[Event "Ukrainian Championship"]
[Site "Kiev UKR"]
[Date "2013.06.19"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Valery Neverov"]
[Black "Stanislav Bogdanovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "420"]
[EventDate "2013.06.15"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qb3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. a4 Bb7 13. Qa3 c5 14. a5 Nd7 15.
Be2 e5 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Kf8 18. Qb2 exd4 19. cxd4 Qf6 20. h3 Kg8 21. Qb3
cxd4 22. exd4 Nf8 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. d5 Ng6 26. g3 Rd6 27. Bc4 Bb7
28. Re1 Qf5 29. Nd4 Qxh3 30. Qf3 Qd7 31. Nb5 Bxd5 32. Qd1 Re6 33. Rf1 Re5 34.
Nc3 Bc6 35. Qxd7 Bxd7 36. Rd1 Nf8 37. Nd5 b5 38. Bf1 Be6 39. Nc7 Bc4 40. Rb1
Ne6 41. Nxb5 Bxf1 42. Kxf1 Rd5 43. Nc3 Rd7 44. Kg2 g6 45. Rd1 Rb7 46. Nd5 Kg7
47. Ne3 Rb2 48. Rc1 h5 49. Rc2 Rb1 50. Rc4 Rb5 51. Nc2 Rd5 52. Ne3 Ra5 53. Rc2
Re5 54. Ra2 Re4 55. Ra7 Rd4 56. Ra2 h4 57. Rc2 hxg3 58. fxg3 Rd3 59. Nf1 Ra3
60. Rb2 Nd4 61. Rd2 Nf5 62. Rf2 Rb3 63. Rf3 Rb1 64. Rf2 Rc1 65. Rf3 Re1 66. Kf2
Rb1 67. Kg2 Ra1 68. Rf2 Nd6 69. Re2 Rc1 70. Ra2 Ne4 71. Re2 Nc5 72. Ra2 Re1 73.
Rb2 Ne4 74. Ra2 Kf6 75. Ra6+ Ke5 76. Ra5+ Kd4 77. Ra4+ Kd5 78. Ra5+ Kc4 79.
Ra4+ Kc3 80. Ra3+ Kd4 81. Ra4+ Kd5 82. Ra5+ Nc5 83. Ra2 Nd3 84. Ra5+ Kc4 85.
Ra4+ Kc5 86. Ra5+ Kb4 87. Ra7 Ne5 88. Ra2 Kc5 89. Rc2+ Kd6 90. Rd2+ Ke6 91. Ra2
Nc4 92. Kf2 Rc1 93. Ne3 Nd6 94. Kg2 f6 95. Re2 Kf7 96. Ra2 Rb1 97. Nf1 Rb3 98.
Re2 Nf5 99. Ra2 Kg7 100. Ra7+ Kh6 101. Ra2 Kg5 102. Rd2 Rc3 103. Ra2 Rd3 104.
Ra5 Rb3 105. Ra2 Kh6 106. Rd2 Ra3 107. Rb2 Nd6 108. Rd2 Nc4 109. Rc2 Ne5 110.
Rf2 Kg7 111. Rb2 Rc3 112. Rb7+ Kh6 113. Rb2 Rd3 114. Ra2 Rb3 115. Kg1 Rb6 116.
Kg2 Rd6 117. Kg1 Rc6 118. Kg2 Rc1 119. Ne3 Re1 120. Kf2 Nd3+ 121. Kf3 Rb1 122.
Kg2 Rb5 123. Ng4+ Kg5 124. Ne3 Ne5 125. Nf1 Rb3 126. Nd2 Re3 127. Nf1 Rd3 128.
Nh2 Nc4 129. Nf1 Rc3 130. Re2 Kh6 131. Ra2 Nd6 132. Rd2 Ne4 133. Re2 Nc5 134.
Ra2 Kg5 135. Re2 Ra3 136. Rc2 Ne4 137. Re2 f5 138. Rb2 Ra1 139. Rc2 Kf6 140.
Rc6+ Kf7 141. Rc7+ Ke6 142. Rc6+ Nd6 143. Rc2 Kd5 144. Rd2+ Ke5 145. Rb2 Ne4
146. Nd2 Nd6 147. Nf3+ Kf6 148. Nd2 Rd1 149. Ra2 Ke6 150. Nf1 Ne4 151. Ra6+ Kf7
152. Ra7+ Kf6 153. Ra6+ Kg5 154. Ra2 Re1 155. Nh2 Kf6 156. Nf1 Ke5 157. Ra5+
Kd4 158. Ra4+ Kc5 159. Ra2 Kb4 160. Rc2 Kb3 161. Rc6 Re2+ 162. Kg1 g5 163. Rc8
Kb4 164. Rf8 Nd6 165. Rg8 g4 166. Nh2 Nc4 167. Nxg4 fxg4 168. Rxg4 Kc3 169. Rf4
Ne3 170. Rf8 Kd3 171. Rf7 Rg2+ 172. Kh1 Rxg3 173. Kh2 Rg5 174. Kh3 Nf5 175. Ra7
Ke4 176. Ra4+ Kf3 177. Ra3+ Ne3 178. Kh4 Rb5 179. Rc3 Kf4 180. Ra3 Re5 181.
Ra4+ Kf3 182. Ra3 Rb5 183. Rc3 Kf4 184. Ra3 Nf5+ 185. Kh3 Rb4 186. Kg2 Ne3+
187. Kh3 Kf3 188. Ra8 Rf4 189. Ra3 Re4 190. Ra8 Nd5 191. Ra3+ Ne3 192. Ra8 Re5
193. Rf8+ Nf5 194. Ra8 Re3 195. Rf8 Ke4+ 196. Kh2 Kf4 197. Rf7 Kg4 198. Kg1 Rf3
199. Rf8 Rf4 200. Rg8+ Kh3 201. Rh8+ Nh4 202. Ra8 Kg3 203. Rg8+ Kf3 204. Ra8
Nf5 205. Rf8 Ke2 {Diagram [#]} 206. Kh2 Kf2 207. Rh8 Rg4 208. Rh7 Rg2+ 209. Kh3
Rg3+ 210. Kh2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1910.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Roesch"]
[Black "Willi Schlage"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1910.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nf4 11. Qe4 Nxe5 12. Qxa8 Qd3 13. Bd1 Bh3 {Diagram [#]
The position after 13...Bh3, and the ones that follow, were used in Stanley
Kubrick's movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" for the game between Frank Poole and
the HAL-9000 computer.} 14. Qxa6 Bxg2 15. Re1 Qf3 16. Bxf3 Nxf3# 0-1

