[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I (A)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator ",Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/1BB5/1n1p4/1k1p4/1N1P4/1KP5/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2015.02.05"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.05"]

{Diagram #} 1. Bxd4 Ka4 2. Bc3 d4 3. Nc5# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Position I (B)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator ",Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2BB4/2n1p3/2k1p3/2N1P3/2KP4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2015.02.05"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.05"]

{Diagram #} 1. Nd5 Na4 2. Ba3 Nc5 3. Nb6# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II (A)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator ",Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/1N6/1p6/1k6/1N6/1RPK4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2015.02.05"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.05"]

{Diagram #} 1. Rb1 Ka3 2. Nc1 b4 3. Rb3# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II (B)"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator ",Alan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2N5/2p5/2k5/2N5/2RPK3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2015.02.05"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.05"]

{Diagram #} 1. Ra2 Kb3 2. Na5+ Kb4 3. Ra4# 1-0

[Event "Pennsylvania, 1960"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anonymous"]
[Black "Alberston"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C20"]
[Annotator "Tamburro, Pete"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2015.02.05"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Qb3 Nd4 6. Qd3 d5 7. Bxd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Bf5 9. Qg3 Nxc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxa1 11. Qxe5+ Qe7 12. Qxh8 Bc2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Page 11 / Mate"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Tamburro, Pete"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4bNr1/Rq3knR/8/8/8/BrQ3K1/B7/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2015.02.05"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.05"]

{Diagram #} 1. Qf3# *

[Event "Seattle Open, 1964"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Viktors Pupols"]
[Black "Bruce Alberston"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Annotator "Tamburro, Pete"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.02.05"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d5 4. d3 dxe4 5. dxe4 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Nc6 7. Kc2 Nf6 8.
Nfd2 Ng4 9. f3 Ne3+ 10. Kd3 Nxf1 11. Rxf1 b5 12. Kc2 e5 13. Rf2 Be6 14. Nf1
O-O-O 15. Rd2 Be7 16. Ne3 Bg5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Nd1 Be7 19. Nd2 g6 20. a4 b4
21. b3 bxc3 22. Kxc3 c4 23. bxc4 Bb4+ 24. Kc2 Nd4+ 25. Kb1 Bxd2 26. Bxd2 Nb3
0-1

[Event "Southern Open, Nashville,1974"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bruce Alberston"]
[Black "Kim Commons"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Annotator "Tamburro, Pete"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.02.05"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. h3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Bf3 Bd7 11. Be3 a6 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. b4 Ne6 14. Nb3 b6 15.
Qe2 Bc6 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. g3 f5 18. Nd5 Ne5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Bg2 Bd7 21. f4 Ng6
22. Qf2 b5 23. c5 dxc5 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Rf7 26. Bb6 Qf8 27. Bc7 e6 28.
Bxb8 Qxb8 29. Nb6 Nf8 30. Qc5 Be8 31. Nc8 Bf6 32. Qd6 Rb7 33. Qxa6 Rc7 34. Qa8
Bd4+ 35. Kh2 Qxa8 36. Bxa8 Rxc1 37. Rxc1 Nd7 38. Nd6 Bh5 39. Nxb5 Bb6 40. Kg2
Be2 41. a4 Kf7 42. Bc6 Nf6 43. a5 Bd8 44. a6 Ne4 45. a7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White " Carlsen"]
[Black "Caruana"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Hartmann, John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3rk2/2p2ppp/p1Nb4/P7/1Pn1BP2/8/2P3PP/2B1RK2 b - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2015.02.05"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.05"]

{Diagram #} 25... Re6 (25... Ne3+ 26. Rxe3 Bxf4) 26. Bd5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Joel Benjamin"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Benjamin, Joel"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/R4p2/4p3/4P1p1/2k3P1/p3KP2/r7 b - - 0 47"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2015.02.05"]
[SourceDate "2015.02.05"]

{Diagram #} 47... Rb1 (47... Rc1 48. Rc6+ (48. Rxa2 Rc2+) 48... Kb2 49. Rb6+
Ka1 50. Kd2 (50. Rxf6 Rc2+ 51. Kd1 Kb1) 50... Rb1 51. Rxf6 Kb2 52. Rb6+ Ka3 53.
Ra6+ Kb3 54. Rb6+ Kc4) 48. Rxa2 Rb2+ 49. Rxb2 Kxb2 50. f3 (50. Kd2 Kb3 51. Kd3
Kb4 52. Kd2 Kc4 53. Ke3 Kc3 54. Ke2 Kd4) 50... Kc3 (50... gxf3+ 51. Kxf3 Kc3
52. Kg4 Kd4 53. Kf5) 51. fxg4 Kd4 52. Kf3 Kd3 53. Kf2 Kxe4 54. Ke2 Kd4 55. Kd2
e4 56. Ke2 e3 57. Kd1 {Diagram #} (57. Ke1 Kd3 58. Kd1 e2+ 59. Ke1 Ke3 60. g5
fxg5 61. g4 Kf3) 57... Kd3 (57... Kd5 58. Ke1 Ke5 59. Kd1 (59. Ke2 Ke4) 59...
Kd4 60. Ke1 Kd3) 58. Ke1 e2 59. g5 fxg5 60. g4 Ke3 (60... Ke4 61. Kxe2 Kf4 62.
Kf2 Kxg4) *

[Event "Third Rosenwald Trophy"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1956.10.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Donald Byrne"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1956.10.07"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bf4 d5 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 c6 8. e4
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qc5 Bg4 11. Bg5 {11. Be2 followed by 12 O-O would have
been more prudent. The bishop move played allows a sudden crescendo of
tactical points to be uncovered by Fischer. -- Wade} 11... Na4 {!} 12. Qa3 {
On 12. Nxa4 Nxe4 and White faces considerable difficulties.} 12... Nxc3 {
At first glance, one might think that this move only helps White create a
stronger pawn center; however, Fischer's plan is quite the opposite. By
eliminating the Knight on c3, it becomes possible to sacrifice the exchange
via Nxe4 and smash White's center, while the King remains trapped in thecenter.
} 13. bxc3 Nxe4 {The natural continuation of Black's plan.} 14. Bxe7 Qb6 15.
Bc4 Nxc3 16. Bc5 Rfe8+ 17. Kf1 {Diagram #} 17... Be6 {!! If this is the game
of the century, then 17...Be6!! must be the counter of the century. Fischer
offers his queen in exchange for a fierce attack with his minor pieces.
Declining this offer is not so easy: 18. Bxe6 leads to a 'Philidor Mate'
(smothered mate) with ...Qb5+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Ng3+ 21. Kg1 Qf1+ 22. Rxf1
Ne2#. Other ways to decline the queen also run into trouble: e.g., 18. Qxc3
Qxc5} 18. Bxb6 Bxc4+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Nxd4+ {This tactical scenario, where
a king is repeatedly revealed to checks, is sometimes called a "windmill."} 21.
Kg1 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nc3+ 23. Kg1 axb6 24. Qb4 Ra4 25. Qxb6 Nxd1 26. h3 Rxa2 27.
Kh2 Nxf2 28. Re1 Rxe1 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Nxe1 Bd5 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Qb8 b5 {
Every piece and pawn of the black camp is defended. The white queen has
nothing to do.} 33. h4 h5 34. Ne5 Kg7 35. Kg1 Bc5+ 36. Kf1 Ng3+ {
Now Byrne is hopelessly entangled in Fischer's mating net.} 37. Ke1 Bb4+ 38.
Kd1 Bb3+ 39. Kc1 Ne2+ 40. Kb1 Nc3+ 41. Kc1 Rc2# 0-1

[Event "women's candidate tournament"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Milunka Lazarevic"]
[Black "Nona Gaprindashvili"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. f4 c5 {Annotation by Soltis} 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O
Nbc6 7. e4 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. Be3 Rb8 10. d4 {!?} 10... f5 {!} 11. e5 cxd4 12.
cxd4 Nd5 13. Bc1 Bh6 {!} 14. g3 dxe5 15. dxe5 b5 16. Nc3 {!} 16... Qb6+ 17. Kg2
Rd8 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Qb3 Bf8 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rfd1 Ne7 23. Rac1
Qb6 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 {Diagram #} 25. Qxb5 {!} 25... Qe3 {!!} 26. Qxb8 {!?} 26...
Qxe2+ 27. Kh3 Kg7 {!!} 28. Qxa7+ Kh6 29. Qa3 {!} 29... Kh5 {Diagram # !!} 30.
Re1 {?} 30... Qf2 31. Qd3 Ba6 32. Qd1 Ne3 33. Rxe3 Bf1+ 0-1

