[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.07.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "White to play and win"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/ppp5/8/PPP5/8/8/8/7K w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram #}  1-0

[Event "Anand-Kramnik World Championship Match"]
[Site "0:02:33-0:03:33"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D49"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Bb7 15.
Bxb5 Bd6 16. Rd1 Rg8 17. g3 Rg4 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxd4 h5 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd7
Kf8 22. Qd3 Rg7 23. Rxg7 Kxg7 24. gxf4 Rd8 25. Qe2 Kh6 26. Kf1 Rg8 27. a4 Bg2+
28. Ke1 Bh3 29. Ra3 Rg1+ 30. Kd2 Qd4+ 31. Kc2 Bg4 32. f3 Bf5+ 33. Bd3 {
Diagram #} Bh3 (33... Bxd3+ 34. Qxd3 (34. Rxd3 Qc4+ 35. Kd2 Qc1#) 34... Rg2+)
34. a5 Rg2 35. a6 Rxe2+ 36. Bxe2 Bf5+ 37. Kb3 Qe3+ 38. Ka2 Qxe2 39. a7 Qc4+ 40.
Ka1 Qf1+ 41. Ka2 Bb1+ 0-1

[Event "World Championship 26th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.05.06"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. e4 e6 6. Be2 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Be3
Ne7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Rad1 O-O 11. d5 e5 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. g3 f5 14. exf5 Nxf5 15.
Bd3 Bc8 16. Kg2 Nf6 17. Ne4 Nh5 18. Bd2 Bd7 19. Kh1 Ne7 20. Nh4 Bh3 21. Rg1 Bd7
22. Be3 Qe8 23. Rde1 Qf7 24. Qc2 Kh8 25. Nd2 Nf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. g4 e4 28.
gxh5 f4 29. Rxg7 Qxg7 30. Rg1 Qe5 31. Nf3 exd3 {Diagram #} 32. Nxe5 (32. Qxd3
Bf5 33. Nxe5 Bxd3 34. Bd4 dxe5 35. Bxe5+ Kh7 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Rxc7+ Kg8 38.
Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rxa7+ Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rg3+ Kh7 42. Rxd3) 32... dxc2 33. Bd4
dxe5 34. Bxe5+ Kh7 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kh8 38. Rg6+ Kh7 39. Rg7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1951.01.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. dxc5 Nf6 8.
Ngf3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nb3 Bxc5 11. Qd3 a6 12. Bxd7 Nbxd7 13. Bg5 Bf8 14. Rad1
Qc7 15. c3 h6 16. Bh4 Re4 17. Bg3 Qb6 18. Nfd2 Ree8 19. Qc2 Rac8 20. Nf3 g6 21.
Rfe1 Bg7 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bf4 Bf8 24. h3 Kh7 25. Nh2 Ne5 26. Be3 Qc7 27. Bd4
Ne4 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Ng4 Qf4 30. Qc1 Qd6 31. Qc2 Nf6 32. Nxf6+ Qxf6 33. Qd3
Rd8 34. Qe3 Bg7 35. g3 h5 36. Kg2 Rd6 37. Nd4 Rd7 38. Nf3 Bh6 39. Qd4 Qxd4 40.
Nxd4 Bg7 41. Nc2 {Diagram #} a5 (41... Rd8 42. Nb4 d4 43. c4 {Diagram #} Re8
44. Nd3 {Diagram #}) 42. a4 (42. Ne3 d4 43. Nc2 d3 44. Nd4) 42... Rd8 43. Kf3
Bf6 44. Nd4 Kg7 45. Nb5 Kf8 46. Nc7 d4 47. c4 Be7 48. Nd5 Bc5 49. Ke2 Re8+ 50.
Kd3 b6 51. g4 Kg7 52. Rh1 h4 53. g5 Re5 54. Rg1 Kf8 55. f3 Kg7 56. f4 Re8 57.
Kd2 Re6 58. Re1 Rxe1 59. Kxe1 Kf8 60. Ke2 Ke8 61. Kd3 Kd7 62. Ke4 Kd6 63. Nf6
Ke6 64. Kd3 Kf5 65. Nd5 Ke6 66. Ke4 d3 67. Kxd3 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championship (Group B)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Larry Christiansen"]
[Black "Robert Lee Hess"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2011.04.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Ne4 8.
Qc2 Qb4+ 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc4 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 d5 13. Rfc1 Ne7 14. e3
Qa6 15. Ng5 Ng6 16. c4 c6 17. h4 h6 18. Nf3 Qxc4 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. Rxc4 Rd8 21.
h5 Ne7 22. Ne1 Rd6 23. Nd3 b6 24. Ne5 Ba6 25. Rc3 Be2 26. Ra3 Nd5 27. e4 Nc7
28. Rc3 Bb5 29. Nf3 Rad8 30. Rbc1 Na6 31. Ra3 Be2 32. Ne5 Rxd4 33. Rxc6 Bb5 34.
Rcc3 Ra4 35. Rab3 Be8 36. a3 Nc5 37. Rb4 Rd4 38. Nc4 f6 39. e5 fxe5 40. Rxa4
Nxa4 41. Rc1 Bxh5 42. Nxe5 Nc5 43. Nc6 Ra4 44. Rc3 Bd1 45. Bh3 g5 46. Ne5 Kg7
47. Re3 Bb3 48. Nd7 Nxd7 49. Rxb3 g4 50. Bf1 Ne5 51. Be2 Kf6 52. Rc3 a6 53. Kg2
b5 54. Bd1 Rc4 55. Re3 Rc1 56. Be2 Re1 57. Re4 h5 58. Kh2 a5 59. Kg2 b4 60.
axb4 axb4 61. Rf4+ Ke7 62. Bf1 Rb1 63. Be2 Kd6 64. Rf8 b3 65. Rb8 Kc5 66. Rb5+
Kd4 67. Bf1 Nf3 68. Rxh5 e5 69. Rh8 Rxf1 70. Rd8+ Ke4 71. Kxf1 b2 72. Rd1 {
Diagram #} b1=Q (72... Nd2+) 73. Kg2 (73. Rxb1 Nd2+) 73... Nh4+ (73... Qxd1)
0-1

[Event "US Championship (Group B)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Benjamin Finegold"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.04.15"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. O-O e6 9. c3 Bd6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. Bg3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Bg4 14. Qd3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qa5 16. Rfe1 O-O 17. Re5 Qd8 18. Rae1 g6 19. g4 Kg7 20. Qe2 Rc8
21. Rd1 Rh8 22. Qf3 h5 23. gxh5 Rxh5 24. Rde1 Qh8 25. Rxh5 Qxh5 26. Qxh5 Nxh5
27. g3 Nf6 28. Bf1 c5 29. dxc5 Rxc5 30. Bg2 b6 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. Kf1 Kf8 33. Ke2
Ke7 34. Rd4 Ne8 35. Ra4 a5 36. Be4 Nd6 37. Bd3 Nb7 38. Rc4 Rxc4 39. Bxc4 Nd6
40. Bd3 e5 41. Ke3 f5 42. f4 Ke6 43. fxe5 Kxe5 44. Kf3 g5 45. Ke3 Ne8 46. b4
Nf6 47. a3 Nd5+ 48. Kd2 f4 49. gxf4+ Nxf4 50. c4 {Diagram #} Nxd3 51. Kxd3 a4
52. Ke3 g4 53. Kf2 Kd4 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Group B)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.04.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
b4 9. Ne5 Qxd4 10. Bxa8 Qxe5 11. Bf3 Ba6 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Nd2 b3 14. Qc1 Qb4 15.
Nb1 Nd5 16. Bd2 Qc5 17. Nc3 Nc6 18. Rd1 Rd8 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. a5 Qb8 21. Be3 Bb5
22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. Nxc5 a6 24. Rd2 Qa7 25. Ne4 Nd4 26. Bg2 Nc2 27. Rb1 c6 28. Qd1
Qc7 29. Nc3 Rf8 30. Be4 Ncb4 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. e4 dxe4 33. Nxe4 Nd3 34. Qh5
Qxa5 35. Rbd1 Qb6 36. Nc3 Bc6 37. Ra1 Bb7 38. Re2 {Diagram #} Qc6 39. f3 (39.
Ne4 f5) 39... g6 40. Qg4 f5 41. Qh3 Qxf3 0-1

