[Event "Oldenburg"]
[Site "Oldenburg GER"]
[Date "1949.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Elmars Zemgalis"]
[Black "Ludwig Rellstab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Donaldson, John"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1949.06.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. e4 e5 10. Bg5 Qe7 11. Re1 Re8 (11... Rd8) (11... Nb6) (11... exd4)
12. Bb3 h6 13. Bh4 exd4 (13... b6 14. d5) 14. Nxd4 Nc5 {Diagram [#]} 15. e5
Bxe5 16. f4 Bxd4+ (16... Bg4 17. Nf3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rad8 19. Nd5 Qd7 (19... cxd5
20. fxe5) 20. fxe5 Nxd5 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. Qd4 Qe7 23. Rad1 Nxb3 24. axb3 a6 25.
f4 Qh4 26. Qe4) 17. Qxd4 Nxb3 18. axb3 Qf8 (18... Rd8 19. Qf2 Qf8 (19... Qd6
20. Rad1) 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. f5) 19. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 gxf6 21. Ne4 Be6 22.
Nxf6+ Kh8 23. Nh5+ Kh7 24. Qe4+ Kh8 25. Qe5+ Kh7 26. Re3 Rd8 27. Rg3 f6 28.
Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Germany (team tournament), 1946"]
[Site "Oldenburg GER"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elmars Zemgalis"]
[Black "G. Baumanis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "Donaldson, John"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1949.06.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Be2 cxd4 (10... b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Ne4
14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qa4) 11. Nxd4 (11. Qxd4) 11... Nf6 12. Qc2 a6 (12... Bd7 13.
O-O Rc8 14. Rfd1 Qa5) 13. O-O b5 (13... e5 14. Nf3 Qc7 15. Na4 Nc6 16. Nc5 Bg4)
(13... Bd7 14. Rfd1 Qb6) 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. Ne4 Ned5 (16... Nfd5 17.
Nc5 Rd8) 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Nc6 Rb7 19. Rd6 (19. Ne5 Rb8 20. Qc7) 19... Qc7 20.
Qc5 g6 21. h4 Kg7 22. Qe5 h5 23. Rc5 Rb6 {Diagram [#]} 24. Bxh5 Kh7 25. Qxf6
Qxd6 {Diagram [#]} 26. Ne7 e5 (26... Qxc5 27. Bxg6+ fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qh6#
) 27. Bxg6+ Kh6 (27... fxg6 28. Qxf8 Be6 29. Rc8) 28. Qg5+ Kg7 29. Bf5+ Kh8 30.
Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Nxc8 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Fischer - Reshevsky"]
[Site "New York NY & Los Angeles CA "]
[Date "1961.07.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1961.07.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Bf6 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ne1 Nd7 13. Nd3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5
15. f4 Ng6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. fxe5 Ndxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Nb5 Bd7 20. Bd3 Bxb5
21. cxb5 Qd7 22. Qf2 f4 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qxf4 Rae8 25. Rad1 Qg7 26. h3 R5e7
27. Rd2 Re4 28. Qf2 b6 29. a3 R8e5 30. Qf6 Qxf6 31. Rxf6 Kg7 32. Rff2 Kh6 33.
Kh2 Rc4 34. Rc2 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Rxd5 36. a4 {Diagram [#]} Rd4 (36... Rc5 37. Rxc5
bxc5 38. Kg3 Kg5 39. h4+ Kf5 (39... Kh5 40. Kh3 g5 41. g4+ Kg6 42. hxg5 Kxg5
43. Kg3 d5 44. Kf3 Kg6 45. Kf4 Kf6 46. b3 Kg6 47. Ke5 d4 48. Ke4 Kg5 49. b4
cxb4 50. Kxd4 Kxg4) 40. Kf3 d5 41. g4+ Ke5 42. b3) 37. b3 Rd3 38. Rxc7 Rxb3 39.
Rxa7 d5 40. Rd7 Rd3 41. Rd6 Rd4 42. Rxb6 Rxa4 43. Kg3 Rb4 44. Rb8 d4 45. Kf3
Rb3+ 46. Ke4 d3 47. Ke3 g5 48. Rb6+ Kg7 49. Kd2 Kf7 50. g3 Rb2+ 51. Kxd3 Rb3+
52. Kc4 Rxg3 53. Rh6 Kg7 54. Rc6 Rxh3 55. b6 Rh1 56. Kb5 Rb1+ 57. Ka6 Ra1+ 58.
Kb7 g4 59. Kc8 Ra6 60. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Fischer - Reshevsky"]
[Site "New York NY & Los Angeles CA "]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "From an old study"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/8/5nn1/8/2Q5/6K1/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "1961.07.16"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Qe6 (1. Qc7) 1... Kg7 2. Kf3 Nh7 3. Kg4 Nhf8 4. Qd6 Kf7 5.
Qd5+ Kg7 6. Qd4+ Kf7 7. Kf5 Ne7+ 8. Ke4 Nfg6 *

[Event "Russia, 1989"]
[Site "New York NY & Los Angeles CA "]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM Alexander Lukovnikov"]
[Black "IM Nikolai Vlassov"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1961.07.16"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. d4 (5. Bb5) 5... Bg4 6. Bb5 (6.
h3) 6... O-O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Qd3 c5 9. d5 e6 10. Bd2 c4 11. Qxc4 Bxf3 12.
gxf3 exd5 13. Qg4+ Kb8 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. Qf5 Bb4 16. Rhg1 Rhg8 17. Rde1 d4 18.
Re5 (18. Qxa5) 18... Qa6 19. Nb1 Bxd2+ 20. Nxd2 g6 (20... Qxa2 21. Ra5 Rd5) *

