[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "William Root"]
[Black "Dion Su"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Annotator "Alexey Root"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bc4 Bb4 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Qe2 Qa5 9. Bd2 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Rd1 O-O 14. a3
Be7 15. O-O Qd8 16. Rfe1 Bf6 17. Be3 Qa5 18. Qd2 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3
Rfc8 21. Bd4 Nb6 22. Rb1 Nc4 23. Rb3 Rc6 24. f4 f6 25. a4 a6 26. Re2 Rac8 27.
Kf2 {Diagram [#]} Nd6 28. Rxe6 Ne4+ 29. Rxe4 dxe4 30. Ke3 Rc4 31. Kxe4 Rxa4 32.
Kd3 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar"]
[Black "Anand"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Alexey Root"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2rb3/1p2kppp/p3p3/8/3N1P2/1P6/1PPR2PP/2K1R3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "24"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rd5 2. Nxe6 Rxd2 (2... fxe6 3. Rxd5) 3. Nd4+ Kf6 4. Kxd2 Rd8
5. c3 Bc6 6. g4 h6 7. Re5 Bg2 8. Ke3 g5 9. Kf2 Bd5 10. h4 gxf4 11. Rh5 Be4 12.
Rxh6+ Bg6 13. h5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trivia #1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Andy Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7P/8/5k2/7R/8/1q3K2/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram [#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trivia #6"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Andy Soltis"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. b4 Qxb4 5. Rb1 Qd6 6. d4 c6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8.
Bc4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rb3 O-O 11. Ba3 Qc7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Ne5 Nbd7 14. Re1
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Qh5 b5 17. Bd3 g6 18. Qh6 Nc5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bb7
21. g4 f5 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. g5 Rf7 24. Rbe3 c5 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Rxe6 Qf8 27.
Rxg6+ Rg7 28. Rxg7+ Qxg7 29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Re7+ Kg6 31. Rxb7 a6 32. h4 Rh8 33.
Rb6+ Kh5 34. Rxa6 Kxh4 35. Rh6+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trivia #17 II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "Andy Soltis"]
[PlyCount "32"]

1. e3 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nh3 e5 4. Qf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e4 6. Bxe4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Be7 8.
Ng3 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qf4 Bd6 11. Qc4 Bxh3 12. gxh3 Qd7 13. h4 Qh3 14. b3 Ng4
15. Re1 Qxh2+ 16. Kf1 Qxf2# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trivia #18 III"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "Andy Soltis"]
[PlyCount "21"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 Nd7 7. Qe2 d4 8. Nb1
h5 9. h4 g5 10. hxg5 Qxg5 11. d3 {Diagram [#]} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trivia #19 I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "Andy Soltis"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Be3 Ne6 8.
Bxe6 Bxe3 9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. fxe3 d6 12. e5 *

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alexander Stripunsky"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Andy Soltis"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 Nfd7 8.
Nb3 a5 9. e5 a4 10. h4 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Nbd4 Nxc5 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Ne5 Qa5+ 16. Kf1 Qc7 17. Re1 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Rf5 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nxc6 Qc5
21. Ne5 d4 22. Kg1 Qd5 23. Nc4 Rb8 24. Rh3 Ba6 25. Rg3 Rbf8 26. Nb6 Qd6 27.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 28. Rxe6 R8f6 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30. Nxa4 Rc6 31. b4 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Ra1 33.
Nc5 Bb5 34. Ne6 g6 35. Rf3 h6 36. Nxd4 Be8 37. Re3 Bf7 38. Re2 Bxa2 {Diagram 
[#]} 39. Re8+ Kf7 40. Ra8 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Andy Soltis"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. h3 Be7 7. Nbd2 cxd4 8. cxd4
O-O 9. a3 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Bh2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ba6 Rc7 15.
Nd2 Bc6 16. Qe2 Qa8 17. e4 Bb7 18. Bd3 e5 19. Nc4 b5 20. Na5 exd4 21. Bxb5 Ne5
22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rd1 Qb6 26. a4 h6 27. Bg3 Qc5 28.
Kh2 Bf6 29. f4 Ng6 30. Bd3 h5 31. b4 Qxb4 32. Qxh5 Qxa4 33. e5 dxe5 34. fxe5
Rc5 35. Re1 Nf8 36. Qg4 Be7 37. Rb1 Qd7 38. Bf5 Qd5 39. Rb8 g6 40. Re8 Rc7 41.
Bxg6 fxg6 42. Qxg6+ Kh8 43. e6 Rb7 44. Qf7 Rb2 {Diagram [#]} 45. Rxf8+ Bxf8 46.
Qxf8+ Kh7 47. Qf7+ Kh8 (47... Kh6 48. Bf4+) 48. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Robert Lee Hess"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Andy Soltis"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nd7 6. Nb3 Ne7 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Be3 Nf5 10. Bd3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 f6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. g4 Bf7 14. Qe2 Qc7
15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Kb1 a5 17. Qc2 e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Bxh7 a4 20. Nbd2 Be7
21. h4 a3 22. Ng5 Bg8 23. Bxg8 Rdxg8 24. Ndf3 e4 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. Nf5 Bxg5 27.
hxg5 Rxh1 28. Rxh1 axb2 29. Qxb2 Kb8 30. Rh6 Nc4 31. Qh2 Qxh2 32. Rxh2 Rxg5 33.
Rh4 Ne5 34. Nh6 Rg6 35. Kc2 Ka7 36. Kb3 Kb6 37. Kb4 c5+ 38. Kb3 Ka5 39. Rh5
Rb6+ 40. Kc2 Nc4 41. Nf5 Rb2+ 42. Kd1 Rxa2 43. Ke1 Rg2 44. Rg5 Ne5 45. Rg7 b5
46. Ne7 Rxg4 47. Rxg4 Nxg4 48. Nxd5 Ka4 49. Nb6+ Kb3 50. Nd7 Kxc3 51. Nxc5 Nf6
52. Ke2 b4 53. Kd1 Kc4 54. Na4 Kd3 55. Nc5+ Kxe3 56. Kc2 Nd5 57. Kb3 Kf3 58.
Kc4 {Diagram [#]} e3 59. Nd3 (59. Kxd5 e2 60. Nd3 b3) 59... e2 60. Ne1+ Kf2 61.
Nd3+ Ke3 62. Ne1 Nf4 63. Nc2+ Kd2 64. Nd4 Nd3 65. Nf3+ Kc2 66. Nd4+ Kd1 67. Nf3
Ne5+ 0-1

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "A Ramirez"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Andy Soltis"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Bf3 Nd5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
Nd2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Qc2 Be7 19. Rfd1 Qc8 20. Rac1 Nf6 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Na5 Qe4 23. Rd4 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Rxd4 25. Bxd4 Ra8 26. Nc6 Bf8 27.
Bxf6 gxf6 28. a5 Bd6 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Ke2 Ke8 31. Rc4 Rc8 32. Kd3 Kd7 33. Nxb4
Rb8 34. Kc3 Rb5 35. Nxa6 Rxa5 36. Nb4 Rg5 37. g3 Rh5 38. h4 Ra5 39. Nd3 Ra2 40.
Ra4 Re2 41. b4 e5 42. b5 f5 43. Ra7+ Ke8 44. b6 e4 45. Nf4 Rxf2 46. Ra5 Rf1 47.
Rb5 Rc1+ 48. Kd4 Rd1+ 49. Kc4 Rc1+ 50. Kd5 Kd7 51. b7 Bb8 52. Kd4 Rd1+ 53. Kc3
Ke7 54. Rxf5 Rb1 55. Kd4 Rb4+ 56. Kd5 Rxb7 57. Kxe4 Kf8 58. Kf3 Rb1 59. Rh5 Kg7
60. Rg5+ Kf8 61. Nh5 h6 62. Rc5 Ke7 63. Ng7 Kf6 64. Nf5 Ba7 65. Ra5 Bb6 66. Rd5
Ke6 67. e4 Bc7 68. Rc5 Rb3+ 69. Kg4 Kd7 70. Rd5+ Ke8 71. e5 Rb6 72. Kh5 Rg6 73.
g4 Rc6 74. Rb5 Kf8 75. Nxh6 Re6 76. g5 Rxe5 77. Rb7 Rc5 78. Ra7 Kg7 79. Ra8 f6
80. Rg8+ Kh7 81. Rf8 fxg5 82. Rf7+ Kh8 83. hxg5 Ba5 84. Rd7 Bc3 85. Kg6 Rc6+
86. Kf7 Be5 87. Ng4 Bc3 88. Nf6 Bxf6 89. gxf6 Kh7 {Diagram [#]} 90. Ke7 (90.
Kf8+ Kg6 91. f7 Rc8+ 92. Ke7 Kg7) 90... Rc8 91. Rd8 Rc7+ 92. Kd6 Rf7 93. Ke6
Ra7 94. f7 Ra6+ 95. Ke7 Ra7+ 96. Ke8 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "Andy Soltis"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.05.07"]