[Event "US Championship (Group A)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.04.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bb5 Qa5 11. O-O c4 12. f5 Nb6 13. Qe1 exf5 14. a4 Be6 15.
Bd2 Bb4 16. Rxb4 Qxb4 17. Ne4 Qb2 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Bc3 Qxc2 20. Nxb7 Nxa4 21.
Bb4+ Kg8 22. Bxc6 Rc8 23. Rf2 Qb3 24. Na5 Rxc6 25. Nxc6 h6 26. Ne7+ Kh7 27.
Ng5+ hxg5 28. Rf3 g6 29. Rxb3 cxb3 30. Ba3 Rb8 31. Qg3 g4 {Diagram #} 32. Qh4+
Kg7 33. Qf6+ Kh7 34. Bc1 b2 (34... Rh8 35. Bh6 Kxh6 36. Qxh8+ Kg5 37. g3) 35.
Qh4+ Kg7 36. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Group A)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alexander Stripunsky"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.04.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nf3 c5 6. g3 b6 7. b3 c4 8. bxc4 Ba6
9. Bg2 Bxc4 10. d3 Ba6 11. f5 Nc6 12. O-O Bc5+ 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Bb2 exf5 15. e6
Qe7 16. exf7+ Qxf7 17. Ng5 Rae8 18. Qf3 Nde5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21.
Ne6 {Diagram #} Nb4 22. Nxf8 (22. Bb3 Bb7+) (22. c4 Rxe6 23. Bxe6 Bb7+) 22...
Nxd5 23. Bxe5 (23. Rxf5 Bb7 24. Rxe5 Nc3+ 25. Re4 Nxe4) 23... Bb7 24. h4 Rxe5
0-1

[Event "US Championship (Group A)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2011.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alexander Ivanov"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.04.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. a3
Be7 9. h4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Na5 11. g3 Nb3 12. Rb1 Nxc1 13. Qxc1 Qd8 14. Bd3 Nb6
15. Ne2 Bd7 16. b3 Rc8 17. Qb2 O-O 18. O-O Na8 19. Ra1 Qb6 20. a4 Nc7 21. Qb1
h6 22. g4 Na6 23. g5 Nb4 24. gxh6 gxh6 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. a5 Qd8 27. f5 Rg8 28. f6
Bf8 29. Bh7 Bb5 30. Bxg8 Bd3 31. Qd1 Kxg8 32. Rg1+ Kh8 33. Nf4 Be4 34. Rg3 Rc3
35. Rc1 Nc2 36. Kh2 Ba3 {Diagram #} 37. Ng5 hxg5 38. Rxc3 Bxc1 39. Qxc1 gxf4
40. Qg1 Qf8 (40... Bg6 41. Qg5 Kh7 42. h5) 41. Rc8 Qxc8 42. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "ABC-225-August-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.06.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Limbos vs. Bogart"]
[Black "Stanleyville, 1951"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.06.07"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.07"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 {Diagram #} 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7.
O-O c6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Ng3 Qc7 10. Nh5 Nxh5 11. Qxh5 g6 12. Qh6 f5 13. Rfe1 Nb6
14. Re2 Bd7 15. Be7 Bxe7 16. Rxe7 Rf7 17. Rxf7 Kxf7 18. Qxh7+ Kf6 19. Re1 Qd6
20. g4 Rd8 21. f4 g5 22. h4 {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "ABC-225-August-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.06.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Removing the guard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/1p3p2/p3p3/3p4/1b1PP3/P1N5/1P6/4K3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.06.07"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.07"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-225-August-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.06.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Trapping"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3k2pp/2np4/6B1/8/3K2P1/3P4/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.06.07"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.07"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-225-August-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.06.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k4r/2p5/3q2p1/8/7n/3Q1N2/2P2PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.06.07"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.07"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-225-August-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.06.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Trapping"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2q1r1k1/5pp1/2p4p/3p4/3P2b1/2PQ1P2/3B2PP/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.06.07"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.07"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-225-August-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.06.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Removing the guard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/1bbp1pp1/8/7q/8/4PN2/5PP1/3Q1BK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.06.07"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.07"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-225-August-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.06.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/8/p3p3/6b1/6Pq/5P1P/R3QRK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.06.07"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.07"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "Kazan Candidates Matches"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.25"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2011.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O {Here and on the next two moves Black can play ...e5 but the modern
preference in the Neo-Grunfeld is to delay this natural advance for as long as
possible.} 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a5 $5 {
The latest trend in this line, though hardly fearsome for White. In years past}
(10... e5 {would be chosen, with typical Neo-Grunfeld positions after} 11. d5
Na5 12. e4 c6) 11. Qe2 Bg4 $5 {"A cunning idea to tempt the pawn to h3,"
explained Gelfand. "It seems absurd, but in some lines you win a tempo with ...
Qc8."} (11... Be6 {is the most common move, after which} 12. Nd2 Nb4 13. Rd1 {
leads to well-analysed complications.}) 12. h3 Be6 13. b3 $1 {The first new
move. White seems to be justifying Black's pawn advance but in reality is
restraining many pieces. "My seconds Alexander Huzman and Maxim Rodshtein
managed to dig up ideas that it seemed very unlikely we'd be able to use,"
said Gelfand, "but today one of them came in handy."} a4 14. Rb1 axb3 15. axb3
Qc8 16. Kh2 Ra5 $5 {An hour behind on the clock, Grischuk speculates on a
lightning kingside assault.  "If you play passively then Black will simply run
out of moves," said Gelfand.} 17. Rd1 Rh5 18. Nh4 $1 Bf6 19. f4 $3 {"This idea
didn't even cross my mind," admitted Grischuk. " I [can] have an extra pawn, a
better pawn structure, {and his] white squares are weak but then I realised
[because of the coming pawn avalanche] I was just completely lost!"} Rd8 (19...
Bxh4 20. gxh4 Rxh4 21. Kg3 $1 Rh5 22. d5 {is terrible for Black, because} Bxh3
{can be met by} 23. Bf3 $1) 20. Qf2 {
"Now Black has no play and the rook is stuck," said Gelfand.} Bxh4 $6 {
"In principle I made only made one mistake, 20...Bxh4," said Grischuk the day
after the game. " But even the computer doesn't immediately grasp that it's a
mistake."} ({Black's best chance lay in} 20... Nd5 $1 21. Nxd5 Rdxd5 $1 {
, with a similar exchange sacrifice to the game but under better circumstances,
because} 22. Bb2 Rb5 23. e4 {
, in analogy with the game, allows Black plenty of counterplay after} Rxb3 24.
d5 Bxh4 25. gxh4 Bxh3) 21. gxh4 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Rhxd5 23. Bb2 $1 Rb5 $6 {
The final error.} (23... f5 {was necessary, although after} 24. h5 {White takes
over the attack.  Grischuk was pessimistic about his chances even here -
"After 24. h5 I didn't like my position. White will first attack, then
exchange queens, then bam! - Bxd5, and he's got an endgame an exchange up." 
Gelfand, however, disagreed. "I'm not even sure if White would have been
better or not - it's a very complex position."}) 24. Qe2 $1 {"A very strong
move, after which absolutely everything in my position is disorganised, and my
king is weak, said Grischuk. "On} (24. e4 Bxb3 {
and then ...Na5 and ...Bc4 with completely unclear play."}) 24... Rh5 {
The rook must stay on the fifth rank to prevent 25.d5.} 25. e4 $1 {Again caring
little about material - White's central pawns simply roll to victory.} Bxb3 26.
Rdc1 $1 Na5 {"It is a little embarrassing that I offered a draw [around here],
" said Grischuk. "I thought it was just unclear but apparently the position
was just lost."} 27. d5 b6 28. Be5 $1 c5 (28... Rd7 29. Qb5 $1 {
threatens both the b3 bishop and the b6 pawn.}) 29. dxc6 f6 30. Ba1 Rc5 31.
Rxc5 bxc5 32. Qb5 Qc7 {
Short of time, Grischuk collapses quickly, although after} (32... Ba2 $1 33.
Rb2 Qc7 $1 34. e5 $1 {
White will stay at least a pawn up with a winning position.}) 33. Rxb3 Nxc6 34.
e5 Nd4 35. Qc4+ {"The level of play by White was so high that I'd have had to
play phenomenally not to lose this game," said a clearly impressed Grischuk.
"And it's never easy to play phenomenally."} 1-0

[Event "Kazan Candidates Matches"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.16"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2qr1k1/1b3ppp/ppn5/2n1pP2/P1BpP3/RNP5/1P2QBPP/5R1K b - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2011.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{#  Gelfand thought he had found an original way to pressure the e pawn by
playing} 23... Na5 $5 24. Nxa5 bxa5 {Now Kamsky found himself in trouble after}
25. Qh5 $2 Qc7 26. Bd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Ne4 28. Bg1 $2 (28. Qe2 {was necessary.})
28... Qc4 $1 {after which Gelfand won the d pawn and levelled the match on
move 50. Neither player noticed that 25.Bxf7+! Kxf7 26.Qc4+ would have left
only Kamsky with winning chances and Gelfand woud have been out of the
Candidates series.} 0-1

