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Welcome to the ChessCafe.com Video Spotlight. Each Wednesday and Saturday we will feature a chess related video for your entertainment.

Today’s videos feature footage from the game Vallejo Pons-Berelovich, in which White has a K+B+N vs. lone king, as well as discussions from Vallejo and Chuchelov about the time-trouble phase of their game.

Vallejo Pons at the Bundesliga

Vallejo Pons,Francisco (2660) - Berelovich,Aleksandar (2595)
Bundesliga 0708 Germany (13.3), 06.04.2008
French Defense [C00]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Qe2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.g3 dxe4 6.dxe4 0–0 7.Bg2 b5 8.0–0 b4 9.Rd1 Ba6 10.c4 bxc3 11.Rxd8 Bxe2 12.Rxf8+ Kxf8 13.Nxc3 Ba6 14.Bf4 Bb7 15.Nd4 Na6 16.Ndb5 Bc5 17.Na4 Bxe4 18.Nxc5 Nxc5 19.Nxc7 Rd8 20.Be3 Na4 21.b4 Rd7 22.Rc1 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 Ke7 24.Bxa7 Kd8 25.Nb5 e5 26.Bc5 Ne4 27.Be3 Rb7 28.Na7 Kd7 29.Nc6 f6 30.a3 Nec3 31.Na5 Rc7 32.f4 e4 33.f5 Nb5 34.Nc4 Ke7 35.g4 g6 36.h4 gxf5 37.gxf5 h5 38.Bf4 Rc8 39.Ne3 Rxc1 40.Nd5+ Kf7 41.Bxc1 Nd4 42.Kh3 Nxf5 43.Nf4 e3 44.Nxh5 e2 45.Bd2 Nb2 46.Nf4 Nd4 47.Kg2 Nc4 48.Bc3 Ne3+ 49.Kg3 Ndf5+ 50.Kf3 Nc2 51.Kxe2 Nxa3 52.h5 Nb5 53.Kd3 Kg7 54.Nd5 Kh6 55.Nxf6 Kg5 56.Bb2 Ne7 57.Kc4 Nd6+ 58.Kc5 Nb7+ 59.Kb6 Nd6 60.Kc7 Nc4 61.Bc3 Na3 62.Kd7 Nf5 63.Ke6 Ng7+ 64.Kd5 Nf5 65.Bb2 Nb5 66.Ke5 Ne7 67.Bc1+ Kh4 68.h6 Ng6+ 69.Kf5 Nf8 70.h7 Nd4+ 71.Ke4 Nxh7 72.Nxh7 Nc6 73.b5 Na7 74.b6 Nc8 75.Be3 Nxb6 76.Bxb6 Kg4 77.Be3 Kg3 78.Nf6 Kg2 79.Kf4 Kh3 80.Kf3 Kh2 81.Ng4+ Kh1 82.Nf2+ Kh2 83.Bf4+ Kg1 84.Bg3 Kf1 85.Bh2 Ke1 86.Ne4 Kf1 87.Bf4 Kg1 88.Nf2 Kf1 89.Bh2 Ke1 90.Ne4 Kf1 91.Nd2+ Ke1 92.Ke3 Kd1 93.Kd3 Ke1 94.Bg3+ Kd1 95.Nf3 Kc1 96.Be1 Kd1 97.Bc3 Kc1 98.Nd4 Kd1 99.Nf5 Kc1 100.Ne3 Kb1 101.Kc4 Kc1 102.Kb3 Kb1 103.Bd2 Ka1 104.Nc2+ Kb1 105.Na3+ 1–0

Chuchelov,Vladimir (2544) - Vallejo Pons,Francisco (2660)
Bundesliga 0708 Germany (12.3), 05.04.2008
Queen’s Pawn [A40]

1.Nf3 b6 2.c4 Bb7 3.d4 e6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxf3 6.exf3 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 d5 8.cxd5 Qxd5 9.Nc3 Qxf3 10.Rg1 c6 11.Bg2 Qh5 12.Qf4 Ne7 13.g4 Qa5 14.0–0–0 0–0 15.Kb1 Na6 16.Rd3 Ng6 17.Qd2 Rad8 18.a3 b5 19.Rc1 c5 20.dxc5 Nxc5 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Qg5 Nb3 23.Rc2 a6 24.Ka2 h6 25.Qe3 Nd4 26.Rd2 e5 27.Nd5 Rd7 28.f4 Nxf4 29.Rxd4 Nxg2 30.Qxe5 Qd8 31.Qf5 Rd6 32.Qe5 Rd7 33.Qf5 Rd6 34.Qe5 Rd7 35.Qf5 Kf8 36.Nf4 Ke8 37.Rxd7 Qxd7 38.Qxd7+ Kxd7 39.Nxg2 Kd6 40.Kb3 Ke5 41.Kb4 1–0

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