[Event "World Team Championship"]
[Site "Bursa TUR"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Ioannis Papaioannou"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g4 O-O 5. g5 Ne8 6. Rg1 d5 7. Qb3 c5 (7...
Bxc3) 8. cxd5 Nd6 9. Bh3 Na6 10. g6 c4 11. gxh7+ Kh8 12. Qc2 exd5 13. Bxc8 Rxc8
14. Nxd5 Re8 15. Kf1 Ne4 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Ng5 Nac5 18. Qxc4 Nxg5 19. Rxg5 Ne4
20. Qb5 Rc6 {Diagram #} 21. Rf5 Nd6 22. Qd3 Rxe3 23. dxe3 Qxf5 24. a3 Qh3+ 25.
Kg1 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Linares GM tournamen"]
[Site "Linares GM tournamen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 h6 7. h3 a6 8. Nbd2
Be6 9. Bc2 Ba7 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. b4 d5 12. a4 b5 13. O-O O-O 14. axb5 axb5 15. d4
exd4 16. e5 dxc3 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Nb3 Nxb4 19. Bb1 d4 {Diagram #} 20. Rxa7 (
20. Nbxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxa8 (21. Qe4 Bf5 22. Qxf5 c2 23. Bxc2 Qxf5 24. Bxf5 Bxa1)
21... Rxa8) 20... c2 21. Rxa8 cxb1=Q 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Qxb5 Qxb3 24. Qb8+ Ke7
25. Qxc7+ Ke8 26. Bd2 Qd8 27. Qe5 Kf8 28. Nxd4 Nd3 29. Qe3 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Hastings (01)"]
[Site "Hastings (01)"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Amos Burn"]
[Black "Curt von Bardeleben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

1. d4 {Notes by S. Tinsley} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2
{In a very similar position recently (Steinitz v. Lasker, St. Petersburg,
January 9, 1896) the first player proceeds with c5, which is doubtless
generally regarded with distrust. It is curious that White seems to have no
better move than the text, which appears to amount to nothing if the Bishop
has to take the Pawn subsequently. Ne5 has points, supported later by f4, and
that may eventually turn out to be the strongest continuation.} dxc4 7. O-O c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Bd2 {Rd1 suggests itself at
once as a more vigorous line of play. e4 would be good now, but for the reply
b4.} Nbd7 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. Be1 b4 15. Na4 {The question naturally occurs, what
is the future of this Piece? Nb1 was probably superior, notwithstanding
appearances to the contrary. Afterwards Nbd2, and then to c4, or f1, as
circumstances suggest.} Bd6 16. Qd3 {By first playing Bc2, a good deal might
be threatened later, and the disagreeable counter-attack by Black would have
been at least deferred.} Bb8 17. Rac1 Bxf3 {The exchange, not generally
favourable in such positions, is here evidently in Black's favour. He makes a
doubled Pawn at once, and has many good prospects of a King's side attack.} 18.
gxf3 Ne5 19. Qe2 g5 20. Rd4 a5 21. f4 gxf4 22. Rxf4 Kh8 {Diagram #} 23. f3 {
White has already drifted into a most unsatisfactory position, and this is one
of the best of a number of poor defences. It will be noted that White's Rook
is in a line with Black's King's Bishop, and that some means must be found to
prevent a fatal attack by Black/^s Qh4, etc. later.} (23. Kh1 Rg8 24. f3 Nh5
25. Bh4 Nxf4 26. Bxe7 Nxe2 27. Bf6+) 23... Nh5 24. Rd4 Ba7 25. Bh4 Qb7 26. Re4
f5 {A very charming resource, the point of which is not at first sight
apparent, but is disclosed in the following moves.} 27. Rxe5 Qg7+ 28. Kh1 Qxe5
29. Rc6 Ng7 30. Bf2 Rad8 31. Nb6 Bxb6 32. Rxb6 Qc5 33. e4 {We have indicated a
few weak points in White's play in our 2nd, 3rd, and 4th notes. We are
informed, and the game bears out the statement, that White was short of time
at one or two points. In such a difficult game it is no wonder White went
astray under those circumstances. In the latter part of this game we can
suggest no variation satisfactory to him. On the other hand, Herr Bardeleben,
if by no means enterprising, conducts his attack with deadly accuracy and
force.} Qc1+ 34. Be1 fxe4 35. Qxe4 Rf4 36. Qe2 Rdf8 37. Kg2 Rxf3 38. Qe5 a4 {
Leading up to a very pretty winning move,...Qc4.} 39. Bxa4 Qc4 40. Bb5 Qg4+ {
If 41 Bg3 Rf2+ 42 Kh1 or Kg1 43 Qd1+. Or if 41 Kh1 at once then Rf1+ and mate
next move.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 d6 13. Rad1 Ne8 14. g4 Nc6 15.
Bg3 Rab8 16. b3 Nb4 17. h3 h6 18. Qa3 Nf6 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Rb7 21. Qa4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bruno Parma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. b3 Rfc8 13. O-O a6 14. f4 b5 15.
f5 Bd7 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. c5 Be6 18. Bf3 dxc5 19. e5 Ng4 20. Bxa8 Bxe5 21. Bd5
Nxe3 22. Bxe6 Rd8 23. Qf2 Nf5 24. Qe2 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kg7 27. Ne4
Qc7 28. Ng5 Rf8 {Diagram #} 29. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Black "Aleksandar Matanovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. Nxc4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Qd5
15. f3 Ba6 16. Rad1 Bxc4 17. bxc4 Qb7 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nc3 Rfd8 20. e4 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. e5 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Nfd7 24. f4 g6 25. Qe2 f5 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Nd1
Qc7 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Qd2 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Nfxd7 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. g4 e5
34. h4 exf4+ 35. Kxf4 Ne6+ 36. Kg3 Kf6 37. Be4 Ke5 38. Bd5 Nf4 39. Bf3 h6 40.
Ne3 Nc5 41. h5 gxh5 42. gxh5 Ne4+ 43. Kh4 Nf6 44. Bb7 a5 45. Bf3 Ne6 46. Bg4
Nd4 47. c5 b5 48. Bd1 Ke4 49. Ng4 Ng8 50. Kg3 Kd5 51. Kf4 Kxc5 52. Ke3 Kc4 53.
Kd2 b4 54. axb4 Kxb4 55. Kd3 Nb3 56. Kc2 a4 57. Kb2 a3+ 58. Ka2 Nd4 59. Ne5 Nb5
60. Nc6+ Kc5 61. Ne5 Nf6 62. Be2 Nc3+ 63. Kxa3 Nxe2 64. Nf7 Ng4 65. Kb3 Kd4 66.
Kb4 Nc3 67. Kb3 Nd5 68. Nxh6 Nxh6 69. Ka2 Ke3 70. Kb3 Kd3 71. Kb2 Nb4 72. Kb3
Nc2 73. Ka4 Kc4 74. Ka5 Kc5 75. Ka4 Nd4 76. Ka3 Kb5 77. Kb2 Kb4 78. Ka2 Nc2 79.
Kb2 Ne3 80. Ka2 Nc4 81. Kb1 Kc3 82. Ka2 Kc2 83. Ka1 Na3 84. Ka2 Nb1 85. Ka1 Nf5
86. Ka2 Nd4 87. h6 Nb3 88. h7 {Diagram #} Nc1+ 89. Ka1 Nd2 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bruno Parma"]
[Black "Borislav Ivkov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 Ng6 8. h4
h5 9. Qf3 Nxh4 10. Qh3 Ng6 11. Bd3 Qd7 12. Qg3 Nc6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qxg6+ Qf7
15. Qxf7+ Kxf7 16. g4 Ba6 17. gxh5 Ne7 18. Nf3 Nf5 19. a4 Ke7 20. a5 Bb5 21.
Ba3+ Kd7 22. Kd2 bxa5 23. Ng5 a4 24. Rag1 Bc4 25. Nf7 Rhf8 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27.
Ng5 a3 28. Nf3 a2 29. Rh3 Ne7 30. Ra1 Rf4 31. Kc1 Bf1 32. Rg3 Nf5 33. Rg1 Rxf3
34. Rxf1 Rxc3 35. Kb2 Rh3 36. c3 Rh2 37. Rxa2 Ng3 38. Rg1 Rxf2+ 39. Kb3 Rf3 40.
Rxa7 Nf5 41. Kb4 Ng3 42. Ra2 Kc6 43. Rh2 Nf5 44. Rg6 Kd7 45. Rxg7+ Nxg7 46. h6
c5+ 47. Kb5 Rxc3 48. h7 Rb3+ 49. Kxc5 Rc3+ 50. Kb4 Rc4+ 51. Kb3 Rc8 52. h8=Q
Rxh8 53. Rxh8 Nf5 54. Rh7+ Ke8 55. Kc3 Kf8 56. Rh5 Kg7 57. Rg5+ Kf7 58. Rg4 Ne3
59. Rf4+ Nf5 60. Kb4 Kg6 61. Kc5 Kg5 {Diagram #} 62. Rxf5+ exf5 (62... Kxf5 63.
Kd6 Ke4 64. Kxe6) 63. e6 Kf6 64. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Jan Hein Donner"]
[Black "Mario Bertok"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2297"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. h3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be6 11. Bxb7 Nd5 12. Qh4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Rb8 14. Bg2
Bxc3 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh6 Bxa1 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Rxa1 Rb4 19. Qd4 Qb8 20. Bd5
Bxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kf8 22. a3 Rb2 23. Qd3 Qb3 24. Qe4 Qb7 25. Qd3 Rb3 26. Qc2 Qb6
27. e3 Rb2 28. Qe4 Qb7 29. Qd4 Rc2 30. Rf1 Qc7 31. Qe4 Rxc4 32. Qa8+ Kg7 33. h4
a5 34. Qe8 h5 35. Rb1 Rc1+ 36. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 37. Kg2 Qc7 38. e4 Qb7 39. Qa4 f5 40.
Qd4+ Kf7 41. f3 Qb3 42. a4 Qc2+ 43. Kf1 Qc5 44. Qd3 Kf6 45. Kg2 fxe4 46. Qxe4
Qb4 47. Qxb4 axb4 48. a5 b3 49. a6 b2 50. a7 b1=Q 51. a8=Q Qc2+ 52. Kh3 Qd1 53.
Qf8+ Ke6 54. g4 Qf1+ 55. Kg3 hxg4 56. Qg8+ Kd7 57. Kxg4 Qg2+ 58. Kf4 Qh3 59.
Qh8 Qf5+ 60. Kg3 Qe5+ 61. Qxe5 dxe5 62. Kg4 Ke6 63. Kg5 Kf7 64. Kh6 Kf6 65. Kh7
g5 66. h5 Kf7 67. h6 {Diagram #} e4 68. f4 (68. fxe4 g4) 68... g4 (68... gxf4
69. Kh8 f3 70. h7) 0-1

