[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Duke Karl / Count Isouard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1858.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 {This is a weak move already.--Fischer} 4. dxe5
Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 {Diagram [#]} 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bg5 {Black
is in what's like a zugzwang position here. He can't develop the [Queen's]
knight because the pawn is hanging, the bishop is blocked because of the Queen.
--Fischer} b5 10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbd7 12. O-O-O Rd8 13. Rxd7 Rxd7 14. Rd1
Qe6 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Qb8+ Nxb8 17. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1919.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "William Winter"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1919.08.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bd6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Nd5 g5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bg3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Qxf3 15. gxf3 f6 16. Kg2 a5 17. a4 Kf7 18. Rh1 (18. c4 c6 19. Rfc1 Rfb8 20. b3
b5 21. Rc3 Rb6 22. Kf1 bxc4 23. dxc4 Rab8 24. Ra3) 18... Ke6 19. h4 Rfb8 20.
hxg5 hxg5 21. b3 c6 22. Ra2 b5 23. Rha1 c4 24. axb5 cxb3 25. cxb3 Rxb5 26. Ra4
Rxb3 27. d4 Rb5 28. Rc4 Rb4 29. Rxc6 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "ch Marshall CC"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1940.02.25"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "Hyman Rogosin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Annotator "Doe,John"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1940.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. a3 Nc6 4. axb4 Nf6 5. b5 Nd4 6. c3 Ne6 7. e5 Nd5 8. c4
Ndf4 9. g3 Ng6 10. f4 Ngxf4 (10... Nd4 11. Bb2 Nf5) 11. gxf4 Nxf4 12. d4 Ng6
13. h4 e6 14. h5 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Ne7 17. Ne4 Nf5 18. h6 g6 19. Nf6+
Kf8 20. Nf3 d6 21. Ng5 dxe5 22. dxe5 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Ke7 24. Rh3 b6 25. Bg2 Rb8
26. Ngxh7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Maxim Rodshtein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d5 7. d3 Bd6 8. f4
Bc5 9. exd5 O-O 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. h3 (11. h4) (11. Kf1) 11... Re8 12. Qd2 Nd7
13. Kd1 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Rxe5 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Bf5 17. Qe5 Qf8 18. Bxc6 Nxc6
19. Qxf5 Nd4 20. Qf4 Re8 21. Bd2 Qe7 22. Qg5 Qb7 23. b4 Bb6 24. Qd5 Qc7 25. Kc1
Rd8 26. Qc4 Qg3 27. Kb2 Qxg2 28. Ne4 Qxh3 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Ng5+ Kg8 31. Nxh3
Nf3 32. Bf4 Bd4+ 33. c3 Bf6 34. Nf2 Bh4 35. Be3 Re8 36. Ne4 Ne1 37. Rd1 a6 38.
a4 Nxd3+ 39. Rxd3 Rxe4 40. b5 axb5 41. axb5 h5 42. Bd4 Bg5 43. b6 Bf4 44. Rf3
g5 45. Kc2 h4 46. Kd3 Re7 47. c4 Rh7 48. c5 h3 49. Rxf4 gxf4 50. c6 h2 51. b7
Rh3+ 52. Kc4 h1=Q 53. b8=Q+ Kh7 54. Qh8+ Kg6 55. Qf6+ Kh5 56. Qf5+ Kh6 57. Qf6+
Kh5 58. Qf5+ Kh6 59. Qxf4+ Kg6 60. Qf6+ Kh5 61. Qf5+ Kh6 62. Qf4+ Kg6 63. Qg4+
Kh6 64. Qe6+ Kh5 65. Qf5+ Kh6 66. Qf6+ Kh5 67. c7 Qc1+ 68. Bc3 Rh4+ 69. Kd5
Qd1+ 70. Kc5 Qg1+ 71. Kb5 Qb1+ 72. Kc5 Qg1+ 73. Bd4 Qc1+ 74. Kb6 Qb1+ 75. Ka7
Qa2+ 76. Qa6 Qf7 77. Qb5+ Kg6 78. Qb6+ Kf5 79. Kb8 1-0

[Event "Cambridge"]
[Site "Cambridge"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "MacHack VI"]
[Black "GM Bobby Fischer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Ng8 9. f4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Bc4 d5 12. Be2 Rb8 13. b3 Ng4 14. Bd4 {
Diagram [#]} e5 (14... Ne3 15. Bxe3 (15. Qd2 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxc2+) (15. Bxg7
Nxd1 16. Bxh8 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Qb6 18. O-O-O (18. Be5 Qe3 19. Rd1 (19. Bxb8 Bg4)
19... Bg4 20. Rd2 Rb4 21. Kd1 Bxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Rd4+) 18... Qe3+) 15... Bxc3+) 15.
fxe5 O-O 16. Bxg4 Qh4+ 17. g3 Qxg4 18. Qxg4 Bxg4 19. Rf1 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 c5 21.
Bf2 Bxe5 22. Be1 Rf8+ 23. Kg2 Rf3 24. h3 Rxc3 25. Bxc3 Bxc3 26. Rf1 Bf5 27. Rf2
h5 28. Re2 Kf7 29. Re3 Bd4 30. Rf3 Ke6 31. c3 Be5 32. Re3 d4 33. cxd4 cxd4 34.
Re1 d3 35. h4 d2 36. Rd1 Bc3 37. Kf2 Bg4 38. Rh1 Bd4+ 39. Kg2 Kd5 40. a3 Ke4
41. Rf1 Kd3 42. Kh2 Ke2 43. Kg2 Bh3+ 44. Kxh3 Kxf1 45. b4 d1=Q 46. Kh2 Qe2+ 47.
Kh3 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine, CA USA"]
[Date "1972.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Paul Brandts"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C98"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1972.03.12"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Be6 15.
Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Ng5 Bc8 18. a4 Qb8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bb3 c4 21. Bc2 h6
22. Nf3 Kg7 23. Nh2 Be6 24. Qf3 Qb7 25. Nhg4 Nxg4 26. hxg4 Bg5 27. Nf5+ gxf5
28. Bxg5 hxg5 29. exf5 Qe7 30. Qxc6 Bd7 31. Qc7 f6 32. Ra7 Rf7 33. Rd1 Qe8 34.
Be4 Rc8 {Diagram [#]} 35. Qxd7 (35. Qb7 Bc6) 35... Rxd7 36. Rdxd7+ Kh6 (36...
Kh8 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Bd5+) (36... Kf8 37. Rh7) 37. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina)"]
[Site "Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovin"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "IM Laszlo Kovacs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C94"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Nf1 Qc7 13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Bc2 Re8 15. d4
Ne6 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Be7 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Qe2
Nd5 22. Bd2 Bc5 23. a4 Rad8 24. b4 Ba7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra6 e4 27. Bxe4 Bb8
28. g3 Nf6 29. Rxc6 Qd7 30. Rxf6 gxf6 31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Bh6 Rg8 33. Qh4 Be5 34.
Re3 Qc7 35. Bf3 Rd6 36. Kg2 Ra6 37. Re4 Qxc3 38. Be3 Ra1 {Diagram [#]} 39.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 40. Rh4+ Kg7 41. Bh6+ Kh7 42. Bf8# 1-0

[Event "Lone Pine"]
[Site "Lone Pine, CA USA"]
[Date "1971.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Daniel Fischheimer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1971.03.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Qd6 7. Nbd2 b5 8.
b3 g6 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. f4 Bg7 12. fxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. O-O
O-O 15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Qd2 c5 17. Qc3 Bb7 18. Rae1 a5 19. a4 bxa4 20. bxa4 Qd6 21.
Ne5 Bc6 22. Kh1 Bxa4 23. Ng4 Qd4 24. Qd2 Ra6 25. c3 Qg7 26. e5 Bb3 27. Nf6+ Kh8
28. Re4 h6 29. Rh4 g5 30. Rh5 Qg6 31. Qe2 a4 32. h4 g4 33. Qe3 Kg7 34. Rhf5 a3
35. h5 Qxf5 36. Rxf5 a2 {Diagram [#]} 37. Rg5+ Kh8 (37... hxg5 38. Qxg5+ Kh8
39. Qh6#) 38. Rg8+ Rxg8 39. Qxh6# 1-0

[Event "Skopje Olympiad"]
[Site "Skopje, Yugoslavia"]
[Date "1972.10.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ortvin Sarapu"]
[Black "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 b6 4. c4 e6 5. Be2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. b3 Bb7
9. Bb2 a6 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Ncb5 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Rfc8
15. Rac1 Be4 16. Bd3 Qb7 17. f3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd7 19. Ne2 b5 20. Qd4 Nf6 21. e4
bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Qxc4 Rc8 24. Qd3 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. Qe4 h6
28. Nf4 Bg5 29. Nxd5 Rxd5 30. Re1 Qb6+ 31. Kh1 Qf2 32. Bc1 {Diagram [#]} Bh4
33. g3 (33. Rg1 Qxg1+ 34. Kxg1 Rd1+) 33... Bxg3 34. hxg3 Rh5+ 0-1

[Event "Nathanya (Israel)"]
[Site "Nathanya (Israel)"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yaacov Bleiman"]
[Black "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. e3
O-O 9. Bc4 Nh5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nd2 gxh4 13. Qxh5 f5 14. g3 Nd7 15.
gxh4 Ne5 16. Rg1 Kh8 17. h3 Bd7 18. f4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Qe7 20. a4 {Diagram [#]}
Bxc3+ 21. bxc3 b5 22. axb5 Bxb5 23. Nd2 (23. Qe2 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Qxe3+ 25. Kf1
Qf3+ 26. Ke1 Rae8+ (26... Rab8)) 23... Qxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Venice (Italy)"]
[Site "Venice (Italy)"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Mato Damjanovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. e5 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Ne4 b5 14. Ng5 h6 15.
Nh3 Bb7 16. g4 c5 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Ne7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qh5
Rd5 22. Re3 f5 23. Rh3 Rd4 24. f3 Qd7 25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qxa8 Rd1+ 27. Kg2 Rxa1
28. Rh8 Kg6 29. h4 Rd1 {Diagram [#]} 30. Qf8 Rd4 (30... Nc6 31. Qg8) 31. Rh6+
gxh6 32. Qf6+ Kh7 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Bf6# 1-0

