[Event "ABC-240-November"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sterk-Marshall"]
[Black "Pistyan 1912"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.09.15"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d5 7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Qxd5 9. Bc4 Qd6 {Diagram [#]} 10. c3 Bc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 a5 13. b5 Ne7
14. Ng5 Qg6 15. Qe2 Bf5 16. g4 (16. Qxe5 Bxd3 17. Bxd3 Qxd3 18. Qxe7 Rae8 19.
Qa3 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 (20. Rxf2 Re1+ 21. Rf1 Qxf1#) 20... Re2+ 21. Kg1 Qc2 22. Kh1
(22. Nf3)) 16... h6 17. gxf5 Nxf5 18. Kh1 hxg5 19. Rg1 g4 20. Ba3 Nh6 21. Bxf8
Rxf8 22. Rg2 Re8 23. f3 Qg5 24. Re1 Qe7 25. fxg4 Qa3 26. g5 Nf5 27. g6 Re7 28.
Qh5 Nh6 29. Qxh6 {Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bourzutschky & Konoval"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r3/1P6/6R1/5k2/1K5b/8/8/1N6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Achieving a lasting advantage"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Finegold, Ben"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/ppp1ppbp/1n4p1/n2P4/8/2N2NP1/PPQ1PPBP/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram [#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "1st Diagram"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/p5b1/6p1/pR6/2P1R2Q/7q/3p4/6K1 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "8"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Qxh3 d1=Q+ 2. Kh2 Rf2+ 3. Kg3 Qg1+ 4. Kh4 Bf6+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "2nd Diagram"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2kr4/ppp2ppp/1q6/4p3/4P1b1/4Q3/P2N1PPP/4KB1R b K - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qb1+ 2. Nxb1 Rd1# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "3rd Diagram"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1KR5/PPP2P1P/r4q2/4n3/1Q3R2/3p4/pp4pp/1kr5 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram [#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4th Diagram"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "RN2KB1R/PnP1P2P/4b2N/p2pn1P1/1p6/2q1p3/3k1p1p/1B5Q w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram [#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "5th Diagram"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5p2/8/6Pk/5P2/8/8/7K w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "9"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. g6 (1. Kg2 Kg4) 1... fxg6 2. f5 gxf5 3. Kg1 Kg5 4. Kf1 Kg4 5.
Kg2 *

[Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arkadi Naiditsch"]
[Black "Nils Grandelius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
Qc7 9. f4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe5
15. Qd4 f6 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Qc4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Qxb2 20. Rf1 Qb4
21. Qd3 Qe7 22. h4 h6 {Diagram [#]} 23. Ng5 e4 (23... hxg5 24. Qg6) 24. Qxe4
hxg5 25. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Robin Van Kampen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. f3
c6 9. Nb3 a5 10. a4 Na6 11. O-O Qb6+ 12. Kh1 d6 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Bf2
Nc5 16. Ra3 Rad8 17. Re1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qa6 19. Nd2 Nf4 20. Bh4 Rc8 21. Bf1 Nfd3
22. Re3 Nb2 23. Qe2 d5 24. f4 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 dxc4 26. f5 Bd7 27. Qd2 Nd3 {
Diagram [#]} 28. Rxd3 cxd3 29. Qh6 d2 30. Ra1 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pentala Harikrishna"]
[Black "Loek Van Wely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.01.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. g4 Bc8 15. g5
Nd7 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. Rf3 Bf8 18. Rh3 g6 19. Qe1 Bg7 20. Qh4 Nf8 21. Qf2 Nd7 22.
Rf1 Nb4 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Nc6 25. f5 Nce5 26. Qh4 h5 27. Nde2 exf5 28. Nf4
Kg7 29. Ncd5 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Qxc2 31. exf5 Rac8 32. Nf4 Rh8 33. fxg6 fxg6 34.
Ne6+ Kg8 35. Bd5 Qd2 36. Qe4 Rc1 37. Rhf3 Kh7 {Diagram [#]} 38. Rf7+ (38. Qxg6+
Kxg6 (38... Nxg6 39. Rf7+ Kg8 40. Rg7#) 39. Be4#) 38... Nxf7 39. Qxg6+ Kxg6 40.
Be4# 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Black "Nils Grandelius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Na3 e5 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxc4 Nc6 8.
dxe5 Nxe5 9. Qc3 Bd6 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Rfe8 13. Nc4 Ne4 {Diagram
[#]} 14. Qxe5 (14. Bxe7 Nxc3) (14. Nxd6 Nxc3) 14... Qxe5 (14... Bxe5 15. Bxe7)
15. Nfxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe4 Bxb2 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Nxb2 Rxb7 19. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sergei Movsesian"]
[Black "Romain Edouard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 Nf6 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Qe7 13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Bd3
f5 15. Bc4 Nf6 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nf3 Kh8 19. Rh4 e5 20. Rh5 e4 21.
Nh4 Re8 22. Rh6 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Bf4 {Diagram [#]} 24. Qh5 Rg8 (24... Be6 25. Ng6+
Kg8 26. Nxf4 Qxf4 27. Rxh7) 25. Ng6+ Rxg6 26. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel (Group C)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "David Klein"]
[Black "Lisa Schut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. e4 fxe4 7. f3 e6 8. Qc2
exd5 9. cxd5 Nf6 10. fxe4 O-O 11. Nf3 d6 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. O-O Ng4 14. Bg5 Qe8
15. h3 Nge5 16. Nh2 Nf7 17. Bh4 Nde5 18. Rf2 Bd7 19. Raf1 Qc8 20. Bf6 Qc7 21.
Qd2 a6 22. h4 Bb5 23. h5 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 g5 25. h6 Nxh6 26. Qh5 Nhf7 {Diagram [#]
} 27. Rf5 Rae8 28. Ng4 Nxg4 29. Rxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Ventnor City, 1943"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Martin Charles Stark"]
[Black "Weaver Warren Adams"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D09"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.26"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 {Diagram [#]} 4. Nf3 (4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 dxe3 6.
Bxb4 exf2+ 7. Ke2 fxg1=N+ 8. Rxg1 Bg4+) 4... Nc6 5. g3 (5. a3) (5. Nbd2) 5...
Bc5 (5... Be6) 6. Bf4 (6. Bg2) 6... Nge7 7. Bg2 Ng6 8. Nbd2 f6 (8... Qe7 9. O-O
Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. b4 Bxb4 12. Bxe5 Bxd2 (12... Qxe5 13. Qa4+) 13. Bxg7
Rg8 14. Bxd4) (8... O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nb3) 9. exf6 Nxf4 10. f7+ (10. gxf4 Qxf6
) (10. fxg7 Nxg2+) 10... Kxf7 11. gxf4 h6 (11... Rf8 12. Ng5+ Kg8 13. Bd5+) 12.
Nb3 (12. O-O) 12... Qd6 (12... Bb4+ 13. Kf1) 13. Ne5+ Nxe5 14. fxe5 Qb6 (14...
Qxe5 15. Bd5+ Kf8 16. Nxc5 c6 17. Nd3) (14... Bb4+ 15. Kf1 Qxe5 16. Qxd4) 15.
Bd5+ Ke7 (15... Be6 16. Qd3) 16. Qd3 Rf8 (16... Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Bh3+) 17. Rg1 Bf5
(17... g5 18. Qh7+) 18. Rxg7+ Ke8 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 d3 21. O-O-O (21. e3)
21... Bxf2 (21... dxe2 22. Qxe2 Rxf2) 22. Kb1 Rd8 (22... Qe3 23. Qg6+ Kd8 24.
Rxd3+) 23. e6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#1 Underpromotion"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b2q1k2/5pb1/8/8/8/5P2/4KpR1/3Q1BN1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.26"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... fxg1=N+ 2. Rxg1 Bxf3+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#2 Fork"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3qk3/1p3pp1/2r2b2/1B6/8/8/1P2PP2/1N1QK3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.26"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qa5+ 2. Nc3 Bxc3+ 3. bxc3 Qxb5 0-[Event "version P. Michelet, 2005"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P. Larsen, P."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/1pk5/1p6/1K1P4/7p/B7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2013.03.23"]

{# #} 1. d5+ (1. Bb1 $2 Kd5 2. Bf5 h2 3. Bc8 Kc6 $19) 1... Kd6 2. Bb1 Kxd5 (
2... Ke5 $1 3. d6 h2 4. d7 h1=Q 5. d8=Q Qxb1+ $19) 3. Bf5 h2 4. Bc8 Kc6 5. Bg4
$1 h1=Q 6. Bf3+ Qxf3 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "version"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P. Benko correction"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6B1/8/1pk5/1p6/1K1P4/7p/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2013.03.23"]

1. d5+ Kd6 2. Bh7 Kxd5 (2... Ke5 3. d6 $1 {is now good.}) 3. Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shakhmaty v SSSR 1954"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "B. Sakharov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4pp2/B3k3/2K5/3P3b/7b/8/4N3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2013.03.23"]

{# #} 1. Nf3 Kf5 {or 1... Bf6 2. Bc8 mate.} (1... Bf6 2. Bc8#) 2. Nxh4+ {2.
Bc8+? Kf4} (2. Bc8+ Kf4) 2... Kg4 3. Nf5 Kxf5 (3... e5 4. d5) 4. Bc8+ e6 ({But
after} 4... Ke4 5. Bxh3 f5 $1 {Black holds.}) 5. d5 Kf6 6. d6 Bg2 7. Kb6 Be4 8.
d7 Ke7 9. Kc7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.05.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P. Benko [Event "Version after Pogosyan E. 1977"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P. Benko"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "K3Nk2/4pr2/8/2P1P3/8/4P3/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2013.03.23"]