1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Nge7 6. Na3 Nf5 7. Nc2 h5 8. Bd3 g6
9. O-O Be7 10. Bxf5 gxf5 11. d4 h4 12. dxc5 Bxc5+ 13. Be3 Be7 14. h3 b6 15. Qe2
Nb8 16. Rfd1 Ba6 17. Qe1 Nd7 18. b4 Nf8 19. a4 Bc4 20. Ncd4 Qd7 21. b5 Ng6 22.
Nc6 Kf8 23. Nd2 Bd3 24. c4 Kg7 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Nb1 Bc4 27. Qc3 Qe6 28. Nd2
Rhc8 {Diagram [#]} 29. Nd4 Qd7 30. e6 fxe6 (30... Qb7 31. Nxf5+ Kf8 32. Qg7+
Ke8 33. Qxf7+ Kd8 34. Nd6) 31. Nxf5+ Kf8 32. Qg7+ Ke8 33. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2012.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Robert Lee Hess"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "Andy Soltis"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.05.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bd6 6. d4 Qe7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. Re1 Ba3 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. f4 Bxc1 13. Rxc1 d6 14. exd6
cxd6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. h3 Rc8 17. Bb3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rc5 19. Re3 Nc7 20. e5 dxe5
21. Qxb7 a5 22. Qe4 Ne6 23. fxe5 Re8 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Rdd3 h6 26. Bd5 Qb6 27. c4
Qb1+ 28. Kh2 Qxa2 {Diagram [#]} 29. Bxe6 fxe6 (29... Rxe6 30. Rd8+) 30. Rd7 Kh8
(30... Qf2 31. Qg6 Qf8 32. Rf3) 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. Rg3+ Kf8 33. Qh7 1-0

[Event "ABC-241"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1922.10.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "H. Wolf vs. D. Prezepiorka"]
[Black "Pistyan 1922"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "Bruce Pandolfini"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d3
Na5 9. Ne2 Nxb3 10. axb3 c5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. h3 Bf8 {
Diagram [#]} 15. Nh4 d5 (15... g6) 16. Bg5 Qc6 17. Qf3 dxe4 (17... Re6 18. Nhf5
(18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. exd5 Qd7 20. Qe4 Rf4)) 18. dxe4 Re6 19. Rad1 Bb7 20. Rfe1 c4
21. Nhf5 Rc8 22. bxc4 {Diagram [#]} bxc4 (22... Qxc4 23. Nh6+ gxh6 (23... Kh8
24. Nxf7+) 24. Bxf6 Bg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rd7 Rf6 27. Nh5+) 23. Re2 a5 (23...
c3 24. bxc3 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. Rd8) 24. c3 Nd7 25. Red2 Nc5 26. Rd8 Re8 (
26... Nd3 27. Ne7+) (26... Rxd8 27. Rxd8 Re8) 27. R8d6 Bxd6 (27... Qc7 28. Qg4)
28. Rxd6 Qc7 29. Bf6 Re6 (29... gxf6 30. Qg4+) (29... Ne6 30. Bxe5 Qc5 31. Bxg7
Nxg7 32. Qg4) (29... g6 30. Nh6+ Kf8 31. Bg7+ Kxg7 32. Qf6+ Kf8 (32... Kxh6 33.
Nf5+) 33. Qh8+ (33. Ngf5 gxf5 34. Nxf5) 33... Ke7 34. Ngf5+ gxf5 35. Nxf5#) 30.
Qg4 g6 31. Qg5 {Diagram [#]} Rxf6 (31... Kf8 32. Qh6+ Ke8 33. Ng7+ Kf8 34.
Nxe6+ Ke8 35. Qf8#) (31... Rxd6 32. Qh6 Ne6 33. Ne7+ Qxe7 34. Bxe7) 32. Qxf6
Ne6 (32... gxf5 33. Nxf5 Ne6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Nh6#) 33. Nh6+ Kf8 34. Rxe6 {
Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "ABC-241"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Bruce Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5pkp/3qprp1/8/4Q2N/5B1P/5PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.21"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rf4 0-1

[Event "ABC-241"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Bruce Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/5ppp/5q2/8/6b1/2Q2NPn/2R2PKP/3r4 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.21"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qxf3+ 2. Qxf3 Rg1# 0-1

[Event "ABC-241"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Deflection"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Bruce Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5ppk/4b2p/8/5n2/5P2/1BR2RPP/1r1r1BK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.21"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Bc4 2. Rxc4 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-241"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Bruce Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5k2/6n1/8/8/5qBK/7Q/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.21"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nf4+ 2. Kh4 Qh5# 0-1

