[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.07.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marcel Duchamp"]
[Black "Georges Renaud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.07.13"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.13"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Bd6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 {Diagram #} (11... O-O 12. Bg5
Be7) 12. Qh4 O-O 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rfd1 Qb6 (14... Kh8) 15. b3 h6 {Diagram #} 16.
Rd3 Rfe8 (16... hxg5 17. Nxg5) (16... Qa5) 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Qxh6 Ng4 (18...
Nh7 19. Ne5 Bg5 20. Rg3) 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Qg5+ Kf8 (20... Kh8 21. Ne5) 21. Qh6+
Kg8 22. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Gagra"]
[Site "Gagra"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B64"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 e5 {Diagram #} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 14. Bc4 Be7 15. h3 Bd7 16. Rd1 Be8 17. a3 Kf8 18. Rf1 Nd7 19. Be3
Bc5 20. Bd2 Ke7 21. b4 Bd6 22. Nd1 f6 23. Ba6 Rb8 24. Ne3 Bg6 25. Bd3 a5 26. c3
axb4 27. cxb4 c5 28. Nc4 cxb4 29. Nxd6 Nc5 30. Bc2 Kxd6 31. Bxb4 Kc6 32. Re1
Rd8 33. Re3 Kb6 34. Bxc5+ Kxc5 35. Rc3+ Kb6 36. Rb3+ Ka5 37. Rb4 Rd4 38. Rxd4
exd4 39. Kd2 Kb5 40. g3 Be8 41. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Gagra (Georgia)"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A74"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 b6 11. Bf4 Ra7 12. Nd2 Re7 13. Bf3 Ne8 14. Nc4 Qc7 {
Diagram #} 15. e5 dxe5 16. d6 Nxd6 17. Nd5 Nxc4 18. Nxc7 Rxc7 19. Bc1 Be6 20.
Qc2 Na5 21. Be3 Nbc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Ra3 f5 24. Rc3 c4 25. Rd1 f4 26. Bc1
Rcc8 27. Rd6 Bf5 28. Qd1 Bd3 29. Rdxd3 cxd3 30. Qxd3 Rcd8 31. Qe2 Rd4 32. h3 e4
33. Qg4 f3 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Rc7 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rf1 37. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Gagra"]
[Site "Gagra"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Petrosian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 cxd4 8.
Bxd4 e5 9. Bc3 Nc6 (9... Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 f6 12. Rg1) 10. Qf3 Nf6 11.
Qg3 O-O 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. O-O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 (14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Rxd5 Bxd5)
14... Qxa2 15. Rhg1 g6 16. Qh4 Qe6 17. f4 Nd7 18. fxe5 Ncxe5 19. Bb5 Nf3 20.
Qf4 Nxg1 21. Re1 Qa2 (21... Qh3 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qf6 Ne2+) 22. Bc4 Ne2+ 23.
Rxe2 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Nb6 25. Bxf7+ Rxf7 26. Qd4 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Garga"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ng3 Qe7 11. f4 O-O-O 12. d5 Na5 13. e4 Nd7 14. Ra2 h5 15. Re1
h4 16. Nf1 e5 17. f5 Ba6 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. Rf1 Qd7 20. Rf3 Nh5 21. Raf2 Nf4 22.
Bc2 Kb8 23. Ba4 Qe7 24. Bb5 Bc8 25. Nf1 a6 26. Bc6 {Diagram #} g5 27. fxg6 Bg4
28. g7 Rhg8 29. Rxf4 Bxd1 30. Rxf7 Nxc6 31. dxc6 Qc7 (31... Qe6 32. c7+ Kc8 33.
cxd8=Q+ Kxd8 34. Bg5+ Kc8 35. Re7) (31... Qxf7 32. Rxf7 Rc8 33. Ne3 Bh5 34.
Rb7+) 32. Rxc7 Kxc7 33. Ne3 Rxg7 34. Nxd1 Rg4 35. Re2 Kxc6 36. h3 Rg3 37. a4
Rd3 38. Bd2 Rf8 39. Nb2 Rg3 40. Be1 Rg6 41. Nd1 Rgf6 1-0

[Event "Gagra"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vassily Smyslov"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Rb8 8.
