[Event "Labor Day Open"]
[Site "Halifax NS"]
[Date "1998.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Villeneuve, Robert"]
[Black "Saunders, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2155"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[Annotator "Saunders, Steve"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 7... b5 {
Polugayevsky Variation perhaps the sharpest line in the Najdorf SicilianDefence
} 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. Qe2 ({The other main begins} 10. exf6 10... Qe5+
11. Be2 Qxg5 12. Bf3 Ra7 13. Nc6 Nxc6 14. Bxc6+ Bd7 15. fxg7 Qe5+ 16. Be4 Bxg7
17. Qe2 b4 18. Nd1 18... Bb5 {And with the initiative, space and two bishops
black eventually won in 0-1 Gulati,J-Saunders,S/Atlantic Closed,
CharlottetownPEI1998}) 10... Nfd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Qg4 (12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh4 Bg7
14. Bxb5 O-O 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Rhe1 Bxg2 17. Bh6 Bxh6+ 18. Qxh6 Nxe5 19. Rg1
Bd5 20. Rg3 Rac8 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. c3 Rce8 23. Rdg1 {and black achieved a
winning advantage but fell victim to a perpetual check in 1/2-1/2 Maillet,
R-Saunders,S/NB Open1998}) 12... Qxe5 13. Bd3 {This is one of the newer lines
which Rob Villeneuve said he studied the night before.} 13... Bc5 {
A dubious novelity that leads to a quick defeat.} ({Analysis by John Nunn in
"The Complete Najdorf 6.Bg5..." and by Grigory Sanakoev (former World
Correspondence Champion) and M. Chetverik shows black's best chances lie with} 
13... h6 14. Bh4 14... g5 {. . . leading to some very tactical positions.}) 14.
Nxe6 fxe6 15. Rhe1 h5 16. Bg6+ Kf8 17. Qh4 Qc7 18. Rf1+ Nf6 19. Bxf6 Kg8 20.
Rd8+ Bf8 21. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "Labour Day Open"]
[Site "Halifax"]
[Date "1998.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Antoni Wysocki"]
[Black "Justin Gulati"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Qb6 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. c5 dxc5 12. Rc1 b6 13. b4 Qe5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15.
O-O cxb4 16. Qc2 f5 17. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Labour Day Open"]
[Site "Halifax NS"]
[Date "1998.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Saunders, Steve"]
[Black "Wysocki, Antoni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[Annotator "Saunders, Steve"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 2... b6 {the English Defence} 3. Nc3 (3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 {
is more favoured these days.}) 3... Bb7 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd3 f5 6. d5 {
as Antoni pointed out in the postmortem this move is plain bad!} (6. Qe2 Nf6 7.
Bg5 fxe4 8. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Bxe4 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qxe4 Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13.
O-O 13... Qf4 {Sosonko-Keene Haifa Olympiad 1976}) 6... Qf6 ({
Antoni saw ghosts in his analysis white does poorly after} 6... fxe4 {
for example} 7. Bxe4 Qh4 8. Qd3 exd5 9. cxd5 Nf6 10. Bf3 Ba6 11. Qe3+ Kf7 12.
Qf4 Re8+ 13. Kd1 Qxf4 14. Bxf4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 d6 16. Nh3 16... h6 {
and black went on to win in Whiteley-Keene Cambridge 1976.}) 7. Nge2 Ne7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 Bd6 10. f4 a5 ({Better was} 10... Bc5+ 11. Kh1 a5) 11. Be3 Bc5 12.
Bxc5 bxc5 13. Qb3 Na6 14. dxe6 ({we both thought 13...Na6 was a good move but
white could have put the game away with} 14. d6 14... Nc6 (14... cxd6 15. Qxb7)
15. dxc7 {winning}) 14... Rab8 15. Qc2 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 dxe6 18.
Rab1 Nf5 19. Nb5 Rbd8 (19... Rb6 {equalizing}) 20. Rfd1 Nd6 21. Qc6 Nb8 22.
