[Event "Chicago Chess Club Open "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.02.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wayne Palmquist"]
[Black "George Leighton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.10.11"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.11"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bf4 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nh5 7. e3 Nxf4 8. exf4
d6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. O-O c6 11. Re1 Rf6 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 c5 14. Bh3 Nf8 15.
Re3 Rh6 16. Bg2 Bf6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rae1 Ng6 19. Ng5 Ne5 20. fxe5 Bxg5 21. f4
Be7 22. e6 Be8 23. Bf1 Bh5 24. Bd3 Bg4 {Diagram #} 25. Be2 Bh3 26. Qd3 Qe8 27.
Qb5 Qf8 28. Qd7 a6 29. Na4 b5 30. Nb6 Rb8 31. Qc7 Qe8 32. Ra3 g5 33. fxg5 Bxg5
34. Bf3 f4 35. g4 Be7 36. Rxa6 Rg6 37. Ra7 Rg7 38. Nd7 Rc8 39. Qb7 b4 40. Re4
Bxg4 41. Bxg4 Rxg4+ 42. Kf1 h5 43. Nf6+ Bxf6 44. Qh7+ Kf8 45. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "11th WCCC Graz (7)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Deep Junior"]
[Black "Shredder"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.10.11"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Nc5 14. a3 Nxa4 15. axb4
Qc7 16. bxa4 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Nb6 19. f5 Nxa4 20. fxe6 Nc3 21. exf7+ Kxf7
22. Bd3 Bxb4 23. Rdf1+ Kg8 24. Qf2 Ba3+ 25. Kd2 Ne4+ 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Qf5 Bb4+
28. Kd1 Qc4 29. Ne6 Qd5+ 30. Ke2 Qc4+ 31. Kd1 Qd5+ 32. Ke2 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "BBC"]
[Site "Londres"]
[Date "1961.10.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer / Barden"]
[Black "Penrose / Clarke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 {Radio game} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h3
Nc6 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. O-O-O Bc6 12. Kb1 Be7 13. Bg2 O-O
14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. Nd5 Qxd2 16. Nxe7+ Kf8 17. Bxd2 Kxe7 18. Rhe1 Rac8 19. c4 Nd7
20. b3 e5 21. Be3 Nc5 22. f3 b6 23. h4 Ne6 24. Bf1 f6 25. h5 Be8 26. Kb2 Bf7
27. a4 Rb8 28. a5 Nc5 29. Ra1 Rd7 30. Kc3 bxa5 31. Bxc5 dxc5 32. Rxa5 Rc7 33.
Rea1 Rbb7 34. Rb1 Be8 35. b4 cxb4+ 36. Rxb4 Rxb4 37. Kxb4 Rb7+ 38. Kc3 Bf7 39.
Bd3 Kd7 40. c5 Rb3+ 41. Kc2 Rb7 42. Bb5+ Kd8 43. Bc6 Rc7 44. Bd5 Be8 45. Kb3
Bd7 46. Kc4 Ke7 {
Diagram # This game was awarded by Dr. Euwe. Their analysis are still below:} (
46... Ke7 47. Ra6 (47. Kb4 Ke8 48. Ra2 Ke7 49. Rc2 Be8 50. Rc1 Bc6 51. Bxc6
Rxc6 52. Rd1 a6 53. Rd5 Ke8 54. Kc4 Ke7 55. Rd1 Ke8 56. g5 hxg5 57. Rh1 Ke7 58.
h6 gxh6 59. Rxh6 Rc7 60. Rh7+ Kd8 61. Rh8+ Ke7 62. Ra8 Rd7 63. Rxa6 Rd4+ 64.
Kb5 Rd3 65. Kb6 Rxf3 66. Ra7+ Ke6 67. c6 Rb3+ $11) 47... Bc8 48. Rc6 Rxc6 49.
Bxc6 Ba6+ 50. Kd5 Be2 51. Ba4 Bxf3 52. c6 Bxg4 53. c7 Bc8 54. Kc6 f5 55. exf5
Bxf5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Team match 1968"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.10.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vladimir Lyavdansky"]
[Black "Anatoly Volovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6K1/8/5q2/3Q4/8/1p6/k7/8 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "Springfield 1965"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.10.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Joseph Platz"]
[Black "J. DePesquo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p1k3p/p3n3/3pB1P1/P2P3P/1P1K4/8/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram #}  1-0

[Event "Middlesex League 1973"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.10.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leonard Barden"]
[Black "A. Heaton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r6/2pkbprp/3pn3/1p2p3/4P3/2PPB1P1/1P3PK1/R2B3R w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "11"]

{Diagram #} 1. Kf3 Bg5 2. Bxg5 Nxg5+ 3. Ke3 Ne6 4. b4 Kd8 5. Bb3 Kd7 6. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Koyenco GM tournament"]
[Site "Calicut IND"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ravi Gopal Hegde"]
[Black "Semon Palatnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 Bxf3 6. gxf3 Nc6 7. f4 g6 8. e4
Bg7 9. d5 Ne7 10. Be2 d6 11. h4 h5 12. Rg1 Nd7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Qc2 Rf8 16. e5 Nf5 17. O-O-O Qxh4 18. Bf3 Rd8 19. Rxg6 dxe5 20. Bxc5 Qxf4+ 21.
Kb1 Qxf3 22. Bxf8 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Kxf8 25. Rxe6 Ne7 26. f4 Kf7
27. f5 Bf6 28. Nf2 Nxf5 29. Rc6 Bd8 30. c5 h4 31. cxb6 axb6 32. a4 Nd6 33. b4
Ke6 34. a5 Kd5 35. Rc2 bxa5 36. bxa5 c5 37. a6 Bb6 38. Ra2 Nb5 39. Rb2 Na3+ 40.
Kc1 Nc4 41. Ra2 Ba7 42. Ra4 e4 43. Nxe4 Kxe4 44. Rxc4+ Kd5 45. Rxh4 Kc6 46. Ra4
Kb5 47. Ra2 c4 48. Kc2 c3 49. Kxc3 Kb6 50. Kc4 Bb8 51. Rb2+ Ka7 52. Rb7+ Ka8
53. Rh7 Bf4 54. Rh8+ Bb8 55. Kb5 Ka7 56. Rh7+ Ka8 57. Kb6 Be5 58. a7 Bd4+ 59.
Ka6 {Diagram #} Bg7 60. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Niksic, 1978"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Wolfgang Uhlmann"]
[Black "GM Boris Gulko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/6r1/8/8/4pk2/8/1R3K2 w - - 0 64"]
[PlyCount "8"]

{Diagram #} 64. Rb3 {Diagram #} (64. Rb2) 64... Ra6 65. Rb1 Rh6 66. Kg1 Rg6+
67. Kf1 e2+ 1-0

