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Rodriguez,A (2470) – Morovic Fernandez,Ivan
PCN/III8, 1982
1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e3 0–0 5.Be2 d5 6.0–0 c6 7.a4 Nbd7 
   (7...Bg4 8.Bd4=) 
8.a5 Re8 
   (8...c5 9.bc5 Nc5 10.Bd4=) 
9.d4+= e6 10.Nbd2 Bf8 
   (10...Qe7 11.Bc3+=) 
11.b5 
   (11.Bc3 Qc7+=) 
11...cb5= 12.Bb5 a6 
   (12...Bb4 13.Nb3+=) 
13.Bd3 Bb4 Attacking the isolated pawn on a5 14.Nb3 Nb8 
   (14...b5 15.ab6 Qb6 16.Nbd2+=) 
15.Ne5+/- Nfd7 16.f4 
   (16.c3 Bf8+=) 
16...Nc6 Increasing the pressure on the isolated pawn on a5 
   (16...f6 17.Nd7 Bd7 18.c3+=) 
17.Nc6 
   (17.c3 Bf8+=) 
17...bc6 18.c4 
   (18.Qe2 Nf6+=) 
18...Bf8 
   (18...c5 19.Rc1 cd4 20.Bd4 Ba5 21.cd5 ed5 22.Na5 Qa5 23.Qf3+/-) 
19.c5 Bg7 20.Bc3 Qc7 21.Rb1 Re7 
   (21...Rb8 22.Qe2+/-) 
22.Qe1 
   (22.Rf2 f6+/-) 
22...f6 
   (22...Rb8 23.Qe2+/-) 
23.e4 de4 24.Qe4 f5 25.Qe1 
   (25.Qf3 Nf6+/-) 
25...Nf6+= 26.Nd2 
   (26.Bd2!?+=) 
26...Nd5= 27.Nc4 Nf4 28.Nb6 
   (28.Be2=) 
28...Rb8 
   (better is 28...Nd3!? 29.Qd2 Rb8 30.Qd3 e5=) 
29.Nc8+/- Rc8 30.Ba6 Rb8 31.Rb6 
   (31.Rb8 Qb8 32.Qg3 Qa8+/-) 
31...Nd5+= 32.Bc4 
   (32.Rb8 Qb8 33.Bc4 Qa7+=) 
32...Nc3 
   (32...Nb6 33.Be6 (worse is 33.cb6 Qd6=; 33.ab6?! Qd7+=) 33...Kh8 34.ab6+/- (
   34.cb6? Qd6–+)) 
33.Qc3 
   (better is 33.Rb8!? Qb8 34.Qc3+=) 
33...Rd8+= Attacking the backward pawn on d4 34.Rd1 Qf4 Increases 
the pressure on the backward pawn 
   (better is 34...Kh8 35.a6 Red7=) 
35.Rc6 Exerts pressure on the backward pawn 
   (35.Qf3 Qf3 36.gf3 Rd4 37.Rc1+=) 
35...Kh8?? 
   (35...Rd4 36.Bd3 Qe3 37.Kh1–+) 
36.Be2?? 
   (better is 36.Qf3 Bd4 37.Kh1+/-) 
36...Red7 
   (better is 36...Bd4 37.Rd4 Rd4 38.Rc8 Kg7-/+) 
37.Qb3?? 
