[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soltis on the Sicilian"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B60"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Be3 Qxb2 8.
Ndb5 Qb4 9. Bd2 Qc5 {Diagram [#]} 10. Rb1 Ng4 11. Qe2 Kd8 12. f3 a6 13. Na4 Qe5
14. Nbc3 Nf6 15. f4 Qe6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. Be3 Qg4 19. Nxc8 Kxc8 20.
Qc4 Kd8 21. Rxb7 Rxb7 22. Qxc6 Rc7 23. Bb6 Nxb6 24. Qxb6 Qd7 25. Bxa6 Qc6 26.
Qb8+ Rc8 27. Qxc8+ Qxc8 28. Bxc8 Kxc8 {Diagram [#]} *

[Event "Chicago USA ch"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. cxd5 Nxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 c6 {Diagram 
[#]} 14. Bh6 (14. Bd2 Be6 15. Re5 Qd7) 14... Rg8 (14... gxh6) (14... Be4) 15.
Re5 Qd7 16. Rae1 Be6 17. Ng5 O-O-O 18. Nxf7 Bxf7 19. Rxe7 Qxd4 20. Rxf7 Qxc3
21. bxc3 gxh6 22. Rb1 Rg5 23. h4 Rb5 24. Rxb5 cxb5 25. Rxh7 Rd1+ 26. Kh2 Rd2
27. Rxh6 Rxa2 28. h5 Rxf2 29. Rh8+ Kc7 30. h6 Kb6 31. Kh3 a5 32. g4 b4 33. cxb4
axb4 34. Re8 Rf1 35. Kg2 Rf7 36. g5 Rf5 37. h7 Rxg5+ 38. Kf3 Rh5 39. h8=Q Rxh8
40. Rxh8 1-0

[Event "New York ch-USA"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne2 Be6 11. Nf4 Bd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. g4 Ne7 14.
Bf4 c6 15. Rfe1 Ng6 16. Bg3 Bc5 17. c3 Nf8 18. b4 Bb6 19. Kg2 Ne6 20. Nh4 h5
21. h3 hxg4 22. hxg4 g6 {Diagram [#]} 23. Rh1 Bd8 24. Nf5 Rxh1 25. Nd6+ Kf8 26.
Rxh1 b5 27. f4 Kg8 28. f5 Nf8 29. e6 f6 30. Nf7 Be7 31. Bf4 g5 32. Bd6 Re8 33.
Bxe7 Rxe7 34. Nd8 Re8 35. Nxc6 Nxe6 36. fxe6 Rxe6 37. Nxa7 1-0

[Event "US Ch."]
[Site "-"]
[Date "1963.12.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Pal Benko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nc6 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. f5 gxf5 12. Qxf5 Nd4 13. Qf2 Ne8 14. O-O Nd6
15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Qg4 c6 17. Qh5 Qe8 18. Bxd4 exd4 {Diagram [#]} 19. Rf6 Kg8 20.
e5 h6 21. Ne2 1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sabina Francesca Foisor"]
[Black "Edward W Formanek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2157"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.06.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. c5 Bg4 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8. gxf3
e5 9. a4 exd4 10. exd4 b4 11. Qxb4 Qc8 12. a5 Nbd7 13. Na4 Ra7 14. Nb6 Qc7 15.
Be3 Be7 16. Bd3 O-O 17. Qd2 Nh5 18. O-O-O Re8 19. Rde1 Nf8 20. f4 Nd7 21. f5
Ndf6 22. f3 Bf8 23. Rhg1 Kh8 24. Kb1 h6 25. Ka2 Qb8 26. Re2 Qc7 27. Rge1 Qb8
28. Bg1 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Nf4 30. Re1 Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Qf4 32. Re2 Kg8 33. h3 Qg3 34.
Bh2 Qxh3 {Diagram [#]} 35. Bb8 Rb7 36. Rh2 1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Larry Kaufman"]
[Black "Kazim Gulamali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2346"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.06.15"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bh4 c6 7. f4 Qa5 8. Nf3
Bg4 9. Be2 c5 10. d5 Nfd7 11. O-O Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nb6 13. Qe2 N8d7 14. Nb5 Nc8
15. Bg4 a6 16. Nc3 Ncb6 17. a4 Qb4 18. e5 dxe5 19. a5 Nc8 20. Bxd7+ Kxd7 {
Diagram [#]} 21. Ra4 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qxc3 23. Be1 Qd4+ 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Rxb7+ Kd8
26. d6 exd6 27. Qg4 1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dharim Bacus"]
[Black "Andre Diamant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2012.06.15"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 b5 5. d3 Bb7 6. a4 b4 7. Nb1 d5 8. Nbd2 Nf6
9. e5 Ng4 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. h3 {Diagram [#]} Nd4 12. Nxd4 (12. Qd1 Ne3) 12...
Qh4+ 13. Kd1 Nf2+ 14. Qxf2 Qxf2 15. N4f3 Qg3 16. h4 Qxf4 17. Ne4 Qf5 18. Ng3
Qg4 19. Rh3 f5 20. Ne2 f4 21. Nxf4 Be7 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timur Gareev"]
[Black "Roman Yankovsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2012.06.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. e4 Be6 13. f4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxc3
15. bxc3 Nd7 16. Be3 Nb6 17. a4 Bb3 18. Rdb1 Bxa4 19. Rb4 Bb5 20. c4 Ba6 21.
Kf2 Nd7 22. Kf3 c5 23. Rba4 Nb6 24. Rxa6 bxa6 25. Rxa6 Nd7 26. e5 Nb8 27. Ra5
Nc6 28. Rxc5 Rfc8 29. Bd1 a5 30. Ba4 Nb4 31. Ke4 Rxc5 32. Bxc5 Rc8 33. Kd4 Nc6+
34. Kd5 Nb4+ 35. Bxb4 axb4 36. c5 Kf8 37. c6 Ke7 38. Kc5 Kd8 39. Kd6 h5 40. Bb3
Rc7 41. g3 Ra7 42. h3 Rc7 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Ra7 45. f5 gxf5 46. gxf5 Rc7 47.
f6 Rd7+ 48. Kc5 Ra7 49. Kb6 Rc7 50. Kc5 Ra7 {Diagram [#]} 51. e6 (51. Kd6 Rd7+
52. cxd7) 51... fxe6 52. Kd6 Ke8 53. Bxe6 Ra3 54. c7 Rd3+ 55. Bd5 1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mihaela-Veronica Foisor"]
[Black "Simone Liao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.06.15"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8 7. Bd3 e6 8. f4
Nc6 9. Nf3 a6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Rac1 Na5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15.
Qd1 b5 16. b3 Qb6 17. Qe1 b4 18. Qh4 h6 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Na4 Qb7 21. Rxc8 Qxc8
22. f5 Nc6 23. Rc1 Qb7 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Qg4 Nd8 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. Qg6 Rf6 28.
Qh7+ Kf7 29. dxc5 Nf8 30. Qh8 d4 31. c6 Nxc6 32. Be4 Qb5 33. Bxc6 Qe2 {Diagram
[#]} 34. Bf3 Qxd2 35. Bh5+ Ke7 (35... g6 36. Rc7+ Ke8 37. Qxf6) 36. Qxg7+ Kd6
37. Qc7+ Kd5 38. Qc6+ Ke5 39. Rc5# 1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Black "Steven Zierk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.06.15"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 a6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 e6 11. d4 Bd6 12. Ng5 Be7 13. Qh5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5
Qd5 15. Rfe1 O-O 16. Re5 Qd6 17. Bf6 gxf6 18. Re3 e5 19. Qh6 Kh8 20. dxe5 Qd8 {
Diagram [#]} 21. Rd3 Qxd3 (21... Qe7 22. exf6) (21... Bd7 22. Rad1 fxe5 23. Rg3
Rg8 24. Rxd7) 22. Qxf8# 1-0