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "12.15"]
[White "Sergei Zhigalko"]
[Black "Wang Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 Re8 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg3 b5
15. Bh4 Qb6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qe2 Be7 18. Nd5 Qb7 19. g4 a6 20. h4 Bxd5 21.
Rxd5 Qc8 22. g5 h5 23. Nd2 Qh3 24. Nf3 g6 25. Rd3 Rac8 26. Ra3 Ra8 27. Rd3 Rac8
28. Ra3 Ra8 29. Rd3 Rec8 30. Rg1 Qe6 31. Nd2 Rc5 32. Rd1 Rac8 33. c3 a5 34. Nb3
R5c6 35. Nxa5 Ra6 36. b4 Bd8 37. Nb3 Qc4 38. R1d2 Rca8 39. Re3 Qc6 40. f3 Bc7
41. Red3 Qc4 42. Re3 Qc6 43. Qd3 Ra3 44. Qd5 Qd7 45. Nc1 Qh3 46. Qxb5 Qxh4 47.
Qd5 Qxg5 48. Ree2 Kg7 49. Nb3 h4 50. Qc6 R8a7 51. b5 h3 52. Nc1 Qg1 53. Rf2 Ba5
54. Qxd6 Bxc3 55. Rc2 {Diagram [#]} Rb3+ 56. axb3 (56. Rb2 Rxb2+ 57. Rxb2 Bxb2
58. Kxb2 h2) 56... Ra1# 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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. f3 b5 10. Kb1 Bb7 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 O-O 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 f6
15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Bg2 Nd5 18. Rhe1 Rae8 19. Be5 d6 20. Bg3 e5
21. f4 Nxf4 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qxd6 Re6 24. Qc5 Ng6 25. Rd6 Qe7 26. Rc6 Qxc5 27.
Rxc5 e4 28. Kc1 e3 29. Rd5 Re4 30. Kd1 Nf4 31. Rd7 Ng2 32. Rg1 {Diagram [#]}
Rf1+ (32... e2+ 33. Kd2 Rf1 34. Rxg2 Rd1+ 35. Kc3 Rxd7) 33. Ke2 (33. Rxf1 e2+)
33... Rxg1 34. b3 Nf4+ 35. Kf3 e2 36. Kxe4 Rxg3 37. hxg3 Ne6 38. Ke5 e1=Q+ 39.
Kd6 Nf8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5 h6 13. h3 Qe7 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Bc4
Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Nb3 Rfd8 18. Nxd4 Bxc4 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Qf3 Kh7 21. b3 Bb5
22. Qg3 Rg8 23. Qh4 Ne8 24. Bd2 Nd6 25. Qe7 Rge8 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 27. Bxb4 Nxf5
28. exf5 Ree8 29. Rad1 Bc6 30. Rd3 Rab8 31. Rc3 Bd5 32. Ba3 Rb5 33. Rxc7 Rxa5
34. Bd6 f6 35. c4 Bg8 36. Re3 e4 37. Rg3 Rxf5 38. Rgxg7+ Kh8 39. Rg6 Rh5 {
Diagram [#]} 40. g4 Rxh3 (40... Ra5 41. Rxh6+) (40... Bh7 41. Rgg7) (40... Rh4
41. Be7) 41. Kg2 Rh4 42. Bg3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Etienne Bacrot"]
[Black "Yangyi Yu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. b3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Bb2 cxd4 8. exd4
g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. c5 O-O 11. a3 Nd7 12. b4 e5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Be2 Bf5 16. Nd2 d4 17. Nf3 d3 18. Nxe5 dxe2 19. Qxe2 Re8 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. g4
Bc8 22. Qd2 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxg4 24. Rde1 Rad8 25. Qc3 Qf8 26. Re3 Re6 27. Rfe1
Qh6 28. a4 Qg5 29. f4 Qh4 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 f6 32. Bd6 Rde8 33. c6 {Diagram
[#]} Bf3 (33... Qxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Rxe3 35. cxb7) 34. f5 (34. Rxf3 Rxe1+) (34. Rxe6
Qg4+ 35. Kf2 Qg2+ 36. Ke3 Rxe6+) 34... Rxe3 35. Rxe3 Qg5+ 36. Kf2 Qg2+ 37. Ke1
Qg1+ 38. Kd2 Qd1# 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Alexander Ipatov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. Nc3 d6 5. f4 e6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. O-O-O
Nd4 9. Qd3 Nxf3 10. Qxf3 Be7 11. g4 d5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. e5 Nd7 14. d4 a6 15.
Bxd7 Qxd7 16. f5 Ke8 17. Rhf1 Kd8 18. Na4 Qc7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. fxe6 fxe6 21.
Qf7 Re8 22. Kb1 Bg5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Qxb7 Ra7 25. Qb8+ Kd7 {Diagram [#]} 26.
Rf7+ Be7 (26... Re7 27. Rxe7+) 27. Bd4 Qxd4 (27... Rxb8 28. Bxc5 Ke8 29. Bxa7)
28. Qd6+ Kc8 29. Qc6+ Kd8 30. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Dubai UAE"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8.
b3 O-O 9. Nc4 Bxc4 10. bxc4 Nd7 11. Rb1 b6 12. g3 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Be3 Qe8
15. Nd2 Qg6 16. Ne4 Raf8 17. Kg2 Nf6 18. Qe2 Nxe4 19. dxe4 Rf3 20. Kg1 Qxe4 21.
Rfe1 c5 22. Qd3 Qg4 23. Re2 h5 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Rbe1 a5 26. Bd2 Ra3 27. Bc1
Rxa2 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 g6 30. Bf4 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Rd1 32. Qc6 Rd6 33. Qxc7 {
Diagram [#]} Qd7 (33... Rd7 34. Rg5 Qxg5 35. Qxd7 Rxf4) 34. Re7 Qxc7 35. Be5+
Kg8 36. Rxc7 Rdf6 37. Bxf6 Rxf6 38. Rb7 Kf8 39. f4 Ke8 40. Kf3 Kd8 41. Ke4 Kc8
42. Ra7 Rd6 43. Ke5 Rd7 44. Ra8+ Kb7 45. Re8 a4 46. Kf6 Rd1 47. Re3 Rd6+ 48.
Kg5 Ka6 49. Ra3 Ka5 50. c3 Re6 51. Kh6 h4 52. gxh4 Re4 53. Kxg6 Rxf4 54. Kg5
Rf2 55. h5 Rg2+ 56. Kf5 Rxh2 57. Kg5 Rg2+ 58. Kf5 Rh2 59. Kg5 Rg2+ 60. Kf5 Rh2
61. Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "2011 Dothan Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Strout, Douglas"]
[Black "FLowers, Jerome"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1609"]
[BlackElo "1712"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2014.12.02"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. c4 {Diagram [#]} (5. O-O) (5. c3
) 5... Nf6 (5... e5) 6. d3 e6 (6... Bg4) 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 Bd7 (8... e5) 9. Be3
(9. e5) 9... O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 {Diagram [#]} Qc7 (12... Ng4)
13. h3 Rad8 14. Qa4 a5 15. Rfd1 Ne8 16. Rd2 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nh2 Be6 19. b3
Nf6 20. Qa3 d5 21. Bc5 Bxc5 22. Qxc5 d4 {Diagram [#]} 23. Re2 dxc3 24. Qxe5
Qxe5 25. Rxe5 {Diagram [#]} Bc8 (25... c2 26. Rxe6 Rd1+ 27. Re1 Rfd8) 26. Rc1
c2 27. Rxc2 Rd1+ 28. Nf1 Nd7 29. Ree2 (29. Rxa5) 29... Nc5 30. Rcd2 Rxd2 31.
Nxd2 Nd3 32. Ne4 Bf5 33. Nc3 h5 34. f3 g5 35. Re3 {Diagram [#]} Nf4 36. Re5 Kg7
37. Rxa5 Kg6 38. Rc5 Rf6 39. a4 {Diagram [#]} g4 (39... Bc2 40. b4 (40. a5 Nd3
41. Rxg5+ Kxg5 42. Ne4+ Kg6 43. Nxf6 Nb4) 40... Nd3) 40. fxg4 hxg4 41. hxg4
Bxg4 42. Ne4 Ne2+ 43. Kh2 Re6 44. Rg5+ Kh7 45. Nf2 Rh6+ 46. Nh3 Bxh3 47. gxh3 {
Diagram [#]} Rh4 (47... Nf4 48. Rg3 c5) 48. a5 (48. Rg4) 48... Nd4 49. a6 Re4
50. Ra5 Nxb3 51. a7 (51. Ra3) 51... Nxa5 52. a8=Q Nxc4 53. Qb7+ Kh8 54. Qxc6
Re2+ 55. Kg1 Rc2 {Diagram [#]} 56. Qe8+ (56. Qh6+ Kg8 57. Qg6+) 56... Kg7 57.
Kf1 Nd2+ 58. Ke1 (58. Ke2) 58... Nf3+ 59. Kd1 Rd2+ 60. Kc1 Rf2 61. Qe7+ Kg6 62.
Qe6+ Kg7 63. Qg4+ Kf7 64. Qg3 Rf1+ 65. Kb2 Nd2 (65... Nd4) 66. Qg2 Nc4+ 67. Kc3
Rc1+ 68. Kd4 Nd6 69. Qd5+ Ke7 (69... Ke8 70. Qe6+) (69... Kg6 70. Qxd6+) (69...
Kg7 70. Qg5+) 70. Qg5+ {Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "Pan Am"]
[Site "South Padre"]
[Date "2014.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leon Hoyos, Manuel"]
[Black "Akshayraj, Kore"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator "Kore, Akshayraj"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 c6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Qc1
Nd7 $5 9. Nf3 (9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bxd5 Ne5 11. Bg2 Be6 $1 (11... Bg4 12. Bc3) 12.
Bc3 (12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Qb1 Bd5 14. O-O Nxf3+ 15. exf3) 12... Bd5 13. Kf1 Rc8 (
13... Bxg2+ 14. Kxg2 Qd5+ 15. f3) 14. Qf4 Qd6 {Black prevents Nf3.} 15. h4 Qc6
(15... h5 16. Nh3 (16. Nf3 Nxf3) 16... Qc6 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. f3) (15... h6 16.
Nh3 Rfd8 17. Kg1) 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. f3 Nc6 $3 18. Kg2 $1 (18. h5 g5 $1 {[%csl
Rh1]} 19. Qg4 (19. Qe4 Qxe4 20. fxe4 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Ne5 22. c4 f5 23. exf5 Rxf5+
24. Ke1 (24. Kg2 Rcf8) 24... g4) 19... Nd4 20. Qe4 Qxe4 21. dxe4 Ne6 22. e5 Rc5
) (18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. h5 g5 $1 {[%csl Rh1] Playing against the h1 R.} 20. h6+
Kg8 21. Qg4 (21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. dxe4 Rfd8 $44) 21... Nd4 22. Rh5 f6 $15) 18...
Nd4 19. h5 b5 (19... Rfd8 20. hxg6 hxg6) 20. hxg6 fxg6 $1 (20... hxg6) 21. Qh4
h5 22. Qxe7 Nf5 23. Qg5 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Qd6 {[%cal Rg7h6,Rb5b4] Diagram [#]} 25.
Qf4 Be5 26. Qg5 Bxg3 27. Nh3 (27. e4 Bf4) 27... Re8 28. e4 Nh4+ $17) 9... Re8
10. Bh6 Bh8 11. h4 Qb6 12. Kf1 (12. h5 Qxb2) 12... N7f6 13. h5 Ng4 $17 14. d4 (
14. Nd1 e5 15. Ng5 Nxh6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Rxh6 Bf6 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Rh1 Be6)
14... e5 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. e3 exd4 17. exd4 Bf5 (17... Bxd4 18. Nxd5 (18. Nxd4
Qxd4 19. Qd2 Nde3+ $17) 18... Qb5+ $17) 18. Qd2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qb5+ 20. Kg1 Re2
21. a4 Qa6 {Diagram [#]} 22. Qf4 (22. Bf1 Rxd2 23. Bxa6 Rxf2 24. Bxb7 Rxf3 25.
Bxa8 Rxc3 26. Rd1 Rxg3+ 27. Kf1 Be4 28. Rh4 Bf6 $19) 22... Rxf2 23. Bf1 Qa5 24.
Ra3 Qd5 25. c4 Rxf3 26. Rxf3 Qxd4+ 27. Kg2 Qb2+ 28. Qd2 Be4 29. Bf4 Qxd2+ 30.
Bxd2 Rd8 31. Bg5 Rd1 32. Be2 Rxh1 33. Kxh1 Bd4 34. Kg2 Ne5 35. a5 a6 36. Bd8 f5
37. Bc7 Kf7 38. Bxe5 Bxe5 39. g4 Kf6 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Bd3 Bxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Bc3
43. Ke3 Ke5 44. Be2 Bxa5 45. Bh5 Bb6+ 46. Kd3 f4 47. Bg4 Bc5 48. Bc8 f3 49.
Bxb7 f2 50. Ke2 a5 51. Bxc6 Kd6 52. Bb5 Bd4 53. Ba4 Kc5 54. Bb5 Kb4 55. Kf1 Bc5
56. Ke2 a4 {Diagram [#]} 0-1

