[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "First Example"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/8/4K3/8/8/8/4Q3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram #} 1. Qe5 (1. Qb2 Kd8 (1... Kf8 2. Qh8#) 2. Qb8#) 1... Kd8 (1... Kf8
2. Qh8#) 2. Qb8# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.03.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Second Example"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/8/4K3/8/8/8/4R3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram #} 1. Rd2 (1. Rf2 Kd8 2. Rc2 Ke8 3. Rc8#) 1... Kf8 2. Rg2 Ke8 3. Rg8#
*

[Event "Wijk aan Zee Corus A"]
[Site "NED"]
[Date "2000.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 b5 {Diagram #} (5... b6) 6. Bg2
dxe4 7. dxe4 b4 8. a3 Ba6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bf1 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 a5 13.
Kg2 O-O 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. Re1 Rfd8 16. axb4 axb4 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Nbd2 Nb6 19.
Nc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 Ra5 21. Qe4 Qd5 22. c3 bxc3 23. bxc3 h5 24. Bd2 Qxe4 25. Rxe4
Bc5 26. Kf1 Ne7 27. Re1 Ra2 28. Rb1 Bb6 29. c4 Nc6 30. Ke1 Rc2 31. Ra1 Rxc4 32.
Ra8+ Kh7 33. Rf8 Nxe5 34. Nxe5 Re4+ 35. Kd1 Rxe5 36. Rxf7 Rd5 37. Kc1 Kg6 38.
Re7 Kf6 39. Re8 Kf7 40. Rc8 e5 41. Be3 Bxe3+ 42. fxe3 Rd7 43. e4 Kf6 44. Kc2
Rd4 45. Rxc7 Rxe4 46. Kd2 g6 47. h3 g5 48. Rh7 Kg6 49. Re7 Kf5 50. Rf7+ Ke6 51.
Rg7 Kf6 52. Rh7 h4 53. g4 Ra4 54. Rh6+ Kf7 55. Ke3 Ra3+ 56. Ke4 Rxh3 57. Ra6
Rg3 58. Kf5 Rf3+ 59. Kxg5 h3 60. Ra2 e4 61. Re2 e3 62. Kh4 Kg6 63. g5 Kf5 64.
g6 Kxg6 65. Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian Mem Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bauer, Ch"]
[Black "Khalifman, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O f5 14. c4 O-O
15. Qf3 d5 16. cxd5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb8 18. Rad1 {Diagram #} Rb7 (18... Rb6) 19.
d6 1-0

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, P."]
[Black "Short, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Be3 Nxc3 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Nb4 12. Bd2 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Na4 14. O-O Bd7
15. Rab1 b6 16. Nh4 Qe8 17. Rfe1 Kg8 18. Re3 Rh7 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Re1 Rc8 21.
Ree3 c5 22. Ref3 cxd4 23. Qxd4 {Diagram #} Rc2 (23... Rc1+ 24. Be1 Rc8 25. Bd2
Rc2) 24. Qf4 Rxa2 25. h3 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 g5 27. Qb4 a5 28. Qd4 Qc8 29. Re3 Qc3
30. Qg4 d4 31. Re4 Nc5 32. Rxd4 a4 33. Nf3 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 h5 35. Qxg5 Qxg5 36.
Nxg5 Rg7 37. Rd6 Rxg5 38. Rxg5 a3 39. d4 a2 40. dxc5 a1=Q 41. Rxd7 Qc1 42.
Rxh5+ Kg7 43. Rh4 bxc5 44. g3 Kf8 45. Rf4 Ke8 46. Rfxf7 1-0

[Event "Intel World Chess Man vs. Machine III"]
[Site "London, England"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fritz (Computer)"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 {
Diagram #} Ba6 (7... Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. Bd3 Bxg2) 8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6
11. Bh4 c5 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Ne2 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Ne5 15. b3 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 d5 17.
Qc3 Ne4 18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. Bxd8 Rfxd8 20. fxe4 dxc4 21. bxc4 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1
Rxc4 23. Kd2 Ra4 24. Ra1 Bxe2 25. Kxe2 b5 26. Rb1 a6 27. Rb3 Rxe4 28. Rc3 Ra4
29. h3 h5 30. g3 f5 31. Rb3 Kf6 32. Rc3 Ke5 33. Kf3 Kd5 34. Rd3+ Kc4 35. Rd6
Kb3 36. Rxe6 Kxa3 37. Ke2 a5 38. Re5 b4 39. Rb5 b3 40. Kd3 Kb2 41. h4 Ra1 42.
Rxf5 a4 43. Rxh5 a3 44. Ra5 a2 45. h5 Rh1 46. Ke4 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "National Chess League"]
[Site "Lone Pine (USA)"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leonid Shamkovich"]
[Black "John Grefe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rad1 b5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 {Diagram #}
1/2-1/2

[Event "U.S. Chess League, 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.03.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Alex Stripunsky"]
[Black "GM Larry Christiansen"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/1Qnq1p2/2Np1b2/1p5R/1P4r1/5NP1/2P2PK1/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "2"]

{Diagram #} 1. Qa8+ (1. Qb8+ Kg7 2. Qh8+) 1... Nxa8 (1... Ne8 2. Rxb5) *

[Event "Bad Pistyan it, CZE"]
[Site "Bad Pistyan it, CZE"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karoly Sterk"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d5 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Qxd5 9. Bc4 Qd6 10. c3 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. b5 Ne7 14. Ng5 Qg6 15.
Qe2 Bf5 16. g4 h6 17. gxf5 Nxf5 18. Kh1 hxg5 19. Rg1 g4 20. Ba3 Nh6 21. Bxf8
Rxf8 22. Rg2 Re8 23. f3 Qg5 24. Re1 Qe7 25. fxg4 Qa3 26. g5 Nf5 27. g6 Re7 28.
Qh5 Nh6 {Diagram #} 29. Qxh6 gxh6 30. gxf7+ Kf8 (30... Kh8 31. Rg8+ Kh7 32.
f8=N#) 31. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "Bad Pistyan it, CZE"]
[Site "Bad Pistyan it, CZE"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Paul Saladin Leonhardt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qxf6
8. Ne2 d6 9. O-O g5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Rb1 h5 12. Qd2 h4 13. f3 Qg7 14. h3 f6 15.
d4 Nd8 16. dxe5 Bxb5 17. Rxb5 fxe5 18. c4 b6 19. Nc3 O-O 20. Nd1 Ne6 21. Ne3
Nf4 22. Kh2 Qf7 23. Rbb1 Rad8 24. Rg1 Qe6 25. Rbe1 Rd7 26. Qb4 Kh8 27. Qa4 a5
28. Qa3 Rdf7 29. Qc1 Nh5 30. Qd2 Rf4 31. Nd5 R4f7 32. Qxg5 Rh7 33. Nxc7 Rxc7
34. Qxh5+ Rh7 35. Qg5 Qxc4 36. Rd1 Qe6 37. Qe3 Qg6 38. Qxb6 Qg3+ 39. Kh1 Rg7
40. Qxd6 Rxf3 {Diagram #} 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Bad Pistyan it, CZE"]
[Site "Bad Pistyan it, CZE"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Oldrich Duras"]
[Black "Zoltan Von Balla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 Nxe4 6. d5 Nb8 7. Nxe5 O-O 8.
Re1 f5 9. Bc4 d6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Be3 Kh8 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Bf6 14. Rb1 Ne5
15. Bf1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Bd7 17. c4 Be5 18. c5 Qf6 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Rfe8 21.
b4 Re5 22. Rxe5 dxe5 23. Qd2 e4 24. b5 Be8 25. Qf4 Bf7 26. Qxc7 Bxd5 27. Rd1
Qe6 28. a4 h6 29. a5 Kh7 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. cxd6 Be6 32. d7 Rd8 33. Rd6 Bb3 34.
b6 axb6 35. Rxb6 Ba4 36. Rxb7 Bxd7 37. a6 Bc6 38. Rc7 Ba8 39. h4 Kg6 40. h5+
Kf6 41. Bc4 f4 42. Rf7+ Ke5 43. Rxg7 e3 44. fxe3 fxe3 45. Kf1 Kf4 46. Rg8 Rd1+
47. Ke2 Rd2+ 48. Ke1 Bxg2 49. a7 Be4 50. a8=Q Bxa8 51. Rxa8 Rh2 52. Ra4 Kg3 53.
Bf7 Kf3 54. Bd5+ Kg3 55. Re4 Rxh5 56. Rxe3+ Kf4 57. Re4+ Kf5 58. Re2 Rh4 59.
Kf2 Ra4 60. Bf3 Kf4 61. Re8 Ra2+ 62. Be2 Ra5 63. Rb8 Kg5 64. Kg3 h5 65. Rg8+
Kf6 66. Rh8 Kg7 67. Rb8 Kg6 68. Bd3+ Kf6 69. Kf4 h4 70. Rb6+ Ke7 71. Rh6 h3 72.
Ke3 h2 73. Rxh2 Ra4 74. Rh6 Rb4 75. Be4 Ra4 76. Kf4 Ra5 77. Bf5 Ra1 78. Rc6
Rf1+ 79. Ke5 Re1+ 80. Be4 Ke8 81. Rc7 Kd8 82. Rb7 Ke8 83. Kd5 Re2 84. Bg6+ Kd8
85. Kd6 Rd2+ 86. Kc6 Rd1 87. Bf7 Rd2 88. Ra7 Rd1 89. Bb3 Rd2 90. Bd5 Ke8 91.
Kd6 Kf8 92. Rf7+ Ke8 93. Rf1 Rd4 {Diagram #} 94. Re1+ Kf8 95. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Bad Pistyan it, CZE"]
[Site "Bad Pistyan it, CZE"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Paul Saladin Leonhardt"]
[Black "Karel Hromadka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 d6 5. d5 Nb8 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. h3 Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. Be3 b6 12. g4 Kh8 13. a3 Bd7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
Na6 16. Rb1 Ng8 17. Ba4 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Nc5 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. Ne2 Ra3 21. O-O Qa8
22. Kg2 Ra2 23. Rb2 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Qa6 25. b5 Qa4 26. Ra1 Qxc4 27. Ng3 Qd3 28.
Ra3 Qd1 {Diagram #} 29. Nd2 Nc5 30. Bxc5 bxc5 (30... Bg5 31. Bb4) 31. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Bad Pistyan it, CZE"]
[Site "Bad Pistyan it, CZE"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Paul F Johner"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
O-O 9. cxd5 f5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bf5 Kh8
15. Qb3 Nxd5 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Be4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nf5 20. Bxb7 Rb8
21. Qd5 Qf6 22. Rac1 Nxd4 23. Rc4 c5 24. Kh2 {Diagram #} Rfd8 (24... Qe7 25.
Ba6 Rf5) 25. Qe4 Re8 26. Qd5 Re5 27. Qd7 Re7 0-1

