[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.06.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/8/4K3/8/8/8/4Q3/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram #} 1. Qe5 (1. Qb2) (1. Qh2) *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.06.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/8/4K3/8/8/8/4R3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram #} 1. Kd6+ (1. Kf6+) (1. Kf6+) (1. Rd2) (1. Rf2) *

[Event "Reykjavik WCh"]
[Site "Reykjavik WCh"]
[Date "1972.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E56"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Ba5 9. Ne2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bb6 11. dxc5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 13. b4 Be7 14. Bb2 Bd7
15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Ned4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Ba4 18. Bb3 Bxb3 19. Nxb3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1
Rc8 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke2 Ne4 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 f6 25. Na5 Nd6 26. Kd3 Bd8
27. Nc4 Bc7 28. Nxd6 Bxd6 29. b5 Bxh2 30. g3 h5 31. Ke2 h4 32. Kf3 {Diagram #}
Ke7 (32... h3 33. Kg4 Bg1 34. Kxh3 Bxf2 35. Bd2) 33. Kg2 hxg3 34. fxg3 Bxg3 35.
Kxg3 Kd6 36. a4 Kd5 37. Ba3 Ke4 38. Bc5 a6 39. b6 f5 40. Kh4 f4 41. exf4 Kxf4
42. Kh5 Kf5 43. Be3 Ke4 44. Bf2 Kf5 45. Bh4 e5 46. Bg5 e4 47. Be3 Kf6 48. Kg4
Ke5 49. Kg5 Kd5 50. Kf5 a5 51. Bf2 g5 52. Kxg5 Kc4 53. Kf5 Kb4 54. Kxe4 Kxa4
55. Kd5 Kb5 56. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik-Wch"]
[Site "Reykjavik-Wch"]
[Date "1972.01.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D66"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 a6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Nxa4 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 Bb4 15.
Nc3 c5 {Diagram #} 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. O-O cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bb7 19. Be4 Qb8 20. Bg3
Qa7 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Bxc6 Rac8 23. Na4 Rfd8 24. Bf3 a5 25. Rc6 Rxc6 26. Bxc6
Rc8 27. Bf3 Qa6 28. h3 Qb5 29. Be2 Qc6 30. Bf3 Qb5 31. b3 Be7 32. Be2 Qb4 33.
Ba6 Rc6 34. Bd3 Nc5 35. Qf3 Rc8 36. Nxc5 Bxc5 37. Rc1 Rd8 38. Bc4 Qd2 39. Rf1
Bb4 40. Bc7 Rd7 41. Qc6 Qc2 42. Be5 Rd2 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Bxf6 gxf6 45. Qf3 f5
46. g4 Qe4 47. Kg2 Kg6 48. Rc1 Ba3 49. Ra1 Bb4 50. Rc1 Be7 51. gxf5+ exf5 52.
Re1 Rxf2+ 53. Kxf2 Bh4+ 54. Ke2 Qxf3+ 55. Kxf3 Bxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serafino Dubois"]
[Black "Augustus Mongredien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C39"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1862.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4
Nh5 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Nc3 Be7 11. O-O f3 12. Nxf3 Ng3 13. Ne5 Nxf1 14. Qxf1 f6
15. Qf4 c6 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. Bc4 Be6 18. dxe6 Qxd4+ 19. Be3 Qxe5 20. Rd1 Na6 21.
Rd7 Re8 22. Bd4 Qf5 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Bxf6 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 g3 {Diagram #} 26. Qg7+
Rxg7 27. e7+ Rf7 28. e8=Q+ Qf8 29. Bxf7# 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Frederic Deacon"]
[Black "James Robey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1862.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg4 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. fxe5 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 dxe5 8.
d3 O-O 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 c6 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bb3 a5 13. Rdf1 a4 14. Bd1 b4
15. Nc4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qe7 17. Qg3 Ba3+ 18. Kd2 Kh8 19. Rf5 Rad8 20. Rhf1 Rfe8
21. Qh4 Qc5 22. Nxa3 Qxa3 23. Rxf6 Qxa2+ 24. Bc2 Nxf6 25. Rxf6 {Diagram #}
Rxd3+ 26. Kxd3 Rd8+ 27. Ke3 Qxc2 28. Qe1 Rd3# 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "James Robey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1862.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 f5 4. exf5 e4 5. Ng1 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. g4 g6 8. g5 Nh5
9. f6 Bd6 10. h4 O-O 11. Nh3 Be6 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Nd2 Bg4 14. Qb3 Be6 15. O-O-O
a6 16. Ng1 Na5 17. Qc2 b6 18. Bh3 Bxh3 19. Nxh3 b5 20. Nb3 Nc4 21. Nc5 Qc6 22.
Qe2 Qb6 23. b3 Na3 24. Qb2 b4 25. cxb4 Nb5 26. a4 Na7 27. Qc3 Rf7 28. Kb2 Nc6
29. Ka3 Rb8 30. Bd2 a5 31. b5 Nxd4 32. Rc1 Ne2 33. Qe3 Nxc1 34. Rxc1 c6 35.
bxc6 {Diagram #} d4 36. Bxa5 (36. Qxd4 Qxb3#) 36... Bxc5+ 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "George Alcock MacDonnell"]
[Black "Frederic Deacon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1862.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Bc5 9. O-O Ne7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. f4 f5 12. Bd2 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf5 14. Qh5 Be7
15. Bc3 g6 16. Qh3 Bb7 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Nf2 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Ng4 Rff8 {
Diagram #} 21. Bxf5 gxf5 (21... Rxf5 22. Nh6+) (21... exf5 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23.
Nf6+) 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Qg3+ Kh8 (23... Kxh6 24. Qg5#) 24. Qc3+ e5 25. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thomas Wilson Barnes"]
[Black "Serafino Dubois"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1862.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. dxe5 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qd5 Nc5 8.
Be3 Ne6 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qb3 d5 12. exd6 cxd6 13. Na4 d5 14. Rad1
Qc7 15. c4 Rb8 16. Qc2 dxc4 17. Qxc4 c5 18. b3 Rb4 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. Nd2 Bd6 21.
g3 Rg4 22. f4 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Bxf4 24. Nf3 Bxg3 25. Kh1 Rh4 26. Rd2 Qf4 27. Qd3 {
Diagram #} Be4 (27... Bxh2 28. Rg2 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Qc1+ 30. Qf1 Bf4+ 31. Kg1 Be3+
) 28. Qc3 Be1 29. Rxe1 Bxf3+ 30. Kg1 Rg4+ 31. Kf1 Bg2+ 32. Ke2 Re8+ 33. Kd3
Rxe1 34. Qxc5 Be4+ 35. Kc3 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1862.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Joseph Henry Blackburne"]
[Black "Valentine Green"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1862.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Qf6 5. O-O Nge7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Nxe5 8.
Nxe5 Qxe5 9. Re1 Qf6 10. Qh5 b6 11. Bd3 dxc3 12. Re2 Bb7 13. Nxc3 O-O-O 14. Bg5
Qc6 15. Be4 d5 16. Bxe7 dxe4 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. Qxh7 Kb8 19. Qxg7 f5 20. Qg5 Rf8
21. Rd1 Ba6 22. Red2 Bd3 23. a3 Bxa3 24. Nxe4 Bxb2 25. Rxb2 Bxe4 26. Rc1 Qf6
27. Qd2 Rg8 28. g3 Rd8 29. Qf4 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qxb2 31. Rc1 Qg7 32. h4 Kb7 33. h5
c5 34. h6 Qg6 35. Qh4 f4 36. Qxf4 Bc6 37. Qh4 Qf5 38. h7 Qd5 {Diagram #} 39.
Qe7+ Ka6 40. Ra1+ Kb5 41. Qe2+ c4 42. Qb2+ Kc5 43. Qa3+ Kd4 44. Qe3# 1-0

