[Event "Zuerich sim"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1919.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "W Rivier / Walter Henneberger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1919.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Diagram [#]} 4. O-O (4. d3) (4. d4) (4. Bxc6)
4... Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 (7... Bxd4) 8. Nb3 (8. Nf5) 8... Bb6
9. Bg5 Ne5 10. a4 (10. Bxd7+) 10... Bxb5 11. axb5 h6 12. Bxf6 (12. Bh4 Ng6)
12... Qxf6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Nd4 O-O (14... Bxd4 15. Qxd4) 15. Nf5 Kh7 16. Ra3 f6
17. Rg3 Rf7 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. Qh5 Rh8 {Diagram [#]} 20. Ne6 (20. Nxh6 gxh6 21.
Rg6) 20... Rg8 (20... Qxe6 21. Rxg7+ Rxg7 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qxg7#) 21. Nfxg7 {
Diagram [#]} Rgxg7 (21... Rfxg7 22. Rxg7+ Rxg7 23. Nf8+) 1-0

[Event "M. Chigorin Memorial 2014"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly"]
[Black "IM Marina Guseva"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Be7 9. b3 dxc4 10. bxc4 c5 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. exd4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bf4 g5
15. Bg3 h5 16. h3 h4 17. Bh2 g4 18. hxg4 Bb4 19. Ne4 h3 20. Qa4 hxg2 21. Nf6+
Ke7 (21... Qxf6 22. exf6 Bd6) 22. Qxb4+ Nc5 23. Rfd1 Rxh2 24. Kxh2 Qd4 25. Kg1
Rh8 26. Be4 Bxe4 27. Nh5 Rxh5 28. gxh5 Qxe5 29. Qd2 Nd3 30. Qe2 {Diagram [#]}
Qf4 31. f3 Ne5 32. fxe4 Qg3 33. Qxg2 Nf3+ 34. Kf1 Nh2+ 35. Kg1 Nf3+ 36. Kf1
Nh2+ 37. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Varna Olympiad Final"]
[Site "-"]
[Date "1962.10.07"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[Annotator "Counterplay_Post-Mortem"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Nb6 11. Qc5 Qd6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Rfd8 14. d5
Ne5 15. Nb5 Qf6 16. f4 Ned7 17. e5 Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Nxc5 19. Nxc7 Rac8 20. d6 exd6
21. exd6 Bxb2 22. O-O Nbd7 23. Rd5 b6 24. Bf3 Ne6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rd3 Nc5 27.
Re3 e5 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxd6 30. Re7 Rd7 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Bg4 Rc7 33.
Re1 Kf7 34. Kg2 Nc5 35. Re3 Re7 36. Rf3+ Kg7 37. Rc3 Re4 38. Bd1 Rd4 39. Bc2
Kf6 40. Kf3 Kg5 41. Kg3 Ne4+ 42. Bxe4 Rxe4 43. Ra3 Re7 44. Rf3 Rc7 45. a4 Rc5
46. Rf7 Ra5 47. Rxh7 Rxa4 48. h4+ Kf5 49. Rf7+ Ke5 50. Rg7 Ra1 51. Kf3 b5 52.
h5 Ra3+ 53. Kg2 gxh5 54. Rg5+ Kd6 55. Rxb5 h4 56. f4 Kc6 57. Rb8 h3+ 58. Kh2 a5
59. f5 Kc7 60. Rb5 Kd6 61. f6 Ke6 62. Rb6+ Kf7 63. Ra6 Kg6 64. Rc6 a4 65. Ra6
Kf7 66. Rc6 Rd3 67. Ra6 a3 68. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mazatlan"]
[Site "Mazatlan"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Black "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 Qe7 10. h3 Re8 11. Be3 Bd7 12. c5 {Diagram [#]} exd4 (12... dxc5 13.
dxe5 Nh5 14. g4) 13. cxd6 Qxd6 14. e5 Qc7 15. exf6 dxe3 16. fxg7 exf2+ 17. Kxf2
Rxe1 18. Qxe1 Qb6+ 19. Kg3 Qxb2 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Rb1 Qa3 22. Qe5 Re8 23. Qd4
Bf5 24. Rb7 c5 25. Qf6 Be6 26. Ng5 c4 27. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Telex, 1978"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Uwe Boensch"]
[Black "GM Eduard Gufeld"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. b3 c5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. O-O
Re8 9. Nd2 e5 10. N4f3 Nc6 11. c4 d4 12. exd4 e4 13. Ne1 Nxd4 14. Nc2 Nxe2+ 15.
Qxe2 Bg4 16. Qe3 Nd5 17. cxd5 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bg7 19. h3 Bf5 20. Rbd1 Qxd5 21.
Nc4 Qd3 22. Nb4 (22. Rxd3 exd3 23. Qf3 dxc2) 22... Qxe3 23. fxe3 Be6 24. Nd6
Re7 25. g4 a5 26. Nc2 h5 27. Nd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Bxg4 30. Nxe4 Bf5
31. Nd6 Bh3 32. Rf3 Be6 33. Rf2 Rc7 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Kg3 Rh8 36. Rf3 (36. Rh2)
36... Rc5 0-1

