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1990 Capital International

FIDE Category VII Tournament


Round 1

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.21”]

[Round “1”]

[Result “1-0”]

[White “IM Vladimir Epishin”]

[Black “IM Timothy Binham”]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 Nf6 8.f3 Bd7 9.Bxc4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Bf4 O-O 12.O-O-O Bxc3 13.bxc3 b5 14.Bb3 a5 15.Rd4 Rfc8 16.Rhd1 Be8 17.e5 c5 18.Rd6 Nh5 19.Be3 g6 20.g4 Ng7 21.f4 c4 22.Bc2 b4 23.Be4 Rab8 24.Ba7 Ba4 25.R1d5 Ne6 26.Bxb8 Rxb8 27.Rxa5 Be8 28.Ra8 1-0

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.21”]

[Round “1”]

[Result “1-0”]

[White “Stanley Fink”]

[Black “FM Richard Delaune”]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 e5 8.e3 d6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Nd2 Qe7 11.Bd3 Nf8 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 13.O-O Qe7 14.Qc2 g5 15.Rab1 Kd8 16.Rb2 Rg8 17.Rfb1 Ng6 18.Bf5 Rb8 19.Bxc8 Kxc8 20.Nb3 Qd7 21.Na5 b6 22.Nc6 Rb7 23.Nxa7+ Rxa7 24.Rxb6 Ra8 25.Qb3 Qa7 26.Rb7 Qa6 27.Rb8+ Kc7 28.Qb7+ 1-0

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.21”]

[Round “1”]

[Result “1-0”]

[White “GM Alexey Dreev”]

[Black “Maurice Ashley”]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b5 7.cxb5 c6 8.f3 Nd5 9.Qd3 f5 10.e4 Nc7 11.exf5 exf5 12.Nh3 Re8+ 13.Kf2 Nxb5 14.Qb3+ d5 15.Bxb5 Qh4+ 16.g3 Qxh3 17.Bf4 Nd7 18.Rac1 Nf6 19.Bxc6 Ba6 20.Bxe8 Rxe8 21.Be5 f4 22.Rce1 Bc4 23.Qa4 Ng4+ 24.fxg4 Rf8 25.Bxf4 g5 26.Re8 gxf4 27.Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.Qb4+ Kf7 29.Qb7+ Kf6 30.Qc6+ 1-0

Round 2

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.22”]

[Round “2”]

[Result “1/2 – 1/2”]

[White “IM Timothy Binham”]

[Black “Maurice Ashley”]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.d4 Nxe4 8.d5 Ne5 9.Re1 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 Nf6 11.c4 e5 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.Nc3 Be7 14.Bg5 O-O-O 15.Rad1 Rhe8 16.b4 cxb4 17.Nb5 a6 18.Nd4 Bf8 19.Qb3 Kb8 20.Qxb4 Rc8 21.Rb1 d5 22.Qa5 Rxc4 23.Be3 Bc5 24.Nf3 Bxe3 25.Rxe3 Qc7 26.Qxa6 Rc1+ 27.Re1 Rxe1+ 28.Nxe1 Ng4 29.g3 Rf8 30.Nd3 Nxf2 31.Nxf2 Rxf2 32.Qxe6 Rd2 33.Qe8+ Qc8 34.Qe5+ Ka8 35.Rf1 Qc5+ 36.Kh1 Rf2 37.Qe8+ Ka7 38.Qa4+ Kb8 39.Qe8+ Ka7 40.Qa4+ Kb8 41.Qe8+ Ka7 ½ – ½ 

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.22”]

[Round “2”]

[Result “1-0”]

[White “GM Alexey Dreev”]

[Black “Stanley Fink”]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 O-O 7.e3 b6 8.Rc1 d6 9.Bd3 Bb7 10.O-O Nc6 11.Qa4 a6 12.Bxf6 b5 13.Bxb5 axb5 14.Qxb5 Ba6 15.Qxc6 Bxf6 16.Rfe1 Ra7 17.a3 Qb8 18.Qc2 e5 19.Ne4 Bg7 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Red1 Bb7 22.Nd6 Bxf3 23.gxf3 e4 24.Qxe4 Qxb2 25.Kg2 Ra5 26.h4 Rh5 27.Rc7 Qf6 28.Rd4 Re5 29.Qb7 h5 30.Rc6 Re6 31.Rf4 Qe5 32.Nxf7 Rf6 33.Nxe5 1-0

