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game No 1; Black wins in endgame
1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 d6 6. exd6 e6 7. Bg2 Bxd6
8. O-O O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. a3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc6 13. Rd1 Qc7
14. c4 Be5 15. Qg4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rad8 18. Nd2 Qd6 19. Re1 Bxb2 20. Bxb2 Qxd2 21. Qxd2 Rxd2 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Red1 Rfd8 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. c5 Rc2 26. Rb1 Rxc5 27. Rxb7 Ra5 28. Rb3 e5 29. Kf3 f5 30. h4 Kg7
31. Ke3 Kg6 32. f3 h5 33. Rc3 f6 34. f4 Kf7 35. Rc7+ Ke6 36. Rc6+ Ke7
37. Rc7+ Kd6 38. Rc3 e4 39. Kd4 Ra4+ 40. Ke3 Kd5 41. Rb3 Kc4 42. Rb7 Rxa3+ 43. Kf2 Kd3 44. Rd7+ Kc2 45. Rd5 a5 46. Rxf5 Kd2 47. Rd5+ Rd3 48. Rxa5 e3+ 49. Kg2 e2 50. Ra2+ Ke3 51. Ra1 Rd1 52. Ra3+ Ke4 53. Ra4+ Kf5 54. Ra5+ Kg4
8. O-O O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. a3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc6 13. Rd1 Qc7
14. c4 Be5 15. Qg4 Nf6 16. Qe2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rad8 18. Nd2 Qd6 19. Re1 Bxb2 20. Bxb2 Qxd2 21. Qxd2 Rxd2 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Red1 Rfd8 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. c5 Rc2 26. Rb1 Rxc5 27. Rxb7 Ra5 28. Rb3 e5 29. Kf3 f5 30. h4 Kg7
31. Ke3 Kg6 32. f3 h5 33. Rc3 f6 34. f4 Kf7 35. Rc7+ Ke6 36. Rc6+ Ke7
37. Rc7+ Kd6 38. Rc3 e4 39. Kd4 Ra4+ 40. Ke3 Kd5 41. Rb3 Kc4 42. Rb7 Rxa3+ 43. Kf2 Kd3 44. Rd7+ Kc2 45. Rd5 a5 46. Rxf5 Kd2 47. Rd5+ Rd3 48. Rxa5 e3+ 49. Kg2 e2 50. Ra2+ Ke3 51. Ra1 Rd1 52. Ra3+ Ke4 53. Ra4+ Kf5 54. Ra5+ Kg4
game No 2; White wins; with public computer analysis
1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Nce2 {Hall suggests 5. d5 Ne5; the best for Black now was 5... Nf6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. h3 Ned7 9. Nf3 Nc5 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxe5 14. Nxe7 with better position. I was however afraid that I got trapped, and I thought I was going to lose Pawn d4...} d5 6. e5 Bf5 7. Nf4 Nb4 8. Nd3 Nxd3+ 9. Bxd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qd7 11. Ne2 c6 12. Bd2 Nh6 13. Nf4 O-O 14. Qe2 {Karpov style; ha ha. I wanted to improve the position of my pieces: to put Qeen on e2 and Knight on d3. So-called better coordination...} Nf5 15. c3 e6 16. Nd3 b6 17. Bg5 {Not the best. Black should play 17... h6 and would have almost equal position. The best was 17. g4! with following 18. h4 and h5; attack is then very strong.} f6 {As already mentioned - 17...h6 is much better.} 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Ne5 Qe8 21. O-O c5 22. g4 Nh4 23. f4 Qe7 24. g5 Rff8 25. Ng4 cxd4 26. cxd4 Qd6 27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Rae1 Rxf6 {It wasn't necessary. Hall recommends 28... Rac8 29. Qxe6 Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Rc2 31. Re7+ Rf7 32. Re3 Nf5 33. Re8 Rf8 34. Rxf8 Kxf8 35. Rf2 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Nxd5 Nxd4. White is better, but Black has chances.} 29. gxf6+ Kxf6 30. Qe5+ Qxe5 31. fxe5+ Ke7 {Hall suggests 31. .… Kg5 32. Rf7 Nf5 33. Rd1 Kf4 34. Rxh7 Ke4 35. Kh1 g5 36. Rf7 a6 37. Rg1 Kxd4 38. Rxg5 Kxe5 39. h4. Black could fight longer that way.} 32. Rc1 Nf5 33. Rc7+ Kf8 34. Rxh7 Kg8 35. Rc7 Nxd4 36. Rf6 g5 37. Kf2 a5 38. Kg3 Rf8 39. Rxf8+ Kxf8 40. Kg4 b5 41. Kxg5 Ke8 42. Kf6 Kd8 43. Re7 Nf3 44. h3 {Blunder. 44. Rxe6 was better.} d4 {Blunder. 44...Nxe5!} 45. Rxe6 Kc7 46. Rd6 a4 47. a3