[Event "Bosnia 98"]
[Site "Sarajevo BIH"]
[Date "1998.05.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Korchnoi, V."]
[Black "Piket, Je"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Qb3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 {Diagram #} 7.
Bxf6 gxf6 8. Qd3 Bb7 9. Nf3 a6 10. e3 c5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Nb4
14. Qd2 h5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Nxa4 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Bc6 18. Ne1 h4 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20.
Nxf3 h3 21. g3 Rh5 22. Nc3 Be7 23. Qe2 Rb6 24. Ne1 Rh8 25. Rac1 f5 26. d5 exd5
27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Qe5 f6 29. Qxf5 Qd7 30. Qxd7+ Kxd7 31. Rxd5+ Bd6 32. Nd3 Ke6
33. Rd4 Be5 34. Re1 Kf5 35. Rd5 Rb5 36. Rxb5 axb5 37. Kf1 Bd6 38. Ke2 Rc8 39.
Kf3 Rd8 40. Rd1 Be5 41. Ke2 Rc8 42. Ke3 Rc4 43. Ra1 Re4+ 44. Kd2 Rd4 45. f4 Bc7
46. Ke2 Bb6 47. Ra6 Re4+ 48. Kf1 Re3 49. Nf2 Bc5 50. Rc6 Ba7 51. Rc7 Bb6 52.
Rb7 Re6 53. Nxh3 Rc6 54. Nf2 b4 55. Nd3 b3 56. Nb4 Rd6 57. Ke2 Re6+ 58. Kd3 Bg1
59. Rh7 Re1 60. Rh5+ Kg4 61. Rh4+ Kf3 62. f5 Be3 63. Kc4 Re2 64. Kxb3 Bc1 65.
Nc2 Rf2 66. Rc4 Bd2 67. Nd4+ Ke4 68. h4 Kd5 69. Nb5 Ke5 70. g4 Be3 71. Nc3 Bd4
72. h5 Rg2 73. h6 Rh2 74. Rc8 Be3 75. Re8+ Kd4 76. Rh8 Kd3 77. g5 fxg5 78. f6
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram B"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/R7/3K4/4P3/8/8/8/5r2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

 *

[Event "Lichthof Chess Champions"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2006.08.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.08.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. a3 Bd6 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Nb5 cxd4 14. exd4 Ne7 15.
f5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. f6 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng6 19. fxg7 Kxg7 20. Nd6 Ba6 {
Diagram #} 21. Bh6+ Kg8 22. Rf5 Qh4 23. Bg5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.03.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Enter New Game"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C23"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Qg5 {Diagram #} *

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Igor Khenkin"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Nh4 Bxh4 13. gxh4 Ndf6 14. f3
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. e4 Bg6 17. Re2 Nh5 18. Rf2 Rfd8 19. Be3 h6 20. a4 Rd7 21.
a5 Qd8 22. a6 b6 23. f4 Rc8 24. f5 exf5 25. exf5 Bh7 26. f6 Nxf6 27. Bh3 Rd5
28. Bxc8 Qxc8 29. Bf4 Be4 30. Re1 Qg4+ 31. Bg3 Nh5 32. Qd1 Qg6 33. Re3 Rb5 34.
Qe2 {Diagram #} Rb1+ 35. Rf1 Nf4 36. Rxe4 Nxe2+ 37. Rxe2 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1 Qd3 39.
Be1 Qxa6 40. Kf2 Qc4 0-1

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dragan Solak"]
[Black "Sam E Collins"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 c5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bd2 Re8 10. Bc3 Qf6 11. Nfxe5 Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. f4 Bg4 14. Qe1
Nxd3 15. cxd3 Qh6 16. f5 Rad8 17. h3 Bh5 18. Qg3 Be2 19. Rf4 Rxd3 20. Qf2 Rd1+
21. Rxd1 Bxd1 22. Qg3 f6 23. Kh2 Qg5 24. Qf2 Kh8 25. Rh4 Rd8 26. e5 fxe5 27.
Re4 Rf8 28. Rxe5 b6 {Diagram #} 29. Rd5 Rd8 30. h4 Qe7 31. f6 Qe8 32. f7 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maxime Vachier Lagrave"]
[Black "Jose M Dominguez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qe7 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Bg4 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 Bh5 7. d4 c6 8. c3
Qc7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Nf1 O-O-O 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Bb3 Nh5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nxh5
Kb8 15. Qf3 f6 16. Be3 Re8 17. Ng3 h5 18. h4 Rd8 19. Red1 Be8 20. Be6 g6 21.
dxe5 fxe5 22. Bg5 Rc8 23. Rd2 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Rxh6 25. Rad1 Rh7 26. Nf1 Re7 27.
Qh3 Rd8 28. Ne3 b5 29. a4 a6 30. axb5 axb5 31. c4 b4 {Diagram #} 32. c5 Kb7 33.
Nc4 Nxc5 34. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jiri Stocek"]
[Black "William Bermudez Adams"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2169"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 e6 6. e3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. c4 Nf6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bb2 b6 14. Qe2 Bb4
15. Red1 Re8 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Ne5 Qe7 18. h4 g6 19. Qe3 Rac8 20. Be2 Ne4 21. g3
Bd6 22. Nd3 Ba3 23. Bxa3 Qxa3 24. Bf3 Nd6 25. Bxb7 Nxb7 26. c5 e5 27. c6 exd4 {
Diagram #} 28. cxb7 dxe3 29. Rxc8 Qa4 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Rc1 exf2+ 32. Nxf2 Kg7
33. Rc8 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "David Baramidze"]
[Black "Ibragim S Khamrakulov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bd2 cxd4 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Nxd4 O-O-O 12. Kb1 Bc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14.
c4 Bc6 15. f3 Qe7 16. Na5 Ba4 17. Bc2 Bxc2+ 18. Kxc2 Qc5 19. Nb3 Qf5+ 20. Kc1
Rd7 21. g4 Qd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. Rhf1 Rhd8 24. Kc2 e5 25. Bc3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1
Rxd1 27. Kxd1 Nd7 28. Nd2 a5 29. Ne4 Bc7 30. Ng5 f6 31. Ne6 b6 32. Nxg7 e4 33.
fxe4 Bxh2 34. Nh5 Be5 35. Bxe5 fxe5 36. g5 Kd8 37. Nf6 Nxf6 38. gxf6 Kd7 39. a3
a4 {Diagram #} 40. b4 axb3 41. a4 h5 42. c5 bxc5 43. a5 h4 44. f7 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo-Pons"]
[Black "Michael Prusikin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a6 5. e3 Ba7 6. a3 d6 7. Nge2 Be6 8. b3
Qc8 9. h3 Nce7 10. Bb2 Nh6 11. d4 O-O 12. Nd5 Ng6 13. h4 Re8 14. h5 Nf8 15.
dxe5 c6 16. Ndf4 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxc4 18. Bh3 f5 19. Bb2 Bf7 20. Qc2 Ne6 21. Qc3
Re7 22. O-O-O Qf8 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Nf4 Bf7 25. Rd6 Rae8 26. Rxh6 Re5 27. Nd3
Bb8 28. Rxh7 Kxh7 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Kb1 Bxh5 {Diagram #} 31. Qc2 Rc5 32. Bxf5+
Kh6 33. g4 g6 34. f4 1-0