[Event "World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2011.08.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Niclas Huschenbeth"]
[Black "Sahaj Grover"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "206"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. g3 O-O 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Rc1 Ne4 15.
Bxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb6 18. Nf4 e3 19. fxe3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qxe3+ 21.
Rf2 Rad8 22. Qe1 Qb6 23. h4 Rf5 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Rd2 Qc7 27. Rd6
Qb6+ 28. Qf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Kf7 30. Rd8 Rxe5 31. Rc8 Rf5 32. Ke2 Rb5 33. Nd3
Kf6 34. Rc7 Rd5 35. Ke3 h6 36. a3 g5 37. Rh7 Kg6 38. Re7 Kf5 39. Rh7 gxh4 40.
gxh4 Kg6 41. Re7 Kf6 42. Rh7 Rh5 43. Nb4 Bh1 44. Kf4 Rxh4+ 45. Kg3 Be4 46. Rxb7
Bxb7 47. Kxh4 e5 48. Kh5 Kf5 49. Kxh6 e4 50. Nc2 Kf4 51. Kh5 e3 52. Kh4 Kf3 53.
a4 e2 54. Kg5 Be4 55. Nd4+ Ke3 56. Nxe2 Kxe2 57. Kf4 Kd3 58. a5 Bc6 59. b4 a6
60. Kg3 Ke3 61. Kg4 Kf2 62. Kf4 Bf3 63. Kf5 Be2 64. Ke5 Bd3 65. Kd5 Ke2 66. Kc5
Kd2 67. Kd4 Kc2 68. Ke3 Kc3 69. Kf2 Kd4 70. Kf3 Bg6 71. Ke2 Kc3 72. Ke3 Bh5 73.
Ke4 Kd2 74. Kf4 Kd3 75. Kg5 Bf7 76. Kf4 Bg6 77. Kf3 Be4+ 78. Kf2 Kd2 79. Kg3
Ke3 80. Kg4 Bg6 81. Kg5 Bd3 82. Kg4 Be4 83. Kg5 Kf3 84. Kf6 Bd3 85. Ke5 Ke3 86.
Kd5 Bb5 87. Ke5 Bc4 88. Kf5 Bg8 89. Kg4 Bh7 90. Kg3 Bf5 91. Kh4 Kf4 92. Kh5 Bh3
93. Kg6 Bg4 94. Kf6 Bf5 95. Ke7 Ke5 96. Kf7 Bh7 97. Ke7 Kd5 98. Kf6 Kc4 99. Ke5
Kxb4 100. Kd4 {Diagram #} Bg6 (100... Kxa5 101. Kc3) 101. Ke3 Kxa5 102. Kd2 Kb4
103. Kc1 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "John Nunn"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. e5 Nd7 8. Be3
c5 9. Bxa6 cxd4 10. Bxd4 dxe5 11. fxe5 bxa6 12. e6 fxe6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+
Nf6 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Rhe1 Rb8 17. Re5 Rb6 18. Rde1 Rd8 19. Qh4 Qb8 20. Nd4
Rdd6 21. b3 Rb4 22. R5e4 Qc7 23. Nf5+ gxf5 24. Qg3+ Kf7 25. Rxb4 Bb7 26. Kb2
Qd7 27. Rc4 Bc6 28. Qg5 Rd4 29. g3 Rxc4 30. bxc4 Qb7+ 31. Ka3 Be4 32. Nxe4 Nxe4
33. Qh6 a5 34. Qxh7+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Qb2 Qc6 37. Qd4 Nd6 38. Kb2 Nxc4+ 39.
Kc1 Qa4 40. Qc3 Qxa2 41. h4 a4 42. h5 a3 43. h6 Qb2+ 44. Qxb2 axb2+ 45. Kb1 e5
46. Rh1 Kg8 47. g4 fxg4 48. Rg1 e4 49. Rxg4+ Kh7 50. Rg7+ Kxh6 51. Rxe7 e3 52.
Rc7 Ne5 53. Rc3 Nf3 54. Kxb2 e2 55. Rxf3 e1=Q 56. Ra3 Qb4+ 57. Ka2 Qc5 58. Kb2
Kg5 59. Rb3 Kf4 60. Rd3 Ke4 61. Ra3 a5 62. Rd3 a4 63. Ra3 Qb4+ 64. Ka2 Kd5 65.
Rd3+ Kc5 66. Ra3 Qc4+ 67. Kb2 Kb4 68. Rd3 Qe4 {Diagram #} 69. Ka2 (69. Ra3 Qf4)
69... a3 70. Rxa3 (70. Rb3+ Kc4 71. Kxa3 Qxc2) (70. Kb1 Qe1+ 71. Ka2 Qc1) 70...
Qxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Biel 1999"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.10.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Alon Greenfeld"]
[Black "IM Florian Jenni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/k5p1/P4bP1/1K6/5N1p/5N2 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "7"]

{Diagram #} 1. Nxh2 Bxh2 2. Nh3 Bf4 3. Nxf4 gxf4 4. Kc4 1-0

[Event "It Madrid ESP"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15.
O-O b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Qd5 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Bd3 21. Qa8+
Nb8 22. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 23. Re1 bxc3 24. Bf4 Qb6 25. bxc3 Bf5 26. h4 Qb7 27. Qxb7+
Kxb7 28. Re7+ Rd7 29. Bxb8 Kxb8 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Kg2 Kc7 32. Kf3 Kd6 33. Kf4
Bc6 34. Kg5 {Diagram #} Bf3 35. Kf5 Kd5 36. g4 Kd6 37. h5 Kd5 38. Kf4 Bd1 39.
Kg5 Bf3 40. Kf4 Bd1 41. Kg5 Bf3 42. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ABC-228-Nov-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1981.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Malishuaskas - Evigelsky"]
[Black "USSR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2011.09.15"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 {Diagram #} 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7.
Bd2 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qc7 9. f4 a6 10. Qg4 O-O 11. c4 Qb6 12. f5 exf5 13. Nxf5 Qg6
14. Qf3 Qe6 15. cxd5 Qxe5+ 16. Kf2 Qxa1 17. Bc3 Qb1 18. Bd3 Qb6+ 19. Bd4 Qb4
20. Qg4 {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "ABC-228-Nov-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3qk3/4p3/5n2/4N3/8/8/8/3QK3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.09.15"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.15"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-228-Nov-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2p1k3/5n2/4p3/1b2P3/2N5/1P2B3/4K3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.09.15"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.15"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-228-Nov-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/5pp1/8/4P3/1b2n3/2N5/1P2B3/R3K3 b Q - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.09.15"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.15"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-228-Nov-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Skewer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3k3/2Qb1p2/8/8/3p2n1/8/3PP3/2B1K3 b q - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.09.15"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.15"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-228-Nov-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Undermining"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2p2qpk/6pp/8/3N1n2/6QP/5PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.09.15"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.15"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "ABC-228-Nov-2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Unpinning Combination"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "Q4b1r/2k4p/3q4/2p5/8/6B1/6PK/6R1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2011.09.15"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.15"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.09.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gulamali, Kazim"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h4 d6 5. h5 $5 {Quite an enterprising way of
playing against the highest rated player in the western hemisphere.  This
variation, which I was informed is known as the 'musical chairs variation'
seems to be more dangerous than I originally thought.} Nxh5 6. Rxh5 {
This move has scored a whopping 80% in the past 5 years.  Who knew.} gxh5 7. e4
c6 (7... Be6 {Was Mrs. Polgar's choice against Topalov, and although she ended
up winning the game her position was not very impressive out of the opening.}
8. Be2 Bf7 9. Bxh5 Bxh5 10. Qxh5+ Kd7 11. Nf3 Qe8 {And although this was a
rapid game, I don't quite understand why Topalov didn't take on f5 followed by
Qb5.} 12. Qh3 {Topalov - Polgar, UNAM Rapid 2010} (12. Qxf5+ e6 13. Qb5+ $16))
8. Qxh5+ Kd7 9. Qxf5+ Kc7 10. Qa5+ b6 11. Qa3 {This is actually the game's
novelty.  White had previously tried putting the queen somewhere else. 
Although he is down material, the compensation for the exchange is quite
obvious.  White has a nice center, a pawn and Black's king is not the best.} e5
12. Be3 (12. d5 {Provoking c5 was one way to do things, after which it's not
so obvious how Black will arrange his queen side pieces.} c5 13. Be3 Kb7 14.
O-O-O $44) 12... exd4 13. Bxd4 Rg8 14. O-O-O Kb7 15. g3 h5 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Qb3
Be6 18. Nge2 {Black has managed to get some of his pieces out, but trouble
still remains.  Kazim has harmonously developed, has some nice pressure down
the d-file and will be ready to pounce at Hikaru's king within a few moves.}
Nd7 19. Nd4 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Qxh6+ 21. Kb1 Ne5 $6 {This game was, after all, a
rapid.  I'm not entirely sure what Hikaru missed, as after White's obvious
reply the N will be forced to retreat.} 22. f4 Nd7 23. Nxc6 $5 {Fearless play
from the Georgian FM.  Georgian like Atlanta, Georgia, not the country for a
change...} (23. Qa4 Rac8 24. f5 (24. Ndb5 cxb5 25. Nxb5 a5 26. Nxd6+ Kc7 $13)
24... Nc5 (24... Bf7 $2 25. Ndb5 {is game.}) 25. Qa3 Bd7 26. b4 {
is a mess, but it should favor white somehow.}) 23... Nc5 $1 {A good practical
decision.  Black does not touch the N and instead focuses on getting his
pieces out driving the white forces away from the king.} (23... Kxc6 {
It's hard to accept this sacrifice when White has so many resources.} 24. f5 (
24. Nb5 $5 Nc5 25. Rxd6+ Kb7 26. Qd1 {Looks like a decent attack for white.})
24... Nc5 (24... Rxg3 25. Qa4+ Kb7 26. Rxd6 Rc8 27. fxe6 Nc5 28. Qd1 {
And white has recovered all his material but now his position is a littleloose.
}) 25. Qc2 $1 {A ridiculous computer move} Bf7 26. b4 {with a strong attack.})
24. Na5+ Kc8 (24... Kb8 25. Nc6+ {is probably not what Hikaru had in mind}) 25.
Qb5 Bd7 {And here Kazim misses a spectacular resource} 26. Nc6 (26. Bh3 $3 Bxh3
27. Qc6+ Kb8 28. Rxd6 Qg7 29. Qd5 $1 {It turns out Black is quite helpless
against the multitude of threats, most of them stemming from Nc6.  A pretty
position.} Rc8 30. Nc6+ Rxc6 31. Qxc6 Bd7 32. Qd5 Qxg3 33. Qe5 Kb7 34. b4 {
And white should be better.  How much is something else.}) 26... Rxg3 27. Nd5
Qe6 28. b4 Qxe4+ 29. Kc1 $4 {I'm guessing a time trouble mistake.  Kazim has
done a wonderful job of providing entertainment, but Hikaru defended
resourcefully and does not forgive his opponent for this mistake.  The correct
move was quite difficult to find.} (29. Kb2 Kb7 (29... Qe8 $1 {Leads to an
absolutely crazy line.  The computer says its a draw, but considering that the
players probably had under 5 minutes (or at least Kazim did)} 30. Nf6 Qe3 (
30... Bxc6 31. Nxe8 Bxb5 32. Nxd6+ Kb8 33. Nxb5 {
And Black's rook is so bad that White can't really be worse in this position.})
31. Nxd7 Qf2+ 32. Kb1 Ra3 33. Nxa7+ R3xa7 (33... R8xa7 34. Nxb6+ Kd8 35. Rxd6+
Ke7 36. Nd5+ $1 Kf7 (36... Kxd6 37. bxc5+ Qxc5 38. Qe8 {
Is an obvious draw, according to Houdini.  Ridiculous.}) 37. Rf6+ Kg7 38. Rg6+
$3 Kh7 39. Rh6+ Kxh6 40. Qc6+ Kh7 41. Nf6+ Kg7 42. Nxh5+ {
And Black can't escape this bizarre perpetual...}) 34. Nxb6+ Kd8 35. a3 $1 Rxa3
36. Rxd6+ Ke7 37. Rd7+ Nxd7 38. Qxd7+ Kf6 39. Qd6+ {and a perpetual}) 30. Na5+
Kb8 (30... Kc8 31. Nc6 $11) 31. Nc6+ Bxc6 32. Qxc6 {
And black has no useful checks, so he is lost.}) 29... Kb7 30. bxc5 Bxc6 31.
Qb2 dxc5 *

