[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.08.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E58"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rq1k1/4rppp/2n3b1/pp2P3/2pP1QB1/P1P1R3/1B4PP/4R1K1 b - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

25... Re6 26. a4 Ne7 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Qf1 Nd5 29. Rf3 Bd3 30. Rxd3 cxd3 31.
Qxd3 b4 32. cxb4 axb4 33. a5 Ra8 34. Ra1 Qc6 35. Bc1 Qc7 36. a6 Qb6 37. Bd2 b3
38. Qc4 h6 39. h3 b2 40. Rb1 Kh8 41. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogoveen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM David Barmidze"]
[Black "GM Alexander Motylev"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
f3 Qb6 {Diagram [#]} 9. Bb3 Nxe4 (9... Ng4 10. Nd5 Qa5+ 11. c3) 10. Nd5 Qa5+
11. c3 Bxd4 (11... Nc5 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Nxe7+) 12. Bxd4 Nc5 13. Bc4 Ne6 14.
Be3 Qd8 15. Qd2 d6 16. h4 Na5 17. Be2 Ng7 18. h5 e6 19. Bg5 f6 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6
21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qd4 e5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qd5+ Be6 25. Qxa5 Qg5 26. g4 Qe3 27.
Qb4 Bd5 28. Rd1 Bxf3 29. Qc4+ d5 30. Rxd5 Ne6 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rd7+ Kf6 33. Rf1
Rc8 34. Rxf3+ Qxf3 35. Qxc8 Qg3+ 36. Kd1 Qg1+ 37. Kc2 Qg2 38. Qh8+ *

[Event "Leningrad Interzonal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1973.06.21"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Wolfgang Uhlmann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1973.06.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. Be2 Qb6 13. Bxe7 {Diagram [#]}
Nxe7 (13... Bxe7 14. Qxd5 Rad8 15. Qe4) 14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. Nfxd4 Bd7 16. Rad1
Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Kf8 18. c3 a5 19. a3 a4 20. Na1 Nc8 21. Nac2 Nb6 22. Ne3 Bf4 23.
Ndc2 Be6 24. Rd4 Bxe3 25. Nxe3 Nc4 26. Red1 Rdc8 27. Nxd5 Nxb2 28. Rb1 Bxd5 29.
Rxd5 Nc4 30. Rxb7 Na5 31. Rbb5 Nc4 32. Rd7 g6 33. f4 Ra6 34. Rb4 Rac6 35. Bd3
Kg7 36. Rd4 Nxa3 37. c4 Ra6 38. Kf2 Ra5 39. Ke3 Rc7 40. Kd2 h5 41. Re4 Rd7 42.
Re1 Rc5 43. Rc1 Rd4 44. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Rosenwald 1954/55"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1954.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E70"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1954.12.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. f4 c5 8. d5 {
Diagram [#]} a6 (8... b5 9. cxb5 a6) (8... Qa5) 9. Nf3 b5 10. Bd3 b4 11. Ne2
Bg4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rae1 Rae8 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 e6 17. dxe6
Rxe6 18. Ng3 Nh7 19. Nf1 Ndf6 20. f5 Re7 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. e5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5
dxe5 24. Bxg6 e4 25. Rg3 Qe5 26. Ne3 Qf4 27. Qe1 Ng5 28. Rxg5 hxg5 29. Bg3 Nh5
30. Bxf4 Nxf4 31. Bf5 Bd4 32. Bg4 Nd3 33. Qe2 Rf2 34. Qxf2 Nxf2 35. Kxf2 Bxb2
36. Bf5 a5 37. Bxe4 a4 38. Bc2 b3 39. axb3 a3 40. Bb1 Kf7 41. Kf3 Ke6 42. Ke4
Be5 43. Nc2 Bb2 44. b4 1-0

[Event "Dallas"]
[Site "Dallas, TX USA"]
[Date "1957.12.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1957.11.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. Rc1 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. f3 {Diagram [#]} g5
14. O-O Be5 15. Rfd1 d6 16. b3 Bf4 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 f6 20.
Kf2 Kf7 21. Ke3 Rac8 22. Rdc2 h5 23. Bf1 Ng7 24. Bd3 e5 25. Nc3 Rhd8 26. Rd2 h4
27. Bf1 Bc6 28. Rcd1 Ke7 29. g3 hxg3 30. hxg3 g4 31. f4 Nh5 32. Be2 Rg8 33.
Rxd6 Nxg3 34. f5 Nh5 35. Re6+ Kf8 36. Rg1 Bd7 37. Rd6 Ke7 38. Rdd1 Nf4 39. Rxg4
Rxg4 40. Bxg4 b5 41. Nd5+ Nxd5+ 42. cxd5 Rc2 43. d6+ Kf8 44. Rh1 Rc3+ 45. Kf2
Rc6 46. Rh8+ Kg7 47. Ra8 a6 48. Ke3 Rxd6 49. Bh5 Kh6 50. Bg6 b4 51. Bf7 Bb5 52.
Bd5 Rd7 53. Kf3 Rg7 54. Rf8 Kg5 55. Ke3 Rc7 56. Rg8+ Kh4 57. Rg6 Rc3+ 58. Kd2
Rd3+ 59. Kc1 Rf3 60. Rxf6 Rf1+ 61. Kd2 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bratislava"]
[Site "Bratislava"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Konstantin Zaivelevich Lerner"]
[Black "Jan Smejkal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8.
Kf1 Ne6 9. b4 cxb4 10. Ne2 {Diagram [#]} Nd7 11. d4 Nb6 12. Bd3 g6 13. h4 Bg7
14. h5 gxh5 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rb1 a5 17. d5 Nf8 18. Nf4 Rg8 19. e5 e6 20. Nd4
Nxd5 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Rxh5 Qe7 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Ne6 25. Qxd5 h6 26. Rd1
Rd8 27. Qb5+ Rd7 28. Rc1 Qd8 29. Bb6 Qb8 30. Rc7 Qd8 31. Rxb7 Qc8 32. Bc7 Bxe5
33. Bxe6 Bxc7 34. Bxd7+ Qxd7 35. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "Vigo Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "NM Luis Santos"]
[Black "IM Francisco Trois"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. d4 {
Diagram [#]} *

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "7.39"]
[White "Yasser Seirawan"]
[Black "Danilo Milanovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. g4 Bg7 10. Kg2 Na6 11. f3 Qb6 12. Nge2 Nc7 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. b3 O-O
15. Bb2 Ne5 16. Qd2 Qa6 17. Rhd1 Rab8 18. h3 Rb4 19. f4 Nd7 20. Qc2 Rfb8 21.
Bc1 c4 22. Be3 Qa3 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 cxb3 25. axb3 Rxb3 26. Rxb3 Rxb3 27.
Ne2 Ne8 28. Ra1 Qb4 29. Ra8 Kf8 {Diagram [#]} 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladislav Kovalev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]

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 Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qg3 Nc5 17. Ba2 a5 18. f4 Rab8 19. Qf2 Na4 20. Rab1 c5 21.
e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Rbe1 Qc7 25. Re4 Nxb2 26. Qf5 h6 27.
Re6 Rb6 {Diagram [#]} 28. Bg6 (28. Qh7+ Kxh7 29. Bg6+ Kg8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31.
Re8#) 28... Rg8 29. Re8 Rf6 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Qd5+ Kf8 32. Re1 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "2.75"]
[White "Daniel Fridman"]
[Black "Sipke Ernst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Ne5 e6 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. Bg2 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Nbd7 12. g5 Ng8 13. h4 Ne7 14. Qg4 Qa5
15. a3 Nf5 16. O-O-O Qa4 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Kb1 Ne5 19. Qe2 Nc6 20. h5 gxh5 21.
Rxh5 Rxh5 22. Qxh5 Ke7 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. g6 f6 25. Bh3 Nh6 26. Qe2 f5 27. Qh5 Qa5
28. Nb3 Qb5 29. Qh4+ Kf8 30. Nc5 Kg8 31. Bf1 Qb6 32. Nxe6 Re8 33. Nf4 Ne7 {
Diagram [#]} 34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "World Blitz Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5
a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Nd3 c4 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Nc5 e5 14. b3 cxb3 15.
axb3 Re8 16. O-O Ng4 17. g3 Qh6 18. h4 Ra7 19. Kg2 Rae7 20. Nf3 e4 21. Nh2 Nxh2
22. Kxh2 g5 23. Rh1 gxh4 24. Kg1 h3 25. Nxa6 Ra7 26. Nc5 Rxa1 27. Qxa1 Bg4 28.
Kh2 Qf6 29. Qb2 Qf3 30. Rg1 Ra8 31. c4 Kg7 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. b4 Rb8 34. Na6 Rb6
35. Nc7 Rxb4 36. Qa2 Ra4 37. Qb2 Ra5 38. Ne8+ Kg6 39. Nc7 h5 40. Qc2 Kh7 41.
Qb2 Qf6 42. Rc1 Qf3 43. Rg1 Qf5 44. Rc1 Ra7 45. Ne8 Qf3 46. Rg1 Ra6 47. Qc2 {
Diagram [#]} Re6 48. Nc7 Rc6 49. Qxc6 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "1.51"]
[White "Ottomar Ladva"]
[Black "Alexander Onischuk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 Bxf4 12. exf4 b6 13. f5 c5 14. Bg5 cxd4
15. Nb5 Nc6 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. Bb1 Ba6 18. Qa4 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Ne5 20. Qb4 Nc4 21.
b3 a5 22. Qa4 b5 23. Qxb5 Nxa3 24. Qd3 Qb6 25. Rfd1 h6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27. Qd2
Nxb1 28. Rxb1 Re3 29. Ra1 Rae8 30. Rxa5 d3 31. Rxd5 {Diagram [#]} Qb6 32. Kh1
Qxb3 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Championship"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Yuriy Kryvoruchko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Bf4 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c6 13. Qa4 Bd6 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. c4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qe7 17. Red1 Rfd8 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qd4
Rac8 21. Rac1 Rc5 22. f4 g6 23. Kg2 Rdc8 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Rd3 Qe6 26. a3 Qc6
27. h3 Qe6 28. Rd2 h5 29. Rd3 Qc8 30. Rd2 Qe6 31. Qa4 Ra5 32. Qb4 Rc5 33. Qa4
Ra5 34. Qb3 Qc6 35. Qf3 Rc5 36. Rd3 Rc2 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Qe6 39. Rxd5 Rxe2+
40. Kg3 Ra2 41. f5 gxf5 42. gxf5 Qh6 43. Kg4 Qg7+ 44. Kh3 Qh6+ 45. Kg4 Rh2 46.
Qg3 Kh7 47. e6 Rh5 48. Qf2 Qg5+ 49. Kf3 {Diagram [#]} Qxf5+ 50. Rxf5 Rxf5+ 51.
Ke3 Rxf2 52. e7 Rf6 53. e8=Q Re6+ 0-1

