Riga 1935-1936 (20 October 1935-23 February 1936) Riga Championship. <Petrovs finished 1st> over F. Apsenieks, M. Feigins, T. Bergs and others. Di Felice, "Chess Results 1936-1940" p.8; 'Krustamīkla. Šahs. Bridžs', November 23, 1935, p.12; "Rīts", November 19, 1935, p.7; Sporta Pasaule, Nr.237, March 2, 1936
Played in Riga's 1st Mastery Tour Starting Here g. October 20 All four Latvian masters - Apsenieks, Petrov, Feigin, and E. Krumins, as well as Riga's strongest players Strautmanis, Bergs, Arnolds Kalnins, Indrikis Kalnins, T. Melngailis, E. Melngailis, A. Melnbard, Oak, Brakman, Gize , Fride, Models, Rummel and Stabin. Turnir is also meant to be a test drive in 1936. Latvian-Lithuanian team for the fabulous month.
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Both Emilis Melngailis and Tenis Melngailis participated in this event.
Tournament results:
1. V. Petrov 14/17
2. F. Apšenieks — 12.5/17
3. M. Feigins 12/17
4-5. T. Bergs and A. Strautmanis 11.5/17
6 M. Brakmanis 11/17
7. E. Krūmiņš ar 10,5/17
8. Indr. Kalniņš 10/17
9-10. T. Melngailis and K. Ozols 9/17
11. M. Models 7,5/17
12. E. Gīze 6,5/17
13-14. A. Melnbārdis and A. Kalninš 5,5/17
15. E. Melngailis 5/17
16. V. Rummalis 4,5/17
17. A. Stabiņš 4/17
18. J. Fride 3,5/17
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Event "Riga championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1936.02.09"
EventDate "1935.08.20"
Round "15"
White "Petrov, Vladimir"
Black "Feigin, Movsa"
Result "1-0"
Source "'Krustamīkla. Šahs. Bridžs', February 29, 1936, pp. 11-12"
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. b3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bb2 e6 10. d3 Be7 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Nf4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qc7 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Bg2 Nd4 16. Re1 Rab8 17. c3 Nc6 18. Qe2 Bd6 19. Bc1 Ne5 20. Be3 Ng6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. d4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 b6 24. Rad1 Rbc8 25. c4 Nh5 26. Bf3 Bb4 27. Be5 Qc5 28. Rf1 Nf6 29. Bb7 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Re8 31. Bf3 Qe7 32. Qd3 Bc5 33. g4 Rf8 34. Kg2 Nh7 35. Qd7 Qg5 36. Bg3 a5 37. h4 Qf6 38. g5 Qc3 39. Bg4 Qc2 40. Qd2 Qe4+ 41. f3 Qa8 42. Qd7 Re8 43. Qd3 Nf8 44. Qe4 Qc8 45. Qd3 Qa8 46. Be5 Nh7 47. Qc3 Bf8 48. Rd7 a4 49. Kg3 axb3 50. axb3 Rd8 51. Rxd8 Qxd8 52. f4 Qa8 53. b4 Qa4 54. c5 Qb5 55. c6 Qf1 56. Bf3 f6 57. Bg2 Qb1 58. c7 1-0
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Petrov vs M Feigin, 1936
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Event "Riga championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1936.01.22"
EventDate "1935.08.20"
Round "13"
White "Model, Abram Yakovlevich"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Source "'Atpūta', February 7, 1936, p. 29"
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3 b4 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ng3 c5 12. e4 Nb6 13. e5 Nfd7 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Bc2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Rc8 17. Qg4 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rad1 Bd5 20. f4 Nc4 21. b3 Na3 22. Be4 Qb6 23. Kh1 Rc5 24. Nf3 Qc6 25. f5 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 exf5 27. Nxf5 Bf8 28. Be3 Nf6 29. exf6 Rxe4 30. Bxc5 Rxg4 31. Rd8 h5 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33. Nxc6 Bxc5 34. Nce5 Bb6 35. Re8 g5 36. Nxg4 hxg4 37. Nxg5+ Kg6 38. Ne4 Nb5 39. Re5 Nc7 40. Rg5+ Kh7 41. Rxg4 Nd5 42. Rg3 Bd4 43. Rd3 Nc3 44. Rxd4 Nxa2 45. Rc4 a5 46. Rc7 1-0
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A Model vs Petrov, 1936