[Event "112th US Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Esserman, M."]
[Black "Lenderman, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

{Lenderman played a very interesting tournament.  After having a rough start,
he was able to push his way into the top of the standings by beating Esserman
in the next-to-last round, after which only himself and Hikaru had 7/8 points.
An unplanned swiss gambit played wonderfully for Alex in this event.} 1. e4 c6
{It is no secret that Alex has been taking lessons from GM Kacheishvili, and
the Caro-Kann seems to be as Georgian as khachapuri.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {
A product of fashion.  Everyone seems to be playing this system nowadays.} Bf5
4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 (5... c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 {
Has been doing badly for Black.}) 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 (7. Na3 {Was the briliant
game Kamsky-Kacheishvili from the World Open, I would've been intrigued on
what improvement Alex had.}) 7... Nec6 8. Be3 Nd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Na3 (10. Nbd2
c3 {Was Smirin-Seirawan from the World Team Championship.  This variatino of
the Caro-Kann is ridiculously popular.   Smirin got nothing from the opening
and the game was drawn soon afterwards.}) 10... c3 11. Qb3 $5 {A cool move and
a novelty.  I'm not sure if Mark prepared this before the game or not, but it
is totally his style.  He doesn't care about the amount of pawns he has but
does care about the initiative and creating threats.  The move is quite
unpleasant to meet over the board, but Alex does a great job neutralizing
white's initiative.} cxb2 12. Qxb2 (12. Rad1 $1 {Was probably a more exact way
of continuing the initiative since Black cannot recapture on c5 right away.}
Qc8 13. Qxb2 Bxc5 14. Nc4 {Is like the game, but about two hundred and fifteen
times better for white since the inclusion of the moves Qc8 and Nc4 obviously
favor him}) 12... Bxc5 13. Rfd1 $6 {Overambitious.  White had no need to do
this, and he will spend the rest of the game trying to justify the sacrifice. 
Unfortunately, it was the time to think about equalizing, but that's not a
thought that enter Esserman's chess mind too often.} (13. Nc4 O-O 14. Qxb7 Be4
$11 {And black is certainly ok.}) 13... Bxe3 14. fxe3 Rb8 15. Nd4 O-O 16. Nc4
Be4 {This annoying resource is surprisingly common in the 3. e5 variation of
the Caro.  The bishop re-routes to d5, where it creates a fantastic blockade
and it pressures the kingside.  Withe the king safely tucked in the kingside,
the good position of the knights, specially the advanced one on d6, is not
enough to compensate for the pawn.} 17. Nd6 Bd5 18. e4 Nxd4 19. exd5 Nxe2+ (
19... Nxe5 20. dxe6 Qxd6 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Rxd4 Qf6 {Retains the extra pawn,
but the simplified nature of the position, the better activity for white and
the B being much stronger than the N gives white excellent hopes to draw}) 20.
Qxe2 Qe7 {Black has consolidated but doesn't have much activity.  He still has
to worry about a few things, such as b7 and f7, and white's pieces will all be
well placed.  The natural result of this game should be a draw, but Esserman
is too ambitious.} 21. Qe4 (21. Rac1 Nb6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Qe3 {
This move is kind of important, as it pins the N to the a7 pawn.} Nd5 24. Qxa7
Ra8 (24... Qg5 $1 {Is better and gives black some chances of an initiative.})
25. Qxb7 Qxb7 26. Nxb7 Rxa2 27. Ra1 $11) 21... Nb6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rf1 Nd5
24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rf1 $6 {Judging by my previous comments, which indicate
that black's pieces were not as well placed as white's, it makes little sense
to trade all the rooks off.} Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Qg5 27. g3 $2 {
This weakening move immediately ends the game.} (27. h3 {And black is far from
winning.  He is up a clear pawn but this game will take a long time to win,
specially with the permanent weakness of the king on g8.  White has chances.})
27... Qd2 28. h4 Ne3+ 29. Kg1 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Ng4+ 31. Kg2 Qd2+ {A typical Caro-Ka
nn win: Black took a pawn, did nothing special but played solidly, and enjoyed
White's overreach.} 0-1

[Event "112th US Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Esserman, M."]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 {This move is unnecessary.  Mark still pokes
fun of me for declining the sacrifice when I played against him in the World
Open a few years ago with 3... Nf6, however I believe it is simply the
strongest move.} 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3
Ng6 (9... b5 10. Bb3 Ng6 {simply transposes.}) 10. Bb3 b5 11. Nd5 {As flashy as
this move is, it has been played before.  That doesn't take away from the fact
that it is bold and risky.  Black I'm sure is forced to accept this sacrifice.}
exd5 12. exd5 Nce5 13. d6 {White is down a full piece, but his compensation is
beyond obvious.  Black will never castle, he has problems with his kingside
development and his king is in ruins.  Why do people take on c3?  It will
remain a mystery to me.} Bb7 14. Nxe5 fxe5 (14... Nxe5 15. Re1 Qb8 16. Bc5 $18
{Is just hopeless.}) 15. f4 Qf6 {
Losing on the spot.  However Black's position was horrendous.} (15... exf4 {
and any devent move probably gives white the advantage.} 16. Re1 $16) 16. fxe5
Qxe5 17. Bg5 $1 {Unfortunately I can only give this move only one exclamation
mark.  There is a simpler and more efficient win, which Esserman saw as he
informed later, but he wanted to play this way because it was prettier.  Props
to the man, who definitely made a service to humanity with this beautiful move.
I wish there had been a brilliancy prize for this event, because this move
would have won it easily.} (17. Bf7+ Kd8 18. Bb6+ Kc8 19. Re1 {And because of
back rank checkmate the queen can't move, which leaves white with a crushing
attack and a material advantage to boot.}) 17... Be7 (17... Qxg5 18. Qe1+ Be7
19. Bf7+ Kf8 (19... Kd8 20. Qa5+ Kc8 21. Qc7#) 20. Bxg6+ Bf6 21. Qe7+ $1 {
Is the point} Kg8 22. Bf7# {With the bishop, obviously, never the queen.}) 18.
Bf7+ Kd8 19. dxe7+ Nxe7 20. Qd2 {
Black doesn't even have an extra piece, and his king is dying.} Kc8 21. Rac1+
Nc6 22. Rfd1 Qf5 23. Bf4 Qxf7 24. Qd6 Kd8 25. Rxc6 Bxc6 26. Qxc6 {
And the multiple threats cannot be stopped.  An impressive demolition!} 1-0

[Event "112th US Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Sadorra, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