[Event "85th GK"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Intimidatpr"]
[Black "Shinetowin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "1509"]
[BlackElo "1534"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.07.04"]

1. e4 Nf6 {Diagram [#]} 2. e5 (2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 (3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 Nb6 {
Diagram [#]} (4... Nxc3 5. Qf3) 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d4 e6 8. O-O Na5) 3...
Ne4 (3... Nfd7) (3... d4) 4. Nce2 f6 5. d3 Ng5 {Diagram [#]}) 2... Nd5 (2... d5
) 3. d4 d6 {Diagram [#]} 4. Bc4 (4. Nf3) 4... e6 (4... Nb6 5. Bb3 Bf5 (5...
dxe5 6. Qh5) 6. Qf3 Qc8) (4... e6) 5. Nf3 (5. Bxd5 exd5) 5... Nb6 6. Bb3 Nc6 {
Diagram [#]} 7. O-O (7. Qe2) 7... dxe5 8. dxe5 g6 (8... Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Na5) 9.
Nc3 Bd7 10. Be3 (10. Ne4 {Diagram [#]}) 10... Bg7 11. Bg5 Qc8 12. Re1 O-O {
Diagram [#]} 13. Bf6 Na5 14. Qd2 Nbc4 15. Qc1 (15. Qf4) 15... Bc6 {Diagram [#]}
16. Qf4 Nxb2 17. Rab1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 {Diagram [#]} Nbc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qxc4
b6 21. Nb5 c5 22. Rbd1 Qc6 {Diagram [#]} 23. Nd6 Qxf3 24. Rd3 Qc6 25. Red1 Bxf6
26. exf6 Rad8 27. Ne4 {Diagram [#]} Rxd3 (27... b5 28. Rxd8 {Diagram [#]}) 28.
Rxd3 b5 {Diagram [#]} 29. Qxc5 Qxe4 30. Qxf8+ {Diagram [#]} Kxf8 31. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "2015 US Junior Closed Championship"]
[Site "Chess Club and Scholastic Cen"]
[Date "2015.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Chandra,Akshat"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.26"]

{In the 7th round, I faced GM Jeffery Xiong in the most anticipated match of
the tournament, as we were the top two seeds. I had a 1/2 point lead over
Jeffery at this point, and so it was crucial for me to hold my ground and not
lose my grip on the tournament standings. Since I had the Black pieces, I
decided to play solidly and stick to my Taimanov. I wasn't really sure,
however, what Jeffery would play against the Taimanov as he had no games in
the database against this line.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 (3. c3 {was what
Jeffery had played in our previous encounter. Â1/2-Â1/2 (20) Xiong,J (2476)
-Chandra,A (2459) Philadelphia 2015}) 3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3
a6 (6... Nf6 {was what I had played in R5 against FM Ruifeng Li. I decided not
to repeat it considering that the opening ended in a fiasco for me in that
game, as I got trapped in Ruifeng's preparation after} 7. Be2 a6 8. a3 Be7 9.
f4 d6 10. g4 Nd7 11. g5 b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Qd4 $16 {1/2-1/2 (48) Li,R (2394)
-Chandra,A (2495) Chess Club and Scholastic Cen 2015}) 7. Be2 ({If White wants
to start with 6.î Pe3, he should follow up with the logical î Bd2. Similarly,
if White starts with 6.î Pe2, he should follow up with the immediate 0-0.} 7.
Qd2) 7... b5 {In my opinion, this move reveals why the move order with 6.î Pe3
and 7.î Pe2 is inaccurate. Black immediately makes the standard advance on the
Queenside, after which I believe he has already equalized.} 8. Nxc6 {White
generally captures on c6 after Black plays an early ...b5.} Qxc6 {Diagram [#]
This is the point. Black makes use of the fact that he hasn't developed his î .
. to f6, after which ...Qxc6 would lose because of e5 and î Pf3, skewering the
î B and a8î R.} (8... dxc6 {is the standard recapture in such positions, but
it's been shown that these structures tend to favor White. After} 9. f4 Bb7 10.
O-O $14 {White's noticeable advantage in development promises him a stable
advantage.}) 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. e5 (10. O-O {is nothing special either, as Black
simply follows up with} Qc7 {If White plays} 11. Re1 {hinting at î ..d5 ideas,
then} Bd6 $1 {followed by ...î ..f6 is fine for Black.}) 10... Qc7 11. O-O (11.
Bxb7 Qxb7 12. O-O {is a bit more precise as it does not allow Black the extra
option of 11...î Pxf3 followed by 12...î Rc8, as played in the game.} Rc8 13.
Qd3 f5 $1 {is the typical idea for Black in such positions, and after} 14. exf6
Nxf6 15. Bd4 Be7 $11 {Black has no reason to complain.}) 11... Bxf3 (11... Rc8
12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Qd3 {transposes to 11.î Pxb7 î Bxb7 0-0.}) 12. Qxf3 Rc8 {
Defending the e5 pawn will be a hassle for White now.} 13. Rad1 {I had
forgotten what I prepared against this, and was now out of theory.} Ne7 14.
Rfe1 Ng6 15. Bd4 Be7 16. Ne4 O-O (16... Qxc2 $6 {Taking the î   looked risky.}
17. g3 $1 O-O 18. h4 $36 {with a dangerous initiative for White.}) 17. c3 Nh4 {
The î .. was poorly placed on g6, and so rerouting it to f5 seemed logical.} ({
I considered} 17... f5 $5 18. exf6 gxf6 {but ultimately rejected it because I
didn't fancy playing with a mangled pawn structure.}) 18. Qg4 (18. Qh3 Nf5 19.
Nf6+ {looks scary and had to be calculated by me during the game.} gxf6 20.
exf6 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. g4 Kh8 23. gxf5 Rg8+ 24. Kf1 Qc4+ 25. Rd3 Rg5 $1 $44
{and I judged that Black has good compensation for the î  .}) 18... Nf5 19.
Nf6+ Kh8 (19... Bxf6 20. exf6 g6 {was the alternative, but allowing White's
pawn to come to f6 was unappealing to me.}) 20. Nd5 Qb7 21. Nxe7 Nxe7 22. Re3 {
Diagram [#]} b4 $6 {An impatient move.} ({The serene} 22... Kg8 {was stronger.
White does not have any threats and so Black is not obliged to immediately
create counterplay, as I did in the game.}) 23. cxb4 (23. Rh3 Nf5 24. cxb4 Qxb4
25. Qh5 h6 26. Bc3 $14 {was a better continuation for White. Black's î .. is
unable to reach the desirable d5 square, and as a result White will be able to
exert strong pressure on the d7 pawn via the d-file}) 23... Qxb4 24. Qe2 Nd5
25. Rb3 Qa4 (25... Qc4 {might have been a bit more precise.} 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 $11)
26. Ra3 Qb5 27. Qxb5 axb5 {The reason why I went for 25...î Ba4, as I thought
I'd be improving my pawn structure by trading î B's on b5 instead of c4.} 28.
Ra7 Rfd8 (28... Ra8 $1 {was much simpler.} 29. Rxd7 Rxa2 30. h3 b4 $11) 29. a3
{Fixing my b pawn. Now ...b4 can always be met with a4, creating a dangerous
passed pawn.} Kg8 (29... g5 $1 {was the most precise. Black discourages White
from playing f4 in the future, which would cement the e5 pawn, and prepares ...
î Ng7 and ...î Ng6. I considered this during the game, but incorrectly decided
on making a "normal" move instead.}) 30. g3 {Diagram [#] Now White has a
slight plus thanks to the weakness of the b5 pawn.} f6 31. Rd3 Ra8 32. Rb7 Rab8
33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Rb3 Kf7 35. f4 Ke8 ({I had been in grave time trouble for
the past few moves, and as a result, continued playing passively. With more
time on my clock, I would have been able to calculate the energetic} 35... g5
$1 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. Kf2 h5 38. Kf3 Rc8 $1 39. Rxb5 Rc2 40. h3 g4+ $1 41. hxg4
hxg4+ 42. Ke4 (42. Kxg4 Rc4 $19) 42... Re2+ 43. Kd3 Rg2 $44 {with strong
counterplay.}) 36. Bc5 $1 Kd8 37. Kf2 Kc8 38. Kf3 Rb7 39. Kg4 Kc7 40. Bf8 g6 (
40... Kc6 {was the best chance, although such a move is impossible to make
with seconds on the clock. Black still has an unpleasant defensive task ahead
of him after} 41. Bxg7 fxe5 42. Bxe5 d6 43. Bd4 $16) 41. exf6 Nxf6+ 42. Kg5 Nd5
43. Kh6 Kd8 44. Kxh7 Ke8 45. Bd6 Kf7 46. Kh6 Rb6 47. Be5 d6 48. Bd4 Rb8 49. Kg5
Ne7 50. g4 Nc6 {Diagram [#]} 51. Bf6 $2 {Amazingly enough, this natural move
spoils the advantage.} (51. Bc3 {was what I was expecting, after which the
position remains technically won for White.}) 51... b4 $1 {With the threat of .
..î Rb5+. Amazingly enough, White has no adequate way to meet this.} 52. Rd3 (
52. Rf3 {was a better try. Black retains excellent drawing chances after} bxa3
53. bxa3 Rb5+ 54. f5 gxf5 55. gxf5 Rb8 56. fxe6+ Kxe6 $132) (52. a4 Ra8 $1 53.
Rd3 Ra5+ 54. f5 gxf5 55. Rxd6 fxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Rxa4 57. Rxc6 b3+ 58. Kg3 Kxf6 59.
Rb6 $11 {is similar to the game, except White has a î   on b2 instead of a2.
It makes no difference however, as the position is still drawn.}) 52... bxa3
53. bxa3 Rb5+ 54. f5 gxf5 55. Rxd6 fxg4+ 56. Kxg4 Kxf6 57. Rxc6 Ra5 {Confining
White's î R to a passive role.} 58. Rc3 Ra4+ 59. Kg3 (59. Kh5 e5 $132) 59...
Kf5 60. Rb3 e5 61. Rf3+ Kg5 62. Re3 Kf5 63. Rb3 Kg5 64. Rf3 Rg4+ 65. Kf2 Ra4
66. Rb3 Kf5 67. Ke1 e4 68. Ke2 Kf4 69. Rc3 Ra8 70. h4 Rb8 71. h5 Rb2+ 72. Kd1
Rh2 73. a4 Rxh5 74. Ke2 Rh2+ 75. Ke1 Ra2 76. Rb3 Rxa4 {What?! Black's a pawn
up now?} 77. Ke2 Ra2+ 78. Ke1 e3 79. Rb8 Kf3 80. Rf8+ Ke4 {A riveting game
where White didn't fully maximize his chances, and Black defended tenaciously
to hold the draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "2015 US Junior Closed Championship"]
[Site "Chess Club and Scholastic Cen"]
[Date "2015.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Chandra, Akshat"]
[Black "Shen, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[Annotator "Chandra,Akshat"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.26"]

