[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Moscow  (10)"]
[Date "1960.01.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E89"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Qd2 cxd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. g4 Nbd7 11. Nge2 h5 12. Bg5 hxg4 13. fxg4 Nc5 14. Ng3 Bxg4 15.
b4 Ncd7 16. h3 Bf3 17. Rh2 a5 18. b5 Qb6 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Bh5 21. b6 Rfc8
22. Nb5 Ne8 23. Nxh5 gxh5 24. Be3 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Bd3 Rac8 27. Ke2 Rc1
28. Rxc1 Rxc1 29. Rf1 Rc5 30. Rb1 Bf6 31. Na3 Bd8 32. Nc4 f5 33. Ne3 fxe4 34.
Bxe4 Kh8 35. Kd3 Nf6 36. Bg2 Kg8 37. a4 Be7 38. Bf3 Bf8 39. Rg1+ Kh7 {Diagram #
} 40. Be4+ Nxe4 41. Kxe4 Bh6 42. Nf5 Rc4+ 43. Kd3 Rxa4 44. Nxd6 Rd4+ 45. Ke2
Rxd5 46. Ne4 Kh8 47. Nf6 Rd2+ 48. Kf3 Rd8 49. Rg6 a4 50. Rxh6+ Kg7 51. Rh7+
Kxf6 52. Rxb7 Rd3+ 53. Kg2 Rb3 54. Ra7 a3 55. b7 Kf5 56. Rxa3 Rxb7 57. Ra4 Rb2+
58. Kf3 Rb3+ 59. Kg2 Re3 60. Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Moscow  (10)"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqk1nr/ppp1bppp/4p3/3p4/4P3/1P6/PBPPQPPP/RN2KBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

{Diagram #}  *

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Folkestone ENG"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "William Albert Fairhurst"]
[Black "Isaac Kashdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1933.06.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. exd4 Bd5 13. Bg5 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 h6
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nc6 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Nb6 18. Rxe6+ Kd7 19. Qb5 fxe6 20. Ne5+ Kd8
21. Rc1 fxe5 22. Rxc7 Kxc7 23. Nxb4 Bxb4 24. Qxb4 exd4 25. Qe7+ Kc6 26. Qxe6+
Kc5 27. Qf5+ Nd5 28. Qc2+ Kd6 29. Qg6+ Ke5 30. Qh5+ Kd6 31. Qg6+ Kc5 32. Qc2+
Kb4 33. Qd2+ Kxa4 34. Qxd4+ Nb4 35. Qd1+ Ka5 36. Qh5+ Kb6 37. Qg6+ Nc6 38. h4
Rad8 39. Qc2 Rhe8 40. Qb3+ Kc7 41. Qg3+ Rd6 42. Qc3 Re4 43. g3 a5 44. Kg2 Re2
45. g4 Rdd2 46. Qg7+ Kb6 47. Qxh6 Rxf2+ 48. Kg3 Rg2+ 49. Kf3 Rdf2+ 50. Ke3 Rxb2
51. g5 Rg4 52. g6 Rb3+ 53. Kf2 Ra4 54. Qc1 Rxh4 55. Qg1 {Diagram #} Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Isaac Kashdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nd5 7. Bxc4 Nxf4 8.
exf4 Nb6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. c6 bxc6 14. Nd4 Nb8
15. Na4 Qd6 16. g3 Rd8 17. Nf3 Bb7 18. f5 c5 19. fxe6 c4 20. exf7+ Kf8 21. Bc2
Qf6 22. Nd2 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Qf3 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Qxe4 26. Nc3 Qf5 27. Qe2
Nc6 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Qxc4 Nxf7 31. f4 g5 32. fxg5 Bc5+ 33. Kg2
Qf2+ 34. Kh3 Nxg5+ 35. Kg4 {Diagram #} Qf3+ 36. Kh4 Qf5 37. g4 Bf2+ 0-1

[Event "Manhattan Chess Club"]
[Site "Manhattan Chess Club"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Isaac Kashdan"]
[Black "Oscar Tenner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qb3 c5 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. e3 c4 11. Qc2 Ne4 12. Be2 Qe7 13. O-O b5 14. Be1 f5
15. b3 Bb7 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Rb1 Rfb8 18. Ba5 Bc6 19. Bxc4 Qa3 20. Bb3 Qd6 21.
Bc7 Qe6 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Ba4 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bxa4 25. Qxa4 Nc3 {Diagram #} 26.
Qxd7 1-0

[Event "7th olm final"]
[Site "Stockholm SWE"]
[Date "1937.08.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Christian Poulsen"]
[Black "Isaac Kashdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1937.07.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 c6 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxd5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bf4 Na5 12. Qb4 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8
15. Rac1 Re8 16. Qb1 f6 17. Nf3 e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Bg5 Qd7 20. e4 dxe4 21.
Nd2 e3 22. Bxe3 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qd5+ 24. Ne4 Nc4 25. Rcd1 Qc6 26. f3 h6 27. Qb3
Kh7 28. Bc5 Qe6 29. Ba3 a5 30. Rd3 a4 31. Qb4 Bf8 32. Qxa4 Bxa3 33. Rd7+ Re7
34. Qa7 Rxd7 35. Nf6+ Kh8 36. Nxd7 Rd8 37. Nxe5 Nxe5 38. Qxa3 {Diagram #} Rd2+
39. Kh1 Nxf3 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qa7+ Qf7 0-1

[Event "USA Ch"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Isaac Kashdan"]
[Black "Herbert Seidman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1940.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. b3
e5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Bb2 Ngxe5 12. Qc2 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 Nf6 14. Rac1
Be6 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bh3 a6 19. Qe3 Kf7 20. Qb6 Rc6
21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. Qe3 Rc8 {Diagram #} 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Bxe6+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Isaac Kashdan"]
[Black "Anthony Santasiere"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rrnbk1/1bqn1ppp/pp1p4/5NP1/P3P3/2N1B3/1PP1BQ1P/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #}  *

