[Event "BGN Computer Qualifier"]
[Site "Cadaques ESP"]
[Date "2001.04.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Deep Junior (Computer)"]
[Black "Deep Fritz (Computer)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "217"]
[EventDate "2001.04.24"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 c5 13. Be3 Rc8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Qb3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Nc6 18. b4 d4 19. Qd2 Rxc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21.
Rfe1 Qd5 22. a4 a6 23. Qf4 Rd8 24. h4 Qd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. Nd2 Bd3 27. Re8+
Kf7 28. Rc8 Kg6 29. Rc7 Nxb4 30. Rxb7 Nd5 31. Rc1 Nc3 32. Kh2 Ne4 33. Nb3 Nxf2
34. Rcc7 Ng4+ 35. Kg3 Ne5 36. Rxg7+ Kf5 37. Rxh7 Bc2 38. Nd2 Bxa4 39. h5 Rd8
40. Rhg7 Bc6 41. Rb1 a5 42. Nb3 Ke4 43. Nxa5 Bd5 44. h6 d3 45. Kf2 Kd4 46. h7
Rh8 47. Rb4+ Kc5 48. Rh4 Kb6 49. Nb3 Bxb3 50. Rb4+ Kc6 51. Rxb3 d2 52. Rc3+ Kd5
53. Ke2 Nc4 54. Rg8 Rxh7 55. Rd8+ Kc5 56. Rc8+ Kd5 57. R8xc4 Rh2 58. Rg4 d1=R
59. Kxd1 Rh1+ 60. Ke2 Ra1 61. Rg6 Ke4 62. Re3+ Kf5 63. Rg8 Kf4 64. Rf3+ Ke5 65.
Re8+ Kd6 66. Rd3+ Kc6 67. Re6+ Kc5 68. Rxf6 Ra2+ 69. Kf3 Ra8 {Diagram #} 70.
Rc6+ Kb5 (70... Kxc6) 71. Rc5+ Kb4 72. Rb5+ Kc4 73. Rd4+ Kc3 74. Rc5+ Kxd4 {
Diagram #} (74... Kb2 75. Rb4+ Ka2 76. Ra5+) 75. Rf5 Ra1 76. Kf4 Rf1+ 77. Kg5
Ra1 78. g4 Ke4 79. Rb5 Kd3 80. Kg6 Ra6+ 81. Kh5 Kc4 82. Rf5 Ra8 83. g5 Rh8+ 84.
Kg4 Rg8 85. Rf6 Rd8 86. g6 Rd7 87. Rf5 Kd3 88. Rg5 Rd4+ 89. Kh5 Rd8 90. g7 Rg8
91. Kh6 Ke3 92. Kh7 Re8 93. g8=Q Rxg8 94. Kxg8 Kf4 95. Rd5 Ke4 96. Rd7 Ke3 97.
Kf7 Kf4 98. Re7 Kf5 99. Re6 Kg4 100. Rf6 Kg5 101. Kg7 Kg4 102. Kg6 Kh3 103. Kf5
Kg3 104. Kg5 Kh2 105. Kf4 Kg2 106. Kg4 Kh1 107. Rf2 Kg1 108. Kg3 Kh1 109. Rf1#
1-0

[Event "M-Tel Masters"]
[Site "Sofia BUL"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 a5 11. a3 f6 12. Nf3 f5 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Be1 Kh8 15. Bh4 Be6
16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Qe1 Nbd7 18. Bg5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Qh4 Rxf1+
22. Rxf1 Re8 23. Bg4 Qd7 24. Rf7 Bxg4 25. Bf6 exf6 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. exf6 a4
28. fxg7+ Kxg7 {Diagram #} 29. Kf2 h6 30. Ke1 Re6 31. Qg3 Be8 32. Kd2 g5 33.
Kc3 Kf8 34. Kb4 Bf7 35. Ka5 Kg7 36. Kb6 Kf8 37. Kc7 Kg7 38. Kd7 Kf8 39. Qf2 Rg6
40. Qf5 h5 41. g3 {Diagram #} Kg7 42. Ke7 Re6+ 43. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "5th Gibraltar Chess Festival"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2007.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Emil Sutovsky"]
[Black "Kiril D Georgiev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. g5
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qg4 Be7 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. h4 Qa5 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Qxe4 Rb8
15. Rh3 Qe5 16. Qg4 f5 17. gxf6 Qxf6 18. Bg5 Qf7 19. Rf3 Bf6 20. Qg3 Ra8 21.
Bh3 O-O 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Bh6+ Qg6 25. Rg1 Kf7 26. Bxf8 Qxg3 27.
Rxg3 Kxf8 28. Nxe6+ Bxe6 29. Bxe6 Rd8 {Diagram #} 30. f4 (30. Rg8+ Ke7 31. Rxd8
Kxd8) 30... Ng6 31. f5 Ne7 (31... Nxh4 32. Rg8+ Ke7 33. Rg7+ Kd6 34. Rxh7) 32.
c3 b6 33. Kc2 Rd6 34. Rg4 h5 35. Ra4 b5 36. Rd4 Rxd4 37. cxd4 Nc6 38. Kc3 Ke7
39. Bd5 {Diagram #} Kd6 40. Bxc6 Kxc6 41. b4 Kd6 42. Kd2 Kc6 43. Ke3 Kd5 44.
Kd3 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul F Johner"]
[Black "Georg Rotlewi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 h6 9. Bh4 Bf4 10. c3 Qd6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Rfe1 c5 13. Bf5 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Bf4 16. Bxg4 Bxd2 17. Bg3 Bf4 18. Nf5 Qb6 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nxd5
Nxd5 21. Bxf4 N7f6 22. Qd2 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Qxb2 24. Rab1 Qxc3 25. Re3 Qd2 26. Rd1
Qxa2 27. Rd6 Rad8 28. Red3 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 {Diagram #} Nxg4 30. Qxf8+ Kh7 31. Rd1
(31. Qd6 Qb1+ 32. Rd1 Nxf2+) 31... Nxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad Vidmar"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. Be2
Nge7 9. b3 Nf5 10. Bb2 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 h5 12. g3 Rc8 13. Kg2 g6 14. h3 Be7 15. Qd2
a5 16. Rc1 Bf8 17. Qd1 Bh6 18. Rc3 O-O 19. g4 Nfe7 20. Na3 Nb4 21. Nc2 Rxc3 22.
