THE WEEK IN CHESS 73			04/03/96	Mark Crowther
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1) Introduction
2) Super March for the Netherlands
3) 51st Yugoslav Championships Podgorica (capital of Montenegro).
4) Other Yugoslav News
5) FIDE President Kirsan Iljumzhinov
6) 12th International Open Cappelle La Grande 1996
7) Portuguese Masters Tournament
8) TORNEO "23 DE FEBRERO"
9) Reykjavik (Iceland) International, III 1996.
10) Danny Mozes analyses a moment from Kasparov vs Deep Blue.

GAMES SECTION
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Reykjavik International			32 games
Lisbon Masters				45 games
Lisbon Masters B			45 games

There is an extra section of Cappelle La Grande
games TWIC73CA.PGN of 235 games from this event.

Extra Section available via ftp and from my www:

These extra sections are available at:

Pittsburgh ftp site. (ftp.pitt.edu, group/chess/NEWS)
(probably Monday)

and straight away at my www site -
http://www.brad.ac.uk/~mdcrowth/chess.html

(note this is tilda mdcrowth, some terminals display this
as a percent sign which won't work)

1) Introduction
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My thanks to Bob Wade, Bosko Grove, Ian Rogers,
Einar Karlsson, Philippe Boulet, Horacio Neto, Carlos H. Taboada
and Danny Mozes for their help in producing this issue.

There is some superb chess coming up this month to make up for
the massive loss of Linares this year. The VSB International
will be an important event for Kasparov, especially as Kramnik
has just caught him in rating.

Hope you enjoy this issue

Mark

2) Super March for the Netherlands
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My thanks to Bob Wade for the following information.
Firstly there will be the annual Kloosters tournament
in March.

Kloosters
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Andersson, Ulf 		g SWE 2630  20 27.06.51
Leko, Peter 		g HUN 2625  23 08.09.79
Granda Zuniga, Julio E 	g PER 2600  36 25.02.67
Oll, Lembit 		g EST 2640  14 23.04.66
Svidler, Peter 		g RUS 2630  30 17.06.76
Nijboer, Friso 		g NED 2475  31 26.05.65

The event finishes on the 22nd of March in time for:

VSB International
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On the 22nd of March the VSB tournament will take
place. (This event starts very much earlier this
year as I have had a Kasparov loss in this event
for my birthday in May!) This could be one of the
most interesting events of the year.

Timman, Jan H 		g NED 2620  64 14.12.51
Kasparov, Gary 		g RUS 2775  19 13.04.63
Kramnik, Vladimir 	g RUS 2775  42 25.06.75
Anand, Viswanathan 	g IND 2725   0 11.12.69
Short, Nigel D. 	g ENG 2665  37 01.06.65
Piket, Jeroen 		g NED 2570  49 27.01.69
Topalov, Veselin 	g BUL 2700  40 15.03.75
Ivanchuk, Vassily 	g UKR 2735  39 18.03.69
Lautier, Joel 		g FRA 2630  32 12.04.73
Seirawan, Yasser 	g USA 2630  11 24.03.60

3) 51st Yugoslav Championships Podgorica (capital of Montenegro).
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Bosko Grove reports:

It is a 16 player all play all championship.The main standings after 9
rounds are:

1.  Ivanovic, Bozidar 		g YUG 2500  11 24.08.49	6	/9
    Ilincic, Zlatko 		g YUG 2555  41 10.05.68	6

3.  Velimirovic, Dragoljub 	g YUG 2510  24 12.05.42	5.5
    Kosic, Dragan 		g YUG 2515  37 15.02.70 5.5
    Drasko, Milan 		g YUG 2505  54 06.12.62	5.5
    Pikula, Dejan		  YUG 2455  34   .  . 	5.5

Other players in the tournament are:

Stojanovic, Mihajlo 	f YUG 2435  45 11.05.77
Arsovic, Zoran 		m YUG 2460  29   .  .
Blagojevic, Dragisa 	m YUG 2450  43 01.01.66
Filipovic, Branko 	m YUG 2435  35 06.10.57
Gligoric, Svetozar 	g YUG 2475  28 02.02.23 - started well but has faded
Maksimovic, Branimir 	m YUG 2375  19 16.08.55
Damljanovic, Branko 	g YUG 2510  72 17.06.61
Drazic, Sinisa 		m YUG 2445  43 16.12.67
Mozetic, Dejan 		m YUG 2495   2 16.08.65
Karaklajic, Nikola 	m YUG 2400  28 24.02.26

4) Other Yugoslav News
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Karpov has joined the Serbian Socialist Party (Times 1-3-96).
According to Gert Ligterink in 'De Volkskrant' in Holland, at the end of
the Stary Pasova 6 player tournament, a special ceremony made Karpov the first
foreign member of Slobodan Milosevic's political party in Serbia.

The FIDE president was in Belgrade to meet Yugoslav chess officials about
restoring the power of FIDE (Serbian TV news 1-3-96).

5) FIDE President Kirsan Iljumzhinov
---------------------------------

FIDE President granted an interview to Tim Hewell of the BBC recently.
These were turned into two short reports for the BBC last Saturday.

24th Feb 1996
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Radio - "Europhile"      RADIO 4
TV    - "Correspondent"  BBC2

The reports concentrated on Kalmykia and his Presidency of that
republic rather than his Presidency of FIDE.

Kalmykia was one of the first republics to emerge from the breakup
of the Soviet Union with elections. Kalmykia is flat and lies on
the Stepps at the point where Europe and Asia merge.

Kalmykia made up of a population of Mongols and Buddhists. There
are horsemen who keep the traditions of their heros. A son of
Ghengis Khan arrived 400 years ago. The greatest of the Kalmyk
Khans was Janga Khan. According to the horsemen they await
another Janga who will be a dictator by agreement of their nation.
It is certainly no accident that Kirsan tries to portray himself
in this tradition, particularly with its accent on youth. The
State now only has 200,000 ethnic Kalmykians left.

On of Kalymikia's neighbours is Chechnia. Unlike that republic
there is no confilict with Moscow.

