[Event "Kramnik-Topalov World Championship Match"]
[Site "0:04:33-0:06:33"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Ba3 Rc8 18. Nd4 Be7 19. Rfd1 a6 20. Bf1 Na4 21.
Rab1 Be4 22. Rb3 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Nc5 24. Nb3 Ke7 25. Rd4 Bg6 26. c4 Rc6 27. Nxc5
Rxc5 28. Rxa6 Rb8 29. Rd1 Rb2 30. Ra7+ Kf6 31. Ra1 Rf5 32. f3 Re5 33. Ra3 Rc2
34. Rb3 Ra5 35. a4 Ke7 36. Rb5 Ra7 37. a5 Kd6 38. a6 Kc7 39. c5 Rc3 40. Raa5
Rc1 41. Rb3 Kc6 42. Rb6+ Kc7 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Ke3 Rxc5 45. Rb7+ {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Milan Vidmar"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O h6 8. Bf4
d6 9. c3 Nh5 10. Qb3 Nxf4 11. exf4 O-O 12. Rad1 Nc6 13. Bb1 cxd4 14. cxd4 e6
15. Ne4 Ne7 16. Qa3 Nf5 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 Rfc8 20. g4 Rc7 21.
f5 exf5 22. gxf5 g5 23. Re1 Qf6 24. h3 Rac8 25. Rdd1 Rc4 26. d5 a5 27. Nd2 Qd4+
28. Kh1 Qxd5 29. Be4 Rxe4 30. Nxe4 Qxf5 31. Nxd6 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rc2+ 33. Kh1
Qf4 {Diagram #} 34. Re8+ Bf8 (34... Kh7 35. Qd3+) 35. Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Nf5+ Kg8
37. Qf8+ Kxf8 38. Rd8# {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "Maastricht"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Willem Wolthuis"]
[Black "C H Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 O-O 8.
g3 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. Bg2 Qf6 11. e3 Bd7 12. b4 a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. Bb2 c6 15. a4
Rfc8 16. bxc6 Nxc6 17. O-O Nb4 18. Qb3 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1
b5 22. axb5 Bxb5 23. Ne5 Qe6 24. Ra1 {Diagram #} Nd2 25. Qxb4 axb4 26. Rxa8+
Be8 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Rxe8# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "composed by Benko"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/4k3/8/8/2BQKB2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Bc4 Ke5 (1... Kf5 2. Qh5+ Ke4 3. Qd5#) 2. Qd5+ Kf6 3. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Miguel Najdorf"]
[Black "Julio Bolbochan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Nf3
O-O 9. e4 e5 10. Nxe5 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Bb2 Ne6 13. O-O d6 14. Nc6 Qc7 15.
Nb4 a5 16. Bxf6 axb4 17. axb4 Ba6 18. e5 Bxc4 19. exd6 Qc6 20. Rc1 b5 21. Be5
Qd5 22. Bxc4 Qxe5 23. Re1 Qb2 24. Rb1 Qf6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Qe2 e5 27. Rbd1
Rad8 28. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qf4 30. Qc5 Rf5 31. Qc7 Rff8 32. Qc5 Rf5 33. Qc6
Qc4 34. Re8+ Rf8 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Qb6 Rf8 {Diagram #} 37. d7 Rf1+ 38. Qg1
Rxg1+ 39. Kxg1 1-0

[Event "Saltsjobaden"]
[Site "Saltsjobaden"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Miguel Najdorf"]
[Black "Erik Ruben Lundin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
c5 9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 Nbd7 11. a5 Bb7 12. Ned2 Be7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. O-O Qc7 15. h3
Rad8 16. Qe2 Nb8 17. Rd1 Ne4 18. Ncd2 f5 19. Bc4 Rd6 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Ne5 Bf6
22. Ng4 Be7 23. b3 cxd4 24. Rxd4 Bd5 25. Bb2 Rf5 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Rd2 h5 28.
Ne5 Bf6 29. Rc1 Qb7 30. Rdc2 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. R1c7 Qa8 34.
f4 Rf5 35. g4 Rg6 {Diagram #} 36. g5 Rgxg5+ 37. fxg5 Rxg5+ 38. Kf1 d4 39. Qc4
Rf5+ 40. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Miguel Najdorf"]
[Black "Yosef Porat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. a3 Be7 10. exd4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Be3 d5 13. Rfd1 e5 14. Bf1 Rc8
15. Nc3 dxc4 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qf5 Nd3 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Rxd3 Qc7 20. Bd4 Rfd8
21. Re1 h6 22. h3 Kf8 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Nd5 Qc6 {Diagram #} 25. Qh7 g6 26. Ne7
Bxe7 27. Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Warsaw ol ;HCL 36"]
[Site "Warsaw ol ;HCL 36"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mario Monticelli"]
[Black "Miguel Najdorf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E19"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bc1 Nc6
15. Qe3 e5 16. Qd2 f5 17. e3 a5 18. a3 e4 19. Ne1 Ne5 20. f3 Qb3 21. fxe4 fxe4
22. Nc2 Qxc4 23. Rf4 g5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Ne1 a4 26. h3 Nf3+ 27. Nxf3 exf3 28.
Bf1 Qe6 29. Kf2 d5 30. Qa5 Bd6 31. Qc3 {Diagram #} Bxg3+ 32. Kxg3 (32. Kg1 f2+
33. Kg2 d4+) 32... Qd6+ 33. Kf2 (33. Kg4 Bc8+ 34. Kxg5 Qg3+ 35. Kh5 Rf5+ 36.
Kh6 Qh4#) 33... Qh2+ 34. Ke1 Qg3+ 35. Kd2 Qf2+ 36. Kd3 Ba6+ 0-1

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Miguel Najdorf"]
[Black "Henri Grob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8.
Nf3 c6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e3 dxc4 11. Qe2 b5 12. Ng5 Nb8 13. h4 h6 14. Nh3 Nd5 15.
e4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 a5 17. Nf4 Kh7 18. Rfe1 Ra7 19. h5 Qc7 20. exf5 exf5 21. d5
Rd8 22. Rad1 c5 23. d6 Rxd6 {Diagram #} 24. Bd5 Qd8 (24... Rd8 25. Qe8 Rxe8 26.
Rxe8 g5 27. hxg6+ Kg7 28. Nh5+ Kxg6 29. Rg8+ Kxh5 30. Bf3#) 25. Qe8 Be6 26.
Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miguel Najdorf"]
[Black "Gudbjartur H Gudmundsson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2
b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Ne5 g6 11. f4 Ne8 12. O-O-O f6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bxg6 Bd6 15.
f5 e5 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. Qg4 Qg7 18. Ne2 exd4 19. exd4 Nc7 20. Kb1 Rfe8 21. Ng3
Re7 22. Nh5 Qh8 23. Rhe1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Kf8 25. Bc1 Rd8 26. Bf4 Ne5 27. dxe5
Bxe5 {Diagram #} 28. Nxf6 Bxf4 (28... Qxf6 29. Bxe5) (28... Bxf6 29. Bxc7 Rc8 (
29... Qh4 30. Qxh4 Bxh4 31. g3 (31. Re6)) 30. Bd6+) 29. Nh7+ Kg8 30. Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "San Remo 1930"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.08.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R. Grau"]
[Black "E. Colle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 Bg4 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. e3 e5 {Diagram #} 7.
d5 O-O-O 8. Bd2 e4 9. dxc6 exf3 10. cxb7+ Kb8 11. gxf3 Bh5 12. Be2 Bb4 13. Qb3
Ne7 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. a3 Bg6 16. Bb5 Ne5 17. Qxb4 Qb6 18. Na4 Qf6 19. Nc5 Rd6
20. Bc3 Qf5 21. e4 Qf4+ 22. Kb1 Qxf3 23. Rxd6 Qxh1+ 24. Ka2 cxd6 25. Na6+ Kxb7
26. Bd7+ {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "ABC-215-October-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Unpin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1k2/5p2/2b5/8/3p4/2N3PK/8/3R4 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.12"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-Solitaire-215-October-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k1q2r1/1p1b3p/2N5/8/Q7/8/8/1R5K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.12"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-Solitaire-215-October-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "q6k/5p1b/8/8/8/2N5/1P1Q4/2K5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.12"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-Solitaire-215-October-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Removing the guard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r2k3/3p4/8/1R2b3/8/2N5/1P6/4K3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.12"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-Solitaire-215-October-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Discovery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4k1/8/8/8/Pb6/8/RKP5/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.12"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-Solitaire-215-October-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1N6/8/1q2k3/8/2K5/2Pn2Q1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[SourceDate "2010.08.12"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.07.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krush, I."]
[Black "Abrahamyan, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1r2k/pp4bp/6p1/1pN1p1q1/4Pn2/P1Q1B2P/5PPK/R2R1B2 b - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2010.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.12"]

