En/na Mark Hathaway ha escrit:
I have annotated them for myself, but I didn't want to
prejudice people's thoughts, so I just gave the raw gamescore.

I see a lot of non-chess analysis on the group recently,
so I decided to add some meat to chew on. If anyone has
questions or wants to help me solve the mysteries of
these games then I'll discuss them. If they're of no
special interest to people then they'll just disappear
and I'll perhaps try again with another game or two.
Analysis and chess discussion should be primary here,
not Iraq (there's no Iraq Defense is there?).


I will try with game 3, ...

[Event "Land of the Sky Open"]
[Site "Asheville NC USA"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "unknown 2000"]
[Black "Hathaway"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6
({I prefer:} 2... d5)

3. Nf3 a6
({I prefer:} 3... d5)

4. Nc3
({I prefer:} 4. c3 $5 d5 5. e5)

4... d5 5. exd5 {to play for an isolani in d5 after having played f4
seems dubious for me.} (5.d3 $5)

5... exd5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb4 10. O-O O-O
{White position is too much weakened (specially e4, e3). I prefer black
who in my opinion has a little advantage here.}

11. Na4 Re8 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd2 $6
{Here the bishop has no future.} ({I prefer:} 13. Bd4) 13... Rb8 (13...
Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Ne4 15. Qd4 c5 $1 {is good for black too, (development).})

14. c3
({White would have preferred to exchange his BAD bishop, but there is:}
14. Bxb4 Rxb4 15. b3 Qe7 $1 16. Bd3 Qe3+ 17. Kh1 Rxf4 {and black has won
a pawn, ... maybe white can fight for draw here with:} 18.Re1 $1
{because game continuation seems worse for white.})

14... Bd6 15. Bd3 Ne4 16. Qc2 Qh4 17. Rae1 f5 $6
{I don't like to block the way of my Bc8.} (17... Bf5 {with the idea of
playing Re6 followed by Rbe8 and Rg6 or Rh6 with great attacking chances
for black.})

18. g3 Qh3 19. Rf2 Re6 20. Bf1 Qh5 21. Be2 Qf7 22. Rff1 Qa7+ 23. Kg2 Bd7
24. b3 c5 25. Nb2 Rbe8 26. Bf3 Bc6 27. Nd1 Qb7 28. Ne3 g6 29. Nd1 d4 $1
{Black has a clear advantage (probably decisive), ... it's only question
to calculate accurately.}

30. Kg1 $6 Bb5
({A typical theme is:} 30... d3 $5 31. Qxd3 c4 $1 32. bxc4 (32. Qxc4 $2
Nxd2 $19) 32... Nxd2 33. Bxc6 Qb6+ 34. Nf2 Rxe1 35. Bd5+ Kf8 36. Qxd2
R1e2 37. Qd4 Bc5 ({Black can have a solid advantage with:} 37... Qxd4
38. cxd4 Rd2 $17) 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qxh7+ Kd8 $19 {and black is winning a
rook and possibly the game.})

31.c4 Bc6 32. Qd3 $6 Qe7
(32... Nxd2 $1 33. Bxc6 Rxe1 $1 34. Bxb7 Rxf1+ 35. Kg2 Rxd1 36. Bf3 Re3
$19 {with too much material for the queen.})

33. Bc1 a5 34. a4 Qb7 35. Kg2 $2 Rb8 36. Nb2 Qxb3
{as a fast look, it seems to me that white played weakening moves in the
opening, obtained a BAD bishop and finished with a sad distribution of
forces. Black did not use all his tactical opportunities but allways had
a better position. A fatal mistake in 35th move finished the game}
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