[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram A"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2010.01.20"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 {Diagram #} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram B"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. Bxe4 dxe4
8. Qxe4 Be6 9. dxe5 Bd5 10. Qg4 h5 11. Qh3 Qe7 12. f4 Qe6 13. Qxe6+ fxe6 14.
O-O Bc5+ 15. Kh1 O-O-O 16. Nc3 Bc6 {Diagram #} *

[Event "Tilburg 30/236"]
[Site "Tilburg 30/236"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anatoli Karpov"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. Bxe4 dxe4
8. Qxe4 Be6 9. Qxe5 Qd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Be3 Bb4 12. Nc3 f6 13. Qg3 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 h5 15. h4 g5 16. f3 Rdg8 17. Rf2 Qc6 18. Bd2 g4 19. f4 Bc4 {Diagram #} 20.
d5 Bxd5 21. f5 Re8 22. a3 Re4 23. Re1 Rhe8 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Kh2 Qc5 26. Bf4
Re1 27. Bd2 Ra1 28. Qe3 Qd6+ 29. Rf4 b6 30. c4 Bxc4 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32. Rxd4 Bb5
33. Bh6 Rxa3 34. Bg7 Bd7 35. Rf4 Ra5 36. Bxf6 Bxf5 37. c3 Be6 38. Kg3 Rd5 39.
Re4 Kd7 40. Be5 Rd2 41. Kf4 Rxg2 42. Kg5 Rc2 43. Kxh5 g3 44. Bxg3 Rxc3 45. Be5
Rc4 46. Re3 Bd5 47. Ra3 Ke6 48. Bg3 Kf5 49. Kh6 a5 50. Kg7 Kg4 51. Kf6 a4 52.
Re3 Bf3 53. Be1 Rc1 54. Re7 Kh3 55. Bd2 Rc4 56. Re3 Kg2 57. Be1 Rc1 58. Bd2 Rd1
59. Bc3 c5 60. Re7 b5 61. Be5 a3 62. Rh7 b4 63. h5 b3 64. h6 b2 65. Rg7+ Kf2
66. Bg3+ Ke3 0-1

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pandian Karthikeyan"]
[Black "H Catelli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 Na6
9. Be2 Nc5 10. Nd2 c6 11. O-O a4 12. Rb1 Qa5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. f4 h6 15. fxe5
Nfxe4 16. Ndxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 hxg5 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Rxf6 dxe5 20. Bd3 Kg7 21.
Rbf1 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 cxd5 23. Bxg6 e4 24. Bh5 Be6 25. Qe2 a3 26. cxd5 Qxd5 27.
bxa3 Rxa3 {Diagram #} 28. Qb2 1-0

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "A Gallego Alcaraz"]
[Black "Ra Morales"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "1941"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 h6 6. O-O Be7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. Rd1
exd4 9. Rxd4 c6 10. a4 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Rf1 Re8 13. Ba2 d5 14. exd5 Bc5 15.
d6 Qb6 16. Re4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qa6 18. Bc4 Qxa4 19. b3 Qa3 {Diagram #} 20. Bxf7+
Kxf7 21. Neg5+ hxg5 22. Nxg5+ Kf8 23. Qh5 1-0

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Baskaran Adhiban"]
[Black "Sergio Mig Garcia Fuentes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Nd5 exd5 11. exd5 Be7 12. g5 Nfd7 13. Nc6 Qc7 14. Nxe7 Kxe7
15. Qd4 Kf8 16. Re1 Nc5 17. Bf4 Nbd7 18. Re3 Nb6 19. Rae1 Rg8 20. Qxb4 a5 21.
Qxa5 f5 22. Qb5 Nxd5 {Diagram #} 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arno Bomans"]
[Black "Giorgi Margvelashvili"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2085"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. e4 Qc7 7. Nc2 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O d6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Re1 Rac8 14. b4 Qb8 15.
Ne3 Qa8 16. f4 g6 17. a3 Nh5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qxd7 Bf6 21. Ng4
exf4 22. Bxf4 Bg7 23. Bg5 Rxc4 24. Nh6+ Kh7 25. Nxf7 Rg4 26. g3 {Diagram #} Bc8
27. Qc7 Nxg3 28. hxg3 Rxf7 29. Qd6 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Russia, Leningrad"]
[Site "Russia, Leningrad"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Igor Arkadievich Zaitsev"]
[Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 (6. Qe2 Nxe5 7.
Bxe4 dxe4 8. Qxe4 Be6 9. dxe5 (9. Qxe5 Qd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. c3 Bd6 12. Qa5 Bd5
13. Qxd5 (13. Qxa7 Qg4) 13... Bxh2+) 9... Bd5 10. Qg4 h5 11. Qh3 Qe7 12. f4 g5)
6... Qe7 7. Nxh8 Nc3+ 8. Kd2 Nxd1 9. Re1 Nxf2 10. Bxh7 {Diagram #} Ne4+ 11.
Rxe4 dxe4 12. Bg6+ Kd8 13. Nf7+ Ke8 14. Nd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "E Crespo"]
[Black "Martin Ondrus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. a4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. a5 Nd7 14. Na4 Bxa4 15.
Rxa4 Qc7 16. c4 Bf6 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Nc5 19. Ra3 Rfd8 20. Rc1 Qe7 21. b4
e5 22. Qd2 Ne6 23. Bh3 Rc7 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Rd3 Rcd7 26. Rd5 h6 27. Rd1 Kf8
28. Qe3 f6 29. Kg2 Rc8 30. c5 Rcd8 31. cxd6 Rxd6 {Diagram #} 32. Qc5 Ke7 33. f4
exf4 34. e5 f3+ 35. Kf2 1-0

[Event "48th World Junior Championship"]
[Site "Puerto Madryn ARG"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "P Salinas Herrera"]
[Black "Dariusz Swiercz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Be2 Rg8 13. Bh5 Rg7 14. Qe2
Kb8 15. Rd3 Rc8 16. Kb1 Na5 17. e5 fxe5 18. fxe5 d5 19. Rf1 Be8 20. Nxa5 Qxa5
21. Qe3 Bc5 22. Qh6 Rxg2 23. Bxf7 Bxf7 24. Rxf7 d4 25. Nd1 Rxc2 26. Qxe6 {
Diagram #} Ba3 27. Qh6 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.01.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wiemer"]
[Black "Winz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 e6 6. Bc4 Be7 {Diagram #} 7.
O-O O-O 8. Qe2 c5 9. Be3 a6 10. Rad1 b5 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Bd3 Bxc5 13. Ng5 Bxe3+
14. Qxe3 Qxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Ng4+ 16. Kg3 Nxe3 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Rxf7 Nd7 19. Rh1
Ra7 20. Nce4 Rc7 21. Bf5+ Kg8 22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rh7+ Kg8 24. Bxe6+ Rf7 25.
Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Ne6+ {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "ABC-#208-March-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Trapping"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p1k4/2b5/8/B1p5/8/P1K5/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-#208-March-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Removing the guard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r1k/6p1/3b3p/4q3/8/5N2/6PP/3Q1R1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-#208-March-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "q1n5/7k/6pp/8/3Q4/8/1B6/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-#208-March-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/2q2pp1/5n2/8/p7/4Q3/1P4PB/7K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-#208-March-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Back row"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r6k/q5pp/8/8/8/8/5QPP/5R1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-#208-March-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/6n1/3n2k1/4BrPp/2R2R1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian, V."]
[Black "Esen, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]

