[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem IV"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/2pq1pp1/3b3B/4n3/8/6Q1/5PP1/5RK1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Ng6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.05.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "New York 1889"]
[Black "Steinitz comments"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Tamburro, Pete"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bqk2r/ppp2ppp/2np1n2/2b1p3/2B1PP2/2NP1N2/PPP3PP/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram [#]}  *

[Event "After 14. ... Rac8"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Tamburro, Pete"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2rk1/pb3ppp/1pnqpn2/8/2PP4/P2B1N2/1BQ2PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram [#]}  *

[Event "Baden-Baden, 1925"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jan Willem te Kolste"]
[Black "Richard Reti"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Tamburro, Pete"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkb1r/pppppppp/8/4P3/8/2P5/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram [#]}  *

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Olympiad"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Filiberto Terrazas"]
[Black "Fidel Castro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Bd6 4. d4 h6 5. e5 Bb4+ 6. c3 Ba5 7. Bxf4 g5 8. Bg3
Qe7 9. Be2 d6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. d5 {Diagram [#]} Bd8 13. dxc6 b5
14. Qxb5 a6 15. Qa4 g4 16. c7+ Bd7 17. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 18. Qd4 gxf3 19. Qxh8 Qxe2#
0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Donald Byrne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O Be6 10. Kb1 Rc8 11. g4 Qa5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bc4 Nd8 14. Be2 Nd7
15. Bd4 Ne5 16. f4 Ndc6 17. Bxe5 (17. fxe5 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxe5 19. Qa4 (19. Qe3
Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3) 19... Bxc3) 17... dxe5 18. f5 Nd4 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Rhf1
Rf4 21. g5 b5 22. Bd3 Rcf8 23. Qg2 b4 24. Ne2 Qc5 25. Qh3 {Diagram [#]} (25.
Nxf4 exf4 26. e5 Qxe5 27. Rde1 Ne2 28. c3 Nxc3+) 25... Rf3 26. Rxf3 Rxf3 27.
Qg4 Rxd3 28. Rc1 Rd1 29. c3 Rxc1+ 30. Kxc1 Nxe2+ 31. Qxe2 bxc3 32. Qg2 cxb2+
33. Kxb2 Qb4+ 34. Kc2 a5 35. Qg4 Qc5+ 36. Kb3 Qb6+ 37. Kc3 a4 38. h4 Qd4+ 39.
Kc2 Qf2+ 40. Kd3 Qxa2 41. h5 Qb3+ 42. Kd2 gxh5 0-1

[Event "US Champ"]
[Site "US Champ"]
[Date "1944.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arnold Denker"]
[Black "Reuben Fine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1944.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 Ba5 10. Ba3 d6 11. c5 O-O 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. e4 Re8 14. e5 dxe5
15. Nxe5 Qg5 (15... g6 16. Bb5 Qd5 17. f3 Bc6 18. Ng4 Qd8 19. d5 Kg7) 16. g3 g6
17. Qa4 Qd8 18. Rfc1 {Diagram [#]} b5 19. Bxb5 Qd5 20. f3 Bb6 21. Rc5 Bxc5 22.
Bxc5 Rf8 23. Bc4 Bc6 24. Bxd5 Bxa4 25. Bxa8 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.10.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hu-ARZ"]
[Black "Banik-SF"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 Ne4 8. Qb3
a5 9. Rd1 a4 10. Qe3 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 dxc4 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Qc3 Na6 14. Bf4 Nc7 15.
e4 Nb5 16. Qb4 Nxd4 17. Qxb7 Qa5 18. Rxd4 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Rad1 Qc5 21.
Qc7 Bg4 22. R1d2 {Diagram [#]} Ra7 23. Qf4 e5 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Defibaugh-BAL"]
[Black "Sang-SEA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Re8 11. Qf3 c6 12. b4 Nbd7 13. Bb2 Nf8 14. Rac1 Ng6 15.
Rfd1 Bd6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qh4 20. g4 Qxh2+ 21.
Kf1 {Diagram [#]} Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Ba6+ 23. Ke1 (23. Rd3 Qh3+ (23... Bxd3+ 24.
Qxd3 Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Re8+) 24. Ke2 Bxd3+ 25. Qxd3 Re8+ 26. Kd2 Bf4+) 23... Bf4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Martinez-MIA"]
[Black "Garcia-CAR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. f4
Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 b6 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Rae1 g6 14. e5 Ne8 15. f5
exf5 16. e6 Ne5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Nxf5 fxe6 19. Nh6+ Kg7 {Diagram [#]} 20. Qg4+
Kxh6 (20... Kh8 21. Rxf8+) 21. Rxe5 Rxf1+ (21... dxe5 22. Rxf8 Bxf8 23. Ne4
Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Be3 25. Qxe6+) 22. Nxf1 dxe5 23. Bc1+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.11.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chandra-NY"]
[Black "Salimbagat-MAN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Ne7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Qe6 13. b4 Bb6 14. Nd2 Rad8
15. Bc4 Rxd2 16. Bxe6 Rxf2 17. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 19. Kg1 Nxg5 20. Bb3
Rc8 21. Rd7 Kf8 22. Rad1 Ke8 23. Ba4 Nc6 24. b5 Na5 {Diagram [#]} 25. b6 c6 (
25... Nc6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. b7 Rb8 28. Rd8+) (25... Kf8 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+
Ke7 28. Re8+) 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. bxa7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Charbonneau-NY"]
[Black "Winer-NE"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
e5 9. h3 b6 10. d4 Bb7 11. d5 Nb8 12. Nbd2 Nbd7 13. Nf1 Ne8 14. g4 g6 15. Ng3
Ng7 16. Bc2 c4 17. Bh6 Rc8 18. Kh2 Kh8 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. b4 a6 21. Rg1 Ng8 22.
Be3 Nf6 23. Qe2 Qc7 24. Nd2 Nd7 25. a4 Bh4 26. Nf3 Be7 27. h4 Nf6 28. Ng5 h6
29. Nh3 Ng8 30. g5 h5 31. f4 exf4 32. Nxf4 Kh7 33. Bd4 Qd7 34. Ngxh5 Nxh5 {
Diagram [#]} 35. Qxh5+ gxh5 36. e5+ f5 (36... Kh8 37. e6+ Bf6 38. Bxf6+ (38.
gxf6 Qc7 39. Ng6+ Kh7 40. Ne7+ Kh8 41. Rg7 Nxe7 42. Rh7+ Kg8 43. fxe7 fxe6 44.
Rg1#) 38... Nxf6 39. exd7 Nxd7 40. g6 Kg8 41. Bf5 Rc7 42. gxf7+ Kxf7 43. Ne6)
37. exf6+ Kh8 38. Ng6+ Kh7 39. Nxe7+ Kh8 40. f7+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.10.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Collyer-SEA"]
[Black "Liou-SF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 Nd7 4. Bb2 Ngf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 h6 7. Nbd2 Bg6 8. g3
c6 9. Bg2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. e4 Nc5 13. Ne5 Bh7 14. Rae1 Re8 15.
Kh1 Nfd7 16. Ng4 Bf8 17. f4 f5 18. Nf2 a5 19. a3 Bg6 20. Nd1 Nf6 21. e5 Nfd7
22. Ne3 Nb6 23. Qf2 Be7 24. Rg1 Rf8 25. Ref1 Kh8 26. Bf3 Bh7 27. g4 fxg4 28.
Bxg4 Qd7 29. Qg3 Rg8 30. Nf3 Na6 31. Nd4 Nc7 32. f5 c5 33. f6 cxd4 34. Bxd4 h5
35. Bxh5 gxf6 {Diagram [#]} 36. exf6 Be4+ (36... Rxg3 37. f7+) (36... Bc5 37.
Qg7+ Rxg7 38. fxg7+ Kg8 39. Bxc5) 37. dxe4 Rxg3 38. fxe7+ Kh7 39. Rf7+ Kh6 40.
Rxg3 Qc6 41. Ng4+ 1-0

