[Event "WC27SF10"]
[Site "ICCF Email"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karasalo, Juhani"]
[Black "Hradecky, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[SourceDate "2004.12.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 {Note my different evaluation to existing opening theory at
this position! Opening theory rates the opening strongly in favor of White,
probably because of the looming 19...Nxb2} 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 Nb6
13. Qf2 Rb8 14. h4 b4 15. Ne2 Nc4 16. Bc1 a5 17. Ng3 a4 18. g5 {
proves no better or worse than main line in opening theory} (18. Nf5 Bxf5 19.
exf5 Qc7 {Opening Theory move} (19... Nxb2 {fails badly and loses the game}))
18... Nd7 (18... axb3 19. cxb3 hxg5 (19... Nxb2 20. Bxb2) 20. Bxc4) 19. Nh5 Bf8
20. gxh6 gxh6 21. Nd2 Qb6 (21... Nxd2+ 22. Qxd2) 22. Qxb6 Ncxb6 {If the black
pawn at d6 can safely advance, it will create at least two combined passed
black pawns in the center, which will decide the game in favor of Black. Hence
White must prevent d5 under all circumstances} 23. Rg1 {
suggested move by Fritz 8} (23. Bh3 {Loses to} Rg8 24. Nf1 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26.
Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd7+ Kxd7 28. Nf6+ Ke6 29. Nxg8 Bxf3 30. Rg1 Be4 31. Ng3 Bh7 32.
Nxh6 b3 33. axb3 axb3 34. Nhf5 Bxf5 35. Nxf5 Kxf5 36. Rg8 Bd6) 23... Kd8 (23...
Nc5 24. f4) (23... d5 24. Bb5 Kd8 25. f4) 24. Bb5 (24. f4 f6 25. Be2 d5) 24...
Kc7 (24... d5 25. f4 f6 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Ng7 Bf7 28. Rdf1) 25. f4 Nc5 26. f5 (
26. Rdf1 d5 27. fxe5 dxe4) 26... Bc8 27. Rde1 (27. f6 d5) 27... Be7 28. f6 Bd8
29. Be2 Kc6 30. Rg3 (30. b3 Be6 31. Rg7 Rb7) 30... Be6 (30... d5 31. exd5+ Nxd5
32. Nf3 Bc7 33. Bc4) 31. Rd1 (31. Rf1 Nbd7 32. b3 d5 33. exd5+ Bxd5) 31... Nbd7
32. Rf1 a3 {now clears the field for the decisive attack} (32... d5 33. exd5+
Bxd5 34. Bc4) 33. b3 Bb6 34. c3 Ba5 35. cxb4 Bxb4 36. Re3 Rhg8 37. Ng7 Bxd2 {
In the debriefing White mentioned, that he wanted to resign at this point, but
then discovered some holes in his analysis and decided to give Black some
chances to go wrong  } 38. Bxd2 Nxf6 {
the combination, offering two pieces for a rook, prepares the attack d5} 39.
Nxe6 (39. Rxf6 {doesn't save anything} Rxg7) 39... Ncxe4 40. Bf3 d5 {finally!!}
41. Bxe4 Nxe4 42. Rxe4 dxe4 {
the three passed pawns in the middle now decide the game} 43. Rc1+ Kd6 44. Nc5
f5 45. Be3 (45. Bxh6 Rg2 46. Bg5 Rb2+ 47. Ka1 Rh2) 45... Rb4 46. Na6 Rd4 {
Diagram #The combination continues - now offering the exchange in order to
allow the king avoid separation from his passedpawns} 47. Nb4 Ke6 {
The final straw! Now the king can not be separated from his pawns anymore} (
47... f4 48. Rc6+ Kd7 {
with the king separated from the pawns White can force Remis
}) 48. Bxd4 exd4
49. Rc6+ Ke5 50. Rc5+ Kf4 51. Rc4 Rg1+ {It is important to move the rook onto
the second line (eyeing the pawn at a2) with tempo.} 52. Kc2 Rg2+ 53. Kc1 (53.
Kd1 {fails to} Kf3 54. Rxd4 e3 {and White can't hold the e-pawn anymore}) 53...
Ke3 {Black needs the white knight off b3 to capture the crucial pawn at a2)
and can do so safely as Nd5+ is the only reasonable move of White anyway in
this position} 54. Nd5+ Kf3 55. Rxd4 Rxa2 56. Kb1 {a last tactical attempt to
throw Black out of prepared analysis and provoke a mistake, however the move
can not save the game anymore} ({perhaps slightly better is} (56. Nc3 Rb2 57.
b4 e3 58. b5 e2 59. Rd3+ Kf2 60. Nxe2 Kxe2 61. Rxa3 Rxb5 {and White collapses
quickly not being able to defend the h-pawn or grab any of the black pawns})
56... Rb2+ 57. Ka1 e3 {Black just pushes through knowing, that queening the
e-pawn definitely decides the game by forcing White to give up his rook.
Thereafter Black will be able to queen the h-pawn unless White sacrifices his
knight for the pawn), whereas the white b-pawn will not reach the conversion
field anymore. Black's pawn a3 has reached the   end of its useful life.  } 58.
Rf4+ Kg3 59. Rxf5 e2 60. Re5 Rd2 61. h5 Rd1+ 62. Ka2 e1=Q 63. Rxe1 Rxe1 64. Nf6
{A bit more resistance was promised by} (64. b4 {
but even though, White can no longer avoid being mated.} Re5 65. Nf6 Rf5 66.
Ne4+ Kf4 67. Nc5 Rxh5 68. Ne6+ Ke5 69. Nc7 Rh2+ 70. Kxa3 h5 71. Na8 h4 72. Nb6
Rc2 73. Ka4 Kd4 74. Kb3 Rc3+ 75. Kb2 h3 76. Nd5 Rf3 77. Ne7 h2 78. Nc6+ Kd5 79.
Ne7+ Ke4 80. Nc8 h1=Q 81. Nd6+ Kd5 82. Ne4 Kxe4 83. Kc2 Qg2+ 84. Kd1 Rf1#)
64... Re5 65. Kxa3 (65. b4 Rf5) 65... Rf5 66. Ng8 (66. Ne4+ Kf4 67. Nc5 Rxh5
68. Ne6+ Ke5 69. Nc7 Kd6 70. Ne8+ Ke7 71. Ka4 Kxe8 72. b4 Rh4 73. Ka5 Rxb4 74.
Kxb4 h5 75. Kc4 h4 76. Kd3 h3 77. Ke3 h2 78. Kf2 h1=Q) 66... Rxh5 67. Nxh6 Rxh6
{As White needs to move both Pawn and King (otherwise the rook would simply
grab the pawn), Black's King can reach the pawn, so that the Rook can safely
grab the Pawn. Then a standard endgame King vs. King and Rook results in a
quick mate} 0-1

