[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.03.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2B5/8/8/4R3/6N1/5Pk1/4K2R w K - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. f3 Kxf3 2. O-O# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.03.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Twin for problem 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2B5/8/8/4R3/6N1/4P1k1/4K2R w K - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Re5 (1. e3 Kf3 2. O-O#) 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.03.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "n5kr/1K5p/7Q/6N1/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Kc6 Nc7 2. Kxc7 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.03.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k1rr/K7/b6Q/8/8/8/q7/8 w k - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram [#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.03.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Twin (b) to Problem 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rk1r1/K7/b6Q/8/8/8/q7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.03.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Twin (c) to Problem 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k1rr/K7/b7/8/2Q5/8/q7/8 w k - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram [#]}  *

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana CUB"]
[Date "1965.09.20"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C98"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1965.08.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Be6 15.
Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 c4 17. Ng5 {Diagram [#]} h6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. b4 Nd4 20. cxd4
exd4 21. a3 d3 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Ng4 Kh7 24. e5 Nxg4 25. Qe4+ g6 26. Qxg4 Rf5
27. Qe4 Qd7 28. Be3 Qd5 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 30. f4 g5 31. g3 gxf4 32. gxf4 Rf8 33.
Kg2 Kg6 34. Rg1 Rd3 35. Kf3+ Kf5 36. Rg7 Bd8 37. Rb7 Rg8 38. Rb8 Rg7 39. a4 h5
40. axb5 axb5 41. Rxb5 Bh4 42. Ke2 Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Rh2 44. Kg1 Re2 45. Bb6 c3 46.
Kf1 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Petropolis Interzonal"]
[Site "Petropolis BRA"]
[Date "1973.08.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Peter Biyiasas"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1973.07.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3 Nf6 7. Re1 g6 8.
Bb2 Bg7 9. c4 e5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. d3 Nh5 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Bc1 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nf4
15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Rc1 Rae8 17. Qd2 f5 18. Ng5 fxe4 19. dxe4 Qg4 20. Nf3 Qh5 21.
h3 b6 22. b4 Be5 23. a4 g5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. f3 Qg6 26. Kf2 h5 27. Rh1 Qg7 28.
bxc5 bxc5 29. Qc3 Rb8 30. Rb1 Ree8 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Ke2 Kf6 33. Kd3 Ke5 34.
Kc4 Rh8 35. a5 Rhc8 36. Rhg1 Rb4+ 37. Rxb4 cxb4+ 38. Kb5 {Diagram [#]} Kd4 (
38... b3 39. Ka6 b2 40. Rb1 Rb8 41. Kxa7 Rb4) 39. Ka6 b3 40. Rd1+ Ke5 41. Kxa7
Rc4 42. Kb6 b2 43. Rb1 Rb4+ 44. Kc6 Rb3 45. a6 Ra3 1-0

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.10.25"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Petrosian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bc4 a6 7. Bg5 Qa5 8.
Qd2 e6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nxe6 Nxg3 14. fxg3
Ne5 15. Rxf8+ Rxf8 16. Qxd6 Rf6 17. Nc7+ (17. Qc7 b6 18. Ng7+ Kf8 19. Nh5 Nf3+
20. Kh1) 17... Kf7 18. Rf1 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Nc4 20. Qxh6 Qc5 21. Nxa8 Nd2+ 22.
Ke2 Bg4+ 23. Kd3 Qc4+ 24. Ke3 Qc5+ 25. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Riga (RUS)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anatoly Bannik"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O c4 12. Be2 f6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Ba3 Rf7 15.
Bd6 Qd8 16. Bf1 Nf5 17. Ba3 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bxa4 20. Rxe6 Qd7 21.
Re5 Bc6 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qg5 Qd8 24. Qg4 Qd7 25. g3 Re8 26. Rae1 Rxe5 27. Rxe5
Nd6 28. Qh4 Nf5 29. Qg5 Ng7 30. h4 Rf5 31. Qe3 Rxe5 32. Qxe5 h5 33. Qf6 Qe6 34.
Qf8+ Kh7 35. Qb8 Qd7 36. Bd6 {Diagram [#]} a5 (36... Ne8 37. Be5 Qb7) 37. Be5
Ne8 (37... a4 38. Qf8) 38. Qxb6 a4 39. Qc5 Kg8 40. Bh3 Qxh3 41. Qxc6 Kf7 42.
Qb7+ Kf8 43. Qxd5 Qc8 44. Qb5 Qa8 45. Qc5+ Kf7 46. Qxc4+ Kf8 47. d5 a3 48. Qc5+
Kf7 49. c4 a2 50. Ba1 Qa6 51. Qd4 Nf6 52. d6 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[Black "Ludek Pachman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. f3 c5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Rc1 e6 14. d5 exd5
15. Bxd5 Na5 16. Nf4 Rc8 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Bd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Nc6 20. Qb2 Ne7
21. Rc1 Qb8 {Diagram [#]} 22. Ne6 Nxd5 (22... fxe6 23. Bxe6+ Rf7 24. Qf6 Qe8
25. Rc7) 23. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "Bad Pyrmont zt"]
[Site "Bad Pyrmont"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[Black "Vasja Pirc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Ne2 Nd7 14. c3 Rad8 15.
Rad1 d5 16. e5 Bc5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 f5 19. g4 g6 20. gxf5 gxf5 21. Kh1 Kh8
22. Rg1 Rg8 23. Qh5 Rde8 24. Qh6 Nd8 25. Bf2 Nf8 26. Bh4 Rg6 27. Bf6+ Kg8 {
Diagram [#]} 28. h4 (28. Be2) 28... Kf7 29. Qg7+ Rxg7 30. Rxg7# 1-0