{Diagram # I had sacced a pawn aiming for this position. I thought I had good
compensation due to Black's structural weakness on e5 and the poor dark
squared bishop, and the ever present threat to play g2-g3. After Black's next
move, my evaluation holds up, but Black had a strong resource in 27...b6!} 
27... Qh5 {Black unpins and indirectly defends the b6 pawn (on Bxb5 there'd
follow a sac on h3), but now I get a chance for the knight infiltration I'd
had in mind when I sacced the pawn.} (27... b6 $1 28. Nd3 (28. Nd7 Ba6) 28...
Bb7 29. g3 Rac8 30. Qd2 Bxe4 31. gxf4 exf4 32. Bxf4 Qf5 33. Rac1 (33. Bg3 $4
Qf3 $19) 33... Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Rf8 35. Bg3 Qf3 36. Be5 Qh1+ 37. Kg3 Qf3+ 38. Kh2
$11) 28. Nd7 $1 Ne2 (28... Ne6 $5 29. Bxb5 (29. Rd5) 29... Nd4) 29. Bxe2 Qxe2
30. Rd3 $2 {White wants to double on the d-file and prevent ...Qc4, but this
move reveals an unappreciation for what Black really wants to do in this
position: ...b6 and develop the bishop.} ({The nonstandard solution} 30. Qa5 $1
{would have highlighted Black's difficulties- It's impossible for Black to
untangle without playing ...b6, and Qa5 prevents this move. It's quite hard to
even find a move for Black here.}) 30... Qh5 $2 (30... b6 31. Re1 (31. Qb3 $1
Bb7 32. f3 Rac8 33. Ra2 Qf1 34. Bg5 $1 {and White still has the initiative.})
31... Qa2 32. Qc6 Ba6 33. Nc5 Rac8 34. Qd6 Bf8 (34... bxc5 35. Qxa6 {
Only White can be better here, despite a pawn deficit.}) 35. Qf6+ Bg7 $11 {
is a continuation we found in the post-mortem.}) 31. Rad1 {31.Qa5! was still a
good idea, but I simply never considered this queen move during the game.} Qh4
32. f3 Qe7 33. Qb3 b6 {33...a6 needed to be played, as much as Black doesn't
want to give up the b6 square. Now the progression of White's advantage can't
be stopped.} 34. Qxb5 Rd8 {Diagram #} ({Tatev had been counting on} 34... Bb7 {
but it gives White a shot based on the seventh rank:} 35. Nc5 $1 {
and White wins.}) 35. Nxb6 $1 {A finishing tactic.} Rxd3 36. Nxc8 {
This intermediate move is probably what Tatev missed when she played 34...Rd8.}
Rxc8 37. Rxd3 h5 38. Qa6 Qe8 39. Qxa7 Ra8 40. Qc7 Bf8 41. Bg5 {A tough game,
and not super smooth, although I never let the eval slip below = for me. The
critical moment was in the initial diagram position- I had overestimated it
for White. But on the other hand, I did alter the dynamic of the game with the
pawn sac, and presented my opponent with unusual problems to solve in time
pressure...and that's often where people falter. Also, it's not often that you
get to lodge a knight on d7 :)} 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.07.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zatonskih, A."]
[Black "Krush, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.19"]

{The goal in this game was to get a sharp struggle out of the opening, hence
the appearance of the Benoni.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3
exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 $5 {A good choice by Anna. The only thing that made me
happy about seeing this move was that it had taken her a while to produce it.
Although I hadn't prepared it for this game, I was familiar with it since my
coach had employed a related system in a recent game at the Copper State
International. I didn't think Anna knew anything here, but I knew it was a
poisonous system :)} Bg7 $5 {Definitely a provocative move, and I regretted it
after Anna came up with the principled 8.Qa4+. Safer is 7...a6 and ...Bg7 only
on 8.a4.} 8. Qa4+ $1 {By this point, I was definitely not feeling so great
about the way the opening was going. Anna had found the drawback of 7...Bg7,
so I was being punished for my gamble. Well, what could I do? We make a few
more moves of theory.} Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 {Defending d6 and b7. I should just take
a moment here to say that Black, even though it's move nine and he hasn't made
any obvious mistakes, is very close to being positionally crushed. All White
needs to do is play e4, Bd3, h3, and 0-0, and Black just won't be able to
generate any counterplay- the queen is excellently positioned on b3,
contributing to the clamp down on the b5 square. If you compare this to one of
White's most dangerous lines against the Benoni, with 7.e4 Bg7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.h3,
there Black has counterplay with 9...b5, while here White wants to achieve the
same setup without giving Black this option.} (9... b5 {was the way Black
justified 7...Bg7 back in the early days of the development of this line.
However, with the advent of computers, it became a lot less attractive to play
in this gambit style.}) 10. h3 $5 {This move is in the right vein, but it
struck me as overly solid. 10.e4 was more to the point, and if 10...Nh5 (what
Anna was afraid of) then just 11.Be3; Black really isn't well prepared to play
...f5.     On the other hand, 10.h3 has the advantage of keeping White's
options open; White may opt not to commit his pawn to e4, and play with e3,
only later pushing e4 when he is fully prepared.} (10. e4 Nh5 11. Be3 O-O 12.
Bd3 f5) 10... b5 $5 {Diagram # My coach said that this decision qualified me
as either crazy or brave. I'll let you decide which one is the truth. Having
eschewed ...b5 on the previous move, I simply couldn't pass it up when given
the opportunity again. The difference here is that the d6 pawn is defended, so
White no longer has a choice about which pawn to take, but the queen on c7 is
likely worse placed for the capture on b5 than it was on d8. I understood that,
but couldn't resist the desire to change the course of the game.} 11. Nxb5 Bxb5
12. Qxb5+ Nbd7 {Now we're in a theoretical position, except White has h3
included, and Black's queen is on c7 instead of on d8. h3 doesn't matter, but
the queen on c7 allows White to play Qc6 with tempo.} 13. Qc6 Qd8 $2 {
In a complicated position, the cost of every move is very high. ...Qd8 has one
very big drawback that both of us missed.} (13... Rc8 $5 {was suggested by
Hikaru in the commentary room, but regretfully I never even contemplated the
idea of allowing a queen trade. But even with the queens off, Black retains a
lot of compensation for the pawn.} 14. Qxc7 Rxc7 15. Rd1 (15. Bxd6 Rb7 $44)
15... Ke7 $5) ({I looked at} 13... Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Qxd6 Ne4 16. Qf4 {
and this looked better for White, but Black has the interesting} f5 {
and the game is still unclear.}) 14. Nd2 (14. Bxd6 $1 Rc8 15. Qa4 $1 (15. Qb5
Ne4) 15... Qb6 16. Qf4 $1 {Diagram # This is the move we both overlooked.
White supports the bishop on d6, thus preventing me from castling, and
threatens Qe3+. The inability to castle is a huge thorn in Black's side.})
14... O-O 15. e3 Rc8 (15... Nb6 $1 {gives Black a good game.}) 16. Qxd6 Qa5 17.
Qa6 Qb4 {Diagram # I had been aiming for this position with 15...Rc8, and
considered 16.Qc4 here as White's normal move (defending the d5 pawn).} 18. Qb5
{This move really surprised me. I thought Anna had just blundered the d5 pawn,
which would be surprising in itself, but when I found out she hadn't blundered
it, I was even more surprised, because then I just couldn't see why White
would go for this at all.} (18. Qc4 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qa3 {and I thought Black
would still need to prove that he has compensation for the pawn.}) 18... Nxd5
19. a3 (19. Qxd7 Nxf4 20. exf4 Rcd8 $19) 19... Qxb2 20. Qxb2 Bxb2 21. Ra2 {
Diagram # I overestimated this position for Black. 18.Qb5 had been a big
mistake, but not enough to give White a worse position. So even though I
started out with big ambitions here, I had to pare them down when I realized
that White was simply okay.} Bc3 22. Bh6 Rfd8 23. Bc4 Ne5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Ke2
Rxd2+ 26. Rxd2 Bxd2 27. Kxd2 Nc4+ 28. Kc3 Nxa3 29. Bf4 $1 {Diagram # Even
though Black is up a pawn, they have to be a little careful to make the draw.
If they give White a chance to play Ra1 and utilize all their forces in
harmony, we can envision a future where Black loses both his queenside pawns.}
Nb5+ 30. Kc4 Na3+ 31. Kb3 Nb5 32. Kc4 (32. Ra1 c4+ 33. Kb4 Nc7 34. Ra5 (34.
Kxc4 Ne6+ 35. Kd3 Nxf4+ 36. exf4 Rc7 $11) 34... Ne6 35. Be5 a6 $1 36. f4 (36.
Rxa6 Nc5 $1) 36... Rc6 $11) 32... Na3+ 33. Kb3 Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.07.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krush, I."]
[Black "Rohonyan, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1r3/3q1pbk/2pBp1pp/2P5/p1B5/4RQ1P/PP3PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.19"]

