[Event "BU14_1_60"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.12.21"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "Mousseri Daniel  (USA)"]
[Black "Ooi Zhi Yang  (MAS)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[TimeControl "6000+1555"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 {As all my students know,i think the
"open sicilian" is the only thing to play. I'd rank 2c3 second and everything
else a distant third.} Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. d4 $5 {With a hole on d6 white
attempts a sharp gambit.} Nxd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8. Nb5 Qb6 {Too greedy,black needs
to stay solid,} (8... d6 $5) 9. c3 $1 a6 (9... dxc3 $2 10. bxc3 {Black is
close to being lost here. Nd6 is a simple threat in addition to Ba3 ideas as
well.}) 10. Nxd4 Ne7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. Be3 {Developing with tempo.} Qc7 13. f4 d6
(13... d5 $5 14. e5 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Kh1 {white is better}) 14. Qe1 Rd8 $6
{This is the losing move.This rook needs to keep an eye on f7.} (14... Nc6 $5 {
This might be the only move,but it keeps black in the game.}) 15. Qh4 d5 $2 (
15... Nc6 $5 {was the final chance}) 16. f5 $1 {Diagram # Well timed and quite
strong.Black's pieces are in no shape for defense.} exf5 17. Bg5 Re8 18. exd5 {
White has a 4-2 queenside majority combined with an E-file pin.} h5 {Black has
no useful moves.} 19. Rae1 $1 Kf8 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. d6 Nc6 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23.
Re1+ Kf8 24. Qe7+ {A very nice finish to a well played attack. Either way f7
falls with Qg8 mate to follow.} 1-0

[Event "Word Champoin"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.12.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Javanbakht, Nima"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[TimeControl "6000+945"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 {The Saemisch Variation alters
black's way of thinking. In the Classical KID black plays on the kingside.
Against 5f3 playing on the queenside gives stronger counterplay.} O-O 6. Be3 a6
(6... e5 7. d5 c6 8. Bd3 cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O {white is
slightly better in these ...e5 lines}) 7. Bd3 Nfd7 $5 (7... Nbd7 8. Nge2 c5 9.
O-O (9. d5 b5 10. cxb5 Qa5 11. bxa6) 9... e6 10. Qd2 b6 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. b3 {
White maintains an edge in space.}) 8. Nge2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 (10. Bc2 $5 {
Instead of giving black the chance for a Benko,white can try this.} cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Qb6 $1 12. Nd5 (12. Nf5 $2 Qxb2 {White has many things hanging.}) 12...
Bxd4 13. Nxb6 Bxe3+ 14. Kh1 Bxb6 {Here the 3 pieces are much better than the
queen.}) 10... Nce5 11. Nc1 $6 (11. a4 $5 {If white realized how strong the
Benko counterplay was, he would've played this.}) 11... b5 $1 {Daniel is
playing very aggressively. This gives black a great version of the Benko
Gambit.} 12. cxb5 Nxd3 13. Nxd3 axb5 14. Nxb5 Ba6 15. Nc3 Qa5 {In a normal
Benko white would have central play with e5 ideas. Here white has no way to
neutralize black's initiative.} 16. Qc2 Rfb8 17. Rfd1 Bxd3 $1 {Removing one
defender of b2.} 18. Rxd3 Ne5 19. Rdd1 Nc4 {Everything converges on b2.} 20.
Bc1 Qb4 $1 {Daniel correctly keeps the pressure on.} ({The fancy} 20... Nxb2 $6
21. Bxb2 Rxb2 22. Qxb2 Bxc3 23. Qb7 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra7 25. Qb8+ Kg7 26. Qb2+ f6
27. a4 {White has drawing chances.}) 21. a3 (21. Rb1 $4 Bxc3) 21... Qb3 {In
many cases white's queen helps with the defense,so trading makes good sense.}
22. Qxb3 Rxb3 23. Ra2 Rab8 24. a4 $2 {This loses quickly.} (24. Na4 $5 Ra8 25.
Nc3 {Gives some hope.} Nxb2 (25... Rab8 26. Na4 Kf8 27. Kf1 Ke8 {Keeps up the
pressure.}) 26. Bxb2 Bxc3 27. Bxc3 Rxc3 28. a4 {Is most likely a draw.White's
A-pawn is a real pain.}) 24... Nxb2 25. Bxb2 Rxb2 26. Rxb2 Rxb2 27. Nb5 Ra2 28.
Na7 c4 $1 {Diagram # This pawn will win a rook.} 29. Nc6 c3 30. Rc1 c2 31. Nb4
Rxa4 32. Nd3 (32. Nxc2 Rc4) 32... Ra1 $1 33. Rxa1 Bxa1 34. Kf2 Bb2 {A smooth
win with black over a strong opponent.} 0-1

[Event "WY_B_U10_1_6"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.12.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Liang Awonder  (USA)"]
[Black "Firoozja Ali... (IRI)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[TimeControl "6000+1150"]

1. c4 $5 {Against lower rated opponents,it's smart to avoid preparation by
playing something different.} Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6.
O-O O-O 7. a3 $6 {This waste of time reverses the colors and allows black to
equalize.} (7. d4 $5 {In my opinion this gives white an edge.} cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 {There is a very good game to look at in this
variation. Shneider-Kasparov European cup final 1994. It's a rare to loss for
Garry to a "regular" GM.} Bf5 11. e4 Be6 12. Bd2 a6 13. b3 Rb8 14. Rac1 {White
has a Maroczy Bind like space advantage}) 7... d5 $5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. d3 (9.
Nxd5 $5 Qxd5 10. d3 Qd6 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. Bd2 {White is up a tempo over the
above mentioned note with colors reversed.}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 $5 {I was
a little concerned about Awonder at this point.Black will win a pawn,but white
gets pressure on the B-file} (10... Bxc3 11. Bh6 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 f6 13. Bxf8 Kxf8
{Black is more solid here than in the game continuation.}) 11. Rb1 Bxc3 12. Nd2
$5 Qc7 $6 (12... Bxd2 $5 {Black had to  have looked at this forcing variation.}
13. Qxd2 (13. Bxd2 Qxa3 {I don't see compensation for 2 pawns.}) 13... Qxd2 14.
Bxd2 {Black can't move the Bc8 and white is playing Rfc1 or Be3 next} Nd4 15.
e3 Nf5 16. Bxb7 Bxb7 17. Rxb7 Rfd8 {Black must try something like this with
good counterplay.} 18. Ba5 Rxd3 {Here black has the advantage.}) 13. Ne4 Bg7
14. Nxc5 {White has regained the pawn with some queenside pressure.} b6 15. Ne4
Bb7 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Qa4 Qb8 18. Rfc1 Qa8 $6 (18... Rfd8 $5 {Feels more normal.
}) 19. Bh3 Rcd8 20. Rc4 Rd5 21. Qc2 Rh5 $2 {Black's rook is on a weird mission.
} (21... Rfd8 $5 {You can't go wrong with a centralizing developing move.}) 22.
Bg2 Na5 23. Rc7 Bd5 24. Bf3 Re5 25. Bd4 Re6 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qb2+ f6 (27...
Kg8 {Is no better after} 28. Rxe7 $1 Rxe7 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nxd5+ {Winning a
lot of material.}) 28. Bg4 $1 {Diagram # Winning e7 with check wins the game}
Rc6 29. Rxe7+ Rf7 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Bf3 Kg7 32. Qd4 Nb3 $2 {This gift wraps
the point 2 days before Christmas!} 33. Rxb3 $1 Bxb3 34. Nxf6 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc8
36. Nd5+ Kh6 (36... Kf8 37. Qf6+) (36... Kg8 37. Ne7+) 37. Qh4+ Kg7 38. Qf6+
Kh6 39. g4 {g5 mate is hard to stop in any reasonable way} 1-0