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1900.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "H.N. Pillsbury"]
[Black "W. Chalk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.12.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 {Diagram #} 5. Nxf6+ Qxf6 6. Nf3 Qf5
7. Bd3 Qa5+ 8. c3 c6 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Nc4 Qd8 13. Nd6+
Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Bc8 15. Ba3 h5 16. Qf3 Qd5 17. Qg3 h4 18. Qc7 Nd7 19. Rfe1 h3 20.
Be4 Qg5 21. Re3 hxg2 22. Bxg2 Qd8 23. Qd6 g6 24. Rxe6+ {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "ABC-207-February 2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Trapping"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b5/1p2k1p1/2pb1n2/8/8/4PQ2/5PP1/4K3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.12.17"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-207-February 2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Trapping"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7r/4kpQ1/3bpn1p/2p5/7P/4P3/6B1/4K3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.12.17"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-207-February 2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Discovery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/3q1p2/6p1/5b1p/4n3/4P3/2Q2P2/4K2R b K - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.12.17"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-207-February 2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q2k1/5p1p/6b1/3p4/Q3n3/3BP3/6P1/2B3K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.12.17"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-207-February 2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Trapping"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/p4pp1/1p6/3p4/2bQ4/2P1P3/P1qN1P2/R3K3 b Q - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.12.17"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-207-February 2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Skewer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "q5k1/5pp1/2r5/6pQ/1p1P4/6P1/1PP2P2/1K5R b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2009.12.17"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia, PA"]
[Date "2002.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Finegold, Ben"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Ben Finegold"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.06.29"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{Irregular King's Pawn: Owen} 1. d4 b6 {A Blatny specialty, although I must
say I was not prepared!} 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7.
Bxf6 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qxf6 9. O-O d6 {This position has occurred many times, but,
unfortunately, I did not know any of the games! The right plan for White is 10.
Nd2 e5 11.f4! Which I rejected during the game. Black is equal after my plan
of a4-a5..and trading off my weak pawn.} 10. a4 (10. Nd2 e5 11. f4) 10... e5
11. a5 O-O 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. axb6 axb6 14. Qe3 Ne7 15. Nd2 g5 $1 16. g3 Qg7 $1
17. f3 Bc6 18. Nc4 f6 $2 {This move shocked me! His queen on g7 put pressure
on d4, and now he allows me to maneuver my knight to the excellent e3 square
by blockinghisqueen!} 19. Qe2 Rxa1 $2 {This sequence of moves Blatny has
prepared leads to a wretched position. He simply overlooked a simple tactic.}
20. Rxa1 exd4 $2 21. cxd4 f5 22. c3 g4 $2 23. f4 $1 fxe4 24. Bxe4 {DIAGRAM Now
his planned 24...d5 fails to either 25.Ne5 dxe4 26.Nxc6 Nxc6 27.Qc4+ or 25.Bg2
dxc4 26.Bxc6 Nxc6 27.Qc4+ ... .Blatny overlooked the Qc4+ idea.} Bb5 (24... d5
25. Ne5 (25. Bg2 dxc4 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. Qxc4+) 25... dxe4 26. Nxc6 Nxc6 27.
Qc4+) 25. Bd3 Bc6 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Ne3 h5 28. Ra7 Rf6 29. Qc4 {Now mutual time
trouble makes the game a toss-up. Lucky for me, I did not blunder!} b5 30. Qb3
Nc8 31. Ra2 Qf8 32. Bxb5 Qe8 33. Bxc6 Qxe3+ 34. Kg2 Ne7 35. Qb5 Rf5 36. Qb8+
Kg7 37. Qxc7 d5 38. Bd7 Qf3+ {Funny thing was. ...I ONLY saw Qe4+ and this
move scared me! Stupid time trouble....} 39. Kg1 Qd1+ 40. Kf2 Qf3+ {Now with
time on my clock, I found the way to win...} 41. Ke1 $1 Qh1+ 42. Kd2 Qxh2+ 43.
Kd1 Qxa2 44. Bxf5 {Black has no escape and no perp.} Qa4+ 45. Kd2 Kf8 46. Qe5
Qa2+ 47. Bc2 Ng8 48. Qg5 ({Actually} 48. Qxh5 {or}) (48. Qe6 {are both faster.
Luckily all roads lead to Rome...}) 48... Qa6 49. Qxd5 Qf1 50. Qd6+ Kg7 51.
Qg6+ Kf8 52. Qd6+ Kg7 53. Qe5+ Kf8 54. Bb3 Qf2+ 55. Kc1 Qg1+ 56. Kb2 Qg2+ 57.
Ka3 Qa8+ 58. Ba4 Qf3 59. Qe8+ Kg7 60. Bb3 Nh6 61. Qe7+ {A difficult game.} 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/6pp/1p4n1/1NbPp3/4P1p1/6P1/PP3P1P/2R3K1 w - - 0 35"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1986.04.??"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