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.22”]

[Round “2”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “FM Richard Delaune”]

[Black “IM Vladimir Epishin”]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Bd2 O-O 6.g3 d6 7.Bg2 h6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Re8 10.O-O Be6 11.b4 Qc8 12.Rc1 Bh3 13.e4 Ne7 14.Ne1 Ng6 15.Nc2 c6 16.Ne3 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qe6 18.Qf3 Rad8 19.Rfd1 d5 20.Bb2 Re7 21.b5 Red7 22.bxc6 bxc6 23.cxd5 cxd5 24.Qf5 dxe4 25.dxe4 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rxd1 27.Qxe6 fxe6 28.Nxd1 Nxe4 29.Kf3 Nd6 30.Ne3 Kf7 31.h4 h5 32.Bc3 a6 33.Bb4 e4+ 34.Ke2 Nf5 35.Nc4 e5 36.Bd2 Ke6 37.Na5 Kd5 38.Bc3 e3 39.fxe3 Nxg3+ 40.Kf3 Ne4 41.Be1 Nc5 42.Bg3 e4+ 43.Ke2 Ne7 44.Be1 Nf5 45.Bc3 Ne6 46.Be1 Nf8 0-1

Round 3

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.22”]

[Round “3”]

[Result “1/2 – 1/2”]

[White “IM Vladimir Epishin”]

[Black “GM Alexey Dreev”]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Nxd4 c5 8.Ne2 Qxd1 9.Rxd1 Bd6 10.Bf4 Be6 11.Nbc3 O-O-O 12.Bxd6 cxd6 13.Nf4 Bf7 14.Rd2 Ne7 15.Rad1 Kc7 16.f3 Rhe8 17.Kf2 Kc6 18.g4 g5 19.Nfd5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.Rxd5 Re5 22.Ke3 b5 23.Rxe5 fxe5 24.h4 h6 25.Rh1 a5 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.b3 a4 28.Rh7 axb3 29.axb3 Rg8 30.c4 b4 ½ – ½

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.22”]

[Round “3”]

[Result “1-0”]

[White “FM Richard Delaune”]

[Black “IM Timothy Binham”]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 f5 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd1 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.g3 Ne4 9.Bg2 Bxc3 10.Bxc3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 d6 12.O-O Qf6 13.c5 dxc5 14.Qd5+ Kh8 15.Qxc5 b6 16.Qc4 Bb7 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Qf4 Rd6 19.Rxd6 Qxd6 20.Qxd6 cxd6 21.Rd1 Rf6 22.Ne5 Nxe5 23.Bxb7 Kg8 24.f4 Nd7 25.e4 fxe4 26.Bxe4 Nc5 27.Bd5+ Kf8 28.h4 Ke7 29.Kf2 Kd7 30.Ke3 Na4 31.Kd4 Rf8 32.Re1 Nc5 33.h5 h6 34.Re2 b5 35.Bg2 a6 36.Bh3+ Kc6 37.Re7 Rg8 38.Bg2+ Kb6 39.Bd5 Rf8 40.Rxg7 Na4 41.Rg6 1-0

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.22”]

[Round “3”]

[Result “1-0”]

[White “Maurice Ashley”]

[Black “Stanley Fink”]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2 9.Kxg2 O-O 10.e4 Qc7 11.b3 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Qe5 13.Qf3 Qxd4 14.Ba3 f5 15.Ng5 Nc6 16.Rad1 Qg4 17.Qxg4 fxg4 18.Rxd7 Rf5 19.Ne6 Be5 20.Re1 Kf7 21.Nc7 Rf8 22.Re2 Kg8 23.Nd5 Bd4 24.Nxe7+ Nxe7 25.Rxd4 Nc6 26.Rxg4 R8f7 27.Re8+ Kg7 28.Bb2+ Kh6 29.f3 1-0 (time)

Round 4

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.23”]

[Round “4”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “Maurice Ashley”]