[Event "Helsinki ol (Men)"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.08.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rudolf Teschner"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc2
Nd7 9. Be2 Nc5 10. Bf3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. O-O Be6 13. Ne3 Qxc3 14. Rb1 O-O
15. Qe2 Nd4 16. Qf2 Nd3 17. Bd2 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qd4 19. Qh4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Qxd2
21. Rf2 Qd4 22. Rxb7 Rab8 23. Rxe7 {Diagram [#]} g5 24. Qxg5+ Kh8 25. Nc2 (25.
Ng4 Rg8 26. Qh4 Bxg4 27. fxg4 Qd1+ 28. Rf1 Rxg4+) 25... Bh3 26. Nxd4 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[Black "Petrosian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Nd3 Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. Be3 Bg5 13. Qd2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 h6 15.
a5 b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. b3 Ra8 18. f4 exf4 19. Qxf4 f6 20. Nd1 Qe7 21. Ne3 g5
22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qh7 24. Qg4 Rae8 25. Rf5 Nd7 26. Raf1 Re7 27. b4 cxb4 28.
c5 h5 29. Qg3 Rxe4 30. c6 Rxe2 31. Qxd6 Nb5 32. Qxb4 Nb8 {Diagram [#]} 33.
Rxg5+ Kf7 (33... fxg5 34. Qxf8#) 34. Rxf6+ Kxf6 35. Qxf8+ Kxg5 (35... Qf7 36.
Rf5+) 36. h4+ Kxh4 37. Qf4# 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vlastimil Hort"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. Qh3 Nc5 14. b4 Na4 15.
Nxa4 bxa4 16. g6 Bf6 17. gxf7+ Qxf7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bg2 exd4 20. Bxa8 O-O 21.
Qd3 Qc7 22. Be4 h6 23. Kb1 a5 24. Rhg1 axb4 25. Qg3 b3 26. cxb3 axb3 27. axb3
d3 28. Rxd3 Ba6 29. Rd2 Rb8 30. Rc1 Qb6 31. Ra2 Qd4 32. Bc2 Be2 33. f5 Be5 34.
Qg6 {Diagram [#]} Rxb3+ 35. Bxb3 Qd3+ 36. Bc2 (36. Rac2 Qxb3+) (36. Rcc2 Qd1+
37. Rc1 Qxb3+) 36... Qb5+ 0-1

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[Black "Pavle Bidev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d3 Nd7 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Qxd5 14. Nf1 Rad8 15.
Ne3 Qd7 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Qc8 18. Bd2 Na4 19. d5 Nb8 20. Nf5 Bf6 21. Ng5 g6
{Diagram [#]} 22. Nxh7 Kxh7 (22... gxf5 23. Nxf6+ Kg7 24. Qh5 Kxf6 (24... Rh8
25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Rxh6 27. Bxh6#) 25. Qg5#) 23. Ne7 Bxe7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25.
Bxg6 fxg6 26. Qxg6+ Kh8 27. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "ABC-245-April-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/2p2ppp/3b1n2/3pp3/3P4/3BPN2/2P2PPP/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.19"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... e4 0-1

[Event "ABC-245-April-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q1rk1/5pp1/1p5p/2pp4/3Pn3/2PB1P2/1P4PP/3QK2R b K - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.19"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qh4+ 2. g3 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "ABC-245-April-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Trapping"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3b2k1/1p2p3/2ppP3/3P4/2PB4/2P1K3/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.19"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... c4 0-1

[Event "ABC-245-April-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Skewer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3qk1n1/3b4/8/3p4/3Pp3/4P3/3N4/3QKB2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.19"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qh4+ 2. Ke2 Bg4+ 0-1

[Event "ABC-245-April-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2k4/4b3/2p5/p1Pp4/1P6/P2B4/8/R3K3 b Q - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.19"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... axb4 0-1

[Event "ABC-245-April-2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Driving off"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2p1kp2/b2p1n2/3Pp3/2N5/2PB4/4K3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.19"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... e3 0-1

