[Event "U.S. Open 1987"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bill Chesney"]
[Black "Larry Kaufman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be6 11. c3 Rc8 12. Nc2 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 Qh4 16. O-O Rg8 17. a4 Qg5 18. Qf3 Be7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Bd7
21. Nxe7 Nxe7 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Qxf7 Rg7 24. Ra7+ Rc7 25. Rxc7+ Kxc7 26. Qe8
Nf5 27. Nd5+ Kb7 28. Qb5+ Kc8 29. Qc6+ Kd8 30. g3 Ne7 31. Qxd6+ Ke8 32. Ra1 Nc8
33. Nc7+ Rxc7 34. Qxc7 Qf5 35. Re1 e4 36. Qc6+ Kf7 37. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Chrudim 2004"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Petr Haba"]
[Black "FM Jan Bartos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nac5 13. f3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nc5
15. Qd4 Nb3 16. Qxg4 Nxa1 17. Bh6 g6 18. Nc3 Qb6+ 19. Rf2 Rfe8 20. Qf4 Qc7 21.
Re2 Re6 22. Kf1 {Diagram [#]} (22. b4) (22. cxd5) 22... f6 (22... dxc4 23. Ne4)
(22... Rd8) 23. cxd5 Rxe5 24. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Kramnik vs Aronian"]
[Site "Zuerich SUI"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.04.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O Re8 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 {Diagram [#]} 11. Bg5 Nxc3 12. Bxd8 Nxd1 13.
Bxc7 Bxc7 14. Nxc6 Ne3 15. Bb5 bxc6 16. Bxc6 Nc4 17. Qd4 Be6 18. Bxa8 Bb6 19.
Qd3 Rxa8 20. Re1 Rd8 21. Qe4 g5 22. c3 Bc5 23. Re2 h6 24. g3 a5 25. f4 a4 26.
f5 Bd5 27. Qd3 Bb6 28. b3 axb3 29. axb3 Na5 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxd5 Rd8 32. Qb5
Rd6 33. Kc2 Kg7 34. b4 Nb7 35. c4 Rf6 36. g4 Nd8 37. c5 Bc7 38. Qd7 Nc6 39. b5
Na7 40. Qxc7 Nxb5 41. Qe5 Na7 42. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.01.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Ng5 c5 (12... h6 13. Nge4) 13. Nxh7
Ng4 14. f4 (14. h3 Bh2+ 15. Kh1 Qh4 16. d5 (16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 f5 18. Qxe6+
Kh8)) 14... cxd4 15. exd4 Bc5 16. Be2 {Diagram [#]} Nde5 (16... Bxd4+ 17. Kh1
Nf2+ 18. Rxf2 Bxf2 19. Nxf8 Nxf8) 17. Bxg4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Nxg4 19. Nxf8 f5 20.
Ng6 Qf6 21. h3 Qxg6 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. Qd3 Be3 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alexey Shirov"]
[Black "Mohamad Naser Al Sayed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. Be3
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. g5 Nb6 11. Qg4 N8d7 12. O-O-O g6 13. h4 Rc8 14. h5 Ne5 15. Qh3
Rxc3 16. bxc3 Bxe4 17. hxg6 Bxg6 18. f4 Nd5 19. Nxe6 Qa5 20. Rxd5 Qxc3 21. Nc7+
Kd8 22. f5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qxe3+ 24. Kd1 Kxc7 25. Rh3 Qg1 26. Rc3+ Kb6 27. Rc8
Nc4 28. Kc1 Bg7 29. Rxc4 Qe3+ 30. Kd1 Re8 31. Rxd6+ Ka5 {Diagram [#]} 32. Ra4+
Kxa4 33. Rxa6# 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Husein Aziz Nezad"]
[Black "Nana Dzagnidze"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Ba6 8.
Qf3 Nc6 9. e3 Bb7 10. Qd1 d6 11. Ne2 Ne7 12. Nc3 Ng6 13. h4 h6 14. h5 hxg5 15.
hxg6 fxg6 16. Bd3 g4 17. Bxg6 Bxg2 18. Rh2 Bf3 19. Qd3 d5 20. c5 bxc5 21. dxc5
c6 22. Bh7+ Kf7 23. Qg6+ Ke7 24. Qxg7+ Rf7 25. Qg5 {Diagram [#]} Qb8 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "2.66"]
[White "Heinz Boesch"]
[Black "Michael Stockmann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. d3
Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nxd5 Qxb2 12. e4 Nc6 13. Re1 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Nd4 16. Rb1 Qxa2 17. Rxb7 {Diagram [#]} Qxd5 18. exd5 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1
Nxf3+ 20. Kf1 Nxe1 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kiril D Georgiev"]
[Black "Yangyi Yu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. Ng5 h6 8. Nh3
Qc8 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. f4 a6 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Re1 Qb8 15.
Nf2 Re8 16. Be3 b5 17. a3 a5 18. a4 b4 19. Nb5 Bf8 20. Qc2 Ba6 21. Bf1 h5 22.
Rad1 g6 23. b3 Bg7 24. Bc1 Ng4 25. Nxg4 hxg4 26. Bb2 Qb6 27. Kh1 Re7 28. e5
dxe5 29. d6 Ree8 30. Nc7 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Qc6+ 32. Kg1 exf4 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Rxf4
f5 35. Qb2+ Kf7 36. Rff1 Ne5 37. Nxa8 Nf3+ 38. Rxf3 Qxf3 39. Qd2 Rxa8 40. Re1
Rd8 41. Qh6 Re8 {Diagram [#]} 42. Qh7+ (42. Rxe8 Qd1+ 43. Kf2 (43. Kg2 Qf3+)
43... Qf3+ 44. Ke1 Qc3+ 45. Kd1 Qxb3+ 46. Ke1 Qc3+) 42... Kf6 43. Qe7+ Rxe7 44.
dxe7 1-0

