[Event "1993 Absolute"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Daniel Fleetwood"]
[Black "Stephen Barbre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Be7 (6... h6 7. h4
Nc6 8. Rg1 d5 9. exd5) 7. g5 Nfd7 8. h4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 (10. Qh5 d5 11.
O-O-O) 10... a6 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. Rg1 Rb8 14. h5 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16.
Qd2 Nc5 17. f3 Be6 18. Kb1 f5 (18... Qc7 19. Nc1) 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. Nc1 Qe8 (
20... Rxf3 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Rxg7+) 21. Be2 Rf7 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Nd3 Rd8 24.
Qe3 a5 25. Nxe5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rf6 27. f4 Kh8 28. f5 Bf7 29. Ng6+ Bxg6 30. hxg6
h6 31. Qf4 Qf8 32. Qc7 Rd6 33. Rxd6 Bxd6 34. Qxa5 Qb8 35. Qa6 Bf8 36. Qd3 Be7
37. Qd5 Qd8 38. Qxd8+ Bxd8 39. Bc4 h5 40. e5 h4 41. a4 1-0

[Event "TCEC Houdini - Rybka Match"]
[Site "http://www.tcec-chess.org"]
[Date "2011.02.03"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Rybka (Computer)"]
[Black "Houdini (Computer)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2011.01.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. b3 Ne4
9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 {Diagram [#]} Bg4 (10... Bf5) 11. h3 Bf5 12. Rc1 a5 13.
Qd2 Qb6 14. Nh4 Bc8 15. a4 Be6 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. b4 axb4 18. Bxb4 Qd8 19. a5 dxc4
20. Bxc4 Na6 21. Bc3 Be4 22. Be2 f5 23. Qb2 Rb8 24. Ne5 e6 25. f3 Bd5 26. Rb1
Bxe5 27. dxe5 c5 28. Rfd1 Qg5 29. Bd2 Qe7 30. Bxa6 bxa6 31. Qxb8 Rxb8 32. Rxb8+
Kg7 33. Rb6 Qh4 34. Rxa6 Qa4 35. Ra7+ Kh6 36. e4+ g5 37. Re1 fxe4 38. fxe4 Bxe4
39. Rf7 Bg6 40. Rf3 Qa2 41. Re2 Kg7 42. Ref2 c4 43. Kh2 Qa1 44. Rg3 h6 45. Rf6
Bf5 46. Bb4 Kh7 47. Bf8 Qxa5 48. Bxh6 g4 49. Bf4 c3 50. hxg4 Be4 51. Rxe6 Qb4
52. Rf6 c2 53. e6 Kg8 54. Bc1 Qc5 55. g5 Qe5 56. Ba3 Kg7 57. e7 Bg6 58. Rf8 Qd4
59. Re3 Qh4+ 60. Kg1 Qd4 61. e8=Q Bxe8 62. Rfxe8 Qa1+ 63. Kh2 Qxa3 64. Rxa3
c1=Q 65. Rae3 Kf7 66. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad CZE"]
[Date "1907.09.12"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Carl Schlechter"]
[Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1907.??.??"]

1. e4 {Notes by Nimzowitsch} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6.
Nd5 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. c3 h6 {Black decides on a
waiting policy.} 11. h3 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. Be3 Kh7 {Black still marks time.}
14. Qd2 Be6 15. Bc2 Qe7 {Diagram [#]} 16. d5 {White had done better to mark
time also; the text move would have a meaning only if it were introducing an
attack against the Q side, (c4, and b4). But he intends to operate on the K
wing, and for this d5, is a bad preparation.} Bd7 17. Kh2 Nh8 {A preventive
move directed against White's plan of Ng1, and f4.} 18. Ng1 g5 {Diagram [#]}
19. g3 (19. Ne2 Ng6 20. Ng3 Nh4 21. Bd1) 19... Ng6 20. Qd1 Bg7 21. Qf3 a5 {
Again preventive play. This time the possibility of c4, and b4, is to be
anticipated.} 22. Ne2 Bb5 23. a4 Bd7 {It is achieved; the White Q side has
lost all momentum and the action just mentioned, to be initiated by c4, and b4,
is a thing of the past.} 24. Rh1 {With this move White plans to break through
eventually with h4, e.g. : 24...b6 25 h4 gxh4 26 gxh4 Nxh4 27 Qh5 f5 28 Kg1,
etc. But Black discovers a move, which not only has a high preventive value,
but which also has the attribute of driving the opponent into quick action.} (
24. c4) 24... Qe8 {! The threat is ...Qc8; e.g. ...Qc8, h4 ...Bg4, winning a
knight. White, therefore, has no further time for preparations and opens the
battle for a breakthrough.} 25. h4 Qc8 {Threatening ...Bg4.} 26. Bd3 Bg4 27.
Qg2 gxh4 28. f3 h3 29. Qf1 {The breakthrough looks like it is succeeding, for
if now ...Bd7, then g4 followed by Qxh3 with a winning attack.} f5 {The
counter-stroke, long since prepared, which decides the battle for Black.} 30.
fxg4 fxe4 31. Qxh3 exd3 {Only now can the full effect of 28...h3 be discerned.
By this move the white queen was forced from g2 to f1 into the range of the
Black rook.} 32. Bxh6 Rh8 {This game is noteworthy on account of the
comprehensive prophylaxis employed; preventive measures were taken against c4
and b4 as well as against f4 and later on h4. A few words about the
charachteristics of the preventive moves selected ; the waiting policy by 10...
h6 is typical of this style of play, for waiting moves form the beginning of
all prophylactic manouvers. The fact that the preventive move 24 ...Qe8
contains a threat at the same time by no means detracts from its purity in a
prophylaxis, in which part of the plan is to drive the opponent to acceerated
action.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow cqf ;CAND"]
[Site "Moscow cqf ;CAND"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. f4 Qc7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Be3 exf4 13. Rxf4 Ne5 14. Nd4 Rad8
15. Qg1 Rd7 16. Rd1 Re8 {Diagram [#]} 17. Nf5 (17. Nxe6) 17... Bd8 18. Nd4 Ng6
(18... Be7) 19. Rff1 Ne5 20. Bf4 Qc5 21. Nxe6 Qxg1+ 22. Rxg1 Rxe6 23. Bf3 Neg4
24. Rgf1 Bb6 25. Rd2 Be3 26. Bxe3 Nxe3 27. Rb1 Kf8 28. Kg1 Rc7 29. Kf2 Nc4 30.
Rd3 g5 31. h3 h5 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 Ne5 34. c3 h4 35. Rbd1 Ke7 36. R1d4 f6
37. a5 Rc6 38. Be2 Kd8 39. c4 Kc7 40. b4 Ng6 41. b5 axb5 42. cxb5 Rc2 43. b6+
Kd7 44. Rd2 Rxd2 45. Rxd2 Re5 46. a6 Kc6 47. Rb2 Nf4 48. a7 Ra5 49. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen  NED"]
[Date "1946.08.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 c5 8.
f3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Kf2 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Nf4 Nf6
15. Bd3 Bd7 16. h3 Qd6 17. Rhb1 b6 18. Bf1 Re7 19. a4 Rae8 20. Re1 c4 21. g4 g5
22. Ne2 Rxe3 23. Ng3 {Diagram [#]} Qxg3+ 24. Kxg3 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Ch URS 1/2 final"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E29"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d6 5. Bd3 c5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nc6 8. Ne2
e5 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 exd4 11. cxd4 Nd7 12. Bb2 b6 13. f4 Bb7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15.
Rf3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bb1 f5 18. Qxd4 Nf6 19. Re1 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21.
Rxe4 Qc7 22. Rg3 Qc5 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 24. Re7 g6 25. Rd3 Rxc4 26. Rxd6 Rxf4 27. g3
Rf5 28. Rxa7 b5 29. Bd4 g5 30. Re6 g4 31. Ree7 Rc8 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Rxg4 Rd8 {
Diagram [#]} 34. Rg5 Rf3 (34... Rxg5 35. Bxf6+) (34... Rdd5 35. Ra8+) 35. Kg2
1-0

