[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 #
} (13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Na4) 13... Qc8 {Diagram #} (13... Nd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. e3
) (13... Bc8 14. Nf3 (14. e3 Ne6) 14... Ne6 15. Bh3 Nd5 16. Qb3 c6 17. bxc6
bxc6 18. Na4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxh3) 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 "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.03.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I, March 2010"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1ppk4/2b5/8/B7/1P6/P1K5/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1... b5 2. Bxb5 Bxb5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "de Groot A"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2rk1/pp2bp1p/1qb1pnp1/3nN1B1/3P4/P1NQ4/BP3PPP/2R2RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1... Qxb2 2. Bxf6 Nxf6 3. Nc4 Bb5 4. Nxb2 Bxd3 5. Nxd3 Bxa3 6. Rc2
Ne4 7. Nc5 Bxc5 (7... Nxc5) 8. Nxe4 Bxd4 *

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bent Larsen"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 d6 5. g3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3 Nd4
9. b4 axb4 10. axb4 c6 11. b5 O-O 12. bxc6 bxc6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 Ra6 16. O-O Bg4 17. Bf4 f5 18. Bg2 g5 19. Bd2 f4 20. Rb7 Qc8 21. Qb1 Be5
22. gxf4 gxf4 23. Kh1 Ra1 24. Qxa1 Qxb7 25. Be4 Kh8 26. Rg1 Bxe2 27. Qe1 Bh5
28. c5 Rg8 29. Rxg8+ Kxg8 30. cxd6 Bxd6 31. Qc1 f3 32. Bxc6 Qc7 33. Qc4+ Bf7
34. Qb5 Bf4 35. Bb4 Qc8 36. Qc5 Bh6 37. Bxf3 Qh3 {Diagram #} 38. Bg2 Qxd3 39.
Qc8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Bb2
e6 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 Bb4 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg2 Qe7 13. a3 Bd6 14. Qe2 g5 15. b4
e5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Rc1 Rd8 {Diagram #} 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nf3
Ne4 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. O-O O-O 23. Qd3 Rc8 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qd7 Rc3 26. Rxc3
Qxc3 27. Qxb7 Qd3 28. a4 f5 29. gxf5 Rxf5 30. Qc8+ Rf8 31. Qe6+ Kh7 32. Qg4 Qd5
33. Rd1 Qe5 34. Rd4 Re8 35. a5 Re6 36. Kg2 Re8 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Rd7 Rf8 39. Qg4
Qf6 40. Qg3 Qb2 41. Rd4 Qc2 42. Rd5 1-0

[Event "15th European Team Championshi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Yuri Kuzubov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. e3 Nxd5 7. cxd5 Ne7 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 {Diagram #} Bb6 12. d6 Nf5 13. Bf4 Qf6
14. Be5 Qh6 15. Nc3 Nxd6 16. d5 Nf5 17. d6 Re8 18. Re1 Re6 19. Qd3 Qh5 20. Bf3
Qg6 21. Bf4 Nd4 22. Be4 Qh5 23. Bg2 Qg6 24. Be4 Qh5 25. Na4 f5 26. Nxb6 fxe4
27. Qxd4 axb6 28. Rxe4 Qc5 29. Qd3 Qf5 30. Rae1 Ra4 31. f3 h5 32. Qb3 Raxe4 33.
fxe4 Qc5+ 34. Kg2 g5 35. Be3 Qxd6 36. Bxg5 Qc5 37. Bf6 d5 38. e5 Qd4 39. Qc2
1-0

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leonid Stein"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
Qd2 e6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Nc5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qf4 Be7 14. Qg4
O-O-O 15. Bd5 b4 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Nd5 exd5 (17... b3 18. axb3 Qa1+ 19. Kd2
Qxb2) 18. exd5 Rd7 19. Nc6 Qxa2 20. Qxb4+ Kc7 21. Nxe7 Rb8 22. Qa3 Qc4 23. Nc6
Rb3 24. Qa5+ Rb6 25. Kb1 Na4 26. Rd4 Nxb2 27. Kc1 Qc5 28. Re3 Kb7 29. Rc3 Rb5
30. Qa3 Qxa3 31. Rxa3 Rxd5 32. Na5+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Folkestone ENG"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Arthur William Dake"]
[Black "Hans Mueller"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1933.06.12"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. Qa4+ N8c6
8. Nxc6 Nxc6 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Be3 e6 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. Be2 Be5 13. O-O Nd4 14. Qb4
Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 Qb8 16. f4 Bd6 17. Bc5 Bxc5+ 18. Qxc5 b6 19. Qd4 e5 20. fxe5 Bb5
{Diagram #} 21. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1935.08.26"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ilmari Solin"]
[Black "Arthur William Dake"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. a3 Qc7 13. e4 Ng4 14. Rf1 f5 15.
g3 f4 16. Kg2 Rad8 17. Ne1 f3+ 18. Nxf3 Rxf3 19. Qxf3 Nde5 20. Qe2 Rxd3 21. Bf4
Rd7 22. Rad1 Nf6 23. Rxd7 Nfxd7 24. Rd1 Qc6 25. Qh5 g6 26. Qe2 Nf7 27. Qd2 Nb6
28. Qd3 Nc4 29. Bc1 Nce5 30. Qe2 b4 31. axb4 Bxb4 32. f3 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Qxc3 34.
Bb2 Qc4 35. Qe3 Qc2+ 36. Rd2 {Diagram #} Nc4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Warsaw, Poland"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arthur William Dake"]
[Black "Austin De Burca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
c3 O-O 9. Qc2 Be7 10. O-O-O c6 11. h4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bd3 g6 14. h5 Kg7
15. Rh2 Rg8 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Qh6 Bg7 {Diagram #} 18. Qxh7+ Kxh7 19. hxg6# 1-0

[Event "Pacific Northwest Championship"]
[Site "Tacoma, Washington USA"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arthur William Dake"]
[Black "Jim Schmitt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. d5 Nb8 10. Nf3 e6 11. Bc5 Re8 12. d6 N6d7 13. Ba3 cxd6 14. Bxd6 Qb6 15.
Qd2 e5 16. Bc4 exf4 {Diagram #} 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Pasadena (10)"]
[Site "Pasadena (10)"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arthur William Dake"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1932.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be6 7. c5 g6 8. Bb5
Bg7 9. Ne5 Qc8 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 a6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rfe1 Nh5
15. Bd2 Ra7 16. Re2 Be8 17. Rae1 f5 18. Nf3 Nf6 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. Rxe7 f4 21.
Bxf4 Ne4 22. Be5 Bh6 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Ng5 Qf5 25. Qb3+ Bf7 26. Nxf7 Rxf7 27.
Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qb8+ Qf8 {Diagram #} 29. d5 e3 30. f4 Qxb8 31. Bxb8 Kf7 32. dxc6
Ke8 33. b4 g5 34. g3 gxf4 35. gxf4 Kd8 36. a4 Kc8 37. Bd6 Bg7 38. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1935.08.31"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Arthur William Dake"]
[Black "C H Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Qb3 Qe7
9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Kh8 12. Rad1 Nh5 13. Bh2 f5 14. Qc2 Nhf6 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Nd7 17. Bh2 Nb6 18. Nb1 Be6 19. Nd2 Rae8 20. Nf3 Bc8 21. Ne5
Nd7 22. f4 Nxe5 23. fxe5 a6 24. Rc1 Bh6 25. Qe2 Qe6 26. h4 Rf7 27. Bf4 Bf8 28.
Qe1 h6 29. Rc2 Kg7 30. h5 Kh8 31. hxg6 Qxg6 32. Qh4 Rh7 33. Rcf2 Be7 34. Qh3
Rf8 35. Bg3 Bg5 36. Bh4 Rhf7 37. Bxg5 Qxg5 38. Rf4 Qg6 39. Rh4 Kg7 40. Rf3 Qe6
{Diagram #} 41. Rg3+ Kh7 42. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1940.02.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, M"]
[Black "Levenfish, G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.02.18"]
[SourceDate "2010.02.18"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ {
Diagram #} 8. bxc3 Ne5 9. e3 Ng6 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 d6 13. f4
Qe7 14. Kf2 Nf8 15. c5 dxc5 16. Bb5+ Nd7 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Rad1 g6 19. Nxh6 Rf8
20. g4 a6 21. g5 Qe6 22. Be2 Nb6 23. Ng4 Ke7 24. Nf6 Qc6 25. Rh7 Bf5 26. e4 Be6
27. f5 {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "ABC-209-April-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/2p3p1/8/4q3/5n2/5P2/2PB1P2/3Q2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.02.18"]
[SourceDate "2010.02.18"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-209-April-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Multiple threats"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k1r1b2/8/8/3n4/8/5p2/1PP2P2/R3KR2 b Q - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.02.18"]
[SourceDate "2010.02.18"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-209-April-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2kr4/2p4p/8/4q3/8/5Q2/2P1nP2/1R2KN2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.02.18"]
[SourceDate "2010.02.18"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-209-April-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/8/2Q5/p3q3/p4n2/8/1P1K4/6R1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.02.18"]
[SourceDate "2010.02.18"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-209-April-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/8/8/4q3/5n2/2r5/QK1B4/4R3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.02.18"]
[SourceDate "2010.02.18"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-209-April-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3qr3/5k2/8/8/Q7/5n1n/2PB4/2NK1R2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.02.18"]
[SourceDate "2010.02.18"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "K-12Youth Action"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dahl, Matthew"]
[Black "Auger, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2180"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[Annotator "Alex Betaneli"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.11.22"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.22"]

{Here is this important last round good quality game, especially considering
the quick nature of time control.} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5.
Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 exd6 8. b3 Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nxd4 11. Bxb7 Rb8
12. Be4 Bf6 13. Nc3 {****PLEASE INSERT DIAGRAM***} Ne2 $5 {Black plays a
double-edged move that is pleasing to the eye. On the one hand, it wins
material, but at the same time it leads to an awkward position. Athough
objectively (as in Rybka's "opinion") the move is not best, it does create a
highly imbalanced, unusual position that fits the plan of "playing for a win."}
14. Nxe2 Bxa1 15. Be3 Bf6 16. Bc6+ Kf8 17. O-O {Black's material advantage is
fully compensated by harmonious placement of the white pieces. In fact, one
might be tempted to say that black's extra exchange is a form of compensation
for lack of cooperation of the pieces!} Nc8 18. g4 $6 {this move allows black
to rip the position open and bring his inactive Rook into play} ({
after the more natural} 18. Ng3 Ne7 19. Be4 {position is roughly level as
black's pieces are not well-coordinated; indeed, it is somewhat easier to play
for white in the resulting situation}) (18. Ng3 Ne7 19. Be4) 18... h5 $1 {
black isn't going to be asked twice} 19. f4 hxg4 20. hxg4 Bb2 21. Qd2 $2 ({
instead,} 21. g5 {keeps the game going}) (21. g5) 21... Qh4 {
now the clouds are gathering around the white king} 22. Rf2 Qxg4+ 23. Rg2 Qh4
24. Qxb2 $2 {
the final blunder in a tough position complemented by severe time trouble} Qe1#
0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "James Black"]
[Black "Kyle Shin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.02.19"]
[SourceDate "2010.02.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Nf6 (6... Bd6) 7.
O-O Be7 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Nb3 Bg4 10. Qd3 Nb4 11. Qc3 Bxf3 12. Qxb4 (12. gxf3) (
12. Qxf3 Nxc2) 12... Be4 13. c3 Qc7 {Diagram #} 14. f3 Bc2 15. Bf4 Qc8 (15...
Qd8) 16. Rfe1 Qd8 17. Nd4 {Diagram #} Rc8 18. Rxe7 (18. Nxc2 Bxc5+) 18... Qxe7
19. Nxc2 Qxc5+ 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. a4 (21. Nd4) 21... Rd8 22. Be3 Rcc8 23. Bxa7
Ne8 24. Bb6 Rd6 25. Bd4 Nc7 26. Bd3 {Diagram #} Re8 27. Kf2 Rh6 28. Be3 Rhe6 (
28... Rxh2 29. Bf4) 29. Bf5 Re5 30. Bd3 R5e7 31. Bc5 Re6 32. Nd4 Re3 33. Rd1
Na6 34. Ba3 Nb8 35. Be4 R3xe4 36. fxe4 Rxe4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rayan Taghizadeh"]
[Black "Praveen Balakrishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Be2 {
Diagram #} (7. Bc4) 7... O-O 8. O-O b6 9. b4 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Qg6 11. Bd3 Nxd4 12.
cxd4 {Diagram #} Qd6 13. e5 Qxb4 (13... Qxd4 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qxd4) 14. a3
Qb2 {Diagram #} 15. Qh5 (15. Nd2 Qxd4 16. Nf3 Qf4) 15... g6 (15... Qxa1 16.