Bg2 Rb4 9. Qd3 Qf6 10. Qe3+ Ne7 11. Qxa7 Rxc4 12. O-O O-O 13. e4 d5 14. exd5
cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bh3 17. Rd1 Rc2 18. Be3 c6 19. Be4 Rc4 20. Bh1 Qxb2
21. Rab1 Qc2 22. Rdc1 Qd3 23. Rxc4 Qxc4 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Bf3 Qb5 26. Qe7 Rc8 27.
Rd1 h5 28. Qh4 Be6 29. a4 Qa5 30. Bd2 Qf5 31. Be4 Qc5 32. Be3 Qa5 33. Bc2 Qc3
34. Rd8+ Rxd8 35. Qxd8+ Kh7 36. Qd2 Qa1+ 37. Qd1 Qxd1+ 38. Bxd1 Bc3 39. Bc5 Bd5
40. f4 Ba5 41. Kf2 Kg7 42. Bd4+ Kf8 43. Bf3 Bxf3 44. Bc5+ Ke8 45. Kxf3 Kd7 46.
Ke4 Ke6 47. Be3 Kd6 48. Kd4 Bb6+ 49. Kd3 Bxe3 50. Kxe3 Kc5 51. a5 f6 52. h3 g5
53. f5 Kb5 54. Kd4 h4 55. g4 c5+ 56. Kd5 c4 57. a6 c3 58. a7 c2 59. a8=Q c1=Q
60. Qe8+ Kb4 61. Qe7+ Kb3 62. Qb7+ Ka2 63. Qa6+ Kb1 64. Qb5+ Ka1 65. Qa4+ Kb1
66. Qb4+ Ka1 67. Qd4+ Kb1 68. Qb4+ Ka1 69. Qd4+ Kb1 70. Ke6 Qc6+ 71. Kf7 Qf3
72. Kxf6 Qxh3 73. Kxg5 Qh1 74. Qb4+ Ka1 75. Qa5+ Kb1 76. Qb5+ Ka1 77. Qe5+ Ka2
78. f6 h3 79. f7 h2 80. Qe6+ Ka1 81. Qf6+ Ka2 82. Qa6+ Kb2 83. Qb5+ Ka1 84.
Qa4+ Kb1 85. Qb3+ Ka1 86. Qc3+ Kb1 87. Qd3+ Ka1 88. Qd4+ Kb1 89. Qd3+ Ka1 90.
f8=Q Qc1+ 91. Kf5 h1=Q {Diagram #} 92. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Gagra (Georgia)"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vassily Smyslov"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A74"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 b6 11. Bf4 Ra7 12. Nd2 Re7 13. Bf3 Ne8 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. e5
dxe5 16. d6 Nxd6 17. Nd5 Nxc4 18. Nxc7 Rxc7 19. Bc1 Be6 20. Qc2 Na5 21. Be3
Nbc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Ra3 f5 24. Rc3 c4 25. Rd1 f4 26. Bc1 Rcc8 27. Rd6 Bf5
28. Qd1 Bd3 29. Rdxd3 cxd3 30. Qxd3 Rcd8 31. Qe2 Rd4 32. h3 e4 33. Qg4 f3 34.
Qe6+ Kh8 35. Rc7 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rf1 {Diagram #} 37. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Gagra (Georgia)"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Isaac Boleslavsky"]
[Black "Petrosian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 Bh5 7. d4 a6 8. Bxc6+
bxc6 9. Qa4 Qb6 10. dxc5 Qb5 11. Qxb5 axb5 12. cxd6 exd6 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Be7 15. Na3 Nd7 16. Nc2 Ne5 17. Kg2 Kd7 18. Rd1 f5 19. exf5 d5 20. Bf4 Nc4 21.
b3 Nd6 22. Bxd6 Kxd6 23. a4 bxa4 24. bxa4 Bf6 25. Ra3 Ra5 26. c4 Rc5 27. Ne3 d4
28. Rad3 Ra8 29. Ng4 Rxa4 30. Nxf6 gxf6 31. Rxd4+ Ke5 32. Re4+ Kxf5 33. Rdd4 h5
34. Rd6 Raxc4 35. Ree6 Kg5 36. Rxf6 Rc1 37. f4+ Kh4 38. Rd3 R5c3 {Diagram #}
39. Rg3 Rc5 40. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Gagra"]
[Site "Gagra"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Vassily Smyslov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Rd1 Qe7 15.
Qc2 Rfd8 16. Na2 Bd6 17. b4 Nd5 18. Bd2 Qh4 19. Bf1 e5 20. Bg2 exd4 21. exd4
Nf8 22. b5 Ne6 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Qxc6 Rac8 25. Qa6 Ndf4 26. Qf1 Nxd4 27. Bxf4
Bxf4 28. Nb4 Qg5 29. a5 Bb8 30. Qa6 Qe5 31. Kf1 Nb3 32. Nd5 Nd2+ 33. Rxd2 Qxa1+
34. Ke2 Qe5+ 35. Kd1 Qa1+ 36. Ke2 Re8+ 37. Ne3 Rc1 38. Bd5 Re1+ 39. Kf3 {
Diagram #} Qe5 40. Nf1 Qf4+ 41. Kg2 Rxf1 42. Re2 Rxe2 43. Qxe2 Rc1 44. Qe8+ Kh7
45. Bxf7 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Gagra (Georgia)"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alexander Tolush"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 a6 8.
