[Event "2011 Nigel Short RACC simul"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Palsson, Halldor Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Upper,John"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.09.15"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 {Of course, Nigel has decades of experience with 3.
..Nf6 as Black, but I can't find any games where he's had this position as
Black or White, which might explain why he doesn't play the characteristically
active gambit with 4.e4.} 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bd2 b6 8. g4 h6
9. Rg1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Kb1 Rc8 (12... Nb4 $5 13. Qb3 a5
$132) 13. Qb3 O-O 14. h4 {Diagram [#]} Nxc3+ $6 {Brings the Bd2 to the long
diagonal and removes two of the pieces on the d-file between the Rd1 and Qd8.}
(14... c5 $1 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bb5 $13 (16. Bxd5 $140 $4 c4 $19)) (14... Bxh4
15. Ne4 $36) 15. Bxc3 c5 $2 (15... b5 $5) 16. d5 $1 {Suddenly, White's whole
army is pointed at the Black King, while Black's pieces are competing among
themselves for the title of Least Active.} exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qc7 19.
g5 c4 (19... h5 20. g6 $18) 20. gxh6 $1 {Making the most of the Rd5.} cxb3 21.
h7+ $8 Kh8 (21... Kxh7 22. Rh5+ Kg8 23. Rxg7#) 22. Bxg7+ 1-0

[Event "2011 Nigel Short RACC simul"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Paul, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Upper, John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r3rk1/2qbbppp/p1nppn2/1p6/3NPP2/P1NBBQ2/1PP3PP/4RR1K w - - 0 14"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2011.09.15"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

{A model example of White's attacking chances against the small-centre
Sicilian.} 14. Qg3 $146 (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qh3 Rbd8 16. Bd4 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5
18. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 19. Bxe5 $2 (19. exd5 $1 exd4 20. Rxf6 g6 21. Rc6 $14) 19...
Qxe5 20. exd5 Qxb2 21. Rxf6 g6 22. Rxa6 Rxd5 23. Qf3 Re5 {1/2-1/2 Novopashin,
A-Kortschnoj,V/Leningrad 1963/URS-ch}) 14... b4 15. axb4 Rxb4 16. Nf3 Rxb2 17.
e5 Nh5 (17... dxe5 $1 18. fxe5 Nh5 19. Qh3 g6 20. g4 $140 Nxe5 $1 $13) 18. Qh3
g6 19. g4 Ng7 20. Ne4 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Neg5 $16 (22. Nfg5 $1 {seems to be
winning, though the tactics are beyond simul-level.} h5 (22... Bxg5 23. fxg5 $1
$18 {/\Nf6}) 23. gxh5 Nxh5 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Bxg6 Rxg6 26. Qxh5 {[%csl Gh7]
[%cal Rh5g6,Gh5h7]} Be8 {[%csl Gg6,Gh7][%cal Ye8g6,Yc7h7]} (26... Rg7 27. Ne4
$1 $18 {/\Rg1 or Nf6+}) 27. f5 exf5 28. Bb6 $1 {[%csl Rc7,Re8,Yg6,Gh7][%cal
Re1e8,Rb6c7,Gh5h7,Rh5g6] overloads or defelects the Q} Qd7 29. Rxe8+ $1 $18 {#4
}) 22... Rf7 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Bxg6+ Ke7 26. Qg8 Nd8 27. g5 (27.
g5 Bc3 28. Bd4 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 $18 {Black's K is a sitting duck, there's no way
to save the Ng7, and White is already up an exchange.}) 1-0

[Event "2011 Nigel Short RACC simul"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Tomalty, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Upper,John"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2011.09.15"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 {Nigel's had this position 37 times
as White, but has never played this next move.} 5. Bd3 $5 Nc5 (5... d5 6. Qe2
Qe7 7. O-O Nd6 8. Qd1 {is mentioned on chesspublishing.com, when almost any
Black move looks better than the only one they consider:} Qd8 $2) (5... Nf6 {
looks OK too}) 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. d4 Ne6 10. c4 Nf8 11. Nc3
Be6 12. h3 c6 13. d5 Bf5 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Qd2 c5 17. Ndb5 Be5 18.
Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Bf1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 a6 21. Na3 b6 22. f4 Bf5 23. g4 Bc8 24. Nc2 f5
25. g5 Ra7 26. h4 Re7 27. Kf2 Qe8 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Be2 Bd7 30. a3 a5 31. Ne3
Qe8 32. h5 g6 33. h6 Na6 34. b3 $18 {Diagram [#] White hasn't had a sniff of
an attack, but he has a winning position because none of Black's three minor
pieces has a future. White creates targets by opening a file on the queenside
and piling up on d6.} Nc7 35. Qb2 Qe7 36. Bd3 Na8 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Be8 39.
Bc2 (39. bxc5 bxc5 40. Bxf5 gxf5 41. Nxf5 $18 {and Black is helpless against
Ne4-f6 or Ne4xd6.}) 39... Qa7 40. bxc5 bxc5 41. Ba4 {Purposeful, and winning
AFAIK. White has tactical win here, but it's good technique -- especially in a
simul -- to avoid opening a position to possible counterplay when there is a
solid way to keep a huge advantage.} (41. Bxf5 gxf5 42. Nxf5 Bg6 (42... Qd7 43.
Ne4 $18) 43. Nb5 $18 {White's passers and Black's exposed K and hopeless Ns
make it a win.}) 41... Bxa4 42. Nxa4 Qe7 43. Nc3 Nc7 44. Nc2 Ne8 45. Na3 Nd7
46. Qb7 Kf7 47. Nab5 Nf8 48. Qc8 Qd7 49. Qb8 Qe7 50. Qa8 Qd7 51. Ke3 Qe7+ 52.
Kd2 Nd7 53. Qc6 Nb8 54. Qc8 Nd7 55. Na4 Nf8 56. Nbc3 Kg8 57. Nb6 Kf7 58. Qc6
Kg8 59. Nc8 Qd7 60. Nb5 Qxc6 61. dxc6 Ne6 62. Ncxd6 N8c7 63. Nxc7 Nxc7 64. Nb5
Na8 65. c7 Nb6 66. Nd6 Kf8 1-0

[Event "2011 Nigel Short RACC simul"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Qin, Joey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Upper,John"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.09.15"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 {AFAIK, Nigel has
never had this position in a tournament game as Black or White.} ({I had no
idea the King's Indian dates back to the 1850s!} 6... Na6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Nc5
9. Bc2 a5 10. Be3 ({And 150 years later:} 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. b3 Nh5 12. Be3 Nf4
$13 {1-0 Aronian,L (2724)-Miroshnichenko,E (2634)/Germany 2005/(40)}) 10... b6
11. h3 Nh5 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 e4 $14 {1-0 Cochrane,J-Mahescandra/
Kolkata 1855/(30)}) 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 $5 (8. f3 Na6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 c6 11. Qd2
Kh7 12. g4 $1 $14 {1-0 Larsen,B-Hort,V/San Antonio 1972/(48)}) 8... h6 9. Bh4
Na6 10. f3 Qe8 11. O-O Nh7 12. a3 Bd7 13. Bc2 h5 14. Rb1 Bf6 15. Bf2 Qe7 16. b4
axb4 17. axb4 Bh4 18. Bxh4 Qxh4 19. Qe1 Qe7 20. Nc1 Rfb8 21. Nd3 Nf6 22. Qe3 b6
23. Ra1 Bc8 24. Ba4 Bb7 25. Bc6 Bxc6 26. dxc6 {Black's Na6 not only shut out
of the game, but White threatens Ra4, Rfa1 winning it. So Black makes a doomed
effort to activate.} d5 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 Nxb4 29. Qxe5 Qf8 30. Nxb4 Qxb4
31. Qxc7 Qxc4 32. Qe5 Rxa1 33. Rxa1 Rd8 34. Rd1 Qc5+ 35. Kf1 b5 36. f4 Qc2 37.
Qe2 Qc5 38. Qd2 b4 39. Qd4 Qc2 40. Qd3 Qc5 41. f5 Rd6 42. Qd4 Qc2 43. Ra1 1-0

[Event "2011 Nigel Short RACC simul"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gordon, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[Annotator "David Gordon"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.09.15"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nde2 Bc5 7. Ng3 O-O 8.
Be2 h6 {I wanted to prevent Bg5 but h6 becomes a target} 9. O-O a6 10. Kh1 b5 {
I believe black's plan is too slow here} 11. f4 d6 12. f5 Nd4 ({I rejected} 
12... Bb7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 (13... Nd4 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Nh5 {and again /\16.f6})
14. exd5 $40 {/\15.f6}) 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Nh5 b4 (14... Nxh5 15. Qxh5 f6 $2 16.