[Event "ABC-236-July-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McKee/Thompson vs. Kashdan"]
[Black "Simultaneous 1932"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.05.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
cxd4 9. e5 Nd7 10. cxd4 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 {Diagram #} 12. Nb3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qc7
14. Qe2 Bd7 (14... Nb4 15. Bb1) 15. Bd2 (15. Bg5) 15... Rae8 (15... Nb4 16.
Rac1 Nxd3 17. Rxc7 Nxe1 18. Rxd7 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Nxd7 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 21. Qxd6)
16. Rac1 Bc8 17. Ne5 Qb6 (17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Qh5 g6 (19... h6 20. Bxh6
) 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Rc3) (17... Nxe5 18. Rxc7) 18. Be3 a5 (18...
Nxe5 19. dxe5) (18... Bxe5) 19. Nc5 Qc7 (19... Bxc5) (19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5
21. Nd7) 20. f4 Qe7 21. Bb5 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Nd7 (22... Ne4 23. Nxe4 dxe4) 23.
Nxb7 Nxd4 (23... Bxb7 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6) 24. Bxd4 Bxb7 25. Rc7 Bc8 26. Bc5
Qd8 27. Bd6 Rf7 28. Rec1 Nb6 29. Bxe8 (29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Qh5+ Kg8 (30... g6 31.
Qxh7#) 31. Qxe8+) 29... Qxe8 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 (30... Qxf7 31. Rf1) 31. Rf1+ {
Diagram #} Kg8 (31... Kg6 32. Qg4+ Kh6 33. Rf3) 32. Rf8+ Qxf8 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34.
Qf2+ 1-0

[Event "ABC-236-July-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/5pp1/3b1n2/3p4/4N3/3B1N2/5PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2012.05.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.19"]

