[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alberto Mario Giustolisi"]
[Black "Torrens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A91"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 {Diagram #} 4. c4 (4. Nf3) 4... Be7 (4... Bb4+ 5.
Bd2) 5. Nc3 O-O (5... Bb4) 6. Nh3 (6. Nf3) 6... d6 7. O-O c6 (7... e5) 8. e4
fxe4 9. Nxe4 (9. Bxe4 Nxe4) 9... Nxe4 10. Bxe4 e5 11. dxe5 Bxh3 12. Qh5 Bf5 (
12... Bxf1) (12... g6 13. Qxh3 dxe5 14. Qe6+) 13. Bxf5 g6 (13... h6 14. Be6+
Kh8 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6#) 14. Be6+ (14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qxg6+ Kh8 16. Qh6+ (
16. Bh6 Rg8 17. Qh5 Qe8)) 14... Kh8 15. Qe2 dxe5 16. Bh6 (16. Qxe5+ Bf6) 16...
Rf6 (16... Re8 17. Bf7) 17. Qxe5 (17. Rad1 Qc7) 17... Qd6 18. Qc3 (18. Rae1) (
18. Qxd6) 18... Qxe6 19. Rae1 Qf7 (19... Bb4 20. Rxe6 Bxc3 21. Re8+ Rf8 22.
Rxf8#) 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Re1 Qf7 (21... Qxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Nd7 23. Qe7 Rg8 24. Qxd7
g5 25. Qd4 Rgg6 26. Bxg5) (21... Qd6) (21... Qd8) 22. Qxf6+ (22. Re8+ Qxe8 23.
Qxf6+) 22... Kg8 (22... Qxf6 23. Re8+ Qf8 24. Rxf8#) 23. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Oakland YMCA Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.01.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Art Wang"]
[Black "Don Sutherland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.01.09"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 c6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Nxc4 b5 8.
Nce5 Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. a3 O-O 11. e4 Qc7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. e5 Be7 14. Ng5 g6
15. b4 a5 16. Rb1 axb4 17. axb4 Nb6 18. Qg4 Nd5 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20. Bg5 Ra4 21.
Qh4 Rda8 22. Bc2 R4a7 23. Bb3 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 h5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Qf4 Qe7 27. g4
hxg4 28. f3 g3 29. Qxg3 Kg7 30. h4 Ra2 31. h5 Rh8 32. hxg6 Rhh2 33. f4 fxg6 34.
Rfc1 Ba8 35. Rc5 Bb7 36. Rbc1 Rag2+ 37. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Kg8 39. Rh1 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2r1/7k/8/7K/8/8/8/3RR3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2011.12.22"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.22"]

{Diagram #} 1. Re7+ Kh8 2. Kh6 Rge8 3. Rdd7 Kg8 4. Kg6 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7K/1R5B/5k2/1p6/1PP5/pb6/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.22"]

{Diagram #}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4q1k1/8/5K2/8/8/8/R7/5R2 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.22"]

{Diagram #} 1. Rg2+ Kf8 (1... Kh8) 2. Kg5+ Kg7 3. Kf4+ Kf6 4. Kg3+ Kg5 5. Kf2+
Kf4 6. Kg1+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram A"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D23"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2011.12.12"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g3 Nbd7 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O {Diagram #} 10. Rd1 Bc2 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram B"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 {Diagram #
} O-O (7... Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qxc8+) 8. Nf3 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4
10. Qxe4 Bxg5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram C"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.12"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 b6 6. Na6 {Diagram #} Nxa6 7.
Bxa6 Qd5 8. Be2 Qxg2 9. Bf3 Qg6 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram D"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 cxd4 6. cxd4 (6. Qxb6 axb6 7.
cxd4 (7. Bxb8 {Diagram #} dxc3 8. Be5 Rxa2) 7... Nc6 8. e3 Nb4) 6... Qxd4 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram E"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkb1r/pp3ppp/4pn2/3p1bB1/2PN4/2N5/PP2PPPP/R2QKB1R b KQkq - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.12"]

{Diagram #} 1... e5 2. Ndb5 a6 3. Nxd5 axb5 4. Nxf6+ gxf6 (4... Qxf6 5. Bxf6
Bb4+) 5. Qxd8+ *

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Olaf Ulvestad"]
[Black "Israel Albert Horowitz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D74"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Na6 8.
Nc3 c5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Qh5 11. Qb3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Rb8 13. a4 Nc5 14. Qa3 b6
15. b4 Ne6 16. Bf3 Qh3 17. Nc6 Rb7 18. Rac1 Bf6 19. a5 Ng5 20. Bg2 Qh5 21. a6
Rc7 22. Nd4 Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Qxe2 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. Bxe3
Be6 28. Bb7 Rd8 29. Kg2 Rd6 {Diagram #} 30. Bc8 1-0

