[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Missed tactic"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2r2k1/pQ3ppp/8/2p5/8/P1PnP2P/5PPq/R1BR1K2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.04.11"]
[SourceDate "2011.04.11"]

{Diagram #}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.04.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A little history"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/1pp5/pq6/1P1pPP2/P2Pn3/2BQ2r1/2R3P1/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[SourceDate "2011.04.11"]

{Diagram #} 1. a5 Qh6 2. Bd2 Qh3 (2... Qh5 3. Be3 axb5 4. Rf2 (4. f6)) (2...
Qh7 3. Be3 (3. Qf1 Rg8 4. Qf3 Rg3 5. f6) 3... axb5 4. Rf2 Nxf2 5. Kxf2 Rg4) 3.
Qf1 Rg8 4. f6 Qh5 5. f7 Rf8 6. e6 Ng3 7. Qf3 *

[Event "Kristianstad"]
[Site "Kristianstad"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Arthur Hakansson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch. From a match; the first game in which appears my
idea of a pawn sacrifice in the opening, not to obtain an attack, but merely,
with gain of a tempo, to overprotect a strategical point with a view to
cramping the enemy forces.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Qg4 {My innovation.} cxd4
5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 f5 7. Qg3 Nge7 8. O-O Ng6 9. h4 Qc7 10. Re1 {White's plan is
now clear. He has given up a pawn, careless when, if ever, he recovers it
provided his pawn at e5 is maintained as an instrument to cramp Black's game.
There is no idea of attack in 9 h4, its object is solely to pave the way to
the removal of some of the pressure on the p at e5. The pawn sacrifice comes
with the category of sacrifice for the sake of blockade.} Bd7 {...Bc5 was here
so as to leave the f8 square free for the knight to retreat after h5.} 11. a3
O-O-O 12. b4 {White could, of course, have won the exchange here by 12 h5 Ne7
13 Ng5 Re8 14 Nf7 Rg8 15 Nd6+; but with his undeveloped queenside and his
unprotected p at h5 he would have had some difficulties to contend with. The
text move is the logical continuation.} a6 {Rather better was 12... Kb8 13 c3!
dxc3 14 Nxc3 Nxb4 15 axb4 Qxc3 16 Be3 Qxd3 17 Bxa7+ Kc8 18 Re1c1+ Bc6 19 b5
Qxb5 20 Nd4 with complications, which, of course, White, had he been so minded,
could have avoided by simply playing 13 Bb2.} 13. h5 Nge7 14. Bd2 h6 15. a4 g5
16. b5 f4 17. Qg4 {The queen is well placed here.} Nb8 18. c3 Re8 {His only mov
e. It will be noted that the over-protector, the rook at e1, now has the
c-file opened for him without any trouble to himself. In order to avoid loss
of material Black has to submit to curious regrouping of his forces.} (18...
dxc3 19. Rc1 Nf5) 19. cxd4 Kd8 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. a5 Qa7 22. b6 Qa8 {Diagram # The
queen fin ds herself in a position to which, as a rule, she would only be
consigned in a problem.} 23. Rc7 Nf5 24. Nc3 Be7 (24... Bb4 25. Nxd5 Bxd2 26.
Nxd2 Nxd4 27. Rc8+) 25. Nxd5 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 exd5 27. Qxd7+ Nxd7 28. Ne6# 1-0

[Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E74"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 Qa5 8. Bd2 a6
9. a4 e5 10. g4 Ne8 11. h4 f5 12. h5 f4 13. g5 Qd8 14. Bg4 Nc7 15. Bxc8 Qxc8
16. Nf3 {Diagram #} Nc6 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Nh4 Qe8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Qg4 Rb8 21.
Nd1 Ne6 22. Ra3 Nd4 23. Rah3 Qf7 24. Bc3 Rfe8 25. R3h2 Qxc4 26. Nxg6 Re6 27.
Bxd4 Rxg6 28. Qf5 Qe6 29. Qxe6+ Rxe6 30. Bc3 d5 31. f3 Rb3 32. Rh3 c4 33. Kd2
Rg6 34. Rg1 d4 35. Ba5 Bf8 36. Rg4 Rd6 37. Kc2 Rd7 38. g6 Rdb7 39. Be1 c5 40.
Rgh4 Bg7 41. Ba5 c3 42. bxc3 Ra3 43. cxd4 exd4 44. Rxf4 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 Rb1 46.
Rh1 Rxa4 47. Kc2 Rb5 48. e5 d3+ 49. Kxd3 Rxf4 50. Bc3 Rxf3+ 51. Ke4 Rg3 52. Kf4
Rxg6 53. Ne3 Rb8 54. Nf5 Rf8 55. Rh5 Re8 56. Ke4 Rg1 57. Rh3 Bf8 58. Kd5 Rd1+
59. Ke4 Rc1 60. Kd5 Rd1+ 61. Ke4 Rd7 62. Nh6+ Bxh6 63. Rxh6 Rh7 64. Rg6+ Kf7
65. Rf6+ Ke7 66. Rc6 Kd7 67. Rxc5 Rh6 68. Kd5 Rb6 69. Ba5 Rb5 70. Rxb5 axb5 71.
e6+ Rxe6 72. Kc5 Re5+ 73. Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Russian National Tournament"]
[Site "Vilna"]
[Date "1912.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grigory Levenfish"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 Ng4 11. Bg3 Qg5 12. Qxg5 hxg5 13. Bc4 Ke7 14. Rd1
a5 15. h3 f6 16. Ke2 Ne5 17. Bxe5 fxe5 18. Na4 g4 19. hxg4 Bxg4+ 20. f3 Bd7 21.
Nxb6 cxb6 22. a3 Rae8 23. Ke3 Bc8 24. Bb3 b5 25. c3 Bd7 26. Kf2 Rb8 27. Ra1 a4
28. Ba2 Be6 29. Bxe6 Kxe6 30. Ke3 d5 31. g3 g5 32. f4 gxf4+ 33. gxf4 dxe4 34.
Kxe4 exf4 35. Kxf4 Kd5 36. Rhd1+ Kc5 37. Rd2 Rhf8+ 38. Kg3 Rb7 39. Kh2 Rh7+ 40.
Kg1 Rg7+ 41. Rg2 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Rd8 43. Kf3 Rd2 {Diagram #} 44. Ra2 Rd1 45. Ke2
Rh1 46. Kd3 Rg1 47. c4 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Lev Aronin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Qe2 O-O 10. e4 Bg4 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. d5 Nb6 15.
Bb3 cxd5 16. a5 d4 17. axb6 dxc3 18. bxc3 Bc5 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. bxa7 Bxa7 21.
Bg5 Rd8 22. Bd5 Rd6 23. Rb1 Bb6 24. c4 Qc7 25. c5 Qxc5 26. Rc1 Qa5 27. Rc8+ Bd8
28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. Qc3 Qb6 30. Qb2 Qd6 31. f4 exf4 32. e5 Qd7 {Diagram #} 33.
Qxb7 Qe8 (33... Qxb7 34. Rxd8#) 34. Qb8 (34. exf6 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qg3+) 34... Rd6
35. Qxd6 Bb6+ 36. Qxb6 Qxc8 37. e6 g5 38. e7 Kg7 39. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Georgia"]
[Site "it Tbilisi"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Aleksander Bokuchava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 Bb4 8. e5
Ne4 9. Qb3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qh4 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Ng5 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. f4 Nb6
15. Bb3 Nh3 16. Qf3 Rfd8 17. Kf1 g5 18. fxg5 c5 19. Kg2 Nxg5 20. Qg3 Qxg3+ 21.
hxg3 Ne4 22. Bc2 Nxc3 23. Bxh7+ Kg7 24. Bg5 cxd4 {Diagram #} 25. Bf6+ Kf8 26.
Be4 Ke8 27. Bc6+ 1-0