[Event "Bad Pistyan it, CZE"]
[Site "Bad Pistyan it, CZE"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Oldrich Duras"]
[Black "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1912.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. c3 Qb6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. g3 f6 10. Bh3 f5 11. O-O O-O 12. g4 g6 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Kh1 Kh8 15. Rg1
Rf7 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Rxg5 cxd4 18. Qg1 Ne7 19. Nxd4 Nf8 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. Be2
Nfg6 22. Qg3 Rg8 23. b3 Nc6 24. Be3 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Qa5 26. a4 a6 27. Rg1 Qd8 28.
h4 Qf8 29. h5 Qh6 30. Bf3 Rfg7 31. Qh2 Ne7 32. Bc5 Nc6 33. Qh4 Rg6 34. R1g2 Be8
35. b4 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Kh2 Rxg5 38. fxg5 Qg7 39. Qf4 Nxe5 40. Bd4 Nxf3+
41. Qxf3 e5 42. h6 Qe7 43. Re2 Rxg5 44. Rxe5 Qd6 {Diagram #} 45. Qg3 Qxh6+ 46.
Qh3 Qd6 47. Kh1 Kg8 48. Rxe8+ Kf7 49. Rh8 1-0

[Event "ABC-234-May-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.03.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fuderer-Donner"]
[Black "Beverwijk, 1952"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2012.03.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 {Diagram #} 5. Nxf6+ (5. Nc5) (5. Ng3
) (5. Bd3 Qxd4) 5... exf6 (5... gxf6) 6. Bc4 (6. Nf3) (6. c3) 6... Bd6 (6...
Be6) (6... Qe7+) 7. Ne2 O-O (7... Qc7 8. O-O Bxh2+) 8. O-O Qc7 9. Ng3 Nd7 10.
Qh5 c5 11. Bd3 (11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Qe2 (12. Qxc5) 12... Ne5) 11... g6 (11...
cxd4 12. Qxh7#) (11... h6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qxh6 f5 14. Bxf5 Nf6 (14... Re8 15.
Bh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6+ Kg8 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Qxf7#) 15. Qg5+ Kh8 16. Qxf6+ Kg8 17.
Qg5+ Kh8 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Qh7#) 12. Qh6 Re8 (12... cxd4 13. Nh5 gxh5 (13...
Bxh2+ 14. Kh1) 14. Qxh7#) (12... Bxg3 13. fxg3 cxd4 14. Bd2 f5 15. Rxf5 gxf5
16. Bxf5 Re8 (16... Nf6)) 13. dxc5 Nxc5 (13... Bf8) 14. Nh5 gxh5 (14... Bf8 15.
Nxf6+ Kh8 16. Qxh7#) 15. Bxh7+ (15. Qxh7+) 15... Kh8 16. Bg6+ (16. Bf5+ Kg8 17.
Bh7+ Kh8) 16... Kg8 17. Qh7+ (17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bg6+) 17... Kf8 18. Bh6+ Ke7 19.
Qxf7+ (19. Rfe1+ Kd8) 19... Kd8 20. Qxe8# {Diagram #} 1-0

[Event "ABC-234-May-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.03.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/1pb5/2p5/8/8/3Q3q/5P2/3R2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2012.03.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.19"]

{Diagram #} 1... Bh2+ 2. Kh1 Bg3+ 3. Kg1 Qh2+ 4. Kf1 Qxf2# 0-1

[Event "ABC-234-May-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.03.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/2p5/8/4n3/8/7q/5P1B/5QK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2012.03.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.19"]

{Diagram #} 1... Nf3+ 2. Kh1 Qxh2# 0-1

[Event "ABC-234-May-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.03.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3k4/8/8/q7/7b/8/2Q5/3KR3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2012.03.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.19"]

{Diagram #} 1... Qxe1# 0-1

[Event "ABC-234-May-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.03.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Mating attack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b2r1k/5pp1/8/3p4/8/3B1qP1/2Q2P2/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2012.03.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.19"]

{Diagram #} 1... Bh3 0-1

[Event "ABC-234-May-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.03.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1b3r1k/5pp1/8/8/8/3BPN1q/2Q2P2/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2012.03.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.19"]

{Diagram #} 1... Qg4+ 2. Kh1 Qxf3+ 3. Kg1 Qg4+ 4. Kh1 Qh3+ 5. Kg1 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "ABC-234-May-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.03.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/5pp1/8/3p1n2/3P4/2Q3Pq/5P2/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2012.03.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.19"]

{Diagram #} 1... Nh4 0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team-ch East"]
[Site "Parsippany,NY"]
[Date "2012.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hess, Robert"]
[Black "Goletiani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.02.??"]

