[Event "DCC Sat. Increment"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2014.02.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "FM Tommy He"]
[Black "WCM Claudia Munoz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2042"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. b3 d5 11. c5 Nc8 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be3 a5 14. Rb1 N8e7 15.
b4 axb4 16. axb4 Nf5 17. b5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ncxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd5 c6 21.
Nb6 Ra5 22. Qc2 Qg5 23. Nd7 Nh4 24. Qe4 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Rc8 26. bxc6 bxc6 27.
Qxc6 Raa8 28. Qb7 Bxc5 29. Rfc1 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qf4+ 31. Ke2 Re8+ 32. Kd1 Qd4+
33. Kc2 Qc4+ 34. Kd2 Re2+ 0-1

. Bf1 c4 38. Ra1 g5 39. Raa8 Re1 {Diagram [#]} 40. Rd1 Qe2 41. Rxe1 Qxf3
0-1

[Event "Rotterdam 47/460 Karpov,An"]
[Site "Rotterdam 47/460 Karpov,An"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e3 Be6 7. a5 Bd5 8. Nd2
g6 9. e4 Be6 10. Nxc4 Bg7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Nd3 Nc7 15.
Be3 f5 16. e5 Bf7 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. h4 h6 19. Bf3 Kh7 20. Nf4 Rb8 21. Qc2 Kg8 22.
g4 e6 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Qd2 Rd8 25. Qe2 Qe7 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Bh5 Rg8 28. Bg6 Nf8
29. Qh5 Rd7 {Diagram [#]} 30. Rd3 Qe8 31. Bd2 Nxg6 32. Nxg6+ Kh7 33. Rdg3 Rxd4
34. Qe2 Bxg6 35. Rxg6 Qxg6 36. Rxg6 Kxg6 37. Be3 Rxh4 38. f4 Rd8 39. Qf3 Nd5
40. Bxa7 Rxf4 41. Qd3 Bxe5 42. Ne2 Re4 43. Kf2 Rg8 44. Qc2 Kh7 45. Kf3 Rh4 46.
Bg1 Rh3+ 47. Kf2 Bh2 48. Qc5 Bxg1+ 49. Nxg1 Rh2+ 50. Kf3 e5 0-1

[Event "Rotterdam 1989"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "GM  Valery Salov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3p1k2/3Bp1pp/1q2p2P/p3N1K1/R4PP1/8/8 w - - 0 45"]
[PlyCount "16"]

{Diagram [#]} 45. Rc3 (45. hxg6+) 45... gxh5+ 46. Kxh5 Qf1 47. Kg4 (47. Kxh6
Qh3+ 48. Kg5 Qf5+ 49. Kh4 Qh7+ 50. Kg5 Qg6+ 51. Kh4 Qh6+ 52. Kg4 Kg6) 47... Kg6
48. Bxe5 d5 49. Nc5 (49. Nf6 Qb1) 49... Qh1 50. Kf4 Qh5 51. Ke3 Qxe5+ 52. Kd2
d4 0-1

[Event "Petropolis Interzonal"]
[Site "Petropolis BRA"]
[Date "1973.08.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1973.07.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bf4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1 a6 11. a3 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Rc8 16. Re1 Bf6 17. Bd6 Re8 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qd5+ Kg6 20. Rxe8 (20.
Qd3+ Kf7 (20... Kh6 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. Qf5) 21. Qd5+) 20... Qxe8 21. Qd3+ Kf7
22. Re1 Ne7 23. h4 Qd8 24. Ng5+ Bxg5 25. hxg5 Ng6 26. f4 Qb6+ 27. Kh2 Kg8 28.
Qb3+ Kh8 29. Re6 Qf2 30. Qg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Rd8 32. Bc5 Bc8 33. Rc6 Bf5 34.
Rxa6 Kg8 35. Bd6 Kf7 36. Rb6 Bd3 37. Rb7+ Ke6 38. Bb4 Rd7 39. Rb6+ Kf5 40. Bd6
Ne7 41. Be5 Ke4 42. b3 Ke3 43. a4 Nf5+ 44. Kh2 Be4 45. Rxb5 Rd2 46. Bb8 Rxg2+
47. Kh3 Rg3+ 48. Kh2 Rg4 49. Ba7+ Ke2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1914.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ossip Bernstein"]
[Black "Isidor Gunsberg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qd3 Qe5 14. Rad1
Qc5 15. e5 d5 16. Nb3 Qb4 17. a3 Qg4 18. Qe3 g6 19. Rd4 Qf5 20. Nc5 Be6 {
Diagram [#]} 21. g4 Qxc2 22. Rd2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1914.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D08"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Nxf3 O-O-O 9. Qd3 h6 10. g3 g6 11. Bg2 Bg7 12. O-O Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. b4 f5
15. c5 Qe6 16. c6 Ne7 17. cxb7+ Kb8 18. Bb2 Rd6 19. Rac1 Rhd8 20. Rc2 f4 21.
gxf4 Bxf4 22. Rd1 Nf5 23. Bc1 Ne3 24. Rc5 Qf6 25. Qe4 Nxd1 26. Bxf4 Nc3 27.
Bxd6 Qxd6 28. Qe5 Qb6 29. Qe7 Qd6 30. Re5 d3 31. exd3 Qxd3 32. Re3 Qd1+ 33. Kh2
Nb5 {Diagram [#]} 34. Re6 Nxa3 (34... Rh8 35. Qe8+ Qd8 36. Qxb5) 35. Rf6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1914.05.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "David Janowski"]
[Black "Akiba Rubinstein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. Nc3
b5 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb4 11. Bb1 Nbd5 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Bg5 Bd6
15. Re1 Rd8 16. Qd2 Be7 17. a3 O-O 18. Qd3 g6 19. Ba2 Rfe8 20. Qh3 Nh5 21. Bxe7
Rxe7 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Qh4 f6 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Nf3 Kg7 26. Qe4 Kf7 27. Rac1
Ng7 28. g4 Qd6 29. Rc8 Re8 30. Rec1 Rxc8 31. Rxc8 Ne8 32. g5 fxg5 33. Ne5+ Ke7
34. Qf3 Nf6 35. Ra8 Rxe5 36. Ra7+ Nd7 37. dxe5 Qxe5 38. Qd1 Qd6 39. Qxd6+ Kxd6
40. Rxa6+ Kd5 41. Kf1 g4 42. Ra7 Kd6 43. Ke2 h5 44. Ra8 Ne5 45. Ra6+ Kd7 46.
Rb6 Nf3 47. h3 Nd4+ 48. Kf1 gxh3 49. Rb7+ Kd6 50. Rg7 Nf3 51. Rf7 Nd2+ 52. Kg1
g5 53. Rh7 Nf3+ 54. Kh1 h4 55. Rf7 Ne5 56. Rg7 Nf3 57. b3 e5 58. a4 bxa4 59.
bxa4 Kc5 60. Rf7 e4 61. Re7 Kd4 62. a5 {Diagram [#]} g4 63. Rg7 (63. a6 g3)
63... g3 64. fxg3 e3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1914.04.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nf5 Bxf5 9. exf5 O-O 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Nd5 Bf6 12. c3 Nb6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. Qf3 Rfe8 16. Be3 c5 17. Re2 Re5 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Qb7 Qxf5 20. Qxc7
Qe6 21. Qxa7 Nd5 22. Kf1 Nf4 23. Rd2 {Diagram [#]} Nxg2 (23... Qg4 24. Bxf4 (
24. g3 Qh3+) (24. Qb7 d5 25. f3 Qe6 26. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 27. Kf2 Rf1+ (27... Rh1) 28.
Kxf1 (28. Kg3 g5 29. Bxg5 Qg6) 28... Qe1#) 24... Rxe1#) 24. Kxg2 Qg4+ 25. Kf1
Qh3+ 26. Ke2 Rxe3+ 27. fxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kd1 Qxe1+ 29. Kc2 Qe4+ 30. Kb3 Qc6 31. a4
d5 32. a5 Qb5+ 33. Ka3 Rb8 34. Ka2 h6 35. a6 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1914.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aron Nimzowitsch"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]

