[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O b5 8. Re1
Bb7 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bf3 Bd6 11. g3 Ne7 12. Qe2 Be5 13. Bg2 c5 14. Be3 Bd4 15.
Nd1 O-O 16. c3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Rad8 18. a4 c4 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nc2 Rd7 21. Nd4
Qb6 22. e5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nc6 24. Nf3 Rd3 25. Qe4 h6 26. Ra2 Rfd8 27. Rea1 Qc5
28. Ra6 Ne7 29. Ra8 g6 30. R1a7 Qc6 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Qh4 Rd3 33. Qf6 Rd7 34.
Rxd7 Qxd7 35. Nd4 b4 36. h4 h5 37. Qf3 bxc3 38. bxc3 Qc7 39. Qe4 Nd5 40. Ne2
Qc5 41. Qb1 Ne7 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qd6 Qxd6 44. exd6 Nc6 45. d7 Kf6 46. Nd4 Nd8
47. Nb5 Ke7 48. Na3 Kxd7 49. Nxc4 f6 50. Kf3 Kc6 51. Ke4 Kc5 52. Kd3 Nc6 53.
Ne3 Ne5+ 54. Ke4 Nf7 55. Kd3 Nd6 56. Nc2 e5 57. Ne3 g5 58. Ke2 Ne4 59. c4 Nd6
60. Nd5 Ne8 61. Ne3 Kd4 62. Nf5+ Kxc4 {Diagram #} 63. g4 Nc7 64. gxh5 Ne6 65.
h6 Nf8 66. hxg5 fxg5 67. Kf3 Kd3 68. Kg4 Ke2 69. Kxg5 (69. f3 Nh7 70. Ng3+)
69... Kxf2 70. Kf6 e4 (70... Kf3 71. Kxe5 Nh7) 71. Kf7 (71. Nd4) 71... Nh7 72.
Kg6 Nf8+ 73. Kg7 Ne6+ 74. Kf6 Nf8 75. Nd4 e3 76. Kg7 Ne6+ (76... e2 77. Nxe2
Ne6+ 78. Kf6 Nf8 79. Nd4) 77. Nxe6 e2 78. Nf4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tatiana Kosintseva"]
[Black "Alexandra Kosteniuk"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r2r1k1/6p1/p1pPp2p/6q1/6n1/2NQ4/PPP3P1/1K1R1R2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. d7 Red8 2. Qd6 (2. Ne4) 2... Ne3 3. Qxe6+ Kh8 4. Qxc6 Nxf1 (4...
Rxb2+ 5. Kxb2 Rb8+ 6. Nb5 Rxb5+ 7. Qxb5 Nxd1+ 8. Rxd1 Qxb5+ 9. Ka1 Qe5+ 10. c3
Qxc3+ 11. Kb1 Qb4+) 5. Rxf1 Qa5 6. Rd1 Rb6 7. Qc8 Rb8 8. Qc6 Rb6 9. Qc8 Rb8 10.
Qc4 Rb7 11. Qe4 Qb4 12. Qe8+ (12. Qxb4 Rxb4 13. Rd6 Rf4 14. a4 Rf6 15. Rd5 Rf7
16. Ra5) 12... Kh7 13. Na4 Rbxd7 {Diagram #} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stephen Kuzma"]
[Black "Zachary High"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.12.02"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {Diagram #} 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Nc3 (6.
e5 Qa5+) 6... e5 {Diagram #} 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 {Diagram #} (9...
d6) (9... Rb8) 10. a3 (10. Re1 d5 11. exd5) 10... d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Re1 {
Diagram #} e4 13. Bf1 Re8 (13... Qa5) 14. Bb5 Rf8 {Diagram #} 15. Qd4 (15. Qd2)
15... a6 16. Ba4 Qd6 {Diagram #} 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 (17... Qxf6) 18. Nxe4 {Diagram #
} Qd8 (18... Bxd4 19. Nxd6 Bxb2 20. Rab1) (18... Qxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Bxd4) 19. Nxf6+
gxf6 {Diagram #} (19... Qxf6) 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. Bb3 Kg7 22. c3 Qd7 23. Bxd5 Bxd5
24. Qxd5 Qg4 25. Re4 Qg6 {Diagram #} 26. h3 Kh8 (26... Rcd8 27. Rg4 Rxd5 28.
Rxd5 Rb8 29. Rxg6+ hxg6) 27. Rde1 Rb8 28. b4 Rbc8 29. Qb3 Qh6 30. c4 Qd2 31. c5
Kg8 32. R4e2 Qd4 33. Qf3 Qh4 {Diagram #} 34. Qg4+ Qxg4 35. hxg4 Kg7 36. Re3 Kg6
37. Kh2 Kg5 38. f3 h6 39. Re7 Kg6 40. Rc1 Rfd8 41. a4 {Diagram #} Rd4 42. Rb7
Kg7 43. c6 Rd6 44. c7 Rd7 45. b5 axb5 46. axb5 Kf8 47. Rb8 *

[Event "ABC-206-Jan-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p6/k7/p3N3/1r6/5P2/4K3/R5b1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-206-Jan-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/2p3p1/2n1b3/3P4/5p2/2P5/B7/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-206-Jan-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/q6p/p4n1Q/1p6/8/8/1P3RP1/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-206-Jan-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r1k/5p1p/6p1/3Np3/1Q2P3/4q3/5nPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-206-Jan-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/5p2/2Q4q/3r4/8/5pP1/5P1P/2R3RK b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-206-Jan-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k1r4/1p3p2/p2p2p1/3q3p/P2n4/1P3P2/2P1B1PP/R2Q2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ABC-206-Jan-2010"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {Diagram #} 6. Bc4 (6. a4)
(6. f3) (6. g3) (6. h3) (6. Be2) (6. Bd3) (6. Be3) (6. Bg5) 6... e6 (6... b5 7.
