• Match Game 1
• Match Game 2
• Match Game 3
• Match Game 4
• Match Game 5
• Match Game 6

White- Eddie Urquhart 2197
 Black- Rob Villeneuve 2200

1. e4      e6
2. d4      d5
3. e5      c5
4. c3      Qb6
5. a3      a5!?
  (at least thats what the book gives it)
6. Nf3     Bd7 
 (the idea is to trade off Black's bad bishop but it is regarded as a slow plan )
7. Be2     Bb5
8. 0-0      Bxe2

9. Qxe2     Nc6
10.Be3     Nh6 
(maybe f6 attacking the center is a better move)
11.Rd1     a4?

12. c4!    Qa6
(Opening the position!)
13.Nc3     Qxc4
14.Qxc4    dxc4
15.d5!!     Nd4

(The point of the whole variation..Black has alot of problems to deal 
with now.)
16.Bxd4    cxd4
17.Nxd4    Bc5! 
(Rob decides to give another pawn back to at least 
have a playable game)
18.dxe     0-0
19.exf+    Rxf7
20.Ne4     Bb6
21.Nf3     Rf4
22.Nd6     Nf5!
 ( trying to trade off pieces in order to have better 
drawing chances)
23.Nxf5     Rxf5
24.Rd7!    Ba5
(The seventh looks good)
25.Rad1?!   c3!
( the best drawing chance)
(Rob recommended that Rc1 be played in order to prevent c3..In 
retrospect he was correct.)
26.bxc3     Bxc3
27.e6       Re8
28.R1d3   Rb5
29.g3       Bf6
30.R3d6   Rb3
31.Kg2      h6!
(avoiding the cheapos)
32.Nd2      Rxa3
33.Rxb7     Ra2
34.Ne4      a3?!

35.Nxf6     gxf6
36.R6d7   Rxe6??? 

37. Rb8+ 
(and mate in 1.. 1-0) 

1.e4 e6  (as expected)
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Bb4
4.e5 Qd7
5.a3 BxN
6.bxc b6
7.Qg4 f5
8.Qg3 Ba6
9.BxB NxB
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...   QxN
13.Qxg7 Qg6
14.QxR
	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.... RxQ
23.RxQ Rxh2
24.Rg1 Kc8
25.BxN NxB
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.
	Rh4
32.Rf7  Re4+
33.Kd3  Rf4
34.Rgg7

	of course, the f-pawn is worthless
	Rf2
	a last cheapo. Black threatens f4 followed by c4+ mate but it's
easily avoided.
35.dxc5 Rf3+
36.Ke2  Rh3
37.RxN
	1-0

There was no surprise in this one except that it wasnt a French. Rob 
replied with 1)... e5 and the game quickly became obscure..I do this 
since Rob has great knowledge of book!( and I dont)..:) Anyway I 
sacced an exchange in hope for a better game even though rob was -/+. 
However, being known for coming back in worse positions and with a 
liitle help from my opponent; I drew.
W: Eddie Urquhart
B: Robert Villeneuve
Game #3..Feb 9 , 1997
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?!  BxN
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)pxB   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!   NxR
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) RxN   Ne7
18) Rg4   Qh6 ?!
 ( Q looks out of play) where else does it go?!
19) f4!   exf
( 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
(cant 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!!   fxe
(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
   ANNOTATIONS BY:  Eddie Urquhart 

1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5
3.Nc3 Nf6
	
(I must admit i had been surprised by Ed's sticking with the French but now
I understood why. The Winawer is in the repair shop.)

4.e5 Nfd7
5.f4 c5
6.Nf3 Nc6
7.Be3 Be7?!

(The usual move is Qb6 to put pressure on d4. I found about 10 games in my
database with this move and White's plan is clear. He has to go for Qd2,
Be2 and O-O and play "normally" which is what i didn't do...)

8.Bd3?! a6
9.O-O f6!?