   (better is 37.Re6 Bd4 38.Rd4 Rd4 39.a6+=) 
0–1


Bulcourf,Carlos (2220) – Morovic Fernandez,Ivan
Clarin–B Buenos Aires, 1978
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.e3 g6 3.b4 Bg7 4.Bb2 0–0 5.c4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.d3 Re8 8.0–0 Nbd7 
9.Nc3 
   (9.Nbd2 a5 (9...c5 10.bc5 Nc5 11.d4 Nce4 12.de5 Nd2 13.Qd2 Ne4 
   14.Qd1 Bg4 15.Qc2 Bf5 16.Qb3 de5 17.Rfd1 Qc7 18.Nh4 Nc5 19.Qa3 Be6 
   20.Nf3 b6 21.Ng5 Bf5 22.g4 Bc2 23.Rd2 Ne4 24.Ne4 exp2005–alek1/
   5768774 kurnik 2011/0–1) 10.a3 c6 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.Nb3 ab4 13.ab4 Ra1 
   14.Ra1 e4 15.de4 Ne4 16.Bg7 Kg7 17.Bd3 Ndf6 18.Nfd4 c5 19.bc5 dc5 
   20.Nb5 Qe5 21.f3 Nd6 22.Nd6 Qd6 23.e4 Nd7 Jirovsky,M 
   (2455)–Lechtynsky,J (2365)/Extraliga Ostrava CZE 1999/1–0 (46)) 
9...c6 10.Qc2 b6N 
   (10...a6 11.Nd2 d5 12.cd5 cd5 13.Na4 d4 14.Rac1 Nd5 15.Bf3 de3 16.Bd5 
   ed2 17.Qd2 Nf6 18.Bb3 e4 19.Qf4 ed3 20.Rc7 Be6 21.Be6 Re6 22.Nc5 Re7 
   23.Re7 Qe7 24.Nd3 Rd8 25.Qf3 Gagnon,M–Yermolinsky,A (2565)/National 
   op 1996/0–1 (31)) 
11.Nd2 Bb7 12.Bf3 Qc7 13.Rfc1 a6 14.Rab1 Rac8 15.a4 d5 16.cd5 cd5 17.Qb3 
Qd6 Black prepares the advance d4 18.Ba3 Qe6 19.e4 d4 20.Qe6 Re6 
21.Nd5 Bf8 22.Rc8 Bc8 23.Rc1 Bb7 24.Rc7 Bc6 25.Nf6 Nf6 
   (25...Rf6? 26.Bg4 Nb8 27.Rc8+–) 
26.Bd1 Bd7 27.g3 
   (27.Bb3!? Rc6 28.Rc6 Bc6 29.Nf3+/-) 
27...a5 28.Bb3 Rc6 29.Rc6 Bc6 30.b5 Be8 31.Bf8 Kf8 32.f4 Nd7 33.fe5 Ne5 
34.Bc2 Bd7 35.Nb3 Nf3 36.Kf2 Nh2 37.Nd4 Ng4 38.Ke2 Ke7 39.Nf3 f5 40.d4 
fe4 41.Be4 Nf6 42.Nd2 Be6 43.Ke3 Kd6 44.Bf3 g5 45.Bc6 h6 46.Kd3 Ba2 
47.Kc3 Ke6 48.Bb7 Kd6 49.Bc6 Be6 50.Kd3 Bf7 51.Kc3 Bg8 52.Kd3 Kc7 53.Ke3 
Be6 54.Kd3 Bf5 55.Kc3 Nh5 56.d5 
   (better is 56.Nf1!?=) 
56...Ng3-/+ 57.Kd4 h5 
   (better is 57...Ne2!? 58.Ke5 Bd3-/+) 
58.Nc4+= h4 59.d6 Kd8 60.Nb6 h3 61.Nc4 h2 62.b6 
   (better is 62.Na5!? Kc8 63.Nc4+/-) 
62...Kc8+= 63.Na5 Bd7 64.Bb7 Kb8 65.Bg2 h1Q 66.Bh1 Nh1 67.Kc5?? 