[Event "It Bled"]
[Site "It Bled"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petrosian"]
[Black "Ludek Pachman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. e4 Nge7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e5
d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Nb3 Nd4 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Ne5 Nxb3 14. Nc4 {
Very nice tempo move. --Fischer} Qb5 15. axb3 a5 16. Bd6 Bf6 17. Qf3 Kg7 {
Diagram #} 18. Re4 {
Now Petrosian is preparing for a very beautiful finish.--Fischer} (18. Qxf6+
Kxf6 19. Be5+ Kg5 20. Bg7) 18... Rd8 19. Qxf6+ Kxf6 20. Be5+ Kg5 21. Bg7 {
This is a real problem move. --Fischer} 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borislav Ivkov"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Kd1 Bd7 12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. Ne2 Ba4 14. Nf4 Qxe5
15. Qf7 Bd7 16. Bd3 Qd6 17. Re1 e5 18. a4 Be8 19. Qe6 Qxe6 20. Nxe6+ Kd7 21.
Nc5+ Kc8 22. Rxe5 Nbc6 23. Re2 Rxg2 24. Bxf5+ Kd8 25. Nxb7+ Kc7 {Diagram #} 26.
Bf4+ Ne5 (26... Kxb7 27. Rb1+ Ka6 28. Bd3+ Ka5 29. Bc7+ Kxa4 30. Ra1#) 27. Rxe5
(27. Bxe5+ Kxb7) 27... Nxf5 28. Re7+ Kc6 (28... Kc8 29. Rc7+ Kb8 30. Nc5) 29.
Rc7+ Kb6 30. Rb1+ Ka6 31. Rc6+ Bxc6 32. Nc5+ Ka5 33. Bc7# 1-0

[Event "ABC-227"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Labone vs. NN"]
[Black "Birmingham 1901"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2011.08.11"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.11"]

1. e4 d5 {Diagram #} 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 c5 6. Qe2+ Be7
7. Nb5 Na6 8. N1c3 Qe6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Qf3 O-O 11. Bd3 c4 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. Nf5
Qxb2 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Bd4 cxd3 16. Qxf6 Rg8 17. Qxf7 Be6 18. Qxe6 Qxa1+ 19.
Kd2 Qxh1 20. Ng6+ hxg6 21. Qh3# {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "ABC-227"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/4b3/8/5p2/3Qn3/8/8/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.08.11"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.11"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-227"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Discovery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/4b3/3n2k1/8/1Q6/6K1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.08.11"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.11"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-227"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/1b6/3q4/8/3R4/5P2/4n2B/2Q4K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.08.11"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.11"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-227"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k1q5/bb5p/8/8/8/Q2P2B1/4n1P1/R5RK b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.08.11"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.11"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-227"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kamtor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2k5/8/8/4q3/4n1PP/1Q4RK b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.08.11"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.11"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-227"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kamtor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7Q/3k3p/7q/3b4/8/8/4n1PP/3R3K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.08.11"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.11"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2011.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 (3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8) 3... e4 4. Ng5 f5 (4...
Nf6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. g4 Bxg4 7. Bg2 Be7 8. Ngxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 c6 10. Qd3) 5. Nc3
Nf6 6. g3 c6 7. d5 h6 (7... Be7 8. Bg2 h6 9. Nh3 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne5 11. b3 O-O)
8. Nh3 g5 9. Bg2 c5 10. f3 exf3 11. exf3 Bg7 12. Qe2+ Kf7 (12... Qe7 13. Qxe7+
(13. Nb5 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Kd7 15. Nf2 a6 16. Nc3 Kc7) (13. Be3 Na6 14. O-O-O Bd7
15. Nf2 O-O-O 16. Rde1 Rde8) 13... Kxe7 14. O-O Bd7 15. Re1+ Kf7 16. Bd2 Na6)
13. O-O Re8 14. Qc2 Na6 15. Bd2 (15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Nxg5+ Kg6 17. Nh3 (17. Ne6
Bxe6 18. dxe6 Nb4 19. Qb1 Qc8 20. Ne2 Bh6) (17. h4 Nh5 18. Kh2 Nb4 19. Qd2 Qf6
20. a3 Qd4) 17... Bh6 18. Rae1 Bd7) 15... Nc7 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Bf1 Kg8 18. Nf2
{Diagram #} Rf8 19. Bd3 Nh5 20. a3 Rb8 21. Rab1 Be5 22. Kg2 Qf6 23. Ne2 Qf7 24.
f4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Bg7 26. Nh1 b5 27. b3 Nxd5 28. cxd5 Qxd5+ 29. Kf2 Nf6 30. Rg1
Ng4+ 31. Rxg4 fxg4 32. Be4 Qh5 33. Kg1 Bf5 34. Nhg3 Bxe4 35. Qxe4 Qf7 36. f5 h5
37. Bg5 Rbe8 38. Qd3 c4 39. bxc4 bxc4 40. Qc2 Qd5 41. Rd1 Qc5+ 42. Kh1 Rf7 43.
Nf4 Qxa3 44. f6 Re5 45. Nfxh5 Rxg5 46. fxg7 Qf3+ 47. Kg1 Qe3+ 48. Kh1 d5 49.
Rb1 Qe5 50. Qe2 Rxh5 51. Nxh5 Qxh5 52. Rb8+ Kxg7 53. Qb2+ Rf6 54. Rg8+ Kxg8 55.
Qxf6 Qf7 56. Qd8+ Kg7 57. Qg5+ Kh7 58. Qh4+ Kg6 59. Qxg4+ Kf6 60. h4 Ke5 61. h5
c3 62. h6 Qf1+ 63. Kh2 Qf2+ 64. Kh3 Qe3+ 65. Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2011.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 a6 11. O-O (11. g4 b5 12. O-O-O) 11... O-O 12. a3 (12.
g4) 12... b5 13. Kh1 (13. Rae1) 13... Bb7 14. Qh3 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. e5 dxe5
17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Ra5 Bd5 (18... Qd6 19. Bxh7+ (19. Bc5 Qd8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21.
Bxh7+ Nxh7 22. Rh5 f5 23. Rxh7 Qg5) 19... Nxh7 20. Rh5 e5 21. Bc5 (21. Rxh7
Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qg6+ 23. Bg5 Qxh7 24. Qxh7+ Kxh7 25. Bxe7 Nxc2) 21... Qg6 22.
Bxe7 Nxc2 23. Rxe5) (18... Qc7 19. Bxh7+ Nxh7 20. Rh5) 19. Nxd5 exd5 (19...
Nbxd5) 20. Bd4 Qe6 (20... Qh5 21. Bxf6 Qxh3 22. Bxe7 Qg4 23. h3) 21. Bf5 Qe2
22. Raa1 Qh5 23. Bxf6 Qxh3 24. Bxe7 Qh6 25. Bxb4 Rfe8 26. Nd4 Qb6 27. Bc3 g6
28. Bd3 Rec8 29. Nf3 Rxc3 30. bxc3 a5 31. c4 Qc5 (31... d4 32. Be4) 32. cxd5
Qxd5 33. Ra4 Ra7 (33... Qc6 34. Rfa1) 34. Nd4 Rb7 35. Nb3 Ra7 (35... Rxb3 36.
Bc4) 36. Raf4 (36. Rfa1 Qe5 37. h3 f5 38. Rxa5 Rxa5 39. Rxa5 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 f4)
36... a4 37. Bc4 Qd6 38. Bxf7+ Kh8 39. Nd4 Re7 (39... Rxf7 40. Rxf7 Qxd4) 40.
Bc4 a3 41. g4 h6 (41... Re8) 42. Kg2 (42. Rf8+ Kh7 43. Bg8+ Kh8 44. Bb3+ Kh7
45. Ne6) 42... Qc5 43. Ne6 Qc6+ 44. Kg3 Ra7 45. h4 a2 46. h5 (46. Bxa2 Qxc2 47.
Bd5 (47. R1f2) 47... Qd3+) 46... Ra3+ (46... a1=Q 47. Rf8+ Kh7 48. hxg6+ Kxg6
49. Bd3+ Qe4 50. Bxe4#) 47. Kh2 Qd6 48. Kg2 Qc6+ 49. Kf2 Qb6+ 50. Kg2 Qc6+ 51.
Kh2 Qd6 52. hxg6 a1=Q 53. Rxa1 (53. g7+ Kh7 (53... Kg8 54. Nd4+ Kxg7 55. Nf5+)
54. Kg2 (54. Nd4 Qxf4+ 55. Rxf4 Kxg7 56. Ne6+ Kh7 57. Rf7+ Kg6 58. Rf5 h5 59.
Bd3 (59. Nf4+ Kh7 60. g5)) 54... Qxf1+ (54... Qf6)) 53... Rxa1 (53... Qd2+ 54.
Kg1 Rxa1+) 54. Kg2 Qc6+ 55. Kf2 Qb6+ 56. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2011.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gareev, Timur"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 (4... dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. exf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxg5 11. fxg7 Qxg7 12. Qd2) 5. Qd3 (5.
Qb3) 5... dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 b4 (7... Ba6 8. Qc2 b4 9. Ne4) 8. Ne4 Ba6 9.
Qc2 {Diagram #} (9. Nxf6+ gxf6 (9... Qxf6 10. Qc2 Qg6 11. e4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Bd6
13. h4 Qh5 14. Rh3)) 9... Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Be7 (10... Bb7 11. Qg4 Nd7 12. e4 Nf6
13. Qh4 Be7 14. Bg5 (14. e5 Nd5 15. Qg4 Kf8 16. Be2 h5 17. Qg3 c5 18. O-O h4 (
18... Rc8) 19. Qh3 Rc8 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Rd1 Qb6) 14... h6 (14... Qa5 15. Bc4
c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. O-O f6 20. Qc4 Rd8 21. Rad1) 15.
e5 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 (16... Nxe7 17. Be2 O-O 18. Rc1) 17. Qxe7+ Kxe7 18. Rc1)
11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Qd5 13. Qc2 Qb5 14. Ne5 Bf6 15. Bf4 (15. Nxc6 Rc8) 15... Rc8
16. Rd1 (16. Be4 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nd7 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Bd3 Qa5 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21.
Bd6 c5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Qc6 24. O-O Qxc5) 16... Bxe5 17. dxe5 (17. Bxe5
Nd7 18. Bd6) 17... Qc4 (17... Bb7 18. Qd3) 18. Rd2 (18. Qxc4 Bxc4 19. b3 Bb5
20. Rd4 a5 21. Kd2 Ra7 22. Rd1 c5 23. Rd6 a4 24. Ke3 Rd7 25. Bb7) 18... Qxa2 (
18... Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Bb5 20. Rd2 (20. Kd2 a5 21. Rhc1 a4 22. a3) 20... a5 21.
O-O Na6 22. Rfd1 Nc7 23. Be3 a4 24. Bc5 Na6 25. Bd6 Bc4 26. a3 bxa3 27. bxa3
Bd5 28. Rc1) 19. Be4 h6 (19... g6 20. h4) 20. O-O Bc4 21. Rd4 Bd5 (21... Bb3
22. Qd2) 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Rg4+ Kf8 25. Qc5+ Ke8 26. Qd6 1-0

