[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 "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "David Letterman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qe6+ 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 Qg6 6. Nf3 Qxg2 7. Rg1 Qh3
8. d5 Na5 9. Nb5 Qd7 10. Bf4 {Diagram [#]} Nf6 11. Nxc7+ Kd8 12. Ne5 Qxc7 13.
Nxf7+ Ke8 14. Bxc7 Kxf7 15. Bxa5 Bf5 16. Qd4 Bxc2 17. Rc1 Be4 18. Rc7 Rd8 19.
d6 b6 20. Bc3 Bd5 21. Qe5 Be6 22. Qxf6+ gxf6 23. Bh5# 1-0

[Event "New York, 2015"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Gbenga Akinnagbe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Bc5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. d4 exd4 8.
exd4 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Nxc3 d6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bg5 {Diagram [#]} h6 13. Bxf6
gxf6 14. Qh5 Be6 15. Qg6+ Kf8 16. Qxh6+ Kf7 17. d5 Rh8 18. dxe6+ Ke7 19. Nd5+
Ke8 20. Qxh8# 0-1

[Event "New York ch-US  Rd: 4"]
[Site "New York ch-US  Rd: 4"]
[Date "1965.12.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Pal Benko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

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 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nh4 Nb6 12. Nd2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15.
exf5 Qc7 16. g4 h6 17. h4 c4 18. Bc2 Nh7 19. Nf3 f6 20. Nd2 Rad8 21. Qf3 h5 22.
gxh5 Nd5 23. Ne4 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. Rg1 Rf7 27. Rg6 Bd6 28. Rag1
Bf8 29. h6 Qe5 30. Qg4 Rdd7 31. f3 Bc5 32. Nxc5 Qxc5 33. Rxg7 Rxg7 34. hxg7+
Kg8 35. Qg6 Rd8 36. Be4 Qc8 {Diagram [#]} 37. Qe8+ Rxe8 38. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1965.12.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicolas Rossolimo"]
[Black "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 Qxd6 9. f4 b6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. O-O Ne7 13. Qf3 Ng6 14. g4 Qe7
15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. g5 Ne8 17. h4 Nd6 18. h5 gxh5 {Diagram [#]} 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 (
19... Kxh7 20. Qxh5+ Kg8 21. g6 Rf6 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8#) (19... Kf7 20. Qxh5+
) 20. Bg6 (20. Qxh5) 1-0

[Event "New York ch-US  Rd: 9"]
[Site "New York ch-US  Rd: 9"]
[Date "1965.12.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Be4 9. Qc2 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 d6 11. e4 e5 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Nh4 h6 14. Bd2 Re8
15. Rae1 Nf8 16. Nf5 Ng6 17. f4 exd4 18. cxd4 c6 19. d5 cxd5 20. cxd5 Ne7 21.
Ng3 Rc8 22. Bc3 Ng6 23. Bd4 Kh7 24. Nf5 Rc7 25. Kh1 Rg8 26. Re3 Nh5 27. Ref3
Nf6 28. Rh3 b5 29. g4 Nxg4 30. Qg3 Qe8 31. Nxd6 Qe7 32. e5 Nf6 33. f5 Nxd5 34.
fxg6+ fxg6 35. Nf7 Qxf7 36. Rxf7 Rxf7 37. e6 Rf1+ 38. Kg2 Rf5 39. Rh4 Re8 40.
Qd6 Ref8 41. h3 Rc8 42. Re4 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Rd2 44. e7 Rg5+ 45. Rg4 Nxe7 46. Rxg5
hxg5 47. Qxe7 Rxd4 48. Qxa7 Rf4 49. Qe7 Rf5 50. Qe8 Rc5 51. Kf3 Rc2 52. Qe6 Rc1
53. Qb3 Rc5 54. Ke4 Rf5 55. Kd4 Kh8 56. Kc3 Kh7 57. Kb4 Re5 58. a3 Kh6 59. Qg8
g4 60. h4 g5 {Diagram [#]} 61. h5 1-0

[Event "New York ch-USA"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1965.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. e3 O-O 8.
a3 h6 9. Bh4 d6 10. Bc4 Bf5 11. h3 Rc8 12. O-O e5 13. e4 Bd7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Ba2 g5 16. Bg3 Qe7 17. Re1 Rcd8 18. Nh2 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Nhf1 Rd3 21. Re3
Rd7 22. Qb3 Qe7 23. Nf3 Rfd8 24. Rae1 Nh5 25. Rc3 Qf6 26. Ne3 Nd4 27. Nxd4 exd4
28. Ng4 Qg6 29. Rd3 Nxg3 30. fxg3 Rc7 31. Nf2 Rdc8 32. Re2 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 h5 34.
Qxb7 Be5 35. Qd5 R1c5 36. Qd7 h4 37. Nh1 Rc1 38. Rf3 g4 39. Qxg4 Qxg4 40. hxg4
Kg7 41. Rf5 {Diagram [#]} Rxh1+ 42. Kxh1 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 Bxg3+ 44. Kh3 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1965.12.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Bc4 Bb4 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. O-O O-O
15. Bf6 gxf6 16. Qh6 Qxe5 17. Nf5 exf5 18. Ne4 Bd2 19. Nxd2 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Ne5
21. Rg3+ Ng4 22. h3 Qe5 23. Rf4 Qe1+ 24. Nf1 Qxg3 25. Rxg4+ Qxg4 26. hxg4 Nd7
27. Ng3 Kh8 28. Bd3 Rg8 29. Bxf5 Rg6 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Ne4 b5 32. g5 Bb7 33.
Nxf6 Nf8 {Diagram [#]} 34. Qh2 Bc8 35. Qe5 Ne6 36. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "1965.12.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "William G Addison"]
[Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nf6
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. h3 Rb8 18. Rac1 Rd8 19. Rc3 Bd7 20. Nh2 Qe7 21.
Qh5 Be8 22. Rf3 Rd7 23. Ng4 Kh7 24. Rf6 Qf8 25. Rxh6+ gxh6 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Qf5
Rbd8 28. Rd3 Qh8 29. Rg3+ Kf8 {Diagram [#]} 30. Nh7+ (30. Rg8+) 30... Ke7 31.
Rg8 Qxh7 (31... Qxg8 32. Qf6#) 32. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Thompson, Preston"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2015.09.02"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 {Diagram [#]} Bf5 (4... Bd6 5. Bd3 Bg4)
5. c4 (5. Bd3) 5... Nf6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 (6... c6) 7. cxd5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nxd5
10. Bc4 N7b6 {Diagram [#]} 11. Qe2+ (11. O-O Nxc4 12. Qa4+ (12. Qe2+)) (11. Bb3
) 11... Qe7 12. O-O Nxc4 (12... Qxe2) 13. Qxc4 O-O-O 14. Nc3 Qb4 {Diagram [#]}
15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 a6 17. Ne5 Be6 (17... Rh7) 18. Rfc1 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 {
Diagram [#]} Rxd4 20. Nxf7 Bxf7 21. Rxc7+ Kd8 22. Rxf7 Rd7 23. Be5 (23. Rxd7+
Kxd7 24. Rc1) 23... Rxf7 24. Bxh8 Bg7 (24... Bc5 25. Rd1+ Kc7) 25. Rd1+ Kc7 (
25... Ke7) 26. Bxg7 Rxg7 27. g3 {Diagram [#]} Rd7 28. Rxd7+ Kxd7 29. f4 Ke6 30.
Kf2 {Diagram [#]} Kf5 (30... g4 31. Ke3 Kd5 32. Kd3 h5 33. Ke3 b5 34. Kd3) 31.
Kf3 b6 32. g4+ Kf6 {Diagram [#]} 33. f5 (33. Ke4) (33. Kg3 Ke6) 33... h5 34. h3
hxg4+ 35. hxg4 Ke5 {Diagram [#]} 36. Ke3 (36. b4) 36... b5 37. b4 Kd5 38. Kd3
Ke5 39. b3 Kd5 40. f6 Ke6 {Diagram [#]} 41. f7 (41. Kd4 Kxf6 42. Kd5) 41...
Kxf7 42. Kd4 Ke6 43. Kc5 (43. Ke4 Kd6 44. Kf5) 43... Ke5 (43... Kf6 44. Kd5 Kg6
45. Ke6) 44. Kb6 Kf4 45. Kxa6 Kxg4 46. Kxb5 Kh3 47. Kc4 g4 48. b5 g3 49. b6 g2
50. b7 g1=Q 51. b8=Q {Diagram [#]} Qc1+ 52. Kb4 Qe1+ 53. Kc4 Qc1+ 54. Kb5 Qg5+
55. Ka4 Qg4+ 56. Qb4 Qd7+ 57. Ka5 Qa7+ 58. Kb5 Qd7+ 59. Kc4 Qc6+ 60. Qc5 Qe4+
61. Kb5 Qd3+ 62. Qc4 Qd7+ 63. Kb4 Qb7+ 64. Kc3 Qg7+ 65. Qd4 Qc7+ 66. Kd3 {
Diagram [#]} Qg3+ 67. Qe3 Qxe3+ 68. Kxe3 Kg4 69. Kd4 Kf5 70. Kc5 Ke6 71. Kb6
Kd7 72. b4 Kd6 73. b5 Kd7 74. Ka7 Kc7 75. b6+ 1-0

