[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Purdy about Alekhine"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Tamburro, Pete"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/1pq2pp1/2p2n2/1PNn4/2QN2b1/4r1P1/3RPP2/2R3KB w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram [#]}  *

[Event "New England Open"]
[Site "London, England"]
[Date "2014.08.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carissa Shiwen Yip"]
[Black "Alexander Ivanov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2126"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 Qb6 5. a3 d6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 exd4 8. Nxd4
Qd8 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nf3 Qe8 12. e5 Ng4 13. Bg1 dxe5 14. h3 Nf6 15.
Bc5 exf4 16. Qxf4 Nbd7 17. Bxf8 Nxf8 18. Bc4 Ne6 19. Qh4 b5 20. Bb3 a5 21. Kb1
Rb8 22. Rhe1 b4 23. Qg3 Rb7 24. axb4 Rxb4 25. Ng5 Nd5 26. Re4 Nxc3+ 27. bxc3
Rb5 28. Qh4 a4 29. Nxe6 Bxe6 30. Rd8 Qxd8 31. Qxd8+ Bf8 32. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Curacao, 2002"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kosashvili"]
[Black "Korchnoi"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Hartmann, John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4k1/3q1p2/Rbppr1b1/1p2p1Pp/1PP1Pp1P/3P1N2/Q2NKP2/7R b - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 29... Qb7 (29... bxc4 30. dxc4 Bc7 (30... d5) 31. Qa4 Bb6 32. Rb1
Kh7 33. b5) *

[Event "Bundesliga, 2006/7"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Areschenko"]
[Black "Johannessen"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Hartmann, John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/bp3pp1/p2p2np/2pPp3/4Pn2/1BP1BN1P/PP3PPN/R2QR2K w - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "12"]

{Diagram [#]} 17. a4 f5 18. Bc2 c4 19. Qd2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Nh5 21. exf5 Ng3+ 22.
Kg1 Nxf5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petroff Defense"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "8"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 {Diagram [#]} *

[Event "Oslo, 2008"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Johnny Hector"]
[Black "GM Arturs Neiksans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qe2 {Diagram [#]} Nc5 6. Nxd4 Nc6
7. Be3 Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Ne6 9. Bc3 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O-O d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13.
Nf3 Qf4+ 14. Kb1 Bd6 15. g3 Qa4 16. Bg2 Bd7 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. Qh5 f6 19. Bd5 Rae8
20. Ng4 Bc6 21. Rd4 Qb5 22. a4 Qc5 23. Rhd1 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qc6 25. Qh4 Nc5 26.
Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Rg5+ {Diagram [#]} Kf7 (27... fxg5 28. Qxg5+ Kf7 29. Qf6+) (
27... Kh8 28. Qh6) 28. Qxh7+ Ke6 29. Re1+ Be5 30. Bxe5 fxg5 31. Bg7+ Kd5 32.
c4+ Kxc4 33. Qc2+ Kb4 34. Bc3+ Kc4 35. Ba5+ Kd4 36. Qc3+ Kd5 37. Qd2+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "David Anton Guijarro"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qd3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Nc5 8.
Qe3 e6 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g4 d5 11. exd5 exd5 (11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5) 12. O-O-O
O-O 13. f3 Bd7 14. g5 {Diagram [#]} Nh5 (14... Ne8 15. Nxd5) 15. f4 g6 16. Bxh5
gxh5 17. Nxd5 Re8 18. Bc3 Bg4 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qe5 f6 21. Qxf5 Qc8 22. Nxf6+
1-0

[Event "Simul Tour"]
[Site "Houston Texas"]
[Date "1964.03.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "E Travis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Ng3 h6 14. Nf5 Rac8 15.
d5 b4 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qc1 Nh7 18. Qxh6 Bf6 19. Re3 Qd8 {Diagram [#]} 20. Ng5
Nxg5 (20... Bxg5 21. Qg7#) 21. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Detroit simul"]
[Site "Detroit simul"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Jack Witeczek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Nd5 13. Qe2 Ba6 14. c4
Qd4 15. Na3 Rfe8 16. Qf2 Qxf2 17. Rxf2 Rxe5 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. Bxf4 Re4 20. b3 Bb7
21. Rd1 a5 22. h3 Re7 23. Rfd2 f6 24. Bd6 Rd7 25. Bc5 Rad8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27.
Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Bd6 Ne5 29. Bc7 Nd3 30. Bxa5 Nc1 31. Bd2 Nxa2 32. Kg1 Kf7 33. Kf2
Ke6 34. b4 Kd6 35. g3 Bc8 36. h4 Bf5 37. Ke3 Ke5 38. b5 cxb5 39. Nxb5 Be6 40.
c5 Bd7 41. Nd4 Kd5 42. c6 Bc8 43. c7 Kc5 44. Ne2 Kb6 45. Nf4 Kxc7 46. Nh5 Bg4
47. Nxg7 Kd8 48. Kf4 Bd7 49. Nf5 Ke8 50. Nd4 Kf7 51. Ke4 Kg6 52. Kd5 Be8 53.
Ke6 Bf7+ 54. Ke7 Bd5 55. Ne6 Bc4 56. Nf8+ Kg7 57. h5 Bb3 58. h6+ Kg8 59. Nd7 f5
{Diagram [#]} 60. Nf6+ Kh8 61. Kf8 Be6 62. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Fischer Simul Exhibition Tour"]
[Site "Houston"]
[Date "1964.03.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Bruce G Dudley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1964.03.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Nc6 7. g5 Nd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. h4 a6 10. Qd2 Nde5 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. f4 Ng4 13. Bg1 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15.
Qd2 exf4 16. Nd5 Qc6 17. Qxf4 Bf8 18. Bh3 Ne5 19. Bd4 Ng6 20. Qf2 Be6 21. Rhf1
Bxh3 22. Qxf7+ Kd8 {Diagram [#]} 23. Rf3 Bg4 (23... Qd7 24. Bb6+ Kc8 25. Rc3+
Kb8 26. Bc7+ Kc8 (26... Ka7 27. Qf2+) 27. Nb6#) (23... Bd7 24. Rc3 Be8 25. Bf6+
gxf6 26. Qxf6+) 24. Bb6+ Kc8 25. Rc3 Bd7 26. Rxc6+ bxc6 27. Nc3 Ne5 28. Qf2 Be7
29. Bd4 Rf8 30. Qg2 Kc7 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. Na4 Rf4 33. Qd2 Rd8 34. Qa5+ 1-0

[Event "San Francisco ch-jr  Rd: 1"]
[Site "San Francisco ch-jr  Rd: 1"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Robert Eugene Burger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Nd4 6. c3 b5 7. Bf1 Nxd5 8.
cxd4 Qxg5 9. Bxb5+ Kd8 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. O-O e4 (11... exd4 12. Qxf7 {Diagram [#]
} Nf6) 12. Qxe4 Bd6 13. d3 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Fischer Simul Exhibition Tour"]
[Site "Davis"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Ojars Celle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1964.04.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 d6 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qh5 g6 10. Qxe5 Nf6 11. Ba3 Rf8 12. O-O Ng4 13. Qg3 Bxa3 14. Nxa3
Qe7 15. Bb5+ c6 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. Rad1 cxb5 18. Qc7 Bd7 19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. Nf5+
gxf5 21. exf5 Rac8 22. Rxd7+ Qxd7 {Diagram [#]} 23. f6+ (23. Re1+ Ne5 24. Rxe5+
Kf6 25. Qxd7 Kxe5) 23... Nxf6 (23... Ke8 24. Re1+) 24. Re1+ Ne4 25. Rxe4+ Kf6
26. Qxd7 Rfd8 27. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Fischer Simul Exhibition Tour"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1964.03.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "George C Dibert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1964.03.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3
Bd7 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. Qd2 c4 11. Be2 b5 12. Ba3 bxa4 13. O-O O-O 14. Nh4 f6 15.
exf6 Rxf6 16. f4 Nf5 17. Nf3 Rh6 18. Rab1 $2 Qd8 19. g3 Qe8 20. Rf2 Rb8 21. Re1
Qg6 22. Ref1 Rb7 23. Ne5 Qe8 24. g4 Nfe7 25. g5 Rh4 26. Nf3 Rh3 27. Kg2 Qh5 28.
Kh1 Nf5 29. Kg1 Ng3 $1 30. Ne5 Nxf1 31. Bxf1 Rh4 32. Nf3 Rg4+ 33. Kh1 Rb1 34.
Ne5 Rh4 35. Nf3 Rh3 36. Qe3 e5 $1 37. dxe5 {Diagram [#]} Bf5 (37... Bg4) 38. e6
Be4 39. e7 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "New York (probably composition)"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Charlie Chaplin"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qe2 Nc5 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Nxd4 8.
Bxd4 Ne6 9. Bc3 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Ne4 d5 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Ng3 (13. Rxd5 Nf4)
13... c5 14. Bd2 b5 15. Nf5 d4 16. h4 Nc7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bg5 Qe6 19. Kb1
Nd5 20. g3 Nb4 21. b3 Qa6 22. a4 Qa5 23. Kb2 bxa4 24. Ra1 Rab8 25. Kc1 a3 26.
Bd2 Be6 27. Bxb4 cxb4 28. Qa6 Qc5 29. Bc4 Rbc8 0-1

[Event "LA CC Sat G/61"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ondangan, Reuben"]
[Black "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2227"]
[BlackElo "1682"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2014.08.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. Qe2 {Diagram [#]} Be7 (2... Nf6) (2... c5) 3. Nf3 d5 4. d3 Nf6 5.
g3 c5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. e5 Nfd7 8. h4 {Diagram [#]} f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Nc6 11.
c3 d4 (11... Bd6) 12. c4 Ng4 13. Ng5 {Diagram [#]} e5 14. Bd5+ Kh8 15. Be6 (15.
Nf7+ Rxf7 16. Bxf7 Bxh4 17. gxh4 Qxh4 18. f3) 15... Nh6 16. Qe4 g6 17. Kg2 Qd6
18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. Qe2 Nf5 20. Nd2 Bxg5 {Diagram [#]} 21. Ne4 {Diagram [#]}
Bxc1 (21... Qd7 22. Bxg5 (22. Nxc5 Qe7) 22... b6) 22. Nxd6 Nxd6 (22... Bxb2 23.
Nxc8 Bxa1 24. Nxa7) 23. Raxc1 Rfe8 24. h5 g5 25. Qg4 (25. h6) (25. Qf3) 25...
h6 {Diagram [#]} 26. Rfe1 (26. Qf3) 26... Nb4 27. Qf3 Rf8 (27... Nxd3 28. Qxd3
e4 29. Qa3 d3 30. Rcd1 Kh7) 28. Qe2 Rce8 29. a3 Nc6 30. Qd2 a5 31. b3 Rf5 32.
Re2 Ref8 33. Rce1 b6 34. Rd1 Kg7 35. Qe1 Kf6 36. Qh1 Ke6 37. Kg1 Kd7 38. Qh3
Kc7 39. Qg4 R8f7 40. Rde1 Kb7 41. Kg2 Kc7 42. Qh3 Kb7 43. Kg1 Kc7 44. Qh1 Kd7
45. Qd5 {Diagram [#]} Ne7 (45... e4) 46. Qa8 Nc6 47. Qh8 R5f6 48. b4 cxb4 49.
axb4 Nxb4 50. Rxe5 Nxd3 51. c5 bxc5 52. Qa8 {Diagram [#]} Nxe5 (52... Nxe1) 53.
Rxe5 Rxf2 54. Qa7+ Kd8 55. Qxa5+ Kd7 56. Qa7+ Kd8 57. Qb6+ Kd7 58. Qa7+ Kd8 59.
Qxc5 R2f6 60. Qxd4 Kd7 61. Qa7+ Kd8 62. Qb6+ Kd7 63. Qa7+ Kd8 64. Qb8+ Kd7 65.
Qa7+ Kd8 66. Qd4 Kd7 67. Rd5 Re6 68. Qa7+ Ke8 69. Qb8+ Ke7 70. Qc7+ {Diagram 
[#]} Kf6 (70... Ke8) (70... Kf8) 71. Rxd6 {Diagram [#]} (71. Qd8+) 71... Rxc7
0-1