[Event "Skopje ol (Men) prel"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cuellar Gacharna, Miguel"]
[Black "Donner, Jan-Hein"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "242"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb5 b6 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15.
c4 Ng6 16. g3 Bc8 17. Kg2 Ne8 18. Bb2 f6 19. Nd2 Nd6 20. Ba4 Bd7 21. Bxd7 Qxd7
22. a4 Nh8 23. Nb1 Nhf7 24. Nc3 Nb7 25. Nb1 Nbd6 26. Ra3 a6 27. Nc3 Nb7 28.
Rfa1 Nbd6 29. Rb3 Rab8 30. Ba3 Rb7 31. Rab1 Rfb8 32. Bc1 h6 33. Be3 Qc7 34. h4
Qd7 35. R3b2 Qc7 36. f3 Qd7 37. Bf2 Qc7 38. Rc2 Qd7 39. Rcc1 Qc7 40. Nd1 Qd7
41. Ra1 Rc8 42. Nb2 Rbb8 43. Nd3 a5 44. g4 Qc7 45. Bg3 Re8 46. Qc2 Rb7 47. Re1
Qc8 48. Rab1 Qd7 49. Rb2 Reb8 50. Nf2 Re8 51. Reb1 Qc7 52. Nd1 Qd8 53. Qe2 Qc7
54. Nc3 Qd8 55. Qd3 Kf8 56. Bf2 Qc7 57. Be3 Rbb8 58. Kf2 Ke7 59. Ke2 Kd7 60.
Kd2 Qa7 61. Kc2 Qa6 62. Nb5 Nxb5 63. Rxb5 Nd6 64. Bxc5 Nxb5 65. axb5 Qb7 66.
Ba3 Rec8 67. Kb3 Rh8 68. h5 Rhe8 69. Rc1 Red8 70. Rd1 Ke8 71. d6 Rd7 72. Qf1
Kf7 73. Rd5 Kg8 74. Qd3 a4+ 75. Kc2 Qa7 76. Qc3 Qa8 77. Rd1 Kh7 78. Rd5 Kg8 79.
Kd3 Rbd8 80. Ke3 Kh7 81. Ke2 Kg8 82. Qd3 Qb8 83. Kd2 Qa8 84. Kc3 Rc8 85. Kb2
Qa7 86. Qc2 Qa5 87. Rd1 Qa8 88. Qd3 Rcd8 89. Ra1 Ra7 90. Kc3 Rc8 91. Rb1 Rd7
92. Rd1 Qa5+ 93. Kb2 Qa8 94. Bb4 Kh8 95. Ka3 Kg8 96. Rc1 Kh8 97. c5 bxc5 98.
Rxc5 Rxc5 99. Bxc5 Qa5 100. Qc4 Qd2 101. Qb4 Qd3+ 102. Kxa4 Rd8 103. Ka5 Qe2
104. Kb6 Qa2 105. Qa3 Qg8 106. Qd3 Rb8+ 107. Ka5 Ra8+ 108. Kb4 Qa2 109. Bb6
Ra4+ 110. Kc5 Rd4 {Diagram [#]} 111. Qxd4 exd4 112. d7 Qa3+ 113. Kc6 (113. Kd5)
113... Qa8+ 114. Kc7 d3 115. Be3 d2 116. Bxd2 Qa7+ 117. Kc6 Qa8+ 118. Kc7 Qa7+
119. Kc6 Qa8+ 120. Kd6 Qb8+ 121. Kc6 Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "17th RSFSR Ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar, USSR"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Yuri M Kotkov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nc3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 Bf6 10. Re3 g6 11. Qf3 Bg7 12. b3 Ne8 13. Ba3 d6 14. Rae1 Nf6
15. h3 Nd7 16. Nd5 f5 17. Nxc7 Qxc7 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. Re8 Nf6 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21.
Bb2 Bg7 22. Bc4 Bd7 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qf7 Qd8 {Diagram [#]} 25. Re8+ Qxe8 26.
Qxf6# 1-0

[Event "URS-ch sf"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Bd3 Nc4 16. b3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Ne5 18. Bb2 Rfe8 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Bb1
Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Qc5 23. Qd2 d5 24. f4 Ng6 25. e5 Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Kh1 f6 28.
exf6 Qh5 29. fxg7 Bxg7 30. Qe3 Nh4 31. Rc1 Qg6 32. Rg1 Bxd4 33. Qxd4 Nf5 34.
Qd1 e3 35. Be5 e2 36. Qe1 Ng3+ 37. Kh2 Nf1+ 38. Kh1 {Diagram [#]} Qg3 39. Qxg3+
Nxg3+ 40. Kh2 Nf1+ 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Genrikh Kasparian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O
Nd7 9. Qe2 d4 10. Nb1 e5 11. d3 Ne7 12. f4 Qc7 13. a4 O-O 14. f5 f6 15. Nd2 Bh6
16. Kh2 Kh8 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Nf3 Bxc1 19. Raxc1 Nc5 20. c3 Nb3 21. Rcd1 Rad8
22. Nh4 Qc8 23. Bf3 Qe6 24. Bg4 Qf7 25. Nf3 Qg8 26. h4 Kg7 27. Rf2 Rd6 28. Rdf1
Rdd8 29. Qc2 b6 30. h5 c5 31. hxg6 dxc3 32. bxc3 c4 33. d4 exd4 34. cxd4 Nxd4
35. Nxd4 Rxd4 36. e5 f5 37. Bxf5 Qd5 38. Be6 Rh8+ 39. Bh3 Nxg6 40. Rf7+ Kh6 {
Diagram [#]} 41. Qxg6+ Kxg6 42. R1f6+ Kg5 43. Rf5+ Kg6 44. R7f6+ Kh7 (44... Kg7
45. Rg5+ Kh7 46. Bf5#) 45. Rh5+ Kg7 46. Rg5+ Kh7 47. Bf5# 1-0

