[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.02.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mate in 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Stein, Jason"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b4k2/Q4p1q/8/8/4r3/6P1/5P2/1R1R2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Re1+ (1... Qh1+ 2. Kxh1 Rh4+ 3. Kg1 Rh1#) 2. Rxe1 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.01.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "diagram"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B78"]
[Annotator "Hartmann, John"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

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 {Diagram [#]} 9. Bc4 (9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 (10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. e5 Nf5 12.
exf6 exf6) (10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5) 10... Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4 (12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7) 12... Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qa5 (14...
Qc7) 15. b3 Be6) (9. g4 Be6) 9... Bd7 10. O-O-O (10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Rc8 12.
Bb3 (12. Kb1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5 15. b3 b4) 12... Ne5) 10... Rc8 11.
Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 b5 15. b3 b4 *

[Event "Italian Team Championship"]
[Site "Condino ITA"]
[Date "2014.05.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Grzegorz Gajewski"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2014.04.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qg4
g6 9. Qg3 Nd7 10. c4 h5 11. h3 h4 12. Qe3 Ngf6 13. Nc3 Nh5 14. Be2 g5 15. Bxh5
Rxh5 16. Qe2 Rh7 17. Be3 Ne5 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nxc5 b5 20. Rac1 Nc4 21. b3 Nxe3
22. Qxe3 Qb6 23. b4 Bb7 24. e5 Rg7 25. N3e4 Bd5 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Nd7 Qxe3 28.
Nxf6+ Kf8 29. fxe3 Bc4 30. Rfd1 Rg6 31. Rd7 Kg7 32. Rc2 a5 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34.
Ne8+ Kf8 35. Nd6 Rxa2 36. Rxa2 Bxa2 37. Rxf7+ Kg8 38. Ra7 Bc4 39. Ne4 Rg7 40.
Ra8+ Kh7 41. Kf2 Kg6 42. Nd6 g4 43. hxg4 Kg5 44. Rf8 Kxg4 45. Rf4+ Kh5 46. Nxc4
bxc4 47. Rxc4 Rg5 48. Rc5 Rf5+ 49. Kg1 Rg5 50. Kf2 Rf5+ 51. Kg1 Rg5 52. Kh2 Rg3
53. Rc6 Rxe3 54. Rxe6 Kg5 55. Re8 Kf5 56. e6 Kf6 57. Rh8 Kg7 58. Re8 Kf6 59.
Rg8 Ra3 60. Rg4 Kxe6 61. Rxh4 Kf5 62. Rb4 Kg5 63. g3 Ra1 64. Rb8 Kg6 65. Kh3
Ra4 66. g4 Ra1 67. Rb3 Kh6 68. Kg3 {Diagram [#]} Kg5 69. Rb5+ Kg6 70. g5 Rg1+
71. Kf2 Rxg5 72. Rxg5+ Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix Kazan"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "2012.06.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kateryna Lahno"]
[Black "Koneru Humpy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 Nf6 7. b4 axb4 8. axb4
O-O 9. d3 Re8 10. b5 Ne7 11. Nf3 d5 12. cxd5 Nexd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb2 e4 15.
dxe4 Nc3 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 18. Kf1 Ra2 19. h4 Rb2 20. Rc1 Rc2 21.
Rb1 Be6 22. Ne1 Rcd2 23. Rc1 Ba5 24. Nd3 Bc4 25. Bf3 Bxb5 26. Nc5 Bb6 27. Nxb7
Re8 28. Nc5 Re5 29. Nb3 Rb2 30. Rc3 c5 31. Nc1 c4 32. Kg2 Bc5 33. h5 Bb4 34.
Re3 Rc2 35. Nb3 cxb3 36. Rxb3 Be7 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. e3 Kg7 39. Rhb1 Bc6 40.
R3b2 Rxb2 41. Rxb2 Bxe4 42. Bxe4 Rxe4 {Diagram [#]} 43. Rc2 Rb4 44. Kf1 Bf6 45.
Kg2 Rb2 46. Rc4 Be7 47. Kf1 Bd6 48. Rc6 Bb4 49. Ra6 Rd2 50. Rb6 Bc3 51. Rc6 Be5
52. Ra6 Rd6 53. Ra7 Kf6 54. Rb7 Ra6 55. Kg2 Ke6 56. Rb4 Bc3 57. Rc4 Be5 58. Rb4
Kf5 59. Rb5 Ra2 60. Kf3 Ke6 61. Kg2 Bc3 62. Kf1 Kd6 63. Rb7 f6 64. Rb3 Rc2 65.
Rb5 Kc6 66. Rb8 Kd5 67. Rc8 Ke4 68. Kg2 Kd3 69. Kf1 Rc1+ 70. Kg2 Ke2 71. Rc6
Bb2 72. Re6 Rc2 73. f4 Ke1+ 74. Kf3 Kf1 75. g4 Rf2+ 76. Kg3 Bc3 77. g5 f5 78.
Rxg6 Rg2+ 79. Kh3 Kg1 80. e4 fxe4 81. Re6 Be1 82. f5 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "Corus Group B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2010.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "David Howell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.01.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 f5 14. Bc4 Qa4 15.
Qe2 b5 16. Bxb5 Qxe4 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Ng5 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Bxa2 20. Ra1 Bf7 21.
Rhd1 Rc8 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Bc4+ Ke8 {Diagram [#]} 24. Be6 (24. Rd6 Bxc3 25.
Re6+ Kf8 26. Bh6+ Bg7 27. Rf6+) 24... Nc6 (24... Rc6 25. Bd5) (24... Rd8 25.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Bd5) 25. Ra6 Ne7 26. Bd7+ Kf8 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 28. Rxa7 Bxc3 29.
Bg5 Nc6 30. Rxh7 Be5 31. Rdd7 c4 32. Bf4 Bb2 {Diagram [#]} 33. Rc7 Nd4+ 34. Kd2
Rxc7 35. Rxc7 c3+ 36. Kd3 Ne6 37. Bd6+ Kg8 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Be5 Ba3 40. Kxc3
1-0

[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sergey Dolmatov"]
[Black "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nxe5
8. dxe5 Be7 9. Qh5 Be6 10. f4 (10. Rb1 Qd7 11. h3 O-O-O 12. Bb5 c6 13. Ba6 bxa6
14. Qe2) 10... g6 11. Qf3 f5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. O-O O[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#2"]
[Black "Trapping"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/1Np1q1p1/2n1pn1p/1p2p3/4P3/1P1P1N2/2P1QPP1/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rb8 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#3"]
[Black "Driving off"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/1n2qpp1/1pppbn2/p3p3/2P1P3/1P1QPN2/P1PNB1P1/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nc5 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#4"]
[Black "Double threat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1q1r2k1/Rnp2pp1/1p2p2p/4P3/1P6/2P2N1P/5PP1/Q1K5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Na5 2. Ra6 Nb3+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#5"]
[Black "Fork"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1q3rk1/2p2ppp/R2p4/1p2p3/1Pn5/2Q1PN2/1PPP1P1P/7K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qb7 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/Q4bpp/7r/3Npq1n/4P3/5PP1/5PK1/1R4R1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qh3+ 2. Kxh3 Nf4+ 3. Kg4 Be6+ 4. Kg5 Rh5# 0-1