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate"]
[Site "South Padre Island USA"]
[Date "2014.12.29"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Zherebukh, Y."]
[Black "Hess, Ro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Zherebukh, Yaro"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.12.27"]
[WhiteTeam "TXTEKA"]
[BlackTeam "YALE-A"]

{Yaroslav Zherebukh (just "Yaro" to his classmates) won the U16 Chess Olympiad
in 2006. In 2011 he knocked super-GMs Pavel Eljanov and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
out of the World Cup. In 2013, Yaro came to Texas Tech, where he earned
admission into the Honors College. Against former U.S. Championship competitor
GM Robert Hess, he invokes a system that could have advantages to any amateur
with lots of things to do other than study ways to avoid the Berlin Defense.
Comments by GM Zherebukh.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 {Modest setup, which I
have embraced and fully appreciated only after becoming a college student at
Texas Tech. It's a time-conscious choice, with a little theory, and it
guarantees flexibility of pawn structure and complex play in the middlegame.}
h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. exd4 Qb6 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bd3 Nh5
11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. fxg3 $1 {Diagram [#] The only way to fight for the
initiative and to prove that black's aggressiveness was premature.} Bd7 ({I
calculated the following exciting line, which includes rook sacrifice} 13... g4
$1 14. b5 gxf3 15. bxc6 fxg2 16. Rxf7 $5 Kxf7 17. Qh5+ Ke7 18. Qh4+ Kf7 19.
Kxg2 Rf8 {and it seems like black can hold.}) 14. Kh1 O-O-O 15. a4 Kb8 {
Diagram [#]} (15... g4 16. Nh4 $16 {Diagram [#] Here the readers might observe
a rare paradox: the knight is on the edge but it stops black's attack on the
kingside completely, and, therefore, is an effective piece.}) 16. Nb3 {As I
and former US champion Alex Onischuk agreed after the game, white's attack on
the queenside is faster than black's attack on the kingside.} e5 17. b5 e4 18.
bxc6 Bxc6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 exd3 21. Nd4 $1 {Diagram [#] Dream square for
the knight. It will remain there for the rest of the game. Light-squared
bishop on c6 has become a permanently useless piece.} Rhe8 22. Qxd3 Rxe5 23. a5
Qc5 24. a6 $1 Re7 25. Rf6 Rde8 26. Raf1 Qc4 27. Qb1 Ba4 28. Qa1 {Diagram [#]
I'm not sure about objective strength of this move but it was tempting to play.
I like to mention to my students that safety of the queen is the second most
important principle after the safety of the king!} Ka8 29. h3 $1 bxa6 30. Kh2
$1 {Diagram [#] Alright, white is two pawns down. Does it mean that black is
winning? Not at all! In fact, white is dominating and will launch a deadly
attack pretty soon. Compare the safety of both kings, notice dominance of the
knight on d4 over his rival bishop on a4, and then the evaluation is obvious...
} Bb5 31. Rxf7 Qc7 32. Rxe7 Qxe7 33. Rf5 Bc4 34. Qa4 Rc8 35. Qd1 Qd7 36. Qf3
Rc7 37. Rf8+ Kb7 38. Qf6 Qe7 39. Qh8 {Diagram [#] This game is an instructive
example on how to attack with heavy pieces.} Kb6 40. Re8 Qg7 41. Rb8+ Ka5 42.
Qd8 Qd7 43. Qf8 Rb7 44. Rd8 Qf7 45. Qa3+ Kb6 46. Rd6+ Kc7 47. Qc5+ Kb8 48. Rd8#
{Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "PanAm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "GM Kore, Aksharay"]
[Black "GM Berczes, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Annotator "Milovanovic, Rade"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

{Round 5. UMBC vs UTD.Winer will qualify for Final Four before last round 6,so
stakes are high! Likes complications Both UMBC and UT-Dallas began Sunday
night's 5th and penultimate round with the only perfect team scores. Six
points would certainly qualify. What a pleasure it would be to the coach and
players of the team who went to bed knowing a trip to the Heisman trophy room
in New York City was guaranteed!} 1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Bg4 5.
Nbd2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. cxd5 {rare move,so black has spent a lot time for next
move} cxd5 8. Qa4+ ({I found just one game where white played} 8. Qb3) 8...
Nbd7 9. Ne5 a6 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bg2 b5 13. Qd1 Nb6 14. O-O Rc8 15.
b3 Bd6 16. Bb2 Ne4 $5 {Diagram # Diagram [#]} ({position is equal after} 16...
O-O {but David likes complications..}) (16... O-O) 17. Nf3 $6 ({maybe} 17. Nxe4
dxe4 18. Qe2 f5 {was better solution}) 17... Qe7 18. Qe2 f6 $1 19. a4 $2 {
white picked wrong moment to open position} (19. Rfc1 {was better}) 19... bxa4
20. Qxa6 Rb8 {from now until the end David played on 30 seconds increment
only!To much excitement for his team coach!} 21. Rfc1 ({maybe white just
realized that after} 21. bxa4 $2 Nc4 22. Bc1 Kf7 {has to give piece to avoid
queens's capture}) 21... Qd7 ({simple was} 21... axb3 22. Rc6 Qd8 {but ,as I
mentioned above,David likes complications!}) 22. Bf1 O-O 23. Bb5 $2 (23. Bd3
axb3) 23... Qd8 24. Rc6 axb3 (24... f5) 25. h4 f5 $1 26. g5 f4 27. Ne5 {
Diagram [#]} fxe3 28. f3 Bxe5 29. fxe4 Bg3 30. Rxe6 Qc7 31. exd5 Bf2+ 32. Kf1
Bxh4+ 33. Ke2 Qc2+ {Diagram [#] sealed UTD victory 3:1 and secured Final Four
participation!} 0-1

[Event "Pan Am Intercollegiate 2014"]
[Site "South Padre"]
[Date "2014.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ashwin Jayaram"]
[Black "Shen, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Jayaram, Ashwin"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2014.12.27"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.26"]