Ne5 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Qf3 Nc6 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. Bb1
Nbd5 15. Bg5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bb5 17. Rfe1 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. c4 Rxc4 20. Nxc4
Bxc4 21. Rc1 Qb4 22. a3 Qa4 23. Re5 g6 24. h4 Bb5 25. Re4 Qa5 26. h5 Qd2 27.
Rce1 Rc8 28. Qg3 Nc3 29. R4e3 Qxd4 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Bxg6 Qg7 {Diagram #} 32.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. Rf3+ Kg8 34. Qh3 Ne2+ 35. Rxe2 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Bxe2 37. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Georgia"]
[Site "Tournament Gagra  (11)"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 f5 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. b3 O-O 8. Qc2
Qe7 9. Bb2 b6 10. f3 Na6 11. a3 dxc4 12. bxc4 c5 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. O-O Bb7 15.
Rae1 Nc7 16. Nbc3 Nce8 17. Ng3 h5 18. Nge2 g5 19. d5 Ng7 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Ng3
Nd7 22. Nd5 Be5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxf5 Nxd3 25. Nfe7+ Kf7 26. Qxd3 Rad8 {
Diagram #} 27. f4 g4 28. f5 Qxe7 29. f6 Qe5 30. Qh7 Rg8 31. fxg7+ Ke6 32. Qg6+
Kd7 33. Rf7+ Kc8 34. Ne7+ Kb8 35. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "NY"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1939.06.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bernstein"]
[Black "Cass"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.06.18"]
[SourceDate "2009.06.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 {Diagram #} 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7.
Qg4 Nxc3 8. Qxg7 Rf8 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 Bc7 11. Bg5 Bxe5 12. Qxe5 f6 13. Nf5 Nd5
14. Be2 Nc6 15. Bh5+ Rf7 16. Qe4 Qc7 17. Nh6 Nd8 18. Nxf7 Nxf7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7
20. Qxh7+ Ke8 21. Qg6+ Ke7 22. Bxf6+ Nxf6 23. Qg7+ {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "ABC-201-August-2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.06.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3qk3/3bppp1/5n2/8/3N1B2/5P2/2P5/3QK3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.06.18"]
[SourceDate "2009.06.18"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-201-August-2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.06.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Trapping"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "Q1b1kb2/p2q1p2/4p3/3n4/3pP3/8/P2P4/RNB1K3 b Q - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.06.18"]
[SourceDate "2009.06.18"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-201-August-2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.06.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Getting out of check"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3nk3/2p1pp2/8/1B6/3N4/4P2P/6q1/4K2R b K - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.06.18"]
[SourceDate "2009.06.18"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-201-August-2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.06.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Double Threat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4kb2/1p3p2/p1N3p1/3n4/B7/4P2b/1P2QPq1/4KR2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.06.18"]
[SourceDate "2009.06.18"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-201-August-2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.06.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Trapping"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3k3/2N2pp1/8/8/8/8/1P6/4K3 b q - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.06.18"]
[SourceDate "2009.06.18"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-201-August-2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.06.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/8/8/8/8/3p1p2/3P1Rq1/3QK3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.06.18"]
[SourceDate "2009.06.18"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.06.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4k2/pp1nRpp1/q1p2n1p/5p1P/2PP4/3Q1N2/PP1B1PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.06.29"]
[SourceDate "2009.06.29"]

{Diagram #}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.06.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q1r2/ppp1nppk/4bn1p/5N2/4pBP1/2PP3P/P1P3B1/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.06.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/2p2bpQ/1p1n4/4p3/1P6/2P5/2B1K1PP/2r5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.06.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn3rk1/1pq1bpp1/p2p1n1p/4pP2/2b1P1PP/1NN5/PPP1B3/R1BQ1R1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #}  *

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Robert Hess"]
[Black "Julio Becerra-Rivero"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7. c3 c5 8. Nc2
Ne7 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Rd1 Qg6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4
15. Ncxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Be7 17. Bf4 Rb7 18. b4 O-O 19. Rc1 Bg4 20. Qd3 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 c6 {Diagram #} 22. h4 h6 23. Qh3 Rb6 24. h5 Qf6 25. Qg3 Ra6 26. Rcd1 Re8
27. Bd6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Qg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. R1d4 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Rc1 32. Kg3 Rc2
33. Rd7 Ra8 34. Rc7 Ra3+ 35. f3 Raa2 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Kg4 Rxg2+ 38. Kf5 Rad2
39. Rf8 g4 40. Rcc8 g6+ 41. Kf6 Rd6+ 42. Ke7 Kh6 43. f4 Re6+ 44. Kxf7 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Robert Hess"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Nc5 9. Qf3 O-O 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rd1 Ba4 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Nxc5
Bxd1 15. Qxb7 Qxb7 16. Nxb7 Bxe2 17. Nxd6 Nd7 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. f4 Bf3 20. Be3
a6 21. Rb1 Bc6 22. Bd4 Kf8 23. c5 Rb8 24. Rb3 Bd5 25. c4 Bc6 26. Ra3 Ra8 27. g4
h6 28. h4 f6 29. Re3 Ke7 30. Kf2 Rb8 {Diagram #} 31. Kg3 Rb4 32. Bc3 Ra4 33.