[Event "Cannes World Cup Rapid"]
[Site "Cannes FRA"]
[Date "2001.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Evgeny Bareev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.03.21"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. O-O
g6 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Bg7 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Rfe1 a5
15. Bh6 a4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nbd4 Na5 18. Rab1 Nc4 19. Qf4 Qd8 20. h4 h6 21.
Qg3 Qe7 22. Ne2 Kh7 23. Nf4 Rg8 24. Re2 Raf8 25. Rbe1 Rc8 26. Nh2 g5 27. Nh5
gxh4 28. Qh3 Rg5 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. f4 Rg6 31. Nhg4 Rh8 32. Nh5+ Kf8 33. Ngf6 Bc6
34. Qxh4 a3 35. b3 Nb2 36. Kh2 Qc5 37. Re3 d4 38. Rg3 dxc3 {Diagram [#]} 39.
Rxg6 fxg6 40. Nd7+ Bxd7 41. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.27"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Yuri Gonzalez Vidal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
b4 9. d4 Bg4 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Bc5
15. Bc4 a5 16. c3 Rd6 17. Bb5 Rfd8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Nd7 20. cxb4 Nxb4 21.
Rc1 c6 22. Bc4 h6 23. g3 g6 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. h4 f6 26. h5 g5 27. Be2 Nf8 28. Bc4
Nd7 29. Kh3 Nc5 30. Kg4 Nxa4 31. Ra3 Nc5 32. Rxa5 Nxe4 33. Kf5 Nxf2 34. Be6 e4
35. Ra7+ Kh8 36. Nd4 Nbd3 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Nxc6 Rf8 {Diagram [#]} 39. Kg6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Lazaro Bruzon Batista"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bg5 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Rc1 Qxc5 11. Qf4 Ke7 12. g3 e5 13. Qh6 Be6 14. Bh3
Bxh3 15. Qxh3 Nd4 16. O-O Bxc3 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. bxc3 dxc3 19. Qg2 Rac8 20.
Qxb7+ Rc7 21. Qe4+ Qe5 22. Qa4 Rd8 23. Qa3+ Ke8 24. Rc2 Rd2 25. Rb1 Qe4 26.
Rb8+ Kd7 27. Rc1 c2 28. Qb3 Qc4 29. Qe3 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Qd5+ 31. f3 Qe5 32. Qa3
Qxe2+ 33. Kh3 Qf1+ 34. Kh4 Rc4+ 35. g4 Qf2+ 36. Kh3 Rd2 37. Rh1 {Diagram [#]}
c1=Q 38. Rxc1 Qxh2# 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.23"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Zoltan Almasi"]
[Black "Evgeny Tomashevsky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 b4 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Re1 d5 13. a5 h6 14. Ba4 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Bd6 16. Nc4 Re8 17. Qe2 Qc8 18. Bd2 Qb7 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. cxb4 Bg4 21. Qe3
Red8 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nd4 24. Qe3 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Qxe5 Nxb4 27. Ra3
Nbc6 28. Qf4 Ne6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Rg3 Nd4 31. Qe5 Nf5 32. Rb3 Qd5 33. Rxb8
Qxe5 34. Rxd8+ Kh7 35. Bc3 Qe4 36. Bd1 Nh4 37. Bf3 Nxf3+ 38. gxf3 Qf5 39. Rd7
e5 40. Rd6 Qxf3 41. Rxa6 Qxh3 42. Bxe5 Qd3 43. Rd6 Qb1+ 44. Kh2 Qe1 45. Bg3
Qxa5 46. Rd3 Qb5 47. Re3 Qxb2 48. Kg2 Qb7+ 49. Kg1 g5 50. Kh2 Qd7 51. Kg2 Kg6
52. Kh2 Qd5 53. Kg1 Kf5 54. Kh2 Qb5 55. Kg1 h5 56. Kg2 Qd5+ 57. Kh2 Kg4 58. Kg1
Qd1+ 59. Kg2 Qb1 60. f3+ Kf5 61. Re5+ Kg6 62. Re6+ Kf7 63. Re4 Qc2+ 64. Kg1 Kf6
65. Bf2 Kf5 66. Kg2 g4 67. Re3 Qc6 68. Kg3 {Diagram [#]} h4+ 69. Kxh4 (69. Kh2
g3+) (69. Kg2 gxf3+ 70. Rxf3+ Kg4) 69... Qh6+ 70. Kg3 Qh3# 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Alexander Moiseenko"]
[Black "Evgeny Postny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Ne5
Bb7 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Ra7 14. Qc2 h6
15. Qc3 Bf6 16. Qc5 Ra8 17. Ba3 Nd7 18. Qd6 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxd6 20. Bxd6 Rfd8
21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Bc5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Bd3 Rd5 25. exf6 Rxc5 {Diagram [#]}
26. Be4 Rd5 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. e4 gxf6 29. exd5 cxd5 30. b4 Bc6 31. Ra1 Bb7 32.
Rc1 d4 33. Rd1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Emil Sutovsky"]
[Black "Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
g3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bd5 12. Rhe1 c6 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Nxd5
cxd5 15. Bh3 Qxa2 16. Bxe6 O-O-O 17. Bxd7+ Rxd7 18. Nd2 Kb8 19. Nb3 Rc8 20. Rd3
Bb4 21. Qd1 Rdc7 22. Re2 a5 23. Nd2 Bxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Qxb2 25. Ke3 Rxc2 26. Red2
R8c3 27. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 28. Rd3 Qc8 29. g4 Rc1 30. Qf3 Re1+ 31. Kf4 Qc7+ 32. Kf5 {
Diagram [#]} Re5+ 33. Kxf6 Qd6+ 34. Kg7 Qg6+ 35. Kf8 Qh6+ 36. Kg8 (36. Kxf7
Qg6+) 36... Re8+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor ARM"]
[Date "2015.04.28"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Sethuraman P Sethuraman"]
[Black "Yu Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 h6
15. Ba2 Ne7 16. c4 Bc6 17. Bb2 Ng6 18. g3 Re8 19. Rad1 Qa5 20. c5 Be7 21. h4
Bf6 22. Nh2 Qd8 23. Ng4 Bxh4 24. gxh4 Qxh4 25. Nh2 Nf4 26. Qe3 Ng2 27. Qe5 Nxe1
28. Rxe1 Qh3 29. f3 Bd5 30. Bb1 f6 31. Qf4 b6 32. Re2 f5 33. Rg2 Rf8 34. Rg3
Qh5 35. Nf1 Rf6 36. Ne3 Qf7 37. Kf2 Qb7 38. Nd1 Kf7 39. Qe5 Qb8 40. Nc3 bxc5
41. Ba1 cxd4 42. Qxd4 Rc4 43. Qd3 Rg6 44. Rxg6 Kxg6 45. Nxd5 Qh2+ 46. Ke3 Qg1+
47. Ke2 Rc1 48. Nf4+ Kh7 49. Bc3 Rxb1 50. Nxe6 Qf1+ 51. Ke3 Qxd3+ 52. Kxd3 g5
53. a4 Kg6 54. Ke2 h5 55. a5 h4 56. Kf2 h3 57. Kg3 Rh1 58. Bd4 a6 59. Bb6 f4+
60. Nxf4+ gxf4+ 61. Kxf4 Kf6 62. Kg3 Ke5 63. Bc7+ Kd4 64. Bb6+ Kd3 65. Kf2 h2
66. Kg2 Rf1 67. Kxh2 Rxf3 68. Kg1 Kd2 69. Kh2 Kd1 70. Bc7 {Diagram [#]} Rf7 71.
Bb6 Rg7 72. Kh3 Ke2 73. Kh4 Kd3 74. Kh3 Kc4 75. Kh2 Kb4 76. Kh3 Rg5 77. Kh2
Rxa5 78. Bxa5+ Kxa5 79. Kg3 Kb4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lobaugh, Doyle"]
[Black "Madrigal, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "1580"]
[BlackElo "1417"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 (2. c4) 2... g6 (2... e6 3. c4) (2... d5 3. c4 c6) 3. Bg5 Bg7
(3... Ne4) 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 {Diagram [#]} a6 (5... O-O 6. Bb5 a6) 6. Bd3 O-O 7.
b4 b5 8. c3 (8. a4) 8... Nbd7 {Diagram [#]} 9. O-O (9. a4) 9... Nb6 10. Bxf6 (
10. e4) 10... Bxf6 11. Re1 c6 12. h3 Qc7 13. Nb3 e5 14. Bc2 (14. dxe5 Bxe5 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5) 14... e4 {Diagram [#]} 15. Nh2 Na4 16. Qd2 Nb2 17. Nc5 Nc4 18. Qd1
a5 {Diagram [#]} 19. a4 Nb2 20. Qb1 Nc4 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Nf1 a4 23. Re2 Bg7
24. Bd1 h5 25. Nd2 {Diagram [#]} Nxd2 (25... Nd6) 26. Rxd2 h4 27. Be2 Bd7 (
27... Rb8) 28. Qd1 f5 29. f4 exf3 30. Bxf3 {Diagram [#]} Qd6 (30... Bc6 31. Ne6
Qe7 32. Nxf8 Qxe3+) 31. Qf1 (31. Nb7) 31... Bc6 32. Rf2 Bh6 33. Qd3 Rae8 34.
Re2 Re7 35. Rae1 Rfe8 {Diagram [#]} 36. Kf1 Kf8 (36... Qh2) (36... Re4) 37. Kg1
Kf7 38. Kh1 a3 39. Nb3 Qg3 40. Nc1 f4 {Diagram [#]} 41. e4 (41. exf4) 41...
dxe4 42. Bxe4 Bxe4 43. Qxg3 (43. Qxb5 Bxg2+) 43... fxg3 44. Kg1 Bxc1 45. Rxc1
Bd5 46. Rxe7+ Rxe7 47. Kf1 Bc4+ 48. Kg1 Re2 49. Rf1+ Rf2 50. Ra1 Rf1+ 51. Rxf1+
Bxf1 0-1

