[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.06.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "first moves"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C58"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.06.07"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Qf3 cxb5 9. Qxa8 Bc5 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Qxe5 Bd4 14. Qxb5
Bb7 15. Nc3 {Diagram #} Qg5 (15... Qa8 16. b4 Bxg2 17. bxa5 Bh1 18. Qc4+ Kh8
19. Nd5 Bxa1) 16. Nd5 f4 17. c4 Rd8 18. d3 Bc6 19. Qxa5 Rxd5 20. Bxf4 Qxg2+ 21.
Kxg2 Rg5+ 22. Kh3 Bd7+ 23. Kh4 Rg4+ 24. Kh3 Rg1+ 25. Kh4 Bf6+ 26. Bg5 Rg4+ 27.
Kh3 Rxg5+ 28. Kh4 Rg1+ 29. Kh5 Bg4# *

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2R5/p4pkp/3p2p1/3Pr3/1q1r2nQ/1P6/P1P3BP/1K3R2 w - - 0 35"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]

{Diagram # A few years later, Judit executed an even prettier version of the
same sacrifice:} 35. Qxh7+ $3 (35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qxh7+ Kf6 37. Rf8+ Kg5 38.
h4# {was possible too, but it's more elegant with the queen sacrifice.}) 35...
Kxh7 36. Rxf7+ Kh6 37. Rh8+ {and Black resigned due to the impending mate: 37..
.Kg5 38.h4! pow! (my sister's annotation).} 1-0

[Event "Vejstrup"]
[Site "Vejstrup"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/pR3p2/2n3pQ/2Bp4/P2P3K/5R1P/4r1q1/8 w - - 0 33"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]

{Diagram # White won with 1.Qg7! since 1...Kxg7 2.Rfxf7 Kh8 3.Rh7+ Kg8 4.Rb-g7
leads to mate.}  1-0

[Event "16th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Loek Van Wely"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. e3 Bb7 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O a5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. d4 Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Ne1 Qg5 15.
Qc1 Rf6 16. f3 Qh5 17. g4 fxg4 18. fxe4 Rh6 19. Rf2 Bxe4 20. Qd2 Qh4 21. Bd3 g3
22. Rg2 gxh2+ 23. Kh1 Rf8 24. Nc2 Rhf6 25. d5 e5 26. Qe1 {Diagram #} Bxg2+ 27.
Kxg2 h1=Q+ 28. Qxh1 Qg4+ (28... Rf2+) 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.06.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mate in seven"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k1n1rr/ppb2pq1/2b1p3/8/2N4p/5Q1P/1PPR1PPB/3R1B1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]

{Diagram #} 1. Nb6+ axb6 2. Rd8+ Bxd8 3. Qxc6+ Nc7 (3... bxc6 4. Ba6#) 4. Rxd8+
Kxd8 5. Qxc7+ Ke8 6. Bb5+ Kf8 7. Bd6# *

[Event "Exhibition"]
[Site "Exhibition"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Jesper Fischer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O a6 8. Re1 b5
9. b3 b4 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bh6 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Re8 15.
Bd3 Nd7 16. Be4 Nc5 17. Bxc6 Bf5 18. g4 (18. Ne5) 18... Bxg4 19. Kg2 Bf5 20.
Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Nd4 Nd3 22. Nxf5 Nxe1+ 23. Rxe1 gxf5 24. Rd1 e5 25. c5 Rc8 26. b4
f4 27. Kf3 Be7 {Diagram #} 28. Ke4 (28. Rg1+ Kh8 29. Bg7+) 28... Rc6 29. Rg1+
Rg6 30. Rxg6+ fxg6 31. Kd3 Kf7 32. Kxc3 g5 33. c6 (33. a4 e4 34. c6) 33... Ke6
34. Kc4 Kd6 35. b5 axb5+ 36. Kxb5 e4 37. Kc4 (37. Kb6 Bd8+ 38. Kb7 e3 39. fxe3
(39. Bf8+ Ke5 40. f3 g4) 39... f3 40. Bxg5 f2) 37... Bf6 38. h4 f3 39. hxg5 e3
40. Bf8+ Be7 41. Bxe7+ Kxe7 42. c7 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Ventnor City"]
[Site "Ventnor City, NJ, USA"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"]
[Black "Ariel Mengarini"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1941.07.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Nc6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Bg2 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. O-O Qd7 8. Qb3
b6 9. Nc3 Ng6 10. Qb5 Be7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qxd7 Nxd7 13. Ne1 f5 14. f3 Bh5 15.
Nd3 Bf6 16. Bh3 Ne7 17. g4 e4 18. Nf4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 fxg4 20. fxg4 Bf7 21. Bd4
c5 22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. g5 Nce5 24. Ne6 Rfc8 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Bxd7 Rxc4 27. Bb5
Rc7 28. Rf6 Rd8 {Diagram #} 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Bxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Ventnor City"]
[Site "Ventnor City, NJ, USA"]
[Date "1940.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"]
[Black "L W Stephens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1940.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 c6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Nf3 h6 8. Bf4
O-O 9. Rd1 Nh5 10. Be5 Qe8 11. g4 Nhf6 12. g5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 g6 14. h4 Nh5 15.
Be2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 f6 17. Bxh5 fxg5 18. Bxg6 Qd7 19. hxg5 Bxg5 {Diagram #} 20.
Rh7 Qd8 (20... Be7) 21. Bf7+ Rxf7 22. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Ventnor City"]
[Site "Ventnor City, NJ, USA"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"]
[Black "Milton Loeb Hanauer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1941.07.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Rac1 Nd7 12. Nb5 Ba6 13. Nc7 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Rc8
15. Nb5 a6 16. Na7 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 b5 18. Nc6 Qe8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Rc7 Qd8 21.
Qc2 Nb6 22. b3 g5 23. Be5 Na8 24. Rc6 g4 25. Ne1 Qa5 26. Nd3 b4 27. Rc8 Qb5 28.
f3 gxf3 29. gxf3 Ng5 30. Bf6 h6 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Ne5 Nb6 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34.
Qc7 Ke8 35. Nc6 Kf8 36. Ne5 Ke8 37. Qxf7+ Kd8 38. Qxe6 Nc8 {Diagram #} 39. Nc6+
Kc7 40. Qxc8+ Kxc8 41. Na7+ 1-0

[Event "USA Ch"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Sidney Norman Bernstein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E22"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. e3 a5 6. a3 a4 7. Qc2 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3
Na5 9. Bd3 d5 10. c5 O-O 11. Ne2 b6 12. cxb6 cxb6 13. Qc2 Nb3 14. Rb1 Ba6 15.
Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Qd3 Ra7 18. f3 Rc8 19. Bc3 Ne8 20. Bb4 Rac7 21. O-O
f5 22. e4 Nd6 23. exd5 exd5 24. Nc3 Rc4 25. Rbd1 Rxb4 26. axb4 Nc4 27. Rf2 Re8
28. Re2 f4 29. b5 Ne3 30. Rde1 Ra8 31. Nxa4 Rxa4 32. Qxb3 Rxd4 33. g3 h6 34.
gxf4 Nf5 35. Re5 Rd2 36. Rd1 {Diagram #} Nd4 37. Rxd5 (37. Qa4 Nxf3+) 37...
Rxd1+ 38. Qxd1 Qxd5 39. Kg2 Qc5 40. Qe1 Qc2+ 41. Kg3 Qxh2+ 0-1

[Event "3rd Rosenwald Trophy Tournament"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1956.10.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Max Pavey"]
[Black "Sidney Norman Bernstein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1956.10.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 c5 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. b3 Be7 14. Bb2 a5 15.
Rac1 O-O 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. Nd2 Qd8 18. Qh5 f5 19. d5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qg5+
Kh8 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Be2 Nd5 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bf3 Ra7 26. Nc4 Kg7 27. Nb6
Nc3 28. Rxd8 Bxf3 29. Rc2 Be4 30. Rcd2 Bb1 31. Nc4 a4 32. R2d7+ Rxd7 33. Rxd7+
Kf8 34. bxa4 Bxa2 35. Nb2 c4 36. Rc7 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 c3 38. Nd3 b3 39. Kxe2 b2 40.
Rb7 {Diagram #} Bc4 41. Rb4 c2 0-1

