[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.03.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ben Bentrup"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4rb1Q/1b4R1/2p2p2/1rP1k1p1/1R2P3/4p3/5nK1 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "21"]

{Diagram #} 1. Qh1+ Ke5 2. Qh8+ Ke4 3. Qa8+ Ke5 4. Qa1+ Ke4 5. Qb1+ Ke5 6. Qb2+
Ke4 7. Qc2+ Ke5 8. Qc3+ Ke4 9. Qd3+ Ke5 10. Qd6+ Ke4 11. Qf4# 1-0

[Event "Russian Senior Championship 2001"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM Anatoly Donchenko"]
[Black "FM Vladimir Fedoseyev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/P3RK2/5p2/3Q4/8/6k1/r4q2 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram #} 1. Qg4+ (1. a7) 1... Kf2 2. Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Biel izt"]
[Site "Biel izt"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Semen I Dvoirys"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 Re8 7. Nd5 Bf8 8. Be2
d6 9. O-O Nxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. e4 Ng6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Rc1 c6 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16. g3 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. d3 f6 19. Qe2 a5 20. a4 Rab8 21. Nd2 Bb4
22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Nf8 24. Rfc1 Ne6 25. Qd1 Rec8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Nf3 Qb7
28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. d4 e4 30. Nh4 g6 31. Ng2 Ng5 32. Nf4 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Qc6 34.
Ne2 Kf7 35. h4 g5 36. h5 Qc2 37. Qxc2 Ne1+ 38. Kh3 Nxc2 39. g4 Ke6 {Diagram #}
40. f4 gxf4 (40... exf3 41. Nc3 Nxd4) 41. Nxf4+ Kd6 42. Ne2 Ne1 43. Kg3 Nd3 44.
Kg2 Nb4 45. Kg3 Nc6 46. Kf4 Ke6 47. Ke3 Kf7 48. Ng3 Ne7 49. Kf4 Nc6 50. Ke3 Nb4
51. Kd2 Nd3 52. Nf5 Ke6 53. Ng7+ Kd7 54. Nf5 Nf2 55. Ne3 Kc6 56. Ke2 Nd3 57.
Kd2 Nf4 58. Nf5 Kd7 59. Ne3 Ke6 60. Nc2 Nd3 61. Ne3 Nf4 62. Kd1 Nd3 63. Kd2 Nb4
64. Nf5 Nc6 65. Ke3 Nd8 66. Kd2 Nf7 67. Ke3 Kd7 68. Kd2 Nd6 69. Ne3 Ke6 70. Ng2
Nc8 71. Kc3 Na7 72. b4 axb4+ 73. Kxb4 Kd6 74. Nf4 Nc6+ 75. Kc3 Na5 76. Kd2 Nc6
77. Ke3 Nb4 78. Ne2 Nc6 79. Kf4 Ke6 80. h6 Kf7 81. Ke3 Ke6 82. Nf4+ Kd6 83. Ng6
Nb4 84. Kd2 Nc6 85. Ke3 Nb4 86. Nf8 Nc2+ 87. Kf4 Nxd4 88. a5 Ke7 89. Nxh7 Ne6+
90. Ke3 Nc5 91. Ng5 Kf8 92. Kd4 Na6 93. Ne6+ Kg8 94. Kxd5 Nc7+ 95. Kxe4 Nxe6
96. Kf5 Nc5 97. Kxf6 Nd7+ 98. Kf5 Kh7 99. g5 Nc5 100. Kf6 Nd7+ 101. Ke6 1-0

[Event "USSR 33/479"]
[Site "USSR 33/479"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eduard Gufeld"]
[Black "Lev Psakhis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 c5 15. d5
g6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 {Diagram #} Nb6 18. b3 Nh7 19. Qe2 a5 20. a4 b4 21. cxb4
cxb4 22. Qb5 Ra6 23. Rac1 Nf6 24. Nd2 Re7 25. Bd3 Nbxd5 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Be4
Qa8 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Nde4 Re6 30. Rc7 Bc6 31. Qe2 f5 32. Rc1 Bg7 33. Qc2 Be8
34. Rc8 Qb7 35. Qc4 d5 36. Qb5 Qf7 37. Nc5 Rab6 38. Nxe6 Rxb5 39. Nxg7 Kxg7 40.
axb5 d4 41. R1c7 1-0

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. c4 Be6 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. f3 f6 14. Nh3 Be6
15. b3 a6 16. Nf4 Bf7 17. Qf2 b5 18. c5 Qc7 19. Nd3 a5 20. cxd6 Bxd6 21. Bb6
Qb8 22. Bc5 Rd8 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. f4 Bd6 26. Bd3 a4 27. Rd1 axb3
28. cxb3 Bxc5 29. Qxc5 Qc7 30. Kb1 Rd8 31. Qc2 Kh8 32. g3 Qd7 33. f5 Qd6 34.
Qf2 Bd5 35. Qf4 Qa3 {Diagram #} 36. Be4 Bxe4+ 37. Qxe4 Rxd1+ 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2011.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kannappan Priyadharshan"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2376"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Rb8 14. Nxd5
cxd5 15. Qxd5 Qf6 16. Qd2 Be6 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Kb1 e4 19. Qd4 Qe7 20. b3 Qa3
21. fxe4 Bg7 22. e5 Qa5 23. Be2 Bxe5 24. Qe3 Rb4 25. Rd8+ Kg7 26. Rhd1 {
Diagram #} Qxa2+ 27. Kc1 (27. Kxa2 Ra4+ 28. Kb1 Ra1#) 27... Bf4 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2011.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ray Robson"]
[Black "Aditya Udeshi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 d6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Be6 9. O-O Nge7 10. f4 Nd4 11. Nd1 O-O 12. c3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qd7
15. Nf2 Nc6 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Be3 Qd8 19. Rae1 Bxa2 20. Ng4 Ne5 21.
Nh6+ Kf8 22. d4 cxd4 23. cxd4 Nd7 24. b3 Bxb3 25. Qb4 Qb6 {Diagram #} 26. d5
1-0

[Event "World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2011.08.02"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Samvel Ter-Sahakyan"]
[Black "Gabriele Botta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2261"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. Bf3 Nb6 10. Nge2 Bg4 11. Bxg4 Nxg4 12. a4 a5 13. O-O Qd6 14. Bf4
Qb4 15. Qd1 Rfd8 16. d6 exd6 17. Nb5 Nf6 18. b3 Ne4 {Diagram #} 19. f3 Nc5 (
19... Nf6 20. Bd2) 20. Rb1 (20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Qc2 Bxa1) 1-0

[Event "World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2011.08.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jan Krejci"]
[Black "Vladislav Kovalev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 Qa5 7. Bd3 cxd4 8.
exd4 d5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg4 11. d5 Nbd7 12. Re1 Rad8 13. Bb3 Nc5 14. h3
Be6 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Rc1 b6 18. Nxc5 bxc5 19. Be3 Qb7 20. Rxc5 Be4
21. Ra5 Nxd5 22. Rxa7 Qb8 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. b3 Bc3 25. Nd2 Bxg2 26. Rxe7 Bxh3
27. Qc2 {Diagram #} Qc8 28. f3 Rxd2 29. Qb1 (29. Bxd2 Bd4+) 0-1