1. d4 {Notes by Raymond Keene. To redress the balance to a great chess teacher,
here is a brilliant win by Tarrasch.} d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3
Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 {11 Qe2!?}
exd5 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nhf3 Rad8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bb5 Ne4 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qc2
Nxd2 18. Nxd2 {'The guardian of the king's field leaves his post for a moment,
assuming wrongly that 19 Qc3 is a major threat' -- Tartakower. If 18 Qxd2 d4
19 exd4 Bxf3 20 gxf3 Qh4} d4 {!} 19. exd4 {19 Rfe1!} Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21.
Kg1 Bxg2 {!} 22. f3 {22 Kxg2 Qg4+ 23 Kh2 Rd5-+} Rfe8 23. Ne4 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Bxf1
25. d5 {25 Rxf1 Qh2+ or 25 Nf6+ Kf8 26 Nxe8 Qg2+} f5 26. Qc3 Qg2+ 27. Ke3 {
Diagram [#]} Rxe4+ 28. fxe4 f4+ {28...Qg3+!} (28... Qg3+ 29. Kd2 Qf2+ 30. Kd1
Qe2#) 29. Kxf4 Rf8+ 30. Ke5 Qh2+ 31. Ke6 Re8+ 32. Kd7 Bb5# 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg  RUS"]
[Date "1914.05.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Bc2 d4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4
15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 c5 18. Bd2 Rfd8 19. Ba5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 f6
21. Bc3 fxe5 22. Bxe5 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. f4 Kf7 25. Kf2 Bf6 26. Bd6 Bd4+
27. Kf3 Bd5+ 28. Kg4 Ke6 29. Bf8 Kf7 30. Bd6 Bxg2 31. Bxh7 Ke6 32. Bf8 Kd5 33.
Kg5 Bf6+ 34. Kg6 Be4+ 35. f5 Ke5 36. Bxg7 Bxf5+ 37. Kf7 {Diagram [#]} Bxg7 (
37... Be6+) 38. Bxf5 Kxf5 39. Kxg7 a5 {In this position, the game appears to
be lost for White. How can the King, way across the board, still hold up the
a-pawn, which threatens to go for a Queen after 40... c4 41.bxc4 bxc4 and c3?
Black had already calculated the following play before the exchange of pieces:
40.h4 Kg4 41.Kf6 c4 42.bxc4 bxc4 43.Ke5 c3 44.bxc3 a4 45.Kd4 a3, and his own
pawn on c3 prevents the King, situated in the 'square' of the passed pawn,
from approaching it. -- Tarrasch} 40. h4 Kg4 41. Kg6 {This is the problem move.
Black must capture the h-pawn and White's King thereby wins space and time. It
is as though, in the variation just given, White had not moved to f6, but in
one move, at once to f5. From there he can easily hold up the a-pawn, since
his journey does not lead him over e5 and d4, but over e4 and d3, where his
own pawn is not in the way. Now Black must still make exertions to save the
game. -- Tarrasch} Kxh4 42. Kf5 Kg3 43. Ke4 Kf2 44. Kd5 Ke3 45. Kxc5 Kd3 46.
Kxb5 Kc2 47. Kxa5 Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ORCA 2014 Winter Seasonal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul Bevans"]
[Black "Christopher McKinney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "2094"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 (3. Nd2) 3... cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Diagram [#]}
6. Nf3 (6. cxd5) (6. Qb3) 6... Bg7 (6... Bg4 7. -- e6) (6... e6 7. c5) 7. Qb3
dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Ne5 e6 10. Be3 Nc6 {Diagram [#]} 11. O-O-O (11. Nxc6 bxc6)
(11. g4) (11. h4) (11. f4) 11... Na5 12. Qb4 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 {Diagram [#]} a6 (
13... Nd5 14. -- f6) (13... Nd7) (13... b6) 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Kb1 Nd7 16. Be7
Nxe5 (16... Re8) 17. dxe5 Re8 18. Bf6 Bxf6 19. exf6 Qf5+ 20. Ne4 {Diagram [#]}
e5 21. Ka1 Be6 22. Qe2 Reb8 (22... Red8 23. Nd6 (23. Qe3) 23... Qxf6 24. Nxb7)
23. h4 h6 24. f3 b5 {Diagram [#]} 25. Rd6 (25. Qe3) (25. g3) 25... Rc8 26. Qe3
Qf4 27. Qxf4 exf4 28. Kb1 {Diagram [#]} a5 29. Nc3 b4 30. Nd5 (30. Ne2 Bf5+ 31.
Ka1 Rc4 (31... Rd8)) (30. Ne4) 30... Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rc6 32. Rhd1 Rxf6 33. Rd8+
Rxd8 34. Rxd8+ Kg7 35. Rd5 Ra6 36. Kc2 Kf6 37. Kd3 g5 {Diagram [#]} 38. Kc4
Rc6+ 39. Kb3 Ra6 40. Ka4 (40. Kc4) 40... Re6 41. Rxa5 (41. Rd2) 41... Re2 42.
Ra6+ Kg7 43. Kxb4 Rxb2+ 44. Kc4 Rxg2 45. hxg5 hxg5 {Diagram [#]} 46. a4 f6 (
46... Rf2) 47. Kd4 Kg6 48. Rc6 Re2 49. a5 Re3 50. Rc3 {Diagram [#]} Re6 51. Ra3
Ra6 1-0

