[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "Ruy Lopez"]
[Date "2006.09.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wedge, D."]
[Black "Shapland, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[Annotator "Nick Sykes"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O (5. Qe2 {The Worrall Attack,
this is what you play if you want to avoid the Open Lopez and the myriad of
Closed Variations too!} b5 {is probably the best way for Black to play
preventing White taking the c6 knight} 6. Bb3 Be7 {is another main line} (6...
Bc5 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nbd2 d6 10. a4 Ne7 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13.
c3 Ng6 14. g3 Qc8 15. Re1 Ba6 16. Nf1 b4 17. Qd1 bxc3 18. bxc3 Qb7 19. Bc2 Ra8
20. Be3 Ba3 21. Qb1 Qc8 22. Qb3 Bc5 23. Ng5 Qe8 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Ne3 h6 26.
Nf3 Rd8 27. c4 Bc8 28. Qc3 Ng4 29. Nf5 Nf6 30. Qa1 Nh7 31. Qc3 f6 32. Qa5 Qc6 {
White lost on time in P Edwards 0-1 M Wedge-Roberts/CEL 2010})) (5. Qe2 Bc5 {
again I think 5...b5 is more accurate} 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 O-O 8. d3 Re8 9.
Nf3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nbd2 f5 13. O-O-O Qf6 14. Rdg1 Bb4 15. g4
Bf7 16. Bd4 Qe6 17. gxf5 {P Edwards 1-0 J Blinkhorn/STKO 2012}) 5... b5 ({Dave
S has every intention of playing the Open Lopez and in this position} 5... Nxe4
{is played more often. However Dave S's move order avoids the rather dull} 6.
Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Be7 9. d4 Ne6) 6. Bb3 Nxe4 {This now initiates
the Open Lopez, a favourite a Dave S} 7. d4 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 {the main
move, other moves here include} (9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 fxe6 $2 (11...
Nxe6 {is the main line here}) 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1
$16 {and White went on to win in N Sykes 1-0 J Moreton/Silver Rook/1996}) (9.
Qe2 {and}) (9. Be3 {was played by argubly the strongest player ever to grace
the CEL Jos Woolley, Dave S aquitted himself well but Jos's strength was just
too much in the end} Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Nbd2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Ng5 Bf5 14.
Bc2 Qd7 15. Nb3 Ne5 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Rfe8 18. Qb1 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Qg4 20. f4
Ned7 21. h3 Re2 22. hxg4 Rxc2 23. Bd4 Re8 24. Rfe1 Ree2 25. Rxe2 Rxe2 26. a4
Rxb2 27. axb5 Rxb5 28. Ne6 c5 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. g5 Ne4 31. Rxa6 Kf7 32. f5 Rb7
33. Nd8+ {J Woolley 1-0 D Shapland/CEL 2007}) 9... Bc5 (9... Be7 {is the
quieter alternative, but the text move is much more Dave S's style}) 10. Bc2 {
The main line. Pete Leonard tried} (10. Qe2 O-O 11. Be3 Qe7 (11... f6 $1 {is
probably best}) 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Rad8 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4
c5 17. Rfd1 c4 18. Bc2 f6 $10 {and Black is level in P Leonard 1/2-1/2 J
Blinkhorn/CEL 2012}) 10... O-O 11. Nbd2 Nxf2 {Dave S initiates the dangerous
Dilworth variation, this line leads to sharp forcing variations where Black
for a modest material investment, obtains a dangerous initiative} (11... f5 {
and}) (11... Bf5 {are the quieter alternatives, but again Dave S prefers the
wild stuff!}) 12. Rxf2 f6 13. exf6 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qxf6 15. Nf1 {This is all
well known theory. However, although Dave W is a very strong player and
outgraded Dave S, Dave S has done some pretty impressive home preparation} Ne5
16. Ng3 $6 {The first inaccuracy from Dave W. However in openings as sharp as
the Dilworth a small inaccuracy can have serious consequences, Black is
already much better!} (16. Be3 {is considered best here} Rae8 17. Bc5 Nxf3 18.
gxf3 Rf7 19. Kg2 {with unbalanced play}) 16... Rae8 {This is also how Black
would follow up 16.Be3} 17. a4 h5 $6 {Dave S continues playing aggressive
moves, but this maybe not the best, however it is practically a difficult move
to deal with} (17... c6 {maintains Black's advantage}) 18. Qd4 $2 (18. axb5
axb5 19. Kg1 {is equal according the Fritz}) 18... c5 $1 19. Nxh5 $4 (19. Qxc5
{loses to} Nxf3 20. gxf3 Qxf3+ 21. Kg1 Bh3) (19. Qd1 {puts up more of a fight,
but Black is still close to winning here}) 19... Qxf3+ $1 20. gxf3 Rxf3+ 21.
Ke2 (21. Kg1 {is still losing for White, one example is} cxd4 22. Nf4 dxc3 23.
axb5 axb5 24. bxc3 Rxc3) 21... cxd4 22. Nf4 Bg4 23. h3 Nc4+ {White Resigns
here as} 24. Be4 Rxe4+ 25. Kd1 Rf1+ 26. Kc2 Bd1+ 27. Kb1 (27. Kd3 Rf3+ 28. Be3
Rfxe3#) 27... Bb3 28. Ng2 Nd2# {This is such an impressive game from Dave S.
