[Event "Brasschaat, 2007"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Decrop, B"]
[Black "Hilven, G"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "Hartmann, John"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bxf6 Nxf6 8.
Bd3 b6 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. Qg4 Bxe5 12. dxe5 *

[Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2015.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Baadur Jobava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2015.01.09"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 g6 7. Be3 Be6 8. N1c3
a6 9. Na3 Nf6 10. Be2 Bg7 11. Nc2 Rc8 12. Rc1 O-O 13. O-O Ne7 14. Na3 Nc6 15.
Re1 Nd4 16. f3 Qb6 17. Rb1 Nxe2+ 18. Rxe2 Qb4 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. c5 Qa5 21. Rxd6
Bf8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qe2 Bxc5 24. Nc2 Bd4 25. Qe1 b5 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. Bg5
dxc3 28. Qxc3 Qxc3 29. bxc3 Bxa2 30. Bxf6 Rd6 31. Be5 Re6 32. Ra1 Rxe5 33. Rxa2
Re6 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Ke3 Ke7 36. g4 Kd7 37. f4 Rc6 38. Kd4 Kc7 39. f5 Rc4+ 40.
Kd5 Kb6 41. Ra3 a5 42. e5 Ra4 {Diagram [#]} 43. Rxa4 {Diagram [#]} bxa4 44. Kc4
gxf5 45. gxf5 Kc6 46. Kd3 Kd5 47. e6 fxe6 48. f6 Kd6 49. c4 e5 50. c5+ Ke6 51.
c6 1-0

[Event "Adams - Hydra Match"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "Hydra (Computer)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2005.06.21"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Na4 {Diagram [#]} e5 (10... Bb7) 11. c4 Be7 12. Be3 Be6 13.
Rc1 O-O 14. b3 Qb7 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. h3 Rab8 17. Rfd1 Bf8 18. Kh2 h6 19. Rc2 Be7
20. Bc1 Qc7 21. Bb2 Nd7 22. Bc3 Nf8 23. Qe3 c5 24. Bb2 Bd7 25. Nc3 Ne6 26. Nd5
Qd8 27. f4 Nd4 28. Rf2 Bc6 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Qf3 Rf8 32. Qh5 f6
33. h4 Be8 34. Qf3 Bf7 35. Bh3 Rb7 36. h5 a5 37. Kg2 Qe8 38. Bg4 Bc5 39. Rh1
Qc6 40. Rb2 Rfb8 41. Bf5 Kh8 42. Rhb1 Qe8 43. g4 Qc6 44. Qd3 Bg8 45. Qd1 Qa6
46. Rd2 a4 47. Rdb2 Qa8 48. Kh2 Bf7 49. Kg2 Bf8 50. Kh2 Be8 51. b4 a3 52. Rb3
Ba4 53. b5 Qa7 54. Kg2 Qc5 55. Qd3 Bxb3 56. Qxb3 Ra8 57. Rd1 Qd6 58. Rc1 Qb8
59. Kf3 Bd6 60. Ke2 Bc5 61. Kd3 Qa7 62. Rb1 Qa5 63. Qc2 Qd8 64. Rh1 Qd6 65. Qb3
Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Conrad Holt"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 Na6
9. Nd2 Qe8 10. Be2 Nf6 11. h4 Nd7 12. h5 f5 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. exf5 {Diagram [#]
} Nf6 (14... gxf5) 15. fxg6 Qxg6 16. Nf3 Nb4 17. Nh4 Qh7 18. Kf1 Bf5 19. Kg1
Bc2 20. Qd2 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Bf1 Bd3 23. Bh3 Nc2 24. Be6+ Rf7 25. Nf5 Ne1
26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Ng6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kayden W Troff"]
[Black "Samuel Sevian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 e6 7. Nf4 Nc6 8. O-O
d6 9. a3 Bd7 10. Rb1 a5 11. d3 Rb8 12. Nb5 d5 13. b3 d4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4
cxd4 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 b5 18. c5 Qc7 19. Ne2 Ne8 20. Bb2 e5 21. f4 Rd8 22.
fxe5 Bg4 23. Rf4 h5 24. Bxd4 Bh6 25. Bf2 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Qd7 27. c6 Qxd3 28. Qxd3
Rxd3 29. Ng3 Nc7 30. Ne4 Bf3 31. Nc5 Ra3 32. Nd7 Rc8 33. Rc1 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Nd5
35. f5 Nf4+ 36. Kf1 Nd3 37. Nb6 Re8 38. Rd1 Nxf2 39. Kxf2 Rc3 40. Rd6 Rxe5 41.
fxg6 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Re6 43. gxf7+ Kxf7 44. Rd7+ Kf6 45. Nd5+ Ke5 46. c7 Ra6 47.
Kg3 Rd6 48. Rd8 Rxc7 49. Nxc7 Rxd8 50. Nxb5 Kf5 51. Nc7 Rd3+ 52. Kf2 Rb3 53.
Nd5 Ke5 54. Ne7 Ke6 55. Nc6 Kd6 56. Nd4 Rxb4 57. Nf3 Ke6 58. Kg3 Kf6 59. Nh4
Rg4+ 60. Kh3 Rf4 61. Kg3 Kg5 62. Nf3+ Kf5 63. Nh4+ Ke4 64. Kh3 Rg4 65. Nf5 Kf4
66. Nd4 Kg5 67. Nf3+ Kf6 68. Nh4 Ra4 69. Kg3 Kg5 70. Nf3+ Kf5 71. Nh4+ Ke4 72.
Ng2 Ra3+ 73. Kh4 Kf3 74. Ne1+ Kf2 75. Kxh5 Kxe1 76. h4 Kf2 77. Kg6 Kg3 78. h5
Kg4 79. h6 Ra6+ 80. Kg7 Kg5 81. h7 {Diagram [#]} Ra7+ 82. Kg8 Kg6 83. h8=N+ (
83. h8=Q Ra8#) 83... Kf6 0-1

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Conrad Holt"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Ng5 c5 11. e6 cxd4 12. Nce4 Nf6 13. exf7+ Kh8 14. Bd3 Nc6
15. h4 Ne5 16. h5 gxh5 17. Bf4 Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bf5 19. g4 Nxe4 20. gxf5 Nxg5 21.
Bxg5 Qd5 22. Kd2 Qxf7 23. Rae1 Qxf5 24. Rxh5 Qxd3+ 25. Kxd3 Rf3+ 26. Ke2 Raf8
27. Bxe7 Rxf2+ 28. Kd3 R8f3+ 29. Ke4 Rf7 30. Kd5 d3 31. Bb4 d2 32. Rd1 Bxb2 33.
Rg5 h6 34. Rh5 Kh7 35. Ke6 {Diagram [#]} R2f6+ 36. Kd5 Rd7+ 37. Ke4 (37. Kc5
Bd4#) 37... Rd4+ 0-1

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.03.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Samuel Shankland"]
[Black "Timur Gareev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Nxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 d6 10. Na4 Qe8 11. Nd3 Bg4 12. Qe1 Bd4 13. c3 Bb6 14. Nxb6 axb6
15. c4 Be6 16. b3 b5 17. e5 Bf5 18. Nb4 dxe5 19. Qe3 bxc4 20. bxc4 Qe6 21. Bb2
Qxc4 22. a3 Ng4 23. Qc1 Qe2 24. h3 Be4 25. Qe1 Qxb2 26. Qxe4 Nf6 27. Qc4+ Kh8
28. Nxc6 Rxa3 29. Rxa3 Qxa3 30. Nxe5 Qa5 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Rd1 Qh5 33. Ne5+ Kh8
34. Re1 Ng8 35. Qxc7 Qf5 36. Qc5 Nh6 37. g4 Qf4 38. Re4 Qf6 39. Nd7 Qa1+ 40.
Kh2 Ra8 {Diagram [#]} 41. g5 Qa7 (41... Ng8 42. Ne5 Qa2 43. Rf4 Ra7 44. Qxa7
Qxa7 45. Nf7+ Qxf7 46. Rxf7) (41... Nf7 42. Qe7) 1-0

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Daniel Naroditsky"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Bc4
O-O 9. Bb3 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. O-O-O Rfc8 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. Bg5 Rxc3
15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 a5 17. a3 Rc8 18. Kb2 Kf8 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. Nd4 Ba6 21.
Rhe1 Nfd7 22. f4 Nc4+ 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. f5 Nc5 25. Re3 Ke8 26. Bf4 Na4+ 27. Kc1
Ba6 28. e5 dxe5 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Nxc3 31. Re1 gxf5 32. Bf6 Ne4 33. Nxf5 {
Diagram [#]} Bd3 (33... Nxf6 34. Nxe7) 34. c3 Rc5 35. Nxe7 Rb5 0-1

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gata Kamsky"]
[Black "Ray Robson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Bd3
c5 9. a4 b4 10. e4 cxd4 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. Re1 g6 14. Nd2 Bg7 15. Qg4
Nd7 16. N2f3 O-O 17. Qh3 Re8 18. Bh6 Rc8 19. a5 Qe7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qg3 b3
22. h4 Nb4 23. Rad1 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Nc5 25. Bc4 Na4 26. Bxb3 Nxb2 27. Rd6 Rc3 28.
Re3 Rxe3 29. fxe3 Rc8 30. h5 N2d3 31. Ng5 Kh6 32. Ne4 Nd5 33. Bxd5 exd5 34.
Rxd5 Rd8 35. Nf6 Kg7 36. hxg6 hxg6 {Diagram [#]} 37. Qh4 (37. Rxd8 Qxd8 38. Qh4
Qh8) 37... Nxe5 (37... Rxd5 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Qg8#) (37... Rh8 38. Nh5+ Kf8 39.
Rd8+) (37... Qc7 38. Nh5+ gxh5 39. Qf6+ Kh7 40. Rxd8) 38. Rxd8 Qxd8 39. Nh5+
1-0

[Event "US Championships"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2015.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kayden W Troff"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A63"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.03.31"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. e4 Ng4 13. Nd2 Nge5 14. Bf1 g5 15. h3
Qf6 16. Qh5 Bh6 17. Nd1 g4 18. Ne3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Qg7 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Rc3 Ndf6
22. Qh1 Re5 23. Qf3 Bd7 24. Qd3 Qh6 25. Bg2 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Nxf2 27. Kxf2 Bh3 28.
Qf1 {Diagram [#]} Rxe4 29. Nxe4 Nxe4+ 30. Ke3 Bxg2 31. Qf4 Nxc3 32. Qg5+ Kf8
33. bxc3 Re8+ 34. Kf2 Bh1+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.07.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bishop Pin"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "14"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 {Diagram [#]} 6. h3 Bh5
7. g4 Nxg4 *