[Event "World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2011.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Milos Roganovic"]
[Black "Maxim Matlakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ne7 8. Bg2
g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. b3 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. d4 Qa5 15.
Qf3 O-O-O 16. Bg5 Rdg8 17. Bf4 h5 18. h4 Bf6 19. Rab1 c5 20. b4 cxb4 21. a3
bxc3 22. Qxb7+ Kd8 {Diagram #} 23. Bd6 Ke8 24. Qc6 Qd5 25. Rb8+ Bd8 26. Rxd8+
Kxd8 27. Qc7+ Ke8 28. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "World Junior Championships"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2011.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vladislav Kovalev"]
[Black "Tamir Nabaty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. g4 Bxg4 10. fxg4 Nxg4 11. Bg1 e6 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. h4 Qa5 14. Be2 h5 15.
Rh3 Bh6 16. Ng5 f6 17. Qxd6 fxg5 18. Qxe6+ Kh7 19. O-O-O gxh4+ 20. Kb1 Rcd8 21.
Nd5 Nf2 22. Bxf2 Rxf2 23. Rg1 Bg5 24. Bxh5 Qd2 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 {Diagram #} 26.
Be2 Rg2 (26... Rf1+ 27. Rxf1 Qxe2 28. Rg1) 27. Rxh4+ Bxh4 28. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "ABC-233-April-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reinfeld-Reshevsky"]
[Black "Minneapolis 1932"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.02.15"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Nh4 g6 8. Nc3 h6
9. O-O a6 10. cxd5 d6 {Diagram #} 11. e4 Bg7 12. f4 Nfd7 13. a4 O-O 14. Be3 Kh7
15. Qc2 Nf6 (15... f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Nxf5) 16. h3 (16. e5 Ng4) 16... Nbd7
17. Rae1 Re8 18. Bf2 Ng8 19. e5 (19. g4) 19... dxe5 20. f5 Nf8 (20... g5 21.
f6+ Kh8 (21... e4 22. Nxe4 gxh4 23. Ng5+ Kh8 24. Qh7#) 22. fxg7+) (20... gxf5
21. Nxf5) 21. fxg6+ fxg6 22. Be4 (22. Nxg6) 22... Qd6 23. Be3 Ne7 24. Rf7 Kg8
25. Ref1 Nxd5 (25... Nf5 26. Nxf5 (26. Rxb7 Nxe3 27. Qf2 Nxf1 (27... Nf5 28.
Bxf5 gxf5 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Nxf5+) 28. Qf7+) 26... Kxf7 (26... gxf5) 27. Nxd6+
) 26. Rxb7 Nxe3 27. Qf2 Nf5 (27... Nxf1 28. Qf7+ Kh7 (28... Kh8) 29. Qxg7#) 28.
Nxf5 (28. Bxf5 gxf5 29. Nxf5) 28... gxf5 29. Qxf5 Kh8 30. Rf7 {Diagram #} (30.
Qf7 Ne6 31. Qg6 Nf8 32. Rxf8+) 30... Ng6 31. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "ABC-233-April-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5kb1/8/5p1n/5P1p/7P/7K/5R2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2012.02.15"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.15"]

{Diagram #} 1... Nxf4 2. Rxf4 Be5 0-1

[Event "ABC-233-April-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/5pb1/4pnp1/4P3/8/2N1B3/7P/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2012.02.15"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.15"]

{Diagram #} 1... Ng4 0-1

[Event "ABC-233-April-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Discovery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6k1/6p1/4b1np/5p1P/8/6BK/6N1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2012.02.15"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.15"]

{Diagram #} 1... f3+ 2. Kh1 fxg2+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-233-April-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1q6/8/8/4n2k/8/7P/4Q1BK/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2012.02.15"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.15"]

{Diagram #} 1... Nf3+ 2. Kh1 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "ABC-233-April-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/5q2/8/8/8/8/1r4BN/3Q2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2012.02.15"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.15"]

{Diagram #} 1... Qf2+ 2. Kh1 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "ABC-233-April-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/6p1/4N3/2q5/8/7P/5r2/Q3R1K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2012.02.15"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.15"]