[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.27"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. a3
{[#]} Rb8 $5 {The modern alternative to the main lines} (8... Be7 {and}) (8...
f6 {, made popular by Ian Nepomniachtchi.}) 9. d3 {The tactical point in
Black's last move lies in the variation} (9. b4 $2 {- a move which is quite
effective against 8...Be7 but which fails here -} cxb4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Nxe5
$2 Nxe5 12. Qa4+ Nc6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 {and the rook on b8 protects the bishop
and leaves Black a piece ahead.}) 9... Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1 Bd7 (11... b6
12. Nd2 Bb7 {is a more popular set-up for Black.}) 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Nc4 f6 14.
f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 {Normally White would prefer to recapture on f4 with a pawn
but here White can try to exploit the position of the b8 rook.} Nde6 16. Bd2 b6
{[#]  "It felt like I had a really good position," said Topalov, "but Black is
very solid. So I began to push pawns."} 17. g4 $5 {"Risky, but also very
logical," said Caruana about Topalov's move which was decided upon after only
two minutes' thought. "He grabs some space and also wants to get his 
[dark-squared] bishop back onto the g3-b8 diagonal where he can pin my knight
again."} Be8 18. Be1 b5 19. Ne3 Bd6 $1 20. Ncd5 $2 {Having noticed that} (20.
Ne4 Be5 {leaves the c5 pawn untouchable, Topalov chooses an alternative and
inferior plan, instead of the logical 20.Ne4 Be5} 21. Qd2 {followed by
redeploying the e1 bishop.}) 20... Nxd5 21. Bxd5 (21. Nxd5 Bc6 $1 {leaves the
knight on d5 unstable and the tactical} 22. Nxf6+ Rxf6 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Bxc6 {
leaves White too weak on the dark squares after} Nd4 $1 {with ...Qe5 to follow.
}) 21... Bf7 22. Nf5 {"This was my intention, to bring my knight to f5,"
explained Topalov, "but it didn't really work."} Be5 23. Qd2 $6 {[#]  "I
failed to find the moment when I should switch to playing for a draw,"
admitted Topalov.} (23. Bc3 $1 {was a better way to use the fork on e7 to keep
the bishop on d5. Black can play ...g6, either immediately or after exchanging
bishops, but White should be able to keep Black's edge within bounds.}) 23...
Nd4 $1 {"Up to here I hadn't really been playing for advantage," admitted
Caruana. "I knew my position was OK, but suddenly after 23...Nd4 I realised I
had an enormous advantage almost out of nowhere. It was a surprise."} 24. Bxf7+
Rxf7 25. Rd1 Nxf5 26. gxf5 Qd4+ 27. Bf2 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 c4 $1 {Very impressive
play by Caruana, who spent only a minute on this  accurate move.} 29. Qc2 Re8
$1 30. dxc4 {[#]} Qh5 $1 {Perfect timing. Previously White could always answer
this move with Bg1 but here 31.Bg1 loses to 31...Bxh2! 32.Bxh2 Rxe2.} 31. h4 (
31. Bg1 Bxh2 32. Bxh2 Rxe2) 31... Qg4 $1 32. Qd3 bxc4 33. Qe3 Rfe7 34. b3 Bb2
$1 {On} (34... Bb2 35. Qf3 Qxf3+ 36. exf3 c3 37. Bd4 c2 $1 {Carlsen opined
that this was Caruana's best game of the tournament - "a fine display of power
chess." Topalov was not convinced!}) 0-1

[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]

1. e4 c6 {Very unusual from Vachier-Lagrave, a Sicilian Najdorf player - "I
thought I could surprise him with this line," said Vachier-Lagrave with a
rueful smile.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
O-O Qxb2 {[#]} 9. Qe1 $1 {This move, first played by Kamsky in 2009, has
become the major weapon against 6...Qb6. The older} (9. Nb5 {is well met by} c4
$1 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Nxa8 Bxc2 {when Black has done well in many games.}) 9...
cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 {It would seem logical to hold back this exchange but the
tactics work in White's favour after} (10... Bb4 11. Rb1 $1 Qxc2 12. Rxb4 $1
Nxb4 13. Bb5+ Nc6 14. Bc5 $1 {with a huge attack.}) 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 Ba5
13. Rb1 $1 Qxc2 14. Rc1 $1 Qb2 {[#]} 15. g4 $1 {"In my preparation, I don't
think I looked at this idea," admitted Vachier-Lagrave.  "It was unfortunate
for Maxime that I had prepared this novelty several months ago, for a game
against Mamedyarov," said Caruana. "I couldn't remember all the details but I
had spent a [lot of time] on the position. And I was playing fast so that he
would feel that I had everything prepared, to get him demoralised."} Bg6 16. f4
{The point behind Caruana's unusual plan. "Probably I can hold," said
Vachier-Lagrave, "but only by finding 5 or 10 very difficult or only moves in
a row."} Be4 17. Rf2 $1 Nh6 $6 {î /\  Now Caruana was on his own -  â oI only
remembered that Black had to play 17...Kf8 when it is very dangerous for him
but maybe he can defend. I couldn't remember anything about 17...Nh6 but I
thought that it should be bad.â   The Italian had only one winning response
but after 13 minutes thought he calculated his way through the complications...
} ({Note that the obvious} 17... Bb6 {walks into} 18. Na4 $1 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 {
when Black's material gain is only temporary.}) 18. Bd3 $3 {"After this it
might already be losing [for Black]," said Caruana.} Qb4 {Played after 14
minutes of depressed thought, realising that} (18... Bb6 {loses immediately to}
19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Rcc2 $1 {when the Black queen is unexpectedly trapped.}) 19.
Rb1 Qc5 20. Nxe4 dxe4 {Now Black finishes a piece down, but after} (20... Bxe1
21. Nxc5 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 {the White knights dominate the board.}) 21. Qxa5 O-O
22. Be2 {The rest is mopping up for Caruana.} e3 23. Rff1 Rfc8 24. Qe1 Qd5 25.
Rb2 f6 26. Qg3 fxe5 27. fxe5 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qxe3 Nf7 30. Nc3 1-0

[Event "US Chess Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Alejandro Ramirez-Alvarez"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Wainscott, Chris"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Na5 11. Ba2 bxa4 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Bc1 c5 14. Nd2 Rb4 15.
Kh1 Qc8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bg5 18. b3 axb3 19. Rxa5 b2 20. Bxb2 Bxd2 21.
Bxe5 dxe5 22. Qxd2 Bxh3 23. Qe3 Bd7 24. Qxc5 Rb5 25. Qxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxa6 Rxc2
27. f4 exf4 28. Rxf4 g5 29. Bxf7+ Kg7 30. Rf1 {Diagram [#]} Bh3 31. Ra7 Bxg2+
32. Kg1 Bxf1 33. Bb3+ Kg6 34. Bxc2 Rb2 35. Ra6+ Kf7 36. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2877"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 (3. Nc3 {is not a viable option for White nowadays
at the highest levels because} Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6 5. Bb3 Be7 {is too close to
dead equal.}) 3... c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ {This takes the c3 square away
from the White knight.} (5... Bd6 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Ng5 O-O {is not bad for Black
but offers few winning chances.}) 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg5 {"I thought this was too
early," said Caruana.} dxe4 8. dxe4 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. Bg3 {"This
looks a little strange, but he didn't want me to play ...Nf8-g6," explained
Caruana.} Bc7 12. O-O Nh5 $1 13. h3 $5 {"Magnus probably thought that he could
play} (13. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 14. Qxh5 {and missed} Bg4 $1 {," said Caruana. "Now if
he loses the g3 bishop it will just be a symmetrical structure with no
prospects for White. So I expected something like}) (13. Nh4 Nxg3 14. fxg3 $5 {
, but not the idea he played."}) 13... Nxg3 14. fxg3 Nc5 {[#]  "} (14... Nf6 {
is much safer," said Caruana.}) 15. Bxf7+ $1 {"I played 14...Nc5 very quickly,
which was a bit careless" said Caruana, "because after this sacrifice I soon
realised that things weren't so simple."} (15. Bc2 a5) 15... Kxf7 $1 (15...
Qxf7 $2 {loses to} 16. Nxe5 {followed by 17.Qh5+.}) 16. Nxe5+ Kg8 17. Ng6 {[#]}
Qg5 $1 (17... Qd6 18. Rf8+ Qxf8 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 {gives Black plenty of material
for the queen but after} 20. Qh5 {the Black king remains in trouble.}) 18. Rf8+
Kh7 19. Nxh8 {"This was a big shock for me - he abandons his king to take my
rook," explained Caruana. "I was sure some idea like ...Bg4 or ...Bxh3 would
lead to mate, but it turns out it was the best move. I was expecting} (19.
Rxh8+ Kxg6 20. Nf3 {which at first seemed unclear but the more I looked at the
position, the better it was for Black, with ideas like} Qxg3 21. Qc2 Bg4 $1 {"}
) 19... Bg4 $1 {Played after 28 minutes thought, and it was time well spent.} (
19... Qxg3 {is well met by} 20. Nf1 {while the other idea Caruana had expected
to crash though -}) (19... Bxh3 $5 20. Rxa8 Qe3+ {only leads to a draw after}
21. Kh1 Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qxg3+ 23. Kf1 {"I even looked at} Qh3+ 24. Ke2 Bf4 {,"
said Caruana, "but it is a bit too much - I might just finish two rooks down!"}
) 20. Qf1 $1 (20. Qxg4 Qxg4 21. hxg4 Rxf8 {will leave Black a piece ahead.})
20... Nd3 $1 {[#]} 21. Qxd3 $1 {Forced, as Carlsen realised during a 13 minute
think.} (21. hxg4 {loses beautifully to a long, long, line which looks like a
composed puzzle;} Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Rxf8 23. Qxf8 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 (24. Kh2 {loses to}
Qxg3+ $1 25. Kg1 Nh3+ 26. Kf1 Nf4 $1 {and now as soon as the checks run out,
Whites loses, i.e.} 27. Qf5+ Kxh8 28. Qf8+ Kh7 29. Qf5+ Kg8 30. Qc8+ Bd8 $3 31.
Qxd8+ Kh7 {and mate follows.}) {and now comes a remarkable series of
discovered checks which ultimately result in the loss of the queen on f8!}
24... Nxg4+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nxe4+ 27. Kh1 Nxg3+ 28. Kh2 Nf5+ $1 29. Kh1
Qf4 $1 {with mate or win of the queen.}) (21. Rxa8 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Nf2+ 23. Qxf2
Qxf2 24. hxg4 Qxd2) 21... Rxf8 22. hxg4 Qxg4 23. Nf3 Qxg3 $6 {[#]  On} (23...
Kxh8 {Caruana was concerned by} 24. Nh4 Bxg3 25. Nf5 {but after} Bc7 {"Black
is still well on top," he admitted.}) 24. e5+ $2 {"I thought what I had played
was the most accurate but when I saw} (24. Nf7 $1 {I realised I probably
should have taken on h8 earlier," said Caruana. "The problem is that after}
Rxf7 25. e5+ Kh8 (25... Qg6) 26. e6 {he gains a tempo on the rook. I was
worried that the e pawn would then be too strong so I was going to play 25...
Qg6, but I am fairly sure he would have held the endgame."}) 24... Kxh8 25. e6
$6 {At first sight} (25. Rf1 {loses immediately to} Rf4 {but then} 26. Qd7 $1 {
hangs on, so Black would be forced to proceed with 25...Bb6+ 26.Kh1 Qg4, as in
the game, though here White has more defensive options.} Bb6+ 27. Kh1 Qg4)
25... Bb6+ 26. Kh1 Qg4 $1 27. Qd6 Rd8 $1 {Black's last big decision of the
game cost 12 minutes and leads by force to the win of the e pawn.} 28. Qe5 Rd5
$1 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. e7 Qh5+ {[#]} 31. Nh2 $2 {"Of course this is a terrible
blunder, but I can understand how it happened," said Caruana. "He probably saw
31...Rd1 when he analysed the position earlier but when he got there he looked
at} (31. Qh2 {and didn't like it [because of} Qe8 $1 32. Re1 Bf2 $1 {IR] so he
decided he 'must' play 31.Nh2. Then he forgot about 31...Rd1 and believed that
Black had to reply 31...Re5, after which he saw 32.g4! which looked good for
White - though actually I have a draw after 32...Qg5! 33.Nf3 Qf4! and Black
will get a perpetual check.  "When he played 31.Nh2 I was shocked - I thought
'Did I miss something?' but luckily it was hard to miss something here since
he only has one legal move each time!"}) 31... Rd1+ (31... Re5 32. g4 Qg5 33.
Nf3 Qf4) 32. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 33. Nf1 Qxf1+ 34. Kh2 Qg1+ {"I thought about checking
whether there was a mate with 34...Bg1+ [There is. IR] but then thought he
would just resign after 34...Qg1+," said Caruana.} (34... Bg1+) 0-1