[Event "Sochi 28th RSFSR ch"]
[Site "Sochi 28th RSFSR ch"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Bd3 Ng4 10. Nge2 Qh4 11. Ng3 Nge5 12. O-O f5 13. f3 Bh6 14. Qd1 f4 15.
Nge2 g5 16. Nd5 g4 17. g3 fxg3 18. hxg3 Qh3 19. f4 Be6 20. Bc2 Rf7 21. Kf2 Qh2+
22. Ke3 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nb4 24. Rh1 Rxf4 25. Rxh2 Rf3+ 26. Kd4 Bg7 27. a4 c5+ 28.
dxc6 bxc6 29. Bd3 Nexd3+ 30. Kc4 {Diagram [#]} d5+ 31. exd5 cxd5+ 32. Kb5 Rb8+
33. Ka5 Nc6+ 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Alexey Suetin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Bc4 a6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. e5 Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. exd6 Qe5+ 12. Kf1 Qxd6 13. Qf3 f5 14. Rd1
Qc7 15. g4 fxg4 16. Qxg4 Bb7 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Be7 19. Ne4 Bc8 20. Nf6+
Kf8 {Diagram [#]} 21. Rd7 Bxd7 22. Nxd7+ Ke8 23. Nf6+ Kd8 (23... Kf8 24. Rg1)
24. Ke2 Qd6 25. Rd1 Qxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Bxf6 27. Qxf6+ Kc7 28. Qe7+ Kb6 29. c4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch21 Kiev ,URS-ch"]
[Site "URS-ch21 Kiev ,URS-ch"]
[Date "1954.01.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andre Lilienthal"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Ng3
e6 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. h4 Ne5 11. Be2 a6 12. h5 Qe7 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bg5 b5 15.
cxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Nf7 17. Qd2 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. O-O Bb7 20. a4 Qd7 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Qc2 Kg7 23. Bh5 Nh8 24. Ra3 Be5 25. Bxg6 Nxg6 26. Nh5+ Kh6 27. Rh3
Qxh3 28. gxh3 Kxh5 29. Qxc5 Rf3 30. Nd4 Rxh3 31. Ne2 Nf4 32. Nxf4+ Bxf4 33. Kg2
{Diagram [#]} Rc8 (33... Rg8+ 34. Kxh3 Bc8+ 35. Qxc8 Rxc8) 34. Qb6 (34. Qe7)
34... Rg8+ 35. Kxh3 Bc8+ 0-1

[Event "Exhibition Game"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1913.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Jacques Mieses"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1913.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 O-O {Diagram [#]} 7. Be2
e6 8. O-O (8. dxe6) 8... exd5 9. exd5 (9. cxd5) 9... Ne8 (9... Re8) 10. Re1 Bg4
11. Ng5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 (12. Bxg4 Bxe1) 12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Ng7 (13... f6 14. Ne6
) 14. Ne4 f6 (14... Nd7 15. Nxd6) (14... Re8 15. Bg5) 15. Bf4 (15. Bh6) 15...
Ne8 (15... Re8 16. Qf3 Nf5 17. Nxf6+) 16. Bh6 Ng7 (16... Rf7 17. Ng5 fxg5 18.
Qxe8+) 17. Rad1 Na6 (17... Nd7 18. Nxd6) (17... Re8 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxe8+
Nxe8 20. Rxe8+ Kf7 21. Rf8+ Ke7 22. Re1+ Qe5 23. Rxe5+ dxe5) 18. Rd3 f5 (18...
Qd7 19. Re3 Rae8 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Qxe8+ Qxe8 23. Rxe8+) 19.
Ng5 (19. Bg5 fxe4 20. Bxd8 exd3) 19... Nc7 (19... Re8 20. Re3) 20. Qe7 Qxe7 (
20... Nce8 21. Rh3) 21. Rxe7 Nce8 (21... Nge8) 22. Rh3 (22. Rxb7) 22... f4 23.
Bxg7 (23. Nxh7 Kxh7 (23... Rf7) 24. Bxg7+) 23... Nxg7 24. Rxh7 Nf5 25. Re6 (25.
Rxb7) 25... Rfe8 26. Rxg6+ Kf8 (26... Ng7 27. Rhxg7+) 27. Rf7# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I "]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/5p1p/6p1/5q2/3p2n1/3N1P2/6P1/3Q1RK1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Ne3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II "]
[Black "Consecutive Captures"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rq1r1k/p5pp/1p1p2n1/2pP1pB1/P1P1N3/3R4/2Q2PPP/6K1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "4"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... fxe4 2. Bxd8 exd3 3. Qxd3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem III"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/1p6/8/8/8/8/r3r3/1R3RK1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rg2+ 2. Kh1 Rh2+ 3. Kg1 Rag2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem IV"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/8/4kr2/5nRK/R7 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rh3+ 2. Kg1 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem V"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/6pp/7r/8/8/7b/Pr4N1/R4R1K b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Bxg2+ 2. Kg1 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem VI"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/4n3/8/6k1/r7/1R2R1K1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nf3+ 2. Kh1 (2. Kf1 Rf2#) 2... Rh2# 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.09.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Finegold, Ben"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1rk1/5p2/p5pp/2N2n2/q7/2P2P2/4Q1PP/3RR1K1 b - - 0 30"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]