[Event "French Defense"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.02.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarrasch-Kurschner"]
[Black "Nurnberg 1893"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2013.02.19"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 {Diagram [#]} 3. Bd3 (3. Nc3) (3. Nd2) (3. e5) (3. exd5) 3...
Nf6 (3... c5) (3... dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6) 4. e5 (4. Nc3) (4. Bg5) (4. exd5) 4...
Nfd7 (4... Ne4 5. f3 (5. Qe2) (5. Nd2) 5... Qh4+ 6. g3 (6. Ke2 Qf2#) 6... Nxg3)
5. Nf3 c5 6. c3 (6. Qe2 c4) 6... Nc6 7. O-O f6 (7... Qb6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Be7
10. Re1) 8. Re1 (8. exf6 Nxf6) 8... f5 9. Be3 (9. Bg5 Qb6 10. dxc5 Qxb2) 9...
c4 (9... Be7) 10. Bc2 Be7 (10... a6 11. b3 b5 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. bxc4
bxc4) 11. b3 b5 (11... cxb3 12. axb3 O-O) 12. a4 bxa4 (12... a6 13. axb5) (
12... cxb3 13. Bxb3 bxa4) 13. bxc4 (13. bxa4) 13... dxc4 14. d5 (14. Bxa4 Bb7 (
14... Ndb8 15. Bb5 Qd5 16. Qa4) 15. d5) 14... Ncxe5 (14... exd5 15. Qxd5 Ndxe5
16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 (16... Bxd8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bd4) 17. Nxe5 Nxe5) 15. dxe6 Nxf3+
16. Qxf3 Nb6 17. Qxf5 (17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Qxa8) 17... Bf6 (17... Rf8 18. Qh5+ g6
19. Bxg6+ hxg6 (19... Rf7 20. Bxf7+ Kf8 21. Qh6# (21. Bh6#)) 20. Qxg6+ Rf7 21.
Qxf7#) 18. Bc5 Bb7 (18... Qd5 19. Bxa4+ Kd8 20. Bxb6+) (18... Qc7 19. Qh5+ Kd8
(19... g6 20. Bxg6+) 20. Rd1+) 19. Qg6+ hxg6 20. Bxg6# {Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Finegold"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r2k/3R2p1/4p2p/p1r1P3/2P1Q3/4R2P/q5PK/8 w - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]

31. Rxg7 $1 {Nakamura finishes off the attack with a nice sacrifice. Black's
Qa2 and Rc5 provide no defense for the King.} Kxg7 32. Rg3+ Kf8 33. Qh7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Finegold"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/pR2N2R/5bp1/2P5/6K1/1Pr5/P3p3/1n6 w - - 0 43"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]

43. Nd5 $1 {Hikaru sees that black is defenseless, even after promoting with
check!} Rg3+ 44. Kf4 $1 Bg5+ 45. Ke5 e1=Q+ 46. Kd6 {Nakamura saw this position
when he played 43.Nd5! and realized that black could not defend against the
mate threats.} Bf4+ 47. Nxf4 Rd3+ 48. Nxd3 Qg3+ 49. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Istanbul ol (Men) 40th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Finegold"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2P1k3/8/8/5p2/5KbB/3pp3/3N4 w - - 0 62"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

62. c8=N+ $3 {This was not only an amazing move, but probably the most
important move Hikaru played in 2012. Winning this game ensured the US beat
Russia in the Olympiad!!} ({The obvious} 62. Kxe2 $2 {is not winning due to}
f3+ 63. Kxf3 Bxc7) 62... Kf6 63. Kxe2 {And white won easily with his two extra
pieces.} 1-0

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.10.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Finegold"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3k3/1p4p1/1Bb1Bp1p/P1p1bP1P/2Pp2P1/3P4/5K2/4R3 w - - 0 47"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]

47. g5 $3 {A brilliant breakthrough!} hxg5 48. h6 $1 gxh6 49. Rxe5 $3 fxe5 50.
f6 {Now white is threatening 51.Bxc5 and 52.f7+} Bd7 51. f7+ Ke7 52. Bxd7 Kxd7
53. Bxc5 {And Hikaru easily won a few moves later.} 1-0

[Event "4th London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.06"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Polgar, Ju"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Finegold"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1R4p1/5rk1/1NB3n1/2p5/3b4/1P5K/8 b - - 0 45"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.10"]

45... Rf4 $1 {Setting up a mating net in the endgame!} 46. Nc3 $2 Rg4 $1 47.
Nd1 Bf1 {There is no defense to Nf3+ and Rh4#} 0-1

[Event "SportAccord Rapid Men 2012"]
[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2012.12.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Grischuk, A."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Finegold"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r6/Q3p3/pp3kp1/P1r1p3/7P/1KP1P3/1P6/8 b - - 0 40"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2012.12.14"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.17"]

40... bxa5+ $1 {Ignoring the "hanging rook" on b8.} 41. Qxb8 $2 {White has
drawing chances after 41.Kc2.} Rb5+ 42. Qxb5 axb5 {White resigned soon
thereafter.} 0-1

[Event "1st FIDE GP London 2012"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Mi"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator ",MacauleyXP"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/pp1R1pp1/r3p2p/2q1P1nP/2P5/1PB5/P3Q1P1/1K5R w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]