[Event "8th ann. David Mote Mem"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Naff, William"]
[Black "Mayhugh, Kyle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1167"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2015.04.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 {Diagram [#]} 5. O-O Bd6 6. b3 (6.
d4) 6... Nf6 7. d3 Bg4 {Diagram [#]} 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bb2 Qe7 10. Nbd2 O-O-O {
Diagram [#]} 11. a4 (11. Nc4) 11... Rhg8 (11... g5) 12. Nc4 g5 13. g4 {Diagram
[#]} Nxg4 (13... Bg6) 14. hxg4 Bxg4 {Diagram [#]} 15. Ne3 (15. Kg2) 15... Bh3
16. Re1 (16. Ne1) (16. Nd2) 16... g4 17. Nd2 {Diagram [#]} g3 (17... Bc5) (
17... Qf6) (17... Qg5) 18. f3 (18. Qh5) 18... Qh4 19. Qe2 Bc5 20. Bxe5 {
Diagram [#]} Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 Bg2 {Diagram [#]} 22. Bxg3 (22. Kxg2 Qh2+ 23. Kf1
g2+ 24. Ke2 g1=Q+ (24... g1=N+) 25. Bxh2) 22... Rxg3 {Diagram [#]} 23. Nf1
Bxf3+ 24. Kf2 Rg2+ 25. Kxf3 Qg4# 0-1

[Event "24th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling, IL"]
[Date "2015.05.25"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2015.05.??"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. h3 Ng6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Bb2 Nf4 14. Rd4
Ne6 15. Rd2 Rd8 16. Rad1 Be7 17. Ne2 c5 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Nd5 h5 20. c4 Rd7 21.
Rd3 Bd8 22. Nd2 h4 23. Nf1 Bg5 24. Nh2 Rh5 25. Ng4 Kd8 26. Bc3 Kc8 27. Bd2 b6
28. Bxg5 Rxg5 29. Kh2 Rh5 30. f3 a5 31. Kg1 a4 32. Kf2 axb3 33. axb3 Kb7 34.
Nde3 Re7 35. Nd5 Re8 36. b4 cxb4 37. Nxb4 Rhh8 38. Ne3 Ba4 39. Ra1 Ra8 40. Rda3
Nc5 41. Nbd5 Rhe8 42. f4 g5 43. fxg5 Rxe5 44. Nc3 Nd3+ 45. Ke2 Rae8 46. Nxa4
Rxe3+ 47. Kd2 Re2+ 48. Kxd3 R8e3+ 49. Kd4 c5+ 50. Nxc5+ bxc5+ 51. Kxc5 Rxa3 52.
Rxa3 Rxg2 53. Kd6 {Diagram [#]} Rg3 54. Ra5 (54. Ra4 Rxh3 55. Rb4+ Kc8 56. c5
Re3 57. Rxh4 Re6+ 58. Kd5 Rg6 59. Rh5 Kc7) 54... Rxh3 55. Rf5 Rd3+ (55... Rg3
56. Rxf7+ Ka6 57. Rg7 (57. c5 Rxg5 58. c6 Kb6 59. c7 Rc5) 57... h3 58. c5 h2
59. Rh7 Rxg5 60. Rxh2 Rg6+) 56. Ke7 h3 57. Rxf7 (57. Kxf7 h2 58. Rf1 Rf3+)
57... h2 58. Rh7 Rd2 (58... Rg3 59. Kf6+ Kc6 60. g6) 59. g6 Rf2 60. g7 Re2+ (
60... Rg2 61. Kf7 Rf2+ 62. Kg8) 61. Kd6 Rd2+ 1-0

[Event "24th Chicago Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.05.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Shankar, Gauri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Qe2 Be4 14. Nd2 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. e4 Qf4 18. Qe2 b5 19. g3 Qh6 20. f4 a6 21. a4
Rb8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Kh1 Qh3 24. e5 Nd5 25. Ne4 cxd4 26. cxd4 N7b6 27. Rf3 Nc4
28. g4 Qh4 29. Rg1 Qe7 30. f5 Nxb2 31. Qxb2 Qb7 32. Qg2 Qb6 33. Nc5 Ne7 34. Rf4
b4 35. Rgf1 Nd5 36. R4f3 Qc6 37. Kg1 b3 38. fxe6 fxe6 39. Nxb3 Qc4 40. Qf2 h6
41. Nc5 Nb4 42. h3 Nc6 {Diagram [#]} 43. Rf7 Nxd4 44. Nb7 Ne2+ (44... Rd5 45.
Nd6 Qa4 46. Re7) 45. Kh2 Rd2 46. Nd6 Ng3 {Diagram [#]} (46... Qd5 47. Rxg7+
Kxg7 48. Qf6+ (48. Ne8+ Rxe8 (48... Kh8 49. Qf8+ Kh7 50. Qg7#) 49. Qf7+ Kh8 50.
Qxe8+ Kg7 51. Rf7+ Kg6 52. Qg8#) 48... Kh7) 47. Nxc4 Nxf1+ 48. Kg1 Rxf2 49.
Rxf2 Rb4 50. Rc2 Ng3 51. Nd6 Ne4 52. Rc8+ Kh7 53. Rc7 Ng5 54. Ne8 Nxh3+ 55. Kh2
Ng5 56. Rxg7+ Kh8 57. Rc7 Kg8 58. Nf6+ Kf8 59. Kg3 Ne4+ 60. Kf3 Nxf6 61. exf6
e5 62. Re7 Rf4+ 63. Kg3 Rxf6 64. Rxe5 Kg7 65. Ra5 Kg6 66. Kh4 Rb6 67. Rc5 Rd6
68. Rc8 Ra6 69. Rg8+ Kf7 70. Rc8 Kg6 71. Rc4 Rb6 72. Kg3 Ra6 73. Kf4 Rf6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "24th Chicago Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.05.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Sergei Azarov"]
[Black "IM Luke Harmon-Vellotti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3k4/5p1p/5b1P/3r1N2/3p1PK1/3R2P1/8 b - - 0 44"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.07"]

{Diagram [#]} 44... Kd6 45. Ng6 Kc5 46. Kf2 Kc4 47. g4 (47. Ke3 Kc3 48. Nf4
Rxf4 49. Rxd3+ Bxd3 50. Kxf4 Kd2) 47... Kc3 48. Ke3 Rd8 49. Rd1 (49. gxf5 Re8+)
49... Re8+ 50. Kf2 Bxg6 (50... d2 51. gxf5 Kc2 52. Rxd2+ Kxd2 53. Kg2) 51. hxg6
d2 52. f4 Kc2 53. Rh1 d1=Q 54. Rxd1 Kxd1 55. f5 (55. Kg3 Ke2 56. Kh4 Kf3 57. f5
Re1 58. g7 Rh1#) 55... Kd2 56. Kf3 Re3+ 57. Kf4 Ke2 0-1

[Event "24th Chicago Open"]
[Site "Wheeling, IL"]
[Date "2015.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rosen, Eric"]
[Black "Carmenate, Holden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.05.??"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.07"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. d3 g6 6. a3 a5 7. Nd5 d6 8. Bg5 f6 9.
Be3 Be6 10. Rb1 Bg7 {Diagram [#]} 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Nxb4 14.
Bd2 Bh6 (14... Ne7 15. Be2 O-O 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. Rxb4) 15. Bxb4 cxb4 16. Be2
Ra3 (16... f5 17. Rxb4 Nf6 18. O-O fxe4 19. dxe4 O-O) 17. O-O Qa5 18. Nd2 b5
19. Nb3 Qb6 20. Na1 {Diagram [#]} Qc5 21. d4 (21. Nc2) 21... Qc3 (21... Qxd4
22. Bxb5+ Kf7 23. Qxd4 exd4 24. Nc2 Rc3 25. Nxd4) 22. Bxb5+ Kf7 23. Qg4 f5 24.
exf5 Nf6 25. fxg6+ Kg7 26. Qe6 Kxg6 27. dxe5 dxe5 (27... Qxe5 28. Nc2 Rc3 29.
Nxb4) 28. d6 Rd8 29. Bc4 (29. Rfd1 e4 30. Nb3 Bf4 31. Nd4 Qc5 32. Nc6) 29...
Rd7 30. Rb3 Qd2 31. Rg3+ Rxg3 32. fxg3 Be3+ 33. Kh1 Bf2 34. g4 Bh4 35. Qxe5 (
35. g3 Bg5 36. h4) 35... Rxd6 (35... Qxd6 36. Qf5+ Kh6 37. Nc2 Bg5) 36. Nb3 Qc3
37. Qxd6 Qxc4 38. Nd2 Qxg4 39. Nf3 Qe4 40. Nxh4+ (40. Ne5+) 40... Qxh4 41. Qf4
Qg5 42. Qxb4 Qe5 43. Qf4 Qe6 44. Qg3+ Kf7 45. Rc1 Qe4 46. Re1 Qf5 47. Qf3 Qa5
48. Rb1 Qe5 49. Rb7+ Kg6 50. Qg3+ Qxg3 51. hxg3 Ne4 52. Kh2 Nf2 53. Rb5 Kf6 54.
Kg1 Ne4 55. g4 Kg6 56. Kh2 Nc3 57. Ra5 Ne2 58. Kh3 Kh6 59. Kh4 Nf4 60. g5+ Kg6
61. Kg4 Nxg2 62. Re5 1-0

