[Event "New Dehli "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PARAGUA"]
[Black "DEBASHIS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Kasparov"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/pp1qrp1b/1npb3k/7B/2pP3Q/7P/PP3P2/2KR4 w - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "27"]

{Diagram #} 23. Bxf7+ $6 (23. Rg1 Qg4 $3 {"I have searched my memory and my
database without finding a move of such startling beauty." Writes Kasparov} 24.
Rxg4 $4 (24. Qxg4 $4 Rg8) (24. Bxg4+ Kg7 25. Bf5+ Bg6 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qg4 Kh8
28. Qh4+ (28. Qxg6 Bf4+ 29. Kc2 Rf8 30. Rg4 Rh7 31. Rxf4 Rxf4 32. Qe8+ Kg7 $11)
28... Kg7 29. Qg4 Kh8 30. Qh4+ $11) 24... Re1+ 25. Kd2 Bb4#) 23... Kg7 24. Rg1+
Kf8 $4 (24... Qg4 $3 {"The point is the clearance of the d7 square for the
black king." -Kasparov} 25. Rxg4+ Kxf7 26. Qxh7+ Ke8 27. Rg7 Kd7 28. h4 Nd5 29.
h5 Kc7 30. h6 Kb6 $15) 25. Qh6+ Kxf7 26. Qxh7+ Ke6 27. Qe4+ Be5 28. Qxe5+ Kf7
29. Qh5+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qh7+ Ke6 32. Qe4+ Kd6 33. Qf4+ Kd5 34. Rg5+ Ke6
35. Qe5+ Kf7 36. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "Chicago, Illinois"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[Black "Andrew Soltis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 a6
9. a4 Qa5 10. Nh3 Ne5 11. Nf2 {Diagram [#]} b5 12. cxb5 Qb4 13. Ncd1 Qxd2+ 14.
Bxd2 axb5 15. Bxb5 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Bc3 Nfd7 18. Ke2 Rfa8 19. b3 g5 20.
Ne3 Rb8 21. Rhb1 Rab6 22. Ra3 R6b7 23. g3 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Bxc3 25. Nd1 Bb4 26. Ra2
Kf8 27. Kd3 Ke8 28. Nde3 Nf8 29. f4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Ng6 31. Rf2 f6 32. Kc2 Kd7
33. Rg1 Rh8 34. f5 Ne5 35. Nxe5+ fxe5 36. Nc4 Rbb8 37. Rfg2 Rbf8 38. Rg3 Rf6
39. Rh3 Ke8 40. Kd3 Kf7 41. Rh5 Kf8 42. a5 Ke8 43. a6 1-0

[Event "Tallinn (Estonia)"]
[Site "Tallinn (Estonia)"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "V Liberzon"]
[Black "Leonid Stein"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B74"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. f4 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf3 Rc8 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rad1 Nb4 {Diagram [#]}
14. Qd2 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxa2 16. Bd4 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bf2 Rc7 19. c4 Qe7 20.
Ra1 Nb4 21. Rxa7 Nc6 22. Ra4 Nd8 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. Rxb4 Ne6 25. Bg4 Re8 26. Bxe6
Rxe6 27. c5 bxc5 28. Nxc5 Nxc5 29. Bxc5 Kg7 30. Be3 Rec6 31. Rfb1 Ba6 32. Rb6
Bc8 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Rb5 f6 35. Bc5 Ra6 36. Rb8 Be6 37. Rb7+ Bf7 38. Rb6 Ra1+
39. Kf2 Bc4 40. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.12.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Najdorf Sicilian"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B98"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. fxg5 Nfd7 (10... hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nbd7 {Diagram [#]} 12. O-O-O)
11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.12.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Position from Chess Strategy"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Be3 Na5 6. Nf3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Nxc4 8.
dxc4 {Diagram [#]} f5 *

[Event "Anand-Gelfand World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.05.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Boris Gelfand"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2012.05.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Bd3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7
15. c4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rfe8 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Bh4 Qd6 19. c5 bxc5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21.
Bh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxd6 Rxc1+ 23. Rd1 Rec8 24. h3 Ne5 25. Qe2 Ng6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Kh2 Rc7 29. Qb2 Kg7 30. a4 Ne7 31. a5 Nd5 32. a6 Kh7 33. Qd4 f5
34. f4 Rd7 35. Kg3 Kg6 36. Qh8 Nf6 37. Qb8 h5 38. Kh4 Kh6 39. Qb2 Kg6 40. Qc3
Ne4 41. Qc8 Nf6 42. Qb8 Re7 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 fxg4 45. Qe5 Ng8 46. Qg5+ Kh7
47. Qxg4 f6 48. Qg2 Kh8 49. Qe4 Kg7 {Diagram [#]} 50. Kh5 Kf8 51. Qc2 Kg7 52.
Qg2+ Kf8 53. Qe4 Kf7 54. Qg6+ Kf8 55. Kh4 Rd7 56. Qe4 Re7 57. Qd4 Kf7 58. Kh5
Kf8 59. Qd6 Kf7 60. Qd3 f5 61. Kg5 Rc7 62. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Soviet Spartakiad 1975"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.12.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Evgeny Sveshnikov"]
[Black "Mikhail Podgaets"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
exd5 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Nf3 Be6 19. a3 Rfc8 20. Re3 Ra4
21. h3 b5 22. Rb3 b4 23. Rxb4 Rxb4 24. axb4 Rc4 25. Ra4 b5 26. Ra2 Rxb4 27. Kf1
Bf5 28. Ke2 Bb1 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Ne5 Rxb2+ 31. Ke3 f6 32. Nd7 Ba2 33. h4 h5 34.
Nf8+ Kh6 35. Ne6 Bc4 36. Rh8+ Kg6 37. Nf4+ Kf7 38. Rxh5 b4 39. Nxd5 Re2+ 40.
Kf3 b3 41. Nb6 b2 42. Nxc4 b1=Q 43. Kxe2 Qa2+ 44. Nd2 Qe6+ 45. Kd3 Qg4 46. Rc5
Qxg2 {Diagram [#]} 47. f3 Ke6 48. h5 Qh3 49. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Black "Sethuraman P Sethuraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. a3 cxd4 11. exd4 Rd8 12. Qc2 Qh5 13. Be2 Qg6 14. Bd3 Qh5
15. Rd1 e5 16. d5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bf4 Rxd5 19. Qb3 Rd8 20. Re1 Be6 21.
Qxb7 Bf6 22. Bc7 Re8 23. Rac1 Bd5 24. Qb5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 g6 26. Bg3 Rd8 27. Qa6
Kg7 28. Qxa7 Qg5 29. Qa5 h5 30. f3 h4 31. Bc7 Ra8 32. Qb5 Rc8 33. Ba5 Rc1 34.
Bf1 Rc2 35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Qxe2 Qc1 37. Qd2 Qb1 38. Kf2 d3 39. Bc3 Bc4 40. Bxf6+
Kxf6 41. g3 hxg3+ 42. hxg3 g5 43. a4 Kg6 44. g4 f5 45. gxf5+ Kxf5 46. Qc3 Qxf1+
47. Kxf1 d2+ 48. Qxc4 d1=Q+ 49. Kg2 Qd2+ 50. Kh3 Qxb2 {Diagram [#]} 51. Qf7+
Ke5 (51... Qf6 52. Qxf6+) 52. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tsegmed Batchuluun"]
[Black "M[Event "40th 16th Unive Crown Hoogeween"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/1R6/2p1p2r/b2pB1p1/3P2P1/2P2PK1/8/8 w - - 0 53"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]

{# #} 53. Rg7 Bd8 54. Kg2 Be7 55. Rg8+ Kd7 56. Ra8 c5 57. Rg8 cxd4 58. cxd4 Rh7
{# #} (58... Rh4 59. Kg3 Rh1) 59. f4 $1 gxf4 60. g5 Bd6 61. Bf6 Be7 (61... f3+
62. Kxf3 Rh4) 62. g6 f3+ 63. Kxf3 Rh5 64. Be5 1-0

[Event "1st FIDE GP London"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3k3/1p4p1/1Bb1Bp1p/P1p1bP1P/2Pp2P1/3P4/5K2/4R3 w q - 0 47"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]

{# #} 47. g5 (47. Bd5) 47... hxg5 48. h6 gxh6 49. Rxe5 fxe5 50. f6 Bd7 51. f7+
Ke7 52. Bxd7 {Diagram [#]} Kxd7 (52... Kxf7) 53. Bxc5 h5 54. f8=Q Rxf8+ 55.
Bxf8 {# #} h4 56. Bh6 g4 57. Bg5 h3 58. Bh4 Kd6 59. Bg3 Ke6 60. Ke2 Kd6 61. Kd2
{Diagram [#]} Kc5 (61... Ke6 62. Kc2 Kf5 63. c5 Ke6 64. c6 {wins}) 62. Bxe5 Kb4
63. Kc2 Kxa5 64. Kb3 Kb6 65. Bxd4+ 1-0

[Event "First Prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4K3/4P3/7k/8/2B4P/8/8/7r w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]

{# #} 1. Be6 (1. Kf7 $2 Re1 2. Be6 Rf1+ 3. Kg8 Rg1+ 4. Kh8 Rg7 $1 5. e8=Q (5.
e8=R Rf7) 5... Rh7+ 6. Kg8 Rh8+ 7. Kxh8 {stalemate}) 1... Rd1 (1... Kg7 2. Kd7
Rd1+ 3. Kc6 Rc1+ 4. Kd5 Rd1+ 5. Ke5 Re1+ 6. Kf5 Rf1+ 7. Kg5 Rg1+ 8. Kh5 {wins})
2. h5 $1 (2. Kf7 $2 Rf1+ $11) 2... Kg7 3. h6+ Kh7 4. Bf5+ Kg8 5. h7+ Kg7 6.
h8=Q+ Kxh8 7. Kf7 Re1 8. Be6 Rf1+ 9. Kg6 1-0

[Event "E.G."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2K5/p2p1pP1/k7/p2B4/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]

{# #} 1. Bb1 f4 (1... d4 2. g6 d3 3. g7 a2 4. Bxa2 d2 5. Bb3+ $1) 2. Kc5 Kb3 3.
g6 f3 4. g7 f2 5. g8=Q f1=Q 6. Qxd5+ Kc3 7. Qd4+ Kb3 8. Qa4+ Kxa4 9. Bc2# 1-0