[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 {[#]} 6. d3 {Caruana had
beaten Aronian's Marshall Attack in Zurich in February but in Saint Louis
preferred something quieter.} b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3 (8. a4 {and}) (8. c3 {are
more common, but Aronian had won a fine game with Black against 8.Nc3 in Wijk
aan Zee this year and so could be relied upon to repeat that line.}) 8... d6 9.
a3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 {Sure enough, Aronian prefers the move with which he
defeated Dominguez in Wijk aan Zee to the more common} (10... c5 {.}) 11. Bxe6
{In Wijk aan Zee Dominguez played} (11. Bg5 {attempting to improve on an
earlier game he had played against Karjakin.}) 11... fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5
14. Re1 Qd6 {[#]} 15. Na2 $5 {"This seemed like a strange move," said Aronian,
"but I guess it was part of his preparation. The innocuous} (15. h3 {had been
seen previously in a Dominguez-Karjakin rapid game from 2013.  "We [Chuchelov
and I] had found 15.Na2 sometime ago," said Caruana. "It's not a huge novelty
but it leads to a very double-edged game."}) 15... Nd7 16. Qe2 d4 17. Reb1 {"I
played this to prevent 17...a5, though I am not really sure Black can't play
it anyway!" admitted Caruana.} Nb6 {On} (17... a5 18. bxa5 Nxa5 19. Rxb5 Qxa3 {
Caruana intended} 20. Rbb1 {but agreed that Black should be fine after} Nc6 {.}
) 18. Nc1 Na4 19. Nb3 {[#]} Rf7 {"} (19... Nc3 $1 20. Bxc3 dxc3 21. Qe3 Rad8 {
looked very exciting for me," said Aronian, "but then for some reason I 
[waited] and my position started getting worse."}) 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Ng5 Rf6 $6 {
"When you miss an opportunity you start blaming yourself," admitted Aronian,
"though maybe the position is already slightly worse for Black."} (21... Bxg5
22. Bxg5 Rdf8 {was safer.}) 22. Qh5 h6 $6 {"Maybe he should have taken the
knight last move but this is definitely a mistake," said Caruana. "I was
looking at} (22... Rh6 $1 23. Qf7+ (23. Qg4 Rg6 24. h4 h6 25. Qh5) 23... Kh8 {
which looks bad, but after} 24. Qf3 Bxg5 $1 25. Bxg5 Rf8 {my queen has to go
backwards and I wasn't sure how much advantage I had."  White could also try
23.Qg4!?, leading to a position similar to the game, though slightly less
favourable, after 23...Rg6 24.h4 h6 25.Qh5!.}) 23. Nf3 $1 {"Now Black can't do
much and must always watch out for tactics," said Caruana.} (23. Qg4 Rg6) 23...
Rdf8 24. Rf1 R8f7 25. Rae1 Bf8 26. h3 {Intending Nh2 but "when I saw an even
better idea, I went for it," said Caruana.} g6 27. Qh4 Qe7 28. Qg3 Bg7 {[#]}
29. Na5 $3 {"A strong sacrifice," said Aronian. "I felt that after} (29. Nh2 {
I might be OK, because I will sacrifice an exchange with ...Rf4 after Ng4 and
probably I am fine."  Caruana agreed; "[After ...Rf4] Black gets a lot of dark
squares and a knight on c3. Plus I wanted to sacrifce myself!"} Rf4 30. Ng4)
29... Nxa5 30. Nxe5 Nb7 31. Nxg6 $1 {"I wasn't sure if I was better or winning
but practically I thought it would be very difficult for him to defend," said
Caruana.} Qd8 {Aronian spent 11 minutes wondering whether} (31... Rxg6 32. Qxg6
Qf6 {would be a better chance. However so long as White keeps the queen on the
board via} 33. Qg4 {then the advance of the White pawns should be very similar
to the game.}) 32. e5 $1 {Caruana spent 16 minutes on this obvious move, which
led to (incorrect) speculation that Aronian had offered a draw. Caruana
explained later, "I was considering winning a pawn with} (32. Ne5 Rf8 33. Ng4
Rg6 34. Nxh6+ {but after} Kh7 $1 35. Ng4 Bf6 $1 {I was worried that my queen
would be forced back to h2."}) 32... Rf5 {[#]} 33. f4 {The position Caruana
foresaw when sacrificing his knight on a5. White's main threat is the slow
advance of his kingside pawns but Black's knights are so far offside that they
cannot do anything to prevent this.} c5 34. Nh4 {"My first idea was} (34. Qf3 {
," said Caruana, "but then I noticed} cxb4 35. g4 Rg5 $1 {and decided to make
my knight safe."}) 34... Rh5 35. Nf3 Kh7 $6 {"A ridiculous move," said Aronian.
"Of course I should play} (35... Qe8 {when the position is very unclear." 
Caruana did not agree, and indeed} 36. Qg4 {and 37.Nh4, as in the game, is
still very strong.}) 36. Qg4 Rhf5 37. Nh4 Kh8 38. Nxf5 Rxf5 39. Qg6 {Once the
White pawns start rolling, Black is helpless.} Qe7 40. g4 Rf8 {[#]} 41. f5 {
After the game Caruana wondered whether he should keep the queens on the board
by preceding this move with} (41. Qe4 {"but White should be winning easily in
either case," he added.}) 41... Qe8 42. Qxe8 Rxe8 43. f6 Bf8 44. f7 Re7 45. Rf6
Nb6 46. Bxh6 Nd7 47. Ref1 $1 cxb4 (47... Nxf6 48. Bxf8 Rxf7 49. Rxf6 {is
trivial for White.}) 48. axb4 Bxh6 49. Rxh6+ Kg7 50. Rh5 $1 1-0

[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.08.31"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 {A Mamedyarov specialty, though hardly
scary for Black.} Bf5 5. Nh4 Be4 6. f3 Bg6 7. e3 e6 8. g3 Be7 {[#]} 9. a3 $5 {
Nakmaura's last two moves are clearly improvisation and he had already used
more than half an hour to reach this position.} Nbd7 10. cxd5 {This was the
idea behind Nakamura's 9th move - 10...Nxd5 can be well answered by 11.e4
without Black having 11...Nb4 as a response.} cxd5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bd3 e5 $1
13. O-O O-O $5 {A curious choice, since Black's king would also have been
happy on f8, leaving the h8 rook for a possible attack. After} (13... Bd6 {
Black stands well.}) 14. Qb3 Qc8 {[#]} 15. Nb1 $1 exd4 $6 {Not an exchange
that Black would have been happy to make. After} (15... Bd8 $1 16. Nc3 Bb6 {
Black should be fine.}) 16. exd4 Nb8 17. Nc3 Nc6 18. Be3 Qd7 19. Rad1 {Rather
irrelevant. After} (19. Bf2 {following by doubling rooks on the e file, White
has all the chances.}) 19... Rfd8 20. Rfe1 Ne8 $1 21. Bf2 Nc7 22. Bf1 Bf6 23.
Qa2 $6 {[#]  Planning b4-b5, but the offside queen now gives Caruana the
chance for some kingside activity.} g5 $1 24. b4 g6 $1 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. b5 {
Probably too early, But Nakamura does not want to wait for ...Rh8.} Ne7 27. Be3
Ne6 28. Bh3 Nf5 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. f4 $6 {Only now does Nakamura's drift become
irreversible.  Had Nakamura spent more than 6 seconds on this move he might
have realised that the resulting blocked postion is awful for him and he
should be trying to attack the f5 pawn using a plan such as} (30. Ne2 Rh8 (
30... Qxb5 31. Qc2 $1) 31. Qd3 {.}) 30... g4 31. Qd3 Rac8 32. Rc1 Rc4 $1 33.
Ne2 {[#]} (33. Qxf5 Nxd4 $1 {leads to an endgame highly favourable for Black.})
33... Nc7 $3 34. Nc3 $6 {Now the pressure builds inexorably. White should have
sought solace in a rook ending after} (34. Rxc4 dxc4 35. Qxc4 Nxb5 36. a4 Nxd4
(36... Nd6 $5 {offers a safe advantage for Black.)}) 37. Nxd4 Bxd4 38. Qxd4+
Qxd4 39. Bxd4+ Rxd4 40. Re7) 34... Rc8 35. h3 $5 {Desperation, but White could
not wait for ...Ne8 and ...Bd8-a5.} gxh3 36. Kh2 Nxb5 37. Nxb5 Qxb5 38. Kxh3
Qd7 39. Kg2 b5 40. Rb1 a6 {The time control has been reached with Caruana a
safe pawn ahead and the win should be a matter of technique. However, here for
the first time in the tournament, Caruana begins to show some uncertainty.} 41.
Rbc1 Qe6 (41... R8c6 $1 {intending to follow with ...Qc8, was much simpler.})
42. Bf2 Rxc1 $5 {Consistent, but it was not too late to return to d7 with the
queen.} 43. Rxe6 fxe6 44. g4 $1 {[#]} fxg4 $6 {"I felt that I had complicated
the win quite a lot," admitted Caruana, "and here I missed his Qd3-e2-d3
manoeuvre. I completely missed} (44... Bh4 $1 45. Bxh4 R8c3 {- that would have
been a nice way to end the game."}) 45. Qe2 Kf7 46. Qd3 $1 R1c2 47. Qh7+ Ke8 {
[#]} 48. f5 $2 (48. Kf1 {would have made any win for Black very difficult,
especially given Caruana's time trouble.}) 48... Bxd4 $1 {"It was very
difficult to calculate all the checks," siad Caruana. "I had only about 2
minutes and I was worried that I would blunder my bishop and lose! But it
seems like now I am winning."} 49. Qg6+ Kd8 50. Qxe6 Rxf2+ 51. Kg3 Rc3+ 52.
Kxg4 Rg2+ 53. Kf4 Rf2+ 54. Kg4 Kc7 {In the ensuing moves, with Caruana playing
on his 30 second increment, Black eschews searching for mates and simply makes
sure his king is secure, after which the win will be trivial.} 55. Qe7+ Kb6 56.
Qd8+ Rc7 57. Qxd5 Bc5 58. Qd8 Kb7 59. f6 Bxa3 60. Qd5+ Kb6 61. Qd8 Bc5 62. Qb8+
Rb7 63. Qd8+ Ka7 64. Qd5 Bb6 {Mission accomplished.} 65. Kg5 Rc7 66. Kg6 b4 67.
Qe6 Bd4 0-1

