[Event "Natal Open"] [Site "Durban"] [Date "2001.09.24"] [Round "7"] [White "Mhlongo, Darryl"] [Black "Rust, Keith"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 b5 8.Bb3 b4 $6 {going for a risky pawn grab as I was ½ point behind} 9.Na4 Nxe4 10.Nf5 $6 ({the books say that} 10.Nxe6 $1 {is best}) 10...Nc5 $6 {we both went astray} (10...Bb7 $1 {was correct here}) ({but not} 10...exf5 $2 11.Qd5 Qc7 12.Qxa8 Bb7 13.Qa7 Nc6 14.Qb6 $16) 11.Nxc5 dxc5 12.Qf3 $1 Ra7 13.Qg3 $1 exf5 (13...Nd7 $2 14.Nxg7+ Bxg7 15.Qxg7 Rf8 16.Bh6 $18) 14.Qxb8 Qc7 {forcing an ending with an extra pawn, but since none of my pieces can be developed} (14...Re7 {might be better}) 15.Ba4+ Ke7 16.Qxc7+ Rxc7 17.Bf4 Rb7 18.0-0-0 Be6 19.Rhe1 h6 20.h4 $1 Rg8 21.h5 $1 c4 22.Rd6 g5 $6 {Black is losing the exchange} (22...Kf6 23.Rd8 Rh8 24.Bd6 Bxd6 25.Rxh8 $16 {was probably a better way of giving it up}) 23.hxg6 Rxg6 24.Rxa6 Bg7 25.Bc6 Rd7 26.Bxd7 Kxd7 27.Ra7+ Kc6 28.Bg3 $2 (28.g3 $1 {keeps control and wins easily}) 28...f4 29.Bxf4 Rxg2 30.Be3 b3 31.cxb3 cxb3 32.a4 $2 (32.axb3 Bxb3 33.Kd2 {was simpler}) 32...Rg4 $1 33.Kb1 Bf5+ 34.Ka1 Bg6 {now the Ka1 is subject to mate two ways, either on the a-file, or on the back row, so White must be very careful. In some lines the h-pawn is hard to stop, so the extra exchange is worthless in this position} 35.Rc1+ Kd6 36.Bc5+ Kd5 37.Ra5 Ke6 38.Be3 Bc2 39.Bd2 h5 40.Bc3 Bh6 41.Re1+ Kd7 42.Rd5+ Kc6 {here Darryl had 22 minutes left to my 15 minutes, so I had to speed up} 43.Rd4 Rg2 44.Rf1 $2 (44.a5 $1 Bg7 (44...Rxf2 $2 45.a6) 45.Rf4 Rg5 $1 46.Bb4 {keeps winning chances}) 44...Bg5 45.Bd2 $2 {funnily enough, neither of us saw that the Bishop swap loses} (45.Bb4 $1 Kc7 46.f4 Bf6 {was best, with good compensation}) 45...Be7 $2 ({I missed my shot at} 45...Bxd2 $1 46.Rxd2 h4 47.Rd4 h3 48.Rh4 h2 $19) 46.Re1 Bc5 47.Rc4 Kd5 48.Rh4 Bg6 49.Be3 Be7 50.Rd4+ Kc6 51.a5 Kb5 52.Rd5+ Ka6 53.Rc1 Bc2 {dropping the h-pawn as Rc6+ worried me} (53...h4 54.Rc6+ (54.Rd7 $1) Kb7 55.Rb6+ Ka8 {looked bad}) 54.Rxh5 Rg4 55.f4 Rg2 56.Bd4 Bb4 57.Bb6 ({White must avoid} 57.Bc3 $4 Bxc3 58.bxc3 b2+ 59.Kxb2 Bg6+ 60.Ka3 Bxh5 $19) 57...f5 $1 58.Rg5 Re2 59.Rg8 $2 {careless} (59.Rg6 $1 Bxa5 60.Bxa5+ Kxa5 {was equal}) 59...Bxa5 $2 {blindly securing the draw, whereas} (59...Bd2 $1 60.Rh1 Re4 {wins on the spot due to the threat of ...Ra4 mate}) 60.Bxa5 Kxa5 {we were both down to about 5 minutes each, so I stopped scoring here, and the remaining moves went something like this} 61.Ra8+ Kb6 62.Ra4 Kb5 63.Ra3 Kb4 64.Ra8 Rf2 65.Rb8+ Kc4 66.Rc8+ Kd3 67.Rd8+ Ke3 68.Re1+ Kxf4 69.Rd4+ Kg5 70.Rg1+ Kf6 71.Rd6+ Ke5 72.Rd8 f4 73.Re1+ Kf5 74.Ra8 f3 75.Rg1 Kf4 76.Rf8+ Ke3 77.Re8+ Kd3 78.Rd8+ Kc4 79.Rc8+ Kb4 80.Rb8+ Kc5 81.Rc8+ Kd6 82.Re1 Re2 83.Rxe2 $1 fxe2 84.Re8 Bd1 85.Kb1 Kd5 86.Kc1 Kc4 87.Kd2 Kd4 88.Rxe2 Bxe2 89.Kxe2 Ke4 90.Kd2 Kd4 {ours was the last game to finish and the audience applauded us} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Fat Albert Open"] [Site "Durban"] [Date "1995.08.26"] [Round "7"] [White "Mhlongo, Darryl"] [Black "Niiranen, Pekka"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 $5 Bxb4 4.c3 Bc5 (4...Ba5 5.Qb3 {gives compensation for the sacrificed pawn} ({or White could try} 5.Nf3 Nc6 {transposing to the Evans Gambit})) 5.d4 exd4 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.Qh5+ g6 8.Qxc5 dxc3 ({afterwards Pekka suggested} 8...d5 $1 9.exd5 Nf6 {was slightly better for Black}) 9.Qxc3 Qf6 10.e5 Qe6 $2 {the Queen is badly placed here, as Darryl's next move threatens Ng5+} ({better was} 10...Qc6 $1 {with more or less even chances, and this was still playable on his next move}) 11.Nf3 h6 $2 12.Bxh6 Qa6 13.Ng5+ Ke8 14.Bg7 Rh5 15.Qf3 $1 {there is no answer to the threat of 16.Qf8#} 1-0