Qxc5 Nxb5 23. Qxb5 Qg6 24. Qxa5 Qc2 25. Qe1 Qxc4 26. Rdc1 Qb3 27. Qc3 Qb5 28.
Qe3 Qd5 29. Nc3 (29. Rxc7 e5 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. fxe5 {winning}) 29... Qd6 30. g3
Qb6 31. Qxb6 cxb6 32. Rd1 Nd7 ({A better try was} 32... Nc6) 33. Rd6 Kf7 34.
Re1 Rfe8 35. Kf1 h6 36. Nb5 Nf6 37. Rxb6 Rd2 38. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Labour Day Open"]
[Site "Halifax NS"]
[Date "1998.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cooke, Ray"]
[Black "Verma, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O-O a6 11. g4 Rc8 12. g5 Ne8 13. h4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15.
Be3 f5 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. h5 g5 18. Rdg1 h6 19. Nd5 Kh7 20. Bb6 Nc7 21. Nxc7
Rxc7 22. Bxc7 Qxc7 23. Kb1 Be7 24. Bg4 Bc6 25. Re1 Rf4 26. Bf5+ Kg7 27. Rh3 Qb6
28. Rhe3 Be8 29. Qe2 Rh4 30. Bg4 Bb5 31. Qd1 Rh2 32. Qf3 Rh4 33. Rh1 Rxh1+ 34.
Qxh1 Bc6 35. Qf3 Bf6 36. Qf5 Be8 37. Qe6 Qc6 38. Rc3 Bf7 39. Rxc6 Bxe6 40. Rc7+
{Resigns} 1-0

[Event "Labor Day Open"]
[Site "Halifax"]
[Date "1998.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shea, Joseph"]
[Black "Fleury, Bruce"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "Shea, Joseph"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 4... d5 {
The Noa variation of a Classical Nimzo-Indian} 5. Bg5 {
Not the usual move but playable - the main line of this variation follows} (5.
a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2) 5... h6 {Better was 5...dxc4} 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3
Bd7 8. a3 8... Be7 {Black want s to keep his dark-squared bishop for some
reason; however, 8...Bxc3 was the move to make - Black now loses a pawn} 9.
cxd5 9... O-O {Not 9...exd5 10.Nxd5 followed by 11.Nxc7+} (9... exd5 10. Nxd5)
10. Nf3 c6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. h4 {My plan was to carry out a kingside pawn
storm with queenside castling - this was also to surprise my opponent} 12...
Nd7 13. Bd3 13... g6 {This move further weakens Black's kingside - better
would have been 13...Bg4 trying to relieve some pressure} (13... Bg4) 14. Ne4 {
Forcing the queen to move but my objective in this was to hit the g5 square to
open up thekingside} 14... Qg7 15. O-O-O {Now I castle long} 15... Rac8 16. Kb1
16... b5 {Better was 16...c5 opening up the c-file} 17. Rdg1 a5 18. g4 a4 19.
h5 Bb3 20. Qe2 g5 21. Nfxg5 {I decide to break open the position now} 21...
Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. f4 {
Black has a slight material advantage but can he stop White's advancing forces?
} 23... Qe7 24. g5 Kh8 25. gxh6 f5 26. Rg7 Rf7 27. Rhg1 27... Rxg7 {
Fatal - better was to withhold the exchange and move the Queen} 28. hxg7+ Kg8
29. Bxf5 {Better was 29.h6 but at the time I wanted to tie down Black's forces}
(29. h6) 29... Rd8 {The move to make was 29...Be6} (29... Be6) 30. h6 30... Nf6
{This move works just fine but the temporary White Queen sacrifice of 31.Qh5
is beautiful} 31. h7+ Nxh7 32. Bxh7+ Kxh7 33. Qh5+ {I missed the mate in two
of 33.g8=Q+ and 34.Qh5 mate but I saw a forced mate in the text move} (33.
g8=Q+ Rxg8 34. Qh5#) 33... Kg8 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. g8=Q+ Rxg8 36. Qxg8+ Kf6 37.
Qg6# 1-0