[Event "US Open prelim"]
[Site "Pittsburgh, PA"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "J Yeager"]
[Black "Olaf Ulvestad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nge7 8.
Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nf5 11. Nd5 Bd6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Ncxd4 14.
Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Qe4 Nc6 16. Ne3 Qf6 17. b3 Rae8 18. Qc2 Nd4 19. Qd2 {Diagram #}
Nf3+ 20. gxf3 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Ventnor City"]
[Site "Ventnor City"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Olaf Ulvestad"]
[Black "Anthony Santasiere"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nge2 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Be3 Nd4 8. a3
d5 9. Qc1 O-O 10. Nf4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bd7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Kh1 Nec6 14. Nd3 Ne5
15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. f4 Qc7 17. e5 Bc6 18. Ne4 Rfd8 19. Rf2 b6 20. Qe1 Rd7 21. Rd2
Rad8 22. Bf2 Qb7 23. h4 Qa8 24. Rb1 Nf3 25. Bxf3 Rxd2 26. Nxd2 Bxf3+ 27. Kh2
Bb7 28. Be3 Qc8 29. Qf2 Qc6 30. Rg1 h5 31. Qe2 Kh7 32. Rf1 Bh6 33. g4 hxg4 34.
Qxg4 Rg8 35. Qe2 Rh8 36. Kg3 Kg8 37. Nf3 Bf8 38. Nh2 Be7 39. Nf3 Kg7 40. Ng5
Rd8 41. h5 gxh5 42. Nxf7 Kxf7 43. Qxh5+ Kg7 {Diagram #} 44. Rg1 Qf3+ (44... Kf8
45. Kh2) 45. Qxf3 (45. Kh2+) 45... Bxf3 46. Kxf3+ Kf7 47. Ke4 Rh8 48. f5 exf5+
49. Kxf5 Rh5+ 50. Ke4 Rh2 51. Kd5 Bf8 52. Rf1+ Ke7 53. Rf2 Rh5 54. Rg2 Rh1 55.
Bg5+ Ke8 56. Ke6 Rh5 57. Bf6 Rh7 58. a4 Rc7 59. c4 Rc6+ 60. Kd5 Rc7 61. e6 Rh7
62. Rg8 Rh5+ 63. Bg5 Rh7 64. e7 Rxe7 65. Bxe7 Kxe7 66. Rxf8 Kxf8 67. Kc6 Ke7
68. Kb7 Kd6 69. Kxa7 Kc7 70. Ka6 Kc6 71. a5 bxa5 72. Kxa5 1-0

[Event "US Open prelim"]
[Site "Pittsburgh, PA"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Olaf Ulvestad"]
[Black "Arpad Elo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e4
Qxb2 9. Nbd2 a6 10. a4 Qf6 11. axb5 Bb7 12. e5 Qd8 13. Qb3 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8
15. Bxb5 Qa5 16. O-O Qb4 {Diagram #} 17. Qa2 Bxd5 (17... Qxb5 18. Rb1) (17...
Bb7 18. Qa7) 18. Qxd5 Qxb5 19. Rb1 1-0

[Event "US Open prelim"]
[Site "Pittsburgh, PA"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Olaf Ulvestad"]
[Black "Herman Steiner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nc3 d6 11. h3 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. d4 e4 15.
Ng5 Nbxd5 16. Nxe4 Ra8 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qf3 Nb6 19. Bg5 Qa5 20. Kf1 Nbd7 21.
Ng3 Bd8 22. Nf5 b4 23. h4 g6 24. Ne7+ Kg7 25. Qf4 Ng8 26. Nxg8 Bxg5 27. Qxg5
Qa6+ 28. Kg1 Kxg8 29. Re7 Qc8 30. h5 c5 {Diagram #} 31. h6 Qd8 32. Ba4 Nb6 (
32... f6 33. Qd5+) (32... Re8 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. dxc5 dxc5 35. Qd2) 33. Qf6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "South Fallsburg"]
[Date "1948.08.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hermann Victor Hesse"]
[Black "Olaf Ulvestad"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Bg5 Bb4+ 7. Kf1 Be7 8. h4
h6 9. Bf4 Nf6 10. Nbd2 b5 11. Bb3 d5 12. Qe2 Be6 13. a4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nh5 15.
Bh2 Bxb3 16. cxb3 O-O 17. g4 Nf6 18. g5 d3 19. Qe1 Ng4 20. Rd1 Bb4 21. Nc3 {
Diagram #} Re8 22. Qd2 Re2 23. Qxd3 Rxf2+ 24. Kg1 Qxd3 (24... Rxb2) 25. Rxd3
Bc5 26. Ne4 Rxh2+ 27. Nxc5 Rxh1+ 28. Kxh1 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-231-Feb-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1932.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Menchik-Thomas"]
[Black "London 1932"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E85"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.12.16"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 {Diagram #} 5. f3 (5. Nf3) (5. f4) (5.
Be2) (5. g3) 5... O-O 6. Be3 (6. Nge2 e5 7. Bg5) (6. Bg5 c5) 6... e5 (6... c5)
7. Nge2 (7. d5) (7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8) 7... b6 (7... c6) (7... Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. c5) 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. d5 Ne7 (9... Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Bxd4) (9... Na5 10.
b3) (9... Nb8) 10. g4 Nd7 (10... Ne8) 11. Rg1 a5 (11... f5 12. gxf5 gxf5 13.
Bh6 Ng6) 12. O-O-O Nc5 13. Ng3 (13. Bxc5 bxc5) 13... Bd7 (13... f5 14. gxf5
gxf5 15. Nh5 Ng6 16. Nxg7 Kxg7 (16... f4 17. Bxc5) 17. Bh6+) 14. h4 a4 (14...
f6 15. h5 (15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Kh8 17. h5 g5) (15. Be2 Qc8 16. f4 exf4 17.
Bxf4 Bxg4 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. Nf5) 15... g5) 15. h5 Qb8 16. Bh6 Qa7 (16... Bxh6
17. Qxh6) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf5+ Nxf5 (18... Kf6 19. g5#) (18... gxf5 19. gxf5+
Kh8 20. Qh6 Rg8 (20... Ng6 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. fxg6) 21. Qf6+ Rg7 22. Qxg7#) (
18... Bxf5) 19. gxf5 a3 20. f6+ (20. bxa3 Qxa3+) (20. b3 Nxb3+ 21. axb3 a2)
20... Kh8 (20... Kxf6 21. Qg5+ Kg7 22. h6+ Kg8 23. Qf6 Rfe8) 21. Qh6 axb2+ 22.
Kb1 Rg8 23. hxg6 fxg6 (23... Rxg6 24. Rxg6) 24. Qxh7+ {Diagram #} (24. Rh1 Bh3
25. Rxh3 c6) 24... Kxh7 25. Rh1+ Bh3 26. Rxh3# 1-0