[Event "Sweden izt"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Aleksandar Matanovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. a4 Rd8 12. Ba3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Qxc4 15. Be7 Rd5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Qxf6 Qc7 19. Rab1 b6 20. Nf3 Qd8
21. Qf4 Rc8 22. e4 Ra5 23. Ne5 f6 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Qxf6 Rf8 26. Qh6 Rxa4 27.
Rb3 Qe7 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. e5 Rh4 30. Qc1 Rhf4 31. Rc3 a5 32. Rc7 Qb4 33. Qe3 a4
34. g3 R4f7 35. Rc6 Rb7 36. Rxe6 a3 37. Rf6 Ra8 38. e6 Qb2 39. Qf3 Rg8 40. Rf8
Ra7 {Diagram [#]} 41. Rxg8+ Kxg8 42. Qd5 Kf8 43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. e7 1-0

[Event "Saltsjobaden izt ,IZT"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Erich Eliskases"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D51"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Qc2 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nxc3 9. Bd2 e5 10. bxc3 exd4 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. Rb1 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2
Nb6 15. Bd3 Be6 16. a4 O-O-O 17. Ne2 Nxa4 18. Ra1 Nb2 19. Rxa7 Kb8 20. Rha1 Bc4
21. Bxc4 Nxc4+ 22. Kd3 Nb6 23. g4 Kc7 24. f4 Rd7 25. R7a5 Rhd8 26. Rg5 f6 27.
Rga5 Nc8 28. f5 g5 29. h4 h6 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Rh1 Nd6 32. Rh6 Re7 33. Nc3 Rde8
34. e5 fxe5 35. Nd5+ cxd5 36. Rc5+ Kb8 37. Rxd6 exd4 38. Rcxd5 Re3+ 39. Kc4
Rc8+ 40. Kxd4 Rg3 41. f6 Rxg4+ 42. Ke5 Rf4 43. Rd8 Rxd8 44. Rxd8+ Kc7 45. Rg8
Kd7 46. Rg7+ Ke8 47. Rxb7 Rf2 {Diagram [#]} 48. Ke6 Re2+ 49. Kf5 g4 50. Kg6 Rf2
51. f7+ Kf8 52. Rb8+ Ke7 53. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Zurich Candidates"]
[Site "Zurich SWI"]
[Date "1953.09.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Alexander Kotov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 Bf8 10. Rb1 a5 11. d5 Nc5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. h3 Bd7 14. Rbc1 g6 15. Nd2
Rab8 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 c5 18. Kh2 Kh8 19. Qc2 Ng8 20. Bg4 Nh6 21. Bxd7 Qxd7
22. Qd2 Ng8 23. g4 f5 24. f3 Be7 25. Rg1 Rf8 26. Rcf1 Rf7 27. gxf5 gxf5 28. Rg2
f4 29. Bf2 Rf6 30. Ne2 Qxh3+ 31. Kxh3 Rh6+ 32. Kg4 Nf6+ 33. Kf5 {Diagram [#]}
Nd7 (33... Ng4 34. Kxg4 Rg8+ 35. Kf5 Rf6#) 34. Rg5 Rf8+ 35. Kg4 Nf6+ 36. Kf5
Ng8+ 37. Kg4 Nf6+ 38. Kf5 Nxd5+ 39. Kg4 Nf6+ 40. Kf5 Ng8+ 41. Kg4 Bxg5 42. Kxg5
Rf7 43. Bh4 Rg6+ 44. Kh5 Rfg7 45. Bg5 Rxg5+ 46. Kh4 Nf6 47. Ng3 Rxg3 48. Qxd6
R3g6 49. Qb8+ Rg8 0-1