[Event "Kazan Candidates Matches"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.16"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r1qrk1/1p1n1pbp/2b1p1p1/p1p3B1/1n6/1QNP1NP1/PP2PPBP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2011.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{#  A roughly equal position turned into a catastrophe for Gelfand after} 16.
a3 $2 c4 $1 17. Qxc4 (17. dxc4 Nc5 {
wins the queen, who no longer has the a3 square available.}) 17... Bxf3 18.
Bxf3 Rxc4 19. dxc4 Nc6 {and Black won easily.} 0-1

[Event "Kazan Candidates Matches"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.16"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rb1rk1/1p3ppp/p1qpb3/3Np3/2P1P3/1P3N2/1P2QPPP/2RR2K1 b - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2011.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{#  Here Gelfand played the natural} 18... f5 {and after} 19. exf5 {
played the natural recapture} Bxf5 $2 {after which the game was drawn on move
32.  A little more reflection and Gelfand would have seen} (19... Bxd5 $1 20.
Rxd5 Qxd5 $1 21. cxd5 Rxc1+ 22. Ne1 Ba5 {when White must resign.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazan Candidates Matches"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/p7/1pn1Q3/3NnPpp/4P3/P5PP/b4B2/3q1BK1 b - - 0 45"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2011.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{# Black's position appears to be a total wreck but Kamsky found} 45... Bxd5 $1
46. exd5 {The obvious move but} (46. Qxd5 $1 Qxd5 47. exd5 Ne7 48. Be2 {
would retain reasonable winning chances for White.}) 46... Nd4 $3 47. Qf6+ Kg8
48. Qxg5+ Kf7 49. Qd8 Qc2 $1 {A crazy position and extraordinarily frustrating
for Topalov who has two extra pawns and the first check but no way to control
the Black knights.} 50. Bg2 Qc1+ 51. Kh2 Qc2 $1 52. Bg1 Ndf3+ 53. Kh1 Ne1 $1
54. Bf2 {The only move to save the game, but at this stage of the match a draw
was equivalent to a loss for Topalov in any case.} Qxf2 55. Qc7+ Kf6 56. Qd6+
Kf7 57. Qc7+ Kf6 58. Qd6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2003 Golden Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "John Menke"]
[Black "Bleys Rose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2011.07.06"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.06"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
a6 9. e4 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 Qc7 15.
Rb1 (15. Bxf6) 15... Nd5 16. Bd3 Nxc3 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (17... Kh8 18. Qd3 Nxb1
19. Ne5) 18. Qd3+ Kg8 19. Qxc3 Bb7 20. Bd2 Rab8 21. Qd3 f6 22. Qc4 Kf7 23. Rfe1
Rfe8 24. Rbc1 Rbc8 25. Qb3 Qe7 26. Be3 Rh8 27. h3 a5 28. Nd2 Bb4 29. Red1 Ba6
30. Nc4 a4 (30... Qc7 31. a3 Be7 32. Bd2 Bxc4 33. Qxc4 Bxa3 34. Ra1 Bb4 35.
Bxb4 axb4 36. Qxb4) 31. Qxa4 Bb5 32. Qc2 Ra8 33. Nb6 Ra3 34. Rb1 Rb8 35. d5
exd5 36. Nxd5 cxd5 37. Rxb4 Qxb4 38. Qc7+ Qe7 39. Qxb8 Bc6 (39... Bc4 40. Rb1)
40. Qb2 Ra4 41. Bd4 Rb4 42. Qc3 Rc4 43. Qb2 Rb4 44. Qd2 Rc4 45. Qf4 Qe4 46.
Qxe4 dxe4 47. Be3 Rc2 48. Ra1 Bd5 49. a4 Ra2 50. Rxa2 Bxa2 51. h4 Kg6 52. Kf1
Kf5 53. Bd4 Bc4+ 54. Ke1 Bd5 55. a5 e3 (55... g5 56. h5 g4 57. h6 Kg6 58. Be3)
56. f3 Bb7 57. Bxe3 Kg6 58. Ke2 Ba6+ 59. Kd2 Kh5 60. g3 Bb7 61. Ke2 Ba6+ 62.
Kf2 Bb5 63. Bc5 Ba6 64. Bf8 Kg6 65. g4 Kf7 66. Ba3 g6 67. f4 Bc8 68. Kf3 Bb7+
69. Ke3 Bc8 70. f5 gxf5 71. gxf5 Kg7 72. Kf4 Ba6 73. Bb2 Kf7 74. h5 1-0

[Event "2003 Golden Knights finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.07.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robert Hampton"]
[Black "Laurence Bonsack"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.06"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 g5 5. g3 g4 6. Nh4 Ne7 7. d4 Ng6 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. c3 Qe7 11. Bg2 Bf5 12. Qe3 (12. e4 O-O-O 13. O-O Ne5
14. Qe3 Bd7 15. Nd2 Bb5 16. Re1) 12... Qxe3 13. Bxe3 Rxh2 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15.
Rxh2 Bxg3+ 16. Rf2 O-O-O 17. Nd2 Rh8 18. Nf1 Rh1 19. O-O-O Bxf2 20. Bxf2 Be6
21. b3 f5 22. Be3 Rh3 23. Kd2 g3 24. Bf4 g2 25. Ne3 g5 26. Nxg2 (26. Bxg5 Rg3
27. Rg1 Rxg5 28. Rxg2) 26... Bd5 27. Bxg5 Bxg2 28. Rg1 Bd5 29. Bf4 Rh4 30. Be5
Rg4 31. Rxg4 fxg4 32. Kd3 Bg2 33. e4 c5 34. dxc5 c6 35. Bg3 Kd7 36. Ke3 Bf3 37.
Kf4 Ke6 38. b4 Be2 39. Ke3 Bc4 40. a3 a6 41. Kf4 Bd3 42. Bh2 Be2 43. Ke3 Bc4
44. Kd4 Be2 45. c4 Bf1 46. a4 Be2 47. Kc3 Bf1 48. b5 cxb5 49. cxb5 axb5 50. a5
Kd7 51. e5 Kc6 52. Kb4 Bc4 53. a6 Be6 54. a7 Kb7 55. c6+ Kxa7 56. Kxb5 Kb8 57.
Kb6 Kc8 58. Bg3 Kb8 59. c7+ Kc8 60. Kc6 Bd7+ 61. Kd6 Be8 62. Ke7 Bh5 63. e6 Bg6
64. Kf6 Bh5 65. Kg5 Be8 66. Kxg4 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "2003 Golden Knights finals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steven Jacobs"]
[Black "Thomas Connelly"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.06"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d3 d5 3. c3 Nc6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. e4 (7. Bg5)
7... dxe4 8. dxe4 Bg4 9. Qc2 Qd7 10. Bg5 Rad8 11. Nbd2 Qd3 12. Qxd3 Rxd3 13.
Ne1 Rd7 14. f3 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 Be6 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nc2 a5 19. Rfd1
Rfd8 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Re1 a4 22. Nc1 Bf2 23. Rf1 Rd2 24. Na3 Rxb2 25. Nd3 Rxa2
26. Nb1 Bb6 *

[Event "2004 Golden Knights final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.07.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chuck Cullum"]
[Black "David Miller"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. Ng5 (9. O-O) 9... Bb7 10. O-O Qc7 (10... h6 11. Nge4 Be7 12. a3 a5 13.
b3) 11. f4 b4 12. Nce4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. b3 (14. Bd2) 14... O-O 15. Bb2 c5
16. Rc1 Rac8 17. Ng5 g6 18. Qg4 (18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qh5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Nxd3 21.
Qf6 Nxb2 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Qxb2) 18... f5 19. Qh4 Rf7 (19... Bxg5 20. Qxg5 Qd8
21. Bc4 Bd5 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. Bb5 Bb7 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. dxc5) 20. Bc4 Bd5 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Rc2 Qa5 24. Rfc1 Rc7 25. Be5 Rd7 26. Qh3 Bf8 (26...
Bxg5 27. Rxc5) 27. Bd4 Ne4 28. Nxf7 Rxf7 29. Rc6 Nc3 30. Rxg6+ Bg7 31. Rxg7+
Rxg7 32. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "2004 Golden Knights final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.07.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bleys Rose"]
[Black "Wesley Gales"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 (11. cxd5) 11... Rc8 (11... c5) (11... Re8)
12. c5 bxc5 13. dxc5 Bc6 (13... c6 14. Bg3) 14. Ba6 Rb8 15. b4 e5 16. Nf2 Qe7
17. O-O g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Rab1 (19. Nh1 f5 20. Qc2 Qe6 21. Rad1) 19... f5 20.
b5 Nxg3 (20... f4 21. bxc6 fxg3 22. cxd7 gxf2+) 21. hxg3 Qxc5 (21... Ba8 22.
Rbc1 e4 23. c6 Ne5 24. Rfd1 Rbd8 25. Qc5) 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Rfc1 Bb7 24. Rxc5
Bxa6 25. Rb4 (25. Rxd5 c6 26. Rxe5 Bxb5) (25. Rxc7) (25. a4 Bb7 26. Rxc7 Rf7
27. Rbc1 e4) 25... Bb7 26. Ra4 a6 (26... Rf7 27. Rxa7 Kg7 28. a4 Kf6 29. a5 d4
30. exd4 exd4 31. a6 Ba8 32. g4 fxg4 33. Nxg4+ Ke6 34. b6) 27. bxa6 Ra8 28. Nd3
(28. a7 Rf7 29. Nd3 e4 30. Nb4 c6 31. Kf2) 28... Bxa6 29. Nxe5 Bc4 30. Rb4 Rfe8
(30... Rxa3 31. Rxc7) 31. Nxc4 dxc4 32. a4 Rxe3 33. Rbxc4 Ra7 34. Rxf5 Ra3 35.
Rc6 R3xa4 36. Rxh6 g4 37. Rg6+ Kh7 38. Rfg5 c5 (38... gxf3 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40.
gxf3 Ra2 41. Rg8+ Kh7 42. R5g7+ Kh6 43. g4 R2a5 44. g5+) 39. Rxg4 Rxg4 40. Rxg4
Rc7 41. Rc4 Kg6 42. Kf2 Kg5 43. g4 1-0

