[Event "23nd Sea Games Team Rapid Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goh Weiming"]
[Black "Buenaventura Villamayor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[Annotator "Weiming"]
[PlyCount "85"]

{This is the Semi-Finals match of the team Rapid tournament of the 23rd Sea
Games and we face possibly the strongest team in the tournament, the
Phillipines. They boast a first-team lineup of GM Eugenio Torre, GM Rogelio
Antonio Jr, GM Buenaventura Villamayor (fondly known as Bong by those who know
him) and rapid monster IM Mark Paragua. As many will know by now, we lost by a
score of 3-1. Well, I certainly think we were not overawed by our formidable
opponents and I reckon we will give them a run for their money again in 2
year's time.} 1. e4 d6 $5 {In my database of over 3 million games, only once
had GM Bong ever played the Pirc/Modern hybrid and he wasted over 1 hour of my
French Defence preparation! Well, at least I'm sure he is also in unchartered
territory.} 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. f3 b5 7. g4 Bb7 ({
Mestel's} 7... Rb8) ({or Graf's (Nenashev)} 7... Nb6 {
are sensible alternatives.}) 8. h4 h5 9. g5 e5 $2 {
Over here, Bong mixes the lines up.} (9... a6 {
is a necessary preparatory move. For example,} 10. Bh3 e6 11. Nge2 Ne7 {
Cobb,J-Seirawan,Y/Columbus 1977}) 10. d5 $1 b4 $6 (10... Qb8 $5 11. dxc6 (11.
Bh3 $5) 11... Bxc6 12. O-O-O b4 13. Nd5 a5 {
and White has an advantage, but it is not easy to breach Black's defences.})
11. dxc6 bxc3 12. Qxc3 $18 {#} Ne7 {Bong took over 20 minutes for this move!
Now I have a great  time advantage of 19 minutes. I was very confident at this
stage and wished I knew what was going on in the other games. Of course 12...
Ne7  is lost for Black  but nothing seems to work so Bong decides to give his
whole house.} (12... Rc8 13. cxd7+ Qxd7 14. Bh3 $18) 13. cxb7 Rb8 14. Ba6 O-O
15. Bxa7 $18 Nc5 16. Bxb8 $6 (16. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 17. Qxc5 {would had been a safe
way to convert the point but i was thinking, how can I not win this position?
Just look what happened to me in 5 to 6 moves.}) 16... Qxb8 17. Bc4 Qxb7 18.
O-O-O $6 {Risky play} (18. Ne2 $18) 18... Rb8 19. a3 $2 {
with the idea of a future b2-b4} (19. Rxd6) (19. Ne2) 19... Na4 20. Qb3 Qa7 21.
Bb5 Nc5 22. Qc4 d5 $1 {# Outstanding idea! With this  audacious move, Black
attempts to seize the initiative by freeing up f5 for the N. This is why Bong
is a GM!} 23. exd5 $2 (23. Qe2 $1 Ne6 24. a4 Nd4 25. Qe3 $1 {
Sacrificing a piece to activate the Queenside pawns} Rc8 (25... Nc8 26. Ne2 Nd6
(26... Rxb5 27. axb5 Nd6 28. Kb1 $18) 27. Nxd4 exd4 28. Qd3 dxe4 (28... Be5 29.
exd5 Nxb5 30. axb5 Qa2 (30... Bf4+ 31. Kb1 Ra8 32. Qa3 Qb7 33. Qc5) 31. Kd2
Qxd5 32. Ke2 Rxb5 33. Kf2 Rxb2 34. Rb1 $18) 29. fxe4 Nxb5 30. axb5 Be5 31. Rhf1
$18) 26. Rh2 dxe4 27. fxe4 Nxb5 28. Qxa7 Nxa7 29. Rd7 Nac6 30. b4 $16) (23.
Rxd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qa5 25. Qb4 Qxb5 26. Qxb5 Rxb5 27. b4 e4 (27... Nd7 28. c4 {
with a scary pawn mass.}) 28. bxc5 e3 29. Ne2 Bb2+ 30. Kd1 Rxc5 31. Nf4 Be5 32.
Nd3 Rxd5 33. Ke2 $16) 23... Nf5 $132 {#What a transformation! GM Bong made a
total mess of the position and I see threats all over the place. I was
contemplating offering a draw but was afraid of my captain's ( IM Petronic)
reaction. My time is running down to  5mins and Bong incredibly did not use up
any time since the last diagram.  Suddenly the lights went out, giving me some
time to cool down and also to think about the position. OK,  I was lucky here.
At this point i realized we are already 2 goals down..so I can't take the easy
way out.} 24. a4 $1 Ne3 25. Qb4 $1 Bf8 26. Qc3 Nxd1 27. Kxd1 Nxa4 28. Bxa4 Qxa4
29. b3 Qa2 $2 (29... Qa8 $1 $17 {with multiple threats. This is a difficult
move to find as Bong had very little time left at this stage.}) 30. Ke2 Qb1 31.
Kf2 Bb4 32. Qc4 $1 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qe3 $6 (33... Qd2+ 34. Ne2 Rd8 35. Ra1 Rxd5
$132) 34. Nh3 $1 Bc5 $6 (34... Be1 $1 {
Cutting off the R's access with mating ideas!}) 35. Rd1 {
#Now White is in the driver's seat!} Bd6 36. Qd3 Qc5 37. Nf2 Rc8 38. c4 $18 Ra8
39. Ne4 Ra2+ 40. Kg3 Qb4 41. Qc3 Qb6 $2 (41... Qxc3 42. Nxc3 e4+ 43. f4 $18)
42. c5 Qa6 43. Qd3 $1 1-0

