[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 "Munchen ol"]
[Site "Munchen"]
[Date "1936.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Eggert Gilfer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 c5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 h6 12. h4 Re8 13. Rh3 Nf8 14. Rg3
Kh8 {Diagram [#]} 15. Bxh6 Qa5+ (15... gxh6 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Bd3+ Ng6 18. h5 Rg8
19. hxg6+ fxg6 20. Ke2 (20. Rh3 Qf8 21. Ng5+)) 16. Ke2 gxh6 17. Qc1 Kh7 18.
Ng5+ hxg5 19. Qxg5 Ng6 20. h5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.02.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "1.Apr"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Benko, Pal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3p4/8/8/4k3/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQ - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]}  *

[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

[Event "ch-USA 2016"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2016.04.14"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Hartmann,John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/p5p1/3r3p/2p5/Pp6/8/1PK2PPP/3R4 b - - 0 30"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]

{Diagram [#]} 30... b3+ $1 31. Kc1 Ra6 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Kd2 Rxa4 34. Kc3 Ra1
35. Rd2 a5 $5 36. Kxb3 a4+ 37. Kc4 a3 $1 {Heading for a theoretically drawn
rook endgame with 3 pawns versus 2 on the kingside.} 38. bxa3 Rxa3 39. Kxc5 h5
$1 40. Kd4 Ra5 41. Ke4 g6 42. f4 Kg7 43. h3 Kf7 44. Rd6 Ra2 45. g4 hxg4 46.
hxg4 $11 {This position is drawn according to the Lomosonov tablebases.} Ra7
47. g5 Rb7 48. Ke5 Ra7 49. Rf6+ Kg7 50. Rc6 Re7+ 51. Kd6 Re4 52. Rc7+ Kg8 53.
Rc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel SUI"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alexander Morozevich"]
[Black "Krishnan Sasikiran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Bb2 Qb6 17. c4 Nh5 18. b4 Bg7 19. c5 Qc7 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. dxe5 {
Diagram [#]} Qxb4 22. Ba3 Qc3 23. Bd6 Nxe5 24. Ra3 Qb2 25. Rb3 Qa2 26. Nxe5
Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Nc4 Re7 29. Ra3 bxc4 30. Rxa2 Rd8 31. Rd2 Red7 32. Qf3
Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Re3 Rd7 35. Qe2 1-0

[Event "34th Olympiad"]
[Site "Istanbul TUR"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Peter Leko"]
[Black "Alexander Khalifman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Qg4 Ne7 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Ng6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. O-O Nxc5 12. a4 O-O 13. Ba3 b6 14. Rfe1 f5
15. exf6 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Rxf6 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Bd7 19. Bd6 Rc8 20. Be5 Nxe5
21. Nxe5 Be8 22. Ra3 Rc5 23. f3 Ra5 24. Rea1 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. d4 Bd7 27. Ke3
Rf8 28. Kd2 Rb8 29. R3a2 Be8 30. Nd3 Rc8 31. Ne5 Kd6 32. Kc2 Kc7 33. Kb3 Kb7
34. g4 h6 35. f4 Rc7 36. Kb4 Ka6 37. Ra3 Rb7 38. Kb3 Rc7 39. R3a2 Kb7 40. Kb4
Ka6 41. f5 exf5 42. gxf5 h5 43. Rf1 Rb7 44. Nd3 Rc7 45. Ne5 Rb7 46. Nd3 Rc7 47.
Kb3 Kb7 48. Re1 Bc6 49. Re6 Bd7 50. Re5 Bc6 51. Nf4 h4 52. Ne6 Rd7 53. Re3 Kc8
54. g4 Re7 55. Rh3 Bd7 56. Nf8 Re4 57. Nxd7 Kxd7 58. Rxh4 Ke7 59. Rg2 b5 60.
Rh7 Kf8 61. g5 bxa4+ 62. Kb4 Ra6 63. f6 a3 64. Rxg7 Ree6 65. Rb7 a2 66. g6 Ra4+
67. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Capablanca - Euwe"]
[Site "Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterda"]
[Date "1931.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1931.07.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. h3 Bxg5
15. Nxg5 Bxe2 16. Nxf7 Qe7 17. Rfe1 d3 18. Ng5 Rad8 19. Rac1 Nd4 20. h4 h6 21.
Nh3 Qf7 22. Nf4 Bf3 23. Rc3 Ne2+ 24. Nxe2 dxe2 25. Qe3 Rd1 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27.
Rxc1 {Diagram [#]} Re8 (27... Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Re8 29. Qd2 Qxa2 30. f3 Qe6 31. Re1
b5 32. Kf2) 28. Qd2 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Qxa2 30. Re1 (30. f3 Qe6 31. Re1) 30... Qe6
31. f3 b6 32. Kf2 Qh3 33. Rxe2 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Qxg3 36. Qe4 a5 37.
Qd5+ Kh8 38. h5 Qb8 39. Qb5 Qc8 40. Qxb6 Qh3+ 41. Kf2 Qh2+ 42. Kf1 Qxh5 43.
Qd8+ Kh7 44. Qd3+ Qg6 45. Qb5 Qb1+ 46. Kg2 Qc2+ 47. Kh3 a4 48. Kg3 Qc7+ 49. Kg4
Qc8+ 50. Kg3 Qc2 51. Kh3 Qc8+ 52. Kg2 Qa8 53. Qf5+ Kh8 54. Qb5 Qa7 55. Qe8+ Kh7
56. Qe4+ g6 57. Kg3 h5 58. Kg2 Qd7 59. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "m/16"]
[Site "London/Leningrad  42/440"]
[Date "1986.09.15"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 c4 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. N2f3 Nc5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxb5
Rxa3 22. Nxa3 Ba6 23. Re3 Rb8 24. e5 dxe5 25. Nxe5 {Diagram [#]} Nbd3 (25...
Ncd3 26. Ng4 Qd4 27. Rg3 Bd6 28. Be3 Qxb2 29. Nxh6+ Kf8 30. Qh5 gxh6) 26. Ng4
Qb6 27. Rg3 g6 28. Bxh6 Qxb2 29. Qf3 Nd7 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Kh2 Rb3 32. Bxd3
cxd3 33. Qf4 Qxa3 34. Nh6 Qe7 35. Rxg6 Qe5 36. Rg8+ Ke7 37. d6+ Ke6 38. Re8+
Kd5 39. Rxe5+ Nxe5 40. d7 Rb8 41. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Site "Santa Monica, CA USA"]
[Date "1966.07.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Borislav Ivkov"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. Ne1 Bxg2 10. Nxg2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Be3 Qc8 13. Nf4 c6 14. Rc1 Re8 15.
Nd3 c5 16. f3 Qa6 17. a4 Bf6 18. Nf2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Nc5 21. Qxd6
Qxa4 22. Qd1 Qb4 23. Qc2 Red8 24. Rfd1 h6 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Nxd1
Qe1+ 28. Kg2 a5 29. h4 Kf8 30. h5 Ke7 31. Nf2 Qe3 32. Qd1 f6 33. Kf1 Nb3 34.
Kg2 Nd2 35. Nh3 Nxc4 36. Nf4 {Diagram [#]} Qxf4 37. gxf4 Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Site "Santa Monica, CA USA"]
[Date "1966.07.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Miguel Najdorf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O a5 7. a3 axb4 8. axb4
Rxa1 9. Bxa1 Qb6 10. c3 d5 11. d3 Nbd7 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. c4 e5 14. Qc2 Re8 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Rb1 b5 17. e4 N5b6 18. Nb3 Qd6 19. Na5 Nb8 20. h3 Na4 21. Bf1 Bd7
22. Qd1 Qe7 23. d4 exd4 24. Nxd4 Qxe4 25. Bg2 Qe7 26. Naxc6 Nxc6 27. Nxc6 Bxc6
28. Bxc6 Rd8 29. Qe1 Qxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Bxa1 31. Rxa1 Rd4 32. Bxb5 Nc3 33. Ra8+ Kg7
34. Be8 Rxb4 35. Ra7 Kf8 36. Bxf7 Re4 37. Bb3 Re7 38. Ra8+ Re8 39. Ra6 Re7 40.
Kg2 Ne4 41. Bc2 Kg7 42. Rc6 Nf6 43. Rc5 Ne8 44. Bd1 Nf6 45. h4 h6 46. Bc2 Nh7
47. g4 Nf8 48. Kg3 Ra7 49. Be4 Re7 50. f3 Rf7 51. Bd5 Ra7 52. Kf4 Re7 53. Rc6
Rd7 54. Ke4 Re7+ 55. Kd4 Ra7 56. Kc5 Rd7 57. Rb6 Rc7+ 58. Kd4 Re7 59. f4 Nh7
60. Be6 Nf8 61. Bb3 Nh7 62. Bd5 Rc7 63. Ke5 Re7+ 64. Kd6 Ra7 65. Be6 Nf8 66.
Bc8 Rf7 67. f5 gxf5 68. gxf5 Nh7 69. Rb1 Kf6 70. Kd5 Nf8 71. Rb6+ Kg7 72. Ke5
Re7+ 73. Kf4 Rc7 74. Bb7 Rc5 75. Bf3 Ra5 76. h5 Ra4+ 77. Be4 Nh7 78. Ke5 Nf8
79. Rb7+ Kh8 80. Rb8 Ra5+ 81. Bd5 Kg7 82. f6+ Kh7 83. Rb7+ Kh8 84. Rc7 Rb5 {
Diagram [#]} 85. Rc8 Kh7 86. Kd6 (86. Rxf8 Rxd5+ 87. Kxd5) 86... Ra5 87. Bc4
1-0