[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 {"This was rather
unexpected. I knew Veselin had played} (5... Qc7 {but I didn't recall that he
had ever used 5...a6," said Caruana. (In fact Topalov had played the 5...a6
variation of the Taimanov twice, but back in 1996.)}) 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 {[#]} Kf8 {"I had prepared this line for
Peter Svidler," said Caruana. "He normally plays} (11... g6 {but we checked 11.
..Kf8 as well. In fact I had a chance to use some of the analysis against
Peter in Dubai. That game went 11...g6} 12. Bh6 Rb8 13. Nd1 Rb4 14. c4) 12. Na4
$1 Qa5 13. Re2 $1 {Caruana's new idea, which at first seems unplayable because
of Topalov's coming pawn advances. "I was expecting} (13. Bg5 {with a rather
normal position," said Topalov.}) 13... h5 14. Qf4 g5 {"If I don't push my
pawns then 12...Qa5 makes no sense," said Topalov.} 15. Bd2 $1 Qc7 {"My
opponent clearly seemed rattled, which is normal when you are surprised in the
opening, and you are playing against someone who [moves] instantly," said
Caruana. "The computer likes} (15... gxf4 16. Bxa5 {at first but, a few moves
later, realises it is not so easy. White will play f3 and later the f4 pawn
can become weak."  "The idea of this line should not be to go for a slightly
worse endgame," added Topalov, "and it looks very easy for White to play."})
16. Qg3 $1 h4 17. Qg4 {[#]} Rg8 $2 {Topalov had spent 35 minutes on his
previous four moves and played this very quickly, but this was the moment for
deep calculation of the temporary piece sacrifice} (17... Nxe5 $1 18. Rxe5 Qxe5
19. Bc3 Qf4 20. Qxf4 gxf4 21. Bxh8 f6 {"I remembered that there should be some
way for White to get an advantage here," said Caruana, "and I thought I would
work it out if he played like this."  White's best appears to be} 22. Nb6 Rb8
23. Bxa6 $1 {though after} Rxb6 24. Bxc8 Kf7 {Black has chances to reach an
opposite coloured bishop endgame with some drawing hopes.}) 18. Rae1 c5 19. c4
dxc4 (19... d4 {is simply depressing for Black, who must sit and wait for
White to achieve f4 under the most favourable circumstances, probably after
the White knight has redeployed to b2 and d3.}) 20. Bxc4 Bb7 21. h3 Rd8 22. Bc3
Nb8 $6 {Starting a repositioning which cannot be completed. However on} (22...
Nb6 {(Hoping for} 23. Ba5 $2 Rd4 $1 24. Bxb6 Qc6 $1 {Caruana was intending to
play simply 23.Nxb6 Qxb6 24.b3 "and there is not much Black can do."}) 23. Re3
$1 Nc6 $2 {[#]  "This just loses on the spot," said Caruana.  "Anyway, it is
always better for White," said Topalov. "Black's pawns are just weak."} 24.
Bxe6 $1 fxe6 {"He probably could have put up more resistance with} (24... Nd4 {
when I was intending to sacrifice the exchange with} 25. Bc4 Qc6 26. b3 Nc2 {
. Then after} 27. e6 $1 {I was sure that he must be mated sooner or later. His
king is so bad."}) 25. Rf3+ Ke8 {"My original intention was to go} (25... Kg7 {
," said Topalov, "when 26.Qe6 is not so good but I had missed} 26. Qh5 $1 Rdf8
27. Rf6 $1 {."}) 26. Qxe6 Rg7 27. Qh6 Nd4 {[#]} 28. e6 $1 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Bf8
30. Qh5+ Ke7 31. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "2nd Sinquefield Cup 2014"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.09.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Caruana, F."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2877"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 {It is hard to believe that Carlsen
was so impressed by Vachier-Lagrave's play with the Accelerated Dragon  in
round 6 that he wanted to repeat the variation, but in any case Caruana
decides to vary with the solid Maroczy Bind.} 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. f3 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 {[#]} a5 {"A little unusual," said Carlsen. "I
thought it would make the game interesting - but it made it more intersting
for him!} (10... Qa5 {is the decent move, with only a very, very slightly
worse position."}) 11. b3 $1 (11. Be2 a4 {followed by ...Qa5 should be fine
for Black.}) 11... a4 12. b4 Be6 13. Rc1 Nd7 14. Be2 Nb6 {[#]} 15. Nb5 $1 {"My
first intention was to play} (15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. c5 {when I think I
have a very good position," said Caruana, "but then I became attracted to the
idea 15.Nb5!? Rc8 16.Na3 which I thought would be even more unpleasant for him.
"}) 15... a3 {After 7 minutes thought, Carlsen decides to deprive the White
knight of the a3 square.  "After} (15... Rc8 16. Na3 {the only plan I could
see for him was} f5 17. exf5 gxf5 {but I just play} 18. O-O {and White is
better."}) 16. Nd4 Bd7 {[#]} 17. h4 $1 {"I underestimated [this plan]," said
Carlsen.  "His knight on b6 is stranded so I decided to go for it," said
Caruana. "Besides, after} (17. O-O Na4 {I wasn't sure what to do next."}) 17...
h5 18. g4 hxg4 19. fxg4 $1 {"I thought if he played h4 and g4 he would have to
play for mate," explained Carlsen, "but of course he doesn't because
positionally he is doing quite well."} e5 {"Not a move you want to play but I
didn't see anything else for him," said Caruana. "He has to try to stop the
attack because I am just going forward with 20.h5."} 20. Nb3 Bc6 {Caruana
considered this move to be forced but Svidler, analysing the game for Chess24,
noted that} (20... Be6 $5 21. h5 Na4 $1 {makes continuing the attack tricky
because the direct} 22. Bh6 Qe7 $1 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. hxg6 {allows} Rh8 $1 {
with plenty of counterplay for Black.}) 21. Bf3 f5 {"At first I was happy to
get in 20...Bc6 and 21...f5," said Carlsen, "but with my weak king and weak
pawns he is doing very well."} 22. gxf5 gxf5 {[#]} 23. Na5 $1 f4 {Not a move
Black wants to play but "after} (23... Rxa5 24. bxa5 Na4 25. Qg2 $1 {I am
definitely better," said Caruana "and}) (23... Bxe4 24. Bxe4 fxe4 25. Nxb7 {is
just hopeless for him."}) 24. Bf2 Na4 25. Nxc6 {"I knew I didn't have to take
immediately but I didn't want to keep having to calculate ...Rxa5," admitted
Caruana.} bxc6 26. O-O $6 {A move which generated a tweet from Kasparov; "Did
Caruana really castle? Wow. King is great on e2, put rook on g-file, nearly
winning."  Laster Caruana explained â oI wanted to tuck my king away in the
corner and I didn't want to play Ke2 so much. But maybe 0-0 was a mistake." 
Certainly after} (26. Rg1 {or}) (26. h5 {White has a huge attack.}) 26... c5 $1
{"I didn't expect this," admitted Caruana. "He gets the b6 square for his
knight [without the Black queen being tied to it IR] and also now has ...Ra7."}
27. b5 Bf6 28. Kh1 {[#]} Nb6 $6 {"I thought that this was very clever, forcing
him to play 29.Rcd1 after which the endgame we reach is very drawish, but it
turns out he can use the other rook," said Carlsen.  Taking the h pawn was
fatal - see the next note, but after} (28... Kh8 $1 {Black would have been
back in the game.}) 29. Rcd1 $6 {"After} (29. Rfd1 {I was intending to play}
Bxh4 {but the computer tells me it is just mate," said Carlsen, meaning the
variation} 30. Rg1+ Kh8 31. Rg4 $1 Bxf2 32. Qxf2 Ra7 33. Rh4+ Rh7 ({("} 33...
Qxh4+ 34. Qxh4+ Rh7 35. Bh5 $1 {is a very important line, which I had actually
seen when playing 28.Kh1," said Caruana.)}) 34. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 35. Qh2+ {
followed by36.Rg1+.}) 29... Kh8 $1 {"Of course I had seen the trick} (29... Be7
$2 30. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 31. Qg2+ {," said Caruana. "It works with either rook on
d1. I thought I was being clever playing 29.Rcd1, not giving him another
chance to take on h4, but the other rook was much better."}) 30. Qxd6 Qxd6 31.
Rxd6 Nxc4 {[#]} 32. Rd5 $6 {" I should have tried} (32. Rd7 Rad8 33. Rfd1 {
because if} Ne3 34. Bxe3 fxe3 35. Be2 Bxh4 36. b6 {and if I get my pawn to b7
Black is in trouble,â   said Caruana.}) 32... Ne3 33. Bxe3 fxe3 34. Be2 Bxh4
35. Rf5 (35. Rxe5 Rxf1+ 36. Bxf1 Rf8 37. Rf5 $1 {is probably not quite enough
to win for White but is much better than the game and "of course if I had seen
37.Rf5 I would have played this," said Caruana.}) 35... Rxf5 36. exf5 Rd8 37.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Kf3 Kf6 40. Ke4 c4 41. Bxc4 Bb6 42. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "2014 US OPEN, DENKER, BARBER, NGIT"]
[Site "Orlando, Florida"]
[Date "2014.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kore, Akshayraj"]
[Black "Holt, Conrad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Annotator "Holt, Conrad"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 a5 8. c3
Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. O-O Naxc5 11. Bb5 Qc7 12. Re1 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. c4 Bd6 15.
Nf1 Bd7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Be3 Rac8 18. Red1 Nce4 19. N3d2 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 dxc4
21. Nxc4 {Diagram [#]} Bxh2+ $4 (21... Nd5) (21... Qc7) 22. Kxh2 Qc7+ 23. Nd6
Nd5 24. Bc5 Nf4 25. Qg4 Qxc5 26. Nxc8 Qxc8 27. Rac1 Qb8 28. Rd7 Qe5 29. g3 Ng6
30. Rc2 Qf6 31. Rd6 Ne5 32. Qxe6+ Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Nd4 35. Rce2 Nxe2
36. Rxe2 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2014 US OPEN, DENKER, BARBER, NGIT"]
[Site "Orlando, Florida"]
[Date "2014.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Holt, Conrad"]
[Black "Bryant, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Holt, Conrad"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 {The Queen's
Gambit Declined was a surprising choice from Bryant who usually prefers
sharper openings such as the King's Indian.} 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O Nh5 (8... Nb6
9. Qc2 Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 {(Holt-Akobian, USCL 2013) is a
slightly improved for Black version of the game idea since White has had to
play the non-optimal Qc2.}) 9. Be5 f6 ({Instead I expected} 9... Nhf6 {. The
point of this move is to try to capture the bishop without either weakening
the position with f6, or getting the knight trapped on h5 after dxe5. Now if
the bishop retreats, the knight would go back to h5.}) 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3
Nb6 12. a4 {Diagram [#] This move may not be so logical as it opens the
possibility of a black piece using the b4 outpost. On the other hand, a5 gets
attacked by my knight.} a5 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. Nxc4 Nd5 15. Qb3 Bc6 $2 (15... Nb4
$5) (15... c6 {is the move I was most worried about. Black is more or less OK.}
) 16. Bg4 Qd7 $2 {It can't be a good idea to put the queen into this pin.} (
16... f5 17. Bf3 Ra6 {and the computer claims that it is still equal, but it
seems unpleasant for Black.}) 17. e4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Kh8 {Diagram [#]} 19. Rfe1 (
19. d5 Bxa4 20. Qxa4 (20. Rxa4 b5 21. Rxa5 bxc4 22. Qa2 Rxa5 (22... Qe8 23.
Bxe6) 23. Qxa5 {seems to be another decent option}) 20... Qxa4 21. Rxa4 b5 22.
Rxa5 bxc4 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. dxe6 {gives Black more chances for survival.})
19... Qc8 20. Rab1 b6 $6 (20... Qd7 $5 {the best chance to cause confusion, by
attacking the a4 pawn}) 21. d5 Bd7 22. dxe6 Bxe6 23. Nxb6 {Now I have a clear
extra pawn.} cxb6 24. Bxe6 Qc7 25. Qxb6 Qxc3 26. Rec1 Qe5 27. Rb5 Qd6 28. Qxd6
Bxd6 {Diagram [#] The extra pawn should be enough to win here since Black's
rooks are also hemmed in at the back of the board. I also had to play with two
rooks and a light-squared bishop versus two rooks and a dark-squared bishop in
round 5.} 29. f4 Ra7 30. Kf2 g6 31. Rc6 Bb4 32. g4 Kg7 33. g3 Rd8 34. Rd5 Re8
35. Rb5 Rd8 36. Rcb6 Re7 37. Rb7 Rde8 38. Bd5 Kf8 39. R7b6 Kg7 40. Rc6 Rd8 41.
Kf3 Rde8 42. Rbb6 Rf8 43. Kg2 $5 {Starting an attempt to exchange my front
g-pawn for his f-pawn, which would leave me with a strong passed e-pawn. I
wanted to leave my rooks and bishop in  place so that his rooks would have no
chances to escape.} Ra7 44. Kh3 Re7 45. Kh4 Ra7 (45... h6 {would not work,
since the g6 pawn would be too vulnerable after White plays e5 or g5, clearing
away the f6 pawn.}) 46. g5 f5 47. e5 Rd8 48. Bc4 Rd2 49. Kh3 Rd8 50. Rb5 Rad7
51. Rf6 Rc7 52. Bd5 Bc5 53. Rc6 Rxc6 54. Bxc6 Bb4 55. Rb7+ Kf8 56. Rxh7 Rd3 57.
e6 Re3 58. Rf7+ Kg8 59. Bd5 Rd3 60. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Denker"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gu, Christopher"]
[Black "Colas, Josh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Gu, Christopher"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.29"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qa5 $6 {
This move is usually done after both sides castle, so that the queen will be
nicely placed on h5 to aide a kingside attack. However, this seems dubious at
the moment because white is not castled yet, and thus can take advantage of
the misplaced queen on h5. Josh told me after the game that he mixed up the
move order.} (7... O-O 8. O-O Qa5 {is correct}) 8. Nb3 Qh5 9. h3 $1 {Now white
has this move available and can gain alot of space by kicking around the
misplaced queen.} O-O 10. g4 Qe5 11. f4 Qc7 12. e4 d6 13. Be3 $14 {Diagram [#]
Despite the computers disagreement, i believe white has a slight edge due to
his space advantage.} Na5 $1 {a good move, black has less space and thus seeks
to trade pieces.} 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Nd5 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 {We arrive
at a typical Maroczy bind endgame. White has more space but objectively black
should be ok, but white can press without much risk, which was what i wanted.}
Nxd5 18. cxd5 (18. exd5 Bd7 {I didn't like capturing with the e-pawn because
black gets lots of counterplay after say rfc8 and b5.}) 18... Bd7 19. Rac1 Rfc8
(19... Bxb2 20. Rc7 {Bxb2 unneccessarily allows my rooks to become very active.
}) 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1 (21... Bxb2 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Bxa7 {This was
also possible.}) 22. Kxc1 a6 {Diagram [#] Here Josh offered a draw. Although a
draw would have probably been enough to clinch 1st place, i figured i had a
slight edge with no losing chances, so why not try to press?} 23. b3 Kf8 24.
Kc2 e6 $6 {This inaccuracy allows me to generate some favorable tactics as his
b7 pawn is constantly unprotected.} (24... Bc8 {protecting the b7 pawn} 25. Kd3
e6 {would be about equal.}) 25. dxe6 fxe6 (25... Bxe6 26. e5 dxe5 27. Bxb7 {
Grants White a clear advantage due to blacks weak a6 pawn.}) 26. e5 $1 $14 {
Diagram [#] an important move that secures an advantage. the vulnerability of
the b7 pawn is crucial for white.} d5 (26... dxe5 27. Bxb7 exf4 28. Bxf4 Bb5 {
This may have been better, but white would still retain an advantage with 29.
Bg2, preventing black from playing Bf1 and preparing the expansion of whites
pawns on the queenside.} 29. Bg2) 27. Bc5+ $1 Ke8 28. Bd6 {Black now has a
serious problem with his dark squared bishop. either his bishop remains
imprisoned by whites f4 and e5 pawns, or he trades it off and leaves himself
with a bad light squared bishop. Josh choose the latter.} Bh6 29. g5 Bf8 30.
Kd3 Bb5+ 31. Kd4 {Diagram [#]} Bxd6 $2 {this gives white an extremely strong
passed pawn on d6.} (31... Be7 {intending Kd7 would have been a better defense.
White would still retain and edge after say} 32. Bf3 Kd7 33. Bxe7 Kxe7 34. b4 {
but it may have not been enough to win.}) 32. exd6 Kd7 33. Ke5 $18 {black is
helpless and can only wait passively.} Be2 34. h4 Bg4 35. b4 {planning a4, a5,
bf1, and b5, occupying the b5 square for my bishop. Blacks King would be
forced to move off the d7 square, where my king would be free to march to b6,
take his b7 pawn and queen my a-pawn.} b5 {a desperate attempt to stop the
aforementioned plan, but white is now able to take advantage of the weaknesses
on the queenside.} 36. Bf1 $1 {preparing to bring the bishop on the a4-d1
diagonal and play a4, which would create a decisive weakness on the queenside.}
Bf5 (36... d4 37. Kxd4 Kxd6 38. Bg2 Bf5 39. Bb7 Kc7 40. Be4 Bg4 41. Ke5) 37.
Be2 Bh3 38. Bd1 Bf5 39. a4 {Diagram [#]} d4 {desperation.} (39... Bh3 {waiting
would also be hopeless for black:} 40. axb5 axb5 41. Be2 Kc6 42. Bxb5+ {and
white wins.}) 40. axb5 axb5 41. Kxd4 Kxd6 42. Be2 {the weakness on b5 is
decisive. a good example of why it is generally not a good idea to put your
pawns on the same color of your bishop.} Kc6 43. Ke5 Bh3 44. Bf3+ Kd7 45. Be2
Kc6 46. Kf6 Kd5 47. Bxb5 Ke4 48. Bc6+ Kxf4 49. b5 e5 50. b6 Bc8 51. b7 Bxb7 52.
Bxb7 Kg4 53. Kxe5 Kxh4 54. Kf6 Kh5 55. Be4 1-0