{Diagram [#]} 30... Qb5 $4 {I think both players were thinking it was drawtown,
but Levon relaxed a little too early, and missed a simple tactic. 30...Qc6
draws confortably.} (30... Qc6) 31. Qxb5 axb5 32. Nd7 $1 {Oops! Now the
normal32..Rfe8 just loses to 33.Nf6+ forking the king and rook, so white is
just an exchange ahead.} Rxd7 (32... Rfe8 33. Nf6+) 33. Rxd7 Ra8 34. Kf2 Ra6
35. g4 Nh4 36. f4 Rc6 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Ree7 Rf6 39. Kg3 g5 40. f5 {Good
technique by Hikaru, making the Nh4 totally ineffective and offsides.} h5 41.
Re6 (41. Re6 hxg4 42. Rxf6 Kxf6 43. Kxg4 Nxf5 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. Kxf5 {is an
easy win for white.}) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.09.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Finegold, Ben"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O
Bb4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 {This is an odd move, but I suppose it is fine. Black normally
would wait for white to force events with a3.} 10. Bxc3 O-O 11. a4 Nbd7 12. a5
Ne4 13. Bb4 Re8 14. Rac1 h5 {Diagram [#] During the live commentary, Ian
Rogers went for a break about 3 minutes before Gata played this move. I was in
complete shock! When Ian came back, I asked what he thought, and he had the
same reaction as I. Later that day I spoke to all the commentators, and they
all felt the same way. Gata was certainly in an aggressive mood this event!
This seems quite weakening, but Magnus's slow and unsure play makes this move
look great!} 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qe2 {The beginning of Magnus's
ineffective play.} Nf6 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. h3 Rad8 20. b3 Rd7 21. Rc2 Qd8 22. Rcc1
$6 {Diagram [#] What? Magnus isn't doing anything, and now black is completely
equal.} h4 23. Be1 Ne4 24. Qg4 g5 {I think 24...f5 is more accurate, but black
should still be fine here.} (24... f5) 25. cxd5 f5 $1 26. Qf3 cxd5 $6 {This is
playable, but black is at least equal after 26...Rxd5! and the "c" file is
sealed off.} (26... Rxd5) 27. Rc2 Rg7 28. Rdc1 Nf6 $2 {Diagram [#] Retreating
the knight to a worse square! Now Magnus is clearly on top. Black was totally
fine after 28...g4!} (28... g4) 29. Qd1 $1 {Magnus's play with nothing special
the first 28 moves. Now, however, he plays like a super machine on a good day!
I have nothing but the highest praise for the way white plays the remainder of
the game. The Qf3 retreats to d1 to prepare the later f3!} g4 30. f3 $1 gxh3 {
Now we see why 29. Qd1 and not 29. Qe2? The g2 pawn is defended by the Rc2.}
31. Bxh4 Kf7 32. Qe1 $1 {Very impressive. Defending a5, and now the white
queen has access to either flank.} hxg2 33. Rc7+ Re7 34. Bxf6 $1 Kxf6 35. Rc8
Qd6 36. Qh4+ Kf7 37. Qh5+ Rg6 38. f4 $1 Qa3 {Diagram [#] Magnus thought black
would resign, but said he missed 38...Qa3. Now white can't swing his c8 rook
to g8 or h8 since the c1 rook hangs. Still, Magnus finds the win.} 39. Qh8 Rg7
40. Qh5+ Rg6 41. Qh8 Rg7 42. Qf8+ Kg6 43. Kxg2 $1 {Now the Rc1 has g1 and h1
to surround the black king.} Rgf7 44. Qd8 Rh7 45. Rg1 Qa2+ 46. Kf3+ $1 {
Diagram [#]} (46. Kf1+ $2 Kf6 {is just a draw!}) 46... Kf6 47. Qg8 Rh3+ 48. Rg3
Rxg3+ 49. Qxg3 {Just incredible accuracy from Magnus once he was winning.} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.09.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Kamsky, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Finegold, Ben"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Re1 Qb8 {This is rare with 9...Bc5 being the main line. Who was
the best player to play 9...Qb8 previously? Nakamura!} (9... Bc5) 10. a4 b4 11.
Nd5 {Diagram [#]} Bd6 12. Qh5 Ne7 {Both players got to this position playing
very rapidly. Now they start to slow down. White has to be better, with his
more active pieces.} 13. Nxe7 Bxe7 14. b3 a5 {Ian and I did not like this move
during our live commentary. This is slow, and gives white time to start a nice
attack.} 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. e5 {Black is in a lot of trouble.} Rg8
18. g3 Rg5 {Diagram [#]} 19. Qh6 $1 {This is much better than taking on h7. I
thought Kamsky would lose quickly, but he is incredibly resourceful!} Rxe5 20.
Qxf6 Rh5 21. Be4 {Probably not the best. Simply bringing the Ra1 to the center
with Rad1 gives white a clear advantage.} Qd8 22. Qf3 Rc5 23. Qe3 $2 (23. Bxc6
Rxc6 24. Re4 {Gives white a nice edge. Now it's about equal.}) 23... Qe7 $2 (
23... Re5 $1 24. Qd4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Bxe4 26. Qxe4 h6 {This is equal according
to the engines, but, for some reason, both players liked white here.}) 24. Bxh7
f5 25. Bg6+ Kd8 {Diagram [#] 25...Kf8 was also possible. Both sides are
playing for a win!} (25... Kf8) 26. Rac1 Kc7 27. Bh5 e5 $2 {Time trouble was
approaching, and even though Hikaru had less time, he was able to keep a cool
head.} (27... Qd6 $14) 28. f4 $6 (28. c3 $1 {The point of Rac1!}) 28... Qd6 29.
Rf1 exf4 30. Qxf4 Be4 (30... Qxf4 31. Rxf4 Be4 32. Bf3 d5 {should be a draw...
but Kamsky wants to win!}) 31. Qf2 Rc3 32. Be2 {Diagram [#]} Kb7 $2 {Played
after long thought, but not a good move. Instead 32...Bb7 or 32...Qh6 should
maintain a dynamic equality.} (32... Bb7) (32... Qh6) 33. Rcd1 $1 Qe6 34. Bc4
$1 d5 35. Qc5 $1 {Hikaru plays perfectly with little time on his clock!} Rd8 $2
(35... Qc6 36. Qxd5 $3 Rxc2 37. Qf7+ Kb6 38. Rf2 $16) 36. Qxa5 $1 {Diagram [#]}
Rxc2 37. Rf2 $1 Rxf2 38. Qxd8 Rg2+ 39. Kf1 Rb2 40. Bxd5+ Bxd5 41. Qxd5+ Qxd5
42. Rxd5 {Hikaru played amazingly well in time trouble, and now has a winning
endgame. Gata has seen enough....} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.09.11"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Finegold, Ben"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O Rb8 {
Nakamura is never timid, and plays a sharp King's Indian against Magnus. At
this point, Hikaru was 2-0 in the event!} 8. Bf4 a6 9. Rc1 h6 10. b3 g5 $5 {
Diagram [#] Super sharp play from Hikaru. Magnus is up to the challenge.} 11.
d5 {11.Bd2 leaves d4 weak, and 11.Be3 Ng4 looks good for black, so Magnus more
or less needs to play 11.d5} (11. Bd2) (11. Be3 Ng4) 11... gxf4 12. dxc6 fxg3
13. hxg3 b5 $5 {Again, Hikaru plays the most challenging move. The engines
like white, but as Shabalov would say 'black's dynamic potential is through
the roof!'} 14. cxb5 {Engines prefer 14. Qd3! trying to keep black bottled up.}
(14. Qd3) 14... axb5 15. b4 d5 16. Qd3 Qd6 {Diagram [#] And Chess Life just
asked me to review the book "Pawn Structure Chess" ... sigh....} 17. Nd4 Qxb4
18. a4 $1 {Many times during the event, the engines would suggest "computer"
moves that humans would never consider... then... Magnus would play those
moves!} Ne4 19. Ndxb5 Nxc3 20. Nxc3 Bxc3 $1 {Is GM Eddie Gufeld turning in his
grave at this voluntary relinquishing of the King's Indian bishop! But, again,
the dynamism of the position demands calculation and the capture of many pawns!
} 21. Rxc3 $1 (21. Qxc3) 21... Bf5 {Diagram [#]} 22. Qxd5 Qxc3 23. Qxf5 {
Hikaru thought Magnus's decision to sacrifice the exchange instead of trading
queens with 21. Qxc3 was absolutely correct.} Rfd8 24. Bf3 {Black has a very
difficult task winning with his extra material. White is super solid and his a
strong c6 pawn.} Ra8 25. Qe4 Qf6 26. Qb4 Ra7 27. Kg2 Rda8 28. Qg4+ Kf8 29. Qd7
e6 30. Rd1 Qe5 31. Rh1 Kg7 {Better chances were offered by 31...Rxa4. Hikaru
later said this was his last chance to play for a win.} (31... Rxa4 32. Rxh6 $6
Rd4 $1 33. Rh5 Rxd7 34. Rxe5 Rd4 {with some winning chances.}) 32. Rb1 Rxa4 33.
Rb7 R4a7 34. Qe7 Rxb7 35. cxb7 Rb8 36. Qd7 c5 37. Qc6 Kf6 38. Kh2 Ke7 39. Kg2
f5 40. Qc8 Qd6 41. e3 Kf6 42. Kh2 {Diagram [#] Yasser Seirawan was quite
perturbed with Hikaru's draw offer here. He thought black had good winning
chances. Yasser and I looked at it the next day outside the chess club, and I
eventually agreed that black has chances. Black has a lot of ideas of running
around with his king and trying to advance the c5 pawn. But Hikaru, like the
chess engines, thought it was just equal... so....} h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Aronian, L."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Finegold, Ben"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4b3/6k1/4p2p/5ppP/2N2N2/8/5PP1/1B4K1 b - - 0 44"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]