e5 Bxe5
21. Rac1 Rc8 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Nd2 c5 24. Qc2 c4 25. Nf3 Bg7 26. b3 c3 27. Qd3
Rc5 28. Ne1 a5 29. Nc2 Bh6 30. Rb1 Bd2 31. b4 axb4 32. Rxb4 e5 33. Rdb1 e4 34.
Qe2 Qa7 35. a3 Re6 36. Qf2 Ra5 37. Bh3 f5 38. Bf1 Kg7 39. Qd4+ Kh6 40. Be2 Rc5
41. Kg2 Qg7 42. Rxb6 Qxd4 43. Nxd4 Rxb6 44. Rxb6 c2 45. Nxf5+ Kg5 46. Nd4 h5
47. Nxc2 Rxc2 48. Rb5 Kf6 49. Rxd5 Bc1 50. Kf1 Bxa3 51. h4 Rc1+ 52. Kg2 Rc2 53.
Kf1 Rc1+ 54. Kg2 Bc5 55. g4 hxg4 56. Bxg4 Rg1+ 57. Kh3 Bf2 58. Rd6+ Kf7 59. Be2
Rg3+ 60. Kh2 Re3 61. Bc4+ Kg7 62. Re6 Bg3+ 63. Kh3 Bf4+ 64. Kg2 Rg3+ 65. Kf1 e3
66. Bd3 Rg4 67. Ke2 Rg3 68. Be4 Bh6 69. Rc6 Rg4 70. Rc7+ Kf8 71. Rc8+ Kf7 72.
Rc7+ Kf8 73. Rc8+ Ke7 74. Rc7+ Kd6 75. Rc6+ Ke5 76. Rxg6 Rxh4 77. Bf3 Bf4 78.
Rg1 Rh6 79. Rg8 Rb6 80. Re8+ Kd6 81. Rd8+ Ke7 82. Rd4 Rb2+ 83. Kd3 Bh6 84. Rh4
Rd2+ 85. Kc4 Bg5 86. Re4+ Kf6 87. Bg4 Rd6 88. Rd4 Ra6 89. Kd3 Ra3+ 90. Ke4 e2
91. Rd6+ Ke7 92. Re6+ Kf7 93. Kd5 Ra5+ 94. Kc4 Ra4+ 95. Kd3 Rxg4 96. Rxe2 Kf6
97. Re8 Kf5 98. Rg8 Ke5 99. Rg7 Rd4+ 100. Kc2 Bf6 101. Rc7 Ke4 102. Rc8 Rb4
103. Kd2 Be5 104. Rc6 Rb2+ 105. Rc2 Rb1 106. Ra2 Bd4 107. Kc2 Rb4 108. Kd2 Rc4
109. Ra3 Bc5 110. Rh3 Bb4+ 111. Kd1 Bd6 112. Rb3 Bf4 113. Rb2 Be3 114. Ke2 Ra4
115. Kd1 Ra3 116. Kc2 Bd4 117. Rb3 Ra2+ 118. Kd1 Be3 119. Rb4+ Kd3 120. Rb3+
Kd4 121. Rb7 Kc3 122. Ke1 Kd3 123. Rb3+ Ke4 124. Kd1 Kd4 125. Rb4+ Kc3 126. Rb7
Bd4 127. Ke1 Kd3 128. Rb3+ Ke4 129. Kd1 Be3 130. Rb4+ Kd3 131. Rb3+ Kd4 132.
Rb4+ Kc3 133. Rb7 Bf2 134. Rb8 Rd2+ 135. Kc1 Re2 136. Rc8+ Kd3 137. Kb1 Bd4
138. Rd8 Re5 139. Ka2 {Diagram [#]} Kc2 140. Ka3 (140. Rxd4 Ra5+) (140. Rc8+
Bc3) 140... Bc3 141. Ra8 Re1 0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2012.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Alex M Fikiet"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.07.03"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5 Bb4+ 7. N1c3 O-O 8.
a3 Be7 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. e3 Nf5 13. Bg2 Nd6 14. O-O f5
15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d6 18. Qd3 h6 19. Be3 Qd8 20. Rfc1 Bg4 21.
Rc3 Qe8 22. Rc7 b6 23. Rac1 Bd8 24. Bg6 Qa4 25. Bh7+ Kh8 26. Rxg7 Bf5 27. Bxf5
Kxg7 28. Rc4 Qe8 {Diagram [#]} 29. Bxh6+ Kxh6 30. Qe3+ Bg5 (30... Kh5 31. Rh4+
Bxh4 32. g4#) (30... Kg7 31. Rg4+ Kf7 32. Bg6+) 31. Rh4+ Qh5 32. Rxh5+ Kxh5 33.
g4+ Kh6 34. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Scheveningen"]
[Site "Scheveningen"]
[Date "1913.08.06"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lasker, Edward"]
[Black "Englund, Fritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1913.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 {Diagram [#]} 5. Nxe5 (5. Ba4) (5.
Bc4) (5. Be2) (5. Nxd4) (5. O-O) 5... Qe7 (5... Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nxe4 7. Qe2 Nf6 8.
Nc6+) 6. Nf3 (6. Nd3) (6. f4) 6... Nxe4 (6... Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+
9. Kxe2 Nd5 10. c4 a6) 7. O-O (7. Nxd4 Nxc3+) 7... Nxc3 (7... Nxb5 8. Nxb5 d5
9. Re1) 8. dxc3 Nxf3+ (8... Nxb5 9. Re1) 9. Qxf3 Qc5 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Bd3 (11.
Qe2 O-O 12. Qxe7 (12. Bxd7 Bxd7 13. Qxe7) 12... Qxb5) 11... d5 {Diagram [#]} (
11... O-O 12. Qe4) 12. Be3 (12. Bg5 Be6 (12... f6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Bxg6+) 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. c4) 12... Qd6 13. Bf4 Qf6 (13... Qd8 14. Qg3) 14. Qxd5 (14. Bxc7
Qxf3 15. gxf3) (14. Qg3 O-O (14... c6 15. Be5) 15. Bxc7) 14... c6 15. Qe4 Be6 (
15... O-O 16. Qxh7#) 16. Re3 (16. Rad1 Bd5 17. Qb4) (16. Be5) 16... Bc5 (16...
O-O-O 17. Ba6 Bd5 18. Qxe7) 17. Be5 Qh6 (17... Qg5 18. Rg3) 18. Rg3 Bf8 (18...
Qd2 19. Rf1) 19. Rd1 (19. Ba6 Bd5 (19... f5 20. Qa4 b5 21. Qa5) 20. Qe1) 19...
O-O-O (19... Rd8) 20. Qxc6+ bxc6 21. Ba6# {Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "ABC-243"]
[Site "Scheveningen"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Discovery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/4q3/8/8/4n3/5N2/8/3QK3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1913.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.17"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-243"]
[Site "Scheveningen"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q1rk1/2p2ppp/5n2/8/4N3/2P5/4QPPP/4K2R b K - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1913.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.17"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nxe4 2. Qxe4 Re8 0-1

[Event "ABC-243"]
[Site "Scheveningen"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/3p1pp1/5np1/4N3/3P4/8/5PP1/4K2R b K - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1913.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.17"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... d6 0-1

[Event "ABC-243"]
[Site "Scheveningen"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Skewer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/1p1bQpp1/7p/1q6/8/8/5PPP/2B1R1K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1913.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.17"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Re8 0-1

[Event "ABC-243"]
[Site "Scheveningen"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/2pp4/3b4/8/7q/6B1/7P/4K2Q b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1913.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.17"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Bxg3+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-243"]
[Site "Scheveningen"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/5pqp/3b2b1/8/7Q/2P5/1P6/2KR2R1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1913.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.17"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qxc3+ 2. bxc3 Ba3# 0-1

[Event "World Youth Championships 2012 - U14 Op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.16"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Vorontsov, Pavlo"]
[Black "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz, John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3qr1k1/5ppp/1p2p3/p2b1n1Q/5RN1/8/PBr2PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]

27. Bf6 {Diagram # This round 9 piece of defensive artistry vs his Ukraine
opponent kept Kayden in contention.} Re2 $3 {Black sacrifices a rook
temporarily to threaten mate and the Rf4.} (27... Qc7 $4 28. Rxf5 Rc1 29. Nh6+
Kh8 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Qg5+) (27... gxf6 $4 28. Rxf5 exf5 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30.
Nxf6+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Ke7 32. Nxe8) 28. Rxe2 (28. Rd1 {now the pin of the e-file
is broken the gf6 capture wins} gxf6 {White's attack has been broken.}) 28...
Qc7 $1 {The mate threat on c1 gets white's attention.} 29. Rfe4 Bxe4 30. Qg5
Rc8 $1 31. Bb2 Qd8 $1 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Rd2 Qxf6 $1 {Black ends it with another
back rank trick. This round 9 win was the first of Kayden's 3 game tournament
ending winning streak.} 0-1

[Event "World Youth Championships 2012 - U14 Ope"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.18"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Troff, Kayden W"]
[Black "Aravindh, Chithambaram Vr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz, John"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]

{Kayden trailed his Indian opponent by a full point leading to an all or
nothing situation.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O {
Diagram [#]} b6 {This move has always had a dubious reputation.} (6... dxc4 $5
7. Qa4 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Nc3
Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Qe3 Qe7 17. Ne5 Bxg2 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Kxg2
f5 {Following Leko-Karpov World Championship Blitz 2009.The position is about
equal}) 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 Bb7 {White is up a tempo over the Petrosian Queens
Indian. ( 1d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 b6 4 a3) The move a3 has been omitted. When
black gets into trouble it's usually on the h1-a8 diagonal.} 9. Ne5 c6 $6 (9...
Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Nc7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qa4 Ne6 {White has an edge,but
for black it's the lesser of the evils.}) 10. e4 $5 {A very aggressive plan,
white immediately works on the diagonal.} (10. Qa4 {is a slower,but equally
strong alternative}) 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nd5 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bf4
Bg5 $6 {A weird move, trading his good bishop?} (14... Nc7 $5 {looks to be best
}) 15. Qg4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Nb4 17. a3 Nc6 18. Ng4 {Diagram [#]} Na5 $6 (18... Ne7
{Hanging around near the kingside keeps black's disadvantage managable.}) 19.
Ne3 Nb3 $2 {For what possible reason?} 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. Rfe1 Re8 22. Nf5 Bc6
23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Bxd5 Na5 25. Re1 Bc6 26. Qe5 $1 {With 2 threats too many
from black's point of view.} Qxd5 27. Qxg7# {A good game by Kayden,but
horrible play by his opponent.} 1-0

[Event "World Youth Championships 2012 - U12 Op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz, John"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]

1. e4 {Opening preparation has become very important in chess.Even the super
2700 GM's have trouble getting out of the opening.In this game Samuel's
knowledge got him an easy all book win.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 $5 {The Sozin was a Fischer favorite years ago.In present times
black has found several methods to combat it.More popular tries are 6 Be3,Be2
and Bg5.} (6. Be3) (6. Be2) (6. Bg5) 6... e6 7. O-O {It's possible than black
played the 7Bb3 Nbd7 variation.7 0-0 might've put Jeffrey in unfamiliar
territory.} (7. Bb3 Nbd7) 7... b5 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Qf3 {Diagram [#]} Qb6 $6 {Here
black's preparation falters a bit.This was popular years ago,but black has
improved on piece placement.} (9... Qc7 $5 {This move gives black better
better piece coordination.The Qb7 gets in the way} 10. Qg3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6
12. Re1 Bb7 13. a3 Rd8 {is one good line for black favored by Kasparov} (13...
O-O 14. Bh6 Ne8 15. Rad1 Kh8 {is also solid}) 14. Qxg7 Rg8 15. Qh6 d5 16. exd5
Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 {white's g2 square has problems}) 10. Be3 Qb7 {The Q is a
little misplaced here} 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Rfe1 Nc6 {The game
transposes into the next note} (13... Bd7 14. Rad1 Nc6 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Nf5 exf5
17. exf5 Ne5 18. Rxe5 dxe5 19. f6 g6 20. Ne7+ {1-0 Kudrin-Moulin New York Open
1992 I'm sure Samuel was very happy to follow this game.}) (13... Kh8 $5 14.
Bg5 Nf6 15. Rad1 Nbd7 {Isn't too bad for black.}) 14. Rad1 Bd7 $4 {Diagram [#]
This move falls into the Kudrin game above.} 15. Nd5 $3 Bd8 (15... Kh8 {The
only move to survive , but very unpleasant.Black is tied down to d6 for the
duration.} 16. Nxe7 Nxe7 17. Bc1) (15... exd5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. exd5 {Winning
one of the bishops}) 16. Nf5 $1 {Diagram # Breaking through with the Rxe8
followed with Qg7 mate} exf5 17. exf5 Bxf5 (17... Ne5 18. Rxe5 dxe5 19. f6 {Is
the Kudrin game above.}) 18. Rxe8 Bg6 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Qxd6+ Kg8 21. Re1 $1 {
The back rank mate threat forces the loss of material. Black's Bd8 doesn't
have a good square.} Bh4 (21... Ba5 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Ne8 {is pretty convincing}
) 22. Bf4 Rf8 23. Nc7 $1 {Diagram [#] Threatening Qxf8 and Re8 mate among
others.} Be7 24. Rxe7 Nxe7 25. Qxe7 {With white having 2 pieces and a pawn for
a rook,black can resign here.} Qc6 26. c3 Rc8 27. h3 a5 28. Bd5 Qb6 29. Qd7 Rb8
30. Ne6 fxe6 31. Bxe6+ Kh8 32. Be5 {At the highest levels of chess it pays to
know your book.} 1-0

[Event "World Youth Championships 2012 - U12 Op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.17"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Wheeler, Cameron"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2149"]
[BlackElo "2347"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz, John"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]