[Event "2004 Golden Knights final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.07.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Don Schultheis"]
[Black "James Tracz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.06"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4
Bg6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. h5 Be4 12. Rh3 Bd5 13. Bd3 O-O-O 14. Kf1 Bd6
15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qf3 Nf8 18. Re1 Kb8 (18... Ne6) 19. Bg5 Rc8 20.
h6 g6 21. c4 Ne6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. c5 Bxc5 24. dxc5 e5 25. Qf6 Rhf8 26. Qd6
Rce8 27. Be2 Kc8 28. Ra3 a6 29. Qxc7+ Kxc7 30. Kg2 Rf7 31. Rb3 Kc8 32. Kg3 Ref8
33. f3 Re8 34. Bd2 Rd7 35. g5 Rf7 36. Bf1 Ref8 37. a3 Re8 38. Re3 Kb8 39. Bc3
Rfe7 40. Re1 Kc7 41. b4 Re6 42. Bd3 R6e7 43. Kg4 b5 44. cxb6+ Kxb6 45. Re2 Re6
46. Be1 Kb7 47. Bf2 Rf8 48. Bc5 Rd8 49. a4 Ree8 50. Re1 Re6 51. f4 e4 52. Be2
Ree8 53. f5 gxf5+ 54. Kxf5 d4 55. Kf4 d3 56. Bh5 d2 57. Rd1 e3 58. Bxe3 Re7 59.
Bxd2 1-0

[Event "Chessgames Challenge"]
[Site "chessgames.com"]
[Date "2007.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "The World"]
[Black "Gert Jan Timmerman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
Na6 9. Rd1 Kh8 10. Qa3 Nc7 11. d5 Bd7 12. Rb1 a5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. c5 Ne4 15.
cxd6 exd6 16. Bf4 d5 17. Be5 Re8 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Rbc1 Qe7 20. Qxe7+ Rxe7 21.
Na4 Nb5 22. Nb6 Ra6 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Ne5 Rd6 25. f3 Nf6 26. a4 Nc7 27. Bf1 Re6
28. f4 Ne4 29. e3 Rb6 30. Bd3 Na6 {Diagram #} 31. b4 Nxb4 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Nd7
Rb7 34. Nc5 Ree7 35. Nxb7 Rxb7 36. g4 Rc7 37. Rc5 Ra7 38. h4 Ra6 39. Rcc1 Kf6
40. Rf1 Nd3 41. Rb1 h5 42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Rb8 c5 44. Rfb1 d4 45. Kf1 dxe3 46.
Rf8+ Ke7 47. Rbb8 Rg6 48. Rbe8+ Kd6 49. Rxe4 Kd5 50. f5 Rg3 51. Rfe8 c4 52. f6
Rf3+ 53. Ke2 Rxf6 54. Kxe3 Rc6 55. Rd4+ Kc5 56. Rb8 Re6+ 57. Re4 Rxe4+ 58. Kxe4
Nf2+ 59. Kf3 Ng4 60. Rb5+ Kd4 61. Rxh5 c3 62. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Chessgames Challenge"]
[Site "chessgames.com"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "M Umansky"]
[Black "The World"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.02.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. a4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 a5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Na2 Bd6 12. Qxc4 e5 13. Qc2 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15.
Nc3 Rd8 16. Rb1 Bc7 17. h3 Be5 18. Be3 Na6 19. Qc1 h5 20. Ra1 Nb4 21. Nf3 Rxd1+
22. Nxd1 Bc7 23. Bd4 Nfd5 24. Ra3 Bf5 25. Ne3 Be4 26. Bc5 Qe8 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28.
Ng5 Bxg2 29. Qc2 Be4 30. Nxe4 Qe5 31. h4 f6 32. Rf3 Re8 33. Ng5 fxg5 34. Qg6
Nf4 35. gxf4 gxf4 36. Rxf4 {Diagram #} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessgames Challenge"]
[Site "chessgames.com"]
[Date "2010.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "The World"]
[Black "Natalia Pogonina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2010.08.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
b6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 {Diagram #} 10. Bf4 Ba6 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Nh5 13. Be3 Nhf6
14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. b4 Bb7 17. Qb3 Ba8 18. c5 a5 19. a3 Rb8 20. Qc2
Bb7 21. e4 Qc7 22. Nf1 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Rfd8 24. Ne3 Ba6 25. Ng4 Bb5 26. Qc2 axb4
27. axb4 Be7 28. Ra1 h5 29. Ne3 Bf6 30. Ra3 bxc5 31. bxc5 Ra8 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33.
Bf1 Bxf1 34. Kxf1 e5 35. dxe5 Nxe5 36. Qe4 Nd7 37. Qf5 Ra7 38. Qxh5 g6 39. Qg4
Nxc5 40. h4 Ra4 41. Nc4 Qb7 42. Kg2 Qb3 43. Qc8+ Kg7 44. Nd6 {Diagram #} Qxd1
45. Ne8+ Kf8 46. Nxf6+ Kg7 47. Ne8+ Kf8 48. Nf6+ Kg7 49. Ne8+ Kf8 50. Nc7+ Kg7
51. h5 Ra1 52. h6+ Kf6 53. Qh8+ Ke7 54. Qe8+ Kd6 55. Qd8+ Nd7 56. Ne8+ Kc5 57.
Qe7+ Kb6 58. g4 Ra4 59. Qd8+ Ka6 60. Nf6 Rf4 61. Ne5 Rxf2+ 62. Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessgames Challenge"]
[Site "chessgames.com"]
[Date "2006.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "The World"]
[Black "Arno Nickel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. a4 Ne5 11. a5 Nf6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. f4 Nxd3 15.
cxd3 Bc6 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 Qd7 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Bb6 Ng4 20. Nd4 Bf8 21. Qf4
Ne5 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. d4 Nd3 24. Qd2 Nb4 25. Rf3 Nd5 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Raf1
Rac8 28. h3 Bg7 29. Kh2 Qb5 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Qg5 Re4 32. Bd8 Re6 33. Bf6 Rf8
34. Bxg7 Rxf3 35. Rxf3 Kxg7 {Diagram #} 36. b4 (36. Qd8) 36... h5 (36... Qxb4
37. Qd8) 37. Qd8 Qe8 38. Qb6 Qc8 39. b5 axb5 40. a6 Re1 41. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "Chessgames Challenge"]
[Site "chessgames.com"]
[Date "2007.02.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yury Shulman"]
[Black "The World"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Bb2 Bd6 15.
a3 Qe7 16. Rc2 Nf6 17. Qc1 f4 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nc5 21. cxd5
cxd5 22. b4 Nb3 23. Qd1 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Bc4 25. Rd1 Qf7 26. gxf4 Qxf4 27. e4 Qf7
28. exd5 exd5 29. a4 Qe6 30. Re1 d4 31. Re4 Rc8 32. Qd1 Qf5 33. a5 Be6 34. axb6
axb6 35. h3 {Diagram #} h6 36. Qf3 Qg6 37. Qd1 Kh8 38. Kh2 Rf8 39. f4 Qf5 40.
Kg1 Rd8 41. Re3 Qxf4 42. Rf3 Qxe5 43. Rxb3 Bxb3 44. Qxb3 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qd2 46.
b5 d3 0-1