[Black “FM Richard Delaune”]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 Ne4 5.Nxe4 dxe4 6.Qg4 f5 7.exf6 Qxf6 8.Qxe4 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bc5 10.Be2 Bd7 11.O-O O-O-O 12.d3 Nd4 13.Bg5 Qf5 14.Nxd4 Qxg5 15.Bf3 c6 16.b4 Bxb4 17.Rab1 Bd6 18.Nb5 Bb8 19.c5 Rdf8 20.Nd6+ Bxd6 21.cxd6 Qf4 22.Qe1 Qxd6 23.Qa5 a6 24.Be4 Rf6 25.Qb6 Qc7 26.Qc5 e5 27.Rb2 Bf5 28.Rfb1 Bxe4 29.dxe4 b5 30.Rd2 Rd8 31.Rxd8+ Kxd8 32.Rd1+ Kc8 33.g3 g5 34.Rd2 h5 35.Qe3 g4 36.Qc5 Qa5 37.Qxe5 Qxd2 38.Qxf6 Qe1+ 39.Kg2 Qxe4+ 40.Kg1 Qd5 41.Qa1 b4 42.Qh8+ Kb7 43.Qf8 a5 44.Qg7+ Kb6 45.Qa1 c5 46.Qb1 Kb5 47.Qc2 c4 48.a4+ bxa3 49.Qb1+ Kc5 50.Qe1 Kb6 51.Qb1+ Qb5 52.Qg6+ Qc6 53.Qb1+ Ka6 54.Qa1 c3 55.Qxa3 c2 56.Qd3+ Kb7 57.Qb3+ Ka8 58.Qg8+ Ka7 59.Qg7+ Ka6

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.23”]

[Round “4”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “Stanley Fink”]

[Black “IM Vladimir Epishin”]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 Be7 8.g5 hxg5 9.Bxg5 a6 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.O-O-O Nxd4 12.Rxd4 e5 13.Rd2 Be6 14.Rg1 Rc8 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Nh5 17.Bh3 Bxg5 18.Rxg5 Nf4 19.Rxe5+ Kf8 20.Qg4 Rc4 21.Re3 Nd3+ 22.Rdxd3 Rxg4 23.Bxg4 Rxh4 24.Bh3 g6 25.b3 0-1 (time)

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.23”]

[Round “4”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “IM Timothy Binham”]

[Black “GM Alexey Dreev”]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.c5 Nd5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Nxc3 7.dxc3 Nc6 8.Bf4 Bxc5 9.Qg4 g5 10.Bxg5 Rg8 11.Bxd8 Rxg4 12.Be2 Rxg2 13.Bxc7 Rxf2 14.Nf3 Rg2 15.Kf1 Rg7 16.Bd3 d5 17.exd6 e5 18.h3 Be6 19.b4 Bb6 20.b5 Bxc7 21.dxc7 Ne7 22.Nxe5 Rc8 23.c4 Rxc7 24.Kf2 Rc5 25.Rae1 Rg5 26.Nf3 Rh5 27.h4 Bxc4 28.Bxc4 Rxc4 29.Re3 Rc2+ 30.Kg3 Kf8 31.Kg4 Rxb5 32.Rhe1 Nd5 33.Re5 Rg2+ 0-1

Round 5

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.24”]

[Round “5”]

[Result “1-0”]

[White “GM Alexey Dreev”]

[Black “FM Richard Delaune”]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Re1 Nbd7 8.Nbd2 e5 9.a4 Qc7 10.Nc4 h6 11.b3 b6 12.Ba3 c5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nfxe5 dxe5 15.Ne3 Bb7 16.f3 Rad8 17.Qc2 Kh7 18.Rad1 Nh5 19.Bc4 Nf4 20.Bc1 Qe7 21.g3 Ne6 22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.Rxd5 Nc7 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rd1 Rxd1+ 26.Qxd1 Bf6 27.h4 Kg7 28.Qd2 g5 29.Kg2 Qd8 30.Bd5 Qd7 31.h5 Be7 32.Bc4 Qxd2+ 33.Bxd2 Ne8 34.f4 gxf4 35.gxf4 Bd6 36.fxe5 Bxe5 37.Be2 Nf6 38.Bf3 Nh7 39.Bg4 Nf6 40.Bf3 Nh7 41.Kf2 Ng5 42.Ke3 Kf6 43.Bg4 Ke7 44.Kd3 Kd6 45.Bf5 Kc6 46.b4 Bg7 47.Bg4 Be5 48.Kc4 cxb4 49.cxb4 Kd6 50.Bf5 a6 51.b5 axb5+ 52.Kxb5 Nf3 53.Bxh6 Kc7 54.Bf8 Nd4+ 55.Kc4 Nc6 56.h6 Bf4 57.Bg7 Ne5+ 58.Kd5 Bxh6 59.Bxe5+ Kb7 60.Bd7 Bf8 1-0