{There was some confusion prior to this game. GM Nick de Firmian was Cameron
Wheeler's assigned coach. USA coaches policy is,that when 2 Americans play
each other we don't prepare either player. The snag... Samuel wasn't working
with an assigned coach.He had his own coach,therefore Nick should've prepared
him. Instead the Wheeler's called top Dutch GM Look Van Wely to help with
opening preparation.} 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 {The Chigorin variation is a tricky
variation unless it's expected.} 3. Bf4 {Years ago GM Joel Benjamin told me
this is the best vs the Chigorin. Van Wely's preparation was very good.} Nf6 4.
e3 a6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 $6 {Diagram [#] This allows black's misplaced
Nc6 an important tempo for redeployment} (7. a3 {If white strands the Nc6 then
he'll get some kind of advantage.Black has huge problems freeing his position.}
) 7... Nb4 $1 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Nbd5 11. Bg3 (11. Nxd5 $5 Nxd5 (
11... exd5 $6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 {White gets nice edge here.}) 12. Bg3 c5 13.
dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O Bb7 {looks about equal}) 11... O-O 12. O-O (12. Rc1 $5) 12...
Bb7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. a4 b4 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bd3 c5 $1 {Diagram [#] This
typical freeing move equalizes the position.} 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Qe2 a5 19. Rfd1
Qe7 20. Bh4 $6 {This didn't turn out very well.The Bg3 is out of play and
can't get back to the queenside.} (20. Be5 f6 21. Bd4 Bd6 22. b3 Nc3 23. Bxc3
bxc3 24. Bc4 {Is around equal.}) 20... f6 21. Bg3 Rfd8 22. Bc4 Nb6 23. Bxe6+ $6
{When calculating this move white must've missed 26...Nb2 with a winning
passed pawn.} (23. Bb5 $5 Bd5 24. Nd2 {Black is a bit better,but white stays
solid.}) 23... Qxe6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxc5 Nxa4 26. Rxa5 {Diagram [#]} Nxb2 $1
{All of a sudden black has a very tough b4 pawn.} 27. h3 Nd3 28. Rb5 Bc6 29.
Nd4 (29. Rb6 $4 Bxf3 {wins material}) 29... Rxd4 30. Rb8+ Be8 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8
32. Qa2+ Kh8 33. exd4 h5 $1 {Air for the king along with h4 ideas as well.} 34.
Qc4 Qe4 $1 35. Qb5 h4 36. Bd6 Ne1 37. f3 Nxf3+ $1 38. gxf3 Qxd4+ 39. Kg2 Qxd6
40. Qe8+ Kh7 {The best way to win a queen ending is for the pawn up king to
start running around.} 41. Qe4+ (41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Qf8 43. Qb5 $5 {Looks
like a better chance.Black must beware of perpetuals and the Q keeps an eye on
the pawn.} g5) 41... g6 42. Qxh4+ Kg7 43. Qc4 Qb6 44. Qe4 Qc5 45. h4 f5 46.
Qb7+ Kf6 47. Qa6+ Kf7 48. Qb7+ Ke6 49. Qa6+ Qd6 $1 {Diagram [#] Black's Q
protects g6 and b4 allowing his K to make a run for it.} 50. Qc8+ Kd5 $1 {Now
it becomes easy.} 51. Qg8+ Qe6 52. Qd8+ Kc4 53. Qc7+ Kd3 54. Qd8+ Kc2 55. Qc7+
Kb1 56. Kf2 b3 57. Qd8 Qc6 58. Qd1+ Ka2 59. Kg3 b2 60. Qd2 Qc7+ 61. Kh3 Qe5 62.
Qc2 Qd4 63. Qe2 Kb3 64. Qe6+ Kc3 65. Qc6+ Qc4 66. Qb6 Qf1+ 67. Kg3 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "World Youth Championships 2012 - U12 Op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.18"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Wheeler, Cameron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "1989"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz, John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3R4/p5p1/Pp6/1np2P1P/2k3P1/6K1/4rB2 w - - 0 51"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]

51. Kf2 {Diagram # Cameron Wheeler won the silver medal by winning this messy
ending.} Re8 52. g4 Rf8 $6 (52... Kb3 $1 {Passed pawns must be pushed somebody
said. This direct plan is winning with no sweat.} 53. Be2 c3 54. f5 gxf5 55.
gxf5 c2 56. Bd1 cxd1=Q 57. Rxd1 Rf8) 53. Kg3 Nc2 54. f5 gxf5 55. g5 b4 56. g6
f4+ 57. Kf2 Ne3 (57... b3 $1 58. h5 b2 59. Rd1 Ne3 60. Rb1 Rg8 $1 {followed by
Kc2 winning the rook and keeping the c-pawn as well}) 58. Bh3 b3 (58... Rb8 $1
{Preventing Rb7 ideas was best.}) 59. Rb7 b2 60. h5 Rg8 61. Kf3 Rg7 62. Rb8 Rg8
63. Rb7 Nc2 64. Kxf4 Nb4 65. Bf5 Rf8 $1 66. Rf7 Nd3+ (66... Rd8 $1 67. g7 Nd3+
68. Bxd3 cxd3 69. Rf8 Rd4+ 70. Ke5 (70. Kg5 b1=Q 71. g8=Q Qg1+ 72. Kf6 Qxg8 73.
Rxg8 d2 74. Rg1 d1=Q 75. Rxd1 Rxd1 76. h6 Kb4 77. h7 Rh1 78. Kg7 Kxa5 79. h8=Q
Rxh8 80. Kxh8 Kb4) 70... Rg4 71. Rc8+ Kd2 72. Rb8 Kc1 73. Rc8+ Kb1 74. Rd8 Rxg7
75. Rxd3 Kc2 {Diagram [#] Winning!}) 67. Bxd3 cxd3 68. Rxf8 b1=Q {Diagram [#]
Most of the coaches were gathered in the lobby working on this position.The
general feeling was that Cameron was finally winning.} 69. g7 Qf1+ 70. Ke5 Qe2+
71. Kf6 Qf3+ 72. Kg5 Qg3+ 73. Kh6 d2 74. g8=Q Qxg8 75. Rxg8 d1=Q 76. Rg5 Qd8
77. Kg6 Qg8+ 78. Kh6 Qc4 79. Kg7 Qd4+ 80. Kg6 Qd6+ 81. Kg7 Qe7+ 82. Kg6 Qe4+
83. Kg7 Qe7+ 84. Kg6 Qf8 {Diagram # After black's fine Q maneuvers white runs
out of ideas.} 85. h6 Qg8+ 86. Kh5 Qf7+ {Black keeps an eye on the h-pawn
while creeping his king closer.} 87. Kh4 Kd4 88. Rg7 Qf6+ 89. Kh5 Qf5+ 90. Kh4
Ke3 91. Rg2 Qf6+ 92. Kh5 Qf7+ 93. Kh4 Kf3 94. Rg1 Qe7+ 95. Kh5 Qe8+ 96. Kh4
Qa4+ 97. Kh5 Qxa5+ 98. Rg5 Qc7 {What a relief! Well played under unbelievable
pressure.This type of game will help Cameron a lot in his chess career.} 0-1

[Event "World Youth U12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hilby, Craig"]
[Black "Tifferet, Shaked"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1955"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz, John"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[Source "MonRoi"]

{Yet another strong American player in the boys under 12,Craig Hilby flashes
the tactics.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 $5 {
The English Attack is a very popular choice vs the Najdorf variation.} Ng4 {In
my opinion the weakest of black's 3 replies. 6...e5 and 6...e6 are the other
tries.} (6... e5) (6... e6) 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 {This is what i don't like in
this variation. Black's king is always a concern.} 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3
Nbc6 12. Bf2 b5 13. Nd5 Rb8 14. Qd2 e6 15. Nb4 {Diagram [#]} Na5 $6 {This is
the move that gets black into trouble. Black forgot his silly chess
expressions " Knight on the rim is grim" is the one that applies here} (15...
Nxd4 $5 16. Bxd4 Qc7 17. c3 a5 18. Nc2 f6 19. h4 {White is a tad better.}) 16.
O-O-O Bb7 17. b3 $5 {Keeping black's N's off the face.} Qf6 18. Nxa6 $1 {
Diagram # White is winning already.} Nxb3+ 19. axb3 Bxa6 20. Qa5 Bc8 21. Qc7
Ra8 22. Bxb5+ Bd7 23. Qxd6 Qf4+ 24. Kb1 Bxb5 25. Nxb5 $5 (25. Nxe6 $3 {Craig
missed this more forcing win, but his choice wins as well.} fxe6 (25... Nd7 26.
Nxg7+ Kd8 27. Qb6+ Kc8 28. Qxb5 {Cleans up}) 26. Qxe6+ Kf8 27. Bc5#) 25... Ra1+
26. Kxa1 Nc4+ 27. Qd4 Bxd4+ 28. Bxd4 Ne5 29. Bc5 $1 {Black's K in stuck in the
middle.} Nd7 30. Bd6 Qf6+ 31. e5 Qf5 32. Kb2 {Diagram [#]} f6 (32... Nxe5 33.
Nc7+ Kd7 34. Bxe5+ {Wins quite a bit of material.}) 33. Rhe1 Qg6 34. Ra1 Qh7
35. exf6 Kf7 36. Ra7 Kxf6 37. Nc7 e5 38. Bxe5+ Kg6 39. Bxh8 Qxh8+ 40. c3 Ne5
41. Ra6+ Kh5 42. Re3 Nf7 43. Re7 Qf8 44. Ne6 Qg8 45. g3 Qh7 46. Ra5 $1 {
There's no defense to Nf4.} Ne5 47. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "World Youth Championships 2012 - U08 Op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.15"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Shen, Christopher"]
[Black "Ognean, Mihnea-Ionut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[BlackElo "1632"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz, John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/R6p/1p2P1p1/3p1B2/3P4/6P1/P4K1P/2r5 b - - 0 33"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]

{Rook endings are the toughest endings in chess.} 33... gxf5 {Diagram #} 34.
Rxh7 Rc2+ 35. Kf3 Rxa2 36. h4 b5 37. Rb7 Rb2 38. h5 Rh2 39. Rxb5 Ke7 40. Rxd5
Kxe6 41. Re5+ Kf6 42. g4 fxg4+ 43. Kxg4 Rd2 44. Rf5+ Kg7 (44... Ke6 45. d5+
Rxd5 46. Rxd5 Kxd5 47. Kg5 Ke6 48. Kg6 Ke7 49. Kg7) 45. d5 Rd1 46. Kf4 $1 {
Diagram [#] The d- pawn is the future Q while the h-pawn is a decoy} Rf1+ 47.
Ke5 Re1+ 48. Kd6 Rd1 49. Kd7 Rd2 50. d6 Rd1 51. Ke7 Re1+ 52. Kd8 Rd1 53. d7 Re1
54. Kc7 $1 Rc1+ 55. Kd6 Rd1+ 56. Rd5 Rxd5+ 57. Kxd5 {A veteran GM couldn't
have done it better.} 1-0

[Event "world youth chess championship 2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lopez Sanchez, Anastacia"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "1391"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz, John"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2012.11.16"]