{This matchup was quite funny, as Julio and I had played against each other
with the same colors and in the same round in last year's US Open. 
Unfortunately for both of us, we were better situated in the leaderboard last
year.  A draw would be absolutely no good to either of us, as the best case
scenario with our scores was to get a victory and hope that board one
(Lenderman-Nakamura) ended in a draw, which in fact it did.  I have
historically had an impressive record against members of the UTD team, and I
didn't feel this was the time to lose the streak.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2
Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d4 Nbd7 {I was quite frankly not
expecting this at all.  I am very well aware that Sadorra sometimes studies
with Sal Bercys, and that therefore it is not entirely impossible that he has
learned some King's Indian ideas from him, but it just didn't seem like
Sadorra's type of opening.  It is understandable, however, as the KID is known
to create interesting unbalances and give black good opportunity to complicate
the game and create counterplay.} 8. e4 c6 9. h3 Qa5 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5
12. Bf1 {I was playing quite slowly by this point, as I was admittedly a
little nervous.  I had played this position a few times recently and I had
little doubt that Sadorra had seen those games and had something prepared...}
Re8 13. Be3 c5 {A common line, but not what I thought he was going to play} (
13... Be6 14. Nxe6 Rxe6 15. Kg2 Rae8 16. c5 $5 {Was my game against Becerra
earlier this year.  I'm still not entirely sure how powerful this pawn
sacrifice is (ironically enough, it forces black to counter sacrifice a piece),
but it served me well in the game and I won rather cleanly.  I was wondering
if Sadorra would go for this line and have an improvement, so I was going to
think hard before going for c5.}) 14. Nb3 Qb4 {This is basically the only move
played in this position, but I'm going to go ahead and question theory at this
point.  As the reader will see from the continuation of the game, the queen
must eventually go back to d8, as it is the most natural square for it.  On b4
it encourages a3, which is slightly weakening, and then white follows with Nd2,
a move that simply helps him.  If the queen is going to retreat to d8 after
that, why not simply do it in this move?} 15. a3 $1 (15. Qxd6 {I'll be honest.
I didn't notice the pawn on d6 was hanging.  Then again, this move looks
ridiculous.  There is apparently a very pretty refutation given by Bojkov in
his DVD on the KID.  However, if you read any old books on the KID you'll know
d6 is always poisoned somehow or another.} Nf3+ 16. Kh1 Nxe1 17. Bxc5 Qxc3 $1 {
Is apparently the 'point'.  This isn't what I was bargaining for when I played
a chicken setup like the fianchetto KID.} 18. bxc3 Nxe4 19. Qd5 Bf5 {
With serious compensation.  Whatever.}) 15... Qb6 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. Rb1 {
I had played all this before against Bojkov, maybe four or five months ago. 
It was because of this that I was incredibly surprised that Sadorra was
thinking in this position, and that he chose to repeat this line.  True,
Bojkov got amazing counterplay and was better most of the game, which I
survived somehow.  However, Black's position right now is just bad.  Very bad.}
(17. b4 $2 Ng4 $15) 17... Qd8 18. Bg2 Be6 19. f4 Nd7 20. Nd5 {Diagram # I
think this is a good time to stop and take a look at the position.  A swift
glance will reveal nothing more than a normal KID/Benoni setup with black
having a ton of dark squares and white having a nice space advantage.  A
deeper study reveals that Black doesn't have a plethora of dark squares, he
has one: d4.  This square isn't even heavily controlled by him, as soon as
white is able to play b4 and put his N back on b3, he will have full control
over d4.  White will then have a space advantage on the queenside, the
kingside, and the center.  Black, unlike most Benonis, has no targets.  The d7
knight has no squares.  He doesn't want to trade on d5, and at the same time
he doesn't have a useful move.  Houdini might think that this game is about
equal.  I think Black's position is awful.} Bxd5 (20... Nd4 {
Was slightly better} 21. b4 b6 22. Kh2 {But Black is still worse}) 21. cxd5 Nd4
22. b4 b5 {I wasn't expecting this move, but everything else looked pretty bad
as well.  Sadorra tries some complications but they don't really work out.} (
22... b6 23. Nc4 Qe7 24. e5 $16) (22... Nb5 23. Nc4 Nc3 24. Qb3 Nxb1 25. Nxd6
Nc3 26. bxc5 Re7 27. Nxb7 Qe8 28. e5 $16 {
Black has to give a piece back and everything falls apart.}) 23. bxc5 Nxc5 (
23... dxc5 24. e5 {is suicidal.}) 24. Nf1 {This move is simple and winning. 
Unfortunately for Black, it turns out that the N on d4 is trapped.  Not only
that, it doesn't have enough protection.  Oops.} (24. Rb4 Nd3 {Was more complic
ated than I wanted it to be, although it should still be winning for white.})
24... Qf6 25. Rb4 Ndb3 (25... Ncb3 {Loses even quicker to} 26. Nd2 {
Which is kind of funny, as the N on d4 is still trapped.}) 26. Rxb3 Nxb3 27.
Qxb3 Qc3 28. Qxc3 Bxc3 29. Rb1 Reb8 (29... a6 {Withe the idea of taken over
the c file would've made me prove my endgame technique.  However I'm sure I
would've figured this out eventually.  Bringing the king over is a good start.}
) 30. e5 {Black's queenside majority isn't as fast as White's central pawns,
so I win more material, but the game isn't over yet.} a5 31. exd6 b4 (31... a4
32. d7 b4 33. d6 {is completely hopeless.}) 32. a4 b3 33. d7 Rb4 34. Bc5 Rc4
35. Be7 b2 36. d8=Q+ {
In my infinite grandmaster wisdom I forgot to push my d6 with a free tempo.} (
36. d6 {Basically forces resignation.}) (36. d6) 36... Rxd8 37. Bxd8 Rxa4 38.
d6 Ra1 39. Be4 f5 40. Bd3 {
Maybe ill excuse myself on this ocassion because it was the 40th move...} (40.
d7 fxe4 41. Bg5 {Is quite over}) 40... Kf7 {Diagram # I was mildly annoyed
that there wasn't a completely obvious win, despite the fact that I'm up two
pieces.  So I decided to play it safe and sacrifice one to reach a completely
winning endgame.} 41. Bb6 Ke6 42. Ne3 a4 43. Nd1 Bf6 44. Nxb2 Rxb1+ 45. Bxb1
Bxb2 46. Bc5 Kd7 47. Bc2 Kc6 48. d7 Bf6 49. Ba3 {After the forced pawn trade
the 3 on 3 endgame is beyond hopeless.  I like this game because it was very
clean and it was unclear where Sadorra went particularly wrong.  Not that I'm
a huge fan of this variation for Black.} 1-0

[Event "112th US Open"]
[Site "Orlando USA"]
[Date "2011.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sundararajan, K."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Timur, Gareyev"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]

{One of the more dynamic games by Nakamura played at US Open.} 1. d4 f5 2. g3
Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 c6 8. c4 Qc7 9. Nbd2 Re8
10. Qc2 Na6 {Fairly standard spot in Leningrad system. Both sides developed
harmoniously. Now black is ready to push in e7-e5 in the center.} 11. a3 (11.
c5 {Seems like a smart prophylaxis move. C4-c5 prevents central breakthrough.
On the other hand it weakens white squares.} Nb4 $1 {
making sure the knight gets in the game} (11... Be6 12. a3 {
restricting the knight}) 12. Qc4+ Nbd5 13. Rac1 Kh8 {with the idea of
developing the white-squared bishop saving g8 square vs Kf3-g5 advance}) 11...
e5 12. c5 e4 $1 {All of a sudden black is gaining space and his pieces get
fine squares in the center.} 13. cxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne5 Be6 15. b4 Bd5 16. Ndc4 Qe6
{Black has solid advantage due to white's bad bishops on b2 and g2. To white's
defense, he does have a well placed knight on e5. Black spots that and takes
immediate action.} 17. Bc1 Ng4 $1 18. Nxg4 Bxc4 19. Ne5 Bb3 20. Qc3 Ba4 {
Black loosened white's center and is now ready to improve his knight a6-c7-d5
with further pressure.} 21. g4 $2 {Without getting into calculation it is
obvious this move just can not be good. White's pieces are disconnected at the
moment. White is opening the game at the same time loosening the defense of
his king's side. Another consideration for Kidambi to keep in mind was the
fact that he was facing one of the top tactical players in the world. I am
sure Hikaru loved what was happening at the moment.} fxg4 22. Bxe4 Nc7 {
Nothing but solid logical idea. Black creates harmony before going for attack.}
23. f4 $6 {White continues with the unfortunate strategy.} gxf3 24. Qxf3 Nb5
25. Bb2 Nxd4 {Simple logical tactics safely winning a pawn.} 26. Bxd4 Bxe5 27.
Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Bd3 Re7 30. Qf6+ Qxf6 31. Rxf6 Rd8 {Hikaru demonstra
tes outstanding technique overcoming few technical difficulties and converting
the advantage.} 32. Raf1 Kg7 33. Bc4 Rdd7 34. Be6 Rd1 35. Bc4 Rxf1+ 36. Rxf1 a6
$1 {Black is preparing Bb5 which will ease access to e2 and a3 weaknessess.}
37. Rf4 Bc2 {For whatever reason Hikaru changes his mind.} 38. Kf2 Be4 39. Ke3
Bd5+ 40. Kd3 g5 41. Rd4 Bxc4+ 42. Rxc4 Rd7+ 43. Ke3 h5 44. Kf3 Kf6 45. h3 Rd5
46. Rc3 Ke6 47. Re3+ Kd6 {Kings and roooks trying to define on which side they
are going to be more useful attacking or defending. Black obviously gets to
call the shots due to greater ability to create threats.} 48. Re8 Rf5+ 49. Ke4
Rf4+ 50. Kd3 Rh4 {Tactical subtlety forcing white to get back on the defensive.
} 51. Re3 a5 $1 {creating a second weakness} 52. Kc3 axb4+ 53. axb4 b5 54. Rg3
Rc4+ 55. Kd2 Rxb4 {Connected passed pawns gurantee comfortable win.} 56. Rxg5
Rh4 57. Rg3 Kc5 58. Kd3 Rd4+ 59. Kc3 b4+ 60. Kb3 Kb5 61. Rg5+ c5 62. Rxh5 Re4
63. h4 Re3+ 64. Kc2 Rxe2+ 65. Kd3 Rh2 66. Rh8 c4+ 67. Kd4 c3 68. h5 c2 69. Rc8
b3 0-1