35. Rc2 {Diagram # Here "Vishy" with his usual speed, bashed out a move I
would never have considered.} Nh8 $1 {It took me a moment to figure out this
confusing move. Then I realized black was going to play Nf7-g5 or Nf7-d6 and
white's position is hopeless.} 36. Nc7 Nf7 37. Ne6 Ra8 38. a3 Nd6 39. b4 Bd4
40. Rc6 {I need to get my d pawn going or the extra piece will tell.} Nxe4 41.
d6 Nf6 42. Rc7 Ne8 43. Rc6 Ra7 44. Rc8 Kf7 45. Nd8+ Kf6 46. Nc6 Nxd6 47. Nxa7
Nxc8 48. Nxc8 Ke6 {Black gives back the piece. Anand thought his better king
and better minor piece would seal the deal. However, I will able to make
dangerous threats on the queenside even wihout my king.} 49. Na7 Kd5 50. a4 $1
Bc3 51. b5 Bb4 52. Nc6 Kc4 {Diagram #} 53. a5 $1 bxa5 54. Nxb4 $1 Kxb5 $1 55.
Nc2 {The ending that started with black having an extra piece has seen a
complete turnaround, and now white is ahead a knight! Luckily, for both if us,
the game is drawn.} Kc4 56. Kf1 Kb3 57. Ne1 a4 58. Ke2 a3 59. Kd2 a2 60. Nc2
Kb2 61. Na1 $1 ({The finish could have been} 61. Na1 Kxa1 62. Kc1 g5 63. Kc2 h5
64. Kc1 h4 65. Kc2 h3 66. Kc1 e4 67. Kc2 e3 68. fxe3 {Stalemate}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 {An unusual move. Black
prevents white from playing a later Bf4. Luckily, g5 is a fine square for the
bishop.} 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bg5 a6 8. e3 Be7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfd1 d6 12.
Rd2 Nbd7 13. Rad1 {Black has decided to play in hedgehog style. Now, the game
is about equal if black castles kingside, but, as Kotov once said "Dizziness
due to success...."} O-O-O $2 {Diagram # Clearly black wants to win, but this
is too much.} 14. b4 $1 h6 15. Bf4 e5 $2 {Much too anti-positional. Black
should play 15...Ne5. Now the reader should keep an eye on the weak f5 square}
(15... Ne5) 16. Bg3 g5 17. a4 Rdg8 $2 {Now the d6 pawn is weakened further,
and the h8 is trapped. Not Gelfand's best game!} 18. a5 bxa5 19. c5 $1 {It was
not necessary to sacrifice pawns, but, I wanted to get at his king first. At
age 19, sacrficing is easy!} g4 ({Black cannot play} 19... dxc5 $2 20. Nxe5 $1
Nxe5 21. Qf5+ {That f5 square!} Nfd7 22. Rxd7) 20. cxd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 gxf3 22.
Bxa6 $1 {Crashing through. Black is helpless.} Bxa6 23. Rxa6 axb4 24. Ra8+ Nb8
({If black plays} 24... Kb7 25. Ra7+ Kxa7 26. Nb5+ {wins neatly}) 25. Qf5+ {
Proving the point that 15...e5? was too weakening} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Nh3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
Be7 {This may look odd, but it actually makes a lot of sense! Black does not
want to trade bishops, as he will be left with the bad Bc8. Also, black wants
to attack with h6, g5 and the Bf4 allows black to gain back the tempo.} 9. Qb3
Kh8 10. Rad1 a5 11. c5 Nfd7 {Since black has a6 for his Queen's Knight, he
decides to put his King's Knight on d7, controlling e5 and c5, and preparing
g5 without the need for h6.} 12. Na4 g5 13. Bc1 Bf6 {Black has played quite
well, and now, I felt the need to open the center quickly, before black
develops his remaining forces.} 14. f3 h6 15. e4 Na6 16. a3 Rb8 $1 17. Qc2 b5
18. Nc3 b4 19. Na4 {Move 19 and no trades yet! A fascinating struggle all over
the board, as black has more space on the kingside and queenside!} bxa3 20.
bxa3 Nc7 $1 {Now I started to get worried about Ba6-c4-b3!} 21. Rfe1 Ba6 22.
Bf1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 fxe4 {Dmitry thought the game was dynamically balanced until
this point, and was quite critical of his choice here. Opening up the center
and f file only helps white.} 24. fxe4 Qe8 25. e5 Bd8 26. Nb6 $1 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1
Nxb6 28. cxb6 Nb5 29. Bb2 Bxb6 {Diagram #} 30. Qd1 $1 {I have used this idea
more than once. When I was a little boy, I remember looking at an old Tal game
where he used d1 to transfer his queen from one side of the board to the other.
} Bd8 31. a4 $1 {Taking time out to put the knight offsides before the
kingside onslaught.} Na7 32. Ba3 Be7 33. Bxe7 Qxe7 34. Qg4 Kg7 35. Nf4 {All of
white's pieces are attacking. The end is near.} Kh7 36. Nxe6 Rg8 37. Rf6 Rg6 {
Black did not wait for 38.Qf5 and resigned.} 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia, PA"]
[Date "2002.07.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Finegold, Ben"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Ben Finegold"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.06.29"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{Irregular King's Pawn: Owen} 1. d4 b6 {A Blatny specialty, although I must
say I was not prepared!} 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7.
Bxf6 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qxf6 9. O-O d6 {This position has occurred many times, but,
unfortunately, I did not know any of the games! The right plan for White is 10.
Nd2 e5 11.f4! Which I rejected during the game. Black is equal after my plan
of a4-a5..and trading off my weak pawn.} 10. a4 (10. Nd2 e5 11. f4) 10... e5
11. a5 O-O 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. axb6 axb6 14. Qe3 Ne7 15. Nd2 g5 $1 16. g3 Qg7 $1
17. f3 Bc6 18. Nc4 f6 $2 {This move shocked me! His queen on g7 put pressure
on d4, and now he allows me to maneuver my knight to the excellent e3 square
byblockinghisqueen!} 19. Qe2 Rxa1 $2 {This sequence of moves Blatny has
prepared leads to a wretched position. He simply overlooked a simple tactic.}
20. Rxa1 exd4 $2 21. cxd4 f5 22. c3 g4 $2 23. f4 $1 fxe4 24. Bxe4 {DIAGRAM Now
his planned 24...d5 fails to either 25.Ne5 dxe4 26.Nxc6 Nxc6 27.Qc4+ or 25.Bg2
dxc4 26.Bxc6 Nxc6 27.Qc4+ ... .Blatny overlooked the Qc4+ idea.} Bb5 (24... d5
25. Ne5 (25. Bg2 dxc4 26. Bxc6 Nxc6 27. Qxc4+) 25... dxe4 26. Nxc6 Nxc6 27.
Qc4+) 25. Bd3 Bc6 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Ne3 h5 28. Ra7 Rf6 29. Qc4 {Now mutual time
trouble makes the game a toss-up. Lucky for me, I did not blunder!} b5 30. Qb3
Nc8 31. Ra2 Qf8 32. Bxb5 Qe8 33. Bxc6 Qxe3+ 34. Kg2 Ne7 35. Qb5 Rf5 36. Qb8+
Kg7 37. Qxc7 d5 38. Bd7 Qf3+ {Funny thing was. ...I ONLY saw Qe4+ and this
move scared me! Stupid time trouble....} 39. Kg1 Qd1+ 40. Kf2 Qf3+ {Now with
time on my clock, I found the way to win...} 41. Ke1 $1 Qh1+ 42. Kd2 Qxh2+ 43.
Kd1 Qxa2 44. Bxf5 {Black has no escape and no perp.} Qa4+ 45. Kd2 Kf8 46. Qe5
Qa2+ 47. Bc2 Ng8 48. Qg5 ({Actually} 48. Qxh5 {or}) (48. Qe6 {are both faster.
Luckily all roads lead to Rome...}) 48... Qa6 49. Qxd5 Qf1 50. Qd6+ Kg7 51.
Qg6+ Kf8 52. Qd6+ Kg7 53. Qe5+ Kf8 54. Bb3 Qf2+ 55. Kc1 Qg1+ 56. Kb2 Qg2+ 57.
Ka3 Qa8+ 58. Ba4 Qf3 59. Qe8+ Kg7 60. Bb3 Nh6 61. Qe7+ {A difficult game.} 1-0