[Event "32, Baguio City Wch-m"]
[Site "32, Baguio City Wch-m"]
[Date "1978.10.17"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bf4
Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bc4 Nh5 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. Qd3 a6 14. Rad1 Rb8 15. h3
Nd7 16. Qe3 Ba8 17. Bh6 b5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bf1 Nf6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ne2 Bb7
22. Ng3 Ra8 23. c3 Ra4 24. Bd3 Qa8 {Diagram #} 25. e5 dxe5 26. Qxe5 Ncxd5 27.
Bxb5 Ra7 28. Nh4 Bc8 29. Be2 Be6 30. c4 Nb4 31. Qxc5 Qb8 32. Bf1 Rc8 33. Qg5
Kh8 34. Rd2 Nc6 35. Qh6 Rg8 36. Nf3 Qf8 37. Qe3 Kg7 38. Ng5 Bd7 39. b4 Qa8 40.
b5 Na5 41. b6 Rb7 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1922.09.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1922.09.10"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Qc3 e5 11. e3 a5 12. b3 Qe8 13. a3 Qh5 14. h4 Ng4 15. Ng5
Bd7 16. f3 Nf6 17. f4 e4 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Nh3 d5 20. Nf1 Ne7 21. a4 Nc6 22. Rd2
Nb4 23. Bh1 Qe8 24. Rg2 dxc4 25. bxc4 Bxa4 26. Nf2 Bd7 27. Nd2 b5 28. Nd1 Nd3
29. Rxa5 {Diagram #} 29... b4 30. Rxa8 bxc3 31. Rxe8 c2 32. Rxf8+ Kh7 33. Nf2
c1=Q+ 34. Nf1 Ne1 35. Rh2 Qxc4 36. Rb8 Bb5 37. Rxb5 Qxb5 38. g4 Nf3+ 39. Bxf3
exf3 40. gxf5 Qe2 41. d5 Kg8 42. h5 Kh7 43. e4 Nxe4 44. Nxe4 Qxe4 45. d6 cxd6
46. f6 gxf6 47. Rd2 Qe2 48. Rxe2 fxe2 49. Kf2 exf1=Q+ 50. Kxf1 Kg7 51. Ke2 Kf7
52. Ke3 Ke6 53. Ke4 d5+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Leningrad"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "1986.10.03"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. h3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bf5 15.
Re1 a5 16. a3 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qd2 Nd7 19. Qf4 Bg6 20. h4 Qd8 21. Na4 h5
22. Re1 b5 23. Nc3 Qb8 24. Qe3 b4 25. Ne4 bxa3 26. Nxf6+ Nxf6 27. bxa3 Nd5 28.
Bxd5 cxd5 29. Ne5 Qd8 30. Qf3 Ra6 31. Rc1 Kh7 32. Qh3 Rb6 33. Rc8 Qd6 34. Qg3
a4 35. Ra8 Qe6 36. Rxa4 Qf5 37. Ra7 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Rc1 39. Rb7 Rc2 40. f3 Rd2 {
Diagram #} 41. Nd7 Rxd4 42. Nf8+ Kh6 43. Rb4 Rc4 44. Rxc4 dxc4 45. Qd6 c3 46.
Qd4 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1851.06.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adolf Anderssen"]
[Black "Lionel Adalbert Bagration Fel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1851.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5 5. Bxb5 Nf6 6. Nf3 Qh6 7. d3 Nh5 8.
Nh4 Qg5 9. Nf5 c6 10. g4 Nf6 11. Rg1 cxb5 12. h4 Qg6 13. h5 Qg5 14. Qf3 Ng8 15.
Bxf4 Qf6 16. Nc3 Bc5 17. Nd5 Qxb2 18. Bd6 Bxg1 {It is from this move that
Black's defeat stems. Wilhelm Steinitz suggested in 1879 that a better move
would be 18... Qxa1+; likely moves to follow are 19. Ke2 Qb2 20. Kd2 Bxg1.} 19.
e5 Qxa1+ 20. Ke2 Na6 {Diagram #} 21. Nxg7+ Kd8 22. Qf6+ Nxf6 23. Be7# 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Yangyi Yu"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 b5 10. e5 b4 11. exf6 bxc3 12. Qxc3 Bxf6 13. g4 Bb7 14. g5 Bxd4
15. Rxd4 Rc8 16. Ra4 O-O 17. Rg1 d5 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. Bd3 d4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21.
Rxd4 Qb6 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. g6+ fxg6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Qxe6+ Kf8 26. Qd6+ Kg8
27. Rdd1 Rf8 28. Qxg6 Qc7 29. Qe6+ Rf7 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Rd3 Bc8 32. Rd5 g6 {
Diagram #} 33. Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "15.14"]
[White "Eduardo Patricio Iturrizaga B"]
[Black "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Nc6 9. Qf4 Qb8 10. Rd1 Qxf4 11. Bxf4 Na5 12. Rac1 d6 13. b4 Nc6 14. c5 dxc5 15.
Ne5 Rc8 16. Nb5 O-O 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxa7 Ba4 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Rd3 Bb5 21.
Ra3 c4 22. Ra7 c3 23. a4 Bxe2 24. Rxc3 Rd8 25. Rc1 Nd5 {Diagram #} 26. Rd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "11.50"]
[White "Mohamed Tissir"]
[Black "Husein Aziz Nezad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. h3 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Bb3 O-O
9. Nh2 d5 10. Qf3 Be6 11. Ng4 Nxg4 12. exd5 e4 13. dxe4 Nce5 14. Qg3 h5 15.
hxg4 Bxg4 16. f3 h4 17. Qe1 Bd7 18. Qe2 Qe7 19. Be3 a5 20. a4 Kh7 21. Nd2 Rae8
22. Rae1 Rh8 23. f4 Ng4 24. e5 Bf5 25. Bd4 Bh6 26. Ne4 b6 27. d6 Qd7 {Diagram #
} 28. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "6.41"]
[White "Basheer Al Qudaimi"]
[Black "Bassem Amin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g5 10. Ba3 Nb4 11. g3 O-O-O 12. Bb2 Bg7 13. a3 Nd5 14. Bg2 Rde8
15. O-O Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. cxd5 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 cxd5 20. Nc3 c6
21. Rc1 Kd8 22. b4 h5 23. Bf3 g4 24. Be2 h4 25. Rc2 hxg3 26. hxg3 d4 27. Na4 {
Diagram #} 27... d3 28. Bxd3 Rh1+ 29. Kg2 Ree1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2881"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O exd4 7. Qxd4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. a4 a5 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. Qd3 Nfd7 12. Nd4 Bf6 13. Ndb5 Nc5 14. Qg3 Nxb3
15. cxb3 Be6 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rc8 19. Bd2 Be5 20. Qh3 c6 21.
dxc6 Rxc6 22. Bxa5 Qxa5 23. Qxd7 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qd2 25. Rf1 Qxb2 26. Qxb7 Qxb3
27. a5 d5 28. Qc6 Rb8 {Diagram #} 29. Rc1 g6 30. a6 Qa2 31. a7 Rf8 32. g3 d4
33. Qb7 Kg7 34. Rc8 Rxc8 35. Qxc8 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kh3 Qd3 38. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2840"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. Bg5 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Ne7 8.
Bd3 Ned5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rb1 h6 12. Bh4 c6 13. Rb3 Bxd4 14. Bc4
Bb6 15. Rd3 Qe7 16. Ne5 g5 17. Bg3 Ne4 18. Qe2 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bc7 20. Rfd1 Qf6
21. Ng4 Qg7 22. Rf3 Bd8 {Diagram #} 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Nf6 g4 25. Qd2+ Kc7 26.
Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "MN Class"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Redmond, Robert"]
[Black "Ethan, Hunt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1685"]
[BlackElo "1762"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2014.11.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Bf5 6. c3 e6 7. Nbd2 {Diagram #}
7... Nbd7 8. Nh4 Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. h3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bxd7+
Nxd7 14. Qc2 {Diagram #} 14... b5 15. a3 O-O 16. Nf3 a5 17. O-O c4 18. e4 b4
19. e5 Qe7 {Diagram #} 20. Rfe1 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rfb8 22. Reb1 Rxb1+ 23. Qxb1 Rb8
24. Qc2 Rb3 25. a4 {Diagram #} 25... Qd8 26. Nd2 Rb7 27. Ra2 Qb8 28. g3 Rb6 29.
Kg2 Kh7 30. h4 Kh8 31. Kf3 Qb7 32. Kg2 Nb8 {Diagram #} 33. Qd1 (33. Qc1) 33...
Rb2 34. Ra1 Nc6 35. h5 Nxd4 {Diagram #} 36. hxg6 Nf5 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Qh7+ Kf8
39. Qh8+ Ke7 40. gxf7 Kxf7 41. Qh5+ Kf8 {Diagram #} 42. Qg5 d4+ 43. Kh3 dxc3
44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. Rd1 {Diagram #} 45... cxd2 46. Qxa5 Qb6 47. Qxb6 Rxb6 48. Rxd2
Ra6 49. g4 Ne7 50. Rc2 Rxa4 51. Kg3 Nd5 52. Kf3 c3 53. Kg3 Rb4 54. Kf3 Rb2 55.
Rc1 c2 56. Ke2 Nb4 57. Kd2 Rb1 58. f3 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Sochi World Championship Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Roigers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {The Grunfeld Defence is something of a surprise
since Anand had played both sides of this opening in previous world title
matches - with White versus Gelfand in 2012 and, rather unsuccessfully, with
Black against Topalov in 2010.  But "you have to play something!" said Carlsen
when asked if he feared Anand's preparation in the Grunfeld.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {#}
5. Bd2 {"I wasna []t sure what to expect," admitted Carlsen, though 5.Bd2 must
have been high on his list of possible anti-Grunfeld systems since Anand had
used it to beat Carlsen's second Hammer in 2013.} 5... Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3
O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 {Hammer, and most other top players, have preferred} (8... c5 {
, but Carlsen's choice proved no surprise for Anand.}) 9. Nf3 $5 Bg4 {
Carlsen, who had clearly expected 9.d5 rather than 9.Nf3, spent 16 minutes on
this obvious move, trying to work out Anand's intentions.} 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxg7
Kxg7 12. gxf3 Ne5 {#} 13. O-O-O $5 {Anand was criticised for this ambitious
idea but, he insisted after the game "I didn't mix up my moves! These days you
don't get a huge advantage with White in every game."} 13... c6 $1 {By now Carl
sen had fallen more than half an hour behind Anand on the clock, but this pawn
sacrifice was 20 minutes well spent.} (13... e6 14. f4 Ng4 {
might be playable but looks far more unstable for Black.}) 14. Qc3 f6 15. Bh3
$1 {Anand took a total of half an hour over this and his previous move - his
first serious think for the game. "15.Bh3 was nice," said Carlsen, "just
taking away the c8 square from the rook. [Now] ita []s not so easy to get out.
"} ({Carlsen would have been hoping for} 15. dxc6 Qb6 $1 16. cxb7 Rab8 $1 {
when Black will regain one pawn with lasting pressure against the White king.})
15... cxd5 16. exd5 $1 {Anand is happy to work with a wrecked pawn structure
in exchange for an outpost on e6 for his bishop.} (16. Rxd5 Qb6 {
would be comfortable for Black.}) 16... Nf7 17. f4 Qd6 $1 (17... Nd6 {
would be the automatic choice of most players, but then Anand could proceed
with his plan unhindered (Kb1, Rhe1 followed by pressure on the e file.}) 18.
Qd4 Rad8 19. Be6 {#} 19... Qb6 $1 {"The key is that if I get to exchange
queens, even under bad circumstances, thata []s an achievement for me and I
should be holding fairly easily," explained Carlsen.  } 20. Qd2 $6 {After} (20.
Qxb6 axb6 {Black will put his knight on d6 and draw easily, so Anand took only
two minutes in deciding to keep the queens on the board. However now Carlsen
begins to create chances for himself.}) 20... Rd6 $1 {"I was a little
tentative at the start," admitted Carlsen, "but by move 20 I felt that I was
calculating normally and everything was fine."  The natural plan would have
been to put the Black knight on d6, but Carlsen prefers to dislodge the e6
bishop.} 21. Rhe1 Nd8 $1 22. f5 Nxe6 23. Rxe6 Qc7+ 24. Kb1 Rc8 {"I have managed
to get out of [my] difficult position and am even slightly better," said
Carlsen.} 25. Rde1 {Commentator Svidler viewed} (25. h4 {
as much safer, but Anand's choice is also fine.}) 25... Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Rd8 (
26... gxf5 $5 {is playable, though it is hard to see Black winning after} 27.
d6 exd6 28. Rxd6 {
However, Anand finds a a way to force the d6 break in any case.}) 27. Qe3 $1
Rd7 28. d6 $5 {An obvious liquidation, but Kaidanov's suggestion of} (28. Qe4 {
seems to be even simpler, since} 28... Kf7 {can be met by} 29. Qh4) 28... exd6
29. Qd4 Rf7 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Rxd6 {"This position shouldn't require much work
to hold, said Anand, "but after some imperceptably careless moves it started
to get very annoying."  } 31... a6 32. a3 Qa5 33. f4 Qh5 {#} 34. Qd2 $6 {
"Between move 34 and the time control, I got into a spot of bother," said
Anand.  Anand pinpointed the start of the slide well - instead of agreeing to
passivity over the next moves, he could immediately have broken the shackles
with} (34. Rd8 Qxh2 35. Qe4 $1 {
, headed to e8, when Black's king is too exposed to offer winning chances.})
34... Qc5 35. Rd5 Qc4 36. Rd7 Qc6 37. Rd6 Qe4+ 38. Ka2 Re7 39. Qc1 a5 $1 40.
Qf1 $6 {"I was down to about three minutes, but allowing ...a4 didn't help,"
admitted Anand.  There was still time to go active, since after} (40. Qc8 Qxf4
41. Rd8 {White should have enough counterplay to hold. Giving away a pawn just
before the time control was probably not Anand's first choice, however.}) 40...
a4 41. Rd1 Qc2 {#} 42. Rd4 $1 {" I was getting a bit optimistic but when he
found this idea  I didna []t see a way to win," said Carlsen.} 42... Re2 $2 {
"I couldn't find anything," admitted Carlsen,  who spent only seven minutes on
this move, but the alternative line he analysed with Anand after the game
turned out to be close to winning.  "After  } (42... Re3 {we were discussing}
43. Rd7+ Kh6 44. Rxb7 Rb3 {
- I think he should have tried that," said Anand.
Indeed after} 45. Rxb3 axb3+
46. Ka1 Qxh2 {White's king is so badly placed that Black is close to winning. 
 Indeed 43.Qd1 has been suggested as White's best chance but after 43...Qxd1
44.Rxd1 b5, followed by ...Rb3, ...f5 and ...Kh6-h5, White's drawing chances
are again remote.}) 43. Rb4 b5 {Now Carlsen stopped to think for 16 minutes,
noticing White's ingenious 44th move, but by now it is too late to change
course.} 44. Qh1 $3 {Diagram # "I was a bit wobbly for a few moves but then
got back on track," said Anand. "44.Qh1 is is very important because I need to
go somewhere where I can [control] the light squares - d5 and so on."} 44...
Re7 {"He doesn't have time to bring his rook to the back rank [with} (44... Rd2
{] because I go} 45. Qb7+ Kh6 46. Qa8 {," said Anand.}) 45. Qd5 Re1 46. Qd7+
Kh6 47. Qh3+ Kg7 48. Qd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi World Championship Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {#} 4. d3 {Avoiding the main line, 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.
d4 Nd6 which Carlsen himself used successfully with Black in the 2013 world
title match.  Carlsen's second Peter Heine Nielsen, watching the game, played
on November 9, from his Sochi hotel room, tweeted "[Today] would be a fitting
day to tear down the Berlin wall...".  When asked about this after the game
Carlsen smiled, "That's clever, I didn't actually think of that... though [4.
d3] wasn't a real Berlin defence."} 4... Bc5 5. O-O d6 {
A small surprise for Anand, who had tried the alternative main line} (5... Nd4
{in his two most recent games with this line; one of those games being a 2011
win against Carlsen, albeit in a rapid game.}) 6. Re1 $5 {
Carlsen is, as usual, going his own way.} (6. c3 {
is the almost universal choice in modern times of strong players here.}) 6...
O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. h3 Re8 9. Nbd2 {Carlsen was quite open about his modest
ambitions in this line; "The opening wasn't too bad. We get a more or less
equal but playable position and that's OK by me."  } 9... Nd7 10. Nc4 Bb6 11.
a4 a5 {Diagram #} 12. Nxb6 {"I wasn't particularly thrilled about taking on b6
but I didn't see too many useful moves. He is preparing ...d5 and I didn't see
what I could do," said Carlsen. "I can go} (12. Bd2 {
but it doesn't look very impressive to me. He can just play} 12... Nf8 {
followed by ...Ng6, and possibly after that ...f6 and ...d5. Black is OK."})
12... cxb6 {"Very sound," said Carlsen. "Actually I thought even} (12... Nxb6 {
was not too bad here. [Black is] threatening f5 and if} 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4
Bd7 {, it's nothing special," explained Carlsen.}) 13. d4 Qc7 $6 {#  Very natur
al, but now White's knight is given a chance to reach f5. Svidler's suggestion
of} (13... c5 {should be dead equal.}) 14. Ra3 $1 {1.17} 14... Nf8 {1.20} 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh4 Rd8 17. Qh5 f6 18. Nf5 {Diagram #} 18... Be6 $6 {1.04} ({"} 
18... Qf7 $1 {was much better," said Anand. " I just miscalculated something
when playing Be6. I kept hesitating between Qf7 and Be6 and went with the
[wrong one]. Even then it is not catastrophic, but maybe the slip had started
already."  "[Until now] it's an absolutely normal position," Carlsen added.
"We discussed} 19. Qe2 Ne6 20. Rg3 Kh8 {when Black should be quite alright"})
19. Rg3 {0.57 "I felt I might have a slight initiative but after 19.Rg3 I was
getting a bit more optimistic," admitted Carlsen.} 19... Ng6 {"If black has to
play 19...Ng6 and go for this position then it's clear that something has gone
pretty seriously wrong," said Carlsen. "To be honest there aren't any really
easy choices. The position is unpleasant." Anand opined.} 20. h4 $1 {Diagram # 
  0.53  "I thought 20.h4 was very good so I didn't look too much for other
things," admitted Carlsen. "I think after} (20. Bh6 gxh6 21. Rxg6+ hxg6 22.
Qxg6+ {it is just a perpetual, no?" Carlsen's analysis continued} 22... Kf8 23.
Qxf6+ Qf7 {"when I have a perpetual but I didn't see anything more."} (23...
Bf7 $6 24. f4 $1 exf4 25. e5 $1 {is too dangerous for Black.}) {
The computer analysts wanted White to continue with} 24. Qxh6+ Ke8 25. Qh8+ Kd7
26. Rd1+ Kc7 27. Qxe5+ Kb7 28. Nd6+ Rxd6 29. Qxd6 {but after} 29... Rg8 $1 {
Black has a safe king and chances to take over the initiative should White
attempt to push his pawns too quickly.  So Carlsen's choice, decidedintuitively
rather than by calculating this long line, turned out to be correct.}) 20...
Bxf5 {A tough decision and a recogntion that 18...Be6 was a waste of time.  By
now Anand had realised that} (20... Rd7 {runs into} 21. Bh6 $3 Nf4 (21... Rf8 {
is a better chance, though ugly after} 22. Qf3) 22. Bxg7 $3 Bxf5 ({
the lovely point of White's attack is that} 22... Nxh5 {allows} 23. Nh6# $1)
23. Bxf6+ Bg6 24. Qg5 {when White's attack is overwhelming.}) ({In fact Black
has a defence, one which was probably not considered by any non-silicon
analysts (including the players) since it looks so crazy -} 20... Kh8 {
!!?? The point is that} 21. Rxg6 {allows the tactical defence} 21... Qf7 $1 22.
Nxg7 Qxg6 23. Qxg6 hxg6 24. Nxe6 Rd6 {when the White knight is trapped and
Black should hold.  After 20...Kh8 White can play more peacefully with 21.Qf3,
but after 21...Bxf5 22.exf5 Ne7, Black has solved the problem of his knight
and should be fine.}) 21. exf5 Nf4 $1 {
The active choice, played after only 12 seconds' thought. The alternative} (
21... Nf8 22. Bh6 Rd7 {is passive - the knight on f8 is particularly bad -
though breaking through is not easy for White.}) 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Rc3 c5 24.
Re6 $1 {#} 24... Rab8 $6 {"Just a blunder," said Anand. "I had to play} (24...
h6 $1 {folllowed by ...Rd4, for what it's worth. At least then the c3 rook is
a little dominated - it can't get to where it wants to go."  After} 25. Rc4 Rd4
26. Qe2 {White retains an edge but with one less pair of rooks on the board,
Black's defensive task is easier.}) 25. Rc4 Qd7 26. Kh2 Rf8 27. Rce4 {
"Here I thought I should be [close] to winning," said Carlsen.} 27... Rb7 28.
Qe2 {Diagram #} 28... b5 $1 {Anand realises that activity is absolutely
essential; to remain passive is to die.} 29. b3 {
"I missed b5," admitted Carlsen. "I thought I could play} (29. Re7 {
here but that doesn't work due to} 29... Qd6 {." In fact} 30. f3 $1 Rxe7 31.
Rxe7 bxa4 32. Qe4 {would still be extremely strong for White.   Again
Carlsen's intuition was correct when he saida oToday I feel that I didn't play
in the most precise way after I gained an advantage."}) 29... bxa4 (29... c4 $5
{might have been a reasonable practical chance, since the refutation -} 30.
axb5 cxb3 31. b6 $3 {- is far from obvious. The point is that} 31... b2 {allows
} 32. Qc4 $1 b1=Q 33. Re8+ Qf7 34. Rxf8+ {with mate to follow.}) 30. bxa4 {
A surprise to many, but Carlsen explained "I have a very nice construction on
the e file and should not break it up by moving the rook away.Maybe} (30. Rxa4
{works but it felt more natural to take with the pawn. I [considered]} 30...
Rb4 31. Rxa5 {but then he can go} 31... f3 $1 {and there are some
difficultites." Carlsen was right - in fact in this line White is lucky to be
able to force a draw via} 32. Qxf3 $1 Qc7+ 33. Qg3 $1 Qxa5 34. Re7 Rf7 35. Re8+
{.
Carlsen also mentioned}) ({"I looked at} 30. Re7 {but after} 30... Qc8 31.
Qg4 ({Also after} 31. Qc4+ Kh8 {I didn't see anything in particular, but maybe
I should play like this and then go} 32. bxa4) 31... Rxe7 32. Rxe7 Rf7 {
I don't see how to proceed."}) 30... Rb4 $1 {
08.06
Anand must seek exchanges; after} (30... h6 31. c3 {all the major
pieces remain on the board and Black will simply lose the f4 pawn.}) 31. Re7 {
08.42} 31... Qd6 (31... Qxf5 {loses to} 32. Rxb4 axb4 33. Qc4+ Kh8 34. Qf7 $1 {
, forcing mate.}) 32. Qf3 Rxe4 33. Qxe4 {07.42} 33... f3+ {04.27 "Here the
position is still very difficult for black, especially since after} (33... Kh8
34. Re8 $1 {Black is in big trouble because if} 34... h6 {I have} 35. Qd3 $3 {
and that's it," said Carlsen.}) 34. g3 {Diagram # 
07.33} 34... h5 $4 {
03.47 A terrible blunder. Anand may have believed that} (34... Qd2 {
was unplayable due to} 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Qf7 {
- a very common theme in this game - but it turns out that after} 36... Qxf2+
37. Kh3 Qf1+ $1 38. Kg4 h5+ $1 {Black survives and holds.  Therefore White
would have to have contented himself with 35.Qxf3 Qxc2 36.Kg2, which should
win after 36...h6 37.Qb7 Qxf5 38.Rxg7+ Kh8 39.Rc7, although there is still
considerable work to do.  "It's a pity, because I almost got back into the
game," said Anand. "It's a pity, but what can you do?"}) 35. Qb7 {"I was surpri
sed by 34...h5 - I did not think it was possible - and had to double check if
35.Qb7 was really winning," said Carlsen   "But anyway it is a dreadful
position to defend. I tried to put him under pressure. Obviously you can't win
without blunders but you must play well to induce those."} 1-0