Bb3 b4 8. Na4 Nxe4 9. Bd5) 7. Bb3 (7. a3) 7... b5 8. O-O (8. a3) (8. Qf3) (8.
f3) (8. Be3) (8. Bg5) (8. Qe2) (8. f4) 8... Bb7 (8... b4 9. Na4 Nxe4 10. Re1)
9. f4 (9. Re1) 9... Nc6 (9... b4) (9... Nxe4) (9... Nbd7) 10. Nxc6 (10. f5 Qb6
11. Be3 e5) 10... Bxc6 (10... Qb6+ 11. Nd4 e5 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Qxg4 exd4 14. Bf2
) 11. f5 (11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Bc5+ 13. Kh1 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Ng4) 11... e5 (11...
Qd7 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Qd4 Be7 14. Bg5) (11... b4 12. Na4 (12. fxe6 bxc3 13.
exf7+ Ke7 (13... Kd7 14. e5) 14. Qd4 (14. Qe1)) 12... e5) 12. Qd3 Be7 (12... h6
) 13. Bg5 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 (14. Rf2 Ng4) 14... O-O (14... Ng4 15. Nd5 Nf2+ (15...
Bxd5 16. Qxd5) 16. Rxf2 (16. Kg1 Nh3+) 16... Qxf2 17. Bxe7 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Kxe7
19. f6+ Qxf6 20. Qb7+ Ke8 21. Qxa8+ Qd8) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bd5 (16. Nd5 Bxd5
17. Qxd5) 16... Rac8 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 (17... Qxc6 18. Rf2) 18. Rad1 (18. Nd5)
18... Rfc8 (18... Qd4 19. Qg3 Qc4 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. f6 g6 22. Qe3 Kh8 23. b3 Qc5
(23... Qxc2 24. Rc1) 24. Qh6 Rg8 25. Rd3 g5 26. Rh3) 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. c3 Be7 21.
Ra1 (21. f6 Bxf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Rf1) 21... f6 (21... Bf8 22. a4 Rb8 23. Nb4
Rcb6 24. a5 R6b7 25. Nc6) (21... Rc4 22. b3 R4c6 23. a4) 22. a4 Rb8 (22... bxa4
23. Rxa4) (22... b4 23. Nxb4) 23. Nxe7+ {Diagram #} Qxe7 24. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "US Women's Chess Championship"]
[Site "St Louis United States"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Irina Krush"]
[Black "Anna Zatonskih"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 c6 11. Qc2 (11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O e5 14.
Bb3 Re8) 11... Nd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Nb6 (13... Nf6) (13... Nf6 14. O-O Ne4
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5) 14. O-O Be6 15. Rb1 a5 16. Nd2 Nc8 17. Ra3 Nd6 18. Qc5 (
18. Nb3) 18... Qc7 19. Rc3 Rfc8 20. Rbc1 Qd8 21. h3 (21. a3 b6) 21... Bf5 22.
Bf1 {Diagram #} b5 {Diagram #} 23. Rb3 (23. Bd3 Nb7 24. Bxf5 Nxc5 25. Bxc8 Rxc8
26. Rxc5) 23... Nb7 24. Qa3 b4 25. Qa4 c5 (25... Bd7 26. Rd3 (26. Rc5) 26... c5
27. Qd1 c4) 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Qb5 Rab8 28. Qe2 a4 0-1

[Event "US Women's Chess Championship"]
[Site "St Louis United States"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sabina Francesca Foisor"]
[Black "Alisa Melekhina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 (5. f3) 5... O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3
(7. O-O Na6 8. Be3 Ng4) 7... Na6 8. O-O Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. c5 h6 11. Bh4 exd4
12. Nxd4 dxc5 13. Nb3 c4 (13... g5 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. Nd5 Rb8 17.
Nxc7 Qa4 18. Qd6 Rb6 19. Qxc5 Rc6 20. Qxa7 Nd3 21. Nd5 Kh8 22. e5 Nxe5 23. Nc3
Qb4 24. Rae1 Nd3 25. Re4 Qb6 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27. h4 Nxb2 28. Be5 Bb7 29. Bxg7+
Kxg7 30. Re2 Nd3 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Rd2 Nf4 33. f3 Rh8 34. Ne2 Nxe2+ 35. Rxe2
Bd5 36. Re5 Bxb3 37. axb3 f6 38. Ra5) 14. Bxc4 Nb4 {Diagram #} 15. Bb5 Nc6 (
15... c6 16. Be2) (15... c6) 16. h3 (16. Nd5 Qxe4 17. f3) 16... Nf6 (16... Bxc3
17. bxc3 Qe5 18. hxg4 Qxb5) 17. Re1 Nh5 18. Nd5 (18. e5) 18... Qe5 19. Rc1 Re8
(19... Qxb2) 20. Rxc6 (20. Na5 Be6 21. Nc4 Qd4 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Nxc7) 20...
