[Event "FIDE Grand Prix Tashkent"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2012.11.29"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bd7 13. e5 Ne8 14. Bf3 Bc6
15. Qb6 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Rc8 17. a5 Qc6 18. Na4 f6 19. exd6 Nxd6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21.
Bc5 Re8 22. Rd1 Ne4 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. c3 e5 25. Kg1 exf4 26. Rxf4 g6 27. Rf3 f5
28. Rfd3 Nc5 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Rd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Kf7 32. Rd6 Kg7 33. Kf2 Kh6
34. Kf3 Kh5 35. Rb6 Kg5 36. g3 Rc7 37. h3 Rd7 38. c4 Rd3+ 39. Kf2 Rd7 40. Ke3
Re7+ 41. Kf3 Rc7 42. b3 Kh5 43. Kf4 Rf7 44. Kf3 g5 45. b4 g4+ 46. hxg4+ fxg4+
47. Ke4 Kg5 48. b5 axb5 49. cxb5 h5 50. a6 Re7+ 51. Kd3 Rd7+ 52. Kc4 {Diagram 
[#]} Rc7+ (52... bxa6 53. bxa6 Rc7+ 54. Kb4 h4 55. Rb5+ (55. Rb7 Rc1 56. Rg7+)
55... Kh6 56. gxh4 Ra7 57. Ka5 g3 58. Rg5 Rg7) 53. Rc6 bxc6 54. b6 Rc8 55. b7
Rb8 56. Kc5 h4 57. a7 Rxb7 58. a8=Q Rh7 59. Qg8+ Kh6 60. gxh4 Rg7 61. Qh8+ Kg6
62. h5+ Kf7 63. h6 Rg5+ 64. Kd6 g3 65. Qh7+ Kf6 66. Qe7+ Kf5 67. Qxg5+ Kxg5 68.
h7 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg FRA/RUS"]
[Date "2013.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qe3
Rc8 15. e5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qh4 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. f4 Nf8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. f5 exf5
21. Bxf5 Rd8 22. Rd1 Ng6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. d5 Qc4 25. d6 Qe6 26. Qg3 b5 27. h3
a6 28. Qe3 Rd7 29. Qc5 Kh7 30. Qd5 Qe8 31. Rc1 Qd8 32. Rc6 Qg5 33. Qd4 Rd8 34.
Rc5 Qg3 35. Qf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 f6 {Diagram [#]} 37. Rc6 (37. Rc8 Rxc8 (37...
Rd7 38. e6 Rxd6 39. e7) 38. e6) 37... fxe5 38. Ke3 Kg8 39. Ke4 Kf7 40. Kd5 a5
41. Rc5 b4 42. Rxa5 Kf6 43. Ra7 Rb8 44. Kc6 b3 45. axb3 Rxb3 46. Ra8 Rc3+ 47.
Kd7 e4 48. Rf8+ Kg5 49. Ke7 e3 50. d7 e2 51. d8=Q e1=Q+ 52. Kd6+ Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Open"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grigory Serper"]
[Black "Ioannis Nikolaidis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nge2 Nbd7 6. Ng3 c6 7. Be2 a6 8. Be3
h5 9. f3 b5 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. O-O h4 13. Nh1 Nh5 14. Qd2 e5 15. Nf2
Nf8 16. a4 b4 17. Nd5 cxd5 18. exd5 {Diagram [#]} f5 19. d6 Qc6 20. Bb5 axb5
21. axb5 Qxb5 (21... Qb7 22. c6 Qb8 23. Qxb4) 22. Rxa8 Qc6 23. Rfa1 f4 24. R1a7
Nd7 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Qd5 fxe3 27. Qe6+ (27. c6 exf2+) 27... Kf8 28. Rxd7
exf2+ 29. Kf1 Qe8 30. Rf7+ Qxf7 31. Qc8+ Qe8 32. d7 {Diagram [#]} Kf7 33.
dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 34. Qb7+ Re7 35. c6 e4 36. c7 e3 37. Qd5+ Kf6 38. Qd6+ Kf7 39.
Qd5+ Kf6 40. Qd6+ Kf7 41. Qxe7+ Kxe7 42. c8=Q Bh6 43. Qc5+ Ke8 44. Qb5+ Kd8 45.
Qb6+ Kd7 46. Qxg6 e2+ 47. Kxf2 Be3+ 48. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam"]
[Site "m"]
[Date "1911.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Johannes Esser"]
[Black "Frank James Marshall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qg4 Nf6 5. Qxg7 Rg8 6. Qh6 Rg6 7. Qe3 Nxe4 8.
Nf3 c5 9. Ne5 Qa5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nc6 13. Bb5 e5 14. O-O
cxd4 15. a3 Be7 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Ne4 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 Rb8 19. b3 Bf5 20. Rfe1 f6
21. Ra2 c5 22. f3 Kd7 23. Kf2 Be6 24. Rb1 f5 25. h3 e4 26. Ke2 e3 27. Nf1 f4
28. Rab2 Bf6 29. Ra2 c4 30. b4 Bf5 31. Rd1 Rc8 32. g4 Bxc2 33. Rxd4 Bxd4 34.
Rxc2 Bg7 35. Rc1 d4 36. Nh2 d3+ 37. Kd1 {Diagram [#]} c3 0-1

[Event "Russian Championship Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Artyom Timofeev"]
[Black "Denis Khismatullin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nf6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Rac8 12. b3 a6 13. a4 Qd8 14. Qd2 Qa5
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. h3 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qc5 20. Kf1 Qxd4
21. Rxd4 Nc5 22. Rb1 a5 23. Ke2 f6 24. Kd2 Kf7 25. Kc2 g5 26. Nd5 h5 27. Ne3 h4
28. Rd5 Rc6 29. Rbd1 Rdc8 30. Rf1 Rb6 31. Rb1 Rbc6 32. Rd2 Ne6 33. Kc3 Nc5 34.
Nd5 Ne6 35. Rf1 Rg8 36. Ne3 Rb8 37. Nf5 Rb6 38. Rfd1 Ra8 39. Rd5 Nc7 {Diagram 
[#]} 40. Rb5 Nxb5+ 41. axb5 Ke8 42. Ra1 e6 43. Ne3 d5 44. exd5 Rd6 45. c5 Rdd8
46. Kd4 Rac8 47. Rxa5 e5+ 48. Kc4 b6 49. b4 (49. Ra7 Rxc5+) 49... bxa5 50. bxa5
Ra8 51. a6 e4 52. fxe4 Kd7 53. Nf5 Re8 54. c6+ Kd8 55. Nd6 Re7 56. Kc5 f5 57.
exf5 Re2 58. Nb7+ Ke8 59. d6 Rxg2 60. d7+ Ke7 {Diagram [#]} 61. f6+ (61. d8=Q+)
(61. b6) 61... Kxf6 62. c7 1-0

[Event "American National"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1913.02.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Charles Jaffe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1913.01.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8.
Qe2 Re8 9. h3 g6 10. Qe3 Nh5 11. Ne2 Bc5 12. Qh6 f6 13. g4 Ng7 14. Kg2 Qf7 15.
Nh2 Bf8 16. Qe3 g5 17. Ng3 Ne6 18. Qf3 c5 19. b3 Bd7 20. h4 gxh4 21. Nf5 Ng5
22. Qe2 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Kh8 24. Qg4 Qg7 25. Kh1 Qh6 26. Rg1 Be7 27. f4 exf4 28.
Bb2 Rg8 29. Qxf4 {Diagram [#]} Nh3 30. Rxg8+ (30. Qxh6 Nf2#) 30... Rxg8 31. Qf1
Qe3 0-1

[Event "New York National"]
[Site "New York City, NY"]
[Date "1913.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Jacques Grommer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1913.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Be7 5. c3 c5 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. Be2 e5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bg4 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Ne3 Rad8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nf5 Bg6
15. N3h4 Nd7 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Ne3 Nf6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nb8 20. Bg4 Nd7
21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. c4 Bd6 23. Be3 Rdf7 24. Re2 Qc8 25. b4 b6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27.
Rb1 Rf5 28. Rb5 g5 29. Qa4 g4 30. hxg4 R5f7 31. Qc2 Qxg4 32. Bxc5 Bxc5 33. Rxc5
Rf4 34. d6 e4 35. Re5 e3 36. R5xe3 Rxc4 37. Qb3 Kh8 38. Qb2 Rb4 39. Re8 Rbf4
40. Qb8 Kg8 41. Qb3+ Kh8 42. Rxf8+ Rxf8 {Diagram [#]} 43. Qf7 Qc8 (43... Rxf7
44. Re8+) (43... Rg8 44. Re1) 44. Qxf8+ Qxf8 45. d7 1-0

[Event "Rice CC Summer Tournament"]
[Site "New York, NY"]
[Date "1913.08.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Frank Percival Beynon"]
[Black "Oldrich Duras"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1913.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nxe5 Qd4 6. Nf3 Qxe4+ 7. Qe2
Qxe2+ 8. Kxe2 Bg4 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. d3 f5 12. Nbd2 Re8+ 13. Kf1 Rxe1+
14. Kxe1 Nf6 15. Nd4 Nd5 16. Nxf5 Bb4 17. g4 Bg6 18. c3 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Be7 20.
Nf1 Rf8 21. Ne3 Nf4 22. d4 Nxh3 23. Bd2 Nf4 24. Kd1 Nd5 25. Ke2 Nxe3 26. fxe3
Rxf5 27. Rf1 Rxf1 28. Kxf1 Kd7 29. Kf2 Ke6 30. e4 g5 31. Kf3 h5 32. c4 Kf7 33.
e5 Kg6 34. Ke4 h4 35. Be1 g4 36. d5 cxd5+ 37. cxd5 g3 38. Kf4 Bc5 39. Kf3 Bd4
40. Bc3 {Diagram [#]} Bxc3 41. bxc3 b5 (41... Kf5 42. e6 Kf6 43. c4 b5) 42. a3
Kf5 43. e6 Kf6 0-1