[Event "Ch URS"]
[Site "Ch URS"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Abram Leonidovich Khavin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 Ne5 7. b3 c6 8. Bb2
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nf3 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Ba3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qa5 14. e5 Qxa3 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Bxc6 Rb8 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Rac1 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 b4 20. Rg3 Be6 21.
Ba4 Rbc8 22. h4 d5 23. h5 f6 24. Re1 Bf7 25. h6 g6 26. Qd4 Rc2 27. Qxf6 Qb2 28.
Qf4 Qxa2 {Diagram #} 29. Rf3 (29. Qf6 Qb2) 29... Qb2 (29... Rcc8 30. Qf6) 30.
Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sandor Boros"]
[Black "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1932.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Qf3 Nc6 6. Nxe4 Nd4 7. Qf4 dxe4 8.
Bc4 Bf5 9. c3 g5 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qf2 {Diagram #} e3 12. Qf1 (12. Qxe3 Nc2+)
(12. dxe3 Nc2+ 13. Ke2 Qd3+) 12... exd2+ 13. Kd1 (13. Bxd2 Nc2+ 14. Kd1 Ne3+)
13... dxc1=Q+ 14. Kxc1 g4 15. b4 Qg5+ 16. Kd1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Gyorgy Negyesy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14.
O-O O-O 15. Rab1 Qd7 16. Ng5 Ne7 17. Ne4 Nf5 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Qg5 Kh8 20. d5
Rac8 21. d6 Rc4 22. Rxb7 Qc8 {Diagram #} 23. d7 Qa8 24. Qxd8+ Qxd8 25. Rb8 Qxb8
26. d8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "RUS"]
[Site "Ch Moscow"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 Bb4 8. e5
Nd5 9. Bd2 N7b6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. Qc2 h6 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Nh2 Bg5 16. O-O Bxd2 17. Qxd2 c5 18. Be4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qd7 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21.
hxg4 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. g5 Rc4 24. gxh6 Rxd4 {Diagram #} 25. Qg5 Rxd1+ (
25... f5 26. Rxd4) (25... f6 26. Qg6 fxe5 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qxg7+
Kd6 30. Rxd4+) 26. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 27. Kh2 g6 28. Bxg6 (28. Qf6 Kf8 29. h7 Qh5+)
28... Qd2 (28... fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. h7) 29. Bxf7+ (29. h7+) 1-0

