[Event "Torino"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mordiglia, Riccardo"]
[Black "Blanc, Pierre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "1663"]
[Annotator "Blanc,P"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. Nc3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8.
Be3 e6 9. Bd3 Bb4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qg3 Nh5 14. Qg4
g6 15. Qf3 Qh4 16. c3 Bd6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qxf7+ Kh8 19. Rae1 Qg3 20. Re5 Bxe5
21. dxe5 Qxd3 22. Qxb7 Qb5 23. Qd7 Qc5+ 24. Kh2 Re7 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. exd6 Rd7
27. Bf8 Ng7 28. g4 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Trofeo Perelli"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.03.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ricca, Roberto"]
[Black "Blanc, Pierre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "1711"]
[Annotator "Blanc,P"]
[PlyCount "130"]

{2048kB
} 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Qe1
O-O 8. Na3 Qa5 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Rb1 c4+ 11. Kh1 cxd3 12. exd3 Be6 13. c4 dxc4 14.
dxc4 Bf5 15. Be3 Qb4 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Rbd1 Nxa2 18. Bc5 Ne4 19. Bxe7 Rfe8 20.
Bh4 Bxb2 21. Nb5 Nac3 22. Nxc3 Bxc3 23. Nd4 Nd2 24. Rf2 Bg4 25. Nf3 Nxf3 26.
Bxf3 Bxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Bxe1 29. Rd3 a5 30. Bf6 a4 31. Rd7 a3 32.
Rxb7 a2 33. Ba1 Bf2 34. Kg2 Bc5 35. Rb5 Bf8 36. c5 Bg7 37. c6 Bxa1 38. c7 Bf6
39. Rb8+ Rxb8 40. cxb8=Q+ Kg7 41. Qb7 a1=Q 42. Qd5 Qb2+ 43. Kh3 Qe2 44. Qc5 h5
45. Qc1 Bd4 46. Qh1 Be3 47. Qe4 Qf1+ 48. Kh4 Qg1 49. Qe5+ Kh7 50. h3 Bf2 51. f5
Bxg3+ 52. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 53. Kxg3 gxf5 54. Kf3 Kg6 55. h4 Kf6 56. Kf4 Ke6 57. Kg5
Ke5 58. Kxh5 Kf6 59. Kh6 f4 60. h5 f3 61. Kh7 f2 62. h6 f1=Q 63. Kg8 Qg1+ 64.
Kh8 Qg6 65. h7 Qg7# 0-1

[Event "Imperia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blanc, Pierre"]
[Black "Fusari, Paolo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1710"]
[BlackElo "1815"]
[Annotator "Blanc,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. Qd3 Bd7 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxb5 12. Qxb5 dxe5 13. Qxe5 Re8 14. Qf5 g5
15. e5 gxh4 16. exf6 Kh8 17. Qf4 Kh7 18. Qf5+ Kh8 19. Qf4 Kh7 20. Nd2 Qd5 21.
Nf3 Re4 22. Rad1 Qe6 23. Qd2 Rg8 24. Qd3 Rg6 25. Rde1 Qg4 26. Ng5+ Qxg5 27.
Qxe4 h3 28. g3 Qxf6 29. Rd1 h5 30. Rd3 Kg7 31. Rf3 Qd8 32. Qf5 h4 33. Qxf7+ Kh6
34. Qf4+ Kh7 35. Qe4 Qg5 36. Rf5 Qd8 37. Rh5+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ Rf6 39. Qg5+ Kf7 40.
Rh7+ Ke8 41. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Imperia"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Simek, Jiri"]
[Black "Blanc, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "1830"]
[BlackElo "1710"]
[Annotator "Blanc,P"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Be6 8. Nbd2
Qd7 9. b4 Bb6 10. a4 a6 11. Qe2 Nh5 12. Bxe6 Qxe6 13. Rd1 Nf4 14. Qf1 d5 15.
Bb2 Qg6 16. Nh4 Qg3 17. d4 Qxh4 18. g3 Qg5 19. Kh2 Ng6 20. exd5 Nce7 21. c4
Bxd4 22. Nf3 Qf5 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bxd4 Ne5 25. Qe2 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Nxd4 27. Rxd4
Ng6 28. Re4 Qd7 29. a5 Rae8 30. Re1 Rxe4 31. Qxe4 c6 32. h4 cxd5 33. cxd5 Rd8
34. h5 Nf8 35. Rd1 h6 36. f3 Nh7 37. d6 Nf6 38. Qe5 Re8 39. Qc5 Re2+ 40. Kf1
Rh2 41. Rd3 Qh3+ 42. Ke1 Qxg3+ 43. Kd1 Qg2 0-1