[Event "2011 K-8 Barber Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Xu, Grant Y"]
[Black "Brown, Michael William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2162"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[Annotator "Brown,Michael William"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 {This was the first surprise
for me. Usually, people will play 5.d3 or d4 in order to keep the position
flexible.} d6 6. d3 a6 {I basically play the same way that I would play if
someone had played 5.d3 against me. The two positions are actually very
similar.} 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O h6 {
This is to stop Ng5 or Bg5 so that I can choose from multiple plans.} 10. h3
Re8 {Here, I realized I should have played Nh5, in order to move it to f4 or
g3 and take advantage of White's slow development and his queen placement.
However, the move in the game is not bad either, just different plans.} 11. Rd1
{I guess this was the whole point of 5.Qe2, to get the Rook on f1 to d1.} Be6
12. Bc2 Qe7 {I did not feel comfortable with my queen on the same file as his
rook on d1, so I decided to move it out of the way.} 13. Nf1 d5 14. Ng3 Rad8
15. Be3 {This forces the trade of the dark-squared bishops, and so I decided
to trade down into an endgame because my pieces are better developed, better
placed, and I thought I would have winning chances.} dxe4 16. dxe4 Bxe3 17.
Qxe3 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 Rd8 19. Bc2 Nd7 {In this position, I wanted to play Nc5,
a5, and b5 in order to try to put pressure on White's queenside.} 20. Ne2 $6 {
This move shows that White is starting to become passive and is trying to
defend instead of trying to attack.} Qc5 $1 {Trading queens, Black stops all
of White's counterplay on the kingside and can solely focus on the queenside.}
21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22. Kf1 a5 {The start of a long-term plan.} 23. b3 b5 {
I am trying to play b4 to force him to make a weakness.} 24. Ke1 b4 25. Rd1 {
He offers a trade of rooks, but since the d-file is unusable for White because
of my minor pieces, I decided to decline the trade and put my rook on a better
square.} Rb8 {In some cases, this is a good square for the rook. It forces him
to play c4 because if he doesn't, I have a4 coming and his position on the
queenside collapses.} 26. c4 f6 {
Reinforcing e5, so that my c6-knight is free to move about when I need it to.}
27. Nc1 a4 28. Nd3 {White is able to exchange one pair of knights on c5 and d3,
but his position is still slightly worse.} Nxd3+ 29. Rxd3 axb3 30. Bxb3 $6 {
I did not think this move was good at all. The bishop now has to protect two
pawns, a2 and c4, and it is stuck on b3. My rook, knight, and bishop will be
able to coordinate attacks on the weak pawns so that White gets tied down.} Kf7
31. Ke2 Ke7 {Here, I am bringing the king closer to the center so that it
plays a major role in my strategy. White is stuck to the defense, so he has to
do something, but he really can't.} 32. Ke3 Ra8 33. Rd1 Ra5 {
Stopping c5 in case White wants to play it.} 34. Rd2 Ra3 {A change in strategy,
but my main goal with this move is to take the outpost on c5 with a knight
maneuver of c6-a5-b7-c5, and then work on the d-file to try to control it so
that White cannot do anything at all.} 35. Rd3 Na5 36. Nd2 Nb7 37. Nb1 Ra5 $6 {
This is a waste of time. I should have moved it to a6 straight away so that my
strategy would not have to invest another tempo.} 38. Rd1 Nc5 39. Nd2 Ra6 40.
f3 Rd6 {Now, my Rook invades on the d-file. White is sitting in this position
with nothing to do.} 41. h4 Rd3+ 42. Ke2 Rd4 43. Ke3 {
Basically, I have gained a tempo on him and now I gained back the tempo I lost.
} h5 44. g3 Nb7 {I am trying to close the position completely and play Nd6 to
put my pieces on maximum. However, this knight maneuver is a little risky,
because White can sacrifice his a-pawn, and gain some activity.} 45. Rc1 c5 46.
Rc2 $2 {White is still resorting to passive defense, and we were both getting
into time trouble. White had to try to get some activity with the move a3,
because when I take the pawn he can try to use the open a and b-files to his
advantage and get some activity, making it very tough for Black to win.} (46.
a3 bxa3 47. Ra1 Nd6 48. Rxa3 Nxc4+ 49. Nxc4 Bxc4 50. Bxc4 Rxc4 {This endgame,
whie still a win for Black, will be much harder to win than the ending in the
game.}) 46... Nd6 {Now my strategy is complete. I have done everything I could
on the queenside. Now, I move on to the kingside.} 47. Rc1 g6 48. Ke2 f5 {
This pawn break is key in opening up the position. White can only sit and hope
Black makes a mistake.} 49. Ke3 f4+ $1 {This forces White to make a weak
square on e5 and to make a weak pawn on h4, so now Black has a pawn majority
on the kingside, and White's majority in the center is worthless.} 50. gxf4
exf4+ 51. Ke2 Nf7 {The last knight maneuver. My knight has finally found its
home on e5, which dominates the position.} 52. Rc2 Ne5 53. Rc1 Kf6 {Now, I crea
te a passed pawn on the kingside, and White cannot do anything about it.} 54.
Rc2 g5 55. hxg5+ Kxg5 56. Rc1 h4 57. Rg1+ Kh6 58. Ba4 $4 {
This overlooks a tactic that wins a piece and the game.} Rxd2+ $1 59. Kf1 $2 {
Getting mated in two, but 59.Kxd2 Nxf3+ was not a good future either.} Bxc4+
60. Ke1 Nxf3# {With this win, I was able to tie for first with Justus Williams.
It was a great tournament, filled with lots of excitement all the way to the
end.} 0-1

[Event "K-8 Barber"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Justus, Williams"]
[Black "Arthur , Shen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.07.05"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.05"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
d6 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 {The main line is 10.Rd1 and white has an advantage} (10.
Rd1 a6 11. Ba3 Ne8 12. Rac1) 10... a6 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 12. h3 Qc7 13. Rac1 Rac8
14. g4 h6 {
Now my plan is to play h4,g5 since he played h6, which was not necessary} 15.
Qf4 Rfe8 16. h4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 {I felt that here I was better and I guess he
thought that he was under attack and thought that trading pieces would
simplify things} Ne5 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Nh7 21. g6 fxg6 22.
Qg4 {After this move I thought he would play ...Bf6 and black is fine} Nf8 23.
Ne4 Rcd8 24. Qg2 Qb8 25. Qh2 b5 26. Rd3 bxc4 27. Rxc4 d5 28. Rc7 {
Now he misses the last defensive chance} Nd7 (28... Rd7 29. Qe5 Bh4 30. Qxg7+
Rxg7 31. Rxg7+ Kh8 32. Rb7+ Kg8 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 {I'm probably still better
because i have the e5 square and I have the long diagonal but its still a game}
) 29. Rh3 e5 (29... dxe4 30. Rh8+ Kf7 31. Qf4+ Bf6 32. Bxf6 Rxh8 (32... gxf6
33. Rh7+ Kg8 34. Qh6) 33. Rxd7+ Rxd7 34. Be5+ Ke7 35. Bxb8 $16) 30. Bxe5 dxe4
31. Rh8+ Kf7 32. Qf4+ Nf6 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "112th US Open"]
[Site "Orlando USA"]
[Date "2011.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicholas Karas"]
[Black "Michael Vilenchuk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2142"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bxb5 (9... Qa5) (9... Nc6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 (11... Qa5
12. Nb3) 12. Nxc6 Qe8 13. Nxe5 Be6 14. Rhe1 Qc8) 10. Ndxb5 (10. Qxb5 Nbd7 11.
f4) 10... Qa5 11. f4 Nc6 12. h4 (12. Kb1) 12... Nh5 13. Rh3 a6 14. Na3 Nd4 (
14... f6 15. g4 (15. Nc4 Qc5 16. g4 (16. Rd5 Nd4 17. Qd3 Qa7) 16... b5 17. Nd2
Nd4 18. Qd3 fxg5) 15... fxg5 16. gxh5 gxf4 17. hxg6 hxg6) 15. Qf2 (15. Qd3 f6
16. g4 fxg5 17. gxh5 g4 18. Rg3 Qxh5 19. Qc4+ Rf7 20. Rxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rxf4)
15... Nb5 (15... Qc5 16. Kb1 f6 17. Na4 Qa7 18. g4 fxg5 19. gxh5 g4 20. Rg3
gxh5) 16. Ncxb5 (16. Naxb5 axb5 17. Bxe7 Rfe8 18. Bxd6 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Qxa2 20.
e5 (20. Rb3 Nf6) 20... Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qxb2 22. g4 Rec8 23. Qd4 Qxc3+ 24. Qxc3
Rxc3 25. Kxc3 Nxf4) 16... axb5 17. Rd5 f6 18. Rxb5 Qa4 19. g4 fxg5 20. gxh5
Rxf4 21. Qg2 Raf8 22. Rh1 Rf2 23. Qh3 Qxe4 24. Rd1 R2f3 25. Qg2 gxh4 26. hxg6
hxg6 27. Kb1 h3 (27... Rd3 28. Qg1 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 h3) 28. Qh1 Qe2 29. Rbd5 Rf1
0-1