{This game was played in the 1st round of world team Chess Championship in
Turkey and it was important for me to have a good start so I can help our team
to fight for the medals.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6.
Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 {
another possible move here for black is 13..Qb8} 12. e4 e5 13. Bg5 exd4 (13...
Rfe8 14. Rac1 a6 (14... Rac8 15. Qd2 {white is slightly better}) 15. dxe5 Nxe5
16. Bxf6 gxf6 (16... Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 gxf6 18. g3 {white is slightly better}) 17.
Nd4 Ng6 18. g3 {White is slightly better due to the better pawn structure and
the weaknesses that black has.}) (13... b4 14. Na4 exd4 15. Bxf6 gxf6 (15...
Nxf6 16. Rxd4 c5 17. Rxd6 Qxd6 18. e5 {with a big advantage for white}) 16.
Nxd4 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Be5 18. Nf5 {white a good compensation for the sacrificed
pawn and has good attcking chances.}) 14. Rxd4 Ne5 {New move but we have
prepeard for this move before the game my teammeate GM Ray Robson metioned
this move to me before the game and we started to analyze this position and
this gave me lot of confidence since I knew exactly what to do to obtain a
nice advantage.} (14... b4 15. Rad1 Bc5 16. Rxd7 Nxd7 17. Na4 Bb6 18. Be7 {
this was played in my game vs GM Beccera from the 2009 US Championship where
white is slightly better.}) 15. g3 $1 {Diagram # Restricting blacks dark
square bishop and controlling some important squares and also this move gave
me a luft which will be very important in the endgame.} (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nh4
Ng6 17. Nf5 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5 19. Qd2 Bc8 $1 {position is unclear.}) 15... Bc5
16. Rd2 Nfg4 ({we have also analized this possibility for black} 16... Neg4 17.
Bxf6 Bxf2+ 18. Kh1 Ne3 (18... gxf6 19. Nh4 Ne3 20. Qc1 b4 21. Nb5 Qe7 22. Nd6
$18 {white has a winning position because of a very strong attack and also
blacks knight on e3 and the bishop on on f2 are trapped.}) 19. Qc1 gxf6 20.
Nxb5 $1 Qe7 21. Nd6 Rad8 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Bf1 (23. Nd4 c5 {
position is very unclear}) 23... Qb6 24. b3 Nxf1 25. Qxf1 Rxd2 26. Nxd2 Qd4 27.
Nf3 Qc3 28. Kg2 {and white is still slightly better but it is extremly
difficul for black to find all this good moves.}) 17. Nd1 $1 Bb4 18. Rd4 Ba5 (
18... c5 19. Rxb4 {winning immediately.}) 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 (19... Qxe5 20. Rd7
Qxg5 (20... Bc8 21. Bf4 Qh5 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. Rd3 Bb6 24. a4 {
white has a small edge}) 21. Rxb7 {white is sightly better}) 20. Ne3 f6 (20...
Bb6 21. Rdd1 {
white is slighly better due to the more active pieces and better development})
21. Bf4 Bb6 22. Rdd1 Rad8 23. a4 {Idea behind this move is put more pressure
on the black pawns on the queenside and induce some more weaknesses.} a6 24.
Nf5 g6 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 (26... Rxd8 27. Qe6 Qf7 28. Qxe5 $1 {
Diagram #} Bxf2+ $3 (28... fxe5 29. Bxe5+ Kg8 30. Nh6+ Kf8 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32.
Rd1 {and white is up a pawn with a winning endgame.}) 29. Kg2 (29. Kxf2 $4 fxe5
30. Bxe5+ Kg8 {
my knight is pinned and I dont have the Nh6 fork which is the main idea.})
29... gxf5 30. Qc7 Qxc7 31. Bxc7 Rd7 32. Kxf2 Rxc7 33. exf5 $14 {
with a small endame advantage for white}) 27. Rd1 Qe8 28. Nd6 Qe7 29. Be3 {
here I could have played stronger} (29. Bh6 $1 Rd8 (29... Ra8 30. Be3 Bxe3 31.
Qxe3 Nf7 32. Nxf7+ Qxf7 33. Rd6 {
is the better version of what happend in the game for white}) 30. Nxb7 Rxd1+
31. Bxd1 Qxb7 32. Qe6 $18 {white is winning becaue of the mating threat from
e8 and the pawn in hangin on f6.}) 29... Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Nf7 31. Nxb7 Qxb7 32. a5
$1 {Diagram # important to fix the a6 weakness and get the  b6 square for my
queen also a5 pawn will be very valuable in the endgame.} Re8 33. Rc1 c5 {
and this point my opponent was in time pressure but maneged to find the 
strong c5! to give him some drawingchances} 34. Qxc5 {this is stronger then} (
34. Rxc5 Qxe4 35. Qxe4 Rxe4 36. Rc7 Rxe2 37. Rxf7 Rxb2 38. Rxf6 b4 39. Rxa6 Ra2
40. Rb6 Rxa5 41. Rxb4 {and black should be able to draw this endgame}) 34...
Qxe4 35. Bf1 Qe6 36. Bg2 Ne5 37. Qb6 Nd3 38. Rd1 (38. Rc7 Qf5 39. Bh3 Re1+ 40.
Bf1 {now white is winning}) 38... Nxb2 39. Rd8 Kg7 {
Again my opponet finds the only move otherwise he is losing immediately.} 40.
Rxe8 Qxe8 41. Qxa6 {Now first time control is reached and I have a winning
position thanks to the strong passed pawn on a5.} Nc4 42. Qb7+ Kh6 43. a6 Qe1+
44. Bf1 Nd2 45. Qxb5 g5 (45... Nf3+ 46. Kg2 Qe4 47. Qe2 Ne1+ (47... Nh4+ 48.
Kh3 Qf5+ 49. Qg4 {white is winning}) 48. Kh3 Qf5+ 49. g4 {
winning position for white}) 46. Qd3 {also winning is} (46. Qe2 Qc1 47. a7 Nxf1
48. Qxf1 Qa3 49. Qh3+ Kg6 50. Qd7 {white is winning.}) 46... Nxf1 47. Qxf1 Qa5
48. Qh3+ Kg6 49. Qe6 Qa4 50. Qg8+ Kh6 51. Qa8 f5 52. a7 {
I was glad to help our team with this win to win the first match 3-1 vs Turkey!
} 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White " Onischuk , Alexander "]
[Black "Adly,  Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.05"]

{Hikaru had a rest against Egypt, so I played board one in this match. My
opponent, a young and talented GM, had a very good tournament in Bursa. I knew
him a little bit from Khanty-Mansiysk where he lost to my friend Viorel
Bologan in the first round.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7
6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 {
A rare continuation. The two main moves in this position are:} (9... a6) (9...
b5) 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. h3 e4 12. Ng5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bf5 14. f3 Rae8 15. Ngxe4 Nxe4
16. fxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. Bc2 Re7 {Diagram # All this was
already played before, but of course we did not know it during the game. I
think objectively the position is equal, but Black still has to be careful.
The position can get open and two bishops might become very dangerous.} 20. e4
Rfe8 21. a4 Rxe4 $1 {
a correct decision. Black should have enough compensation for the exchange.}
22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Bd2 $1 Nd5 (23... Rxd4 {would be a big mistake} 24. Be3 Rxd1+
25. Rxd1 Nd5 26. Bxa7 {and White is winning}) 24. Re1 Re7 ({again} 24... Rxd4 {
was bad} 25. Re8+ Bf8 26. Be1 $1 {and Black is in trouble. For example:} Rc4 (
26... Nf4 27. Rb8 Rd7 28. Bb4 Ne6 29. Bxf8 Nxf8 30. Re1 f5 31. Ree8 Rf7 32. a5
a6 33. Ra8 g6 34. Reb8 Kg7 35. Ra7 $18) 27. Rb8 b6 28. Bg3 {
and he is going to lose some material}) 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. a5 Bf6 27. Ra4 Kf8
28. Rc4 {Diagram #} Ke7 $2 {
My opponent's only mistake in this game. He should have played} (28... a6 {
when it seems that he has a fortress. I would probably try to advance my pawns
on the king side, but I doubt it can give something real.}) 29. a6 {
Now my rook gets some open files which gives me a big advantage} bxa6 ({
I think he missed that after} 29... b6 30. Rxc6 Bxd4+ 31. Kf1 Kd7 (31... Bxb2
32. Rc8 {and he is losing one of the pawns on the queen side}) {I have} 32. Rc2
) 30. Bc3 Kd6 31. Ra4 Nc7 32. Kf2 Kd5 33. Ke3 Nb5 {Diagram #} 34. Kd3 $1 {
the pawn on a6 will not go away. The rest of the game is not very difficult.
The position is already won, I just need to collect his weak pawns.} Bh4 35.
Rxa6 f5 36. Bb4 Bf6 37. Bc5 Nxd4 38. Bxd4 Bxd4 39. Ra5+ $1 c5 40. b3 {
Now Black is losing the a7 pawn.} h5 (40... Ke5 41. Kc4) 41. Rxa7 h4 42. Rd7+
Ke6 43. Rc7 {Threatening b4.} Kd6 44. Rc8 Kd7 45. Ra8 Bf6 46. Ra6 $1 Bg5 47.
Ra7+ Ke6 48. Rxg7 Bf4 49. Ra7 Kd5 50. Ra5 Bc7 51. Rb5 Bd6 52. Ke3 Kc6 53. Ra5
Kb6 54. Ra4 Bg3 55. Kd3 Kb5 56. Ra7 Kb6 57. Rf7 Kb5 58. Rxf5 Kb4 59. Kc2 c4 60.
bxc4 Kxc4 61. Kd2 Kd4 62. Ke2 Ke4 63. Ra5 Kf4 64. Ra4+ Kf5 65. Kf3 Be1 66. Rc4
1-0

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Donetsk"]
[Date "2010.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hess, Robert"]
[Black "Ezat, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Robert"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.20"]