To be honest I spoke to Dave S before he was to play Dave W and told him he
was likely to go down this line. Dave S has always been a player who likes to
get some advantage by doing some home preparation. This game shows how big an
effect it can have, being able to topple a very strong player like Dave Wedge
in 23 moves!} 0-1

[Event "Calderdale Team Knockout"]
[Site "Ruy Lopez"]
[Date "2012.09.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Edwards, P."]
[Black "Shapland, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "David Shapland"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.18"]
[WhiteTeam "Todmorden 'B'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {So the back ground to my choice of opening
variation for this game is that I had played Paul in last year's Summer Team
Knockout when I had essayed my regular choice against the Spanish 3...Bc5 the
Classical Variation. Paul had played a testing variation that I hadn't come
across before. I went wrong and got crushed. Afterwards I looked at the line
and found ways to counter act it but I hadn't had the chance to review that
material again before this game. Therefore I needed to try something else. I
was fairly sure Paul would play the Worrell Attack (with Qe2) if I tried the
Open Variation - another line I have little practical experience with. So,
what was left to try?} Nd4 $5 {Giving him the Bird! This venerable variation
is not nearly so bad as it's reputation suggests. Nick Sykes got a great
position with it against Neil Bamford in our match against Hebden Bridge 'B'
last season and I'd been playing it a bit in blitz games online to familiarise
myself with some of the ideas. Risky though it was I decided to give it a try.}
4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O (5. d3 Bc5 6. c3 c6 7. cxd4 Bxd4 8. Ba4 Qf6 9. Qe2 Ne7 10.
Na3 O-O $17 11. Rb1 d5 12. O-O dxe4 13. dxe4 Ng6 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Be6 16.
Bb3 Rfd8 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. b3 Rd7 19. Rbd1 a6 20. f4 Nf8 21. Nc2 Rad8 22. Nd4
Qe8 23. Rde1 Rxd4 24. f5 Qe5 25. Rf4 Rd1 26. Ref1 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Qd4 28. Qxd4
Rxd4 29. e5 Rd5 {D Hubbort 0-1 N Sykes/Hudd Rapid 2012}) 5... Bc5 6. d3 h5 $5 {
The other night I was chatting on the phone with Alexander Morozevich,
remeniscing about the good times and debating the latest critical lines of
opening theory, when he mentioned that he'd played this (an old move played by
Henry Bird himself) on several occasions and had some fun with it. There is no
doubt that it's an oddball subvariation within an oddball variation! Black's
idea is to prevent Qh5 and prepare to play Bg4 without having to put his
knight on f6. I wasn't greatly familiar with the line but figured at least
we'd end up playing a game of chess and not testing each other memories. Given
my current form perhaps a memory test would have given me a better chance of
winning!} (6... c6 {is probably more accurate} 7. Bc4 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Re1+
Kf8 $5 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Qf3 Qb6 $17 13. c4 a6 14. Ba4 h6 15. Bc1 Qb4
16. Qd1 $14 dxc4 17. a3 Qb6 18. Ra2 Bf5 19. dxc4 $2 Bxb1 $19 20. Ra1 Bg6 $4 21.
b4 $15 Bd6 22. c5 $14 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 $16 Qc7+ 24. g3 Rd8 $4 25. Bf4 $18 Qc8 26.
Bd6 Rxd6 27. cxd6 Nc6 28. Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Qxd4 Be8 30. Rac1 Qb5 31. Qc5 Qxc5 32.
Rxc5 Bc6 33. Re7 h5 34. a4 h4 35. b5 hxg3+ 36. Kxg3 {N Bamford 1-0 N Sykes/CEL
2012}) (6... c6 7. Ba4 d6 8. Nd2 Ne7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nf3 h6 11. a3 b5 12. Bb3 Kh8
13. Bd2 Ng6 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. Kh2 f5 $10 16. Re1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rf1 f4 19.
f3 Be7 20. a4 Bh4 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Bd5 Bg3+ 23. Kg1 Rb8 24. Rxa7 Qh4 25. Bb4
Bxh3 26. Be7 Qh5 27. Qd2 Rfc8 28. Bf6 Bd7 29. Rf2 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Qh1+ 31. Ke2
Bxf2 32. Kxf2 gxf6 33. Rxd7+ Kh8 34. Qb4 Rxc2+ {[%eval -32767,0] Rojinsky 0-1
N Sykes/Hudd Rapid 2012}) 7. Nd2 c6 8. Bc4 b5 $6 {Already getting my ideas
mixed up. Black should really be aiming to break with} (8... d5 9. exd5 cxd5
10. Bb5+ Kf8 {Not nearly as crazy as it looks when Black has already played h5.
The rook can develop via h6 or support the further advance of the h-pawn.} 11.
Re1 Ne7 12. Nb3 Bb6 {and although Fritz doesn't much like the position I think
Black is doing ok here. The light squared bishop will come to g4 or e6 and
it's hard for White to resolve satisfactorily the situation in the centre.}) 9.
Bb3 d6 {The problem with 8...b5?! is now apparent because if 9...d5 then 10.
exd5 cxd5 and the b-pawn looks a bit silly on b5.} 10. c3 Nf6 $6 {This is also
inconsistent with Black's strategic plans. Normally the knight comes to e7 and
if White plays Bg5 then f6 and Ng6 can be played. For some reaosn I'd got it
into my head that I could land the knight on g4 with good effect and wanted to
expoit White's temporary self blockade of his queen's bishop. The other
variation I looked at (which Fritz prefers) was} (10... Bg4 11. Qc2 dxc3 12.
bxc3 a5 13. d4 Bb6 {and again, Fritz assesses this favourably for White but
it's messy and weird and I suspect Black is probably just a bit worse.}) 11.
