[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eldridge"]
[Black "Johnson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r1k1/1b2bRpn/p2q3p/2pPN3/1pP1P3/6R1/PB4PP/1B4K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Rgxg7+ (1. Rfxg7+ Kh8 (1... Kf8 2. Rg8#) 2. Nf7#) 1... Kh8 2.
Rxh7+ Kg8 3. Rhg7+ (3. Rfg7+ Kf8 4. Nd7+ (4. Ng6+ Qxg6 5. Rh8#) 4... Qxd7 5.
Rh8#) (3. Rh8+ Kxh8 4. Ng6+) 3... Kh8 4. Ng6+ Qxg6 5. Rxg6+ Bf6 6. Bxf6# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 3, 3rd column"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1qrr2k1/6pp/p7/1p1p2Nb/1P6/P4P2/KB2Q1PP/6R1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Qe6+ Kh8 2. Nf7+ (2. Qh6) 2... Bxf7 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 2, 3rd column"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1qrr2k1/6pp/p1b5/1p1p2N1/1P6/P4P2/KB2Q1PP/6R1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Qe6+ Kf8 (1... Kh8 2. Nf7+ (2. Qh6 {Diagram #}) 2... Kg8 3. Nh6+
Kh8 4. Qg8+ Rxg8 5. Nf7#) 2. Qf7# (2. Nxh7#) (2. Qh6 {Diagram #}) *

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Valley Forge, PA"]
[Date "2010.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Arnold, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Nd2 c6 12. Rc1 cxd5 13. cxd5 Na6 14. Nc4 Bg4 15.
h3 Bh5 16. Qd2 Rac8 17. b3 Nc5 18. Qe3 Bg6 19. Bb4 Nfd7 20. Na5 Rc7 21. Bxc5
Nxc5 22. b4 Na6 23. a3 Ra8 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Rc1 Qe7 26. h4 Bf5 27. Qg5 Qd7 28.
e4 Bg6 29. h5 f6 30. Qh4 Be8 31. Qh3 Rb8 32. Qxd7 Bxd7 33. f3 Bb5 34. Bh3 Kf8
35. Bf5 h6 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Bxc8 b6 38. Bxa6 Bxa6 39. Nc6 Ke8 40. Nxa7 b5 41.
Kf2 Kf7 42. g4 Ke8 43. Kg3 Ke7 44. Kh4 Kf7 45. Nc6 Bc8 46. Na5 g6 47. Nc6 g5+
48. Kg3 Ke8 49. Na5 Kd7 50. Nb3 Kc7 51. Nd2 Bd7 52. Nf1 Kd8 53. Ne3 Kc7 54. Kf2
Kb7 55. Ke2 Kc7 56. Kd3 Kb7 57. Kc3 Kc7 58. Kb3 Kb6 59. Nf5 Bxf5 60. gxf5 Ka6
61. a4 bxa4+ 62. Kxa4 Kb6 63. b5 Kb7 64. Ka5 Ka7 65. b6+ Kb8 {Diagram #} 66. b7
(66. Ka6 Ka8 67. b7+ Kb8 68. Kb6) 66... Kxb7 67. Kb5 Kc7 68. Ka6 Kc8 69. Kb6
Kd7 70. Kb7 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Valley Forge, PA"]
[Date "2010.07.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Panchanathan, Magesh"]
[Black "Haskel, Jeffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. c4
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qxa2 10. Rxb7 Bc5 11. e4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Qa6 14. Rc7 Rc8
15. Rxc8+ Qxc8 16. e5 Ng8 17. d4 Bb4 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21.
Qb1 a5 22. Qf5+ Ngf6 23. e6+ Ke7 24. exd7 Qxd7 25. Qg6 Kd8 26. Be5 Rf8 27. Rc1
Kc8 28. Qd3 Kb7 29. f3 Ra8 30. h4 Ra6 31. Kh2 a4 32. Bh3 Qd8 33. Rb1 Rb6 34.
Qc2 a3 35. Qa4 Be7 {Diagram #} 36. Bf1 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Valley Forge, PA"]
[Date "2010.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Reichstein, Boris"]
[Black "Gulamali, Kazim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nb3 a6 8.
Be2 b5 9. O-O Qb6+ 10. Kh1 Bb7 11. a4 Be7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14. Na3
b4 15. Nc4 Qb8 16. Ne3 g6 17. Bd2 O-O 18. c4 bxc3 19. Bxc3 Nb6 20. Nc4 Na4 21.
Be1 d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Nba5 Nxb2 24. Qa1 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Nd7 26. Bc3 f6 27. Rd1
Be6 28. Ne3 Qb7 29. Rb1 Qa8 30. Rd1 Nb6 31. Qxa8 Rxa8 32. Ra1 Rxa1+ 33. Bxa1
Bc5 34. Nf1 Kf7 35. g3 Bc4 36. Bxc4+ Nxc4 37. Bc3 Ke6 38. Kg2 Kd5 39. g4 Ne3+
40. Nxe3+ Bxe3 41. Ba5 Kc4 42. Bd8 f5 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Bc7 Bf4 45. h3 Kd3 46.
Kf2 h5 47. h4 Be3+ 48. Kg2 Bd4 49. Bd8 Ke2 50. Bf6 Bc3 51. Bg7 {Diagram #} e4
52. fxe4 (52. Bxc3) 52... f4 0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Valley Forge, PA"]
[Date "2010.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arnold, Marc"]
[Black "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc2
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Ne3 O-O 12. f4 b6 13. Ng4 Nxg4 14. Qxg4 f6 15.