[Event "ABC-231-Feb-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q2k1/5ppp/8/3pp3/4P3/3P3P/5PP1/3Q2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2011.12.16"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.16"]

{Diagram #} 1... dxe4 0-1

[Event "ABC-231-Feb-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3k2r1/2pq4/8/6p1/5B2/3P3b/5PB1/3Q1RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2011.12.16"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.16"]

{Diagram #} 1... gxf4 0-1

[Event "ABC-231-Feb-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Skewer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k1r4/1ppq4/3pb3/8/7n/3P2B1/2P3B1/3Q1RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2011.12.16"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.16"]

{Diagram #} 1... Nxg2 2. Kxg2 Bh3+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-231-Feb-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Trapping"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/4nr1p/5ppQ/7P/8/8/1P6/1K6 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2011.12.16"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.16"]

{Diagram #} 1... g5 0-1

[Event "ABC-231-Feb-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Trapping"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k3r1/2p5/3pq1n1/4p1Q1/7P/8/2P2B1K/5R2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2011.12.16"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.16"]

{Diagram #} 1... Nf4 0-1

[Event "ABC-231-Feb-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3k4/8/4p3/3pPn2/5KBq/3Q1P2/3RR3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2011.12.16"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.16"]

{Diagram #} 1... Qh5# 0-1

[Event "World Youth 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.11.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Awonder, Liang"]
[Black "Pak, Matvey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.11.29"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.29"]

1. e4 {This is my favorite game of Awonder's 2 games presented here.For such a
young player he showed very good positional sense,in the style of Karpov.} c5
2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9.
Qd2 (9. f4 e5 10. Nb3 exf4 11. Bxf4 Be6 {
is typical of the Boleslavsky variation}) 9... e5 $6 {this move can be played
if white's pawn in on f4,then black would secure e5 for a N} 10. Nb3 Be6 11.
Rad1 (11. Bg5 $5 {attacking the d5 point with positional ideas similar to the
Sveshnikov is more to the point}) 11... a5 $5 {
black should charge this pawn down to a3} 12. f3 (12. a4 Nb4 {
playing for a fast d5 black's main idea}) (12. a3 $5 {
slowing down black's a5 pawn keeps things under control}) 12... Re8 $6 {
black keeps playing moves without finding a constructive plan} (12... a4 13.
Nc1 a3 14. b3 Nb4 {gives black good counterplay}) 13. Kh1 h6 $6 (13... a4 14.
Nc1 a3 15. b3 Nb4 {is again black's best}) 14. a3 $1 {
as we've seen in previous notes,it's important to keep black from pushing to a3
} a4 $2 {the pawn on a4 is easy pickings} 15. Nc1 Qa5 16. Nb5 {
white see's that the trade of queens leaves black with 2 targets on a4 and d6}
Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Red8 18. Rfd1 Ne8 19. Nc3 $1 Bf6 20. Bb5 Nd4 21. Bxe8 (21. Bxa4
$5 {looks like a pawn,but Awonder elects to play it safe}) 21... Rxe8 22. N1e2
Nxe2 23. Rxe2 Bc4 24. Red2 Be7 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 {
white is clearly better here,black's q-side will come under heavy pressure}
Rec8 27. c3 Rc6 28. Rb5 Rc7 29. Rdd5 Ra6 30. Ra5 $1 {
Diagram # Forces a win of clear pawn with no compensation for black.} Rcc6 31.
Rxa6 Rxa6 32. Rb5 Bg5 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. Rxb7 {No it's just a mopup operation.}
g6 35. Kg1 Kg7 36. Kf2 Kf6 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Kd3 f5 39. c4 Ra8 40. h3 fxe4+ 41.
fxe4 Rf8 42. Rg7 Kf6 43. Ra7 Rb8 44. Kc2 Rb3 45. Rxa4 Rg3 46. b4 Rxg2+ 47. Kd1
Rg3 48. b5 Rxh3 49. b6 Rh7 50. Rb4 Rb7 51. a4 g4 52. a5 Kg5 53. Ke2 Rf7 54. b7
1-0

[Event "World Youth 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.11.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Liang, Awonder"]
[Black "Tan, Eren Cenker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.11.29"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.29"]