[Event "USA Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sidney Norman Bernstein"]
[Black "Milton Loeb Hanauer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1938.04.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 O-O 7. Nge2 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. a3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qc2 Qh5 13. Ng3 Qh4 14. O-O Nc6
15. Ne4 Be7 16. Bd2 Rac8 17. g3 Qh5 18. Bc3 f5 19. Nd2 Ne5 20. e4 Bc5+ 21. Kg2
Be3 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Nc4 Rxd3 24. Nxe5 Rdxc3 25. Qxc3 Bc5 26. Rd7 Ba6 27. Rfd1
h6 {Diagram #} 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Ng4+ Kf8 (29... Kg6 30. Qf6+ Kh7 31. Rd7+) (
29... Kg8 30. Nf6+) 30. Qh8+ Ke7 (30... Kf7 31. Ne5+) 31. Qg7+ (31. Qf6+ Ke8
32. Qxe6+ Kf8 33. Rd5) 31... Qf7 32. Rd7+ Kxd7 33. Qxf7+ Be7 34. Nf6+ Kd6 35.
e5+ Kxe5 36. Qxe7 Rc2+ 37. Kg1 Bc4 38. Qd8 f4 39. gxf4+ Kf5 40. Ng4 Kxf4 41.
Qf6# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.06.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Marshall"]
[Black "Tchigorin"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. d5 Na5 5. Bf4 Bd7 6. e4 e6 7. dxe6 fxe6 8.
Qh5+ *

[Event "Wertheim mem"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6 4. dxc5 Qxd5 5. Qxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 e5 {Diagram #}
7. Nc3 (7. b4 a5) (7. e4 Nf6 8. Nc3 Bxc5) (7. Na3 Bxc5 (7... Na6) 8. Rc1) 7...
Nxc3 8. Bxc3 Nc6 (8... Bxc5 9. Bxe5) 9. Nf3 f6 (9... e4) 10. Rc1 (10. b4 a5 11.
b5 Nb4 12. Bxb4 axb4 13. c6 b3 14. a4 b2 (14... bxc6 15. bxc6 Bf5)) 10... Bxc5
11. Bxe5 Bxf2+ 12. Kxf2 fxe5 (12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5) 13. e4 O-O (13... Bg4
14. Bb5 Bxf3 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. gxf3) 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Kg3 Bd7 16. Rhd1 (16.
Ng5 Be8 (16... h6 17. Nf7+ Kh7)) 16... Be8 (16... Rad8 17. Ng5 (17. Rd6)) 17.
Bd5 Rd8 18. Rf1 (18. Rc5) (18. Bxc6 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxc6 20. Nxe5 Bxe4) 18... Rf6
19. Bxc6 bxc6 (19... Rg6+ 20. Kf2) (19... Bxc6 20. Nxe5 Bxe4 21. Nf7+) 20. Nxe5
Rd2 21. Rcd1 (21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxb2 24. Rxf6 Rxa2) 21...
Rxd1 (21... Rxb2 22. Rd8) (21... Rdd6 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Rf8#) 22. Rxd1 Re6 23.
Kf4 Kg8 (23... g5+ 24. Kf5) 24. Rd8 Kf8 25. Nc4 Ke7 26. Ra8 {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.06.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "Skewer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3k3/3bp3/8/8/2B5/8/8/2B1K3 b q - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.19"]

{Diagram #} 1... Rc8 0-1

[Event "ABC-124-July-2011"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2011.05.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k2r/4bp1p/8/5P2/6B1/8/7P/4K1B1 b k - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.19"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-124-July-2011"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2011.05.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Back row"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/6p1/7p/8/P7/1p6/6PP/R6K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.19"]

{Diagram #} 1... b2 2. Rb1 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "ABC-124-July-2011"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2011.05.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k2r/p7/4pn2/2qp4/8/8/1P1QPN2/2R1K3 b k - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.19"]

{Diagram #} 1... Rh1+ 2. Nxh1 Qg1# 0-1

[Event "ABC-124-July-2011"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2011.05.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Back row"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1rk1/6p1/7p/8/8/3R1R2/6PP/7K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.19"]

{Diagram #} 1... Rxd3 0-1

[Event "ABC-124-July-2011"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2011.05.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Removing the guard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/1p4p1/2p1p2p/8/2rbP3/P1N5/1P1B1P1P/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.19"]