[Event "World op 30th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2002.07.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.06.29"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qd5 Nc5 9. Bg5 Qe8 {I think 9..Ne7 is a better way of playing. I was not
familiar with the 7.dxe5 line, so I was "winging" it.} (9... Ne7) 10. Re1 Qe6
11. Qd1 a6 12. Bf1 d5 $6 {This impatient move leads to a worse position. I
should have tried to sideline his bishop with 12...h6.} (12... h6) 13. exd6
Qxd6 14. Qxd6 cxd6 15. Nbd2 d5 16. Be3 Bg4 17. a4 Nd7 $6 {Once again, too
impatient. I should improve my position with 17...Rfe8 instead of going for
trades.} (17... Rfe8) 18. Bxb6 Nxb6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8
22. a5 Nd7 23. f3 Bf5 24. Nb3 Kf8 25. Kf2 g5 $6 {Weakens my pawn structure and
gives white more targets.} 26. Rd1 Bc2 $2 27. Rxd5 Nf6 28. Rd6 Bxb3 29. Rxf6
Be6 {When I played 29....Bc2(?) I thought the Rf6 would be trapped, or at
least offsides. Instead, his rook gets out easily and I am a pawn down.} 30. f4
$1 g4 31. Rh6 $1 Rd8 32. Rxh7 Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Rxb2 34. Rh5 Rb3 35. Rc5 Ke7 36. f5
Bd7 37. Kxg4 Kd6 38. Rc4 Ke5 39. Bd3 Bc6 40. g3 Ra3 41. h4 {Diagram # At least
I did not lose on time! Now I thought for 25 minutes in the hopeless position.
But, Smirin was getting tired (he had already played 6 GMs in the first 7
rounds!) and stated to play worse in the 5th and 6th hours.} f6 42. Kh5 $6 Bd5
$1 43. Rc8 Bc6 $1 {Now black has counterplay!} 44. Kg6 Rxc3 45. Rd8 Bb5 46.
Bxb5 Rxg3+ 47. Kf7 axb5 48. Rb8 Kxf5 49. Rxb7 Rb3 50. a6 $2 ({White has some
winning chances with} 50. Rb6) 50... Ra3 $1 51. Rxb5+ Kg4 52. Rb6 f5 {The only
move to draw, but easy to find!} 53. Kg6 f4 54. h5 f3 55. Rf6 f2 {We actually
got a standing ovation at the end of this game. This game ensured my first GM
norm with a round to spare.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Western Open Championship"]
[Site "Bay City"]
[Date "1963.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Finegold, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1963.07.04"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 {This was a Fischer favorite against the French, but, black should get a
good game, so this line is rarely played nowadays. Fischer always seemed to
have problems against the Winawer.} Rg6 9. Qe3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nbd7
12. h3 Qe7 13. Ne2 O-O-O 14. c4 {The game is pretty equal. Now the players
trade a lot of material and open up the game, which is good for white's two
bishops.} e5 $5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Nf4 Rg8 18. Be2 Kc8 19. Rd1
Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Qg3 Ng6 22. h4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Ne8 {An unusual ending has
occurred. White has two bishops and black has an isolated h pawn. However,
white's queenside pawns are also quite weak.} 24. h5 Bc8 25. h6 Qd6 26. Qg5+
Qe7 27. Qd5+ Qd6 28. Qg5+ Qe7 29. Qg3 Bf5 30. Qf4 Qe6 31. g4 Bg6 32. Qg5+ Qe7
33. Qd5+ Qd6 34. Be5 Qxd5 35. cxd5 {White has successfully undoubled his c
pawns. Black is worse, but still in the drawing zone.} f6 36. Bg3 Ke7 37. Kd2
Nd6 38. Ke3 b5 $2 {Diagram # This is the losing move. My dad told me he simply
missed Fischer's next move. He never expected white to voluntaily giv up the
two bishops. This, however, was a Fischer trademark; giving up one advantage
for another.} 39. Bxd6+ $1 Kxd6 40. Kd4 a6 41. c4 bxc4 42. Bxc4 a5 43. Ba2 {
Material is equal, but white has a better king, and black has trouble making
any moves.} f5 44. gxf5 Bxf5 45. Bb3 {Black was hoping for the blunder 45.Bb1?
which loses to 45...e3!} (45. Bb1 e3) 45... Bg6 46. Ba4 Bf5 47. Be8 $1 {
Diagram # Zugzwang!} Ke7 48. Ke5 Bg4 49. Bg6 $1 Bd7 50. Bxh7 c6 51. dxc6 Bxc6
52. Bxe4 Bxe4 53. Kxe4 Kf6 54. f4 {My dad told me years later "I knew whoever
won this game would go on to be World Champion.. ...."} 1-0

[Event "Chicago Spring Invitational"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin Finegold"]
[Black "Albert Chow"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2239"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.04.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Nxc6 Bb7 13. Bf3 a6 14. O-O Rc8 15.
Ne5 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Bb4 17. d5 e5 18. Ne4 Qf4 19. a3 Bc5 20. Re1 O-O 21. d6 f5
22. Qd5+ {Diagram #} Rf7 23. g3 hxg3 (23... Qxf3 24. Nf6+ Nxf6 25. Qxf3) 24.
hxg3 Qg4 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Spice Cup 2009"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2009.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Finegold, Ben"]
[Black "Kuljasevic, Davorin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qa5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 {In my pre-game"prep" I had only looked at 8...exd5. I wondered why black
did not play the text move, but, I was so busy looking at other lines, I
simply did not have the time to look further. Now I had to start thinking!} (
8... exd5) 9. e4 $1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ $2 {Black should preface this move
with 10...Nf6! This is actually a well-known position, but, not well known to
the players this game!} (10... Nf6) 11. Bd2 Qb2 12. Rb1 Qa3 13. a5 {White has
f antastic compensation for the pawn. Now Davorin thought for quite some time.
He wanted to end his positional troubles, and, he was successful.
Unfortunately, the tactical troubles did not end.} c5 $2 {Diagram #} 14. Ra1 $1
Qb2 15. Bc4 $1 {Black has no defense to 16.Ra2.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "0:05:33-0:08:33"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Arkadi Naiditsch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.07.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O a6 14.
Rb1 Qc7 15. Qh5 Nc5 16. Rb4 Qe5 17. Qh6 Rc8 18. Nf3 Qxc3 19. Rd4 Ke7 20. e5 Nd7
21. Qh4 Rhg8 {Diagram #} 22. Kh1 b5 23. h3 Rc4 24. Rxd7+ Kxd7 25. Qxf6 Qd3 26.
Qxf7+ Kc6 27. Qxe6+ Kb7 28. Re1 Rg6 29. Qf7+ Rc7 30. Qf4 Rc4 31. Qf8 Rc8 32.
Qe7+ Rc7 33. Qh4 Qc4 34. Nd4 Qxa2 35. Qe4+ Kb6 36. Qe3 Kb7 37. Qf3+ Kb6 38. Nb3
Rc2 39. Qe3+ Kb7 40. e6 Rxf2 41. Qe4+ Kb6 42. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "UTD INVITATIONAL"]
[Site "DALLAS"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. b3 e6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O (8... Nbd7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxg7) 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. e4 Bh7 11.
Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. a3 Bf6 14. d4 Bg5 15. f4 Be7 16. c4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf6
18. Nf2 Qb6 19. b4 (19. Qf3) 19... Qa6 (19... a5) 20. Rfe1 Rad8 21. Rac1 Qa4
22. Nd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 a5 {Diagram #} 24. Ra1 Rd7 (24... axb4 25. axb4 Qxb4 26.
Ba3) 25. Bc3 Rfd8 (25... axb4 26. axb4 Qb3 27. Reb1) 26. Qb1 b6 (26... Rxd4 27.
f5 (27. Bf3 c5)) 27. f5 exf5 28. Bf3 Ne4 (28... c5 29. d5 Ra7 30. bxa5) 29.
Rxe4 fxe4 30. Bd1 axb4 31. axb4 Qxa1 32. Qxa1 Bf6 33. Be2 Rxd4 {Diagram #} 34.
Kf2 (34. Qf1 Bg5 35. Qb1) 34... e3+ 35. Kf3 R4d6 36. g4 Re8 37. c5 bxc5 38.
bxc5 Bxc3 39. Qxc3 Rf6+ 40. Kg3 Rf2 41. Qd3 g6 42. h4 Re6 43. Qc4 Kf8 44. Qd3
Kg8 45. Qc4 Kf8 46. Qa6 Kg8 47. Qa8+ Kh7 48. Qa2 Ref6 49. Qc4 Re6 50. h5 g5 51.
Qd3+ Kg8 52. Qa6 Rxe2 53. Qxe2 Kf8 54. Kg2 Kg8 55. Kf1 Kf8 56. Qd3 e2+ 57. Ke1
Kg8 58. Qd8+ Kg7 59. Qc8 Kf6 60. Qf8 1-0