5 15.
Nxe4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. dxc5 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qc7+ 20. Kg1 Rac8
21. Qc4+ Rf7 22. cxb6 Qxb6 23. Qa4 Rcf8 24. Rd7 Rxd7 25. Qxd7 Rf7 26. Qe8+ Rf8
27. Qa4 a6 28. Qc4+ Rf7 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Qe6 Qe7 {Diagram [#]} 31. Ba3 Qxe6 (
31... Qxa3 32. Rd8+) 32. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "2.37"]
[White "Vasif Durarbayli"]
[Black "Le Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. b4 Ba7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. bxa5 Nxa5 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Bb6 15.
h3 Re8 16. Bd2 Nb7 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Rf1 Ra7 20. Kh1 Rea8 21. Nh4 Nh5
22. Nhf5 Nxg3+ 23. Nxg3 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Rxa2 25. f4 f6 26. Bb1 Ra8 27. d4 Na5 28.
Qd1 Nc4 29. Bc1 Ra1 30. Qd3 Qe8 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Bc2 Qg6 33. Kh2 Be6 34. Nf5
Bxf5 35. exf5 Qf7 36. dxe5 Nxe5 37. Qxb5 Qh5 38. Bd1 Qh4 39. Qb2 Qc4 40. Be2
Qa4 41. Bb5 Qa8 42. Qb3 Qb8 43. Kh1 {Diagram [#]} Be3 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Wei Yi"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Re8 11. Bd2 Bf8 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Re1 Be6 15.
Nd5 Nd7 16. c3 Ne7 17. Ne3 Bxb3 18. Qxb3 Ng6 19. g3 Nc5 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. b4 Ne6
22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 c5 24. d5 Nd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Nf5 Ne5 27. Kg2 Rbc8 28.
Qb3 d3 29. Ra2 Ra8 30. Rea1 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Qc8 32. Ne3 g6 33. Bc3 h5 34. Bxe5
Rxe5 35. Qxd3 Qe8 36. Re2 Bg7 37. Nc2 f5 38. f3 fxe4 39. fxe4 Re7 40. Nd4 Bxd4
41. Qxd4 Re5 42. Qd3 Kh7 43. Qc2 Qe7 44. h4 Kg7 45. Qd3 Kh7 46. Kh2 Kg7 47. Qd4
Kh7 48. Re3 g5 49. hxg5 Qxg5 50. Rf3 Re7 51. Rf4 Qg6 52. Rf6 Qg5 53. Qf2 Kg7
54. Rxd6 h4 55. Kh3 hxg3 56. Qf5 Qxf5+ 57. exf5 Re4 58. Rg6+ Kf7 59. Rxg3 Rxb4
60. Rd3 Rc4 61. d6 Rc8 62. Kg4 Kf6 63. Kf4 b4 64. Ke4 Rb8 65. Kd5 b3 66. d7 b2
67. Rb3 Rxb3 68. d8=Q+ Kxf5 69. Qd7+ Kg5 70. Qe7+ Kg4 71. Qe4+ Kg3 72. Qg6+ Kh4
73. Qb1 Kg5 {Diagram [#]} 74. Kc4 Rb8 (74... Rb6 75. Qg1+) (74... Rb7 75. Qg1+
Kf5 76. Qc5+ Kf4 77. Qf2+ Ke5 (77... Kg4 78. Qg2+) 78. Qd4+) 75. Qg1+ Kf5 76.
Qc5+ Kg4 77. Qd4+ Kf3 78. Qf6+ Ke4 79. Qe6+ Kf3 80. Qf5+ Kg2 81. Qg4+ Kh1 82.
Qh3+ Kg1 83. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Ernesto Inarkiev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. f3 g6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 Be6 14. e4
dxe4 15. fxe4 Rad8 16. b3 Bg4 17. Qe3 f6 18. a4 Qb4 19. Bc2 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 Ng7
21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Qc3 a6 23. Nf4 Kh8 24. Qh3 Qf7 25. Rd3 Nc8 26. b4 g5 27. Bb3
Qe8 28. Qh6 Qxe4 29. Rh3 Ne7 {Diagram [#]} 30. Bc2 Qxc2 31. Nd3 Kg8 32. Qxh7+
Kf7 33. Ne5+ Ke6 34. Qxc2 fxe5 35. Rh6+ Kd7 36. Rxf8 Rxf8 37. dxe5 Ne6 38. Rf6
Re8 39. Qh7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Fairmont Hotel, Baku AZE"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.59"]
[White "Lazaro Bruzon Batista"]
[Black "Santosh Gujrathi Vidit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. b4 a5 11. b5 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. h3 Be6 14. Bf3 Rab8 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be2 Nbd7 17. Rb1 b6 18. Bb2 Rf8 19. f4 e5 20. Rf1 exf4 21. exf4
Nc5 22. Kh2 Qf7 23. g4 Rbe8 24. g5 Nfe4 25. Nd5 Bxb2 26. Rxb2 Qg7 27. Kg2 Ne6
28. Bg4 Nd4 29. Qc1 Nf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Kh2 Re6 32. Rg2 Rf7 33. h4 Qd4 34. h5
Qd3 35. Re1 Rg7 36. Re3 Qd4 37. h6 Rf7 38. Qc2 Kf8 39. Rd3 Qc5 40. Qb2 Rg6 41.
Rd4 Ke8 {Diagram [#]} 42. Rxe4+ (42. a3) 42... fxe4 43. Qh8+ Kd7 44. f5 Rxg5
45. Rxg5 Qf2+ 46. Kh3 Qf3+ 47. Rg3 Qh5+ 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Qe1+ 50. Kg2 Qe2+
51. Kg1 Qe1+ 52. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Queen of Hearts, 1982"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Freeman, Darryl"]
[Black "Anthony, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1620"]
[BlackElo "1637"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2015.12.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 {Diagram [#]} Bg7 (
6... Ng4 7. Bb5+) 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 {Diagram [#]} 9. O-O-O (9. Bc4) 9... d5
10. Nxc6 (10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 (12. Nxd5)) 10... bxc6 11. exd5 {
Diagram [#]} cxd5 (11... Qa5) 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 {Diagram [#]} 14. Rd3
(14. Qc5 Qb7 15. Qa3 Bf5 16. Ba6 Qc7 17. Qc5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Bc4 Rfc8 20.
Bb3 Rxa2) (14. Qxa8 Bf5 15. Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. Rd2 h5) 14... Bf5 15. Rd2 Rab8 {
Diagram [#]} 16. Qc5 (16. c3 Qxc3+ (16... Bxc3)) 16... Bxb2+ 17. Kd1 Qxc5 18.
Bxc5 Bc3 19. Rd5 {Diagram [#]} Rb1+ (19... Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8+ 21. Kc1 Rd2)
20. Ke2 Re1+ (20... Bxc2) 21. Kf2 Bxc2 22. Bd4 (22. Bxa7) 22... Rd1 23. Ke3 e5
{Diagram [#]} 24. Bxe5 Rxd5 25. Bxc3 Rd1 26. Kf2 (26. g3) (26. a3) 26... Rb8
27. Be1 {Diagram [#]} Rb2 28. Be2 Bd3 0-1

[Event "JAPFA GM Tournament"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.01.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM Rolande Nolte"]
[Black "GM Sergei Tiviakov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[Annotator "Karagianis, Pete"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. e3 Qc7 8.
Be2 b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 a6 12. Rc1 d6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. h3 Rc8 15.
e4 {Diagram [#]} O-O 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Bf1 Nf8 18. Qb3 Ng6 19. Rcd1 Nd7 20. Nb1
Nde5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Nd2 Bf6 23. Ba1 Bc6 24. Qe3 a5 25. Nf3 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3
Bxa1 27. Rxa1 e5 {Diagram [#]} 28. Qe3 Bd7 29. Rac1 Be6 30. Rc3 Qa7 31. Rec1
axb4 32. axb4 Rc6 33. Qd2 Qc7 34. Be2 h6 35. Qe3 Rc8 36. Bg4 Bxg4 {Diagram [#]}
37. hxg4 Qe7 38. Qd3 Qe6 39. Qe2 Kf8 40. g3 Ke7 41. Kg2 R8c7 42. R1c2 Qc8 43.
f3 Qe6 44. Qd3 Rc8 45. Rc1 Kf6 46. R3c2 Ke7 47. Rc3 g6 48. Qe3 g5 49. R1c2 Kf6
50. Rc1 Kg6 51. Qd3 h5 52. gxh5+ Kxh5 53. g4+ Kg6 54. b5 Rc5 55. Rd1 Rd8 56.
Rd2 Kg7 57. Qe3 Qh6 58. Qg1 Rh8 59. Kf2 Qe6 60. Rd5 Ra8 61. Qd1 Qh6 {Diagram 
[#]} 62. Kg2 Rh8 63. Qg1 Rcc8 64. Rc1 Ra8 65. Rd2 Ra3 66. Kf2 Qh2+ 67. Qg2 Qf4
0-1