{Diagram #} 29. b4 $5 {I don't know if this is the best move, but it was part
one of my plan. I wanted to force a concession from Black: either my light
squared bishop gets to live, or I've gotten to improve the position of my
queenside pawns, gaining some space, closing up the b-file, and getting the b2
pawn out of the Bg7's line of vision. Katerina decided in favor of weakening
my structure rather than trading off the light squared bishops immediately
with ...Ba6.} axb3 30. Bxb3 Ba6 {I am sure Black was quite happy here, as this
bishop has been sitting on c8 for thirty moves already. Truly, if I were this
bishop, I'd be thrilled, gulping in the fresh air on the f1-a6 diagonal.
Unfortunately, there is no food on this diagonal.     Here I begin carrying
out the strategy I had conceived against the Ba6 and the Ra8.} 31. h4 $1 h5 {
Diagram # This natural move is pretty much forced, as allowing White to play
h4-h5 would submit Black's kingside to too much pressure.} 32. g4 $1 {
White undeterredly pounds away at the kingside.} Bh6 {The position I'd been
expecting when I played 29.b4. The rook is in the crosshairs of the two
bishops, but I wasn't planning to move it...} (32... hxg4 33. Qxg4 {
followed by h5, Rh3, etc is very dangerous for Black.}) 33. gxh5 $1 {
I really loved this exchange sac idea.} Bxe3 34. hxg6+ fxg6 35. Rxe3 {
Diagram # I evaluated this position as "winning compensation" for White.
White's bishop pair is simply too powerful, and the Ba6 and Ra8 cannot get
involved in the defense of Black's king.} e5 36. Bc2 $1 {I'm still happy with
this move, even though the computer ranks it second to 36.h5. Not only does it
create two big threats (Qh5+ and h5) but it prevents Black's queen from coming
to f5. I don't have any great suggestions here for Black (the comp suggests
dropping another pawn with 36...e4) but the path Katerina chose didn't pose
White any problems.} Re6 37. h5 Rxd6 38. cxd6 Kg7 39. Rxe5 Qxd6 40. Rg5 Rf8 41.
Qc3+ Rf6 42. Rxg6+ Kf7 43. Qxf6+ (43. Bb3+ {
was the way to win keeping queens on the board.}) 43... Qxf6 44. Rxf6+ Kxf6 45.
h6 c5 46. Kg2 Bc4 47. a4 Ba2 48. Kf3 c4 49. Ke3 {
This fragment was the best thing I created in Saint Louis.} 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abrahamyan, T."]
[Black "Baginskaite, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r4/1p3r1k/p2bR1pp/1q1P1p2/2RQ4/1P4NP/1P3PP1/6K1 w - - 0 32"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2010.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.12"]

{Diagram # The first example is of a missed opportunity, but the blow that
Tatev could have landed in round one might just have been the prettiest move
of the tournament.} 32. Nxf5 $3 {
(Unfortunately, Tatev went in the other direction with 32.Nf1).} Rxf5 (32...
gxf5 33. Qh4 Bf8 34. Qxd8 $18) 33. Qg4 $1 (33. Rc7+ Rd7 34. Rc8 Rf8) 33... Rg5
{Diagram # The only reasonable attempt to defend the g6 square.} 34. Rxd6 $1
Rxg4 (34... Rxd6 35. Rc7+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ $18) 35. Rc7+ Rd7 36. Rdxd7+ Kg8 37.
Rc8# 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Abrahamyan, T."]
[Black "Foisor, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1q4rk/2n1p2p/4p1p1/1r1pP3/1p1R1PPN/1P5P/2PQR2K/8 w - - 0 44"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2010.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.19"]

{Diagram # However, here Tatev conducts a brutal demolition of the Black
king's position.} 44. f5 $1 exf5 45. gxf5 g5 46. Ng6+ $1 {Diagram #} hxg6 47.
Rh4+ $1 Kg7 48. Qxg5 Kf8 49. Rh7 Qd8 50. f6 Ke8 51. f7+ Kd7 52. fxg8=Q 1-0

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Marshall, A."]
[Black "Zatonskih, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/5p2/1r1np1p1/qp1P3p/5Q1P/2P1R1P1/5PB1/1R4K1 b - - 0 43"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2010.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.19"]

{Diagram # White has just played d5, intending to open up the position for his
rooks and bishop. But Anna stops White's activity before it even starts with} 
43... e5 $1 44. Rxe5 Qxc3 {and the trade of pawns has been very favorable for
Black, who now has a fantastic blockader on d6 and the simple plan of
advancing the b-pawn.} 0-1

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.07.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zatonskih, A."]
[Black "Foisor, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn1k1b1r/1p3ppp/p1b1p3/8/P7/2P3P1/2N1PPBP/R1B1K2R w KQ - 0 13"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.26"]

