[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jay Whitehead"]
[Black "Beat Zueger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.03.13"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 exd4 8.
Bf4 a6 9. Qa4 Nge7 10. Bd6 O-O 11. Qa3 Re8 12. Bc4 h6 13. Nbd2 Na5 14. Bxf7+
Kxf7 15. Rac1 Nac6 16. Qb3+ Kf8 17. Nh4 Bf6 18. Nxg6+ Kg7 19. Nf4 Rf8 20. Nh5+
Kg6 21. Rc5 b6 22. Nf4+ Kh7 23. Rh5 Bg7 24. Nf3 Qe8 (24... Rxf4 25. Bxf4 Qe8
26. g4 d5) (24... Kh8 25. Ng5 Rf6 26. Bxe7 (26. Nf7+ Rxf7 27. Qxf7 Qg8) 26...
Qxe7 27. Nd5 Qf8 28. Nxf6 Qxf6 29. f4) 25. Ng5+ Kh8 26. Qh3 Kg8 27. Rxh6 Bxh6
28. Qxh6 Rf7 29. Ng6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Books"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2bk1/p6p/1p2R1p1/1B3p2/1n6/7P/PB3PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

{Diagram #}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.02.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "DIAGRAM A"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/3pk3/8/3PP3/3K4/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Kc3 Kd7 2. Kb4 Kc6 3. Ka5 Kb7 4. Kb5 Kc7 5. Ka6 Kc6 6. d5+ Kc7
7. Ka7 Kc8 8. Kb6 Kd7 9. Kb7 *

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mas Hafizulhelmi"]
[Black "Yannick Pelletier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 c6 7. O-O-O+ Ke8
8. f3 Be6 9. g3 Nfd7 10. Kb1 f6 11. Bc1 Bb4 12. Nge2 a5 13. b3 Na6 14. Bb2 Ke7
15. Nc1 b5 16. Nd3 Bd6 17. Bg2 Nac5 18. Nf2 Rhd8 19. Ne2 Bf7 20. Bh3 Bc7 21.
Bf5 Bb6 22. Rhf1 Ne6 23. h4 h6 24. f4 Bc7 25. Bxe6 Bxe6 26. f5 Bf7 27. g4 Bb6
28. Ng3 Nc5 29. Bc1 Nb7 30. Nd3 c5 31. Be3 Ra6 32. Nb2 c4 33. Rxd8 Kxd8 34. Nd1
b4 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 fxg5 37. Bxg5+ Kd7 38. Rh1 Bd8 39. Bxd8 Nxd8 40. Ne3
cxb3 41. axb3 Ke7 42. Ng4 a4 43. bxa4 Rxa4 44. Nxe5 Ra3 45. Nf1 b3 46. Rh8 Ra5
47. Ng4 bxc2+ 48. Kxc2 Nc6 49. Kd2 Ne5 50. Nxe5 Rxe5 51. Ke3 g6 52. Kf4 Ra5 53.
Ne3 Ra4 54. Ke5 Ra6 55. Rb8 Kd7 56. Rb7+ Ke8 57. Rb8+ Kd7 58. Rb7+ Ke8 59. Ng4
gxf5 60. Nf6+ Kf8 61. exf5 Ra5+ 62. Kf4 Bd5 63. Rd7 Bb3 64. Rc7 Ba2 65. Rb7 Bd5
66. Rc7 Ba2 67. Rc1 Rb5 68. Ne4 {Diagram #} Bb1 69. Rc8+ Kg7 70. f6+ Kg6 (70...
Kf7 71. Nd6+) 71. Rg8+ Kf7 72. Rg7+ Kf8 73. Nd6 Rd5 74. Rd7 {Diagram #} Rxd6
75. Rxd6 Kf7 76. Ke5 Ba2 77. Ra6 Bb3 78. Ra7+ Kf8 79. Ra3 Bc4 80. Rc3 Ba2 {
Diagram #} 81. Rc1 Kf7 82. Kf5 Be6+ 83. Kg5 Bd5 84. Re1 Bb3 85. Re2 Bc4 86. Re3
Ba2 87. Kf5 Bb1+ 88. Ke5 Ba2 89. Rc3 Kf8 90. Rc1 Kf7 91. Rc2 Bb3 92. Rd2 Kf8
93. Re2 Kf7 94. Kf5 Bc4 95. Rb2 Be6+ 96. Ke5 Bc4 97. Rc2 Bb3 98. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Edgardo J Almedina Ortiz"]
[Black "Pavel Parfenov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2197"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. a4 Be7 10. Nb3 b6 11. f4 h5 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Qc4 Rc8 14. Be3 Qb7 15. e5
d5 16. Qe2 Be7 17. f5 Nd8 18. Nd4 Bc5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rf4 Ne7 21. Raf1 Ng6
22. R4f2 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Nc6 24. Qd3 Nge7 {Diagram #} 25. Qh7 Kd8 (25... Rxh7 26.
Rf8#) (25... Rg8 26. Qxg8+) 26. Qxh8+ Kc7 27. Qxg7 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kivanc Haznedaroglu"]
[Black "Jamshed Isaev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8.
Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Bd6 11. c3 O-O-O 12. Qe2 exd4 13. e5 Bxe5 14. hxg4
hxg4 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Qh4 17. Kf1 d3 18. f3 g3 19. Qf5+ Kb8 20. Qc5 {
Diagram #} Rd4 21. Qxd4 (21. cxd4 Qh1#) 21... Qxd4 22. Re8+ Ka7 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rigoberto Tromp"]
[Black "Abdoulaye Coulibaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 e6 4. e4 c5 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nge7 8.
Nb5 O-O 9. Nd6 Qc7 10. Na3 a6 11. c5 e5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Bh6 Nd4 15.
Nf7+ Rxf7 16. Bxf7 Qc6 17. f3 Qxc5 18. Rc1 Qa7 19. Nc4 d5 20. Nd6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6
Be6 {Diagram #} 22. Nc8 Ng8 23. Bxg8 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 Nd7 13. Kh1 b6 14. Ra3 Qe7 15. a5
Bb7 16. Nb5 Nf6 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Bb5 Reb8 19. Nc4 bxa5 20. Bf4 Bf8 21. e5 Nxd5
22. exd6 Qd8 23. Bg3 Nb4 24. d7 Bd5 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Ne3 Be6 27. Ba4 Bg7 28.
f4 Bxb2 29. f5 Bxd7 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Qb3 Bxa3 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Bxd7 Qg8 34.
Qf6+ Qg7 35. Qh4+ Qh7 36. Qf4 Ra8 37. Qf3 Rb8 38. Qf4 Ra8 39. Be6 Bb2 40. Nc4
Bd4 41. Nd6 a4 42. Nf7+ Kg7 43. Ng5 Qh5 44. g4 Qh4 45. Qc7+ Kh8 46. Nf7+ Kh7 {
Diagram #} 47. Ne5+ Kh6 (47... Kh8 48. Nxg6#) 48. g5+ Kxg5 (48... Qxg5 49. Nf7+
) 49. Nf3+ 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Francisco Vallejo-Pons"]
[Black "Zdenko Kozul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 Be7 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
e5 15. Ne2 Bc6 16. Nc3 Rc8 17. g4 Qc5 18. Qe2 b4 19. Nd5 a5 20. g5 Bxd5 21.
Rxd5 Qc7 22. Qf2 Rg8 23. h4 fxg5 24. f6 Bf8 25. Bb5+ Kd8 26. Rhd1 gxh4 27. Rxe5
Qb8 28. Qf5 Kc7 29. Qd7+ Kb6 {Diagram #} 30. Re8 Rxe8 31. Qc6+ Ka7 32. Qa6# 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fidel Corrales Jimenez"]
[Black "Daniel Stellwagen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe2 Qd5 16. c4 Qe4 17. Qf1 O-O 18. Re1 Qh7 19. Qe2 Rad8 20. Bc3 Rfe8
21. Rh3 b5 22. Ne5 bxc4 23. Rf3 Nd5 24. Nxf7 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Rb8 26. Qe4 Ba3+ 27.
Kd2 Rb2+ 28. Ke3 {Diagram #} Re2+ 29. Kxe2 (29. Rxe2 Bc1+ 30. Rd2 Bxd2+) 29...
Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-221-April-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1941.02.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bronstein vs. Mikenas"]
[Black "Rostov 1941"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.02.17"]
[SourceDate "2011.02.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 {Diagram #} 5. Nc4 (5. Bb5+) (5. Qh5+)
5... fxe4 6. Be2 (6. Nc3 Qg6) 6... Nc6 (6... Qg6 7. Bh5) 7. d5 (7. c3) 7... Ne5
(7... Nd4 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. Ne3) 8. O-O (8. Nxe5) (8. Ne3) (8. Nc3) 8... Nxc4 9.
Bxc4 Qg6 10. Bb5+ Kd8 (10... Bd7) 11. Bf4 (11. f3 Bh3 12. Qe2) 11... h5 (11...
Bh3 12. Bg3) (11... Nf6) 12. f3 Bf5 13. Nc3 exf3 14. Qxf3 Bxc2 15. Bg5+ Nf6 (
15... Be7) (15... Ne7) (15... Qxg5) 16. Rae1 c6 (16... Qxg5 17. Qxf6+) (16...
Be7 17. Qe2 Re8 (17... Qf7 18. Qxc2) (17... Qxg5 18. Qxe7+ Kc8 19. Rxf6 Qxf6
20. Qd7+ Kb8 21. Re8+) 18. Bxe8) 17. Bxf6+ Qxf6 (17... gxf6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19.
Qxc6) 18. Qe2 (18. Qxf6+) (18. dxc6) 18... Qd4+ (18... Qg6 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20.
Qe7+) 19. Kh1 Bg6 (19... cxb5 20. Nxb5 Qe5 21. Qxc2 Rc8 22. Qg6) 20. Rxf8+ (20.
dxc6 bxc6 21. Bxc6 Rc8 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Qe7#) 20... Kc7 (20... Rxf8 21. Qe7+
Kc8) 21. Bxc6 (21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Bxc6 Kxc6 24. Qb5+ Kc7 25. Re7+)
21... bxc6 (21... Rhxf8 22. Qe7+ Kb6 23. Qxb7+ Kc5 24. Qb5#) 22. Nb5+ cxb5 23.
Qxb5 Re8 24. Re7+ {Diagram #} (24. Qc6+) 24... Rxe7 25. Qc6# 1-0