{This game was played in round 4 of the World Team Championship in our match
vs. Egypt. We had lost round 3 to Russia and were sitting both Hikaru and Yury
to allow me to man board 3 and Ray handle board 4.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 {
I succeeded in suprising my opponent after only three moves! I had only played
the Panov once before and that game was never published.} cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3
Nc6 {I had prepared for this line as my opponent had played it several times
in the past, but was expecting} (5... g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5) 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5
Nxd5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nb6 {This was the exact line he had played in the
past, but also interesting (and played more frequently) is} (9... e6 10. Qxb7
Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14. Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qxd5 (15. Bg5+
f6 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Be3) 15... exd5 16. Be3 $11) 10. Be3 e6 11. O-O-O Be7 12.
f4 {I switched my move order purposely, but the main line is as follows:} (12.
d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 Qc7 15. Kb1 O-O 16. f4 Nb4 17. Rd4 Nc6 18. Rd1
$14 {due to the open space and two bishops}) 12... Qc8 $4 {A huge blunder,
whereas black could have forced a trade of queens with a slight disadvantage.
Instead, this allows white to take full control of the game.} (12... O-O 13. f5
$5 (13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Qc8 16. Kb1 Nb4 17. Rd4 Qf5+ 18. Bd3
Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 20. Rxd3 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. Rd1 a6 23. Rd7 b5 {
Where Rybka suggests equality, but in reality is much easier to play with
white due to a rook on the seventhrank}) 13... exf5 14. d5 Ne5 15. Kb1 Ng4 (
15... Bd6 16. Nb5 Ng4 17. Bd4 Re8 (17... Be5 18. h3 Bxd4 19. hxg4 Be5 20. Bd3
$36)) 16. d6 $1 Bh4 (16... Bxd6 17. Nb5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Nc8 19. Nxd6 Nxd6 20. Qb4
$16) 17. Bh3 $13) 13. f5 $1 O-O (13... e5 14. dxe5 Qxf5 15. Bd3 Qxe5 16. Rhe1
$40) (13... exf5 $4 14. d5 Ne5 15. d6 Bf6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. d7+ Nxd7 18. Bb5 {
With white ending up with an extra knight for two pawns and too little
compensation} (18. Rxd7 $5 Kxd7 19. Qxf7+ Kd6 20. Bb5 $40)) 14. fxe6 Na5 (14...
fxe6 15. Bh3 Nd8 16. d5 $18) {My move is the fourth in a row with this pawn.
The g-pawn traveled across three files, winning a pawn, before finally being
captured.} 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Qc2 ({Not} 16. Qb5 $2 Nac4 {
Which gives black the initiative with an impending attack on the white king.})
16... Nac4 17. Bd3 Qh3 18. Kb1 {Before playing this safe move, I was worried
about our team. I was pretty confident that I was going to win at this point,
but Ray was in deep trouble. Var seemed to have no problems and the draw that
eventually occurred was likely, while Alex was in an endgame where only he
could win, but black had chances to split the point. Taking all this into
account, I wanted to win as quickly as I could to put pressure on the Egyptian
team.} Rc8 19. Qb3 g6 20. Nd5 $1 {After this move, things were pretty simple.}
Bh4 21. Nxb6 Nxb6 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Qxh2 (23... Kg7 $4 24. Bxg6 $1 Kxg6 (
24... hxg6 25. Bh6+) 25. Rg1+ Bg5 26. Qd3+ Kg7 27. Rxg5+ Kh8 28. d5 $18) 24. a4
$5 ({The move I played is of high quality, but the following move is much
better according to our lovely nonhuman friend (Rybka). Both are winning for
white though..} 24. Qe6 $1 Bd8 (24... Kg7 25. Bh6+ Kxh6 26. Qxf7 $18) 25. Bxg6
hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Rg7 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Qxd8 $18) 24... Qd6 25. a5 Nd5 26. Bh6 Rd7
27. Rc8+ Bd8 28. Bb5 {A classic example of removing the guard. Black's rook is
forced to move, and I just attack the d5 square, winning the knight.} Re7 {
Ray had drawn his game by the time this move was played, and I could see John
trying to hide a smile. He knew the end was near.} 29. Rc5 Qe6 30. Qxd5 Qxd5
31. Rxd5 Bc7 32. Bc4 Kh8 33. Bg5 {And black conceded defeat. I won the first
game I ever played in an international team tournament. Honestly is quite an
amazing feeling, and I was honored simply to be included on the team!    But
you know what's funny? -- I got a serious handshake from John, but he simply
went back to his chair, a serious look on his face even though we had
essentially locked up the match. The signs of a great captain!} 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "Nakamura,H"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.01.09"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 $5 {According to theory this variation is supposed to be bad
for Black. The first time this variation came to my attention in 2008 when I
played in the Montreal International.    In the first round of the tournament
my good friend, GM Pascal Charbonneau, won a nice miniature in this variation.
Later on, I found out that another friend, FM Jack Yoos also has played the
variation. In many ways, they both inspired me to take up this variation, and
I will definitely be buying the next round of drinks we have together!} 10. b4
f5 11. c5 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. Nc4 g5 14. a4 Ng6 15. Ba3 Rf7 16. b5 (16. a5 h5 17.
b5 dxc5 18. b6 $1 (18. Bxc5 g4 {This transposes back into the game.}) 18... g4
19. bxc7 Rxc7 20. Nb5 g3 21. Nxc7 Nxe4 $1 {Beliavsky-Nakamura, NH Chess
Tournament 2009    Although I went on to win this game, the variations remain
far from clear.}) 16... dxc5 17. Bxc5 h5 18. a5 g4 19. Kh1 g3 20. b6 Bf8 21. d6
$1 $146 (21. Bg1 {
This was the variation played in the game which first caught my attention.} Nh4
22. Re1 Nxg2 $1 23. Kxg2 Rg7 24. Nxe5 gxh2+ 25. Kh1 Nxe4 $1 {0-1 Roozmon-Charbo
nneau, Montreal 2008    Had I not stayed at the Charbonneau's house in
Montreal during that tournament, I very well might have never noticed this
variation! Fortunately, I did and it has rekindled my love for the Kings
Indian.}) (21. Bxf8 $4 {Shortly after this game, I noticed on various chess
websites that a few people thought this was winning for White. In reality, it
simply loses on the spot!} Nxe4 $1 22. Nxe4 Qh4 23. h3 Bxh3 {
and I win due to the mating threats on h2.}) 21... axb6 22. Bg1 (22. axb6 Rxa1
23. Qxa1 cxd6 24. Rd1 Ng4 $1 25. fxg4 Qh4 26. Bg1 hxg4 {
Black should be winning here with f3 and g2 coming in the next couple of moves.
}) (22. dxc7 Qxd1 23. Rfxd1 Bxc5 24. Nxb6 Bxb6 25. axb6 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Kg7 {
Although it is not easy for Black to untangle the pieces, this should be
winning in the long run.}) 22... Nh4 23. Re1 Nxg2 24. dxc7 $4 {A surprising
blunder played under immense pressure. It turns out that 24.Kxg2 draws, but to
paraphrase the Matrix, "We are still only human!"} (24. Kxg2 Rg7 25. dxc7 (25.
hxg3 Qd7 $5 (25... Rxg3+ {This is a slightly safer variation and I probably
would have chosen it in the game.} 26. Kh1 Rh3+ 27. Bh2 Ng4 28. Qd5+ Kh7 29.
Qf7+ Bg7 30. fxg4 Rxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Qh4+ 32. Kg2 Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Qh3+ 34. Kg1 Qg3+
35. Kf1 Qh3+ 36. Kf2 Qg3+ {With a forced repitition of moves.}) 26. g4 hxg4 27.
fxg4 Nxg4 28. Bxg4 Rxg4+ {Wild tactical complications abound here, and it is
unclear who is playing for what.}) 25... gxh2+ 26. Kh1 hxg1=Q+ 27. Rxg1 Qxc7 {
There is still a lot of play left here, although the position is roughly
balanced.}) 24... Nxe1 25. Qxe1 (25. cxd8=Q g2#) 25... g2+ $1 (25... Qxc7 26.
hxg3 {
Black is still significantly better here, but it will require some work now.})
26. Kxg2 Rg7+ 27. Kh1 Bh3 28. Bf1 Qd3 $3 {A complete shocker. At this point,
Boris sunk into a deep think and started shaking his head. Indeed, there
really is no worse feeling than when you think you have weathered the storm
only to face more unpleasant surprises.} 29. Nxe5 Bxf1 30. Qxf1 Qxc3 31. Rc1
Qxe5 32. c8=Q Rxc8 33. Rxc8 Qe6 0-1

[Event "7th World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Robson, R."]
[Black "Postny, E."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Robson,Ray"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.11"]