[Event "Villingen 1934"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "H. Mueller"]
[Black "Amateur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D23"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 {Diagram [#]} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nbd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 c5 7.
d5 (7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5) 7... exd5 8. e5 d4 9. exf6 (9. Bxc4 dxc3 10. exf6
) 9... dxc3 10. Bxc4 Qxf6 (10... cxb2 11. Bxb2) 11. Bg5 Qc6 (11... cxb2 12.
Bxf6 bxa1=Q+ 13. Bxa1) 12. O-O-O (12. Ne5 Qxa4 (12... Nxe5 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxc6
Bxc6 15. Qc2 cxb2 16. Rd1 (16. Qxb2 Nd3+) 16... Bxg2) 13. Bxf7#) 12... Qxa4 (
12... cxb2+ 13. Kxb2 (13. Kb1) (13. Kc2 Qxa4+)) (12... f6 13. Rhe1+ Be7 14. Bb5
Qc7 15. Bf4 Qd8 16. Bd6) (12... Be7 13. Qxc6 bxc6 14. Bxe7 cxb2+ 15. Kxb2 Kxe7
16. Rhe1+ Kd8 (16... Kf8 17. Ne5) 17. Ng5 Kc7 18. Nxf7 Rf8 19. Re7) 13. Rhe1+
Be7 (13... Ne5 14. Rd8#) 14. Rxe7+ Kf8 (14... Kd8 15. Rexd7+ Ke8 16. Rd8#) 15.
Rxf7+ Kg8 (15... Ke8 16. Re1+ Ne5 17. Rxe5+ Be6 18. Bxe6) 16. Rfxd7+ (16. Ne5
Nxe5 17. Rd8+) 16... Qxc4 (16... Kf8 17. Rd8+) 17. Rd8+ Kf7 18. Ne5+ {Diagram 
[#]} Ke6 19. Nxc4 Rxd8 20. Rxd8 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.03.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fork"]
[Black "#1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2q3k1/5pp1/2n5/4p3/3P4/1Q3N2/4KP2/8 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.30"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... e4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.03.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fork"]
[Black "#2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q2k1/4ppn1/6p1/8/3N1B2/8/8/3QK3 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.30"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... e5 2. Bxe5 Qa5+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.03.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Forking Check"]
[Black "#3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q2k1/5pp1/4b3/7B/8/8/2Q3P1/4K3 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.30"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qa5+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.03.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Double Check"]
[Black "#4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r3k/6pp/8/Q6b/8/8/3NrP2/2BK4 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.30"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rexd2+ 2. Ke1 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.03.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fork setup"]
[Black "#5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/5pp1/5n2/2Q5/8/8/4P1P1/5K2 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.30"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rd1+ 2. Kf2 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.03.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pin"]
[Black "#6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/k1p5/1p6/2n5/8/8/P5K1/R1Br4 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.30"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nd3 0-1

[Event "USATE 2014[CKQ1 - What Does the Gm Say]"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.02.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chandran Panchanthan, Magesh"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[Annotator "Chandra, Akshat"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.15"]

