(1) Meyerowitz,Yehuda (1614) - Oz,Tal (1667) [A15]

A15: English Opening: 1...Nf6

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 d6
[3...c6 4.e4 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.e5 Nfd7 7.d4 Nb6 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Nge2 Bg7 10.h4 Bf5 11.Nf4 Qd7 12.0-0 0-0 13.Be3 Rfd8 14.Qe2 Rac8 15.Rad1 Na5 16.Ncxd5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Rc2 18.Rd2 Wahls,M (2568)-Nunn,J (2578)/Germany 2001/CBM 082 ext/1/2-1/2]

4.Nf3N
[4.Nc3 Bg4 5.Bxb7 Nbd7 6.Bxa8 Qxa8 7.Nf3 Ne5 8.Qa4+ Nfd7 9.Nd5 Qb7 10.Qb5 Nxf3+ 11.exf3 Qxb5 12.cxb5 Bxf3 13.Nxc7+ Kd8 14.Ne6+ fxe6 15.Rg1 Ne5 16.d4 Nd3+ 17.Kd2 Nxf2 18.Rf1 Bh6+ De Biasi,R (1895)-Lengert,V (1710)/St Chely d'Aubrac 2005/CBM 107 ext/0-1 (41); 4.b4 Bg7 5.Bb2 0-0 6.Nc3 e5 7.d3 Nc6 8.b5 Ne7 9.Nf3 h6 10.0-0 Be6 11.Nd2 Qc8 12.Qc2 Bh3 13.e4 Bxg2 14.Kxg2 Nh5 15.Nd5 Qd7 16.a4 f5 17.f3 Rf7 18.Nb3 c5 Peyrat,O (2272)-Simon,O (2303)/Paris 2004/CBM 101 ext/1/2-1/2 (77)]

4...Be6 5.d3
Covers c4+e4 [5.Qb3 Qc8+/= ]

5...Qc8 6.0-0
[6.Nc3 Bg7+/= ]

6...Bh3 7.Nc3
[7.Bxh3 Qxh3 8.Qb3 b6+/= ]

7...Bxg2 8.Kxg2 c6 9.Bd2
[9.Bf4 Bg7= ]

9...Bg7 10.Qc1 0-0 11.Bh6 Nh5 12.Bxg7 Nxg7 13.b4
[13.d4 Nd7+/= ]

13...Nd7 14.a4
White prepares b5

14...Qe8 15.Qb2
White intends b5 [15.a5 f6+/= ]

15...e5 16.Nd2
[16.a5 a6+/= ]

16...g5 17.Nce4
[17.Nde4 Qe7= ]

17...Qe7 18.b5
White wins space [18.a5 f5 19.Nc3 Ne6= ]

18...f5
Black threatens to win material: f5xe4

19.Nc3 Rab8 20.Qa2
[20.a5 Ne6=/+ ]

20...Kh8 21.Rab1 f4 22.Nce4 h5 23.Nf3
[23.Qa3 Nf5= ]

23...Ne6 24.Qa3
[24.Kh1 Ndc5 25.Nxc5 Nxc5 26.gxf4 g4=/+ ]

24...Ndc5 25.Nxc5 Nxc5 26.Qa1
[26.gxf4 g4 27.Nd2 exf4=/+ ]

26...Nd7 27.Nd2 h4 28.g4 h3+ 29.Kxh3 Qh7+ 30.Kg2 Nf6 31.h3
[31.bxc6 Nxg4 32.h3 Nf6+/- ]

31...c5 32.Rh1 Kg7 33.Nf3 Qh6 34.Rbg1 Kf7 35.Kf1 Rg8 36.h4 Nh7 37.hxg5 Qg7 38.Rh5
[38.Rh6 and White can already relax 38...Nxg5 39.Rxd6 Rbe8 40.Rd7+ Re7 41.Nxe5+ Ke8 42.Rxe7+ Kxe7+- ]

38...Rh8 39.Kg2
[>=39.Rgh1 keeps an even firmer grip 39...Rbg8 40.d4 e4+- ]

39...Rbg8 40.Rgh1 Nf8 41.R1h2
[41.R1h4 makes it even easier for White 41...Ng6 42.Rh2 Ke7+- ]

41...Ng6 42.Qh1 a6 43.Rxh8
[>=43.bxa6 and White wins 43...bxa6 44.Rh7 Qxh7 45.Rxh7+ Rxh7 46.Qxh7+ Rg7 47.Qh6+- ]

43...Rxh8 44.Rxh8 Nxh8 45.Qh6
[45.Qh5+!? seems even better 45...Ke7+- ]

45...Ng6 46.Qxg7+
[>=46.Kh3!? might be the shorter path 46...axb5 47.axb5 e4 48.dxe4 Qa1 49.Qh7+ Qg7+- ]

46...Kxg7 47.Kh3 Kf7 48.Nh4 Nxh4 49.Kxh4 axb5 50.axb5 d5 51.cxd5 e4 52.d6 f3 53.e3 exd3 54.g6+!
touché! [54.g6+ Kf6 55.g5+ Ke6 56.g7 Kf7 57.d7 Ke7 58.g8Q Kxd7 59.Qh7+ Ke6 60.g6 Kd5 61.g7 Kc4 62.g8Q+ Kb4 63.Qe4+ Ka3 64.Qa8+ Kb2 65.Qxd3 c4 66.Qaa3# ] 1-0