[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem III"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r6k/qp2nB1p/p2NbppQ/3pp3/3nP3/5P2/PP4PP/2R1K2R w K - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2011.05.10"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.10"]

{Diagram #} 1. Nc8 (1. Rc8+ Rxc8 2. Nxc8 Bxf7 3. Qf8+ Ng8 4. Nxa7) 1... Ng8 (
1... Bxf7 2. Nxa7 Ng8 3. Qe3 Rxa7) 2. Bxg8 Kxg8 (2... Bxg8 3. Nxa7) 3. Rc7 (3.
Nxa7) 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem V"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1qr2br1/3Q1p1p/1k1p1P2/pB2R3/1p2P2p/8/PPP5/1K1R4 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.10"]

{Diagram #} 1. Re8 (1. Be2 dxe5 (1... Rg2 2. Rb5+ Ka6 3. Rb7+ Rxe2 4. Qb5#) (
1... Qc7 2. Qb5+ Ka7 3. Qa6+ Kb8 4. Rb5+ Qb6 5. Qxb6+ Ka8 6. Qb7#) (1... Rc5 2.
Rxc5 dxc5 3. Qb5+ Kc7 4. Rd7+ Kc8 5. Qc6+ Qc7 6. Qxc7#) (1... Rg5 2. Rxg5 d5 3.
Rgxd5) (1... d5 2. Rexd5 Qe5 (2... Qc7 3. Qb5+ Ka7 4. Qa6+ Kb8 5. Rb5+ Qb6 6.
Qxb6+ Ka8 7. Qb7#) (2... Rc5 3. Rxc5 Bxc5 4. Qb5+ Kc7 5. Rd7+ Kc8 6. Qc6+ Qc7
7. Qxc7#) (2... Rg5 3. Qb5+ Kc7 4. Rd7#) 3. Rb5+ Qxb5 4. Qxb5+ Ka7 5. Rd7+ Rc7
6. Rxc7+ Ka8) 2. Qb5+ Kc7 3. Rd7#) (1. Bc4 Rxc4 2. Rb5+ Ka6 3. Rxb8 Rc7 4. Qb5+
Ka7 5. Qb6#) 1... Rxe8 (1... Bh6 2. Rxd6+ Qxd6 3. Qxd6+) 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Queen to play"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C35"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Bh4+ 5. Ke2 d5 6. Nxd5 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6
8. d4 Bg4 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. c3 O-O-O {Diagram #} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jim Buff"]
[Black "Hendricks"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qc7 (7...
cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Bxd2 11. Nxd2 Nxd4 12. Nc4) 8. Be2 Nc6 9.
O-O d6 10. Bg5 Bd7 11. Rb1 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Rxb7 (14. Qxd7+
Kxd7 15. Rxb7+ Kc8 (15... Ke8 16. Bb5#) 16. Ba6 Qxg5 (16... Qd6 17. Rb6+ Kc7
18. Rxd6 Bxd6) 17. Rxf7+ (17. Rxa7+ Kb8 (17... Kd8 18. Rd1+) 18. Rb7+ Kc8 19.
Ra7+) 17... Kd8 (17... Kb8 18. Rb1#) 18. Rd1+ Ke8) 14... Bc6 (14... Qd5 15.
Qxd5 exd5 16. Bb5 Bxb5 17. Re1+) 15. f4 Qe3+ 16. Kh1 f6 (16... Bxb7 17. Bb5+) (
16... Rc8 17. Bf3 Bxb7 18. Bxb7 Be7 19. Bxc8 Bxg5 20. Qd7+ Kf8 21. fxg5) 17.
Bh5+ (17. Bxf6 Bxb7 (17... gxf6 18. Bh5#) 18. Bb5+ Kf7 19. Qd7+ Kxf6 20. Qxb7)
17... g6 18. Re1 Rd8 19. Qb1 Qh3 20. Bf3 Bxb7 (20... Bxf3 21. Qb5+) 21. Qxb7
Rd6 (21... Qf5 22. Bc6+) 22. gxh3 fxg5 23. Bc6+ Kd8 24. Rxe6 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 Bd6
26. Qd7# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Christoph Schroeder"]
[Black "J.R. Capablanca"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2011.05.02"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 (2... Nf6) 3. Bc4 Nf6 (3... Bc5) 4. Ng5 (4. d4) (4. d3)
4... d5 (4... Bc5) 5. exd5 Na5 (5... Nd4) (5... b5) (5... Nxd5) 6. Bb5+ (6. d3)
6... c6 (6... Bd7) 7. dxc6 bxc6 (7... Nxc6) 8. Be2 (8. Ba4 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5
Qd4) (8. Qf3 Rb8) 8... h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. f4 (11. d4 exd3 12. Nxd3)
11... exf3 12. Nxf3 Bd6 13. d4 O-O 14. c4 (14. O-O) 14... Ng4 15. Qd3 (15. Qa4
Re8 (15... Nxh2 16. Bd2)) 15... Re8 16. Nc3 Bg3+ 17. hxg3 (17. Kf1 Nf2) 17...
Qxg3+ 18. Kd2 Nf2 19. Rh3 (19. Qc2 Nxc4+ 20. Ke1 Nd3+ 21. Kd1 Qe1+ 22. Rxe1
Nf2#) (19. Qb1 Nxc4+ 20. Bxc4 Qf4+ 21. Kc2 Bf5+) 19... Bxh3 0-1

[Event "Berkeley International"]
[Site "Berkeley USA"]
[Date "2011.01.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Conrad Holt"]
[Black "Lev Milman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator ",Microsoft"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh3 12. O-O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3+ 14. Kb1
Nb6 15. Bf1 Qh5 16. Be2 Qh3 17. Nf3 Qf5 18. Bd3 Qh5 19. Ng5 h6 20. h4 Bd7 21.
Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bg8 g6 23. Nxf7+ Kg7 24. g4 Qxg4 25. Rdg1 Qf5 {Diagram #} 26. Qxf5
exf5 27. Rxg6+ Kxg6 28. h5+ Kg7 29. Rg1# 1-0

