[Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Luke McShane"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Nge2 dxc4 8. Ng3
Nb6 9. Be2 Bg6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nge4 f6 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Bg3 Qb6 14. O-O Nxc3 15.
Nxc3 Qxb2 16. Bxc4 Qxc3 17. Rc1 Qb2 18. Bxe6 Rd8 19. d5 fxe5 20. Re1 Bf6 21.
Re2 Qa3 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Kf8 24. Qe1 Qd6 25. Bxg8 Kxg8 26. Re6 Qxd5 27.
Rxg6 Rh6 28. Rxh6 gxh6 29. Qe3 Rd7 30. Qxh6 Rg7 31. g3 Qd4 32. Qe6+ Rf7 33. Qe2
Kg7 34. Rf1 Kg6 35. Rd1 Qf6 36. Qe3 b6 37. Rd4 Re7 38. Qd3+ Kg7 39. Rf4 Qe6 40.
Rf5 Rf7 {Diagram #} 41. Rg5+ Kh8 (41... Kf8 42. Qd8+ Qe8 43. Rg8+) (41... Kh6
42. Qd1) 42. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "21st Linares"]
[Site "Linares ESP"]
[Date "2004.03.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2004.02.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Qf3 Qxf3 10. Nxf3 Bg7 11. Rb1 O-O 12. Bd3 e5 13. dxc5 h6 14. Nd2 g5
15. Bg3 Rd8 16. Ke2 Bf8 17. Nb3 Be6 18. Rhd1 f6 19. f3 Rd7 20. e4 Kf7 21. Bf2
Rc8 22. Bb5 Rdc7 23. Rd2 Kg6 24. Kd1 Nb8 25. Na5 g4 26. c4 h5 27. Ba4 Bxc5 28.
Bxc5 Rxc5 29. Nxb7 Rxc4 30. Nd6 Rxa4 31. Nxc8 Nc6 32. Rc1 Nd4 33. Ne7+ Kg5 34.
Nc6 gxf3 35. Nxd4 exd4 36. gxf3 Bxa2 37. Ke2 Bc4+ 38. Kf2 Kf4 39. Rxd4 Ra2+ 40.
Ke1 Bb5 {Diagram #} 41. e5+ (41. Rd2 Rxd2 42. Kxd2 Kxf3) 41... Kxe5 (41... Ke3
42. exf6 Re2+ (42... Kxd4 43. f7) 43. Kd1 Kxd4 44. f7 Kd3 45. Ra1) 42. Rd2 Rxd2
43. Kxd2 Kf4 44. Rc3 {Diagram #} a5 45. Ke1 a4 46. Kf2 Bd7 47. Rc4+ Kg5 48. Rd4
Be8 49. Rd5+ f5 50. Kg3 h4+ 51. Kf2 Bf7 52. Ra5 Bb3 53. Ke3 Bc2 54. h3 Bb3 55.
f4+ Kf6 56. Kd4 Bc2 57. Ra6+ Kg7 58. Ke5 Kf7 59. Ra7+ Kg6 60. Ke6 Bb3+ 61. Ke7
Kg7 62. Ra5 Bc2 63. Rc5 Be4 64. Rc1 Bd5 65. Rg1+ Kh6 66. Kf6 a3 67. Rg6+ Kh7
68. Rg7+ Kh6 69. Ra7 a2 70. Kxf5 Bc4 71. Kf6 Bb3 72. f5 Bc4 73. Ra4 Kh7 74. Kg5
Kg7 75. Ra7+ Bf7 76. f6+ Kg8 77. Kxh4 Be6 78. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros UKR"]
[Date "2008.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Dmitry Jakovenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe4 Bc6 11. Ne5 Nc7 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Rd1 Qe8
15. Bf4 Ne6 16. Nb5 Qc8 17. Bxb8 Qxb8 18. Qxc6 Qe5 19. Qd7 Rae8 20. Nc3 Qb8 21.
Nd5 Bd8 22. e3 Nc7 23. Rd2 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Bf6 25. Rad1 g6 26. Bc4 Kg7 27. b3 Re7
28. Qb5 h5 29. a4 h4 30. Qc6 hxg3 31. hxg3 Rc8 32. Qf3 Qe5 {Diagram #} 33. Rd5
Qc7 34. g4 Rh8 35. g5 Bb2 36. Kf1 Qb7 37. Ke2 Qc7 38. Qg4 Bd4 39. Kd3 Be5 40.
f4 Bd6 {Diagram #} 41. Qg2 (41. Kc2) 41... a6 42. Qb2+ Kg8 43. Kc2 Rh2+ 44.
R5d2 Rxd2+ 45. Rxd2 b5 {Diagram #} 46. Qf6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Jermuk Grand Prix"]
[Site "Jermuk ARM"]
[Date "2009.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 a6 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Qe7 15. e4
e5 16. Ne2 Bxb4 17. Ng3 g6 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bg5 Qc5 21. Qb3 Nde5
22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Be2 Qd6 25. Qb3 Bc5 26. Rbd1 Ra3 27. Qc2 Bd4
28. Be3 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Bxe3+ 30. Kh1 Qe7 31. Rxf7 Nxf7 32. Qb3 Bb6 33. Bg4 Kh8
34. Rd7 Qc5 35. Qb1 Ne5 36. Rxb7 Nxg4 37. h3 Nf6 38. e5 Qxe5 39. Rxb6 Qxg3 40.
Qa1 Qf4 {Diagram #} 41. Rb7 Kg8 42. Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Michael Adams"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. d5 dxe5 10. h3 e4 11. Nxe4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Be3 Na6
15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Ng4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Bg7 18. f5 Nc7 19. Rxb7 Nxd5 20. f6 exf6 21.
c4 h5 22. Nh6+ Kh7 23. Nf5 gxf5 24. cxd5 Kg8 25. Rxf5 Qa6 26. Qb1 Rfe8 27. Bf2
Re5 28. Rb8+ Rxb8 29. Qxb8+ Kh7 30. Qb1 Kg8 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Qb1 Kg8 33. Rxe5
fxe5 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. Qc7 Qxa2 36. Qxf7 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qg6 38. Qxa7 c4 39. Qc7
Qd3 40. d6 c3 {Diagram #} 41. d7 c2 42. Be3 Qxe3 43. Qxc2+ e4 44. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Mathias Womacka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 h6 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Qf2 Nc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. Nc5 Qc7
15. N5a4 Rb8 16. h4 Qc6 17. g5 Nd7 18. a3 h5 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Be7 21. Qg3
Ne5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qxe5 O-O 24. Rd4 Rfe8 25. Rhd1 Bg4 26. Rf1 Be6 27. Rf2
Rb7 28. Rfd2 Reb8 29. g6 Bf6 30. Qxh5 fxg6 31. Qc5 Qe8 32. e5 Be7 33. Qa5 Qc6
34. Rd1 Rf8 35. Nd5 Bd8 36. Nb4 Rxb4 37. Qxb4 Bc7 38. Qc5 Qb7 39. Qe7 Bf5 40.
Nc5 Qc6 {Diagram #} 41. Nd7 Ra8 (41... Rf7 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Nf8+) 42. Nf6+ gxf6
(42... Kh8 43. Rd8+) 43. exf6 1-0

[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego USA"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alexander Fishbein"]
[Black "Yury Shulman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. c3 Bg4 11. Be2 O-O 12. Be3 Re8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Bg6
15. Bd3 Qc7 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qd3 Rad8 18. Nbd4 a6 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Bg5 Be7
21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Re1 Qf6 24. h4 Qf5 25. Qe3 Qd7 26. Rd1 f6 27.
g3 Kf7 28. Kg2 Qe6 29. Qb6 Rd7 30. Re1 Qd6 31. Nd4 Ne5 32. Qb3 Nc6 33. Rd1 Ne5
34. Qc2 Rd8 35. h5 gxh5 36. Qh7 Qf8 37. Qxh5+ Ng6 38. Re1 Qh8 39. Qg4 Rd6 40.
Nf5 Rb6 {Diagram #} 41. Nh6+ Qxh6 (41... Kf8 42. Qc8#) (41... gxh6 42. Qd7+)
42. Qd7+ Ne7 43. Qxe7+ Kg6 44. Qe8+ Kf5 (44... Kh7 45. Rh1) 45. g4+ Kxg4 46.
Qe2+ Kf5 47. Qd3+ Kg4 48. Qf3+ Kg5 49. Qe3+ Kg4 50. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel (Group C)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2011.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Illya Nyzhnyk"]
[Black "Murtas Kazhgaleyev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Nc2 Na6 11. Be3 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Nxb4 Rxe3
15. Nc2 Re8 16. Kh1 Qa5 17. Bc4 Bd7 18. Qd2 h5 19. Qf2 a6 20. Rad1 Rac8 21. Bb3
Qc5 22. Qg3 Rcd8 23. Nd4 Kh7 24. d6 Rf8 25. Rfe1 Bc8 26. Nc2 b5 27. Re5 Qb6 28.
Re7 Rd7 29. Ne3 Qd8 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Ned5 Bb7 32. Ne7 Kh8 33. Bxf7 Rxf7 34.
Nxg6+ Kg8 35. Ne5 Qe6 36. Nxf7 Qxf7 37. Re1 h4 38. Qg5 Bc6 39. Re7 Qf8 40. Rc7
b4 {Diagram #} 41. d7 Nxd7 42. Nd5 Qe8 43. Rc8 Qxc8 44. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Catalan Bay ENG"]
[Date "2004.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jonathan Rowson"]
[Black "John M Emms"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.01.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Bd4 Bb7 12. Qf2 O-O 13. Nc5 d6 14. Nxb7 Qxb7
15. g4 Rac8 16. h4 Nfd7 17. Ne2 Qc7 18. c3 Bc5 19. Kb1 b4 20. cxb4 Bxb4 21. Nc3
Qa5 22. Rc1 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Qe3 Rb8 25. Rh2 Rb4 26. Rcc2 Rfb8 27. g5 g6
28. h5 gxh5 29. Rxh5 Qa3 30. Rhh2 Na4 31. Qc1 Nxf3 32. Rhf2 Nd4 33. g6 hxg6 34.
Nb5 Rxb2+ 35. Rxb2 axb5 36. Qf4 Nc3+ 37. Ka1 Rb7 38. Qe3 e5 39. Qg5 Ra7 40.
Qd8+ Kg7 {Diagram #} 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Bc4 (42. Rh2 Nb3+) 42... d5 (42... bxc4
43. Rb8+ Kh7 44. Rh8#) 43. Rh2 1-0