[Event "Sochi World Championship Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.11.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {Moving away from game one's Grunfeld Defence but the
decision was later regretted by Carlsen; "It was a poor choice of opening. He
was well prepared and got a good position - you can't do much worse than
that!"} 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 {
This move has almost replaced the old main line} (6... c5 {at the highest
level, with White's response also almost de rigeur given Black's threat to
equalise completely with 7...c5.}) 7. c5 $5 c6 (7... Nh5 {was employed twice
by Kramnik at the Petrosian Memorial in Moscow just days before this game,
with both opponents (Aronian and Leko) replying} 8. Bd3 Nxf4 9. exf4 {
and achieving little. No doubt Kramnik has an improvement on 8.Be5 c6?! with
which he lost badly to Topalov at Norway Chess in June.}) 8. Bd3 (8. h3 {
is also commonly played but Anand remains happy to allow ...Nh5.}) 8... b6 (
8... Nh5 9. Be5 {would lead back to the aforementioned Topalov-Kramnik game.})
9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 {Diagram #} 12. b5 $1 {In theory this pawn
sacrifice should be stronger after 8.h3, since White has not lost a tempo with
Bf1-d3-a6. However Anand was not convinced; "I am familiar with the variation
and there are differences in every postition, with and without the pawn on h3.
"} 12... cxb5 13. c6 Qc8 $1 14. c7 b4 15. Nb5 a4 $1 16. Rc1 Ne4 {Diagram #} 17.
Ng5 $1 {"[This is] a line Levon [Aronian played] against Mickey [Adams last
year] in Bilbao," said Anand.} (17. Nd2 {
had been tried more frequently but then} 17... e5 $1 {is playable for Black.})
17... Ndf6 {Capturing twice on g5 allows Nd6 and} (17... e5 18. dxe5 {
is simply good for White because the d5 pawn is hanging.}) 18. Nxe4 {#} 18...
Nxe4 $2 {Played immediately (after spending half an hour on his previous move)
but this automatic recapture may already be the decisive error. After} (18...
dxe4 $1 {White can win the exchange with} 19. Nd6 (19. Bd6 Nd5 $1 {
hangs on for Black.}) 19... Bxd6 20. Bxd6 b3 $1 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 {
but after ...Nd5 and ...Ra7, Black will win the c7 pawn with no problems.}) 19.
f3 Ra5 20. fxe4 $1 {Anand's  powerful new idea. Aronian had played} (20. Qe2 {
against Adams and achieved nothing after} 20... Qd7 $1) 20... Rxb5 21. Qxa4 Ra5
22. Qc6 bxa3 {Black would prefer to have time for} (22... dxe4 {but after} 23.
a4 $1 {Black has no counterplay.}) 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Qxb6 {Diagram #   "I have
to pause for this [capture] because otherwise he plays 24...b5. There were so
many variations I can't remember exactly but probably 24.Qxb6 was still in my
preparation.    The difference in [passed] pawns is what I am playing for,"
explained Anand. "The pawn on c7 restricts him much more than the pawn on a3
[does me]."} 24... Qd7 25. O-O {"I was considering} (25. Qa6 {
after which he is more or less forced to go} 25... Qc8 (25... Rc8 26. Rb1 $1 {
is ugly for Black. IR}) {. Then I can improve my queen with
} 26. Qc6 {
but after} 26... Ra5 {he is threatening ...a2. I was quite happy when I saw 
26.Rc6! so I went for that."}) 25... Rc8 26. Rc6 $1 {"I had seen the position
up to 24.Qxb6 from afar and I thought I could hold," said Carlsen. "But then
he had 25.Rc6! and I don't see what I can do."} 26... g5 $5 {"The plan with ...
g5 and ...Bb4 doesn't work but it was very difficult." said Carlsen. "  For
example, after} (26... Ra5 {
, trying to play similarly to the previous note, White can respond} 27. Qxa5
Qxc6 28. Rb1 $1 {and Black is in trouble.}) 27. Bg3 Bb4 $1 {"I hadn't seen
this" admitted Anand. "Of course White is the one [on top] but the position is
still very tense."} 28. Ra1 $1 {
Anand confessed to being very happy to find this move; "My first ideas were} (
28. Rc2 {or}) (28. Rc4 {but then I realised that instead of moving the bishop
he could start repeating with the rook -} 28... Rb5 29. Qa6 Ra5 {, etc. So I
realised I should use the other rook - that way I always watch the a3 pawn."})
28... Ba5 {Diagram # 
"If the bishop goes back} (28... Be7 {
I can play some prophylactic move such as} 29. h3 {
and then 30.Qb7 is coming," said Anand.}) 29. Qa6 $1 {
"Now Black is collapsing very fast," said Anand.} 29... Bxc7 {"On} (29... Bb4 {
I have} 30. Rb6 $1 Ra5 31. Qxc8+ Qxc8 {and now} 32. Rxb4 $1 {
[is winning]," said Anand.}) 30. Qc4 $1 {
"It is important to pin with the queen," said Anand. "After} (30. Rac1 $2 Ra5
$1 {followed by ...a2 and the rook will have to go back [to a1]."}) 30... e5 {
Desperation. "Now I knew I was winning so it was just a question of being
careful," said Anand.} 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Qe7 33. e6 $1 {"The problem with}
(33. Rc1 {is that he can throw [away] the pawn and play} 33... a2 34. Qxa2 Qxe5
{," said Anand - though even here White must win sooner or later after} 35. g3
Qxe3+ 36. Kh1) 33... Kf8 34. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Sochi World Championship Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.11.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 {The Kan Variation, which had been an
Anand favourite as a junior back in the 1980s, though notably Anand had tried
it once in 2014, in a Bundesliga game.} 5. c4 (5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 {
has become the modern main line of the Kan Variation, though Anand tested the
older} (6... Ba7 {in his Bundesliga game against Bobras, eventually drawn.}))
5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 {#} 7. Qd3 $5 {The most fashionable choice, invented due
to White's failure to gain any advantage in the sharp line} (7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3 {
- once used by Kramnik to win a miniature against Svidler - or the even
sharper IllingworthGambit} (8. O-O {!!??} 8... Nxd4 9. e5 $1)) 7... Nc6 {
The tactical point behind 7.Qd3 is seen in the variation} (7... Qc7 8. a3 $1
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 {when grabbing the e4 pawn runs into} 9... Nxe4 10. Nb5 $1 axb5
11. Qxg7 Rf8 12. Bh6 Qc5 13. f3 $3 {and Black is defenceless, as Svidler
discovered against Nepomniachtchi at the 2014 World Blitz Championship in
Dubai.}) 8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. e5 Nd7 {Black's safest choice.} (10...
Ne4 {is very risky in view of} 11. a3 $1 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nxc3 ({
Kramnik suggested that} 12... b6 {
and later  ...Nc5 might be drawable "but it is no fun at all".}) 13. a4 $1 Ne4
14. Be3 {when the Black knight has some way to go before reaching safety and
White has more than enough for the sacrificed pawn.}) 11. Bf4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3
Kc7 13. h4 $1 b6 14. h5 h6 $5 {A controversial decision, since the g7 pawn is
left behind, but both players were still moving a tempo and presumably knew
what they were doing.} 15. O-O-O Bb7 {1.36} 16. Rd3 $1 {1.36} 16... c5 17. Rg3
Rag8 18. Bd3 {#} 18... Nf8 {All part of Anand's preparation, but Kramnik was
scathing, saying, "Maybe a computer thinks this is equal but to a human it
looks unplayable."} 19. Be3 {1.32} 19... g6 $1 {
1.12 "He doesn't have to play 19...g6 - he can play} (19... Bc6 {
and 20...Be8, but it is really not very nice," said Carlsen.}) 20. hxg6 Nxg6
21. Rh5 Bc6 22. Bc2 {1.23} 22... Kb7 {0.58} 23. Rg4 a5 $1 {A key part of
Black's counterplay. Eventually Black will have to abandon the h6 pawn but by
then he hopes to have a pawn on a3 and create problems for White on the
queenside.} 24. Bd1 {1.16 "I should be much better but I struggled to find a
good plan. I need to play f3 and move my [g4] rook but it is not so easy as he
will attack my g pawn," said Carlsen, with the variation  } (24. f3 Ne7 $1 {
in mind.}) 24... Rd8 {0.47} 25. Bc2 {1.12} 25... Rdg8 {#
0.44} 26. Kd2 $4 {
Diagram # 1.11   "[I saw that this was a blunder] just after I made the move,"
admitted Carlsen. "Somehow that's always the way it is; when you see the
position on the board it just hits you. It was just a feeling of complete
panic. There are very few moves that completely spoil my position - just 26.
Kd2??."  Karjakin was one of the astounded spectators, saying, "When Magnus
blundered with 26...Kd2, I was in the playing hall, and wanted to scream 26...
Nxe5!!! It could have changed chess history I guess!"  "I could put the king
on d1 to get the same position [as later]," said Carlsen, though it turns out
to be not so simple to bring the king back to the kingsidebecause} (26. Kd1 {
allows} 26... Nf8 $1 27. Rxg8 Rxg8 {when White cannot save the g pawn because}
28. g3 $2 {allows} 28... Bf3+ {.}) 26... a4 $4 {0.43 "} (26... Nxe5 $1 {
is very good," said Carlsen with significant understatement - after} 27. Rxg8
Nxc4+ 28. Kd3 Nb2+ 29. Ke2 Rxg8 30. g3 Bd5 {White will be very lucky to
survive, "though I don't think the position would have been dead lost," added
Carlsen.  "When you're not expecting a gift sometimes you just don't take it,"
Anand admitted. "I had the same problem [as Magnus] - as soon as I played 26...
a4 I saw it. I was looking for this a5-a4 counterplay and I was just very
focused on that."  "I don't think I kept a  poker face," said Carlsen.
"Sometimes you're very, very lucky and you get away with it. As Vishy said,
the position is stably better for White so you don't expect such things to
happen. But you have to stay alert - most of the time you get seriously
punished for such an oversight.a o}) 27. Ke2 {"Now [to avoid 27...Nxe5!] I
have to allow a3. [After the blunder] I wasn't that confident and went back
and forth with the king - I wasn't really finding the right plan," said
Carlsen.} 27... a3 28. f3 {By now it was obvious that Anand was finding it
difficult to concentrate on the position in front of him, with sighs and head
shakes before returning to try to analyse.  "Given the way I played the rest
of the game, probably [it affected me]," admitted Anand.} 28... Rd8 29. Ke1 {
Carlsen declines to cash in his advantage with} (29. Bxg6 $5 fxg6 30. Rxg6 {
because after} 30... Be8 31. Rg7+ Rd7 32. Rxd7+ Bxd7 {Black has significant
drawing chances in the opposite bishops ending after ...Be8-g6-b1.}) 29... Rd7
{0.30} 30. Bc1 Ra8 31. Ke2 {0.49} 31... Ba4 $1 {0.26 "I liked my setup here
but I jumped the gun with Ba4," opined Anand.  Carlsen added, "We discussed} (
31... Ne7 $1 {when Black has very good chances to hold the game."  Both
players were too pessimistic; after 31...Ne7} 32. Rg7 $1 {White has excellent
winning chances, whereas after Anand's move, Black has more resources than
Anand had realised.}) 32. Be4+ $1 {Diagram # 
0.47 The immediate} (32. Bxg6
fxg6 33. Rxg6 {allows Anand's idea} 33... Bb3 $1 {
when White can easily get into trouble, e.g.} 34. axb3 a2 35. Bb2 Rad8 $1)
32... Bc6 $2 {Anand took just 9 seconds on the final, fatal error.  He did not
have the energy or confidence to   find the possible saving idea} (32... Ka7 $3
{The point is that after} 33. Bxa8 Kxa8 34. Rxh6 Rd1 35. Bxa3 Ra1 $1 {
Black has a remarkable amount of counterplay and after} 36. Ke3 Nxe5 {, both}
37. Re4 Ng6 {and 37.Rg7 Nxc4+ 38.Kf4 Nd6 are very hard for White to break down.
}) 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Rxg6 Ba4 {"I saw these lines with Ba4-b3 but I'm just one
move slow everywhere," admitted Anand.} 35. Rxe6 {#} 35... Rd1 (35... Bb3 {
is no longer playable for Black in view of} 36. axb3 a2 37. Bb2 Rad8 38. Rd6 $1
) 36. Bxa3 Ra1 37. Ke3 Bc2 38. Re7+ $1 {"Usually you feel happy when you win,"
said Carlsen. "Today it's mostly relief!"} 1-0