[Event "ABC-221-April-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.02.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3qk3/4b3/8/8/8/6Q1/4B3/4K3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2011.02.17"]
[SourceDate "2011.02.17"]

{Diagram #} 1... Bh4 0-1

[Event "ABC-221-April-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.02.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/2p5/5q2/b6b/8/6Q1/2P1B3/3K1R2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2011.02.17"]
[SourceDate "2011.02.17"]

{Diagram #} 1... Qxf1+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-221-April-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.02.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Deflection"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k1r3/8/5q2/8/8/2b2RQ1/2B5/3K4 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2011.02.17"]
[SourceDate "2011.02.17"]

{Diagram #} 1... Qxf3+ 2. Qxf3 Re1# 0-1

[Event "ABC-221-April-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.02.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/5pp1/8/8/8/2b2Q2/B1P1q1P1/2K4R b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2011.02.17"]
[SourceDate "2011.02.17"]

{Diagram #} 1... Qd2+ 2. Kb1 Re1+ 3. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 4. Qd1 Qxd1# 0-1

[Event "ABC-221-April-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.02.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Undermining"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4rrk1/2B1q1pp/8/8/8/6Q1/1PP5/3K1B1R b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2011.02.17"]
[SourceDate "2011.02.17"]

{Diagram #} 1... Rxf1+ 2. Rxf1 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-221-April-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.02.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r2k/7p/2n5/8/1q6/bQ1B2B1/P7/RK6 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2011.02.17"]
[SourceDate "2011.02.17"]