{Going into the penultimate round, Arthur and I were both leading the
tournament . While I was coming of 3 consecutive draws, Arthur had reeled of 4
straight wins to join me in the lead at 5/7. It was only fitting that we
played each other in R8.} 1. e4 e5 (1... c5 {is what Arthur usally does,
although he has played 1...e5 from time to time.}) 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {A
suprise. Arthur had never played the Main Line Ruy Lopez before.} 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O Be7 {I figured that Arthur had probably prepared the Marshall, and since I
was not prepared to enter such a sharp line, I decided to suprise him by
playing} 6. d3 {something I have never played before. I didn't have too much
conrete knowledge in this line, and was only aware of the basic ideas and
maneuvers.} ({My intuition turned out to be correct, as after the game Arthur
told me that he had indeed prepared the Marshall after} 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O)
6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 {Diagram [#] The latest trend. White wishes to keep
his light squared î P on the a2-g8 diagonal.} (8. c3 {is the normal move in
such positions, but it's been proven that Black has no worries in this line,
and so White players have sought other ways to pose problems.}) 8... O-O 9. Nc3
{Black has several options now.} Nb8 $5 {This concept was introduced by Super
GrandMaster Wesley So. Black plays in the spirit of the Breyer Variation, and
aims to relocate his î .. to d7 followed by ...î Pb7, ...c5 etc.} (9... Bg4 {
is the main line after which play continues with} 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12.
Nd5 $13) (9... Na5 {is another natural move, but was refuted quite
convincingly by Caruana.} 10. Ba2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. b4 Nc6 13. Bd2 d5 14.
Re1 Qd6 15. Na2 $1 {A deep concept by Caruana, who had analyzed this in his
preparation.} Nd7 16. Qe2 d4 17. Reb1 Nb6 18. Nc1 {and Caruana went on to win
- One of his many wins in the 2014 Sinquefield Cup!1-0 (50) Caruana,F (2801)
-Aronian,L (2805) Saint Louis 2014}) 10. Ne2 $146 {A standard plan in such
positions - White plans to relocate his î .. to the kingside on g3.} (10. Ng5 {
was Anand's novelty, but I don't really see any problems for Black after.} Nc6
(10... h6 {is possible, and the lines should be further analyzed after} 11. f4)
11. Ba2 Nd4 12. Ne2 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 h6 14. f4 exf4 $1 {Diagram [#] Strangely
enough, both Anand and Wesley did not seriously consider this move in their
post-game analysis.} (14... hxg5 $2 15. fxg5 Ng4 16. g6 Bg5 17. h3 Bxc1 18.
Raxc1 Nh6 19. Qh5 $36 {1-0 (45) Anand,V (2791)-So,W (2788) Shamkir 2015}) 15.
Nh3 g5 $1 {and White doesn't seem to have adequate compensation after} 16. Nxf4
gxf4 17. Bxf4 Kh7 $17) (10. a4 {was Caruana's choice, but Black had no
problems after} b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Bb3 Nd7 14. d4 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2
(31) Caruana,F (2820)-So,W (2762) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 10... Nbd7 (10... c5 {
was an alternative, and was played by Chinese Super Grandmaster Ding Liren, a
few days after our game. 0-1 (44) Malakhov,V (2706)-Ding,L (2755) China 2015})
11. Ng3 Bb7 {My g3 î .. was happy to see this move, as the f5 square becomes
rather bare.} (11... Nc5 {was what I was expecting. Black should strive to
trade of White's light squared î P.} 12. Ba2 Be6 {with an approximately equal
position.}) 12. Re1 Re8 13. c3 {Diagram [#]} Bf8 $2 (13... g6 $1 {was correct.
Black stops î ..f5, after which he can play ...î Pf8.}) 14. Ng5 d5 (14... Re7
15. Nf5 $18) 15. exd5 Nc5 (15... h6 16. Ne6 $1 {I suppose this is what Arthur
missed.} fxe6 17. dxe6 Kh8 18. exd7 Qxd7 19. Be3 $16 {White remains a pawn up,
and the rest is a matter of good technique.}) 16. c4 c6 (16... Nxb3 $1 {was
essential.} 17. Qxb3 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Qc2 $14 {Diagram [#] White remains
better thanks to the extra pawn, but Black has much better chances of holding
this as opposed to the game.}) 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bc2 h6 19. Nf3 e4 (19... bxc4
20. dxc4 Qc7 {was the only chance, although the ball still remains in White's
court after} 21. b4 Rad8 22. Nd2 $14) 20. cxb5 exf3 21. bxc6 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1
fxg2 23. Be3 $1 Ng4 24. d4 {Diagram [#] Ignoring Black's montrous-looking
threat of ...î Bh4.} Qh4 25. Kxg2 Ne6 (25... Qxh2+ 26. Kf3 {and White's î N is
absolutely safe.} Nxe3 27. Qxe3 Ne6 28. Rh1 Ng5+ 29. Ke2 Qg2 30. Be4 Nxe4 31.
Qxe4 Qxe4+ 32. Nxe4 $18) 26. Bf5 Re8 (26... Qxh2+ {is again toothless.} 27. Kf3
Nxe3 28. Qxe3 Ng5+ 29. Ke2 g6 30. Rh1 Qg2 31. Be4 Nxe4 32. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 33. Nxe4
$18) 27. Bxg4 Qxg4 28. Qd1 Nf4+ 29. Kh1 Qh4 30. Qf3 Nd3 31. Nf5 Qd8 32. Rg1 (
32. Nxh6+ {was even stronger, but I settled on the safe option.}) 32... Kh7 (
32... g6 33. Bxh6 Ne1 34. Qb3 Qf6 35. Qd5 $18) 33. Nxh6 Rxe3 34. fxe3 (34. fxe3
gxh6 (34... Kxh6 35. Qh3+ Qh4 36. Qxh4#) 35. Qxf7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "43rd World Open"]
[Site "Arlington, VA"]
[Date "2015.07.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilya"]
[Black "Kunche, Nikhilesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2235"]
[Annotator "Subramanian, Arun Prasad"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k2r/1p2npbp/p1b1p1p1/P5B1/2q1P3/2N2N2/1PQ2PPP/3R2K1 b k - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2015.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteClock "1:33:31"]
[BlackClock "1:01:02"]

17... Qc5 {Can you find White's next move!} 18. Nd5 {A fantastic finish!!} Qxa5
(18... Qxc2 19. Nc7+ Kf8 20. Rd8+ Be8 21. Rxe8#) 19. Qc5 1-0

[Event "43rd World Open"]
[Site "Arlington, VA"]
[Date "2015.07.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ludwig, John"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2235"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Subramanian, Arun Prasad"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rr1k1/pp2pp1p/3p2p1/2nP4/5P2/1B2R2P/PPP3P1/4R1K1 b - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2015.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteClock "0:03:01"]
[BlackClock "0:06:01"]

{Initial impression when looking at this position is most of the pieces are
exchanged and the game is more or less heading towards a draw. But from here
on Black outplays White easily and it is really instructive!} 21... Kf8 {
Diagram [#]} 22. Bc4 a6 23. Bf1 Rc8 24. c4 a5 {White is left without any
proper plan and Black will slowly attack the weak pawns on the queenside} 25.
b3 Ra8 26. g4 Ra6 27. h4 Rb6 28. Be2 a4 29. Bd1 axb3 30. axb3 Rb4 31. h5 b5 {
In last ten moves Black has improved his position so much and with each move
his advantage is increasing} 32. hxg6 hxg6 33. f5 bxc4 34. f6 cxb3 35. Rh3 (35.
fxe7+ Kg7 {The b3 pawn is more stronger than the e7-pawn}) 35... Kg8 36. Kg2
Ne4 37. fxe7 b2 38. Bc2 Rxe7 39. Bb1 Re5 40. Re2 Kg7 41. Kf1 Ng5 42. Rxe5 Nxh3
0-1