[Event "ABC-241"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Bruce Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/5ppp/4q3/8/5n2/3rRbB1/5P1P/2Q2K2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.21"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qh3+ 2. Ke1 Ng2+ 3. Kf1 Nxe3+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-241"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Bruce Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "q5k1/3r1p2/8/8/8/3nN3/5P2/QR3K2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2012.10.21"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.21"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qh1+ 2. Ke2 Nf4# 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vidmantas Malisauskas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator ",Mike"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Bb5 Na6 12. Kb1 Nc7 13. Bb6 Nd7 14. Bxc7 Qxc7
15. a4 Nb6 16. g4 Rfd8 17. Qe2 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Nd2 Rac8 21.
Ne4 Be6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. h4 Qb6 24. c3 Bd7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Kc2 Qc6 27. b3
h6 28. h5 Qe6 29. Nd2 Bg5 30. Nc4 f5 31. gxf5 Qxf5+ 32. Qe4 Qf7 33. Kb2 Rd5 34.
Rh2 Bf4 35. Rg2 b5 36. Nxa5 bxa4 37. Qxa4 Qxh5 38. Nc4 Kh7 39. Qc6 Qf7 40. Nd6
Qe6 41. Qb7 Bg5 42. Ne4 Be7 43. c4 Rd7 44. Qb5 Qh3 45. Rf2 Bh4 46. Rc2 Rd3 47.
Nf2 Bxf2 48. Rxf2 Qh4 49. Qb6 Qf4 50. Rg2 g5 51. Qb7+ Kg6 52. Qc6+ Kg7 53. Qb7+
Kg6 54. Qb6+ Kg7 55. Re2 Rxf3 56. Qc7+ Kg6 57. Qc6+ Kh5 58. c5 Qd4+ 59. Ka2 Rf2
60. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 61. Ka3 g4 62. Qe8+ Kh4 63. Qe7+ Kh3 64. c6 Qb6 65. Qd7 Qb5 66.
Qd6 Qa6+ 67. Kb2 h5 68. Qd5 Qb6 69. Qd3+ g3 70. Qf5+ Kh4 71. Qe4+ Kh3 72. b4 g2
73. Qf3+ Kh2 74. Qxh5+ Kg1 75. Qd1+ Kf2 76. Qc2+ Kf1 77. Qc4+ Ke1 {
[Starting digram here]} 78. c7 {after Nakamura gained some time on the clock
with random checks, he eschews the draw and gamely fights on} 78... g1=Q 79.
Qc3+ Kd1 80. Qc1+ Ke2 81. Qc4+ {it was gripping to see one queen fight against
two, not knowing when Nakamura would promote} 81... Kf3 82. c8=Q {finally}
82... Qgd4+ 83. Qc3+ Qxc3+ 84. Qxc3+ Kf4 85. Qd2+ {and now the begin decision
for black. Should he run his king back toward the queenside to ensure a draw,
or should he continue to press by having his king assist his own pawn?} 85...
Kf3 {Not a mistake per se, but this was the much riskier option. Black was
better for much of the middlegame, and perhaps he had not shifted his
expectations of the position.} 86. Qd3+ Kf4 87. Qf1+ Kg3 88. Qd3+ Kf4 89. Qd2+
Kf3 90. Qd5+ {goading black into playing} 90... e4 91. b5 Kf4 92. Kc1 e3 {
still well within the drawing zone, but it sure seemed easier to start the
endless checks. If white trades queens. the black king is still inside the
square of the b-pawn.} 93. Kd1 Qa5 94. Ke2 {
suddenly we see the white king doing more than black's king.} 94... Qc3 95.
Qf7+ Ke4 96. Qe6+ Kf4 97. Qd6+ Qe5 98. Qb4+ Kf5 99. b6 Qh2+ (99... Ke6 {=})
100. Kxe3 Qg1+ $2 {Tablebases say that 100...Ke6 is now the only move that
holds, but Malisauskas could not have been thinking clearly after the amazing
turn of events. This is a nightmare ending to defend against Nakamura, and as
becomes apparent, every tempo counts.} 101. Kd3 Qf1+ 102. Kd4 Qg1+ 103. Kc4 Ke6
{black's king would prefer to either be right in front of the pawn, or far
away like on a bottom corner. Instead, he is stuck in between, and will only
get in the way of his queen's checks.} 104. b7 Qf1+ 105. Kc5 Qf8+ 106. Kb5 Qf1+
107. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "2012 Olympiad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kurbonboyeva, Sarvinoz"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator ",Mike"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 c6 10. Ba3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bg4 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Rac1 h5 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Kh7 16. Rc2 Bh6 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Rb1 Nd7 19. Bc1 Bxc1 20. Rbxc1 Qxb4 21.
Rb1 Qa5 22. Rxb7 Rfd8 23. Qe3 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Bd1 Qb7 26. Rc1 Nc5 27. Rb1
Qd7 28. Be2 Kg7 29. Qg3 Kh7 30. Qe3 Rf8 31. f4 exf4 32. Qxf4 f6 33. Nb5 Nc8 34.
Rc1 Re8 35. Qxf6 Rxe4 36. Bf3 Re7 37. Nd4 Rf7 38. Qg5 Qe7 39. Qd2 Nb6 40. Re1
Qh4 41. Ne6 Nxe6 42. Rxe6 Nc4 43. Qf2 Qg5 44. h4 Qc1+ 45. Re1 Qc3 46. Qe2 Ne5 {
[Beginning diagram here] Abrahamyan had solved her middlegame problems and
stood slightly better thanks to her outposted knight. That's when her opponent
played} 47. Qe3 $2 Rxf3 $1 48. gxf3 Qxe1+ {and white resigned rather than wait
for 49. Qxe1 Nxf3+ 50. Kf2 Nxe1 51. Kxe1 g5 52. hxg5 Kg6 with an elementary
win.} 0-1

[Event "40th Olympiad Women"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Krush, I."]
[Black "Nguyen Thi Mai Hung"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.03"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "Vietnam"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VIE"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 {My opponent
didn't seem ready for the Panov-Botvinnik variation. Here she makes a normal
looking move, which is already something of an inaccuracy.} 7. c5 $1 {The
correct theoretical response, which I learned after facing 6...Nc6 in a game
at the end of 2011. In that game, I didn't push the c-pawn, and Black got to
capture on c4 with tempo (after I'd moved the Bf1), thus getting a very
acceptable IQP position.} Be7 8. Bb5 {Making it difficult for Black to get in .
..b6.} O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Re1 {An improvement over 11.Rb1? which I played
against Alena Kats in May's US Women's Championship. White has to control the
e4 square, preventing ...Ne4.} a6 11. Ba4 ({I also considered} 11. Bxc6 {but I
just wasn't sure about changing the pawn structure} bxc6 {and now the
queenside pawn expansion isn't really a plan.}) 11... Qc7 12. a3 (12. Rb1 $5)
12... Rad8 13. b4 Rfe8 14. Bc2 Bc8 {Diagram [#] Up until this point, I've
pretty much carried out everything White needs to in this position. Now it was
time to logically advance the queenside pawns, ie Rb1,a4, b5. Instead I start
fooling around with useless moves.} 15. Qd3 g6 {What was the point of inviting
...g6? So that I'd have to worry about Black's bishop coming to f5?} 16. h3 {
A rather vague move, preventing ...Ng4 ideas.} (16. Rb1 {This is still logical,
but now I was worried about ...e5 and ...Bf5 ideas. In chess mistakes usually
don't come one at a time...I was already unhappy with Qd3 and this unhappiness
manifested itself in my next moves.}) 16... Nh5 17. Ba4 {I've lost the thread
of the game completely over the last few moves. Here I got afraid of Black
carrying out the ...e5 break after something like ...Bf6 and hurried to
control that square. But meanwhile, what happened to my queenside play? That's
the only part of the board where White can carry out a constructive plan, and
it looks like that plan has been totally abandoned.} Bf8 18. Qd1 {The queen
was not so well placed on d3- especially since ...e5 is looming in the air now.
} Bd7 19. Bg5 Ra8 {I was happy to see this move- Black will be further away
from ever carrying out the ...e5 break.} ({I was trying to provoke} 19... f6 {
so that at least the Bf8 cannot find a nice diagonal for himself on g7.}) 20.
Qd2 {From this point on, I get back on track, recreating some of the harmony
amongst my pieces that I destroyed from move 15-18. Now the knight is stuck on
h5, for if it ever leaves, White will have the powerful Bf4.} f6 21. Be3 f5 22.
Bh6 {Trading the dark squared bishops in this position is logical, isn't it...}
Be7 23. Bb3 $1 {Black's play has been dubious, and I sensed that it would have
to be refuted tactically. So to that end, I placed the bishop on this nice new
diagonal, practically the only one I haven't tried him on yet :) Third time's
the charm.} Nf6 {Right, Black's only real idea is to install that knight on e4.
} 24. Ng5 {You can call this a "prophylactic" move against ...Ne4.} Nd8 (24...
Ne4 25. Ngxe4 {The comp suggests 25.Rxe4 followed up by Nxd5 with a big
advantage to White, but my attacking skills are more modest...} fxe4 26. Nxe4
dxe4 27. d5 {I was thinking of something along these lines, which looked quite
nice for White.}) 25. Re2 Bf8 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. Rae1 Ne4 28. Ngxe4 fxe4 {
Diagram [#]} 29. Bxd5 {I finally get to execute this piece sac, which has been
in the air since the 23rd move. With such perfect coordination for White and
two central passed pawns, such a sac requires nearly no calculation.} exd5 30.
Nxd5 Qb8 31. Rxe4 {Black is not going anywhere, so I don't need to hurry with
Nb6, although that was good too.} Nc6 32. Nb6 Bf5 33. R4e2 {The game will be
decided on the strength of the d-pawn.} Qc7 34. Nxa8 Rxa8 35. d5 {Diagram [#]
The logical outcome of the piece sac. White's position is so pretty!} Rd8 36.
Qh6 {With the small threat of Re8+ and also taking the knight.} Qg7 37. Re8+
Rxe8 38. Rxe8+ Kf7 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. dxc6 bxc6 {It's probably not necessary
to publish the rest of the moves. An exchange and two pawns is enough to win.}
41. Re7+ Kg8 42. Ra7 Bd3 43. f4 Bc4 44. Kf2 Bb5 45. Ke3 Bf1 46. g3 Bb5 47. Kd4
h5 48. Ke5 Kh8 49. Kd6 Kg8 50. a4 Bxa4 51. Rxa6 Bb5 52. Rxc6 {The funny thing
is that the computer doesn't judge my middlegame play too harshly, and says I
never relinquished the advantage! But psychologically speaking it was a tough
game for me, where I was drifting and knew I was drifting, and had to deal
with feelings of total disgust with myself as the game was in progress. I was
lucky to find the thread at some point and regain control of the game, and
having given it up once, I was extra determined not to give it up again :)} 1-0