bxc6 21. Bxc6 Be6 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 {Diagram #} 23. Bd8 Bxh3 (23... c6 24. Ne7+ Kh7
25. Nxc6 Qxb2) 24. Nxc7 (24. f4 Qe6 (24... Nxf4 25. Bxc7) (24... Qxb2 25. gxh3)
25. Bxc7 Bg4 26. Qd2) 24... Bg4 25. Qd2 Rc8 26. Rc1 (26. Na6) 26... Qf4 27. Qd3
Be5 28. g3 Qf3 29. Qxf3 Bxf3 30. Rc5 Rxd8 31. Nd5 (31. Rxe5 Rd1+) 31... Bxe4
32. Ne3 Bxb2 33. Rc7 a6 34. Nc5 Bf3 35. Nxa6 Ra8 36. Nb4 Ba3 37. Nbc2 Bd6 38.
Rd7 Bc5 39. Ne1 Bxe3 40. Nxf3 Bc5 41. Rc7 Bf8 42. Rc2 Bg7 43. Kg2 Nf6 44. Ne5
Nd5 45. Nd3 Ra3 46. Nc1 Rc3 47. Rd2 Nf4+ 48. gxf4 Rxc1 49. Rd8+ Kh7 50. Rd7 f5
51. Ra7 h5 52. a4 Kh6 53. a5 Rc2 54. Rd7 Ra2 55. Rd5 Bc3 0-1

[Event "US Women's Chess Championship"]
[Site "St Louis United States"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Irina Krush"]
[Black "Iryna Zenyuk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2271"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bf4 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Bf5 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Be2
c5 9. O-O Qb6 10. Qc1 Rac8 11. Ne5 Rfd8 12. Re1 Ne8 13. Nxd7 Rxd7 14. Nb3 c4
15. Nd2 Nd6 16. Bg3 Qc6 17. Bf3 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Be2 b5 20. Qc2 Be6 21. a4
Rb7 22. axb5 Qxb5 {Diagram #} 23. b4 cxb3 24. Bxb5 bxc2 25. Ba6 Rb1 26. Bxc8
Ba2 27. Raxb1 cxb1=Q 28. Rxb1 Bxb1 29. c4 e5 30. d5 Ba2 (30... Kf8) 31. Ba6 (
31. d6 Bxc4 (31... Bf8 32. c5 f6 33. Bb7) 32. Bh4 Bb5 33. d7 Bxd7 34. Bxd7)
31... f6 32. d6 Kf7 33. c5 Bf8 34. f4 exf3 35. gxf3 Ke6 36. Be1 Kd5 (36... Bd5)
37. Bb4 (37. d7 Be7 38. Ba5) 37... Kc6 38. Kf2 Be6 39. h4 f5 40. Ba3 h6 41. Bd3
{Diagram #} Bg7 (41... Bc8 42. Bc2 Kb5 43. c6 Kxc6 44. d7) 42. Bc2 Kb5 43. Bd3+
Kc6 44. Bc2 Kb5 45. Bd3+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Women's Chess Championship"]
[Site "St Louis United States"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anna Zatonskih"]
[Black "Alisa Melekhina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Bd7 7. O-O Qc8 8. Re1
Bh3 9. Bh1 Bg4 10. Bg5 Re8 11. Qd2 c6 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. Ng5 Nf8 15.
Bg2 Ne6 16. f3 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. e4 Nh5 20. Qf2 Bf6 21. Be3
b6 22. f4 c5 23. e5 cxd4 24. Bxd4 dxe5 25. fxe5 Bh8 26. Nd5 Rac8 27. b3 Qe6 28.
Bb2 Ng7 29. Rf1 h5 30. Nf4 Qf5 31. Qe2 Ne6 32. Nd5 Qg4 33. Qg2 h4 34. gxh4 Qxh4
35. Rd3 Bg7 36. Rh3 Qg5 37. Rg3 Qh5 38. Rh3 Qg5 39. Rg3 Qh5 40. Qf2 g5 {
Diagram #} 41. a4 Rcd8 42. Qf5 Qg6 43. Qg4 Kh7 44. h4 Bh6 45. Qf3 Rf8 46. h5
Qc2 47. Rg2 g4 48. Qxg4 Rg8 49. Rxf7+ Kh8 50. Rxc2 Rxg4+ 51. Rg2 Rxg2+ 52. Kxg2
Nf4+ 53. Nxf4 Rd2+ 54. Kf3 Rxb2 55. Ng6+ Kg8 56. Rxe7 Rxb3+ {Diagram #} 57. Ke4
Rb4 58. Rc7 Rxa4 59. e6 Ra1 60. Rc8+ Kg7 61. e7 Re1+ 62. Kd5 Kf7 63. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "US Women's Chess Championship"]
[Site "St Louis United States"]
[Date "2009.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sabina Foisor"]
[Black "Anna Zatonskih"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Qc2 c5 7. e3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Bb5 Qb6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. f3
Qd7 15. g4 b5 16. a3 Ne8 17. Qb3 a6 18. Bg3 Rc4 19. Rcd1 f6 20. Rfe1 Bf7 21.