Bxc3 Nxc2 23. Qxc2 Rc8 24. Qb2 Bb5 25. Bxb5 Qxb5 26. Bd2 Bf8 27. Rc1 hxg4 28.
hxg4 Rc6 29. Qa3 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Nc6 31. Bh6 Be7 32. Bg5 Qe2 33. Bxe7 Nxe7 34.
Qf4 Qe4 35. Qxe4 dxe4 36. Nd2 Nc6 37. Nxe4 Nxd4 38. f4 b5 39. Kf2 a4 40. bxa4
bxa4 41. Nc3 g5 42. Ke3 Nc2+ 43. Kd3 Nb4+ 44. Kc4 Nxa2 45. Nxa2 gxf4 46. Nc3
Kg7 47. Ne4 Kg6 48. Kb4 f3 49. Kxa4 f2 50. Nxf2 Kg5 {Diagram #} 51. Nd3 (51.
Kb4 f6 (51... Kf4 52. Nd3+ Kxg4 53. Nc5) 52. Ne4+) 51... f6 52. exf6 Kxf6 53.
Nf2 Kg5 54. Kb4 e5 55. Kc4 e4 56. Kd4 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oldrich Duras"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 h6 12. Qe2 b6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Qe7 15.
Rad1 Rad8 16. Bb1 c5 17. Rfe1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bb4 19. Rf1 Rfe8 20. Kh1 Qc5 21. f3
Qg5 22. Nb5 Nh5 23. Be5 f6 24. Bc7 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 a6 26. Nd4 e5 27. Nf5 g6 28.
Ne3 Bc5 29. Nf1 Nf4 30. Qc2 Bxf3 31. Rd2 Bc6 32. a3 Qh4 33. Ng3 Be3 34. Re2 Bd4
35. c5 bxc5 36. b4 f5 37. Rd2 Nh5 38. Rd3 Nf6 39. Nf1 Ng4 40. Rxd4 exd4 41. Bg3
Qe7 42. Ba2+ Kh7 43. Qc4 Ne3 44. Nxe3 dxe3 45. Qe2 Bb5 46. Qc2 cxb4 47. axb4
Qxb4 48. Qc7+ Qe7 49. Qc3 Qg7 50. Qa5 f4 51. Be1 Qb7 52. Kg1 Bc6 53. Bc4 Bxg2
54. Bxa6 Qe4 55. Qa2 Rf8 56. Qa5 Qd5 57. Qb4 Bh3 58. Bb7 {Diagram #} f3 59.
Qxf8 (59. Qe7+ Rf7 60. Qxe3 Qxb7) 59... f2+ 60. Bxf2 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dus Chotimirsky"]
[Black "Georg Salwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qa4 Qb6 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Be6 13. Qc2 Qb7 14. Nxd5
Bxf2+ 15. Rxf2 cxd5 16. Be3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Kh2 Rac8 19. Qd2 Rfd8 20. Bd4
Bxh3 21. Rd1 Bg4 22. Qg5 f5 23. Bxg7 Rxd1 24. Be5+ Kf7 25. Qxg4 Ke6 26. Qxf5+
Kd5 27. Rf4 Kc5 28. Rxe4 Rd5 29. Bd6+ Kb5 30. Rb4+ Ka6 31. Qf3 Rb5 32. Ra4+ Kb6
33. Qe3+ Kc6 34. Rxa7 Qb6 {Diagram #} 35. Bc5 Qd8 (35... Qxc5 36. Qe6+ Qd6 37.
Ra6+) (35... Rxc5 36. Qe6+ Kb5 37. a4+) 36. b4 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oscar Chajes"]
[Black "Dr. Julius Perlis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. g3 Be6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
h6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nc7 Rc8 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bh3 Qd7 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Rc1 Bd6 16. Be3 Qf7 17. Qa4 Ne4 18. a3 a6 19. Kg2 Rce8 20. b4 e5 21. Rxc6
bxc6 22. Qxc6 a5 23. bxa5 Bxa3 24. Bb6 Nf6 25. a6 Qe7 26. a7 Qd6 27. Qb7 d4 28.
Ra1 Nd5 29. Rxa3 Nxb6 30. Ra6 e4 31. Nh4 e3 32. f3 d3 33. Rxb6 Qd4 {Diagram #}
34. a8=Q Rxa8 35. Rxh6 Rae8 (35... gxh6 36. Be6+ Kh8 37. Ng6#) 36. Qb3+ Rf7 37.
Re6 Rxe6 38. Bxe6 dxe2 39. Bxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 {Notes by Rudolf Spielmann from 42nd "Les Cahiers de l'Echiquier
Francais", July 1934 (p. 324), Dr. Savielly Tartakower from "500 Master Games
of Chess", and Jacques Mieses.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 {Spielmann:
Later Rubinstein played 4...Nd4 exclusively against the Four Knights. This
defense, analyzed and tested for years, has been proven correct, and is the
main reason why the Four Knights is now played so rarely.} 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6
7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 {Tartakower: Introducing ingenious regroupings (...
Nd8-Ne6 and ...Rd8) which increase the security of Black's position. This
system, due to Metger, gives better results in practice than for instance 8...