{I was on a rather unprecedented run with a score of 5/5 and wanted to end the
tournament in the best possible way to stay undefeated. I was very pleased to
play a normal game (which is harder than it sounds!) and set some problems for
my opponent.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7.
Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 {This is a rather popular variation of
the Anti-Meran. The main difference with the actual Meran after 6.Bd3 is that
White has the option of this 10.Be2.} a6 {One of the two main moves in this
position. With this move, Black protects b5 further so that he can attack the
center with an immediate c6-c5.} (10... Bb7 {Is the most popular move here.}
11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nh4 {Is a position that has to be compared with
the game. There are several interesting games after both 13.Nh4 and 13.Nd4
which threatens Nf5 and f4.} (13. Nd4 $5)) 11. e4 e5 12. h3 Bb7 {Over the
board , this move seemed a little bit off. This position is similar 10..Bb7
except with h3 and a6 added and this seemed like a significant addition for
White. If White plays normal moves, it would seem that a6 is more useful than
h3 as Black is faster in getting his beloved c6-c5 break. But after} 13. dxe5
Nxe5 14. Nh4 {Diagram [#] It looked tremendous for me as one of the sources of
counterplay for Black after 13.Nh4 or 13.Nd4 (after 10..Bb7) is Neg4 with
threats on h2. Now there are no threats on h2 and White can play f2-f4 without
worrying about Neg4.} b4 $2 {Playing similar to the position after 10..Bb7.
This gives White a favourable position. Black should have exploited the
advantage of a6 and played} (14... c5 $1 {With the pawn on a6 the b5 pawn isnt
hanging. The punchline is that Black can respond to} 15. Nf5 {with the
important} Nc6 $1 {fighting for the d4 square. It is not very natural to give
the important dark squared bishop, but Black gets counterplay because of his
control over the d4 square.} 16. Be3 {The position is unclear}) 15. Nf5 {White
has a forcing sequence that leaves him with an advantage.} (15. Rd1 {was
probably more accurate, as Black has to take on c3 now.}) 15... bxc3 (15... Bb8
{was an option, but Black is still uncomfortabe after} 16. Na4 {And Black has
many weaknesses on the c-file.}) 16. Rd1 Ne8 17. Qxc3 Qf6 (17... f6 $2 18. Qb3+
Rf7 19. f4 {is winning}) 18. f4 Bc7 19. fxe5 {Diagram [#]} (19. Qb4 $6 {was
also a move I was seriously considering. threatening the b7 bishop and also
having ideas of Ne7+ followed by a discovered attack on the f8 rook. But Black
gets counterplayafter} Ng6 $1 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21. Qxa6 Nxf4 {and the b8-h2
diagonal should give Black enough counterplay}) 19... Bxe5 $2 (19... Qxe5 {was
Blacks only move here. White gets a better endgame after} 20. Qxe5 (20. Qb4 $2
{was a move I was wondering about, but it seemed too risky and rightfully so
after} Rb8 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Ng6+ hxg6 23. Qxf8+ Kh7 {Blacks attack is far more
important than Whites exchange}) 20... Bxe5 21. Be3 Nf6 22. Bc5 Rfe8 23. Bf3 {
White has more active pieces and can get the bishop pair with Nd6 whenever he
wants. Although White still has to show technique to push forward with this
advantage.}) 20. Qb4 (20. Qc5 {was perhaps even stronger. Not allowing any
attempts of freedom with c6-c5 and also having ideas of Bg5. But its more
human to also attack the b7 bishop.}) 20... Rb8 21. Ne7+ {Simplifying the
position to an advantage} (21. Rf1 {was another option that was equally strong.
threatening Ne7 and Nh6.}) 21... Kh8 22. Nxc6 Bd6 23. Rxd6 Nxd6 {Diagram #} 24.
Nxb8 (24. e5 $2 {its important to not get too clever.} Qg6 {and g2 is a
weakspot}) 24... Rxb8 25. Be3 Rd8 $2 {The final mistake} (25... Nxe4 {was
Blacks last attempt to try to stay in the game, but he is still in trouble
after normal moves like} 26. Rd1 {or} (26. Rf1)) 26. Rd1 $18 Bxe4 27. Bb6 (27.
Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Qxe4 {was also easy, but I thought this was unnecessary.}) 27...
Rd7 28. Bc5 (28. Bc7 {was even easier and would have won immediately.}) 28...
Qg5 29. Bf1 {The remainder was easy. There were later options that would have
ended the game even sooner, but the win itself was never in doubt.} Rb7 30. Qd4
Ne8 31. b4 f5 32. Qd8 Qg6 33. Rd6 Qf7 34. Bxa6 Re7 35. Rd2 Re5 36. Bd6 Qa7+ 37.
Kh2 {Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "41st Eastern Open"]
[Site "Bethesda Maryland USA"]
[Date "2014.12.27"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Ludwig, John Gabri"]
[Black "Kaufman Lawrence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2318"]
[Annotator "Beckman, Tom"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 {Diagram
[#]} (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5) 8. Qd2 b5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qb6
12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15. f5 {Diagram [#]} Na4 (15... exf5) 16.
Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Ned4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Ke7 19. a3 Bxd3 20. cxd3 bxa3 21. bxa3 Rhc8
22. Rf3 Nd7 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Raf1 Rf8 25. Nc6+ Ke8 26. Rxf8+ Nxf8 27. Nd4 Rb8
28. a4 Rb4 29. Nb5 Ng6 30. d4 Rxa4 31. Rc1 Rb4 32. Nc7+ Kd7 33. Na6 Rxd4 34.
Nb8+ Ke8 35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. Rc7+ Kd8 37. Rxg7 Nxe5 38. Rxh7 a4 39. Ra7 Kc8 40.
Na6 Rc4 0-1

[Event "41st Eastern Open"]
[Site "Bethesda Maryland USA"]
[Date "2014.12.27"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Samuelson, Andrew"]
[Black "Beckman, Thomas J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "1946"]
[Annotator "Beckman, Tom"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 (6. Be3) 6... Bxc3 7.
bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 (8... Kf8) 9. Nf3 c5 10. Bd3 Nxd2 11. Kxd2 {Diagram [#]} Qa5
(11... c4) (11... Nc6) 12. Qf4 (12. h4) (12. dxc5) 12... Nd7 13. Rhb1 c4 14.
Be2 {Diagram [#]} Qc7 (14... Qa3 15. Ng1 Nb6 16. Bf3 Bd7 17. Rb4 Na4 18. Ne2
Bc6 19. Qe3 O-O) 15. g4 b6 16. Qg3 Bb7 17. Ne1 g5 18. Ng2 O-O-O 19. a4 a6 20.
Rb4 Bc6 21. Ne3 f6 22. exf6 Qxg3 23. hxg3 Rhf8 24. f4 Rxf6 25. f5 Re8 26. Bf3
a5 27. Rbb1 Kc7 28. Rh1 Kd6 29. Rh5 e5 30. Rah1 e4 31. Be2 Bxa4 32. Rxh6 Bc6
33. Rh7 Rg8 34. Kc1 b5 35. R1h6 Rgf8 36. Kb2 b4 37. Rxf6+ Rxf6 38. Rh5 Nb6 39.
cxb4 axb4 40. Rxg5 Na4+ 41. Kc1 Nc3 42. Bf1 Be8 43. Rg8 Ke7 44. Rg7+ Kf8 45.
Ra7 Rb6 46. Kb2 b3 47. g5 Bc6 48. f6 bxc2+ 49. Kxc2 Nb5 50. Rh7 Nxd4+ 51. Kc3
Nb5+ 52. Kb4 Be8 53. Nxd5 c3 54. Nxb6 c2 55. Bc4 1-0

[Event "41st Eastern Open"]
[Site "Bethesda Maryland USA"]
[Date "2014.12.29"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Maxwell, Daniel"]
[Black "Darmanovic, Srdjan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Beckman, Tom"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 (6. Ne5) 6... e6 7.
Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 (9. Nh4 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. g4 Nd5 12. Ng2 Bg6 13.
Bd2) 9... Bg4 (9... Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6) 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. e4 Qe7 {Diagram [#]} 12.
e5 (12. h3 Bh5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 f6 (14... h6)) 12... Nd5 13. Ne4 (13. h3)
13... f6 14. exf6 N7xf6 15. Bg5 Qf7 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qe4 (18. h3
Bh5 19. g4 Qg6) 18... Qh5 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Nf4
{Diagram [#]} 23. Re1 f5 24. b4 Rac8 25. Kf1 Kf7 26. Re5 Kf6 27. Ke1 Re7 28.
Rd1 Rg7 29. Kd2 Rg2 30. Rde1 Re8 31. Ke3 Nd5+ 32. Bxd5 cxd5 33. Rc1 Re7 34. b5
Rxh2 35. a5 Rg2 36. b6 axb6 37. axb6 Rg8 38. Kf4 Ra8 39. Rh1 Kg7 40. Rg1+ Kf7
41. Rh1 Ke8 42. Kg5 Ra6 43. Rb1 Kf7 44. Rh1 Kg7 45. Rb1 h6+ 46. Kf4 Ra4 47. Ke3
Kf6 48. Rh1 Rh7 49. Rb1 h5 50. Rb3 h4 51. Kd3 h3 52. Rb1 h2 53. Rh1 Rb4 0-1

[Event "41st Eastern Open"]
[Site "Bethesda Maryland USA"]
[Date "2014.12.26"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Beckman, Thomas J"]
[Black "Darmanovic, Srdjan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1946"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Beckman, Tom"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O
8. O-O d6 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. b4 {Diagram [#]} (11. Ne1) 11... a5 12. a3
Na6 13. Qb3 c6 14. Rac1 (14. Rfc1 Bd7 15. c5 dxc5 16. bxa5 cxd5 17. exd5 e4 18.
Ng5 c4 19. Qxc4 e3 20. Nde4 exf2+ 21. Nxf2) 14... Bd7 15. Rfe1 (15. c5) 15...
axb4 16. axb4 c5 17. b5 Nb4 18. Ra1 Rfb8 19. h3 Qd8 20. Kh2 Ra5 21. Rxa5 Qxa5
22. Qc3 Ra8 23. Nb3 Qc7 24. Nh4 b6 25. Ra1 Ra7 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 Qb8 28. g4
h6 29. Bf3 Qa8 30. Rxa7 Qxa7 31. Nc1 Qa4 32. h4 Qc2 33. Qxc2 Nxc2 34. g5 Nd4
35. Kg3 Nxf5+ 36. Kh3 hxg5 37. hxg5 Nh7 38. Kg4 Nd4 39. Be4 g6 40. Kh4 Kg7 41.
Na2 f6 42. gxf6+ Nxf6 43. Nc3 Ne2 44. Na4 Nxe4 45. Nxb6 Nxf2 46. Kg5 Nc3 47.
Kh4 Nce4 0-1

[Event "41st Eastern Open"]
[Site "Bethesda Maryland USA"]
[Date "2014.12.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Enkhbat, Tegshsuren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