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.24”]

[Round “5”]

[Result “1-0”]

[White “IM Vladimir Epishin”]

[Black “Maurice Ashley”]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.Bd3 b5 10.Nxb5 Nxe4 11.O-O Ba6 12.a4 Nf6 13.Bf4 Bxb5 14.Bxb5 Qc7 15.Qd2 a6 16.Bc4 Nbd7 17.a5 Rfb8 18.Ra2 Rb4 19.Qd3 Nh5 20.Bc1 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Bxe5 22.b3 Qc8 23.Re1 Bf6 24.Rae2 Ng7 25.g4 Rbb8 26.Qf3 Qd8 27.Bd2 Rb7 28.Kg2 Bd4 29.Qd3 Rba7 30.Re4 Bb2 31.Qe2 Bf6 32.Qe3 Kf8 33.Qf4 Rb7 34.h4 Re7 35.Qh6 Kg8 36.h5 Qf8 37.Rf4 Be5 38.hxg6 hxg6 39.Rh1 f6 40.Rf3 Kf7 41.Bd3 Ke8 42.Qxg6+ Kd8 43.Rh7 Rf7 44.Rfh3 Ke7 45.Bh6 1-0

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.24”]

[Round “5”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “IM Timothy Binham”]

[Black “Stanley Fink”]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bf4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.h3 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Bd3 Qxc5 9.O-O Nc6 10.Re1 Nh5 11.Be3 Qa5 12.Qd2 Rd8 13.Rab1 e6 14.b4 Qc7 15.Nb5 Qb8 16.Bg5 Rd7 17.c4 b6 18.a3 Bb7 19.Rbd1 Qf8 20.Bc2 h6 21.Be3 Rad8 22.Nfd4 Ne5 23.Qe2 a6 24.f4 axb5 25.fxe5 bxc4 26.exd6 Rxd6 27.Nb5 Ng3 28.Qxc4 Rxd1 29.Rxd1 Bxe4 30.Rxd8 Qxd8 31.Bxe4 Qd1+ 32.Kf2 Nh1#

Round 6

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.25”]

[Round “6”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “Maurice Ashley”]

[Black “GM Alexey Dreev”]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.O-O Nd7 6.d3 Ngf6 7.Qc2 Bd6 8.e4 O-O 9.Nc3 dxe4 10.dxe4 e5 11.Nh4 Re8 12.h3 Be6 13.Rd1 Bc5 14.Nd5 cxd5 15.cxd5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Rc8 17.Qe2 Qb6 18.Nf5 g6 19.Ne3 e4 20.b4 Bd4 21.Bb2 Bxb2 22.Qxb2 Ne5 23.Bf1 h5 24.Be2 h4 25.g4 Qd6 26.Kg2 Nf3 27.Bxf3 exf3+ 28.Kh1 Rxe3 29.fxe3 Ne4 30.Rf1 Ng3+ 31.Kg1 Ne2+

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.25”]

[Round “6”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “IM Timothy Binham”]

[Black “IM Vladimir Epishin”]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nf6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Ne5 cxd4 9.cxd4 Qd8 10.Nc3 Nc6 11.Be3 Bd6 12.Nc4 Bb4 13.Bf3 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Nd5 15.Qd2 b6 16.Rfd1 Bb7 17.Bg5 Nce7 18.Na3 f6 19.Bf4 Qd7 20.Bg3 Nf5 21.c4 Nde7 22.Bxb7 Qxb7 23.Qe2 Qd7 24.Nc2 Rad8 25.a4 Rfe8 26.Bf4 Nc6 27.Be3 Na5 28.h3 h6 29.d5 e5 30.c5 bxc5 31.Qa6 Nb3 32.Rab1 Nbd4 33.Bxd4 cxd4 34.Rb7 Qxd5 35.Ne3 Nxe3 36.fxe3 Kh8 37.Qxa7 Ra8 38.Qb6 Rec8 39.Qb2 Qe4 0-1