Ne7 or 8...h6 9.Bh4 Bg4, etc.} 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 {
Tartakower: He could quite well play 10...Bg4 first.} 11. Bc1 c6 {Tartakower:
The most vigorous continuation is the thrust 11...c5; e.g., 12.d5
(disappointing would be 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nxe5, on account of 13...Nc7, winning
a piece) 12...Nc7 13.Bd3 Bg4 14.h3 Bh5, and Black holds his own.} 12. Bf1 {
Spielmann: As far as I know, played for the first time by Perlis in the
tournament of Ostende 1906. *** Tartakower: Intending entirely freshactivities
after g3. The potential effect of the two bishops, to all appearances on the
retired list, is remarkable.} Rd8 13. g3 Qc7 14. Nh4 {Spielmann: Also good is
14.Bg2, but the text move, which involves the sacrifice of a pawn, is more
suitable to my style.} d5 {Spielmann: Necessary. *** Tartakower: In quest of
emancipation. *** Mieses: A serious mistake.} 15. f4 {!} exf4 {Tartakower:
Helping White's intentions. 15...Nxe4 would have served. *** Spielmann:
Relatively better was 15...Nxe4 16.dxe4 Nxc3, but after 17.Qf3 White will also
have a good attacking position.} 16. e5 Ne4 17. gxf4 f5 {! Mieses: If 17...
Nxc3 then 18.Qf3 followed by f5 and White has a decisive attack. *** Spielmann:
If here 17...Nxc3, then 18.Qd3 Ne4 19.f5 with a stronger attack than in the
game.} 18. exf6 {! Mieses: But not 18.Nxf5? Nxf4. *** Spielmann: If 18.Nxf5
Rf8! (Better than 18...Nxf4) 19.Ng3 Nxf4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Rxe4 Nh3+ 22.Bxh3
Bxh3 and White has an extra pawn, but his king is exposed.} Nxf6 19. f5 {!} Nf8
20. Qf3 Qf7 {
Spielmann: If 20...Ne4 21.Bd3 Nxc3? 22.Bg5 and White has a decisive attack.}
21. Bd3 Bd7 22. Bf4 Re8 {Spielmann: In case of 22...Qh5 23.Qxh5! Nxh5 24.Be5
White will win by doubling his rooks on the g-file.} 23. Be5 c5 24. Kh1 {!} c4
25. Be2 Bc6 26. Qf4 N8d7 27. Bf3 Re7 28. Re2 Rf8 29. Rg1 Qe8 30. Reg2 Rff7 {
Spielmann: If 30...Nxe5 31.dxe5 Rxe5 32.Rxg7+ Kh8 33.Ng6+! Kxg7 34.Nxe5+ Kh8
35.Ng6+ hxg6 36.Qh6+ Nh7 37.fxg6 and White wins.} 31. Qh6 {!} Kf8 {Diagram #}
32. Ng6+ {!} hxg6 33. Qh8+ Ng8 34. Bd6 {! Spielmann: The point of the
combination. White's threat is 35.Rxg6, followed by 36.Rxg7.} Qd8 {Spielmann:
f 34...Rf6, then 35.Rxg6 Rxg6 36.fxg6 with the double threat: 37.Re1 and 37.
Bh5 followed by 38.Rf1+.} (34... Rf6 35. Rxg6 Rxd6 36. Rxg7) 35. Rxg6 Ndf6 36.
Rxf6 {!} Rxf6 37. Rxg7 {!} 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alberto Mario Giustolisi"]
[Black "Torrens"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A91"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 {Diagram #} 4. c4 (4. Nf3) 4... Be7 (4... Bb4+ 5.
Bd2) 5. Nc3 O-O (5... Bb4) 6. Nh3 (6. Nf3) 6... d6 7. O-O c6 (7... e5) 8. e4
fxe4 9. Nxe4 (9. Bxe4 Nxe4) 9... Nxe4 10. Bxe4 e5 11. dxe5 Bxh3 12. Qh5 Bf5 (
12... Bxf1) (12... g6 13. Qxh3 dxe5 14. Qe6+) 13. Bxf5 g6 (13... h6 14. Be6+
Kh8 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6#) 14. Be6+ (14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qxg6+ Kh8 16. Qh6+ (
16. Bh6 Rg8 17. Qh5 Qe8)) 14... Kh8 15. Qe2 dxe5 16. Bh6 (16. Qxe5+ Bf6) 16...
Rf6 (16... Re8 17. Bf7) 17. Qxe5 (17. Rad1 Qc7) 17... Qd6 18. Qc3 (18. Rae1) (
18. Qxd6) 18... Qxe6 19. Rae1 Qf7 (19... Bb4 20. Rxe6 Bxc3 21. Re8+ Rf8 22.
Rxf8#) 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Re1 Qf7 (21... Qxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Nd7 23. Qe7 Rg8 24. Qxd7
g5 25. Qd4 Rgg6 26. Bxg5) (21... Qd6) (21... Qd8) 22. Qxf6+ (22. Re8+ Qxe8 23.
Qxf6+) 22... Kg8 (22... Qxf6 23. Re8+ Qf8 24. Rxf8#) 23. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1bk5/8/1P6/8/7q/8/6P1/3Q1BK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

{Diagram #} 1... Bh2+ 2. Kh1 Bg3+ 3. Kg1 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b3k1/5pp1/4p3/8/3K4/4P1PN/8/8 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram #} 1... e5+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem III"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/1pp5/7q/8/4P3/8/6P1/3Q2K1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram #} 1... Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem IV"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/6p1/8/8/7q/7b/8/Q5RK b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram #} 1... Bf1# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem V"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/1p6/6pb/8/8/6pb/4P2P/3NR1K1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram #} 1... Bd2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem VI"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/5p2/2q5/8/6b1/5R2/4BQ2/7K b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "2"]

{Diagram #} 1... Rxe2 2. Qxe2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "George N. Leighton"]
[Black "Leonid Kaushansky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.07.28"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 Bg4 6. Nf3 c4 7. Bc2 Ne4 8. O-O f5
9. Qe1 e6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Be7 12. Ba4+ Kf8 13. Nd2 Bh4 14. g3 Bg5 15. Kg2
Kg8 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bd1 Bf5 18. h4 Be7 19. h5 h6 20. g4 Bh4 21. Qe2 Qg5 22.