[Event "Alburt Simul"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.11.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Clinton, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "1532"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.05"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 {Diagram [#]} (3. Nf3 Bb4+) 3... Nc6 (3... Bb4+) (3...
d5) (3... c5 4. Nf3 (4. d5)) (3... e5) 4. Bg2 b6 (4... Rb8 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O b5
7. Nbd2 (7. b3)) 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 Na5 7. e4 (7. d6 Bb7 8. Bxb7 Nxb7 9. dxc7
Qxc7) 7... Ba6 {Diagram [#]} 8. e5 (8. Nd2) (8. Ne2) 8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qe7 10.
f4 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 {Diagram [#]} c6 (11... O-O 12. d6 cxd6) 12. b4 (12. d6 Qe6
13. Bh3 Qd5 14. exf6 Qxh1 15. Ndf3) 12... Nc4 (12... Qxb4 13. exf6 O-O) 13. Qe2
Nxd5 14. Bxd5 (14. Nxc4 Qxb4+) 14... cxd5 15. a3 d6 16. exd6 Qxe2+ (16... Nxd6)
17. Nxe2 Kd7 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. Nd4 {Diagram [#]} g6 20. Kd2 Rhe8 21. Rhe1 Kxd6
22. g4 (22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1) 22... Re4 (22... a5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Re1) 23.
Rxe4 dxe4 24. b5 (24. Kc3) (24. Ke3) 24... Kc5 (24... Rc8) 25. Ke3 {Diagram [#]
} Bxb5 (25... a6) 26. Rc1+ Bc4 27. f5 (27. Nb3+ Kd5 28. Nd2 Ba6 29. Nxe4) 27...
b5 28. h4 a5 29. g5 Rd8 30. Rd1 Bd3 (30... Rd6) 31. Rc1+ Bc4 (31... Kb6 32.
Rc6+ Kb7 33. Rf6) (31... Kd5) 32. Rd1 Bd3 (32... Rd6) 33. Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "U.S. Amateur Team East"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Molner, Mackenzie"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "Larry Kaufman"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.02.15"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.19"]

1. e4 e5 {Although we're both GMs, I was outrated by over 150 rating points so
I was just aiming for a draw at this point. This match was critical to our
success.} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 {Unusual but not
bad.} h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. O-O d6 9. Nbd2 $6 Nh5 (9... Na5 $1 $11) 10. Bxe7 {10.
Bg3 was better to avoid ...Nf4.} (10. Bg3) 10... Qxe7 11. Re1 (11. Bb3 $1)
11... Nf4 12. Nf1 $1 $15 {Diagram [#]} (12. b4 $1) 12... Na5 $1 {Black is now
better as he gets in . ..f5 without loss of time.} 13. Bb5 f5 14. Ne3 c6 15.
Ba4 b5 16. Bc2 fxe4 17. dxe4 Nc4 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Rb1 Kh8 $6 {Unnecessary; 19...
Rad8 was better with a clear advantage.} (19... Rad8) 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. b3 cxb3
22. axb3 Rad8 23. c4 $6 Qf6 $1 {Black is now winning.} 24. Rb2 d5 25. cxd5 cxd5
26. exd5 {Diagram [#]} e4 (26... Bxd5 $1 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 e4
30. Rxe4 Qg6 31. Rxf4 Rxf4 {was a cleaner win but too difficult to see.}) 27.
Rd2 $2 (27. Qd4 exf3 28. Qxf6 gxf6 29. dxe6 Rg8 30. g4 Nd3 31. Rbb1 Nxe1 32.
Rxe1 Rge8 33. h3 Rxe6 {Black wins the Exchange but his poor pawn structure at
least gives White some hope for a draw.}) 27... exf3 28. dxe6 Rxd2 29. Qxd2
fxg2 30. Qd1 Qxe6 (30... Nh3+ 31. Kxg2 Nxf2 {was even better.}) 31. Qg4 Qxb3
32. Nf5 Qc3 33. Rd1 Nh3+ 34. Kxg2 Nxf2 35. Kxf2 Qc2+ 36. Kg1 Rxf5 37. h4 Qf2+
38. Kh1 Rf4 39. Rd8+ Kh7 {Diagram [#] White overstepped but it's time to
resign anyway.} 0-1

[Event "World Amateur Team"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.02.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Henry, Qi"]
[Black "Andrew, Ardito"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2214"]
[Annotator "Henry QI"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.16"]

{This was round 5 against the "Straight out of Compensation". We managed to
win 2.5-1.5. I was white.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6
6. f3 d5 {I did not expect this. I thought that he would've went c5} 7. cxd5
exd5 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. Ne2 Re8 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c5 13. Ng3 Nc6 14.
Bb2 c4 15. Qd2 Re6 16. Rae1 Qe7 17. Nf5 Qc7 (17... Qf8 {would have stop my
threat}) 18. e4 dxe4 19. Qg5 ({d5 does not work} 19. d5 e3 20. Rxe3 Rxe3 21.
Nxe3 Rd8) 19... g6 {Diagram [#]} (19... Ne8 20. fxe4) 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. fxe4
Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Qf6+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Rxf7+ Kd6 26. Qf6+ Re6 27.
Qf4+ {Diagram [#] If our team got a half point less then we wouldn't had get
the win. Luckily I saw this combination and got the point for second board.}
1-0