{[WhiteFideId  "2000202"]  [BlackFideId  "4900251"]  [EventDate  "2014.} 1. e4
c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Nd7 (7... dxc4) 8.
Ng3 Bg6 9. a3 (9. Bg5 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Qd2 O-O-O 13. Rc1 Kb8
14. Be2 Qa5 15. O-O e5 16. Rfd1 Bg7 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 cxd5
20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Bf4 Bf8 22. Rcd1 Bf7 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Nc3 Bb4 25. Bf3 Bxc3 26.
bxc3) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 (10... c5 11. dxc5 Nxe5 12. Bb5+ N7c6 13. Bf4 Nd3+
14. Bxd3 Qxd3 15. Qxd3 Bxd3 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. b4 a5) 11. Be2 Nf5 (11... Ned5
12. Nxh5) (11... Nbd5 12. Bxh5 Bxh5 13. Nxh5 Nf5 14. g4 Nxc3 (14... Nxh4 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. Qb3) 15. bxc3 Nxh4 16. f3 Ng6 17. Kf2 c5 18. Be3) 12. Nxf5 Bxf5
13. Bxh5 Be7 (13... g6 14. Bf3 Rxh4 15. Rxh4 Qxh4 16. g4) 14. g3 Nd5 15. Bf3
Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Qd2 (17. Bd2 Bd3) (17. Qb3 Bd3) 17... O-O-O 18. O-O Bh3
19. Re1 g5 20. hxg5 Rdg8 (20... Rhg8 21. Qb2 Rxd4 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rb1) 21. c4
Qb6 (21... Qxd2 22. Bxd2 Bxg5) 22. Qc3 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Rxg5 24. Rab1 Qc7 25. d5
f6 26. d6 Qh7 {Diagram [#]} 27. Bxc6 Bf5 (27... b6 28. c5 Rxg3+ 29. fxg3 (29.
Qxg3 Rg8 30. d7+ Kd8 31. cxb6 Rxg3+ 32. fxg3) 29... Bf5 30. cxb6 Qh2+ 31. Kf1
Bh3+ 32. Bg2+) 28. Bxb7+ Kd7 {Diagram [#]} 29. Bc6+ (29. Bg2 Bxb1 30. Qb3)
29... Kxc6 30. Qf3+ Be4 (30... Kc5 31. Rb5+ Kxc4 32. Qc6+ Kd3 33. Rb3+ Kd4 34.
Qc3+ Kd5) (30... Kd7 31. Rb7+ Ke8 32. Rb8+) 31. Qxe4+ Qxe4 32. Rxe4 Rgh5 33.
Rb2 (33. Rh4 Rxh4 34. gxh4 Rxh4) 33... fxe5 34. Rd2 Rd8 35. Rh4 Rg5 36. Rh7
Rxd6 37. Rxd6+ Kxd6 38. Rxa7 Kc5 39. Rc7+ Kd6 40. Rb7 Kc5 41. a4 Kxc4 42. Rb5
Kd4 43. a5 Rg8 44. a6 Ra8 45. Ra5 Ra7 46. Kg2 Ke4 47. f3+ Kd4 48. g4 Kd3 49.
Kg3 Kd4 50. g5 Kd3 51. Kg4 Kd4 52. g6 1-0

[Event "41st Eastern Open"]
[Site "Bethesda Maryland USA"]
[Date "2014.12.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Lowinger, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[Annotator "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3
cxd4 (8... Be7 9. Bh3 O-O 10. Ne2 f6 11. Bxe6+ Kh8 12. exf6 Bxf6) 9. cxd4 Bb4+
10. Kf2 g5 (10... f6) 11. fxg5 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Kg2 Nc6 (13... Nc4) 14.
Nf3 Bf8 (14... Bd6) 15. b3 Bg7 16. Bf4 (16. Bb2 Bd7 17. Rc1 h6 18. g6 fxg6 19.
Bd3 g5 20. Bg6+ Kd8 21. Bh5 Be8 22. Bg4 Bg6 23. Re1 Re8) 16... Nxd4 17. Be3 e5
{Diagram [#]} 18. Bd3 (18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Rc1 Kd7 21. Qe2 a6 22.
Ne5+) 18... Bg4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Re1+ Kf8 21. Rc1 Re8 22. Ne5 (22. Rxe8+ Kxe8
23. Qc2 Kd7 24. Bf5+ Bxf5 25. Qxf5+ Qe6 26. Qc2 Qb6 27. Re1 Qg6 28. Qc5) 22...
Bh3+ (22... Rc8) 23. Kxh3 Rxe5 24. Qg4 Qe6 25. Rc8+ Ke7 26. Rc7+ Kd6 27. Rxe5
Qxg4+ 28. Kxg4 Bxe5 29. Rxf7 Rc8 30. Bxh7 Rc3 31. Rf3 Kc5 32. h4 Kb4 33. h5 Ka3
34. h6 Kxa2 35. Rxc3 dxc3 36. Bd3 Kxb3 37. g6 c2 38. Bxc2+ Kxc2 39. g7 d4 40.
g8=Q d3 41. Qc4+ Bc3 42. Qa4+ Kc1 43. Qb3 Kd2 44. Kf3 b5 45. Qxb5 Kc2 46. Qa4+
Kc1 47. Qb3 1-0

[Event "41st Eastern Open"]
[Site "Bethesda Maryland USA"]
[Date "2014.12.26"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Darmanovic, Srdjan"]
[Black "De Fotis, Gary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "1969"]
[Annotator "Darmanovic, Srdjan"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 {Diagram [#]} Rb8 (10... a6) 11. c5 (11. Be3) (11.
Bd2) 11... Ne8 (11... dxc5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bf4 Ra8 14. Rfd1 Nd7 (14... Rd7)
15. Nd5 Bf6 (15... Bxb2 16. Nxe7+ Kf8 17. Rab1) 16. Nc7 e5 (16... Rb8 17. Ne6)
17. Be3 Rb8 18. Nd5 Bg7 19. Bg5) 12. Bf4 e5 (12... Bf5 13. e4 Be6 14. Rfd1) 13.
Be3 Bf5 14. Qd2 b6 (14... Qa5 15. cxd6 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Nxd6 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Rxd2)
15. c6 Kh8 (15... Qc7 16. Nd5) (15... Rc8 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Nd5 Qe6 18. Rfd1 e4
19. b3) 16. Rfd1 a6 (16... Be6 17. Rac1 f5 18. Bg5 Qc8 19. Nb5 {Diagram [#]})
17. Rac1 (17. Nd5 Be6 18. Bxb6 Rxb6 19. c7 Nxc7 20. Nxb6) 17... Be6 18. Nd5
Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qc7 20. b4 (20. Rc2) 20... b5 21. Qd2 f5 22. Rc3 Rf7 (22... e4
23. Rcc1 Rc8 24. f3) 23. Ra3 Ra8 24. Ra5 Bf8 (24... e4 25. Rc1 Qe7 26. a4 Nc7
27. axb5 Nxb5 28. Bb6 Be5 29. e3 Rff8 30. Bf1) 25. Bd5 Rg7 26. Bh6 Nf6 27.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 28. a4 bxa4 29. Rxa4 Ra7 30. Rda1 Qb6 31. Ra5 Ng4 (31... Nxd5 32.
Qxd5 Qxb4 33. Rxa6 Rxa6 34. Rxa6 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qxe2 36. Ra7+ Kh6 (36... Kh8 37.
c7 Qc2 38. Qa8) 37. Ra2 Qg4 38. h3 Qg5 39. c7 Qc1 40. Qd2+) 32. e3 f4 33. exf4
exf4 34. Qxf4 Nf6 35. Qe3 1-0

[Event "41st Eastern Open"]
[Site "Bethesda Maryland USA"]
[Date "2014.12.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kaufman Lawrence"]
[Black "Zimmer, Ralph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2318"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[Annotator "Kaufman, Lawrence"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 Nbd7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. a4 {Diagram [#]} Qb6 (12... Ra6)
13. Qe2 (13. Qc2) 13... Rfb8 14. Nb5 (14. Bd2 Ne8 15. Rhb1) 14... Ne8 15. Bg5
Kf8 (15... h6 16. Bxe7 Rb7 17. Ra3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bh4 Nc7 20. f4 Bg7 21.
Rha1 Re8 22. Rb3) 16. Nd2 (16. Qc2) 16... Nc7 (16... Qb7 17. Ra3 Nc7 18. Rb1)
17. Nc4 Qb7 {Diagram [#]} 18. Bxe7+ (18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. a5) 18... Kxe7 19. Nbxd6
Qa6 20. e5 (20. Rhe1 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Kxd6 23. Nc4+ Kd7 24. a5 Rb4
25. Rc2 Rab8 26. Rb1 Bd4 27. Nb6+ Kd6 28. Nc4+ Kd7) 20... Bxe5 (20... Kf8 21.
Qf3 f5 22. e6 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Qxd6 24. Nd7+ Ke7 25. Nxb8 Rxb8) 21. Nb5 {Diagram 
[#]} Rxb5 (21... Nxb5 22. Nxe5 Nd4 23. Nc6+ Kf6 24. Qe7+ Kg7 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26.
Qxd7 Rxb2 27. Ra3) 22. axb5 Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Rxa1 24. d6+ Kf6 25. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "41st Eastern Open"]
[Site "Bethesda Maryland USA"]
[Date "2014.12.29"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Gilden, Larry"]
[Black "Tang, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2176"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[Annotator "Beckman, Tom"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. g3 c6 7. Bg2 d5 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Qd3 Be7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rb1 O-O 12. b4 a6 13. Rd1 b5 14. c5 Re8 15.
Bg5 Nh7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. e4 Nhf8 18. Re1 Qf6 19. Re2 Rec8 20. a4 Qd8 21. axb5
axb5 22. exd5 exd5 {diagram} 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 Ra7 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qb3+
Ne6 27. Rxe6 Kf8 28. d5 Qg5 29. d6 Nf6 30. Rbe1 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Nxe8 32. Rxe8+
Kxe8 33. Qg8+ Kd7 34. Qf7+ Kc6 35. Qxa7 1-0