{# #} 1. c6 Rf1 (1... Kxe8 2. c7 Kd7 3. e6+) 2. Nd6 $1 (2. c7 Rc1 3. Kb7 Kf7)
2... exd6 3. exd6 Rc1 4. Kb7 Ke8 5. Kc7 Rd1 6. e4 Rd2 7. e5 {etc. wins.} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "T. Kok"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2pk1N2/P7/8/8/8/P4r2/K7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2013.03.23"]

{# #} 1. a7 Rf1+ 2. Kb2 Rf2+ 3. Kb3 Rf3+ 4. Ka4 Rf4+ 5. Ka5 Rf5+ 6. Ka6 Rf6+ 7.
Nd6 $1 Rxd6+ $2 (7... Rf8 8. Nc4 Kc6 $11) 8. Ka5 Rd5+ 9. Ka4 Rd4+ 10. Kb3 Rd3+
11. Kb2 Rd2+ 12. Kb1 Rd1+ 13. Kc2 {wins.} 1-0

[Event "After T. Kok 1941"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "P. Benko"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2pp4/P2N1k2/8/8/8/P1K5/7r w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2013.03.23"]

{# #} 1. Ne8+ $1 Ke7 2. a7 (2. Nxc7 $2 Kd6 3. a7 Rh8 4. a8=Q Rxa8 5. Nxa8 Kc6
$11) 2... Rh2+ 3. Kb3 Rh3+ 4. Ka4 Rh4+ 5. Ka5 Rh5+ 6. Ka6 Rh6+ 7. Nd6 $1 Rxd6+
(7... Rh8 8. Nb5 c6 (8... c5 9. Kb7 $18) 9. Nc7 $18) 8. Ka5 Rd5+ 9. Ka4 Rd4+
10. Kb3 Rd3+ 11. Kb2 Rd2+ 12. Kb1 Rd1+ 13. Kc2 {wins.} 1-0

[Event "NM, 2012"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eddie Wickoff"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7p/4R2q/5nQ1/B1P4P/4B3/2KP2pp/k7 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2013.03.23"]

{# #} 1... Qxg5 (1... Qxe6 $2 2. Qg7+ $1 Nxg7 3. Bd4+ Ka2 4. Bb3+ Ka3 5. Bc5# {
mate}) (1... h1=Q 2. Rxh6 Nxe3+ 3. Qxe3 Qb1+ 4. Kc3 Qb2+ 5. Kd3 Qa3+ 6. Kd4
Qxe3+ 7. dxe3 g1=Q $11) 2. Ra6 Nxe3+ 3. Kc1 Qa5 $1 4. Rxa5 Nxc4 5. Bc6+ Nxa5 6.
Bxg2 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Version after Wickoff E. 2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6q1/8/4R3/5nQ1/B1P4P/4B3/2KP2pp/k7 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2013.03.23"]

{# #} 1... Qxg5 2. Ra6 Nxe3+ 3. Kc1 $1 Qa5 4. Rxa5 Nxc4 5. Bc6+ Nxa5 6. Bxg2
Nb3+ 7. Kc2 Nd4+ 8. Kc3 Ne2+ 9. Kc4 Ng3 10. Kc5 {wins because the d-pawn can
start at last.} 1-0

[Event "Sakkelet 1987"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "Correction"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2P2p1K/pPq1kb1P/1p3p1Q/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2013.03.23"]

{# #} 1. Qd1 Qa8 2. Qd8 $1 Bxd8 3. b7 $1 {Two pawns beat the Queen and Bishop!}
Qxb7 4. cxd8=N+ Ke7 5. Nxb7 Kf8 6. Nc5 f4 7. Nd7+ Ke7 8. Kg7 f3 9. Nf6 f2 10.
Nd5+ Ke6 11. Ne3 {wins. Originally this study was published without the
a6-pawn but it would be only draw that way.} 1-0

e what
White can do."  Gelfand was correct that 47.Qb7 Qd3 is bad for White but he
was unduly pessimistic in his second line; after 47.Qc6 b3} 48. Bc1 $1 {White
has slowed down the pawns and keeps drawing chances.}) 47... Nxd8 48. Kf3 a4
49. Ke4 Nc6 50. Bc1 {"When I exchanged queens I thought I was drawing with} (
50. Kd5 {but of course after} a3 51. Kxc6 b3 {I cannot stop the pawns," said
Gelfand.}) 50... Na5 51. Bd2 b3 52. Kd3 Nc4 $1 53. Bc3 a3 54. g4 Kh7 $1 55. g5
{[#]} Kg6 $1 {"Black is in zugzwang," declared ICC commentator Jon Speelman
who a few moves earlier had wondered what Carlsen was doing. "I should never
have doubted Magnus!"} 56. Bd4 {The only waiting move, but now Black has...} b2
57. Kc2 Nd2 $1 0-1