{At this stage our team, What does the GM Say, was tied for the lead with 4/4.
Our opponent's, CKQ-1, were trailing us by 1/2 a point. On Board 1, I faced
Grand Master (GM) Magesh Panchanthan Chandran (2557 FIDE).} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6
3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 ({The main line came as a
suprise to me, since I was expecting him to avoid theory, with a move like} 7.
Nbd2) ({or} 7. b3) 7... cxd5 8. Ne5 (8. Nc3 {is the other main line.}) 8... e6
9. Nc3 Nfd7 10. e4 $5 $146 {An "over the board" produced Novelty which
sharpens things up.} (10. f4 {is the main line, which in my opinion is White's
best choice.}) 10... Nxe5 {The most principled follow-up.} 11. dxe5 d4 12. Nb5
Bxe5 13. Bh6 Bg7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. e5 $1 ({He had thought for a long time
before playing 15.e5, so I'm assuming he missed that after} 15. Qxd4+ {Black
gets a superior endgame after} Qxd4 16. Nxd4 e5 {despite the fact that all my
pieces are on the 8th rank !}) 15... Qb6 $1 {Bring my Q out to it's best
square where it attacks the Knight, and waits to see how White reacts to it.}
16. Qd3 $2 {Not the ideal solution.} (16. Nd6 {was the critical line, after
which I had planned} Nc6 17. f4 Bd7 {followed by undermining White's center
with f6.}) 16... Nc6 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rfd8 {It's hard to say if it was
better to move the other Rook or not. I felt that moving the f-Rook was more
natural, since I figured the a8 Rook could come to c8 then.} (18... Rad8) 19.
a3 $2 (19. Nd6 Nxe5 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 {I think we both underestimated
this endgame for White. White's getting his pawn back, with a slight edge after
} Nc6 22. Rd2 Be8 23. Red1 Kf8 24. Nxb7 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rb8 26. Nc5) 19... Nb4 $1
20. Qxd4 Nc2 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Bxb7 Rab8 $2 {For some bizarre reason, I felt
compelled to go for a pawn-down endgame.} (22... Bxb5 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Re4 {
and I thought that he was going to trap my N .However, there is no direct way
for White to do so. My N is wiggling out in all variations, and this means
that we can evaluate this position as =+}) (22... Ra5 {also led to a better
endgame for me, after} 23. Re2 Bxb5 24. Rxd8 Bxe2 25. Rd2 Nxa3 26. bxa3 Bc4 {
and it's clear that I can't lose here.}) 23. Re2 Bxb5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxc2
Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Bf1+ 27. Kf3 ({Secretly hoping for} 27. Kg1 Bh3# {:)}) 27... Rd3+
28. Kg4 (28. Ke4 $1 {was stronger. We both missed that after} Rb3 {threatening
Bd3 and Bg2, White simply plays} 29. Kf4 {with better winning chances than he
had in the game.}) 28... f5+ 29. exf6+ Kxf6 30. f4 h5+ 31. Kh4 Rd4 {I was
trying to create some sort of mating net here, but his next move dissolves all
those ideas.} 32. Rf2 {Deflecting my B, in order to bring his King back to
safety.} Bd3 33. Kh3 Bf5+ 34. Kg2 g5 {Aiming to create a passed e-pawn.} 35.
fxg5+ Kxg5 36. h4+ Kg6 37. Bf3 Bd3 38. Kh2 (38. Rd2 $4 Bf1+ $19) 38... Bc4 39.
Rc2 e5 40. Be2 $2 (40. b3 {was what I was expecting, after which I had intended
} Bf7) 40... Bxe2 41. Rxe2 e4 {The e-pawn easily compensates for the fact that
I'm a Pawn down, all but guaranteeing me a Draw ..} 42. Kh3 Kf5 43. Rf2+ Ke5
44. Rf8 Rd5 ({I thought long and hard for} 44... Rd2 {but was unable to
evaluate the unbalanced endgame after} 45. Rh8 e3 46. Rxh5+ Ke4 47. Rh8 e2 48.
Re8+ Kf3 49. Rf8+ ({But not the hasty} 49. h5 {which loses to} Rd4 50. Rxe2
Kxe2 51. g4 Ke3 $1 52. Kh4 (52. g5 Kf4 53. g6 Kg5 54. g7 Rd8) 52... Kf4 53. h6
Rd8 54. Kh5 Ke5 55. g5 (55. Kg6) 55... Ke6 56. Kg6 Rg8+ 57. Kh5 Kf5 58. h7
Rxg5+ 59. Kh6 Rg6+ 60. Kh5 Rg2 $1 61. Kh6 Ke4 $1 62. h8=Q Rh2+ 63. Kg7 Rxh8 64.
Kxh8 Kd3 $19 {Of course some of this line was produced with the help of an
engine, but I think it's instructive to see how Black was able to stop the 2
pawns.}) 49... Ke3 50. Re8+ Kf2 51. h5 e1=Q 52. Rxe1 Kxe1 53. g4 Kf2 54. h6 (
54. g5 Kf3 55. h6 Rd1 56. Kh2 Rd2+ 57. Kh3 $11) 54... Kf3 55. g5 (55. h7 Rd1
56. Kh2 Rd2+ 57. Kh3 Rd1 $11) 55... Rd1 56. Kh2 Rd2+ 57. Kh3 Rd1 58. Kh2 $11)
45. Re8+ Kf5 46. a4 Rd2 47. b4 Rd4 48. Rg8 e3 49. Kg2 Ke4 50. Re8+ Kf5 51. b5
Rxa4 52. Kf3 Ra3 53. Rxe3 (53. Rg8 e2+ $1 54. Kxe2 Rb3 55. Rg5+ Ke4 56. Rxh5
Rxg3 57. Rh6 Rh3 $11) 53... Ra5 54. Rb3 Ra4 $4 {A terrible blunder which
nearly cost me the game, and my team the match !} (54... Ke5 {was correct. I
had missed that after} 55. g4 {I can play} Ra4 $1 {with an easy draw.}) 55. Rd3
$1 Ke6 56. Rc3 {This was what I had missed. Now it's lost for me.} Kf5 57. Rc6
Ra3+ 58. Kg2 Rb3 59. Rxb6 Rb4 {Putting on my poker face, and setting up one
last trick ...} 60. Rh6 $4 ({I was going to resign after} 60. Kh3) ({or} 60.
Rb8) 60... Rxb5 $1 61. Kh3 (61. Rxh5+ Kg4 62. Rxb5 {It's stalemate !}) 61...
Ke4 {Of course without this move, I'd just be lost. The point is that White
can never play g4, because I just check him along the 3rd rank.} 62. Rf6 (62.
g4 Rb3+ 63. Kg2 hxg4 $11) 62... Rf5 63. Re6+ Re5 64. Ra6 Rb5 65. Ra8 Kf5 66.
Ra6 Ke4 67. Ra3 Kf5 68. Kg2 Rb6 69. Ra5+ Kg6 {So now my King has come back to
the kingside, making it an easy draw. But I was down to my last minute, and
anything can go wrong ...} 70. Kf3 Rf6+ 71. Ke4 Re6+ 72. Re5 Ra6 73. Rg5+ Kh6
74. Rd5 Rf6 75. Rd3 Kg6 76. Ke5 Rf5+ 77. Ke6 Rf1 78. Ke7 Re1+ 79. Kf8 Rf1+ 80.
Kg8 Rf6 {Because I had stopped writing, the last few moves and this final
position may not be correct. However, what should be remembered is that the
classy Magesh offered me a draw, that's right, he offered me a draw, when he
could've played for time since I was down to my last 26 seconds. He obviously
recognized the fact that the position was drawn, and displayed great
sportsmanship. You Rock Magesh ! The draw sealed the match for us, and we won
by a score of 3-1, which set up our final encounter against Princeton A.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amateur Team East"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lee, Michael"]
[Black "Shen, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Michael Lee"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.02.16"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.01"]