[Event "61st Iowa Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "James Neal"]
[Black "Petros Karagianis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Annotator "Menon, Gopal"]
[PlyCount "186"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. Qe2 Bd6 (6... Nf6 7. e5
Nd5 8. O-O d6) 7. Nf3 (7. Nd2) 7... Nc6 8. O-O Nf6 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. h3 Nge5 11.
Nc4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Bd2 Bf4 15. Rfc1 {Diagram [#]} O-O 16. a4
(16. c4 b4 17. c5) 16... b4 17. c3 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Qa5 19. c4 {Diagram [#]} d6
20. b3 e5 (20... Qc5) 21. Ra2 h6 {Diagram [#]} 22. Bf1 (22. c5) 22... Qc5 23.
Rd1 Rad8 24. Qd3 g5 25. Be2 Ne7 26. Nh2 f5 27. Bf3 f4 28. Bg4 Rf6 29. Kf1 (29.
h4) 29... a5 30. Re2 Kg7 31. Ke1 Kg6 32. Qf3 Nc6 33. Bh5+ {Diagram [#]} (33.
Bf5+ Kg7 34. Qh5 Nd4 35. Ng4 Rdf8 36. Nxh6) 33... Kg7 34. Qd3 Nd4 35. Red2 Qc6
36. f3 Qc5 37. Ng4 Rff8 38. Nf2 Ne6 39. Kf1 Nd4 40. Kg1 Kf6 41. Kh1 Ke7 42. Qb1
Ne6 43. Nd3 Qc7 44. Qc2 Nc5 45. Bg6 Ne6 46. Nc1 Nd4 47. Qd3 (47. Rxd4 exd4 48.
Ne2) 47... Rf6 48. Bh5 Ne6 49. Bg4 Nc5 50. Qc2 Rh8 51. Bf5 h5 52. Nd3 g4 {
Diagram [#]} 53. Nxc5 Qxc5 54. fxg4 (54. Rf1 Rg8 55. Qd3 gxf3 56. Rxf3 Rxf5 57.
exf5 e4 58. Re2 Qe5) 54... hxg4 55. Bxg4 Rh4 56. Bf3 (56. Bf5 f3 57. Kh2) 56...
Rg6 57. Qd3 Bc6 {Diagram [#]} (57... Bc8) 58. Qe2 (58. Qf1) 58... Rhh6 (58...
Bd7) 59. Qf2 Qxf2 60. Rxf2 Rg3 61. Kh2 (61. c5) 61... Bd7 62. Rh1 Bxh3 63. Kg1
Rhg6 {Diagram [#]} (63... Bxg2 64. Bxg2 (64. Rxh6 Bxf3+ 65. Kh2 Bxe4) 64...
Rxh1+ 65. Kxh1 Rxb3) 64. Rh2 Bg4 65. Kf1 Rg7 66. Ke2 Bxf3+ 67. gxf3 Rg1 68. Kd3
Rc1 69. Rc2 Rb1 70. Rb2 Rxb2 71. Rxb2 Rg3 72. Rf2 Kd7 73. Ke2 Kc6 74. Rh2 Kc5 (
74... Rg1 75. Kd3 Rf1 76. Rh3 (76. Ke2 Rb1) 76... Rf2) 75. Kf2 Rg6 (75... Kd4
76. Rh6 Kc3 77. Rxd6 Kxb3 78. Rd5 (78. c5 Rg7) 78... Ka2) 76. Rh1 Kd4 77. Rc1
Kd3 78. c5 dxc5 79. Rxc5 Rg5 {Diagram [#]} (79... Ra6 80. Rc8 (80. Rxe5 Kc3)
80... Rh6 81. Kg2 Ke3) 80. Rxa5 Kc3 81. Rd5 Kxb3 82. a5 Ka4 (82... Rg6 83. Rxe5
Ka2) 83. a6 Rg6 {Diagram [#]} (83... Rg7 84. Ke2 b3 85. Kd2 (85. Rxe5 b2) 85...
Ra7 86. Rxe5 Rxa6 87. Kc1 Rc6+ 88. Kb1 Rc3) 84. a7 Ra6 85. Ke2 Rxa7 86. Rxe5 b3
87. Kd2 Ka3 88. Rb5 b2 89. e5 Ka2 90. Kd3 b1=Q+ 91. Rxb1 Kxb1 92. Ke4 Ra4+ 93.
Kf5 Kc2 0-1

[Event "NJ Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Molner, Mackenzie"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Molner, Mackenzie"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Bc5 6. Nb3 (6. Nc3 $1 d6 (6...
Qb6 7. Na4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 $1) 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. Qd3 $14) 6...
Ba7 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Be2 (8. c5 {Strongly debating this during the game but
didn't love it. It appears reasonable} b6 9. Bf4 $1 bxc5 10. Bd6 $14) 8... d6
9. O-O e5 10. Qd3 (10. Be3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 $14 Nf6) 10... Nge7 {Diagram [#]} 11.
Rd1 (11. Be3 $1) 11... Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Be3 Nc6 $11 14. Bf1 Bg4 15. f3 Be6
16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Bxc4 20. Nc3 Be6 21. Na4 (21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Ke7 23. Rc1 Rhd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 (24... Rxd8 25. Bxa6) 25. Kf2
Kd6 $11) 21... Ke7 22. Rdd1 b5 23. Nc5 Rhc8 24. a4 {I played this really
quickly although it's probably not a good thing} Nd4 25. b4 Nb3 26. Nxe6 {At
least I found the best defense} Nxa1 27. Nxg7 Nc2 28. axb5 $2 {Bad move.
Playing way to fast due to not feeling well. I didn't even notice that Ne3 was
possible} (28. Nf5+ $1 Kf8 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bxb5 Nxb4 31. Rd7 Rc2 32. h3 $1
Rac8 33. Kh2 R2c7 34. Rd6 Rb8 35. Kg3 Rc5 36. Ba4 {Pretty hard to win this
position}) 28... Ne3 29. Nf5+ Nxf5 30. exf5 axb5 31. Bxb5 Rab8 32. Rd5 Kf6 33.
Bd3 (33. g4 $2 Kg5 34. Be2 Kf4 35. b5 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 $19) (33. h4 $1 Rc1+
34. Kf2 Kxf5 35. Rd6 $132 {I must have missed this shot} e4 36. fxe4+ Kxe4 37.
Bd3+ Ke5 38. Rd7 {Seems to me like once the bishop gets to f3 it's probably a
draw}) 33... Rd8 (33... Rxb4 $5) 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Be4 Rb8 36. h4 h5 37. Kh2
Rxb4 38. Kh3 Ra4 39. Kg3 Ke7 40. Bd5 Rd4 41. Be4 Kd6 42. Kh3 Kc5 43. g4 $1
hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 f6 45. Kh5 Kd6 46. Kg6 Ke7 47. h5 Rd1 48. h6 Rg1+ 49. Kh7 Rg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "New Jersey Open, Morristown, NJ, USA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Panchanathan, Magesh"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Tamburro, Pete"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. O-O Nbc6 7. Be3 Nxd4 8.
Bxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c4 Bf6 11. Nc3 d6 12. Be2 O-O 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. a3 Rd8
15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. b4 Qc7 17. Rac1 Ne5 18. Ba7 Ra8 19. Bd4 b6 20. f4 Ng6 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. f5 Ne5 23. Qh6 Qe7 24. Na4 exf5 25. Nxb6 Bb7 26. Nxa8 Bxa8 27. exf5
Qb7 28. Bf1 Qe4 29. Qxf6 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 (30. gxf3 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qe3#
) 30... Re8 31. Qxd6 Qe3 32. Qg3+ Kh8 33. Bd3 Rg8 34. Qh3 Qg5 35. gxf3 Qe3 {
Diagram [#]} 36. Rf1 $6 (36. Be2 $1 Qxe2 37. Rf1 Rg1+ 38. Rxg1 Bxf3+ 39. Rg2
$18) 36... Rg1+ $3 37. Rxg1 Bxf3+ 38. Qg2 Bxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Qxd3 40. Rgf1 Qxa3 41.
c5 Qxb4 42. Rf2 Qe4+ 43. Kg1 Qc6 44. Rg2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Jersey Open, Morristown, NJ USA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ding, Kimberly"]
[Black "Fishbein GM, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Tamburro, Pete"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 {Both 6.Bg5 and 6.
Bc4 are more popular because of Black's next move.} (6. Bg5) (6. Bc4) 6... e5
7. Nb3 ({Black has the kind of counterplay he's looking for after} 7. Ndb5 a6
8. Na3 b5) 7... Be7 8. Bg5 {This plan with the bishop is not commendable.
Either 8.0-0 or 8.Be3 are better. 8.f3 is worth a look as well. Giving up the
bishop to take temporary occupation of d5 does not turn out well here.} (8. O-O
) (8. Be3) (8. f3) 8... O-O 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Be6 11. O-O Bg5 12. c4 Rc8 13.
Qd3 a5 14. a4 {Ceding the b4 square to Black, which has consequences for the N
on d5. Better was 14.Rad1 although Black is the one with the initiative.} (14.
Rad1) 14... Nb4 15. Qf3 Bxd5 16. cxd5 g6 17. Rad1 Rc2 18. Rb1 f5 {Black's plan
is straightforward and effective.} 19. g3 Qb6 ({One other instructive
alternative was:} 19... f4 20. g4 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 f3 22. Qd1 Bf4) 20. h4 Bh6 21.
h5 ({A more obstinate defense, though with the same result, would have been:} 
21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Qe4 Rf6 23. Kg2 Be3 24. Qxe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Rxe2+ 26. Kg1 Nxd5
27. Nxa5 Rxe3 28. Rxf6 Nxf6 29. Nxb7 Rxg3+ 30. Kh2 Rg4 31. b4 Rxh4+ 32. Kg3 Rc4
33. Nxd6 Rc6 34. Nb5 Nd5) 21... Kg7 22. Bd1 fxe4 23. Qg2 Rcxf2 0-1

[Event "NJ Open U2000, Morristown, NJ"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Meyer, Stephen"]
[Black "Hua, Charles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1559"]
[BlackElo "1765"]
[Annotator "Tamburro, Pete"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. d3
Be7 {We've transposed into a Closed Sicilian where the two sides tap dance
with each other before it gets exciting.} 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Bg5 Nhf6 11. Bf4 Nh5
12. Bg5 Qd8 {One of the annoying things about Swiss tournaments. You hate to
draw against someone 200 points below you, so you pick a weaker move.} 13. Bxe7
Qxe7 14. Nh4 Nhf6 15. f4 Nb6 {Diagram [#] By opening the bishop's defense to
f5, this seems like a good move, but...} 16. Nf5 $1 exf5 (16... Qf8 17. e5 dxe5
18. fxe5 Nfd5 19. Nd6+) 17. exf5 Be6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Qe2 Kf7 20. Bxb7 $1 Qxb7
21. Qxe6+ Kg6 {The inevitable king hunt begins in earnest. Bring him up the
board!} (21... Kf8 22. Qxd6+ Kf7 23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Nd5 26.
Rae1) 22. f5+ Kg5 (22... Kh6 23. Qe3+ g5 24. h4 Rhg8 25. hxg5+ Rxg5 26. Re2 Qf7
27. Rh2+ Nh5 28. Ne4 Qxf5 29. Rf1 Qe5 30. g4 {would be a pinquant finish as
well.}) 23. Qxd6 {A slight, but unimportant flaw. Don't stop to pick up pawns.
Mate him! 23.Qe3+ was best.} (23. Qe3+) 23... Nbd5 (23... Qb8 24. Ne4+ Nxe4 25.
Qe7+ Nf6 26. Qxg7+ Kh5 27. Qxf6 Rg8 28. Qh4#) 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. h4+ {That's
the idea.} Kg4 26. Re4+ Kh5 27. g4+ Kxh4 28. Qh2+ Kg5 29. Qh5+ Kf6 30. Re6# {
One suspects our winner won't be a 1500 player for long. Very nicely done!} 1-0