[Event "WY_G_U10_1_48"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.12.24"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Yip Carissa  (USA)"]
[Black "Diajeng Ther... (INA)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[TimeControl "6000+1355"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 {" The Scotch Gambit" is very popular
with the youngsters.It's a tricky,trappy type of variation.,but if black knows
theory it's not dangerous.} Nf6 (4... Bc5 $5 {In my opinion this is best.} 5.
c3 (5. Ng5 Nh6) 5... Nf6 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1
Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 h6 14. Qe2 hxg5 15. Re1 Be6 16. dxe6 f6
17. Re3 c6 18. Rh3 Rxh3 19. gxh3 g6 20. Qf3 Qa5 {This Is the ridiculous long
variation in the Moeller attack. The final position is much better for black,,
but to stray from the main line will get black into trouble. It's the very
definition of a " hit or miss opening"}) 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 ({I think this leads to easier positions for black to
handle.} 9... c5 $5 10. Nb3 Bb5 11. Re1 c6 12. f3 Ng5) 10. Be3 O-O 11. f3 Ng5
12. f4 Ne4 13. Nd2 f5 14. Kh1 Bxd4 $6 {The danger here is that white's bishop
is more active than black's.} (14... Qe7 $5 {When black gets into trouble it's
usually because of the c5 square.With ideas of Bb6 and c5} 15. Qe1 Bb6 {Is a
better chance than the game.}) 15. Bxd4 Qe7 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. c3 c5 18. Be3 c6
$6 (18... Bc6 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. Qf2 d4 21. cxd4 cxd4 22. Bxd4 e3 23. Bxe3 {Is
much better for white.}) 19. Qd2 Rf7 $2 20. Qf2 $1 {Diagram # Winning a pawn
for no compensation.} c4 21. Bxa7 Bf5 22. Bc5 Qb7 23. h3 h5 24. Qe2 g6 25. b3
$6 (25. a4 $5 {This guy looks very fast. and the simple plans bother the
opponent the most.} Rb8 26. a5 Qxb2 27. Qxb2 Rxb2 28. a6 Rb8 29. a7 Ra8 30.
Rfb1 {Ends the fight.}) 25... Qb5 (25... cxb3 $5 26. Rfb1 (26. axb3 $1 Rxa1 27.
Rxa1 Qxb3 28. Ra8+ Kh7 29. e6 Bxe6 30. Bd4) 26... e3 27. Rxb3 Qxb3 28. axb3
Rxa1+ 29. Kh2 Be4 30. Bxe3 Rb1) 26. Bd4 cxb3 27. Qxb5 cxb5 28. axb3 Rff8 29.
Bc5 Rfc8 30. Bb4 Rd8 31. Kg1 Kf7 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. Kg3 Rxa1 34. Rxa1 d4 35. Ra6+
Kd5 36. cxd4 Kxd4 37. e6 Re8 38. e7 Ke3 39. Rd6 Rxe7 40. Rxg6 h4+ 41. Kxh4 Bxg6
{Black plays on,but it's resignable.} (41... Rh7+ $5 {Winning the exchange,but
Carissa's f-pawn saves the day.} 42. Kg5 Bxg6 43. Kxg6 Rh8 44. f5 Rg8+ 45. Kh7
Rxg2 46. f6 Rf2 47. Kg7 Rg2+ 48. Kf8 Kd3 49. f7 e3 50. Ke8) 42. Bxe7 Kxf4 43.
Bg5+ $1 Kf5 44. g4+ Ke5 45. Be3 Bf7 46. b4 {Of course white keeps this pawn.}
Kf6 47. Kg3 Ke5 48. h4 Be8 49. h5 Bf7 50. Kh4 Ke6 51. Kg5 Ke7 52. Bc5+ Ke6 53.
h6 Bg8 54. Kg6 Bf7+ 55. Kg7 {This win gave Carissa a score of 6-2 heading into
the Christmas day off.} 1-0

[Event "WY_B_U10_1_6"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.12.28"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Peng David T  (USA)"]
[Black "Abdrashev Arlen  (KAZ)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[TimeControl "6000+1420"]

1. e4 {David's preparation with coaches FM Aviv Friedman and GM Ben Finegold
was very thorough and accurate.} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6
6. Be2 {This is the most controlled 6th move against the Najdorf. In the old
days Anatoly Karpov won some great positional games with this.} e5 7. Nb3 Be7
8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 e4 $6 {This move
leads to black having serious weaknesses in a few moves.} (12... Nc5 $5 13. Qd2
Nfe4 14. Qb4 a5 15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Rfd1 a4 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc4 Rac8 19. b4 axb3
20. cxb3 Qd8 21. Rac1 {With the bishop pair and a 2 to 1 majority,white had a
nice edge in Svidler-Gelfand Haifa 1998}) 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. c4 Nfd7 15. Rfd1 b6
16. Qc2 f5 17. Nd4 $1 {Black's e6 and c6 squares are the  serious weaknesses
mentioned above.} Qb8 18. Bf4 (18. f4 $5 exf3 19. gxf3 g6 20. Nc6 Nxc6 21. dxc6
Ne5 22. Qb3) 18... Qb7 19. f3 exf3 20. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 $1 {White
understands that the Nd4 is well placed.} Ne5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Ne6 Rf6 24. Qb3
Rb8 25. Qc3 Bd6 26. b4 Qe7 27. c5 bxc5 28. bxc5 Rxe6 29. dxe6 Bxc5+ 30. Kh1 Bd4
31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Qc4 $1 {The only way to play for a win.} Re8 33. Re1 Qb7 34.
e7+ $1 {White's back rank threats allow him to keep this important pawn.} Kh8
35. Kg2 Qb6 36. Re6 Qb2+ 37. Kg3 Qb8+ 38. f4 Qb2 39. Qa4 $1 Qb5 40. Qxd4 {This
pawn could've been a good decoy,but now it's gone.} Kg8 41. a4 Qb3+ 42. Re3 Qf7
43. Qd7 Qg6+ 44. Kf2 {The beginning of a very impressive king walk.} Qh5 45.
Ke1 Qh4+ 46. Kd2 Qxh2+ 47. Kc3 Qh5 48. Kb4 Qf7 49. Kc5 {Black's rook is
bottled up.so the king is safe.} h5 50. Kd6 {Diagram #} Qf6+ 51. Qe6+ Qf7 52.
Re5 g6 53. Qd7 Qf6+ 54. Kc7 Kf7 55. Qd5+ Kg7 56. Kd7 Qf7 57. Qd4 Kg8 58. Re6 h4
59. Qd6 Kh7 60. Rf6 Qg8 61. Rf8 1-0