Qxh7#) 16. Qh4 Qxa1 17. Nd2 Qc3 (17... Qxa3 18. Ne4 f5 19. Bc4+ Kg7) 18. Ne4
Qc6 19. Nf6+ Qxf6 20. exf6 Kh8 (20... Nd5) 21. fxe7 Re8 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Bc4 d5
24. Bxd5 Be6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. f4 Rac8 {Diagram #} 27. f5 (27. Qxe6+ Kg7 28. f5
) 27... exf5 28. g4 fxg4 29. Qe6+ Kg7 30. Rf7+ Kh6 31. Qe3+ g5 32. Qe6+ Kh5 33.
Rxh7# 1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naroditsky, D."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. O-O e5 7. Be3 Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. dxe5 (9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4) 9... dxe5 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qc7
12. Nc4 Nc5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qd7 15. Rad1 Qe6 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Rxd8 (17.
Be5) 17... Rxd8 18. b3 b6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Nd6 h6 22. Nb5 d4 23.
Nc7 Qf5 {Diagram #} 24. e6 fxe6 25. Nxe6 d3 26. cxd3 Rxd3 27. Bb8 Nxe6 28.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Bc5+ 30. Kf1 a5 31. Rg6 Rxb3 32. Be5 Kf7 33. Rxg7+ Ke6 34.
Bf4 Rb4 35. Bc7 h5 36. Rh7 h4 37. g3 hxg3 38. hxg3 Kd5 39. Rh4 Bd4 40. Rh6 Kc4
41. g4 Kb3 42. g5 Kxa4 43. g6 b5 44. Ke2 (44. Rh7) 44... Bf6 45. Kf3 Rc4 46.
Bd8 Bc3 47. Rh2 Rc8 48. Bg5 Rg8 49. Ke4 Rxg6 50. Be3 b4 51. Kd3 Kb3 0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikhalevski, V."]
[Black "Kretchetov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D95"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Be2 Be6 11. Qc2 Bc4 12. e4 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Qc8 14. O-O Qe6
15. Nc3 Nfd7 (15... Nh5) (15... Nc4) (15... Rfd8) 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. b3 Nf8 18.
Bf4 Qc8 19. a4 Nbd7 20. Qc1 Nf6 21. h3 Ne6 22. Be3 Rd8 23. Qa3 Bf8 24. Rc1 Nc7
25. Qb2 Bg7 26. Red1 h6 27. Qb1 Qe6 28. Bf4 Rac8 29. b4 {Diagram #} g5 30. Bh2
g4 31. hxg4 Nxg4 32. Bg3 Qg6 33. Nh4 Qh5 34. Nf5 Bf8 35. f3 Nf6 36. Bh4 Ne6 37.
Ne2 (37. e5 Nxd4 38. Rxd4 Rxd4 39. Nxd4 Qxh4 40. Nf5 Qg5 41. exf6) 37... Qg6
38. b5 Kh7 (38... Ng5) 39. Kf2 Rd7 40. d5 Ng5 (40... Ng7) 41. Nf4 Ngxe4+ 42.
fxe4 Qg4 43. g3 1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ravichandran, S."]
[Black "Yermolinsky, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nge2 Nbd7 6. h3 h5 7. d4 c6 8. a4 b6
9. Be3 a6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Bb7 12. Qe1 b5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Qf2 Rae8 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. b3 (16. fxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb6) 16... b4 17. Nb1 c5 18. Nd2 c4 19. Nxc4
Nxe4 20. Bxe4 (20. Qe1) 20... Bxe4 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Bd4 Qg5 24.
Be3 Qf6 25. Nf4 Rd8 (25... Qf5) (25... Rc8) 26. Rd4 Qf5 27. Qe2 Rxd4 28. Bxd4
Rd8 29. Nxh5 Qg6 30. Bf2 Bg5 31. Be3 Bb7 (31... Bxe3+) 32. Bxg5 Qxg5 {Diagram #
} 33. Rd1 (33. h4) 33... Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 g6 35. Qe1 gxh5 36. Qxb4 Qxg3+ 37. Kf1
Bf3 38. Qe7 Qxh3+ 39. Kf2 Qf5 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Ke3 Qe4+ 42. Kf2 h4 43. Qd2 Bg4
44. Qd8 Qe2+ 45. Kg1 Qe1+ 46. Kg2 h3+ 0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zierk, S."]
[Black "Friedel, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bf1 (6. Bxb5 Qxd5) 6...
h6 7. Nf3 (7. Nxf7 Kxf7 8. dxc6) 7... Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qe6 9. Bxb5 Bb7 10. O-O O-O-O
11. Re1 Bc5 12. Qe2 (12. Na4) 12... Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Nd1 (14. a4) 14...
Nd5 15. Bc4 Qg6 16. Bxd5 (16. Qd3) 16... Bxd5 17. Ne3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qxc2 19. d4
(19. b3) 19... Qe4 20. b3 Rhe8 21. Bb2 Re6 22. Qd2 Bb7 23. Rac1 Rdd6 24. Rf1
Rf6 {Diagram #} 25. Rfe1 (25. Rxf6) 25... Rc6 26. dxe5 Rxc1 27. Bxc1 Rg6 28.
Re2 Rc6 29. e6 Rxe6 30. Qc2 (30. Bb2) 30... Rc6 31. Qb2 Qd3 32. Rf2 Ba6 33. Bd2
Rc2 34. Qd4 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, A."]
[Black "Amanov, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
Qc7 9. g4 h6 10. g5 hxg5 11. fxg5 Nfd7 12. Bg4 Nb6 (12... Nc6) 13. g6 Be7 14.
O-O N8d7 (14... Bf6) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4 Qc4 17. Be3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19.
Nd2 Qb5 {Diagram #} (19... Qc8) 20. Rf7 Nf6 21. Qe6 Qd7 22. Rxf6 d4 23. Nc4
Qxe6 24. Rxe6 dxe3 25. Nb6 Rd8 26. Re1 Kf8 27. Rxe3 Bg5 28. Rf3+ Bf4 29. Nd5
Rh4 30. h3 Rc8 31. c3 Rd8 32. Kf2 a5 33. Re7 Rh6 34. Re6 Kg8 35. Ne7+ Kf8 36.