[Event "American National"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1913.01.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "Harry Kline"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1913.01.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qa4 Bb7 10. Ba6 Bxa6 11. Qxa6 c6 12. O-O Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qb7 Rfc8
15. Nxd5 Qd6 {Diagram [#]} 16. Rxc6 Qxc6 (16... Rxc6 17. Qxa8+ Nf8 18. Qxc6
Qxc6 19. Ne7+) 17. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1913.08.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Jacques Grommer"]
[Black "Oscar Chajes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C32"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1913.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. d3 exd3 7. Qxd3 O-O 8.
Nf3 Na6 9. a3 Nc5 10. Qd1 Re8 11. Be2 Nce4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. c4 Bc5 14. Rf1 Bg4
15. Ne5 Bf5 16. g3 f6 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. Bd2 {Diagram [#]} Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bc2 20.
Ne5 (20. Qxc2 Qxe2#) 20... Bxd1 21. Kxd1 fxe5 22. Bg4 Qf6 23. Bc3 Qg6 24. Be2
exf4 0-1

[Eve[Event "Magyar Sakkelet"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, Pal"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6r1/8/1K4p1/6P1/7N/8/6Rp/7k w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2013.08.25"]

{# #} 1. Re2 $1 (1. Ra2 $2 Rb8+ 2. Kc5 Rb1 3. Kd4 Rb4+ 4. Ke3 Rxh4 5. Kf3 Rh3+
6. Kf2 Ra3 $11) (1. Rc2 Rb8+ 2. Kc7 Rb1 3. Nf3) 1... Rb8+ (1... Kg1 2. Nf3+ Kf1
3. Rxh2 Rb8+ 4. Kc5 Rb5+ 5. Kd4 Rb4+ 6. Kd5 Rb5+ 7. Ke4) 2. Kc5 Rb1 3. Kd4 Rb4+
4. Ke3 Rxh4 (4... Rb3+ 5. Kf4 (5. Kf2 Rb2) 5... Kg1 6. Rg2+ Kh1 7. Rc2 Kg1 8.
Nf3+ Rxf3+ 9. Kxf3 h1=Q+ 10. Kg3) 5. Kf3 Rh3+ 6. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Magyar Sakkelet"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, Pal"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "B4K1k/2p5/8/8/2p5/4PN2/5p2/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2013.08.25"]

{# #} 1. Ng5 $1 (1. Nh2 $2 c6 $1 2. Bxc6 c3 3. Ba4 c2 $1 {forcing a stalemate
after} 4. Bxc2 f1=Q+ 5. Nxf1) 1... f1=Q+ 2. Bf3 (2. Nf7+ $2 Qxf7+ 3. Kxf7 c6 4.
Bxc6 c3 5. Be4 c2 6. Bxc2 {stalemate}) 2... Qg1 (2... Qd3 3. Nf7+ Kh7 4. Be4+
$1) 3. Nf7+ Kh7 4. Be4+ Qg6 5. Ng5+ (5. Bxg6+ $2 Kxg6 6. Ne5+ Kf5 7. Nxc4 Ke4
$11) 5... Kh6 6. Bxg6 Kxg6 7. Ne4 Kf5 8. Nc3 Kf6 9. Ke8 Ke6 10. Kd8 Kd6 11. Kc8
Kc6 12. Kb8 $1 {wins} (12. e4 $2 Kd6 $11) 12... Kb6 13. Ne2 Kc6 14. Ka7 Kd5 15.
Nc3+ Kc5 16. Kb7 Kd6 17. Ka6 Kc5 18. Ka5 1-0

 Rxf7+ Kg8 33. Ne7+) (15... c5 16. dxc5
bxc5 17. e4 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 dxe4 19. Qxe4) 16. Bd3 (16. b4 Qxb4) 16... Rc8 17. e4
Qd8 18. exd5 cxd5 (18... Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Be4 Qd6 21. Ne5) 19. Nxd5 Nd7 (
19... Rxc1 20. Nxf6+) (19... Qxd5 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Re8#) (19... Bxd5 20. Rxc8
Qxc8 21. Re8+) 20. Bc4 (20. Nxf6+ Nxf6) 20... Nf8 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Ne5 Qg5
23. Qd1 b5 24. Bxe6 (24. Bxb5 f6) 24... Nxe6 25. Nc6 Nf4 26. Qf3 Re8 27. h4 (
27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Nxa5 Nh3+ 29. Qxh3 Qxc1#) (27. Ne7+ Rxe7 (27... Kh7) 28.
Qxa8+) 27... Qf6 (27... Qxh4 28. g3 Nh3+ 29. Kg2) 28. Re5 Kf8 (28... Rxe5 29.
dxe5 Qf5 (29... Qxh4 30. g3) 30. Ne7+) 29. g3 Ne6 (29... Nh3+ 30. Kg2 Qxf3+ 31.
Kxf3) 30. Rf5 (30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. Rxb5) 30... Qg6 (30... Nxd4 31. Rxf6 Nxf3+ 32.
Rxf3) 31. h5 Qh7 32. Rxf7+ Kg8 33. Ne7+ Rxe7 (33... Kh8 34. Qd5 Nf8 (34... Ng5
35. Ng6+ Kg8 36. Rf8#) 35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. Ng6+) 34. Rxe7 Rf8 (34... Nc7 35.
Qxa8+) 35. Qd5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I - Pin"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfii, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/4b3/3pk3/4P3/1Q6/K7/8 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... dxe4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II - Pin"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r3/1pk5/2n5/2pp4/3P4/4B3/5P2/2R1K3 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... cxd4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem III - Undermining"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "R3r1k1/5p2/8/8/3n4/5B2/6P1/6K1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

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

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Puzzle IV - Mating net"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/5ppp/4b3/q7/3Q4/3PB3/5PPP/2R3K1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rxc1+ 2. Bxc1 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Puzzle V - Fork"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r1r1k1/5pp1/8/8/8/4B3/5PP1/2R3K1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rxc1+ 2. Bxc1 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.09.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Puzzle VI - Fork"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r3/6pk/5p1p/2b5/8/4B3/5PPP/2R3K1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rxe3 2. fxe3 Bxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Tromso World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. b3 b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Be7 14. Nd4
Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Rd8 16. Ne2 c5 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. c4 Bc8 19. Rd1 h4 20. Nf4 Bg5
21. Bc1 Bxf4 22. Bxf4 Ke7 23. Bg5+ Ke6 24. Bd8 c6 25. Bc7 Bd7 26. f3 Rc8 27.
Bd6 Rd8 28. Kf2 Bc8 29. Re1 f5 30. f4 Rd7 31. Re3 Rb7 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Kd3 Be6
34. Kc3 g5 35. fxg5 Kg6 36. Kd2 f4 37. Rd3 Kxg5 38. Ke2 Kf5 39. Kf2 Ke4 40. Rd1
a5 41. Re1+ Kf5 42. Rb1 Rg7 43. Bb8 b5 44. Rc1 bxc4 45. bxc4 Rb7 46. Bd6 Rb2+
47. Kg1 Rxa2 48. Bxc5 a4 49. Rc3 Kxe5 50. Be7 Bf5 51. Ra3 Rxa3 52. Bxa3 Kd4 53.
c5 Kc4 54. Kf2 Be4 55. Bc1 Kxc5 56. Bxf4 a3 57. g3 a2 58. Be5 hxg3+ 59. Kxg3
Kc4 60. Kf2 0-1