[Event "ABC-232-March-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kraicer vs. Dyment"]
[Black "Correspondence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2012.01.20"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.20"]

1. d4 d5 {Diagram #} 2. c4 (2. Nc3) (2. Bg5) (2. Bf4) (2. e3) (2. e4) (2. f4) (
2. Nf3) 2... c6 3. Nc3 (3. Nf3) (3. cxd5) 3... Nf6 4. e3 (4. Nf3) (4. cxd5)
4... e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 (6. Qc2) 6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 (8. Bb3) (8.
Be2) 8... a6 9. e4 (9. O-O) 9... Be7 (9... c5) 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bd2
(12. O-O) 12... O-O 13. h4 f6 (13... h6 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Rh3) (
13... f5 14. g4 fxg4 15. Ng5) 14. Ng5 fxg5 15. Bxh7+ (15. hxg5 g6) (15. Qh5 h6)
15... Kxh7 (15... Kf7 16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qxg6#) (15... Kh8 16. Qh5) 16. hxg5+ Kg8
(16... Kg6 17. Qh5+ Kf5 18. Qh7+ g6 19. Qh3+ Ke4 20. Qe3+ Kf5 21. Qf3# (21.
Qf4#)) 17. Rh8+ (17. Qh5 Rf5 18. Qh8+ Kf7 19. Qh5+) 17... Kxh8 (17... Kf7 18.
Qh5+ g6 19. Qh7+ Ke8 20. Qxg6#) 18. Qh5+ (18. g6 Rf5) 18... Kg8 19. g6 Rf5 (
19... Nf6 20. exf6) 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8# {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "ABC-232-March-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Trapping"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5p2/4p1p1/1p1k4/2P5/3B4/2P1K3/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2012.01.20"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.20"]

{Diagram #} 1... bxc4 0-1

[Event "ABC-232-March-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/3p1k2/3pp3/8/3K1N2/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2012.01.20"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.20"]

{Diagram #} 1... e4+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-232-March-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5k2/4b3/6p1/6np/7K/5P1P/3Q1R2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2012.01.20"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.20"]

{Diagram #} 1... Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-232-March-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4P1p1/8/3p2pk/4b1nP/6KP/6Q1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2012.01.20"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.20"]

{Diagram #} 1... gxh4+ 2. Kf4 g5# 0-1

[Event "ABC-232-March-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7r/8/4k3/4Pp2/5Kpq/8/1R3QN1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2012.01.20"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.20"]

{Diagram #} 1... Qh6+ 2. Kg3 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "ABC-232-March-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1kp5/1p6/8/7q/8/6Pb/4QR1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2012.01.20"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.20"]

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

[Event "2011 Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dean Ippolito"]
[Black "Kevin Mo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O (4... d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3
Nc6) 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 (9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 a5)
9... Na5 10. Qc2 e6 (10... c6 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Rd1 Qe8) (10... Nxd5 11. Rd1 c6
12. Ne1 (12. e4 Nb4) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7) 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bg5 Qc8 13.
Rfd1 (13. Rad1 Nc6 14. Qc1 Bh3 15. Bf4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Re8 17. Rfe1) 13... Nc6
14. Rac1 (14. Qc1 Bh3 15. Bh6 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qg4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nb5 Rac8 19.
a4 {Diagram #}) 14... Bf5 (14... Re8 15. b3 Bf5 16. Qd2 Bg4 17. Qf4 f6 (17...
Qf5) 18. Bxf6 Rf8 19. Ne4 Bxf3 (19... Qe6 20. Nfg5) 20. Bxf3 h6 (20... Qe6 21.
Bg4 Qf7 22. Bg5) 21. Rxc6 (21. Bg4) 21... bxc6 22. Qe5 Rxf6 23. Nxf6+ Kf7 24.
Bxc6 Bxf6 25. Qf4 g5 26. Qe4 Rb8 27. a4 Qe6 (27... a5 28. b4) 28. Rd7+ Nxd7 29.
Bd5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5+) (14... h6 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. a3 a6 17. h4 Bg4 18. b3) 15. Qb3
(15. Qd2 f6 (15... Nc4 16. Qf4) 16. Bf4 Nc4 (16... g5 17. e4) 17. Qd5+ Be6 18.
Qb5 (18. Qc5 Rf7) 18... a6 19. Qc5 Rf7 20. Nd5 Nxb2 21. Rd2 Na4 22. Qa3 Bxd5
23. Rxd5 Nb6 24. Rd3) (15. e4 Bg4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. Qb3 c5 19. Be7
Re8 20. d6 Qf5 21. Nxe5 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Qxe5 23. Qxb7) 15... a5 (15... Be6 16.
Qc2) 16. e4 (16. Nb5 Be6 17. Qc2 Bc4 18. Nc3 Nb4 19. Qb1 Re8 20. e4) 16... a4
17. Qa3 (17. Qc2 Bg4 18. Bf4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nd4 20. Qd3) 17... Nc4 (17... Re8
18. exf5 Bf8 19. b4 Nc4) 18. Qc5 Be6 19. Nd5 Nxb2 20. Rd2 a3 21. Bf6 Ra4 (21...
Bxd5 22. Bxg7 Bxa2 23. Qc3 (23. Bxf8 Qxf8) 23... f6 24. Bh3 Qxh3 25. Bxf8 Rxf8
26. Qxa3) 22. Ng5 (22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ng5 h6 24. Qc3+ f6 25. Nxe6+ Qxe6 26. Qb3)
22... h6 (22... Bxd5 23. Bxg7 Bxa2 24. Bh6 Bc4 (24... Re8 25. Bh3) 25. Bh3 Qa8
26. Qe3 {Diagram #} Nd3 27. Rxd3 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Nd4 29. Kg2 Qd8 30. Ra1 Qe7 31.
Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Nf3) 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc3+ f6 25. Nxe6+ Qxe6 26. Qb3 Ra7 (26...
Rb8 27. Rdc2 {Diagram #}) 27. Nxc7 (27. e5 fxe5 (27... Nxe5 28. Qe3) 28. Qe3
Ra4 29. Nxc7 Qf5 30. Bd5 Kh7 31. Ne6 Rf7 32. Nc5) (27. Qe3 Ra5 28. Nxc7 Qc8 29.
Nd5 Qe6 30. Qb6) 27... Qxb3 28. axb3 Rf7 29. Nb5 Ra5 30. Nxa3 (30. Bf1 Ne5)
30... Rxa3 31. Rxb2 Nd4 32. b4 Nf3+ 33. Bxf3 Rxf3 34. b5 Rd3 35. Rc4 Rfd7 36.
Rbc2 Kf7 37. Kg2 Rb3 38. Rc7 Ke6 39. Rxd7 Kxd7 40. Rc5 Kd6 41. Rd5+ Ke6 42. g4
Ke7 (42... b6 43. h4 Rb2) 43. h4 b6 44. h5 gxh5 (44... g5 45. e5 (45. f3 Rb2+
46. Kf1 Rb1+ 47. Kf2 Rb2+ 48. Ke3 Rb3+ 49. Ke2 Rb2+ 50. Kd1 Rb3 51. Rf5) 45...
fxe5 46. Rxe5+ Kf6 47. Rf5+ Ke7 (47... Kg7 48. Rd5) (47... Ke6 48. Rf8) 48. Kf1
Rb4 49. f3 Rb2 50. Ke1 Rb3 51. Kd1 Rb2 52. Kc1 Rb3 53. Kc2 Re3 (53... Rb4 54.
Kd3 Rb1 55. Kc4 Rc1+ 56. Kd5 Rc5+ 57. Kd4 Rc8 (57... Rc1 58. Re5+ Kf6 59. Re8)
58. Re5+ Kf6 59. Re3)) 45. Rxh5 Kf7 46. e5 fxe5 47. Rxe5 Kf6 48. Rf5+ Kg6 {
Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "2011 Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Gregory Kaidanov"]
[Black "GM Alexander Ivanov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.01.20"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 (4... O-O) (4... c5) 5. cxd5 (5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Qc8 12.
O-O-O Bxf1 13. Rhxf1 c5 14. d5 Re8 15. dxe6 Rxe6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. e5 Rh6 18.
Qe4 Nf8 19. Rd6 Re6) 5... exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 (7. Bxf6) 7... c5 8. dxc5 g5 9.
Bg3 Ne4 10. e3 Qa5 (10... Qf6 11. Rc1) 11. Nge2 Bf5 12. Be5 O-O 13. Nd4 Re8 {
Diagram #} 14. Nxf5 (14. Bxb8 Bg6 15. Bc7 Qxc7 16. Bd3 Bxc5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18.
O-O-O Rac8) (14. Bxb8 Nxc3 15. Nxf5 Ne4+ 16. Kd1 Raxb8 17. f3 Rbc8 18. fxe4
dxe4 19. Bc4 Qxc5 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qxc5 Bxc5 22. Rc1 Red8+) 14... Rxe5 15.
Nxh6+ Kg7 16. Ng4 Re6 (16... Re7 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Kf2 Ne4+ 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. a3
Qxc5 21. Qxc5 Bxc5) 17. Bd3 Nxc3 (17... Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Qxc3+ Nxc3 20.
h4 {Diagram #}) 18. O-O Ne4 19. a3 Qxc5 20. Qd1 (20. axb4 Qxc2 21. Bxc2 f5 22.
f3 Nd6 23. Nf2 Nc6) 20... Bd2 (20... Nc6 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. f4)
21. Bxe4 Rxe4 (21... dxe4 22. Qxd2 f5 23. Rac1 Qe7 24. Qd4+ Kg6 25. f4 exf3 26.
Qd3 {Diagram #}) 22. h3 f5 23. Nh2 Bxe3 (23... Nc6 24. Qxd2 g4 25. Rac1 Qd6 26.
f3) 24. fxe3 Rxe3 25. Kh1 f4 26. Qg4 {Diagram #} Rg3 27. Qf5 Qf8 28. Qxd5 Nc6
29. Ng4 Qd8 30. Qe6 Qe7 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Rae1 Qg7 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Qxg7+ Kxg7
35. Nh5+ 1-0