[Event "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Site "Santa Monica, CA USA"]
[Date "1966.08.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bent Larsen"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A72"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 h6
9. Bh4 exd5 10. cxd5 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nd7 14. Nc4 Qe7 15.
Ne3 Nf6 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Bb5 Rd8 18. Be2 Re8 19. f3 Nh7 20. g4 Nf8 21. a4 Ng6
22. Kf1 Rb8 23. Bb5 Rd8 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Ne5 26. Ne4 a6 27. Be2 Nd7 28.
Re1 Nf6 29. Nc3 Qd7 30. a5 Re8 31. Kf2 Qc7 32. Ra1 c4 33. Kg3 Re3 34. Qd2 Rbe8
35. Rhe1 h5 36. Bf1 Nxg4 37. Rxe3 Rxe3 38. Kh3 {Diagram [#]} Qe7 39. g3 Bxc3 (
39... Rxf3) 40. bxc3 Rxf3 41. Re1 Re3 42. Rxe3 Qxe3 43. Qxe3 Nxe3 0-1

[Event "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Site "Santa Monica, CA USA"]
[Date "1966.08.07"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Jan Hein Donner"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. Rb1 a6 10. b4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. h3 Ne5 13. Qe2 b5 14. cxb5 cxb5 15.
Rd1 Bb7 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Kh2 Qc7 19. Rb3 Re7 20. Re1 Rce8 21. Nc2 Qc8
22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Qxd6 {Diagram [#]} Rd7 (25... Qc4)
26. Qc5 Rc7 27. Nxe4 Rxc5 28. Nxc5 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Site "Santa Monica, CA USA"]
[Date "1966.08.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bent Larsen"]
[Black "Wolfgang Unzicker"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qh4 Qa5 11. Bd2 Be6 12. b3 Rab8 13. Rac1 Rfc8 14. Rc2
Qd8 15. Rfc1 a6 16. Bg5 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qb4 Qd7 19. h4 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Qa7 24. e3 Kg7 25. h5 gxh5 26. Bf3 h4 27.
gxh4 Qd7 28. Bg4 Qb7 29. Be2 Kh8 30. f3 Qd5 31. Qf4 Rg8+ 32. Kf1 Rg6 33. b4 Qe6
34. Ke1 Rg1+ 35. Kf2 {Diagram [#]} Be5 36. Qe4 (36. Rc8+ Kg7) 36... Qh3 37.
Kxg1 Bh2+ 38. Kh1 Bg3+ 39. Kg1 Qh2+ 40. Kf1 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Second Piatigorsky Cup"]
[Site "Santa Monica, CA USA"]
[Date "1966.08.15"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Jan Hein Donner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3
d5 9. d3 d4 10. Rd1 Be6 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nb3 dxc3 14. bxc3 Bd6
15. d4 Nd7 16. Bg5 Qc8 17. c4 Nxd4 18. Nbxd4 exd4 19. e5 Bf8 20. Rxd4 c6 21.
Rh4 Be7 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Ng5 h6 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Rd1 Qb6 27. Rhd4
Rf8 28. Kh1 Qc5 29. f4 Nb6 30. Ne4 Qa3 31. Qg4 bxc4 {Diagram [#]} 32. Nf6+ Kh8
33. Rd8 Rc7 (33... Ref7 34. Qg6 gxf6 35. Qxf7) 34. Qg6 gxf6 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 36.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 37. Rd8 1-0

[Event "BCC 2016"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lin, Katherine"]
[Black "Galupo, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[BlackElo "1431"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 {Diagram [#]} (3... e5) 4. Bg5 (4. e4 e5 5. d5
Nc5 6. f3) 4... e5 (4... h6 5. Bh4 g5 6. Bg3 Nh5) 5. Nd5 (5. Nf3) 5... c6 6.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. dxe5 {Diagram [#]} Qa5+ (7... dxe5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bxf6+ gxf6)
8. Bd2 Qxe5 9. Bc3 Qf5 10. e3 {Diagram [#]} Be7 (10... Ne4) 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bd3
Ne4 13. Nd4 {Diagram [#]} Qg6 (13... Qxf2#) 14. Qc2 Qxg2 (14... f5) 15. O-O-O (
15. Bxe4) 15... Nf6 (15... Nxc3) 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 h6 {Diagram [#]} 18.
Bxf6 (18. Rdg1 Qf3 19. Bxf6) 18... Bxf6 19. Rdg1 Qf3 20. Bg4 Bxb2+ 21. Qxb2 Qe4
{Diagram [#]} 22. Be2 (22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Bf5+ (23. Bf3+ Qg6)) 22... Qh7 23.
Bd3 g6 24. Rg3 d5 25. Rhg1 {Diagram [#]} Rad8 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Rxg6+ Kf7 28.
Rg7+ Qxg7 29. Qxg7+ Ke8 30. Qe5+ Kd7 31. Rg7+ Kc8 32. Qc7# 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.12"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/1b2qppp/pb2n3/1p1p4/1P1Nn3/P2NP1P1/Q4PBP/B1R3K1 w - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]

{Black's position is very unpleasant. White has a nice blockade on d4 and some
pressure on d5. If Black simplifies the position on the d4 square he will be
saddled with a weak bishop on b7, and if White ever installs a knight on c5 it
will be impossible to get rid of it without giving White a great positional
advantage. For example:} 29. h4 Nxg3 $4 {This simply loses on the spot. Did
Nakamura think Karjakin missed this? Did he miscalculate? It is entirely
unclear.} (29... Nxd4 30. Bxd4 Bxd4 31. exd4 Qf6 32. Qb2 h6 33. Nc5 $14 {
Black's position isn't the hippest thing I've encountered in my life, but
there are chances to hold it.}) 30. fxg3 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. exd4 Qe3+ {
This is the shot that Black was obviously counting on. Black forks the king
and knight, and if the knight retreats to block than c1 is hanging. Things,
however, are not that easy.} 33. Qf2 $1 Qxd3 34. Rc7 {Suddenly it is all over.
It is White that comes up with his own fork at the end of the variation, and
picks up a full piece for free. The game is over.} f5 35. Rxb7 h6 36. Bxd5+ Kh7
37. Bg2 Re2 38. Bf1 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.13"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q1rk1/ppp2ppp/4bn2/n2p4/Q3P2N/PP4P1/5PBP/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]