[Event "ABC-222-May-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2Q5/5p1k/8/4K3/3R1P2/q3n3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.20"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-222-May-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.03.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "R.Nezhmetdinov vs. Amateur"]
[Black "USSR 1951"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 {Diagram #} 7.
Bb5+ (7. Nf3) (7. Bc4) 7... Nc6 (7... Bd7) 8. d5 Qa5 (8... a6) 9. Qa4 (9. dxc6
Qxb5) (9. Bxc6+ bxc6) 9... Qxc3+ (9... Qxa4 10. Bxa4) 10. Ke2 (10. Bd2 Qxa1+)
10... Bd7 (10... Qxa1 11. dxc6) 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc6 Rd8 (12... Bxc6 13.
Qxc6+) 13. Qb3 (13. Rb1 Qd3+ 14. Kxd3 Bxc6+) 13... Qxa1 (13... Qxb3 14. Bxd7+
Rxd7 15. axb3) 14. Bb2 Qb1 15. Nf3 (15. Bxh8 Qxb3 16. Bxd7+ Rxd7 17. axb3 f6)
15... Qxh1 16. Ne5 e6 17. Bxd7+ (17. Qb5) (17. Qb7 Qd1+ 18. Kxd1 Bxc6+) (17.
Nxd7) 17... Rxd7 (17... Ke7 18. Qb7) 18. Qb8+ Rd8 (18... Ke7 19. Nc6#) 19. Qb5+
Ke7 (19... Rd7 20. Qxd7#) 20. Qb7+ (20. Nc6+ Ke8 (20... Kd7) (20... Kd6 21.
Be5+) 21. Nxd8+ Kxd8 22. Qb8+ Kd7 23. Qb7+ Kd8 (23... Kd6 24. e5#) (23... Ke8
24. Bf6) 24. Bf6+ Be7 (24... Ke8 25. Qc8#) 25. Qxe7+ Kc8 26. Be5) (20. Qxc5+) (
20. Qxc5+ Rd6 21. Qc7+ Ke8) 20... Kf6 (20... Kd6 21. Nxf7# (21. Nc4#)) 21.
Qxf7+ (21. Nxf7+ Rd4 22. Bxd4+ cxd4 23. Nxh8 (23. e5+ Kg7) 23... d3+) 21... Kg5
22. Nf3+ (22. h4+ Kxh4 (22... Qxh4 23. Bc1+ Kh5 24. Qf3+ Qg4 25. Qxg4#) (22...
Kh5 23. Qf3+ Kh6 (23... Kxh4 24. Qg4#) 24. Nf7#) 23. Qf4+ Kh5 24. Qg4+ Kh6 25.
Nf7#) 22... Kh5 (22... Kg4 23. Qxe6+ (23. h3+) 23... Kf4 (23... Kh5 24. Qh3#)
24. g3#) 23. g4+ Kxg4 24. Qxe6+ Kf4 (24... Kh5 25. Qh3#) 25. Be5+ (25. Qf6+ Kg4
(25... Kxe4 26. Qe5#) 26. Qh4#) (25. Qe5+ Kg4 26. Qg5+ Kh3 27. Qg3#) 25... Kxe4
26. Ng5# {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "ABC-222-May-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/8/8/q7/1b6/2p5/P3PP2/1RB1KB2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.20"]

{Diagram #} 1... c2+ 2. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-222-May-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/8/2p5/q7/Qb6/2N5/1P6/4K3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.20"]

{Diagram #} 1... Qxa4 0-1

[Event "ABC-222-May-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Trapping"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4kb1B/4pp2/8/8/8/8/5P2/4K3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.20"]

{Diagram #} 1... f6 0-1

[Event "ABC-222-May-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/5k2/2B1n3/8/1q1bKR2/3Q4 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.20"]

{Diagram #} 1... Bf4+ 2. Kd3 (2. Qc2) (2. Qd2) 2... Nc5# 0-1

[Event "ABC-222-May-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Attraction"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rk3/3bpp1q/2B5/2p5/Q7/3R4/4KP2/4B3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2011.03.21"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.20"]

{Diagram #} 1... Qxd3+ 2. Kxd3 Bxc6+ 0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team-ch East"]
[Site "Parsippany,NJ"]
[Date "2011.02.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rosas, Victor"]
[Black "Daly, Chaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "1993"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.02.??"]