[Event "Scranton"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1909.03.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "F.Marshall"]
[Black "J.R.Capablanca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.03.16"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Ne4 {Diagram #} 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7.
Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Nd7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Nf6 12. a4 c5 13. Qa3 b6
14. a5 Bb7 15. O-O Qc7 16. Rfb1 Nd7 17. Bf5 Rfc8 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. a6 Bc6 20.
dxc5 bxc5 21. Qxc5 Rab8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Ne5 Qf5 24. f4 Rb6 25. Qxb6 {
Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "ABC-198-May-2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1r3k1/5p1p/q5p1/8/8/2n2N2/2Q2PPP/2R1R1K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.03.17"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.16"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-198-May-2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Interference"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rr4k1/3p1pp1/q3pn1p/8/p1PP4/8/PB1Q1PPP/R1R3K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.03.17"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.16"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-198-May-2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4k1/pq3ppp/2N5/2Q5/8/2P5/5PPP/R5K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.03.17"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.16"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-198-May-2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "En Prise"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6pk/2q1p2p/3p1p2/3P1Qn1/2B1PP2/6PP/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.03.17"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.16"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-198-May-2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/6pp/8/4Q3/2qB4/2n5/6PP/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.03.17"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.16"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-198-May-2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.03.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Promotion"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/5ppp/2p1p3/8/2qPnQ2/pRB5/P4PPP/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.03.17"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.16"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Be7 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Ne5 g6
15. Qe2 Re8 16. Bc4 a6 17. Rfe1 b5 18. Bb3 Rc7 19. Bh6 Qc8 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5
Nxd5 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. Bxd5 Rd6 24. Bf4 Rf6 25. Bg5 Rd6 26. Bf4 Rf6 27. Bg5 Rd6
28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Rc1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qe6 31. Qxe6 fxe6 32. Bxe7 Rxe7 33. Kf1 Rd7
34. Ke2 Rd5 35. b4 Re5+ 36. Kf1 Rd5 37. Rc6 a5 38. bxa5 Rd3 {Diagram #} 39. Rb6
Rxa3 40. Rxb5 Ra2 41. h4 Kf7 42. g3 h6 43. Kg2 Kf6 44. Kf3 h5 45. Ke3 e5 46.
Rb6+ Kf5 47. a6 g5 48. hxg5 Ra3+ 49. Kd2 Kxg5 50. Kc2 e4 51. Kb2 Ra5 52. Kb3
Kg4 53. Rg6+ Kf5 54. Rc6 Kg4 55. Kb4 Ra2 56. Rf6 Kg5 57. Kb3 Ra5 58. Rd6 Kg4
59. Rc6 Ra1 60. Kb2 Ra5 61. Kc3 Ra2 62. Kd4 Rxf2 63. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alexei Barsov"]
[Black "Diego Flores"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ne5
Nfd7 9. Nxd7 Nxd7 10. Qb3 Ne5 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 c4
15. Qa3 Qd6 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Qa5 b6 18. Qa6 b5 19. Qxb5 Reb8 20. Qa4 Rxb2 21.
Bxe7 Qxe7 22. d6 Qd8 23. Bxa8 Qxa8 24. d7 Qd8 25. f4 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Qb7+ 27. Kg1
Rxe2 28. d8=Q+ Bf8 29. Qd5 Qb6+ 30. Rd4 Rd2 {Diagram #} 31. Qxe5 Rxd4 32. Qaa5
Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Rd2+ 34. Qxd2 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Surya Sekhar Ganguly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. f4 Bg7 14. c4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 b6 16. Be2 e5 17. Rhf1 f5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Bd3 fxe4 21.
Bxe4 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rce1 Bd7 24. d6 Rad8 25. Bd5 Rxe1 26. Rf7+ Kh6 27.
Kxe1 a5 28. Kf2 Bf5 29. Kf3 Rxd6 30. Kf4 Bb1 31. h4 Rd8 32. g4 g5+ 33. hxg5+
Kg6 34. Rf6+ Kg7 35. Rxb6 Bxa2 36. Rb7+ Kh8 {Diagram #} 37. g6 hxg6 38. Kg5
Rxd5+ 39. cxd5 Bxd5 40. Rb5 Kg7 41. Rxc5 Be4 42. Rxa5 1-0