1. Nf3 {This game was submitted to me by Carissa's coach at the event Coach IM
Jan Van Mortel. He was very impressed by her play in her Kings Indian debut!}
Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O $1 O-O $1 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. dxe5
$6 {This allows black to equalize immediately.} (8. e4 c6 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4
Re8 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3 {With proper play white will keep an
annoying space advantage.}) 8... dxe5 9. Bg5 $6 {Giving up the bishop pair for
no good reason. Black's bishop pair gives her good long term chances.} h6 10.
Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qc2 c6 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. Ne4 Nb6 15. b3 Be6 16. Qd6
Qxd6 17. Nxd6 Rab8 18. Nd2 f5 19. e4 Nc8 20. Nxc8 Rbxc8 21. f4 exf4 22. Rxf4
Be5 23. Rff1 f4 $1 {After this move black's bishops rule the board.} 24. gxf4
Bxf4 25. Nf3 Rcd8 26. Kh1 g5 $1 {A good way to evaluate a position is to look
at the minor pieces.} 27. h3 Rde8 28. Nd4 Bc8 {Diagram [#]} 29. Ne2 $6 (29. Nf5
$5 {Offering a pawn for some chances in the bishops of opposite position was
the only try.} Bxf5 30. exf5 Rxf5 31. Rd7 Rf7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Bf3 Re3 {Black
has good winning chances,but must not trade rooks.}) 29... Be5 30. Nd4 $4 Rxf1+
$1 31. Bxf1 Rd8 $1 {Diagram [#] Winning the pinned N and the game.} 32. Kg2
Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Bxd4 34. Kf3 Be5 35. Bg2 Be6 36. Ke3 Kg7 37. Kf3 Kg6 38. Bf1 h5
39. Be2 Bxh3 40. Kf2 g4 41. Bf1 g3+ 42. Ke2 g2 43. Bxg2 Bxg2 44. Kf2 Bxe4 45.
Ke3 Bh1 46. Kf2 h4 47. Ke3 h3 48. Kd3 h2 49. c5 Bd5 50. Kc2 h1=Q 51. b4 Qe1 52.
b5 Be4+ 53. Kb3 Qb1+ 54. Ka3 Qb2+ 55. Ka4 cxb5+ 56. Ka5 Bc7# 0-1

[Event "World Girls U10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Balasaygun, Alara"]
[Black "Iyengar, Sharanya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Fedoowicz, John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3bk3/1p3pp1/p3pn1p/4B3/8/2PK1N1P/PP3PP1/8 w - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2012.11.12"]

27. c4 {Diagram # In addition to the collection of games it's good to see the
young ones flashing endgame technique. Here WCM Alara takes are of her Kenyan
opponent in fine style.} Kd7 28. Nd4 {With a 3 to 2 majority white has a
slight edge.} g6 29. b4 Ne8 30. a4 f6 31. Bg3 e5 $6 32. Nb3 Be7 33. b5 Nc7 34.
f3 Ne6 35. Ke4 {Diagram [#]} Nc5+ $2 {The losing move, allowing white's
decisive king to d5.} (35... f5+ $1 {black misses a resource, forcing white's
K back is most likely drawn} 36. Kxe5 $4 Bd6+ 37. Kf6 Bxg3) 36. Nxc5+ Bxc5 37.
Kd5 $1 Be7 38. Bf2 h5 {White makes a passed pawn with ease and black can't.}
39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 Bf8 41. c5 axb5 42. axb5 Be7 43. c6+ bxc6+ 44. bxc6+ Kc7
45. Be1 $1 {Next step is to drive black's K away from the pawn.} f5 {Black
panics,but it's lost anyway} 46. Ba5+ Kc8 {Now black's K becomes a spectator}
47. Kxe5 fxg4 48. fxg4 Bh4 49. Ke6 g5 50. Kf5 {White zugzwangs black out of
his last pawn} Kb8 51. Bd8 $1 {Diagram [#]} Kc8 52. Bxg5 {After this it's
routine.} Be1 53. Bf4 $1 Bc3 54. g5 Bg7 55. g6 Kd8 56. Ke6 Bh8 57. Kf7 Bb2 58.
g7 Bxg7 59. Kxg7 Kc8 60. Kf7 Kd8 61. c7+ Kd7 62. Kf8 Kc8 63. Ke8 Kb7 64. Kd8
Kb6 65. c8=Q Kb5 66. Qc7 Kb4 67. Qc6 Kb3 68. Qc5 Kb2 69. Qc4 Kb1 70. Qb3+ Ka1
71. Be5# {Great ending play from Alara in the girls under 10!} 1-0

[Event "2012 WYCC Slovenia Under 8 Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Suder Jakub (POL)"]
[Black "Turgut Aydin (USA)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz, John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/p4ppp/bp2p3/8/q2P2Q1/P3P3/2r2PPP/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.08"]