[Event "43rd World Open"]
[Site "Arlington, VA"]
[Date "2015.07.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ippolito, Dean"]
[Black "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Subramanian, Arun Prasad"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 {The Benoni system has always been a strategically risky
opening which has its own fans. It has been used by many great attacking
players in the past} 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Be3 Nc7 13. a4 b6 14. Nc4 Ba6
15. Na3 Rxe3 $1 {Diagram [#] A common sacrifice in benoni. Black gives up his
exchange and damages white's pawn structure permanently. Also the g2-bishop
will have a hard time finding a good target} 16. fxe3 Qe7 17. Nc2 Nf6 18. Rf4
Nd7 19. Qe1 Ne5 20. a5 b5 21. b4 Rd8 22. Rd1 Bc8 23. Kh1 a6 24. Ne4 Ne8 {The
problem with these kind of positions is that, its much more easy to play as
Black. White even though is materially ahead will face difficulties in finding
proper plan} 25. h3 Nf6 {Diagram [#]} 26. Rxf6 {White looses his patience!} (
26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. e4 {The position is still more comfortable for Black. Take
a  look at the g2-bishop is you have any doubts!}) 26... Bxf6 27. bxc5 dxc5 28.
d6 Qe6 {Diagram [#]} 29. Nxc5 Qc4 30. Ne4 Bg7 31. Nb4 {This looks like White
is doing well, but Black has a tactical resource} Bxh3 $1 32. Bxh3 Qxe4+ {
White's position collapsed quickly} 33. Kh2 Bf8 34. Rd4 Qxe3 35. Qd1 Nc4 36.
Nd5 Qf2+ 37. Kh1 Rxd6 38. Qa1 Bg7 39. Ne7+ 0-1

[Event "43rd World Open"]
[Site "Arlington, VA"]
[Date "2015.07.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Subramanian, Arun Prasad"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2015.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. Qc2
Nc5 15. O-O fxg3 16. hxg3 a5 17. Rfd1 h5 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qf6 20. Ne4
Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Bc5 22. e3 Kb8 {Diagram [#] Until here everything has been
played before. Now White comes up with a novelty} 23. b3 $146 {Not an
evalution changing novelty, but this position is much easier to play for White
as he keeps improving his position} (23. Bh3 Ng6 24. Qc4 Bb4 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26.
Rxd4 Bc5 27. Rc4 Bb4 28. Bf1 Rd8 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. exd4 Ne7 31. Ne3 Bd2 32. Be2
Bc1 33. b3 Bb2 34. Bxh5 f6 35. Nc4 Bc3 36. Kf1 Kc7 37. Ke2 b6 38. Kd3 Be1 39.
Ke2 Bc3 40. Kd3 Be1 {1/2-1/2 (40) Rodshtein,M (2632)-Vitiugov,N (2709) Plovdiv
2010}) 23... Rg8 24. Bh3 Ka7 25. Kg2 Re8 26. Rd2 Rg8 {It is not easy to find a
proper plan for Black} 27. Rc2 Bb4 28. Qd4+ c5 {Diagram [#] This way of fixing
the pawns is definitely favourable for White. But unfortunately it is a sad
necessity} (28... Kb8 29. f4 Ng4 30. Qxf6 Nxf6 31. Kf3 Re8 32. Nh6 Re7 33. Bf5
$16 {With the idea of e4-e5 next, White is clearly better}) 29. Qd6 Qxd6 30.
Nxd6 Rd8 31. Nc4 Ng4 (31... Nxc4 32. Rxc4 Rd3 33. Rf4 Rxb3 34. Rxf7 Be1 {The
presence of opposite color bishops give Black chances for a draw, but it is
still unpleasant}) 32. Kf3 Rd3 33. Rb2 Nh6 34. Rb1 f6 35. Be6 Ng4 36. Bxg4 $2 (
36. Rh1 $1 Rxb3 37. Rxh5 $1 {the Knight cannot retreat to e5 and its lost!})
36... hxg4+ 37. Kxg4 Ka6 38. Kf3 $2 {Handling over the initiative to Black. I
suspect time trouble has played its part} (38. e4 $1 {Its important to create
a passed pawn as quickly as possible}) 38... b5 39. axb5+ Kxb5 $132 {Suddenly
black has threats like î Rxb3} 40. Ke4 Rxb3 41. Nd6+ Ka4 42. Ra1+ Ba3 43. Rh1
Rb8 44. Nc4 Bb4 45. Kd5 Rd8+ 46. Kc6 Kb3 47. Nxa5+ Bxa5 48. Kxc5 Bb4+ 49. Kc6 {
Diagram [#] White had to play about another 50 moves before he could get a draw
} Rd6+ 50. Kb5 Rd5+ 51. Kc6 Rd2 52. Rh2 Ka4 53. g4 Rd6+ 54. Kc7 Rd2 55. Kc6 Kb3
56. Kb5 Bd6 57. Rh6 Rxf2 58. g5 Be5 59. gxf6 Bxf6 60. Kc5 Rf5+ 61. Kd6 Bc3 62.
Rh4 Re5 63. Kc6 Rxe3 64. Kd5 Re5+ 65. Kd6 Ra5 66. Ke6 Kc2 67. Rh3 Rg5 68. Rf3
Kb3 69. Rf4 Bb4 70. Re4 Ka4 71. Rf4 Rc5 72. Re4 Rc1 73. Kf5 Kb5 74. Kg4 Bc5 75.
Kf5 Kc6 76. Ke6 Rf1 77. Ke5 Bd6+ 78. Ke6 Rh1 79. Rc4+ Bc5 80. Ke5 Rh5+ 81. Ke6
Rd5 82. Re4 Bd4 83. Kf7 Kc5 84. Ke6 Rh5 85. Re2 Rh6+ 86. Kf5 Kd5 87. Rd2 Rf6+
88. Kg5 Rf1 89. Re2 Be5 90. Kg4 Rf4+ 91. Kg3 Ke6 92. Kg2 Ra4 93. Kf3 Kf5 94.
Re3 Bd4 95. Rb3 Bc5 96. Rc3 Bd4 97. Rb3 Be5 98. Ke3 Rh4 99. Kd3 Rh3+ 100. Kc4
Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd World Open"]
[Site "Arlington, VA"]
[Date "2015.07.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Subramanian, Arun Prasad"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Subramanian, Arun Prasad"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteClock "0:35:54"]
[BlackClock "1:18:07"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. b3 a5
9. Bb2 Na6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Nd4 Rc8 12. e3 Nc5 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Ba1 Nce4 15. Nxe4
Nxe4 16. Qd3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Nc5 18. Qd2 Ne4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Ne6 Bxe6 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. dxe6 Qb5 23. Qd4+ Qe5 24. Qxe5+ dxe5 {Diagram [#] I am sure not many
games would have had five pawns in one file!!} 25. Rfd1 Kf6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27.
Rd5 b6 28. Rb5 Rc6 29. a4 Kxe6 30. Kg2 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd World Open"]
[Site "Arlington, VA"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Subramanian, Arun Prasad"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:56"]
[BlackClock "0:00:12"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2
b6 9. e4 {Diagram [#] White has got a favourable version of the closed catalan.
} Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Re1 {This line has been covered in 1.d4
catalan book by Avrukh. He has gone through all the details and reader who are
interested can look at the book for more information} Qc8 (12... Rc8 {has been
the preferred choice for many players, but the whole setup is inferior for
Black}) 13. Qd1 {Obviously white will avoid the exchange of queens. The
problem for Black is the lack of space and the knights are suffering without
good squares} Ba6 14. Nf1 Nb8 15. Bg5 $1 {Diagram [#] Exchanging the dark
squared bishop will be favourable for White, as this bishop doesnt have any
target and also the bishop on e7 is useful in protecting the dark-squares in
Black's camp} Qd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rc1 Nc7 18. Ne3 Rc8 19. Qa4 Qd7 20. Qa3 Nb5
21. Qb4 Rc6 22. Qd2 h6 23. a4 Nc7 24. b4 b5 25. a5 Rc4 $5 {Diagram [#] An
interesting sacrifice! Black sacrifices an exchange inorder to create some
space for his pieces.} 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Re3 Nc6 28. Ne1 Rb8 29. Nc2 Qe7 30.
Rb1 $6 (30. Ree1 Nxb4 31. Rb1 $16 {Opening up of the files will definitely be
useful for White rooks}) 30... Nxa5 31. b5 {Diagram [#]} Nb3 $4 (31... Nc6 $1 {
After this move white who would be in danger}) 32. Rexb3 cxb3 33. bxa6 $1 {
Black must have missed this intermediate move. The rook on b8 is pinned and
black is unable to capture the knight on c2} Nxa6 34. Na1 {Rest is just a
matter of execution} Qa3 35. Qc3 Qa2 36. Rxb3 Nb4 37. Bf1 a5 38. Ra3 Qb1 39.
Rxa5 Na2 40. Qd2 1-0