[Event "ABC-240-November"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sterk-Marshall"]
[Black "Pistyan 1912"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d5 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Qxd5 9. Bc4 Qd6 {Diagram [#]} (9... Qd8) 10. c3 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 a5 (
12... a6) 13. b5 Ne7 14. Ng5 (14. Ba3 Bc5) (14. Re1 Ng6) 14... Qg6 (14... h6)
15. Qe2 (15. Ba3 Re8 (15... Qxg5) 16. Bxf7+) 15... Bf5 {Diagram [#]} (15... h6
16. Qxe5 hxg5 17. Qxe7) (15... Qf6) 16. g4 (16. Qxe5 Bxd3 17. Bxd3 Qxd3 18.
Qxe7 Rae8 19. Qa3 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Re1+ 21. Rf1 Qxf1#) 16... h6 17. gxf5 Nxf5 18.
Kh1 hxg5 19. Rg1 g4 {Diagram [#]} 20. Ba3 (20. Rxg4 Qh5 21. Ba3 Bxf2) 20... Nh6
21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Rg2 (22. f3 Bxg1) 22... Re8 23. f3 Qg5 (23... gxf3 24. Rxg6 (
24. Qxf3)) 24. Re1 (24. fxg4 Be3) 24... Qe7 25. fxg4 Qa3 26. g5 (26. Qc2) 26...
Nf5 27. g6 Re7 28. Qh5 Nh6 29. Qxh6 {Diagram [#]} (29. gxf7+ Nxf7 30. Rf1)
29... gxh6 30. gxf7+ Kh7 (30... Kf8 31. Rg8#) 31. f8=N+ Kh8 32. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "ABC-240-November"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Trapping"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p1b1p2/2p2k2/p7/2Bp1K2/3P4/PPP5/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.15"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... b5 2. Bb3 a4 0-1

[Event "ABC-240-November"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Double Threat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q1rk1/5pp1/3p3p/2b5/2P1P1n1/8/5PPP/1Q1R1RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.15"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qh4 2. h3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/2p2pp1/1b5p/8/QP6/3q4/1B3PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.15"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Bxf2+ *