[Event "Millionaire Chess Op 2015"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Panchanatham, Vignesh"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Melekhina, Alisa"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. e3
Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nd2 Bf5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. b4 Rfe8 14. Rb1 Rac8
15. a4 Qh4 16. h3 h5 17. g3 Qg5 18. Nc4 Re6 19. Qd1 Nf6 20. b5 Nd5 21. Qb3 c5
22. Rd1 Nb4 23. d5 Rf6 24. h4 Qh6 25. Qc3 Re8 26. O-O Bh3 {Diagram [#]} 27. d6
$1 {A resourceful way to create counterplay, taking advantage of black's
knight which is cut off from the game. The pawn is difficult to stop, and well
worth the sacrificed rook exchange.} Bxf1 28. Bxf1 b6 29. d7 Rd8 30. Qe5 Re6 {
Black recoils to go on the defensive. From here, White's penetration is
methodical.} 31. Qc7 Qf6 32. Qxa7 g6 33. Qc7 Kh7 34. a5 bxa5 35. Nxa5 Nd3 36.
Bxd3 Rd6 37. Be2 R8xd7 38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Nc4 Qa1+ 40. Kg2 Rf6 41. Qe7 Kg7 42.
Nd6 1-0

[Event "Millionaire Chess Op 2015"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Melekhina, Alisa"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5
Bb6 9. Nbd2 dxe5 10. Bb5 (10. Ba3 {is the "book" move.}) 10... f6 11. Nc4 Nge7
12. O-O Qe6 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Nxb6 cxb6 15. Ba3 {Black may be up a pawn, but has
to find a way to castle safely -- without running into the Bc4 pin. The best
method is to liquidate with} Na5 16. Rfd1 Bxb5 17. Qxb5+ Kf7 18. Rd7 Rhe8 19.
Rad1 {White dominates the d-file. R1d6 is an unpleasant threat.} Nc4 20. Qb3 {
Diagram [#] Commentator IM Lawrence Trent, who also doubles as Caruana's
manager, quipped that he "hates Black's position." Trent was disappointed that
his protégé struggled to play consistently throughout the tournament.} Rab8 21.
h3 a6 22. R1d3 b5 23. Rc7 {White kept mounting pressure, inducing the weakening
} g6 {Caruana now had only 6 minutes remaining while Li had 24.} 24. Bb4 Rbc8
25. Rxb7 Rb8 26. Rc7 Rbc8 27. Rb7 Rb8 28. Rc7 ({Had Li been playing anyone but
the World #6, he may have been bold enough to refuse the draw and continue with
} 28. Rbd7 {to maintain the pressure and advantage. White's plan is Nf3-d2 to
trade off Black's knight, which seems to be singlehandedly holding Black's
position together.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millionaire Chess Op 2015"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Melekhina, Alisa"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.10.09"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. e4
Rc8 9. b3 a6 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 g6 12. e5 Bxg2 13. exf6 Ba8 14. Bg5 Ne5 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rxe5 Qd7 17. Re3 Kf7 18. Qg4 h6 19. Nd5 Re8 20. Bh4 h5 21. Qh3
Bh6 22. f4 b5 23. Rae1 Qa7 24. Kf1 e5 25. Re4 bxc4 26. bxc4 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Qb7
28. Bg5 Bxg5 29. fxg5 Kf8 30. Qg2 Rh7 31. Rc4 Qb5 32. Qe2 Qxd5 33. Kg1 Rd7 34.
Rd1 Qb5 35. Qc2 Qb6+ 36. Kg2 Qb7+ 37. Kg1 Qb6+ 38. Qf2 Qb5 39. Rdc1 e4 40. Qf4
Qb6+ 41. Kf1 Re5 42. Kg2 e3 43. Rb4 Qd8 44. Rbc4 Qb6 45. Rc6 Qb5 46. Qf3 e2 47.
Rc8+ Kf7 48. Re1 Rxg5 49. Rxe2 Re5 50. Rxe5 dxe5 51. Kh3 Qd5 52. Qxd5+ Rxd5 53.
Rc7+ Kxf6 54. Rc6+ Kf5 55. Rxa6 Rd2 56. a4 Ra2 {Diagram [#]} 57. a5 $2 ({So
had to find the counterintuitive} 57. g4+ {in order to hold. Black's pawns
would be disjointed and he would not be able to make progress after a
continuation such as} hxg4+ 58. Kg3 Ra3+ 59. Kf2 e4 60. Ra8 e3+ 61. Ke2 {White
can always check from behind.}) 57... e4 58. Ra8 e3 59. Re8 e2 60. a6 g5 61.
g4+ {unfortunately this idea was employed too late as in this position Black's
king can break through.} Kf4 62. Rf8+ Ke3 63. Re8+ Kf2 64. gxh5 Ra4 65. Rf8+
Ke3 66. Re8+ Kf3 67. Rf8+ Rf4 68. Rxf4+ Kxf4 {White resigned in light of the
forced mate after} (68... Kxf4 69. a7 e1=Q 70. a8=Q Qf1+ 71. Qg2 g4+ 72. Kh4
Qxg2 73. h6 Qxh2#) 0-1

