[Event "GBR-ch"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Singh, Gurpreet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Martin,A (game of the day)"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "2001.07.30"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]

1. e4 { . . . . . Finkel,A } 1... e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bf4 Bxc5 8. Bd3 f6 { Black can certainly delay ...f7-f6,despite the
fact that it's the theoretical recommendation. White's position comes to life
now. Instead : } ( 8... a6 ) ( 8... h6 ) ( { RR } 8... h6 9. Qe2 ( { RR } 9. Bg3 a6 ( { RR } 9... b6 10. a3 Be7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Re1 a5 14. Bf1 O-O 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 a4 17. Rad1 Bc8 18. Qg4 Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rd4 Qe8 21. Re3 Ra7 22. Bh4 Bxh4 23. Qxh4 Qd8 24. Qg4 { Makarichev,S-Vogel,J/Amsterdam 1974/MCL/1-0 (65) } ) 10. O-O b5 11. Re1 O-O 12. Ne2 b4 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 a5 15. Nf4 Ba6 16. Bc2 Rc8 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Nh5 Bf8 19. Rac1 Ne7 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Bh4 Qd7 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Re3 Red8 { Gufeld,E-Spassky,B/Leningrad 1960/URS-ch/1-0 (34) } ) 9... Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nb6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Qg4 Kf8 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Re3 g5 17. Rg3 f5 18. exf6 e5 19. Qh5 Be8 20. Bg6 exf4 21. Rxg5 Rc7 22. Re5 Bxg6 23. Qxg6 { Kiss,G-Kovacs,G/HUN 1995/EXT 99/0-1 (42) } ) 9. exf6 $146 Qxf6 10. Bg3 ( { RR } 10. Bg5 Qf7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O-O h6 13. Bh4 a6 14. Bg3 Nb6 15. Kb1 Bd7 16. Rhf1 Qh5 17. a3 Rac8 18. Rde1 Rf6 19. Qd2 Qf7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxf2 22. Qd1 Qe7 23. Rxf2 Bxf2 24. Rf1 Bc5 { Morozevich,A-Bareev,E/Sarajevo 1999/CBM 71/[Finkel,A]/0-1 (70) } ) 10... O-O 11. O-O h6 ( { RR } 11... Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qe2 a6 15. Rae1 Nc5 16. Be5 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Bd7 20. f4 Rac8 21. g3 $14 { A game which White eventually loses but here he has the traditional solid,
small advantage promised by the control of e5 and his commanding Rook } 21... Rc5 22. Rf2 Rfc8 23. Ne2 Ra5 24. a3 Ra4 25. Nc3 Rxa3 26. bxa3 { Pitkanen,S-Kokkila,T/Vantaa 1999/EXT 2000/0-1 (45) } ) 12. Qe2 $146 { If Sing
h can break Chandler's hold on e5,he will attain a reasonable position. If not.
.... } ( { RR } 12. Qd2 Nde5 ( { RR } 12... Bb4 13. a3 Be7 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Re2 Nc5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qf7 18. Rae1 Bg5 19. Qd1 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. g3 Qf6 22. Qd2 Bd7 23. Re5 Bc6 24. f4 Rae8 25. Qe3 d4 26. Qxd4 Nd7 27. Ne4 { Matychenkov,V-Galanov,B/Naberezhnie Chelni 1988/TD/1-0 (44) } ) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rae1 Nf7 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Qg4 Qg5 17. Qxg5 Nxg5 18. h4 Nf7 19. Bb5 Bc8 20. Bd3 a6 21. Na4 Ba7 22. Bc7 Bd7 23. Nb6 Bxb6 24. Bxb6 e5 25. f3 Rfe8 26. Re2 Bb5 { Blimke,D-Kludacz,M/Brzeg Dolny 1996/EXT 98/1-0 (42) } ) 12... Bb6 { One way to try to mix things up is 12...Nd4 but White can get the advantage eg } ( 12... Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Nb5 $1 Bxb2 15. Rae1 $1 a6 ( 15... e5 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Nxd5 { with Qe4 to come. } ) 16. Nc7 Ra7 17. Qxe6+ Qxe6 18. Nxe6 $16 ) 13. Rad1 Nc5 14. Kh1 Bd7 ( 14... Nxd3 15. Rxd3 a6 16. Ne5 $14 ) 15. Bb5 { Strictly
positional. In its own way this is one of the most consistent games of the
round as well as one of the best. } 15... Be8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Be5 { Control gives way to occupation. How does White increase his advantage ? } 17... Qe7 18. Nd4 Rc8 19. Qg4 $1 { That's how. The pawn at e6 is doomed to
come under serious pressure. Of course Chandler has to be careful that Singh
doesn't get the c pawn moving, which would simply put White's minor pieces
back. } 19... Nd7 $1 { A good,fighting reply. Singh sets up counterplay and then
doesn't go through with it! } 20. Bg3 ( 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nxe6+ Kf7 23. Nxf8 Kxf8 24. f4 { is not as good } ) 20... Bf7 ( 20... e5 { was begging to be played eg } 21. Rfe1 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rb8 23. Nd1 Qf6 24. Ra4 ( 24. Rd2 $13 ) 24... Rb7 $13 ) 21. Rfe1 Qb4 22. a3 $1 Qxb2 23. Na4 Qxa3 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26. Rxe6 { A strong move. There are veiled threats to the
Knight and Rxh6 is directly menacing. One feels that Black should have
more than one good defence but analysis doesn't bear this out. } 26... Qc3 $2 ( 26... Nc5 27. Re7 $1 $18 Qc3 28. Be5 ) ( 26... Rf7 27. Rd6 Rd8 ( 27... Qa7 28. Rxh6 Qa2 29. c3 Qc2 30. Rd6 $13 ) 28. Rxc6 $16 ) 27. Re7 $18 Rce8 $8 28. Qe6+ Kh7 29. Rxe8 Qxc2 30. Re1 Nc5 31. Qxc6 Rxe8 32. Qxe8 d4 33. Qe2 Qxe2 34. Rxe2 d3 35. Rd2 Kg6 36. f3 { Murray Chandler is playing as well as anyone. I am sure
that he'll be in the frame next Saturday. } 1-0