[Event "43rd World Open"]
[Site "Arlington, VA"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illia"]
[Black "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Subramanian, Arun Prasad"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Nc3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
{Diagram [#] looks harmless but not without venom!} (8. d5 {is the main line
which transposes into a king's indian}) 8... dxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Qb3 Qb4 11.
Na4 Na5 12. Qxb4 cxb4 13. b3 {The first new move} (13. Rac1 Ne4 14. Nd4 Bd7 15.
Bxe4 Bxa4 16. b3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Bc6 18. Bd5 $14 {Diagram [#] 1-0 (43) Fedoseev,
V (2668)-Gordievsky,D (2479) Moscow 2015}) 13... Ng4 14. Bd4 Nc6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7
16. Rfd1 {After playing relatively rare system, White managed to get some
advantage thanks to his better placed pieces} Rb8 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nh3 e5 {
Diagram [#]} 19. Bxc6 $1 {A remarkable idea! White gives up his strong bishop
for a Knight and sets right the pawn structure for Black. But there is more to
this than that meets the eye. First of all the c6-knight was holding Black's
position together and that is eliminated. Secondly Knight on a4 gets a
fantastic square c5. Finally the c8-bishop is left without any target and will
be an useless piece for Black} bxc6 20. Nc5 Nf6 (20... Ne3 21. fxe3 Bxh3 22. e4
{Black managed to spoil White's structure but that does not affect White's
advantage.}) 21. Kg2 Bf5 (21... Bxh3+ 22. Kxh3 Rfd8 {would have been more
stubborn}) 22. f3 Rfd8 23. Nf2 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. e4 Be6 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 {
White has fixed all the pawns in such a way that none of the pawns can be
attacked by the bishop!} 27. Nd3 Kf6 28. a3 bxa3 29. Rxa3 {Diagram [#] Game is
strategically winning for white and rest is just a matter of execution} Rb7 30.
Kf2 h5 31. h4 Bc8 32. Ke3 Re7 33. Ra5 Rb7 34. b4 Be6 35. Rc5 Rb6 36. Kd2 Kg7
37. Kc3 f6 38. Ra5 a6 39. c5 Rb7 40. Rxa6 Bd7 41. Nb2 Rc7 42. Nc4 1-0

[Event "43rd World Open"]
[Site "Arlington, VA"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Subramanian, Arun Prasad"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 (3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d3
e5 8. Be3 Qd8 9. d4 Ng4 $1 $11 {Known as equal since the time of Alekhine!})
3... f6 4. e3 e5 {Diagram [#] More than 100 games exist in this relatively
unknown position} 5. c5 {Definitely breaking the basic laws of chess. White
instead of controlling the center is advancing the wing pawns and out of first
five moves, four of them were pawn moves. But in hyper modern chess these
lines are generally accepted and also these type of lines show that opening
lines are far from being exhausted and there is still room for creativity!} a5
6. Qa4+ {Ramirez himself faced 6.î Pc4 in this position when he defended the
Black side} (6. Bc4 axb4 7. exd4 exd4 8. O-O Bxc5 9. Nh4 g6 10. d3 Kf8 11. Nd2
Nc6 {1/2-1/2 (60) Gareev,T (2653)-Ramirez,A (2595) Saint Louis 2014}) 6... Bd7
7. b5 Bxc5 8. Bc4 Ne7 9. exd4 exd4 {Diagram [#]} 10. Bb2 $146 {An unsuccessful
opening novelty. The existing games continued with 10.î Pa3. I suspect White
had forgotten his analysis} (10. Ba3 Na6 11. O-O Nb4 12. d3 Bf5 13. Rc1 b6 14.
Qb3 Qd6 15. Nbd2 O-O-O 16. Nh4 Bg6 17. Re1 Ned5 18. Ndf3 Nf4 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20.
Bc1 Nbd5 $15 {Diagram [#] 1/2-1/2 (60) Demuth,A (2476)-Duda,J (2587)
Ruzomberok 2014}) 10... Bg4 11. Nxd4 Qd6 {Black can definitely be happy with
the outcome of the opening, he has developed his pieces and has a better pawn
structure all this just in 11moves in Reti opening??} 12. Ne2 (12. O-O Nd7 13.
Nb3 Nb6 14. Bf7+ Kxf7 15. Qxg4 Bb4 {Is the line recommended by the computer,
but still it looks a bit more comfortable for Black due to his better
development}) 12... Nd7 13. Nbc3 Bf5 14. Qb3 Ne5 15. Na4 (15. O-O Nxc4 16. Qxc4
Bd3 17. Qa4 O-O-O 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Rfe1 {Might be little better
than what happened in the game}) 15... Bd3 16. Be6 (16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxd3
Qxa1+ {Is completely winning for Black}) 16... Bb4 17. Nd4 c5 18. a3 {Diagram 
[#] It looks like the position is very complicated but Black is better placed
and the outcome is favourable for him} cxd4 19. axb4 Bxb5 20. Nc5 b6 21. f4
bxc5 22. fxe5 Qxe5+ 23. Kd1 Qe2+ 24. Kc1 cxb4 25. Bxd4 Ra6 26. Be3 a4 {Diagram
[#] This game is a nice example to show, how quickly things can go wrong even
for Grandmasters when we break the basic laws of chess. Sometimes these
unconventional ideas can also help in creating masterpiece work!} 0-1

[Event "USA"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Elliott C Winslow"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Rb8 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Re8 9. h4 h5 10. O-O-O a6 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. g4 e5 13. Bg5 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15.
Nd5 hxg4 16. h5 c6 $2 {Diagram [#]} 17. hxg6 $1 cxd5 18. Rxh8+ Kxh8 19. Qh2+
Kg8 20. g7 {Diagram [#]} Kxg7 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "It ( cat. 14 )"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qb3 Qe7 {Diagram [#]}
14. Bd5 Ba6 15. Qa4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nb8 17. Bb3 b5 18. Qa5 Qb7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20.
d5 exd5 21. Qb4 Qd7 22. Qh4 Kg7 23. Nd4 {Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "It ( cat. 13 )"]
[Site "Naestved"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Predrag Nikolic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3
c5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc4 Bc6
15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Rad1 Qe8 17. Bg3 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. Rd1 Qa8 {Diagram [#]}
20. Bh4 Bxh4 21. Qxh4 Qe8 22. Qf4 b5 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qe7 25. Qxe4 h6 26.
h3 Re8 27. Qc2 Rc8 28. Qf5 Rc7 29. Qd3 {Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "It (cat.9)"]
[Site "Surakarta/Denpasar INA"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Zoltan Ribli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1982.02.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bb5+
c6 9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Rad1 cxd4
15. exd4 Na5 16. Ne5 Bf6 17. f4 g6 18. c4 Bg7 19. d5 exd5 {Diagram [#]} 20. f5
d4 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Nxg6 Re8 23. Qh5 Be4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Qf5 {Diagram [#]}
Qe8 26. Qd5+ Re6 27. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Rovinj/Zagreb"]
[Site "Rovinj/Zagreb YUG"]
[Date "1970.05.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "1970.04.12"]

{Browne's only game again Bobby Fischer went through several adjournaments and
took four days. In the end, Fischer was the one lucky to escape with a draw.} 
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. c4 Nb6 7. exd6 cxd6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Nc8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 e6 15. Qd2
N8e7 16. Nb5 Nf5 17. Bg4 a6 18. Bxf5 axb5 19. Bc2 Ra3 20. b4 f5 21. Bb3 Qf6 22.
Qd3 f4 23. Bc1 Ra6 (23... Rxb3 {"Fischer considered this last move a blunder."}
) 24. Bb2 f3 25. g3 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Rad1 Nxb4 28. Rfe1 f4 $2 (28... Kf7)
29. a3 Nc6 30. Rxe6 fxg3 31. Bxd5 gxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Kh8 33. Re3 b4 34. axb4 Nxb4
35. Bxf3 Ra2 36. Rb3 Nc6 37. Kg3 Rg8 38. Kf4 Rf8+ 39. Ke4 Rf7 40. Bg4 Re7+ 41.
Kd3 Ra4 {Diagram [#]} 42. Ra1 Rxd4+ 43. Bxd4 Bxd4 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. Rb5 Bf2 46.
Bf5 Ne5+ 47. Kc3 Be1+ 48. Kd4 Nc6+ 49. Kc4 Bh4 50. Bc8 Nd8 51. Ra2 Rc7 52. Bg4
Be7 53. Kd5 Nc6 54. Rab2 Nd8 55. Rb1 Bf8 56. R1b2 Be7 57. Rg2 Kh8 58. Ra2 Kg7
59. Ra8 Bh4 60. Rb8 Rf7 61. Rb2 Kh6 62. Rb6+ Kg7 63. Rb3 h5 64. Bc8 Be7 65. Rb5
Rf3 66. Bxb7 Rxh3 67. c6 Rc3 68. Ra8 h4 69. Ra4 h3 70. Rc4 h2 71. Rb1 Rxc4 72.
Kxc4 Bd6 73. Kd5 Bg3 74. Bc8 Kf7 75. Bh3 Ke7 76. Rc1 Kf6 77. Ra1 Ke7 78. Rf1
Nf7 79. Bg2 Ng5 80. Kc5 Ne6+ 81. Kb6 Bc7+ 82. Kb7 Bd6 83. Bd5 Nc5+ 84. Kb6 Na4+
85. Ka5 Nc5 86. Kb5 Kd8 87. Rf7 Kc8 88. c7 {The last move of another time
control misses the straightforward win.} (88. Rh7 $1 {"and Black can resign."}
Nd3 (88... Kd8 89. c7+ Bxc7 90. Kxc5) 89. Be6+ Kd8 90. Rd7+ Ke8 91. Bf7+ Kf8
92. Bd5 Bf4 93. c7) 88... Nd7 89. Kc6 {"I saw the winning move (89. Rh7), but
after refusing a draw against ex-World Champ Petrosian the day before and
lossing, I wanted to win beautifully!"} (89. Rh7) 89... h1=Q 90. Bxh1 Ne5+ 91.
Kb6 Bc5+ {"The move I overlooked!"} 92. Kxc5 Nxf7 93. Kb6 Nd6 94. Bd5 Kd7 95.
Bc6+ Kc8 96. Bd5 Kd7 97. Bb3 Nc8+ 98. Kb7 Ne7 {Diagram [#]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chicago USA op"]
[Site "Chicago USA op"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Robert Holzinger"]
[Black "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8.
Nd2 Qa5 9. g3 g6 10. Bg2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 Rfb8 13. Re1 Ng4 14. Bh3 h5
15. Nb3 Qb4 16. Bd2 c4 17. Nc1 Qxb2 {Diagram [#]} 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.02.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "General Line Intro"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "Melekhina, Alisa"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 {6. a3 or 6. Be2 are
the main lines of the French Advance} cxd4 (6... Bd7 {allows White to take
advantage of the move order if he wants to preserve the pawn} 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O a5 9. a4 f6 10. Qe2 fxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 12. Nxd7 Kxd7 13. Na3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3
Qc7 15. Rb3 Rab8 16. Be3 Ne5 17. Bf4 Nf3+ 18. Qxf3 e5 19. Bb5+ {1-0 Parligras,
M (2564)-Goutioudi,K/Kavala GRE 2004/The Week in Chess 509}) 7. cxd4 Bd7 (7...
Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Qxd4 $4 9. Bb5+) 8. O-O $5 {essentially forced after Bd3. There's
no satisfactory way to protect d4 -- not that we're too concerned with losing
it.} Nxd4 9. Nbd2 $5 {Diagram [#] A line first developed about 20 years ago by
Czech IM Jiri Nun.} ({The more standard treatment of this gambit with} 9. Nxd4
Qxd4 10. Nc3 {is the traditional Milner-Barry Gambit. However, Black has found
ways to keep the extra pawn and surface unscathed. The knight is a bit
misplaced on c3, leading to the innovation of 9.Nbd2...} a6 (10... Qxe5 11. Re1
Qd6 (11... Qb8 12. Nxd5) 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qb6 15. Be3 $11) 11.
Qe2 Qh4 12. f4 Nh6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Rf3 Bc5 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. Raf1 Qe7 {Diagram
[#]}) *