16... Nc6 {A strange position. White is down a pawn but he has the pair of
bishops and some nagging pressure on the center. His next move seems natural,
but is only natural if you are completely off-form.} 17. Rd1 $2 {Pinning the
d-pawn and protecting e4. Or so one would think.} (17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bb2 Nb6
19. Qb5 {keeps all three results possible.}) 17... Nxe4 $1 18. Bb2 $6 (18. Bxe4
{was surely the intention, but it doesn't work} Qf6 {and now White cannot
protect his pawn bishop on e4 and his rook on a1. Black emerges up at least a
clear pawn ahead.}) 18... Qe7 19. b4 a6 20. Qc2 f6 21. Rac1 Rad8 22. Bf1 Rd7
23. f3 Nd6 24. Re1 Qf7 {By this point White's compensation has mainly
dissipated. Aronian went on to win with his two extra pawns.} 25. Bd3 g5 26.
Ng2 Nc4 27. f4 Nxb2 28. Qxb2 Bh3 29. a4 h6 30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 Ne7 32. Qf2 Nf5
33. Qf3 Kg7 34. Kh1 Re7 35. Rxe7 Qxe7 36. Qh5 Bxg2+ 37. Kxg2 Ne3+ 38. Kg1 f5
39. Qe2 Rf6 40. Qb2 gxf4 41. gxf4 Kh7 42. Kh1 Qg7 43. Qe2 d4 44. Qf3 c6 45.
bxc6 bxc6 46. h3 Rg6 47. Rb1 Rg3 48. Qh5 Qd7 49. Kh2 Rg2+ 50. Kh1 Qd5 0-1

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b2rk1/2q2rp1/3p3p/p1pPpp2/P1P1Pn2/4Q2P/3N1PP1/RR3BK1 w - - 0 34"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]

34. Ra3 {Diagram [#] After a long time of having next to nothing Caruana has
slowly worked himself up to an edge. His control over the b-file is worth more
than the f-file.} fxe4 35. Nxe4 Bf5 36. Rab3 Bg6 37. Rb6 Qe7 $2 {Too optmistic
in time trouble, this move doesn't come close to working.} 38. Nxd6 Nxh3+ 39.
Qxh3 Rf6 40. Nc8 $1 Qd8 {Diagram [#] The time control was reached, and one
would think that Caruana can find the winning continuation from here. A lot of
his pieces are under attack, but he can defend them all.} 41. R1b5 $2 (41. Rxf6
Qxf6 42. Rb2 {was completely winning. Black doesn't have Bf5} Bf5 43. Qxf5 (43.
Qe3 Rxc8 {is even better than the game continuation, but let's not get into
that.}) 43... Qxf5 44. Ne7+ $18) (41. R1b2 Bf5 42. Qe3 Qxc8 43. Rxf6 Rxf6 44.
Rb5 {was also close to winning, actually.}) 41... Rxf2 42. Rxg6 Rxf1+ 43. Kh2
Qxc8 44. Qxc8 Rxc8 {Diagram [#] White is still better in this endgame, but
there are major conversion issues. Caruana did not come close to posing any
real problems for his opponent.} 45. Rc6 $2 Re8 46. Rcxc5 e4 {Black's passed
e-pawn is enough counterplay to hold the draw.} 47. d6 Rd8 48. Rc6 Rd1 49. c5
e3 50. Rb2 Rd2 51. Rb1 e2 52. Re1 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.17"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5pk1/7p/4PK2/3R1P1P/8/r7/8 w - - 0 74"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]

{Black is down a pawn, but as a strong old guy said once, all rook endgames
are drawn. This one is no exception, as Maxime Vachier-Lagrave proved through
strong and detailed analysis on chess.com. I won't bore you with the details,
just with what happened. Nakamura can hold by moving his rook: e2 and a5 both
seem to work, and probably a6 is also ok. Moving the king is fatal. In time
pressure, Nakamura touched his king clearly intending to move. He tried to say
j'adoube, but was called out by Aronian. The arbiter forced Nakamura to move
his king, and that leads to a hopeless position.} 74. Rd7 {Diagram [#]} Kf8 75.
Kf6 Ra6+ 76. Rd6 Ra8 77. h5 Kg8 78. f5 Rb8 79. Rd7 Rb6+ 80. Ke7 (80. e6 fxe6
81. Rd8+ Kh7 82. fxe6 {is good enough as well}) 80... Rb5 81. Rd8+ Kh7 82. Kf6
Rb6+ 83. Rd6 (83. Kxf7 Rf6+ $1 84. Ke7 $1 Rxf5 {is also lost, but there is no
need for this}) 83... Rb7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2qrbk1/1b3ppp/8/npp1P3/3Pp3/5N2/1PB2PPP/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]

{Diagram [#]} 18. Rxe4 $1 {Beautiful! Anand gives up his rook to preserve his
powerful Spanish bishop.} (18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 {us almost nothing for
White.}) 18... Nb3 $2 {Based on a miscalculation. Anand does not forgive.} (
18... Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Ra6 20. Bxh7+ $5 {Is complicated but works for White.
Figure it out yourself!}) 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Ng5 $1 Nxc1 21. Qh5 $1 {Diagram [#]
Amount of pieces do not matter any more, it is time to go for the king.} h6 22.
Qxf7+ (22. Nxf7 {was also quite powerful}) 22... Kh8 23. Rg4 $1 {Diagram [#]
Gorgeous. There is no defense agaisnt Qg6.} Qa5 24. h4 $1 (24. h3 Qe1+ 25. Kh2
Ne2 {is very, very different from the game continuation!}) (24. h4 Qe1+ 25. Kh2
Ne2 26. Nh3 $1 {And now Black truly is helpless against Qg6 with impending
mate.}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.20"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Qe2 Re8 8.
Nc4 Nd7 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Ne3 a5 12. Nf5 a4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Nc5
15. g4 {Diagram [#] A very double-edged position. White has castled queenside
and hopes to launch a fast attack. Black looks like he is quick on the other
flank, but it is an illusion.} Be6 16. Kb1 b4 17. g5 b3 18. Rhg1 $1 {Simply
ignoring the threats. There are many variations here, but I will only focus on
the main ones.} bxa2+ 19. Ka1 Bxf5 {Making the knight disappear seems very
natural considering the circumstances.} (19... a3 20. b3 g6 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. d4
{with a huge initiative.}) 20. exf5 a3 21. b3 {Diagram [#] The problem for
Black is that he doesn't have a single good attacking pattern now, while his
kingside is obviously not going to hold for ever.} Na6 22. c3 Bf8 23. Nd2 $1 {
I like this move, though the computer gives some other stuff as better. The
re-routing of the knight to e4 is natural and strong.} fxg5 24. Rxg5 Nc5 25.
Rg3 $1 {Diagram [#]} e4 (25... Qxd3 26. Qxd3 Nxd3 27. Ne4 {costs Black the
exchange as d3 is hanging and so is f6...} Nf4 (27... Red8 28. Bg5 $18) 28.
Nf6+) 26. Bxc5 Bxc5 27. Nxe4 {We call this guy an octopus.} Bd6 28. Rh3 Be5 29.
d4 Bf6 30. Rg1 Rb8 31. Kxa2 Bh4 32. Rg4 Qd5 33. c4 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.23"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7. Ng5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. f3 exf3 10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 dxc4 12. Qc2 $1 {Diagram [#] A very
interesting novelty cooked up by Caruana's second, Kasimdzhanov. The position
before Qc2 had been seen in Anand's games before, and this puts a big question
to the setup.} h6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Rad1 Bf5 15. Ne5 $1 {Nice move! Black can
take on g3, but it doesn't look good.} Nd6 (15... Nxg3 16. e4 Nxf1 17. exf5 {
the knight is trapped on f1} Nxh2 18. Bxh2 {The position is entirely complex,
but I would take the two bishops over the rook and three pawns any day any
time.}) 16. e4 Bh7 17. Qe2 Ne7 $6 {Diagram [#]} 18. Bxh6 $1 {MVL said this
wasn't the strongest move. Who cares? This move is awesome!} gxh6 19. Qh5 Nef5
(19... Nd5 $1 20. exd5 Qg5 {is a much superior way of giving the piece back}) (
19... Ng6 20. Ng4 {leaves Black defenseless against Nxh6 or Nf6 or simply e5.})
20. exf5 Qg5 21. Qxg5+ hxg5 22. f6 $1 {Nice! This anchors the knight on e5...
Caruana again with his octopus! Anand tries for some counterplay but it
backfires badly.} Ne4 $6 23. Rfe1 $1 {Diagram [#]} Nxc3 $2 {It's all over
after this.} 24. Rc1 Nb5 (24... Nxa2 25. Rxc4 {leaves the knight on a2
stranded. White is also threatening to win the pawn on c7 or b7 and mop up the
kingside and queenside.}) 25. Bxb7 Rad8 (25... Rab8 26. Bc6 Red8 27. Bxb5 Rxb5
28. Nc6 {does not help Black at all.}) 26. Bc6 Nxd4 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Kf2 Nc2
29. Red1 Be4 30. Nxc4 Re6 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Kg1 Rxf6 33. Rf1 {White is up the
exchange in this easily winning position for a 2800 GM.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]

