[Event "It (open)"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Cappelle la Grande (France)"] [Round "8"] [White "Luther Thomas (GER)"] [Black "Staniszewski Piotr (POL)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2540"] [BlackElo "2428"] [ECO "C70"] [Opening "Spanish: 4.Ba4"] { Luther Thomas (GER) +1 =4 -2 Staniszewski Piotr (POL) +1 =0 -0 } 1.e4 { 1 } 1...e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.a4 ( 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Nc5 19.Qd2 Kh7 20.Ra3 Nfd7 21.Nh2 Bg7 22.Rea1 Qc7 23.Qc1 Nb6 24.axb5 axb5 25.Rxa8 Rxa8 26.Rxa8 { 1/2-1/2, Luther Thomas 2604 - Acs Peter 2530 , Yerevan 2001 Ch World (team) } ) 12...c5 13.d5 ( 13.Bc2 exd4 14.cxd4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 bxa4 16.Nf5 Nc5 17.Nc4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Ncxe4 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.f3 d5 21.Nb6 Rab8 22.Nxa4 Rb4 23.fxe4 Rxe4 24.Bg5 Qa7+ 25.Kh1 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 Ne4 27.Be3 d4 28.Bg1 f5 29.Nc3 Nf6 30.Rd1 Rd8 31.Qe6+ Kh8 32.Ne2 Re8 { ...1/2-1/2, Morozevich Alexander 2716 - Grischuk Alexander 2702 , Dubai 2002 Cup World (active) } ) 13...c4 14.Bc2 { ?/= } 14...Nc5 ( 14...Re8 15.Nf1 Bf8 16.g4 Nc5 17.Ng3 g6 18.Be3 Nfd7 19.Kh2 Qc7 20.a5 Bc8 21.Rg1 Bg7 22.Qd2 Nf8 23.Rg2 f6 24.Nh4 g5 25.Nhf5 Ng6 26.h4 Nf4 27.Bxf4 exf4 28.Nh5 Bh8 29.Qd4 Re5 30.f3 Kf8 31.Qd2 Bxf5 32.gxf5 Qf7 33.Nxf4 gxf4 34.Rag1 { ...0-1, Barcenilla Rogelio 2455 - Giorgadze Giorgi 2565 , Calcutta 1994 It (open) } ) ( 14...g6 15.Nf1 Nh5 16.Bh6 Re8 17.Qd2 Bf8 18.Bg5 Be7 19.Be3 Qc7 20.Ng3 Nxg3 21.fxg3 Nc5 22.a5 Bc8 23.g4 Bd7 24.Rf1 f6 25.Qf2 Rf8 26.Bh6 Rfe8 27.g5 f5 28.exf5 gxf5 29.Nh4 f4 30.Qe2 Nd3 31.Qh5 Bf8 32.g6 Bxh6 33.gxh7+ Kxh7 34.Qg6+ { ...1-0, Zulfugarli Magomed 2325 - Sideif-Sade Fikret I 2432 , Baku 1996 Ch Azerbaijan } ) 15.Nf1 { } 15...Qb8 { N } ( 15...Qc7 16.Ng3 Rfb8 17.Nf5 Bf8 18.Qe2 Bc8 19.g4 Bd7 20.axb5 axb5 21.Bg5 Ne8 22.Nd2 Ra7 23.Be3 Rba8 24.Rxa7 Rxa7 25.f4 Ra2 26.Rb1 g6 27.Nh4 exf4 28.Bxf4 