[Event "Trening"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. f3 Rb8 14. Bd4 Re8 15.
Qd2 Ra8 16. Rfd1 Nfd7 17. Bf1 Rc8 18. Kh1 Qc7 19. Qf2 Qb8 20. Be2 Ng6 21. Be3
Bh4 22. Qg1 Bf6 23. Nab1 Be5 24. Rd2 Bc6 25. Rdc2 Ba8 26. b4 h6 27. Nd2 {
Diagram #} Nf6 28. Bxb6 Nf4 29. Bf1 d5 30. exd5 exd5 31. Na4 Ne6 32. a3 Bf4 33.
c5 Bc6 34. Nb2 Ng5 35. Bxa6 Nh5 36. Nf1 Bxc1 37. Rxc1 {Diagram #} d4 38. Qf2 {
Diagram #} Nxf3 39. Bxc8 (39. gxf3 Qa8) (39. gxf3 Qa8) 39... Re2 40. Re1 (40.
Qxe2 Qxh2+ 41. Nxh2 Ng3#) 40... Rxf2 0-1

[Event "USSR"]
[Site "USSR"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Alexander Chistiakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
Nh5 9. Be5 f5 10. Qc2 a6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Na4 Nhf6 13. Bc7 Qe8 14. Rac1 Ne4
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bd7 17. Nb6 Ra7 {Diagram #} (17... Nc5 18. Nxa8 Nxd3 19.
Qxd3 Bb5) 18. Bb8 Ra8 (18... Qxb8 19. Nxd7) 19. Bc7 Ra7 20. Bb8 Ra8 21. Nxa8
Qxb8 22. Qc7 Qe8 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Qxb7 Bb5 25. Nc7 Qd7 26. Rfd1 Bh4 27. Qb6
Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Bd3 29. Nxe6 Re8 30. Nc5 Qf5 31. Nxd3 exd3 32. Qd4 Rxe5 33. Rxd3
h6 34. Rf1 Qf6 35. Rdd1 Bxe3 36. Rxf6 Bxd4 37. Rxa6 Bxb2 38. Ra5 Bd4 39. g3 Bc3
40. Raxd5 Re2 41. R5d3 1-0

[Event "Berkeley International"]
[Site "Berkeley USA"]
[Date "2011.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Darwin Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6
8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qd3 Qd6 11. O-O-O g6 12. h4 Bg7 13. Ne5 O-O 14. h5
f6 15. h6 Bh8 16. Bxg6 fxe5 17. Bxh7+ Kf7 18. Qg6+ Ke7 19. Bg8 Bf6 20. h7 e4
21. Qxf6+ Rxf6 22. h8=Q Qf4+ 23. Kb1 Qg5 24. d5 Bd7 {Diagram #} 25. d6+ cxd6
26. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Berkeley International"]
[Site "Berkeley USA"]
[Date "2011.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andy C Lee"]
[Black "Dejan Bojkov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]

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 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Ne8 13. b3 g6 14. Nh2 Ng7 15. g4 Nb7
16. a4 Bd7 17. Be3 Rab8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nd2 Nd8 20. Ra2 f6 21. Qe2 Nf7 22.
Rea1 Qc8 23. f3 f5 24. Kg2 h5 25. Bd3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Ng5 27. Ra7 Bd8 28. R7a6 f4
29. Bf2 Ne8 30. Qe1 Rf7 31. R1a2 Rh7 32. Qa1 Nh3 33. Be1 {Diagram #} c4 0-1

[Event "Berkeley International"]
[Site "Berkeley USA"]
[Date "2011.01.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Daniel Naroditsky"]
[Black "Robert Lee Hess"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be7 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Na7 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. c4 O-O 14. Bd3 Nc8
15. Nxc8 Qxc8 16. O-O Ng4 17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Bb6 Bd8 19. Qb3 Bxb6 20. Qxb6 Rd8 21.
Rac1 Nf6 22. Qe3 h6 23. Rfd1 Qg4 24. h3 Qg5 25. b4 a5 26. Rb1 Qxe3 27. fxe3
axb4 28. Rxb4 Rxa2 29. Rxb7 Ra3 30. c5 dxc5 31. d6 Rc3 32. Bb1 c4 33. Rc7 Ne8
34. Kh2 Kf8 35. Rc6 Rxe3 36. d7 Nf6 37. Bf5 Ke7 38. h4 g6 39. Bh3 Rd3 40. Rf1
Nd5 41. h5 g5 42. Rc8 {Diagram #} g4 43. Rxf7+ (43. Bxg4 Ne3) 43... Kxf7 44.
Rxd8 g3+ 0-1

[Event "Berkeley International"]
[Site "Berkeley USA"]
[Date "2011.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sam E Collins"]
[Black "Dennis Fritzinger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2215"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. g4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Nc5 7. h3 Be7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. Be3 a5 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 c6 12. g5 Nfd7 13. f4 Nb6 14. Bf2 f6 15.
h4 fxg5 16. hxg5 g6 17. Qf3 Rf8 18. Qg3 Ne6 19. Nde2 Nc4 20. b3 Na3 21. Rac1 b5
22. Be3 a4 23. Red1 Ng7 24. Nd4 Bb7 25. Bh3 Qa5 26. Rd3 b4 27. Nxa4 c5 28. Ne6
Bxe4 29. Nxf8 Rxf8 30. Bg2 Nh5 31. Qg4 Bf5 32. Bd5+ Kh8 33. Qe2 Bxd3 34. cxd3
Qd8 35. Qb2+ Ng7 36. Re1 Nb5 37. Qa1 Nc7 38. Bg2 Kg8 39. Nb6 Nf5 40. Nd5 Ne8
41. Bc1 Neg7 42. Bb2 Nh5 43. Qc1 Rf7 44. Qc4 h6 45. gxh6 Bf8 {Diagram #} 46.
Ne7+ Nxe7 (46... Bxe7 47. h7+ Kxh7 48. Qxf7+ Kh6 49. Re6) 47. h7+ Kxh7 48.
Qxf7+ Kh6 49. Bc1 (49. f5) 1-0