{Diagram #} 1... Bxc3 0-1

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Qd2
$5 {This is a rare move in this position, and considered not very good but
Kamsky showed that White can create a strong initiative. Before the game I was
focusing on the main line} (8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. c3 {and here Black has two options:}
cxd4 (9... c4 {Both lines lead to complicated positions})) 8... Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3
{Diagram #} 10. Bb5 {This came as a surprise for me, since I was only familiar
with the move Nb5, afterwhich Qa2 Black has an excellent position, and I
realized that Gata prepared this move before the game.} (10. Nb5 Qxa2) 10...
Qa5 $6 {This move loses some valuable time, I should have played} (10... c4 11.
f5 (11. Bxc4 $2 dxc4 12. Nb5 c3 $1 {and Black is winning}) 11... Bb4 12. Rxb4
Qxb4 13. Ng5 Ndb8 14. O-O a6 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. fxe6+ Ke8 17. Nxd5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2
axb5 19. Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nxa8 Bxe6 21. Bg5+ Ne7 22. d5 h6 23. Bxe7+ Kxe7 24. dxe6
Na6 25. Nb6 Kxe6 {and Black is slightly better, but during the game it is very
difficult to calculate this far ahead and find all the correct defensive moves
for Black}) 11. O-O c4 12. f5 Nb6 13. Qe1 $6 {
This is a slight inaccuracy, White should have played} (13. f6 g6 14. Qe1 {
Even though Black is up a pawn, White has a lot of space and it is much easier
to play White'sposition}) 13... exf5 $1 14. a4 Be6 ({I didn't like} 14... Bb4 {
in the view of} 15. Qg3 Bxc3 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. Ng5 Bd2 18. Bxd2 Qxd2 19. Nxh7
Qxd4+ 20. Kh1 Qc5 21. a5 Nd7 22. Rxf5 Nd4 23. e6 Nxf5 24. exd7+ Bxd7 25. Qe5+
Qe7 26. Bxd7+ Kd8 27. Qa1 Nd6 28. a6 b6 29. Nxf8 Qxf8 30. Bc6 Rc8 31. Bxd5 Kc7
32. Re1 {and White is clearly better}) 15. Bd2 Bb4 16. Rxb4 Qxb4 {Diagram #}
17. Ne4 $1 {Objectively this might not be a stronger move than Nxd5 but it
creates more problems for Black to solve} ({If} 17. Nxd5 Qb2 18. Nc7+ Kd7 19.
Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Bc1 Qxc2 21. Qb4 Qe4 22. Qd6+ Kc8 23. Qf8+ (23. Ba3 Nd7 24. Rc1
Qd5 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Kd8 28. Ng5 Ke8 29. a5 (29. e6 $2 fxe6
30. Nxe6 Kf7 31. d5 Nb6 32. Rc5 Ne7 {and Black has a clear advantage}) 29...
Rc8 30. Nxh7 b5 {and Black is slightly better}) 23... Kc7 24. Qd6+ Kc8 {
and White has to give a perpetual}) 17... Qb2 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Bc3 Qxc2 20.
Nxb7 ({If} 20. Rf2 Qb3 21. Qa1 Nb4 22. Nd2 Nc2 23. Nxb3 Nxa1 24. Nxa1 a6 25.
Bb4 Kg8 26. Be8 g6 (26... Rxe8 27. Nxe8 Nxa4 28. Ra2) 27. a5 Nc8 28. Nxc8 Rxc8
29. Ba4) 20... Nxa4 $2 {For the last few moves I made the only moves to defend
and objectively I wasn't worse here but with time pressure approaching I
failed to find the strong defensive resource} (20... Nd8 $1 21. Bb4+ (21. Nc5
f4 22. a5 h6 23. axb6 axb6 24. Nxe6+ fxe6 25. Rf2 Qd3 26. Qc1 g5 27. h3 Rh7 {
gives Black a slightly better position}) 21... Kg8 22. Nc5 f4 23. a5 h6 24.
axb6 axb6 25. Rf2 Qg6 26. Na4 Ra7 27. Nc3 Kh7 28. Qd1 {with an unclear position
}) 21. Bb4+ Kg8 ({A better try was} 21... Nxb4 22. Qxb4+ Kg8 23. Bxa4 a5 24.
Qa3 Qd3 25. Qc1 f4 26. Qxf4 h6 27. Nc5 Qf5 28. Qd2 {
and White has a big advantage}) 22. Bxc6 Rc8 23. Rf2 Qb3 (23... Qxf2+ 24. Qxf2
Rxc6 25. Qa2 {is winning for White}) 24. Na5 Rxc6 25. Nxc6 $2 {I knew that my
position was losing here but for some reason Gata did not take my queen, which
would have won easily. Now Black has some drawing chances and is back in the
game.} (25. Nxb3 cxb3 26. Qb1 b2 27. Rc2 Rb6 28. Ba3 {and White is winning})
25... h6 26. Ne7+ Kh7 27. Ng5+ hxg5 28. Rf3 g6 $1 {
I think Gata missed this move which gives my King an escape square on g7} 29.
Rxb3 cxb3 30. Ba3 Rb8 {Diagram #} 31. Qg3 (31. Qa5 b2 32. Bxb2 Nxb2 33. Qxa7
Rd8 34. Qb6 Rd7 35. Nxg6 Kxg6 36. Qxb2 Rc7 37. Qd2 Rc8 {
with very good drawing chances for Black}) 31... g4 $4 {
I was very low on time and decided to keep the g-pawn but I should have played}
(31... b2 32. Bxb2 Rxb2 33. h4 {is the best try to play for a win} (33. Qxg5 $2
Rb1+ 34. Kf2 Nc3 35. Qh4+ Kg7 36. Qf6+ Kh7 {
and White is forced to give a perpetual}) (33. h3 g4 34. hxg4 fxg4 35. Qh4+ Kg7
36. Qf6+ Kh7 37. Nxg6 g3 $1 {
Threatening Rb1# and White has to give a perpetual with Qh4-f6-d8+}) 33... Rb7
$1 34. Nc6 (34. Qxg5 Nc3 35. Nc6 Rc7 36. Nd8 Ne4 37. Qe3 Rc3 38. Qe1 Kh6 {
with good chances to hold}) 34... g4 35. Qa3 f4 $1 36. Qxa4 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 g3+
38. Kf3 Rf1+ 39. Ke2 Rf2+ 40. Kd3 Rxg2 41. Ne7 Kh6 42. Qe8 Kh5 {
and Black might even have chances to win in this position}) 32. Qh4+ Kg7 33.
Qf6+ Kh7 34. Bc1 (34. Bc1 Rh8 35. Bh6 Kxh6 36. Qxh8+ Kg5 37. g3 {
with a mate on h4} b2 38. Qh4#) 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Group A)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Daniel Naroditsky"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2011.04.15"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 h6 8. c3 Bh7
9. h4 a6 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. h5 c5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. Qa4+
Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Kd2 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Be3 Be7 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Kxd3
Rhc8 22. Rh3 Ke8 23. Bd4 b5 24. a3 a5 25. Rg3 Kf8 26. f4 Bc5 27. Bxc5+ Rxc5 {
Diagram #} 28. Rf1 b4 29. axb4 axb4 30. Kd2 d4 31. Rc1 Rc4 32. Rf3 dxc3+ 33.
bxc3 Rd8+ 34. Ke2 Re4+ 35. Kf1 Rc8 36. g3 Rec4 37. Ke2 bxc3 38. Rc2 f6 39. Re3
Kf7 40. Kf3 R8c5 41. exf6 gxf6 42. Rd3 Ke7 43. Re3 e5 44. fxe5 fxe5 45. g4 Kf6
46. Kg3 Kg5 47. Kh3 Kf4 48. Re1 e4 49. Rf2+ Ke5 50. Rf5+ Kd4 51. Rf4 Kd3 52.
Rd1+ Kc2 53. Rff1 e3 54. Rc1+ Kd3 55. Rfd1+ Ke4 56. Kg3 c2 57. Rd8 0-1

[Event "US Championship Playoff"]
[Site "St Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shankland, Sam"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2010.07.20"]
[SourceDate "2011.04.29"]

