[Event "Cologne"]
[Site "Cologne GER"]
[Date "1911.04.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Georg Jakob Wiarda"]
[Black "Borislav Kostic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Nd4 7. Bc4 c6 8. Bg5
d5 9. exd5 Bg4 10. dxc6 Qc8 11. Bxf6 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qh3 13. cxb7 Rae8 14. Bd5 e4
{Diagram [#]} 15. b8=Q (15. fxe4 Nf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. Bh4) 15... Rxb8 16.
Bxd4 Bd6 17. Re1 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5+ 19. Kg1 Bxd4 20. Rxe4 Rb6 21. Qf1 (21. Rxd4
Rh6) 21... Qxf3 22. Re6 Qg4+ 23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Bxg2 fxe6 25. Ne4 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Koln"]
[Site "Cologne GER"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Frank James Marshall"]
[Black "Borislav Kostic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1911.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5 h6 7. N5h3 b6 8.
Nf3 Bb7 9. Be3 Nd5 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. c4 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Qh4+ 14. Nf2
c5 15. O-O-O cxd4 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. exd4 O-O 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. g4 Qf6 20. Ne4 Qf4
21. Rdf1 Qxg4 22. Rhg1 Qh5 23. c5 bxc5 24. Qg2 g6 25. Ne5 {Diagram [#]} Nxe5
26. Nf6+ Kh8 27. Qxb7 Qh3 28. dxe5 Qxd3+ 29. Ka1 Bc3 30. bxc3 (30. Qxf7 Bxb2+
31. Kxb2 Rab8+) 30... Rab8 31. Qf3 Rb1+ 32. Rxb1 Qxf3 33. Rbc1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1921.09.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Borislav Kostic"]
[Black "Max Euwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1921.09.05"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nd2 Bg6 7. e4 Nf6 8. e5
Nd5 9. Bc4 Nb4 10. O-O Nc2 11. e6 fxe6 12. Nde4 Nxa1 13. Bxe6 Na6 (13... Qb6) (
13... Nd7) 14. Bf4 Nc7 15. Nc5 Nxe6 (15... Nc2 16. Bd7+ Qxd7 17. Nxd7 Kxd7) 16.
Nxe6 Qd7 17. Nc7+ Kd8 18. Nxa8 Nc2 19. d5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Bf7 21. Ndb6 axb6 22.
Qxc2 Bd5 23. Nxb6 Qc6 24. Qd2 e6 25. Nxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5+ exd5 27. Rd1 Be7 28.
Rxd5+ Kc8 29. Be5 Re8 30. f4 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Borislav Kostic"]
[Black "Djordje Avirovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Ned5 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bd2 a5 14. a3 Nd7 15.
Ng3 Bg6 16. Bc4 Qb6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qc4 Rac8 21. Qg4
Kh7 {Diagram [#]} 22. Rad1 Qxb2 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Nf5 Bf6 26. Qh5
Ne4 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. exf6 1-0

[Event "Rice Memorial"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1916.01.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Albert Hodges"]
[Black "Borislav Kostic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1916.01.17"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d4 Bd7 7. Re1 exd4 8.
Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nde2 Re8 11. Qd3 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Qd2
Qb8 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. b3 Re7 17. Kh1 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. f4 Bf6
21. Rxe7 Bxe7 22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Nxc6 Qb6 25. Ne5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Bxe5
27. Qd5 Re8 28. Qxd7 Qg6 29. Re1 Rf8 30. Qe7 Qf5 31. Ne2 Bd6 32. Qh4 Qxc2 33.
Nf4 {Diagram [#]} g5 (33... Bxf4 34. Qxf4 Rxf4 35. Re8+) (33... Qd2 34. Ng6+
Kg8 35. Qc4+) 34. Qxg5 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "Budapest"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1921.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jozsef Schweiger"]
[Black "Borislav Kostic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1921.09.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5
Nge7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14.
Qg4+ Kb8 15. Nc4 d5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. exd5 Rxd5 18. Rfd1 Rhd8 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20.
g3 Rd2 21. Qb4 Qf6 22. Rf1 h5 23. h4 b6 24. a4 a5 25. Qb5 Kb7 26. f3 {Diagram 
[#]} Qe6 27. Rf2 Qe3 28. Qf1 Rxb2 29. Kg2 Rxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 b5 32.
Ke2 bxa4 33. Kd2 Kb6 34. Kc2 Kb5 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled SVN"]
[Date "1931.09.13"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Borislav Kostic"]
[Black "Savielly Tartakower"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1931.08.23"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Bg7 8. e5
dxe5 9. fxe5 Nd5 10. Bc4 e6 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Bg5 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nd7 14. O-O f5 15.
exf6 N7xf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Nd6 Qc7 19. Qf4 Rad8 20. Nc4 Qe7 21.
Rfe1 Nh5 22. Qd2 Nf4 23. Bg4 Qg5 24. g3 b5 25. gxf4 Rxf4 26. Re4 Rdf8 27. Rxf4
Rxf4 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qf6+ 30. Qf2 bxc4 31. Qxf6 Bxf6 32. Bf3 Bg5 33.
Bxc6 Bc1 34. Ke2 Bxb2 35. Kd2 h5 36. Bd5 g5 37. Bxc4 g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Bd5
Kg7 40. Kd3 Kf6 41. c4 Bc1 42. c5 Bf4 43. Be4 Bh2 44. Kc4 Bg1 45. a4 Be3 46.
Bb7 g3 47. Bg2 a6 48. Bh3 Ke7 49. d5 Kf6 50. c6 Bf4 51. Kc5 Ke7 52. Kb6 Kd8 53.
Kxa6 Kc7 54. Kb5 Be3 55. Bg2 Kd6 56. a5 Kc7 57. Kc4 Bd2 58. a6 Be3 59. Kd3 Ba7
60. Ke4 Kd6 61. Kf5 Bc5 62. Kf6 Be3 63. Kf7 Bc5 64. Ke8 Kc7 {Diagram [#]} 65.
Bf3 Ba7 (65... Kc8 66. d6) 66. Ke7 Bc5+ 67. Ke6 Kb6 68. d6 Kxa6 69. c7 Ka7 70.
c8=Q 1-0