[Event "2011 NAYouth"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "BASHKANSKY, Naomei"]
[Black "Balasaygun, Alara"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1184"]
[BlackElo "1549"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Nc3 a6 {
c6, don't be affraid to take the Nc6 sqaure. Nd7-f8 or f6 or b6} 7. a3 Nc6 8.
Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. h3 Bd6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bf4 h6 {
preventing bg5} 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Rf8 16. Be5 Qd7 17. Re3 Nh7 18. Rae1 Bf6
19. Nh2 $5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rad8 21. Rg3 d4 22. Nd1 Rfe8 {piling up on the pawn}
23. f4 f6 24. Nf3 fxe5 25. fxe5 Re7 26. Qb3+ Qd5 {Diagram #} 27. Qxb7 Nxe5 28.
Qxd5+ Rxd5 29. Nxe5 Rdxe5 30. Rf1 {(better is 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Rd3 with an
active defense. If 31... c5 32. c3 dxc3 33. Nc3 with advantage)} (30. Rxe5 Rxe5
31. Rd3 c5 32. c3 dxc3 33. Nxc3) 30... Re1 {(threatening 31... R7e2)} 31. Rb3 {
(31. Rd3 follow by 32. c3 are necessary)} (31. Rd3) 31... Nf6 {
not caring about the check} 32. Rb8+ Kf7 {
(The King can be to be a hero in an endgame)} 33. Rb7 c5 34. Rxe7+ Rxe7 35. Kf2
{Ne4 - more aggressive} Re5 {
(Alara's idea is 36....Ke6 and 37...Kd5 centralizing the King)} (35... Ne4+)
36. g4 Ke6 37. Re1 Rxe1 38. Kxe1 Ke5 {
(Black has a clear advantage a more active King and a better placed Knight)}
39. Nf2 Ne4 40. Nd3+ Kd6 (40... Kd5 $2 41. Nf4+) 41. Ke2 c4 42. Nf4 g5 43. Nh5
Ke5 44. Ng7 Nd6 {(stoping 45. Nf5)} 45. Kf3 a5 46. Nh5 c3 47. b3 {d3 was better
} Nb5 48. a4 Na3 49. Ke2 Nxc2 50. Kd1 Nb4 51. Kc1 c2 52. Ng7 d3 53. Kb2 d2 54.
Nf5 c1=Q# 0-1