[Event "2011 Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.01.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yuri Barnakov"]
[Black "GM Larry Kaufman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 (2... Ne4) (2... e6) (2... c5) 3. c4 (3. e3) (3. Bxf6) (3.
Nc3) (3. Nf3) 3... Ne4 4. Bf4 (4. Bh4 c5) (4. Nf3 Nxg5 {Diagram #}) 4... e5 5.
dxe5 Bc5 6. e3 Bb4+ 7. Ke2 Qh4 8. g3 Qh5+ 9. Nf3 (9. f3) 9... g5 (9... dxc4 10.
a3 Be7 11. Nbd2 Bg4 {Diagram #}) 10. Qa4+ (10. cxd5 gxf4 11. Qa4+ (11. Bg2 b6
12. Qa4+ Nd7 13. Qxb4 Ba6+ 14. Ke1 Ndc5 15. Qa3 O-O-O) 11... Nc6 12. dxc6 b6
13. exf4 a5 14. Nc3 Qf5) (10. a3 gxf4 11. axb4 fxg3 12. Qxd5 (12. fxg3 Nc6 13.
Bg2 Bg4 14. Qxd5 Qg6 15. Rd1 Rd8 16. Qb5 Rxd1 17. Kxd1 Qh5) 12... Nxf2 13. Rg1
gxh2 14. Rg5 Qh6 15. Bg2 Bg4 16. Nbd2 c6 17. Qd4 Qxg5 18. Kxf2 Bxf3 19. Nxf3
Qf5) (10. Qxd5 Qg6 (10... Nc5 11. Bxg5 Nc6 12. a3 Be6 13. Nc3 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 Qg6
15. axb4 Qc2+ 16. Ke1 Nxb4) 11. a3 c6 12. Qd1 Be7 13. h4 gxf4 14. h5 Qg8 15.
gxf4 Bg4) 10... Nc6 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Qd1 (12. Qc2 b6 13. Nbd2 Bxd2) 12... Bf5
13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. Ke1 gxf4 15. Be2 (15. gxf4 Be4 16. Ng5 Qg6 17. Ngxe4 Qxe4 18.
Rg1 Rxd5) 15... fxg3 16. fxg3 Qh6 (16... Be4) 17. Qc1 Rxd5 18. Bc4 Nd3+ 19.
Bxd3 Rxd3 20. Ke2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rhd8 22. h4 Bg4 23. Kf2 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "2011 Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trompowsky Opening"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 (2... e6 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 g6 7. Ne2
Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4) (2... Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 (6. Nd2
cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Be3 b5 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 d6
13. e4 Bd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. a3) 6... Qb6 7. Bc1 e6 8. e4 exd5 9. exd5 d6 10.
c4 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bd3 Nbd7 13. f4 Re8 14. Nge2 Bf8 15. O-O) (2... d5) 3.
Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Qc2 Ne5 10. Nh3
h5 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O h4 13. a3 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.01.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Caro-Kann Defense"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.20"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 (4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 (5... c5) 6. O-O (6.
Na3 Nd7 7. O-O Qc7 (7... Ng6 8. Ne1 h5 9. Nf3 Be7 10. c3 f6 11. exf6) 8. Be3
Bg6 (8... f6 9. c4 fxe5) 9. Rc1 (9. c4 Nf5 10. cxd5 Nxe3 11. fxe3 exd5 12. Nh4)
9... Qb6 10. Rb1 Nf5 11. Bd3 c5 12. c3 Be7 13. g4 (13. Qe2 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 O-O) 13... Nxe3 14. fxe3 O-O-O (14... f6)) 6... Nd7 7. Nbd2 (7. Re1
Ng6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Rb1 b5 12. Rb4 O-O 13. Nd2 Ne7 14.
a4 a6) (7. Nh4) (7. Be3) (7. h3) (7. Nc3) (7. a4) 7... Nc8 8. c4 Be7 9. Qb3 Qc7
10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. b3 dxc4 13. Nxc4 h6 14. h3 Ncb6 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16.
Nxa3 Rad8 17. Rad1) (4. Nc3) (4. Nd2) (4. Ne2) (4. c4) (4. c3) (4. g4) (4. f4)
(4. Be3) (4. Bd3) 4... h5 (4... h6 5. g4 Bd7 (5... Bh7 6. e6)) 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3
(6. Bg5 Qb6 (6... f6 7. exf6 (7. Be3 fxe5 8. dxe5 Nh6) 7... gxf6 8. Bf4 Qb6 9.
Qd2 dxc4 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Bxc4 O-O-O 12. Rd1 Ne5 13. Bxe5 fxe5 14. Qe2 Bg7) (
6... Ne7 7. cxd5 Bxb1 8. Rxb1 Qxd5) 7. Qd2 dxc4 (7... Bxb1 8. c5) 8. Nc3 (8.
Bxc4 Bxb1) 8... Qa6 9. Nge2 Nd7 10. Ng3 Bg6) 6... Ne7 7. Nge2 Nd7 (7... dxc4 8.
Ng3 b5 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. a4 Bg6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. axb5 cxb5 13. O-O {Diagram #}) 8.
Ng3 (8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bd2 Rc8 11. Bc3 Be7 12. Nf4 g6 13. Bb5 a6
14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nb8) (8. Bg5 Qb6 (8... Qc7 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. Be2 (10. cxd5
Nxd5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nb4 13. Qe4) 10... dxc4 (10... f6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12.
Nxd5 exd5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bd2 O-O-O)) 9. Qd2 dxc4 10. Ng3 Bd3 11. Bxd3 cxd3
12. Be3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Ng6 14. Qxd3 Ndxe5) 8... Bg6 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nf5
11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. Be2 (12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qd2 Bxg5) 12... Be7 13. Be3 g6 (13...
Bxh4) *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Scotch Gambit"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 (4... Nf6) 5. O-O (5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4
(6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Qc2 Nxc3 12. bxc3
f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Be2) 6... Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10.
Qb3 Na5 (10... Nce7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 c6 13. Ne4) 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Qa3 Qe7+
13. Qxe7+ Ncxe7 14. O-O) 5... d6 6. c3 Bg4 (6... dxc3 7. Nxc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 O-O 9.
Nd5 Be6) 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. gxf3 (9. Bxg8 Rxg8 10. gxf3 g5 11. Nd2 Bb6
12. Nc4 Qf6 13. Kg2 Rg7 14. Rb1 (14. Bd2 Rf7 15. Qd1 Bc5 16. b4 b5 17. bxc5
bxc4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Bc3 dxc5 20. Rc1 Qxf3+) (14. Qc2 dxc3 15. Qxc3 Bd4 16.
Qd3 Rf7) (14. a4 Rf7 15. Qd1 dxc3 16. Ra3 cxb2 17. Bxb2 Bd4) 14... Rf7 15. Qd1
Re8 16. a4 a6 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Kh1 Qxf3+) 9... dxc3 10. Bxg8 Rxg8 11. Nxc3 Nd4
12. Qd1 Qf6 13. f4 g5 14. f5 g4 15. Bf4 Nf3+ 16. Kh1 c6 17. Qd3 Re8 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gruenfeld Defense"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D76"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 (3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 (5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Na3 c3
7. bxc3 c5 8. O-O O-O 9. e3) 5... Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2) 3... Bg7 4. g3 d5 (
4... O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 (9. e3) 9... Na5 (
9... Bxc3 10. dxc6) 10. Qc2 {Diagram #} (10. e4 c6 11. Re1 Nbc4 12. Rb1 cxd5
13. Nxd5 Bg4 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bc1) 10... c6 (10... Nxd5 11. Rd1 c6 12.
Ne1 (12. e4 Nb4) 12... Bxc3 (12... Bd7 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Rxd5 e6 15. Rd3 Rc8
16. Qd1 Rc7 17. Bf4 e5 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Be3) 13. bxc3 Qc7) (10...
e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bg5 Qc8 13. Rfd1 (13. Rad1 Nc6 14. Qc1 Bh3 15. Bf4 Bxg2
16. Kxg2 Re8 17. Rfe1) 13... Nc6 14. Qc1 Bh3 15. Bh6 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qg4 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. Nb5 Rac8 19. a4) 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Rd1 Qe8 (12... Bd7 13. Be3 (13. Bf4
Qe8 14. Qc1 Rd8 15. Bh6) 13... Nc4 (13... Qc8 14. Bxb6 Bxc3 (14... axb6 15. Nd5
) 15. Qxc3 axb6 16. Qe3) 14. Bf4 (14. Bc5 Rc8 (14... b6 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4)
15. b3 (15. Nd4 N6e5 16. Nb3 b6 17. Bd4 Qe8) (15. Nd2 Nb8 16. Nxc4 Rxc5 17. Ne3
Qc8) 15... b6 16. bxc4 bxc5 17. Rab1) 14... Rc8 (14... Qc8 15. Rac1 Bg4 16. Qb3
Nb6 17. Nd5) (14... e5 15. Bg5 Qc8 16. Nd5) 15. Qc1 Re8 16. Rb1) (12... Bf5 13.
e4 Bd7 14. Bf4 Qc8 (14... Rc8 15. Qe2 Qe8 16. e5 Bg4 17. h3 Be6 18. Be3) 15.
Nb5 Bg4 16. Rac1 Re8) (12... Qc7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Bf4 e5 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Qc5 Nd7
(16... Rc8 17. Nd6 Bf8 18. Ng5 Rc7 (18... f6 19. Bd5+ Kg7 20. Ngf7) (18... Be6
19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. f4) (18... Bxd6 19. Rxd6 h6 (19... Nd4 20. Qxe5 Nxe2+ 21. Kf1
Nf4) 20. Nxf7) 19. Qb5 Bxd6 (19... Bc2 20. Bxb6) 20. Rxd6 Qf8 21. Rdd1) (16...
Re8 17. Nd6) 17. Qd6 (17. Qa3)) 13. Qe4 (13. Bf4 Bf5 14. e4 Bg4 15. Nb5 Nb4 16.
Qe2 Rc8 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rc2) 13... h6 (13... Bf5 14. Qh4 f6 15. g4 Be6 16.
b3 (16. Ne4 Qf7 17. Neg5 fxg5 18. Nxg5 Bf6) 16... Rd8 17. Bb2 Nd5 18. Qg3 Ncb4)
14. Qh4 g5 15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Nxg5 Bf5 17. Be4 Qc8 18. g4 Bxe4 19. Ncxe4 Rd8 20.
Ng3 Rd4 21. Qh7+) 5. cxd5 (5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 c5 8. O-O O-O 9. e3)
5... Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 (8. d5 Bxc3+) 8... O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1
a5 11. Qe2 (11. Qc2) (11. b3) (11. Ng5) *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nimzo-Indian Defense"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E36"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O (4... c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3
b6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. h4) (4... d5) 5. a3 (5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5
8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Ndc5 11. O-O Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14.
cxd5 exd5) 5... Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. Qa4 h6
11. Bh4 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 Nc6 17.
Rb1 Rab8 18. Ke2 Qb5+ 19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. Kd3 Rfb8 21. Kc2 Na5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "King's Indian Defense"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E99"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 (9. b4) (9. Nd2) 9... Nd7 10. Nd3 (10. Be3) 10... f5 11. Bd2 (11. f3
f4) 11... Nf6 (11... f4 12. Bg4) 12. f3 f4 13. c5 g5 14. Rc1 (14. Qb3) 14...
Ng6 15. Nb5 Rf7 (15... a6 16. cxd6 axb5 17. dxc7 Qd7 18. Qb3) 16. Ba5 b6 17.
cxd6 cxd6 18. Be1 {Diagram #} a6 (18... g4 19. Nb4 g3 20. Nc6 (20. hxg3 fxg3
21. Nc6 Qf8 22. Bxg3 Bh6) 20... Qf8 21. Bb4 Rd7 22. Qb3 gxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Ba6 24.
Qa3 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 a5 26. Be1) 19. Nc3 a5 (19... h5) (19... Bd7) (19... Bf8 20.
Nb4 Nd7 21. Nc6 Qf6 22. Bf2 h5 23. Na4 b5 24. Nb6 (24. Nc3 Bh6 25. a4 bxa4 26.
Ra1 Nh4 27. Nxa4)) 20. Nb5 g4 21. Rc6 Bf8 22. Bf2 Rb8 23. Qc2 g3 24. Bxb6 gxh2+
25. Kxh2 Rxb6 26. Rxc8 Qe7 27. Nc7 (27. Rc7 Nd7 28. Nf2 Nh4) 27... Nh5 28. Rc1
Qg5 29. Kg1 *