{Diagram #} 1... Rf1+ 2. Kg2 (2. Kh2) 2... Qf2# 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee GMA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2012.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 b5 5. c3 a5 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Bf4 Be7 8. Qc2
c5 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. a4 bxa4 12. Qxa4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. h4 Qc7
15. e4 Nb6 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 h6 18. Be3 Qd7 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nc4 a4 21.
Re1 Qb5 22. Na3 Qa6 23. Rad1 Rab8 24. c4 Nxe3 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxe3 Bxg2 27.
Kxg2 Qb7+ 28. Kg1 Qb4 29. Rc3 Qb8 30. Re3 Qb4 31. Rc3 Rd7 32. Nb5 Qa5 33. Qe2
Qd8 34. Ra3 Rd2 35. Qf3 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Qd2 37. Rxa4 Qe1 38. Nc3 Qg1+ 39. Kh3 Re1
40. Ra7 Qf1+ 41. Qg2 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Bf8 43. f4 g5 44. h5 gxf4 45. gxf4 Kg7 46.
Rd7 Re3 47. Rb7 Re1 48. b3 Re3 49. Nd1 Re2+ 50. Nf2 Rc2 51. Kf3 Rc3+ 52. Ke2
Rg3 53. Ne4 Rh3 54. Nf6 Rh1 55. Rd7 Rh2+ 56. Kd3 Rh3+ 57. Kc2 Rh4 {#  At first
sight Topalov, seems to be recovering his lost pawn, but Kamsky finds a mating
attack from nowhere...} 58. Ne8+ $1 Kg8 59. f5 $1 Rh2+ (59... exf5 60. e6 $1
fxe6 {allows} 61. Nf6+ Kh8 62. Rh7# $1 {checkmate}) 60. Rd2 {The simplest,
though walking away from the checks was also strong, meeting a later ...exf5
with e6 followed by Rxf7 and Nf6+.} Rxd2+ 61. Kxd2 exf5 (61... Be7 {
is well met by} 62. f6 $1 {and if} Kf8 63. fxe7+ $1 Kxe8 64. Kc3 Kxe7 65. b4 {
leads to a winning pawn ending.}) 62. Nf6+ Kg7 63. Ke3 Be7 64. Nd7 Bg5+ 65. Kf3
Bd2 {Desperation, but} (65... Be7 66. Kf4 {is also hopeless.}) 66. Nxc5 f6 67.
e6 Kf8 68. Nd3 Ke7 69. Nf4 Kd6 {Has White run out of moves? Not at all!} 70.
c5+ Kc6 71. Nd5 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 Qc7 7. O-O e5 $5 (
7... c4 {is the more common choice.}) 8. d4 b5 9. Bc2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3
O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. Rad1 $5 Rac8 15. Bb3 Rfe8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bg3
Bf8 18. h3 Nb6 19. Nh4 Nc4 20. Nf5 {
?!!  Played quickly by Carlsen but he had forgotten about...} Nxb2 $1 {
#  "After he took on b2 there were many possibilities - 21.Nxh6+ followed by
Bh4, or 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.Rxd5!? but nothing seems to work," explained Carlsen.}
21. Bh4 $1 {A Tal-like attack commences; one where the opponent knows the
attack must be unsound but struggles to calculate their way through the
complications} Nxd1 22. Bxf6 Nxc3 23. Qg4 Bxe4 $5 {An immediate reply by
Topalov, though with a little more thought he might have realised that} (23...
Re6 $1 24. Bxg7 {, intending 24...Rg6 25.Qxg6!, fails to} Kh7 $3 (24... Rg6 25.
Qxg6) 25. Bxf8 Rg6 $1 {. So Carlsen would have had to try 24.Nxh6+ Kh7 25.
Nxf7+ Kh7 26.Nxf7 Qxf7 27.Bxe6 Qxf6 28.Bxc8 when John Nunn in the press room
thought that White might survive.}) 24. Nxh6+ Kh7 25. Bxf7 {#} Qxf7 $2 {
Faced with the apparently crushing threat of 26.Qh5, Topalov decides to
exchange into an endgame which he knows should be tenable.  The barelyhuman} (
25... Bd3 $3 {turns out to be winning, meeting} 26. Qh5 {with} Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Nf4
{. Both players probably thought that 26.Re1 would be an adequate answer, but
unfortunately for White after  26...Ne2+! 27. Rxe2 allows 28...Qc1+! and 29...
Qxh6, winning for Black.}) 26. Nxf7 gxf6 27. f4 Bg6 28. Qh4+ Kg7 (28... Kg8 {
was safer, since after} 29. Nh6+ Bxh6 30. Qxh6 Bd3 $1 {
White can make a perpetual check but no more.}) 29. fxe5 $1 Ne4 30. Rxf6 $1
Bc5+ 31. Kh2 Nxf6 32. Qxf6+ Kh7 33. Ng5+ Kh6 34. Ne6 $1 Rxe6 35. Qxe6 Re8 {
Black should hold this endgame, but in the run-up to the time control drops
the a pawn and makes his task very difficult.} 36. Qf6 Be7 $2 37. Qxa6 b4 38.
Qc4 Bf8 39. g4 Kh7 40. e6 Bd6+ 41. Kg2 Be7 42. Qc7 Kg8 43. Kg3 Kf8 44. Qf4+ Kg7
45. Qd4+ Kg8 46. h4 Rd8 47. Qc4 Bd3 $2 {
Missing his last clear chance for a draw. After} (47... Rd3+ $1 48. Kf4 Bd6+
49. Kg5 Kg7 $1 {Black can force a perpetual check.}) 48. Qc6 Bb1 49. h5 $1 Bxa2
$6 {Desperation - with the bishop a long way from home White can now launch a
decisive attack.} 50. Qe4 $1 Kh8 51. h6 $1 Bf6 52. e7 Re8 53. Qf4 $1 Bg7 54.
hxg7+ Kxg7 55. g5 Kg8 56. Qf6 {
An unbelievable game - a triumph of mind over matter.} 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. e3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 exf4 10. Nxf4 O-O 11. b3 Bf5 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. Ne4 Rad8 14. Rf2 Nb4
15. Qf1 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 N6d5 17. Nh5 g6 18. a3 Na6 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Bf6 Qd6 21.
Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Qc4 Qe5 24. Raf1 h5 {
#  White is clearly positionally dominant but the finish was spectacular...}
25. Nxh5+ $3 Qxh5 26. Rxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rxf7+ Kh6 28. Qf4+ g5 29. Qf6+ Qg6 30. Qf1
$3 {The point behind Nakamura's sacrifice, though 30.Qe7 would have been
equally effective. Now the dual threats of 31.Rf6 and 31.Qh3+ force Black to
tie himself in knots.} Qh5 31. Rxb7 $1 {With a new set of threats - 32.Qxa6+
and 32.Qf6+ - and this time there is no way out.} c4 32. Qf6+ Qg6 33. Qxd8 Qb1+
34. Kf2 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Qb3 b5 10. Bxd6 Qb6 11. Be5 O-O 12. e3 c4 13. Qd1 b4 14. Ne2 Bb5 15.
Ned4 Nbd7 16. Nxb5 Qxb5 17. Bd4 Qxd5 18. Be2 Nb6 19. O-O Rac8 20. Rc1 Rfd8 21.
Qe1 c3 22. bxc3 bxc3 23. Ba6 Rc7 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Ne4 26. Qa3 Bxd4 27.
Nxd4 Qc5 28. Qxc5 Nxc5 29. Bb5 Ne6 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Rc1 Rd2 32. a4 Ra2 33. g3
a6 34. Bxa6 Rxa4 35. Bb5 Ra5 36. Be2 Nd7 37. Rc7 Nf8 38. Bc4 Ra4 39. Kg2 Rb4
40. h4 h6 {#  This endgame, similar to the historic 24th game of the 1987
World Championship match between Kasparov and Karpov in Seville, looks as if
it will be technically very challenging.  However with one simple plan,
Aronian immediately breaks down Gashimov's resistance.} 41. f4 $1 h5 42. Kf3 $1
Ra4 43. Ke4 $1 Kh8 (43... Ra5 44. Re7 {is not better.}) 44. Ke5 $1 Kg8 45. Kf6
Ra5 46. e4 Ra4 47. e5 Ra3 48. Rc8 $1 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 {"Adopting the Queen's Gambit with Black has been
a way of improving my defensive skills," explained Aronian.} 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4
O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O {Aronian has plenty of experience with this
position from the White side, since Black's 6...Nbd7 system has recently been
adopted by Anand, Kramnik and Gelfand.} Nb6 $5 {
A new idea, which Aronian said should be met by 9.e4.} 9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Be5 f6
11. Ng5 {Tempting, but} (11. Bg3 {
is stronger, after which Aronian thought White might keep a slight edge.})
11... fxg5 12. Bxh5 Bd7 13. Bf3 {#} Rxf3 $3 14. gxf3 Bd6 $1 {An unbelievable
piece of preparation by Aronian. For the exchange, Black has a pawn and easy
development. More importantly, White has little to do.} 15. Qe4 Bc6 16. Qg4 Qe7
17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Ne4 $6 {
According to Aronian, almost the decisive error. Apparently} (18. e4 {
was necessary, despite the horrible weakening of the f4 square.}) 18... h6 19.
Qg3 d5 20. Nc3 {Giri thought his last chance was} (20. Nc5 {
, despite the danger of the knight becoming stranded.}) 20... Rf8 21. Ne2 Rf5
$1 22. Kg2 Nd7 23. Rh1 Nf8 $1 {
The rest was easy for Aronian, who finishes the game in style.} 24. h4 Ng6 25.
f4 Nxh4+ 26. Kf1 Qb4 27. Rb1 Be8 28. Nc3 Qe7 29. b4 Rf8 30. Rb2 Bg6 31. Ke1 Bd3
32. fxg5 Nf3+ 33. Kd1 hxg5 34. Qh3 Qf6 35. Kc1 Bg6 36. a4 Rd8 37. Ne2 e5 38.
Qg4 exd4 39. exd4 Re8 40. Qd7 c3 41. Ra2 {#} Ne1 $1 42. Rxe1 Qf4+ $3 43. Kd1 (
43. Nxf4 Rxe1# {would have been the stylish way to finish.}) 43... Qe4 $1 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 {Playing for the Botvinnik set-up (...g6, ...Bg7,
...Nge7) which served Grischuk so well in the Candidates matches in 2011.} 4.
e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ne5 Bb4 8. Be2 Qa5 9. O-O $1 {
A gambit first played by the German GM Buhmann.} Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxe5 11. Bd2 $1
Bc5 12. Nb5 O-O 13. b4 Be7 {Caruana improves on} (13... Bd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15.
Bf4 $1 {which left Buhmann with a great endgame in a 2011 game.}) 14. f4 $1 Qe6
{As recommended by all computer programs;} (14... exf3 15. Bxf3 {
is ugly for Black.}) 15. Be3 $1 Bxb4 {
The Black queen does not have a safe square, e.g.} (15... Qc6 16. Nxa7 Qa6 17.
Nb5 Bxb4 18. a3 $1 (18. Nc7 Qa3 $1) 18... Ba5 19. c5 $1 {
and Black is tied up in knots.}) 16. Nc7 Qc6 17. Nxa8 b6 (17... d6 {was slightl
y stronger, but Aronian was ready for this too. In all likelihood the position
is already close to winning for White, as Aronian knew before the game.}) 18.
Rb1 $1 Bc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rb8 Bb7 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Qb3 g6 23. Rb1 Bxa8 24.
Qb8+ Kg7 25. Qxa7 {and Aronian had a dominating position, though he almost let
Caruana escape before winning in 47 moves.} e3 26. Bf3 d5 27. Re1 Qd6 28. Qxa8
d4 29. Qa3 Qxf4 30. Rf1 Qe5 31. Qd3 Qe8 32. g3 h5 33. Bg2 Qa4 34. a3 Qa5 35.
Bf3 Qa6 36. Be2 Qa5 37. Qb1 Qd2 38. Qe1 Qa2 39. g4 hxg4 40. Qg3 Qxe2 41. Qe5 d3
42. Rxf6 Kh6 43. Rxf7 Qe1+ 44. Kg2 Qe2+ 45. Kg3 Qe1+ 46. Kxg4 Qg1+ 47. Kh3 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O {
#  Now Aronian has achieved his aim, transposing to the Russian system of the
Grunfeld (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 Nfd7
8.Be3 Nb6 9.Qb3) without allowing Black various seventh move options such as 7.
..a6, 7...Na6, etc.  Later in the tournament, Navara showed that Aronian's
move order can also have a downside. He delayed castling, playing 7...Bg4
immediately, and had no problems.} 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Rd1 e6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Ng1
Bxe2 12. Ngxe2 Qe7 13. O-O Rfd8 14. e5 h6 {#} 15. a3 $5 {Aronian's poisonous
new move, in a position where 15.Ne4 Qb4 is considered fine for Black. After
long thought Kamsky responded with} Na5 16. Qc2 c5 17. dxc5 Nbc4 18. Bc1 Nxe5 {
but after} 19. b4 Nac6 20. Ne4 a6 21. h3 {White was slightly better and
Aronian went on to win in 58 moves (aided by a number of Kamsky time trouble
errors).} f5 22. Nd6 Nf7 23. Nc4 e5 24. Rde1 Kh7 25. Bb2 Re8 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27.
Bxd4 Rad8 28. Bb2 e4 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. f3 Qf6 31. fxe4 Qd4+ 32. Kh2 Rxe4 33.
Rxe4 Qxe4 34. Qxe4 fxe4 35. Kg3 Rd4 36. Na5 g5 37. Kf2 Rd3 38. Re1 Rxa3 39.
Rxe4 Kf6 40. Nxb7 Ne5 41. Rd4 Ke7 42. Nd6 Rb3 43. Nc8+ Kf7 44. Nd6+ Ke6 45. Nc4
Nd3+ 46. Kg1 Nf4 47. Rd6+ Ke7 48. Ne5 Rb2 49. Rxa6 Rxg2+ 50. Kf1 Rb2 51. Rxh6
Nd5 52. Rd6 Ne3+ 53. Ke1 Nc2+ 54. Kd1 Nxb4 55. Rb6 Kf8 56. Rb8+ Kg7 57. Nc4 Rb3
58. c6 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3
Kh8 9. Rd1 Na6 10. Qa3 Nc7 11. d5 c5 12. b4 cxb4 13. Qxb4 Na6 14. Qb1 Bd7 15.
Nb5 Rc8 16. Nd2 Qb6 17. e3 Nc5 18. a4 Qa5 19. Ba3 a6 20. Bb4 Qd8 21. Nd4 Nxa4
22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 Qe8 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. Bxa6 Nc3 26. Bxc3 Rxb1 27. Rdxb1 g5
28. Rb7 Ng8 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rb5 Qg6 31. c5 dxc5 32. Rxc5 Qxe6 33. Nf3 Qd6
34. Nd4 Kh8 35. Rc6 Qd7 36. Rac1 f4 37. Bc8 Qa7 38. Ne6 Rf6 39. exf4 gxf4 40.
Rc7 Qa4 41. Nxf4 Rd6 42. Be6 Rd1+ 43. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 44. Kg2 Nf6 45. Rxe7 Qe1 46.
Rf7 Qe4+ 47. f3 Qd4 48. Kh3 Qe5 49. Kh4 $1 Qd4 {Aronian's point is that} (49...
Qb2 {allows} 50. Kg5 $1 Ng8 51. Bf5 $1 {when Black is helpless.}) 50. Bg4 $1
Qe5 {Now} (50... Kg8 {allows} 51. Rf8+ $1) 51. Ne6 h6 52. Rf8+ Ng8 53. f4 Qb2
54. Kh3 $1 {The king is not needed any more - Black's king is in a mating net,
with the noose about to be drawn tight.} Qa1 55. Bh5 Kh7 56. Rf7+ Kh8 57. Bg6
Nf6 58. Rf8+ Ng8 59. Bf7 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/p6p/1pR5/8/4r3/BP2b1P1/P4p1P/1R3K2 w - - 0 35"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