[Event "Sochi World Championship Match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.11.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {"The Berlin has been his main opening for
years," said Carlsen. "Though for a long time I have thought that the Berlin,
with both colours quite suits me!"} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 {Diagram #} 9... Bd7 $5 {One of Black's more ambitious
move, planning - eventually -  to redeploy the Black king on b7.} 10. Nc3 {
In the previous World Championship match, Anand, playing White against Carlsen,
had tried} (10. Rd1 Be7 11. Nc3 Kc8 12. Bg5 {and had secured no advanatge,
though the game later sharpened dramatically and both players missed chances.})
10... h6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 c5 (12... b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 {was the original method
used by Kramnik to shut down Kasparov in their 2000 world title match and
Kramnik had also used it to beat Anand in a rapid game a few years later.}) 13.
Rad1 b6 14. Rfe1 {White usually prefers to play} (14. Nd5 {
and 15.c4 immediately.}) 14... Be6 15. Nd5 {Diagram #} 15... g5 $1 {1.40  The s
tart of an extremely deep plan. The hole on f6 is necessary to prevent White
playing 16.Nf4, when the d7 square may become accessible to a White rook.} 16.
c4 {1.29} 16... Kb7 17. Kh2 a5 {1.18} 18. a4 {1.14} 18... Ne7 19. g4 $5 {
0.57 "Perhaps I didn't play the best way from move 19 to move 23 because all
of a sudden [he] created a lot of counterplay," admitted Carlsen.} 19... Ng6
20. Kg3 Be7 21. Nd2 Rhd8 22. Ne4 Bf8 {1.01} 23. Nef6 $6 {Diagram # 
0.47}
23... b5 $3 {0.51 A bolt from the blue. "It is hard when you are playing such
an important game and the position is not at all under control," said Carlsen.}
24. Bc3 $5 {0.39 "I understood that if he doesn't take the pawn either way,
the position stays very tight," said Anand.} (24. cxb5 $6 c6 $1 25. bxc6+ Kxc6
{would play into Black's hands while}) (24. axb5 a4 25. bxa4 Rxa4 26. Rc1 Be7 {
ensures that Black regains the pawn with a small initiative. This might,
however, have been White's best defence.}) 24... bxa4 25. bxa4 Kc6 $1 {
Diagram # 
0.47} 26. Kf3 $1 {0.31 "My position in the centre is cracking; e5
and d5 both desperately need overprotection, so I thought this was the best
way to try to keep control," said Carlsen.} 26... Rdb8 {
0.25 "I saw that I could play} (26... Bg7 27. Ke4 Bxf6 28. exf6 Bxd5+ 29. cxd5+
Kd6 {and Black probably is better," said Anand, though White could improve
with 27.Nh5 "and it's about equal," said Anand. "I was focussed on 26...Bg7
and didn't [see] 26...Be7!. I wasn't thinking very clearly at this point."})
27. Ke4 {Diagram #   0.28 "My position looks quite impressive but he has
enough activity and Black should be, at least, not worse," said Carlsen.
"[White has] too many vulnerable spots to cover."} 27... Rb4 $2 {0.21  Opticall
y impressive but this positional sacrifice loses the World Championship.} ({
"My nerves were the first to crack," admitted Anand, who spent only a few
minutes on this critical decision. "I was lookingat} 27... Rb3 {
which I think is about equal. I calculated} 28. Rb1 Rab8 29. Rxb3 Rxb3 30. Bxa5
{and now I cannot take the h pawn because [my rook] gets sidelined, so} 30...
Ra3 31. Bxc7 Rxa4 {Diagram # and I evaluated this as equal." (In fact after
White defends the c pawn, 32...Bg7 will regain the lost pawn with some
pressure. IR)  "I can't say why I went for the exchange sacrifice - it was a
bad gamble and I was punished," added Anand. "Earlier I was still playing
objectively but I took a nervous decision."  Carlsen hesitated less than a
minute before taking the rook,  later explaining that the move was "[Anand's]
biggest mistake. In general I'm a believer in material - I don't think the
exchange sacrifice is justified. I thought after other moves he should be
doing fine. I was pretty relieved about that."}) 28. Bxb4 {0.27} 28... cxb4 {
0.21} 29. Nh5 $1 {0.17 "I was happy to find this plan and evict his bishop
from e6, which is by far his strongest piece" said Carlsen. "Once this bishop
goes from e6 I can invade with the rook and then it's very difficult for him."}
29... Kb7 30. f4 gxf4 31. Nhxf4 Nxf4 32. Nxf4 Bxc4 {Diagram #} 33. Rd7 $1 {
0.15 "After he gave up the exchange I played it quite forcefully and he didn't
have any chances," said Carlsen.} 33... Ra6 {0.11} (33... Kc6 {is well met by}
34. Rd4 $1 {followed by 35.Rc1+ and 36.Rd7 again.}) (33... Re8 {
might have been the best try, hoping for} 34. Rc1 Kc8 $1 {However even here}
35. e6 $1 {is strong, while 34.Nd5 Bd6!? 35.Kd4! is even simpler for White.})
34. Nd5 Rc6 35. Rxf7 Bc5 {Diagram #} 36. Rxc7+ $1 {Finishing in style.} 36...
Rxc7 37. Nxc7 Kc6 38. Nb5 Bxb5 39. axb5+ Kxb5 40. e6 b3 41. Kd3 {"Towards the
end I got really excited and had to try to control myself," said Carlsen.}
41... Be7 42. h4 a4 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 a3 45. Kc3 1-0