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.25”]

[Round “6”]

[Result “1-0”]

[White “FM Richard Delaune”]

[Black “Stanley Fink”]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Bg7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Re1 O-O 8.e4 Nc6 9.d3 d6 10.h3 Qd7 11.Be3 Ne8 12.d4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 e5 15.Be3 Rc8 16.Nd5 Rxc4 17.Qb3 Bxd5 18.exd5 Rc8 19.a4 Nf6 20.a5 bxa5 21.Rxa5 Rc7 22.Rea1 Rb7 23.Qa3 e4 24.Bd4 h5 25.Rd1 Rfb8 26.Bxa7 Ra8 27.Bd4 Rxa5 28.Qxa5 Rb5 29.Qa8+ Kh7 30.Bc3 e3 31.fxe3 Qe7 32.Re1 Ne4 33.Bxg7 Kxg7 34.Qa4

Round 7

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.27”]

[Round “7”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “Stanley Fink”]

[Black “GM Alex Dreev”]

It would be reasonable to insert a diagram after 18…Nc3, or after 19.cxd

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 c6 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.Nbd2 b6 9.e4 Bb7 10.Re1 Rc8 11.b3 c5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Ba3 Re8 14.Nh4 g6 15.Qb2 Bf8 16.Rad1 Bg7 17.dxc5 Ne4 18.Qc2 Nc3 19.cxd5 Nxd1 20.Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.c6 Nc3 22.cxd7 Qxd7 23.Qd3 Bxd5 24.Nc4 Qe6 25.Ne3 Be4 26.Qa6 Bd4 27.Nf3 Bxe3 28.fxe3 0-1

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.27”]

[Round “7”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “IM Vladimir Epishin”]

[Black “FM Richard Delaune”]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Rc8 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 c5 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.Neg5 cxd4 16.Nxd4 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Nc5 18.Rad1 Rc7 19.Kg1 Qc8 20.Nb5 Rd7 21.Qc2 Rfd8 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Qxh7+ Kf8 24.Nd6 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Bxg5 26.b4 Nb7 27.Qh8+ Ke7 28.Rdxe6+ Qxe6 29.Rxe6+ Kxe6 30.Qxg7 Be7 31.Qg4+ f5 32.Qe2+ Kf6 33.c5 Rf8 34.Qf3 Nd8 35.Qc3+ Kf7 36.Qe5 bxc5 37.Qxf5+ Ke8 38.Qh5+ Kd7 39.Qd5+ Kc7 40.bxc5 Nc6 41.h4 Rd8 42.Qf7 Rd7 43.Qf4+ Kd8 44.h5 Bxc5 45.Qc4 0-1

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.27”]

[Round “7”]

[Result “1/2 – 1/2”]

[White “Maurice Ashley”]

[Black “IM Timothy Binham”]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 Re8 6.O-O c6 7.a3 Bxc3 8.dxc3 h6 9.a4 d5 10.a5 Qc7 11.Qa4 Nbd7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Be3 Nf8 14.Qa3 Bd7 15.Rad1 Bb5 16.Rfe1 Ne6 17.Qb4 Bc6 18.Nh4 b6 19.axb6 axb6 20.Nf5 Ra4 21.Qxb6 Qxb6 22.Bxb6 g6 23.Nh4 Rb8 24.Be3 Rxb2 25.Bxh6 Raa2 26.Bf1 Bb5 27.Nf3 1/2-1/2

Round 8

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.28”]

[Round “8”]

[Result “1/2 – 1/2”]

[White “IM Timothy Binham”]