[Event "Hari Raya Haji Rapid Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goh Weiming"]
[Black "Julio Catalino Sadorra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[Annotator "Goh Weiming"]
[PlyCount "64"]

{Julio Catalino Sadorra is an ex-Filipino Junior Champion now based in
Singapore.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7.
Qg4 Ne7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Kd1 $5 {#An interesting sideline that I
studied a few weeks before this game. I think IM Karaklajic is the first
person to play it.  Of course,  the main line with 10.Ne2 is good and should
still lead to an advantage.} dxc3 11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. Ng5 Qxe5 $5 (12... Nxe5 13.
Bf4 Qb6 14. Bxe5 Rxg5 15. Qh4 Rg8 16. Qd4 Qxd4+ 17. Bxd4 {leads to a slightly
better endgame for White. The text is more interesting and gives more
prospects for both sides}) 13. Qxf7+ Kd7 (13... Kd8 $2 14. Qxg8+ $1 Nxg8 15.
Nf7+ {is a funny trap}) 14. f4 $5 {Actually I had  forgotten my lines here. 14.
f4 is a logical move to exert control over e5, always a typical motif in many
lines of the French. Objectively, White should not be able to get an advantage
here but  it's not easy for Black to react in a rapid game.} Qd4+ 15. Bd3 Nd8
$6 {Later on in another tournament, Sadorra improved with 15...Kc7! and 
thumped me properly. Now Sadorra goes on a mistaken strategy to win my h2 pawn.
} (15... Rg7 16. Qxe6+ Kc7 17. Be3 Qa4 $2 (17... Rxg5 $1) 18. Qf6 Bg4+ 19. Ke1
Rag8 20. f5 Nd8 21. h3 Bh5 22. Qe5+ Kc8 23. f6 Qh4+ 24. g3 {
1-0 Wesely,H-Boehnke,H/EU-ch GT224 corr 1984}) 16. Qh5 Rh8 17. Qe2 Rxh2 $2 {#}
(17... Kc7 $1 $14) 18. Re1 $1 {Again overprotecting e5} Qg7 19. f5 $1 e5 (19...
Nxf5 $2 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Qe8+ $18) (19... exf5 20. Bf4 $16) 20. f6 $1 {
My concern is not about pawns here but rather on getting all my pieces out to
exploit Black's vulnerable kingposition} Qxf6 21. Nf3 $1 Rh8 (21... e4 22. Nxh2
exd3 23. Qxd3 $16) 22. Bg5 $1 $18 {
#Now there is no defence. Black loses at least a piece.} Qg7 23. Qxe5 Rg8 24.
Qxe7+ Qxe7 25. Rxe7+ Kd6 26. Re2 Ne6 27. Bf6 Bd7 28. Rb1 b6 29. Bxc3 Raf8 30.
Rb4 $3 {Sneaky idea behind this, holding the g4 square so that the Rg8 will
get trapped after  Bh7.} Kc7 31. Bh7 $1 {
Now it dawned on Sadorra why the  g4 square has to be held!} Rxg2 32. Rxg2 Rxf3
{and White won in the blitz finish.} 1-0