	(Here, i went completely nuts, leading to a lost game...)

10.Ng5?! Nf8

	(The point to Ng5 is that Black cannot take because he will get
mated on f7 with the opening of the f-file and the Queen coming to h5 but
what does it do?)

11.Qh5?? g6
12.Bg6+ hg6??

	(Whewww! All Black had to do was to take on g6 with the Knight.
There could follow 13.Nh7 Kf7! with the Black King going to g7 in case of
the check on g5. The point of the whole thing is that black can even
sacrifice back the piece because he always has cxd4 winning a piece. With
hxg6, White is back in the game)

13.Qxh8 fxg5
14.dxc5 g4!

	(Closing the kingside)

15.Rad1?

	(White had to try to play 15.a3!? threatening b4. The game would
then be unclear as 15...d4 would be answered by 16.Rad1. If Black castles
Queen-side, then White has b4, b5 and opening of the play and in analysis,
both players seemed to like their game although White seems to have a
better chance at the opposing King in the immediate future.)

15.    Qa5!
16.Bd2 Qxc5+
17.Kh1 Bd7

	(Here, the program ChessGenius 2 goes in for grabbing pawns!! it
suggests 17...d4 18.Ne4 Qxc2 and Black grabs all the white pawns. The
problem is, where will Black castle then? A Korchnoi might go for that but
Ed is not the pawn-grabbing type (au contraire!) so he thinks about
castling and piece activity first.)

18.Be1 O-O-O
19.Bf2 Qa5?!

	(Here, though, after having castled, the pawn hunting beginning
with Qb4 might be a safe bet. White's Queen is out of play and Black would
probably be able to defend his Queen-side. Ed was probably already seeing
a future g5 and a threat to my e5-pawn so he wanted to keep the Queen on
the fifth rank.)

20.a3 g5!?

	(Here it goes)

21.f5 Ng6
22.Qh6 Nh4!?

	(threatening Nf5 and pushes to g3 and the likes. I decide to get
rid of my bad B.)

23.BxN gxB
24.f6

	(The computer seemed to like fxe6 but these doubled e-pawns are not
going anywhere. The line 24.fxe6 Be8  25.b4 Qxa3  26.Nxd5 might look fine
but invites pawn pushes like ...h3! opening up the long diagonal. White
might be ok here but he's threading a fine line.)

24.     Bf8
25.Qxh4 Nxe5
26.f7!

	(Pretty obvious would you say? Not really. We are in a position
suited to Ed's style. White will have to defend pretty accurately to get
out of it alive. If 26.Qg5 to win the g4 pawn, Black could play 26. Bd6
followed by Nf7 blockading the pawn and with a Knight on f7, the square h8
becomes free for the Rook and the g3 push. With f7, in many lines, the
f8:Q intermezzo saves my hide.)

	Bc6

	(Oh-oh, this is getting tough.)

27.Qf6 d4
28.b4?!

	(Here, i panicked. the simple 28.Ne2 followed by 29.Nf4 if Black
goes for 28..Qd5 and mate is ok. Black also has threats like Nc4 followed
by Ne3 forking but after i take on e6, material would be roughly balanced.
28.b4 might be ok because it allows me to go for b5 in some line but i'm
not so sure kicking the Queen to a better place is that good.)

28.    Qc7

	(Man! now i have to worry about sacs like, Bg2+ and also Nf3
threatening mates on h2. I have to simplify!)

29.Ne2 d3

	(pretty forced. I was worried about stuff like Nc4 to fork on e3 or
threatening g2 but in retrospect, even if Black manages to win an
exchange, simplification would be appreciated.)

30.cxd3 Nxd3

	(End of time pressure. I still have 10 minutes left and Ed about
40. Now, 31.Kg1 is strong and good but i did not see it then. Black is of
course threatening Nf2+ winning the exchange and maybe mating if I'm not
careful.)