[Event "ABC-240-November"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5pk1/6p1/2b4p/6n1/6QP/3q1PP1/4RRK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.15"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Bxf2+ 2. Rxf2 Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-240-November"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Fork/Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/5pp1/8/5n1q/6R1/8/4Q2P/7K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.15"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-240-November"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/2p2p2/3b4/8/4B2q/8/4QPP1/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.15"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "US OPEN 2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Breckenridge, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "Breckenridge, Steven"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 {
Normally I play bxc5 in blitz games, this is my first Bxc5 tournament game,
which I studied for an hour before the game, along with other preparation, as
Gurevich has played virtually every line vs Queens Indian.} 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3
Be7 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. Rac1 (12. Nb5 {I think is a better line, with
more immediate pressure} Nc5 13. Qa3) 12... Rd8 (12... Nc5 13. Qc2 Nce4 14. Nd4
Nxf2 $6 (14... Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. Qf3 Ne4 18. Nb5 f5 19. Bd6
Nxd6 20. Nxd6 Qc7 21. Nb5 Qc8 $14) 15. Kxf2 e5 16. Bxe5 Ng4+ 17. Kg1 Nxe5 18.
Qf5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qb7+ 20. Nd5 $14 {it's an interesting line, but white's
pieces are too active, it reminds me of what my dad used to tell me. "Just
because you can play a tactic, Steven, doesn't mean you should."}) 13. Nb5 Ne8
{after the game he told me, "the 30 years of playing and training GMs in this
line, I've never seen Ne8, but it is solid."} (13... Ne4 14. Nfd4 d6 15. Qc2
Nf6 16. Nf3 (16. f3 g6)) 14. h4 h6 15. Qb3 {struggling for ideas he told me, I
think Qc2 or Nd2 is good} (15. Qc2) (15. Nd2) 15... d6 16. Qa3 Qc5 {Trades are
good} (16... Nc5 17. b4 Ne4 {is the other line} 18. Qd3 (18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Bxb7
Qxb7 20. Bxd2 d5 21. Qf3 Qd7 22. Be1 Rac8)) 17. Qxc5 bxc5 (17... Nxc5 18. Nfd4
(18. b4 Na4 $1 {with a6 coming}) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2) 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 f5
(19... Nb4) 20. Nb3 Nb4 21. Na5 a6 22. Nc3 (22. a3 {I showed him after, he
completely missed. It's not over though} Na2 (22... axb5 23. axb4 bxc4 24. Nc6
Rd7 25. bxc5 d5 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Rxd7 Bxc5 28. Be5 Ra6 29. Nd4 Kf8 {I'm
barely hanging on, but this was obviously the ideal position he would have
liked to get}) 23. Ra1 axb5 24. Nc6 bxc4 25. Nxd8 Bxd8 26. Rxa2 d5 {Seems
holding}) 22... Rdc8 23. Nb7 $5 e5 24. Be3 Nc6 (24... Rcb8 {Much more simple}
25. Na5 Bd8 26. Nb3 Nxa2 27. Nxa2 Rxb3 $17 {I missed, while occupied with
calculating the game continuation, which wasn't forced for him, but I thought
he may play}) 25. Nd5 Kf7 26. Nb6 (26. Rc3 Rab8 27. Nxe7 Kxe7 28. Nxd6 Nxd6 29.
Bxc5 Nd4 30. Bxd6+ Kxd6 31. e3 Rxb2 32. exd4 e4 $11) 26... Rcb8 27. Nxa8 (27.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 28. Nxa8 Rxa8 {isn't much different}) 27... Rxb7 28. b4 Rb8 29. bxc5
dxc5 {Diagram [#]} 30. Rb1 $2 (30. Rd7 Rxa8 31. Bxc5 Ke6 32. Rd5 $1 Nf6 33.
Bxe7 Nxe7 34. Ra5 Nc6 35. Ra3 {with compensation}) 30... Rxa8 31. Rb7 Nd4 (
31... Na5 32. Rbd7 Ke6 {is much stronger}) 32. Bxd4 exd4 33. e3 $2 {my hope,
with exd4} (33. Re1) 33... Nd6 34. Rc7 dxe3 35. fxe3 (35. Rxd6 $2 e2 {wins})
35... Rc8 {seemed natural} (35... Nxc4 36. Rdd7 Re8 37. Kf2 Ke6 38. Ra7 a5 {is
a lot stronger though}) 36. Rxc8 Nxc8 37. Rd7 Nb6 38. Ra7 Nxc4 39. Rxa6 Nxe3+
40. Kf3 Nd5 41. a4 Ke8 42. Ra7 c4 (42... Kd8 {I think is much simpler.....the
closer my king to his pawn, the easier I can work with my knight and king to
defend it, like Nc7 coming}) 43. Ke2 Nc3+ (43... Kd8) 44. Kd2 Ne4+ 45. Kc2 Nxg3
(45... Bf6 46. Rc7 Be5 47. Rxc4 Bxg3 48. h5 Kd7 49. a5 Bf2 50. a6 Bb6 51. Kd3
Nc5+ 52. Ke3 Nxa6+ 53. Kf4 Nb8 54. Kxf5 Nc6 55. Rc1 Bd4 56. Rd1 Ke7 57. Rc1 Kd6
58. Rb1 Ne7+ 59. Ke4 Bf6 $19 {is my computer line}) 46. a5 f4 47. a6 (47. Rc7 {
transposes to the f3 line he would force here}) 47... Bc5 (47... f3 48. Rc7 f2
49. a7 f1=Q 50. a8=Q+ Kf7 51. Qd5+ Kg6 52. Rxe7 Qf5+ 53. Qxf5+ Nxf5 54. Re4 Kh5
55. Kd2 Nxh4 56. Rxc4 {and this is more than likely a draw, unless he's in
time pressure. I did see this line up to Qd5+ and Kg6, I was thinking then
Qd3+ which was definitely draw, but Qf5+ is much better, I didn't really see I
think}) 48. Rxg7 Nf5 49. Rc7 Ne3+ $2 {a mistake, thinking c3+ followed by Kd3
f3, but just Ke2} (49... Bg1 50. Kd2 f3 51. a7 Bxa7 52. Rxa7 c3+ 53. Ke1 {I
have chances}) (49... Bd4 50. Rxc4 f3 51. Rxd4 Nxd4+ 52. Kd2 Nb5 53. Ke3 Kf7
54. Kxf3 Kf6 55. Kf4 $11) 50. Kd2 Bd4 (50... c3+ $2 51. Ke2 (51. Kd3 $2 f3 52.
Rxc5 f2 $19) 51... Bb6 (51... Bd4 52. Rxc3) 52. Rxc3 Nf5 53. Rc7 Nxh4 54. Rb7
f3+ 55. Ke1 Bd4 56. a7 Bxa7 57. Rxa7 Ng6 58. Kf2 Ne5 59. Ra5 Nf7 60. Kxf3 Ke7
$11) 51. Ke2 h5 52. Kf3 Kd8 53. a7 Bxa7 54. Rxa7 Nf5 55. Kxf4 Nxh4 56. Ra4 c3
57. Rc4 Ng2+ 58. Ke4 (58. Ke5) 58... Nh4 59. Rxc3 Kd7 60. Rh3 Ng6 61. Rxh5 Ke6
62. Rf5 Ne7 63. Rf8 Ng6 64. Ra8 Ne7 65. Ra6+ Kd7 66. Ke5 Nc6+ 67. Ke4 Ne7 68.
Rh6 Ng8 69. Rg6 Ne7 70. Ra6 Nc6 {Draw Agreed, well played endgame from Gurevich
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "U.S. Open 2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.09.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ramirez, A."]
[Black "Leon Hoyos, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A59"]
[Annotator "A.Almeida"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 {The Benko Gambit (ECO A57)} 5. cxb5 a6
6. bxa6 {Ramirez plays the main line. Other possibilities are 6. e3... or 6.b6.
...} (6. b6 d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4 Bg7 9. a4 Qxb6 10. Be2 (10. a5 $14) 10... O-O
$6 (10... Qb4 $11 {Milov-Nakamura 34th World Open/2006})) (6. e3) 6... Bxa6 7.
Nc3 Bg7 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 d6 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. Qe2 Qa5 ({Bologan
Played} 12... Qb6 13. a4 Rfb8 14. Nb5 Ne8 15. Bg5 $18 {Carlsen-Bologan Biel
2012}) 13. a4 Rfb8 $5 $14 14. Bd2 $11 {According to different Chess engines.
After 14 Bd2 the position is equal.} Rxb2 15. Nd1 Rxd2 16. Nxd2 Nxe4 $1 $15 {
Diagram # Excellent move!} (16... Nxd5) 17. Nc4 Qb4 18. Ndb2 (18. Rc1) (18. Ra2
) 18... Nc3 19. Qxe7 (19. Qd3) 19... Ne5 20. Qxd6 (20. Nxe5 Qxb2 21. Qxf7+ Kh8
{White's position is desperate!}) 20... Nxc4 $19 21. Qc6 Ne3+ {Impecable
execution!} 22. fxe3 Qe4+ 23. Kh3 Qf5+ 24. Kg2 Rb8 25. Nc4 Qe4+ 26. Kh3 Qxc4
27. Raf1 Nxd5 28. Rb1 Rd8 29. Rhc1 Qe4 30. Qxc5 Nxe3 $19 {Black Resigns} 0-1

