[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lakdawala"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2n3k1/p5p1/1p5p/1Pnr4/1R5P/5PK1/6P1/R7 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram [#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "London System"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 Qb6 {Diagram [#]} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.09.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Veresov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D01"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. f3 c6 5. e4 dxe4 6. fxe4 e5 7. Nf3 {Diagram
[#]} *

[Event "American Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM Jack Peters"]
[Black "IM Cyrus Lakdawala"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "9"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 {Diagram [#]} *

[Event "Moscow cqf ;CAND"]
[Site "Moscow cqf ;CAND"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nc6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Ba2 a6 11. Bb1 Bb6 12. Qc2 g6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 Be7 15.
Bb2 e5 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. b5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Bf5 19. Qe2 Bxb1 20. Nc7 Qb8 21. Nxa8
Bf5 22. Nb6 e4 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Bg4 25. f3 exf3 26. gxf3 Be6 27. Rac1 Rd8
28. Qb2 Ne8 29. Be5 Bd6 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 {Diagram [#]} 31. Qb4 (31. Rxd6 Nxd6 (
31... Qxd6 32. Qd4 Qxa3 33. Ra1) 32. Qe5) (31. Qb5 Qd8 32. Rxd6 Nxd6 33. Rd1)
31... Qd8 32. Rxd6 Nxd6 33. Rd1 Qg5+ 34. Kf2 Nf5 35. Qf4 Qf6 36. Na4 Bb3 37.
Rd2 g5 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Nb2 Bd5 40. Nd3 Nd6 41. Nf4 gxf4 42. Rxd5 Qb2+ 43. Kf1
fxe3 44. Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Optimist or Just stubborn?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2kr4/pp3pp1/1qp1p1b1/3nP3/2B2PP1/P6r/1PPBQ3/2KR1R2 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "12"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. f5 exf5 2. gxf5 Bh5 3. Qg2 Rxa3 4. bxa3 Ne3 5. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 6.
Rd2 Qxa3+ *

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1911.08.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Semion Alapin"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 Qe7 5. Nd3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4 7. Be2 d5
8. O-O O-O 9. Nf4 c6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Be3
b5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bd3 Nd7 17. f3 Nd6 18. g4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 {Diagram [#]} Ne5 (
19... Nc4 20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7) 20. Qf1 (20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Nxf3+ 22. Kf2
Nxe1) 20... Ndc4 21. Bc1 Qa5 22. Re2 Qxa2 23. Rde1 f6 24. Nd3 Rf8 25. b3 Nd6
26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. Qg2 Rae8 28. f4 e4 29. f5 Qa1 30. Qg3 Nf7 31. c3 b4 32. Bb2
Qa5 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Qd5 35. Re2 Qd1+ 36. Qe1 Qxb3 37. cxb4 Ng5 38. Qc3
Nh3+ 39. Kf1 Qd1+ 40. Qe1 Qd5 41. Re4 Ng5 42. Qc3 Rf6 43. Rd4 Qh1+ 44. Ke2
Qxh2+ 45. Kd1 h5 46. Rd7 Nf7 47. g5 Qg1+ 48. Qe1 Rd6+ 49. Rxd6 Qxe1+ 50. Kxe1
Nxd6 51. f6 gxf6 52. Bxf6 Kf7 53. Bd4 a6 54. Ke2 Kg6 55. Kd3 Kxg5 56. Be5 Nf5
57. Kc4 h4 58. Bh2 Kg4 59. Kc5 Kh3 60. Bc7 Kg2 61. Kxc6 h3 62. Kb6 Ng3 63. Kxa6
h2 64. b5 h1=Q 65. b6 Ne4 66. b7 Nc5+ 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Anna Zatonskih"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 b6 10. Bd2 c4 11. b4 Nxb4 12. cxb4 Bxb4 13. Qc2 Bxd2+ 14. Nxd2 b5
15. Nc3 b4 16. Nd1 Qb6 17. Nf3 a5 18. Be2 O-O 19. O-O Ba6 20. Nf2 Rfc8 21. Rab1
Rab8 22. Rfc1 h6 23. g4 c3 24. Bxa6 Qxa6 25. g5 h5 26. g6 fxg6 27. Qxg6 Nf8 28.
Qxh5 c2 29. Ra1 Rc3 30. Ng5 Qa7 31. Kg2 Qxd4 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Rg1 a4 34. Raf1
Rbc8 35. Kh1 R3c7 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Ng4 c1=Q 38. Nf6+ gxf6 39. Rxc1 Rxc1 {
Diagram [#]} 40. Qf7+ Kh8 41. Qh7+ Nxh7 42. Nf7# 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Viktor Laznicka"]
[Black "Kaido Kulaots"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nf3 Qa5 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O Ng4 13. Bf4 cxd4 14. cxd4 e5
15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Bg3 b5 17. h3 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Bb7 20. Qd3 Kh8 21.
Rc1 Rac8 22. d5 f5 23. Rfc2 Qd6 24. Bb3 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Rc8 {Diagram [#]} 26.