[Event "US Eastern Team Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Li, Ethan"]
[Black "Rubenchik, Rodion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[Annotator "Li,Ethan"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 (9... Be7 {forcing Nxg6 is the line} 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. cxd5
cxd5 12. O-O-O {is complex}) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 {I had
calculated an exchange sacrifice going into this line. I am convinced I have
compensation} 13. e4 $5 dxe4 14. fxe4 {Diagram [#]} O-O (14... Ng4 {was the
critical test} 15. Be2 Nf2 16. Rdf1 Nxh1 17. Qxf7+ Kd8 18. Rxh1 $13 {Black's
weak pawns, his weak king, and misplaced pieces in general give me strong play}
) 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5+ 17. Kb1 Nb6 18. h4 (18. Rc1 {This is not effective.
Black gains back the tempo after bringing his rook to c8. Also, I am helping
his queen go to a better square (d7)} Qd7 19. h4 Rac8) 18... Nc4 19. Bxc4 (19.
Bc1 a5 20. h5 g5 21. h6 g6 {I did not see anything concrete for my attack, and
meanwhile his pawns are coming very quickly} 22. e6 fxe6) 19... Qxc4 (19...
dxc4 20. Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:19] Black has to trade queens to relieve the pressure,
and he has wasted time by not trading queens on move}) 20. Qxc4 dxc4 21. d5 Bc5
22. Bf4 {Here I thought I had a stronger position, but it would be difficult
to prove} Rfe8 23. d6 Rad8 24. Rd5 Bb6 (24... Bf2 {tying down my rook to
defending the h pawn} 25. Rc1 $5 Bxh4 26. Rxc4 {This looks strong}) 25. Rc1 Rd7
26. Rxc4 f6 27. a4 $6 {I was trying to provoke ...a6 or ...a5 to prepare my e6
tactic. However, I misjudged which line was best for Black. This seems to
actually weaken my position in one of the lines, as the a4 pawn becomes a
target} (27. e6 {here is too early} Rxe6 28. Rc7 Rd8 (28... Bxc7 29. dxc7 Re1+
30. Kc2 Rxd5 31. c8=Q+ Kh7 32. Qxb7 Re2+ 33. Kb3) 29. Rxb7 {I didn't see much
here, but looking now I think I have strong pressure}) 27... a6 {Diagram [#]}
28. e6 $6 {perhaps I should have just played the position up a pawn} (28. a5 {
this intermediate move does not seem to do much} Bd8 29. e6 Rxe6 30. Rc7 Bxc7
31. dxc7 Re1+ 32. Ka2 Rxd5 33. c8=Q+ Kh7 34. Qxb7 $2 Rxa5+ 35. Kb3 Rb5+) 28...
Rxe6 29. Rc7 $1 Bxc7 30. dxc7 Re1+ 31. Ka2 Rxd5 32. c8=Q+ Kh7 {Here I thought
for a long time. In my calculations I assumed that being up a piece would make
this position easy to win. However, Black's king is very well defended, making
it difficult for me to make progress} 33. Qxb7 Rd4 34. g3 Rxa4+ 35. Kb3 Raa1 (
35... Ree4 {I tried to look at some lines where I could use the positioning of
Black's rooks to tie them down} 36. Bd2 a5 37. Bc3 Rg4 38. Qd7 {for example,
and now Qxa4 and Bxf6 are threatened}) 36. Qf3 {I definitely need to execute
h5 to get any chance of play against his king} a5 37. Bd2 a4+ 38. Kc2 Rf1 39.
Qe4 Rf5 40. g4 Rc5+ 41. Bc3 a3 42. h5 $2 {premature} (42. b4 $1 {my opponent
pointed this out to me after the game. It is very strong. By keeping the
queenside pawns on the board, I erase any chances for him to build a fortress}
Rc8 43. h5 {and Black is just lost}) 42... axb2 (42... Rg5 43. Bxf6 gxf6 44.
Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qf8+ Kh7 46. h6) 43. hxg6+ Kh6 44. Kxb2 Rxc3 $6 (44... Rd1 45. Bd4
{might have been a better way to set up the fortress} Rxd4 46. Qxd4 Rb5+ 47.
Kc2 Kxg6 {I do not see how to make progress here}) 45. Qf4+ {at the time I
thought this was clever, but now I am not sure} ({Stockfish 7 likes} 45. Qd5 $1
{-AL} Rh3 46. Kxa1 Kxg6 47. Qf5+ Kf7 48. g5) 45... Kxg6 46. Qf5+ Kf7 47. Kxc3
g5 48. Qd7+ $2 {I was trying to throw in some checks just for the
psychological aspect, but this is just a blunder. I cannot let his king get to
g7} (48. Qh7+ Kf8 49. Kb4) (48. Qd5+ Kg7 49. Qe6 Rg1 50. Kb4 Rc1 51. Qd7+ Kg6
52. Qe8+ Kg7 53. Qe6 Rc7 54. Kb5 Ra7 55. Qd6 Kf7 56. Qd3 Kg7 57. Qe4 Rc7 58.
Kb6 Rc1 59. Qe7+ Kg6 60. Qe6 Kg7 61. Qe2 Kf7 62. Qe3 Ra1 63. Kc6 Ra6+ 64. Kc7
Ra1 65. Qd3 Kg7 66. Qe2 Ra5 67. Qe7+ Kg8 68. Kb6 Ra1 69. Qxf6 Rb1+ 70. Kc7 Rc1+
71. Kd6 Rd1+) 48... Kg6 49. Qf5+ {Diagram [#]} Kf7 $2 (49... Kg7 {I think this
draws}) 50. Qh7+ Kf8 51. Kd4 {I should have paid more attention to Kb4 also,
but I am not sure how good it is} (51. Kb4 Rc1 {maybe he can cut me off here.
I don't think I have any checks to win the rook}) 51... Ra5 52. Qc7 Re5 53. Qh7
Ra5 54. Kc4 Re5 55. Kb4 {I like this combination very much. I forced his rook
to d5 so that I could use it to draw his king out} (55. Qg6 Ke7 56. Qg7+ Ke6
57. Qf8 Kd7) 55... Rd5 56. Qg6 Ke7 57. Qg7+ Ke6 58. Qg8+ {and now ...Ke7 is
impossible since Black must guard his rook} Ke5 59. Qe8+ (59. Qb8+ Ke4 60. Qe8+
(60. Qb7 Kd4)) 59... Kf4 60. Qe6 Re5 $2 {just loses the pawn} (60... Rd4+ {was
more resilient, but my opponent and I found this combination after the game}
61. Kc3 Re4 62. Qf5+ Ke3 63. Qxf6 Rxg4 64. Qe5+ Kf3 65. Kd3 {Black's problem
is that he can never execute something like ...Rf4 since he always must guard
his g pawn} Rg3 66. Qf5+ Kg2+ 67. Ke2 g4 68. Qh5 Kg1 69. Qh4 Rg2+ 70. Ke1 g3
71. Qh3 {and I win the pawn}) 61. Qxf6+ Ke4 {Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "World Team"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dehmelt, Karl"]
[Black "Qi, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "Lawrence,Al"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.16"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 {The Austrian Attack a very popular choice
nowadays against the Modern Defense. White takes advantage of Black's
invitation to build a big center.} Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 {Less popular than 5. ... 0-0.
} 6. dxc5 (6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6 {is a line that "creates complications
to suit even the most tactically inclined player!" according to renowned coach
GM Alex Chernin in his book "Pirc Alert!"}) 6... Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Qe2 Bg4 {
Both sides are following theory. 8. ... 0-0 right away is played somewhat more
often, but not with better results.} 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 {White, who
has been following a well-trodden path, now chooses a plausibe but rare
alternative.} Nc6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd7 14. Bd2 Qd8 15. Kh1 Rc8 16. Rab1 Nb6
17. Rfe1 (17. Nd5 {looks attractive, with ideas similar to the game. After 17.
Rfe1, the game is equal.}) 17... Na5 18. Nd5 Nac4 $1 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Bc3 Bxc3
21. Qxc3 Nb6 (21... e6 22. Nf6+ {Diagram [#] Black moves into a discovered
check, but there appears to be no advantage for White!} Kh8 23. Nh5+ (23. Qd4
Qb6) (23. Ng4+ e5 (23... Ne5 24. Qd4 Rc4 25. Nxe5 (25. Qf2 Nxg4 26. hxg4))) (
23. Nd5+ f6 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3) 23... e5) 22. Qd3 Nxd5 {Until this decision,
the game has remained essentially even. Now Black exposes e7 as a backward
pawn. Dehmelt uses the opportunity skillfully, creating a second
weakness--against Black's king.} (22... e6) (22... Nc4) 23. exd5 Re8 24. f5 $1
Qd7 25. Rf1 $1 Qa4 26. c3 Qc4 27. Qf3 Rf8 28. Rbd1 Qb5 29. Rf2 Qd7 30. Qg4 Rc7
31. Rdf1 b5 32. Rf4 Kg7 33. Re4 f6 34. Qe2 Re8 35. Re6 Rcc8 36. Rf4 Qb7 37.
fxg6 hxg6 38. Qd3 Rc4 $2 {Black has a tough game to defend and falls into a
trap. 38. ... Kf7 or 38. ... Rg8 may be best.} (38... Kf7) (38... Rg8) 39. Rf3
(39. Rfxf6 {is also strong.} exf6 40. Rxe8) 39... Rc7 40. Rg3 $1 g5 41. Rxg5+ {
1-0, It's mate in 5; for example--} fxg5 42. Qg6+ Kf8 43. Qf5+ Kg8 44. Rg6+ Kh7
45. Qf7+ Kh8 46. Rh6# {Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "USATE"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benjamin, Phyllis"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Jane"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "Lawrence, Al"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bc4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (6... Qxd7
7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1+ Be7 9. Qe2 Nc6) 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. O-O Ngf6 9. d3 (9. Re1 Nf8 (
9... O-O 10. Qxe7) 10. d3 Ng6 11. Nc3 O-O) 9... O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qd1 Qc7 12.
Qd2 Bd6 13. g3 Rxe1+ 14. Nxe1 Re8 15. Nc3 d4 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Ng2
Ne5 19. Qf4 Qd5 20. Kh1 {Diagram [#]} Nxd3 21. Qd2 Re1+ 22. Qxe1 Nxe1 23. Kg1
Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team West"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chirila, Ioan Cristian"]
[Black "De Guzman, Ricardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[Annotator "Chirila Cristian"]
[PlyCount "139"]