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "Vancouver, WA"]
[Date "2012.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser (WA)"]
[Black "Hoyos, Manuel Leon (BRA)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. e4 g6 8. Nf3 Rb8
9. h3 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Qxb6 12. Qc2 a5 13. Na4 Qa7 14. Bd2 Ba6 15. Bc3
Nb6 16. Nxb6 Rxb6 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. Bxg7 {Diagram [#]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2012 Denker"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yang, Darwin"]
[Black "Shetty, Atulya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2012.08.05"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.06"]

{I had been looking forward to this game from the beginning of the tournament} 
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 c5 {Until now, this was all preparation. However, I
was now expecting dxc5} 11. Qe2 (11. dxc5 Nfd7 {And black will soon equalize})
11... cxd4 12. exd4 Nc6 13. Rd1 Nb4 14. Bb1 Nbd5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bb7 17.
Bg5 h6 18. Bd2 {I was very with how the opening turned out and felt that I had
a very comfortable position.} Rc8 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 {
Diagram # If we ever reach an endgame, my pieces are very strong and his
isolated pawn would become weak} 22. Re1 (22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qd3 Be6 24. Qc2
Nf6 {Black has pressure on d4 and is also attacking a2. White will have to
fight hard to hold a draw}) 22... Ba8 {At first, this looks like a strange
move. The idea is to protect the bishop and prepare either Nf6, Nb6, or Nb4}
23. Qf3 f5 24. Bd3 Nb4 25. Bxb4 Qxb4 26. Qe3 Qd6 27. g4 Bxe5 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 {
Diagram #} 29. dxe5 (29. Rxe5 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 f4 31. Be4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Rc2 33. Kg2
Rxb2 34. Re6 Rxa2 35. Rxg6+ Kh7 $15 {The connected passed pawns give black the
advantage}) 29... Rd8 30. Rd1 Kg7 31. Be2 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Bd5 {I now have a
better endgame because of his weak e5-pawn} 33. a3 f4 34. b4 Kf7 35. Bc2 Ke6 (
35... g5 36. Bf5 {In this variation there is no way for black to make progress}
) 36. Bxg6 Kxe5 {Though he got rid of his weak pawn, now king activity is an
issue} 37. Kf1 Kd4 38. h4 Kc3 {Black is clearly better but both players are in
serious time pressure. Neither of us could calculate the endgame and were just
playing instinctively} 39. Ke2 Kb2 40. Kd2 Kxa3 41. Kc3 e5 42. h5 e4 43. g5
hxg5 44. h6 Bg8 45. Bxe4 g4 46. h7 Bxh7 47. Bxh7 g3 48. fxg3 fxg3 49. Be4 Ka4
50. Bc2+ {Diagram # There is no way for either side to make progress} 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Open - Armageddon"]
[Site "Vancouver, WA"]
[Date "2012.08.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hoyos, Manuel Leon (BRA)"]
[Black "Bryant, John (CA)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Be3 Be6 (9... e5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. Rac1) 10. a3 h6 (10...
Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5) 11. Rc1 Nd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. b4 (13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rc5) 13...
e5 14. b5 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nd2 {Diagram [#]} a6 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. bxa6
Rxa6 19. Rxc7 Rxa3 20. Qb1 b5 21. Rfc1 Rc3 22. Ne4 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Rb8 24. Qb4
Qe5 25. Rc6 Bf8 26. Qb3 Kg7 27. Ra6 b4 28. Ra7 Qf5 29. Qb2 Qd5 30. e3 b3 31.
Ra4 Bc5 32. Ra5 Rc8 33. Rb5 f5 {Diagram [#]} (33... Ba3) 34. Nxc5 Rxc5 35. Rxb3
Kf7 36. Rb7+ Ke6 37. Rb6+ Kf7 38. exd4 Rc7 39. Rb5 Qf3 40. d5 (40. Qb3+) 40...
Qd1+ 41. Kg2 Qxd3 42. Qe5 Qe4+ (42... Re7) 43. Qxe4 fxe4 44. h4 Kf6 45. Rb6+
Kf5 46. h5 gxh5 47. Rxh6 Kg5 48. Re6 Kf5 49. Rd6 Rc2 50. Kf1 Ke5 (50... e3 51.
fxe3 Ke4) 51. Rd8 Rd2 52. Rh8 {Diagram [#]} Rxd5 (52... h4) (52... e3) 53.
Rxh5+ Kd4 54. Rxd5+ 1-0