[Event "Millionaire Chess Op 2015"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "Melekhina, Alisa"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 (6... e5 {
McShane beat Jakubiec in round 5 of Millionaire after this move. Nakamura was
aware of the game and didn't want to go with this alternative.} 7. Nf3 Qc7 8.
a4 Be7 9. a5 O-O 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Bb6 Qd7 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Bd3 Qc6 14. O-O Bg4
15. Qe1 Bd8 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Ne2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Re8 19. Rfe1 Qc5 20. Ra4 b5 21.
axb6 Bxb6 22. Nf3 Qc7 23. h3 g6 24. Qd2 Rab8 25. Rxa6 Bc5 26. Qf4 Nd7 27. b3
Kg7 28. Rea1 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. g3 Qb7 31. R6a5 Qe7 32. Qf3 h5 33. h4 Bb6
34. Ra6 Qb7 35. Kg2 Bc5 36. R6a5 Bb6 37. Rb5 Rbe8 38. Rxe5 dxe5 39. Bc4 Rd8 40.
Bd5 Qc7 41. Qd3 Rd6 42. Ra8 Rd8 43. Ra6 Rb8 44. Qc4 Qxc4 45. Bxc4 Kf6 46. Kf3
Ke7 47. Ke2 f6 48. Kd3 g5 49. Ra1 Kd6 50. Rh1 Rh8 51. b4 Bd8 52. Bf7 Rh7 53.
Bg6 Rh6 54. Bf5 Rh8 55. g4 {1-0 (55) McShane,L (2674)-Jakubiec,A (2522) Las
Vegas USA 2015}) 7. Bc1 (7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 {Although this sharp line
was a possibility, McShane decided to hedge. On air he stated, "You've got to
know what you're doing. If you're going into a position like [sic] and you
don't know what you're doing, it's not pretty...To take reckless risks, that's
not necessarily for me. I played Bc1 and I certainly wasn't hoping for a draw..
.When I played Be3 I wasn't at all sure he would play Ng4 again."}) 7... Nf6 8.
Be3 Ng4 9. Bc1 {According to Nakamura, the only acceptable, non-"dubious"
continuation at this point is to retreat the knight to f6.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millionaire Chess Op 2015"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Melekhina, Alisa"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2015.10.08"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 Be7 6. Nc3 d6 7. d3 O-O 8. a3 b6
9. Rb1 Nd4 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. Nc4 Qd7 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Rad8 15. Ne3
g6 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Bg5 Rfe8 {Diagram [#]} 20. Qd2 (
{Until this point Bareev played accurately to exploit the f-file with a
well-timed f5 breakthrough. Everything was poised for the final blow with} 20.
Qf3 {Black would have to give up a piece or allow a fatal attack after} Bg4 21.
Qf4 Nh5 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Bc6 $1 Qxc6 24. Bxe7 {After 20. Qd2, however, Black
managed to equalize. Had Bareev won, Nakamura's gamble with the nine-move draw
would not have paid off as he would not have been able to qualify for
Millionaire Monday.}) 20... h6 21. Bxh6 Bg6 22. Bg5 Nh7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Rf2
Qg5 25. Qxg5 Nxg5 26. Nd5 Kg7 27. Rbf1 Re5 28. Nf4 Rh8 {with dead equality.
The game was drawn about 25 moves later.} 29. c3 Re3 30. Rd2 Ne6 31. d4 cxd4
32. cxd4 Rh4 33. Nxe6+ Rxe6 34. Rc1 Be4 35. Bxe4 Rexe4 36. d5 Rd4 37. Rcd1 Rxd2
38. Rxd2 Rh5 39. Kg2 Re5 40. Kf3 f5 41. h4 Kf6 42. Rd1 a5 43. Rd2 b5 44. Rd1
Re4 45. Rh1 Rd4 46. h5 Kg7 47. Rg1+ Kh7 48. Rg5 Rxd5 49. Kf4 Rd2 50. Rxf5 Rxb2
51. Rd5 Rb3 52. a4 bxa4 53. Rxa5 a3 54. Ke4 Kh6 55. Kd5 Rd3+ 56. Kc4 Rh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Millionaire Chess - Tiebreak Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "Melekhina, Alisa"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:09"]
[BlackClock "0:00:13"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. e4 d6 7. h3 Rb8 8. a4 a6
9. Nc3 b5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Be3 b4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Qd2 Ra8 14. Bh6 O-O 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Rab1 Ra2 17. Nh4 Qb6 18. g4 c4 19. d4 Qa5 20. c3 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Qb4 22.
e5 Ng8 23. d5 Nxe5 24. Qd4 {Diagram [#]} Rxb2 $2 25. Rxb2 Qxb2 26. Rb1 $1 ({
Most likely expecting} 26. f4 {when after} f6 27. fxe5 fxe5 28. Qe3 Rxf1+ 29.
Bxf1 Nf6 {Black is doing well with three pawns for a piece.}) 26... Qa3 27. f4
f6 28. Rxb7 Nd3 29. Nf3 Ra8 30. Kh2 Nxf4 31. g5 Nh5 32. gxf6+ Nhxf6 33. Rb1 Nh6
34. Qxc4 Nf5 35. Nd4 Ne3 36. Qb4 Qxb4 37. Rxb4 Rc8 38. Nc6 Nxg2 39. Kxg2 Nxd5
40. Nxd5 Rxc6 41. Rb7 Rc5 42. Nf4 Kf7 43. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Millionaire Chess - Tiebreak "]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Melekhina, Alisa"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "0:13:04"]
[BlackClock "0:13:01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 Qb6 4. b3 Nf6 5. e3 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nd7 {
Diagram [#]} 8. Ne5 $2 Nxe5 9. Qxh5 (9. dxe5 Qb4+ {picking up the bishop}) 9...
Ng4 10. Bg3 g6 11. Qh4 Bg7 0-1