Qxc8+ Bxc8 27. Rxc8+ Bf8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Bxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.31"]
[Round "8.27"]
[White "Tamir Nabaty"]
[Black "Sebbar Ali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "221"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qc2 d5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ne2
Bd7 9. g3 Rc8 10. Nb3 Nb4 11. cxb4 cxd4 12. Qd3 Bxb4+ 13. Kd1 dxe3 14. fxe3 e5
15. Rc1 Rxc1+ 16. Nexc1 a5 17. a3 Be7 18. Kc2 a4 19. Nd2 Bc5 20. Bg2 Bxe3 21.
Bxd5 Bxd2 22. Kxd2 Qxb2+ 23. Ke3 Bb5 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Qxa3+ 26. Nd3 O-O
27. Rb1 f5 28. Qb4 Qxb4 29. Rxb4 Ra8 30. Nxe5 a3 31. Rb1 a2 32. Ra1 Kg7 33. Nd3
Kf6 34. Nc1 Rc8 35. Kd2 Rd8+ 36. Kc3 Rd1 37. Kc2 Rh1 38. h4 f4 39. gxf4 Kf5 40.
Kd2 Rf1 41. Rxa2 Rxf4 42. Ra5+ Kf6 43. Rb5 Rxh4 44. Rxb7 Re4 45. Ne2 h5 46. Ke1
h4 47. Kf2 Ra4 48. Kf3 Ra3+ 49. Kg4 h3 50. Ng3 h2 51. Rb6+ Ke5 52. Rb5+ Ke6 53.
Rh5 Ra2 54. Nf1 Ra4+ 55. Kg3 Ra3+ 56. Kxh2 f6 57. Rb5 Kf7 58. Ng3 Kg6 59. Kh3
Ra4 60. Ne2 Re4 61. Rb2 Kg5 62. Kg3 Re3+ 63. Kf2 Ra3 64. Nd4 Kg6 65. Rb5 Rc3
66. Ne2 Ra3 67. Nf4+ Kh6 68. Rf5 Kg7 69. Nd5 Ra2+ 70. Ke3 Ra3+ 71. Kd4 Ra4+ 72.
Kc5 Ra1 73. Rf2 Rc1+ 74. Kd4 Rc6 75. Ra2 Rc1 76. Ke4 Re1+ 77. Ne3 Kg6 78. Ra6
Rb1 79. Nd5 Re1+ 80. Kf3 Kg5 81. Ra8 Rf1+ 82. Ke4 Re1+ 83. Ne3 Kg6 84. Ra7 Re2
85. Kf3 Rb2 86. Nd5 Kg5 87. Ra5 Kg6 88. Nf4+ Kf7 89. Ra7+ Ke8 90. Ke4 Rf2 91.
Nh5 Kf8 92. Nf4 Ke8 93. Nd5 Kf8 94. Kd4 Rf1 95. Kc5 Rf2 96. Kd6 Re2 97. Nf4 Rf2
98. Ne6+ Kg8 99. Rg7+ Kh8 100. Ke7 Ra2 101. Rg4 Kh7 102. Kf7 Ra7+ 103. Kxf6 Ra6
104. Rc4 Rb6 105. Ra4 Kg8 106. Ra7 Kh8 107. Re7 Ra6 108. Kg6 Ra8 109. Rb7 Kg8 {
Diagram [#]} 110. Nc7 Rf8 (110... Rd8 111. Nd5 Rxd5 112. Rb8+) 111. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "209"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Qd2 Bb4 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Rfc1 Rad8 16. bxc4 dxc4 17. e3 c5 18. d5 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5
21. Qc2 Rb8 22. Rxc4 Rb4 23. Rb1 Rxb1+ 24. Qxb1 Qb6 25. Qc2 f5 26. Rf4 Qc6 27.
h3 h6 28. Kh2 a6 29. a4 Kg7 30. a5 Qe6 31. Qc3+ Qe5 32. Qc4 Qe6 33. h4 Kg8 34.
Qc2 Kg7 35. e4 fxe4 36. Rxe4 Qf5 37. Qb2+ Rd4 38. Rxd4 cxd4 39. Qxd4+ f6 40.
Qb6 h5 41. Kg1 Qd3 42. Qb7+ Kg6 43. Kg2 Qc4 44. Qb1+ Kg7 45. Qf5 Qc6+ 46. Kh2
Kh6 47. Kg1 Qc1+ 48. Kg2 Qc6+ 49. Qf3 Qd6 50. Kf1 Kg6 51. Qe4+ Kg7 52. Qf5 Qc6
53. Kg1 Kh6 54. Kh2 Qd6 55. Kh3 Qc6 56. f3 Qc3 57. g4 hxg4+ 58. Kxg4 Qb2 59.
Qf4+ Kg7 60. Qc7+ Kg6 61. h5+ Kh6 62. Kf5 Qb5+ 63. Kxf6 Qg5+ 64. Ke6 Qe3+ 65.
Kd7 Kxh5 66. f4 Kg4 67. Kc8 Qb3 68. Qe5 Qb4 69. Kc7 Qb3 70. Kc6 Qb4 71. Qg5+
Kf3 72. Qh5+ Kg3 73. Qg5+ Kf3 74. Kc7 Qb3 75. Qf6 Qb4 76. Qe5 Kg4 77. f5 Kg5
78. Kc6 Qb3 79. Qc5 Qb8 80. Kd7 Qb7+ 81. Ke6 Qb3+ 82. Kd7 Qb7+ 83. Kd6 Qb3 84.
Kc7 Qf7+ 85. Kb6 Qe8 86. Kxa6 Qa8+ 87. Kb6 Qb8+ 88. Kc6 Qc8+ 89. Kd5 Qd7+ 90.