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "254"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 Bf6 8.
Qg3 Nc6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Qxg5 d6 13. f4 b5 14. f5 Ne5
15. Rad1 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 f6 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. fxe6 Bxe6 19. Be2 b4 20. Nd4 Bd7 21.
Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rac8 23. a3 a5 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. b3 Rc3 26. Qf4 Rfc8 27. Rd2
a4 28. bxa4 Bxa4 29. Qf5 Bd7 30. Ne6 Qb2 31. Bd3 Nxd3 32. Rxd3 Qxc2 33. Rxc3
Qxc3 34. Qg4 Rg8 35. Ng5 Be8 36. Ne4 Qc4 37. Qf5 Qa6 38. Qf4 Bf7 39. Nxd6 Bxd5
40. Nf5 Qe2 41. Rf2 Qd1+ 42. Rf1 Qd3 43. Kg1 Be6 44. h3 Qd7 45. Kh2 Rd8 46. Rf2
Kg8 47. Rf3 Kh8 48. Rf2 Qf7 49. Rf3 Qa7 50. Rf1 Qb8 51. Qxb8 Rxb8 52. Nd4 Bd5
53. Rf2 h6 54. Re2 Rb6 55. Nf5 Be6 56. Nd4 Bd7 57. g4 Rb4 58. Rd2 Kh7 59. Nc2
Rb7 60. Ne3 Be6 61. Rd6 Bf7 62. Rd3 h5 63. Kg3 Bg6 64. Rc3 Rb1 65. Kh4 Rb4 66.
Kg3 Re4 67. Ra3 Kh6 68. Rc3 Bh7 69. Ra3 Bg6 70. Rc3 Re5 71. Ng2 Be4 72. Ne3 Kg5
73. h4+ Kg6 74. gxh5+ Rxh5 75. Rc7 Ra5 76. Rc4 Re5 77. Ng4 Re7 78. Rc5 Kh7 79.
h5 Rf7 80. Kf4 Bd3 81. Nf2 Be2 82. Ne4 Ra7 83. Rc6 Rf7 84. Ng3 Bb5 85. Rb6 Ba4
86. Ra6 Bb3 87. Rb6 Ba2 88. Ra6 Bc4 89. Rc6 Bd5 90. Rd6 Bg2 91. Rd2 Bb7 92. Rc2
Re7 93. Rc4 Bd5 94. Rc5 Rd7 95. Rb5 Bc4 96. Rc5 Rd4+ 97. Ke3 Rd3+ 98. Kf4 Bd5
99. Nf5 Be6 100. Ng3 Rd4+ 101. Ke3 Rg4 102. Kf3 Ra4 103. Ke3 Kh6 104. Kf3 Rh4
105. Rc7 Rb4 106. Rc5 Ra4 107. Rb5 Rh4 108. Rb8 Kh7 109. Rb5 Kh6 110. Rb8 Bg4+
111. Ke3 Rh3 112. Kf2 Rh2+ 113. Kg1 Ra2 114. Rh8+ Kg5 115. h6 gxh6 116. Ne4+
Kf5 117. Nxf6 Kxf6 118. Rxh6+ Kg5 119. Rh2 Ra1+ 120. Kf2 Kf4 121. Rh8 Ra2+ 122.
Ke1 Re2+ 123. Kf1 Kg3 {Diagram #} 124. Rd8 Re3 125. Rg8 Re7 126. Rg5 Rh7 127.
Ke1 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Topalov-Kamsky Match"]
[Site "0:17:33-0:09:33"]
[Date "2009.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bh6 cxd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. cxd4 exd4 16. f4 f6 17. e5 Bd7 18. exf6+ Qxf6 19. Ng3 Kh8 20. f5 gxf5 21.
Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qd6 23. Raf1 Nc6 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Qh6 Rxf5 26. Rxf5 Ne5 27.
h3 Ng6 28. Rh5 {Diagram #} Rg8 (28... Kg8 29. Nf6+ Qxf6 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. Rh6
Rc8 32. Rxg6 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Qe5+ 34. Rg3 Rc3 35. Qg8+ Ke7 36. Qg5+ Qxg5 37. Rxg5
Ke6 38. Rg8) 29. Nf6 Rg7 30. Nxh7 Rxh7 31. Qxg6 Qe3+ 32. Kf1 Qc1+ 33. Kf2 Qd2+
34. Kg3 Qe3+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCCC 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 a6 (7...
Nfd7) 8. Bf4 b5 9. Qxc7 Qxc7 10. Bxc7 b4 11. Na4 Nc6 (11... Nxe4 12. Nb6) 12.
d5 Nd4 13. Bd3 {Diagram #} Bd7 14. Nb6 Bb5 15. Be5 (15. Nxa8 Bxd3 16. Rd1 Nc2+
17. Kd2 Bxe4 18. f3 Bh6+ 19. Ke2 Bxd5) 15... Nxe4 (15... Bxd3 16. Bxd4 Rab8 17.
f3 (17. e5 Rxb6 18. Bxb6 (18. exf6 Rxf6) 18... Nxd5 19. Bd4 Nf4) 17... Bb5) 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bxe4 Rab8 18. O-O-O Nf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. d6 Rxb6 21. dxe7 Re8
22. Nf3 Rxe7 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Rhe1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rh6 26. Re7 Rd6 27. Ne2 Kf6 28.
Re3 Ba4 29. b3 Bc6 30. Nf4 a5 31. g3 Be4 32. f3 Bc6 33. h4 Rd4 34. Kc2 Bb5 35.
Nh5+ Kg6 36. Nf4+ Kf6 37. Nh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCCC 2009 Game_4"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Ng5 Re7 13. d5 Nb8 (13... Na5) 14.
Nf1 Nbd7 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bc2 h6 17. Nf3 Nb6 18. h4 Qd7 19. Nh2 Bg7 20. h5 Rf8
21. Nhf1 c6 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Ne3 Kh7 (23... d5 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. exd5 Nbxd5
26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Be4) 24. Qf3 Bc8 25. Rd1 Be6 26. b3 Qxc3 27. Bd2 Qc7 28. Ba5
Qb8 29. Rd2 Nc8 (29... Rd7 30. Rad1 Rc8 31. Bb4 Rc6 32. Nd5) 30. Rad1 b4 31.
Qe2 Kh8 32. Bd3 Na7 33. Rc1 Nb5 34. Bxb5 axb5 35. Bxb4 Rd7 36. Rc6 Rfd8 37. Qd1
Bf8 38. Qc2 Kh7 39. Ba5 Re8 40. hxg6+ fxg6 41. Bc7 Qb7 42. Bxd6 Bf7 43. Bb4 (
43. Bxf8 Rxd2 44. Qc1 Rxf8 45. Rxf6 Qd7 46. Ngf1 Rd6 47. Nf5) 43... Bxb4 44.
Rxd7 Qxd7 (44... Nxd7 45. Rc7) 45. Rxf6 Re6 46. Nd5 Bf8 47. Rf3 Kg7 48. Rc3 Ra6
49. Rc7 Qd6 50. Qe2 Kg8 51. Qxb5 Rxa2 52. Qb7 Ra1+ 53. Kh2 Bxd5 54. exd5 Qf6
55. Qc8 Qh4+ (55... Qxf2) 56. Qh3 Qxh3+ 57. Kxh3 Rd1 58. Ne4 Ba3 59. Ra7 Bb4
60. Rb7 Ba3 61. f3 Kf8 62. Rb5 h5 63. Kg3 Rc1 64. Rb8+ (64. d6) (64. b4) 64...
Kf7 65. Rb7+ Kf8 66. Kf2 Rc2+ 67. Kf1 Rc1+ 68. Ke2 Rc2+ 69. Kd3 Rxg2 70. Ra7
Be7 71. d6 Bd8 72. Nc5 (72. Ra8 Ke8 73. Nf6+ Kf7 74. Rxd8 Kxf6 75. Re8) 72...
Ke8 73. Rh7 1-0

[Event "WCCC 2009 Game_5"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 Bd6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. exd5 exd5 12. O-O Ne7 13. Nf3 O-O 14.
Qd3 Qd7 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Be3 a5 17. g3 h6 18. Bb6 Rdc8 19. Bd4 Bc5 20. Bc3 Bb4
21. Be5 Bd6 22. Rd2 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Qd6 24. Re1 Rc7 25. Qf3 Rf8 26. Kg2 Rb7 27.
h4 Qb4 28. Ree2 Qa4 29. b3 Qb4 30. Nd3 Qd6 31. h5 Rc7 32. Nf4 d4 33. Re4 Nc6
34. Nd3 {Diagram #} Rd8 (34... Re7) 35. Rc2 Nb4 36. Nxb4 axb4 37. Rxd4 Qf8 (
37... Rxc2 38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Qe4+) (37... Qxd4 38. Rxc7 Qd5 39.
Rb7) 38. Rxd8 Qxd8 39. Rxc7 Qxc7 40. Qa8+ Kh7 41. Qe4+ Kg8 42. Qxb4 Qc6+ 43.
Kg1 Qc1+ 44. Kh2 Qc2 45. Qe1 Kf8 46. a3 Qb2 47. Qb4+ Kg8 48. Kg2 Qe5 49. Qg4
Qb2 50. Qc8+ Kh7 51. Qc4 Qxa3 52. Qxf7 Qb4 53. Qc4 Qb7+ 54. Kg1 Qf3 55. g4 1-0