[Event "Trencianske Teplice"]
[Site "Trencianske Teplice"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Martin Walter"]
[Black "Borislav Kostic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. e3 exd4 4. exd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nf6 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Rb8 12. h3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bb3
Be6 15. Be3 Bd6 16. Rc1 Qh4 17. Qf3 Kh8 18. Rc2 f5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 f4
21. Bd2 f3 22. Qg5 Qe4 23. Rfc1 Rf6 24. Qe3 Qg6 25. g4 Bf4 26. Qc3 {Diagram [#]
} Qh6 27. Qxc7 (27. Qxf3 Bxd2) 27... Rbf8 0-1

[Event "New York"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1918.11.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Borislav Kostic"]
[Black "Oscar Chajes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1918.10.23"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. d3 O-O 11. h3 Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c4 bxc4
15. dxc4 Nd7 16. Bc2 Nxc2 17. Qxc2 f5 18. Bd2 f4 19. b4 Ra8 20. Bc3 Qe8 21.
Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Ra1 Qb7 23. Qa4 Nb6 24. Qb5 Rc8 25. Ra6 Ra8 26. Ra5 Kf8 {Diagram
[#]} 27. c5 dxc5 28. d6 Bxd6 29. bxc5 Rxa5 30. Qxa5 Nc4 31. Qa4 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1927.07.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Henri Weenink"]
[Black "Borislav Kostic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. exf5 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Bg5
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Bxf5 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. Qf3 Bd7 12. Rae1 Qg6 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. Qd5+
Kh8 15. Re3 Raf8 16. Qb3 Qh6 17. Rfe1 Rxf2 18. Nf3 {Diagram [#]} R8xf3 19. Rxf3
(19. gxf3 Qxh2#) 19... Rxf3 20. gxf3 Qd2 21. Qf7 Qxe1+ 22. Kg2 Qd2+ 23. Kh1
Qc1+ 24. Kg2 Qg5+ 25. Kf2 Qd8 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schreefer, William"]
[Black "Astrachan, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1775"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.11.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Diagram [#]} Nf6 (3... Nd4) (3... Nd4) 4. Bxc6 dxc6
5. d3 e5 6. f4 Bd6 (6... exf4 7. Bxf4 Bg4 8. -- Nh5) 7. f5 g6 8. g4 gxf5 9.
gxf5 Rg8 10. Nf3 {Diagram [#]} Qc7 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. Ng5 Rg7 13. Be3 O-O-O 14.
O-O-O Rdg8 15. Rhg1 Kb8 16. h3 {Diagram [#]} Be8 17. Qf2 Be7 18. Nf3 Nd7 19.
Bh6 Rxg1 20. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 21. Qxg1 Qd6 {Diagram [#]} 22. Bg5 (22. Qg7 Bf8) (22.
Be3) 22... f6 23. Be3 Bf8 24. Qg4 Qe7 25. Ne2 Qg7 26. Ng3 {Diagram [#]} Qxg4 (
26... Qf7) 27. hxg4 h6 28. Nh4 Kc7 29. Ng6 {Diagram [#]} Bg7 30. Nh5 Bf8 31.
Nxf8 Nxf8 32. Nxf6 Bf7 33. Bxh6 Nd7 {Diagram [#]} 34. Nh7 (34. Nxd7 Kxd7 35. g5
(35. Bg7 Kd6 36. Bf8+)) 34... Kd8 35. g5 Bg8 36. g6 Ke8 37. f6 Bf7 38. gxf7+
Kxf7 39. Bg7 Kg6 40. Nf8+ 1-0

[Event "WCh 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Chirila, Cristian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5b2/3p3p/2p2k2/1p3p2/3P1P2/1P2NK2/r1P4P/6R1 b - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.21"]