Kirsan Iljumzhinov gave an interview to Tim Hewell.

Kirsan:
"I was elected by the people and the will of the people is like the
will of God. In 1993 history demanded that I should become a
President of Kalmykia."

"When I was elected I wanted the people to understand what I wanted
to do. I told them 'I am not a President of Kalmykia, consider me
the head of the Corporation.' "

The most important issue facing Kalmykia is to avoid the conflicts
with Moscow that have occurred in neighbouring Chechnia. It appears
that Yeltsin regards Kirsan as a safe pair of hands. Kirsan made
his fortune in Moscow and is still based there as President of
Kalmykia.

"I don't see how we can declare independence and break away
from Moscow. That would mean violence, blood, many casualties.
Any clash with another state would bring about the annihilation
of the Kalmyk people."

"In this Republic politics should be left to one person, me, the
President. I only need to bother with foreign affairs. All the
other men should work, the women should produce children
and the children should play chess."

"I always win and people want to know the secret of my success.
It's because I play chess. I try to calculate 10 moves ahead
unlike some politicians."

"Sometimes I do no understand myself. I make a decision without
knowing why. But I believe on a subconcious level it is what I should
be doing"

On the radio program Kirsan talks about himself:

"I was born in 1962 in the year of the Tiger which gives strength
and as Aires to signify ambition. This gives me the energy of
a space rocket."

"I passed the point of caring how much I had. I knew I would be able
to take it with me when I died."

"Kalmykia was the most backward state in the Russian Republic.
I realised I was the only one who could bring it out of the
state it was in."

There have been two elections once which he won in 1993 (1992?) and
another recently which was uncontested. Kalmykia was the first state to
elect a capitalist President and the first to abolish the Soviets
which have ruled the Republic for 70 years.

Else Gutchinova (Presidential adviser) explains it this way.

"Here in Kalmykia, Kirsan threw a party. At that party he told
the communists their time was up and sent them home with the
sound of popping champaign corks."

"Being young means having strenth and vision. Like Ghengis Khan.
The most important thing is a firm hand. Why much a President
be firm. Because everyone has their own opinion. Its just like
in a family where no-one can agree whether to have supper at 7 or 8.
So nothing gets done. I believe that in this Republic, just like
any family there has to be a boss."

Tim Hewell took a very light hearted view of his subject in the
two profiles, here is what he has to say about being a "boss".

"Its great being a boss. You can say whatever comes into your
head. One minute he is favour of Universal Polygamy, the next
he invites the Pope to build a 2nd Vatican in Kalmykia.
These ideas, like traditional Kalmyk tea, should be taken
with a delicious pinch of salt. The trouble is that there are
always some adults who have no sense of humour."

One such adult is Yuri Ogliev the communist leader of the tiny
opposition party. He is not a great fan of Kirsan.

Yuri Ogliev:

"This young man has a lot going for him. He is good looking.
he has a charming smile, he is clever, well educated and the
Lord God has given him many gifts. But God denied him one thing ...
a conscience. He is a cynic without shame, a populist without limits,
a politician without any sense of responsibility."

"He promised that within 2 or 3 years we would become a 2nd Kuwait.
He promised that farmers would herd their sheep using Mercedes or
BMWs. Every shepherd would have a satellite phone so that if
necessary they could get through to Bush or Clinton in Washington.
Lies, lies, lies"

Everybody seems to agree that Kirsan Iljumzhinov is an energetic
young man. This appears to play very well with the history and
tradition of Kalmykia. He has certainly raised the profile of
this small state with his Worldwide travel and now the Presidency
of FIDE. Certainly many of his ideas seem pretty wild but he has
at least kept his State clear of the violence that afflicts his
near neighbours. One this is clear from the film, if Bobby Fischer
takes up the offer to build a home there he better take some warm
clothes.

6) 12th International Open Cappelle La Grande 1996
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Philippe Boulet sends me some games and the results from Cappelle La Grande
in France. This strong open took place February 17 - 24th 1996 and was
won by joint top seed Alexander Nenashev from Uzbekistan.

Antoaneta Stefanova who is 16 (19.04.79) and a wgm from Bulgaria
scored an IM norm.