{Diagram #} 1... dxe4 0-1

[Event "ABC-236-July-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Pin/fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/6pp/3Q1n2/3p4/8/5P2/5K2/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2012.05.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.19"]

{Diagram #} 1... Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-236-July-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Discovery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/p7/4b1q1/3n4/3pB3/2N3P1/Q5K1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2012.05.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.19"]

{Diagram #} 1... Qxe4+ 2. Nxe4 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-236-July-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/4q1pp/8/8/3Bp3/3bP3/5KPP/4Q3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2012.05.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.19"]

{Diagram #} 1... Qh4+ 2. Kg1 (2. g3 Qxh2#) 2... Qxe1# 0-1

[Event "ABC-236-July-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Discovery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4q1k1/5rpp/4p3/4P2Q/8/8/6PP/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2012.05.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.19"]

{Diagram #} 1... Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-236-July-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Driving on/Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/4qrp1/7p/4p3/4P3/1R6/6RP/2Q3K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2012.05.19"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.19"]

{Diagram #} 1... Qc5+ 2. Rf2 Qxc1+ 3. Kg2 Rxf2+ 4. Kg3 Qf4+ 5. Kh3 0-1

[Event "HS Nationals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karmasetty, Jeevan"]
[Black "Williams, Justus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "Prilleltensky"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.05.07"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Nd4 d5 {Diagram # Not one of the
common moves here, but Justus has his own ideas and quickly unbalances the
game.} 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bg4 dxe4 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Qe1 Bb4 $1 17. Bb3 Qa5 $1 {
Pressuring c3. . .} 18. Bd2 Qh5 $1 {Or swinging over to the kingside! White
has done nothing obviously wrong, yet he is already worse.} 19. h3 Rae8 20. Ne2
Bxd2 21. Qxd2 e3 22. Qe1 (22. Qd3 {
is the only way to keep the disadvantage within bounds.}) 22... Ne4 {
Diagram # And just like that, black is winning.} 23. Kg1 Nf2 24. Ng3 Qh4 25.
Nh1 Nd4 26. c3 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Nxh3+ 28. Kg2 Nf4+ 29. Kg1 Qh3 30. Rf2 exf2+ 31.
Qxf2 Ne2+ 32. Qxe2 Rxe2 33. Nf2 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Rxf2 35. Rg1 Qh2# {This game shows
the combination of creativity, fearlessness, and accuracy that makes Justus
such a difficult opponent.} 0-1

[Event "HS Nationals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Black, James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Prilleltensky"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Rd1 a6 12. e4 e5 13. Ne2 {Diagram # When this
position was reached in Chernin-Lipka, black (FIDE 2426) preferred 13...Qc7.
James decides to seek the initiative with a dynamic pawn sacrifice.} c5 $5 (
13... Qc7) 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qxc5 Qb8 17. f4 $2 {This looks like
the beginning of white's problems. Trouble starts brewing on the a7-g1
diagonal very quickly now.} (17. Ng3 {improves, although James' novelty has
been successful: Houdini thinks black has equalized here.}) 17... Bd6 18. Qf5 {
Diagram #} (18. Qg5 {should be played, denying black a tempo to control g4.})
18... Bc8 $1 19. Qg5 Ng4 $1 20. Nd4 (20. Kf1 {
was forced, but white is in deep trouble.}) 20... Qa7 21. Be2 Be7 22. Qh5 g6
23. Qh3 Nf2 24. Qc3 Nxd1 25. Bxd1 b4 26. Qd3 Bc5 27. Be3 Rd8 {A crisp win by
James; a sharp pawn sacrifice in the opening, a strongly developed initiative,
and a precise finish.} 0-1