[Event "2011 N Amer Youth, U14"]
[Site "Tarrytown, NY"]
[Date "2011.06.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Williams, Justus D"]
[Black "Shen, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2146"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.06.28"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.26"]
[WhiteTeam "USCF 2244"]
[BlackTeam "USCF 2261"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 Be7 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. Nb3 $6 Nbd7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Be2 {
Diagram # (Not the best 11...h4 is better)} (11. h4) 11... b5 12. a3 {
(open the door for an attack 12. Bf3 could be played here)} (12. Bf3) 12... Rb8
13. Bf4 $6 {
This seems to give me a free tempo, and take away some of his options.} (13.
Rd4 {This is probably strongest immediately. I had 2 plans I was choosing from:
e5 and then b4, or Ne5 and then Bd7 with the idea of a5.} Ne5 {
In my opinion, this move seems the most dangerous.} (13... e5 $2 14. Bh6 $1 g6
(14... Ne8 15. Nd5) 15. Bxf8 Nxf8 16. Rdd1 {White seems to be up an exchange.})
(13... Kh8 {with the idea of e5 and b4.}) 14. f4 {
Now the knight can be driven away.} Nc6 15. Rd2 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Bh6 Ne8 {
However, black's position does seem really nice here. White's attack doesn't
seem effective with only 2 pieces. I'm not really sure what a good move for
white is, as he doesn't have an obvious plan.}) 13... Ne5 14. Rd4 Bd7 15. h4
Kh8 {I concluded that white didn't really have a strong attack, and decided
that I could waste a bit of time to stop any potential problems. If I can stop
all white's play, I believe that Black's attack on the queenside should be
very strong.} 16. h5 h6 {Black's position looks excellent here.} 17. Rhd1 Rb7 {
This stops and potential Rxd6 ideas.} (17... a5 {
This is probably possible, but I didn't see why I had to allow white play.} 18.
Rxd6 $5 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxe5 Qb6 21. Bc7 (21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qf4 Kg7 23.
e5 f5 24. g4 {This looked scary during the game, but black should be fine.} Qd8
{Qg5 is a threat, and half of white's pieces are on the queenside.}) 21... Qa7
22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. e5 Nd5 24. Nxd5 exd5 {But this seemed unnecessary.}) 18. Bxe5
$6 {This seems to give black a very big intiative. However, white really
doesn't have a good plan, as all his kingside play has been stifled, and there
is nothing for white in the center. The doubled pawns do a magnificent job of
taking all good squares from the white knight.} (18. Kb1 {This may have been a
bit better, but I believe that in a practical game white is in some trouble,
as the black attack seems very strong.} a5 {The white defence seems very
difficult. b4 ideas in conjunction with Rc8 or doubling on the opening a file
seems very scary.}) 18... dxe5 19. R4d3 Rc8 20. Kb1 (20. Qe3 {Attempting to
bring the queen to the queenside doesn't seem to help white, as the queen
can't really assist in the defence of the white king.} a5 {Black's pawns push
the knights to ugly square with tempo, and the king position falls apart.})
20... a5 21. R1d2 Be8 {
I feel that this simple move creates enourmous problems for white.} (21... b4 {
I felt that this move gave unneccessary counterplay to white.} 22. Rxd7 Nxd7
23. Nb5 Qb6 24. a4 Nc5 {I calculated up until this point, and felt that while
black should be winning, allowing white to lock up the queenside was
unnecessary. At this point, I felt my attack was worth more than material.
White is also able to get rid of some of his pieces, and I felt that my bishop
was better than his rook on d3, as his rook seems to be doing nothing.}) 22.
Bf3 $2 {The queen gets stranded on the kingside.} (22. Qe3 {This may have been
the stiffest resistance, but I believe that white's pieces seem so
uncoordinated that black's attack should succeed.} a4 23. Nc1 b4 24. axb4 Bxb4
25. N1a2 Rcb8 {This is what I was planning during the game, and it seems very
crude but very strong. The b2 seems very hard to defend.[%csl Rb2]}) 22... b4 {
The attack crashed through.} 23. axb4 Bxb4 24. Ka1 a4 25. Nc1 a3 26. N1a2 axb2+
27. Kb1 Qa5 28. Bd1 Ra8 29. Qh4 0-1

[Event "Ningbo World Team Championship 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov"]
[Black "Kamsky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator ",Gata"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Today we have Scotch and it's going to be a fight.
I was happy, because until this point, I have never defeated Radjabov in a
tournament game and I was looking forward to the battle.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5.
Nb3 Bb6 {an old system that was popular back in the 80's. It is not without
venom though.} 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Qd2 f6 9. Bh4 a5 (9... d6 {
was also possible, but i was caught up in an idea.} 10. O-O-O a5 (10... Qe8 11.
Nd5 (11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. f4 Na5 13. Bd3 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 Bd7 (14... Be6 15. f5 Bd7
16. g4) 15. Kb1 (15. f5 Nxf5) 15... a5 {with serious counter attacking chances.
})) 11. a4 Be6 12. Nd5 Ba7 13. Kb1 (13. f4 Nb4) 13... Bf7 $13 14. c3 Qd7) 10.
Bb5 (10. a4 d5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5+ (12. exd5 Nb4 13. O-O-O Bf5 $15) 12...
Qxd5 13. exd5 Re8+ 14. Kd2 Nb4 15. c4 Bf5 16. Be2 (16. Bg3 Rad8 $40) 16...
Rxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Bd3+ 18. Kd2 Bxc4 $17) 10... Ne5 11. f4 N5g6 (11... Nf7 12. a4 (
12. Bf2 c6 (12... Nc6) 13. Bd3 a4 14. Nd4 d5 $11) 12... c6 13. Bc4 d5 14. exd5
Nf5 15. Bf2 Re8+ 16. Be2 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qb6+ 18. Ke1 Ne3 $40) (11... Ng4 12. h3
Ne3 13. Bf2 Nxg2+ 14. Kf1 Bxf2 15. Qxf2 c6 16. Bd3 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 a4 18. Nd4 Qb6
19. Nde2 Qxb2 20. Kg2 $16) 12. Bf2 Bxf2+ (12... c6 13. Bc4+ d5 14. exd5 Bxf2+
15. Qxf2 b5 16. Bd3 a4 17. Nd4 b4 18. Nce2 Nxd5 19. O-O a3 20. b3 {i thought th
at this would be slightly better for white due to his superior minor pieces,
but now i'm not so sure.} Qc7 $14) 13. Qxf2 c6 14. Bc4+ Kh8 $2 {having said A,
I had to say B and go for the original plan, which was to play 14...d5
followed by b5 and a4.} (14... d5 15. O-O-O b5 16. Bd3 a4 (16... b4 17. Na4 Qc7
18. g3 $16) 17. Nc5 Qb6 {it is not so easy for white to make a move, as his
king might become really vulnerable on the dark squares after a4-a3 advance.}
18. Rhf1 (18. exd5 b4 19. Ne2 cxd5 $40) 18... Nxf4) 15. a4 Qc7 16. O-O (16. g3
d6 (16... d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Bd3 Bg4 19. O-O $16) 17. h4 $16) 16... d6 17. h4
$1 Bg4 18. Nd4 $6 (18. Be2 {
Eliminating the defender to push the h-pawn further to h5 was a better choice.}
Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Rfe8 20. h5 Nf8 21. h6 gxh6 22. Nc3 $36) 18... Qb6 $1 19. Be6 (
19. Be2 {and again a similar idea of exchanging the defender, Bg4 would have
been stronger. Timur probably wanted to trap that bishop though.} f5 20. g3 $1
Bxe2 (20... Qxb2 21. Bxg4 fxg4 22. Qe3 $18) 21. Ndxe2 Qxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Rfe8 $1
$14 {and black still is in the game.} (22... Rfd8 23. Nd4 fxe4 24. Nxe4 $16))
19... f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. h5 Ne7 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. Nb3 {
Now, Timur set up a nice trap which I didn't see as usual. Because anything
regular like Nf5 leads to an even game, so he had to take some risks, as the
match situation on other boards was extremely volatile at this point.} (24.
Nxf5 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rxf5 26. Kf3 (26. Kg1 Rxh5 27. Ne4 Rd5 $3 $11) 26... Rxh5
$11) 24... Qb4 $2 {big mistake, after the normal Qc7 , white has a lot of
potential weaknesses and would be pressed to play for equality.} (24... Qc7 25.
h6 gxh6 $13) 25. g4 $1 {
of course, bishop controlled square e4 form which white can trap black's queen}
Bd3 {Luckily, I had this move :-)} 26. cxd3 Qxb3 27. h6 (27. Qd4 Ng8 28. g5
Rxe1 29. Rxe1 h6 $3 $11 {an amazing computer resource, without which ,white
would be completely winning of course.}) 27... Qf7 (27... gxh6 28. Qd4+ Kg8 29.
Ne4 $16) 28. f5 $2 {and here white missed his big chance, which of course was
not so easy to find, a counter intuitive pawn sacrifice on h6, which only a
computer can see.} (28. Ne4 $1 Qg6 29. Qg3 $3 $16 Qxh6 30. f5 {black is tied
up and there's really no good defence against threats like Kg2 and rh1}) 28...
d5 {now black is back in the game and should hold his position. At this point
we were blitzing our remaining moves until time control having only about 1
minute each.} 29. Qd4 Qf6 30. hxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qf4 Kh8 32. Re2 Rg8 33. Re6 (33.
Rg2 Rg5 34. Re1 Rf8 $1 35. Re3 h5 36. Rh3 Kg8 37. Rxh5 Rxh5 38. gxh5+ Kh7 39.
Ne2 Nxf5 $15) 33... Qh4 34. Qd4+ $6 {natural centralizing move, but a critical
mistake that loses the game. Qe5 was a must.} (34. Qe5+ Rg7 35. Rf4 Rf8 36. Kf1
Ng6 37. fxg6 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qh2+ 39. Kf3 (39. Ke3 Qg3+) 39... Qh3+ 40. Kf2 Qh2+
$11) 34... Rg7 35. Rf4 c5 36. Qe5 Reg8 $17 37. Kg2 Nc6 38. Qf6 Qxf6 39. Rxf6 {
and now Nb4 simply wins on the spot for black as black attacks pawn on d3 and
protects pawn on d5. Instead I play.} Ne5 $2 {and here white resigned,
probably because he thought that he over stepped the time control, otherwise
white would just play Nd5 and be only slightly worse.} (39... Nb4 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "8th World Teams"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{Despite my poor start I was looking forward to playing this game. GM
Sasikiran is an amazing player and a great fighter. It is always interesting
to play against him.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2
e5 7. Be3 exd4 {This move was popular in the 80s. Garry Kasparov played it
several times including a game against Anatoly Karpov.} 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6
10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 Re5 {This very unusual and risky
move was already played by Krishan before. The idea of placing rook ahead of
queen is to create more pressure on the center. In many lines black does not
mind to sacrifice his rook for my dark squared bishop.} 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Qa4 {
We looked at this plan with Yuri Shulman six months ago. I could not remember
any lines, but I knew that this suppose to be strong.} Qc8 16. Rfe1 a6 $6 {
This move weakens the b6 square.} (16... Rg5 {was stronger and more complicated
}) 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 (17... Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 bxc6 19. Qa5 $1 {with the idea Na4, b6})
18. Qc2 {Now I have a very comfortable position.} Rh5 19. b4 Bd7 20. Rad1 Bh6
21. Bg3 Bf8 22. a3 $1 {Strong prophilactic move!} {
Black has no active ideas. He has to wait.} Bc6 23. Na4 Nd7 24. Nb6 $1 Nxb6 25.
cxb6 Bd7 26. Rc1 (26. Qc7 {which is forcing queen trade was even better}) 26...
Qd8 27. Qc7 Bg7 28. Nb3 Ba4 29. Qxd8+ (29. Na5 {
was much easier. During the game  I was afraid of} Bd4+ 30. Bf2 Qh4 $5 {
but I completly "forgot" that after simple} 31. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 {
white is winning}) 29... Rxd8 30. Bc7 ({I did not like} 30. Na5 {
because I'm losing my b6 pawn} Bd4+ 31. Bf2 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rd6 33. Nxb7 Rxb6 {
but even here i have a big advantage} 34. Rc8+ Kg7 35. Nc5 Bb5 36. Rc7 Rxh2 $6
37. Ree7 Rf6 38. a4 Bc4 39. Ne6+ Kh6 40. Nd8 $18) 30... Rf8 31. g4 $1 Rh6 32.
Nc5 Bd4+ (32... Bc6 33. Bf4 $5 (33. Nxa6 g5 $1 34. Nc5 Ra8 35. a4 $16) 33... g5
34. Bxg5 Rg6 35. h4 $16) 33. Kg2 Bxc5 34. Rxc5 g5 (34... Bc6 $2 35. Rxc6) 35.
Rxd5 Rg6 36. Re7 h6 37. Kg3 Re6 38. Rxe6 fxe6 39. Rc5 {
White is winning. I just need to keep rooks on the board.} Bb3 40. f4 Bd5 41.
a4 Kh7 42. h4 gxh4+ 43. Kxh4 Rc8 44. a5 {Now b5 will always be a threat.} Bf3
45. Kg3 Be2 46. b5 $1 Rg8 (46... Bxb5 47. Rxb5 axb5 48. a6 bxa6 49. b7 Re8 50.
b8=Q Rxb8 51. Bxb8 b4 52. Bd6 a5 53. Bc7 a4 54. Bd6 b3 55. Ba3 Kg6 56. Kh4 Kf6
57. Kh5 Kg7 58. Bb2+ Kh7 59. f5 e5 60. f6 $18) 47. bxa6 Bxa6 48. Re5 Rg6 49.
Kf3 Kg8 50. Bd6 Kf7 51. Rc5 Rg8 52. Rc7+ Kg6 53. Ke4 h5 54. f5+ exf5+ 55. gxf5+
Kg5 56. Be7+ Kh6 57. Ke5 Rg2 58. Bf8+ 1-0