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 Place     Name           First name    Club  Elo   R 1   R 2   R 3   R 4   R 5   R 6   R 7   R 8   R 9   Pts  Perf.
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  1    IGM Nenashev        Alexander    Uzb   2595 =222b - 73n +477b +148b + 57n +109n + 97b + 20b +  4n   7.5 2700
  2    IGM Kveinys         Aloyzas      Ltu   2500 + 70b = 40n =  9b =222n +225b + 65n + 76b = 19n + 30b   7.0 2634
  3    IGM Lerner          Konstantin   Ukr   2595 =102n +184b - 74n =152b +194n +163b + 84n + 37b + 23b   7.0 2599
  4    IGM Gurevich        Mikhail      Bel   2590 + 51n = 74b + 77n + 54b + 32b = 89n +  5b = 23n -  1b   6.5 2657
  5     IM Kazhgaleyev     Murtas       Kaz   2490 +177n =134b +105n +163b =  7n + 96b -  4n + 29b =  6n   6.5 2629
  6    IGM Eingorn         Vyacheslav   Ukr   2580 + 83b + 38n = 42b = 75n = 95b = 74n + 90b + 48n =  5b   6.5 2627
  7    IGM Ulibin          Mikhail      Rus   2535 +127b =136n + 41b + 52n =  5b = 32n = 48b + 58n = 26b   6.5 2618
  8    IGM Kudrin          Sergey       Usa   2535 +158b = 39n +149b = 88n + 52b = 48n = 32b = 38n + 75b   6.5 2614
  9     IM Sergeev         Vladimir     Ukr   2410 +192n =113b =  2n = 12b =103n +240b = 82b + 79n + 97b   6.5 2603
  10   IGM Istratescu      Andrei       Rom   2500 =151n +125b +139n +220b = 37n = 24b + 91n = 21b = 16n   6.5 2597
  11   IGM Kuzmin          Gennadi      Ukr   2535 +163n + 57b - 52n + 34b = 74n = 39b = 87n +101b + 96n   6.5 2595
  12    IM Kuporosov       Viktor       Rus   2505 +116b = 28n + 98b =  9n + 73b = 76n + 77b = 16b = 21n   6.5 2592
  13   IGM Hebden          Mark         Eng   2540 +146n = 34b = 63n =133b = 51n + 72b + 45n = 80b + 77n   6.5 2588
  14   IGM Makarov         Marat        Rus   2545 +225b + 58n = 75b = 42n = 38b - 77n +243b + 93n + 95b   6.5 2587
  15    IM Baburin         Alexander    Irl   2505 +387b = 41n = 93b + 98n +144b + 86n - 23b = 28n + 73b   6.5 2582
  16    IM Rytshagov       Mikhail      Est   2495 =152n +120b =134n + 69b +145n = 37b + 79b = 12n = 10b   6.5 2578
  17   IGM Landa           Konstantin   Rus   2560 +108n =104b - 34n +177b = 40n +117b = 63n + 91b + 80n   6.5 2576
  18   IGM Tseshkovsky     Vitaly       Rus   2540 + 68b - 88n +230b +129n = 84b = 34n +100b = 75n + 78b   6.5 2569
  19   IGM Horvath         Jozsef       Hun   2505 =125n + 59b -220n +228b +122n +101b + 24n =  2b = 20n   6.5 2568
  20   IGM Kovalev         Andrei       Blr   2495 +186b = 93n +303b +105n = 86b +244n + 89b -  1n = 19b   6.5 2558
  21    IM Nikcevic        Nebojsa      Yug   2485 =138b =148n + 71b =141n +125b +178n + 47b = 10n = 12b   6.5 2549
  22   IGM Cvitan          Ognjen       Cro   2540 = 92n -105b +203n +166b =135n +155b +137n = 42b + 74n   6.5 2546
  23   IGM Nijboer         Friso        Ned   2475 =156n +166b +240n =298b +300n + 81b + 15n =  4b -  3n   6.5 2540
  24    IM Raetsky         Alexander    Rus   2485 +129b - 76n +502b +158n +115b = 10n - 19b +114n +107b   6.5 2540
  25    IM Grabarczyk      Miroslaw     Pol   2505 -121n +191b +171n +134b =100n +140b = 80n +139b = 27n   6.5 2535
  26    IM Volzhin         Alexander    Rus   2485 =166n +152b - 92n =140b +126n +171b +146n + 35b =  7n   6.5 2521
  27    IM Reinderman      Dimitri      Ned   2495 +115b = 98n +201b - 86n =114b +186n +112b +215n = 25b   6.5 2501
  28   IGM Szekely         Peter        Hun   2435 +191n = 12b =103n = 43b = 99n +176b + 94n = 15b = 49n   6.0 2575
  29   IGM Novikov         Igor         Ukr   2590 +144b = 37n = 84b +142n = 76b = 95n +136b -  5n +139b   6.0 2571
  30   IGM Sturua          Zurab        Geo   2540 +162n = 61b =142n = 40b +108n + 78b = 49n +104b -  2n   6.0 2568
  31   IGM Gleizerov       Evgeny       Rus   2540 =112b +107n = 39b = 90n +149b = 75n + 52b = 32n = 38b   6.0 2562
  32    IM Oratovsky       Michael      Isr   2485 +119n +155b +298n + 87b -  4n =  7b =  8n = 31b = 59n   6.0 2562
  33   IGM Dvoirys         Semen        Rus   2585 +101n = 77b = 78n =137b = 45n +301b = 39n +133b = 54n   6.0 2557
  34    IM Danielian       Oganes       Arm   2450 + 71b = 13n + 17b - 11n + 70b = 18b +244n = 43b = 53n   6.0 2556
  35   IGM Stefansson      Hannes       Isl   2540 +114b +160n = 88b - 80n = 41b +141n + 86b - 26n +144b   6.0 2553
  36   IGM Kharitonov      Andrei       Rus   2560 +147n = 78b =104n = 57b =133n +145b = 96n =220b +135n   6.0 2547
  37    IM Barsov          Alexei       Uzb   2465 +247n = 29b +224n +240b = 10b = 16n +106b -  3n = 50b   6.0 2544
  38    IM Eismont         Oleg         Rus   2460 +299n -  6b +238n +223b = 14n = 85b +116n =  8b = 31n   6.0 2542
  39    IM Matlak          Marek        Pol   2450 +203n =  8b = 31n +224b = 47b = 11n = 33b +296n = 46b   6.0 2541
  40    IM Georgiev        Vladimir     Bul   2435 +248n =  2b = 56b = 30n = 17b =128n +271b + 89n = 55b   6.0 2540
  41   IGM Kirov           Nino         Bul   2435 +187n = 15b -  7n +315b = 35n +248b + 85n = 49b = 43n   6.0 2538
  42   IGM Tregubov        Pavel        Rus   2470 +130b +185n =  6n = 14b - 89b +195n +150b = 22n = 71b   6.0 2532
  43   IGM Anastasian      Ashot        Arm   2520 +258b - 90n +235b = 28n + 93b = 84n +144b = 34n = 41b   6.0 2531
  44   IGM Atalik          Suat         Tur   2535 +164n =142b =137n = 91b = 92n +120b =133n = 51b +147n   6.0 2526
  45    IM Hachian         Melik        Arm   2440 +188b = 46n = 82b = 50n = 33b +172n - 13b +198n +153b   6.0 2526
  46    IM Zagorskis       Darius       Ltu   2530 +122n = 45b =133n =100b =146n +152b =135n +134b = 39n   6.0 2524
  47    IM Klovans         Janis        Lat   2520 +301n - 52b +121n +123b = 39n +220b - 21n +108b = 63n   6.0 2518
  48    IM Stanec          Nikolaus     Aut   2490 +159n +140b - 87n +117b +128n =  8b =  7n -  6b +145n   6.0 2518
  49   IGM Sher            Miron        Rus   2500 +161b = 86n = 73b = 83n +107b +168n = 30b = 41n = 28b   6.0 2514
  50   IGM Brodsky         Mikhail      Ukr   2545 =105n +135b = 61n = 45b -220n +306b +385n + 87b = 37n   6.0 2506
  51    IM Pedersen        Steffen      Den   2405 -  4b +208n +255b = 56n = 13b =251n +303b = 44n +138b   6.0 2500
  52   IGM Maric           Alisa        Yug   2435 +249b + 47n + 11b -  7b -  8n +237b - 31n +193n +215b   6.0 2494
  53   IGM Guliev          Sarhan       Aze   2505 =124b =150n =227b +245n +222b =100n = 73b + 76n = 34b   6.0 2491
  54    IM Sapis           Witalis      Pol   2470 +235b +172n = 79b -  4n =116b = 71n +277b +127n = 33b   6.0 2491
  55   IGM Nevednichy      Vladislav    Rom   2505 +232n - 87b +123n +153b - 96n +159b =134n +105b = 40n   6.0 2484
  56    IM Notkin          Maksim       Rus   2515 +117n =139b = 40n = 51b +164n - 91b =210n +156b +146n   6.0 2484
  57    IM Atlas           Valeri       Lie   2440 +432b - 11n +250b = 36n -  1b =157n +194b +169n +186b   6.0 2478
  58    IM Chatalbashev    Boris        Bul   2455 +257n - 14b +190n =182b +298n = 94b +175n -  7b +155n   6.0 2467
  59   IGM Stefanova       Antoaneta    Bul   2370 =226b - 19n =174b +255n +180b +319n = 95b +106n = 32b   6.0 2459
  60   IGM Motwani         Paul         Sco   2505 = 62b +157n - 86b +227n = 83b -116n +249b +230n +141b   6.0 2449
  61    IM Galdunts        Sergey       Arm   2450 +502b = 30n = 50b =300b - 65n = 70n +172b +299n +157b   6.0 2446
  62    FM Werner          Clemens      Ger   2325 = 60n - 66b +340n =262b +179n +103b = 74b =154n +136b   6.0 2446
  63    IM Gurevich        Vladimir     Ukr   2445 =167n +173b = 13b =388n =161b +432n = 17b +261n = 47b   6.0 2444
  64    IM Sulava          Nenad        Cro   2480 +245b + 65n - 76b +155n -244b +299n =114b +158n = 68b   6.0 2437
  65    FM Aronian         Levon        Arm   2310 +154b - 64b +252n = 95n + 61b -  2b =308n +346n +143b   6.0 2433
  66    IM Belikov         Vladimir     Rus   2500 =157b + 62n =223b - 73n +174b =161n +168b = 83n +150b   6.0 2419
  67   IGM Chuchelov       Vladimir     Bel   2510 -140n +302b +159n -101b -237n +181n +187b +173b +162n   6.0 2405
  68    IM Silva           Fernando     Por   2365 - 18n =126b +276n +231b =110n =224b +259n +113b = 64n   6.0 2399
  69   IGM Gurieli         Nino         Geo   2360 - 79b +128n +307b - 16n =304b =169n +240b +347n +154b   6.0 2377
  70   IGM Umanskaya       Irina        Rus   2320 -  2n =180b +215n +199b - 34n = 61b +200n +221b +142n   6.0 2357
  71    CF Kaminik         Alexandr     Ukr   2255 - 34n +309b - 21n +266b +289n = 54b +267n + 88b = 42n   6.0 2355
  72    CF Pinski          Jan          Pol   2320 =111b - 97n +355b =268n +216b - 13n +201b +358n +149b   6.0 2345
514 players competed.
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Win  (+) Draw (=) Loss (-) Win by Forfeit (>) Loss by Forfeit (<)