[Event "Tromso World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15.
Qe2 Rfa8 16. b5 cxb5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxe7 Rc8 19. Rab1 bxc5 20. Rxb5 Re6 21.
Qg5 h6 22. Qxd5 Rd6 23. Qa2 Qc6 24. Qe2 cxd4 25. Rfb1 a4 26. Ne1 Nc5 27. Nd3
Nxd3 28. Qxd3 Qc3 29. Rd1 Re6 30. Re5 Rxe5 31. fxe5 Qb3 32. Qxd4 Qxa3 33. Kg2
Qb3 34. Qd7 Ra8 35. Rd3 Qe6 36. Qb7 Qc8 37. Qf3 Ra5 38. Ra3 Qe8 39. Qe4 g6 {
Diagram [#]} 40. f4 (40. h4 h5 41. Kh2 Qa8) 40... h5 41. h4 (41. f5 gxf5 (41...
Rxe5 42. Qxa4 Re2+ 43. Kh3) 42. Qf4 Qc6+ 43. Kh3 Qg6 44. Rxa4 Qg4+) 41... Kg7 (
41... Qe7 42. e6) 42. Qb4 (42. Kh2) 42... Qc6+ 43. Kf2 Rb5 44. Qd4 (44. Qxa4
Rb2+ 45. Ke3 Qc5+ 46. Kd3 Rg2 47. Ke4 Re2+) 44... Qc2+ 45. Kf3 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Tromso World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "249"]
[EventDate "2013.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Qb8 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 e5 13. O-O Bb4 14. Qf5 exd4
15. exd4 O-O 16. Rd1 Qe8 17. Bf4 Qe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Bd6 Rfd8 20. f3 Bxc3 21.
bxc3 Nd5 22. Rdc1 b5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Nxa5 Rdc8 25. Bb4 Rc7 26. Rab1 Rac8 27.
h4 e5 28. Rd1 exd4 29. Rxd4 N7f6 30. Kh2 h6 31. Rb2 Nxc3 32. Bxc3 Rxc3 33. Rxb5
Rc2 34. Nb3 Kh7 35. Rdb4 R8c3 36. Kh3 Ra2 37. Nd4 Rc1 38. Ne6 Re1 39. Nf4 Ra7
40. h5 Rae7 41. g4 R1e5 42. Ng6 Rxb5 43. Rxb5 Re8 44. Rb7 Rd8 45. Kg3 Kg8 46.
Kh4 Kh7 47. Ra7 Kg8 48. f4 Kh7 49. Rb7 {Diagram [#]} Ne4 50. Rb4 Re8 51. g5 Nd6
52. Rb6 Nf7 53. Rb5 Re1 (53... Nh8 54. Ne5 hxg5+) (53... Nd6) 54. Nf8+ Kg8 55.
Rb8 hxg5+ 56. fxg5 Rh1+ 57. Kg3 Rg1+ (57... Rxh5 58. g6) 58. Kf4 (58. Kf2 Rxg5
59. Ne6+) 58... Rf1+ $6 (58... Nd6 59. Ng6+ Kf7 60. Ne5+ Ke6 61. Rb6) 59. Ke3 {
Diagram [#]} g6 $1 (59... Nd8 60. Ne6 Re1+ 61. Kf4 Rxe6 62. Rxd8+ Kf7 63. g6+)
(59... Nxg5 60. Ng6+) 60. hxg6 (60. Nxg6+ Kg7 61. Rb7 Kg8 (61... Rf5 62. Nf4
Rxg5 63. Ne6+ Kh6 64. Nxg5 Nxg5 65. Rb5) 62. h6 (62. Ne7+ $1 Kf8 63. g6 Nh6 64.
Ke2 Rf4 65. Nd5 Rf5 66. g7+ Ke8 67. Re7+ Kd8 68. Re6) 62... Rh1 (62... Nxh6)
63. Rb8+ Kh7 64. Nf8+ Kh8 $1 (64... Kg8 65. g6 Nxh6 66. Ne6#) 65. g6 Nxh6)
60... Kg7 61. gxf7 Kxf7 {Diagram [#]} 62. Ke4 $2 (62. Nd7 $3 Rf5 63. Rf8+ Kg6
64. Rg8+ Kf7 (64... Kh7 65. Ke4 Rf7 66. Rd8) 65. Ke4 $1 Ra5 66. Nf6 (66. Rf8+
Kg6 67. Ne5+ Kxg5 68. Rf5+ $1)) 62... Re1+ 63. Kf3 Rf1+ 64. Kg3 Rg1+ 65. Kf4
Rf1+ 66. Ke3 Re1+ 67. Kf3 Rf1+ 68. Kg2 Rf5 69. Nh7 Kg6 70. Rb7 Rf4 {Diagram [#]
} 71. Kg3 Ra4 72. Re7 Rg4+ 73. Kf3 Ra4 74. Rb7 Rh4 75. Nf6 Kxg5 76. Ne4+ Kf5
77. Re7 Rh8 78. Ke3 Rd8 79. Rf7+ Ke6 80. Rh7 Rd1 81. Nc5+ Kf5 82. Rf7+ Ke5 83.
Nd3+ Ke6 84. Ra7 Rh1 85. Ke4 Rh4+ 86. Nf4+ Kd6 87. Ra6+ Kc5 88. Rg6 Kc4 89.
Rc6+ Kb5 90. Rc1 Rh8 91. Ke5 Rh4 92. Rc8 Rh1 93. Ne6 Rh5+ 94. Kd6 Rh6 95. Rc1
Kb4 96. Kd5 Rh5+ 97. Ke4 Rh4+ 98. Nf4 Kb5 99. Ke5 Rh8 100. Rc2 Rh4 101. Rf2 Kc4
102. Ke4 Rh8 103. Rc2+ Kb5 104. Ng6 Rh1 105. Ne5 Re1+ 106. Kd4 Rd1+ 107. Nd3
Kb6 108. Rc3 Rb1 109. Kd5 Rb5+ 110. Nc5 Rb1 111. Nd7+ Kb5 112. Rd3 Rb4 113. Ne5
Rb1 114. Nc4 Kb4 115. Nd2 Rb2 116. Kc6 Rc2+ 117. Kb6 Rb2 118. Kc6 Rc2+ 119. Kb7
Rc3 120. Rd8 Rc5 121. Ne4 Rc4 122. Re8 Rc2 123. Kb6 Re2 124. Kc6 Re1 125. Nd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tromso World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2013.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qe2 a6 {Kramnik's modest 8th move had
clearly come as a surprise for Andreikin who had already used more than 40
minute to reach this standard position.} 12. Rfd1 {Diagram [#]} Nd5 $5 {The
first new move.} (12... b5 13. Bd3 Qe8 $5 {followed by ...c5 is considered
Black's most reliable continuation.}) 13. Bg3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd6 15. e4 {"Maybe
I should have started with} (15. a4 {," mused Kramnik. "I thought he would play
} Bxg3 16. hxg3 Qe7 {but after} 17. e4 {(and if} e5 $6 18. Nh4 {), the
position is quite unpleasant for Black because of the pawn on a6 - if it was
on a7 the position would be quite equal."}) 15... Bxg3 16. hxg3 b5 {"At first
I thought this would be too dangerous for Black, but then I realised it was
not so bad," admitted Kramnik.} 17. Bd3 Nb6 18. Qe3 {Diagram [#]} Na4 $5 {"I
am not sure this is a good idea," said Kramnik. "Probably} (18... Qe7 {is
better."}) 19. Bc2 Nb2 20. Rdb1 Nc4 21. Qc1 $1 {"Now he cannot stop a4," said
Kramnik.} c5 22. a4 cxd4 23. cxd4 Rc8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qe1 $1 {"Without this
move I would have no plus," said Kramnik, " because} (25. Rxb5 {is met by} Nd6
{and if}) (25. Qd1 {he has} Nd6 26. e5 Ne4 {because if} 27. Rxb5 $2 {he is
just in time with} Nc3 28. Qd3 Be4 {."}) 25... Bc6 26. Rb4 Ra8 27. Rd1 Ra3 {
Diagram [#]   "Now he threatens 28...Qa8," explained Kramnik. "I thought about
trying to mate him on the kingside, but the I saw this queen sacrifice..."} 28.
d5 $1 exd5 29. exd5 Re8 {"After} (29... Bd7 {he is worse because of} 30. Qe4 {
followed by Qf4 and d6," explained Kramnik. "I think White should have a
dangerous initiative."}) 30. dxc6 $3 {"I think he missed this," said Kramnik,
"Though I am not sure if the queen sacrifice is winning.} (30. Qf1 $6 Bd7 {
would be a totally different story."}) 30... Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Qc7 {Diagram [#]  
"Maybe he missed} (31... Qb6 $6 32. Rxb5 $1 {- a very important tactical idea,
" said Kramnik.}) 32. Rxb5 {"I spent a lot of time here because at first I
thought} (32. Rd7 Qc8 33. Bf5 {was over, because 33...g6 loses to 34.c7!,"
said Kramnik. "But he has a miraculous defence with} Ra1 $1 (33... g6 34. c7)
34. c7 Rxe1+ 35. Kh2 Re8 36. Rxb5 {and now he is just in time with} g6 37. Re7
Rxe7 38. Bxc8 Rxc7 {. It is millimitre close."}) 32... g6 33. Rc5 Ne5 34. Be4 {
"I wanted to play} (34. Nf3 {but it seems that after} Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 Rxf3 {he
holds because after} 36. Rd7 Qb6 {and f2 will be hanging," explained Kramnik.})
34... Ng4 {"I found this strange," said Kramnik. "At least he should play} (
34... h5 {first."}) 35. Nd3 Kg7 36. Bf3 Nf6 {"If} (36... Qd6 {I have} 37. Rcc1
$1 {and 38.c7," said Kramnik.}) 37. Nb4 h5 38. Rdc1 {"I had a feeling that
this position should be close to winning," said Kramnik, "but it is not easy
to play it precisely. I wanted to get my knight to b5 but after} (38. Nc2 Ra2
39. Nd4 Qb6 {he has some tricks, e.g.} 40. Rdc1 Ra1 $1 {."}) 38... Ra7 39. Nd5
Nxd5 40. Bxd5 {Diagram [#]} Qd8 {"I had a feeling that this position should be
close to winning," said Kramnik, "but it is not easy to play it precisely. I
wanted to get my knight to b5 but after} 41. c7 (41. Rb5 Rc7 42. Rb7) 41...
Rxc7 42. Rxc7 Qxd5 43. Re1 {"Now I was sure that I would win a pawn and my
main concern was that some of the pawn endgames might be drawn, thought I
didn't see exactly how, unless I put my pawn on f4 [to early]" said Kramnik.}
Kh6 {"Forced - if he loses [the f7 pawn] then he is simply lost," said Kramnik.
} 44. Ree7 f6 45. Red7 Qa5 {"I thought that} (45... Qe4 $5 {was the last
chance," said Kramnik. "Dmitry was worried about} 46. Rh7+ Kg5 47. Rc5+ f5 48.
Kh2 Kf6 49. f4 {but I wasn't sure because now if I take on g6 the pawn
endgames will be drawn."  In fact Andreikin was correct - Black has no good
answer to 50.Rhc7 setting up a mating net."}) 46. f4 g5 47. Kh2 $1 Kg6 {
Diagram [#]} 48. fxg5 $1 Kxg5 {"After} (48... fxg5 {I was planning the nice
variation} 49. Rc6+ Kf5 50. Rf7+ Ke4 (50... Kg4 51. Rc4# $1) (50... Ke5 {is
the last option but after} 51. Rg7 Kf5 52. Rcg6 Qd2 53. Rxg5+ $1 {I am winning
the pawn ending."}) 51. Re6+ Kd4 {He cannot go to the fifth rank without
losing his queen.} 52. Rd7+ Kc4 53. Rc6+ Kb4 54. Rb7+ Ka4 {Diagram [#]} 55. Rc1
$1 Qe5 56. Ra1+ $1 Qxa1 57. Ra7+ {," Kramnik demonstrated with a smile.}) 49.
Rh7 f5 50. Rcg7+ Kf6 51. Ra7 $1 {"Now I am taking both pawns and it is really
quite simple," said Kramnik.} Qb4 52. Ra6+ Ke5 53. Rxh5 Qb1 54. Ra5+ Kf6 55.
Raxf5+ Kg6 56. Rfg5+ Kf6 {Diagram [#]} 57. Rb5 $1 {Bit by bit the rooks force
the Black king backwards while the White pawns provide perfect cover for the
White king.} Qc2 58. Rh6+ Kg7 59. Rbb6 Qc5 60. Rbg6+ Kf8 61. Rh7 Qf5 62. Rgg7
Qe6 63. Re7 $1 {63.Ra7 would allow Black to fight on for a little longer with
63...Kg8 but now the Black queen has no safe square. If the queen runs to the
queenside, it will be chased by the e7 rook, while 63...Qg4 64.Rhf7+ Kg8 65.
Rg7+ fores the exchange into a winning pawn ending.} (63. Ra7 Kg8 (63... Qg4
64. Rhf7+ Kg8 65. Rg7+)) 1-0