Kc4 Qa4+ 91. Kc3 Qa1+ 92. Kb4 Qb2+ 93. Ka4 Qa2+ 94. Kb5 Qb3+ 95. Kc6 Qa4+ 96.
Kc7 Qf4+ 97. Kb7 Qe4+ 98. Ka7 Qe8 99. Qd5 Qe7+ 100. Kb8 Qe8+ 101. Kc7 Qe7+ 102.
Kc8 Qa7 {Diagram [#]} 103. f6+ Kxf6 (103... Kg6 104. f7) 104. Qd8+ Ke6 (104...
Kf7 105. Qc7+) 105. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "2.46"]
[White "Nicolas Duport"]
[Black "Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. c4 Nf6 10. h3 Nh5 11. Re1 Nf4 12. Bxf4 Qxf4 13. e5 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15.
Nc3 O-O 16. Ne4 Bg7 17. Rad1 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bb1 e5 20. c5 b5 21. b4 Bb7
22. Rf1 a5 23. a3 axb4 24. axb4 Bd5 25. Nd6 Ra3 26. Rd3 Ra1 27. Rdd1 Kh8 28.
Rde1 Ra3 29. Be4 {Diagram [#]} Rxh3 30. gxh3 Qg3+ 31. Kh1 Qxh3+ 32. Kg1 Qg3+
33. Kh1 Bxf2 34. Bg2 (34. Qe3 Bxe3 35. Rxf8+ Kg7) 34... Qh4# 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Koneru Humpy"]
[Black "Sandu Ungureanu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. d5 Nce7 5. c4 c5 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bg2 Be6 8. Qa4
h6 9. c5 Nf6 10. O-O e4 11. cxd6 Ned5 12. Nfd2 e3 13. Nc4 exf2+ 14. Rxf2 Bxd6
15. Qxc6+ Ke7 16. Qxd6+ Qxd6 17. Nxd6 Kxd6 18. e4 Rac8 19. Na3 Nb4 {Diagram [#]
} 20. e5+ Kxe5 21. Bf4+ Kd4 22. Rd1+ Nd3 23. Rxd3+ Kxd3 24. Rd2# 1-0

[Event "ABC-239-Oct-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pillsbury-Swiderski"]
[Black "Queen's Gambit Declined"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.08.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.14"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e4 dxe4 7. Ne5 Bd6 8.
Qg4 Kf8 {Diagram [#]} 9. Bc4 (9. Nxe4 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Qd5) 9... Bxe5 (9... Nh6
10. Bxh6) 10. dxe5 Qd4 11. Bd5 c6 (11... Bxd5 12. Qc8+ Ke7 13. Bg5+ (13. Qxc7+
Nd7 14. Qd6+ Kd8 15. Nxd5 Qxe5) 13... f6 14. Rd1) 12. Bxe4 (12. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 13.
Bxe4) 12... Qxe5 13. Bf4 Nf6 14. Qh4 (14. Qg3 Nxe4 15. Bxe5 Nxg3) (14. Bxe5
Nxg4) (14. Qxg7+ Kxg7 15. Bxe5) 14... Qe7 15. O-O-O (15. O-O Nxe4 16. Qxe7+
Kxe7 17. Nxe4) (15. Bg5) 15... Ne8 (15... Nxe4 16. Rd8+) 16. Qg3 Na6 (16... Nd7
) 17. Rhe1 Rd8 18. Bd5 (18. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Qd8+) 18... Qc5 (18... Qf6 19.
Bg5) (18... Qd7 19. Be6) 19. Rxe8+ (19. Bxf7 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Kxf7 21. Rd7+)
19... Kxe8 (19... Rxe8 20. Bd6+) 20. Qxg7 cxd5 (20... Rf8 21. Re1+ Kd7 22. Be6+
(22. Qg4+ f5 23. Qg7+ Kc8 24. Be6+) 22... Ke8 23. Bf5+ Qe7 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25.
Qe5#) (20... Kd7 21. Qxf7+) (20... Rxd5 21. Qxh8+ Kd7 22. Re1 Nc7 23. Qb8) 21.
Qxh8+ Kd7 22. Qxh7 (22. Qf6) 22... Kc8 (22... Qxf2 23. Qxf7+ Kc8 (23... Kc6 24.
Qe6+ Kc5 25. Be3+) 24. Ne4 Qxg2 (24... dxe4 25. Qe6+) 25. Qe6+ Rd7 26. Qe8+ Rd8
27. Nd6+ Kc7 28. Nb5+ Kc8 29. Nxa7#) 23. Qxf7 d4 24. Qe6+ Rd7 25. Qg8+ (25. Kb1
dxc3 (25... Bxg2 26. Qg8+) 26. Qxd7#) 25... Rd8 26. Qg4+ Rd7 27. Be3 Bxg2 28.
Rxd4 {Diagram [#]} (28. Bxd4 Qc6) (28. Qxg2 dxe3 29. Qa8+ Nb8 30. Rxd7 Kxd7 31.