[Event "Baku World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Popov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B64"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r3k/3r1pp1/p6p/1p1Bp3/4P3/P2R3P/1PP2bP1/1K1R4 w - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2015.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "AZE"]

{[#]  At first sight the opposite coloured bishops would suggest that a draw
is the most likely result, but after Shankland's next move it becomes clear
that Black's queenside pawns are terribly vulnerable.} 28. b4 $1 {By fixing
the queenside pawns, soon White will be ready to play Bb7!.} Bb6 29. c3 a5 30.
Bc4 $1 Rxd3 31. Bxd3 {Now the b5 pawn is lost and White will win every endgame.
} axb4 32. axb4 g6 33. Kc2 Kg7 34. Bxb5 Rxd1 35. Kxd1 f5 36. c4 Bd4 37. Kc2
fxe4 38. c5 Kf6 39. Kb3 Kf5 40. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Baku World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/5N1p/1k2n3/p5P1/8/K7 b - - 0 62"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "AZE"]

{[#]  Black had been trying to bring his king safely to b3 without success for
some time but finally Areshchenko found the correct path...    62...Nc3! 63.
Nd4 Kc4 64.Nf5 Ne2! 65.Ka2 Kb4 66.Ne3    The only hope since 66.Kb1 Kb3! 67.
Ka1 a2 leads to mate after 68...Nd4, while 66.Ka1 merely delays the inevitable
in view of 66...Kb3 67.Kb1 a2+ 68.Ka1 Ka3 69.Ne3 Nd4 70.Nc4+ Kb4! And now 71.
Nd2 loses to 71...Nb3+ so Black cannot be prevented from playing 71...Kb3 and
72...Nc2 mate.} 62... Nc3 $1 63. Nd4 Kc4 64. Nf5 Ne2 $1 65. Ka2 Kb4 66. Ne3 {
The only hope since} (66. Kb1 Kb3 67. Ka1 a2 {The only hope since 66.Kb1 Kb3!
67.Ka1 a2 leads to mate after 68...Nd4, while}) (66. Ka1 {merely delays the
inevitable in view of} Kb3 67. Kb1 a2+ 68. Ka1 Ka3 69. Ne3 Nd4 70. Nc4+ Kb4 $1
{and now} 71. Nd2 {loses to} Nb3+ {so Black cannot be prevented from playing
71...Kb3 and 72...Nc2 mate.}) 66... Nxg3 {[#]} 67. Nd5+ {and now Black missed
the stylish 67...Ka4! 68.Nc3+ Ka5! 69.Kxa3 h4 when the pawn queens. He played
instead} Kc4 (67... Ka4 68. Nc3+ Ka5 69. Kxa3 h4) 68. Nf4 h4 {when Black's
advantage was still enough to win in 101 moves.} 69. Kxa3 Kd4 70. Kb2 Ke4 71.
Nh3 Kf3 72. Kc3 Ne4+ 73. Kd4 Nf2 74. Ng1+ Kf4 75. Kd5 Nd1 76. Kd4 Nf2 77. Kd5
Kg4 78. Kd4 Nh3 79. Ne2 Kf3 80. Kd3 Kf2 81. Kd2 Ng5 82. Nf4 Kf3 83. Ne2 Kf2 84.
Nf4 Kf3 85. Ne2 Nh3 86. Ke1 Kg2 87. Nd4 Ng5 88. Nf5 h3 89. Ne3+ Kf3 90. Nf1 Ne4
91. Nh2+ Kg2 92. Ng4 Nf6 93. Ne3+ Kg1 94. Nf1 Nh5 95. Ke2 Nf4+ 96. Ke1 Kg2 97.
Ne3+ Kf3 98. Nf1 Nd3+ 99. Kd2 Kf2 100. Ne3 Ne5 101. Nd1+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Baku World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2015.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Rc8 {An old line, hardly seen
for the past five years. Earlier in the tournament Nakamura had used} (12... f5
{with success.}) 13. e4 c5 14. exd5 exd5 {[#]} 15. Bxd5 $5 {This variation of
the Queen's Indian has been trendy for decades but Onischuk's 15th move move
has hardly been tried, White almost invariably preferring 15.dxc5 dxc4 16.c6
when for a time the theoretical battle centred around the crazy line} (15. dxc5
dxc4 16. c6 cxb3 17. Re1 b2 18. Bxb2 Nc5 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Qg4 Bg5 21. Qxc4 Nd3
22. Be5 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. c7 {[#]  (The assessment of the
final position swung back and forth between dead drawn and huge advantage for
White.)}) 15... Nf6 16. Bg2 cxd4 17. Bb2 b5 18. Rc1 Bb4 {Reasonable, but} (
18... Qd7 {will probably be Black's first choice in future games.}) 19. cxb5
Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Bxb5 21. Nc4 Re8 $6 {Now Black drifts into a surprisingly
difficult position.} (21... d3 $5 {was double-edged but playable.}) 22. Qd3 Bc3
23. Rd1 Nd7 24. Qf5 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Re5 26. Qf3 Qe8 27. Bf4 Rc5 28. Qb7 Nf6 {[#]}
29. Bf1 $1 {Probably only now did Karjakin realise that something had gone
badly wrong. Black's d pawn is not going anywhere and Black has worries on the
queenside.} Qd7 30. Rb1 g5 {Hardly desirable but after a normal move such as} (
30... h6 {White continues} 31. Qa8+ Rc8 32. Rb8 Rxb8 33. Qxb8+ Kh7 34. c5 {and
the c pawn cannot be stopped. The poor position of the c3 bishop is
particularly evident in these and similar lines.}) 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Be5 Qf5 33.
Rb5 Rxb5 34. cxb5 Qe6 35. a4 h5 36. Qc7 h4 37. Bc4 Ba5 38. Bxe6 Bxc7 39. Bxc7
fxe6 40. Be5 {After} (40. Be5 d3 41. Kf1 {Black is doomed.}) 1-0