[Event "UTD INVITATIONAL"]
[Site "DALLAS"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Puchen"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. Rd1 e5 (10... O-O) 11. exd4 exd4 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Nexd4 Nxd4
14. Rxd4 Qb6 15. Be3 Bc5 16. a5 Qa7 {Diagram #} 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 (17... Rxf7 18.
Rd8+ Rf8 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Bxc5+) (17... Kxf7 18. Qc4+ Ke7 (18... Kg6 19. Nh4+
Kh5 20. Rd5+) 19. Re1) 18. Bb3 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 b6 20. axb6 Qb7 21. Bc5 Bg4 (21...
Rd8 22. Ng5) 22. Ne5 Rac8 23. Bxf8 Rxc2 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nd8+ Qd5 26. Bxd5+
Nxd5 27. b7 Rxb2 28. Bd6 1-0

[Event "UTD INVITATIONAL"]
[Site "DALLAS"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vedrickas, Tautvydas"]
[Black "Vazirova, Karina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 (6... Be7) 7.
Nge2 Nbd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Bd3 Bb4 (9... Bd6) 10. O-O O-O 11. f3 Re8 12. Bxg6 hxg6
13. e4 Qa5 14. e5 Nh7 15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Be3 f5 (16... Nxe5 17. Na4) (16... Bxc3
17. bxc3 Nxe5 18. Rb1) 17. Na4 Qc7 (17... Qd8 18. Qb3) 18. h4 Ndf8 19. Qb3 Ba5
20. h5 Qf7 21. hxg6 Nxg6 (21... Qxg6 22. Ne2) 22. f4 Nhf8 23. Qd3 Ne7 24. Kf2
Ne6 25. Nc5 (25. Rh1) 25... Nxc5 26. dxc5 g6 (26... d4) 27. Rh1 Qe6 28. Ne2 Kg7
29. Nd4 Qc8 30. Nf3 b6 31. Bd4 bxc5 32. Ng5 cxd4 33. Rh7+ {Diagram #} Kg8 (
33... Kf8 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. Qh3 Be1+ 36. Rxe1 d3 37. Qh7#) 34. Qh3 Be1+ 35. Rxe1
d3 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "UTD INVITATIONAL"]
[Site "DALLAS"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zorigt, Bayaraa"]
[Black "Hughes, Tyler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Ba6 15. Ne3
Nb6 (15... Na5 16. h5) 16. Ng5 Qe8 17. Ng4 Kh8 18. Rb1 Rb8 19. h5 (19. Nf6)
19... Qd8 20. Qd2 c4 (20... h6) 21. h6 g6 22. Nf6 Bxf6 23. exf6 Rc8 {Diagram #}
24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Nxe6 Qxf6 26. Nxf8 Nd4 27. Qe3 Kg8 28. Rxb6 Qxb6 29. Qe7 Ne2+
30. Kh2 Qd4 31. Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Foxwoods"]
[Date "2007.04.04"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Jerome B Hanken"]
[Black "Justin Sarkar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
a5 9. Nb5 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxd6 Qb6 15. f4
Qxd6 16. fxe5 Bxe5 17. Bf4 Nf5 18. Qd2 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Qe5 20. Re4 Qc7 21. Rf1
Rae8 22. Nc3 Kg7 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Ne4 b6 25. d6 Qd8 26. Qc3+ Nd4 27. b4 axb4
28. axb4 Re5 29. Kh1 (29. Re1 Be6) (29. Qa1) 29... Bc6 30. Rf4 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 {
Diagram #} g5 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Rf5 Rxe4 34. Rxc5 Qf6 35. Qa1 Re2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jerry Hanken"]
[Black "GM Dmitry Gurevich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. d4
Qe7 9. Qc2 a5 10. b3 Na6 11. a3 Bf5 12. e4 Bd7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Na4 Qa7 17. c5 Be6 18. b4 Nd7 19. Nec3 axb4 20. axb4 b5 21. cxb6
Nxb6 22. Nc5 Qxa1 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 25. Bf1 Bh6 26. Ne2 Be3 27. fxe3
Raxf1+ 28. Kg2 R8f2+ 29. Kh3 Rh1 30. Qxc6 Kg7 31. Qc7+ Kh6 {Diagram #} 32. Qxe5
(32. Qxb6) (32. Kg4) (32. Nf4) 32... Nd7 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Juan E. Dominguez"]
[Black "Jerry Hanken"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4
d6 9. Rc1 h6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. h4 a6 12. b3 Rb8 13. e4 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Nh2
Ncd4 16. Be3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Qd1 b4 20. Ne2 Nf5 21. h5 g5
22. Be4 Kh8 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Ng4 Bb7 25. Ne3 Rf3 26. d4 Qe8 27. dxc5 dxc5 28.
Qd6 Rd8 29. Qxc5 Qxh5 30. Qe7 {Diagram #} Rf7 31. Qxd8+ Rf8 32. Qxf8+ Bxf8 33.
f3 Bd6 34. Kg2 g4 35. Rh1 Bxf3+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Position 7 (page 40)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4Rpk1/6p1/4P1Kp/5P2/6P1/r6P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "White to play (page 40)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/p3k3/P7/1P2K3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "An easy draw (page 41)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/Pk6/2N5/8/1K6/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "b-pawn and entombed bishop"]
[Black "(page 41)"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/Bk6/1P6/1K6/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "White to play (page 41)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/Bpk5/8/P7/8/2K5/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "An injustice pattern (page 41"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p1k5/Pp6/1PpB4/2P1K3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Not for the lazy player?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/1p6/pP6/P2BK3/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Draw (page 41)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/R7/5P2/6K1/2b5/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Draw (page 41)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5k2/7K/7P/8/6R1/2b5/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "White to win"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/R4pk1/6p1/6P1/5P2/1b6/5K2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Draw (page 41)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4Q3/6pk/5r2/6KP/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Draw!"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/1kn5/3Kp3/8/4P3/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