1. d4 {
This was Awonder's 7th straight win and virtually clinched the championship.}
Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 {
Bg5 or Bf4 getting the B out before playing e3 is a improved Colle} d5 4. Bd3
c5 5. c3 {The Colle System is a popular,but passive opening.} Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7.
Nbd2 O-O 8. a3 b6 (8... e5 $5 {free the position giving black a slight edge})
9. b3 Qc7 (9... e5 $1) 10. e4 cxd4 11. cxd4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bb7 14.
Bb2 Ne7 $1 {So far is playing the moves the position requires.The d5 point is
an excellent outpost.} 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Bb1 $1 {
White correctly keeps this important attacking piece.} Bd5 17. Qd3 f5 18. Rce1
Nc6 (18... Be4 $5 {
This would force an important decision for white...sac or not sac?} 19. Rxe4
fxe4 20. Qxe4 g6 21. Ng5 {Collapsing e6 with a strong attack}) 19. b4 a6 20.
Bc2 Bxf3 $4 {
The beginning of a chess blindness combination that loses a piece and the game}
21. Qxf3 Nxd4 {Diagram #} 22. Bxd4 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qxd4 {
Black must've been wondering how this happened?} 24. Rxe6 Rad8 25. Kg1 Rc8 26.
Bb3 Kh8 27. Rfe1 h6 28. Qe3 Qb2 29. Rxh6+ gxh6 30. Qxh6# 1-0

[Event "World Youth Chess Championship - U 10 Op"]
[Site "Caldas Novas - Goias - Brasil"]
[Date "2011.11.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Black "Yondonjamts, Erdemdalai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "1919"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.11.18"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]

{Ruifeng got the ball rolling towards medal contention with this round one win
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8.
h3 {The so called "Anti Marshall" system is a good way for white to channel
black into normal Ruy lines.} (8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6
12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 {This in an example
of mainline Marshall theory.If anyone is looking for a solid defense vs 1e4,
this variation must be considered.}) 8... d6 (8... d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5
Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bb7 12. d3 {In the Marshall Attack white's pawn c3 prevents
development and gives black compensation.}) 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12.
d5 Nb8 13. Nbd2 (13. a4 $5 {giving white a potential target on b5 takes
advantage of black's suspicious move order} Bb7 (13... Bd7 14. axb5 Bxb5 15.
Na3 Bd7 16. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 17. d6) 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. b4 c4 {
one of my favorite ruy lopez games of all time is Karpov-Unzicker Nice 1974,
where white won in painfulpositionalstyle}) 13... Nbd7 14. Nf1 Nb6 15. b3 h6
16. Ng3 Kh7 $6 {
this doesn't feel right in principle,black is looking for trouble from the Bc2}
17. Be3 (17. Nh2 $5 {playing for a rapid f4 is a good alternative}) 17... Re8
18. Qd2 Bf8 19. Nh2 g6 20. f4 $1 {
As a rule,white should play this when black can't establish a strong Ne5.} exf4
21. Bxf4 Bg7 (21... Nfd7 22. Rf1 Qe7 23. Ng4 {Black is under heavy pressure})
22. Rad1 Ng8 23. Nf3 {Playing for a timely e5} Bb7 24. h4 $1 {
Diagram # White is picking apart black's kingside} Nf6 25. h5 Bc8 26. hxg6+
fxg6 27. Bb1 Bg4 28. Qc2 {Loading up for e5!} Nh5 29. Nxh5 Bxh5 30. Rf1 Rf8 31.
Be3 Bxf3 $2 {The Bh5 was holding things together.} 32. gxf3 Qh4 33. Rd2 Nd7 34.
Rh2 Qg3+ 35. Rg2 Qh3 36. Rh2 Qg3+ 37. Qg2 Qe5 $2 (37... Qxg2+ 38. Rxg2 {
White has chances to blast g6,but at least black is still playing.}) 38. Qh3 $1
{This simple double attack does the job.} Nf6 39. Bxh6 Nh5 40. f4 Qf6 41. e5
1-0

[Event "World Youth 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.11.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rosen, Eric"]
[Black "Kantans, Toms"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.11.29"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O a6 5. Ba4 Nf6 6. Re1 Be7 (6... Bd7 7. c3
g6 8. d4 Bg7 {is a good way for black to develop in the Steinitz system}) (6...
b5 7. Bb3 Na5 {black gains the bishop pair,but falls behind in development} 8.
d4 Nxb3 9. axb3) 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 b5 9. Bc2 d5 $6 {
an odd looking move,getting into some kind of Marshall down some time} 10. d4
$5 (10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 c6 13. d4 {
compare this position to a Marshall? and we must agree this is good for white})
10... Nxe4 11. dxe5 f5 (11... Nc5 $5 {
the game has transposed into a Open Ruy type of position.}) 12. exf6 Nxf6 13.
Bg5 Bc5 14. Nbd2 Qd6 15. Nb3 Bb6 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19.
Rxe4 Qg6 $2 {Diagram #} (19... Bb7 $5 20. Be7 Qd7 21. Bxf8 Bxe4 {
leaves black down a pawn,but with some chances}) 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Rae1 h6 22.
Be7 Bf5 23. Ne5 {black's Q lacks a good square,anything allows Ng6 forks} 1-0