Nf5+ Kf7 34. Nd6+ Kg8 35. Nc8 Kf7 36. Bd4 e5 37. Nd6+ Ke6 38. a3 g5 39. fxe5
fxe5 40. h5 Kf6 41. Bb2 Ke6 42. Nf5 Rxc4 43. Rd3 Rxc5 44. Rd6+ Kf7 45. Nxh6+
Ke7 46. Nf5+ Kf7 47. h6 Nf8 48. Rd8 Nh7 49. Rc8 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Qh5 Qc7 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. O-O-O a6 13. Bc4 Nf6 14. Qf3
Rb8 15. Bf4 b5 {Diagram #} 16. Rhe1 cxd4 17. Rxd4 Rb6 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Qh3 a5
20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qxe6+ Rxe6 23. Bxe6+ Kg6 24. Bxc7 Re8 25. Bxa5
Bxg2 26. f4 h5 27. Re5 Kh6 28. Bd2 Bc6 29. Rc5 Bd7 30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Rxb5 Re2
32. h4 Nf6 33. f5+ Kh7 34. Kd1 Rh2 35. Be1 Ng4 36. Rb3 Rh1 37. a4 Rf1 38. a5
Rxf5 39. a6 Rf7 40. Ra3 Rd7+ 41. Kc1 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Black "Julio Becerra-Rivero"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. Bg5 exd4 14. Rxd4 b4
15. Rad1 {Diagram #} Bc5 16. Rxd7 Nxd7 17. Na4 Bb6 18. Be7 Ne5 19. Bd6 Nxf3+
20. Bxf3 Qc8 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. e5 Rd8 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. g3 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qe7
26. Qd4 b5 27. Qa7 Qc7 28. Qc5 g6 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. h4 h5 31. b3 Ba8 32. e6 fxe6
33. Qxb4 Qa7 34. Qc3+ Kh7 35. b4 Qxa2 36. Qf6 Qa7 37. Be4 Qg7 38. Qxe6 Bb7 39.
g4 Kh6 40. gxh5 Kxh5 41. f3 Kh6 42. h5 Qb2+ 43. Kg3 Qg7 44. hxg6 Qc7+ 45. f4
Bc8 46. Qf6 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. d4 b5 8.
Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. c6 Rxc6
15. Nd4 Rd6 16. Rd1 {Diagram #} Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. f3 Ne5 19. Bf2 Nc4 20.
Nc6 Bxc3+ 21. bxc3 Qc7 22. Nb4 Be6 23. O-O Rfd8 24. Bd4 a5 25. Nd3 b4 26. Nf4
Qd7 27. Rc1 Na3 28. Qf2 Nb5 29. Bc5 Rd2 30. Qh4 f6 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Qh6 Rxa2
33. Nxg6 hxg6 34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. a4 Re8 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. b5 axb5 15.
axb5 Nf8 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 N6d7 19. Nxd5 Qe6 20. e4 Nc5 21.
Qc2 Bxd5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Bc4 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. Bd5 Ra4 26. f4 g6 27. Ra1
Rb4 28. Ba3 Ra4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Be7 Kg7 31. Bf6+ Kh6 {Diagram #} 32. Bg5+ Kg7
33. Bf6+ Kh6 34. Bg5+ Kg7 35. Ra3 f5 36. exf6+ Kf7 37. Rd3 Rc4 38. g4 Rc5 39.
Bh6 Ne6 40. g5 Ke8 41. Re3 Kf7 42. Rd3 Ke8 43. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Robert Hess"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 a6 7. f3 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bb7 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. Qxb4 Nxc4 14. Qxb7 Qc8 15.