1. e4 c5 {Well, what else?} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Taking the beast by its horns,
perhaps something the Caruana team might have not expected. For example, the 2.
c3 Sicilian is more drawish.} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 {The Rauzer was the chosen battleground. It was clear neither player
was very familiar with this kind of positions.} 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 b5 {A Li Chao
favorite.} 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 (12. Kb1 {is the mainline, but the moe played
in the game seems pretty direct.}) 12... Qb6 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nxc6 {Diagram 
[#] Well, a double-edged game at least. Black has problems with his king, but
he has a lot of pawns in the center and the pair of bishops.} Qxc6 15. Bd3 h5
16. Kb1 b4 $6 {This move looks completely unnecessary. The knight reroutes to
d4 by itself anyway.} (16... Rg8) (16... O-O-O $5) 17. Ne2 Qc5 18. Rhf1 $2 (18.
e5 $1 {Would have punished Black's play} d5 (18... dxe5 19. Bg6+ {gets mated})
(18... fxe5 19. Qg5 $1 Be7 20. Qg7 $1 Rf8 21. Rdf1 {with a huge attack}) (18...
f5 19. exd6 {also looks kind of bad}) (18... Qxe5 19. Bg6+ Kd8 20. Rhe1 {
leaves too many lines open against the Black king.}) 19. exf6 {is losing})
18... Bh6 19. Qe1 a5 20. b3 Rg8 21. g3 Ke7 {Black is back in the game, though
White might have an edge in thits position.} 22. Bc4 Be3 {Not allowing the
knight to reach d4.} 23. Rf3 (23. Nf4 Bd4 $13) 23... Rg4 24. Qf1 Rf8 25. Nf4 {
Diagram [#] Here is an interesting situation. During the game it seemed to me
that Bxf4 was indeed the best move, but Bd4 kept the game much more complex.
Seirawan argues for Bd4 over the probably objectively better Bxf4. It is hard
to say...} Bxf4 26. Rxf4 a4 $6 {I don't like this move. The bishop finds
itself better on b3 than on c4 anyway.} 27. bxa4 Bxa4 28. Qd3 Bc6 29. Bb3 Rg5
30. e5 $1 {Nice move by Karjakin. It opens lines against the king and gets rid
of his weak e4 pawn.} Rxe5 31. Rc4 Rd5 32. Qe2 Qb6 (32... Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qd5
34. Qxd5 Bxd5 35. Rxb4 Bg2 {is a tiny bit better for Black, but too close to a
draw.}) 33. Rh4 Re5 34. Qd3 Bg2 {Not a very human move, but Black wants to
play d5 an stick his bishop on e4.} 35. Rd4 d5 36. Qd2 Re4 $2 {Diagram [#] A
miscalculation, and it came at the worst point possible.} (36... Be4 37. Rxb4
Qc7 {and anything can happen.}) 37. Rxd5 $1 {Brilliant. Black's position falls
apart.} exd5 38. Qxd5 Qc7 {For now, Black is holding...} 39. Qf5 {But after
this move it is clear that there is no helping Black. He is surprisingly
unable to stop Qh7+ with tragic consequences.} Rf7 (39... Rh8 40. Qg6 $18) 40.
Bxf7 Qe5 {this gets mated, but Black was already toast} (40... Kxf7 41. Qh7+
Kf8 42. Qxc7) 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Rd8+ {A brilliant conclusion by Sergey Karjakin.
} 1-0