Nf4 Nc7 22. Qc2 b4 23. axb4 Bxb4 24. Qf5 Qxf5 25. gxf5 Nb5 26. Nfe2 Nxc3 27.
bxc3 Bxc3 28. Nxc3 Rxc3 29. Kf2 Rfc8 30. Re3 Rxe3 31. Kxe3 Rc3+ 32. Rd3 Rxd3+
33. Kxd3 Bh5 34. Ke3 a5 35. Bd6 Kf7 36. Kf4 Ke8 37. Ba3 a4 38. Ke3 Kd7 39. h3
Kd8 40. Bf8 Ke8 41. Bc5 Kf7 42. h4 Kg8 43. Kf4 Be8 44. Ba3 Bb5 45. Ke3 Kf7 46.
Bb4 Bc4 47. Kd2 Bf1 48. Ke3 Bh3 49. Kf4 Ke8 50. Ba3 Kd7 51. Bf8 Kc6 52. Ke3
Bxf5 53. Kd2 g5 54. Be7 gxh4 55. Bxf6 h3 56. Be5 {Diagram #} Be4 57. fxe4 (57.
Kc3 Kb5 58. Bg3 Bxf3 59. Bh2 Bd1 60. Bg3 a3 61. Bh2 a2 62. Kb2 Bb3) (57. f4 h2)
57... dxe4 58. Ke3 Kd5 {Diagram #} 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marilyn Pelias"]
[Black "Natasha Christiansen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.11.18"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 Nc6 (3... d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 Nf6 7. c4
bxc3 8. Nxc3 Qa5 9. d5 Qxc3+ 10. Bd2 Qc5 11. dxc6 Qxc6) 4. d4 (4. axb4 d5 5. b5
) 4... e6 5. Nf3 (5. d5 exd5 6. exd5 Ne5 7. f4 Ng6 8. d6 Qf6) 5... bxa3 6. Nxa3
(6. d5 exd5 7. exd5 Qe7+ 8. Be2) (6. c4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2) 6... Bb4+ 7.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. e5 Ne8 11. Qe3 (11. Nc4 d6 12. O-O) (11.
O-O d6 12. Nc4 dxe5 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. Qf4 f6 15. Qh4 f5 16. Qxe7 Nxe7 17. Nb6
Rb8 18. Rxa7) 11... Qa5+ 12. Kf1 (12. Ke2) 12... f6 {Diagram #} (12... d5 13.
h4 Bd7 14. Ng5 g6 15. h5 Ng7) 13. Bxh7+ (13. Qe4 f5 14. Qh4 Qd8 15. Qxd8 Nxd8
16. Nc4) 13... Kxh7 14. Qe4+ Kg8 15. Qg6 (15. h4) 15... b6 16. h4 Ba6+ 17. Kg1
Qc3 18. Rb1 Qxa3 19. Ng5 {Diagram #} fxg5 20. hxg5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qc5 (21... Rf5
22. Rh7) 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. g6+ Ke7 24. Qh4+ Nf6 25. exf6+ (25. Re1) 25... Rxf6
26. Rh3 Qxc2 27. Qb4+ d6 (27... Qc5) 28. Rb2 Qxg6 29. Rg3 Qh6 30. Rd2 e5 31.
Rh3 Qf4 32. Qb2 Rh6 33. Qc3 Rc8 34. Qb2 Rxh3 35. gxh3 Bb7 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saheli Nath"]
[Black "Iryna Zenyuk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.11.18"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O {Diagram #} Nxd4 (9... d5) 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Nd7 (11... Qc7)
12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 f6 15. h4 Rc8 16. f4 Rc5 17. h5 Nb6 18.
hxg6 hxg6 19. f5 Rh8 20. Bd3 Rxd5 21. fxg6 Nd7 22. g4 Nc5 23. Qg2 Rd4 {
Diagram #} 24. g5 (24. Rxh8 Qxh8 25. Rh1 Rxg4) 24... fxg5 25. Qxg5 e5 26. Rh7+
Rxh7 27. Qxd8 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 1 (page 37)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4Q3/6rk/5K2/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.09.30"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.30"]

{Diagram #}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 2 (page 38)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/6r1/4Q3/6K1/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 3 (page 38)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/8/k7/7r/KB6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 4 (page 38)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4R3/8/8/4b3/4k3/8/r7/4K3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 5 (page 38)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3R4/8/8/3b4/3k4/8/r7/4K3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 6 (page 38)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/6b1/4K3/4nQ2/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 7 (page 38)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4K3/8/6Nk/8/8/6Q1/1q6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Example 1 (page 39)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "Q7/5pk1/6p1/7p/7P/P5P1/q4PK1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Example 2 (page 39)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1P6/7k/3Q3p/7P/8/2q2K2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Example 3 (page 39)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/8/8/2PQK3/8/8/2q5/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Example 4 (page 39)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7K/8/8/2Q2P2/8/3k4/q7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Example 1 (page 40)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/3k4/8/2BPP3/3K4/8/4b3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Example 2 (page 40)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/P7/8/8/7K/5b1p/5Bpk/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Example 3 (page 40)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5p2/4k1p1/3b3p/7P/Kp2B1P1/5P2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Example 4 (page 40)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7p/6p1/3b1p2/4kP1P/1pK3P1/8/4B3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.10.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Example 5 (page 40)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/5p1p/2bB4/7P/pK2kP2/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Position 1 (page 41)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4k1/R7/6PK/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.22"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Position 2 (page 41)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4k3/1R6/8/4PK2/8/8/r7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.22"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Position 3 (page 41)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3k4/7R/4K3/4P3/8/8/8/5r2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.22"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Position 4 (page 41)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3R4/4K1k1/4P3/8/8/8/8/r7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Position 5 (page 41)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7r/5k2/8/3P4/2K5/8/8/4R3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.22"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Position 6 (page 41)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7r/8/5k2/2K5/3P4/8/8/4R3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.22"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Analysis (page 41)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r4/8/1K6/5k2/3PR3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.22"]

 *

[Event "Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Nice FRA"]
[Date "2009.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yue Wang"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2009.03.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4
c5 15. Bc4 cxd4 16. Bxf7+ Kd8 17. Kb1 dxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxe4 19. Bxg7 Nec5 20. Qe3
Rh4 21. Rhe1 Re4 22. Qh3 Qf4 23. Qh8+ Kc7 24. Qxa8 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qxf7 26. Bc3
Qf5+ 27. Ka1 Bf6 28. Qxa7 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Qf2 30. Qa5+ Kc6 31. Rb1 Qxg2 32. Qb5+