[Event "Chinese Swimming Club"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Xie Xiaxun"]
[Black "Paul B. Hunter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.09.06"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. e3 e6 5. Bb5 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
Bxd7 Bxd7 9. c3 Bc6 (9... Ne8 10. Bxe7 (10. Bf4 Bb5 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Bxd6 (12.
Ne5 f6) 12... Qxd6) 10... Qxe7 11. Ne5 Bb5 12. Re1 f6) 10. Ne5 h6 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. dxc5 Qe7 (13... Qa5) 14. Nb3 a5 15. a4 Rfb8 16. Ra3 {
Diagram #} e5 (16... Qa7 17. Re1 Be7 18. Qd4 e5 19. Qxe5 Bxc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21.
Rb1 (21. Ra2 Rb3) 21... Rxb2 22. Rxb2 Qxa3 23. Rb8+ Rxb8 24. Qxb8+ Kh7 25. Qb1+
g6) 17. Re1 e4 18. Qc2 Be5 19. g3 Kh8 (19... Qf6) 20. Re2 Bc7 21. c4 Rb4 22.
cxd5 cxd5 23. Rd2 Rab8 (23... Rc4) 24. Rxd5 Qe6 25. Qd1 Kh7 26. Kg2 Qe8 27. Rd7
Bd8 (27... Rd8) 28. Rd4 Bf6 29. Rxb4 Rxb4 30. Nxa5 Bxb2 31. Ra2 Qe6 32. Qe1
Qxa2 33. Qxb4 g5 34. Qb3 Qxb3 35. Nxb3 Be5 36. a5 Bb8 37. c6 Bc7 38. a6 Bb6 39.
Nd2 f5 40. Nc4 Bxe3 41. fxe3 f4 42. exf4 gxf4 43. gxf4 Kg6 44. c7 1-0