Qxb8 exf2) 28... Qc6 (28... Bc6 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Qg8+) 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 (29...
Bf3 30. Rd6+) 30. Qxg2 {Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "ABC-239-Oct-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q4/5pk1/6p1/4R3/2B5/8/5P2/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2012.08.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.14"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qd4 0-1

[Event "ABC-239-Oct-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Back rank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r4/5pk1/6p1/7q/8/8/4QPR1/5K2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2012.08.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.14"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rd1+ 2. Qe1 (2. Qxd1 Qxd1#) 2... Rxe1+ (2... Qb5+ 3. Kg1
Rxe1+ 4. Kh2 Qh5+ 5. Kg3 Re4 6. Rg1 Qg5+ 7. Kf3 Qf5+ 8. Kg2 Rg4+ 9. Kf1 Qd3+
10. Ke1 Rxg1#) 3. Kxe1 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-239-Oct-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Book ending"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4rk2/pb6/2B5/8/8/8/8/3KR3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2012.08.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.14"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rd8+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-239-Oct-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/6b1/k3n3/B7/8/1P6/1NKQq3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2012.08.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.14"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nd3+ 2. Kc2 Nb4+ 3. Kc1 (3. Kb3 Qxd1+) 3... Na2# 0-1

[Event "ABC-239-Oct-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/4p1B1/8/8/8/4q3/3R4/2K5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2012.08.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.14"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qg1+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-239-Oct-2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Discovery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p6/4pB2/6q1/8/2Q3k1/3r4/2K5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2012.08.14"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.14"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Marin Bosiocic"]
[Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Ivan Sokolov"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O Nc6 6. d4 O-O 7. Bg5 (7. b3) (7.
Qc2) 7... dxc4 8. e3 Rb8 (8... a6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Na3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12.
Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxc4 Bf6) 9. a4 Na5 (9... h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Na3 e5 12. dxe5
Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxc4 Bf6) 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qc2 c5 13. dxc5
(13. Nxc4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7) 13... b5 (13... Qc7 14. Rfd1 Qxc5 15. Ne4 Qe7 16.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nd2) (13... b6 14. Nxc4 bxc5 15. Nfe5 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Ba6 17. Rfd1
Qc7) 14. Rfd1 Qc7 (14... Qd3 15. Qxd3 cxd3 16. axb5 Rxb5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. exd4)
15. Nd4 {Diagram [#]} (15. Ne4 Nb3 (15... Be7 16. axb5 Nb3 (16... Rxb5 17. Qa4
a6 18. Nd4) 17. Ra3 Nxc5 18. Qxc4) 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Ra2 Qxc5 18. axb5 Bb7 19.
Nd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 f5 (20... Bxg2 21. Rg4+ Kh8 22. Kxg2 Qxb5 23. Rxa7 Rb7) 21.
Rxc4 Qxb5) 15... a6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qc3 (17. Rxa5 Bxd4) 17... b4 18. Qc2 e5 (
18... Qxc5 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Rxa5 Qxa5 22. Nc6 Qc7 23. Nxb8 Qxb8
24. Qxc4) 19. Ne2 (19. Nf5 b3 20. Qb1 c3 21. bxc3 b2 22. Ra4 (22. Ra2 Bxf5 23.
Qxf5 Rfd8 24. Qb1 Nc4) 22... Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Rfd8 24. Rb4 Nc4 25. Rxc4 Rxd2)
19... Qxc5 (19... Be6 20. Qa4 Bd8 21. c6 (21. Ne4 Nb3 22. Ra2 Nxc5) 21... Qe7)
20. Ne4 Qc7 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Bd5 Kh8 (22... Kg7 23. g4 Nb3 (23... Bxg4 24. f3
(24. Kh1 Rfd8 25. Rg1 h5 26. e4 Kf8) 24... Bh5 25. Kf2 Bg6 26. Rg1) 24. Ra2 (
24. Ng3 Nxa1 25. Nh5+ Kh8 26. Rxa1 Rg8 27. h3 f5) 24... Rd8 25. Ng3 Bxg4 26. f3
Be6 27. Nh5+ Kf8 28. Nxf6 (28. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 fxe6) 28... Qe7 29. Bxe6
Qxe6) 23. Qe4 Rb5 24. Qh4 Kg7 25. g4 Rd8 26. e4 (26. Be4 Nb3 27. Rab1 (27. Ng3
Nxa1 28. Nh5+ Kf8 29. Rxa1 c3 30. bxc3 bxc3 31. Nxf6 Rb6 32. Bc2 Bb7) 27... Nd2
) 26... Rd6 27. Ng3 c3 28. bxc3 (28. Rac1 Rbxd5 29. exd5 Nb3 30. Nh5+ Kg6 (
30... Kf8) 31. Rc2 Nd4) 28... bxc3 29. Nh5+ (29. Nf5+ Bxf5 30. gxf5 c2 31. Qg3+
(31. Rdc1 Qc3) 31... Kh7 32. Rdc1) 29... Kg6 30. Rac1 c2 {Diagram [#]} 31. Nf4+
Kh7 (31... exf4 32. Rxc2 Rdxd5 (32... Qxc2 33. Qh5+ Kg7 34. Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Qg8#)
33. Rxc7 Rxd1+ 34. Kg2 Bb7 35. Re7 Nc6) 32. Rd3 Rb1 (32... exf4 33. Rh3 f5) 33.
Ne2 Ba6 34. Rh3 f5 35. Rc3 Rxc1+ 36. Kg2 Qxc3 37. Qe7 Rg1+ (37... Qc8 38. Qxf7+
Kh8 39. Nxc1) 38. Nxg1 Bf1+ 39. Kh1 Qc8 40. Bxf7 Qd7 41. Qf8 (41. Bg6+ Kg8 (
41... Kxg6 42. exf5+) 42. Bf7+ Kg7) 41... Qd8 42. Be8 Qf6 43. Bf7 Qg7 (43...