26. Rhd1 {The position is bleak for black, but Nakamura's choice loses by
force.} Rb8 $2 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kh7 29. Qc2+ g6 30. Rd7 Kg8 31. hxg6 Kg7
32. gxf7 Nxf7 33. Qe2 Kg8 34. Qf3 Qf8 35. Rxb7 Qg7 36. Kb2 1-0

[Event "7th Mikhail Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator ",MacauleyXP"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r1bk/1p4qp/ppn2bp1/4p3/1P2Pp2/P1NP1NPB/5P1P/2RQR1K1 w - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2012.06.08"]

21. Nd5 g5 $2 ({Black would be doing find with a move like} 21... Rad8) {
Unfortunately Nakamura missed the strong thrust,} 22. Bd7 $1 {winning material.
} Re6 23. Bxe6 Bxe6 24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. Rxc6 $1 {Aronian gives back the exchange
to simplify into a winning ending.} bxc6 26. Qa1 a5 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 {
1-0 in 53 moves.} 1-0

[Event "40th Olympiad Open"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2012.09.09"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Annotator ",MacauleyXP"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4brk1/pp5p/3q2pP/3pNp2/3P1Q2/2R5/PP3PP1/6K1 w - - 0 42"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "United States Of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]

42. Rc8 Bf7 $2 ({Black could try to hang on by trading pieces with} 42... Bc6
43. Rxf8+ Qxf8) 43. Qc1 ({The prosaic deflection} 43. Nd7 $1 {would have ended
black's sufferning immediately.} Qxd7 44. Qe5 Be8 45. Rc7) 43... Be6 {now it's
just a mop up job.} 44. Rc7 f4 45. Rxb7 g5 46. Rxa7 g4 47. Qc7 Qxc7 48. Rxc7
Rf6 49. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "2012 Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "IM Daniel Ludwig"]
[Black "GM Lawrence Kaufman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Ludwig, Daniel and Beckman, Tom"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 (8... e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14.
O-O-O) 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Kb1 (10. Nb5 Qd7 11. f4) 10... Rd8 (10... a6) 11. Nb5
Qd7 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 (13. dxc6 Qxd2 14. Rxd2 Rxd2 15. Bxd2 axb5 16. cxb7 (16.
Bxb5 bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rb8) 16... Bxb7 17. Bxb5 f5 18. exf5 Bd5) (13. Na3 Ne5 14.
f4 Ng4 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Rc1 Qc5) 13... Ne5 (13... Na5) 14. Bd4
Nbc4 {Diagram [#]} 15. Qe2 (15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qe2 e5 17. Bc5 b5) (15. Qe1 Qd6
16. f4 Qb4) (15. Qf2) (15. Qc1) 15... b5 16. f4 Ng4 17. h3 (17. Nf3) 17... Bxd4
18. Rxd4 Nge3 19. Nf3 {Diagram [#]} c5 (19... Qd6 20. Ne5 Nxf1 21. Nxc4 Qc5 22.
Rd3 bxc4 23. Rf3 Nh2 24. Qf2 Qd6 25. Rxh2) 20. Rd3 (20. dxc6 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxd4
22. Kc1 Be6 23. f5) 20... b4 (20... Nxf1 21. Rxf1 (21. Qxf1 b4 22. Ne2 Nd6 23.
Ng3 c4 24. Rd4 Qb5) 21... b4 22. Nd1 (22. Rdd1 Nb6) 22... a5) 21. Rxe3 Nxe3 22.
Qxe3 bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qd6 24. Ne5 Bd7 {Diagram [#]} 25. g3 Bb5 (25... Rab8 26. Bc4
Be8 27. h4 h5 28. b3 Kh7 29. Re1 Rb6 30. Nf3) 26. Bg2 (26. Ng4 f6 27. Bg2 Rab8
28. e5 fxe5 29. fxe5 Qb6 30. d6) 26... f6 (26... Be8 27. Rc1 Rab8 28. b3 Rdc8
29. h4 Qb6 30. Kb2) 27. Ng4 Qb6 (27... h5 28. e5 Qb6 29. exf6 hxg4 30. fxe7 Rd7
31. hxg4) (27... Rab8 28. e5 fxe5 29. fxe5 Qb6 30. d6 Bd3+ 31. Ka1) 28. e5 f5 (
28... Bd7 29. d6 Bf5+ 30. Ka1 {Diagram [#]}) 29. Ne3 (29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. e6+ Kxh6
31. g4 Be2 (31... Bd3+ 32. Ka1 Rab8 33. g5+ Kh5 34. Bf3+ Kh4 35. Qe1#) 32. g5+
Kh5 33. Bf3+ Bxf3 34. Qxf3+ Kh4 35. Qf2+ Kh5 36. h4) 29... Rab8 30. d6 Bd3+ (
30... exd6 31. Bd5+ Kg7 32. e6+ Kh6 33. Nxf5+ gxf5 34. Qf6+ Kh5 35. Qg5#) (
30... e6 31. Rd1 Kf7 32. Ka1 Bc6 33. Nc4 Qb5 34. Bxc6) 31. Ka1 e6 32. Bf1 (32.
Rc1) (32. Nd5 exd5 33. Bxd5+ Kg7 34. e6+ Kh6 35. g4) 32... Bxf1 (32... Qb7 33.
Rg1 c4 34. Bg2 Qb6) 33. Rxf1 Qb4 34. Rc1 Qxc3 35. Rxc3 Rb5 (35... Rdc8 36. Nc4
Kf7 37. b3 h6 38. Nb2 Rb4 39. h4) 36. b3 (36. Nc2 Rdb8 37. b3 Kf7 38. Na3 Ra5
39. Nc4) 36... Rdb8 (36... Kf7 37. Nc4 Rg8 38. h4) 37. Kb2 (37. Nc2 Kf7 38. Na3
Ra5 39. Nc4 Rab5) 37... Kf8 38. Nc4 Ke8 39. a4 (39. g4 Kd7 40. gxf5 exf5 41.
Kc2 Ke6 42. h4 h6 43. Rh3) 39... Rb4 40. Na5 {Diagram [#]} Rxa4 (40... Rc8 41.
Kc2 Kd7 42. Nc4 Kc6 43. Nb2 Rb7) 41. Rxc5 Rab4 (41... h6 42. h4 h5 43. Nc6 Rb6)
42. Rc7 R4b5 43. Nc6 Rxb3+ 44. Kc2 Rb2+ 45. Kc3 R2b3+ 46. Kc4 Kf8 47. d7 1-0