[Event "Washington Class Championship"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "2014.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Haining, Kyle"]
[Black "Sen, Samir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[Annotator "Sen, Samir"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

{600MB, Fritz11.ctg, HOMEPC} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 {So far, it seems as though we are following the
classical line in the Pelikan Sicillian.} 8. Na3 {And now I deviate.} Be6 $5 {
Diagram # This is the variation I had been looking to adopt. The main line
goes 8 ...b5 9. Nd5. By placing my bishop on e6, I get better control of the
d5 square (9.Nd5 loses a pawn immediately) and temper much ofwhite'saggression
in the Pelikan. The unsung benefit of the line is that most opponents are
unfamiliar; this usually gives me a significant time advantage. However,
because the move is not as forcing as 8 ...b5, white can play:} 9. Nc4 (9. Nd5
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. exd5 Qa5+ 11. c3 Qxd5) 9... Rc8 10.
Nd5 {Already, Kyle had spent 30 minutes. The main moves in the position are:
10. Bxf6, 10. Ne3, and my opponent's 10. Nd5.} Bxd5 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxd5 Be7
{The game I referred to was Womacka - Horvath, 2001. But, now my opponent
played a strange move.} 13. Qd2 $6 {What would you play?} Qg6 $1 {Attacking
the weak pawns and provoking more weaknesses. Also, the bishop on f1 is now
tied up.} 14. f3 b5 15. Nb6 {Diagram # Here I just felt something was odd. The
c2 pawn is only defended once, checks are looming, and black's pieces seem
ready to jump.} Bh4+ $1 16. Kd1 (16. g3 Nd4 $1 17. Nxc8 Nxf3+ 18. Kd1 Nxd2 $19)
16... Rb8 17. Nd5 O-O 18. g3 Bg5 19. Qg2 {Here white's best piece is his d5
knight. My plan was to try to get rid of it and open the center for a direct
attack.} Ne7 20. Nxe7+ Bxe7 21. Bd3 Qe6 22. Ke2 d5 $6 {Probably premature. I
missed my opponent's reply.} 23. exd5 Qxd5 24. Rhd1 $1 {Threatening Bxh7+. Now
black has to be careful not to let white's king slip into safety.} Qe6 25. Kf1
Bc5 26. Qd2 Qh3+ 27. Qg2 Qh6 28. Qe2 f5 29. c3 {Diagram # Find the best move!}
(29. Qxe5 $4 Qh3+ 30. Ke1 Rbe8) 29... e4 $1 {When attacking, open all lines to
the king!} 30. Bb1 $6 {Here I thought for a while. Bb1 is ugly! I thought for
sure there was something ... and there was.} f4 $5 (30... Qh3+ $1 31. Qg2 Qh5
$1 {Plain and simply winning. I missed this.} 32. g4 fxg4 $19) 31. g4 exf3 $1 {
The only way to keep a decisive advantage.} (31... Qh3+ $6 32. Qg2 Qxf3+ 33.
Qxf3 exf3 {This option was last resort.}) 32. Qxf3 Qxh2 $1 {Going for the
piece sacrifice! At this point, it was all or nothing. Luckily, my opponent
was low on time because of the time spent in the opening.} 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34.
Qxc5 {Diagram # Finish white off!} Qh3+ $1 {Qh1+ and f3 also win.} (34... f3 $1
35. Qf2 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Qxg4+ 37. Kf1 Qh3+ 38. Kg1 Rbe8 $3 {With the threat of
Re2 or Re5-g5 checkmate.}) (34... Qh1+ $1 35. Qg1 Qf3+ 36. Ke1 Rbd8 $3 37. Rxd8
(37. Bf5 Rfe8+) 37... Rxd8 38. Bf5 Re8+ 39. Kd2 Re2+ 40. Kc1 Rf2 41. Qd1 Rf1
$19) 35. Ke1 Rfe8+ 36. Kd2 Rbd8+ 37. Kc1 Rxd1+ 38. Kxd1 Qf1+ 39. Kc2 Re2+ 40.
Kb3 Qd1+ {Right after time control :)} 0-1

[Event "K-12 National Championship"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "2014.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karamsetty, Jeevan"]
[Black "Sen, Samir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[Annotator "Sen, Samir"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 Be6 {My line.} 9. Nc4 Rc8 10. Ne3 {During the game, I was afraid of Bxf6
as I planned to sacrifice a pawn.} (10. Bxf6 Qxf6 $5 11. Nxd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6
Rd8 13. Qc5 Nd4 14. Bd3 Qg5 {With good compensation for the pawn.}) 10... Be7
11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bd3 Bg5 13. Ned5 O-O 14. O-O Ne7 {Fighting for the
all-powerful d5 square. It would be a dream to achieve a position with the
white pawn on d5, allowing black a strong center with ... f5.} 15. Qh5 Nxd5 16.
exd5 g6 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Kh1 f5 {Bingo.} 19. f3 Qb6 20. Nd1 Rce8 21. Bc4 e4 22.
f4 Bf6 23. c3 Qc7 24. Ne3 b5 25. Bb3 Rb8 26. Rfc1 Rfc8 27. h3 Kh8 28. g4 a5 29.
gxf5 Bxf5 30. Kh2 {Diagram # The position is double edged (white may play 30.
Nxf5 gxf5 31. Qh5 at any time). It's a critical moment in the game. Find the
next move!} a4 $1 31. Bc2 a3 $1 {Undermining the queenside. Black's bishops
are fantastic.} 32. bxa3 Bxc3 33. Rab1 Qc5 34. Bb3 Qd4 $6 (34... Qxa3 $1 {It
turns out I can play this.} 35. Nxf5 gxf5 36. Qh5 Qc5) 35. Rd1 Qf6 36. Qg2 Bd4
37. Nxf5 gxf5 38. Qd2 Bc5 39. a4 e3 40. Qe2 bxa4 41. Bxa4 Qh4 42. Qf3 Rg8 43.
Bc2 {Diagram #} Rxb1 $2 {Maybe I was low on time, but 43... Rbe8! wins
convincingly as the e3 pawn is unstoppable.} (43... Rbe8 $1 44. Bxf5 e2 45. Re1
Re3) 44. Rxb1 Qf2+ $1 45. Qxf2 exf2 46. Bxf5 Rg1 47. Rb8+ Kg7 48. Bd3 Be3 49.
Rb4 f1=N+ 50. Bxf1 Rxf1 51. Kg3 Kf6 52. a4 Kf5 53. Rb7 Bxf4+ 54. Kg2 Ra1 55.
Rxh7 Rxa4 56. Rf7+ Ke5 57. Kf3 Ra3+ 58. Kg4 Rg3+ 59. Kh4 Rg2 60. Re7+ Kf6 61.
Ra7 Kg6 0-1

[Event "K-12 National Championship"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "2014.12.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Creger, Leo"]
[Black "Sen, Samir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[Annotator "Sen, Samir"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