{Diagram #} 1... Re1+ 2. Bxe1 Qxe1+ 3. Kc2 Nd4# 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "0:52:33-0:49:33"]
[Date "2011.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. Rc1 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nd4 Qxc5 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. Qc2
h6 15. f3 Nf6 16. g4 Re8 17. Kf2 Nc4 18. h4 Bxg4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. fxg4 Nxg4+
21. Kf3 Ne5+ 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Kf2 Rae8 24. Rh3 b5 25. Rg1 Re4 26. Qd1 b4 27.
Qf3 {Diagram #} Rxe3 (27... Kh8 28. Nf5 bxc3) 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 (28... Kh8 29.
Qxf7 Re2+ 30. Kg1 Re1+ 31. Kg2 R1e2+ 32. Nxe2 Rxe2+ 33. Kf1) 29. Qg4+ Kf8 30.
Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Kxe3 bxc3 32. Ke2 (32. Ke4) 32... Qe5+ (32... Qb4 33. Qc8+ Kg7
34. Nf5+ Kf6 35. Ne3 Qb2+ 36. Kf3 Qxa2 37. Qc6+) 33. Kd1 Qh2 34. Ne2 Qd6+ 35.
Qd4 Qxd4+ 36. Nxd4 Kg7 37. Nc6 a6 38. Nb8 a5 39. a4 Kf6 40. Nc6 Ke6 41. Nxa5
Kd5 42. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Kantor Alan"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5 {
Diagram #} Na5 (8... Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5) 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 (10. a3 b6 11. Rb1)
10... e5 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. b3 (12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7) 12... d5 13. cxd5
Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Ba3 (15. Bxd5+ Qxd5 16. Nc4 Qe4) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nc6
17. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "0:06:33-0:05:33"]
[Date "2011.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. d5 Ne7 14. Bc2 Qd7 {
Diagram #} 15. Na3 (15. c4) 15... Nexd5 16. h3 Bh5 17. exd5 e4 18. Bg5 Bxf3 19.
Qd2 e3 20. Bxe3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Be4 (21... Bxd5 22. Rxf6) 22. Rxf6 Bxc2 23. Rf4
Bg6 24. Nc4 Ra8 25. Na5 Rfe8 26. Ra3 Be4 27. c4 g5 28. Rf1 g4 29. h4 Qe7 30.
Qf2 Bg6 31. b4 h5 32. Rc3 Qe5 33. Rb3 Qe4 34. Rc3 Qe5 35. Rfc1 Be4 36. Qf4 g3
37. Qxe5 Rxe5 38. Ra3 Kg7 39. Rf1 Ree8 40. Rfa1 Re5 41. Nb3 {Diagram #} Rxa3
42. Rxa3 Bxd5 43. Nd2 (43. cxd5 Rxe3) 43... Be6 44. e4 Bg4 45. Rxg3 f5 46. Re3
Re8 47. Kf2 Ra8 48. exf5 Ra2 49. Rd3 Bxf5 50. Rd5 Be6 51. Rg5+ Kh6 52. Ke3 Ra3+
53. Kd4 Ra1 54. g3 Rd1 55. Kc3 Rg1 56. b5 Rc1+ 57. Kd3 Bf7 58. Nb3 Rd1+ 59. Ke2
Rb1 60. Nd4 Bxc4+ 61. Kd2 d5 62. Nf5+ Kh7 63. Rxh5+ Kg6 64. Rg5+ Kf6 65. Ne3
Rb2+ 66. Kd1 Be2+ 67. Kc1 Rxb5 68. Kd2 Rb2+ 69. Kc3 Rb5 70. Nxd5+ Kf7 71. Re5
Bg4 72. Re7+ Kf8 73. Re4 Bf5 74. Nxc7 Rc5+ 75. Rc4 Re5 76. Rf4 Ke7 77. Kd4 Ra5
78. Nd5+ Ke6 79. Nc3 Ra8 80. g4 Bh7 81. Ke3 Rc8 82. Ne2 Ke5 83. Ra4 Rb8 84. Nd4
Rb1 85. Ra5+ Kf6 86. Kf4 Rf1+ 87. Nf3 Bc2 88. Kg3 Rb1 89. Ra6+ Kg7 90. Nd4 Bd3
91. Rd6 Kf7 92. Kf4 Ra1 93. h5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "0:13:33-0:36:33"]
[Date "2011.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Bf4 e5 11. Bc1 O-O 12. Bg2 d6 13. Ba3 Qa5 14. O-O {
Diagram #} Rd8 (14... Be6 15. Bxd6 Rfd8) 15. Bb4 Qb6 16. a4 Na5 17. Rfd1 Be6
18. Bxa5 Qxa5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bd5 Rbc8 21. Qf3 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Qa6 23. Qe4 Rc6
24. c5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Qxe5 Qb7 27. Rb1 Bf6 28. Qf5 Qc6 29. Nxa7 Qxa4
30. Qxc5 Qa2 31. Re1 Qd2 32. Kf1 Bxc3 33. Rb1 Bd4 34. Qe7 Bxa7 35. Qxa7 Qd5 36.
Kg1 Qa8 37. Qxa8 Rxa8 38. Rb5 f6 39. h4 Re8 40. Kf1 g6 41. g4 Re4 42. f3 Ra4
43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Rb7+ Kg8 45. Kf2 Ra5 46. Kg3 h6 47. Rd7 h5 48. gxh5 Rxh5 49.
e4 g5 50. hxg5 Rxg5+ 51. Kf4 Ra5 52. Rc7 Kf8 53. Rd7 Kg8 54. Rd5 Ra3 55. Kg4
Re3 56. Rd7 Kf8 57. Ra7 Kg8 58. f4 Rxe4 59. Kf5 Re8 60. Kg6 f5 61. Rg7+ Kh8 62.
Rh7+ Kg8 63. Rg7+ Kh8 64. Rf7 Kg8 65. Rxf5 Re7 66. Rg5 Rf7 67. Kh6+ Kf8 68. f5
Rf6+ 69. Kh5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "0:33:33-0:38:33"]
[Date "2011.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Nc2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 d6 13. b4 Rd8 14. Kh1
Bd7 15. Ne3 Bf8 16. b5 Na5 17. f4 Qc7 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Ne4 b6 20. Rc2 h6 21.
Rf1 f5 22. Nf2 g6 23. Nd3 Bg7 24. Rfc1 Be8 25. Nd1 Qe7 26. Qb4 Rc7 27. e4 fxe4
28. Bxe4 Qf6 29. Bf3 Bf7 30. N1f2 Qd4 {Diagram #} 31. Ne5 Bxe5 (31... dxe5 32.
Rd1 exf4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4) 32. fxe5 Qxe5 33. Ng4 Qg7 34. Rd1 h5 (34... d5 35. c5)
35. Nf2 Qe5 36. Re1 Qd4 37. Rd1 Qe5 38. Re1 Qf5 39. Be4 Qc5 40. Qb2 Qg5 41. Bd3
e5 42. Ne4 Qe7 43. Rf1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "0:38:33-1:33:33"]
[Date "2011.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Erwin L'Ami"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.01.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 8.
Bg5 cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10. Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. Bd3 d6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rfc1 Qb6
15. Qc7 Rfc8 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Bg3 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8 20. h3 Ne4
21. Bh2 Kf8 22. Ne1 Nd2 23. f3 f5 24. Nc2 Ke7 25. Kf2 Nb6 26. Ke2 Nb3 27. Nb4
Na5 28. Bc2 Nac4 29. Nd3 a5 30. Bg3 Nd5 31. Bf2 g5 32. g4 {Diagram #} a4 33. e4
fxe4 34. fxe4 Ndb6 35. e5 (35. d5 exd5 36. e5 dxe5 37. Nxe5 Nxe5 38. Bxb6)
35... Be4 36. exd6+ Kxd6 37. Bg3+ Ke7 38. Kd1 Bxd3 39. Bxd3 Nxb2+ 40. Ke2 Nd5
41. Be4 Nc3+ 42. Kf3 b4 43. Be1 Nbd1 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "0:44:33-0:10:33"]
[Date "2011.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Jan Smeets"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.01.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 {Diagram #} 19. Bf4 (19. Be3 Nc5
20. Qg4+ Rd7 21. Qg7) 19... Bh6 20. Qd2 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Bc6 (21... d4 22. Qxd4
Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qc6+ 24. f3 Nxf6 25. Qxa7 Rd2+ 26. Rf2 Rxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rxh2+ 28.
Kg1 Rh1+ 29. Kxh1 Qxf3+) 22. Qd4 Kb8 23. Rfe1 Rhe8 24. Re7 Qa5 25. Rxf7 Bxa4
26. Bxd5 Qc5 27. Qf4+ Ne5 28. Be4 Rd7 29. Rg7 Bb5 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Bg6 Rf8 32.
Re1 Qd6 33. Qxe5 Rxf6 34. Qxd6+ Rxd6 35. Bf7 Rd2 36. Bxc4 Rxb2 37. h4 Bg4 38.
Kg2 a5 39. Re5 Rc2 40. Rb5+ Kc7 41. Bd5 Rd2 42. Bf7 Bd7 43. Rxa5 Bc6+ 44. Kf1
Bf3 45. Ra1 Kd6 46. Bb3 Rd3 47. Rb1 Kc5 48. Ke1 Kb5 49. Bd1 Bxd1 50. Rxd1 Rc3
51. h5 b3 52. Kd2 Rc8 53. Rc1 Rf8 54. f4 Kb4 55. Rh1 Ka3 56. Ke3 b2 57. g4 Rc8
58. Rb1 Ka2 59. Rxb2+ Kxb2 60. h6 Kc3 61. g5 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "0:11:33-0:03:33"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.01.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. h4 Nb6 12. Qd2 N8d7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15.
O-O-O Rc8 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. h5 Rfe8 18. Ka1 Bf8 19. Nd4 Qc5 20. g6 Nec4 21. Bxc4
Nxc4 22. Qd3 fxg6 23. hxg6 h6 24. Qg3 Qb6 25. Bc1 Qa5 26. Rdf1 Ne5 {Diagram #}
27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Bxh6 gxh6 (29... Qxd4 30. Be3 Qg4 31. Rh8+ Kxh8
32. Qh2+) 30. g7 Be7 (30... Bxg7 31. Nf5) 31. Rxh6 Nf7 32. Qg6 Nxh6 33. Qxh6
Bf6 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. g8=Q+ Rxg8 36. Qxf6+ Ke8 37. Re1+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "0:24:33-0:13:33"]
[Date "2011.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.01.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. e3 d6 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 f5 12. d5 Na6 13. h4 Qf6 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15.
Qxe4 Qxc3+ 16. Ke2 Nc5 17. Qg6+ Ke7 18. Rac1 Qf6 19. Qxf6+ Kxf6 {Diagram #} 20.
Rhd1 exd5 21. cxd5 Ba6+ 22. Ke1 Rae8 (22... Nd3+ 23. Rxd3 Bxd3 24. Rxc7) 23.
Rc3 Re4 24. Rd4 Rhe8 (24... Rxd4 25. exd4 (25. Nxd4 Bb7 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. dxc6
Ke6) 25... Re8+ 26. Kd1 Be2+ 27. Kc1 Na6) 25. Ra3 Bc8 26. hxg5+ hxg5 27. Rxa7
R8e7 28. Kf1 Bg4 29. Nd2 Rxd4 30. exd4 Nd3 31. f3 Bf5 32. a3 Nf4 33. Bxf4 gxf4
34. Ne4+ Bxe4 35. fxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxc7 Rxd4 37. Rc6 Ke5 38. Rxb6 Rd1+ 39. Ke2 Ra1
40. Rb3 Kxd5 41. g3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "1:38:33-1:30:33"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2011.01.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 (5. d4) 5... Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7
7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. c3 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Nf5 13. Bd3
d5 14. Bf4 c6 15. Nd2 Nh4 16. Qe2 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Re1 Qxe2
20. Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "0:26:33-0:50:33"]
[Date "2011.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2011.01.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. a4 a6 11. Re1 Ne4 12. Ra3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. c4 Rb8 15.
a5 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Bf4 Qc7 18. e4 Rb4 19. Bf1 {Diagram #} a5 20. Bd2 Ne5
21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Bc3 Bd7 23. f4 (23. Bxe5 dxe5 (23... Rxe5 24. f4 Re8 25. e5)
24. d6 Qb6) 23... Bxc3 24. Rxc3 a4 25. Rce3 Qb6 26. e5 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 (4. Nf3) 4... e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Ngf3 Bg6 (
6... Ne7) (6... h6) 7. Be2 Ne7 8. Nh4 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Nf3 Rc8
12. O-O a6 13. g3 Be7 14. h4 b5 15. a4 Qb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Kg2 c4 (17... b4
18. Ra6 Qb7 19. Qa1) 18. Ng5 Qd8 (18... Qb7) 19. Bg4 Bxg5 (19... Qb6 20. Nxf7
Kxf7 21. Bxe6+ Kxe6 22. Qg4+ Kf7 23. e6+ Kg8 24. exd7 Rd8 25. Qe6+ Kf8 26. Bg5
Qb7 27. Ra6) 20. Bxg5 Qc7 21. Rh1 Nb6 22. h5 gxh5 23. Bxh5 Na4 {Diagram #} (
23... g6 24. Bg4 Kd7 25. Qf3) 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qf3+ Kg8 26. Rxh8+ Kxh8 27.
Rh1+ Kg8 28. Qh5 Rf8 29. Bf6 Qd7 30. Qg6 1-0