   (better is 67.Nb3 Ba4 68.Nc5=) 
67...g4-/+ 
   (67...Ba4?? 68.Nc6 Kc8 69.b7 Kb7 70.d7+–) 
68.Nc6 Kb7 69.Ne5 
   (69.a5!? g3 70.Nd4–+) 
69...g3–+ 70.a5 g2 71.Nf3 Nf2 72.Ng1 Nh3 73.Ne2 Bg4 74.a6 
   (74.Kb4–+) 
74...Ka6 75.Kc6 Be2 76.d7 Bb5 77.Kc7 g1Q 78.d8Q 
   (78.Kd6 Qd4 79.Ke7 Qd7 80.Kf6 Bc4 81.Kg6 Qf7 82.Kh6 Qf6 83.Kh5 Qg5) 
Qb6 
   (78...Qb6 79.Kc8 Qb7) 
0–1



Morovic Fernandez,Ivan (2560) – Macias Murillo,Bryan (2295)
8th La Habana Cuba, Capablanca Open A, 2013
1.b4 d5 
   (1...Nf6 2.Nf3=) 
2.Bb2 
   (2.Nf3 e6 3.a3 Nf6+=) 
2...Nf6 3.Nf3 Bf5 4.e3 e6 5.c4 Be7 
   (5...Bb4 6.cd5 Qd5 7.Nc3 Bc3 8.Bc3+=) 
6.cd5 
   (6.Nd4 0–0+=) 
6...ed5 
   (6...Nd5 7.Bg7 Rg8 8.Bc3+=) 
7.a3 
   (7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Nd4 Bc3 9.Bc3 Bd7=) 
7...0–0 8.Be2 Nbd7 
   (8...c5 9.bc5 Bc5 10.Nc3=) 
9.0–0 
   (9.Nc3 c5=) 
9...h6 
   (9...a5 10.Nd4 Be6 11.Ne6 fe6 12.b5=) 
10.d3 Re8 11.Nbd2 
   (11.Nc3 c5=) 
11...Bd6 
   (11...c5 12.Nh4 Bh7 13.Qa4+=) 
12.Qc2 
   (12.Nd4 Bg6=) 
12...Bh7 
   (12...c5!?+=) 
13.Nb3= Qe7 
   (13...c6 14.Bc3=) 
14.Rfc1 Ng4 15.Bd4 c6 
   (15...b6 16.h3 Nge5 17.Ne5 Ne5 18.Re1=) 
16.Nc5 
   (16.Na5 Reb8+=) 
16...Nde5= 17.Ne5 Ne5 18.Qc3 
   (18.Qb3 b6 19.Na4 Rac8=) 
18...b6 19.Nb3 Rac8 20.Be5 Be5 21.d4 Bd6 22.Bd3 Bd3 23.Qd3 Qh4 
   (23...Qd7 24.Rc3=) 
24.g3 Qg4 25.b5 cb5 26.Qb5 Rcd8 
   (26...Qe6 27.a4=) 
27.Rc6+= 
   (27.Qd5? Ba3 28.Qb7 Bc1 29.Rc1 Rc8–+) 
27...Bb8 
   (27...Qe6 28.Rac1+=) 
28.Ra2 
   (28.a4!?+=) 
28...h5= 29.Qe2 Qf5 30.Rac2 g6 
   (30...Bd6 31.Nd2=) 
31.Nd2 
   (31.a4 h4=) 
31...Kg7 32.Qf3 Qg5 33.h4 Qe7 34.R2c3 Rd6 35.a4 Qd7 36.Rd6 Qd6 37.Qd1 Qd7 
38.Qb3 Rd8 39.Kg2 Qg4 40.Nf3 Qe4 41.Qc2 Qc2 42.Rc2 Kf6 43.a5 ba5 44.Rc5 
a4 45.Ra5 Ke7 46.Ra4 f6 47.Ne1 Rd7 48.Nd3 Bd6 49.Ra5 Ke6 50.Ra6 
   (50.Kf3 g5+=) 
50...Ke7 
   (50...Kf7 51.f3+=) 
51.Kf3 Rc7 
   (51...g5 52.e4 de4 53.Ke4 gh4 54.gh4+=) 
52.Ra5 Ke6 53.Ra6 Ke7 54.Nf4 Bf4 55.Kf4 Rd7 56.f3 Kf7 57.Ra5 Ke6 
   (57...Kg7 58.g4 hg4 59.fg4+=) 
58.g4+/- hg4 59.fg4 Kf7 60.h5 Kg7 61.Ra6 
   (61.hg6 Kg6 62.Ra6 Re7+/-) 
61...Rf7 
   (61...gh5!? 62.gh5 Kh6+=) 
62.hg6+/- Kg6 63.Rd6 Rb7 64.Rd5 Rb1 
   (64...Rb6!?+/-) 
65.Ra5+– Rf1 66.Kg3 Rg1 67.Kf3 1–0



Morovic Fernandez,Ivan (2560) – Leyva Rivera,Yunier (2405)
8th La Habana Cuba, Capablanca Open A, 2013
1.b4 Nf6+= 2.Bb2 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.c4 
   (4.Nc3 0–0+=) 
4...0–0 5.e3 c6 
   (5...d6 6.Nc3+=) 
6.Be2 d5 7.0–0 Bg4 
   (7...dc4 8.Bc4 b5 9.Be2=) 
8.Na3 
   (8.Nc3 Bf3 9.gf3 d4 10.ed4 Qd4+=) 
8...Nbd7 
   (8...Na6 9.Qb3=) 
9.h3= Bf3 10.Bf3 Qb8 
   (10...Ne4 11.Bg7 Kg7 12.d3=) 
11.Rb1 a6 12.Qb3 e6 13.Rfd1 Rc8 14.Be2 
   (14.d3 Qc7=) 
14...Qd6 15.Nc2 Ne5 
   (15...dc4!? 16.Qc4 c5=) 
16.d3+= Qc7 17.a4 h6 18.c5 Ned7 19.d4 
   (19.Bc3 e5+=) 
19...e5 20.b5 
   (20.Bd3 Re8+=) 
20...ab5= 21.ab5 Ne4 22.Nb4 Re8 23.Bf1 ed4 24.ed4 Ra5 
   (24...Bf6 25.Qc2=) 
25.Ra1 
   (25.Qc2 Bf6=) 
25...Ra1 26.Ba1 h5 
   (26...Bf6 27.Bb2=) 
27.Qa4 Re6 
   (27...Qf4 28.Qa2 Nec5 29.bc6 bc6 30.Qa7=) 
28.Qa7 Kh7?? 