[Event "New Jersey Open, Morristown, NJ USA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Li, Dennis Fan"]
[Black "Sarkar, Justin IM"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2119"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Tamburro, Pete"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 (7...
Nd7) 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Qh5 $5 (9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O)
9... Qc7 10. Bc4 (10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Qe2 Bxd3 12. Nxd3) 10... Nf6 11. Qe2 Nd5 $5 (
11... Bd6 12. Bf4 O-O) 12. Bb3 (12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Nxd3) 12... Bb4+ $1 {Diagram 
[#]} 13. c3 $5 ({Fascinating complications arise from, for example,} 13. Kf1
Nd7 14. Nh5 Nxe5 15. Nxg7+ Kf8 16. dxe5 Kxg7 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qg4+ Bg6 19. h5
Bc5 20. Rh3 Qxe5 21. hxg6 h5 22. Qh4 fxg6 23. Bf4 Qf6 24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. Rf3
Ke7 26. Bg5+ Kd6 27. Rf7 Rae8 (27... b6 28. Re1) 28. Re1 e5 29. Rxb7 {;
however, White's chosen move also shows quite a sense of adventure!}) 13...
Nxc3 14. bxc3 $3 ({What an amazing move! You need to leave the old chess
engine on for a week here.  The whole theme of this attack revolves around
White's ability to sace on f7 and the Black's queen's ability to hold the fort
until reinforcements arrive. This is reminiscent of the ideas we used to bat
around from the Tal-Botvinnik match. Also worthy of wildness was:} 14. Qg4 $5
Nd5+ 15. Kf1 Bf8 {An old Botvinnik idea against Tal.} 16. Nh5 Rg8 17. Bxd5 cxd5
18. Bxh6 Nd7 19. Nxg7+ Bxg7 20. Bxg7 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qc2 {This  game is one
really good reason why young players should get their noses out of the "latest
theory" and learn why the old classical games and matches can help them come
up with ideas. You need ideas more than moves in chess.}) 14... Bxc3+ 15. Bd2
Bxa1 {Diagram [#] Well, why not? As long as the Black queen has been defending
f7, the sacrifices on that square and then capture on e6 don't get to happen.}
(15... Bxd4 16. Nxf7 Qxf7 17. O-O Bxa1 18. Rxa1) 16. Qg4 $6 {Diagram [#]} ({
Another idea from the famous match was the knight going to h5, which would be
tough to meet:} 16. Nh5 $1 Rg8 ({Not} 16... Bxd4 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. Nxe6+ fxe6
19. Bxh6+) 17. O-O Bxd4 18. Nxf7 Qxf7 19. Bxe6 Qe7 20. Qg4) 16... O-O $4 {Talk
about castling into it!} (16... Nd7 $1 17. Nxf7 (17. Qxg7 O-O-O $1) 17... O-O
$3 18. Nh5 Rxf7 19. Bxe6 Bxd4 {Remember him?} 20. Qxd4 Qe5+ $1 {and the attack
is over.}) 17. O-O $6 {Diagram [#] Rarely are two back to back castling moves
bad, but here you are! White keeps his edge; however,} (17. Bxh6 {is brutal.}
f5 (17... Bg6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Bd2 $1 Re8 20. h5 g5 21. h6 g6 22. Qxg5 Kh7 23.
Qf6) (17... g6 18. h5 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 c5 20. Qc3 Nc6 21. Nxc6 e5 22. hxg6 Bxg6
23. Bxf8 bxc6 24. Bxc5) 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Ng6+ Bxg6 20. Qxg6 Qe7 21. Be3 Rf6
22. Qh5+ Rh6 23. Bxh6 Qxe6+ 24. Be3+ Kg8 25. Nxf5 g6 26. Nh6+ Kg7 27. Qg4 Qxg4
28. Nxg4 Bc3+ 29. Ke2 Nd7 30. Rb1 b6 31. Rc1) 17... Bb2 $4 {Diagram [#]} ({
It's hard to find a defense, but this was worth a try:} 17... Bxd4 18. Qxd4 c5
19. Qc3 f6 (19... Qe7 20. Nh5 f6 21. Re1 $1 Kh8 22. Bxe6 $1) 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21.
Nd3 Nd7 {and White keeps an edge, but it's tiny in comparison to that Bxh6
battering ram.}) 18. Bb4 $4 (18. Bxh6 {is screaming to be played. The
complications must have fried these two otherwise fine players.}) 18... c5 $1
19. Bxc5 (19. Nh5 $1 f5 20. Qg3 cxb4 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Bd7 $1 g5 23. Ng6+ $1
Bxg6 24. Qxc7) 19... Nc6 $1 20. Nh5 f5 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Qg3 (22. Ng6+ $1 Bxg6
23. Qxg6 Nxd4 {Ah, the difference of losing a move with Bxc5 and allowing Nc6.
At least White's in the game with this line.}) 22... Nxe5 {Since move 19, IM
Sarkar has regained his footing, playes an accurate series of defensive moves
and Dennis Fan Li's extraordinary attack is at an end as his position. What a
shame! He's a young man and has many great games ahead of him, if this is any
example, and we look forward to more successful finishes in his future.} 23.
Bd6 f4 24. Bxc7 fxg3 25. Bxe5 Bd3 26. Bxg7+ Kh7 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Nxg3 Bxf1 29.
Kxf1 Bxd4 30. f3 b5 31. Ne4 a5 {and White resigned on move 44.  The rest of
the score was understandably unreadable.} 0-1

[Event "New Jersey Open, Morristown, NJ, USA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Glassman, Jeremy"]
[Black "Norowitz, Yaacov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2215"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[Annotator "Tamburro, Pete"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. e4 a5 11. Ne1 O-O 12. Nd3 Na6 13. a3 Nc5 $6 14. Nxc5 dxc5
15. Qc2 Ne8 16. Qc3 Nd6 17. b4 $1 b6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. f4 Re8 20. Nb3 Nb7 21.
Nc1 a4 22. Nd3 f6 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Ra2 Qg5 25. Raf2 Qe3 26. Re1 Qd4 27. Qxd4
cxd4 28. Ref1 Bd7 29. Rf7 Rad8 30. c5 $1 Bb5 31. Rxc7 Bxd3 32. Rxb7 Ba6 (32...
Bxf1 33. Bxf1 Rb8 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. c6 Kf7 36. c7 Rc8 37. d6 Ke6 38. Bh3+) 33.
Ra7 Bxf1 34. Bxf1 Ra8 35. Rxa8 Rxa8 36. c6 d3 37. Kf2 Rf8+ 38. Ke1 d2+ 39. Kxd2
Rxf1 40. c7 1-0

[Event "New Jersey Open, Morristown, NJ 07960"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Subramanian, Arun GM"]
[Black "Ward, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[Annotator "Tamburro, Pete"]
[PlyCount "59"]