[Event "Chessgames Challenge"]
[Site "chessgames.com"]
[Date "2008.08.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arno Nickel"]
[Black "The World"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.08.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 {Diagram #} h5 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 b5
14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Nd4 Nd7 16. h3 Bb7 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Kf8 19. c3 h4 20. Rhe1
Rh6 21. Bc2 Qb6 22. Re2 Nf6 23. Bb3 {Diagram #} Qc5 24. Qe3 (24. Qxc5 dxc5)
24... Re8 25. Red2 Rh5 26. Bc2 g6 27. Qe1 Qc7 28. Ne2 d5 29. exd5 Nxd5 30. Be4
Kg7 31. Qf2 Qe7 32. Nd4 Nf6 33. Bxb7 Qxb7 34. Nc2 Qc7 35. Ne3 Qg3 36. Qg1 Rg5
37. a3 a5 38. Qf1 Re5 39. Rd3 Qf4 40. Re1 Nd5 41. Nxd5 exd5 42. Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "28 World Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ham, Stephen"]
[Black "Weber, Jean-Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator ",Microsoft"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 e6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. e5 Rae8
15. Bb5 Bc6 16. a4 {Ham keeps the tension, improving on Bennborn-Weber, 28th
World Championship 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 f6 drawn in 37.} Bxb5 $6
{This exchange transforming White's potentially weak a-Pawn into one that
dominates Black's a and b Pawns has to be suspect. Two other choices here have
been 16...a6 17. Bxa6 Bxa4 leadintg to typically quick draws
Wojtaszek-Cheparinov, Budva 2009 and the more ambitious 16...Qb7 as in
Saute-Kermer, Veterans World Cup 2008.} 17. axb5 f6 18. Bf4 cxd4 19. cxd4 fxe5
20. Bxe5 {After 20. dxe5, it is White's Bishop that is bad.with increased
drawing chances to Black.} Nxe5 21. dxe5 {This is the position White was
aiming for after 16,,,Bxb5. Black's queenside play is minimal and White's e5
Pawn is strong and cramps Black's kingside. Black also has to worry about the
possibility of White's doubling Rookson the a-file so the Rooks will soon come
off.} Rd8 22. Rbc1 Qe7 23. Qe2 Rd5 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. h4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+
27. Qxd1 h6 {If Black seeks activity, a long-winded possibility is 27... Qc5
28. Qd8+ Bf8 29. Qe8 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qf4+ 31. Kh3 Qf5+ 32. Kg3 h5 33. Qc6 Qg4+ 34.
Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kg1 Qf5 36. Ng5 Qxe5 37. Qd7 Qg7 38. Qxe6+ Kh8 39. Qe8 Kg8 40.
Kh2 Qf6 41. Kg3 Qc3+ 42. f3 Qc7+ 43. Kh3 Qg7 44. Ne6 Qf7 45. Qxf8+ Qxf8 46.
Nxf8 Kxf8 47. Kg3 Ke7 48. Kf4 Kf6 49. g4 and White wins the ending.} 28. Qd3
Qf7 29. Qd8+ Kh7 30. Qd1 Qf5 31. Qe2 g5 {After this, Black is probably lost.
The strategical consideration was summed up by Botvinnik: one weakness you can
defend, two no. Now g5 and e6 (and maybe even a7) become targets. In the
maneuvering against these squares, the computer is espcially strong.} 32. hxg5
hxg5 33. g3 Bh8 {Black sees a ghost and abandons his plan of ...g4 and ...
Bxe5. White would still have good chances against this line, but at least the
Bishop would gain some scope.} 34. Kg2 Kg6 35. Qc4 Bxe5 36. g4 Qf4 37. Qxe6+
Bf6 38. Nh2 Qe5 39. Qg8+ Kh6 40. Qc4 Qc5 41. Qf7 Qd4 42. Qe6 Qe5 43. Qf5 Bh8 {
It's a fundamental endgame win after 43...Qxf5 44. gxf5 g4 45. Nxg4+ Kg5 46.
Nxf6 Kxf6 47. Kg3 Kxf5 48.Kf3} 44. Qf8+ Bg7 45. Qf7 Kh7 46. Qd7 Kg8 47. Qd3 Kf7
48. Nf1 Bf8 49. Qd7+ Kg6 50. Ng3 Bc5 {Diagram # Black has defended well to
place his pieces on active squares, but the White King is safe and the Black
King exposed.} 51. Qd3+ Kg7 52. Qb3 Kf6 53. Qf3+ Kg6 54. Qc6+ Kf7 55. Qb7+ Kg6
56. Qf3 Be7 57. Nf5 Bc5 58. Qc6+ Kf7 59. Qd7+ Kg6 60. Ng3 Bd4 61. Qc6+ Kf7 62.
Qe4 Bb2 63. Qf3+ Ke6 64. Qc6+ Kf7 65. Nf5 Ba3 66. Qd7+ Kg6 67. Qd3 Bb2 68. Qc2
Kf6 69. Qd2 Ke6 {Black has to abandon the g-Pawn. After 69...Kg6 (69...Qe4+ 70.
f3 Qe5 71. Qd8+ is no better) the b-Pawn shines after 70. Qd3 Bc1 71. Ng3+ Kh6
72. Qc4 Bf4 73. Nf5+ Kg6 74. Qg8+ Kf6 75. Qg7+ Ke6 76. Qg6+ Kd5 77. Qc6 mate
while both 76...Qf6 and 76...Kd7 lead to the exchange of Queens and a lost
endgame.} 70. Qxg5 Qe4+ 71. Kh2 Be5+ 72. Ng3 Qf3 73. Kg1 Kd5 {Black can't draw
after 73...Bxg3 74. Qf5+ Qxf5 75. gxf5+ Kxf5 76. fxg3 Kg4 77. Kg2 and White
will march the g-Pawn up the board, stalemate the Black Kintg which will force
the a-Pawn to move and then the b-Pawn graduates with bxa6, a7 and a8(Q) mate.}
74. Kf1 Qd1+ 75. Kg2 Qd3 76. Qh5 Kd6 77. Qe8 Qd5+ 78. f3 Kc5 79. Ne4+ Kd4 80.
g5 Ke3 81. Kh3 Kxf3 82. Nf6 Qd3 {After 82. ...Bxf6 83. Qc6! is the end.} 83.
Kh4 Bd4 84. Qe6 Kf2 85. Qe4 Qg3+ 86. Kh5 {
An outstanding game by America's newest ICGM.} 1-0

[Event "50 Israeli Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stephen Ham"]
[Black "C. Cruzado Duenas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.07.08"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 (9. b4) 9... Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 (13. a4)
13... Rf6 (13... Ng6) 14. Nd3 b6 15. b4 Rh6 16. c5 Qe8 17. Be1 Nxc5 18. bxc5
Qh5 19. h4 bxc5 20. Qa4 gxh4 21. Kh2 Bf6 22. Rg1 Rg6 23. Qe8+ Kg7 24. Bf1 Rb8
25. Ne2 Ng8 26. Nf2 Be7 27. Rc3 Kh8 28. Kh1 h3 29. g4 fxg3 30. Nxg3 Qg5 31. Ne2
Qh5 32. Rxg6 hxg6 33. Ng3 Qh4 34. Kh2 Rb1 35. Nd3 Ba6 36. Nf5 Qh7 37. Nxe5 gxf5
38. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "1st Metropolitan FIDE Invitational"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2010.11.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2010.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.14"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. N2f3 a6 8.
c4 Qe4+ 9. Be2 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 e5 12. Nc2 Bf5 13. Ne3 O-O 14. Qc3
Ng4 15. Ng5 Qc6 16. Nxf5 Qf6 17. Bxg4 Qxg5 18. Bh3 1-0

[Event "1st Metropolitan FIDE Invitational"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2010.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Black "Kretchetov, Alexandre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[Annotator "Jack"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2010.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Qd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8.
d4 Nd7 9. c3 g6 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Qe3
Kb8 15. f4 Qb5 16. a4 Qd3 17. Qxd3 Rxd3 18. f5 Bc8 19. f6 Bf8 20. Nf3 Be6 21.
Kh1 h6 22. Ne5 Rd8 23. Be3 Bd6 24. Nf3 Bc4 25. Rfe1 c5 26. e5 Bf8 27. Rad1 Rxd1
28. Rxd1 Kc8 29. a5 Bb3 30. Rd2 h5 31. h4 Bh6 32. Bxh6 Rxh6 33. Ng5 Rh8 34. Ne4
b6 35. axb6 cxb6 36. Nd6+ Kc7 37. c4 Rf8 38. Kh2 Ba4 39. Kg3 Bd7 40. b3 Be6 41.
Ra2 a5 42. Nb5+ Kc8 43. Rd2 Rd8 44. Rd6 Rxd6 45. Nxd6+ Kd7 46. Kf4 b5 47. Nxb5
a4 48. bxa4 Bxc4 49. Ke4 Kc6 50. Nd6 Bd5+ 51. Kd3 Kb6 52. Nc4+ Kc6 53. g3 Be6
54. Ne3 Kb6 55. Nc4+ Kc6 {
Delete previous moves and place diagram after 55. ... Kc6.} 56. Kc3 Kb7 57.
Nd6+ Kc6 58. a5 Bd5 59. Ne8 Kd7 60. Ng7 Kd8 61. a6 Kd7 62. a7 Kd8 63. e6 fxe6
64. Nxe6+ Kd7 65. f7 1-0