{This was a second game of a 2-game rapid match used as a tiebreaker to see
who would get the coveted spot in the semifinals. After holding an easy draw
with black in game 1, I was feeling particularly ambitious.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nc3 {Hopefully a surprise, I only played this move once before.} Bb4 4. f3 {
And I've never played this move before! However, my opponent did not flinch as
he had clearly done his homework on this highly topical line.} d5 5. a3 Bxc3+
6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 {Deviating from his previous games
where he played Ne7, perhaps because of the Nd4 novelty in the Anand-Wang Hao
game.} Nf6 (9... Ne7) 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nfd7 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qa3 b6 14. a5 Bb7
$1 15. Ne2 $146 {the first independant move of the game} Nxc5 $6 {
In my notes I gave bxc5 as best} (15... bxc5) 16. Nd4 $14 {White has an edge
due to his bishop pair, slightly more central control, and the annoying
pressure on the black queenside, although the long-term structural weaknesses
on the c4 and c5 squares cannot be overlooked.} Nbd7 17. Be2 Ba6 {Diagram #}
18. Bxa6 {Trading the bishops felt to be more in the spirit of the position
than the ugly 18. c4, but the latter was not bad either.} (18. c4 $5 Ne5 (18...
f5 $5 19. exf5 exf5 20. O-O $14) 19. O-O Rac8 (19... Bxc4 20. axb6 Qxb6 21.
Rfb1 Qc7 22. Rc1 $18) 20. axb6 axb6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Qxc5 Rxc5
24. Rxa6 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxb6 $16 {Black should hold a draw in this
endgame, but it will be anything but pleasant, particularly in a rapid game})
18... Nxa6 19. O-O Qc8 $6 {Intending Ne5-c4, but it seems awfully passive} (
19... Ne5 $2 20. Bf4 $16) (19... Rfc8 {May be the best} 20. Nb5 Qc6 21. Rfb1
$14) 20. Nb5 $1 {
Looking to penetrate into d6 and putting pressure on the a7 pawn.} (20. Rfd1
Ne5 21. axb6 axb6 $11 {Black puts a knight on c4 and solves his problems})
20... Nac5 21. Qb4 (21. Rfd1 {The most natural move fails to bxa5} bxa5 22. Nd6
(22. Qxa5 $2 Nb3 $17) 22... Qc6 $11) 21... Nd3 $2 {
Black starts an aggressive operation that is of dubious objective value} 22.
Qd4 N7c5 23. Rfb1 $2 {And here I let him off the hook. After the correct 23.
e5! intending on installing my knight on d6, white has a clear advantage.} (23.
e5 Qc6 24. Nd6 f6 (24... Rfd8 25. c4 $1 {
Controlling the b2 square to threaten Rfd1} (25. f4 Rab8 {
White's position looks nice, but he has no plan.}) (25. Rfd1 Nb2 {
The dual threats of Nxd1 and Nb3 are hard to meet}) 25... Nxe5 (25... Rab8 26.
Rfd1) 26. axb6 axb6 (26... Rxd6 27. Qxc5 $18) 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 (27... Qxa8 28.
Qxe5) 28. Qxe5) 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. axb6 axb6 (26... Qxb6 27. Qxd3) 27. Rxa8+
Qxa8 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxd3 $16) (23. e5 Qc6 24. Nd6 f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. axb6
axb6 (26... Qxb6 27. Qxd3) 27. Rxa8+ Qxa8 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxd3) 23... Rd8 24.
Qc4 a6 25. axb6 $8 {
White sacrifices a piece for active play and a dangerous passed bpawn} (25. Na7
$2 Rxa7 26. axb6 Rad7 $1 $17 (26... Rb7 $4 27. Ra5 $18) (26... Ra8 27. b7 Nxb7
28. Qxc8 Raxc8 29. Rxb7 Rxc3 30. Rxa6 $11)) (25. Nd4 $4 b5 26. Qa2 Na4 {
White is strategically lost}) 25... axb5 26. Qxb5 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Nb7 28. Bd4 e5
(28... Nf4 29. g3 Ng6 30. Ra7 $44) (28... Ndc5 29. Ra7 $44) 29. Qxd3 exd4 30.
cxd4 $11 {Oddly enough, this dynamic sequence has led to an equal position} Rd6
31. Rb1 Rc6 $6 {Not a terrible move, but a step in the wrong direction. Black
was overestimating his position and thought he could play for an advantage.} (
31... Qd8 32. Qa6 Rxd4 33. Qxb7 Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kf2 Qd2+ 36. Kg3 Qg5+
$11) 32. Qe3 Rc3 33. Qf4 h6 34. h4 Rc2 35. d5 Qc5+ 36. Kh2 Qf2 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38.
Qg3 Qd4 39. Qf4 {Black is unable to make progress without trading queens, but
as we will see that is a very risky decision to make.} Kg8 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qf4
f6 (41... Kg8 42. Qb8+ $11) 42. h5 Qe5 $2 43. Qxe5 $16 {
Black must have badly misjudged this endgame} fxe5 44. Kh3 g6 45. Ra1 $1 Rb2
46. Rc1 (46. Ra7 $1 {Was even stronger} Rxb6 47. d6 Kg7 48. hxg6 Kxg6 49. d7
Nd8 50. Ra8 Nf7 51. d8=Q Nxd8 52. Rxd8 $16 {/+- Black will face a very long
struggle to make a draw, and likely an unsuccessful one.}) 46... Rxb6 47. Rc7+
Kg8 48. hxg6 Na5 49. Rc5 Nb3 $4 {
The black knight is going in the wrong direction} (49... Nb7 $8 50. Rc8+ (50.
Rc6 Rxc6 51. dxc6 Nd6 52. Kg4 Kg7 53. Kh5 Ne8 $11) 50... Kg7 51. Rb8 Rb5 52.
Re8 $16 {Leads to a position similar to the game. Black is in trouble, but
still breathing.}) 50. Rc6 Rb7 {Diagram #} (50... Rb8 51. Kh4 Nd4 52. Rc7 Rb1 (
52... Ra8 53. Kh5) 53. Rc8+ Kg7 54. d6) 51. Re6 $4 {White repays the favor-
the ensuing time scramble was riddled with errors, but even after this error
with the white pawns rolling down the board black faced a very difficult
defense.} (51. d6 $1 $18 Rd7 (51... Nd4 52. Rc8+ Kg7 53. Rc7+) 52. Rc8+ Kg7 53.
Rc7 Nc5 54. Rxc5 Rxd6 55. Rxe5 {With an easily won game}) 51... Nd4 52. Rxe5
$16 Kg7 53. Re8 Kxg6 54. f4 Rb3+ 55. Kh4 Rd3 56. d6 Ne2 57. f5+ Kf7 58. Re7+
Kf6 59. Re6+ Kf7 60. Rxh6 Rd4 61. Re6 Nf4 $2 {The final nail in black's coffin}
(61... Nc3 62. d7 Rxd7 (62... Nxe4 63. d8=Q Rxd8 64. Rxe4 $18) 63. g4 {
Black still has some chances to hold on}) 62. Re7+ Kf8 (62... Kf6 63. Kg4 Nxg2
(63... Rxd6 64. e5+) 64. Re6+ Kf7 65. Kg5 $18) 63. Kg5 Nd3 (63... Rxd6 {
Would have prolonged the suffering, but not for long} 64. e5 (64. Ra7 Nxg2 65.
e5 Rb6 66. e6 Ne3 67. Kf6 (67. e7+ Kf7 $11) 67... Ng4+) 64... Ra6 (64... Rd2
65. Ra7 Nd5 66. g4 $18) 65. Rh7 Nxg2 (65... Nd5 66. g4) 66. e6 Ne3 (66... Ke8
67. Kf6 Kd8 68. Rd7+ Ke8 (68... Kc8 69. Kf7) 69. Rg7) 67. e7+ Ke8 68. f6) 64.
e5 Nf4 65. g4 Nd5 66. Ra7 Ne3 67. Kf6 Nxg4+ 68. Ke6 Re4 69. d7 Rxe5+ 70. Kd6 {
Despite a few obvious mistakes from both sides (it was a rapid game after all)
I was very happy with my play and of course thrilled to beat such a powerful
player as GM Onischuk to make it into the Semifinals.} 1-0

[Event "ch-USA KO"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.25"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shulman, Y."]
[Black "Hess, Ro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.04.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.04.25"]