1. e4 c6 {A surprise for me. Postny is an expert in the Ruy Lopez after 1...e5
so that is what I mainly prepared for.} 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 $5 {I had prepared
the two knights for Baadur Jobava in the World Cup so I still had some ideas
in this line.} Bg4 (3... dxe4 {is the main line after 3.d4, but here it is not
so good because of the development of my kingside knight.} 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3
Bg6 6. h4 $1 h6 7. Ne5 Bh7 8. Qh5 g6 9. Bc4 $1 e6 10. Qe2 {
White threatens Nxf7 and is clearly better due to black's h7 bishop.}) 4. h3
Bxf3 (4... Bh5 {is another move. The best way for white to play is} 5. exd5
cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. g4 $1 Bg6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. d4 e6 10. Qe2 {
when white retains the initiative.}) 5. Qxf3 e6 {This is more flexible than
Nf6 as black may want to develop his other pieces first.} 6. Be2 {Not the most
popular nor the most aggressive-looking move but black still doesn't have easy
equality.} (6. d3 Nd7 7. Bd2 {is the main line, followed by queenside castling.
}) 6... Nd7 7. d3 Ngf6 (7... Bd6 {was interesting to stop Qg3.}) 8. Qg3 $1 {
Now black will probably have to make a concession by playing g6.} Qb8 $5 {
I hadn't prepared for this move.} (8... g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bf4 Qb6 $1 {
has been known to be fine for black since Smyslov-Botvinnik 1958.}) 9. f4 ({
After} 9. Bf4 {I was worried about} e5 10. Bd2 dxe4 11. dxe4 ({or} 11. Nxe4
Nxe4 12. dxe4 Nc5) 11... Nc5 {
because white will be forced to make some move like Qf3.}) 9... g6 10. O-O (10.
Be3 {probably made more sense as it stops Bc5+.}) 10... Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Qc7 {
Black just improves his queen's position. The reason he can do this is that
white doesn't really have that many useful moves. e5 is never really an option
as black's knight will come to f5 where it will be happy. White always has to
worry about h5-h4 when he will probably have to put his queen on e1.} 12. a3 $5
{I decided to prepare b4. Now if black plays a5 I will at least know he won't
castle queenside soon.} h5 13. b4 h4 $6 (13... Bd4 {
was the critical move. After} 14. Bb2 dxe4 15. Nb5 (15. dxe4 e5 $1 {
looks fine for black.} (15... Nxe4 $6 16. Nxe4 Bxb2 17. Rad1 {
gives white the initiative.})) 15... cxb5 16. Bxd4 Qxc2 {leads to an unclear
situation. White has a lot of compensation for the two pawns due to his bishop
pair and lead in development. A possible continuation is} 17. Rae1 O-O 18. Qh4
exd3 19. Bd1 Qc4 20. Bxf6 d2 21. Re2 Nxf6 22. Qxf6 Rfd8 23. f5 $1 exf5 24. Rxf5
gxf5 25. Qg5+ {with a draw by perpetual check.}) 14. Qe1 Be7 15. Be3 {
Now I've managed to develop my bishop and my position is much more harmonious
than it used to be.} Nh5 {Black didn't have many other useful moves as
castling queenside could be dangerous and kingside castling wouldn't be good
because of the weak h4 pawn.} 16. Bxh5 Rxh5 17. exd5 $2 {Diagram # I thought
this was a good move but perhaps it wasn't as good as I thought.} cxd5 $2 (
17... exd5 {was the critical recapture. I was intending} 18. f5 Rxf5 19. Rxf5
gxf5 20. Bg5 {but black should be fine after} Qe5 21. Bxh4 (21. d4 Qxe1+ 22.
Rxe1 f6 23. Bxh4 Kf7 {
when black will have counterplay on the queenside with a5 or Nb6-c4.}) 21...
Bxh4 22. Qxh4 Qxc3 23. Re1+ Kf8 24. d4 Nf6 $1 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qg5+ Kf8 {
with a draw by perpetual.}) 18. Nb5 Qc6 (18... Qxc2 $4 19. Rc1 {wins.}) 19. Nd4
Qc8 ({During the game I thought that} 19... Qa6 {was better. The point of
putting the queen on a6 is to tie down the rook to a1 and also to keep on eye
on c4 at the same time.}) 20. Rc1 Nf6 21. Bf2 $1 {
This threatens h4 and forces black's knight to move back.} ({
Black is hoping for} 21. c4 {when he might play} dxc4 22. dxc4 Ne4) 21... Ng8
22. c4 dxc4 23. dxc4 (23. Rxc4 {
looks tempting but black isn't doing so badly after} Qd7 24. Qc3 (24. Qc1 $1 {
is actually better because of} Bd6 25. Nf3 {
when white wins a pawn but ruins his structure a little bit.}) 24... Bf6) 23...
Nh6 24. Qe4 {A nice looking move, but probably not decisive enough.} (24. c5 {
made more sense. Then black always has to worry about c6 and white is clearly
better.}) 24... Nf5 25. Rfd1 ({Avoiding the knight trade with} 25. Nf3 {
doesn't help because black can defend with} a5 26. c5 Qc6) 25... a5 $1 {
A good defensive move exchanging pawns and opening the a-file for the rook.}
26. c5 axb4 27. axb4 Nxd4 28. Bxd4 {I wasn't sure which way to take, because
if Qxd4 black might get counterplay with Qc6 and Ra2. That actually isn't that
dangerous so Qxd4 was another alternative.} Rd5 29. Bb2 {I had lost the thread
of the game and allowed black significant improvement of his position. With
this move I decided to just go into the endgame.} Qd7 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5
exd5 32. Re1 $1 {This is the best move, threatening Bf6.} Kd7 $1 {Black has to
activate his king even at the cost of a pawn. Once he does that he should have
enough activity to hold a draw.} (32... Kf8 $2 33. Bg7+ $1 Kxg7 34. Rxe7 {
leads to a bad endgame for black.}) 33. Re5 Ra2 (33... Bf6 $2 34. Rxd5+ Kc6 35.
Rd6+ {wins for white.}) 34. Rxd5+ (34. Bc3 {
doesn't help because black just follows the bishop with} Ra3) 34... Kc6 35. Rd2
b6 $2 {Diagram # The most natural move but also a losing one.} (35... f5 36.
Bc3 Rxd2 37. Bxd2 Kb5 38. Kg1 Bf6 {should lead to a draw.}) 36. Bc3 $2 (36. b5+
$1 {was the move we both missed. After the game several of my teammates
pointed this out and I had to be reminded of this missed opportunity several
times. The idea of b5+ is to put black's king in front of white's passed b6
pawn so that it doesn't have enough time to blockade it.} Kxb5 37. cxb6 Bd6 38.
Rxd6 Rxb2 39. Rf6 Kc4 40. Rxf7 Rxb6 41. Rh7 Kd4 42. Rxh4 Ke4 {leads to an
endgame which white should win by putting the rook on g5 after playing g3 and
exchanging pawns with h4-h5. White's king will be subjected to checks and may
have to go the queenside but I think it should be winning eventually.}) (36.
cxb6 Bxb4 37. Rc2+ Kb7 {and only white can lose this.}) 36... Rxd2 37. Bxd2
bxc5 38. bxc5 Kxc5 39. g4 {This adds some excitement to the game.} (39. Kg1 Kd4
40. Kf2 Ke4 41. Ke2 {was also a simple draw. Whenever black plays} Bd6 {
white has} 42. Be1 {so the position is a dead draw.}) 39... hxg3 (39... Kd4 40.
f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 Ke4 42. Kg2 Kxf5 43. Kf3 {would be a simple draw because all
white has to do is give up his bishop for black's f-pawn due to the wrong
colored rook pawn.}) 40. Kg2 {Diagram #} Bh4 {We both made the time control
with about a minute left. To be honest, I thought I might be lost after Kd4.} (
40... Kd4 41. f5 $1 {Postny told me this after the game.} (41. Kxg3 Ke4 {
might be lost for white. For example:} 42. Kg4 f5+ 43. Kg3 Bd6 44. h4 Bc7 {
(zugzwang)} 45. Bc1 Ba5 46. h5 Be1+ $1 47. Kg2 gxh5) 41... gxf5 42. Kxg3 Ke4 (
42... Kd3 43. Bc1 Ke2 44. Kf4 {is just a draw.}) 43. Kf2 {In this position
white can just put his king on f1 and move his bishop forever. Black can never
make progress because he doesn't have any piece that can force white's king to
move.}) 41. Be1 Kd4 42. Bxg3 {After I made the time control on move 40 I
realized that the position was a simple draw due to stalemate tricks.} Bxg3 43.
Kxg3 Ke3 (43... Ke4 44. Kg4 f6 45. h4 {is actually losing for black.}) 44. Kg4
({The immediate} 44. Kh4 {was also possible.}) 44... f6 (44... Ke4 45. Kg5 {
is a simple draw.}) 45. Kg3 Ke4 (45... f5 {was the natural move but then I had}
46. Kh4 $1 {and black is forced to take on f4 resulting in stalemate.}) 46. Kg4
Kd4 47. f5 {This wasn't necessary but it is the simplest way to draw.} g5 48.
h4 {I still had to be careful.} (48. Kh5 $4 Ke4 49. Kg6 (49. Kg4 Ke5) 49... Ke5
{wins for black.}) 48... gxh4 49. Kxh4 Ke5 50. Kg3 {
Now I am just in time to get the opposition after Kf5.} Ke4 (50... Kxf5 51. Kf3
) 51. Kf2 Kf4 52. Ke2 Kxf5 53. Kf3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "L Aronian"]
[Black "Hi Nakamura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Nf2
Ng6 16. Qc2 Rf7 17. Rfc1 Ne8 (17... a6) (17... h5) 18. a4 h5 {Diagram #} 19.
Ncd1 (19. h3) 19... Bf8 20. Ra3 a6 21. Qc3 Bd7 22. Qa5 b6 23. Qb4 Rg7 24. Rac3
Nh4 25. h3 Be7 26. Be1 Qb8 27. Kf1 Bd8 28. Rb3 Bc7 29. Qa3 Qd8 30. Rbc3 Bb8 31.
b4 Ra7 {Diagram #} 32. Rc6 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Ra6 Rb7 35. Rcc6 Bxc6 36. dxc6
Ra7 37. Nc3 d5 38. Nxd5 Nf5 39. exf5 Qxd5 40. Ne4 Rgc7 41. Nxg5 (41. Qa5) 41...
Ng7 {Diagram #} (41... Nd6) 42. Rb6 Nxf5 (42... Rxa3 43. Rxb8+ Ne8 44. Rxe8+
Kg7 45. Ne6+ Kh7 46. Nxc7) 43. Rxb8+ Kg7 44. Qb2 Ra2 (44... Ne3+ 45. Kg1 Rxc6)
45. Qb1 Rc2 46. Rxb5 Qd6 47. Rb7 Kh6 48. Kg1 Qxc6 49. Nf7+ Rxf7 50. Rxf7 Ne3
51. Ra7 Qd5 52. Qa1 Nxg2 53. Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "7th World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pashikian, A."]
[Black "Shulman, Y."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator ",Microsoft"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]