Bxh6 $1) 15. Nd5 {Diagram [#]} Nxd5 ({I rejected} 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 {as I
was afraid of Bc1-d2-e1-h4}) 16. exd5 ({After the game Short mention he missed
an in between move of} 16. Qg4 $1 {My intention was to grovel with} g5 $5 17.
fxg6 f5 $5 $16) 16... Qh4 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxd5 {The text turns out to be
an interesting piece sac. I get 2 connected passed pawns in the center with
two centralized raking bishops, chances to win a 3rd pawn and / or some
attacking chances.} ({I rejected} 18... Nb5 {because of} 19. c4 {closing the
long diagonal but my computer tells me I can play} Nc3) 19. cxd4 Bxd4 20. Rb1
Bxa2 (20... Qh3 21. Qe2 Bxg2+ {also wins a pawn but I would have to give up my
light square bishop for a knight which is insufficient}) 21. Rb4 Rab8 22. Rxd4
Qxd4 23. Nxg7 {I did not spend much time considering Kxg7 as I was just
relieved that the text move did not make an immediate threat.} ({Upper: 23.
Nxg7 seems to be the losing move. I think Black has to allow a neat perpetual
after:} 23. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 (23... e4 $4 24. Qg4 $18) 24. Qd2 Kh7 25. Nf6+ $8 Kg7
26. Ne8+ Kh7 (26... Rfxe8 $4 27. f6+ $18) 27. Nf6+ $11) 23... e4 24. Nh5 ({
Upper: White can put up more resistance with} 24. Qg4 $1 Qxg7 25. Qxe4 Rfe8 (
25... Rfc8 $2 26. f6 $13) 26. Qh4 Bd5 27. Rg1 h5 28. h3 (28. Qxh5 $4 Bxg2+ {
mating}) 28... f6 $17) 24... exd3 25. Qd2 {Threatening 26.Qxh6 and 27.Nf6+.
The black counter has to be on time here.} Rfc8 $1 26. Qxa2 (26. Qxh6 Rxc1 $1
27. Rxc1 (27. Nf6+ Qxf6 $19) 27... d2 28. Rd1 (28. Nf6+ Qxf6 $19) 28... Rb1 $19
) 26... Rc2 27. Qa3 Rb1 28. f6 Ra1 {Missing the visually pleasing 28.....Qf2
but the text is sufficient.} 0-1

[Event "2011 Nigel Short RACC simul"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "De Kerpel, Stijn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.09.15"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 {
Diagram [#] In his two books on the French, Moskalenko reccommeds this line
for Black, which he calls the "Black Queen Blues". Black's Queen manouver
pressures c2 and a3 and prepares to blockade the position with ...c4, which
makes it hard for White to exploit the Bishop pair and safe enough to castle
queenside.} 8. Rb1 (8. Qb1 c4 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Nh3 f6 11. f4 f5 12. O-O Nge7 13.
Bh5+ g6 14. Be2 Bd7 15. Qb2 O-O-O 16. Rfb1 b6 17. Qc1 h6 18. Be1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Short,N (2702)-Akopian,V (2693)/France 2004/(88)}) 8... c4 $1 (8... Qxa3 $5 9.
Qg4 $44 (9. Rb3 $5)) 9. Qc1 Nc6 10. Be2 Nge7 11. Nh3 O-O (11... h6 12. Nf4 Kd8
13. Nh5 Rg8 14. O-O Kc7 15. f4 Bd7 $14 {1-0 Short,N-Palsson,H/RA Centre Ottawa
2010/Nigel Short 2010 RA simu/(48)}) 12. O-O b5 13. Nf4 Kh8 14. Nh5 Ng8 15. Kh1
Bd7 16. f4 a5 17. Ra1 {After the game Black said he was unhappy about how his
Qa4 was now boxed out of the game. It is, but so long as it takes White more
than a R+B to keep it there that isn't such a bad trade.} f6 18. Qb2 Rab8 19.
Qc1 Be8 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. Bd1 fxe5 22. fxe5 Nge7 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Kg1 Rb8 25.
h4 {Whose Q is worse?} Nf5 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. h5 Nd8 28. h6 Nf7 29. hxg7+ Kxg7
30. Bg5 Rg8 31. Be7 (31. Bh6+ $143 Nxh6 32. Qg5+ Kh8 {White has nothing.})
31... h6 32. Kh2 Kh7 33. Qf4 Re8 $2 ({My computer suggests:} 33... Rg7 $1 34.