Kc7 33. Qa5+ b6 34. Qa7+ Nb7 35. Rd1 Qf3 36. Rc1 Qf4 37. Rd1 Ndc5 38. Rb1 Qf6
39. Qa3 Ne4 40. Qb4 Nbc5 41. Qd4 Qf3 42. Qg7+ Nd7 43. Qd4 g5 44. Rd1 Ndc5 45.
Rc1 Qf4 46. Rd1 Qxh2 47. Qg7+ Kc6 48. Qg6+ Kb7 49. Qf7+ Qc7 50. Qxc7+ Kxc7 51.
Rg1 Nd3 52. Kb1 Ndf2 53. Kc2 g4 54. a4 g3 55. Kb3 Kc6 56. Kb4 Nd3+ 57. Kc4 Ne5+
58. Kb4 Nf3 59. Rxg3 Nxg3 60. a5 bxa5+ 61. Kxa5 {Diagram #} Kc5 (61... Ne4 62.
c4 Nc5 63. Kb4 Kb6 64. Kc3 Ne5 65. Kd4 Ned3 66. Kd5 Kc7 67. Kd4 Kd6 68. Ke3 Ke5
69. Kf3 Nf4 70. Ke3 Nfe6 71. Kf3 Kf5 72. Ke3 Kg4 73. Kf2 Kf4 74. Ke2 Nd4+ 75.
Kd2 Ke4 76. Kc3 Nc6 77. Kd2 Kf3 78. Kd1 Ke3 79. Ke1 Nd4 80. Kf1 Nf5 81. Ke1 Ng3
82. Kd1 Nge4 83. Ke1 Kf3 84. Kf1 Nd3 85. c5 Nd2+ 86. Kg1 Kg3 87. c6 Ne5 88. c7
Nef3+ 89. Kh1 Ne4 90. c8=Q Nf2#) 62. c4 Ne4 63. Ka4 Nd4 64. Ka5 {Diagram #} Nc3
(64... Nc6+ 65. Ka6 Kd6 66. c5+ Kc7) 65. Ka6 Ne6 66. Kb7 Na4 67. Ka6 Nb6 68.
Kb7 Nd7 69. Ka6 Nd8 70. Ka5 Nb6 71. Ka6 Kc6 72. c5 Nc4 73. Ka7 Ne6 74. Kb8 Nd8
75. Ka7 Nb7 76. Kb8 Na3 77. Ka7 Nb5+ 78. Ka6 Nc3 79. Ka7 Nd5 80. Ka6 Nb4+ 81.
Ka7 Kc7 82. c6 Nc5 83. Ka8 Ne4 84. Ka7 Nd6 85. Ka8 Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "0:38:33-0:21:33"]
[Date "2008.01.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Bg5 b5 12. h4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. d5 Bxc3
15. bxc3 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bb7 17. a4 Qd7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rb1 Ra5 20. Rb2 b4 21.
Be4 Rd8 22. Qb1 Rb5 23. cxb4 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. g3 Rb5 27.
Rbe2 g6 28. Re4 Qf6 29. Qc1 h5 30. Qh6 Qc6 31. Qe3 Rbd5 32. Kh2 Rd1 33. Qf4
Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Rd5 35. Rc1 Qb6 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc5 Rd1 38. Qf3 Rb1 39. Rc6 Qd4
40. Rc7 Qf6 41. Qxf6+ Kxf6 42. Rb7 Ke6 43. b5 Rb2 44. Kg2 Rb3 45. Kf1 Rb2 46.
Ke1 {Diagram #} f6 (46... Kf6 47. b6 Ke6 48. f3 Rb3 49. Ke2 Kf6 50. Kd2 Rxf3
51. Rc7 Rb3 52. b7 Kf5 53. Kc2 Rb6 54. Rxf7+ Kg4 55. Rg7 Kxg3 56. Rxg6+) 47.
Kf1 Kf5 48. b6 Ke6 49. f3 Rb1+ 50. Kf2 Rb3 51. Ke2 g5 52. hxg5 fxg5 53. Rb8 Kf7
54. b7 Kg7 {Diagram #} 55. f4 h4 56. f5 h3 57. f6+ Kf7 58. Rh8 h2 59. Rxh2 (59.
b8=Q Rxb8) 59... Kxf6 60. Rh7 Kf5 61. Kd2 Kg4 62. Rd7 Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "FM Oleg Zaikov"]
[Black "IM Blas Lugo"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 Bd6 13. Nxc4 Bb4 14. Qb3 Qe7 15.