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.27"]
[Round "6.29"]
[White "Paulo Pinho"]
[Black "Joseph G Gallagher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Qc2
Qe8 9. d5 Nh5 10. Ne1 Nf4 11. Nd3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 f5 13. Qd1 Nc5 14. f3 a5 15.
Be3 b6 16. b3 Bd7 17. Rb1 Qe7 18. Qd2 Rf7 19. Bd1 fxe4 20. fxe4 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1
Qh4 22. g3 Bh3+ 23. Kg1 Qf6 24. Be2 Rf8 25. Re1 Bh6 26. Qc1 {Diagram [#]} Nd3
27. Bxd3 Qf3 28. Qd2 Bxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Qf1+ 30. Bxf1 Rxf1# 0-1

[Event "Tradewise Gibraltar"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2013.01.23"]
[Round "2.49"]
[White "Anna Zatonskih"]
[Black "Piotr Dukaczewski"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2268"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Ne5 Ke7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bd6 12. Nd2 b5 13. Nb3 Bb7 14. Na5
Bd5 15. Bd2 Ne4 16. Be1 f5 17. Nb4 Rhc8 18. Rd1 Nb6 19. Bd3 Be5 20. f3 Nf6 21.
e4 fxe4 22. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 {Diagram [#]} 24. Nbc6+ Bxc6 25. Bb4+ Bd6 (
25... Ke8 26. Rf8#) 26. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "simul"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1893.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1893.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Ne7 4. Bd3 Nbc6 5. c3 Ng6 6. Nb3 e5 {Diagram [#]} 7.
Qe2 (7. exd5) (7. dxe5) 7... Be6 (7... dxe4 8. Bxe4 exd4 9. Bxc6#) 8. Nf3 Bd6
9. exd5 Bxd5 10. dxe5 O-O (10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 Ngxe5 12. f4) 11. Bxg6 (11. exd6
Re8 12. Be3 Nf4) 11... Re8 (11... hxg6 12. exd6 Re8 13. Be3) 12. Bc2 (12. Bxh7+
Kxh7 13. Qd3+ Kg8 14. Qxd5 Nxe5 15. Be3) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Be3 Qh4
15. O-O-O (15. O-O Rxe3 16. fxe3 Qxh2+ 17. Kf2 Bg3#) 15... Qa4 (15... Bxg2 16.
Rhg1 Qxh2 17. Qg4) 16. Kb1 (16. a3 Bxb3) 16... Rd8 (16... Rae8) 17. f4 Bc4 18.
Qf3 Ra5 19. Nxa5 (19. Nc1 Bxa2+ 20. Nxa2 (20. Ka1 Bb3+) 20... Qxa2+ 21. Kc1)
19... Qxa2+ 20. Kc1 Qa1+ (20... Qxa5) 21. Bb1 (21. Kd2) 21... Qxa5 22. Qe4 Ba2
23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Rd4 (24. Bc2 Qxc3 25. bxc3 (25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxd8+ Kxd8 27.
bxc3) 25... Ba3#) 24... c6 25. Rhd1 Qc7 26. Qh8+ (26. Bxa2) (26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27.
Bc5) 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/4qp2/2p5/4b3/2P5/8/5P2/3QKB2 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Bc3# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/1pp1qp2/2np4/8/2P1N3/5P2/5P2/3QK3 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... f5 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem III"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/1p3pp1/2b4p/8/8/4R3/2P2Pn1/3Q1K2 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rxe3 2. fxe3 (2. Qd8+ Re8) 2... Nxe3+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem IV"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/5pp1/8/4n3/8/5N2/4QP2/4K3 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem V"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/5pp1/3b4/4n2q/8/5N2/4QPP1/5RK1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nxf3+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem VI"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1bk1/6p1/8/q5Q1/8/1bB5/1P6/1BK3R1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