[Event "2012 Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andrew Samuelson"]
[Black "IM Daniel Ludwig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Ludwig, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.06"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6 (6... e5 7. Nb3
Be6) 7. f3 b5 8. g4 (8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. a4 (10. g5 Nfd7) 10... Nc4 11.
Bxc4 bxc4 12. a5 Bb7 13. Na4 d5) 8... h6 (8... Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. a4) 9. Qd2
b4 (9... Nbd7 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qc7) 10. Nce2 (10. Na4 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Ne5
12. b3 (12. Qxb4) 12... Bd7 13. Nb2 d5 14. Bf4 Qc7) 10... e5 11. Nf5 (11. Nb3
Nc6 12. c4 Be6 13. Ng3 g6 14. h4 h5 15. g5 Nd7 16. Rc1 a5 17. Bh3 a4 18. Bxe6
fxe6 19. Na1 Nc5) 11... d5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. O-O-O (13. Bg2) 13... Be6 (13...
Bb7) 14. Bg2 {Diagram [#]} Nc6 (14... Nbd7 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Nxd5 17. f4
Nxe3 18. Bxa8) 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 (15... Bxd5 16. Rd2 O-O-O 17. Rhd1) 16. f4 O-O-O
17. Rd3 (17. Bf2 g6 18. fxe5 Nxe5 (18... gxf5 19. gxf5) 19. Bd4 f6 20. Nh4)
17... Nxe3 (17... h5 18. Rhd1 (18. h3 hxg4 19. hxg4 Rxh1+ 20. Bxh1 g6) 18...
hxg4 19. Bxd5 Bxf5 20. Bxc6 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Rxh2) 18. Rxe3 {Diagram [#]} Bd5 (
18... Bxf5 19. gxf5 exf4 (19... Bc5 20. Re4) 20. Re4 (20. Nxf4 Nd4)) 19. Bxd5
Rxd5 20. Rd1 (20. Re1) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 g6 22. Nfg3 exf4 23. Nxf4 Bg7 24.
Nd3 Rd8 25. Kc1 (25. Ke2 Nd4+ 26. Kd2 Ne6) 25... h5 26. Re4 (26. g5) 26... hxg4
27. Rxg4 Ne5 28. Rh4 (28. Rxb4 Rxd3 29. cxd3 Nxd3+) (28. Nxe5 Bh6+) 28... Nxd3+
29. cxd3 {Diagram [#]} Rh8 (29... Rxd3 30. Rh7 Be5 31. Rxf7 Bxg3 32. hxg3 Rxg3
33. Ra7) 30. Rxh8+ (30. Rc4+ Kd7 31. Rxb4 Rxh2 32. Rb7+ Ke6 33. Rb6+ Kd5) 30...
Bxh8 31. Ne4 Be5 32. h3 f5 33. Nc5 Bd6 34. Ne6 (34. Nxa6 Kb7) 34... Kd7 35. Nd4
Be5 36. Nf3 Bf6 37. h4 Ke6 38. Kc2 f4 39. d4 Kd5 (39... Kf5 40. Kd3 Kg4 41. Ke4
) 40. Kd3 a5 41. b3 Bg7 42. Nd2 Bxd4 43. Nc4 Bf2 44. h5 gxh5 45. Nxa5 h4 46.
Ke2 Bg3 47. Kf3 h3 48. Nc4 h2 49. Kg2 f3+ 50. Kh1 Bf4 0-1