Be3 Na5 16. Qe2 Nb7 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 f5 19. Bd4 Nc5 20. Rab1 Rb8 21. Qe3
Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rd8 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. Rb2 b5 25. Rfb1 Rdc8 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Rb4
Ra8 28. R1b2 Bc6 29. Qf2 Qd7 30. h3 Ra6 31. Kh2 Qd5 32. Rd2 Rca8 33. Rbb2 Qd7
34. Qf1 Ra4 35. Bc5 Qe8 36. Bd4 h6 37. Qe2 Rc4 38. Rb3 Qe7 39. Rdb2 Qg5 40. Qf2
f4 41. Rb4 Rxb4 42. Rxb4 Bd5 43. Rb2 h5 44. h4 Qg4 45. Bc5 Qf5 46. Rxb5 Rxa2
47. Rb2 {Diagram #} Ra1 0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Valley Forge, PA"]
[Date "2010.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bellaiche, Antony"]
[Black "Thavandiran, Shiyam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. a3 Be7 7. d5 d6 8. Ng3 e5
9. Be2 g6 10. e4 h5 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Qd2 Nh7 13. Nf1 h4 14. Be3 f5 15. exf5 gxf5
16. g3 Nd7 17. O-O-O Nc5 18. Qc2 a5 19. gxh4 Kh8 20. Rg1 Bxh4 21. Ng3 f4 22.
Bxc5 bxc5 23. Nge4 Rg8 24. h3 Bxh3 25. Qd3 Bg2 26. Bf3 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Rxg1 28.
Rxg1 Qe7 29. Qh5 Rg8 30. Rh1 Bg5 31. f3 Rg7 32. Nb5 Kg8 33. Qg4 Nf8 34. Na7 Qd7
35. Qh5 Be7 36. Qh8+ Kf7 37. Nc6 Rg8 38. Qh5+ Rg6 39. Nxc5 Qc8 {Diagram #} 40.
Ne6 Nxe6 41. Qxg6+ Kxg6 42. Nxe7+ 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Valley Forge, PA"]
[Date "2010.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Harikrishna, Penteala"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2010.07.??"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. O-O Na6 10. Nd2 Nc7 11. Nc4 Nfe8 12. a4 b6 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. b3 f5 15. Qc2
Nf6 16. Rae1 Qd7 17. Bf4 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Nh5 19. Bd2 f4 20. Bf3 fxg3 21. fxg3 Nf6
22. e4 Ng4 23. Bxg4 Qxg4 24. Bf4 Qh3 25. Ne2 Qd7 26. Kg2 a6 27. Nc1 b5 28. Nd3
Rae8 29. e5 dxe5 30. Nxc5 Qd8 31. Be3 bxc4 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Rd1 Qf6 34. Qe4
Qf7 35. d6 Ne6 36. Nxe6 Qxe6 37. d7 Bf6 38. Bc5 Rb8 39. Rd6 Qf7 40. Bb6 Bd8 41.
a5 c3 42. Qxe5 c2 {Diagram #} 43. Qe8+ (43. Bd4 Qf1+ 44. Kxf1 c1=Q+ 45. Kg2
Qd2+ 46. Bf2) 43... Qf8 (43... Kg7 44. Bd4+ Kh6 45. Qxf7 c1=Q 46. Bg7+ Kh5 47.
Qf3+) 44. Bd4 Bf6 45. Qe6+ Qf7 46. Qxf7+ Kxf7 47. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "ABC-216-Nov-2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "I.Bolesavsky"]
[Black "A.Khavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.09.18"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.18"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Bc4 Rg8 7. O-O Bg4
{Diagram #} 8. d4 (8. d3) 8... e6 (8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxd4 10. Qb3) 9. Bf4 Bd6
10. Bg3 (10. Bxd6 Qxd6) 10... f5 11. Qd3 Bxf3 (11... f4 12. Qxh7 Rg6 13. Bh4
Bxf3 14. Qxg6 (14. Bxd8 Rxg2+ 15. Kh1 Rg3#) 14... Qxh4 (14... fxg6 15. Bxd8)
15. Qg8+) (11... Bxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. Rfe1 Qf6) 12. Qxf3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Qxd4
14. Qb3 Qd7 (14... b5 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kf8 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Qf6+ Ke8 19.