{#  A all-too-typical 'senior's moment' for Gelfand in Wijk aan Zee. 35.Rd6
should hold, but instead came...} 35. Rc2 $4 Red4 $1 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/r4p2/6p1/1P5p/P2kp2P/2RbN1P1/5P1K/8 w - - 0 60"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

{#  Teimour Radjabov did not win many games in Wijk aan Zee, but when he hit,
he hit hard...} 60. b6 $1 Rxa4 61. b7 $1 Rb4 62. Rc4+ $3 {After} (62. Rc4+ Bxc4
63. Nc2+ {and the b pawn queens.}) 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/5p2/4r1p1/2q5/7Q/6KP/3R2P1/3R4 b - - 0 34"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

{#  Gelfand has been hanging onto a lost position for many moves and now
Kamsky has a last chance to finish off the world title challenger...} 34... Re4
$2 {Allowing the great escape. After} (34... Qc7+ $1 35. Kf2 Qh2 $3 {the White 
king can never reach safety and a Black rook with soon reach the f file with
decisive effect.}) 35. Qf6 $1 R4e6 36. Qd4 Qc7+ 37. Kf3 g5 38. g4 Re5 39. Kg2
Qc6+ 40. Kf2 R8e6 41. Qb2 Rf6+ 42. Kg1 Rb5 43. Qd4 Rf4 44. Qd6 Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/1r5R/p7/4Ppp1/3K4/5P2/7P/8 w - - 0 51"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

{#  At first sight any pawn endgame favours Black because of his outside
passed pawn, but Ivanchuk has seen further.} 51. Rxb7 $1 Kxb7 52. f4 $3 gxf4 {
Black loses this pawn race by a tempo but} (52... g4 53. Kc5 {
allows White calmly walk over and capture the a pawn.}) 53. h4 a5 54. e6 Kc7
55. h5 a4 56. e7 $1 Kd7 57. h6 {After} (57. h6 a3 58. h7 a2 59. e8=Q+ $1 Kxe8
60. h8=Q+ {everything stops for check and White wins.}) 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b2rk1/2p1qpp1/1r5n/1p1Bp2N/p3P3/3P1P2/PP1Q2P1/2R1K2R w K - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

{# Here White sought to attack with} 25. g4 {
not realising that he could have finished the game immediately with} (25. Rxc7
$3 Qxc7 26. Qg5 {when mate cannot long be avoided since} Rg6 {allows} 27. Qxg6
$1 {. Instead the game was later drawn.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/1R3p1p/3p2p1/p2n4/2B2P2/PP4P1/2r4P/4R1K1 b - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

{#  Navara, in desperate trouble, set up a trick with} 29... Nc7 $5 30. Rxc7 d5
{However his hopes were dashed when Radjabov found a way to hang on to his
extra piece, through...} 31. Rd1 $1 Re8 $5 32. Bb5 $1 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7Q/5k2/6pp/2nq4/5PPK/7P/8/8 b - - 0 57"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

{#  The upset of the tournament, with last beating first in the eleventh round.
Navara had been winning for most of the game but admitted that he had a mild
heart attack when he saw Aronian's unexpected last move 57.Qh8, setting up
perpetual check possibilities.  Fortunately the Czech kept his head and
finished off the tournament leader with.} 57... g5+ $1 58. fxg5 hxg5+ $1 (58...
Qxg5+ 59. Kg3 Ne4+ 60. Kf3 Qf6+ 61. Qxf6+ Nxf6 {
is probably also winning but would require considerable technical skill.}) 59.
Kh5 Qe4 $1 {A brave and correct move. Navara gives up his last pawn but he has
everything worked out to mate.} 60. Kxg5 Ne6+ {
Aronian resigned in view of the forced line.} (60... Ne6+ 61. Kh5 Ng7+ 62. Kh4
Qe1+ $1 63. Kg5 Qe3+ 64. Kh4 Qf2+ 65. Kg5 Qf6# $1) 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5p1k/p5qp/1p6/5P2/1P1Q1Kp1/P1P5/8 b - - 0 42"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