 *

[Event "Bazna Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1
h6 9. Be2 e6 10. h3 Qd8 11. b3 b5 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. Bd1 Qa5 14. Bc2 Ne4 15. O-O
g5 16. Bh2 Bd6 17. Re1 Bxh2+ 18. Nxh2 Nd6 19. f3 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 f5 21. Nd2 Kd7
22. e4 Rab8 23. Nhf1 Qa3 24. Rab1 Rhf8 25. Ng3 Nb5 26. Ne2 Qa5 27. Qc1 Na3 28.
Rxb8 Rxb8 29. exd5 exd5 30. f4 Qa4 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Nf3 f4 33. Rf1 Re8 34. Qd2
Qc2 35. Qxc2 Nxc2 36. Kf2 {Diagram #} Ne3 (36... Rg8) (36... g4) 37. Rb1 g4 38.
Nh4 Re4 (38... f3) 39. Ng6 g3+ 40. Kf3 Nxg2 41. Ngxf4 Nxf4 42. Nxf4 Ne7 43.
Kxg3 (43. Rg1) (43. Nxd5 Nxd5 44. Kxe4 Nxc3+) 43... Kc6 (43... Re3+ 44. Kf2
Rxc3 45. Rb7+) 44. Kf3 Nf5 {Diagram #} 45. Nxd5 (45. Ng6) 45... Kxd5 46. Rb5+
Ke6 47. d5+ Kf6 (47... Ke5 48. d6+ Ke6 49. Rxf5 Kxf5 50. d7) 48. Kxe4 Nd6+ 49.
Kd4 Nxb5+ 50. Kxc4 Nd6+ {Diagram #} 51. Kd4 (51. Kc5 Ne4+ 52. Kb4 (52. Kd4 Ng5)
52... Ke5 (52... a5+ 53. Kc4 Nd6+ 54. Kc5 Ne4+ 55. Kc6 Nxc3 56. d6 Ke6 57. a3
Nd5 58. h4 Nf6 59. h5) 53. c4 Kd6 54. h4 Nf6 55. Kb5) 51... Nb5+ 52. Kd3 (52.
Kc4 Nd6+ 53. Kb4) 52... Ke5 53. c4 Nd6 54. h4 (54. c5 Ne4 55. Kc4 Nd2+) 54...
Nf5 55. h5 Kd6 56. Kc3 Kc5 57. Kb3 Nh6 58. Ka4 Kxc4 59. d6 Kc5 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 {Diagram #} 45. e4 Bb3
46. Ke3 Bd1 47. f4 Bc2 (47... e5 48. fxe5 (48. f5 Kc6) 48... Bc2 49. Kd4 Kc6)
48. Kd4 Kc6 49. Ke5 Kd7 50. Kf6 Ke8 (50... e5) 51. e5 Bb3 52. Bb4 Bc2 53. Kg7
Ba4 54. Kxh7 Bc2 55. Kg7 Bb3 56. Kf6 Bc2 57. Bd6 Bb3 {Diagram #} 58. a4 (58. f5
exf5 59. e6 Bxe6 60. h5 gxh5 61. g6 fxg6 62. Kxe6 Kd8 63. Kd5 Kc8 64. Kc6 g5
65. a4 f4 66. a5 f3 67. a6 f2 68. a7 f1=Q 69. a8=Q#) 58... Bxa4 59. f5 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 (71. g7 Bg8) (71.
Kh7) (71. Kg7 Bc2) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne7 10. Nde2 b5 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. a3 Bc5 14. b4 Bf2
15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Neg8 17. Ng3 h6 18. Nd1 Ba7 19. Be3 Bb8 {Diagram #} 20.
Bc5 (20. Rd2) 20... Ne7 (20... Bxd6 21. Bxd6) 21. Ne3 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Bb7 23. c4
Bc6 24. Kb2 Ng6 25. Ngf5 Kd8 (25... Rh7) 26. Nxg7 Ne8 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. Nf5 Re6
29. h4 h5 30. c5 Re8 {Diagram #} 31. g4 hxg4 (31... a5 32. a4) 32. h5 Nf4 (
32... Nh8 33. Bg2) 33. Nh6 gxf3 34. Nxf7+ Kc8 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 (35... Rf8) 36.
Nxe5 Kc7 37. h6 Rh8 38. h7 Bxe4 39. Rh4 Rxh7 40. Rxf4 Rh2+ 41. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Bazna Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Qa4 e6
15. Rc3 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 a6 17. Ne1 b5 18. Qc2 Nxd4 19. exd4 Bxd4 20. Bf3 Rxc3 21.
Qxc3 Bxc3 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxc3 Bxa2 24. Bf6 b4 25. Rc7 b3 26. Nd3 a5 27. Nc5
g5 28. Rb7 h6 29. Nxb3 a4 30. Nc5 Bd5 31. Rd7 a3 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Bxd8 Kg7 34.
Ba5 Kg6 35. Bc3 f6 36. f3 h5 37. Kf2 e5 38. g3 Kf5 39. Nd7 Bc6 40. Nc5 g4 41.
fxg4+ Kxg4 42. h4 a2 43. Bb2 Bd5 44. Nd3 Kf5 45. Ba1 Bc4 46. Nc5 Bd5 47. Bb2
Kg4 48. Na4 Bb3 49. Nc5 Bd5 50. Nd7 Kf5 51. Ke3 Bc6 52. Nb6 Kg4 53. Kf2 Kf5 54.
Nc4 Ke4 55. Ne3 Bd7 56. Nd1 Be6 57. Nc3+ Kd3 58. Ba1 {Diagram #} Bc4 (58... Kc2
) (58... Bf7) 59. g4 hxg4 60. h5 e4 61. h6 e3+ 62. Ke1 Bg8 63. Nxa2 f5 64. Be5
Ke4 65. Bc7 f4 66. Nc3+ Kf5 (66... Kd3 67. Nd5 f3) 67. Nd5 Bh7 (67... g3 68.
Nxf4 (68. Bxf4 Ke4) 68... Kg5) 68. Ke2 {Diagram #} g3 (68... f3+ 69. Kxe3 Kg6)
69. Kf3 e2 (69... g2 70. Kxg2 e2 71. Kf2 f3 72. Ba5) 70. Kxe2 g2 71. Kf2 f3 72.
Bb6 Ke6 73. Nc3 Kf7 74. Be3 Kg6 75. Nd5 Kf7 (75... Kh5 76. Nf6+ Kg6 77. Nd7)
76. Kxf3 Bb1 77. Nc3 Bc2 78. Kxg2 Kg6 79. Kg3 Kh5 80. Nd5 Kg6 81. Kh4 Bb1 82.
Bg5 Bc2 83. Nf6 Bf5 84. h7 Kg7 85. Bh6+ Kh8 86. Kg5 Bxh7 87. Bf8 Bg6 88. Kh6
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "kb6/B7/K1P1P3/8/8/3r4/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. e7 Rd8 2. exd8=N Bxa7 3. c7 Bb8 4. c8=B *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/b1p2p2/Bk6/4N3/8/8/5K2/N7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Bf1 Kb7+ 2. Kf3 Bd4 3. Nb3 Bxe5 4. Na5+ Ka8 (4... Kc8 5. Bh3+)
5. Nc6 Bd6 6. Ba6 f5 7. Ke3 Bg3 (7... Bf4+ 8. Kd4) (7... Bh2 8. Kd4 f4 9. Ke4
Bg3 10. Kf5 f3 11. Kg4) 8. Kd4 f4 9. Kd5 f3 10. Ke4 f2 11. Kf3 f1=Q+ 12. Bxf1
Kb7 13. Na5+ Kb6 14. Nc4+ *