1. e4 {
Table 1, board 4: #14 West Orange Krush vs. #13 Watson Fell Off the Deep Blue}
c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Rb8 8. Nge2 Nd4 9.
Nc1 b5 10. Nd1 Ba6 (10... Nf6 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Nb3 e5) (10... Ne7) 11. c3 Nc6
12. f4 Nge7 13. Ne2 Qd7 14. O-O O-O 15. g4 f5 16. g5 (16. exf5 exf5) 16... b4
17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Nf2 Qb5 19. c4 Qb6 20. h4 e5 21. Ng3 Nd4 22. Rce1 Bb7 23. Bxd4
cxd4 24. Nh3 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Nf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. Qg2 Re7 29. Re2
Qb7 30. Qxb7 Rxb7 31. Rfe1 Re7 32. c5 e4 33. cxd6 Re6 34. Nf2 e3 35. Nh3 Rxd6
36. Rc1 Rb6 37. Kg2 Rf7 38. Rc4 Rd7 39. Ng1 Kf7 (39... b3 40. a3) 40. Nf3 {
Diagram # Black lost on time, but this requires some explanation. Black
arrived at the board late, and white had already started his clock. Then black
started white's clock, and white made his first move. This gave the clock an
extra set of button-presses. When black, with only 13 seconds left plus time
delay, made his 39th move, the clock automatically gave him an extra hour.
Thinking he had made the time control he got up to go to the bathroom, and so
lost on time, as a director ruled later. It didn't help black's case that both
sides had only 39 moves showing on their scoresheets. As it turns out, this
ruling decided first place.} h5 ({Deep Rybka 4 w32: 1)} 40... Kg6 41. h5+ Kxh5
{[%eval 52,14]}) ({Deep Rybka 4 w32: 2)} 40... h5 41. gxh6 Rxh6 {[%eval 62,14]}
) ({Deep Rybka 4 w32: 3)} 40... b3 41. axb3 Rxb3 42. h5 {[%eval 71,12]} Rxd3
43. h6 Rd1 44. hxg7 Kxg7 45. Ne5 Re7 46. b4 h6 47. g6 d3 ({Deep Rybka 4 w32: 1)
} 47... Rb7 48. b5 h5 49. Ra4 h4 50. Ra6 Rc7 51. Rea2 Kg8 {[%eval 80,12]}) ({
Deep Rybka 4 w32: 2)} 47... h5 48. Rc6 h4 {[%eval 81,12]}) ({
Deep Rybka 4 w32: 3)} 47... Kf6 48. b5 {[%eval 97,11]})) (40... b3 41. axb3
Rxb3 42. h5 Rxd3 43. h6 Rd1 44. hxg7 Kxg7 45. Ne5 Rb7 {Diagram #} 46. b4 h6 47.
g6 h5 48. b5 Re7 49. Ra4 h4 50. Ra6) ({Deep Rybka 4 w32: 1)} 40... Kg6 41. h5+
Kxh5 42. Kg3 h6 43. Rh2+ Kg6 44. Rxh6+ Bxh6 45. Ne5+ Kh7 46. Nxd7 Re6 47. Rc1
Bg7 48. Nc5 Re7 ({Deep Rybka 4 w32: 1)} 48... Re7 49. Na6 b3 50. axb3 Bf8 51.
Rc7 e2 52. Rxe7+ Bxe7 53. Kf2 Bd6 54. Kxe2 Bxf4 55. Nb4 Kg6 56. Nc6 a6 57. Nxd4
Kxg5 58. Ne6+ Kg4 59. d4 Kg3 60. d5 Be5 61. Nc5 Kg2 62. Nd3 Bd6 63. Ke3 Kg3 {
[%eval 63,19]}) ({Deep Rybka 4 w32: 2)} 48... Re8 49. Na6 b3 50. axb3 e2 51.
Kf2 Re3 52. Re1 Bf8 53. Rxe2 Rxd3 54. Re5 Rxb3 55. Rxf5 Bd6 56. Nc7 Bxc7 57.
Rf7+ Kg6 58. Rxc7 a5 59. Ra7 Kh5 60. Ke2 Kg4 61. g6 Kxf4 62. g7 Rg3 {
[%eval 100,21]}) ({Deep Rybka 4 w32: 3)} 48... Rd6 49. Kf3 Kg6 50. Rc4 a5 51.
Nb7 Re6 52. Ke2 Re8 53. Nxa5 Rh8 54. Rc6+ Kf7 55. Rc7+ Kg8 56. Rc8+ Bf8 57. Nc6
Rh2+ 58. Kf3 Rf2+ 59. Kg3 Rxb2 60. Nxd4 e2 61. Kf2 Rxa2 62. Ke1 b3 63. Nxb3 Kf7
{[%eval 106,20]}) 49. Na6 b3 50. axb3 Bf8 51. Nb4 e2 52. Nc2 Rc7 53. Rh1+ Kg6
54. Nxd4 Rd7 55. Nc6 Rxd3+ {[%eval 52,19]}) ({Deep Rybka 4 w32: 2)} 40... h5
41. gxh6 Rxh6 42. Rxb4 Ra6 43. b3 Kg6 44. Kg3 Ra5 45. Rc4 Kh5 46. Rc6 Rad5 47.
Rec2 Bf8 48. Rc8 Bh6 49. Ng5 R7d6 {[%eval 62,20]}) ({Deep Rybka 4 w32: 3)} 
40... b3 41. axb3 Rxb3 42. h5 Rxd3 43. h6 Rd1 44. hxg7 Kxg7 45. Ne5 Rb7 46. b4
h6 47. g6 Re7 48. b5 h5 49. Ra4 Kg8 50. Ra5 Kf8 51. Ra6 h4 52. Rf6+ Kg7 53.
Rxf5 h3+ 54. Kxh3 d3 55. Rxe3 d2 {[%eval 71,19]}) (40... Kg6 41. h5+ Kxh5 42.
Kg3 h6 43. Rh2+ Kg6 44. Rxh6+ Bxh6 45. Ne5+ Kh7 46. Nxd7 Re6 47. Rc1 Bg7) 1-0

[Event "2011 US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Garbarino, Jake"]
[Black "Hess, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Robert Hess"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2011.03.18"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.18"]

{This game is from my second round match against Jake Gabarino. Jake played a
line that I rarely ever face, and really did surprise me with the move 7. h4.
I always felt that Black is very safe after 5. ... Be7 in this variation, but
Jake made me sweat it out. Although the game proved quickly decisive, I
commend my opponent for this highly tactical battle.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3.
Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 (5... Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qf6 9.
Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 {is a very complex line that often occurs in this
opening. Black has sacrificed a rook for an incredible amount of play.}) 6. Nf3
O-O 7. h4 Nc6 8. Ng5 h6 9. Nce4 {Diagram #} ({An alternative is} 9. Qg6 Bxg5
10. hxg5 Qxg5 11. Qxg5 hxg5 12. Nd5 Nf5 $15 {Where Black looks extremely
comfortable as long as he does not remove both knights from protecting e7 and
blunder immediate checkmate!}) 9... Nxe4 10. Bxf7+ {
Diagram # Diagram # Diagram #} Rxf7 {When I played this (bad) move, I thought
that my king would no longer be hunted. However, I could have played a similar
(and much better) plan, without sacrificing anExchange!} (10... Kh8 11. Nxe4 d5
12. Ng5 Nd4 13. Bg6 Bf5 $19 {
Leaves Black with a fantastic position, as White's queenside remains unguarded.
}) 11. Qxf7+ Kh8 12. Nxe4 d5 13. Ng5 Nd4 14. Qh5 (14. c3 $1 Bxg5 $14 (14...
Nc2+ 15. Kf1 $1 Bxg5 (15... Nxa1 16. Qg6 Bxg5 17. hxg5 {
and White's attack breaks through.}) 16. hxg5 Qxg5 17. d4 Qf5 18. Qe8+ Kh7 19.
Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qe7+ Kg6 (20... Kg8 21. Rxh6 Bd7 22. Rh3 {And Black must
sacrifice the queen in order not to get checkmated, leaving White in a winning
position}) 21. Rh3 Nxa1 22. Rg3+ Kh5 23. Qe8+ Kh4 24. Rh3+ Qxh3 25. Qe7+ Kh5
26. gxh3 Bxh3+ 27. Ke2 {Diagram # Here, White should be winning, as Black will
shortly be losing a minor piece (that knight on a1 has nowhere to run to) and
the White queen will mop up the Black pawns. This is a very difficult
combination to see in advance, especially the stunning move 15. Kf1. No one
can blame Jake for missing this variation!}) 15. cxd4 Bf6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. O-O
Qf6 18. Qxf6 Bxf6 {And white remains up an Exchange, but a win will be quite
difficult due to the weakened pawn structure and Black's unchallenged
light-squared bishop. Perhaps Black's position is not so miserable here!})
14... Bxg5 15. hxg5 Bf5 16. d3 (16. O-O Qxg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. c3 Ne2+ 19. Kh2
Bd3 20. Re1 Rf8 {White will be forced to return the Exchange on e2, and Black
is left up a pawn with opposite colored bishops on the board. Some say
opposite bishops almost always mean a draw, but I don't know about this
position.)}) 16... Nxc2+ 17. Kd1 Nxa1 18. g6 (18. gxh6 g6) 18... Qd7 19. f3 Kg8
20. g4 Bxd3 21. g5 Qc6 {White resigned, and I finally breathed a sigh of
relief! An admirable game by my opponent; I greatly
respecthisunforgivingstyle!} 0-1