[Event "SADA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blanc, P."]
[Black "Settis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "1765"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Blanc,P"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. d4 fxe4 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8.
Qh5+ Ke7 9. Bg5+ Nf6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxe5 Qd5 12. Nd2 Qxe5 13. O-O-O g6 14.
Qh4 Kf7 15. f4 Qe6 16. Nc4 Qxc4 17. Bxf6 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qe7+ Qf7 20.
Qe5+ Qf6 21. Qxc7+ Qf7 22. Qe5+ Qf6 23. Qc7+ Kh6 24. Rhe1 Bg4 25. Rd4 Rhe8 26.
Rdxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Rd8 28. Re1 Rf8 29. h3 Qxf4+ 30. Qxf4+ Rxf4 31. hxg4 Rxg4
32. Re2 Kg5 33. b4 h5 34. a4 Kf5 35. Kc2 Rg3 36. Kb3 h4 37. Kc4 g5 38. Rf2+ Ke5
39. Re2+ Kd6 40. Kd4 Rg4+ 41. Kd3 Rg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "SADA A"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Blanc, Pierre"]
[Black "Magnifico, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "Blanc"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 Bg4 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rad1 Qe8 11. h3 Be6 12. Bb5 Nd7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ncb8
15. Bc5 a6 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Be2 Nc5 18. Qb4 Nbd7 19. Qh4 h6 20. b4 Bf6 21. Qc4
b5 22. Qc3 e4 23. Nd4 Na4 24. Qe3 Qxb4 25. Nc6 Qf8 26. Qxe4 Nc3 27. Qg4 Nxd1
28. Rxd1 Nb6 29. Qf4 Bd8 30. Bf3 Kg7 31. d6 Bg5 32. Qg4 f5 33. Qd4+ Bf6 34. Ne5
Rd8 35. d7 Nxd7 36. Nxd7 Bxd4 37. Nxf8 Kxf8 38. c3 Bf6 39. Rxd8+ Bxd8 40. Bd5
Ke7 41. c4 Kd6 42. Bf7 g5 43. Kf1 Kc5 44. cxb5 axb5 45. Ke2 Kd4 46. Kd2 c5 47.
Bg6 f4 48. Be8 b4 49. Bf7 Ba5 50. Kc2 c4 51. Be6 Bb6 52. Bf7 Bc5 53. Be6 h5 54.
Bf7 h4 55. Be6 c3 56. Bg4 Ke4 57. f3+ Ke3 58. Bh5 Kf2 59. Bg4 Kxg2 60. Kd3 Kf2
61. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Torino"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Diana, R."]
[Black "Blanc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "1711"]
[Annotator "Blanc,P"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Bb7 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 d5 14. Ng3 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rfd8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 b4 19. Ba4 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. Nd2 Bc6 24. Bb3 Nd7 25. f3 Nb6 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. Bf2
Ba4 28. Ne3 Bxb3 29. axb3 Nc6 30. Nd5 Nd7 31. Kf1 Bd6 32. Ke2 f6 33. Nc4 Bb8
34. Kd3 Ba7 35. Kc2 Kf8 36. Kb2 Ncb8 37. Ka3 Ke8 38. Ka4 38... Kd8  39. Nd6
Nc6 40. Nf5 g6 41. Nxh6 c4 42. Bxa7 cxb3 43. Be3 $4 43... b2 0-1

[Event "C.T.O."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.02.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cordara, M."]
[Black "Blanc, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[Annotator "Blanc,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. h3 c5 8. b3
cxd4 9. exd4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bf1 Ne6 12. Bb2 Rb8 13. a4 b6 14. Rb1 a6 15.
c4 Nf6 16. g3 Qd6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. Nfe5 Bb7 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. Nf3
Qd5 22. Bg2 Ng5 23. Nh4 Nfe4 24. Nxb6 Qc6 25. a5 Nxh3+ 26. Kh2 Nhxf2 27. d5
Nxg3 28. dxc6 Nxe2 29. Rxe2 Ng4+ 30. Kg3 Bxb2 31. Rbxb2 g5 32. cxb7 gxh4+ 33.
Kxg4 f5+ 34. Kxh4 f4 35. Be4 Kh8 36. Nd7 f3 37. Bxf3 Rf4+ 38. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Campionato Sociale"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Coqueraut, L."]
[Black "Blanc, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "1612"]
[BlackElo "1765"]
[Annotator "Blanc,P"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. b3 d5 6. Bb2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nb5
Be7 9. Be5 Na6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. O-O c6 13. Nc3 Nac7 14. Bd3 Nf6 15.
Bb1 Bd6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ne4 Qd8 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Ng5 h6 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. f4
Ba6 22. d3 Nd5 23. Rc1 c5 24. Rf3 Rfd8 25. Qf2 Nb4 26. d4 cxd4 27. exd4 Bb7 28.
Rh3 Qd7 29. Rd1 Qd5 30. Rxh6 Qa5 31. Rh4 Nxa2 32. Ng5 Nc3 33. Bh7+ Kf8 34. Rf1
Rxd4 35. Bc2 Qd5 36. Nf3 Rb4 37. Rh8+ Ke7 38. Rxa8 Bxa8 39. f5 Rg4 40. g3 Nb5
41. fxe6 41... fxe6 $138 0-1

[Event "Campionato Sociale"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blanc"]
[Black "Fuggetta, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1765"]
[BlackElo "1873"]
[Annotator "Blanc, P"]
[PlyCount "65"]