Re1 {Not the most accurate move available for White and I noticed that Paul
almost immediately seemed cross with himself for playing this despite having
had a long think before reaching for the rook. Fritz prefers here the line} (
11. cxd4 Bxd4 12. Nf3 Bb6 {and it's easy to see why. White is ready to exploit
Black's inconsistent knight move with 13.Bg5 or could even throw in 13.Qc2
with a tempo first. Either way the advantage is pretty clear.}) 11... Ng4 {
Black takes the opportunity to exploit the weakening of the f2 square. The
threat is 12...dxc3. Of course it is easily countered but I felt like I was
gaining the initiative. I was wrong!} 12. Nf3 dxc3 13. d4 {I must admit that I
hadn't considered this response at all. Pretty naive! After a brief think I
decided to throw in an intermezzo of my own.} Bb4 14. Bxf7+ $1 {Very good!
This move turns the game on it's head. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to
see that Black can't capture the bishop immediately because after 14...Kxf7
comes 15.Qb3+ when White regains the piece and stand very well with Black's
king horribly exposed.} Kf8 15. Re2 {Nothing wrong with this. Paul simply aims
to defuse my tricks and keep his pawn. Why not? Fritz proposes a line that
many humans (especially at club level) would find hard consider seriously.} (
15. bxc3 $5 {Giving up the exchange but keeping his pieces superbly
coordintaed.} Bxc3 16. Bb3 Bxe1 {No better is} (16... Bxa1 17. Bg5) 17. Qxe1 a5
18. Bg5 {and White stand well despite being the exchange down. He can simply
kick the Black knight on g4 and then take aim at Black's multiple pawn
weaknesses.}) 15... cxb2 {A bit desperate really but at least this prevents 16.
Qb3 from coming.} 16. Bxb2 Qe7 {Instating a genuine threat on the maverick
White clergyman!} 17. Bb3 Bb7 {It was actually already quite hard for me to
finish my development as the desirable 17...Be6 would have run into 18.d5! The
alternative bishop move here was 17...Bd7 but that looked terribly passive. I
figured I had to try and create some sort of threats or I was going to get
wiped out. Possibly better than the game choice would have been 17...Rh6
though after 18.h3 Nf6 the rook looks a little embarrassed on h6. None of the
options look that good and infact, despite the material parity, Fritz assesses
this position as being nearly 3 pawns better for White!} 18. a3 Ba5 19. d5 {
This was the move I was afraid of. With my rooks still at home and my king
exposed the prospect of an open centre was not a happy one. In fact the
computer recommends that White improve his position a little more before
playing this pawn break with} (19. Qd3 Re8 20. h3 Nh6 {It's important for
Black to prevent the knight manouevre Nh4-f5 and he can't do that if it
retreats to f6.} 21. d5) 19... c5 {Trying to keep things closed and hoping to
try and block out at least one of that bishop battery!} 20. e5 {The computer
doesn't like this move but again I thought it was the logical try. It makes
sense to force the centre open. Fritz prefers} (20. a4 a6 21. axb5 axb5 {It
seems counter intuitive to allow Black to get two connected passed pawns...}
22. h3 c4 23. Bc2 b4 24. Nd4 Ne5 {and Fritz scores White well in this position
but I think it looks a bit scary. Black definately has counter play.}) 20... c4
{The only move really.} 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Qd4 {The threat is mate! How to
defend? 22...Qf6? fails to 23.Qc5+. Maybe 22...c3 but that just loses a pawn.
Only one option left then.} Nf6 23. Bc2 Qxd5 {Suddenly Black has won a pawn.
White's initiative appears to give him more than adequate compensation though.}
24. Qf4 $1 {Very accurate from Paul. White simply wants to complete his
development by centralising his queen's rook. He'll hit the Black queen and
gain more tempi for his attack. In the meantime the Black knight is pinned and
Black still hasn't developed his rooks.} c3 {Again, pretty much the only move
to stay on the board. Black has to try and close up the most dangerous avenues
into his position. The problem is that in plugging this hole he re-opens
another on the a2-g8 diagonal.} 25. Rd1 Qc6 {It's interesting that, in this
position, Fritz recommends that Black give up his queen for rook and bishop in
order to give himself the best chance of surviving. I must admit I did give
serious consideration to this but the line was very hard to assess so in the
end I made the decision to try and hang on in the hopes that Paul would find
it difficult to drive hope his advantage given his, now acute, clock
difficulties. The queen sacrifice line goes} (25... cxb2 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Bb1
Rd8 28. Rxb2 a6 29. h4 Rh6 {when White most certainly still has the advantage
but the position remains open and complicated and Black has finally managed to
get his rooks into the game. This isn't an easy position for White to try and
win so it probably does represent Blacks best practical try.}) 26. Bc1 Bc7 {
This gets Black into very hot water but matters were already critical. The
best alternative Fritz can muster involves Black lsoing a piece!} (26... Rh6 {
Trying to give the Black king a bolt hole on h8.} 27. Qf5 $1 Rh8 28. Re6 {and
now the end is nigh} Bc8 29. Rxc6 Bxf5 30. Bxf5 {Black can resign here.}) 27.