{Diagram [#]} 44... gxf4 45. g3 {Most things should win for white. Personally
I don't like this method, but, I'm not Aronian!} fxg3 46. f4 Bxh5 47. Kg2 Kf6
48. Kxg3 {This *should* be winning for white, although, during the live
commentary, Ian and I could not see anything clear. Both players thought this
was not diffcult, but, I wonder.....} Be8 49. Kh4 Bb5 50. Ne5 Be8 51. Bc2 Ke7
52. Bd1 Kf6 53. Bf3 Ba4 54. Bc6 $1 {I like getting the black bishop away from
e8.} Bd1 55. Bd7 Be2 56. Ba4 {Black has run out of bishop moves due to Levon's
nice maneuvers. Now 56...Ba6, for example, allows the white king to penetrate
via Kh5.} Ke7 (56... Ba6) 57. Bb3 Kd6 58. Kg3 Bh5 59. Kf2 {Levon tries to
penetrate with his king in the center.} Bg4 $2 (59... Be8 $1) 60. Ke3 (60. Nxg4
$1 fxg4 61. Kg3 h5 62. Bc2 $1 {with the idea of Bg6 wins easily.}) 60... h5 {
Diagram [#]} 61. Nf7+ $1 (61. Nf7+ Ke7 62. Ng5 {wins e6. Nice technique,
although Hikaru made things a bit easier with 59..Bg4?}) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2013"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.09.15"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2862"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Finegold, Ben"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2013.09.09"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 {Diagram [#] Levon played 10...Nxe5 against Hikaru
in round 1. Now he tries another method, which he has also played before. I
think this way is the best.} (10... Nxe5) 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nbd2 h6 13. a5 Bc5
14. Bc4 Ng4 15. Re2 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. h3 Nf6 {Black has no diffculties at
all. Unfortunately, he needs to win to hope for a tie for first! Magnus just
wants a draw, and he wins the tournament.} 18. Re1 Rab8 19. Nc4 Rb5 20. b3 Bd4
{White is stuck defending a5 and black has possibilities to improve his
position, and white has to just wait.} 21. Bb2 Rc5 22. Ra2 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Ne8
24. Ra2 Nd6 25. Nfd2 Nb7 $2 {This move is ok, but the plan Levon starts is not.
Best was 25..Nb5 and try to infiltrate on c3 and d4. The idea of winning the
a5 pawn is bad, since black gets completely tied down.} (25... Nb5) 26. Nf3 Kf7
27. Kf1 Kf6 28. Ra4 Nbxa5 $2 29. Ne3 $1 {Diagram [#] Now black has trouble
moving his knights.} h5 30. Rea1 Rd4 31. Ne1 $1 {Magnus always finds these
computer moves! Now white has no trouble at all, and the game should be a draw.
But Levon needs to win, and as a result, goes too far!} Ke7 (31... Rxe4 32. Nd3
Rb5 33. c4 $3 {is the tactical justification of 31.Ne1!!}) 32. f3 Rd2 {Gata
came to analyze with us after his draw with Hikaru, and he opined here that he
prefered white!} 33. Rd1 Rd6 34. Rda1 Kd7 35. Nd1 Rd2 36. Nf2 Kc8 37. Nfd3 Rb5
38. h4 Kb7 39. R1a2 Ka7 40. Kg1 Kb6 41. Kf1 g6 42. Kg1 Kb7 43. Kf1 Kc8 44. Nf2
Rd8 $2 45. Ned3 {White was content with a draw, and we could see from the last
few moves, but after this voluntary rook retreat, Magnus started to play for a
win!} Kb7 46. Ke2 Kb6 47. Ke3 Kb7 48. Nd1 Kc8 49. N1b2 Rd6 50. Ra1 {Diagram [#]
} Kd8 $4 51. Nc4 {50...Kd8?? trapped the rook on d6, and now Levon needs to go
through contortions to avoid big material loss. Levon offered a draw (and
clear first to Magnus) somewhere between moves 43-47, but Magnus wanted to win!
} Nxc4+ 52. bxc4 Rb8 53. c5 Rd7 54. Rxa6 {Black cannot avoid losing lots of
pawns and/or a piece.} b3 (54... Nd4 55. Ra8 $1 Nxc2+ (55... Rxa8 56. Rxa8+ Ke7
57. Nxe5 Nxc2+ 58. Ke2 {And the Rd7 has nowhere safe to go!}) 56. Kd2 Rxa8 57.
Rxa8+ Ke7 58. Kxc2) 55. Rxc6 bxc2 56. Ne1 Ke7 57. Nxc2 {Diagram [#] Levon
plays the rest out of frustration, but the result is no longer in doubt.} Rb3+
58. Ke2 Rb2 59. Rc1 Ra2 60. Ke3 Kf7 61. f4 Kf6 62. fxe5+ Kxe5 63. Ne1 Ra3+ 64.
Kf2 Rd2+ 65. Kf1 Rd7 66. Nf3+ Kf4 67. Rxe6 g5 68. hxg5 Kg3 69. Rf6 Ra2 70. Ne5
1-0

[Event "U.S. Masters Championship"]
[Site "Greensboro, NC"]
[Date "2013.09.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Friedel,Joshua"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2013.08.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.30"]