{2048kB, f5book.ctg
} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Be2 d5 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Be3
dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Re8 12. c3 e5
13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Qb3 {14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Rd2 Nb6 17. Rfd1} 14...
Qc7 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Rd2 Nb6 17. Bg5 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Rd4 Qc7
21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qc2 Qe7 25. Qd1 Nc4 26. b3 Ne5
27. Be2 b6 28. Kg1 Qf6 29. Qd4 Qe7 30. f4 Nd7 31. Bf3 c5 32. Qd2 Nf6 33. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Scaccomatto"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.11.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sorcinelli"]
[Black "Blanc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "1650"]
[BlackElo "1798"]
[Annotator "Blanc,P"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bg4 6. Na4 exf4 7. d4 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 Qh4+ 9. Ke2 Bb6 10. Nxb6 cxb6 11. d5 Qg5 12. Rg1 Qh6 13. dxc6 Qxh2+ 14.
Kd3 O-O-O 15. cxb7+ Kxb7 16. Bc4 Ne7 17. Bd5+ Nxd5 18. exd5 Qh5 19. c4 Qf5+ 20.
Kc3 g5 21. Qd3 Qf6+ 22. Qd4 Qh6 23. Bd2 f5 24. Rh1 Qf8 25. Rae1 h5 26. Re6 Rh6
27. Rhe1 Rxe6 28. dxe6 Re8 29. Rh1 h4 30. Qd5+ Kc7 31. a4 Qf6+ 32. Kc2 Qxe6 33.
Qxe6 Rxe6 34. Kd3 Kd7 35. b4 Rh6 36. a5 h3 37. Kd4 h2 38. axb6 axb6 39. Kd3 Rh3
40. Ke2 Ke6 41. Kf2 Ke5 42. Bc3+ Ke6 43. Re1+ Kf7 44. Rh1 g4 45. Bd4 Rxf3+ 46.
Kg2 Rd3 47. Bxb6 Rd2+ 48. Kf1 g3 49. Ke1 Ra2 50. Bd4 f3 51. b5 Re2+ 52. Kd1 Re4
53. Ba7 f2 54. Bxf2 gxf2 55. b6 Re1+ 56. Kd2 Rxh1 57. b7 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Scaccomatto"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.11.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blanc, Pierre"]
[Black "Bonani, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1798"]
[BlackElo "1626"]
[Annotator "Blanc,P"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re2 Qh4 14. g3 Qh5 15.
Re4 Qxd1+ 16. Bxd1 Bf5 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bd2 c5 20. Bf3 Be4 21.
Bxe4 Rxe4 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Kf1 f5 24. Bg5 h6 25. Bd8 f4 26. Nd2 Re8 27. Ba5
fxg3 28. hxg3 Rf8 29. Ne4 Ba7 30. Re1 Ne3+ 31. Kg1 Nc4 32. Bb4 Rf5 33. Re2 Re5
34. b3 a5 35. bxc4 axb4 36. cxb4 bxc4 37. Nc3 Rf5 38. Nd1 Bd4 39. Rc2 Rf3 40.
Rxc4 Rxg3+ 41. Kf1 Rg4 42. f3 Rg1+ 43. Ke2 Rg2+ 44. Kd3 Be5 45. a4 g5 46. Ne3
Ra2 47. Ng4 Bg7 48. b5 h5 49. Ne3 Rb2 50. Rc5 Bf6 51. Nd5 Kf7 52. Rc7+ Kg6 53.
Rc6 1-0

[Event "CIS 2001"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.04.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beccaris"]
[Black "Blanc, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[Annotator "Blanc,P"]
[PlyCount "105"]

{10192kB, f5book.ctg
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4
6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Neg5 O-O-O 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12.
Rxe6 Bd6 13. Qe2 Qh5 14. h3 Rde8 15. Bd2 Ne5 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. Re1 Nxf3+ 18.
Qxf3 Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Qe5 20. Bd2 d3 21. Qxd3 Qxb2 22. g3 Qb1+ 23. Kh2 Qxa2 24.
Qf5+ Kb8 25. Qxh7 Qf7 26. Qh8+ Qf8 27. Qxf8+ Bxf8 28. Bc3 b5 29. h4 Kb7 30. h5
c5 31. Ba5 c4 32. f4 b4 33. g4 Bd6 34. Kg3 Ka6 35. Bd8 b3 36. cxb3 cxb3 37. h6
gxh6 38. Bf6 Ba3 39. Kh4 b2 40. Bxb2 Bxb2 41. Kh5 Bc1 42. f5 Bg5 43. Kg6 Kb5
44. f6 a5 45. f7 Be7 46. Kxh6 a4 47. g5 a3 48. g6 a2 49. g7 a1=Q 50. g8=Q Qh1+
51. Kg6 Qe4+ 52. Kh6 Qh4+ 53. Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CIS 2001"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.04.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blanc, P."]
[Black "Trussardi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "Blanc,P"]
[PlyCount "73"]