[Event "HS Nationals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Phan, Tin"]
[Black "Barayev, Isaac"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Prilleltensky"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Ne7 {Taking on e4 is more
popular, but the text has been played by Petrosian and Vaganian, among others.}
6. Qg4 O-O 7. e5 c5 8. Bd3 {Diagram # From an unusual move order, we have
arrived at an important theoretical position.} c4 {This move is not so common
and seems to have suffered a fair bit in practice; 8...Nbc6 would be normal.} (
8... Nbc6) 9. Be2 f6 10. f4 Nbc6 {The first completely new move; the only
master game to reach this position saw 11...fxe5.} 11. Nf3 Qb6 (11... Qa5 {
Followed by ...Qa4 looks more concrete.}) 12. O-O Ng6 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. h4 Rf7
15. h5 Nge7 16. Bd2 Raf8 $1 {Diagram #} 17. Rfb1 Qc7 18. a4 Qc8 19. Bc1 Be8 20.
Ba3 {By moving the bishop, white loses the option of recapturing on e5 with
the d-pawn. The next ten moves from Isaac are a tour de force.} fxe5 21. fxe5
Rf5 22. Rb2 Qd7 23. Rab1 b6 24. Kg1 Bxh5 $5 {Diagram # The computer prefers
taking with the rook, but Isaac has a very specific idea based on pressuring
f3.} 25. Qh3 Ng6 26. Bd1 Nf4 27. Qh4 Nxg2 $1 {There it is!} 28. Kxg2 Bxf3+ 29.
Bxf3 Rxf3 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Rh1 h6 32. Rh3 Qf7 33. Rb1 Qg6+ 34. Kh1 Qe4+ (34...
Qf7 {
improves, followed by the eventual transfer of the knight to a better square.})
35. Qxe4 dxe4 36. Kg2 {
For tactical reasons, not the best square for the king; imagine a knight on f4!
} Ne7 37. Re1 Rf4 (37... Nd5 $1) 38. Kg3 (38. Rhe3 {
Should be played, with very reasonable drawing chances.}) 38... Nd5 39. a5 b5 (
39... bxa5 {is simplest, with ideas of advancing both the a and e-pawns.}) 40.
a6 Rf3+ 41. Kg4 Rxh3 42. Kxh3 Nxc3 43. Kh4 g6 44. Rf1 Nd5 45. c3 e3 46. Re1 {
Diagram #} Nxc3 $1 {
Very well judged. Isaac has seen his queenside pawns will be unstoppable.} 47.
Rxe3 Nd5 48. Rg3 Kg7 49. Kg4 c3 50. Kf3 c2 51. Rg1 b4 52. Ke2 b3 53. Kd2 Nb4
54. Kc3 Na2+ {A very strong game from Isaac, filled with ideas.} 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Michael, Brown"]
[Black "Benjamin, Gershenov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b5 {
thought this was real interesting} 7. cxb5 c6 8. e3 {
in my prep i didnt even look at this move...} cxb5 9. Bxb5 Ne4 10. Qb3 Qg5 {
i felt like this had to be okay for me} 11. g3 Bb7 12. f3 Nxg3 {
super interesting} 13. Nh3 Qh4 14. hxg3 Qxg3+ 15. Nf2 Bxf3 {
during the game i thought it was unclear} 16. e4 f5 17. Bd2 fxe4 18. Qe3 h5 19.
Bf1 Nc6 20. Rh3 {Diagram # i think im just better after rh3} (20. Rxh5 Nxd4 {
unclear}) 20... Qg6 21. Rc1 Rf5 22. Bb4 Rb8 23. Rc5 Nxb4 24. axb4 Rxb4 25. Nd3
Ra4 26. Ne5 Ra1+ 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Qg1 29. Nxf3 exf3 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qxd7
(31. Qc3 $17) 31... Qe3+ 32. Kd1 Rd5 33. Qe7 Qxd4+ 34. Kc2 Qd1+ 35. Kc3 Qxf1
36. Qxe6 Qd3+ 37. Kb4 a5+ 38. Ka4 Qc4+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rachel Gologorsky"]
[Black "Anupama Rajendra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2012.05.26"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bf4 (7. Qe2)
(7. a4) 7... Nge7 8. Qd2 Be6 9. Nd5 Ng6 10. Bg3 O-O 11. O-O-O f6 {Diagram #} (
11... f5 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. Bc4 Bf7 14. f4 Nge7 15. Nxe7+ Nxe7 16. Bxf7+ Rxf7
17. Bf2 d5) 12. h4 Nge7 13. Bc4 Bf7 14. f4 (14. h5) 14... f5 (14... Nxd5 15.
exd5 Ne7 16. Kb1 Qd7 17. h5 Nf5 18. Bf2 Bxf2 19. Qxf2 Rfe8) 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.
Bxf7+ Qxf7 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 f4 19. Rhf1 (19. Bf2) 19... Be3 20. Qxe3 fxe3
21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Nc5 b6 23. Nd3 Raf8 24. Re1 Rf1 25. c3 {Diagram #} R8f5 (
25... Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Re8 27. Bg3 Ne7 28. Kd1 Nf5 29. Be1 Kf7 30. g4 Nh6 31. g5
Nf5) 26. Kd1 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1 g5 28. e6 gxh4 29. Bxh4 Kf8 (29... Ne5 30. Nc1 Ng6
31. Bg3 Nf4 32. Bxf4 Rxf4) 30. Ke2 Ke8 31. Kxe3 Ne7 32. Ke4 Ra5 33. Nb4 Rh5 (
33... Ng6 34. Bg3 (34. Bf6 Nf8 35. a3 Nxe6) 34... c5 35. Nd5 Rxa2) 34. Bxe7
Kxe7 35. Nd5+ Kd6 36. Nf4 Re5+ 37. Kd3 c6 38. a4 Re1 39. b3 Rb1 40. Kc4 Rf1 41.
g3 Rxf4+ {Diagram #} 42. gxf4 Kxe6 43. Kd4 Kf5 44. Ke3 h5 45. b4 h4 46. Kf3 h3
47. a5 h2 48. Kg2 Kxf4 49. c4 Ke5 50. Kxh2 Kd4 51. c5 bxa5 52. bxa5 Kxc5 53.
Kg3 Kb5 54. Kf4 Kxa5 55. Ke3 Kb4 56. Kd2 Kb3 57. Kc1 c5 58. Kb1 c4 59. Kc1 c3
60. Kb1 c2+ 61. Kc1 a5 62. Kd2 Kb2 63. Kd3 c1=Q 64. Ke4 Qd2 65. Kf3 Qe1 66. Kf4
Qe2 67. Kg3 Qf1 68. Kg4 Qf2 69. Kg5 Qf3 70. Kg6 Qf4 71. Kg7 Qf5 72. Kh6 Qg4 73.
Kh7 Kc3 74. Kh8 Kd4 75. Kh7 Ke5 76. Kh8 Kf6 77. Kh7 Qg7# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.05.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Evan Xiang"]
[Black "Joie Wang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. c3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nbd2 e6 8. Be2
cxd4 9. exd4 h6 10. O-O Be7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Nf3 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 Bg5 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qxb2 18. Qe3 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Rc7 20. g4 Bg6
21. Bd3 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Qxc3 23. Rd1 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 (24. Rxd3 Qa1+ 25. Kg2 Rc8)
24... Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Rc8 26. Rb3 b6 27. Ra3 a5 28. Rb3 Rc4 29. Rd3 b5 30. Rd2 b4
31. Kf1 Kf8 32. Ke2 a4 33. f4 Ke7 34. h4 Rc3 35. Rb2 b3 36. a3 Rh3 37. Kd2 Rh2+
38. Kc3 Rxb2 39. Kxb2 Kf6 40. Kc3 h5 {Diagram #} 41. f5 hxg4 42. fxe6 Kxe6 43.
h5 g3 44. h6 gxh6 45. Kb2 g2 46. Kc3 g1=Q 47. Kb4 Qxd4+ 48. Ka5 Qc5+ 49. Kxa4
b2 50. Kb3 b1=Q+ 51. Ka4 Qcb5# 0-1

