[Event       "Match 1997"]
[Site        "Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada"]
[Date        "1997.01.26"]
[Round       "1"]
[White     "Urquhart,Ed"]
[Black         "Villeneuve,Robert"]
[Result      "1-0"]
[WhiteElo    "2197"]
[BlackElo    "2200"]
[ECO         "C02"]
[Annotator   "Ed Urquhart and Robert Villeneuve"]

1. e4  e6  2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5  4. c3 Qb6 5. a3 a5!? 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. Be2 Bb5 8.0-0 Bxe2  9.Qxe2 Nc6
10.Be3 Nh6 11.Rd1 a4? (11... c4) 12.c4! Qa6 13.Nc3  Qxc4 14.Qxc4 dxc4 15.d5!! Nd4 16.Bxd4
cxd4 17.Nxd4 Bc5! 18.dxe6 0-0 19.exf7+  Rxf7  20.Ne4 Bb6 21.Nf3 Rf4 22.Nd6 Nf5! 23.Nxf5
Rxf5  24.Rd7! Ba5 25.Rad1?! c3! (25... Rc1) 26.bxc3  Bxc3  27.e6 Re8 28.Rd1d3  Rb5 29.g3
Bf6  30.Rd3d6 Rb3 31.Kg2  h6! 32.Nd2 Rxa3 33.Rxb7 Ra2 34.Ne4 a3?! (34... Be5)  35.Nxf6+
gxf6 36.Rd6-d7 Rxe6??? 37. Rb8+ 1-0


[Event       "Match 1997"]
[Site          "Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada"]
[Date         "1997.01.26"]
[Round      "2"]
[White       "Villeneuve,Robert"]
[Black       "Urquhart,Ed"]
[Result      "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo   "2197"]
[ECO          "C02"]
[Annotator   "Ed Urquhart and Robert Villeneuve"]

1.e4 e6 {as expected} 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.a3 Bxc3 6.bxc3 b6  7.Qg4 f5  8.Qg3 Ba6
9.Bxa6 Nxa6  10.Ne2 Nb8  11.Nf4 Nc6 {So far, all theory but black has to be very careful. I
used to play this system as Black so I'm not sure it's a good idea to play into a theoretician's
hands this way but...} 12.Nxe6 {Here, Ed was startled and later said he had thought he'd
blundered. So far, so book...} 12... Qxe6  13.Qxg7 Qg6 14.Qxh8 {So what now? Black is down a
couple of pawns and an exchange. After castling on the next move, he should think of
maneuvers like Rd7, h5 and Rh7 trapping the White Queen. The Q-trap Rd7, Nd8 and Nf7 is
also in  the air. Ed was saying that "I shouldn't have missed it...". I disagree. He was totally
unfamiliar with the variation and this has been a hot topic of discussion for years. In 1988, IMs
Valvo and Watson (yes, Play-the-French Watson) along with GM Rogers had a discussion that
spanned many issues of Inside Chess. You will excuse for not giving a complete analysis but I'm
in the middle of a match :)} 14....Qxg2? {Now this just loses. In the game Dueball-
Halfdanarsson 1977, the game went on 15.Rf1 O-O-O 16.Qxh7 Qe4+ 17.Be3 Qxc2 18.Rc1 Qe4
19.Ke2 and Black resigned. My game is almost as easy. I was and still am suffering from an ear
infection. I thought I would lose this game badly but if my opponent gives it to me on a silver
platter...} 15.Rf1 O-O-O 16.Qxh7 Qe4 17.Be3 Nge7 18.O-O-O Qf3 19.Rd3 {A weird move you
might say, and I agree. My thinking went thus: If  I trade everything, my h or e pawn will win
easily. I must prevent counterplay. What is Black threatening? Maybe Qe2, Qb5, Na5, Nc4+ and
nasty stuff around my King. Also, after a future f4, my pawn on c3 might need to be defended.
Still, Rg1 was natural even if that meant after  19...f4, 20.Bd2 Qxf2 losing the f-pawn. But on
19....f4, 20.Qf7 wins. I has seen all that but was kind of attracted by a lateral attack on the Queen
or a future Rg3 or Rh3} 19....Rg8  20.Re1 {I wanted to play Bg5 attacking the Queen and the 
Knight on e7 but Black could have answered Qe2 so...} 20....Kb7 {Maybe Rg2 immediately was
better although one wonders what the Black Queen is doing among all the white pieces}  21.Qh4
{To protect f2 and threaten to go f4 to trade the Queens. Also, I'm almost begging for Black's
next move, which forces the trade and considerably makes it easier.} 21....Rg4 22.Bg5 {If Black
replies with Rg2 then of course 23.Rg3 simplifies to a  winning ending}  22.... Rxh4 23.Rxf3
Rxh2 24.Rg1 Kc8  25.Bxe7 Nxe7 26.Rg7 Kd8 {Now, I'm thinking about the time control and the
incoming zugszwang for Black.}  27.Kd2 Rh1 28.Kd3 c5 {of course, Ra1 at any time loses
quickly to the following manoeuver Rh3, Rh8+, R8h7 winning the Knight.} 29.Kd2 Rh4 30.Ke3
Rh1 31.Rfg3 {threatening Rg1 and cutting any counterplay for black on my weak Q-side
pawns.} 31. . .Rh4 32.Rf7 Re4+ 33.Kd3 Rf4  34.Rgg7 {of course, the f-pawn is worthless} 34 . .
. Rf2 {a last cheapo. Black threatens f4 followed by c4+ mate but it's easily avoided.}  35.dxc5
Rf3+ 36.Ke2 Rh3 37.Rxe7  1-0