[Event "Berkeley International"]
[Site "Berkeley USA"]
[Date "2011.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Joshua E Friedel"]
[Black "Loek Van Wely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Kh1 g6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Bxb5 axb5 13. Ndxb5 O-O 14. Nxd6 Bc6
15. e5 Ne8 16. Nce4 Ra4 17. c4 Qa8 18. Qc2 f5 19. Nc5 Nxd6 20. Nxa4 Bxa4 21. b3
Ne4 22. bxa4 g5 23. Qb2 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Rb8 25. Qd4 Ndc5 26. Qd1 Rb2 27. Qf3 Qxa4
28. Rab1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 h6 30. Rc1 Nd3 31. Rb1 Qxc4 32. Bxh6 Bxh6 33. Qh5 {
Diagram #} Nef2+ 34. Kg1 Nh3+ 35. gxh3 (35. Qxh3 Qd4+) 35... Be3+ 0-1

[Event "Berkeley International"]
[Site "Berkeley USA"]
[Date "2011.01.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Conrad Holt"]
[Black "Lev Milman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.01.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh3 12. O-O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ba3+ 14. Kb1
Nb6 15. Bf1 Qh5 16. Be2 Qh3 17. Nf3 Qf5 18. Bd3 Qh5 19. Ng5 h6 20. h4 Bd7 21.
Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bg8 g6 23. Nxf7+ Kg7 24. g4 Qxg4 25. Rdg1 Qf5 {Diagram #} 26. Qxf5
exf5 27. Rxg6+ Kxg6 28. h5+ Kg7 29. Rg1# 1-0

[Event "ABC-223-June-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bogoljubow vs. Colle"]
[Black "Bled 1931"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.04.21"]
[SourceDate "2011.04.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e5 8.
O-O exd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. Qc2 b5 11. Be2 c5 12. Nf5 Ra7 13. a4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 b4 {
Diagram #} 15. Rd1 (15. Bb2 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qd2) 15... Rd7 16. Bb2 Bb7 (16...
Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bxf5 18. Qxf5) 17. f3 Ne8 (17... Nc6 18. cxb4 cxb4 19. Nxg7 Kxg7
20. Qf5) 18. cxb4 cxb4 19. Qc5 a5 (19... Nc6 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Rd1) 20. Kf2 (
20. Rxd7 Nxd7 (20... Qxd7 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Ng6+) 21. Rd1) 20... Qc7 (20... g6
21. Nh6#) (20... Kh8 21. Qxf8#) 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 (21... Nxc7 22. Bxg7) 22. Be5 Na6
(22... Rc8 23. Ne7+) (22... Rc2 23. Bxb8 Ba6 24. Re1) 23. Bxa6 Bxa6 (23... Rc2+
24. Be2) 24. Bxc7 Nxc7 25. Rac1 Ne6 (25... Rc8 26. Ne7+ (26. Rxc7)) 26. Ne7+ (
26. Rd5) (26. Rd6) 26... Kh8 27. Nc6 b3 28. Nxa5 b2 29. Rb1 (29. Rc2 b1=Q 30.
Rxb1 Bd3) 29... Rb8 (29... Nc5 30. Rxb2 Nd3+ 31. Rxd3 Bxd3 32. Nc6) 30. Rd6 Nc5
31. Nc6 (31. Rxb2 Rxb2+) 31... Nd3+ 32. Kg3 (32. Rxd3 Bxd3 33. Nxb8 Bxb1) (32.
Ke2 Ne5+ 33. Kd2 Nc4+ 34. Kc3 Nxd6 35. Nxb8) 32... Ra8 33. Nb4 Nxb4 34. Rxb2 {
Diagram #} Rb8 (34... Nd3 35. Rxa6) (34... Nd3 35. Rxa6) 35. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "ABC-223-June-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2bq1bk1/5pp1/8/5N2/8/5PP1/1BQ3K1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2011.04.21"]
[SourceDate "2011.04.21"]

{Diagram #} 1... Bxf5 2. Qxf5 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-223-June-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Removing the guard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/1b3p2/3q2p1/7p/8/5N2/3N1PB1/3Q2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2011.04.21"]
[SourceDate "2011.04.21"]

{Diagram #} 1... Bxf3 0-1

[Event "ABC-223-June-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Discovery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/8/8/2q2n2/8/5PPP/5QK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2011.04.21"]
[SourceDate "2011.04.21"]

{Diagram #} 1... Ne2+ 2. Kh1 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-223-June-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Back row"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5pk1/4prp1/8/4n3/7N/1B2r1PP/1R5K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2011.04.21"]
[SourceDate "2011.04.21"]

{Diagram #} 1... Rxb2 2. Rxb2 Rf1+ 3. Ng1 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-223-June-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Back row"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1r6/4ppk1/1N6/8/B2r4/6PP/1R5K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2011.04.21"]
[SourceDate "2011.04.21"]

{Diagram #} 1... Rxb5 0-1

[Event "ABC-223-June-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Back row"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1r6/3N1pk1/4p1p1/8/B2r4/6PP/R6K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2011.04.21"]
[SourceDate "2011.04.21"]

{Diagram #} 1... Rxa3 0-1

[Event "Final Four of College Chess"]
[Site "Herndon (VA)"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bykhovsky, Anatoly"]
[Black "Gareyev, Timur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 8. h3 Nbd7
9. e4 O-O 10. Be2 Rb8 11. O-O Qxb6 12. Re1 Ne8 13. Nd2 Qa7 14. Nc4 Ne5 15. Ne3
Nc7 16. a4 Rb4 17. Qc2 e6 18. Rb1 Bb7 19. b3 exd5 20. exd5 f5 21. Bb2 Qa8 22.
Nc4 Nxd5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxc5 Re4 26. f3 Rc8 27. Qa5 Re3 28.
Bxa6 Rxb3 29. Red1 {Diagram #} Bb7 (29... Bf7) 30. Bc4+ Rxc4 31. Rd8+ Qxd8 32.
Qxd8+ Bf8 33. Qf6 Bc5+ 34. Kh1 Rxf3 35. Qe6+ Kf8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. gxf3 Bxf3+
38. Kh2 Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Be4 40. Qe6+ Kf8 41. Ba3 Rg2+ 42. Kh4 Bxa3 43. Qf6+ Ke8
44. Rb8+ Kd7 45. Qd8+ Kc6 46. Rb6+ (46. Rc8+) 46... Kc5 47. Qd6+ Kc4 48. Qxa3
1-0