[Event "Baku World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1Qn5/2pk4/8/1P1qp1p1/2n4p/P1RPPr1P/1BK1R3/3N1r2 b - - 0 40"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2015.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "AZE"]

{[#]  Nepomniachtchi needs to win this game to stay in the match but had
Nakamura played 40...N8b6! then most likely the American would go through to
the fourth round within a few moves.    Instead Nakamura played} 40... e4 $2 {
, missing that after} (40... N8b6) 41. Rd2 $3 {Black has just opened the d
file to his own cost.  The game continued} Rxd1 42. Rxd1 Nxe3+ 43. Kb1 $1 {But
now it turned out to be the open c file which was fatal for Black and Nakamura
was forced to resign after} Qd6 44. Rdc1 Nd5 45. Rc6 Qh2 46. R6c2 Qf4 47. dxe4
Qxe4 48. Ka1 Nce7 49. Qb7 Re3 50. b6 Re1 51. bxc7 Rxc1+ 52. Rxc1 Nc8 53. Rd1
1-0

[Event "Baku World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2br2k1/1p3pp1/1p5p/rN1p4/1Rn5/2P1PB1P/P4PP1/R5K1 b - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2015.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "AZE"]

21... Bd7 {[#]  So, who had been well on top after the opening, thought for 12
minutes before grabbing a pawn which he decided was not really poisoned...} 22.
Bxd5 $2 Ne5 $1 {Apparently winning a piece, but So has some tricks up his
sleeve.} 23. Re4 Ng6 24. Bxf7+ $1 {Just before making this move So woke up to
the flaw in his plan, but it is too late to go back.} Kxf7 25. Nd6+ Kg8 26.
Nxb7 {[#]  All according to White's original plan, but he had missed Black's
next move.} Bc6 $1 27. Rd4 Rxd4 28. Nxa5 Rd6 29. Nxc6 {â oIf} (29. Nc4 Re6 30.
Nxb6 Nh4 $1 {and I have just enough attack,â   said Vachier-Lagrave.}) 29...
Rxc6 30. a4 Rxc3 31. a5 bxa5 32. Rxa5 {So has recovered as well as could be
hoped, reaching an endgame where White's drawing chances are excellent.} Rc1+
33. Kh2 Rc2 34. Kg3 Nf8 35. h4 Nd7 36. Kf3 Kh7 37. Rf5 Nc5 38. g4 Nd3 39. Kg3
g6 40. Rf7+ Kg8 41. Rf6 Kg7 {[#]} 42. g5 $6 {Despite reaching the time control,
So has been blitzing out his moves, and this one turn out to fatally block the
kingside pawns.  At first sight 42.g5 seems forced to maintain the rook on f6,
but in fact after} (42. Ra6 $1 {Black cannot win because after} Rxf2 (42...
Nxf2 43. Ra7+ {is similar}) 43. Ra3 Rd2 44. Ra7+ {Black cannot escape the
checks without losing his g6 pawn.}) 42... h5 43. f3 Ne1 44. e4 Rc3 45. Kf2
Nd3+ 46. Kg3 Ne5 47. Kg2 Rc6 $1 48. Rxc6 {Forced, since} (48. Rf4 {loses
immediately to} Nd3 {, but So took more than 15 minutes here, realising that
the endgame without rooks was probably lost.}) 48... Nxc6 49. f4 Kf7 50. Kf3
Ke6 51. Ke3 Kd6 52. Kd2 Kc5 53. Kd3 Kb4 54. Kd2 Kc4 55. Ke3 Kc5 {â oAt first I
thought that} (55... Kc3 {would be an easy win, but then I saw} 56. e5 $1 {,â 
  explained Vachier-Lagrave, foreshadowing} Ne7 57. Ke4 Kc4 58. e6 {when Black
must hurry back with his king to draw.  â oSo I decided to regroup,â   added
Vachier-Lagrave.}) 56. Kd3 {[#]  Vachier-Lagrave has been using plenty of time
on his previous four moves, looking for the right set-up. Finally he saw the
right idea and was able to finish the rest of the game off quickly.} Nd8 $1 57.
Ke3 Nf7 $1 58. Kd3 Nd6 59. Ke3 Kc4 {[#]} 60. f5 $1 Ne8 $3 {The point behind
Black's play.} (60... gxf5 61. g6 fxe4 62. Kf4 $3 Ne8 63. Kxe4 {leads only to
a draw.}) 61. fxg6 {â oIf} (61. f6 {I play} Nc7 {,â   explained
Vachier-Lagrave.}) 61... Ng7 $1 62. e5 (62. Kf3 {62.Kf3 might have been a
better chance, when Black has to find} Kd3 $1 {and not} (62... Kd4 $2 63. Kf4
$1 {when the tables are turned and White wins.})) 62... Kd5 63. Kf4 Kd4 64. e6
Kd5 $1 {It was not too late for Black to err with} (64... Nxe6+ $2 65. Kf5 {
when again White wins.}) 65. e7 Ke6 66. Ke4 Kxe7 67. Ke5 Ke8 68. Kd5 Kd7 {
White will be forced back and lose after} (68... Kd7 69. Ke5 Ke7 70. Kd5 Nf5 {.
}) 0-1

[Event "Baku World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.09.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn3rk1/1pq1bppb/2p1p2p/p1N1N3/P2P4/2Q3P1/1P2PPBP/R2R2K1 b - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "AZE"]

{[#]  Black is solid, if passive, and after 19...Rd8 20.Rac1 Bxc5 21.dxc5 (21.
Qxc5 meets the same reply) Na6 any White advantage would be minimal.  Nakamura
preferred to hang on to his bishop pair but after} 19... Na6 $6 {he was hit by}
(19... Rd8 20. Rac1 Bxc5 21. dxc5 (21. Qxc5) 21... Na6) 20. Nxb7 $1 Qxb7 21.
Bxc6 Qc7 {If Black avoids the swap of queens via} (21... Qa7 {he will lose his
a5 pawn (though this may have been a better practical chance).}) 22. Bxa8 Qxc3
23. bxc3 Rxa8 24. Nc6 Bd8 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. f3 {Materially Black is not doing
badly at all; in many positions a bishop and knight can hold their own against
a rook and two pawns.  However here Black's minor pieces are misplaced and
Eljanov judged that White's position is close to winning.} Rc8 27. Ra3 Bg6 28.
Kf2 Rb8 29. Rd2 f6 {Accompanied by a draw offer, which certainly surprised
Eljanov.} 30. Raa2 Rb3 31. Rab2 $1 Rxc3 32. Rb5 Bc2 33. Rxa5 Nc7 34. Ra7 f5 35.
a5 {and Nakamura had no defence against the advance of the a pawn and resigned
23 moves later.} Kh7 36. Rb7 Rc4 37. Rb6 Ba4 38. a6 Bc6 39. a7 Bd5 40. Ra2 Rxd4
41. Rc2 Na8 42. Ra6 Rd1 43. h4 h5 44. Ke3 Rg1 45. Kf4 Rg2 46. Rd6 Rg1 47. Rc8
Ra1 48. Kg5 Rxa7 49. Rdd8 g6 50. Rh8+ Kg7 51. Rcg8+ Kf7 52. Rxg6 Ra6 53. Rh7+
Kf8 54. Kxh5 Nb6 55. Kg5 Nc4 56. h5 Nd6 57. Rf6+ Kg8 58. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Baku World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p7/1p6/5k1p/P1b2Pp1/2BpK1P1/8/8 b - - 0 64"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2015.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "AZE"]