[Event "1st Metropolitan FIDE Invitational"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2010.11.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Black "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Jack"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2010.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.14"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Qd2 Rad8 14. Bh6
Bd5 15. Ne5 f6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng4 Bf7 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Be4 Nf4 20. Bf3 h5
21. Ne3 e5 22. Qc3 exd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 c5 25. Qa4 b5 26. Qa6 Rd8 27.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 b4 29. Bf3 c4 30. b3 cxb3 31. axb3 Qc5 32. Qb7 a5 33. Kh2
Qe5 34. g3 Ne6 35. h4 Qc7 36. Qxc7 Nxc7 37. Be2 Ne6 38. Bc4 Nd4 39. Bxf7 Kxf7 {
Diagram # Delete previous moves and place diagram before 40. Kg2.} 40. Kg2 g5
41. f3 Ke7 42. Kf2 Ke6 43. Kg2 gxh4 44. gxh4 Nf5 45. Nc4 Nxh4+ 46. Kf2 Nf5 47.
Nxa5 Nd4 48. Kg3 Kf5 49. Nc4 Nxc2 50. Nb2 h4+ 51. Kxh4 Kf4 52. Kh5 f5 53. Kg6
Ne1 54. Kf6 Nxf3 55. Nd3+ Ke4 56. Nxb4 Nd4 57. Kg5 f4 58. Nd3 Ne6+ 0-1

[Event "Jimmy Quon Memorial"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Amanov, Zhanibek"]
[Black "Paragua, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bc4 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Re1 Ngf6 10. c3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nd5 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Bb3 a5 14. a3 a4 15.
Ba2 Nf4 16. Qe3 Nd5 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. c4 Nf4 19. Qe3 Nh5 20. Ne4 c5 21. Nc3 cxd4
22. Nxd4 Bc5 23. Qe1 Nhf6 24. Ndb5 Qb8 25. h3 Bh5 26. Rd2 Ne5 27. Ne4 Nxe4 28.
Qxe4 Nf3+ 29. gxf3 Qg3+ 30. Kf1 Qxh3+ 31. Ke2 Qg2 32. Qh4 Bxf3+ 33. Kd3 Rad8+
34. Kc3 Rxd2 35. Bxd2 Bxf2 36. Qg5 Bg4 37. Bb1 Qh3+ 38. Bd3 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Jimmy Quon Memorial"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.01.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adamson, Robby"]
[Black "Steinfl, Alessandro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[Annotator "Jack"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.14"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd2 c6 7. Bc4 e6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Nh4 Bg6 14.
g3 Kb8 15. Ng2 e5 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Rhe1 f6 18. f4 Bd6 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Be3
Rhe8 21. Qf2 c5 22. Bc4 b5 23. Bd3 Qa5 24. Bxg6 Qxa2 25. Bxe8 Bxb2+ 26. Kd2
Ne5+ 27. Ke2 Qc4+ 28. Rd3 Rxd3 29. Kf1 Rxe3+ 30. Re2 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Jimmy Quon Memorial"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Steinfl, Alessandro"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "Jack"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bd3 e5 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. d5 Qe7 10. O-O Nc5 11. Bc2 a5 12. Qe1 Nh5 13. Be3 b6 14. Rd1 Bg4 15.
Nb5 f5 16. exf5 e4 {Diagram # Possible diagram after 16. ... e4.} 17. d6 cxd6
18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Rae8 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Nd6 Re7 23. fxg6
hxg6 {Diagram # Possible diagram after 23. ... hxg6.} 24. Nf7+ Rexf7 25. Bxf7
Nf4 26. Bd5 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Bd4+ 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. g3 Ne2+ 30. Kg2 Rd8 31. Rxb6
Bf5 32. Rd1 d3 33. Rd2 Nc3 34. Bf3 a4 35. g4 Be4 36. c5 Rd4 37. c6 Bd5 38. c7
1-0

[Event "3rd Metropolitan Invitational"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.02.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Stopa, Jacek"]
[Black "Troff, Kayden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.14"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Bd3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bd2 Qc5 14. Nd5 d6
15. b4 Qc8 16. f4 Qd7 17. f5 gxf5 18. Rxf5 Nd4 19. Rf2 b5 20. Bc3 Be5 21. Bf1
Bxd5 22. cxd5 Rc8 23. Bxd4 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Bxd4 25. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "3rd Metropolitan Invitational"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wang, Philip Xiao"]
[Black "Taylor, Timothy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Jack"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.14"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Bxd2 8.
Bxd2 O-O 9. b4 d6 10. Qb3 Ne4 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. f3 Bb7
15. c5 Bd5 16. Qc2 dxc5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. bxc5 c6 19. Bf2 e5 20. e4 fxe4 21.
fxe4 Be6 22. Rad1 Rf6 23. Rd6 Raf8 24. Be3 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Qf7 26. Be2 Kh8 27.
Rxc6 Nf6 28. Rd6 Ng4 29. Qd2 Nf2 {Diagram # Place diagram before 30. Rxe6.} 30.
Rxe6 Nh3+ 31. Kg2 Qxe6 32. Qd6 Qc8 33. Bg4 Qa8 34. Kxh3 Rd8 35. Qxe5 Re8 36.
Qf5 Rxe4 37. Bf3 1-0

[Event "3rd Metropolitan Invitational"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Troff, Kayden"]
[Black "Banawa, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2011.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 8. e3
O-O 9. Qe2 b5 10. a4 a6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rd1 Na5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15.
Qf3 Rb6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Rd6 19. e4 f6 20. Ng4 Rxd5 21. exd5
Nb3 22. Rb1 Bd2 23. Ne3 Bxc1 24. Nf5 Qd7 25. Qg4 Kh8 0-1

[Event "4th Metropolitan Invitational"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.04.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yankovsky, Roman"]
[Black "Banawa, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Jack"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2011.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d3 a6 10. Qa3 Nb6 11. Qb3 Bf5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Be3 Nfd7
15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc5 17. Qd1 h5 18. h3 Ncd7 19. Bb3 Qb4 20. Ne2 Nc5 21.
Bc3 Qh4 22. Nd4 Nxd3 23. Rf1 Be4 24. Bc2 Qg5 25. Nf3 Qxd5 26. Qd2 Bxf3 27. Bxd3
Rxc3 28. Qxc3 Bxg2 29. Rfe1 Rc8 30. Qe5 Bxh3 31. Qg3 Bf5 32. Bf1 e6 33. Red1
Qe4 34. Bg2 Qb4 35. b3 h4 36. Qe5 Qg4 37. Rd4 Qg5 38. Kh2 h3 39. Bxb7 Rc2 40.
Qg3 Qxg3+ 41. Kxg3 a5 42. Be4 Rc3+ 43. f3 Nd5 44. Bxd5 exd5 45. Rxd5 Be4 46.
Rd8+ Kg7 47. Rf1 {Diagram # place diagram after 47. Rf1.} f5 48. Rd7+ $6 Kh6
49. Ra7 g5 $11 50. Kxh3 Bxf3 51. Kh2 g4 52. Rxa5 Kg5 53. Rf2 Be4 $1 $19 54. Re2
g3+ 55. Kh3 g2+ 56. Kh2 Rh3+ $1 0-1

[Event "4th Metropolitan Invitational"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taylor, Timothy"]
[Black "Matikozyan, Andranik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2011.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a4
b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Be3 Be7 13. g4 Nc5 14. Bd2 g6 15. g5
Nfd7 16. b4 e5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 exd4 19. Rae1 Qd8 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. f5
gxf5 22. Bh5 Rg8 23. Rxf5 Rg7 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Rf1 1-0

[Event "4th Metropolitan Invitational"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2011.04.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Matikozyan, Andranik"]
[Black "Kudryavtsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2011.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. c4 Qc8 7. f3 h5 8. Nc3 hxg4
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Bc6 11. Nc3 e6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bg2 gxf3 14. Nxf3 Qd8 15.
Qd2 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Ne7 17. O-O-O Bxg2 18. Qxg2 Nbc6 19. d5 exd5 20. e6 fxe6 21.
Nxe6 Qc8 22. Nb5 Kd7 23. Nec7 Nd8 24. Rxd5+ Nxd5 25. Qxd5+ Ke7 26. Re1+ Kf8 27.
Re8# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.05.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rosen, Eric"]
[Black "Arnold, Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.05.02"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.02"]