Na5 Bxa5 16. Rxa5 Nd7 17. Be2 c5 18. d5 Nb6 19. dxe6 Bxg2 20. Rg1 h3 21. Na4
Qxe6 22. Qc3 O-O 23. Nxc5 Qf5 24. Ra1 Rfe8 25. Rd1 Nd5 26. Qg3+ Kh8 27. Qd3 {
Diagram #} Nf4 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM Marc Esserman"]
[Black "IM Yury Lapshun"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. Nf4 g6 8.
Be2 Qa5 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. d5 O-O-O 11. dxc6 Bh6 12. cxb7+ Kb8 13. Ncd5 Qxd2+ 14.
Qxd2 Nxd5 15. Qa5 Bxf4 16. O-O Nb6 17. Rad1 Bd5 18. Qa3 Rd7 19. Bf3 e6 20. Bxd5
exd5 21. Rfe1 d4 22. Re4 Bd6 23. Qh3 Bc5 24. Re5 Rc7 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxd4 Re8
27. g4 Kxb7 28. Qf3+ Ka6 29. Qxf7 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Ra1 31. b4 Rc8 32. Rd7 Nxd7 33.
Qxd7 Rb8 34. Qc6+ Rb6 35. Qc8+ Kb5 36. Qc5+ Ka6 37. Qxc4+ Kb7 38. Qd5+ Ka6 39.
Qc4+ Kb7 40. b5 Ka8 41. a4 h5 42. g5 Ra3 43. Qc8+ Rb8 44. Qc6+ Rb7 45. Qe4 Ra1
46. h3 Ra3 47. Qe8+ Rb8 48. Qc6+ Rb7 49. Qe4 Ra1 50. Qe8+ Rb8 51. Qxg6 Rxa4 52.
Qc6+ Rb7 53. g6 Rd4 54. g7 Rd8 {Diagram #} 55. Qd5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Leonid Kritz"]
[Black "GM Larry Christiansen"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ exf6 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 b5 11. Bb3 Nb6 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Ba5 Be6 14. Qd2 Qd7
15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Rxe6 Nc4 17. Qc3 fxe6 18. a4 e5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. dxe5 fxe5
21. Qb3 Kh8 22. Bc3 Rf8 23. Re1 Rf5 24. Qa2 Qc7 25. b3 Nb6 26. Qa1 Nd7 27. Rd1
h6 28. Rd2 Kh7 29. Qa5 Qb7 30. Qd8 Rf7 31. Qh4 Bf6 32. Qg4 e4 33. Nh4 Nf8 34.
Bb4 Bxh4 35. Qxh4 Ne6 36. Qg4 Nf4 37. Rd8 Qc7 38. Qc8 Qe5 39. Rd7 Ne2+ 40. Kf1
Ng3+ 41. Ke1 Qa1+ 42. Rd1 Qf6 43. Bc5 {Diagram #} Qc3+ 44. Rd2 e3 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Josh Friedel"]
[Black "IM Marko Zivanic"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O h5 9. h3 Bd6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. e5 Bc5 12. exf6 Nxc2 13. fxg7 Bxe3+ 14. Kh1
Rg8 15. Bxc2 Rxg7 16. Qxh5 Bd4 17. Qh8+ Ke7 {Diagram #} 18. Nd5+ exd5 19. Rfe1+
Kd6 (19... Kf6 20. Qh4+) 20. Qf8+ Kc6 21. Ba4+ b5 (21... Kb6 22. Qb4+ Ka7 23.
Qxd4+) 22. Rac1+ Kb6 23. Rxc7 Kxc7 24. Rc1+ Kb7 25. Bb3 Ka7 26. Rxc8 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "FM Bruci Lopez"]
[Black "IM Jan van de Mortel"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Ra2 Kh8 17. h4 Bh6 18. Qe2 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. g4 Bxc2 21.
Qxc2 g6 22. g5 Bg7 23. Qe4 Rf5 24. h5 Rxg5 25. hxg6 h6 26. Ne3 Ne7 27. Bf7 Rb6
28. Rxa5 Rxb2 29. Ra8 Rb8 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31. Qh4 Qb1+ 32. Kd2 Qb2+ 33. Nc2 Rg2
34. Ra1 Nxg6 35. Ra8+ Nf8 {Diagram #} 36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. Qf6+ Kh7 (37... Bg7
38. Qd8+) (37... Rg7 38. Qxh6+ Rh7 39. Qxf8#) 38. Bd5 Rg7 39. Qxf8 Rc7 40. Be4#
*

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Jaan Ehlvest"]
[Black "GM Alejandro Ramirez"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
f3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. b3 a4 12. b4 Be6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Be2 a3 15.
Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Bb2 17. Rc2 Qc7 18. O-O Rfc8 19. f4 Nf6 20. Bf3 Qd7 21. Re1
Qf5 22. Re2 h5 23. h3 Re8 24. Bf2 Rac8 25. Bh4 Rc7 26. c5 dxc5 27. bxc5 Qc8 28.