[Event "World Youth Chess Championship - U 14 G"]
[Site "Caldas Novas - Goias - Brasil"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Chiang, Sarah"]
[Black "Alboredo, Julia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "1813"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.11.18"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 {The Kings Indian Defense is a popular
and complicated if somewhat antipositional opening.} 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5
{Named after former World Champion,the late great Tigran Petrosian.} a5 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 (9... g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. O-O {
White has the positional idea of Bg4 or play on the queenside}) 10. Nd2 Na6 11.
a3 Qe8 12. b3 Nh7 13. f3 g5 $6 {
This move weakenss crucial light squares near black's king side.} (13... h5 $5
14. Rb1 Nc5 15. O-O Bh6 16. Qc2 f5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Na4 19. Nb5 {
With some advantage for white.}) 14. Bf2 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 {
Black has given white a strong outpost on e4 for no good reason.} 16. Nde4 Nf6
17. Bd3 Bg6 18. O-O Nh5 19. c5 $5 {I felt that black's lack of active play
means white was better off keeping the tension.} (19. Rb1 $1 {Followed by b4
leaves the Na6 looking ridiculous was the patient approach. It's hard to find
a decent plan for black.}) 19... Nxc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Bxc5 e4 $5 {
Why not? Black confuses the issue.} 22. Bb5 (22. Nxe4 $5 Bxa1 23. Qxa1 {
Was safer with white still holding on to a slight advantage.}) 22... c6 23.
dxc6 Bxc3 24. cxb7 Qxb5 25. Qd5+ {Diagram #} Bf7 $4 {
Black falls apart in the complications,losing a lot of material.} (25... Kh7 $1
{Going over the game afterwards this move concerned us.It seems that it wins
for black.} 26. bxa8=Q Rxa8 27. Qxa8 Qxc5+ 28. Kh1 Bxa1 (28... e3 $5) 29. Rxa1
e3) 26. bxa8=Q Rxa8 27. Qxa8+ {All of a sudden Sarah is up 2 exchanges.} Be8
28. Qd5+ Bf7 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qe7 Qxb3 31. Qxe4+ Kg8 32. Rad1 Nf6 33. Rd8+ Kg7
34. Bf8+ Kg8 35. Bxh6+ Be8 36. Qg6+ {Mate follows on g7.} 1-0

[Event "World Youth Chess Championship - U 12 G"]
[Site "Caldas Novas - Goias - Brasil"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Oreshko, Mariya"]
[Black "Priyamvada, Karamcheti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "1694"]
[BlackElo "1782"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.11.18"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]

1. e4 {Mariya was one of our top scorers in the girls under 12 along with
Agata Bikovtseva both on 6.5} c5 2. b4 $5 {The Wing Gambit is a tricky gambit
that isn't seen much nowadays.The idea is to clear out black's wing pawn and
gain control of the center.} cxb4 (2... b6 $5) 3. a3 bxa3 $6 {
White gets too much play after this.} ({declining the gambit is best} 3... d5
4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 (5. axb4 $4 Qe5+ {
0-1 was the unfortunate game Shirazi-Peters 1984 US championship Berkeley})
5... e6 6. Bb2 Nf6 7. c4 bxc3 8. Nxc3 Qd8 {was coach Armen's excellent
preparation from last year's World Youth in Greece. Vetoshko-Troff white was
down a pawn in an isolated pawn position with zero attacking chances}) 4. d4 g6
(4... d6 {This was Mariya playing white 2 rds earlier vs Nominerdene} 5. Nf3
Nf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O (7. c3 Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. h4 {
It might be easier for white to create kingside threats without castling.The
Rh1 could help with Bh7Ng5ideas}) 7... Be7 8. Bxa3 O-O 9. e5 Ne8 10. Nc3 {
with attacking chances in a French Defense type position}) 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bc4 d6
7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 $5 {
White needs to play aggressively or the compensation could dry up} dxe5 9. Nxe5
O-O 10. Bxa3 {white's bishops are exerting great pressure on black's k-side,
making developing difficult} Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bc5 a5 14. Qf3
Bb7 $4 {black cracks under the pressure} (14... Ba6 {
Gives black good defensive chances}) 15. Qb3 $1 {
this nasty double attack wins a lot of stuff} Ba6 16. Bxf7+ Kh8 17. Bxe8 Nxe8
18. c3 Bf6 19. Qa3 Bd3 20. Bxe7 Bxe7 21. Qxe7 Qxe7 22. Rxe7 a4 23. Na3 Nd6 24.
Re6 Rd8 25. f3 Kg7 26. Re7+ Kh6 27. Rc7 Bb5 28. h4 (28. Rc1 $1) 28... Re8 29.
g4 g5 30. hxg5+ (30. Nxb5 $5 cxb5 31. Rc6 {
black's remaining forces will be tied up}) 30... Kxg5 31. Kf2 Kf4 32. Nxb5 cxb5
33. Rd7 Re6 34. Rb1 Rh6 35. Rxd6 $1 {
this simplifying combo takes care of black's small hopes} Rxd6 36. Rxb5 {
the mate threat allows white's R to get behind black's passed pawn} Rf6 37. Ra5
h5 38. Rxh5 a3 39. Ra5 a2 40. Rxa2 Rh6 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "World Youth Chess Championship - U 08 Op"]
[Site "Caldas Novas - Goias - Brasil"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Minko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Metpally, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "1375"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.11.18"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]