[Event "WCCC 2009 Game_6"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2009.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.02.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4 (9... a6) 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Nxf3 g6 12. c4 Bg7 13. cxd5 Nxd5
14. Bc5 Bf8 15. Qc1 (15. Rc1 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 O-O 17. Qd2 Kg7 18. h4 h6 19. Rfc1)
15... Rc8 16. Bxf8 Nd4 17. Qd1 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Kxf8 19. Rac1 Kg7 20. h4 Qb6 21.
g3 h6 22. a3 Rc5 23. Rc2 Rhc8 24. Rfc1 a5 25. Qd2 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Rc5 27. Qc1
Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Ne7 29. Qc3 Nc6 30. b3 Qd8 31. a4 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Qe2 33. Qe3 Qd1
34. Nd2 Nb4 35. Nc4 Nc2 36. Qd2 Qb1 37. Qf4 Ne1+ 38. Kh2 Qxb3 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40.
Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qf6 Kg8 42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Qf6 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Topalov-Kamsky Match"]
[Site "1:12:33-0:36:33"]
[Date "2009.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Re1 (8. Nb3) 8... Be7 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 (11. Qxd4) 11... O-O
12. c3 Bd7 13. Qf3 Qb6 14. Bb3 a5 15. Be3 Bc5 {Diagram #} 16. Rad1 a4 17. Bc2
Qxb2 18. Bg5 Nd5 {Diagram #} 19. c4 Bxd4 (19... Nb6) (19... Nb4 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7
21. Bf6 gxf6 22. Qh3+ Kg7 23. Qg4+ Kh7 24. Rd3) 20. Qd3 f5 (20... g6) 21. Qxd4
Qxc2 (21... Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Nb4 23. Rxd7 Nxc2 24. Rc1 Nb4 25. Rb1) 22. cxd5 Qxa2
23. Qb6 (23. Qb4 a3 24. Rd2) 23... a3 (23... exd5 24. Qxb7) 24. Be7 Rfe8 25.
Qd6 {Diagram #} Ba4 (25... Bc8 26. Qc7) (25... Kf7 26. Qxd7 Rxe7 27. dxe6+ Qxe6
) 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Ra1 Qc4 {Diagram #} 28. Rec1 (28. Rxa3 Bb3 29. Rxa8 Rxa8
30. Qxf5 Qxd5) 28... Bc2 29. Qd7 (29. Qe3 a2 30. d6) 29... a2 30. d6 b5 31. Qb7
(31. Qc7 Qxc7 32. dxc7 Bb3 33. Bd8 Raxd8 34. cxd8=Q Rxd8) 31... Reb8 (31... b4
32. d7 Reb8) 32. Qc7 Rc8 (32... Bd3 33. Rxc4 bxc4 34. h4 (34. Qxb8+ Rxb8 35. h4
Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Rxa1 37. d7 Rh1+ 38. Kg3 h5 39. d8=Q+ Kh7 40. Bf6) 34... Rb1+ 35.
Kh2 Rxa1 36. d7 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Rg8 38. d8=Q a1=Q 39. Qcb8 f4+) 33. Qxc4 Rxc4 34.
d7 Bb1 35. Rd1 Kg8 36. d8=Q+ Rxd8 37. Bxd8 Bc2 38. Rdc1 b4 39. Rxa2 b3 40. Ra8
Kf7 41. Rb8 Ke6 42. Re1+ Kd5 43. Be7 Ra4 44. Bf8 Ra7 45. h4 1-0

[Event "Topalov-Kamsky Match"]
[Site "0:00:33-0:41:33"]
[Date "2009.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 (3... a6 4. Ba4) 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 (5. c3) 5...
Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. d4 Qe7 8. dxc5 (8. Qxe4 Ng6 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7) 8... Nxc5 9. Nc3
Ng6 (9... c6 10. Re1 f6 11. f4) 10. Qh5 c6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Rae1 Ne6 13. Bd3 O-O
14. Bd2 d5 15. f4 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 (16. Be3 d4 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxg6 dxe3 19. Be4)
16... d4 17. Bf5 (17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Ne2) 17... Rf7 (17... Nexf4
18. Rxf4 dxc3 19. Be6+ (19. Be3) 19... Bxe6 20. Qxc5 cxd2 21. Rd1 Nxf4 22. Rxd2
Bd5) 18. Ne4 Qd5 19. Bxg6 (19. Ng3) 19... hxg6 20. Qxd5 cxd5 21. Nd6 {Diagram #
} Rc7 (21... Re7) 22. c4 (22. Nxc8 Raxc8 23. Rxe6 Rxc2 24. Bb4 Rxb2 25. a3 d3
26. h3 Rxb4 27. axb4 d2) 22... dxc3 23. Bxc3 d4 24. Bb4 Bd7 25. Rf2 a5 26. Ba3
b5 27. b3 b4 28. Bb2 Ra6 29. Ne4 Rac6 30. Kg1 Rc2 31. g3 d3 32. Rd1 f5 0-1

[Event "USATE"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thaler, Michael"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Kaufman,Larry"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.02.15"]
[SourceDate "2009.02.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 {This move is only sixth
in popularity, but it scores well and is recommended in some books.} 6. d4 (6.
d3 Bg4 $11) 6... exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 {Taking with the queen would please
Black, because the bishop pair tends to gain in value with a queen trade.} Be7
{Black doesn't really want to exchange bishops when he has the bishop pair,
but otherwise his development is difficult. 8...Bd7 is the move to go all-out
for the win, but it carries some risk.} 9. Be3 {Trading bishops is more common
here, because it leaves White with a healthy kingside pawn majority vs.
Black's crippled queenside one, while Black no longer enjoys the bishop pair
as compensation. But Black's development is then simple, and his remaining
bishop and knight are a tad better than Black's two knights, so White's edge
is quite small.} c5 $6 {I wanted to trade queens to aid my bishop pair, but I
fall a bit too far behind in development. 9...Nf6 is correct with about equal
chances. Then 10.f3 (to stop ...Ng4) ...0-0 is about equal.} 10. Nb3 Qxd1 11.
Rxd1 b6 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. e5 (13. Bf4 Bd8 14. h3 O-O 15. a4 {
would give White a serious initiative.}) 13... Nd7 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. Bg5 c6 16.
Bxd8 cxd5 17. Bc7 Bb7 18. Re1 {18.f4 was better and equal.} Rc8 {
18...Ke7 was probably better.} 19. Bd6 Nf8 20. f4 Kd7 $6 (20... Ng6 21. g3 Ne7
{and Black is fine here.}) 21. Rad1 (21. f5 $1 {keeps a plus.}) 21... g6 {
Diagram #} 22. c4 $2 {Needlessly giving Black a protected passed pawn and a
powerful bishop. Better was 22.Rf1 aiming for f4-f5.} d4 23. Nd2 Ne6 {
Black has a serious advantage now.} 24. b4 cxb4 25. Bxb4 Nxf4 26. Rf1 {
26.Nf3 was the lesser evil.} g5 27. h4 Ke8 $1 {I was proud of this move,
because usually you don't move the king to the edge in the endgame.} 28. hxg5
Nxg2 {28...Ne6 was the safer route to an advantage.} 29. e6 $1 fxe6 30. Rf6 Ne3
31. Rxe6+ Kd8 32. Rb1 Rg8 33. Be7+ $6 {
This should lose. 33.Kf2 offers some hope for a draw.} Kd7 34. Rexb6 Bc6 35.
Bf6 Ng4 $4 (35... Rcf8 $1 {wins, whereas my move should draw.}) 36. Bxd4 {
The patient 36.Rf1! should hold.} Rxg5 37. Kf1 $2 {
37.Rb8 gives drawing chances, as there is no great discovered check.} Re8 $1 {
This clearly wins.} 38. Rxc6 {The mating threats forced this, but in such an
open position a bishop is no match for a rook.} Kxc6 39. Rb6+ Kc7 40. Kg2 Ne3+
41. Kf2 Nc2 0-1