7) Portuguese Masters Tournament
-----------------------------

Horacio Neto reports:
The "Torneio de Mestres" (Portuguese Masters) was played in Lisboa,
Portugal, from Feb 17 to Feb 25. This is a closed tournament, played
once a year, for which the top rated 10 players are invited.

This year's tournament was the strongest ever, with only 3 of the top
portuguese players unavailable (GM Antunes,A rated 2545, IM Santos,L
rated 2370, and IM Silva,F rated 2365).

The tournament was won by IM Antonio Fernandes who dominated most of
the tournament together with Sergio Rocha. Rochas's performance can
eventually be valid for an IM norm (given certain conditions one norm
completed in a national tournament may be accepted by FIDE).


Torneio de Mestres, Lisboa, II 1996.                cat. V (2351)
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                                   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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 1 Fernandes, Antonio  m POR 2380  * 1 0 = 1 1 = 1 = 1  6.5  2513
 2 Rocha, Sergio       f POR 2370  0 * = = = 1 1 1 1 =  6.0  2473
 3 Damaso, Rui         m POR 2405  1 = * = = 0 = = = 1  5.0  2387
 4 Frois, Antonio      m POR 2380  = = = * = = = = = 1  5.0  2390
 5 Leonardo, Joao        POR 2300  0 = = = * = = = 1 1  5.0  2399
 6 Santos, Carlos P    f POR 2310  0 0 1 = = * = 1 = 1  5.0  2398
 7 Santos, Jose P      f POR 2355  = 0 = = = = * = = =  4.0  2307
 8 Galego, Luis        m POR 2430  0 0 = = = 0 = * 1 1  4.0  2298
 9 Pinheiro, Jose      f POR 2265  = 0 = = 0 = = 0 * 1  3.5  2280
10 Cordovil, Joao      f POR 2310  0 = 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 *  1.0  2004
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The "Torneio de Honra" was played at the same time and place. This is
a kind of reserve masters tournament where the next top 10 rated
are invited to play.