{After the first two rounds the feeling out process was over and Magnus
clearly aimed for a long grind, and his wish became reality after Karjakin
failed to accurately equalise the ensuing endgame. The general rule states
that the coordination between R+B is better than R+N, nevertheless with a
semi-closed center, a well placed N, and a few weaknesses to attack (f5, d7,
h7) this position is a clear exception.} 31... c5 $6 {not the most precise but
as is most often encountered in practical chess, the defender will very often
try to find the quickest simplification and try to avoid any sort of "torture"}
(31... d5 $5 {the idea is to create a blockade against white's N as well as to
say that white simply doesn't have a good version to capture the f5 weakness}
32. Rg5 (32. Rg8 Kf7 33. Rg5 Ke6 {transposes to 32.Rg5}) 32... Ke6 $1 33. Rh5 (
33. Nxf5 Rxc2 34. Rh5 Rc3+ (34... h6 35. Nxh6 Rc3+ 36. Kg4 Rxb3 37. f5+ Kf6 $11
) 35. Kg4 Rxb3 36. Rxh7 Rb2 $13) (33. Rxf5 Bg7 $1) 33... Bg7 34. Nxf5 Bf6 35.
Kg4 Rxc2 36. Rh6 $14 {/=}) 32. Rg8 $1 Kf7 33. Rg2 cxd4 34. Nxf5 d3 35. cxd3 Ra1
{black's concept is simple, he sacrificed a pawn for piece activity and the
creation of several weaknesses in white's camp} 36. Nd4 b4 37. Rg5 Rb1 38. Rf5+
Ke8 39. Rb5 Rf1+ 40. Ke4 Re1+ (40... Bd6 41. Nf3 Rf2 42. h4 Re2+ 43. Kd5 Re3 (
43... Bxf4 44. Rxb4 $16) 44. Kxd6 Rxf3 (44... Rxd3+ 45. Nd4 Rxd4+ 46. Ke5 Rd3
47. Kf6 {activity in rook endgames, probably the most important factor of
assessment in such situations}) 45. Ke5 Ke7 46. Ke4 Rf1 (46... Rh3 47. Rh5 $18)
47. Rxb4 Rh1 48. Rb8 $16) 41. Kf5 Rd1 42. Re5+ Kf7 43. Rd5 Rxd3 (43... Ke7 44.
Nc2 Ke8 45. Rd4 Bg7 46. Re4+ Kf7 47. Nxb4 Bf8 48. h4 $16) 44. Rxd7+ Ke8 {
Carlsen is still in full control. His overall score in such advantageous
endgames should be quite overwhelming} 45. Rd5 (45. Ke4 Rxb3 46. Rxh7 Rc3 $16 {
the more pawns are exchange, the easier will be for Karjakin to hold}) 45...
Rh3 46. Re5+ Kf7 47. Re2 Bg7 48. Nc6 Rh5+ 49. Kg4 Rc5 50. Nd8+ (50. Nxb4 Rb5
51. Re4 $14 {/+/-}) 50... Kg6 51. Ne6 h5+ 52. Kf3 Rc3+ 53. Ke4 Bf6 54. Re3 h4 (
54... Kf7 55. Ng5+ (55. f5) 55... Kg6 (55... Bxg5 56. fxg5 Rc1 57. h4 $18) 56.
Nf3 Rc2 57. f5+ Kf7 58. Rd3 $14) 55. h3 Rc1 56. Nf8+ Kf7 57. Nd7 Ke6 58. Nb6
Rd1 59. f5+ Kf7 60. Nc4 Rd4+ 61. Kf3 Bg5 $6 {minimal errors but black is
starting to fail back into oblivion} (61... Rd5 $1 62. Kf4 Rd4+ 63. Re4 Rd3 64.
Re3 (64. Re6 Kg7 $1 (64... Rxb3 $4 65. Nd6+ Kg7 66. Ne8+ $18) 65. Nd6 Bb2 $14 {
black will hold})) 62. Re4 Rd3+ 63. Kg4 Rg3+ 64. Kh5 Be7 (64... Bd8 $142 65.
Re3 (65. Nd6+ Kg7 66. Re8 Bf6 67. Ne4 $1 Rxh3 68. Rb8 Be7 69. Rb7 Kf8 70. Kg6
Rd3 71. f6 Bxf6 72. Nxf6 Rg3+ 73. Kf5 Rxb3 $11) 65... Kf6 66. Kxh4 Rg1 67. Re8
$14 {/+/-}) 65. Ne5+ {now white is almost winning} Kf6 66. Ng4+ Kf7 67. Re6
Rxh3 68. Ne5+ Kg7 69. Rxe7+ Kf6 70. Nc6 $2 (70. Re8 $1 {the winning move} Kxf5
(70... Rxb3 71. Kg4 $18) 71. Nc6 Rh1 (71... Rc3 72. Nd4+ Kf6 73. Kxh4 $18) 72.
Nd4+ (72. Nxb4 h3 $11) 72... Kf4 73. Re2 h3 74. Kh4 h2 75. Ne6+ Kf3 76. Rb2 Ke4
77. Nc5+ Kd5 78. Na4 $18 {Another crazy blockade against the king}) 70... Kxf5
$2 {black returns the favor, now he is lost again} (70... Rc3 {it's easy to
say this would have been an easy draw if you were to follow our syllicone
friends, but just try to understand the next few moves from a human
perspective. It's almost impossible!} 71. Re6+ Kxf5 72. Nd4+ Kf4 73. Kxh4 Rd3
74. Ne2+ Kf3 (74... Kf5 75. Rb6 $18 Rxb3 $4 76. Nd4+) 75. Nc1 Rd1 $8 (75... Rc3
$2 76. Re1 Kf2 77. Rd1 {the the white king only needs to make his way to the
queenside after which black will be able to resign. Nice piece fortress to
stop the black king from joining the action})) 71. Na5 Rh1 72. Rb7 $4 (72. Rf7+
Ke6 73. Rf2 h3 74. Kh4 Ra1 75. Nb7 Ra3 76. Rh2 Ra7 77. Nd8+ Kd5 78. Rxh3 Rg7
79. Rg3 Re7 80. Kg5 $18) 72... Ra1 {Karjakin find the forced draw and saves
and incredible game} 73. Rb5+ Kf4 74. Rxb4+ Kg3 75. Rg4+ Kf2 76. Nc4 h3 77. Rh4
Kg3 78. Rg4+ Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[Annotator "Chirila, Cristian"]
[PlyCount "187"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.21"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
{Karjakin chooses not to allow the Marshall} (8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5
Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 {The theory is huge and I assume Karjakin and his team
tried to limit the homework and drive the world champion in their respective
preparation}) 8... Bb7 9. d3 d6 (9... d5 {is the other main line. I believe
another important factor that team Karjakin took into account when choosing
this line was that 9...d5 is a pawn sacrifice that has been frequently played
and heavily analyzed recently  by Tomashevsky, which might or might not have
been part of the team.}) 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rfe8 12. c3 Bf8 13. Nf1 h6 14.
N3h2 {Quite a strange plan from the Challenger. A very passive one, passivity
that will be trademarked by Karjakin throughout the match} (14. Ne3 Ne7 (14...
Nd8 15. Nh2 Ne6 16. Nhg4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 g6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nc5 $11) 15.
Nh2 {would have been a more precise move order}) 14... d5 $1 {the right moment
to break} 15. Qf3 Na5 16. Ba2 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nc4 18. Bxh6 Qc6 $1 {the move that
Karjakin missed, according to his post game analysys} 19. Bxc4 $2 {this is an
outright strategic blunder, white consciously accept another much worse
endgame, not the right mindset!} (19. Bc1 Nxe4 20. Ne3 Rad8 21. a4 Bc5 (21...
Qe6 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Rxe4 Qg6 24. Bb1 f5 25. Qe2 {would have been an
interesting way to continue the battle. White sacrifices material for
strategic compensation and static advantage}) 22. Nhg4 Qg6 23. axb5 axb5 24.
Nxc4 bxc4 25. Bxc4 Nd6 $13) 19... bxc4 20. Be3 Nxe4 $17 21. Ng3 Nd6 22. Rad1
Rab8 23. Bc1 f6 24. Qxc6 Bxc6 25. Ng4 Rb5 26. f3 f5 27. Nf2 Be7 28. f4 Bh4 (
28... exf4 29. Ne2 (29. Bxf4 Rxb2 30. Bxd6 Bxd6 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Nxf5 Bc5 33.
Nd4 Ba4 $17) 29... Ne4 30. Nxe4 Bxe4 31. Nxf4 Bc5+ 32. Kf1 Bd6 $17 {black is
clearly better and will continue to slowly improve his position (bring king to
the center, grab space on the kingside)}) 29. fxe5 Bxg3 30. exd6 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1
cxd6 32. Rd1 (32. Re7 Re5 33. Rxe5 dxe5 $17) 32... Kf7 33. Rd4 Re5 34. Kf1 Rd5
35. Rxd5 Bxd5 36. Bg5 Kg6 37. h4 (37. Bd8 {would have been better, there is no
reason to create another weakness by playing h4} Bf4 38. Nd1 Bc1 39. Be7 f4 40.
Bxd6 Kf5 41. a4 {white has decent chances to hold a draw}) 37... Kh5 38. Nh3
Bf7 39. Be7 Bxh4 40. Bxd6 Bd8 41. Ke2 g5 42. Nf2 Kg6 43. g4 Bb6 44. Be5 a5 45.
Nd1 f4 $2 {an incredible decision, now the chances of actually creating a
blockade increase exponentially. A grave misjudgement by the world champion
that could have costed him the title in the end} (45... Be6 $1 46. gxf5+ (46.
Nf2 Bd7 47. gxf5+ Kxf5 48. Bd4 Bc7 49. Nd1 Ke4 50. Nf2+ Kf4 51. Be3+ Kf5 52.
Nd1 {The combination between the outside passed pawn and the always relevant
threat of invading with the king on the queenside give black a decisive
advantage} g4 $19) 46... Kxf5 47. Bg3) 46. Bd4 Bc7 47. Nf2 Be6 48. Kf3 Bd5+ 49.
Ke2 Bg2 50. Kd2 Kf7 51. Kc2 Bd5 52. Kd2 Bd8 53. Kc2 Ke6 54. Kd2 Kd7 55. Kc2 Kc6
56. Kd2 Kb5 57. Kc1 Ka4 58. Kc2 Bf7 59. Kc1 Bg6 60. Kd2 Kb3 61. Kc1 Bd3 62. Nh3
$11 {Black simply doesn't have a way to break the blockade, white found the
right mechanism with some slight help from his opponent} Ka2 63. Bc5 Be2 64.
Nf2 Bf3 65. Kc2 Bc6 66. Bd4 Bd7 67. Bc5 Bc7 68. Bd4 Be6 69. Bc5 f3 $1 {a
relevant try} 70. Be3 (70. Kc1 $2 Bf4+ 71. Kc2 Bd5 72. Nh3 Be4+ 73. Kd1 Be5 74.
Kc1 f2 $1 75. Bxf2 Bg2 76. Ng1 Bf4+ $19) 70... Bd7 71. Kc1 Bc8 72. Kc2 Bd7 73.
Kc1 Bf4 74. Bxf4 gxf4 75. Kc2 Be6 76. Kc1 Bc8 77. Kc2 Be6 78. Kc1 {there's no
juice in the position, the draw is near} Kb3 79. Kb1 Ka4 80. Kc2 Kb5 81. Kd2
Kc6 82. Ke1 Kd5 83. Kf1 Ke5 84. Kg1 Kf6 85. Ne4+ Kg6 86. Kf2 Bxg4 87. Nd2 Be6
88. Kxf3 Kf5 89. a4 Bd5+ 90. Kf2 Kg4 91. Nf1 Kg5 92. Nd2 Kf5 93. Ke2 Kg4 94.
Kf2 {Another impressive save by Karjakin and a very uncharacteristic miss by
Carlsen. Is this lack of precision something that will stay long term or will
Carlsen manage to get back to his normal self?} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Chirila, Cristian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k3r1/1p6/p1p1b1q1/P1PpP1pp/6P1/4BPKP/3Q1R2/8 w - - 0 41"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.21"]