1. e4 {Table 1, board 1} c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6
7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. O-O Bc6 10. Nc3 N8d7 11. Bf4 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nc5 13. Bb5
Bxb5 14. Nxb5 Nd5 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Na3 h6 17. Bh4 Be7 18. Nc4 O-O 19. Bxe7 Qxe7
20. Qd4 Rfd8 21. Nd6 b6 22. Nd2 Nc7 23. N2c4 Nb5 24. Qe3 Nxd6 25. exd6 Qg5 26.
f4 Qd5 27. Rac1 Qe4 28. Qd2 {Diagram # The argument her is about whether the
far-advanced d-pawn will be weak or strong. Black looks equal here. Perhaps
here, 28. ... Nd3 or 28. ... Nb7 would turn out better than the queen move.}
Qd5 (28... Nd3 29. Rc3 Rac8 30. Rf3 Qd4+ 31. Kf1 Rxc4 32. Rfxd3 Qxf4+ 33. Qxf4
Rxf4+ 34. Ke2 Re4+ 35. Kf3 Ra4 36. a3 e5 {
is an interesting line, threatening ... Rd5 at some point.}) 29. Qe3 Qe4 30.
Qd2 Qd5 31. Rfd1 Qxd2 32. Rxd2 Ne4 33. Rd4 Nf6 34. Na3 Nd5 35. Rc6 {Diagram #}
Rac8 {Probably in time trouble, Gletiani may not have had time to be confident
about 35. ... Ne7, followed by ... Nf5, which appears to put Black in the
driver's seat. But her move shouldn't lose.} (35... Ne7 36. Rc7 Nf5) 36. Rxc8
Rxc8 37. Nb5 Rd8 (37... Kf8 {It may be time for ... Kf8.}) 38. Ra4 Rd7 (38...
a5 $1) 39. Rxa7 Rxa7 {
Without the rooks, the ending is very hard for Black to play.} 40. Nxa7 Kf8 41.
Kf2 Ke8 42. Kf3 Kd7 43. Nb5 Nb4 44. a3 Nd3 45. b4 {Diagram # White's
far-advanced pawn is extra, and his two-against-one on the queenside promise
him a distant passed pawn.} Kc6 46. Ke4 Nf2+ 47. Kd4 Ng4 48. a4 Nf6 49. Nc3 Ne8
50. Ne4 f5 {
Black just isn't given any good choices against Hess's relentless technique.}
51. Nd2 Nxd6 52. Nc4 Nc8 {Allowing the exchange of knights at any point is
suicide for Black because White will force a passer on the queenside and use
it as a diversion while his king penetrates and feasts on Black pawns.} 53. Ke5
Kd7 54. b5 Ke7 55. a5 bxa5 56. b6 Kd7 57. b7 Na7 58. Nxa5 Kc7 59. Kxe6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goletiani, Rusudan"]
[Black "NG, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.03.11"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.11"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. e3 d4
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Re1 Ne8 11. a3 f6 {
Diagram # a5 preventing b4 would give white fewer opportunities.} (11... a5)
12. b4 e5 13. Nh4 {White wants to get some play on light squares and possibly
f4 if black plays Be6. More standard would be 13.d3 followedbyNbd2} (13. d3)
13... Be6 14. d3 Qc8 15. f4 Bg4 (15... exf4 $2 16. Rxe6 Qxe6 17. Bd5 $18) (
15... exf4 16. Rxe6 Qxe6 17. Bd5) 16. Qd2 {The ides of Qd2 is to control a5
square after pushing b5. However, Qc2 would help white get the pieces out
easier.} (16. Qc2) 16... Bd6 17. Rf1 Nc7 18. Qc2 {Considering white is behind
the development f5 closing the position and then playing Qc2 would be very
interesting.} (18. f5) 18... exf4 {
Black wants to weaken white's f4 pawn. However, d4 gets week as well.} 19. c5
Be7 20. gxf4 g5 {Game is getting very sharp. Black is trying to exploit the
fact that white is behind in development, but g5 helps white bring the knight
back into the game.} (20... Bh3) 21. Nf3 Nd5 $2 (21... Ne6 $13) 22. Qb3 (22.
Qc4 $142 Be6 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd5 $18) 22... Be6 {Diagram #} 23. Nxg5 $1 Nxf4
(23... fxg5 24. Bxd5 Bf7 25. Nd2 $18) 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Qxe6+ Nxe6 26. Nd2 (26.
Bd5 Kf7 27. Nd2 Rad8 28. Bb3 {would be better, but I was so tired of having
the knight on b1, that my goal in time trouble was to get all my pieces out.})
26... Rad8 27. Bxc6 {It looks bad to trade such a good bishop but white wants
to get play on e-file and stop c6 knight from going to e5.} (27. Rae1 Ne5 (
27... Kf7 28. Nc4 Rg8 29. Kh1 Rg5 (29... Rc8 30. Bd5 Ncd8 31. Ne5+ Ke8 32. Nf3)
30. Bxc6 bxc6 31. Ne5+) 28. Nc4 Nxc4 29. dxc4) 27... bxc6 28. Rae1 Kf7 29. Nc4
Rg8+ 30. Kh1 Rd5 {Diagram #} (30... Rc8 {would defend longer.}) (30... Rc8) 31.
Ne5+ Ke8 32. Nxc6 Kd7 {Diagram #} 33. Nxa7 (33. Rxe6 $142 Kxe6 34. Re1+ Re5 35.
Nxe5 fxe5 36. Bxd4 $18 {
It is amazing how there so many tactical possibilities even in the endgame.})
33... Nc7 34. c6+ Kd6 35. Bc1 Ra8 36. Bf4+ Re5 37. b5 Rxa7 38. b6 Rxa3 39. bxc7
Kxc7 40. Bxe5+ fxe5 41. Rf7 Kd6 42. Rc1 Rc3 43. Rxc3 dxc3 44. c7 Kxc7 45. Rxe7+
Kd6 46. Re8 Kc5 47. Rd8 {White stops the king from coming to d4, which makes
it easier for white to get the king out to e4. The rest is easy.} Kb4 48. Kg2
c2 49. Rc8 1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team-ch East"]
[Site "Parsippany,NJ"]
[Date "2012.02.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bauer, Richard N"]
[Black "Riccardi, Thomas H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2012.02.??"]

1. Nf3 {Table 6, board 2, #31 Rustlers vs. #19 Tebow's Bishop Couldn't Skewer}
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9.
Be2 Na5 10. O-O Nac4 11. Bc1 ({RR} 11. Bg5 Be6 12. b3 Na5 13. Rc1 c6 14. Qd2
Bxb3 15. axb3 Nxb3 16. Qb2 Nxc1 17. Rxc1 Qd7 18. Rd1 Qe6 19. Qb4 Rfe8 20. Bf4
h6 21. Be3 Red8 22. h4 Kh7 23. h5 Rac8 24. hxg6+ fxg6 25. Ra1 Ra8 {
Hegde,R (2344)-Krishna,C (2106)/Mumbai 2004/EXT 2006/1-0 (49)}) 11... e5 12. d5
$146 ({RR} 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxe5 15. Be3 Be6 16. Bd4 f6 17.
Bxe5 fxe5 18. Rd2 h5 19. Rad1 Rf7 20. Rd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Kg7 22. Rd2 Nd7 23.
a3 Nf6 24. h4 c6 25. f3 Nd7 26. Kf2 Nc5 {
Romero,A (2232)-Murillo,A (2374)/Guatemala City 2001/EXT 2003/1/2-1/2 (51)})
12... f5 13. b3 Nd6 14. exf5 e4 15. Nd4 Nxf5 16. Be3 c5 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Rc1
Nd7 19. Qd2 b6 20. d6 Bb7 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. Bd5 Rb8 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Qf6
25. Qxf6+ Nxf6 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. f3 e3 28. f4 Rd7 29. Rce1 Re8 30. Rf3 e2 31.
Rd3 Re6 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 33. Nxe2 Ne4 34. g4 Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Nxd6 36. Ng3 Kg7 37.
Kf2 b5 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Kd3 h6 40. gxf5 c4+ 41. bxc4 Nxc4 42. Kd4 a6 43. Kc5 Nd2
44. Kb6 b4 45. Kxa6 b3 46. axb3 Nxb3 47. Kb5 Nd4+ 48. Kc4 Nxf5 49. Ne4+ Kg6 50.
Kd5 Kh5 51. Ke5 Ne7 52. f5 Kh4 53. f6 Ng6+ 54. Kf5 Nh8 55. Nf2 h5 56. Nd3 Kxh3
57. Nf4+ Kg3 58. Nxh5+ Kh4 59. Nf4 Nf7 60. Ke6 Nh8 61. Nd3 Kg5 62. Ne5 Kf4 63.
Nd3+ Kg5 64. Nb4 Kg6 65. Nd5 Kh7 66. Nf4 {Diagram #} Kh6 (66... Kg8) 67. Ke7
Kh7 (67... Kg5 68. Nd5 Kf5 69. Ke8 Ke6 70. Kf8 Kxd5 71. Kg8 Ke6 72. Kg7 Nf7) (
67... Kg5 68. Nd5 Kf5 69. Ke8 Ke6 70. Kf8 Kxd5 71. Kg8 Ke6 72. Kg7 Nf7) 68. Kf8
$1 {Only move to win.} Kh6 69. Kg8 Kg5 70. Nd5 Ng6 71. f7 Kh6 72. Nf4 Ne7+ 73.
Kh8 $1 {Diagram #} Ng8 {A real team move!} 74. f8=Q+ (74. fxg8=Q) 1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team-ch East"]
[Site "Parsippany,NJ"]
[Date "2012.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kekelidze, Mikheil"]
[Black "Salman, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.02.??"]