[Event "49th NE Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trimacco, Morris"]
[Black "Lutzewit z, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1380"]
[BlackElo "1315"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2014.03.04"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 (3... g6) (3... e5) 4. Nc3 (4. d4) 4... e5 5. Be2
Nf6 6. d3 Nd4 7. O-O Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. Nh2 a6 10. f4 {Diagram [#]} (10. Ng4)
10... b5 (10... exf4) 11. f5 bxc4 12. dxc4 Bb7 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. b3 Rfd8 15. Be3
Rac8 16. Qd2 Rd7 {Diagram [#]} 17. Bg5 (17. g4) 17... Ne8 (17... Qd8 18. -- Ne8
) 18. Ng4 (18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. f6 Nxf6 20. Rxf6) 18... f6 (18... Bxg5 19. Qxg5 f6
) 19. Be3 Kh8 {Diagram [#]} 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. exd5 {Diagram [#]}
Bf8 (22... a5) 23. Rf2 (23. b4) 23... a5 24. Raf1 (24. Rb1) 24... Nc7 25. Rb1
Na6 26. a3 Nc5 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Na4 29. Rb3 Ra7 30. Rf1 Re8 31. Nf2 Qc7 (
31... Nc3) 32. Ne4 Rea8 33. Rfb1 Nb6 {Diagram [#]} 34. c5 dxc5 (34... Nxd5) 35.
bxc5 Nxd5 36. Kh2 h6 37. Bc4 Ne7 (37... Ne3) 38. Nd6 Qxc5 39. Nf7+ Kh7 40. Be6
{Diagram [#]} Ng8 (40... Nd5 41. Rb5 Qc3) 41. Qd1 Qc7 42. Qg4 (42. Qh5) 42...
Ne7 43. Qe4 (43. Rg3) 43... Qc5 44. Rb7 Rxb7 (44... Qc6) 45. Rxb7 Qc6 46. Qb1
Nd5 47. Rb8 Ne3 48. Rb2 Rb8 49. Qa2 Rxb2 50. Qxb2 {Diagram [#]} Qc2 (50... d3
51. Qf2 d2) 51. Qxc2 Nxc2 52. Bd5 Bc5 (52... d3 53. Be4 (53. Bb3 Ne3) 53... Ne1
) (52... Be7) 53. Be4 Nb4 54. Nd8 d3 55. Nb7 Be3 (55... d2 56. Bf3 e4) 56. Nd6
d2 57. Bf3 Bf2 58. Ne4 Be1 59. Kg1 {Diagram [#]} Nd3 60. Nc3 Nb2 61. Nd1 Nxd1 (
61... Nc4) 62. Bxd1 g5 (62... g6) 63. g4 Kg7 64. Bb3 Kf8 65. Kf1 Ke7 66. Ke2
Kd6 67. Kd3 Kc5 68. Bc2 {Diagram [#]} e4+ (68... Kb4) 69. Kxe4 Kc4 70. Bd1 Kc3
71. Ke3 Bg3 72. Ke4 Kb2 73. Kd3 Kc1 74. Ke2 Bf4 75. Ba4 Kb2 76. Kd1 Kc3 77. Ke2
Kd4 78. Bc2 Ke5 79. Kf3 Kd6 80. Ke4 Ke7 81. Bd1 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee GMA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {A trendy way to
avoid the Marshall Gambit (6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d5!?) with which Aronian
had never lost a classical game. (That perfect record was shattered a
fortnight later in Zurich when Caruana    ground Aronian down in one of the
stodgiest of Marshall main lines.)} (6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5) 6... b5 7.
Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 d6 9. a3 {[#]  A consequence of White's eighth move; Black was
threatening to eliminate the light-squared bishop with ...Na5.} Na5 {Earlier
in the tournament Dominguez had beaten Caruana after 9...Be6 10.Be3 Qd7 11.Nd5,
nursing a small advantage through to a 108(!) move victory. "I did some hard
work on this line," said Aronian, "and it was rewarded."} (9... Be6 10. Be3 Qd7
11. Nd5) 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bg5 c5 12. b4 $5 Nc6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 15.
bxc5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 dxc5 {[#]} 17. Rfe1 $6 {According to Aronian, White needed
to play 17.a4, preventing 17...Nd7 due to 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.axb5 axb5 20.d6!
when a8 is exposed.} (17. a4 Nd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. axb5 axb5 20. d6) 17... Nd7
$1 18. Bd2 {According to most computer programs, White has around a half pawn
advantage here, thanks to his bishop pair and passed d pawn. In his
preparation Aronian had realised that this assessment was completely wrong.}
Bd6 $1 {Now White must sit and wait while Black plays ...f5 and generates a
kingside attack.} 19. a4 f5 20. Bb3 $2 {[#]  Already close to the decisive
mistake.} e4 $1 21. dxe4 c4 22. Ba2 Qh4 23. e5 {23.g3 Qg4! is even more ugly
for White.} (23. g3 Qg4) 23... Bxe5 24. g3 Qg4 25. Qxg4 fxg4 26. c3 Bf6 27. Bb1
b4 {and Black won the endgame 15 moves later.} 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee GMA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 {[#]}
Nxe4 $1 {As played in the first recorded game in this line - Greco- NN, 1620! 
The main line 7...Bxd2+ does not force 8.Nbxd2 because 8.Qxd2!? Nxe4 9.Qe3
offers chances for the pawn for White, e.g. 9...Qe7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Re1 Re8? 12.
Qf4!! 1-0} (7... Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 (8. Nbxd2) 8... Nxe4 9. Qe3 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11.
Re1 Re8 12. Qf4) 8. Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ d5 11. Ne5+ {[#]} Ke6 $1 {
NN had been too conservative in 1620 and played 11...Kg8.} (11... Kg8) 12. Qxb4
Qf8 $5 {12...c5 is sharper, but with the Black king in the centre White
doesn't mind the complications after either 13.Qa3 or 13.Qa4.} (12... c5 13.
Qa3 (13. Qa4)) 13. Qxf8 Rxf8 14. Nc3 {A few weeks after this game, Gikas tried
14.f3 against Ben Artzi in Gibraltar and was so nervous after 14...c5!? 15.
fxe4 dxe4 that he gave back the piece immediately with 16.dxc5? and lost.} (14.
f3 c5 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. dxc5) 14... c6 15. f3 Nd6 16. Kf2 Nf5 17. Rhe1 Kd6 {In
an endgame Aronian's centralised king is not a handicap at all and the game
was drawn 13 moves later.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee GMA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 {[#]} 5. Nc3 {This is the
continuation of choice for top players trying to break down the rock-solid
Petroff.} Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O {Delaying castling and sometimes heading
for the queenside is also popular.} 8. Qd2 b6 $5 {8...Nc6 would be standard.} (
8... Nc6) 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. h4 $5 {"The first new move. 10.Nd4 is natural, to
try to exploit the weakened f5 square, "said Dominguez, "but I thought why not
try to start an attack on the kingside?"} (10. Nd4) 10... Nd7 11. Bd3 Nf6 12.
Bd4 {[#]} c5 {Played after long thought. "If he doesn't play this I will build
up with Ng5 and Qf4 and he has no real counterplay," explained Dominguez.} 13.
Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qf4 d5 15. h5 Re8 16. g4 g6 $2 {Black's first and perhaps
deciding mistake; normally in a Petroff Black has rather more margin for error.
After 16...d4! Black can generate counterplay.} (16... d4) 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. g5
Bg7 19. Rh7 $3 d4 20. Bc4 Qe7 $2 {Losing quickly. 20...Bxf3 looks ugly but
after 21.Rxg7+ Kxg7 22.Qxf7+ Kh8 23.Qxg6 Re7 24.Qf6+ Rg7 25.Qxf3 Qxg5+ 26.Kb1