Nf5 Rh5 37. h4 d5 38. Rd3 Bc1 39. c4 d4 40. Kf3 Bxb2 41. Kg4 Rh8 42. Rb6 Bc1
43. Rxb7 Bh6 44. c5 Ke8 45. c6 1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, A."]
[Black "Naroditsky, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Na5 Nc4 15.
Nxc4 Bxc4 (15... Qxc4) 16. Bd2 Rfc8 17. b3 Be6 18. Ra2 Qb7 19. Qe2 Bd8 20. Rea1
Bb6 21. Na4 (21. h3) (21. Rxa6 Bc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxa8+ Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8)
21... Bd4 22. Rd1 d5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Qf3 Rab8 26. Be1 Rd8 27.
Nb2 Qa7 28. Nc4 e4 29. Qe2 (29. Qxe4 Nc3 30. Bxc3 Bxf2+) 29... Nf4 30. Qg4 Ne6
31. Kf1 Qb7 32. Na5 Qc7 33. g3 e3 34. fxe3 Bxe3 35. Rxd8+ Rxd8 36. Nc4 (36. Qf3
) (36. Qe4) 36... Ba7 {Diagram #} 37. Ba5 Qc5 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Daniel Naroditsky"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r4/R4B2/6Pk/5K2/5P1b/8/8/8 w - - 0 73"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 73. Be6 Rf8+ 74. Kg4 Kxg6 75. f5+ (75. Rf7) 75... Kh6 76. Kxh4 Rxf5
*

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Naroditsky, D."]
[Black "Kidambi, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. O-O e6 9. c3 Bd6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. h3 O-O 12. Nh4 c5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Bd3 g6
15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Rad1 Re6 20. Be3 Rd6
21. Qe2 Bxe3 22. fxe3 Rad8 23. Rd4 Rxd4 24. cxd4 f5 25. Qd2 Rc8 26. Qb4 b6 27.
Qb3+ Kg7 28. Qe6 Rf8 29. Kh1 Rf6 30. Qe8 Rc6 31. d5 Rc2 32. Rd1 Qg3 33. Qe7+
Kh6 34. Qf8+ Kh5 35. Rg1 Rd2 36. Qf7 h6 37. b4 Rxa2 38. d6 Rd2 39. d7 Qd6 {
Diagram #} 40. Rf1 Qxd7 (40... Kg5) 41. Rxf5+ Qxf5 42. g4+ Kh4 43. gxf5 Kxh3
44. Qxg6 Rd1+ 45. Qg1 Rxg1+ 46. Kxg1 a5 47. bxa5 bxa5 48. f6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qc3 Ne7 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Nc3 b4 15.
e5 Bf5 16. Qxa6 Nd7 17. exd6 bxc3 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. bxc3 Nc5 20. Qc4 Rfd8 21.
Ba2 {Diagram #} Bxc2 22. f5 (22. Ba3 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Ne4 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Rf3
Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nh3+ 27. Kh1) 22... Bd3 23. f6 gxf6 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Bh6 (25. Rd1
Be2) 25... Rg8 26. Qd4 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Rg6 28. Be3 Nxa4 29. Bf2 Nb6 30. Bb1 Rg7
31. Re1 Qd6 32. Bf5 Nd5 33. g4 Rgg8 34. c4 Nf4 35. Qxd6 cxd6 36. Bg3 Nh3+ 37.
Kg2 Ng5 38. Bxd6 Rb2+ 39. Kg3 Ra8 40. Re3 Kg7 41. h4 Ne6 42. g5 Raa2 43. gxf6+
Kxf6 44. Bxh7 Re2 45. Rf3+ Kg7 46. Bd3 Re1 47. Be7 Rd2 48. Bf6+ Kg8 49. Kg4 Nc5
50. Bf5 Ne4 51. Bxe4 Rxe4+ 52. Kh5 Rxc4 53. Rg3+ Kf8 54. Bg7+ Ke7 55. Re3+ Kd7
56. Bf6 Rf2 57. Be5 Rf5+ 58. Kh6 Rxh4+ 59. Kg7 Rg4+ 60. Kf8 Rf1 61. Rd3+ Ke6
62. Bc7 Rc4 63. Rd6+ Kf5 64. Rd7 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "0:32:33-0:06:33"]
[Date "2010.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Loek Van Wely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nd7 (11... b4 12. Ncb5) 12. O-O-O Nc5 (12...
Bb7 13. Bh3) (12... b4 13. Nd5) 13. a3 Rb8 {Diagram #} (13... Be7) 14. b4 Nd7 (
14... Na4 15. Ndxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5+ Rxb5 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Qd3 Bd7 19. Nxd6+ Bxd6
20. Rd2) 15. Nd5 exd5 16. exd5 Be7 17. Re1 Ne5 (17... Nb6 18. Nc6 Nxd5 19. Qxd5
(19. Nxb8 Qxb8 20. Qxd5 Bb7 21. Bxb5+) 19... Be6 20. Qg2 Rc8 21. Nxe7 Qc3) (
17... Kf8 18. Nc6 Bb7 19. Nxe7 Re8) 18. fxe5 Bxg5+ 19. Kb1 dxe5 20. Nc6 Bf6 (
20... O-O 21. Rxe5 Bf6 22. Rh5) 21. Bd3 (21. Nxb8 Qxb8 22. Bd3 Ke7) 21... h5 (
21... Rb6 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Qh5) (21... O-O 22. Rhg1 Kh8 23. Bxh7 Kxh7 24. Qxf6
gxf6 25. Re4) 22. Rxe5+ Bxe5 23. Re1 Bg4 (23... f6 24. Bg6+ Kd7 (24... Kf8 25.
Rxe5 Bd7 26. Re7) 25. Rxe5) 24. Qf4 O-O (24... f6 25. Bg6+ Kf8 (25... Kd7 26.