[Event "NewYork"]
[Site "YOUR-YCKQ29RWMW"]
[Date "1915.05.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyth"]
[Black "Hermann Helms"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "McClain, Dylan"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1915.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. a3 a5 8. O-O O-O
9. Qc2 Nc6 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxd4 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Nxd4 Qh4
15. g3 Qxd4 16. Bd3 Rf3 17. Be3 Qe5 18. Rae1 Raf8 19. Bxb6 Qh5 20. Be3 Qh3 21.
Be4 {Diagram #} 21... R8f5 22. Bxf5 Qg2+ 23. Kxg2 Rxg3# 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, New York"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Israel Albert Horowitz"]
[Black "Alexander Kevitz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[Annotator "McClain, Dylan"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nbd7 11. c4 c5 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rc1 a6 14. Ne5 cxd4 15.
exd4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 b5 17. Nd6 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Ba8 19. Nf5 Nd5 20. Re1 N7b6 21.
Re4 Re8 {Diagram #} 22. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Helsinki ol (Men) fin-A"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1952.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D24"]
[Annotator "McClain, Dylan"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3
Bb7 9. e6 f6 10. g3 Qd5 11. Bg2 Qxe6+ 12. Be3 c6 13. O-O Qc8 14. Re1 Kf7 15.
axb5 {Diagram #} 15... axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Qe2 Na6 18. Bf4 g6 19. Nd2 h5 20.
h4 Bb7 21. Kh2 Kg7 22. Ra1 Kh7 23. Bh3 Qd8 24. Ne4 Bh6 25. Bxh6 Kxh6 26. Nc5
Nxc5 27. dxc5 Qc7 28. Qd2+ Kg7 29. Rd1 Bc8 30. Bg2 Be6 31. Qe3 Bf7 32. Ra1 Rd8
33. Ra6 Bd5 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. Qe6 Re5 36. Qh3 Rxc5 37. Ra8 Rf5 38. Qf1 Qb7 39.
Rd8 Rd5 40. Re8 Qd7 41. Ra8 Rd3 42. Qe1 Rd5 0-1