Rd8 27.cxd4 cxd4 28.Bd3 White will need some work to win.} (20... Bxf3 21.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Qxg6 Re7 24. Qf6+ Rg7 25. Qxf3 Qxg5+ 26. Kb1 Rd8
27. cxd4 cxd4 28. Bd3) 21. Qh4 $1 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee GMA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 {[#]} e6 {The anti-Trompovsky choice of many strong players,
who are keen to pick up the bishop pair, even at the cost of allowing White a
strong pawn centre. 2...Ne4 and 2...c5 are the sharpest alternatives.} (2...
Ne4) (2... c5) 3. e4 h6 4. Bxf6 Qxf6 5. c3 d6 6. Bd3 e5 {6...Qg5! is much more
annoying for White.} (6... Qg5) 7. Ne2 {[#]} Qd8 {Rather passive, but 7...Nc6
8.0-0 Bd7 9.d5 Nb8 10.Qb3, with Na3 and f4 to follow, is also promising for
White.} (7... Nc6 8. O-O Bd7 9. d5 Nb8 10. Qb3) 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Nd2
exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 $6 {11...Nc6 keeps White's advantage within bounds.} (11...
Nc6) 12. Qh5 $1 Nd7 13. Bc4 Rf8 14. e5 $1 Nb6 15. Bb3 c5 16. exd6 cxd4 $6 17.
dxe7 Qxe7 18. Rae1 Qd8 {[#]} 19. Ne4 $1 dxc3 20. f5 $1 {and White had a huge
attack which he later misplayed and allowed Giri to escape with a draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee GMA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 {[#]} 4. Nf3 {The last time the Budapest gambit
appeared in a top level game was at the 2013 Candidates tournament, when
Ivanchuk tried it and fell to Aronian who played a Bf4 system.} Bc5 5. e3 Nc6
6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 {An exchange which is probably best delayed.}
Nxe5 9. O-O a5 {[#]  This is usually prefaced by 9...Re8, hoping for 10.a3?!
a5 11.b3 Ra6! headed for h6.} (9... Re8 10. a3 a5 11. b3 Ra6) 10. Kh1 {
Attempting to replicate an old Spassky plan, here not so appropriate.} d6 11.
f4 Nc6 12. b3 {12.Bd3 Re8 13.Qh5 h6 14.Rf3 would transpose to a famous Spassky
Illescas game from 1990, won convincingly by Spassky, but Rapport would have
reacted with 12...Qh4!} (12. Bd3 Re8 (12... Qh4) 13. Qh5 h6 14. Rf3) 12... Re8
13. Rf3 Bf5 14. Rg3 Re6 $1 {Neutralising White's attack....} 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16.
Qxd3 Nb4 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. e4 Qh4 {and now creating his own threat - 19..Qxg3!.}
19. Rf3 Nc2 $5 20. Rb1 Qe1+ 21. Qxe1 Nxe1 22. Rg3 Rg6 {and Rapport stood well
in the endgame and, after some ups and downs, went on to win.} 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee GMA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 $5 {[#]  The Cartegena
French, more sophisticated than the more common 5...Qxf6 which leaves the
Black queen exposed after 6.d4 and 7.Bd3, threatening 8.Bg5.} (5... Qxf6 6. Nf3
) 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bf4 e5 $6 {Superficially attractive - if 8.dxe5 Qe7!, eyeing
b4, works out fine for Black - but after Caruana's response Black cannot avoid
an unhealthy pawn structure.  The game continued} 8. Be3 $1 (8. dxe5 Qe7) 8...
Bg4 9. Bb5 Qd6 10. c3 e4 11. h3 exf3 12. hxg4 fxg2 13. Rg1 a6 14. Bd3 {when
White was clearly better and Caruana went on to win.  Rapport should not have
been tempted by 7...e5 and returned to traditional Cartagena strategy - ...Ne7,
...Bd7-c6, ...Qd7 and 0-0-0, with unclear play.} 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee GMA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. c4 (1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g4 (3. g3)) 1... c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g4 {[#] !!? 
Random g4 moves have been turning up more and more frequently but this one is
highly unexpected.  The nearest relation would appear to be Vlastimil Hort's 3.
g4 in the Closed Sicilian - 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g4, which aims to gain a tempo
on the traditional and slower 3.g3, since White often plays f4, h3 and g4
later.  However, as with Hort's 3.g4, Rapport's move is played in a position
where Black is completely flexible and can react appropriately.   The game
continued} Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. g5 e6 7. h4 h5 8. Bxc6+ $5 {Another
weird positional plan, although one which Yasser Seirawan has used in similar
positions in the past.} bxc6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 Bxe5 11. Nf3 Bxc3+ $5 12. bxc3
Ne7 {Dominguez has not kept his bishop pair but is happy with the long term
weakness of White's king. Indeed Rapport continued pushing too hard and was
soon punished, Black winning in 30 moves.} 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee GMA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 (3. Qf3) 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Qf3 $5 {[#] 
Caro-Kann players are used to seeing 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Qf3, but this is
altogether more weird, since unlike the 3.Qf3 line it does not serve the
purpose of keeping the c8 bishop from developing.} Bg6 6. Ne2 e6 7. c3 Qd5 8.
N2g3 Nd7 9. h4 h6 10. Bd3 Ngf6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. Be2 $1 Bd6 $6 {
After 13...h5 Black would have no worries but now White finally gets some
benefit from his unusual play.} (13... h5) 14. h5 Bc2 15. Nf1 $1 a6 16. b3 Rc8
17. Bd2 Rg8 18. Ne3 Bh7 19. c4 {and Rapport eventually won a long endgame.} 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee GMA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ {The Moscow Variation has become fashionable thanks
to Carlsen's success with it.} Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 {[#]} 6. Qe2 {6.
Re1 is the normal preface to a c3 plan.} (6. Re1) 6... Nc6 7. Rd1 Rc8 8. c3 e6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Nf3 $5 Qc7 12. c4 {White's curious set-up aims for
a type of Maroczy Bind (e4 and c4 pawns) without light-squared bishops.} a6 13.
b3 {[#]  If 13.Nc3 Black can fight back with 13...Na5 14.b5 b5.   Now, it
seems, White is ready for Bb2 and Nc3 with the bind, but Dominguez finds a
clever way to break the shackles.} (13. Nc3 Na5 14. b3 b5) 13... Nxe4 $3 14.
Qxe4 Bf6 15. Nc3 $1 {The right reaction. After} Bxc3 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Bb2 Bxb2
18. Rxb2 Rd8 19. Rbd2 {Karjakin had some compensation for the pawn and the
game was eventually drawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wijk aan Zee GMA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3R4/p5bk/4r1qp/2pQ4/5pnB/2P1PN2/PP4P1/6K1 w - - 0 38"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2014.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]