[Event "London Candidates"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p6p/8/1n1k1NPK/8/6P1/5P2/8 b - - 0 45"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2013.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[#]} 45... Ke4 $1 {Using the king aggressively is the only way to save the
game. Other defences leave Black in big trouble, e.g.} (45... Ke6 46. Ne3 Kf7
47. Kh6 Kg8 48. Nc4 {and White will start pushing his pawns, or}) (45... a5 46.
Kh6 {and White's g pawn is too fast.}) 46. Ne3 {Carlsen refutes Ivanchuk's
last winning try} (46. Ne7 $5 a5 47. Kh6 a4 48. Nc6 a3 49. Nb4 {with the
clever manoeuvre} Kf5 50. f4 Nd6 $1 51. Kxh7 Ne4 $1 52. g6 Nxg3 $1 53. g7 Nh5
$1 {and Black draws.}) 46... Nd6 47. Kh6 Nf7+ 48. Kxh7 Nxg5+ 49. Kg6 Nh3 {Now
a draw could happily be agreed but Ivanchuk plays on until the bitter end.} 50.
Nd1 Kf3 51. Kf5 Nxf2 52. Nxf2 Kxg3 53. Nd1 a5 54. Ke4 a4 55. Kd4 a3 56. Nc3 a2
57. Nxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Candidates"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {An increasingly
popular line with which both players have extensive experience.} b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. a4 b4 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a5 Be6 11. Nc4 Rb8 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 $5 {A
quiet move, in place of the more direct} (13... Bg4 {.}) 14. Re1 Qc8 15. Bc2
Rd8 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. Ne3 $6 d5 $1 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 {Diagram [#]} 20.
h3 {Very meek. Svidler had planned} (20. d4 {but then noticed that his intended
} exd4 21. Be4 $2 {allows} (21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Bd3) 21... Rxa5 $1
{and talked himself out of the idea. However 20.d4 is quite playable as a pawn
sacrifice, i.e. 20...exd4 21.cxd4 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Rxd4 23.Bd3 with some pressure
for the pawn.}) 20... Bf5 21. Rd1 Qe6 22. Bb1 Qd7 23. Be3 e4 {"I looked at} (
23... Rxb1 $5 {but couldn't make it work," said Carlsen.}) 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25.
Bxd4 {0.24  "I was happy to find 25.Bxd4 and 29.Be5! because after} (25. cxd4
exd3 26. Bxd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Rbb5 {a pawn is just dropping off," said Svidler.})
25... exd3 {When told at the press conference that the computer line} (25...
Bxh3 $1 26. dxe4 Rg5 27. g3 Bg4 28. f3 Rb2 $3 29. Qxb2 Bxf3 {gave Black a
winning attack, Carlsen was not perturbed; "I didn't really consider 25...Bxh3,
" he admitted. " At this point I was thinking that straightforward moves would
be good enough."}) 26. Bxd3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 c5 28. Be5 Rxd3 29. Bxb8 c4 {0.51}
30. Be5 {14.18} Bc5 {0.49} 31. Rb1 {10.24} Qd5 {0.43} 32. Rb8+ Kh7 {[#]  Here
Svidler could keep his position afloat with 33.Re8 - although with more time
and a good position, Carlsen would be strongly tipped to win anyway. However
Svidler, who before this game was sitting just half a point behind the
Norwegian, decided to try his luck with...} 33. Qh5 $6 {08.05  Now White has
two mating threats - the obvious one with 34.Qf5+ and the sneaky one with 34.
Rh8+! Kxh8 35.Qxh6+!. Svidler thought that the reply 33...Qe6 was forced, but
instead came...} (33. Re8) 33... Qe4 $1 {0.38  Turning the tables. Now 34.Rh8+
Kxh8 35.Qxh6+ Qh7! is not mate - in fact it is nothing for White, so "after 33.
..Qe4 I can just resign," admitted Svidler.} (33... Qe6) 34. Rb2 {07.43} Rd5 $1
{0.35} 35. Re2 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 f6 $1 0-1

[Event "London Candidates"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.03.31"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/k7/6p1/p1K1np1p/b3p2P/N3P1P1/4BP2/8 w - - 0 80"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2013.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[#] Carlsen has been plugging away since move 25 in an endgame many would
have abandoned as drawn - "I had no choice but to keep on going," he said.
Despite picking up a pawn, it seems as if a draw is inevitable but ...} 80. Nc4
$2 {After the game Radjabov thought that he could save the position with} (80.
Nb5+ Kb7 81. Nd6+ Kc7 82. Nc4 {but, as Carlsen pointed out,} Nd3+ $1 83. Kd4
Nc1 $1 84. Bf1 Bb5 {wins just as in the game.}) ({Tired and running short of
time, Radjabov failed to see} 80. Kd4 $1 Nd7 81. Nc4 $1 {with the idea} Bb5 82.
Ne5 $1 {when White is safe.}) 80... Nd3+ $1 81. Kd4 Nc1 $1 82. Bf1 Bb5 $1 {The
idea that Radjabov had missed.} 83. Nxa5 {Desperation, but} (83. Nd2 Bxf1 84.
Nxf1 Ka6 {would be a slow but sure death.}) 83... Bxf1 84. Nc6+ Kb6 85. Ne7 Nd3
86. Nxg6 Kc7 87. Ne7 Bh3 88. Nd5+ Kd6 89. Nf6 Bg4 0-1