[Event "2012 BarberTournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "He, Tommy O"]
[Black "Chen, Jackson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {I have just started playing this line not too long
ago,so I am not that familiar with this variation,especially with the
structure.} Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6
Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. a3 {I went out of theory here because I think
it would of been helpful for him if I played theory.} O-O 13. Nc3 a6 14. Bg5
Bd7 15. Re1 Rae8 {Here, I evaluated my position and it seemed slightly better
for me because his position is passive,and I will have future plans such as 16.
Bc2(what I played), followed by Qd3 and Ne5.} 16. Bc2 Bc8 17. Qd3 Qf7 18. Ne5
Qh5 {Diagram #} 19. f4 {This was the key move that had led me from a 0.5+
position to a 0.5- position. I honestly did not calculate clearly about 19...
Nxe5, and I thought I can simply do dxe5 and win the piece, but did not see
further advancement such as 20...Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Ng4,and that is a winning line
for black. I also did not see 19.h4(0.5+ for me) because I played too fast on
this move.} (19. h4) 19... Nxe5 20. fxe5 {I had no choice but to take it with
the f-pawn, because if I sacrificed my rook for the exchange, he would have a
clearly better position after exchanging.} (20. dxe5 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Ng4) 20...
Qxg5 21. exd6 {This position is unclear for black. He can get the d6 pawn,but
I have some compensation after Re5 and Rf1, aiming on the kingside.} g6 22. Re5
Qh4 23. h3 Rd8 24. Rf1 Rxd6 25. Ne2 Nh5 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qd2 Kg7 28. Qe3 Rc6
29. Bb3 Nf6 {Diagram # He has played this well, but I think he can't hold on
much longer because I'm about to develop an attack on the two pawns on d5 and
e6.} 30. Nf4 {Turning point of the game, my evaluation of this position would
be slightly better for me,because all his pieces are passive and I have much
better placement.} Kf7 31. g3 Qh6 32. g4 g5 33. Nd3 {Diagram #} Ne4 $2 {This
move that he played has just turned a slightly better position into a clearly
winning position for me, because of 34. Nb4 and Nxd5,he will lose several
pawns.} 34. Nb4 Rd6 35. Nxd5 exd5 36. Qxe4 Be6 37. Bxd5 Bxd5 38. Rxd5 Rxd5 39.
Qxd5+ Ke8 40. Kg2 Qg6 41. Qe5+ Kd8 42. Qb8+ Ke7 43. Qxb7+ {This position is
pretty much resignable.} 1-0

[Event "Manhattan March Int"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Maurice Ashley"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.03.05"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]

