[Event " WC 2000"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hameister"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Bf2
d4 15. h3 Qa5 16. Qd1 Rd8 17. g4 Ne3 18. Qc1 Qd5 19. Rg1 Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Qg2 21.
Bh4 Rc8 22. Bf2 Qxh3 23. g5 Na5 24. Bxd4 Nc4 25. Nxc3 Qg3+ 26. Kd1 Bc6 27. Ne2
Bf3 28. c3 Rh8 29. Ra2 Rh2 30. Qc2 Bxe2+ 0-1

[Event "IECG CUP V"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota"]
[Black "Marfia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 e5 6. dxe5 Nc6 7. a3 Nxe5 8.
e4 Nb6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Bd2 f6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Bc3 Bg7 14. Nf3
Re8 15. Bd3 Ke7 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 Kf7+ 18. Kf2 Bf8 19. g4 Bc5+ 20. Kg2 Bd6
21. Rhe1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Ra4 23. h3 Bd7 24. Bc2 Rf4 25. Be4 h5 26. Bd2 Rxe4 27.
Rxe4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Ne5 29. Nxe5+ Bxe5 30. Rb4 b5 31. Rb3 c5 32. Bc1 Bc6+ 33.
Kh3 Bd4 34. g5 fxg5 35. Kg4 c4 36. Rh3 Kg7 37. Rh2 Be5 38. Re2 Bf6 39. Bxg5 Bd7
40. Kf4 Kf7 41. Bxf6 Kxf6 42. Re5 1-0

[Event "IECG CUP V"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota"]
[Black "Sheers"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O g6 11. f3 b5 12. a3 Qb6 13. Kh1 Ba6 14. b4 Bb7 15.
e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4 17. Qc1 Qd8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. h3 Ngf6 20. e5 Nh5 21. Ne4
Rf8 22. Qh6 f5 23. Nd6 Rab8 24. Nxf5 Qe8 25. Qg5 Kh8 26. Ne7 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Nf8
28. Nf4 1-0

[Event "IECG Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota"]
[Black "Hanegby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 f5 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nh3 Na6
9. Nf4 Bd7 10. h4 Nc7 11. h5 Nxh5 12. Nxh5 gxh5 13. Rxh5 a6 14. e4 Qe8 15. Qe2
b5 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Rxh6 bxc4 18. e5 Rb8 19. e6 Bc8 20. O-O-O Rf6 21. Rdh1 Rxh6
22. Rxh6 Nb5 23. Nxb5 Rxb5 24. Bh3 Qf8 25. Qh5 Qg7 26. Qe8+ Qf8 27. Qxf8+ Kxf8
28. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "M 072"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jaumandreu"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qd2 Bd7 7. Nf3 Nh6 8. Be2
cxd4 9. cxd4 Nf5 10. Nc3 Be7 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Na4 Qb4
15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Rac1 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Ne7 19. e4 g6 20. Bb5 a6 21.
Ba4 b6 22. exd5 bxc5 23. d6 cxd4 24. dxe7 Bxe7 25. Rxd4 Bf6 26. Rb4 Ra7 27. Bc6
a5 28. Rb6 Ba6 29. Be4 Be2 30. Rxe6 Bxb2 31. Re1 Bc4 32. Rc6 Bf7 33. Rc2 Bf6
34. Rd1 Kg7 35. Rcd2 Rb8 36. Rd7 Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Kf8 38. a3 Be7 39. Ne5 Be8 40.
Rd5 a4 41. Nd7+ Bxd7 42. Rxd7 Rb3 43. Rd3 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "M 072"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Listratov"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5
Ne5 9. Be2 a6 10. Bg5 b5 11. cxb5 Qa5 12. f4 Ned7 13. bxa6 Bxa6 14. Nf3 Rfb8
15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Rb1 Qc4 17. Qe2 Qxc3+ 18. bxc3 Rxb1+ 19. Kf2 Rxh1 20. Nd2
Rxa2 0-1

[Event "M 072"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mrkvicka"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. O-O Nf5 7. e4 Nfd4 8. Bc4
d6 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 O-O 11. a3 e6 12. d3 d5 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bb3 Ne7 15.
Ng3 a5 16. Qf3 h5 17. f5 Bxf5 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Bxd5 Rc8 20. Bb3 Qd7 21. a4
Rce8 22. Bd2 Ne3 23. Rfe1 Re5 24. Qg3 Kh7 25. Bxe3 Rxe3 26. Qh4 f5 27. Bc4 f4
28. Rf1 Qf5 29. Bb3 Kh6 30. Rae1 g5 31. Qf2 g4 32. Bc4 Rfe8 33. Qd2 f3 34. Bb5
R8e7 35. Rf2 Kh7 36. Ref1 Re2 0-1