1. d4 {Table 5, board 1, #2 Browning Brownies vs. #78 Chessaholics #1} Nf6 2.
Bg5 c5 3. d5 Qb6 4. Nc3 Qxb2 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. e4 d6 7. f4 g6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Bb5+
Nfd7 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Na6 12. Rb1 Qd8 13. Ne2 Nc7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. c4 b6 16.
Bc3 Ba6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc2 e6 19. Ng3 exd5 20. exd5 f5 21. h4 Rae8 22. h5
Qe7 23. Rb3 Qf6 24. Kf2 Re7 25. Rh1 Rfe8 26. Qc1 Kg8 27. Rd3 Re4 28. Nxe4 fxe4
29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Rxc3 exf3 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Kxf3 Bc8 33. g4 Bd7 34. Rc2 {
Diagram #} Bxa4 $2 (34... Ne6 $1 35. Kg3 (35. dxe6 Bc6+ $19) 35... Nd4 36. Ra2
Re3+ 37. Kh4 Nf3+ 38. Kg3 Nd2+ 39. Kh4 Nxc4 $19) 35. Rch2 Kf8 36. Rh7 Bc2 37.
R1h6 (37. Kf2) 37... Be4+ 38. Kg3 Nxd5 39. cxd5 Bxd5 $2 40. Rxg6 Rd8 41. Rh8+
1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team-ch East"]
[Site "Parsippany,NJ"]
[Date "2012.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ryba, Nicholas"]
[Black "Chi, Patrick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2168"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.02.??"]

1. e4 {Table 3, Board 3,#6 I got 99 problems but a Mate solution vs. #25 Go
Ahead, Mate My Day} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7.
Nh3 e6 8. Nf4 Bh7 9. Bd3 Qxd4 10. Be3 Qd8 11. Nxe6 Qa5+ 12. c3 fxe6 13. Bxh7
Rxh7 14. Qd3 Nf6 15. Qg6+ Kd8 16. O-O-O+ Nbd7 17. Qf7 Kc7 {Diagram #} 18. Qxe6
(18. Ne4 Nd5 19. c4 Qxa2 20. cxd5 Qa1+ 21. Kc2 Qa4+ 22. Kc1 Qxe4 23. dxe6 Qc4+
24. Kb1 Qe4+ 25. Ka2 Qa4+) 18... Rd8 19. Bf4+ Kc8 20. Nf5 Nd5 21. Bd6 Rh8 22.
c4 N5f6 23. Rhe1 g6 24. Re5 Qxa2 25. Ne7+ Bxe7 26. Bxe7 Rde8 27. Rd6 Qa1+ 28.
Kc2 Qa4+ 29. Kb1 Rh7 30. Ra5 Qxa5 0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team West"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2012.02.20"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Castro, Ted"]
[Black "Rumph, Todd"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[Annotator "Kostya"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 a6 7. Bg5 $6 {
The move Bg5 in the Giuoco Piano should be reserved for when Black has already
castled kingside. This is because Black can still castle queenside and gain
time on the kingside attack with h7-h6 and g7-g5.} (7. c3) 7... h6 8. Bh4 {
Here White really should have retreated with Be3, admitting the mistake, but
thanks to the extra tempo Black would have no problems equalizing. However the
text move leads to a very risky position forWhite} g5 $1 {Diagram # The
correct reaction from Rumph, now Black can castle queenside and the attack
against the White king will almost play itself} 9. Bg3 {Now usually in this
kind of position White would have played the move c2-c3 instead of h2-h3,
after which the natural Bg4 followed by Qd7 and 0-0-0 leads to a strong attack,
but since Bg4 is impossible here Black must find a different way of taking
advantage of White's inaccurate opening play} Nh5 {A good move considering
this was a team match. Rumph gets the two bishops and doesn't have to force
the issue immediately. Black can build up his advantage slowly and decide when
to complicate matters based on what's happening on the other boards. The
alternatives were quite interesting though:} (9... Qd7 $5 {was a very
ng option to take advantage of the move h2-h3 by White. Now Black wants to
play g5-g4 and recapture on g4 with the queen:} 10. Nh2 (10. Nc3 g4 11. hxg4
Qxg4 12. Ne2 (12. Nh2 Qxg3) 12... Nh5 {and White is in trouble}) 10... h5 11.
h4 Rg8 $1 12. Qf3 (12. Nd2 $2 gxh4 13. Bxh4 Qh3 $1 {wins immediately}) 12...
Qe7 {with a rapidly developing attack}) ({The immediate} 9... g4 {
also seems strong} 10. hxg4 Bxg4 11. Bh4 $1 {This move is strong because it
slows down Black's plan of Qd7 and 0-0-0 but Black can play} Rg8 12. Kh1 Rg6 $1
{Freeing the queen to go to d7, and again Black will develop an attack along
the g-file}) 10. Kh2 (10. Bh2 Nf4 {
followed by Qf6, h5, and g4, where Black is in command}) 10... Nxg3 11. fxg3
O-O $5 {Playing without prejudices, most players would try to find some way to
get the king over to the queenside, where it is "supposed to go", but the
position has now changed, and without a dark squared bishop White has no way
of exploiting Black's kingside expansion.} (11... Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. c3 {
is unclear}) 12. c3 (12. a3 $5 {
looks best to me, saving the important light squared bishop}) 12... Na5 {
Getting the light squared bishop, but White is still ok as long as they can
keep the position closed and find good squares for the knights.} 13. Nbd2 Nxc4
14. Nxc4 Be6 15. Ne1 $6 {Diagram # I think the idea behind this move is to
play Nc2-e3, but Black simply refutes this plan with his next move, and
White's position becomes clearly worse} (15. Qe2 $1 {With idea Nc4-e3-f5.
gives White a playable position. White can then support the knight with g3-g4
and keep the position closed.}) 15... b5 $1 16. Nd2 f5 {
Good move, trying to open up the position for the two bishops} 17. Qh5 Kg7 18.
Nc2 Qe8 19. Qe2 Qg6 20. d4 $2 {This and the follow-up is just unprincipled, as
White is opening up the position for the Black pair of bishops} (20. exf5 Bxf5
21. Ne4 {was necessary, when White is still holding for the moment, but I
definitely still prefer the two bishops}) 20... exd4 21. cxd4 Bb6 22. d5 Bd7
23. e5 dxe5 24. Qxe5+ Qf6 25. Rae1 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Rae8 {This endgame is very
very good for Black, if not outright winning. The position has completely
opened up and the bishops have plenty of targets to attack. Moreover, White's
knights lack outposts and are going to have trouble defending the d5-pawn.} 27.
Nf3 Kf6 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rd1 {Diagram #} Bc5 ({The immediate} 29... Re2 $1 {
was winning, after which Black can start collecting pawns} 30. Nb4 g4 (30...
Rxb2 31. Ne5 Bc8 32. Nbc6 Bc5 {is also good}) 31. Nd2 gxh3 32. Kxh3 Be3 {
and Black has decisive threats all over the board}) 30. Rd2 Re4 31. Ncd4 {
A blunder, but White was in lots of trouble anyways.} (31. a3 Be8 $1 {
followed by Bf7, and Black will soon win the d5 pawn with a commanding position
}) 31... g4 32. Nb3 Be3 33. Rd3 gxf3 34. gxf3 Re8 35. f4 Bb6 36. Rd2 Re4 37.
Rc2 Ke7 38. Kg2 Kd6 39. Rd2 a5 40. Kf3 a4 41. Nc1 Bc8 42. Rd3 Bb7 43. g4 Bxd5
44. gxf5 Re1+ 45. Kg4 c6 46. Rc3 Bd4 47. Rc2 Rg1+ 48. Kh5 Bg7 49. Rd2 Kc7 50.
f6 Bf3+ 0-1

[Event "2012 US Amateur Team (North)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Velikanov, A."]
[Black "Shaw, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/3k1p1p/p2b2p1/P2K3P/6P1/2B5/8 w - - 0 44"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.02.21"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.21"]

{Black is up a pawn and has a winning endgame. The technical stage is quite
instructive. There are two weaknesses in white's position: a4 pawn is fixed
and can be attacked by the black B and K, and black can create a passed pawn
on the K-side (black's asset is considered to be white's weakness). Even
though white can handle either one of the threats, he is helpless if black
combines the two. Diagram #} 44. Bd1 gxh4 45. gxh4 f5 46. Bc2 f4 47. Bd3 Bf3
48. Bc2 Ke6 49. Bd3 Kf6 {
now black K always has two potential targets: a4 and h4} 50. Bc2 Bc6 51. Kc5
Bg2 52. Kd4 Bh3 53. Bd3 Bf5 {The fact that black takes quite a few moves to
convert his advantage should not confuse anyone. Time control is g/ 90+30
seconds/move increment, so some shuffling of the pieces accumulates time and
allows one to think carefully later.} 54. Bb5 Bc2 55. Bc6 Ke6 56. Bb5 Kd6 57.
Be8 f3 58. Ke3 Bd1 59. Bb5 Kc5 60. h5 Kb4 61. Bc6 f2 62. Kxf2 Bxh5 63. Ke1 Kc3
64. Bb5 Bf3 65. Kf2 Bd1 66. Ke1 Bb3 67. Be8 Kb4 68. Kd2 Bxa4 69. Bh5 Ka3 70.
Kc1 Ka2 71. Bg6 Bb3 72. Bh5 a4 73. Bg6 a3 74. Bh5 Bd5 75. Bg6 Bf3 76. Bf7+ Ka1
77. Kc2 h5 78. Kc1 h4 79. Be6 Bg2 80. Bf5 h3 81. Bxh3 Bxh3 82. Kc2 Bf5+ 83. Kc1
Bh7 0-1