[Event "2011 Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jared Defibaugh"]
[Black "Larry Kaufman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 (4... Nf6 5. O-O (5. e5) (5. Ng5)) 5.
O-O (5. c3 Nf6 6. cxd4 Bb4+) 5... d6 (5... Nf6) 6. c3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8. Bxf7+
Kf8 9. Bxg8 (9. gxf3 dxc3 (9... Nf6) 10. Bxg8 Rxg8 11. Nxc3 Qf6 12. Nd5) 9...
Rxg8 10. gxf3 {Diagram #} Qd7 (10... g5) 11. Nd2 (11. Kg2 Re8 12. Bf4 (12. Qxb7
g5) 12... g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. h3 g4 15. fxg4 hxg4 16. h4 Rxe4 17. Qxb7 Kg7 18. b4
) 11... g5 12. Kh1 Rg6 (12... Rb8 13. cxd4 Bxd4 14. Rg1 Qf7 15. Nf1 Bxf2) 13.
Rg1 (13. cxd4 Nxd4) 13... dxc3 14. Qxc3 Bd4 (14... Bxf2 15. Qh8+ (15. Rg2 Bd4
16. Qd3 Re8 17. Nf1 h6 18. Be3 Bb6)) 15. Qb3 Bxf2 (15... Rb8 16. Nf1 Bxf2 17.
Rg2 Bd4 18. Ng3 Qf7) 16. Rg2 Bb6 17. Nc4 Qg7 (17... h6 18. f4) 18. Ne3 (18.
Rxg5 Ke7 19. Rxg6 Qxg6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Be3 Qe6) 18... Nd4 (18... Qf7 19. Nf5
Qxb3 20. axb3 Ne5 21. Bxg5 Nxf3 22. Bh6+ Ke8 23. Rxg6 hxg6 24. Nxd6+ cxd6 25.
Rf1 Kd7) 19. Qd3 {Diagram #} Qe5 (19... Re8 20. Bd2 Ne6 21. Qc2 Bxe3 22. Bxe3
Rf6 23. Rf1 Qf7 24. Rg3 h6) 20. Nc4 Qb5 21. Rxg5 Rxg5 22. Bxg5 Ne6 (22... Qxg5
23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Qxd4 Qe5 25. Qf2 Ke8) 23. Bh6+ Kg8 24. e5 dxe5 (24... Bd4 25.
exd6 Qh5 26. Bd2 Qg6 27. Qxg6+ hxg6) 25. a4 Qe8 26. Nxb6 axb6 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28.
Qf5 1-0

[Event "WCh w"]
[Site "Tirana ALB"]
[Date "2011.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.11.14"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3
c4 9. Be2 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Ne5 Bxc3+ (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3+
14. Kf1) 13. bxc3 Nc6 (13... Nxc3 14. Qd2 Qxa2 15. Qxc3) 14. O-O O-O (14...
Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Qxc3 16. Bh5 O-O 17. Qf3 Nd8 18. Qf6 Qc2 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. Be5)
15. Bf3 Nxg3 16. fxg3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Be6 18. Bh5 (18. Rf2) 18... Qxa2 19. Rf6
Qb2 {Diagram #} (19... Kg7 20. Qf3) 20. Rxh6 Bf5 21. Rf6 Be4 22. Bf3 (22. Rf2
Qb6 23. Qd4) 22... Bd3 23. Qe1 Rae8 24. Bxd5 Rxe5 25. e4 Kg7 26. Rf2 Qb6 27.
Qd2 Rd8 {Diagram #} 28. Qb2 f5 29. Qxb6 axb6 30. Bxb7 fxe4 31. Rb2 Re7 32. Bc6
Rd6 33. Ba4 e3 34. Re1 e2 35. Bc2 Rf7 36. Bxd3 cxd3 37. Rd2 Rdf6 0-1

[Event "WCh w"]
[Site "Tirana ALB"]
[Date "2011.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.11.14"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ (5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5) 5... Nc6
6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Qc2 (9. Nb5) 9... a6 10. a3 e5 11. dxe5
Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qe7 15. O-O (15. Bd4 b6 16. b4 Ng4 17.
O-O Nxe3 18. Qe2 Nf5 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. Be5) 15... Qxe3+ 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. f5 Bd7
18. Bb4 Rfe8 19. Rad1 Qc6 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Bxf7 Re5 23. Bc3 Qxb3 24.
Bxb3 Re3 25. Bc4 Rae8 26. Bd4 R3e7 27. Ba2 Re2 {Diagram #} 28. Bf7 (28. Rxc7
Bc6 29. Rg1 Rd8 30. Bc4 Rxg2 31. Rxg2 Rxd4 32. Rc8+) 28... R8e7 29. Bc4 R2e4
30. Bc5 Re8 31. Bf7 R8e5 {Diagram #} 32. Ba2 (32. Bb4 Bc6 33. Kg1 Re2 34. Rxc6
bxc6 35. Bc4) 32... Bc6 33. Rg1 Re2 34. Bd4 Rxf5 35. Bc4 Rd2 36. Bc3 Ne4 37.
Rge1 Ng3+ 38. hxg3 Rh5+ 0-1