[Event "Final Four Day 2"]
[Site "Herndon (VA)"]
[Date "2011.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Black "Bachmann, Axel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3 a6 7. g3 Bxc5 8. Bf4
d6 9. Bg2 h6 10. O-O e5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rac1 Nc6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Bc3 Bg4 15. e3
Rc8 16. Nd2 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Qd7 18. Qd3 Kh8 19. Bg2 f5 20. Nb3 Qe7 21. h3 Bh5 22.
f4 Ba7 23. Kh2 Rce8 24. Rce1 e4 25. Qc2 Qe6 26. Rf2 Rc8 27. Rd2 b5 28. cxb5
axb5 29. g4 fxg4 30. Qxe4 Qxe4 31. Bxe4 b4 32. Bd4 Nxd4 33. Nxd4 gxh3 34. Kxh3
Rce8 35. Bc6 Re7 36. Kg3 Bc5 37. e4 Bf7 38. Nf5 Re6 39. Bd5 Rg6+ 40. Kf3 Rf6
41. Kg3 Rg6+ 42. Kf3 Rf6 43. Kg3 Be8 44. Rh1 h5 45. Rh4 g6 46. Nd4 Bxd4 47.
Rxd4 {Diagram #} g5 48. fxg5 Rf3+ 49. Kg2 Rf2+ 50. Kg1 (50. Kg3 R8f3#) 50...
Rf1+ 51. Kg2 R8f2+ 52. Kg3 Rf3+ 53. Kg2 R1f2+ 54. Kg1 Rxb2 55. Rd1 Rff2 56. Rf1
Rg2+ 57. Kh1 Kg7 58. Rh3 Bg6 59. Rc1 Rxg5 60. Rh2 Rxh2+ 61. Kxh2 Kf6 62. Rc4 (
62. Rb1 Ke5 (62... Rxd5 63. Rf1+)) 62... Ke5 63. Rxb4 Rg4 64. Rb5 Bxe4 65. Bc4+
(65. Bxe4+ Kxe4 66. Rxh5 d5) 65... d5 66. Bf1 Rh4+ 67. Kg3 Rh1 68. Be2 h4+ 69.
Kg4 h3 70. Rb2 Bf5+ 71. Kf3 Rg1 72. Kf2 h2 73. Bf3 Be4 0-1

[Event "Final Four Day 2"]
[Site "Herndon (VA)"]
[Date "2011.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kritz, Leonid"]
[Black "Kuljasevic, Davorin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. Bd2 (5. a3) 5... Ne7 (5... Nh6 6. Bxh6
(6. Nb5)) 6. Nb5 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 O-O 8. dxc5 Nd7 9. f4 (9. Qc3 f6 10. exf6 Rxf6 (
10... Nxf6) 11. Nf3 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Re6) 9... Nxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11.
O-O-O Bd7 12. Nd4 Nc6 (12... Rac8) (12... Rfc8) (12... a5) 13. Ngf3 Nb4 14. Kb1
Rac8 15. Rc1 (15. g4 Ba4 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ng5 Rfd8) 15... Ncxd3
16. cxd3 Bb5 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. d4 Rc4 19. b3 {Diagram #} (19. Rxc4 dxc4) 19...
Nd3 {Diagram #} 20. Rc2 (20. Rxc4 dxc4 21. Rd1 Rc8 22. Ka1 cxb3 23. axb3 (23.
Qxd3 b2+ 24. Kb1 Rc1+) 23... Qxb3 24. Qxd3 Rc3 (24... Rc1+ 25. Rxc1 Qxd3 26.
Rc8#)) 20... Rxc2 21. Kxc2 (21. Qxc2 Nxf4) 21... Rc8+ 22. Kb1 Nxf4 23. Rc1 (23.
Qxf4 Qd3+ 24. Ka1 (24. Kb2 Rc2+ 25. Ka3 Qa6+ 26. Kb4 Qb6+) 24... Rc2) 23...
Qd3+ 24. Qxd3 Rxc1+ 25. Kxc1 Nxd3+ 26. Kd2 Nb4 27. a3 Nc6 28. g4 f6 29. h4 (29.
exf6 gxf6) 29... Kf7 (29... fxe5 30. dxe5) 30. Kd3 Kg6 31. h5+ Kh6 32. Ke3 fxe5
33. dxe5 g6 34. hxg6 Kxg6 35. Kf4 h6 36. b4 (36. Ke3 h5 37. gxh5+ (37. g5 Kf5)
37... Kxh5 38. Kf4 a5 39. a4 b6 40. Ng5 Nd4) 36... Kf7 37. Kg3 a6 38. Kh4 Kg6
39. Kg3 Kf7 40. Kh4 d4 41. Kg3 d3 42. Kf4 Nd4 43. Nd2 Nc2 44. Ke4 Nxa3 45. Kxd3
Nb5 46. Ne4 b6 47. Nf6 Kg6 48. Nd7 Kg5 49. Nxb6 Kxg4 50. Nd7 h5 51. Ke3 (51.
Nf6+ Kg5 52. Ke4 h4 53. Kf3 Nd4+ 54. Kg2 Nc2) 51... Kf5 52. Nc5 Nc7 53. Nd3
Nd5+ 54. Kf3 h4 55. Kf2 (55. Nc5 Nxb4) 55... Nc3 56. Kg2 (56. Kf3 Na4 57. Kg2
Ke4) 56... Na4 57. Kh3 (57. Kf3 h3 58. Kg3 h2 59. Kxh2 Ke4 60. Nf2+ Kxe5) 57...
Ke4 58. Nc1 Kxe5 59. Kxh4 Kd4 60. Kg4 Kc3 61. Ne2+ (61. Kf4 Kxb4 62. Ke5 Nc5)
61... Kxb4 62. Nd4 Nc5 63. Kf4 a5 64. Ke5 a4 65. Nc2+ Kc4 (65... Kc3 66. Na3
Kb3 67. Nb5 a3 68. Nxa3 Kxa3 69. Kd6 Kb4) 66. Kd6 Nb3 67. Na3+ Kb4 68. Nc2+ Kc3
69. Na3 Nd4 70. Ke5 Kb4 71. Nb1 Nb5 72. Kxe6 Nc3 73. Nd2 a3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "de Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/1pk1n3/3b1r2/3p1p1p/2pP1P2/P1P1R1PK/2NB4/R7 b - - 0 36"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]