Kh1 Bh7 23. b3 {Diagram #} cxb3 24. axb3 g6 25. Ba3 Kg7 26. Rf6 Rae8 27. Qb5
Rhf8 28. Bxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2011.06.12"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.06.??"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 {
It doesn't get any more solid than this line of the Queen's Gambit Declined.}
4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 (5... Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 {is the other main line, which
featured in most of my White games against Anna Zatonskih in the 2011 U.S.
Women's Championship. Black solves the problem of their light squared bishop,
but leaves the b7 pawn vulnerable to an attack by the queen.}) 6. Qc2 {
Prophylaxis against ...Bf5.} Bd6 {
Again Var goes for the ultra solid continuation.} (6... g6 7. e3 Bf5 {
is another branch.}) 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Qg6 {A tough nut for White to crack.
If White withdraws with his queen, he doesn't get his ideal setup with Bd3. 9.
Qb3 and 9.Qd2 are the alternatives.} 9. Qxg6 {This queen trade was inspired by
the recent Nakamura-Ponomariov match, where Naka scored a nice endgame victory.
} hxg6 10. b4 Nf6 {Ponomariov played 10...a6 and later developed this knight
to e7. Nakamura thought 10...a6 was a big mistake.} 11. f3 (11. b5) 11... g5
12. g4 {Seizing space on the kingside is part of White's plan in this position.
It was also used by Nakamura.} Be6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Kf2 Ke7 15. Nge2 a5 16. b5
c5 {Diagram # Black has harmonious development and can be satisfied with his
prospects.} 17. Na4 Rac8 18. Kg3 cxd4 19. exd4 Ne8 20. Rhe1 (20. Rae1 {
was possible with the same idea as in the game, forcing Black to change plans
as the h2 pawn is protected.}) 20... Nd6 21. f4 {Diagram # Ambitious, but
giving Black dangerous counterplay in connection with the e4 square.} Nf6 $5
22. f5 Nde4+ 23. Kg2 $2 ({White needed to remove the knight immediately,
though that relinquishes control of the c2 square.} 23. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 24. Kg2 Bd7
25. Nb6 Rc2 26. Nxd5+ Kd8 27. a4 Rd2 {with compensation for the pawn.}) 23...
Nxg4 $1 {A powerful piece sac, begging to be played. White's forces are
scattered over the board.} 24. Bxe4 {This exchange is forced; otherwise, the
two knights and rook perform a swift execution on the white king.} dxe4 25.
fxe6 Rxh2+ {Diagram #} 26. Kg1 (26. Kg3 f5 $19) 26... Rch8 27. Ng3 (27. exf7
Ne3 {and there is no defense to ...Rg2 mate.}) 27... R8h3 28. Nf1 $4 (28. Nxe4
{was necessary and White is still in the game:} f5 29. Nac3 fxe4 30. Nxe4)
28... Rh1+ 29. Kg2 f5 {
Diagram # White can only look on as Black marches his pawn to f3 with mate.}
30. Rac1 f4 31. Rc7+ Kd8 {Giorgi summed it up: "He played good. I played bad."}
0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Matikozian, Andranik"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2011.06.??"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 {
The Najdorf has been a mainstay of Loek's opening repertoire for years.} 6. Bc4
e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3 O-O (8... b5 9. Qf3 {was seen in the memorable game
Mamedyarov-Gelfand in the recent Candidates Matches.}) 9. f4 Nc6 10. Kh1 Na5
11. e5 {One thing I've learned about the Sicilian: whenever that knight leaves
for a5, White's e4-e5 is almost automatic!} Ne8 12. Be3 b5 13. f5 $5 {
Diagram # White's built up a dangerous looking position. It's not that Black
is doing badly, but there's a lot of debris to wade through to get to an equal
game. Plus, once White has decided on f5, the calculating onus falls almost
entirely on Black: White can just respond to his moves. This knowledge casts
an unpleasant psychological shadow on the second player. It's not that
surprising that van Wely errs immediately.} Nxb3 $2 (13... dxe5 $1 14. fxe6
Nxb3 (14... exd4 {is a possibility:} 15. exf7+ Kh8 16. fxe8=Q Qxe8 17. Bxd4
Nxb3 18. axb3 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Bb7 {
It looks like Black has decent compensation for the pawn.}) 15. Nc6 Qd6 $1 (
15... Qc7 $2 16. Nd5 {is an example of the pitfalls Black has to watch for.})
16. Qxd6 Bxd6 17. axb3 fxe6 $1 {and the computer evaluates this as equal. Not
the simplest line to navigate yourself through.} (17... Bxe6 18. Nxb5)) 14. Nc6
$1 {The c6 square was an important square.} Qd7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. f6 $1 {
Diagram # White is in no hurry to recapture the knight.} Qb7 (16... gxf6 17.
exf6 Nxf6 18. Bg5 $18) 17. axb3 b4 18. Qg4 (18. Na4 dxe5 19. Bc5 {
was strong as well.}) 18... bxc3 19. fxg7 Nxg7 20. Bh6 f5 21. exf6 cxb2 22.
