[Event "It (cat.15)"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Reykjavik (Iceland)"] [Round "5"] [White "McShane Luke J (ENG)"] [Black "Stefansson Hannes (ISL)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2629"] [BlackElo "2549"] [ECO "C70"] [Opening "Spanish: 4.Ba4"] { McShane Luke J (ENG) +0 =0 -1 Stefansson Hannes (ISL) +2 =3 -1 } 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 Bb7 ( 9...Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.Na3 Nb6 13.axb5 axb5 14.Be3 b4 15.cxb4 exd4 16.Nxd4 Nxb4 17.Qd2 Na6 18.Ndb5 Nd7 19.Bd4 Nac5 20.Bc2 Ne6 21.Bc3 Re8 22.Nd4 Nxd4 { 1/2-1/2, Polgar Sofia 2485 - Stefansson Hannes 2520 , Reykjavik 1995 It (cat.11) } ) 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.d5 Nb8 13.Nf1 Nbd7 14.N3h2 Nc5 15.Bc2 c6 ( 15...a5 16.Ng4 Nxg4 17.hxg4 Be7 18.Be3 c6 19.Qe2 Bg5 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Rad1 Qd7 22.c4 Ba6 23.Ne3 g6 24.Bd3 Bxe3 25.Qxe3 bxc4 26.Be2 cxd5 27.Rxd5 Qb7 28.Qc3 Qb4 29.a3 Qb6 30.Red1 Rab8 31.R1d2 Rbd8 32.Bf1 Rxd5 33.Rxd5 Qc7 34.Bxc4 Bxc4 35.Qxc4 { ...1/2-1/2, Almasi Zoltan 2668 - Bacrot Etienne 2613 , Szeged 2000 Match } ) 16.b4 Ncd7 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bg5 { ?/= } 18...h6 ( 18...Be7 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Ng4 d5 21.Nxe5 Bb7 22.Nxf7 Kxf7 23.e5 Ne4 24.Rxe4 dxe4 25.Bb3+ Kg6 26.Qg4+ Kh6 27.Ng3 g6 28.Rd1 Qc7 29.Rd7 Qxe5 30.Rxb7 Bf6 31.Nf1 Re7 32.Rb6 Qxc3 33.Qe2 Bd4 34.Rd6 Rf8 35.Ne3 Bxe3 36.fxe3 Qxb4 37.Rxa6 Qc5 38.Qd2 { ...0-1, Jansa Vlastimil 2500 - Stocek Jiri 2555 , Czech Republic 2002 Extra League 2001/02 } ) 19.Bxf6 ( 19.Bh4 Qc7 20.Bxf6 Nxf6 21.Ng4 Nxg4 22.hxg4 Be7 23.Bb3 Bg5 24.Qf3 Rf8 25.Rad1 Bd7 26.Rd3 Be6 27.Red1 Rfd8 28.Ne3 Bxe3 29.Rxe3 { 1/2-1/2, Almasi Zoltan 2630 - Beliavsky Alexander G 2668 , Austria 2001 Staatsliga 2001/02 } ) 19...Nxf6 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxg4 d5 ( 21...Rc8 22.Bb3 Bd7 23.Qf3 Be6 24.Rac1 Be7 25.Rc2 a5 26.Qd3 Bxb3 27.axb3 axb4 28.Ne3 bxc3 29.Rxc3 Rxc3 30.Qxc3 Bg5 31.Nd5 Qd7 32.Qd3 Qc6 33.g3 Ra8 34.Kg2 Kf8 35.h4 Bd8 36.Qd2 Qb7 37.Qe2 Qc6 38.Qd2 Qb7 39.Qe2 Qc6 40.Qd2 { 1/2-1/2, Topalov Veselin 2733 - Ivanchuk Vassily 2731 , Monaco 2001 It "Melody Amber" (blindfold) } ) ( 21...Qc8 22.Qf3 Re6 23.Bb3 Rf6 24.Qd3 Qb7 25.f3 Rc8 26.Ne3 Qb6 27.a4 Rg6 28.Kh2 Be7 29.g3 Bd7 30.Re2 Qd8 31.axb5 axb5 32.Ra7 Bf8 33.h4 Be7 34.Nf5 Bf8 35.Rea2 Rf6 36.Kg2 Be6 37.Bd5 Bxd5 38.Qxd5 g6 39.Ne3 Rxc3 40.Qd2 Rc8 41.Nd5 { ...1-0, Moreno Javier 2494 - Pilgaard Kim 2437 , Linares 2002 It (open) } ) ( 21...Qd7 22.Qf3 { } ) 22.exd5 Qxd5 23.Bb3 Qd7 { N } ( 23...Qd8 24.Qh5 Ra7 25.Rxe5 Rxe5 26.Qxe5 Qg5 27.Qxg5 hxg5 28.Ne3 g6 29.Rd1 Rc7 30.Kf1 Kg7 31.Ke2 Be7 32.Bd5 Bd7 33.Rd3 Bf6 34.c4 bxc4 35.Bxc4 Bc8 36.a3 Bb2 37.Kd2 f5 38.Kc2 Bxa3 39.Rxa3 f4 40.Kb3 fxe3 41.fxe3 Re7 42.Ka4 Re5 43.Rd3 { ...1-0, Adams Michael 2752 - Ponomariov Ruslan 2743 , Linares 2002 It (cat.20) } ) ( 23...Qd6 24.Ne3 Rad8 25.Rad1 Qc7 26.Qh5 Rxd1 27.Rxd1 Bb7 28.Nf5 Bc8 29.Qg6 Bxf5 30.Qxf5 Re7 31.Rd3 Qc6 32.Rf3 Qb7 33.g3 Rd7 34.a3 Re7 35.h4 Qc7 36.h5 Qd7 37.Qe4 Qb7 38.Bd5 Qa7 39.Rd3 Qb6 40.Kg2 Qf6 41.Rf3 Qd6 42.Bb3 Qb6 43.Bc2 { ...1-0, Computer "Brutus" - Computer "Sjeng Maastricht", Maastricht 2002 Ch World (computers) } ) 24.Qh5 a5 25.bxa5 Qe7 { ?! } ( 25...Rxa5 26.Ne3 Ba8 27.Rad1 Qb7 { } ) 26.Ne3 Rxa5 { ? } ( { ? } 26...Qb7 27.Ng4 Re7 28.Rxe5 Rc7 { } ) 27.Ng4 Rd8 28.Nxe5 { } {#r} 1-0