   (28...Qc8 29.bc6 bc6 30.Ba6+=) 
29.b6?? 
   (better is 29.bc6 Rc6 30.f3+–) 
29...Qf4 30.Nd3 
   (30.Qb7 Qf2 31.Kh1 Ng3 32.Kh2 Nf1 33.Rf1 Qf1 34.Qb8 Nb8 35.Na2 Re2 
   36.Kg3 Rg2 37.Kh4 Qf4) 
30...Qb8 31.Qb8 Nb8 32.Bb2 Nd7 33.Ra1 Re7 34.Ra7 Nf8? 
   (34...Nb8!?+=) 
35.Nb4+/- Bf6 36.Ba6 Nc5? 
   (better is 36...ba6 37.f3 Ng5 38.Re7 Be7 39.Nc6 Bf6+–) 
37.dc5+– Bb2 38.Rb7 
   (38.Nd3 Nd7 39.Rb7 Kg7+–) 
38...Rb7 39.Bb7 Ne6 40.Bc8 
   (40.Bc6!? Nc5 41.Bd5 Be5 42.Bf7 Kg7+–) 
40...Nc5 41.b7 Be5 42.Nc6 Bd6 43.b8Q Bb8 44.Nb8 d4 
   (44...Kg7+–) 
45.Kf1 d3 46.Ba6 h4 
   (46...Kg7 47.Ke1+–) 
47.Bc4 Kg7 48.Ke1 f5 
   (48...Kf6 49.Nc6+–) 
49.Na6 Nd7 50.Bd3 Kf6 51.Bb5 
   (51.Bb5 Nb6 52.Nb4+–) 
1–0



Morovic Fernandez,Ivan (2560) – Obregon Rivero,JC (2500)
8th La Habana Cuba, Capablanca Open A, 2013
1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bf5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.c4 
   (5.b5 Nbd7+=) 
5...c6 
   (5...Bb4!? 6.Qa4 Nc6-/+) 
6.c5 
   (6.cd5 cd5 7.Nd4 Bg6=) 
6...a5 7.a3 ab4 8.ab4 Ra1 9.Ba1 Nbd7 10.Nc3 e5 
   (10...Be7 11.Be2=) 
11.Be2 
   (11.Ne2 Qc7=) 
11...h6 
   (11...Be7!?+=) 
12.0–0 Be7 13.d4 ed4 14.Nd4 Bh7 15.b5 
   (15.Bb2 0–0+=) 
15...Bc5 
   (15...Qa8!?=) 
16.bc6+= bc6 17.Nc6 Qb6 18.Nd5 
   (18.Qa4 0–0 19.Bf3 Be4 20.Ne4 de4 21.Be4 Be3+/-) 
18...Qc6+= 19.Bf6 Be4 
   (19...Nf6?? 20.Bb5 Qb5 21.Nc7 Ke7 22.Nb5+–; 
   19...gf6 20.Bb5! Qd6 21.Nf6 Ke7 22.Nh7 Rh7 23.Bd7 Qd1 24.Rd1+–) 
20.Nc3 
   (worse is 20.Bg7 Rg8 21.Bb5 Qd5 22.Qd5 Bd5=) 
20...Bg2 
   (20...gf6? 21.Bb5 Qb7 22.Bd7 Qd7 23.Ne4 Qd1 24.Rd1+–; 
   20...Nf6?? 21.Bb5 0–0 22.Bc6 Bc6 23.Qd3+–) 
21.Bb5 
   (21.Bg7?? Rg8 22.Bg4 Bf1–+) 
21...Qb7 22.Qd7 Qd7 23.Bd7 Kd7 24.Rd1 Ke6 25.Bg7 Rg8 26.Kg2 Rg7 27.Kf3 
Rg5 28.Ra1 Rf5 29.Ke2 Bd6 30.Ra6 Kd7 31.h3 
   (31.h4 h5+/-) 
31...Rh5+= 32.Ra2 
   (32.Ne4 Be7+=) 
32...Ke8 
   (32...Rh3 33.Ra7 Ke6 34.Ra6=) 
33.Ne4+= Be7 34.Ra8 Kd7 35.Ra7 Ke8 36.Ng3 Rh3 37.Kf1 Bc5? 