[Event "M 072"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota"]
[Black "Van Asperen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 cxd5 14. cxd5 h6 15.
Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. Bc2 b6 20. Qg4 Rf6 21. Bb3
Qd6 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. b5 Qxe6 24. Qa4 Qd7 25. Bc1 Rdf8 26. f3 Re6 27. Rd3 Kh7
28. Red1 e4 29. fxe4 Qe8 30. Re3 Nf5 31. exf5 Rxe3 32. fxg6+ Kh8 33. Bxe3 Qxe3+
34. Kh1 Qe2 35. Rg1 Rf1 36. Qh4 Rxg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "M 075"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Desmoitier"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. a4
Qa5 9. Qd2 Nbc6 10. Be2 f6 11. Ba3 fxe5 12. dxe5 O-O 13. O-O Ng6 14. Rfb1 Nd8
15. Qe3 Rc8 16. Bb5 Bxb5 17. axb5 Qc7 18. c4 d4 19. Qe2 Rf5 20. Bb2 b6 21. c3
d3 22. Qxd3 Nf7 23. Rd1 Rf8 24. Qe4 Nfxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. f3
Nxc4 28. Bc1 Ra8 29. Re1 Kf7 30. Ra4 Na5 31. Rae4 Nb3 32. Bf4 a5 33. bxa6 Rxa6
34. g4 Rf6 35. Rd1 Ra2 36. Rd7+ Kg8 37. Rd8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "M 075"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Norberg"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 c5 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. O-O b5 13. Qd2 h5 14. a3 Rb8 15. b4
h4 16. Nh1 Nfd7 17. Nf2 f5 18. Rac1 Nb6 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. bxc5 dxc5
22. Qe3 Ned7 23. Rfd1 f4 24. Qd2 Ne5 25. Qa2 c4 26. Qb2 Qd6 27. Qb4 Rf6 28. Rb1
Bd7 29. Rd2 Nc8 30. h3 g5 31. Bf1 Rf8 32. Ne2 Qf6 33. Nd4 Nb6 34. Ng4 Nxg4 35.
hxg4 Rfc8 36. Re1 c3 37. Rd3 Rc4 38. Qa5 Qd6 39. Nc2 Rbc8 40. Nb4 Qc5+ 41. Kh1
Qf2 42. Rc1 Kg7 43. Nc6 Bxc6 44. dxc6 R4xc6 45. Qxa6 Qb2 46. Rcxc3 Rxc3 47.
Qxb6 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "M 075"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ossig"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. f3 Bd7 7. Nh3 Bc6 8.
fxe4 Bxe4 9. Ng5 Bc6 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Bd3 Qd6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. a4 Ng4 14. Qd2
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ngf6 16. Ba3 c5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. Qf2 Ne5 19. c6 Nxc6 20. Rab1 Nd5
21. Rb3 Nf4 22. Kh1 Nxd3 23. cxd3 O-O-O 24. d4 Qa5 25. Qb2 Rd7 26. Bc5 b6 0-1

[Event "M 075"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota"]
[Black "Halwick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Qe2 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. e4 Qc7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Bf4 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. Rac1 Qb6 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Rc2 Kh8 18. Ne4 Rac8 19. Ng5 Rxc2 20. Bxc2 h6 21.
Bg3 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rd7 Kg8 24. Qd3 f5 25. Nxe6 Be4 26. Qb3 Rc8 27. Ng5+
Rc4 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Kf8 30. g3 Qe6 31. Rd1 Qf6 32. Bd5 Rc7 33. a4 Bd4
34. Rd2 Re7 35. axb5 a5 36. Qd3 Bxb2 37. Rc2 Bd4 38. Ba2 Re1+ 39. Kg2 Bb6 40.
Qd5 Ke7 41. Qb7+ Kf8 42. Bd5 1-0

[Event "M 075"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota"]
[Black "Hardy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Rc1
a6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 b5 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc6 b4 13. cxd7 bxc3 14. b4 Nc6 15.
a3 Qxd7 16. f4 Qe6 17. Qd3 Rab8 18. O-O Rfc8 19. h3 Rc7 20. Rfd1 h6 21. Qd5 Nd8
22. e5 dxe5 23. Rxc3 exf4 24. Bxf4 Rbc8 25. Re3 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Ra7 27. Red3 Ne6
28. Be3 Rac7 29. Rd1 Rc6 30. c5 f5 31. Bc4 Kf7 32. R5d3 Kf6 33. Bd5 1-0

[Event "M 075"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota"]
[Black "Reichardt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Be2 c5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bc6 11. Qd3 O-O 12. O-O e6 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Re1 Nb6
15. Bd1 Qd7 16. Bb3 Bb5 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. Qf4 Rac8 19. Qh4 Bd3 20. Ra1 Bc2 21.
Bh6 Bxb3 22. axb3 a6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rad1 Qd6 25. d5 e5 26. Re3 h6 27. Qg3
Nd7 28. h4 b5 29. h5 Qf6 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Nh4 b4 32. Rf3 Qg5 33. Qh3 Rc3 34.
Qe6 Nf8 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. g3 1-0

