[Event "GBR-ch"]
[Site "Scarborough"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Palliser, Richard JD"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Martin,A (game of the day)"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[ECO "B23"]
[EventDate "2001.07.30"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 { Clearly a good moment to launch 'The Grand Prix
Attack' which is not nearly as effective, if say,Black had played 2..Nc6. } 3... g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O $146 ( 6. f5 $5 gxf5 7. d3 { would be the
impatient way to treat the position but still very thematic. Chandler plays
patiently,building,rather in the style of Nigel Short. } ) 6... e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Qe1 h6 ( 8... O-O 9. f5 { isn't exactly a forced win for White but Black would
certainly make life difficult for himself playing this way. Palliser's move
is very sensible,delaying castling,dissuading Qh4, asking White to find
another way. } 9... exf5 ( { RR } 9... Na5 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. Bg5 Nxc4 12. Qh4 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qd7 14. Bxe7 Re8 15. dxc4 Qxe7 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. c3 Bd7 18. Nxd6 Bc6 19. Rad1 h6 20. Rd2 a6 21. Rfd1 Rd7 22. Kf2 Rad8 23. Ke1 Kf8 24. Nxb7 Rxd2 25. Nxd8 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Bxe4 27. Nxe6+ { 1-0 Balinas,R-McTavish,D/Winnipeg 1994/EXT 98 (27) } ) 10. Qh4 ( { RR } 10. Qh4 h5 ( { RR } 10... Qd7 11. Bg5 b5 12. Nxb5 Bb7 13. Bh6 Na5 14. Ng5 Nxc4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Rxf5 h5 18. Rxf7+ Rxf7 19. Nxf7 Qxb5 20. Rf1 Qc6 21. Qf6+ Kh7 22. Rf3 Ne5 23. Rg3 Ng4 24. Ng5+ Kh6 25. Nf7+ Kh7 26. Ng5+ Kh6 27. Nf7+ Kh7 28. Ng5+ { 1/2-1/2 Kristiansen,J-Fedder,S/Frederiksberg 1972/EXT 98 (28) } ) 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Rae1 b6 ( { RR } 12... Kh8 13. Bf6 fxe4 14. dxe4 Ng8 15. Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. Qf4 a6 17. Rd1 b5 18. Rxd6 Qg4 19. Qe3 Nge7 20. Bd5 Bb7 21. h3 Qc8 22. Qxc5 b4 23. Na4 Qc7 24. Nd4 Rac8 25. Bxf7 Qa5 26. Ne6+ { 1-0 Horn,P-Payen,A/Geneve 1990/EXT 97 (26) } ) 13. Bb5 f6 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. h3 Ne5 16. Qg3 Kh7 17. Nh4 a6 18. Bc4 Qe8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 f4 21. Bxf4 Ra7 22. Nf3 Be6 23. d4 Nxf3+ 24. Rxf3 cxd4 { Van Mil,J-Van Rijn,A/Holland 1996/EXT 2000/0-1 (47) } ) ( { RR } 10. Bg5 h6 11. Qh4 Qd7 12. Bxh6 f4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ng5 Rh8 15. Qxf4 { 1-0 Chapman,A-Streuber,P/Hessen 1999/EXT 2000 (15) } ) ) 9. Bd2 $5 Nd4 $146 ( { RR } 9... O-O { Biting the bullet. } 10. Bb3 Nd4 ( { RR } 10... d5 11. Rd1 f5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Kh1 a6 14. Ne2 Kh8 15. Qg3 Qd6 16. Ne5 Kh7 17. Rde1 Be6 18. c3 Bg8 19. d4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nc8 21. Bc3 N8a7 22. h4 h5 23. Ng1 Nb5 24. Ngf3 Bh6 25. Ng5+ { Short,N-Gelfand,B/Linares 1992/CBM 28/0-1 (58) } ) 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Qf2 Nc6 15. Rae1 Kh8 16. Ng3 Qe8 17. Qe2 e5 18. Nh5 Be6 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. Rf3 Bxb3 21. axb3 Qe6 22. b4 a6 23. c4 Rae8 24. Rg3+ { Jovanovic,S-Stankovic,M/JUG 1994/EXT 99/1/2-1/2 (47) } ) ( { RR } 9... a6 10. a4 Nd4 ( { RR } 10... Rb8 11. Kh1 Nb4 12. Bb3 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Rxb5 15. Ba4 Bd7 16. Bxb5 Bxb5 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. Qxb4 Bc6 19. Ra6 { 1/2-1/2 Boronyak,A-Horvath,C/Zalakaros 1992/EXT 97 (19) } ) 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 d5 13. Bb3 dxe4 14. dxe4 d3 15. Ng3 dxc2 16. e5 Qb6+ 17. Qe3 Qxe3+ 18. Bxe3 Nf5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. Rxc2 Bc6 22. a5 O-O 23. Bb6 Be4 24. Rc3 { Delchev,A-Kuczynski,R/Pula 1998/EXT 2000/1-0 (48) } ) 10. Nxd4 cxd4 $146 11. Ne2 d5 { Perhaps a little premature.. It's more in the spirit of the position to
keep the Black pawn structure elastic. While giving concrete variations is
difficult right now here's a flavour of how Black should be playing : } ( 11... O-O 12. Bb3 ( 12. Qh4 $6 Nc6 13. Qg3 Na5 $11 ) ( 12. Qg3 b6 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 Ra7 ) 12... a5 13. a4 Bd7 $1 ) 12. Bb3 O-O 13. Rd1 $1 { Prophylaxis against a capture
on e4 and suggesting to Black that his front d pawn might become rather weak
as the game progresses. The Grand Prix Attack might be a misnomer -
Chandler is treating the opening in a much more positional style. } 13... Nc6 14. Kh1 $1 { More of the same-your move Richard! } 14... Qd6 { Personally,I like } ( 14... a5 $1 { now,just to loosen up the White Queenside a bit. } 15. a4 ( 15. Ba4 Qb6 $1 $13 ) ( 15. f5 $4 a4 $19 ) 15... b6 16. exd5 ( 16. Qf2 dxe4 17. dxe4 Ba6 $13 ) 16... exd5 17. Qg3 Re8 18. Rde1 Ne7 $1 $11 ) 15. f5 $1 { Very strong and this
must have been a surprise to Palliser. Chandler hasn't been proceeding with
too much urgency so far then he suddenly changes gear! } 15... exf5 ( 15... dxe4 16. f6 $1 e3 17. fxg7 Kxg7 18. Bc1 f5 19. Qh4 e5 20. c3 $16 ) 16. exd5 Ne7 17. Bb4 { Oh dear ! Black's position collapses with alarming speed. } 17... Qd7 18. c4 ( 18. Qf2 Rd8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nxd4 { is also strong but Chandler wants more. } ) 18... dxc3 ( 18... Re8 19. Qf2 $16 ) 19. Nxc3 Re8 20. Ba4 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 { With Qe5 coming up. A perplexing defeat
for Richard Palliser,remarkable for the speed of the finish. Obviously
Black has to pay great attention to detail defending against this particular
method of play. } 1-0