{[#]  A one move blunder cost Eljanov the first 10 minute game with White, but
he then comprehensively outplayed Karjakin in the return match-up, only for
tragedy to strike in an extraordinary manner.    Black first task is to create
a passed pawn on the queenside and he did so with} 64... a5 $1 65. Be1 Ke6 $6 {
Not spoiling anything but Black had a straightforward win with the direct} (
65... Bb3 $1 66. Kxd3 Bxa4 67. Bf2 {and now} Bb5+ $1 {when White can only
choose between 68.Kc3 Ke4! followed by ...Kf3xg3 and} 68. Ke3 (68. Kc3 Ke4)
68... a4 69. Be1 a3 70. Bc3 a2 {Not spoiling anything but Black had a
straightforward win with the direct 65...Bb3! when Black will win slowly but
surely by pushing his b pawn, bringing his king over to the queenside and then
distracting White's pieces with a well-timed ...h4.}) 66. Bc3 Kf5 67. Be1 Kf6
68. Bd2 Kg6 69. Bc3 Kf5 $2 {Having gained some 10 second increments, Eljanov
is now ready to play 70...Bb3 and win as in the previous note.   
Unfortunately at this moment Karjakin called over the arbiter and indicated
that he would play 70.Be1 after which the position will have appeared three
times with the same person to move.    After the players and the arbiter
replayed the game on an adjacent board, a devastated Eljanov had to accept the
draw, ending his Candidates hopes. Nonetheless, the Ukrainian still found the
strength to tweet,"It's untrue to call Sergey Karjakin's victory undeserved.
Chess is the most fair sport."} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden Baden Grenke Classic"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Baramidze, David"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3K4/4p1p1/4k2p/5p1P/8/3N4/8 b - - 0 71"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2015.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

{[#]  The Grenke Classic in Baden Baden in February is mostly remembered for
Magnus Carlsen's playoff win over local favoutire Arkadij Naiditsch, who was
later in the year to defect to Azerbaijan.  However Fabiano Caruana will have
had bad dreams about the diagrammed position, coming after six hours play in
his final round game, which offered him a great chance to join the tie for
first.} 71... Kf6 $2 {Caruana thought he was setting up a winning zugzwang
with this move, but Baramidze's response disabused him of that notion. 
Nonetheless, Caruana was stunned when his (then)second Chuchelov told him
immediately after the game what he had misssed...} (71... Kd4 72. Kxe6 Kd3 $1 {
Only so -} (72... Ke3 {allows} 73. Nc4+ Ke2 (73... Kd3 74. Ne5+ Ke4 75. Nc4 f3
76. Nd2+ Ke3 77. Nf1+ Kf2 78. Nd2 Ke2) 74. Ke5 $1 f3 75. Kf4 f2 76. Ne3 {when
only} Ke1 $1 {draws}) 73. Nf3 Ke3 $1 {Again Black must step carefully -} (73...
Ke2 $2 {lets the White knight save the day via} 74. Ng5 $1 f3 75. Ne4 $1) 74.
Nh2 {[#]} Kf2 $3 {Suddenly the White knight is trapped and, remarkably, Black
wins the pawn endgame by a single tempo after} 75. Ke5 Kg2 76. Kxf4 Kxh2 77.
Kg5 Kg3 78. Kxg6 Kxh4 79. Kf5 Kg3 {etc.}) 72. Kc6 $1 g5 $5 (72... Kf5 73. Kd6 {
is the key position which both players realised is not enough for Black, e.g.}
Kg4 74. Kxe6 Kxh4 75. Kf6 g5 76. Kf5 {and Black cannot keep all three pawns.})
73. Ne4+ Kf5 74. Nxg5 Kg4 75. Kd6 Kxh4 76. Ne4 Kg4 77. Kxe6 h4 78. Ke5 f3 79.
Kd4 $1 h3 80. Ke3 h2 81. Nf2+ Kg3 82. Nh1+ Kg2 83. Nf2 {At first sight this
position would be winning for Black if he could lose a move, but in fact even
if it were White to play, 84.Nh1! Kxh1 85.Kf2! would solve any problems.} h1=Q
84. Nxh1 Kxh1 85. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem EUR Ch."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.03.06"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Khismatullin, D."]
[Black "Eljanov, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5Q2/5p1p/1pPr2p1/6k1/8/3pP2P/2q2PP1/3R1K2 w - - 0 44"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2015.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.09"]

{[#]  The most amazing move of the year came in the European Championships and
was played by the young Russian Denis Khismatullin on his way to a career
highlight, tying for second place.} 44. Kg1 $3 {"You have to be kidding me!"
as John McEnroe would say.  Khismatullin later admitted that he also took some
convincing that he could give a rook away with check and not look stupid later!
} Qxd1+ {In a way Khismatullin's suspicions that he shouldn't be winning by
force were justified - the computer-like} (44... Rd5 $1 {turns out to hang on,
albeit barely.}) 45. Kh2 Rxc6 46. Qe7+ Kh6 47. Qf8+ Kg5 48. Qxf7 $1 {[#]} Rf6 {
Returning the rook is the only way to avoid immediate mate, but Black's king
remains in its net and a few more accurate moves finish off Black.} 49. f4+ Kh6
50. Qxf6 Qe2 51. Qf8+ Kh5 52. Qg7 $1 h6 53. Qe5+ Kh4 54. Qf6+ Kh5 55. f5 $1
gxf5 56. Qxf5+ Kh4 57. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Sochi Women's World KO Ch."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.03.26"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/npp2pp1/1p6/1P4N1/q4P2/2P4P/b4QB1/4R1K1 b - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2015.03.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]

{[#]  Muzychuk was only in a position to take the match from Koneru because of
another great swindle earlier in the match.  Prior to the quarter-finals,
Koneru had won every game and in the diagrammed position was aiming for  her
seventh straight win.  However Muzychuk has whipped up some counterplay on the
kingside for her lost pawn and Koneru must be careful.  35...Rd1 would be safe
enough, although 36.Qe2 should hold, but Koneru incautiously played} 25... f6
$2 {only to be hit by the stunning reply} 26. Qd2 $3 {when it tuns out that
Black has no defence. The game concluded} Rf8 27. Bd5+ Bxd5 28. Qxd5+ Kh8 29.
Qf7 $1 1-0

[Event "Canberra Doeberl Cup Premier"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Black "Izzat, Kanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2bk4/1rb2ppp/p3p3/Bp1n4/5P2/1N2PBP1/PP5P/2R3K1 w - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2015.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

{The zuzgwang of the year, with multiple pieces on the board...} 22. Bxd5 $1
exd5 23. Rxc7 $1 Rxc7 24. Nc5 $1 {[#]  Black can only move his pawns and when
those moves run out, he will lose a whole rook.} 1-0