[Event "Chicago Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.05.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "IM Jeffery Xiong"]
[Black "GM Boris Avrukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
O-O f5 (8... a6) (8... d6) (8... d5) 9. Nxc6 (9. exf5 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxf5) 9...
Nxc6 (9... bxc6 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. Bd4 fxe4 12. Bxg7+ Kxg7 13. Qd4+ Kh6 14. Nxe4
d5 15. Qe3+ Kg7 16. Qc3+ Kh6 17. Rad1 Qe8 18. Qe3+ Kg7 19. Rfe1) (9... dxc6 10.
Bc4+ Kh8 11. Bc5 Qe8 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. Bd4) 10. Qd2 (10. exf5) (10. f3) 10...
d6 {Diagram [#]} (10... fxe4 11. Bg5 Bf6 (11... Qe8 12. Rfe1) 12. h4) 11. Nd5 (
11. Qd5+ Kh8 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qxc6 Rb8) (11. Bg5 Bf6 12. h4) 11... Be6 (11...
fxe4 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Ne7+ Kh8 14. Rae1 a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rxe4) (11... Qd7
12. exf5 Rxf5 13. Bg5 Kh8 14. Rfe1) 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Ne7+ Kh8 (
14... Kf7 15. Rae1 Rae8 (15... a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Re7+ Qxe7 19.
Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Qg5+) 16. Rxe6 Qxe6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc6) 15. Rfe1 (15. Rae1 a6
16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qe2 Bf7 18. b3) 15... a6 (15... Rae8 16. Qe3 Bf7 17. Qh3) (
15... Bxb2 16. c3) (15... Rf7 16. Qe3) 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qe3 Bf7 (17... Bd5 18.
Qh3 Rf7 19. Re3 Bxb2 20. Rae1 Bg7 (20... Be5 21. Ng6+) 21. Qh4 Be4 22. f3 Bd5
23. c4) (17... Bc4 18. Qh3 Rf7 19. Ng6+ Kg8 20. Re7 Rxe7 21. Nxe7+ Kh8 22. Re1
Re8 23. Qh4) 18. Qh3 h5 {Diagram [#]} 19. Re4 (19. Nxf5 Rfe8 (19... Rae8 20.
Be7 Rg8 21. Nxd6) (19... Bg6 20. Ne7) 20. Qf3) 19... Rab8 20. Rh4 Qe8 21. Re1
Rxb2 22. Qxf5 (22. Qe3 Kh7) 22... Rb5 23. Qg4 Bg6 (23... Rc5 24. f4 Rc4 25. Qe2
) 24. h3 (24. a4) (24. c4) (24. f4) 24... Qf7 25. f4 Rc5 (25... Bd4+ 26. Kh2
Kg7 27. Qg3 Rxg5 28. Qxg5 Bf6 29. Nf5+ Kh7 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Ne7+ Bxe7 32. Rxe7
Qf6 33. Rxc7) 26. Re6 1-0

[Event "2008 Golden Knights Final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alex Dunne"]
[Black "James Rhodes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2174"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bxc4 e6
9. Nf3 a5 10. O-O Be7 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Nc1 N5b6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Be4 Ra7 15. Qc2 (
15. Nd3 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qe2 O-O) 15... c4 (
15... cxd4 16. Nb3 Rc7 17. Qd3 Nc4 18. Rfc1) 16. Bxh7 Nd5 17. Be4 (17. Ne2)
17... N7b6 18. Ne2 Rc7 19. Rfc1 Bb7 20. Nf4 {Diagram [#]} (20. Ng3) 20... c3
21. bxc3 bxc3 22. Be3 Nb4 23. Qb1 N6d5 24. Ne2 Ba6 25. Nf4 (25. Ng3) 25... Nxe3
26. fxe3 g5 27. Nxe6 fxe6 28. Bg6+ Kd7 29. d5 Nxd5 30. Nd4 Bc5 31. Nxe6 Bxe3+ (
31... Kxe6 32. Qf5+ Ke7 33. Qf7#) 32. Kh1 Rxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Qh8+ 34. Bh7 c2 0-1

[Event "2008 Golden Knights Semifinal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jiri Kovats"]
[Black "Michael Buss"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2130"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. g3 d6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Rb1 Nb6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Nh4 O-O 13. O-O Ne8 14. Qc2 Nc7 15.
e4 Qd7 16. Rd1 (16. b4 c4 17. b5) 16... e6 17. Bb2 exd5 18. Nxd5 Nbxd5 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. exd5 Kg8 21. a4 (21. b4 cxb4 22. Rxb4 Na6 23. Rc4) 21... Na6 22. Re1
Nb4 23. Qd2 Rae8 24. h3 (24. Bf3) 24... Qd8 25. Rbd1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rc1
Qe7 28. Rd1 Qf6 {Diagram [#]} 29. Kh2 Kg7 30. f4 Qe7 31. f5 Qe3 32. Qb2+ Qe5
33. Qc1 Bxd5 34. fxg6 hxg6 35. Bxd5 Nxd5 36. Ng2 Rb8 37. Re1 Qc3 38. Qxc3+ Nxc3
39. a5 Rxb3 40. Ra1 Rb7 41. a6 Ra7 42. Ne3 d5 43. Ng4 (43. Ra5 d4 44. Nc4 Kf6
45. Nd6 d3 46. Rxc5 d2) 43... d4 44. Ne5 Kf6 45. Nd3 Ne4 46. Rf1+ Kg7 47. Ra1
c4 48. Ne5 c3 49. Nd3 Nd2 50. Kg2 c2 51. Rc1 Rxa6 52. Rxc2 Ne4 53. Kf3 f5 54.
g4 Ng5+ 55. Kg2 Ra3 56. Nf4 Rc3 57. Rd2 Nf3 58. Rd1 Nh4+ 59. Kh2 Re3 60. gxf5
Nxf5 61. Rg1 Nh4 62. Rg3 Re5 63. Nd3 Ra5 64. Nf2 Ra2 65. Kg1 Ra1+ 66. Kh2 Kf6
67. Rg4 Nf5 68. Ne4+ Ke5 69. Nf2 Ra6 70. Nd3+ Kf6 71. Nc5 Rc6 72. Ne4+ Kg7 73.
Rg1 Rc2+ 74. Kh1 Kf7 75. Rd1 Ke6 76. Rd2 Rc4 77. Rg2 Rc1+ 78. Kh2 d3 79. Rxg6+
Ke5 80. Nf2 (80. Nd2 Rc2 81. Rg2 Ne3 82. Rf2 Rxd2 83. Rxd2 Nf1+) 80... d2 81.
Rg1 Kd4 82. Rg5 Nh4 83. Rg3 Rf1 84. Rd3+ Kc4 85. Rxd2 Nf3+ 86. Kg2 Nxd2 0-1

[Event "2008 Golden Knights Final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "James Rhodes"]
[Black "Gary Adams"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.24"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 d6 8. a3
Bd7 (8... a6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. d4 d5 14. Bf4
(14. Ne5) 14... Rb6) 9. Rb1 a5 (9... Ne8) 10. Bd2 Ne8 11. Re1 (11. Ne1) (11.
Qc1) 11... Nc7 12. h4 Rb8 13. Qc1 b5 14. h5 gxh5 15. Bh6 e5 16. Bg5 (16. Ne4)
16... f6 17. cxb5 Nd4 18. Bd2 Nb3 19. Qc2 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Nxb5 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 {
Diagram [#]} 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 a4 24. Bd5+ Kh8 25. Kg2 h4 26. gxh4 Rc8 27.
Qa2 f5 28. Nf3 Qe7 29. Rh1 e4 30. Ng5 (30. dxe4 fxe4 31. Ng5 e3) 30... exd3 31.
exd3 Bxd3 32. Rbc1 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Bf6 34. Qa3 Bb5 35. Qe3 Qg7 36. Kh1 Bxg5 37.
hxg5 f4 38. Qc3 (38. Qb6 Qxg5 39. Qxb5 Rg8) 38... Qxc3 39. Rxc3 Kg7 40. Be4 Rd8
41. Bf5 d5 42. Rc5 (42. Rc7+ Kf8 43. Bxh7 d4 44. Bb1 d3 45. g6 Rd7 46. Rxd7
Bxd7 47. Bxd3 a3 48. Bb1 Bf5 49. Ba2 Bxg6 50. b5 Bf7 51. Bb1 a2 52. Bxa2 Bxa2
53. f3 Ke7 54. Kg2 Bd5) 42... Bc4 43. Rc7+ Kg8 44. Bxh7+ Kh8 45. Bf5 Rf8 46.
Bb1 a3 47. Kg2 a2 48. Bxa2 Bxa2 49. Kf3 Bb3 50. b5 Bd1+ 51. Kg2 Be2 52. b6 d4
53. f3 (53. b7 Ba6) 53... Ba6 54. Rd7 d3 55. Rd6 Kg7 56. Kf2 Rf5 57. Ke1 Rxg5
58. b7 Re5+ 59. Kd2 Re2+ 60. Kd1 Bxb7 61. Rd7+ Kf6 62. Rxb7 Re3 63. Kd2 Rxf3
64. Rd7 Kf5 65. Rf7+ Kg4 66. Rg7+ Kh3 67. Rh7+ Kg2 68. Rh4 Rf2+ 69. Kxd3 Kg3
70. Rh7 Rh2 0-1