{The merging round brought many interesting battles--one of them was between
the newly founded 'The Notorious BAC' and the reigning champions 'Norcal House
Of Chess'. I was facing one of my regular rivals in the Bay Area, and I was
eager to get revenge for my last game against him in which I blundered my
queen in a winning position.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 {
I did not expect him to play the KID and ultimately decided to stir the game
into unexplored waters.} O-O 6. e3 c5 {In my opinion this is the best way to
combat White's setup. Black can try to break the center in KID fashion with
e7-e5, but I believe the game continuation is much more effective.} ({An
instructive game continued} 6... Nbd7 7. Be2 e5 8. dxe5 $5 dxe5 9. O-O h6 10.
Bh4 c6 {After this move, which carefully prevents the knight jump to d5, the
d6-square will become White's main target.} 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Rad1
Nc5 14. b4 Na6 15. a3 Bf5 16. Qc1 Nc7 17. c5 {White enjoys a long lasting
strategic advantage, not the type of position most KID players are looking to
achieve out of the opening, Yusupov-Uhlmann, Austria 1998.}) 7. d5 h6 8. Bh4 e6
9. Be2 (9. Nd2 {is much more precise, not allowing the g6-g5 & Nh5 maneuver.}
exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O $14 {A pleasant Benoni
position for White.}) 9... exd5 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3
a6 14. a4 Nd7 {Diagram [#]} 15. Nc4 $6 (15. a5 Qe7 16. Nc4 Ne5 (16... Rb8 {
transposes to the game}) 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Ra3 Bd7 {Black has solved his
opening problems.}) 15... Nb6 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. a5 Nd7 18. Nc4 Rb8 19. O-O ({
Also possible was} 19. Qb3 f5 (19... Ne5 $2 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bxa6 $16) 20. O-O
f4 21. exf4 gxf4 22. gxf4 Rxf4 (22... Bxc3 $4 {falls into} 23. Qxc3 Qxe2 24.
Qg3+ Kh8 25. Rae1 $19) 23. Rae1 Ne5 $36 {And Black is starting to build a
dangerous initiative on the kingside.}) 19... f5 20. Na4 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22.
f4 {This idea is quite double-edged, stopping the pawn storm on the kingside
but at the same time creating an unpleasant weakness on e3.} Bg7 23. Qd2 g4 {
Preparing h5-h4.} 24. Kf2 {Defending the e3-pawn and allowing the rook swing
to h1. Nevertheless, a lot of possible sacrifices on e3 become available due
to the precarious position of White's king.} Bd7 25. Nb6 Rbe8 {Diagram [#]} 26.
Rab1 {Too slow. I was still living under the false assumption that my fortress
on the kingside cannot be broken. Sometimes too much confidence can hurt, I
should have sped up my defense.} (26. Rae1 Bb5 27. Bd3 Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Bxb2 29.
Nc4 Bg7 30. Re2 $13) (26. Ra3 $5 Bb5 27. Rb3 {A cool idea to force Black to
release the tension exerted by the bishop and allow my knight to have a solid
outpost at c4.} Bd7 (27... Bxe2 28. Qxe2 Rf7 29. Nc4 $14) 28. Nc4 $14) 26...
Bb5 27. Bd3 (27. b4 $2 Qxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Bd4 29. Bxb5 Bxe3+ 30. Ke2 axb5 $17)
27... Rf7 28. Rh1 Qf6 29. Rbe1 (29. Rh5 {was my initial plan, but suddently I
realized this aggressive idea will bring me only trouble after} Rxe3 $1 30.
Qxe3 (30. Bxb5 Rfe7 $1 31. Bc4 Qg6 32. Rhh1 Bd4 33. Kf1 Qe8 {And my king is
swimming in very deep waters, from a practical point of view this position is
lost.}) 30... Re7 31. Rxf5 Rxe3 32. Rxf6 Rxd3 $17) 29... Bxd3 30. Qxd3 Qxb2+
31. Re2 Qb5 32. Qxb5 axb5 33. Rb1 b4 34. Nc4 Rd7 35. Rc2 Kf7 36. Ke2 Kg6 37.
Kd3 Bf6 {Black starts his plan to target my one weakness, the pawn on a5.} 38.
Re2 Rde7 {The d6-pawn is taboo.} 39. Rd1 (39. Nxd6 $2 Rd8 $19) 39... Ra8 40.
Rb1 ({This was probably the best moment to play} 40. e4 $1 {unfortunately I
was down to my last seconds and I didn't want to make such a decision right
before the time control.} fxe4+ 41. Rxe4 Rxe4 42. Kxe4 b3 43. Rb1 b2 44. Kd3 {
Black is only slightly better, as it is very difficult to make progress.})
40... Ra6 {Now Black gets to defend his d6-pawn, one tempo is extremely
important!} 41. e4 fxe4+ 42. Rxe4 Rxe4 43. Kxe4 Bd8 44. f5+ (44. Kd3 {was
probably more promising in my bid for a successful defense:} Bxa5 45. Ra1 Bc7
46. Re1 Kf7 47. Re6 h5 48. f5 Ra2 $19) 44... Kg5 (44... Kg7 $1 {would win an
important tempo; my opponent played his move too fast. Never hurry when facing
such an important decision.} 45. Ra1 (45. f6+ Kxf6 46. Rf1+ Ke7 $19) 45... h5
$1 {Zugzwang!} (45... b5 {is too hasty:} 46. Nxd6 $3 Rxd6 47. a6 Bb6 48. a7
Bxa7 49. Rxa7+ Kf6 50. Rb7 $13) 46. Ra2 b5 47. Nxd6 b3 $19 {The difference!})
45. Rf1 {Now the position gets just a little bit complicated.} Kf6 (45... b3 $1
46. f6 (46. Rb1 Bxa5 47. Rxb3 Bb4 $19) 46... Bxf6 47. Rb1 b2 48. Kd3 h5 $19)
46. Rh1 Kg5 47. Rf1 (47. Kd3 Bxa5 48. f6 Bd8 49. f7 Be7 $19) 47... h5 48. Kd3
Bf6 $2 {If there was a moment to pinpoint Black losing his advantage, I think
this would be it.} (48... Kf6 $1 49. Rh1 (49. Nd2 Rxa5 50. Ne4+ Ke5 $19) 49...
Bxa5 50. Rxh5 b5 $19) 49. Nd2 Kh6 50. Ne4 Kg7 51. Kc4 Kf7 52. Kb5 b3 53. Rb1 b2
54. Nxf6 Kxf6 55. Rxb2 Kxf5 56. Re2 Ra8 57. Re7 {Despite being a pawn down, I
was already feeling that the win might be up for grabs, White's king and rook
are far more active then their counterparts.} Rc8 $2 {The position is still
drawn even after this move, but a much more complicated defense awaits Black.}
({A better defense was} 57... c4 58. Rc7 Ke5 59. Rxc4 Kxd5 60. Rc7 Ra7 61. Kb6
Ra6+ 62. Kb5 Ra7 63. Rh7 $6 Ke4 64. Rxh5 d5 $36) 58. Kb6 Ra8 $1 59. Rxb7 Ke5
60. Rc7 Kxd5 61. a6 c4 62. a7 Kd4 63. Kb7 Rxa7+ 64. Kxa7 {Diagram [#] Now
comes the critical moment:} c3 $2 (64... d5 $2 {would not save Black after} 65.
Kb6 Ke3 66. Kc5 Kf2 67. Kxd5 Kxg2 68. Kxc4 $1 Kxg3 69. Kd3 Kf2 70. Ke4 g3 71.
Rc2+ Kg1 72. Kf3 $18) (64... Ke3 $3 {was the only move to maintain equality,
and no matter what White's king cannot get back in time.} 65. Rxc4 (65. Kb6 Kf2
$11) 65... d5 $1 (65... Kf2 66. Rc3 Kxg2 67. Kb6 Kh3 68. Kc6 h4 69. gxh4+ Kxh4
70. Kd5 g3 71. Ke4 g2 72. Rc1 Kg3 73. Ke3 d5 74. Rd1 d4+ 75. Ke2 d3+ 76. Ke3 d2
77. Ra1 $18 {A nice zugzwang.}) 66. Rc5 d4 67. Rxh5 Kf2 68. Kb6 d3 69. Kc5 Kxg2
70. Kc4 d2 71. Rd5 Kxg3 72. Rxd2 Kf3 $1 {Shouldering White's king.} 73. Kd3 g3
$11) 65. Kb6 d5 (65... Kd3 {is the same:} 66. Kc6 c2 67. Kxd6 Kd2 68. Ke5 $18)
66. Kc6 Ke4 67. Re7+ Kd4 68. Kd6 c2 69. Rc7 Kd3 70. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "USAT 2016"]
[Site "Schaumburg"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hendrickson, Nolan"]
[Black "Freitag, Todd"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2286"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[Annotator "Freitag, Todd"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2016.02.22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteTeam "Goldin Shower"]
[BlackTeam "Got Mate?"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 {We
have decided to do battle in one of chess's oldest openings. Greco analyzed
this position in the early 1600s!} Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O
11. Rc1 {Diagram [#] Here I was out of book and had a long think. I went with
a standard plan against an isolated d-pawn. My two knights will control and
blockade d5. My pawn will move to c6 to help control d5 and protect itself
from being taken by white's c1 rook. Finally, my c8 bishop will go to g6 via
f5 to help guard the light squares around my king, which are often weak in
isolani positions.} Nb6 12. Bb3 Bf5 13. Re1 Nb4 14. Ne4 c6 15. Nc5 Rb8 16. Qd2
N4d5 {I guess my plan wasn't very good! I managed to carry it out completely,
yet white now stands better.} 17. h3 Qd6 18. Re5 Bg6 19. Rce1 {White's
advantage should now be obvious. Around this time, the game on board 3 ended
in a draw. It was also already clear that we were going to win on board 4 and
lose on board 1. This meant that the match was going to be 1.5-1.5 with only
my game not yet decided. I stood clearly worse, but I only needed a draw. A
2-2 result would give us the championship on tiebreak, while a 2.5-1.5 loss
would mean that our opponents would almost certainly win the championship on
tiebreak. The whole tournament would come down to this game! Can white break
through or will black hold on?} Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Qa5 b6 22. Qa3 {
Threatening Bxd5 followed by Re7 and taking the a7 pawn.} a5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24.
Re7 Qb5 25. Ne5 Rbc8 {Avoiding the Nd7 fork and hoping to get in Rc2 later on.}
26. Qb3 $6 {Diagram [#] A very interesting idea that surprised me. I expected
white to try to keep the pieces on to keep the pressure on, but I soon
realized that my queen is protecting my d5 and b6 pawns, and in the endgame,
white can attack those pawns very easily. As it turns out, this was the moment
where white lost most of his advantage, but during the game I was definitely
not comfortable. I couldn't see how to save my pawns, and I wasn't sure I'd be
able to mount a quick enough counterattack to get to his pawns. Lost endgames
seemed to lurk almost everywhere I looked.} Qxb3 27. axb3 {White's immediate
threat is 28. Nd7 Rfd8 29. Nxb6, after which black would like to play Rb8 and
then capture the pawn on b3 after white's knight moves. However, black's rooks
cannot leave the back rank at the moment due to back rank mate threats.} h5 {
I played h5 instead of h6 in view of the line 27... h6 28. Nd7 Rfd8 29. Nxb6
Rb8 30. Nd7 Rxb3 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kh7 33. Nf8+ and since I can't go to
h6 with my king, I lose the g6 bishop to a discovered check. I also rejected
27...f6 as my luft move because it allows white's rooks to come to e6. I could
have also played 27... Bf5 to stop white's Nd7 threat, but I cannot remember
why I rejected that move. According to the computer, it's fine for black.} (
27... h6 28. Nd7 Rfd8 29. Nxb6 Rb8 30. Nd7 Rxb3 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kh7 33.
Nf8+) (27... f6) (27... Bf5) 28. Re2 {White covers the second rank, but now I
can get in a useful check on c1.} Rc1+ {This move not only allows my f8 rook
to join the action, but now when I bring a rook to c2, with white's king on h2,
the f2 pawn will be hanging.} 29. Kh2 {Diagram [#]} Rfc8 $6 {An inaccuracy
that allows white to get some pressure after 30. Nxg6 fxg6 31. Rb7 followed by
Ree7} 30. Nd7 {White misses the chance and goes for a tempting alternative.
Black has no way to protect the b6 and d5 pawns from white's rooks and knight.
The only way is to counterattack!} R8c2 31. Nxb6 Be4 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 {White's
king position is truly unfortunate. White would like to drive the bishop away
with f3 and then take on d5. However f3 fails to Bxf3. If 33. Kg3 Rxb2 34. f3
it's another pin after Rxb3!} 33. Re8+ (33. Kg3 Rxb2 34. f3) 33... Kh7 34. Kg1
{Trying to play f3.} Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Rc2 36. Kg1 {In the final position, black
could try to play on and hope to make use of his outside passed pawn after
capturing the b-pawns, but since a draw was good enough for our team, and
since I had only 12 minutes to white's 34, I took the draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amateur Team tournament"]
[Site "Tampa Ramada Airport"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Storch, Larry"]
[Black "Yanovsky, Vlad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[Annotator "Larry Storch"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2016.02.13"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.15"]
[WhiteTeam "Chakis-mate"]
[BlackTeam "Chess Lives Matter"]