[Event "2012 Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "David Filipovich"]
[Black "IM Bryan Smith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2183"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Smith, Bryan"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.06"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. c4 f5 7. Nc3 Nf6 (7... h6
8. e4 Nge7) 8. Rb1 O-O 9. b4 (9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd5 Qf7) 9... h6 (
9... a6) (9... a5) 10. b5 Ne7 11. Nd2 (11. c5 Be6 12. Ba3 Ned5 (12... Rc8) 13.
Nxd5 Bxd5) 11... g5 12. Nd5 Nexd5 13. cxd5 {Diagram [#]} Bd7 (13... Qe8 14. Qc2
) (13... f4 14. Ne4) 14. a4 (14. f4) 14... Qe8 15. Nc4 (15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4
Ng4 17. Nc4 Bd4+) 15... f4 16. e3 (16. Na5 Qh5 (16... Rb8 17. Qc2 Bg4) 17. Nxb7
Bh3 18. e4 Ng4 19. Qf3) 16... Qg6 17. a5 b6 18. Qc2 (18. Ba3 g4) 18... Qh5 19.
Qd1 (19. gxf4 exf4 20. exf4 Ng4 (20... Bh3 21. f3) 21. h3 gxf4 22. hxg4 Bxg4
23. Bb2 (23. f3 Bd4+ 24. Rf2 Bxf3) 23... f3 24. Bh1 Qg6 25. Kh2 Rf5) 19... f3
20. Bxf3 (20. Qxf3 Ng4) (20. Bh1 Ng4) 20... Ng4 (20... Bg4 21. Nd2) 21. Bxg4 (
21. h4 gxh4 22. Kg2 Rxf3 (22... Rf7 23. Rh1 h3+ 24. Kg1 h2+ 25. Kg2 Raf8) 23.
Qxf3 Rf8 24. Qe2 hxg3 25. Rh1 Qg6 26. f3 Nf2) 21... Bxg4 22. Qa4 {Diagram [#]}
(22. f3 Bxf3 23. Qc2 Be2 (23... Bxd5)) 22... Be2 23. Bb2 (23. Re1 Rxf2 24. Kxf2
Qxh2#) 23... Bxd3 24. Nd2 Bxb1 25. Rxb1 (25. Nxb1 Qe2) 25... Qf7 0-1

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate 2012"]
[Site "Princeton USA"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boros, De"]
[Black "Chirila, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Onischuk, Alex"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.12.27"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.31"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster"]
[BlackTeam "UT Dallas A"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 {Diagram [#] Black used to play
this move when they were trying to avoid theory. Nowdays, however, these lines
became quite popular.} 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Be3 Qc7 9. f4 a6 10.
Qf3 Be7 11. O-O-O O-O {Diagram [#]} ({I think} 11... b5 {is more flexible. You
leave yourself an option to castle long or even stay with your king in the
center.}) 12. Kb1 b5 13. Qh3 Nb4 14. g4 Nd7 15. Rhg1 Bb7 16. g5 Nxd3 17. cxd3
b4 18. Ne2 Rfc8 19. Nbd4 {Diagram [#] Now white has a direct attack and it
seems that in all lines black is a little bit behind. It is so much harder to
play it with black. Only computers can try to survive here.} e5 20. Nf5 Bf8 21.
Rc1 Qd8 {Diagram [#]} 22. Rg4 $1 {The key move} g6 {Desicive mistake. The only
way here was} (22... Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 (23. Nxc1 Rc8 24. Rh4 Qc7) 23... Rc8 24.
Rh4 Qc7 25. Ne3 (25. Rxh7 $4 Qc2+ 26. Ka1 Qxc1+ 27. Nxc1 Rxc1#) 25... h6 26.
gxh6 exf4 $5 (26... g6 27. f5 $40) 27. hxg7 Bxg7 28. Rxf4 Ne5 29. Bd2 {and the
position remains very complicated with ... chances}) 23. Rh4 Rxc1+ (23... h5
24. Neg3 $3) 24. Bxc1 gxf5 25. Rxh7 Bg7 {Diagram [#]} 26. Ng3 $1 {Everything
works for white now.} exf4 (26... Nf8 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Nh5 Ne6
30. Nf6+ $18) 27. Nxf5 Be5 28. Bxf4 Nf8 29. Bxe5 Nxh7 30. Qh6 {Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate 2012"]
[Site "Princeton USA"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Meduri, Aakaash"]
[Black "Cornejo, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1992"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Lawrence,Al"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2012.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.31"]
[WhiteTeam "Illinois A"]
[BlackTeam "UT Brownsville A"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O
b4 9. Nd5 $1 {Diagram [#] Houdini 3 Pro thinks this is best and gives a slight
plus.} exd5 10. exd5 (10. Re1 $1 dxe4 11. Ne5) 10... Bd6 11. Bg5 (11. Re1+)
11... f6 12. Re1+ Kf8 13. Bh4 Ne7 14. Nd4 Qb6 15. Rc1 a5 16. Qg4 $6 h5 17. Qe4
Na6 18. Bg3 Nc5 19. Qe3 Ba6 $2 (19... a4) 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 {Diagram [#]} 21. Rxc5
a4 (21... Qxc5 22. Ne6+ dxe6 23. Qxc5) 22. Bd1 Nxd5 {Black, after a surprise,
falls into an even simpler trap, making the win easy.} 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Bf3
Qe5 25. Bxa8 (25. Qd2) 25... Qxe3 26. Rxe3 {White is simply a piece up.} Bc4
27. b3 axb3 28. axb3 Bf7 29. Nc2 h4 30. Bf3 Be6 31. Nxb4 Kf7 32. Bd5 Rb8 33.
Bxe6+ dxe6 34. Nc2 e5 35. Kf1 Ke6 36. Ke2 Kd5 37. Rc3 Rb7 38. Ne3+ Ke6 39. Kd3
Rd7+ 40. Kc2 h3 41. g3 Ra7 42. Kb2 e4 43. Rc6+ Ke5 44. Rc5+ Kd6 45. Rh5 g5 46.
Rxh3 Ke5 47. Rh8 Rd7 48. Rc8 Ke6 49. b4 f5 50. Rc6+ Kf7 51. Rc5 f4 52. gxf4
Rd2+ 53. Kc3 Rxf2 54. fxg5 Rxh2 55. b5 1-0