[Black “FM Richard Delaune”]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 a6 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.d4 Bxe4 9.Bg5 Bd5 10.Nbd2 b5 11.b3 e6 12.c4 Bb7 13.d5 e5 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nh4 h5 16.Qf3 Bc8 17.Ne4 Rh6 18.h3 Rb8 19.Re3 b4 20.Ng3 Kd7 21.Nhf5 Rh8 22.Re4 Kc7 23.Rh4 Bh6 24.Rxh5 Bg5 25.Rxh8 Qxh8 26.Ne4 Rb6 27.Ne7 Bd7 28.Nxg5 fxg5 29.Qxf7 Rb8 30.Nc6 Rf8 31.Qe7 g4 32.hxg4 Re8 33.Qf7 Rf8 34.Qe7 Re8 35.Qf7 Qh6 36.Re1 Rh8 37.f3 Qh2+ 38.Kf2 Qh4+ 39.Ke2 Qg3 40.Rg1 e4 41.fxe4 Qxg4+ 42.Kd3 Qg3+ 43.Qf3 Qg7 44.Kc2 Rf8 45.Qe3 Re8 46.g4 Rh8 47.Qg3 Rh7 48.e5 Qg6+ 49.Kb2 Qe4 50.exd6+ Kb6 51.Re1 Rh2+ 52.Qxh2 Qxe1 53.Ne5 Qc3+ 54.Kb1 Qe1+ 55.Kc2 Qc3+ 56.Kb1 Qe1+ ½ – ½

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.28”]

[Round “8”]

[Result “1/2 – 1/2”]

[White “GM Alexey Dreev”]

[Black “IM Vladimir Epishin”]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Be2 Bb7 9.e4 b4 10.e5 bxc3 11.exf6 cxb2 12.fxg7 bxa1=Q 13.gxh8=Q Qa5+ 14.Nd2 Qf5 15.O-O O-O-O 16.Bg4 Qg6 17.Bh5 Qf5 18.Bg4 Qg6 19.Bh5 ½ – ½ 

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.28”]

[Round “8”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “Stanley Fink”]

[Black “Maurice Ashley”]

There are quite a number of tactics here, including the winning combination at the end which could have resulted in a smother mate.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Bd3 d6 7.Nge2 Na6 8.f3 Nc7 9.Bg5 h6 10.Be3 e6 11.Qd2 exd5 12.cxd5 Nd7 13.Ng3 Qh4 14.Bf2 Qe7 15.O-O b5 16.Rac1 Ne5 17.Bxb5 Nxb5 18.Nxb5 Rb8 19.Nxd6 Rxb2 20.Nxc8 Rxc8 21.Rc2 Rxc2 22.Qxc2 c4 23.Rd1 Qd7 24.Bd4 Nd3 25.Bxg7 Kxg7 26.Qc3+ Kg8 27.Ne2 Rb8 28.Nd4 Qa4 29.Rf1 Qxa2 30.Ne6 fxe6 31.Qf6 Qb2 32.Qxg6+ Qg7 33.Qxe6+ Kh8 34.Qd6 Qd4+ 0-1

Round 9

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.28”]

[Round “9”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “FM Richard Delaune”]

[Black “Maurice Ashley”]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 c5 5.c4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nc6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Bxc6 Rb8 11.Bg2 Be6 12.b3 Qa5 13.Bd2 Qh5 14.e4 Bg4 15.f3 Qc5+ 16.Kh1 Bd7 17.Rc1 h5 18.h4 a5 19.a4 Bc6 20.Nb5 Qb6 21.Qe1 Ra8 22.Be3 Qb7 23.Bd2 Qb6 24.Qe3 Qb7 25.Nd4 Nd7 26.Rb1 Nc5 27.Bc3 Rfd8 28.Rfd1 Rdb8 29.Nxc6 Qxc6 30.Bxg7 Kxg7 31.e5 Ra6 32.f4 Qc7 33.exd6 Rxd6 34.Rd5 Rxd5 35.cxd5 Qd6 36.Kh2 Kg8 37.Re1 Rb7 38.Rc1 Nd7 39.Rc8+ Kh7 40.Rc6 Nf6 41.Qd3 Ng4+ 42.Kg1 Qb4 43.Qc3 Qxb3 44.Qxb3 Rxb3 45.Be4 Rxg3+ 46.Kf1 f5 47.Bg2 Kg7 48.Ra6 Rc3 49.Rxa5 Rc4 50.Ra7 Rxf4+ 51.Ke1 Kf6 52.Ra6+ Kf7 53.d6 exd6 54.Bd5+ Kf6 55.a5 Ke5 56.Bf7 Nf6 57.Bxg6 Rxh4 58.Ra7 Ra4 59.a6 Kf4 60.Bf7 h4 61.Ra8 h3 62.a7 h2 0-1

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.28”]

[Round “9”]

[Result “1/2 – 1/2”]

[White “IM Vladimir Epishin”]