{Rather than take a quick draw in the last round and grab a beer, Mamedov goes
for clear first and manages to get there after a long, grinding win. While
Macieja had his chances to hold, it is never easy to stand up to continuous
pressure, and Mamedov applied it expertly.} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3
Bh5 5. d4 e6 6. exd5 cxd5 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 Bb4 9. Ne5 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd3
Ne7 12. Bd2 Nbc6 13. Ne2 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Qd6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. f4 Nb4 17. Kb1
Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rh6 19. Rh3 Kb8 20. Qe3 Nc6 21. Nc3 Rhh8 22. Qf2 Rhe8 23. Rg3 Re7
24. Re3 Na5 25. b3 Nc6 26. Qg3 a6 27. Na4 e5 28. dxe5 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rxe5 30.
Rde1 Rxe3 31. Qxd6+ Rxd6 32. Rxe3 Kc7 33. Nc5 Rf6 34. Re8 b6 35. Nd3 a5 36. a3
Kd6 37. Kb2 Rf1 38. Rg8 Rf7 39. Kc3 Kc7 40. b4 axb4+ 41. axb4 b5 42. Rh8 Kd6
43. h5 gxh5 44. gxh5 {Diagram [#] White has been pressing, but it looks like
the game should be heading towards a draw at this point. However, as often
happens, one misstep can let it slip.} Rc7 $6 (44... Re7 {and white doesn't
have much of anything.}) 45. h6 $1 {and now black has a slight piece
coordination problem. Note how there are no good discoveries with the knight.}
gxh6 46. Rxh6+ Ke7 47. Nc5 {Now black is in for a difficult defense.} Na7 (
47... Rc8 {I prefer waiting with this move rather than letting white's rook in.
}) 48. Kd3 Nc6 49. Kc3 Na7 50. Re6+ Kd8 (50... Kf7 51. Rb6 {is annoying, but
perhaps it was still the lesser evil.}) 51. Rd6+ Kc8 52. Rxd5 {White is now a
pawn to the good, and his pieces are still better.} Rh7 53. Ne6 Kb7 54. Nd4 $6
{Diagram [#]} (54. Kb3 {was more accurate.}) 54... Kb6 $6 (54... Rh3+ 55. Kb2
Nc6 $1 {and black has solved most of his problems. The point is that Rxb5+ is
impossible because of Ka6, and after} 56. Ne6 (56. Rxb5+ Ka6) 56... Kb6 {
black's coordination has improved significantly.}) 55. Rd6+ Kc7 56. Rg6 Kb7 57.
Kd3 Rh3+ 58. Ke4 Rh4+ 59. Kd5 $2 {This completely natural looking move gives
black a great chance. Errors like this are hard to avoid late in the game with
little time on the clock, especially in the last round of a long event.} Rh7 $2
(59... Nc8 $1 {and the threat of Nb6+ is actually really annoying. Now, for
instance, if} 60. Rg7+ (60. Kc5 $4 Rh5+ {would be rather embarassing!}) 60...
Ka6 61. c3 Nb6+ 62. Kd6 Rh6+ 63. Ne6 Nc4+ 64. Ke7 Rh3 {and black has great
drawing chances.}) 60. Nb3 Rd7+ 61. Rd6 Rh7 62. Nc5+ Kc7 63. Ne6+ Kb7 64. Kc5 {
Now white is in full control.} Nc8 65. Rd5 Nb6 66. Rg5 Ka6 67. Rg6 Nd7+ 68. Kd6
Kb6 69. Ng5 Nf8 70. Nxh7 {Diagram [#] White calculates accurately that the
b-pawn can't be saved.} Nxg6 71. Nf6 Nh4 72. Nd5+ Kb7 73. Kc5 Nf3 74. c3 {The
final touch.} 1-0

[Event "US Masters 2013"]
[Site "Greensboro USA"]
[Date "2013.09.01"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Fedorowicz, J."]
[Black "Meier, Geo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Friedel,Joshua"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2013.08.29"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.09"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. d3 Qd7 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. Nh4 $6 {I really don't care for this idea, as the knight becomes a
source of mild embarassment.} Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nf4 d5 $1 {Diagram [#] I
really like this move. While normally it is ill-advised to open the position
against the two bishops, in this case it is the best way to take advantage of
white's awkward pieces.} 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. f4 dxc4 14. f5 Qe5 15. dxc4 O-O 16.
fxg6 hxg6 {White has the two bishops in an open position, but due to white's
awkward pieces and weak pawns it is black who is better.} 17. e3 $2 {This
creates another weakness.} (17. Bxc6 {It looks a bit crazy to give up the g2
bishop, but black's pieces are simply too good, so I believe this was white's
best bet.} bxc6 18. Nf3 Qe4 19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. Qxe4 Nxe4 21. Rb1 {While black is
definitely better, there are some drawing chances here.}) 17... Bh6 18. Kh1
Rad8 19. Qb3 Rd7 {Diagram [#] Despite not being down anything, white is
totally lost here. There are simply too many weaknesses, and the c1 bishop
isn't coming out anytime soon.} 20. Bf3 Qe6 21. Bg2 Rfd8 22. Qc2 Nb4 23. Qe2
Nd3 {Fed understandably decided to end the suffering.} 0-1

[Event "US Masters 2013"]
[Site "Greensboro USA"]
[Date "2013.09.02"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Macieja, B."]
[Black "Jankovic, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Friedel,Joshua"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.08.29"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qd3 a6 10. Bxd7 Nbxd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Bd2 e6 13. Rad1 Ng4 14. Rc1
Re8 15. h3 Ngf6 16. Rfd1 Nh5 17. b3 Ne5 18. g4 Nf6 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Na4 Qd4
21. Nc3 Qb6 22. Be3 Qc6 23. f3 Bf8 24. Rd3 Nd7 25. Rcd1 Nb8 26. Na4 Be7 27. Bb6
{Diagram [#] After the overly passive 25... Nb8, black is against the ropes.
In this position his sense of danger eludes him.} Kg7 $2 (27... f6 {or a
similar move was necessary, trying to glue the position together. White is
still the one calling the shots, but at least finding a breakthrough should be
difficult.}) 28. Qb2 f6 29. Kg2 $6 (29. g5 $1 {right away was more pointed.})
29... Rf8 $6 (29... g5 {Black should almost certainly take this opportunity to
lock down the kingside.}) 30. g5 $1 {Diagram [#] There we go!} Rf7 {This move
is probably inaccurate, but defending a position like this is nearly
impossible.} (30... Kg8 {If it were me, I'd be tempted to step off the long
diagonal.}) 31. gxf6+ Bxf6 32. Rd6 Qe8 33. Nc5 Re7 (33... Rc6 {is necessary,
but after} 34. Nxe6+ Kg8 35. Bd8 $1 {black is still lost.}) 34. Rd8 Rxd8 35.
Bxd8 Rf7 36. Rd6 $1 {Diagram [#] Black is busted.} Nc6 37. Bxf6+ Rxf6 38. Nd7
Rf7 39. Nxe5 {White may have been able to finish black off a bit quicker, but
with technique the important thing is having it all under control, and from
here on in the result was never in doubt.} Nxe5 40. Qxe5+ Rf6 41. Qd4 e5 42.
Rd8 Qe6 43. Qd7+ Kh6 44. Qxe6 Rxe6 45. Rd7 b6 46. h4 Rc6 47. Kg3 b5 48. cxb5
axb5 49. Rd5 b4 50. Rxe5 Rb6 51. Re7 Rb5 52. Kg4 Rb6 53. Ra7 Rb5 54. f4 Rb8 55.
e5 1-0