Rd8 44. Bg8+ Kg6 (44... Kh8 45. Qxf6+ Kxg8 46. Qxd8+) 45. gxf5+ Kg5 46. h4+)
44. Qxd6 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alexander Evdokimov"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Alexander Shabalov"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 (9... Nc6) 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. Bg5 {Diagram [#]} h6 12. Bh4 a5 (12...
Ne5) (12... Nc5) 13. Nc2 (13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Rad1 a4 15. b4 axb3 16. Nxb3 Na4 17.
Nxa4 Rxa4 18. Bg3 Qb6 19. Bxd6 Qa7 20. Rd2 h5 21. Bd3 Nd7 22. f4 Nf6 23. Re2
Bg4 24. Ref2 Ra8 25. h3 Bc8 26. a3 h4 27. f5 gxf5 28. exf5 b6 29. Rf4 c5 30.
Rxh4 Rxa3 31. Nc1 Qd7 32. Be5 Bb7 33. Bb2 Qd6 34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Qf2 Raa8 36. Qf4
Qxf4 37. Rxf4 Bh6 38. Bxf6 Bxf4 39. Bxd8 Rxd8 40. Ne2 Be5 41. Bc2 Rxd1+ 42.
Bxd1 Be4 43. Ng1 Bxf5 44. g4 Bd3 45. Be2 Be4+ 46. Nf3 b5 47. Kg1 Bxf3) 13... a4
14. Bf2 (14. Qxd6 Nxe4) 14... Ne5 15. Na3 Be6 (15... Nh5 16. Nxa4 Nd7) 16. Nxa4
Qa5 17. Nb6 Ra6 (17... Rad8) 18. Qe1 (18. c5 dxc5 19. Bxa6 Qxb6 20. Be2 Qxb2
21. Bxc5 Nfd7 22. Rb1 Qxa2 23. Bd6) 18... Nh5 19. Qxa5 Rxa5 20. Rfd1 f5 {
Diagram [#]} (20... Nf4 21. Bf1 Ned3) 21. Be1 (21. c5) 21... Ra7 22. exf5 Bxf5
23. c5 Nf4 (23... d5 24. g3) 24. Bf1 d5 25. Bg3 Ned3 26. Bxd3 Nxd3 27. Nxd5
Nxb2 28. Nc7 Rf8 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Humberto Cruz"]
[Black "Kristo Miettinen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 (3. cxd5) 3... c6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7.
Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. Bg5 h6 (
13... exd4) 14. dxe5 Nxe5 (14... Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Be3 b4 17. Na4) 15.
Bxf6 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 gxf6 (16... Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 gxf6 18. g3 Bxg3 19. Rg1) 17. g3
Be5 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. Bg4 Rad8 20. Bf5 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Rd8 22. Ne3 Qb4 23. Rd1
Rd4 24. a3 Qd6 25. Bg4 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 c5 27. Nf5 Qf8 28. f4 Bd4+ 29. Kf1 a6 30.
Bf3 Bc8 31. Nxd4 cxd4 32. f5 {Diagram [#]} Qd8 33. Qc5 d3 34. Qd5 Qxd5 (34...
Qc7 35. Qxd3 Qc1+ 36. Qd1 Qxb2 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qxc8 Qxa3 39. Kg2 b4 40. Qc4 b3
41. Bh5 b2 42. Qxf7+ Kh8 43. Qxf6+) 35. exd5 Kf8 36. Be4 Ke7 37. Kf2 Kd6 38.
Bxd3 Kxd5 39. Kf3 Kd4 40. Bb1 a5 41. Kg4 Ke5 42. h4 Bd7 43. Kh5 Bxf5 44. Bxf5
Kxf5 45. Kxh6 Kg4 46. Kg7 f5 47. Kxf7 f4 48. gxf4 Kxf4 49. Kg6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "James Rhodes"]
[Black "John Ballow"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 c5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 d6 7. O-O-O f5
8. Qg3 h5 9. e3 h4 10. Qf4 Bg7 (10... Bh6) 11. Nge2 Qa5 12. Rd5 Qb6 13. Rb5 Qd8
14. Kb1 {Diagram [#]} a6 15. Rd5 e5 16. Qa4 Be6 17. Qa3 Bf8 (17... Bxd5 18.
Nxd5 Rc8 19. Nec3 Qa5 20. Qb3) 18. Nc1 b5 19. Nd3 Qc8 20. e4 Nd4 21. Rxd4 exd4
22. Nd5 fxe4 23. Nf6+ Ke7 24. Nxe4 Qc6 25. Ng5 Bh6 26. Nb4 Qc5 27. Nxe6 fxe6
28. Qf3 Rac8 29. Qb3 h3 30. g3 Bd2 31. a3 a5 32. Na2 Rcf8 33. f3 Qf5 34. Be2 a4
35. Qd3 Qxd3 36. cxd3 Rf5 37. Rd1 Ba5 38. Rf1 Re5 39. Nc1 Re3 40. f4 Bd2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gordon Magat"]
[Black "Gary Walters"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2
a4 16. Nc4 Rd8 17. Qe2 (17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. Bb2 Qd7 19. Qe2 Rac8) 17... Nh6 18.