[Event "Dubai Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.11"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Petrosian, TL."]
[Black "Nigalidze, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1rk1/1p2qpb1/3p2p1/p1pP1n2/P1N1pR2/1P1P2PP/R3P1K1/2BQ4 b - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2015.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.13"]

{[#]  The most dramatic of the cheating cases which blighted 2015.  Twice
Georgian Champion Gaoiz Nigalidze was having another great tournament at the
powerful Dubai Open but his opponent was suspicious that he was visiting the
toilet after almost every move.  A body search found nothing but then the
arbiter checked the cubicle into which Nigalidze had been disappearing. He
found a well hidden smart phone logged in to Nigalidze's name.  The Georgian
was thrown out of the tournament and new anti-cheating measures were
implemented at major events such as the World Cup.}  1-0

[Event "Saint Louis USA Ch."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "So, W."]
[Black "Akobian, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bqkbnr/pp3ppp/2n5/2Pp4/8/2N2N2/PP2PPPP/R1BQKB1R b KQkq - 0 6"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2015.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.13"]

{[#]  In this position Akobian played a winning move - he approached the
arbiter Tony Rich and pointed out that So had been writing message to himself
on a sheet of paper underneath his scoresheet.  Since So had already been
warned twice for writing notes Rich forfeited So and sent the internet humming
with debates about player stupidity and arbiter overeach. Consensus was that
Rich made the right call and that Akobian did his fellow professionals a
favour by calling out a bad habit of So's.}  0-1

[Event "Saint Louis USA Women's Ch."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Virkud, Apurva"]
[Black "Krush, I."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/k4p2/pp1qp3/2n5/3NbP2/P1Q2BPp/1P5P/2K5 b - - 0 37"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2015.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.06"]

{[#]  The combination which, after a rocky start, set Krush back on track to
win her seventh US Women's Championship title.} 37... Qxd4 $1 38. Qxd4 Nb3+ 39.
Kd1 Bxf3+ $1 0-1

[Event "Shamkir Gashimov Memorial"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/5ppp/p5b1/1p2B3/1b1q4/2NP1Q2/PP3PPP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

{[#]  The position which showed that Magnus Carlsen is human and can blunder 
(not only by not knowing the time limit!).} 19... Qd7 $4 {A terrible oversight,
when} (19... Qxd3 20. Re3 Qc4 {leaves Black in no danger. Carlsen saw the
error immediately after he moved and had a painful 11 minute wait before Anand
played...}) 20. Nd5 $1 f6 $1 {The only chance, because} (20... Bxe1 {- or any
normal move with the bishop - loses to} 21. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 22. Qxf6) 21. Nxb4
fxe5 22. Qd5+ Qxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd3 24. Rxe5 Rfe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {[#]} 26. Ne3 (
26. Nb4 $1 {would have won with minimal complications.  In the event Carlsen
scrambled a draw - and went on to win the tournament by half a point from
Anand - after}) 26... Rc8 27. a3 a5 28. h4 Bg6 29. Rd1 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. g4
b3 32. h5 Bf7 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Kg3 Ra8 35. Rd2 h6 36. Nf5 Be6 37. Nd4 Bf7 38. f3
Rc8 39. Kf4 Rc1 40. Nf5 Kg8 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Rd7 Kg8 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Rd7 Kg8
45. Nd6 Be6 46. Re7 Bd5 47. Kf5 Rc6 48. Ke5 Bxf3 49. Nf5 g5 50. Rg7+ Kh8 51.
Rg6 Kh7 $1 52. Rg7+ Kh8 53. Rg6 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chakvi EUR Women's Ch."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.05.25"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Sandu, Mi"]
[Black "Stefanova, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/B2n2bp/r2P2p1/Nq2p3/1p6/4Q2P/1PP2Pp1/R2R2K1 w - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2015.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.25"]

{[#]  The combination which launched a witch hunt and showed that in 2015 fear
of cheating was morphing into paranoia.  Sandu played} 28. Qb3+ $1 Kh8 29. c4
$1 {, trapping the queen, and soon won after} Qxa5 30. Rxa5 Rxa5 31. Be3 Rb8
32. c5 Rxc5 33. Bxc5 Nxc5 34. Qf7 Rg8 35. Qc4 Nb7 36. Qxb4 Nd8 37. Qc4 {
Following the game, her main rival in the tournament, Natalia Zhukova, created
and spruiked a petition which suggested that Sandu had developed a new form of
'intelligent cheating' and demanding that her games be broadcast on delay. 
Though there was no evidence at all of cheating - Zhukova declined to ask for
Sandu to be searched because she was (supposedly) too clever to be caught like
that - apart from Sandu's 6/7 score, the tactic had its effect and an upset
Sandu lost all her remaining games, handing the European Women's title to
Zhukova.} 1-0

[Event "Dortmund GM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/ppbR1p1p/2r3p1/8/1Bn1P3/2P5/4NPPP/6K1 b - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2015.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]

{[#]  Fabiano Caruana's victory at the Dortmund super-tournament - his first
tournament after tranferring allegiance to the US - came after a very slow
start and included the following brilliant final round victory.  It seems as
if White's threat of 28.Nd4 will be enough to hold the balance but Caruana
channels one of the greatest (and most debated) pawn promotion combinations,
Ortueta-Sanz, to win in spectacular fashion...} 27... a5 $1 28. Nd4 axb4 $3 29.
Nxc6 b3 30. Rxc7 Nd6 $3 {The fantastic point behind Caruana's paly - the b
pawn cannot be stopped.} 0-1

[Event "Stavanger Norway Chess"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.06.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1b6/1P3k2/8/6Q1/5p2/6PK/4Bq2/8 w - - 0 61"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2015.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]

{[#]  The position which ruined Magnus Carlsen's year.  Carlsen has a forced
win but stared at the position for 70 seconds, waiting for his bonus 15
minutes of the final time control to kick in.  As is now well known, the World
Champion discovered that there was no final time control at move 60 and
suffered a time forfeit which cost him this game and caused an almighty
hangover from which he took months to recover.}  0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.07.23"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2kr3r/1p3ppp/p1n5/2N1p1b1/2b3P1/1PN1P2P/P1P3B1/1R4KR w - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]

{[#]  The king march of the year, from the traditional tournament in Biel
Switzerland.} 20. Kf2 Bh4+ 21. Kf3 e4+ 22. Kf4 g5+ 23. Kf5 Rhe8 24. Rhd1 Re5+ (
24... Bd3) 25. Kf6 Rg8 26. bxc4 Rg6+ 27. Kxf7 Re7+ 28. Kf8 Rf6+ 29. Kg8 Rg6+
30. Kh8 $1 {[#]  The triumph of Navara's 'steel king'. Amazingly White's king
cannot be mated and the Czech Grandmaster went on to win after} Rf6 31. Rf1 Bf2
32. Rxf2 Rxf2 33. Rf1 Rxg2 34. Rf8+ Kc7 35. Nd5+ Kd6 36. Nxe7 Kxc5 37. Rf5+
Kxc4 38. Nxc6 bxc6 39. Rxg5 Rg3 40. h4 h6 41. Rg6 Rxe3 42. Kg7 Rg3 43. Kxh6 e3
44. Kg5 Kd5 45. Kf4 Rh3 46. h5 c5 47. Rg5+ Kd4 48. Re5 {The only sad potscript
of this game is that later analysis showed that 24...Bd3!!! would eventually
lead to the demise of the brave White king. (Damned computers - ruining
another great piece of chess art!)} 1-0