Rfe1+) 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Rg6 17. Re2 b5 18. Bd3 (18. Bxb5 cxb5 19. Qxb5+
Nd7 20. Red2 Rd8) 18... Rf6 19. Qc3 (19. Bxf5 Rxf5) 19... b4 20. Qc4 a5 (20...
e5 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Qg4 Qg5 23. Rxe5+ Rxe5 (23... Kf8 24. Qxf5) 24. Qc8+ Ke7
25. f4) 21. g4 fxg4 (21... f4 22. g5) 22. Qxg4 Nd7 23. Be4 (23. Qg8+ Nf8) (23.
Bxh7) 23... Qc5 (23... Ne5 24. Qg5) (23... Rc8 24. Qg5 e5 25. Bf5 Rd6 (25...
Rd8 26. Bxd7+ Rxd7 27. Qg8+) 26. Qxe7+ Kxe7 27. Rxd6 Kxd6 28. Rd2+) 24. Qh4 (
24. Qg7 Rf4 25. g3 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxc2 27. Rxe6+ fxe6 28. Rxd7) 24... Rg6 25.
Bxg6 hxg6 26. Red2 Ra7 (26... Nb6 27. Rd8+) (26... Rd8 27. Qh2 e5 (27... Qb6
28. Qd6) 28. Qh3) 27. Qh8+ {Diagram #} Qf8 (27... Nf8 28. Rd8+ Ke7 29. Qxf8+
Kf6 30. Qxc5) (27... Ke7 28. Qc8) 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 (28... Qxh8 29. Rd8+) 29. Qxf8+
Kxf8 30. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5bk1/5ppp/5q2/3Q4/8/5P2/6PP/1N4K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3qk3/2p2p2/3b4/8/6bB/5N2/2P5/3QK3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem III"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3Bk3/5p1Q/6r1/8/8/5b2/5PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem IV"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2b1k/5p1p/8/8/1B6/2P5/5P2/4K1R1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem V"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "q2r2k1/5pp1/8/8/8/8/R3QP2/4K3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem VI"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2r2k1/5pp1/2p5/b7/P7/3R4/2KN1PP1/1R6 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "Curacao ct  Rd: 19"]
[Site "Curacao ct  Rd: 19"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Na5 10. f4 b6 11. e5 Ne8 12. f5 dxe5 13. fxe6 Nxb3 14. Nc6 Qd6
15. Qxd6 Bxd6 16. axb3 Bxe6 17. Nxa7 Rb8 18. Ra6 Nf6 19. Rxb6 Rxb6 20. Bxb6 Rb8
21. Bf2 Ng4 22. Nab5 Bb4 23. Ba7 Rb7 24. h3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rxb5 26. hxg4 Bxg4
27. c4 Rb7 28. Ra1 Bf5 29. c5 Bxc2 30. c6 Rxb3 31. g4 {Diagram #} Rg3+ (31...
Be4) (31... Rc3) (31... h5) 32. Kf2 Rxg4 33. c7 Bf5 34. Be3 h5 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36.
c8=Q Bxc8 37. Rxc8 h4 38. Kf3 f5 39. Rf8 Kg6 40. Rh8 Rg3+ 41. Kf2 f4 42. Ba7 h3
43. Bb8 Kf5 44. Rf8+ Ke4 45. Re8 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Jerry Hanken Memorial - 111th US Open, "]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator ",Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.04.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 {My opening repertoire is not as bad as most people seem to
believe. I've gotten the reputation to play the Alekhine's defense almost
exclusively. Even I know it is terrible. On the other hand I haven't played
too many sicilians that are not Sveshnikovs, so I wanted to try something a
bit different.} 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. a4 Nc6
{The game is now a Scheveningen, clearly. Despite the fact that this position
has been seen thousands of times, my opponent played a move I was unfamiliar
with.} 9. Nb3 {This unusual move warrants comment. I think this is one of
those common mistakes in chess that can easily go unnoticed. Moving the N back
in the Sicilian is a very standard idea, especially against the Scheveningen,
however this is not the time to do that. The reason is that the N was serving
an important function in d4, mainly stopping black from fianchettoing his
bishop on b7. This was impossible because of the N trade on c6 followed by
some kind of tactic based on the opening of the h1-a8 diagonal. Since there is
no pressure on c6, and white has essentially given up a development tempo,
black can seize the opportunity to place his B on the ultimate square, in my
opinion equalizing immediately.} b6 {White doesn't have enough time or
resources to successfully break up the queenside with a timely a5, so black
can safely play this move.} 10. f4 Be7 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qe2 {
A strange position for the queen, but my opponent had some interesting ideas
in mind. Here I was not too concerned with white starting any kind of pawn
storm on the kingside since he is way behind in that plan, so I figured he
would focus on some kind of central play somehow. I just could not figure out
exactly in what way.} Nd7 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. Kh1 {At this point I still didn't
know what Melik wanted to do. I saw the possibility of playing Rac8 or Nb4
right away, but didn't want to commit. Instead I played a simple, useful and
waiting move.} Bf8 16. Bf2 {And here it is. When he played this I suddenly
remembered that he had employed a similar plan against somebody in a
tournament we played together some months ago. I didn't remember the specifics
of it, but somehow he put his B on g3, generated pressure against d6 and got a
good endgame. I wasn't about to let that happen.} Nb4 $1 {The start of a good
antidote. Black will give himself a backward plan with the expectation of
breaking on d5 at an appropiate time. Controlling d5 is obviously key for that,
and the N is beautifully placed for the job.} 17. Bg3 e5 {The point. Now white
has a difficult choice. He can allow black a solid setup with his N on e5,
control of the c file and very likely the superior game, or he can risk
strategical disaster by playing f5 and hoping that d5 can eventually be
prevented, keeping the backward pawn locked down.} 18. f5 (18. fxe5 Nxe5 19.