[Event "M-072"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota"]
[Black "Efendiyev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D09"]
[Annotator "Junior 5.0 (60s)"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 {Opening =                               8.0-0 h5} 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4
4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Be6 6. Nbd2 Qd7 7. Bg2 O-O-O 8. O-O h5 9. Qa4 Kb8 10. Ng5 Nxe5
11. Qxd7 Nxd7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Nb3 e5 14. Na5 c6 15. a3 $11 (15. Bxc6 $5 bxc6
16. Nxc6+ Kc8 17. Nxd8 Kxd8 18. Bd2 $16) 15... Bd6 $16 (15... Re8 $142 $5 $11 {
is an interesting idea}) 16. Bxc6 $1 {
White has to consider giving back material} 16... bxc6 17. Nxc6+ {
The passed pawn on c4 will quickly become a dangerous weapon} 17... Kc7 18.
Nxd8 Kxd8 19. b4 Ngf6 20. Rd1 (20. c5 Be7 $16) 20... h4 21. e3 (21. c5 Bc7 $16)
21... hxg3 (21... Ne4 22. exd4 hxg3 23. hxg3 $16) 22. hxg3 dxe3 (22... Ne4 23.
Kg2 Rf8 24. f3 $16 (24. exd4 $6 Rxf2+ 25. Kg1 exd4 26. Rxd4 Re2 $15)) 23. Bxe3
$1 {White has managed to stay ahead} (23. Rxd6 $2 {looks very tantalising, but}
23... exf2+ 24. Kxf2 Ne4+ 25. Kg2 Nxd6 $19) 23... Bb8 24. c5 Kc8 25. c6 (25.
Kg2 Ng4 $16) 25... Nb6 26. Rac1 e4 (26... Bc7 27. Kg2 $16) 27. Rc5 Na4 28. Rc2
(28. Rg5 Nb2 29. Rd4 Rh7 $16) 28... Be5 $18 (28... Nb6 $5 $16) 29. Bxa7 Nc3 30.
Re1 Nfd5 31. b5 (31. Bc5 Kc7 $16) 31... Kc7 (31... Nxb5 32. Rxe4 Bc3 33. Be3
$16) 32. b6+ Kxc6 (32... Nxb6 33. Bxb6+ Kxb6 34. Re3 $18) 33. Rxe4 Bf6 34. a4 (
34. Rc4+ Kb7 $16) 34... Kb7 35. Rc4 Re8 36. Kf1 Re4 37. Rxe4 Nxe4 38. g4 $11 (
38. a5 $5 $14 {has some apparent merit}) 38... Bd4 $16 (38... Nxb6 $142 $5 {
should be investigated more closely} 39. Bxb6 Kxb6 $11) 39. Kg2 $11 (39. a5
$142 $5 $16) 39... Bxf2 40. Rxf2 Ne3+ 41. Kf3 Nxf2 42. Kxe3 (42. Kxf2 $6 Nxg4+
43. Ke1 Ne5 $11) 42... Nxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC 2000"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larsson"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. e4 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Ne5 12. Bxf4 Ng6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd4 Be6
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Bf6 17. Bf5 Nh6 18. Be4 Re8 19. Re1 Ng4 20. a5 Bxd4 21.
Qxd4 N6e5 22. Bf5 Nxf3 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. gxf3 Nf6 25. Rg1 Qe7 26. c4 Re8 27.
Bd7 Qxd7 28. Qxf6 g6 29. b4 Re3 30. Kg2 Re5 31. h4 h5 32. Kg3 Qe8 33. Rg2 Re1
34. Qxd6 Rh1 35. Qf6 Qe1+ 36. Kf4 Qc1+ 37. Kg3 Qxc4 38. d6 Rd1 39. Rb2 Qc6 40.
Re2 Rxd6 41. Qe5 Rd5 42. Qe7 Rf5 43. Re4 Kg7 44. Qd8 Rd5 45. Qe7 Qf6 46. Qxf6+
Kxf6 47. Kf4 Rf5+ 48. Kg3 Re5 49. Rc4 Ke6 50. Rc7 Rb5 51. Rc4 Kd5 52. Rf4 f5
53. Kf2 b6 54. axb6 Rxb6 55. Ke3 Kc6 56. Rc4+ Kb5 57. Kd4 Re6 58. Rc1 Kxb4 59.
Rb1+ Ka5 60. Kc5 Re5+ 61. Kd4 Re2 62. Rg1 Re6 63. Kd5 Rf6 64. Rb1 Ka4 65. f4 a5
66. Kc5 Ra6 0-1

[Event "WC 2000"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nasman"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5
Qe8 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Nge2 f5 11. f3 Nc5 12. Bc2 a6 13. b4 Nd7 14. exf5 gxf5 15.
g4 Nf4 16. Bxf5 Nb6 17. Bxf4 Bxf5 18. gxf5 exf4 19. Rg1 Kh8 20. Rxg7 Kxg7 21.
Qxf4 Qe5 22. c5 Nd7 23. Qxe5+ dxe5 24. Ng3 a5 25. c6 axb4 0-1

[Event "WC 2000"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sasata"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Annotator "Junior 6.0 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. d4 {E81: King's Indian: Saemisch: 6th move deviations (including 6 Be3 c6)}
1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 b5 9.
cxb5 Qa5 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nge2 Nb6 12. Nc1 axb5 13. Bxb5 Ba6 14. N1a2 Bxb5 15.
axb5 Nh5 16. Rb1 Bd4 17. b3 (17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. b3 e6 19. dxe6 Rxe6 20. Be3 Bxe3
21. Qxe3 d5 22. b4 Qa3 23. bxc5 Nc4 24. Qd4 Nf4 25. O-O Qxa2 26. Rf2 Qa3 27.
Nxd5 Qd3 28. Qxd3 Nxd3 29. Rc2 Na3 30. Ra2 Nxc5 31. Rba1 f5 32. Nc7 Re5 33.
Nxa8 Nxb5 34. exf5 gxf5 35. Nb6 Nc3 36. Rc2 {
1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G/Linares 1997/CBM 57/[Ftacnik] (36)}) 17... f5 18.
Bxe7 Rfe8 $146 (18... fxe4 19. b4 cxb4 20. Qxd4 bxc3 21. O-O Qxa2 22. Bxf8 exf3
23. gxf3 Rxf8 {0-1 Sasata,R-Larsson,M/IECG 1999 (23)}) 19. Bxd6 fxe4 20. fxe4
Nf6 (20... Nf6 21. Kd1 Rxe4 $17) 0-1