[Event "2012 US Amateur Team (North)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Paitrick, D."]
[Black "Sergatskov, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2103"]
[BlackElo "1923"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.03.20"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.20"]

{This was a crucial game. On the one hand, it's great to have the white pieces
on the board where your team clearly outrates the opposing team. On the other
hand, it might provide the additional pressure of having to win at all costs.
And when one faces the King's Indian, it's always double-edged!} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. d5 Nc5 9. Qc2 a5
10. Nd2 Ne8 11. Nb3 f5 12. f3 f4 13. g4 h5 14. Rf2 hxg4 15. fxg4 {White misplay
ed the opening, allowing black easy play on the K-side. It is much easier to
handle the black pieces in this type of position.} Qh4 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qd1
Ra6 18. Bf3 Nd6 19. b3 Nf7 20. Rg2 Ng5 21. Bd2 Nh3+ 22. Kf1 Ng5 23. Qe2 Qh3 24.
Kf2 {***DIAGRAM*** PLEASE INSERT} c6 {"Although White's pieces are paralyzed
in the K-side, I don't see any immediate breakthrough. So I'm trying to open
the Q-side for a "second front." (Sergatskov) Indeed, the principle of two
weaknesses is often used in the middlegame. Black is clearly in charge of the
game, but it is still a long way to go before position can be considered
easily won.} 25. Na4 b5 26. Nxc5 bxc4 27. bxc4 (27. Nxa6 {
is not playable as black's attack crashes through:} Bxa6 28. dxc6 c3 29. Qxa6
Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Nh3+ 31. Kh1 Nf2+ 32. Kg1 cxd2 33. Rxf2 d1=Q+) 27... cxd5 28.
cxd5 Ra7 29. Rc1 Rd8 30. Rc3 Bf8 31. Qc4 Qh4+ 32. Kf1 Nxf3 33. Rxf3 Bxg4 34.
Be1 Qh5 35. Rb3 Bh3 36. d6+ Rf7 37. Rxh3 Qxh3 38. Kg1 Rxd6 39. Nb7 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2012"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2012.03.09"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Hess, Robert L"]
[Black "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Macauley Peterson"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3R4/2r1k1b1/2p1ppp1/1pP4p/1P1P1P1P/1K3NP1/R7/8 b - - 0 53"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

53... Kxd8 {To outside observers, this game appeared to be heading towards a
draw, but Hess uncorked a surprising positional sacrifice.} 54. d5 $3 {
A brilliant stroke to secure the d4 square for his knight. Even strong chess
engines don't find this move immediately, if at all.} exd5 55. Nd4 Kd7 56. f5
gxf5 57. Nxf5 ({
Amazingly, even stronger was to give a second pawn, temporarily!} 57. Ra8 $1 f4
58. Rg8 Bh6 59. Rh8 Bg7 60. Rh7 Ke8 61. gxf4 f5 $1 {
a hard move to make but the alternatives are worse.} 62. Nxf5 Kf8 63. Rxh5 {
and white regains his investment with interest.}) 57... Ke6 58. Nd4+ Kd7 59.
Re2 ({Now the rook invasion doesn't work} 59. Ra8 f5 $11 {
but Hess finds another way in.}) 59... Bf8 60. Rf2 Be7 61. Rf5 Rc8 62. Rxh5 {
and the h-pawn went on to decide the game.} 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2012"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2012.03.07"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Cherednichenko, Svetlana"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2279"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Macauley Peterson"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1b2k1/p4pp1/4pPb1/1q2P2p/1p2P1NB/2r4P/5QP1/1B1R3K w - - 0 36"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

36. fxg7 {In this messy position, in time trouble, black as about six
different winning continuations, but Shulman unfortunately miscalculated and
allowed white a miracle save after} Qa4 $2 37. Rxd8+ ({The immediate} 37. Nh6+
{is more forcing.}) 37... Rxd8 38. Nh6+ $1 Kxg7 39. Qf6+ Kxh6 40. Qxd8 Rc1+ 41.
Kh2 Qd1 42. Qh8+ Bh7 43. Bg5+ $1 {and suddenly black is mated next move.} 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2012"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2012.03.11"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Hobber, Anders"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "Macauley Peterson"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/1q1n3p/2p2bp1/1pPpp3/1P1P2P1/R1N1P1BP/4Q3/6K1 w - - 0 30"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

30. Qa2 {
Ashley was preparing to sacrifice his knight on d5, and intended to meet} exd4
{with} 31. Ra7 {, to force the queen to c8. He was walking around the spacious
playing hall awaiting his opponent's move and realized that 31. Ra7 could be
met not with} Qc8 {as played in the game, but with  But when his opponent
captured on d4, Ashley returned to the board and absent mindedly played Ra7
anyway, allowing the sacrifice! When he realized what he had done, he managed
to keep a poker face, and Hobber, assuming he was already busted, also played
Qc8 quite quickly, allowing} (31... Qxa7 $1 {when after} 32. Qxa7 dxc3 {
white has no time to take the knight, because the c-pawn queens, and therefore
loses he the initiative, and may even be losing.}) 32. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 33. Qxd5+
Kh8 34. Rxd7 {Now white is crushing and finishes in style.} dxe3 35. g5 Bg7 36.
Rxg7 Qxh3 37. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2012.03.12"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Robert Lagerman"]
[Black "Maurice Ashley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Maurice Ashley"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2012.03.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 a6 4. Nf3 e6 5. d3 {It's a nice feeling when your
opponent avoids the preparation that you didn't do! Naturally, 5.d4 would have
asked me what I knew about the Taimanov variation. I'm wondering myself.} d5 6.
Be2 Nf6 7. O-O b5 {[DIAGRAM]} 8. a3 ({I spent way too much time wondering about
} 8. e5 Nd7 9. Ng5 Be7 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. f5 {but finally decided that my
opponent wouldn't be completely insane. However, this last move and the one
that follows are on the opposite end of the spectrum, way too calm to cause
Black any worry.}) 8... Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Qe1 {White is slowly trying to get
things going on the king-side, but there is a flaw behind this move.} b4 11.
axb4 cxb4 12. exd5 ({White could have also tried} 12. e5 bxc3 13. Qxc3 {
but after} Qb6 14. exf6 Bxf6 {it's obvious Black is in the driver's seat.})
12... exd5 13. Na4 {[DIAGRAM] I was a bit surprised that White actually
believed in his position enough to play this move, but it really doesn't
matter since the other choices were to retreat and grovel.} Bd6 {
Played to prevent 14.Ne5.} 14. d4 Re8 {
The natural consequence of White's tenth move.} 15. c3 {White has banked all
his money on the move Ne5 and hopes the bone in my throat will prove
irritating. My slow brain took 20 minutes to realize that I could refute it
directly. Afterwards, when I showed this position to GM Gregory Kaidanov and
IM Irina Krush and they had trouble finding the move (and continuation) as
well, I didn't feel so bad.} Bg4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 {[DIAGRAM]} Nxe5 $1 {
I guess you would expect that I would have noticed this Protected Square
tactic a lot easier, especially after making an entire DVD about the idea! But
since Gregory and Irina missed it as well, I guess the title "WhatGrandmasters
Don't See" is appropriate.} 18. Bxg4 {Capitulation.} (18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Rf2 {
[ANALYSIS DIAGRAM]} Ne4 (19... Qe7 20. Bf4 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Qxe2 22. Qxe2 Bxe2 23.
cxb4 d4 24. Nc5 Nd5 25. Bd2 {
and though Black is up a pawn, I don't know that this is easy.}) 20. Bxg4 (20.
Rf3 {is the computer's move. It doesn't have any trouble with Protected
Squares, but it also agrees that this line doesn't look appetitizing due to
the lack of real presence of White's remaining pieces.}) 20... Ng3+ {
I did see this!} 21. hxg3 Rxe1+ 22. Kh2 {I didn't feel I need to look any
further, but only later did I realize that White actually had three pieces for
the queen and 2 pawns. However, the discoordination problem is not something
that White finds easy to solve. After} bxc3 23. bxc3 Qa5 24. Rf4 Rae8 {
Black is to be preferred.}) 18... Nexg4 19. Qg3 {
Now I get to be flashy. Much more determined was 19.Qh4.} Ne4 $1 {It's not ofte
n one gets to play a move like this in a serious game. It felt good, and even
better knowing that I had seen it coming after 15...Bg4.} 20. Qf3 Qh4 $1 {
[DIAGRAM]} 21. Bf4 (21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Qf4 (22. Bf4 Rf8 23. Qxd5 Ngf2+ 24. Kg1
Qxf4) 22... g5 23. Qc7 Rac8) 21... Nd2 $1 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2012"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2012.03.11"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Arnold, Marc T"]
[Black "Vaarala, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[Annotator "Macauley Peterson"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2q1b1k1/p1r3p1/P1p1p3/2PpNp1p/1R1P1K1P/Q3P1P1/5P2/8 b - - 0 43"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