{[#]} 38. exf4 $2 Bd4+ $3 {Too late, Aronian sees that he will be mated after
39.cxd4 Qb1+ 40.Be1 Qxe1+ 41.Nxe1 Rxe1!.} 39. cxd4 Qb1+ 40. Be1 Qxe1+ 41. Nxe1
Rxe1# 0-1

[Event "U.S. Amateur Team playoff"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.05.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elena Gratskaya"]
[Black "Darek Johnson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Francisco, Richard"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4k1/p1q1ppbp/2p1b1p1/4n3/4PP2/1PNrB1PP/P1Q3B1/1RR3K1 w - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "12"]

{Diagram [#]} 21. fxe5 (21. Bf2) (21. Nd1) 21... Rxe3 22. Qf2 Rd3 23. Nd5 Bxd5
24. exd5 Bxe5 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. dxc6 Bd4 0-1

[Event "U.S. Amateir Team playoff semifinal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.05.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "FM Michael Lee"]
[Black "FM Daniel Gurevich "]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Francisco, Richard"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p7/1p6/5p2/k1p4P/1rn5/2Q5/K7 b - - 0 70"]
[PlyCount "12"]

{Diagram [#]} 70... Ka3 71. h5 Rb1+ 72. Qxb1 Nxb1 73. h6 Nd2 74. h7 c3 75. h8=Q
c2 76. Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "U.S. Amateur Team playoff semifinal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.05.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "FM  Sam Schmakel"]
[Black "GM Enrico Sevillano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Francisco, Richard"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k4b1r/p4p2/1np1pP2/q3B3/2R1N2P/Pp3QP1/1P3P2/6K1 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "16"]