{At 6 years old Jason was our youngest representative. Here he takes care of
his Russian counterpart.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {
The Dragon Variation is very popular with young players.} 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O
8. O-O Nc6 9. Nce2 Bd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. Be3 b6 12. f4 Be6 13. Kh2 (13. Nxe6 fxe6
{is about equal}) 13... Na5 14. g4 $4 {
walking into a nice tactic.winning an important pawn} Bxg4 $1 15. f5 (15. hxg4
Nxg4+ {collapses white's game}) 15... Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nc4 17. Bc1 Ne5 18. Nb5 Qd7
19. Nd4 Qc7 20. c3 Qc4 21. Qf2 $4 {
white is having problems with tactics on the g4 square,this one ends the game}
Neg4+ $1 22. hxg4 Nxg4+ 23. Kg1 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 Bxd4+ 25. cxd4 Qxd4+ 26. Ke1 Qb4+
27. Kd1 Kg7 28. Rh1 Qd4+ 29. Ke1 Rxc1+ $1 {Jason continues to play accurately.}
30. Rxc1 Qxb2 31. Kd1 Qxg2 32. Re1 Qxa2 33. Re2 Qb3+ 34. Rec2 Qd3+ 35. Rd2 Qxe4
36. fxg6 Qxg6 37. Rcc2 Qg1+ 38. Ke2 Qg2+ 39. Kd3 Qf3+ 40. Kc4 Rc8+ 41. Kb4 Rxc2
42. Rxc2 Qe4+ 43. Kc3 h5 44. Rc1 h4 45. Rg1+ Kh7 46. Kd2 Qd4+ 47. Ke1 Qxg1+ 48.
Kd2 Qg3 49. Ke2 h3 50. Kd2 h2 51. Ke2 h1=R 52. Kd2 Rh2+ 53. Kd1 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "World Youth Chess Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Johnson, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.11.19"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.19"]

{In this game Jeffrey takes care of his Trinidadian opponent in tactical style
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 $5 {
One of the many trappy tactical lines white can try.} b5 {
black's results from this position are horrible} (5... exd4 $5 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O
Be7 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc5 {
is a much better and safer path than what black played in the game}) 6. Bb3
exd4 7. e5 Ng4 8. O-O Be7 9. Bf4 Bb7 (9... h5 $5 10. c3 g5 11. Bd2 Ngxe5 12.
Nxe5 Nxe5 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Qf3 {
white has compensation because of black's unsafe king}) 10. Bd5 Qb8 11. Bxc6
dxc6 12. Nxd4 {Already black is in big trouble} Nh6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. e6 c5 15.
exf7+ Kf8 16. Ne6+ Kxf7 17. Nxc5 $1 {
Diagram # winning a pawn and leaving black with a leaky king position} Rg8 18.
Nxb7 Qxb7 19. g3 {
This forced defensive move ends any hope black has for attack or defense} Rg5
20. Nd2 Bf6 21. c3 Rd8 22. Qc2 Rg6 23. Rad1 Qc8 24. Ne4 {Trading favors white}
Rdg8 25. a4 h5 26. axb5 h4 27. bxa6 h3 28. Qd3 Be7 29. a7 Kg7 30. Qd7 Qf8 31.
a8=Q $1 {this deflection wins the Be7 and the game} Qf3 32. Qxe7+ Kh8 33. Ng5
1-0

[Event "National K-12 Championships"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christopher Wu"]
[Black "Andrew Liu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.12.20"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.20"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Bd3 e6 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Qd2 h6 8. h4 Nd7
9. O-O b6 10. Ne2 Bb7 11. Nh2 Nf6 12. Ng3 c5 13. c3 Nd7 14. h5 g5 15. Bc2 {
Diagram #} (15. f4 gxf4 16. Bxf4 e5 17. Be3 cxd4 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Bf4 Ne5)
15... e5 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Bb3 (17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Qd6 Rc8) 17... Nf6 18. f3 O-O
19. Ng4 Nxg4 (19... Rad8 20. Nxh6+ (20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Qxg5) 20... Bxh6 21. Bxg5
Bg7 22. h6 Bh8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nh5 Bh8 25. Qg5+ Ng6 26. Qxg6+) 20. fxg4 cxd4
(20... c4) 21. cxd4 d5 22. Nf5 Nxf5 23. gxf5 {Diagram #} Bf6 (23... dxe4 24. f6
Bh8 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. Qxg5+ Kh7 27. Be6 Bc8 28. Rc1) (23... Rfe8 24. f6 Bf8 25.
exd5 e4 26. Rf5) (23... Rad8 24. f6 Bh8 25. dxe5 dxe4 26. Bd4) 24. dxe5 Qxe5
25. exd5 Qg3 (25... Qd6) 26. Bd4 Bd8 27. Qc3 Qh4 28. Bg7 b5 (28... Rc8 29. Qd4
Qxd4+ 30. Bxd4) (28... Re8 29. Bh8 f6 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Qxf6) 29. Bxf8 Bb6+ 30.
Bc5 Rc8 31. Bxb6 Rxc3 32. bxc3 Qg4 (32... g4 33. Rd4) 33. Rde1 Kh7 34. f6 1-0