[Event "Tromso World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 $5 {The latest attempt to try to defuse White's
anti-Grunfeld system, one which has worked well for Maxime Vachier Lagrave but
looks simply weird.} 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. Bg3 {
Preparing 9.e4, which if played immediately could have been met with} (8. e4
Nxe4 $1) 8... c6 {Now White gets the big centre he wants, but} (8... O-O {
allows} 9. Qxh6 {- the defect of having an extra ...g6 in a Queen's Gambit
position, while}) (8... c5 {is well met by} 9. Nb5) ({However the text move is
inferior to} 8... a6 {(or 8...dxc4 and then 9..a6), preparing ...c5 or ...dxc4
and ...b5.}) (8... dxc4) 9. e4 dxe4 10. fxe4 Bb4 11. Bd3 e5 12. a3 Ba5 13. d5
cxd5 14. cxd5 Nc5 {Diagram [#]   Black had relied on this tactical idea for
relief but after Nakamura's simple reply, Black will have problems with his e5
pawn.} 15. b4 $1 Nxd3+ (15... Nb3 16. Qb2 Nxa1 17. bxa5 {is dreadful for Black;
as usuall two pieces are far better than rook and oawn in a middlegame
position.}) 16. Qxd3 Bb6 {Deciding to sacrifice the e pawn, a brave and
probably correct practical decision given White's coming king problems.} 17.
Nf3 O-O 18. Nxe5 a5 (18... Re8 19. O-O-O Nh5 {was the main alternative but
there does not seem to be an obvious follow-up after} 20. Nc4) 19. b5 a4 20.
Nc4 Bc5 21. O-O-O Bg4 22. Rd2 Qe7 (22... Rc8 23. Kb1 {is safe enough for White.
}) 23. d6 Qe6 24. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Rac8 26. Kb1 Qxd5 27. Rxd5 {Diagram [#]}
Be6 $2 {The temptation of material gain proves too attractive. After} (27...
Rfd8 {Black is still in the game.}) 28. Rhd1 $1 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd6 {Black is
already regretting his 27th move, but this is pure desperation. In any case 30.
d7 followed by 31.Bc7 was a winning threat.} 30. Nxd6 Rc3 31. Kb2 Rb3+ 32. Ka2
Rd8 33. Rd4 h5 34. Bh4 Rd7 35. Bf6 Kh7 36. e5 {Not too early - 37.Rxa4-a8 is a
winning threat.  The next day Nakamura gave Safarli no chances at all, athe
draw sent the American number one through to the third round.} 1-0

[Event "Tromso World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Iturrizaga, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d5 $1 exd5 7. Ng5 $5 {For
many years} (7. Nh4 {was considered de rigeur here but recently 7.Ng5 has
become popular at high levels, intending to reposition via h3 and f4.}) 7... h6
8. Nh3 b5 {Diagram [#] In qualifying for the World Cup through the Amercias
Continental Championship in May, Iturrizaga had found difficulty playing
against this move with White and so decides to try it against Onischuk. He is
in for a rude shock....} 9. Nc3 $1 {Irrutizaga had played the more 'normal'} (
9. cxd5 {but Onischuk's move is much stronger.}) 9... Qb6 (9... bxc4 {would
allow} 10. Nf4 {so by protecting the bishop Black forces White to capture on
d5 immediately.}) 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Nc6 12. Nf4 bxc4 13. O-O g5 {At first
sight this is desperation, since otherwise 14.Bxc4 and 15.Nd5 would follow.
However tactically 13...g5 holds everything together for Black so it is hard
to condemn. Iturrizaga's problem is long-term; the Black king will never have
a safe home.} 14. Ng2 Nd4 15. Ne3 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 Qc6 17. e4 O-O-O {Now Black
will be unable to back up the knight with ...Bg7, but the immediate} (17... Bg7
{is met by} 18. f4 {when the position opens up in White's favour.}) 18. Be3 Re8
19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Bc5 21. Qc3 Rhf8 22. b4 $1 Rxe4 23. bxc5 Qxd5 {Diagram 
[#]} 24. Qa3 $1 {With Black having a number of loose pawns and an airy king,
one would expect White to win this position 90% of the time, even if perfect
computer defence might hold.} Rfe8 25. Rad1 {Perhaps a slight misstep - one
would expect White to want one rook on d1 and one on b1 and therefore use the
king's rook here.} Qa8 $5 (25... Qb7 $5 {might not be as bad as it looks
because after} 26. Rb1 Qc7 27. Qa6+ Kd8 28. Rb7 Qxc5 {White has no knock-out
blow.}) 26. Qa6+ Qb7 27. Qxh6 R4e5 $6 {Rather too careful. After} (27... c3 $1
28. Qxg5 (28. Rb1 Qc6) 28... c2 29. Rc1 Re2 {the game could go either way but,
importantly, White's rooks have no avenues to the Black king.}) 28. Qf6 $1 R8e7
29. Rc1 Qb5 30. Qd6 $1 R7e6 (30... Qxc5 $2 {loses to} 31. Qa6+ $1 {followed by
32.Rxc4.}) 31. Qf8+ Kc7 {Diagram [#]   Now White's attack becomes overwhelming.
} (31... Re8 32. Qxf7 Re4 {was the last chance.}) 32. Rb1 $1 Qxc5 33. Qb8+ Kc6
34. Rb7 $1 Qa5 35. Qc8+ Kd5 36. Rxd7+ Ke4 37. Qxc4+ Kf5 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. Rd7
1-0