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Alexander Grischuk"]
[Black "Gata Kamsky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator ",Mike"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Bg4 Bxg4 9. Qxg4 g6 10. c4 Nc7 11. Rd1 Bg7 12. Nc3 Qc8 13. f4 c5 14. Ne2 f5 15.
Qg3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Rd5 b5 20. Rxb5 Qxc4 21.
Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 a6 23. Rba5 Rd8 24. Kf2 Kf7 25. Bg5 Rhe8 26. Re1 Rb8 27. Ra3
Rb5 28. e6+ Kg8 29. g3 Rb6 30. Re2 h6 31. Be3 Rxe6 32. Bc5 Rc6 33. Bxe7 Kf7 34.
Bb4 Rxe2+ 35. Kxe2 Bxb2 36. Ra2 Be5 37. Bd2 g5 38. b4 Ke6 39. Kd3 Bf6 40. Be3
Be7 41. Rb2 h5 42. b5 axb5 43. Rxb5 g4 44. Bf4 Bf6 45. Rb7 Ra6 46. Rh7 Ra3+ 47.
Ke2 {[Beginning diagram here]} Ra2+ 48. Kf1 Kd5 {Kamsky prefers active pieces
to munching pawns, but this was the time to be greedy.} (48... Rxh2 {should
win more forcingly, though the on-air commentators were worried about the
unlikely drawingeffort} 49. Kg1 Rh3 50. Kg2 h4 $2 (50... Be5 51. Bxe5 Kxe5 52.
Rh8 Kf6 (52... h4) 53. Rf8+ Kg6 54. Rh8 Kg7) 51. Rh6 $1 {when black stymied.
However, 50...Be5 seems to break through after the likely 51. Bxe5 Kxe5 52.
Rh8 Kf6 (52...h4 wins too, but there is no need to allow counterplay) 53. Rf8+
Kg6 54. Rh8 Kg7 and black is finally untangling enough to play ...h4 without
fear.}) 49. Rxh5 Ke4 50. h3 gxh3 51. Rxh3 Bd4 52. Rh5 Rf2+ 53. Ke1 Rg2 54. Kf1
Kf3 55. Be3 $6 {not technically a blunder since the endgame is a book draw 
(the emotionless computer likes it too, but silicon does not have nerves), but
with only a minute of starting time to defend such a complicated ending, 55.
Ke1 is so much easier. After 55...Bf2+ 56. Kd1 and black cannot win the g-pawn
and save his f-pawn.} (55. Ke1 Bf2+ 56. Kd1) 55... Bxe3 56. Rxf5+ Kxg3 57. Re5
Rf2+ 58. Ke1 Kf4 59. Re8 Ra2 60. Kd1 Kf3 61. Re7 $4 {allowing the standard
rook-and-bishop mating motif. ...Rd8, ...Rf8 or ...Rh8 all draw.} (61. Rd8) (
61. Rf8+) (61. Rh8) 61... Rd2+ 62. Ke1 Rd8 63. Rf7+ Bf4 64. Rf6 {the rook must
stay on the f-file to prevent ...Bg3+ and ...Rd1#.} (64. Rf5 Re8+ $1 65. Kd1
Rc8 $19) 64... Rc8 0-1

[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator ",Mike"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 e6 11. e4 Nc6 12. O-O Na5 13. Qd1 Qc7 14. Qf3 b6 15.
Ba3 Rd8 16. e5 Ba6 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Bb4 Bh6 19. Qd1 Nc6 20. Ba3 Na5 21. Bb4
Nc6 22. Ba3 Na5 23. Nb1 b5 24. h4 Nc6 25. Bc5 Qb8 26. Qe2 Na5 27. Nd2 Rxc5 28.
dxc5 Qc8 29. Nf3 Qxc5 30. Nh2 Bg7 31. h5 g5 32. h6 Bxh6 33. Qh5 Bg7 34. Qxg5
Nc6 35. Ng4 Qe7 36. Qxe7 Nxe7 37. a4 d4 38. axb5 Bxb5 39. Rxa7 d3 40. Rxe7 d2
41. Rd1 Be2 42. Ne3 Bxe5 43. c4 h5 44. Ra7 h4 45. Ra2 Bxd1 46. Nxd1 hxg3 47.
fxg3 Bxg3 48. c5 f5 49. Ra7 e5 50. c6 e4 51. Bh3 Rc8 52. Ra6 Rf8 {
[Starting diagram here]} 53. Ra5 {
starting off by fixing all of Kramnik's pawns on the same color as his bishop.}
53... f4 54. Kf1 e3 55. Ke2 Rf6 {the pawns are blockaded, but how to dismantle
them? Nakamura first probes with some checks.} 56. Ra8+ Kg7 57. Ra7+ Rf7 58.
Rb7 Kf6 ({of course not} 58... Rxb7 $2 59. cxb7 Kf6 60. Bg2 (60. b8=Q $2 f3+
61. Kxf3 Bxb8 $11) 60... Ke7 61. Bf3 Kd7 62. b8=Q) 59. Kf3 Re7 $2 {which meets
an astonishing demise that Nakamura saw beforehand. It is natural for Kramnik
to want to improve (he threatens to get his pawn going, and if 60. Bf1 he can
walk his king closer to the c-pawn).} (59... Kg7 $2 60. Be6 $18) (59... Kg6 {
puts up more resistance, but Nakamura can still win by activating his knight
and keeping an eye on the black pawns.}) 60. Rxe7 Kxe7 61. c7 e2 62. c8=N+ $3 {
the only way to win} (62. Kxe2 $2 f3+ 63. Kxf3 Bxc7 $11) 62... Kf6 63. Kxe2 Ke5
64. Nb6 Kd4 65. Bg2 Be1 66. Nd5 Ke5 67. Nb4 Bh4 68. Nd3+ Kf5 69. Kxd2 Kg4 70.
Ke2 Bf6 71. N1f2+ Kg3 72. Bf3 Bd8 73. Ne4+ Kh4 74. Ne5 {Nakamura never
captures the f-pawn - partly because you sometimes need an enemy pawn to win
with two knights, but partly because he just doesn't need to.} 74... Bc7 75.
Ng6+ Kh3 76. Ne7 Bd8 77. Nf5 Bb6 78. Kf1 Kh2 79. Bg4 f3 80. Nh4 {
Kramnik resigned rather than allow the two knights to mate his king.} 1-0

[Event "2012 Olympiad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Goletiani, Rusudan"]
[Black "Ankhchimeg, Bayanmunkh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator ",Mike"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Bb2 c5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e3
Bd6 9. Nc3 Rc8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nh4 O-O {[Beginning diagram here]} 12. Nf5 Bb8
$2 {Black's position is already nearly untenable. The retreat is
understandable, but it met with a surprising shot. If something like 12...Ne5,
13. Nb5 and all of black's pieces and pawns are being pressured.} 13. Nxd5 $1
Bxd5 14. Bxd5 {and the bishop is taboo since after 14...Nxd5 15. Qg4 ends the
game right away (15...g6 16. Nh6#). Goletiani went on to win without any
trouble. (1-0,33)} 1-0