{The Dutch Defense is often sneered at by positional wonks; however, when you
think of the players that have championed it--Alekhine, Botvinnik, Bronstein,
Larsen--you have to credit those judgments as stylistic differences. However,
the amateur player who wants to follow these greats had better know it very
well or else lose fairly easily to stronger players. A case in point is this
game.  GM Subramanian uses the classical Nh3 approach and US expert John Ward
had better get a copy of Win with the Stonewall Dutch to read Johnsen and
Bern's clever suggestion as to how to anticipate this line.  They suggest 4...
c6! as a "move-order finesse." The idea is, as Botvinnik pointed out years ago,
to meet an early Nh3 with the e6/d6 Dutch formation where Nh3 doesn't really
fit in. Thus, 4...c6 is a "waiting move" of sorts. If White plays Nf3, you go
into the Stonewall. If White plays Nh3 you stick with a d6 system. A sharp
alternative for White would then, after 4...c6 5.d5, which the book covers.
It's a rough and tumble game in any event.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2
d5 5. Nh3 {A time-honored way of meeting the Stonewall Dutch. The idea is to
have the knight go to f4 and d3 while the other horse goes to d2 and f3 with a
lock on e5.} c6 ({Houdini gives the not very intuitive} 5... dxc4 6. O-O Nc6 7.
e3 Be7 {as equal.}) 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bf4 Be7 {Black can castle instead and get
one more move of evidence from White. I used to wonder why Botvinnik played
his Be7 right away. Now I know. Saves a tempo.} ({Let's be clear, though. It's
not the end of the world if Black exchanges bishops:} 7... Bxf4 8. Nxf4 Ne4 9.
Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Qf6 11. e3 Nd7 {and White has a pull. He can consider
operations on the c- and b-files or he can try for an f3 and e4 pawn push at
some point. Black can either try to play defense to these plans or try for a
typical Dutch attack with g5, getting the other knight to f6 and getting his
rooks over to the f- and g-files. That may work against a weaker opponent who
is more easily distracted by aggressive kingside displays.}) 8. Nd2 O-O 9. O-O
Bd7 ({More than a few Dutch players are investigating b6 and Bb7 or Ba6 as the
spot for the bishop as it is dead on d7. Also, since White wants to give up
the bishop for the knight that would challenge the dark squares, this little
dance might be worth a try:} 9... Nbd7 10. Ng5 Nb8 11. e3 Nh5 12. Ngf3 Nd7 13.
Rac1 g5 14. Be5 g4 15. Ne1) 10. Nf3 {Diagram [#] Rather tepid for the GM. 10.
Rac1 looked more lively.} (10. Rac1) 10... h6 ({If Black tries to free himself
with} 10... c5 {then this should discourage him:} 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. dxc5 Na6
13. Ne5 Nxc5 14. Rfd1 {and compare the White bishops and rooks with the Black
bishops and rook "opportunities" and you will see why White's position is
superior.}) 11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Nf4 Ne4 ({He might have done better bringing the
Stonewall bishop back to d6:} 12... Bd6 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 15. Rac1 (15.
Rfd1 b5) 15... g5) 13. Ng6 Rf6 14. Nfe5 Be8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. c5 Ng5 17. f4
Nf7 {Black has fought a very admirable defense. He's still at a disadvantage,
but his position is defensible. Dutch players are tough nuts to crack!} 18. Nd3
g5 ({The alternative pawn push doesn't seem to be better.} 18... h5 19. h4 Nh6
20. Bf3 Bg6 21. b4 Ng4 22. Qd2 Rff8 23. a4 Rfc8 24. Rfb1) ({Another
possibility would be:} 18... Nh8 19. Bf3 g5 20. e3 g4 21. Be2 h5 22. Kg2 h4 23.
Rh1 h3+ 24. Kf2 {with Black trying to hold onto the queenside. A tough road
ahead.}) 19. e3 g4 20. h4 gxh3 21. Bf3 ({It's not clear what's wrong with} 21.
Bxh3) 21... Rg6 ({One last pawn thrust doesn't work:} 21... h5 22. Kh2 (22. Qh2
) 22... h4 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. gxh4 Rh6 25. h5) 22. Qh2 Kh7 23. Kf2 Rg7 24. Qxh3
Qf6 25. Rh1 {The final irony. White gets the decisive kingside attack.} b6 26.
b3 Bd7 27. Ne5 Be8 ({If} 27... Nxe5 28. dxe5 {removes the queen's protection
of h6.}) 28. Bh5 bxc5 29. Bxf7 Rxf7 ({It doesn't matter:} 29... Bxf7 30. Nd7)
30. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "New Jersey Open, Morristown, NJ USA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, GM Joel"]
[Black "Burke, FM John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Tamburro, Pete"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Ne2
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. c4 Qa5 12. Qc2 f5 13. Rfc1 Nf6 14. Nf4 Rfd8 15.
Rab1 c5 $2 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxc5 Qxd2 19. Bxd5 Qxa2 20. Ra1 Qd2
21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Bd5 Qb4 23. Rxa7 Qd2 24. Qc3 Qe2 25. Qc7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nico Chasin"]
[Black "Max Lu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Abdul-Alim, Jamaal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bqkb1r/1p2pppp/p1n2n2/3p4/3P1B2/2NB4/PPP1NPPP/R2QK2R b KQkq - 0 7"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 7... Qb6 8. Rb1 Bd7 9. Be3 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. h3 O-O 12. b4 Qc7
13. b5 Nb4 14. bxa6 bxa6 15. Qd2 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Rab8 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Rc1 Ba3 {
Diagram [#]} (18... Bf4 19. Rb1 Bxe3 20. Rxb8+) 19. Bf4 Bxc1 20. Nxc1 (20. Bxc7
) 20... Qb6 21. Bxb8 Qxb8 22. Nb3 Qb4 23. Nd1 Qxd2 24. Nxd2 Kf8 25. Kf1 {
Diagram [#]} Ke7 26. Ke2 Ne8 27. Nb3 Kd6 28. Kd2 Kc6 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Kc3 Nd6
31. a4 f6 32. Ne3 Kb6 33. g4 Nb7 34. Nxb7 Bxb7 35. Kb4 a5+ {Diagram [#]} 36.
Kb3 Kc6 37. f4 Kd6 38. Kc3 Bc6 39. Kb3 g6 40. Ka3 e5 41. fxe5+ fxe5 42. Nc2 Bb7
43. Kb3 exd4 44. Nxd4 Ke5 45. Kc3 Kf4 46. Ne6+ Ke3 47. Nd4 h6 48. g5 (48. Nb3
Bc6 49. Nxa5 Bxa4 50. Kb4 Bc2 51. Kc5 d4 52. Nc4+ Kxd3 53. Nd6 Ba4 54. Kb4 Bd1)
48... hxg5 49. Ne6 Bc6 50. Nxg5 Bxa4 51. Ne6 Bd7 52. Nc7 Bc6 (52... d4+ 53. Kc4
Bxh3 54. Nd5+ Kd2 55. Kxd4 Bf5 56. Ne7 Bxd3 57. Nxg6 a4 58. Ne5 a3 59. Nxd3 a2
60. Nc5 Kc2) 53. Ne6 Bb5 54. d4 Kf3 55. Ng5+ Kf4 56. Ne6+ Kf5 57. Nc7 Bc6 58.
Na6 Kg5 59. Nc5 Kh4 60. Ne6 g5 61. Kb2 Bd7 62. Nc7 Bc6 63. Ne6 Kh5 64. Nc7 Kg6
65. Kc3 Kf6 66. Kd3 Ke7 67. Kc3 Kd6 0-1

[Event "42nd Annual Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Peter Giannatos"]
[Black "Tom Beckman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[Annotator "Beckman, Tom"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/1p4pp/pqb1p1r1/2bpBn2/8/2NB3P/PPPQ1PP1/4RRK1 w - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 22. Ne2 (22. Qe2 Qa5) 22... Rxg2+ (22... Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 (23. Rxf2
Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Nh4+ 25. Kh1 Qxf2) 23... Be3 24. Bd4 Bxd4) 23. Kxg2 Nh4+ 24. Kg3
(24. Kh1 Nf3 25. Rg1 (25. Qc3 d4) 25... Nxe5 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qg5+ Ng6 28.
Bxg6 Qd8) 24... Bxf2+ 25. Kg4 Nf3 (25... h5+ 26. Kxh5 Nf3 27. Qc3 Rf5+ 28. Bxf5
exf5) 26. Qc3 Bxe1 27. Rxe1 Qf2 28. Bxh7+ (28. Bg3 h5+ 29. Kxh5 Be8+ 30. Bg6
Qg2 31. Kg4 Bxg6 32. Nf4 Bf5+) 28... Kxh7 29. Qd3+ g6 30. Bg3 Nxe1 0-1

[Event "42nd Annual Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Alex Shabalov"]
[Black "Andrew Zheng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[Annotator "Beckman, Tom"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r3rk1/1pq1bp1p/p2pbnp1/8/PNnQPB2/2N2B2/1P4PP/3R1R1K b - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 20... Nxb2 21. Bh6 Nxd1 22. Ncd5 Qd8 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Bg5 a5 (
24... Ne3 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Qxf6 Nxf1) 25. Bxf6 Qc7 26. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM Oladapo Adu"]
[Black "Tom Beckman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[Annotator "Beckman, Tom"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1q1k1/6bp/2pBn1p1/pp1pPr2/3N3Q/1P4P1/P1P2PBP/R3R1K1 b - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 21... Rh5 (21... Rf4 22. gxf4 Nxd4 23. f5 Nxf5 24. Qf4 Bh6 25.
Qf3 Nh4) 22. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul Yavari"]
[Black "Dang Minh Nguyen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[Annotator "Beckman, Tom"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5q1r/1b1rR3/6pk/6pp/1Q1N4/1P3P2/P1P5/1K2R3 w - - 0 37"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 37. Rxd7 Qxb4 38. Nf5+ gxf5 39. Re6# 1-0

[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul Yavari"]
[Black "Dang Minh Nguyen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Beckman, Tom"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7r/1b1r2k1/p4qpp/1p1p2p1/3NP3/1PQ2P2/P1P4R/1K5R w - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 29. e5 Qxe5 30. Re2 Qf6 31. Re6 Qf7 32. Rhe1 (32. Nf5+ Kg8 33.
Nxh6+ Rxh6 34. Rxh6 d4 35. Rexg6+) 1-0