Qe3 Rd8 29. Red2 Qf5 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. g3 Qa6 32. Kg2 Qa4 33. f5 Bf6 34. fxg6
fxg6 35. Qh6 Kf7 36. Qh7+ Bg7 {Diagram #} 37. Rf2 Qxc2 38. Be2+ (38. Rxc2 Rh8)
38... Qf5 (38... Ke8 39. Bb5+) 39. Rxf5+ gxf5 40. Bxh5+ Kf8 41. Qxf5+ Kg8 (
41... Bf6 42. Qg6) 42. Bf7+ Kf8 (42... Kh8 43. Qh5+) 43. Be6+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geoffrey Caveney (page 44), Illinois"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4Q3/3p4/1Kbp4/pn3q2/k7/pR6/P7/7B w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2009.11.24"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.24"]

{Diagram #} 1. Qe3 Qc5+ 2. Qxc5 dxc5 3. Bxc6 dxc6 4. Rxb5 (4. Kxc5 Nc3 5. Rxc3)
4... cxb5 5. Kxc5 b4 6. Kc4 b3 7. axb3# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rook sacrifices (page 44)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/pp5R/k6p/2K5/1P4p1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Rg5 h3 2. Rg4+ b4+ 3. Kc4 h2 4. Rg3 g1=Q 5. Ra3+ bxa3 6. b3# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A. Maximovskikh"]
[Black "V. Shupletsov"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3R4/6p1/4K3/6pP/7k/pp1p4/6P1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. h6 gxh6 2. Rd4+ Kh5 (2... g4 3. Kf5 h5 4. Rxd3 a2 5. Kf4 a1=Q 6.
Rh3+ gxh3 7. g3#) 3. Kf5 b2 4. g3 b1=Q 5. Rh4+ gxh4 6. g4# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A. Wotowa 1953"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p5p/2pP3k/7p/4r1P1/P7/2K5/2R5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2009.12.02"]

{Diagram #} 1. d7 Rc4+ 2. Kd3 Rxc1 3. Ke2 Rc2+ 4. Ke3 Rc3+ 5. Ke4 Rc4+ 6. Ke5
Rc5+ 7. Kf6 Rd5 8. d8=Q Rxd8 9. g5# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J. Fritz"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/ppp1pK2/1n6/1P6/b7/P2R4/B2b4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. Rd8+ Nc8 2. Be6 a6 3. Bxc8 Ba5 4. Bd7+ Ka7 5. b6+ cxb6 6. Bxa4 b5 7. Rd5
bxa4 8. Rxa5 b5 9. Kxe7 Kb6 10. Kd6 Kxa5 11. Kc5 b4 12. axb4# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "L. Prokes, 1924."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6p1/4K1B1/7p/6kP/8/6P1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Bf5+ Kxh4 2. Bh3 g5 3. Kf5 g4 4. Kf4 gxh3 5. g3# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "I. Tresting, 1910."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3K4/7p/8/5NPp/6p1/5k1P/7P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Ke7 gxh3 2. Nh4+ Kg4 3. Kf6 Kxh4 4. Kf5 h6 5. Kf4 hxg5+ 6. Kf3
g4+ 7. Kf4 g3 8. hxg3# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "G. Kasparian, 1929."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3p4/1p6/pk1P4/Rr6/p3K3/PN1P4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Nd1 Rxa4 2. Nc3+ Kb4 3. Kd4 d6 (3... b5 4. Ne4 d6 5. Nc5 dxc5+
6. Kd3 c4+ 7. Kd4 c3 8. dxc3#) 4. Nxa4 Kxa4 5. Kc4 b5+ 6. Kc3 b4+ 7. Kc4 b3 8.
axb3# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "L. Ulanov, 1983."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/pp1p4/7R/k1KN4/p1pN4/8/q1P5/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Ra6+ bxa6 2. Nc6+ dxc6 3. Nb4 Qa3 4. c3 Qxc3 (4... Qxb4+ 5.
cxb4#) 5. Nxc6# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "E. Pogosyants, 1964."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3K4/7p/4PBpk/7p/8/5r1P/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. e7 Re3 2. h4 Re6 3. e8=Q Rxf6 4. Qe3+ Kg7 5. Qe5 Kh6 6. Ke7 Rf5
7. Qf6 Rxf6 8. Kxf6 g5 9. hxg5# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5p2/5p1p/5KPk/7p/7P/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. g6 fxg6+ 2. Kxf6 g5 3. Kf5 g4 4. hxg4# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6p1/p5p1/kp4p1/3K4/6P1/PP6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Kc5 g4 (1... Ka4 2. g4 b4 3. Kc4 a5 4. a3 bxa3 5. b3#) 2. b3 g5
3. a3 g6 4. a4 bxa4 5. b4# *

[Event "Rising Stars vs Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2009.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Loek Van Wely"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd5+ 14. Qf3
Qxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Nc6 16. Rfe1 b4 17. Bd2 Be7 18. Re4 O-O 19. c3 a5 20. Rc4 bxc3
21. Bxc3 Nb4 22. Ne5 Nd5 23. Nc6 Bf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. a4 Rfc8 26. Rc5 Ra6 27.
Rxd5 Rcxc6 28. Rb5 Rab6 29. Kf3 Kg7 30. Ke3 e5 31. Ra3 Rxb5 32. axb5 Rc4 33.
Rxa5 Rb4 34. Kd3 Rxb2 35. Kc3 Rxf2 36. b6 Rf1 37. Rb5 Rc1+ 38. Kb4 {Diagram #}
e4 39. b7 e3 40. b8=Q e2 41. Rg5+ fxg5 42. Qe5+ Kf8 43. Qxe2 Rc6 44. Qe5 h6 45.