[Event "2010 NATIONAL K-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS"]
[Site "Lake Buena Vista"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arnold, Marc"]
[Black "Sturt, Raven"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 (5. Qb3) 5... Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7.
Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Rae8 13. e4
dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qd8 16. Qf5 (16. d5) 16... g6 17. Qf3 Nf6 18. Bd3 (
18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bc2 (19. Bh6 Bb4 20. Re2 (20. Bxf8 Bxe1 21. Rxe1 Kxf8) 20...
Nxe4 21. Rxe4 (21. Bxf8 Ng5) 21... Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Re8) 19... Kg7) 18... Rxe1+
19. Rxe1 Nd5 20. Bc4 Qd7 21. Rc1 Nb6 22. Bb3 Re8 23. Bc3 Nd5 24. Bd2 Nb6 25.
Qf6 Bf8 26. d5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Bg7 28. Qxf7+ (28. Bxc6 Qxd2) 28... Qxf7 29. Bxf7+
Kxf7 30. Rc2 (30. Be3) 30... Re4 (30... Bd4) 31. Be3 a5 {Diagram #} 32. Kf1 a4
33. a3 Re5 34. Bd4 Re6 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Rd2 Kf6 37. Rd7 Re7 38. Rd6+ Ke5 39.
Rd3 b5 40. Rc3 (40. Ke2) 40... Kd5 41. Rd3+ Kc5 42. g4 h5 (42... Re4) 43. gxh5
gxh5 44. Rg3 Re4 45. Rd3 Rc4 46. Rd2 Rd4 47. Rc2+ Kd5 48. Ke2 c5 49. Rc3 Rc4
50. Rd3+ Ke5 51. b3 Re4+ 52. Kd2 h4 53. bxa4 Rxa4 54. Rb3 Ra5 55. Ke3 c4 56.
Rc3 Ra8 57. f4+ Kd5 58. Kf3 Kd4 59. Re3 c3 60. Re2 Rxa3 61. Kg4 b4 62. f5 b3
63. f6 Ra8 64. Kxh4 b2 0-1