{10192kB, f5book.ctg
} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Ne2
Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Qc7 8. O-O c5 9. Na3 a6 10. Nc2 Nd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Ne3
cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. a3 Be7 16. f4 O-O 17. f5 Bg5 18. Nf4 Qb6 19. fxe6 Bxf4
20. Rxf4 fxe6 21. Rh4 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Ndxe5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Rxb2 Nxd3 25. Rxb7
Rf2 26. Nf1 Rcf8 27. Rb1 e5 28. Rg4 Kh7 29. Rg3 e4 30. Bc3 R8f7 31. Ne3 Ra2 32.
Nxd5 Rxa3 33. Bxg7 Nf4 34. Rxa3 Ne2+ 35. Kh1 Kxg7 36. Re3 Rd7 37. Rxe2 1-0

[Event "CIS serie B"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Digiugno, F."]
[Black "Blanc, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "Blanc,P"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. f4 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. Na3
b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bf3 a6 11. c4 Nb4 12. Nc2 Nxc2 13. Qxc2 e6 14. d3 Qe7 15.
Rad1 Rac8 16. g4 Rfd8 17. g5 Ne8 18. Ng4 dxc4 19. Bxg7 cxd3 20. Rxd3 Nxg7 21.
Nf6+ Kh8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qd2 Qe7 24. Rd1 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 b5 26. h4 h5 27. Qc3
Rc7 28. Qd3 Rc8 29. Qc3 b4 30. Qd3 Nf5 31. Kf2 Qb7 32. Qc2 Qg2+ 33. Kxg2 Nxe3+
34. Kf3 Nxc2 35. Rd7 Kg7 36. Ne4 Nd4+ 37. Ke3 Nf5+ 38. Kd3 Kf8 39. Kc4 Ne3+ 40.
Kd3 Nf5 41. Kc4 Rc6 42. Nxc5 Nd6+ 43. Kxb4 a5+ 44. Kxa5 Rxc5+ 45. Kb6 Rd5 46.
Kc6 Nf5 47. Rb7 Nd4+ 48. Kb6 Rf5 49. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CTO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Baruffa"]
[Black "Blanc, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "1545"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[Annotator "Blanc,P"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 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. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Nb8 11. a4 Nbd7 12. a5 Bh5 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Nf1 Bg6 15. Bc2
Nh5 16. b4 Ndf6 17. h3 Bh7 18. N3h2 Qd7 19. Qf3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Rac1 Ne8
22. Nd2 Bf6 23. Ng4 Be5 24. Nb3 Nf6 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Nd4 Rae8 27. Ne2 g5 28.
Nd4 Bg6 29. Nb3 Kg7 30. Nd4 Rh8 31. Re2 h5 32. Rce1 Be5 33. Nf5+ Kf8 34. g4
hxg4 35. hxg4 Qd8 36. Nd4 Qf6 37. Rd2 Rh4 38. Kf1 Qh8 39. Rd3 Rh1+ 40. Ke2
40... Bxe4 $3 41. Ne6+ Rxe6 42. Qxe4 Rxe1+ 43. Kxe1 Bxc3+ 0-1

[Event "CTO"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ragni"]
[Black "Blanc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[Annotator "Blanc,P"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg4 11. e5 Ne8 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Bd3 f5 14. Rfd1 Nd5 15.
Bc1 Nec7 16. Bc4 a5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bb3 Na6 19. Rd3 Qb6 20. Bd2 Nb4 21. Bxb4
Bxb4 22. h3 Bh5 23. Kh2 Rac8 24. Rad1 Rc7 25. Qe3 f4 26. Qe2 Bg6 27. Ng5 h6 28.
Nf3 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Rfc8 30. Qg6 Rc6 31. Ba2 Be7 32. Bb1 Bf8 33. Qh7+ Kf7 34.
Bg6+ Ke7 35. Qg8 Qb4 36. Qf7+ Kd8 37. Qxf4 Kc7 38. Rd3 Kb8 39. b3 Rc2 40. Kg3
Qe7 41. h4 R8c3 42. Qd2 Qb4 43. Bf7 Qxb3 44. Rxc3 Qxc3 45. Qxc3 Rxc3 46. Bxe6
Kc7 47. Bxd5 Ra3 48. Kf4 Rxa4 49. Kf5 Ra1 50. Ke6 b5 51. Be4 g5 52. d5 g4 1-0