[Event "World Girls Ch U-20"]
[Site "Chotowa, Czarna, Poland"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Melekhina, Alisa"]
[Black "Forestier, Carole"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[Annotator "Melekhina, Alisa"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.09.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O
$5 Nxd4 9. Nbd2 Nc6 {From c6, the knight exerts additional pressure on the now
vulnerable e5 pawn and blocks the c-file -- one of White's main strengths.
However, the knight stunts Black's d7 bishop and becomes a target for a
Queenside advance.} 10. Nb3 $1 {Diagram [#] The fight for the d4 square begins.
From b4, the knight is stealthily eyeing the c5 square. The outpost can be
fortified with the help of the Bishop coming to e3 with a tempo -- a positive
of having the d4 pawn missing.} Nge7 11. Be3 Qc7 {The Black Queen will always
have several options of where to retreat. c7 is more natural since it
continues Black's threats on the e5 pawn. Very quickly, however, it finds
itself exposed on the c-file.} 12. Rc1 Ng6 13. Nc5 Rc8 $6 ({Black's best bet
is to grab the second pawn, but it is not psychologically easy to do since it
only opens up additional lines for White's already active pieces.} 13... Bxc5
14. Bxc5 {If Black doesn't capture the knight, then it starts wreaking havoc
with Nxd7 or Nxb7. However, now Black will never be able to castle.} Ngxe5 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qb3 {finding another route to attack the weak b7 point} b6 17.
Ba3 Qf4 18. Rfe1 {utilizing all open lines. Remember that sacrificing the
e-pawn is an additional theme.} Kd8 19. g3 Qf6 20. Bd6 {The bishop is
untouchable} Nd4 21. Bc7+ Ke8 22. Qxd5 {Diagram [#] It doesn't even matter
that White regained one of the pawns; his attack is already devastating.
Black's pieces are uncoordinated and it doesn't help that he can no longer
castle.} Nf3+ 23. Kf1 Rc8 24. Bb5 Qe7 25. Bxb6 $1 Rb8 26. Bxd7+ Qxd7 27. Qxf3
axb6 28. Red1 Qa7 29. Qc6+ Ke7 30. Qd6+ Kf6 31. Qf4+ Kg6 32. Rc7 {and White
finished Black off in Pap,M (2387)-Kosic,D (2519)/Bosnjaci 2005, 1-0.}) ({b)} 
13... Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 (14... Nxe5 $2 15. Nxe6) 15. Nxb7 (15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16.
Qb3 {A tempting alternative. Despite being two pawns down, White has a healthy
attack with full mobility against Black's vulnerable King. One plan is to go
for the f4-f5 breakthrough}) 15... d4 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Re1 Qc7 18. Na5 {How
quickly the knight on c6 becomes a thorn in Black's side.} Qb6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6
20. Qh5 $1 Bd7 21. Ba5 Qd6 22. Bc7 {led to a win in Leon Hoyos,M (2535)-Meier,
G (2558)/ Merida 2008, 1-0}) 14. Re1 $146 (14. b4 {immediately, with the same
idea as in the game, had been played previously in Smerdon,D (2429) -Steadman,
M (2222)/ Canberra 2005, 1-0}) 14... Be7 (14... Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Nxd7
Kxd7 17. Bxa7 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qxa2 19. Rxb7+ Rc7 {an exposed King and backwards
King-side allows White to take advantages of these deficiencies in unique ways
such as} 20. Qf3) 15. b4 a6 16. a4 Nxb4 $2 {Diagram [#]} ({b4-b5 is certainly
an uncomfortable threat, but Black capitulates too quickly. She had to
continue defending and face the attack head-on:} 16... Qb8 17. Nxd7 Kxd7 18. b5
Ncxe5 19. bxa6) 17. Nxe6 Qa5 $2 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Nxg7+ Kd8 20. Bf5 Kc7 21.
Qd4 {a powerful move neutralizing all of Black's escape squares} Nc6 22. Rc1
Rd8 (22... Ba3 23. Bd2 Qb6 24. Qxd5 Rd8 (24... Bxc1 25. Qd6#) 25. Qxf7+) 23. e6
fxe6 24. Bxg6 hxg6 {Diagram [#]} 25. Ne5 ({Even stronger is} 25. Bd2 $1 {
unmasking a fatal Queen trap} Qb6 26. Bf4+ Bd6 27. Bxd6+ Rxd6 28. Ne8+) 25...
Ba3 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Qa7+ Kd6 (27... Bb7 28. Bb6+ $1 Qxb6 29. Nxe6+ {again
scooping up the Queen}) 28. Bb6 Bc5 29. Qc7# {It's rare to see a pure
checkmate exacted on an ensared King in the center of the board happen before
move 30, let alone at all in a world championship event.} 1-0

[Event "28th WJun Girls"]
[Site "Chotowa POL"]
[Date "2010.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Melekhina, A."]
[Black "Muminova, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[Annotator "Melekhina, Alisa"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.08.03"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 10. Nxf3 Bb5 {It is common knowledge that White's
light-squared Bishops is dangerous. However, Black isn't even castled -- the
Bishop is not yet an immediate threat. After the exchange, Black's centralized
King becomes more exposed.} 11. Be3 {gaining a tempo -- are you now convinced
this is worth the missing d4 pawn?} Qa6 12. Bxb5+ Qxb5 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Nd4 {
Diagram [#] A prime example of utilizing the d4 square as a pivot point. After
getting all that I can from the e3 Bishop, I am prepared to temporarily block
it to swing the knight over to b5 and target the weaknesses on c7 and b6.} Ne7
15. Qe2 {It's difficult to believe, but black is almost in a zugzwang in the
opening. Notice how difficult it is for Black to extricate her pieces while
countering the b5 threat.} a6 (15... Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qa6 {will soon
regain the pawn}) 16. Rc2 $1 {A calm yet venemous move proceeding with the
plan of controlling the c-file} Nc6 17. Rfc1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Be7 19. Rc7 Qa4 20.
Qg4 {Diagram [#] is a move that must always be considered. Here it not only
attacks the g7 pawn, but also prepares a lethal discovery check.} Bd8 (20...
Kf8 21. Rxe7 Kxe7 22. Bc5+) (20... Bf8 21. Qf4 {Black cannot successfully
block the mate on f7} Be7 22. Rxe7+ Kxe7 23. Bc5+ $1) 21. Qxg7 Bxc7 22. Qxh8+ {
This point is an excellent calculation exericse. The remainder of the game is
effectively forced.} Kd7 23. Qg7 (23. Qxa8 Qxd4 24. Qxb7 Qxe5 {Although White
is still better, it is messier than the clear-cut variations in the game.})
23... Qxd4 24. Qxf7+ Kd8 25. Qxc7+ Ke8 26. Qxh7 Qxb2 27. Qg8+ Kd7 28. Qf7+ Kd8
29. Qf8+ Kd7 30. Qd6+ {Diagram [#]} Ke8 31. Qxe6+ Kf8 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ {
A finesse that allows White enough time to create breathing space for the King
while preparing Rc7, which is begging to be played.} Kh8 34. h3 {not g3
because...} Rf8 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Qg3+ $1 Kh8 37. Rc7 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2014.05.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alisa Melekhina"]
[Black "Anna Zatonskih"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Melekhina, Alisa"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2014.05.08"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]