[Event "Tromso World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 {Doe,John} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 (4... a6 {Doe,John} 5. Nc3
(5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bd2 (10. b3 b6 11.
Bb2 Bb7 12. Rae1 O-O 13. f4 Rac8 (13... Rad8 14. Kh1 Rfe8 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5
Qxe5) 14. Kh1 (14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bc5)) 10... b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Kh1 O-O 13.
Rae1 g6 14. f5 exf5 15. exf5 Ne5 16. Bg5 Qd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Be4 Bxe4 19.
Qxe4 Rc8 20. Nd5 g5 21. b3) (5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9.
bxc3 Qc7 10. O-O Ne5 11. f4 Nxc4 12. Qe2 b5 13. a4 d5 (13... Bb7 14. axb5 axb5
15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. Nxb5 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 (17. Nd4 Na5 18. Ba3)) 14. axb5) 5... Qc7
6. Be3 Bb4) 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 d6 (6... Bc5 {Doe,John} 7. Nb3 (7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nf6 12. Nc5 b6 13. Nb3 Qh5 14. Be2 Qg6
15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Nd2 (16. O-O-O)) 7... Bb4 8. Bd3 (8. Bd2 Nf6 (8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3
Qxf4 10. Bxg7 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qxe4+ 12. Qe2 Qxh1 13. Bxh8) 9. Nb5 (9. e5 Bxc3 10.
Bxc3 Nd5 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Qf3) 9... Qxf4) 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. O-O Nf6 11.
Ba3 Bd7 (11... Ne7) 12. Nd4 a6 13. Qf3 (13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Qe2)) 7. Be3 Nf6 {
Diagram [#] #} 8. Qf3 {A system popularised by the top Hungarian players in
the 1980s. Previously Kamsky had tried a standard Be2, 0-0 Scheveningen set-up
against Mamedyarov but lost badly.} (8. Be2) 8... a6 9. Bd3 $5 (9. O-O-O {,
intending g4-g5, is the more aggressive method.}) 9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1
{An unfortunate tempo loss because the immediate} (11. Rae1 {allows} Nxd4 12.
Bxd4 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Qg3 Bc5 $1 {with equality.}) 11... Bd7 12. Rae1 b5
13. a3 Rab8 {An artificial move, but a more standard play such as} (13... Nxd4
14. Bxd4 Bc6 {would leave Black a move down in a main line after} 15. Qg3 {. 
(The tempo has been lost because in a standard Scheveningen line, where White
plays Qe1-g3, the White light squared bishop takes two moves to get to d3.)})
14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qh3 Rfd8 $6 (15... Rbd8 {is much more solid.}) 16. Bd2 $5 {
The start of an amazing concept, but it is not clear why White should not
strike immediately with} (16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 {and now 18.Rxf6 Bxf6
does not lead anywhere but} (17... Rxd3 18. cxd3 Nd7 19. d4 {should not be
enough for the exchange in the long run.}) 18. Bf4 $1 {forces Black into an
unpleasant endgame with 18...Qh5 because} (18. Ba7 Qc7 19. Bxb8 Rxb8 {is not
so clear.}) (18. Rxf6 Bxf6) 18... Qd4 $2 (18... Qh5) 19. Bxb8 Rxb8 20. Rxf6 $1
{wins immediately for White because the rook on b8 is undefended.} Bxf6 21.
Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+) 16... d5 $1 17. e5 Ne4 {Diagram [#] # Normally such a
central break would solve all Black's problems, but Kamsky has a surprise in
store...} 18. f5 $3 Nxd2 {Mamedyarov has no choice because} (18... exf5 19.
Qxf5 {wins a pawn for White in all lines, e.g.} Bh4 20. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 21. Rxe4
$1 g6 22. Rg4) 19. fxe6 $1 {"Normally I play solid positional chess," said
Kamsky, "but in this case I was forced to sacrifice a piece - something new!"
This must rank as a slight exaggeration, but against any move apart from the
piece sacrifice, Black is fine.} Ne4 20. exf7+ Kh8 21. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 22. Rxe4 $1
g6 (22... Bxe4 23. Bxe4 {leads to immediate mate.}) 23. Ref4 Kg7 $2 {"My
opponent helped me a lot with [this move]," said Kamsky. "He missed} (23... Qc6
$1 {." The point is that after} 24. Rf6 {(otherwise Black blockades on e6)}
Bxf6 25. Rxf6 Qb7 {Diagram [#] White has nothing better than} 26. e6 Kg7 27.
Rf2 Qe7 28. Qe3 Qxe6 29. Qd4+ {with a perpetual check but nothing more.}) 24.
e6 Rf8 25. Qe3 Bc5 26. Qe1 $1 Bd6 {On} (26... Be7 {then} 27. c4 $1 {followed
by 28.Qc3+ wins.}) 27. Rh4 $1 Be7 28. Qe3 $1 h5 {The rook must be declined
because after} (28... Bxh4 29. Qd4+ Kh6 30. Qxh4+ Kg7 31. Qf6+ Kh6 32. Rf4 {
mates or wins the queen.}) 29. Qd4+ Kh6 30. Rxh5+ $1 {A snappy finish,
Mamedyarov resigning because} (30. Rxh5+ {wins after both} gxh5 (30... Kxh5 31.
Qxd5+ {Amusingly, the live commentators were so busy looking at Houdini's
opinion that their first suggestion was the decidedly non-human (but decisive)}
(31. Qg7 $1 {as opposed to the simple text move.}) 31... Kh6 32. Qe4 {when
Black must return the rook with a hopeless position; and}) 31. Rf6+ Bxf6 (31...
Kg7 32. Rg6+ Kh7 33. Qg7#) 32. Qxf6# $1 {, which might have been a fitting
finish to a spectacular game.  "I am an old person," said Kamsky. "I should be
playing positional chess - not this swashbuckling stuff!"}) 1-0

[Event "Tromso World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Rb8 7. Nbd2 b5 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Nf3 c5 11. b3 Be7 12. c4 bxc4 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Qc2 O-O
15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Qxc4 Nb6 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Ne1 Nd5 19. e4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxe5 21.
Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bb2 Qh5 23. Bg6 Qh3 24. Qe2 {Diagram [#]  Both sides seem to
have exposed kings, but Christiansen shows that it is White who has more to
worry about by playing...} Ba6 $1 25. Nd3 {Desperation, since} (25. Qxa6 Rxf2
$1 26. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 27. Kf3 Rf8+ {is fatal for White.}) 25... c4 $1 26. Ne5 c3 $1
27. Qxa6 Rxf2 $2 {Right idea, wrong move order. After} (27... cxb2 28. Rab1
Rxf2 $1 {the attack runs like clockwork, e.g.} 29. Kxf2 Rf8+ 30. Kg1 Bc5+ 31.
Kh1 Rf2 32. Qc8+ Bf8 {and White is doomed.}) 28. Kxf2 cxb2 (28... Rxb2+ 29. Ke1
$3 {leaves White's king safe while}) (28... Qxh2+ 29. Kf3 Rf8+ 30. Nf7+ $1 {
also interrupts the attack with fatal consequences for Black.}) 29. Kg1 $1
bxa1=Q 30. Rxa1 {Now the weakness of Black's back rank prevents any knock-out
blow. Christainsen tried} Bf6 {but after} 31. Rb1 $1 Rf8 32. Qa3 {Black's
advantage was gone and the game drawn after} Be7 33. Qxa7 Kg8 34. Nd7 Nf4 35.
gxf4 Qg4+ 36. Kh1 Qxg6 37. Rb8 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qd2+ 40. Kg1 Rxb8 41.
Qxb8+ Kh7 42. Qb5 Kh6 43. Qc6 Qe2 44. Ne5 Qxa2 45. Qf3 Bc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tromso World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Holt, Conrad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. e3 g6 10. Bd3 Be6 11. O-O Bg7 12. f4 Nfd5 13. Nf3 f5 14. Ng5 Qd6 15.
Bd2 O-O 16. Ne2 Kh8 17. Rc1 Bg8 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Qc7 20. Ng5 Nb4 21. Bb1
Bf6 22. f5 gxf5 23. Bxf5 e5 24. Ng3 exd4 25. N3e4 N6d5 26. Qh5 Nd3 27. Rb1 N3f4
28. Qg4 Be5 29. Nf3 Qg7 30. Nxe5 Rxf5 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Nf3 Ne6 33. Nd6 Rf6
34. Nxb7 Ne3 35. Bxe3 dxe3 36. Rfe1 Rf4 37. Rxe3 Rxa4 38. Ne5 {Diagram [#]  
Approaching the first time control of a hard-fought game where Vitiugiv
managed to find counterplay every time Holt seemed to be consolidating, Holt
has some weak pawns to worry about but the natural move he chose...} Nd4 $2 {
turned out to be fatal.  Instead} (38... Nf4 $1 {intending to meet} 39. Nxc6 {
with} Bd5 {, would have left White with only a miniscule advantage.}) 39. Rf1
$1 {Now, however, White has a worrying number of attacking pieces pointed at
the Black king.} Rb4 (39... Bd5 {meets the same response.}) 40. Nd6 $1 h6 {was
the unlikely computer suggestion to enable Black to survive but after} (40...
Kh8 41. Ndf7+ Bxf7 42. Nxf7+ Kg7 (42... Kg8 43. Re7) 43. Nd6 {their is no
repieve for the Black king.}) 41. Nd3 $1 Rb3 42. Re7+ Kg6 {From here the king
will be hunted to distinction but on} (42... Kh8 43. Ne5 Bd5 44. Ne8 $1 {would
end any resistance.}) 43. Ne5+ Kh5 44. Rg7 Be6 45. Ne4 Ne2+ 46. Kh1 Rd8 47.
Nf6+ Kh4 48. Ng6+ Kg5 49. h4# {In the second game Holt tried to make something
happen with a tricky exchange sacrifice in an endgame, but Vitiugov held firm
and when Holt pressed too hard he was out, 0-2.} 1-0

[Event "Tromso World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 {Diagram [#]
} Na6 {Unorthodox play but "I had to try to create something with Black," said
Robson.} 8. Nc3 Nc5 9. Re1 Nfe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qc2 f5 12. Ng5 Nd6 13. Bf4 h6
{All the tactics work for White after} (13... Ba6 14. Rac1 $1 {so Robson
decides that he must go for something much riskier.}) 14. Nf3 b5 15. c5 Nc4 {
Diagram [#]} 16. b3 $1 {Effectively the refutation of Black's set-up. The
exchange sacrifice is amply comensated by the holes around Black's knig's
position.} g5 17. bxc4 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 gxf4 19. Rd1 bxc4 20. Qxc4 fxg3 21. hxg3 {
An automatic recapture, especially with both players running short of time,
but the silicon oracle informs us that} (21. c6 $1 {, with d6+ soon to follow,
would have been devastating.}) 21... Kh7 22. Nd4 Qe8 23. e3 {Now Black is
living in a counterplay-free zone. and Ivanchuk's only problem is how best to
improve his position.} Qh5 24. Bf3 Qg6 25. Qb5 (25. c6 dxc6 26. Ne6 Rf6 27.
dxc6 Ba6 $1 28. Qxa6 Rxe6 29. Qb7 Rxe3 $1 30. Bg2 $1 {was probably strong also,
but rather too messy for Ivanchuk's liking.}) 25... Bxd5 $1 {Resourceful
defence, losing a pawn but eliminating one pair of pieces.} 26. Bxd5 c6 27.
Bxc6 dxc6 28. Nxc6 Qe8 29. Qb7 Rf7 30. Ne5 Rg7 31. c6 Rb8 32. Qxa7 {Diagram [#]
} Ra8 {"I might have been able to hold a draw after} (32... Rb2 {," said
Robson, "but of course that would not have been enough anyway."  Play could
continue} 33. Qd4 Qh5 $1 34. Qxb2 Qxd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd5+ 36. f3 (36. Kh2 Rg5 $1)
36... Rg8 {when White's king is too exposed for him to make progress.}) 33. Qd7
Qh5 34. Kg2 Rxa2 35. c7 Rxf2+ {On} (35... Qg5 36. Rd2 $1 {killis the ...Qxg3
threat.}) 36. Kxf2 Qh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Ke2 Qg2+ 39. Kd3 Qe4+ 40. Kd2 Qb4+ 41.
Ke2 Qb2+ 42. Rd2 {"I didn't have too many chances - that's why he's a top
player," said Robson.  "He's hard to beat," sympathised the press room chief.
"Actually, he's hard even to draw with!" Robson responded with a rueful smile.}
1-0