{#  The 2012 world title challenger had a hard time in Wijk aan Zee but here
he turns an appranetly difficult queen ending into something much easier...} 
42... g2 $1 43. Qxg6+ Kxg6 44. Kxg2 b4 $1 {Karjakin resigned because his
queenside is immobilised so Black wins easily with his extra kingside pawn.}
0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sachdev, T."]
[Black "Schut, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/1R6/7K/8/2b5/8/8/8 w - - 0 53"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

{#  A sad finish from teh third Grandmaster group in Wijk aan Zee.  Black has
placed her king in the correct corner (opposite to that of her bishop), but
Sachdev makes one last try before agreeing to a draw.} 53. Rh7+ Kg8 54. Rg7+
Kh8 55. Rh7+ Kg8 56. Rc7 Be6 $4 {An unlucky choice - any other square on the
a2-g8 (except f7!) would suffice for a draw.} 57. Kg6 $1 Kh8 (57... Bg4 {
is the best chance but after} 58. Re7 $1 Kf8 59. Kf6 {
the bishop has no safe square and} Kg8 {loses to} 60. Rg7+) 58. Rh7+ $1 Kg8 59.
Re7 $1 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMC"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tikkanen, H."]
[Black "Grover, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3kb1r/pp3p2/2p1np2/8/2Q1p1P1/2N4P/PP3qB1/1K1R3R w kq - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

{#  The best combination of Wijk aan Zee 2012, played by the Swedish winner of
the third Grandmaster group.  21.Bxe4 would be simple, though Black can resist
with 21...Qc5. Instead Tikkanen finds something absolutely devastating...} 21.
Nxe4 $3 Qxg2 22. Rhg1 $1 Qh2 (22... Qf3 23. Rgf1 {is even worse.}) 23. Nxf6+
Ke7 24. Rd7+ $1 Kxf6 25. Rf1+ Kg5 26. Rf5+ Kh6 27. Rdxf7 $1 Ng7 {
Black is defenceless - queen checks after met by 28.Rf1 and on} (27... Re8 28.
g5+ {leads to mate.}) 28. g5+ $1 Kh7 29. g6+ $1 Kxg6 30. R7f6+ {Black resigns
without allowing White the satisfaction of one final sacrifice, i.e.} (30.
R7f6+ Kh7 31. Rh6+ $1 Kxh6 32. Qh4+ Kg6 33. Rf6# $1) 1-0

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ernst, S."]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1k2r/1p1p1ppp/3B4/q3p3/2P5/1pPQ2P1/P2KPPBP/R7 b kq - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

{
# The best trap from Wijk aan Zee 2012, played in the second Grandmaster group.
} 17... Ra6 $3 {An innocuous looking move. Bruzon had seen that the spectacular
} (17... Qxa2+ $6 {doesn&t quite work because after} 18. Rxa2 bxa2 19. Qe3 $1
f6 20. Bxe5 $1 {Black must allow a perpetual check because} O-O $2 21. Bd5+ $1
Kh8 22. Bxf6 $3 {unexpectedly leads to victory for White.  Ernst, however,
saws no danger and played the 'solid'}) 18. c5 $2 {whereupon Bruzon struck with
} Qxa2+ $3 19. Rxa2 bxa2 20. Qe4 f6 21. Bxe5 fxe5 $1 22. Qxe5+ Re6 $1 {
The point behind Black's 17th move.} 23. Qxg7 Rf8 24. Bf3 Ref6 {
and White was forced to resign.} 0-1

[Event "74th Tata Steel GMB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Harikrishna, P."]
[Black "Vocaturo, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/p2q1ppp/2r2b2/1Q1B4/8/B5P1/P4P1P/1R4K1 b - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]

{#  The winner of the second Grandmaster group in Wijk aan Zee enjoyed some
luck.  This game would be drifting towards a draw had Black defended with 25...
Rc7 but instead Italian GM Vocaturo allows a simple but effective trick...} 
25... Rec8 $2 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Qxc6 $1 1-0

[Event "World Youth Chess Championship - U 08 O"]
[Site "Caldas Novas - Goias - Brasil"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Teclaf, Pawel"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1594"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.11.18"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]

{Wave Theory. This game was played by undoubtedly talented, yet very young,
and therefore, still inexperienced chess players. That is why, in this game/^s
analysis, I would like to highlight their talent, rather then focus on any
inevitable mistakes. (4th round) Teclaf Pawel (1594) - Liang Awonder (1872)
World Youth Chess Championship - U 08 O Caldas Novas - Goias - Brasil (4.1),
20.11.2011} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7.
Nb3 Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. g5 {Opening moves in this game
were played rather hastily. This allows us to deduce that young players in
various countries are well coached, and well informed. When training young
players, today/^s coaches hope that they have a superior and close to
photographic memory when it comes to knowledge of rather lengthy opening
theory. There is therefore a great temptation to catch your opponent in some
sort of an opening variation or trick. We must remember that 7 or 8 year olds
playing this game simply did not spend enough time training yet to receive a
wholesome preparation. There is also a risk involved, in that a young player
can get stagnant in his overall chess development, while trying to memorize
opening variations. Even, when such a player ends up with an advantageous
position with an estimate +=, an unbalanced chess player might not be able to
materialize the advantage and finish the fight.} Nh5 ({Black is the first to
enter an unchartered territory of unknown. The competition in the knowledge of
opening theory continues by} 11... b4 12. Ne2 ({or} 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5)
12... Nh5) 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Qc7 $6 ({One more inaccuracy. Here, this
Sicilian move is not so important. It would have been better to play} 13... Nf4
14. Bxf4 exf4 15. h4 h6) 14. Na5 Nb6 ({Here looks more favorable:} 14... Nf4
15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nc6 Ne5) 15. Nc6 Rc8 16. a4 {Diagram #} ({
This is a good move. It was also possible to play} 16. c4 {, for example} Nxc4
17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Rc1 {, which would also gain an advantage. We have to say
that in the opening White has received everything they were expecting, yet the
game did not end there.}) 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. a5 Qb7 19. Kf2 O-O 20.
Ra4 {Diagram #} ({Things might have been simplified by an exchange of Queens.
20. Qb4 Qxb4 21.Nxb4} 20. Qb4 Qxb4 21. Nxb4) 20... Rxc6 {By sacrificing an
exchange Awonder desires to refute the heavy heritage of the unfortunately
played opening. Such a Knight on (+)c6[+] cannot be loved nor endured!} 21. Rb4
Qc7 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Rb6 Qd7 ({He is not deflected to protect the pawn by} 
23... Qc8 {
When your house is on fire, you cannot be worried about the burned down fence.}
) 24. Kg2 ({It would have been better to play} 24. Rxa6) 24... d5 25. c3 Rd8
26. Rd1 Qf5 27. Rxa6 d4 28. Ra7 Bc5 29. Rb7 g6 30. Rb5 {Diagram #} Rd5 $5 {
Here we see that proof of talent! A sudden gathering of pieces on the fifth
rank reminds us of an unexpected wave in the ocean.} 31. b4 $2 ({White did not
receive the tsunami warning, and their position simply got washed off the
board. If there was no panic on board the ship, it might have been possible to
keep all the earnings by} 31. cxd4 exd4 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 ({or} 32... dxe3 33. Rxd5
(33. Qxd5 $2 Nf4+) 33... Nf4+ 34. Kh1) 33. Qxd4 Rxa5 (33... Rc8 34. a6 ({
or even} 34. Qg4 Ra8 35. Qxf5 gxf5 36. Rd5)) 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Bd4+ f6 36. gxf6+
Kh6 (36... Nxf6 37. Bxf6+ Qxf6 38. Rd7+) 37. Be3+ Nf4+ (37... g5 38. f7 Qxf7
39. Qxa5) 38. Bxf4+ Qxf4 39. Qxa5) 31... dxe3 32. Qc1 ({Or} 32. Qxd5 Nf4+)
32... Nf4+ {In conclusion, we would like to say that the chess match is not
comprised of only the opening theory!} 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Norm Elkies"]
[Black "Benko's Bafflers 1980"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5B1k/7p/3K3P/8/5n2/4pp2/3b4/5R2 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "10"]