[Event "Lviv Women's World Ch."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2016.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 {Varying from} (9. Be3 {with which Hou had won the second game.})
9... Be7 10. Bc2 {A modern move order, because the more traditional} (10. Nbd2
Nc5 11. Bc2 {has not yielded much after} d4 {.}) 10... Bg4 {After} (10... O-O
11. Nbd2 {White would transpose back into the main line that she wants.}) 11.
h3 Bh5 (11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 $1 Nc5 13. f4 Qd7 14. Qf3 {leads to a White
advantage.}) 12. g4 Bg6 {[#]} 13. Nd4 $5 {As played by Caruana in Wijk aan Zee
2016 to inflict Wei Yi's only loss of the tournament. "Of course I saw that
game when I played in Wijk aan Zee," said Hou.  After the Wijk aan Zee game,
Caruana showed that} (13. Bb3 {, which had been used successfully by Fischer,
could be well met by} Nc5 $1 14. Bxd5 (14. Qxd5 Na5) 14... Qd7 $1 {with
excellent compensation for the pawn.}) 13... Nxd4 $1 (13... Qd7 {had been
Wei's move, but it worked out badly after} 14. f4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 f5 16. Be3 O-O
17. Nc3 c6 18. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 19. d5 $1) 14. cxd4 h5 $1 {Caruana had suggested
this as the best defence after his win over Wei.} 15. f3 (15. f4 {is the other
critical test of Black's play but after} hxg4 16. f5 {both} Rxh3 (16... Bh5 17.
hxg4 Bg5) 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. fxg6 f5 $1 {and 16...Bh5 17.hxg4 Bg5! appear to be
very dangerous for White.}) 15... Ng3 16. Rf2 {[#]} hxg4 $1 {"I had this
variation analysed at home," admitted Muzychuk. "The fact that I spent [15
minutes on this move] is understandable because I had to sacrifice a piece,
the variations are very sharp and I had to be precise."  Muzychuk was not
tempted by the line initially favoured by computers,} (16... Bxc2 17. Qxc2 c5 {
, because after} 18. Rg2 h4 19. Be3 {the knight is permanently stuck on g3.})
17. Bxg6 Rxh3 $1 {Played very quickly. "I trusted my preparation, so I didn't
want to try anything else," said Muzychuk. In fact the piece sacrifice is
obligatory since} (17... fxg6 $2 18. Qc2 $1 {leaves Black's king in trouble.})
18. Qc2 $1 {[#]  "It's quite scary playing such a line, with lots of tactics
and many pieces around your king," admitted Hou. "But the line is pretty
forced, even though there are many option for both sides," she added, hinting
that she may also have seen this position at home before the game.   At first
sight} (18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. fxg4+ {is tempting but after} Ke6 $1 (19... Kg8 20.
Rh2 $1) 20. Qf3 (20. Kg2 $2 Qh8 $1) 20... Qf8 $1 {Black's king is safe and
White cannot win material in view of the trick} 21. Qxf8 Bxf8 $1 22. Kg2 Ne4 $1
23. Rxf8 $2 Rg3+ $1) (18. Kg2 {is beautifully refuted by} Nh1 $3 {, e.g.} 19.
Rf1 Rg3+ 20. Kxh1 Bb4 $1 {with a winning attack.}) 18... Bc5 $3 {A brilliant
way to both bring the Black queen to h4 without losing time, as well as
stopping Qc6+.  Curiously, it is not Black's only move -} (18... Kd7 $5 {might
also lead to a draw, although this time it is White who has all the potential
upside.}) 19. Qxc5 $1 Rh1+ 20. Kg2 {[#]} Rh2+ $1 {The half hour Hou spent on
her 19th move was primarily checking that a move such as} (20... Qh4 $2 {did
not lead to disaster for White. In fact after} 21. Qc6+ Kf8 22. Qxa8+ Ke7 23.
Bg5+ $1 Qxg5 24. fxg4 $1 {the complications favour White, but Hou was entitled
to be nervous.}) 21. Kg1 (21. Kxh2 $2 {is impossible due to} Qh4+ 22. Kg2 Qh3+
23. Kg1 Qh1# {while}) (21. Kxg3 Qh4+ 22. Kf4 gxf3+ $1 {is also fatal for White.
}) 21... Rh1+ {A wonderful piece of opening preparation by Muzychuk and her
team. A day after the game, Sergey Karjakin admitted that he had also found
the same line in his pre-Candidates preparation for Caruana.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lviv Women's World Ch."]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.03.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Rogers, Ian"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O {"The same line
as the first game of the match," said Hou, "but now Muzychuk varied with 7.Bg5
[instead of 7.h3]."} 7. Bg5 (7. h3) 7... h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 (9. Nxg5 hxg5 10.
Bxg5 Kg7 {is not supposed to be dangerous for Black.}) 9... g4 $5 {A new move;
"I thought it was an interesting option, compared to [the main line]} (9... Bg4
{, to push the knight to h4," said Hou. "Of course Black's king is a little
bit weak so Black needs to be careful."}) 10. Nh4 Nh5 11. a4 {Preparing
Na3-c2-e3. "I was not suprised by her ...g5-g4 plan but I am not sure where
theory ended," admitted Muzychuk. "But I like my position."} a6 12. Na3 Qg5 13.
Nc2 Ba7 14. Ne3 Ne7 (14... Bxe3 15. fxe3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qxe3+ 17. Kh2 {looked
dangerous because the f file is open, so the f7 pawn and the f5 square are
weak," explained Hou.}) 15. d4 $5 {[#]} Qg7 {Though Muzychuk thought for the
first time on 15.d4 - 8 minutes - Hou had reason to suspect that the Ukrainian
was still following her preparation and so avoided the more forcing} (15...
exd4 16. cxd4 Qg7 {. Hou was wise to do so, since the complications after} 17.
e5 $5 Nxg3 18. hxg3 dxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxe5 21. Rxf7 $1 {are far from
clear and, if Hou was unlucky, she could have found herself facing the sort of
spectacular preparation which caught her out in game 4.}) 16. dxe5 dxe5 17.
Nef5 $5 {Another very committal decision. "Probably this was the most critical
moment in the game.} (17. Re1 {was possible," said Muzychuk.}) 17... Bxf5 18.
exf5 {"The position of the knight on f5 is very double-edged," said Hou. "If
it can come to f5 it can be good but if not the knight can be a target."} Bc5
$6 {A little careless - Black should capture on g3 before playing this move,
or else try} (18... Nc8 $5 19. Qd7 Nd6 20. Qxc7 Bb8 21. Qc5 Rc8 22. Bxf7+ Qxf7
23. Qxe5 {with crazy complications where one would expect the piece to be
stronger than the 3 pawns but Black's weak king will remain a handicap.}) 19.
Re1 $2 {With a big time advantage and a good position, Muzychuk should have
started looking at forcing lines, but instead she plays 'healthy' moves and
loses much of her advantage.} (19. f6 $1 Qxf6 20. Qxg4+ Qg5 21. Qf3 $1 {is
very strong for White.} ({Hou considered only} 21. Qxg5+ hxg5 22. Nf3 Nxg3 23.
hxg3 e4 24. Nxg5 e3 {when Black has counterplay.}) {Play could continue} 21...
Nxg3 22. hxg3 c6 23. b4 Ba7 24. Rad1 {and Black is running out of constructive
moves.}) 19... Nxg3 20. hxg3 Kh8 {"Freeing the g8 square for the knight, as
well as moving away from the c4 bishop," explained Hou.} 21. Qe2 Bd6 {[#]} 22.
Qe4 {Muzychuk spent almost 20 minutes on this move, which prepares a faulty
plan.} (22. f6 $1 {, here or next move, would exchange the f5 pawn for the g4
pawn and keep a slight edge.}) 22... Rab8 23. Be2 $2 h5 24. Rad1 {"I couldn't
find anything to do," confessed Muzychuk. "My original idea had been} (24. f3 {
but it failed because of} Ng8 25. fxg4 Nf6 26. Qe3 hxg4 {followed by ...e4 and
...Nh5 (which I had missed."}) 24... Ng8 25. Kh2 $6 {"Another mistake," said
Muzychuk. "I was planning to play} (25. f6 $1 Nxf6 26. Qe3 {"but at the last
moment I changed my mind. I believe this position can be played by White."})
25... Qg5 $1 26. Bc4 Nf6 {"Once I brought out my knight to f6 and managed to
isolate the knight on h4 it is definitely only Black who can play for a win,"
said Hou.  "Yes, once I allow your knight to f6 it is really hard to play
White," agreed Muzychuk.} 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. Rxe3 e4 29. Re2 Rbd8 30. Bb3 {To
add to Muzychuk's difficulties, she was now down to her last 5 minutes, while
Hou had more than 15 minutes to play with.} Rd7 31. f3 {A desperate attempt to
break out and rescue the h4 knight. Giving Black time for ...Kg7, ...Re8, etc,
would just be waiting for the hammer to fall.} Re8 32. Rde1 Rde7 {[#]} 33. Bc2
$5 {A typical Muzychuk trick, allowing a combination which gives Black an
extra queen but hoping for an unlikely counter-attack.} (33. f4 Kg7 {would
offer no hope at all.}) 33... exf3 $1 {Hou spent five minutes double-checking
before falling into Muzychuk's 'trap'.} 34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Rxe7 f2 $1 36. Rxf7
f1=Q 37. Ng6+ Kg8 {[#]} 38. Rxf6 {Muzychuk had originally planned} (38. Bb3 $5
{which wins in every variation except} Bxg3+ $1 39. Kxg3 Ne4+ 40. Kh4 Qh1#)
38... Bc5 $1 0-1

[Event "College Final Four 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.04.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zherebukh, Y."]
[Black "Kovalyov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Macieja, Bartek"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 c6 {Specialty of Anton Kovalyov. Black
builds a solid structure in the center.} 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
Nbd2 {Often White begins with b3-Bb2, and Rfd1, leaving a choice where to
develop a knight.} Bb7 9. e4 Na6 {! Black has to stay calm. After 9...dxe4 10.
Nxe4 the structure is better for White.} (9... dxe4 10. Nxe4) 10. e5 {
Immediate 10.a3 leaves more options to White. 10.e5 gains space, but allows
Black to get a counterplay in the center.} (10. a3) 10... Nd7 11. a3 Nc7 {?!
Too slow. 11...c5 should have been played.} (11... c5) 12. b3 {! A very strong
quiet move. White will continue developing pieces, whereas after dxc4 an
option of bxc4 (to control the d5 square) becomes available.} Qb8 {! Black
brings all the pieces to the Q-side where the action will start soon.} 13. Bb2
Rc8 14. Rfd1 a5 15. Nf1 {A logical, but not the most successful plan. White
attemps to bring the knight to e3, but it gives Black two tempos.} c5 16. Ne3
b5 {16...a4 17.bxa4 Bc6 desired attention.} (16... a4 17. bxa4 Bc6) 17. a4 {!
blocks Black's pawn.} bxc4 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Nd5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 {Diagram 
[#] ?! 20...Bxc5 was required. If 21.Ng5 Nf8 22.Be4 then Ng6.} (20... Bxc5 21.
Ng5 Nf8 22. Be4 Ng6) 21. Nd6 {! Now White gets advantage.} Nb4 {If Blacks
accepts the pawn sacrifice 21...Bxd6 22.Ng5 g6 23.exd6 Qxd6 then after 24.Qc4
White gets a dangerous compensation due to the weakened dark squares.} (21...
Bxd6 22. Ng5 g6 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Qc4) 22. Qe2 Ba6 23. Qd2 Nb3 24. Qf4 {Very
precise dance of a queen. 24.Nxc8 desired attention, but 24. Qf4 is even
stronger.} (24. Nxc8) 24... Rf8 {Forced, as after 24...Bxd6 25.exd6 Nxa1 White
easily wins, for instance Qg5 or Ng5.} (24... Bxd6 25. exd6 Nxa1 26. Qg4 (26.
Ng5)) 25. Ra3 Nc2 26. Ra2 {Looks natural, but 26.Ne1 was much stronger. If 26..
.Nxa3 (After 26...Nxe1 27.Rxe1 White is clearly better) 27.Bxa3 Ra7 then after
28.Qe3! there is no good defense against Rb1.} (26. Ne1 Nxa3 (26... Nxe1 27.
Rxe1) 27. Bxa3 Ra7 28. Qe3) 26... Be2 27. Rb1 Nb4 {With every move Black
patiently keeps attacking opponents' pieces. Judit Polgar's style! No rest to
the opponent.} 28. Ra3 {?? Eventually White doesn't resist the pressure. 28.
Nd4 was necessary with an unclear position.} (28. Nd4) 28... Nd5 {! Now White
loses material.} 29. Qe4 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Nd2 31. Qd1 Nxb1 32. Rb3 {If 32.Qxb1
then simple Bxd6 33.exd6 Qxd6 is sufficient.} (32. Qxb1 Bxd6 33. exd6 Qxd6)
32... Bxd6 {! The easiest.} 33. Bxd5 Bb4 34. Bxa8 Nd2 {Diagram [#] There is no
hope for White as the exchange has been lost. Very instructive game. Thought
objectively White had an advantage, in practise Black managed to create so
many problems with every move played, that White eventually made a huge
mistake and lost. There is a huge difference between human and computer chess!}
0-1