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo, Paco"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "GM Akobian"]
[PlyCount "61"]

{This game took place in the final round of the 2011 North American Open in
Las Vegas. My opponent is Paco Vallejo-Pons, a very strong Grandmaster from
Spain and currently ranked 30th in the world at 2705 FIDE. At this point he
was the tournament leader and I was one-half point behind him. Consequently, I
attempted to create complications in order to perhaps obtain winning chances.} 
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 {GM Vallejo-Pons opted for the Tarrasch Variation of the
French Defense; a variation that is generally recognized as very solid for
White.} 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 ({
This next move is another interesting possibility for Black.} 7... Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qxb2 14. Re1
O-O {leads to an unclear position with roughly equal chances. Black exchanges
his "good" Bishop for White's "bad" Bishop given that Black wins the b pawn
and as any retreat would also result in a loss of tempo. Thus, capturing is
the best move.}) 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 ({This next move results in very sharp
variations and require both players to know the theory on a profound level or
risk having a worse position.} 9. Nf4 Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. Ng6+ hxg6 12. exf6+
Nxf6 13. Qxh8 Kf7 14. Qh4 (14. O-O e5 15. Nb3 {
This is the main line for White and probably the strongest continuation.} (15.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Bg5 Bc5 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 {and Black will
be fine in the endgame despite being down the Exchange, due to his strong
center and centralized King.}) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Bg5
Bc5 19. Qh3 Qd7 {as was true of some previous variations, Black has
compensation because of the strong center and White's compromised Queen-side
pawn structure.}) 14... e5 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 {and despit
e a lack of clarity, Black has sufficient compensation for the Exchange due to
his strong center and White's weakened pawn structure.}) (9. Nf3 fxe5 10. dxe5
Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. O-O Bd6 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $17) 9... Nxf6 10.
Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 {The idea behind this move is to stop White from
exchanging the dark-squared Bishop which will help White to obtain a small
advantage.} ({Another viable possibility is} 11... O-O 12. Bf4 Ng4 13. Bxd6
Qxd6 14. h3 Rxf3 15. hxg4 Rf8 {with an equal position. It is interesting to
note that a search of the databases reveals that my opponent is very familiar
with these positions with the Black pieces.}) 12. g3 {Not the most popular
move in this position but very solid. White still hopes to play f4 and
exchange the dark-squared Bishops.} (12. Bg5 {This is the main line.} O-O 13.
Bh4 Nh5 (13... e5 {The following is an interesting continuation.} 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. Nxg3 Qb6 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. h3 Rae8 {
with a virtually equal position.}) 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bg6 Rxf3 $5 16. gxf3 (16.
Bxh5 {If White takes on h5...} Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Rf5 18. Bg6 Bd6 19. Bxf5 exf5 {
and Black has good compensation for the Exchange sacrifice.}) 16... Bxh2+ 17.
Kh1 Nf4 18. Ng3 Nxg6 19. Qxg6 Bxg3 20. Qe8+ Kh7 21. Bxg3 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Bxd7 {
with an equal position. Naroditsky, D.-Shulman, Y., 2011.}) (12. Ng3 O-O 13.
Bg5 Qb6 $1 14. Rb1 h6 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Re1 Bd7 17. Nh5 Rff8 {and Black is
fine here. It should be noted that in many of the positions examined to this
point, there are additional viable or interesting continuations that space
does not permit us to discuss.}) 12... O-O 13. Bf4 Bd7 (13... Ng4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. Nc3 e5 16. dxe5 Ngxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Nxd5 {
and White is slightly better though the position remains somewhat unclear.})
14. Rc1 Be8 {This is a rare move the purpose of which is to transfer the
Bishop to h5 and exhange it for one of White's Knights. In the French Defense,
Black's light-squared Bishop is often his worst piece due to the central pawn
structure (their placement on the light squares).} (14... Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16.
Ne5 (16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ng5 Rad8 18. Nxe4 Qd5 19. N4c3 Qf3 20. d5 e5 $1 {