[Event "Hainan Danzhou GM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, L."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3qr1k1/1b1rbp2/p2p1np1/1p2p3/4P3/P1NBB2Q/1PP3PP/4RR1K w - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2015.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]

{[#]  The combination of the year - many said it was the combination of the
century - from 16-year-old Chinese star Wei Yi.  Perhaps the first sacrifice
was prepared at home - this position had been seen once before - but  finding
the path to victory, with its multiple quiet moves, one prefaced by a move
repetition, was very much Wei's own work.} 21. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 22. Rxf7 $3 Kxf7 23.
Qh7+ Ke6 24. exd5+ Kxd5 {[#]} 25. Be4+ $3 Kxe4 26. Qf7 $1 Bf6 27. Bd2+ Kd4 28.
Be3+ Ke4 {[#]} 29. Qb3 $3 {This is getting ridiculous - Black's king can run
but it can't hide.} Kf5 30. Rf1+ Kg4 {[#]} 31. Qd3 $1 {The last of the
mysterious queen moves.} Bxg2+ {It would have been more fitting to allow the
finish} (31... Kh5 32. Qd1+ Kh4 33. Rf3 $1 {Diagram [#] when another rook
sacrifice ends the struggle.}) 32. Kxg2 Qa8+ 33. Kg1 Bg5 34. Qe2+ Kh4 35. Bf2+
Kh3 {[#]} 36. Be1 $1 {Making sure that the wrong person doesn't checkmate!} 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2814"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4qk1/2Rb1r2/p2p1nnb/1p1Pp3/4P1Pp/N2N1P2/PPQ1B2P/2R1B2K b - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2015.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{[#]  The most spectacular move from the 2015 Sinquefield Cup.  Nakamura has
already sacrificed two pawns and now adds fuel to the fire.} 26... Nxe4 $3 27.
Rd1 $6 {The rest of the game is a series of hammer blows but later analysis
showed that even the superior} (27. Rxd7 {leads to an advantage for Black after
} Rxf3 $1 {while}) (27. fxe4 {would have lost directly to} Rf1+ 28. Kg2 Be3 $1
{threatening ...h3+ and...Qh6+.}) 27... Rxf3 $1 28. Rxd7 Rf1+ 29. Kg2 Be3 $1
30. Bg3 hxg3 $1 31. Rxf1 Nh4+ 32. Kh3 Qh6 $1 {Diagram [#]} 33. g5 Nxg5+ 34. Kg4
Nhf3 $1 35. Nf2 Qh4+ 36. Kf5 Rf8+ 37. Kg6 Rf6+ $1 38. Kxf6 Ne4+ 39. Kg6 Qg5#
0-1

[Event "Baku World Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r5k/3q1pp1/p6p/4Q3/2P2N1P/3P2P1/P6K/8 b - - 0 42"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2015.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventCountry "AZE"]

{[#]  In an epic playoff in October for the World Cup title, this position
will be hard for Peter Svidler to forget.  By now the players were in game 9
of their match, after 4 classical games had been tied 2-2 and four rapid
tiebreakers were also split 2-2.  In the first of the blitz tiebreakers - with
$32,000 prizemoney differential at stake - Svidler had played well and had a
winning position as well as 40 seconds to his opponent's 4 (plus 3 second
increments). Any normal move - 42...Qe8 or 42...Re8 - would win without
difficulty but Svidler played the ridiculous blunder} 42... Kg8 $4 43. Qxb8+ {
Svidler resigned, and lost the next game to miss the chance to be the second
player to win the World Cup twice.} 1-0

[Event "US Masters 2015"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gonzalez Vidal, Yuri"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Chevannes, Sabrina"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bqk2r/bp1p1ppp/p1n1p3/7n/4P3/1NNB3Q/PPP2PPP/R1B1K2R b KQkq - 0 10"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.24"]

{So, we started at this somewhat odd opening position and Kamsky chose to play
the peculiar} 10... g6 {instead of retreating his knight to f6} 11. f4 $6 ({
Perhaps} 11. g4 {would have been more annoying, as after} Ng7 12. Bh6 {perhaps
Black has no choice but to castle into this position, where White potentially
has a decent attack}) 11... d6 12. g4 e5 $5 {Kamsky chooses to ignore the
"threat", but perhaps allowing his opponent to advance too much} 13. f5 Nf4 14.
Qh6 Bd7 {Black probably should have taken this opportunity to trade on d3, so
as to avoid the weakness on f4} 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. O-O-O {Yes, why get greedy
and take the "free" pawn and allow ...Qh4+. Now White simply has a nice
advantage} Ne5 17. Qg7 Rf8 18. Nd5 {Diagram [#] and it looks very awkward for
Black right now} Bc6 19. Nf6+ Ke7 {It's hard to believe that this position
isn't just winning for White, but he needs to be somewhat careful as Black can
get his pieces into the game rather quickly. I saw Yuri go into a long think
in this position, which is understandable, as he needs to ensure his pieces
don't get into a tangle} 20. Nxh7 {This was obviously the tempting move that
Yuri was thinking about, but the question is whether that knight is going to
waste a lot of time hopping back out} Rg8 21. Qf6+ Kd7 22. Bb5 {Looks like a
great move, but after Kamsky's next move, he doesnt really have much of a
great follow up} Kc7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Nd4 ({But White is a pawn up, so why
shouldnt he just trade pieces and go into an ending? For example:} 24. Qxd8+
Raxd8 {The problem is, Kamsky's bishop is going to be a pain and now the once
weak f-pawn is looking like a strong asset!}) 24... Rh8 25. fxg6 Qxf6 26. Nxf6
Bxd4 {Diagram [#] Kamsky cannot allow the knight to hop into e6} 27. Rxd4 fxg6
{and despite Black being a pawn down, his pieces are more active and his
f-pawn needs to be kept an eye on. As expected, White's knight is running out
of squares.} 28. h4 ({Maybe} 28. g5 {would have been more sensible, to ensure
that the knight doesn't get into trouble and to make sure Black's f-pawn isn't
too well supported}) 28... g5 29. Rhd1 gxh4 30. Rxd6 {and despite White's
control over the d-file and his pawn advantage, it is Black who is pressing
for the win now. Kamsky will be sure to keep his rook protecting that h-pawn
and try to drive it home} Rad8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rh1 Ng6 33. Nh7 Ne5 34. Ng5 {
Interestingly, White does not repeat here - perhaps he thinks he is better?}
Rg8 35. Ne6+ Kd6 36. Nxf4 Rxg4 37. Nd3 ({Maybe trying to drive the black king
away first may have been more accurate. With the fact that after} 37. Rd1+ Kc5
{then} 38. Nd3+ Nxd3+ 39. cxd3 {should be a much easier position to hold})
37... Rxe4 38. Kd2 Nxd3 39. Kxd3 Ke5 {Playing for tricks} 40. a4 $6 a5 {
Diagram [#]} ({Hoping for} 40... Rxa4 41. c4 $1 {and cutting off the defence
of the h-pawn so White can eliminate Black's biggest asset and securing an
easy draw}) (40... Rd4+ {would move the king away from the defence of the c4
square, stopping White's trick}) 41. b4 $4 {Trying the same thing again, but
Black has the same idea again, but this time is even more potent} Rd4+ {
Realising his mistake, Yuri resigned. He would have nonetheless been in for a
long defensive battle} 0-1