{After I had beaten Ostrovskiy in the pivotal 6th round, I more or less knew I
would be playing Arnold for the championship. I had about an hour to rest, eat,
prepare, and keep the nerves from getting to me. Going into the round, I was
the only 6/6 score and Arnold was right behind me with 5.5/6. I knew that a
draw would gaurantee me at least a tie for the championship and Arnold was in
a must-win situation. I tried not to think about it. I told myself: "Just play
good chess."} 1. c4 $5 {An unexpected move. While I am mostly an e4 player,
and almost all of my games as white in the database begin with 1. e4. I chose
to play the english opening for two reasons: 1) I was expecting Arnold to show
up somewhat late to the game (as he did in other games) in order to prepare
for me. Playing the English would avoid all of his preparation. 2) I did not
want to enter any theoretical Sicillian lines, as I knew Arnold was very
booked. I was just aiming for a solid position.} e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 {
sending me out of book and into thought (on just the second move!).} 3. Qb3 {
I was aware that the mainline is 3. Nd5, but I didn't feel comfortable going
into that without any preparation. I came up with Qb3 over the board to get
out of theory and to simply play chess.} (3. Nd5) 3... Nc6 4. Nf3 Be7 {
avoiding Nxe5 ideas, and not wanting to concede the bishop pair.} (4... Nf6 $2
5. Nxe5 $1 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 {wins a pawn for white}) 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 Nh6 $5 {
an interesting idea by Arnold. He intends to keep the option of playing f5
open as well as possibly bringining the Knight to f5 if whiteeverplaysd4} 7.
O-O O-O 8. a3 {A waiting move which I figured would become useful later in the
game. White waits for black to play f5 so he can respond with d4.} ({if} 8. d4
$6 {immediately, then} exd4 9. exd4 Nf5 {seemed comfortable for black.}) 8...
f5 9. d4 Nf7 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. Nd5 Bd8 12. Qc2 {White's plan here is very
straightforward: play b4 followed by Bb2 and increase the tension in the
center. If black ever plays e4, then white can respond with Nd2 and f3
breaking up the center.} Nb8 $5 {I did not consider this strange move for
black. While almost all of his pieces are on the back rank, there are no
weaknesses to attack. Black is planning c6 and Nd7-f6 with a balanced position.
I joked after the game that perhaps Nh8 was his next move, setting up a
Fischer-random position.} (12... e4 $6 13. Nd2 g5 14. f3 exf3 15. Nxf3 $14) 13.
b4 c6 14. Nc3 e4 $6 {Probably not the most accurate move. While the knight is
forced to retreat, f3 will come next breaking up the center. It doesn't look
like black will be quick enough to play d5} ({Perhaps} 14... g6 {
followed by Nd7-f6 is better, maintaining the tension}) (14... Nd7 $2 {fails to
} 15. Qxf5) 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 Ng5 (17... Nf6 {
preparing d5 doesn't quite work:} 18. Bd3 g6 19. e4 $1 {
with an nice position for white.}) 18. Nxg5 Bxg5 19. e4 $1 {
gaining space in the center and securing a comfortable advantage} f4 (19...
Bxc1 20. Raxc1 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Nf6 {perhaps this line is better than what
happened in the game. However, Arnold was in a must-win situation and it
doesn't seem like black has too many winning chances here}) 20. Bf3 Qg6 21. Qe2
{It is not easy to play for black in this position. Re8 runs into Bh5, while
Nf6 runs into e5} c5 $5 {Arnold played this move after a long think. Black
intends to open up either e5 or c5 for the knight and develop the c8 bishop.}
22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Rd5 $1 {preventing Ne5 and taking over the 5th rank} Be7 24.
Rf5 cxb4 {For some reason when I played Rf5, I forgot my b4 pawn was hanging.
However, it seems like white will have more than enough attacking resources to
compensate for the pawn} 25. axb4 Bxb4 26. Nd5 Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Nb6 (27... Rxf5 28.
exf5 Qxf5 29. Bxf4 {with nice compensation for the pawn}) 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29.
Bxf4 Nxd5 30. exd5 {As we entered this position, I had 40+ minutes to Arnold's
15 minutes. With a comfortable edge on time and position, I knew I was the
only player playing for a win.} ({I still had to be careful:} 30. cxd5 $4 Qf6
$1 $19) 30... Bf5 31. Qf2 a5 (31... b6 32. Be3 $1 {
threatening Bxb6 is strong for white}) 32. Qd4 Bg4 33. Bxg4 Qxg4 34. d6 Qd7 35.
c5 {The sad bishop on f8 is immobile for the rest of the game.} a4 36. Bd2 $1 {
maneuvering the bishop to c3 in which it will defend the queening square on a1
and prepare matingideasong7} a3 37. Bc3 a2 38. Rf1 Kh8 39. Qc4 {It's worth g
that Arnold had less than 2 minutes on his clock at this point and I had
around 20} b6 $2 {missing the threat} (39... h6 {
was necessary, but black's position is still very unpleasant}) 40. Qxa2 $1 Qd8
(40... Rxa2 41. Rxf8#) 41. Qe6 bxc5 42. Be5 Ra7 43. d7 Ra8 44. Rf7 Qg5 45. h3
$1 {
avoiding back-rank threats and threatening Bxg7. Black's position is hopeless.}
(45. Bxg7+ $2 Qxg7 46. Rxg7 Ra1+) 1-0