Rab1 e5 23. Qg5 Rf7 24. Rxb2 Qe4 {Diagram #} 25. c4 $6 {White allows an
exchange of queens. The king on g8 probably breathed a sigh of relief. Instead
25.Bxg7 Qg4 26.Qc1! (not 26.Qd2?? blundering ...Qxg7!) Bb7 27.c4 and White
should have a much easier time winning than they did in the game.} Qg6 26. Qxg6
hxg6 27. Bxg7 Rd7 28. Rd2 Bb7 29. h4 Kf7 30. Kh2 Rad8 31. Re1 e4 32. Kg3 d5 33.
cxd5 Bxd5 34. b4 Bb7 35. Rxd7+ Rxd7 36. Kf4 e3 37. g3 Rd4+ 38. Kxe3 Rxb4 39.
Rc1 Bd5 40. Rc7+ Kg8 41. Bh6 Bf7 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Bg7 Rb3+ 44. Kf4 Rb4+ 45. Ke5
Rb5+ 46. Kd6 Bg8 47. Rf8 Rd5+ 48. Kc6 Rf5 49. g4 Rf4 50. g5 a5 51. Ra8 a4 52.
Kd6 Rd4+ 53. Ke7 Rb4 54. Ra7 Rb8 55. Bh6 1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2011.06.11"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Kaufman, Lawrence"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4qk1/pp3ppp/2n1p3/8/P1Np4/2nQ4/6PP/R4BKR w - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2011.06.??"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

{Diagram #} 17. Qg3 Qc5 18. Bd3 {Apparently, this is already a significant
mistake, since the bishop will simply be attacked by the advancing pawns.} e5
19. Nd2 f5 20. h4 e4 {Diagram # The last three moves have been visibly more
helpful to Black than to White.} 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. h5 d3+ 23. Kf1 f4 {
How does that song go? The ants keep marching on?} 24. Qh4 h6 25. Bb5 e3 26.
Bxc6 bxc6 27. Nf3 d2 28. Nxd2 exd2 29. Qg4 Ne4 30. Ke2 Qe3+ {Diagram #} 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2011.06.11"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Kekelidze, Mikheil"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/p1q2ppp/4pn2/2n5/4b3/Q4NP1/P1rBPPBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2011.06.??"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

{Diagram #} 18... Nd3 $1 (18... Bxf3 {is met with} 19. Ba5 {
in case you were wondering.}) 19. Ba5 (19. exd3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rxd2 $11) 19...
Qb7 20. Rfb1 $2 ({White should have forced equality with} 20. Nd4 Bxg2 21. Nxc2
Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Ne5 $11) 20... Qd5 21. Nd2 {Diagram #} Nxf2 $1 ({
White was probably counting on} 21... Bxg2 22. Qxd3) 22. Nxe4 N2xe4 23. Rd1 Qc4
24. Bf3 Ng5 25. Be1 Rxe2 $1 26. Rac1 (26. Bxe2 Qxe2 {
and there is no defense to ...Nf3+.}) 26... Rxa2 27. Qxf8+ Kxf8 28. Bb4+ Qxb4
29. Rc8+ Ne8 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2011.06.10"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Rensch, Daniel"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5pk1/1b3npp/p3p3/1r6/3Q2PP/3N1P2/6K1 b - - 0 41"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.06.??"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

{Diagram #}  *

[Event "2004 Chicago Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2011.08.01"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. b3 Rfe8 14. Rad1 Ng4
15. Bd2 Rad8 16. Rfe1 Bd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Na4 Qc7 19. Bxg4 Qxc4 20. bxc4 Bxg4
21. f3 Bd7 22. Nb2 b5 23. Ba5 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 bxc4 25. Nxc4 Bb5 26. Rxd4 Bxc4
27. Rxc4 Rxd5 {Diagram #} 28. Bc3 (28. Rc6) 28... Rd8 (28... Rc5 29. Rxc5 Nxc5
30. Bd4) (28... f5) 29. Bf6 Re8 30. Bd4 Nb8 31. Bxa7 Nd7 32. Bd4 Ra8 33. Rc7
Nf8 34. Ra7 Rd8 35. Be3 Kg7 36. a4 Ne6 37. a5 Rd3 38. Kf2 Ra3 39. Bb6 Rb3 40.
Ke2 Kf8 41. Kd2 Ke8 42. Kc2 Rb4 43. Kc3 Rb1 44. Be3 Ra1 45. Kb2 Ra4 46. a6 Kd8
47. Ra8+ Kd7 48. a7 h5 49. Rb8 Nc7 50. Kb3 Ra1 51. h4 Ra6 52. Bf2 Ra1 53. Bb6
Kc6 54. Bxc7 Rxa7 55. Bf4 Kd7 56. Rb6 Ra1 57. Kc3 Rg1 58. Rb2 f6 59. Kd3 Rh1
60. g3 Ke6 61. Rb6+ Kf5 62. Bd2 Rd1 63. Ke2 1-0

[Event "2004 World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia, USA"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2004.07.04"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 Bd6 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. f4
h6 16. Nh3 O-O-O 17. Qe2 e5 18. f5 N8d7 19. Be3 Nb8 20. a4 b4 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22.
exd5 Bxd5 23. Bd3 Kb7 24. Nf2 Qc6 25. Qg4 h5 26. Qg5 Nd7 27. Rfc1 h4 28. h3 Nf6
29. Be2 Rd7 30. Bc4 Be7 31. Nd3 Rh5 32. Qxg7 Rxf5 33. Bxd5 Qxd5 34. Rd1 Bd6 35.
Qh6 Qc6 36. Rac1 c4 37. Qg6 Nd5 38. Qxf5 Nxe3 39. Qxd7+ Qxd7 40. Nc5+ Bxc5 41.