Bf5+ Ke8 27. Nxe5 fxe5 28. Rxe5+ Kd8 (28... Kf8 29. Bxg4+) 29. Qg5+) 26. Rxe5)
25. Rxe5 g6 (25... Rbe8 26. Rxe8 Qxf4 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Rxf8#) (25... f5 26. Qg5
) 26. Qf6 Rbe8 27. Ne7+ Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Qxh2 29. Bxg6 Qh1+ 30. Kb2 Qxd5 {
Diagram #} 31. Bxf7+ (31. Be4 Qd2 32. Re5 Rd8) 31... Qxf7 (31... Rxf7 32. Re8+)
32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33. Qxa6 Kg7 34. Qxb5 Kg6 35. Qc4 Rd7 36. b5 Kg5 37. b6 Bf3 (
37... h4 38. Qb5+ Bf5 39. Qxd7 Bxd7 40. b7) 38. Qb5+ Rd5 39. Qb3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "1:03:33-0:04:33"]
[Date "2010.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 f5 10. Nc4 Nd4 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Ne3 Bg6 13. Ncd5 Bh6 14. c3
Ne6 15. Bd3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Qb6 17. O-O Nf4 18. Be2 Rg8 19. Bf3 Nh3+ 20. Kh1
Nxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Qxe3 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Re2 Qb6 24. Bd5 Rg7 25. Qd2 f5 26. Rf1 Kd7
27. b4 f4 28. a4 a5 29. b5 Rd8 30. g3 fxg3 31. hxg3 Kc8 32. c4 Kb8 33. Rf6 Re7
34. Kh2 e4 35. Qc3 Rc8 36. Re3 Ka7 37. Bc6 Rd8 {Diagram #} 38. c5 dxc5 39. Bxe4
Rd6 40. Rxd6 Qxd6 41. Qxa5+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "0:02:33-0:33:33"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Bg4 Bh1 19. f3 Bh4 20. Re4 f5 21. Kxh1
fxg4 22. hxg4 Qf7 23. Qb3 Ne7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. c4 Ng6 26. Bh2 Bf6 27. Rb1 b6
28. d5 Be5 29. f4 Bd6 30. a4 h6 31. Rbe1 Nf8 32. f5 Nd7 33. Bxd6 cxd6 {
Diagram #} 34. Re6 Ne5 (34... Nc5 35. Ne4 Nxe4 (35... Nxe6 36. Nxd6+) 36. R1xe4
Rxe6 37. fxe6+ Ke7 38. Kg2 (38. Rf4 Rf8) 38... g5) 35. c5 Nd3 (35... bxc5 36.
Ne4) 36. cxd6 (36. Nc4 Nxe1 37. Nxd6+ Kf8 38. Nxe8 Rxe8 (38... bxc5 39. Nd6 Rd8
40. Nc4 Nd3 41. d6 Nf2+ 42. Kg2 Nxg4 43. Kg3) 39. c6) 36... Nxe1 37. d7 Rcd8
38. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 39. Nc4 Rxe6 40. fxe6+ Ke7 41. Ne5 Kd6 42. Nc4+ Ke7 43. Ne5
Kd6 44. Kh2 Nc2 45. Nc4+ Ke7 46. Kg3 {Diagram #} Nb4 47. Ne3 Nxd5 (47... g6 48.
Kf4 Nd3+ 49. Ke4 Nc5+ 50. Ke5 Nd3+ 51. Kd4 Nb2 52. Ng2 Nxa4 (52... g5 53. Ne3)
53. Ke5) 48. Nxd5+ Kxe6 49. Nc3 (49. Nc7+ Kd7 50. Nb5 a6 51. Nc3 Kc6 52. Kf4 g6
) 49... a6 (49... Ke5 50. Nb5 a5) 50. Kf4 b5 51. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Jan Smeets"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 (4. Bd3) 4... Bc5 {Diagram #} 5. Bc4 (5.
Qd5 Bxf2+ 6. Ke2 f5) 5... Nxf2 6. Bxf7+ (6. Qd5 Qe7 7. Rf1 c6) 6... Kxf7 7.
Qd5+ Kg6 (7... Ke8 8. Bg5) 8. Bg5 (8. Rf1 d6) 8... Qe8 {Diagram #} 9. Nh4+ Kxg5
10. Nd2 Kh6 (10... Kxh4 11. Nf3+ Kg4 12. Qxc5 Nxh1 13. Qc4+) (10... d6 11.
Ndf3+ Kg4 12. h3+ Kg3 13. Qc4 Nxh1) 11. Nf5+ Kg6 12. Nh4+ Kh6 (12... Kh5 13.
Qf3+ Ng4 14. h3 Qxe5+ 15. Kf1) 13. Nf5+ Kg6 14. Nh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus (B Group)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Anish Giri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bd6 15.
Ba3 Kh8 16. Qb2 Ne7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Ng6 19. f3 Nxe5 20. Bf1 Qf6 21. fxe4
fxe4 22. Kh1 b5 23. Nb3 Qh4 24. Qd2 Rf5 25. Nd4 Rh5 26. h3 Rf8 27. Re3 Rf2 28.
Qe1 Qf6 29. Kg1 Rf4 30. hxg4 Nxg4 31. Rh3 Rxh3 32. gxh3 Nf2 33. Qe3 Qg5+ 34.
Bg2 {Diagram #} Nd1 35. Qc1 (35. Rxd1 Rf1+ 36. Kxf1 Qxe3 37. Ne2 c6 38. Bc1)
35... Qg3 36. Ne2 (36. Qxd1 Rf2 37. Qf1) 36... Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Leinier Dominguez-Perez"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qb6 8.
Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. f3 Qc7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. g4 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15.
h4 Bd7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. g5 Bd8 18. h5 a5 19. g6 Nxb3 20. Nxb3 fxg6 21. hxg6 h6
22. Nxa5 Rxf3 23. e5 Be8 {Diagram #} 24. exd6 Qxa5 25. Rxh6 gxh6 26. Qxh6 Bf6
27. d7 Bxc3 28. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 {Diagram #} 29. Qh1 (29. Rd7 Rf1+ 30. Ka2 Ra1+)
29... Re7 30. Qxf3 Bg7 {Diagram #} (30... Be5) 31. b4 (31. Qc6 Bf8 32. g7)
31... Qc7 32. Qa8+ Bf8 33. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Nf1
O-O 9. Bg5 d5 10. Qe2 Qd6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne3 Ne7 13. Bb3 c6 14. h4 Be6 15.
Ng5 Bd7 16. Rd1 Rad8 {Diagram #} 17. Qf3 h6 18. Nc4 dxc4 19. dxc4 Nd5 20. Nh3
h5 21. Qg3 Bg4 22. Rd2 (22. f3 Qe7) 22... Bxh4 23. Qxh4 Qf6 (23... Nf4 24. Qxd8
) 24. Qxf6 Nxf6 25. Ng5 c5 26. f3 Bc8 27. Ba4 Kg7 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. b4 Rd3 30.
bxc5 Rxc3 (30... Nd7 31. c6 Nc5 32. cxb7 Bxb7 33. Bb3 f6 34. Nh3 Nxb3 35. axb3
Rxc3 36. Kd2 Rxb3) 31. Kd2 Rxc4 32. Bb3 Rxc5 33. Nxf7 a5 (33... b5 34. Rc1) (
33... Bd7 34. Rc1) 34. Rc1 Rxc1 35. Kxc1 a4 36. Bc4 b5 37. Nd6 bxc4 38. Nxc8 h4
39. Nb6 Nh5 40. Nxc4 Kf6 {Diagram #} (40... Nf4 41. Nxe5 Nxg2 42. Kd2 Kf6 43.
Ng4+) 41. Kd2 (41. Ne3 Nf4 {Diagram #}) 41... Nf4 42. Ke3 Nxg2+ 43. Kf2 Nf4 44.