Qb4+ {To his great credit Paul continues to find the most accurate
continuations even in terrible time trouble.} Kg8 28. Bb3+ Kh7 29. Bc2+ $6 {
With six moves still to make before time control and with his flag hanging,
Paul decides to settle for a draw by repetition. He looked at the logical
alternative, checking with the knight on g5 but was concerned that he wouldn't
have enough time to win the material available due to the mate threat I had
been very careful to maintain in the g2 square. Of course this position is
child's play for the computer.} (29. Ng5+ Kh6 30. Ne4+ $1 {Critical! White
closes up the vulnerable diagonal again and delivers the discovered check.
White would like to play} (30. Nf7+ {but after} Kh7 {he doesn't have time to
grab the swag on h8 as he must defend the mate threat. This will even give
Black time to evacuate the h8 square and give his king the best chance of
survival.}) 30... Kh7 31. Nxf6+ Qxf6 32. Bc2+ Kg8 33. Qxb5 {Finally, White
will win material because mate is threatened on e8 and the bishop on b7 can't
be defended. See next variation.} Be5 (33... Bc6 34. Bb3+ {According to Fritz
this is now foirced mate in 12 but I'll leave it to readers to find that
themselves.}) 34. Bb3+ Kh7 35. Rxe5 {is overwhelming.}) 29... Kg8 30. Bb3+ {A
lucky escape for me but another fine illustration of the damage time trouble
can do to you when the time limits are relatively short as they are in the
Calderdale League.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "Ruy Lopez"]
[Date "2011.04.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Broadbent, R."]
[Black "Shapland, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "Nick Sykes"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Brighouse"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 {This is called the Classical Variation and one
in which Dave has played many times} 4. O-O (4. c3 {is the other main option
for White, when Black can play} f5 {or} (4... Nf6 {I believe that}) (4... Qf6 {
can also be played})) (4. Nxe5 {A tricky line recommeded by Andrew Greet in
Play the Ruy Lopez} Nd4 5. Nxf7 Qf6 6. Nxh8 c6 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qxc5 Nxb5 9. a4
Nd4 10. e5 Qf4 11. O-O d5 12. exd6 Bg4 13. Nc3 b6 14. d3 Qf6 15. Re1+ Be2 16.
Qc4 Kf8 17. Nxe2 Re8 18. Be3 b5 19. Qxd4 {P Edwards 1-0 D Shapland/STKO 2011.
Interestingly Dave has not played the Classical since!}) 4... Qf6 {this is a
rare continuation. Dave puts his pieces on the same squares as the 5...Bc5
lines of the Scotch} (4... Nd4 {is a solid and respectable line for Black} 5.
Nxd4 Bxd4 6. c3 Bb6 7. d4 a6 8. Ba4 exd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bb3 c6 12.
Bg5 Kh8 13. e5 d5 14. Bc2 Be6 15. Qh5 h6 16. Bxh6 g6 17. Qh4 Nf5 18. Qf4 Ng7
19. Bg5 Nh5 20. Qh4 Qd7 21. Bd1 Bf5 22. Bf6+ Kg8 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. Qg5+ Bg6 25.
Qh6 {N Sykes 1-0 B Wadsworth/CEL 2009}) 5. c3 (5. d3 {was played by Robert 4
years earlier} Nge7 6. Nbd2 Nd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Qf3 Qg6 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. a4 a5
11. Bc4 O-O 12. Bf4 d6 13. Qg3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qxg6 Nxg6 16. Bg3 Nf4 17.
Bxf4 Rxf4 18. g3 Rf3 19. Nd2 Rf6 20. f4 d5 21. e5 Rf7 22. Nf3 h6 23. Nh4 Re8
24. Nf3 c5 25. Nd2 Ref8 26. Kg2 Bc7 27. Rf3 Bb8 28. Raf1 g5 29. fxg5 hxg5 30.
Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Kf3 Bxe5 33. Kg4 Kg6 34. Nf3 Bf6 35. h4 gxh4 36.
gxh4 Bg7 37. Ng5 Kf6 38. h5 Bh6 39. Nh7+ Ke7 40. c3 c4 $1 {R Broadbent 0-1 D
Shapland/STKO 2007}) 5... Nge7 6. d3 h6 7. Nbd2 (7. Be3 {developing the bishop
first maybe more accurate}) 7... d6 8. Nc4 a6 9. Bxc6+ (9. Ba4 $4 b5) 9... Nxc6
{An offbeat variation played by Dave has given him a very comfortable position}
10. Ne3 Be6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. h3 Rad8 13. Nh2 d5 $1 {Black is now better
according to HIARCS} 14. Nhg4 Qg6 {Black pieces look menacingly active!} 15.
Kh2 $4 d4 {is good however better is} (15... dxe4 $1 16. dxe4 h5 {and Black's
knight is out of squares!}) 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nc2 f5 $1 18. exf5 Rxf5 (18...
Bxf5 {is stronger}) 19. f4 Bd5 20. Ne1 Re8 21. Qc2 Bd6 22. g3 h5 {Finally Dave
plays ...h5 and his advantage is winning. I am so impressed by how actively
Dave has played this game and although Dave missed some stronger moves his
feel for the initiative is impressive} 23. Nf2 Nb4 24. Qd1 h4 25. Qg4 hxg3+ 26.