Bb2 Nxc4 19. dxc4 Nf7 20. Rbc1 c6 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Bg4 23. f3 Bh3 24.
Nxa4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Ng5 26. g4 e4 27. f4 Nf3 28. h3 Qe6 29. f5 Nh4+ 30. Kg1 (30.
Kg3 Bd6+ 31. Kxh4 g5+ 32. fxg6 hxg6) 30... Qc8 31. Nc3 Bc5 32. Qe2 Qc7 33. Qf2
Nf3+ 34. Kf1 Qe5 35. bxc6 (35. Na4 Bxe3 36. Qxe3 Qh2) (35. Nd5 Qh2) 35... bxc6
36. Na4 Bxe3 37. Bxe5 Bxf2 38. Bf4 e3 39. Nc3 Rxa3 40. Kg2 Nh4+ 41. Kf1 {
Diagram [#]} g6 42. fxg6 hxg6 43. Ke2 Ng2 44. Bd6 Rb3 45. Nd1 Kf7 46. Ra1 g5
47. Kf1 Ke6 48. Nxf2 exf2 49. c5 Nh4 50. Kxf2 Rf3+ 51. Ke2 Rxh3 52. Ra7 Ng6 53.
Rc7 Kd5 54. Rf7 Rh6 55. Rd7 (55. Rxf6 Nf4+ 56. Rxf4 (56. Bxf4) 56... gxf4 57.
Bxf4 Re6+ 58. Kf3 Kxc5) 55... Rh8 56. Kf3 Rh3+ (56... Ne5+ 57. Bxe5+ Kxe5 58.
Rd6 Rc8 59. Ke3 Re8 60. Kf3 Re6 61. Rd8) 57. Kg2 Rc3 58. Rf7 Nh4+ 59. Kf2 f5
60. gxf5 Rf3+ 61. Ke2 Rxf5 62. Rd7 Ng6 63. Ke3 Ne5 64. Bxe5+ Kxe5 65. Rd8 Rf7
66. Rg8 Kf5 67. Kf3 Rf6 68. Re8 g4+ 69. Kg3 Re6 70. Rh8 (70. Rf8+ Ke5 71. Kxg4
Kd5) 70... Re3+ 71. Kf2 Re5 72. Rh6 Re6 73. Rh8 Ke4 74. Rg8 Kd4 75. Rg5 Re5 76.
Rg6 Kxc5 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Harry Ingersol"]
[Black "Gary Walters"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Nh6 12. f3 c5 (12... g5) 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. b4
Nf7 (14... Be6) 15. Nb3 Be6 16. Qc2 (16. Bf2) 16... Qc7 17. Rd1 Rad8 18. a3 Ng5
19. O-O Bf7 20. c5 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 {Diagram [#]} 23. b5 (23.
Bxg5) 23... Ne6 24. Be1 Rc8 25. Ba5 Qb8 26. c6 Rfe8 27. g3 Kh8 28. Rfe1 Bh6 29.
a4 Qd6 30. Kg2 Qa3 31. Bd3 Bf8 32. Bd2 Kg8 33. h4 Ng7 34. Ra1 Qd6 35. Be3 d4
36. Bf2 Kh8 37. Nd2 Ne6 38. Ne4 Qe7 39. Bc4 Bg7 40. Rad1 Bg8 41. Bxe6 Qxe6 42.
Qc5 Ra8 43. a5 Bf8 44. Qc2 Bb4 45. Re2 Bxa5 46. Rxd4 exd4 47. Bxd4 Bd8 48. c7
Rc8 49. cxd8=Q Rexd8 50. Bxf6+ Qxf6 51. Nxf6 Rxc2 52. Rxc2 Kg7 53. Ne4 Rd7 54.
Kf2 Bd5 55. Ke3 Re7 56. Rc5 Bb3 57. g4 Bd1 58. Kf2 h6 59. Rc1 Bb3 60. Ra1 Be6
61. Nd6 Kf8 62. Ra6 Rc7 63. Ne4 Re7 64. Ke3 Kg7 65. Kd4 Kf7 66. Nc5 Bd7 67. h5
gxh5 68. gxh5 Bxb5 69. Rxh6 Kg7 70. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "march 3, 2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "carl"]
[Black "bret"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2012.05.04"]