31.Qxe6+ Kb8
32.Qe3

	(Now white will be threatening to play Nf4 to simplify.)

32.      Qd6
33.Kg1   Bh6

		(Now, tired after defending like a demon caught in holy
water for 15 moves, i bail out to a drawn ending.)

34.QxN QxQ
35.RxQ RxR
36.f8:Q+ BxQ
37.RxB+ Ka7?

	(Clearly, Ed has not made the transition to endgame-thinking. In
the middlegame, it's nice to safely tuck your King away but now, he should
be thinking about centralization.)

38.Rf4 Rd2
39.Kf2 Bb5
40.Re4 Ra2

	(40...Kb6 amounts to a transposition)

41.Re3?

	(what a bad move. As soon as White plays Ke1, Black is going to
exchange on e2 to win the a3 pawn. By playing Re3 instead of the immediate
i give black a whole tempo! 41.Ke1 is much better although it doesn't
change the expected result.)

41.	Kb6
42.Ke1 BxN
43.RxB Rxa3

	(So what do we have here? White will have a passed pawn on the
king-side to compensate for the passed pawn for Black. In many lines, the
White Rook has to sacrifice itself on b1 for the black pawn while White
gets his king with his h-pawn to g6 and the Black rook has to do the same.
Many hours of fun analysis. I recommend it to anyone who wants to improve.)

44.Re4 g3?!

	(Now Ed gives me some chances. The simple 44.Ra4 followed by Kb5 or
a5! in some lines gives you a race where my king will be vulnerable to the
new-born Black Queen checks. Still it's a draw because of...)

45.h4!?

	(If I had played hxg followed by Kf2, I would have had a passed
pawn but my pawns are split. It should still be a draw. Here, i played to
win and maybe set up a trap or two.)

45.    Ra2

	(So it is a draw then.)

46.Kf1 Rf2+
47.Kg1 a5??

	(What a stinker! All Black has to do is to play Ra2 and the threat
of mate forces me to play either the extra-lame Re1 or to go back to f1
with a repetition. I was awfully glad to see this move. On the surface, it
doesn't look that bad as Black gets his passer rolling but watch what
comes next.)

48.bxa5+ Kxa5
49.Rg4! b5
50.Rxg3

	(This ending should still be drawn but Black has to prove it. White
may have to sacrifice his rook on the b-pawn but the two white pawns may
prove enough for the win. GM usually say that the game has now entered the
technical phase and don't give any comments. Actually, this is where the
game begins. I insist my students and I study rook-endgames because to
develop that instinct is important. Tom O'donnell is probably the best
rook endgame player in Canada (apart from Spraggett) and he did it the old
fashion way: Do the whole Rook-ending encyclopedia, 5 or 10 diagrams a
night for a whole year! After my loss to Pentz last year, I had to take
some measures...:))

	Rf4?
51.h5	b4

	(of course, if Rh4, Rh3 is good. The Queen-ending with an extra
pawn will probably win because of the proximity of my Queen-King-pawn trio
as opposed to the sad position of the King on a5.)

52.h6  	Rf8
53.Rg7 	Kb6
54.h7 	Rh8

	(Now, I have to make sure I can capture the b-pawn so moves like
Rg3 if b3 to check on b3 and capture on b2 are essential. 55.g4 would be a
big mistake. )

55.Kf2	Kc6
56.Ke3!

	(In the square!)

56.	Kd5
57.Kf4	b3

	(If 57...Ke6  58.Rb7 b2  59.Kg5 b1:Q  60.RxQ Rxh7 61.Kg6 Rh2
62.Rf1+ cuts off the Black King as in the Lucena position. White is
winning but this maybe should have been tried.)

58.Kf5	b2

	(If 58...Rb8 then 59.Rd7+ Kc6  60.Rd1 b2  61.g4 will win as the two
pawns are much stronger than the Rook. If 59...Kc4  60.Rd1 and the
proximity of the White King to the h and g pawns makes it a win for White.)