{Diagram [#]} 26. Bc3 (26. Nc3) (26. Nc5) 26... Qf5 27. Qxf5 exf5 28. Rd4 fxe4
29. Rd8+ Kb7 30. Bb4 Bxb4 31. Rxh8 Bxa3 32. g4 Bxb2 33. g5 Bxf6 0-1

[Event "U.S. Amateur Team playoff semifinal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.05.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Michael Auger"]
[Black "FM Ronald Cusi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Francisco, Richard"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2rk1/p4ppp/2p2n2/1p2q3/8/P2B1Q1P/1PP2PP1/R4RK1 w - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "12"]

{Diagram [#]} 19. Rae1 (19. b3) 19... Qxb2 20. Re7 Qd4 21. Rfe1 Nd5 22. Rd7
Rcd8 23. Rb7 Qc3 24. Re4 Qxa3 0-1

[Event "U.S. Amateur Team playoff final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.05.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Enrico Sevillano"]
[Black "FM Michael Lee"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Francisco, Richard"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Qd8 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rd1 b6 12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Be4 Nd5
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bd3 b5 17. Nh4 Be6 18. Bf5 Qd6 19. Re1 Kd7 20. a4 b4 21. g3
Rhg8 22. Qh5 Rg5 23. Qxh7 Rc8 24. f4 Qxf4 {Diagram [#]} 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Bxe6+
Kxe6 27. Re1+ Qe4 28. Rxe4+ dxe4 29. Qxe4+ Kf7 30. Nf5 Rc7 31. h4 Rg6 32. d5
1-0

[Event "U.S. Amateur Team playoff final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.05.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "FM Ronald Cusi"]
[Black "Jason Altschuler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Francisco, Richard"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b2r1k/1p2b1pp/nq3n2/5pB1/1P1Np3/1QN3P1/4PPBP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "11"]

{Diagram [#]} 17. Na4 Qxb4 18. Nb6 Qxb3 19. Nxb3 Rb8 20. Bf4 Be6 21. Nd4 Nc5
22. Bxb8 1-0

[Event "National High School Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Srihari, Pranav"]
[Black "Chen, Derek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[Annotator "Hu, Bryan"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.06.10"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.10"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 {Diagram [#]} Nb6 $1 {A situational exclamation given: with
such an important fight for the point on the line, Derek avoids the drawish
but more popular 9...e6. Instead, he gambles in less clear waters with the
second most popular choice.} (9... e6 10. Qxb7 Nxd4 11. Bb5+ Nxb5 12. Qc6+ (12.
Qxb5+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ (13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {transposes}) 13... Kxd7 14.
Nxd5 exd5 {with the only difference being the Black king's placement}) 12...
Ke7 13. Qxb5 Qd7 14. Nxd5+ Qxd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 {and a once-topical pawn
structure has arisen; the general consesus is that the position is equal as
each side's weaknesses offsets the other's.}) 10. Be3 (10. d5 {is the sharper
continuation} Nd4 11. Qd1 (11. Bb5+ $5 Nd7 (11... Nxb5 12. Nxb5 a6 13. Nc3 $14
{Nevermind the f-pawns; the d-pawn exerts a cramping effect on Black's
position. In fact, from here, Black was inclined to give a pawn away
immediately with 13. Nd7 in Rozentalis - Adams, Hastings 1996.} Nd7) 12. Qa4
Nxb5 (12... Nxf3+ 13. Ke2 Nfe5 14. Bf4 {and White has unpleasant pressure}))
11... e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 $13) 10... e6 11. Rd1 $6 {Instead of getting his king
out of the center, White moves the rook only. Later, he would come to regret
this decision.} (11. O-O-O Be7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 Qc7 {and
although White has opened up the position for his bishops, the f-pawns are
more prone to becoming glaring weaknesses; Derek must have been satisfied to
play this kind of position, hoping outplay his opponent. As it turned out,
White was not familiar with these ideas and took an inferior route into
passivity.}) (11. Rg1 {is another option, with the same idea to castle
queenside, albeit with a restraining and provocation attempt thrown in.
However, 11...g6 deals with this fairly reasonably with minimal weakness
creation; more specifically, the dark squares will be defended rather well and
the light squares have been solidified.} g6) 11... Bb4 $1 {Derek demonstrates
strong preparation, even against less accurate moves that have indicated
White's unfamiliarity with the position.} 12. a3 (12. Bb5 O-O 13. Bxc6 Bxc3+
14. bxc3 (14. Qxc3 Rc8) 14... bxc6 {and the ugly f-pawns, in conjunction with
the slightly more flexible minor piece, give Black the edge.}) 12... Ba5 (12...
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 {is the computer's choice, but Derek prefers to keep more
pieces on the board -- at least until it is favorable for him to trade them
off.}) 13. Bd3 Qh4 $1 {Derek continues to go for the throat, preparing for the
immediate transfer of the rook to d8 before castling.} 14. Ke2 {With no home,
the king advances, hoping to find solace on e2 -- to no avail! The
developmental stages of the game are over, and Black can claim a clear victory
in terms of structure, king placement, and potential piece activity. The Qb3
is in la-la land, the bishop on e3 looks miserable, d5 (among others) looks
inviting for Black, the Bd3 and rooks lack a substantial target (Black has no
visible weaknesses), and worst of all, White's king will need to be constantly
monitored. Strategically, Black has a much easier game.} O-O $15 15. Rhg1 (15.
Ne4 {Given Black's next move, this might have been prudent, but Black still
obtains good play against the numerable weaknesses in White's position}) 15...
Bxc3 {Derek chooses now to improve the position of his knights, exchanging his
offside bishop for the potentially-pesky Nc3. In addition, c3 now becomes a
cornerstone for Black's play.} 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Bg5 Qh5 {Diagram [#]} 18. Be4
$2 {White misses Black's strong reply. In any case, Black's threat was the
buildup with Rac8, increasing the pressure on White's center. White can only
defend (save for going for a kamikaze attack on the kingside that would surely
end in his destruction) -- notice the ineffectiveness of White's bishops
versus the inevitable dominance of Black's knights over the center pawns.} (18.
Bd2 {is not an easy move to play, but it may be best. The bishop was hitting
air on g5, while it can at least comfortably protect one of White's weak
points from d2. In addition, the g-file is opened back up, even if for
intangible gains.}) 18... Na5 $1 19. Qc2 Rac8 20. Bxd5 {Cementing c4 and
giving Black a favorable minor piece situation, as well as abandoning any hope
for compensation for White's wretched abundance of weaknesses with the two
bishops, is essentially the end of the strategic game. The rest is a
mopping-up procedure.} (20. Rd3 Nc4 $17 {is still highly unpleasant for White})
20... exd5 21. Be3 Nc4 22. Rg2 Rfe8 23. Rdg1 g6 24. Rg5 Qxh2 25. R1g2 Qd6 26.
Qd3 Qxa3 27. Rxd5 Nxe3 {And White ends with a massively destroyed position.
Overall, Derek gambled in the opening, avoiding a well known theoretical line
and instead playing a more risky, but better for the team line. When his
opponent, clearly unaware of the theory involved, backed down, Derek obtained
the strategic advantage and very nearly flawlessly nailed down the victory.
Combined with Kinsleigh's quick victory, the monumental nature of this win
carried more and more momentum for the Foothills team as games began finishing.
Finally, my win as the last Foothills game to finish clinched at least a tie
for first place. As it turned out, after all hands were shaken and all points
were decided, we had won the clear championship. -- Bryan Hu} 0-1