[Event "U.S. Masters Championship"]
[Site "Greensboro, NC"]
[Date "2013.08.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr A"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Friedel, Joshua"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.08.28"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Ne4 Rd8
15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Qe2 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne5 O-O 19. g4 Rd4 20. Nd3 Qb5 21.
f3 Rc8 {Nc1 or Nf4 is a must here, but white doesn't quite sense the danger
yet.} 22. Rhe1 Nd5 {Diagram [#] White is already in trouble, but here he
blunders.} 23. Nf4 (23. Nc1 {is probably the best try, but after} Rdc4 {white
has a miserable position.}) 23... Qc6 24. Nxd5 {Diagram [#]} Qxc2+ $1 25. Ka1
Rxd5 26. Rc1 {I'm guessing Ostrovskiy counted on this move, but it turns out
that black can comfortably sacrifice the queen.} Bf6 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 (27... Rxc2
28. Bc1 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Rd1 30. Kb1 Bg5 {is quite hopeless.}) 0-1

[Event "US Masters 2013"]
[Site "Greensboro USA"]
[Date "2013.08.31"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Quesada Perez, Yu"]
[Black "Zapata, Alo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Friedel,Joshua"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.08.29"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. Qf3
a6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Rhe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5
exd4 15. Qe4 g6 16. Qxe7 Qa5 17. Kb1 Bg4 18. Rc1 Qxd5 19. Be4 Qc5 20. h3 Be6
21. g4 Rfe8 {White has been under slight pressure, and here he just blunders.}
22. Qh4 $4 {Diagram [#]} (22. Qg5 {was necessary, though I still prefer black
slightly after} Rab8) 22... Bxa2+ $1 {Zapata doesn't miss his tactical
opportunity.} 23. Kxa2 Rxe4 24. Kb1 Rxf4 {Diagram [#] White is lost.} 25. Re7
d3 26. cxd3 Qd5 27. Re3 Ra4 28. Rc7 Qa5 29. Rc4 Ra1+ 30. Kc2 d5 31. Qg5 {and
white resigned, trusting black to realize that the pin on the d-pawn is a
sarcastic one.} 0-1

[Event "marshall cc FIDE Monday"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.08.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ritter, Jonathan"]
[Black "Kopiecki, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1585"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.09.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 (4. c3) 4... Nf6 5. d3 d6 {Diagram [#]}
6. a3 (6. Na4 Bb6) (6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 h5) (6. Be3) (6. Bg5) 6... Bg4 7. h3 Be6 (
7... Bh5) (7... Bxf3) 8. Nd5 (8. Bxe6 fxe6) 8... Ne7 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 {Diagram [#]
} 10. Be3 Bb6 (10... Bxe3 11. fxe3 Bxc4) 11. Qe2 Rg8 12. O-O-O (12. g4) 12...
Rxg2 {Diagram [#]} 13. d4 (13. Nh4) 13... Qd7 (13... exd4) 14. d5 Bxh3 15. Bxb6
axb6 16. Qe3 Rg8 {Diagram [#]} 17. Nxe5 (17. Ne1) 17... fxe5 18. Rxh3 Ng6 19.
Rxh7 (19. Qg3 Nf4 (19... O-O-O 20. Qb3)) 19... Nf4 20. Qb3 Ke7 (20... O-O-O)
21. Rdh1 Qa4 22. Qc3 Qa5 {Diagram [#]} 23. Qf3 (23. Bb5 Qxb5 24. Qxc7+) 23...
b5 24. Bb3 b4 25. axb4 Qxb4 26. Kb1 Ra5 27. c4 Qd2 (27... b5) 28. Rd1 Qe2 29.
Qh1 {Diagram [#]} Qxf2 30. Rf1 Qg3 (30... Qg2 31. Qh4+ Rg5) (30... Qe3 31. Qh4+
Ke8) 31. Bd1 Rga8 32. Rf3 Ra1+ 33. Kc2 Qg6 {Diagram [#]} 34. Qh4+ Kd7 (34...
Qf6) 35. Rxf4 exf4 36. Bg4+ Qxg4 (36... Ke8 37. Rh8+) 37. Qxg4+ Ke7 38. Qg5+
Ke8 39. Qg8+ Kd7 40. Rxf7# 1-0

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, P."]
[Black "Matanovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/4bk2/7p/5p1P/2r2B2/4RK2 w - - 0 57"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2013.09.23"]

{# #} 57. Rxe5+ $6 (57. Bxh4 Bd4) 57... Kxe5 58. Bxh4 Kf4 59. Bf6 Rd2 $1 (59...
f2 $2 60. Kg2 $1 Ke3 61. Bh4 Rb2 62. Bg3 f1=Q+ 63. Kxf1 Kf3 64. Be1 Rb1 65. h4
$11) 60. Bc3 Rd5 $2 (60... Re2) 61. Kf2 $1 Ke4 62. Bb4 $1 Rb5 63. Bd6 Rh5 64.
Bc7 Rh6 65. Bb8 $1 Ra6 66. Bc7 {Draw agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Magyar Sakkvilag"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, P."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/7k/8/r4p1B/5K2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2013.09.23"]

{# #} 1. Bd6 $1 Kh3 (1... Kg4 2. Kg2) (1... Ra6 2. Bc7 Rf6 (2... Ra7 3. Bb6) 3.
Bd8) 2. Bc7 $1 {ZZ} Rb2 3. Bd6 $1 Rc2 (3... Rb6 4. Bc5) 4. Be5 Rd2 5. Bf4 Re2
$5 6. Bb8 $3 (6. Bc7 Ra2) 6... Re8 (6... Ra2 7. Bc7) 7. Bg3 $3 (7. Ba7 Kg3 8.
Bxf2+ Kf3) 7... Kxg3 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "After King and Horowitz"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rinck, H."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1k3q2/8/8/2p4Q/8/2K4R/5r2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2013.09.23"]