[Event       "Match 1997"]
[Site        "Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada"]
[Date        "1997.02.09"]
[Round       "1"]
[White     "Urquhart,Ed"]
[Black         "Villeneuve,Robert"]
[Result      "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo    "2197"]
[BlackElo    "2200"]
[ECO         "?"]
[Annotator   "Ed Urquhart"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.c3 d6 7.b4?! Bg4! {b4 was not good at this
moment. Better was h3, stopping the pin. Now rob threatens d5! , with an edge.} 8.Qb3?!  Bxf3
{what else? I had hoped to take advantage of the half open G-file if he took my knight and get
some play . but..it didnt turnout that way!} 9.gf3 Nh5 {heading for better places:)} 10.Kh1  Bg5
{wanting to trade off the dark squared Bs and entrenching the Kn forever!} 11.Be3!? Bf4 {I dont
want to leave f4 hanging forever so..} 12.Bxf4  Nxf4 {Rob decides to force the issue a little. If I
dont take the B I get mated fince Bxh2! looks mighty frightening.} 13.Nd2 Qh4 14.Qd1 Kh8!
{preparing for a rook lift} 15.Rg1 Nh3 16.Qe2! Nxg1 {My only chance to fight! It looks as
though black will still win but I wanted to make it extremely complicated to do so.} 17.Rxg1
Ne7 18.Rg4 Qh6?! {Q looks out of play where else does it go?!} 19. f4!  exf4 {saccing yet more
material; I wanted to eliminate that f4 square from his knight . My reasoning was.. I am down
material anyway?! so, why not more} 20.Nf3 Ng6  21.d4 Rae8 {can't let his knight come to e5!}
22.Ng5 Re7 23.Qd3! c6 {stepping f5!} 24.Rg1! {forced} Qh4?!{Rob is drastically trying to find
life for his queen. The question is.. What is the Q doing here?} 25.Qf3 f5?! {Now! This is my
chance to get back into the game. Rob had under estimated the strength of my next move. I am
open to suggestions to an improvement. Drop me a line if you do.} 26.Bd3!!  fxe4 {Forced.
Going for the throat and its pretty well the only move} 27.Bxe4  d5 28.Bc2 Rfe8? {oh oh.. Rob
missed a fast little trick. I am not sure but I think we came up with Rf6?! as an improvement}
29. Nxh7! {bang}  Nf8 {Rob was feeling a little dismayed at this point since he had a won game
all of the way through. I was beginning to feel adrenalized.} 30.Rg4 {81 min} Qh6 {82 min}
{Both players have used up alot of their time and I was already thinking about the sudden death
control aspect. Perhaps I could win on time????} 31. Ng5 Ng6 32.Bxg6 Qxg6  33.Qxf4 Kg8
{Here Rob offered me a draw. My thought was as follows: I am only down an exchange but have
a P..The position is complicated but I cannot see how I can make Progress. Hence, I accepted}
1/2-1/2 