Qxc8+ Rxc8 16. Bf2 Nxb2 17. O-O Bg7 18. Rfb1 Nc4 19. Rb7 O-O 20. Rd1 Bf6 21.
Nc6 e6 22. Bd4 Kg7 23. Ne7 Bxd4+ 24. Rxd4 e5 25. Nxc8 exd4 26. Rc7 Ne3 27. Nxd6
Nxd5 28. Rc4 Rd8 29. Nb7 Ne3 30. Rc7 Rb8 31. Nd6 Rb2 32. Rxf7+ Kg8 33. Rd7 Rxc2
34. Ne4 Rxg2+ 35. Kh1 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Melikset Khachiyan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
a5 9. b3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Bf1 Qb6 14. Rad1 Rad8
15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Qg3 Bf8 {Diagram #} 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rxd8 Qxd8
20. Bc4 Nd5 21. Rd1 Rd6 22. Qxe5 Nxc3 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxd6 Bxd6 25. Bxc3 Bc7
26. Bd4 Bd6 27. Kf1 Kf8 28. Ke2 f6 29. h4 Ke7 30. Kf3 Nd7 31. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. h4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc5 12. h5 Qb6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bxc5 Nxc5
15. f5 Qc7 16. Re1 exf5 17. h6 g6 18. Nxd5 Qd8 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Qb4 Ne6 21. Rh3
Bb7 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. Rd6 Be4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Rad8 26. Rhd3 Qe7 27. Qe3
Kg8 28. Rxa6 Rxd3 29. Bxd3 Qb7 30. Rd6 Qxg2 31. Bxb5 {Diagram #} g5 32. Rd1 Qh2
33. a4 Qxh6 34. a5 Qh2 35. Bd7 Nf4 36. b4 Kg7 37. a6 Qg2 38. b5 Rd8 39. Kb2 Qa8
40. Bc6 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2009.05.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 h6 13. Be3 exd4 14. Bh7+ Kh8
15. Bxd4 Nf6 16. Bf5 Qa5 17. Bxc8 Rfxc8 18. Qb1 Be7 19. Qe1 Qxe1 20. Rfxe1 Nd5
21. Rad1 Rd8 22. Bxa7 Kg8 23. g3 Kf8 24. Re5 Rxa7 25. Rexd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxa2
27. Rb5 Bf6 28. b3 Ra7 29. Nd2 Ke7 30. Ne4 Bd4 31. Rb4 Be5 32. Kg2 Kd7 33. f4
Bc7 34. Kf3 b6 35. Nc3 Ra5 36. Nb5 Bb8 37. Ke4 f5+ 38. Kd3 Ra2 {Diagram #} 39.
Nd4 Bc7 40. Nxf5 g6 41. Rd4+ Ke6 42. Nxh6 Rxh2 43. Re4+ Kd5 44. Nf7 Rb2 45.
Rd4+ Ke6 46. Ng5+ Kf5 47. Kc4 Rc2+ 48. Kb4 Kg4 49. Rd3 Rc6 50. Ne4 Kf5 51. Kb5
Rc2 52. Ng5 Rc5+ 53. Ka6 Rc6 54. b4 Rd6 55. Rc3 Rd7 56. Nf3 Ke4 57. Ne5 Rg7 58.
Nxg6 Bd6 59. Ne5 b5 60. Nc6 Kd5 61. Kb6 Bf8 62. Rd3+ Kc4 63. Rd8 Rg8 64. f5 Rh8
65. f6 Rg8 66. f7 Rh8 67. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling, IL"]
[Date "2009.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Qg4 Qf6 6. Nge2 Qg6 7. Qh3 Ne7 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 f5 10. Qg3 Qxg3 11. hxg3 Nbc6 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O h6 14. f3
d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bf2 Rhf8 17. exf5 d4 18. Ne4 Nxf5 19. Re1 Na5 20. g4 Nd6