[Event "2012 Electronic Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mark Stephenson"]
[Black "Robert Cousins"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd8 7. O-O a6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 (9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. a4 b4 13. Bg5 Bb7 14.
Nbxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 O-O) 9... Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. Nf5 Qc5 (12...
Bd7 13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Bd3 O-O-O 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Ne3 Bc5) 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Rb1 (14.
Be3 Qa5 15. Bd4 O-O-O 16. Ne3 Bc6) 14... Bb5 15. c4 (15. Bxb5+ axb5 16. Ne3
Rxa2) 15... Bxc4 16. Nxg7+ Bxg7 17. Bxc4 b5 18. Bxe6 (18. Bd3) 18... fxe6 19.
Qxe6+ Qe7 20. Qb3 Kf8 21. Be3 Qf7 22. Qc3 Kg8 23. Rbd1 h5 (23... Ng4 24. Qc6
Rb8 25. Bd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4) 24. Rfe1 Kh7 25. Bd4 Rhe8 26. Qf3 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Re8
28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Qd1 Qg6 30. h3 Ne4 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qd5 Kh6 33. b3 Ng5 34.
Qd2 Kg7 35. Qd4+ Kh7 36. Qe3 Nf7 37. a4 Qf5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Kf1 Kg7 40. Ke2 {
Diagram [#]} Qe5 (40... Ng5 41. Qe7+ Kh6 42. Qe3 b4 {Diagram [#]} (42... Kg6))
41. Qxe5+ Nxe5 42. Ke3 Nc6 43. h4 Kf6 (43... Na5 44. b4 Nc6) 44. Ke4 Na5 45.
Kd4 Nxb3+ 46. Kc3 Nc1 47. f3 Ne2+ 48. Kb4 Ng3 49. Kxb5 Ke5 50. Kc5 Kf4 51. Kd6
Ke3 52. Ke5 Kf2 53. f4 Kxg2 54. f5 Nxf5 55. Kxf5 Kf3 56. Kg5 Ke4 57. Kxh5 Kf5
58. Kh6 Kf6 59. h5 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "2012 Electronic Knights Semifinal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anthony Kain"]
[Black "Juraj Beres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2192"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 (10... Nbd7) 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g3 Bb7
14. Bg2 Na6 {Diagram [#]} 15. Ne4 (15. Nxb5 cxb5 16. Bxb7 Nb4) 15... Qe7 16.
O-O f5 (16... O-O-O) 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 {Diagram [#]} 19. Re1 Kf7 20.
Qe2 Qe7 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qh5+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Kf7 25. a4 a6 26.
axb5 axb5 27. Bf3 Rd6 28. Qh8 Qd7 29. h4 Ke7 30. Qe5 Qe8 (30... Kf7 31. h5 Qe7
32. h6 Kg6 33. Qh8 Qf7 34. Re3 b4 35. h7 Qxh7 36. Bh5+ Qxh5 37. Qe8+ Kh6 38.
Qf8+) 31. Qxf5 Qf7 32. Qe4 Qf6 {Diagram [#]} 33. h5 Rd4 34. Qe3 Rd3 35. Qc5+
Kd7 36. Bg4 Rd6 37. Qe3 Kc7 38. Bxe6 Qxb2 39. h6 Rd3 40. Qg5 Kb6 41. Qg7 Qd2
42. Rf1 1-0

[Event "2012 Electronic Knights Final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "John Galvin"]
[Black "Michael Buss"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bb6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Nbd2
Ng6 9. Bb3 c6 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 Bc7 12. Re1 d5 13. Qc2 Be6 {Diagram [#]} 14. g3
(14. exd5 cxd5 15. c4 Nf4 16. Bb2 dxc4 17. dxc4 Nd3 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Ng4
20. Bc3 Bf5 21. h3 Qh4 22. Ne4 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Nh6 24. c5 Rfe8 25. Bd5 Rab8 26.
Qd3 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Bxe4 Rd8 29. Qf3 Kf8 30. b5 Qe7 31. b6 Qxc5 32. Bb2)
(14. h3 Nh5 15. Nf1 Nhf4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Ng3 Qf6 18. Re3 Rad8 19. d4 exd4 20.
Nxd4 dxe4 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Nxe4 Qg6 23. Rg3 Qf5 24. Rg5 Qf7 25. g3 Nd5 26. Rg4
Qf5 27. Re1 e5 28. Nc5 Qc8 29. a6 b5 30. c4 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Rf7 32. Qe4 Qf5 33.
Qxf5 Rxf5 34. Ne6 Bb6 35. Nxd8 Bxd8 36. b5 Kf8 37. bxc6 Ne7 38. Rd1) 14... Bg4
15. c4 Rc8 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bb2 Re8 18. c5 a6 19. Ba4 Re7 20. Qb3 Rb8 21. h4 (
21. Re3 Qc8 22. Rae1 Qf5) 21... Qc8 22. Nh2 Bh5 23. Re3 (23. b5 axb5 24. Qxb5
Qh3) 23... d4 24. Ree1 (24. Rf3) 24... Qh3 25. Nhf1 (25. Ndf1 Rd8 26. Qc2)
25... Re6 {Diagram [#]} 26. Bxd4 (26. Qc4 e4 27. dxe4 Nxh4 28. gxh4 Ng4 29. e5
Rg6) 26... exd4 27. Rxe6 fxe6 0-1