{Carlsen had a very nice position out of the opening but slowly allowed
himself to approach time trouble in which he took some questionable decisions.
After making the time control, his trademark practicality fails him once again
} 41. Kg2 $6 (41. Rh2 $142 d4 42. Qxd4 Rf8 (42... Bd5 43. Rf2 {almost
transposing to the game}) 43. Rf2 Qb1 44. Kg2 hxg4 45. hxg4 Rh8 46. Bxg5 $1 {
only move, one that has to be seen from afar to enter this variation, for this
reason Carlsen's innacuracy can be pardoned} Qh1+ 47. Kg3 Rh3+ 48. Kf4 Qc1+ 49.
Qe3 Qc4+ 50. Qe4 Qc1+ 51. Qe3 Qc4+ 52. Qe4 Qxc5 53. Rc2 Qxa5 54. Bf6 Bd5 55.
Qd4 $11) 41... hxg4 42. hxg4 d4 $1 {Karjakin smells blood, as well as his
first real chance of the match to pressure his "untouchable" nemesis} 43. Qxd4
(43. Bxd4 Qh6 44. Kg1 Qh3 45. Qe2 Rf8 46. Rh2 Qg3+ 47. Rg2 Qxf3 48. Qxf3 Rxf3
$15 {Black has a very pleasant advantage, white will suffer for quite a while})
43... Bd5 $2 {returning the favor with an "obvious" move} (43... Rh8 $1 44. Qe4
$8 (44. Rd2 $2 Qh6 45. Bg1 Qh3+ 46. Kf2 Rf8 47. Rd3 Bxg4 $19) 44... Qh6 45. Kf1
Qh1+ 46. Ke2 Bd5 47. Qf5+ Kb8 $17 {with an irresistible attack, white would
have had to be extremely precise not to enter a mating net}) 44. e6 (44. Kg3
$11) 44... Qxe6 45. Kg3 Qe7 (45... Kb8 $15 {was a way to continue with the
pressure}) 46. Rh2 $11 Qf7 47. f4 gxf4+ 48. Qxf4 Qe7 49. Rh5 Rf8 50. Rh7 Rxf4
51. Rxe7 Re4 {A very shaky game from start to finish, both players were
obviously starting to let the pressure get to them} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Chirila, Cristian"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.28"]