59.Rb7 Rxh7
60.Rxb2 Rh5?!

	(I would prefer to go for vertical check with a move like Rh1
threatening Rf1+ etc... but as Ed probably saw it, the position of his
King is about as bad as it gets. If 60...Rh1 then 61.Kd2+ cutting the king
off with a "technical" :) win. When you're reduced to making horizontal
checks in a pure rook and pawn ending, you know you're in trouble.)

61.Kg6 Rh2
62.Rb5+?!

	(Here, White has to play Re2 cutting the king again. I wanted to
get off the second to unpin my pawn but...)

62.   	Ke4?!

	(I'm lucky the win is still there after Rb5. My King position is so
wonderful that if Black plays the King to e6 i will have another check one
day on the e-file to get him to the d-file. We looked at it after the game
and Black is still lost although that would've been his best chance.)

63.g4 	Kf4
64.g5	Rh8
65.Kg7	Rh5
66.Kf6!

	(Threatening to cut off the king even more than it already is with
Rb4 and getting ready to push the pawn)

66.	Ke4
67.Rb2

	(Rooks belong behind passed pawns.)

67.	Rh8

	(What the h...is that rook doing? well, not much but there's
nothing more to do because of Black's king position.)

68.Kg7	Rc8
69.Rf2

	(Not so much to cut the king off this time as to interpose the rook
in case of lateral checks)

69.	Ke5
70.g6	Ke6
71.Kh7	Rc3
72.Rh2	Kf6
73.g7	Rc7
74.Kh8

	(And as in the endgames books, Black cannot take on g7 because of
Rf2+ followed by Rg2+ winning the rook.)

	Not a very well played game but we're not GM i guess.

Robert Villeneuve

 W: Eddie Urquhart
 B: Robert Villeneuve  
 March 23,1997
                       t.c = 30/90 , s.d. 1 h.r
 1)e4     e5
 2)nf3    Nf6!? 

( robert wants the draw, as he is a pt up and has
                   white in game #6)

 3) Bc4    nxe4
 4) d3     Nf6
 5) Nxe5   d5
 6) Bb3    Bd6
 7) d4     00
 8) 00     Re8
 9)Bg5!    c5?
 
... c5 was not a goood move since it was a little loose. Rob had 
recommended c6 afterwards but we concluded that white had a pull.

10) BxN     gxf?? 

( now this was bad. Rob thought that if he took 
with the queen that I would win a pawn. However, there was a nice 
tactic that Rob had not seen in his analysis that would have saved 
him the pawn. Although, white would have had better development with a 
good game. This is all I really can hope for against Robert who is 
known for his opening theory as the best in Atlantic Canada.

11) Ng4 !   c4

I looked at the sac on f7 for a while but could see nothing after the 
black king went to g7. I am open for sugggestions.?

12)Ba4      Nc6
13)Nc3      a6
14)Nxd5!   BXN!

Now Robert cannot take h2 with  check since if he plays Qxd5 I have 
nxf6+ winning the queen. Black's 14 th move was forced since both 
knights were attacking f6.

15)QxB+    kh8
16) Bxc6   pxB
17) Ne3    Rg8

  We have arrived at a position where white is up a pawn and has a 
much better pawn structure. The only thing black can hope to do is to 
create chiaos on the king side.

18)Qh4     Rb8
19)Nxc4    Rb4
20)b3      Rb5
21)NxB     QxN
22)g3      Rb-g5
23)Qe4     rg4
24)f4!     h5
25)c3!     h4

to protect d4 and prepare Qf5! trading the Queens off!    
             
26) Qf5!!  Qe6

Unfortunately, if black plays anything else but this move he loses 
instantly. e.g. h6?? then Qh5+ winning the rook.

27) QxQ    pxQ
28)Kf2!    hxg+

Again, this saves the pawns because of the threat Rh1+!! winning the 
rook.  