Torneio de Honra, Lisboa, II 1996.
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                                        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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 1 Reis, Luis Sousa           POR 2200  * 1 0 1 = 1 1 0 1 1  6.5  2383
 2 Alexandre, Jorge           POR 2280  0 * = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1  6.5  2374
 3 Quadrio, Alexandre         POR 2210  1 = * 0 = 1 1 1 = 1  6.5  2382
 4 Charneira, Hermenegildo    POR 2175  0 0 1 * 0 1 1 1 1 1  6.0  2345
 5 Costa, Fernando V          POR 2245  = 0 = 1 * = 0 1 = =  4.5  2212
 6 Oliveira, Antonio          POR 2255  0 = 0 0 = * = = 1 =  3.5  2131
 7 Morais, Vitor              POR 2190  0 0 0 0 1 = * 0 1 1  3.5  2138
 8 Dantas, Carlos             POR 2165  1 0 0 0 0 = 1 * = 0  3.0  2096
 9 Gaspar, Artur              POR 2245  0 = = 0 = 0 0 = * =  2.5  2046
10 Amaral, Nuno               POR 2195  0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 = *  2.5  2052
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8) TORNEO "23 DE FEBRERO"
----------------------

Carlos H. Taboada reports from Cuba that Irisberto Herrera
won this tournament played in the Union de Reyes Chess Club
3th to 17th of February. The time rate was 2:00 to 40 moves
+ 1:00 to 20. With the event they celebrated the 35th anniversary
of the INDER (Sport's National Institute).

The Cuban National Championships and the Capablanca Memorial
tournament is in May.

No     PLAYERS                 Elo               Pts  S.B.
1.  Herrera, Irisberto 	 m CUB 2420  16 07.12.68 8.5
2.  Paneque, Pedro 	 m CUB 2370  47   .  .	 8.0
3.  Espinosa, Julio 	 f CUB 2335  30   .  .	 7.5  3775
4.  De La Paz, Frank 	 f CUB 2325  15   .  .	 7.5  3550
5.  Perez, Rodney 	 f CUB 2405  43   .  .	 7.5  3400
6.  Lopez, Carlos Manuel f CUB 2370  31   .  .	 6.5
7.  Wildrer Barroso        CUB ----		 5.0
8.  Vega, Lemay  	   CUB 2260   5   .  .	 4.5  1875
9.  Cabrera, Alexis  	   CUB 2345  19   .  .	 4.5  1775
10. Michel Zayas           CUB ----		 2.5  1175
11. Suri, Alberto  	   CUB 2290   5   .  .	 2.5  1125
12. Ariel Marichal         CUB ----   		 1.5

9) Reykjavik (Iceland) International, III 1996.
--------------------------------------------

Einar Karlsson sends me round 1 of the 17th Reykjavic
International which started on the 2nd of March.
Coverage can be found on: Chess in Iceland by Dadi Jonsson

http://www.vks.is/skak/indexe.html

Reykjavik (Iceland) International, III 1996.
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                                         1
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 1 Agdestein, Simen         g NOR 2585  +47     1.0
 2 Borge, Nikolaj           m DEN 2455  +55     1.0
 3 Bronstein, David I       g RUS 2455  +61     1.0
 4 Conquest, Stuart         g ENG 2540  +56     1.0
 5 Djurhuus, Rune           m NOR 2505  +39     1.0
 6 Gausel, Einar            m NOR 2515  +40     1.0
 7 Gislason, Gudmundur        ISL 2305  +62     1.0
 8 Gretarsson, Andri Ass    f ISL 2330  +38     1.0
 9 Gretarsson, Helgi Ass    g ISL 2450  +58     1.0
10 Gulko, Boris F           g USA 2615  +59     1.0
11 Hector, Jonny            g SWE 2520  +63     1.0
12 Hjartarson, Johann       g ISL 2570  +43     1.0
13 Jonasson, Benedikt       f ISL 2280  +53     1.0
14 Lyrberg, Patrik          m SWE 2425  +57     1.0
15 Nikolic, Predrag         g BIH 2645  +51     1.0
16 Olafsson, Helgi          g ISL 2485  +44     1.0
17 Petursson, Margeir       g ISL 2585  +42     1.0
18 Raetsky, Alexander       m RUS 2485  +64     1.0
19 Rozentalis, Eduardas     g LTU 2605  +54     1.0
20 Sigurjonsson, Stefan Th    ISL 2125  +46     1.0
21 Stefansson, Hannes       g ISL 2540  +41     1.0
22 Thorarinsson, Pall A       ISL 2065  +37     1.0
23 Thorhallsson, Throstur   m ISL 2445  +60     1.0
24 Tisdall, Jonathan D      g NOR 2510  +49     1.0
25 Ulfarsson, Magnus Orn      ISL 2290  +45     1.0
26 Van der Sterren, Paul    g NED 2535  +52     1.0
27 Van der Werf, Mark       m NED 2400  +48     1.0
28 Vidarsson, Jon G         f ISL 2340  +50     1.0
29 Asgeirsson,Heimir              ----  =30     0.5  2305
30 Bjarnason, Saevar        m ISL 2305  =29     0.5
31 Bjornsson, Bjorn Freyr     ISL 2230  =32     0.5  2615
32 Hansen, Curt             g DEN 2615  =31     0.5  2230
33 Olsen, Heini               FAI 2325  =35     0.5  2060
34 Schubert, Hans-Joach       AUT 2120  =36     0.5  2345
35 Thorfinnsson, Bjorn        ISL 2060  =33     0.5  2325
36 Yoos, John C               USA 2345  =34     0.5  2120
37 Andreasen, Per             DEN 2325  -22     0.0
38 Berg, Bo                   SWE 2085  - 8     0.0
39 Berg, Emanuel              SWE 2180  - 5     0.0
40 Briem, Stefan              ISL 2180  - 6     0.0
41 Burden, James              USA 2185  -21     0.0
42 De Kleuver, Esther      wm NED 2210  -17     0.0
43 Edvardsson, Kristjan       ISL 2190  -12     0.0
44 Einarsson, Bergsteinn      ISL 2175  -16     0.0
45 Einarsson,Einar K              ----  -25     0.0
46 Gulko, Anna             wg USA 2385  -20     0.0
47 Gunnarsson, Arinbjorn      ISL 2220  - 1     0.0
48 Gunnarsson, Arnar          ISL 2130  -27     0.0
49 Gunnarsson, Jon Viktor     ISL 2180  -24     0.0
50 Gustafson, Dale L          USA 2090  -28     0.0
51 Halldorsson, Bragi         ISL 2265  -15     0.0
52 Halldorsson, Jon Arni      ISL ----          0.0
53 Jensson,Einar                  ----  -13     0.0
54 Karason, Askell O          ISL 2230  -19     0.0
55 Kjeld, Matthias            ISL 2155  - 2     0.0
56 Pinkus, Lutz               GER 2185  - 4     0.0
57 Ragnarsson, Johann         ISL 2130  -14     0.0
58 Schmied, Andreas           GER 2155  - 9     0.0
59 Sigfusson, Sigurdur      f ISL 2245  -10     0.0
60 Thorfinnsson, Bragi        ISL 2155  -23     0.0
61 Thorsson, Olafur           ISL 2160  - 3     0.0
62 Thorsteinsson,Erlingur         ----  - 7     0.0
63 Van Parreren, Hanneke   wf NED 2180  -11     0.0
64 Werner, Bernd-Michael      GER 2165  -18     0.0
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10) Danny Mozes analyses a moment from Kasparov vs Deep Blue.
---------------------------------------------------------