[Event "2010 Natiional K012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Woodward, Denver"]
[Black "Martinson, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2011.03.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 d5 6. O-O Bg7 7. Be3 {
Diagram #} Bxb2 8. Nbd2 Bxa1 9. Qxa1 Nf6 10. Bxc5 O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 dxe4
13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 15. Re2 {Diagram #} e6 (15... f6) 16. g4 (16. Bd4)
16... Qd5 17. Qe5 Rad8 (17... Qxf3 18. Bd4 Qxe2 (18... f6 19. Qxf6) 19. Qg7#)
18. Bd4 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 (19. Bxe5 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Rxd3 21. Kg2 (21. Ng5)) (19. Nxe5
Rxd4 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Nxc6 Rxe2 22. Nxd4) 19... f6 20. Rc5 e5 21. gxf5 exd4
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rxc6 Kf7 24. Rc4 (24. Ra6 Rd7 25. Ra4) 24... Rc8 25. Rxc8
Rxc8 26. Nxd4 Rc3 27. Kf1 Ra3 28. Ke2 Rxa2 29. Ke3 a5 30. c4 Ra3 31. Nb5 Rb3
32. Nd4 {Diagram #} Rb8 (32... Rb2) 33. Nc6 Ra8 34. Kd2 a4 35. Kc2 Ke6 36. Kb2
Kd6 37. Nb4 Kc5 38. Ka3 Kd4 39. h4 f5 40. Ka2 f4 41. Ka3 f3 42. Ka2 {Diagram #}
Kc3 (42... Re8) 43. Ka3 Rh8 (43... Kd2) (43... Kd4 44. Ka2) 44. c5 (44. Kxa4
Ra8+ 45. Kb5 Rb8+ 46. Kc6 Rxb4) 44... Rxh4 45. c6 Rh8 46. Kxa4 Ra8+ 47. Kb5
Rb8+ 48. Kc5 Rxb4 49. c7 Rb2 50. c8=Q Kxd3 51. Qd8+ Ke2 52. Kc4 {Diagram #} Rd2
(52... Kxf2 53. Qd4+) 53. Qg5 Rc2+ 54. Kb3 Rd2 55. Kc3 Rd3+ 56. Kc2 Rd7 57.
Qe3+ (57. Qb5+ Kxf2 58. Qxd7) 57... Kf1 58. Qxf3 Rd4 59. Qg3 Ra4 60. f3 g5 61.
Qxg5 Ra2+ 62. Kd3 Ra3+ 63. Ke4 Ra4+ 64. Ke3 Ra3+ 65. Kf4 Ke2 66. Qc5 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 Nbd7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nf3 Ne8 13. Re1 Nc7 14. Bd2 Nb6
15. Qe2 Qd7 16. b3 f5 17. a4 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Qf5 19. Qxf5 gxf5 {Diagram #} 20.
Rxe7 (20. Rad1 Bf6) 20... Nbxd5 21. Rd7 Nxc3 22. Rxg7+ (22. Bxc3 Bxc3 23. Rc1
Ba5) 22... Kxg7 23. Bxc3+ Kf7 24. Rd1 Ke7 25. b4 Rxa4 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Be5 Nb5
28. Rb1 Rb4 29. Ra1 c4 30. Ra6 Rc8 31. Rb6 c3 32. Rb7+ Ke6 33. Bxc3 Rxc3 34.
Rxb5 Rxb5 35. Nd4+ Kd5 36. Nxb5 Rc5 37. Na3 Ra5 38. Nb1 Ra2+ 39. Kh3 Kd4 40.
Kh4 Rxh2+ 41. Kg5 Rb2 42. Na3 Rb3 43. Nc2+ Ke4 44. Kh4 h6 45. Kh3 Rb2 46. Ne1
Rb1 47. Nc2 Kd3 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nb5 Re8 11. Re1 Ng4 12. h3 a6 13. hxg4 axb5 14. cxb5 Qh4
15. g3 Qxg4 16. Qxg4 Bxg4 17. Bf4 Bf3 18. b6 g5 19. Bxg5 Re5 20. Bh4 cxb6 21.
Rac1 Rae8 22. Bb5 Rf8 23. Bd3 Bh6 24. Rc4 f5 25. Rxd4 fxe4 26. Rexe4 Bxe4 27.
Bxe4 {Diagram #} Bc1 28. Rc4 (28. Rb4 Bxb2 29. f4 Ba3 (29... Ree8 30. Bxh7+)
30. fxe5 Bxb4 31. e6) 28... Bxb2 (28... b5 29. Bxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rxc1 Re2 31. g4
Rf4) 29. f3 Ba3 (29... Ree8 30. Rc7 Rf7) 30. Rc7 Rf7 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. g4 Rxe4
33. fxe4 Rf4 34. Rc7+ Kg6 35. Kg2 Rxg4+ 36. Bg3 Rxe4 37. Rxb7 Rb4 (37... Bc5
38. Bxd6) 38. Kf3 Rb5 39. Bf2 Rxd5 40. Rxb6 Kf5 (40... Rf5+ 41. Kg3 Rxf2 42.
Rxd6+ Bxd6+ 43. Kxf2) 41. Rb3 Ra5 42. Be1 Ra4 43. Bf2 Bc5 44. Bxc5 dxc5 45. Rb5
Rc4 (45... Ra3+ 46. Ke2 Rxa2+ 47. Kd3 h5 48. Rxc5+ Kg4 49. Ke3) 46. a4 Rc3+ 47.
Ke2 Ke4 48. a5 c4 49. Rh5 Rc2+ 50. Kd1 Ra2 51. Rxh7 Rxa5 52. Kc2 c3 53. Rh4+
Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Nd3 Bxd4 10. h3 Nf6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. e3 Bb6 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. Na4 Bc7 15.
Rc1 Bd6 16. Nc3 e6 17. Nb5 Bf8 18. Bf4 Nh5 19. Bc7 Qd7 20. Qa4 a6 21. Bb6 Nb4
22. Nxb4 Qxb5 23. Qxb5 axb5 24. Bc5 Nf6 25. a3 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Bd7 27. Rfc1 Red8
28. f3 Ne8 29. e4 dxe4 30. fxe4 Nd6 31. e5 Nc4 32. Bxb7 Rab8 33. Rc7 Na5 34.
Be4 Be8 35. Bd3 Kg7 36. R1c2 Nc4 37. Rc5 Rd4 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. R5xc4 Rd1+ 40.
Kg2 Ba4 41. Rf2 Rbd8 42. Rc7 Be8 43. Rfc2 Ba4 44. Rf2 Be8 45. Rfc2 R8d4 46. Kf3
Rf1+ 47. Ke3 Rdd1 48. Rd2 Rfe1+ 49. Re2 Rg1 50. Kf3 Bb5 51. Rf2 Rde1 52. Rc5
Ba4 53. Nc2 Rc1 54. b4 Rgd1 55. Rc7 Rd5 56. Ke4 Be8 57. Re7 Rd8 58. Nd4 Kf8 59.
Ra7 Re1+ 60. Ne2 Bb5 61. Rfxf7+ Kg8 62. Rg7+ Kf8 63. Rxh7 Rxe2+ 64. Kf4 Rf2+
65. Ke3 Re2+ 66. Kf4 Rf2+ 67. Ke3 Re2+ 68. Kf3 Kg8 69. Rag7+ Kf8 {Diagram #}
70. Rc7 (70. Rb7 Kg8 71. Rxb5) 70... Kg8 71. Rc4 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3
g5 9. Bg3 c4 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. O-O Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxc3 15.
Rxc3 Qxc3 16. Bh5 O-O 17. Qf3 Nd8 18. Qf6 Qc2 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. Be5 Qh7 21. Bxg4
Ne6 22. f4 Qg7 23. Qe7 Rae8 24. Qd7 Qh7 25. fxg5 f5 26. Qxh7+ Kxh7 27. Bxf5+
Rxf5 28. Rxf5 c3 29. gxh6 b5 30. Bd6 a5 31. Ba3 b4 32. Bc1 a4 33. Rf7+ Kxh6 34.
Rb7 Nf4 35. exf4 Re1+ 36. Kf2 Rxc1 37. Rxb4 Ra1 38. Rb6+ Kg7 39. Rc6 Rxa2+ 40.
Ke3 Rxg2 41. Rxc3 Rxh2 {Diagram #} 42. Rc6 (42. Rc5 Rh3+ (42... a3 43. Rxd5)
43. Kd2 a3 44. Kc2) 42... a3 43. f5 (43. Kf3) (43. Ra6) 43... Rh6 44. Rc1 (44.
Rc7+ Kf6 45. Rc5 Rh1 46. Ra5 Ra1 (46... Kg5) 47. Kd3 {Diagram #}) 44... Ra6 45.
Kd3 a2 46. Ra1 Kf6 47. Kc3 Kxf5 48. Kb2 Ke4 49. Re1+ Kxd4 50. Ka1 Kc3 51. Rc1+
Kd2 52. Rc2+ Kd3 53. Rc3+ Ke4 54. Rh3 d4 55. Rh4+ Kd3 56. Rh3+ Kc4 57. Rc3+ Kd5
58. Rh3 Rb6 59. Kxa2 Kc4 60. Rh1 Kc3 0-1

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O Na5 8. d3
Nxc4 9. dxc4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bc6 11. e5 Qc7 12. Qd3 f5 13. Ng5 h6 14. Qh3 dxe5
15. Be3 e4 16. Ne6 Qc8 17. Nxc5 Nf6 18. Bd4 Kf7 19. Rae1 a5 20. Re2 b5 21. Nb3
bxc4 22. Nd2 Bd5 23. Rfe1 Qd8 24. Qh4 e6 25. Rb1 Qe7 26. Nxc4 Nd7 27. Qxe7+
Kxe7 28. Ne3 Rhb8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. c4 Bc6 31. Rd2 e5 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. fxe5 f4
34. Nd5+ Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Rb1+ 36. Kf2 {Diagram #} Rb2 (36... e3+ 37. Ke2 Rg1 38.
Kf3 Rf1+) 37. Rd4 Rxc2+ 38. Kf1 f3 39. gxf3 exf3 40. Rd6 g5 41. Rxh6 Rxa2 42.
h3 a4 43. Rf6 (43. Ra6 Ra1+ (43... Rh2 44. Rxa4 Rxh3 45. Ra3) 44. Kf2 a3 45. c5
a2 46. c6) 43... Ra1+ 44. Kf2 a3 45. Ra6 a2 46. c5 Rh1 47. Rxa2 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.07.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5K2/8/p7/1k6/8/8/1P1N4/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "11"]

{Diagram #} 1. Nb3 (1. Ke7 Kb4 2. Kd6 a5 3. Kd5 a4 4. Nc4 Kb5 5. Kd4 Kb4 6. Ne3
Kb3) 1... Kb4 (1... Kc4 2. Na1 Kd3 3. Ke7 Kd2 4. Kd6 Kc1 5. b4 Kb2 6. Kc6 (6.
Kc5 Kc3) 6... Kc3 7. Kc5) 2. Na1 a5 3. Ke7 a4 4. Kd6 a3 5. Nc2+ Kb3 6. bxa3 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.07.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/4p2k/4Pp2/8/2N5/1K6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]

{Diagram #} 1. Na1 (1. Na3 f3 2. Nc4 Kg5 3. Kc2 Kg4 4. Kd3 Kf4 5. Nd2 f2) (1.
Ne1 Kg4 2. Kc2 f3 3. Nd3 f2 4. Nxf2+ Kf3) (1. Nb4 f3 2. Nd5 f2 3. Ne3 Kg5 4.
Kc2 Kf4 5. Kd3 Kg3 6. Nf1+ Kf3 7. Nd2+ Kf4 8. Ke2 f1=Q+ 9. Kxf1 Ke3) (1. Kc1 f3
2. Kd2 f2 3. Ke2 Kg4) 1... f3 2. Nb3 Kg4 3. Kc2 Kg3 4. Kc3 Kg4 5. Kc4 Kg3 6.
Kd5 Kf4 7. Nd2 f2 8. Nf1 *