Rd4 $1 {Is the point of taking early on e5.} Nbc6 $6 (19... a5 $15 {
is a better try, but certainly the weakness of b5 gives white some ideas.}) 20.
Rdd1 {I saw this far and wasn't entirely sure what to do here.}) 18... Nf6 {
White has no choice but to trade this N, as he is running out of pieces with
which to cover d5. This will mean, however, that any opening in the position
will benefit black.} 19. Bh4 Be7 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Black is, stricly
speaking, not threatening anything. d5 is not ready. However, he can slowly
improve his position with simple moves such as h6, and white has no concrete
plan or way to improve his own pieces. The next move looks awkward, but it is
a good attempt at removing the pressure.} 22. Nb1 $5 a5 (22... Nc6 23. Nc3 Nd4
24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 $15 {Is obviously better for black but the
opposite colored bishops gives white good hopes for survival.}) 23. c3 (23. Nc3
{Was what I expected at first, trying to target the new weakness on b5. I
would probably have responded with Re7, followed by Red7 to reinforce d5.})
23... d5 $1 {Black strikes when white is at his weakest. The N on b1 gives
black the opportunity to play this move, but white still has some resources.} (
23... Nc6 $2 24. Na3 {And white has almost equalized.}) 24. Qe3 d4 (24... dxe4
$6 {Was what I wanted to play, unfortunately it is only slightly better for me
after...} 25. Bxe4 Rxd1 (25... Nd5 $2 26. Qf3 {
And things are suddenly not so clear.}) 26. Rxd1 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Rd8 $15) 25. Qf2
Na2 $1 {This unexpected move is key. Now white will have trouble keeping
material balance. He has no choice but to take on d4, after which the position
opens to blacks favor.} 26. cxd4 exd4 27. Nxd4 Qc5 28. e5 (28. Nb5 $2 Rxd1 29.
Bxd1 Qxf2 30. Rxf2 Bxe4 31. Nd2 Bc6 $19 {
There is no way for white to defend all his pawns.}) 28... Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Bxe5
30. Nb5 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Bxb2 {Black is a pawn to the good, and as soon as he
retrieves his N from a2 he will be able to capitalize on the weaknesses on a4
and f5. White must act quickly and bring his pieces in the game to attempt to
create problems.} 32. Nd2 Nc3 33. Nxc3 Qxc3 34. Qxc3 Bxc3 35. Nc4 Bd4 36. g3
Bc5 37. Rd7 {I unerestimated this move. Thankfully we are now close to time
control and I was able to dedicate a lot of time to analyzing the winning
sequence.} h5 $1 38. Nd6 Re1+ 39. Kg2 Re2+ {This is an important intermezzo.
There is no cohice for white but to go back to h1, all the other moves fall in
a simple way:} 40. Kh1 (40. Kf1 Rxh2 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Nxf7 (42. Ne4 f6 43. Nxc5
bxc5 44. Ra8 Ra2 45. Rxa5 c4 $19) 42... Rf2+ $19) (40. Kf3 Rf2+ 41. Ke4 Bxd6
42. Rxd6 Rxh2 43. Rxb6 Ra2 $19 {And the two pawns are too much}) 40... Rd2 $1 {
I'm very proud of this move. Although it seems to throw all the advantage away,
it is actually a very precisely calculated move that wins the game. White has
no choice but to go into the losing N vs B endgame.} 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Nxf7 Rxd8
43. Nxd8 b5 {Clearly this is hte point, however white has several ways to
attempt to stop the pawn.} 44. axb5 (44. Nb7 $2 Bb4 45. Nxa5 bxa4 $1 46. Nc4 a3
47. Nxa3 Bxa3 $19) 44... a4 45. Nc6 (45. Ne6 Be3 $1 46. b6 $8 Bxb6 47. Ng5+ Kg8
48. Ne4 Ba5 49. Nc5 a3 50. Nb3 a2 $19) 45... a3 46. Na5 a2 47. Nb3 Kh6 $1 {
There is no point in analyzing Kg2, since the position is obviously lost if
there is equal material. White must try to keep the K away and play h4. This
however locks down the kingside, allowing the h5 pawn to hold both the h and g
pawns leaving the K free to go and help the a pawn.} 48. h4 g6 49. fxg6 (49. f6
g5 50. hxg5+ Kxg5 51. f7 Kf6 $19) 49... Kxg6 50. Kg2 Kf5 51. Kf3 Ke5 52. Ke2
Kd5 53. Kd3 Bd4 $1 54. Kc2 Be5 55. b6 (55. Kd3 Bxg3 56. Kc3 Bxh4 57. Kb2 Bf2
58. Kxa2 h4 $19 {
The K and the B will make sure the N doesn't interfere with the pawn promotion.