{This was the critical fifth round game against the Miami team, "Chess Lives
Matter". We were tied for first with the "Scarlet Warriors" who we drew 2-2
Sunday morning. They were on board two facing "The Sky's the Limit" while we
were on board one.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. a3
cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Nf3 d5 9. O-O b6 $6 {I remember years ago studying the
semi-Tarrasch featured in the1966 and 1969 World Championship matches between
Spassky and Petrosian learning not to play ...b6 too early.} 10. cxd5 $1 Nxd5
11. Nxd5 Qxd5 $5 {Vlad saw the coming move, but opted for counterplay rather
than recapturing on d5 with the pawn.} 12. Qc2 $1 {White has the dual threats
of Bh7 and Be4.} Bb7 (12... f5 13. Bc4 Qd6 14. Rd1 $16) 13. Bxh7+ ({another
way to play was} 13. Re1 h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Qd7 16. Ne5 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qd5
$16) 13... Kh8 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Qe2 {Diagram [#]} ({we both took a
lengthy look at} 16. Be4 Nxd4 (16... Qb5) 17. Bxd5 Nxc2 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Be4
Nxa1 20. Rxa1 $16) 16... f5 $5 (16... Bf6 17. Ne5 g6 $1 ({A cool variation was
} 17... Qxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Nxd4+ 19. Qf3 $1 $14) 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qg4 $11) 17. Ba6
(17. Rac1 f4 $2 18. Ne5 $1 f3 (18... Nxe5 $4 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bg6+
Kg8 22. Qh7#) 19. Nxf3 $18) 17... Bxa6 18. Qxa6 f4 $5 {Diagram [#] with 30
minutes left, I had to accurately calculate black's double exchange sacrifice,
and decided it was too risky to play in team competition. I looked over at
John's game on board 1 and his opponent had sacrificed material and was
chasing my teammate's queen across the board so I had to play solidly.} 19. Bd2
(19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Qxc8+ Rf8 21. Qb7 $1 Rxf3 22. Rac1 $3 {and Houdini 4
pronounces white a winner, but I couldn't be sure when I saw this position in
my mind.}) 19... Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Bc3 Qe4 22. Rfe1 Qg6 23. Rad1 $6 (23.
Qxa7 f3 24. g3 Bc5 25. Qa6 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qc2+ 27. Ke3 {didn't appeal to me})
23... f3 24. g3 Qg4 25. Qf1 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. h3 Qf5 28. Rd4 Rc2 29. Qd3
Qxd3 (29... Qxh3 $4 30. Rd8+ $18) 30. Rxd3 Rxb2 31. Ree3 {(7 min left)} a5 {
(11 min left)} (31... Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Rf1 33. Rd2 (33. Rxf3 $2 Rxf2+ $1 $15) 33...
Kh7 34. g4 $11) 32. Rxf3 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 a4 (33... Kg8 34. Re3 Kf7) 34. Re3 Kg8
35. Rxe6 Rb3 36. h4 Kf7 37. Rc6 b5 38. Rb6 Ke7 39. h5 Rxa3 40. Rxb5 Kf6 41. Kg2
Ra1 42. Ra5 a3 43. g4 a2 44. g5+ {at this point we were blitzing and some
innacurate moves were made.} Ke6 45. h6 $2 {throwing away the win.} (45. Ra6+
$1 Kf7 46. f4 $1 $18) 45... gxh6 46. gxh6 Kf7 47. Ra6 Rd1 48. Rxa2 Rd6 49. h7
Kg7 50. Ra7+ Kh8 51. Kg3 Re6 52. Kg4 Rf6 53. f4 Rxf4+ $1 {Diagram [#]
stalemate! and played with four ticks left on the clock. Within minutes after
this all three of my teammates won, making us USAT South Champions!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, A."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. Bxh6
gxh6 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Ra2 Rg8 11. h3 h5 12. g3 h4 13. g4 Be7 14. Be2 f6 15. b5
Nd8 16. Qd3 Rg7 17. Nc3 Nf7 18. O-O h5 19. Na4 Qd8 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nc5 hxg4
22. hxg4 b6 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. Kh1 Rc8 25. Rc2 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Nd6 27. Ne5 Bxe5
28. dxe5 Ne4 29. Kg2 Nc5 30. Rh1 Qe7 31. Qc1 Rh7 32. Qe3 Qg7 33. Rc1 Qf8 34. a4
Rf7 {[#]  Shirov was already down to his last few minutes, while Nakamura had
almost 20 minutes left.} 35. f3 $6 {Too cautious. After} (35. a5 $1 {White
threatens 36.axb6 followed by 37.Ra1. No doubt Shirov feared} h3+ $5 {but after
} 36. Kg1 $1 h2+ 37. Kg2 $1 {he can soon round up the h2 pawn via Rh1.}) 35...
Rf4 $1 36. Rxc5 $2 {Panic.} (36. Rh1 Qh6 37. Qf2 {should maintain the blalnce.}
) 36... bxc5 37. a5 h3+ $1 38. Kg3 $2 {Clearly} (38. Kxh3 $2 {was impossible
due to} Qh6+ 39. Kg2 Rxg4+ 40. Kf2 Rg2+ {but it would have been more testing
for Shirov to try}) (38. Kh2 $1 {, even though after} Rb4 39. Kxh3 c4 40. Qxa7
Qh8+ 41. Kg2 Qxe5 {Black's attack comes before the White pawns can do any
damage.}) 38... h2 $1 0-1