Rxd7+ Kc6 42. Rd2 Bd4 43. Kf2 Kc5 44. Kf3 b3 {Diagram #} 45. g4 hxg3 46. Kxg3 (
46. h4 Nf5 47. Kg4) 46... Nd5 47. Kf3 Kb4 48. Ke4 c3 49. bxc3+ Nxc3+ 50. Kd3
Nxa4 51. Rc4+ Ka3 52. Rxd4 (52. Rxa4+) 52... exd4 53. Kxd4 b2 54. Rxb2 Nxb2 55.
h4 Kb4 56. h5 Nc4 57. h6 Nd6 58. h7 Nf7 59. Ke3 Kb3 60. Kf4 a5 61. Kf5 a4 62.
Kf6 Nh8 63. Kg7 a3 64. Kxh8 a2 65. Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Connecticut"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nf3
Re8 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Bg4 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qa5 14. Kb1 Be7
15. Rhg1 Rad8 16. Rg2 Kh8 17. Rdg1 Rg8 18. e4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Nf8 20. Bc4 g5 {
Diagram #} 21. f4 Ng6 (21... gxh4 22. Rxg8+ Nxg8 23. Qg2 Ng6 24. Bxf7) 22. Be1
Nxf4 23. Nd5 Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 cxd5 25. exd5 Bb4 26. Rf1 Rge8 27. a3 Bd6 28. Qf5
N6h5 29. Rgg1 Kg7 30. h4 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Foxwoods"]
[Date "2007.04.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Rg1
Qe7 9. h4 dxc4 10. e4 e5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Bxc4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nb6 14. Be2 Nf4 15.
Be3 h5 16. O-O-O g6 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. Qd2 Nxe2 19. Ndxe2 Be5 20. f4 Nc4 21. Qd3
Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bc7 23. Qd4 Rf8 24. Rge1 Bb6 25. Qc4 Qe6 26. Qxe6+ Bxe6 {
Diagram #} 27. f5 Bd7 28. Nf4 (28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Rd6 Rg8 (29... Bg4 30. Rxg6
Rd8) 30. Nf4 Bc7 31. Rxg6 Rxg6 32. Nxg6 Kf7 33. Nf4 Bxf4 34. Rf1) (28. Na4 Bf2
(28... Bc7 29. Nc5) 29. Rh1 gxf5 30. Rdf1) 28... Bc7 29. Nce2 (29. Rf1) 29...
Rg8 30. Nd3 b6 31. Nef4 O-O-O 32. b4 Kb7 33. a3 Bc8 34. Kc2 gxf5 35. e5 Rd4 36.
Re3 Rgd8 37. Rh1 a5 (37... Rc4+) 38. bxa5 b5 (38... c5) 39. Nxh5 f4 (39... Bxa5
) 40. Ndxf4 (40. Nhxf4 Bf5 41. Rf1 c5 42. Kc1 Bxd3 (42... Rc4+ 43. Kb2 Bxa5)
43. Nxd3 Rxd3 44. Rxd3 Rxd3 45. Rxf7) 40... Bf5+ 41. Kb3 c5 42. Rc1 c4+ 43. Kb2
Bxa5 44. Ne2 Rd2+ 45. Ka1 Bb6 0-1

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.05.15"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.01"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Be3 g6 7. d5 Bg7 8. Bd4
Bxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. h4 e5 11. Qd2 f5 12. Nf3 Qf6 13. Nc3 Na6 14. Qh6 Qg7 15.
Qd2 h6 16. Nb5 Rf6 17. Qa5 Nd7 18. Qa3 Qe7 19. Be2 e4 20. Nd2 Ne5 21. O-O-O Nc5
22. Kb1 Ncd3 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Rhf1 Bd7 25. Nd4 Qe5 26. Qc3 b5 27. cxb5 Rf7 28.
f3 Rc8 29. Nc4 Qxd5 30. fxe4 Qxc4 31. Qxd3 Qxd3+ 32. Rxd3 fxe4 {Diagram #} 33.
Rxf7 (33. Rdd1 Rxf1 34. Rxf1 Rc4 35. Nc6 Bxc6 (35... e3 36. b3) 36. b3 Rc5 37.
bxc6 Rxc6 38. Rf6 Kg7 39. Re6) (33. Rdd1 Rxf1 34. Rxf1 d5 35. Rc1) 33... exd3
34. Rf1 (34. Rf2) (34. Rxd7 d2) 34... Rc4 35. Nc6 (35. Nf3) 35... d2 36. Ne7+
Kg7 37. Rd1 Kf7 38. b3 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "King's Indian"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A68"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2011.08.05"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 (
8. Bb5+) 8... O-O 9. Be2 {Diagram #} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benoni"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A69"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5
9. cxd5 Re8 (9... Bg4) 10. Nd2 (10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5 {Diagram #}) (
10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bc4 Qxb2 {
Diagram #} (15... Bf5 16. Nb5 a6 17. d6 axb5 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxf5+ gxf5 20.
Qh5+ Ke6 21. Qxe8+ Kxd6 22. Rd1+ Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Kd5 24. Bf4 Qe6 25. Qxb5 Qe4 26.
Qxb7+ Nc6 27. Qd7+ Kc4 28. Qf7+ Kb5 29. Qb7+ Ka5 30. Bc7+ Ka4 31. Qb3#) 16. d6
Rf8 17. Be7 (17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 (17... Kg7 18. Bd5 Qxc3 19. Rxf8 Kxf8 20. Qf1+ Bf5
21. Rd1 Nd7 22. g4 Kg7 23. gxf5 Qc2 24. Rd2 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Be7 Bd4+ 27.
Kf1 Ne5 28. Rg2+ Ng6 29. h4 Kh8 30. Rxg6 hxg6 31. Bxb7 Rb8 32. d7 c4 33. d8=Q+
Rxd8 34. Bxd8 Kg7 35. Bg5 c3 36. Ke2) 18. Qd5) 17... Qxc3 18. Bxf8 Qxc4) 10...