[Event "WYCC U8 Open Classic"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.12.28"]
[Round "11.16"]
[White "Wu, Logan"]
[Black "Low, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
$5 {The Maroczy Bind setup controls black's d5 and b5 breaks.} Be7 {I've
thought this setup to be passive for black.White gets a slow buildup with
routine developing moves.} (8... g6 $5 {This changes the position and takes
some steam out of white's e5 ideas.}) 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nd2 $5 Nbd7 12.
f4 Bb7 13. Rae1 Nc5 (13... g6) 14. Bb1 {Logan correctly understands the
important of the B.} Rfe8 $2 (14... g6 $1 {This defensive move is necessary
for black's survival.}) 15. e5 $1 {Diagram # Black's survival is all about
neutralizing this pawn advance.} Nfd7 (15... dxe5 $2 {This makes things even
worse.} 16. fxe5 Nfd7 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Re3 Nf8 21.
Rh3+ Nh7 22. Qg6) 16. N2f3 d5 $6 {Black doesn't feel the danger.} (16... dxe5
17. fxe5 Nf8) 17. Ng5 g6 (17... Bxg5 18. fxg5 Nf8) 18. Qg4 $1 {Setting up the
above mentioned sacrifices.} (18. Nxh7 $5 {Is another scary looking
possibility.} Kxh7 19. f5 exf5 20. Nxf5 Nf8 21. Nd6 (21. Nh6 Kxh6 22. Rxf7 Ne4)
21... Bxd6 22. Qh5+ Kg8) 18... Bxg5 $2 {This leaves the dark squares near
black's king fatally weak.} (18... Nf8 $5) 19. Qxg5 dxc4 20. f5 Kg7 $2 {Not a
very strong defense,but white's attack is moving too fast.} 21. f6+ $1 Kh8 22.
Qh6 Rg8 23. Rf4 cxb3 (23... Nf8 24. Rh4 $1 cxb3 25. Re3 {followed by the same
sac}) 24. Qxh7+ $1 {I told Logan if he played this sac in Lone Pine 30 years
ago he would've won 500 dollars!} Kxh7 25. Rh4# 1-0

[Event "WY_G_U10_1_48"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.12.28"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Lakshmi C  (IND)"]
[Black "Yip Carissa  (USA)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[Annotator ",Microsoft"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/5p1p/3p2p1/qbrBp3/4P1PP/2PQ1P2/3K4/2R4R w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[TimeControl "6000+1630"]

26. Qe3 {Diagram #} Qa3 27. c4 Qxe3+ (27... Qa5+ 28. Qc3 Qc7 $5 {Keeping the
queens on makes things tougher for white.}) 28. Kxe3 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30.
Rxc4 Rxc4 31. h5 $1 {White should trade her potentially weak pawn.} Kg7 32. Kf2
(32. hxg6 $1 {White should take care of this exchange first.} hxg6 (32... fxg6
33. Rd1 Rc6 34. Kf2 {Black too tied down to create winning chances.}) 33. Rd1
Rc6 34. Ra1 {With a probable draw.}) 32... f5 33. gxf5 $2 {This leaves white
with a target on h5.} (33. hxg6 $1 hxg6 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Rd1) 33... gxf5 34.
Ke3 f4+ 35. Kd3 Ra4 36. Rb1 Kh6 37. Rb7 Ra2 38. Rd7 Rg2 (38... Rf2 39. Rxd6+
Kxh5 40. Rd5 Rxf3+ 41. Kd2 Kg4 42. Rxe5 h5 43. Re8 Re3 44. e5 h4 45. e6 h3 46.
e7 Kf3 {winning}) 39. Rxd6+ Kxh5 40. Re6 Rg5 41. Ke2 Kh4 42. Kf2 h5 43. Kf1 Kh3
44. Kf2 h4 (44... Rg2+ 45. Kf1 Ra2 (45... Rh2 $1 46. Rxe5 Kg3 47. Rg5+ Kxf3 {
wins}) 46. Rxe5 Kg3 47. Rxh5 Kxf3 48. Rh3+ Kxe4 49. Rb3 {draws}) 45. Rh6 Kh2 {
This move didn't happen. A draw was agreed.} (45... Rg2+ 46. Kf1 Ra2 47. Rg6 (
47. Rh5 Kg3 48. Rxe5 Kxf3 49. Kg1 Ke3 50. Re8 f3 {Wins the rook.}) 47... Kh2
48. Rg5 h3 49. Rxe5 Kg3 {winning}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WY_B_U10_1_6"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.12.27"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Abdrashev Arlen  (KAZ)"]
[Black "Liang Awonder  (USA)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[TimeControl "6000+790"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {The Najdorf variation is
one of the toughest most complicated lines in all of chess.} 6. h3 {There are
many 6th move replies for white,but none can be called best. The English
Attack with 6 Be3 is most popular followed by Be2,Bc4,and Bg5.Just for the
record,if white plays 6Rg1 black can play like Awonder did here.} e6 7. g4 d5
$5 8. e5 $6 {This leads to a terrible French Defense position for white.} (8.
exd5 $5 Nxd5 9. Nde2 Bb4 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Bd7 12. Qe2 Bc6 13. Rg1 {Is
about equal, but certainly better than the game.}) 8... Nfd7 9. Qe2 (9. Bf4 $5
Nc6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Bb4 {Black has an easier game.}) 9... Nc6 10. Nxc6 $2 (
10. Nf3 $5 {At this point this is white's only move.}) 10... bxc6 {Black's
control of the center and the open B-file give an early advantage.} 11. Bg2 a5
$1 {Diagram # The Ba6 ideas stop white from castling,putting white in serious
difficulties.} 12. Bf4 a4 13. Qd2 (13. a3 $5 {White needed badly to halt the
progress of Awonder's A-pawn} Nb6 {White's inability to castle kingside was
what lost him the game.}) 13... a3 14. O-O (14. b3 $2 Bb4 {This pin is very
painful with Qa5 and c5 to d4 on the way.}) 14... axb2 15. Rab1 Ba3 $1 {Why
not keep an important pawn.} 16. Bg3 Qa5 17. Qe3 Nb6 18. Ne2 Ba6 {Black's
pieces are taking over all of white's weak squares.} 19. Rfd1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Na4
$1 {Forking some heavy pieces no matter what happens.} 21. Bf1 Nc3 22. Qe3 O-O
{No hurry!} 23. Bd3 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Bc5 25. Qe2 Qxa2 26. c3 Qb3 {Ra1 ideas are
up next.} 27. Bb1 Qxc3 28. h4 $4 {It was lost any way,but this ends it
immediately.} Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "WY_G_U10_1_48"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.12.27"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Yip Carissa  (USA)"]
[Black "Solozhenkina... (RUS)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator ",Microsoft"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2R2pk1/p3r1pp/1p1q1n2/3pR3/Q2P2P1/4P2P/6K1 w - - 0 55"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[TimeControl "6000+1340"]