[Event "Sweden izt"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Gedeon Barcza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nge2 exd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. b3 Qd7 11. O-O Bh3 12. f3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 a6 14. Bb2 Na7 15.
Qd2 b5 16. Ne3 c6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Ne2 Qc7 19. Bc3 Qe7 20. Nd4 Ne8 21. Ndf5
gxf5 22. Nxf5 Qc7 23. Nxg7 Nxg7 {Diagram [#]} 24. Bf6 Kh8 (24... Ne6 25. f4
Rfe8 (25... Nc5 26. Qe2) (25... h6 26. f5 Ng5 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Qxg5+) 26. f5
Rd7 27. Rf4 h6 28. Rg4+ Kh7 29. Qxh6+ Kxh6 30. Rh4#) 25. Qg5 Rg8 26. h4 Rde8
27. h5 Re5 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Qf6 Nc8 30. h6 Ne7 31. Rd2 1-0

[Event "Botvinnik-Flohr Match"]
[Site "Moscow / Leningrad  URS"]
[Date "1933.12.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Salomon Flohr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1933.11.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. d5 Ne5 8.
Qd4 Nd3+ 9. Bxd3 cxd3 10. Nf3 g6 11. Bxf6 exf6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Rfe1+ Kd8 {
Diagram [#]} 14. Qh4 (14. Qxb6+) (14. Qxd3 Bd6) 14... g5 (14... Bd6) (14...
Qxb2 15. Qxf6+) (14... Be7 15. Rxe7 Kxe7 16. Re1+) 15. Qh5 Bd6 (15... Qc7 16.
Ne4 Bg7 17. d6 Qd7 18. Nfxg5 fxg5 19. Qxg5+ f6 20. Nxf6 Qf7 21. Nd5+) 16. Qxf7
Rf8 17. Qxh7 g4 18. Nd2 (18. Nh4 d2) 18... Qc7 19. Qh6 (19. Qxd3 Bxh2+) 19...
Qf7 (19... a6 20. Rac1) 20. Nc4 (20. Nde4 Be5 21. Nc5) 20... Be5 21. Nxe5 (21.
Nb5) 21... fxe5 22. Qg5+ (22. Rxe5 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 22... Qe7
(22... Kc7 23. Qxe5+) (22... Kd7 23. Qxg4+) 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Bf5 25. Rf1
(25. Rd1 Kd7 26. Ne4 Rac8) 25... Kd7 26. f3 b5 (26... Kd6 27. Re3 gxf3 28.
Rexf3) 27. fxg4 (27. Nxb5 gxf3 28. Rxf3 d2 29. Nc3 Bc2) 27... Bxg4 28. h3 b4 (
28... Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 d2 30. hxg4) 29. Ne4 (29. Rxf8 bxc3 30. Rf1 (30. Rxa8 d2)
30... d2 31. hxg4 c2 32. Ree1 Rf8) (29. hxg4 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 bxc3 31. bxc3 Rc8)
29... Rxf1+ (29... Be2 30. Rxf8 Rxf8 31. d6 Rf1+ 32. Kh2 Rd1 33. Re7+ Kc6 34.
d7 Kc7 35. Nc5) 30. Kxf1 Rf8+ 31. Ke1 Bf5 32. g4 Bg6 (32... Bxe4 33. Rxe4) 33.
Re6 Be8 (33... Bh7 34. Nf6+) (33... Bf7 34. Rf6 Ke7 35. d6+ Ke8 36. Ng5 Bxa2
37. d7+) 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfin, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rr1k1/5pp1/3B3p/8/8/3Q4/8/3K4 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Re6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/5pp1/8/8/6q1/1P1p1p2/5QPP/2BK2R1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... fxg2+ 2. Kd2 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem III"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3k1r2/pp3q2/7Q/3P4/8/8/6PP/3R2K1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qf2+ 2. Kh1 Qf1+ 3. Rxf1 Rxf1# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem IV"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r2/pp1k4/6b1/1N1PR3/8/8/6PP/6K1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Bd3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem V"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/b1R5/8/8/8/6P1/Q2p2PK/3r4 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rh1+ 2. Kxh1 d1=Q+ 3. Kh2 Qh5# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem VI"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/5pp1/8/8/6q1/1RP3P1/1Q1P1P2/4K3 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Re8+ 2. Kf1 Qh3+ 3. Kg1 Re1# 0-1

[Event "Helsinki ol (Men) fin-A"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bronstein, David I"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "GM Robert Byrne"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1952.08.21"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Bb7 9. e6 f6 10. g3 Qd5 11. Bg2 Qxe6+ 12. Be3 c6 13. O-O Qc8 14. Re1 Kf7 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Qe2 Na6 18. Bf4 g6 19. Nd2 h5 20. h4 Bb7 21. Kh2
Kg7 22. Ra1 Kh7 23. Bh3 Qd8 24. Ne4 Bh6 25. Bxh6 Kxh6 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. dxc5 Qc7
28. Qd2+ Kg7 29. Rd1 Bc8 30. Bg2 Be6 31. Qe3 Bf7 32. Ra1 Rd8 33. Ra6 Bd5 34.
Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Qe6 Re5 36. Qh3 Rxc5 37. Ra8 Rf5 38. Qf1 Qb7 39. Rd8 Rd5 40. Re8
Qd7 41. Ra8 Rd3 42. Qe1 Rd5 0-1