{The pairings surprised me a little. But, I guess Creger was higher rated so
he got white.} 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. c4 dxc4 {I was
trying to follow Rogers - Kasparov, 2001.} 6. Bxc4 c6 7. Bd3 f5 {I wanted to
control e4 as soon as possible. I felt comfortable in this position - my plan
was to castle and get my knight to e4.} 8. Nf3 g6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11.
Qc2 Re8 12. Rae1 Nf6 13. h3 Qc7 14. e4 $1 {Seemingly counter-in tuitive, but
even though white opens the position when black has the two bishops, he
activates his pieces.} fxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Be6 17. Re3 Rad8 18. a3 Bf8
19. Rfe1 Qb6 20. h4 $1 {I started to get scared about possibilities of
sacrifices on g6.} Bh6 {Diagram #} 21. R3e2 (21. Bxg6 $5 {The computer says
this is possible!} hxg6 22. Rxe6 $3 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 $2 (23... Bg7 $11) 24.
Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Qxh6+ Ke7 26. Qg7+ Ke8 27. Ng5 $1) 21... Qb5 {Stopping 22. h5.}
22. Bd3 Qd5 (22... Qh5 $2 {Trap black's queen!} 23. Re5 Qg4 24. R1e4 Bf4 25. g3
Qxf3 26. Rxf4) 23. Re5 Qd7 24. h5 Kg7 25. Qe2 Re7 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qe4 Kf8 $6
28. Qh4 Bg7 {Diagram # Find the best move for white!} 29. R5e4 $2 (29. Bc4 $1
Rde8 30. Ng5 Bxc4 31. Nh7+ Kg8 32. Rxe7) 29... Rde8 30. Ng5 f6 31. Nh7+ Kf7 32.
Rf4 Bf5 $4 {A bad blunder on my part. 32... f5 would have at least given me a
chance.} 33. Bc4+ $1 Re6 34. Rxf5 gxf5 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Qxf5 Kf7 37. Rxe6 Rxe6
38. Bxe6+ Qxe6 39. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "K-12 National Championship"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "2015.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sen, Samir"]
[Black "Kranjc Aus, Nathaniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "Sen, Samir"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

{Last round. Anything is possible. While Creger led with 5.5, Eduard Desmarais,
my opponent, and I had 5 points. I needed a win.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6
4. Bd3 a6 $6 {A weird move. I was looking for any way to punish my opponent.
It made sense to open the center and capitalize on my lead in development.} 5.
O-O Bd6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 $1 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Be7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Bg5 {Diagram #}
Nxe4 11. Qxe4 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Rad1 {Eyeing the d-file. I felt the rook
would be important here at some point. Also, I wanted to stop 13. .. c5.} Nf6
14. Qe2 Bf8 15. Bg5 Bg7 16. Ne5 $1 h6 (16... Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. Bxg6 $18
) 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Nd5 {Diagram # Find the best move!} 19. Qh5 $1 {Black's
position has crumbled. There is no way to save the kingside.} (19. Qe4 $2 f5)
19... Rf8 (19... Qf6 20. Ng4) 20. Ng4 f5 21. Nxh6+ Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Qf6 {Here I
debated between Qh5 and exchanging queens. Objectively, Qh5 is better, but the
endgame is clearly won. So:} 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Be5 Rh6 25. c4 Nf6 26. Bxc7 Bd7
27. f3 b5 28. b3 g4 {Black does well in his attempt to create counterplay.} 29.
Bf4 Rg6 30. fxg4 Nxg4 31. Be2 {Transferring the bishop.} Kf7 32. d5 Rag8 33.
dxe6+ Bxe6 34. g3 bxc4 35. Bxc4 Bxc4 36. bxc4 Rc8 37. Rd7+ Ke8 38. Rfd1 $1 Rgc6
(38... Rxc4 39. Rd8+ Ke7 40. R1d7+ Ke6 41. Rd6+ Kf7 42. R8d7+ Ke8 43. Rxg6 Kxd7
44. h3) 39. h3 Nf6 40. R7d6 Ne4 41. Rxc6 Rxc6 42. Rc1 {Diagram # Now the
ending has become simplified.} Ke7 43. Kg2 Ke6 44. Kf3 Rc5 $1 45. Rc2 Ra5 46.
h4 $1 {Passed pawns must be pushed!} Ra3+ 47. Kg2 Nc5 48. h5 Nd3 49. h6 Kf6 50.
Kf1 Nxf4 51. gxf4 Rf3+ 52. Kg2 Rxf4 53. c5 $1 {Now the pawns are unstoppable.}
Rg4+ 54. Kf3 Rg8 55. c6 Kg6 (55... Rc8 56. c7 Kg6 57. Rc6+ $18) 56. Rg2+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Koranyi, A."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5K2/8/8/1P6/2n2N2/4P1pP/7k w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2014.04.22"]

{# #} 1. Ke7 $1 Nxe2 2. b5 Nc3 (2... Nd4 3. b6 Nxf3 4. b7 Nd4 $1 5. Kd7 $1 g1=Q
{is winning}) 3. Kd6 $1 Nxb5+ 4. Kd5 $1 Nc3+ 5. Kd4 Nd1 6. h4 Nf2 7. h5 Ng4 8.
Kc3 $1 Nh2 9. h6 $1 Nxf3 10. h7 {draw} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko, P."]
[Black "Correction to A. Koranyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2n1K3/8/1P6/8/5N2/6pP/7k w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2014.04.22"]

{# #} 1. Kd6 Nxb5+ 2. Kd5 Nc3+ 3. Kd4 Nd1 4. h4 Nf2 5. h5 Ng4 6. Kc3 Nh2 7. h6
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nyeviczkey, l"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4R3/8/8/2p4B/2P1K3/3p2pp/4b1P1/1k6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2014.04.22"]

{# #} 1. Bxe2 dxe2 2. Kd3 hxg2 3. Rxe2 g1=R (3... g1=Q 4. Re1+ Qxe1 {stalemate}
) 4. Kc3 Rf1 5. Kb3 Rf3+ 6. Ka4 Rf4 7. Kb5 Rf5 8. Rg2 Rg5 9. Kb6 Kc1 10. Kb5
Kd1 11. Kb6 Ke1 12. Rxg3 $4 (12. Kb5 Kf1 13. Rxg3 Rxg3 14. Kxc5 $11) 12... Rxg3
13. Kxc5 Rc3 $2 (13... Kd2 14. Kd6 Rd3+ 15. Ke6 Rc3 16. Kd5 Kc2 17. c5 Kb3 18.
c6 Kb4 19. Kd6 Kb5 20. c7 Kb6) 14. Kd5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nyevitzkey, L."]
[Black "Version by P Benko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2p3R1/2p5/2P5/2K3pp/3p3P/k7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2014.04.22"]

{# #} 1. Rd6 gxh2 2. Rxd2 h1=R $1 (2... h1=Q 3. Rd1+ Qxd1 {stalemate}) 3. Kb3
Rb1+ 4. Ka3 Rg1 5. Ra2+ $1 (5. Rh2 Rg3+ 6. Ka4 Rc3 7. Ka5 Rxc4 8. Rxh3 Rc1 {
wins}) 5... Kb1 6. Rb2+ Kc1 7. Rh2 $1 Rg3+ 8. Ka4 Kd1 (8... Rc3 9. Ka5 Rxc4 10.
Rxh3 Rc2 11. Kb6 c4 12. Kxc6 c3 13. Kc5 Kb2 14. Kb4 Rc1 15. Rf3 c2 16. Rb3+ Ka1
17. Ra3+ Kb2 18. Rb3+ $11) (8... Kb1 9. Ka5 Rb3 10. Ka6 $1 $11) 9. Ka5 Rb3 10.
Ka4 $1 Rf3 11. Ka5 Ke1 12. Kb6 Kf1 13. Kxc5 Kg1 14. Rxh3 Rxh3 15. Kxc6 {draws}
1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnichenko, I."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p3K2/2k2P2/3p4/6b1/8/8/6N1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2014.04.22"]

{# #} 1. Kg6 Be6 2. Ne2 Kd6 3. Nf4 Bg8 4. Kg7 Ke5 5. Ng6+ Ke6 6. Ne7 Bf7 (6...
d4 $1) 7. Nxd5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melnichenko, I."]
[Black "Version by P Benko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/1k1bPK2/2p1p3/6N1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2014.04.22"]

{# #} 1. Ne3 $1 (1. Nxe5 $2 $11 Kb5 2. Nf7 Bf8 3. Ng5 c4 4. Ne4 Kc6 5. Kf7 Ba3
$11) 1... Kc6 2. Nc4 Bf8 3. Kf7 Kd5 4. Nb6+ Kd6 5. Nd7 Be7 (5... c4 6. Nxf8 c3
7. e7 c2 8. e8=Q c1=Q 9. Qd7+ {wins}) 6. Nxc5 $1 Bh4 7. Ne4+ Kc7 8. Nf6 {wins}
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Herbstman, A."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "n7/3K4/1P1p4/8/1p6/B1k5/2p5/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2014.04.22"]

{# #} 1. Bxb4+ Kxb4 (1... Kb3 $1 {wins. for example} 2. b7 Nb6+ 3. Ke7 c1=Q 4.
b8=Q Qg5+ 5. Kf7 Qf4+ 6. Ke6 Qe4+ 7. Kf7 Qxb4 $19) 2. b7 Nb6+ 3. Kxd6 c1=Q 4.
b8=Q Qf4+ 5. Kc6 Qxb8 {stalemate} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Herbstman, A."]
[Black "Version by P. Benko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2n5/3K4/1P1p4/8/1p6/3k4/1Rp5/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2014.04.22"]

{# #} 1. Rb3+ Kc4 2. Rxb4+ $1 Kxb4 3. b7 Nb6+ 4. Kxd6 c1=Q 5. b8=Q Qf4+ 6. Kc6
Qxb8 {stalemate} 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maksalov, A."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5K2/p7/PP6/k6r/p7/1P6/8/4R3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2014.04.22"]