[Event "U.S.Amateur Team Championship East"]
[Site "Parsippany, NJ"]
[Date "1998.02.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "IM Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Black "McClain, Dylan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "McClain, Dylan"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

{%Created  by  Caissa's  Web  PGN  Editor} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4.
Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ne2 Ngf6 6. N2g3 Qc7 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Nf6
11. Qf3 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bd7 13. c4 O-O-O 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qe3 Kb8
17. c5 Qc7 18. b4 Bc8 19. b5 cxb5 20. Bxb5 Bd7 21. Rab1 Ka8 22. Rb4 Bxb5 23.
Rxb5 Qd7 24. Rb4 Qd5 25. Reb1 Rd7 {Diagram #} 26. h3 Rc8 27. Qa3 Rc6 28. Qb2
Rc8 29. a4 e5 30. dxe5 Rxc5 31. Rb5 a6 32. Rxc5 Qxc5 33. Rc1 Qd4 34. Qc2 Ka7
35. Qxh7 Qxe5 36. Qc2 Rd6 37. Qb3 Qd5 38. Qa3 Qd4 39. Qg3 Rg6 40. Qa3 Rf6 41.
Qa2 Rf4 42. a5 Rf5 43. Rb1 Rb5 44. Rxb5 axb5 45. Qxf7 b4 46. Qe6 Qa1+ 47. Kh2
Qxa5 48. f4 Qb5 49. Qb3 Qc5 50. h4 Qc3 51. Qa2+ Kb6 52. Qe6+ Kb5 53. Qd5+ Ka4
54. Qxb7 b3 55. h5 b2 56. Qe4+ Kb3 57. Qb1 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Gjovik"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1983.08.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 f5 14. Bd3
O-O 15. d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bb2 18. Rc7 (18. Rc2 {is met by fxe4.})
18... fxe4 19. Bc4 Rd8 20. Rxe7 Bf6 21. d6+ Kh8 22. Bc5 Bf5 23. Be6 h6 24. Rf7
Bxe6 25. Rxf6 Bxa2 26. Rxg6 Kh7 27. f5 Bf7 28. Rf6 Bd5 29. Be3 h5 30. Rc1 Bc6
31. Rc5 Rd7 32. Rh6+ Kg7 33. Re5 Rf8 34. Re7+ Rf7 35. Rg6+ Kh7 36. Rh6+ Kg8 37.
Re8+ Kg7 38. Rg6+ Kh7 39. Bd4 Rxf5 40. Rg3 Kh6 41. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Atlantic Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Browne"]
[Black "Weinstein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[Annotator "Kopec, Danny & Kostovetsky,Daniel"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qa5 9. f4 Rc8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. exf6 Qxg5 13. Ne4 Qa5+ 14. c3 g6
15. Bc4 Qb6 16. O-O-O Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Bc6 18. Kc2 a6 19. Rhd1 Bxe4+ 20. Rxe4 {
Diagram # <game begins here>  Unlike many prominent players of his time,
Walter Browne grew up not on the European system of Zonals and Interzonals,
but on American weekend swiss tournaments. This game against Weinstien was
played in the Atlantic Open, one such tournament.  Browne is a strong player
in all fields: he knows his openings, he can outmanuever or outcalculate an
opponent in the middlegame, and he is an expert in the endgame. But over the
years, Browne has developed mastery in a specific type of position: the
opposite color bishops endgame. He can win this type of endgame, notoriously
streotyped as being almost always drawn, with just an extra pawn, or even in
equal material, which is why we call it "Browne's Ending."} 20... Bh6 21. h4 $1
{This odd-looking move is stronger than it appears. Browne anticipates the
nasty Bg5 and cuts it off.} 21... O-O 22. Rd7 {Browne's Ending often occurs
with rooks still on the board. In this case, Browne is excellent at using them
to make the bishops seem insignificant. Here, he places his rook on the
seventh rank, creating weaknesses and disrupting black's position.} 22... b5
23. Bd3 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ ({One might ask, why not remain on the seventh?
Unfortunately, the rook has already served its purpose, which was to make
black's queenside weak, and now needs to give itself up to protect the d-file.
After} 24. Ra7 Rd6 25. g4 Rcd8 {black is doing well.}) 24... Rxd8 25. a4 {
Weaknesses are useless if they aren't exploited. With a4, Browne makes
Weintien's queenside count, while making the h6 bishop seem useless and
misplaced.} 25... Rd5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rb4 {Once black's b-pawn falls,
white's queenside due will be unstoppable, even with opposite-colored bishops.}
27... Be3 28. Bxb5 Rf5 {Unfortunately, in life as in chess, there is no free
lunch. Winning one pawn often means losing another, and the game will come
down to who can promote faster. Luckily for Browne, he will be the favorite in
that race, due to his pawns being far from black's king.} 29. Re4 Bb6 30. Be2 {
Browne moves his bishop out of the pawns' way while simultaneously blocking a
potential Rf2+. After all, the best chess moves often accomplish two things at
once.} 30... Rxf6 31. b4 {And, we're off to the races! Browne's pawns have
already left the gate, while Weinstien's are sitting behind his rook.} 31...
Kf8 32. c4 Ke7 {
Black rushes his king to the battle zone, but he may already be too late.} 33.
c5 Bc7 34. Bf3 $1 {Ouch! Now, Weinstien loses the opportunity to play Rf2,
temporarily tie up white's bishop, and attack the g2 pawn. The only remaining
choice to evacuate the f6 rook from its prison is thru f5, although it has no
good squares after that. Browne always seems to be a step ahead, anticipating
his opponent's every move and disallowing it whenever possible.} 34... Rf4 $5 {
Black has no choice but to exchange rooks, if he ever plans on getting his own
pawns rolling. However, removing material off the board only makes white's two
runners more significant. Weinstien seems lost, while Browne knows exactly
what to do. That's why this is "Browne's Ending."} 35. Rxf4 Bxf4 36. Kd3 f5 {
Only now does Weinstien start to march. Browne is two moves head, and his king
is one rank closer to the center, which should be decisive enough advantage to
win despite the opposite colored bishops.} 37. b5 e5 38. Bd5 e4+ 39. Kc4 Kd7
40. b6 $1 {Both sides are using the excellent technique of placing pawns on
the color of the opponent's bishop.} ({Had Browne played} 40. c6+ {
black could've mounted a blockade after} 40... Kc7 41. Kc5 Be3+ 42. Kc4 Bb6 {
and the game might have gone the other way.}) 40... Be3 41. c6+ Kd6 42. c7 Kd7
43. Bb7 {and Weinstien resigned, as c8-Q is unstoppable. In this instructive
masterpiece, Browne expertly organized the pawn structure so that each side
would have a pair of unobstructed passed pawns, his being on the queenside and
thus stronger. He used this to counteract the balancing nature of the oppostie
colored bishops, while constantly envisioning his opponent's every plot and
stopping those that would obstruct him. Browne has won this way many times,
each game being equally instructive and creative, and that's why he's earned
the namesake of the bishops of opposite color endning.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1974.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Browne, Walter S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Kopec, Danny & Kostovetsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1974.01.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