[Event "US Open St. Louis"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.08.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Byrne, Robert"]
[Black "Bisguier, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "Niro, Frank"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. Qc2 f5 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Ne1 Nc6 11. Ba3 d6 12. f3 Nf6 13. Rb1 g6 14. c5 dxc5 15.
Bxc5 bxc5 16. Rxb7 Na5 17. Rb1 c4 18. Be2 Nd5 19. Qd2 Rb8 20. Nc2 Qd6 21. g3
Nf6 22. Rb4 Qc6 23. e4 fxe4 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. fxe4 Nxe4 26. Qe3 Rb2 27. Qf4 Qa8
28. Bf3 Nxc3 29. Qe3 Qb8 30. Qxc3 Rxa2 31. Bg4 Qb3 32. Bxe6+ Kg7 33. Rf7+ Kh8
34. Qe1 Nc6 35. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "U.S. Open Chicago"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Byrne, Robert"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[Annotator "Niro, Frank"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bf5 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nh4 Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bc3 Qc8 15.
Kh2 Rd8 16. f4 Be8 17. e4 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nd4 19. Rc1 e6 20. e5 Nb5 21. Bb4 b6
22. d6 Bc6 23. Bxc5 Bxg2 24. Bxb6 Qb7 25. Bxd8 Bxf1 26. Be7 Nxd6 27. exd6 Bb5
28. Rc7 Qb8 29. a4 Be8 30. Qc2 Qb4 31. b3 g5 32. Ng2 gxf4 33. Nxf4 Bd4 34. Rc4
Qb6 35. Qd1 Be5 36. Nd3 Bg7 37. Nc5 Bc6 38. d7 Bd5 39. Rg4 f5 40. Bf6 Kf7 41.
Rxg7+ Kxf6 42. Qd4+ e5 43. Qxd5 Kxg7 44. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E93"]
[Annotator "Niro, Frank"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. Bf1 Nc5 13. Qc2 f5 14. f3 c6 15. Bf2
fxe4 16. fxe4 cxd5 17. Bxc5 d4 18. Ba3 dxc3 19. Qxc3 Bg4 20. h3 Bh5 21. g4 Bg6
22. Qb4 Rf7 23. O-O-O Rd7 24. Kb1 Rc8 25. Ka1 Kh7 26. Qb3 a6 27. Qe3 b5 28.
cxb5 d5 29. bxa6 dxe4 30. Bb5 Rd5 31. Be2 Nxe2 32. Qxe2 Rc2 33. a7 Rd3 34. Qe1
Rxa3 35. Nb3 Qe7 36. Na5 Qe6 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Byrne, Robert E"]
[Black "Evans, Larry Melvyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "Niro, Frank"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Bc4 Bb4 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. O-O O-O
15. Bf6 gxf6 16. Qh6 Qxe5 17. Nf5 exf5 18. Ne4 Bd2 19. Nxd2 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Ne5
21. Rg3+ Ng4 22. h3 Qe5 23. Rf4 Qe1+ 24. Nf1 Qxg3 25. Rxg4+ Qxg4 26. hxg4 Nd7
27. Ng3 Kh8 28. Bd3 Rg8 29. Bxf5 Rg6 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Ne4 b5 32. g5 Bb7 33.
Nxf6 Nf8 34. Qh2 Bc8 35. Qe5 Ne6 36. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[Annotator "Niro, Frank"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Ngf3 exd4 7. Bc4 Qh5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe1+ Be7 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Be2 Bg4 12. Nxc6 Bd6 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Nd4
Bxf1 15. Qxf1 Rfe8 16. N2f3 a6 17. Bg5 Qg6 18. Rd1 Re4 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Bc1 Rae8
21. Nd2 R4e7 22. Nc4 Bf4 23. Nf3 c6 24. Nb6 Bxc1 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Rxc1 Re2 27.
Rb1 Qc2 28. Rc1 Qxb2 29. Rb1 Qxc3 30. Rxb7 Rxa2 31. Kh2 h6 32. Qb1 Rxf2 33. Qf5
Qxf3 34. Qxf3 Rxf3 35. gxf3 Rd8 36. Rb6 d4 0-1

[Event "US Ch Playoff Chicago"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Annotator "Niro, Frank"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
f6 9. Bc1 f5 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. exf5 Qxf5 14. Be3 Nc6
15. Qd2 Be6 16. O-O Rae8 17. b3 Bc8 18. Rad1 Qf7 19. Nd5 b6 20. f4 Nd8 21. Bf3
Ne6 22. Bg4 Nc5 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. f5 gxf5 25. Rxf5 Qd7 26. Rdf1 Rxf5 27. Rxf5
c6 28. Bxc5 Kh8 29. Ne7 Qxe7 30. Qxd6 Qe2 31. Rf2 Qh5 32. Be3 Re8 33. Rf3 c5
34. h3 Qh4 35. Bf2 Qe4 36. Re3 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Rg8 38. Bg3 Qxa2 39. Be5 Qxg2+ 40.
Kxg2 Bxe5+ 0-1

[Event "Leningrad Interzonal"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Byrne, Robert E"]
[Black "Estevez, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[Source "ChessBase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 a6 8. Bg2
Bd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qa5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5 Qb4
15. a3 Qd6 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Bxa6 Bc6 18. O-O Qd8 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. Nxb5 Rc8 21.
Rac1 Be7 22. Na7 1-0

[Event "Leningrad Interzonal"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1973.06.23"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Niro, Frank"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 a6 6. Be3 c6 7. c5 O-O 8. Nge2
Nbd7 9. Nc1 b5 10. Be2 dxc5 11. dxc5 Ne5 12. Qc2 Be6 13. O-O Bc4 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. b3 Bxe2 16. N1xe2 Rfd8 17. h3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. f4 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Ned7
21. e5 Ne8 22. b4 Nb8 23. a4 Qd7 24. Nd4 Nc7 25. Qb3 g5 26. fxg5 Bxe5 27. Nf3
Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Nd5 30. Qe5 Nd7 31. Qe4 Qe2 0-1