During the last game between Kasparov and Deep Blue Kasparov
won a convincing game. He did however not play a massive combination
on move 20. Danny shows that Bxh7+ was a win and that Alekhine played
almost the identical idea 66 years ago.

 http://www.netvision.net.il/~ChessTreasure

[Event "ACM, Man vs. Machine"]
[Site "Pennsylvania convention center, Philadelphia"]
[Date "1996.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov,G"]
[Black "Deep Blue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e3 c5 6. b3 Nc6 7. Bb2 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. Re1 Nf4 13. Bb1 Bd6 14. g3
Ng6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Nf3 Bb4 18. Re3 Rfd8 19. h4 Nge7
20. Bxh7+ {!} Kxh7
  (20...Kh8 21. Ng5 g6 22. h5 {!} Nf5 23. hxg6 Nxe3 24. Qh5 Kg7 25. gxf7 Kf8
   (25... Nxc4 26. bxc4 Kf8 27. Bg8 {!} Bd2
    (27... Ke7 28. Nxe6 Rxg8
     (28... Kxe6 29. f8Q+ Qf7 30. Qhxf7#)
     (28... Qxe6 29. f8Q+ {+-})
    29. fxg8Q Rxg8 30. cxd5 Rc8 31. Nc5 {+-})
   28. Qh4
    (28. Ba3+ Bb4
     (28... Nb4 29. Qh4 {the idea is avoiding a flight square (f7) for
     the Black King with the threat  30.Nh7+ follows by 31.Qf6#} 29... Kg7
     30. Nxe6+ Qxe6 31. f8Q+ {+-})
    29. Re1 {+-})
   28... Bxg5 29. Ba3+)
  26. fxe3 Ke7
   (26... Qd6 27. cxd5
    (27. Qh3 Ke7 28. c5 Qd7 29. Rf1 {3.63W})
   27... Ke7 28. Ne4 Qd5 29. Qh4+ Kf8 30.Bg6 {!} Qa5
   (30... e5 31. Qf6 exd4 32. Bxd4 {with mate in 6})
   31. Ng5 {!} {+-}
   {to avoid an immediate mate Black will have to give his Queen}
    (28. Qh4 Qd5 29. Be4 {!} Qb5 30. f8=Q+ Rxf8 31. Qh7+ Kd6 32. Bxc6 Qxc6
     (32... Rxc6 33. Ne4+ Kd5 34. Nf6+ Rxf6 35. e4+ Kd6 36. e5+ Kd5
     37. Qh1+ {!} Rf3 38. Qxf3#)
    33. Ne4+ a5 34. Nc5 {!} Kd6
     (34... Bxc5 35. e4+ Kd6 36. e5+ Kd5 37. Qh1+ Rf3 38.Qxf3#)
    35. Nxb7 Qxb7 36. Qxb7 {+-}))
  27. Rf1
   (27. Qh4 dxc4
    (27... Kd6 28. c5+ Kc7 29. Qf4+ e5 30. dxe5 Kb8 31. Bf5 {7.30W })
   28. Ne4+ Kf8)
  27... Qd6
   (27... dxc4 28. d5 {!} {5.90W} 28... Qxd5 29. Be4 Qa5 30. Qg6 {6.72W})
  28. Qh3 Rf8 29. c5 {3.30W})