[Event "8th World Teams"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "USA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{It happens that sometimes it is not so easy for a chessplayer to pick up the
game to annotate for a chess magazine. Most of the time it is because the
winner of the tournament has a hard choice among his winning games. This was
not the case for me at the World Team. I have not won a single game and lost
two practically drawn positions. I could blame bronchitis in it or lots of
other things, but I feel that every chessplayer has to be objective with
himself and find "real" reasons for his losses. I hope after reading my
comments to this game reader will have a clera picture why Grandmasters
sometimes have very bad tournaments and who should they blame for it!  This
game was played in round 7, when we just drew with Hungary and were I failed
to make a draw against Almasi in the position where he was about to accept it.
I felt being responsible in the previous round and was ready to give a real
fight in this game.} 1. g3 {The first surprise. Rauf Mamedov usually plays 1.
e4, but probably wanted to test my French another time.} d5 2. Bg2 (2. Nf3 {
is a more common setup which prevents e5.}) 2... e5 3. c4 d4 4. d3 c5 5. Nf3
Bd6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Nge7 {My opponent was able to get a type of position he
usually prefers with reversed colors with Black} (7... Nf6 {is another approach
} 8. exd4 cxd4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nbd2 {with mutual play.}) 8. exd4
cxd4 9. a3 a5 10. Nbd2 O-O {Diagram #} 11. Re1 {This position is really full
of opportunities for both sides. Couple of ideas could be illustrated in
following variations:} (11. Rb1 h6 {this multipurpose move serves couple of
ideas: stops h4-h5-h6 and Ng5. Black's plan is an idea of Ng6, f5, e4 and then
after dxe4 - f4!. Some examples of Black's idea might be inllustrated in the
following games with colors reversed: Tkachiev-Guseinov, Aeroflot 2005,
Dreev-Damljanovich, Tilburg 1994 or Gurevich, M-Wedberg, 1989, New York (op)} (
11... Ng6 12. h4 Bg4 {to stop h5} 13. Qc2 h6 14. c5 Be7 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 b5
$5 17. Nh2 {with an interesting play}) 12. Qc2 Ng6 (12... b6 $5 {
Black tries to stop c5} 13. Ne4 Bg4 (13... Bc7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 f5 16. Ned2
Bb7 $13)) 13. c5 Be7 14. Re1 (14. b4 $6 axb4 15. axb4 Be6 16. b5 Ra2 $1 {
with Black's advantage}) 14... Be6 {and the game just begins}) 11... h6 12. Rb1
(12. Qc2 {also deserves some attention}) 12... Rb8 ({Probably more precise for
me was to concentrate on the King side play as it turns out in the game White
was really happy to open the game on another side of the board.} 12... Ng6 $5
13. h4 (13. Qc2 a4 14. b4 axb3 15. Rxb3 Ra7 {
Minasian,A -Short,N Kemer 2007 with about equal chances}) 13... Bg4 (13... Re8
14. Qc2 Qe7 {(stopping c5) is another option}) 14. Qc2 Qd7 (14... b6 15. Nh2
Bd7 16. h5 Nge7 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bd2 f6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 b5 {
also sounds attractive, Black was able to control his center and stop White's
advance b5})) 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Ne4 Bc7 15. Nc5 Be8 $6 {This is really a cause
of all problems for Black in this game. Although I felt that Bishop's position
will be akward there, but felt that White's Queen will enjoy it even less. The
problem is that the Queen is ready to move to c2 anyway to prepare c5, but the
Bishop will take forever to get to a desired square!} (15... Bf5 $1 16. Nh4 Bh7
17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Bd6 19. Ne4 Ra8 (19... b6) 20. Qb5 Qd7 (20... b6) 21. Rb3
Ra1 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Nf3 Rfa8 {and Black who has all good pieces left on the
board can now enjoy his space advantage}) 16. Qc2 Qc8 17. Bd2 ({
Probably immediate 17. b4 was strong as well:} 17. b4 $5 axb4 18. axb4 b6 (
18... Nxb4 $6 19. Rxb4 Bd6 20. Rxb7 $1 Qxc5 21. Rxb8 Bxb8 22. Qb3 {
and Black cannot stop Ba3 because of 22...Bd6 23.Nxe5!!} Bd6 23. Nxe5) 19. Na4
b5 20. Nc5 Bd6 21. Bd2 {with better chances for White} (21. Ba3 Bxc5 22. bxc5
b4 $11)) 17... b6 18. Na4 Bd7 $6 ({Another mistake which was indicated by the
desire to bring Bishop bakc to the game ASAP. Immediate} 18... b5 {was much mor
e precise! The d7-Bishop will be attacked by Knight from c5 and initiate
favorable trade for White} 19. Nc5 (19. cxb5 Rxb5 20. Rec1 Bd6 21. Be1 Qb8 22.
Nd2 {is good for Black} Nd5 23. Ne4 Be7 $11) 19... b4 {with reasonable position
}) (18... Ng6 {although pretends to improve Black's position, but leaves the
c6-Knight unprotected and leaves g6-Knight with nothing to do after} 19. b4 $1
axb4 20. axb4 b5 21. Nc5 (21. cxb5 Rxb5) 21... Bd6 22. Rec1 $14) 19. b4 axb4
20. axb4 b5 21. Nc5 Bd6 22. cxb5 ({After series of more or less forced moves,
White chooses not the strongest way to punish Black for his Bishop "shuttling"
} 22. Nxd7 $1 {was very powerful:} Qxd7 23. c5 Bc7 24. Ra1 {and Black would
really feel uncomfortable that his light-squared Bishop is missing}) 22... Rxb5
23. Qc4 {23.Qa4 will transpose to the game. probably my opponent missed the
fact that each of Queen advances can be met with annoying Knight move.} (23.
Qa4) 23... Na5 (23... Bxc5 {was just bad:} 24. Qxb5 Nxb4 25. Qxc5 $3 (25. Qc4
$1 Be6 26. Qxb4 (26. Rxb4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 f6 28. Rec1 Qf5 29. Rxc5 {
also looks really bad for Black})) 25... Qxc5 26. Bxb4 Qc8 27. Bxe7 Re8 28.
Rxe5 {and it is all over for Black}) 24. Qa2 Nac6 25. Qa4 Nb8 26. Nxd7 (26. Bh3
$3 {was really attractive and strong} f5 (26... Bxc5 27. Qxb5 $1 Bxb5 28. Bxc8
Bd6 29. Bh3 Bxd3 30. Rb2 Nbc6 {and White is just better}) {allows} 27. Nxe5 {
since} Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Rxc5 {can be met by intermediate check:} 29. Qb3+ $18)
26... Qxd7 27. h4 (27. Rec1 {right away probably is more precise since White
can launch his main idea - transfer of his Knight to a3 through e1 and c2
without any delay}) 27... Rd8 (27... Rb6 28. b5 $16) (27... Nc8 $5 {
was a correct defense} 28. Rec1 Nb6 29. Qb3 {with mutual play}) 28. Rbc1 (28.
Rec1 $1 Nd5 (28... Rb6 29. b5 $16) (28... Nc8 {is too late:} 29. Bh3 f5 30. h5
{and f5 is too weak!}) 29. Ne1 Nb6 30. Qa2 Bf8 31. Nc2 {
with strong initative for White}) 28... Rb6 $1 {
the point is in the fact that White cannot play b5 anymore!} 29. Qa5 $2 (29.
Qxd7 Nxd7 {is just equal}) 29... Rb5 $2 ({I saw a move} 29... Ra6 $1 {
, but I absolutelyu missed that after} 30. Nxe5 {I can simply retreat with my
Queen. White has to carefully search for survival now. To his luck, he has
some compensation after sacrificing his Queen for a Rook!} Qe8 31. Nxf7 (31.
Bd5 Rxa5 32. Bxf7+ Kf8 33. Bxe8 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Bxe5 35. Bb5 {
is probably winning for Black}) 31... Rxa5 32. Nxd6 Rxd6 33. bxa5 {and although
White has only Rook and two pawns for a Queen, his two Bishops should let him
to hold the game}) 30. Qa4 Rb6 31. Qb3 {My opponent does not give me another
chance to play Ra6 and he also simply does not want a draw since at this point
it became clear that Yasser has a great chance to beat mamdeyarov on board 4!}
Qb5 32. g4 $5 Nbc6 33. h5 Bxb4 $6 {As usually the player who is in worse shape,
or simply the weaker one :) is looking forward to simplifications. If I just
held a pressure for one more move, White would have to search for equality} (
33... Nd5 34. Rxc6 $1 {anything else is just bad!} Rxc6 35. Nxe5 Bxe5 36. Rxe5
Rcd6 {and again White's amazing two Bishops let him feel fine in the position
with material deficit!}) 34. Bxb4 Qxb4 35. Qxb4 Nxb4 36. Nxe5 {The endgame
arose where usually Granmaster just sign scoresheets, but it was not the case
for me in this event :)} Nbd5 37. Nf3 Nc6 38. Rc4 Nf4 39. Bf1 Ne6 ({
Now the simplest was} 39... g5 {
and White would never be able to activate his Bishop.}) 40. Kh2 Na5 41. Rc2 Nc6
{In order to make the time control I spent couple fo tempi, but it should not
be so crucial in this position.} (41... Rb3 42. Ra1 Nb7 43. Rca2 Nbc5 44. Ra8
Rbb8 45. Rxb8 Rxb8 {was another type of equal position}) 42. Kg3 Ne7 43. Ne5
Rb3 44. Ra2 Rc3 45. Ra6 Nc7 (45... Nc5 {
tying White to the protection of d3-pawn was also good, for example:} 46. Ra7
Re8 $1 {and White pieces are much less comfortable than Black's on e-file} 47.
Nf3 Kf8 48. Nxd4 Nf5+ 49. Nxf5 Rxe1 50. Ra8+ Re8 51. Rxe8+ Kxe8 52. Nxg7+ Kf8
53. Nf5 Nxd3 54. Bxd3 Rxd3+ 55. Kf4 $11) 46. Ra7 Nc8 47. Ra4 Ne7 48. Rb1 Nc6
49. Nxc6 Rxc6 50. Bg2 Rc3 51. Be4 Ne8 52. Rb6 Kf8 (52... Nf6 53. Bf5 {
still kept the dention} (53. Rxd4 Nxe4+ 54. Rxe4 Rcxd3+ $11)) 53. Kf4 Rc2 (
53... Nc7 {also was fine} 54. Ra7 Ne6+ 55. Kg3 Nc5 56. Kg2 Rd7 (56... Nxe4 $2
57. dxe4 d3 58. Rbb7 {is very dangerous}) 57. Ra8+ Ke7 58. Bf5 Ne6) 54. Kf3 Rc7
55. Bf5 Rc5 56. Kf4 Nc7 57. Rb7 Nd5+ 58. Kf3 Rc7 59. Raa7 Rxb7 60. Rxb7 {
Although Black managed to trade two pairs of pieces, but he became a little
passive. Although it does not mean that he suppose to have any trouble holding
this position!} Nf6 61. Ra7 Rd6 62. Kf4 Rd8 63. Rb7 Nd5+ {Now it is time to
talk how can Black hold this position - it is simple - he should do nothing!
There is no way for White to improve - White cannot play g5 since h5 will
always be hanging, he cannot take on d4 without trading Rooks. But if Rooks
being traded, Black has a very simple fortress with Ke7, Nd6, and pawns on f6,
g7, h6. If White transfers his Bishop to c4, Black simply play Rd7 and
prevents f7-attack. Since White cannot trade Rooks, he has to avoid it, but
then cannot find any object of attack. The worst thing for Black to do here is
to create! Let's look at an example of it!} (63... Rd6 64. Be4 Rd7 65. Rb6 Ke7
66. f3 Rd6 67. Rb4 Rd7 68. Ke5 Rd8 $11) 64. Ke5 Nc3 $2 (64... Nf6 $1 {
would simply hold a fortress. The most dissapointing fact about this position
is that the game Sasikiran-Roiz which was played earlier in the same event was
almost the same apart of the fact that Black was missing d4-pawn and Black was
able to draw it without much oftrouble!}) 65. Bd7 {
Now Knight has very hard time to help Black in defense} Ne2 (65... Nd1 66. f3
Ne3 67. Kxd4 Nxg4 68. fxg4 Ke7 {would transpose to amazing study-like endgame}
69. Kd5 $3 (69. Ke5 {would be a draw!} Rxd7 70. Rxd7+ Kxd7 71. d4 (71. Kd5 Ke7
72. d4 Kd7 (72... g6 73. g5 $1) 73. Kc5 Kc7 74. d5 Kd7 75. d6 g5 $1 76. Kd5 f6
77. Kc5 f5 78. gxf5 g4 79. f6 g3 80. f7 g2 81. f8=Q g1=Q+ $11) 71... Kc6 $11)
69... Rxd7+ 70. Rxd7+ Kxd7 71. Kc5 Kc7 72. d4 Kd7 73. d5 g5 74. Kd4 Kd6 75. Ke4
$18) 66. Bb5 Ng1 $2 {This move just looses.} (66... f6+ {would probalby still
hold, but what was the reason to complicate my life so much?!} 67. Ke4 (67. Kf5
Rd5+ 68. Kg6 Rg5+ 69. Kh7 Rxg4 $11) 67... Nc3+ 68. Kf4 Nxb5 69. Rxb5 Rd7 {
and the Rook endgame seems drawish, for example:} 70. Rb4 (70. Kf5 Kf7 71. Rb4
Rd5+ 72. Kf4 Rg5 73. Rxd4 f5 $1 74. f3 fxg4 75. fxg4) 70... Kf7 71. Ke4 Re7+
72. Kxd4 f5 $1 73. f3 fxg4 74. fxg4 {and this should be a draw}) 67. Bc4 {
Black pieces are just passive and disrupted in coordination. White simply wins
f7-pawn. In addition the game entered to the final time trouble where each
side was playing with the 30 seconds increment only. The chances to survive
here are just minimal.} Re8+ 68. Kd6 $1 Rd8+ 69. Kc5 Kg8 70. Bxf7+ Kh8 71. Re7
Nf3 72. Bd5 Nh2 73. Re4 Nf3 74. Re2 (74. Rf4 Ne5 75. Be4 {
and White will soon pick up d4-pawn} (75. Kxd4 $2 Nxd3 $11)) 74... Rc8+ 75. Kd6
Ng1 76. Re7 Nh3 77. f3 Nf2 78. Be4 Kg8 79. Bg6 Rf8 80. Bf5 Nh3 81. Ke5 Ng1 82.
f4 Rd8 83. Be6+ Kh8 84. Bd5 Ne2 85. Bf3 Nc1 86. Be4 Nb3 87. g5 hxg5 88. fxg5
Nc5 89. Bf5 Kg8 90. Rc7 Na6 91. Be6+ Kh8 92. Rc4 Nb8 93. g6 Re8 ({I could try} 
93... Nc6+ 94. Rxc6 Rd5+ 95. Kf4 {and it is all over} (95. Kxd5 $4 {
would be the last chance :)})) 94. Kd6 Rf8 95. Ke7 Nd7 96. Bxd7 {Why did I pick
this game to annotate? I thought it would be an instructive example for reader
to see what happens in high intense games of Grandmasters. Yes, I might have
not felt well, but there were several real reasons why Black lost - first of
all - in order to play moves like 15...Be8?!, one has to calculate very
precisely that this move is right and not rely on the fact that his Queen
would feel uncomfortable! Otherwise more natural move like 15...Bf5 should be
preferred. Also 18...Bd7?! was just wrong because I did not calculate enough
alternatives. After looking at 18...Ng6, I just felt I did not have any useful
moves and did not think about 18...b5! right away! The fact that I missed 29...
Ra6! is a pure fact of miscalculation and low confidence, I did not search for
opportunities to win the game! 33...Nd5 would just be fine for Black and again
I did not look forward to an active play, just attempt to simplify and make a
draw. Instead I just had to calculate variations precisely! 64...Nc3? is a
mistake which came out of the fact that I was not thinking about what am I
asuppose to play for in the position and simply just was moving pieces without
a plan! A bad plan is better than no plan at all! And finally 66...Ng1?
Mistake does not come alone. After 64...Nc3 I just lost faith and did not
believe that I could still hold the game. There are three important principle
of defense in tough positions: 1. Cut your losses (means calculate even more
precise and not give up), 2.Find you own idea, 3. Pieces and not pawns (which
means activate pieces and do not count how many pawns you would loose on tthe
way)  Also always believe in yourself! I hope that my loss will be a useful
example for a reader in order to avoid mistakes in his/her games.} 1-0