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Event "Riga championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1936.02.23"
EventDate "1935.08.20"
Round "17"
White "Petrov, Vladimir"
Black "Brakmanis, Milijs"
Result "1-0"
Source "'Rigasche Rundschau', February 29, 1936, p. 15"
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. exd6 cxd6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. h4 Nf6 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. h5 Nxe3 12. fxe3 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Nd5 Qxa2 17. Bd3 Qa1+ 18. Bb1 Bf5 19. e4 Bxe4 20. Nc3 Bxb1 21. Nxb1 Rfd8 22. Qc2 e4 23. Nfd2 Nb4 24. Qb3 Bxb2+ 1-0
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Petrov vs M Brakmanis, 1936
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Event "Riga championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1936.01.15"
EventDate "1935.08.20"
Round "12"
White "Petrov, Vladimir"
Black "Stabins, Artemijs"
Result "1-0"
Source "'Krustamīkla. Šahs. Bridžs', February 8, 1936, pp. 12-13"
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Qa5 9. a3 Bd6 10. O-O Bf4 11. h3 Bh5 12. b4 Qc7 13. b5 Ne7 14. Nb3 g5 15. Be2 Bg6 16. Nc5 g4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. a4 h5 19. Nd3 Be4 20. Nxf4 Qxf4 21. g3 Qc7 22. Ra3 h4 23. Rc3 Qb8 24. Ne5 hxg3 25. f3 Nf2 26. Qd2 Bf5 27. b6 f6 28. Bb5+ Nc6 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30. Bxc6+ Ke7 31. Ba3+ Kd8 32. Nf7+ 1-0
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Petrov vs A Stabins, 1936
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Event "Riga championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.12.19"
EventDate "1935.08.20"
Round "10"
White "Apsenieks, Fricis"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "0-1"
Source "'Krustamīkla. Šahs. Bridžs', February 15, 1936, p. 12"
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd2 Ng4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Ne5 14. b4 Rb8 15. b5 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 cxb5 17. Bxb5 Be6 18. Ba4 Rfc8 19. Nd1 Rc4 20. Rxc4 Nxc4 21. Bb3 Rc8 22. f3 Kg7 23. Kf2 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Nc3 Kf6 26. Nb5 a6 27. Nd4 Bf7 28. Rd1 e5 29. Ne2 d5 30. f4 e4 31. Bxc4 Rxc4 32. c3 Ra4 33. Rd2 d4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. cxd4 Bxa2 36. Nc3 Bb3 37. Ke3 h5 38. d5 Ke7 39. Kd4 Kd6 40. g3 e3 41. Kxe3 Bxd5 42. Kd4 Bf3 43. Kc4 Bc6 44. Nd1 Bb5+ 45. Kd4 Bd7 46. Ne3 Be6 47. h3 a5 48. Nd1 Bb3 49. Nc3 Be6 50. Nd1 a4 51. Nc3 Bb3 52. Nb5+ Kc6 53. Na3 Bf7 54. Nb1 Be6 55. Na3 Bb3 56. Nb1 Kb6 57. Na3 Ba2 58. Nc2 Be6 59. Na3 Bc8 60. Nb1 Bb7 61. Kc4 Bg2 62. Nc3 Ka5 63. Nb1 Bxh3 64. Kc5 Bf1 65. Nd2 a3 66. Nb3+ Ka4 67. Nc1 Ba6 68. Kd5 Kb4 69. Kd4 Bc4 0-1
F Apsenieks vs Petrov, 1935
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Correction of date in game A. Kalninš - Petrov
(Vladimir Petrov (kibitz #562))
Event "Riga championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.11.17"
EventDate "1935.08.20"
Round "6"
White "Kalnins, Arnolds"
Black "Petrov, Vladimir"
Result "0-1"
Source "'Krustamīkla. Šahs. Bridžs', November 23, 1935, p. 12"
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. a4 Bd6 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Bd2 Ng4 13. Qe2 Ndf6 14. c4 O-O-O 15. a5 Rh7 16. a6 Nxh2 17. axb7+ Qxb7 18. Nxh2 Rdh8 19. Nhf1 Nh5 20. Nxh5 Rxh5 21. f4 Rh1+ 22. Kf2 R8h4 23. Qf3 g5 24. g3 R4h2+ 25. Nxh2 Rxh2+ 26. Ke3 Qxb2 27. Qxc6+ Bc7 28. Qe8+ Bd8 29. Qc6+ Bc7 30. Qa6+ Kd8 31. Qa2 gxf4+ 32. Kf3 Qxd4 33. Qxa7 Qd3+ 34. Be3 fxe3 35. Qa8+ Ke7 36. Qa3+ Qxa3 37. Rxa3 Bb6 38. Rb3 Rf2+ 39. Kg4 Bd4 40. Rd3 f5+ 41. Kg5 Bf6+ 42. Kg6 Rh2 43. Rd7+ 0-1