{Another amazingly organized US Championship. And another second place for me :
) Another moment of enjoyment for having a great result and another
dissapointment of loosing the final battle against Gata Kamsky. Although in
2010 event I was much closer to the overall victory. This time with his strong
and steady play Gata was unqestionable champion! But in order to challenge
Gata, I had to beat Robert Hess, who had an amzing tournament so far. We drew
two regular games, in whose I was not able to exploit all the chances I had
and we drew the first full of fun and erros rapid game.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 {
This Robert's move came as a surprise to me - Robert was always known for his
Nimzo-Bogo-Indian opening repertoire. The fact that he already tried KID once
before in the US championship against Sam Shankland in Round one did not make
me believe that he might repeat the same experience again. From another point
Robert probably was not happy with the outcome of his opening play from our
first game of the match and was searching for something more dynamic.Especially
since he really proved that he can play complicated positions well by scoring
+4 in the qualifying stage.} 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 {
The Gligoric line I chose in this game was not something Robert did not expect
since one has to try hard to find the games when I did not play 7.Be3 in
Classical King's Indian. Ray Robson also opted for the King's Indian in Round
6, and the game was not any less exciting although it ended being drawn.} c6 8.
d5 Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Na6 11. O-O c5 {Finally at this moment I was able to
understand Robert's strategy - he easily passed the opening stage, which he
probably had some concerns with and got a complicated position with mutual
chances. Also it is in general usually harder to defend rather than attack in
a rapid game.} 12. Ne1 h5 13. h3 Nh6 14. Nd3 (14. a3 {is another option.})
14... Nf7 15. f4 $5 {Although this move looks unusual for the King's Indian
Defence, but it is not so uncommon. We can refer a reader to Van
Wely-Sasikiran, 2000 and Gelfand-Carlsen, 2010 games for a similar idea in
this line.} (15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 {is another common plan.}) 15... exf4 {
It is practically forced. Now White needs to prove that chronic weakness of
e5-square can be compensated with his active play against e6 and g6 weaknesses.
} 16. Nxf4 Ne5 (16... g5 {is just bad for Black:} 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Ne5 (
18... gxh4 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Bxh5 {is absolutely hopeless because of
difference in minor pieces strength and King Safety}) 19. Nd5 Re8 20. e7 {
with a huge advantage}) 17. Bg3 {White has several ideas in this position -
pawn sacrifice Ne6, possible exchange of e5-Knight by b3 and Nd3 and the idea
which happened in the game.} Qe7 $6 {It was not so easy for Robert to switch
from attacking mood to an accurate profilactic play. This what the postion was
calling for!} (17... Nc7 $1 {
was a necessary. Knight here not only protects e6-square, but also stops Nb5!})
18. Nb5 Rd8 {White was threatening all sorts of sacrifices connected to Nxd6
and Nxg6, next variations might illustrate possible outcomes if Black ignores
them.} (18... Nc7 $2 19. Nxg6 $18) (18... Bd7 19. Nxd6 $1 (19. Nxg6 Nxg6 20.
Bxd6 Qxe4 $13) 19... h4 (19... Qxd6 20. Nxg6 Rfe8 21. Bxh5) 20. Bh2 Qxd6 21.
Nxg6 Rfd8 22. Nxh4 {
with more than enough compensation for the sacrificied Knight}) 19. Be1 {
Now since Black moved his Rook away from the Kingside Bishop can switch to the
Queenside- in particular to the c3-square where it will attack the e5-Knight.
This way Nb5 will aslo be justified since the Knight vacated c3-square for the
Bishop.} f5 $2 (19... Nc7 {
was the best option, although White still has an initiative after} 20. Nxc7
Qxc7 21. Bc3 {and the weakness of g6-square still give White an advantage.})
20. Bc3 ({Of course} 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Nxh5 {winning a pawn looks easier, but
I was carried away with the idea Bc3 and full destruction of Black's Kingside!}
) {Now the biggest problem for Black is that even if he realises that the
whole line which occured in the game is sucpicious for him, he has no real
choice to avoid it.} 20... fxe4 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Nxg6 Qg5 23. Bxh5 Bxh3 24.
Qe2 {This was the position I was looking forward to when I played 20.Bc3.
Black King is fully opened, his active pieces do not have a common goal, but
the worst problem is that his a8-Rook and a6-Knight are far from the main
battlefield!} Bd7 {Some people might call it a desicive mistake, but} (24...
Nb4 25. Ne7+ $1 (25. Qxe4 Re8 (25... Qxh5 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Rf4) 26. Qf3 Bxg2
27. Qxg2 Qxh5 28. Nf4) 25... Kh8 (25... Qxe7 26. Bf7+ Qxf7 {the only move} 27.
Rxf7 Kxf7 28. gxh3 $18) 26. Qxe4 a6 27. Ng6+ $1 {
covering e5-square from possible Be5 checks after Bd4+ Kh2} (27. Nc7 Bd4+)
27... Kg8 28. Nc7 Bd4+ 29. Kh2 {also does not bring Black any relief.}) 25.
Nxd6 {It was important not to afraid of any ghosts of Bd4+ and Qh4#!} Bd4+ 26.
Kh1 Re8 27. g4 $1 {This is the simplest - now the King on h1 is very safe and
cannot ever be checkmated, also Black Queen cannot escape to g3 after possible
Nf7 and would have to be traded. The two-step moves of f and g-pawns decided
this game - it is not such a common thing in the Classical King's Indian when
White does it!} (27. Nf7 Qg3) 27... Nb4 28. Nf7 Qe3 29. Qxe3 Bxe3 30. Rae1 Bd2
({It is amazing, but it seems that the best chance to complicate the game was} 
30... Bf2 $5 31. Rxf2 Nd3 32. Rff1 Nxe1 {and White needs to find convincing}
33. Nfe5 {to remove all the questions about the result fo the game.}) 31. Re2
e3 32. g5 $1 (32. Nh6+ {
was another move order to weave the mating net around Black King.}) 32... Kh7 (
32... Kg7 33. Nh6 Rf8 34. Rxf8 Rxf8 35. Nxf8 Kxf8 $18) 33. Nh6 {
Threatening impressive Rf7#!} Rg8 34. Nxg8 Kxg8 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Rh2 {
Robert congratulated me with the victory in the game and in the match. My
newborn son Gabriel, who turned just one day old during this game brought his
father luck in the ability to deliver an exciting attack in such an important
moment of the tournament! I would like to mention that Robert's excellent
performance was absolutely deserved by his hard work and constant strive for
improvement. I wish him further improvement and achieve his highgoals!} 1-0

[Event "ch-USA KO Women"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.27"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Zatonskih, A."]
[Black "Abrahamyan, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2011.04.26"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.02"]