55. g4 $1 {From this point Carissa plays very accurately with some nice
sequences.} Ne3 56. Rc8 $1 {White must have this figured out or get mated by
black's queen and knight} Rxe4 57. Qf8+ Kf6 58. dxe4 Qxe4 $2 (58... Qe6 $5 59.
h3 {Was black's only chance.} Kg5 {With a very messy position.}) 59. Qd8+ $1 {
Sending black's king on a dangerous walk.} Ke5 (59... Kg7 60. Qh8#) (59... Ke6
60. Qe8+ Kd5 61. Rd8+ {Wins the queen.}) 60. Rc5+ Nd5 61. Qc7+ $1 Kf6 62. Qd6+
{Picking up the Nd5 and the point.} Kg7 63. Qxd5 Qxg4+ 64. Qg2 Qf4 65. Qg3 {
Forcing a queen trade.} Qxg3+ (65... Qd2 66. Qe5+ Kh7 67. Rc8 {Mates or forces
black to trade on e3.}) 66. hxg3 {Now the rook cleans up.} Kf6 67. Rc6+ Ke5 68.
Rxa6 Kd5 69. Kf1 Kc4 70. Ke1 b4 71. Kd1 Kc3 72. Kc1 d3 73. Rc6+ $1 Kb3 74. exd3
h5 75. Kb1 (75. d4 $1) 75... g5 76. d4 h4 77. gxh4 g4 78. d5 g3 79. Rc1 f5 80.
d6 f4 81. d7 1-0