[Event "Corus Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2006.01.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Grandmaster Robert Byrne"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 {Diagram [#]} Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7.
Nc2 {Diagram [#]} Bg7 8. Be2 Nd7 9. Bd2 Nc5 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Ne6 (11... Bxc3
12. Bxc3 Nxe4 13. Bb2) 12. Rc1 Ned4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Be3 (14. Bd3) 14... Nxe2+
15. Qxe2 Be6 16. Nd5 {Diagram [#]} Qd7 (16... Bxd5 17. exd5) 17. Rfd1 b6 18. b5
f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Nb4 Bf7 21. Nc6 Re8 22. Qd3 Rc8 23. Qe4 Rc7 24. a4 h5 25.
h3 Qe6 26. Qxe6 Bxe6 27. Re1 Bc8 28. a5 {Diagram [#]} bxa5 29. Bxa7 Kf7 30. Bb6
Rxc6 31. bxc6 a4 32. Red1 a3 33. Bd4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Be6 {Diagram [#]} 35. Rd5
Ke8 36. Rxf5 gxf5 37. Ra1 Kd8 38. Rxa3 Kc7 39. Re3 Bxc4 {Diagram [#]} 40. Rxe7+
Kxc6 41. Rh7 Be2 42. f3 1-0

[Event "Pacific Coast Open"]
[Site "Agoura Hills"]
[Date "2006.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Aigner, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[Annotator "Aigner"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. b4 $5 {While rare on move 2, the b4 concept is hardly new.} Nf6 3.
Bb2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. c4 d6 7. d4 {Transposing into a known position.}
Ne4 ({A fight for the center ensues after} 7... e5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. c5 Nxe5 10.
Qb3+ Kh8 11. O-O) 8. Nbd2 {Diagram [#]} Nxd2 $6 ({More to the point is} 8... c5
9. O-O Nc6 {exploiting the pin on the long diagonal to develop.}) 9. Qxd2 e6 {
The time for c5 has passed since White controls the dark squares.} 10. O-O Nd7
11. Rac1 Nf6 12. Rfd1 Qe8 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. b5 {White has more space, but Black
has no weaknesses yet.} a6 15. a4 axb5 16. axb5 Ne4 {The Knight belongs in the
center, but here it encounters trouble.} 17. Nd2 Qf7 18. e3 $6 ({White's
advantage increases after} 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Rf1 d5 20. f3 $1) 18... Nxd2 19.
Qxd2 c6 20. Qb4 d5 {The stonewall pawn structure never earns style points, but
proves hard to crack.} 21. Ra1 g5 $5 {Diagram [#]} 22. bxc6 {White could lock
the Kingside with a timely f4.} (22. f4) 22... Bxc6 23. cxd5 Bxd5 {Black
eagerly trades his bad Bishop.} 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qb3 {Due to
weaker pawn stucture, Black must sieze the initiative, lest he become a
casualty of Grandmaster technique.} f4 $1 {The only move, even if your online
moniker is not fpawn.} 27. exf4 gxf4 28. Bc1 fxg3 29. hxg3 ({Black seems
content after} 29. fxg3 Re8 30. Bf4 Re4) 29... Re8 30. Bf4 $2 Re4 {Diagram [#]}
31. Be3 {Losing a tempo. White's position is increasingly difficult for a
human to defend, especially in zeitnot.} h5 $1 {Black further probes the
Kingside.} 32. Kg2 h4 33. f3 Re7 ({The computer suggests} 33... h3+ 34. Kf2 Re7
35. Rh1 Qh5 {with dynamic equality.}) 34. gxh4 Qe6 ({A sharper move} 34... Bf6
35. Rh1 Qe6 36. Bg5 Rg7 {leaves White hanging on the precipice.}) 35. Bf2 Bh6
$1 36. f4 $2 ({White's last chance holds on to a draw.} 36. Bg3 Qe2+ 37. Kh3
Qe6+ 38. Kh2 Rg7 39. Rg1 Bf4 40. Bxf4 Rxg1 41. Kxg1 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 Qe2+ 43. Kh3
Qe6+ 44. Kg3 Qe1+) 36... Qe4+ 37. Kh3 ({No better is} 37. Qf3 Rg7+ 38. Bg3 Bxf4
) 37... Rg7 38. Bg3 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7778"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz, John"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1977.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 {Petrosian seldom played the Sicilian,but i was happy to see it..His
main defenses were Caro kann and French. I was most concerned about the French.
} 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 {The straight up Scheveningen
move order was seldom seen due to the Keres Attack.} 6. g4 $1 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8.
Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Qg4 $1 {This was a novelty that now GM Jon Tisdall showed
me.I don't know how effective it is now,but back then it had big surprise
value.} Nc6 11. O-O-O Nce5 $2 12. Qh3 g6 (12... Rc8 13. f4 Nc6 14. g6 $1 {
Breaking down the e6 square is a typical Sicilian theme.}) 13. f4 Nc6 14. Rg1
$5 {Very safe getting the Rh1 away from the Bb7.} (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 $5 e5
16. Be3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Be7 18. Qh6 {Is very good for white as well.}) 14... Qc8
15. f5 Nc5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bxb5 {A typical Sicilian sac with black's king in
the center.} axb5 18. Ndxb5 Nd8 19. Rgf1 $1 {Ideas of Rxf8} Be7 20. Qh6 Nf7 21.
Qg7 Rf8 22. Qxh7 Nxe4 23. Rxf7 $1 {Diagram [#] A nice combo leading to a
winning game.} Rxf7 24. Qg8+ Rf8 25. Qxg6+ Kd7 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Qxe4 Qc6 28.
Qxc6+ $4 {I learned an important lesson from this. The attack won a small
amount of material,but white shouldn't trade queens.With queens on it's
obvious that black's king is a problem.Without queens black has one thing less
to worry about.} (28. Qd3 $1) 28... Kxc6 29. Nd4+ Kd7 30. h4 d5 31. h5 e5 32.
Nb3 Rf3 33. Bd2 Rh3 34. h6 Rg8 35. Kb1 (35. Rg1 {missing black's next} Rxh6)
35... Ke6 36. Re1 Bxg5 37. Nd4+ Kd7 38. h7 {And in mutual time pressure the
former World Champion offered a draw} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 7778"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz, John"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1977.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 {It was around
here that GM Sveshnikov walked by and winked at me!} 7. Nd5 $5 {I was well
prepared for most variations and all sacrifice lines,but not this.Nowadays
this line seen from time to time.It's a relief from the played out 7 Bg5} Nxd5
8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Nf5 10. Bd3 a6 $4 {OOPS! How embarrassing.Well my mom  said
i would gain important experience.} (10... Be7 11. O-O O-O {Is a much better
thing to do.}) 11. Qa4 {Diagram [#]} Ke7 {yuck} (11... Bd7 12. Bxf5 axb5 13.
Bxd7+ Ke7 14. Qxb5 {Wasn't an attractive alternative.}) 12. Nc3 f6 {It was
around here GM Sveshnikov came to check on my progress.His look of horror
followed by a sad shake of his head said it all.I could merely shrug
sheepishly.} 13. O-O g6 14. Ne4 Kf7 15. f4 $1 exf4 16. Bxf4 Be7 17. c5 dxc5 18.
d6 Bf8 19. g4 b5 20. Bxb5 Rb8 21. Bc4+ Kg7 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Rae1 Rxb2 24. Qxa6
{I dragged it out as long as i could.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates (Women) qf4"]
[Site "Alicante"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lematschko, Tatjana"]
[Black "Alexandria, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz, John"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1983.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 a6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 {Diagram [#] This is the position we were aiming for.Black
is in a very passive "hedgehog". Black's difficulties start with the inabilty
to break with ...b5 or ...d5.} Qc7 11. Be3 O-O (11... Qxc4 $2 {This greedy
pawn snatch gets black into big trouble.} 12. Rc1 $1 Qb4 13. e5 Bxg2 14. exf6
Bxf6 15. Kxg2 Qxb2 16. Na4 {wins}) 12. f4 Nbd7 13. Rc1 {This might not be
necessary,but black is bottled up anyway.} Rad8 14. g4 $1 {Diagram [#] This
space gaining move leads to an unstoppable initiative.} Nc5 (14... g6 15. g5
Nh5 16. f5 {Is better than the game,but still no fun.}) 15. Bf2 e5 16. Nf5 $1 {
At this point white has used only 4 minutes.} exf4 17. b4 $1 {Winning a piece
and the game.} Ncxe4 (17... Ne6 18. Nd5 {!}) 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20.
Rxe4 Bf6 21. Bh4 $1 {Diagram [#] Forcing trades.} Bxh4 22. Nxh4 Rfe8 23. Rxe8+
Rxe8 24. Nf5 Re6 25. Qd4 f6 26. Qd5 Qf7 27. Nxd6 {Black resigned here.} {If
black continues} Qd7 28. Re1 {finishes the job} 1-0