[Event "US Amateur East"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "IM Kaufman, Raymond"]
[Black "FM Getz, Alec"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[Annotator "Getz,Alec"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 $1 {I was surprised by this move, but after a
minute I started to feel uncomfortable with my position. White loses castling
rights, but the king is not in danger since White controls the center. The
rook might prove more useful on h1 than f1, but more importantly, White wants
to keep his knight on f3, where it can jump to e5 or g5. Retreating to d2
would not be as active. Black's bishop is aiming at air and is a target in
light of White's Qd1-b3 or a2-a3 and b2-b4 with a "minority attack." Black
needs to find a good defense or he will succumb to an attack or be squeezed
off the board. Perhaps Kaufman had seen the game Korchnoi-Portisch, played
last year in Corus, where "Viktor the Terrible" squeezed his opponent off the
board. Portisch in that game played 10...Nf6 to secure d5, but when Korchnoi
stuck his knight on e5 it was stuffy for Black.} Bd6 $3 {If this move looks
ridiculous at first sight, it should. Isn't Black just giving himself doubled
pawns? Yes, but after Black plays ...Nf6, it will be difficult for White to
win either of the d-pawns. Also, Black can now challenge White's control of
the c-file rather than allowing White to start a "minority attack." One might
also think White is playing a "pawn up," but this is not the case, as both
d-pawns pull their weight. The d6 pawn forever secures e5 and c5, and the d5
pawn gives Black a stronghold on e4 and c4. If White wants to make progress
with e3-e4, he will allow Black to "undouble" his pawns--yet another reason
Black is not playing "down a pawn."} 11. Bxd6 cxd6 12. g3 Nf6 13. Kg2 Qb6 14.
Qb3 Bd7 15. Rac1 {After 15.Qxb6 axb6, Black has two sets of doubled isolated
pawns but yet still has the initiative. His a8 rook targets White's a-pawn,
and White will have to eventually play a2-a3. Then Black can play ...b6-b5-b4,
prying open the queenside.} (15. Qxb6 axb6) 15... Rfc8 16. Rhe1 Qxb3 17. axb3
Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ {If White probes for weaknesses with 19.Ra1 a6 20.
Ra5 (with the idea of b3-b4-b5), Black has time to bring his king to the
center.} (19. Ra1 a6 20. Ra5) 19... Bxc8 20. Nd2 Kf8 21. f3 h6 22. b4 Ke7 23.
Nb1 Kd8 24. Nc3 Bd7 25. e4 {White at last goes for this breakthrough.} dxe4 26.
fxe4 a6 27. Kf3 Bc6 28. h3 {
If 28.d5 Be8, Black's knight will come to e5 via d7.} (28. d5 Be8) 28... Ke7
29. Ke3 d5 {This seemed the simplest way to draw, as after White's next move
it is hard for him to make further progress.} 30. e5 Ne8 31. Be2 f6 32. Kf4 g6
33. h4 Nc7 34. exf6+ Kxf6 35. Bf3 {White finally concedes the draw, as he can
never break through or win the d5 pawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USATE"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.02.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Feuerstein, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.03.02"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.02"]

{After the game, during analysis, I found out that my opponent had drawn
against Bobby Fischer on five occasions, before finally losing one at the
breakthrough US Championship Fischer won at the age of 14.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O b4 $5 {A risky move. Black
usually waits for White to play a2-a4 to make this push. The problem is that
Black is still several moves away from castling, and White can easily open
some lines with c2-c3 or a2-a3.} 8. Na4 {8.Nce2 is playable but the text is
more aggressive, keeping an eye on the b6 square, and leaving the e-file open
for the rook or queen.} (8. Nce2) 8... Qa5 9. c3 Nf6 10. Re1 bxc3 {This would
OK if Black could develop normally afterwards, but tactically there is a flaw.
Better was} (10... Nc6 {when I was considering the sneaky} 11. a3 $5 bxc3 (
11... bxa3 12. b4 $1 {is the point}) 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 (12... cxb2 13. Nxa5 bxa1=Q
14. Nxb7 {is good for white}) 13. Nxc3 {
with a preferable position for White but nothing extraordinary.}) (10... Nc6
11. a3 bxc3 (11... bxa3 12. b4) 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 (12... cxb2 13. Nxa5 bxa1=Q 14.
Nxb7) 13. Nxc3) 11. Nxc3 d6 12. Qb3 $1 Qc7 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Bxf6 (14. Nxe6 {
was tempting but I could not quite make it work after} fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Be7 16.
Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nc5) 14... Nxf6 $6 (14... gxf6 {may not look fun, but it was
necessary. However, in this Rauzer structure with the c-file open, the Black
king will never feel comfortable on either side of the board.}) (14... Nc5 $2
15. Qc4 gxf6 16. b4 {wins.}) 15. Rac1 Qd7 16. Nd5 $1 {
The knight threatens to fork from either b6 or c7, and so can not be ignored.}
Bxd5 (16... Rc8 17. Nb6 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Qd8 19. Bxa6 Bxa6 20. Qa4+ Nd7 21. Nxd7
Qxd7 22. Qxa6 {wins.}) 17. exd5 e5 18. Bf5 Qa7 19. Nc6 {
The queen has nowhere to go.} Qc7 20. Nxe5 Qxc1 21. Rxc1 (21. Qa4+ {I contempla
ted making this move, which is both prettier and more convincing, but somehow
I made the other move.} Ke7 (21... Kd8 22. Nxf7+ Kc7 23. Rxc1+) 22. Nc6#) 21...
dxe5 22. Qa4+ Kd8 23. Qc6 {
And my opponent and I went on to analyze, in the amicable spirit of the USATE.}
1-0