[Event "Barber Tournament of K-8 Champions"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brodsky, David"]
[Black "Patel, Advait"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2216"]
[Annotator "Patel, Advait"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 $5 {A line played by Petrosian. The idea
is to play ..Ba6 at some point trading the bishops.} 5. a3 Bf8 (5... Be7 6. Qg4
{is annoying.}) 6. Bb5+ {This avoids trading the bishops but White's bishop
will be stuck behind Black's pawns.} c6 (6... Bd7 7. Be2 {Black can't trade
the Bishops now.}) 7. Ba4 Bd7 8. Nf3 c5 {insert digram.} 9. Bxd7+ (9. Bb3 c4
10. Ba2 {White will activate the light squared bishop with Bb1, Ne2, and c3.})
9... Qxd7 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. c3 c4 {Playing for the pawn break ..b5-b4.} 12. O-O
Nge7 13. Nd2 {White can now play b2-b3 in some lines.} h5 $6 {Black is still
alright after this, but the immediate Nf5 was fine. The h5 pawn could be a
weakness later.} (13... Nf5 {is fine. I was worried about} 14. g4 $2 Nh4 15.
Ng3 {but this is fine for Black.} Be7 16. f4 O-O {followed by ..f7-f5.}) 14. b3
{attempts to open the position up with my K in the center.} cxb3 15. Nxb3 Nf5 {
insert diagram} 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. fxg3 (17. hxg3 Be7 {and Black is fine.}) 17...
Ne7 18. Qf3 Nf5 19. c4 $6 {Black is doing well after this.} (19. h3 {makes it
difficult for Black to play ..Be7. e.g.} Be7 $2 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 Nh6 22.
Bxh6 {followed by Qxf7+.}) 19... Rd8 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Rac1 dxc4
23. Rxc4 {I didn't really consider ..Qxa3 because after Qc6+ it looked too
risky.} O-O (23... Qxa3 24. Qc6+) 24. a4 (24. Qxh5 $4 Ne3) 24... Rd7 {This
move defends the 7th rank and prepares to double on the d-file.} 25. Rfc1 Qg5 {
threatening 26..Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Rxd4 28.Rxd4 Qxc1+ winning a pawn.} 26. Qf2 f6 $6
{A bad attempt to complicate things because he was in time pressure. The
simple 26..Rfd8 is best.} (26... Rfd8) 27. Qf4 $6 {Black gets a better, but
drawn ending after this.} (27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Qf4 {Black has nothing.}) 27...
Qxf4 28. gxf4 Rfd8 29. Rc6 Kf7 {insert diagram.} (29... Nxd4 {reduces Black's
winning chances a lot after} 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. exf6 gxf6 32. Rxe6 Rxf4 33. Re7)
30. Rc7 Kg6 31. g3 h4 {softening White's pawn chain.} 32. Kg2 hxg3 33. hxg3
fxe5 34. fxe5 (34. dxe5 $2 Rd3 35. R1c3 Kh5 {will eventually win the g3-pawn.})
34... Rxc7 {This wins a pawn but it still should be a draw.} 35. Rxc7 Nxd4 36.
Nxd4 Rxd4 37. Rxa7 Kf5 38. a5 $6 {This isn't really a bad move. It just gives
Black more practical chances.} (38. Rxg7 Rxa4 39. Rb7 Rb4 40. Kf3 {White has
some counterplay.}) 38... bxa5 39. Rxa5 {insert digram.} Re4 40. Ra7 g5 41. Kf3
g4+ 42. Kf2 Rb4 43. Rg7 Rb2+ 44. Kf1 Rb3 45. Kf2 Rb2+ 46. Kf1 Rb4 47. Kf2 Kxe5
48. Rg8 Rb2+ 49. Kf1 Rb4 50. Rg7 Kf6 51. Rg8 e5 52. Kf2 Kf5 53. Ra8 Rb2+ 54.
Kf1 Rd2 {Preparing to play ..Ke4 Ra4+ Rd4. insert diagram} 55. Ra3 $2 {Black
has a forced win now.} (55. Ra4 {White shuffles his rook back and forth on a4,
b4, and c4. If Black ever plays ..e4 then White gives a check on the 5th rank.}
Rd4 56. Ra2 Ke4 57. Ke2 {also holds.}) 55... Ke4 56. Ra5 Ke3 $2 (56... Rd5 57.
Ra3 (57. Ra8 Ke3 {followed by ..e4 and ..Kf3. If Ra3+ then ..Rd3.}) 57... Rd3
58. Ra6 (58. Ra5 Kf3) 58... Kf3 59. Rf6+ Kxg3 {is winning for Black.}) 57.
Rxe5+ Kf3 {insert diagram} 58. Rf5+ $2 (58. Kg1 $1 {the only move that draws.}
Kxg3 59. Re1 {passive defense works with knight pawns.}) (58. Re1 Rg2 {the
finish would be similar to the game.}) 58... Kxg3 {Now Black just sets up a
Lucena position.} 59. Rf8 Rd1+ 60. Ke2 Rg1 61. Rg8 Kh2 62. Rh8+ Kg2 63. Rg8 g3
64. Ke3 Rb1 65. Rg7 Kh2 66. Rh7+ Kg1 67. Rg7 g2 68. Ke2 Rb4 69. Rg6 Kh2 70.
Rh6+ Kg3 71. Rg6+ Kh3 {I almost played 71.. Rg4??} (71... Rg4 72. Rxg4+ Kxg4
73. Kf2 Kh3 74. Kg1 Kg3) 72. Rh6+ Kg3 73. Rg6+ Kh2 74. Rh6+ Kg1 75. Rg6 Rb7 76.
Rh6 Re7+ {White resigned. If 77.Kf3 then Kf1 and if the king goes to the
d-file, then 77. .Re5 with a Lucena position. insert diagram.} 77. Kf3 Kf1 0-1