[Event "US Masters 2015"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.08.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Chevannes, Sabrina"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.24"]

{white won} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5
cxd5 8. Ne5 e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Nf3 {This line is rather hot at the moment and
you will see the top players battling both sides of this variation} Nc6 11. e3
{Whilst this may not be the most popular move in this position, it is
definitely a favourite of Kveinys! He has played this line for several years
and stands by the positions that arise from it.} Nf6 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Bd7 14.
Ne5 Qe7 15. f4 {Kveinys makes a decision to advance; with the symmetrical pawn
structure and solid position, it is not clear what either side's plan is in
this position. No doubt Kamsky will be more than comfortable playing a solid
position like this} Rec8 16. Qe2 Be8 17. Rfc1 a6 18. Nd3 Rc7 {After much
shuffling, it doesn't look like much is going to happen, but it feels as
though White has just a little bit more wiggle room for manouevring.} 19. Na4
Ne4 20. Nb6 Rd8 21. a4 {Diagram [#] It feels like White is advancing and Black
is just sitting and waiting, but how does he really make progress?} Qd6 ({Maybe
} 21... Na5 {was better, targetting the now weak b3 pawn. It is unclear how
White actually defends this without becoming ultra passive. He also has to
worry about the lack of squares his knight on b6 has!} {For example, if} 22.
Qd1 {then} Qd6 $1 {is super annoying!}) 22. Qc2 {and now this idea is not
available} Rb8 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Ne5 {and it feels like White is finally
making some progress} Qd8 25. Ba3 g5 $1 {Well, what else? Black needs some
space here and this move certainly creates some activity for him} 26. a5 {
White ignores and just plays on the other side of the board} gxf4 27. gxf4 f6 {
Consistent with his plan, but leaves both e-pawns weak. Maybe more accurate
was to play} (27... f5 {and if} 28. Nxc6 {he can capture with the rook:} Rxc6)
28. Nxc6 Bxc6 29. Qc4 $1 {and there is no safe way to defend the pawn!} Bf8 {
White's dark squared bishop must be proving super annoying} (29... Qe8 {fails
to} 30. Bd6) 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Bxf8 Qxf8 32. Kh1 {Diagram [#] So tidy! With
this big position, why allow Kamsky to trade pieces or get any such play
against his king?} Re8 33. Qf5 Rf7 34. Rg1 Bb5 35. Ra2 {Nicely preparing to
completely dominate the g-file} Rg7 36. Rxg7 Qxg7 37. Rg2 Qf7 38. d5 {Oh hello
passed pawn!} Qe7 39. Qg4 Rd8 40. h3 Re8 41. d6 $1 {Making use of the g-file
pressure. Of course this pawn is poisoned due to the mate threat} Qf7 42. Qf5
Rd8 43. Rd2 Qg6 44. Qg4 $1 {Of course, Kveinys cannot let Kamsky take control
over the g-file. Moving the queen away will just allow ...Rg8 and suddenly it
is White who is having to defend.} Qf7 45. Qf5 Qg6 46. Qxg6 {Draw? Ha - no
thanks! Kveinys was just psychologically toying with Kamsky. Instead, he chose
to go into this ending a pawn up with a nice passed pawn and an annoying
knight!} hxg6 47. Rd4 Kg7 48. Kh2 Kf7 49. Kg3 Bc6 50. d7 Ke7 51. Kg4 Kf7 ({Of
course, the K+P ending is completely lost for Black. For example:} 51... Bxd7+
52. Rxd7+ Rxd7 53. Nxd7 Kxd7 54. f5 {and Black can watch all his pawns tumble})
52. f5 g5 53. Rd6 Ke7 54. Re6+ Kf7 55. Nc4 $1 {I almost forgot White had a
knight! Kveinys chooses a nice time to bring it back into action} Rxd7 56. Nd6+
Kg7 57. Ne8+ Kf8 58. Nxf6 Rd3 {This activity is sadly too late} 59. Nh7+ Kg8
60. Nxg5 Rxe3 61. Re7 {The final blow - the f-pawn is completely unstoppable}
1-0

[Event "US Chess Masters 2015"]
[Site "Greensboro USA"]
[Date "2015.08.31"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kovalyov, A."]
[Black "Zherebukh, Y."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Chevannes, Sabrina"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.07"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Ne4 {The first time I employed
this strange move was in 2011 at the World Cup. I think my success back then
has contributed to a sparkling popularity of this knight jump.} 6. Bd3 f5 7.
O-O Nd7 8. Bb2 b6 ({I am always reluctant to give up space, so I didn't play a
"normal" developing move like} 8... Bd6 {because of} 9. c5 $5 Bc7 10. b4 {and
White has a clear plan of attacking my queenside and, more specifically, the
pawn on c6 after b4-b5.}) 9. Qc1 Bb7 10. Nc3 Bd6 11. Ne2 O-O {Black got a
great game out of the opening.} 12. Ne5 c5 13. f3 cxd4 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. exd4
dxc4 16. bxc4 Qc7 $5 {I simply couldn't resist :) The idea of checkmating my
opponent was too tempting.} 17. h3 $1 ({Obviously not suicidal} 17. fxe4 $2
fxe4 18. Bc2 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Rxf1+ 20. Qxf1 Rf8 21. Qe1 Rf6 {and my dreams come
true.}) 17... Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Ng3+ 19. Nxg3 Bxg3 20. Qe3 {Now the game enters
into a manouvering stage, where grandmasters typically make moves that nobody
understands, including themselves! The trick here is to make a smart face and
pretend that you know what are you doing. So, that is exactly what I did!} Rfe8
21. a4 Bf4 22. Qe2 a5 23. Rab1 Bc6 24. Bc2 Qd7 25. Ra1 Rad8 26. Bb3 Qe7 27. Qf2
Qb4 28. Qc2 Qe7 29. Qf2 Qb4 30. Qc2 Qe7 {Equivalent to a draw offer, but what
is good for me is not necessarily good for the others. GM Kovalyov needed to
win to fight for the first place, so he decided to continue. A draw was a
satisfactory result for me since I was already sharing 1-2 places.} 31. d5 Qh4
32. Bc1 $2 {Wrong direction.} ({The bishop had to transfer to g1 in order to
protect the king. The position is close to equal here and then there would be
a lot of exciting fight ahead.} 32. Bd4 $1 Qg3 33. Bg1 Bd7) 32... Be5 33. Rb1
exd5 34. cxd5 Bd7 35. f4 Bd6 36. Qd3 Re4 {Diagram [#] Here I felt as happy as
Warren Buffett looking at his stock portfolio in a bull market. Black's pieces
are nicely placed, the pawn on d5 is blocked and my desire to checkmate my
opponent had reignited.} 37. Be3 b5 $1 38. Bf2 (38. axb5 Bxb5 39. Qxb5 Rxe3 {
and here we have an example of dark square domination to be demonstratred to
little kids in chess schools or at chess camps.}) 38... Qxf4 39. Bg1 Qe5 40.
axb5 a4 41. Bc2 Rc8 $1 {All pieces should be in attack!} 42. Qd1 Re2 43. Bd3
Rxg2 {The final blow. If the king captures the rook, Black mates in 3 moves.}
0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/1Q6/4k3/8/2P5/2B1K1N1 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Be3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/1Q6/4k3/8/7P/2B1K1N1 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Nf3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/1Q6/4k3/7N/7P/2B1K3 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Bb2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "4"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/1Q6/4k3/7N/5P2/2B1K3 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "5"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/1Q6/4k2N/8/5P2/2B1K3 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Bb2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "6"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/2Q5/4k2N/8/5P2/2B1K3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Kd2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "7"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/2Q5/4k3/8/5P1N/2B1K3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Kd2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "8"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/2Q5/4k3/8/2P4N/2B1K3 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Bb2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "9"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/2Q5/4k3/4N3/2P5/2B1K3 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Kf2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "10"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/1Q6/4k3/4N3/2P5/2B1K3 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Nf5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "11"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/1Q6/4k3/4N3/2P3P1/2B1K3 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Bb2 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "12"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/1Q6/4k3/8/2P3P1/2B1K3 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Be3 1-0