[Event "rd 5, board 2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Weiner, Zacary"]
[Black "Wheeler, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. Bd3 d6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 e6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. d3 Ne7 12. c3 dxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14. O-O
Rac8 15. Qb3 f5 16. Be3 b6 17. Rac1 Rf7 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 fxe4 20. dxe4 d5
21. Rcd1 Qc6 22. Be5 dxe4 23. Rfe1 {Diagram #} Nd5 24. g3 e3 25. Qb2 Qc4 26.
Rd4 Qxc3 27. Qxc3 Nxc3 28. Rxe3 Nd5 29. Re2 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Rd7 31. Rde4 Kf7 32.
g4 Rc6 33. h4 Ne7 34. Bb2 Rd3 35. h5 gxh5 36. f5 Nd5 37. fxe6+ Rxe6 38. Rf2+
Ke7 39. Rxe6+ Kxe6 40. gxh5 {Diagram #} Ne3+ {test} 41. Kg1 (41. Kg3 Nd1+) (41.
Kf3 Nd1+ 42. Ke2 Nxf2 43. Bh8 (43. Bg7 Rg3) 43... Rd8) 41... Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Ng4+
0-1

[Event "USATE, Board 2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Katz, Ben"]
[Black "Radomskyj, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C94"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.03.19"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O {This, the Breyer Variation is presumably playable but soon the game gets
out of all the "books".} 9. h3 Nb8 {This, the Breyer Variation is presumably
playable but soon the game gets out of all the "books."} 10. d3 {I'd say this
as good as the "normal" 10. d4 Now Black comes up with a faulty tactical plan.
...} Bb7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Nf1 c4 $2 {This just loses a pawn. I thoght I'd be at
least equal after exchanging my c-pawn for his important e-pawn , but I
should've known that if it was this easy to equalize against the Ruy Lopez
White's opening would've been considered refuted a long time ago !} 13. dxc4
Nxe4 ({Not} 13... Bxe4 14. Rxe4 $1 Nxe4 15. Qd5) 14. cxb5 Qb6 ({
Here i saw to my dismay that if} 14... axb5 {, then} 15. Bd5 $1 Nc5 16. b4 $1 {
wins a piece. Black plays his best chance.}) 15. Qc2 $1 {
This ensures the winning of the pawn.} Nc5 16. bxa6 Nbxa6 {I read somewhere
that, if you lose just one pawn but otherwise the position is balanced, to
just play "normal" moves. This postion is not easy to play for either side.
All the pieces are on the board and White has no hope of routinely simplifying
straight into an endgame. Black has a center majority, amd maybe he can even
get some play on the Queenside a-la Benko Gambit. But of course objectively,
White must stand better; he has an extra pawn & has made no mistakes.} 17. Bc4
{I thought this was White's best Now Black makes a committal pawn advance} e4
18. Nd4 d5 19. Be2 Qg6 {Here I even had visions of mating White on g2(!) I was
looking to advance my f-pawn, and according to circumstances, playing a rook
to c8, restraining White on the queenside, or possibly swinging my
light-square bishop back to c8 to threaten White's kingside. Both sides have
many possible moves.} 20. Bf4 (20. Ng3 {seems a good idea, securing the
kingside. Then White's queenside pawns could eventually get rolling. But it's
still a very tricky game:} Ne6 21. Ngf5 Bf6 22. Qd1 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Be5 24. a4
Rac8 25. a5 f5 26. Ra3 f4 27. Rb3 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 f3 29. g3 fxe2 30. Rxb7 {--AL})
20... Ne6 21. Nxe6 $2 {I have to give this move a question mark from a
strategical point of view even if it doesn't lose immediately. After Black's
next, he gains a tempo and gets the a chance for a potentially dangerous pawn
advance in the center with ...e5, ... d4 etc, and also gets a half-open f-file
with which to pressure the White kingside. I thought White should've continued
21. B-e3, maintaining the blockade at least for the time being.} fxe6 22. Qd2
Rad8 {Protecting the d-pawn from the White Queen so that if Black plays ...e5
the d-pawn won't be loose after a possible White Bxa6. My Rook move also
supports a possible ... d4. Here my practical feeling was that Black might
have the makings of a strong attack, even if the a6 Knight isn't all that well
placed.} 23. b4 Bf6 {Now ... Bxc3 is possible.} 24. Be3 {
Here White took a lot of time.} e5 25. Bxa6 {I'm sure White didn't like
playing this move, as now the Black light-square bishop is unopposed by its
opposite number, but if instead 25. Bb6, Black might have ... 25. d4 (!?!) or
instead the simpler ... 25 Bh4.} Bxa6 26. Bc5 Rf7 27. a4 {
These queenside pawns will win for White if he doesn't get mated first.} Bb7
28. Qe2 {White intends to trade queens. But Black has a resource.} d4 29. Qg4 {
How does Black avoid the exchange of Queens? He doesn't!} Bg5 30. h4 e3 $1 {
Finally the long diagonal is open! Now 31. f3 looks very passive for White,
and, in the meantime, Black is threatening ... exf+, etc. After this move I
forgot to punch my clock. After 15 minutes, my opponent alerted me to the
situation, and I blitzed out my remaining moves. After the game I thanked him
for being a gentleman.} 31. fxe3 Bxh4 {
An obvious move, as White can't take the bishop.} 32. Qxg6 Bf2+ $1 {This is the
key move, giving Black dangerous chances in the upcoming queenless middlegame.}
33. Kh2 hxg6 34. exd4 Rf4 {Diagram # Now White, still in time-trouble, makes a
move that immediately ends the game.} 35. g3 $4 (35. Re3 exd4 (35... Bxe3 36.