[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Paul Yavari"]
[Black "Dang Minh Nguyen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[Annotator "Beckman, Tom"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5q1r/1b1rR3/6pk/6pp/1Q1N4/1P3P2/P1P5/1K2R3 w - - 0 37"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 37. Rxd7 Qxb4 38. Nf5+ gxf5 39. Re6# 1-0

[Event "42nd Annual Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ernest Colding"]
[Black "Tan D. Nguyen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[Annotator "Beckman, Tom"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rqn1k2r/1b1n1pbp/3pp1p1/pB4B1/PpNPP3/5N2/1P2QPPP/2R1R1K1 w kq - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 17. Bxd7+ (17. Nfe5 dxe5 18. Bxd7+ Kf8 19. Qf3 (19. d5) 19... Kg8
20. dxe5 Ba6 21. Be8 (21. Bxc8) 21... Ra7 22. Nxa5 Qxe5 23. Be3 Nd6 (23... Qxa5
24. Bxa7) 24. Nc6 Qf6 25. Qxf6) 17... Kf8 (17... Kxd7 18. Nb6+ Nxb6 19. Qb5+
Bc6 20. Qxc6#) 18. Qd2 h6 19. Bf4 Kg8 20. Bxc8 Qxc8 21. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Daniel Lowinger"]
[Black "Andy Samuelson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2226"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "Beckman, Tom"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r1r/3kppR1/p2p4/2nP1Pp1/6P1/KB6/P7/4R3 b - - 0 33"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 33... Rh3 34. Rxg5 (34. Re2 a5 35. Kb2 Nd3+ 36. Ka3 Rb8 37. Rxf7
Ne5 38. Rxe5) 34... a5 35. Rc1 (35. Rh5 Rg3) 35... a4 36. Rxc5 dxc5 37. Kxa4 f6
(37... Kd6) 38. Rg7 Kd6 39. Rg6 Ra8+ 40. Kb5 Rb8+ 41. Ka4 c4 42. Bxc4 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Sergey Erenburg"]
[Black "IM Raymond Kaufman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "Beckman, Tom"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/1p3ppp/3bpn2/8/2Pq4/2Nn1QP1/PP3P1P/5RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. Nb5 (1. Rd1 Ng4 2. Nb5 Qxf2+ (2... Qxb2 3. Nxd6 Nde5 4. Qf4
Qe2 5. Rf1 Nxh2 6. Kxh2 Qxf1 7. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 8. Kh3 Qf1+) 3. Qxf2 Ngxf2 4. Rxd3
Nxd3 5. Nxd6 Nxb2) (1. Qxb7 Bc5 (1... Bb4 2. a3) 2. Na4 (2. Ne2 Qe5) (2. Qb8+
Bf8) 2... Bf8 3. Qf3 Nxb2) (1. Ne2 Qxc4 2. Qxb7 h6) 1... Qe4 (1... Qxb2 2. Nxd6
) 2. Qxe4 Nxe4 3. Nxd6 Nxd6 4. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "GM Sergey Erenburg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Beckman, Tom"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q1rk1/pp3ppp/2b1pn2/4N1B1/P2n3P/R2B4/1P3PP1/3R1QK1 b - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 21... Qd5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Ng4 {Diagram [#]} Kh8 24. Nxf6 (24.
Bb5 Bxb5 25. axb5 Rfd8 26. Rad3 Qe4) 24... Nf3+ (24... Qd8 25. Ne4 (25. Nxh7
Nf3+ 26. gxf3 Qxh4) 25... Qxh4) 25. gxf3 (25. Kh1 Qe5 26. Ng4 Qh5) 25... Qxf3
26. Be4 Qxf6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 {Diagram [#]} 0-1

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate"]
[Site "Cleveland USA"]
[Date "2015.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gorovets, A."]
[Black "Robson, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Robson, Ray"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2015.12.27"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.04"]
[WhiteTeam "TEXAS TECH – B"]
[BlackTeam "WEBSTER UNIVERSITY – A"]

{This was a very important match for our team, as after losing to UTD-B we
couldn't afford to drop any more points.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5
Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 {I wasn't really expecting this line from my opponent.
I had played 6...c6 a few times in the past, but hadn't had this position
occur since the discovery that 6...c5 was a viable move.} c5 {Black's idea is
that although he sacrifices another pawn, he will get it back and have good
compensation due to the two bishops in an open position.} (6... c6 7. e4 O-O 8.
e5 Bg7 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. Nce2 cxd5 {was the line I had played
previously.}) 7. dxc5 Nd7 8. e3 (8. c6 Nc5 9. e3 {may look like an improvement
as it maintains the two pawn advantage, but after something like} bxc6 10. dxc6
Qa5 11. Rc1 Bf5 {black's initiative already outweighs the material deficit.})
8... Qa5 {I decided to play this move to force white to put his queen on d2.
If I had played} (8... O-O {then I was worried that white could play} 9. Bc4 {
followed by putting his knight on e2.}) (8... Nxc5 {was another alternative,
but I wasn't happy to give my opponent a tempo with} 9. Bb5+) 9. Rc1 {This was
a little surprising to me as I felt he would be forced to put his queen on d2
in any case.} O-O 10. Nf3 Nxc5 11. Qd2 {This was forced to prevent Ne4.} Rd8
12. Nd4 (12. Be2 Bg4 {gives black good compensation because o-o always allows
Na4.} 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Rac8 15. O-O (15. Rc2 Qa6 16. Be2 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxa2
{is also fine for black.}) 15... Na4) 12... e6 {Diagram [#] After this move I
was expecting Be2, after which I could take on d5 with an equal game. However,
my opponent played a more ambitious move, perhaps overlooking a tactical trick.
} 13. Bc4 $6 (13. Rb1 {is an interesting move suggested by the computer, but
after} Na6 $1 {black should still regain the pawn with an equal position.}) (
13. dxe6 {would be a very bad idea as after} Nxe6 {black will regain his pawn
whilst still maintaining the initiative.}) (13. Be2 exd5) 13... exd5 14. Nxd5 {
Diagram [#]} Nd3+ $1 {This is probably what my opponent missed.} 15. Bxd3 (15.
Kd1 {was the alternative, after which I had been trying to assess the
consequences of} Rxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd3 Qxg2 {I wasn't sure whether I
would have just enough or more than enough compensation here after} 18. Kc2
Qxf2+ 19. Kb1 {because after} Bf5 {I had seen that white could play} 20. e4 {
The computer now shows the strong move} (20. Nxf5 $4 Qxb2#) 20... Bg4 $1 {
which prevents a rook from coming to d1. After} (20... Bxd4 21. Rc2) 21. Nc2
Rd8 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 Be5 {black is better despite being down an exchange.}
) 15... Qxd5 16. O-O {My opponent had spent most of his time on the last few
moves, so I took some time here to try and calculate everything precisely.
Unfortunately, my calculations led me to believe that my opponent would still
be able to defend.} Bxd4 (16... Qxa2 {was the other option I considered, but
after} 17. Rc7 {I didn't think I was better due to white's activity.}) 17. exd4
(17. Bc4 $2 {would have led to a forced sequence of moves:} Qg5 18. f4 Bg7 {
(the best square because it controls f8)} 19. fxg5 Rxd2 20. Rxf7 Kh8 {and
black is up a piece}) 17... Qxd4 18. Rfd1 $2 {This was essentially the
decisive mistake. I had originally thought that this move was forced, but
during my deliberations before my 16th move I had seen a much stronger defence
here, namely} (18. Qc2 $1 {The bishop on d3 is immune to capture due to Rfd1
followed by taking my rook on d8 with check. However, after} Be6 {white is
still not out of the woods. The threat of capturing on d3 is renewed as well
as new ideas of Rac8 or even taking on a2. The only move now is} 19. Rcd1 $1 {
Now, due to the threat of Bxg6 I don't have time to do anything but move my
queen. After something like} Qb4 20. b3 Rac8 {black still has some pressure,
but white's position is sound.}) 18... Bf5 19. Rc3 Rd6 {My idea here was just
to triple on the d-file. It is extremely difficult for white to escape the pin
without incurring loss of material.} 20. Qc1 $2 (20. h3 Rad8 21. Qe2 {was the
last chance, after which I thought that even the simple} Bxd3 22. Rcxd3 Qxd3
23. Rxd3 Rxd3 {would give me good chances to win.}) 20... Rad8 21. h3 (21. Be2
Qxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rxd1+ $19) 21... Qa4 $1 {After this strong move black is
completely winning. White still can't escape the pin on the d-file, and in the
meantime black can grab material.} 22. Ra3 (22. b3 Qxa2 {wouldn't help much.})
22... Qd7 {Diagram [#] The final detail. White's bishop is undefendable, and
so my opponent resigned.} 0-1