Black is slightly better. White cannot capture the c6 Knight as ...Bxc6
threatens mate on h1 and g2.}) 16... Bxe5 17. dxe5 Be8 {
with the idea of ...Bh5 and Black has equalized.}) 15. Ne5 ({
White also could have continued:} 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nf4 Ne4 $1 (16... Nh5 $6
17. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kh8 19. Nxh5 e5 20. dxe5 Qh6 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. f4 {
and White has more than compensation for the piece and is actualy slightly
better.}) 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ng5 Rxf4 19. gxf4 Nxd4 20. Nxe4 Qxf4 21. Qxd4 Qg4+
22. Kh1 Qf3+ 23. Kg1 Qg4+ {with perpetual check.}) 15... Qb8 $1 {Diagram # An
important move. Black is threatening to capture on e5 with the win of a pawn.
It's very important for Black to maintain control of the e5 square in this
position.  If he fails in this, the backward pawn on e6 becomes a vulnerable
target.} 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 (16... bxc6 {though capturing with pawn gives Black the
b-file, it places still another foot soldier on the same square as his already
"bad" Bishop and simultaneously creates another weakness (backward pawn).}) 17.
Qd2 (17. Re1 Ng4 18. f3 e5 $1 {This is the sub-variation I had hoped my
opponent would play. The position is still unclear and preserves at least some
winning chances for Black.}) 17... e5 $1 {Diagram # This is a key move for
which Black has planned---it frees his position, allowing greater range for
his pieces and eliminates the weakness on e6. After this move, I believe I
equalized the position.} 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 ({If} 19. Rfe1 Ne4 20. Qe3 Bxf4
21. Nxf4 Qd6 {with a roughly equal position.}) 19... Qxe5 20. Nd4 Bd7 (20...
Qxd4 $4 21. Bxh7+ {with a win for White.}) 21. Rfe1 Qd6 {These type of
positions that arise in the French Defense are typically near to equal because
the d5 pawn is both a strength and a weakness. (It controls important central
squares, but is also isolated.)} 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Rae8 24. Qd4 b6 25. b4
Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Re8 {My idea was to exchange both Rooks if possible and try to
pay for a win with the Queen and Knight. However, my astute opponent correctly
avoided exchanging the second Rook.} 27. Rc1 Qe5 {I played this move on a
principle that I learned as a child: When your opponent's piece is more active
than your own, try to exchange it.} 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Bd3 Kf7 {The importance
of bringing one's King to the center in the endgame is essential and cannot be
over-emphasized.} 30. a4 Re7 {My idea was to protect the 7th rank and
optimally activate my King by bringing him to d6.} 31. a5 {After nearly 4
hours of play, GM Vallejo-Pons offered a draw which I accepted after carefully
calculating my possibilities, I saw no way to play for a win and so accepted
his offer. I was pleased with my 2nd Place finish in the event and with this
game against a very highly-ranked opponent.} (31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 Ke6 33. Re1+
Kd6 34. Rxe7 Kxe7 35. f3 Kd6 36. Kf2 Kc5 37. Ke3 Kb4 38. Kd4 Kxa5 39. g4 h6 40.
h4 Kb4 41. g5 hxg5 42. hxg5 Nh5 43. Ba6 Nf4 44. Ke5 {
The position is equal. Neither side can force a win.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "TIM"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2009.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Black "Arkadi Naiditsch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 (4. Nc3 dxc4) 4... exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2
Be7 (6... g6 7. Bg5 Bf5 8. Qb3) 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3 Ne4 (8... Nbd7 9. Bd3 Re8 10.
O-O Nf8) 9. Bf4 f5 (9... Nxc3 10. bxc3) 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. h3 g6 (11... Ndf6 12.
O-O) 12. g4 g5 (12... Ndf6 13. Ne5) 13. Bh2 fxg4 14. Nxe4 Rxf3 (14... dxe4 15.
Bc4+ Kg7 16. hxg4 Rxf3 17. Qxe4 Rh3 (17... Rf8 18. Be5+ Nxe5 19. Rxh7+ Kf6 20.
dxe5#) 18. Be5+ Nxe5 19. Rxh3 Ng6 20. O-O-O) 15. Nd6 Nf8 (15... Bxd6 16. Bxh7+
Kh8 17. Bxd6 gxh3 18. Qg6 Nf6 19. Be5 Qa5+ 20. Kf1) (15... Nf6 16. Bxh7+ Kf8
17. Nxc8 Qxc8 18. hxg4 Qxg4 19. O-O-O) 16. Bxh7+ Kg7 (16... Nxh7 17. Qg6+ Kf8 (
17... Kh8 18. Be5+ Rf6 19. Nf7#) 18. Be5 Rf6 19. Bxf6 Qxd6 20. Bxe7+ Qxe7 21.
hxg4) 17. Be5+ Bf6 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Bf5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qa5+ 21. Kf1 Bxf5 (21...
Qb4 22. a3) 22. Nxf5+ Kf7 (22... Kg8 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Kg2 g4 25. Rh4) 23. Nd4
1-0