{Diagram #} 1. Rxf3 e2 2. Rxf4 Bxf4+ 3. Ke6 (3. Ke7 Kg8) 3... e1=Q+ 4. Kf7 Bxh6
5. Bg7+ Bxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Noam Elkies"]
[Black "The Problemist Supplement 199"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7p/2B4Q/1P1p4/5NN1/5k2/8/1K6 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram #} 1. Ne2 Kg2 (1... Kxe2 2. Qe3+ Kd1 (2... Kf1 3. Qf2#) 3. Nf2#) (1...
Kxg4 2. Qf4+ Kh5 (2... Kh3 3. Qg3#) 3. Be8#) (1... Ke4 2. Bxd5+ Kxd5 (2... Kd3
3. Qe3#) (2... Kf5 3. Qh5#) 3. Qc6#) 2. Qh1+ Kxh1 3. Bxd5# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Noam Elkies"]
[Black "Black to play and hm in 10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "B7/3B4/B7/1B6/B7/1B6/P3BK2/7k b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]

{Diagram #} 1... Kh2 2. Bh1 Kxh1 3. Bbd3 Kh2 4. Bac4 Kh1 5. Bab5 Kh2 6. a4 Kh1
7. a5 Kh2 8. a6 Kh1 9. a7 Kh2 10. a8=R Kh1 11. Rh8# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dan Meinking"]
[Black "White to play and mate in 3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/B1p3R1/2K5/4k3/3N4 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram #} 1. Be8 (1. Bc6 Ke1) 1... Kxd1 (1... Ke1 2. Rg1+ Ke2 3. Bh5#) (1...
Kf1 2. Bh5 Ke1 3. Rg1#) 2. Re4 Kc1 3. Re1# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dan Meinking and Pal Benko"]
[Black "Strategems 2000"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p6/8/4P3/8/p1k5/p7/K1n5 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "17"]

{Diagram #} 1. e6 b5 (1... Nb3+ 2. Kxa2 Nc1+ 3. Kxa3 b5 4. e7 b4+ 5. Ka4 b3 6.
e8=Q b2 7. Qg6 (7. Qe4 Nd3 8. Qb7 Nc5+) 7... Nd3 8. Qb6 Kd2 9. Ka3) 2. e7 b4 3.
e8=Q b3 4. Qe1+ (4. Qc6+ Kb4) 4... Kc2 5. Qf2+ Kd3 6. Qf1+ Kd2 7. Qf4+ Ke2 8.
Qc4+ Kf3 9. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.03.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dan Meinking & George Sphicas"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1K6/8/6p1/8/2N5/4P3/5k2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram #}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.03.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gianni Donati"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2n4B/8/3p1K2/2p5/1p1k1b2/8/qp1p1P2/Qb6 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "4"]

1... Kc4 (1... Kd5 2. Kf7 Qc4 3. Qa8#) (1... Kd3 2. Kf5 Bc2 3. Qf1#) (1... Ke4
2. Kg6 Bd3 3. Qh1#) 2. Ke6 Qb3 3. Qa6# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gianni Donati"]
[Black "Black to play and Help White "]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7b/3K4/8/3pk3/1p6/6N1/8/2B5 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "6"]

{Diagram #} 1... Bf6 2. Bh6 Bg5 3. Bf8 Bf4 4. Bg7# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gianni Donati"]
[Black "Benko's Helpnotmate Contest"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p2p3/1p6/bP1pPb2/Bk1P1p2/1P3p2/PPpK1P2/4B3 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram #} 1. e6 c1=B+ 2. Kd1+ Bd2 3. Kxd2 *

[Event "Proof Game"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.03.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gianni Donati"]
[Black "Thema Danicum"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1. d3 h5 2. Bf4 Nh6 3. Bd6 exd6 4. Nc3 Qg5 5. Qb1 Qc1+ 6. Nd1 g5 7. a3 Bg7 8.
Qa2 Bxb2 9. Qc4 f6 10. Qg4 Kf7 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Nd2 Re3 13. Nb1 Rh3 14. e3 Kg6
15. Be2 Nf7 16. Bf3 Nh8 17. Bc6 dxc6 18. O-O c5 19. Ndc3 Nc6 20. Qd1 Bg4 21.
Kh1 Be2 22. f3 Bxf1 23. Ne2 g4 24. Ng1 Kg5 {Diagram #} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robert Lincoln"]
[Black "Benko's Bafflers 1977"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4N3/3p3r/Bq1N2Rp/3k4/3n1P2/1bQ2P2/5B2/7K w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram #} 1. Nf5 Bc4 (1... Nb5 2. Qxb3#) (1... Nxf3 2. Qxf3#) (1... Nxf5 2.
Qe5#) (1... Nc6 2. Rd6#) (1... Ne6 2. Nf6#) (1... Re7 2. Nxe7#) 2. Qxc4# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robert Lincoln"]
[Black "StrateGems 2001"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2q5/2p5/k7/N1Q5/8/8/8/2K4B w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram #} 1. Nc4 (1. Be4 Qf5 (1... Qb8) 2. Bb7#) (1. Nc6 Qb8 (1... Qb7 2.
Qa5#) (1... Kb7 2. Qa7#) 2. Nxb8#) 1... c6 (1... Qf5) 2. Qb6# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "James Walters"]
[Black "Benko's Baffler's 1980"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2R3pk/1pP2p2/Pp6/8/1r2P3/2r3PP/5RK1 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "9"]

{Diagram #} 1. axb6 (1. a6) 1... Rbb2 2. Kh1 Rxg2 3. Rxg7+ Kxg7 (3... Rxg7) 4.
Rg1 Rxg1+ 5. Kxg1 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "James Walters"]
[Black "Benko's Baffler's 1980"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2p5/3pR3/3P4/p3B3/p7/1k2K3/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "9"]

{Diagram #} 1. Bb1 Kxb1 (1... a2 2. Bxa2 Kxa2 3. Re4) 2. Kd2 a2 3. Re1+ Kb2 4.
Ra1 a3 (4... Kxa1 5. Kc2) 5. Kd1 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Richard Becker"]
[Black "Benko's Bafflers 1983 3rd "]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7q/1p6/1K1p2P1/7k/8/8/2Q3P1/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "23"]

{Diagram #} 1. g4+ Kh6 2. Qh2+ Kg7 3. Qb2+ Kg8 4. Qb3+ d5 5. Qxd5+ Kg7 6. Qf7+
Kh6 7. g7 (7. g5+ Kxg5 8. g7 Qd8+ 9. Kxb7 Kh6) 7... Qd8+ 8. Kxb7 Qg5 9. Ka6
Qxg4 10. g8=N+ Kg5 11. Qf6+ Kh5 12. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Richard  Becker"]
[Black "Benko's Bafflers 1985, 2nd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7q/3Q4/p2B4/1p1k4/8/1K6/8/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "29"]

{Diagram #} 1. Bh2+ Ke4 2. Qg4+ Kd5 3. Qf5+ Kc6 4. Qe6+ Kb7 5. Qd7+ Ka8 6. Qd5+
Ka7 7. Qf7+ Ka8 8. Qf3+ Ka7 9. Qf2+ Kb7 10. Qg2+ Kb6 11. Qg1+ Kc6 12. Qh1+ Kd7
13. Qd5+ Ke7 14. Bd6+ Kd7 15. Be5+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Richard Becker"]
[Black "1st Prize, World Cup 2011"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p1R4p/6p1/5p1P/r4p2/3KP3/8/1k6 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "25"]