[Event "2014 High School Nationals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vignesh Panchanatham"]
[Black "GM-Elect Darwin Yang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Yang, Darwin"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2014.04.06"]

{This game, the second of the grueling three-game Saturday, was to be a severe
test, especially as I was playing Black against this talented young
Californian.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {A surprise for me, but not one with
severe consequences. The Advance Variation does not have much room for
innovation at the moment.} c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. a3 {The most common line
is Bd3, which leads to positional structures where, in my opinion, Black does
not stand worse.} (6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Bxf5 exf5) 6... Nf5 7. b4 {The
point of a3 is to force the pawn exchange on d4 while simultaneously grabbing
space. Of course, the drawbacks are lost time and the creation of weak dark
squares in White's queenside position.} cxd4 8. cxd4 Bd7 9. Nc3 {A more
aggressive continuation that prevents the move ...b5.} (9. Bb2 b5 $1 {is the
idea, preparing ...a5 which breaks up White's queenside hold.} 10. Bxb5 Nxe5 {
A nice little tactic that recovers the pawn.} 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 {Black is doing
well; White's space advantage has evaporated with the e5-pawn's disappearance,
and the b2-bishop has little scope.}) 9... Rc8 {Black calmly develops,
simultaneously threatening the knight on c3.} 10. Bb2 Nh4 {Diagram [#] Putting
the question to White's knight defending the d4-pawn. Its squares of retreat
are quite awkward.} 11. Qd2 {?! I feel like this move is too weakening; the
doubled pawns are an eternal weakness for White.} (11. Ng1 {is probably the
most principled move, but of course it's rather against common sense to
un-develop. Black gets a few tempi to continue his development, and his
chances cannot be worse.}) (11. Be2 Nxg2+) 11... Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Qh4 {The
d-pawn remains a constant source of worry; with the pawn on f3, White no
longer has g3 to push out Black's queen, which gains a strong post on h4.} 13.
f4 {This is the other way of defending the d-pawn, but now the f4-pawn becomes
the target of Black's pressure.} (13. O-O-O g6 {[%cal Rf8h6] and Black has a
sizable advantage with dark squared domination.}) 13... g6 14. h3 {hoping to
bring the rook to g4, but Black counters this threat rather easily.} (14. Ne2
Bh6 15. Rc1 Ne7 16. Rxc8+ Nxc8 {The knight comes to c4, and White has no
activity.}) 14... h5 15. Rg1 {Diagram [#]} (15. Nb5 {was White's best chance,
exchanging Black's strong dark squared bishop. Of course, White's pawns are
also shattered.} a6 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 Na7 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ra7b5]} 18. a4
O-O 19. Be2 Rfd8 {and the d6-pawn is completely stranded.}) (15. Ne2) 15... Bh6
{The passive defense is Ne2, but my opponent, knowing that this approach is
ultimately doomed. He therefore tries to reverse the trend by bringing the
knight to d6. Although I punish it, in general this is a good practical
approach; when positionally lost, try to complicate the position: your
opponent might make a mistake.} 16. Nb5 O-O 17. Nd6 Bxf4 (17... Rc7 18. Bc1 {
allows White to defend his f-pawn, while activating his knight on d6.}) 18. Qd3
Ne7 (18... Rc7 {was also sufficient to win, but I see a chance to decisively
activate my pieces by sacrifice.}) 19. Nxb7 {My opponent, seeing the result if
he takes my rook, tries to capture b7 and then bring his knight to c5, where
it will block the c-file.} (19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Be2 Nf5 {Diagram [#] White's
king is hopelessly stranded, and Black's pieces begin to penetrate, on e3 for
example (exploiting the pin on the f2-pawn).}) 19... Bb5 $1 {This move is the
key! White's queen on d3 holds the position together, preventing Black's rook
to reach c2 and the Black queen from further wreacking havoc. So, Black
sacrifices his bishop to divert the queen, a classic theme.} 20. Qf3 {He
correctly avoids the sacrifice, but now the Black rook decisively enters the
fray.} (20. Qxb5 Rc2 {Black threatens ... Qxf2+ as well.} 21. Be2 Rxb2) 20...
Rc2 21. Bc3 (21. Bxb5 Rxb2 $19 {without the dark squared bishop, Black brings
his knight to f5 and then d4, exploiting the dark square weaknesses created by
White's opening strategy.}) 21... Nf5 {Black's final piece enters the fight,
threatening ...Be3 (which also cuts off the c3 bishop from the White queen)}
22. Bxb5 Be3 23. Kd1 (23. Be2 Rxc3) 23... Rxf2 24. Qh1 Bxd4 {Diagram [#] A
picturesque position: White's queen is stuck on h1, while all of Black's
pieces (except for the knight) stand on White's weakened dark squares.} 0-1