{# #} 1. Re5+ Rxe5 2. bxa7 Rf5+ 3. Ke7 Re5+ 4. Kd7 Rd5+ 5. Kc7 Rc5+ 6. Kb7 Rb5+
7. Kc6 Rb6+ 8. Kc5 Rxa6 (8... axb3 $1 9. a8=Q b2 10. Qf3 Rb5+ 11. Kc6 Rb6+ 12.
Kc5 $11) 9. b4# *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "After Maksalov A. 1975"]
[Black "Version by P Benko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6K1/p7/PP6/k2r4/p7/1P6/2P5/7R w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2014.04.22"]

{# #} 1. Rh5 $1 Rxh5 2. bxa7 Rg5+ 3. Kf7 Rf5+ 4. Ke7 Re5+ 5. Kd7 Rd5+ 6. Kc7
Rc5+ 7. Kb7 Rb5+ 8. Kc6 Rb6+ 9. Kc5 axb3 (9... Rxa6 10. b4#) 10. a8=Q bxc2 (
10... b2 11. Qh1 b1=Q 12. Qxb1 Rxb1 13. a7 {wins}) 11. Qh1 Rb1 12. Qc1 $1 Rxc1
13. a7 Ka4 14. Kc4 $1 {wins} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1885.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jespersen, J."]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1N6/2P1N3/3p2p1/K7/2k5/2p5/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2014.04.22"]

{# #} 1. Nd4 (1. c7 c1=Q 2. c8=Q+ Kd2 3. Nbc5 {why not would be winning ?})
1... Kxd4 2. Nc5 Kxc5 (2... Ke5 $3 3. c7 c1=Q 4. Nd3+ Kd6 $11) 3. c7 c1=Q 4.
c8=Q+ {wins} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "After Jespersen J. 1885"]
[Black "Version by P Bemko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7N/1p1N4/1p6/1K1pP3/8/4p3/2P3k1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2014.04.22"]

{# #} 1. Ng6 Kg3 2. Nf4 $1 Kxf4 3. e6 e2 4. Ne5 $1 Kxe5 5. e7 e1=Q {Diagram [#]
} 6. e8=R+ $3 {wins} (6. e8=Q+ $2 Kd4 7. Qxe1 {stalemate}) 1-0

[Event "Greifensee"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stean, Michael"]
[Black "Herzog, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3R4/p4k2/8/4p1p1/2P2pp1/1P3P1b/P7/6K1 w - - 0 32"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.08"]

32. Kh2 gxf3 (32... Bf1 33. fxg4 e4 34. c5 (34. Kg1 Be2 35. Rd5 e3 36. Rxg5 f3
37. Rf5+ Ke6 38. Rf8 f2+ 39. Rxf2 exf2+ 40. Kxf2 Bxg4) 34... e3 35. Kg1 (35. c6
e2 36. c7 e1=Q 37. c8=Q Qf2+) 35... Be2 36. Rd5 f3 37. Rf5+ Ke6 38. c6 f2+ 39.
Kg2 Bxg4 40. Rf8 Bh3+ 41. Kxh3 e2) 33. Kxh3 e4 34. Kg4 f2 35. Rd1 e3 36. Kf3
g4+ 37. Ke2 {Diagram [#]} g3 (37... Ke6 38. c5 Kf5 39. c6 (39. Rc1 Ke4 40. Rc4+
Kd5) 39... Ke4 40. c7 (40. Rc1) 40... f3+ 41. Kf1 g3) 38. Kf3 Ke6 (38... g2 39.
Kxg2 e2 40. Rd7+ Ke6 41. Kxf2) 39. c5 {Diagram [#]} (39. Rf1 Ke5 40. c5 Kd4 (
40... a5 41. a3) (40... Kd5 41. b4) 41. c6 Kd3 42. c7 e2 43. c8=Q exf1=Q 44.
Qc4+) 39... a5 (39... Ke5 {Diagram [#]} 40. c6 (40. Rc1 Kd4 41. c6 Kd3 42. c7
e2 43. c8=Q f1=Q+ 44. Kg4 e1=Q 45. Qc4+ Kd2 46. Qxf1 Qxc1 47. Qxf4+ Kc2 48.
Qxg3 Kb1) (40. Rf1) 40... g2 41. Kxg2 e2 42. Rd5+ Kxd5 43. Kxf2 Kxc6 44. Kxe2)
(39... Ke5) 40. a3 (40. Rc1 Kd7 (40... Kd5 41. c6 Kd4 42. c7 Kd3 43. c8=Q) 41.
c6+ Kc7 42. a3 Kb8 43. c7+ Kc8 44. b4 a4 45. b5) 40... Ke5 41. Rc1 Kd4 42. c6
Kd3 43. c7 e2 44. c8=Q f1=Q+ (44... e1=N+ 45. Kg4 f1=Q 46. Qc4+) 45. Kg4 e1=Q
46. Qc4+ Kd2 47. Qxf1 Qxc1 {Diagram [#]} 48. Qxf4+ Kc2 49. Qxc1+ Kxc1 50. Kxg3
Kb2 51. b4 a4 52. b5 Kxa3 53. b6 Kb2 54. b7 a3 55. b8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE Grand Prix 2014"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2014.10.13"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Nd7 7. Be3 Bd6 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. c3 c5 11. a3 a5 12. Re1 Nf8 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4
15. Nxd4 Be5 16. N2f3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 b6 18. Be5 Qxd1 19. Rexd1 Ra7 20. Rac1 c5
21. Rd6 Rb7 22. Bg3 Rxe4 23. Rd8 Bd7 {Diagram [#]} 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 1-0

[Event "US Chess League KO 2014"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2014.11.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, W."]
[Black "Becerra Rivero, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.11.12"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.24"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis"]
[BlackTeam "Miami"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. f3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Ng3
exd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Be2 h5 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Qd2 Nh7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 Qe5 16. Nf1 Rb8 17. Nd2 Qf6 18. O-O Re8 19. Kh1 Ne5 20. f4 Ng4 21. Bxg4
hxg4 22. Nc4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Qg5 26. Qxg5 Nxg5 27. Nxb5
Rxb5 28. Nd6 Bd7 29. e6 Rbb8 30. exf7+ Nxf7 31. Rxf7 Bf5 32. Rxf5 gxf5 33. Nxe8
Rxe8 34. Rd1 Kf7 35. d6 Rd8 36. d7 Ke7 {Diagram [#]} 37. h3 Rxd7 38. Rxd7+ Kxd7
39. Kh2 (39. hxg4 fxg4 40. Kh2 Ke6 41. Kg3 Kf5 42. Kh4 c4 43. g3 Ke4) 39... Ke6
40. Kg3 gxh3 41. gxh3 Kd5 42. Kf4 Kc4 43. h4 Kb3 44. h5 Kxb2 45. h6 c4 46. h7
c3 47. h8=Q Kb3 48. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "Dundee (Scotland)"]
[Site "Dundee (Scotland)"]
[Date "1867.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Roderick Scott"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1867.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 exd5 6. Nf3 Qe7+ 7. Be2 Nf6
8. a4 Nbd7 {Diagram [#]} 9. Ba3 c5 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 b6 (11... c4 12. Bxc4)
12. c4 Bb7 (12... Re8 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bc4) 13. cxd5 Bxd5 (13... Nxd5 14. Ba6)
14. Bb5 Qd6 (14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 (15. Rxe7)) 15. Ne5 Rad8 (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5)
(15... Rfd8) 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. c4 Bxc4 20. Qxd6
Rxd6 21. Bxc5 Re6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Rc1 Bd5 25. Rc8+ {Diagram [#]
} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dundee (Scotland)"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#1"]
[Black "Pigging out"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/5pp1/7p/8/p7/8/PB3PPP/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1867.??.??"]

1... Rc2 2. Ba3 Rxa2 3. Bc1 Ra1 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#2"]
[Black "Skewer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2qr1k1/6p1/b4p1p/4p3/1pP5/3QB3/3R1PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qxd3 2. Rxd3 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dundee (Scotland)"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#3"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/4bpp1/5n1p/q2p4/2pP4/2N5/PB1PQPP1/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1867.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Ba3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dundee (Scotland)"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#4"]
[Black "Weak back rank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/5pp1/7p/b2p4/3P4/8/3N1PPP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1867.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Bxd2 2. Rxd2 Re1# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dundee (Scotland)"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#5"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3qr1k1/5p1p/6p1/3p4/2pPn3/5P2/2PN2PP/2RQ2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1867.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nc3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "Dundee (Scotland)"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r3k/4Q2p/q3p3/8/5n2/6R1/5PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1867.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qxf1+ 2. Kxf1 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "Rostov"]
[Site "Rostov"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Semon Palatnik"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Palatnik, Sam"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 Be6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. c4 Bb4 7. cxd5 Bxd5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bxg2 14. Rg1
Bc6 {Diagram [#]} 15. Rxg7+ Kxg7 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qf5 1-0