[Event "Scaccomatto"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.11.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Serrajotto"]
[Black "Blanc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1663"]
[BlackElo "1828"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 (40s)"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd6 9. Be3 {out of book} 9... Ne7 10. O-O-O {
The rook on d1 creates tactical possibilities} 10... O-O 11. Nce2 f5 12. exf5
Nxf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Nd4 Be4 15. f3 Bd5 16. a3 {Consolidates b4} 16... Rae8
17. Bg5 {now black is better; 17. Bf2 c5 18. Nb5 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 axb5 21. Bxc5 21...
Rf5 and black is slightly better} 17... h6 18. Bh4 c5 19. Nb3 Bxb3 20. cxb3 Re2 21. Bg3 Bxg3 22. hxg3
Rxg2 23. Rd7 Rxf3 24. Rxc7 Rgxg3 25. Rxb7 Rxb3 {25... Rg2 26. b4 cxb4 27. Rxb4 -+
} 26. Rc7 {26. Rxb3 Rxb3 27. Rh5 27... Rb5 -+} 26... Rg2 27. Rd1 {27. Rxc5
Rbxb2 28. Rg1 -+} 27... Rbxb2 {Do you see the mate threat?} {
Less advisable is 27... Rgxb2 28. Rd6 Rg2 29. Rxa6 -+} 28. Rxc5 28... Ra2 
{the end. Threatening mate... how?} 29. Kb1 Rxa3 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rcc8 Rf3 {
31... Raa2 and Black can already relax 32. Rh8+ Kg6 33. Rc6+ Kh5 34. Rb8 -+}
32. Rh8+ Kg6 33. Rc6+ Kh5 34. Rc5+ g5 35. Rc1 {35. Rc2 
does not improve anything 35... Rff2 36. Rxf2 36... Rxf2 -+} 35... Rff2 {
35... Rff2 36. Rh1+ Rh2 37. Rxh2+ 37... Rxh2 -+; 35... Rb3+ 
might be the shorter path 36. Ka1 Rh3 37. Kb1 -+} 36. Rh1+ Rh2 0-1

[Event "Scaccomatto"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.11.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Blanc, P."]
[Black "Valente, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 (40s)"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 7... Qb6 {
out of book} 8. Kh1 O-O 9. Na3 Re8 10. Qe1 e5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13.
Bf4 Re7 14. Rb1 Bf5 15. Qd2 15... Rae8 {Attacks the backward pawn on e2} 16.
Rbe1 16... a6 {Consolidates b5} 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. e3  {and black is slightly better; 18. Nc2 18... Qe5 =}
18... h6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. h4 20... b5 {Black intends c4} 21. Nc2 Kh7 22. b4 c4
23. dxc4 23... Ne4  {black is slightly better; 23... bxc4 24. Nd4 Be4 25. Rc1 -+} 24. Qxd5 24... Qxd5
 {= ; 24... Bxc3 25. Rc1 black is slightly better} 25. cxd5 Bxc3 26. Rd1  {black is better; 26. Rc1 g5 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. Bxg5 Nxg3+ 29. Kg1 Nxf1 30. Bxe7 and white is slightly better;(30. Kxf1 30... f6 31. Bf4 31...
Bb2 black is better;)(30. Bxf1??  30... Rg8 -+)} 26... Nd2??  {now white is slightly better;
there were better ways to keep up the pressure: 26... g5 27. hxg5 27... hxg5
black is better} 27. Rf2 Bxc2 28. Rc1 Bxb4 29. Rxc2 29... Ne4 {
The knight is not easily driven from e4} 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Rc6 Rd8 32. Bc7 Rd7
33. Bb6 Bd6 {Worse is 33... Rxd5 34. Rxf7+ Kg8 35. Ra7 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 and white is better} 34.
Kg2 Be5 35. d6 {Don't underestimate that pawn} 35... Rc4 36. Rxc4 bxc4 37. Bc7
Kg7 38. Rc2 Bxd6 39. Ba5 Rb7 40. Kf3 40... Rb1  {= ; 40... Rb5  
should be investigated more closely 41. Bc3+ 41... f6 and black is better; } 41. Rxc4 Rf1+ 42.
Kg2 {42. Kg2 Rd1 43. Bc3+ Kf8 44. Rc6 a5 45. Bxa5 Ke7 46. g4 46... Kd7 and white is slightly better;}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Scaccomatto"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.11.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blanc, P."]
[Black "Nardelli, Marco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 (45s)"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 1... c5 {Opening = Sicilian} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6.
O-O e6 7. c3 7... Nge7 {out of book} 8. Be3 Rb8 9. d4 b6 10. d5 {
White gets more space} 10... exd5 11. exd5 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bh6 {
Traps the king in the center} 13... Nf5 14. Qd2 Nxh6 15. Qxh6 {
White inhibits 0-0} 15... f5 16. Re1 Kf7 17. Nd2 Bg7 18. Qf4 Qf6 {18... g5 19.
Qa4 a6 20. Re2=} 19. Nc4 {19. Re2 19... b5 white is better} 19... Rd8 20. Re3 g5 21. Qf3
Bd7 22. Qh5+ 22... Kg8 {white is better; if 22... Kf8 23. Rae1 Re8 24. Qxh7 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 white is slightly better}
23. Rae1 b5 24. Na5 Qg6 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. Nc6 Bxc6 {26... Kf8 27. Nxd8 Rxd8 28.
h3+- } 27. dxc6 {The passed pawn on c6 will quickly become a dangerous weapon}
27... Rbc8 28. Bd5+ {28. Re7 might be the shorter path 28... Kh8 +-} 28...
Kh8 29. Re7 Bf6 30. Rxa7 {30. Rxa7 g4 31. Re6+- } 1-0