  (20... Kf8 21. Ng5 g6
   (21... dxc4 22. Qf3 {!} Nf5 23. Bxf5 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 g6 25. fxe6 {4.36})
  22. Rf3 Nf5
   (22... f5 23. a3 Bd6 24. Re3 {2.21W})
  23. h5 Be7
   (23... Qe7 24. Nxf7 Qxf7 25. Bxg6 Qf6 26. g4 Kg8 27. gxf5 e5 28. Rg3 Nxd4
   29. cxd5 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Rxd5 {2.42W})
  24. Qd2 Ncxd4 25. Bxd4 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Nxd4 27. Qh6+
   (27. Rf6 Ne2+ 28. Kg2 Nxc1 29. hxg6 dxc4 30. g7+ Ke7 31. Rf4+ Kd6
   32. Rd4+ {+-})
  27... Ke8 28. Rxf7 Ne2+ 29. Kg2 Qxf7
   (29... Kxf7 30. hxg6+ Ke7 31. c5 Rf8 32. Re1 Qc6 33. Rxe2 d4+ 34. Kg1 d3
   35. Re3 Qxc5 36. Qh4+
    (36. Qg7+ Ke8 37. Rxe6+ Kd8 {1.03W})
   36... Rf6 37. Rf3 Qe5 38. g7 a5
    (38... d2 39. Qb4+ Qd6 40. Qxd6+ Kxd6 41. Rd3+ Ke7 42. g8Q Rxg8
    43. Bxg8 {2.90W})
   39. g8Q Rxg8 40. Bxg8 Qa1+ 41. Kg2 {3.24W})
  30. Bxg6 Nxc1 31. Qh7 {5.15W})
21. Ng5+ Kg8
  (21... Kg6 22. Qg4 f5 23. h5+ Kf6 24. Qh4 Rh8 25. a3 Ng6
   (25...Ba5 26. b4 Bb6
    (26... Bc7 27. Rce1 Nd8 28. Nxe6+ Kf7 29. Nc5 Qd6
     (29... Qc6)
    30.Rxe7+ Kg8 31. Qg5 g6
    (31... Nf7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Qxf5+ Kg8
     (33... Qf6 34. Qxd5+ Qe6 35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. Nd7#)
    34. Qxc8+ Qf8 35. Re8 {+-})
   32. Rd7 {4.03W})
  27. Rce1 Nd8 28. Nf3+ Kf7 29. Ne5+ {4.54W})
 26. Nh7+ Kf7 27. hxg6+ Kxg6 28. g4 Rxh7
  (28... fxg4 29. Rg3 Bf8 30. Rxg4+ Kf7 31. Rc3 Ke8 32. Nf6+ gxf6
  33. Qxh8 f5 34. Rg8 Qf7 35. Rcg3 Ne7 36. R8g7 Qf6 37. Qh5+ Kd8 38. Rf7 Qh6
  39. Qxh6 Bxh6 40. Rf6 Bf4 41. Rg7 Kd7 42. Rff7 Re8 43. a4 dxc4 44. bxc4 Bd6
  45. c5 Bc7 46. Ba3 Bd8 47. c6+ bxc6 48. f4 {3.93W})
 29. gxf5+ exf5 30. Rg3+ {3.24W})
22. Qh5 Nf5
  (22... Ng6 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Rf3 {!} f6
   (24... Nce7 25. Rxf7+ Ke8 26. Qxg7 Qd6 27. Nh7 Kd7 28. c5 {!}
    (28. Qxg6 Rg8 29. Qf6)
   28... Qa6 29. Qxg6 Rg8 30. Nf6+ Kc6 31. Qh7 Rh8 32. Rxe7 Rxh7
   33. Rxe6+ Kb5 34. Rxa6 Kxa6 35. Nxh7 {+-})
   (24... Re8 25. Qxg6 Nd8 26. Nh7+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 b6
    (27... b5 28. Qg5+ Kd6 29. Nf6 Qe7 30. cxb5 Rxc1+ 31. Qxc1 {with the
    threat 32.Qf4+} 31... Qb7 32. Bc3 Qxb5 33. a4 Qb6 34. Bxb4+ Qxb4
    35. Qc8 {+-})
   28. Qg5+ Kd6)
  25. Qxg6 Bd2
   (25... dxc4 26. d5 {!} {+-})
   (25... b6 26. c5 f5
    (26... bxc5 {?} 27. dxc5 d4 28. Nh7+ Kg8 29. Nxf6+ Kf8 30. Nxd7+ Kg8
    31.Rf7 {and mate to follow})
   27. Nh7+ Kg8 28. Nf6+ {+-})
  26. Ba3+ Nb4 27. Bxb4+ Bxb4 28. c5 Re8 29. Nh7+ Ke7 30. Nxf6 {!} Qc6
   (30... gxf6 {??} 31. Qxf6#)
  31. Qxg7+ Kd8 32. Nxe8 {+-})
23. cxd5 Ncxd4
  (23... exd5 {??} 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8#)
  (23... Nxe3 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. fxe3 Re8
   (25... Ne7 26. Rf1 Nf5 27. d5 Rc7
    (27... Bc5 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Rxf5+ exf5 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7+ Ke8)
   28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. dxe6 {+-})
  26. d5 {!} e5
   (26... Ne5 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rf1+ Ke7 29. Bxe5 {7.15W})
  27. Qg6 Bc5
   (27... Nd4 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Rf1+ Ke7 30. Rf7+ {+-})
  28. Rxc5 Rcd8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ {+-})
24. Rxc8 Rxc8
  (24... Qxc8 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Rxe6 Nxe6 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qh7+ Kf8
  29. Qxf5+ Ke7 30. Qf7+ Kd6 31. Nxe6 {+-})
25. Re4
  (25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Nxe6+ Nxe6 28. Qxf5+ Kg8 29. a3
  {with the idea of avoiding future x-ray attack on a2 by Rc2 after
  exchanging Queens}
   (29. Rxe6 Rc6
    (29... Bf8 30. Qe4 b6 31. h5 Qd2 32. Re7 Bxe7 33. Qe6+ Kh8
     (33... Kh7 {??} 34. Qg6+ Kg8 35. Qxg7#)
    34. Qxc8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kh8 36. Qe5 Bf8
     (36... Bf6 {??} 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Bxf6 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 gxf6 40. Qf7+ {+-}))
   30. Re5 Qxf5 31. Rxf5 Rc2 32. Bd4 a6 33. a4 Rd2 34. Rf4 Bf8 35. Bc3
   {1.84W})
  29... Bf8
   (29... Nf8 30. Qxd7 Nxd7 31. axb4 {2.00W})
  30. Qxe6+ Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Rc2 32. Bd4 {1.69W})
25... Bc5 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. g4
  (27. dxe6 fxe6 28. g4 Ne2+ 29. Kg2
   (29. Kh2 Bd6+ 30. Kg2 {1.69W})
  29... Nfd4 30. Bxd4 Nxd4 31. Rf4+ Nf5 32. gxf5 {3.33W})
27... Qc7 {!} 28. Kg2
  (28. gxf5 Nf3+ {!} 29. Nxf3 {??}
   (29. Kg2 {?} Qh2+ 30. Kxf3 Qxf2+ 31. Kg4 exf5+ 32. Qxf5 Qg2+ 33. Kf4
    (33. Kh5 {??} g6+ {-+})
   33... Qh2+ {=})
   (29. Kf1 {!} Nd2+ 30. Kg2 Nxe4 31. Qxg7+ Ke8 32. Nxe4 Qe7
    (32... exd5 33. Qg8+ Ke7 34. f6+ Kd7 35. Qxf7+ Kc6
     (35... Kd8 36. Qg8+ Kd7 37. Qxd5+ Ke8 38. Qe6+ {+-})
    36. Qe6+ Kb5 37. Nxc5 Qxc5 38. f7 d4 39. Ba3 {!} {+-})
   33. f6 Qf8 34. dxe6 b6
    (34... fxe6 35. h5 {+-})
   35. h5 Rc6 36. Ng5 {+-})
  29... Qg3+ {and Black mates in 9 moves})
28... Nd6 29. Bxd4 Bxd4
  (29... Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Bxd4 31. d6 g6 32. dxc7 Rxc7 33. Qh6+ {+-})
30. Rxe6 fxe6
  (30... g6 31. Rxd6 Qe7 32. Rxg6 fxg6 33. Qxg6 Qd7 34. Ne6+ Ke7
  35. Qe4 Kd6 36. Qxd4 {+-})
31. Nxe6+ Kf7 32. Nxc7 Rxc7 33. h5 Kf8
  (33... Rd7 34. h6 Re7 35. Qd3 Bf6 36. g5 Be5 37. f4 Bb2 38. Qh7 Re2+
   (38... Bd4 39. hxg7 Bxg7 40. f5 Ne8 41. f6 Nxf6 42. gxf6 Kxf6
   43. Qh4+ Kf7 44. Qf2+ {3.51W})
  39. Kf3 Re7 40. g6+ Kf6 41. Qg8 {5.06W})
34. h6 Nf7 35. g5 Re7 36. Qf5 Re2 37. Qc8+ Re8 38. Qxb7 a5 39. hxg7+ Bxg7
  (39... Kxg7 40. g6 {+-})
40. g6 Nh8 41. Qb6 Re5 42. d6 Rg5+ 43. Kf1 Bf6
  (43... Rxg6 44. d7 {+-})
44. d7 Rxg6 45. d8Q+ Bxd8 46. Qxd8+ Kg7 47. Qxa5 {+-}
{the actual game continuation was: 20. a3
Ba5 21. b4 Bc7 22. c5 Re8 23. Qd3 g6 24. Re2 Nf5 25. Bc3 h5 26. b5 Nce7 27.
Bd2 Kg7 28. a4 Ra8 29. a5 a6 30. b6 Bb8 31. Bc2 Nc6 32. Ba4 Re7 33. Bc3 Ne5
34. dxe5 Qxa4 35. Nd4 Nxd4 36. Qxd4 Qd7 37. Bd2 Re8 38. Bg5 Rc8 39. Bf6+
Kh7 40. c6 bxc6 41. Qc5 Kh6 42. Rb2 Qb7 43. Rb4 1-0 }
1-0