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A Kalnins vs Petrov, 1935
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Event "Riga championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.10.20"
EventDate "1935.10.20"
Round "1"
Result "1-0"
White "Melnbardis, Alberts"
Black "Melngailis, Emils"
Source "Aizsargs, Nr.11 (15.11.35) http://www.periodika.lv/periodika2-... "
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 f3 e6 6.c4 d5 7.exd5 exd5 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.0-0 Bc5+ 13.Kh1 0-0 14.Qd3 Rfe8 15.Nc3 Re6 16.Bg5 Rd8 17.Rad1 d4 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Ne4 Bb6 20.g4 Qd5 21.a3 Bc7 22.Rg1 Bf4 23.h4 Kh8 24.Rde1 h5 25.g5 Qf5 26.Nf2 Qxd3 27.Nxd3 fxg5 28.Rxe6 fxe6 29.hxg5 e5 30.Re1 Kg7 31.Kg2 Kg6 32.Nxe5+ Bxe5 33.Rxe5 d3 34.Re1 d2 35.Rd1 Kxg5 36.b4 Kf4 37.Kf2 h4 38.a4 h3 39.b5 Rg8 40.Ke2 Rg2+ 41.Kd3 h2 42.a5 Rg1 0-1
A Melnbardis vs E Melngailis, 1935
Sources for round/date details:
Rīts, October 21, 1935, p. 4; Sporta Pasaule, October 28, 1935, p. 5; Rīts, November 1, 1935, p. 9; Rīts, November 4, 1935, p. 4; Rīts, November 8, 1935, p. 7; Rīts, November 19, 1935, p. 7; Rīts, November 29, 1935, p. 4; Rīts, December 3, 1935, p. 8; Rīts, December 16, 1935, p. 8; Rīts, January 6, 1936, p. 5; Rīts, January 16, 1936, p. 9; Atpūta, February 7, 1936, p. 29; Rīts, January 27, 1936, p. 6; Rīts, February 11, 1936, p. 4; Sporta Pasaule, February 17, 1936, p. 8; Rīts, February 25, 1936, p. 4.
Sources for round/date details:
Rīts, October 21, 1935, p. 4; Sporta Pasaule, October 28, 1935, p. 5; Rīts, November 1, 1935, p. 9; Rīts, November 4, 1935, p. 4; Rīts, November 8, 1935, p. 7; Rīts, November 19, 1935, p. 7; Rīts, November 29, 1935, p. 4; Rīts, December 3, 1935, p. 8; Rīts, December 16, 1935, p. 8; Rīts, January 6, 1936, p. 5; Rīts, January 16, 1936, p. 9; Atpūta, February 7, 1936, p. 29; Rīts, January 27, 1936, p. 6; Rīts, February 11, 1936, p. 4; Sporta Pasaule, February 17, 1936, p. 8; Rīts, February 25, 1936, p. 4.
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Event "Riga championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.11.??"
EventDate "1935.10.20"
Round "?"
White "Melnbardis, Alberts"
Black "Gize, Ernests"
Result "1-0"
ECO "?"
Source "Krustamikla.Sahs.Bridzs. Nr.47 (23.11.1935)"
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. O-O
c6 7. c4 Ne4 8. f4 g6 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. f5 Bxf5 11. Nbc3 Qf6
12. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Qh4+ 14. Kg1 Qxe4 15. Ng3 Qc2
16. Re1+ Kd7 17. Qf3 Na6 18. Bg5 Rhe8 19. d5 Nb4 20. dxc6+
bxc6 21. Red1+ Nd5 22. Rac1 Qxb2 23. Rxd5+ Kc7 24. Rxf5 1-0
A Melnbardis vs E Gize, 1935
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Event "Riga championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.11.??"
EventDate "1935.10.20"
Round "?"
White "Kalnins, Arnolds"
Black "Model, Abram Yakovlevich"
Result "1-0"
ECO "?"
Source "Krustamikla.Sahs.Bridzs. Nr.47 (23.11.1935)"
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qd2 h6
7. Be3 c6 8. O-O-O b5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. f4 Qa5 11. Kb1 Nb6
12. Bd3 Nc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. Qf2 Na6 15. Nge2 Rb8 16. g4
Bb4 17. Bd2 c5 18. f5 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Bc5 20. Qf4 Qa3 21. Bc1
Qa5 22. Rhf1 d4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qc7 25. Ne4 O-O
26. f6 Bb7 27. fxg7 Rfd8 28. Nf6+ Kxg7 29. Qf4 Rh8 30. Rd7
Qc6 31. Nh5+ 1-0
A Kalnins vs A Model, 1935
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Event "Riga championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.??.??"