[Event "Midwest Class"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Manion, J."]
[Black "Gurevich, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nc3 {Diagram #} Nh6 7. e4
f5 8. d3 O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Be3 fxe4 11. dxe4 Ng4 (11... Nd4 $5 12. Qd1 Nxf3+
13. Bxf3 Nf7) 12. Bg5 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Be3 {Diagram #} Bxc3 $6 (14... Nd4
) 15. bxc3 Ba6 $6 16. Bh6 Rf7 {Diagram #} 17. e5 $1 Qc8 18. e6 $1 dxe6 19. Bh3
Rf5 {Diagram #} 20. Rfe1 (20. f4) 20... e5 21. Rad1 {#} Qe6 {Diagram #} 22. Bg2
$1 (22. Bxf5 $2 gxf5) 22... Rf7 $2 (22... Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Bxc6 $18 Qxc3
25. Bxa8 $16) 23. Bd5 $1 $18 Qc8 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qf3+ Kg8 {Diagram #} 26.
Qd5+ (26. Rd6 $1 exd6 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. Qf7) 26... Kh8 (26... e6 27. Qd7 Qxd7
28. Rxd7 Bxc4 29. Rg7+ Kh8 30. Rd1 Bd5 31. c4 Be4 32. Rdd7 g5 33. Bxg5) 27.
Rxe5 $1 Bxc4 28. Qe4 Qe8 29. Rd6 $1 Bb5 30. Ree6 $1 Kg8 31. Rxc6 {
Very nice game by Josh!} (31. Rxg6+) 1-0

[Event "UTD GM Invitational"]
[Site "Richardson"]
[Date "2010.12.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sadorra, Julio"]
[Black "Panchanathan, Magesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. Qb3 Qc7 (6... Qb6 7. Qh3
Nbd7 8. Nxg6 fxg6 9. e3) 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 e6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 (10. Nf3 Ne4
11. O-O Be7 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Qc2 g5) 10... Qb6 11. e3 Be7 12. b3 Ng4 (12...
O-O-O 13. Bb2 Kb8 14. O-O-O Rc8 (14... Ng4)) (12... O-O 13. Bb2 a5 14. a3 Rfc8)
13. h3 Nh6 14. g4 f5 15. Bb2 Nf7 16. O-O-O Qa5 17. Kb1 Nd6 18. f3 Kf7 19. e4 (
19. Rde1 Bg5 20. Bc3 Qa3 21. e4 (21. Ka1) 21... dxc4 22. Nxc4 (22. bxc4 Bxd2
23. Bxd2 Qa6) 22... Nxc4 23. bxc4 Nb6) (19. Rhe1 Bg5 20. e4 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Qxd2
22. Rxd2 dxc4 23. e5 c3 24. Bxc3 Nb5 25. Bb2 Nc7) 19... f4 20. Bf1 Rh6 21. Bd3
Nf8 (21... Rah8 22. exd5 exd5 23. g5 Bxg5 24. Rhg1 Bf6 (24... Qd8 25. cxd5 cxd5
26. Ba3 Ne8 27. Rde1) (24... Bh4 25. Bxg6+ Ke7 26. Rg4) 25. Bxg6+ Ke7 26. cxd5
cxd5 27. Rge1+ Kd8 (27... Kf8 28. Ba3 Qxa3 29. Qc8+ Nxc8 30. Re8#) 28. Rc1) 22.
exd5 (22. c5 Ne8 23. exd5 exd5) (22. e5 Ne8) 22... exd5 23. Rde1 Bf6 (23... Bh4
24. Re5 Bf6 25. g5) 24. c5 Nb5 {Diagram #} 25. Nc4 Qd8 (25... dxc4 26. Bxc4+
Ne6 27. Rxe6 Kf8 28. g5 Bxg5 29. Rxg6) 26. Ne5+ Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Nc7 28. g5 Rh5
29. Bxg6+ Nxg6 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. Qxg6 Rh4 32. Rhe1 Qf8 33. Re7 Rc8 34. Rxc7 Rxc7
35. Re8 Rf7 36. Rxf8+ Rxf8 37. Bc1 Kh8 38. Qd6 Rg8 39. Bxf4 Rxh3 40. Be5 1-0

[Event "Richardson"]
[Site "Richardson"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM Julio Catalino Sadorra"]
[Black "Balind Nadj Hedjesi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nxc5 8.
b4 Na4 9. Qc2 b5 10. cxb5 Nb6 11. e4 (11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Qd1 Nc4 14.
Bd4) 11... Bb7 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Qe2 Na4 (13... Qc7 14. Bb2 Na4 15. f3 O-O 16.
Nh3 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. f4 f6) 14. f3 O-O (14... d5 15. e5 Qc7 16.
Bd2 Nb2 17. Ra2 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Qxe5+) 15. Nh3 d5 16. e5 Nc3 17. Qf2 Nd7 18. Bf4
(18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. Qh4 Re8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxg7
Nxe5 24. Nxf7 Nxf7 25. Bg5+ Kd6 26. Bxd8 Nxd8 27. a4 Nxa4 28. O-O Nc3 29. Rxa7
Re7 30. Qf6) 18... f6 19. Qh4 (19. exf6) 19... f5 20. Qh5 Qe8 21. Qxe8 Rfxe8
22. Kd2 h6 (22... d4 23. Rhc1 h6 24. Bg3 g5 25. Bf2) 23. Be3 Nxe5 24. Bd4 (24.
Rhc1 Nxd3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Kxc3 Ne5 27. Bxa7) 24... Nxd3 25. Bxc3 d4 26. Bxd4
Red8 27. Kxd3 e5 28. Rac1 Rxd4+ 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Nf2 Rdc4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Kd2
e4 33. fxe4 fxe4 34. Re1 (34. Ng4 Ke6 35. Rc1 Rd4+ 36. Ke2) 34... Ke6 35. Nd1
Ke5 36. Nb2 (36. Ne3 Rc7 37. Rc1) 36... Rc8 37. Nd3+ Kd4 38. Nc5 Bd5 39. g3 Re8
(39... Rf8 40. Rxe4+ Bxe4 41. Ne6+ Kc4 42. Nxf8) 40. Re3 Re7 41. Na4 Rf7 42.
Nc3 Rf2+ 43. Ne2+ Ke5 44. Kc3 (44. Rc3 Rxh2 45. Ke3) 44... g5 (44... Rf3 45.
Kd2 Bc4 46. a4 Rf2 47. h4 Rh2) 45. Nd4 Ra2 (45... Rxh2 46. Nf3+) 46. Nc2 h5 47.
Re1 Be6 48. Ra1 Rxa1 49. Nxa1 h4 (49... Kf5 50. Kd4 Kg4 51. Kxe4 Kh3) 50. Nc2
e3 51. Nxe3 Ke4 52. Nc2 h3 53. Nd4 Bd5 54. a4 Ke3 55. a5 g4 (55... Kf2 56. Kd2)
56. b6 axb6 57. axb6 Kf2 58. Kd2 Kg1 59. Ke1 Kxh2 60. Kf2 Kh1 61. Nf5 h2 62.
Ne3 Bf3 63. Nxg4 Bb7 64. Ne3 Bf3 65. g4 Bxg4 66. Nf1 1-0