Qxg3 Qxg3+ (26... Rg5 27. fxg5 Qf5 {wins the queen}) 27. Kxg3 Nxa2 28. Bd2 Re2
29. Rd1 Nb4 30. Nf3 c5 31. Bxb4 cxb4 32. Nxd4 Re3+ 33. Kh2 {leading to forced
mate} Bxf4+ 34. Kg1 Rg3+ 35. Kh2 Rg2+ {Robert resigned but Dave had overlooked}
(35... Rg4# {A great example of how a pair of rooks and a pair of bishop can
wreak havoc!}) 0-1

[Event "Huddersfield League"]
[Site "Ruy Lopez"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hill, D."]
[Black "Sykes, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "Nick Sykes"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "D Browns"]
[BlackTeam "Calderdale"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 {The Schliemann (or Jaenisch Gambit), a defence
I have employed frequently. It must be said I have never lost as Black in this
line. However all my opponents were significantly lower rated than myself. I
have never had the opportunity to play it against stronger players. The
question is would I want to! Black frequently has to sacrafice a pawn and has
to prove he has enough compensation for his material deficit} 4. d3 (4. Nc3 {
Is the big main line, although I have never had to face it!} fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 {
when White's main moves are} 6. Qe2 {and} (6. Nxf6+)) (4. Qe2 {is also possible
} fxe4 5. Qxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Nxe5 (7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 {
are the 'book moves'}) 7... O-O 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Bc4+ Kh8 $15 10. O-O Bd6 11. d3
Ng4 12. h3 Qh4 13. f4 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Nf2+ 15. Kh2 Nxh3 {[%eval 0,0] Brian 0-1 N
Sykes/Hudd Rapid 2011}) (4. d4 {is another line when White can either play
quietly with an exchange on c6 or sac a piece with massive complications} fxe4
5. Bxc6 (5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 c6 7. Nc3 cxb5 8. Nxe4 d5 9. exd6 {is the
complicated stuff!!}) 5... bxc6 6. Nxe5 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qh5+ Kd8
10. Nf7+ Ke7 11. Nxh8 d5 12. Ng6+ Ke8 13. Nxf8+ Kxf8 14. Qe5 Qf7 15. O-O Kg8
16. f3 Ba6 17. Rf2 Rf8 18. Nd2 g5 19. c4 Re8 20. fxe4 Qd7 21. Qf5 Qg7 22. e5
Bc8 23. Qf6 {A Dawson 1-0 G Moss/Cal Congress 2004}) (4. exf5 e4 5. Bxc6 dxc6
6. Qe2 Qe7 7. Nd4 Nh6 {was played in D Gallagher 0-1 N Sykes/Brighouse QP 2011}
) 4... fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Re1 $6 (7. Qd3 {is better, as it
prevents Black castling due to the threat of Qc4}) (7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nxe5 O-O {
Is another main line when White wins a pawn, but Black has adequate
compensation}) 7... d6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Bxf6 $6 (10. Na4 {is better
removing Black's active bishop}) 10... Rxf6 11. Nd5 Rf8 (11... Rxf3 12. gxf3
Bh5 {is good for Black}) 12. Bc4 Kh8 13. Qd2 $4 {This just loses a pawn for
nothing. Black is now easily winning} Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rxf3 15. Rf1 Qh4 16. Ne3
Raf8 17. Nf5 Qg4+ 18. Ng3 Nd4 $6 (18... Rxg3+ $1 19. hxg3 Qxg3+ 20. Kh1 Qh3+
21. Kg1 Rf3) 19. c3 Rxg3+ 20. Kh1 Qf3# 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 2"]
[Site "Ruy Lopez"]
[Date "2012.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aldridge, J."]
[Black "Blinkhorn, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "Nick Sykes"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Halifax 'B'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O {This is the main move} (5.
d4 {is another option and leads to an early queenless middlegame} exd4 6. Qxd4
Be6 (6... Qxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 {is main line}) 7. Qxd8+ Rxd8 8. Be3 Rd7 $6 {picked
up rook intending to play Rd1+ but realised his king could just take it!!} 9.
Nbd2 f6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nd4 Re7 12. f4 Bd7 13. Ne2 Nh6 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Ng3 Nf5
16. Bf2 Nxg3+ 17. Bxg3 c5 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. Rf3 Bc6 20. Rfe3 c4 21. c3 b5 22.
R3e2 f5 23. e5 Bc5 24. h4 Kf7 25. Bf2 Bxf2 26. Rxf2 h5 27. Nf1 Ke6 28. Ng3 g6
29. Ne2 Bb7 30. Rd1 c5 31. Ng1 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Kxd7 33. Rd2+ Ke6 34. Nh3 Rg8 35.
Rd6+ Ke7 36. Ng5 b4 37. Rb6 Be4 38. Rxa6 Rd8 39. Re6+ Kf8 40. Rf6+ Ke7 41. Re6+
Kf8 42. Rd6 Ra8 43. Ne6+ Kf7 44. Nxc5 Rxa2 45. Rf6+ Ke7 46. Re6+ Kf7 47. Rf6+
Ke7 48. Rxg6 Rxb2 49. cxb4 Rxb4 50. Rg7+ Kf8 51. Ne6+ Ke8 52. Rc7 Bd3 53. Ng7+
Kd8 54. Rc5 Rb1+ 55. Kh2 Rf1 56. Nxh5 {R Broadbent 1/2-1/2 N Sykes/CEL 2007}) (
5. Nxe5 {doesn't win the pawn and in fact gives Black the better game} Qd4 6.
Nf3 Qxe4+ 7. Qe2 Qxe2+ 8. Kxe2 Bf5 9. d3 O-O-O 10. Rd1 Bd6 11. h3 Ne7 12. Be3
Nd5 $17 13. Nc3 Rhe8 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Kf1 c5 16. c4 d4 17. Bd2 Bxd3+ 18. Kg1
Bxc4 19. Ba5 Rd7 20. b3 Bd5 21. Re1 Rde7 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1
Kd7 25. Nd3 Kc6 26. Bd2 b5 27. Bf4 Bf8 28. Ne5+ Kb7 29. Nd7 Be7 30. g3 f6 {R
Harrison 0-1 N Sykes/HEL 2013}) 5... Bg4 {An active line and tricky to face at
club level. Played correctly by both sides it leads to a dull ending} (5... Bd6
{is another option} 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Qd2 O-O 11.