[Event       "Match 1997"]
[Site          "Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada"]
[Date         "1997.03.15"]
[Round      "4"]
[White       "Villeneuve,Robert"]
[Black       "Urquhart,Ed"]
[Result      "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo   "2197"]
[ECO          "C11"]
[Annotator   "Robert Villeneuve"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 (7...Qb6) 8.Bd3 a6 9.0-0 f6!?
10.Ng5 Nf8 11.Qh5+?? g6 12.Bxg6+ hxg6?? (12...Nxg6 13.Nxh7 Kf7!) 13.Qxh8 fxg5 14.dxc5
g4! 15.Rad1? (15.a3!? d4 16.Rad1) 15...Qa5! 16.Bd2 Qxc5+ 17.Kh1 Bd7 (17...d4 18.Ne4 Qxc2)
18.Be1 0-0-0 19.Bf2 Qa5?! (19...Qb4) 20.a3 g5!? 21.f5 Ng6 22.Qh6 Nh4 23.Bxh4 gxh4 24.f6
(24.fxe6 Be8 25.b4 Qxa3 26.Nxd5  h3!) 24...Bf8 25.Qxh4 Nxe5 26.f7 (26.Qg5 Bd6) 26...Bc6
27.Qf6 d4 28.b4?! (28.Ne2 Qd5 (28...Nc4 29.b4) 29.Nf4) 28...Qc7 29.Ne2 d3 30.cxd3 Nxd3
31.Qxe6+ (31.Kg1) 31...Kb8 32.Qe3 Qd6 33.Kg1 Bh6 34.Qxd3 Qxd3 35.Rxd3 Rxd3 36.f8Q+
Bxf8 37.Rxf8+ Ka7? 38.Rf4 Rd2 39.Kf2 Bb5 40.Re4 Ra2 (40...Kb6) 41.Re3? (41.Ke1) 41...Kb6
42.Ke1 Bxe2 43.Rxe2 Rxa3 44.Re4 g3 (44...Ra4) 45.h4 Ra2 46.Kf1 Rf2+ 47.Kg1 a5??
(47...Ra2=) 48.bxa5+ Kxa5 49.Rg4 b5 50.Rxg3 Rf4? 51.h5 b4 (51...Rh4 52.Rh3) 52.h6 Rf8
53.Rg7 Kb6 54.h7 Rh8 55.Kf2 Kc6 56.Ke3! Kd5 57.Kf4 b3 (57...Ke6 58.Rb7) 58.Kf5 b2 59.Rb7
Rxh7 60.Rxb2 Rh5+?! 61.Kg6 Rh2 62.Rb5+ Ke4 63.g4 Kf4 64.g5 Rh1 65.Kg7 Rh5 66.Kf6 Ke4
67.Rb2 Rh8 68.Kg7 Rc8 69.Rf2 Ke5 70.g6 Ke6 71.Kh7 Rc3 72.Rh2 Kf6 73.g7 Rc7 74.Kh8 1-0



[Event       "Match 1997"]
[Site        "Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada"]
[Date        "1997.03.22"]
[Round       "5"]
[White     "Urquhart,Ed"]
[Black         "Villeneuve,Robert"]
[Result      "1-0"]
[WhiteElo    "2197"]
[BlackElo    "2200"]
[ECO         "C42"]
[Annotator   "Ed Urquhart"]


1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6!? 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nxe5 d5 6.Bb3 Bd6 7.d4 0-0 8.0-0 Re8 9.Bg5! c5?
(9...c6) 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Ng4! c4 12.Ba4 Nc6 13.Nc3 a6 14.Nxd5! Bxg4! (14...Bxh2+? 15.Kxh2
Qxd5?? 16.Nxf6+) 15.Qxg4+ Kh8 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Ne3 Rg8 18.Qh4 Rb8 19.Nxc4 Rb4 20.b3
Rb5 21.Nxd6 Qxd6 22.g3 Rbg5 23.Qe4 Rg4 24.f4! h5 25.c3! h4 26.Qf5!! Qe6 (26...h3??
27.Qh5+) 27.Qxe6 fxe6 28.Kf2 hxg3+ 29.hxg3 R8g7 (29...Rxg3?? 30.Rh1+) 30.Rh1+ Kg8
31.Rh3 Kf7 32.Re1 Rg8 33.Re3! R4g7 34.Rh5 f5 35.Rh6 Re8 36.Re5 Reg8 37.Rexe6 Rxg3??
38.Rhf6++- 1-0


[Event       "Match 1997"]
[Site          "Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada"]
[Date         "1997.04.06"]
[Round      "6"]
[White       "Villeneuve,Robert"]
[Black       "Urquhart,Ed"]
[Result      "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo   "2197"]
[ECO          "A21"]
[Annotator   "Urquhart, Ed"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.Ng5 Be7 6.Nh3 Nf6 7.Bg5 0-0 8.Nf4 c6 9.e3 Na6 10.h4 Nc7
11.Be2 (11.Qb3!?) 11...Ne6 12.b4 Nxf4 13.Bxf4 Be6! 14.Rb1 Ng4!? 15.g3 h5 16.a4 Bf6 17.c5
dxc5 18.bxc5 Rf7! 19.Kf1 Qa5 20.Qd2? (20.Qc2) 20...b6! 21.Bd6 Rd8 22.cxb6 axb6 23.Bb4 Qa7
24.Qc2 Rfd7 25.Ba3 Bf7 26.Qb2 c5!! 27.Qxb6 cxd4 28.Qxa7 Rxa7 29.Bxg4 hxg4 30.Bc5?!
dxc3! 31.Bxa7 c2 32.Rc1 Bb3 33.Bd4 Bxd4 34.exd4 Rxd4 35.Ke2 Bxa4 36.Ra1 Bb5+ 37.Ke3!
Rd3+ 38.Kf4 Rf3+ 39.Kg5 Rxf2 40.h5 Be8! 41.Ra8 Kf7 42.Rc8 Rd2 43.Rc1 Ba4 44.Rc4 Rd1
45.R1xc2 Bxc2 46.Rxc2 Ke6 47.Rf2 Rd3 48.Kg6 Rf3 49.Ra2 Rxg3 50.Kxg7 Rh3 51.h6 e3 52.h7
Rxh7+!! (52...f4 53.Ra6+ Kf5 54.Rh6) 53.Kxh7 f4 54.Kg6 f3 0-1