{This was the game the shocked the chess world. With every game passed after
rounds 3 and 4, Carlsen's ability to create something from thin air seemed to
subside. With each draw Karjakin appeared to grow in strenght...Up until this
moment, when the chess godess, Caissa, decided to steal the world champion's
mind and transform him into a mere mortal. Let's see how the game went!} 1. d4
Nf6 2. Nf3 {No Trompovsky this time} d5 3. e3 {Magnus continues with his
trademark strategy of giving away his opening advantage and keep as many
pieces on the board as a tradeoff} e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 b6
8. dxc5 (8. Nbd2 {is by far the "main line", if anything can be called the
main line in this opening} Bb7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. f4 Nb4 11. Be2 cxd4 12. exd4 Ne4
$11 {black's position is completely sound}) 8... Bxc5 (8... bxc5 $6 {would not
be playing according to the match requirements, any sort of structural
imbalance would have been a moral victory for Carlsen. Karjakin carefully
weights his options and safely maintains the symmetry} 9. c4 Bb7 10. Nc3 Nbd7
11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (47) Gonzalez Rodriguez,J (2409)
-Cruz,C (2536) Barcelona 2010}) 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. c4 dxc4 (11... Qe7
12. e4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Rfd8 14. e5 Nd5 15. g3 Nf8 $13) 12. Nxc4 Qe7 13. a3 a5 14.
Nd4 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Rac1 Nf8 17. Qe1 Ng6 18. Bf1 Ng4 (18... Nh4 19. Ne2
Ne4 20. Ng3 Nf5 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11) 19. Nb5 Bc6 {too cautious} (19... Qg5 {
would have seized the initiative for black} 20. h3 N4e5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5
{White is being arm twisted into giving up his bishop pair, allowing the N to
stay on e5 could signal big problems for his corraled monarch} Qxe5 $15) 20. a4
Bd5 21. Bd4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Bxd4 23. Rdxd4 (23. Rcxd4 $1 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 N6e5 (
24... N4e5 $6 25. Qd1 h6 26. Nd6 Rc5 27. Bb5 {white is building a very
unpleasant initiative}) 25. Qd2 Nf6 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. Bb5 Nd5 28. Nc4 $14) 23...
Rxc4 24. bxc4 $6 {This decision is very difficult to understand, the only
explanation being that Carlsen was getting overly frustrated with his
oppponent's resilience and decided to gamble this game} (24. Rxc4 N6e5 25. Rc1
Nf6 $11) 24... Nf6 25. Qd2 Rb8 26. g3 Ne5 27. Bg2 h6 28. f4 Ned7 29. Na7 Qa3
30. Nc6 Rf8 {very precise play by Karjakin} 31. h3 Nc5 32. Kh2 Nxa4 33. Rd8 (
33. e4 Qb2 (33... Nc5 34. e5 Nh7 35. Rd6 g6 (35... a4 $6 36. Ne7+ Kh8 37. Rxb6
$16) 36. Ne7+ Kg7 37. Rxb6 a4 $13) 34. Qxb2 Nxb2 35. e5 Nh7 36. c5 bxc5 37. Rd2
Nc4 38. Rc2 Ne3 39. Rxc5 Nxg2 40. Kxg2 Ra8 41. Nxa5 $11) 33... g6 34. Qd4 Kg7
35. c5 $2 {this is a serious mistake in time trouble} (35. Rd7 {would maintain
the balance} Qc5 36. Rb7 Qxd4 37. exd4 Nc3 38. Rxb6 Ra8 39. Rb3 $11) 35... Rxd8
36. Nxd8 Nxc5 37. Qd6 Qd3 $2 {Karjakin returns the favor, a much better option
would have been} (37... Qa4 $1 38. Qxb6 (38. g4 g5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Qe5 Kg6
$19) 38... Ncd7 39. Qa7 Qb5 $19 {black created a safe space for his king and
will now advance his pawn all the way to promotion}) 38. Nxe6+ fxe6 39. Qe7+
Kg8 40. Qxf6 a4 41. e4 Qd7 42. Qxg6+ Qg7 43. Qe8+ Qf8 44. Qc6 (44. Qg6+ Kh8 45.
e5 a3 46. Be4 Nxe4 47. Qxe4 b5 {would not be as easy to defend, nevertheless
with accurate play white can survive} 48. Qc6 b4 (48... Qe7 49. Qxb5 Qa7 50.
Qe8+ Kg7 51. Qxe6 a2 52. Qf6+ Kh7 53. Qf5+ $11) 49. Qxe6 $11) 44... Qd8 45. f5
a3 46. fxe6 Kg7 47. e7 (47. Qb5 Nxe6 48. Qb4 Qf8 49. Qxb6 Kf6 50. e5+ Kxe5 51.
Qe3+ Kf6 $11) 47... Qxe7 48. Qxb6 Nd3 49. Qa5 $2 {this is a misjudgement,
White can't allow black to completely kill his B by placing the N on e5} (49.
e5 Nxe5 50. Qd4 Qc7 51. h4 h5 52. Bd5 {close to equality, black still has some
play though}) (49. Qa6 Ne5 50. Qa5 {is a computer line, definitely not the
type of defense the human can play}) 49... Qc5 $1 50. Qa6 Ne5 51. Qe6 $4 {
loses instantly, still holding was} (51. h4 $1 h5 (51... Ng4+ 52. Kh3 h5) 52.
Qb7+ Kf8 53. Qb8+ Ke7 54. Qb7+ Kd8 55. Qa8+ Kc7 $15 56. Kh3 {White has to stay
put and wait for the right moment to bring his bishop into the attack} Kb6 57.
Bf1 Nc6 58. e5 Nxe5 59. Be2 $11) 51... h5 $1 52. h4 a2 0-1

[Event "WCh 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Chirila, Cristian"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/1p3pp1/2ppbqnp/p3p3/P3P3/1BPPNNPn/1P2QP1P/R4R1K w - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.28"]