[Event "USATS"]
[Site "Orlando,FL"]
[Date "2009.02.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Luna, Gilberto"]
[Black "Scarpati, Carl"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "1753"]
[Annotator "Carl Scarpati"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.02.14"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 {I have never played Gil before, so when he played the Kings
Indian attack i was a bit suprised, as iam more familiar with the more used d4}
d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b6 9. c3 Bb7
10. e5 {I thought this move was slightly inferior to the other choices white
had, after Nd7 I think black had reached at least equality} Nd7 11. d4 Rc8 12.
Nb3 a5 13. a4 {Diagram # At this point I felt like i needed to rearrange my
pieces starting with my light square bishop, considering the way the diagonal
was locked up} Ba6 14. h4 h6 {I really didnt understand the meaning behind h4,
I felt like i was doing ok after this} 15. Bf1 $2 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 {I thought the
trade of the light square bishops was mistimed since his king was now in a
awkward square, for a long time I pondered on moves such as c4 or f6 but i
misplaced the thought that after I take he does not have to take back with the
pawn which would have allowed me the nice knight out post on b4} cxd4 17. Nbxd4
Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Kg2 Qd7 20. Bf4 Rfe8 21. Rh1 f6 {Diagram # This move was
most likely wrong but I felt as if I needed to make a break in order to attain
some sort of play} 22. g4 $2 {Perhaps a little too aggressive} fxe5 23. Bxe5
Bd6 24. Nf3 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Qd6 26. Re1 Rcd8 27. Qc2 Ne4 28. Nd3 Rf8 {Diagram # B
lack should have had a better game here, but white just threw the game away...
I dont know whether it was the time pressure or if he just missed it, but
after that it was pretty much straight foward} 29. f3 $4 Qg3+ $1 30. Kh1 Qxf3+
31. Kg1 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "Amateur Team Tnmt."]
[Site "Orlando Airport Hotel"]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Acor, Corey"]
[Black "Storch, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[Annotator "Storch"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. Be3 b6
{This avoids the annoying e5 pawn sacrifice after ...Nd4} 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 {
But allows this advance} Ba6 11. Re1 Na5 12. b3 $2 Rc8 13. Ne2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Bf2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nc3 17. Qd3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qd6 $1 {
Diagram # to double on the file and prevent b4} 19. Re5 $5 Rfd8 $1 {
not taking the bait} 20. Rae1 Qb4 21. a3 Qxa3 22. Qf3 Qb4 23. Rxa5 Bxd4 $1 24.
Raa1 (24. Rxa7 Nb5 $1 {attacks both rooks}) 24... a5 25. Kh1 Bxf2 26. Qxf2 Qc5
27. Rf1 Qxf2 28. Rxf2 Rd4 29. Bf1 Nd1 30. Re2 Rc3 31. Kg1 Ne3 32. Kf2 Nd5 (
32... Nxc2 33. Rc1 Ne3 34. Rxc3 Nd1+) 33. Ke1 Nb4 34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kxd1 Kf8
36. Rd2 Ke7 37. Bc4 $2 {the final mistake} a4 $1 38. Bb5 a3 39. Rd7+ Kf6 40.
Ra7 a2 41. Be8 Kf5 42. Rxf7+ Ke4 43. Ra7 Ke3 0-1

[Event "USATS"]
[Site "Orlando,FL"]
[Date "2009.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Luna, Gilberto"]
[Black "Boas, Toby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[Annotator "Toby Boas"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. Be2 d5 10. c5 Nc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Nge2 Bf5 13. O-O Nc6 14. b3 Bd3 15.
bxc4 Bxc4 {Diagram #} 16. Qa4 Na5 () {
setting up a tactical threat which white underestimates.} 17. Rfd1 $2 b5 $1 18.
Qc2 b4 $1 {Diagram #} () {a remarkable position, white is helpless against
black's knight, bishop and pawn, despite having a fully developed position} 19.
Na4 b3 20. Qb2 bxa2 21. Rxc4 {,} () {
otherwise, white has no play and will lose shortly anyway} 21... Nxc4 22. Qxa2
Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qa5 24. Qc2 Bh6 25. Kf2 Rab8 26. d5 Rb4 27. Ra1 Rfb8 28. Nd4 Qa6
{Diagram #} ({I didn't like the lines after} 28... Rb2 29. Nxb2 Qxa1 30. Nd3 {
when white's advanced pawns will be annoying}) 29. Nc6 () 29... Rc4 ({
losing immediately, but white's position was already desperate} 29... Re4 {
Nc4, Rb4} 30. Nb2 Rxe3 {Kd1, Qd4+ Kc1, Rc3+}) 30. Qa2 Rb7 31. Na5 Qf6+ 32. Ke2
Re4 {Diagram #} 33. Nc4 Rb4 34. Nab2 Rxe3+ 35. Kd1 Qd4+ 36. Kc1 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "U.S. Amateur Team South"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gilberto Luna"]
[Black "Charles Greene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.04.22"]
[SourceDate "2009.04.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. exf5 O-O 7. Be3 Nd4 8. c3
Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Qe7 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. Nd2 c6 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Rae1 d5 14. Bb3 e4
15. dxe4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bxf5 18. Qe5 Qb6 19. Re3 a5 20. h4 Bg6 21.
Be6 a4 22. h5 Ra5 23. Rf3 Rg8 24. Qd6 1-0