21. Nd2 c5 22. Rh5 Rf7 23. Bg3 Kd7 24. b3 Re8 25. Rxe8 Nxe8 26. b4 Nf6 {
Diagram #} 27. Rh1 cxb4 28. axb4 Nc6 29. b5 Nd8 30. Nc4 Re7 31. Nd6 Ke6 32. Nf5
Rd7 33. Bf2 Ke5 34. Be2 g6 35. Bg3+ Kd5 {Diagram #} 36. Nxh6 Kc5 37. Kd2 Ne6
38. Be5 Nd5 39. Ng8 Nef4 40. Nf6 Nxf6 41. Bxf4 Nd5 42. Be5 Nc3 43. Rh6 Kxb5 44.
Rxg6 Nxe2 45. Kxe2 a5 46. Rg7 Rxg7 47. Bxg7 Kc5 48. g5 Kd5 49. g6 b5 50. Bf6
Bc8 51. Bd8 a4 52. g7 Be6 53. Be7 Bg8 54. g4 Ke5 55. Kf2 Ke6 56. Bf8 Kf6 57. f4
Bd5 58. Bc5 Kxg7 59. Bxd4+ Kg6 60. Bc5 Bb3 61. d4 Bd1 62. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling, IL"]
[Date "2009.05.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

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
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 {Diagram #} 12. h3 h6 13. Qe2 Qc8 14. Nc4
Rd8 15. Be3 Qb7 16. Qf1 Bf8 17. g3 Re8 18. Kh2 g6 19. Qg2 Bg7 20. Ba4 Bxc4 21.
dxc4 Rf8 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Nd2 Nd7 {Diagram #} 24. g4 Nc5 25. b3 Ne6 26. Rg1
Kh7 27. h4 Nf4 28. Qf3 Qe8 29. Rae1 Qe7 30. Qg3 Rg8 31. Nf3 Ne6 32. Qh3 Nd4 33.
Bxd4 exd4 34. Ng5+ Kh8 35. f4 Rge8 36. Nf3 Qf6 37. f5 d3 38. cxd3 Qb2+ 39. Kh1
Qxb3 40. f6 Bxf6 41. g5 Qxd3 42. gxf6 Rxe4 43. Rxe4 Qxe4 44. Qg4 Re8 45. Qxe4
Rxe4 46. Rc1 Rf4 47. Kg2 Rxf6 48. c5 Rf5 49. cxd6 cxd6 50. Rc4 b3 51. Rb4 Rxa5
52. Rxb3 Rd5 53. Kg3 Kg7 54. Kf4 a5 55. Ke4 a4 56. Ra3 Ra5 57. Nd4 f5+ 58. Kd3
Kf6 59. Kc4 g5 60. hxg5+ hxg5 61. Kb4 Ra8 62. Kc4 g4 63. Kd3 Ke5 64. Ra1 a3 65.
Rf1 Rf8 66. Re1+ Kf6 67. Nxf5 a2 68. Ne3 Ra8 69. Nc2 Kg5 70. Kc3 g3 71. Kb2 Kf4
72. Ka1 Rg8 73. Nd4 g2 74. Kxa2 Kg3 75. Rd1 Kf2 76. Nf5 d5 77. Ne7 Rg5 78. Kb3
Re5 {Diagram #} 79. Nxd5 Rxd5 80. Rxd5 g1=Q 0-1

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling, IL"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5
Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Kg2 Qd7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O 14. b4 a5
15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Na6 17. Rhb1 c5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rb6 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5
21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Qb2 h5 23. Qb1 Re8 24. Qb5 Bf8 25. Bf4 Qxb5 26. Rxb5 g6 27.
h3 Ra8 28. Be3 Ra2 29. Rb8 Kg7 30. Bg5 Nd7 31. Bf6+ Kh6 32. Rc8 {Diagram #} Bc5
1-0

[Event "Scholastic tournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hauze, Christian"]
[Black "Heybey, Jacob"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[BlackElo "1025"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.05.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c3 {Diagram #} (2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 h5) (2. Nf3)
2... Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. dxc5 {Diagram #} e6 (4... a5) 5. g3 Nc6 (5... Bxc5) 6. b4
e5 {Diagram #} 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O e4 {Diagram #} 9. Nh4 (9. Nd4) 9... Be6 10.
Nd2 {Diagram #} O-O 11. Nb3 Qd7 12. Na5 Nxa5 13. bxa5 Bxc5 14. e3 {Diagram #}
Bh3 (14... g5) 15. c4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 {Diagram #} dxc4 (16... g6) 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 {
Diagram #} 18. Rd1 (18. Bb2) 18... Rfd8 (18... Ne5) 19. Nf5 (19. Bb2) 19... c3
{Diagram #} 20. Nd4 (20. a4 Ne5) 20... Ne5 21. a4 Nc4 {Diagram #} (21... Nf3)
22. Ba3 (22. Ra2) 22... Nxa3 23. Nb5 Nxb5 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. axb5 c2 26. Rc1
Rd2 27. a6 bxa6 28. bxa6 Ba3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.06.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "analysis diagram"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 {Diagram #} *

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nakchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "241"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8.
e5 Ng4 9. d4 Na6 10. h3 Nh6 11. Be2 c6 12. O-O Be6 13. Qa4 Nc7 14. Rd1 f6 15.
Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4+ Nf7 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Qe8 20. exf6 Bxf6 21.
Be3 b6 22. Rad1 Rc8 23. Qb3 Qc6 24. Rd7 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Ng5 Bxg5 27. Bxg5
Rd8 28. Re1 Rd7 29. Qe6 Kf8 30. Bf4 Qd8 31. Kh2 Rd4 32. Rc1 {Diagram #} Rxf4
33. Rc8 Rxf2 34. Rxd8+ Nxd8 35. Qd5 Nf7 36. b4 Kg7 37. a3 Rf6 38. Qa8 e5 39.
Qxa7 Re6 40. Kg1 e4 41. Kf1 e3 42. Ke2 b5 43. Qd7 Re5 44. a4 bxa4 45. Qxa4 Kf6
46. Qd7 Ng5 47. Qd8+ Kf5 48. Qd3+ Kf6 49. Qd8+ Kf5 50. Qf8+ Ke4 51. Qa8+ Kf4
52. Qf8+ Ke4 53. Qa8+ Kf4 54. b5 Ne4 55. b6 Nc3+ 56. Ke1 Rb5 57. Qf3+ Ke5 58.
Qxe3+ Ne4 59. Ke2 Rb1 60. Qa3 Nd6 {Diagram #} 61. Qc5+ Ke6 62. Qc6 Rb2+ 63. Kd3
Rb3+ 64. Kc2 Rb4 65. Kc1 Rb3 66. Qc5 h6 67. Qd4 g5 68. Qc5 Kd7 69. Kc2 Rb5 70.
Qc7+ Ke6 71. Qc6 Rb4 72. Kc1 Rb3 73. Qc5 Kd7 74. g4 Ke6 75. Qc7 Kd5 76. Qa7 Kc6
77. Qc7+ Kd5 78. Kc2 Rb5 79. Qh7 Rxb6 80. Qxh6 Rc6+ 81. Kd3 Nf7 82. Qh7 Rf6 83.
Qg8 Kd6 84. Qe8 Rf3+ 85. Kd4 Rf4+ 86. Kc3 Rf3+ 87. Kb4 Rf6 88. Kb5 Kd5 89. Qa8+
Ke6 90. Kc5 Ke7 91. Qa7+ Kf8 92. Qa3 Kg8 93. Kd5 Kg7 94. Qg3 Kg6 95. h4 gxh4
96. Qxh4 Kg7 97. Qg3 Kg6 98. Qh4 Kg7 99. Ke4 Kg6 100. Qh5+ Kg7 101. Ke3 Re6+
102. Kf4 Rf6+ 103. Kg3 Rd6 104. Qf5 Rf6 105. Qc5 Rd6 106. Qc3+ Kg6 107. Kh4 Kh7
108. Qc7 Kg7 109. Qe7 Rh6+ 110. Kg3 Rf6 111. Qb4 Rd6 112. Qb2+ Kg6 113. Qb8 Kg7
114. Kf4 Rf6+ 115. Ke4 Re6+ 116. Kf4 Rf6+ 117. Kg3 Rd6 118. Qb5 Kg6 119. Qb7
Kg7 120. Qe7 Rf6 121. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.06.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko and Bonin"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/4n3/2r5/2P1Q1PK/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #}  *

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. a4 c5 13. Bc2 c4 14. b3 cxb3 15.
Bxb3 d5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8
21. Qg4 Kh8 22. Qh5 {Diagram #} Bd5 23. Rd1 Bxb3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26.
Qxg5 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 h6 28. Qe7 Bc4 29. Qb7 Re1 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Qc8+
Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nakchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

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. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nbd2 c6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Nc4 16. Ng3 Rfe8 17. a4 h6 18. b3 Na5 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nh4 Nc6
22. Nhf5 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Bf8 24. Bd3 Nd8 25. c4 Ne6 26. cxb5 Nc5 27. Bc4 Bxf5 28.
Nxf5 Ncxe4 29. Bb4 Qb6 30. Ne3 d5 31. Ba5 Qc5 32. b4 Qa7 33. b6 Qb7 34. Bb5 Re6
35. Rc1 Rxb6 36. Bxb6 Qxb6 37. Qa5 Qb8 38. Bd3 Qxb4 39. Qxb4 Bxb4 40. Rc8+ Bf8
41. Nxd5 Nxd5 42. Bxe4 Ne7 43. Rc5 f6 44. Bc2 g6 45. Kf1 h5 46. Rc7 f5 47. Ke2
Kf7 48. Rb7 Bh6 49. Bb3+ Kf8 50. Kd3 h4 51. f3 Bf4 52. Kc4 e4 53. fxe4 fxe4 54.