{I had played the 9.Nbd2 gambit line in round 2 of the 2014 U.S. Women's
Championships against WGM Sabina Foisor. The surprise weapon was successful in
stunning Foisor to play the inferior 9...Nf5, allowing me to get a better
position. By round 7, I had to decide whether to play the gambit line again.
It was a tough decision: Not only was I playing one of the tournament leaders,
but she would have seen my game from round 2, and had the entire free day to
prepare. On top of all of that, I had literally 5 GM friends advise against
playing the line. At first I followed heed and began learning a new line from
scratch. However, I later realized that the effort would be futile against a
diverse player like Zatonskih. I would have wasted my entire free day when the
most important thing was to rest. Hence, I decided to go with what I was most
comfortable with. I figured that if she were to go straight into the line, she
would prepare 9...Bc5, which is considered the best "refutation." I had no
games against that move, which I thought would work to my advantage. My goal
was to out-prepare her preparation. Turns out, I was spot on with how the
opening unfolded.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4
7. cxd4 Bd7 8. O-O Nxd4 9. Nbd2 Bc5 {Expected given the tournament situation.
After the game, Zatonskih revealed that she perceived me as having a penchant
for gambits, and prepared for several gambits, even once I hadn't played
before! It was shrewd preparation on her part. However, she also admitted that
she spent only 30 minutes on this particular line.} 10. Nxd4 (10. b4 $5 {
what's another pawn? This is a fiesty alternative to the game. It will
certainy catch the unwary off guard. Your opponents must be well-versed in the
consequences of mixing up the move order here.} Qxb4 (10... Nxf3+ $1 {the
correct way to counter the second pawn sacrifice. If black takes b4
immediately, he will find himself in trouble.} 11. Nxf3 Qxb4 12. Rb1 Qa4 13.
Qxa4 Bxa4 14. Rxb7 Ne7 {Black has escaped from the danger, although White
still has good chances due to the active Rook. I opted not to go for this line
in the game; I suspected my opponent would not fall for the move order tricks.}
) 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Rb1 Qa5 (12... Qa4 {oops} 13. Qxa4 Bxa4 14. Rb4 Bxe5 15.
Rxa4 Bd6 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Nf6 18. Rb1 {Diagram [#] 1-0 (18) Pap,M (2495)
-Velten,P (2112) Creon 2008}) (12... Qc3 $5 13. Nf3 Bb6 14. Rb3 $1 Qa5 (14...
Qc7 15. Qd2 $1 Ne7 16. Qg5 Ng6 17. Ba3 {Black's King is stuck.}) 15. Ng5 {
Diagram [#] with the intiative and a rook on the third rank that could jump
into the fray at any moment.}) 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Rxb7 {By
regaining control of the dark squares and coaxing Black's Queen out into the
open, White is in great shape.}) 10... Bxd4 11. Nf3 Ne7 (11... Bc5 12. b4 {We
find ourselves in a transposition to the line where White goes b4 immediately
and Black has correctly exchanged knights on f3. Zatonskih opts to continue
development. White is not challenged to show what she has for the pawn.}) 12.
Nxd4 {Always happy to get that Bishop!} Qxd4 13. Re1 b6 14. Rb1 {Diagram [#]} (
{indirectly attacking b2 by nullifying Rb1 after} 14. Be3 Qxb2) 14... Rc8 {
This move looks active, but it leaves a7 unprotected in case White goes Be3,
Qxe5, and then discovers with Bxb6. Now, Black's Queen is in trouble. After
this move, I would consider the opening a success. I certainly didn't lose
because of the line I chose. In fact, I was significantly up on time at this
point.} (14... Nc6 {Black needs to target the anchor in White's position: the
e5 pawn.} 15. Be3 Qxe5 16. Bxb6) 15. Be3 Qh4 {this move showed great foresight
in provoking g3, which would become a decisive weakness in my position} (15...
Qxe5 16. Bxb6 Qb8 17. Bd4 {The bishop on d4 becomes powerful and White is back
in business.}) 16. g3 (16. f4 $5 O-O (16... f5 17. g3 Qh6 18. Ba6 Rc7 19. Rc1
$1 {Diagram [#] typical method of gaining control of the c-file} Rxc1 20. Qxc1
O-O 21. Qc7 {White is dominating on the seventh.}) (16... Ng6 {is possible,
but then I have succeeded in misplacing the knight.}) 17. g3 Qh3 18. Bf1 Qf5 (
18... Qh6 19. f5 g5 {is rather good for White; Black should instead choose to
repeat moves}) 19. Bd3 Qh3 20. Bf1 $11) 16... Qa4 17. b3 Qa3 18. Qe2 (18. Qg4
Ng6 {threatening to take on e5, but misplacing the knight, which belongs on f5.
In this line, White has to just "go for it."} 19. Bd2 $5 (19. Bd4 Qb4) 19... h5
{otherwise, h4-h5 is looming} (19... Qxa2 20. Bb4 {Unsurprisingly, Black's
Queen will be trapped after Re2.}) 20. Qe2 Qxa2 {poisoned pawn; the Queen will
get trapped.} 21. Ra1 Qxb3 22. Reb1) 18... Nf5 {I underestimated this move
since I was satisfied with being able to regain the pawn easily and leaving
Black with doubled pawns. Unfortunately, Black's bishop springs to life, and
the weakness created by g3 proves fatal.} 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Rbd1 O-O (20... Be6
{if black gets greedy and tries to hold on to the pawn} 21. Qb5+ Ke7 (21... Kf8
22. Rc1) 22. Bd2 {swinging to b4.}) 21. Rxd5 {Diagram [#]} Bc6 22. Rd4 Qe7 23.
Bd2 {threatening Bb4. The Bishop has served its purpose on e3.} Ba8 24. Rf4 $2
{getting carried away with the Rook lifts.} (24. Bb4 Qb7 25. f3 Rfe8 26. Rd3 {
my position is fine}) 24... Rc2 {I thought black would need to defend the
f-pawn, and missed this move. Remember, this opening is not about the material
count, for either side!} 25. Qe3 (25. Qd3 Qc7 {instead of capturing on a2,
Black threatens Rd8 and I have to move my Queen anyway.}) 25... Rd8 26. Bb4 Qe6
27. Rd4 Re8 28. f3 Qc6 29. Rf1 (29. Re2 Rxe2 30. Qxe2 Qxf3 31. Qxf3 Bxf3 32.
Rd7 {Diagram [#] to have drawing chances I need to go into this endgame}) 29...
Rxa2 30. Rd6 Qc8 31. Rfd1 h6 (31... Qc2 $2 32. R6d2) 32. Qf4 Qc2 33. R6d2 Qxb3
34. Rd8 Bc6 {the game went sour very quickly.} 35. e6 Qxe6 36. Rxe8+ Qxe8 37.
Re1 Qd7 38. Bc3 Qd5 39. Qb8+ Kh7 40. Qf8 Qc5+ 41. Qxc5 bxc5 42. Re5 Rc2 43.
Rxc5 Bxf3 44. Bd4 Rxc5 45. Bxc5 {I managed to get an opposite-colored bsishop
ending at the end of the time-trouble complications, but it is still losing.
The main point of this game was that the opening choice was vindictaed. My
downfall was Rf4. The gambit was as successful as it could be against a player
of Zatonskih's strength. 9...Bc5 is one of Black's best tries, but it is by no
means a clear-cut refutation.} a5 46. Kf2 Be4 47. Ke3 a4 48. Kf4 g5+ 49. Ke5
Kg6 50. Be7 Bc2 51. h3 Bb3 52. Kd4 Be6 53. h4 Kh5 54. Ke3 Kg4 55. hxg5 hxg5 56.
Bd6 Bd7 57. Kf2 f4 58. gxf4 gxf4 59. Ba3 Bc6 60. Bd6 Kf5 61. Ke2 Ke4 62. Bf8
f3+ 63. Kd2 Bb5 64. Ke1 Kd3 65. Bc5 Kc2 66. Kf2 Bc6 67. Ke3 Kb3 68. Kd2 a3 69.
Bd4 a2 70. Bf6 Bd7 71. Be5 Bg4 72. Ke1 Kc2 {Diagram [#]} 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1974.01.31"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Miguel A Quinteros"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 {Diagram [#]} 3. Bb5+ (3. d4) 3... Bd7 (3... Nc6) (3... Nd7)
4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (4... Nxd7) 5. c4 Qg4 (5... Nf6) 6. O-O Qxe4 7. d4 (7. Re1) (7.
Nc3) (7. d3) 7... cxd4 8. Re1 Qc6 9. Nxd4 (9. b3) (9. Nbd2) (9. Qxd4) 9... Qxc4
10. Na3 Qc8 11. Bf4 Qd7 12. Nab5 (12. Bg3) 12... e5 (12... Kd8) 13. Bxe5 dxe5
14. Rxe5+ Be7 (14... Kd8 15. Qe2) (14... Ne7 15. Nf5) 15. Rd5 Qc8 (15... Qxd5
16. Nc7+) 16. Nf5 Kf8 17. Nxe7 Kxe7 (17... Nxe7 18. Rd8+) (17... Qe6 18. Nc7)
18. Re5+ {Diagram [#]} Qe6 (18... Kf6 19. Qf3+ Kxe5 (19... Kg6 20. Qh5+ Kf6 21.
Qg5#) 20. Re1#) (18... Kf8 19. Qd6+ Ne7 20. Qxe7+ Kg8 21. Qe8+ Qxe8 22. Rxe8#)
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.08.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#1"]
[Black "Pin/Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/5pp1/8/8/1n6/3r4/4Q3/4K3 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Re3 2. Qxe3 Nc2+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.08.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#2"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q2k1/8/8/8/3r4/8/4NPP1/2Q2K2 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rd1+ 2. Qxd1 Qxd1# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.08.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#3"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/8/5q1R/8/1n2K3/8/8/2Q5 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Re8# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.08.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#4"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/2R5/5q2/8/4r3/6K1/5PP1/2Q5 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qh4+ 2. Kf3 Qg4# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.08.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#5"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q4/6k1/4Q3/8/1n2R3/8/4KP2/8 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qd3+ 2. Ke1 Nc2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.08.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#6"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/6p1/8/4r1N1/3qQKR1/5PP1/8 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rf4+ 2. Kxf4 Qf5# 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 2015"]
[Site "Helsingor DEN"]
[Date "2015.07.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, T."]
[Black "Ragger, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2015.08.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Kb1 Rd8 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 Na5 15.
h4 e6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. h5 exd5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bh6 Be6 21. Nge2
dxe4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Nf4 Bf7 25. Nxe4 Nac4 26. Bxc4 Nxc4 27.
Rd1 Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Nd6 29. Nxd6 cxd6 30. Qxd6 g5 31. Qd8+ Qf8 32. Qxf8+ Kxf8 33.
Ne2 Ke7 34. Kc2 Kd6 35. a3 Bc4 36. Nc3 Ke5 37. Kd2 Kf4 38. Ne2+ Bxe2 39. Kxe2 {
Diagram [#]} Kg3 40. Kf1 b5 41. b4 (41. Kg1 a5 42. Kf1 (42. b3 b4 43. a4 f5)
42... a4 43. Kg1 f5 44. Kf1 Kh2 45. Kf2 g4 46. fxg4 (46. f4 Kh1 47. Kg3 Kg1)
46... fxg4 47. Kf1 g3) 41... f5 42. Kg1 g4 (42... f4 43. Kf1 Kh2 44. Kf2) 43.
fxg4 Kxg4 44. Kf2 f4 45. Ke2 (45. Kg1) 45... Kg3 46. Kf1 f3 47. gxf3 Kxf3 {
Diagram [#]} 48. Ke1 Ke3 49. Kd1 Kd3 50. a4 bxa4 (50... Kc3 51. axb5 axb5 52.
Kc1 Kxb4 53. Kb2 {Diagram [#]}) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Qxg5 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Qxc6
Qxe5 15. b4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. bxc5 dxc3 18. Nb3 d4 19. Ba3 g6 20. Bb4 Bg7
21. a4 Kd7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rad1 Ke6 24. Rfe1+ Kd5 25. Bxc3 Kc4 26. Ba5 Kxb3
27. Rb1+ Kc4 28. Rec1+ Kd5 29. c6 Kd6 30. Rxb5 Rb8 31. Bb4+ Ke6 32. Re1+ Kf6
33. Be7+ Kf7 34. Rd5 Rhc8 35. Rd7 Kg8 36. g3 Rb6 37. Rc1 Rb3 38. Bc5 d3 39. Rd1
Rcb8 40. Kg2 Bf8 41. Bxf8 Rxf8 42. R1xd3 Rxd3 43. Rxd3 Rf7 44. f4 Re7 45. g4
Re6 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. Rd7+ Re7 48. Rxe7+ Kxe7 49. g5 {Diagram [#]} Kd6 50. h4
Kxc6 51. f5 Kd6 (51... gxf5 52. h5 Kd6 53. g6 hxg6 54. h6) 52. f6 {Diagram [#]}
Ke6 53. Kf3 Kf7 54. Ke4 (54. Kg4 Ke6 55. h5 {Diagram [#]} gxh5+ (55... Kf7 56.
hxg6+ hxg6 (56... Kxg6 57. Kf4 Kf7 58. Ke5 c5 59. Kd5 h6) 57. Kf4 Ke6 58. Ke4
Kd6 59. Kd4 Ke6 60. Kc5 Kd7 61. Kd5 Ke8 62. Kc6 Kd8 63. f7 {Diagram [#]} Ke7
64. Kxc7 Kxf7 65. Kd7) 56. Kxh5 c5 (56... Kf7 57. Kh6 Kg8 58. f7+) 57. Kh6 c4
58. Kg7 c3 59. f7 c2 60. f8=Q c1=Q 61. Qf6+ Kd5 62. Kxh7) 54... Ke6 55. Kd4 Kd6
56. Kc4 Ke6 57. Kc5 Kd7 58. Kd5 Ke8 {Diagram [#]} 59. Kc6 (59. Ke6 Kf8) 59...
Kd8 60. f7 Ke7 61. Kxc7 Kxf7 62. Kd7 Kf8 63. Ke6 Ke8 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Rac8 13. e4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Qxe4 Bb4 16. Rf1 Ba3 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. Qc2 Nf6 19. c5 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21.
Ne5 Nd5 22. Nc4 Red8 23. a3 Rc7 24. Qc1 Ne7 25. Rd2 Nf5 26. Rfd1 b5 27. Ne5 Qc8
28. Rd3 f6 29. Nf3 Rcd7 30. Qf4 Rd5 31. Qe4 Qd7 32. R3d2 h5 33. h4 a5 34. Kf1
Re8 35. Re1 Kf7 36. Red1 Nh6 37. Re1 Re7 38. Qf4 Rf5 39. Qd6 Qc8 40. Rde2 Rd5
41. Qf4 Nf5 42. Re4 Rd8 43. g4 hxg4 44. Qxg4 Qd7 45. h5 Kg8 46. Kg2 Qd5 47. Qg6
Rf8 48. h6 Qd8 49. d5 Qxd5 50. Rg4 Qd7 51. Rh1 Qe8 52. hxg7 Rxg7 53. Qh7+ Kf7
54. Rxg7+ Nxg7 55. Rh6 Qd8 56. Qg6+ Kg8 57. Qh7+ Kf7 58. Qg6+ Kg8 59. Rh7 Qd7
60. Nd2 f5 61. Nf3 Rf6 62. Qxf6 Kxh7 63. Ng5+ Kg8 64. Qg6 {Diagram [#]} Qd5+
65. f3 e5 66. Qh7+ Kf8 67. Qh8+ Qg8 68. Nh7+ Kf7 69. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Ne4 Bc7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Qe2 a6 15.
Rac1 Bb7 16. Bd3 Rfd8 17. a3 a5 18. h3 Rab8 19. Ned2 e5 20. Be4 exd4 21. Nxd4
Nc5 22. Bf3 Be5 23. Nc4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. exd4 Qxe2 26. Bxe2 Nb3 27. Rd1
Ba6 28. Bf1 a4 29. f3 f6 30. d5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 Rc8 32. Ne3 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 Nc5 34.
h4 Kf7 35. Rd6 h5 36. Rxb6 Nd3 37. Rb7+ Kg6 38. Nd5 Re8 39. Ne7+ Kh7 40. g3
Nxb2 41. Nd5 Rd8 42. Nxf6+ Kh6 43. Nxh5 Kxh5 44. Rxb2 Rd3 45. Kg2 Rxa3 46. Rb6
Rb3 47. Ra6 a3 48. Ra5+ Kg6 49. g4 Rb2+ 50. Kg3 a2 51. h5+ Kf7 52. f4 Rc2 53.
Ra7+ Kf6 54. Ra6+ Kf7 55. g5 Rb2 56. Kg4 Rc2 57. Ra7+ Kg8 58. Kf5 Rb2 59. Kg4
Rg2+ 60. Kh3 Rb2 61. g6 Kf8 62. Kg4 Rc2 63. Kg5 Rg2+ 64. Kf5 Rb2 65. Ra8+ Ke7
66. Ra6 Rb5+ 67. Kg4 Rb2 68. Ra7+ Kf8 69. Kf5 Rh2 70. h6 Rxh6 71. Rxa2 Rh1 72.
Ra8+ Ke7 73. Rg8 Rh5+ 74. Kg4 Rh1 75. Kg5 {Diagram [#]} Ke6 76. Rxg7 (76. f5+
Ke5 77. Re8+ Kd6 78. f6 Rg1+ 79. Kh4 gxf6 80. Kh5 Rh1+) 76... Rg1+ 77. Kh4 (77.
Kh6 Rh1+) 77... Kf6 1-0