Nxe3 exd4 37. Bxd4 $16) 36. Bxd4 (36. cxd4 Rg4 37. g3 Rg5 38. Kh3 Rh5+ 39. Kg4
Rf5 40. Kh3 (40. Rc3 Bc8 $19) 40... Rh5+ {Diagram #}) 36... Kf7 37. Rh3 Rg4 38.
g3 Bxd4 39. cxd4 Rdxd4 40. Kg1 Rxb4 41. a5) 35... Kf7 $1 {Now White saw that,
whether he takes the Black rook or makes any other move, he gets mated by ...
R-h8. So after 5 minutes, White resigned. After the game my opponent's 1st
board, IM Dimitri Schneider, recommended, as the only move for White, 35. R-e3,
after which the game is quite unclear. After quickly going through many
complicated variations he finally said:" It's a draw." But that's better than
I had a right to hope for after losing the pawn in the opening. All right,
maybe I had a little luck, but I wasn't going to go down without swinging!} 1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team South"]
[Site "Orlando, FL"]
[Date "2011.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dyson, Peter"]
[Black "Storch, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Peter Dyson"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2011.02.18"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[SourceDate "2011.02.21"]
[WhiteTeam "Armageddon Your Pieces"]
[BlackTeam "Cairo Kann Attack"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b5 {
I did not know any more theory at this point.} 8. b3 bxc4 9. bxc4 Nbd7 10. Nbd2
a5 11. e4 Ba6 {Larry has found a diagonal to put the often passive Queen
Bishop to work, but I quickly remove my pieces in the line of fire.} 12. Re1
Rc8 {Diagram # This may be one too many moves of preparation for ...c5, as now
I clamp down.} 13. e5 Ne8 {This was a bit of a surprise. I expected ...Ng4
with the idea of re-routing the Knight to f5.} 14. c5 {Now that Black has
moved the Rook to c8, it seemed like the right time to close the c-file. My
plan is to target the a5 pawn, and I did not see a way for Black to defend it.}
g6 15. a4 {Cementing my target in place.} Ng7 16. Nb3 {
Now I am ready to play Bd2 and win the a-pawn.} Bc4 17. Nbd2 Ba6 {
Black is ready to repeat the position.} 18. Bb2 f6 19. exf6 ({I did not like} 
19. Bc3 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 Bf6 {
And Black will follow with ...Nf5 mounting pressure on my d4 pawn.}) 19... Bxf6
20. Bc3 Ra8 {Since the defense of the a-pawn is not possible, I think Black
can improve with ...Re8.} (20... Re8) 21. Nb3 Bc4 22. Nbd2 Ba6 23. Nb3 Bc4 {
Our second little dance with the Knight and Bishop. But now my Queen Bishop
has moved from c1 to c3 and ready to take the a-pawn, as well as connecting my
Rooks.} 24. Nfd2 Bxb3 25. Nxb3 Re8 26. Qd2 e5 $2 {Diagram #} 27. Bxa5 $2 {
Poor calculation on my part.} ({I wanted to play} 27. Nxa5 $1 {
This capture would have given White a decisive advantage.} exd4 28. Nxc6 dxc3 {
but somehow I overlooked that the Queen's path to d5 was clear, capturing with
check and winning.}) 27... Qb8 28. Reb1 {I was unsure about this move since I
abandon the e-file. But the concrete variations looked promising and I wanted
to keep the other Rook behind my now-passed pawn.} Qa7 29. Bc3 exd4 30. Bxd4
Ne6 {Here I expected ...Nf5, which had been on my mind since I first played
e4-e5. But Larry wanted to hit both my Bishop and the c5-pawn.} (30... Bxd4 $2
31. Nxd4 Qxc5 32. Nxc6 {looked good for me.}) (30... Nf5) 31. Bxf6 Nxf6 32. Qc3
{Now I have a significant advantage, but I used all but about 30 minutes of my
time to achieve it, so I have to pick up the pace. Fortunately, Larry was in
the same boat time-wise.} Qg7 33. Na5 Rac8 34. Rb7 {Right after I played this,
I thought it might be the wrong idea, as I chase the Queen to a much better
square, attacking both my c5-pawn, and potentially the f2-pawn. However, the
move is natural and strong.} Qf8 35. Nb3 Re7 36. Rxe7 Qxe7 37. Re1 {Another mov
e I was unsure of, as I move my Rook from its support of the a-pawn's advance.
With only about 20 minutes to complete the game, I saw the opportunity for
some exchanges on e6 to simpify the game and make it easier to play quickly.}
Qf7 38. Bh3 $6 Re8 39. f3 {I keep one Knight out of e4, but allow the other to
go to g5. The immediate trades on e6 would have been better.} (39. Bxe6 $142
Rxe6 40. Rxe6 Qxe6 41. a5 {Black has no checks and the pawn is on its way.})
39... Ng5 40. Rxe8+ Qxe8 41. Bf1 {The Bishop keeps the Black Queen out of e2
and is ready to support the advance of the a-pawn to a6.} Qe5 {Diagram #} 42.
Qxe5 $1 {I spent several of my remaining precious minutes to check this. By
giving back my extra pawn, the distant a-pawn becomes more than the Knights
can handle.} Nxf3+ 43. Kg2 Nxe5 44. a5 Ne8 45. a6 Nc7 46. a7 {
I am threatening to play Ba6, Ba7 and Queen the pawn.} Nc4 (46... Kf7 47. Ba6
Ke7 48. Bb7 Kd7 49. a8=Q Nxa8 50. Bxa8 Kc7 51. Nd4 $18 {Larry pointed out this
line after the game. My Bishop is trapped, but there is no way for Black to
attack it. My King will advance to decide the game.}) 47. Nd4 Ne3+ 48. Kf2 Nxf1
49. Kxf1 Kf7 50. Nxc6 Ke6 51. Ke2 Kf5 52. Ke3 Kg4 53. Nb4 d4+ 54. Kd3 $1 Kh3
55. Na6 Na8 56. c6 1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team South"]
[Site "Orlando, FL"]
[Date "2011.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dyson, Peter"]
[Black "Gurevich, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4r3/4Pk2/4R3/6Pp/7K/8/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2011.02.18"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[SourceDate "2011.02.21"]