[Event "London Candidates"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rq4k1/1b3ppp/pp1bpn2/8/3PN3/3B1NP1/PP2QP1P/2R3K1 b - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2013.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[#]  Gelfand was expecting 18...Bxe4 19.Bxe4 Ra7 followed by 20...Rc7 with a
rapid draw but instead was shocked by Kramnik's surprising move...} 18... Ne8
$2 {"I was really worried about playing 18...Ne8," said Kramnik. "I didn't
like it at all but I thought it was the only way to continue."  "He wanted to
surprise me," said Gelfand "With any normal move the position is equal."} (
18... Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Ra7) 19. Ned2 $2 {"I spent almost all my remaining time
analysing} (19. Neg5 $1 {but I didn't see} h6 20. Bg6 $3 {," admitted Gelfand,
who was concentrating on trying to make 20.Nxe6 work. - "but after 20...Bd5! I
didn't find anything."  "I don't understand 20.Bg6," was Gelfand's first
response when shown the winning idea, but then he realised that} hxg5 (20...
Bd5) 21. Nxg5 fxg6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qg8
$1 {would give White a winning attack.  Then came another surprise for the
players...}) ({"I thought that} 19. Nfg5 $1 h6 ({I thought I could just play} 
19... g6 {but} 20. Nxf7 $1 {wins.}) 20. Qh5 {was not a problem at all," said
Kramnik, when shown the alternative win missed by Gelfand at the post-game
press conference.  "Then if} hxg5 21. Nxg5 Nf6 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Nxe6 {,"
added a visibly disappointed Gelfand.  "It's really strange - I don't know
what I was missing," confessed Kramnik. "It was some kind of black-out." 
After Gelfand's passive choice, Black's problems are over.}) 19... Qd8 20. Be4
Rc8 21. Qf1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Qc8 23. Qc3 Nf6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Ne5 Nd5 26. Qc6
Qxc6 27. Nxc6 Kf8 28. Nc4 Bc7 29. Ne3 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Bd6 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. dxe5
Ke7 33. Kf2 Kd7 34. e4 Kc6 35. Ke3 Kc5 36. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Candidates"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3k4/2p2p2/1p5p/p1p1Pnp1/P1P5/1P3P1P/1B3KP1/8 w - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2013.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[#]  The game appeared headed for a boring draw from early on, but now came
Grischuk's brain fade...} 29. g4 {Not bad at all, but played for all the wrong
reasons. "The reason I went for the pawn ending next move is that I was
calculating the line} (29. f4 gxf4 30. Kf3 {and now if} Nd4+ {I have} 31. Bxd4
cxd4 32. Kxf4 Ke7 33. Ke4 c5 34. g4 Ke6 35. h4 {and White is in time to hold
the draw," explained Grischuk.}) 29... Nd4 30. Bxd4 $2 {"A nice present," said
Kramnik. "I just made a trap and Sacha fell into it.} (30. Ke3 $1 {should be
quite a simple draw." In fact after} Nxb3 31. e6 $1 {Black is the player who
must be careful. e.g.} Ke7 (31... fxe6 $6 32. Bg7 Ke7 33. Bxh6 Kf6 34. f4 {
with some chances.}) 32. exf7 Kxf7 (32... c6 $5 33. Bg7) 33. Be5 c6 34. Bc7 {
again offers chances only for White.  "In time trouble I would not even have
bothered to calculate this pawn endgame, " added Kramnik, " because one wrong
thing and you are lost. The b3 pawn is not so important."}) 30... cxd4 31. Ke2
{"I am too late for} (31. f4 gxf4 32. Kf3 {because of} d3 {," said Grischuk.})
31... Kd7 32. Kd3 c5 33. Ke4 Ke6 34. f4 gxf4 35. Kxf4 d3 $1 36. Ke3 Kxe5 37.
Kxd3 Kf4 38. Ke2 Kg3 39. Ke3 Kxh3 40. Kf4 Kh4 41. Kf5 Kg3 {"The first
classical game I have ever won with the Berlin Defence endgame," admitted
Kramnik.} 0-1