[Event "Final Four"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shen, Arthur"]
[Black "Kovalyov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Shen, Arthur"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventRounds "6"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. Be3 Nd7 {This surprised me - the idea of h6 is to prevent g5 so the
knight can stay on f6. That being said, Nd7 is a typical idea that cannot be
awful.} 10. Qe2 Qc7 {Another surprise - I was expecting g5} (10... g5 {Black
is fighting for control of the e5 square by preventing f4. The position is
very unclear. After Qc7, g5 is less effective because the pawn on g5 is not
protected by the queen and can easily be targeted by h4.}) 11. O-O-O Na5 {
Diagram [#] I managed to predict this move, and had a sacrifice prepared} 12.
Nf5 $5 (12. f4 {Of course, a huge lead in development and a safe king, white
will have a good position, but I was feeling ambitious.} Nc4 13. Bf2 {White
preserves his bishop and meances Nd5 or Nf5. Black's king is very shaky.})
12... Nf6 (12... exf5 {This is suicidal - the black king will not survive long.
} 13. exf5 {White is in no hurry because the black king cannot castle any time
soon. There is not good way of plugging up the e-file - Ne5 is met with f4 and
Be7 is met with Nd5. White will play Rhe1, bringing the final piece into the
attack, and the game will be over very soon.}) (12... g6 $5 {What I was
expecting - Black needs to evict the pesky knight.} 13. Bd4 (13. Rhe1 Nc4 14.
Bd4) 13... e5 {Black can win a piece, but his position does not inspire
confidence.} (13... Rg8 {Black's king is stuck in the center - I doubt it will
survive.} 14. f4) 14. Nd5 Qd8 15. Bc3 gxf5 16. exf5 {Black's king will find no
safe haven, and white will crack open the center with f4. White is by no means
winning, but in a practical game this is no fun for black.}) 13. Bf4 Nc4 {The
next few moves are pretty much forced, and lead a techincally won position for
white.} (13... exf5 {This will not end well for Black} 14. e5 $18) (13... e5 {
Maybe the safest, but positionally black is busted. The d5 square is screaming
to be occupied, and white can do so with g5.} 14. g5 $1 $16 {Removing the
defender of d5.}) 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 (14... Nxd6 15. Qd2 {[%csl Rd6] Simple chess
- attack the pinned piece. White will emerge up a pawn.}) 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. e5
Nb5 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. exf6 Rxa2 {Diagram [#]} (18... gxf6 {Objectively best,
but black is left defending a miserable endgame down a pawn. Understandably,
my opponent tried to muddy the waters.} 19. Qxb5+ Bd7 20. Qxb7 Qxb7 21. Bxb7
Rxa2 22. Kb1) 19. Qxb5+ Bd7 (19... Kf8 20. Qc5+ $1) 20. fxg7 {A cute inbetween
move.} Ra1+ 21. Kd2 Qf4+ 22. Ke1 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Rg8 (23... Qd4+ 24. Qd3 Qxg7
25. Kc1) 24. Qxb7 Rxg7 25. Qa8+ Ke7 26. Qa3+ Ke8 27. Qa8+ Ke7 28. Qa3+ Ke8 29.
Qf3 Qg5 30. Qe4 f5 31. f4 Qd8 (31... Qxg4+ {This was the last chance to create
problems, but trading queens when down material is counterinuitive.} 32. hxg4
fxe4 33. Rh4 Rf7 34. g5 hxg5 35. fxg5 Rg7 36. Bxe4 Rxg5 37. c4 {I feel White
should convert eventually, but it certainly isn't over yet.}) 32. Qd4 Kf8 33.
Kc1 Qh4 34. Bb7 Qg3 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Bd5 {The black king is extremely exposed
and white is up 2 pawns.} 1-0

[Event "College Final Four"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gorovets, A."]
[Black "Robson, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Gorovets, Andrey"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 $1 {Ray Robson is a
great tactician and all-knowing Gruenfeld player, so that was the reason to
deviate from my regular opening repertoire and do something very quiet and
positional.} cxd4 {a consession already. The main line goes:} (6... Nc6 7. Be3
cxd4 8. Nb5 Qd7 $1 $11) 7. Nb5 Na6 8. Qxd4 Bc5 9. Qxd5 exd5 10. Nfd4 $14 {
white is slightly but clearly better: the pawn d5 is isolated, the knight on
a6 is immobile} O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. O-O Bd7 13. Be3 Ng4 {I let him to get my
light-squared bishop because I believe that in this position the dark squares
are the key. As I remember the rule of Mikhail Botvinnik: playing against
isolani you need rooks, minor peices to be trade-off.} 14. Bxg4 Bxg4 15. a4 $1
Bd7 16. Rfd1 h6 17. Nc2 Bf5 18. Ncd4 Bd7 19. h3 $1 {no repetition, white has
to go forward!} Rad8 20. b4 $16 Bb6 21. Nd6 Bxa4 22. Nxb7 (22. Nxe8 $1 {was
much better} Bxd1 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxd1 Kg6 25. Nb5 {with big advantage for
white}) 22... Bxd1 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd1 Nc7 25. Nc6 Re8 26. Bxb6 axb6 27. Nd4
Ra8 {after the sequence of white's imprecise move the game is even. However
the tension still remains, black still has some pawn weakneses. And overall
the endgames R+N are extremely tricky, a famous example: Dreev-Brodsky 2012
http://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2012-rteam/04-Dreev_Aleksey-Brodsky_Michail} 28.
Re1 Kf8 29. g4 g6 30. Kg2 Ne8 31. Nb5 Nf6 32. f3 Rc8 $2 {a positional mistake,
the rook was needed to be on the a file.} 33. Rd1 Ke7 34. h4 Ke6 35. Ra1 Nd7 {
Diagram [#]} 36. Ra7 $2 {missing simple win:} (36. Re1+ Kf6 37. Nd6 Ra8 38.
Ne8+ Rxe8 39. Rxe8 $18) 36... Rc4 37. Kg3 h5 38. g5 Ke7 39. Nc7 d4 40. Nd5+ Ke6
{Ray is playing tricky:} 41. Nc7+ (41. Rxd7 dxc3 $3 {and white is lost} (41...
Kxd7 42. Nxb6+ $18)) 41... Ke7 42. Nd5+ Ke6 43. Nc7+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USAT"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Banik, Siddharth"]
[Black "Do, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[Annotator "Do, Vincent"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[TimeControl "5400+5"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. g4 Nc6 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Kb1 b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb4
15. c3 e4 16. Qg2 Nbxd5 17. Bc1 (17. g5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Nd7) 17... Nb6 (17...
Rxc3) 18. g5 Nfd7 19. Qxe4 Bxg5 20. Rxd6 Bxc1 21. Nxc1 Qc7 22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Qg4
Nca4 24. Rg1 g6 25. Qg3 {Diagram [#]} Qe7 26. Qd6 Qh4 27. Qg3 Qe7 28. Qd6 Qh4
29. Qd4 Qe7 30. Bd3 Rfd8 31. Rde1 Rxd4 (31... Qf8) 32. Rxe7 Rd7 33. Rge1 Kf8
34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Bc2 Nac5 36. Rd1 Ke7 37. Ne2 Nb6 38. Nd4 Ne6 39. Re1 Kd6 40.
Nxe6 fxe6 41. Re4 Rf8 42. Bb3 Nd5 43. Rh4 h5 {Diagram [#]} 44. Bc2 Rf4 (44...
Nf4) 45. Rxf4 Nxf4 46. h4 Ke5 47. b4 Kf6 48. Be4 Nd5 49. Kc2 g5 50. hxg5+ Kxg5
51. Bf3 h4 52. a3 Kf4 53. Bh1 Nb6 54. Kd3 e5 55. Ke2 Nc4 56. Bb7 Nxa3 57. Bxa6
Nb1 58. c4 h3 59. Kf1 bxc4 60. b5 {VDo goes forward 120.} c3 {White resigns}
0-1