Ng4 {Diagram #} (10... Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. Bf3 (12. a4) 12... Rb8 13. Nc4 b5
14. Na5 Ncxd5 15. Nc6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qb6 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Nxb8 Nxe5
20. Be3 Bf5) 11. Bxg4 (11. O-O Bd4+) 11... Qh4+ (11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qh4+ 13.
g3 Qxg4 14. Qxg4 Bxg4 15. Kf2 f5 16. Re1 Nd7 17. c4 Re7 18. Rb1 Rae8 19. Rxb7
fxe4 20. Re3 Bf5 21. Kg2 Nb6 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Bb2 Kf7 24. Kf2 Bc8 25. Bc3 Ba6
26. Nxe4 Nxc4 27. Re1 Bb7 28. Ng5+ Kf8 29. Bg7+ Ke8 30. Ne6 Kd7 31. Nf8+ Ke8
32. Ne6) 12. g3 Qxg4 13. Qxg4 Bxg4 14. Nb5 (14. h3) 14... Na6 15. Nxd6 (15. a3
Rad8 16. Nxa7 Bd7 17. a4 Nb4) (15. h3 Rxe4+ {Diagram #} 16. Nxe4 Bf3 17. Nf2 (
17. Rh2 Bxe4 18. Nxd6 Bxd5) (17. O-O) 17... Re8+ 18. Kf1 Be2+) 15... Nb4 {
Diagram #} 16. h3 (16. Nxe8 Nc2+ 17. Kf1 (17. Kf2 Bd4+ 18. Kg2 (18. Kf1) 18...
Ne3+ 19. Kg1 (19. Kf2) 19... Nc2+) 17... Bh3+ 18. Ke2 (18. Kf2 Bd4+ 19. Ke2 (
19. Kf3 Rxe8) 19... Rxe8 20. Rb1 Bg4+ 21. Kf1 Bh3+ 22. Ke2 Bg4+ 23. Kf1 (23.
Kd3 Nb4+ 24. Kc4 Be2+ 25. Kb3 Bd3 {Diagram #} 26. Ra1 Bc2+ 27. Ka3 (27. Kc4 Ba4
) 27... b5 28. Nb3 Nd3 29. e5 c4 30. h4 Bc5+ 31. Nxc5 b4#)) 18... Rxe8 19. Rb1
Bd4 20. d6 Bg4+ 21. Kd3 (21. Kf1 Ne3+) 21... Nb4+ 22. Kc4 Be2+ (22... Be6+ 23.
Kb5 Bd7+ 24. Kc4 Ba4 25. d7 b5#) 23. Kb3 Bd3 24. a3 Bc2+ 25. Kc4 Bd3+ 26. Kb3
Bc2+) 16... Nc2+ 17. Kf1 (17. Kf2 Bd4+ 18. Kg2 (18. Kf1 Bd1) 18... Be2 {
Diagram #} 19. Nxe8 Rxe8 20. Rb1 Ne3+ 21. Kh2 Bd3 22. Ra1 Nc2 23. Rb1 Ne3 {
Diagram #}) 17... Bd1 18. Nxe8 Rxe8 19. Rb1 Bd4 20. e5 Ne3+ 21. Kg1 Nxd5+ 22.
Kh2 Bc2 23. Ra1 Nb4 24. Nf3 Be4 25. Rf1 Nc2 26. Rb1 Nb4 *

[Event "Cakir Memorial 2010"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kalyoncu, Ilker"]
[Black "Ozkaynak, Sarper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "1742"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.06.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 a6 6. a4 Bb4+ {Diagram #} 7. Bd2
Qe7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Qxc4 Bxd2 (10... Bd6) 11. Nbxd2 Nb6 12. Qc2 Rd8
{Diagram #} 13. Ne4 c6 14. Nc5 Nbd7 15. b4 Nxc5 16. bxc5 (16. Qxc5 Qxc5 17.
bxc5) 16... h6 {Diagram #} (16... e5) (16... e5) 17. e3 Nd7 18. Ne5 Nf8 19. Nc4
Ng6 20. f4 Qd7 {Diagram #} 21. Ne5 (21. Nb6) 21... Nxe5 (21... Qe8) 22. fxe5
Qe7 23. Rf4 Rf8 {Diagram #} 24. Qb2 (24. Raf1) 24... f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Raf1
Rxf4 27. Rxf4 Ra7 28. Qb6 (28. Qb1 e5 29. Re4) 28... Ra8 29. Be4 {Diagram #}
Qd7 (29... e5) 30. Qb1 Qe7 31. Bh7+ Kh8 {Diagram #} 32. Bg6 (32. Qg6) 32... Kg8
33. Rf7 Qd8 34. Bh5 {Diagram #} (34. Qe4) 34... Qg5 35. Qg6 Qxg6 (35... Qxe3+
36. Kg2 Qd2+ 37. Rf2 Qxd4 38. Rf8+) 36. Bxg6 Rb8 37. Re7 Kf8 38. Re8# {
Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.16"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 e6 4. c3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nc6 9. a3 Nh5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Ne5 g6 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Be4 Qd7 14. Nc4 c5
15. Ne5 Qc8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. O-O Rfd8 18. Qf3 Qxf3 19. Nxf3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bf6
21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rab1 Rab8 23. Rfc1 Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Bxb2 25. Rxc5 Rd1+ 26. Kh2 {
Diagram #} Rd5 (26... Bxa3 27. Ra5) 27. Rxd5 (27. Rc8+ Kg7 28. a4 Ra5 29. Rc4)
27... exd5 28. a4 Kf8 29. Ne1 (29. Nd2 Ke7 30. Nb3 Kd6) (29. Nd4 Bxd4 (29...