[Event "Womens Candidates semi final 1983"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.12.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alexandria"]
[Black "Lematschko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A77"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz, John"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 {The Modern Benoni is a
very aggressive try vs 1d4,but very antipositional.} 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. a4 (11. Nc4 $6 {What black's wants,white
violates "the rule of cramped positions" don't trade pieces. White needs the
Nd2 for advantage.} Ne5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5) 11... Ne5 (11... a6 12. Ra3 Rb8 13. a5
Qc7 14. h3 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. f4 Ned7 18. Kh1 {White was in
control. Petrosian-Quinteros mentioned below.}) 12. Ra3 $5 {Lone Pine 1976 I
asked GM Tigran Petrosian after he defeated Argentinean GM Miguel Quinteros ("
what does this move do"? he smiled at me and replied " nothing") This type of
move was typical of Petrosian.The rook hangs out on a3 ready to defend the
kingside at a moments notice.} g5 {Anchoring the Ne5 against white's f4.} 13.
Re1 (13. Qc2 $5 {Considered most accurate,white's best plan in Nd1 to e3,but
not into f5 unless the moments right.} a6 14. Nd1 {The difference here is that
from e3 white has 2 knights hitting c4.} b6 15. g3 g4 16. Qb1 Ra7 17. b4 Rae7
18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rb3 Ned7 20. Ne3 Ne5 21. Rb8 Qc7 22. Rxc8 $1 {A positional
exchange sac for a strong outpost on f5.} Qxc8 23. Nf5 Rd7 24. Bb2 Bf8 25. Qc1
h6 26. Nc4 Kh7 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Nb6 {winning Fedorowicz-Norwood London WFW
1988...Petrosian would've been proud!}) 13... a6 14. Nf1 h6 15. Bd2 Ng6 16. Ng3
Nf4 17. Bf1 Ng4 18. h3 Ne5 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 f5 21. f4 Nf7 22. fxg5 hxg5
23. h4 gxh4 24. exf5 Rxe1 25. Bxe1 Qf6 26. Bxh4 Qxf5 27. Qxf5 Bxf5 28. Rb3 b5
29. axb5 axb5 30. Nxb5 Ra1 31. Rf3 Bg4 32. Re3 Bd7 33. Re1 Ra4 34. Bg3 Rg4 35.
Kh2 Rg5 36. Nc3 Bd4 37. Be2 Rg7 38. Bh4 Ne5 39. g3 Ng6 40. Bg5 Rh7+ 41. Bh4
Nxh4 42. gxh4 Re7 {Diagram [#] Black is very close to winning,but nerves
kicked in.The game was drawn in 72 moves and we lost the match 5.5 -4.5}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Szirak"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A60"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz, John"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 {It's not so easy to confuse a world class GM,but Joel had fun trying!}
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 {This is " the snake" a strange
type of Benoni.} 6. Nc3 Bc7 7. Nd2 (7. d6 $5 {A risky attempt at refutation.
Black is cramped,but the d6 pawn is vulnerable.}) 7... d6 8. Nc4 a6 9. a4 Nbd7
10. Bg5 O-O 11. e4 $6 (11. e3 {leaves white with a persistent slight edge})
11... Re8 12. Bd3 {Diagram [#]} Rb8 (12... Nxe4 $4 {the pin trick loses
material} 13. Bxd8 Nxc3+ 14. Kf1 Nxd1 15. Bxc7) 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bh4 Ne5 15. O-O
Bd7 16. Bc2 Ng6 17. Bg3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. f3 c4 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Bf2 Bb6 22.
g3 Ne5 23. Kg2 b4 24. Re1 Rc8 25. Ng1 Nf6 26. Rc1 Bc5 27. Nf1 Bxf2 28. Kxf2
Qb6+ 29. Kg2 Ra8 {Diagram [#] Black had a good game.Joel went on to lose an
exciting game.} *