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

[Event "25th Southern California Ch."]
[Site "Monterey Park"]
[Date "2013.06.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Matikozyan, Andranik"]
[Black "Aldama Degurnay, Dionisio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Peters, Jack"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "7"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. O-O
(8. Bd2) (8. Nde2) 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O (9... d6 10. Ba3 O-O 11. e5 dxe5) 10.
Bg5 d6 (10... Qxc3 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Re1) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qg4+ Kh8
13. Qh4 Nd7 14. e5 {Diagram [#]} f5 (14... fxe5 15. Be4 f5 16. Nxe6) (14...
Nxe5 15. Qxf6+ Kg8) (14... d5 15. exf6 Qd8 16. c4 Qxf6 (16... dxc4 17. Nf3 Qxf6
18. Qxc4) 17. Qxf6+ Nxf6 18. cxd5) 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Rfe1 Rg8 17. Nf3 Qf8 18.
Qd4+ Qg7 19. Rad1 Nf8 (19... Qxd4 20. cxd4) 20. Ne5 f6 21. Nc4 e5 22. Qb6 Be6
23. Nd6 Rb8 24. Bxb7 (24. Bd5) (24. Bh3) 24... f4 25. Qxa6 h5 26. Rd3 (26. Bd5
Bxd5 27. Rxd5 h4 28. Rd3) (26. Kh1 h4 27. gxf4 Bg4 28. Bd5 Ne6) 26... h4 27. c4
Nh7 28. Ne4 (28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. cxd5) 28... Bf5 29. Bd5 Rgf8 {Diagram [#]} 30. c5
(30. Qd6 Ng5 (30... Rbd8 31. Qa3) 31. Nxg5 Qxg5 32. Rb3 Rbd8 33. Qa3 Bxc2 34.
Rb7) 30... Bxe4 31. Bxe4 f5 32. Bc6 e4 (32... hxg3 33. hxg3 e4 34. Rd7 Qg4 35.
Bd5 fxg3 36. Qh6 gxf2+ 37. Kh2 Qg3+ 38. Kxg3 fxe1=Q+ 39. Kh2 Qf2+ 40. Kh3 Qf3+
41. Kh2 Qf2+) 33. Rd7 Qc3 34. Qe2 hxg3 35. hxg3 fxg3 (35... Rf6 36. Red1 (36.
Bxe4 fxe4 37. Qxe4 Rh6) 36... f3 37. Qf1 Ng5) 36. Kg2 Nf6 37. fxg3 (37. Re7
gxf2 38. Rh1+ Kg8 39. Bd7 Qf3+) 37... Kg8 38. Qe3 (38. Bd5+ Nxd5 39. Rxd5 Rb2
40. Rc1 Rxa2 41. Rxf5 Rxf5 42. Qg4+) 38... Qxe3 39. Rxe3 Nxd7 40. Bxd7 Rb2 (
40... Kg7 41. c6 (41. Rc3 Kf6 42. c6 Rbd8 43. Rc5 Ke7 44. Rxf5 Rxd7 45. Rxf8
Rd2+ 46. Rf2 e3) 41... Rb5 42. Rc3 Rd5 43. c7 Rxd7 44. c8=Q Rxc8 45. Rxc8 Ra7)
41. Rc3 Kf7 (41... Rb7 42. c6 Rc7 43. Rb3 Rf6 44. Rb7 Rfxc6 45. Bxc6 Rxc6) 42.
Bxf5 Ke7 {Possible diagram before 43. g4.} 43. g4 (43. c6 Rxf5 44. c7 Rf8 45.
c8=Q Rxc8 46. Rxc8 Rxa2 47. Rc4 (47. Kf2 Ra3 48. c3 Ra4 49. Ke3 Kd7 50. Rg8 Rc4
) 47... Kd6 48. Rxe4 Rxc2+ 49. Kh3 Rc8) 43... Kd8 44. Bxe4 Rxa2 45. Kg3 {
Diagram [#]} (45. c6 Kc7 46. Rf3 Rxf3 47. Kxf3 Kd6 48. Kf4 Ra7 49. g5 Rf7+ 50.
Bf5 Kxc6 51. g6) 45... Ra4 46. Bc6 Ra5 47. Bf3 Kc7 48. c6 (48. g5 Rg8 49. Kf4
Ra4+ 50. Kf5 Rf8+ 51. Ke6 Rg8 52. Kf5 Rf8+) 48... Rg8 49. Rc4 Ra3 50. c3 Ra1
51. Rf4 Rc1 52. c4 Rc3 53. Kh4 Rh8+ 54. Kg3 Rg8 55. Kf2 Rg7 56. Bd5 Kd6 57.
Rf6+ Ke5 (57... Kc7 58. g5 (58. Rf3 Rc2+ 59. Kg3 Rc1 60. Rf4) 58... Rxg5 59.
Rf7+ Kb6 60. c7 (60. Rb7+ Ka6 61. c7 Rxc4) 60... Rxc4 61. Bxc4 Rc5) 58. Re6+
Kf4 59. Re4+ Kg5 60. Re3 Rc1 (60... Rxe3 61. Kxe3 Rc7 (61... Kxg4 62. Be6+ Kg5
63. Bd7) 62. Kd4 Kf6 63. Kc5 Ke7 64. g5) 61. Kf3 Ra7 (61... Rf1+ 62. Ke4 Kxg4
63. Be6+ Kh4 64. Rh3+ Kg5 65. Rg3+ Kf6 66. Rxg7 Kxe6 67. c7 Rf8 68. c5) 62.
Re5+ Kf6 63. Rf5+ Kg6 64. Ke4 Rg1 65. Kf4 (65. Ke5 Rxg4 66. Rf8 {Diagram [#]})
65... Re7 66. Rg5+ Kf6 67. Rf5+ Kg6 68. Bf3 Rc1 (68... Rf1 69. Rg5+ Kf6 70. Rc5
Rc7 71. Rf5+ Ke6 72. Kg5 Kd6 73. Kg6) 69. Rc5 (69. Rg5+ Kh6 70. Rc5 Rf7+ 71.
Rf5 Rxc4+ 72. Ke5 Rc7 73. Kd6 R7xc6+ 74. Bxc6 Rxg4) 69... Rf7+ 70. Ke4 (70. Ke5
Rxf3 71. c7 Re1+ 72. Kd5) 70... Re1+ 71. Kd4 (71. Kd5 Rxf3 72. c7 Rd1+ 73. Kc6)
71... Rf4+ (71... Rxf3 72. c7 Rd1+ 73. Ke5 Rff1 74. c8=Q Rfe1+ 75. Kf4 Rf1+ 76.
Kg3 Rg1+) 72. Kd5 Rxf3 73. c7 Rd3+ 74. Kc6 {Diagram [#]} Re8 (74... Re6+ 75.
Kb5 Rb3+ 76. Ka4) 75. Rd5 (75. Kb7 Rd7) 75... Rc3 76. c5 Kf7 77. Rd7+ (77. Kd7
Re7+) 77... Kg6 (77... Kf6 78. Rd8 Re5 79. Rd5 Re8 80. g5+ Kf7 81. Rd7+ Kg6 82.
Rd8) 78. Rd8 Re5 79. Rd5 Re8 80. Kd7 1-0