[Event "NGIT 2014"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.07.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jennifer Yu"]
[Black "Lilia Poteat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "Yu, Jennifer"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 {None of my opponents' have played this before so I made
my own plan out of book.} 3. e4 Ne7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nf3 f5 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bxc3 {
Probably to weaken my control on the e4 square} 8. bxc3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Ng6 10. Bg5
Qc8 {Now my position is simply better because black is not full developed and
isn't active with a queen placed badly} (10... Qe8 {Is much more active than
the move played in the game but} 11. exf5 exf5 12. Qxe8 Rxe8 13. Bxf5 {simply
wins a pawn}) 11. exf5 exf5 12. Rfe1 {Tying black down so there would be no
Re8 tricks} d6 13. Nh4 {This loses a little bit of my advantage because} (13.
h4 {(DIAGRAM) either wins material right away or gets an advantageous position
by trying to force the black knight to h8 by h5 and penetrating in e7} h6 {
trying to force the bishop away but white can still play h5 anyway} ({A random
developing move would face consequences too} 13... Nd7 14. h5 Nh8 15. Be7 Re8 (
15... Rf7 16. Ng5) 16. Bxf5) (13... Rf7 {Even if black tried to give the black
knight a square on f8 and more protection for the seventh file I still have}
14. h5 Nf8 15. h6 Ng6 16. hxg7 Kxg7 17. Qe3 {with penetration in the dark
squares around the black king}) 14. h5 Nh8 (14... hxg5 15. hxg6 g4 16. Ng5) 15.
Be7 Rf7 (15... Re8 16. Nh4 Nf7 17. Bxf5 Nd7 18. Qg4 {with a crushing advantage
and winning the knight}) 16. c5 {clearing the c4 square for white's bishop}
dxc5 (16... d5 {Now} 17. Bh4 {clearing the e-file and making things like Ne5
possible in certain variations} bxc5 18. Ne5 Rf8 19. Qf3 {although white is
down by a pawn black cannot do much to improve her position so white has a
huge advantage}) 17. Bc4 Nc6 18. dxc5 Nxe7 19. Qxe7) 13... Nxh4 14. Bxh4 Nc6 {
Developing the knight and possibly preparing for an attack on c4 with a knight
on a5 and a Ba6 like she did later on.} 15. f4 {preparing to play d5 where
black will not have a chance to play Ne5} Na5 16. Qh5 {Diagram [#] threatening
g4} g6 {this was I was hoping for because it weakens the dark squares} (16...
c5 17. g4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Be4 19. Rxe4 fxe4 20. Bxe4 {threatening to take the
exchange back and mate} g6 21. Qg5 {threatening Bd5+ followed by Qf6 if the
king goes to h8 and Qe7 if it goes to g7}) 17. Qg5 Re8 {This is a blunder but
I didn't catch it} 18. Re7 (18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Re1 (19. Bxf5 {This is also a
good move simply taking a pawn}) 19... Qf8 20. Re7 Re8 (20... Rc8) 21. Rxc7 Be4
22. Bf1 d5 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxa7 Bxa2 25. Bb5) 18... Rxe7 (18... Nc6 19. Rxe8+
Qxe8 20. Bxf5 {wins a pawn and if Qe3+ and Qxe3, white will move Be6} Qe3+ 21.
Bf2 Qxc3) 19. Qxe7 Qe8 (19... Nc6 20. Qg5 Qf8 21. d5 Nd8 22. Re1 {with a
seventh rank invasion}) 20. Re1 Qxe7 21. Rxe7 {Now that the rook penetrates
the 7th rank I am simply winning} Ba6 22. Rxc7 d5 23. Bf6 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4
25. Rg7+ Kf8 26. Rxh7 Re8 27. Be5 a5 28. Rd7 g5 29. Rxd5 g4 30. Kf2 Kf7 31.
Rd7+ Ke6 32. Rc7 Kd5 33. Rf7 1-0

[Event "3rd Washington International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Sevian, Samuel"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

{I was going into round five after a good start, 3.5/4. Had a very interesting
game with Illya Nyzhnyk in round 4 playing Botvinik variation of Slav. This
game was no less complex thanks to my opponent's challenging play.} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 {The Steinitz Defense.} 5. O-O (5. c3 {I also
played c3 before}) 5... g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. d4 exd4 8. cxd4 b5 9. Bc2 {the Bishop
stands better on c2 here than on b3, because after I play d4-d5, Na5 does not
come with tempo.} (9. Bb3 O-O 10. d5 Na5 {[%cal Ga5b3]}) 9... O-O (9... d5 10.
exd5 Nxd5 11. Bg5 Nce7 {Is also playable}) 10. d5 Na5 (10... Nb4 11. Bb3 {
[%cal Ra2a3]} a5 12. a3 Na6 13. d6 cxd6 14. Qxd6 $14 {White is slightly better
because of black's weakness on d7}) 11. Bd2 $1 {Diagram [#] White offers
material for a strong attack. Surprisingly after the game when I checked this
line, I saw the Game Zherebukh-Zvagintsev! so I had played his "Novelty"
against him! I had to calculate the following lines, which seemed to lead to a
strong initiative} c5 (11... Bxb2 12. Bxa5 Bxa1 13. Nc3 Bxc3 (13... Bb2 14. d6
Nc6 15. Bxc7 Qe8 16. Nd5 $44) 14. Bxc3 d6 (14... f6 15. e5 $1) 15. Bf6 Bg4 16.
Qd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 $18) (11... Nc4 12. Bc3 Nxb2 (12... Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Nxb2 14.
Qd4 $14) 13. Qc1 Nc4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bb3 Nb6 16. Qc3+ f6 17. Nbd2 {[%cal
Ga1c1]}) 12. Bc3 (12. d6 {1-0 Zherebukh,Y (2560)-Zvjaginsev,V (2663)/
Aix-les-Bains 2011/CBM 142 (41)}) 12... Bxc3 (12... d6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b3 {
Gives White an extra option of developing the knight to d2 after Bg4 with
subsequent capture on f3}) 13. Nxc3 d6 14. b3 {I restrict his knight on a5} (
14. h3 {Stopping Bg4 allows the knight on a5 to get out} Nc4 15. b3 Na3 16. Bd3
f6 {With interesting play}) 14... Bg4 {I anticipated this move, as the Knight
on f3 plays the key role in supporting the e4-e5 advance, also vacating space
in the queen side for the pieces} (14... b4 15. Na4 Bd7 16. Nb2 {[%csl Rc4]
[%cal Gc2d3,Gf3d2,Rd2c4,Rd3c4,Rb2c4]}) 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nc8 {Improving
knight position} 17. Rad1 $6 {I played this move a bit too fast, I thought
that the main plan was to play e4-e5 , and I impatiently started into it,
instead I first had to improve the position of my knight} (17. Nd1 $1 Nb6 18.
Ne3 {From here the white knight can go to g4, and support the f4 f5 advance})
17... Nb6 {Now black threatens b4 followed by c4} 18. a3 $1 {Stopping b4} Rc8 (
18... b4 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Na2 Qc7 21. Rc1 $16) 19. Ne2 {The knight goes to g3
to support f4-f5} Nd7 20. Ng3 Nb7 (20... Qf6 21. Qg4 Rcd8 22. f4 Qg7 23. Rf2
$40) 21. Qe3 {[%cal Rf2f4,Re4e5,Rf4f5]} Qf6 {Diagram [#]} 22. f4 {with the
idea e5 de f5} Qb2 $6 {he took off his gloves and I did too} (22... Qg7 23. Rf2
Rce8 24. Rb1 Nb6 25. Qf3 {But white has a strong attack}) 23. Rf2 Qxa3 24. e5 {
[%cal Re5e6]} c4 25. f5 $3 {White has no time to waste with e6} cxb3 26. Bb1 {
The bishop must stay on this diagonal} dxe5 27. Qh6 Qe7 {Here I spent 15
minutes calculating white's options, reaching the one minute mark. Yaroslav
had pretty much a minute as well. The rest of the game was played on the
increment} 28. Nh5 $1 (28. f6 Nxf6 29. Nf5 gxf5 30. Rxf5 Ne4 $3 (30... Kh8 31.
d6 Nxd6 32. Rxf6 e4 33. Rfxd6) 31. Bxe4 f6 32. Rh5 Rc7 33. Rd3 Kf7 {Black
keeps the extra material}) (28. Ne4 gxf5 29. Rxf5 f6 30. Rf3 Kh8 {The attack
seems to have stopped}) 28... gxh5 29. f6 Nxf6 30. d6 $1 (30. Rxf6 e4) 30...
Nxd6 31. Rxf6 e4 32. Rfxd6 $13 {despite seeming material equality the Black
King is way too exposed} b2 $2 (32... Rfe8 33. R1d5 Kh8 34. Bxe4) (32... Rc7
33. Bxe4 Qxe4 34. Rd8) (32... Rc5 33. Qe3 Qe5 34. Qxb3 Rc1 {Keeps black in the
game}) 33. R6d5 Kh8 {Diagram [#]} 34. Qf4 $2 {After I played it I immediately
realized I had bxe4} (34. Bxe4 Qxe4 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Rg5+ Qg6 37. Rxg6+ hxg6
38. Qxb2 {White should be winning for the following reasons, after opening of
the h-file with g2-g4 the white rook will transfer to the h-file and connect
with the queen on h8. Or white could just trade the rook and bring the King to
h6}) 34... Rc4 35. Re5 Qa7+ 36. Kh2 (36. Kh1 $1 f6 37. Rxe4 $14) 36... f5 $2 (
36... f6 37. Rxe4 Qb8 $1 $11) 37. Rxf5 Rxf5 38. Qxf5 Qc7+ 39. Kh1 {[%cal Gf5f8]
} Qe7 {Here he flagged but white is simply winning anyway.} 40. Rd7 Rc1+ 41.
Kh2 Rc5 (41... Qxd7 42. Qf8#) 42. Qf2 $1 Qe5+ 43. g3 Qf5 44. Qd4+ Qe5 45. Rd8+
Kg7 46. Qd7+ Kh6 47. Qd2+ Kg6 48. Bxe4+ Qxe4 49. Qd6+ $18 1-0