}) 55... Kc6 56. Na1 Bxa1 57. Kb3 Kxb6 58. Kxa2 Be5 59. Kb3 Kc5 60. Kc2 Kd4 61.
Kd2 Ke4 62. Ke2 Bd4 {The K and B cut off the white king, which allows black to
pick up all the pawns without letting him close to the h1 square. Thus, white
resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Jerry Hanken Memorial - 111th US Open, D"]
[Site "Irvine"]
[Date "2010.08.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zierk, Steven"]
[Black "Zhang, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bf4 (7. Bd3)
7... Be7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qe2 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. Bg5 Qc7 (11... Bb4+ 12. c3 (12.
Bd2 Nf4 13. Qf1 Bxd2+ 14. Kxd2 (14. Nxd2)) (12. Nd2 h6) 12... Nxc3) 12. O-O-O
b5 13. c3 a5 14. Bc2 a4 15. Qd3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 17. Kb1 b4 (17... g6) (17...
Qh6) 18. Nh5 Qh6 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 (19... Bxf6 20. cxb4) 20. cxb4 (20. c4 b3)
20... Bxb4 21. g4 Ba6 22. Qe4 Qg7 23. d5 Rab8 24. dxe6 Ba3 25. b3 (25. e7 Rxb2+
26. Ka1) 25... f5 26. Qe5 Be2 {Diagram #} 27. Rdg1 Bb2 28. Qxb2 (28. Qxe2) (28.
Qxg7+) (28. gxf5) (28. Kxb2) 28... Qxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Bxf3 30. gxf5+ Kh8 31. e7
Rfe8 32. f6 Bxh1 33. Rxh1 c5 34. Kc3 Rg8 35. Rd1 Rbc8 36. bxa4 c4 37. Rd4 Rc6
38. Rh4 Re8 39. Rxh7+ Kg8 40. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "College Champions"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gareev, Timur"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator ",Timur"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.04.19"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.17"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 $6 {
small inaccuracy which gives white more options} (3... Be7 {is more flexible})
4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 {White retains the option of
developing the knight on e2. The plan in that case involves f3-e4 central
breakthrough.} Bg4 $5 {An interesting idea. Black is trying to solve the
problem of the white-square bishop transferring it to g6. White in turn would
be able to get the f5 square(Ne2-g3-f5) and potentially take advantage of the
immediate edge in development.} 8. Nge2 Bh5 9. O-O Bg6 10. Ng3 Bxd3 $2 {
That was the fourth bishop move in a row. It is a good idea to exchange the
bishops. However the tension resulting from Bg6-Bd3 relation is beneficial to
black. White would not want to take on g6, as after hg the f5 square becomes
inaccesseble. Black gives up an important defensive piece for no solid reason
allowing white to gain the attacking momentum.} (10... O-O 11. Nf5 Nbd7 $14)
11. Qxd3 h6 $2 {
Black loses time and misses the powerful breakthrough in the center.} (11...
O-O 12. Nf5 Na6 13. Rae1 $16 {preparing e4}) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 $1 dxe4 14.
Qxe4+ Kf8 (14... Qe7 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Nf5 Qd7 17. Ne4 $18) (14... Be7 15. Rfe1)
15. Rad1 h5 {black is trying to bring the rook in} 16. d5 {
white has to act fast to ensure an effective finish} c5 17. d6 Nc6 18. Qd5 {
targetting two pawns and freeing up the e4 square} Bd4 (18... h4 19. Nge4 $18)
19. Nf5 Qd7 20. Rfe1 g6 {
black weakens the crucial diagonal, which white immediately exploits} (20...
Re8 21. Rxe8+ Kxe8 22. Ne4 Nb4 23. Nxg7+ Bxg7 24. Qg5 Bxb2 25. Nxc5 $18) (20...
h4 21. Re7 Nxe7 22. dxe7+ Ke8 23. Qf3 Qc6 24. Ne4 Rh6 25. b4 $18) 21. Nxd4 cxd4
22. Rxd4 $1 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Rh6 24. Re7 Qf5 25. Re5 Qc2 (25... Re8 26. d7 Qxe5
27. Qxe5 Rxe5 28. d8=Q+ $18) (25... Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Re8 27. d7 $18) 26. d7 Qc1+
27. Nd1 Qc7 (27... Rd8 28. Re8+ $1 Rxe8 29. Qd6+ $18) 28. Rc5 Qd8 29. Ne3 {
Black's pieces have no opportunities to get active. White's pieces are ready
to get aggressive and finish the game tactically.} h4 30. Ng4 Rh5 31. Qd6+ (31.
Qd6+ Kg7 (31... Qe7 32. Rc8+) (31... Kg8 32. Nf6+) 32. Rxh5 gxh5 33. Qh6+ Kg8
34. Nf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emily Tallo"]
[Black "Simone Liao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 (3... Nf6) 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7.