[Event "WYCC Open U18"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2010.10.30"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Black "Durarbeyli, Vasif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz, John"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.10.20"]

{This was the money game.Steven's Armenian counterpart was keeping pace.An
unbelievable point and a half ahead of the field they were guaranteed Gold and
Silver.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 $6 {Not the most reliable variation to play in an
important spot} 3. c3 {Diagram [#] this is one of the ways to make a6 look
useless.The move ...a6 is out of place is a c3 Sicilian.White gains all
important time} (3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 $1 {is what black is hoping
for with 2...a6}) (3. c4 $5 {This is the other alternative to 2 c3.White sets
up a Maroczy Bind with a spatial advantage.}) 3... d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6.
Be3 $1 {forcing black to capture on d4 will allow Nc3 gaining a huge lead in
development} cxd4 7. cxd4 g6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Qb3 {White keeps an eye on b7
slowing black's development.} Bg7 10. Ne5 O-O (10... e6 11. Nc4 {leaves black
in a similiar situation as the game} Qc7 12. Nb6 Ra7 {another messed up rook})
11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Nb6 Ra7 13. d5 $1 {black's got some uncoordinated forces} Bf5
14. Rc1 {White has gained a lot of time changing black's Q around} Qd8 15. Be2
Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Qc4 $1 {Diagram #} f5 {An ugly move to be forced to make,
but bishop retreats lose material.} (17... Bd7 18. Nxd7 {wins}) (17... Bf5 18.
g4 $1) 18. d6+ Kh8 19. Nbd5 $1 {threatening winning rooks with Ba7 and de7} e6
20. Nf4 Qxd6 21. Bxa7 Nc6 22. Bc5 Qe5+ 23. Be3 g5 24. Nd3 Qf6 25. O-O f4 26.
Bc5 Rc8 27. Ne4 Qg6 28. f3 Bf5 29. Qb3 Bxe4 30. fxe4 Rd8 31. Qxb7 Qxe4 32. Nf2
1-0

[Event "World Youth Championships 2012 - U10 Gi"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.16"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Zahedifar, Anahita"]
[Black "Liu, Joanna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "1763"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz, John"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {The Nimzo Indian has been a reliable,solid
weapon vs 1d4 since the beginning of time.} 4. Qc2 $5 {Diagram [#] This is the
move that drives black nuts.No doubled pawns or blocked positions occur.} Nc6 (
4... O-O 5. Nf3 (5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 $5 {GM Joel Benjamin advised me that
this was best.} 7. Bg5 (7. cxd5 Ne4 8. Qc2 exd5 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Ne2
Nd6 12. O-O Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 {Is around equal.}) 7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Nf3
Ba6 10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Rd2 Nc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qg4+ Kh8
16. Qh4 Kg7 17. Qg4+ {During our preparation session Kapil rejected this line
because of this drawing possibility.Would a higher rated player force a draw?})
5... c5 {With whites N on f3 this is a good idea.} 6. dxc5 Na6 7. c6 $5 (7. a3
Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Nxc5 9. b4 Nce4 {Is about equal.}) 7... bxc6 8. e3 {Diagram [#]
It's very surprising that this position hasn't been seen too much in practice.}
d5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 Qb6 14. Bd3 f5
15. b4 e5 16. O-O Nc7 17. cxd5 e4 18. Bc4 cxd5 19. Bb3 Bb7 20. Rfd1 Ne6 21. Qb2
Rae8 22. Qe5 {Bai,J (2288)-Chandran,K (2096)/World Youth Championships 2012 -
U14 Op 2012  White had a big advantage}) 5. Nf3 d6 6. e4 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Bd3 e5 10. h3 h6 {Worrying about the pin,black missed a good
opportunity while white's K is still in the middle.} (10... exd4 11. cxd4 Nxe4
$1 12. Bxe4 Bf5 (12... f5 $1 {I believe this puts black clearly on top.}) 13.
Nd2 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Rfe8 15. f3 f5) 11. O-O Nb8 $6 {Joanna wants to blockade the
center,but does it take too much time?} 12. a4 c5 13. Ba3 Nbd7 14. Rfe1 b6 15.
Nh4 $1 {Diagram [#]} Nh7 $2 (15... g6 {Absolutely forced.} 16. Bc1 Kg7 17. Qd2
Rh8 18. f4 {Black is facing a difficult defense.}) 16. Nf5 {The Nf5 is too
tough to deal with.} Qf6 17. Re3 Ng5 18. Rg3 exd4 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Bxd6 Re8
21. f4 Ne6 22. e5 Qd8 23. Nxh6+ Kh8 24. Nxf7+ Kg8 25. Bh7+ Kxf7 26. Qg6# 1-0