[Event "WYCC U8 Open Classic"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.12.23"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Sosovicka, Jakub"]
[Black "Lu, Maximillian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "1674"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2013.12.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {A young player learning
an opening like the Najdorf defense is a very good thing to do. It's reliable
and can last forever. It's a lot to learn,but well worth it.} 6. f4 g6 7. Nf3
Bg7 8. Bd3 Qb6 $5 {Keeping white's king from castling.} 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Bd2 (10.
Rb1 $5 {White's position would be safer after the simple b2 protection.} O-O
11. Be3 Qc7 12. O-O Bg4 {The position is equal.}) 10... Bd7 (10... Qxb2 $5 {I
think this pawn is snatchable,but i don't blame black for playing it safe.} 11.
Rb1 Qa3 12. O-O O-O) 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. f5 $2 {This could be considered the
losing move.} (12. e5 {This turns out good for black,but anything is better
than f5.} dxe5 13. fxe5 Ng4 14. Nd5 Qc5) (12. Kb1 $5 {This move is almost
always played after 0-0-0.Even here white's K looks pretty safe.}) 12... Ng4 $1
13. Rdf1 Nge5 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. Ng5 {Not very threatening.} Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 Ne5
17. Be3 Qb5 18. Rd1 Ng4 19. Bd2 Bd4 20. Rhf1 Ne5 21. Be1 Nxd3+ $1 {Diagram #}
22. Rxd3 Qxg5+ 23. Bd2 Qc5 24. Kb1 Bb5 $1 25. Nxb5 Qc2+ 26. Ka1 Qxb2# 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Curacao"]
[Date "1962.05.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Annotator ",Danny"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1962.05.02"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8.
Qd1 Qg6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. h4 h5 11. Bg5 d5 12. Bxe7 (12. exd5 {This variation (4.
...e5, The old Labourdonnais Variation) has a long history dating back to the
1700's, but generally favorable for White has been} Nb4 13. Bxe7 ({or} 13. Be3
{Perhaps Fischer was indeed surprised by Tal's 12. ...d4.})) 12... d4 13. Bg5
dxc3 14. bxc3 Qxe4+ 15. Be2 f6 16. Be3 Bg4 17. Qd3 Qxd3 18. cxd3 Bxe2 19. Kxe2
O-O-O 20. Rad1 Ne7 21. d4 Nd5 {Diagram #    Generally Bobby Fischer had a
difficult time with Mikhal Tal, at least in their early games. We pick up the
1962 game between them featuring the ancient Lowenthal Variation of the
Sicilian Defence.  If I could get this position against Fischer over and over
again, I would be happy. Black has two pawn islands to White's three and he
has a good central position with sound development.} 22. Rc1 Rhe8 {
Fritz thinks Black is better and I would tend to agree.} 23. Rhd1 f5 ({
Fritz prefers} 23... exd4 24. cxd4+ Kd7) 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. dxe5 Rxe5+ 26. Kf3 Re4
27. Rd3 Rc4 28. Rcd1 {In the next sequence Black wins a pawn but White takes
over the initiative, and his king starts to get active on the Kingside.} Rxc3
29. Rxc3+ Nxc3 30. Rc1 Rc7 31. Bf4 Rc6 32. Be5 Nd5 33. Rd1 {Diagram #    A
very clever move exploiting the uncomfortable nature of Black's knight on d5. 
From here Fischer beautifully demonstrates the power of the Rook and Bishop
combination over a Rook and Knight -- especially when the knight is insecure.}
{White's King also becomes an important factor in the position. In fact, in
How To Play The Endgame in Chess uses this game as an example of the active
king.} Nf6 34. Kf4 g6 35. f3 {Diagram #    Fischer restricts the Knight and
threatens to continue his insurgence on the Kingside.} Nd7 36. Bd6 {
The power of the bishop over the knight is evident.} Rc2 37. g3 Re2 ({On} 37...
Rxa2 {White can decimate Black's Kingside after} 38. Kg5 b6 39. Kxg6) 38. Kg5
Re6 39. Bf4 {White is poised to cause damage with the trade of rooks.} Nf8 40.
Rd6 a5 41. Kh6 Re2 42. Rd2 {The power of the Bishop over the Knight and
coordination of the Bishop and King allow White to keep making this trade
offer which Black cannot accept.} Re7 {Diagram # With his king active and
ready to capture pawns, the position must favor White.} 43. Bd6 Rh7+ 44. Kg5
Rf7 45. Rb2 {Tal starts to get desperate for some activity but to no avail.} f4
46. Bxf4 Rf5+ 47. Kh6 b5 48. Bd6 b4 49. g4 $1 {
And amazing concept. Fischer quickly mobilizes his kingside pawns.} Rxf3 50. g5
Ne6 51. Kxg6 Rd3 52. Be5 Re3 53. Kf5 Nf8 54. Rg2 {Emphatically demonstrating
the old proverb that "Rooks belong behind passed pawns."} Rf3+ 55. Bf4 Kd7 56.
g6 {Diagram #    Fischer accurately calculates that he must win the exchange
with the following spectacular sequence.} Ne6 ({
Black's best bet would appear to be} 56... Nxg6 57. Rxg6 Rf2 ({or} 57... Ra3
58. Rd6+ Ke7 59. Rd2) {but White wins easily after} 58. Rd6+ Ke7 59. Rd2) 57.
g7 $1 Rxf4+ 58. Ke5 {Diagram #} Rf8 59. gxf8=Q Nxf8 60. Kd5 a4 61. Rg7+ Ke8 62.
Kd6 b3 63. a3 {
Diagram # And after a long and hard-fought battle, Tal finally resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca Interzonal"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1970.12.06"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Annotator "Danny Kopec"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1970.11.09"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 a6 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Na3 b6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. f3 Ra7 14. Nc2 Rd8 15.
Qe1 Be8 16. Qf2 Rb7 17. a4 a5 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Nd7 20. Qg3 Bf6 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. Rfd1 {Diagram #} {Here is a position from the 1970 Palma de Mallorca
Interzonal which Fischer won by a wide margin. The opening has been a Sicilian
Hedgehog which led to this position. Little would one realize that Fischer was
about to give Taimanov a taste of his ending which followed in their match
(see later).} e5 {Black has a weak, backward d-pawn, and White seems to have a
bad light-squared bishop.} {Taimanov had been a long time fan of such
positions (with the backward pawn on d6) in the Sicilian and his Systems  for
Black in the Sicilian were based on being able to play well in such formations,
especially with Knights.  Fischer was no doubt aware of this, both before this
game and in his match preparation. There is even a later game (1977) where
Taimanov beats Karpov from such a structure -- but he wasn't necessarily
winning.} 23. Qh4 h6 24. Rd2 Nd7 25. Bd1 Nc5 26. f4 {This move weakens White's
e-pawn  but improves his Bishop and in effect steps up the press on Black's
d-pawn.} exf4 27. Qxf4 Ne6 28. Qg3 Qc7 29. Nd5 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Bc6 {This move make
s sense since Black would be unlikely to survive with the White Knight living
on d5} 31. Rc3 Ng5 32. Bc2 {Fischer prepares to uncoil with h4 and e5.  It is
clear that Black pieces should be occupying and exploiting the e5 square, but
his Knight has no access to this square in its current position. Fritz 12
thinks the position is equal if Black plays Kf8 or Ne6.} Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Qc7 34.
e5 {Diagram #} {
Fischer's bishop comes to life and he  has better central control.} dxe5 35.
Qxe5 {Black is suddenly under some back rank pressure.} Rdb8 {In retrospect
Taimanov believed that he could have "coolly" defended with 35. ...Ne6. Then
on 36.Qf5 g6 etc.  However, Taimanov was also in serious time  trouble.} 36.
Bf5 {Diagram # Now we see the superiority of the White Bishop over the Black
Knight. Note that Bishops do not need to be outposted to be most effective,
but knights do.} Qxe5 37. Rxe5 {For the past few moves White has been
threatening h4.  37...f6 followed by ...Nf7 would be generally too weakening
to the light squares and White's bishop would likely end up tremendously
positioned and unopposed on d5.} g6 38. h4 Nh7 39. Bg4 Nf6 40. Bf3 Rd7 41. Rb5
{Diagram #  The Fischer ending starts to make its impression. c5 is coming,
like it or not and White will have a powerful Queenside passed pawn.} Rd4 {
Taimanov correctly strives for counterplay, but it proves insufficient.} 42. c5
Rxh4+ 43. Kg1 Rb4 44. Rxb4 axb4 45. Rc4 bxc5 46. Rxc5 {Black is indeed up a
pawn up but he is also somewhat defenseless against the advance of the White
a-pawn.} Kg7 ({Black's best chance was} 46... Nd7 47. Rc7 Ne5 (47... Nb6 48. a5
Nc8 49. a6 {wins easily.}) 48. Bb7 Rd8 (48... Nc4 $6 49. Bd5 Nxb2 50. a5 {
and White wins but not quickly -- e.g.} ({But not} 50. Rxf7 $6 Kh8 51. a5 {
is still not decisive after} Rb5 $11) 50... Rf8 51. a6 Na4 52. a7 Nb6 53. Bb3
Na8 54. Rb7 Kg7 55. Rxb4 {etc. (Fritz 12).}) 49. a5 Rd1+ 50. Kh2 Ra1 51. a6 {
etc... and Black is still in the game.}) 47. a5 {
The rest is fairly straightforward.} Re8 48. Rc1 Re5 49. Ra1 {
Classically "rooks belong behind passed pawns. "} Re7 50. Kf2 Ne8 51. a6 Ra7
52. Ke3 Nc7 53. Bb7 Ne6 54. Ra5 Kf6 55. Kd3 Ke7 56. Kc4 Kd6 57. Rd5+ Kc7 58.
Kb5 {Diagram # Black Resigns as he is nearly in zugzwang.  It is clear that
the a-pawn will cost Black dearly. If the f-pawn advances then Re5 will win
quickly.  If the g-pawn advances then Rd2 wins, e.g. with Rc2+ followed by Kb6.
On h5, Rd2 followed by Rc2+ wins quickly. If} Rxb7+ 59. axb7 Kxb7 60. Rd7+ {
and White will win.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf3"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "1971.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Kostovetsky,Daniel"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1971.05.16"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Bxc5 dxc5
15. f3 Be6 16. f4 Rd8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Rfe1 Rxd5 20. Rxe4+ Kd8 21.
Qe2 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1+ Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {Diagram # This legendary endgame, from
the candidates match against Taimanov which kickstarted Fischer's 1971 world
championship run, is considered one of the best ever played. After a long,
hard-fought tactical battle, Fischer achieved an endgame which was described
by the computer as slightly better for white. Most players, myself included,
would make a few moves and quickly offer a draw, but Fischer wanted to show
the world how much stronger he was than his Soviet adversaries. So he played
on, and produced an amazing spectacle of endgame technique by utilising the
restrictive power a bishop has over the opponent's knight. This game is what
defines the Fischer Ending.} 24. Re5 b6 25. Bf1 {Poking holes in Taimanov's
position, and creating weak squares and entry points for the bishop.} a5 26.
Bc4 $1 {Again, Fischer expertly utilies Taimanov's seemingly insignificant
weaknesses, tying up a whole rook with just a bishop.} Rf8 27. Kg2 {
Diagram # Now both sides rush to sweep their kings into action.} Kd6 28. Kf3
Nd7 {With his pawns and rook immobile, and his king restricted, the only piece
Taimanov has to improve is his knight.} 29. Re3 (29. Rd5+ {
is useless, because after} Kc7 30. Rd3 Nb8 {
the position transposes to the main line.}) 29... Nb8 30. Rd3+ Kc7 31. c3 $1 {
Continuing Fischer's strategy to restrict Taimanov's pieces. When the black
knight lands on c6, it will have no uselful square to invade.} Nc6 32. Re3 Kd6
33. a4 {Making sure Taimanov doesn't try anything tactical on the queenside,
and securing the b5 square for the bishop.} Ne7 34. h3 Nc6 ({
I know what you're thinking: why didn't Taimanov play} 34... Nf5 {
Unfortunately, Fischer can uproot the knight easily with} 35. Re5 g6 36. g4 {
and come out closer to his goal, to decimate Black's kingside with f5, by
several tempi}) 35. h4 {
This threatens h5 or g4, and forces Taimanov's response.} h5 {
But by locking up Fischer's attack, Taimanov creates another weakness.} 36.
Rd3+ Kc7 37. Rd5 $1 f5 {This move was necessary, because on g6 Fischer would
eventually play f5 and win Taimanov's entire kingside. It also liberates
Taimanov's rook... and Fischer's bishop. One might wonder which is stronger.}
38. Rd2 {White hurries to retake the vital e-file.} Rf6 39. Re2 Kd7 {
Re6 was the threat, after which black's kingside pawns would fall.} 40. Re3 g6
{Now, Taimanov can take a deep breath. But his hapiness is short-lived, as you
will soon find out.} 41. Bb5 {With the kingside locked up, Fischer temporarily
switches his attention to the other flank.} Rd6 42. Ke2 Kd8 43. Rd3 $1 {
The only piece stopping Fischer from taking advantage of Taimanov's kingside
weaknesses is black's rook. So, Fischer trades it off.} Kc7 44. Rxd6 Kxd6 45.
Kd3 Ne7 {Diagram #} (45... Kd5 {
to hold Fischer's king at bay loses by force after} 46. Bxc6+ Kxc6 47. Kc4 Kd6
48. Kb5 Kc7 49. Ka6 Kc6 50. c4 Kc7 51. Ka7 Kc6 52. Kb8 Kd7 53. Kb7) 46. Be8 $1
{Once again, Fischer locks down Taimanov's pieces, bringing him closer to
Zugzwang.} Kd5 47. Bf7+ Kd6 48. Kc4 {
With the knight pinned down, Fischer can win a virtual king-and-pawn endgame.}
Kc6 49. Be8+ Kb7 50. Kb5 Nc8 $1 {Diagram # Now Fischer gets into a bit of
trouble himself. Nd6# is threatened, and the white king is in danger of being
trapped.} 51. Bc6+ Kc7 52. Bd5 {But Fischer squirms out, as always.} Ne7 {
Diagram #} (52... Nd6+ {looks like a forced draw, but loses instead.} 53. Ka6
c4 {Although Fischer's king may be imprisoned, his bishop is free to wreak
havoc on Taimanov's kingside.} 54. Bg8 Kc6 55. Bh7 Ne4 56. Bxg6 Nxg3 57. Be8+ {
and all of black's pawns are weak.} Kc5 58. Kb7 Ne2 59. Bxh5 Nxf4 60. Bf7 Ng2
61. h5 f4 62. h6 f3 63. h7) 53. Bf7 {Once again, Fischer restricts the knight.}
Kb7 54. Bb3 {With Taimanov's knight out of play, the bishop takes on a new
role: to take squares away from his king. Once it reaches f3, Taimanov will be
stuck in deadly Zugzwang.} Ka7 55. Bd1 Kb7 56. Bf3+ Kc7 57. Ka6 {Diagram # Taim
anov's king has been locked down. All that's left is to lock up the knight,
and Fischer wins the entire queenside.} Nc8 58. Bd5 Ne7 59. Bc4 Nc6 60. Bf7 Ne7
{Unfortunately, the bishop cannot be on f7 and f3 at once. It seems like
Fischer must concede a draw. But instead, he improvises!} 61. Be8 $1 Kd8 62.
Bxg6 $3 {Just when it seemed like everything was said and done, sparks begin
to fly anew. Fischer intuitively sacrifices a piece for three pawns, a
guaranteed draw, and a powerful queenside storm.} Nxg6 63. Kxb6 Kd7 64. Kxc5
Ne7 {The knight has no way of penetrating into Fischer's kingside, leaving it
to watch on the sidelines as the queenside pawns roll by.} 65. b4 axb4 66. cxb4
Nc8 67. a5 Nd6 68. b5 Ne4+ {The knight  finally causes some damage, but it is
too late. Queens are more important than pawns.} 69. Kb6 Kc8 70. Kc6 Kb8 71. b6
{And Tiamanov resigned, because a6, a7, b7, followed by Kc7 was inevitable.
Every time we look over this game, we scratch our heads and wonder, 'How did
Fischer manage to obtain a full point?' The answer, however, is fairly clear:
he was able to exploit his bishop's strength and the enemy knight's weakness.
That is why Leonard Barden labeled positions of this kind with a rook and
knight against a rook and bishop "The Fischer Ending."} 1-0