Bf8 Rg8 35. g4 Bg6 36. Be7 Rb8 37. Qf6 Ng5 38. Qf4 Nf7 $11) 34. Qh4 Bg6 35. Qf6
h5 $6 {Diagram [#]} 36. Bc5 $1 (36. Qxe6 $5 b4 37. Qf6 Qd7 38. Bc5 bxc3) 36...
Nh6 $2 (36... b4 $142 {giving up a pawn to let the Black Q defend from d7 or a7
}) 37. Bf8 $1 Nf5 {White now wins if he can safely play g2-g4 to kick away the
defending Nf5.} 38. Kh3 $16 {This gets out of the check after ...Qxc2, but
steps into a check if Bxf5.} (38. Ra2 $1 {Defending c2 does the job. Black's
best defence against mate on g7 is to put his Rook on the seventh rank, but
this allows a different mating net:} Ra8 39. g4 hxg4 40. Bxg4 Ra7 41. Bxf5 Bxf5
42. Be7 $18 {followed by Kg3, Ra1-h1, and Black finally pays for his
out-of-play Qa4.}) 38... b4 39. cxb4 $132 (39. g4 $1 hxg4+ 40. Kxg4 $1 {(/\Bf3,
Rh1)} Qd7 41. axb4 $16) 39... axb4 40. Bxb4 Ne3 41. Bxh5 Bxh5 42. Qg5 Bg6 43.
Qxe3 Qxc2 44. Kh2 Rh8 45. Be7 Be4 46. Qg5 Rg8 $8 47. Qh5+ Kg7 $11 48. Rg1 (48.
Qg4+ Kf7 49. Rf1+ Bf5 50. Bg5 $11) 48... Qf2 49. Bh4 Qf5 50. Qxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2011 Nigel Short RACC simul"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Marinkovic, Mate"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Upper,John"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2011.09.15"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. c3 O-O (7... e5
8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc2 Bg4 10. Ne3 Bh5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Vachtfeidl,P/Middlesex
Tennis Court simul 2011/(54)}) 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nc3 {
Diagram [#]} a6 ({ECO gives:} 11... Nb6 12. h4 a5 13. Bg5 a4 14. Nb5 Na5 15. b3
Bd7 16. Qd3 h6 17. Bd2 Bc6 $11 {Spassky - Ioseliani, Kobenhavn 1997}) 12. h4 b5
{This looks like a White has a good KIA vs French: closed centre, no pressure
on d4, launching pad on g5. But White's Nc3 isn't helping. If we just pick it
up and put it on h2 (where it would be in a normal KIA, heading to g4 and a
dark-square sac) computers rate the position as slightly better for White.} 13.
Bg5 h6 14. Bxe7 {Trading off Black's good B for White's bad B seems
stratgically right, but maybe Bg5-e3 is better, supporting d4 and keeping an
evil eye on h6.} Qxe7 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Qe3 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. b3 b4 19. Ne2
Na7 20. g4 Nd7 21. Bh3 Nf8 22. h5 Nh7 23. Kh2 Nb5 24. Kg3 a5 25. Ne1 Ba6 (25...
Ng5 26. Bg2 $140 Ne4+ $1) 26. Nd3 Qa7 {Diagram [#]} 27. Nc5 $2 (27. f4 $142)