Bg7 29.Nhf3 Bxc3 30.Nxc4 Bg7 31.Ne3 Rxb2 32.Rxb2 Bxb2 33.Nd1 Bg7 34.e5 dxe5 35.Nxe5 { ...1/2-1/2, Polgar Judit 2656 - Kasparov Garry 2849 , Internet 2000 Match (blitz) } ) ( 15...Nfd7 16.Ng3 g6 17.Bh6 Re8 18.Qd2 Nb6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Nh2 Rxa1 21.Rxa1 Bc8 22.Ra7 Bd7 23.Ng4 Qb8 24.Ra1 Bxg4 25.hxg4 Qb7 26.Be3 Ra8 27.Rd1 Qc8 28.Qe2 Ra2 29.Bb1 Ra1 30.Bc2 Qa8 31.g5 Qa2 32.Nf5 gxf5 33.exf5 Nxd5 34.f6 Bf8 35.Bf5 { ...1/2-1/2, Volke Karsten 2455 - Gabriel Christian 2555 , Walldorf 1998 Cup Germany (team) } ) ( 15...Re8 16.Ng3 g6 17.Be3 Nfd7 18.Qd2 ( 18.Nh2 Bg5 19.Qf3 h6 20.Ng4 Kg7 21.Qe2 Bf4 22.Nf1 Qg5 23.Bxc5 Nxc5 24.g3 f5 25.gxf4 exf4 26.Kh1 fxg4 27.Qxg4 Qf6 28.Nd2 Bc8 29.Qg2 Re5 30.Nf3 Bxh3 31.Qh2 Rh5 32.e5 dxe5 33.Rxe5 Bg4 34.Rxh5 Bxf3+ 35.Kg1 { ...0-1, Riznar Helena 1910 - Krivec Jana 2115 , Maribor 1997 Ch Slovenia (juniors) (under 18) (g) } ) 18...Qc7 19.Nh2 h5 20.Rf1 bxa4 21.Qe2 h4 22.Nh1 Nf6 23.Qf3 Bc8 24.Bxa4 Nxa4 25.Rxa4 Bd7 26.Ra2 Kg7 27.Rfa1 a5 28.Nf1 Nh7 29.Qe2 f5 30.f3 f4 31.Bd2 Nf6 32.Be1 Nh5 33.Nd2 Rec8 34.Bf2 Ng3 35.Qe1 { ...1/2-1/2, Lutz Christopher 2643 - Van Der Sterren Paul 2551 , Germany 2001 Bundesliga 2000/01 } ) ( 15...Rb8 16.Ng3 g6 17.Be3 Qc7 18.Qd2 Bc8 19.Ra2 Bd7 20.axb5 Bxb5 21.Nh2 Nfd7 22.Ng4 Qd8 23.Bh6 Re8 24.f4 Bh4 25.Kh2 Nf6 26.Nxf6+ Qxf6 27.Rf1 exf4 28.Rxf4 Bxg3+ 29.Kxg3 Qe5 30.Qd4 Qxd4 31.cxd4 Nd3 32.Bxd3 cxd3 33.b3 Bd7 34.Rf3 Rxb3 35.Rxa6 { ...1-0, Urday Henry 2455 - Panno Oscar 2520 , Buenos Aires 1988 It } ) 16.Ng3 g6 17.Nh2 Nfd7 18.Ng4 Kh8 19.Rf1 bxa4 20.Bh6 Rc8 21.f4 f6 { ?! } ( 21...exf4 22.Bxf4 a5 23.Qd4+ f6 { } ) 22.f5 g5 23.Bxg5 { ? } ( { ? } 23.Qe2 a5 24.Bxa4 Nxa4 25.Rxa4 { } ) 23...fxg5 24.f6 Bf8 25.Rf5 Rc7 { ?! } ( 25...Qa7 26.Kh2 Qb6 27.Rxg5 Qxb2 { } ) 26.Rxg5 Qe8 27.Nf5 Nb6 { ? } ( { ? } 27...Qd8 28.Rg7 Nb6 29.Nxe5 Bxg7 { } ) 28.Qf3 { ! } ( 28.Nfh6 { ? } 28...Bxh6 29.Nxh6 Rf7 30.Nxf7+ { } ) 28...Qf7 { ? } ( { ? } 28...a3 29.Qg3 h5 30.Rg8+ Kh7 { } ) 29.Qg3 { ? } ( { ? } 29.Rg7 Bxg7 30.fxg7+ Qxg7 31.Nxg7 { } ) {#r} 1-0