[Event "25th Southern California Ch."]
[Site "Monterey Park"]
[Date "2013.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Matikozyan, Andranik"]
[Black "Yankovsky, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Peters, Jack"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "7"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Qg3 Rg8 11. f3 g5 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 g4 15. Qe1
Qc5 16. Qxb4 Qxb4 17. Nxb4 gxf3 18. gxf3 d5 19. exd5 Bxb4 20. dxe6 Bd5 21.
exf7+ Kxf7 22. Be3 Bxb3 23. Nxb3 Re8 24. Bg1 Nc6 25. Rad1 Re2 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27.
Bxf2 Re8 28. c3 Bf8 29. Rd2 {Diagram [#]} Ne5 30. Nd4 Bc5 (30... Nc4 31. Rc2
Nd5) 31. b4 (31. Kg2 Nc4 32. Rc2 Nd5) 31... Bxd4 32. Rxd4 Nxf3 33. Rf4 Ne5 34.
Bd4 Ke6 35. c4 Rg8 (35... Nfd7 36. b5 Rc8 37. bxa6 Ra8 38. a7 Nc6 39. Be3 Nxa7
40. Rh4 Nf6 41. Bd4) 36. b5 a5 37. c5 {Diagram [#]} Rg4 38. Bxe5 Kxe5 39. Rxg4
Nxg4 40. b6 Nf6 41. b7 Nd7 42. c6 1-0

[Event "25th Southern California Ch."]
[Site "Monterey Park"]
[Date "2013.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kretchetov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Peters, Jack"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "7"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 (3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 f5 5. exf5 Bxg2) 3... Bb7 4. Nc3 Nf6
(4... f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3) 5. d5 (5. Nf3) 5... exd5 6. cxd5 Bc5 (6... Bd6 7. Nf3
h6) 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 Re8 9. Nh3 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. e4 {Diagram [#]} b5 (11...
d6 12. Re1 Bc8 13. Qc2 Bd7) 12. Re1 (12. Nxb5 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Rxe4 14. Ng5 Re7 (
14... Re5 15. Qh5 h6 16. Qxf7+ Kh8 17. Nf3 Rxd5 18. Nc3 Rd6 19. Ne5 Bd4 20. Bf4
) 15. Qc2 g6 16. Ne4) 12... b4 13. Na4 d6 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. f3 Nfd7 16. Be3 Ba6
17. Nf2 Qb8 (17... Bc4 18. Bh3 Nb3 19. Bf1 Bxf1 20. Qxb3) (17... Bb5 18. axb4
axb4 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Bd4 Qa2) 18. Bd4 bxa3 (18... Bb5 19. a4 Bc4 20. Re3) 19.
Rxa3 a4 20. f4 f6 21. Bh3 Bb5 22. Qh5 Re7 23. Be6+ {Diagram [#]} (23. Bf5 g6
24. Qg4) 23... Kh8 (23... Nxe6 24. dxe6 Rxe6 (24... Nf8 25. f5) 25. Qd5 Nf8 26.
f5 c6 27. Qa2) 24. g4 (24. Bf5 Qg8) 24... Nxe6 (24... Rxe6 25. dxe6 Nxe6 26.
Rh3 Ndf8 27. Be3 Be8 28. Qd5 Bf7 29. Qd2) (24... Nb3 25. Bc3 Qa7 26. g5 fxg5
27. Qxg5 Rae8 28. f5) 25. dxe6 Rxe6 (25... Nf8 26. f5) 26. Rh3 Nf8 (26... h6
27. Qd5 (27. g5 Qe8) 27... Re7 28. g5) 27. f5 Be8 28. Qh4 Re5 29. g5 (29. Bxe5
fxe5) 29... Qd8 30. gxf6 Qxf6 (30... gxf6 31. Ng4) 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32. Bxe5 fxe5
33. Rc3 Nd7 (33... c6 34. Rd3) 34. Rxc7 Nf6 35. Rd1 Bb5 (35... Bh5 36. Rd2 Bf3
37. Rf7 Nxe4 38. Nxe4 Bxe4 39. Rxd6) 36. h3 Be2 37. Re1 Bh5 (37... Rg8+ 38. Kh2
Bf3 39. Rg1 Rxg1 40. Kxg1 Nxe4 41. Nxe4 Bxe4 42. f6 Kg8 43. Kf2) 38. Re3 Rb8
39. Rd3 Rxb2 (39... Ne8 40. Ra7 Rxb2 41. Rxa4 Rb7 42. Rda3 Nf6 43. Ra7 {
Diagram [#]}) 40. Rxd6 Ne8 41. Rd8 a3 42. Ra7 (42. Re7 a2 43. Rdxe8+ Bxe8 44.
Rxe8+ Kg7 45. Ra8 Rb1+ 46. Kg2 a1=Q) 42... a2 43. Rda8 Rb4 (43... Bf7 44. Rxf7
Rb1+ 45. Kg2 a1=Q 46. Rxe8#) 44. Ng4 Rxe4 45. Nf6 Re1+ 46. Kf2 a1=Q 47. Rxh7#
1-0

[Event "25th Southern California Ch."]
[Site "Monterey Park"]
[Date "2013.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Landaw, Julian"]
[Black "Aldama Degurnay, Dionisio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Peters, Jack"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "7"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 (4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 (5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d3)) 4...
Nf6 (4... d4 5. Nce2 e5) 5. e5 Nfd7 6. f4 g5 (6... Nc6 7. Nf3 Be7) 7. Nf3 (7.
fxg5 Qxg5 8. Nf3 Qd8) 7... gxf4 8. gxf4 Rg8 9. O-O Nc6 10. d3 h6 11. Kh1 b6 (
11... Nb6) (11... a6) 12. f5 {Diagram [#]} Bb7 (12... Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14.
Qh5 Bd6 15. Bf4) (12... Ndb8 13. fxe6 (13. Bf4 exf5 14. Qd2 Be6) 13... Bxe6)
13. fxe6 fxe6 {Possible diagram before 14. Nd4.} 14. Nd4 Qh4 (14... Ndxe5 15.
Nxe6) 15. Rf4 (15. Nxe6 Ncxe5 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxa8 Bd6 18. Qe1 Qg4 19. Qe2)
15... Qxf4 (15... Qe7 16. Qh5+ Kd8 17. Rf7 Qe8 18. Nxe6+ Qxe6 19. Bh3) 16. Bxf4
Nxd4 17. Qh5+ (17. Ne2 Nc6 18. c3 O-O-O) 17... Kd8 18. Rf1 Be7 (18... Nxc2 19.
Qf7) (18... Kc7 19. Nxd5+ exd5 20. e6+ Bd6 21. Bxd6+ Kxd6 22. exd7) 19. Qxh6 a6
20. Bg3 Kc7 21. Rf7 Rxg3 (21... Rae8 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. e6+) (21... Bg5 22. Qh7
Rge8 23. Nxd5+ Bxd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. e6+) 22. hxg3 Re8 23. Qf4 Kd8 24. Bh3 Rh8
25. Kg2 {Diagram [#]} Nxc2 (25... Nf8 26. Rxe7 Kxe7 27. Qf6+) 26. Bxe6 d4+ 27.
Ne4 Ne1+ 28. Kg1 Nxd3 29. Rxe7 N7xe5 (29... Nxf4 30. Rxd7+ Kc8 31. Nd6+) 30.
Qf6 Rh1+ 31. Kxh1 Bxe4+ 32. Kg1 Nf3+ 33. Kf1 1-0