[Event "Tromso World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2013.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 Qd6 12. Qb3 O-O 13. a3 a6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. Rac1 h6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxb7 Re8 20. Qb6 Rab8 21.
f4 Qxf4 22. Bxf4 Rxb6 23. b4 Nd5 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Bxb4 26. Bxa6 Bxa3 27.
Rc8 Rb1+ 28. Kf2 Rb2+ 29. Rd2 Rxc8 30. Bxc8 Bc5+ 31. Kg2 Be4+ 32. Kh2 Rb3 33.
Re2 Bd3 34. Ra2 Kf8 35. Ba6 Be4 36. Re2 Rb4 37. Be5 f6 38. Bc3 Bd6+ 39. Kg1
Rb1+ 40. Re1 Bc5+ 41. Kh2 Rb6 42. Rxe4 Rxa6 43. Bb4 Bxb4 44. Rxb4 Ra2+ 45. Kg3
Ra3+ 46. Kg2 Kf7 47. Rb7+ Kg6 48. Rc7 Re3 49. Ra7 {Diagram [#]   Kaidanov cost
himself the match against the Ukraine's Areschenko by losing this endgame,
which is not quite as trivially drawn as it looks.} h5 $1 50. gxh5+ Kh6 51. h4
Re5 52. Kg3 Rxh5 53. Ra8 Rb5 {The liquidation has led to another drawn rook
ending, but this is one which Carlsen famously lost to Aronian in Linares 2009
- just before Carlsen started working with Kasparov and his endgame knowledge
improved exponentially.} 54. Rc8 Kh5 55. Rh8+ Kg6 56. Ra8 Kf5 57. Ra3 Rb4 58.
Ra5+ Kg6 59. Rc5 f5 60. Ra5 Rb3+ 61. Kg2 Rb6 62. Kg3 Kf6 63. Kf4 Rb4+ 64. Kg3
Rg4+ 65. Kh3 Re4 66. Kg3 g6 67. Ra7 Re3+ 68. Kg2 Re7 69. Ra5 Re5 70. Ra7 Rd5
71. Kg3 Rd3+ 72. Kg2 f4 73. Ra5 Rg3+ 74. Kh2 Re3 75. Kg2 {Carlsen's technique,
which involved repositioning his rook along the lines of} (75. Rb5 Re5 76. Rb1
Kf5 77. Kh3 Re3+ 78. Kh2 Kg4 79. Rg1+ {should also be sufficient for a draw.})
75... Re5 76. Ra8 Kf5 77. Rg8 Re2+ 78. Kf3 Re3+ 79. Kg2 Rg3+ 80. Kf2 Rh3 81.
Rh8 Kg4 {Diagram [#]} 82. Rg8 $2 {By now White's position is hanging by a
thread and only} (82. Rh6 $1 Rh2+ (82... Kf5 83. Rh8 $1) 83. Kg1 Rxh4 84. Rxg6+
Kf3 85. Ra6 $1 {hangs on.  The text move looks equally good but the White rook
now becomes overloaded.}) 82... Rf3+ $1 83. Ke2 {If} (83. Kg2 Rg3+ {followed
by 84...Kxh4 wins.}) 83... Re3+ 84. Kf2 Re6 85. Rh8 Ra6 $1 {Now the White rook
cannot prevent Black from either winning the h pawn or advancing his king and
f pawn.} 86. Rf8 Ra2+ 87. Ke1 Kf3 {The computer, with tablebases guaranteeing
perfect chess with limited pieces, wants to play} (87... Kxh4 88. Rxf4+ Kg3 {
when apparently Black is winning.  Areschenko preferes a more human method of
converting his advantage.}) 88. Rf6 Ra1+ 89. Kd2 Rg1 90. Kd3 Rg4 91. Kd2 Kf2 {
Black will play ...f3, exchange the h pawn for the g pawn, and then reach the
classic Lucena position.    The following day Kaidanov could make no
impression with Black and so was eliminated.} 0-1

[Event "Tromso World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.13"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. b3
Nbd7 9. Bb2 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bd3 a6 14. Qe2 c5 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Rc1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Red1 Qd7 19. h3 Nfe4 20. Bb1 Rad8 {
Diagram [#]   Black has emerged from the opening in reasonable shape but soon
the game goes haywire.} 21. b4 $1 Ne6 $2 (21... Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Ne4 {was safe
enough.}) 22. Nxe4 $1 dxe4 23. Nf5 $5 {Apparently a winning move, but in fact}
(23. Nc6 $1 {was a much better way of achieving the same goal.}) 23... Qxd1+ $2
{Desperation, since} (23... Qa4 24. Nxg7 Nxg7 25. Qe1 $1 {looked even more
disastrous.  However the unlikely}) (23... Nf4 $3 {would have saved the day -
"at least that's what they tell me," said Ramirez after the game.}) 24. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bxb2 26. Nd6 Rd8 27. Qb3 Rxd6 28. Qxb2 {The rest is not too
difficult for White because the Black pieces lack secure outposts.} Bc6 29. Kh2
Rd8 30. a3 h5 31. h4 b5 32. Qc3 Bb7 33. Ba2 Re8 34. Qe5 Kf8 35. Qd6+ Kg7 36.
Qd7 1-0

[Event "Tromso World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. a4 Nh6 8. a5 a6
9. Bf4 Be7 10. c4 Nf5 11. h3 O-O 12. Nc3 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Be3 dxc4 15.
Bxc4 c5 16. f4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Nb8 19. Be2 Qxd4 20. Bxd4 Nc6 21. Bb6
f6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Rd7 Rf7 24. Rad1 Re8 25. Rxf7 Bxf7 26. Bf3 Re7 27. Rd6 Be8
28. Bg4 Bf7 29. Bf3 Be8 30. Kf1 h6 31. Ke1 Kf7 32. Bg4 {Diagram [#]   Shabalov
has been suffering pressure in the endgame and, with the time control
approaching, he decides to make a break.} Bxc3+ $5 33. bxc3 e5 $1 34. f5 Rd7
35. Re6 (35. Bh5+ {is tempting but after} Kg8 (35... Kf8 $2 36. Bc5 $1 {is
unpleasant for Black.}) 36. Rxc6 Bxh5 $1 {Black has good chances to hold the
resulting opposite bishops endgame.}) 35... Re7 36. Rd6 Rd7 37. Rg6 $5 Rd3 $6 (
37... Kf8 $1 {would leave the rook embarrased and White may have nothing
better than} 38. f6 {, liquidating to a draw.}) 38. Be2 $1 Rxc3 {It is too
late to go back as then 39.Bc4+ will be a winner.} 39. Kd2 $1 {At first sight
the Black rook is completely trapped - and here the game ended - but it turns
out that Black could possibly save the game after} (39. Kd2 Nd4 $3 {e.g.} 40.
Kxc3 Nxe2+ 41. Kd2 Nf4 {, winning a kingside pawn with excellent drawing
chances.    The next day offered no solace for a dispirited Shabalov. Vachier
found a sensible pawn sacrifice to kill Shabalov's initiative in a Sicilian
Defence and the Frenchman picked up the full point  when Shabalov
over-extended.}) 39... Nd4 1-0

[Event "US Open Armageddon"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua"]
[Black "Molner, Mackenzie"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D72"]
[Annotator "Lawrence, Al"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. d5 e6 10. Nec3 Na6 11. a4 exd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. g4 Bd7 14. Nd2 Nb4 15.
Nde4 Bd4 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 {Diagram [#]} N4xd5 (17... Bxg4 18. Qxg4 f5) (17...
f5) 18. Bd6 Re8 (18... Bxc3 19. Bxf8 Bxb2 20. Bxc5 (20. Rb1) (20. Ra2 Qxf8 21.
Rxb2)) (18... Bxc3) (18... f5) 19. Nxc5 (19. Nxd5) 19... Bxc5 (19... Nxc3) 20.
Bxd5+ Nxd5 21. Qxd5+ Be6 22. Qxc5 Bxg4 23. Nd5 Bf3 24. Nc7 Rc8 25. Rfe1 Rxe1+
26. Rxe1 Qd7 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Qd4 Qf5 29. Bg3 Bc6 30. Qf4 Rxc7 31. Qxf5 *