Nb2 a3 45. Nc4 Nd3+ 46. Kg2 Kg5 (46... Nc1 47. Nxa3 Nxa2 48. Kh3 g5 49. Nc4)
47. Nxa3 Kf4 48. Nc2 Nb2 (48... h3+ 49. Kxh3 Kxf3 50. a4 g5 51. Kh2 g4 52. Kg1
Nc5 53. a5) 49. Nb4 h3+ 50. Kxh3 Kxf3 51. Kh4 Kf4 52. Nd5+ Kxe4 53. Ne7 Kf3 54.
Nxg6 e4 55. Ne5+ Kf4 56. Ng4 Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "WimpB"]
[Black "Dautremont, Jim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "1443"]
[BlackElo "1403"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.01.07"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nd5 8.
Bg5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 h6 {Diagram #} 10. Nd6+ exd6 11. Bxd8 Rxd8 {Diagram #} 12. d5
(12. e3) 12... c5 13. g3 g6 {Diagram #} (13... Be7) 14. h3 g5 15. Qc1 Bg7 16.
Ra2 Ne5 17. Qb2 {Diagram #} b6 (17... Be4) 18. g4 Bg6 19. Qb5+ Rd7 20. a5 O-O {
Diagram #} 21. Ra1 Re7 22. axb6 axb6 23. Qxb6 Nc4 (23... Nd3+ 24. Kd2 Nxf2 25.
Qxd6 Ne4+) 24. Qb3 {Diagram #} Ne5 {Diagram #} 25. Bg2 Rfe8 26. Kf1 Nd3 {
Diagram #} 27. exd3 Bxd3+ 28. Kg1 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 30. Bf1 (30. Kh2 Be5+)
30... Bxf1 31. Qb8+ {Diagram #} Kh7 32. f4 (32. Qxd6 Bxh3+ 33. Kh2 Be5+ 34.
Qxe5 Rxe5 35. Kxh3 Rxd5) 32... Bc4+ 33. Kh2 Re2+ 34. Kg3 gxf4+ {Diagram #} 35.
Kf3 (35. Kxf4 Bxd5 36. Rf1 (36. Qxd6 Bxh1 37. Qxc5 Re4+) 36... Be5+ 37. Kf5
Be4#) (35. Kh4 Bf6+ 36. Kh5 Re5+ 37. g5 Rxg5+ 38. Kh4 Rg2+ 39. Kh5 Be2#) 35...
Be5 36. Rc1 (36. Qb1+) 36... Re3+ 37. Kf2 Re2+ 38. Kg1 f3 {Diagram #} 39. Qb1+
Kg7 40. Rf1 Rg2+ 41. Kh1 Rg3 {Diagram #} 42. Rc1 Rxh3+ 43. Kg1 Bxd5 44. Rd1 Be6
45. Qb2 Rg3+ {Diagram #} 46. Kh1 (46. Kf2) (46. Kh2 Rg2+) (46. Kf1 Bc4+) 46...
Bxg4 47. Ra1 Rg2 48. Qxg2 fxg2+ 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. e3 c5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qc2 h6 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. O-O c4 14. Be2 Be6
15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Rab1 Rac8 17. h3 Bf6 18. b3 c3 19. b4 Rfd8 20. b5 Ne7 21. Nd4
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Nf5 23. Rd3 d4 24. g4 Ne7 25. exd4 Nd5 26. Bg3 f6 27. Bf3 Qa5 28.
Rb3 Bf7 29. Be4 Qa4 30. Rf3 Qa5 31. Kh2 Rc4 32. Rd3 Qa4 33. h4 Rxd4 34. Rxd4
Qxd4 35. Rb1 Re8 36. Bf3 Qc5 37. Qd3 Nb6 38. Rc1 Na4 39. Bc6 Rc8 40. Qd7 Rf8
41. Qd6 Qxd6 42. Bxd6 Rd8 43. Bb4 Rd3 44. b6 Nxb6 45. Rxc3 Rxc3 46. Bxc3 Bd5
47. Bb5 Bc4 48. Bc6 Bd5 49. Bxd5+ Nxd5 50. Bd4 a6 51. Kg3 Kf7 52. Kf3 g6 53.
Ke4 Ke6 54. Kd3 f5 55. gxf5+ Kxf5 56. Kc4 Nf4 57. Kb4 Ng2 58. Ka5 Nxh4 59. Kxa6
Nf3 60. Bb6 {Diagram #} Nd2 (60... h5 61. Bd8 (61. Bc7 Ne5) 61... g5) 61. a4
Nc4 (61... g5 62. Kb5 Ke6) 62. Kb5 Nd6+ 63. Kc6 Nc4 64. Kc5 Nd2 65. Kd5 Nb3 66.
Kc4 Nd2+ 67. Kb4 (67. Kb5 Ke6 68. a5 Kd7 69. a6 Kc8 70. Be3 Ne4 71. Bf4) 67...
h5 (67... Ke6) 68. a5 Ke6 69. a6 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Re8 8. e4
d6 9. Ne2 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Ng3 Nb6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. a4 h6 14. O-O Nxa4 15.
Bd3 a6 16. f4 exd5 17. cxd5 b5 18. Bc2 Qb6 19. Kh1 Nb2 20. Qf3 Nc4 21. Bc1 a5
22. Bd3 a4 23. h3 a3 24. Ra2 Ra4 25. Kh2 Qb7 26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Rxa3 Rxa3 28.
Bxa3 Ba4 29. Bc1 Bc2 30. e5 dxe5 31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. Bxh6 Qxd5 33. Qf2 Ne4 34.