{This game illustrates that the success of the The Browne Ending is founded on
basic chess endgame principles, such as Rooks are strong on the 7th rank,
outside passed pawns are a definite plus, and tying up your opponent's forces
is an important step towards achieving victory.      Furthermore, in chess, as
in life we shouldn't be prejudiced -- the cooperation of a Rook, Bishop and
King, regardless of the bishops' colors, is usually a strong factor in an
endgame.  It also helps to have an outside passed pawn.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10.
Bd3 h6 11. Qh3 Nb6 12. Rhe1 e5 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 O-O-O 15. Bh4 exf4 16. Bf2
Rhe8 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Bc4 d5 {
Diagram #  Here is 19. Bxd5 is strongly answered with Bb4} 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20.
Bxd5 Bf6 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Bxb3 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Bg5 {Diagram #  We see the sharp
Sicilian Najdorf Variation petering down to the Browne Ending.  Black's main
advantage is that he can ensure a rook on the 7th rank.} 24. Kb1 Rd2 25. Rg1 f3
26. gxf3 Rxh2 {Diagram #  And now he has an outside passed pawn.} 27. Bxf7 h5
28. f6 Bxf6 29. Rd1 Kc7 30. a3 Rh3 31. Bg6 h4 32. Bh5 Rg3 33. Bg4 Be5 34. Ka2
Kc6 35. Rh1 {Diagram #} 35... g5 36. Rd1 h3 37. Rh1 {If the White rook stays
passive on h1 he will certainly lose to the incursion of the Black king.} 37...
Rxg4 {Again we see Browne brilliantly giving up the exchange exactly when he
is certain he can win the ensuing ending.} 38. fxg4 h2 39. b4 Kd5 40. Kb3 Ke4
41. Kc4 Kf3 42. Kc5 Kg2 43. Rxh2+ Kxh2 44. Kb6 Kh3 0-1

[Event "Pan American 1st"]
[Site "Winnipeg"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Segal, Alexandru Sorin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Kopec, Danny & Kostovetsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1974.08.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nf6 9. c5 O-O 10. Bb5 Bg4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nbd2 Ne4 13. Qa4 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Qd7
15. Nb3 Be2 16. Re1 Bb5 17. Qa5 Bf6 18. Bf4 Bc4 {Diagram #} {Kostovetsky,
Daniel: In the book Mastering Chess (2nd edition 2013)in the chapter on
Opening Principles and Ideas,  Ian Harris and I describe the Five Goals of
Opening Play notion of success in the opening being defined by No Permanent
Structural Defects (No PSDs).  Here Black (Segal) has left the opening with
doubled c-pawns.  His last chance to gain equality was with 19. ...Bxd4.  when
after 20.Nxc4 dxc4 21. Red1 Rfe8 4.Be3 Re4 etc. he can actually survive the
pin on his bishop.  Instead, he quickly drifts into a hapless ending.} 19. Nd2
{Kostovetsky,Daniel: 'Diagram #' Kostovetsky,Daniel: 'Actually move 19'} 19...
Bd3 20. Re3 Bg6 21. Nf3 Be4 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 {Kostovetsky,Daniel: 'The
weak pawn on c7 with bishops of opposite colors spells serious problems for
Black. '} 23... Rfc8 24. Rae1 h5 25. Bg3 Re8 26. Qxc7 Qxc7 27. Bxc7 f6 28. f3
Bg6 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Bd6 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 {
Kostovetsky,Daniel: 'Diagram # The Browne Ending has arrived. '} 31... Bb1 32.
Re7+ Kg6 33. a3 Bc2 34. Rc7 Ba4 35. b3 Bxb3 36. Rxc6 {Kostovetsky,Daniel:
'Diagram # Browne is a up a pawn which is only 3 ranks from promotion. his
rook is active and his bishop is ideally placed. '} 36... Bc4 37. Rc7 a6 38.
Rb7 Bb5 39. Bb8 {
Kostovetsky,Daniel: 'Diagram #  The case of the inprisoned rook.'} 39... Kf5
40. Rb6 Bd7 41. Rd6 Be6 42. Bc7 {
Kostovetsky,Daniel: 'the c-pawn's advance is prepared. '} 42... Bf7 43. c6 Rc8
44. Bb6 h4 45. c7 {Kostovetsky,Daniel: 'There will be no stopping now -- but
to ensure victory Browne will pick up some excess material. '} 45... Kg6 46.
Ke3 Kf5 47. g4+ hxg3 48. hxg3 Kg5 49. Ba5 {
Kostovetsky,Daniel: 'If now 31. ...Ra8 32. Rb6 wins quickly.'} 49... f5 50.
Rxa6 Be8 51. Rd6 Bb5 52. Rxd5 {
Kostovetsky,Daniel: 'Diagram # By now Black should realize this is hopeless.'}
52... Re8+ 53. Kd2 Ba6 54. Rd8 Re2+ 55. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Hastings International Chess Congress"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kopec, Danny"]
[Black "Parr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Kopec, Danny & Kostovetsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2007.11.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bd3 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. O-O Nc6 6. Bc2 Bg4 7. d3 Nf6 8. Be3
O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. h3 Bd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Nb3 Nc7 15.
Qd2 a5 16. h4 Na6 17. h5 a4 18. Nc1 Nab4 19. Bb1 a3 20. b3 $2 (20. bxa3 Rxa3
21. Nb3) 20... Qa5 21. Ne2 Na6 22. Nc3 Nc7 23. Bd3 Nb4 24. Bb1 (24. Be2) 24...
Nc6 25. Rc1 Nb4 26. Ng5 Ne6 27. Qe2 Nxg5 28. Bxg5 Rae8 29. Bf4 (29. Be3) 29...
Qb6 30. Qd2 Nc6 31. Be3 Qa5 $2 32. Bd3 Rb8 33. h6 Bh8 34. Nxd5 {Diagram #} {
A game of delicate maneuvering suddenly explodes into fireworks.} 34... Qxd2
35. Bxd2 Rfe8 36. Be3 e6 37. Nc7 Rec8 38. Na6 Ra8 39. Bxb5 Nxe5 40. dxe5 $2 {
White should play} (40. Nc7 Bxb5 41. Nxa8 Rxa8 42. Rc5 {
with a big material advantage.}) 40... Bxb5 41. Nc7 Rxc7 42. Rxc7 Bxe5 43. Rac1
{Now White's advantage has become minimal....but signficant thanks to The
Browne Ending. I could not believe my luck -- despite mishandling the
complications.} (43. Rc5 {should win too}) 43... Bxc7 44. Rxc7 Bd3 45. Bc5 Bb1
46. Bxa3 Bxa2 47. Rb7 e5 48. Be7 {Diagram #    Back rank themes coupled with
the passes b-pawn will help White win ... minimally.} 48... Bb1 49. b4 Be4 50.
Rc7 Bf5 51. b5 Rb8 52. Ra7 Bc8 $2 ({Even after} 52... Be4 53. f3 {
White is winning.}) 53. Kh2 f5 54. Bd6 Rxb5 {
White could no doubt win with 55.Ra8 but the text is more decisive.} 55. Rg7+
Kh8 56. Rf7 {Diagram # So here we see the Bishops of opposite colors
facilitating a mating attack.  Fritz sees Mate in 11!!!.} 56... Be6 57. Rf8+
Bg8 58. Be7 ({Fritz.  e.g. 58. ...ef 59. Be7 Rb6 60. Bc4! etc.} 58. f4 $3)
58... Rb6 59. Bf6+ Rxf6 60. Rxf6 e4 61. Kg3 Bb3 62. Rf8+ Bg8 63. Kf4 {
Black resigned as he finds himself in total zugzwang} 1-0

[Event "Grangemouth"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1980.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reid"]
[Black "Kopec, Danny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[Annotator "Kopec, Danny & Kostovetsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 d5 12. Bd3 Na5 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Qd3 g6 15.
Bh6 Re8 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. Ng5 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qg3 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qc7 21. Qh4
Rf8 22. Bf6 Bb5 23. Rfe1 Qf7 24. Be7 Rfe8 25. Bb4 Nc6 26. Ba3 Ne7 27. Re3 Nf5
28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Rae1 Re4 30. Rxe4 dxe4 {Diagram #} (30... fxe4) {During the
ix years I lived in Scotland (1976 - 1982)  whilst pursuing my Ph.D. Alan Reid
and I played a number of times. Although I generally came out on top, it was
never easy because he so much insisted on trying to maintain the initiative at
all costs.     When i write about a chess theme that I like, I also try to
employ it in my games and demonstrate that the motif has made a distinct
impression on me.  That is why one should look at, question, and study the
games of  strong players.     The rudiments of The Browne Ending can already
be seen.} 31. Bd6 Rxc3 {Finally Black gains a tangible advantage.} 32. Qd8+ Be8
33. Be5 Qe6 $5 {Correct was 33...Rc2.  Now the game is ostensibly equal -- but
it was anything but a draw.} 34. Qa5 Rc2 35. Qxa7 Qc6 36. h3 g5 37. Qa3 Qe6 38.
Qa8 b5 39. Qb7 Qf7 {Diagram #} {With 40.Qb8 or 40.Qb6 White holds on.  One
wonders what could have possessed White to trade into this inferior ending.
Probably it was time pressure.} 40. Qxf7+ $4 Bxf7 41. Rb1 Bc4 42. a3 Kf7 43. g4
f4 44. h4 {Diagram #  Black's easiest road to victory would havebeen 44. ...
e3! so that on 45.fxe3 f3! etc. or on 45.f3 Be2 -- again emphasizing the
helplessness on a color complex that can occur with Bishops of opposite colors.
} 44... gxh4 $2 45. Bxf4 {  Black's pawns are surely ugly -- but in Bishop of
opposite color endings it is more important to have passed pawns, especially
separated pawns than "healthy pawns.} 45... Ke6 46. Kg2 Ra2 47. Be3 Rxa3 48.
Kh3 Bd3 49. Rc1 Bc4 50. Kxh4 Kd5 {
Diagram # White should play 51.Rb1 with pretty good chances of holding on.} 51.
Kh5 b4 {Diagram # Now the b-pawn will roll forward and White will quickly be
squeezed to death.} 52. Rd1 b3 53. Kh6 Ra7 54. Rb1 Rb7 55. Rb2 Bd3 {
and Black won in a few moves via ...Bc2 and ...Kc4.} 0-1