[Event "Nice ol (Men) prel"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "1974.06.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dragoljub Velimirovic"]
[Black "R K Al Kazzaz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 {Diagram [#]} 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Bd3 (10. g4) 10... b5 11. Rhe1 (11. e5 Bb7
12. Qg3 dxe5) 11... Bb7 (11... b4 12. Nd5) 12. Qg3 (12. Nd5) 12... O-O-O (12...
b4 13. Nd5) 13. Bxb5 (13. Bxf6) 13... axb5 14. Ndxb5 Qb6 15. e5 d5 (15... dxe5
16. fxe5 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. Nxf7 Rhf8 20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21. Qxg7) (
15... h6 16. exf6 hxg5 17. fxe7) 16. f5 Nh5 (16... Ng8 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nd6+)
17. Qh4 Bxg5+ (17... f6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Qxh5 fxg5 20. Rxe6 Qc5 21. Qf7 Bf8
22. Rd4) 18. Qxg5 Nxe5 (18... g6 19. Nd6+) 19. Qxh5 (19. Rxe5 f6) 19... d4 (
19... g6 20. Qh3 Nc4 21. fxe6) 20. Rxe5 dxc3 21. Nxc3 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23.
Qe1 exf5 24. Rxf5 Qh6+ (24... f6) 25. Kb1 Qxh2 26. Rxf7 Qxg2 27. Qe6+ Kb8 28.
Qe5+ {Diagram [#]} Kc8 (28... Ka7 29. Qa5+) 29. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Take and Mate"]
[Black "#1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r2k/4b1n1/8/8/1P6/8/5P2/3QKB2 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Bxb4# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Consecutive Captures"]
[Black "#2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/2q2pp1/3p1n2/4P3/2P2P2/2N3K1/8/3Q4 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... dxe5 2. fxe5 Qxe5+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Consecutive Checks"]
[Black "#3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/5pp1/1pn5/1P2p3/8/4P3/1n1NKP2/4QB2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nd4+ 2. exd4 exd4+ 3. Ne4 Rxe4+ 4. Kd2 Rxe1 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Knight Fork"]
[Black "#4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r6/5k2/8/8/1n6/8/6Q1/2K5 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nd3+ 2. Kd1 Rb1+ 3. Ke2 (3. Kc2 Rb2+) 3... Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Removing the Guard"]
[Black "#5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r3/5pk1/6q1/8/1n6/4N2Q/2P5/2K1R3 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rxe3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fork"]
[Black "#6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1kp2p2/1p2p3/4R1Qn/8/5q2/PPP5/1K6 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... f6 2. Qxh5 Qf1+ 0-1