[Event "Scaccomatto"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.11.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blanc, P."]
[Black "Coqueraut, J. D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "1828"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 1... d6 {Opening = Main Variation with 4.Nf3} 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3
Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Bg4 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Qd2 {out of book} 9... Bxf3
10. Bxf3 Nb6 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Rad1 13... a6 {Consolidates b5} 14.
Bxg7 Nxg7 15. Qh6 f5 16. Rd3 Nd7 17. Rh3 Nf6 18. Bd3 18... Rf7?  {now white is better; better is 18... c4
 and Black hangs on 19. Be2 b5=  (19... fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21.
Qxh7+ Kf7 22. Rg3 Nxg3 23. fxg3+ Ke8 24. Qxg6+ Kd7 25. Qg4+ Kc7 26. Qxg7= )}
19. f4  {even; better is 19. exf5!?  19... gxf5 20. g4+- } 19... c4 20. Be2 Qb6+ 21. Kh1
Qxb2 22. e5 {This push gains space} 22... dxe5  {white is better; 22... Nfh5!? (
is the best option Black has) 23. Rg1 dxe5 24. fxe5 24... f4 and black is slightly better} 23. fxe5 Nfh5
24. Rb1 Qxc2 25. e6 {even; 25. Rxb7 Re8 26. e6=  (26. Bxh5 26... Nxh5 27. e6
27... Rf6 black is better)} 25... Rff8 26. Rc1 {Weaker is 26. Rxb7 26... Rb8! (
taking over the initiative) 27. Rxb8 27... Rxb8 black is better} 26... Qb2 27. Rb1  {black is better; 27.
d6 f4 (27... exd6 28. Rb1 Qxb1+ 29. Nxb1 white is better) 28. Rb1 28... Qc2 black is better} 27... Qc2
 {even; 27... Qa3!? black is better } 28. Rc1 {Instead of 28. Bxh5 28... Nxh5 (28... gxh5?? 
29. Rg3 (29. Rxb7??  (White will choke on that pawn) 29... f4 30. Rb1 Rf6 31.
Qxf6 31... exf6 -+) 29... Qxc3 30. Rxc3+- ) 29. Qg5 29... Rc7 black is better) (28. Rxb7
is a useless try 28... Rb8! Black forges ahead 29. Rxb8 29... Rxb8 black is better) }
28... Qb2 29. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Simultanea Rivoli"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.06.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mariotti, Sergio"]
[Black "Blanc, Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 (30s)"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Ne4 6. Bd3 f5 7. Ne5 7... Qf6 {
out of book; 7... Qh4 8. O-O Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. f3 Nc5 11. dxc5 Bxe5} 8. O-O
Bd6 9. f3 {9. f4 9... O-O =} 9... Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Qe2
 {and black is better 12. Qc2 (must definitely be considered)} 12... O-O  {and black is better; 12... Qxb2!? 13. Rfb1 13... Qf6 -+} 13. Bc3 Qd6 14. Rad1 Nd7 15. Bc2 Nb6 16. e4 {and black is better; 16.
b3 16... e5 =+} 16... Qc5+ {16... Nxc4? (is no good) 17. Qxc4! (
the logical end) 17... Rd8 18. Qd4 +-} 17. Bd4 Qxc4 18. Qf2 18... fxe4 = {better was 
18... Bd7!? and black is better} 19. Bb3 {bad move; 19. b3 !? and White hangs on 19... Qb4 20.
Bc5=} 19... Qb4 20. Bc5 e3 21. Bxe3 {-+ ; 21. Qxe3 21... Qf4 and black is better} 21... Nd7
22. Qg3 Qe7 {22... e5 23. f4 e4 24. Rd4 -+} 23. Rfe1 Nf6 24. Bd4 b6 25. Bc3
Bb7 26. Re5 Rae8 27. Rde1 Qd7 28. Rg5 28... c5 {even; better was 28... a6 -+ 
a pity that Black didn't try this} 29. Ba4 Qe7 {29... Qxa4??  (
Black will lose if he goes for the bishop) 30. Rxg7+ Kh8 31. Rg8+ Rxg8 32.
Bxf6+ Rg7 33. Qxg7#} 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 {30... Nxe8??  31. Rxe6!!  quite a blow
31... Qd7 32. Be5 +-} 31. Rxg7+ {bad move; now black is better; 31. Rxe6!  (
and White can hope to survive) 31... Qxe6 32. Rxg7+ Kh8 33. Rxb7 Qe3+ 34. Qf2
Qc1+ 35. Qf1 Qe3+ 36. Qf2 Qc1+ 37. Qf1 Qe3+ 38. Qf2=} 31... Qxg7 32. Bxf6
Qxg3 33. hxg3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Campionato Italiano a Squadre (Serie C)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.02.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Femia"]
[Black "Blanc, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[BlackElo "1855"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 (45s)"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 {out of book; 8. Qb3 Nb6 (8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4
11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14. Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5) 9. d5
Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nd4 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. Qa4 Nxb5 13. Qxb5 g6 14. O-O Bg7 15. Re1 O-O
16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Re3 Qc8} ... Qxd5 9. Be2 9... O-O-O {= ;
The pressure on the isolated pawn grows (9... e6!? =+)} 10. Be3 Qa5+ 11. Bd2
Qb6 12. Bc3  {=+ ; 12. Ne5!? should be investigated more closely 12... Nxe5
13. Bxg4+ Nxg4 14. Qxg4+ e6 15. Rc1+ Kb8 16. Bc3 +=} 12... e6 {= ; 12... Bxf3!? 13. Bxf3 13... Nxd4 =+} 13. O-O {=+ ; 13. Qb3!? 13... Qxb3 14. axb3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Nxd4 16. Rxa7 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 =} 13... Be7 {= ; 13... Bxf3!? 14.
Bxf3 14... Nxd4 =+} 14. Rc1 14... Bf6 {
Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on d4} 15. Qa4 Kb8 16. d5 Bxf3 17.
Bxf3 exd5 18. Bd2 {=+ ; 18. Qf4+!? looks like a viable alternative 18... Ka8
19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rfd1 +=} 18... Qd4 {Instead of 18... Bxb2 19. Rb1 Rhe8 20.
Bd1 ±} 19. Bf4+ {and black is better; 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Be2 20... Rc8 =+} 19... Ka8 20. Qxd4
Nxd4 21. Bg4 h5 22. Bd1 22... h4 {and black is better; 22... Ne6 23. Be3 -+} 23. h3 {-+ ; 23.
Re1 23... Nc6 and black is better} 23... Rhe8 {and black is better; 23... Ne6 24. Bh2 Bxb2 25. Rb1 -+} 24. Be3
Nf5 25. Bf4 Bxb2 26. Rc7 Re7 27. Bg4 Rxc7 28. Bxc7 Rc8 29. Bf4 g6 30. Rd1 30...
Rd8 {=+ ; 30... Rc5 31. g3 and black is better} 31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. Bg5 Rd7 33. Bxh4 a5 34. Bg5
Bg7 35. h4 b5 36. h5 36... Rd6 {+= ; 36... Kb7 37. h6 Be5 38. Rd3 =} 37. Bf4
Rd7 38. Rd3 {+= ; 38. h6 38... Bf6 ±} 38... b4 39. Rg3 Bf6 40. h6 d4 41. h7 d3
42. Rg8+ Kb7 43. Bd2 a4 44. h8=Q {Threatening mate: Rb8; Less advisable is 
44. Bxb4 44... d2 45. Bxd2 45... Rxd2 and black is better} 44... Bxh8 45. Rxh8 b3 46. axb3 axb3
47. Rh4 Rd6 48. Be3 {48. Rh1 48... f4! 
the end, the rest is history 49. g3  49... Rh6!!  50. Rxh6 b2} 48... Rb6
{decapitation} 49. Bxb6 {49. Rh1 b2 50. Kh2 b1=R 51. Rxb1 51... Rxb1 -+} 49...
d2  {Boing!} 50. Rd4 50... b2 {finishing the game} 51. Rb4 {51. Rxd2 
the last chance for counterplay 51... b1=Q+ 52. Kh2 Kxb6 53. Rd4 -+} 51...
d1=Q+ 52. Kh2 Qd6+ {52... Qd6+ 53. g3 Qxb4 54. Ba5 Qxa5 55. g4 b1=Q 56. Kg2
Qd5+ 57. f3 Qd2+ 58. Kh3 Qh1+ 59. Kg3 Qhh2#} 0-1