{Diagram # In the final round, however, Anna made a rare error in judgment.
Here Black has just put her bishop on c6.} 13. Bxc6 $2 {Surely this exchange
has to be a mistake, giving Black equality. Two of Black's pieces are
competing for the same square, so by exchanging on c6, White just solves the
problem for her opponent.  13.e4 was necessary, with an upcoming hop to d4
with the knight.} Nxc6 {To be honest, when I saw this position, I was kind of
dumbfounded. It just didn't seem like the kind of thing you should have on the
board after thirteen moves in a must-win game for a championship title.
Nonetheless, Anna manages to outplay her opponent even from this nearly dead
position.} 14. Rb1 Kc7 15. Bf4+ {provoking a weakness of the d5 square.} e5 16.
Be3 Rc8 17. O-O {White has nagging pressure due to their possession of the b6
square, making it hard for Black to put a rook on the d-file.} Be7 18. Bb6+ Kb8
19. Rfd1 Bd8 20. Be3 Ba5 21. Nb4 Bxb4 22. cxb4 Rhd8 23. Bc5 (23. Bb6 $5 Rxd1+
24. Rxd1 Nxb4 25. Rd7 {To me, this looks quite dangerous for Black...White's
a-pawn easily holds the queenside, while the rook on the seventh goes on a
rampage of Black's kingside pawns.}) 23... b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. e4 f6 26. Kg2
Kb7 27. Ra1 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Kxa8 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. f4 {Diagram #} Kb7 {I didn't l
ike this decision, which allows White to gain more space on the kingside with
f5.} (30... Ne6 {looks better; activating the knight and controlling the f8
square. Black is already threatening to win with ...Nxc5 and queening the
b-pawn, so White has to spend a tempo with their bishop.} 31. Bd6 (31. fxe5
Nxc5 $1 32. exf6 (32. bxc5 fxe5 $19) 32... gxf6 $19) (31. Be3 exf4 32. gxf4 Kb7
(32... g6 $5 33. f5 $5 gxf5 34. exf5 Ng7 35. Kf3 Nxf5 36. Bc5 Kb7 37. Ke4 Ng7
38. Kd5 {White sacced a pawn for activity, and while Black should hold, I can
also see them losing this position. That's why I chose the main line as 32...
Kb7.}) 33. f5 Nd8 34. Bc5 Kc7 35. Bf8 g6 36. Bg7 gxf5 37. exf5 Nc6 38. Bxf6
Nxb4 $11) 31... exf4 32. gxf4 {Basically, unless there is something concretely
wrong with it, I'd always try to trade off on f4 rather than letting White
grab more space and fixing my pawns on the dark squares. Here at the very
least the pawns have mobility and can protect themselves (...g6, etc). Now
Black just brings his king into the game.} Kb7 33. f5 Kc6 $1 34. Be7 Kd7 $1 35.
Bxf6 gxf6 36. fxe6+ Kxe6 $11) 31. f5 {
When I saw this position I was convinced that Black would lose.} Kc7 32. Bf8 g6
33. Be7 $6 ({I would have considered} 33. g4 $5 {or}) (33. fxg6 $5 hxg6 34. h4
{with the idea of making a passed h-pawn.}) 33... Nc6 34. Bxf6 Kd6 {Diagram # T
he f6 pawn turns out to have been rather like a poisonous mushroom. Now Black
threatens to take on b4 and get serious play with her b-pawn, and White can
only prevent this by repeating moves.} 35. Bg7 Ke7 36. Kf3 Kf7 37. Bh8 Kg8 38.
Bf6 Kf7 39. Bh8 Kg8 40. Bf6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA w"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2010.07.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zenyuk, I."]
[Black "Krush, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 a6 $5 {This caught
my attention as it was used in the 2010 US Championship by Nakamura in a wild
game against Shulman. 6...d5 is more common here.} (6... d5) 7. bxa6 Bxa6 8. g3
Nc6 9. Bh3 $5 {The idea behind this nonstandard development is to hinder the
d-pawn's advance to d5. More natural and probably stronger is 9.Bg2, but 9.Bh3
is a subtle move that's been tried by a number of strong players. It's the
kind of move that's rarely thought of over the board, and I was quite
surprised that Iryna was familiar with it, but it was a pleasant surprise, as
I had a new idea prepared here.} (9. Bg2) 9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 {
Diagram #} Qb6 $5 {My coach thought up this new approach to the diagram
position. Often in these positions, you'll see the Black queen transferring
over to the kingside via e8 and h5. ...Qb6 tries to exploit the absence of the
bishop on the a8-h1 diagonal, by preparing the knight excursion to d4 (with
the bishop on g2, ...Nd4 would leave the rook on a8 under attack.) So
basically, Black responds to White's "flank" play with play in the center.} 12.
b3 {A natural move, preparing to either fianchetto the bishop or allow him to
develop elsewhere, as now the b2 pawn is out of attack.} Nd4 {Diagram #} 13.
Nxd4 $6 {Iryna made this decision very fast, and it is certainly one of the
paths White can take....but after some extended analysis of this position, I
came to the conclusion that the exchange on d4 is too much of a concession by
White. Black simply develops too much of an initiative due to the d4 pawn.} ({
So I would recommend a more humble move- 13.Bg2. Then Black would continue 13..
.d5, and let me just show one line I found that illustrates Black'spossibilitie
s:} 13. Bg2 d5 14. Nxd4 (14. Re1) 14... cxd4 15. Na4 Qa7 16. Bf4 Ne4 17. Bh3 {
Diagram # and now it looks like Black has no convenient way to defend the e6
pawn, but Black doesn't have to defend...} Rxf4 $3 18. gxf4 Rf8 $1 19. Bxe6+
Kh8 20. f5 Bd6 $1 {Black's attack on the White king is hard to stop. I looked
at a lot of lines for White after 17...Rxf4!! but in all of them, Black gets
good play. This type of analysis solidified my feeling about the exchange on
d4- even if the computer consistently lists it as one of White's top lines,
it's only because he can't appreciate right away the huge dynamic potential he
unleashes in Black's position. That's why after 13.Bg2 d5, I'd continue with
another prophylactic move 14.Re1, giving extra protection to e2 and preparing
Bf4 which would be met with ...Ne4! otherwise.}) (13. Bg2 d5 14. Nxd4 (14. Re1)
14... cxd4 15. Na4 Qa7 16. Bf4 Ne4 17. Bh3 Rxf4 18. gxf4 Rf8 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20.
f5 Bd6) 13... cxd4 14. Na4 Qa7 $1 {This was the first time in the game that I
had to think for myself, and it was definitely a big decision, where to put
the queen. ...Qd6, ...Qb5, ...Qb4, even ...Qa5- all had their points, but in
the end I decided that the queen was best on a7, not hindering the advance of
the d-pawn and also keeping an eye on the f2 square.} 15. Bb2 ({
I was more worried about} 15. Bf4 {with the idea Be5 and winning the d4 pawn,
but Black has an excellent rejoinder:} Nd5 $1 16. Be5 d3 $1 17. exd3 Ne3 $1 18.
Qd2 Nxf1 19. Rxf1 Rac8 $15) 15... e5 16. Bg2 d5 {Diagram # Already the
position is pretty difficult for White. Black has a beautiful pawn center, the
e4 square for the knight, and the knight on a4 is out of the game.} 17. Kh1 Kh8
$5 {This was the second major decision I had to make in the game (the first
was 14...Qa7). Should I throw in this prophylactic move, or immediately go for
the throat with 17...Ne4?} (17... Ne4 18. f3 Nd6 19. f4 {During the game, I
wasn't sure about this position; I don't have the resource ...Bd6 here, but I
still have ...Ne4!.}) 18. Bc1 {I was really surprised to see this move; it
took me a few moments to figure out White's idea. Then I realized that Iryna
was concerned about the fate of the Na4 (Black always had ideas of ...Bb5,
winning back their pawn), and she was preparing the Nb2-d3 maneuver. That was
all well and good, but unfortunately White doesn't have the luxury for moves
like Bc1.} ({On} 18. f4 {I was planning the simple} Bd6 {
although 18...Ne4 with the point 19.fxe5 d3! may be even stronger.} (18... Ne4
19. fxe5 d3)) ({I thought that} 18. f3 {was White's most resistant option,
taking away the active squares from Black's knight. Then Black would have to
switch to play on the queenside: ...Bb5, maybe followed by ...Qa6, etc. Of
course Black has a very nice position, but the threat of winning back a pawn
with ...Bxb5 and ...Bxa4 isn't deadly in itself; in fact, I'd definitely try
to find something else before I exchanged the strong light squared bishop for
that knight.}) 18... Ne4 19. f3 {Diagram #} d3 $1 20. exd3 Nf2+ 21. Rxf2 Qxf2
22. Nc3 Rac8 23. Nxd5 Qd4 {This was really a game won on "concept", and I was
very happy to do justice to Giorgi's Qb6/Nd4 idea. It's a beautiful idea and
it deserved such an introduction ;-)} 0-1