[Event "Millionaire Chess - Tiebreak Open"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Annotator "Melekhina, Alisa"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "0:06:36"]
[BlackClock "0:02:21"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bb5 {Wesley
played the opening quickly but then sunk into thought as if figuring out the
precise move order.} Be7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Be3 Na5 (10... Nb4 {would
have generated more threats, taking advantage of white's weak white squares
and awkward white Bishop.}) 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Ng3 a6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nc4
15. Bc1 f6 16. b3 Nb6 {Diagram [#]} 17. e6 {going for the win. The g3 knight
has great scope, aiming for the strong f5 square.} Qd6 {only helps White
support the e6 pawn and practically invites Nf5.} 18. Re1 g6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20.
f4 {Black played a series of disjointed moves that left his pieces paralyzed.}
Kh8 21. f5 g5 22. Nh5 Rg8 23. h4 {relentless} g4 24. Rf1 Qd8 25. Qe2 Qe8 26.
Nf4 Bd6 27. Rae1 c6 28. e7 Nc8 29. Qe6 Bxe7 30. h5 b5 {Black collapses under
the pressure. White can now execute a sly plan to blast open the h-file.} 31.
Ng6+ {Diagram [#]} hxg6 32. hxg6 Ra7 33. Kf2 g3+ 34. Kf3 Rxg6 35. fxg6 Qxg6 36.
Qxc8+ Kh7 37. Rh1 1-0

[Event "10th UTD vs UB match"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2015.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "IndjicUTD"]
[Black "NestorovicN-01"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "1473"]
[BlackElo "1307"]
[Annotator "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[TimeControl "2400+5"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt
0:00:00]} 3. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. g4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (5. Bg5) 5... Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
6. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 9. h4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10. a3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (10...
Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Re8 12. Nd2 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. g5) 11. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5
{[%emt 0:00:00]} (11... Nxg4 12. Rg1 Ndf6 13. Ng5) 12. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]
Diagram [#]} (12. g5 Ne4 13. Bh3 Re8 14. O-O) 12... Re8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (12...
Nxg4 13. Ng5 Ndf6 (13... Ngf6 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Ne5 16. Bxe5 Qxd5 17. Bxf6
Qxh1+ 18. Kd2 Qxh4 19. Bxe7 Rae8 (19... Rfe8 20. Qf3 Qxd4+ 21. Ke1) 20. Qxh7+
Qxh7 21. Nxh7 Rxe7 22. Nxf8 Kxf8 23. dxc5 bxc5)) 13. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (13.
g5 Ne4 14. O-O) 13... Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (13... cxd4 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5
Ne5 16. Bxe5 Qxd5 17. Nf3 Nxg4 18. Bxd4 Bc5) 14. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 15. O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 16. Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 18. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 19. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 20. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 21. Rxd8 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 22. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 23. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:00] Diagram [#]} 24. Qd3 {[%emt
0:00:00]} Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 25. Nxd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
26. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 27. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb8 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 28. Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 29. Re4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 30. hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 31.
b4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 33. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 34. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 37. Ka4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (37. Kc4) 37...
Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 38. Kb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (38... Rd3+
39. Ka2 Nb5) 39. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 40. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42.
Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxb4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Rxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 45. Re7 {[%emt
0:00:00]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 46. f3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 47.
Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 49. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 50. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:00]
Diagram [#]} b3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} (50... Ne6 51. Rxa4 b3+ 52. Kxb3 Nc5+) 51.
Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 52. Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc5 {[%emt
0:00:00]} 53. Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 54. Kxa3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (54... Ra4+ 55. Kb2 Ra2+ 56. Kb1 Na4 57. Rc4) 55.
Rc8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 56. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd6 {[%emt
0:00:00]} 57. Kxb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rb8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 58. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 59. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 60. Rc5
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxc5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 62. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 63. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nb5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 64. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Na3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 65. Nd7 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 66. Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 67. Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 68. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]
Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "10th UTD vs UB match"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2015.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "LukovicV-06"]
[Black "GroverUTD"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "1390"]
[BlackElo "1390"]
[Annotator "Grover, Sahaj"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[TimeControl "2400+5"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (3... Bb4) 4. Bg5 {[%emt
0:00:00]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (4... Be7) (4... Bb4) 5. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. Nf3 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (8. Ng3 c5) 8... a6
{[%emt 0:00:00]} (8... c5 9. d5) 9. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 10.
Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 12. d5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 13. dxe6 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 14. exf7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:00] Diagram 
[#]} (14... Kxf7 15. Ne5+ Kg7 16. Bxb7) 15. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 16. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 18. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 19. Rfe1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 20. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:00] Diagram [#]} Ra7
{[%emt 0:00:00]} (20... Bxe1 21. Qh6+ Kxf7 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Ne5+ Ke8 24. Qh5+
Kd8 25. Nxd7 Kxd7 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Qd5+ Kc7 28. Qxc5+ Kb7 29. Kf1) 21. Re2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (21... Qxf7 22. Ng5) (21... Kxf7 22. Rxe4
Qxe4 23. Ng5+) 22. Ng5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 23. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 24. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
25. Bh3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 26. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ba5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} (26... Bd4 27. c3) 27. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} 28. Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 29. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qg6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 30. Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qh5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 31. g4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (31... Nxg4 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Rd7+) 32. h4 {[%emt
0:00:00]} (32. f4 Qxf4 33. Qxc5+ Re7 34. Rf1) 32... Qxh4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 33.
Qxc5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 34. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxe6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 35. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} (35. Qc5+ Kg7 36. Qc7+ Kg6 37. Rxe6
Qxg4+ 38. Qg3) 35... Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 36. Qc7+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg6 {[%emt
0:00:00]} 37. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:00] Diagram [#]} Qxg4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} (37...
Rxd8 38. Qxd8 Qxg4+ 39. Kf1 Qxe6) 38. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]
} (38... Rxd8 39. Rxf6+ Kxf6 40. Qxd8+) 39. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qg4+ {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 40. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qh3+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 43. Kg1 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Qg4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 44. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:00] Game drawn by
repetition} 1/2-1/2