[Event "London Candidates"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3k2b1/6p1/3K4/1p4PP/p7/P1P5/8/8 w - - 0 47"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2013.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{[#]  The 'wrong a pawn means that Black has no winning chances at all, but
incredibly, Aronian manages to lose...} 47. Kc6 Ke7 48. Kxb5 (48. h6 gxh6 49.
gxh6 Kf6 50. h7 Bxh7 51. Kxb5 {, followed by putting the White king on a1, was
the simplest way to play - but given the tournament situation, perhaps Aronian
was seeking to keep winning chances alive.}) 48... Ke6 49. Kxa4 Kf5 50. g6 $2 {
"It is embarrassing to lose a dead drawn game like this," admitted Aronian. 
"We are both tired," said Kramnik, who showed the line he expected -} (50. h6
g6 51. Kb5 Kxg5 52. a4 Kxh6 53. a5 (53. c4 {is simpler.)}) 53... g5 54. a6 g4
55. a7 Bd5 56. c4 Ba8 57. c5 {when both players queen and a draw is inevitable.
}) 50... Kg5 51. Kb5 Kxh5 52. a4 Kxg6 53. a5 {"If} (53. c4 Kf6 54. a5 Ke7 55.
a6 {I have} Bh7 $1 {putting the bishop on an important diagonal," said Kramnik,
who continued the variation with} 56. a7 Be4 57. c5 Kd7 {Diagram [#] when
Black wins.}) 53... Kf6 54. a6 Bd5 55. c4 Ba8 {Now Black wins easily. Aronian
could not even explain what he had missed - "In this game I could not
calculate a single variation, "he said. "But I will have to deal with it."} 56.
Kb6 Ke5 57. Kc7 g5 58. Kb8 Be4 59. Kc7 g4 60. a7 g3 61. c5 Ba8 62. Kb8 Bc6 0-1

[Event "London Candidates"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 {A trendy line, although
Ivan Sokolov is the only top Grandmaster to make it a regular part of his
repertoire.} 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 c6 9. Nc3 dxc4 {The only consistent
choice; should White play 10.e4 undisturbed the bishop will find itself
misplaced on d6.} 10. Rfd1 {A subtle choice of rook in a position where White
had only used the queen's rook for choice.} Qc7 11. Ng5 Be7 12. a4 $1 {Kramnik
was tempted by} (12. Bf4 {with the idea} e5 $6 (12... Qd8 13. e4 Nh5) 13. dxe5
Nxe5 14. Rd5 $3 {but rejected it because of the simple response 12...Qd8 and
if 13.e4 Nh5!.}) 12... e5 {Ivanchuk had been burning time over his last few
moves and was already an hour behind Kramnik on the clock.} 13. a5 $1 {Kramnik
could find nothing for White after} (13. d5 Nc5 $1 {.}) 13... exd4 14. Bf4 Bd6
15. Rxd4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 h6 17. Nf3 {[#]} b5 $5 {Black had many reasonable
alternatives, such as} (17... Nc5 {but Ivanchuk feared that if he returned the
c pawn for nothing he would be slightly worse in just the sort of position
Kramnik enjoys. So the risky text move was the only way to force Kramnik's
hand.  Now, however, Kramnik is provoked into launching a powerful attack.})
18. axb6 {0.57} Nxb6 {18.15} 19. Rxf6 $1 {0.56  "This sacrifice looks terribly
dangerous for Black," said Kramnik.} gxf6 20. Nd4 Bd7 {10.47} 21. Qd2 $1 {0.50
"I also looked at} (21. Ra5 $5 {but couldn't break down} Qd6 {," said Kramnik.}
) 21... Kg7 $1 {05.58  A less brave player than Ivanchuk would, given his time
trouble, have tried to defend the ugly endgame which arises after} (21... Qe5
22. Qxh6 Qg5 23. Qxg5+ fxg5 24. Ra5 f6 25. e3 {. However after using up almost
half his remaining time Ivanchuk cannot see a mate and so plays the principled
defence.}) {[#]} 22. Bxc6 $1 {0.44} Bxc6 $1 {Kramnik could not believe that
this was possible, expecting} (22... Rad8 {when he planned to continue the
attack with} 23. Ra5 $1 {"After 22...Bxc6 it looks like it should be over,"
confessed Kramnik.}) 23. Nf5+ Kg6 {[#]  05.45} 24. Ra5 $1 {0.30  White can
force an immediate draw with} (24. Qxh6+ Kxf5 25. Qh3+ {since running away with
} Ke5 {is too risky after} 26. Rd1 $1 Nd5 27. e4 $1) 24... Rh8 25. Qd4 {"I
also considered} (25. Rc5 $5 {but after} Rad8 26. Qc2 Qd7 $1 {it looks like it
must be winning but I couldn't see how to create a threat," said Kramnik.})
25... Rag8 $1 {Kramnik was hoping for} (25... h5 $2 {which allows} 26. Nh4+ Kg7
27. Rg5+ $1 Kf8 28. Qxf6 {and the attack crashes through.}) 26. Rc5 Qd7 $1 {02.
19  More outstanding defence. "I was just trying to find only moves that don't
lose," said Ivanchuk. "I was [just] trying not to blunder."} 27. Qf4 $1 {0.27}
h5 $1 {[#]  1.04} 28. Nh4+ {0.16  "There must be something said Kramnik, "but
I didn't see it. I looked at} (28. g4 hxg4 29. Ne7+ {but after} Kg7 $1 {I
couldn't make it work.  Also}) (28. e4 Re8 29. f3 Re5 $1 {looked OK for Black.
I even looked at positional play with}) (28. f3 Rd8 29. Kg2 {but it is
difficult to believe - I am still a rook down and if I miss something I have
to resign."}) 28... Kg7 29. Nf5+ Kg6 {Ivanchuk rejected} (29... Kf8 30. Qb8+
Nc8 {because of} 31. Qb4 Ne7 32. Qb8+ {and now, since} Qe8 (32... Nc8 {Diagram
[#]}) 33. Qd6 {is awkward for Black, he thought he would have to repeat moves
with 32...Nc8 in any case. "Maybe the it is a positional draw - like a study
by Kasparyan," joked Ivanchuk.}) 30. Nh4+ {Kramnik ran himself down to three
minutes before agreeing to the third repetition. "I didn't want to make a draw
but one minute is enough. If Vassily would have 5 seconds left like against
Lev I would play any move but with a minute it is too much of a gamble,"
explained Kramnik. "Vassily was defending great. Maybe there was nothing."} Kg7
31. Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2013 SuperNationals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Harmon-Vellotti, Luke"]
[Black "Shetty, Atulya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Shetty, Atulya"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2013.04.24"]
[SourceDate "2013.04.24"]