[Event "US Junior Tiebreak"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.07.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Shankland, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Shanky"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 {A real surprise, the Fantasy Variation!} dxe4 4. fxe4
e5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. c3 Bh5 $5 {
Overprotecting f7 makes a lot of sense as white was threatening Qb3.} 8. O-O (
8. Qb3 b5) 8... Ngf6 9. Nbd2 $6 {I don't like this move. White later would
have trouble developing his queenside.} (9. Bg5 Bd6 10. Nbd2 O-O {With an inter
esting and balanced middlegame. Black is very solid and can build up with Qc7
and Re8, overprotecting e5, and putting pressure on the e4 pawn, while white's
bigger center and open ffile promises his share of the fun as well.}) 9... Bd6
10. Bd3 {White protects e4 and prepares Nc4} O-O 11. Qe1 $6 {This move doesnt
make much sense to me. The queen will not feel very at home on g3 with exd4
tactics available, and h4 is a better square for the knight. Already, black is
probably a bit better.} (11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Qc2 Re8 $13) 11... Re8 12. Kh1 {
Prophylaxis. They did not like this move in the commentary room, but Nc5 was
becoming a huge issue to deal with.} (12. Nc4 $6 Nc5 $1 {
The complications favor black.} 13. Bc2 (13. dxc5 Bxc5+ 14. Be3 Qxd3) 13...
exd4 14. e5 Bc7 15. Nxd4 (15. cxd4 Bxf3 16. dxc5 Bxg2 $1 17. Kxg2 Qd5+) (15.
Qf2 Bxf3 16. exf6 Be2 {This looks scary, but black is just winning}) (15. Qh4
Bxf3 16. exf6 d3 {Again, scary for black, but he is winning} 17. Qg5 Ne6) 15...
Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 {
Black's better pawn structure and light square control gives him the advantage}
) 12... Bc7 $1 {Renewing the threat of Nc5} 13. Bc2 exd4 $1 14. cxd4 c5 $1 $17
{White's center collapses and black is left with a big advantage.} 15. dxc5 (
15. d5 Nxd5) 15... Nxc5 16. e5 Ncd7 17. Qh4 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nc4 (19.
Rxf6 $2 Bxf6 20. Qxh5 Re1+) 19... Qd4 $1 20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21. Nd6 Re6 22. Nf5 (22.
Nxb7 $2 Be2 $19 23. Re1 (23. Rf4 Ba6 24. Bd2 Bb6 25. Na5 Re2) 23... Bf2) 22...
Bc5 23. Bb3 Re5 24. Bd2 Ne4 25. Rae1 Rae8 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Ng3 Bg6 28. Nxe4
Rxe4 {I can hardly imagine white ever getting more than a draw here, which is
not even good enough.} 29. Bc3 h5 30. Bd5 Re7 31. b4 Bb6 32. a4 a6 33. a5 Ba7 {
White made a little progress, fixing the b7 pawn, but his cause is still a
nearly hopeless one.} 34. Re1 Rd7 35. Bf3 Kh7 36. Re8 Rc7 37. Bd2 h4 $1 {
not letting white's king off the back rank} 38. g3 (38. h3 {Doesn't help- the
king does not get any real breathing room, the back rank threats will still be
deadly} Bf2) 38... h3 {Black is winning pretty trivially here, but there's
still some work to be done. However, white makes things easier with his next
move.} 39. Bg4 $4 f5 {With both his bishop and rook hanging, white gave up.}
0-1

[Event "2010 U.S. Junior Closed"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "FM Warren Harper, 2416."]
[Black "GM Ray Robson, 2609."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator ",Warren"]
[PlyCount "79"]