[Event "2015 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team"]
[Site "Cleveland"]
[Date "2015.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "Baryshpolets, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Baryshpolets, Andriy"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.12.27"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Nf5 11. d5 Re8 12. Nd2 Rxe1 13. Qxe1 d6 14. Ne4
Bd4 15. c3 Bb6 16. Bf4 Bd7 17. Bd3 Ne7 18. c4 Ng6 19. Bg5 Qf8 20. Qc3 f5 21.
Nd2 Ne5 22. Bf4 Re8 23. b4 Qf6 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Qc1 c5 26. Nf3 Re8 27. a3 f4
28. h3 g5 29. Rb1 h5 30. bxc5 Bxc5 31. Rxb7 {Diagram [#]} g4 $1 {It is the
crucial moment for Black`s attack, after which White`s position collapses.} ({
Black has no time for} 31... Bc8 {, which runs into} 32. Qb2 $1 Qxb2 33. Rxb2
g4 34. Bg6 $1 $11) 32. Rxd7 ({Neither helps} 32. Nd2 Bxf2+ $1 33. Kxf2 Qd4+ {
mate in 10 9 [One sample line:} 34. Kf1 Qxd3+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Qe1+ {and if
} 37. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 38. Kh2 g3# {AL}) 32... gxf3 33. Qc2 ({On} 33. Qf1 {I was
planning to play} Qc3 ({even stronger} 33... Qg5 $19 {with the idea Re1}) 34.
Bh7+ Kf8 35. Kh2 Re1 36. Qd3 Qxd3 37. Bxd3 Re2 $1 38. gxf3 Rxf2+ 39. Kh1 Rxf3
$19 {ending up in the easily winning endgame.}) (33. Qb1 Bxf2+ $1 34. Kxf2 Qh4+
35. Kf1 fxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Qg3+ 37. Kf1 Qxh3+ 38. Kg1 Qxd7 $19) 33... Re1+ 34. Bf1
{Diagram [#]} Rxf1+ 35. Kh2 (35. Kxf1 Qa1+) 35... fxg2 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Rd8+
Qxd8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate"]
[Site "Cleveland USA"]
[Date "2015.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zherebukh, Y."]
[Black "Iotov, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Zherebukh, Yaro"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.12.27"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.04"]
[WhiteTeam "TEXAS TECH – B"]
[BlackTeam "UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS"]

{I am thrilled to win the Pan Am in Cleveland, OH as a Texas Tech team member.
The following game was played in the final round, and our coach Alex Onischuk
made it clear we have to win the match if we want to qualify for Final Four in
New York City. Luckily, I played my best game in years.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 $1 {"Manly" choice :) The most straightforward and the sharpest
attempt to gain the advantage.} Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 {Here I recalled the classical game
Botvinnik-Capablanca in 1938 (1-0) and my loss (as black!) against GM Borki
Predojevic in 2009. White's plan is clear: to prepare e4.} Re8 12. Ng3 Qd7 $2
13. Bf5 $1 {Now I got a bishop pair plus a flexible center. Combined these
advantages are a deadly weapon!} Qc7 14. Re1 Nc6 {Diagram [#]} 15. Ra2 $1 {
Manouver that I remembered from Kramnik-Polgar game in 2005.} Rad8 16. Rd2 $1
Na5 17. Bc2 Nc4 18. Rf2 Qd7 19. a4 {Since Black has no active plan, White can
sit back, relax, impove its position sligtly, and watch other teammates
playing.} Bb7 20. Qd3 Qd6 21. Nf5 Qe6 22. g4 {It's always a good idea to
attack the king if your opponent is in a time trouble. Here, Black gets
additional problems in defense.} g6 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. e4 $1 {Diagram [#]
Bishops are on fire!} cxd4 25. cxd4 dxe4 26. fxe4 Nd6 (26... Bxe4 27. Qf1 $18)
27. d5 Nxd5 (27... Bxd5 28. Bb2 Kxh6 29. Bxf6 Qxg4+ 30. Rg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2
Bxe4+ 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Qh3+ Rh4 34. Qxh4#) 28. Ref1 Rd7 (28... Qxe4 29. Rxf7+
Nxf7 30. Rxf7+ Kh8 31. Bb2+ $18) 29. exd5 Qxd5 30. Bb2+ Kf8 31. Qxd5 Bxd5 32.
Rd2 Be6 33. g5 {Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rosenthal, Nicholas"]
[Black "FM Griffith, Kyron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Annotator "Lawrence, Al"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.13"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 e5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Bc2 Re8 {The position resembles a classic closed Spanish
position with approximately equal chances for both sides.} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. a4
b6 13. Bg5 Nf8 14. Na3 Ng6 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Ne3 h6 17. Bxf6 Nf4 18. Qf1 Bxf6 19.
g3 Nh3+ 20. Kg2 Qc8 {Black has some tricks, but in reality the position is
still equal.} 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 e4 $11 23. Nd2 Ng5 (23... Nxf2 {Looked
equal, but I was going for more. In retrospect I should have gone for this
continuation.} 24. Qxf2 e3 25. Qf3 exd2 26. Rxd2 c4 $11) 24. h4 Qc6 (24... Qb7
$1 {Turns out defending a6 was crucial.}) 25. Kh2 (25. Kg1 $14 {In hindsight,
makes sense. The king never belonged on h2.}) 25... Nf3+ 26. Nxf3 exf3 27. Bd3
Re5 $6 {On the wrong path} (27... Qb7 {Staying calm was best}) 28. Bxa6 Rxf5 $4
{A lazy move. I hadn't even calculated white's next move.} (28... Bxh4 $1 29.
Bb5 (29. gxh4 Re4 {Didn't even see this} 30. Qh3 Qf6 $17) 29... Qe4 30. Bd3 Qg4
31. Qh3 Qxh3+ 32. Kxh3 Bf6 $14) 29. Bb5 $18 Qc7 30. Rd7 Qb8 31. Qc4 Be5 32. Qe4
g6 33. Rad1 Qe8 34. Re1 Rb8 {Surprisingly accurate play on both sides has kept
me from losing immediately. Computer still gives +3} 35. Rd3 Qe7 36. Kh3 Rh5 {
Black has about 2 minutes, white has 8.} (36... Rd8 {Apparently this isn't
losing to g4 like I thought?} 37. g4 Rf6 38. Qxe5 Re6 $11 {Gypsy magic}) 37.
Bc4 Kg7 {Not falling for 38. Qxg6+} 38. Rxf3 Rf8 39. Kg2 Qd6 40. g4 $1 {We
both thought this was a blunder until I spotted 43. Kh3. Luckily he didn't.}
Rxh4 41. Qxe5+ Qxe5 42. Rxe5 Rxg4+ {Diagram [#]} 43. Kf1 $4 (43. Kh3 Rxc4 44.
b3 {1-0}) 43... Rxc4 $15 {Still not easy to win by any means} 44. b3 Rh4 45. a5
Rh1+ $6 (45... bxa5 46. Rxc5 Rh1+ 47. Kg2 Ra1 $17) 46. Kg2 Rb1 47. c4 bxa5 48.
Rxc5 Ra1 49. Rc7 g5 50. c5 $2 (50. Ra7 {holds without difficulty} Kg6 51. c5
Rc1 52. Rxa5 f6 53. b4 Rc4 $11) 50... Rc1 51. c6 Kg6 52. Rd3 f6 53. Rd5 Rb8 54.
Rxa5 Rb6 55. b4 Rxb4 $19 56. Raa7 Kh5 57. Ra6 Rbc4 58. Rb6 f5 59. Rc8 Kg4 60.
Rh8 h5 61. Rb3 h4 62. Rd8 R1c2 63. Rd5 Rf4 64. Kg1 Rcxf2 65. Rd1 Rc2 66. Kh1
Rxc6 67. Rg1+ Kh5 68. Rb8 g4 69. Rg8 Rf3 70. Re1 Rg6 71. Rxg6 Kxg6 72. Kg2 Ra3
73. Re2 Kg5 74. Rb2 h3+ 75. Kh1 g3 76. Rb1 Kg4 77. Rg1 Ra2 78. Re1 f4 79. Rb1
Rf2 80. Kg1 h2+ 81. Kh1 g2+ 82. Kxh2 Rf1 83. Rxf1 gxf1=R {After this game I
think it is appropriate to go buy some Powerball tickets.} 0-1