[Event "56th Armed Forces Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Larkins, Larry"]
[Black "Louden, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "1676"]
[Annotator "Larkins, Larry"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

{Sometimes not making a big mistake is enough.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6
4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 e6 6. Na3 {d4 can be played but white will have to depart his
with white bishop for a slight edge due to development and blacks white bishop
finding a useful square} (6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Qb6 8. Bxc6 bxc6) 6... Nge7 7. Re1
O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 a6 10. Bf1 b5 11. Nc2 d6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Bb7 14.
Bg5 Qd7 15. Qa1 {Diagram [#] The rook needs protection, but Ra3 or b3 are
better options.} Rfb8 {Good, willing to trade a pawn for b pawn} 16. Bd2 Nc8
17. Bc3 Nb6 18. Ra3 d5 19. e5 Bf8 20. Ra2 Ra7 21. h3 Be7 {Not sure if bishop
should be here} 22. Qc1 f5 {No need for this. White is only slightly better
because of the passive black bishop on b7} 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Qf4 {Ne3 with
idea of Ng4 looks better} (24. Ne3) 24... Rf8 25. Qg4 Bc8 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. dxe5
Qf7 28. Bd4 {There are at least three better moves} Nxd4 29. Qxd4 Rc7 {Diagram
[#] Not an exclam move, but a good move which keeps white's advantage minimal}
30. b3 Nd7 31. Ne3 Nc5 32. Ng4 {Ok, how do you deal with the threat of Nh6} Qf4
{The big mistake} (32... Kg7 {White's edge increases, but not to a winning
advantage}) 33. Qxf4 Rxf4 34. Rc2 {The winning pin} Rff7 35. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "56th Armed Forces Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Larkins, Larry"]
[Black "Russell, Kiel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Larkins, Larry"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 {Diagram [#] Definitely
unusual. I have 0 games against this setup.} 6. Be2 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. a3 Bd6 9.
c4 Ne7 10. Nc3 Ng6 {Don't tempt me into weakening my kingside.} 11. g4 Qh4 {
Diagram [#] Looks more dangerous than real.} 12. gxf5 exf5 13. f4 {Let's close
that diagonal} f6 14. Nd3 O-O {Nd7 or Na6 needed to be played} (14... Nd7) (
14... Na6) 15. c5 Bc7 16. Qb3+ Kh8 {Rf7 does not help. Qxb7 still works due to
Qc8+} (16... Rf7 17. Qxb7 Bxf4 18. Qc8+ Rf8 19. Qe6+) 17. Qxb7 Na6 18. Qxa6
Rae8 19. Qxc6 Re7 20. Qg2 {White is up two pieces and goes on to win.} 1-0

[Event "New Jersey Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "deFirmian, Nick"]
[Black "Tate, Emory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[Annotator "Lawrence,Al"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Be2 Nbc6 12. Nb3 h5 13. f3 h4 14. Bf2 Ng6 15.
O-O Be5 16. Qd2 Qc8 17. Be3 Bf4 18. Rfe1 Nce5 19. Nd4 {Diagram [#]} Bxh3 20.
gxh3 Qxh3 21. Bb5+ Kf8 22. Bxf4 {Diagram [#]} (22. Qg2) 22... Nxf4 23. Rf1 a6
24. Bd3 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 h3 26. Rg1 {Diagram [#] Tate has already sacked a piece
against the three-time US champ. What's the follow-up?} Qg2+ 27. Rxg2 hxg2+ 28.
Kg1 Rh1+ 29. Kf2 Rxa1 30. Nd1 Kg7 31. Ne2 Rc8 32. b3 {Black has no good
choices.} f6 33. Ng1 Rh8 34. Bc4 Rh1 35. Be2 Rxa2 36. Ne3 Ra1 37. Nd1 Neg6 38.
Bc4 Nh4 39. Be2 Rxg1 40. Kxg1 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "Curucao Open"]
[Site "Framingham USA"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tate, Emory"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Annotator "Lawrence, Al"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.25"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Nce2 a5 12. Bh6 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. h4 e5 15. Nb5
d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. h5 Rh8 18. h6+ Kf8 19. Be4 Nc6 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qg5 Ne8
22. Rd1 Qe6 23. O-O Ne7 24. f4 Nf5 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Rf2 Qe7 27. Qf4 Qe3 28.
Qc4 Nxh6 29. Rd3 Qe5 30. Rdf3 Qe7 31. Ned4 Kg8 32. Nc6 Qe1+ 33. Rf1 Qe6 {
Diagram [#] Shabalov, a four-time US Champ had already collected two of those
titles when Tate reached this position against him.} 34. Rxf7 $3 1-0

[Event "US Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tate, Emory"]
[Black "Yudasin"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B86"]
[Annotator "Lawrence, Al"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Qe2 Nc5 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Bd5 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Nxb7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4
Nbc5 15. Ra3 Qb6 16. O-O Be7 17. Kh1 O-O 18. b4 Na4 {Diagram [#]} 19. Nf5 exf5
20. Nd5 Qd8 21. exf5 Re8 22. Qh5 Nab6 23. Rh3 $1 Nf8 24. f6 Nxd5 25. fxg7 Kxg7
26. Bb2+ Kg8 27. g6 $1 Bf6 28. gxf7+ Kh8 29. Rg1 Re1 30. Rxe1 Bxb2 31. Re8 Nf6
32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Qh6 Ne4 34. Qh4 Nf6 35. Rg3 N8d7 36. Qh6 {1-0} Ne4 37. Rg8+
Rxg8 38. fxg8=Q+ Kxg8 39. Qe6+ *

[Event "US Championship 2006"]
[Site "San Diego, CA USA"]
[Date "2006.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Emory Tate"]
[Black "Varuzhan Akobian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Lawrence, Al"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bb5+ Nfd7 7. O-O e6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. c4 Nb6 10. Na3 Rc8 11. d3 a6 12. Nc2 f6 13. Qe1 Bd6 14. e4 O-O 15. Nd2
Bf7 16. f4 Qc7 17. Qh4 dxc4 18. dxc4 e5 19. Bd3 Rfd8 20. Ne3 Nd4 21. Nd5 Nxd5
22. exd5 Bg6 23. f5 Bf7 24. Ne4 h6 25. Rae1 Kf8 26. Re3 {Tate loved the lift!}
Ke8 27. Bc1 Qa5 28. Rg3 Bf8 {Diagram [#]} 29. Bxh6 {Even in his only US
Championship, Tate plays as he always does, even against a medal-winning
Olympian.} gxh6 30. Nxf6+ Ke7 31. Ng4+ Ke8 32. Re3 Kd7 33. Nxe5+ Kc7 34. Nxf7
Re8 35. Qe1 Qxe1 36. Rfxe1 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 h5 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 Bd6 40. Nxd6
Kxd6 41. g5 1-0