{Diagram #} 36... h4 $1 37. gxh4 Ng6 38. Re5 $1 {
I didn't see this move coming, and it put some new problems for me to solve.}
Nxh4 39. Rg1 {
With the idea of Rg7+ and creating a a safe haven for the king on g3.} (39.
Kxh4 Rg8 40. Kh5 Bf8 {mates.}) 39... Rf7 $1 {Diagram #} 40. Rg3 (40. Kxh4 Rh7+
41. Kg3 Rg8+ 42. Kf2 Rh2+ 43. Kf1 Rxg1+ 44. Kxg1 Rxd2 45. Nb4 Bxe5 46. fxe5 Kd7
47. Nxd5 b5 {should win for Black.}) 40... Rh8 41. Be3 Rfh7 42. Nb4 Ng6+ 43.
Kg2 Rh2+ 44. Kf1 (44. Kf3 Nh4#) 44... Nxe5 45. dxe5 Bxb4 46. axb4 Rc2 47. Rg7+
Kc6 48. Rg6+ Kb5 {Diagram # At this point, one of the onlookers gasped when
White didn't "mate" me with Rb6. Anyway, Black won in a few more moves.} 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Molner, Mackenzie"]
[Black "van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 Bf6 8. f4
d6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Bd2 Nge7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Kb1 b5 13. Qf3 b4 {Diagram #} 14.
e5 $1 dxe5 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. f5 $1 Rb8 (16... exf5 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Bc4 Be6 19.
Bh6 Nce7 20. Qg3+ Ng6 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qh3 Kg7 24. Qxf5 {
should be a winning advantage for White.}) 17. g4 {White's attack flows
naturally, and it's very hard for Black to put up any obstacles along the way.}
Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qg3 $1 ({The direct} 19. g5 $6 Be5 {
leaves Black with many more chances for defense.}) 19... Qb6 (19... Qc7 20.
Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qxc7 Nxc7 22. Bh6 Re8 23. Rhg1 {
and White continues the attack in the endgame.}) 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Qh4 $1 {
Diagram # Another good move, which is probably superior to the tempting
alternative 21.g5. The evaluation of the position is clear- White has only
invested a measly pawn for this huge attack.} (21. g5 $5 Nd5 22. f6 g6 (22...
Nc3+ 23. Ka1 g6 (23... Qa5 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Qh4 $18) 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Rb1 $18
) 23. Qh4 (23. h4 $5 Nc3+ 24. Bxc3 (24. Ka1 Nxa2 $1 25. h5 (25. Kxa2 b3+ {
mates.}) 25... Nc3 26. Qe5 Bb7 27. hxg6 Bd5 $1 28. gxf7+ Rxf7 29. Bxh7+ Rxh7
30. f7+ Kf8 $19) 24... bxc3 25. b3 Qc5 (25... Bb7 26. h5 Bxh1 27. Rxh1 {
looks dangerous for Black.}) 26. Ka1 Rb5 $1 {and if} 27. Bxb5 Qa3 28. Rb1 axb5
{is winning for Black.}) 23... h5 (23... Kh8 24. Qh6 Rg8 25. h4 $1 Nc3+ 26. Ka1
Qa5 27. bxc3 bxc3 28. h5 $1 cxd2 29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. hxg6# {Diagram #}) 24. gxh6
Kh7 {and Black is still in the game.}) 21... Nd5 ({
It's probably too late to change the result of the game:} 21... exf5 {
attempts to defang White's light squared bishop, but the opening of the g-file
should prove deadly for Black.} 22. gxf5 Kh8 23. Rhg1) 22. f6 g6 23. Rhf1 e5
24. Bc4 $1 {Removing the knight from the f6 pawn.} Nc7 25. Rf3 Ne8 26. Rdf1 e4
27. Rh3 h5 28. gxh5 Bxh3 29. hxg6 Bxf1 30. Qh7# {
Diagram #A surprisingly easy and straightforward win over a strong GM.} 1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kosteniuk, A."]
[Black "Kacheishvili, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/pp1rbppp/1nn1p3/4P3/3P1N2/qBQ1BP1P/P4P2/2R2RK1 w - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2010.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.03"]

{Diagram #} 21. Rcd1 (21. Rfd1 Nxe5 $19) 21... Nxe5 22. Bc1 {
The move that White had been counting on.} Qb4 $1 {
Now Black's knight makes an attractive walk down a ladder.} 23. Qxb4 Nxf3+ 24.
Kg2 Nh4+ 25. Kg3 Nf5+ 26. Kg4 Nh6+ ({
It's still too early to recapture the queen:} 26... Bxb4 27. Nxe6) 27. Kh5 Bxb4
28. Nxe6 {Diagram # I thought for a long time here as Black has many
possibilities. I looked at practically all of Black's options, except the
strongest one, suggested by Ms. Rybka:} fxe6 (28... g6+ $3 29. Kxh6 (29. Kh4
Nf5+ 30. Kg4 fxe6 31. Bxe6+ Kg7 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 {is an easy win for Black.})
29... Rd5 $1 {Diagram # and White has no defense to mate.} 30. Bg5 fxe6 {
Bf8 is unstoppable.}) 29. Bxh6 (29. Bxe6+ Nf7 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 {
is simpler for Black.}) 29... Rxd4 $1 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 {
The problem for White is the threat of ...g6+.} 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Rg1 (32. Be3
g6+ 33. Kg5 Be7+ 34. Kh6 Rh4#) 32... Bf8 33. f4 Nd5 34. Bg5 h6 35. Kg6 hxg5 36.
Rxg5 Nxf4+ 37. Kf7 Rd6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r1k1/3q1p2/pp3n1p/2np2p1/P1PN4/Q3PPB1/6PP/R1R3K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]