[Event "World Youth Championships 2012 - U12 Op"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Moazami, Amir"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[Annotator "Fedorowicz, John"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.11.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 {A a real surprise,Jeffrey usually plays the Najdorf.} 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 (5. Bd3 {This is the other main line.} Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 {
I find this to be a tough variation for white to deal with.}) 5... Qc7 6. Bd3
Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. O-O {Diagram [#]} Be7 (8... b5 $6 {These positions can get
tricky for black.} 9. a4 $1 b4 10. Na2 a5 11. c3 bxc3 12. Nxc3 {Black's
queenside is blown out and white has a big development lead as well.}) 9. Kh1
Nbd7 10. f4 O-O 11. Nf3 $5 (11. Bd2 b5 (11... Nc5 12. b4 Nxd3 13. cxd3 {White
can play on the queenside with a slight edge.}) 12. b4 $5 {Stopping Nc5 and
bottling black up gives white a medium edge.} Bb7 13. Nb3) 11... Nc5 12. e5
dxe5 13. fxe5 Nfd7 14. Bg5 $1 Qd8 (14... Bxg5 $4 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Nxg5+ Kg6
17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Qg4+ Kh6 19. Rxf7 Qxe5 20. Raf1 Qg5 21. Qxg5+ Kxg5 22. b4 Ne5
23. Rxg7+ Kh6 24. Rc7 Ncd7 25. Ne4 {Is a nice winning line.}) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16.
Ne4 b5 17. Nfg5 (17. Nd6 $5 {A tough choice...some material or try to cramp
black?}) 17... h6 18. Nh7 $5 Nxd3 $5 {A good practical decision,black gives a
small amount of material for safety.} 19. Nxf8 N3xe5 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Qf2 Bc6
22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. Nxc5 Bd5 24. Nd3 (24. b4 $5 {White might have a tiny edge,but
a draw would be normal.}) 24... Nc4 25. b3 $2 {Diagram [#] Not respecting
black's active play.} (25. Rfe1) 25... Ne3 $1 {All of a sudden white is in
trouble.} 26. Rf2 Rc8 27. Nb4 (27. Rc1 $5 {Was forced}) 27... Bb7 28. Re1 Nxg2
$1 {This simple combination ends the game.} 29. Rxg2 a5 30. Nd3 Rxc2 31. Nf4
Rxa2 32. Kg1 Bxg2 33. Nxg2 a4 34. bxa4 bxa4 {And black with a mass of pawns
won.} 0-1

[Event "Steve Higgs memorial 2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bynum, Kipp"]
[Black "Swanger, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "1330"]
[BlackElo "725"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2013.04.03"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 O-O {Diagram [#]} 6. Nge2 d6 7.
O-O Be6 8. d3 h6 (8... a5) 9. a3 a5 {Diagram [#]} 10. Kh1 (10. Be3) (10. h3)
10... Ng4 11. h3 (11. Kg1 f5) (11. Qe1) 11... Nxf2+ 12. Rxf2 Bxf2 13. Bd2 {
Diagram [#]} Qd7 {Diagram [#]} (13... f5) 14. Qf1 Bd4 15. Kh2 {Diagram [#]}
Bxc3 16. bxc3 f5 17. Qf3 fxe4 18. Qxe4 {Diagram [#]} Rf2 19. Re1 (19. Kg1 Raf8
20. Be1 Rxg2+) 19... Bxh3 20. Rg1 {Diagram [#]} Raf8 (20... Qg4) 21. Kh1 (21.
Be1 Bxg2 22. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Nd8 (23... Qf5) 24. Ng1 Qa4) 21... Bxg2+ 22.
Rxg2 Qh3+ {Diagram [#]} 23. Kg1 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Carlsen , M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Benko"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r6/prp1qppk/4bn1p/8/2R2B2/2N1QPP1/P3P2P/3R2K1 w - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2013.04.22"]

{# #} 22. Ra4 Re8 $1 (22... Ra8 23. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 24. Rh4 Qf8 25. Ne4 Ng8 26.
Ng5+ $18) 23. Rxa7 Rxa7 24. Qxa7 Qb4 25. Be5 (25. Qd4) (25. Qxc7 $2 Rc8) 25...
Nd5 $1 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Qxc7 {# #} (27. Rxd5 Qe1+ 28. Kg2 Qxe2+ 29. Qf2 Rxe5
$11) 27... Qc4 $1 28. a3 (28. Qd6 Qxe2 (28... Bb7) 29. Qxd5 (29. Rxd5 Qe1+ 30.
Kg2 Qe2+ 31. Kh3 Qxf3 $11) 29... Rxe5 30. Qd3+ Qxd3 31. Rxd3 Re2 $11) 28... f6
29. Qxc4 Bxc4 30. Bc3 Rxe2 31. Rd4 Bb5 32. Bb4 Re3 33. Kf2 Re2+ 34. Kg1 Re3 35.
f4 Re2 36. Rd6 Rc2 37. g4 Bc6 38. Bd2 Bf3 39. h3 Ra2 40. Bb4 Rg2+ 41. Kf1 Rh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Haapsalu"]
[Site "Haapsalu"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Juri Vetemaa"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Annotator "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nc3
exd5 9. cxd5 c4 10. a3 Bc5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Qd2 h6 15.
Bf4 Na6 16. O-O-O Rac8 17. h3 (17. Bxh6) (17. g4) (17. e6) 17... Na4 18. Nd4
Bxd4 (18... Bd3) (18... Nxc3) 19. Qxd4 N6c5 20. Bxc4 {Diagram [#]} Qb5 (20...
Nxc3 21. bxc3 Qa4 22. Kb2) 21. Rd2 Nxc3 0-1