[Event "USAT2015"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2016.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "CM Jacob Furfine"]
[Black "Ethan Li"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "Furfine, Jacob"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[TimeControl "5400+5"]

1. d4 {[%emt 1:30:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 1:30:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 1:29:43]} e6 {[%emt 1:
30:03]} 3. g3 {[%emt 1:29:44]} d5 {[%emt 1:29:59]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 1:29:46]} dxc4
{[%emt 1:29:56]} (4... Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2) 5. Bg2 {
[%emt 1:29:42]} Bb4+ {[%emt 1:29:57]} 6. Bd2 {[%emt 1:27:20]} (6. Nbd2 b5) 6...
a5 {[%emt 1:29:57]} 7. O-O {[%emt 1:23:29]} (7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 b5 9. b3 cxb3
10. Qxb3 c6) 7... O-O {[%emt 1:29:34]} (7... Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Na3)
8. Qc2 {[%emt 1:18:16]} b5 {[%emt 1:25:16]} 9. a4 {[%emt 1:11:27]} bxa4 {[%emt
1:24:19]} 10. Rxa4 {[%emt 1:06:13]} (10. Ne5 Qxd4 (10... Ra6 11. e3 c5) 11.
Bxa8 Qxe5) 10... Bxd2 {[%emt 0:55:57]} (10... Bb7 11. Bxb4 axb4 12. Rxa8 (12.
Rxb4 Be4 13. Qxc4 Bd5 14. Qd3 Nc6 15. Rb5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxd4 17. Qxa8 Qxa8 18.
Bxa8 Nxb5) 12... Bxa8 13. Nbd2 Nbd7) 11. Nbxd2 {[%emt 1:04:25]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:
55:40]} 12. Nxc4 {[%emt 1:01:10]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:54:13]} 13. Rd1 {[%emt 0:58:16]}
(13. Rfa1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Nxe6) 13... Nd5 {[%emt 0:51:21]} 14. Raa1 {
[%emt 0:52:28]} (14. Nfe5) 14... Nb6 {[%emt 0:48:48]} 15. Nce5 {[%emt 0:47:12]}
Nb4 {[%emt 0:43:19]} 16. Qc5 {[%emt 0:44:43] Diagram [#]} (16. Qc3) 16... f6 {
[%emt 0:41:22]} 17. Nd3 {[%emt 0:42:25]} Nxd3 {[%emt 0:39:19]} (17... Qd6) 18.
Rxd3 {[%emt 0:41:05]} a4 {[%emt 0:39:11]} 19. Rc1 {[%emt 0:39:13]} Rf7 {[%emt
0:37:54] Diagram [#]} 20. Ne5 {[%emt 0:30:59]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:30:29]} (20...
fxe5 21. Bxb7 e4 22. Bxe4 Rb8 23. d5) 21. Nxf7 {[%emt 0:30:45]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:
30:25]} 22. f3 {[%emt 0:24:19]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:28:43]} 23. e4 {[%emt 0:22:03]} (
23. Qe7) 23... Qd7 {[%emt 0:28:08]} 24. Qh5 {[%emt 0:20:14] Diagram [#]} Qxf7 {
[%emt 0:25:29]} (24... e5 25. d5 Be6 26. Nh6+ gxh6 27. dxe6 Qxd3 28. Qf7+ Kh8
29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Rxc7) 25. Qxh3 {[%emt 0:20:14]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:24:
56]} 26. Rc6 {[%emt 0:18:01]} f5 {[%emt 0:24:54]} 27. Qh4 {[%emt 0:17:08]} Rd7
{[%emt 0:23:39]} 28. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:15:50]} h6 {[%emt 0:22:51]} 29. Rc6 {[%emt
0:15:26]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:20:47]} 30. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:13:58]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:20:20]}
31. Rc8+ {[%emt 0:13:54] Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad"]
[Site "Karlsbad"]
[Date "1911.09.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Richard Teichmann"]
[Black "Carl Schlechter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1911.08.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 {Diagram [#]} 6. Re1 (6.
Bxc6) (6. d4) (6. d3) (6. Nc3) (6. Qe2) (6. c3) 6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 (8. d4
Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 c5) 8... O-O 9. d3 (9. a4) (9. h3) 9... Na5 10. Bc2
c5 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. Ne3 (13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 exd4
16. Qxd4) 13... Bb7 14. Nf5 Rfe8 15. Bg5 Nd7 (15... h6) 16. Bb3 Nf8 17. Bd5 Ng6
18. Bxe7 (18. Nxe7+) 18... Ngxe7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Ng5+ (20. Qb3+ c4) 20...
Kg8 (20... Kf8 21. Nxh7+) (20... Kg6 21. Qg4) 21. Qh5 Nxf5 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23.
Qxf5+ Kg8 (23... Ke7 24. Qe6+) 24. Qg6 (24. Qh7+) 24... Qd7 25. Re3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#1"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5pk1/8/8/3p2nq/3P4/6P1/3QR1K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qh2+ 2. Kf1 Qh1+ 3. Ke2 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#2"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/7r/5p2/4p3/4P1n1/2B2Qq1/6P1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rh1+ 2. Kxh1 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#3"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5pk1/8/8/5qn1/8/2Q1K1P1/3R4 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qe3+ 2. Kf1 Nh2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#4"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3Q1pk1/6p1/B3p1q1/4P1n1/8/6PP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qe3+ 2. Kh1 Nf2+ 3. Kg1 Nh3+ (3... Nxd1+) 4. Kh1 Qg1+ 5.
Rxg1 Nf2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#5"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/8/5n2/6n1/7K/6PP/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nf2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/5p2/3q4/8/r2n4/4N3/5PPP/1Q3RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Ne2+ 2. Kh1 Qxh2+ 3. Kxh2 Rh4# 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess Qualifier"]
[Site "Fagernes NOR"]
[Date "2016.03.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hammer, J."]
[Black "Grandelius, N."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2016.03.23"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "16"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Nd2 c6 8.