[Event "Millionaire Chess"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Priyadharshan, Kannappan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.12"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
O-O Qa5 9. e3 d6 10. Bd2 Bd7 11. b3 Rac8 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Rfd1 a6
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. e4 Qa7 17. Be3 b6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Bd7 20. Bf1 Bb5 21.
Qd2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qb7 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 b5 25. Rc2 Kf8 26. Qa5 Ke8 27.
Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Qb6 Bc3 29. h3 f6 30. Kh2 Kd7 31. h4 Qa8 32. a4 bxa4 33. bxa4
Qc8 {Diagram [#]} 34. Qb1 Ba5 35. h5 gxh5 36. Qf1 Kd8 37. Qe2 Bc7 (37... Qb7
38. Qxh5 Bb6 39. Qh6 Bxe3 40. a5) 38. Qxh5 Qd7 39. Qd1 Qe8 (39... h5) 40. Qc2
Qh5+ 41. Kg2 Qe5 42. Qd3 a5 43. Bd4 Qg5 44. Qe3 (44. Qc3 f5 45. Qf3 fxe4 46.
Qxe4) 44... Qg4 45. Qd3 h5 (45... Qg5) 46. f3 Qc8 47. Qb5 f5 (47... Qa8 48. Kh3
Qc8+ 49. Kh4) 48. Qd3 fxe4 49. Qxe4 Qb7 50. Be3 Qb2+ 51. Kh3 Qe2 52. Bh6 (52.
Bf4 Qf1+ (52... Qxe4 53. fxe4) 53. Kh4 Qh1+ 54. Kg5 Bb6 55. Kg6) 52... Qf1+ 53.
Kh4 Qg2 (53... Qh1+ 54. Kg5 Qg2 55. Kxh5 (55. Qf4 Qa2) (55. Kg6 h4 56. Bg5 Qh3
57. Kg7) 55... Qxg3 56. Bg5 (56. f4 Qg8 57. Bg5 Qe8+ 58. Kg4 Qf7) 56... Qh3+
57. Kg6 Qd7 58. Qxe7+ (58. f4 Bb6 59. f5) 58... Qxe7 59. Bxe7+ Kxe7 60. f4 Bb6
61. f5) 54. Bf4 Qh1+ 55. Kg5 Bb6 56. Kg6 h4 57. g4 Qa1 58. Bg5 h3 59. Qxe7+ Kc8
60. Bf4 Qxa4 61. Qe6+ Kb7 62. Qf7+ Bc7 63. g5 h2 64. Bxh2 Qc2+ 65. Kg7 Qxh2 66.
g6 a4 67. Qd7 Qe5+ 68. Kh7 Qh5+ 69. Kg7 Qe5+ 70. Kh7 Qh5+ 71. Kg7 Qe5+ (71...
a3 72. Qb5+ Kc8 73. Qe8+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 a6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. f4 O-O 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Rc1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Rac8 15.
b3 Rfe8 16. a4 Nd7 17. Rc2 Bf8 18. Rd2 Nb8 19. Bf2 Bc6 20. g4 Qb7 21. Bf1 Nd7
22. g5 Nc5 23. Bg2 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. b4 Na6 26. cxb5 Bxb5 27. Nxb5 Qxb5 28.
Bf1 Qb7 29. b5 Nc5 30. Qf3 Red8 31. f5 d5 32. exd5 exd5 33. Bd4 Ne4 34. Rg2 Bc5
35. Qe3 Bxd4 36. Qxd4 Nd6 37. g6 Nxf5 38. gxh7+ Kh8 39. Qf4 g6 40. Bd3 Qb6+ 41.
Rf2 Qf6 42. Re5 Rc1+ 43. Kg2 Nh4+ 44. Kh3 Qxf4 45. Rxf4 Rc3 46. Kxh4 Rxd3 47.
Rxf7 Rb3 48. Rb7 d4 49. Kg5 d3 50. Kxg6 {Diagram [#]} Rxb5 51. Rbxb5 d2 52.
Rbd5 d1=Q 53. Rxd1 Rd6+ (53... Rxd1 54. Re8#) 54. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Study, 1956"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Josef Hasek"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/1p1q4/1Pp5/p1Pp4/P2Pp1p1/2R1PpPp/2K2P1P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.12"]

1. Kd2 Kc8 2. Rc1 Kd8 3. Rh1 Qc8 4. Ke1 Qa8 5. Kf1 Qa6+ 6. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "1/2 final"]
[Site "Ch URS , Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1938.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Alexander S Budo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 {Diagram [#]} 7.
Bg5 (7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4) (7. Bd3) 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2
Nb6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Rad1 (12. Rac1) 12... Bc6 13. Ne5 Bd5 14. Bc2 Nfd7 15. Bf4
Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bg5 17. Qh5 (17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Bh6) 17... h6 18. Bg3 Qc7
19. h4 (19. Nxd5 Qxc2) 19... Bd8 20. Rd4 Qc5 (20... f5 21. exf6) 21. Rg4 f5 (
21... Kh8 22. Bf4) 22. exf6 Rxf6 23. Be5 (23. Qe8+ Qf8 (23... Rf8 24. Rxg7+))
23... Bc6 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#1"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6k1/4Q3/6r1/5p1q/7P/6P1/5RKR b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rxg2+ 2. Kxg2 Qg3# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.11.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#2"]
[Black "Unpin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/4bp2/5n2/2pN2B1/2P5/8/5PK1/8 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nxd5 2. Bxe7 Nxe7 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.11.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#3"]
[Black "Removing the guard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q1bk1/5pp1/2b4p/8/3B4/5N2/4Q1PP/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Bxf3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.11.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#4"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3b1rk1/5ppp/8/4N1B1/7P/8/6P1/6K1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... f6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#5"]
[Black "Saving"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q1r2/5ppk/4p3/3bP1bQ/8/8/3B1P1P/5RK1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Bh6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/3b3Q/8/3N4/5PrP/6P1/4qRK1 b - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rxg2+ 2. Kxg2 Qg3+ 3. Kh1 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.09.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Josh Waitzkin"]
[Black "Greg Shahade"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B78"]
[Annotator "Shahade, Greg"]
[PlyCount "33"]

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. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bxa7 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Qa5 16. Bd4 {Diagram [#]} Rxc2+ 17. Qxc2 (17. Bxc2 Qxa2 18. Qe3 (18.
Bxg7 Qa1+ 19. Bb1 Rc8+ 20. Bc3 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxc3+) 18... Rc8 19. Kd2 Rxc2+ 20.
Kxc2 Qc4+ 21. Kd2 Bxd4 22. Qxe7 Bf5) (17. Kxc2) *