{Diagram #White has an obvious advantage in the starting position.} 1... Ne6 2.
Qb2 $5 {
Maybe not the most "powerful" move, but a practical and effective decision.} (
2. Nf5 {or}) (2. Be5 {
were more forceful continuations, but also- more complicated.}) 2... Nxd4 3.
Qxd4 {On 3...Re6?! 4.Be5! is strong.} Qe6 {It looked like Black had chances
for survival here, but Stocek keeps up the pressure with} 4. Rab1 $1 {
The b6 pawn needs protection.} (4. cxd5 Qxe3+ 5. Qxe3 Rxe3 {and Black is still
in the game; the d-pawn can be blockaded by the knight from d7 and the active
rook on e3 causes white some trouble.}) 4... Nd7 {Diagram #} 5. Rd1 $1 {
A second strong rook move. Now White finally threatens to capture the d5 pawn-
with queen, then rook. Then it will be very difficult for Black to maintain
protection of his queenside pawns. (In fact, White also threatens to play e4
and simply win the d5 pawn for free.)} Qxe3+ {
This is natural, but fails to pose any problems for White.} (5... Rad8 6. e4 $1
dxe4 7. Bc7 $18) ({Best chance was the difficult to find} 5... Rac8 $1 {
, a kind of prophylaxis against the threat of e4.} 6. Qxd5 (6. e4 Rxc4) 6...
Nc5 $1 7. a5 bxa5 8. e4 a4 {
and while Black's position is no piece of cake, it's still a fight.}) 6. Qxe3
Rxe3 7. Rxd5 {It's too late to offer any good advice. The knight can't be
maintained on d7, and b6 falls.} Re7 $2 (7... Ra7 8. a5 $1 {and Bf2 on bxa.})
8. a5 $1 $18 {Diagram ...bxa5 is met with Rb7. Black made some perfunctory
moves but could not change the inevitable.    A nice effort by Jiri, who
applied a good mix of practicality+pressure to convert his advantage with
minimal time and energy expenditure.} 1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin, I."]
[Black "Kacheishvili, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. c3
$5 Nd7 9. g4 Ne7 10. Nh4 h5 11. gxh5 {Diagram #} Bxh5 $2 (11... Bh7) 12. Bxh5
g6 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14. Qg4 {Diagram # I had intended 14...Ndxe5 15.dxe5 Nxe5,
and there is no way for White to prevent the loss of the Bh5...except 16.Qxe6!
+-} Rg8 (14... Qh4 {would have put up more resistance.}) 15. Kh1 (15. Nf3 {
occupying the g5 square was stronger.}) 15... Bh6 {hoping for Ne4.} 16. Nf3 (
16. Ne4 Bxc1 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Bxg6 (18. Raxc1 Ngxe5) 18... Rxg6 19. Qf3 Qg8 {
with the idea of Qh7 and Rh8.}) 16... Bxc1 17. Raxc1 Qe7 18. Bxg6 $5 {
Simplyfing matters. White wants next to trade rooks on the g-file andeventually
to push the h-pawn.} Rxg6 19. Qf4 {Diagram # Here I wanted to resign, but then
I remembered that it's never too late for that.} Nf8 20. Rg1 Rxg1+ 21. Rxg1 Ng6
22. Qf6 Kd7 {Diagram #} 23. h4 $2 ({Why not} 23. Rg4 {with the idea of Kg2-g3?}
) ({Or} 23. Ng5) 23... Qxf6 24. exf6 Rh8 25. Rg4 (25. Rxg6 {doesn't work:} fxg6
26. Ne5+ Kc7 27. Nxg6 (27. f7 Rxh4+ 28. Kg2 Rf4) 27... Rh7 {
and Black holds up the pawn.}) 25... Rh5 {Otherwise White plays Ne5.} 26. Rg5
Rh6 27. h5 Nf4 28. Ne5+ Kc7 {
Diagram # This was the last moment that White was winning outright.} 29. Nxf7
$6 (29. Rg7 $1 Rxf6 30. Rh7 $3 {defending the h5 pawn, and leaving Nxf7 for
the following move, then pushing the h-pawn.}) 29... Rxf6 30. Ne5 Rh6 31. Rg7+
Kc8 32. Kh2 Nxh5 33. Re7 Ng7+ 34. Kg2 Nf5 35. Re8+ Kc7 36. Kf3 {Diagram # Black
has won back the pawn and nearly equalized, but...the defense remains
unpleasant. Here I found an interesting idea of sacrificing a piece.} Rf6 (
36... a5 $5) 37. Kg4 Nxd4 (37... Nh6+ 38. Kg5 Rxf2 39. Kxh6 Rxb2 40. a4 $1 {
I wasn't sure how to continue here.}) 38. cxd4 Rxf2 39. Re7+ Kb6 (39... Kc8 $5)
40. Nd7+ Kb5 41. Nc5 Kc4 (41... b6 42. a4+ Kc4 43. Nxe6 Rxb2 44. Rxa7) 42. Rxb7
e5 43. Kg3 (43. Nb3 $1) 43... Rc2 44. Na4 $2 (44. Nb3) 44... exd4 45. Rxa7 Kb4
46. Kf3 Rh2 47. Kf4 Re2 48. Kf3 Rh2 49. Ra6 Kb5 50. Ra8 Kb4 {
Diagram #White has no way to make progress  without allowing Black counterplay.
} 51. Ra7 Rc2 52. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2010.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Friedel, J."]
[Black "Kacheishvili, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.03"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Qc7 7. Be2 f6 8. O-O
fxe5 9. dxe5 O-O-O 10. Nbd4 Nxe5 $1 {Most principled move.} 11. Ng5 $6 (11. Re1
) 11... Re8 12. g4 $6 {Diagram #} h6 $1 {Black is already better.} 13. gxf5
hxg5 14. f4 exf5 $6 (14... gxf4 $1 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. fxe6 Bc5+ 17. Kg2 f3+ $19)
15. fxe5 Qxe5 16. Rf2 Bc5 17. c3 Nf6 18. Bd3 {Diagram #} g6 (18... f4 {
was a good positional move, killing the bishop on c1.}) 19. Bxg5 Ng4 20. Qd2 $1
{I missed this move.} Nxf2 21. Qxf2 {
Over the next ten moves, I drift to some unknown destination..} Bb6 (21... Qc7
$5 {with the idea of ...Bd6.}) 22. a4 Rh3 23. Bf1 Rh5 24. Bf4 Qf6 25. a5 Bc7
26. a6 b6 27. Bg2 Rh7 28. Bxc7 Kxc7 29. c4 Qh4 {Diagram #} 30. Qg3+ $4 {
White chooses the wrong moment to trade queens.} (30. cxd5 {
and White is at least equal.}) 30... Qxg3 31. hxg3 dxc4 32. Nxc6 Kd6 33. Rd1+
Kc5 $1 {Diagram # It's easy to miss that after 34.Rd5+ Black can cold
bloodedly go 34...Kxc6 35.Rd8+ and 35...Re4! winning. From here Black wins
without problems.} 34. Nd8 b5 35. Rd5+ Kb6 36. Rd6+ Kc5 37. Rd5+ Kb6 38. Rd6+
Kc7 39. Nb7 Re1+ 40. Kf2 Rb1 41. Bd5 Rxb2+ 42. Ke3 Rd7 43. Rc6+ Kb8 44. Be6 Rc7
45. Rd6 Rb3+ 46. Kf4 Rd3 47. Bd5 c3 48. Na5 c2 {Diagram #} 0-1