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate 2012"]
[Site "Princeton USA"]
[Date "2012.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Breckenridge, S."]
[Black "Yu, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2292"]
[BlackElo "1968"]
[Annotator "Lawrence, Al"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1r1k/pp2n1p1/4B2p/5pP1/1P1p1P1R/7R/1qPQ1K1P/8 w - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2012.12.27"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.31"]
[WhiteTeam "Texas Tech A"]
[BlackTeam "Toronto A"]

29. Qe2 {Diagram [#] A very nice position. Black caanot stop the mating attack}
d3 30. Rxh6+ gxh6 31. Rxh6+ Kg7 32. Rh7+ {(Kh7 33. Qh5 Kg7 34. Qh6X)} Kxh7 33.
Qh5+ Kg7 34. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate 2012"]
[Site "Princeton USA"]
[Date "2012.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Paikidze, N."]
[Black "Breckenridge, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2292"]
[Annotator "Onischuk, Alex"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1rq3k1/pp3ppp/2P3n1/1Q1p3n/P7/2P1PP1r/4BPRP/1RB4K b - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2012.12.27"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.31"]
[WhiteTeam "UMBC"]
[BlackTeam "Texas Tech A"]

23... Nh4 {Diagram [#] Clearly black attack should not work.} 24. Qxd5 $1 (24.
Qxb7 $1 {was another way to refute black's plan} Rxb7 25. cxb7 Qb8 26. Ba3 Nxg2
27. Bd6) 24... Nxg2 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. cxb7 Qb8 27. f4 Ngxf4 28. Qc6 Rxh2+ 29.
Kxh2 Nd5+ 30. Kg2 Ne7 31. Qd7 Kf8 32. Ba3 1-0

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate 2012"]
[Site "Princeton USA"]
[Date "2012.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sadorra, J."]
[Black "Corrales Jimenez, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Onischuk, Alex"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.12.27"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.31"]
[WhiteTeam "UT Dallas A"]
[BlackTeam "Webster"]

{Considering importance of the following game I would call it the best game of
the tournament.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 c5 {
Diagram [#] Other popular lines are nd7 and b6.} (6... Nbd7) (6... b6) 7. dxc5
Bxc5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Rd1 {Today this move order is the most
unpleasant for black.} Be7 {Diagram [#]} ({Another possibility is} 10... Ne4
11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 exd5 14. Rxd5 Bxa3 15. Nd4 {and despite
a computer evaluation (0,00), it is no fun to play this position with black.})
11. Be2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nh5 13. O-O Nxf4 14. exf4 {Diagram [#] Despite a pair of
bishops black has a passive position which is hard to play. One minor mistake
can lead to a loss.} a6 $6 {Inaccuracy.} (14... g6 {that was played in
Kramnik-Carlsen and Yakovenko - Onischuk is more precise. However, black lost
both games.}) 15. Ne4 h6 $6 {Diagram [#] Black should have played g6. Now his
light squares become weak.} (15... g6) 16. Ba2 {with the idea bb1} Rd8 17.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rd1 Bd7 19. Bb1 Kf8 20. Ng3 g6 {Diagram [#]} 21. f5 $1 {This is
the most energetic way to gain an advantage.} exf5 22. Qd2 f4 23. Qxf4 Kg7 {
Diagram [#]} 24. Qd2 $2 {Diagram [#] Inaccuracy} ({Correct continuation was} 
24. Ba2 f6 25. Qc4 $1 (25. Nh5+ {Looks also nice but is more complicated} gxh5
26. Qg3+ Bg4 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Ne1 $3 {with a winning position}) 25... Qe8 26.
Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Qxg6 Qd1+ 29. Nf1 $18) 24... Qb6 {Black doe not
find a move that miraculously holds his position} (24... Bc8 $3 {the posint is
that in case of} 25. Qc3+ Bf6 26. Rxd8 Bxc3) 25. Bxg6 $1 {Now it is all over}
Rd8 26. Bf5 Be8 27. Bd3 Kg8 28. Qxh6 Qxb2 29. Nd4 Qxd4 30. Bh7+ Kh8 31. Bf5+
1-0