43... Kf8 {White has maneuvered to gain space and provoke weaknesses. He would
like to move his Queen to the b-file and invade with Rb7, but the problem is
the a6 pawn. Arnold finds a creative solution:} 44. Rb6 $1 ({The direct} 44.
Qa5 {is also winning, with Rb7 threatened at once. Black is in zugzwang, since
the attempt to defend with} Ke7 {fails to} 45. Qxc7+ $1 Qxc7 46. Rb7 Kd8 47.
Rxc7 Kxc7 48. Kg5 {and the h-pawn will fall.}) 44... g5+ {
a desperate try for counterplay.} ({Relatively best was} 44... Re7 {
when Arnold would still need to find} 45. Qa5) 45. hxg5 Rg7 46. Qb4 Qd8 47. g6
$1 {white's king is totally safe, and his rook is about to invade.} h4 48. Rb8
Qf6 49. Rxe8+ Kxe8 50. Qb8+ (50. Qb7 {[ANALYSIS DIAGRAM] would have been a
nice finishing touch, when there might have followed:} Rxb7 51. axb7 Qd8 52. g7
{Beautiful!}) 50... Qd8 51. Qxd8+ Kxd8 52. gxh4 Ke7 53. Kg5 Kf8 54. h5 Rc7 55.
h6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2012.03.10"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Bartholomew, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "John Bartholomew"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.03.06"]

{Playing a World Champion on equal terms is definitely a nerve-wracking affair.
I had plenty of time to prepare for this game but didn't manage to get much
sleep! Nevertheless, I went in with a clear head and a desire to match wits
with a formidable opponent.} 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. d4 {[DIAGRAM] The Ruy Lopez is a
cornerstone of Hou's repertoire. I devoted almost all of my preparation time
to it, but this was a surprise! Previously she had always gone for the main
lines with} (9. h3 {.}) 9... Bg4 10. d5 ({Keeping a flexible center with} 10.
Be3 {is equally popular.}) 10... Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 ({
I think White has more chances for something tangible in the line} 12... Bxf3
13. Qxf3 cxd5 14. exd5 {when Black will have to play very precisely to
neutralize the bishop pair on a board that is quickly becoming open.}) 13. dxc6
{[DIAGRAM]} Qc7 ({GM Mihail Marin (in his notes to Adams-Aronian, Dortmund
2006) makes an astute comment on the slightly inferior} 13... Nxc6 {: "Since th
e pawn structure is relatively immobile, the best routes for the pieces can be
easily established. The knight has nothing to do back on c6. It would not only
fail to control the relatively weak d5-square but would also be restricted in
his actions by the c3-pawn and his own e5-pawn. Therefore, the queen is better
suited for winning the pawn back, while the knight can dream of being recycled
via c4-b6." I would only add that the maneuver Nc4-b6 very often fails to
completely solve Black's problems with this knight, but the text does provide
more interesting opportunities for counterplay.}) 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15. Nf1 Nc4 16.
Ng3 Re8 17. a4 Be6 ({I had this position against Julio Becerra in a USCL game
a couple years back. There I preferred} 17... Bb7 {, but after} 18. Nf5 Bf8 19.
Bg5 $5 d5 (19... Nxb2 {is critical}) 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Bxf6 Qxf6
23. exd5 Rd8 24. b3 Nb6 25. c4 $1 {I failed to fully equalize. Becerra,J (2615)
-Bartholomew,J (2499)/USA tt ICC INT 2009/}) 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. b3 Na5 ({
Per my comment on move 13,} 19... Nb6 20. a5 Nc8 {
still leaves the knight in a bad way.}) 20. Bd2 {
[DIAGRAM] We've reached a theoretically important position.} Qc7 {The benefit
of this natural move is that it forces White to immediately clarify the
queenside structure.} ({The flexible alternative} 20... Bd8 $5 {
(as seen in the aforementioned Adams-Aronian game) is fully playable}) ({
Black can also throw in} 20... h6 21. Nf3 {before committing to anything,
though this does encourage White's standard plan of Nf3-h4-f5.}) 21. axb5 axb5
22. Qe2 h6 23. Nf3 Be6 24. Rab1 Rab8 $6 {
It wasn't yet necessary to protect the b-pawn.} ({More accurate is} 24... Bf8
$1 {, intending to meet} 25. Nh4 {with} g6 {
when Black has absolutely no problems.}) 25. Nh4 {
White enjoys a typical kingside initiative.} Nh7 26. Nhf5 Bg5 {[DIAGRAM] This
was my idea beginning with 24...Rab8. Exchanging dark-square bishops and
targeting c3 is a positionally well-founded plan, but it's probably a bit
artifical with the dopey knight on h7 (matching its unhappy counterpart on
a5!?).} 27. h4 $5 {
Played after prolonged thought. White had a couple of tempting alternatives:} (
27. Nh5 $5 g6 28. Nhg7 gxf5 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. exf5 Bd7 {
leads to complications not unfavorable to White.}) ({The simple} 27. Bxg5 hxg5
(27... Nxg5 $2 28. Nh5 {is very dangerous for Black}) 28. Red1 {
is good for a slight edge.}) 27... Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Nf6 $1 {I was very happy to
get this move in. The d-pawn is temporarily immune, so I take the opportunity
to improve my worst-placed piece.} 29. Re3 $1 {
Diagram # Combining attack and defense.} ({Definitely not} 29. Nxd6 $2 Red8 {
, when the knight will be lost.}) (29. Qxd6 $6 Qxc3 {
is also quite nice for Black.}) 29... d5 $6 ({
I didn't think I could afford to hesitate (e.g.} 29... Red8 30. Rf3 {
sees White building up heavy threats against my king).}) ({
However, in view of the opportunity on White's 31st move perhaps} 29... b4 $5 {
is the best attempt to cross White's plans.}) 30. Rf3 Nxe4 {[DIAGRAM]} 31. Nxe4
$2 ({Here the zwischenzug} 31. Nxh6+ $1 {
is very strong. We both thought I would answer this with} Kf8 {, when I will
take the piece and evacuate my monarch to the queenside. Nevertheless, after} (
{not} 31... gxh6 $2 32. Qxh6 {with a decisive attack}) 32. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 33.
Nxe4 {Black is in a precarious position, i.e.} Rbd8 34. Qg5 gxh6 35. Qxh6+ Ke7
36. Qg5+ Kd7 37. Nf6+ Kc6 38. Nxe8 Rxe8 {when White's chances are definitely
higher (for instance, she may just start running the h-pawn).}) 31... dxe4 32.
Bxe4 Bxf5 33. Bxf5 {Now I'm close to equalizing.} Qd8 {During the game I was
proud of this clever double attack (Hou later said she missed it), but it's
probably not best.} (33... Nb7 $5) 34. Qa2 $6 {
A decision dictated by our mutual time trouble.} ({
If she wants to keep queens on, then} 34. Bd7 {
is a better way to do so, intending} Re7 35. Rd3 {.}) 34... e4 35. Re3 Qd5 $1 {
Centralization!} 36. Bg4 {[DIAGRAM]} Nc6 $2 {I thought I had finally made
sense of this piece, but this is in fact a serious error!} ({After} 36... Ra8
$1 {Black may even be more choice. If I can get in ...f7-f5, then the knight
will be in no way inferior to the bishop.}) 37. Rd1 $1 {
Hou doesn't miss her chance.} Qe5 (37... Qc5 38. b4 {is even worse.}) 38. Bd7
Red8 ({Unfortunately, my intended} 38... Rbd8 {just loses material after} 39.
Qe2 {.}) 39. Qe2 Qc7 $2 {The game is essentially over after this mistake.} ({
I needed to find} 39... Qf6 $1 {to keep things going. Then} 40. Rxe4 Qxc3 {
definitely looks shaky for Black, but I also don't see any sort of knockout
for White.}) 40. Bf5 $1 {Reaching time control with a clear pawn in hand.
Worse, I have no stable square for my knight.} Rxd1+ 41. Qxd1 Rd8 42. Qe2 g6 {
Trying to arrange my pawns on light squares, but it doesn't really work out.} (
{I saw that} 42... b4 43. Bxe4 bxc3 44. Rxc3 Nd4 45. Rxc7 Nxe2+ 46. Kh2 {
would present my opponent with only a moderately difficult technical task.
Albeit depressing, this may have been the most testing.}) 43. Bxe4 h5 44. Bf3
$1 $18 {Illustrating the stark contrast between bishop and knight. The threats
are 45.Re8+ and 48.Qxb5.} Na5 ({I couldn't bring myself to play} 44... Na7 {
with a straight face :)}) 45. Qxb5 Kh7 (45... Rb8 46. Re8+ {is trivial.} Rxe8
47. Qxe8+ Kg7 48. Bd5) 46. g3 Rb8 47. Qg5 Rxb3 48. Re7 Rb1+ 49. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2012"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2012.03.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Macauley Peterson"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r1k/2p3b1/6pp/R3p3/4P1b1/2PQ2N1/1r2BqPP/5R1K b - - 0 35"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