e3 Nf8 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. f5 Nh4 14. Qh5 Bxf5
15. Rxf5 Nxf5 16. Qxf5 Qxf5 17. Bxf5 Rae8 18. Kf2 g6 19. Bd3 Re6 20. g4 Rfe8
21. Re1 Be7 22. Nf3 Bg5 23. Nd1 Rf6 24. Kg2 Rfe6 25. Kf2 Rf6 26. Ke2 Rfe6 27.
Kd2 Rf6 28. Ke2 Rfe6 29. Kd2 Rf6 30. Be2 Rfe6 31. Bf1 Kg7 32. a3 Bd8 33. Bd3
Bc7 34. h4 Rf6 35. Rf1 Ba5+ 36. Ke2 Bb6 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Rfe6 39. Ne5 R6e7
40. b4 Rxe5 41. dxe5 Rxe5 42. Rg1 Bd8 43. Kf3 Bxg5 44. e4 Bc1 45. a4 Ba3 46.
exd5 Rxd5 47. Bc4 Rf5+ 48. Ke4 Bxb4 49. Rf1 b5 50. axb5 cxb5 51. Ne3 Rxf1 52.
Bxf1 a6 53. Nd5 Bd6 54. Ne3 Kh6 55. Kd5 Bf4 56. Nc2 Bd2 57. Nd4 f5 58. Nxb5
axb5 59. Bxb5 Kg5 {Diagram [#]} 60. Ke6 (60. Kd4 Kf4 61. Kd3 Bb4 (61... Kf3 62.
Kxd2 Kf2 63. Bd3) 62. Ke2 g5 (62... Kg3 63. Bd3) 63. Bd3 g4 64. Kf2 Kg5 65. Kg2
f4 66. Be2 {Diagram [#]}) 60... f4 (60... Kf4 61. Kf6 g5 62. Bd7 Bc3+ 63. Kg6)
61. Kf7 (61. Ke5 f3 62. Ke4 Kg4) 61... f3 62. Bc6 f2 63. Bb5 Bc3 {Diagram [#]}
64. Bf1 Kh6 65. Be2 (65. Ke6 g5 66. Kf5 Kh5) 65... g5 66. Ke6 Kg6 67. Bd3+ Kh5
68. Kf5 Kh4 69. Be2 Bd2 (69... g4 70. Bf1 Kg3 71. Be2 {Diagram [#]}) 70. Bf1
Kg3 71. Ke4 Kh2 72. Kd3 Kg1 73. Ke2 g4 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1960.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "1960.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. Nb5 Be7 10. h3 a6 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. e4 e5 13. Be3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7
15. Re1 Qe7 16. Bg5 Nxd4 17. Nd5 Qe5 18. f4 Nf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qd4+ 20. Kh1 Ng4 21.
hxg4 Qxc4 22. b3 Qb5 23. a4 Qa5 24. Red1 Bc6 25. e5 Bb4 26. Qe4 Bxd5 27. Rxd5
Qb6 28. f5 Bc3 29. Rc1 Bb2 30. Rb1 Bc3 31. Rc1 Bb2 32. Rc4 Rae8 33. f6 c6 34.
fxg7 cxd5 35. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 36. Qxh7 Bxe5 37. Rf4 Qe6 38. Rf1 b5 39. axb5 axb5
40. Bd2 Ke7 41. Bb4+ Kd8 42. Rxf7 Rh8 43. Rf8+ Rxf8 44. Bxf8 Qf6 45. Bc5 d4 46.
Kg1 Qf4 47. Qe7+ Kc8 48. Qf8+ Qxf8 49. Bxf8 Bg3 50. Kf1 d3 51. Bb4 Kd7 52. Be1
Bf4 53. Bc3 Bg3 54. g5 Ke6 55. g6 Ke7 56. Be1 Bf4 57. Bh4+ Kf8 58. g3 Bd6 59.
Kf2 Bc5+ 60. Kf3 Kg7 61. Bg5 Kxg6 62. Bf4 Kh5 63. Ke4 Kg4 64. Kxd3 Kf3 65. Bc7
Bf2 66. Bd6 Be1 67. Kd4 Kg4 68. Kc5 b4 69. Kb5 Kf5 70. Kc4 Ke6 71. Bc7 Kf5 72.
Kd3 Kg4 73. Bd6 Bc3 74. Kc4 Be1 75. Bxb4 Bxg3 76. Bc3 Bd6 77. Kd5 Be7 78. Bd4
Bb4 79. Kc4 Ba5 80. Bc3 Bd8 81. b4 Kf4 82. b5 Ke4 83. Bd4 {Diagram [#]} Bc7 (
83... Kf5 84. Kd5) 84. Kc5 Kd3 85. Kc6 Kc4 86. Bb6 Bf4 87. Ba7 (87. Ba5 Be3)
87... Bc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Roque"]
[Site "San Roque"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Nge2 Re8 9. O-O c6 10. Qc2 Nf8 11. Rad1 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rfe1 Bg4 14. Rb1
Rad8 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 h5 17. b4 a6 18. Na4 Rd6 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Bf5 Qd8 21.
a4 Rf6 22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. e4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Nxe4 Rg6 26. b5 axb5 27.
axb5 Qd8 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Qc5 Re6 30. Ng5 Rd6 31. Nf3 g6 32. Rb7 Rf6 33. Ne5
Ne6 34. Qxc6 Nxd4 35. Qc4 Ne6 36. Rxf7 h4 37. Rd7 Qb6 38. Qxh4 Qxf2+ 39. Kh2
Nf8 40. Qc4+ Re6 41. Ng4 Qb2 42. Re7 {Diagram [#]} Qh8+ 43. Kg1 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 (
44. Kf2 Qe1+ 45. Kf3 Qd1+) 44... Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benasque op 35th"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "2015.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kanmazalp, Ogulcan"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Qe2 Re8 15.
Nf1 Nc4 16. b3 Nd6 17. c4 Nf8 18. Bb2 f6 19. cxb5 axb5 20. a4 Ne6 21. axb5 Nf4
22. Qe3 Nxb5 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Bd3 Nd4 26. Bc4+ Kh8 27. N3d2 Rd8
28. h4 Qc8 29. f3 Nc2 30. Qc3 Nb4 31. Ne3 Bb7 32. Ndf1 Rxd1 33. Nxd1 Nc6 34. g3
Ne6 35. Nde3 Ned4 36. Nd5 Bd8 37. Kg2 Ba5 38. Qd3 Nb4 39. Nxb4 Bxb4 40. Ne3 Qa8
41. Bxd4 cxd4 42. Bd5 {Diagram [#]} dxe3 43. Bxb7 e2 44. Qb5 (44. Bxa8 e1=N+) (
44. Qxe2) 44... e1=N+ 45. Kf1 Qf8 0-1

[Event "2016 Southern Class"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Johnson, Frank"]
[Black "Sonawane, Atharv"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Johnson, Frank"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 Qe7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Rb8 10. Rd1 Bb6 11. axb5 axb5 12. d3 d6 13. Bg5 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15.
Nbd2 Nc6 16. Nf1 Bg4 17. Ne3 {Up to this point I felt fairly comfortable in
the game. I didn't feel like I had any particular advantage, but I was pretty
confident with the direction I was headed. /\} Qd7 18. Bxf6 {Black's pieces
are beginning to get disconnected. /\} gxf6 19. Nd5 {Not wasting any time
getting to this outpost with tempo. /\} Bd8 20. Qe3 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Ra6 {
I want to overwork the queen by attacking on multiple fronts. /\} Bg6 23. Qh6
Qe6 24. Bb3 Ne7 {I believe Black has been forced to place his pieces on
awkward squares.} 25. Ng5 Qf5 {DIAGRAM} 26. Nxh7 {My best move. /\} Bxh7 27.
Nf6+ Qxf6 28. Qxf6 Nf5 {His best move!! I admit to being a little startled by
this move during the game because my opponent made it animatedly.} 29. Bxf7+
Rxf7 30. Qe6 Kg7 31. Rda1 Re7 32. Ra7 Rbb7 33. Rxb7 Rxb7 34. Qc8 {Quickly
trying to attack the disconnected pieces before they can regroup. /\} Rf7 35.
Qxd8 Bg6 36. Ra8 {Threaten checkmate with all that you have. /\Bh7 Qg5+ Allows
no king escape. /\ Bg6 h4 Putting pressure on the pinned piece.} Bh7 37. Qg5+
Bg6 38. h4 1-0