[Event "2012 Electronic Knights Final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.06.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anthony Kain"]
[Black "Patrick Ryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. h3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. dxc5 (10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Rd1 e5 12. exd4 exd4) 10... Bxc5 11.
e4 Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Be3 e5 16. Rfc1 Qd6 17. Bxd4
Qxd4 (17... exd4) 18. Nd5 {Diagram [#]} Nxd5 19. exd5 Rac8 (19... Qxd5 20. Be4
Qb3 21. Rc7 Bc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6) 20. Bc4 Rc5 21. Rc3 Rfc8 22. Rd1 Qh4
23. Rdc1 Qd4 24. a5 Rxa5 25. Rd1 Qf4 26. g3 Qg5 27. b4 Ra4 {Diagram [#]} 28. d6
Rxb4 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. d7 Bxd7 32. Rxd7+ Ke6 33. Rc7 Qf5 34.
Rxg7 Kf6 35. Rc7 Kg6 36. h4 Qe4 37. h5+ Kf6 38. Qxe4 Rxe4 39. Rxb7 h6 40. Kg2
Ra4 41. Kh3 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "2nd Kolkata GM Open 2015"]
[Site "Kolkata IND"]
[Date "2015.03.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Narayanan, Srinath"]
[Black "Ganguly, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Kislik, Erik"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2015.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 {Diagram
[#] 7. Qf3 is the hottest and sharpest line currently in the Taimanov. White
has a wide range of natural plans in mind stemming from the move, such as
Qg3!? or 0-0-0.} Ne5 (7... Bd6 8. O-O-O Be5 {potentially prepares ...Nge7.} 9.
g3 {looks very simple: White intends Qe2 followed by f4 with a space advantage.
} b5 10. Qe2 Nge7 11. f4 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Rxd4 O-O 14. Qd2 {White
intends Bg2, possibly followed by Nd1-e3 with a positional edge.} Rb8 (14...
Rd8 15. Bg2 Nc6 16. Rd3 {is quite strong for White: he intends e5 followed by
Rd1 and if ...b4 he can play the useful Na4!}) 15. Bg2 a5 16. Rd1 b4 17. Na4 {
is better for White due to the strong bind: White intends Rd6 followed by e5.
Black probably has to sacrifice a pawn by 17. ...d5 for insufficient
compensation.} d5 {Diagram [#]}) (7... b5 {Black intends ...Bb7.} 8. Nxc6 Qxc6
9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qg3 {makes it difficult for Black to complete his development.
White can consider playing ideas like Bd4, f3, and 0-0-0.} Nf6 (10... Rc8 11.
a3 Qc7 12. Bf4 {is also awkward for Black: if 12. ...d6, White can reply with
the direct h4-h5!} d6) 11. f3 h5 $5 {threatens to play ...h4 followed by ...
Bb4 or ...Ba3.} (11... d6 12. O-O-O b4 $1 13. Ne2 e5 14. Qe1 a5 15. Ng3 g6 16.
Qe2 Ba6 17. Nf1 {wins the fight for d5 in view of Bg5.}) 12. h4 Rc8 13. a3 Qc7
14. Bf4 $1 Qb6 {threatens the equalizing ...d5. In order to deal with it, it
makes sense for White to castle queenside and call Black's bluff.} 15. O-O-O
Rxc3 16. bxc3 Bxa3+ 17. Kd2 O-O 18. e5 Ne8 19. Ke2 {is definitely better for
White because his king is safe and Qg5 is an unpleasant threat to deal with.})
(7... Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Ne7 {was played recently by Morozevich. The simplest path
to an edge is} 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 b5 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. f3 Nc6 13. Be3 Ne5 14.
g4 {and White freely exploits his advantage by improving his position with
moves like Kb1, Rh5 or g5.}) (7... Nge7 {Black threatens ...Nxd4 followed by ..
.Nc6 and ...Bd6.} 8. Nb3 h5 $1 (8... Ng6 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Nxa5 Qxa5 11. Bd4 b5
12. Qe3 {threatens Bb6.} Rb8 13. h4 {and Black's knight on g6 keeps getting
struck by strong moves. If 13. ...h5 then 14. f4 is unpleasant.} h5 14. f4) 9.
O-O-O Ne5 10. Qg3 {White threatens the very strong f4, so Black has to aim for
risky dynamic play:} h4 11. Qh3 d5 12. Kb1 dxe4 13. Bb5+ $1 {Diagram [#] is a
beautiful move, exploiting the fact that Black can't take in view of Nxb5 and
Nd6+.} N7c6 14. Bxc6+ Qxc6 15. Rhe1 Nc4 16. Nxe4 {gives White a massive attack.
He threatens Bc5 with an immediate win.}) (7... Bb4 {Black threatens ...Ne5.}
8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd4 {leaves Black struggling to complete development. 9. Bf4
is also unpleasant for Black.} (9. Bf4)) 8. Qg3 h5 {Diagram [#] This is
Black's most aggressive system in the 7. Qf3 Taimanov. He intends to play ...
h4 followed by ...b5, effectively pushing White's pieces away from their best
squares.} 9. Bf4 $1 (9. h4 Nf6 10. O-O-O b5 {threatens ...b4 and gives Black
the initiative.}) (9. f3 h4 10. Qf2 Bb4 11. Bd2 Nf6 {intends ...d5 (or ...b5)
with a good game.}) (9. f4 h4 10. Qh3 Nc4 {immediately equalizes.}) (9. O-O-O
h4 10. Qh3 b5 {intends ...Nf6, when ...Neg4 would give him good play.}) (9. Nf5
$5 {was a beautiful move tried by Mamedyarov in early 2015. White threatens to
simply take on f7.} f6 10. O-O-O b5 $1 $146 {improves over Mamedyarov-Giri,
Tbilisi, 2015.} (10... exf5 11. Nd5 Qc6 12. Bb6 fxe4 13. Nc7+ Kf7 14. Qb3+ d5
15. Nxa8 Ne7 16. Be2 $1 $146 g6 17. Nc7 Bf5 18. h3 Kg7 19. g4) 11. f4 Ng4 12.
h3 Nxe3 13. Qg6+ Kd8 14. Nxg7 Qc6 15. Qe8+ Kc7 16. Qxf8 Nxd1 17. Ne8+ Kb6 18.
Bxb5 axb5 19. Rxd1 d5 20. exd5 Qc5 {Diagram [#] leads to a wild-looking
position. White can either trade off into an equal ending with Qxc5+ or play
21. Qg7 Bb7 22. Qxh8 and simplify, after which Black's defense is not so
difficult.} 21. Qxc5+ (21. Qg7 Bb7 22. Qxh8)) (9. Bg5 h4 $1 {is a fascinating
thrust: if White takes the pawn on h4, Black can sacrifice the exchange and
follow up with ...Ba3 with a huge attack.}) 9... d6 $1 {is solid but locks in
the f8 bishop.} (9... f6 10. O-O-O {emphasizes Black's poor development.}) 10.
Bg5 $1 {This is a really fascinating piece of reciprocal logic: because the
obvious 9. Bg5 doesn't work, White tries to play it in a stronger fashion now
that the f8 bishop is hemmed in and tactics with ...Ba3 no longer exist.} Bd7
$6 {Black intends ...b5 followed by Nf6.} (10... b5 {Black intends ...b4.} 11.
f4 h4 12. Bxh4 (12. Qf2 {also gives White a huge initiative.}) 12... b4 13.
Ncb5 $5 axb5 14. fxe5 Bd7 15. O-O-O {threatens Nxb5.} Qc5 16. Bg5 $1 {Be3 is
now a dangerous threat.} dxe5 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Kb1 Nf6 19. Bd3 Be7 20. h4 {is
definitely better for White. h5 is in the cards and Black has no safe haven
for his king in the resulting play.}) (10... Ng6 {Black prepares ...Be7.} 11.
O-O-O h4 12. Qd3 b5 13. a3 Nf6 14. Be2 $1 $146 Rb8 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. f3 $1 {
Diagram [#] is a very simple and strong move. White plans to follow up with
Be3 and g4-g5!, pushing Black's pieces back and gaining an incredible amount
of space.} Be7 17. Be3 Qb7 18. g4 Nd7 {Black intends ...Nb6 or ...b4. White
can stop both plays and obtain an advantage with the amazing sequence:} 19. b4
$1 Nb6 20. f4 $1 {White threatens g5 followed by f5.} e5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Nb3
O-O 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bd6 25. Nc5) (10... Nf6 $1 $146 {Diagram [#] Black
intends ...b5 or ...Be7. This is an important novelty that equalizes the line.
Most likely it is missed because engines struggle with the position after 10.
Bg5 without very deep analysis.} 11. f4 h4 $1 (11... Ned7 12. O-O-O b5 13. a3
Bb7 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 16. e5 {wins back the piece with a positional
advantage:} O-O-O 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bh4 d5 19. Rhe1 {and White threatens Qh3
with a solid static edge.}) 12. Qe3 (12. Bxh4 $6 Nh5 {plans ...Nxf4 Qxf4 and ..
.Ng6 with a good position for Black.}) 12... Nc6 13. O-O-O Qb6 $1 {Diagram [#]
This is a great defense, getting the queens off the board and allowing Black
to hold a slightly worse position.} 14. Be2 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Bd7 17.
Rhd1 Bc6 {Black intends ...Be7 followed ...e5 or ...d5.} 18. a4 {White can
consider the idea of b4-b5!?} (18. Bf3 h3 {gives Black great play.}) 18... Rc8
19. f5 Be7 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Be3 Kf7 22. Rf1 Kg6 23. h3 {White intends Bd3.} e5
24. Rc4 Rhf8 25. a5 Bd7 26. Bd2 Rxc4 27. Bxc4 Bc6 28. Bd3 Nd7 29. Rxf8 Nxf8 30.
b4 {Diagram [#] leads to a completely equal ending: after ...Ne6 followed by ..
.Bg5-xd2, Black has no weaknesses at all.} Ne6 31. Nd5 Bg5 32. Kd1 Bxd2 33.
Kxd2 Kf7 {and Black can follow up with ...Nf4 or ...Ng5 with an unbreachable
position.}) 11. f4 $1 {Diagram [#] f4 is the most direct way to challenge the
knight on e5. Although Black is able to queenside castle in the main lines, he
is still far from equality.} (11. O-O-O {intends h4 followed by f4.} Ng6 12. h4
b5 $1 (12... Nf6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. f4 {gives White a huge attack with Bd3 and
Rhe1 in mind.}) 13. a3 Nf6 14. f4 Be7 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Rhf1 {White threatens
Nde2 followed by f5.} Rab8 17. Nde2 Bc6 18. f5 Ne5 {Black threatens ...b4, so
White has to act extremely quickly.} 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Nf4 Qd7 21. Be2 {White
threatens the winning Bh6, so Black is forced to take on e4 even if it looks
risky.} Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bh6 Bxh4 24. Qxh4 gxh6 25. Nxh5 Qc6 26. c3 {
Diagram [#] gives White the initiative and threatens the immediate Nf6+.})
11... Nc6 12. O-O-O $6 {Diagram [#] White plans to play Nxc6 followed by f5
but he has no time for it.} (12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. O-O-O Nf6 14. Bd3 Be7 15. Bh4 g6
16. Rhe1 O-O-O 17. Rd2 {gives White a static edge and allows him to play many
useful moves such as a3, h3, Kb1, and Red1 while Black struggles to find
anything active to do.}) (12. Nf3 {This may have been the strongest option
because it keeps the most pieces on the board while White has a large space
advantage.} f6 13. Bh4 Nge7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Kb1 d5 16. Bd3 {intends a3
followed by Rhe1. White has a lead in development and Black is quite far from
equalizing.}) 12... Nxd4 $1 {Diagram [#]} (12... h4 13. Bxh4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Qc5
15. Rd3 b5 16. e5 {gives White a massive attack and threatens Ne4.}) 13. Rxd4
Qc5 14. Rd1 $6 {White intended the main line after 17. Qd2 that he got in the
game, but it gave Black great counterplay. 14. Rc4! would have put Black on
the ropes.} (14. Rc4 $1 h4 15. Qe1 Qa5 16. Kb1 b5 17. Rd4 Qb6 {Diagram [#]
leads to a rich position with many possibilities for White.} 18. Rd3 $1 (18.
Ne2 Be7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 {intends to counter 20. g3 by ...Bc6! with good play.}
20. g3 Bc6) (18. Rd2 Be7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. g3 b4 $1 21. Nd1 Bc6 22. gxh4 Ng6 {
effectively attacks White's pawn weaknesses.} 23. f5 Nxh4 24. Rxd6 Qc5 25. Rxc6
Qxc6 26. fxe6 Qxe6 27. Qxb4 Qe7 $1 {protects Black's king and allows him to
get out of the woods:} 28. Qc3 O-O 29. Rg1 Ng6 {and Black's king is completely
safe.}) 18... Be7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Rh3 b4 21. Nd1 Qd4 22. Bd3 Bc6 23. Rf1 d5
24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Rxh4 Rxh4 26. Qxh4 Nc3+ $3 {Diagram [#] is a brilliant move
that emphasizes the importance of exchanging pieces in tough defensive
positions. This also helps to activate the rest of Black's pieces.} 27. Ka1 (
27. bxc3 bxc3 {leaves White's king too open to pursue winning chances.}) 27...
Nxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Kb1 a5 30. b3 Rd7 31. Qh5 Rd5 32. Qf3 Ke7 {gives Black a
safe king and no problems.}) 14... h4 15. Qe1 $1 (15. Bxh4 Qh5 16. Bg5 f6 {
traps White's bishop.}) 15... Be7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 {Black intends ...b5 or 0-0-0.}
17. Qd2 (17. a3 {White intends Be2 followed by g4, but Black can equalize
quickly with well-timed pawn breaks.} O-O-O 18. Kb1 (18. Be2 Bc6 19. Bf3 g5 $1
{gives Black active counterplay.}) 18... Bc6 19. Bd3 d5 {equalizes for Black.
He can consider ...Kb8 or ...dxe4.}) 17... O-O-O 18. Qxd6 {Taking the pawn is
the only idea that makes any sense.} Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Ng6 {Diagram [#]} 20. Bc4 $6
{leaves White slightly worse. It was essential for him to maintain his pawn
structure with 20. Ne2!} (20. Ne2 $1 {White intends Rg1 and Rd3. Black does
best to fight for direct compensation as quickly as he can:} Bc6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8
22. e5 Ne7 23. Rg1 Nf5 24. g3 Bb5 {wins back the pawn for Black but most
importantly is not worse for White.} 25. Nc3 hxg3 26. hxg3 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Nxg3
28. Rf3 Nf5 29. Ne4 {Diagram [#] and White holds the balance.}) 20... Nxf4 21.
Rf1 Ng6 22. Rxf7 $5 {This may even be best and correct play may lead to a draw
objectively.} (22. Be2 Ne5 23. Nd1 Kc7 24. Rd2 Bc6 25. Nf2 f6 $1 26. b3 b5 {is
better for Black: structurally he is superior and he can continue with ...a5.})
22... Ne5 23. Rfxd7 Rxd7 24. Bxe6 Kc7 {Diagram [#]} 25. Rd5 $2 {Although this
doesn't look so bad at first sight, it may be objectively losing for White.} (
25. Rxd7+ $1 Nxd7 26. Nd5+ Kd6 27. Bxd7 Kxd7 28. Kd2 Rf8 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. Nb4 h3
31. g3 Ke5 32. Ke3 Rf1 33. Nd3+ Kd6 34. Nf2 {should draw because White can
defend all of his weak pawns.}) 25... Rxd5 26. exd5 Rf8 27. Nd1 Rf1 28. Kd2
Nc4+ 29. Ke2 Rg1 30. b3 (30. d6+ Nxd6 31. Ne3 b5 {should win for Black as well.
}) 30... Nd6 31. Ne3 b5 32. Kd3 {Diagram [#]} Kb6 (32... Ra1 $1 33. b4 Rxa2 34.
c3 Kb6 35. Nc2 Nc4 36. g3 hxg3 37. hxg3 Ne5+ 38. Kd2 Rb2 {appears to win for
Black.}) 33. Kd4 b4 34. c4 bxc3 35. Kxc3 a5 36. Kd4 (36. Bg4 $1 Kc5 37. Be2
Rc1+ 38. Kd2 Rh1 39. h3 a4 40. Nc2 axb3 41. axb3 Kxd5 42. Bd3 Ne4+ 43. Ke3 Nc5
44. Bc4+ Ke5 {Diagram [#] is better for Black, but offers serious drawing
chances in view of the limited material.}) 36... Ra1 37. a4 Rb1 38. Nc4+ (38.
Kc3 Kc5 39. h3 Rc1+ 40. Kd2 Ra1 41. Kd3 Ra3 42. Kc3 Ra2 {is winning for Black,
but may have been a more stubborn defense in any case.}) 38... Nxc4 39. Kxc4
Re1 $6 {This greatly complicates the play unnecessarily.} (39... Rc1+ $1 40.
Kd4 Rc2 41. d6 Rd2+ 42. Kc4 Rxd6 {wins for Black.}) 40. Bf5 Re2 $2 (40... Kc7
$1 41. h3 $1 (41. b4 Re5 $19) 41... Re2 42. b4 Rf2 43. Bh7 Rf4+ 44. Kc5 Rxb4
45. Bc2 g5 {may be winning for Black, but is far from clear.}) 41. d6 $2 (41.
b4 $1 axb4 42. Kxb4 Rb2+ 43. Kc4 Rxg2 44. a5+ Kxa5 45. Kc5 Ka6 46. Be4 Rg1 47.
d6 Rc1+ 48. Kd5 Kb6 49. Bf5 {Diagram [#] is an unbelievable theoretical draw.})
41... Kc6 42. d7 $2 (42. Kd3 Rb2 43. Kc3 Rf2 $19) 42... Kc7 43. Bh3 Re4+ (43...
g5 $1 {was an easier win.}) 44. Kd5 (44. Kd3 $1 Rb4 45. Kc3 Rf4 46. Be6 Rf6 47.
Bh3 g5 {wins as well.}) 44... Rb4 45. Ke6 Kd8 {and Black won easily:} 46. Kf7
Rxb3 47. Kxg7 Ra3 48. Be6 Rxa4 49. g4 hxg3 50. hxg3 Re4 51. Bf5 Re7+ 52. Kf6 a4
53. g4 a3 54. Bb1 Re1 55. Ba2 Re2 56. Bb3 Rb2 57. Bd5 Rd2 58. Bb3 Rb2 59. Bd5
a2 60. Bxa2 Rxa2 61. g5 Kxd7 62. g6 Ke8 63. Kg7 Rg2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "7. ...Nf6"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Annotator "Kislik, Erik"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.23"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 $1 7. Qf3 $1 {
Diagram [#]} Nf6 (7... Ba3 $6 {is a tricky line aimed at playing ...Ne5, but
it leads to a very bad position after} 8. O-O-O Ne5 9. Qg3 Qxc3 10. bxa3 Qxa3+
11. Kb1 Ng6 12. Nb3 {when White intends the very strong Bc5 followed by h4.})
8. O-O-O $1 {Diagram [#] This is clearly the right place for the White king.
He can consider playing Kb1, Be2, Nxc6 or Qg3 depending on circumstances.} (8.
Nxc6 {is a sensible try for White.} bxc6 9. O-O-O {White intends to play Be2
followed by Qg3. If Black commits to d6 his position will be passive in the
long run.} (9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 Rb8 11. b3 Bb4 12. Bd2 d5 {gives Black a
comfortable game and no weaknesses to worry about.}) 9... d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11.
Qg3 Qxg3 12. hxg3 Bb7 13. f3 Bd6 14. g4 h5 15. Bg5 Kd7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. gxh5
f5 {leads to a rich and tense balanced endgame in which Black has ideas like ..
.Rh6, ...Ke7, and ...f4. The bishop pair gives him realistic chances to fight
for a plus.}) 8... Nxd4 $1 {Diagram [#] This is a very amusing and surprising
solution: by taking on d4 and playing ...e5 followed by ...d6, Black takes
over the initiative and prepares to get activity on the queenside with ...b5.}
(8... d6 {This is a solid move. Black intends ...Nxd4 followed by ...b5 or ...
e5. Luckily for White, he has the direct and punishing idea of simply taking
on c6 and driving the knight out of f6 by g4-g5.} 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. g4 $1 h5 $5
{10. ...h6 11. h4 only works out in White's favor, so ...h5!? is a worthwhile
try to complicated matters and put the knight on e5.} (10... h6 11. h4) 11. g5
Ng4 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Bg3 Rb8 14. b3 Qc5 15. h4 {White has a large advantage
here because Black's counterplay has run dry and he needs to worry about Na4
immediately.}) (8... Be7 {Black would like to castle into relative safety, but
unfortunately he doesn't have time.} 9. Kb1 $1 d6 {Diagram [#] Castling would
have been met by g4, so d6 is a good waiting move.} 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Be2 (11.
g4 {also gives White an edge and successfully demonstrates the value of
driving Black's knight away from its best square.}) 11... O-O 12. h4 e5 13. Bg5
Be6 14. Nd5 {is a simple and direct plan that shows Black has problems with a
number of his pieces.}) (8... Ne5 9. Qg3 b5 {is very direct because it
threatens ...b4. The only way to challenge it without weaknesses is to play f4,
which forces the knight to the awkward g4 square.} 10. f4 Neg4 11. Bg1 {
retains the bishop and intends e5.} b4 12. Na4 $1 Nh6 (12... h5 {Black's
direct threat of ...Nxe4 forces either e5 or Bd3.} 13. Bd3 $1 $146 {Diagram [#]
improves over Narayanan-Swathi, Kolkata 2015.} (13. e5 {is not the strongest
move because it allows Black to put his pieces on all of their best squares.
After playing ...Nd5, ...Nh6, ...g6, ...Bb7 and ...Nf5, it's hard to see how
White can make direct progress:} Nd5 14. h3 Nh6 15. Bd3 g6 16. Be4 Bb7 17. Qf3
Rc8 18. Bf2 Nf5 19. Kb1 h4 {and Black's rock solid position cannot be worse.
In many cases he can consider playing ...Nxd4 followed by ...Bc6.}) 13... Bb7
$1 14. h3 Nh6 15. Qf3 $1 {This is amusing because it prevents ...d5, which can
be dealt with by playing e5 and taking on e4 and h5. Black ends up stuck with
his awkward knight on h6.} (15. Qe3 d5 16. e5 (16. Nxe6 {is initially favored
by engines, but Black's extra piece is worth more than enough after} fxe6 17.
exd5 Bd6 18. Bg6+ Kf8 19. Nc5 {neatly deals with the threat of Bxf4.} Bxc5 20.
Qxc5+ Qxc5 21. Bxc5+ Kg8 22. dxe6 Be4 $1) 16... Ne4 17. Bf2 Rc8 $1 {intends ...
Nf5!?, ...Be7, or even ...Bc6 depending on circumstances. Black has good
counterplay.}) 15... Be7 16. Bf2 Rc8 17. Kb1 h4 18. Rhe1 {Diagram [#] grants
White a clear edge and threatens many nasty ideas: g4, c4, and even Nb3 are in
the cards.} O-O 19. Bxh4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxh4 22. Re2 Bf6 23. g4
Rfd8 24. Qf2 {and White's simple Nb3 idea is really unpleasant to deal with.})
13. Qe3 $1 $146 {improves over Trent-Alsina, Granada 2015.} Be7 14. Bd3 O-O 15.
Kb1 $1 {White has an edge because Black has no effective way to deal with
White's ideas of Nb3 and h3.}) (8... Bb4 $6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd4 Be7 11. e5 Nd5
12. Ne4 c5 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Bxg7 {left White structurally
better with the bishop pair and a safer king in Narayanan-Mukherji, Kolkata
2015.}) 9. Bxd4 e5 10. Be3 d6 {Diagram [#]} 11. h3 $1 {is the most proactive
try: If White can freely get in g4-g5 things can get ugly.} (11. Qg3 {is a
decent attempt for White to fight for a bind on the light squares.} Be6 12. Bg5
Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 O-O 16. Be2 b5 17. Rhd1 Rfc8 18. Qb3
Qb6 {is fine for Black in view of the fact that f2 is cumbersome to defend.}) (
11. Bd3 {This move is tricky because Bg4!? 12. Nd5! probably favors White.
Nevertheless, simply playing ...b5 gives Black good play and a comfortable
pawn structure after} b5 (11... Bg4 12. Nd5) 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qd7 14. Qe2
f5 15. f3 Qf7) 11... b5 $1 $146 {Diagram [#] 11. ...b5! is a natural novelty
that resurrects this subvariation. Black intends ...b4 with the initiative.
White has to react to this or Black will gain an even stronger initiative.} (
11... Be7 12. g4 h6 13. Qg2 Be6 14. Nd5 {grants White a nice pull and
highlights the clumsiness of Black's minor pieces.}) (11... Be6 $2 {was played
in Milov-Weiss, 2011. Here White can obtain a large edge by the simple} 12. g4
h6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Rc8 15. c4 b5 16. Kb1 {and White's bishop pair and
large space advantage is important here.}) 12. a3 h6 $1 {is necessary to deal
with the threats coming to the f6 knight within the next few moves.} (12... Bb7
{is incorrect because Black needs to keep the b-file open for ...b4 pushes:}
13. g4 Be7 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. Kb1 {and White's edge is clear because ...b4 is not
coming anytime soon.}) 13. g4 {White needs to aim for concrete play by
g2-g4-g5 otherwise he won't be able to make any headway into Black's position
while Black opens up the queenside by ...b4.} Rb8 14. g5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Be7 {
Black intends to play ...Be6, which would prevent the White knight from firmly
occupying d5.} 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 {Diagram [#]} Qd8 $1 {Qd8 is a crucial
move, aimed at trading queens on f6 and equalizing with precise defense. With
the queens off the board, it turns out to be surprisingly awkward for White to
defend e4 and h3. This was a tough decision to believe in firmly because
engine scores were giving White a half pawn edge at first. Yet I was not
convinced White had anything in particular and further analysis indicated my
intuition was right.} (17... Bg5+ 18. Kb1 Qd8 19. Rg1 $1 Rh4 20. Qc3 Bb7 21. f4
Bxf4 22. Rxg7 Kf8 23. Rg2 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qb6 25. Rd3 {gives White a firm grip.})
18. Nxf6+ (18. Rg1 Rh6 {is rock solid for Black.}) (18. Kb1 Rh6 19. Be2 {is a
natural attempt to play for a small positional edge. In view of the fact that
Black can simply play ...Kf8, ...Be6 and ...Bh4, he has little to worry about:}
(19. Qb3 Kf8 {will probably lead to the same thing after 19. Be2.}) 19... Kf8
20. Qb3 Bb7 21. Bg4 Bh4 {gives Black no meaningful weaknesses and the natural
idea of ...Bxd5 followed by ...Rf6.}) 18... Qxf6 $1 (18... gxf6 19. h4 Ke7 20.
h5 {leaves Black struggling for equality. White intends the simple h6,
followed by Be2, Rdg1 and potentially Rg7.}) 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rxd6 Ke7 {leads
to a surprising ending: despite White's extra pawn, most of the positional
factors are actually in Black's favor and his compact pawn structure is very
easy to manage.} 21. Rc6 (21. Rd3 {threatens h4! but Black stops it
effectively and fully equalizes by} Rh4 $1 22. Bg2 Be6 23. Rc3 Rg8 24. Rh2 (24.
Bf3 Rc8 {gives White little to hope for.}) 24... Kd6 {intends ...a5 and may
even allow Black to take over the initiative despite the pawn minus.}) 21...
Bb7 22. Rc7+ Kd6 $1 23. Rxf7 Ke6 {Diagram [#]} 24. Rg7 {This is a serious try
because White intends to trade off Black's strong e4 bishop in this line.} (24.
Rc7 Bxe4 25. Rg1 Bf3 26. c4 (26. Rg3 e4 {effectively intends ...Rbd8.} 27. c4
Rbc8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. b4 f5 30. c5 Kf6 {leaves White very tied up and intends
...Rd8-d1.}) 26... Rbd8 27. cxb5 (27. Rg3 Rd1+ 28. Kc2 Rxf1 29. Rxf3 e4 30.
Rc6+ Kd7 31. Rfxf6 Rxf2+ {is a simple tactic that leads play into a drawn rook
ending.}) 27... Rd1+ 28. Kc2 axb5 29. Rc6+ Bxc6 30. Kxd1 Rh4 31. Ke1 Re4+ 32.
Be2 f5 33. Rg6+ Kd5 {intends ...b4 and ...Rh4 and gives Black more than enough
activity.}) 24... Bxe4 25. Bg2 (25. Rhg1 Bf3 26. Kd2 e4 27. Ke3 Rbc8 28. c3
Rcd8 {and ...Rd1 guarantees that Black has no trouble in the endgame at all.})
25... Bxg2 26. Rxg2 Kf5 27. Rg3 Rh4 {leads to a very comfortable endgame for
Black. He can consider ...Rc8, ...Rf4, ...Rbh8, and even ...Kf4.} 28. Rc3 a5 {
Diagram [#] is a fully satisfactory endgame for Black. He can follow up with ..
.Rf4, ...b4 and ...Rh8 with no real losing chances.} *