   (37...Bd8 38.Rb7+=) 
38.Ra5 
   (better is 38.Ra4!? Bd6 39.Kg2 Bg3 40.Kh3 (40.fg3?! Rh5=) 40...Bf2 41.Kg2+– 
  ) 
38...Bb6 39.Ra4 Bd8 40.Nf5 Kd7 41.Rd4 Kc7 42.Nd6 Rh4 
   (42...f6!?+=) 
43.Rh4+/- 
   (43.Nf7?! Rd4 44.ed4 Bf6=) 
43...Bh4 44.Nf7 h5 45.Nh6 Kd7 46.Nf5 Bd8 
   (46...Bf6 47.Kg2 Ke6 48.Ng3+=) 
47.Kg2+/- Bf6 
   (47...Kc6 48.e4 Kd7 49.f3+–) 
48.Kh3 
   (48.Ng3 h4 49.Ne4 Be7+–) 
48...Ke6 
   (48...Bc3 49.Ng3+–) 
49.Ng3 h4 50.Ne4 Bd8 
   (50...Be7 51.Kg4 Ke5+–) 
51.Kg4+– Ke5 52.Nd2 Kd5 53.Nf3 Ke4 54.Nh4 Ba5 55.Nf5 Be1 
   (55...Kd5 56.Ng3+–) 
56.Ng3 Kd3 57.Kf3 Ba5 
   (57...Bc3 58.Ne2 Be1 59.Nf4 Kc4 60.Ng2+–) 
58.Ne2 
   (better is 58.e4 Kd4 59.Kf4+–) 
58...Kd2?? 
   (58...Be1+–) 
59.Nf4 
   (59.e4 Kd3 60.e5 Bb4+–) 
59...Ke1 
   (59...Kc3 60.Ke4+–) 
60.Nd3 
   (better is 60.e4!? Kd2+–) 
60...Kd2 61.Ne5 Bc7 
   (61...Ke1 62.e4 Bd8 63.Nc4+–) 
62.Ke4 Ke2 
   (62...Kc3 63.f4 Bd8 64.Kd5+–) 
63.f4 Bb6 
   (63...Bd8 64.f5 Kd2+–) 
64.Ng4 1–0



Morovic Fernandez,Ivan (2560) – Gonzalez De La Torre,S (2445)
8th La Habana Cuba, Capablanca Open A, 2013
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 
   (2.b5 Nf6+=) 
2...f6 
   (2...Bb4!? 3.Nf3 Nc6+=) 
3.b5 d5 4.e3 Be6 5.d4 Nd7 6.de5 fe5 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Nbd2 Ngf6 9.c4 c6 10.Be2 
Qe7 11.Qc2 
   (11.bc6 bc6 12.Qc2 0–0=) 
11...Bf7 
   (11...cb5 12.cd5 Nd5 13.Bb5+=) 
12.0–0 0–0 13.Rac1 Bg6 14.Qd1 h6 15.a4 Rad8 16.bc6 bc6 17.cd5 cd5 18.Rc6 
Nb8 
   (18...Rc8!? 19.Rc8 Rc8+=) 
19.Rd6= Qd6 20.Ne5 Bf5 21.Qa1 Nc6 22.Nc6 Qc6 23.Nf3 Qb7 24.Nd4 Bd7 25.a5 
   (better is 25.Ba3 Rf7 26.f3=) 
25...Rb8? 