{I think this is the first time Victor and I have played over the board. He's
a solid player who plays a number of openings as Black, so I wasn't sure what
to expect.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O {A
standard response to the English. Usually Black plays for ...e4, Re8, and Bxc3
in the coming moves, giving White the bishop pair in exchange for weakening
White's pawn structure.} d6 {6...d6 is not the most forcing response by Black,
and I took the opportunity to deviate from the standard positions in this line.
} (6... e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Re8 9. f3 {is a possible line.}) 7. Na4 $5 {
With the idea of a3, b4, and Nxb6.} Bc5 $5 {An interesting pre-emptive
response to the above-mentioned threat. However, this allows White the ability
to gain the two bishops immediately with Nxc5.} 8. d3 {Holding the tension,
and protecting the c4 pawn (which turns out to be important)} a5 {Diagram [#]}
9. Nxe5 $1 {An interesting way to simplify into a better position for White
and cause problems for Black. Over the next few moves Victor ran his clock
dangerously low.} Bxf2+ $5 ({Perhaps better was} 9... Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4
Re8 $14) 10. Rxf2 Nxe5 11. d4 $1 {Gaining space with tempo.} Neg4 (11... Nxc4
12. b3 Nb6 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. Bg5 $14 {White has a lot of initiative for the
pawn}) 12. Rf3 {Threatening h3.} Nd7 {Black has to retreat his knight to make
space.} (12... Ne4 $2 13. Rf4 f5 14. Rxg4 $1 $18) 13. h3 Ngf6 14. g4 c6 15. Nc3
d5 16. Bg5 $5 {Keeping the pressure on black, but missing a stronger move.} (
16. g5 {I misjudged winning the pawn immediately.} Ne4 17. cxd5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3
cxd5 19. Bxd5 $16) 16... h6 17. Bh4 {Victor was down to less than 15 minutes
for the remaining moves before time control.} g5 $6 18. Bg3 dxc4 19. e4 b5 20.
Bd6 Re8 21. e5 Re6 22. Rf5 Qb6 23. Kh1 (23. Rxf6 $5 Nxf6 24. Bc5 Qd8 25. exf6 {
May be a stronger continuation for white.}) 23... Bb7 $2 24. Bc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5
Qxc5 26. exf6 Qb6 27. Qd2 {Setting up a nice finish to the game.} Rd8 {Diagram
[#]} 28. Rxg5+ Kf8 29. Rg8+ $1 Kxg8 30. Qxh6 Rxf6 31. Qxf6 Qd4 32. Qg5+ Kf8 33.
Rd1 {Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "Amateur Team East"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Johnson, Darek"]
[Black "Doma, Vinay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1726"]
[BlackElo "2054"]
[Annotator "Lawrence, Al"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.02.19"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.19"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. c4 Nf4 8. g3
Nh3 9. Qd2 a5 10. Be2 h6 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. d5 Nb4 13. a3 Na6 14. Ne4 Bxb2 15.
Qxb2 f5 16. Ned2 Kh7 17. Bf1 f4 18. Ne4 Bf5 {Diagram [#] Diagram [#]} 19. Nd4
$1 Bc8 (19... e5) (19... Bxe4 20. Ne6) 20. O-O-O Qe8 21. f3 e5 (21... Ng5) 22.
dxe6 Bxe6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Bxh3 Qxh3 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. Qxf6 Rg8 (26... Qf5 27.
Qe7+ Kh8 28. Rd7) 27. Rhe1 h5 28. Re7+ Kh6 29. Qxf4+ g5 30. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Amateur Team East"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.02.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tang, Jason"]
[Black "Johnson, Darek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "1907"]
[BlackElo "1726"]
[Annotator "Lawrence, Al"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Ne5 10. f3 a6 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. a3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Be3 Nd7
15. b4 Rc8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 b5 18. Qb3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qb8 20. Rc6 Ne5 21.
Rxa6 Rc8 22. Rb6 Qa8 23. Kf2 {Diagram [#]} Rc3 24. Qd1 (24. Qxc3 Ng4+ 25. fxg4
Bxc3 26. Rc6 Qxa3 27. Bh6 Bd4+ 28. Ke1) 24... Rxe3 25. Rb8+ (25. Kxe3 Qa7) (25.
Rxb5 Rxa3) 25... Qxb8 26. Kxe3 Qa7+ 27. Kf4 Qf2 28. g4 Bh6+ 29. g5 Qxh2+ (29...
Bxg5+ 30. Kxg5 Qxh2) 30. Ke3 Bxg5+ 31. Kd4 Qf2+ 32. Kc3 Qe3+ 33. Kb2 Bf6 34.
Ka2 Nc4 35. Bxc4 bxc4 36. Qc2 c3 37. b5 Bd4 38. a4 Bb6 39. Kb3 Ba5 40. Qd1 Qd2
0-1