[Event "Billerica Chess Club (G90 d5)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carissa, Yip"]
[Black "Bromley, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2150"]
[BlackElo "2010"]
[Annotator "Yip, Carissa"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 {Tim played his usual French Defence against me} 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6
4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 {this was all
theory, but then came a surprise...} Qxf6 {Diagram [#] I had expected Nxf6
which was the main line, and i would have responded with} (9... Nxf6 10. Nf3
Bd6 11. O-O O-O) 10. Nf3 h6 11. a3 $2 {This was a bad move because it didnt do
anything but protect the b4 square. However, the b4 square didn't need any
protection! It also gave black a chance to play e5} (11. Ng3 {is the main move,
followed by 0-0, Re1, Nh5, and Ne5}) 11... Bd6 12. Bd2 {Diagram [#] Black can
play e5 here too} O-O (12... e5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bb5+ Nc6 16.
Bc3 Qf7 17. O-O O-O 18. Rc1 {Black is definitely equal here}) 13. O-O Rd8 14.
Bc3 {mixing up my lines a bit. I heard of this line and wanted to try it out.
He couldn't punish me and went on with Black's theory against the regular moves
} Nf8 15. Re1 {Tring to take control over the e5 square} Bd7 16. Ng3 Be8 $1 {
a typical idea to try to exchange the light square bishops by Bg6 and covering
h5 at the same time too} 17. Ne5 {just in time to stop bg6} Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qh4
19. b4 {trying to get in b5 and kicking the knight back from c6 where it
attacked e5} Bg6 {not a great move. Black should try to stop b5 with a6} 20. b5
{Diagram [#]} Ne7 21. Bb4 Rac8 {trying to make use of the c4 square} 22. Nf1 {
afraid that i was going to lose the e5 pawn, i created a back-up plan. The
idea was g3 and f4, supporting the pawn on e5} Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Nfg6 24. Nd2 {
keeping control over c4 and the possible idea of Nf3} Rf8 $2 {this was an
error because now the knight on e7 cannot move because of the pin and also
because of the knight on g6} 25. Nf3 Qg4 26. h3 {Some of you might think that
is a mistake because of the Qxg2 ideas but they do not work.} Qf4 {Diagram [#]}
(26... Nf4 27. hxg4 Nxd3 28. Bxe7 Nxe1 29. Nxe1 {White is better}) (26... Qxg2+
27. Kxg2 Nf4+ 28. Kg3 Nxd3 29. Bxe7 Nxe1 30. Rxe1 Rf7 31. Bb4 {White is also
better here}) 27. Qd4 {trying to exchange queens with the idea of after Qxd4
then recapturing would lead to an attack on the pawn on e6} b6 28. h4 {thinkin
of h5 ideas} h5 (28... Nxh4 29. Qxf4 Rxf4 30. Nxh4 Rxh4 31. Bxe7) 29. Re3 {
with the idea of Rc3} Qf7 30. Ree1 {Diagram [#] i was in desperate time
trouble with just a minute on the clock. I repeated moves to save time because
if he thought i was going to play for a draw, then he would have to think
about if he wanted a draw too. Unfortunately for me, he had a nice move at his
disposal} Rfe8 (30... Rc4 $1 {is crushing. After Qd2, White just loses the h4
pawn} 31. Qd2 Nxh4 (31... Rg4 {is also a strong idea})) 31. Ng5 Qf5 32. Rac1 {
now i have consoladated against the Rc4 threat} Rxc1 $2 {giving me the c file
was a bad idea. I was hoping that he didnt see something i overlooked....} 33.
Rxc1 Rc8 $4 {Diagram [#] Blunder alert!!!} 34. Rxc8+ Nxc8 {Now he was in time
trouble} 35. Qc3 Nce7 36. Bd6 {Diagram [#]} (36. Qc7 {was completely winning.
I thought so too during my extremely quick calculations, but i needed to hurry,
and so hesitated when i saw that the e5 pawn was hanging. I dont like to have
unprotected pieces so i played Bd6}) 36... Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qxb5 38. Qc7 Qc6 $4 {
Diagram [#] A blunder! Black had back rank problems and he still could have
defended with Qe8 instead of the horrible Qc6. But we were both in time
pressure, so you can't blame anyone} (38... Qe8 39. g3 {Black is tied up} Qc8 {
if he tries to exchange queens, White just takes the pawn on a7} 40. Qxa7 Qc2
41. Kg2) 39. Qd8+ Nf8 40. Bxe7 {Diagram [#] Now Black is lost} 1-0