27... Nxd4 $1 {Very well calculated.} 28. Nxd4 (28. Nxa6 Nxe2+ 29. Qxe2 Rxc1
30. Rxc1 Qxa6 31. Qxa6 Rxa6 32. Rc8+ Nf8 33. Bf1 $15) 28... Rxc5 29. Nc6 (29.
Rxc5 Qxc5 30. Rc1 Qb6 $15) 29... Rxc1 $1 30. Nxa7 Rc3 $17 (30... Rxd1 {is good
too, but the game line keeps the piece balance symmetrical, and so gives White
fewer chances for counterplay.}) 31. Nc6 (31. Qxc3 $2 bxc3 32. Nc6 d4 $1 $19
33. Nxd4 $140 Rd8 $19) 31... Rxe3+ 32. fxe3 Ng5 33. Bg2 Bb5 34. Nd4 Bd7 35. Rc1
Kf8 36. Kf4 Ke8 37. Rc5 f6 38. Nb5 fxe5+ 39. Kxe5 Nf7+ 40. Kd4 Ke7 41. e4 Rb8
42. Nc7 Kd6 43. Nxd5 $5 {Interesting try in a bad position.} (43. exd5 e5+ $8
44. Kc4 Rc8 45. Na6 Bxg4 $17) 43... exd5 44. e5+ Ke7 45. Bxd5 Nd8 (45... Rb5 $1
46. Rc7 (46. Rxb5 Bxb5 $19 {is obviously hopeless: White can win Black's
queenside pawns, but has too many pawns for Black's B to eat.}) 46... Nd8 47.
Bc4 Ne6+ $19 {improves on the game by keeping the queenside pawns.}) 46. Rxa5
Bxg4 47. Ra7+ Bd7 48. Kc4 Ke8 49. Rc7 Rc8 50. Rxc8 Bxc8 51. Kxb4 $15 Bg4 52. a4
Kd7 (52... Bxh5 $1) 53. Kc5 Bxh5 {Diagram [#]} 54. b4 $2 (54. a5 $1 {seems to
draw.} Kc7 (54... Be2 {allows a draw after a long series of only moves from
both players.} 55. b4 g5 (55... Ne6+ 56. Kb6 Nc7 57. Bc6+ Kd8 58. b5 g5 $1 59.
a6 g4 60. a7 g3 61. e6 Bxb5 $1 62. Bxb5 g2 63. e7+ $1 Kxe7 64. Kxc7 g1=Q 65.
a8=Q $11 {The computer assures me Black has a perpetual check.}) 56. b5 g4 57.
a6 Bf3 58. b6 (58. Bxf3 gxf3 59. a7 f2 60. a8=Q f1=Q 61. Qd5+ $15 {probably a
draw}) 58... Bxd5 59. Kxd5 Kc8 {Another study-like finish:} 60. a7 Kb7 61. e6
$3 Nxe6 62. Kxe6 g3 63. Kd7 g2 64. a8=Q+ Kxa8 65. Kc7 g1=Q 66. b7+ $11 {White
promotes with check, then forks the K and Ph6 from c6.}) 55. a6 Bf7 $8 (55...
Kb8 $4 56. Kb6 $18) 56. Bxf7 Nxf7 57. e6 Ng5 (57... Ne5 $4 58. b4 $18) 58. e7
Ne4+ 59. Kd4 Nd6 60. Ke5 Ne8 61. b4 {Another long string of only moves ends in
a funny draw: the three remaining pieces can stop but not capture the pawns.}
Kb6 62. b5 Ka7 63. Ke6 h5 $1 64. Kf5 $11 (64. Kf7 $4 Nc7 $19)) (54. Kb6 Bf7 $1
55. Bxf7 Nxf7 56. a5 Nxe5 57. a6 Nc6 58. a7 Nxa7 59. Kxa7 g5 $19 {Black
promotes with check and forces off the White Queen.}) 54... Kc7 55. b5 (55. a5
Nb7+ 56. Kd4 Be2 $8 (56... g5 $4 57. a6 $18) 57. Bc4 $2 (57. e6 g5 58. Ke3 Bb5
59. Bf3 Nd6 60. Kd4 Kd8 $19) 57... Bxc4 58. Kxc4 h5 59. a6 Nd8 $19 {with
White's pawn on e5 (rather than e7, as in the funny draw line above) the N can
stop both e and a pawns.}) 55... Nb7+ $8 {By this time there were only three
games left, but Nigel was sportingly allowing Black to think a long time on
his moves, and here he makes good use of the extra time.} 56. Kb4 Kb6 57. Bc6
g5 58. e6 g4 (58... Na5 {also wins.}) 59. e7 g3 60. Kc3 Nd6 61. Kb4 Nc8 62. a5+
Ka7 63. Kc5 Nxe7 64. Bg2 Bf7 65. b6+ Kb8 $1 66. a6 Bd5 $1 0-1

[Event "2011 Nigel Short RACC simul"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Zhou, Qiyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Upper,John"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2011.09.15"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

{And finally, the last and longest game of the simul, pitting the former
prodigy against an Qiyu Zhou, an 11-year-old girl who we are happy to say has
just joined the RA Chess Club.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5.
Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 {
Diagram [#]} 12. c3 ({Short always plays} 12. Bd3 {in tournament games.} Be6
13. O-O Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Short,N (2712)-Shirov,A (2713)/Sarajevo
2004/(36)}) 12... Bg7 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc2 O-O (14... Ne7 15. Bd3 Nxd5 16.
Bxf5 Ne7 17. Ne3 d5 18. Qh5 $5 Qb6 (18... d4 19. Rd1 Qa5 20. O-O $1) 19. O-O
Rd8 20. Bc2 Qh6 21. Qe2 $14 {1-0 Short,N (2664)-Cohn,M/Sao Paulo (clock simul)
2001 (32)}) 15. Be2 (15. Nce3 {is the main-line} Be6 16. Bd3 f5 17. O-O Ra7 18.
a4 Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ra6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2774)
-Kasparov,G (2817)/Moscow 2004 (27)}) 15... Ne7 16. Nce3 Be6 17. Bf3 Ra7 $5 18.
O-O f5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bd5 Kh8 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. f4 {Yikes! Is this how
much pre-teen players know nowadays!? See also:} (22. Qd5 Qg6 23. Rfd1 f4 24.
Nf1 Rf6 (24... f3 $5) 25. f3 $14 {0-1 Nguyen Van Hai-Duong Thuong Cong/Ho Chi
Minh City, Viet. U-13 Ch 2005/(57)}) 22... Bh6 23. Nd5 Rg7 24. Kh1 Rfg8 25. g3
exf4 (25... e4 $143 26. a4 $1 {and Black's Kingside buildup helps White.}) 26.
Nxf4 Qe4+ 27. Qf3 Bxf4 28. Qxe4 fxe4 29. Rxf4 {Diagram [#] I think we need a
new symbol to annotate this sort of position. White will win one of Black's
centre pawns to be a pawn up in a Rook ending (so it's +/-), but with best
play from both sides I think the game is still drawn (so it is =).} Re8 30. Kg2
Re6 (30... Rc7 {/\...b4 is more active}) 31. Rd1 Rge7 32. Kf2 Rd7 33. Rd5 Kg7
34. Ke3 Rde7 35. h4 ({White could win the Pe4 immediately with} 35. Rd4 {, but
decides to first advance his potential Kingside passer.}) 35... Rg6 36. g4 Rge6
37. Rd4 Rh6 38. h5 Rhe6 39. Rfxe4 Rxe4+ 40. Rxe4 Rd7 41. Re6 (41. Kd4 $5 {
might be a better try} Rf7 $140 42. Kd5 Rf2 43. Rb4 {[%csl Ya6,Gb2,Gb4,Yd6,Gg4]
[%cal Yb4b2,Yb4g4] Xa6 Xd6}) 41... Kf7 42. Rh6 Kg7 43. g5 Re7+ 44. Kd3 $6 Re1
$1 45. Kd2 Rh1 $1 (45... Rg1 $143 46. Rxd6 Rxg5 47. h6+ $18) 46. Rxd6 Rxh5 47.
Rxa6 Rxg5 48. a4 Rg2+ 49. Kc1 bxa4 50. Rxa4 h5 51. Kb1 {Diagram [#]} Rg4 $1 $11
52. b4 h4 53. Kb2 h3 54. Ra1 h2 55. Rh1 Rh4 56. b5 Kf6 57. b6 Rh7 (57... Ke5
58. b7 Rh8 $11) 58. Ka3 Ke5 (58... Rb7 $4 59. Rxh2 Rxb6 60. Rh6+ $18) 59. Kb4
Kf4 $4 $138 {Double Time Trouble:   1) as one of only three boards remaining,
Nigel was coming around faster and faster;  2) it was nearly 1a.m., well past
the 11-year-old Zhou's bedtime.  Any K move closer to  the b-pawn draws.} 60.
c4 $18 Ke5 (60... Kg3 61. c5 Kg2 62. Rxh2+ Kxh2 63. c6 $18) 61. Kb5 Kd6 62. c5+
Kd7 63. c6+ Kc8 64. Ka6 Rh3 65. Rf1 Ra3+ 66. Kb5 Rb3+ {Even if Black's R was
on the second rank it would still be a win, since the White K can zig-zag back
along the d and e files.} 67. Ka5 Ra3+ 68. Kb4 1-0