O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Bg5
Qe7 {Diagram #} 14. Qd3 (14. Qf3) (14. Rad1) 14... Bxh2+ (14... O-O) 15. Kh1
Bb8 16. Nf5 Qc7 17. g3 (17. f4) 17... Ng4 (17... O-O) 18. Qd4 (18. Qa3) 18...
Nxf2+ (18... e5) 19. Qxf2 Qxc4 20. Nxg7+ Kf8 21. Rad1 Qc6+ 22. Kh2 Bc7 23. Qf6
Qxc2+ 24. Rd2 Qg6 25. Nxe6+ (25. Rd8+ Bxd8 26. Nxe6+ Bxe6 27. Qxh8+ Qg8 28.
Bh6+) 25... Bxe6 26. Qxh8+ Qg8 27. Qf6 Ba5 28. Rxe6 Bxd2 29. Bxd2 Qg4 30. Qh8+
1-0

[Event "World Student Team Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "William James Lombardy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

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 Be7 10. a3 h6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Ba2 Qc7 13. Qe2 b5 14. f4 (14. h3)
14... Neg4 (14... Nc4 15. Ndxb5) 15. h3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 O-O 17. Rae1 (17. e5 dxe5
18. fxe5 Nd7 19. Rxf7 Rxf7 20. Bxe6 Qxe5 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qf3+ Nf6 23. Qxa8
Qxd4+) 17... e5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 {Diagram #} d5 20. Qxe5 (20. Kh2) (20.
Kh1 d4 21. Qxe5) 20... Bd6 21. Qe2 Bxa3 22. Nd1 (22. Nxd5 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Bxb2)
22... Rae8 23. Qf3 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qa5 26. Nc3 Bb4 (26... d4 27. Ra1
) 27. Nxd5 Qxa2 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Qc6 Qc4 30. Qxf6 Qxf4 31. Rd1 Re8 0-1

[Event "WchT U26 07th"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saidy, Anthony Fred"]
[Black "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. O-O Nc5 13. Nb3 b6 14. Re1 Nxe2+ 15.
Qxe2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Rac1 Qf6 19. Ne4 Qg6 20. h3 Rab8 21. b3
Rf7 22. Rb1 h5 23. h4 gxh4 24. Bxh4 Bh6 25. f3 Rbf8 26. Kh1 Rg7 27. g3 Bc8 28.
b4 Rgf7 29. bxc5 Rxf3 30. Rb8 Qg4 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. Kg2 Qf5 33. cxd6 Re3 34.
Qxe3 Bxe3 35. Rxe3 Qf1+ 36. Kh2 {Diagram #} Rf2+ (36... cxd6) 37. Nxf2 Qxf2+
38. Kh3 Qxe3 39. d7 Qf3 40. d8=Q+ Kh7 41. Qe7+ Kg8 42. Qe6+ Kh7 43. Qe7+ Kg8
44. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Charles Kalme"]
[Black "Dolfi Drimer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Qe2
b6 9. Re1 a5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Bh3 (11. Nf1 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bh3 e5 14. Bxc8
Qxc8 15. Nxe5 Bd6) 11... b5 12. Bg4 c4 13. d4 b4 14. Nf1 a4 15. Bf4 a3 16. b3
Ba6 17. Qd2 Qb6 18. Ne3 cxb3 19. cxb3 Ra7 20. Rac1 Rc8 21. Rc2 Rac7 {Diagram #}
(21... Ncb8) 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. e6 fxe6 (23... Nf6) 24. Bxc7 Qxc7 (24... Rxc7
25. Bxe6+) 25. Rxe6 Ndb8 26. Qe3 (26. Rexc6 Nxc6 27. Bxc8 Qxc8 28. Qc1 Bb7 29.
Ne5) 26... Rf8 (26... Qd8 27. Rexc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6 Nxc6 29. Qe6+ Kf8 30. Qxc6
Be2 31. Ne5 Bxg4 32. Nxg4 {Diagram #}) 27. Rexc6 Qa7 28. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Rising Stars vs Experience"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Loek Van Wely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 (7. Bc4)
7... Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 {Diagram #}
Nd7 (12... Ng4 13. Nd5 Qc5 14. Nb3 Qc6 15. Na5 (15. Qa5) 15... Qd7 16. Nc4) 13.
Nd5 Qc5 14. Nb3 Qc6 15. Na5 Qc5 {Diagram #} 16. Nxb7 Qc6 (16... Bxb7 17. Rxb7
Rc8 18. Bxa6 Qc6 19. Qa5) 17. Rb6 Nxb6 18. Nf6+ exf6 19. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
(8. Bf4 dxc4 9. Ne5 b5 10. Nxc6 Nxc6 11. Bxc6 Bd7) 8... b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. b3
Nbd7 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Nc3 c5 13. dxc5 (13. cxd5 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 exd5
16. Qb2) 13... Bxc5 14. a3 b5 15. b4 {Diagram #} Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Rxc4 17. Rd3 e5
18. Bg5 (18. Bxe5 Ng4+) 18... e4 19. Rxd5 Qb6+ 20. Kf1 Nxd5 (20... Rxc3) 21.
Nxd5 Rxc2 22. Nxb6 exf3 23. Nxd7 fxg2+ 24. Kf2 Re8 25. Be3 Bc8 26. Nc5 Bg4 27.