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1971.10.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Kostovetsky,Daniel"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1971.09.30"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

{The following game is generally viewed as a modern classic.  What is most
noteworthy is Fischer's ability to transition from one kind of advantage to
another, ending with a powerful "application" of his ending with deadly effect.
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8.
c4 {Here Fischer innovates over 8.Nd2 which was played in Spassky - Petrosian
1969, and allows Black more time to prepare for a defense starting with 8. ...
Nf6.  Kasparov, in My Great Predecessors, Volume 4, p426, calls this "an
uncompromising move in the spirit of Morphy..."} Nf6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 exd5
({Kasparov considers the lessor of evils to be:} 10... Nxd5 11. Be4 Be7 12. Nc3
Bb7 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. Rd1 {"with a slight but  enduring
advantage for White ..."  (Averbakh - Taimanov, 27th USSR CH. Leningrad, 1960).
    Instead, Black is saddled with  three pawn islands and an isolated Q-pawn.}
) 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Qa4+ $1 {At the time this move was a novelty and it confused
Petrosian.  Correct was 12. ...Bd7 which is natural but not pretty.} Qd7 13.
Re1 $1 {Diagram # Fischer could win the exchange with:} (13. Bb5 axb5 14. Qxa8
O-O {but not without some danger as Black retains the initiative and some
complications may follow which are beyond our discussion here. Instead Fischer,
as was his hallmark, eschews material for clarity.}) 13... Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Be6
15. Be3 {Now begins the display of Fischer's impeccable technique.} O-O 16. Bc5
{Diagram #  Very simple, pure and incisive. Fischer leaves Black with a bad
bishop and nothing to attack.} Rfe8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. b4 {
A potential outside passed pawn which can anchor the knight on c5.} Kf8 19. Nc5
Bc8 20. f3 {Very simple and elegant.  Keeping the Black knight out of e4.} Rea7
21. Re5 Bd7 22. Nxd7+ {Diagram #} {What is most amazing is Fischer's innate
ability to convert from one kind of advantage (the strong knight on c5) to his
favorite ending.  It takes a unique combination of calculation, intuition and
pure instinct to know how and when to make such transitions.} Rxd7 23. Rc1 {
There are two open files in the position and Fischer owns them both. Let us
say Petrosian were to try to activate his knightwith} Rd6 (23... d4 24. Rcc5
Rd6 25. Ra5 {and material losses for Black seem inevitable.}) 24. Rc7 Nd7 25.
Re2 g6 26. Kf2 h5 27. f4 {Diagram # Fischer makes the kind of textbook
improvements that we have already become familiar with in this ending:  1) His
king is improved (Kf2) and 2) he attacks the base of a pawn chain fixed on the
light squares.} h4 28. Kf3 f5 29. Ke3 d4+ {Momentary activity to prefent Kd4,
but Black will soon be heading into zugzwang.} 30. Kd2 Nb6 31. Ree7 {Diagram #}
{Fischers' two rooks on the 7th rank   are impressive.  It is true that two of
his pawns are en prise but most impressive is his ability to distinguish
minutia from the critical issues in the position.  Black's king is now in dire
straits.} Nd5 32. Rf7+ Ke8 33. Rb7 Nxb4 34. Bc4 {Diagram # It does not require
a genius to understand why Petrosian resigned. The threat of Rh7 is absolutely
devastating.  Another victory for The Fischer Ending} 1-0

[Event "World Teams 2013"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Round "2.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[ECO "E32"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3
Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5
Ba6 10. Qc3 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2
Na6 14. O-O c5 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Qxd4
Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc5 19. b4 Nb3 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qd7
Rf8 22. f4 Qf5 23. Rf3 Qc2 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. Rxd3
Nc1 26. Rd2 Rc8 27. h4 h5 28. b5 Rc7 29. Nc6
Kh7 30. Rb2 a5 31. Kf2 Rd7 32. Ne5 Rc7 33. Rd2
f6 34. Nd7 Nb3 35. Nf8+ Kg8 36. Rd7 Rxd7 37. Nxd7
Nd4 38. a4 Nxb5 39. axb5 a4 40. Nc5 a3 41. Nb3
a2 42. Ke3 Kf7 43. Kd4 Ke7 44. e4 e5+ 45. fxe5
Ke6 46. Na1 fxe5+ 47. Kc3 g5 48. Kb2 gxh4 49. gxh4
Kd6 50. Nb3 1-0