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.02.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/6p1/5p2/4p2p/4P2P/N3nPK1/1r6/2R5 b - - 0 35"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]

{[#]  Nakamura is in desperate trouble but Kramnik's method of increasing the
pressure has some surprising drawbacks...} 35... f5 $6 (35... Rg2+ $1 36. Kh3
Ra2 $1 37. Nc4 Ng2 $1 {forces the win of another pawn, at least.}) 36. Nc4 $1
f4+ 37. Kh3 Rf2 38. Nxe5 Nf1 {This was Kramnik's idea, but Nakamura has seen
that even after Black wins the exchange, the result is far from certain.} 39.
Rxf1 $1 Rxf1 40. Kg2 Ra1 41. Ng6 Ra2+ 42. Kg1 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Ra2+ 44. Kg1 Kf7 $2
{The narrow path to victory lay in the unlikely variation} (44... Ra7 $1 45.
Nxf4 Rf7 46. Nxh5 g6 $1 47. Ng3 Rxf3 48. Kg2 Rf4 49. Kh3 Kh7 {when White has
run out of moves and must give up a pawn, after which the win for Black will
be slow but sure.}) 45. Nxf4 g6 46. Ng2 $1 Kf6 47. Kh2 Ke5 48. Kg3 {Now White
has no problems, although Kramik is unwilling to give up his hopes for some
time.} Ra1 49. Nf4 Kd4 50. Kg2 Ra2+ 51. Kg3 Ra1 52. Kg2 Ra8 53. Kf2 Ra6 54.
Ne2+ Ke5 55. Kg3 Rf6 56. Kf2 Rf8 57. Kg3 Rf7 58. Kf2 Ra7 59. Kg3 Ra8 60. Nf4
Rg8 61. Ne2 g5 62. hxg5 Rxg5+ 63. Kh4 Rg2 64. Ng3 Rh2+ 65. Kg5 h4 66. f4+ Ke6
67. Nf5 h3 68. Kg4 Rh1 69. Ng3 Rh2 70. e5 Rf2 71. Ne4 Rg2+ 72. Kxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zurich Chess Challenge Blitz"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Qd4+ 12. Kh1 Bd6 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. f5
Bd7 15. Nf3 Qa4 16. b3 Qa5 17. Bd2 Bb4 18. Bxb4 Qxb4 19. Qf2 b6 20. Ng5 Qe7 21.
f6 gxf6 22. Qxf6 Qxf6 23. Rxf6 Be8 24. Nxf7 Bxf7 25. Rxf7 Rd2 26. Rc1 Rg8 27.
Rg1 Rxc2 28. Rxh7 {î /\   Nakamura had enjoyed an edge but now with accurate
play Aronian, despite a small deficit on the clock should have enough
counterplay to draw.  Giri, however expalained the problem of facing Nakamura
in blitz as follows;  â oIt's annoying. Maybe he has blundered and you are
winning but he won't acknowledge it. He plays as if nothing has happened. And
he gains three seconds on every move â (+) he plays in one second and you take
4 or 5.â  } Rxa2 $2 (28... Rg4 $3 {holds up the White g pawn for long enough
to hold the game, because if White knocks the rook with h3 then ...Rxe4-e2
becomes annoying.}) 29. g4 $1 Ra5 {This fails to stop the pawns but here} (
29... Rf8 30. g5 Rff2 {threatens nothing with the h pawn back on h2 and White
can just keep pushing the g pawn.}) 30. h4 Re5 31. g5 Rxe4 32. g6 Ree8 33. h5
a5 34. g7 Kb7 35. Rh6 Re5 36. Rh8 Rxg7 37. Rxg7 b5 38. Rg3 c5 39. h6 Rh5+ 40.
Kg2 c4 41. bxc4 b4 42. Rh3 Rg5+ 43. Kf3 b3 44. Kf4 a4 45. Kxg5 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia, USA"]
[Date "2001.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "GM Sergey Kudrin"]
[Black "FM Emory Tate"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Annotator "Shabazz, Daaim"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 (5... Nf6 6. N1c3 d6 7. Nd5
Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Nf5 10. Be2 g5 11. O-O Bh6 12. b4 a6 13. Nc3 a5 14. bxa5
Rxa5 15. a4 Rg8 16. Ne4 Nd4 17. Bd2 Ra8 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nxc5 Qxd5 20. Bb4 b6
21. Rc1 Bh3 {Diagram [#]} 22. f3 g4 23. Ne4 Be3+ 24. Kh1 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 gxf3+
26. Kh1 Qxe4 27. Bb5+ Kd8 28. Bc6 Qg6 29. Bxf3 e4 30. Rc4 exf3 31. Rxd4+ Ke8
32. Qxf3 Qg1+) (5... a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qd1 Qg6 9. Nc3 d5) 6. Be3
Nf6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. N5c3 Be6 10. Nd2 (10. Nd5 f5) 10... Rg8 11. Nc4
Rc8 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 (13. Qxd5 Nd4 14. O-O-O b5 15. Ne3 Bh6) 13... Ne7 14.
Qh5 b5 15. Ne3 Qa5+ 16. Kd1 (16. c3 Rxc3 17. Bxb5+ axb5 18. bxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Ke2
Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qc4+ 21. Ke1 Qxd5) 16... Qb4 17. Qxh7 Qxb2 18. Rc1 Rg6 19. Bd3 e4
{Diagram [#]} 20. Nf5 (20. Bxe4 Rh6) (20. Be2 Qd4+) 20... exd3 (20... Nxf5) 21.
Nxd6+ Kd7 22. Nxc8 Bh6 23. f4 Bxf4 24. Qh3+ Kd8 {Diagram [#]} 0-1

[Event "1993 World Open Blitz"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Roman Dzindzichashvili"]
[Black "FM Emory Tate"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Shabazz, Daaim"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rk1nr/2p2pp1/2n5/8/1bQ4p/1N3NPq/P3PP1P/R1B2RK1 b k - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "9"]

{Diagram [#]} 21... Qxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Rd1+ 23. Ne1 (23. Kg2 h3#) 23... Rxe1+ 24.
Kg2 h3+ 25. Kf3 Ne5+ 0-1

[Event "2007 Reykjavik International"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM Emory Tate"]
[Black "Hrannar Baldursson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Shabazz, Daaim"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1r1k1/ppp1Q1pp/2q2p2/3R4/5N2/5P2/PPP3PP/1K5R w - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "9"]

{Diagram [#]} 21. Rd8 Rxd8 (21... Bf5 22. Nh5) 22. Qxd8+ Kf7 23. Re1 Qxc2+ 24.
Kxc2 Bf5+ 25. Qd3 {Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "2015 Fremoint Chess Camp (simul)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IM Emory Tate"]
[Black "Luke Zhao"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Shabazz, Daaim"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnkr4/p1pr4/1p2Q2p/4Rpp1/5Bb1/5N2/P3BPPP/2R3K1 w - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "7"]

{Diagram [#]} 24. Rxc7+ Kxc7 25. Rc5+ Kb7 26. Qd5+ Rxd5 27. Rc7# *

[Event "35th World Open"]
[Site "Valley Forge, USA"]
[Date "2007.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tate, Emory"]
[Black "Bercys, Salvijus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Tate, Emory"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