{The day we played against Armenia, I had mixed feelings. Our team was doing
extreamley well, but my play really was not upto the level. I lost two games
with no wins and most of the responsibility I felt was on my shoulders - I was
playing Black against Olympic champions. Although Armenians put in reserve
their star GM Gabriel Sagrissian, whose effort brough Armenia two Golden
Olympic Medals, my opponent Arman Pashikian was not any easier. After our
usual preparation in room 434, with Ray and Robert acting like experienced
coaches, we were ready to fight for the Gold!} 1. d4 {Finally no French! Our
Captian John Donaldson said: "Yury, please do anything, but French, where you
lost your first two games with Black!" I could not disobey our coach!} d5 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 {Arman plays lots of different lines, including
1.e4, but 5.Bg5 was among our expectations. Armenian first board Levon Aronian
has lots of experience with both colors in Anti-Moscow variation.} dxc4 {
Levon, let's test your team in Botvinnik instead of your favorite Anti-Moscow!}
6. a4 {Not the most popular, but getting more fationable line. Anand's team
probably had prepared this line for any case in their match against Kramnik
since Anand's second R. Wojtaszek played it against P. Eljanov.} Bb4 7. e4
Bxc3+ (7... b5 {is another opening line}) 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd2 (10.
Rc1 Nd7 (10... Qd5 11. Be3) 11. Nd2 $1 {was Wojtaszek's idea!} Nxg5 12. h4 Nb6
13. hxg5 Qxa4 14. Qxa4 Nxa4 15. Nxc4 {with a strong pressure!}) 10... Qd5 (
10... c5 11. Bxc4 Nc6) 11. Qc2 (11. a5 c5 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qxc4 Qxc4 14. Bxc4
Bc6 {Wang Yue - Carlsen, M Amber 2009 and Black is very close to full equality}
) 11... c5 12. Be3 cxd4 (12... Nc6 13. Rd1 $1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 $1 {
and Black gets under very dangerous attack}) 13. cxd4 Qa5+ (13... Nc6 {
is alternative} 14. Bxc4 Qa5+ 15. Ke2 {but then White King gets e2-square and
then easily mobilizes his pieces. Two Bishops together with insecure position
of Black Knight on e4 give White much better chances.}) 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15. Bxd2
Qd5 16. Bxc4 (16. Qxc4 Qxc4 (16... Nc6 {is also playable}) 17. Bxc4 Nc6 18. Be3
(18. Bc3 Bd7 19. d5 Rc8 $1 {and Black is absolutely fine}) 18... O-O {
gives White a little advantage which should be neutralized by Black because of
weak d4-pawn and weak d5 square and potential troubles with dark-squaredBishop.
}) 16... Qxd4 (16... Qxg2 $4 {looses because of spectacular} 17. Bf1 $1 Qc6 18.
Bb5) 17. O-O Nc6 {Black must stop White Bishop from getting to a3-f8 diagonal.}
({For instance} 17... O-O 18. Bb4 Re8 19. Rad1 {would give White a very
dangerous initiative. Although someone might say that it seemed pretty
dangerous in the game as well :)}) 18. Rad1 {Novelty. And a very dangerous
one! Ray and myself spent some time on this move, but turned out that not as
much as our opponents. This was a fruit of Armenian team homework. Black gets
under a dangerous attack, but it seems that that there is a very thin line
which he can walk onto.} ({My good friend Alex Goldin played} 18. Rae1 {
against Stitis in 1996 (Israel Team championship), but the game endedpeacefully
soon.} Bd7 ({Immediate} 18... Qc5 {desrves serious attention}) 19. Re4 Qc5 20.
Be3 Qa5 21. Qb2 Ne7 22. Qxb7 Bc6 23. Bb5 Qxb5 24. Qxb5 Bxb5 25. axb5 Nd5 26.
Ra1 {and a draw was agreed}) 18... Qxe5 ({I was considering} 18... O-O {
but after} 19. Bd3 {
could not find any satisfactory way to protect a pawn on h7:} h6 20. Bxh6 $1 {
exploiting discovery ideas along d-file.} gxh6 $2 21. Bh7+) 19. Bc3 (19. Rfe1 {
is another alternative to the move in the game, but Arman was following his
home preparation.}) 19... Qg5 20. Rd3 e5 {
When I finally felt that my position looks satisfactory the lightning stroke:}
21. Bxe5 $5 {occured in front of my eyes! When I played 20...e5, I felt that
21...Bf5 or even 21...Qxe5 might be alternatives to the move played in the
game and did not really expect it to happen, but the more I looked into
position the more I understood that the solution might be the only one!} ({
A very interesting alternative which consumed most of my time was} 21. Rg3 {
Some unbelivable tactic occurs after} Qh4 $1 {It is important to attack White
Bishop on c4 and prevent White from capturing g7-pawn! Of course it is
impossible to see all variations during the game, but I felt that since all
Black pieces need just one move each to enter to the game and there are no
direct threats Black should be able to hold the position!} (21... Qh6 22. f4 {
with an initiative}) 22. Bxf7+ $3 Kxf7 23. Qb3+ Ke8 ({
After series of only moves Black finds himself in trouble after} 23... Be6 24.
Qxb7+ Ne7 25. Bxe5 Rhg8 ({or} 25... Rag8 26. Re1 Bd5 27. Qxa7 {
and his pieces look extremely miscoordinated}) 26. Rf3+ Kg6 27. Re1 $1 (27. Bg3
Qxa4 28. Qxe7 Rae8 {and Black seems that is going to survive}) 27... Nf5 28.
Rf4 Qe7 (28... Qg5 29. Qe4 $1) 29. Qxe7 Nxe7 30. Bc3 Bf5 31. Rxe7 {and White en
ds up being up a pawn and more active pieces in an opposite color Bishop
ending}) 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 $1 (24... Qb4 $2 25. Qxb4 Nxb4 26. Re1 {
and although Black is up a piece, he cannot collect himself together}) 25. Re1
Qe7 26. Rge3 Be6 27. Qb5+ Kf7 28. Rxe5 Rhd8 $1 (28... Rad8 29. f4 Qd7 30. Rxe6
Qxb5 31. Re7+ Kf6 32. R1e6+ Kf5 33. axb5 {and White still holds the initiative!
}) 29. f4 Qd7 30. Rxe6 Qxb5 31. Re7+ Kf8 $1 {this was the point of 28...Rhd8}
32. axb5 Rd1 $1 {and Black equalizes!}) 21... O-O $1 {After spending so much
time and having resisted to so many temptations I went for a correct path} (
21... Qxe5 22. Re3 O-O 23. Rxe5 Nxe5 24. Bd5 {does not look like piece of cake
for Black. The Bishop on d5 exerts too much pressure on Black's position.
Those who think that it is easy to hold Rook and Bishop vs Queen fortresses
after something like 24...Nc6 should refer themsleves to Kramnik - Shirov Wijk
aan Zee 1999}) ({
For a while I could not believe that there is no improvement for Black after} 
21... Nxe5 22. Bb5+ Kf8 (22... Bd7 23. Bxd7+ Nxd7 24. Re1+ Ne5 25. Qc5 f6 26.
Qb5+ $1 (26. Rde3 b6 27. Rxe5+ fxe5 28. Rxe5+ Qxe5 29. Qxe5+ {
also looks playable for Black}) (26. Rxe5+ Qxe5 27. Re3 Qxe3 28. Qxe3+ Kf7 29.
Qb3+) 26... Kf8 27. Qb4+ Kf7 (27... Kg8 28. Rg3 Qh6 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Qb3+ Kf8
31. Rf3+ Qf6 32. Rxf6+ gxf6 33. Qxb7 {and Black piece are miscoordinated}) 28.
Qxb7+ Kg6 29. Qe4+ f5 (29... Kf7 30. Qd5+ Kg6 31. Rg3 Ng4 32. Qd3+ f5 33. Qa6+
Kf7 (33... Qf6 34. Re6) 34. Qe6+ Kf8 35. Qd6+ Kf7 36. Qd5+ {
and Black King has nowhere to hide!}) 30. Qxe5 {
White got his piece back and the King on g6 is still not safe at all}) 23. Qc5+
Kg8 24. Qxe5 h6 (24... Bf5 25. Rg3) 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. Qxf7 {and White's attack
did not cool down at all. Although I did not feel like not capturing a piece,
and of course calculating only around a quarter of all those variations :) I
had to admit that I have to search for a helthier solution!}) (21... Bf5 22.
Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 23. Qb3+ {did not attract me at all, although Arman said after
the game that his computer gives this continuation as only a draw. I really
would like to get his computer since my evaluates the position as hopeless for
Black!}) 22. Bxg7 $1 ({The only alternative} 22. Bd6 {after} Bf5 23. Bxf8 Bxd3
24. Bxd3 Kxf8 {forces White to be precise in search for the equality}) 22...
Qxg7 $1 ({I really hoped to make} 22... Nb4 {work, but when I saw} 23. Bh6 $1
Qg6 24. Bxf7+ $3 Kxf7 {I stopped my hopeless attempts to resurrect 22...Nb4}) (
{The problem with} 22... Kxg7 {is that Queen on g5 will always get under the
fork f4 when Knight form e5 would protect hanging g4-Bishop. For instance} 23.
Rg3 Bg4 24. h3 Ne5 25. f4 Qh4 26. Qc3 $1) 23. Rg3 Bg4 24. h3 {Diagram #} Ne5 $1
(24... h5 25. hxg4 h4 26. Re3 {seemed to me like still playable position for
White. Black King is exposed and position is still full of heavy artillery!})
25. f4 ({I felt that Arman still could have played on with} 25. Bd5 Rad8 ({
After} 25... Rac8 26. Qb3 h5 27. hxg4 h4 28. Re3 Nxg4 29. Re4 {White is better}
) 26. Qb3 {but after} Rd6 (26... h5 {
might be an alternative, but probably the move in the text is better} 27. hxg4
h4 28. Re3 (28. Rh3 Qxg4) 28... Nxg4 29. Re7) 27. hxg4 Rfd8 28. Be4 {
Black should be able to hold with not much of difficulties}) ({
Computer comes up with an absolutely weird alternative} 25. Qb3 {
but I think Black has nothing to be afraid here} Kh8 26. hxg4 Nxc4 27. Qxc4
Rad8 $11 {but he already was getting low on time and probably was not ready to
accept any risks, meanwhile Hikaru's position was looking more and more
dangerous, Var already accepted a draw against Tigran Petrosian and Alex was
defending 3 vs 4 Rook ending.}) 25... Nxc4 26. Rxg4 (26. Qxc4 Rac8 27. Qd5 h5
28. hxg4 hxg4 29. Qf5 Qd4+ 30. Kh2 Qh8+ {is one of the ways where Black is OK
after 26.Qxc4. Although 26...Qf6 also should not give Black much of trouble.})
26... Qxg4 27. hxg4 Ne3 28. Qc5 Nxf1 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kh8 {
White repeats position several times before he captures the Knight on f1} 32.
Qf6+ Kg8 33. Kxf1 Rac8 34. Qg5+ Kh8 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Qg5+ {After several more
repetitions Arman accepted that two Rooks will be able either to create enough
counterplay or Block White passed pawns. The only way for White to play on
could be to attack Black King, but if White able to put his pawn on f6 and
Queen on h6, Black will get his King on h8 and Rook on g8 and White won't be
able to create any threats on the Kingside. The Queenside also looks unlikely
place for White to promote his only pawn. Perpetual is logical conclusion to a
hard faught game.} Kh8 37. Qf6+ {The most curious thing happened right after
the game ended. When we were on the way to analysis room, Armenian board 3
Gabriel Sargissian came over and said: "Only Arman can get in time trouble in
the postion which he analyzed at home!" I was shocked - all of it was prepared
by our opponents. From another point there is something flattering in it - I
walked into a home preparation, but was able to find all the best moves. Also
I really want to thank Ray Robson who was helping me to prepare for most of
the games and I was not really clueless about the line I played :) because of
his help as well.   When we finished our game analysis all our attention
shifted to the remaining two boards. Alex seemed defending pretty well, but
Hikaru's position was not getting better. Finally he got his chance: Nd6 -
Entire US team including our journalist, sponsor and supporter Tony Rich was
"praying" in skittles room: "Hikaru, Nd6!, Nd6!" Hikaru touched the Knight on
e8 and played Knight to......g7. All of us exherted the sigh of dissapointment.
The match was lost as well as our hopes for the Gold. From another point, it
was not the first time when we were waiting for Hiakru's last game. The day
before, he had a tough position against Greece and all of us hoping for him to
pull it out. That day he won! In the end, I would like to thank Saint Louis
Chess Club and all our supporters who made it possible for us to participate
in such a prestigious event, where team USA was able to prove again that even
although some of our players sometimes not in best shape :), but we have a
real team and can surpass any team in the World!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "0:06:33-0:15:33"]
[Date "2009.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "David Howell"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. Nb3 Nxe3+ 11. fxe3 Nd7 12. c6 bxc6 13. Na5 Bc5 14. Nd4
Nf6 15. Bc4 Ng4 16. Ke2 e5 17. Nc2 Bf5 18. h3 Nf6 19. Nb4 Be4 20. Nbxc6 Rfe8
21. Rhg1 Bb6 22. b4 Rac8 23. b5 Bxa5 24. Nxa5 Rc5 25. a4 Rec8 26. Bd3 Bxd3+ 27.
Kxd3 Rxc3+ 28. Ke2 Rc2+ 29. Kf3 e4+ 30. Kf4 R8c5 31. Nc6 g5+ 32. Kg3 R5c3 33.
Ne7+ Kf8 34. Nf5 Nd5 35. Rge1 Nf4 36. Rg1 Ne2+ 37. Kg4 Nxg1 38. Rxg1 f6 39. h4
gxh4 40. Kxh4 Ra3 41. g4 Rxa4 42. Rd1 Raa2 43. Rd7 Rh2+ 44. Kg3 Rhg2+ 45. Kh3
Rgf2 46. Nd4 Kg8 47. Re7 Kf8 48. Rc7 Ke8 49. Kg3 Rf1 50. Rxh7 Ra3 51. Kg2 Rd1
52. Nf5 {Diagram #} Rd7 (52... Ra2+ 53. Kg3 Rg1+ 54. Kf4 (54. Kh3 Rh1+) 54...
Rf2+ 55. Kxe4 Rxg4+) 53. Rh8+ Kf7 54. Kg3 Rb3 55. Kf4 Rb1 56. Kxe4 Rf1 57. Rh7+
Ke6 58. Rh8 Rc7 59. Nd4+ Kd6 60. Rd8+ Rd7 61. Rc8 Rg7 62. Rd8+ Rd7 63. Rc8 Re7+
64. Kd3 Rc7 65. Rd8+ Rd7 66. Rg8 Rg1 67. Ke2 Kc5 68. Kf2 Rb1 69. Rf8 Rd6 70.
Rf7 Rb2+ 71. Kf3 Ra2 72. Ke4 Kb6 73. Rf8 Rg2 74. Kf3 Rh2 75. Rb8+ Kc7 76. Ra8
Kb7 77. Rf8 Rh7 78. Kf4 Rh1 79. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ni Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd2 e6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Nc3 dxc4 8. a4
c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Nb6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Qb3 Nbd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc4 Bd7 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Ne5 Bf6 {Diagram #} 19. Ba5 Qe8 20.
Bb4 Bxa4 21. Qa3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Bb5 23. Rfe1 d4 24. Bxf8 Qxf8 25. Qxf8+ Kxf8 26.
f4 d3 27. Red1 g5 28. g3 gxf4 29. gxf4 Ke7 30. Rc7+ Ke6 31. Rxb7 Rc8 32. Kf2
Rc2+ 33. Kg3 Re2 34. Rb6+ Kd5 35. Rxb5+ axb5 36. Rxd3+ Ke4 37. Rd7 Rxb2 38.
Rxf7 b4 39. Rf8 Rc2 40. Kg4 Rc7 41. e6 b3 42. Rb8 Rg7+ 43. Kh5 Re7 44. Kg4 Rg7+
45. Kh5 Re7 46. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "0:54:33-0:59:33"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bc8 7. e3 e5 8. Bxc4
exd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nd5 12. Nf3 Be6 13. Qb3 Na6 14. Bd2 Nab4
15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Ne5 a5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qc7 19. Bxb4 Nxb4 20. Qf3 Be6 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qb3 Qe7 23. Nf3 Nd5 24. Rac1 Rf4 25. Ne5 Raf8 26. Nd3 Rd4 27. Rc4
Rxc4 28. Qxc4 Qf6 29. g3 Rd8 30. Kg2 Qf5 31. Nc1 Rf8 {Diagram #} 32. Qe2 (32.
Re2 Qf3+ (32... Ne3+) 33. Kg1 Rf4 34. gxf4 Nxf4 35. Qe4) 32... Nc7 33. Nd3 Rd8
34. Ne5 Rd5 35. Kg1 Rxc5 36. Nc4 Qf8 37. Rd1 Rd5 38. Rxd5 exd5 39. Qe5 dxc4 40.
Qxc7 Qb4 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Qf5+ Ke7 43. Qe5+ Kf7 44. Qf5+ Ke7 45. Qe5+ Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "0:08:33-0:15:33"]
[Date "2009.12.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