[Event "WCh w"]
[Site "Tirana ALB"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2011.11.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Qd7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 Bb7 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15.
N3h2 c6 16. Bg5 Be7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Ng3 Nf4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nh5 Qe7 21. Qf3
Bg5 22. Rad1 Ne6 23. Ng4 Rf8 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Rad8 26. Ng3 g6 27. Rd2 {
Diagram #} h5 (27... Nc5) 28. Qh6 Nf4 29. Ne2 Qf6 30. Nxf4 exf4 31. Rd3 Rfe8
32. Rf3 Rd7 33. Rxf4 Qg7 34. Qg5 Re5 35. Qg3 Rde7 36. Rd1 g5 37. Rf5 Bxe4 38.
Rxe5 Qxe5 39. Rxd6 Qxg3 40. fxg3 Bb7 41. Kf2 Kg7 42. Bd1 h4 43. gxh4 gxh4 44.
Rd4 Be4 45. Bf3 Bxf3 46. Kxf3 Re1 47. Rxh4 Rb1 48. Rb4 Kf6 49. Ke3 Ke5 50. Re4+
Kd5 51. Rd4+ Ke5 52. Rd2 f5 53. Kd3 Kf4 54. Rf2+ Kg3 55. Rxf5 Rxb2 56. Rg5+ Kh4
57. Rg6 a5 58. Rg4+ Kh5 59. Re4 Kg6 60. Re2 Rb3 61. Ra2 b4 62. axb4 axb4 63.
Rc2 Ra3 64. Kd4 bxc3 65. Rxc3 Ra2 66. Rg3+ Kh5 67. Ke3 Ra3+ 68. Kf2 Ra2+ 69.
Kg1 Ra1+ 70. Kh2 Ra2 71. Rd3 Ra5 72. Rd4 Rb5 73. h4 Rb3 74. g3 Rb1 75. Kh3 Rh1+
76. Kg2 Ra1 77. Rd5+ Kh6 78. Kh3 Ra3 79. Re5 Ra4 80. Re3 Ra6 81. g4 Ra1 82.
Re6+ Kg7 83. h5 Rh1+ 84. Kg3 Rf1 85. Kh4 Rf7 86. Kg5 Kh7 87. h6 Ra7 88. Kh5 Rb7
89. g5 Rb5 90. Re7+ Kg8 91. Kg6 Rb6+ 92. Kf5 Rb5+ 93. Kf6 Rb6+ 94. Re6 Rb8 95.
g6 Kh8 96. Re5 Ra8 97. Kg5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM Zhe Quan"]
[Black "GM Georg Meier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2012.01.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.19"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 c6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2 Bd6 8. e4
Ne7 9. Qe1 O-O 10. Nh4 Qc7 11. Nb3 {Diagram #} c5 (11... dxe4 12. dxe4 f6) 12.
g4 Bg6 13. f4 c4 14. dxc4 dxc4 15. Nd4 Bc5 16. Be3 Qb6 17. c3 e5 18. fxe5 Nxe5
19. b4 cxb3 20. axb3 a5 21. Kh1 N7c6 22. Nhf5 {Diagram #} (22. Rd1) 22... Rfe8
23. Rd1 Qa6 (23... Rad8) 24. Qg3 Bf8 25. Bf4 f6 26. g5 fxg5 27. Bxg5 Nf7 28.
Be3 Nce5 29. Rf4 a4 (29... Rac8) 30. Bf1 {Diagram #} Qb6 (30... Qa5 31. bxa4
Qxc3) 31. bxa4 (31. Bb5 axb3 32. Bxe8 Rxe8 33. Rb1 b2) 31... Bh5 32. Re1 Ng6 (
32... Qg6) 33. Rf2 (33. Nxg7 Bxg7 (33... Nxf4 34. Nxe8+ Bg6 35. Bxf4 Rxe8 36.
Bb5) 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Bc4+ Ke7 36. Nf5+) 33... Rac8 (33... Rxe4 34. Bc4 Nge5
35. Bd5 Nd3 36. Bxe4 Nxe1 37. Rf1 Re8 38. Bd5 Nd3 39. Nh6+) 34. Bd2 Nge5 35.
Bb5 Red8 36. Nh6+ Nxh6 37. Qxe5 Bf7 38. Ref1 Bd6 39. Qg5 Bc5 40. Qh4 Bg6 41.
Bxh6 Bxd4 42. cxd4 gxh6 43. d5 Qd4 44. Rf4 Rf8 45. Qg4 Qg7 46. d6 Kh8 47. d7
Ra8 48. Rxf8+ Rxf8 49. Rxf8+ Qxf8 50. Qh4 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Haizhou Xu"]
[Black "Logan Thoeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2012.01.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 d6 (7...
h6) 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nxe5 Ba6 12. Re1 Re8 (12...
Nxe4 13. Bxd8 Bxf2+ 14. Kh1 Bxe1 15. Nxc6) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd7 Ba5 15. Nxf6+
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexander Emmons"]
[Black "Manuel Lopez"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C61"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Ba4 Ne7 8.
Nd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Qf3 Qa5 {Diagram #} 13. Bd2
Qxa4 14. b3 Qa3 15. c4 dxc3 16. Nxc3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 f6 18. Re2 Bb4 19. Bb2 Qa5
20. d4 Qg5 21. a3 Bg4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Julio Sadorra"]
[Black "GM Axel Bachmann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.01.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.19"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bb4 5. d3 O-O 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd4 10. Bg2 a5 11. O-O Bc5 12. Kh2 c6 13. Rb1 Nd7 {Diagram #} 14.
Be3 (14. f4 exf4 15. gxf4 f5) 14... Ne6 15. Bd2 Nd4 16. Be3 Rb8 17. a3 Ne6 (
17... b5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Bb6 20. cxb5 (20. f4 Ra8 21. f5 Qe7 22. Qd2)
20... Nxb5 21. Nxb5 cxb5 22. d4 Ra8 23. Qd2) 18. Bd2 {Diagram #} Qe7 (18... b5
19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Nd5 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Bxa5 b4 23. axb4 Bxb4 24. Bxb4
Rxb4 25. Qd2 Rfb8) 19. f4 Nd4 (19... exf4 20. gxf4 f5 21. Ne2 Bb6 22. exf5 Rxf5
23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Ra8 25. b5) 20. f5 b5 21. cxb5 Nxb5 22. Na4 Qd8 23. g4 f6
24. h4 Bd4 25. g5 Nc5 26. Bf3 Kh8 27. Nxc5 Bxc5 28. Bh5 fxg5 29. Bg6 (29. hxg5
g6 30. fxg6 Rb7 31. Rf7) 29... g4 {Diagram #} (29... hxg6 30. fxg6 Rf4 (30...
Rf6 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qxg7+ Ke6 35. Bxg5) 31. Qh5+ Kg8
32. hxg5 Kf8 33. Rxf4+ exf4 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qxg7+ Ke6 36. Qf7+ Ke5 37. Bxf4+
Kd4 38. Qc4#) 30. Qxg4 Rf6 31. Bg5 Qg8 32. Qh5 (32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qh5 Qg7)
32... Nd4 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. Rg1 Qg7 (34... Nf3+ 35. Qxf3 Bxg1+ 36. Rxg1 Rxb2+
37. Kh3 hxg6 38. Rxg6 Qh7 39. Qe3) 35. Rg2 (35. Bf7 Nf3+ 36. Qxf3 Bxg1+ 37.
Rxg1 Rxb2+ 38. Kh1 Qxf7) 35... Rg8 {Diagram #} 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Bb6 38.
Rbb2 Rf8 39. Ra2 Nb5 {Diagram #} (39... Qe7 40. Rg3 Nb5 41. Rag2) 40. Bf7 Rxf7
41. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "US Chess League 2011 Playoff"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Amanov, M."]
[Black "Kacheishvili, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Robert Hess"]
[PlyCount "194"]
[EventDate "2011.11.07"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.04"]
[WhiteTeam "Chicago Blaze"]
[BlackTeam "New York Knights"]