{One of the most difficult tasks in chess is to judge material imbalances
properly. In games where diverse pieces are exchanged for one other, the rules
of play are not precisely calibrated, generalizations tend to be fairly
meaningless, and deep assessment and precise calculation rise in importance.
It's no wonder most players prefer to avoid unusual material imbalances in
their games; it's much easier to grab some space, create weak pawns and grind
the opponent down to dust in a superior endgame. However, avoiding the most
interesting questions in chess will not allow you scale the highest heights.
If you want to become a GM, to borrow from the legendary Mikhail Tal,
sometimes "you must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5,
and the path leading out is only wide enough for one." The following wild game
features just such a material imbalance. I played it in the tournament that
gave me my final norm for the GM title, and, as you will see, both sides made
quite a few mistakes in the complicated positions that appeared on the board.
That's only natural in this type of struggle; Mama didn't say chess was an
easy game. Fortunately, computer programs have allowed us to more easily 
(though not totally) explore this wacky and wonderful world of material mayhem.
} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 (5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. Bxc4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bb5+ {is main-line theory these days.}) 5...
exd5 6. Bg5 Qd6 7. e3 {White had to respect Black's next move in order to
fight for any whisper of advantage. Better was 7.Nd2 or 7.Bxf6.} (7. Nd2) (7.
Bxf6) 7... Ne4 $1 {Diagram [#]} 8. Qc2 (8. Bf4 $5 Nxc3 9. Bxd6 Nxd1+ 10. Bxb4
Nxb2 11. Rc1 Na6 12. Ba3 Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Rxc4 b5 15. Rc2 Bb7 {where
equality meets craziness.}) 8... Qg6 9. Bd3 h6 $2 {A mistake that should have
been punished severely.} (9... Bf5 10. O-O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 {would have
been one direction in which to guide the fight.}) 10. Bf4 $2 ({Missing the
audacious} 10. O-O $3 {Diagram [#]} Bxc3 (10... hxg5 11. Nxd5 {Black is
hanging everywhere, on e4, c7 and b4.} Bf5 12. Nxb4 (12. Qxc7 Bd6 13. Qxb7 g4 (
13... Qh5 14. Rfc1 Bxh2+ 15. Kf1 Ng3+ 16. fxg3 Bxd3+ 17. Kf2) 14. Ne5 Qh5 15.
h3 {wins, says the all-knowing sicilon eye.}) 12... g4 13. Ne5 Qh7 14. Nxg4
Bxg4 15. Qxc7 {when Black's attack goes nowhere while all sorts of threats (16.
f3, 16.Qe5, 16.Nd5, 16.Qxb7 hang over his head.}) 11. Bf4 $1 Nc6 (11... Ba5 12.
Qa4+ Nc6 13. Ne5) 12. bxc3 {Diagram [#] when White is better developed, has
the two bishops (one of which is currently hitting the c7 pawn), an open
b-file and more central control.}) 10... Bxc3+ {Getting rid of the annoying
knight.} ({For} 10... Qxg2 {I had planned} 11. O-O-O $1 {when my intuition 
(and some calculation) told me that I would be ok.} Nxc3 (11... Qxf3 12. Be2 (
12. Nxd5 Nxf2 13. Nxc7+ Ke7 14. Nxa8 Qc6 15. Bc4 b5 16. Nc7 Qxc4 17. Qxc4 bxc4
18. Nd5+ Kd7 19. Nxb4 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Kxc6) 12... Qh3 (12... Qxf2 13. Nxd5) 13.
Nxd5) 12. bxc3 Ba3+ (12... Qxf3 13. cxb4 Nc6 14. Rhg1 $1 Nxb4 15. Qa4+ Nc6 16.
Rxg7) 13. Kb1 Qxf3 (13... Bg4 14. h3 $1 Bxf3 15. Rh2 $3 Bxd1 16. Qxd1 Qxh2 17.
Bxh2 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Qb3 {is great for White.}) 14. Qa4+ Nc6 15. Qxa3 {
Diagram [#] is the definition of unclear.}) 11. Kf1 {The only move.} (11. bxc3
Qxg2 {is winning.}) 11... Bb4 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Ne5 Nd2+ $1 14. Kg1 $1 Nf3+ $1
15. Kf1 $1 Nfxe5 $1 {My opponent is known as a tremendous chess fighter, and
here stays true to his reputation. While I had no choice in the matter, he
decides to continue the battle into the dark woods.} (15... Nd2+ 16. Kg1 $11)
16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. Bxc7 O-O {Only seventeen moves have passed, but somehow this
game already has seen as much action as a complex middlegame. Now it's time to
assess the new setting that has emerged. Black has three pieces for a queen
and pawn. This should favor White in a strict material sense, but Black has so
many pieces that White might be dodging bullets for many moves to come. The
good news is that while the open c-file suggests a place for the rooks, but
the other pieces are fairly clueless as to their future outposts. Black also
has to be careful that the one weakness in his position, the d5-pawn does not
turn into a liability. The players still have a lot to prove.} 18. a3 Be7 19.
Ke2 $6 ({It's not in my nature to be greedy, but chasing the d-pawn might have
been the best way to maintain the balance. In positions with queen against
three pieces, passed pawns count doubly so.} 19. Qb5 Nh4 (19... a6 20. Qxd5 Be6
21. Qh5 Rfc8 22. Bb6 Bc4+ 23. Kg1) 20. Qxd5 Be6 21. Qh5 (21. Qb5 Rfc8 22. Bg3)
21... Rac8 22. Bg3 Rfd8 23. Bxh4 Rd5 24. Qd1 Bxh4 {Diagram [#] and White
should be ok, though not my kind of ok!}) 19... Nh4 $1 {Refusing to allow
White to consolidate. 19...Bg4+ 20.f3 Be6 was more solid.} (19... Bg4+ 20. f3
Be6) 20. Bg3 Nf5 (20... Nxg2 {was also interesting. Knights on g2 are normally
asking to be trapped, but in this position where "2+2=5" the word normally has
no place.} 21. h4 {Keeping the knight in.} f5 $1 22. f4 Re8 23. Bf2 Nxf4+ {24.
Kf3 was finally threatened.} 24. exf4 (24. Kf3) 24... Bxh4+ 25. Kf3 (25. Be3
Bf6 26. Kf3 Re4) 25... Bxf2 26. Kxf2 Re4 {when it's anybody's guess what's
actually going on here. The material balance clearly favors White for now, but
Black looks solid and is threatening to unravel quickly. These types of
position are little explored in chess literature because the queen is an
impressive enough piece to scare folks away from playing with the two pieces.
But the critical point is often the pawn structure and here White has none to
speak of.}) 21. Rhc1 Be6 22. Kf1 {Diagram [#]} Nxg3+ {Black decides to go on
the direct offensive, but this trade is strictly not necessary. Simpler was 22.
..Rfc8 with ....a6 and ...b5 to follow.} (22... Rfc8) 23. hxg3 Rfb8 {Seeking
to play 24...b5.} 24. Qd1 Na5 25. b3 Rc8 $2 {Finally Black errs and allows us
to spout a platitude. The side with the three pieces normally does best to
keep rooks on the board.} (25... a6 {would have keep the pieces and play alive.
}) 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Rc1 $1 Bxa3 $2 {And this is virtually a losing move.
Better was 27...Re8.} (27... Re8) 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Qa1 $1 Bb4 30. Qa4 Nc6 31.
Qb5 {Diagram [#] White now wins a critical pawn and the queen creates havoc in
the Black camp.} Bf8 (31... a5 32. Qxd5 Be6 33. Qb5 Bxb3 34. d5 Ne7 35. e4 $1 (
35. d6 Bxd6 36. Qxb3 Bb4 37. Qd3 Ng6 38. Qb5 {is not the kind of win worth
chasing.})) 32. Qxd5 Nb4 33. Qa5 a6 34. e4 $1 Bd7 35. Qb6 Bb5+ 36. Kg1 Bd3 37.
f3 Bc2 38. Qxb7 Bxb3 39. Qa8 $1 Ba4 40. g4 Bb5 41. d5 Nd3 42. d6 Nf4 43. g3 Ne6
44. f4 Nc5 45. e5 Nd7 46. Qd5 Be2 $2 47. e6 Nf6 48. exf7+ Kh8 49. d7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Myshkin, Lvov"]
[Black "Anonymous"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2012.07.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 {Diagram [#]} f6 (3... exd4) (3... Nd7) (3... Nf6) (
3... Nc6) (3... Qe7) 4. Bc4 Ne7 {Diagram [#]} 5. O-O (5. dxe5 fxe5 (5... dxe5
6. Bf7+) 6. Nxe5 {Diagram [#]} dxe5 7. Bf7+) 5... Nbc6 (5... Ng6) 6. dxe5 {
Diagram [#]} Nxe5 (6... dxe5 7. Bf7+) (6... fxe5 7. Ng5) 7. Nxe5 fxe5 8. f4 Ng6
{Diagram [#]} 9. fxe5 (9. f5 -- 10. Qh5) 9... Nxe5 10. Bb3 Bg4 {Diagram [#]}
11. Qd5 Bh5 (11... c6 12. Qd4 Qb6) 12. Qxb7 Qb8 {Diagram [#]} 13. Qd5 Be7 14.
Bf4 Bf7 15. Qd2 O-O {Diagram [#]} 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qd5 Qb6+ 19.
Kh1 Raf8 20. Nd2 {Diagram [#]} Qxb2 (20... Qd6) 21. Nc4 (21. Rxf7 Rxf7 {
Diagram [#]} (21... Qxa1+ 22. Rf1+) 22. Rf1 (22. Rb1 Qd4 23. Rb8+ Bf8) 22...
Bf6 23. Rb1 --) 21... Kh8 {Diagram [#]} (21... Qd4) 22. Qxf7 (22. Nxb2 Rxf1+)
22... Qxa1 23. Qxf8+ {Diagram [#]} Bxf8 24. Rxa1 1-0