[Event "Facebook"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lauchlan, Joseph"]
[Black "Cecutti, Stephen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.11.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 {Diagram #} Nf6 (3... Nc6) 4. e5 {Diagram #} d5 5.
Bb5+ Bd7 (5... Nfd7 6. e6 fxe6 7. Ne5 (7. Ng5) 7... Nc6 (7... g6) 8. Nxc6 bxc6
(8... Qb6 9. Nxa7) 9. Bxc6 Rb8 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qe5) 6. Qe2 Bxb5 7. Qxb5+ Qd7 8.
Qxc5 Ne4 9. Qe3 e6 {Diagram #} 10. d4 {Diagram #} (10. d3 Nc5 (10... Bc5 11. d4
(11. Nd4)) 11. d4 Ne4) 10... Nc6 11. O-O Be7 12. c3 O-O 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2
f6 15. f4 {Diagram #} Rf7 (15... fxe5 16. fxe5) 16. Nf3 f5 17. Bd2 Na5 18. b3 {
Diagram #} Rc8 19. c4 Nc6 20. c5 g6 21. b4 Nd8 22. a4 Rf8 23. b5 Kh8 {Diagram #
} 24. h4 Nf7 25. Rfb1 Nh6 26. a5 Ng4 27. Qc3 Rf7 28. a6 b6 {Diagram #} 29. cxb6
(29. c6 Qc7 30. Qb3 Rcf8 31. Bb4 Re8) 29... Rxc3 30. bxa7 {Diagram #} Rc8 31.
b6 Bc5 32. dxc5 Qc6 33. b7 (33. Ra5 Rxa7 34. bxa7 Ra8 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Rxa8
Qxa8 37. Rb5 Kh6 38. Rb7 -- 39. Ba5 -- 40. Bb6) 33... Qxc5+ 34. Kh1 Nf2+ 35.
Kh2 Ng4+ {Diagram #} 36. Kg3 Qf2+ 37. Kh3 Rff8 38. bxc8=Q Rxc8 39. Rb8 Qxa7 40.
Rxc8+ Kg7 {Diagram #} 41. Rc7+ Qxc7 42. a7 Nf2+ 43. Kh2 Ng4+ 44. Kg3 Qc5 45.
Be1 Kh6 46. a8=Q Kh5 47. Qd8 h6 {Diagram #} 48. Ra6 Qc2 49. Ra7 {Black Resigns}
-- 50. Qg5+ (50. Rh7 -- 51. Qg5#) 50... hxg5 51. Rh7+ Nh6 52. hxg5 1-0

[Event "2008-2009 Bundesliga"]
[Site "Katernberg GER"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stephan Berndt"]
[Black "Daniel Fridman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Nd7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. c3 Bc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Qf3 h6
15. Bf4 c6 {Diagram #} 16. Rad1 Bg4 17. Rxd8 Rfxd8 18. Qe3 Bxe3 19. Bxe3 Nd5
20. Bd4 b6 21. c4 Ne7 22. Re1 Be6 23. Bc3 Nf5 24. c5 Bd5 25. Re5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2
Rd5 27. g4 Nh4+ 28. Kg3 Rxe5 29. Bxe5 g5 30. Nd4 Rd8 31. f4 bxc5 32. Nxc6 Rd3+
33. Kf2 gxf4 34. Ke2 Re3+ 0-1