{255MB, Fritz11.ctg I went into this game very determined to win. After losing
five in a row in the tournament, I wanted to redeem myself, so playing the #1
seed was a good opportunity for me. I didn't mind trying to create some
excitement in the tournament results either.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4.
g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 exd4 9. Nxd4 {We have now reached
a standard position of the King's Indian Defense. David Bronstein effectively
employed this line of ...exd4 against the white fianchetto and produced
several brilliant wins for the black side.} Re8 10. h3 {This prophylatic move
is aimed against a future ...Ng4, so that white's bishop can peacefully reside
on e3.} a6 $6 {I am not a big fan of this idea for black, i.e., the attempt to
play ...c5 and ...b5 to gain space on the queenside. As becomes apparent,
white can stop black's plan and black is left with weak squares and a backward
pawn on d6. I think Bronstein's plan of ...Nc5, ...a5, and ...c6 is the most
effective against white's setup.} 11. Be3 Rb8 12. a4 $6 {White can also play
12.b3, and wait to see what black does, because after 12...c5 13.Nde2, black
cannot yet play ...b5. However, I think immediately ending black's hopes of a
b5 break is just as good.} (12. b3 c5 13. Nde2) 12... c5 $2 {Now is the right
time to switch back to Bronstein's plan with 12...a5! or 12...Nc5! and try to
demonstrate that white's 12.a4?! weakened the dark squares on the queenside.
After ...c5 white now has easy play in connection with attacking the d6 pawn.}
(12... a5) (12... Nc5) 13. Nde2 Ne5 14. b3 h5 $6 {A typical move in such
positions, trying to weaken white's kingside pawn structure, but here I think
it is misplaced because it does not deal with black's weaknesses in the center.
A more solid plan would be ...Be6, ...Qc7 and ...Rbd8, but in that case black
would have little counterplay so Robson's decision to sharpen the play makes
sense because if he wins then first place would be assured.} 15. Ra2 $1 {
White wastes no time in attacking black's pawn on d6. Black is now in a very
difficult situation.} Qe7 $6 {It was not yet too late to play ...Be6 and ...
Qc7, but Robson saw the following tactic that would at least create an
imbalance in the position, rather than wait and hope white doesn't find a win.}
16. Rd2 $6 {16.Bg5! was probably even stronger, but since black is now
practically forced to go in for the following series of moves which I thought
favored me, I saw no reason to avoid it.} (16. Bg5 Bxh3) 16... Bxh3 (16... Rd8
17. Bxc5 $18) (16... Bf8 17. Bg5 $18) 17. Bxh3 Nf3+ 18. Kh1 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Nxe4
20. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 21. Bg2 Qg4 22. Bd5 {Even though the computer does not agree
with me, I think this move is simple and good. The bishop looks over both
flanks on d5, and this will prove to be very important later in the game.} h4
23. Kg2 {Now if black does nothing, then white will begin a kingside
initiative with Nf4 and Rh1.} b5 $6 {Even though white gets a powerful passed
pawn after this move, it's hard to suggest a more constructive plan for black
at this point.} 24. cxb5 axb5 25. a5 {Diagram #} c4 $6 {After the game Robson
thought that he should have gone in for 25... Qf5, so that he could create
some tricky tactical sequences because of the loose bishop on d5, but after 26.
gxh4! Bd4 27.Bf3, black hasn't accomplished much.} (25... Qf5 26. gxh4 Bd4 27.
Bf3) 26. a6 cxb3 27. a7 Rbd8 28. Rb1 $6 {28.Bxb3 might have been simpler, but
during the game I thought that eliminating his dark squared bishop would bring
the game to an end much faster.} (28. Bxb3) 28... b2 29. Rxb2 Bxb2 30. Qxb2 Qf5
31. Qxb5 g5 $6 {Black's position is already difficult. White's three pieces
coordinate very well while black's rooks are tied to the back rank because of
white's a-pawn.} 32. Nd4 Qf6 33. g4 Re5 34. Nf3 h3+ $1 {We were both in time
pressure at this point, so this was a good try. If 35.Kxh3? then Qxf3+! would
give white problems.} 35. Kg3 (35. Kxh3 Qxf3+) 35... h2 36. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 37. Kg2
Kg7 38. Qb7 $1 {Now black ca n't defend against both Qxf7+ and a8=(Q). The b7
square turned out to be great one for my queen in this tournament.} Rf8 39.
a8=Q Rxa8 40. Qxa8 {And Robson ran out of time, in a lost position.} 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Valley Forge, PA"]
[Date "2010.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. h3 Na6
9. O-O Nc7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Bh2 Nf4 14. Bc2 Rb8 15. a4 a6
16. Qd2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. cxb5 Nxb5 20. Qxf4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4
22. Nd1 exd5 23. exd5 Re8 24. Ra3 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Bxf6 26. f4 Bb7 27. Ba4 Re2 28.
Bc6 Bc8 29. Rf2 Re1+ 30. Rf1 Re2 31. Rf2 Re4 32. Kh2 h5 33. b4 d3 34. b5 Bd4
35. Rf1 d2 36. Rd3 {Diagram #} Re1 37. Rxd2 (37. Rh1 Re4 38. Rxd2 Rxf4 39. g3
Be5 40. Re1) 37... Rxf1 38. Rxd4 Re1 39. Kg3 Bf5 40. Kf2 (40. Kf3) 40... Re4
41. Rxe4 Bxe4 42. Nc3 Bd3 43. Ke3 Bf1 44. Kf2 Bd3 45. Ke3 Bc4 46. g4 h4 47. f5
Bf1 48. Kf4 Kg7 (48... Bxh3 49. Kg5) 49. Ne4 Bxh3 (49... Bxb5 50. Nxd6 Bf1 51.
Ne8+ Kf8) 50. f6+ Kg6 51. Bd7 (51. Nxd6 Kxf6 52. Ne4+ Kg7 53. d6 Bf1 54. d7 Kf8
55. Bb7 Bxb5 56. Bc8 Ke7) 51... Bg2 52. Bf5+ Kh6 53. g5+ Kh5 54. Bg4+ Kg6 55.
Bf5+ Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Valley Forge, PA"]
[Date "2010.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Nbd7 (7... e6
8. Ng3 Bd6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nxh5 Nxh5 11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14.
Rad1 Qb8) 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bb2 e6 12. c5 (12. Bd3 Be7 13.
Ne2 Qa5+ 14. Bc3 Bb4 15. O-O Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. Nxc3) 12... g5 (12... Qc7
13. O-O-O g5 14. Be2 g6 15. Kb1 Bg7 16. g3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. e4 (18. f4 gxf4
19. exf4 Ned7 20. Bf3 Kf8 21. h4 Re8 22. Qf2 b4 23. Na4 Ne4 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25.
Qd4+ f6 26. Rhg1 Qa5) 18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 O-O 21. f4) 13. O-O-O
g6 14. Kb1 Bg7 15. g3 Qc7 16. Bg2 (16. Be2 Kf8) 16... Kf8 17. g4 Re8 18. f3 e5
19. Qf2 Kg8 20. Rhf1 (20. dxe5) 20... exd4 21. exd4 Nf8 22. Bc1 Ne6 23. Ne2 Nd7
24. f4 gxf4 25. Nxf4 Nf6 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Bf4 Qe7 28. Be5 Ne8 29. Bg3 Nf6 30.
Be5 Rxe5 31. dxe5 Qxe5 32. Rd4 Rh6 33. Rfd1 (33. Qf4 Ne4 (33... Nxg4 34. Bxd5
cxd5 35. c6 Rxh3 36. Qxe5 Bxe5 37. Rxg4 Kg7) 34. Qxe5 Bxe5) 33... Nd7 34. b4 g5
35. a3 Rf6 36. Qa2 Rf4 37. Rxf4 gxf4 38. Qb3 Nf6 39. Ka2 (39. Kc2) 39... Qe2+
0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Valley Forge, PA"]
[Date "2010.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Penteala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 (
8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. Nb3 Be4 14.
Qc1 c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Rd1 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Rac1 Rcc8 20.
Ne5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 h6 22. f4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rd8 24. Kf3 Nd5 25. Nd3 a5 26. Rc5
Rb8 27. e4 Nf6 28. Ne5) 8... Bd7 9. Rd1 (9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 (11.
Qc2) 11... c5 12. Nc3 Bc6 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Nbd7 16. Qf3 Rb8
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Qb6) 9... Bc6 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13.
bxc3 Nd7 (13... b5 14. Rdb1 Nd7 (14... bxa4 15. Ne5) (14... Qe7 15. axb5 axb5
16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Rxb5) 15. Ne5) 14. Qa2 Bd5 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 c5 17. Nxc4
Rac8 (17... Rfd8 18. a5 h5 19. h4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nf8 21. e3 g5 22. hxg5 Qxg5 23.
Ne5 Rd5 24. Qb1 Rb5 25. Qe4 Ng6 26. Rdb1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rd8 29.
Rxb7) 18. Rab1 (18. a5 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rc7) 18... cxd4 19. cxd4 Rc7 20. Ne3 Qg6
21. d5 Qe4+ 22. Kg1 exd5 23. Rxd5 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Valley Forge, PA"]
[Date "2010.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Bb3 Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Re1
Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Nf1 Rc8 11. Ng3 Ne5 12. Bf4 Qc7 (12... Nfd7 13. d4 cxd4 14.
cxd4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 e5 16. Be3 exd4 17. Bxd4 Nc5 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 g6 20.
Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Nf5 Qg5 22. Nh6+ Qxh6 23. Qf6) 13. d4 Ng6 14. Bd2 cxd4 (14... d5
15. e5 Ne4 16. Rc1 b5) 15. cxd4 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Ba4 (18. Bc2 Qb5)
18... Rxc1 (18... b5 19. Bc2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2) 19. Bxc1 Qc7 20. Bb5 (20. Bc2 Bb4
21. Rf1 Ba6 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rc8 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxc1) 20... f5 (
20... Rc8 21. Bd3) (20... f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Be3) 21. Ne2 f4 22. Rf1 Qc8 23.
Qa4 Qa8 24. Ne1 a6 25. Bd3 Bc6 26. Qd1 Qe8 27. f3 Ng5 28. Bc2 a5 29. Nd3 Bb5
30. Rf2 Qc6 31. Ndxf4 Nh4 32. Kh1 Bc4 33. a3 Ba6 34. Bb1 g6 35. Ng3 Qd7 36. Be3
Bc4 37. Nfe2 Nf7 38. Qd2 Qd8 (38... a4) 39. Bc2 b5 40. Nf4 Ng5 41. b3 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Valley Forge, PA"]
[Date "2010.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 Ne7 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 Kc8 14. Rd2
c5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Ne2 Ng6 17. h4 Be7 18. h5 Nf8 19. Nh2 g6 20. Nf4 Bg5 21.
Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Rd7 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Ng4 Bg5 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. g3 a5 27. f4
Be7 28. Nxh6 a4 29. Ng8 Bf8 30. Kg2 c4 31. bxc4 a3 32. Bc1 Ra4 33. Be3 Rxc4 34.
Rd2 Rb4 35. Kf3 Rb2 36. c3 b5 37. g4 b4 38. cxb4 Bxb4 39. Re2 c5 40. f5 gxf5
41. gxf5 Nd4+ 42. Bxd4 cxd4 43. e6 d3 44. Re4 d2 {Diagram #} 45. Rd4 (45. Ke2
Rb1 46. Rc4+ Kd8 47. Rd4+ Ke8 48. Nf6+ Kf8 49. Rd7 Re1+ 50. Kf2 Bc5+ 51. Kg2
Rg1+ 52. Kh3 (52. Kh2 Bd6+) 52... Rh1+) (45. Rc4+ Kd8 (45... Kb7 46. Ke2 Rb1
47. Rxb4+) 46. Rd4+ Ke8 47. Rd7) 45... Rb3+ (45... Rb1 46. e7 Bxe7 47. Nxe7+)
46. Kf4 (46. axb3 a2 47. e7 Bxe7 48. Nxe7+ Kb7 49. Rxd2 a1=Q) (46. Ke2 Rb1 47.
e7 Re1+ 48. Kf3 Bxe7 49. Nxe7+ Rxe7 50. Rxd2 Rd7 51. Rc2+ (51. Ke3 Rxd2 52.
Kxd2 Kd7) 51... Kd8 52. Rc3 Ra7 53. Re3 Ra4) (46. Kg2 Re3 47. e7 Bxe7 48. Nxe7+
Rxe7 49. Rxd2 Re5 50. f6 Rf5) (46. Kg4 Rb1 47. e7 Rg1+ 48. Kf3 Rxg8) (46. Ke4
Rg3) 46... Rh3 (46... Rb1 47. e7 Rf1+ 48. Kg5 Rg1+ 49. Kf6 Rxg8 50. Kf7) 47. e7
Rh4+ 48. Ke3 Rxd4 49. e8=Q+ Kc7 50. Qf7+ Kb6 (50... Rd7 51. Qc4+ Kd8 52. Qxb4
d1=Q 53. Qb8#) 51. Qf6+ (51. Kxd4 d1=Q+ 52. Kc4 Bd6) 51... Rd6 52. Qxd6+ Bxd6
53. Kxd2 Kc5 54. Nf6 Be7 55. Ng4 Kd4 56. Kc2 Ke4 57. f6 Bf8 58. Kb3 Kf5 59.
Ne3+ Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Valley Forge, PA"]
[Date "2010.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Penteala"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O (10. h4) (10. Ne5) 10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13.
Bd6 a6 14. a4 b4 (14... e5) 15. Bxb4 Qb6 16. Ba3 Qxd4 17. Qc2 (17. Qxd4 Bxd4
18. Bxc4 c5 19. Ne2 Be5 20. f3 O-O) 17... c5 18. Rad1 Qe5 19. Bxc4 Qc7 20. Bb5
Bc6 (20... axb5 21. Nxb5 Qc6 (21... Qb8 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Rd1+ Ke8 24. Qxc5)
22. Rd6 Qxe4 23. Rxe6+ Qxe6 24. Nc7+ Kd8 25. Nxe6+ fxe6) 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Ne2
(22. a5 O-O 23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Nxa4 Rfd8) 22... O-O 23. f4 Nf6 24. Ng3 Rfd8 25.
fxg5 hxg5 26. Qxc5 (26. Rc1) 26... Qxa4 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Qxg5 Rd1 29. Bc5
Nxe4 (29... Rxf1+ 30. Nxf1 Qxe4) 30. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Konig"]
[Black "Reti"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5pk1/R6R/6p1/4p1K1/4P1P1/5r1P/2r5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Rhc6 Rxc6 2. Rxc6 Rxh2 3. Kxg5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saemisch"]
[Black "Wolf"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/pp3pkp/5qp1/8/4Pn1P/3rRN2/P4PP1/2Q3K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. g3 Ne2+ 2. Rxe2 Qxf3 3. Re1 *