29)hxg   rg8-g7 

( again rxg3 loses to rh1 +)

30) Rh1+  kg8
31) Rh3   Kf7
32)Re1   Rg8
33)Re3!   Rg4-g7
34)Rh5    f5
35)Rh6    Re8
36)Re5    Re8-g8
37)Re5xe6! Rxg3??
38) Rh6-f6+ 

( which wins the rook) 

  Well, the match is finally over! the final was an exciting game 
where, I managed to beat the curse of " losing with black"!
Robert switched to an English this time wanting to grind me for the 
positional win. I had anticipated Rob mayby wanting to switch to this 
since he probably thought I had a line in the french prepared ( he was 
right:)

  Anyway, I had a nice exchange sac on move 31 where I had a clear 
plus because of the monster passed pawn and active Rook. Robert knew 
that he had to do something, so he played a line where he sacced a 
pawn to try and get some perpetual but I had a neat little line where 
I sac my R  for 3 passed pawns against his rook. I found this a 
little extraordinary since I had been looking at one of these 
endgames earlier that week. Anyway, on with the game!




date: April 6,1997
event: Urquhart - Villeneuve match
T.C.    30/90, S.D. 60

White: Robert Villeneuve
Black: Eddie Urquhart


1)c4    e5

Robert and I have played this line a few times in blitz but I felt 
Rob really wanted to show me that this line was not very good for 
black. I think it was Botvinik that said if black plays e5 against 
c4, its like white is playing a tempo up with the sicilian.

2) Nc3  d6
3) Nf3  f5
4) d4   e4
5) Ng4  Be7
6) Nh3  Nf6
7) Bg5  00
8) Nf4  c6
9) e3   Na6
10)h4   Nc7!?

The black knight is heading for e6 to trade the troublesome knight on 
f4 off. appearantly, this was a novelty somebody played ( some GM 
from somewhere?) The usual move for this type of system is to play on 
the kingside. However, my opponent cleverly haults this plan and 
starts playing on the queenside with great pressure. I was almost 
freaking out since I have never seen this happen in a game with this 
system. Black always has king side play? What happended here?
So, I decided to  play this since it would hopefully dislodge the 
knight in hope that kingside play would be allowed.

11)Be2!?  Ne6
 After the game Robert said that Qb3 would be a better try. With this 
move Rob thought that he would get good pressure on the diagonal 
since my king was in a long range pin. However, the game is in my 
opinion unclear, both sides have good chances and its hard to say 
who's better. Since, Rob has the white pieces, he would like the win. 
Going to unclear positions like these is probably the best way to do 
so. However, I did think to myself " wait a minute?? Didn't he play 
the English to postionally grind me??" 

12) b4   NxN ( all that manouvering to exchange one piece?!)

13) BxN  Be6!

That Bishop is on the ever so important a2-g8 diagonal. This would be 
one of the good things that Rob's recommendation "Qb3" would have 
prevented. If I dont have to play a move like Kh8 to avoid stuff on 
that diagonal then its like I am a tempo up. Also, where does the 
white Queen go? Its usual place is on b3 but its not good here since 
the Bishop is there.

14) Rb1  Ng4!?

I found that with this move the game started to go into a sort of 
tactical slug fest. The game started to become complicated and I felt 
at home. I was finally playing the kind of game I wanted to the 
entire match. It would be a mistake for Rob to take the Knight since 
c4 would be hangin with alot of light squares with it. The other 
interesting point of the move was that it also hits h4 with a Bishop. 
15) g3   h5
This move was neccessary since it holds the Knight with another pawn 
nad stops the H pawn from coming down my throat.
16) a4   Bf6
17) c5?!
This may have been a little too early. Its the right idea but a 
little more preparation for it would have been better.
18)bxc   Rf7!
I give this move an exclam because it gives alot of relevance to the 
position. It protects b6 and also threatens to get on the half open d 
file at sometime. ( which is crucial)
19)Kf1   Qa5
20)Qd2?  b6!
 Now Rob and I both think that Qc2 instead of d2 would have been alot 
better, since it avoids a tempo loss. The position had a sluggish 
nature where one side could make a minor manouvering mistake and get 
into trouble. 
21)Bd6  Rd8 ( threatens to win a piece)
22) cxb  axb
I cannot take the piece since  the white pawn will queen.
23) Bb4!? Qa7 