19. Bxe6 $6 {a mistake nurtured by a tactical miscalculation} fxe6 20. Nd2 d5
$6 {a move that misses an objectivily better continuation, nevertheless I
completely understand Karjakin's choice given the match situation} (20... Nxf2+
21. Kg1 (21. Kg2 {this is an easy draw} Nh4+ 22. Kg1 (22. gxh4 Qg6+ $19) 22...
Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 $11) 21... Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Ngf4+ 23. gxf4
Nxf4+ 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Nd1 {Karjakin should have assessed this material
imbalance as better for him and go for it, when you are leading in a match
sometime these type of decisions are almost impossible to make though.} (25.
Nc2 e5 $15) 25... f3+ $1 26. Nxf3 Qg6+ 27. Kh1 Qg4 $17) 21. Qh5 $2 (21. f3 $1 {
would have solidified white's advantage} Rae8 22. Qg2 Ng5 23. h4 Nf7 24. Ng4
Qd8 25. h5 Ne7 26. f4 $36) 21... Ng5 {now this is just a very bad endgame} (
21... Nxf2+ $1 22. Kg2 (22. Kg1 Qg5 {one of the main patterns in the position}
23. Qxg5 Nh3+ 24. Kg2 Nxg5 $15) 22... Qf7 23. Kg1 (23. Qe2 Nh4+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+
25. Kh1 Nf2+ 26. Kg1 Nh3+ $11) 23... Qf6 $1 {this is a difficult move to see
from afar, nevertheless Karjakin spent almost 20 minutes in this position and
should have spotted it effortlesly}) 22. h4 Nf3 23. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rxf3
25. Kg2 Rf7 26. Rfe1 $6 h5 (26... Raf8 27. Re2 dxe4 28. Nc4 $1 (28. dxe4 Nf4+
29. gxf4 exf4 30. f3 fxe3 31. Rxe3 Rd7 $11) 28... exd3 29. Rd2 $14 {a
marvelous example how a bad structure can be so influential in the endgame,
white is better despite being two pawns down}) 27. Nf1 Kf8 (27... Raf8 28. Re2
Rf3 29. Rd1 $14) 28. Nd2 Ke7 29. Re2 Kd6 30. Nf3 {N is perfectly placed here,
he can press black central pawn and jump to g5 whenever he sees fit} Raf8 31.
Ng5 Re7 32. Rae1 Rfe8 33. Nf3 Nh8 34. d4 exd4 35. Nxd4 g6 36. Re3 Nf7 37. e5+
Kd7 38. Rf3 Nh6 $6 {missing a golden opportunity} (38... c5 $1 {the importance
of setting up a good structure and creating a nice pawn barrier} 39. Nb5 (39.
Nb3 b6 40. Nd2 Rg8 41. c4 Nh6 42. Rf6 $14 {white is better but this is a much
better version than the game}) 39... Nh6 40. Nd6 Rb8 41. Rf6 Rg7 42. f3 Ng8 43.
Rf4 Nh6 $11) 39. Rf6 Rg7 40. b4 axb4 41. cxb4 Ng8 42. Rf3 Nh6 43. a5 Nf5 44.
Nb3 Kc7 45. Nc5 Kb8 46. Rb1 {Carlsen has a free hand to do whatever he pleases,
Karjakin can only wait} Ka7 47. Rd3 Rc7 48. Ra3 Nd4 49. Rd1 Nf5 50. Kh3 Nh6 51.
f3 Rf7 52. Rd4 Nf5 53. Rd2 Rh7 54. Rb3 Ree7 55. Rdd3 Rh8 56. Rb1 Rhh7 {no, the
rooks can't stay on the same rank anymore. With that being said, the position
is extremely difficult to defend even with perfect play} (56... Nh6 57. Rdb3 (
57. b5 $2 cxb5 58. Rdb3 Rc8 59. Rxb5 Rcc7 $11) 57... Rc8 58. g4 $16) 57. b5 $1
cxb5 58. Rxb5 d4 59. Rb6 Rc7 60. Nxe6 Rc3 61. Nf4 Rhc7 62. Nd5 {in my opinion
the best practical decision, white eliminates all black counterplay and
liquidates into a winning endgame} (62. Rxg6 {is the computer's choice} Rxd3 (
62... Rc1 63. Ne2 Re1 64. Nxd4 $18) 63. Nxd3 Rc3 64. Rf6 Ne3 65. Nf4 d3 66. Rd6
Rc1 67. g4 $18) 62... Rxd3 63. Nxc7 Kb8 64. Nb5 Kc8 65. Rxg6 Rxf3 66. Kg2 Rb3
67. Nd6+ Nxd6 68. Rxd6 Re3 (68... Kc7 {was black's last chance} 69. Rxd4 Rb5
70. Kf3 Rxe5 71. Ra4 Kd7 72. a6 bxa6 73. Rxa6 Ke7 74. Kf4 Rb5 75. Rg6 $18) 69.
e6 Kc7 70. Rxd4 Rxe6 71. Rd5 Rh6 72. Kf3 Kb8 73. Kf4 Ka7 74. Kg5 Rh8 75. Kf6
1-0

[Event "Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship"]
[Site "0:00:33-0:01:33"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "Chirila, Cristian"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 a6 7. c3 d6 8. Re1
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Bf1 a5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qc2 Be6 15.
Nc4 Qc7 16. b4 axb4 17. cxb4 b5 18. Ne3 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Bxe3 20. Bxe3 Rxa4 21.
Qxa4 Nxe4 22. Rc1 Bd5 23. b5 cxb5 24. Qxe4 Qxc1 25. Qxd5 Qc7 26. Qxb5 Rb8 27.
Qd5 Rd8 28. Qb3 Rb8 29. Qa2 h6 30. Qd5 Qe7 31. Qe4 Qf6 32. g3 Rc8 33. Bd3 Qc6
34. Qf5 Re8 35. Be4 Qe6 36. Qh5 Ne7 37. Qxe5 Qxe5 38. Nxe5 Ng6 39. Bxg6 Rxe5
40. Bd3 f6 41. Kg2 Kh8 42. Kf3 Rd5 43. Bg6 Ra5 44. Ke4 Rb5 45. h4 Re5+ 46. Kd4
Ra5 47. Kc4 Re5 48. Bd4 Ra5 49. Bc5 Kg8 50. Kd5 Rb5 51. Kd6 Ra5 52. Be3 Re5 53.
Bf4 Ra5 54. Bd3 Ra7 55. Ke6 Rb7 56. Kf5 Rd7 57. Bc2 Rb7 58. Kg6 Rb2 59. Bf5
Rxf2 60. Be6+ Kh8 61. Bd6 Re2 62. Bg4 Re8 63. Bf5 Kg8 64. Bc2 Re3 65. Bb1 Kh8
66. Kf7 Rb3 67. Be4 Re3 68. Bf5 Rc3 69. g4 Rc6 70. Bf8 Rc7+ 71. Kg6 Kg8 72. Bb4
Rb7 73. Bd6 Kh8 74. Bf8 Kg8 75. Ba3 Kh8 76. Be6 Rb6 77. Kf7 Rb7+ 78. Be7 {
Diagram [#]} h5 79. gxh5 f5 80. Bxf5 Rxe7+ 81. Kxe7 Kg8 82. Bd3 Kh8 83. Kf8 g5
84. hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WCh Rapid TB 2016"]
[Site "New York USA"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[Annotator "Chirila, Cristian"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.11.30"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.05"]