[Event "ALL GIRLS NATIONAL CHAMP"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.04.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Regem Jessica"]
[Black "Alexandra Botez"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1975"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nb3 {This move gave me the initiative, I was expecting either 8. dxc5 or 8. c4}
(8. dxc5) 8... c4 9. Nbd2 b5 10. b3 Rb8 11. Nb1 Qc7 12. a4 a6 13. axb5 axb5 14.
g3 Bd6 15. Re1 O-O {Diagram #} 16. Nbd2 {At first c3 looked tempting but I
didn't want to allow Nf1-e3, and decided to simply develop a piece instead.}
Bf5 17. c3 (17. Nf1 {Gave white more of a fighting chance}) 17... b4 18. Nh4
Be4 (18... Be6 {Holding the pressure was better in this case}) 19. Nxe4 ({
I could have avoided the possibility of this variation by playing 18... Be6
earlier.} 19. bxc4 bxc3 20. Nxe4 dxe4 (20... Nxe4 21. c5) 21. c5 c2 22. Qd2 Be7
) 19... Nxe4 20. cxb4 $2 (20. bxc4 Nxc3 21. Qd3 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Na5 23. Qxc7 Bxc7
$17) 20... Nc3 21. Qd2 Bxb4 22. Bb2 $2 Ne4 {
Diagram # Here white's position did not hold together much longer} 23. Qc1 Bxe1
24. Qxe1 Rxb3 25. Bc1 Nxd4 26. Bd1 Rd3 27. Bf4 Qb6 28. Be3 Qb2 29. Rc1 h6 30.
Ng2 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Ne2+ 32. Kf1 Nxc1 33. Qxc1 Qxc1+ 34. Bxc1 Ra8 35. Be3 Ra1+
36. Ke2 Ra2+ 37. Ke1 c3 38. Nf4 c2 39. Nd3 Ra1+ 40. Ke2 d4 41. Bc1 Nc5 42. Nxc5
Rxc1 43. Kd2 Rf1 44. Kxc2 Rxf2+ 45. Kd3 Rxh2 46. Kxd4 Rg2 47. Ne4 f5 48. Nd6 g6
49. Ke5 Rxg3 50. Kf4 Rd3 51. Nb5 g5+ 52. Ke5 f4 53. Ke4 Re3+ 54. Kd4 Re1 55.
Nc3 h5 56. Ne4 Rxe4+ 57. Kxe4 h4 58. Kf3 h3 59. Kf2 g4 60. Kg1 g3 61. Kh1 f3
62. Kg1 h2+ 63. Kh1 f2 64. Kg2 h1=Q+ 65. Kxh1 f1=Q# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Darsey, Ruth"]
[Black "Darsey, Heidi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "1105"]
[BlackElo "1087"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.03.02"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 {Diagram #} 5. Bd2 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 c6 7.
e3 d5 {Diagram #} 8. Ne5 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. O-O Be8 12. Bb4 Rf7
13. f3 a5 14. Bc3 b5 {Diagram #} 15. b3 b4 16. Bb2 g5 17. Bd3 h6 18. Qc2 Rg7
19. e4 f4 {Diagram #} 20. exd5 exd5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Bc4 Bf7 23. Rfe1 Ne3 {
Diagram #} 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qxc6 Rc8 26. Qe4 Nc2 {Diagram #} 27. Red1 Nxa1
28. Bxa1 Rg6 29. d5 Qe7 {Diagram #} 30. Kf1 Qxe4 31. fxe4 Rd8 {Diagram #} 32.
Be5 Ke7 33. d6+ Rgxd6 34. Bxd6+ Rxd6 {Diagram #} 35. Rxd6 Kxd6 36. Ke2 Ke5 37.
Kd3 {Diagram #} g4 38. g3 f3 39. Ke3 {Diagram #} f2 40. Kxf2 Kxe4 41. Ke2 Kd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1938.03.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Reshevsky, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2011.03.26"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. d5 Nb8 10. Nf3 c6 11. Qb3 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. Be2 Qa5+
15. Bd2 Qb6 16. Bc3 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qe3 18. c4 Qxf4 19. O-O Qc7 20. Kh1 Nf6 21.
Qe3 Bg4 22. Qh6 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 b5 24. cxb5 Qe5 25. Re1 Nxd5 26. Rh3 Qg7 27. Qd2
e6 28. Rd3 Rab8 29. a4 Nb6 30. Qb4 Rbc8 31. a5 Nd5 32. Qb3 Rc5 33. Bf3 Rb8 34.
Bxd5 Rcxb5 35. Qa2 exd5 36. Rxd5 Qc3 37. Rf1 Rb2 38. Qa4 Rb1 39. Rdd1 Rxd1 40.
Rxd1 {# #} a6 $1 41. h3 Rb5 $1 42. Ra1 Kg7 43. Qa2 Qb2 44. Qa4 Rg5 45. Ra2 Qc3
46. Ra1 h5 47. Qa2 Rf5 48. Kh2 {# #} g5 $1 49. Qa4 Rf4 50. Qa2 g4 51. hxg4 Qe5