{Diagram #} 1. Rb7+ Kc1 2. exf4 gxh5 3. Rxh7 a6 4. Rh6 h4 5. Rxh4 a5 6. Rh5
Rxf4 7. Ke3 Rf1 8. Ke2 Rf4 9. Ke3 Re4+ 10. Kd3 Re5 11. Kd4 Rb5 12. Kc4 Rb4+ 13.
Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Edgar Holladay"]
[Black "Benko's Bafflers 1980"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/P2Q1B2/1p2q1r1/r7/2k3Np/2pN3K/2P5/6B1 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram #} 1. a8=N Rb5 (1... Rd5 2. Qa4#) (1... Qd5 2. Nge5#) (1... Qxf7 2.
Ne3#) 2. Qd4# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "O. Aarhus"]
[Black "Benko's Baffler's 1977"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "QB4B1/8/p7/8/P2NpP2/1R1pk1n1/8/4K3 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram #} 1. Bc4 a5 (1... Kxd4 2. Ba7+ Kxc4 3. Qg8#) (1... Ne2 2. Rxd3+ exd3
3. Nf5#) 2. Bxd3 Kxd4 (2... exd3 3. Nc2#) (2... Ne2 3. Qxe4#) 3. Ba7# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "William Barclay"]
[Black "Benko's Bafflers 1967"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2R5/3p1NB1/4r3/2Pk4/n3R3/K4P2/b2rB3/1Q1N1n2 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram #} 1. Ba1 Bxb1 (1... Bb3 2. Qxb3#) (1... Bc4 2. Bxc4#) (1... Nc3 2.
Nxc3#) (1... Rc2 2. Rd4#) (1... Rb2 2. Qd3#) (1... Rxd1 2. Qxa2#) (1... Rd3+ 2.
Qxd3#) (1... Rd4 2. Rxd4#) (1... d6 2. Qb7#) (1... Re5 2. Rxe5#) (1... Rxe4 2.
Qxe4#) (1... Ne3 2. Nxe3#) 2. Bc4# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Richard Kujoth"]
[Black "Benko's Bafflers, 1972, 4th"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "R1n3q1/pn6/k1p5/1N2Q3/8/7p/7p/7K w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "8"]

{Diagram #} 1. Rxa7+ (1. Nc7+ Kb6 2. Qb2+ Kxc7 3. Qe5+ Nbd6 4. Qa5+ Kd7 5.
Qxa7+ Nxa7 6. Rxg8 Ke6 7. Kxh2 Kd5 8. Rg5+) 1... Nxa7 (1... Kb6 2. Qc7+ Kc5 3.
Qe5+ Kb6 (3... Qd5+ 4. Qxd5+ cxd5 5. Rxb7)) 2. Nc7+ Kb6 3. Na8+ Qxa8 (3... Ka6
4. Nc7+) 4. Qb8 Qxb8 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kenneth Regan"]
[Black "Benko's Bafflers, 1972"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6R1/8/8/1p6/1Pp4p/2P1K3/P5pk/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram #} 1. a4 (1. Kf2 h3 2. Rg3 (2. a4 bxa4 3. b5 a3 4. b6 a2 5. b7 a1=Q 6.
Rxg2+ Kh1 (6... hxg2) 7. Rh2+ Kxh2 8. b8=Q+ Kh1 9. Qb7+ Kh2 10. Qc7+ Kh1 11.
Qc6+ Kh2 12. Qd6+ Kh1 13. Qd5+ Kh2 14. Qe5+ Kh1 15. Qe4+ Kh2 16. Qf4+ Kh1 17.
Qf3+ Kh2 18. Qg3+ Kh1 19. Qxh3#) 2... g1=Q+) 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stuart Rachels"]
[Black "Benko's Bafflers 1983"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/3Q1R2/8/4pp2/2p1k3/8/5KN1 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "2"]

{Diagram #} 1. Ke1 (1. Nf3 Kxf3 (1... exf3 2. Re6#) (1... c2 2. Qa3#) 2. Qxf4#)
1... f3 (1... c2) 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tom Rogalski"]
[Black "Benko's Bafflers 1983"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4PRpk/7p/5K1P/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram #} 1. e8=B Kg8 (1... Kh8 2. Rf8+ Kh7 3. Bg6#) 2. Kg6 Kh8 3. Rf8# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steven B. Dowd"]
[Black "Heilbronner Stimme 2007"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/B1p2p1k/2P2P1p/5R1P/1K6/8/8/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "11"]

{Diagram #} 1. Rb5 Kh8 2. Rb8+ Kh7 3. Bb6 cxb6 4. c7 b5 5. c8=B Kh8 6. Bf5# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "position"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/6Q1/3K4/8/4k3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2012.01.05"]

{Diagram #}  *

[Event "4th Ann Lousville Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robertson, Michael"]
[Black "Imada, Todd"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2012.01.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d5 8.
exd5 a6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. d3 (10. d4) 10... Nxd5 11. Ne4 Qc7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Ne5
Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Bxe5 15. Qd2 b6 16. Rae1 {Diagram #} f5 (16... Bxf4) (16... Bb7
17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nf6+) 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nc3 (18. Qh6 Qxb2 19. c3) (18. Ng5)
18... Qd6 19. Qg5 Ra7 20. Re3 e5 21. Rfe1 {Diagram #} Re7 (21... Re8) 22. Nd5
Re6 23. c4 b5 24. h4 Bb7 25. Nf4 Ree8 26. R3e2 (26. h5) 26... Kg7 (26... Bc6)
27. h5 Bc6 28. h6+ Kf7 29. Nh5 Kg8 30. b4 cxb4 31. c5 Qd8 32. Qxd8 (32. Qg3 f4
33. Qg4 Rf5 34. Ng7) 32... Rxd8 33. Ng7 Rxd3 34. Rxe5 {Diagram #} Rd2 (34...
Rh3+ 35. Kg1 Rxh6 36. Ne6) 35. R1e2 Rxe2 (35... Rfd8) 36. Rxe2 Be4 37. Rd2 Rc8
38. Ne6 a5 39. Rd7 a4 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Ng5 {Diagram #} Bd5 42. Rxh7+ Kg8 43.
Rd7 Bxa2 44. c6 Be6 45. Nxe6 Rxc6 {Diagram #} 46. Rg7+ (46. Ng5 -- (46... Kf8
47. h7) (46... Rc8 47. Rg7+ Kf8 (47... Kh8 48. Nf7#) 48. Ne6+ Ke8 49. h7) (
46... Rf6 47. Rd8+ Rf8 48. h7+ Kg7 49. Rxf8) 47. Rd8#) 46... Kh8 47. Ng5 Rf6
48. Nf7+ (48. Rb7 Rf8 49. Rh7+ Kg8 50. Rg7+ Kh8 51. Nh7 {Diagram #} Rg8 52. Rf7
b3 53. Nf6 Rd8 54. Rh7#) (48. Rh7+ Kg8 49. Rg7+) 48... Rxf7 49. Rxf7 b3 1-0

[Event "Moscow, Tal Mem."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7Q/1p3p2/pPq1n1p1/P4k2/4p2p/2N1P2P/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 42"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2011.12.07"]