{Going into the last round of the SuperNationals, I had 5.5 points out of 6.
My opponent, Luke Harmon-Vellotti, was the only player with a perfect score so
I knew that with a win, I would have at least a share of the national title.
However, anything less than that and I would be out of the running. Having the
black pieces, I knew this was a tall task, but knowing that I controlled my
own fate was a little comforting.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {Even though the Slav can
become quite drawish depending on what white plays, I wanted to stick to what
I knew best. Trying something new and falling into an opening trap was the
last thing I wanted in this situation.} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. c5 {This is
the main line but I was still quite happy to see it on the board. First of all,
it dispelled my small fear that Luke would play the Exchange variation in
which I would have a difficult time playing for a win. It is also a line that
I feel gives black chances to play actively.} Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 g6 {This
line is not very common but has been played before by Kamsky with success.} (
7... e6 {is the main line}) 8. Be2 Bg7 9. h3 Be4 10. O-O ({The most
challenging line is} 10. Nh4 e5 11. Bg3 (11. dxe5 Nh5 12. Nf3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3
Nxf4 14. exf4 Nxc5 {Black has no problems and a game between Alekseev-Kamsky
ended in a draw.}) 11... exd4 12. exd4 O-O 13. f3 Bf5 14. Nxf5 gxf5 {At first
glance, this position looks just worse for black because of the doubled
f-pawns. However, black will be able to get very active pieces and the
position is quite unclear. Kamsky won a complex game against Mamedyarov from
this position. This type of double-edged play would have been perfect for my
tournament situation.}) 10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. b4 Ne8 {This move has two
ideas. The first is to break open the center with e5. The other plan is to
reroute the knight to e6 via c7 which can pressure either d4 or c5 in the
future.} 13. Qb3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Rad1 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 {After
this trade I felt my position was quite comfortable if not slightly better.
White's bishop is blocked in by black's pawns and the e4 break does not come
quickly enough.} f5 18. a4 Nc7 19. Qb3 Qe7 20. Rc1 Ne6 {I was not too afraid
of b5 because while it does open the queenside, white's attack comes much
slower than black's.} (20... Rf7 {This seems like a useful move for black that
will still contain white's pawn break. However, this is not the case.} 21. b5
axb5 22. axb5 Nxb5 (22... Ne6 {Will be similar to the game except that black's
move Rf7 is wasted.}) 23. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 24. Qxb5 {And white is slightly better.}
) 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Ng5 23. Be2 f4 24. exf4 Rxf4 {Here I was feeling quite
confident with my position. I thought the position had opened in my favor and
it is still hard for white to attack my queenside.} 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Qg3 Raf8
27. Bd3 Qf6 28. Rcd1 Ne6 29. Rc1 Kg7 30. Qe3 Rf7 31. f3 {Diagram [#]} Rh4 $6 {
I was hoping for a kingside attack with Nf4 and Qg5 but this plan is not very
realistic. White will be able to defend and black is just wasting time.} (31...
Qd4 $1 {During the game I didn't want to trade queens because I thought there
would be fewer winning chances but this endgame is just much better for black.}
32. Rfe1 Kf6 {Black will soon play Ra7-Ra5 and the c5 pawn is very hard to
defend.}) 32. Rfe1 Nd4 {I decided to abandon my original plan, realizing that
it would not give me much play.} (32... Nf4 33. Bf1 Qg5 34. Kh2 {And black has
nothing.}) 33. Bf1 Rf4 34. Qe5 $2 {Here Luke just missed a simple tactic that
allows me to win a pawn.} Rxf3 35. Qxf6+ R3xf6 36. Rb1 Re6 37. Red1 Ne2+ 38.
Bxe2 Rxe2 {At this point I was quite confident that I was winning. Black's
rooks will dominate the second rank and if white tries to trade a pair of
rooks the c5 pawn will be too weak.} 39. Rb6 (39. Re1 Rc2 40. Rbc1 Rff2 41.
Rxc2 Rxc2 42. Re7+ Kh6 $19) 39... Rff2 40. Rxc6 Rxg2+ 41. Kh1 Rh2+ 42. Kg1
Reg2+ 43. Kf1 Rc2 44. Kg1 Rxh3 45. Rxd5 Ra3 46. Rd1 h5 (46... Ra5 {This makes
things a little more tricky for black.} 47. Rc7+ Kh6 48. c6 Ra6 49. Rb7 Raxc6
50. Rdd7) 47. Kh1 Kh6 48. Rc8 Kg5 49. Rc6 (49. Rg1+ Kh4 50. Rxg6 Kh3) 49...
Rh3+ 50. Kg1 Rg3+ 51. Kh1 Kh4 52. Rcd6 g5 (52... Kh3 53. R6d2 Rxd2 54. Rxd2 Rc3
55. Rg2 {This draws for white because black has no way of defending the g6
pawn.}) 53. R6d2 Rxd2 54. Rxd2 Rc3 55. Rh2+ (55. Rd5 g4 56. Re5 Kg3 $19) 55...
Kg4 56. Rg2+ Kf5 57. Rf2+ Kg6 58. Kg2 Rxc5 59. Ra2 h4 60. Kh3 Kh5 61. Ra4 g4+
62. Kg2 Rc2+ 63. Kh1 h3 64. Ra8 Kh4 65. Ra1 Re2 66. Rb1 Re4 67. Rc1 g3 68. Rg1
Kg4 69. Ra1 Rf4 70. Rb1 g2+ 71. Kh2 Rf1 72. Rxf1 {This is the final trick.} (
72. Rb4+ Kf5 73. Rb5+ Ke6 74. Rb6+ Kd5 75. Rb5+ Kc6 76. Rg5 Rh1+ 77. Kg3 g1=Q+)
72... gxf1=B {Once I had finished the game, I thought that I had tied for
first. A few minutes later, though, I found out that the other players with 5.
5/6 had all drawn and I was the clear winner! I also found out that my team
had come in clear second! All in all, I am very happy with my play in the
tournament and I had a great experience.} 0-1