20. Re1 {Diagram # Some nice play from one of our boys under 8 players. Aydin
Turgut showed off a good positional sense,reaching a position with white's
pieces all bottled up.Then finished it off with a series of nice shots.} Re2 $1
21. Rf1 {White's Bc1 can't move so this is forced.} (21. Rxe2 $2 Qd1+) 21...
Qa5 $1 {With the winning idea Re1.} 22. h3 {The only move to keep playing.
Other moves get back ranked.} Re1 23. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 24. Kh2 Qxf2 {Black is up a
good pawn and white still can't move.} 25. Rb1 Qc2 26. Ra1 Qc3 27. Rb1 Bd3 $1 {
Diagram [#]} 28. d5 $2 {Losing, but white was out of tricks anyway.} (28. Bb2 {
White's best try fails to accurate play.} Qc2 $1 29. d5 Bg6 30. Qd4 e5 $1 31.
Qxe5 f6 32. Qe6+ Bf7 {wins}) 28... Bxb1 29. dxe6 Qc7+ $1 {The most accurate
way to end it.} 30. g3 Qc2+ 31. Kg1 Qxc1+ 32. Kh2 Qd2+ 33. Kg1 Qe1+ 34. Kg2
fxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. h4 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "Chess Congress"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lenderman, Alex"]
[Black "Gelashvili, Tamaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 $5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 $5 {Interesting line, brought to
fassion possibly by Azmaiparashvili, and now kind of became a Georgian
variation. Computer at first really doesn't like it, but actually it is not
easy at all for white to prove an advantage, and it's an interesting weapon to
try to play for a win and get an unbalanced position. Of course Tamaz also
needed to win for first place, so he didn't want to go into a position where
he might be slightly worse and end up playing for 2 results, draw or loss.
Black can also play nf6, transposing into a Kings Indian, or bg4!?, another
unbalanced position which I have played myself as black.} 5. dxe5 $5 {Perhaps
not the only move, but seems very tempting to stop black from castling,
especially that computer loves it for white at first. I briefly analyzed this
position a year ago, but didn't know it so deeply unfortunately.} dxe5 6. Qxd8+
Kxd8 7. Bg5+ {This was the first critical position for me since I did not know
this line very well. This position is very rich and has a lot of plans. It
seems like I chose the most direct way but not the best way either. It is very
important for white to get some quick play here since if black will be able to
consolidate and get his king safe, structurally black is doing quite well,
with white having moved the pawn to c4 as a weakness, and black having no real
weaknesses. As you'll see in the game black had no problems, and in fact I
thought it was even easier for a white for black to play than for me. So the
key here is initiative versus consolidation.} (7. Be3 Be6 8. Ng5 $5 {I looked
at this pawn sacrifise but it didn't seem convincing enough, and I guess
rightfully so.} (8. b3 f6 9. Rd1+ Nd7 10. g3 c6 11. Bg2 Nh6 {Here looks like
black is building harmony and seems to be ok.}) 8... Bxc4 9. b3 Be6 10. Nxe6+ (
10. g4 Nd7 11. Bh3 Ke7 12. Rd1 Ngf6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. g5 Ne8 15. Bg2 Nd6 16.
Ne4 Nb6) 10... fxe6 11. Ne4 (11. g3 Nf6 12. Bg2 c6) 11... Nd7 (11... Nf6 12.
Nc5) 12. O-O-O Ke7 {White has some compensation but seemingly not more.}) (7.
e4 $5 {Maybe this was the way to go. I remember I looked at a similar type
position(might've been pawn on g3 rather than knight on c3), but couldn't
remember how to fight for an advantage here. e4 of course doesn't seem
positionally desirable with c4 already played and creating a hole for black on
d4. However, maybe concretely(again concretely) black can't use it very well.}
Nc6 $5 {That's one line, that seems like the most direct move.} (7... c6 {This
is a more thematic logical move in this setup for black; abandoning the d4
square, but making sure the king is safe. But of course nc6 is the real
testing move in case of e4, so if black plays c6 anyway, e4 is definitely the
way to go, since now white's pieces will be more free, especially the bishops.
As you'll see in the game, after I fianchetoed the bishop to g2, it was just
staring at the pawn on c6 and wasn't such a great piece. However, it seemed
like later I had no other good choice anyway.} 8. h3 {Stopping bg4, and
potential ng4 ideas.} (8. b3 Kc7 9. Ba3 b6 10. Rd1 Kb7 11. Be2 {In this line
maybe white can play for a slight advantage. White's pieces seem good and
black's king seems far from the action. Also black doesn't seem to have any
special play.}) 8... Kc7 9. Be3 f5 (9... f6 10. Be2 Nd7 11. Rd1 Bh6 {This
looks good for black though.}) 10. g3) 8. Bg5+ (8. Be3 $1 {I think it's better
to not force black to play a good move f6, which will take away a good square
from the knight, g5.} Be6 (8... f6 9. O-O-O+ Bd7 10. c5 $14) (8... Bg4 9. Ng5
Ke8 10. h3 Bd7 11. O-O-O Nd4 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. cxb5 $14 {And here is another
line where white is better because the king hasn't found a home yet. Also
black lags in development.}) (8... Nd4 9. O-O-O c5 (9... Bg4 10. Nxe5 $1 Bxe5
11. Rxd4+ $1 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 f6 13. Nd5 Kc8 14. e5 $1 $16) 10. b4 $1 b6 11. bxc5
bxc5 12. Na4 $16 {Black in all lines just doesn't seem to have time to
consolidate.}) (8... Bd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. h3 a6 11. c5 $14) 9. O-O-O+ Kc8 10.
Ng5 $1 $14 {That's a big key. In the bg5+ first line, I force the good move f6
and there is no ng5 anymore. The knight normally doesn't go to f6 in these
lines anyway, blocking the g7 bishop.}) 8... f6 9. O-O-O+ Bd7 10. Be3 Kc8 11.
c5 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. g3 {Here black's king doesn't seem to have found a
shelter yet. White's pieces are quite active. Maybe white can play for a
slight edge here.}) (7. g3 {I didn't want to put my bishop to stare at that c6
pawn right away, and probably that indeed wasn't so good.} c6 8. Bg2 Kc7 9. b3
f6 (9... e4 $2 10. Bf4+ Kb6 11. Be5) 10. Ba3 Nh6 11. O-O-O Bf8 12. Bxf8 Rxf8
$11) (7. Bd2 $5 {The final move that I considered, but also didn't seem too
appealing to me.} Be6 8. b3 f6 9. Rd1 Nd7) 7... f6 8. O-O-O+ Nd7 9. Bd2 Nh6 10.
h3 Nf7 11. g4 {I didn't know that this idea was used by Kasparov before, I
happened to find that out after the game. The idea is to try to undermine
black and get some space on the kingside.} c6 12. Bg2 Kc7 13. Ne4 {Here I
really was struggling to find a good move. I simply couldn't find a good plan
and spend a long time here. I honestly thought I was already slightly worse
here, but it turned out I'm still doing ok. I guess black hasn't build up his
harmony perfectly yet and I still have some activity. But I was really worried
about f5 possibilites. It turns out they're all ok for me.} a5 $1 {I like that
move. It stops bb4 and ba5 ideas, puts a pawn on a good square, and waits me
out, seeing what I should do. It turns out it's not so easy for me to find a
great move. He's playing well so far, a cat and mouse game with me, waiting to
see where I commit, while he's not rushing, keeping me on a distance and
playing logical moves.} (13... f5 $5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Nfg5 $1 (15. Neg5 Nd8 $1
) (15. Ng3 Nc5 16. Bb4 Bf8) 15... Nxg5 (15... Nd8 16. Ng3 Nf6 17. Ba5+ b6 18.
Bc3 $16) 16. Nxg5 Nc5 17. Bb4 Bf8 18. Bc3 Bg7 19. Rhg1 $14) 14. Bc3 Re8 {
Interesting move, but I think f5 maybe should've been played now, that ng5 in
some cases is met with a pawn via bh6.} (14... f5 15. gxf5 gxf5) 15. e3 {
Basically just trying to find only good useful moves.} Nf8 (15... f5 16. gxf5
gxf5 17. Neg5 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Re7 19. Rhg1 (19. Nxh7 Bh6) 19... Nc5) (15... Bf8
$5 16. h4 Be7) 16. b3 f5 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Neg5 (18. Ng3 $5 {Was probably a
bit more accurate than my continuation, though my continuation happened to
bring me great luck! But objectively ng3 seems to create a bit more problems.
Therefore, it seems like maybe black delayed f5 a bit too much and perhaps it
should've been played a move or two before. But of course such details are
very hard to judge during a game.} Ng6 (18... Bh8 19. Nh4 Nh6 20. Kb2 {I
maintain a bit of pressure.} Ng6 21. Nf3 Nf7 22. h4 e4 23. Ng5) 19. h4) 18...
Nd8 $2 {Of course a blunder, which is a first indication that my opponent is
probably tired after this long fifth round game against Erenburg and in
general coming off of a tough 2-day schedule.} (18... Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Re7 {
Position is equal, chances for both sides.}) 19. Bxe5+ $1 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5
21. Rxd8 Kxd8 22. Nf7+ Ke7 23. Nxe5 $16 Be6 (23... Ng6 24. Nd3 f4 $5 {Deserves
attention but probably also not holdable.} 25. h4 (25. exf4 Bf5 26. Be4 Kf6 27.
Re1 Re8 28. f3 $16) 25... fxe3 26. h5 $1 Nf8 27. Re1 $16) 24. f4 $6 {Definite
inaccuracy played on general ground, fixing the pawns, but also the move which
gives black good counterplay and very good drawing chances with accurate play.}
(24. Nd3 Nd7 (24... Ng6 25. Rg1 Rd8 26. Kc2 Kf6 27. f4 {Now this move makes
more sense. After the bishop gets out of the way of the rook, white will have
good pieces.}) 25. Kb2 Rg8 26. Bf3 $16 {This was the simplest route. I should
keep the knights in order to maintain the control of the f4 square and stop
black's counterplay. Here black is out of counterplay and white can slowly
improve. This should probably be a technical win for me.}) 24... Nd7 25. Nxd7
Bxd7 26. Re1 {Played after a 15-minute thought. I realized too late that my
planned bf3 doesn't work so smoothly because of counterplay with a4 which I
didn't see when I played f4 etc.. Now I had to defend more awkwardly, and
probably shouldn't win the game anymore if black plays accurately.} (26. Bf3 a4
$1 (26... Rg8 $6 27. Kd2 Rg3 28. Ke2 {I originally only looked at this line
where I consolidate and seem to be winning.}) 27. Kd2 (27. Kb2 axb3 28. axb3
Rg8 $1 {The point. the axb3 threat forces the white king either to b2, where
it's too far away now to prevent counterplay via rg8, or kd2 allowing the rook
to penetrating on the 2nd.}) (27. b4 Be6 28. Be2 Rg8) 27... axb3 28. axb3 Ra2+
29. Kd3 Rf2 30. Bd1 c5 $132) 26... Rg8 27. Re2 Be6 $6 (27... Rg3 28. Kd2 Be8 $1
{I thought this was the better defence since now the king is king of tied up
to e3 because the rook cannot maintain its position on e2. Black's idea is to
put his pawns on the opposite color of the bishops in the same color bishops
endgame.} 29. Kd3 (29. a3 Kf6 (29... Bh5 30. Rf2) (29... c5 30. Bxb7 Rxh3 {Was
another possiblity. It's important for black to have pawns on the dark squares.
If he can get b6 and c5 he'll be doing very well, probably not even worse.}) (
29... b6 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 c5 32. b5) 30. Kd3 h5 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 h4 33.
Kd4 Bh5 34. Ra2 Bf7 {Seems even here difficult to make progress. Black
should've gone active with his rook and bishop to tie me down and create
counterplay.}) 29... b6 30. h4 (30. Kd4 c5+ 31. Ke5 Bh5) 30... c5 $14) 28. Kd2
Kd6 29. Kc3 b5 30. cxb5 cxb5 31. Kd4 Rc8 32. e4 fxe4 $6 {Played on general
grounds, as to not allow the passed pawn probably. However, a4! first was a
better try, before allowing the bishop in the game. All concrete here.} (32...
a4 $1 33. e5+ (33. exf5 Bxf5 34. Re5 (34. Be4 Bxe4 35. Kxe4 Ke6 36. bxa4 bxa4
$14) 34... Rc2 $1 {This concrete active move holds everything together. now
the a2 pawn is a target also.} 35. Rxf5 (35. Bf1 Rf2 36. Rxf5 Rxf1 $14 {
Excellent drawing chances in any rook endgames, especially with not alot of
pawns and an active rook.}) 35... Rxg2 36. Rxb5 Rxa2 $14) 33... Ke7 34. Rb2 {
Now white has to go passive.} (34. bxa4 Rc4+ 35. Ke3 bxa4 $11) 34... axb3 35.
axb3 Rc1 36. h4 h6 $14 {Here black has good counterplay.}) 33. Bxe4 a4 $6 {
Another move played on general ground, looks to be the final inaccuracy. It
was clear that Tamaz was getting tired here, he played this and the previous
moves in the endgame rather quickly, and in the endgame it's important to
always look at hidden resources. The more open the board is, the more
resources sometimes are available out of nowhere and that's why it's important
to discipline in the game to take every move like it's a very important move.
I've made this mistake myself many times before in endgames by playing too
automatically on general grounds. In endgames you rarely want to play just on
general ground. It's not like the middle game where you can't expect to
calculate everything and you would just go based on intuition. In endgames I
think if you want to, you can force yourself to calculate all the lines to
almost perfection.} (33... Rc1 $1 {Was called for. The rook has to be active
in rook endgames. Now it's not so easy for white. Black creates some
counterplay.} 34. f5 Rd1+ 35. Ke3 Bf7 36. Kf4 (36. Rd2+ Rxd2 37. Kxd2 Ke5)
36... h6 (36... a4 {And now with the active rook, counterplay with the natural
a4, to create weaknesses.} 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. a3 h6 $16 {Here there are
certainly holding chances for black. For example} 39. Re3 Rf1+ 40. Rf3 Rc1 41.
Rd3+ Ke7 42. Rd4 Be8 43. Ke5 Re1 44. h4 Re3 45. Rb4 Kf7 46. Rb6 Kg8 47. Kf4
Rxa3 48. Rb8 Kf7 49. Bd5+ Ke7 50. f6+ Kxf6 51. Rxe8 Rd3 52. Bf3 a3 53. Ra8 {
This position eventually is winning.}) 37. Re3 a4 38. bxa4 bxa4 39. a3 Rf1+ 40.
Rf3 Rc1 41. Rd3+ Ke7 42. Rd4 Bb3 43. h4 Ra1 44. Ke5 Rf1 (44... Rxa3 45. f6+)
45. Rd6 Re1 46. Rc6 Ba2 47. Rb6 Bb3 48. f6+ Kf7 49. Rb7+ Kf8 {Here black has
some slight chance.}) 34. f5 {This was important, to declare the bishop and
get him off his best square. Also it protects the h3 pawn in lines, which
allows me to take with the bishop on b3 and not allow b4, fixing the pawns.} (
34. Rc2 $2 Rxc2 35. Bxc2 axb3 36. axb3 b4 $1 {Allows good drawing chances.})
34... Bf7 {Perhaps bd7 was a bit more stubborn but probably still losing.} (
34... Bd7 35. Rd2 Be8 36. Rc2 Rb8 37. b4) 35. Rc2 $1 {To play this move it's
important to calculate the consequences of all the different bishop endgames
to the best of your ability. I was pretty sure I was winning here. The good
thing here is that it is an easy decision since nothing else looks very
attractive anyway.} (35. Bc2 Rc5 $14 {Good chances to hold Good chances to hold
}) 35... Rxc2 {Best practical try. The rook endgame with a passive rook and
down a pawn brings practically no hope. Bishop endgames with little pawns left
have sometimes drawing tendencies. Luckily for me, this wasn't one of them.}
36. Bxc2 h6 {While this move doesn't do anything special it, it puts the pawn
on the opposite color of the bishop. Everything else lost also.} (36... a3 37.
Kc3 $1 {Or else b4! and maybe not winning anymore.} Kc5 38. b4+ Kd6 39. Bb3 Bh5
40. f6 h6 41. Bg8 Bd1 42. Bd5 {Black is in zugswang. Ba4? allows bb3. Bishop
any other square allows kb3 winning the a3 pawn.} Kd7 43. Bc6+ Ke6 44. Bxb5
Kxf6 45. Kd4 h5 46. Kc5 Ke7 47. Bc6 $18) (36... axb3 37. Bxb3 Be8 38. f6 Bd7
39. h4 Bf5 40. a3 Bg6 41. Kc3 h6 42. Kb4 Bd3 43. Bd5 Be2 (43... Bg6 44. f7 Ke7
45. Kxb5 $18) 44. Bc6 Ke6 45. Bxb5 Bd1 46. Ba4 Be2 47. Bb3+ Kxf6 48. a4 Ke7 49.
Kc5 Kd8 50. Kb6 Kc8 51. a5 {Is still winning.}) 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. a3 Be8 39. h4
{This is an important move for several reasons. While this might not be the
only move that wins, chess culture should be in order. I know in my experience
it's very important to have chess culture. Games are lost and won sometimes
because of that. In the game against Erenburg I lacked it and that's why I
walked into a freaky tactic to lose the game. One thing this move does is it
puts the pawn on the opposite color of the bishop. Also, in all pawn endgame
races now, the pawn is one step closer to queening. Black absolutely can't do
anything so the best thing to do is improve your position to your maximum in
such cases and don't hurry! Tamaz coincidently was the one who taught me that
rule.} Bd7 40. Bd3 Bc8 41. f6 {The best way to make progress.} Bg4 (41... Ke6
42. Bf5+ {Of course makes ke6 impossible.}) 42. Bc4 Bf5 43. Kc3 Bg4 44. Kb4 Bd1
{Here I had to go for a think since I had loads of time and I had to make sure
I calculate concretely all the variations and make sure I'm winning in all
lines for sure. In such endgames it has to be all exact, and "seems winning"
isn't a good enough argument anymore. It's either a win or a draw now.} 45. Bb5
{the winning move, but I had to make sure, because I am winning within 1 tempo.
} Ke6 46. Bxa4 Bf3 (46... Be2 47. Bb3+ Kxf6 48. a4 Ke7 49. Kc5 Kd8 50. Bc4 Bf3
51. a5 $18) (46... Bg4 47. Bb3+ Kxf6 48. a4 Ke7 49. Kc5 $18) 47. Bb3+ Kxf6 48.
Kc5 Ke7 49. a4 Kd7 50. a5 Kc7 (50... Bb7 51. Kb6 Kc8 52. Be6+ Kb8 53. Bd7 Bg2
54. Bc6 $18) 51. a6 Kb8 (51... Be2 52. Bc4 Bxc4 53. Kxc4 Kb6 54. Kd5 Kxa6 55.
Ke6 {Leads to a winning pawn endgame.}) (51... Bb7 52. axb7 Kxb7 53. Kd6 Kb6
54. Ke5 Kc7 55. Kf6 Kd6 56. Kg6 Ke7 57. Kxh6 Kf6 58. h5 {And the black king
doesn't have time to get to the magic h8 square for the draw.}) 52. Kb6 Ka8 53.
Ba4 h5 $5 {Last trick.} (53... Bg2 54. Bc6+ Bxc6 55. Kxc6 Ka7 56. Kd5 Kxa6 57.
Ke6 Kb6 58. Kf6 Kc7 59. Kg6 Kd7 60. Kxh6 Ke7 61. Kg7 {Just in time.}) 54. Be8 {
It's still not too late to spoil everything with} (54. Bc6+ $4 Bxc6 55. Kxc6
Ka7 56. Kd5 Kxa6 57. Ke5 Kb7 58. Kf5 Kc7 59. Kg5 Kd7 60. Kxh5 Ke7 61. Kg6 Kf8
$11 {The difference here is that with the pawn on h5, I capture the pawn on h5,
which gives black time to get the king to f8 before white gets the king to the
winning g7 square.}) 54... Kb8 55. a7+ Ka8 56. Bf7 {And on this positive note
my tournament after all ended well, though admittedly I got somewhat lucky in
this game, because my opponent was kind of tired for this game seemingly and
didn't seem fresh. He played well positionally but tactically he didn't seem
as sharp as he normally is. Tamaz blundered a pawn and then that followed by
not defending the endgame probably the best way. So the conclusion, at least
based on these 2 games I came up with is: In complicated tough middle games
where you cannot keep track of all the lines, you want to trust your intuition
more, or else you will get into time pressure and you will need that time
probably later. Also, usually the most natural moves in such cases based on
general principles usually turn out to be the best moves anyway. However, in
the endgame, general rules, while they still exist, they are really worth
nothing compared to concrete variations. In endgames concrete variations are
much easier to calculate and it's expected of us to try to do so. In endgames
a difference of one move is often a win and a draw and a loss. However, in
complicated middle games, sometimes you might not make the mathematically best
move, but practically it might even be better since you use less time for it,
and it can create more practical problems for your opponent rather than
practical problems for yourself by forcing you to keep track of all possible
lines and risk miscalculating a detail and blowing everything. Also the key is
to fight hard even after you have a heart-breaker. Tournament is not over
until it's over and you want to always make the maximum of your opportunties.
It turned out maybe the Erenburg game that I lost was good for me. Not only
did it teach me good lessons about chess culture at the board and other many
good lessons, but it opened the door for me to have two whites in the last
round game, while if I'd draw that game maybe I would play black and lose. So
take nothing for granted and be thankful no matter what happens, win, loss,
draw, make a mistake, make a good move, and then you'll be able to always
think positively, and without thinking positively it's very hard to be happy.}
1-0