52. g3 Re4 53. Qb1 Re2+ 54. Kh3 hxg4+ 55. Kh4 Rh2+ 56. Kxg4 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "New York/Los Angeles"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1961.03.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reshevsky, S."]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2011.03.26"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Bf6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. Nd3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5
15. f4 Ng6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. fxe5 Ndxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Nb5 Bd7 20. Bd3 Bxb5
21. cxb5 Qd7 22. Qf2 f4 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qxf4 Rae8 25. Rad1 Qg7 26. h3 Re2 27.
Rd2 R2e4 28. Qf2 b6 29. a3 R8e5 30. Qf6 Qxf6 31. Rxf6 Kg7 32. Rff2 Kh6 33. Kh2
Rc4 34. Rc2 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Rxd5 36. a4 {# #} Rd4 (36... Rc5 37. Rxc5 (37. Rc3
Rxc3) 37... bxc5 38. Kg3 d5 (38... Kh5 39. Kf4 (39. h4 d5 40. Kh3 g5 41. g4+
Kg6 42. hxg5 (42. h5+) 42... c4 43. Kg3 Kxg5 44. Kf3 d4 $11) 39... Kh4 40. Ke4
Kg3 41. Kd5 Kxg2 42. a5 (42. Kc6 d5) 42... Kxh3 43. Kc6 d5 $11) 39. Kf4 d4 40.
Ke4 Kg5 41. g3 Kf6 42. b4 cxb4 43. Kxd4 $16) 37. b3 Rd3 38. Rxc7 Rxb3 39. Rxa7
d5 40. Rd7 Rd3 41. Rd6 Rd4 42. Rxb6 Rxa4 43. Kg3 Rb4 44. Rb8 d4 45. Kf3 Rb3+
46. Ke4 d3 47. Ke3 g5 48. Rb6+ Kg7 49. Kd2 Kf7 50. g3 {# #} Rb2+ (50... Kg7 51.
h4 gxh4 52. gxh4 Kh7 53. h5 Kg7 54. h6+ (54. Rb8 Kh6 55. b6 Kg7 56. b7 Kh7 57.
h6 Rb1) 54... Kh7 55. Ke3 Ra3 56. Rd6 Rb3 57. b6 Kh8 58. Kd4 d2 59. Kc5 Rb2 60.
Rd7 Kg8 61. Kc6 Kh8 62. b7 Rc2+ 63. Kb6 Rb2+ 64. Kc7 Rc2+ 65. Kd8 Rb2) 51. Kxd3
Rb3+ 52. Kc4 Rxg3 53. Rh6 Kg7 (53... Ke7 54. Kc5 Kd7 55. Kb6) 54. Rc6 Rxh3 55.
b6 Rh1 56. Kb5 Rb1+ 57. Ka6 Ra1+ 58. Kb7 g4 59. Kc8 Ra6 60. Kc7 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.03.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, Pal"]
[Black "Reshevsky, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.03.26"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.26"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Re8 9. dxe5 (9. d5 Nd4) 9... dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 (10... Nxd8 11. Nb5 Ne6 12. Ng5
Re7 13. Rfd1 b6) 11. Bg5 Rd7 $6 {# #} (11... Re8) 12. Bd1 $1 Ne8 13. Ba4 h6 14.
Be3 f5 15. c5 f4 16. Bd2 Rd8 17. Nd5 $1 Bd7 18. Bc3 g5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nb4 a5
{# #} 21. Nd3 $2 (21. Nc2 Bf8 22. Nxe5 Bxc5 23. Rfd1) 21... Bf5 $5 (21... Nf6
22. Rfe1 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Bf5 24. Rxe5 Bxd3 25. Re6) 22. exf5 e4 23. Nde5 exf3 24.
Nxc6 fxg2 25. Kxg2 Rd7 26. Rfe1 (26. Rad1 Rf7 27. Rfe1) 26... Bxc3 27. bxc3 Ng7
28. f6 Nh5 29. Ne5 Rd5 {# #} 30. Ng4 $2 (30. f7+ Kg7 31. c4 Rxc5 (31... f3+ 32.
Kg1 (32. Kh1)) 32. Nd7 $16) 30... Rf8 31. Re7 f3+ (31... Rxc5 32. Rg1) 32. Kg1
(32. Kxf3) (32. Kh1 Nxf6 33. Nxh6+ Kh8 34. Rg1) 32... Nxf6 33. Nxh6+ Kh8 34. c6
Rc5 35. Nf7+ Kg8 36. Nh6+ Kh8 37. Rxc7 Nd5 38. Rd7 Nf6 39. Rf7 (39. Re7 Rxc6
40. Nf7+ Kg8 41. Nxg5 Rxc3 42. h3) 39... Rxf7 40. Nxf7+ Kg8 41. Nd8 Rxc3 42. h3
g4 43. Kh2 Ne4 44. hxg4 Nxf2 45. Kg3 Ne4+ 46. Kf4 Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Kantor, A"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3B4/8/6k1/7p/6r1/5KP1/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.26"]

{# #} 1. Kg2 $1 Kf5 2. Kh3 Rc4 3. Be7 Rc1 4. Bf8 $1 (4. Bd8 Rh1+ 5. Kg2 Rd1)
4... Rb1 5. Bg7 {(Bh6)} (5. Bh6) 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.03.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3B4/8/6k1/7p/6r1/5KP1/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.26"]

{# #} 1. Kg2 $1 Kf5 2. Kh3 Rc4 3. Be7 Rc1 4. Bf8 $1 (4. Bd8 Rh1+ 5. Kg2 Rd1 6.
Bc7) 4... Rb1 5. Bg7 {(Bh6)} (5. Bh6) 1/2-1/2