[Event "Denker Tournament of High School Champ"]
[Site "Orlando USA"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Michael Vilenchuk"]
[Black "David Golub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5
dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nd7 11. Nf3 Qc7 (11... Nf8) 12. Bb5 a6 (12... Rxg2
13. Kf1 Rg8 14. Rg1) (12... Qxa5 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. a4) 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. O-O
O-O-O (14... d4 15. g3 Bc6 16. Nxd4 O-O-O 17. Be3 Bd5 18. f4) (14... Qc4 15.
Ng5 O-O-O 16. h3 Nf5 17. Nxf7 Rdf8 18. Qxf5 Qxf1+ 19. Kxf1 exf5 20. Nd6+) 15.
Bg5 Bb5 16. Qxf7 Bxf1 17. Qxe6+ Qd7 18. Qxd7+ Rxd7 19. Kxf1 d4 20. h4 Nc6 21.
Rd1 d3 22. cxd3 Nxa5 23. Rc1 Rc7 24. Nd4 1-0

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

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

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dan McCarver"]
[Black "Jenny M. Duggan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2011.07.28"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qd3 Be6 7. d5 Nb4 8. cxb4
Bg4 9. Qb5+ Bd7 10. Qxb7 Rb8 11. Qxa7 Rxb4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qe3 Rxb2 14. Qc3
Rb7 15. Nfd2 O-O 16. Ba6 Rb6 17. Qa5 Qb8 18. Nc4 Rxb1+ 19. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 20. Ke2
Qxh1 21. Qxc7 Ba4 22. Ke3 Qc1+ 23. Nd2 Bg5+ 24. Kd3 Bc2+ 25. Ke2 Qd1# 0-1

[Event "London 1920"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.10.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "R. C. Griffith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q1rk1/p1p1bppp/2p5/3pPb2/3B1P2/2N2Q2/PPP3PP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "31"]

{Diagram #} 1. g4 Bxc2 2. Rac1 c5 3. Rxc2 cxd4 4. Nxd5 c5 5. f5 Bg5 6. Rxc5 Rc8
7. Rxc8 Qxc8 8. f6 Re8 9. Ne7+ Rxe7 10. fxe7 Bxe7 11. Rf1 Qe8 12. Qd5 Bd8 13.
Rxf7 Qxf7 14. Qxd8+ Qf8 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Nottingham"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

{This was to be Reshevsky's only game against the second world champion.} 1. d4
d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Nc3 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9.
exd4 Bb7 10. Bg5 Be7 {Diagram # Diagram #} 11. Qe2 ({Simplest is} 11. Bxf6 Bxf6
12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 O-O 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Ne5) 11... O-O 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13.
Ne5 {Diagram # Diagram # with f5 in the air. So goes for simplification.} Nd5
14. Bc1 {
which Lasker avoids, playing the unexpected ... and with his 16th move in mind.
} Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nf6 (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 {seems solid as well.}) 16. a4 $1
Qd5 {
Diagram # Diagram # Reshevsky called the "clash off ideas ... highly dramatic."
} 17. Nf3 {This may be Lasker's bad idea. After} (17. f4 bxa4 18. f5 {
it's an imbalanced fight right up the Old Streetfighter's alley!}) 17... Rfc8
18. Bb2 Ne4 $1 19. Rc1 {Diagram # Diagram #} Ng5 $1 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bxb5 $2 {
Diagram # Diagram #} ({Lasker's move loses quickly, but he was in a bad
position. Reshevsky gives a beautiful line:} 21. Ne1 Nh3+ 22. Kh1 Nf4 23. Qg4
Bg5 24. Rc2 h5 25. Qg3 h4 26. Qg4 h3 $1) 21... Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "URS-USA"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1955.06.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Qf3 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 Bd6
15. Qc6+ Ke7 16. Bd2 b4 {Diagram # Diagram #} 17. Qxd6+ $1 Kxd6 18. Nc4+ Kd7
19. Nxa5 Rxa5 20. Rhc1 Ba6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rc4 Nd5 23. Rxd4 Rb8 24. Kd3 h5
25. Kc4 b3 26. a4 Rc6+ 27. Kd3 Rc2 28. Rb1 Rbc8 29. a5 {Diagram # Diagram #
Reshevsky now simply outplays another world champ in a demanding endgame.} R8c6
(29... e5 30. Rxd5+ Ke6 31. Rb5 Rd8+ 32. Ke3) 30. Ke2 Rd6 31. Ke1 Nc7 32. Rxd6+
Kxd6 33. Bc3 f6 34. Ra1 {Diagram # Diagram #} Na6 {goes for blockade, but} (
34... Kc5 {, activating his king, kept the balance.}) 35. Ra3 Kc7 (35... Nc5
36. a6 Nd3+ 37. Kf1 Rc1+ 38. Ke2 Rxc3 39. a7 Nf4+ 40. Kd1 Rc8 41. a8=Q Rxa8 42.
Rxa8 Nxg2 {is a different try.}) 36. Rxb3 Nc5 37. Rb5 Na4 38. Bd4 e5 39. Kd1 $1
Rc4 40. Be3 Kc6 41. Rb8 Kc7 {The World Champion resigned here.} 42. Rb5 Kc6 43.
Rb3 $18 1-0

[Event "Margate"]
[Site "Margate"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D62"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1935.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

{Reshevsky's first game against a world-beater--and fellow prodigy!} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 {
The QGD Exchange Variation was a favorite weapon of Sammy's.} exd5 6. e3 Be7 7.
Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 c5 9. Nf3 c4 10. Bf5 Re8 11. O-O g6 (11... Nf8 12. Bxc8 Rxc8 13.
Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qf5) 12. Bh3 Nf8 (12... Nb6) 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. Bxf6 {
Reshevsky wants to prevent ... Ne5 once and for all, and remove a d5-defender.}
Bxf6 15. b3 Qa5 {Diagram # Diagram #} (15... cxb3 $2 16. Qxb3 {
just loses a pawn.}) 16. b4 {Reshevsky gives this an exclam. It's quite an
idea against the most renowned positional player intheworld!} Qd8 (16... Qxb4 {
plays into White's hands:} 17. Rab1) 17. Qa4 {
White has succeeded in gaining queenside targets.} a6 18. b5 Re6 (18... a5 19.
b6 $1 Qxb6 20. Nxd5 $16) 19. Rab1 Rb8 20. Rb2 Be7 21. bxa6 Rxa6 22. Qc2 {
Sammy is happy to withdraw his queen and concentrate on b7.} Ne6 23. Rfb1 Ra7 {
Diagram # Diagram # Black's rooks are defending passively. Without a bad move
to pin the blame on, the former world champ has a less-than-enviable position.
But, of course,hedoesn'tfoldeasily!} 24. a4 $1 Nc7 25. Ne5 {
Threatening 26. Nc6!.} Qe8 26. f4 (26. e4 {
is a powerful alternative,but a change of gears.}) 26... f6 27. Ng4 Qd7 28. h3
Kg7 29. Nf2 Ba3 30. Ra2 Bd6 31. Nfd1 f5 32. Nb5 Ra5 33. Nxc7 Bxc7 34. Nc3 Qd6
35. Qf2 b6 {
Capa offered a draw; Sammy, all business and ambition, turned it down.} 36. Qf3
Rd8 37. Rab2 Qe7 $1 {Diagram # Diagram #} 38. Rb4 ({
Capa had hoped for the swindle:} 38. Rb5 Qa3 $1 39. Nxd5 Rxd5 40. Rxd5 Rxd5 41.
Qxd5 Qxe3+ $17) 38... Rd7 39. Kh1 Bd8 40. g4 fxg4 41. hxg4 Qd6 42. Kg1 Bc7 43.
Kf2 Rf7 44. g5 Bd8 45. Ke2 Bxg5 (45... Qe6 $1) 46. Rxb6 Qa3 47. Kd2 Be7 48. Rb7
Rxa4 $5 {Diagram # Diagram #} 49. Qxd5 $1 (49. Nxa4 $2 Qd3+ 50. Kc1 Ba3+ 51.
R1b2 Rxb7 $1 ({In Reshevsky's Best Games, Sammy claims} 51... c3 {
would win, but perhaps he missed the perp after} 52. Rxf7+ Kxf7 53. Qxd5+ Kg7
54. Qe5+ Kh6 55. Qg5+ {
but it's an odd lapse in the notes, given it was such an important first-blood.
})) 49... Ra5 50. Qxc4 Rh5 51. Kd3 Qa8 52. Qe6 Qa3 53. Rd7 $1 Rhf5 54. Rb3 Qa1
55. Rxe7 Qf1+ 56. Kd2 1-0

[Event "New York/Los Angeles m"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1961.08.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1961.07.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