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 Na5 {the best line in my opinion} (9... Bg4 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4
exd4 12. Nd5 $14) 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Nc6 (11... Bxa2 {is the much more popular
continuation, you can now see how deep Carlsen's preparation as black was, and
what Karjakin meant when he said he jumped from variation to variation
throughout the match and could no be caught} 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nd5 a5 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Rb2 axb4 18. axb4 f5 $13) 12. Nd5 Nd4 13.
Ng5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nd2 f4 17. c3 Nf5 {a much more pleasant
position to play as black, especially in rapid time control} 18. Ne4 Qe8 $36
19. Bb3 Qg6 20. f3 Bh4 (20... a5 21. Bd2 a4 22. Ba2 Bh4 $15) 21. a4 Nf6 22. Qe2
a5 $1 {weakening the dark squares} (22... Bg3 $2 23. hxg3 fxg3 24. Ng5 $1 Qh5
25. Nh3 $18) 23. axb5 axb4 24. Bd2 bxc3 25. Bxc3 Ne3 26. Rfc1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Qe8
(27... Rb8 {was more precise} 28. Bc4 Kh8 29. Qa2 h6 30. Kh1 Kh7 31. Rg1 {
not the type of moves you want to play when you have 5 minutes on the clock
for the rest of the game. A tedious defense!} (31. Kg1 Ra8 32. Qe2 Rxa1+ 33.
Bxa1 Nfxd5 $17) 31... Qe8 32. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $17) 28. Bc4 Kh8 29. Nxf6 (29. Qa2 Qg6
$15) 29... Bxf6 (29... gxf6 {was good as well} 30. Bd2 Nc2 31. Ra2 Nd4 32. Qd1
Qh5 33. Ba5 Bg3 34. h3 Qf7 $17) 30. Ra3 e4 $1 {a great practical decision, a
move played with a lot of confidence with certainly shook's Karjakin's
resilient mindset} 31. dxe4 Bxc3 32. Rxc3 Qe5 33. Rc1 (33. Qd2 Ra8 34. Rc1 h5
$36) 33... Ra8 34. h3 h6 35. Kh2 Qd4 36. Qe1 $2 {No, giving up the 2nd rank is
not a good idea. Karjakin had to search for counterplay at all costs, instead
he chose the passive defense for his last time in this match...} (36. Bd3 Ra3
37. Bb1 Rc3 (37... Ra1 $2 38. e5 $1 dxe5 39. d6 Qxd6 40. b6 Qxb6 41. Qd3 $18)
38. Rxc3 Qxc3 39. e5 Qxe5 40. Qa2 $132) 36... Qb2 37. Bf1 Ra2 38. Rxc7 $2 {
the decisive mistake, nonetheless the situation was already extremely
precarious} (38. Rb1 Qf6 39. Be2 Kh7 $17) 38... Ra1 0-1

[Event "Carlsen - Karjakin World Championship"]
[Site "0:01:33-0:00:33"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[Round "13.4"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[Annotator "Chirila, Cristian"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 a5 8. Be3
a4 9. Nc1 O-O 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Qd2 Na6 12. Be2 Nc5 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rb1 Rfc8 15.
b4 axb3 16. axb3 Qd8 17. Nd3 Ne6 18. Nb4 Bc6 19. Rfd1 h5 20. Bf1 h4 21. Qf2 Nd7
22. g3 Ra3 23. Bh3 Rca8 24. Nc2 R3a6 25. Nb4 Ra5 26. Nc2 b6 27. Rd2 Qc7 28.
Rbd1 Bf8 29. gxh4 Nf4 30. Bxf4 exf4 31. Bxd7 Qxd7 32. Nb4 Ra3 33. Nxc6 Qxc6 34.
Nb5 Rxb3 35. Nd4 Qxc4 36. Nxb3 Qxb3 37. Qe2 Be7 38. Kg2 Qe6 39. h5 Ra3 40. Rd3
Ra2 41. R3d2 Ra3 42. Rd3 Ra7 43. Rd5 Rc7 44. Qd2 Qf6 45. Rf5 Qh4 46. Rc1 Ra7 {
Diagram [#]} 47. Qxf4 Ra2+ 48. Kh1 Qf2 49. Rc8+ Kh7 (49... Bf8 50. Rxf8+ Kxf8
51. Rxf7+ Ke8 52. Rf8+ Kd7 53. Qf5+ Kc6 54. Rc8+ Kb7 55. Qd7+ Ka6 56. Ra8#) 50.
Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Larry Larkins"]
[Black "Alejandrino Baluran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "Harvey, Bryan"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 (3... g6) 4. Be2 Qa5 5. Qd3 e5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd2
Qc7 8. h3 b6 9. Qe3 Ba6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. cxd3 Nbd7 12. O-O Nf8 13. Rac1 Qb8 (
13... Ne6 14. d5 (14. dxe5)) 14. Ne2 c5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bc3 Ng6 17. Ng3 O-O
18. Nf5 Bd8 {Diagram [#]} (18... Re8) (18... Bd6) 19. b4 cxb4 (19... Nd7) 20.
Bxb4 Re8 {Diagram [#]} 21. Nd6 Be7 22. Nxe8 Qxe8 (22... Bxb4 23. Nc7 Bc5 24.
Rxc5) 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Rc3 h6 25. Rfc1 Nh5 26. g3 Qe6 {Diagram [#]} 27. Kh2 (
27. d4) (27. Kg2 Rd8 28. R1c2 Rd6 29. Rc7 (29. Kh2) 29... Ngf4+ 30. Kg1 Rxd3
31. gxf4 Nxf4 32. R7c3 Qg6+ 33. Ng5 Qxg5+ 34. Qg3 Rxg3+) 27... Rd8 (27... Qxa2
28. Rc8+ Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kh7 30. Rc7 Nf6 31. Qd2 Qb3) 28. R1c2 Rd6 29. Rc7 {
Diagram [#]} Ngf4 30. gxf4 Nxf4 31. Ne1 (31. Ng1 Rxd3 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. R8c6)
31... Qg6 32. Qg3 Qf6 33. R7c3 Qe7 34. Qg4 Rg6 35. Qf5 (35. Rc8+ Kh7 36. Qf5)
35... Qh4 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Nf3 Qh5 38. Qxh5 Nxh5 39. Nxe5 Rd6 40. Rh8+ Kxh8 41.
Nxf7+ Kh7 42. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Interzonal"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1964.06.21"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Georgi Tringov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1964.05.20"]