 [Event "?"]
 [Site "Reykjavic"]
 [Date "1931.??.??"]
 [Round "?"]
 [White "Alekhine"]
 [Black "Asgeirsson"]
 [Result "1-0"]
 [Annotator "ChessTreasure"]
 [SetUp "1"]
 [FEN "rnbqr1k1/pp2bppp/4p3/2ppP3/3P3P/2NB1N2/PPP2PP1/R2QK2R w KQ - 0 1"]

  1. Bxh7+ Kxh7 2. Ng5+ Kg8 3. Qh5 Bxg5 4. hxg5 Kf8 5. g6 Ke7
   (5... fxg6 6. Qxg6 Qd7 7. Rh7 Nc6 8. Nb5 Qf7 9. Rh8+ Ke7 10. Qxf7+ Kxf7
   11. Nd6+ {+-})
  6. gxf7 Rf8 7. 0-0-0 a6 8. dxc5 Nd7 9. Rxd5 Qa5
     (9... exd5 10. Nxd5+ Ke6 11. Rd1 Nxe5 12. Nf4+ Ke7 13. Rxd8 Rxd8
       14. Qg5+ {+-})
     (9... Qc7 10. Rd6 Qa5 11. Qh4+ Kxf7 12. Rxd7+ Bxd7 13. Ne4 Qc7
       14. Nd6+ {+-})
  10. Qg5+ {?}
    (10. Qh4+ {!!} Kxf7
     (10... Nf6 11. exf6+ gxf6
      (11... Kxf7 12. Qh7 {with mate in 6})
     12. Qf4 {with mate in 7})
    11. Rxd7+ Bxd7 12. Ne4 Qc7 {with the Queen on g5 Black can play here
      12...Rh8 follows by 13...Kg8 with a draw} 13. Qh5+ Ke7 14. Qg5+ Ke8
     15. Nd6+ {with mate in 5})
  10... Kxf7 11. Rh7 Rg8 12. Rd4 Qxc5
    (12... Ke8 {can give Black more survival chances} 13. Qg6+ Ke7
    14. Rxg7+ Rxg7 15. Qxg7+ Kd8
         (15... Ke8 {?} 16. Qg8+ Nf8
          (16... Ke7 17. Rf4 {mate in 5})
         17. Rf4 Qxc5 18. Ne4 Qe7 19. Nd6+ Kd7 20. Rf7 {+-})
        16. c6 bxc6 17. Qf8+ Kc7 18. Rxd7+ Bxd7 19. Qxa8 Qxe5 20. Qa7+
        Kd8 21. Qe3 {2.43W})
  13. Rxd7+ Bxd7 14. Ne4 Qb4 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16.Qf6+ gxf6 17. Rf7#

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The complete game was:

[Event "?"]
[Site "Reykjavik ICE"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alekhine, Al"]
[Black "Asgeirsson, Asmundur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3
Re8 8. e5 Be7 9. h4 c5 10. Bxh7+ Kxh7 11. Ng5+ Kg8 12. Qh5 Bxg5 13. hxg5
Kf8 14. g6 Ke7 15. gxf7 Rf8 16. O-O-O a6 17. dxc5 Nd7 18. Rxd5 Qa5
19. Qg5+ Kxf7 20. Rh7 Rg8 21. Rd4 Qxc5 22. Rxd7+ Bxd7 23. Ne4 Qb4
24. Nd6+ Kf8 25. Qf6+ gxf6 26. Rf7# 1-0