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1959.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. d4 h6 12. Bh4 O-O-O 13. Bc4 Rdf8 14. Rde1
Bd8 15. d5 Nb8 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Ndb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Nxd5 20. Nxd5
Bxh4 21. g3 Bg5+ 22. f4 c6 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Re7 cxd5 25. Rxf7 Rxh2 26. Rxg7
Nc6 27. Rxg5 Ne5 28. Rg7 Rg2 29. Bd3 Nc4 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. a4 d5 32. c3 Rg1+
33. Kd2 Rg2+ 34. Kc1 Rg1+ 35. Kc2 Ra1 36. Rg5 Rxa4 37. Rxd5 Kc7 38. g4 Kc6 39.
Rd2 Ra5 40. Kd1 Rd5 41. Ke2 Rxd2+ 42. Kxd2 Kd5 43. Ke3 Ke5 {Diagram [#]} 44.
Kf3 (44. g5 Kf5 45. Kd4 Kxg5 46. Kxc4 Kf6 47. Kd5 Ke7) 44... a5 45. Ke3 a4 (
45... b5 46. g5 Kf5 (46... b4 47. g6 bxc3 48. bxc3 Kf6 49. Kd4) 47. Kd4 Kxg5
48. Kc5) 46. g5 (46. Kf3 Kf6 47. Kf4 Kg6 48. g5 b6 49. Ke4 (49. Kg4 b5 50. Kf4
b4 51. cxb4 c3)) 46... Kf5 47. Kd4 Kxg5 48. Kxc4 Kf4 49. Kb4 Ke3 50. Kxa4 Kd2
51. Kb3 (51. Kb5 Kc2 52. Kb6 Kxb2 53. c4 Kb3 54. c5 Kb4) 51... Kd3 52. c4 Kd2 (
52... Kd4 53. Kb4 Kd3 54. Kb5 Kd4 55. b4) 53. Ka4 Kc2 54. Ka3 Kd3 55. Kb3 b6 (
55... Kd2 56. c5 Kd3 {Diagram [#]} 57. Kb4 (57. Ka4 Kc4 58. b4 Kd4 59. Kb5 Kc3
60. Ka4 Kd4 (60... Kc4 61. Ka5) 61. Kb5 Kc3) (57. Ka3 Kc4 58. b4 Kb5) 57... Kc2
58. b3 (58. Kb5 Kb3 59. Kb6 Kb4 60. b3) 58... Kd3 59. Kb5 Kc3 60. b4 Kb3 61.
Ka5 Kc4) (55... Kd4 56. Kb4 Kd3 57. Kb5) 56. Kb4 Kc2 57. Ka3 Kd3 58. Kb3 Kd2
59. Ka4 Kc2 60. b4 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine, CA USA"]
[Date "1977.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Norman Weinstein"]
[Black "Michael Rohde"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1977.03.20"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. c3 Qc7 12. Bh4 Nf5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3
Qb6 15. Bd3 g6 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qg5 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Bxf6 20. Be2 Bf5
21. Bf3 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Rfe8 23. Kf1 Be4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Rd1 Bg5
27. Rd7 Re7 28. Rxe7 Bxe7 29. Na5 b5 30. Nc6 Bc5 31. b4 Bb6 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33.
Nc8 f5 34. Ke2 h5 35. Nxb6 axb6 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Kd4 Kd6 38. c4 bxc4 39. a4 {
Diagram [#]} g5 40. Kxc4 {Diagram [#]} h4 (40... Kc6 41. Kd4 Kd6 42. a5 bxa5
43. bxa5 Kc6 44. Ke5) (40... g4 41. Kd4 f4 42. Kxe4) (40... f4 41. Kd4 (41.
gxf4 gxf4 42. Kd4 e3 43. fxe3 f3 44. gxf3 h4 45. Ke4 h3) 41... f3 42. gxf3 h4)
41. gxh4 gxh4 42. Kd4 Ke6 43. a5 bxa5 44. bxa5 Kd6 45. a6 Kc6 46. Ke5 Kb6 47.
Kxf5 Kxa6 48. Kxe4 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine, CA USA"]
[Date "1977.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Jaime Sunye Neto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1977.03.20"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. Qe1 Bc5 8. e4
Bh7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. b3 a5 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 b5 13. Kh1 Qb6 14. Nh4 Bd4 15. c3
Bc5 16. e5 Ne8 17. f4 Be7 18. d4 Nc7 19. b4 Qb8 20. Nb3 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22.
Rxa1 Nb6 23. Nf3 Nc4 24. Bc1 Qb6 25. h3 Be4 26. Ne1 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Ra8 28.
Rxa8+ Nxa8 29. Qa2 Qb8 30. Nd3 Nab6 31. Ndc5 Qa8 32. Qxa8+ Nxa8 33. Nb7 Nab6
34. N3a5 Na4 35. Nxc4 dxc4 36. Bd2 Kf8 37. Na5 Nb6 38. Nxc6 Nd5 39. Kf3 Ke8 40.
Na7 Nc7 41. Ke4 Kd7 42. Be1 h5 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 g6 45. Bd2 Bh4 46. f5 gxf5+
47. gxf5 exf5+ 48. Kxf5 Bf2 49. Kf6 Ke8 50. Nc8 Bh4+ 51. Kf5 Kd7 52. Nd6 f6 53.
exf6 Kxd6 54. Bf4+ Kc6 55. Bxc7 Kxc7 56. Kg6 Kd7 57. f7 Be7 58. Kg7 Ke6 59.
f8=Q Bxf8+ 60. Kxf8 Kf6 {Diagram [#]} 61. Ke8 Ke6 62. Kd8 Kd6 63. Kc8 Kc6 (
63... Kd5 64. Kd7 Ke4 65. Kc6 Kd3 66. d5 Kxc3 67. d6 Kb2 68. d7) 64. Kb8 Kb6
65. d5 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Monte Carlo MNC"]
[Date "1968.04.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Pal Benko"]
[Black "Mato Damjanovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1968.04.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. Qc2 Ne4 8. O-O
Nxd2 9. Nbxd2 Nc6 10. Rfd1 f5 11. e3 Bd7 12. Ne1 Ne7 13. Nd3 c6 14. Qb3 Bd6 15.
Qc3 g5 16. f4 g4 17. c5 Bc7 18. Kf2 h5 19. h4 Kh7 20. b3 Ng8 21. a3 Nf6 22. Nb2
Qe7 23. Na4 Rfc8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Qd8 26. Nb2 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Ra8 28. Ra3 Ng8
29. Nd3 Ne7 30. Qa1 Rxa3 31. Qxa3 Qb8 32. Ne5 Be8 33. Bf1 Kg7 34. Nb1 Nc8 35.
Nc3 Na7 36. Ke1 Bd8 37. Qa4 Bc7 38. Kd2 Kf8 39. Kc2 Ke7 40. Qb3 Kd8 41. b5 cxb5
42. Bxb5 Bxb5 43. Nxb5 Bxe5 44. fxe5 Nxb5 45. Qxb5 Qa7 46. Kb3 Kc7 47. Qa4
Qxa4+ 48. Kxa4 Kd7 {Diagram [#]} 49. Kb4 (49. Kb5 Kc7 50. Ka5 Kc6 51. Ka4 b6) (
49. Ka5 Kc6) 49... Kd8 (49... Kc6 50. Ka5) 50. Ka5 (50. Kb5 Kc7 51. Ka4) 50...
Kd7 (50... Kc7 51. Kb5) 51. Kb6 Kc8 52. c6 Kb8 53. Kc5 (53. cxb7 f4 54. exf4)
1-0

[Event "Pan American Intercollegiate"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1994.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sagalchik, Gennady"]
[Black "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[Annotator "Bengtson, Matthew"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qb3 O-O (7...
Na6) (7... dxc4) (7... Nc6) 8. Qb5 Qxb5 9. cxb5 Be6 (9... Bf5) 10. Nf3 (10. Rc1
) 10... Rc8 11. Na4 (11. Nd4) 11... Ne4 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. b4 {Diagram [#]} (13.
c6 Nb6) 13... Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Bd3 Bc3+ 16. Rxc3 (16. Kf1 Bxb4) 16... Nxc3
17. cxb6 Nxa2 18. O-O Nc1 19. Bb1 Ra1 20. Nd2 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Nxf4 22. exf4 Bf5
23. g3 Bxb1 24. Nxb1 Rc4 25. Kg2 Rxb4 26. Nc3 Rxf1 27. Kxf1 e6 28. Ke2 d4 29.
Ne4 Rxb5 30. Kd3 Rxb6 31. Kxd4 Rb4+ 32. Ke5 Kg7 33. Nd6 Rb2 34. h3 Re2+ 35. Kd4
Rxf2 36. Nxb7 Rf3 37. g4 Rxf4+ 38. Ke3 Rf1 39. Nd6 Rh1 40. Ne8+ Kf8 41. Nf6
Rxh3+ 42. Kf4 h5 43. g5 Rh4+ 0-1