[Event "National K-12 Championships"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aryaman Bansal"]
[Black "Rishith Susarla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[SourceDate "2011.12.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Bd6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O e4 {Diagram #} 9. Nd4 (9. Ng5 Bxh2+ 10. Kxh2 Ng4+ 11. Kg1 Qxg5 (11... Qd6
12. g3 Qh6) 12. d4 Qh5 13. Bf4) 9... Bxh2+ 10. Kxh2 Qxd4 11. d3 Qe5+ 12. g3
Ng4+ (12... Bg4 13. Qd2 Qh5+ 14. Kg1 Bf3) 13. Kg2 Qh5 14. Rh1 Qe5 15. Qe2 Re8
16. dxe4 Qc5 17. Be3 {Diagram #} Nxe3+ 18. fxe3 Nd7 19. Raf1 Ne5 20. Bb3 Bg4
21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Rxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rh1+ 1-0

[Event "2011 Interservice"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balmaceda, Enrico"]
[Black "Aventura, Rene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2028"]
[BlackElo "1730"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.12.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 {Diagram #} 5. e3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3
e6 {Diagram #} 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. a3 Rc8 13.
Bd2 Bb8 {Diagram #} 14. Be1 g6 15. g3 Kg7 16. Bf1 Re8 17. Bg2 {Diagram #} Ne7
18. Qe2 b5 19. Rac1 h5 20. h4 Qd6 21. Na2 {Diagram #} Nf5 22. Bb4 Qd7 23. Qe1 {
Diagram #} Ng4 24. e4 dxe4 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxe4 {Diagram #} Ba7 (26... Nxd4)
(26... Ne7 27. -- Nf6) 27. Bxf5 exf5 (27... gxf5) 28. Bc5 (28. Bc3 Qd5 29. Nb4)
28... Re8 29. Qd2 Bb8 {Diagram #} 30. Nc3 (30. d5) 30... f4 31. Ne2 fxg3 32.
Nxg3 Bxg3 33. fxg3 Re3 {Diagram #} 34. d5 (34. Qg2) (34. Kg2 Qc7) 34... Rxg3+
35. Kh1 Qf5 36. Qe2 {Diagram #} Ne5 (36... Nf2+ 37. Bxf2 (37. Qxf2 Qe4+ 38. Kh2
) 37... Qh3#) 37. Bd4 (37. Qf2 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Qxh4#) 37... f6 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39.
d6 Rh3+ 40. Kg2 Rxh4 41. d7 Qh3+ 42. Kf2 Rf4+ 43. Ke1 Qh1+ {Diagram #} 44. Kd2
Rd4+ 45. Kc2 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Ol"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.11.24"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Nc3 e6 8. d3
Nc6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rac1 Qd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe4 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Qc8 18. Qa4 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Qxc6 h6 22. Be5 Bg5 23. Rc4 Qd1+ 24. Kg2 Rd8 25. Qf3 Qxf3+ 26. Kxf3 Bf6 27.
Bxf6 gxf6 {# #} 28. Ke3 Rd5 29. b4 Kg7 30. a4 e5 31. b5 Rd1 32. Rc7 a6 33. bxa6
Rd4 34. a7 Rxa4 35. Kd3 f5 36. Kc3 Kf6 37. Kb3 Ra1 38. Kb4 Kg5 (38... Ke6 39.
Kc5) 39. Kb5 Kh5 40. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Tallin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2p3r1/1p3p1R/4k2P/2P5/5K2/8 b - - 0 57"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2011.11.24"]

{# #} 57... Rd6 58. Ke2 Kf4 59. Rh8 Kg4 60. Rh7 Re6+ 61. Kd3 (61. Kf2 Re4)
61... f4 62. h5 Kf3 63. h6 c5 64. Rh8 Rd6+ 65. Kc2 c4 66. Kb2 Re6 67. Ka3 Ke3
68. Kb4 f3 69. h7 Re7 70. Kxb5 f2 71. Rf8 Rxh7 72. Re8+ Kd3 73. Rf8 Rh5+ 74.
Kb4 Ke3 75. Re8+ Kf4 0-1

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barcza, D."]
[Black "Trifunovic, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/R7/8/7r/6k1/4K3/4P3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2011.11.24"]

{# #} 1. Ke4 Kg3 (1... Rh8) (1... Rg5) 2. Re7 Ra5 3. e3 Kg4 (3... Rb5 4. Rg7+
Kf2 5. Kf4 Rb8 6. Rf7 Rb3 7. Kg4+ Kxe3 8. Rf3+) (3... Rc5) 4. Rg7+ Kh5 5. Kf4
Ra8 6. e4 Kh6 7. Rg1 Kh7 8. Kf5 Ra7 (8... Rf8+ 9. Ke6 Re8+ 10. Kf7) 9. e5 Ra2
10. Kf6 Rf2+ 11. Ke7 Ra2 12. e6 Re2 13. Kf7 Rf2+ 14. Ke8 Ra2 15. e7 Rd2 16. Rg4
Rd1 17. Kf7 Rf1+ 18. Ke6 Re1+ 19. Kf6 Rf1+ 20. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barcza, G."]
[Black "Hecht, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7N/8/3n4/8/6K1/1k5P/8 b - - 0 51"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2011.11.24"]