{At some point during every tournament I reach a point when I feel like I can
list all my weaknesses in chess. I am not sure if it's a point of desperation
or constructive self-criticism, but it's hard to ignore the patterns that
emerge constantly. I think a lot of weaknesses that are common for players
around my strength come up in this game and I hope the reader finds them
useful.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O a6
{This was the 4th time in the tournament I had this position. Before the
tournament, I had a -7 score in this line, so I was expecting to face it quite
a few times.} 8. b3 Rb8 9. Nd5 {Diagram #} e6 ({
In our game in the preliminaries I tried} 9... Bg4 10. Bb2 e6 11. Ne3 Bxf3 12.
Bxf3 e5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. c5 dxe5 16. Qd2 Nxc5 {
and even though I ended up winning, I had some trouble with my pawn structure})
10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bb2 Bg7 (11... e5) 12. Qd2 ({
11...e5 would have been more accurate. Now White can play} 12. Rc1 {stopping b5
}) 12... Ne7 13. Rfe1 b5 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Ba3 ({I found this move to be a
little awkward. White is waiting for the perfect moment to do something in the
center. The immediate} 15. e4 {can be met with} bxc4 16. bxc4 Qd7 {
and the queen wants to jump to a4 creating problems for white on the queenside}
) 15... Be4 16. Red1 Qd7 17. Ne1 Bxg2 {I think I spent about 5 minutes on this
move when it's obvious that it's more or less the "only" move here. One of the
main problems that I was having, which I felt that I had overcome, was the
constant time trouble. For those who are chronically ill with this disease,
wasting time on moves like these can be devastating.} 18. Nxg2 {Another problem
. I'm a very active player and there are no specific lines to calculate, so I
ran out of patience. Black just has to wait with moves like c6, Rfc8, maybe
take on c4 at the right moment, but nothing conrete} f5 19. e3 Bh6 20. Qc2 b4 (
{\/I didn't like b4 right after I played it. Something like} 20... bxc4 21.
Qxc4 Nd5 22. Nf4 Bxf4 23. exf4 Qb5 {
would have justified Bh6 more. Now my position is very solid}) 21. Bb2 a5 22.
d5 e5 23. f4 Bg7 (23... e4 {is another possibility, but then white has a clear
plan with moving the queen and Ne1-c2-d4-e6, whereas my knight does not have
any bright prospects}) 24. e4 $6 {Diagram # After I closed the queenside with
b4, white got a nice play in the center. e4 opens up the d4 square for my
knight. White should have been more patient and mobilized her position with
moves like Ne1 with the idea of putting pressure on the e5 pawn and if i move
my knight, then c5 can be very strong} fxe4 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Qxe4 Nf5 27. Re1
({I think Anna mentioned that she didn't see that she couldn't take on e5. Now
white has to be careful not to overpush with moves like} 27. c5 {because after}
Nd4 {the pawn on d5 can be hard to defend}) (27. Bxe5 Rbe8) 27... Rbe8 28. Rcd1
Nd4 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Qd3 {Again, I spent considerable amount of time in this
position and I can honestly say I calculated nothing. Clearly, the biggest
threat for black is Nf4-e6 and it's very unpleasant. I was planning 30...g5!,
preventing White's idea, relying on forced lines such as, 30...Qg4 31. Re8 Re8
32. Nf4 Re3 33. Qd2 Rf3 and if Ne6 then Be5 looks dangerous for white} Qg4 (
30... g5) 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Re1 {White's main play is around the d4 pawn. If
we trade rooks, then after Nf3, Kg2 and h3, Black is going to lose that pawn} (
32. Nf4 Re3 33. Qd2 Rf3 34. Ne6 Be5) 32... Rf8 33. Rf1 Re8 34. Nf4 Re3 35. Qd1
Qg5 {we were both in time trouble already, so I didn't really consider the
endgame because I thought the d4 pawn would fall for sure. On the other hand,
trading queens is not the easiest decision to make for me} (35... Qxd1 36. Rxd1
Be5 37. Ne6 Re2 38. Rf1 Bd6 39. Rf2 Re1+ 40. Kg2 c6 41. Rd2 cxd5 42. cxd5 Re5 {
and taking the d4 pawn isn't so easy because the pawn on a2 is a considerable
weakness}) 36. Rf3 Qe5 37. Rxe3 dxe3 38. Qe2 Qe4 39. Qd3 Qe5 ({
Here, I should have just repeated with} 39... Qf3 40. Qe2 Qe4 {
as it seems that White has nothing better to do} 41. Ne6 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Qe4+ {
can't escape the perpetual}) 40. Kg2 Bf8 41. Kf3 g5 $1 {
the only move that doesn't lose material.} 42. Ne2 (42. Ne6 g4+ 43. Ke2 (43.
Kxg4 $2 e2) 43... Bh6) (42. Ng2 Qf6+ 43. Kg4 Bc5 44. Nxe3 h5+ 45. Kxh5 Qf3+)
42... Bc5 43. Qe4 Qf6+ 44. Kg4 Kg7 45. h4 gxh4 $2 ({
The battle over the f4 square. Again, I have to force a repetition with} 45...
Qb2 46. Kf3 Qf6+) 46. gxh4 $2 (46. Nf4 $1 {with a tempo (Nh5 is a threat)} Kh6
47. gxh4 {and now Black's king is in trouble. White can even force an exchange
of the queen with Qe6, and after the Knight gets on e6, Black is in real
trouble}) 46... Bd6 {preventing Nf4} 47. Qf5 Be7 (47... h5+ {
doesn't work because of} 48. Qxh5 Qf2 49. Qg5+ Kh8 50. Nd4 e2 51. Qh6+ Kg8 52.
Qe6+ {and the weakness of my King once again shows}) 48. Qxf6+ Kxf6 49. Kf4 {
At the time, this was my worst nightmare. Now the e3 pawn is really weak,
especially when the White king is right next to it.} Bc5 (49... Kg6 50. Kxe3
Bxh4 51. Nd4 Bg3 52. Kf3 Be5 53. Nc6) 50. Ke4 Kg6 51. Nf4+ Kf6 52. Ne2 {
Again, I spent too much time on these basics moves, whereas Anna, thanks to
the 30 second increment, gained a few minutes. This goes back to my initial
comment about not wastingtimeonforcedmoves} Bb6 53. Ng3 Ba7 54. Nh5+ Kg6 55.
Nf4+ Kf6 56. Kf3 {Back to the same position, now with my opponent having few
extra minutes more than me. Even though this looks really bad for black, the
endgame is very tricky. White can't easily win the pawn with Kf3 and Ng2, as
it happened in the game. White has an interesting idea of playing h5-h6 then
Ne6-f8, forcing black's king away from the queenside, which allows white's
knight to jump back to e6 and quickly play c5-d6. So something like this could
happen:} (56. h5 Bb6 57. h6 Ba7 58. Kf3 Bb6 59. Ne6 Kg6 60. c5) 56... Ke5 57.
Ng2 $2 {this is becoming redundant, but another mistake in mutual time trouble.
} Kd4 58. Nxe3 Kc3 59. Ke4 $2 (59. h5 Kb2 60. c5 Bxc5 61. Nc4+ Kxa2 62. Nxa5 {
is more accurate}) 59... Kb2 {Diagram #} (59... Bc5 $5 {stopping white's idea.}
60. h5 (60. Nf1 Kb2 61. Nd2 Kxa2 62. Kd3 h5) 60... Kb2 61. Nf1 Kxa2 62. Nd2 Bf8
63. Kd3 Kb2 64. c5 Bxc5 65. Ne4 Bg1 66. Kc4 Kc2 {
with the idea of playing a4 at the right moment}) 60. c5 {
Creative defense. A more passive defense like} (60. Nf1 {will lose to} h5 61.
Nd2 Kxa2 62. Kd3 Bf2 {and white loses all the pawns}) 60... Bxc5 61. Nc4+ Kxa2
62. Nxa5 Bb6 63. Nc4 Bf2 {Anna probably missed this move or she would have
played 59. h5. I kind of stumbled upon it because I definitely didn't see it
after c5} 64. d6 {Anna finds another creative defense, which is probably
White's last hope. Alas, I fall for it.} cxd6 65. Nxd6 Bxh4 $4 {At this point
I realized that White's idea is to trade the Knight with the b pawn forcing a
draw. I am having a hard time explaining this, since compared to Kb3, Bh4
seems very counterintuitive, since the b pawn is far more advanced and close
to queening} (65... Kxb3 66. Kd3 (66. h5 Kc2 67. Nc4 Kc3 68. Ne5 b3 69. Nd3 Bd4
) 66... Bxh4 67. Nc4 Bg5 68. Na5+ Ka4 69. Nc4 h5 {
and this is just overwhelming for white}) 66. Nf5 Kxb3 67. Nxh4 Ka2 68. Nf3 Kb2
69. Nd4 h5 70. Nc6 {This was the closest I ever came to winning the US Women's
Championship and I knew that this game was going to cost me. I felt that last
year I was playing better, yet didn't finish as well. I'm both excited and
terrified even thinking what games and results next year's tournament will
bring. All jokes aside, congratulations to our very deserving champions Anna
Zatonskih and Gata Kamsky.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA KO Women"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.28"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Abrahamyan, T."]
[Black "Zatonskih, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2326"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.04.26"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. g4 Nfe7 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Nd2 Qc6
15. Nce4 c3 16. Bxc3 $6 $146 (16. Nd6+ Kd8 17. Nxf7+ Ke8 18. Nd6+ Kd8 $11 19.
N2e4 cxb2 20. Qxb2 Ng6) (16. Qxc3 Nd5 17. Qb3 Rc8) 16... Nd5 17. O-O h5 (17...
Rc8 18. Qd3 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Rfc1 (20. Nc5 Be7 (20... b6 21. Nxd7 Kxd7 22.
Rfc1 (22. Bb2 h5 23. Rfc1 Nf4) 22... Nf4 23. d5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5+ Nxd5 25. Ne4 Be7
$15)) 20... f5 21. Nc5 Nf4 22. d5 Qxc5 23. Qf3 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 (24. Qxf4 Rg8 $19)
24... exd5 25. Re1+ Kf7 26. Bxh8 fxg4 $44) (17... Be7) (17... f5 $5 18. exf6
gxf6) 18. g5 Rc8 $6 (18... Nf4) 19. Rac1 $6 (19. Qd3 $1 Nxc3 (19... Be7 20.
Rfc1 O-O) 20. Rfc1 Qb5 (20... Ne2+ 21. Qxe2 Qxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Kg2 Bc6
24. Nb3 Rc3 25. Na5 Bd5 26. Qb5+ Kd8 27. Nxb7+ Kc7 28. Nbd6 $18) 21. Rxc3 Qxd3
22. Rxd3 Be7 23. h4 $14) 19... Nf4 (19... Qa6 $5 20. g6 $5 fxg6 21. Kh1 (21.
Nc5 Bxc5 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. dxc5 Nf4 $19) 21... Nf4 22. f3 b6) 20. Kh1 $2 (20.
Rfe1 Be7 21. Re3 Qa6) 20... Ne2 21. Qd3 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Be7 23. f3 Qd5 24. Rg1 g6
$2 (24... Bc6 25. Qe3 (25. g6 O-O $1 (25... Rf8) 26. Nf6+ (26. gxf7+ Rxf7 27.
Qe3 Kh8 $17) 26... Bxf6 $1 (26... gxf6 $2 27. gxf7+ Kh8 28. Qg6 Qxf3+ 29. Nxf3
Bxf3+ 30. Rg2 Bxg2+ 31. Qxg2 $1 (31. Kg1 Be4 32. Qxe4 (32. Qh6+ Bh7 33. exf6
Rxf7 $19 34. d5 Rxc3 35. fxe7 Rc8 $19) 32... Rxf7 $11) (31. Kxg2 Rg8 32.
fxg8=Q+ Rxg8 33. Qxg8+ Kxg8 $11) 31... Rxf7 32. Qg6 Rg7 33. Qxh5+ Rh7 34. Qf3
$16) 27. exf6 Qf5 28. Qxf5 exf5 29. fxg7 Rfd8 30. gxf7+ Kxf7 $19) 25... Qa2 26.
g6 fxg6 27. Rxg6 Bxe4 28. Nxe4 O-O 29. Qh6 Rf7 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. exf6 Qb1+ 32.
Kg2 Rcc7 $19 33. fxg7 Qxg6+ 34. Qxg6 Rxg7) 25. Qe3 $6 (25. Nd6+ Bxd6 (25... Kf8
26. Nxc8 Bxc8 27. Ne4 Bd7 28. Rc1 $14) 26. exd6 Bc6 27. Ne4 Kd8 (27... Kf8 28.
Qe3) 28. Qe3 Rf8 29. Rc1 b6 30. Kg1 Qf5 $13) 25... Qa2 $5 (25... Ba4 $5 26. Rc1
(26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27. exd6 Bc2 $1 $17) 26... Kf8 27. Nd6 Rc7 28. Qf4 Rh7 29. N2e4
Kg8 $13) 26. d5 $5 (26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27. exd6 Qxa3 28. Qe5 (28. Ne4 Rxc3 29. Nxc3
(29. Qxc3 Qxc3 30. Nxc3 Bc6 31. Kg2 a6 32. Ne4 Kd7 $17) 29... O-O 30. Re1 Rc8
31. Ne4 Qxe3 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Rxe3 Rd8 $13)) 26... Qxd5 27. Nd6+ Kf8 28. Nxc8
Bxc8 29. Ne4 (29. Qxa7 Kg7 30. h4 Rd8 $44) 29... Bd7 (29... b6 30. Nd6 Bb7) 30.
Nd6 Bc6 31. Rf1 Kg7 (31... h4 32. Qf4 Bxd6 33. exd6 Qd3 34. Rc1 Qe2 35. Kg1 h3
36. Qd2 Qxf3 37. d7 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qxh2+ 39. Ke1 Qh1+ 40. Ke2 Qf3+ 41. Ke1 Qh1+
$11) 32. Rf2 Qb3 (32... Qd1+ 33. Kg2 h4 34. Kh3 Qg1) 33. Qf4 (33. Bd4 Qd1+ 34.
Kg2 h4 35. Kh3 b6 $13) 33... Rf8 34. Bd4 $6 b6 $6 (34... Bxg5 $1 35. Qxg5 Bxf3+
(35... Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qxd4 37. b5 f6 (37... Bd5 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Rc2 $44) 38.
exf6+ Rxf6 39. bxc6 Qxd6 40. cxb7 Qb6 $15) 36. Rxf3 (36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37. Rf1 Qxd4+
38. Rf2 Bc6 $19) 36... Qxf3+ 37. Qg2 (37. Kg1 Qd1+ $19) 37... Qxa3 38. Qxb7 Qd3
39. Qe4 Qxe4+ 40. Nxe4 a6 $15) 35. Kg2 $6 Qxa3 36. Rc2 $4 $138 (36. h4 Qb3 (
36... Qxb4 37. Rc2 $44) 37. b5 Bd5 $13) 36... Bxg5 $1 37. Qg3 h4 38. Qg4 Bd5
39. b5 Qd3 40. Rf2 Be7 (40... Bc1) 41. h3 a6 $6 (41... g5) 42. bxa6 Qxa6 43.
Qf4 Qd3 44. Be3 (44. Bxb6 g5 45. Qd4 Qxd4 46. Bxd4 Ra8) 44... g5 45. Qd4 Qxd4
46. Bxd4 Rb8 (46... Kg6) 47. Rb2 Kg6 (47... Bd8) 48. Rxb6 Rxb6 49. Bxb6 f5 50.
Kf2 Bc6 (50... g4 $5 51. hxg4 fxg4 52. fxg4 Kg5 53. Ne8 Kxg4 54. Nf6+ Kf5) 51.
Be3 Bd5 $6 (51... Kh5 52. Nf7 g4 53. fxg4+ fxg4 54. hxg4+ Kxg4 55. Nh6+ Kh5 56.
Kg1) 52. Bd4 Bd8 53. Ne8 Ba5 54. Nf6 Bc6 55. Bb2 (55. Kg2 $1 Bd2 56. Kf2 Bf4
57. Bc3 Bg3+ 58. Kg2) 55... Bd2 56. Bd4 Bf4 57. Bb2 Bg3+ 58. Ke2 $4 (58. Kg2)
58... Bb5+ $1 59. Ke3 Bf1 60. Bd4 Bxh3 61. Ke2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.06.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Alexander Rabinovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.06.07"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. O-O g6
15. Rab1 a5 16. a3 Ng7 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Bf5 19. Rfc1 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne4 21.
b5 Ra3 22. Nd2 f5 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Ncxe4 fxe4 25. Qc2 Rc8 26. Rb7 Ne6 27. Qb2
Ra6 28. Nb3 Raa8 29. Nc5 Rab8 30. Nxe6 Rxb7 31. Qxb7 Qxe6 32. Rc2 Qe8 33. Rc3
Qe6 34. Rc1 Qe8 35. Ra1 Rb8 36. Qc7 Ra8 37. Rxa8 Qxa8 38. Qd7 Qa4 39. Kh2 Qb5
40. Kg3 Qc4 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kg8 43. Qf6 Qb5 44. h4 Qb8+ 45. Kg4 Qc8+ 46.
Kg5 Qd7 47. Kh6 Qc7 48. f4 Qf7 49. Qe5 Qf8+ 50. Kg5 Qd8+ 51. Qf6 Qd7 52. g4 Qf7
53. Qxf7+ Kxf7 54. f5 c5 55. dxc5 d4 56. c6 dxe3 57. fxg6+ hxg6 58. c7 e2 59.
c8=Q e1=Q 60. Qd7+ Kf8 61. Kxg6 1-0