[Event "National Chess Congress Round 4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sergey Erenburg"]
[Black "Alex Lenderman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Annotator "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. Kb1 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. h4 O-O 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Nd4 Rc8
15. g4 Nd7 16. Qh2 Nc5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. g5 Rc7 19. Rg1 g6 20. e5 Rd8 21. Be2
dxe5 22. Qxe5 Rd5 23. Qe3 Qd6 24. f4 Rd7 25. Nb3 Nxb3 26. axb3 Qc7 27. h5 Rxd1+
28. Bxd1 Qd6 29. Bf3 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Qd5 31. Qh3 gxh5 32. Qxh5 Qe4 33. Qh2 a5 34.
Rf1 b4 35. Qf2 Rd5 36. Re1 Qf5 37. Qe3 Kf8 38. Kc1 Ke8 39. Rh1 Qg4 {Diagram [#]
} 40. Rg1 Qf5 (40... Qh4 41. Qf3 Rf5 42. Qa8+ Ke7 43. Rf1 Rd5 (43... Rxf4 44.
Rd1)) 41. g6 {Diagram [#]} Kf8 (41... hxg6 42. Rg5 Qf6 43. Rxd5) (41... Rc5 42.
Qf2 (42. Qd2)) 42. Rg5 Qf6 43. Rxd5 (43. gxh7 Rxg5 44. fxg5 Qf1+ 45. Kd2 Kg7)
43... exd5 44. gxh7 Qh6 (44... Kg7 45. Qe5 Qxe5 46. fxe5 Kxh7 47. Kd2 Kg6 48.
Ke3 f5 49. exf6 Kxf6 50. Kd4 Ke6 51. Kc5) 45. Qe5 (45. h8=Q+ Qxh8 46. Qc5+ Kg7
47. Qd4+ Kg8 48. Qxh8+ Kxh8 49. Kd2 Kg7 50. Ke3 Kf6 51. Kd4 Kf5 52. Kxd5 Kxf4
53. c4 bxc3 54. bxc3 f5 55. c4 Kg3 56. c5 f4 57. c6 f3 58. c7 f2 59. c8=Q f1=Q)
(45. Kb1 Qh1+ 46. Ka2 Qxh7 47. Qc5+ Kg7) 45... Qh1+ (45... Qxh7 46. Qxd5) 46.
Kd2 Qxh7 (46... Qh2+ 47. Ke3 Qxh7 48. f5 Qh6+ 49. Kd3 Qh5) 47. f5 Qh6+ 48. Kd3
{Diagram [#]} Qc1 (48... Qh5 49. Kd4 (49. Qxd5 Qd1+ 50. Kc4 Qxc2+ 51. Kb5 Qxb2
52. Kxa5 Qc3) (49. Ke3 Qh6+) 49... Qd1+ 50. Kc5 Qxc2+ 51. Kd6 Kg8 (51... Qg2
52. f6) 52. f6 (52. Qg3+ Kh7 53. Qh4+ Kg8 54. Qg5+ Kh7 55. Ke7 Qc7+ 56. Kf8
Qc8+ 57. Kxf7 Qd7+ 58. Kf8 Qd6+ 59. Qe7+ Qxe7+ 60. Kxe7 d4 61. f6 d3 62. f7 d2
63. f8=Q d1=Q) 52... Qg6 53. Kxd5 Kh7) 49. f6 Qd1+ 50. Ke3 Qc1+ (50... Qg1+ 51.
Kd2 Qf2+ 52. Kd3 Qf1+ 53. Kd4) (50... d4+ 51. Ke4 Qxc2+ 52. Kd5) 51. Kd4 Qxb2+
(51... Qd2+ 52. Kc5 Qxc2+ 53. Kb6 Qf2+ (53... Qc8 54. Qd6+ Kg8 55. Qg3+) 54.
Kb7) 52. Kxd5 Qxe5+ 53. Kxe5 Kg8 (53... Ke8 54. Kd6 Kd8 55. Kc6 Kc8 56. Kb6)
54. Kd6 Kh7 55. Kd7 Kh6 56. Ke8 Kg6 57. Ke7 1-0

[Event "National Chess Congress, Round 6"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sergey Erenburg"]
[Black "Mikheil Kekelidze"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Annotator "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. c3 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2
d6 9. c4 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Nf3 Nbd7 13. h3 b6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bd2
Bb7 16. Rac1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Be3 Nf4 19. Qd2 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 {Diagram [#]}
f5 21. Bd4 (21. f4 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Bc6
26. Rd2 Rd8 27. Re1) 21... Bf4 (21... Rad8 22. exf5 (22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qe2)
22... Rxf5 23. f3) (21... Rac8 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. f4 (24. Qxd6
Re1+ 25. Kh2 Qxd6+) 24... Qc5+ 25. Kh2 Rf5 26. Qxd6) 22. Be3 Be5 23. f4 (23.
exf5 Rxf5 (23... gxf5 24. f4 Qg7 25. Rd2 Bf6 26. Qxd6 Rad8 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28.
Rcc2 Rde8 29. Qxb6 Qg3 30. Rd3) 24. Ne4 (24. f4 Qc6) 24... Rd8 25. f3) 23...
fxe4 24. Qd2 {Diagram [#]} (24. Nxe4 Bxf4 (24... Bxb2 25. Rb1) 25. Bxf4 Rxf4
26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27. Nxd6 Bc6 28. Rd2 Rd8 29. Re1 Rf6 30. b4 Kf8) 24... Bxc3 25.
Qxc3 (25. Rxc3 Rad8 26. Qd4 Qc5 27. Rb3 Qxd4 28. Rxd4 b5) 25... b5 (25... d5
26. Qb4) 26. Qb4 bxc4 27. Rxc4 Qe7 28. Qb6 (28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Bd5) 28...
Rfc8 (28... Rf7 29. Rxd6 (29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Bd5) 29... Bd5 30. Ra4) 29.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Rxd6 Qc7 (30... Bd5 31. Qxa6 Ra8 32. Qb6 Bxa2 33. Qc5) 31. Qd4
Bd5 {Diagram [#]} 32. Rxa6 (32. Qe5 h6 (32... Kf7 33. Bd4 e3 34. Qf6+ Ke8 35.
Qh8+ Kf7 36. Qxh7+ Ke8 37. Qxg6+) 33. Bd4 Kh7 34. a4) 32... Qc4 33. Qb6 (33.
Qxc4 Rxc4 34. b3 Rc2) 33... Qc6 34. Qa7 (34. Qxc6 Bxc6 35. b4 Bd5 36. Bc5)
34... Qc7 35. Qd4 Qc4 36. Qb6 Qc7 37. Qb4 Rb8 (37... Qc4 38. Qa5 Qc2 39. Qb6
Qc7 40. a4) 38. Qd4 Qc4 39. Qe5 {Diagram [#]} Qxa6 (39... Rxb2 40. Bd4 Rxg2+
41. Kxg2 Qe2+ 42. Kg3 (42. Bf2 e3+)) 40. Qxb8+ Kf7 41. Qc7+ Ke8 42. Qxh7 e5 (
42... Qxa2 43. Bc5 Kd8 44. Bb6+ Ke8 45. Qxg6+ Kd7 46. Qf7+ Kc6 47. Qc7+ Kb5 48.
Be3) 43. Qh8+ Kf7 44. Qxe5 Bxa2 45. Qxe4 Be6 46. Bd4 Qc4 47. Qe5 Bf5 48. Kh2
Qc2 49. Qd5+ Be6 50. Qb7+ Ke8 51. Bf6 Bd7 52. Qb8+ Kf7 53. Qd8 Qe4 54. Qxd7+
Kxf6 55. Qd6+ Kf7 56. Qc7+ Kg8 57. b3 Qe1 58. Qc4+ Kh7 59. b4 Qe3 60. b5 1-0

[Event "National Chess Congress, Round 5"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jowell Ammons"]
[Black "Delonta Richardson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 b6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 g5 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. Ba6+ Kb8 14. a4
Qf4 15. Rfe1 f5 16. e5 g4 17. a5 h5 18. axb6 cxb6 19. Bb5 h4 20. Bxc6 dxc6 21.
Qa6 Rh7 22. Reb1 h3 23. Rxb6+ Ka8 24. Rb8+ Rxb8 25. Qxc6+ Rhb7 26. Rb1 Qe4 {
Diagram [#]} 0-1

[Event "National Chess Congress, Round 4"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jessica Regam"]
[Black "Gregory Nolan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "155"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 Nh6 6. c3 Nd7 7. Bb5 Qc7 8. b4 Nf5
9. Bd4 a6 10. Ba4 a5 11. a3 Be7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Nbd2 f6 14. Bxd7 Bxd7 15. O-O
Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bb5 17. Re1 axb4 18. axb4 f5 {Diagram [#]} 19. Nb3 Ra4 20. Rxa4
Bxa4 21. Qd3 Qd7 22. Ra1 Rb8 23. Nbd2 Bd8 24. Nb1 Ra8 25. Qa3 Ra6 26. Qb2 Qb5
27. Nc3 Qd3 28. Qd2 Bb5 29. Qxd3 Rxa1+ 30. Qb1 Rxb1+ 31. Nxb1 Kf8 32. Nc3 Bd3
33. Ne1 Bc4 34. Nc2 Ke8 35. Na3 Bb3 36. Nab5 Kd7 37. Nd6 b6 38. Nb7 Bc7 39.
cxb6 Bxb6 40. Nc5+ Bxc5 41. bxc5 Bc4 42. f4 h6 43. Kf2 Kc6 44. Na4 Ba6 45. Nb6
g6 46. Ke3 Kc7 47. Kd2 Bf1 48. g3 Ba6 49. Kc3 Be2 50. Kb4 Ba6 51. Na4 Kc6 52.
Ka5 Bd3 53. Nc3 Bc4 54. Nd1 Be2 55. Ne3 Bd3 56. h4 Be2 57. Nc2 Bc4 58. Nb4+ Kc7
59. c6 Be2 60. Na2 Kxc6 61. Nc3 Bc4 62. Na4 Kd7 63. Nc5+ Ke7 64. Kb6 Be2 65.
Kc7 Bb5 66. Nb7 Bd7 67. Nd6 h5 68. Nc8+ Ke8 69. Nb6 Bb5 70. Kd6 Kf7 71. Na8 Ba6
72. Nb6 Bb5 73. Nd7 Ba4 74. Nc5 Bb5 75. Nxe6 Bc4 76. Nc7 Bb3 77. e6+ Kf6 78. e7
1-0