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.09.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Julio Sadorra"]
[Black "GM Joshua Friedel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "Friedel, Josh"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 Rb8 8.
a4 Bd6 (8... b6) (8... c5) 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 (10. d3 b6 11. Nbd2 c5 12. Nc4
Bc7) 10... c5 (10... b6 11. Nd4 Ne5) 11. d3 b6 12. Ng5 (12. Nd2) 12... Bc7 13.
Be3 h6 14. Nge4 Ng4 {Diagram [#]} (14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4) 15. Bd2 Bb7 (15... Qe7
16. h3 Nge5) 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. h3 Nge5 18. f4 (18. Bf4 Rfc8 (18... g5 19. Bxe5
Nxe5 20. d4) (18... f5 19. Nd2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 g5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Nf3)) 18...
Nc6 19. e3 f5 20. Nf2 Nf6 21. Rde1 (21. Ne2) 21... Kh7 22. e4 {Diagram [#]} Nh5
(22... Nd4 23. Qd1 Qe8 (23... Qd7) 24. Ne2 Nxe2+ 25. Rxe2 Qg6 26. Kh2 Nh5 27.
Nh1) 23. Ne2 Qd7 24. Qd1 (24. Qc4) (24. Bc3) 24... b5 (24... e5 25. Bf3 exf4
26. Bxh5 fxg3 27. Nh1 fxe4 (27... Ne5) 28. Bg4 (28. Nexg3 exd3) 28... Rxf1+ 29.
Rxf1 Qxd3) 25. axb5 axb5 26. Kh2 (26. e5 g5 27. fxg5 Nxe5 28. Bxb7 Rxb7) (26.
Be3 Nd4 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. Qxh5 dxe3 29. Rxe3 Bb6 30. Ree1 Qxd3) 26... e5 (26...
g5 27. fxg5) (26... Nf6) 27. exf5 (27. Bf3 exf4 28. Bxh5 (28. gxf4 Nxf4 (28...
Nf6 29. exf5) 29. Nxf4 (29. Bxf4 Nd4) 29... Nd4 30. Kg2 (30. h4 g5 31. hxg5
hxg5 32. Bh1) 30... g5 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. exd5 Qd6 33. Rg1 g4 34. hxg4 fxg4 35.
Be4+ Kh8) 28... fxg3+ 29. Nxg3 f4 30. Nf5 f3+ 31. Kh1 (31. Ng3 Bxg3+ 32. Kxg3
Qd6+ 33. e5 Nxe5) (31. Kg1 Rxf5) 31... Rxf5 32. Bg4 Nd4) 27... exf4 {Diagram 
[#]} 28. Ne4 (28. Nxf4 Nxf4 29. Bxf4 Bxf4 30. gxf4 Nd4 31. Be4 Nxf5) 28...
fxg3+ (28... Nxg3 29. N2xg3 fxg3+ 30. Kg1) 29. Kh1 (29. Kg1 Ne5) 29... Ne5 30.
Nd4 (30. Nf4 Nxf4 31. Bxf4 Nxd3 32. Bxc7 Bxe4) 30... cxd4 31. Qxh5 Nxd3 32.
Qg6+ Kh8 (32... Kg8) 33. f6 Nxe1 34. Bxh6 Rxf6 (34... gxh6 35. f7 Qc6 36. Rf6
Qc1 37. Rf1 Be5) 35. Rxf6 (35. Nxf6 Qxh3+) 35... Nxg2 (35... Bxe4 36. Bxe4
Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 Qxh6) 36. Bxg7+ Qxg7 37. Qh5+ Qh7 38. Rh6 Bxe4 39. Rxh7+ Bxh7 40.
Kxg2 (40. Qc5 Nf4 41. Qxc7 Be4+ 42. Kg1 Nxh3+ 43. Kf1 g2+) 40... d3 41. Qc5
Be4+ 42. Kf1 g2+ 43. Ke1 Ba5+ {Diagram [#]} 0-1

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.09.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Julio Sadorra"]
[Black "GM Alex Lenderman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[Annotator "Sadorra, Julio"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ (7... e5
8. Bd3 b5 9. cxb5 g5 10. Bg3 Bb7 11. Nge2 Nxd5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Be4 Bxc3 14.
Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxb2 16. Rad1 Ba3 17. Qxd6 Qe7 18. Qc6 Rd8 19. Nc3 O-O 20.
Nd5 Qe6 21. Qxe6 fxe6 22. Ne7+ Kf7 23. Nc6 Ke8 24. Rd3 Bb2 25. Rfd1) 8. bxc3
Qe7 9. Nf3 e5 10. Qc2 g5 11. Bg3 e4 12. Nd2 Nbd7 (12... Bf5) 13. Be2 Kd8 (13...
Nf8 14. h4 Rg8 (14... Ng6) 15. Rb1 (15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Rb1 Ng6) 15... Kd8) 14.
a4 {Diagram [#]} (14. h4 Rg8 (14... Re8)) 14... Ne5 15. O-O (15. Nxe4) 15...
Bf5 16. f4 exf3 17. Qxf5 fxe2 {Diagram [#]} 18. Bxe5 (18. Rf2 Nfd7 19. Rxe2 Kc7
) 18... exf1=Q+ 19. Rxf1 dxe5 20. Qxf6 Qxf6 21. Rxf6 Ke7 22. Ne4 {Diagram [#]}
b6 23. Kf2 Rag8 {Diagram [#]} 24. Kg3 (24. Kf3 h5 25. Rf5 f6 26. Rxf6 (26. d6+
Kd7 27. Nxf6+ Ke6 28. Ke4 Rf8) 26... Rf8) 24... Rg6 (24... h5) 25. d6+ Kf8 26.
Kg4 Rhg8 (26... Kg7 27. Kf5 Rxf6+ (27... Re8 28. d7 Rd8 29. Rxg6+ fxg6+ 30. Ke6
Kf8 31. Nd6) (27... Rd8 28. Rxg6+ fxg6+ 29. Ke6 Kf8 30. d7) 28. Nxf6 Rd8 29.
Kxe5 Kf8 30. g4 a6 (30... Kg7 31. d7 Kg6 32. e4 Kg7 33. Kd6 Kxf6 34. e5+ Kg6
35. Ke7 Rxd7+ 36. Kxd7) 31. e4) 27. h3 (27. Kf5 g4 28. Kxe5 Rxf6 29. Nxf6 Rg5+
30. Ke4 Rg6 31. Ke5 Rg5+) 27... h5+ 28. Kf5 Ke8 29. Kxe5 R8g7 30. Rxg6 Rxg6 31.
Nf6+ Kd8 {Diagram [#]} 32. Kf5 (32. g3 g4 (32... h4 33. g4) 33. h4) 32... g4 (
32... h4 33. e4 g4 34. hxg4 Rh6 35. e5 (35. g5 h3 36. gxh3 Rxh3 37. e5 Rf3+ 38.
Kg4 Re3 39. Kf4 Re1) 35... h3 36. gxh3 Rxh3 37. e6 Rf3+ 38. Ke5 fxe6 (38...
Re3+ 39. Ne4 fxe6 40. g5 Re1 41. g6 Rg1 42. Kf6) 39. Kxe6 Rg3 40. Kf5 Rf3+ 41.
Kg6) 33. h4 g3 34. e4 Kc8 35. e5 Rh6 36. e6 fxe6+ 37. Kxe6 Kd8 38. Kf7 {
Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "US Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Molner, Mackenzie"]
[Black "Schmakel, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "Molner, Mackenzie"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Ne8 8. d4 e4
9. Nfd2 f5 10. Nc3 Nf6 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Nb3 Bf7 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. b5 Ne7 15. d5
Nd7 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. Na4 b6 18. f4 a6 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Nc6 Nxc6 21. bxc6 Qe7
22. Rcd1 Rfd8 23. a4 a5 24. g4 Rd6 25. Kh1 Bxb2 26. Qxb2 Qf6 27. Qc2 Kf8 28.
Rg1 Ke7 29. Rg3 Rg8 30. Rdg1 Rdd8 31. Bf1 Rde8 32. Bh3 {Our game had been a
slow positional struggle up until this point. The game is finally reaching a
breaking point and I needed a way to maximize pressure along the g-file.} Kd6
33. Qc1 {During the game my opponent was in time trouble and my moves may not
have appeared to have a plan at this point but after my next move, my plan
will be clear.} Ke7 34. R1g2 Kd6 35. Qg1 {Diagram # A funny looking position.
I have all of my pieces bottled into one corner of the position but they have
a lot of potential!} Rgf8 (35... fxg4 {This was Black's best defense. It will
still be a difficult defense but once the g-file opens fully, Black doesn't
have much hope.} 36. Bxg4 $16) 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Rg5 Qh6 (37... Bg6 $2 38. Rxg6
hxg6 39. Rxg6 $18) 38. Bxf5 {Black's position is falling apart. There's
nothing that can be done.} Bh5 39. Bg4 Bg6 40. Bd7 Bh5 41. Bxe8 Rxe8 42. Rg7
Re7 (42... Qxg7 43. Rxg7 Bf3+ 44. Qg2 Bxg2+ 45. Kxg2 {This endgame is losing
because of White's threat to mate. Black can't make any productive moves.
White can take the remaining pawns and transition into a winning King and pawn
endgame at any time.}) 43. Qa1 Bf3 44. Qe5+ {Diagram # A very fun way to end
the tournament. When Black takes, Rd7 will be mate. I can honestly say that
the US Open was one of the most fun and successful tournaments that I've ever
played in. I played some very tough opponent's and caught a few breaks
throughout the tournament, but that's usually the case if a tournament goes
very well for you. It felt tragic to lose the armageddon blitz game but I was
proud of the way I played up until that point. I was happy, sad, and a bit
relieved once the tournament was all over. It capped off a great run of
tournaments that I had during the summer, which included earning my final GM
norm at the NY international. I'd like to congratulate Josh Friedel for whole
thing and Julio Sadorra for tying with us. They both had incredible
tournaments. After a much needed break following the end of the summer, I'm
hoping to generate some of the same results in my upcoming tournaments.} 1-0

[Event "Denker"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kevin Zhou"]
[Black "Dipro Chakraborty"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[Annotator "Lawrence, Al"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8.
Bd3 a6 9. O-O d6 10. f4 Be7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qh3 Re8 15.
Rad1 Bf8 16. Rf3 Nb4 17. Qh4 Qd8 18. e5 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 dxe5 20. fxe5 Qe7 {
Diagram [#]} 21. Rxd7 (21. Rh3) 21... Qxd7 (21... Bxd7 22. Rh3 ({Deep Rybka 4
SSE42 x64:} 22. Ne4 Bc6 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. gxf6 Qb4 25. Rf4 Qxf4 26. Qxf4 Bd5
27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. a3 Rac8 29. Nd4 Red8 30. Bd2 Rd7 31. c3 Rcd8 32. Qg3 Rc8 {
[%eval 49,12]}) 22... h6) 22. Rh3 h6 23. gxh6 g6 24. h7+ Kh8 25. Qf6+ Bg7 26.
Bh6 Bxf6 27. exf6 Qa7+ 28. Kf1 Rg8 29. Bg7+ Rxg7 30. fxg7+ Kxg7 31. h8=Q# *