[Event "London Chess Classic"]
[Site "0:01:33-0:00:33"]
[Date "2015.12.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Annotator "Saunders, John"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2015.12.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb4+ 14. Nc3 Nb6
15. O-O O-O (15... Nxd4 16. Bxb7 Rxh3) 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bc5 18. Nc3 Bd4 19.
Qf3 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Bf4 Rad8 22. Rad1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Na4 24. c4 Nc3 25.
Rd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Ne2+ 27. Kh2 Rd8 28. Be3 Nc3 29. a3 Rd3 30. Rc1 Nd1 31. Be4
Rd7 32. Bc5 Nb2 33. Rc2 Na4 34. Be3 Nb6 35. c5 Nd5 36. Rd2 Nf6 37. Rxd7 Nxd7 {
Diagram [#]} 38. Kg3 Kf8 39. f4 Nf6 40. Bf3 Ke7 41. f5 gxf5 42. gxf5 Kd7 43.
Kf4 Ne8 44. Kg5 Ke7 45. Bf4 a6 46. h4 Kf8 47. Bg3 Nf6 48. Bd6+ Ke8 49. Kf4 Nd7
50. Bg2 Kd8 51. Kg5 Ke8 52. h5 Nf6 53. h6 Nh7+ 54. Kh5 Nf6+ 55. Kg5 Nh7+ 56.
Kh4 gxh6 57. Kh5 Nf6+ 58. Kxh6 Ng4+ 59. Kg7 Nd4 60. Be4 (60. Bxb7 Nxf5+ 61. Kh7
Nxd6 62. cxd6 Kd7 63. Bxa6 Kxd6) 60... Nf2 61. Bb1 Ng4 62. Bf4 f6 63. Be4 Nf2
64. Bb1 Ng4 65. Be4 Nf2 66. Bxb7 Nd3 (66... Nxf5+ 67. Kxf6 Nd4 68. c6 Nxc6 69.
Bxc6+ Kd8 70. Ke6 Nd3 71. Bd6) 67. Kxf6 {Diagram [#]} Nxf4 (67... Nxc5 68. Bd5)
68. Ke5 Nfe2 69. f6 a5 70. a4 Kf7 71. Bd5+ {Diagram [#]} Kf8 (71... Kg6) 72.
Ke4 (72. Kd6 Nc3) (72. c6 Nxc6+ 73. Bxc6 Kf7 74. Bd5+ Ke8) 72... Nc2 (72... Ke8
73. Ke3 Kf8 74. Bc4 Ke8 75. Bxe2 Ne6 76. Bh5+ Kd8 77. c6) 73. c6 Nc3+ 74. Ke5
Nxa4 75. Bb3 Nb6 76. Bxc2 a4 77. c7 Kf7 78. Bxa4 1-0

[Event "Atlantic Ocean cons"]
[Site "Atlantic Ocean"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {Diagram [#]} 4. Bc4 (4. Ba4) (4. Bxc6) 4... Nf6
5. d3 (5. Ng5) (5. Nc3) (5. O-O) 5... Bc5 6. Nc3 (6. c3) (6. O-O) (6. h3) (6.
Bg5) (6. Be3) 6... d6 7. Be3 (7. Bg5) 7... Be6 (7... Bb6 8. Bxb6) (7... Bg4) 8.
Bxe6 fxe6 (8... Bxe3 9. Bxf7+) 9. Bxc5 dxc5 10. b3 O-O 11. Na4 Qd6 (11... b5
12. Nxc5 Qe7) 12. Nb2 b5 13. a4 Nd4 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Rxa8 16. O-O Ra2 17.
Qb1 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qa6 19. Na4 Ra3 20. Nxc5 Qc6 21. b4 (21. Qb2 Qxc5) 21... Nh5
(21... Ra8) 22. Qb2 Ra8 (22... Qa8 23. Qxe5) 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.02.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#1"]
[Black "Desperado"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/5ppp/4b3/2b5/2B5/4N3/5PP1/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Bxe3 2. Bxe6 Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Esen, Baris"]
[Black "Karavade, Eesha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2379"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Nf3
Bd6 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 Qb6 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Bb5+ Bd7
15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 O-O 18. O-O-O Qc6+ 19. Qc2 Qxc2+ 20. Kxc2
Nb6 21. Kb3 Nd5 22. g3 Rfc8 23. Rc1 Kf8 24. Nd6 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ke7 26. Rc8 Rxc8
27. Nxc8+ Kd7 28. Nxa7 {Diagram [#]} Ne3 29. Nb5 Nf1 30. Nd6 Nxh2 31. Nxb7 Nf1
32. Nc5+ (32. a4 Nxg3 33. a5 Kc7 34. Nd6 h5 35. Nxf7 (35. a6 Kb6) 35... Ne4 36.
a6 Kb6 37. Nd6) 32... Kc6 33. Ne4 Kd5 34. Nc3+ Kd4 {Diagram [#]} (34... Kc5 35.
Ne2 g5 36. fxg5 (36. Kc2 gxf4 37. gxf4 Ne3+ 38. Kd3 Nd5 {Diagram [#]} 39. Ke4)
36... hxg5 37. a4 Nd2+ 38. Kc3 Ne4+ 39. Kd3 Nf2+ 40. Kc2 (40. Ke3 Nd1+) 40...
Kb4) 35. a4 (35. Kb4) 35... Nxg3 (35... Kc5 36. Ne4+ Kb6 37. Kb4) 36. Kb4 h5
37. a5 h4 38. a6 h3 39. a7 (39. Nd1 h2 40. Nf2 Ke3 (40... Ne4 41. Nh1) 41. Ng4+
) 39... h2 40. a8=Q h1=Q 41. Qa7+ Kd3 42. Qxf7 Qc6 43. Qxg7 Nf5 44. Qg1 Qc4+ (
44... Ne3 45. Qb1+ Nc2+ 46. Ka5 Qc7+ 47. Ka6 Qc6+) 45. Ka5 Qxf4 46. Qb1+ Ke3
47. Qe1+ Kf3 (47... Kd3 48. Qe2+ Kd4 49. Nb5+ Kc5) 48. Qe2+ Kg3 49. Ne4+ Kh3
50. Qh5+ Nh4 (50... Kg2 51. Qg5+) 51. Nc5 Kg3 52. b4 Qc1 (52... Qe3 53. Ka4)
53. Ne4+ Kh3 54. Nf2+ Kg3 55. Qg4+ Kxf2 56. Qxh4+ Kf3 57. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cheron, Andre"]
[Black "Study"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/8/4N3/5n1P/8/8/8/K7 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "5"]

1. Ng7+ Nxg7 2. h6 Kf7 3. h7 1-0

[Event "World Team Championship 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Nf3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg5 Ba6 10. Qc3 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. g3 Bb7 13. Bg2 Na6 14. O-O c5
15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nc5 19. b4 Nb3 20. Rxc8 Rxc8
21. Qd7 Rf8 22. f4 Qf5 23. Rf3 Qc2 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Nc1 26. Rd2 Rc8 27. h4
h5 28. b5 Rc7 29. Nc6 Kh7 30. Rb2 a5 31. Kf2 Rd7 32. Ne5 Rc7 33. Rd2 f6 34. Nd7
Nb3 35. Nf8+ Kg8 36. Rd7 Rxd7 37. Nxd7 Nd4 38. a4 Nxb5 {Diagram [#]} 39. axb5 (
39. Nxb6) 39... a4 40. Nc5 a3 (40... bxc5 41. b6 a3 42. b7 a2 43. b8=Q+) 41.
Nb3 a2 42. Ke3 Kf7 43. Kd4 Ke7 44. e4 e5+ 45. fxe5 Ke6 46. Na1 fxe5+ 47. Kc3 g5
48. Kb2 gxh4 49. gxh4 Kd6 50. Nb3 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2013.05.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[Annotator "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. a3 Nge7 7. Rb1 O-O 8. O-O
a5 9. Ne1 d6 10. Nc2 a4 11. Ne3 {When playing against LarryC it is not a bad
idea to play as boring as boring gets.} Nd4 12. d3 h6 13. Re1 Qa5 14. Ned5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Kh7 16. Be3 Nb3 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. Nd2 f5 19. Nxb3 axb3 20. Bd2 Bd7 21.
e3 Rae8 22. Bc3 Re7 {Diagram [#]} 23. a4 $1 {This subtle pawn push
surprisingly gives White a great advantage. Black could technically ignore the
pawn, but after 24.a5 he no longer has a way of defending b3.} Bxa4 24. Ra1 Ra8
(24... Qa6 25. Ra3 {will eventually cost black material: he has no good way of
defending against Qe2 and Rea1.} b5 26. cxb5 Qxb5 27. Qa1 Ra7 28. Bxb3 $1 {is
an important resource, after which White is close to winning.}) 25. e4 $1 {
This is the point. I have no way of improving the pressure on the a-file, but
I don't have to. With Black's rook tied down to defending the bishop and the
bishop itself being pinned on the a-file, I plan to use the few tempi I have
to explode the kingside and get a winning attack. For this reason I start by
threatening exf5 followed by Qh5.} f4 {Logically trying to keep the position
closed, but it is of no use.} (25... Ree8 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Qh5 Rf8 28. Be6 $16
) 26. gxf4 exf4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Qf3 {Black has no good way of defending the
f4 pawn.} Re5 (28... g5 29. h4 $18 {is simply too much initiative. White will
follow up with Kf1-e2 or Kh2 Rg1 depending on the needs of the position.}) 29.
Qxf4 Rf8 30. Qe3 Bc6 $16 {Black has unpinned himself but the damage is done.
White's structure is far superior and my pawns start rolling.} 31. f4 Rh5 32.
Qg3 Bxd5 33. exd5 {Black prevented me from taking with the c-pawn, but the
fact that he had to give up the e-file is probably even worse.} Rhf5 34. Re6
R8f6 35. Ra8 Rxe6 36. dxe6 Qc7 37. Re8 d5 38. e7 Kf7 39. Rh8 Kxe7 40. Qxg6 1-0

