Selected games from the 2001 Charles Linklater Memorial annotated by the players themselves.

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.g4 Nb6
Alex Wojtkiewicz is one of the world's leading experts in the Najdorf, and here he shows why.
Note how efficiently Black relocates his knights. The early 8...Nbd7 and now this. As the result the feared g4-g5 advance will not be murderous.
10.Bd3 Bb7 11.0–0–0 Rc8 12.Kb1 Be7 13.h4 Nfd7 14.g5 Ne5
This looks like a theoretical novelty. In the game Spivak-Muhatdinov, St. Petersberg 1993, Black played 14...b4 15.Nce2 d5 with a draw in 54 moves. Over the board it seemed more logical to me to try to grab one or both of White's Bishops.
15.Qe1 Nbc4 16.Bc1 Qb6 17.Nce2 d5
Here if 18.exd5 Black has Bxd5 19.Bxc4 Nxc4 20.Nf5 Qc5 with the twin threats of ...Na3 ( followed by Qc2-a2 mate ) and capturing on f5.
18.Qg3 Bd6 19.Qg2
Now White is just positionally worse.
19...Bc5
Black forces White's Knight from the center. Taking on e4 is less clear.
20.Nb3  Ne3        Diagram

Black had other possibilities like Be3, but I wanted the two Bishops.
21.Qg3!?
Great game-time decision by Gregory Shahade. The ability to sense critical moments and make things more difficult ( or confusing ) for one's opponent is a GM quality, and Greg seems firmly on his way there.
White could have avoided losing the Exchange with 21.Bxe3 Bxe3, but then he would have no attack and no compensation for Black's nice positional advantage.
 21...Nxd1
Taking the Exchange was very tempting, but in retrospect it looks like I had better in pursuing my original intention of taking his Bishop. For example: 21...Nxd3 22.Rxd3 dxe4 23.fxe4 Bxe4 24.Nxc5 Qxc5 25.Rc3 Nc4 26.Rd1 b4.
Indeed, Black would have been winning then, but I find it hard to criticize my GM colleague for taking the material.
22.Qxe5 Nf2 23.Qxg7 Rf8 24.Rf1
Forced as White must try to create some threats on the f-file. I though I was winning here, but Gregory succeeded in working up some threats.
24...dxe4 25.fxe4 Nxd3!
It is important to restrict counterplay, particularly the advance g5-g6. For example if 25...Bxe4 White is able to come back to life with 26.Bxe4 Nxe4 27.Qxh7 Qc6 (27...Nd6 28.g6) 28.Nxc5 Nxc5 29.g6.
26.cxd3 Qd6 27.Nxc5
On 27.Rf3 Black wins material and attacks White's second rank with 27...Qh2.
27...Qxc5
Simpler was 27...Rxc5 28.Qd4 Qxd4 29.Nxd4 with a technical win for Black, who might follow up with ..b4 and ...a5.
 28.g6
Anticipating time trouble White tries for Bh6, his only active attempt.
28...Qc2+ 29.Ka1 Qxe2 30.gxf7+ Kd7 31.Qd4+         Diagram

Only crazy people and Fritz might be attracted by the ultra-risky 31...Kc6. Trying to run with the King leads to serious trouble: 32.Qc3+ Kb6 33.Qd4+ Ka5 34.b4+ Ka4 35.Qb6 Kxb4 36.Ba3+ Kc3 37.Rb1 Rxf7 38.Bb4+ Kc2 39.Rb2+ Kd1 40.Rxe2 Kxe2 and White is playing for a win.
31...Bd5!
Ever since going for the exchange Wojt had made all the best moves. It seemed that despite all his inventiveness Gregory would not be able to save himself.
32.Rg1 Qf3 33.exd5 Qxd5 34.Qg7 Qf5
Black should have played 34...Qc5! 35.Bh6 Qf2, winning as he picks up the f-pawn.
35.Qd4+ Qd5 36.Qg7 Qf5
Once again 36...Qc5 was winning, but 36...e5 was also probably good enough. At this point I only had a few seconds left.
37.Qd4+
And here the players agreed to a draw. Such a strange end of the game that left Wojt very unhappy.
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bb4 6.Bg5 c5
Black does not want to defend passively and tries to complicate the game! The position that arises after 6...c5 is known as theVienna varition, which is characterized by very sharp play with all three results possible. In most cases White will remains down a pawn with an interesting initiative for it.
It was a bit surprising for me that my opponent chose this line. Usually he prefers King's Indian pawn structures.
7.Bxc4
7.e5 cxd4 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.0-0-0 is another main line, but without a profound knowledge of deep theoretical analyses is better not to try to step in there.
7...cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Qa5 10.Bb5+        Diagram