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Robson, R."]
[Black "Macieja, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator ",Ray"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.10"]
[WhiteTeam "United States Of America"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 {Macieja plays the Taimanov and Accelerated Dragon, so this wasn't a
surprise. However, the Caro-Kann was also a possibility.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Nxd4 $5 {The first small
surprise. I knew that Macieja had played this once before, but he had played
Be7 recently and hadn't repeated this move. I actually didn't know anything
about this line except his game against Nepomniachtchi.} 9. Qxd4 (9. Bxd4 {
isn't good here due to} e5 10. Be3 Bb4 11. f3 d6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ke7 $1 {
with a great position for black.} (13... O-O 14. Qxd6 Qxc3 15. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 16.
Bxc5 Re8 {is not too bad for black, but isn't necessary.})) 9... Ng4 10. Qb6 ({
I was thinking about} 10. Bg5 {, but after} f6 11. Bh4 Bc5 12. Qd2 O-O {black
has a good position.}) 10... Qc6 ({of course} 10... Qxb6 11. Bxb6 {would be
horrible for black.}) 11. Bd4 ({Here} 11. Qxc6 bxc6 12. Bb6 d5 {is fine for
black since his pawn has moved from b7 to c6.}) 11... e5 {This is the whole
point of Nxd4. Black finally gets the dark-squared bishop, but he has to
weaken the d5 square.} 12. Be3 (12. Nd5 exd4 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8+ Qxb6 15.
Nxb6 Nxf2 {is less than nothing for white.}) 12... Be7 (12... Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Bc5
{isn't good because after} 14. Qg5 O-O 15. Qxe5 Bxf2 $2 ({Black should play} 
15... b5 {, but after} 16. f3 {white is still up a pawn.}) 16. Rd6 {followed
by Nd5 white is much better.}) 13. h3 (13. Be2 {was logical.} Bg5 $5 (13... d6
14. Rd3 $5 {A computer move, with the idea of activating the rook on the 3rd
rank.} Be6 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Nd5 Rc8 17. Qb3 {and the Rc3 idea gives white
some play.}) 14. Qa5 (14. Qxc6 Bxe3+ 15. fxe3 dxc6 {and black defends the
knight on g4.}) 14... Bd8 15. Qc5 (15. Qd5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 (16. Qxe5+ Qe6 17.
Qxe6+ dxe6 18. fxe3 Bc7 {can't be worse for black.}) 16... Qxd5 17. Rxd5 Bc7 {
is equal.}) 15... Be7 (15... Nxe3 16. Qxe3 O-O 17. Kb1 {is just a game.}) 16.
Qxc6 dxc6 17. Bb6 Be6 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Na4 {is perhaps a little
better for white.}) (13. Nd5 {is the most common move here, which was also
played by Nepomniachtchi against Macieja. After} Bd8 14. Qb3 d6 {the position
is similar to the game, except that my queen is on b3, which I don't like.
Black seems okay, and since Macieja was repeating this line, he must have
thought so as well.}) 13... Nxe3 14. Qxe3 d6 (14... O-O {was a better move. In
this position d6 isn't necessary, and black can instead continue with b5 and
Bb7. The position should be equal.}) 15. g3 Qc5 {Playing this means that black
is resigned to suffering a bit.} (15... O-O 16. f4 b5 {would lead to a normal
position where I would prefer white, but both sides have chances.}) 16. Qxc5
dxc5 {So, instead of an interesting middlegame, we have an ending where white
is slightly better.} 17. h4 {This move just gives white the possibility of Bh3
at some point.} Be6 (17... b5 18. Bh3 $14 (18. a4 c4 $1 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxb5
O-O {is a typical computer resource. After} 21. Bxc4 Bg4 {black apparently
gets enough counterplay.})) 18. Nd5 Rd8 (18... Bd6 {was more interesting. In
some positions black can allow an exchange of bishops as long as he puts his
pawns on b5 and c4.} 19. Bh3 b5 20. c4 {and white is still slightly better.})
19. Bc4 (19. Nc7+ Kf8 20. Nxe6+ fxe6 {doesn't help white at all.}) 19... Bxd5 (
19... Bd6 {was another option, but after} 20. a4 {keeping his two bishops
won't relieve black's suffering.}) 20. Bxd5 Rb8 {At this point I wasn't sure
how to continue. I didn't have any clear plan, so I just took control of the
a-file and tried to advance on the kingside. From now until move 40 both sides
didn't have much time, but fortunately my moves weren't too hard to make. By
the way, this seems like the kind of position that Karpov would win game after
game.} (20... Rd7 $2 21. Bxf7+ $1 {wins a pawn.}) 21. c3 O-O 22. Kc2 b5 23. a4
c4 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra1 Bc5 26. f4 {I've taken control of the a-file, and now
I try to combine that with some kingside advances. Black should be able to
hold, but it is quite unpleasant to defend this.} exf4 27. gxf4 Rfc8 28. h5 Kf8
29. Ra6 Bb6 30. Rh3 Rc7 31. Rh1 {I decided that my rook wasn't really doing
anything on h3, so I just went back.} Ke7 32. Rd1 Be3 33. Re1 Bb6 {This is
okay, but Rb6 would have been even better.} (33... Bxf4 $2 34. Rf1) (33... Rb6
$1 {and now I have to exchange, because otherwise black has Bxf4 and Rf6.}) 34.
e5 Rc5 35. Be4 g6 $6 {I hadn't really made progress up to here, but in the
next few moves things took a good turn.} (35... g5 $1 {forces} 36. hxg6 hxg6 {
when black is close to a draw.}) 36. Rd1 g5 $2 {This is the first real mistake.
Black needed to play} ({something like} 36... Rc7) 37. Rd6 Bc7 38. Rdc6 ({I
wanted to play} 38. Ra7 {, but after} gxf4 39. Bc6 {black has} Rc8 $1 {and
white has nothing.}) 38... Rxc6 39. Rxc6 Kd7 40. Rf6 Ke7 {Time control was
made, and I had a chance to think about the position. At first I wasn't sure
how much better I really was, but eventually I realized that I had very good
chances. I checked Gata's game and he had somehow managed to get a winning
endgame, so I knew that if I won we would probably win the match.} 41. Bd5 Rf8
42. Rc6 $1 Kd7 (42... Bb8 43. Rb6 Rd8 44. Rxb5 gxf4 45. Bxc4 {looks winning.})
43. fxg5 {Here my opponent thought for a long time, but didn't come up with a
good defence.} Rg8 $2 (43... Bxe5 44. Rc5 Rb8 45. Bxf7 Bh8 {and black can
still try to defend.}) (43... Re8 44. Rc5 Rxe5 45. Rxb5 Bd8 46. Bxc4 Rxg5 47.
Rxg5 Bxg5 48. Bxf7 {I actually didn't realize that this was winning during the
game. The key plan is, after playing b4 and c4, to put the bishop on a4. Then
white plays Kc2, and eventually he can play c5+. Black can give up the bishop,
but white is able to prevent black's king from getting to the corner in h8.}
Kc6 49. b4 Be7 50. Kb3 Bf6 51. c4 Bd4 52. Be8+ Kb6 53. Ba4 Be3 54. Kc2 Bf2 55.
Kd3 Bg1 56. c5+ Bxc5 57. bxc5+ Kxc5 58. Bb3 {and white wins.}) 44. Rc5 Bxe5 ({
After} 44... Rxg5 {I have} 45. e6+ $1 fxe6 $2 46. Bxe6+ Kxe6 47. Rxg5) 45. g6
$1 {This is why Rg8 wasn't good enough.} Rb8 (45... hxg6 46. Bxf7 Bd6 47. Rxb5
Rh8 48. hxg6 {and white will win the c4 pawn as well.}) 46. Bxf7 Bh8 47. gxh7
Ke7 48. Bg6 Kd6 49. Rg5 {White should be winning easily by transferring the
rook to g8.} b4 50. Bf7 bxc3 51. bxc3 Rb3 (51... Rb7 52. Rg8 {is just like the
game.}) 52. Rg3 Rb7 (52... Kc5 53. Bxc4 $1 {wins.}) 53. Rg8 Rxf7 54. Rxh8 Rd7 {
This should be winning very easily, but it took me some time to win.
Fortunately, black can only wait here.} 55. Kd2 Ke5+ 56. Ke3 Re7 57. Kf3 Rf7+
58. Ke3 (58. Kg4 Kf6 {wasn't what I wanted, so I went back and played h6.})
58... Re7 59. Kd2 Rd7+ 60. Kc2 Kd5 61. h6 Kd6 62. Kd2 Ke5+ 63. Ke3 Re7 64. Kf3
Rf7+ 65. Ke2 (65. Kg4 Kf6 66. Kh5 Kf5 67. Rg8 Rxh7 68. Rf8+ {was just winning,
but I didn't see this until after I moved.}) 65... Re7 (65... Kf4 {would lose
to} 66. Kd2 Kf5 (66... Rd7+ 67. Kc2 Rf7 68. Kb2 {and the king will walk up to
the c4 pawn.}) 67. Ke3 Re7+ (67... Kg6 68. Rg8+ $1 Kxh7 69. Rg7+ Rxg7 70. hxg7
Kxg7 71. Kd4) 68. Kd4 Re4+ 69. Kd5 Re5+ 70. Kxc4) 66. Ke3 {Now black is in
zugzwang; whichever way his king goes, my king will go the other way.} Kd5+ 67.
Kf4 Ke6 68. Kg5 Ke5 69. Rd8 Rxh7 70. Kg6 Ra7 71. h7 Ra6+ 72. Kg5 1-0