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 d5 10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. e5 Nf5 12. exf6 exf6 13. Bc5 d4 14. Bxf8 Qxf8
15. Nb5 Ne3 16. Rc1 Bh6 17. Qxd4 Nf5 18. Qc3 Bxc1 19. Kxc1 Bd7 20. Bd3 Rc8 21.
Qd2 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Qc5 23. Bd3 Ne3 24. Re1 Re8 25. Qf2 f5 26. f4 Qd4 27. g3 Re6
28. Qd2 Ng4 29. h3 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Nf2 31. Bf1 Ne4 32. Bg2 b6 33. c3 Qd3 34. g4
Ng3 35. b3 Ne2+ 36. Kb2 Kf8 37. Bc6 fxg4 38. hxg4 h5 39. gxh5 gxh5 40. a4 a6
41. f5 h4 42. Bg2 Ng3 43. f6 Qd6 44. Qf2 Kg8 45. b4 a5 46. bxa5 bxa5 47. Kc2
Kh7 48. c4 Qa3 49. Be4+ Kg8 50. Qf4 Qxa4+ 51. Kd2 Nxe4+ 52. Qxe4 Qa2+ 53. Kc3
Qa1+ 54. Kb3 Qd1+ 55. Kb2 Qh5 {Diagram #} 56. c5 h3 (56... Qxc5 57. Qg2+ Kf8
58. Qa8+) 57. c6 a4 58. Ka2 Qd1 59. Qe8+ Kh7 60. Qxf7+ Kh6 61. c7 Qc2+ 62. Ka3
h2 63. Qg7+ Kh5 64. Qh8+ Kg6 65. Qg8+ Kxf6 66. c8=Q Qxc8 67. Qxc8 h1=Q 68. Qa6+
Ke5 69. Qb5+ Qd5 70. Kxa4 Qxb5+ 71. Kxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "0:57:33-0:48:33"]
[Date "2009.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 (11... Nd4) 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 {Diagram #
} Qc8 (13... Nd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. e3) 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Bb2 a4 17.
Rfc1 Nd6 18. Nde4 Ne8 19. Qe2 (19. Ne2 Bb3 (19... Bg4) (19... Bh3 20. Bf3))
19... Bf8 20. f4 exf4 (20... Qd7 21. fxe5 Qxd3) 21. gxf4 Qd7 22. d4 c6 (22...
Nc4 23. d5) (22... Bc4 23. Qf2 Bd3 24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Bxb1 26. Rxb1) 23. Nc5
Bxc5 24. dxc5 Nc4 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Bc1 Na5 (26... f5 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Rd4) 27.
bxc6 bxc6 28. Nxa4 Rxd1+ (28... Nb3 29. Nb6 Nxc1 30. Rbxc1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Rxa3
32. Qd4) 29. Qxd1 Rd8 30. Qc2 Qf7 31. Nc3 Qh5 32. Ne2 Bf5 33. e4 Bg4 (33... Bh3
34. Bxh3 Qxh3 35. Bd2) 34. Ng3 Qf7 35. Bf1 {Diagram #} Be6 36. Qc3 Ra8 37. Rb4
Qd7 38. f5 Bf7 39. Bf4 Qd1 (39... Nb7 40. e5 fxe5 41. Bxe5) 40. Kf2 Nb3 (40...
Qd8) 41. Be2 Qb1 42. Bc4 Rxa3 43. Ne2 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2009.12.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 Re8 8. Bd2
Bf8 9. a3 e5 10. dxe5 (10. cxd5 Nxd4 11. exd4 exd4+ 12. Ne2 Qxd5) 10... Nxe5
11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. O-O-O (12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. O-O-O Bf5 14. e4 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Qg5+
16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Rxe4 18. Bd3 Rf4 19. Be5 Rxf2 20. Rxf2 Bxd3) 12... Nb6
13. Ne4 Nxf3 14. gxf3 Qh4 15. Bc3 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bg6 17. f4 Rad8 18. f5 (18. Ng3
Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 c6 {Diagram #}) 18... Rxd3 (18... Bh5) 19. Nf6+
gxf6 20. Qxd3 Qxf2 (20... Bh5 21. Rdg1+ Kh8 22. Rg3 Bd6 23. f4) 21. fxg6 hxg6
22. Bd4 (22. Rhg1 Qxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Rxe3 24. Rd8 Rxc3+ 25. bxc3 f5 26. Rb8 Nc4 27.
Re1 Kg7 28. Rxb7 Bxa3+ 29. Kc2 Bd6) 22... Nd5 23. Kb1 c5 (23... Qh4 24. Bxa7) (
23... Qf3 24. Bxa7 c6 25. Bd4 Qe4 26. Qxe4 Rxe4 27. Rd3 f5) 24. Rhf1 Qxh2 {
Diagram #} 25. Bxf6 (25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Qxd5 Bxe3 (26... Qe5 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 28.
Rxf6 Rxe3 29. Rd7 Re7 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 31. Rf1 f5 32. Rd1 f4 (32... Kf7 33. Rd7 g5
34. Kc2 g4 35. Kd3) 33. Kc2) 27. Qxb7 Bd4) 25... Nxf6 26. Rxf6 Bg7 27. Qb5 Bxf6
28. Qxe8+ Kg7 29. Qb5 Qg2 (29... b6 30. Rd7 g5 (30... c4 31. Rxa7 Qe2 32. Ka2
c3) 31. Rxa7 g4 32. Ra4) 30. Rd7 Qe4+ 31. Ka2 Qe6+ 32. Kb1 Qe4+ 33. Ka2 Qe6+
34. Kb1 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2009 PAN-AMERICAN INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPI"]
[Site "South Padre Island, "]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Ludwig, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. a4 Nc4 (10... bxa4) 11. Bxc4 bxc4 12. a5 Bb7 13. Na4 Rc8 14.
Nb6 Rc7 {Diagram #} 15. g5 (15. Ne2 Bxe4 16. fxe4 Nxe4 17. Qd1 (17. Qd4 d5 (
17... Qh4+ 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. Bf2 h5 20. Bxg3 Qxg4 21. Qxg4 hxg4 22. O-O) 18. Ng3
Qh4 19. O-O-O Bc5 20. Qe5 Bxe3+ 21. Kb1) 17... Qh4+ 18. Ng3 d5 19. Qf3) 15...
Nd7 16. Ne2 Be7 17. O-O-O O-O (17... Nxb6 18. Bxb6 Bxg5 19. f4 Be7 20. Rhg1 O-O
21. e5 d5 22. f5 exf5 23. Qh6 g6 24. Nf4) 18. Rhg1 Qe8 19. Nc3 Nxb6 20. axb6
Rd7 21. f4 (21. Qe2) 21... f5 (21... d5 22. exd5 exd5 23. f5) 22. gxf6 Bxf6 23.
e5 Be7 24. exd6 (24. Bc5 d5 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Ne4) 24... Bxd6 25. Qe2 Bd5 26.
Kb1 (26. Nxd5 exd5) 26... Rf5 27. Bd4 g6 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Bc3 Bc5 (29... Bxf4
30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. Qxc4) 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. b7 Kf7 32. Re1 Bd6 33. Qxc4 Qd7 34.
Qc8 Bxf4 35. Qxd7+ Rxd7 36. Rf1 Rxb7 37. Rxf4+ Ke7 38. Bb4+ Ke8 39. Rf8+ Kd7
40. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "2009 PAN-AMERICAN INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPI"]
[Site "South Padre Island, "]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Black "Gareev, Timor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
(8. Nd4) 8... Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. f4 Ng6 13. g3 Bb7 14.
Bf3 Qc7 15. Rc1 Rfe8 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Qf2 Nd7 {Diagram #} 18. b4 (18. h4 Ngf8
19. Rfd1 (19. h5 h6) (19. g4 Bf6 20. b4 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 e5 22. f5 d5 23. exd5 e4
24. Bg2 Bxd5) 19... Bf6 20. Nab5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qb8 22. Nxd6 e5 23. b4 Be7 24.
Nxe8 Rxe8) 18... Qb8 19. Na4 d5 20. exd5 Bxb4 21. Nc2 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 (22...
bxc5 23. Rb1) 23. Nxb6 Nd3 24. Qd4 Nxc1 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26. Rxc1 Ne7 27. Ne3 Nxd5
28. Rb1 Nc3 29. Bxb7 (29. Rxb7 Qxb7) 29... Ne2+ 30. Kf2 Nxd4 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32.
Rb6 h5 (32... a5 33. Ra6 Nc6) 33. Ke1 (33. Rxa6 Rb8 34. Nf1 Rb2+ 35. Ke3 Nf5+
36. Kd3 Rf2 37. Nd2 Rxh2 38. c5 Kf8 39. c6 Ke7 40. Nc4) 33... a5 34. Kd2 Rd8
35. Kc3 Ne2+ 36. Kc2 h4 37. c5 hxg3 38. hxg3 Kf8 39. c6 Rd6 40. c7 Nd4+ 41. Kc3
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Don Schultheis"]
[Black "Robert Miehm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C37"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.02.08"]
[SourceDate "2010.02.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 (5... d5) 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5
Qxe5 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. d4 Qxd4+ 10. Be3 Qg7 (10... Qf6 11. Bxf4 Ke8 12. Nc3 Nc6
13. Nd5 Qg6 14. Rae1+ Be7 15. Bd6 Kd8 16. Qf8+ Bxf8 17. Bxc7#) 11. Qxf4+ {
Diagram #} (11. Bxf4) 11... Nf6 12. Nc3 Nc6 (12... Rg8) 13. Nd5 Be7 14. Qh4 Rg8
15. g3 d6 16. Rxf6+ Ke8 (16... Bxf6 17. Rf1 Bd7 18. Qh5+) 17. Raf1 Qg4 18. Qxh7
Rg7 19. Qh6 Kd8 20. Bf4 Rg8 (20... Bxf6 21. Qh8+ Rg8 22. Qxf6+) 21. Nxe7 Nxe7
22. Re1 Qg7 (22... Ke8 23. Qh7 Rg7) 23. Qh4 Bg4 24. Bh6 Qh7 25. Rf4 Rc8 26.
Rfe4 Rg6 27. Bg5 (27. Rxe7 Qxh6) 27... Qxh4 28. gxh4 Rxg5 29. hxg5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R. Scott Ireland"]
[Black "David Porter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Rfd1 b6 15.
Ne1 g6 16. Nb5 Qd7 (16... Bg7 17. Nd3 Bxb5 18. axb5 Qe7 19. e5) 17. Nd3 Nxd3
18. Rxd3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Bg7 (19... Bxb5 20. Qxb5) 20. f4 Rac8 21. Nc3 Bb7 22. d5
{Diagram #} e5 (22... exd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qe7 25. e5 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Kf8
27. Kf2 Rd8 28. Rd3 Qc5+ 29. Qxc5+ bxc5 30. Ke3 f6 31. Ke4) 23. f5 Bf8 (23...
gxf5 24. Bh3) 24. Bh3 Bc5+ 25. Kg2 g5 26. Bg4 f6 27. h4 h6 28. Rh1 Kg7 29. Bh5
Rh8 30. g4 gxh4 (30... Qe7) 31. Rxh4 Rcf8 32. Rh1 Bd4 33. Ne2 Bc5 34. Bg6 Ra8
35. Nc3 Ba6 36. Nb5 Rac8 37. Rdh3 Bxb5 38. axb5 Bd4 39. Qb3 a4 40. Qxa4 Ra8 41.
Qb3 Qe7 42. d6 cxd6 43. Rxh6 Rxh6 44. Rxh6 Rh8 (44... Kxh6 45. Qh3+ Kg5 46. Kf3
) 45. Rxh8 Kxh8 46. Qe6 Qf8 47. g5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "David Lay"]
[Black "Chuck Cullum"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Nf4 11. Bxf4 (11. Bf1) 11... exf4 12. Rc1 a5 13. a3 f5 (
13... axb4 14. axb4 h6 15. Nd4 c6) 14. Bd3 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Bg4 16. Nb5 axb4 17.
axb4 Nf5 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 {Diagram #} (19. Bxf3) 19... Nh4 20. Qg4 h5 21.
Qd1 f3 22. g3 (22. Bxf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Qg5+ 24. Kf1 Qg2+ 25. Ke2 Qxf3+ 26. Kd2
Ra2+ 27. Rc2 Bh6+ 28. Re3 Qxf2+ 29. Qe2 Bxe3+) 22... Be5 23. Kh2 Ng2 24. Rg1 h4
25. Bxf3 hxg3+ 26. Kxg2 gxf2 27. Kxf2 Ra2+ 28. Ke3 Qf6 29. Rg4 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Armed Forces Open 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kinney, Zach"]
[Black "Getty, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "1900"]
[BlackElo "1276"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.12.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 (2... c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4) 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 {
Diagram #} c5 5. d5 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 {Diagram #} a6 (7... e6 8. -- exd5)
8. f3 Nbd7 9. Be3 Ne5 10. Qd2 Rb8 11. a4 Bd7 {Diagram #} 12. Kf2 e6 13. b3 exd5
14. exd5 Re8 {Diagram #} 15. h3 Nxd3+ (15... Nh5) 16. Qxd3 Re7 17. Rac1 {
Diagram #} Qc7 (17... Qf8) 18. Bg5 Rbe8 19. Rhe1 h6 20. Bh4 Bf5 21. Qd2 g5 22.
Bg3 {Diagram #} Nh5 23. Bh2 Qd7 24. g4 Nf6 25. gxf5 Qxf5 26. Bxd6 Re3 {
Diagram #} 27. Bxc5 Qxf3+ (27... Rxf3+ 28. Kg1 Qxh3 29. Nf4 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxf4
31. Qxf4 (31. Re2 Rf1#) 31... gxf4) 28. Kg1 Rd3 29. Qc2 {Diagram #} Ree3 30.
Rf1 Qxh3 31. Bxe3 {Diagram #} Rxe3 32. Qf5 Ng4 33. Qxf7+ Kh7 34. Qf5+ Kh8 35.
Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qc7 {Diagram #} Kg6 (36... Re7 37. Qd6 Rd7 38. Qb8 Be5 39. Qxe5
Nxe5) 37. c5 Rd3 38. Ne4 {Diagram #} Kh5 39. N2g3+ Kh4 40. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "0:01:33-1:10:33"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Be2 Qc5
15. Rhe1 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Qd3 Be6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bf3 e4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21.
Rxe4 O-O 22. Qe3 Rac8 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. Rxg4 f5 26. Rb4 b5 27. a4
Rfc8 28. c3 Rc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. axb5 axb5 {Diagram #} 31. Rd8+ (31. Rd5 b4 (
31... f4 32. Bh4 f3 33. g3 b4 34. Kd2 (34. Bxe7)) 32. Rxf5 bxc3 33. bxc3 Rxc3+)
31... Kh7 32. Rd7 Rg4 33. Bb8 (33. Rxe7 f4 34. Bh2 (34. Re4 h5 35. Bxf4 Rxf4
36. Rxf4 Bh6 37. Kd2) 34... Rh4 35. Bg1 Rh1 36. Re1 f3 37. g3) 33... Rxg2 34.
Rxe7 Kg6 (34... Rxf2 35. Be5 Rg2 36. Rf7) 35. Bg3 (35. Re6+ Kf7 36. Rb6 Rxf2
37. Rxb5) 35... h5 36. Kd1 (36. Rb7 Bf6 (36... f4) 37. Rb6 Kf7 38. Rxb5 h4 39.
Bxh4) 36... Bf6 37. Re6 Kf7 38. Re3 h4 39. Bc7 Rxf2 40. b3 Rf1+ 41. Ke2 (41.
Kc2 f4) 41... Rc1 42. c4 bxc4 43. bxc4 Rxc4 44. Bb8 Rc2+ 45. Kf1 (45. Kf3 Rc3 (
45... Bd4 46. Re2 (46. Rd3 Rf2#) 46... Rxe2 47. Kxe2 h3) 46. Rxc3 Bxc3 47. Kg2)
45... Kg6 46. Re2 Rc8 (46... Rxe2) 47. Bd6 Rc6 48. Be7 Bxe7 49. Rxe7 {Diagram #
} Rc2 50. Re3 Kg5 51. Kg1 Kg4 52. Ra3 f4 53. Ra8 Rd2 54. Ra7 Kg3 55. Rg7+ Kf3 (
55... Kh3) 56. Ra7 Rd1+ 57. Kh2 Ke2 58. Kh3 f3 59. Ra2+ Rd2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "0:10:33-0:08:33"]
[Date "2009.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Qxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Kd1 O-O 13. Bc4 Nf6 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ke2 b5 16. c6 Ba6 17. Qf5 Qa3 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. c7 Qxa2+ 20. Nd2
Rxd3 21. Qxd3 b4 22. Kf3 Bb7+ 23. Kg3 h5 24. h3 Qa5 25. f4 Rc8 26. Nc4 Qa6 27.
Ne5 Qxd3 28. Nxd3 Bc3 29. Rhd1 a5 30. Nc5 Rxc7 31. Na4 Be4 32. Rd6 Kh7 33. Ra6
h4+ 34. Kh2 Rd7 35. Nc5 Re7 36. Rxa5 Bd2 37. Rc4 f5 38. Nxe4 fxe4 39. Rh5+ Kg6
40. Rg5+ Kf6 41. Rc6+ Kf7 42. Rf5+ Kg8 {Diagram #} 43. g4 (43. Rc8+ Kh7 44.
Rh5+ Kg6 45. Rxh4 Bxe3 46. Rf8 Rf7 47. Rxf7 Kxf7 48. f5) 43... Re8 (43... hxg3+
44. Kxg3 Bxe3) 44. Re5 Rb8 (44... Rxe5) 45. g5 (45. Rce6) 45... Kh7 46. Re7
Bxe3 47. Rh6+ Kg8 48. Rg6 Bd4 (48... Bxf4+ 49. Kg2 Kh8 50. Rgxg7 Rc8 51. Rh7+
Kg8 52. Reg7+ Kf8 53. Rd7 Rc2+ 54. Kf1 Rc1+ 55. Kf2 Rc2+ 56. Ke1 Rc1+ 57. Rd1
Rxd1+ 58. Kxd1 Bxg5) 49. Rge6 Kh7 (49... Bc5) (49... b3 50. g6) 50. f5 Bc5 51.
Re8 Rxe8 52. Rxe8 b3 53. Kg2 Be3 (53... Bd6 54. Rxe4 b2 55. Re1 Bf4 56. Rb1 Bc1
57. Kf3 g6 58. Kg4 gxf5+ 59. Kxf5 Kg7 60. g6 Kf8 61. Kf6 Kg8 62. g7 Bh6) 54.
Rxe4 Bxg5 55. Rb4 g6 56. Rb7+ Kh6 57. fxg6 Kxg6 58. Kf3 Bd2 (58... Bf6 59. Rxb3
Kf5 60. Rb4) 59. Kg4 Be1 60. Rxb3 Bg3 {Diagram #} 61. Rf3 Be1 62. Re3 Bf2 63.
Re6+ Kf7 64. Kf5 Bg3 65. Re4 Bf2 66. Kg5 Bg3 67. Re2 Kg7 68. Re7+ Kf8 69. Kf6
Bf2 70. Re6 Bg3 71. Kg6 Bh2 72. Re4 Bg3 73. Kf6 Bf2 74. Kg6 Bg3 75. Re2 Bd6 76.
Kg5 Bg3 77. Kf6 Bf4 78. Re4 Bd6 79. Rd4 Bc7 (79... Be7+ 80. Ke6 Bg5 81. Rd7 Be3
82. Rf7+ Kg8 83. Kf6) 80. Kg6 Bg3 81. Re4 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "0:01:33-1:10:33"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qf3 Qb6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Be2 Qc5
15. Rhe1 g4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Qd3 Be6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bf3 e4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21.
Rxe4 O-O 22. Qe3 Rac8 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. Rxg4 f5 26. Rb4 b5 27. a4
Rfc8 28. c3 Rc4 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. axb5 axb5 {Diagram #} 31. Rd8+ (31. Rd5 b4 (
31... f4 32. Bh4 f3 33. g3 b4 34. Kd2) 32. Rxf5 bxc3 33. bxc3 Rxc3+) 31... Kh7
32. Rd7 Rg4 33. Bb8 (33. Rxe7 f4 34. Bh2 (34. Re4 h5 35. Bxf4 Rxf4 36. Rxf4 Bh6
37. Kd2) 34... Rh4 35. Bg1 Rh1 36. Re1 f3 37. g3) 33... Rxg2 34. Rxe7 Kg6 (
34... Rxf2 35. Be5 Rg2 36. Rf7) 35. Bg3 (35. Re6+ Kf7 36. Rb6 Rxf2 37. Rxb5)
35... h5 36. Kd1 (36. Rb7 Bf6 (36... f4) 37. Rb6 Kf7 38. Rxb5 h4 39. Bxh4)
36... Bf6 37. Re6 Kf7 38. Re3 h4 39. Bc7 Rxf2 40. b3 Rf1+ 41. Ke2 (41. Kc2 f4)
41... Rc1 42. c4 bxc4 43. bxc4 Rxc4 44. Bb8 Rc2+ 45. Kf1 (45. Kf3 Rc3 (45...
Bd4 46. Re2 (46. Rd3 Rf2#) 46... Rxe2 47. Kxe2 h3) 46. Rxc3 Bxc3 47. Kg2) 45...
Kg6 46. Re2 Rc8 (46... Rxe2) 47. Bd6 Rc6 48. Be7 Bxe7 49. Rxe7 {Diagram #} Rc2
50. Re3 Kg5 51. Kg1 Kg4 52. Ra3 f4 53. Ra8 Rd2 54. Ra7 Kg3 55. Rg7+ Kf3 (55...
Kh3) 56. Ra7 Rd1+ 57. Kh2 Ke2 58. Kh3 f3 59. Ra2+ Rd2 0-1