1. d4 g6 {This response probably came as a surprise to Mesgen -- Georgi is
inviting him to play 2. e4 and transpose into relatively unfamiliar territory.
Mesgen was not fazed.} 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
Bg2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 {
The game has now transposed to the main line of the Fianchetto Gruenfeld.} 9.
O-O Nc6 10. e3 Bf5 {
At this stage both players are now out of general theory and on their own.} 11.
Nh4 Bd7 12. Rb1 Na5 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Nf3 cxd4 15. cxd4 a6 $1 {A very nice move
by Georgi, getting his light-square bishop to it's best diagonal. Perhaps} (
15... Be6 16. Re1 Bc4 17. Qd2 b6 {
is good as well, but it does open up white's g2 bishop.}) 16. Re1 {A normal res
ponse, but I admit I am always tempted to sacrifice an exchange. Here,} (16.
Ba3 $5 Bb5 ({An interesting try is} 16... Nc4 {
but here white has nothing to worry about after} 17. Bc5 b6 18. Qxc4 bxc5 19.
Qxa6 (19. dxc5 $5 Bb5 20. Rxb5 axb5 21. Qxb5 $13) 19... Bf5 20. Rbc1 $11) 17.
Rxb5 axb5 18. Qxb5 {would result in a complex sacrifice of bishop and pawn for
rook. I'm honestly not sure which color I'd prefer to play with, but at the
minimum it looks incredibly interesting.}) 16... Bb5 17. Qd1 (17. Rxb5 $6 axb5
18. Qxb5 {is still interesting, but an improved variation for black of what
could have happened after 16. Ba3}) 17... Qd7 18. Qd2 (18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5
Rfd8 (19... Qf5 20. e4 Qxe5 21. Qd5 $44) 20. Qxd7 Rxd7 $15) 18... Nc4 19. Qb4 {
White's position looks pretty ugly to me: his queen is awkwardly placed, the
dark-squared bishop is undeveloped, the black knight on c4 is a pain...} Rc7
20. e4 Nb6 21. Bf4 Rc2 $2 (21... Rc4 22. Qa5 Na4 23. Bf1 b6 24. Qd2 Rc3 {
leaves chances for both sides.}) 22. Rbc1 {
Mesgen misses his chance to grab the initiative with} (22. Bf1 $1 Na4 (22...
Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Nc8 24. Qxb7) 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. Qxb5 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 b6 {
and now it is white that has a clear advantage.}) 22... Rfc8 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24.
Qb3 Qc8 25. d5 Qc3 26. Qxc3 Bxc3 {If you compare the current position to the
position that could have occurred (in the analysis) after 22. Bf1, the way the
game has turned is clear. White has missed his one real opportunity so far to
prove an advantage, and now it is black who sits firmly in the driver's seat.}
27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Bd3 29. Nd2 f5 $6 (29... Na4 {is much better and safer.
White has absolutely no active counterplay, and will simply suffer for many
moves.}) 30. exf5 gxf5 31. d6 {
Of course! Now white is no longer cramped and maintains good drawing chances.}
exd6 32. Bxb7 a5 33. Nf1 $2 {The start of a bad plan. Much better was} (33. Nf3
Kg7 (33... Be4 34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. Ng5 d5 36. f3 h6 37. Nh3 $11) 34. Be3 Nc4 35.
Bd4+ $11) 33... d5 34. Ne3 d4 35. Nd5 Na4 $1 {Georgi understands he has let
Mesgen back into the game, but clearly remains confident that he can still
reel in the full point. Giving white better drawing chances was} (35... Nxd5
36. Bxd5+ Kg7 37. f3 {and though black is definitely better, the less pieces
on the board the better for white in his quest to draw.}) 36. f3 Bc4 37. a3 $2
{After this incorrect move, Georgi plays well to maintain control. However,
white still had fighting chances after} (37. Ne7+ Kf8 (37... Kf7 38. Bd5+ Bxd5
39. Nxd5 Ke6 (39... d3 40. Nxc3 Nxc3 41. Kf2 Nxa2 42. Bd2 Nb4 43. Bxb4 axb4 44.
Ke3 Ke6 45. Kxd3 Kd5 46. g4 $11) 40. Nf4+ $15) 38. Nxf5 Bxa2 39. Bc6 Nc5 40.
Bh6+ Kf7 41. Bg7 $1 $15) 37... Nc5 38. Nb6 (38. Ne7+ Kf7 39. Bd5+ Bxd5 40. Nxd5
Ke6 41. Nf4+ Kd6 $17 {is a signficantly improved version of 37. Ne7 for black})
38... Bf7 39. Bc8 d3 40. Bxf5 d2 41. Bxd2 Bxd2 {Georgi has now picked up a
piece for 2 pawns. The rest is pretty easy for a player of his caliber.} 42.
Bc2 Bc1 43. a4 Bg5 44. Kf2 Be6 45. f4 Bd8 46. f5 Bxb6 47. fxe6 Nxe6+ 48. Ke1
Kg7 49. Kd2 Bg1 50. Ke1 Nd4 51. Be4 h6 52. Kf1 Be3 {The white king is now
boxed in. All black now has to do is grab the a-pawn and run.} 53. h4 Kf6 54.
Bd3 Ke5 55. g4 Kf4 56. g5 hxg5 57. hxg5 Kxg5 {You must always be careful when
entering positions with bishop and rook pawn.. however, here the a1 queening
square matches the color of the black bishop.} 58. Ke1 Kf4 59. Kd1 Ke5 60. Bg6
Kd6 61. Be8 Kc5 62. Bd7 Kb4 63. Be8 Bg5 64. Bd7 Nb3 65. Kc2 Nc5 66. Be8 Nxa4
67. Kb1 Nc3+ 68. Kc2 a4 69. Bf7 a3 70. Bg8 a2 71. Bxa2 Nxa2 {It has boiled
down to knight+bishop vs king, as more or less expected. Georgi, being the
strong Grandmaster he is, knows this ending very well.} 72. Kd3 Nc3 73. Kd4
Bf6+ 74. Kd3 Kb3 75. Kd2 Kc4 76. Ke3 Be5 77. Kf3 Kd3 78. Kg4 Ke4 79. Kg5 Nb5
80. Kg4 Nd6 81. Kg5 Kf3 82. Kh4 Ne4 83. Kh5 Kf4 84. Kg6 Nd6 85. Kh5 Bf6 86. Kg6
Ke5 87. Kh5 Kf5 88. Kh6 Ne8 89. Kh5 Ng7+ 90. Kh6 Bc3 91. Kh7 Kf6 92. Kg8 Kg6
93. Kh8 Bd2 94. Kg8 Ne6 95. Kh8 Bh6 96. Kg8 Nf4 97. Kh8 Nh5 {White resigned in
view of mate in 2. Really a fine game by Georgi -- with the exception of 22.
Bf1, he never was in any trouble. That is certainly a feat, as Mesgen is a
strong GM and against such a player it generally is difficult to play with
black. Well done by Georgi, leading his team to the championship title!} 0-1

[Event "US Chess League 2011 Playoff"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krush, I."]
[Black "Gurevich, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Robert Hess"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2011.11.07"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.04"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Chicago Blaze"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 Bf5 8.
Ne5 c5 9. g4 {A highly ambitious move. I don't particularly like it, but it
does have its perks. It gains space, gains a tempo, and puts the bishop on the
right diagonal. It does severely weaken the white kingside, which could be
fatal.} cxd4 10. exd4 Be6 (10... Be4 $5 11. f3 Bg6 12. h4 h6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14.
Qb3 Nc6 15. O-O-O {looks extremely interesting, and is a position that should
be looked into. Black has "ugly" doubled g-pawns, but the open c-file and
semi-open f-file can be of great use. Dynamic equality!?}) 11. Bg2 Qb6 {
Interesting, but why not just simply} (11... Nc6 {
? The game would undoubtedly take an interesting turn! Here's a sample line:}
12. O-O Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nxg4 14. Nxd5 Bg5 15. Bg3 h5 $1 16. h3 h4 17. Bxh4 Bxh4
18. hxg4 Rc8 {with a huge fight!}) 12. O-O $1 Qxb2 {Gurevich grabs the
potentially poisonous b2 pawn, but doesn't have a huge price to pay. White can
claim just a small advantage.} 13. Qd3 Qa3 14. g5 ({Also possible is} 14. Rab1
Nc6 15. Rxb7 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ne4 17. Rb3 Nc5 18. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Rxa3 Nd3 20.
Ra4 Rfd8 {with a slight edge for white.}) 14... Nfd7 15. Nxd5 Nxe5 16. Qxa3 (
16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. dxe5 Rd8 {Looks pleasant for black in the long run due to
the weaknesses on e5 and g5 and the bad bishop on f4 that comes with those
pawns.}) 16... Bxa3 17. Bxe5 Nc6 18. Nc7 Rad8 19. d5 $2 {
Most moves are dead equal, but this one gives black an advantage.} (19. Nxe6
fxe6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rab1 Bd6 $11) 19... Bxd5 20. Bxg7 Bxg2 21. Bxf8 Bxf1 22.
Bxa3 Bh3 {After a series of captures, a position with opposite color bishops
arises. Black is certainly better, as the white king is boxed in, but bishops
of opposite color generally provide good drawing chances. It is important to
note black's queenside majority, as a passed pawn is a plausible dream for
black.} 23. Bb2 Nd4 {Certainly not a bad move, but much better was} (23... Rd2
$1 24. Bc3 Rd3 25. Bf6 Nd4 26. f4 Rd2 27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28. Kf2 Rxf4+ 29. Kg3 Rc4
$15) 24. f4 Ne2+ (24... Bf5) 25. Kf2 Nxf4 26. Kg3 Ne6 27. Nxe6 Bxe6 {Black has 
won a pawn, but with the knights traded, a draw has become much more likely.}
28. a4 h6 (28... Rd3+ 29. Kf4 Rd2 30. Bf6 h6 ({
Tempting, but unnecessarily risky is:} 30... Rxh2 $2 31. Rd1 h6 32. Rd8+ Kh7
33. Rh8+ Kg6 34. Rg8+ Kh7 (34... Kh5 35. gxh6 Kxh6 36. Rh8+ Kg6 37. Rxh2 Kxf6 {
where only white can win.}) 35. Rg7+ Kh8 36. Rxf7+ Kg8 37. Rxb7) 31. h4 Rh2 32.
Ke5 Rxh4 33. Rd1 hxg5 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rh8+ Kg6 36. Rxh4 gxh4 37. Bxh4 $11) 29.
gxh6 Kh7 30. Bg7 Rd3+ 31. Kf4 Rh3 32. a5 a6 {
Now all white must do is keep the a5 pawn protected, and a draw is secured.}
33. Ke5 Rxh2 34. Kf6 Rf2+ 35. Ke7 Rf5 36. Ra3 Rd5 37. Kf6 Rf5+ 38. Ke7 Rc5 39.
Kf6 Rc6 40. Ke7 Rc7+ 41. Kf6 Rc5 42. Ra1 Bb3 43. Ra3 Rb5 44. Ra1 Be6 45. Ke7
Rf5 46. Ra3 Rf1 47. Ra4 Bd5 48. Rd4 Rf5 49. Ra4 Bc6 50. Ra1 Rf3 51. Ra2 Re3+
52. Kf6 Rf3+ 53. Ke7 f5 {Gurevich realizes he can't make progress, so he goes
for his last chance...however, it is still an easy draw.} 54. Kf6 f4 55. Re2
Re3 56. Rxe3 fxe3 57. Kg5 e2 58. Bc3 Be4 59. Bd2 Kg8 60. Kf6 Kf8 61. Bb4+ Ke8
62. Ke6 Kd8 63. Kd6 Bh7 64. Be1 Ke8 65. Kc7 Be4 66. h7 Bxh7 67. Kxb7 Bd3 68.
Kc6 Ke7 69. Kd5 Kf6 70. Kd4 Bb5 71. Kc3 Ke5 72. Kd2 Kd4 73. Bf2+ Kd5 74. Ke1 {
Unfortunately this game did not have many fireworks. For the past 40+ moves,
pieces were being shifted around without progress being made. Black had some
real winning chances around move 20, but Irina did well to hold in the end. A
big save by her, as Chicago desperately needed to get a full point from this
game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Chess League 2011 Playoff"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Young, An"]
[Black "Herman, Ma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[Annotator "Robert Hess"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.11.07"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.04"]
[WhiteTeam "Chicago Blaze"]
[BlackTeam "New York Knights"]