[Event "UTD GM Invitational"]
[Site "Richardson"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 (5... e6 6. Nh4) (5... Bg6) (
5... Be4) (5... Bg4) 6. Bd3 (6. Bd2 e6 7. Nh4) 6... Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O Be7
9. e4 O-O 10. Bf4 (10. Rd1 b5 11. c5) 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13.
Rfe1 Re8 14. Rad1 Qa5 15. Qc2 (15. a3 Qa4) 15... Bb4 16. Rf1 (16. Re2 Qxa2)
16... Nf8 {Diagram #} 17. Qb3 Ng6 18. Bg3 Be7 (18... Ra7 19. c5 Qb5 20. Qc2 Ba5
21. a4 Qb4 22. d5) 19. Qxb7 Qxa2 20. b3 (20. Nd2) 20... Qa3 (20... a5 21. Ra1
Qb2 22. Rfb1 Qc2 23. Rc1 Qd3 24. Qxc6 Qxb3 25. Rxa5) 21. c5 a5 (21... Bf6 22.
Ra1 Qb2 23. Qxc6 Qxb3) 22. Ra1 Qb4 23. Qxc6 Qxb3 24. Rxa5 Rac8 25. Qe4 (25. Qb5
Qd5 26. Ra7 e5 27. Rd7 Qe6 28. Re1) 25... Qc4 26. Qb7 (26. Raa1 Rxc5 27. Nd2)
26... Bf6 (26... e5 27. Nxe5 Qxd4 28. c6 Nf8 29. Qb3 Ne6 30. Rd5) 27. Ra7 (27.
Raa1) (27. Bd6 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Ra7 Qf6 30. g3) 27... Ne7 (27... e5 28.
dxe5 Be7) 28. Bd6 Qd5 29. Qxd5 Nxd5 30. Rb1 Ne7 31. Rd7 (31. Bxe7 Rxe7 32. Rxe7
Bxe7 33. Rb6 (33. Kf1 f6)) 31... Nc6 32. Rbb7 Red8 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34. Ra7 Nc6
35. Ra4 Be7 36. Bxe7 Nxe7 37. Kf1 f6 38. Ke2 Nd5 39. Kd3 Rc7 (39... Nf4+ 40.
Kc4 Nxg2 41. d5 exd5+ 42. Kxd5 g5 43. c6) 40. Nd2 Kf7 41. g3 e5 42. Nc4 Ne7 43.
Nd6+ Ke6 44. Nb5 (44. Ne8 Rd7 45. Ra6+ Kf7 (45... Kd5 46. Nc7+ Rxc7 47. Rd6#)
46. Nd6+) 44... Rb7 45. Kc4 exd4 46. Ra6+ Kd7 47. Rd6+ Kc8 48. Rxd4 Rb8 49.
Na7+ Kc7 50. Nb5+ Kc8 51. Rd6 Ra8 52. Re6 Kd7 53. Rd6+ Kc8 54. c6 Ra2 55. Kc5 (
55. c7 Kb7 56. Rd7) (55. Re6 Nxc6 (55... Rc2+ 56. Kd3) 56. Rxc6+ Kd8 57. Nd4
Rxf2 58. Kd5 Rxh2 59. Ne6+) 55... Rxf2 56. c7 Rf5+ 57. Kb6 Rxb5+ {Diagram #} (
57... Nd5+ 58. Rxd5 Rxd5 59. Na7+) 58. Kxb5 Kxc7 59. Kc5 Nf5 60. Rd5 g6 61. Rd3
h5 62. Rd2 h4 63. g4 Nh6 64. h3 Nf7 65. Rf2 Ng5 66. Kd5 Nxh3 67. Rxf6 Kd7 68.
Ke5 g5 69. Kf5 Ke7 70. Re6+ Kf7 71. Re3 Ng1 72. Re1 Nh3 73. Rh1 1-0

[Event "UTD GM Invitational"]
[Site "Richardson"]
[Date "2010.12.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Yang, Darwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3
cxd4 9. Naxc4 Be7 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Nxc6 Nxf4 13. Nxe7 Nxg2 14. Qb4
a5 15. Nd6+ Kxe7 16. Nf5+ Kf6 17. Qe7+ Kg6 18. Nxd4 Rhe8 19. Qa3 e5 20. Rac1
Qb6 21. Nf3 Qb4 22. Kxg2 Qxa3 23. bxa3 Bc6 24. Rc5 f6 25. Rfc1 Red8 26. Kf1
Bxf3 27. exf3 Rd2 28. R1c2 Rad8 29. Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Greco, Gioacchino"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2011.03.08"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. h4 O-O 6. e5 Nd5 {Diagram #} 7.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 8. Ng5+ Bxg5 9. hxg5+ Kg6 10. Qh5+ Kf5 11. Qh7+ (11. Qh3+ Kg6 (11...
Ke4 12. Qd3#) 12. Qh7#) 11... g6 12. Qh3+ Ke4 13. Qd3# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Voellmy's fragment"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q1rk1/5pp1/8/4P1NQ/8/8/8/5K2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1... Re8 2. Qxf7+ (2. Qh7+ Kf8 3. Qh8+ Ke7 4. Qxg7) 2... Kh8 3.
Qh5+ Kg8 4. Qh7+ Kf8 5. Qh8+ Ke7 6. Qxg7# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fragment 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3qr1k1/4npp1/8/4P1NQ/8/8/8/2B2K2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Qh7+ Kf8 2. Qh8+ Ng8 3. Nh7+ Ke7 4. Bg5+ *