Re1 Rxe2+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4p3/8/3P3p/P2pK3/6P1/7b/3k4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. d6 exd6 2. Kd3 Bxg3 3. a5 d5 4. a6 Bb8 5. a7 Bxa7 1-0

[Event "Biel International Chess Festival"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2003.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 c5 7. Bxe7 Kxe7 8.
dxc5 Qc7 9. f4 Qxc5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nf3 Nb6 12. a3 a5 13. h5 h6 14. O-O-O Bd7
15. Kb1 a4 16. Rh3 Rac8 17. Nb5 Rhd8 18. Nd6 Rb8 19. Rg3 Kf8 {Diagram #} 20.
Qd3 (20. Bd3 Nc8) (20. Nd4 Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4) 20... Kg8 21. Nxf7 Kxf7
22. Qg6+ Ke7 23. Qxg7+ Ke8 24. Qg6+ Ke7 25. Qf6+ Ke8 26. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/1p4pp/4p3/3pP1R1/3Pb3/2q2P2/4Q1KP/4N3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1... Bf5 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bobby Fischer"]
[Black "Robert Burger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nd4 6. c3 b5 7. Bf1 Nxd5 8.
cxd4 Qxg5 9. Bxb5+ Kd8 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. O-O exd4 12. Qxf7 {Diagram #} Nf6 (12...
Be7 13. Qf3 Rf8 14. Qg3) (12... Kc8 13. Qe8+ Qd8 14. Bd7+ Kb8 15. Qxd8+) 13. g3
Bd5 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jerry Qu"]
[Black "Preston Herrington"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.09.22"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 {Diagram #} d5 (2... g6) (2... e6) 3. g3 (3. c4) 3... c5 4. c3
Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 {Diagram #} 6. Bf4 (6. O-O) 6... Qb6 (6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8.
Qb3 Nxd4) 7. b3 (7. Qb3 Qxb3 8. axb3 cxd4) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 {Diagram #} (8.
O-O dxc3 9. Nxc3) 8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 (9. Kf1 Ne4) (9. Nbd2) 9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 (
10. O-O) 10... Qxd4 11. Bxb4 {Diagram #} (11. O-O) 11... Qxa1 (11... Qxb4+) 12.
Qc2 (12. Bc3 Qxa2) 12... Qd4 13. Ba3 Bd7 14. e3 {Diagram #} Qb6 (14... Qe5 15.
Qc5 Kd8) 15. O-O Rc8 (15... h5) (15... Bc6) 16. Qd2 Ne4 {Diagram #} 17. Bxe4 (
17. Qb2 f6) (17. Qe1 f6) 17... dxe4 18. Rd1 Rd8 (18... Bc6) 19. Bd6 {Diagram #}
(19. Qc3) (19. Qc2) (19. Nc3) (19. Rc1) 19... e5 (19... Bb5) (19... Bc6) (19...
f6) 20. Qc3 (20. Bxe5) 20... Be6 (20... f6 21. Bc7) 21. Qxe5 Rg8 {Diagram #}
22. Rd4 (22. Nc3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 1, 1st column"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/8/p1P5/P2K4/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Kd4 Kd8 2. Kc4 Kc8 3. Kd5 Kd8 (3... Kc7 4. Kc5) 4. Kd6 Kc8 5. c7
*

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 2, 2nd column"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p6p/2k3p1/4Pp2/2K2P1P/6P1/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Kb4 Kb6 2. Ka4 a6 (2... Kb7 3. Kb5 Kc7 4. Ka6 Kb8 5. h5 (5. e6
Kc7 6. Kxa7 Kd6 7. Kb6 Kxe6 8. Kc6 h5 (8... h6 9. h5 Kf6 10. Kd6 Kf7 11. Ke5 (
11. hxg6+ Kxg6 12. Ke6 Kh5 13. Kxf5) 11... Kg7 12. Ke6 gxh5 13. Kxf5)) 5...
gxh5 6. e6 Kc7 7. Kxa7 Kd6 8. Kb6 Kxe6 9. Kc6) 3. Kb4 Kc6 4. Kc4 Kb6 5. Kd5 Kb7
6. Kd6 Kc8 7. Kc6 Kd8 8. Kb6 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 3, 2nd column"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7p/2K1k3/5p1p/5P2/6P1/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1... Kf7 2. Kd7 (2. Kd5 Ke7 3. Ke5 Kf7 4. Kxf5 h4 5. gxh4 Ke7 {
Diagram #}) 2... Kg7 3. Ke7 Kg6 4. Ke6 Kg7 (4... h6 5. Ke5 Kg7 6. Kxf5 Kf7 7.
Ke5 Ke7 8. f5 Kf7 9. f6 Ke8 10. Ke6 (10. Ke4 Kf8 11. Kf4 Ke8 12. Ke5 Kf8 13.