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ba3 cxd4 11. cxd4 a6 12. Rc1 b5 13. Bxf7+ Rxf7 14. Rxc6
Bb7 15. Rc5 Bd5 16. Qc2 e6 17. Rc1 Bf8 18. Ne5 Bxc5 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Bxc5 Qg5
21. g3 {Diagram #} Qg4 22. f3 Bxf3 23. Rf1 e5 24. e4 Kg7 25. Qf2 Bxe4 26. Bf8+
1-0

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Black "Ernst Gruenfeld"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Be2 Re8 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4
8. O-O d6 9. Nf4 Nd7 10. Be3 Ne5 11. f3 Nf6 12. Bf2 h6 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. Rfe1 Qd7
15. b3 Qc6 16. c4 a6 17. Rac1 Nfd7 18. Nd5 Nc5 19. Bd4 {Diagram #} Ne6 20. Nb4
Qd7 21. Bxe5 a5 22. Nd5 1-0

[Event "5th Annual Al Ufer Mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Doykos, Ted"]
[Black "Fish, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1796"]
[BlackElo "1649"]
[Annotator "Anne,J"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.07.08"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 {Diagram #} cxd6 (5... exd6) 6.
Nc3 Nc6 {Diagram #} (6... g6) 7. Be3 (7. d5 Ne5 8. Be2) 7... g6 (7... d5 8. c5
Nc4 9. Bxc4 dxc4 10. Qa4 Be6 11. Rd1) 8. Rc1 Bg7 9. b3 O-O {Diagram #} 10. Be2
(10. d5) 10... e5 (10... d5 11. c5 Nd7 12. Nxd5 Ndb8) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bc5 {
Diagram #} Re8 (12... Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1) 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nf3 {Diagram #} Bf5 15.
O-O Nd4 16. Rfe1 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Bd3 {Diagram #} 18. Ree1 Nd7 19. Ba3 (19. Be7
Rdc8 (19... Re8 20. Nd5)) 19... f5 {Diagram #} (19... f6) 20. Ng5 Bh6 21. h4
Re8 {Diagram #} (21... Bxg5 22. hxg5 Rf8) 22. Rcd1 (22. Nd5) 22... e4 {
Diagram #} 23. Ngxe4 (23. Nd5) 23... fxe4 24. Nd5 {Diagram #} Rac8 (24... Bf8)
25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. Bxe7 Re8 {Diagram #} 27. Bb4 (27. Bg5) 27... Bg7 (27... Bf8)
(27... Kf7) 28. f3 (28. Rxd3) 28... Bd4+ 29. Kh1 (29. Kh2) 29... Bf2 {Diagram #
} 30. Rxd3 Bxe1 31. Rxd7 Bxb4 32. fxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxb7 {Diagram #} Rxh4+ 34. Kg1
Bc5+ 35. Kf1 Rh1+ 36. Ke2 Ra1 {Diagram #} 37. b4 (37. a4) 37... Rxa2+ 38. Kd3
Rb2 {Diagram #} 39. Kc3 Rb1 40. Rb5 0-1