[Event "Havana ol final-C"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Joaquim Manuel Durao"]
[Black "Wolfgang Heidenfeld"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1966.10.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8.
Nf3 c5 9. Bd3 cxd4 {Diagram #} 10. Bxh7+ Kxh7 11. Ng5+ Qxg5 {Diagram #} (11...
Kg8 12. Qh5) (11... Kh6 12. Qd3 (12. Qg4)) 12. fxg5 dxc3 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Qh5+
Kg8 15. Rf4 Ng6 16. Rf3 e5 17. bxc3 Nc6 18. Raf1 Be6 19. g4 Nce7 20. Rh3 Rfc8
21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Rhf3 Rc4 23. h3 Rac8 24. Re3 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. h4 Rg3+
27. Kh2 Rxg4 28. h5 Rh4+ 29. Kg1 Nf4 30. h6 gxh6 31. Qh8+ Ng8 32. Qxe5 hxg5 33.
Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qxb7 Nf6 35. Qxa7 d4 36. a4 Nh3+ 37. Kh2 Nd5 38. a5 Ne3 39. Rf3
Nf4+ 40. Kg1 Rg4+ 41. Kh2 Rg2+ 42. Kh1 Rd2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rainer Altrock"]
[Black "Christoph Kamp"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. Ne2 Bb4+ 10. Nc3 f6 11. g3 fxe5 12. fxe5 O-O 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. Bd3 Bxc3+
15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Kf1 Nb4 {Diagram #} 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Qh5
Qxa1+ 20. Kg2 Qxa2+ 21. Kh3 Qc2 22. Rf1 Nb6 23. Rf2 Qb1 24. Rb2 Qf5+ 25. g4 Nd3
26. Bg3 (26. gxf5 Nxf4+) 26... Qxg5 27. Qxg5 Nxb2 28. Kg2 Bd7 29. h4 Rf7 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jose Luis Juan Roldan"]
[Black "Luciano Alvarez"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 c6 7. Bc4 Qa5+ 8.
Bd2 Qxe5 9. O-O d5 10. Bb3 Nf6 11. Bc3 Qg5 12. f4 Qg6 13. Bd4 Bd6 14. c4 O-O
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nc3 Be6 17. f5 {Diagram #} Bxh2+ (17... Bxf5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5
19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Qb3 Rad8) 18. Kxh2 Ng4+ 19. Kg1 Qh5 20. Qxg4 {Diagram #} Qxg4
21. fxe6 Rfe8 22. Nxd5 e3 23. Bxe3 Kh8 24. Nc7 Qe4 25. Rae1 Rac8 26. Nxe8 Rxe8
27. Bxa7 Qb4 28. Bf2 h6 29. Rc1 h5 30. Rfd1 Qf4 31. Rc3 Qg4 32. Rg3 Qe2 33. Rd7
*