35... Qb6 36. Raa1 $2 ({Irina analyzed} 36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. Ra8 Bxe2 ({Or} 37...
Rb1+ 38. Nf1 Bxe2 39. Rxf8+) 38. Rxf8+ Kg7 39. Qd7+ Kxf8 40. Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qd7+
{with a draw.}) ({But in fact, she had an even better chance:} 36. Ra6 $1 Rxf1+
37. Bxf1 Qf2 38. Rxg6 {
Suddenly, although complicated, it is white that can claim an edge!}) 36...
Bxe2 37. Rxf8+ $2 {with under a minute on her clock, Irina blunders.} ({
Necessary was} 37. Nxe2 Rf2 38. Rfe1 {when white can still try to hold.}) 37...
Bxf8 38. Nxe2 Qf2 {the knight is fatally x-rayed.} 39. Qg3 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2012.03.09"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Coleman, T."]
[Black "Baklan, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Teddy Coleman"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.03.06"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.12"]

{In the previous game, I came away with a win from a completely lost position.
A little luck never hurts, and I got a little more in this tough fight against
Baklan.} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e6 7. Nge2 exd5
8. cxd5 Nd7 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 {[DIAGRAM]} Nh6 $5 {The first big surprise of
the game. Baklan puts his knight on an unorthodox square for this opening.
From here, he plans to play f5 quickly and use that square to bring his knight
to d4.} 11. f3 $6 {I'm used to playing f3 against the Benoni and stuck with it,
but here it doesn't make so much sense.} h4 12. Nf1 f5 13. Be3 fxe4 14. Nxe4
Nf5 {[DIAGRAM]} 15. Bf4 (15. Bg5 {Also an interesting move.} Qc7 16. Ne3 O-O
17. Qd2 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. O-O $11 {
with approximate equality.}) 15... O-O (15... Bxb2 {
Black can simply take a pawn here.} 16. Rb1 Bd4 17. Bxd6 $6 {In the game, I
thought I could take the pawn for counterplay, but black has a strong reply.}
Nf6 $1 18. Bf4 Nxd5 $17) 16. Ne3 Nf6 (16... Bxb2 {
Again, black can simply grab a pawn and have a clear edge.} 17. Rb1 Be5 18.
Nxf5 gxf5 19. Bg5 Qe8 $17 {black has a huge edge here.}) 17. Nc4 Nxe4 18. fxe4
g5 {[DIAGRAM]} 19. Bc1 (19. g4 $1 {A really interesting blow that I missed
during the game. This restores approximate equality to the position after
black failed to gain a convincing edge earlier.} hxg3 (19... gxf4 20. gxf5 $11)
20. Bxg3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Qe7 22. Qc2 $11) 19... Nd4 20. Rf1 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qe7 $6
{Inaccurate and gives me time to develop.} (21... h3 22. Bd3 Qf6+ 23. Kg1 hxg2
24. Kxg2 Qh6 $17 {and now black has tremendous play against the white king.})
22. Bd3 h3 23. Be3 (23. Qh5 $2 Nb3 24. e5 Qf8+ 25. Kg1 Bf5 $17 {
and black has a clear edge.}) 23... Bd7 24. Qh5 Rf8+ {[DIAGRAM]} 25. Kg1 hxg2
26. Kxg2 Nf3 27. Rf1 (27. a5 {A strange move given the action on the king side,
but necessary. b5 is quite strong and white needs to keep the queen side
closed up.} g4 28. Rf1 $15 {White is worse, but hanging tough.}) 27... Nh4+ 28.
Kg1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 b5 {[DIAGRAM]} 30. Bxg5 $2 {Going for complications in
mutual time pressure. It worked out for the best, but was objectively wrong.} (
30. axb5 axb5 31. Nd2 Bxb2 32. Bxg5 Bf6 33. Bxh4 Bxh4 $17 {
and white is hanging on by a thread here.}) 30... Qf8+ 31. Ke2 bxc4 32. Bxc4 {
[DIAGRAM]} Nf5 $2 {missing multiple winning continuations} (32... Bh3 $1 {
winning on the spot.} 33. Kd1 Nf3 $19) (32... Ng2 {
is also good for a win. White is forced to trade queens.} 33. Qf3 Qxf3+ 34.
Kxf3 Ne1+ 35. Kf2 Nc2 {
and once the knight reaches safety the endgame should be winning.}) 33. exf5
Qxf5 34. Bd3 Qe5+ 35. Kf1 Bf5 36. Bxa6 Qe4 {[DIAGRAM]} 37. Qh4 $4 {Made with fo
ur seconds left. Almost any bishop retreat maintains equality, but now black
can set up a devastating mating net. Fortunately Baklan reciprocated, throwing
away the win with} Qb1+ $2 ({Instead} 37... Bg4 $1 {
and I simply cannot stop the threat of Bd4 and Qh1+}) 38. Ke2 Qxb2+ 39. Bd2
Qe5+ 40. Kd1 Bg6 41. Be2 {[DIAGRAM]} Qa1+ 42. Bc1 Qc3 43. Qd8+ {
and now I simply took the draw and was content to have survived the game.} Kh7
44. Qh4+ Kg8 45. Qd8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "NC Open 2011"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hollins, Alexander"]
[Black "Blackwelder, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1290"]
[BlackElo "1251"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.02.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bg5 {Diagram #} e5 (6...
h6 7. Be3 (7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5) 7... e5) 7. d5 (7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9.
Nd5) 7... c6 8. h3 Qb6 (8... h6 9. Be3 cxd5) 9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Ne2 (10. Be7) 10...
Qb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. a3 f5 {Diagram #} 13. g4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qc2 cxd5
16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qc4 {Diagram #} Qc6 (17... Be6 18. Bg5 Qxf2+ 19. Kd1 Ne3+)
18. Qa2 Kh8 19. Rc1 Nb4 {Diagram #} (19... Qb5 20. a4 Nb4) 20. Bxb4 (20. Rxc6
Nxa2 21. Rc2 Rxf3 22. Rxc8+ Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8) 20... Qxf3 21. Ng3 Qxf2+ 22.
Kd1 {Diagram #} a5 (22... Qxg3) 23. Be1 Qd4+ 24. Bd2 Nc6 25. Rc3 {Diagram #}
Nb4 (25... Rf2 26. Rc2 (26. Rd3 Rxf1+) 26... Bh6) 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qxa8 Bxg4+
28. hxg4 {Diagram #} Rxa8 (28... bxc3 29. Qxf8+ Bxf8 30. bxc3 Qxg4+) 29. Rc4
Qxb2 30. Rxb4 Ra1+ 31. Ke2 Qa3 32. Rc4 (32. Rxb7 Qa6+) 32... d5 33. Rc8+ Bf8
34. Bh6 Ra2+ {Diagram #} 35. Ke1 (35. Kd1) 35... Qxg3+ 36. Kd1 Qf3+ 37. Kc1
Qa3+ 38. Kd1 Qb3+ 39. Kc1 {Diagram #} Qb2+ 40. Kd1 Ra1+ 41. Bc1 Kg7 42. Rc7+
Kf6 43. g5+ Ke6 44. Bh3+ Kd6 45. Rd7+ Kc6 46. Rc7+ Kxc7 47. Bf5 Rxc1# 0-1