[Event "Santa Clara Convention Center"]
[Site "Santa Clara Convention Center"]
[Date "2014.02.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "WIM Sarah Xiaosha Lu"]
[Black "IM Ricardo De Guzman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 $6 {It seems like
a weak continuation. The typical approach for a Scotch opening is c3,
protecting d4. I actually played couple of games recently where my opponent
continued with 6. c3. One against Nieman, 6... Nge7 7. Bc4 Qg6 8. O-O Ne5 9.
Be2 h5!? The other game against Enkbaar in round 1 (National Amateur West)
went on 6. c3 Nge7 7. Be2 O-O 8. f4 d6 and Black was able to find ways to
create a strong counter plan on the queenside later in the game.} (6. c3 Nge7
7. Bc4 (7. Be2 O-O 8. f4 d6) 7... Qg6 8. O-O Ne5 9. Be2 h5) 6... Bxe3 7. fxe3 {
Another variation is Qh4 8.Kd2 Kd8 9. Qf3 Nf6 but seems to be quite a risky
line and very tactical.} Qe5 {This seems to be a safe line rather than taking
the poison b2 pawn, 7. . . . Qxb2? 8. N1c3 Qb4 9. Qd2 gives white a clear
advantage.} (7... Qxb2 8. N1c3 Qb4 9. Qd2) (7... Qh4+ 8. Kd2 Kd8 9. Qf3 Nf6) 8.
Qd5 Kd8 9. N1c3 a6 10. Nd4 Qxd5 {Diagram [#] If 10. . . Nge7 11. Qxf7 Nxd4 12.
exd4 Qxd4 13.Rd1 Qe3+ 14. Be2 White seems to have the upper hand in terms of
better development.} (10... Nge7 11. Qxf7 Nxd4 12. exd4 Qxd4 13. Rd1 Qe3+ 14.
Be2) 11. Nxd5 $6 {White should've played 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O
fixing his pawn structure. The weak double pawn in the center will pose a
problem later in the game.} (11. exd5 Ne5 12. Be2 d6 13. O-O) 11... Nge7 {I
think the better option for me was 11. . . . Ne5 12. O-O-O d6 then Black can
get rid of White's knight in the center with c6 while creating a strong
outpost on e5!} (11... Ne5 12. O-O-O d6) 12. O-O-O d6 13. Nxe7 Kxe7 14. Nxc6+
bxc6 {After trading the knights, Black still maintains some advantage : 1)
pawn structure - white's e3 & e4 pawns are bad. Double-isolated pawn. and 2)
Black seems to have a better bishop in this game.} 15. h4 f6 16. Be2 a5 17. g4
Be6 18. Bf3 Rab8 19. Rd4 Rb5 20. Ra4 {White's rook is misplaced on a4. It's
usually not a good idea to put a rook in between 2 pawns. Maybe he should've
used it on the kingside.} Rhb8 21. b3 Re5 22. c3 Bd7 {Black can also opt to
target the weak e4 pawn by putting the bishop on f7/g6 and then Rbe8 and also
with the idea of pushing d5. Black has a lot of options in where to attack.
However, I decided to do a series of maneuvers on the queenside to prepare for
c5 advance; putting pressure on white's misplaced rook on a4.} 23. Kd2 h6 24.
Rg1 Kd8 25. Rb1 Be8 26. Rg1 Kc8 {White seems to be happy to get a draw here
but I don't have any plans of letting this happen.} 27. Rb1 Bd7 28. Rg1 Rb6 29.
Rc1 Kb7 30. Rg1 Ra6 {Diagram [#] Finally after a series of preparation for
Black, the idea of c5 is now possible to pressure the misplaced rook on a4.
However, white's next move will force him to weaken further his queenside
pawns.} 31. b4 axb4 32. Rxb4+ Kc8 33. Rb2 Be6 34. Ra1 Rea5 35. Be2 Ra8 36. c4
Kd7 37. Rc2 Ra3 38. Bf3 R8a4 39. g5 {This is a desperate move for white since
she might fall into a zugzwang position. She can't hold on to her weak pawns.
If 38. Be2 c5! 39. h5 Ke7 and at this point, any move white makes, she loses
material.} (39. Be2 c5 40. h5 Ke7) 39... hxg5 40. hxg5 fxg5 {After the
exchanges of pawn, Black has a clear winning advantage and the rest is a
matter of endgame technique.} 41. Rg1 Ra5 42. c5 Rxa2 43. Rxa2 Rxa2+ 44. Kd3
Ra3+ 45. Kd2 Ke7 46. Rxg5 Kf6 47. Rh5 Bc4 48. cxd6 cxd6 49. e5+ dxe5 50. Bxc6
Rd3+ 51. Kc2 Rxe3 52. Rh8 Bf7 53. Rh1 Be6 54. Rf1+ Bf5+ 55. Kd2 Rd3+ 56. Ke2
Rd4 57. Bb5 g5 58. Ke3 g4 59. Be2 Re4+ 60. Kd2 Kg5 61. Rg1 Ra4 62. Ke3 Ra3+ 63.
Kf2 Kf4 64. Re1 g3+ {At this point, white can't do anything since the pawns
will keep on marching down. She resigned after g3.} 0-1

[Event "U.S. Amateur Team South"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Daniel Gurevich"]
[Black "Miles Ardaman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Annotator "Gurevich, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.23"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 (5... e5 6. d5 Bxf3 7. gxf3
Nd4 8. Be3 Nxe2) 6. Be3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne1 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 d5 10. e5 Ne8 (10...
Nd7) 11. f4 f5 12. Nf3 a6 {Diagram [#]} 13. h3 g6 14. Kh1 Ng7 15. Qe1 b6 16.
Ne2 Nb4 17. Qc3 a5 18. a3 Na6 19. Bf2 c5 20. Qe1 h6 (20... cxd4 21. Nexd4 Nc5)
21. Rd1 c4 22. Be3 Kf7 23. Bd2 {Diagram [#]} Rh8 24. Kg1 Qd7 25. g4 Raf8 26.
Qg3 fxg4 27. hxg4 h5 28. Kg2 Nc7 29. Rh1 (29. f5 gxf5 30. g5 h4 31. Nxh4 Nh5
32. Qf2 Rfg8 33. Nf3) 29... Nce8 (29... hxg4 30. Qxg4 Rfg8) 30. Kf2 hxg4 31.
Qxg4 Nh5 32. Rdg1 Rfg8 33. Nc3 b5 (33... Kf8) 34. Nd1 Bd8 35. Ne3 Kf8 36. Nh4
Bxh4+ 37. Rxh4 Qd8 38. Rhh1 Qb6 (38... Kf7) 39. c3 Qc6 40. Qf3 Ke7 41. f5 exf5
42. Nxd5+ Kd7 43. e6+ {Diagram [#]} Kxe6 (43... Qxe6 44. Re1 Qd6 45. Re7+ Kc8
46. Bg5) (43... Kd6 44. Bf4+ Kxe6 45. Qe3+ Kd7 46. Ne7) 44. Nf4+ Kd7 45. Qxc6+
Kxc6 46. Nxg6 Rh7 47. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "USAT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rosen, Eric"]
[Black "Chow, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "Rosen, Eric"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