[Black “Stanley Fink”]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Bg7 9.e3 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Bb5+ Kf8 12.Bd3 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Qe7 14.Qc2 Nd7 15.Bf5 Ne5 16.Rb1 Qf6 17.Be4 Bd7 18.O-O Nxf3+ 19.gxf3 h5 20.Kg2 g4 21.fxg4 Bxg4 22.Ne2 h4 23.Nf4 Re8 24.Rh1 hxg3 25.Rxh8+ Bxh8 26.f3 Draw agreed ½ – ½

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.28”]

[Round “9”]

[Result “1-0”]

[White “GM Alexey Dreev”]

[Black “IM Timothy Binham”]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.b6 Qxb6 6.Nc3 d6 7.e4 g6 8.Nf3 Bg7 9.Nd2 O-O 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.a4 Bb7 12.a5 Qc7 13.Nc4 Rfe8 14.O-O e6 15.Bf4 exd5 16.Nxd6 d4 17.Qb3 Ne5 18.Nxe8 Rxe8 19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.exd5 Rd8 21.Bc4 Qd7 22.Bxe5 Bxe5 23.Rfe1 Bf6 24.Qb6 1-0

Round 10

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.29”]

[Round “10”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “Stanley Fink”]

[Black “IM Timothy Binham”]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.g3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Ng5 Bd4 12.h4 h6 13.Nh3 Bb6 14.Nf4 d4 15.a3 Bg4 16.b4 Re8 17.Ra2 d3 18.Qxd3 Nd4 19.Bd5 Qf6 20.e3 Nf3+ 21.Kg2 Ne5 22.Qb3 Rad8 23.f3 Bd7 24.a4 Ng6 25.Nxg6 Qxg6 26.Bd2 Re5 27.Bxb7 Be6 28.Qc3 Bxa2 29.Qxe5 Rxd2+ 30.Kh1 Qe6 31.Qb8+ Rd8 32.Bc8 Rxc8 33.Qxc8+ Qxc8 0-1

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.29”]

[Round “10”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “FM Richard Delaune”]

[Black “GM Alexey Dreev”]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.g3 c6 4.b3 Nf6 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.O-O e5 7.d3 Bd6 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.Qc2 a5 10.a3 b5 11.e4 bxc4 12.bxc4 dxe4 13.dxe4 Nc5 14.Bb2 Qc7 15.Rfd1 Rb8 16.Bc3 Rd8 17.h3 Ba6 18.Rab1 Nfd7 19.Bf1 Rxb1 20.Rxb1 Ra8 21.Rd1 Rb8 22.Kg2 Nf8 23.Nb1 Nb7 24.Kh2 Ne6 25.Qb2 f6 26.Qc2 Bc5 27.Kg2 Nd6 28.Nbd2 Bb6 29.Rb1 Nc5 30.Be2 Bc8 31.Ne1 Ne6 32.Nb3 c5 33.Nd2 Ng5 34.Bg4 Qc6 35.Bxc8 Rxc8 36.f3 a4 37.Qd3 Qc7 38.Qd5+ Ndf7 39.Qd3 Rd8 40.Qc2 Ba5 41.Bxa5 Qxa5 42.Nf1 Ne6 43.Kf2 Nd4 44.Qd2 Qa7 45.Qc3 Nb3 46.h4 Qd7 47.Nc2 f5 48.Re1 f4 49.gxf4 exf4 50.e5 Re8 51.Re4 Qh3 52.Rxf4 Nxe5 53.Re4 Nc1 54.Qe3 Ncd3+ 0-1

[Event “Capital International”]

[Site “Kensington, MD”]

[Date “1990.04.29”]

[Round “10”]

[Result “0-1”]

[White “Maurice Ashley”]

[Black “IM Vladimir Epishin”]

1. c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e4 h6 5.a3 d6 6.d4 Bg4 7.d5 Nd4 8.Be3 Nxf3+ 9.gxf3 Bd7 10.f4 Ng4 11.Bd2 exf4 12.Bxf4 g5 13.Bg3 Bg7 14.Qc2 f5 15.exf5 Qe7+ 16.Be2 O-O 17.f6 Qxf6 18.O-O-O Rae8 19.Bd3 Bf5 20.Kb1 Nxf2 0-1