[Event "Washington International 2014"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Troff, Kayden"]
[Black "Wang, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "Troff, Kayden"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 {A different move order than I usually play but doesn't make a
big difference.} Nf6 3. e3 $5 {This is the Colle System, my intention
truthfully is to not play a Colle type structure though. More people may be
familiar with the London System (which has been a selected choice for Kamsky
over the years) and the Colle System is similar to the London System except
White keeps his dark-squared Bishop on c1. Usually the next step for the Colle
is Pawn c2-c3, but I prefer to hold back the Pawn and keep options of Pawn
c2-c4.} c5 {This could be considered one of the 'problems' with playing this
move order if as White you want to play c4 and transpose into a Slav instead
of continuing the path you started with. In the Slav Black will play Pawn
c7-c6 and here, as my opponent shows, Black can play Pawn c7-c5.} 4. Bd3 Nfd7
$6 {This move confused me. I don't think his Knight is better placed on d7
than f6 and he spent a tempo to put it there.} 5. b3 $6 {Slightly inaccurate,
this justifies his Knight f6-d7 a little more.} (5. c4 {Fighting in the
center! I thought about this but wanted to keep playing a little bit slower
and developing my Pieces, this would take advantage of the fact he moved his
Knight away from f6 though.} e6 (5... dxc4 6. Bxc4 cxd4 7. exd4 {This is
similar to a Queen's Gambit Accepted position with his Knight a little awkward
on d7.} g6 8. Qb3 $36) 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nc3 $14 {Now it is probably best for
Black's Knight to come back to f6 and with the lead in development White would
have an advantage.}) 5... g6 $1 {This move is more than likely what he had
planned when he played Nf6-d7 and it works perfectly here.} 6. c4 {Now
fighting for the center. A little too late and I think his move showcases why.}
cxd4 {Now he can trade off his Pawns in the center and it is okay for him
because he has time to play Bf8-g7 and 0-0 and get his Pieces developed.} 7.
Nxd4 (7. Bb2 {Interesting move, but more than likely would have transposed
into the game.} dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxd4 Ne5 {Transposition.}) (7.
exd4 dxc4 8. bxc4 Bg7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 {This is the type of position I
was looking at that made me decide against 7.exd4.} 11. Bc2 Bg4 $36) 7... dxc4
8. Bxc4 Bg7 9. Bb2 {I played this first to avoid any annoying pins against my
Rook.} O-O 10. O-O Ne5 11. Be2 (11. Nd2 {I wanted to keep my Bishop and avoid
giving him a 'two Bishop' advantage, but in this position I think I have to
keep my Pieces in an aggressive position. I pulled my Bishop back and I felt I
didn't have any advantage.} Nxc4 12. Nxc4 Bd7 13. Qc2 {And White has a slight
edge.}) 11... Nbc6 {Here I felt really disappointed in myself. Out of the
opening I didn't really get any advantage and Pieces are starting to get
traded heading this game to a draw.} 12. Nxc6 (12. Na3 {I considered this for
a while. Avoid trading as much and maybe keeping more play in the game, but I
wasn't a big fan of my position continuing from here.} Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bf5 {
Slightly preferable for Black.}) 12... Nxc6 13. Bxg7 Qxd1 {A very
understandable move, trying to keep it simple.} (13... Kxg7 14. Qc1 Qa5 15. Nd2
{Then I want to slowly extend on the Queenside (a2-a3, b3-b4) it's not much
but it's still a game and mistakes happen.}) 14. Rxd1 Kxg7 15. Nc3 Be6 (15...
Bf5 {This was also possible. He might have wanted to avoid any ideas I could
have with Pawn e3-e4 or g2-g4.}) 16. Ne4 Rad8 (16... Bf5 {I was considering
this for him but I can create a little bit of complications here.} 17. Nc5 b6
18. g4 Bc8 19. Nd3) 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Bf3 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Rd8 {I have to admit I
spent a long time here considering playing Rxd8 and offering a draw since
honestly it is simply equal, but at the same time I didn't want to because I
usually would prefer to not draw so quickly. I didn't feel there was a lot of
risk for me to lose this position with my Bishop on f3 and Knight on c5 so I
played on.} 20. Rc1 Rd6 (20... Ne5 {I thought this was the best way for him to
get way from any complications and basically force the draw.} 21. Bxb7 Bxb7 22.
Nxb7 Rd2 23. Nc5 (23. a4 Nd3 24. Rf1 Rb2 25. Na5 Nc5) 23... Ng4 24. Ne4 Rxa2
25. h3 Nf6 26. Nxf6 Kxf6 $11) 21. Ne4 Rd8 22. Nc5 Rd6 23. a3 a5 (23... f5 24.
b4 b6 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Ne6+ Rxe6 27. Rxc8 Rd6 $11) (23... b6 $2 24. Ne4 $18)
24. h3 f5 25. Na6 {Diagram [#] A cute move, but he treated it right not
worrying and dealing with my threat.} Bd7 (25... Be6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Nc5 {
This is what I was shooting for because now he actually has weaknesses and I
can try playing for the win.}) (25... bxa6 26. Bxc6 Be6 27. Ba4 {I can try
fighting against his doubled a-Pawns and I have a little bit of chances.}) 26.
Nc5 Bc8 27. Na4 Be6 (27... Bd7 28. Rc5 {This is the difference between Na6 and
Na4, now my Knight is not hanging on a6 if I were to play this Rc5.}) 28. Bxc6
bxc6 (28... Rxc6 {Maybe this was better, I personally don't think so, but it
is very hard to say one over the other is clearly better.} 29. Rxc6 bxc6 30.
Nc5 Bc8 31. f4 Kf6 32. Kf2 e5 33. Ke2 {Already Black needs to step very
carefully to not lose.}) 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Rc4 Rd5 {This was a a bittersweet
moment for me, I feel like I have made some progress in playing for a win...
but still he is holding on pretty well.} 31. f4 (31. Kf1 {This would have been
slightly better. Bring my King to the center and slowly play (f3-e4-g4),})
31... e5 {I thought this was a smart decision. Sometimes when trying to hold a
draw it can be so easy to move back and forth and hold your position. It is
very important though to fight back at times, and I thought in this case it
was a good decision to avoid letting me get a good grip on the position.} 32.
fxe5 Rxe5 33. Kf2 Rd5 34. Na4 Bb7 35. Rc5 {Diagram [#] In time pressure I
decided to trade the Rooks off and keep putting pressure in the resulting
position. It might have been better to keep the Rooks and the tension, but I
don't see how I would progress there.} Kf7 (35... Kf6 {Slightly more accurate,
to put his King closer to the center.}) 36. Rxd5 cxd5 {This was an important
moment for me. I need to decide where I want my Knight and if it is possible
to get there. I decided on d4 so my Knight would have access to both sides of
the board quickly and I think I found a good way to get it there} 37. Nc5 Bc6
38. Nd3 Bb5 {If he hadn't threatened my Knight I would have had an idea of
playing Pawn b3-b4 and if he took axb4 I now have the option of Nxb4 (instead
of axb4) giving me a passed Pawn further on the edge.} 39. Nf4 Bc6 40. Ne2 Ke7
41. b4 axb4 (41... a4 {Creating a weakness for himself. The Pawn in the future
will be loose if I can play Pawn b4-b5 safely.}) 42. axb4 Kd6 43. Nd4 {My
Knight reaches my desired square!} Bd7 44. Ke2 (44. h4 {This was also an
option but I wanted to keep my Pawns back and as flexible as possible until I
decided how I want them.} h6 45. g3 g5 46. Ke2 $36) 44... g5 45. Kf3 h6 46. Ke2
f4 {A good move that can force the game into a draw but he also has to be
careful and make several accurate moves.} 47. exf4 gxf4 48. Kd3 (48. Kf3 $6 {
The most natural, but it doesn't work.} Ke5 49. Ne2 Bc6 50. Nxf4 d4+ 51. Kg3
Ke4 {With the strong Passed Pawn on d4 Black should comfortably hold a draw.})
48... Bc8 49. Nf3 Ba6+ 50. Kd4 Bf1 51. Nh4 f3 $6 {This allows me to keep
pushing for the win and makes it a lot harder for him.} (51... Kc6 52. Ke5 Kb5
53. Kxd5 f3 $1 {This move is now necessary and very strong.} 54. gxf3 Bxh3 $11)
52. gxf3 Bxh3 53. f4 Bd7 54. Nf3 Bg4 55. Ke3 h5 (55... Bxf3 $4 56. Kxf3 h5 {At
first when I calculated this position I noticed my King can't stop his Pawns,
but then I also noticed I have the same Pawns! It is an interesting
symmetrical position.} 57. f5 h4 58. f6 h3 59. f7 Ke7 60. b5 h2 61. Kg2 d4 62.
b6 d3 63. b7 d2 64. f8=Q+ Kxf8 65. b8=Q+ Ke7 66. Qb4+ $18) 56. Nd4 {Again I
think the d4-square is the right square for my Knight.} Bd7 57. Kf2 h4 58. Kf3
Bc8 59. f5 Ke5 60. b5 {Diagram [#] It's been a long game and my opponent has
held on pretty well but this was the last critical moment of the game.} h3 $2 {
After 60 moves he makes his first real mistake, it was a tough position and I
thought already that he probably couldn't hold a draw but looking at it
afterwards he could have.} (60... Bd7 $1 61. b6 Bc8 {These moves and (more
important) the idea behind them were necessary to find. The idea is that I
surprisingly cannot breakthrough if he sat tight and held his position.} 62.
Kf2 (62. Kg2 Kf6 63. Kh3 Kg5) 62... Kf6 {It is important that he brings his
King to g5.} 63. Ke3 Kg5 64. Kf3 Ba6 $11) (60... Kxd4 $2 61. f6 Be6 62. b6 {
And he can't stop both Pawns.}) 61. Kg3 Kf6 (61... Bd7 62. b6 Bc8 63. Kh2 {And
Black is in zugswang.} Kf6 64. Kxh3 $18) 62. Kxh3 {Now he can't stop both my
passed Pawns since my King is no longer tied down to his Passed h-Pawn.} Kg5
63. Kg3 Bd7 64. b6 Bc8 65. Kf3 Ba6 66. Ke3 Kf6 67. Kf4 Bb7 68. Nb3 Bc6 (68...
Bc8 69. Nc5 d4 70. b7 Bxb7 71. Nxb7 d3 72. Nc5 d2 73. Ne4+ Kf7 74. Nxd2 $18)
69. Na5 Ba8 70. b7 Bxb7 71. Nxb7 d4 72. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Rosenwald 1954/55"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1954.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "James T Sherwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1954.12.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 e6 8. Re1
Nc6 9. exd5 Nxd5 {Diagram [#]} 10. Nc4 Qc7 (10... b5 11. Nce5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bb7
13. c4) 11. a4 Rd8 (11... b6) 12. Qe2 (12. c3) 12... b6 (12... Nd4 13. Nxd4
cxd4) 13. c3 h6 (13... Bb7) 14. Nfe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bb7 (15... Bxe5 16. Qxe5
Qxe5 17. Rxe5) 16. a5 Ne7 (16... Rab8 17. axb6 axb6 18. Ra7) 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 (
17... Bxg2 18. Nxd8) 18. Qxe6+ Kf8 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Bd6 Rxd6 22.
Qxd6 Re8 23. Ra4 g5 24. Rae4 bxa5 (24... Kf7 25. Qe6+ Kf8 26. R1e3) 25. R1e3
Qb6 (25... g4 26. Rf4+) 26. Rf3+ Kg8 27. Qd7 Rf8 (27... Qc6 28. Rxe7 (28. Qxc6)
) 28. Rxe7 (28. Rxf8+ Bxf8) 28... Rxf3 (28... Qg6 29. Qe6+ Qxe6 30. Rxf8+) 29.
Rxg7+ Kf8 30. Rh7 Kg8 31. Qg7# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#1"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/2p1ppb1/8/8/2PNnP2/8/1B6/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... c5 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#2"]
[Black "Remove Guard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/5pb1/6p1/3n4/p2N4/3P4/1B3P2/K7 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... a3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#3"]
[Black "Driving Off"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/1p3pp1/b3r3/8/1P6/4q1P1/1Q2N2P/4RK2 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rf6+ 2. Kg2 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#4"]
[Black "Unpin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2n3k1/6p1/4r3/8/2Q5/3qN1P1/4R1K1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qxc3 2. Nxc3 Rxe1+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#5"]
[Black "Zwischenschach"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k2r3/2b5/1p3r2/8/8/4Q3/1P4B1/5RK1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#6"]
[Black "Simplification"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/p5Q1/8/8/8/8/3qr1B1/6K1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rxg2+ 2. Qxg2+ Qxg2+ 3. Kxg2 a5 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mednis, Edmar John"]
[Black "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Be7 8. Qe2
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. h3 O-O 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nb7 13. Kh2 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rg1
Nh5 16. a4 Bd7 17. g4 Ng7 18. Nbd2 c4 19. Nf1 Nc5 20. Ne3 bxa4 21. Nd2 Bb5 22.
Qf3 Nb3 23. Bxb3 axb3 24. Nb1 Rec8 25. Na3 Qd8 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. Nxg7 Bxg7 28.
Qe3 Bd7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. f4 exf4 31. Qxf4 Qe7 32. g5 f6 33. gxf6+ Qxf6 34.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 35. Rgf1+ Ke7 36. h4 Bb5 37. Kg3 Rf8 38. Rf4 h6 39. Re1 Rf6 40. Rxf6
Kxf6 41. Kf4 g5+ 42. hxg5+ hxg5+ 43. Ke3 Rh8 44. Rf1+ Kg6 45. e5 Rh3+ 46. Ke4
Rh4+ 47. Ke3 dxe5 48. Nxb5 axb5 49. d6 {Diagram [#]} Rh8 (49... Rh3+ 50. Ke4
Rd3 51. Kxe5 Rd2 52. Rf8 (52. Rb1 b4 (52... Kf7 53. Rf1+ Ke8 54. Ke6 Re2+ 55.
Kd5 Rxb2 56. Re1+ Kd8 57. Re5 Ra2 58. Rxg5 Kd7 59. Rg7+ Kd8 60. Rg8+) 53. cxb4
Rxb2 54. d7 Re2+ 55. Kd4 Rd2+ 56. Kxc4 Rxd7 57. Kxb3) 52... Rxb2 (52... b4 53.
cxb4 Rxb2 54. d7 Re2+ 55. Kd4 Rd2+ 56. Kxc4 Rxd7 57. Kxb3) 53. Rg8+ (53. d7
Re2+ 54. Kd6 Rd2+ 55. Kc7 b2 56. Rf1 b4 57. cxb4 c3) 53... Kf7 54. d7 Re2+ 55.
Kf5 Rd2 56. d8=Q Rxd8 57. Rxd8 b2 58. Rd7+ Ke8 59. Rd1 b4 {Diagram [#]} 60.
cxb4 (60. Ke6 bxc3 61. Rh1 Kf8 62. Kf6 Kg8 63. Rg1 c2 64. Rxg5+ Kh7 65. Rh5+
Kg8 66. Rg5+ Kf8 67. Rh5 Ke8 68. Ke6) 60... c3) (49... b4 50. cxb4 (50. d7 Rh3+
51. Ke2 (51. Ke4 Rd3) 51... Rh8 (51... Rd3 52. Rd1 bxc3 53. Rxd3 cxd3+ 54. Kf2
cxb2 55. d8=Q b1=Q) 52. cxb4 Rd8 53. Rc1 Rxd7 54. Rxc4 Rb7) 50... Rd4 51. b5
Rxd6 52. Rc1 Rb6 53. Rxc4 Rxb5) 50. Ke4 g4 (50... Re8 51. Kd5 e4 52. d7 Ra8 53.
Re1 b4 (53... Kf5 54. Rxe4 Rd8 55. Re7) 54. cxb4 c3 55. bxc3 b2 56. Rb1) 51.
Kxe5 Kg5 {Diagram [#]} 52. Kd5 (52. d7 g3 53. Kd6 (53. Rd1 Rd8 (53... g2 54.
d8=Q+ Rxd8 55. Rxd8 g1=Q 56. Rg8+) 54. Ke6 Kg4 55. Ke7 Rxd7+ 56. Kxd7 Kf3 57.
Kc6 Ke2 58. Rb1 Kd2 59. Rg1) 53... Kg4 (53... g2) 54. Kc7 (54. Rg1) 54... g2
55. Rd1 Kf3 56. d8=Q Rxd8 57. Kxd8 Kf2 58. Kc7 g1=Q 59. Rxg1 Kxg1 60. Kc6 b4)
52... g3 53. Kc6 Rh6 (53... Kg4 54. Kxb5 g2 55. Rg1 Kf3 56. Kxc4 Kf2 57. Rd1
g1=Q 58. Rxg1 Kxg1 59. Kxb3 Kf2) 54. Rd1 Kf4 55. Kxb5 g2 56. d7 (56. Kxc4 Rxd6
57. Rxd6 (57. Rg1 Kf3 58. Kxb3 Kf2 59. Rc1) 57... g1=Q 58. Kxb3) 56... Rh8 57.
Kxc4 (57. Kc6 Kf3 58. Kc7 Kf2 59. d8=Q Rxd8 60. Kxd8 g1=Q 61. Rxg1 Kxg1 62. Kc7
Kf2 63. Kc6 Ke2 64. Kc5 Kd3 65. Kb4 Kc2 66. Ka3 Kb1) 57... Rd8 58. Kxb3 Rxd7
59. Rxd7 (59. Rg1 Kf3 60. Kc4 Kf2 61. Rxg2+ Kxg2 62. b4) 59... g1=Q 60. Rd4+
Ke3 61. Kc2 {Diagram [#]} Qg6+ 62. Kb3 Qf5 63. Ka2 Qc2 64. Ka3 Qb1 65. Kb3 Qa1
66. Kc2 Qa2 67. Kc1 Qa1+ 68. Kc2 Qa6 69. Kb3 Qb5+ 70. Kc2 Qf5+ 71. Kb3 Qc8 72.
Kc2 Qa6 73. Kb3 Qb5+ 74. Ka3 Qc6 75. Kb4 Qb6+ 76. Ka3 Qa5+ 77. Kb3 Qa6 78. Kc2
Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Tjentiste"]
[Date "1975.08.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1975.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qf4 hxg5 14. Bxg5
Qxg5 15. Qxg5 Bh6 16. Qxh6 Rxh6 17. Rxd6 Nf2 18. Rg1 Rxh2 19. Rd2 Nxe4 20. Nxe4
Bxe4 21. g3 Rxd2 22. Kxd2 Ke7 23. Bg2 Bxg2 24. Rxg2 Rh8 25. c4 e5 26. Ke3 Ke6
27. Rd2 Rh3 28. Kf3 f5 29. Kg2 Rh7 30. Kf3 Rh1 31. Rd8 e4+ 32. Ke3 Re1+ 33. Kf2
Rb1 34. Rd2 Rc1 35. b3 Rc3 36. Kg2 a5 37. Rd5 Rc2+ 38. Kf1 Rxa2 39. Rb5 a4 40.
bxa4 Rxa4 41. Rxb7 Rxc4 42. Kf2 Rc2+ 43. Ke3 {Diagram [#]} Rg2 44. Rg7 (44.
Rb6+ Ke5 45. Rg6 Rxg3+) 44... Ke5 45. Rg6 Rxg3+ 46. Rxg3 f4+ 47. Kf2 fxg3+ 48.
Kxg3 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Bay Area International"]
[Site "Santa Clara USA"]
[Date "2014.01.03"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Kiewra, K."]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2014.01.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8.
e3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. f3 c5 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. b4 h6 13. Bh4 d5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15.
b5 Nb6 16. a4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 g5 18. Bg3 Nfd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qd2 Qf6 21. O-O
Rfd8 22. e4 Nf4 23. Qc2 Nd3 24. Qc3 Qe7 25. Bf2 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 f5 27. exf5 exf5
28. Rfe1 Qf7 29. Rad1 Bd5 30. Qe5 Rd7 31. Nc3 Rcd8 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5
34. Qe8+ Qxe8 35. Rxe8+ Kf7 36. Ra8 Rd7 37. Rc8 Rd2+ 38. Kg3 Ra2 39. Rc7+ Ke6
40. Rxa7 c4 41. b6 c3 42. Rc7 f4+ 43. Kh3 Rxa4 44. Rxc3 Rb4 45. Rc6+ Kf5 46.
Rxh6 Rb3 47. Rc6 Rb5 48. g3 fxg3 49. hxg3 g4+ {Diagram [#]} 50. fxg4+ (50. Kh4
gxf3 51. g4+ Ke5 (51... Kf4 52. Rf6+ Ke4 53. g5) 52. g5 Rb4+ 53. Kg3 Ke4 54.
Rf6 Rb2 55. Rf4+ Ke5 56. Rxf3 Rxb6 57. Kg4) 50... Kg5 51. Kg2 Rb2+ 52. Kh3 Rxb6
53. Rc5+ Kg6 54. Kh4 Ra6 55. Rg5+ Kh6 56. Rg8 Kh7 57. Rb8 Kg6 58. Rb4 Rc6 59.
g5 Ra6 60. Rf4 Ra1 61. Rf6+ Kg7 62. Rb6 Re1 63. Kh5 Rh1+ 64. Kg4 Ra1 65. Rb8
Kg6 66. Rg8+ Kf7 67. Rh8 Kg6 68. Rf8 Ra4+ 69. Rf4 Ra1 70. Rf6+ Kg7 71. Rc6 Rb1
72. g6 Rb4+ 73. Kg5 Rb5+ 74. Kh4 Rb4+ 75. g4 Rb5 76. g5 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Marshall CC Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.09.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "FM Asa Hoffmann, 2315."]
[Black "CM Miles Hinson, 2100."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "Hoffmann, Asa"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.08"]