{Going into the final around my team was matched up against the 2013
Co-Champions, meaning I would have to play Albert Chow in the deciding match.
My goal was to get a solid position in which I could play for a win if my team
needed it. However, this game was anything but a smooth path to victory.} 1. c4
c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be2 d5 {The mainline and most principled
move, attempting to break up White's strong center.} (5... e5 $5 {Is an
interesting sideline exploiting white's weak d4 square}) 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e5 Ne4
{A logical move that I somehow neglected to prepare for.} ({I had only
prepared for} 7... Ng4 8. Bb5 d4 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Na4 {With an unclear
position}) 8. O-O (8. d3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 d4 $1 {Creating a miserable bishop on e2}
) 8... Be7 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 11. dxc3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Be2
$5 {Diagram # Allowing Black to win a pawn but enter a very complicated
position} Rad8 {After a 20+ minute thought, Albert declined the pawn sacrifice
and chose to play solidly} (14... Qxb2 $5 15. Qxd5 Qxc3 {There are a lot of
interesting options such as Rac1, Bd2, or a6, but it isn't clear whether white
has enough compensation for the pawn} 16. Rac1 (16. Bd2)) 15. Qd2 $2 {It was a
bad idea to keep my queen on the same file as my opponent's rook.} d4 $1 16. c4
d3 $1 {Diagram # Initially I thought a black pawn on d3 would be highly
vulnerable. However, its strengths outweigh its weaknesses.} 17. Bd1 (17. Bxd3
$2 Bg6 18. Re3 Nb4 19. Ne1 Rd4 $19) 17... h6 18. Rc1 Bg6 19. Rc3 Nd4 20. Be3
Nc2 $1 {Diagram [#] A beautiful "outpost" for the knight which not only
attacks my rook and bishop, but also cuts off my queen from defending the b2
pawn.} 21. Rf1 (21. Bxc2 dxc2 22. Qc1 Rd7 {Planning Rfd8 and Rd1 with a very
nice edge for Black}) 21... Qxb2 22. Rb3 Qxa2 23. Rxb7 {At this point in the
match, I had over 20 minutes left while my opponent had less than 3. My
teammate Michael Auger had won on board 3, while my other teammates Shreya and
Sam had worse positions. Even though I was down a pawn, and in a seemingly
miserable position, I figured I was in a must-win situation. I knew my best
chances would be to complicate matters.} Rfe8 {Diagram #} 24. e6 $1 {The
beginning of a beautiful sequence of sacrifices which were very difficult for
my opponent to deal with in time pressure. To make matters worse for my
opponent, Sam miraculously achieved a winning position on board 1 after his
opponent blundered a queen. This meant I only needed a draw to clinch a win
for the team.} fxe6 (24... Bf6 $1 {Declining the pawn sacrifice would have
been best. However, this is a difficult move to find in time pressure.}) 25.
Bxh6 $1 {With the black queen detached from the kingside, this was the perfect
time to strike.} Qa6 (25... gxh6 26. Qxh6 {allows White a massive attack with
threats of Ng5 or Ne5}) 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Bg5 Red7 $2 {Diagram # Finally
cracking under time-pressure} (27... Qd6 {was forced, allowing Black to play
on.}) 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Qg5 (29. Bxc2 {also wins}) 29... Rd6 30. Qxg6 {With a
time and material deficit, Albert resigned, clinching first place for my team.}
1-0

[Event "2006 Golden Knights Semifinal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.03.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mark Robledo"]
[Black "Barry Endsley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "Endsley, Barry"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bg3
O-O 9. a3 c5 10. Be2 Na6 11. O-O Bxg3 (11... Nc7 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. a4 Qe6 14. Ng5
Qe8 15. Re1 h6 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Qb3 Qe6 20. Nd4 Qg6
21. Rad1 Bxd4 22. exd4 Ne6 23. Bf3 N6g5 24. Bxg5 Nxg5 25. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3
Rfe8 27. Nf6+ Qxf6 28. Qxb7 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Rc2) 12. hxg3 Nc7 13. a4 Ba6 (13...
Qd6 14. Qb3 a5 15. Qa3 Na6 16. Bxa6 Bxa6 17. Rfd1 Rfe8 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. e4
Nxe4 20. Rxd5 Qc6 21. Rad1 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Qxa4 23. Qxc5 Bb7 24. R5d2 Bxf3 25.
gxf3 Qb3 26. Kg2) 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Ne5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ne6 17. Rfd1 g6 18. b3 Rc8
19. Rac1 Qd6 (19... cxd4 20. exd4 Qe7 21. f4 Qb4 22. Ne2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Ne4 24.
Nc6 Qa3 25. Rb1 a5 26. Nc3 Nxc3 27. Qxc3 h5 28. Rc1) 20. f4 cxd4 21. exd4 Qb4
22. Qb5 Qxb5 23. Nxb5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Ne4 25. Nxa7 Nxd4 26. Rc7 {Diagram [#]} (
26. Rc8 Rxc8 27. Nxc8 Nc3 28. Nxb6 Nxb3 29. Kf2 f6 30. Nc6 d4 31. a5 d3 32. Nc4
d2 33. Nxd2 Nxd2 34. Ke3 Nc4+ 35. Kd3 Nxa5) 26... f6 27. Nd7 Nxb3 (27... Re6
28. g4 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 d4 30. f5 d3) 28. Nc8 (28. Nb5 Rd8 29. Nd6 Nxd6 30. Nxf6+
Kf8 31. Nxh7+ Kg8 32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Nh7+ Kg8 34. Nf6+) 28... Re6 29. Ncxb6 (29.
Ndxb6 d4 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Rc7 Kf8 33. Ned5 Rd6 34. Nd7+ Ke8 35.
N7b6 Nbc5 36. a5 d3) 29... d4 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31. Rc7 Ke8 32. Rc8+ Ke7 33. Rc7 Kd6
34. Rc8 Nxg3 35. Nf8 Re4 36. Nc4+ Ke7 37. Nxh7 d3 38. Nb2 Rxf4 39. Kh2 Ne2 40.
Kh3 g5 41. g3 Rf3 42. Kg2 g4 0-1

[Event "2008 Golden Knights Final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.03.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wayne Pressnall"]
[Black "Michael Buss"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2127"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d3 d6 5. f4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O Bd7 8. e4
O-O 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. Qe2 Nxe5 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bg2 Nc6
15. Qd2 (15. Nd1) 15... Qc7 16. b3 e6 17. Bb2 Nd4 18. Rae1 Qa5 19. Rf2 f5 20.
a3 Qc7 21. a4 Rf7 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Kh1 Rb6 25. Qc1 Ra6 26. Qb1
Qd6 {Diagram [#]} 27. Ref1 Bf6 28. Bc3 Rd7 29. Qb2 h5 30. Ra1 Rxa1+ 31. Qxa1
Rh7 32. Qa4 h4 33. g4 (33. Qe8+ Kg7) 33... h3 34. Bf1 Kf8 35. gxf5 Qd5+ 36. Kg1
gxf5 37. Bxh3 Rg7+ 38. Bg2 Bh4 0-1