[Event "Philadelphia op"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Daniel Edelman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2383"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Nbc6 8. a4
Qa5 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Bd3 f6 11. exf6 gxf6 {Diagram #} 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Re1 Ng6
14. Rb1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Rhe8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Kb8 19. Bh6 Re7
20. Bd3 Bc8 21. Be3 Ka8 22. Be4 Rf7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Nd2 Ba6 25. Rbc1 e5 26.
Nb3 Bc8 27. Rxc6 (27. dxe5 Nxe5 28. Nc5 {Diagram #}) 27... Bb7 28. Rc2 Nh4 29.
f4 Rg7 30. Ree2 Nf3+ 31. Kh1 exd4 32. Nxd4 Nxd4 33. Bxd4 Rxg2 34. Rxg2 Rxd4 35.
Kg1 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Rxf4 37. a5 Kb7 38. Rc5 Re4 39. Kf3 Re5 40. a6+ Kxa6 41. Rc6+
Kb5 42. Rxf6 a5 {Diagram #} 43. Rf7 h5 44. Kf4 Rc5 45. Ke4 Kc4 46. Rd7 Kb4 47.
Rb7+ Rb5 48. Ra7 a4 49. Kd3 Kb3 50. Kd2 a3 51. Kc1 a2 52. h3 Rb4 53. Ra8 Rc4+
0-1

[Event "Pinin America CC"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Liu, Andrew"]
[Black "Carnall, Bob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "693"]
[BlackElo "1565"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.04.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 Bb4 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bd3 {Diagram #} Qc7 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Re1 Bb5 12. Bc2 {Diagram #} (12.
Nxb5) 12... Bd7 (12... Bc6) 13. a3 Bd6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bc6 {
Diagram #} (16... Be7 17. Rc1) (16... h6) 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 (17... Kh8 18. Ng5)
18. Ng5+ Kg6 (18... Kg8 19. Qh5 Re8 20. Ba5) 19. Qg4 {Diagram #} Kf6 20. Nh7+
Ke7 21. Nxf8 (21. Qxg7) (21. Rac1) 21... Kxf8 {Diagram #} 22. Qh4 Kg8 23. Rac1
(23. Re3) 23... Qd7 24. Qg4 Bf8 25. Rc3 Bd5 26. Rg3 {Diagram #} f5 27. Qg6 Nc6
(27... Qf7) 28. Rh3 Ne7 29. Qh7+ Kf7 30. Qh5+ Ng6 {Diagram #} (30... g6 31. Qh8
-- 32. Rh7+) (30... Kg8 31. Qh7+ (31. Ree3)) 31. Rg3 Ke8 32. Rxg6 Kd8 33. Rc1 {
Diagram #} e5 34. Ba5+ (34. Bg5+) 34... Ke8 35. Rxg7+ (35. Re6#) 35... Bf7 36.
Qh8 {Diagram #} Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Qxc8 38. h3 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40. Rg3 Qxd4 41.
Bb4 {Diagram #} Qxf2 42. Qxf8+ Kd7 43. Qxf7+ Kc6 44. Qc4+ Kb6 45. Rg6+ Ka7 46.
Bc5+ b6 47. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sam Loyd 1868"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5K2/4rN1k/6R1/4B1q1/4pb2/4p3/4B3 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "13"]