[Event "WC 2000"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota"]
[Black "Beckmann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "Junior 6.0 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1. d4 {D34: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 Nf6 7 Bg2 Be7} 1... d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4.
cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5
11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qxb2 13. Nc7 Rad8 14. Qc1 Qxc1 15. Raxc1 Ba3 (15... Be7
16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rc4 Bf6 18. e3 Rd6 19. h4 h6 20. Re4 Rfd8 21. Bh3 Kf7 22. Kg2
Re8 23. Rc1 Re7 24. Rc2 b6 25. Rf4 Kg6 26. g4 Ba1 27. Rc1 Bb2 28. Rc2 Ba1 29.
a4 Ne5 30. Nxe5+ {Yusupov,A-Spraggett,K/Quebec cqf 1989/CAND/[Ftacnik]/1-0 (42)
}) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rc4 (17. Rc3 Bb4 18. Rb3 a5 19. a3 a4 20. Rb2 Bxa3 21. Ra2
Be7 22. Rxa4 Bf6 23. Rb1 Rf7 24. Rc4 Rfd7 25. Rcc1 Kf7 26. Kf1 Ke7 27. Ne1 Rc7
28. Nd3 Rdc8 29. e3 Nd8 30. Rxc7+ Rxc7 31. Be4 g6 {
Gregorz R-Gabbara F/It (open), Chicago (USA) 1995/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 17... Rd7 $146
(17... Rd6 18. Bh3 h6 19. Re4 Re8 20. e3 b5 21. Rb1 a6 22. Rb3 Bc5 23. Ne5 Nxe5
24. Rxe5 Ba7 25. Rb4 Kf7 26. Rf4+ Kg6 27. Bg4 Re7 28. Bf3 Kh7 29. Rf8 g6 30. h4
Kg7 31. Ra8 Kf6 32. Re4 g5 33. hxg5+ hxg5 34. Rh8 Rg7 35. Bg4 Kf7 36. Rh6 Rg6
37. Bh5 e5 38. Rxg6 Rxg6 39. Bxg6+ Kxg6 40. Rxe5 {
1-0 Gachon,L-Szitas,G/FRA-chT 1991/TD 91\02 (40)}) (17... h6 18. Rb1 Rf7 19.
Ne1 $11) 18. Bh3 Nd8 (18... Re7 19. Rd1 $11) 19. Kg2 h6 {
Prevents intrusion on g5} 20. e3 Bb2 (20... a6 21. Nd4 Rd6 22. f4 $14) 21. Bg4
g6 {Secures f5+h5} 22. h4 Kf7 (22... b6 23. h5 $14) 23. Re4 {
The isolani on e6 becomes a target} 23... Bf6 (23... Rc7 24. Rd1 Bf6 25. h5
gxh5 26. Bxh5+ Ke7 27. Nd4 Bxd4 28. Rexd4 $14 (28. Rdxd4 $143 Rc2 29. Bf3 Rxa2
$15)) 24. Rc1 h5 25. Bh3 Rd6 (25... a6 26. a3 $14) 26. Rc8 a6 27. Rec4 Re8 28.
Rb8 Rd1 29. e4 Ke7 30. Rc5 {White prepares e5} 30... Kd7 (30... Rd3 31. e5 Bg7
32. Ng5 $16) 31. e5 Be7 32. Rc4 Rf8 33. Rd4+ Rxd4 34. Nxd4 Ba3 35. f3 Re8 36.
Nxe6 Nxe6 37. Rxe8 Kxe8 38. Bxe6 b5 (38... b6 39. Kf2 $14) 39. Bd5 Ke7 40. f4
Bc5 41. Kf3 a5 42. g4 Bd4 (42... hxg4+ $142 $5 43. Kxg4 Kf8 $16) 43. gxh5 gxh5
44. Bc6 b4 (44... Bc3 45. Ke4 $18) 45. Ba4 Kf7 46. Bd1 Kg6 (46... Kg7 47. Ke4
Bf2 48. f5 Bxh4 49. f6+ Bxf6 50. exf6+ Kxf6 51. Bxh5 $18) 47. Ke4 Bf2 (47...
Bc3 48. f5+ Kh7 49. f6 $18) 48. f5+ (48. f5+ Kf7 49. f6 $18) 1-0

[Event "WC 2000"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota"]
[Black "Kissinder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "Junior 6.0 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1. d4 {E94: King's Indian: Classical: 6 Be2 e5 7 0-0: Various Black 7th moves}
1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
exd4 9. Nxd4 c6 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Re8 {The pressure on e4 grows} 12. f3 d5
13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Nb5 dxe4 16. f4 Nb6 $146 (16... Nf6 17. Bc5 Qe6
18. Nd6 Rf8 19. Bc4 Qe7 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Bb3 Be6 22. Nf5 Qxc5+ 23. Qxc5 Bxf5
24. Rfe1 b6 25. Qd6 Rae8 26. Ba4 Rc8 27. Qe7 a6 28. Qd6 b5 29. Bb3 Rce8 30.
Qxa6 b4 31. Qd6 e3 32. Qb6 Ng4 33. h3 Nf2 34. Rd6 Nd3 35. Rxe3 Rb8 36. Qa7 {
1-0 Tisdall,J-Rantanen,Y/Gausdal 1982/MCD-op (36)}) 17. Bc5 Qh4 18. Nc7 Bf5 19.
Qb3 (19. Qb3 Qf6 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. Bd4 $16) 1-0

[Event "WC 2000"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota"]
[Black "Mascioni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Junior 6.0 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. d4 {D46: Semi-Slav: 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} 1... d5 2. c4
e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4
Qe7 10. h3 e5 11. a3 Bb8 12. Ba2 h6 13. Nh4 Rd8 14. Nf5 Qe8 15. Bd2 Nf8 16.
Rfd1 exd4 17. Nxd4 Qe5 18. f4 Qe7 19. Re1 a5 20. Rad1 Ba7 21. Kh1 $146 (21. Na4
Bxd4 22. exd4 Qc7 23. f5 Rxd4 24. Bc3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd5 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Qf2
Ra6 28. Rxd5 Nd7 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. Rxc5 Rc6 31. Qd4 f6 32. Bxa5 Qe7 33. Rxc6
bxc6 34. g4 Kh7 35. Bb4 Qe2 36. Qd2 Qf3 37. Qg2 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 c5 39. Bc3 Ba6 40.
Qg3 Qe2+ 41. Qg2 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Akopian,V/It, Ubeda ESP 1997 (41)}) 21...
Nh5 22. Nce2 Bxd4 23. exd4 Be6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. f5 Qd6 {
Attacks the isolani on d4} (25... Qd7 26. Bf4 $11) 26. Qb3 Qd7 27. Qf3 Nf6 28.
Nc3 a4 29. Bc1 Ra5 30. Re5 Nd5 {The knight likes it on d5} (30... Qc7 31. Bf4
Rd7 32. Rde1 $11) 31. Rf1 Nh7 (31... f6 32. Re2 $11) 32. f6 Nhxf6 ({
Less advisable is} 32... gxf6 33. Rf5 Kh8 34. Ne4 $16) 33. Qg3 Ne8 34. Bxh6 f6
{Consolidates g5} 35. Re2 Qf7 36. Rfe1 Nd6 37. Qg4 Rd7 38. Bxg7 f5 (38... Qxg7
39. Re8+ Nxe8 40. Rxe8+ Kf7 41. Qxd7+ Kg6 42. Qd8 $18) 39. Qh4 Qxg7 (39... Kxg7
$2 40. Re6 Nf6 41. Rxd6 $18) 40. Re6 Kf8 41. R1e5 b6 42. Rh6 Nf7 43. Rxf5 Kg8
44. Rxc6 Ne7 45. Rxa5 bxa5 (45... Nxc6 46. Ra8+ Ncd8 47. d5 $16) 46. Rc4 Nd6
47. Rxa4 Nef5 {Do you see the mate threat?} 48. Qg4 Qxg4 49. hxg4 Ne3 50. Rxa5
Ndc4 51. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WC 2000"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota"]
[Black "Winkler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
c5 9. Bc3 O-O 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. Nc3 a6 13. Rfd1 Nbd7 14. e4 Qc7 15.
Qe3 Rac8 16. Nd4 Rfe8 17. h3 Nf8 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. f4 N6d7 20. Kh2 Nc5 21. Rd2
Bf6 22. Rcd1 Red8 23. b4 Ncd7 24. Bf1 Be7 25. a3 Qa8 26. Nb3 Re8 27. e5 dxe5
28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Rxd7 exf4 30. gxf4 Bc6 31. Rd2 Qb8 32. Ne4 Bxe4 33. Qxe4 Bd6
34. Be5 Bxe5 35. Qxe5 Red8 36. Rxd8+ Rxd8 37. Qxb8 Rxb8 38. c5 a5 39. c6 axb4
40. Ba6 1-0