[Event "USAT, North 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kane, Jeremy"]
[Black "Dean, Jim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[Annotator "Jim Dean, Jeremy Kane, Alex Betaneli"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.02.21"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.02"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 {JK: I have seen
this move before. JD: I first came across this variation while watching a live
GM game between Shabalov and Kaidanov. Later I learned more about it from GM
Goldin.} 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Nh5 {JK: this is
reminiscent of the World championship game from 1981(Korchnoi-Karpo v). Karpov
won it with black, demonstrating how to handle the isolated central pawn. The
difference is that Re1 instead of Rc1 was played here. This might provide
white with more attacking possibilities.} 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Ne5 Nf6 14. Qd3 Bd7
15. Rad1 Bc6 {***DIAGRAM: editor please add*** JK: I was surpised that Jim
allowed the sacrifice on f7, but I passed it up hoping for more. JD: I have
had this position before, so I played quickly. Given this was g/60, it was
quite helpful to get an early time advantage.} 16. Bb3 ({AB: it is indeed
difficult to evaluate the consequences of the sacrifice and computers are of
no particular help:} 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 (16... Kxf7 $2 17. Bxe6+ Ke8 {
leads to decisive advantage for white}) 17. Bxe6 Ned5 {and now, for example:} (
17... Be8 18. d5 Qd6 19. Ne4 {and white is in charge}) 18. Re5 Nf4 19. Bxf7+
Kxf7 20. Qg3 N4d5 21. Rde1 {leads to a complicated battle where it is somewhat
easier to play for white, but all three outcomes are possible}) ({
JD: I once was outplayed by FM Boekhoff after} 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Bxe6 Ned5 18.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 {but I feel that resulting position is dynamically balanced.}) 16...
Ned5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bc2 Qe7 {JD: This was my first significant think of the
game. Naturally, I was concerned about Ng4. I felt a little weird about Qe7 as
I always teach my students not to put their Q on the same file as the opposing
R. Nevertheless, there is not much for the Q to fear in this specific position.
} 19. f4 {JD: I became worried after Jeremy tossed out this move. I felt my
position was solid, but there was no concrete plan yet for handling the pawn
advances on the K-side.} Rfd8 20. g4 {JK: I went all out for the black King.
The threat is g4-g5 hitting the N and allowing the Q to enter on h7. On the
other hand, the B on d5 is granted full access to the white King.} Rac8 21. g5
({JD: I was actually more concerned with} 21. Bb1 {as I had not yet decided
how to play if the exchange sacrificed was not not allowed.}) 21... Rxc2 {
JD: I was not confident that my sacrifice was sound, but I very much liked the
idea of changing the momentum of the game and getting to attack instead of
defending.} 22. Qxc2 (22. gxf6 $2 Rg2+ {and black wins}) 22... Nh5 {JK: I picke
d up the exchange, but black gained serious chances to bother my King. It's
especially difficult to face time pressure here. JD: I think this is the
strongest move as it allows Black to put pressure on f4 while attacking g5.}
23. Qd2 f6 {JD: white might be objectively OK here, but it is a tough to play
this position in time trouble.} 24. Ng6 Qf7 25. f5 fxg5 26. Qb4 $2 {JK: here I
came up with the unfortunate plan ot trying to force the trade of Q's, but
letting my Q wander away from the K-side was a fatal mistake. JD: This was a
mistake clearly brought on by time pressure, but it is difficult to come up
with constructive immediately.} ({AB: It's too bad that time trouble influence
an otherwise high caliber game. A sample line of} 26. Re5 exf5 27. Ne7+ Kh7 {
leads to "unbalanced equality."}) 26... Kh7 {
AB: a good move, especially considering opponent's time pressure} 27. Qe7 Qxf5
28. Ne5 Nf4 29. Re3 Qc2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andranik Matikozyan"]
[Black "Derek Tan"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 Qe7 8. d3
d6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. h3 h6 11. Bc2 Bb6 12. Nf1 Nb8 13. a4 c6 14. Ng3 Qc7 15. d4
Bc4 (15... Nbd7 16. axb5 cxb5 17. d5) 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nbd7 (17... g6 18.
axb5 cxb5 19. O-O Nbd7 20. Be3) (17... O-O 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Nf5 exd4 20. N3xd4
d5 21. exd5 Re8+) 18. Nf5 O-O {Diagram #} 19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qe3 Ne8 21. Qxh6
Ndf6 22. Ng5 d5 (22... exd4 23. Rd1 dxc3 24. Rxd6 cxb2 25. O-O) 23. h4 dxe4 24.
Rh3 Qd7 (24... exd4 25. Rg3 Qxg3 26. Ne7#) 25. Ne6 Nh7 (25... fxe6 26. Rg3+ Kf7
27. Qg6#) (25... Ng4 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qxg4+ Kh8 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30.
Rg3+) 26. Rg3+ Kh8 27. Rg7 Nef6 28. Rxh7+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robert Durkin"]
[Black "Weaver Adams"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.04.07"]
[SourceDate "2009.04.07"]

1. Na3 d5 2. f4 Bg4 3. h3 Bh5 4. g4 {Diagram #} Bg6 5. Nf3 (5. f5 e6 6. h4 Be7
7. Nf3 exf5 8. h5 fxg4 9. hxg6 gxf3 10. Rxh7 Bh4+) 5... h5 (5... e6) 6. g5 Be4
7. Bg2 e5 8. d3 Bxf3 9. exf3 exf4 10. Bxf4 Bd6 (10... Bxa3) 11. Qd2 Ne7 12. Nb5
Bxf4 13. Qxf4 Na6 14. O-O (14. O-O-O) 14... O-O 15. Rae1 c6 16. Nc3 Ng6 17. Qd2
Qb6+ 18. d4 Rae8 19. f4 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Nh4 21. Nd1 f6 22. Qe3 (22. c3) 22...
fxg5 23. fxg5 Nf5 24. Qe6+ Kh7 25. c3 Qd8 26. g6+ Kh6 27. Ne3 Nxe3 (27... Nh4)
28. Qxe3+ Kxg6 29. Qd3+ Kh6 (29... Kf7) 30. Re6+ Rf6 31. Qe3+ Kg6 32. Re7 Qb8
33. Bf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Qf8+ 35. Ke2 Nb8 36. Re8 Qf5 37. Rxb8 1-0

[Event "1x1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Telinbacco, Tony"]
[Black "Fox, Shannon "]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "1826"]
[BlackElo "1630"]
[Annotator "Anne,J"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 (2... e6 3. c4 Bb4+) 3. Nbd2 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 {Diagram #
} Be7 (5... c5) 6. O-O d6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Nbd7 {Diagram #} 9. e4 c5 10. e5
dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 {Diagram #} 12. Be4 Qc7 13. Qe2 (13. c4 Nf4) 13... Nf4 14.
Qe3 Ng6 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Rad1 b5 17. Ne4 Rfd8 {Diagram #} 18. Nd6 Qc6 19. c4
bxc4 20. Nxc4 Nb6 21. Nxb6 (21. Rc1) 21... axb6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qe2 Nf4 24.
Qc4 {Diagram #} Nd5 (24... Nd3 25. b4 (25. Nd4 Qe4) 25... Rd4) 25. Nd4 Qa8 26.
Nc2 {Diagram #} Qb7 (26... Qxa2 27. Ba3 b5) 27. a4 Rb8 28. Na3 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rd7
{Diagram #} 30. Qd3 (30. Rd2 Nf4) (30. Qf1) (30. Re1) 30... Nf4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "First problem"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2009.03.26"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O (4. Qe2 a6) 4... Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 (
6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 Nxe5) 6... dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 {Diagram #}
*