[Event "US Masters "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andrews, T."]
[Black "Chen, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Todd Andrews"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r1rnk1/pp2b1p1/1qp2p1p/3pP3/3P1P2/P2B2N1/1PQ3PP/3R1R1K w - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

{Diagram # A color complex is created in chess when one side greatly weakens
one set of squares, light or dark, in a particular section of the board. I
tell my students to listen to the "language" of the pawns. In this position
against one of the invited junior players, black has placed all of his king
side pawns on dark squares leaving the light squares ripe for the pickin'.} 24.
Nf5 {Garry Kasparov's favorite move! The knight takes over the first of many
light squares that will be occupied on the black king side.} c5 {Now the white
Queen begins a decisive journey to the king side.} 25. Qf2 (25. Qe2 {kind of
leads to the same place, but is slightly more accurate. Of course, placing the
Queen on g4, rather than g3, adds attacking possibilities on the light
diagonals d1-h5 and h3-c8 for the Queen as well.} c4 26. Qg4 Ne6 27. Nxh6+ Kf8
28. Qg6 gxh6 29. Qxh6+ Ng7 30. Bg6 {continues to pound the light squares and
wins the game.}) 25... Ne6 26. Qg3 Kf8 27. Qg6 $1 {Now the light-squared,
color complex is obvious and the black king has no way out.} c4 28. Be2 {...
and here black resigned. The game might have concluded with...} Qxb2 (28... Kg8
29. Nxh6+ Kh8 30. Bg4 Nf8 31. Qf7 gxh6 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. Qxe7 {...decides the
game as well. Remember that checkmate is only one of the two possible goals
when starting a king side attack. Winning material will work just as well.})
29. Bh5 Kg8 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Nxe7 {...and white has totally busted through
using f5, g6, h5 and f7.} 1-0

[Event "US Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aleskerov, F."]
[Black "Yankovsky, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Todd Andrews"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r2r1k1/1b3p2/3p2p1/1p2n1B1/2q1P3/2Pp2QP/1P4B1/R4RK1 w - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

{Diagram # Only one title norm was achieved in Greensboro. International
Master-Elect Faik Aleskerov already had enough of them though. He was more
interested in gaining the rating points with this final round victory against
a strong, young IM.} 29. Qh4 {White has sacrificed the advantage in this game
to go for an all-or-nothing type attack on the king. It turned out to be the
correct formula in many of these U.S. Masters battles. White's 29th move sets
up to take over the weakened dark squares on black's king side.} Nd7 $8 {The
"box move", or "only move" stops the invasion of f6 by the dark-squared bishop.
} (29... Ra8 $4 {If black just plays any old move, then he will be in big
trouble on the dark squares.} 30. Bf6 {Pay attention to the lack of control
that black has. All of his king side pawns live on the light squares and they
have totally abandoned the dark squares.} Rxa1 31. Qh8#) 30. Rf4 {This move
does a lot of positive things. It protects e4, prepares a doubling of the
rooks on the f-file, offers a possible e4-e5 discovery and the rook could lift
over to h4 in the future. If you can find that many reasons to play a move,
its probably the right one.} Re5 31. Kh1 {A necssary defensive move by white. .
..Qc5+ would have forked the king on g1 and the bishop on g5. I call this a
"mature" move to my students. Before you can attackin, take your opponent's
counterplay against your exposed king away.} Rbe8 {Black is defending very
well.} 32. b3 {White realizes he is in trouble here. If black can capture on
e4 and liquidate some of white's potential attackers, then the game will be
over. The move b3 is almost kind of a chess bluff. Faik offers up a pawn
confidently as if it can't be captured. The idea will soon be reveled.} Qc5 $4
{Diagram #} (32... Qxb3 $1 {"The only true way to challenge a sacrifice is to
accept it!" -Mikhail Tal} 33. Raf1 d2 {From b3 the black queen even controls
the queening square. White has nothing as f7 is soundly gaurded.} 34. Rxf7 Qxf7
35. Rxf7 d1=Q+ 36. Rf1 Qxf1+ 37. Bxf1 Rxe4 {would finish it up quite quickly.})
33. Rxf7 $1 {A common attacking theme. White tries to deflect the black king
away from h7.} Nf8 (33... Kxf7 {Even Tal's formula can't save black in this
position.} 34. Qh7+ Ke6 (34... Kf8 35. Bh6#) 35. Rf1 $1 {Including all the
pieces in the attack seals the deal!}) 34. Rxb7 Rxg5 35. Raa7 {Pigs on the
7th! Although here there is no one for them to eat except the black king.} Rh5
36. Rg7+ Kh8 37. Qf6 {...and a final occupation of the weakened dark squares
finishes the event.} Qe5 38. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "2012 US Masters"]
[Site "Greensboro, NC"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "GM Gildardo Garcia"]
[Black "NM Joshua Colas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "Todd Andrews"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

{In this game, white's attack is so powerful that he can force his own
dark-squared complex on the black king, despite black not weakening his pawn
structure around the castled king.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5.
Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Qc7 8. Re1 Bc5 9. Nf3 d6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 12.
Bg5 Be7 13. Bf4 Bc5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 O-O 17. Qf3 Qd8 18. Rd1
Qb6 {Diagram # Here I would just suggets to my students to mentally cut the
board in half. All those white pieces on the king side vs. all those black
pieces on the queen side is an obvious signal to attack their king.} 19. Bh6
Bd6 20. Qf6 $5 {You have to give this move a "!" for the entertainment value
and a "?" for the accuracy.} (20. Bxg7 $1 {Not as pretty, but much stronger.}
Kxg7 21. Rg4+ Kh6 (21... Kh8 22. Qf6#) 22. Qh3#) 20... gxf6 (20... Bxe5 {Keeps
black alive, but is still losing.} 21. Qxe5 f6 22. Qg3 Ra7 23. Be3 {game over.}
) 21. Rg4+ Kh8 22. Bg7+ Kg8 23. Bxf6# 1-0