[Event "25th Southern California Ch."]
[Site "Monterey Park"]
[Date "2013.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bryant, John Daniel"]
[Black "Aldama Degurnay, Dionisio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Peters, Jack"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "7"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. e4 O-O 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Be3 a6 13. Be2 b5 14. Bxh5 gxh5 15.
Ne2 f5 16. O-O fxe4 17. Nf4 Be5 18. Nxh5 Bg4 19. Ng3 Qg7 20. Rab1 h5 21. Ngxe4
c4 22. Qa3 a5 23. f3 Bd7 24. Bf2 Na6 25. Qe3 Nb4 26. Nc3 Nd3 27. Kh1 h4 28.
Bxh4 Rf4 29. Bg3 {Diagram [#]} Bd4 30. Qe2 (30. Qxf4 Nxf4 31. Bxf4) 30... Qxg3
31. hxg3 (31. Nce4) 31... Kf7 (31... Rf6 32. Qe4 Rh6+ 33. Qh4) 32. Rf2 Nxf2+
33. Kg1 Ne4+ 34. Kf1 Nxg3+ 35. Ke1 Nxe2 0-1

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hobart, Chris"]
[Black "Sevilla, Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "Lawrence, Al"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2013.07.10"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Be2
Be6 9. O-O h6 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. c4 a5 14. Nd2 Be7 15.
Kh1 O-O 16. f4 Nd7 17. f5 Nf6 18. Qb1 Bd8 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Ra3 Rc8 21. Bd2 Na6 {
Diagram #} 22. Rh3 $1 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Bxh6 $1 Qc7 25. Qc1 Ne8 26. Bxg7 f6
27. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "las Vegas 2013 Under 1800"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.06.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kennedy, Samuel"]
[Black "Foster, Cory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[Annotator "Lawrence, Al"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Nh5 7. Bg3 Nxg3 8.
hxg3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Bd6 10. a3 O-O 11. g4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 {
Diagram [#]} Bxf4 (14... Bxb2 15. Qc2 (15. Rb1)) (14... Bf6) (14... Bd6) 15.
exf4 Re8+ 16. Be2 (16. Kf2 Qd6 17. Bd3 Qxf4+ 18. Nf3 {Is sharp but probably in
White's favor.}) 16... Bxg4 17. Nf3 Qf6 (17... Qb6) 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. O-O Qb6+
20. Rf2 Rcd8 21. Qd4 Qd6 22. Bd3 h6 23. Ne5 Bc8 24. Qxa7 d4 25. Rc1 f6 26. Nc4
Qc6 27. Rfc2 Qc7 28. Bg6 Re6 29. Ne5 {And White quickly mopped up.} Qxc2 30.
Bf7+ Kh7 31. Rxc2 fxe5 32. Bxe6 d3 33. Rxc8 Rd4 34. Bf5+ g6 35. Qxb7+ Rd7 36.
Qxd7# 1-0

[Event "National Open"]
[Site "Riviera - Las Vegas"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Phillip Perez (1780)"]
[Black "Hakop Tataryan (1682)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Lawrence, Al"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 c6 3. e3 Qb6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 h6 7. Bf4 Nd7 8. Nd2
Ngf6 9. h3 g6 10. Ngf3 Bg7 11. c3 O-O 12. O-O c5 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. exd4 Rac8 15.
Ndf3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 g5 17. Bd2 Rc7 18. Kh1 Ne4 19. Ng4 f5 20. Ne3 e6 21. Kg1 Qa5
22. Rfc1 Rfc8 23. Nd1 e5 24. f3 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 exd4 26. Qe2 Qb6 27. Kh1 dxc3 28.
Rc2 d4 29. Qd3 f4 30. Nf2 a5 31. Ne4 Re7 32. Re1 Qa6 33. Qxa6 bxa6 34. Rd1 a4
35. bxa4 Rxe4 36. fxe4 Rc4 37. Kg1 Kf7 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Ke2 Rb4 40. Kd3 Ke5 41.
a5 Bf8 42. Rf1 Be7 43. g3 Bd8 44. gxf4+ gxf4 45. Rg1 Bg5 46. h4 Bxh4 47. Rg6
Bf6 48. Rxh6 Rb1 49. Rh5+ Ke6 50. e5 Bxe5 51. Re2 Rb5 52. Rh6+ Kd5 {Diagram [#]
} 53. Rxa6 (53. Rh5) 53... f3 54. Rc2 Rb1 55. Rf2 Rb5 56. Ra8 Rb2 57. Rd8+ Bd6
58. Rxd6+ Kxd6 59. Rxf3 Rd2+ 60. Kc4 c2 0-1