{This was the 11th and last-played game of the famous 1961 Reshevsky-Fischer
match. Sammy told Hanon Russell in 1991 that Bobby had bragged at adjournament
that he would win. But overnight Reshevsky found a drawing method, and he
maintain that the shock to Fischer's confidence, not the 11 a.m. starting time,
caused Bobby to walk out of the match.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O
5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 {Fischer and the King Indian-Van Gogh and paint.
Reshevsky's first choice is always a classical reaction.} 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. f3 Nd4 13. Ne4 b6 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Bd2
a5 16. Re1 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 h6 18. b3 g5 19. a3 Qg6 20. b4 Nf6 {
Diagram # Diagram #} 21. bxa5 (21. Ndf2 Nxe4 22. fxe4 $11) 21... g4 22. Ndf2
gxf3 23. Qxf3 Nh5 24. Qe3 bxa5 25. Rac1 Bf5 26. c5 Nf4 27. Qg3 $2 {
Diagram # Diagram #} (27. Qf3 {is close to even.}) 27... Bxe4 $1 28. Rxe4 Qxe4
$1 29. Nxe4 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Nxg3+ 31. hxg3 Ra6 {Diagram # Diagram # Bobby has
achieved a much superior position. But now Sammy digs in. This is the last
game of the match in L.A. He's not about to make it easy for Fisher to go
ahead going into New York.} 32. cxd6 cxd6 33. a4 Rf7 34. g4 Bf8 35. Kh2 Kh7 36.
Rc8 Rb6 37. Ra8 Rb3 38. Bxa5 Rf4 39. Bc7 Rxe4 40. Rxf8 Rd3 {Diagram # Diagram
# The players have reached time control, and Fischer felt he had the point-one
can see why. But there was a little man with a big fighting spirit across the
board.} 41. Rf6 Rxg4 42. Rxd6 Rg7 43. Rc6 Rxd5 44. Rc2 e4 45. a5 Rd3 46. Bf4
Rf7 47. g3 e3 48. Rc1 Re7 49. Re1 Ra3 50. Re2 {Diagram # Diagram #} Kg6 ({
The key:} 50... Rxa5 51. Rxe3 Rxe3 52. Bxe3 {is a draw.}) 51. Kg2 Rxa5 52. Rxe3
Ra2+ 53. Kf3 Rb7 54. Re6+ Kf5 55. Re5+ Kf6 56. Rd5 Rb3+ 57. Kg4 {Although Sammy
was awarded the match on forfeit, it settled nothing. And time was on Bobby's
side.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "US OPEN"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Arnaldo Vasconcellos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]

1. e4 {Reshevsky plays 1. e4! He was out for some fun. He "happened to be" on
vacation in Boston, where the U.S. Open was being held. "There didn't seem to
be any harm in competing in this one tournament," he wrote. He took clear
first.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 {Not to a modern master's taste, but it is by no
means bad. Reshevsky had faith in the cramping effect of his pawn on e5.} 4.
dxc5 Nd7 {4. ... Nc6 is also good.} (4... Nc6) 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O
Nc6 8. Bf4 {Diagram # White has g ot a small plus out of the initial moves.
Black has a difficult decision. French players I know would be grinding the
variations after 8. ... f6.} Qc7 ({After} 8... O-O {
, White has the classic Greek sacrifice in an effective form:} 9. Bxh7+ Kxh7
10. Ng5+ Kg6 (10... Kg8 11. Qh5 Re8 12. Qxf7+ {with mate in four.}) 11. Qd3+ f5
12. Qg3 $16) ({Reshevsky suggested} 8... Be7 {as safer.}) (8... f6) 9. Nc3 a6
10. Re1 Qb6 11. Bg3 Qxb2 {Diagram # Diagram # Reshevsky criticizes this move
because he puts great faith in his next. But objectively, Black seems better.}
12. Nxd5 $5 {Reschevsky gives his sack "!!." Although known for his positional
play, like Petrosian, he could produce tooth-rattling combinations when
inspired.} exd5 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. e6 Nf6 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Bh4 $5 {Diagram # Dia
gram # Certainly an "ice-cold" move and the most promising in the position.
Reshevsky targets the lone defender.} (16. Ng5+ {allows Black to consolidate.})
16... Nb4 $2 {This hands Reshevsky 17. Ne5+!, but it's more difficult to
defend than to attack, on any level.} ({Houdini says} 16... Kf8 {is to Black's
advantage, but it's a hard move for a human to play. Reshevsky thinks Black
should play 16. .. . Be7, which is a solid move.}) (16... Be7) 17. Ne5+ $1 {
Diagram # Diagram #} Kf8 (17... Kg8 18. Bxf6 Nxd3 19. Nxd3 ({
Interestingly, Reshevsky intended} 19. Qxd3 Qxd3 20. Nxd3 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 gxf6
22. Re7 {and stated flatly that he would win the ending!}) 19... gxf6 20. Rb3
Qa5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 (21... Kf8 22. Nxb7 Bg4 23. Qa1 $18) 22. Re8+ {
with mate in five.}) 18. Bxf6 Nxd3 19. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 20. Rxb7+ Be7 21. Qh5 Rf8
22. Qg5+ $1 Kh8 {Diagram # Diagram # An amazing position! All four of White's
pieces are en prise! But it's mate in six.} 23. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25.
Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Rbxe7 {Reshevsky was renowned for his skills at calculation. His
final mating attack against a master who did well in the tournament shows why.
One of his favorite games.} 1-0

[Event "simul, central park"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Korley, Kassa"]
[Black "Barth, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "583"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 {Diagram #} (3. c4) 3... Nf6 (3... Bf5) 4. Bg2 Bf5 5.
O-O Qd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 O-O-O 8. Be3 {Diagram #} Bh3 (8... e5) 9. Nxc4 g6 (
9... Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Ng4 (10... e6) (10... g6)) 10. Nfe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qe6 {
Diagram #} 12. Qb3 (12. Bxh3 Qxh3 13. Nxf7 Ng4) 12... Bxg2 13. Qxe6+ fxe6 14.
Kxg2 Rd5 {Diagram #} (14... Rg8) 15. f3 Bg7 16. Bf2 Nd7 17. e4 Rb5 18. Nc4 {
Diagram #} Rb4 (18... Nb6) 19. b3 e5 20. d5 Nb6 21. Bc5 Rb5 22. Nxb6+ axb6 23.
Bxe7 {Diagram #} Bf8 (23... Re8) 24. Bf6 Rg8 25. Bxe5 Bd6 26. Bc3 c6 27. e5 Rc5
{Diagram #} 28. Bb4 (28. Rac1) 28... Rc2+ 29. Rf2 Rxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Bxb4 31. dxc6
bxc6 32. Rc1 {Diagram #} Bc5+ 33. Ke2 Re8 (33... Rd8) (33... Kd7) (33... Kc7)
34. f4 g5 {Diagram #} 35. b4 Bxb4 36. Rxc6+ Kb7 37. Rc2 h6 {Diagram #} (37...
Bc5) 38. Kd3 Rd8+ 39. Ke4 gxf4 40. gxf4 b5 (40... Bc5) 41. e6 (41. Rb2) 41...
Re8 42. Ke5 h5 43. f5 Rd8 44. f6 Bd6+ 45. Kf5 Bb4 {Diagram #} 46. e7 Rd5+ 47.
Ke6 Rd6+ 48. Ke5 Rd3 {Diagram #} 49. Ke4 Rd1 50. Re2 1-0

[Event "SDAT - Ramco 50th World Junior Chess Ch"]
[Site "Hotel Vijay Park, Chennai, Ta"]
[Date "2011.08.05"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Huschenbeth, Niclas"]
[Black "Getz, Nicolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. O-O Nxd3 11. cxd3 f6 12. d4 exd4 13. Re1+ Kf7 14. d3 Rb8
15. Bd2 Bb4 16. Bxb4 Rxb4 17. Qd2 Rb5 18. b4 Nb7 19. Na3 Rd5 20. Rac1 Bg4 21.
Qf4 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Re8 23. g3 a6 24. Nc4 Kg8 25. a4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 a5 27. Qe4
axb4 28. Qe6+ Kf8 29. Qxc6 Na5 30. Nxa5 Rxa5 31. Rb1 Qe7 32. Qc8+ Kf7 33. Qc4+
Kg6 34. Rxb4 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Rf5 36. Rb2 Qc3 37. Rc2 Qa1 38. Ra2 Qc3 39. Rc2 Qa1
40. Qa2 Qd1 41. Rd2 Qf3+ 42. Kg1 Rc5 43. Qa1 Rc3 44. a5 Qc6 45. Rd1 Qc5 46. Re1
Ra3 47. Qd1 h5 48. Qf3 Qf5 49. Qxf5+ Kxf5 50. Kg2 Rxa5 {Diagram #} 51. Re4 Ra4
52. Kf3 Kg6 53. h3 Kf7 (53... f5 54. Re6+ Kf7) 54. Re2 Ra5 55. Rb2 g5 56. Ke4 (
56. g4) 56... Ra4 57. Kf5 Ra5+ 58. Ke4 Ra4 59. f4 gxf4 60. gxf4 Ra1 61. f5 Rh1
62. Rb7+ Kg8 63. Kxd4 Rxh3 64. Kd5 Re3 (64... Rxd3+) 65. d4 h4 66. Kc6 h3 67.
Rb2 Rd3 68. d5 Kg7 69. d6 Kh6 70. d7 Rc3+ (70... Kg5 71. Rb3 (71. Rh2 Rc3+ 72.
Kd6 Rd3+ 73. Ke7 Re3+ 74. Kf7 Rd3 75. Ke7 Re3+) 71... h2 72. Rxd3 h1=Q+ 73. Rd5
Qc1+ 74. Kd6 Qf4+ 75. Ke6 Qe4+) 71. Kd6 Rd3+ 72. Ke6 Kg5 {Diagram #} 73. Rb3
Rxb3 (73... Rxd7 74. Kxd7 Kxf5 75. Rxh3) (73... Rd1 74. Rg3+ Kh4 75. Rg8) 74.
d8=Q Re3+ 75. Kf7 Kxf5 (75... h2 76. Qxf6+) 76. Qd7+ Kf4 77. Kxf6 Kg3 78. Qd6+
Kg2 79. Qd2+ Kf3 80. Kg5 Re4 81. Qh2 Rg4+ 82. Kf6 (82. Kh5 Rg3 83. Kh4) 82...
Rf4+ 83. Ke5 Re4+ 84. Kf5 Rh4 85. Qh1+ Kf2 86. Kg5 Rh8 {Diagram #} 87. Qh2+ Kf1
88. Qf4+ Kg2 89. Qe4+ Kf1 (89... Kg3 90. Qe5+) 90. Qb1+ Kg2 91. Qb2+ Kg1 92.
Qxh8 h2 93. Qd4+ Kg2 94. Qe4+ Kg1 95. Qe1+ Kg2 96. Qe2+ Kg1 97. Kg4 h1=Q 98.
Kg3 Qf3+ 99. Kxf3 Kh1 100. Qg2# 1-0