[Event "North American Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tate, Emory (USA)"]
[Black "Chibukhchian, Arthur (ARM)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2302"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Lawrence, Al"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 $1 Nc6 7. Be3 b5 8.
Qf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 $1 b4 12. Nce2 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Ng3
Nc5 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc5 $1 Bxc5 (16... f5) 17. f5 $1 O-O 18. Rhe1 exf5 19.
Nxf5 Rfc8 {Diagram [#]} 20. Nxg7 $3 Kxg7 21. Qf6+ Kf8 (21... Kg8 22. Bxh7+ Kf8
23. e6) 22. e6 $3 Bd4 23. Qxd4 fxe6 24. Rf1+ Kg8 25. Rf3 e5 26. Qg4+ Qg7 27.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Rg3 1-0

[Event "New York PCA-qual"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tate, FM Emory"]
[Black "Sagalchik, GM Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Lawrence, Al"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. exf6
gxf6 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Nxd4 Bxc3 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bh6 Be5 14. Bxc4
Qb6 15. Rd2 Rb8 16. Bb3 Rb7 17. Rhd1 Qb5 18. f4 Bb8 19. Qd4 e5 20. Qe4 f5 21.
Qe3 e4 22. Qd4 Rg8 {Diagram [#]} 23. Qxd7+ Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Qc5+ 25. Kb1 Qe7 26.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Bg5+ f6 28. Bxg8 fxg5 29. fxg5 Bxh2 30. Bxh7 e3 31. Bxf5 Bg3 32.
Bg4 1-0

[Event "Vienna m"]
[Site "Vienna m"]
[Date "1929.02.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Baldur Hoenlinger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 e6 {Diagram [#]} 6. Nf3 c5 7.
Bd3 Nc6 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qxd4 9. Bb5+) 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 (9. Bg5 Qb6) 9...
O-O 10. O-O b6 11. b4 Be7 (11... Bd4) 12. Bb2 Qc7 (12... Bb7) (12... a5) 13. b5
Na5 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Ng4 Qd8 (15... Nc4 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (16... gxf6 17. Qg4+) 17.
Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qg4+) 16. Ne3 Nd5 17. Qh5 (17. Nxd5 Qxd5) 17... g6 18. Ng4 Bf6 (
18... gxh5 19. Nh6#) 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (19... Qxf6 20. Bxf6 gxh5 21. Nxh5) 20. Qh6
Rc8 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Rfe1 Ne8 23. Nf5 Qc5 (23... gxf5 24. Bxf5 f6 25. Bxe6+)
24. Re5 Bd5 25. Ne7+ {Diagram [#] Spielmann: Richtig Opfern! 25...Qxe7 26.
Qxh7+ Kxh7 27. Rh5+ Kg8 28. Rh8#} Qxe7 (25... Kh8 26. Rh5+) 26. Qxh7+ Kxh7 27.
Rh5+ Kg8 28. Rh8# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#1"]
[Black "Discovery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3qk3/5p2/3b4/3Q4/8/8/5P2/4K1N1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Bb4+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#2"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q2k1/5pp1/3b3p/2N5/8/5P2/2Q2P1P/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#3"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b5k1/8/8/6n1/8/8/7N/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nh3# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#4"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/6p1/3b4/3b4/r7/4B1Pq/4QP1P/4NRK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qxh2+ 2. Kxh2 Rh4+ 3. Kg1 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#5"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/8/3bQ3/4n3/8/7P/5R1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nf2+ 2. Kg1 Nh3# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#6"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b4k2/Q4p1q/8/8/4r3/6P1/5P2/1R1R2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qh1+ 2. Kxh1 Rh4+ 3. Kg1 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "London m4"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1834.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Labourdonnais, Louis Charles Mahe"]
[Black "McDonnell, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C23"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1834.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Qe7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bg5 c6 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Bc7 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. Qe1 Nbd7 13. Qe3 Nh7 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Nhf8 16. Nc4 h5 17. Ne3 f6 18. Nf5 Qh7 19. h4 Ng6 20. Rfd1 O-O-O 21. a4
Nf4 22. a5 d5 23. Bc2 Qf7 24. Bxf4 g4 25. Qe2 exf4 26. a6 b6 27. exd5 Rhe8 28.
Qc4 Qxd5 29. Qxd5 cxd5 30. Re1 Kb8 31. Ne7 Ne5 32. dxe5 Rxe7 33. exf6 Rf7 34.
Re6 Rd6 35. Rae1 Rxe6 36. Rxe6 Bd8 37. Bg6 Rxf6 38. Rxf6 Bxf6 39. g3 fxg3 40.
fxg3 d4 41. c4 Kc7 42. Bxh5 d3 43. b3 Kd6 44. Bxg4 Kc5 45. Bd1 {Diagram [#]}
Kb4 (45... Kd4 46. Kf2 Ke4 {Diagram [#]} 47. b4 (47. Kg2 Ke3 48. Kh3 Kd2 49.
Bh5 (49. Bf3 Bd4 50. g4 Ke3) 49... Kc3 50. g4 (50. Bf3 Kxb3 51. g4 Kxc4 52. g5
Bd4 53. h5 b5 54. h6 Be3 55. Kg4 b4 56. Kh5 b3 57. g6 b2 58. g7 b1=Q 59. g8=Q+
Kc3) 50... Bg5 {Diagram [#]}) 47... Be7 48. b5 (48. h5 Bxb4 49. h6 Bc5+ 50. Kg2
Bf8 51. h7 Bg7 {Diagram [#]})) 46. Kf2 Kc3 47. Ke3 Bd4+ 48. Ke4 (48. Kf4 Kd2
49. Ke4 Bf6 50. h5 Kxd1 51. Kxd3) 48... Bf2 49. Kf4 Kd2 50. Bf3 Kc3 {Diagram 
[#]} 51. Bd1 (51. h5 Kxb3 52. g4 Kxc4 53. g5 b5 54. g6 Bd4 55. h6) 51... Kd2
52. Bg4 Kc3 53. Kf3 (53. Bd1 Kd2) 53... Bd4 54. Bf5 {Diagram [#]} d2 55. Ke2
Bf2 {Diagram [#]} 56. h5 Bxg3 57. Kd1 Bf4 58. Be6 Bh6 59. Bf5 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1839.06.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mayet, Carl"]
[Black "Von Heydebrand und der Lasa, Tassilo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1838.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]