[Event "2013 National Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Wesley So"]
[Black "GM Tamaz Gelashvili"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. Nbd2
Bg6 9. Nb3 Nf5 10. g4 {Diagram [#]} Nh4 11. Nxh4 Qxh4 12. f4 {Diagram [#]} h5
13. g5 f6 (13... O-O-O 14. Be3 Be7 15. Nd2 f6) 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 O-O-O 16.
Bd2 fxg5 17. fxg5 Be7 {Diagram [#]} 18. Rf4 Qxg5+ 19. Kh1 Qh6 20. Rf7 Bg5 21.
Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Rg1 Qh4 23. Qg3 Qe4+ 24. Qg2 Qh4 25. Qxg7 Qe4+ 26. Qg2 Qh4 27.
Nd2 Rdf8 28. Nf3 Qe4 29. Ng5 Qg6 30. Re7 Rhg8 31. Qh3 Re8 32. Rxe6 Qc2 33.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Qxh5 Re7 35. Qh8+ Kc7 36. e6 Nb6 37. Qe5+ Kc8 38. Rf1 (38. Qf6)
38... Re8 39. Rf7 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qxb2+ 41. Kg3 Qxc3+ 42. Kg4 Na8 43. e7 Nc7 44.
Rf8 Qd3 45. Qd6 Qe2+ 46. Nf3 b6 47. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "2013 National Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "GM Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Black "GM Nick de Firmian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4
Bg7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Qe7 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. O-O Ne5 13. h3 Ne8 14. Bg3 f5 15.
Qc2 Nf6 16. Bh4 Qc7 17. a5 Bd7 18. Qb3 Be8 19. f4 Nf7 20. Nc4 Bd7 21. Bf3 Rae8
22. Rae1 h6 23. Bg3 Ne4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Bg4 h5 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. f5 gxf5 28.
Qd1 {Diagram [#]} h4 29. Bxh4 Ne5 30. b3 (30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. b3 Qg7 32. Rf2 Qg6
33. Kh1 Rf7) 30... Nd3 31. Bg3 Nxe1 32. Rxe1 Rf6 33. Rf1 Bf8 34. Bh4 (34. Qh5)
34... Rg6 (34... Rh6) 35. Qh5 Qg7 36. Rf2 Be7 37. Bxe7 Rxe7 38. Qxf5 Rg5 39.
Qc8+ Kh7 40. Nxd6 {Diagram [#]} Rxd5 (40... Qa1+ 41. Rf1 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Rg7+
43. Kf2 Qb2+) 41. Nf5 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43. Ng3 Rg7 44. Rf4 Qg5 45. Rg4 Qf6 (
45... Rd8) 46. Nxe4 Qe5+ 47. Rf4 Re1 48. Nf6+ Kh6 49. Qh8+ Kg6 50. Ng4 1-0

[Event "2013 National Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Manuel Leon Hoyos"]
[Black "GM Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Ne7 8. f4
d6 9. d3 c6 10. e4 Qb6+ 11. Kh1 Ng4 12. Qe1 f5 13. Nd1 fxe4 14. dxe4 Be6 15. h3
Nf6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. b3 Nd7 18. Nf2 Rf7 19. Nc3 Raf8 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Rd1 Nc8
22. Kg1 Nc5 23. Rb1 Na6 24. c5 Nb4 25. Qe2 Rd8 26. Rfc1 Rfd7 27. Bf1 Qa3 {
Diagram [#]} (27... Rf7 28. Bg2 (28. Na4 Rdf8 29. Qd2 Rf3 30. Kg2 Bh6 31. Bxh6
Rxf2+ 32. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Qd8) 28... Rfd7) 28. Qb2 Qxb2 29. Rxb2 h5 30. Rd1
Rxd1 31. Ncxd1 Kh7 32. Bd2 Na6 33. Bxa6 {Diagram [#]} bxa6 34. Bg5 Rd4 35. Be3
Rb4 36. Rd2 Bf6 37. h4 a5 38. Nb2 Rb7 39. Bg5 Bg7 40. Bd8 Bh6 41. Bg5 Bg7 42.
Rd8 {Diagram [#]} a6 43. Na4 Rf7 44. Kg2 Na7 45. Rd6 Bc8 46. Nb6 Bf8 47. Nxc8
Nxc8 48. Rxc6 Na7 49. Rxa6 Bxc5 50. Nd3 Bd4 51. Rxa5 Rc7 52. Nxe5 Rc2+ 53. Kh1
Bxe5 54. Rxa7+ Kg8 55. Bf4 Bxf4 56. gxf4 Re2 57. e5 Rf2 58. Ra4 Kf7 59. Kg1 Rb2
60. Ra6 1-0

[Event "2013 National Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Jaan Ehlvest"]
[Black "GM Ben Finegold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r1k1/qp3pbp/2p3p1/p3n3/P1P2N2/4P2P/2Q2PP1/2RRB1K1 w - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "35"]

