C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Moller Defences My biggest win in the Greenville chess club, it's a pleasure to even last to the endgame against Klaus Pohl, much less win, but this may be the most mistake-free game I've ever played (Fritz really only disagreed with my 10.Nbd2 move). Klaus may not have been up to his usual form, but I was glad to win nonetheless.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Bc2 Later on white will want his bishop back on b3, so this move really wastes time, though it does help guard e4. 9... h6 Perhaps an error, as white can play Be3 as easily as Bg5, thus this will weaken the kingside. 10. Nbd2 an immediate d4 was better. 10... Bb7 11. a4 This pawn move will become important much later , as an opening of the a-file forces black to withdraw forces from his kingside. 11... Bb6 white threatened b4 or Nb3..so the bishop would have had to move anyway.. 12. Nb3 Re8 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Opening the f file. White's clump of pawns in the center safely limits black's activity in that sector. 14... Qe7 Qd7 seems better. 15. Nh4 Black's last move invites this, provoking further weaknesses on the kingside. 15... g6 With 15... Bc8 black can develop his bishop to a useful square. 16. Qf3 Nh7 17. Qf2 Ng5 18. Nd2 The development of white's remaining pieces begins.. 18... Rf8 19. Bb3 Building up pressure against f7. 19... Kh7 20. Nhf3 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 About the same position as 5 moves ago, except black has one less defender on the kingside. 21... Na5 Where to save the bishop? 22. Bxf7 The point is that capturing the bishop either way fails to Ng5+! 22... Kg7 23. axb5 A queenside distraction designed to eventually draw away the f8 rook. 23... axb5 23...Qxf7 24 Rxa5 and black is worse, but now white has an oppotunity to put black away. 24. b4 Keeping the advantage but Bxg6!, followed by b4 and a trade of rooks is winning for white, however I couldn't calculate it far enough out to convince myself to play that. 24... Qxf7 25. bxa5 after 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26.bxa5 Black's Queen invades on b3.. 25... Ra6 26. Qc2 Now if black had played Qb3 the previous move white would play Qd2, followed by R(f)b1. 26... Rfa8 27. Nxe5 Too obvious to get a !. Despite the ominous nature of white discovered attack on the queen, and his control of the f-file, he only nets a pawn. But this is enough to win. 27... Qe6 28. Nf3 Note that after the dangerous looking 28.Rf7+, Black will simply move his king, and white has two pieces under attack... 28... Rxa5 The move I was hoping for, as it removes a black rook from the defense of the kingside. White will now have a Queen, Rook, and knight attacking black's king, with only a Black queen in defense. 29. Nd4 Qg8 Q-e7, Q-d7, Qe8 are all better as after the text move the black Queen will not be able to guard against the White queen invading via f6. 30. Rxa5 Rxa5 31. Qf2 h5 32. Ne6+ After Q-f6+ white is of course winning, but has to worry about flushing out the Black king, this temporary sacrifice forces the trade of the black queen for white's rook and knight. 32... Qxe6 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34. Rf7+ Qxf7 35. Qxf7+ Kh6 36. Qxc7 Now white simply goes about mopping up the various black pawns and pieces. 36... Ra1+ 37. Kf2 Ba6 38. Qxd6 b4 39. cxb4 Ra3 40. b5 Ra2+ 41. Kf3 Bxb5 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qf7+ Kh6 44. Qxa2 Bxd3 45. Qd2 White actually had a forced mate according to fritz after 45.Kf4, but oh well. 45... Bb1 46. e5 g5 47. Qd6+ Kh7 48. e6 Bg6 49. e7 1-0 [Lemmond M.]