[Event "World Chess Team Championship"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nc3 Qb6 {Diagram #} 13. O-O-O Bb7
14. e4 Rab8 15. Rd2 Rfc8 16. Be2 Ne8 17. f4 Nf8 18. Rhd1 f6 19. Bh4 Ng6 20. g3
Rd8 21. Bg4 e5 22. Be6+ Kf8 23. f5 Ne7 24. g4 h6 25. Bf2 Nc6 26. Nd5 Qa5 27. h4
Nd4 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. g5 Bxd5 30. exd5 hxg5 31. hxg5 fxg5 {Diagram #} 32. f6
Rxb2 33. Kxb2 Nxf6 34. Ka2 Qc7 35. Rg2 Rc8 36. Bxc8 Qxc8 37. Rxg5 Nxd5 38. Qf5+
Qxf5 39. Rxf5+ Nf6 40. c5 Ke7 41. c6 Nd5 42. Rg1 d3 43. Kb3 Ke6 44. Rfg5 1-0

[Event "8th World Teams"]
[Site "Ningbo CHN"]
[Date "2011.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hess, Ro"]
[Black "Postny, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Robert Hess"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.01"]
[WhiteTeam "USA"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{This game was played in the 9th and final round of the World Team Chess
Championship. Because my opponent is a renowned theoretician, I simply wanted
to "get a position" -- get out of opening theory as soon as possible. I also
knew that my game would be especially important, as the top three boards
showed no clear advantage for us.} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5.
Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 {I had played this opening a few times prior to this game, so
it was not meant to be a shock. I just wanted to play chess and avoid main
lines.} e6 (6... Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ (9... Qa5+ 10. Bd2
Qxe5+ 11. Qe2 {Leads to a fighting position where White has two bishops and
the slightly better chances.}) 10. Kxd1 Ng4 11. Ke2 {
Was played in Hess-Gerzhoy, 1-0, Negroponte International 2010}) 7. Nf4 Qc7 8.
c3 Nf6 (8... Bd6 9. Nfh5 Bxh5 10. Nxh5 g6 11. Ng3 {
isn't so pretty for black, due to the weakened dark squares.}) 9. h4 Bd6 10.
Qf3 Nbd7 11. h5 Bc2 {Postny was blitzing these moves out, leaving me pretty
shocked. Over the board, I felt like I had obtained a nice opening advantage
despite running right into my opponent's preparation, and figured the best way
to continue was to weaken some squares.} 12. h6 g6 {Diagram #} 13. Bd3 ({
I momentarily entertained the idea of} 13. Kd2 $4 {
but immediately recognized that} Ba4 {is practically winning for Black, since
White's king is unnecessarily stuck in the center.}) 13... Bxd3 14. Nxd3 Qa5
15. Bf4 $1 {With that pawn sitting on h6, I knew I had to further weaken the
dark squares. I was happy to play this move, although admittedly it is not so
difficult to find.} Bxf4 16. Qxf4 O-O-O 17. O-O g5 $5 {Played after Postny's
first think of the game. I expected my h-pawn to become a target, but the
queenside was where my play was at. A little bit of give and take..} (17...
Rhf8 18. a4 Nh5 19. Qe3 Nxg3 20. fxg3 {GM Igor Khenkin tried this strategy the
next week against me, but this too looks bad for Black}) 18. Qf3 Qd5 19. Qe2 {
Diagram #} Ng8 $2 {Black's position is already quite uncomfortable, but this
move is just bad. Better would have been to try and hide the king in the
corner with 19... Kb8} ({I think my opponent didn't realize that the h-pawn is
so hard to touch. For example:} 19... Rhg8 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Nd7 22. Rad1
Qb5 (22... Qxe5 $4 23. Rxd7 Qxe2 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Nxe2 $18) 23. Qe4 Rg6 24.
Rd6 $16) 20. Qh5 Rf8 21. Rfe1 Ndf6 $6 {Although Black is already in huge
trouble, I felt the other knight had to be put into play..What's that knight
doing on g8?! The h6 pawn is not much of a target, considering the upcoming
onslaught on the Black king!} (21... Ngf6 22. Qe2 Kb8 23. Ne5 $14) 22. Qh3 Qd8
23. a4 {The start of an unstoppable attack.} Ne7 24. b4 (24. a5 a6 25. Nc5 Ned5
26. Ne2 {looked plausible, but not as forceful.}) 24... Rhg8 (24... Ned5 25.
Ne2 g4 26. Qg3 Ne4 27. Qe5 Nd6 (27... Nexc3 28. Nxc3 Nxc3 29. Rec1 Nd5 30. b5
$16 {with a huge attack}) 28. b5 $16) 25. b5 Qc7 26. c4 Rd8 27. d5 $1 {
Diagram #} Kb8 (27... Ng6 {Looks like a better try, but} 28. Nf1 {
ends all hope.} (28. bxc6 g4 29. Qh2 exd5 30. cxb7+ Kxb7 31. Rab1+ Ka8 32. c5
Nf4 {gives Black unnecessary chances.})) (27... cxd5 $2 28. cxd5 Rxd5 (28...
Nexd5 29. Rac1 Nc3 30. Ne2 Nfd5 31. Nxc3 Nxc3 32. Nc5 $18) 29. Rac1 Rxd3 30.
Rxe6 $3 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1 fxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kb8 33. Qxf6 $18 {Diagram #}) 28. dxe6
Rxd3 29. exf7 $18 {The rest is easy} Rgd8 30. Qe6 Neg8 31. fxg8=Q Nxg8 32. Ne4
g4 33. bxc6 g3 (33... Qxc6 34. Qxc6 bxc6 35. Rab1+ {and no matter where the
Black king goes, I win the exchange with 36. Nc5. For instance:} Ka8 36. Nc5
Rd2 37. Ne6 {(} Rc8 38. Nc7+ Rxc7 39. Re8+ Rc8 40. Rxc8# {)}) 34. Rab1 b6 35.
fxg3 Ka8 36. a5 {My opponent resigned here, and my teammates congratulated me.
This game was the deciding margin in our match vs. Israel, a 2.5-1.5 victory.}
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2011.09.07"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. Bc4 Bxf3 8.
Qa4 {Diagram #} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.09.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator ",Microsoft"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/5R2/4k3/3R4/Q7/6K1 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.07"]