[Event "US Masters "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Myers, Dominique"]
[Black "(IM) Cox, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Todd Andrews"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2qk2r/pp1n3p/1bp1bpp1/3Np3/1PP1P3/6Q1/P1P1N1PP/R1B2R1K w kq - 0 15"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

{Diagram # In these first two examples, we will refer back to simple, pawn
chain theory. A pawn chain is like a tall building. If you destroy the bottom
of it, the entire structure will come crashing down.} 15. Nxf6+ $1 {As few as
two pawns can make up a pawn chain and the same theory applies to it.} Nxf6 16.
Qxe5 {...and now the top of the chain comes crushing to the ground creating
serious threats for white's pieces.} Qe7 17. Bg5 Bxc4 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. e5 $2
{Now white gets too fancy with his pawn play. He feels that piling up on the
pinned piece at f6 is the best way to go. However, it was time for white to
collect the fruits of his efforts.} (19. Bxf6+ Ke6 20. Bxh8 Bxe2 21. Rfe1 $18 {
...and white will be up the exchange and a pawn.}) 19... Bxe2 20. Rfe1 Ke6 21.
exf6 Kf5 22. Bh6 Bc4 23. f7 Rhf8 24. Re7 Kf6 $2 (24... Rfd8 25. Rae1 g5 26.
f8=Q+ Rxf8 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Rxb7 Kg6 {...and black's bishop pair should
decide the game.}) 25. Re4 Rxf7 26. Rxc4 Re8 $4 (26... Ke5 {gets the black
King out of hot water and leaves the game fairly even.}) 27. Rf4+ {Here black
resigned, because of...} Ke7 28. Re1+ Kd8 29. Bg5+ Rfe7 30. Rf7 {and white
wins an entire rook.} 1-0

[Event "US Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "(GM) Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "(GM) Kelekidze, Melik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Todd Andrews"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3b2rr/q2k4/b3p3/p1Rp1p1p/Pn1P1N1P/4NBP1/3Q1P1K/1R6 w - - 0 32"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

{Diagram # White's position is obviously preferable due to the unfortunate
placement of black's King. Black's only hope is that the pawn structure in
front of his King can hold off the white offensive. However, white uses
fundamental, pawn chain theory to bust him open.} 32. Nxe6 $1 {The first step
in tearing down the pawn defenses.} Kxe6 33. Nxd5 Nd3 34. Nf4+ Nxf4 35. Qxf4 {
...and now with black's King totally exposed, white swoops in to finish him
off.} Bf6 36. Bd5+ {...at this point, white could announce mate in 6. Here the
Grandmaster playing black resigned.} Kd7 37. Qxf5+ Kd8 38. Qxf6+ Kd7 39. Qe6+
Kd8 40. Qd6+ Ke8 41. Re1+ Qe7 42. Qxe7# 1-0

[Event "2012 US Masters"]
[Site "Greensboro, NC"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "(GM) Giorgi Margvelashvili"]
[Black "(IM) Robert Hungaski"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "Todd Andrews"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

{In this game, the Masters champion uses multiple pins to tear down the pawn
defenses in front of the Black King. Once the pawn shield has been stripped
away, white is able to win black's Queen.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3
Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. exd4 d6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. d5 e5 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nge4
Nbd7 12. f4 a6 13. Kh1 Qc7 14. Be3 exf4 15. Bxf4 O-O-O 16. Rc1 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 f5
18. c5 $1 {An awesome move!} bxc5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 g5 21. Rxc5 dxc5 22.
Bxf5+ Kb8 23. Bxc7+ Kxc7 24. Qe1 Bf6 25. Qg3+ Kb6 26. bxc5+ Ka5 27. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "US Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaufman, L."]
[Black "Gelashvili, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Todd Andrews"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/pb3ppp/1p2p3/8/1b1r3q/1Q6/PP2BPPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

{Diagram # Black has a pawn and bishop for the exchange in this position. More
importantly though, he has the killer B's on attack!} 18... Bd6 $1 {Those
side-by-side bishops firing parallel on your king is not what you want to see
when sitting across the board from a strong Grandmaster... pawn weaknesses or
not.} 19. f4 Rxf4 20. Rxf4 Qxf4 21. Qh3 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Qxb2 23. Re1 Qd2 24. Qh4
g6 {Black is still careful about his own king, even when on the assault.} 25.
Bf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Bxh2 {The white queen is overworked. One pawn after another
is picked off.} 27. Rf1 Bd6 28. a4 Bc5 29. Qe4 a5 30. f4 Bd6 31. Qf3 Qd4 32.
Rb1 Bxf4 33. Rf1 e5 34. Rd1 Qxa4 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Qd5 Qa1+ 37. Kg2 Qb2+ 38. Kf3
Qc3+ 39. Kg2 Qg3+ 40. Kf1 Be3 41. Ke2 Qf2+ 42. Kd1 Qf1+ 43. Kc2 Qc1+ 44. Kb3
Qb1+ 45. Kc3 Qb4+ 46. Kc2 Qc5+ {...and white resigned. The rook can't stop all
those pawns.} 0-1

[Event "US Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kaufman, L."]
[Black "Moradiabadi, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Todd Andrews"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r1k1/pbqn1pbp/1pp3p1/8/2BpP2B/2P2N2/P1Q2PPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

{Diagram # GM Kaufman had his own story to tell with the Killer B's in this
game against the strong, Iranian GM.} 16. Bxf7+ $1 {Here white's bishops
criss-cross each other in attack and it has a brutal effect on black's king.
Unfortunately this move is fiction. GM Kaufman found another way to win the
game a little bit later.} Kxf7 17. Qb3+ Kf8 18. Ng5 Re7 (18... Nf6 {...somehow
black has to protect f7.} 19. Bg3 $1 {Rerouting the bishop to fight parallel
along side the white queen.} Qe7 20. Bd6 {...and the pin helps the mate on f7.}
Qxd6 21. Qf7#) 19. Nxh7+ Ke8 20. Qg8+ Nf8 21. Nxf8 Bxf8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rxd4
{None of this occured in the game. Its just an excellent example of attack.}
1-0

[Event "2012 US Masters"]
[Site "Greensboro, NC"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "GM Eugene Perelshteyn"]
[Black "GM Vladimir Romanenko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Annotator "Todd Andrews"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. e4 {This is one of my favorite games from the event. White's attack is so
much fun to watch, but then out of nowhere black could realize the best
defense is a strong offense!} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6.
Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. Nd4 Bb7
13. Kb1 Be7 14. h4 h6 15. Be3 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 Nc5 18. Bd3 Qc7 19. g4 Nxd3
20. cxd3 O-O 21. g5 h5 22. g6 Bc5 23. Rdg1 Qb6 24. Qf2 Rc7 25. Rg5 b4 26. Rhg1
f5 27. Qe2 Bxd4 28. Qxh5 Re8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7+ Kd8 32. Qf6+
Kc8 33. Bxd4 Qxd4 34. g7 Qxd3+ 35. Ka1 Kb8 36. g8=Q Rxg8 37. Rxg8+ Ka7 {The
black king has exhausted himself running across the board. Now white makes a
mistake and black realizes his best defense now is a strong offense!} 38. Rd8
$4 Qe3 $4 {These types of mistakes are common right around move 40.} (38... Qd2
$1 39. Rb1 Rc1 {...and white is suddenly toasted on the back rank!} 40. a3
Rxb1+ 41. Kxb1 Qd1+ 42. Ka2 b3#) 39. Rb1 Rc1 40. Qe7 Rxb1+ $4 {...but there is
no excuse for this mistake. Once you passed move 40, you received an
additional 30 minutes on your clock.} (40... Qg1 {...game over.}) 41. Kxb1 Qe1+
42. Kc2 Qe2+ 43. Kc1 Qe1+ 44. Kc2 Qe2+ {At the end of the game you can make a
psychological observation. Black had been under so much pressure and had been
so down and out that in his head it was hard to adjust to the possibility that
he might actually be winning the game. I have found myself in this situation
many times and it is a tough adjustment.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andrews, T."]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Annotator "Todd Andrews"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