[Event "World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2011.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivan Salgado Lopez"]
[Black "Niclas Huschenbeth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "227"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. g4
h6 9. f4 g5 10. f5 Ne5 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nf3 Nfd7 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qd4 Bd7 15.
O-O-O Be7 16. Kb1 Qa5 17. a3 O-O-O 18. Rhf1 Qc5 19. Qd2 Qc6 20. h4 Rhg8 21.
hxg5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Rxg5 23. Rf6 Nxg4 24. Rxh6 Rdg8 25. Bxg4 Rxg4 26. Qxd6 Qxd6
27. Rxd6 Rg1+ 28. Ka2 R8g2 29. Rh7 Bc6 30. Rxe6 Rxc2 31. Nd5 Rgg2 32. Ne7+ Kd8
33. Nxc6+ bxc6 34. Rb7 Rge2 35. e5 Kc8 36. Rb3 Kd7 37. Rh6 Rxe5 38. Rb7+ Kc8
39. Ra7 Kb8 40. Rg7 Rce2 41. Rh8+ Re8 42. Rhh7 a5 43. Rb7+ Ka8 44. Rbc7 Kb8 45.
Rb7+ Ka8 46. Ra7+ Kb8 47. Rhb7+ Kc8 48. Rb6 R8e6 49. Rxa5 Kc7 50. Rb3 Re8 51.
Ra7+ Kd6 52. Ra6 Kc7 53. Rc3 R2e6 54. Rc4 Kb7 55. Raa4 Re5 56. Rc3 Rb5 57. Rc2
Rbe5 58. Rac4 R8e6 59. Rb4+ Rb5 60. Rd4 Rbe5 61. Rcc4 Rb5 62. a4 Rbe5 63. Ka3
Kb6 64. Rb4+ Ka6 65. Rdc4 Re1 66. Rb3 R1e4 67. Rcc3 Re1 68. Rb8 R1e3 69. Kb3
Ka7 70. Rb4 Ka6 71. Rh4 Rxc3+ 72. Kxc3 Kb6 73. b3 Re3+ 74. Kc4 Re1 75. Kb4 Rg1
76. Rc4 Rg5 77. Ka3 Rh5 78. Rb4+ Kc7 79. Rc4 Kb6 80. Rc3 Rg5 81. b4 Rh5 82. Kb3
Rg5 83. Rd3 Rg4 84. Rd7 Rg3+ 85. Kc4 Rg4+ 86. Rd4 Rg1 87. Re4 Rc1+ 88. Kb3 Kb7
89. Re7+ Kb6 90. Re4 Kb7 91. Kb2 Rh1 92. Re7+ Ka6 93. Kc3 Rh4 94. a5 {Diagram #
} c5 (94... Rg4 95. Rc7 Rg3+ 96. Kc4 Rg4+ 97. Kc5 Rg5+ 98. Kxc6 Rg4 99. b5+ (
99. Kc5 Rxb4 100. Kxb4) 99... Kxa5 100. Ra7+ Kb4 101. b6 Rg6+ 102. Kb7 Kb5) 95.
Re6+ Kb5 (95... Ka7 96. b5 (96. bxc5 Ra4) 96... Rb4 97. Re7+ Kb8 98. b6 Ra4 (
98... Rb5 99. Kc4) 99. Ra7 Rb4) 96. Rb6+ Ka4 97. a6 cxb4+ (97... Rh8 98. b5) (
97... Rh3+ 98. Kc4 cxb4 99. a7 Rh4+ 100. Kd3 Rh8 101. Rb8) 98. Rxb4+ Rxb4 99.
a7 Rb3+ 100. Kc2 Rb6 101. a8=Q+ Kb4 102. Qd5 Rb5 103. Qd4+ Ka5 104. Kc3 Rb7
105. Qc5+ Ka6 106. Qc6+ (106. Kc4 Rc7 107. Qxc7) 106... Rb6 107. Qe8 Rb7 108.
Kc4 Rc7+ 109. Kd5 Kb6 110. Qb8+ Rb7 111. Qd8+ Kb5 112. Qe8+ Kb4 113. Kc6 Rb5
114. Qe1+ 1-0

[Event "World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2011.08.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Robert Hovhannisyan"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Bb4 12. a3 Ba5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Be2
O-O 15. g4 Bb7 16. Rhg1 Rc8 17. g5 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Ne4 19. Qxe4 dxe4 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. gxh6 g6 22. c4 Bb6 23. Be3 Bxe3+ 24. fxe3 Kh7 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1
Kxh6 27. h4 {Diagram #} f5 (27... Kg7) (27... g5) 28. c5 e5 29. Bc4 (29. Kd2) (
29. Ke1) 29... Kh5 30. Be6 (30. Bf7 Kxh4 31. Bxg6 (31. Be8) 31... f4 32. Be8 a5
33. Bb5 f3) 30... Bc6 (30... Kxh4) 31. c4 (31. Ke1 f4 32. Kf2) 31... Kxh4 32.
Bd5 {Diagram #} Ba4+ (32... Bd7 33. Bb7 (33. c6 Bc8 34. Bf7 Kg5 (34... Kg3))
33... f4 34. c6 Bg4+ 35. Ke1 Kg3) 33. Ke2 Kg3 (33... Bd7 34. Bb7 Be6 35. Bxa6 (
35. c6 Bxc4+ 36. Kf2 Bd5 37. Ba8 Be6 38. Bb7 Bd5) 35... Kg3 36. c6 f4 37. exf4
(37. c7 f3+) 37... exf4 38. c7 Bg4+ (38... f3+)) 34. c6 g5 (34... f4 35. Bxe4
g5 36. exf4 exf4 37. c7 Bd7 38. Bb7 f3+ 39. Bxf3 Bc8) 35. c7 Bd7 36. Bb7 f4 37.
c8=Q Bxc8 38. Bxc8 Kg2 39. c5 f3+ 40. Kd2 f2 41. Bxa6 g4 42. c6 g3 43. c7 Kh2
44. c8=Q g2 45. Qh8+ Kg1 46. Qh3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7K/7p/8/8/R7/Pk6/8/6nr w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "41"]

{Diagram #} 1. Ra8 h5 2. a4 Kb4 3. a5 Kb5 4. a6 Kb6 5. Rb8+ Ka7 6. Rb7+ Kxa6 7.
Rb1 Ka5 8. Kh7 Ka4 9. Kh6 Ka3 10. Rb5 h4 11. Rb1 Ka2 12. Rf1 Kb3 13. Kh5 Kc3
14. Rf4 h3 15. Rf2 Kd3 16. Kg4 Ke3 17. Rb2 Nf3 18. Rb3+ Ke4 19. Rb4+ Nd4 (19...
Ke3 20. Rb3+ Ke2 21. Rb2+ Nd2 22. Ra2 Ke3 23. Ra3+) 20. Ra4 Ke3 21. Ra3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3K4/1P5r/k7/8/7p/8/1R6/7r w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "18"]

{Diagram #} 1. Rb6+ (1. b8=Q Rh8+ 2. Ke7 Rxb8 3. Rxb8 h3 4. Rb2 h2 5. Re2 Kb5
6. Ke6 Kc4 7. Ke5 Kd3) 1... Ka5 2. Rb5+ Ka4 3. Rb4+ Ka3 4. Rb3+ Ka2 5. b8=Q
Rh8+ 6. Ke7 (6. Kd7 Rxb8 7. Rxb8 h3) 6... Rxb8 7. Rxb8 h3 8. Rf8 h2 9. Rf2+ Kb3
(9... Kb1 10. Kf6 Kc1 11. Kf5 Kd1 12. Kf4 Ke1 13. Ke3 Kd1 14. Ra2) 1/2-1/2