[Event "WE SST Torino"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.10.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blanc, P."]
[Black "Crepaldi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "1855"]
[BlackElo "1650"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 (95s)"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 4... Bd7 {out of book} 5. d3 5... e6 {
Covers d5} 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Be3 8... a6 {Prevents intrusion on b5} 9.
O-O g6 10. Ne2 Bg7 11. c3 {Secures b4+d4} 11... f5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rad1 b6 14.
Nd2 Rad8 15. Nb3 Bc8 16. d4 c4 17. Nd2 d5 18. exf5 exf5 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. Ne5 Be6
21. Kh1 Nc8 {Weaker is 21... Nxe5 22. fxe5 h6 23. Nf4 +=} 22. Qa4 Nb8 {
Worse is 22... Nxe5 23. dxe5 Ne7 24. Qxa6 +-} 23. Ng1 Nd6 24. Ngf3 b5 25. Qc2
a5 26. Bd2 26... Ne4 {The black knight on an outpost} 27. Ra1 Na6 28. Kg1 28...
Qd6 {Black plans b4} 29. Rae1 29... Rb8 {Black prepares b4} 30. Bc1 Rfc8 31.
Nd2 Qb6 32. a3 {Consolidates b4} {Less advisable is 32. Bxe4 32... fxe4 33.
Re3 33... Re8 =+} 32... b4 {Black gains space} 33. axb4 33... axb4 {
Attacks the pawn chain.} 34. Nef3 b3 35. Qd1 Ra8 36. Re3 36... Kf7 {= ; 36...
Re8 37. Ne5 =+} 37. Qe2 Bf6 38. Ne5+ {
Praise the knight!. White gets kings attack} 38... Kg7 39. Nxe4  {=+ ; 39. Re1
39... Nc7 =+} 39... fxe4 {This push gains space} {Inferior is 39... dxe4 40.
g4 Kh8 41. Re1 =} 40. g4 {White prepares the advance f5} 40... Bxe5 { += ;
40... Rf8!? = should be considered} 41. dxe5 {
The passed pawn on e5 will become decisive later. White wins space} 41... Rf8
42. Kh1 42... Ra7 {± ; better was 42... Nc5!? is interesting 43. Rg3 43... Nd3 +=} 43.
f5 gxf5 44. gxf5 44... Rxf5? {+- ; White creates threats along the open g-file
 44... Bxf5 45. Rg3+ Bg6 46. Bh6+ Kxh6 47. Rxf8 47... Kg7 +-} 45. Qg4+ Kh8
46. Rxf5 {Threatening mate: Rf8} 46... Rf7 {46... Bxf5 (desperation) 47. Qxf5
Qg6 48. Qf8+ Qg8 49. Qf6+ 49... Qg7 +-} 47. Qh5 {47. Rg3 Qd8 48. Bg5 Rxf5 49.
Bxd8 Rf1+ 50. Bxf1 Bxg4 51. Rxg4 h5 52. Bf6+ Kh7 53. Rg7+ Kh8 54. Bh3 Nc5 55.
Rg3+ Kh7 56. Bf5+ Kh6 57. Bg7#} 47... Rxf5 48. Qe8+ Bg8 49. Rg3 {
Do you see the mate threat?} 49... Qe6 50. Bh6!! {
lovely play, a forceful sacrifice. Threatening mate... how?} 50... Qf7 {50...
Qxe8?? (materialistic play, which will be punished) 51. Bg7#} 51. Bg7+ { ± ; 
better was 51. h3 (makes sure everything is clear) 51... Nc7 52. Qc8 Rxe5 53. Bg7+ Qxg7
54. Rxg7 Kxg7 55. Qxc7+ Kf6 56. Qd6+ Be6 57. h4 +-} 51... Qxg7 52. Rxg7 {
The mate threat is Qxg8} 52... Kxg7 53. Qd7+ Rf7 54. e6! {
and the rest is history 54. Qxd5?? White will choke on that pawn 54...
Rf1+!! sacrificing for victory 55. Bxf1 55... Bxd5 -+} 54... Nc5 {54...
Rxd7??  Black is doomed if he takes the queen 55. exd7 Nc5 56. d8=Q +-} 55. Qc8??
 {-+ forfeits the clear win: 55. Qxd5 
and the scales tip in favour of White 55... Nxe6 56. Qxe4 +- (if 56. Qxe6 56...
Rf1+ 57. Bxf1 57... Bxe6 black is better)} 55... Re7?? {throws away a nice position:
55... Nxe6 56. h4 56... h6 -+} 56. Qxc5 Bxe6 {56... Rxe6 is one last hope
57. Qxd5 Bf7 58. Bxe4 58... Ra6 +-} 57. Qxe7+ {57. Qxe7+ Bf7 58. Bh3 +-} 1-0