{# #} 51... Ne3 (51... Kc3) 52. Kf3 (52. h4 Nf5+) 52... Nf5 53. Nf8 Kc3 54. Kf4
Nh4 55. Kg3 Nf5+ 56. Kg4 Ne3+ 57. Kg5 Kd4 (57... Ng2 58. Ne6 Kc4) 58. h4 Ke5
59. h5 Nf5 60. Ng6+ Ke6 61. Nf4+ Ke5 62. Nd3+ Ke6 63. Nf2 Ke5 $2 64. Ng4+ Ke6 (
64... Ke4 65. Ne3) 65. Kg6 Nh4+ 66. Kg7 Nf5+ 67. Kf8 Kd6 (67... Kd5 68. Ne3+)
68. Kf7 Kd7 69. Kf6 Ne7 70. Ne3 Kd6 71. Kf7 Nc6 72. Nc4+ Kd7 73. h6 Nd8+ 74.
Kf6 1-0

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donner, J."]
[Black "Barcza, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2B5/8/P4kpp/5p2/5P1P/r5P1/6K1 w - - 0 53"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.11.24"]

{# #} 53. g4+ $2 (53. Kf1 Ra3 (53... g4 54. hxg4+ hxg4 55. g3 $1 fxg3 56. Bxg3
gxf3 57. Bc7 $11) 54. Bb6 g4 55. hxg4+ hxg4 56. fxg4+ Kxg4 57. Bf2 Rxa5 {# #}
58. Ke1 (58. Be1) 58... Ra1+ 59. Ke2 Rc1 (59... Rh1 60. Be1) 60. Kd2 Rh1 61.
Ke2 Rh2 62. Kf1 f3 63. Kg1 $3 Rxg2+ 64. Kf1) 53... fxg3 54. Bxg3 Rxa5 55. Bc7
Ra2 56. Bg3 Ke6 57. Bc7 Rc2 58. Bb8 Kd5 59. Ba7 Ke5 60. Bb8+ Kd4 61. Ba7+ Kd3
62. Bb6 Ke2 (62... Rc6 $1 63. Bd8 Ke3 64. Bxg5+ Kxf3 $19) 63. Kg2 Rc8 64. h4
gxh4 65. f4 Rc4 66. f5 Rf4 67. Kh3 Kf3 68. Bc7 Rxf5 69. Kxh4 Ke4 70. Bd8 Rb5
71. Bc7 Kf5 72. Bd6 Kg6 73. Bc7 Rb4+ 74. Kh3 Rg4 75. Bd6 Kf5 76. Bc7 Ke4 77.
Bd6 Kf3 78. Bc7 Rg1 79. Kh2 Rc1 80. Bb8 Kg4 81. Be5 Rc2+ 82. Kh1 Kh3 83. Kg1
Rc5 84. Bb8 Rg5+ 85. Kf1 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Harold van der Heijden 50 JT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Becker, R."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7p/8/7b/1pR5/2p4K/8/7k w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2011.11.24"]

{# #} 1. Re4 (1. Rh4 $2 c2 2. Rc4 Bg6 3. Kg3 Kg1 {Z Z} 4. Kf3 Kf1 {Z Z} 5. Ke3
Ke1 {Z Z} 6. Rc8 Kd1 7. Rd8+ Kc1 8. Rb8 h5 9. Rxb4 Kd1 10. Rd4+ Ke1 11. Rc4 Bf5
12. Kf4 Bd3 {# # wins}) (1. Rxb4 c2 2. Rc4 Bg6 3. Kg3 Kg1 4. Kf3 Kf1 5. Ke3 Ke1
6. Rc8 Kd1 7. Rd8+ Kc1 8. Rb8 h5 9. Rb4 Kd1 10. Rd4+ Ke1 11. Rc4 Bf5 12. Kf4
Bd3) 1... Kg1 2. Rxb4 c2 3. Rc4 Bg6 4. Kg3 {Z Z} Kf1 5. Kf3 {Z Z} Ke1 6. Ke3 {
Z Z} Kd1 7. Rd4+ Kc1 8. Rb4 Kd1 9. Rd4+ Ke1 10. Rc4 Bf5 11. Rc5 Kd1 12. Rd5+
Ke1 13. Rc5 Bg6 14. Rc4 h6 15. Rc8 {(15.Rc7; Rc5)} (15. Rc7) (15. Rc5) 15... h5
16. Rc6 {Z Z} Kd1 17. Rd6+ Ke1 18. Rc6 Bf5 19. Kf4 Bd3 {# #} 20. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Harold van der Heijden 50 JT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pervakov, Oleg"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/7r/2rk4/1K2R3/8/p4R2/2B3N1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2011.11.24"]

{# #} 1. Rd4+ (1. Re5+ $2 Kxe5 2. Bxh6 a1=Q 3. Bg7+ Ke4 4. Bxa1 Rc1 5. Rf4+ Ke3
$11) 1... Kxd4 2. Bb2+ Ke3 3. Rf3+ (3. Re2+ $2 Kd3 4. Kxc5 Rh5+ 5. Kb4 a1=Q 6.
Bxa1 Rb5+ 7. Kxb5) 3... Ke4 4. Kxc5 a1=Q 5. Bxa1 Rc6+ 6. Kb5 $1 {
wins. For example:} (6. Kxc6 $2 {stalemate}) 6... Rc5+ 7. Ka6 Rc6+ 8. Kb7 Rc1
9. Rf4+ Kd5 10. Bd4 {wins} 1-0