Bf4 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Ng6 13. Qe3 Qe7 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ne5 17. Qe2
Rad8 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rd6 21. Na4 Qd7 22. Nb2 a5 23. f4 Ng6
24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Qc4+ Kf8 26. g3 b6 27. Qd3 Ke7 28. Nc4 Qc5+ 29. Qe3 {T
Sullivan 1/2-1/2 P Olley/CIC 2010}) (5... Qd6) (5... Ne7 {are also possible})
6. b3 (6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. dxe5 Qg6 12.
Nh4 Bxd1 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14. Rxd1 O-O-O {is one main line, and one I imagine
Josh was thinking of when playing his moves}) (6. d3 Qf6 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. b3 Ne7
9. Bb2 O-O-O 10. Qe1 h5 11. d4 Ng6 {Again Matthew follows a similar plan to
Josh with Black's pieces placed in the same positions} 12. Qe3 h4 13. dxe5 Nxe5
14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. f3 Be6 17. Qa7 h3 18. g3 Rxd2 19. Qa8+ Kd7 20.
Qxh8 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Rxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qxc2+ {J Aldridge 0-1 M Wedge-Roberts/CEL 2010
}) 6... Qf6 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. d3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Ng6 10. h3 h5 {Black's set up is
almost identical to the main line but White's pieces are not ideally placed}
11. Qe1 (11. hxg4 hxg4 {any knight moves and Black play ...Qh4}) 11... Nf4 12.
Kh2 O-O-O 13. h4 Ng6 14. g3 $4 {Just losing a piece the rest is a formality} (
14. Ng5 {and Black is just a bit better}) 14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Qxf3 16. Qe3 Qxe3
17. fxe3 f6 18. d4 Ne7 19. c4 exd4 20. exd4 Bc5 21. Rad1 Ba7 22. d5 cxd5 23.
cxd5 Ng6 24. Ba3 Ne5 25. Kg2 Ng4 26. Bc1 Rhe8 27. Rfe1 Nf2 28. Rd2 Nxe4 29.
Rde2 Nd6 30. Bf4 Rxe2+ 31. Rxe2 Re8 32. Rc2 Kd7 33. Kf3 Re1 34. Rc3 Rf1+ 35.
Ke2 Rf2+ 36. Kd3 Rxa2 37. Rc1 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "Ruy Lopez"]
[Date "2004.09.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wedge, D."]
[Black "Sykes, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "Nick Sykes"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'B'"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 (4... d6 {leads to the Modern
Steinitz which was recently analysed by Timothy Taylor in his book 'Slay the
Spanish' Here is a win for Black and White in this line} 5. O-O Bg4 6. c3 Nf6
7. Re1 b5 8. Bc2 Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Be3 Na5 11. dxe5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 dxe5 13. Nd2
c5 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Nf1 Nc4 16. Bc1 Rfd8 17. Ng3 g6 18. h4 h5 19. Bg5 Ng4 20.
b3 Nd6 21. Rd5 Ne8 22. Red1 Nef6 23. R5d2 Nh7 24. Qe2 Nxg5 25. hxg5 Bxg5 26.
Rd3 Rxd3 27. Bxd3 Rd8 28. Nf1 c4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Bb1 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Qb6 32.
Qe1 Bh4 33. g3 Be7 34. Kg2 Bc5 35. f3 Qb2+ 36. Qd2 Qxb1 37. fxg4 Qxe4+ 38. Kh2
Qxg4 39. Ne3 Qg5 40. Nxc4 Qxd2+ 41. Nxd2 f5 42. Kg2 Kf7 43. Kf3 e4+ 44. Ke2 Ke6
45. Nb3 Bb6 {P Leonard 0-1 N Suttie/CEL 2012}) (4... d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 b5 7.
Bc2 Be7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. Nf1 d5 11. Ng3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Qxd1+ 13. Bxd1
Bc5 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. a4 b4 17. Bd2 a5 18. Rc1 Bb6 19. Be2 Nc5 20.
Bb5 Nb3 21. Rc2 Rad8 22. cxb4 Nxd2 23. Rxd2 Rxd2 24. Nxd2 axb4 25. Nf3 Re6 26.
Rd1 h6 27. Rd7 Nd4 28. Bc4 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Rf6 30. Nf5 Rg6+ 31. Kf1 Rc6 32. Ne7+
Kh7 33. Nxc6 Bxc6 34. Rxf7 Bxa4 35. b3 Bc6 36. Re7 Bd4 37. Rxc7 Be8 38. Ke2 Kg6
39. Re7 {N Sykes 1-0 D Wedge/CIC 1997}) 5. O-O (5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 {Is the
Delayed Exchange variation, sometimes played to avoid the main line Ruy Lopez})
5... Be7 (5... b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {This gives rise to the so-called Archangel
variation} 7. c3 (7. d3 h6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Ne2 {was seen in N Sykes 1-0 S Priest/
CEL 2004}) 7... d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bxf7
Rf8 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Bg5+ Kd7 16. c4 Rf5 17. Be3 bxc4 18. Nc3 Bd4
19. g4 Rf3 20. Rad1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Kd6 22. Rd2 Bxd5 23. Rfd1 c6 24. Rb2 Raf8 25.