[Event "Legands of Chess"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hoy, Andrew"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2181"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[Annotator "Yip, Carissa"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qc5
Qb7 15. Bd4 Bf5 16. Qb5 Qc7 17. Qc5 Qb7 18. Qa5 $2 {Diagram [#] Perhaps he
should try Qb5 and hope that I would repeat the move} Rfc8 19. Bc3 Bxc3 (19...
Rxc3 20. bxc3 Bh6+ 21. Rd2 Qd7 22. c4 Rd8 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Qxd3 25. Rhd1)
20. bxc3 Rab8 21. Kd2 Qb2 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Kxd3 Rb5 24. Qa4 Qxc3+ 25. Ke2 Re5+
26. Kf2 Qe3+ 27. Kg3 Rg5+ 28. Kh3 Qf2 29. g3 Qxf3 30. Rd4 Qxh1 31. Rf4 Rh5+ 32.
Kg4 f5+ 33. Rxf5 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess"]
[Site "Boylston Chess Club"]
[Date "2015.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Williams, Chris"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2150"]
[Annotator "Yip, Carissa"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

{I just finished world amateur team tournament in NJ last week. After
returning home, I played on Thursday night, and Friday night. This morning I
skipped the first round and started at the second round. After 2 wins, I was
very tired, and planned to withdraw after 2 games as I normally do. However, I
wasn't sure this time. I knew that I would become a master if I could win this
game. I would get more than 40 rating points! But I never beat Chris before.
He is a very strong master. I talked to my dad, and my dad told me not to
think too much about ratings. He told me to listen to my heart.} 1. e4 c5 {
Follow my heart!} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Nb3
{a strange move, usually played when black plays nc6} a6 {The plan is to
attack on the Queen side} 8. g4 {Diagram [#] I never seen this line before.} b5
{I continued with my plan as White seems to have weakened the King side} 9. g5
Nfd7 10. f4 Bb7 11. Be3 b4 12. Nd5 Nc6 13. Nd4 e6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd4 e5 16.
fxe5 Bxd5 17. exd5 ({This is another possibility} 17. exd6 Bxe4 18. Bxg7 Bxh1
19. Bxh8 Qxg5) 17... Qxg5 18. e6 Nf6 19. Bf3 {Diagram [#]} (19. exf7+ Kxf7 {i
have connected my rooks and can do manual castling if I need to}) 19... O-O $1
{Keep my king safe and develop my Rook. White's a-rook is not developed yet.
Black has a huge advantage} 20. Qd2 Ne4 $1 {Diagram [#] This is a winning move.
After the exchange, Black has a winning endgame} 21. Qxg5 (21. Bxe4 Qh4+ 22.
Bf2 Qxe4+ 23. Qe2 Qxh1+) (21. Qd3 Bxd4 22. Qxe4 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bc3+) 21... Nxg5
22. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 23. Kf2 Kxg7 24. Kxf3 fxe6+ 25. Ke4 exd5+ 26. Kxd5 {Diagram [#]}
Rf2 $1 {Game over} 27. Rac1 Rc8 28. c4 bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxa2 30. Kxd6 Rd2+ 31. Ke7
Rc4 32. Rhe1 Rxh2 33. Re6 Rh3 34. Rxa6 Rcxc3 35. Rca1 Rcd3 36. Re6 Rhe3 37. Re1
Rxe1 38. Rxe1 Rf3 39. Ke6 g5 40. Ra1 Kg6 41. Ke5 Rf5+ 42. Ke4 h5 43. Ra8 Rf4+
44. Ke3 h4 45. Rh8 Kf5 46. Ra8 h3 47. Ra1 Kg4 {White resigned} 48. Ra8 0-1