[Event "National Chess Congress, Round 6"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jason Li"]
[Black "Andrew Meyer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Annotator "Kantor, Alan"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. f3 Bh5 13. Re1 Bg6 14. Bg5 Qd6
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxd5 Rad8 18. Qe4 Nd4 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Na4
Nxf3+ 21. Kh1 Ng5 {Diagram [#]} 22. Qe7 Qf6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Kg1
Ne6 26. Kf2 f5 27. c3 b5 28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Nc5 Rd2+ 30. Ke3 Rxb2 31. a4 bxa4
32. Nxa4 Rxg2 33. h4 Rh2 34. Nc5 Kf7 35. c4 Rxh4 36. Kd3 e5 37. Nb3 Rh3+ 38.
Kc2 Rxb3 39. Kxb3 Ke7 40. Kb4 Kd7 41. Kb5 f4 42. c5 Kc7 43. c6 f3 0-1

[Event "National Chess Congress, Round 6"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.12.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM Irina Krush"]
[Black "IM Bryan Smith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Annotator "Smith, Bryan"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
Rac1 {Diagram [#]} e6 (15... Qb6) 16. Rfd1 Be5 17. Bg5 (17. f4 Bxc3) 17... f6 (
17... Qb6) 18. Bh4 {Diagram [#]} (18. Be3) 18... Qb6 19. Bf2 (19. Qe3 Bf4)
19... Qb4 20. Nb1 Qxd2 (20... f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Qe3) 21. Nxd2 (21. Rxd2 Bf4)
21... Na6 22. Be3 (22. c5 d5) 22... a4 23. c5 {Diagram [#]} (23. f4 Bb2 24. Rb1
a3) 23... Nb4 (23... Nxc5 24. b4) (23... dxc5 24. Bxa6) (23... d5) 24. a3 (24.
Nc4 Nxa2 25. Nxe5 Nxc1 26. Nxc6 Nxe2+) (24. cxd6 Nxa2 25. Rc2 Nc3 26. Re1 Nxe2+
27. Rxe2 axb3 28. Nxb3 Ba4) (24. f4 Bb2 25. Rb1 a3 26. Nc4 (26. cxd6 Nxa2 27.
Rxb2 axb2 (27... Nc3 28. Rc2 Nxd1 29. Bd4 (29. Bxd1) 29... Nb2 30. Bxb2 axb2
31. Rxb2) 28. Bd4) 26... Bxe4 27. Nxb2 Bxb1) (24. bxa4 Nxa2 25. Rc4 d5 26. exd5
exd5 27. Rc2 Bxa4 28. Rxa2 Bxd1 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Bxd1 Ra1) 24... Na2 25. Rc2
axb3 26. Nxb3 Rxa3 0-1

[Event "UT Dallas GM Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "IM Arthur Calugar"]
[Black "GM Cristian Chirila"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Root, Alexey"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/pp4pp/2p1p3/6r1/8/1P2qB1K/P1P1QR2/R7 b - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 28... Rf6 (28... Qxe2 29. Rxe2 Rxf3+) 0-1

[Event "UT Dallas GM Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "IM Milos Pavlovic"]
[Black "FM Tyler Hughes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Root, Alexey"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/1p3pbp/r2Pbpp1/2P5/p3N1P1/P6P/BP1R4/1K2R3 w - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram [#]} 31. Nxf6+ Bxf6 32. Rxe6 Kg7 (32... fxe6 33. Bxe6+) 33. d7 1-0

[Event "UT Dallas GM Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "IM Arthur Calugar"]
[Black "IM Milos Pavlovic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Root, Alexey"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2r1k/6pp/6b1/1p2P3/3q1P2/BQP1p3/7P/2R2RK1 b - - 0 34"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 34... Rxf4 35. h3 (35. cxd4 Rg4+) 35... Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "UT Dallas GM Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "GM Conrad Holt"]
[Black "GM Julio Sadorra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Root, Alexey"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/1R3pp1/3r4/pp3Pp1/3B4/P1PR4/2qnQ2P/6K1 b - - 0 43"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 43... Nf3+ (43... Rxe2 44. Rb8+ Kh7 45. Rh3+ Rh6 46. Rxh6+ Kxh6 (
46... gxh6 47. Rh8#) 47. Rh8#) 44. Qxf3 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "UT Dallas GM Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "FM Alec Getz"]
[Black "GM Julio Sadorra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Root, Alexey"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6p1/k1n1Pb1p/2Bp1P1P/p1nP4/1r1R1K2/4NN2/8 b - - 0 49"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 49... a3 50. Rxb3 (50. Bxa3 Rxd3+ 51. Nxd3 Nxa3) 50... a2 0-1

[Event "2012 UT Dallas GM Invitational"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.12.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cristian Chirila"]
[Black "Conrad Holt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Annotator "Chirila, Cristian"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 (5... Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3)
6. Rc1 Bd7 7. e3 Qxb2 8. Bd3 a6 9. Nge2 Bc6 (9... Qa3 10. O-O e6 11. e4) 10.
Rb1 Qa3 11. Rb3 Qa5 12. Qb1 {Diagram [#]} Nbd7 (12... e6 13. Rxb7 Nbd7 (13...
Bxb7 14. Qxb7) 14. Bc7 Qa3 15. Rb3 Qe7 16. O-O) (12... b5 13. a4 Nh5 14. axb5
Nxf4 15. Nxf4 axb5 16. O-O e6 17. Nxb5 Be7 18. e4) 13. Rxb7 e5 (13... Rc8 14.
Ra7) (13... e6 14. Bc7 Qa3 15. O-O Rc8 16. Ra7) 14. Bxe5 (14. dxe5 Bxb7 15.
Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qc6 Qc5 17. Qxa6) 14... Nxe5 15. Rb8+ Ke7 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Rxa8
Bxa8 18. O-O g6 {Diagram [#]} 19. f4 Bg7 20. Bc2 (20. Qe1 Rc8 {Diagram [#]} 21.
Bb5 axb5 22. Nxd5+ Bxd5 23. Qxa5) 20... Rc8 21. Qe1 Kf8 22. Bb3 Nc5 23. Bxd5
Nd3 24. Qd2 Bxd5 25. Qxd3 Bc4 26. Qd7 Be6 27. Qa4 (27. Qd2 Kg8 28. Rd1 Qa3 29.
Ne4) 27... Qxa4 28. Nxa4 {Diagram [#]} Rc2 (28... Rc4 29. Nac3 f6 30. exf6 Bxf6
31. Rc1 Kf7 32. Kf2) 29. Nd4 Rxa2 30. Nc5 Bc8 (30... Bd5 31. e4 Bc4 32. Rc1 Bb5
33. Nxb5 axb5 34. Nd7+ Ke7 35. Nb6) 31. Rb1 Ke8 32. Rb8 Kd8 33. Ra8 Bf8 34.
Nce6+ {Diagram [#]} fxe6 35. Nxe6+ Kd7 36. Nxf8+ Kc7 37. Ra7+ Kb6 (37... Bb7
38. e6 Re2 39. Nd7 Rxg2+ 40. Kf1 Rc2 41. Nf6 Kb6 42. e7 Rc8 43. Rxb7+ Kxb7 44.
e8=Q Rxe8 45. Nxe8) 38. Rxh7 Re2 39. e6 Rxe3 40. e7 Bf5 41. g4 Bxg4 42. Nxg6
Bd7 43. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Tallinn candidates (W) semi-finals"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "Orlov, Georgi"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

{Maia Chiburdanidze is one of the great Women's Chess Champions who was at the
top of her game for many years.  It so happened that on her way to the World
Championship title Elena encoutered Maia twice, first in 1977, in the
Candidate Semi-Finals, and again afor the title match in 1986. Maia won in
both matches, but they remained friends. Last time Maia visited us in Seattle 
around the year 2000, when she was here to meet some of her long lost
relatives. In this game Elena executed a quick attack on the Kingside against
Maya's Sicilian Dragon.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6.
a4 g6 {A clever switch to a Dragon that eliminates White's queenside castling
options.} 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 {Black does not have any
opening difficulties here.} 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nb4 {This is probably not the
best option here. In other games Black played ...Rc8 and ...Nd7, which is more
in the spirit of ...Bg4 play.} 13. Rf2 {For a few moves White simply develops
pieces.} Qc7 {13... Rc8 14. Bd2 Nd7} 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. f5 Rad8 {16...
Bd4 17. Rff1 Nd7} 17. Raf1 Qd7 {17... Nd7 -Personally I like this move since
Black's Knight on e5 would block many attacking attempts.} 18. Bg5 Ncxd3 19.
cxd3 Rc8 20. Qg3 {White slowly  improves her piece placement. The idea is to
eventually play Qh4 and either e4-e5 or f5-f6 or both at some point.} Rc7 {It
does not look like Black has any particular plan and she waits to see what
happens. 20... h6 21. Bxh6 Bxh6 22. fxg6 f6 23. Qh4 g7 24. e5 Nxd3 25. exf6+
exf6 26. Rxf6.} 21. Rf3 {An important move, to keep d3 protected when the
queen moves on to bigger and better things.} Rc5 22. Qh4 Rc7 {This is a
serious blunder that could have cost dearly. 22... f6 23. Bd2 g5 24. Qe1 d5 25.
Qd1.} 23. Qf2 {White misses her chance. 23. e5! Nc6 24. f6 Bh8 25. Nd5.} Rc5
24. d4 Rcc8 25. Qh4 Rc7 {Instead 25... f6 26. Be3 g5 27. Qg4 Rc4  would give
Black some fighting chances.} 26. e5 {Elena did not miss a second chance and
now the attack is decisive.} gxf5 {Or 26... dxe5 27. dxe5 Nd3 28. e6 Qd6 29.
exf7+ Kh8 30. Ne4 Qc6 31. f6 exf6 32. Nxf6.} 27. Bh6 {Now it's all over since
the King is facing an army all alone.} f6 28. Rxf5 dxe5 29. dxe5 Nd5 30. Nxd5
Qxd5 31. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "New York open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.04.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Donaldson Akhmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A73"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Orlov, Georgi"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2012.12.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nd2 {This move
was trendy at some point, with White playing early Nc4 and Bf4, attacking d6.
Also, in some lines Black would play ...Bg4, to White avoids that trade by
playing Nd2 early.} Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be2 Na6 $5 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Nc4
Ba6 {The idea behind this move is not so much to make a pin, but eventually
take on c4 and play ...a6 and ...b5.} 13. f3 $1 {Suba played this line rather
regularly. For instance, a couple years earlier in NY Open: 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. b3
Rfe8 15. Qc2 Bxc4 16. bxc4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qf5 18. Bd3 Bxa1 19. Nxd6 Qxg5 20.
Nxe8 Nxe8 21. Rxa1 Qe5 22. Rc1 Nd6 Dlugy-Suba, NY Open 1987.} Qd7 14. Bd2 Bxc4
15. Bxc4 a6 16. Qe2 {White must stop ...b5, else Black has a great game.} Rfb8
17. Rfb1 {White fights fire with fire, planning b2-b4.} Qe7 18. b4 Nh5 19. g3
f5 20. bxc5 Bd4+ 21. Kg2 bxc5 22. exf5 Qg7 {Black gets very ambitious here.
Better was 22...Qxe2 23. Bxe2 gxf5 24. Bd3 Nf6! 25. Bxf5 Kg7.} 23. Qd3 gxf5 24.
Rxb8+ Rxb8 25. Rb1 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 {White now controls an important file and has
easy access to Black's queenside pawns.} Qd7 {26... Bxc3 27. Qb8+ Qf8 28.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 29. Bxc3 Ke7 30. Ba5 Kd7 31. Bd3 leads to an unpleasant ending
where bishops should dominate knights.} 27. Bd3 Ng7 28. Qb3 Nge8 29. Ne2 Be5
30. Nf4 {Here White's knight is much more powerful and Ne6 is in the air.} Nf6
31. Ne6 $1 Ncxd5 32. Bxf5 Qc8 33. Qc4 {This simple queen transfer decides the
game. Elena was very good in positions like this.} Kh8 34. Qh4 {Here threats
like Qh6 and Bg5, Bh6 and Bg7+ with Qg5 decide the game.} Ne7 {Or 34... Qd7 35.
Bh6 Qf7 36. Bg7+ Kg8 37. Qg5.} 35. Bg5 Nxf5 {Or 35...Neg8 36.Bxf6+ Nxf6 37.Qh6
Qg8 38.Nf8! Qg7 39.Ng6+ Kg8 40.Be6} 36. Bxf6+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ Kf7 38. Nd8+ Kf8 39.
Bxe5 dxe5 40. Qf6+ Ke8 41. Nf7 $1 Qd7 42. Qxf5 Qxf7 43. Qc8+ Ke7 44. Qxc5+ Kf6
45. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Novi Sad Olympiad"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donaldson Ahkmilovskaya, Elena"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "Orlov, Georgi"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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. Nd2 a5 10. a3 c5 {Nowadays Black plays differently. For instance,10...
Kh8 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. b4 f5 13. f3 f4 14. Nb5 b6 15. Qc2 a4 $1 16. Rd1 g5 17. g4
h5 18. h3 Rf6 19. Bb2 Rh6 as in Kramnik-Nakamura, 2011.} 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. b4
axb4 13. axb4 b6 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Nb3 f5 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bd2 {The trick here
is to stop ...Nd7-f6, winning a tempo.} Bg7 18. Ra1 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 {Now White
prepares Qa5 or Qa7, while Black is yet to start anything on the kingside.} Nf6
20. f3 Nh5 21. Qa5 Qd7 {One can understand why Black wants to keep Queens on
board, but after this move she is forced into a passive defense. 21... Nf4 22.
Bd1 Bh6 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. g3 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 Bxd2 26. Nxd2 f4 (26... Ng5 27. h4
Nf7 28. Ba4 Kf8 29. Rb1 27. g4 Ng5 28. Ba4 Nf7 29. Rb1. White is to be
preferred here, but  there's still much to be done.} 22. Ra1 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Nf5
24. Qb6 {After this move Black can not stop the invasion of opponent's Rook,
while the kingside play never came around.} Rf7 {25... Rf8 26. g4} 25. Ra8 Nf6
26. Ng5 Re7 27. Ne6 Ne8 {27... Re8 28. Ra7 (27... Nd4 28. Nbxd4 exd4 29. Qb8
Re8 30. Ra7).} 28. Bg5 Rxe6 {28... Rf7 29. Qb8} 29. dxe6 Qxe6 30. Nxc5 $1 dxc5
31. Qxe6+ Bxe6 32. Rxe8+ Kf7 33. Ra8 {The remaining is just a matter of
accuracy.} e4 34. fxe4 Nd6 35. Ra7+ Kg8 36. Be3 Nxe4 37. Re7 Bf5 38. Bf3 Nd6
39. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Alabama State Champ"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McCormick, B."]
[Black "Strout, D.L.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "1706"]
[BlackElo "1656"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.11.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Bd6 {Diagram [#]} 6. d4 Nf6 7.
O-O (7. dxe5 Nxe5) (7. d5 Na5) 7... h6 (7... O-O 8. Bg5 (8. Re1 h6 9. Nbd2)
8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bxg5 (10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Be7) 10... hxg5) 8. Re1 O-O
9. Na3 {Diagram [#]} Re8 (9... Bxa3 10. Bxa3) (9... a6) 10. Nb5 Bf8 11. Qb3 Re7
12. Nxe5 (12. Ba3 d6 (12... Na5 13. Bxe7)) 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Rxe5 14. Bxf7+
Kh8 {Diagram [#]} 15. Nxc7 (15. Bf4 -- (15... Rc5 16. e5) 16. Bxe5) 15... Qxc7
(15... Rb8) 16. Bf4 Qc5 (16... Bd6) (16... d6) 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Bg6 b6 19.
Rad1 Bc5 20. h3 Bb7 21. Qc2 {Diagram [#]} Bc6 22. Kh1 Rd8 (22... Rf8) 23. Qd2
Rf8 24. f4 Qe7 25. Qd3 Rd8 26. e5 {Diagram [#]} Nd5 (26... Ng4 27. hxg4 Qh4+
28. Qh3 Qxh3#) 27. f5 (27. Qg3) 27... Nf4 28. Qg3 Nxg6 (28... Nxg2) 29. Qxg6
Rf8 30. f6 Qf7 31. fxg7+ Qxg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. e6 {Diagram [#]} d6 34. Rd3
Rf6 35. Rg3+ Rg6 36. Rf3 Rf6 (36... Bxf3) 37. e7 Rxf3 38. gxf3 Kf7 39. Kg2 d5
0-1