{Diagram #   Draw agreed?? In my game vs. Gurevich, he had just played ...Kf6
somewhere around move 70, reaching a position we had already had at least once.
Gurevich accompanied the move with both a draw offer and a claim of 3-fold
repetition. As Perez pointed out, White need only pass the move to Black and
plant his Rook on e4.} 1. Re1 Kg5 2. Re4 $18 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.04.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nadhimia Othman"]
[Black "Elizabeth Shaughnessy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D08"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2011.04.11"]
[SourceDate "2011.04.11"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 (2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4) 2... e5 (2... dxc4 3. e4) 3. dxe5 d4 4. a3 (
4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 dxe3 6. Bxb4 exf2+ 7. Ke2 fxg1=N+) 4... Nc6 (4... c5 5. e3
Nc6) 5. Nf3 (5. e3 Nge7 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nf5 8. Nxd4 (8. e4 d3) 8... Bxe2 9.
Qxe2 Nfxd4 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. Qd1) 5... a5 (5... Bg4 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. h3) (5... f6
6. exf6 Nxf6 7. g3 Bg4 (7... Be6) 8. Bg2 a5 9. O-O Bc5) 6. e3 Bg4 7. exd4 Bxf3
8. gxf3 (8. Qxf3 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Bc5 10. Nc3 Qh4 11. Be3 O-O-O) 8... Nxd4 (8...
Qxd4 9. Qb3 Qxe5+ 10. Be3 O-O-O) 9. Bh3 (9. Nc3) (9. Bg2) 9... Ne7 (9... Qh4)
10. Be3 Nec6 11. f4 Bc5 12. Nc3 (12. O-O Qh4 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. Nd2 g5) (12. Bg2
Ne6 (12... Qh4 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Bxd4 Rd8 15. Bxc5 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1) 13. O-O Qh4
14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qf3 O-O) 12... Qh4 13. Bg2 (13. Bf1 Nc2+ 14. Qxc2 Bxe3 15.
Rd1 Bxf4 16. Qe4 O-O 17. Be2 Rae8) (13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Bg2 Qxf4 15. O-O) 13...
Nc2+ 14. Qxc2 Bxe3 15. Nd5 (15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Rd1 O-O 17. Qe2 Bxf4 18. Rd4
Rad8 19. Re4 Rfe8) 15... Nd4 16. Qd3 Qxf2+ 17. Kd1 Qxg2 18. Re1 Qf3+ 19. Re2
Qf1+ 20. Re1 Qxd3# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lepes, Lawrence"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "1400"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2011.02.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 {Diagram #} 7. d5 (
7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. f3 f4 {Diagram #}) 7... Nbd7 {
Diagram #} 8. O-O (8. Bg5) (8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 h5 11. Nd2 {Diagram #}
Nh6 12. f3 Nf7 13. Qc2 Bh6 14. O-O-O c5 {Diagram #} 15. dxc6 (15. Kb1)) 8...
Kh8 9. Ne1 Ng8 10. Nd3 Ne7 {Diagram #} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "alapin"]
[Black "smith-morra"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2011.02.04"]

1. e4 e5 (1... c5 2. c3 (2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 {Diagram #} (3... g6 {Diagram #}
4. cxd4 d5 {Diagram #}) (3... d5 4. exd5 Qxd5) (3... d5 4. exd5 Qxd5)) 2... Nf6
(2... g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 {Diagram #}) (2... d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 {
Diagram #})) 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 {Diagram #} 4. Bxf7+ (4. Nxe5 Qg5) (4. Nxd4)
(4. c3) (4. O-O) 4... Ke7 {Diagram #} (4... Kxf7 5. Nxe5+) *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "smith morra"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[SourceDate "2011.04.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 (2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 {Diagram #}) (2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 g6 (3... d5
4. exd5 Qxd5 5. cxd4 {Diagram #}) 4. cxd4 d5 {Diagram #}) 2... Nf6 (2... g6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5) (2... d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 {Diagram #}) *