EventDate "1935.08.20"
Round "8"
Result "0-1"
White "Stabins, Artemijs"
Black "Melngailis, Tenis"
ECO "?"
Source "Aizsargs, Nr.1 (15.01.1936)"
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 c5 6. a3 Qa5
7. Bd2 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Rc1 Bxc3 11. Bxc3
Qd8 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Bb5 Bb7 15. Qa4 Qd5
16. O-O a6 17. Be2 b5 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Qd2 Ne4 20. Qf4 f5
21. Rfd1 g5 22. Nxg5 Nxc3 23. Bf3 Ne2+ 24. Bxe2 Nxd4 0-1
A Stabins vs T Melngailis, 1935
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Event "Riga championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.??.??"
EventDate "1935.10.23"
White "Gize, Ernests"
Black "Model, Abram Yakovlevich"
Result "0-1"
ECO "?"
Source "Krustamikla.Sahs.Bridzs Nr.4 (25.01.1936)"
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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. c3
Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bf4 b6 10. g4 c4 11. Be2 Nh7
12. h4 f6 13. O-O-O e5 14. dxe5 fxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Rxf2 17. Bxc4 Nf6 18. Qg6 dxc4 19. Qf7+ Kh7 20. g5 Qe8
21. gxf6 Qxf7 22. Nxf7 gxf6 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. Ne4 Bc5
25. Nxf2 Bxe3+ 26. Rd2 Bxd2+ 0-1
E Gize vs A Model, 1935
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Event "Riga championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.??.??"
EventDate "1935.08.20"
Round "4"
White "Apsenieks, Fricis"
Black "Brakmanis, Milijs"
Result "1-0"
Source "'Krustamīkla. Šahs. Bridžs', February 15, 1936, p. 12"
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2
e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. Rad1 Ne5 11. h3 b5
12. f4 b4 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Nc6 bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qc7 16. Nxe7+
Qxe7 17. Bc5 Nxe4 18. Bxe7 Nxc3 19. bxc3 1-0
Šī pariija ilga tikai 75 minūtes. Apsenieks revanšs par neseno zaudējumu pret Brakmanis Damas turnīrā
This game lasted only 75 minutes. Revenge for the recent loss against Brakmanis in the Damas tournament
F Apsenieks vs M Brakmanis, 1935
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Event "Riga championship"
Site "Riga LAT"
Date "1935.12.??"
EventDate "1935.12.??"
Round "4"
White "Melngailis, Tenis"
Black "Apsenieks, Fricis"
Result "1/2-1/2"
Source "Krustamīkla. Šahs. Bridžs Nr.49 (07.12.1935)"
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1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Nbd7 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2
c6 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 Qe7 9. Ne5 Rd8 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Nd2 c5
12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 Bg4 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Nf3 c4 16. Ne5
Be6 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Qa4 Bb4 19. Red1 c3 20. Ba1 c2
21. Rd3 Bf5 22. e4 Nxe4 23. g4 b5 24. Qxb5 Ba3 25. Bb2 Nc3
26. Rxc3 Rxc3 27. gxf5 Rxd4 28. Bf3 h6 29. f6 Qxf6 30. Rxc2
Bxb2 31. Qxb2 Rxc2 32. Qxd4 Rxa2 33. Bd5 Qg5+ 34. Kf1 Rd2
35. Bxf7+ Kh8 36. Qxd2 1/2-1/2
T Melngailis vs F Apsenieks, 1935
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"The Crooked Trojan Horse" game- notes by Apsenieks
Trojan Horse move 20...Ne5!!
The horse appears to be offering itself as a gift, but it is poison to attempt to capture it:
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6
6. Bxc4 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. Bf4 a6 10. Rc1 b5
11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Ne4 Nxd4 13. Rxc7 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Nd5
15. Rxb7 Nxf4 16. Qe3 Nxd3 17. Rd1 Qd5 18. Rxe7 Rad8 19. h4
Qxa2 20. Nc5 Ne5 21. Rxd8 Qb1+ 22. Kh2 Ng4+ 23. Kg3 Nxe3
24. Ree8 Nf1+ 25. Kf3 Qf5+ 26. Ke2 Qxc5 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8
28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Kxf1 Ke7 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Nf6
6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Qxe7+ Bxe7 8. Bf4 c6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O-O
Re8 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Rhe1 Bf8 13. Rxe8 Nxe8 14. Re1 Nef6
15. g4 b6 16. g5 Nh5 17. Bh2 Bb7 18. Bf5 Rd8 19. Bg4 g6
20. Bxh5 gxh5 21. Nh4 c5 22. Ndf3 Bc8 23. Bc7 1-0
Kibitzing