{Diagram #} 1. Rxg4 Rxf6+ 2. Ke7 Re6+ 3. Kxe6 Bxg4+ 4. Kf6 Bh5 (4... Bd7 5. Bg6
) 5. Bh4 Be8 6. Bg5+ Kh5 7. Bf3# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pal Benko version "]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4K2N/5nbk/7N/4B1nb/4p1R1/4p3/4B3 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "7"]

{Diagram #} 1. N7xf6 (1. N5xf6 Bxg3 2. Nxg4+ (2. Bxg3 Nf2) 2... Kh5 3. Nhf6+
Kh4 4. Nxe3 Bxe1 5. Ng2+ Kg3 6. Nxe1 Bxe4 7. Nxe4+) 1... Bxh5 (1... Bxe4 2.
Rxg4 (2. Rg1)) 2. Rxg4 Bxf6+ (2... Bxe1 3. Ng8#) 3. Ke6 Bxg4+ 4. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White ""Chameleon Echo""]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rr1/7k/2p1p3/4K3/8/p7/1R6/3R4 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "13"]

{Diagram #} 1. Rh1+ Kg7 2. Rg1+ Kf7 3. Rf1+ Ke8 4. Rb8+ Ke7 5. Rb7+ Ke8 6.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 (6... Kxf8 7. Kf6) 7. Kxe6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zig-zag"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "q7/1pb5/p7/4P2p/3P4/p7/p3R1K1/n1kr2Qr w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "27"]

{Diagram #} 1. Qe3+ Kb1 2. Qe4+ Kc1 3. Qf4+ Kb1 4. Qf5+ Kc1 5. Qg5+ Kb1 6. Qg6+
Kc1 7. Qh6+ Kb1 8. Qh7+ Kc1 9. Qxc7+ Kb1 10. Qb6+ Kc1 11. Qc5+ Kb1 12. Qb4+ Kc1
13. Qxa3+ Kb1 14. Qb2# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Excelsior"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "n1rb4/1p3p1p/1p6/1R5K/8/p3p1PN/1PP1R3/N6k w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "7"]

{Diagram #} 1. b4 Rc5+ 2. bxc5 a2 3. c6 Bc7 4. cxb7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Race"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/6p1/3K2R1/8/2p5/3p4/6P1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]

{Diagram #} 1. Ke7 d2 2. Rd6 c3 3. Kf7 Kh7 4. g4 c2 5. g5 (5. Rxd2 c1=Q 6. Rh2+
Qh6) 5... d1=Q 6. Rh6+ gxh6 7. g6+ Kh8 8. g7+ Kh7 9. g8=Q# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gallop"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4KN1N/8/8/8/8/8/2P5/1n3k2 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "9"]

{Diagram #} 1. c4 Nd2 2. c5 Nb3 3. c6 Nd4 4. c7 Nb5 5. c8=N 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "New Times"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/6pB/6K1/8/8/5Pn1/1P6/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "15"]

{Diagram #} 1. b4 Ne2 (1... Ne4 2. Bg8) 2. b5 Nd4 3. b6 Nc6 (3... Nxf3 4. b7
Ne5+ 5. Kf5 Nd7 6. Bg6 Kg8 7. Be8 Nb8 8. Ke6 g5 9. Bh5) 4. b7 Nd8 (4... Nb8 5.
f4 Nd7 6. f5 Nb8 7. f6 gxf6 8. Kh6 f5 9. Bxf5 Kg8 10. Kg6 Kf8 11. Kf6 Ke8 12.
Ke6 Kd8 13. Kd6 Nd7 14. Kc6 Nb8+ 15. Kb6) 5. b8=B (5. b8=N Nc6) 5... Ne6 (5...
Nc6 6. Bg3 (6. Bc7 Ne7+ 7. Kf7 Nd5) 6... Ne7+ 7. Kf7 Ng6 8. Bg8 Ne5+ 9. Ke8) 6.
Bd6 (6. Be5 Nf8+ 7. Kf7 Ng6) (6. Bg3 Nf4+ 7. Kg5 Ne6+ (7... Ne2 8. Bd3 Nxg3 9.
Kg4 Nh1 10. Be2) 8. Kf5 Nd4+ 9. Ke4 Ne2 10. Bg6 Nxg3+ 11. Ke3 Nf1+ 12. Ke2 Nh2)
6... Nf8+ 7. Kf7 Nxh7 8. Be7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p1p5/3p4/p3p3/k4p2/2K3pB/7p/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "7"]

{Diagram #} 1. Bd7+ Ka3 2. Bc6 Ka2 3. Kc2 a6 4. Bh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.06.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p1p5/3p4/p3p3/3k1p2/1K2b1p1/1NP4p/7B w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "7"]

{Diagram #} 1. c3+ Kc5 2. Na4+ Kb5 3. c4+ Ka6 4. Bc6 1-0