Qxc2 Nxg3 35. Rd1 Qe4 36. Qf2 Nf5 37. Bf4 Rd5 38. Re1 Qd3 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Qe1
Qc2 41. Rf8 Rd1 42. Qe8 Nh6 43. Rh8+ Kg6 44. Qc6+ f6 45. Bxh6 gxh6 {Diagram #}
46. Qe8+ (46. Rg8+ Kh7 (46... Kf5 47. Qxc5+) 47. Qe8) 46... Kf5 47. Rxh6 (47.
Qh5+) 47... Rd6 (47... Rh1+ 48. Kxh1 Qc1+ 49. Kh2 Qf4+ 50. Kg1 Qe3+ 51. Qxe3)
48. Rh5+ (48. Qg6+) 48... Kf4 49. Rh4+ Kf5 50. Qe3 Qd3 51. Qf4+ Ke6 52. Rh6
Qxc3 53. Qg4+ Kd5 54. Rh5+ Kc6 55. Qe4+ (55. Qc8+ Kb5 56. Qxc5+) 55... Kb6 56.
Qe8 (56. Rh8 Qe5+) 56... Qd4 57. Qb8+ Ka5 58. Rf5 c3 59. Rf1 c2 60. Qb3 (60.
Ra1+ Qxa1 61. Qa7+ Ra6 62. Qxc5+ Ka4 63. Qc4+ Ka3 64. Qxa6+ Kb2 65. Qxf6+ Kb1
66. Qf5) 60... Qe5+ 61. Kh1 Rd1 (61... Rd2) 62. Rxd1 (62. Qa3+ Kb6 63. Qb3+)
62... cxd1=Q+ 63. Qxd1 c4 64. h4 c3 65. h5 Qe3 66. Qb3 Qd2 67. Qa3+ Kb5 68.
Qb3+ Kc5 69. Qa3+ Kd5 70. Qa5+ Ke4 71. Qb4+ Qd4 72. Qb1+ Qd3 73. Qb4+ Ke3 74.
h6 c2 0-1

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Peter Leko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Qb6 6. Qc1 Ne7 7. c4 Bg6 8. c5 Qc7
9. f4 Nf5 10. Bf2 h5 11. Ngf3 a5 12. Be2 b6 13. cxb6 Qxb6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Nb3
a4 16. Nbd2 Be7 17. Bd1 O-O 18. Bc2 c5 19. b3 a3 20. Qe1 Qb4 21. Rc1 Rfc8 22.
Nb1 cxd4 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. Nxd4 Qxe1 25. Rfxe1 Be4 26. Nc6 Bf8 27. Nd2 Bd3 28.
Rc3 Bb4 29. Nxb4 Rxc3 30. Bd4 Rc2 31. Nxc2 Bxc2 32. Rc1 Bf5 33. Rc3 Kh7 34. Kf2
f6 35. b4 fxe5 36. fxe5 Kg6 37. b5 Rb8 38. Rb3 Bc2 39. Rb4 Bd3 40. b6 Ba6 41.
Ke3 Kf5 42. h3 Nxe5 43. Ra4 Nc4+ 44. Nxc4 Bxc4 45. Rxa3 e5 46. Bc5 d4+ 47. Kd2
Ke6 48. Ra5 Kd7 49. a3 Kc6 50. Bb4 Bf1 51. Rxe5 Bxg2 52. Bc5 Bxh3 53. Rxh5 Ra8
54. Bxd4 Rxa3 55. Rc5+ Kd7 56. Rc7+ Kd8 57. Bxg7 Bg2 58. Bf6+ Ke8 59. b7 Bxb7
60. Rxb7 Ra6 61. Bd4 Rd6 62. Kd3 Rd7 63. Rb6 Kd8 64. Ke4 Kc7 65. Re6 Kd8 66.
Be5 Kc8 67. Rb6 Rb7 68. Rh6 Rd7 69. Bd6 Rb7 70. Kd5 Rd7 71. Rh8+ Kb7 72. Rb8+
Ka7 73. Rb1 Rb7 74. Bc5+ Kb8 75. Rh1 Kc8 76. Bd6 Rd7 77. Ke6 Rg7 78. Rb1 Rg6+
79. Kd5 Kd7 80. Rb7+ Ke8 81. Kc6 Re6 82. Rh7 Re1 83. Kd5 Kd8 {Diagram #} 84.
Bg3 Rd1+ (84... Re2) (84... Re3) (84... Rg1) (84... Rc1) (84... Rb1) (84... Ra1
) 85. Ke6 Kc8 86. Rc7+ Kd8 87. Rc2 Rd3 (87... Rh1 88. Be5 Re1 89. Rg2 Kc8 90.
Rb2) 88. Bh4+ 1-0

[Event "BNbank Blitz"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
Nf3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. e4 Rc8 13. Bd3 Re8 14. O-O Rc7 15.
Rad1 Qc8 16. d5 e5 17. Rfe1 Nh5 18. Nf1 Nf8 19. Ne3 Ng6 20. Bf2 Qd8 21. Bf1 Bc8
22. b4 Bd7 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Nf5 Rc7 25. Nxd6 Rf8 26. c5 bxc5 27. Rc1 Nhf4 28.
Qa5 c4 29. Rxc4 Qg5 30. Kh1 Rxc4 31. Nxc4 f5 32. exf5 Bxf5 33. d6 Bd3 34. Bg3
Bxf1 35. Rxf1 Ne2 36. Bxe5 Ngf4 37. Bxf4 Qxf4 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. d7 Qh4 40. Qd6
Rd8 41. Rd1 Nc3 42. Ne5 Kg8 43. Qe6+ Kh7 44. Qg6+ Kg8 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qxd8
Qxd8 47. Nc6 Qb6 48. d8=Q Nxd1 49. Qxb6 axb6 50. Kg1 Nc3 51. Nd4 Kg6 52. Kf2
Kf6 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. Kd3 Nd5 55. Ne2 Kd6 56. Kd4 Nc7 57. Nc3 Ne6+ 58. Ke4 g6 59.