[Event "Stockholm Interzonal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barcza, G."]
[Black "Pomar, S.A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.12.07"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d5 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Nbd7 8.
Nxc4 Nb6 9. Nce5 Ng4 10. Nd3 $1 Bf5 (10... Bxd4 11. h3 Nf6 12. e3 e5 13. Ndxe5)
11. Nc5 Bc8 12. e3 Nd7 13. Nd3 Rb8 14. Qe2 b6 $2 15. Nb4 Bb7 16. Ne1 Ndf6 17.
Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Qf3 Qc8 19. Nc6 Re8 20. Nd3 Qf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. f3 Nh6 23. Bd2
Kf8 24. Rac1 Rc8 25. Rc3 Ke8 26. Rb3 Nd7 27. Rc1 f6 28. Nf4 e5 29. Ne6 Bf8 {# #
} 30. e4 Ng8 31. exf5 Ne7 32. Nxf8 Nxf8 33. dxe5 fxe5 34. Nxe5 Nxf5 35. Nc6 Ne6
36. Re1 Kd7 37. Rd3+ Nd6 38. Ne5+ Ke7 39. Rde3 Nc5 40. Ng4+ Kf8 41. Re7 Nce4 (
41... Nf7 42. Nf6) 42. R7xe4 Nxe4 43. fxe4 c5 44. e5 Rc6 45. Bg5 Re6 46. Nf6
Rf7 47. Nd5 Rf5 48. Bf6 Kf7 49. Kg2 h5 50. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barcza, G."]
[Black "Teschner, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.12.07"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5
Qxd1 $2 (8... Na6 9. Nxc4 Qxd1 $1 10. Rxd1 Be6 $11) 9. Rxd1 c3 10. Nb5 $1 Na6 (
10... cxb2 11. Bxb2 Na6 12. Rac1) 11. Nxc3 Nxc5 12. Be3 Ne6 $2 (12... Nce4 $5)
13. Ne5 $1 Rd8 14. Nb5 Ne8 15. Nc4 a6 (15... Bd7 16. Nxa7 Ba4 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18.
Re1 $1) 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Na7 {# #} Nd6 18. Naxc8 Nxc8 19. Nd7 Nd6 20. Nxb8 Rxb8
21. Rab1 Nc4 22. Bc1 $1 Nd4 23. Kf1 $1 b5 24. b3 Nd6 25. Bb2 Ne6 26. Bd5 Nc7
27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rbc1 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Ra8 30. Rc6 a5 31. a4 b4 32. f3 Nf5 33.
Kf2 e5 34. Rcc5 1-0

[Event "Varna (Ol)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barcza, G."]
[Black "Soos, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.12.07"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Nc3
Rb8 9. d4 a6 10. dxc5 $1 dxc5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Rac1
$1 b6 15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. Rxd8 Nxd8 17. Ne5 f6 18. Rd1 $1 Bf5 19. Nd3 Bd7 (19...
Bxd3) 20. Nc3 (20. Nxb6 $5 Rxb6 21. Nxc5 Rd6 22. Rxd6 exd6 23. Nxa6) 20... Nc6
(20... Bc6) 21. Nf4 Nd4 (21... e6 $2 22. Rxd7+ $1) (21... Be8) 22. e3 Nf5 23.
Nfd5 e6 24. Nc7 a5 25. Na6 Re8 26. Ne4 (26. g4 Ne7 (26... Nh4 27. Rd6) 27. Bb7)
26... Bc8 27. Nc7 Re7 {# #} 28. Na8 $1 Rd7 29. Rxd7+ Nxd7 30. Nc3 Nd6 31. Na4
b5 32. cxb5 Nxb5 33. Bc6 Nd6 34. Bxd7 Bxd7 35. Nxc5 Bc6 36. Nxe6+ Kg8 37. Nb6
Ne4 38. Nd4 Be8 39. Nc4 a4 40. bxa4 Bxa4 41. Nb6 Bd1 42. a4 Nc5 43. a5 Kf7 44.
f3 Ke8 45. Nd5 f5 46. Nc3 Ba4 {# #} 47. a6 1-0

[Event "Study"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, P."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1K2k2N/7p/8/6P1/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2011.12.07"]

{# #} 1. Kc8 (1. Kc7 $2 Ke7 2. Kc6 Ke6 $11) 1... Kf8 (1... Ke7 2. Kc7 Ke6 3.
Kd8 Kf5 4. Nf7 Kg6 5. Ke7) 2. Ng6+ $1 (2. Kd7 $2 Kg7 3. Ke6 h6 $1 (3... Kxh8 $2
4. Kf7) 4. g6 h5 $11) 2... Kf7 (2... hxg6 3. Kd8 Kf7 4. Kd7 Kf8 5. Ke6 Kg7 6.
Ke7 Kg8 7. Kf6 Kh7 8. Kf7 $18) 3. Nf4 $1 (3. Nh4 $2 Ke8 $1 (3... Ke6 4. Kd8 Ke5
5. Ke7 Kf4 6. Kf6) 4. Ng2 Ke7 5. Nf4 Kd6 6. Nh5 Ke6 $11) 3... h6 $1 4. g6+ (4.
gxh6 $2 Kg8 $11) 4... Kf6 5. Kd7 h5 6. Ke8 Kg7 (6... h4 7. Kf8 h3 8. g7 h2 9.
Nh5+) 7. Ke7 h4 8. Ke6 h3 9. Kf5 h2 10. Nh5+ Kf8 11. Ng3 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barcza, G."]
[Black "Szabo, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.12.07"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. c4 g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 d5 (7... Nc6
) 8. cxd5 O-O 9. d4 Nxd5 10. Qd2 Nc7 11. Rd1 Nba6 (11... Nc6 12. d5 (12. dxc5
$2 Bxb2)) 12. Na3 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 {# #}
Nb4 (16... Rfc8 17. Nc6 Nd5 18. Rac1 Nab4) 17. Nc4 Rfd8 18. Ne5 $1 (18. a3 $2
Rxd4) 18... Kf8 (18... Rxd4 $2 19. Rxd4 Nc2 20. Rd7 Nxa1 21. Rxc7 $18) 19. Rac1
Nca6 20. a3 Nd5 21. Nec6 Rd7 22. Nb5 Nc5 23. b4 Ne4 (23... Nb3 24. Rb1 a6 25.
Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Nc7 Nd2 27. Rd1 Rad8 28. Nxd8 Rxd8 29. Nxa6) 24. Ncxa7 e6 25. Nc6
f5 26. Ne5 Rdd8 27. Nd4 $1 Rd6 28. Nxe6+ Rxe6 29. Rxd5 Nf6 30. Nd7+ {Diagram #}
Nxd7 (30... Ke7 31. Nxf6 Kxf6 32. Rc7 $18) 31. Rxd7 Rxa3 32. Rxh7 Kg8 33. Rb7
Ra8 34. e3 g5 35. Rcc7 f4 36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. exf4 gxf4 38. Rgf7 fxg3 39. hxg3 1-0

[Event "Study"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, P."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/KP3Pk1/8/8/7n/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2011.12.07"]

{# #} 1. Kb6 $3 (1. b6 $2 Ng4 2. b7 Ne5 3. Kb6 Nd7+ 4. Kc7 Nc5 $11) 1... Ng4 (
1... Nf3 2. Kc7 Nd4 3. b6 Nb3 4. Kd6 Na5 5. Ke6 Nc6 6. f6) 2. Kc7 Ne3 (2... Nf6
3. Kd6 Ne4+ 4. Kc6 Nd2 5. Kd5 Nb3 6. b6 Na5 7. Ke6 Nc6 8. f6) 3. Kd7 Nc4 4. Ke6
Nb6 5. f6 Kg6 6. Ke7 $1 Nd5+ 7. Kd6 $1 Nb6 8. Ke6 Kh7 9. Ke7 (9. f7 $2 Kg7 $11)
(9. Kf7 $2 Nd5) 9... Nd5+ (9... Nc8+ 10. Kd7 Nb6+ 11. Ke8 {wins}) 10. Kd6 Nb6
11. Kc6 $1 Nc4 12. Kd7 Kg6 13. Ke7 {wins} 1-0