Now the game has taken a tilt. Black has the full initiative because 
move 26(c5) is very strong. Robert defends with attacking moves like 
Bb4 in order to keep me occupied. Qa7 was a good move since it hit f2 
indirectly.
24) Qc2 Rfd7
Now the 20th move becomes appareant. Black is now ready to blast open 
the centre and have  complete control of the D file. 
25) Ba3 Bf7!
Necessary. If I wanted to play c5 I had to retreat the Bishop back 
since it could be tempoed by d5 when c5 was played. 
26) Qb2  c5!!( at last I got it in.)
27) Qxb6  cxd
28) QxQ   RxQ
29) BXN   hg
30) Bc5?!  PxN!

I sac the exchange here since i get 2 pawns back for it and a passed 
pawn that will tie up both white's rooks. I imagine that Rob had 
missed this move since he thought a long time on it. It is here that 
I finally realized that I was definitely better. I did not see anyway 
for white to play because he had to deal with the passer on c2.

31) BxR  c2
32) Rc1  Bb3
33) Bd4  Bxd4
Now Robert had replied to me in the game that " you missed that move, 
didnt you?"  Rob had thought that I must of he thought that I was 
going to play My Bishop to b2  winning immediately. This would have 
been alot easier but as my earlier note suggests, this was not the 
case.

34) PxB  Rxd4
35) Ke2   Bxa4 ( of course not with rook since I come off the dfile) 
36) Ra1   Bb5+ 
37) Ke3!  Rd3+ 
 In this position, White cannot afford to play moves like Ke1. 
 Knowing this Rob pulls off a sac of his own in attempts for a 
perpetual or a possible mate. 
38) Kf4  Rf3+
39) Kg5  Rxf2
40) h5   Be8!
I have to pull off a little defending of my own:) 
The Bishop helps block some of the checks here and gives my King some 
sense of safety.
41) Ra8   Kf7
42) Rc8   Rd2 ( my pawn is defended indirectly because of the Bishop 
check.)
43) Rc1   Ba4
44) Rc4   Rd1
Now the game has resulted into a 2 pawn advantage for black. However, 
Rob still refuses to die and tries to create a threat for himself. I 
have to be very careful since there is still some fireworks left.
45) Rc1xc2  BxR
46) RxB     Ke6
The game has now entered the technical stage. 
47) Rf2    Rd3
48) Kg6    Rf3

Rob cannot take the pawn wih the rook since I play Rd5  trading off 
into an easy win for black.

49) Ra2     Rxg3

50) Kxg2    Rh3 
51) h6      e3
52) h7      RxP!!

The sacrafice was absolutely necessary at this point since if I had 
of made a pawn move, Rob had a lateral check and then an interposing 
move with the Rook, threatening to queen.

53) KxP    f4
54) Kg6     f3

    0   -    1  ( Urquhart)  
    
    
    
     I would like to thank all of the people in NS chess who made 
this match possible. Personal thanks to Steve Saunders, Jim Brennan 
and Kim Tufts for handling the web.

I would also like to thank my opponent for a hard fought match. 
Irregardless of whats been said about the outcome of the match, I 
enjoyed the intense feeling that I got from playing a strong player 
like yourself. This does not mean I am the best player in the 
province but rather the victor of a 6 game match. I would rather keep 
it to a friendly level and forget all about this talk about Alvah 
being my second. 

                          Eddie Urquhart