10...Nbd7
10...Bd7 is another principled line, which was widely tried in the middle 1980's. After 11.Bxf6 Black has no choice but recapture: 11...gxf6 (11...Bxb5? 12.Nxb5 gxf6 13.Rb1 gives White a winning attack; while 11...Qxc3+? 12.Kf1 gxf6 13.Rc1 Qa5 14.Rc8+ just loses a rook.), and then there follows 12.Qb3 a6 13.Be2 Nc6 14.0-0 Qc7. In the resulting position both sides have deficiences in their pawn formations, but the white king looks safer, which makes me prefer White's position.
11.Bxf6 Qxc3+ 12.Kf1 gxf6 13.h4 a6 14.Rh3
Earlier I tried 14.Rc1 against GM Alexander Goldin in Governor's Cup in Sioux Falls (September, 2000), and he blundered badly with 14...Qa5??. Of course, the following simple exchange sacrifice on c8 had to be known to Alexander, but there are some blunders that GM's can never explain: 15.Rxc8+ Rxc8 16.Bxd7+ Ke7 (16...Kxd7 17.Nb3+ winning a queen) 17.Bxc8 Rxc8, and White won. The right move was 14...Qb4, which leads to a bunch of book lines.
14...Qa5
Now this move is stronger, because the queen will have an opportunity to go to e5 after the white bishop retreats to e2.
15.Ba4!?
This interesting idea was tried first by Magerramov, but without including Rh3 Qa5. Anyway, Black cannot play b5, so15.Ba4 should transpose to the 14.Ba4 line.
15...Ke7
15...b5 16.Bb3 Bb7 17.Rc1 was too dangerous.
16.Rc1 Nc5 17.Nb3 Qxa4
17...Nxb3 was weaker, because of the bishop sacrifice: 18.Qxb3! b5 19.Qa3+ Ke8 20.Rd3! bxa4 21.Qd6, and Black is defenseless.
18.Rxc5 Bd7 19.Rc7         Diagram

19...b6??
A blunder. Playing the Vienna successfully requires deep knowledge of the existing theory and great tactical alertness on every move! Michael adequately passed the theoretical exam, but let his guard down for a moment. In sharp positions like the one you see on the diagram above a single mistake is usually fatal.
The white rook on the seventh is too active, so it was necessary for Mulyar to try 19...Rhc8 20.Rxb7 Rab8 21.Ra7 Ra8 22.Rxa8 Rxa8. Yes, the black king is still in the center, but the material on the board is greatly reduced. With his immediate threats gone White still has a slight advantage, but no more.
20.Rd3 Rhd8 21.Rd4
Black resigned, because after the forced 21...Qb5 22. Kg1 there is no defence against 23.a4, pushing the queen away and winning the bishop.
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.Bd3 b6 7.0–0 Bb7 8.b3
Recently I played 8.e4 , but after 8...dxe4 9.Nxe4 c5 10.d5?! exd5 11.cxd5 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Bd6 13.Ng5?! Nf6 14.Qa4+ Qd7 15.Qxd7+ Nxd7 16.Bf5 Nf6, Black stood better in the game Baburin-Kelly, Bunratty 2001. Looking at that game I decided that perhaps delaying e3-e4 would be a good idea.
8...Be7 9.Bb2 0–0 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Rac1 Rac8
White commands more space and can go for e3-e4 at the appropriate moment. Perhaps here I should have done exactly that: 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 (in case of 13...c5 14.dxc5 White has a small, but pleasant edge) 14.Bxe4 Nf6, and here choose between 15.Bc2 and 15.c5!?
12.Ne5
Instead I decided to keep more tension in the centre.
12...c5
This is correct, as after 12...Nxe5?! 13.dxe5 Nd7 14.f4 White stands better as he has good chances on the kingside and in the centre.
13.f4 dxc4 14.bxc4
It was probably wrong to block the c-file. Better was 14.Bxc4 or 14.Ndxc4 Be4 15.Nd2 Bxd3 16.Nxd3 with a small edge in both cases.
14...Rcd8        Diagram