[Event "WC-2000"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berdichesky"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. h4 e5 8. d5 h6
9. Be3 Nc5 10. Qc2 c6 11. h5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. b4 Na6 15. a3
h5 16. f3 Nc7 17. Qd2 Nh7 18. O-O-O b5 19. Nh3 a5 20. Kb2 Qc8 21. Na2 axb4 22.
Nxb4 Na6 23. Rc1 Qb7 24. Nc6 Bf6 25. Nf2 b4 26. axb4 Nxb4 27. Nxb4 Rfb8 28.
Nfd3 Bb5 29. Ra1 Bxd3 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. Ra1 Qb7 32. Bxd3 Qxb4+ 33. Qxb4 Rxb4+
34. Kc3 Rb8 35. Ra6 Rd8 36. Rc6 Be7 37. Ba6 Ra8 38. f4 Nf6 39. fxe5 dxe5 40.
Kd3 Kg7 41. Bd2 Nd7 42. Kc4 Kf7 43. Bb5 Nf6 44. Bc3 Nxe4 45. Bxe5 Rd8 46. Kd4
Nd6 47. Bd3 Rd7 48. Ra6 Rd8 49. Ra1 Ne8 50. Rf1+ Bf6 51. Rf3 Kg7 52. Rg3 Bxe5+
53. Kxe5 Rd6 54. Bb5 Rd8 55. Bc6 Nd6 56. Ke6 Nf5 57. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CLO-2000.01"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bergman"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[Annotator "Fritz 6 (120s)"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. e4 e6 {Opening =                                            12.Bf4} 2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8
10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Bd7 13. a6 O-O-O 14. axb7+ (14. Bd3 f5 15.
exf6 Qxf4 16. fxe7 Rde8 17. Bg6 Ne5 18. Bxe8 Rxg2 19. Bxd7+ Kc7 20. e8=N+ Kb8
21. Kf1 Rxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Qxf3+ 23. Kg1 Qe3+ 24. Kf1 Qf4+ 25. Kg2 Qf3+ {
1/2-1/2 Dolmatov,S-Ivanov,S/Russia 1995/Inf 65/[Ivanov,Se] (25)}) 14... Kb8 15.
Qd3 d4 $146 (15... Rg4 16. Bg3 Rc4 17. Be2 $16) (15... Ng6 16. Bg3 Ncxe5 17.
Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qd4 Rxg3 (18... f6 19. Rb1 Rg7 20. Rb3 Qd6 21. Rxc3 Bc6 22. Be2
Bxb7 23. O-O Ka8 24. Re1 Rdg8 25. Bf1 Rg4 26. Bxe5 Rxd4 27. Bxd6 {
1-0 Matulovic,M-Osmanagic,D/Sarajevo 1965/MCD-r6 (27)}) 19. hxg3 Ng6 20. Qf6
Ba4 21. Be2 e5 22. Rh7 Rf8 23. Bd3 e4 24. Be2 Qe5 25. Qa6 Bxc2 26. Rh5 Qc7 27.
Rc1 Bb3 28. Qb5 Ba2 29. Rc2 e3 30. Qb4 exf2+ 31. Kxf2 Bc4 32. Bxc4 dxc4 33.
Rxc3 Re8 34. Rxc4 Qd7 35. Rc8+ Rxc8 36. bxc8=Q+ Kxc8 37. Rc5+ Kd8 38. Qb8+ {
1-0 Shamkovich,L-Sherbakov ,V/URS 1958 (38)}) 16. Rb1 Rg4 17. Bg3 (17. g3 Nd5
18. Qc4 Nxf4 $18) 17... Nf5 18. Be2 $16 (18. Qc4 Qa5 $16) 18... Na5 19. O-O (
19. Ng1 Rg7 $16) 19... Bc6 20. Rb4 Bd5 (20... Be4 21. Qd1 $16) 21. Rfb1 (21.
Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Bxg2 24. Qxd8+ Qxd8 25. Kxg2 Qd5+ 26. Bf3 Qa2
$15) 21... Be4 (21... Ba2 22. Ra1 Bd5 23. Qa6 $16) 22. Qd1 Nc6 23. Rb5 (23. Rc4
Nxg3 24. hxg3 d3 25. cxd3 Bxf3 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Bxf3 Qc5 28. Bxg4 c2 $11)
23... d3 $18 (23... Nxg3 $5 24. fxg3 Rgg8 $16) 24. cxd3 Ncd4 $18 (24... Bxf3
25. Bxf3 (25. gxf3 $6 Rxg3+ 26. fxg3 Ncd4 $15) 25... Rxg3 26. hxg3 Nxe5 27. Qa4
$16) 25. Ne1 $14 (25. Nxd4 Rxg3 26. dxe4 Nxd4 27. Qf1 $17) 25... Rxg3 26. hxg3
{Controls h4.} (26. fxg3 Ne3 27. Qa4 c2 $19) 26... Nxb5 27. Rxb5 Nd4 28. Rb4 c2
29. Nxc2 Nxe2+ 30. Qxe2 Bxd3 31. Qg4 (31. Qf3 Bxc2 32. Qf6 a5 $17) 31... Qxc2
32. Qh4 {Do you see the mate threat?} 32... Qc7 33. Kh2 a5 34. Rb2 (34. Rb3 Be4
$17) 34... Rd5 35. Qh8+ Qd8 {The mate threat is Qxh8} 36. Qg7 Rd7 (36... Bg6
37. f3 $17) 37. Qg4 $19 (37. Qh6 Rxb7 38. Rxb7+ Kxb7 $19) 37... Ba6 $17 (37...
Bg6 38. Rb5 $19) 38. Qh4 $19 (38. Rb1 Bxb7 39. Qf4 Rc7 $19) 38... Bxb7 39. Rb5
(39. Rb3 Qc7 40. Qe4 Rd5 $19) 39... Qc7 40. a4 (40. f3 Rd5 41. Rxd5 exd5 $19)
40... Ka7 (40... Qc1 41. Qh7 $19 (41. Rxa5 Rd1 42. Qh8+ Bc8 43. Rb5+ Ka7 44.
Ra5+ Kb7 45. Rb5+ Ka6 46. Qxc8+ Qxc8 $19)) 41. Qh6 (41. Qf4 Qc3 42. Rb1 Qd4 $19
) 41... Qc3 42. Qf8 (42. Qf6 Ka6 43. Rb1 Qc2 $19) 42... f5 {
Threatening mate... how?} (42... f5 43. Qc5+ Qxc5 44. Rxc5 Rd5 $19) 0-1