[Event "World Teams 2013"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[White "Onischuk,Al"]
[Black "Tiviakov,S"]
[Round "9.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[ECO "E12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Bf4 Bb7 5. e3
Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. h3 c5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O
d6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Bh2 Rc8 12. Qa4 Qc7 13. b4
cxb4 14. Qxb4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Nd2 Bb7 17. Nb1
Nf6 18. Nc3 Qd7 19. Nb5 a5 20. Qb2 d5 21. cxd5
Nxd5 22. Rfd1 Ba6 23. e4 Nb4 24. a4 Bg5 25. Rxc8
Rxc8 26. Qb3 Rc2 27. Bf1 Rd2 28. Rxd2 Bxd2 29. Qg3
Qd8 30. Qc7 Bg5 31. Qa7 Bxb5 32. Bc7 Nc6 33. Qxb6
Qxd4 34. Qxb5 Qd7 35. Bxa5 Bf6 36. Bb6 Qb7 37. a5
Bd8 38. Bxd8 Qxb5 39. Bxb5 Nxd8 40. a6 1-0

[Event "World Teams 2013"]
[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[White "Baramidze,D"]
[Black "Akobian,V"]
[Round "7.4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3
Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O
Bb7 10. h4 Nd7 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. Re1 Bf6 13. Bb5
a6 14. Nc6 Qd7 15. Ne7+ Qxe7 16. Rxe7 axb5 17. Rhe1
Bxe7 18. Rxe7 Rxa2 19. Qe3 Ra1+ 20. Kd2 Bxg2 21. h5
Rh1 22. h6 Rh3 23. f3 Rxf3 24. Qd4 Rd3+ 25. Qxd3
Nxd3 26. cxd3 Rc8 27. Re3 Bd5 28. Rg3 g6 29. Bg5
Kf8 30. Re3 Be6 31. d4 d5 32. Re1 Ra8 33. Ke3
Ra2 34. Kf4 Rxb2 35. Ra1 Ke8 36. Ra8+ Kd7 37. Rh8
Rf2+ 38. Kg3 Rc2 39. Rxh7 Rxc3+ 40. Kg2 Rh3 41. Rxf7+
Bxf7 42. Kxh3 Bg8 43. Kg4 b4 44. Bd2 b3 45. Bc3
Ke6 46. Kg5 Bh7 47. Bb2 c5  0-1

[Event "75th Tata Steel GpB"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[White "Rapport,R"]
[Black "Movsesian,S"]
[Round "4.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[ECO "D10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Nf3
b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. Be2 Nfd7 9. f4
Nxe5 10. fxe5 O-O 11. O-O Ra7 12. Bd2 f6 13. exf6
Rxf6 14. Qb3 Rxf1+ 15. Rxf1 e5 16. e4 Be6 17. exd5
cxd5 18. Ne4 Nc6 19. Bg5 Qb8 20. Bg4 Bxg4 21. Qxd5+
Kh8 22. Qxc6 exd4 23. Bf6 d3 24. Bxg7+ Rxg7 25. Qd5
h6 26. Qd4 Bf5 27. Nd6 Qf8 28. Qxd3 Rd7 29. Qd5
Qf6 30. b4 Kh7 31. h3 Qc3 32. c6 Qe3+ 33. Kh2
Be6 34. cxd7 Bxd5 35. d8=Q Qe5+ 36. Kg1 Qe3+ 37. Rf2
Qe1+ 38. Rf1 Qe3+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+ 40. Kh1 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York"]
[Round "4"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Ne4 4.Nfd2 Bb4 5.Qc2 d5 6.Nc3 f5 7.Ndxe4 fxe4 8.Bf4 O-O 9.e3 c6 10.Be2 Nd7 11.a3 Be7 12.O-O Bg5 13.f3 Bxf4 14.exf4 Rxf4 15.fxe4 Rxf1+ 16.Rxf1 e5 17.Qd2 c5 18.dxe5 d4 19.Qf4 dxc3 20.Qf7+ Kh8 21.bxc3 Qg8 22.Qe7 h6 23.Bh5 a5 24.e6 g6 25.exd7 Bxd7 26.Rf7 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet-S1"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Round "7"]
[Date "1927.7.??"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Gilg, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qc7 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 Nf6 6.Qe2 e5 7.O-O Be7 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.e5 d3 12.Qe3 Nd5 13.Qg3 g6 14.Bb3 Nb4 15.Bxf7+ Kd8 16.Bh6 Nc2 17.Nc3 Nd4 18.Qxd3 Qxe5 19.Rfe1 Qf6 20.Rxe7 1-0

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[White "Abramovic,Bosko"]
[Black "Soltis,Andrew"]
[Round ""]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C61"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O
c6 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. d3 d5 8. c3 dxc3 9. Nxc3
d4 10. Ne2 Be7 11. Ng3 O-O 12. h3 Nd7 13. f4
Nc5 14. Bc2 a5 15. Qf3 a4 16. a3 f6 17. Bd2
Nb3 18. Bxb3+ axb3 19. Rae1 Kh8 20. f5 Bd6 21. Bf4
Ra5 22. Ne2 c5 23. Nc1 Rb5 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. Qd1
Qc7 26. Rf2 Rd8 27. Nxb3 c4 28. dxc4 Qxc4 29. Nc1
d3 30. Re3 Re5 31. Rxd3 Rxd3 32. Nxd3 Rxe4 33. Nb4
Re8 34. Qd6 h6 35. Kh2 b5 36. Nc6 Kh7 37. Nd4
Re5 38. b3 Qc1 39. Ne6 Re1 40. Qd2 Rh1+ 41. Kg3
Qxa3 42. Rf3 Qe7 43. Re3 Qf7 44. Qc2 Bb7 45. Qc5
Rf1 46. Nf4 Rg1 47. Ng6 Rxg2+ 48. Kh4 Qd5 49. Re8
 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[White "Alapin,Simon"]
[Black "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2
Be7 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6 9. Be3
Na5 10. Nbd2 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bb7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Rd1
Qc8 14. Bg5 Qe6 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rfe1 Rd7 17. Ra1
Rad8 18. b4 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nf1 g6 21. Qc2
Bg7 22. N3d2 f5 23. Nb3 Bf8 24. exf5 gxf5 25. f3
Rg7 26. Kh1 f4 27. Nfd2 Kh8 28. Re2 Bd5 29. Nc5
Bxc5 30. bxc5 Rdg8 31. b4 Qc6 32. c4 bxc4 33. Qc3
Qg6 34. Nxc4 e4 35. Nd2 e3 36. Qd4 c6 37. Ne4
Bxe4 38. Qxe4 Qf6 39. Rg1 Rd7 40. Qc2 Rgd8 41. g3
fxg3 42. Rxe3 Rd2 43. Re8+ Rxe8 44. Qxd2 Qxf3+ 45. Qg2
Re2  0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[White "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[Black "Levitzky,Stephan"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5
Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Be6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. c5
Nfd7 10. Qh5 f5 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Qe2 Bc8 13. Bf4
Re8 14. Qc2 g6 15. g4 Kg7 16. gxf5 Nh5 17. Bh6+
 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[White "Von Freiman,Sergey"]
[Black "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4
dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nbd7 7. Qxc4 c5 8. Nc3 a6 9. a4
b5 10. Qd3 c4 11. Qb1 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nxb5
Bb4+ 14. Nc3 g5 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Qc1 Nb6 17. Rxa8
Qxa8 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Kxd2 Qa2 20. Kd1 Qb3+ 21. Qc2
Bxc3 22. bxc3 Be4 23. Qxb3 cxb3 24. e3 b2  0-1
[Event "?"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1913.??.??"]
[White "Flamberg,Alexander"]
[Black "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Qe2 b5 8. e5 Nxe5 9. Qxe5
bxa4 10. Re1 d6 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Nc3
Qd7 14. h3 c5 15. Nde2 Qf5 16. Nf4 Bb7 17. Qd3
Qd7 18. Ncd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Bf6 21. Be3
a3 22. Bxc5 axb2 23. Rab1 Qb5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qxd6
Be7 26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxe7 f6 28. g3 Qa5  0-1
[Event "?"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[White "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[Black "Bogoljubov,Efim"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4
exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 a6 9. Ba4
d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Qe6+ 12. Kf1 Qc4+ 13. Kg1
O-O 14. d5 Rd8 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. Bb3 Qf4 17. dxc6
Bxf3 18. Qxe7 Bxc6 19. h4 Rd2 20. Rf1 Re8 21. Qg5
Rxf2 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Rd1 Qxf7 24. Rd2 h6 25. Rxf2
Re1+ 26. Kh2 Qxf2 27. Qg4 Bxg2  0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Round "12"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Gregory, Bernhard"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 Qd6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Qd2 Bf5 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.O-O-O e6 7.Nh4 Ngf6 8.f3 h6 9.Bf4 Qb4 10.Nxf5 exf5 11.Qe3+ Kd8 12.Qd3 Nb6 13.a3 Qa5 14.e4 Nc4 15.Nb1 Nh5 16.Be5 Be7 17.h4 f4 18.exd5 cxd5 19.Qf5 Ng3 20.Qxf7 Rf8 21.Qe6 Ne3 22.Bd6 Re8 23.Bd3 Rc8 24.Rhe1 Qb6 25.Bxe7+ Rxe7 26.Qxb6+ axb6 27.Rd2 Nxc2 28.Rxe7 Nxd4+ 29.Nc3 Kxe7 30.Kd1 Nb3 31.Rc2 Rc5 32.Na4 Rxc2 33.Kxc2 Nd4+ 34.Kc3 Ndf5 35.Nxb6 Kd6 36.Bxf5 Nxf5 37.h5 Kc6 38.Nc8 b5 39.Kb4 Kb7 40.Kxb5 Kxc8 41.a4 Kc7 42.a5 Kd6 43.b4 Nd4+ 44.Kb6 Ne6 45.a6 d4 46.b5 d3 47.Ka7 Nc5 48.b6 Nd7 49.b7 d2 50.Ka8 d1=Q 51.a7 Qd5 0-1