{This game was played on board 3 between two very interesting players. IM
Angelo Young is an intriguing player who is known for his offbeat openings. IM
Matt Herman is a tactician who has gained tons of rating points in recent
years. If any game in this match was sure to be decisive, it definitely was
this one.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 {The most principled setup
for black against the Reti Opening. Many strong Grandmasters play 4...Bg4,
with quite good results. The light-squared bishop does not have much promise
with the c6-d5 pawn structure, so trading it for the knight on f3 is typically
a good option.} 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh4 {White goes all in for
that light-squared bishop, but weakens the dark squares on the kingside. This
game follows Svidler-Kramnik (1-0) from the Russian Championship.} e5 {
The first deviation from the Super-GM battle. Kramnik played 8...e6 and got a
pleasant position. 8...e5 is not bad, either.} 9. e3 Bd6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. b3 a5
$1 {Not an extraordinary move, but definitely a good plan. If white goes a4 to
prevent black from doing so, he compromises his dark squares. If white allows .
..a4, he gives up space and potentially the open file.} 12. Bb2 a4 13. O-O Re8
14. g5 {White is trying to take advantage of black's previous move, as it took
away the knight's retreating square.} Nh5 {
This is the logical move, but Matt had a nice combination:} (14... a3 15. Bc1
Bh5 $6 {(seemingly trapping black's own knight!?)} 16. Qe1 Rf8 $1 17. gxf6 (17.
e4 Ne8 $15) 17... Qxf6 18. f4 exf4 19. Rb1 Rfe8 $40 {With tremendous
compensation -- black has two pawns, much better coordination, and a strong
attack for a knight.}) 15. Qg4 a3 16. Bc3 b5 (16... d4 17. exd4 exd4 18. Bxd4
Ne5 (18... Ra5 {is also very interesting}) 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Ndf3 Rc5 21. c4
Nf4 {With the initiative, black looks better here despite the sacrificed pawn.}
) 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Ba1 b4 19. Rc1 Nc5 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bf3 {
The right plan -- white must go after the paralyzed knight on h5.} Qe7 22. Qg2
Kh7 23. Be2 Ne6 24. h4 d4 $6 {A good try to open up the position and play for
a win, but objectively not a very good move. An improvement can be found in} (
24... f5 {where it looks as if black controls the majority of the board (and
Nf4 is now threatened)}) 25. Bxh5 gxh5 26. Qxc6 $14 {
Why not? Who says greed can't be good?} Kg8 27. Nc4 {
It is hard to complain about putting the knight here, but better was} (27. Qf3
Bc5 28. Rce1 g6 29. Nc4 $16 (29. Ne4 $14)) 27... Rad8 28. Rce1 Bb8 29. Qe4 $2 {
Just not a good square for the queen, allowing black immense counterplay.} (29.
exd4 exd4 30. f4 Rc8 31. Qf3 Qc5 32. Re4 $14) 29... Nc5 30. Qf3 ({
Completely necessary was repeating with} 30. Qc6 Ne6 31. exd4) 30... e4 31. Qg2
$4 {Losing immediately. White was forced to capture:} (31. dxe4 Qxe4 32. Qxe4 (
32. Kg2 Qxh4 33. Rh1 Qxg5+ 34. Kf1 g6 35. Bxd4 Ne4 $17) 32... Rxe4 33. Kg2 {
With good drawing chances for white.}) 31... exd3 $17 32. cxd3 Nxd3 33. Rd1
dxe3 34. fxe3 Ba7 (34... Qe4 $1) 35. Bf6 $4 (35. Bd4 Bxd4 36. Rxd3 Ba7 37. Rxd8
Rxd8 38. Qf3 {and white is fine.}) 35... Bxe3+ 36. Qf2 {
Must be a mouseslip, but the game is completely lost anyways.} (36. Kh1 Nf2+
37. Qxf2 Bxf2 38. Bxe7 Rxd1 39. Rxd1 Rxe7 $19 {
game over, black's kingside pawns will become queens.}) (36. Kh2 Qc7+ 37. Qg3
Qxg3+ 38. Kxg3 gxf6 $19) 36... Bxf2+ 37. Rxf2 Qa7 {As anticipated, a back and
forth battle that eventually led to a point for Herman and the Knights.} 0-1

[Event "US Chess League 2011 Playoff"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2011.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fernandez, Joh"]
[Black "Menon, Gopal S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2156"]
[BlackElo "2198"]
[Annotator "Robert Hess"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.11.07"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.04"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Knights"]
[BlackTeam "Chicago Blaze"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe2 $6 {
An extremely odd move. Until this incorrect move, white has maintained a
normal setup.} (7. Re1 {is the typical plan.}) 7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Ne5 {
If 7. Re1 had been played, this plan would have been ineffective for black.
Now the bishop on c4 has very few options and black becomes active very
quickly. Black has already equalized.} 9. f3 {
Not the best. Better options included} (9. Re1) (9. Bb3) 9... Nxc4 10. Qxc4 Re8
11. Rd1 h6 12. Bf4 (12. e5 $1 d5 (12... dxe5 13. Nc6 $16) (12... Nd7 13. Ndb5
$13) 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. Qxd5 c6 15. Qe4 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Bd6 17. Nxc6 Qb6+ 18. Be3
Bxe5 19. Bxb6 Bxc3 20. bxc3 bxc6 21. Bc5 $11) 12... c6 13. b4 $4 {I tend to not
give moves multiple question marks, but I really do not like this move. It
severely weakens the white queenside and gives black unnecessary targets.
Black now has a significant edge.} (13. Rd2 $11) 13... a6 $1 {This move clearly
indicates the direction the game is heading. Black is playing calm, normal
moves whereas white is being overly ambitious. 13...a6 is not a spectacular
move by any means, but I like the quiet response.} 14. a4 Bf8 (14... d5 $5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 cxd5 18. c3 Bf6 {and black has an annoying
advantage that he can press for the rest of the game. I like Menon's decision
not to go for this ending though -- it would give white plenty of chances to
draw, whereas in the game he retains a nice edge.}) 15. Rab1 d5 16. exd5 cxd5
17. Qb3 Be6 18. Be5 (18. a5 Rc8 19. Na4 {with interesting play for both sides.}
) 18... Nd7 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bd4 Nb6 21. f4 Rc8 22. a5 Nc4 23. Rd3 Kh8 24. Re1
Qd6 25. Rg3 $2 {I admit white's position has been looking bad for quite a
while, but there was only one move that didn't immediately lose a pawn:} (25.
f5 $1 e5 (25... exf5 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Nxd5 $13) 26. Bc5 Rxc5 27. bxc5 Qxc5+
28. Kh1 d4 29. Ne4 Qxa5 30. c3 b5 31. f6 {is extremely unclear. Black has many
pawns, but his king might soon become fatally exposed.}) 25... Qxf4 $19 {
Of course. It's a free pawn.} 26. Ne2 Qc7 27. Qf3 e5 {The rest is easy.} 28.
Ba1 Bxb4 29. Rd1 Bxa5 30. Rxd5 Qb6+ 31. Qf2 Qb1+ 32. Qf1 Bb6+ 33. Bd4 Bxd4+ 34.
Nxd4 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 exd4 36. Rxd4 Ne3+ 37. Kg1 Nf5 {A dominating performance
by black in this game. White never got anything going and black seized the
initiative early. Well played by Menon in Chicago's only victory.} 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Haile, Nadew"]
[Black "Sanchez, Vanel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "1784"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 (4... Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5) 5. Bb3
{Diagram #} Nf6 6. O-O (6. Ng5) (6. d4 exd4 7. e5) 6... Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 d5
{Diagram #} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 {Diagram #} Nf6 12. d4 (12. Re1
Bd6 13. h3 Ng4 14. Qf3 Qh4 15. d4) 12... Bd6 13. Re1 Ng4 {Diagram #} 14. g3 (
14. h3 Nxf2 15. Kxf2 (15. Qf3 Qh4 16. Bd2) 15... Qh4+ 16. Kf1 Bxh3 17. gxh3
Qxh3+) 14... Nxh2 15. Kxh2 (15. Bd5 Bxg3) 15... Qh4+ 16. Kg1 Bxg3 17. Qf3 {
Diagram #} (17. fxg3 Qxg3+) (17. Bxf7+ Kh8) 17... Qh2+ (17... Bh2+ 18. Kg2 Bg4
19. Qd3 c5 {Diagram #} (19... Rae8 20. Rh1 Re2) 20. Bc2 g6 21. Rh1 Bf5 22. Rxh2
Qxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Bxd3) 18. Kf1 {Diagram #} Bh3+ 19. Ke2 {Diagram #} Bxf2 (19...
Rae8+ 20. Kd1 (20. Be3 Bg4) 20... Rxe1+ 21. Kxe1 Qxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Re8+) 20. Qxf2
Rae8+ (20... Bg4+) 21. Be3 Rxe3+ 22. Kxe3 Re8+ {Diagram #} 23. Kd3 (23. Kf3)
23... Bf5+ 24. Qxf5 Qg3+ 25. Kc2 Qxe1 26. Bxf7+ {Diagram #} Kf8 (26... Kh8 27.
Nd2 Qe7 28. Qxh7+ Kxh7 29. Re1 {Diagram #}) 27. Be6+ Ke7 28. Qf7+ Kd8 29. Qd7#
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pogosyants, E."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2K5/4p3/4p3/3pkPP1/8/3P4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.25"]