Ke8 30. Nc6 a6 31. Nb4) 30. exd4 Ke7 31. Kh3 (31. g4 g5)) 29... Ke7 30. Nd3 Bc3
31. g4 (31. Kg1 Kd6 32. Kf1 f5) 31... Kd6 32. Kg3 Kc6 33. Kf3 Kb6 34. Nf4 Ka5
35. Nxd5 Bg7 36. Ne7 Kxa4 37. Nc6 a5 38. Ke4 Kb5 39. Nxa5 Kxa5 {Diagram #} 40.
Kd5 g5 41. Kd6 Bc3 42. Ke7 f6 43. f4 Kb5 44. Kf7 Kc4 45. Kg7 Kd3 46. Kh6 (46.
Kxh7 Kxe3) 46... gxf4 (46... Bd2) (46... Kxe3 47. fxg5 fxg5 48. Kxg5 Bg7) 47.
exf4 Ke4 48. g3 Kf3 49. g5 f5 50. Kxh7 Kxg3 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2011.05.16"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bd3 a5 13. Rfe1 a4 14. Nd5 Nd7 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Re3 e5 17. Rh3 h5 18. Ne3 Rh8 19. Rg3 Nc5 20. Rd1 h4 21. Rh3 Bxe4
22. Bf1 Bc6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Ra6 25. Re3 Qf6 26. b4 axb3 27. axb3 Rb6 28.
h3 Rxb3 29. Rxb3 Nxb3 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Rc8 32. Rd5 Kf6 33. Rd6+ Ke7 34.
Rb6 Nc5 35. g3 hxg3 36. fxg3 Rc6 37. Rb5 f5 38. Kf2 b6 39. Ke3 Rd6 40. h4 Kf6
41. Be2 g5 42. hxg5+ Kxg5 43. Kf3 Rh6 44. Rb1 Ne6 45. Kg2 Nd4 46. Bd1 Rc6 {
Diagram #} 47. Rb5 Nxb5 0-1

[Event "World Championship Candidates"]
[Site "0:29:33-0:58:33"]
[Date "2011.05.15"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.05.03"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Be6 8. Be3
dxc4 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qc2
Be7 15. Qe4 Qc5 16. Qxb7 O-O 17. Ne4 Qb4 18. Qxa7 Rd7 19. Qe3 Qxb2 20. Rac1 Qd4
21. Qf3 Rc8 22. Ng3 Rdc7 23. Nh5 Kh8 24. Rcd1 Qb2 25. Qg3 Bf8 26. Bg4 c3 27.
Bxe6 fxe6 28. Nxf6 Bg7 29. Nh5 Qb7 30. Qh4 Rg8 {Diagram #} 31. Rd8 (31. Nf4) (
31. Nf6 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Bxf6+ 33. Qg3 c2 34. Rc1 Bb2) 31... Rc8 (31... c2) 32.
Rxg8+ Rxg8 33. Nxg7 (33. Nf6 Bxf6 34. Qxf6+ Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Kf1) 33...
Qxg7 (33... c2) 34. Qe4 c2 35. Rc1 Rc8 36. Qxe6 Rd8 37. Qb3 Rd2 {Diagram #} 38.
Qb8+ Qg8 39. Qb2+ Qg7 40. Qb8+ Qg8 41. Qe5+ Qg7 42. Qe8+ Qg8 43. Qe5+ Qg7 44.
Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates Final"]
[Site "0:31:33-0:47:33"]
[Date "2011.05.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3
Nc6 9. a3 d4 10. exd4 Nxd4 11. b4 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bd4 13. Nb5 e5 14. Bg5 Re8 15.
Bxf6 e4 16. Bxd8 exf3+ 17. Kd2 Rxd8 18. Nxd4 Rxd4+ 19. Kc3 fxg2 20. Bxg2 Rg4
21. Rhd1 Be6 22. Bxb7 Rxc4+ 23. Kb2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25. Kc3 {Diagram #} Kf8
26. b5 Ke7 27. a4 Rd6 (27... Kd6 28. Rd1+) 28. a5 Kd8 29. b6 Bc8 (29... axb6
30. a6 Kc7 31. Ra1 Rd8 32. Bf3) 30. Bxc8 Kxc8 31. Kb4+ Kb8 32. bxa7+ Ka8 33.
Rc8+ Kxa7 34. Rc7+ Ka6 35. Rxf7 Rg6 (35... g5 36. Rxh7 Rd4+ 37. Kc5 Rf4) 36. h3
Rg2 37. f4 Rg3 38. f5 h5 39. h4 Rg4+ 40. Kc5 Rxh4 41. Rxg7 Rf4 42. Rg6+ Kxa5
43. Rg5 h4 44. Rh5 h3 45. Kd6 h2 46. f6+ Kb6 47. Ke6 Rf2 48. f7 Re2+ 49. Kf6
h1=Q 50. Rxh1 Rf2+ 51. Kg7 Rg2+ 52. Kh8 Rf2 53. Rh6+ Kc5 54. Kg7 {Diagram #}
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship Candidates Final"]
[Site "0:31:33-0:47:33"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2K5/5N2/2n2P2/8/1p6/1k6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2011.05.03"]

{Diagram #} 1. Nd5 (1. Nd7 Kc2) 1... Kc1 2. f6 (2. Nc3 Kc2 3. Nb5 b2 4. Na3+
Kb3 5. Nb1 Ne4 6. Kc6 Kc2 7. Na3+ Kc3 8. Nb1+ Kb3 9. Kd5 Ka2) 2... b2 3. Nc3
Kc2 4. Kd6 Kxc3 5. f7 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7p/7P/3p3p/4P2P/8/p3PPp1/R3K2k w Q - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "19"]

{Diagram #} 1. O-O-O+ g1=Q 2. Rxg1+ Kxg1 3. Kb2 dxe4 4. f4 exf3 5. exf3 Kf2 6.
f4 Kf3 7. f5 Kf4 8. f6 Kf5 9. f7 Kg6 10. f8=R 1-0