Rb6 g5 26. Rxa6 h5 27. gxh5 Rh8 28. Bxg5 Rxh5 29. h4 Ke6 30. Re1 Rxc3 31. f4 e4
32. Ra7 Kf5 33. Kf2 Rh8 34. Re3 Rc1 35. Raa3 Rb8 36. Rec3 Rb2+ 37. Ke3 Re1+ 38.
Kd4 Rb5 39. Re3 Rd1+ 40. Kc3 c5 41. Kc2 Rbb1 42. Rac3 Ra1 43. a3 Rh1 44. Kb2
Rad1 45. Rh3 Rd2+ {D Breen 0-1 D Keddie/HEL 2011}) 6. Re1 (6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3
Nd7 {is another delayed Exchange variation (Delayed Exchange Ruy Lopez Deferred
}) 6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 {This is the Breyer variation, a
solid line which is hard to break down. A few years later I played} (9... Na5 {
The Chigorin variation} 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14.
Nf1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ne5 {and Black is fine but I still lost in the
end, not because of the opening! D Wedge 1-0 N Sykes/CIC 2007}) (9... Bb7 {The
Zaitsev, is the other main option for Black}) 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Nh4 {Dave is ther first
to deviate froim the main line} (17. a4 {is the 'book' move}) 17... c5 18. d5
Nb6 (18... Nxd5 {is a move I would expect to spot now!}) 19. Qc1 Kh7 20. Nhf5
$6 {Dave embarks on a king hunt! Fair enough he was about 40 points higher
rated than me at the time!} gxf5 21. Nxf5 Ng8 22. Re3 Bc8 23. Rg3 Bxf5 24. exf5
{Black has defended well so far and White is objectively lost already but some
accurate defending still must be done} Nf6 $6 (24... Kh8 {or}) (24... Bf8 25.
f6+ Kh8 {and Black is winning}) 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Bxh6+ Kh7 27. Qg5 Rg8 28.
Qh4 Rh8 {the last 5 moves or so have been pretty much forced} 29. g4 Nbxd5 30.
g5 $4 Kg8 $4 {Escaping the discovered check, but I shouldn't have been afraid
of it!} (30... Ne8 $1 31. g6+ Kg8 {and White is completely busted!}) 31. gxf6
Qxf6 32. Qg3+ Kh7 33. Bg5 Qxg5 $2 {too clever by far!} (33... Rag8 $10 {was
much better when the position is level}) 34. Qxg5 Rhg8 35. Qxg8+ $2 (35. f6+ $1
Kh8 36. Qg7+ Rxg7+ 37. fxg7+ Kxg7 38. Be4 {loses a piece}) 35... Rxg8+ {Black
is now cleary better and nearly winning, however Dave was 40 points higher
than me at the time so I preceeded in blowing my big advantage} 36. Kh2 Nf4 37.
Be4 Rg5 $2 (37... d5 $1 {Maintains Black's advantage}) 38. Rd1 Rh5 39. Rxd6
Rxh3+ 40. Kg1 Rh4 41. f3 Nh3+ 42. Kg2 Nf4+ 43. Kg3 Rh3+ 44. Kg4 Rh2 $4 {The
key blunder that loses the game} (44... Rh5 {is completely equal} 45. Rxa6 Rh2
46. b3 Rg2+ 47. Kh4 Kg7 48. a4 Rh2+ 49. Kg3 Rg2+ 50. Kh4 b4 51. Ra5 Rh2+ {
White's king is constantly harrased. Black should draw this position}) 45. Rxa6
$2 (45. Kg5 a5 46. Kf6 {Wins for White, his king is too active} Rh6+ 47. Kxe5
Rh4 48. Ra6) 45... Rg2+ 46. Kh4 Rh2+ 47. Kg5 Rg2+ $4 (47... Rh5+ {is again
completely equal} 48. Kg4 Rh2 49. f6+ Kh6) 48. Kf6 Rxb2 49. Kxe5 Ne2 50. Ra7
Nxc3 51. Rxf7+ Kg8 1-0

[Event "British Chess Championships"]
[Site "Sheffield"]
[Date "2011.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "McCormick, G."]
[Black "Shapland, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "Dave Shapland"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[TimeControl "240+2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 {A more ambitious way to respond to the
Classical Variation} (4. Nxe5 Qg5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d4 Qxg2 7. Qf3 Qxf3 8. Nxf3
Be7 {is another, rather quieter line.}) 4... f5 {This is the Cordel Gambit. It
can be dangerous and has similarities to the Schliemann Gambit.} 5. d3 Nf6 6.