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate 2012"]
[Site "Princeton USA"]
[Date "2012.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meier, Geo"]
[Black "Holt, C."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Onischuk. Alex"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/KP1n4/8/3kpN2/8/6P1/8/8 b - - 0 68"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2012.12.27"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2012.12.31"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster"]
[BlackTeam "UT Dallas A"]

68... e4 {Diagram [#] Georg Meier was playing a very good game squeezing a
little bit better endgame and just one step away from a win he makes a huge
blunder} 69. b8=Q $4 {It is hard to blame players for such mistakes. The "old
new FIDE" time control (90 min per game plus 30 sec per move) does not really
leave any time for the endgames. With a little more time on his clock Georg
would have easily found} (69. g4 $1 Ke5 70. Ne3 Kf4 71. Nd5+ Ke5 72. Nb6 $18)
69... Nxb8 70. Kxb8 Ke5 {Now it is a draw.} 71. Ne3 Kd4 72. Ng2 e3 73. Kc7 Ke4
74. Ne1 Kf5 75. Nc2 Kg4 76. Nxe3+ Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dugger, Mark"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "1570"]
[BlackElo "1689"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 {Diagram [#]} 5. d4 (5. O-O Qd6 6.
d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4) 5... exd4 6. Qxd4 Qd6 (6... Qxd4) 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Rd8
9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. O-O-O Qe6 {Diagram [#]} 12. Qe5 (12. Qa7) 12... Qxe5
13. Nxe5 Ne7 {Diagram [#]} (13... f6) 14. f4 f6 15. Nxg6 {Diagram [#]} Nxg6 (
15... hxg6) 16. Nc4 Rxd1+ (16... Bd6 17. Rhf1 h5) 17. Rxd1 b6 18. f5 Ne5 19.
Nxe5 fxe5 20. Bg5 {Diagram [#]} Be7 (20... Bd6) 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. g5 h6 23. g6
{Diagram [#]} Kf6 (23... Rd8 24. f6+) (23... Rf8 24. b4 Rf6 25. Rd3 Rd6 26. Kd2
{Diagram [#]}) (23... a5 24. Rd3) 24. Rd7 Rc8 25. h4 Rf8 {Diagram [#]} 26. Rxc7
c5 27. Rd7 h5 28. a3 b5 29. b4 cxb4 30. axb4 a5 31. bxa5 b4 {Diagram [#]} 32.
Kb2 b3 33. cxb3 (33. Kxb3 Rb8+ 34. Kc3 Rc8+) 1-0

[Event "Daugavpills, 1978"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lev Alburt"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/4k2p/5p1P/8/5K2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Kf5 2. Kg1 Ke5 0-1

[Event "the new DTZ record"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bourzutschky & Konoval"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r3/1R6/6R1/5k2/1K5b/8/8/1N6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2013.01.17"]

{# #}  1-0

[Event "2008 Grade Nationals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moon, Ryan Joseph"]
[Black "Chiang, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2113"]
[BlackElo "2013"]
[Annotator "Chiang,Michael"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 b6 11. a4 Ba6 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. h3 Ne5 14. b3 Qe7 15. Bb2
Rab8 {In December 2002, With a rating of 578, I travelled to Atlanta, Georgia
and began my scholastic career playing in the 2002 K-12 Grade Nationals. I got
5 out of 6 and came in 6th place. Since then, I have played in every grade
nationals. Throughout the years, I have had mixed results, but I always came
back. This past December, in 2012, a decade since my arrival into scholastic
chess, I entered my last Grade Nationals as the top seed. In 10 years, I had
amassed a rating of 2278. Those 10 years can not be defined by the rating
points I have gained, or the new knowledge of the game, but rather, by the
experiences of celebrating valuable wins and dealing with tough losses.} 16.
Kh2 {Diagram # Going into this round, I had 4.5 after 5 rounds, tied in first
with 3 other players. I was paired with Ryan Moon, the top seed in the 8th
Grade Section} Neg4+ $1 {It takes Fritz a minute to suggest Ng4, and even
after Fritz things black is winning for a while, until finally settling on a
slight advantage for black} 17. hxg4 Nxg4+ 18. Kg1 Nxf2 19. Qc1 Qe3 $6 {Best
is 19...Bd4 holding a slight advantage} (19... Bd4) 20. Nf1 {Diagram # Best is
20. Nf3 =} (20. Nf3) 20... Nh3+ {[%emt 0:00:10] Black has forced mate in 10}
21. Kh2 Qg1+ 22. Kxh3 Bc8+ 23. g4 Bxg4+ 24. Kxg4 Qxg2+ 25. Ng3 h5+ 26. Kh4 Bf6+
27. Qg5 Bxg5+ 28. Kxg5 Qxg3+ 29. Kh6 Qf4# {After winning this game, I played
for the grade national title for the first time. Unfortunately, I lost, but
that experience set up for my first national title the following year.} 0-1