Nb5+ Kc5 60. Ke5 Kxb5 61. Kxe6 {Diagram #} Ka4 62. Kf6 (62. Kd6 Kxa3 63. Kc6) (
62. f4 Kxa3 (62... h5 63. Kf6) 63. g4) 62... Kxa3 63. Kxg6 b5 64. f4 b4 65. f5
b3 66. f6 b2 67. f7 b1=Q+ 68. Kxh6 Qf5 69. Kg7 Qg5+ 70. Kh7 Qf6 71. Kg8 Qg6+
72. Kf8 (72. Kh8) 72... Kb4 73. h4 Kc5 74. h5 Qxh5 75. g4 Qxg4 76. Ke7 Qg7 0-1

[Event "BNbank Blitz"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 Bxc3 12. Bc4 Bg7 13. e5 Ba6 14. Qd3 Bxc4
15. Qxc4 Nd7 16. Re1 a6 17. Qh4 e6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. d6 Qc6 20. Bh6 f6 21. exf6
Rxf6 22. Ng5 Nf8 23. d7 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Qxd7 25. Ne4 Rf7 26. Rxb6 c4 27. Qe3 {
Diagram #} Qd3 (27... Qa7) 28. Qc1 (28. Qxd3 cxd3 29. Rd6) 28... Rd8 29. Rxa6
Qd4 (29... Rc7) 30. Rc6 Qa7 31. Qxc4 Rd4 32. Qc2 Ra4 33. Re2 Qd4 34. h3 (34. g3
) 34... Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. Ng3 Qf4 37. Rc8 Kg7 38. Qc3+ Kh6 39. f3 g5 40.
Rxf8 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4k3/2p2p2/7p/3P4/3P1KP1/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Kf4 (1. Ke4 Ke6 2. d5+ cxd5+ 3. Kf4 f5 4. Kg5 (4. d4 Kf6) 4...
Ke5 5. Kxh5 f4) 1... Ke6 2. Ke4 f5+ (2... Ke7 3. d5) 3. Kf4 Kf6 4. d5 cxd5 5.
d4 Kg6 6. Ke5 Kg5 7. Kxd5 f4 8. gxf4+ Kf5 9. Kc5 (9. Kc6) 9... h4 10. d5 h3 11.
d6 Ke6 12. f5+ Kd7 13. f6 Ke6 14. f7 Kxf7 15. Kb6 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.02.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3k4/8/2p2Ppp/p2p4/p2P4/P1P3P1/1P3P1K/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Kh3 Ke8 2. Kh4 Kf7 3. g4 Kxf6 4. g5+ hxg5+ (4... Kg7 5. gxh6+
Kxh6 6. Kg4 g5 7. f4) 5. Kg4 Kf7 (5... Kg7 6. Kxg5 Kf7 7. f4) 6. Kxg5 Kg7 7. f3
(7. f4 Kf7 8. f5 gxf5 9. Kxf5 Ke7 10. Ke5 Kd7 11. c4 (11. Kf6 Kd6 12. Kf5 Ke7)
11... dxc4 12. d5 Kc7 13. Ke6 cxd5 14. Kxd5 Kb6 15. Kxc4 Kc6) 7... Kf7 8. f4
Kg7 9. f5 gxf5 10. Kxf5 Kf7 11. Ke5 Ke7 12. c4 dxc4 13. d5 cxd5 14. Kxd5 Kd7
15. Kc5 Kc7 16. Kb5 *

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Black "Nikita Vitiugov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Bd3 Rb8
{Diagram #} 15. f4 g5 16. O-O gxf4 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. Bxf4 Bxd4+ 20.
Kh1 Be5 21. Qg3 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Nf6 23. Bf3 Nh5 24. Bxh5 Rxh5 25. Rcf1 g5 26. Qg4
Rxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qe5 28. g3 gxf4 29. Rxf4 Ke7 30. Qh4+ Kd6 31. Rf6 Nd4 32. Kh3
Rg8 33. Nc3 Nf5 34. Qb4+ Kc6 35. Qe4+ Qxe4 36. Nxe4 Ne3 37. Rh6 f5 38. Nf6 Rd8
39. Nh5 Kd7 40. Ng7 e5 41. Kh4 Rg8 42. Rh7 Kc6 43. Nh5 Rg4+ 44. Kh3 Rd4 45. Re7
e4 46. Kh4 Rd2 47. Kg5 Rxb2 48. Re6+ Kd7 49. Kf6 Rxa2 50. Kf7 Nd5 51. Ng7 e3
52. Nxf5 Rf2 53. Re5 e2 54. Kg6 Nc3 55. Nd4 Kd6 56. Re3 Kd5 57. Nc2 Kc4 58. g4
b5 59. Na3+ Kb4 60. Nc2+ Kb3 61. Ne1 b4 62. g5 Kc4 63. Kh5 Rf1 64. Nd3 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Sanan Sjugirov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 Rc8 12. g5 Nh5 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Ne5 17. h4 Qb6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 a5 20. Rb5 Qc7 21. Nd4
a4 22. a3 Ra5 23. h5 Bf8 {Diagram #} 24. g6 Rxb5 25. Bxb5 Qb6 26. gxf7+ Kh8 27.
h6 Qxd4 28. hxg7+ Bxg7 29. Qf5 Ng6 30. Qxc8+ Nf8 31. Qc3 Qxe4 32. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 c6 9. Bg2 Re8 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rc1 h6 12. Qb3 Bc5 13. Na4 Ba7 14. c5 d5 15.
cxd6 Qxd6 16. Bb4 Qc7 17. Nc5 Bg4 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Bd2 Bc8 20. Qc4 Bf5 21. b4
e4 22. dxe4 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Bxe4 24. Bc3 Bd5 25. Qa4 Qe7 26. e4 Be6 27. Ba5 Rd3
28. Bf1 Rd7 29. f3 Nh7 30. f4 f6 31. Qc2 Qf7 32. a3 Rde7 33. Bd3 Bb3 34. Qf2 f5
35. e5 Nf8 36. Qb2 Bd5 37. Bf1 Ne6 38. Bd2 {Diagram #} g5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Re2
f4 41. Rf2 Qh5 42. Be2 Qh7 43. Bf3 Bxf3 44. Rxf3 Qe4 45. Qb3 Rd7 46. Bb4 Rd5
47. Re1 Qf5 48. Bc3 Nxc5 49. Qa2 Ne6 50. gxf4 gxf4 51. Kh1 Kf7 52. Qb2 Re7 53.
Qg2 Red7 54. Rg1 Ke7 55. Bb4+ c5 56. Be1 Rxe5 57. Qg8 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sanan Sjugirov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. Nb3
Nf5 9. Bd2 h5 10. g3 a6 11. Rc1 b5 12. a4 {Diagram #} Be7 13. Ra1 f6 14. Bf4
O-O 15. Bd3 Re8 16. h3 Bh7 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Re1 g5 19. Be5 Rf8 20. Qd2 Nxe5
21. Nxe5 Qd6 22. Nc5 Kh8 23. c3 1-0