{# #} 1. f5 exf5 2. g5 f4 (2... Kd3 $1 3. g6 Kxd2 4. g7 e4 5. g8=Q d3 $11 {
is surprisingly a draw.}) 3. g6 f3 4. g7 f2 5. g8=Q f1=Q 6. Qa8+ Kf5 (6... Kd3
7. Qa6+) 7. Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adamson, H."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2p3p1/8/8/4K3/8/1P5P/4k3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2011.12.25"]

{# #} 1. h4 (1. b4 $2 Kd2 2. Kd4 g5 $11 3. b5 $1 g4 4. Ke4 Kc3 5. Kf4 Kb4 6.
Kxg4 Kxb5 7. h4 c5 8. h5 c4 9. Kf3 $1 Kb4 10. h6 c3 11. Ke2 Kb3 12. h7 c2 13.
Kd2 {wins}) 1... Kd2 2. Kd5 Kc2 3. b4 Kb3 4. Kc5 Kc3 5. b5 Kb3 6. Kc6 Kc4 7.
Kxc7 Kxb5 8. h5 {wins} 1-0

[Event "Leipzig (ol)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Belkadi, R."]
[Black "Pachmann, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/p1p1k3/2P4K/8/P1P5/8 b - - 0 55"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2011.12.25"]

{# #} 55... Kd4 56. Kg4 Kc3 $2 57. Kf4 Kb2 $4 {and White rresigned, but
curiously in equal position! 58.Ke5 Kxa2 59.Kd5 a4 60.Kxc5 a3 61.Kd6! Kb1 62.
c5 a2 63.c6 a1Q 64.c7= The only winning move was 57... Kxc4!} 58. Ke5 Kxa2 59.
Kd5 a4 60. Kxc5 a3 61. Kd6 Kb1 62. c5 a2 63. c6 a1=Q 64. c7 0-1

[Event "Skopje"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barczay, L."]
[Black "Reshewsky, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/pk6/1p6/1P1K1Pp1/8/8/8 w - - 0 52"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2011.12.25"]

{# #} 52. f5 Kc7 53. Ke3 a5 $4 (53... g3 $11 {53... Kd7 (d7) (d8) =}) (53...
Kd7) 54. bxa5 $4 {After 54.f6!! White promotes the a-pawn with check.} (54. f6)
54... b4 55. f6 b3 56. f7 b2 57. f8=Q b1=Q {Draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow (ch)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Psakhis, L."]
[Black "Savon, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5p2/4k2p/7P/5PP1/6K1/8/8 b - - 0 54"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2011.12.25"]

{# #} 54... f6 55. Kf3 Kd7 56. Ke3 Ke7 57. Kd3 Kd7 58. Kc4 {and now Black
resigned in a drawn position! 58...Kd6 (e6, d8, e8)= After 58... Ke6 59. Kc5
Kd7! 60.Kd5 Ke7= (White can not play 61.Kc6? f5!)} Kd6 (58... Ke6 59. Kc5 Kd7
60. Kd5 Ke7 61. Kc6 f5) (58... Kd8) (58... Ke8) 1-0

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lechtynsky, J."]
[Black "Vajda, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2p5/2p5/1pP4P/1k4K1/8/8 w - - 0 56"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2011.12.25"]

{# #} 56. h5 Kxc4 $4 {This obvious move leads to draw. After 56.Ka2 (a3) 57.h6
b3 58.h7 b2 59.h8Q b1Q Black could win in the KQPPKQP ending.} (56... Ka2 57.
h6 b3 58. h7 b2 59. h8=Q b1=Q) (56... Ka3) 57. h6 b3 58. h7 b2 59. h8=Q b1=Q
60. Qg8+ Kc3 61. Qg7+ Kb3 62. Qb7+ Kc2 63. Qh7+ Kc1 64. Qh6+ Kb2 65. Qg7+ Kc1
66. Qh6+ Kd1 67. Qh1+ Kc2 68. Qh7+ Kb2 {Draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Isvestia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Troitzky, A."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p6/7p/5k1p/P1P3p1/8/5PK1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2011.12.25"]

{# # # #} 1. a5 (1. c5 $2 Ke5 2. Kg3 Kd5 3. Kh4 Kxc5 4. Kxh5 Kb4 5. Kxg4 Kxa4
6. f4 b5 7. f5 b4 8. f6 b3 9. f7 b2 10. f8=Q b1=Q 11. Qa8+ Kb3 $11) 1... Ke5 (
1... h4 2. c5 Ke5 3. c6 Kd6 4. cxb7 Kc7 5. a6 h3+ 6. Kg3 h5 7. f4 $18) 2. Kg3
Kd4 3. Kh4 Kxc4 4. Kxh5 Kb5 (4... Kd5 5. Kxh6 Ke4) 5. Kxg4 Kxa5 6. f4 b5 (6...
Kb5 7. f5 Kc6 8. Kh5 Kd7 9. Kg6 Ke8 10. Kg7 $18) 7. f5 b4 8. f6 b3 9. f7 b2 10.
f8=Q b1=Q 11. Qa8+ {wins here. But 4...Kd5!!= 5.Kxh6 Ke4=} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adamson, H."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2pKp3/8/8/8/1k6/1P5P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2011.12.25"]

{# #} 1. Ke6 $1 (1. Kc6 Kc4 2. h4 e5 3. h5 e4 4. h6 e3 5. h7 e2 6. h8=Q e1=Q 7.
Qg8+) (1. Kc6 $2 e5 $1 2. Kd5 Kxb2 $1 3. h4 Kb3 $1 4. h5 c6+ 5. Kc5 e4 6. Kd4
c5+ $1 $11) 1... c5 2. h4 c4 3. Kd5 $1 e6+ 4. Kc5 $1 e5 5. h5 $1 e4 6. Kd4 $1
e3 7. Kxe3 $1 Kxb2 8. h6 {wins} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pal Benko"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2p3p1/8/4K3/8/2P3P1/4k3 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "17"]

{Diagram #} 1. Ke5 Ke2 2. c4 c5 (2... Kd3 3. c5 Kc4 4. Kd6 Kb5 5. g3) 3. Kd5 g5
4. Kxc5 g4 5. Kd4 Kf2 6. c5 Kxg2 7. c6 g3 8. c7 Kh2 9. c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Version (3)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, P."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator ",O"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p6/8/6p1/P1P2kp1/8/5P2/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2011.12.21"]

{# #} 1. a5 $1 (1. Kg2 $2 g3 $1 (1... b6 $2 2. c5 bxc5 3. a5 c4 4. Kf1 {wins})
2. a5 gxf2 $19) 1... Ke4 (1... g3 2. c5 Ke5 3. c6 $1 {wins}) 2. Kg2 Kd4 3. Kg3
Kxc4 4. Kxg4 Kb5 5. Kxg5 Kxa5 6. f4 b5 7. f5 b4 8. f6 b3 9. f7 b2 10. f8=Q b1=Q
11. Qa8+ {wins the Q} 1-0

[Event "Version"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, P."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/5p2/8/4P1P1/1K1k1p2/5P2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2011.12.21"]

{# #} 1. e5 (1. g5 $2) 1... fxe5 2. g5 e4 3. g6 e3 4. g7 e2 (4... exf2 5. g8=Q
f1=Q 6. Qc4+ {wins}) (4... Ke2 5. g8=Q Kxf2 6. Kc3 e2 7. Qa2 Kf1 8. Qc4) 5.
g8=Q e1=Q 6. Qc4+ Kd2 7. Qc2# 1-0