[Event "Surakarta/Denpasar"]
[Site "Surakarta"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Browne, Walter S"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Kopec, Danny & Kostovetsky, Danny"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1982.02.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

{In my first book Best Games of the Young Grandmaster (with IM Craig Pritchett,
1980 Bell and Hyman) and now World Chess Title Contenders and Their Styles
(Dover, 2001), Walter Browne is quoted as saying   "Chess is work."      Here
we see how he works very hard to build up positional pressure on Tony Miles
right into the ending, where he is a pawn up with Rooks and Bishops of
opposite colors.     This game illustrates some of the finest concepts and
motifs of The Browne Ending at its best.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3
dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Rd8 11.
Qc1 Bd6 12. Nxd6+ Qxd6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O a5 15. Qe3 Nfg4 16. Qb6 Qb4 17. Qxb4
axb4 18. Na2 Ng6 19. Bc1 b3 20. Nc3 Bc2 21. a5 Ra8 22. Ra4 f5 23. h3 Nf6 24.
Be3 Rfd8 25. Rfa1 Ne5 26. f4 Nf7 27. a6 Rxa6 28. Rxa6 bxa6 29. Rxa6 Nd6 30.
Rxc6 Nde4 31. Bxe4 Nxe4 32. Nxe4 Bxe4 {Diagram #} {
The Browne Ending begins here.} 33. Rc3 Rb8 34. g4 g6 {Black doesn't really
want to play this move weakening the dark squares, but without it after gxf5
he will have to capture with the Bishop and White will have good chances of
playing e4 with a strong central duo and passed e-pawn.} 35. Bd4 {Diagram #}
35... Rb7 36. g5 Kf7 37. Kf2 Bd5 38. Be5 Be6 39. h4 Ke7 40. Rd3 Rd7 41. Bd4 {
Of course in the Browne Ending you never trade rooks unless the opposite
colored bishop ending offers clear winning chances.} 41... Kf7 42. Ke3 Rc7 43.
Rd1 {Diagram # Browne's plan must be to play Ra1 - a8 and then h8 to attack
the bas of Black's pawn chain.} 43... Rd7 (43... Rc2 {Fritz 12:} 44. Be5 Ke8
45. Bf6 Kf7 46. Rd8 Bc4 47. Rd7+ Ke8 48. Re7+ Kf8 49. Rxh7 Rxe2+ 50. Kf3 Rd2
51. Rg7 Bf7 52. Ke3 Rc2 53. Rh7 Ke8 54. Bc3 Rh2 55. Bf6 {0.75/20}) 44. Rc1 Bd5
45. Rc8 Ke6 46. Bc5 Be4 47. Ba3 Bd5 48. Rb8 Ra7 49. Kd4 Rd7 50. Rb6+ Kf7 51.
Bd6 {Diagram # The bishop is used like a shield splitting the Black rook from
the defense of the Black bishop.} 51... Rb7 52. Ra6 Bg2 53. Be5 {Serious threat
s of infiltration by Browne's rook on the back rank start to loom, but also h5
coupled with Rf6+.  Note that the White pawn on e2 serves a specific role: it
keeps some control of the light squares, specifically preventing Bf3 to stop
h5.} 53... Rd7+ 54. Ke3 Be4 55. h5 gxh5 56. Rh6 Ke8 57. Rxh5 Kf8 58. Rh6 Ke8
59. Bd6 {Diagram #  Again the White bishop cuts off the Black rook and enables
the White king to enter the attack via d4.  The Browne Ending entails such
delicate motifs.} 59... Rg7 60. Re6+ Kd7 61. Rxe4 $1 {Diagram # As Kenny
Rogers says "You have to know when to hold-em, you have to know when to
fold-em"....he is referring to poker which Browne plays very well for many
years.   He demonstrates a knack for knowing just when to convert to another
winning ending with such exchange sacrifices in his ending.} 61... fxe4 62. Be5
Rf7 63. Kxe4 Ke6 64. Bf6 Rc7 65. Bd4 Rc1 66. f5+ Kf7 67. Kd5 Rf1 68. e4 Rf4 69.
Be3 Rf1 70. Kc4 Re1 71. Kd3 Rb1 72. e5 Rxb2 73. e6+ Kg8 74. f6 Rc2 75. g6 $1 {
Diagram # Browne is an excellent calculator, especially when it comes to
promoting pawns and  reaching paydirt.} 75... Rc8 76. Bh6 hxg6 77. f7+ Kh7 78.
f8=Q Rxf8 79. Bxf8 Kg8 80. Bh6 1-0

[Event "All-Russian Masters’ Tournament"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "1914.01.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alexander Flamberg"]
[Black "Stefan Levitsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d6 8. c4
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Ne1 Qc7 11. Rc1 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 Qb7 13. Ne3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc5
15. Qc2 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qb2 e5 {Diagram #} 18. Bc3 Bg5 19. f4 exf4 20.
gxf4 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Rcd1 Qe4 23. Rf3 Nh5 24. Nd5 Rae8 25. Kf2 Qf5 26.
Rg1 f6 27. Qb1 Qc8 28. Qd3 f5 29. Qc3 Kh8 30. Rh3 Nf6 31. Rxg7 Kxg7 32. Rg3+
Kh6 33. Nxf6 Re6 34. Rg5 Qc5+ 35. Kf1 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem I"]
[Black "Take with Check"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/1p3pp1/8/3N4/5b2/1PP5/1K6/2R5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem II"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/r4p2/2p3p1/2p5/3nQ1P1/3P1P2/8/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem III"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6r1/5p1k/4qp1P/8/5Q1N/8/5K1P/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram #} 1... Qh3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem IV"]
[Black "Pin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6r1/4k2p/4p1n1/8/7N/6P1/7P/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem VI"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k5/8/2q5/5p2/6r1/5n1K/7P/Q1Q5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem V"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k5rr/pp6/3q4/8/4Q3/5BP1/7B/7K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]

{Diagram #}  0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters Open 2014"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2014.12.03"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nc4 Qe7 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Nxd6 cxd6 11. h3 Nd5 12. e4 Nc7 13. f4 f6 14. d3 Bd7 15.
Qd2 a5 16. a4 b4 17. Rf2 exf4 18. Nxf4 Ne6 19. Nh5 Qe8 20. Ng3 Ng5 21. Kh2 Qg6
22. Raf1 Qh6 23. Qe3 Nf7 24. Qd4 Be6 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Rxf6 c5 27. Rxh6 cxd4
28. Rxe6 Ng5 29. Rxd6 Rf2 30. Nf5 Rxc2 31. Nh6+ Kf8 32. Rf6+ Ke7 33. Bxd4 {
Diagram #} 33... Rf8 34. Nf5+ Ke8 35. Kg3 Rxf6 36. Bxf6 Ne6 37. d4 Rc3+ 38. Kg4
{Diagram #} 38... Kf7 39. Bh4 Rxb3 40. d5 Nc5 (40... h5+ {Diagram #}) 41. e5
Rd3 42. e6+ Nxe6 43. Nh6+ Ke8 44. dxe6 Rd4+ 45. Kg3 Rxh4 {Diagram #} 46. Kxh4
b3 47. Ng8 b2 48. Nf6+ Ke7 49. Nd5+ Kxe6 50. Nc3 Ke5 51. Kg3 Kd4 52. Nb1 Kd3
53. Kf3 Kc2 54. Na3+ Kb3 55. Nb1 Kc2 56. Na3+ Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Athens Acropolis op-A 24th"]
[Site "Chalkida"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedov, Nidjat"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.08.10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4
Nd7 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 d5 13. exd5 Bd6 14. Nc3 Bf5
15. Qf3 Qf6 16. Ne4 Qg6 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Qg3 a5
21. f3 a4 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 h6 24. Bxa4 Nxa4 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. Qxa4 Bh3 27.
g4 {Diagram #} 27... Qd3 28. Kf2 g5 29. Qd7 Qf1+ 30. Ke3 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch sf4 7th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhailov, AA."]
[Black "Grigoriev, LG."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D69"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "1931.10.05"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. Bb3 Bf5 16. f4 Qe7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Rf2 Be4 20. Qh3 Rd6 21.
Rc5 Rd1+ 22. Bxd1 Qxc5 23. Rd2 Qc1 24. Rd4 Bf5 25. Qf3 Bg4 26. Qf1 Qxe3+ 27.
Qf2 Qc1 28. Qd2 Qc5 29. Qf2 Qc1 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 Bxd1 32. Rxd1 f5 33. Kf2
Rf7 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Ke3 Re7+ 36. Kd3 Kf7 37. g3 Ke6 38. Ra8 a6 39. Kc4 Kd6 40.
Rd8+ Kc7 41. Rd2 Re4+ 42. Kc3 h5 43. b3 h4 44. Rg2 h3 45. Rd2 Re1 46. Kd3 c5
47. Rc2 Kd6 48. Kd2 Rg1 49. Ke3 b5 50. Rd2+ Ke6 51. Rc2 Rg2 52. Rxc5 Rxa2 53.
Rc6+ Kf7 54. Kf3 Rxh2 55. Rxa6 Rb2 56. Ra7+ Kf6 57. Ra6+ Kg7 58. Ra7+ Kh6 59.
Ra8 h2 60. Ra1 Rxb3+ 61. Kg2 Rb2+ 62. Kh1 Kh5 63. Ra8 Kg4 64. Rg8 {Diagram #}
64... Kh3 65. Rh8+ Kxg3 66. Rh3+ Kg4 67. Rg3+ Kxf4 68. Rf3+ Ke4 69. Re3+ Kd4
70. Rd3+ Kc4 71. Rc3+ Kb4 72. Rc4+ Kb3 73. Rc3+ Ka2 74. Ra3+ Kb1 75. Ra1+ Kc2
76. Rc1+ Kd2 77. Rd1+ Ke3 78. Rd3+ Ke2 79. Re3+ Kd1 80. Re1+ Kc2 81. Rc1+ Kb3
82. Rc3+ Kb4 83. Rc4+ Ka5 84. Ra4+ Kb6 85. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