1. d4 c5 2. c3 (2. d5) 2... Nf6 3. dxc5 (3. Nf3) 3... e5 4. b4 a5 {Diagram [#]}
5. Nf3 (5. Bd2 axb4 (5... b6 6. cxb6 Qxb6) 6. cxb4 b6 7. cxb6 Qxb6 8. a3 d5) (
5. Na3 axb4 6. cxb4 b6) (5. a3 axb4 6. cxb4 b6) 5... Qc7 (5... e4 6. Nd4 b6) 6.
Bb2 {Diagram [#]} (6. Na3) 6... Na6 (6... b6) (6... d6) (6... d5) 7. a3 Nb8 (
7... d6 8. cxd6 Bxd6) 8. Nbd2 {Diagram [#]} Be7 (8... e4 9. Nd4 e3 10. fxe3 Ng4
{Diagram [#]} 11. Nc4 Nxh2 12. Nf5) 9. e4 (9. Nc4 Nc6 10. e3) 9... Nc6 10. Bc4
h6 (10... O-O 11. Ng5) 11. O-O O-O {Diagram [#]} 12. Nh4 Nxe4 13. Ng6 Nxd2 {
Diagram [#]} 14. Nxe7+ (14. Qxd2 Re8 {Diagram [#]} 15. Qd5 Nd8 16. Nxe5 (16. f4
) 16... d6 17. Bb5) 14... Nxe7 15. Qxd2 {Diagram [#]} b6 16. Qe3 (16. Qd6 Qxd6
17. cxd6 Nf5 18. Rad1 Bb7 19. Bb5 Rad8 20. c4) 16... Bb7 17. Rad1 {Diagram [#]}
Nf5 (17... bxc5) 18. Qh3 g6 19. Bd5 (19. g4 -- 20. Qxh6) 19... bxc5 {Diagram 
[#]} 20. bxc5 (20. g4) 20... Rab8 21. Bc1 h5 {Diagram [#]} 22. Bxb7 (22. Be3)
22... Rxb7 23. Rd5 *

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.05.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. Qb3 Qc8
9. Nh4 Be6 10. Na4 Nbd7 11. e3 Ne4 12. Nf3 h6 13. Bd3 f5 14. Rc1 g5 15. Bh2 Bf7
16. Rc2 O-O 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. Qxb6 Bh5 19. Be5 Nf6 20. Qc7 Nd7 21. Qxc8 Raxc8
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Be2 Bxf3 24. Bxf3 e5 25. b4 Rce8 26. O-O Kg6 27. a4 h5 28. g3
g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Bg2 exd4 31. exd4 Nf6 {Diagram [#]} 32. b5 a5 (32... axb5
33. axb5 f4) 33. Rb1 f4 34. gxf4 Nh5 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. Rb6 Re1+ 37. Bf1 {
Diagram [#]} Rf6 (37... Nxf4 38. Rxc6+ (38. Rcb2 g3 39. fxg3 Nd3) 38... Kg5 39.
Rc7 Rb8) 38. Re2 Rd1 39. f5+ Kxf5 40. Re5+ Kg6 41. Rb8 Ng3 42. Rg8+ Kf7 43.
Rxg4 Nxf1 44. Kg2 Nd2 0-1

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yury Shulman"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d6 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Nc3 Na6 14. Qd2 Nc5 15.
Rfd1 Ne6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Rxd6
21. Rxd6 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. e5 Kf8 24. f4 Bc8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Ke3 f6 27.
exf6+ Kxf6 28. a3 h6 29. Bf3 Bd7 30. h4 Nf7 31. g4 Ke7 32. Ne4 c5 33. Ng3 Nd6
34. Be2 Be6 35. Ne4 Nxe4 36. Kxe4 Kd6 37. g5 {Diagram [#]} Bg8 (37... Bd7 38.
f5 hxg5 39. hxg5 b5) 38. gxh6 Bh7+ (38... gxh6 39. Kf5) 39. f5 gxh6 40. Bc4 Ke7
(40... a6 41. Kf4 (41. Bxa6) 41... b5 42. Be6 a5 43. Ke4) 41. Ke5 Kf8 42. Kf6
1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alexander Stripunsky"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bc4 a6 9. d3 O-O 10. Qa3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Be3 b5 13. Bb3 Nb6 14. Bxb6 Qxb6
15. Qxe7 a5 16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. fxe3 a4 18. Bd1 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. d4 Rfe8 21.
Kf2 a3 22. Bb3 axb2 23. Rab1 Bxb3 24. axb3 Ra2 25. Rfe1 Bf8 26. Re2 Ba3 27. Rc2
Ra1 28. Nd2 {Diagram [#]} Kf8 (28... f5 29. g3 (29. Ke2 f4 30. e4 Rxe4+) 29...
Kf7) 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. e4 Kd7 31. Kd3 f6 32. b4 Ra8 33. Rc5 {Diagram [#]} Rb8 (
33... f5 34. Rxb5 (34. exf5 Bxb4) 34... fxe4+ 35. Kxe4 Re8+ 36. Re5 Rxe5+ 37.
Kxe5 Rxb1 38. Nxb1 Bxb4) 34. Kc3 Rb6 35. g4 Re6 36. Kb3 Rd6 37. d5 Rb6 38. Rc3
Kd6 (38... Ra6 39. Rc5 (39. Rh3 Ra4) 39... Rb6 (39... Bxb4 40. Kxb4 Rxb1 41.