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "1:06:33-0:46:33"]
[Date "2009.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bd3 cxd5 14. exd5 h6 15.
Be3 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. Bxa7 b6 20. Nb5 Rc5 21. Rfd1
Qd7 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 24. Qe3 Qc2 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. axb3 {Diagram #}
Rd8 (26... Nd7 27. Rc1 Ra8 28. Rc7 Nf6 29. d6 Ne8) 27. d6 (27. Bxb6 Rxd5 28.
Rxd5) 27... b5 28. f3 Ra8 29. Be3 Nd7 30. Rd5 Rb8 31. f4 exf4 (31... f6 32. f5)
32. Bxf4 f6 33. Rd2 Kf7 34. Kf2 Ke6 35. Ke3 {Diagram #} Rc8 (35... Ra8) (35...
Ne5 36. Ke4 Nf7) (35... Nc5 36. b4 Nb7) (35... g5 36. Bh2 Rc8 (36... f5 37. Kd4
f4 38. g3) 37. Kd4 Rc1 38. Re2+ Ne5 39. Bxe5 Rd1+ 40. Kc5 Rd5+) 36. Kd4 g5 (
36... Rc1) (36... b4) 37. Re2+ Ne5 (37... Kf5 38. Be3) 38. Bxe5 fxe5+ 39. Rxe5+
Kxd6 40. Rxb5 Rc2 41. g4 Rxb2 42. Rb6+ Kc7 43. Kc3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/5P2/6K1/pp6/8/P1P5/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Kg5 Kxf7 2. Kf5 b4 3. cxb4 axb4 4. axb4 Ke7 5. Ke5 Kd7 6. Kd5
Kc7 7. Kc5 Kb7 8. Kb5 Ka7 9. Kc6 Ka6 10. b5+ Ka7 11. Kc7 (11. b6+ Ka8) 11...
Ka8 12. Kb6 Kb8 13. Ka6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.01.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6r1/6P1/2pkP1R1/8/2p5/2K5/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Kd3 c4+ 2. Kxc3 Kc5 3. Kd2 Kc6 4. Ke2 Kc5 5. Kf3 Kd5 6. Ke3 Kc5
7. Ke4 Kb4 8. e6 c3 9. Kd3 Kb3 10. Rc5 Rxg6 11. Rxc3+ Kb4 12. Rc4+ Kb5 13. Re4
Rg8 14. e7 Re8 15. Re6 1-0