1. d4 f5 2. h3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e3
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Qb3 b6 11. Nge2 c6 12. Nf4 Bf7 13. Bd3 g5 14. Nfe2 f4 15.
Qc2 h6 16. exf4 gxf4 17. O-O-O Qd6 18. Qd2 Bh5 19. f3 Bh4 20. Rdf1 Nd7 21. Bc2
b5 22. Kb1 a5 23. Qd3 Rf7 24. a4 bxa4 25. Nxa4 Rg7 26. Qd2 Rf7 27. Nc1 Qb4 28.
Rd1 Rb8 29. Na2 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 Re7 31. Bf5 Nb6 32. Nxb6 Rxb6 33. Rc1 Be8 34. Nc3
Be1 35. Rdc2 Bxc3 36. Rxc3 Rb4 37. Rd1 a4 38. Ka2 Re2 39. Rc2 Re3 40. Rcd2 Kg7
41. Bc2 Kf6 42. h4 Bd7 43. Rd3 Bf5 44. Rxe3 fxe3 45. Bxf5 Kxf5 46. g3 {Diagram
[#]} Rxd4 47. Re1 (47. Rxd4 e2) 47... Rd3 48. Kb1 c5 49. Kc2 c4 50. Ra1 d4 51.
Rxa4 Rd2+ 52. Kc1 Rg2 53. Rxc4 d3 54. b4 Rg1+ 55. Kb2 d2 {(source: Thassilo
von Heydebrand und der Lasa: Berliner Schacherinnerungen, Leipzig 1859, p.
77-78.)} 0-1

[Event "Calcutta"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "1850.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moheschunder Bannerjee"]
[Black "John Cochrane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1850.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
c6 9. c3 Na6 10. Nbd2 Kh8 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 d5 14. Nxf6 Qxf6
15. Qd2 Bh3 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nc5 18. f4 Ne4 19. Qe2 Rad8 20. Qg4 Qf5 21.
Qh4 Nd2 22. Rfe1 Kg8 23. Re2 Nc4 24. Rf1 Rde8 25. g4 Qf6 26. Qg3 c5 27. b3 Nxe5
28. dxe5 Qc6 29. Kg1 b5 30. f5 c4 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. Rd1 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 d4 34. e6
d3 35. Red2 g6 36. h4 Kh8 37. Rc1 Qd4 38. Rf1 gxf5 39. Rxf5 Rxf5 40. gxf5 Qe4+
41. Rg2 Qd4 42. Qg5 Qe5 43. f6 Qxg5 44. Rxg5 d2 45. Rg1 Rg8 {Diagram [#]} 46.
Rf1 c3 47. f7 c2 48. fxg8=Q+ Kxg8 49. e7 d1=Q 50. e8=Q+ Kg7 51. Qf7+ Kh6 52.
Qf6+ Kh5 53. Qg5# 1-0

[Event "Millonaire Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Barcenilla, Rogelio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1r3k1/1p3qbp/8/pR2p3/2b2pP1/5P1P/PPQ1BB2/2KR4 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

{I've selected a move from a ferociously tactical game in round seven of the
2015 Millionaire Chess Tournament in Las Vegas. I had lost my first game in
this tournament, a disappointing start, and was battling uphill, determined to
make a strong finish. My opponent, meanwhile, had a half point on me (4.5/6 to
my 4/6), and was enjoying an excellent tournament. I had done my homework, and
knew that Barcenilla consistently played the KID. How to challenge and,
perhaps, surprise him. I decided for the first time in my life to try the h3
system that was so beloved by Vladimir Makagonov, the great player and coach
from Azerbaijan. My opponent was prepared, and exhibited a deep understanding
of this line. Our game turned intense. After a complex struggle, our Knights
off the board, we reached a sharp position on move 26. I had seen the
possibility of this long combination two moves deflect his Rook from c8. Still,
my king was exposed on the c file. My pieces were a little loose. And I was
getting low on the clock. Without this next move, I would have been in big
trouble. I unleashed} 26. Rd8+ $3 {Diagram #} Bf8 {If 26...Rxd8? 26.Bxc4 is
winning because Black loses his Queen to the pin.} (26... Rxd8 27. Bxc4) 27.
Rxf8+ (27. Rxe5 $1 Be6 28. Rg5+ Kh8 29. Bd4+ {leads to an immediate win.})
27... Kxf8 {only way to capture without losing the Bishop on c4.} 28. Bc5+ {
Interfering with the c8 Rook's protection of the Bishop on c4. He must take or,
if he moves the King, lose a piece. The Rook must capture.} Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Bxe2
{if [29...Bxa2 30. Rxe5 Be6 31.Qc5+ leads to a winning position]} (29... Bxa2
30. Rxe5 Be6 31. Qc5+) 30. Qxe2 b6 {The storm has settled. Counting points,
the material balance is completely even. But White's Rook is on an open file.
His Queen can be more easily centralized. Both kings are exposed, but Black's
King is bereft of proximate pawns.} 31. Rxe5 Qxa2 {Black is trying to stay
materially even, but the move makes the weakness of his king even worse.} 32.
Qc2 $1 {White cannot win without this powerful move. The point is if} Ra7 {
Interesting defense to protect the seventh rank and the pawn on h7. Now I was
running out of time, and had to find an accurate move to finish this game [32..
.Qa1+ 33.Kd2 Rd8+ 34.Ke2 Black runs out of checks, and it's White's turn to
start checking, which will lead to a mating attack.]} (32... Qa1+ 33. Kd2 Rd8+
34. Ke2) 33. Qc6 $1 {Activating the Queen, and foregoing the immediate check
to prepare to play Qf6+, which will lead to mate.} Kg7 34. Rg5+ Kf8 35. Qf6+
Ke8 {[35...Qf7 36.Qd8+ Qe8 37.Rg8+ Kxg8 38.Qxe8+ winning the Queen ,or 35.Rf7
36.Qd8 #]} (35... Qf7 36. Qd8+ Qe8 37. Rg8+ Kxg8 38. Qxe8+) (35... Rf7 36. Qd8#
) 36. Re5+ {Black resigned. 36...Kd7 37. Re7+ Kc8 38. Qf8#} Kd7 37. Re7+ Kc8
38. Qf8# 1-0