Nxb1 Ra1 42. Rc3)) 39. Rf3 Ke5 (39... f5) 40. Rff1 f5 41. gxf5 gxf5 42. Rxa1 (
42. Rxf5+ Kd4 43. Rff1 Rh6) 42... bxa1=Q 43. Rxa1 Rh6 44. Rxa3 fxe4 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Iryna Zenyuk"]
[Black "Tatev Abrahamyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 Ng6 14. Nd3 Nf6 15. c5
Rf7 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nb5 g4 18. fxg4 Nxe4 19. Be1 Qb6+ 20. Nf2 Ng3 21. hxg3
fxg3 22. Rc3 gxf2+ 23. Bxf2 Rxf2 24. Rxf2 Bd7 25. Qb3 Nf4 26. Bf1 e4 27. Nc7
Bxc3 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. bxc3 Rf8 30. g3 Nd3 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Bxd3 exd3 33. Kf2
Bxg4 34. Ke3 Bf5 35. c4 Bd7 36. Kxd3 Ke7 37. Ke4 Kd8 38. Ne6+ Ke7 39. Nd4 Kf6
40. Kf4 h6 41. a3 Bh3 42. Nb5 Ke7 43. Ke4 Bf1 44. Kd4 Kd7 45. Nc3 Ke7 46. Nd1
Kf6 47. Nf2 Be2 48. Ne4+ Ke7 49. Nd2 Kf6 50. Ke3 Bg4 51. Kd4 Be2 52. Ne4+ Ke7
53. Kc3 Bg4 54. Kd2 Bh3 {Diagram [#]} 55. Ke3 Bf1 56. Nd2 Bg2 (56... Bh3) 57.
g4 b5 (57... h5 58. gxh5 Kf6 59. Ne4+ Ke5 60. Nxd6) 58. Kf2 Bh1 59. Kg1 bxc4
60. Kxh1 c3 61. Nb3 Kf6 62. Kg2 {Diagram [#]} Ke5 (62... Kg5 63. Kf3 c2 64. Kg3
Kf6 65. Kf4 Kg6 66. Nc1 Kf6 67. Nd3 Kg6 68. Kf3 Kg5 69. Kg3 Kf6 70. Kh4 Kg6 71.
Nc1 Kf6 72. Kh5 Kg7 73. g5 hxg5 74. Kxg5 Kf7 75. Kf5 Ke7 76. Kg6) 63. Kf3 Kxd5
64. Ke3 Ke5 (64... c2 65. Kd2 Ke4 66. Kxc2 Kf3 67. Na5 b5 68. Nb7 d5 69. Nd6
Kxg4 70. Nxb5 h5 71. Kd3 h4 72. Ke2) 65. a4 (65. Nd4) 65... b6 (65... c2 66.
Kd2 Kf4 67. Na5 Kxg4 68. Nxb7 h5 69. Nc5 (69. Nxd6) 69... dxc5 (69... h4 70.
Ne4 Kf3 71. Ng5+ Kg4 72. a5) 70. a5 h4 71. a6 h3 72. a7 h2 73. a8=Q) 66. Nd4
Kd5 67. Kd3 Ke5 68. Ne2 Kf6 69. Nxc3 Kg5 70. Nd5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/2B5/8/p5b1/8/1NNk3K w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "19"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Na2 Kc2 2. Nxa3+ (2. Nbc3 Be5 3. Nd5 Kb1 4. Ndb4 Bd4 5. Bd6
Be5) 2... Kb2 3. Kg2 Bh4 4. Kh3 Bg5 5. Kg4 Bh6 6. Kh5 Bg7 7. Kg6 Bh8 8. Kh7 Bf6
9. Nb4 Kxa3 10. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/4K1p1/8/8/3R4/8/2r5/7b w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "31"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Rd8+ (1. Rg4 Rg2 2. Rc4+ Kb7 3. Rc1 Rh2 4. Rg1 Bg2 5. Ke6 g6
6. Ke5 Rh5+ 7. Kf4 Rf5+ 8. Ke3 Re5+ 9. Kf4 Re2) 1... Kc7 2. Rg8 Rg2 3. Kf7 g5
4. Ke6 g4 5. Rg7+ Kc6 6. Rg6 g3 (6... Kc5 7. Kf5 g3 8. Rg5) 7. Kf5+ Kd7 8. Rg5
Rf2+ 9. Kg4 g2 10. Kh3 Rf5 11. Rg7+ Ke6 12. Kh2 Kf6 13. Rg3 Rg5 14. Rf3+ Ke5
15. Kg1 (15. Re3+ Kf4 16. Re1 g1=Q+ 17. Rxg1 Rh5#) 15... Rf5 16. Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yumol, R."]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Finegold, Ben"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.03.30"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Nb5 Qb8 10. f3 Be7 11. Qd2 a6 12. N5d4 Ne5 13. Be2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Bg5 {Diagram [#]} Nd3+ 16. Kf1 (16. Bxd3 Qe5+) (16. cxd3 Bb4) (16. Qxd3
Bxg5) 16... N3f4 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. g3 Nxe2 19. Nxe2 O-O 20. Kg2 b6 21. Rad1 Bb7
22. Qd6 Nf5 23. Qd2 Qe5 24. Kf2 Qxb2 25. c3 Qa3 26. Ned4 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Bd5 28.
Rb1 Rac8 29. Rhc1 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Qxa2+ 31. Nd2 Qa5 0-1