[Event "AVRO"]
[Site "AVRO"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. a4 cxd4 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. exd4 Bb7 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Bg5
Rac8 15. Qd2 Ne7 16. a5 Ng6 17. axb6 axb6 18. h4 Rd7 19. Ra7 Bc6 20. Rxd7 Bxd7
21. Ne5 Ne8 22. c4 Qb7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. h5 Nf8 25. d5 exd5 26. cxd5 h6 27. Be7
Nd6 28. Re5 Nc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. d6 Rc6 32. Rd5 f6 33. Rd3 Rc8
34. Qb4 b5 35. Rd5 Rd8 36. g3 Kf7 37. Kh2 Qe6 38. Qd4 Rd7 39. Qd3 b4 40. Rd4
Rd8 {Diagram #} 41. Qg6+ (41. Rxb4 Qxd6 (41... Rxd6 42. Qg6+) 42. Qc4+ Kf8 43.
Rb7 Rd7 44. Qc8+ Ke7 45. Rb3 Rd8 46. Qg4 Kf8 47. Rb7) (41. d7 Kf8 42. Rd6 Qe7)
41... Kf8 42. Qh7 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "It, Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Site "It, Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Reuben Fine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Nc6 9. Rd1 O-O 10. e3 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. b4 Qh5 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Rd7 Rac8 16. Qb2 Rfd8 17. Rxb7 Ne5 18. Be2 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qe5 20. Qxe5 Rc1+
21. Bd1 Rcxd1+ 22. Ke2 R1d2+ 23. Kf3 fxe5 24. Rxa7 e4+ 25. Kg3 Ra2 26. Ra6 Rdd2
27. Rf1 Rdb2 28. Rxb6 Rxa3 29. b5 Kg7 30. h4 Rab3 31. Kf4 Rxb5 32. Rxb5 Rxb5
33. g4 Rb4 34. Rc1 Rb2 35. Kg3 Kf6 36. Rc4 Ke5 37. Rc8 Kf6 38. Rg8 h6 39. g5+
hxg5 {Diagram #} 40. Rxg5 (40. hxg5+ Kf5) (40. h5 Rb1 41. Kg2 g4 42. h6 Rb5 43.
h7 Rh5 44. h8=Q+ Rxh8) 40... Rb8 41. Kh3 e5 42. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "AVRO ;HCL 02"]
[Site "AVRO ;HCL 02"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 f5 4. Qb3 Qe7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nf6 7. g3 d6 8.
Nf3 b6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 Rac8 13. Rfd1 c5 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. Qd3 Nb6 16. b5 Rfd8 17. a4 d5 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Qc2 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Nc4
21. Bc1 e5 22. Qb3 Bd5 23. Nd2 e4 24. Nxc4 Qe6 25. Bh3 Bxc4 26. Qc2 Bd5 27. a5
Bb7 28. Bb2 Nd5 29. Qc4 h5 30. e3 Kh7 31. Rd1 g6 32. Bf1 Rc7 33. Qb3 Rd7 34.
Bc4 Kh6 35. h4 f4 36. exf4 e3 37. Bxd5 {Diagram #} e2 38. Re1 Qxd5 39. Qxd5
Rxd5 40. f3 Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Netherlands"]
[Site "It, Amsterdam  (12)"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Max Euwe"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Be6 8.
Qd3 Nd5 9. Bd2 Nb4 10. Qb1 c5 11. dxc5 N8a6 12. e4 Nxc5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Be3 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 {Diagram #} Qd3 17. Nc7 Nxe4 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Rd1
Qxb1 20. Raxb1 e6 21. Rd7 b6 22. Rc1 Bf8 23. Ne5 Nd5 24. Nxf7 Be7 25. Ne5 Bf6
26. Nd3 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Bg5 28. Rcc7 Bxe3+ 29. Kf1 Nf6 30. Rxa7 Rc8 31. Rg7+ Kh8
32. Rgc7 Rd8 33. Ne5 Re8 34. Re7 1-0