Kc3 Be5+ 55. Kd2 Bf4+ 56. Ke2 Nf5 57. Bd5 Ng3+ 58. Kd1 g5 59. Rb6 Ke7 60. Rb4
e3 61. Bf3 Kd6 62. Rb5 Ke6 63. Ra5 Kf6 64. Bg4 Ne4 {Diagram #} 65. Ke2 (65. Kc2
) 65... Nd6 (65... Nf2) 66. Kd3 Ke7 67. Kd4 Kf6 68. Kd5 Ke7 69. Ra7+ Kf6 70.
Ra6 Ke7 71. Ra7+ Kf6 72. Bh5 Be5 73. Ra6 Kf5 74. Bg4+ 1-0

[Event "4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
[Site "Nalchik RUS"]
[Date "2009.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vladimir Akopian"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Qf4 13. Qe2 Rd8 14. Rad1
Bd7 15. Bd3 Bc5 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Ne5 Be4 18. Rde1 Bf5 19. g3 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Qf5
21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. c4 Ne8 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 f6 26. Rd1 Rc8 27.
Qd7 Qxd7 28. Rxd7 Rc7 29. Rd8 Kf7 30. Ba3 e5 31. g4 g6 32. Kg2 h5 33. h3 a6 34.
Bb4 b5 35. cxb5 axb5 36. Rb8 Rc2 37. Rb7+ Kg8 38. Rb8 Kf7 39. Rb7+ Kg8 40. gxh5
gxh5 41. a4 bxa4 42. bxa4 Ra2 43. a5 Ra4 44. Kf3 f5 45. Ke2 Nf6 46. Kd1 Nd5 47.
Bd2 Ra2 48. Rb5 Nf4 49. Rxe5 Ra1+ 50. Kc2 Ra2+ 51. Kc3 Nxh3 52. Rxf5 Nxf2 53.
Bc1 Re2 54. Rxh5 Kf7 55. Kb3 Nd3 56. Ba3 Ne5 57. Rh7+ Ke6 58. Re7+ Kd5 59. a6
Rg2 60. Ka4 Nc4 61. a7 Rg8 62. Rb7 Ra8 63. Rb5+ Kc6 64. Bc5 Kc7 65. Rb4 Rg8 66.
Rxc4 Kb7 {Diagram #} 67. Ka5 Rc8 68. Rb4+ Ka8 69. Rb5 Re8 70. Bd4 Rc8 71. Rd5
Kb7 72. Bb6 Rg8 73. Kb5 Re8 74. a8=Q+ Kxa8 75. Kc6 (75. Rd7) 75... Re6+ 76. Kc7
Re7+ 77. Kd6 (77. Kc8 Re5 78. Rd3 Re3) 77... Rh7 78. Kc6 Rh6+ 79. Kc7 Rh7+ 80.
Kc8 {Diagram #} Rh8+ (80... Rh5 81. Rd3 Rh3 82. Be3 Rh8+ 83. Kc7 Rh7+ 84. Kc6
Rc7+) 81. Bd8 Rh7 82. Ra5+ Ra7 83. Rb5 Rb7 84. Rh5 Rf7 85. Ra5+ Ra7 86. Rb5 Rb7
87. Re5 Rh7 88. Re1 Rb7 89. Ra1+ Ra7 90. Rb1 Rb7 91. Re1 Rh7 92. Re2 Rb7 93.
Be7 (93. Rc2 Rg7 94. Rc1 Rh7 (94... Rb7 95. Bc7 Rb8+ 96. Kd7) 95. Bc7 Rh8+ 96.
Kd7 Kb7 97. Rb1+ Ka6 98. Kc6 Rh6+ 99. Bd6 Rh5 100. Rb8 Rh7 101. Bf8 Ka7 102.
Rb4 Ka8 103. Rd4 Rb7 104. Re4) 93... Rb8+ (93... Rxe7 94. Rxe7) 94. Kc7 Rb7+
95. Kc6 Ra7 96. Bd8 Rh7 97. Bc7 Rh6+ 98. Bd6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.06.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6Q1/1R6/7p/8/8/8/7P/K1k1rq2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.06.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/q5rp/3P4/1p5P/kP6/Pp6/1P6/KB1R4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #}  *