[Event "CIS Serie C"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leoni, A."]
[Black "Blanc, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[BlackElo "1943"]
[Annotator "Fritz 5.00 (40s)"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8.
Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 11. Nf3 {out of book} 11... Bb7 {
Black gets the initiative} 12. d3 {Controls c4+e4} 12... Nd4 13. Kf1?? {-+ ;
White loses the upper hand (13. Bg5 13... Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 (14. gxf3 14... Qxg5
15. Qxe5 Qe7 16. Qxe7+ 16... Bxe7 =+) 14... Qxg5 15. Bd5 +=)} 13... Nxf3 $1 {
forces the win} 14. gxf3 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Qh4 16. a4 Qd4 17. Bb3 Nb7 18. Be3 {18.
Kg2 18... Kc8 -+} 18... Qd6 19. Kg2 {19. Re1 cannot change destiny 19... Bg7
-+} 19... Kc8 {19... Bg7!? makes it even easier for Black 20. Rhd1 -+} 20.
d4 exd4 21. Rhd1 Bg7 {21... dxe3 $6 22. Rxd6 Bxd6 23. fxe3 -+} 22. c3 Kb8 23.
Bxd4 23... Bxd4! {takes home the point 23... Kxa8 is a bad alternative
24. Bxg7 Qb8 25. a5 +-} 24. Rxd4 Qe7 {24... Kxa8 is the weaker alternative
25. Rxd6 Nxd6 26. Rd1 ±} 25. a5 {25. Bd5 25... h6 -+} 25... bxa5 {25... Kxa8
26. axb6 a5 27. Bd5 and black is better} 26. Bd5 Rd8 {better was 26... Re8 -+ and Black wins} 27. Rxa5?? {a blunder in a bad position (27. b4 27... a4 28. b5 and black is better)} 27... Nxa5 {27...
Kxa8?! is impossible 28. Rb4 Qg5+ 29. Kh1 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 =} 28.
Rb4+ Qxb4 {28... Kc8 seems even better 29. Rb5 Qg5+ 30. Kh3 -+} 29. cxb4 Nb7
{29... Nb7 30. Kg3 30... Kxa8 -+; 29... Nc6!? and Black can already relax
30. b5 Nb4 31. Bf7 -+} 0-1