[Event "IECC CLO-2000.01"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hummeling"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. Nge2
a6 9. Rd1 b6 10. e5 Ne8 11. exd6 Nxd6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Qc7 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. b3 Red8 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. f4 f5 19. Qe1 e6 20. Bc2 Qc6 21. Rf2 Nf7
22. Re2 Nf8 23. Na4 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Rd8 25. Qe1 Bd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Qc1 g5 28.
fxg5 Rg4 29. Bd1 Ne5 30. Qc2 Rd4 31. Rxe5 Rxd1+ 32. Nf1 Qd6 33. Re3 f4 34. Rc3
e5 35. Qf2 e4 36. Nxc5 Qe5 37. Nxb7 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "IECC CLO-2000.01"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.02.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota"]
[Black "Braun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "Fritz 6 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. d4 {E58: Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: Main Line: 7...Nc6 8 a3 Bxc3} 1... Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3
Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nd2 c4 12. Bb1 Ng4 13. g3 f5 14. Re1 Qf7 $146 (14... Be6
15. f3 Nf6 16. a4 Qa5 17. Qc2 Rf7 18. Ba3 Rd8 19. Ba2 Qc7 20. Re2 a6 21. Qb2
Rb8 22. Rae1 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bc5 Nd7 25. Bb4 Nxb4 26. Qxb4 Ra8 27. Bb1 Qa5
28. Qxa5 Rxa5 29. e4 fxe4 30. fxe4 Nf6 31. exd5 Bxd5 32. Re5 Ra3 33. g4 Bc6 34.
Rc5 Rc7 35. Be4 Nxe4 36. Nxe4 Raa7 37. Nd6 Bd7 38. Re7 Rxc5 39. dxc5 b4 40.
cxb4 c3 41. Re1 Ra4 42. b5 Rxg4+ 43. Kf2 Bxb5 44. Nxb5 c2 45. Nd6 {
1-0 Rivas Partos-Eslon Jaan/It (open) Sevilla (Spain) 1992 (45)}) (14... Re8
15. Nf1 Be6 16. Ra2 Qd7 17. f3 Nf6 18. h3 h5 19. Rh2 Ne7 20. Qc2 Bf7 21. Qf2
Bg6 22. Bc2 Rf8 23. a4 Qd6 24. Bb2 Nh7 25. Ra1 Rf6 26. Ba3 Qe6 27. f4 Nc6 28.
Nd2 h4 29. Rg2 {Taimanov,M-Osnos,V/St.Petersburg Furman 1995/EXP 50/1-0 (47)})
(14... Nf6 15. Qc2 $15) 15. f3 (15. Qf3 Qd7 $11) 15... Nf6 16. a4 b6 (16... Re8
17. Bc2 $11) 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Bc2 Qh5 19. Qe2 Na5 20. Qg2 (20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4
Qg6 $11) 20... Bb7 21. h3 {Consolidates g4} 21... Qg5 22. h4 Qh6 (22... Qh5 23.
Rab1 $15) 23. Bxf5 $11 g6 (23... Rxe3 24. Qf2 Ree8 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Bf7 $14)
24. Bh3 Rxe3 25. Nf1 (25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Be7 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qg7 $11) 25... Rxc3
26. Re7 (26. Re6 Rf8 $11) 26... Rxa3 (26... Rf8 27. Qe2 Kh8 28. Bb2 $18) 27.
Rxa3 Qf8 28. Rae3 (28. Qe2 Kh8 29. Rae3 Rd8 $14) 28... Bc8 29. h5 Nc6 (29...
Nxh5 $4 {taking the pawn is naive} 30. Re8 Nf6 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33.
g4 $18) 30. Rc7 Nxd4 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Qb2 Bxh3 33. Qxd4 {With the idea Rc6}
33... Rd8 (33... Rc8 34. Rxa7 Bd7 $18) 34. g4 {Threatens Re6} 34... Bxf1 35.
Re6 $4 {gives the opponent new chances} (35. Re6 Rd6 36. Qe5 Rxe6 37. Qxe6+ Kh8
38. Rf7 Qxf7 39. Qxf7 Nxg4 40. Kxf1 Ne3+ 41. Kf2 $18) (35. Kxf1 c3 36. Rexc3
$18) 1-0