[Event "corr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1875.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gilbert, Ellen mrs (USA)"]
[Black "Berry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[Annotator "City of London mag 1875 p253"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1875.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

{City of London Chess Magazine 1875 p253, taken from the Hartford Times.  Mrs
Gilbert of Hartford, Connecticut, was the strongest US female player of the
time and her opponent was Mr Berry of Beverly, Mass.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. d4 Ne6 9. dxe5 Qe7 10.
Nc3 Bd7 11. a4 O-O-O 12. b3 f6 13. Qe2 Qf7 14. Ne4 Rg8 15. c3 h6 16. b4 f5 17.
Ng3 g5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Re8 20. b5 $1 cxb5 21. axb5 Bxb5 22. e6 Qg6 23.
Qxb5 f4 {# Here Mrs Gilbert announced mate in 19 moves.} (23... f4 24. Rxa6
bxa6 25. Qxa6+ Kb8 26. Qb5+ Kc8 27. Qd7+ Kb8 28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. Qb5+ Kc8 30. Ra1
Ba3 31. Rxa3 Qb1+ 32. Qxb1 Rxe6 33. Ra7 Kd7 34. Qb5+ Rc6 {and here the
variation I found in my database is shorter than that given in the magazine.}
35. Nf5 {was the line given at the time} (35. d5 Rgg6 36. dxc6+ Rxc6 37. Ne4 f3
38. Qd5+ Rd6 39. Qxd6+ Ke8 40. Qxc7 fxg2 41. Ra8#) 35... Re8 36. Qd5+ Kc8 37.
Nd6+ Kd7 38. Nxe8+ Ke7 39. Qxc6 Kf8 40. Rxc7 Kg8 41. Qg6+ Kf8 42. Qf7#) 1-0

[Event "corr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1877.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gilbert, Ellen mrs (USA)"]
[Black "Gossip, G. (ENG)."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1877.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. h3 Be6 10. c5 a5 11. a3 O-O 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. b4 Ne8 14. Ne2 Bf6 15. Be3
g6 16. Ra2 Ne7 17. Nf4 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. g4 Ne7 20. Nd3 c6 21. Re2 Nc7 22.
Nfe5 Qc8 23. f4 Nb5 24. Qc1 Bg7 25. Rg2 f6 26. Nf3 Kh8 27. h4 a4 28. f5 gxf5
29. h5 Rg8 30. h6 Bf8 31. g5 Ng6 32. gxf6 Qe6 33. Ng5 1-0