[Event "Groningen Open"]
[Site "Groningen NED"]
[Date "1998.12.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jacob Aagaard"]
[Black "Robert Kempinski"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. h3 Qe8 7. e3 Na6 8. Be2
Nh5 9. Bh2 f5 10. Rb1 f4 11. b4 c5 12. b5 Nc7 13. O-O b6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5
fxe3 16. fxe3 Bh6 17. Qd3 Bf5 18. e4 Bd7 19. Qb3 Nf4 20. Bc4 Qc8 21. e5 cxd4
22. e6 Be8 23. g3 Nh5 24. Kh1 Qc5 25. g4 Rc8 26. Bd3 Nf4 27. g5 Bg7 28. Bxf4
Rxf4 29. Nd2 Rh4 30. Rf3 h6 31. Ne4 Qc7 32. gxh6 Rxh6 33. Rg1 Qb7 34. Rfg3 Rh5
35. Rg5 Rxh3+ 36. Kg2 Re3 37. Rg3 Rxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Bh6 39. Rh1 Kg7 40. Bc4 Be3
41. Qb2 g5 42. Kg4 Bd7 43. Nxg5 Rxc4 44. Rh7+ Kg6 45. Rh6+ Kg7 46. Rh7+ Kg6 47.
Rh6+ Kg7 48. Qg2 Bxg5 49. Kxg5 Be8 {Diagram #} 50. Kf5+ Kxh6 51. Qg5+ Kh7 52.
Qh4+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2008 Olympiad"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hu Asabri"]
[Black "J Gemy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 Bd6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. b3
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Nf3
Qb2 15. Qd3 Bd7 16. Rfb1 Qa3 17. Nd4 Rac8 18. Rd1 Rfe8 19. Nc2 Qc5 20. Ne3 Be6
21. Qd4 Red8 22. Bf3 a5 23. Rd2 Kf8 24. Rad1 b6 25. Qf4 Qb5 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27.
Qxf5 Rc5 28. Qf4 Re8 29. Kg2 Ne4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Rd7 Rf5 32. Qd6+ Kg8 33. Re7
e3 {Diagram #} 34. a4 Qe5 35. Rxe5 Rfxe5 36. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Rising Stars vs Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2009.08.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 {
Diagram #} 8. Nb3 Qb4 9. Bd3 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxe4 12. O-O d6 13.
Re1 Qg4 14. f3 Qh5 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Rg8 18. a4 g5 19. Rab1 b6
20. h3 Qg6 21. a5 h5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Rxb6 g4 24. fxg4 hxg4 25. h4 Qh5 26. Qe2
Rc8 27. Reb1 Qxh4 28. Rb8 g3 29. Qb5+ Kf8 30. Qc6 Qg4 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Rf1
Rg6 33. Rf4 Qd7 34. Qe4 Kg8 35. Be3 e5 36. Rf1 f5 37. Qc4+ Qe6 38. Qc7 f4 39.
Qd8+ Kg7 40. Ra1 Rf6 41. Bb6 Bb7 42. Ra7 Qd5 43. Qd7+ Kh6 44. Qh3+ Kg5 45. Ra1
Rf8 46. Be3 Kg6 47. c4 Qe4 48. Bb6 Kg5 0-1

[Event "World Youth 2009"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vasudeva, Tanuj"]
[Black "Zuhri, Amier H.B.M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "11.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 Be7
8. Qe2 O-O 9. Bg5 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxc5 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Ne5 Rfc8 14.
Bc3 Be8 15. Bd4 Qa5 16. Kb1 b5 17. g4 h6 18. h4 Nd5 19. Qe4 Nf6 20. Qf3 Bd6 21.
Qh3 Nd7 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. g5 h5 24. Qf3 e5 25. Qxh5 exd4 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Rhe1
Be6 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Rxe6+ Kxe6 30. Qxg7 Be5 31. Bf5+ Kxf5 32. Qxf7+ Kg4 33.
Rg1+ Kh3 34. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "World Youth 2009"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Samritha, Palakollu"]
[Black "Irina, Galstyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "11.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 d5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14.
Qxd5 Bf5 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Ng3 Bxc2 17. Rac1 Bd3 18. Rfd1 Bxb2 19. Rc7 Ba6 20.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. h3 Bf6 22. Rxa7 Bc4 23. a4 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Ra1 25. Bh6 Bd5 26. Rd7
e6 27. Rc7 Bb7 28. Rxb7 Be5 29. Re7 f5 30. Rxe6 Re1 31. Rc6 f4 32. Nh1 f3+ 33.
g3 Re2 34. a5 Bd4 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. Rf8+ Ke7 37. Rxf3 Ra2 38. Bf8+ Ke6 39. Bh6
Rxa5 1-0

[Event "2009 World Youth"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pamatmat, Jarod"]
[Black "Nurlanov, Zhakshylyk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. h3 Qxb3 12. axb3 Nbd7 13. Bd2 O-O 14. O-O
Rfe8 15. f3 Bb4 16. Rfe1 a6 17. Re2 Nb6 18. Kf2 Rad8 19. Rc1 Re6 20. h4 Ree8
21. g4 Kf8 22. Rh1 a5 23. h5 gxh5 24. g5 Ng8 25. Rxh5 g6 26. Rh7 Re7 27. Rh3
Ree8 28. Kf1 Re7 29. Reh2 Bxc3 30. bxc3 a4 31. bxa4 Nxa4 32. Bc1 Ke8 33. c4 Nb6
34. Rh8 Kd7 35. c5 Na8 36. e4 Nc7 37. Bf4 dxe4 38. Bxe4 Ne6 39. Be5 Nxg5 40.
Rb2 Ke6 41. Bb1 Red7 42. Re2 Nxf3 43. Bg7+ Kd5 44. Ba2# 1-0

[Event "2009 World Youth"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Katz, Alena"]
[Black "Verbova, Elena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8.
Bd3 c4 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Bg5 Rf8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qc7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qd4 Qg5 17. f4 Qg6 18. Rf2 b6 19. Raf1 Bb7 20. h3 Rf7 21.
Kh2 Raf8 22. g4 Bc8 23. Bd1 h6 24. h4 Qh7 25. Kg3 g6 26. Kh2 Bb7 27. Qe3 Rd7
28. f5 exf5 29. gxf5 Rxf5 30. Bg4 Rxf2+ 31. Qxf2 Rd8 32. Be6+ 1-0

[Event "2009 WYCC ROUND 10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.11.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lin, Dachey"]
[Black "Golikov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd3 f5
9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qe8 12. Ba3 c5 13. dxc5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qe7
15. Ng5 bxc5 16. Rae1 Kh8 17. Bxe6 Qb7 18. Bxc5 Bxe6 19. Bxf8 Nbd7 20. Rxe6
Nxf8 21. Re3 Qd5 22. Ne4 Qf5 23. Qa4 Ng4 24. Rf3 Qe5 25. Ng3 Nf6 26. Qc6 Rd8
27. Qb7 h5 28. Rf5 Qe6 29. Nxh5 Rd7 30. Qf3 Rd6 31. Nxf6 gxf6 32. Qg4 Nh7 33.
h3 Qxa2 34. Rc5 Qf7 35. Rc8+ Nf8 36. Re1 Kh7 37. Qb4 Re6 38. Rxe6 Nxe6 39. Qh4+
1-0