[Event "1973 Summit Co Champ"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jenkins, Lewis"]
[Black "Martin, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Annotator "Alburt. Lev"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.03.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 {Diagram [#]} d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bg4
(6... Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 Ne4) (6... Nf6 7. -- Bb4+) 7. Be2 {Diagram [#]} (
7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qc4) 7... O-O-O (7... Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qxd4 9. Bxc6+
) (7... Bb4+) 8. Nc3 Qa5 (8... Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3) (8... Qd7) 9. Be3 Nf6
10. O-O (10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O) 10... h6 {Diagram [#]} (10... Bc5) 11. a3 Nd5 12.
Rc1 Be7 13. b4 {Diagram [#]} Nxc3 (13... Qxa3 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15. b5) (13... Nxe3
14. fxe3 (14. Qb3)) 14. Rxc3 Qh5 15. Rxc6 {Diagram [#]} bxc6 16. Qa4 Bd6 17.
Ba6+ (17. h3) 17... Kb8 (17... Kd7 18. Ne5+ Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bc5) 18. Ne5
{Diagram [#]} Bxe5 (18... Bd7) 19. dxe5 Qxe5 (19... Bc8 20. Be2) 20. Bxa7+ Kxa7
21. Bb5+ Kb7 {Diagram [#]} 22. Qa6+ (22. Bxc6+ Kb6) 22... Kb8 23. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pal Benko"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2k5/2p5/Np6/4b3/8/P7/4K3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2013.03.23"]

{# #} 1. Nb3 (1. a4 $2 b4 $19 (1... bxa4 $2 2. Nc4 $11)) 1... Bd5 2. Nc1 (2.
Kd2 $2 Bxb3 {wins.}) 2... Kb6 3. Kd2 Ka5 4. Kc3 Bc4 5. a3 Ka4 6. Kb2 {Mutual
zugzwang (ZZ)} c5 7. Ka1 $1 Kxa3 8. Nd3 $1 Bxd3 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dana Mackenzie"]
[Black "John Hayes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Mackenzie, Dana"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r6r/2p1n1k1/1pp1p3/3pP1Pp/4PR2/7q/PPP4P/R1BQ3K w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "17"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. a4 Ng6 2. Ra3 Nxf4 3. Rxh3 Nxh3 4. Qf3 Rxa4 5. Qf6+ Kg8 6. g6
Rh7 7. gxh7+ Kxh7 8. Qf7+ Kh8 9. Qxh5+ 1-0