Bg5 fxe4 7. dxe4 O-O {Playing sensibly but overlooking an interesting
opportunity in the form of} (7... Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 9. Kg1 Nxg5 10. Bxc6 bxc6
11. Nxe5 O-O {and Black has an extra pawn, better development and a safer king}
) 8. O-O Qe8 {This turns out to be a mistake but I wasn't punished.} 9. Nbd2 {
Both players had overlooked a fairly standard tactic} (9. Bxf6 $1 Rxf6 10. Qd5+
{winning the bishop}) 9... Qg6 10. Qe2 d6 11. h3 h6 {A better move order was} (
11... Nh5 {preparing to land the knight on f4} 12. Kh1 h6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3
Nf4 {and Black is already much better}) 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Nh5 14. Nh4 {
With this move order (as opposed to the one in the variation above) White has
time to kick the Black queen.} Qf6 15. Nhf3 Ne7 {Unusually for a Ruy Lopez,
Black has wasted no time on development or advance of his queen's side in
favour of a king's side assault.} 16. Nh2 Nf4 {The knight has arrived at it's
outpost afterall.} 17. Kh1 a6 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Rg1 d5 {A thematic central
break that is well-timed and maintains Black's dangerous initiative.} 20. exd5
Nf5 $1 {The point of the pawn sacrifice. The knights look very dangerous
indeed!} 21. Qe4 Nd6 22. Qf3 Qg6 23. g4 {Black has been forced to further
weaken his defences} b5 24. Bb3 Bb7 {The bishop finally emerges from hiding,
but what a wonderful square to arrive at. The long diagonal is phenominally
weak} 25. Qe3 Nc4 {It's tempi all the way. However, in this instance Black had
a better option available.} (25... Rae8 26. Nhf3 Bxd5 27. Rg3 (27. Bxd5 Nxd5
28. Qe2 Nf4 29. Qe3 e4) 27... Qf7 {and Black is winning}) 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. f3
{Desperately trying to close the diagonal which is even more vulnerable now
that White has exchanged off his bishop} Bxd5 28. Rg3 Nd3 {The knight jumps to
an even better outpost!} 29. h4 Rf4 30. h5 Qc6 {Reinforcing the attack on h1}
31. b3 e4 {and now blasting open the diagonal} (31... Rd8 {was also a
consideration}) 32. bxc4 Bxc4 33. fxe4 Raf8 34. Qd4 Nf2+ 35. Kg1 Nxe4 36. Rg2
Ng5 {This Black knight is making a nuissance of himself!} (36... Nxd2 37. Qxd2
Qc5+ 38. Kh1 Rf2 39. Rxf2 Rxf2) 37. Qe3 Bd5 {Even better was} (37... Re8 38.
Qg3 Bd5 39. Rf2 Qc5 {Black's momentum seems unstoppable}) 38. Re2 Nf3+ {
Sometimes in chess, even thought you are better, and know you are better, the
coup de grace is elusive. In this instance I think there was no shame in me
overlooking the beautiful idea of} (38... Qe6 $3 39. Ndf3 {The queen is taboo
because} (39. Qxe6 Nh3# $3) 39... Rxf3 40. Nxf3 Qxg4+ 41. Kf1 Rxf3+ 42. Ke1
Rxe3 {Is total carnage! What a nice win that would have been}) 39. Ndxf3 {
After this, simplifications arrive and Black's momentum dissipates} Bxf3 40.
Rf2 Bh1 41. Raf1 Rxf2 42. Rxf2 Rxf2 43. Qxf2 Bd5 44. Qe3 Qe6 (44... Bxa2 {
[%emt 0:00:00] Was perfectly alright}) 45. Qxe6 Bxe6 {The rest of the game is
of little value. Black refused to back down as he felt he should have already
won the game (a dangerous sentiment) and White didn't offer a draw out of
sheer obstinacy. The end game is drawn really though.} 46. a3 Kg8 47. Kf2 Kf7
48. Ke3 Ke7 49. Kf4 Kf6 50. Nf3 Bc4 51. Nd4 Bd3 52. Nc6 g5+ 53. hxg6 Bxg6 54.
Nb4 a5 55. Nd5+ Ke6 56. Nxc7+ Kd6 57. Nb5+ Kc5 58. Nd4 Kc4 59. Nc6 Kb5 60. Ne5
Be8 61. Ke3 Kc5 {Black won on time. Just dessert for a well played game or
just damned lucky? You decide but White arrived 20 mintues late for the start
of this game...} 0-1

[Event "British Championships W2/PM Open"]
[Site "Sheffield"]
[Date "2011.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brace, P."]
[Black "Shapland, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "Dave Shapland"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[TimeControl "240+2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Qf6 5. d3 {We looked at 5.c3 in the game
Broadbent-Shapland above.} h6 {It's useful to keep the White bishop out of g5}
6. Nbd2 Nge7 7. Nb3 {An unusual idea but not without merit} Bb6 8. Be3 Nd4 {We
saw a similar idea in the aforementioned game between Broadbent-Shapland in
this instance it's less effective because of the unusual placement of that
White knight on b3} 9. Nbxd4 Bxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Bc1 O-O 12. f4 a6 13. Bc4
b5 14. Bb3 d6 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Bd2 c5 17. c4 Rfc8 18. Qg3 Qg6 19. Qf3 Bg4 20.
Qf2 Kh8 21. h3 Bd7 22. f5 Qf6 23. Bc2 Nc6 24. b3 Ne5 25. Qg3 Rab8 26. cxb5 axb5
27. Rf4 c4 28. bxc4 bxc4 29. dxc4 Rb2 30. Bb3 Rxd2 31. Qe1 Rd3 32. Rc1 Qg5 33.
Rf1 Rxh3 {Black is threatening 34...d3 followed by 35...Rh1+ 36.Kxh1+ Qh5+ 37.
Kg1 Ng4 and it's all over.} 0-1