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.02.24"]
[SourceDate "2011.02.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nd7 12. c4 Nf6 13. Qb3 Nxd5 14. cxd5 b5
15. Rfc1 Qb8 16. Qc3 (16. Rc2 f5 17. Nxe5) 16... f5 17. Qc7 Rf7 18. Nd2 Qxc7
19. Rxc7 {# #} Bd8 (19... f4) (19... fxe4) 20. Rc6 (20. Rxf7) 20... Bd7 21.
Rxd6 (21. Rc2 f4) 21... Bc7 22. Rxd7 (22. Bc5) 22... Rxd7 23. f3 f4 24. Bc5 Bd6
(24... Rc8 25. Nb3 Bb8) 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Nb3 Rc8 27. Rf1 (27. Na5 Rc2 28. Nc6
Rxb2 29. Nxe5) 27... Kf7 28. Na5 Rc2 29. Rf2 Rc1+ 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 g5 32.
Nc6 Kf6 {# #} 33. b4 Rd7 34. h3 h5 35. Kf2 Rg7 36. Kf1 g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Kf2
g3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smeets, J."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.02.24"]
[SourceDate "2011.02.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1
Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8) 5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 {# #} Bd7 (9... Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. g3
f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bf4 Rc8 16. Kh2 Kf7) 10. h3 b6 11. b3 (11. Bf4 Kc8 12.
Rad1 h6 13. Bh2 a5 14. g4 Ne7 15. Nd4 h5 16. e6 fxe6 17. Rfe1) 11... Kc8 12.
Bb2 h5 13. g3 Be7 14. Rad1 a5 15. a4 Re8 16. Rd3 c5 17. Nd5 {# #} c4 18. Rc3
Bc5 19. Kh2 Bc6 20. bxc4 Bxa4 21. Ra1 Bc6 22. Rf1 a4 23. Ba3 Ra5 24. g4 hxg4
25. hxg4 Ne7 26. Nb4 Bb7 27. Kg3 Ng6 28. Re1 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Rxe5 30. Rd1 Re4 31.
Rxf7 Rxg4+ 32. Kxg4 Ne5+ 33. Kg3 Nxf7 0-1

[Event "Atlanta, Georgia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2bk4/4pprQ/2K5/1B2P3/6q1/7p/7R/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2011.02.24"]
[SourceDate "2011.02.24"]

{# #} 1. Qh8+ Rg8 2. Qxg8+ Qxg8 3. Rd2+ Bd7+ 4. Rxd7+ Kc8 5. Rc7+ Kb8 6. Rb7+
Ka8 7. Kc7 Qh8 8. Bc6 Qxe5+ 9. Kb6 Qb2+ 10. Kc7 (10. Ka6 $2 Qxb7+ 11. Bxb7+ Kb8
12. Be4 Kc7 13. Kb5 Kd6 14. Kc4 Ke5 $19) 10... Qxb7+ 11. Bxb7+ Ka7 12. Be4 $1 (
12. Bh1 $2 f5 13. Kc6 e5 14. Kd5 e4 15. Kd4 (15. Ke5 e3 16. Bf3 h2 $19) 15...
Kb6 16. Ke3 Kc5 {White is in zugzwang} 17. Kf2 Kd4 18. Kg3 Ke3 19. Kxh3 Kf2 $19
) 12... h2 13. Bh1 f5 14. Kc6 e5 15. Kd5 e4 16. Kd4 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Atlanta, Georgia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "kb1K4/p2pNpP1/p4n2/Pp4r1/8/2P5/4BP2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2011.02.24"]

{# #} 1. Bf3+ d5 2. Nxd5 (2. g8=Q Kb7 $1 3. Bxd5+ Rxd5+ 4. Nxd5 Nxg8 $19) (2.
g8=N $2 Ne4 3. Nh6 Kb7 $19) (2. Kc8 $2 Rxg7 $1) 2... Nxd5 3. Kc8 Bf4 (3... Bc7
4. Bxd5+ $1 Rxd5 5. g8=Q Rd8+ 6. Qxd8 Bxd8 7. Kxd8 f5 8. f4 $18) (3... Bh2 4.
Bxd5+ Rxd5 5. g8=Q Rc5+ 6. Kd7+ Kb7 7. Qg2+ $18) 4. Bh1 $1 (4. Bxd5+ $2 Rxd5 5.
g8=Q Rc5+ 6. Kd7+ Kb7 $11) (4. Be4 $2 Re5 $144 $1) 4... Rh5 (4... Bd2 5. c4 $1
bxc4 6. Bxd5+ Rxd5 7. g8=Q Rc5+ 8. Kd7+ Kb7 9. Qg2+ Kb8 10. Qh2+ Kb7 11. Qh1+
Kb8 12. Qh8+ Kb7 13. Qb2+ $18) 5. Bg2 Rg5 6. Bf3 f6 7. Bh1 Bd2 8. Bxd5+ Rxd5 9.
g8=Q Rc5+ 10. Kd7+ Kb7 11. Qg2+ Kb8 12. Qh2+ Kb7 13. Qd6 Rxc3 14. Qxd2 Rc7+ 15.
Ke6 Rc6+ 16. Kf5 {Black should lose because the rook has no stable haven.} 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.02.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "L'Ami, E."]
[Black "Nakamura, H."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.02.24"]
[SourceDate "2011.02.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 7. cxb5 c6 (
7... a6) 8. Bg5 (8. e3 cxb5 9. Bxb5 Ne4) (8. bxc6 Nxc6) 8... cxb5 9. e3 Bb7 10.
Nf3 h6 11. Bh4 (11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Rc1 Na6 13. Bxb5 Rac8 14. Qd2 Qg6 $1 {
H. Olaffson - Y. Seirawan Reykjavik 1990.}) 11... a6 12. Bd3 d6 13. O-O Nbd7
14. Rfc1 Qb6 (14... Rc8 15. Qb4 Qb6 16. Bg3) 15. Qc7 Rfc8 16. Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Bg3
Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8 {# #} 20. h3 (20. Nd2 Nh5 21. Bh4 g5 22. Be2
Nf4) 20... Ne4 21. Bh2 (21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Nd2) 21... Kf8 22. Ne1 Nd2 $1 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 {# #} (32. Bb3) 32... a4 33. e4 fxe4 34. fxe4 Ndb6
35. e5 (35. d5 exd5 36. e5 dxe5 37. Nxe5) 35... Be4 $1 36. exd6+ Kxd6 37. Bg3+
Ke7 (37... Kd5 38. Nb4+ Kxd4 39. Bf2+ Ke5 40. Bg3+) 38. Kd1 Bxd3 39. Bxd3 Nxb2+
40. Ke2 Nd5 41. Be4 Nc3+ 42. Kf3 b4 43. Be1 Nbd1 0-1