[Event "40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Samhouri, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b3k1/pp3p1p/5p2/8/4p3/1P2P3/P3BPPP/6K1 w - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]

{# #} 22. h3 f5 23. Kh2 Kg7 24. Kg3 Kg6 25. Kf4 h5 26. Ke5 $1 h4 27. Kd6 Be6
28. Kc7 Bd5 29. g3 Kg5 30. Bc4 Bc6 31. b4 a6 32. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "40th Chess Olympiad Istanbul 2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4b3/2r1k3/1R3ppp/8/3KB1P1/7P/8 b - - 0 43"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]

{# #} 43... g4 44. Bf4 (44. Rb6) 44... Bf6 45. Rb7 Ra6 46. Rh7 Ra3+ 47. Ke2
Ra2+ 48. Kf1 Kd5 (48... Rxh2 49. Kg1 Rh3 50. Kg2 Be5 (50... h4 51. Rh6 Kf7 52.
Rh5 Kg6 53. Rh6+) 51. Bxe5 Kxe5 52. Rh8 h4 $1) 49. Rxh5 Ke4 50. h3 gxh3 (50...
Kf3 51. Ke1 Bd4 52. hxg4 Bf2+ 53. Kd1 fxg4) 51. Rxh3 Bd4 52. Rh5 Rf2+ 53. Ke1
Rg2 54. Kf1 Kf3 55. Be3 (55. Ke1 Bf2+ 56. Kd1 Bxg3 57. Bxg3 Kg4 58. Rxf5 $1)
55... Bxe3 56. Rxf5+ Kxg3 {# #} 57. Re5 Rf2+ 58. Ke1 Kf4 59. Re8 Ra2 60. Kd1
Kf3 61. Re7 $4 (61. Rd8) (61. Rh8) 61... Rd2+ 62. Ke1 Rd8 63. Rf7+ Bf4 64. Rf6
(64. Rf5 Rh8 (64... Rc8) 65. Kd1 Rc8) 64... Rc8 0-1

[Event "Atlantic City US Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Browne, Walter"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "3"]

{14/105} {Just two years earlier Larsen had played board #1 and Fischer
board#2 in the Russians vs the Rest of the world match. My lovely wife of 38
years Raquel relates how I played poker to 6a.m. prior to this game, and a
"forced" siesta gave me the extra energy I'd need this night against "The
Great Dane".} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nfd7 (
6... Nbd7 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Be2 Rb8 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Bf4 Nc7 12. a5 b5 13.
axb6 Rxb6 {leads to a balanced position where White has a stronger center ,
but Black has pressure on c3 and b2.}) 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O Na6 {Preparing Nc7,a6
and Rb8 to breakthrough with ...b5.} 9. Bf4 (9. Re1 Rb8 10. Bf1 {is a quieter
treatment, but Bent hopes to play e5 at some point or at least prevent ...e6.})
9... Nc7 10. Be2 ({Blocking the e-line and allowing the text. Wiser was} 10.
Bd3 {taking the sting out of ...f5.}) (10. Qd2 a6 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. h3 Rb8 13. a5
b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. b3 {with a slight edge for White is more common.}) 10...
f5 $1 {Diagram [#] It is very rare in the Benoni that Black can play this as
normally e6 is weakened. However it takes advantage of the poor placement of
the bishop on f4 and the d pawn becomes a target.} 11. exf5 (11. Qd2 fxe4 12.
Ng5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nf6 14. f3 $5 exf3 (14... Ncxd5 15. Bc4 e6 16. fxe4 {and
White has a strong attack.}) 15. Bxf3 Bf5 {and White has good compensation for
the pawn, but I prefer Black!}) 11... Rxf5 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxd5 14. Bd3 (
{Missing} 14. Bc4 N7b6 15. g4 $1 {probably what Bent overlooked} Rxg5 16. Nxg5
e6 (16... Nxc4 17. Qxd5+ e6 18. Nxe6 Nb6 19. Qa2 {wins.}) 17. Bxd5 Qxg5 18. Bg2
d5 (18... Qf4 19. Re1 d5 20. a5 {with a big edge.}) 19. f4 {leaves White with
the upper hand.}) 14... Nxc3 15. Qd2 (15. Qe1 Rxf3 16. Bc4+ d5 17. gxf3 Nb6 18.
Qxc3 Nxc4 19. Rfe1 {with strong threats therefore} Qa5 {is necessary with a
big edge for White.}) 15... Rxf3 16. gxf3 ({A quick decision missing the
important intermezzo} 16. Bc4+ $1 Rf7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxc3 Nf6 19. Rfe1 b6
20. a5 $1 {with an edge.}) 16... Ne5 17. Bc4+ {Diagram [#]} (17. Qxc3 Nxf3+ 18.
Kh1 Nxg5 19. f4 Nf7 20. f5 Ne5 {and I have three pawns for the exchange and
the White king is more exposed! Most importantly I can guard g6 while I
complete my development with an edge.}) {It seems I have to take the bishop as
the knight is hanging.} 17... e6 $3 {A real shocker! Totally turning the
tables as I voluntarily offer my queen!! This one of those magical moments,
almost surreal--both queens and four minor pieces were caught in a web of
counterthreats! Certainly Bent wasn't dreaming of this!} 18. Qxc3 (18. Kg2 Nxc4
19. Qf4 Nd5 $1 {a key retort!} 20. Qh4 Qf8 21. Qxc4 Bd7 {My excellently placed
knight on d5, plus the weakened kingside offer a healthy target for my bishop,
which relishes the white squares with superior chances!}) (18. Bxd8 $2 Nxf3+
19. Kh1 Nxd2 20. Ba5 Nxc4 21. Bxc3 Bd7 22. f4 Rf8 {with a strong center, well
placed pieces and three extra pawns, it's an easy win.}) (18. Kh1 Nxf3 19. Qxc3
Nxg5 20. f4 Ne4 21. Qe3 d5 22. Bd3 Bd7 $1 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxc5 Bc6 {and the
well placed bishop plus White's denuded king plus two extra pawns strongly
favor Black.}) (18. Be2 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Qxg5+ 20. Kh1 {and I only need to pile
up on f3 by} Bd7 21. Rg1 Qh5 22. Rg3 Bc6 23. Ra3 Rf8 24. Kg2 Rxf3 $1 {which is
devastating.}) 18... Qxg5+ 19. Kh1 b6 {Fortifying c5 while preparing to put
pressure on the weakened f3 pawn. Suddenly White's king is more vulnerable.}
20. Rfd1 (20. Rg1 Qf4 21. Be2 Bb7 22. Rg3 Rf8 {was a slow death so Bent tries
to mix it up.}) 20... Qf4 21. Rxd6 (21. Be2 Bb7 22. Qe3 Qh4 23. Kg1 Qh3 {and
there is no defense.}) 21... Nxf3 22. Rd8+ Kf7 23. Kg2 {Diagram [#]} Qg5+ $1 (
23... Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Ba6 $1 25. Rd7+ Ke8 {was a more complicated win.}) 24. Kh3 (
24. Kxf3 Bb7+ 25. Ke2 Rxd8 {wins easily.}) 24... Qh4+ 25. Kg2 Nd4 $1 ({Forcing
and very practical! Slower was} 25... Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Ke2 Nd4+ 28. Kd2
Qf5 {threatens to win the rook and the pawn on f2 winning.}) 26. Rxd4 Bb7+ 27.
Bd5 Bxd5+ 28. Rxd5 Qe4+ 29. f3 Qxd5 {Diagram [#] Two pawns up with no more
tricks and plenty of time so why did Bent continue his agony? Two years
earlier I was near winning at the same event, and he swindled me!} 30. a5 b5
31. Re1 Rd8 32. Re2 Qg5+ 33. Kf2 Rd1 34. Re1 Qh4+ {My first victory over one
of the greatest fighters of the 20th century!} 0-1