15.f5??
This is an awful move, which undermines the e5-knight and blocks the d3-bishop. But of course, at that time I did not see what was wrong with it, otherwise I would have not played it.
15...Bd6 16.Ndf3
I played this, because after 16.fxe6 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Bxe5 18.exf7+ Rxf7 19.Bxe5 Qxe5 Black would be better.
16...Rfe8?
He could have played 16...Bxf3! 17.Nxf3 e5!, obtaining a strategically winning position - all his pieces are active, while the d3-bishop looks like a bit of an idiot... We both missed that idea.
17.fxe6 Rxe6?
This is a serious mistake. After the superior 17...fxe6 18.Nxd7 Nxd7 19.d5 (Also possible is 19.Qc2!? Nf6 20.h3)  Nf8 (but not 19...exd5? 20.Bxh7+! Kxh7 21.Ng5+ Kg8 22.Qh5 winning) 20.Rcd1 exd5 21.cxd5 Bxd5 White would be slightly better.
18.Nxd7
Here I considered 18.Ng5 but did not like that Black would be able to sacrifice on e5: 18...Bxe5 19.dxe5 Rxe5 20.Bxe5 Nxe5.
18...Nxd7 19.d5?
White launches his attack incorrectly. Of course, it is nice to shut down the enemy bishop and to open up your own one, but this move gives up control over the e5-square and allows the enemy rook to leave its vulnerable position on e6. Here I had to play 19.Ng5! with a winning advantage.
19...Re7
I expected mainly 19...Rh6 20.h3 Ne5 and Black is only slightly worse.
Diagram

Here Black offered a draw, but I was under the mistaken impression that I had a chance to launch a winning attack.
20.Bxh7+?
This looks tempting, but is wrong... Better was 20.Ng5 Bxh2+ 21.Kh1 g6 22.Nxf7 Rxf7 23.Rxf7 Kxf7 24.Qg4, equal.
20...Kxh7 21.Ng5+ Kg8
21...Kg6? loses after 22.Qd3+ Kxg5 23.Qf5+ Kh6 24.Qh3+ Kg6 25.Qg4+ Kh6 26.Qxg7+ Kh5 27.Rf5+ Kh4 28.Qg5 mate; while 21...Kh6? is bad too: 22.Nxf7+ Rxf7 23.Rxf7 Bxh2+ 24.Kh1 Be5 25.Rcf1+ winning.
22.Qh5 Nf8 23.Rf3
After making this move I had 7 and half minutes left (plus the increment), while my opponent had 42 minutes left. It is harder to defend than attack, but White's attack should not succeed here, even though during the game I felt the opposite (that's why I played 20 Bxh7? in the first place!).
23...Bxh2+?
Black had to use the b7-bishop in defence by playing 23...Bc8! In general it makes sense to employ your idle pieces and here the bishop, which was watching the grass grow on b7, could stop White from playing Rh3. If we look at the position after 23...Bc8!, it seems only logical that Black can withstand White's attack - all his pieces are employed. OK, White has the h- and f- files, but this is not enough with Black's best defence.
24.Kh1!
24.Qxh2 is not what I sacrificed the bishop for! Objectively, this move is quite strong too, as White's attack is already strong now.
24...Rd6
This is what I considered to be the main line of defence also, but this was not the only move. 24...Bg3 looked equally tempting but after 25.Bxg7 (White already has a draw - by playing 25.Rcf1 f6 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Rxf6 Be5 28.Rxf8+ Rxf8 29.Qg6+ Rg7 30.Qe6+ Rgf7 31.Qg6+ Rg7 32.Qe6+=) 25...Kxg7 26.Rcf1 Rdd7 27.Qg4 Ng6 28.Rxg3 Rd6 29.Qh5 White was winning. Of course, it is hard to tell whether White and Black would have found these variations over the board. This also applies to the lines, which you saw above and will see later - don't get the impression that I saw all or even most of them. Indeed, a man does not know his limitations until he has analysed with Fritz!
25.Bxg7! Kxg7 26.Rcf1 Bf4?
Better was 26...f5, and things remain unclear.
27.Rh3 Ng6 28.Rxf4!
This is better than 28.exf4 f5! and the position looks good for Black.
28...Nxf4
After 28...Bc8 29.Qh7+ Kf8 30.Rxf7+! Rxf7 White has 31.Rf3! winning.        Diagram

29.exf4?
This is a serious inaccuracy in time-trouble. Now the king is given a chance to escape, but Black misses the opportunity. Better was 29.Qh8+ Kg6 30.exf4! and Black's king is doomed.
29...Re1+ 30.Kh2 Kf8?
Black had to play 30...Re8! After a series of nearly forced moves 31.Qh7+ Kf8 32.Qh8+ Ke7 33.Re3+ Re6 34.Rxe6+ fxe6 35.d6+ Kxd6 36.Qxe8 Qc8 37.Nf7+ Kc7 38.Qxc8+ Bxc8 39.g4, White is better in the ending, but the fight still goes on.
31.Qh8+ Ke7 32.Qh4
Now it is over as White picks up at least a rook.
32...Re2 33.Ne6+ Kd7 34.Nxc7 Kxc7 35.Qh5 Re7 36.f5 b5 37.Qh4 Red7 38.Qf2 Kb6 39.Rb3  1–0
Footnote from Yermo:
This game shows Alexander's objectivity and sense of self-criticism. It's not often that I get to see the winner pepper his own moves with question marks.