[Event "corr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1877.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gilbert, Ellen mrs (USA)"]
[Black "Gossip, G. (ENG)."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1877.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Nxe5 Be7 9. d4 Ne6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nc3 f6 12. Nd3 f5 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. f4 b5 15.
Rc1 Bb7 16. c4 bxc4 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Rxc4 Rb8 19. b3 Qf6 20. Qd3 Qg6 21. Ra4
Nxc5 22. dxc5 Be7 23. Nd4 Kh8 24. Qc2 Bh4 25. Bf2 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Re8 27. Nf3
Bb7 28. Ne5 Qe6 29. Rc4 Rbd8 30. Rc3 Qf6 31. Rce3 Rf8 32. Qe2 Rd4 33. Qh5 g6
34. Qh6 Rdd8 35. Rh3 Qg7 36. Nxg6+ Kg8 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Nxf8 Rxf8 39. Re7+
Rf7 40. Rxh7+ Kxh7 41. Rxf7+ Kg6 42. Rxc7 Ba8 43. Ra7 Bb7 44. Rxb7 Kf6 45. h4
Kg6 46. Rc7 Kf6 47. Rxc6+ Ke7 48. h5 Kd7 49. Rg6 Ke7 50. c6 a5 51. c7 Kd7 52.
h6 Kxc7 53. h7 a4 54. h8=Q axb3 55. Qh7+ Kc8 56. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "corr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1877.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gilbert, Ellen mrs (USA)"]
[Black "Hood"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1877.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Bc5 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Nxe4 8.
d4 Bf5 9. Qf3 Qf6 10. g4 Be6 11. Qxe4 Bd5 12. Qf4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxh1 14. Qd7+
Kf8 15. Nc4 Re8+ 16. Be3 Qh4 17. Nbd2 Qxh2 18. O-O-O b6 19. Re1 Ra8 20. Bc5+
Qd6 21. Bxd6+ cxd6 22. Qe7+ Kg8 23. Qe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8# 1-0

[Event "corr"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1877.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gilbert, Ellen mrs (USA)"]
[Black "Mack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1877.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Nge7 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Ba3 Bb6 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Nd2 Qg5 13. Nf3 Qg6 14. Bd5
Be6 15. Rab1 Rae8 16. Rfe1 Na5 17. Qa4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qd3 20. Ne5
Qxd5 21. Nd7 Qd2 22. Rc1 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Rd8 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. Qe4 Nc6 26. Re1 h6
27. Bc1 Qxa2 0-1

[Event "England postal 1878-9"]
[Site "corr"]
[Date "1878.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gossip, G. (ENG)."]
[Black "Gilbert, Ellen mrs (USA)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C80"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1878.??.??"]
[Source "Chess Mail Ltd."]
[SourceDate "2003.04.28"]

{1878/9} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Nxe5
Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nc5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 d6 11. Qe2 dxe5 12. Qxe5+ Qe7 13. Bf4
Qxe5 14. Bxe5 Bb7 15. c4 O-O-O 16. Nc3 b4 17. Na4 Rd3 18. Rfe1 Rxb3 19. Re3
Rxe3 20. fxe3 Be7 21. Bd4 Rd8 22. Rf1 f6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Rd2 25. Rf2 Rd1+
26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 a5 28. g3 Kd7 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. Kd3 Kf5 31. Bf8 g6 32. Be7
Bg2 33. Kd4 b3 34. Kc5 a4 35. Kb4 Bf1 36. c5 Bb5 37. h4 Bc6 38. Bd8 Kg4 39.
Bxf6 Kxg3 40. Kc3 h6 41. Kb4 Kg4 42. e4 g5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Bd8 Kf4 45. e5 g4
46. Bxc7 g3 47. e6+ Kf3 48. Be5 g2 49. Bd4 Ke2 50. e7 Kf1 51. Kc3 g1=Q 52. Bxg1
Kxg1 53. Kd3 Kf2 54. Kd2 Kf3 55. Kd3 Kf4 56. Kc4 Ke5 57. Kb4 Ke6 58. Kc4 Kxe7
59. Kb4 Ke6 60. Kc4 Ke5 61. Kc3 Ke4 62. Kc4 Ke3 63. Kc3 Ke2 64. Kb4 Kd2 65. Ka3
Kc2 66. Kb4 Kxb2 67. Ka5 a3 68. Kb6 a2 69. Kxc6 a1=Q 70. Kd7 Ka3 71. c6 b2 72.
c7 b1=Q 73. c8=Q Qd4+ 74. Ke7 Qh7+ 75. Ke6 Qg6+ 76. Ke7 Qdd6# 0-1