[Event "WCh. Antalya (TUR)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2012.08.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 {# #} 10. Ne2 Be7 (10... Bc5) 11. b3 a5 12. a4 Be6 13.
Bb2 h5 14. Nfd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rad1 Kf7 18. g3 Bb4 (18...
g6) 19. Kg2 Bd2 20. Kf3 Rd5 21. Ke2 Rhd8 22. c4 R5d7 23. Bc1 Bc3 24. Rxd7+ Rxd7
25. f4 g6 (25... Kg6) 26. Rf3 Bb4 27. Rd3 Rxd3 28. Kxd3 {# #} Be7 29. Be3 (29.
Bd2) 29... c5 30. Ke4 b6 31. Kf3 Bf8 32. g4 $1 Be7 33. Kg3 c6 34. Kh3 Bd8 35.
Bf2 Bc7 36. Bh4 hxg4+ 37. Kxg4 Kg7 38. Bf6+ Kf7 39. Bh4 Kg7 40. Bf6+ Kf7 41.
Kg5 b5 42. Kh6 (42. axb5 cxb5 43. cxb5 Bb6) 42... bxa4 43. bxa4 Bb6 {# #} 44.
Be7 $2 (44. h3 Bc7 45. h4 Bb6) (44. h4 $1 Bc7 45. Kg5 Bb6 46. f5 exf5 47. h5
gxh5 48. Kxf5 $18 Ke8 49. Kg6) 44... Bc7 $2 (44... Kxe7 45. Kxg6 Bd8 46. h4 Kf8
47. h5 Kg8 48. h6 Bh4 49. h7+ Kh8 50. Kf7 Kxh7 51. Kxe6 Kg7) 45. Bxc5 Bd8 46.
Bf2 Be7 47. c5 Bf8+ 48. Kg5 Be7+ 49. Kg4 Ke8 50. Be1 Bxc5 51. Bxa5 Be7 52. Kf3
(52. h4) 52... Kd7 53. Ke4 c5 54. Kd3 Kc6 55. Kc4 Bh4 56. Bd2 Bf2 57. h3 Bg1
58. Bc1 Bf2 59. Bd2 Bg1 60. Kd3 (60. a5) 60... Bf2 61. Be3 Be1 62. Kc4 Bb4 63.
Bf2 Kb6 64. Be3 Kc6 65. Bg1 Kb6 66. Bf2 Kc6 67. Bh4 Bd2 68. Bg5 Be1 69. Be7 Bf2
70. a5 $1 Be3 71. Bg5 Bf2 72. h4 Bg3 73. a6 Bf2 74. h5 gxh5 75. f5 exf5 76. e6
Bg3 77. e7 Kd7 78. a7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.08.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. Ne4 Bd7 13. b3 h4 14. Bg5
Rd8 15. c4 b6 16. Rd2 Bc8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Rd1+ Ke8 {# #} 19. Bf4 $1 (19.
Bxe7) 19... c5 20. e6 Bxe6 21. Bxc7 f6 (21... Rh6) 22. Bb8 a6 23. Ba7 (23. Bc7
b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Nxc5 $1) 23... Bd8 24. Nc3 Kf7 (24... Ne7 25. Na4 Nc8 26.
Bxb6 Bxb6 27. Nxb6 Nxb6 28. Rd6 Bc8 29. Rxb6 Kd7) 25. Na4 b5 26. Nxc5 Bc8 27.
cxb5 axb5 28. a4 bxa4 29. bxa4 Re8 {# #} 30. Rb1 g5 31. Bb6 Be7 32. a5 Bxc5 33.
Bxc5 Re6 34. Rb6 Ng7 35. Be3 Nf5 (35... Rxb6 36. axb6) 36. Rb8 Re8 37. Ra8 Bb7
(37... Nxe3) 38. Ra7 Re7 39. Bc5 Rd7 40. a6 Bc6 41. Rxd7+ Bxd7 42. Nd2 Ke6 43.
Nc4 Bc6 (43... Kd5 44. Nb6+ Kxc5 45. Nxd7+ Kc6 46. Nxf6) 44. Nb6 Nd6 45. Bxd6
Kxd6 46. a7 Kc7 47. a8=Q Bxa8 48. Nxa8+ Kb7 49. f4 1-0