{Diagram [#]} 23. Bc3 Rad8 24. Bd4 Qa6 25. c5 Rd7 {Diagram [#]} 26. Ne2 (26.
Bxe5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bxe5 28. Rd7 Bxf4 29. Qb3 Re6 30. exf4 Qe2 31. Qxb7 Qe1+
32. Kh2 Qxf2 33. Rxf7 Qd4 {Diagram [#]} 34. Qd7) 26... Rde7 27. Ng3 Nd7 28.
Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rd4 Nf6 30. e4 h5 31. h4 {Diagram [#]} (31. f3 h4 32. Ne2 Nh5)
31... Ng4 32. Qd2 Qa8 33. Rd6 Kh7 34. Rd1 Qc8 35. f3 Nh6 (35... Ne5 36. Nf5
gxf5 37. Rh6+ Kg7 38. Qg5+ Ng6 39. exf5 Re5 40. f6+ Kg8 41. Rh8+ Kxh8 42. Qh6+
Kg8 43. Qg7#) 36. Nxh5 Ng8 37. Ng3 Re5 38. h5 gxh5 39. Qf4 Kg7 40. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Sooner Chess Series"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Carlson, Martin"]
[Black "Lee, Wellington"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
[BlackElo "1728"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.06.04"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Nc6 (4... dxc4 5. Bg2) 5. Bg2 Bb4+ (5...
dxc4) 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O 8. O-O b6 {Diagram [#]} 9. a3 (9. Rc1 Bb7 10.
cxd5) 9... a5 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. Rac1 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Rfc8 13. e3 Ne7 14. Ne5 Qe8 15.
c5 {Diagram [#]} (15. cxd5 Bxd5 (15... exd5 16. Bh3) 16. e4 Bb7) 15... bxc5 16.
Qxc5 Nd7 {Diagram [#]} 17. Nxd7 (17. Qb5 Nxe5 18. Qxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rxc7 Rab8 20.
dxe5) 17... Qxd7 18. Bf1 c6 (18... Ba6 19. Bxa6 Rxa6) 19. Qc2 {Diagram [#]}
Rcb8 (19... a4) 20. Nb3 Bc8 21. Bd3 g6 22. Nc5 Qa7 23. h4 Qb6 24. Rb1 {Diagram
[#]} (24. b3) 24... Kg7 25. h5 Ra7 (25... gxh5 26. Qe2 (26. Kg2)) 26. hxg6 hxg6
27. Kg2 Ng8 28. Rh1 Nf6 {Diagram [#]} 29. Qc1 Re7 30. e4 Ng8 31. e5 Qa7 32. Qg5
(32. Rh4) 32... Qc7 33. Rh4 Qd8 {Diagram [#]} 34. Qg4 (34. Rbh1 Kf8 35. Rh8 Rd7
36. Qh6+ Ke7 37. Qh4+ (37. Qg7) 37... g5 38. Qxg5+ f6 39. Qg7+ Ke8 40. Rxg8#)
34... Qe8 35. Qh3 f5 {Diagram [#]} 36. Rh1 Kf8 37. Rh8 Rg7 38. Qh4 g5 39. Qh6
Qg6 {Diagram [#]} 40. Rxg8+ Kxg8 41. Qh8+ Kf7 42. Qd8 Ra8 43. Rh8 Rg8 44. Qc7+
Kf8 45. Bxf5 exf5 46. Qd8+ Kf7 47. Rxg8 Qxg8 48. Qf6+ Ke8 49. Qxc6+ Kf7 50.
Qxa8 1-0

[Event "USA Ch. St.Louis "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p3ppk/p1p1r3/7p/P3P3/5P1P/1P1R2P1/6K1 b - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2013.06.24"]

{# #} 28... b5 (28... Re7) 29. Rd7 Kg6 30. Ra7 c5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rc7 Re5 (
32... c4 33. Rc5 Rd6 (33... Rb6) 34. Rxb5 Rd2 35. b3 cxb3 $11) 33. g4 hxg4 34.
hxg4 Kf6 35. Kf2 g5 (35... c4 36. Ke3 Re6 37. Rb7 Rc6 38. Rxb5 c3 $11) 36. Ke3
Ke6 37. Rb7 b4 (37... c4 38. Kd4 f6 39. Rb6+ Ke7 40. Kc3 $18) 38. Kd3 f6 39.
Kc4 Kd6 40. Rb6+ Ke7 41. Rc6 1-0

[Event "USA Ch. St.Louis "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/p5R1/2r2p1p/7P/3K2P1/5P2/8/8 b - - 0 48"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2013.06.24"]

{# #} 48... a5 49. Ra7 Rb6 (49... Kd8 50. Rxa5 Ke7 51. Ra7+ Kf8 52. Rh7 Ra6 53.
Ke4 Ra5 54. Rxh6 Kg7 55. Rg6+ Kf7) 50. Rxa5 Kd7 51. Ra7+ Ke6 $2 (51... Ke8 52.
Rh7 Rb3 53. Ke4 Kf8) 52. Rh7 Rb4+ 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. Rxh6 f5 55. g5 {# #} Rb3+ 56.
Ke2 Rb2+ 57. Kd1 Kf4 58. g6 Rg2 59. Rh8 (59. Rh7) 59... Kxf3 60. Rf8 f4 61. h6
Rg1+ 62. Kd2 Rg2+ 63. Kd3 Rxg6 64. h7 Rd6+ 65. Kc3 Rc6+ 66. Kd3 Rd6+ 67. Kc3
Rc6+ 68. Kd4 Rd6+ 69. Ke5 Rh6 70. Rxf4+ Kg3 71. Rf7 Kg4 72. Rg7+ Kh5 73. Kf5
Kh4 74. Ra7 1-0

[Event "USA Ch. St.Louis "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Foisor, Sabina-Francesca"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6p1/3Rp2p/1rP1k3/5r2/5P2/P1R3PP/6K1 b - - 0 37"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.06.24"]