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Daniel Stellwagen"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 b6 11. Rd1 (11. Bf4) 11... Bb7 12. Bf4 Rc8 13.
g4 Ne7 14. e6 fxe6 15. Ng5 Nd5 16. Nxe6 Nxf4 17. Nxf4 Bd6 18. Ne6 Kf7 19. Ng5+
Kg6 20. Nce4 Be5 21. Nf3 Bxb2 22. Rd7 {Diagram #} Bf6 (22... Bxa1 23. Nh4+ Kh6
24. Nf5+ Kg6 25. Nh4+) 23. Nxf6 Kxf6 24. g5+ Kg6 25. Re1 Rhe8 26. Ne5+ Kxg5 27.
Rxg7+ Kf6 28. Rf7+ Ke6 29. Rxh7 Rg8+ 30. Ng4+ Kd5 31. Ree7 c5 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33.
Rxc7 Bc8 34. Rxa7 (34. f3) 34... Bxg4 35. hxg4 Rxg4+ 36. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leinier Dominguez-Perez"]
[Black "Wang Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 {Diagram #} Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Nh4 13.
Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Nd4 Bf6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bxc7 Rc8 19.
Bf4 Ke7 20. Be3 b6 21. b3 Rhd8 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 Bc3 24. Bg5+ Bf6 25. Be3
Bc3 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Kg2 Bd2 28. Rd1 (28. Kf3 Bxe3 29. Kxe3) 28... Bxe3 29.
Rxd8 Kxd8 30. fxe3 Ke7 31. Kf3 Kf6 32. Kf4 e5+ 33. Kf3 Kg5 34. Kg3 a5 35. c3 b5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus (Group C)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ali Bitalzadeh"]
[Black "Dronavalli Harika"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h6 11. Rd1 Be6 12. g4 Ne7 13. Nd4 Rd8 14. f4
Bc4 15. b3 Ba6 16. Ne4 (16. Be3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. a4) 16... b6 17. Bb2 c5
18. Nf5 Nxf5 19. gxf5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bc8 21. f6 Bb7 (21... Bxh3 22. e6 Rg8 23.
Rd8+ Kxd8 24. exf7) 22. fxg7 Bxg7 23. Ng3 Bf8 24. Kh2 Rg8 25. c4 Be7 26. Rd2
Bh4 27. Nh5 Bc8 (27... Kf8 28. Bc1 Ke7 29. Nf6 Bxf6 30. exf6+ Kxf6 31. Bb2+)
28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. exf6 Bd7 30. Re2+ Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alexander Motylev"]
[Black "Andrei Volokitin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 Ne7 13. Rfe1 c5 14. Rad1
b6 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Nde4 c4 17. Kh2 cxb3 18. cxb3 Ng6 19. Nb5 Bd7 20. Nec3 Bc5
21. Ba3 Bxa3 22. Nxa3 Re8 23. Nc4 b5 24. Na5 {Diagram #} Rxe5 (24... Nxe5 25.
Rd5 Nf3+) 25. Rxe5 Nxe5 26. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. b3 a5 11. a4 Be6 12. Ne2 Bd5 13. Rd1 Kc8 14. Ne1 g5
15. Bb2 Bg7 16. Nd3 b6 17. f3 Kb7 18. Kf2 Be6 19. g4 Ne7 20. Ng3 Rhd8 21. h3 c5
22. f4 c4 23. bxc4 Bxc4 24. f5 Nc6 25. e6 Bf8 {Diagram #} 26. exf7 (26. Bf6
Bxd3 (26... Rd6 27. Nb2) 27. cxd3 (27. Bxd8 Bxc2) 27... Rd5 28. exf7 Rd7 29.
Ne4) 26... Bxf7 27. Ne4 Bc4 28. Bf6 Re8 29. Kf3 Ka7 30. Ndf2 Ba6 31. h4 gxh4
32. Bxh4 Bb7 33. Kf4 Nb4 34. c4 Na6 35. Nc3 Bc6 (35... Bd6+ 36. Rxd6 cxd6 37.
Nb5+) 36. Nfe4 Nc5 37. Nf6 Re7 38. Nh5 Rf7 39. Nb5+ Kb7 40. Ra2 Re8 41. Nf6
Ree7 42. Nd4 Bxa4 43. Rxa4 {Diagram #} Bg7 (43... Nxa4 44. Ne6 Nb2 45. Rd4) 44.
Nh5 (44. Ne6 Nxa4 (44... Nxe6+ 45. fxe6 Rxe6 46. Kf5 Rexf6+) 45. Nd8+ Ka6 46.
Nd5) 44... Re4+ 45. Kf3 Bxd4 46. Ra3 Rxf5+ (46... Bh8) 47. gxf5 Rxh4 48. Ng3 a4
49. Ra2 Be5 50. Rd5 Bd6 51. Rxd6 (51. Rxc5 Bxc5 52. Ne4) 51... cxd6 52. f6 Ne6
53. Rxa4 (53. Ne4) 53... Rf4+ 54. Ke3 Rxf6 55. Ra1 (55. Ne4 Nc5) 55... Ng5 56.
Ne2 Rf3+ 57. Kd4 Kc6 58. Ra8 Rf8 59. Ra7 Ne6+ 60. Ke3 Rf5 61. Rh7 Re5+ 62. Kd2
h5 63. Rh6 Kc5 64. Kd3 Kb4 65. Ng3 Nf4+ 66. Kd4 Rc5 67. Rxd6 Rxc4+ 68. Ke3 b5
69. Rd1 Ng2+ 70. Kf3 Nh4+ 71. Ke2 Rc2+ 72. Kf1 Ng2 73. Rb1+ Kc4 74. Nf5 b4 75.
Kg1 Kc5 76. Ra1 b3 77. Ra5+ Kb4 78. Ra7 Nf4 79. Rb7+ Kc3 80. Ne3 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7K/p7/8/2P5/8/8/8/kn6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. c6 a5 2. c7 a4 3. c8=Q a3 4. Qc2 (4. Qc1 a2 5. Kg7) 4... a2 5. Kg7 Na3 6.
Qc3+ (6. Qb3 Nc2) 6... Kb1 7. Qb3+ Ka1 8. Kf6 Nc2 9. Ke5 Nd4 10. Qb6 Nb3 11.
Kd5 Kb2 12. Kc4 a1=Q 13. Qxb3+ Kc1 14. Qe3+ Kb1 15. Qd3+ Kb2 16. Qd2+ Ka3 (
16... Kb1 17. Kb3) 17. Qb4+ Ka2 18. Qb3# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "New game"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/8/2K2P2/5Nq1/8/8/3R4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. f7 Qf6+ 2. Nd6 Qc3+ 3. Kd7 (3. Kb6 Qb3+ 4. Nb5 Qe6+ 5. Rd6 Qe7 6. Ka6 Qb7+
7. Ka5 Qa8+ 8. Kb4 Qe4+) 3... Qh3+ (3... Qxd2 4. f8=Q+ Ka7 5. Qf7) 4. Kd8 (4.
Ke7 Qe3+ 5. Kd7 Qa7+ 6. Kd8 Qb6+ 7. Ke8 Qe3+) 4... Qh8+ (4... Qh4+ 5. Ke8) 5.
Ke7 (5. Ne8 Qh4+) 5... Qh4+ 6. Ke8 Qa4+ 7. Kf8 Qa3 8. Rd5 (8. Rd4 Qc5 9. Rd3
Qe5 10. Ne8 Qh8+ 11. Ke7 Qe5+) 8... Kc7 9. Rd4 Kc6 10. Kg7 Qg3+ 11. Kf6 *