{# #} 42. Qxh4 $5 (42. Ne2) 42... Qxc3 43. g4+ Ke5 44. Qh8+ f6 45. Qb8+ Kd5 46.
Qxb7+ Qc6 47. Qb8 Nc5 48. Qg8+ Qe6 (48... Ke5 49. Qxg6 Qd7) 49. Qxg6 Kc4 $2 (
49... Kd6 50. h4 Nd7 51. h5 Ne5) (49... Nb7 $5) (49... Nd7) 50. h4 Kd3 51. h5
Ke2 (51... Qb3 52. Qf5) 52. h6 Qc4 53. h7 Ke1 54. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Tal Memorial"]
[Site "0:00:33-0:16:33"]
[Date "2011.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.11.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 a5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bd2
Nb4 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qb3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bc6 12. a3 Nbd5 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Qc2 Qe7 16. O-O c5 17. Ne2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nb5 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 Ng4 21.
h3 Ne5 22. Be2 c4 23. Rac1 h5 24. Nc3 Nb6 25. Ne4 Nd5 26. Nc3 Nb6 27. Ne4 Nd5
28. Be1 Rab8 29. Kh1 Nd7 30. Rb1 Nc5 31. Bxc4 Nb6 32. Bb5 Nd5 33. a4 Na6 34.
Qe2 Nab4 35. Rbc1 Rc7 36. Nc3 Rbc8 37. Nxd5 exd5 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 39. b3 Bc3 40.
Rc1 Qf6 41. Qf3 Qe5 42. Qg3 Qxg3 43. fxg3 Be5 44. Rxc7 Bxc7 {Diagram #} 45. Kg1
Nc2 (45... f5) 46. Bd2 Bb6 47. Kf2 d4 48. e4 (48. exd4 Nxd4 49. Be3 Bc5) 48...
d3+ 49. Kf1 Ne3+ 50. Ke1 Nxg2+ 51. Kd1 h4 (51... Ne3+) 52. gxh4 Nxh4 53. b4
axb4 54. Bxb4 Nf3 55. a5 Bd4 56. Be7 (56. Bxd3) 56... f5 (56... f6) 57. exf5
gxf5 58. Bd8 Kf7 59. Bb6 Ke6 60. Bxd4 Nxd4 61. Bxd3 1-0

[Event "Moscow, Tal Mem."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/7p/p5p1/1p6/7P/3B2P1/1b3P2/6K1 b - - 0 35"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2011.12.07"]

{# # # #} 35... Kf7 36. f4 (36. Kf1 Ke6 37. Ke2) 36... Ke6 37. Kf2 Kd5 38. Ke2
Kc5 39. Kd2 a5 40. f5 (40. g4) 40... a4 41. Bc2 (41. fxg6 b4) 41... a3 42. Bb1
(42. Bb3 gxf5 43. Kc2 Be5 44. Be6 Kd6 45. Bg8 h6 46. Kb3 Bxg3) 42... gxf5 43.
Kc2 Kb4 44. Ba2 Be5 45. Be6 a2 46. Bxa2 Bxg3 47. h5 h6 48. Kd3 Ka3 49. Bd5 b4
50. Kc2 Be5 51. Bb3 f4 52. Bd5 Bf6 53. Kb1 b3 0-1

[Event "Moscow, Tal Mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, H."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/p4p1p/1p6/8/3p2p1/5bP1/PP3P1P/4B1K1 b - - 0 33"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.12.21"]

{# #} 33... Be2 34. f4 gxf3 35. Bf2 d3 36. Be1 Kg7 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Ke3 Kf5 39.
h3 h5 40. Bd2 Bf1 41. Be1 (41. h4 Kg4) (41. Kf2 Ke4) (41. Kxf3 Bxh3) 41... Bxh3
42. Kxd3 Bf1+ 43. Ke3 Kg4 44. Kf2 Bb5 45. Bc3 Bc6 46. Be5 b5 47. Bb8 a6 48. Bc7
f5 49. b3 Bd5 50. Bd6 f4 $1 51. gxf4 (51. Bxf4 h4 52. Bd6 h3 53. Kg1 h2+) 51...
h4 52. f5 Kxf5 53. Ke3 Kg4 54. Kf2 h3 55. Ke3 Be4 56. Kf2 Bb1 57. a3 Ba2 58. b4
Bf7 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Howell, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.12.21"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. a3
b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Be7
15. e4 O-O 16. g3 Na5 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. a4 b4 19. Rac1 Bc6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Rxc5
Bf6 22. Rxa5 Bxd5 23. Raxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qc1+ 25. Kg2 Bxb2 26. Qxa6 Qc2 27.
Rd2 Qb3 {# #} 28. a5 Bc3 29. Rd5 Qc2 30. Qb7 b3 (30... Qxe4 31. a6 Qe8 32. a7
h6 33. Ra5 Qa8 34. Rb5) 31. a6 b2 32. Rb5 Qa4 33. a7 h6 34. e5 Kh7 35. Rb3 Qa2
36. h4 Kg8 37. h5 Qa5 38. Qb8 (38. Qe7) 38... Qa2 39. Rxc3 b1=Q 40. Rc8 {# #}
Qf1+ 41. Kxf1 Qa6+ 42. Kg2 Rxc8 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, H."]
[Black "Adams, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2011.12.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxd5 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb3 c5 8.
Kh1 Nc6 9. d4 c4 10. Ba4 Bd6 11. b3 c3 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxc3 Re8
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 Be4 17. Qc3 a5 18. a3 f6 19. Bb2 Ra7 20. Rad1 Rae7 21. b4
axb4 22. axb4 Kh8 23. Qb3 Rb7 24. Bc3 Qb8 25. b5 cxb5 26. c5 b4 27. Bd2 Bf8 28.
Rde1 g5 29. Qc4 g4 30. Nh4 f3 31. d5 fxg2+ 32. Nxg2 Bf3 33. Kg1 Rc8 34. c6 Rb5
35. Nf4 Bc5+ 36. Be3 {# #} Bxe3+ $2 (36... Qb6 $5 37. Bxc5 (37. Bf2 $5 Bxd5 38.
Nxd5 Qxc6 39. Bxc5 Rxc5 40. Qxb4 Rxd5) (37. Qc1 Bxe3+ 38. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 39. Rxe3
b3) (37. Rxf3 gxf3 38. Kf2 Re8 39. Ne6 Rxe6 40. dxe6 Bxe3+ 41. Rxe3 Re5 42. Qb3
Kg7) 37... Rxc5 38. Qd4 R5xc6) 37. Rxe3 Qb6 38. Rfe1 b3 (38... Ra5 39. Kf1 Ra1)
39. Qc3 Rf8 40. Ne6 b2 41. c7 b1=Q 42. Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikitovics, J."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1B2N1/1P6/7K/8/8/8/3P1k2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2011.12.07"]

{# #} 1. Ba5 Rxb7 (1... Rxg8 2. Bc7 Kf3) 2. Nf6 Ke2 3. d4 Ra7 4. Bd8 (4. Bb6 $2
Ra6 5. Nd5 Kf3 6. Kg6 Ke4 7. Nf6+ Kd3 8. Bc5 Kc4 9. Kf5 Ra5 10. Nd7 Kd5 11.
Nf6+ Kc4 12. Nd7 Kd5 13. Nf6+ {positional draw}) 4... Ke3 5. d5 Ra6 6. Be7 Kf4
7. d6 Ke5 8. d7 (8. Ne8 $2 Rb6 (8... Rc6) 9. Kg6 Ke6 (9... Rb7 $2 10. Kf7 Rd7
11. Kf8 Ke6 12. Nc7+ Ke5 13. Nb5 Ke6 14. Ke8 $18)) 8... Ke6 9. d8=Q {wins} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman, J."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6K1/2pk4/3pN2P/8/8/8/p3R3/r1b5 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2011.12.07"]

{# #} 1. h7 (1. Nf8+ Kc6 2. h7 Bb2 3. Rc2+ Kd5 4. Rxb2 Rg1+ 5. Ng6 Rxg6+ 6. Kh8
a1=R 7. Rb5+) 1... Bb2 2. Nc5+ dxc5 (2... Kc6 3. Rxb2 Rg1+ 4. Kf7 Rf1+ 5. Kg6
Rf6+ 6. Kxf6 a1=Q 7. Nd3 {draws}) 3. Rxb2 Rg1+ 4. Kh8 Rg2 (4... a1=Q {
Stalemate, or a1R 5.Rd2+ draws}) (4... a1=R 5. Rd2+) 5. Rb1 Rg8+ (5... axb1=Q {
Stalemate, or Rh2 6.Ra1 draws}) (5... Rh2 6. Ra1) 6. hxg8=Q axb1=Q 7. Qg4+ Kd8
8. Qg8+ Kd7 9. Qg4+ Kd6 10. Qg6+ Qxg6 {Stalemate} 1/2-1/2