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jan Hein Donner"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. d5 Bb7 8. e4 b5
9. e5 bxc4 10. Bb1 Nxd5 {Diagram #} 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Ng5+ Kg8 13. Qh5 Qxg5 (
13... Re8) 14. Bxg5 Nxc3 15. a3 Ne4+ (15... Ba5 16. Bd2) 16. axb4 Nc6 17. Be3
Nxb4 18. O-O Nc2 19. Rac1 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Bd5 21. Rf4 f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Rcf1
Raf8 24. Rxf6 Nxf6 25. Qe5 Ne4 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qb8+ Kf7 28. Qxa7 Bc6 29. h4
Kg6 30. g4 Kh6 31. Qb8 Kh7 32. Qf8 Nf6 33. g5 Ne4 34. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Schack Kompaniet Cup"]
[Site "Gotemburgo"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Heikki Kallio"]
[Black "Mihail Marin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. f4
c5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. a3 Ba5 11. Bd3 cxd4 {Diagram #} 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Qxg5
14. fxg5 dxc3 15. O-O Ndxe5 16. h4 Bg4 17. Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qe4+ Kg8 19. bxc3 Rfe8
20. Qc2 Bh5 21. Bf4 Nd3 22. Bg3 Bb6+ 23. Kh1 Re3 (23... Re2) 24. Kh2 Re2 25.
Qa4 Nc5 26. Qb5 Rdd2 27. Rae1 Rxg2+ 28. Kh3 Bc7 29. Re8+ (29. Bxc7 Bg4#) 29...
Kh7 30. g6+ fxg6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Daniel Milotai"]
[Black "Jiri Fichtl"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. d4 Bb4 7. Bd2 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 cxd4 12. Qf4 dxc3 {Diagram #} 13.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Kg8 (14... Kg6 15. Nxf7 Qe7 16. Qg3+ Kh7 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18.
Qh4 Bf5 19. Rxf5 g6 20. Rxf8+ {Diagram #}) 15. Qh4 Qxg5 16. Qxg5 cxb2 17. Rad1
Be6 18. h4 Bc3 19. h5 Kh7 20. g4 Bxe5 21. Qh4 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Be3 23. g5 Rae8 24.
g6+ Kg8 25. Rg1 d4 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Franklin, William"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1658"]
[BlackElo "2049"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "140"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. d3
d6 {Diagram #} 9. Be3 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. Nf1 Rab8 {Diagram #} 12. Ng3 (12. h3
Be6 13. Ng3) 12... Nh5 13. Nxh5 Bxh5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. O-O Kh8 16. Qe3 Rbd8 {
Diagram #} 17. Ne1 (17. Bd5) 17... f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. f3 Bg6 20. Rd1 Qd6 21.
Rd2 Rf6 22. Bc2 {Diagram #} h6 (22... Ne7 23. Re2) 23. Rdf2 Ne7 24. f4 (24. Re2
) 24... exf4 25. Rxf4 Nd5 26. Rxf6 Nxe3 27. Rxd6 {Diagram #} cxd6 (27... Rxd6)
28. Rf2 Nxc2 29. Rxc2 c4 30. Rd2 Re8 31. Kf2 Rf8+ {Diagram #} 32. Kg1 (32. Ke2)
32... d5 33. dxc4 dxc4 34. Rd6 Rf6 35. Rd2 (35. Rxf6 -- (35... gxf6 36. Kf2)
36. Rf2 --) 35... Be4 36. g3 Kh7 37. a3 g5 38. Rf2 Kg6 39. Rd2 {Diagram #} g4 (
39... h5) 40. Ng2 Kg5 (40... Bxg2) 41. Nf4 Bf3 42. Kf2 Kf5 43. Rd8 Ke5 44. Ke3
Rf7 45. Rh8 Rf6 46. Re8+ {Diagram #} Kd6 47. Rd8+ (47. Kd4) (47. h4) 47... Kc5
48. Rd4 a5 49. Rd8 Rb6 50. Re8 Rd6 51. Re5+ Kb6 52. Re6 Kc5 53. Rxd6 Kxd6 54.
Kd4 Bc6 55. Ng6 Bb7 56. Ne5 h5 {Diagram #} 57. Nf7+ (57. a4) 57... Ke7 58. Ne5
Ke6 59. Ng6 Kf5 60. Nf4 h4 61. Kc5 (61. a4 Bd5) (61. Nd5 Bxd5) 61... Ke4 62.
Kxb5 hxg3 63. hxg3 Kf3 64. Nh5 Bd5 65. Kxa5 Bf7 66. Nf6 Kxg3 67. Nxg4 Kxg4 68.
Kb4 Kf4 69. a4 Ke4 70. a5 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Orrin Frink"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5p2/2K5/8/8/3k4/7P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Kd5 f6 (1... Ke3 2. Ke5 f6+ 3. Kf5) 2. h4 Ke3 3. h5 f5 4. h6 f4
5. h7 f3 6. h8=Q f2 7. Qe5+ Kd3 (7... Kd2 8. Qh2 Ke1 9. Ke4 f1=Q 10. Ke3) 8.
Qb2 f1=Q 9. Qb5+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nicolaus Rossolimo"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/6R1/N7/8/8/6K1/7p/5b2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Rg8+ Kb7 2. Nc5+ Kb6 (2... Kc6 3. Rc8+) 3. Na4+ Kb5 4. Nc3+ Kb4
5. Na2+ Kb3 6. Nc1+ Kb2 7. Kxh2 Kxc1 8. Rg1 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mark Liburkin"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/6p1/1N6/2k1K2n/R3b3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Nd4+ Kc3 2. Nb5+ Kc4 (2... Kb4 3. Rb1+) 3. Nd6+ (3. Na3+ Kb3 4.
Kxe1 Kb2 5. Nc2 Nf3+ (5... Kxc2 6. Ra2+) 6. Kd1 g3 7. Ra8 g2) 3... Kc5 4. Nb7+
(4. Ne4+ Kd5 5. Nf6+ Ke5 6. Nd7+ Ke6 7. Nc5+ Kd5) 4... Kc6 5. Nd8+ Kc7 6. Ne6+
Kd7 (6... Kd6 7. Ra6+) 7. Nf8+ Ke7 8. Ng6+ Kf7 9. Nh8+ Kg7 10. Rxe1 Kxh8 11.
Rh1 g3 12. Ke3 Kg7 13. Kf4 g2 14. Rg1 Nf1 15. Rxg2+ Kh6 16. Rf2 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mark Liburkin, 1922."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "K4N2/8/PP1r4/k7/2P5/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Nd7 (1. c5 Rxb6 2. a7 (2. cxb6 Kxb6 3. a7 Kc7) 2... Rb1 3. Nd7)
1... Rxd7 2. b7 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robert Becker"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2B5/p2p2k1/1P6/5r1P/8/8/N7/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. h6+ (1. b7 Rxh5+ 2. Kg2 Rb5) 1... Kxh6 2. b7 Rf1+ (2... Rb5 3.
Nc3 Rb4 4. Ne4 a5 5. Nc5 a4 6. Nxa4 d6 7. Nc3) 3. Kg2 Rb1 4. Nc3 Rb2+ (4... Rb4
5. Ne4) 5. Kf3 Kg7 6. Na4 Rb3+ 7. Ke4 Kf7 8. Nc5 Rb4+ 9. Kd5 Ke7 10. Na6 Rb1 (
10... Rb5+ 11. Kc4 Rb1 12. b8=Q Rxb8 13. Nxb8 Kd8 14. Ba6 Kc7 15. Kd5) 11. b8=Q
Rxb8 12. Nxb8 Kd8 13. Bb7 (13. Ba6 Kc7 14. Kc5 d6+) 13... Kc7 14. Ba6 Kxb8 15.
Kd6 Ka8 16. Kc7 d5 17. Bb7# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Istvan Bilek"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r5/6RP/7K/pp6/1k6/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. Rg8 Rc1 2. Rg4+ Ka3 3. Kh5 Rc8 4. Rg8 Rc1 5. Rg3+ Ka2 6. Kh4 Rc8
7. Rg8 Rc1 8. Rg2+ Kb1 9. Kh3 Rc8 10. Rg8 Rc1 11. Kh2 Rc2+ 12. Kh1 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blasbag-Herland"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2K5/5r2/3R4/6k1/1P6/2P3p1/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1... g2 2. Rd1 Rf8+ (2... Rf1 3. Rd8 g1=Q) 3. Kc7 Rf1 4. Rd8 Rf7+
5. Kc8 Kg6 6. Rd1 Rf1 7. Rd8 Kg7 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "K7/3r4/P7/1P6/k1P5/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. b6 Ka5 2. b7 Rd8+ (2... Kxa6 3. b8=N+) 3. b8=R (3. b8=Q Kxa6 4.
Qxd8) 3... Rd7 4. Rb7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p5R1/3r2pP/8/8/pk6/6K1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1. h7 Rd8 2. Rg8 Rd2+ 3. Kg3 (3. Kh3 Rd5 4. h8=Q Rh5+) 3... Rd3+ 4.
Kg4 Rd4+ 5. Kg5 Rd5+ (5... a2 6. h8=Q a1=Q 7. Rb8+ Kc3 8. Qh3+ Rd3 9. Rc8+ Kd2
10. Qh2+ Ke3 11. Re8+) 6. Kxg6 Rd6+ 7. Kg5 (7. Kh5 Rd1 8. Rg3+ Ka2 9. Kh4 Rd8
10. Rg8 Rd1 11. Rg2+ Kb1 12. Kh3 Rh1+) 7... Rd5+ 8. Kg4 Rd4+ 9. Kh3 Rd1 10.
Rg3+ Kb4 11. Kh4 Rd8 12. Rg8 Rd1 13. Rg4+ Kb5 14. Kh5 Rd8 15. Rg8 Rd1 16. Rg5+
Kb6 17. Kh6 Rd8 18. Rg8 Rd1 19. Rg6+ Kb7 20. Rg5 Rd6+ (20... Rd8 21. Rg8 Rd1
22. h8=Q Rh1+ 23. Kg5 Rxh8 24. Rxh8 Kb6 25. Rh3 Kb5 26. Rxa3 a5 27. Kf4 Kb4 28.
Ra1 a4 29. Ke3 a3 30. Kd2 Kb3 31. Rb1+ Ka2 32. Rb4 Ka1 33. Kc3) 21. Kh5 Rd1 22.
Rg4 Rd5+ (22... a2 23. h8=Q Rh1+ 24. Rh4 a1=Q 25. Qh7+) 23. Kh4 Rd1 24. Rg3
Rd4+ 25. Kh3 Rd1 26. Rg2 Rd3+ 27. Kh2 Rd8 28. Rg8 Rd2+ 29. Kg3 Rd3+ 30. Kf4 1-0