{# #} 1. Qe4+ Ka6 2. Rh6+ Rf6 3. Qf5 $1 {wins ?! (Cheron)} Rxh6 4. Qxf7 Rc6 5.
Kc3 Kb6 6. Qe8 Kb7 7. Kb4 $2 (7. Qe4 {wins in 34 moves.}) (7. Qe4 Kb6 8. Qd5
Rc5 9. Qd6+ Rc6 10. Qb4+ Ka6 11. Qb8 Ka5 12. Qb7 {etc.}) 7... c3 $11 1-0

[Event "Chess Clinic 1st International Tourney"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, P."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1QR5/5p2/1qr3p1/6P1/4K3/6P1/1k6/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2013.09.26"]

{# #} 1. Qe5+ Kc1 (1... Kc2 2. Qd6 $1 {wins.}) 2. Rb8 $1 (2. Qd6 $2 Qb1+ $1 3.
Ke3 Qb3+ {and Rxc8 would come.} 4. Kf4) 2... Rc4+ 3. Kd3 Rd4+ 4. Kc3 (4. Qxd4
$2 Qxb8 5. Qa1+ (5. Qf4+ Qxf4 6. gxf4 Kd1 7. Ke4 Ke2 8. f5 gxf5+ 9. Kxf5 Kf3
$11) 5... Qb1+ 6. Qxb1+ Kxb1 7. Ke4 Kc2 8. Ke5 Kd3 9. Kf6 Ke4 $11 {ZZ}) 4...
Qd6 (4... Re4 5. Qxe4 Qc7+ 6. Qc4 {wins for White}) 5. Qe3+ (5. Qxd4 $2 Qxg3+
6. Qd3 Qe5+ $11) 5... Rd2 6. Rb4 $1 f5 (6... Qd5 7. Qg1+ Rd1 8. Rb1+ $1 Kxb1 9.
Qb6+ {mates.}) (6... Qd8 7. Rc4 Qd5 8. Rc8 $1 {wins as in the main line.}) (
6... f6 7. Ra4 Qe5+ 8. Qxe5 Rc2+ 9. Kd3 fxe5 10. Ra1+ Kb2 11. Ra2+ Kxa2 12.
Kxc2 {wins}) 7. Ra4 Qc6+ 8. Rc4 Qd5 9. Rc8 {Mutual Zugzwang} Qd7 (9... Kd1 10.
Qg1+ Ke2 11. Re8+ {wins}) 10. Rc5 $1 Qd6 11. Kb3+ Kd1 12. Rc1+ $1 Kxc1 13. Qe1+
Rd1 14. Qc3+ Kb1 15. Qb2# 1-0

[Event "(NED)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nieland, Henk"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2q4k/2r3pp/8/4Q3/1p1B2N1/rR4P1/2P2PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2013.09.26"]

{# #} 1... Rxb3 2. cxb3 Rc1+ 3. Kh2 Rh1+ 4. Kxh1 Qc1+ 5. Kh2 Qh6+ $1 6. Kg1 (6.
Nxh6 {stalemate}) 6... Qc1+ {Perpetual checks} 1/2-1/2

[Event "(NED)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Henk Nieland"]
[Black "Pal Benko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/6pp/2q5/4Q3/r5N1/2r3P1/5PR1/2B3K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2013.09.26"]

{# #} 1. Bb2 Rc1+ (1... Ra1+ $2 2. Kh2 $1 (2. Bxa1 $2 Rc1+ 3. Kh2 Qh6+ 4. Nxh6
Rh1+ 5. Kxh1 {stalemate}) 2... Rh1+ 3. Kxh1 Rc1+ 4. Bxc1 {wins}) 2. Kh2 $1 (2.
Bxc1 Qxc1+ 3. Kh2 Qh6+ $1 4. Nxh6 Rh4+ 5. Kg1 Rh1+ 6. Kxh1 {stalemate}) 2...
Qh6+ $5 3. Nxh6 Rh1+ (3... Rh4+ 4. gxh4 Rh1+ 5. Kg3 Rh3+ 6. Kf4 $1 Rf3+ 7. Kg5
Rg3+ 8. Ng4 {wins}) 4. Kxh1 Rh4+ 5. Rh2 $1 Rxh2+ 6. Kg1 $1 Rg2+ 7. Kf1 Rxf2+ 8.
Ke1 Re2+ 9. Kd1 $1 Rd2+ (9... Rxe5 $2 10. Nf7+ {would win.}) 10. Kc1 Rc2+ 11.
Kb1 Rxb2+ 12. Kc1 $1 Rc2+ 13. Kd1 Rd2+ 14. Ke1 {wins} Re2+ (14... Rd1+) 15.
Qxe2 1-0

[Event "It (open), Saint Martin (France & Nethe"]
[Site "It (open), Saint Martin (Fran"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Maurice Ashley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "Ashley, Maurice"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. b3 b6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ra7 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. e4 d6 12. Rc1 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Qa8 14. Rfe1 Re8
15. h3 Bf8 16. Kh2 Qb8 17. f4 g6 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nh5 20. Bc6 {Diagram [#]}
Nxg3 21. Qf2 (21. Kxg3 Nxe5 22. Bxb7 (22. Qxe5 Bd6) (22. Bxe8 Ng4+ 23. Kxg4 h5+
24. Kg5 Be7+ 25. Kh6 Qf4#) 22... Nd3+ 23. Kf3 (23. Kh4 Be7+ 24. Kg4 Qf4#) 23...
Qf4+ 24. Kg2 Qxd4 25. Na4 Nf4+ 26. Kf1 Nxe2 27. Bxd4 Nxd4) 21... Nxe5 22. Rxe5
(22. Qxg3 Bd6 23. Kg1 (23. Ne4 Ng4+ 24. hxg4 Bxg3+ 25. Nxg3 Qf4) 23... Nxc6)
22... Qxe5 23. Qxg3 (23. Kg1 Bc5) 23... Qxd4 24. Rd1 (24. Bxe8 Bd6) 24... Bd6
25. Qxd6 (25. Rxd4 Bxg3+ 26. Kxg3 Bxc6) 25... Qf2+ 26. Kh1 Qxb2 27. Ne4 Bxc6
28. Qxc6 Raa8 29. Rf1 f5 30. Nd6 Qe2 31. Rg1 Qe3 32. Kh2 Red8 33. Nxf5 exf5 0-1