[Event "Korchnoi Birthday KO"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "2001.04.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2827"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5 8.
Qd3 Nc6 {Diagram [#]} 9. Nf3 (9. Rxh7 Rxh7 10. Qxh7 Nxd4) 9... Qg6 10. Qxg6
fxg6 11. Nb5 Ke7 (11... Kd8 12. Ng5) 12. Nxc7 Rb8 13. Nb5 (13. O-O-O a6) 13...
Nb6 14. c3 Bd7 15. Bd3 Na5 16. b3 Bxb5 17. Bxb5 h6 18. Nh4 Rhc8 19. Rh3 (19.
Nxg6+ Kf7) 19... g5 20. Ng6+ (20. Nf3 g4) 20... Kf7 21. Rf3+ Kxg6 (21... Kg8
22. Ne7+) 22. Bd3+ Kh5 23. Rh3+ Kg4 24. f3+ Kf4 25. Kf2 g4 26. g3+ Kg5 27. f4#
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.07.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#1"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/1p5P/p3p3/b1K1p3/2P5/8/3P3R/8 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Kc7 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.07.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#2"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4kp2/4p1pP/2p1K3/4P3/8/6PR/7r b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rf1 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.07.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#3"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/5n2/8/1n6/5k2/3K4/2BN1B2 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Ne4+ 2. Ke1 Nc2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.07.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#4"]
[Black "Trapping"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/ppN1k3/1n6/4p3/8/1P2P3/4K3/8 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... a6 2. Kd2 Kd7 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.07.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#5"]
[Black "Simplification"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k2r/3p4/8/4q3/8/6B1/3PP2P/3QK2R b Kk - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qxg3+ 2. hxg3 Rxh1+ 3. Kf2 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.07.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#6"]
[Black "Interference"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3k1p2/1nb1p3/nN6/8/2BB4/3K4/8 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nac4+ 2. Bxc4 Nxc4+ 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo+"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1901.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C31"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1901.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe5 Bd6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bc4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
O-O Qe7 9. Kh1 Bf5 10. g4 Be6 11. g5 Bxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Be3
Rxf1+ 15. Qxf1 Rf8 16. Qg2 Rf3 17. Re1 Qb4 18. Qg4 Qc4 19. Nxe4 Rf1+ 20. Rxf1
Qxf1+ 21. Bg1 Nxd4 22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. gxf6 g6 24. h3 Qf3+ 25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2
Nxc2 27. Bxa7 {Diagram [#]} Nb4 28. Bb8 Na6 29. Ba7 Nb4 30. Bb8 Na6 31. Ba7 Nb4
32. Be3 Nc6 (32... Nxa2 33. Bd2 c5 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Ke4 Nb4 36. Bxb4 cxb4 37.
Kf4 h6) 33. Bf4 {Diagram [#]} g5 (33... Nb4 34. Bd2 (34. a3 Nd3) 34... Nxa2 35.
Kf3 c5 36. Ke4 Nb4 37. Bxb4 cxb4) 34. Bg3 Nb4 35. Be1 (35. a3 Nd3 36. b4 {
Diagram [#]} h5 (36... b5 37. Kf3 h5 38. Ke4 Nb2 39. Kd4 Na4 40. Be1 Kf7 41.
Bd2 g4 42. hxg4 hxg4) 37. Kf3 Nb2 38. Ke4 Nc4 39. a4 (39. Be1 Nxa3 40. Bd2 g4
41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Kf4 b6) 39... h4 40. Bh2 Nd2+ 41. Ke3 Nf1+ 42. Kf2 Nxh2 43.
Kg2 Ng4 44. hxg4 c6) 35... Nxa2 36. Bd2 c5 37. Kf3 (37. Bxg5 Nb4 38. Bd2 Nc6
39. Bf4 (39. Bc3 b5 40. b3 b4) 39... b5 40. Kf3) 37... b5 38. Ke4 h6 39. Be3 c4
40. Kd4 (40. Bd2 b4 41. Kd4 c3 42. bxc3 bxc3 (42... b3 43. Kd3) 43. Bxc3 Nxc3
44. Kxc3 h5) 40... Nb4 {Diagram [#]} 41. Bd2 (41. Kc5 Nd3+ 42. Kxb5 Nxb2 (42...
Nxe5 43. Bd4 Nd7 44. Kxc4) 43. Bd4 Nd3 44. Kxc4 Nf4 45. Be3 Nxh3 46. Kd3 g4 47.
Ke2 h5 48. Kf1 h4 49. Kg2) 41... Nd3 42. b3 Nf2 (42... Kf7 43. bxc4 bxc4 {
Diagram [#]} 44. Ke4 (44. Bc3 Nf2 45. Kxc4 Nxh3 46. Kd3 Nf4+ 47. Ke4 Ng6 48.
Bd4 Nh8 49. Be3 Kg6 50. Bd4 Nf7 51. Be3 h5 52. Bd4 h4 53. Kf3 Kf5 54. Bc3 g4+
55. Kg2 Kf4) (44. Be3 Ne1 45. Kxc4 Nf3 46. Bd4 h5) 44... Nf2+ 45. Kd4 Nxh3 46.
Kxc4 g4 47. Be1 Nf4) 43. bxc4 bxc4 44. Kxc4 Nxh3 45. Kd3 Nf2+ 46. Ke3 Ng4+ 47.
Ke4 Kf7 48. Bc3 h5 49. Bd2 Nxf6+ (49... h4 50. Bxg5 h3 51. Kf3 Nxe5+ 52. Kg3 h2
53. Kg2 Nf3 54. Bf4 Kxf6 55. Bg3) 50. exf6 Kxf6 51. Bc3+ Kg6 52. Ke5 h4 53.
Kxe6 g4 54. Bf6 Kh5 55. Be5 Kg6 56. Bf6 Kh5 57. Be5 g3 58. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York National"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1913.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Morrison, John Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1913.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Bxe4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Bg5 Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rxe4
Rd8 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Rae1 c5 17. d5 Qf6 18. Ne5 Bc8 19. Nd3 b6 20. R1e3 g6 21.
Nf4 Bb7 22. Rf3 exd5 23. Nxd5 Qg7 24. Qd2 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Rd7 26. h3 Rad8 27. Rd3
Qf6 28. Re1 Qf5 29. d6 Qf6 30. Rd1 Qe6 31. b3 Qf6 32. Rd5 Kg7 33. Qd3 Kg8 34.
a3 Kg7 35. Kf1 Kg8 36. b4 cxb4 37. axb4 Kg7 38. b5 Kg8 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. Qg3 Kh8
41. R1d4 Re8 42. Rf4 Qe6 43. Rfd4 Qf6 44. Kh2 Red8 45. Rd3 Qe6 46. Qh4 Kg7 47.
Qg3 Kh8 48. R3d4 Qf6 49. Kg1 Qe6 50. h4 h5 51. f4 f5 52. Qc3 Qf6 53. g3 Kh7 54.
Qc6 Kh6 55. Rd2 Qa1+ 56. Rd1 Qf6 57. Kg2 Qf7 58. Qc3 Qf8 59. Qd4 Qf7 60. Re1
Qg7 61. Qe5 Qf8 62. Red1 Re8 63. Qc3 Red8 64. R1d2 Qf7 65. Qd4 Qf8 66. Kh3 Qf7
67. Rc2 Qe6 68. Qe5 Qf7 69. Rc7 Qf8 70. Rxd7 Rxd7 71. Qe6 Qg7 72. Rxf5 Qa1 {
Diagram [#]} 73. Rxh5+ Kxh5 74. g4+ Kh6 75. g5+ Kg7 (75... Kh7) (75... Kh5 76.
Qg4#) 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1903.02.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1903.02.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e3 d5 2. f4 c5 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Nc3
a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Ne5 h5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 h4 13. Be5 h3 14. g3 Rh6 15.
Qf3 Qc7 16. Nxc5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. Rxf4 e5 20. Ra4 Nd7 21.
Rxa6 Rxa6 22. Nxa6 e4 23. d4 exd3 24. cxd3 Ne5 25. d4 Ng4 26. Nc5 Rf6 27. Nd3
Nxe3 28. Re1 Re6 29. Nf4 Re7 30. Nxh3 Nc2 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Kf2 Nxd4 33. Ke3
c5 34. Ng1 Kd6 35. Nf3 Nc6 36. a3 f5 37. Kd3 d4 38. h4 g6 39. Ke2 Kd5 40. Kd3
Na5 41. Nd2 {Diagram [#]} Nxb3 42. Nxb3 c4+ 43. Kc2 cxb3+ 44. Kxb3 Ke4 45. Kc2
Ke3 46. Kd1 Kf3 47. a4 Kxg3 48. a5 f4 49. a6 f3 50. a7 f2 51. Ke2 d3+ 52. Kd2
f1=Q 53. a8=Q Qg2+ 54. Qxg2+ Kxg2 55. Kxd3 Kg3 56. Ke3 Kxh4 57. Kf3 g5 58. Kg2
Kg4 59. Kh2 Kf3 60. Kh3 g4+ 61. Kh2 Kf2 62. Kh1 Kg3 63. Kg1 Kh3 0-1

[Event "Spring Swiss"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vanita Young"]
[Black "Christopher J. Persons"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "1753"]
[BlackElo "1884"]
[Annotator "Young, Vanita"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 h6 8. O-O
a5 9. a4 Be6 10. Be3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Qg5 {
Diagram [#]} 15. Re4+ Bxe4 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 O-O-O 19. Qf5+
Kb8 20. Nxa5 Nd4 21. Qxf7 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Be7 23. Kxe2 Rhe8 24. Nc6+ (24. Nxb7)
24... bxc6 25. Qb3+ Ka8 (25... Kc7) 26. Kf1 (26. g3) 26... Bc5 27. g3 Rf8+ (
27... Rd2 28. Qf7 Rf8 29. Qxf8+ Bxf8 30. Re1) 28. Kg2 Rf2+ 29. Kh3 Rh8+ 30. Kg4
1-0