{Now I will conclude with a loss of my own where my opponent played with an
extremely aggressive defense to refute my attack.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. Bd2 Nbd7
11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 a5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. e4 Nxc3+ 15. Bxc3 O-O 16. h4 b5 17.
h5 b4 {Here I got a wild hair. I was one of two Southeastern Masters vying to
win a prize and I decided to go for the all-or-nothing attack myself. I knew
it would be fun and it was the last round so maybe some fatigue would help the
side attacking. There is a serious problem with this though...} 18. hxg6 $2 {
This fails, but there are a lot of ways for black to go wrong.} (18. Bd2 a4 19.
Qe3 {I should be more patient and let my attack develop instead of going cave
man on him.} g5 20. h6 g6 21. Rc1 {...and white has some long term pluses if
he can fight off black's attack.}) 18... a4 19. Qc2 bxc3 20. Bc4 Rfb8 $1 {
Black is now attacking too!} (20... fxg6 $2 21. Bxe6+ Rf7 22. Qxc3 {is good
for white.}) (20... Nf6 $6 21. Rh3 Rfb8 22. Rdh1 Kf8 23. Rh8+ Ng8 24. Qxc3 {
offers white much better chances than the game.}) 21. Qxc3 Qa5 {I envisioned
this as black's best defense. I saw I could keep on the attack and complicate
it further.} 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bxe6+ Kxe6 24. Qxc6+ Kf7 $3 {The tempo is more
important than the material. After I take the knight back, black's offensive
springs to life. Well played by my opponent.} (24... Bd6 25. e5 Qc7 26. Qxd6+
Qxd6 27. exd6 Kxd6 {gives white better drawing chances.}) 25. Qxd7 Ra7 $1 {
This move defends horizontally and sets up further attacking possibilities
down the b and c-files.} 26. Qf5+ Qxf5 27. exf5 Rab7 28. Rd2 Ba3 29. b3 axb3
30. axb3 Rxb3+ 31. Kc2 Rb2+ 32. Kd3 Rxd2+ 33. Kxd2 Rb2+ 34. Kd3 Rxg2 {...and
since our focus is not on converting endgames today, I will leave the rest for
your own interpretation.} 35. Ra1 Be7 36. Ra6 Rb2 37. Ke4 Rb7 38. Ra2 Bf6 39.
Rd2 Re7+ 40. Kf4 Rd7 41. Ke4 Ke7 42. Rd1 Ra7 43. Rd3 Kd6 44. Rb3 Rd7 45. Rb6+
Kc7 46. Rb4 Kc6 47. Kd3 Rd8 48. f4 Rd7 49. Ke4 Re7+ 50. Kd3 Re1 51. Kd2 Rh1 52.
Kd3 Rd1+ 53. Ke4 Kd6 54. Rc4 Ke7 55. Rc7+ Ke8 56. Rc4 Kf7 57. Kd5 Kg8 58. Kc5
Kh7 59. d5 Kh6 60. Rc2 Kh5 61. Rg2 Rf1 62. d6 Rxf4 63. d7 Rxf5+ 64. Kd6 g5 65.
Ke6 {Diagram [#]} (65. Rh2+ Kg6 66. Rh8 Rf3 {puts the fire out of that threat.}
) 65... Kg6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gatica, Jose"]
[Black "Lambrecht, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "1050"]
[Annotator "Lev Alburt"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.09.07"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. d3 e5 {Diagram [#]} (5... c5) 6. e4
d6 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. O-O Be6 9. h3 Nd7 10. Be3 Nc5 {Diagram [#]} (10... f5) 11.
Qd2 (11. Nd5) 11... Nb4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 (12... Ncxd3 13. --) (12... Nbxd3 13. b4)
13. cxd5 Bd7 14. b4 (14. Rfc1) (14. Qc2) 14... Na4 15. Qc2 c5 {Diagram [#]} 16.
dxc6 (16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Bxc5 Rc8) 16... Bxc6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Rab1 Bb5 19. Rfc1
Rfc8 20. Nc3 Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Ba4 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qa3 Bc2 {Diagram [#]} 24. Rc1
b6 25. Bf1 Rc6 (25... Rc7) 26. b5 Rc7 {Diagram [#]} 27. Qb4 (27. Qb2 Ba4 (27...
Qc8) 28. Rc4) 27... d5 28. Qb2 d4 29. Rxc2 (29. Bd2 Qc8) 29... Rxc2 30. Qxc2
dxe3 31. fxe3 Qxb5 {Diagram [#]} 32. d4 Qd7 33. d5 Bh6 34. Kf2 Bf8 {Diagram [#]
} 35. g4 (35. Qc6 Qxc6 (35... Qd8 36. h4 Bc5 37. Bh3)) 35... Bc5 36. Qc3 Qe7
37. Qd3 Kf8 38. Qd2 Qg5 39. Bb5 {Diagram [#]} Qf4+ 40. Ke2 Qh2+ 41. Kd1 Qxh3
42. d6 Qxg4+ {Diagram [#]} 43. Be2 Qd7 0-1

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lundy (ID), George (ID)"]
[Black "Menella (NJ), James (NJ)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1649"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p4p2/1p3kp1/2p5/2P1KP1p/1P5P/P5P1/8 w - - 0 49"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2012.09.19"]

{# #} 49. a3 Ke6 50. b4 $2 a6 $2 (50... cxb4 51. axb4 a5 $1 52. c5 a4 53. cxb6
Kd7 54. b7 Kc7 55. Kd4 Kxb7 56. Kc4 Kb6 57. b5 a3 58. Kb3 Kxb5 59. Kxa3 Kc4 {
wins}) 51. Kf3 $2 (51. bxc5 bxc5 52. Kf3 Kf5 53. Ke3 f6 54. Kf3 g5 55. fxg5
fxg5 56. g3 {still equal}) 51... Kf5 $2 (51... cxb4 52. axb4 a5 $1) 52. Ke3 $2
(52. bxc5 $11) 52... f6 53. Kf3 g5 54. fxg5 fxg5 55. g4+ hxg3 56. Kxg3 cxb4 57.
axb4 a5 $4 58. c5 $1 bxc5 59. b5 $4 (59. bxa5 $3) 59... Ke6 60. Kf3 a4 61. b6
Kd6 62. b7 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Finding Confidence - My Best Move"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ballantyne"]
[Black "Hoffman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "Rochelle Ballantyne"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 10. O-O b5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Qg3 Nfd7 13. Ne2 Bc5+ 14. Kh1
O-O 15. Bf4 Rae8 16. a3 Qd8 17. b4 Bb6 18. Rad1 Re6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bh6 Re7 21.
Be3 Bc7 22. Qf2 a5 {Diagram [#]} 23. Bc5 $5 {I don't really know why I played
this move, I was just looking for a way to open the game and play exciting
chess rather than boring chess.} Nxc5 24. Bc4+ Nxc4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxc5 {
Diagram [#] At this point, Shredder thinks this is still a drawn game despite
having a knight and a queen for a rook and two bishops.} Rd6 27. Ng3 g6 $2 {
After this I finally got the opening I was looking for. Shredder instead
suggests, maintaining the drawn position:} (27... Bb6 28. Qh5 Re5 29. Nf5 {
Diagram [#]}) 28. Rxf6 axb4 29. axb4 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Bd6 31. Qxc6 {Whatever black
plays I take the pawn on b5 securing the win} 1-0

