[Event "PEI Open"]
[Site "Charlottetown PEI"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McKim, Fred"]
[Black "Saunders, Steve"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[Annotator "Saunders, Steve"]

1. d4 f5 2. Qd3 {While this strange looking move breaks opening
principles, it does focus on Black's inheritant weaknesses - g6, f7
and h7 - in the Dutch Defence } 2... d5 {best } 3. g4 fxg4 4. h3 Nf6
(4... g3 5. Qxg3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Bf4 Na6 8. O-O-O e6 9. Be5 Qd7
{Vegh - Horvath 1993}) 5. hxg4 Bxg4 6. Bg5 ( 6. Bh3 Qd7 7. Bf4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 O-O-O 9. O-O-O e6 { with the edge to black in Jepson-Thallinger
1993}) 6... Qd6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Bh3 (8. Nd2) 8... Bxh3 9. Nxh3 Nc6 10.
c3 O-O-O 11. Nd2 e5 12. e3 { now black is winning } (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13.
Qd4) 12... exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Qb1 Qc6 (14... Re8) 15. Qf5+ (15. Kd1
g6 16. a3) 15... Kb8 16. Kd1 g6 17. Qb1 Qf6 18. a3 Nc6 19. b4 Bd6 20.
Qd3 Ne7 21. Nb3 {better is } 21... Qf5 (21... g5 { is better}) 22.
Qxf5 Nxf5 23. Ng5 Rd7 24. Ke2 Re7 25. Rag1 h6 26. Nf3 Rg7 27. Nh4 Nxh4
28. Rxh4 h5 29. f4 Be7 30. Rh2 g5 31. fxg5 (31. Nc5 g4 32. Ne6) 31...
Rxg5 (31... h4 {stronger }) 32. Rxg5 (32. Rgh1 $17) 32... Bxg5 33.
Nc5 c6 34. Rg2 Be7 35. Nd7+ Kc8 36. Ne5 Rh7 37. Kf3 a5 {a sloppy
effort to create queen side play better would have been to proceed
immediately with 37...h4} ( 37... h4) 38. bxa5 Kc7 (38... Bxa3 39. Ra2
Bd6) 39. a6 (39. a4) 39... bxa6 40. Rg6 (40. Rc2 Rh6) 40... Bd6 41. a4
(41. Kg3) 41... h4 42. Kg2 h3+ 43. Kh2 Rh5 44. Re6 a5 45. Kh1 Rf5 46.
Re8 (46. Kh2) 46... Bxe5 47. dxe5 Kd7 48. Ra8 (48. Rh8 {also loses })
48... Rxe5 49. Rxa5 Rxe3 50. Ra7+ Kd6 51. a5 Ra3 52. Ra8 Kc5 53. a6
Kb6 54. Rb8+ Ka7 55. Rh8 Rc3 (55... Rxa6  56. Rxh3 Ra2 57. Rb3 { also
works}) 56. Kg1 Kxa6 57. Kf1 (57. Rb8 c5) 57... Kb5 58. Ke1 Kc4 59.
Kd2 Ra3 60. Rh4+ d4 61. Kd1 h2 62. Kc2 Ra2+ 63. Kb1 Rg2 64. Rh3 Rg1+
65. Kc2 h1=Q 66. Rc3+ {one last cheapo} 66... Kd5 (66... dxc3?? 
{stalemate}) 0-1. 


[Event "Bluenose Sectional B"]
[Site "Halifax NS"]
[Date "1997.11.3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ede, Albert"]
[Black "Tufts, Kim"]
[WhiteELO "1828"]
[BlackELO "1825"]        

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5!? {Latvian Gambit} 3.Bc4 fxe4 {entering the most complex line where white 
will give up a piece for a bunch of pawns} 4.Nxe5 d5 {Qg5!? is also 
possible though riskier} 5.Qh5+ g6 6.Nxg6 hxg6 7.Qxh8 {safer was Qxg6+} 
7...Kf7! {a thematic idea in this opening. Black will try to trap the 
white queen!} 8.Qd4 Nf6!? {Be6 is preferred. We were both out of book 
now.} 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Qa4? {probably a mistake as it allows 
Bc5..Qh4..Nd4..etc with an attack on the king but I didn't play that 
anyway :} 10...Bd6 11.c3 Qe7 12.h3? {far too slow} 12...Ne5 {Big plus 
black} 13.Qd1 Nd3+ 14.Bxd3 exd3+ 15.Kf1 Bd7 16.Qf3 Re8! 17.g3 Bf5 18.Qd1 
Qe2+ {played after about twenty minutes of trying to talk myself out of 
playing it.}  19.Qxe2 dxe2+ 20.Ke1 Bd3 21.Rg1 Ne4 22.b4 c5? 23.Ba3 Bc4?! 
24.bxc5 Bxc5 25.d4 Ng5 {Finally. This would have won at anytime in the 
last three moves.} 26.Nd2? {Not much left anyway..} 26..Bxa3 27.Nxc4? Nf3 # 0-1