[Event "Chess.com"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MasterEd"]
[Black "Merlock, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2019"]
[BlackElo "1423"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.04.26"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 {Diagram #} 4. a3 (4. Bf4 Qb4+) (4. Qd5 f6 5.
exf6 Nxf6 6. Qb3 d5) (4. Bf4 Qb4+ 5. Bd2 Qxb2 6. Nc3 (6. Bc3 Bb4 7. Qd2 Bxc3 8.
Qxc3 Qc1#) 6... Bb4 (6... Nb4 7. Nd4) (6... Kd8)) 4... Nxe5 5. Nxe5 Qxe5 6. Nc3
Nf6 7. h3 d5 {Diagram #} 8. Be3 c5 9. Bd2 d4 10. Na4 {Diagram #} Bd6 11. g3 (
11. b3) 11... Nh5 (11... Qxg3 12. Nxc5) 12. Rg1 (12. b3 Nxg3 13. Bg2 Nxh1) (12.
Bg2 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Qxg3+ 14. Kf1 Bd7 15. b3 O-O-O) 12... O-O (12... b5) 13. Bg2
f5 14. c3 f4 15. g4 {Diagram #} Nf6 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. b4 d3 18. e3 (18. Bc3)
18... Nd5 19. Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. Nc3 Qe6 21. Nb5 Be5 {Diagram #} 22. Rc1 Bd7 23.
Nc7 Bxc7 24. Rxc7 fxe3 25. Bxe3 {Diagram #} Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Rf8+ 27. Kg2 Qxe3 28.
Rf1 Rxf1 29. Qxf1 Bc6+ {Diagram #} 30. Kh2 Qe5+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Kozhakin 50JT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Becker, R."]
[Black "Jones, C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4R3/6b1/8/3K3k/4n2p/8/1N3nR1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2011.05.23"]