{Diagram #}  1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.09.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3kP3/1P1N4/4K3/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.07"]

{Diagram #}  1-0

[Event "Sooner Chess Series"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anderson, Mark"]
[Black "Carlson, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1768"]
[BlackElo "1537"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.07.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 {Diagram #}
8. Bd3 Na6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. O-O Nac5 11. Bc2 f5 12. Bg5 Qe8 {Diagram #} (12...
Bf6) 13. Be3 (13. Nb5 Na6 14. Bd2 b6 15. a3) 13... f4 14. Bxc5 Nxc5 15. Na4 (
15. a3) 15... Nd7 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. Ba4 {Diagram #} Bd7 (17... Qe7) 18. Bxd7 (18.
Ng5 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 Qxa4 20. Nxa4) 18... Nxd7 19. Qa4 Qe7 20. Qb5 Nc5 {Diagram #}
21. b4 (21. Na4) 21... axb4 (21... Nxe4 22. Qxb7) 22. Qxb4 g5 23. a4 {Diagram #
} (23. Nh2) 23... h5 24. Qb1 g4 25. hxg4 (25. Ne1 Qg5) 25... hxg4 26. Ne1 Qh4 {
Diagram #} 27. Qd1 Rf6 28. g3 (28. Nf3 gxf3 29. Qxf3 Rh6 30. Qh3) 28... fxg3
29. fxg3 Qxg3+ (29... Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Qh2+ 32. Ke3 Bh6#) 30. Ng2
Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Qxc3 32. Rc1 Qf3 33. Qe1 Rxa4 34. Qd2 Nxe4 35. Qb2 b6 36. Rf1
Qc3 37. Qb5 {Diagram #} Qd4+ 38. Kh2 g3+ 39. Kh3 Ng5+ 40. Kxg3 Ra3+ 41. Kh2
Rh3# 0-1

[Event "Netherlands"]
[Site "Olympiad, Amsterdam"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Nikolay Minev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
b4 9. Ne4 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. e4 Bd6 12. O-O Rg8 13. Qe2 Qa5 14. Nd2 O-O-O
15. Nc4 Qc7 16. f4 c5 17. a3 f5 18. axb4 Nf6 19. Na5 c4 20. Nxb7 cxd3 21. Nxd6+
Rxd6 22. Qxd3 fxe4 23. Qe2 Qb7 24. f5 Nd5 25. Qxe4 Nxb4 26. Qxb7+ Kxb7 27. fxe6
fxe6 28. Rf7+ Kc6 29. Be3 Kd5 30. Rxh7 Nc6 31. Bf4 Rdd8 32. Bc7 Rh8 33. Rg7
Rhg8 34. Rh7 Rh8 35. Rg7 Rhg8 36. Rf7 Rgf8 37. Raf1 Rxf7 38. Rxf7 Rc8 39. Be5
Nxd4 40. Bxd4 Kxd4 41. Kf2 a5 42. g4 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Rxb2 44. g5 a4 45. g6 Rb1 46.
Kh4 Rg1 47. Kh5 Kc4 48. Rf4+ Kb5 49. Rf3 Kb4 50. Rf4+ Kb5 51. Rf3 Kb4 52. Rg3
Rxg3 53. hxg3 a3 54. g7 a2 55. g8=Q a1=Q 56. Qg4+ Ka5 57. Qxe6 {Diagram #} Qh8+
58. Kg6 Qc3 59. g4 Qd2 60. g5 Qd4 61. Qf5+ Ka4 62. Kh5 Qh8+ 63. Kg4 Qh1 64.
Qf4+ Ka5 65. Qe5+ Ka4 66. g6 Qd1+ 67. Kg5 Qd8+ 68. Kf5 Qc8+ 69. Kf4 Qc1+ 70.
Qe3 Qc7+ 71. Qe5 Qc1+ 72. Kf5 Qc8+ 73. Kg5 Qd8+ 74. Qf6 Qd5+ 75. Qf5 Qd8+ 76.
Kh5 Qe8 77. Qf4+ Ka5 78. Qd2+ Ka4 79. Qd4+ Ka5 80. Kg5 Qe7+ 81. Kf5 Qf8+ 82.
Ke4 Qh6 83. Qe5+ Ka4 84. g7 Qh1+ 85. Kd4 Qd1+ 86. Kc5 Qc1+ 87. Kd6 Qd2+ 88. Ke6
Qa2+ 89. Qd5 Qe2+ 90. Kd6 Qh2+ 91. Kc5 {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Miguel Najdorf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3 8.
Nxc3 O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 exd5 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. Bc3 Na6 14.
Bxa6 bxa6 15. Rxa6 Bd3 16. Ra5 Bc4 17. Kd2 a6 18. Rc5 Rfd8 19. g4 h6 20. h4 Rd7
21. Rb1 Re8 22. b3 Bb5 23. Rg1 Kh7 24. Bd4 Re6 25. f3 Re8 26. h5 f6 27. Rgc1
Kg8 28. Rc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Rd8 30. Bc5 Ra8 31. Ke1 Bd3 32. Rd7 Bc2 33. Rxd5 Bxb3
34. Rd3 Bc4 35. Rc3 Bb5 36. Bd4 Be8 37. Rc5 Rb8 38. Bc3 Rd8 39. Bd4 Rb8 40. Bc3
Rd8 41. e4 Rd3 42. Ke2 Bb5 43. Rxb5 Rxc3 44. Rb8+ Kf7 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. Rb8+ Kf7
47. Rb7+ Kf8 {Diagram #} 48. Kf2 Rb3 49. Rb6 Ra3 50. Rb8+ Kf7 51. Rb7+ Kf8 52.
Kg3 a5 53. b5 a4 54. Kf4 Rb3 55. b6 Kg8 56. Kf5 Rb5+ 57. Ke6 a3 58. f4 a2 59.
Ra7 Rxb6+ 60. Kf5 Rb7 61. Rxa2 Kf7 62. Ra5 Rc7 63. Rd5 Ra7 64. e5 fxe5 {
Diagram #} 65. fxe5 Ke7 66. e6 Ra4 67. g5 hxg5 68. Rd7+ Kf8 69. Rf7+ Kg8 70.
Kg6 g4 71. h6 gxh6 72. e7 Ra8 73. Rf6 1-0

[Event "B udapest, 1952"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Octavio Troianescu"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/4kpp1/3R4/1q2P1P1/5PK1/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "12"]

{Diagram #} 1. Rd2 (1. Rd7 Qa3 2. Rd8 Qa5 3. Rd4 Qc3 4. Rd8 Qc6+ 5. Kg1 Ke4 6.
Kg2 f4) (1. Kg1 Qc2 2. Kg2 Qc3 3. Kf1 Qa1+ 4. Kg2 Qxd4 5. exd4+ Kxd4 {Diagram #
}) 1... Qb7+ 2. Kg1 Ke4 3. Kg2 f4 4. gxf4 gxf4 5. exf4 Kxf4+ 6. Kg1 Qb1+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/5pk1/1p5p/1P5P/8/6P1/6K1 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram #}  1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1k6/p7/p2p2K1/P2P4/8/8/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram #}  1-0