   (better is 25...Rf7!?=) 
26.Ba3+/- Rf7 27.Bd6 Re8 28.Rb1 Qa8 29.Qa3 
   (29.f3 Qd8 30.Qa3 Nh5+/-) 
29...Ng4 
   (29...Ne4 30.Bh5 Rf2 31.Be8 Qe8 32.Rb8+/-) 
30.Bf3 Nf6 31.h3 Kh7 
   (31...Ne4!?+=) 
32.a6 Bc6 33.Qd3 
   (33.Qb3 Kg8 34.Rb2 Qd8+/-) 
33...Ne4 34.Rc1 
   (34.Bf4 Rc8+/-) 
34...Bd7 
   (34...Ba4 35.Qa3 Rf6 36.Qa4 Nd6 37.Rc6+/-) 
35.Rc7+/- Rc8 36.Rb7 Rc1 37.Kh2 Qe8 38.Be4 
   (38.Ra7 Ra1 39.Rb7 Bc8+/-) 
38...de4 39.Qd2 
   (39.Qa3 Rc8 40.Qa2 Rf6+=) 
39...Qc8 
   (better is 39...Rf1!? 40.Rb8 R7f2 41.Re8 Rd2=) 
40.Qa2+/- Rf6 
   (40...Qe8 41.Bg3+/- (41.Ra7?! Be6 42.Ne6 Ra7=)) 
41.Be5 Rg6 42.Qf7?? 
   (better is 42.Qd5 Rc5 43.Qe4 (43.Qd7?! Qd7 44.Rd7 Re5=) 43...Re5 44.Qe5 Bh3 
   45.g3+/-) 
42...Qc5+= 43.Qf4 
   (43.g3 Qe5 44.Rd7 Qf6+=) 
43...Qc4-/+ 44.Qe4 
   (44.Rd7?? Rh1! 45.Kh1 Qf1 46.Kh2 Rg2) 
44...Qf1 45.Qg6 Kg6 46.Rd7 Qf2 47.Rg7 Kh5 48.Bf4 Qg1 49.Kg3 Rf1 
   (49...Ra1 50.Nf3 (50.Ra7?? Ra2 51.Nc2 Rc2 52.Bh6 Qf2 53.Kh2 Qg2) 
   50...Qf1 51.Rh7+=) 
50.Nf3 
   (better is 50.Rh7 Qf2 51.Kh2=) 
50...Rf3?? 
   (better is 50...Qf2 51.Kh2 Ra1+=) 
51.Kf3+– Qf1 52.Kg3 Qa1 
   (52...Qa6?? 53.Rd7+–) 
½–½



Morovic Fernandez,Ivan (2560) – Swinkels,Robin (2520)
8th La Habana Cuba, Capablanca Open A, 2013
1.b4 e5+= 2.Bb2 
   (2.b5 Nf6+=) 
2...Bb4 3.Be5 Nf6 4.c4 
   (4.Nc3!?+=) 
4...0–0 5.Nf3 d5 
   (5...Nc6 6.Bb2-/+) 
6.cd5 Nd5 7.e3 
   (7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Nd5 Qd5 9.Bc7 Bg4-/+) 
7...Bf5 
   (7...Nc6 8.Bb2-/+) 
8.Be2 Nd7 
   (8...Nc6 9.Bb2+=) 
9.Bb2+= Nc5 10.–0 Qe7 
   (10...Qd6 11.Na3 Nd3 12.Nc4=) 
11.a3 Ba5 12.Ne5 
   (12.Nd4 Be4+=) 
12...c6 13.d4 Ne4 14.Bf3 Rad8 
   (14...f6 15.Nc4 Bc7 16.Nbd2+=) 
15.Qb3 
   (15.Qa4 Bc7 16.Be4 Be4+=) 
15...Bc7 16.Be4 
   (16.Qb7? f6 17.Be4 Be4–+ (17...fe5 18.Bf5 Rf5 19.Qc6+/-)) 
16...Be4 17.Nd2 Bg6 
   (17...Bf5 18.e4 Be5 19.de5=) 
18.Ng6= hg6 
   (18...fg6 19.e4 Bf4 20.ed5 Bd2 21.dc6 Qf7 22.Qb7 Qb7 23.cb7+/-) 
