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Copyright 1991,1996, 1997, 1998 John Richard Coffey.
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0 [Next]	From one of my tournament games: I played b5 here which is not the best. Black to Move
1 [Next]	The move f4 for black prevents white from playing to the same square, and gives black a little more space. Black to Move
2 [Next]	Fritz likes Qf6 with the f3 fork threat. So now after Qf3, the move b5 can be played like in the actual game. The difference here is, as Silman says, why let your opponent expand on one side of the board when you can expand on both?
3 [Next]	Black to Move
4 [Next]	exf4 prevents the creation of a white passed pawn on the d file.
5 [Next]	Black to Move
6 [Next]	Black to Move
7 [Next]	Black to Move
8 [Next]	Black to Move
9 [Next]	Fritz likes a3, b3, Qa6 and Qc7 but ..... Fritz prefers the move Qa7 to all the rest. Black to Move
10 [Next]	It should be obvious that White is about to lose. Black to Move
11 [Next]	Black to Move
12 [Next]	Black to Move
13 [Next]	Although other moves still win, Qa4 is the fastest. The queen is going to go to c2 and then to b1 and the game is over.