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1857.10.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Louis Paulsen"]
[Black "Paul Morphy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1857.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bb5 d6 (4... Nf6) 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bd7 7.
Nxc6 bxc6 8. Ba4 (8. Bd3) 8... Qf6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qh6 12. Qd3
Ng6 13. Rae1 Ne5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. h3 Kh8 16. Nd1 g5 {Diagram [#]} (16... Rab8) (
16... Qg6) 17. Nf2 Rg8 18. Nd3 g4 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Qf2 Rg6 22.
Qxf7 Be6 23. Qxc7 {at this point Black announced mate in 5.} Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2
Rg8+ 25. Kf3 Qh5+ 26. Kf2 Qh2+ 27. Kf3 Rg3# (27... Qg2#) 0-1

[Event "New Orleans"]
[Site "New Orleans"]
[Date "1857.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "John William Schulten"]
[Black "Paul Morphy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1857.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd6 (5... c6) 6. d4 O-O 7.
Nge2 f3 (7... Ng4) 8. gxf3 Nh5 (8... Re8) 9. h4 (9. O-O) 9... Re8 10. Ne4 Bg3+
(10... Nd7) 11. Kd2 {Diagram [#]} Bd6 12. Kc3 b5 (12... c6) 13. Bxb5 c6 14.
Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Ba4 (15. Bd3) 15... Ba6 16. Re1 Nd7 (16... Qxd5) 17. b3 Nb6 18.
Bxc6 Rac8 19. Kd2 Rxc6 (19... Nxd5) 20. dxc6 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 Qxd4+ 22. Ke1 Qg1+
23. Kd2 Rd8+ 24. Kc3 Qc5+ 25. Kb2 Na4+ 0-1

[Event "Paris, 1858"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.09.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Adolph Anderssen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C39"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1. e4 (1. Nc3) (1. Nf3) (1. d4) 1... e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 (3. Be2) 3... g5 4.
h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Nxg4 (6. Bc4) 6... Nxe4 (6... d5) 7. d3 (7. Qe2) 7... Ng3 {
Diagram [#]} 8. Bxf4 Nxh1 (8... Qe7+) 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Nf6+ Kd8 11. Bxc7+ Kxc7
12. Nd5+ Kd8 13. Nxe7 Bxe7 14. Qg4 (14. Qf3) 14... d6 15. Qf4 Rg8 16. Qxf7
Bxh4+ 17. Kd2 Re8 18. Na3 Na6 19. Qh5 (19. Qf4) 19... Bf6 20. Qxh1 (20. Re1)
20... Bxb2 (20... Bg5+) 21. Qh4+ Kd7 22. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Nunda, NY"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Palmisano, Nathan"]
[Black "Thompson, Garrett"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1131"]
[BlackElo "1612"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2013.08.02"]

1. f4 d5 2. e3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 {Diagram [#]} Nf6 (4... Nh6) 5. O-O O-O 6.
d3 (6. d4) 6... c5 7. Bd2 {Diagram [#]} (7. Ne5 {Diagram [#]}) 7... Ne4 (7...
Nc6) 8. Bc3 (8. dxe4 Bxb2 9. Bc3 Bxa1 10. Bxa1 dxe4 {Diagram [#]} 11. Ng5 (11.
Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Ng5)) (8. dxe4 Bxb2 9. Nc3) (8. Bc1 Nf6 (8... Nd6 9. Nc3)) 8...
Nxc3 9. Nxc3 {Diagram [#]} Bxc3 10. bxc3 c4 11. dxc4 (11. d4) 11... dxc4 12.
Bxc4 {Diagram [#]} (12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxc4) 12... Qc7 {Diagram [#]} 13. Nd2 (
13. Qe2) 13... Rd8 14. Qe1 Nc6 (14... Nd7) 15. Nb3 e5 {Diagram [#]} 16. e4 (16.
Qg3) 16... exf4 17. Rxf4 (17. Bd5) 17... Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Mem."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p4pb1/1p1k4/1R3K2/P5P1/1P1N4/5P2/6r1 b - - 0 55"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2013.08.25"]

{# #} 55... Bc3 56. f4 f6 $6 57. Nf2 $1 Kc6 58. Ne4 a6 59. Nxc3 axb5 60. axb5+
Kd6 (60... Kc5 61. Ne4+ Kxb5 62. Nxf6 Kb4 63. g5 $18) 61. Ne4+ Ke7 62. Nxf6 {
# #} Rd1 (62... Rb1 63. Kg6 Rxb3 64. f5 Rxb5 65. Nh7 {wins}) 63. Kg6 Rd3 64. f5
Rd6 65. g5 Kf8 66. b4 (66. Kh7 Rxf6 67. gxf6 Kf7 68. b4 Kxf6 69. Kg8 {wins})
66... Rd4 67. Kh6 Rh4+ 68. Nh5 Rxb4 69. g6 Rg4 70. f6 Rg1 71. Nf4 Re1 72. Nd5
Rf1 73. Kg5 Rg1+ 74. Kf5 Rf1+ 75. Ke6 Re1+ 76. Kd6 Rf1 77. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open Rapid Qual."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p3rp1/pkp4p/1n2P3/3pR2P/1P1P2P1/2P3B1/6K1 b - - 0 41"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2013.08.25"]

{# #} 41... Kc5 $1 42. Kh2 (42. e6 Re7 43. Kf2) 42... Kb4 43. c4 Nc7 44. Rxd4
Kxb3 45. Bh3 Re7 (45... Kc3 $1 46. e6 Nxe6 47. Bxe6 Kxd4 48. Bxf7 a5) 46. e6
Nxe6 47. Re4 Kc3 48. Rxe6 $2 (48. c5) 48... Rxe6 49. Bxe6 {# #} c5 (49... b5
$19) (49... a5) 50. Kh3 Kxd3 51. Kg4 (51. Kg2 a5 52. Bd7 Kxc4) 51... a5 52. Kf5
a4 53. Kg6 a3 54. Kxg7 a2 55. Kxh6 a1=Q 56. Kg6 Qe1 57. Bf5+ Kxc4 58. h5 Qxg3+
59. Kf6 Qf4 60. Kg6 Kd4 0-1

[Event "41st GM Dortmund"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Caruana, F."]
[Black "Adams, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.08.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. g4 $6 Ne7 12. Ng5 Be8 13. f4 h5 $1 {# #
} 14. Kf2 (14. Kg2 $5) 14... b6 (14... hxg4) 15. f5 Kb7 16. Nc3 (16. c4 $5) (
16. Kg3 $5) 16... hxg4 $1 17. hxg4 Rh2+ 18. Kg3 Rxc2 19. Nh7 c5 20. Nxf8 Bc6 {
# #} 21. f6 $2 (21. Nd7 $5) (21. Nh7 Rg2+ 22. Kf4 Rh8 23. Ng5 Rh4 $1 $19) (21.
Bg5 Rg2+ $11) 21... Rg2+ 22. Kf4 gxf6 23. exf6 Rf2+ 24. Ke3 (24. Ke5 Re8) (24.
Kg5 Rxf8 25. fxe7 Rg8+ 26. Kh4 Rg2) 24... Rxf6 25. Nh7 Rf3+ 26. Kd2 Rd8+ 27.
Kc2 (27. Ke2 Rh8) 27... Rxc3+ 28. bxc3 Ba4+ 29. Kb2 Rxd1 30. Bg5 Nc6 31. Rxd1
Bxd1 32. Bf4 Bxg4 33. Nf6 Bf3 34. Ne8 Na5 35. Nxc7 Bc6 36. Kc2 Kc8 37. Kd3 Kd7
38. Kc2 Nc4 39. Na6 Bb7 40. Nb8+ Kc8 41. Kd3 b5 0-1

[Event "St.Petersburg Rapid Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7R/8/4r3/4B3/4K3/8/4k3/8 w - - 0 73"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2013.08.25"]

{# #} 73. Rh2+ Ke1 (73... Kf1 $2 74. Kf3 $1 Ke1 75. Bf4) 74. Kf4 Re8 75. Bc3+
Kd1 76. Kf3 Re6 77. Bd4 Kc1 78. Be3+ Kb1 (78... Kd1 $2 79. Rd2+ Ke1 80. Rd5 (
80. Rc2 $2 Rd6 $11)) 79. Rd2 Rc6 80. Ke4 Rc2 81. Rd1+ Kb2 82. Bd4+ Kb3 83. Kd3
{# #} Rg2 (83... Rh2 $2) (83... Rc6) (83... Rc7) (83... Rc8) 84. Rb1+ Ka2 $1
85. Rb8 Rg3+ $2 {Diagram [#]} (85... Rg6 $1 86. Kc2 Ka3 (86... Rg2+ $2) 87. Bc3
Rg4 $11 {Szen position}) 86. Kc4 Rh3 87. Rb2+ Ka3 88. Rb1 Rh2 89. Rb8 Ka2 90.
Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "2011 Colorado Chess Festival"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brian Wall"]
[Black "Damian Nash"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "Wall, Brian"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 Bf5 4. Ng3 Bg6 5. h4 h6 6. d4 e6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8.
N1e2 c6 9. Nf4 Bh7 10. O-O Nd5 11. Re1 Be7 12. Ngh5 Rg8 {Diagram [#]} 13. Rxe6
fxe6 14. Nxe6 Qc8 (14... Qd6 15. Nhxg7+ Kd7 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Kc8 18. c4
Nf6 19. Bxh6) 15. Nhxg7+ Kf7 16. Bxh6 Bf6 17. Qf3 Rxg7 18. Nxg7 Qd8 19. Re1 {
Diagram [#]} b5 20. Bb3 a5 21. Ne6 Qd7 22. Nf4 Ra7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Re8+ Qxe8
25. Qxe8# 1-0