[Event "USA Ch.St.Louis"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2012.08.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {# #} 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 h6 11. b3 Ne7 12. h3 Ng6 13. Ne2 a5 14.
a4 Be6 15. Bb2 Bc5 16. Nd2 Rd8 17. Ne4 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Be7 19. f3 h5 20. Kf2 Bd5
21. N4g3 Bc5+ 22. Bd4 Bf8 23. c4 Be6 24. Ne4 b6 25. Bc3 c5 {# #} 26. Bb2 $1 Be7
27. N2c3 c6 (27... Nxe5 28. Nb5) (27... Bd8) 28. Nd6+ Kf8 29. Nce4 h4 30. Nb7
Ke8 (30... Rh5) 31. Nf6+ (31. Ke3) 31... gxf6 32. exf6 Rg8 $2 33. Ke3 Nf8 34.
Rd2 Nd7 35. fxe7 Kxe7 36. Nd6 f6 37. Kf4 Nf8 38. Bc3 Ng6+ 39. Ke4 Nf8 {# #} 40.
Ke3 Rg6 41. Kf2 Rg8 42. Ne4 Nh7 43. Kf1 $1 Rg6 44. Re2 Nf8 (44... Kd7 45. Bxa5
$1 f5 46. Bxb6 (46. Nf2 $6) 46... fxe4 47. Rxe4 $16) 45. f4 Nd7 46. Be1 Rh6 47.
f5 Bf7 48. Bd2 Rh8 49. Nxf6+ Kd8 50. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Chess Base 25 JT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gunter, Amman"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3R4/2N1Qnpk/3p4/q2p4/3P1P1P/3P2P1/5K2/3r4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2012.08.01"]

{# #} 1. Kf3 (1. Qxf7 Qe1+) 1... Rxd3+ 2. Kg4 Nh6+ 3. Kh5 Rxg3 4. Ne6 (4. Ne8
Ng8) 4... Qxd8 $1 5. Ng5+ $1 Rxg5+ 6. fxg5 Qf8 $1 7. g6+ Kg8 8. Qe6+ Kh8 9. Qf6
$1 Qe8 10. Qd8 Qg8 11. Qg5 $1 Qe6 12. Qxh6+ gxh6 13. g7+ Kh7 14. g8=Q+ Kxg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess Base 25 JT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gunter, Amann"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4K1nk/2B4p/6pq/3p1p2/3p4/p2P2PP/P4N2/5R2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2012.08.01"]

{# #} 1. Ng4 $1 fxg4 2. Be5+ Nf6+ 3. Rxf6 Kg8 4. hxg4 g5 $1 5. Bxd4 Qg7 6. Be5
$1 h6 $1 7. Bd4 h5 8. gxh5 g4 9. Ba1 $1 (9. Bc3 d4 10. Bxd4 Qf7+ 11. Rxf7) 9...
d4 10. Rg6 Qxg6+ 11. hxg6 $16 1-0

[Event "II American Continental"]
[Site "Buenos Aires ARG"]
[Date "2003.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zambrana, O."]
[Black "Krush, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r2k/ppq3np/2p3p1/NPPp1bb1/P2Pnp2/3B1P2/2Q3PP/1RN1BRK1 b - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.01"]

{Diagram [#]} 26... Ng3 $3 {It takes my computer a minute to suggest this move,
and a minute after that it's still at the evaluation =. Its other suggestion
is the retreat back to f6; but hey, my knight just came from there! This piece
sac on g3 was already preceded by a piece offer on e4. But while the knight
jump to e4 is pretty standard, this one is more unusual. The idea is simple-
promote the pawn to g3 and infiltrate on h2 with the queen. White needs to
accept the sacrifice unless he wants to give up the exchange.} 27. hxg3 fxg3
28. f4 {Trying to stop both Be3+ and the queen from coming to f4 (not the best
defense, but most likely White is lost whatever he does.)} Rxe1 $6 {Why only a
rook? The queen sacrifice 28...Qxf4!! would've been more stylish.} (28... Qxf4
29. Rxf4 Rxe1+ 30. Rf1 Be3+ 31. Kh1 Rxf1+ 32. Bxf1 Bxc2 33. Rb2 (33. Ra1 Rf8
34. Ne2 Rf5 35. Nxg3 Rf4 $19) 33... Rf8 34. Be2 Rf4 {finishing up with a nice
mate on the h-file.}) 29. Rxe1 Qxf4 {Now I'm down an entire rook, but the
threats are huge.} 30. Bxf5 Qxd4+ $6 {Ok, in time trouble I didn't play this
attack as well as it deserved :)} ({The simple} 30... Nxf5 {with either Qh4 or
Qxd4 is -8.}) 31. Kf1 Rf8 32. Rb3 Bxc1 (32... Nxf5 {was again the way to go:}
33. Rf3 Qh4 34. Qd3 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Re8+ $19) 33. Rf3 (33. Rxc1 Nxf5 $19) 33...
Nxf5 34. Qxc1 Qh4 35. Ke2 Nd4+ {White most likely lost on time here. But Black
will take the rook on f3 with a winning position.     I think the Zambrana
appreciated being beaten in his own style. After the game he smiled and said
"nice game." Yes, it was certainly nice, to sacrifice a piece on every move!!
I felt like such a hero :)} 0-1