1. Nc3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e4 {Transposing to the French Defense which most players
either love or hate.} dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. c3 O-O 8. Qe2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Rc8 11. Ng3 {Keeping some pieces on the board and eying
a possible later Nf5.} c5 12. Bd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 {The isolated pawn controls c5
and d5.} Nd5 14. a3 N7f6 15. Rad1 Qd6 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Nh5 {!? probing for
weaknesses.} g6 18. Ng3 Bf8 19. h4 Bg7 (19... a5 20. Qf3) 20. h5 a5 21. Qf3 Ba8
22. Ne4 Nxe4 {?} 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Rxe4 Rf8 25. hxg6 {If 25...Rc7 26.Rh4 Rcxf7
27.gxf7 is decisive. Also possible is 27.Nxf7+ Rxf7 28.gxf7 Nf6 29.Rc1 Bb7 30.
Bg5 Qd5 31.Rc8+! Bxc8 32.Bxf6 winning.} Nf6 {Diagram [#]} (25... Rc7 26. Rh4
Rcxf7 27. Nxf7+ (27. gxf7) 27... Rxf7 28. gxf7 Nf6 29. Rc1 Bb7 30. Bg5 Qd5 31.
Rc8+ Bxc8 32. Bxf6) 26. Bh6 {!! A devastating line-clearance combination
involving sacrificing a bishop, g-pawn, knight and rook!} Bxh6 27. g7+ {!} Bxg7
28. Ng6+ {!} hxg6 29. Rh4+ Nh5 30. Rxh5+ {Black resigns as mate is forced
after 30...gxh5 31.Qxh5+ Kg8 32.Bh7 Kh8 33.Bg6+ g8 34.Qh7#} gxh5 31. Qxh5+ Kg8
32. Bh7+ Kh8 33. Bg6+ Kg8 34. Qh7# 1-0