{# #} 37... Rf7 (37... Rxc5 38. Rxe6+ Kxe6 39. Rxc5 Ra4) 38. Rd3 (38. Re2+ Kf5
39. c6 $18 {Diagram [#]}) 38... Rc7 39. c6 Rb6 40. Rdc3 Kd6 41. Kf2 Ra6 42. Ke3
Ra5 43. Rc4 Ra3+ 44. Ke4 Ke7 45. Ke5 Ra5+ 46. Rc5 $2 Rxc6 47. Rxa5 Rxc2 48.
Ra7+ Kf8 49. Kxe6 Re2+ 50. Kf5 Rxg2 51. h4 Rh2 52. Kg4 {# #} Rg2+ 53. Kh3 Rc2 (
53... Rg1 $5) 54. a4 Rc4 (54... h5 $1) 55. a5 Ra4 56. h5 Kg8 57. Kg3 Kh7 58. f4
Ra1 59. a6 Ra5 (59... Rh1 60. Rb7 Rxh5 61. a7 Ra5 62. f5 $18) 60. Kg4 Kg8 61.
f5 Ra4+ 62. Kf3 Kf8 63. Ke3 Kg8 64. Kd3 Ra5 65. Ke4 Kh8 66. Ra8+ Kh7 67. Kf4 {
Diagram [#]} (67. a7 $4) 67... Ra1 68. Ke5 Ra5+ 69. Ke6 Ra1 70. Kd6 Ra5 71. Kc6
Rxf5 72. Rc8 Rxh5 73. a7 Ra5 74. a8=Q Rxa8 75. Rxa8 Kg6 76. Kd5 Kf5 77. Rf8+
Kg4 78. Ke4 g5 79. Ke3 h5 80. Kf2 Kh3 81. Rf3+ Kg4 82. Kg2 h4 83. Ra3 Kh5 84.
Ra4 g4 85. Ra8 Kg5 86. Rh8 g3 87. Kf3 1-0

[Event "USA Ch. St.Louis "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6p1/2p3rk/p1R4p/P3P2P/2P1R1PK/1r6/8 w - - 0 45"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2013.06.24"]

{# #} 45. e5 (45. Rxa5 Rf6) 45... Re6 46. Rxa5 Ra2 47. Ra7 Kg6 48. a5 c5 49. a6
$1 Raxa6 50. Rxa6 Rxa6 51. e6 Ra8 52. g4 hxg4+ 53. Kxg4 Re8 54. c4 Kf6 55. e7
Rxe7 56. Rxe7 Kxe7 {# #} 57. Kf5 Kf7 58. h5 Kg8 59. Ke5 Kh7 60. Kd5 Kh6 61.
Kxc5 Kxh5 62. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Chess Life"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, Pal"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1K6/2R5/p1p5/8/1k6/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2013.06.24"]

{# #} 1. Rb7+ $1 Kc3 2. Kc7 a5 3. Ra7 Kb4 (3... c5 4. Kd6 (4. Kb6 Kb4) 4... Kd4
5. Kc6 c4 6. Kb5 c3 7. Ka4 c2 8. Rc7 Kd3 9. Kb3) 4. Kd6 $3 (4. Kxc6 $2 a4 5.
Kd5 a3 6. Kd4 Kb3 7. Kd3 Kb2 $1 (7... a2 $2 8. Rb7+ Ka3 9. Kc2 $1 $18) 8. Kd2
a2 9. Rb7+ Ka1) 4... a4 5. Ke5 a3 6. Kd4 Kb3 7. Kd3 Kb2 8. Kd2 a2 9. Rb7+ Ka3 (
9... Ka1 $2 10. Kc2 c5 11. Rd7 c4 12. Rd1#) 10. Kc2 a1=N+ 11. Kc3 Ka2 12. Rb2+
Ka3 13. Rb6 Ka2 14. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Magyar Sakkelet First Prize"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, Pal"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7p/p7/8/8/1k1K2P1/p5P1/5R2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2013.06.24"]

{# #} 1. g4 Kb2 2. Rf2+ (2. Ra1 $2 Kxa1 3. Kc2 h6 4. Kc1 a5 5. Kc2 a4 6. Kc1 h5
$1 $11 7. g5 h4 8. g6 h3 9. g7 h2) 2... Kb3 (2... Kb1 3. Kc3 $1 a1=Q+ 4. Kb3
$18) 3. Rf6 $3 a5 4. Rf1 Kb2 5. Ra1 $1 Kxa1 6. Kc2 h6 $1 7. Kc1 h5 $5 (7... a4
8. Kc2 a3 9. g3 $1 h5 10. g5 $18) 8. g5 h4 9. g6 h3 10. gxh3 a4 11. g7 a3 12.
Kd2 Kb2 13. g8=Q a1=Q 14. Qg7+ Ka2 15. Qf7+ Kb2 (15... Kb1 16. Qf5+ Ka2 17.
Qd5+ Kb1 18. Qe4+ Ka2 19. Qc4+ $18) 16. Qf6+ (16. Qb7+ Ka2 17. Qd5+ Kb2 18.
Qb5+ Ka2 19. Qc4+ Kb2 20. Qc2#) 16... Ka2 17. Qe6+ Kb2 18. Qe5+ Ka2 19. Qd5+
Kb2 20. Qd4+ Ka2 21. Qc4+ Kb2 22. Qc2# 1-0

[Event "2005 U.S. Open Quads"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bradley Sawyer"]
[Black "Joel Johnson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2116"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[Annotator "Johnson, Joel"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. exd6 cxd6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Ne2 e5 13. d5 Nb4 14. Bd2 Nxd3+ 15.
Qxd3 f5 (15... e4) 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. O-O Nc5 18. Qa3 a5 19. Be3 b6 20. Bxc5 bxc5
21. Nc3 e4 22. f3 Qh4 23. Nb5 Be5 24. fxe4 fxe4 25. Nc7 {Diagram [#]} Rf3 26.
Rxf3 (26. gxf3 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 Qh2#) 26... exf3 27. Ne6 (27. Nxa8 Bd4+ 28. Kh2 (
28. Kh1 fxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Be5) 28... Qf4+ 29. g3 (29. Kh1 Qxc1+ 30.
Kh2 Be5+ 31. g3 Qd2+ 32. Kh1 Qg2#) 29... Qd2+ 30. Kh1 Qg2#) (27. Qxf3 Rf8 28.
Qe3 Bd4) 27... Bd4+ 28. Kh1 (28. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 29. Kh1 fxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qd2+ 31. Kg3
Qxc1) 28... fxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qf2+ 30. Kh1 Be5 0-1