[Event "10, Saltsjobaden izt"]
[Site "10, Saltsjobaden izt"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Daniel Yanofsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Annotator "Wyatt,Darrell"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Rad8 15.
Bg5 Rfe8 16. a5 Nc5 17. f3 Ncd7 18. Kh1 Nb8 19. a6 b6 20. dxc6 Bxc3 21. bxc3
Nxc6 22. Bb5 Rc8 23. Rd5 Nxd5 24. Bxe7 Nxc3 25. Qb2 Nxb5 26. Qxb5 Rxe7 {
Diagram #} 27. Rc1 Rec7 (27... Re6) 28. h3 (28. h4) 28... f6 (28... Nd4 29.
Rxc7 Nxb5 30. Rxc8+) (28... g5) 29. Qd5+ Kh7 30. Qd6 Kh8 31. f4 exf4 32. e5
fxe5 33. Qxg6 Ne7 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Qxe5 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Nc6 38. Qxf4
Rc5 {Diagram #} 39. Qd6 Kh7 40. h4 Nb4 41. Qd7 Nc6 (41... Nxa6 42. Qd3+) (41...
Ra5 42. Qxa7) 42. Kh3 Rc3+ 43. g3 b5 44. h5 (44. Qf5+ Kg8 45. Qxb5) 44... b4
45. Qe8 Rc1 46. Qe4+ Kg8 47. Qe6+ (47. h6) 47... Kh8 48. g4 Rc3+ 49. Kh4 Rc5
50. g5 Ne5 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. g6+ Nxg6+ 53. hxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Ujpest"]
[Site "Ujpest"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Pal Rethy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
a6 9. O-O b5 10. Rc1 Qb6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15.
Qg4 O-O 16. Ne2 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Qh3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Be5 Bf6 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. Nf4 Rce8 {Diagram #} 23. Qg3+ Kh8 24. Ng6+ hxg6 25. Rc7 Qxc7 26. Qxc7
Bd5 27. b3 (27. Rc1) 27... Kg8 (27... Rc8) 28. Rc1 Rf7 (28... g5) 29. Qg3 Rg7
30. h4 Kh7 31. Qd6 Ra8 32. Rc7 (32. g4) 32... f5 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qe7+ Kh6 {
Diagram #} 35. Kh2 Rg8 36. Qf6 Kh7 37. Kg3 a5 38. Kf4 a4 39. bxa4 bxa4 40. a3
Kh6 41. Qg5+ (41. h5 Kh7 42. Qf7+ Rg7 43. hxg6+ Kh6 44. Qf6) 41... Kh7 42. Ke5
Rf8 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. Kf4 Bb3 45. Kg5 Rf7 46. Qd8+ Kh7 47. Qe8 Kg7 48. Kf4 Ra7
49. Qd8 Rb7 50. Qd4+ Kh7 51. Qf6 Rd7 52. Kg5 Rg7 {Diagram #} 53. Qf8 Bd5 54.
Kf6 Rb7 (54... Rg8 55. Qf7+ Kh8 56. h5) 55. Qe8 Rg7 56. Qxa4 g5 57. h5 f4 58.
Qe8 g4 59. h6 1-0

[Event "10, Saltsjobaden izt"]
[Site "10, Saltsjobaden izt"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Daniel Yanofsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Rad8 15.
Bg5 Rfe8 16. a5 Nc5 17. f3 Ncd7 18. Kh1 Nb8 19. a6 b6 20. dxc6 Bxc3 21. bxc3
Nxc6 22. Bb5 Rc8 23. Rd5 Nxd5 24. Bxe7 Nxc3 25. Qb2 Nxb5 26. Qxb5 Rxe7 {
Diagram #} 27. Rc1 Rec7 (27... Re6) 28. h3 (28. h4) 28... f6 (28... Nd4 29.
Rxc7 Nxb5 30. Rxc8+) (28... g5) 29. Qd5+ Kh7 30. Qd6 Kh8 31. f4 exf4 32. e5
fxe5 33. Qxg6 Ne7 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Qxe5 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Nc6 38. Qxf4
Rc5 {Diagram #} 39. Qd6 Kh7 40. h4 Nb4 41. Qd7 Nc6 (41... Nxa6 42. Qd3+) (41...
Ra5 42. Qxa7) 42. Kh3 Rc3+ 43. g3 b5 44. h5 (44. Qf5+) 44... b4 45. Qe8 Rc1 46.
Qe4+ Kg8 47. Qe6+ (47. h6) 47... Kh8 48. g4 Rc3+ 49. Kh4 Rc5 50. g5 Ne5 51.
Qe8+ Kh7 52. g6+ Nxg6+ 53. hxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Bonch Osmolovsky, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Ng3 Re8 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bc2 Bd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Ngxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4
c6 15. Qc2 g6 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Rc8 18. Qb3 Bc5 19. Nxb6 Bxb6 20. Bxb7 Rb8
21. Qf3 Bb5 22. Bd5 Qd7 23. Bh6 Bd4 24. Rfe1 Bxb2 25. Rad1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Re8
27. Rb1 Bg7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. h4 h5 30. a4 Bxa4 31. Rb7 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Qd6+ 33.
g3 Re7 34. Rb1 Qf6 35. Qg2 Re2 36. Bf3 Rb2 37. Ra1 Bc6 38. Ra3 a5 39. Bxc6 Rxf2
40. Rxa5 Rxg2+ 41. Bxg2 Qb6 42. Ra3 f6 43. Rf3 Qd6 44. Kh1 g5 45. Kg1 Qd4+ 46.
Kh2 Kg6 47. Kh1 Qe5 48. Kg1 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qd1 50. Bh1 Qe2+ 51. Bg2 Qe1 52. Bh1
Qe5 53. Kg1 Qc5+ 54. Kh2 Qc2+ 55. Bg2 Qd1 56. Bh1 Qe2+ 57. Bg2 Qe1 {Diagram #}
58. Bh1 (58. hxg5 fxg5) 58... gxh4 59. gxh4 Qxh4+ 60. Rh3 Qf4+ 61. Kg1 Kg5 62.
Bg2 Kg4 63. Kh1 Qd4 64. Kh2 Qd1 65. Rg3+ Kf4 66. Rh3 Qd6 {Diagram #} 67. Kh1 (
67. Rxh5 Kg4+) 67... Kg4 68. Kg1 h4 69. Kh1 Qf4 70. Kg1 Qc1+ 71. Kh2 Qd1 72.
Rc3 Qd2 73. Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow, 1953"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vladimir Zagorovsky"]
[Black "Andors Lilienthal"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5pk1/4p3/5r1p/1Q3P2/5KP1/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1... Kg8 2. Ke4 Kg7 3. Qb2+ Kg8 4. Qd4 (4. Qh2 Kg7 5. Qh3 Rd5) 4...
Kh7 5. Kf3 Kg8 6. Kg2 Kh7 7. Kh3 Kg6 8. Qh8 Rd5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Study I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4Kpk1/6r1/8/8/3Q4/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Qd4+ Kg8 2. Qd8+ Kg7 3. Qf8+ Kh7 4. Kd7 (4. Kxf7 Rf6+ 5. Kxf6)
4... Rg5 (4... Rf6 5. Kd8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Study II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5Q2/5p1k/6r1/4K3/8/8/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1... Re6+ 2. Kf5 Rf6+ 3. Kg5 Rg6+ 4. Kh5 Rf6 (4... Rg7 5. Qe8) 5.
Qe7 Rh6+ 6. Kg5 Rg6+ 7. Kf5 Kg7 1/2-1/2