{The following notes are based on the commentary of IM Emory Tate. He showed
this game in the skittles room and it was audio recorded with his knowledge.
The game is against a very talented 15-year old International Master.} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 Qc7 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 {Backdoor in to a Kan Sicilian.} cxd4 6.
Nxd4 {So all the drama is over after takes, knight takes, we're in a Kan. It's
looks like a long, theoretical struggle ahead.} Nf6 {After 6...Nf6 I decided
to test the waters of} 7. Qe2 $5 {Unusual-looking move. The threat of e5 is
real. We have one bishop left to develop on the flank.} d6 {After ...d6, I
curtail the activity ot the f8-bishop and I'm halfway home.} 8. g3 b6 {
Immediately fighting for the diagonal... not a bad idea. I thought it was too
routine to play 9.Bg2 so I went with 9.Bg5 to make him determine his knight's
position.} 9. Bg5 Nbd7 {Now the novelty...} 10. Bh3 $1 {Diagram # Unusual
development... stopping 10...Be7} Bb7 ({If} 10... Be7 11. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 12. Nxe6
{wins three pawns for the pieces with a raging game. Eschews the Be7 move and
plays the Bb7 instead.}) 11. O-O ({Now I can't really sacrifice effectively
although it's unclear it's probably not the best continutation.} 11. Bxe6 fxe6
12. Nxe6 -- 13. Nd5 $13 {It's very artistic, but in a game of such importance
I decided not to delve into these complications. Castled short. Even though I
knew he would have a chance for his own initiative.}) 11... Ne5 {Since 10...
Be7 is ruled out, his spirited try is almost forced... starts with immediate
pressure on c4.} 12. b3 {I even had time for} (12. Rac1 {I could have taken
time out but I decided not to. I had been wanting these complications as badly
as he.}) (12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5 Ke7 (13... Ng6)) 12... b5 {He's got real
pressure on c4... virtually winning a pawn, but I get rid of one more of his
developed pieces with} 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh5 $5 {and he has a separate problem
of his own... e6 mainly. I thought he may play Ng6 to take the heat off the
position. Qh5 is a nice counter threat. It's very difficult to defend e6 with
the pin in the air. He doesn't want to back the knight out of the center (14...
Ng6) although it's a playable move maybe.} Ke7 (14... O-O-O {is ruled out
because I just take} 15. cxb5 {and he can't take because of the c-file.}) (
14... Ng6) 15. Rac1 Nd3 ({There are many moves here. If he plays} 15... b4 {
he's going win the e-pawn and I hadn't decided where to put my knight yet. I
might go} 16. Na4 (16. Nce2 {with the idea of f4 or Nf4 with sacrifical
possibilities (on e6) in the air. So he's got to be quite careful here.}) 16...
Bxe4 17. c5 {He decided not to try to win the e-pawn because of unstable king
on the e-file.}) (15... bxc4 16. bxc4 (16. Rfd1 Nd3 $4 17. Rxd3 cxd3 18. Nd5+ {
drops the quee n. So I can centralize forcefully with my two rooks... and with
his king out of play to give him real trouble. He decided not to test those
waters either. What he played might not be better either. He played Nd3 right
away. In his own words, he thought he was confusing my rooks. He thought he
had some good infusion possibilities on c4. He overlooked the simple exchange
sacrifice.})) 16. cxb5 $1 {Diagram #} Nxc1 $8 17. Rxc1 {I have a pawn for the
exchange and an attack on the c-file.} Qb6 {Sidesteps the tempo.} 18. Na4 $1 {
counter tempo} Qd8 (18... Qxd4 19. Rc7+ Kd8 20. Rxb7 {wins because f7 can't be
held. The long variation goes} (20. Qxf7 Bc8 21. b6 $1 {Key move. Now the rook
is protected so I can take on f6 if his queen wanders. I'm threatening 22.b7
with mate on d7-square. He's almost out of moves. Last but not least I have
Bxe6 hanging in the air.} Rb8 {Now with the threat of} ({If he tries} 21...
Qa1+ 22. Kg2 $1) 22. Bxe6 $1 {in the air... and b7 in the air, the position
can hardly be held. So I was going to triple-check everything, but it looks
like a winning attack all the way around. I played the first step in 18.Na4
and I knew that I could win by either taking on b7 immediately or capturing on
f7 in the more complicated line... either or. So the Na4 move is tremendously
strong.})) 19. bxa6 Rxa6 (19... Bxa6 20. Nc6+ {is conclusive.}) 20. Qb5 $1 {
Attacking most of his pieces. I expected Ra7 when I prepared Qc4 move. The
nice part about Qc4 is I'm threatening to break in on e6 with a mating attack.
I'm also threatening Nb5 chasing the rook off and Qc7+ collects material on
the 7th rank. Some interesting queen moves are played... the game is very
fascinating.} Qd7 (20... Ra7 21. Qc4) 21. Bf1 $1 {Diagram [#] This move to
find even for a professional. Now down the exchange, he realizes he can't
trade queens because Bxb5 is punishing. .. Rc7 in the air.} Rxa4 $1 {Diagram #}
({On} 21... Qxb5 22. Bxb5 Ra7 23. Rc7+ Kd8 24. Rxf7 {and none of pieces can
move... e6 can't be defended, my knights are invading on b6 and e6. He can
even get mated here. Some nice minor piece mates can crop up. Those pieces are
out of play... key factor. Luckily... the fact remains that he can't trade
queens. (...Rxa4) Nice sharp move which seems to save him. His idea is to
devalue my pawns one way or another and collect on e4.}) 22. Qb6 {You can
imagine his surprise. I noticed a mild surprise... he tried to hide his
emotions, but I know he didn' t see this 'creeping move.' They say creeping
moves are the hardest to see. Now c7 can't be defended easily. No time to
sacrifice the rook because queen hangs... everything is hanging with check. He
gets even mated in some lines.} Rb4 {computer-looking move} 23. Qxb4 Bh6 {and
suddenly it looks like he's breathing. A vital tempo. If he gets in Rc8, he'll
be in the game with two bishops.} 24. Bb5 {His queen runs low on squares.} Qd8
$8 {Instead of passive moves... e4 hit, I play} 25. Rc6 $1 {Absolute
paralysis!! Now what? His queen can't move away from the d6-square; he can't
touch the rook and he can't sit still forever either. His rook is out of play.
So he played the very brilliant} Qd7 {into the discovery.} 26. Rc4 Qd8 27. Qc3
{Diagram # Penetrating on the c-file... he realized the game is over and
resigned after Qc3.} (27. Qc3 Kf8 28. Rc7 {is the end of the world as you know
it.} Bxe4 (28... Qa8 29. Nxe6+ fxe6 30. Qxf6+) 29. Rc8 {So it was truly
resignable.}) 1-0

[Event "USMA RMCC Exchange 2016"]
[Site "Kingston"]
[Date "2016.01.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Loudon, Wesley"]
[Black "Poulin, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1584"]
[BlackElo "1760"]
[Annotator "Bellemare, Regis"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.01.23"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O b5 10. h4 Nb6 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Rde1 Be6 13. f4 Nc4 14. Qd1
Nxe5 15. fxe5 Ng4 16. Qf3 h5 17. Rh3 a5 18. Rg3 {Diagram [#] This gives black
the edge. Bxe7 or Qf4 would have maintained equality.} (18. Bxe7) (18. Qf4)
18... a4 19. Nd1 c5 {a3 would have been more thematic and would maintain
black's advantage.} (19... a3) 20. Ne3 cxd4 21. Nxg4 Bxg4 22. Rxg4 {Better
would have been Qxd5 when black only has a slight advantage.} (22. Qxd5) 22...
hxg4 23. Qxg4 Bxg5+ 24. hxg5 g6 25. Qxd4 Qe7 26. Qh4 {The position is now
equal again, but now black makes the losing move.} f5 {[%emt 0:00:30] White
eventually won According to Fritz white is winning if he takes pawn either way:
27. ef Qh7 28 Qxh7 Kxh7 29. Re7+ Kh8 or 27 gf Qh7 28 Qd4 Qa7 29 Qxd5+ Qf7 e6}
27. exf6 (27. gxf6 Qh7 28. Qd4 Qa7 29. Qxd5+ Qf7 30. e6) 27... Qh7 28. Qxh7+
Kxh7 29. Re7+ Kh8 1-0

[Event "USMA RMCC Exchange 2016"]
[Site "Kingston"]
[Date "2016.01.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Hater, David"]
[Black "Echavarria-Hidalgo, Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "1755"]
[Annotator "Hater, David A."]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.01.23"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bc4 a6 5. a4 c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
h3 Bf5 9. Nc3 e6 10. O-O Bc5 11. d3 Qb6 12. Qe2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. a5 Qb4 {
Diagram [#]} 15. Ra4 {I missed Ne4 winning due to the idea of c3.} (15. Ne4 Ba7
16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qf3 Rg8 18. c3 Qe7) 15... Qd6 16. Ne4 {A move too late but
still good for white} Qd7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bb3 O-O 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. d4 Rac8
21. c3 h6 22. Rc4 {A mistake, better was Bf4 or Rb4.} (22. Bf4) (22. Rb4) 22...
Rxc4 {Black returns the favor, better was Qb5 which would be equal} (22... Qb5
23. Ba2 Qxa5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bb3) 23. Qxc4 Rc8 {Diagram [#]} 24. Qa4 {
Missing the idea that a5 is a target. Qe2 would have maintained the advantage.}
(24. Qe2 Qc7 25. Qf3) 24... Qxa4 25. Bxa4 Bd8 26. d5 Bxa5 (26... exd5 27. Be3
Be6 28. f4 g6 29. g4 Bc7 30. Kf2 {White still has an edge, but black is still
in the game}) 27. g4 Be4 28. dxe6 fxe6 29. Bd7 Rf8 30. Bxe6+ Kh7 31. Be3 Rf3 {
Diagram [#] Now white is winning. Black should try Bf3 and even though white
is much better, black can play on.} (31... Bf3 32. Rd3 Rd8 33. Bd4) 32. Bd5
Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Bc7 34. Rd7 Be5 35. Kg2 Rf6 36. Rxb7 Kg8 37. Rb6 Rxb6 38. Bxb6 {
White went on to win} 1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1924.04.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Richard Reti"]
[Black "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]