[Event "EU Team Championship Greece"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Alexandrova, Olga"]
[Black "Nemcova, Katerina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[Annotator "Nemcova, Katerina"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 e5 6. dxe5 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
Bxc4 Ne4 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nc5 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Be2
Qh4 {Diagram [#]} 15. a3 {With this last move, my opponent attacks my bishop
hoping to exchange light pieces and to gain more space for her queen. However,
seeing my active queen close to her exposed white king, my greatly centralized
knights ready to cause more troubles, and the possible uninterrupted escort of
my corner rook via a8-e8-e6-g6/h6 route, I chose otherwise.} Rae8 $3 {My best
move! Sacrifice in exchange for a brisk attack. As Benjamin Franklin would say
"Lost time is never found again." This rook-transport idea is especially
strong when you find the very precise follow-up that shields it from any
undesired disturbance. It might look as a simple decision but there are other
good alternatives for Black. I calculated what I could, including the
potential risks of playing unnecessarily sparkly chess, and trusted the power
of my position.} 16. axb4 Ncd3 $1 {Without this move, 16...Re8 would not work.}
(16... Re6 17. Qf5 $1 {and the queen is ready to defend her king.}) 17. Kh1 $2
{This is the losing move, both Qd1 and Ne4 keep a fairly balanced position.} (
17. Qd1) (17. Ne4) 17... Re6 18. e4 Nxc1 19. Rg1 Nxe2 20. Qxe2 Rh6 21. Rg2 Ng6
22. Nd5 c6 23. Ne3 Nf4 $19 {and later Black was successful in transforming
this material advantage into a full point.} 24. Qf1 Nxg2 25. Qxg2 Rg6 26. Qf1
Qf4 27. Qe2 Rh6 28. Ng4 Rh4 29. Rxa7 h5 30. Qe3 Qb8 31. Qg5 Rxg4 0-1

