(1) Wilson,G - Newton,S [B01]
HCC Friday G/30 3.14.2003 Houston (2), 14.03.2003
[Deep Fritz (30s)]

B01: Scandinavian Defence

1.e4 d5 2.b3
[2.Nf3 dxe4 3.Ng5 Bf5 4.g4 Bg6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Ngxe4 e6 8.d3 h5 9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.Be3 Bb4 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.h4 Nd4 13.a3 Ba5 14.b4 Nf3+ 15.Bxf3 Qxc3+ 16.Kf1 hxg4 17.bxa5 gxf3 18.Bxa7 1/2-1/2 Soppela,J-Cording,H/Hamburg 1992/EXT 97 (18)]

2...dxe4 3.Nc3N
[3.Bb2 Bf5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Qe2 e6 6.0-0-0 c6 7.Qe1 Qa5 8.Kb1 Ba3 9.Bxa3 Qxa3 10.d4 0-0 11.d5 exd5 12.f3 Qc5 13.fxe4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Qh4 Qxc2+ 16.Ka1 Qc3# 0-1 Barbalho,E-Coutinho,R/Brasilia 1999/EXT 2001 (16)]

3...Nf6 4.Qe2 Nc6 5.Nxe4 Nxe4 6.Qxe4 Qd4 7.Qxd4 Nxd4 8.Bd3 Bd7 9.Bb2 e5 10.Be4 0-0-0 11.Nf3 f5
[11...Bc5 12.Nxd4 (12.Nxe5? is no good because of 12...Rhe8 13.f4 f6-+ ) 12...Bxd4 13.Bxd4 exd4 14.0-0-0=/+ ]

12.Nxd4
[12.Nxe5 fxe4 13.Bxd4 Be6+/= ]

12...fxe4 13.Ne2 Bd6 14.0-0-0
[14.0-0 Bc6= ]

14...Bg4 15.Rde1 Rhf8 16.Rhf1 Bc5 17.Bxe5
[>=17.h3!? should be investigated more closely 17...Be6 18.Nc3 Bxf2 19.Rxe4= ]

17...Bxf2-/+ 18.Bxg7
[>=18.Ng3 e3 19.dxe3 Bxe1 20.Rxe1-/+ ]

18...Rf7??
Black is ruining his position [>=18...Bxe1 a pity that Black didn't try this 19.Rxe1 Rf2-+ ]

19.Nc3=/+ e3
[>=19...Bxe1 and Black could well hope to play on 20.Rxf7 Bxd2+ (‹20...Rxd2 21.Rf1+/- ) 21.Kb2 Bh5= ]

20.Rxe3+/=
[Worse is 20.dxe3 Bh5 21.Bh6 Bxe1 22.Rxe1 Rf2=/+ ]

20...Rg8?
[>=20...Bxe3 21.Rxf7 Rxd2+/= ]

21.Re4??
hands over the advantage to the opponent [>=21.Ne4+- with excellent chances for White]

21...Rgxg7-+ 22.Re8+ Kd7 23.Nd5??
simply worsens the situation [>=23.Re4-+ ] 0-1