Ke6 Ke8 14. f7+ Kf8 15. Kf6 h4 16. gxh4 h5 17. Kg6) 10... Kf8 11. f7 h4 12.
gxh4 h5 13. Kf6) 5. Kxf5 h4 6. gxh4 Kf7 7. h5 Ke7 8. Ke5 Kf7 9. Kd6 Kf6 10. h6
Kf7 (10... Kf5 11. Ke7 Kxf4 12. Kf6) 11. Kd7 Kf6 12. Ke8 Ke6 13. Kf8 Kf6 14.
Kg8 Kg6 15. f5+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.10.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 6, 1st column"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7p/2K1k3/5p1p/5P2/6P1/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1... Kf7 2. Kd7 (2. Kd5 Ke7 3. Ke5 Kf7 4. Kxf5 h4 5. gxh4 Ke7 {
Diagram #}) 2... Kg7 3. Ke7 Kg6 4. Ke6 Kg7 (4... h6 5. Ke5 Kg7 6. Kxf5 Kf7 7.
Ke5 Ke7 8. f5 Kf7 9. f6 Ke8 10. Ke6 (10. Ke4 Kf8 11. Kf4 Ke8 12. Ke5 {Diagram #
} Kf8 13. Ke6 Ke8 14. f7+ Kf8 15. Kf6 h4 16. gxh4 h5 17. Kg6) 10... Kf8 11. f7
h4 12. gxh4 h5 13. Kf6) 5. Kxf5 h4 6. gxh4 Kf7 7. h5 Ke7 8. Ke5 Kf7 9. Kd6 Kf6
10. h6 Kf7 (10... Kf5 11. Ke7 Kxf4 12. Kf6) 11. Kd7 Kf6 12. Ke8 Ke6 13. Kf8 Kf6
14. Kg8 Kg6 15. f5+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "I. Bottlik 1952"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p1p5/5k1p/2p1p2P/2P1P1P1/p5K1/P7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Kh4 c6 (1... a6 2. g5+ hxg5+ 3. Kg4 a5 4. h6 Kg6 5. h7 Kxh7 6.
Kxg5 Kg7 7. Kf5 Kf7 8. Kxe5 Ke7) 2. g5+ hxg5+ 3. Kg4 a6 4. h6 Kg6 5. h7 Kxh7 6.
Kxg5 Kg7 7. Kf5 Kf7 8. Kxe5 Ke7 9. Kf5 Kf7 10. e5 Ke7 11. e6 Ke8 12. Kf6 a5 13.
Kf5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "More ideas"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p1p4k/p6p/2p1p3/2P1P1PP/8/P7/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Kg2 a5 (1... Kg6 2. Kf3) 2. h5 (2. Kg3 Kg6) 2... Kg7 3. Kg3 a4 (
3... Kf7 4. Kh4 (4. a4 Kg7) 4... Kf6 5. a4 a6 6. g5+ hxg5+ 7. Kg4 c6 8. h6 {
Diagram #}) 4. Kh4 (4. a3 Kf7) 4... Kf6 5. a3 a6 6. g5+ hxg5+ 7. Kg4 a5 8. h6
Kg6 9. h7 Kxh7 10. Kxg5 Kg7 11. Kf5 Kf7 12. Kxe5 Ke7 13. Kd5 Kf6 14. Kc6 Ke5
15. Kxc7 Kxe4 16. Kb6 Kd4 17. Kb5 Kc3 18. Kxc5 Kb3 19. Kd4 Kxa3 20. Kc3 {
Diagram #} Ka2 21. Kc2 a3 22. c5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/1K6/p7/N2N4/k7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Kc4 Kb2 2. Kd3 Kxa2 3. Kc3 Ka1 4. Kc2 Ka2 5. Ne4 Ka1 6. Nc5 Ka2
7. Nd3 Ka1 8. Nc1 a2 9. Nb3# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p6P/P7/8/5n2/3p1pp1/4k3/5R1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Re1+ Kxe1 2. h8=Q g2+ 3. Kh2 g1=Q+ (3... d2 4. Qh4+ f2 5. Qxf2+
Kxf2) (3... Ne2 4. Qa1+ Kf2 (4... Kd2 5. Qa5+ Ke3 6. Qc5+) 5. Qg1+ Nxg1) 4.
Kxg1 f2+ 5. Kh2 f1=Q (5... d2 6. Qh4 d1=Q (6... Ne2 7. Kg2 d1=Q 8. Qxf2+ Kd2 9.
Qxa7) 7. Qxf2+ Kxf2) (5... f1=N+ 6. Kh1 Ng3+ 7. Kh2 d2 8. Kxg3 Ne2+ 9. Kg2 d1=Q
10. Qh4+) 6. Qa1+ Kf2 7. Qd4+ Ke2 8. Qe5+ Kd2 9. Qb2+ Ke1 10. Qa1+ Kf2 11. Qd4+
Kf3 12. Qxf4+ (12. Qd5+ Kg4 13. Qe6+ Kg5 14. Qe5+ Kg6) 12... Kxf4 *

