf7 37. Kf3 Rg5 38. h4 Rxh5 39. Kg4 Rh8 40. Bf2 Bd2 41. Kf5
   Here, I was pondering how to induce the h4 pawn forward so I can play Rg8-g5 mate! Anyway, the idea came in handy later.
Rg8 42. Bb6 Rc8 43. Ba7 Rc1 44. h5 Rf1+
   to gain an important tempo
45. Kg4 Rb1 46. Bb8 Ke6 47. Nc7+ Kd7 48. Nd5 Bxb4 49. h6 Bxa5 50. h7 Rg1+ 51. Kf5 Bd8!!
    The satisfaction that I derived from mailing this move is far greater than any OTB win I have ever attained.
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