{# #} 1. Re6 Bh5 (1... Nf5+ 2. Ke5 Bf7 {wins} 3. Rf6) (1... Ng3 2. Kxe3 h2 3.
Rc1 Bh5 4. Nc3 h1=Q 5. Rxh1+ Nxh1 6. Kf4) 2. Re4+ ({Thematic try:} 2. Rxe3 $2
Nxe3 3. Kxe3 h2 4. Rh1 Kg3 5. Nd2 Kg2 6. Nf1 Bg4 7. Rxh2+ Kxf1 8. Rf2+ Kg1 {
draw}) 2... Bg4 3. Rxe3 Nxe3 4. Kxe3 h2 5. Rh1 Kg3 6. Nd2 Kg2 (6... Be2 7. Re1
Kg2 8. Rxe2+ Kh3 9. Ne4 {wins}) 7. Nf1 Be6 (7... Kxh1 8. Kf2 Bf5 9. Ng3# {mate}
) 8. Rxh2+ Kxf1 9. Rf2+ Kg1 10. Kf3 {wins.} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis USA Ch."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2438"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2011.05.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 h6 8. c3 Bh7
9. h4 a6 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. h5 c5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. Qa4+
(15. Qb3) (15. O-O) 15... Qd7 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Kd2 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Be3
Be7 {# #} 20. Bd3 (20. a4) (20. b4) 20... Bxd3 21. Kxd3 Rhc8 22. Rh3 Ke8 23.
Bd4 b5 (23... Bc5 24. b3) 24. a3 (24. b4) 24... a5 25. Rg3 Kf8 26. f4 Bc5 27.
Bxc5+ Rxc5 28. Rf1 {# #} (28. Rf3) 28... b4 $1 29. axb4 axb4 30. Kd2 d4 31. Rc1
(31. cxb4 Rc2+ 32. Kd3 Rxb2 33. Ke4 Rxb4 34. Rd3) 31... Rc4 32. Rf3 dxc3+ 33.
bxc3 Rd8+ (33... Ke7) (33... b3) 34. Ke2 (34. Kc2 Rdc8 35. Kb3) 34... Re4+ 35.
Kf1 Rc8 36. g3 Rec4 37. Ke2 bxc3 38. Rc2 f6 39. Re3 Kf7 40. Kf3 R8c5 41. exf6 (
41. Kf2 fxe5 42. fxe5) 41... gxf6 42. Rd3 Ke7 43. Re3 e5 44. fxe5 fxe5 45. g4
Kf6 46. Kg3 Kg5 47. Kh3 Kf4 48. Re1 e4 49. Rf2+ Ke5 50. Rf5+ Kd4 51. Rf4 Kd3
52. Rd1+ Kc2 53. Rff1 e3 54. Rc1+ Kd3 55. Rfd1+ Ke4 56. Kg3 c2 57. Rd8 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis USA Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2011.05.23"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Bd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. c4 a5 16. Bd2 a4 17. Na5 Ra6 18. Rab1 Rfa8 19. Nb7 Kf8 20. Be3
Ne4 21. Rd3 Rb8 22. Bf4 Rba8 23. f3 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 25. Kf1 Ke8 26. Be5 g6
27. Bf6 Rb6 28. Rxb6 Bxb6 29. Ke1 Bc5 30. Kd2 Rb8 31. Kc2 Be7 32. Bc3 f5 33.
Rd1 Bc5 {# #} 34. h3 $1 h5 35. g4 hxg4 $2 (35... fxg4 36. fxg4 Rb7 37. Rf1 Rf7)
36. hxg4 fxg4 37. fxg4 Rd8 $2 (37... Be7) 38. Rb1 (38. Rh1 Bd4) 38... Kd7 $2 (
38... Bd4 39. Rb4) (38... Ke7 39. Rb7+ (39. g5) 39... Rd7 40. Rb8) 39. Rb7+ Kd6
40. Rg7 Rh8 41. Rxg6 Rh2 42. Kd2 Rh3 43. Rg8 Rg3 44. Kc2 {# #} Be3 $4 (44... e5
45. g5 (45. Rg6+ Kd7 46. Bxe5 Re3) 45... Bd4) (44... Rg2 45. g5) 45. Rd8+ Ke7
46. Rd3 $1 Bf4 47. Bb4+ Kf6 48. Rxg3 Bxg3 49. Kb2 $1 Kg5 50. Ka3 Kxg4 51. Kxa4
Bf2 52. c5 Kf4 53. Ka5 Ke3 54. Kb6 Kxe2 55. Kxc6 Kd3 56. Kb5 Kd4 57. a4 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis USA Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Hess, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2011.05.23"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 b5 7. e3 bxc4 8. Bxc4
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nge2 Qh4 11. Qd3 O-O 12. O-O exd5 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. Ng3 Ba5
15. Rfd1 Rab8 16. Qe4 Qf6 17. Qa4 Bxc3 18. Ne4 Qe5 19. Nxc3 Ne7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7
21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Nxe4 d5 23. Nxc5 Rxb2 24. Nd3 Rb5 25. Rac1 Rc8 26. Kf1 Ra5 27.
Rd2 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Nc6 29. Nd3 Ra3 30. Ke2 a5 31. Kd1 d4 32. exd4 Nxd4 33. Kc1
Rc3+ 34. Kb2 Rc4 35. Ne5 Rb4+ 36. Kc3 Nb5+ 37. Kd3 Rd4+ 38. Ke3 Ra4 39. f4 f5
40. Rd5 Nc7 41. Rd2 Ne6 42. g3 g5 43. Nd3 gxf4+ 44. Nxf4 Nxf4 45. gxf4 Kg7 {# #
} 46. Kf3 $2 (46. h3) 46... Kg6 47. Rd5 (47. Ke3) 47... Ra3+ 48. Kg2 a4 49. Ra5
Kh5 50. h3 Rxa2+ 51. Kg3 Ra3+ 52. Kf2 (52. Kg2 Kh4 53. Rxf5) 52... Rxh3 53.
Rxa4 Kg4 {# #} 54. Kg2 $2 (54. Ra6 Kxf4 (54... h5 55. Rg6+ Kxf4 56. Kg2) 55.
Kg2 {Theoretical draw}) 54... Rb3 55. Ra2 (55. Kf2 h5 56. Ra8 h4 57. Rg8+ Kxf4)
55... h5 $1 (55... Kxf4 56. Ra4+ (56. Ra8)) 56. Ra8 Rb2+ 57. Kg1 h4 58. Rg8+
Kxf4 59. Rh8 Kf3 60. Kh1 f4 61. Ra8 Kf2 62. Kh2 f3 0-1

[Event "Vladimir Kozhakin 50JT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Becker, Richard"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2N5/8/P1P5/1r6/2p2N2/k1K5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2011.05.23"]

{# #} 1. Nd3 (1. a5 $2 Rc3 $11) (1. Kxc2 $2 Rb4 2. Nxb4 {stalemate}) (1. Ne4 $2
Rb4 {stalemate} 2. Nxb4) (1. Nd4 $2 Rb1+ 2. Kxc2 Rb4 $11) 1... Rb1+ (1... Rb4
2. Nd4 Rxc4 3. Nb4) 2. Kd2 c1=Q+ 3. Nxc1 Kb2 4. Ne5 Ka3 5. a5 Kb4 6. Kc2 Ra1 7.
Kb2 Rxa5 8. Ncd3+ Ka4 9. Ka2 Rb5 10. Nc6 Rh5 11. Nb2# 1-0