[Event "IECG CUP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bonthuis"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 Ne7 5. Bd2 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 b6 8. Nf3
a5 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. exd5 exd5 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Qe3 Nf5 13. Qf4 Ne4 14. Bd3 Nfd6
15. h4 f6 16. Nd2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 c5 18. c4 b5 19. cxd5 c4 20. Be2 c3 21. Nb1 b4
22. Bd3 Ra7 23. h5 Re7 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. fxe3 f5 26. h6 g6 27. Qe5 Qc7 28. axb4
axb4 29. Rf1 Re8 30. Qf4 Qe7 31. Kd1 g5 0-1

[Event "IECG Cup V"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Franci"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Bd7 8. Bd2
Nbc6 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Bd3 c4 11. Be2 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Bh6 Nf5
15. Qd2 Rdg8 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Rfe1 Be8 18. Qc1 Rg7 19. g3 Bg6 20. Bf1 Re8 21.
Bh3 Qd7 22. Qa3 h5 23. a5 h4 24. a6 b6 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Nxh4 Be4 27. f3 Bxc2
28. Qb2 Bd3 29. Ng2 e5 30. dxe5 fxe5 31. Bh6 Rg6 32. Bc1 Rh8 33. Ne3 e4 34. f4
d4 35. Nf1 dxc3 36. Qxc3 Nd4 37. f5 Rxg3+ 38. hxg3 Qh7 0-1

[Event "IECC CLO-2000.01"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.04.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota "]
[Black "Kaczorowski"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Bg5 Na6 7. h4 h6 8. Be3 e5
9. d5 Nc5 10. Qc2 c6 11. h5 g5 12. f3 a5 13. g4 Bd7 14. Nh3 a4 15. Qd2 cxd5 16.
cxd5 Qa5 17. Nb1 Qxd2+ 18. Bxd2 Rfc8 19. Na3 Ne8 20. Nf2 Bf6 21. Bb5 Bd8 22.
Ke2 Ba5 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Bxa5 Rxa5 25. Rhc1 Rac5 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Nd1 Kf8 28.
Nc3 Nb6 29. Nc2 Ke7 30. Ne3 Ng7 31. Kd3 Kd8 32. b3 axb3 33. axb3 Rc8 34. Ne2
1-0

[Event "friendly game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota"]
[Black "Depasquale"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5
9. cxd5 h6 10. Be3 Re8 11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. Nc1 Nh5 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Bxh6 Qh4+ 15.
Kd1 Ng3 16. Qe1 Qxh6 17. hxg3 Qe3 18. Bb5 Qxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Re7 20. a4 a6 21. Bf1
b6 22. Nb3 Bb7 23. Nd2 Rae8 24. Ra3 Rb8 25. Kc2 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Rb3 b5 28.
axb5 axb5 29. Rxb5 Kf8 30. f4 Nd7 31. Re6 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Rxe6 33. dxe6 Nf6 34.
Bd3 1-0

[Event "friendly game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Depasquale"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4 e5 11. Nxc6 exf4 12. Nd4 Bc5 13. g3 Nd5 14. Nh3
fxg3 15. hxg3 Ne3 16. Kd2 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Nf5 18. Nf4 Nxg3 19. Nd5 Ra4 20. Rc1
Rxd4+ 21. Ke1 Rxd5 22. Rxc8+ Ke7 23. Rxh8 Nxh1 24. Rxh7 Ng3 25. e4 Rg5 26. Bc4
Nh5 27. Rh8 f5 28. exf5 Rxf5 29. Kd2 Nf6 30. Ke3 Kd6 31. Rb8 Kc7 32. Rh8 Re5+
33. Kd4 Kd6 34. Rb8 Rh5 0-1

[Event "SEMI-IECC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.05.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malmstrom"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nf3 Bxb5 10. Bxb5+ Nd7 11. O-O Ne7 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. Be3 g6 14. Rc1 a6 15.
Bd3 Nb6 16. Qf3 Na4 17. c4 Nb2 18. Be2 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bb6 20. Ne2 Nf5 21. Bc5
Bxc5+ 22. bxc5 Qd2 23. Bb3 Ne3 24. Rfe1 Rad8 25. Ra1 Rd3 26. Qxb7 Ng4 0-1

[Event "IECG-SEMI"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.05.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota"]
[Black "Malmstrom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
e3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 c5 12. Be2 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. O-O Re8 15.
Rad1 Qe7 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. Nf2 Bc6 18. h3 a6 19. Bd3 g5 20. Bg3 b5 21. b3 Nb6
22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rc1 Nbd7 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. fxg4 e4 26. Be2 Ra8 27. Rcd1 Rxa3
28. Rd6 Rc8 29. Rxh6 f6 30. h4 Qg7 31. hxg5 Qxg5 32. Bf4 Qd5 33. g5 Qxb3 34.
Qxb3+ Rxb3 35. Bg4 Kf7 36. gxf6 c4 37. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "IECC-UECC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota"]
[Black "Poleschi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 e5 10. Rb1 Re8 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 Ng6 13. g3 Qd7 14. Re1 h6 15.
Nf1 Rb8 16. Ne3 Ne7 17. Rb2 Ng6 18. f3 a6 19. Nf5 Qc7 20. Be3 Bxf5 21. exf5 Ne7
22. Qd2 Kh7 23. Bf2 Qa5 24. Reb1 b5 25. cxb5 Nexd5 26. Bc4 e4 27. Bxd5 e3 28.
Bxe3 Nxd5 29. c4 Qxd2 30. Bxd2 Ne3 31. Bxe3 Rxe3 32. bxa6 Ra8 33. Rb6 Rxf3 34.
Rxd6 Rxf5 35. Rb7 Rf3 36. Rb3 Rf5 37. Re3 Rb8 38. Rd2 Ra8 39. Ra3 Ra7 40. Rd6
Re5 41. Kf2 g5 42. Rb6 Ree7 43. Kf3 Kg7 44. g4 Red7 45. Rc6 Rd4 46. Rxc5 Rf4+
47. Kg3 Rf6 48. Rca5 Kf8 49. h4 gxh4+ 50. Kxh4 Rc6 51. c5 Ke7 52. Kh5 Kf8 53.
R3a4 Ke7 54. a3 Kf8 55. Rc4 Ke7 56. a4 Kf8 57. Rd4 Rcxa6 58. Rxa6 Rxa6 59. Rc4
Rc6 60. a5 Kg7 61. Rc3 Kh7 62. g5 hxg5 63. Kxg5 Kg7 64. Kf5 Ra6 65. c6 Rxa5+
66. Kf4 1-0