[Event "2008 Electronic Knights Final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.03.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chris Torres"]
[Black "Barry Walker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2224"]
[Annotator "Torres, Chris"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Ne4 (8. Nd5) 8... Qd8 (8... Qc7) 9. Ng3 (9. Nxf6+) 9... Bg6 (9... Bg4 10. c3)
10. h4 h6 11. Ne5 Bh7 (11... Be7 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. Qe2 Qd6 14. O-O-O Nbd7 15.
Bxe6) 12. Qe2 Qc7 (12... Be7 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Qxe6+ Ke8 15. Nf5 Qd7 16. Nxg7+)
13. Bf4 {Diagram [#]} (13. O-O-O) 13... Nd5 (13... Qe7) 14. Nh5 Nxf4 15. Nxf4
Bd6 16. Nxf7 Qxf7 (16... Kxf7 17. Nxe6 Qe7 18. Rh3) 17. Nxe6 Qf6 (17... Qe7)
18. Rh3 Nd7 (18... b5) 19. Rf3 Qxh4 20. O-O-O Nb6 21. Bb3 Qe7 22. Re1 Kd7 23.
Rf7 Qxf7 24. Nc5+ Bxc5 25. Bxf7 Bd6 26. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "2008 Golden Knights Final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.03.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barry Walker"]
[Black "James Tracz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Tracz, James"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. Nc3 (7. c3) 7...
d4 8. Ne4 Nxe4 (8... Qb6 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Nh4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 c4) 9. dxe4 Nc6 10.
h3 (10. e3) 10... e5 11. f5 gxf5 12. exf5 e4 (12... Bxf5) 13. Nd2 e3 14. Ne4
Be5 {Diagram [#]} 15. g4 (15. Nxc5 Bxg3 16. Ne4 Qh4 17. Nxg3 Qxg3 18. c3 Kh8
19. Rf3 Qg5 20. cxd4 Rg8 21. Qf1 Nxd4) (15. c3 b6 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. b3 Ba6 18.
Ba3 Re8 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. f6 (20. Kh2) 20... Qd7 21. Kh2 Kh8 22. h4 Qg4 23. Bf3
Qxh4+ 24. Kg2 Rg8 25. Qe1 Bxe2) 15... Bb8 (15... b6 16. Qe1 f6 17. c3 Bb7 18.
cxd4 cxd4 19. b3 Qe7 20. a4 Bc7 21. Qh4 Qe5 22. Rd1 Ne7) 16. c3 h5 (16... Qc7)
17. Qc2 (17. gxh5) 17... Qc7 18. Rd1 (18. Rf3) 18... Qh2+ 19. Kf1 hxg4 20. hxg4
Qf4+ 21. Bf3 Ne5 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Qe4 Qg3 24. Bxe3 dxe3 25. Qxe3 Qh3+ (25...
Qh4 26. Qxc5 Kg7 27. Nh5+ Kg8 28. Qf2) 0-1

[Event "2010 Electronic Knights Final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.03.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alfredo Gotay"]
[Black "Stephen McGregor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Be2 c5 5. d5 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Bf4 (
8. h3) (8. Ng5) (8. dxe6) (8. Nd2 exd5 9. exd5 Nbd7 10. Nc4) 8... exd5 9. exd5
Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 a6 (11... Ne8 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15.
g4) 12. a4 Qc7 13. g4 Nbd7 14. h4 Ne8 15. a5 Be5 16. Bd2 Ng7 17. Be2 Rae8 {
Diagram [#]} 18. Ra4 f5 19. g5 Bd4 20. Bf4 Ne5 21. Qd2 Nh5 (21... Ng4) 22. Bxe5
dxe5 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. Kh1 Qd7 25. Raa1 f4 26. f3 e4 27. Qg2 (27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28.
fxe4 f3 29. Qh2 Qg4 30. c3 Be3 31. b3 Qxe4 32. Ra4 Qxd5) 27... Bxc3 28. bxc3
Qxd5 29. Rad1 Qf7 30. Kh2 e3 31. Qe2 Qe6 32. Rd3 Rf7 33. Rg1 Kg7 34. Rgd1 Qc4
35. Re1 Qa2 36. Rd6 Re6 37. Rd8 Qxa5 38. Red1 Qc7 39. c4 a5 40. Kg2 a4 41. R1d5
Re5 42. Rd3 Qe7 43. Rd1 a3 44. Ra8 a2 45. Rxa2 h6 46. Ra8 (46. gxh6+ Kxh6 47.
Ra8 Qxh4) 46... Rf8 47. Rxf8 Kxf8 0-1

[Event "2010 Electronic Knights Final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.03.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Patrick McCartney"]
[Black "Paul Boymel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2005"]
[BlackElo "2228"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Nce2 e6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Ng3
Ba6 9. Bg5 Qa5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qc1 Nb6 14. Nd2 O-O-O
15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Qc7 {Diagram [#]} 17. Rd1 h5 18. h4 (18. Qc2) 18... Kb8
19. b3 Be7 20. Ra2 Rhg8 21. Rc2 Bb7 22. Qh6 f5 23. Qxh5 f4 24. Ne2 f5 25. f3
fxe4 26. fxe4 c5 27. d5 f3 28. Qxf3 Rdf8 29. Qh5 exd5 30. exd5 Bf6 31. Rd3 Rh8
32. Qg6 Bxh4 33. g3 Bg5 34. Qe4 Bc8 35. Qe5 Bf5 36. Rcd2 Qxe5 37. Nxe5 Re8 38.
Nc6+ Kc7 39. d6+ (39. Nf4) 39... Kxc6 40. d7 Bxd3 41. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 42. Rxd3
Rxe2 0-1

[Event "2010 Electronic Knights "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.03.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "William Morris"]
[Black "Barry Endsley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "1956"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[Annotator "Endsley, Barry"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxf7 Qe7 7. Nxh8 Nc3+
8. Kd2 Nxd1 9. Re1 Nxf2 10. Bxh7 Ne5 11. Rxe5 Be6 12. Bg6+ Kd7 13. Bf7 Ne4+ 14.
Ke1 Qh4+ 15. g3 {Diagram [#]} Qxh8 16. Bxe6+ Kd8 (16... Kd6) 17. Bxd5 Qxh2 (
17... Nf6 18. h4 Bd6) 18. Rxe4 c6 19. Bg5+ Kc7 (19... Kd7 20. Be6+ Kc7 21. Bf4+
Bd6) 20. Bf4+ Kb6 21. Re6 Bb4+ 22. c3 Qxb2 23. cxb4 Qxa1 24. Be4 Qxd4 25. Nd2
Rh8 26. Rd6 Qxb4 27. Rd3 Re8 28. Rb3 Rxe4+ 29. Kd1 Kc5 30. Rxb4 Rxb4 31. Kc2
Ra4 32. Kb2 b5 33. a3 Kd4 34. Nb1 Kd3 35. Nc3 Rd4 36. Kb3 a5 37. Nd1 a4+ 38.
Kb2 c5 39. Nc3 Rd7 0-1