19.a4 
   (19.Qb7?? Bh2 20.Kh2 Qb7–+) 
19...Rfe8 20.Ba3 
   (20.Qb7?? Bh2 21.Kh2 Qb7–+) 
20...Qh4 
   (better is 20...Qd7!?=) 
21.g3 Qh3 22.Qb7 Re6 23.Rac1 Rf6 24.Rc6 
   (24.Ne4 Rf5 25.f3 (25.Qc6?? Rh5 26.Rfe1 Qh2 27.Kf1 Qh1 28.Ke2 Qe4–+ 
  ; 25.Rc6 Ne3 26.Nf6 gf6 27.Rcc1 Bg3 28.hg3 Rh5 29.Qf7 Kf7 30.Rc7 Kg8 
   31.Rg7 Kg7 32.Bf8 Rf8 33.fe3 Qg3) 25...Ne3 26.Rf2 Bg3 27.Ng3 Rf3 
     A) 28.Rc6 Rg3 29.hg3 Qg3 30.Kh1 Qf2–+;
     B) 28.Qa7 Rg3 29.Kh1 Rf3 30.Qf7 Rf7 31.Kg1 Qg4 32.Kh1 Rf2 33.Rg1 
      Qg1 34.Kg1 Rf1;
     C) 28.Qc6? Rg3 29.hg3 Qg3 30.Rg2 Ng2 (30...Qg2?! 31.Qg2 Ng2 
      32.Kg2 Rd4 33.Rc8 Kh7 34.Bc5 Ra4 35.Rc7-/+) 31.Qg2 Qa3–+;
     D) 28.Bd6 Rf2 29.Kf2-/+) 
24...Rb8= 25.Qa6 
   (25.Rc7 Rb7 26.Rb7 Nc3=) 
25...Ne3 
   (25...Bg3 26.fg3 Ne3 27.Rf2 Rf2 28.Kf2+=) 
26.fe3= Bg3 27.Rff6 Qh2 28.Kf1 gf6 29.Rf6 Qd2 30.Rg6 fg6 31.Qg6 Kh8 
32.Qh6 Kg8 33.Qg6 ½–½



Soppe,Guillermo (2445) – Morovic Fernandez,Ivan (2575)
Santiago zt, 1995
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b4 
   (3.Nc3!?+=) 
3...Bg7 4.Bb2 
   (4.Nc3 0–0=) 
4...0–0 5.Bg2 c6 
   (5...a6 6.Nc3+=) 
6.0–0 
   (6.Nc3 d5+=) 
6...a5+= 7.a3 d5 
   (7...ab4 8.ab4 Ra1 9.Ba1+=) 
8.d3 ab4 9.ab4 Ra1 10.Ba1 Qb6 11.c3 Nbd7 
   (11...Bg4 12.Nbd2+=) 
12.Nbd2= e5 13.e4 Re8 14.Qb3 Qc7 15.Bb2 
   (15.ed5 cd5 16.c4 e4 17.de4 dc4 18.Qc4 Qc4 19.Nc4 Ne4+= (19...Re4? 
   20.Nd6+–)) 
15...b5 16.ed5 cd5 
   (worse is 16...Nd5 17.c4 bc4 18.dc4+=) 
17.c4 Bb7 
   (17...e4 18.Nd4 bc4 19.dc4=) 
18.c5= Bh6 19.Bc1 
   (19.Qc2 d4=) 
19...d4 20.Ne4 Bd5 21.Qc2 Bc1 22.Rc1 Ne4 23.de4 Bc6 24.Ra1 ½–½



Tempone,Marcelo – Morovic Fernandez,Ivan (2380)
Wch U20 Dortmund, 1980
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b4 
   (3.Nc3!?+=) 
3...Bg7 4.Bb2 
   (4.Nc3 d5=) 
4...0–0+= 5.Bg2 c6 
   (5...d5 6.Nc3+=) 
6.c4 
   (6.Nc3 a5 7.b5 d5=) 
6...d5 7.cd5 cd5 ½–½

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