[Event "?"]
[Site "Hewlett-Packard"]
[Date "2013.03.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Holt, Dan"]
[Black "Sutton, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator ",Ron"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[TimeControl "6000+1630"]

{8MB, Fritz8.ctg
} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 a6 6. Bxc6+
bxc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 c5 9. Nb3 Bb7 10. Bf4 Qc7 11. O-O Ne7 12. Be3 Ng6 13.
f4 Rd8 14. N1d2 a5 15. a4 Be7 16. Qg4 h5 17. Qf3 Nh4 18. Qg3 Nf5 19. Qf2 Rh6
20. Nxc5 Nxe3 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Qxe3 Rg6 23. f5 d4 24. Qf2 exf5 25. cxd4 Rxd4
26. Nf3 Rdg4 27. g3 f4 28. Kh1 fxg3 29. hxg3 Rxg3 30. e6 Rh3+ 31. Qh2 Rxf3 32.
Rg1 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pando"]
[Black "Diagram#1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/6pp/1q6/1Np5/8/1Q1P4/6PP/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

1... c4+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pando"]
[Black "Diagram#2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r5/3k4/2np4/4p3/4P3/8/KPB5/4R3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

1... Nb4+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pando"]
[Black "Diagram#3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2r2pk1/5np1/2p5/3p4/8/6K1/3R1R2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

1... Nd5 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pando"]
[Black "Diagram#4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1bn2pk1/5qp1/1N2p3/2Q5/5P2/2B3P1/5K2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

1... Nxb5 2. Qxb5 Ba6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pando"]
[Black "Diagram#5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/4Qp2/6p1/r2p4/r1q5/B5P1/5PK1/R7 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

1... Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pando"]
[Black "Diagram#6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4pk2/2qp1p2/6p1/6P1/5P2/R1PPR1K1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

1... Qc4 0-1

[Event "Syracuse"]
[Site "Syracuse, NY USA"]
[Date "1934.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fred Reinfeld"]
[Black "Arnold Denker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1934.08.13"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 e6 6. O-O g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 O-O 10. Nd4 Na6 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 d6 14. Nb5 Nd7
15. Bd4 Nc5 16. Qc2 a5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b3 Ba6 19. Nd4 Qf6 20. Rfd1 b5 21. a3
b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Ne6+ Nxe6 24. dxe6 Ra7 25. Ra4 Qxe6 26. Rda1 d5 27. Qc5
Rfa8 28. Bxd5 Qe5 29. f4 Qxe2 30. Bxa8 Rxa8 31. Qe5+ Qxe5 32. fxe5 1-0

[Event "Ye Olde Pueblo"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Higgins, Sean"]
[Black "Rensch, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2060"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/1q1n1ppp/p1bp4/1p4b1/P3BQ2/2N5/1PP4P/R1B2R1K w - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "130"]

20. Qf3 Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxc1 22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. Qxb7 Bxb2 24. Ra2 Be5 25. axb5
Rab8 26. Qxa6 Nd5 27. Ra3 Nc7 28. Qa5 Nxb5 29. Rb3 Nd4 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Qc7
Rf8 32. Rf2 h6 33. c4 Ne6 34. Qe7 Ng5 35. Kg2 Bd4 36. Rd2 Bc5 37. h4 Ne6 38.
Qb7 Re8 39. Qc6 Rb8 40. Qe4 g6 41. Rc2 Rb3 42. Re2 Kg7 43. Kf1 Rg3 44. Ke1 h5
45. Qa8 Rg1+ 46. Kd2 Bb4+ 47. Ke3 Rg4 48. Qa1+ Kg8 49. Qa8+ Kg7 50. Qa1+ Kh7
51. Qf6 Kg8 52. Ra2 Bc5+ 53. Kd3 Rd4+ 54. Kc3 d5 55. Ra8+ Bf8 56. cxd5 Rxd5 57.
Re8 Rf5 58. Qe7 Kg7 59. Qd7 Rf3+ 60. Kd2 Rf2+ 61. Ke1 Rf6 62. Qc8 Rf4 63. Qb7
Rb4 64. Qc8 Rxh4 65. Qc3+ Kg8 66. Qc8 Rf4 67. Rxe6 fxe6 68. Qxe6+ Kg7 69. Qe5+
Rf6 70. Qc7+ Kh6 71. Qc1+ g5 72. Qc8 h4 73. Qe8 Bg7 74. Qe3 Rf4 75. Qe6+ Bf6
76. Qh3 g4 77. Qe3 Kg5 78. Qc5+ Rf5 79. Qe3+ Kg6 80. Qe8+ Kg5 81. Qe3+ Rf4 82.
Qc5+ Kg6 83. Qc2+ Rf5 84. Qd2 g3 0-1