Kb5 Re6 46. Qh8+ Ke7 47. Kc5 Ra6 48. Qc3 Re6 49. Kd5 Kf8 50. Qh8+ Ke7 51. Kd4
Rc6 52. Ke4 Ra6 53. Qc3 Re6+ 54. Kf5 Kf8 55. Qh8+ Ke7 56. Qg7 Ke8 57. h4 gxh4
58. Kf4 Ke7 59. Kf3 Rg6 60. Qh8 h3 61. Qb8 h2 62. Qb4+ Ke8 63. Kg2 h1=Q+ 64.
Kxh1 Re6 65. Kg2 Rg6 66. Kh3 Re6 67. Kg3 Rg6 68. Kh4 Re6 69. Kh5 Rg6 70. Qe4+
Re6 71. Qa8+ Ke7 72. Qg8 Rc6 73. g5 hxg5 74. Qxg5+ Kf8 75. Qd8+ Kg7 76. Qd4+
Kg8 77. Qg4+ Rg6 78. Qxg6+ fxg6+ 79. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Be3 Rd8 11. Nxd4 Qh5 12. Qc2 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bc3
Bh3 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rfd1 Qf5 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 18. Bb4 Kf8 19. Rdc1 a5 20. Ba3
Rd2 21. Kf1 Rc2 22. f3 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Ra6 24. Bc5 Be6 25. a3 Ke8 26. g4 Ra8 27.
Bd4 Rd8 28. Bb6 Rb8 29. Bxa5 Rxb2 30. Rxc6 Bd7 31. Rc3 Bb5 32. Re3 Kd7 33. Bb4
e6 34. g5 Kc6 35. Re5 Rc2 36. Kf2 Ba6 37. Be7 Bb5 38. Bf8 Kb6 39. Bb4 Kc6 40.
h4 Ba6 41. Bf8 Bb5 42. Be7 Kb6 43. Re4 Rc4 44. Rxc4 Bxc4 45. e4 Bb3 46. Ke3 Bd1
47. f4 Bc2 48. Kd4 Kc6 49. Ke5 Kd7 50. Kf6 Ke8 51. e5 Bb3 52. Bb4 Bc2 53. Kg7
Ba4 54. Kxh7 Bc2 55. Kg7 Bb3 56. Kf6 Bc2 57. Bd6 Bb3 58. a4 Bxa4 59. f5 {
Diagram #} Bc2 60. fxe6 fxe6 61. Kxe6 Bb3+ 62. Kf6 Bc2 63. e6 Bd3 64. Bg3 Bc2
65. h5 gxh5 66. g6 Bd3 67. Bh4 Kf8 68. e7+ Ke8 69. Kg7 Bc2 70. Kh6 Bb3 71. Kxh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Be7 14. Re1 O-O 15.
Qg4 Re8 16. Bb5 Kh8 17. Bd2 a6 18. Bc6 Qc7 19. Rac1 Nxe5 20. Bxb7 Nxg4 21. Rxc7
Nxc7 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Nc6 Nd5 24. Nxe7 Nxe7 25. Bxb4 Nd5 26. Bd2 Rc8 27. Rc1
Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Ne5 29. Nc5 Nb4 30. b3 Nxa2 31. Bb2 Nc6 32. Nxa6 Kg8 33. Kf1 f6
34. Ke2 Nab4 35. Nxb4 Nxb4 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. Kd4 {Diagram #} Nc2+ 38. Kc5 Ne1 39.
Kc6 Nxg2 40. b4 Nf4 41. b5 Nd5 42. Kd6 Kg6 43. Bd4 Kg5 44. b6 Nxb6 45. Bxb6 e5
46. Ke6 e4 47. Kf7 f5 48. Kxg7 h5 49. Kf7 f4 50. Ke6 Kg4 51. Ke5 Kf3 52. h4 1-0

[Event "Zurich Champions Rapid"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2009.08.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Rd1 Nxc5 14.
Rxd5 b6 15. Rd4 Be6 16. c4 Rfc8 17. g4 Rc7 18. g5 hxg5 19. Nxg5 Rac8 20. Nxe6
Nxe6 21. Rd5 Nc5 22. Rg1 Nb7 23. h4 Kf8 24. h5 Rc5 25. Rgg5 Nd6 26. Rxc5 Rxc5
27. Rxc5 bxc5 28. Bd3 Ke7 29. Ke2 Ne8 30. Kf3 Nf6 31. Kf4 Nxh5+ 32. Ke5 Nf6 33.
Bf5 g6 34. Bh3 Ne8 35. Kd5 Nf6+ 36. Kc6 Ne4 37. f4 Nf2 38. Bf1 Nd1 39. e4 Nc3
40. Kxc5 Nxa2 41. e5 Nc3 42. Kd4 Na2 43. c5 Nb4 44. Bb5 Kd8 45. Kc4 a5 46. Ba4
Na6 47. Kd5 Nc7+ 48. Kd6 Ne6 49. c6 Nc7 50. Bb3 Ne8+ 51. Kc5 Ke7 52. Kb6 f6 53.
Bc2 fxe5 54. fxe5 a4 55. Bxa4 {Diagram #} Kd8 56. Bc2 g5 57. Bf5 Nc7 58. Bh3
Na8+ 59. Kc5 Ke7 60. Kd5 Nc7+ 61. Kc5 Na8 62. Bg4 Nc7 63. Kb6 Kd8 64. Kb7 Ne8
65. e6 Nd6+ 66. Kb8 Nb5 67. Bh3 1-0