[Event "UECC-IECC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.06.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Poleschi"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O a5 7. a3 axb4 8. axb4
Rxa1 9. Bxa1 Qb6 10. c3 d5 11. d3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Nbd7 13. Qa4 e5 14. c4 Re8 15.
e4 d4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Bh6 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Bg2 Bf8 20. Rb1 b5 21. Qa6 bxc4
22. Qxc4 Rb8 23. Nd2 Ne8 24. Bf1 Rb5 25. f4 Ng7 26. Nf3 Ne6 27. Kg2 Qd6 28. Be2
Be7 29. Bd1 Bf6 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Qa2 Bxg3 32. Bb3 Ndf8 33. Rf1 Bf4 34. Bc4
Rxb4 35. Nxd4 Nxd4 36. Bxf7+ Kg7 37. Bc3 c5 38. Bxb4 cxb4 39. Bd5 Nfe6 40. h4
Qe7 41. Bxe6 Nxe6 42. Qa1+ Kh6 43. Qd1 Be5 44. Qg4 b3 0-1

[Event "Eclispe-IECC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.05.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wilhelms"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. h3 Nh6 12. Qc2 Nf7 13. O-O f5 14. b4 Bh6 15. a3 g5
16. Bg3 f4 17. Bh2 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. c5 Kh8 20. Ng5 Nxg5 21. Bxg4 f3 22. g3
Qe8 23. Rfd1 Ng8 24. cxd6 cxd6 25. Rd3 Qg6 26. Re1 Rf4 27. Qb3 Rxg4 28. Red1
Rh4 0-1

[Event "IECC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.07.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota"]
[Black "Wilhelms"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Qe2 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. e4 b5 10. Bb3 e5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 O-O 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Rac1 Qe7
15. Rc5 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Rfd8 17. h3 h6 18. a3 Qd6 19. Bd5 Nd4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Qxd4 Be6 24. f3 Nxd5 25. exd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Bxd5
27. Kf2 f5 28. Ke3 Kf7 29. Kd4 Ke6 30. g3 Kd6 31. h4 h5 32. b4 Be6 33. Nf1 Bg8
34. Ne3 Be6 35. Ng2 Bd5 36. Ne1 Bb7 37. Ke3 Kd5 38. Nd3 Kc4 39. Nf4 g6 40. Nxg6
Kb3 41. Nf4 1-0

[Event "M 072"]
[Site "IECG"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sirota"]
[Black "Simmerlink"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[Annotator "Fritz 6 (90s)"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.03.23"]

1. d4 {A50: Queen's Fianchetto Defence (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 b6)} 1... Nf6 2. c4 Nc6
3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O e5 8. Bg5 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10.
a3 Bc5 11. Nc3 Neg4 $146 (11... O-O 12. Nb3 $14) 12. Nd5 c6 {Consolidates b5} (
12... O-O 13. b4 Ba7 14. bxa5 $16) 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Bh4 a4 (14... Ne5 15. b3
$16) 15. Qd2 Rg8 16. Qf4 Rg6 (16... Qb6 17. e3 $16) 17. Nxc6 Qb6 18. Nb4 Bxb4
19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Rfd1 Ra6 (20... Qxb2 $4 {
the pawn contains a lethal dose of poison} 21. Rxa4 Rxa4 22. Qxd6 $18) 21. Be4
Qxb2 22. h3 Ne5 23. Rab1 Qc3 24. c5 dxc5 ({Less advisable is} 24... Bxh3 25.
Bxg6 (25. Rxd6 $6 Rxd6 26. cxd6 Bd7 $16) 25... Nxg6 26. Qe4+ Kf8 27. Qxb7 $18 (
27. cxd6 $6 Qe5 28. Qxb7 Rxd6 $18)) 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Rbc1 Qa5 $2 (26... Qb4
27. Qxb4 cxb4 28. Rxc8+ Ke7 $18) 27. Bxf6 (27. Bxf6 Nc6 28. Rd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "CIF - IECC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.08.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stiefel"]
[Black "Sirota"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 Bd7 4. a3 a5 5. d4 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Nh6
9. Bxh6 gxh6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Ra2 O-O 12. Re1 cxd4 13. cxd4 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15.
Rd2 Rac8 16. Bf1 Bg7 17. Re3 Rf4 18. g3 Re4 19. Red3 Rf8 20. Nc3 Be8 21. h3 Bh5
22. Na4 Qc7 23. Bg2 Nxd4 24. g4 Nxf3+ 25. Bxf3 Bg6 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Re3 b5 28.
Nb2 h5 29. Qe2 Bxb2 30. Rxb2 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 hxg4 32. Rxe4 dxe4 33. hxg4 Rf6 34.
Rc2 Qf4+ 35. Kg2 Rg6 36. Kf1 Rh6 37. Rc8+ Kf7 38. Qe3 Rh1+ 39. Ke2 Qxg4+ 0-1