1. Nf3 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2. c4 e6 {As for the merit of this system of
defence, compare the game Reti vs. Yates in the sixth round.} 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2
Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Re8 {Diagram [#]} 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. d4 {To our way of
thinking, this is the clear positional refutation of 2...e6, which, by the way,
was first played by Capablanca (as Black) against Marshall and is based upon
the simple circumstance that Black cannot find a method for the effective
development of his Queen's Bishop.} c6 9. Nbd2 {In the game referred to,
Capablanca, in a wholly analogous position, played ...Ne4 and likewise
obtained an advantage thereby. Of course, Reti's quieter development is also
quite good.} Ne4 {If the liberating move of 9...e5, recommended by Rubinstein
and others, is really the best here-then it furnishes the most striking proof
that Black's entire arrangement of his game was faulty. For the simple
continuation 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Bxe5 Rxe5 14.Nc4 Re8 15.
Ne3 Be6 16.Qd4, would have given White a direct attack against the isolated
Queen's pawn, without permitting the opponent any chances whatsoever. Moreover,
the move selected by Bogoljubow leads eventually to a double exchange of
Knights, without moving the principal disadvantage of his position.} 10. Nxe4
dxe4 11. Ne5 f5 {Obviously forced.} 12. f3 {The proper strategy. After Black
has weakened his position in the center, White forthwith must aim to change
the closed game into an open one in order to make as much as possible out of
that weakness.} exf3 13. Bxf3 {Not 13.exf3, because the e pawn must be
utilized as a battering ram.} (13. exf3) 13... Qc7 {Also after 13...Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Bc5+ 15.Kg2 Bd7 (after the exchange of Queens, this Bishop could not get
out at all) 16.e4, White would have retained a decisive advantage in position.}
14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. e4 e5 {Otherwise would follow 16.e5, to be followed by a
break by means of d5 or g4. After the text move, however, Black appears to
have surmounted the greater part of his early difficulty and it calls for
exeptionally fine play on the part of White in order to make the hidden
advantages of his position count so rapidly and convincingly.} 16. c5 Bf8 17.
Qc2 {Attacking simultaneously both of Black's center pawns.} (17. dxe5) (17. d5
) 17... exd4 {Black's sphere of action is circumscribed; for instance, 17...
fxe4 clearly would not do on account of the two-fold threat against h7 and e5,
after 18.Bxe4} (17... fxe4 18. Bxe4) 18. exf5 Rad8 {After 18.. .Re5 19.Qc4+
Kh8 20.f6, among other lines, would be very strong.} (18... Re5 19. Qc4+ Kh8
20. f6) 19. Bh5 {The initial move in an exactly calculated, decisive manouver,
the end of which will worthily crown White's model play.} Re5 20. Bxd4 Rxf5 {
If 20...Rd5 21.Qc4 Kh8 22.Bg4, with a pawn plus and a superior position.} (
20... Rd5 21. Qc4 Kh8 22. Bg4) 21. Rxf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxd4 23. Rf1 Rd8 {Or 23..
.Qe7 24.Bf7+ Kh8 25.Bd5 Qf6 26.Qc8, etc. Black is left without any defence.}
24. Bf7+ Kh8 25. Be8 {A sparkling conclusion! Black resigned, for, after 25...
Bxc5+, he loses at least the Bishop. Rightfully, this game was awarded the
first brilliancy prize.} h6 (25... Rxe8 26. Qxf8+) (25... Bxc5+ 26. Qxc5) 26.
Qxf8+ Kh7 27. Bg6+ Kxg6 28. Qf5# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.04.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#1"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/3Q4/1k6/2q5/P7/1P6/K2b4 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qc1+ 2. Ka2 Bb3+ 3. Kxb3 Qc4# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#2"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b4q1k/8/6Q1/8/8/5p2/6PP/5B1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... fxg2+ 2. Bxg2 (2. Qxg2 Qxf1#) (2. Kg1 Qxf1#) 2... Qf1# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#3"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/2k1b3/8/2p5/P7/K1B5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... c2+ 2. Bb2 c1=R# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.04.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#4"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/6b1/4p1k1/5N2/5B1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Bf3+ 2. Bg2 (2. Kg1 exf2#) 2... Bxg2+ 3. Kg1 exf2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#5"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2R5/7r/6b1/4B3/5P2/6kB/3b2P1/5K2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Bd3+ 2. Kg1 Be3+ 3. Kh1 Rxh3+ 4. gxh3 Be4# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#6"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6B1/3q4/k7/P3b3/8/1Q6/K7 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qd1+ 2. Ka2 Bd5+ 3. Qb3 (3. Ka3 Qxa4#) 3... Qxb3+ 4. Ka1
Qa2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Study Position"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3Q1ppk/1P3q1p/8/8/7P/5PPK/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "6"]

{Diagram [#]} 1. b7 (1. Qd3+) (1. Qc7) 1... Qf4+ 2. Kg1 (2. g3 Qxf2+) 2... Qc1+
3. Kh2 Qf4+ *

[Event "Hungary 1 tt"]
[Site "HUN-chT1 9495 ;EXT 95ch"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sherzer, Alex"]
[Black "Almasi, Istvan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Be2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 b6 14. O-O Ba6
15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. f5 O-O 17. b3 b5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Qxc5 Rfc8 20. Qb4 Qb6+ 21.
Kh1 a5 22. Qg4 exf5 23. Rxf5 Rxc3 24. Raf1 Qe6 25. h3 Rc7 26. Qg3 Rac8 27. Rf6
Qe8 28. R1f5 Re7 29. Rd6 Rd8 30. Kh2 Re6 31. Qd3 Rdxd6 32. exd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd5
Rxd5 34. Qxd5 Qb8+ 35. Kg1 g6 36. Kf2 Qb6+ 37. Kg3 h5 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. Kh1 f6
40. Qd7+ Kh6 41. Qd2+ g5 42. Qd5 b4 43. g4 hxg4 44. hxg4 Qf2 45. Qe6 Qb2 46.
Qf7 Qc1+ 47. Kg2 Qd2+ 48. Kf1 Qd1+ 49. Kf2 Qd2+ 50. Kf1 Qf4+ 51. Ke1 Qxg4 52.
Qxf6+ Kh5 53. Qh8+ Kg6 54. Qg8+ Kf5 55. Kf2 Qd4+ 56. Kg3 Qg1+ 57. Kf3 g4+ 58.
Ke2 Qg2+ 59. Ke1 Qe4+ 60. Kf2 Qf3+ 61. Kg1 Qg3+ 62. Kf1 Qf3+ 63. Kg1 {Diagram 
[#]} g3 (63... Qd1+ 64. Kg2 Qc2+ 65. Kg3) 64. Qc8+ Ke4 (64... Kg5 65. Qg8+ Kh4
66. Qh7+ Qh5 67. Qe4+) 65. Qe6+ Kd3 66. Qc4+ Kd2 67. Qd4+ Kc2 (67... Qd3 68.
Qb2+) 68. Qc5+ Kb2 69. Qe5+ {Diagram [#]} Qc3 (69... Kxa2 70. Qxa5+ (70. Qb2+)
70... Kxb3) 70. Qe2+ (70. Qxa5 Qe1+ 71. Kg2 Qf2+ 72. Kh3 Qh2+ 73. Kg4 g2) 70...
Ka3 {Diagram [#]} 71. Qe6 Qa1+ 72. Kg2 Qxa2+ 73. Kh3 Qh2+ 74. Kg4 g2 75. Kf3
g1=N+ {Diagram [#]} 76. Ke4 Qe2+ 77. Kf5 Qxe6+ 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2015.07.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Michael Adams"]
[Black "David Navara"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 Be7 8. Bg2
b5 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Nec3 Bb7 11. a4 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 O-O 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8
Bxa8 15. O-O Nc5 16. b4 Ne6 17. h4 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nd4 19. c3 Ne2+ 20. Kh2 Nxc1
21. Rxc1 Qb6 22. Kg1 Rb8 23. Ra1 g6 24. Ra8 Rxa8 25. Qxa8+ Kg7 26. Bf1 Qc7 27.
Qe8 Bf6 28. Bxb5 Qxc3 29. Bc6 Qf3 30. Qd7 (30. Bd5 {Diagram [#]} Bxh4 31. gxh4
Qg4+ 32. Kf1 Qd1+) 30... g5 31. hxg5 Bxg5 32. Qxd6 Qc3 33. Kg2 Qb2 34. Qc5 Qd4
35. Qxd4 exd4 36. f4 Be7 37. b5 Bc5 38. e5 d3 39. Be4 d2 40. Bc2 f6 41. exf6+
Kxf6 42. Kf3 h5 43. Ke2 Bd6 44. Ke3 Bc7 45. Bd1 h4 46. gxh4 Kf5 47. Bc2+ Kg4
48. Ke4 Kxh4 49. Bd1 Bd8 50. Kd5 Kg3 51. f5 Kf4 52. Ke6 Ke4 53. Bc2+ Kd4 54.
Kd7 Bb6 55. f6 Kc3 56. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Tashkent (variation)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.04.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "GM Sergey Karjakin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6B1/5P1R/6P1/6k1/2PP1b1p/3r4/5K2 b - - 0 48"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 48... Kf4 (48... Kg3 49. Rxh3+ Kxh3 50. f7 Kg3 51. Be5+) 49. f7
Rd1+ 50. Kf2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