1. e4 g6 (1... c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Bc4 Bb4 13. Rb3 Qa5
14. O-O O-O 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Qf4 Nc6 19. Qf7 Qc5+
20. Kh1 Nf6 21. Bxc8 Nxe5 22. Qe6 Neg4) 2. d4 Bg7 {Diagram [#]} 3. Nc3 (3. Nf3)
(3. c4) (3. c3) (3. f4) (3. f3) (3. Bc4) 3... d6 4. Nf3 (4. f4) (4. Bc4) (4.
Be2) (4. Be3) (4. Bg5) (4. g3) (4. Nge2) 4... c6 5. Bg5 (5. Be3) (5. Be2) (5.
a4) 5... Qb6 6. Qd2 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qa3 8. Bc4 Qa5 (8... Nd7) 9. O-O e6 10. Rfe1 a6
(10... d5 11. exd5 cxd5) 11. Bf4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qd6 Qxc3 (13... exf4 14.
Nd5 cxd5 15. exd5+) 14. Red1 Nd7 (14... Bf6 15. Nxe5 (15. Bxe5)) 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7
(15... Kd8 16. Ng5) 16. Ng5+ Ke8 17. Qe6+ {Diagram [#]} Kf8 (17... Kd8 18. Nf7+
Kc7 19. Qd6#) 18. Qf7# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tringov"]
[Black "Fischer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Bc4 Bb4 13. Rb3 Qa5 14. O-O O-O
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Qf4 Nc6 19. Qf7 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Nf6
21. Bxc8 Nxe5 22. Qe6 Neg4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "13"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nd7 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Ng5+ Kf6 7. Qf3# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#1"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/8/8/8/6n1/3q4/2QN4/2R1K3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qe3+ 2. Kf1 (2. Kd1 Nf2#) 2... Qf2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#2"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/3q4/8/8/6n1/5KP1/4Q1B1/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qf5# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#3"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/6k1/8/6n1/4q3/6B1/4QK2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nh2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#4"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/8/8/7Q/8/3qP3/5N2/4K3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rxe3+ 2. Qe2 Qxe2# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#5"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1rk1/4P3/6P1/6Q1/8/3q2p1/3N4/4K3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Rf1+ 2. Nxf1 Qd1# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/8/2b5/6n1/4q3/6PP/1Q1R1R1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qg1+ 2. Rxg1 Nf2# 0-1

[Event "RTU Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.08.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bailet, Pierre"]
[Black "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. g3 Bxf3 4. exf3 e6 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. c3
Ne7 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Qb3 Qc7 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Ng5 d5 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Bh3 Rfe8 15.
Rae1 c5 16. Bxf5 c4 17. Qd1 exf5 18. Bc1 Nf6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Nf3
Ne4 22. Nd2 b5 23. f3 Nd6 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Nf1 Nc8 26. Kf2 a5 27. Ne3 Nb6 28.
Nc2 Bf8 29. Qe2 {Diagram [#]} Qe6 (29... Qxe2+ 30. Kxe2 b4 31. cxb4 axb4 32.
Bd2) (29... Qc6 30. a3 Na4 31. Qe5 Bd6 32. Qf6) 30. Ke1 (30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. a3 {
Diagram [#]} Na4 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Kd2 Ke7 34. Kd1 Kd6 35. Kd2 Kc6 36. Kd1 b4 37.
axb4 axb4 38. Nxb4+ Bxb4 39. cxb4 Kb5 40. Kc2 Kxb4 41. Bd2+) 30... Na4 31. Kd2
Qc6 32. Kd1 {Diagram [#]} (32. Qe5 Bd6 33. Qf6 Bxf4+) (32. a3 Bd6) 32... b4 {
Diagram [#]} 33. Qd2 (33. cxb4 axb4 34. Qe1 c3 35. b3 Nb2+ 36. Bxb2 cxb2 37.
Kd2 Qc3+) 33... b3 34. axb3 cxb3 35. Ne3 Nb6 36. Qe2 Nc4 37. Nxc4 dxc4 38. Ke1
Bd6 39. Kf2 Kf8 (39... Qd5 40. Qe8+) 40. Qd1 Qd5 41. Qe2 a4 42. Ke1 Qe6 43. Kd1
Ke7 44. Ke1 Bc7 45. Kd1 Qxe2+ 46. Kxe2 Ba5 {Diagram [#]} 47. Kd1 (47. Kd2 Kd6)
(47. Bd2 a3 48. bxa3 b2) 47... a3 48. bxa3 Bxc3 49. Be3 Bb2 50. a4 c3 51. Bc1
Bxc1 52. Kxc1 Kd6 53. a5 Kc6 54. d5+ Kxd5 0-1

[Event "FRA-YUG m"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1950.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Trifunovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1950.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Nxe5 Nxc4 8.
Nxc4 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Ne3 Qd8 11. O-O Nf6 12. c4 O-O 13. Nc3 c6 14. Bb2 Qa5
15. d5 Ba3 16. Bxa3 Qxa3 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 cxd5 19. Ncxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bd7
21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. f3 Be8 23. Nc7 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Rd7 Rb8
27. Kf2 Kf8 28. Rc7 g6 29. b4 Kg7 30. c5 Kf6 31. g4 h6 32. h4 Ke6 33. Ke3 b6
34. Rxa7 bxc5 35. bxc5 Rb3+ 36. Kf4 g5+ 37. hxg5 hxg5+ 38. Kxg5 Rxf3 39. Ra6+
Ke7 40. Ra4 Rc3 41. Re4+ Kf8 42. Re5 Rc4 43. Kf5 Rd4 44. g5 Kg7 45. g6 Rc4 46.
Rd5 {Diagram [#]} fxg6+ (46... Rc2 47. gxf7 Kxf7 48. Ke5 Ke7) 47. Ke6 Kh6 48.
Kd6 g5 49. c6 Kh5 50. c7 Rxc7 51. Kxc7 Kh4 52. Kd6 g4 53. Ke5 g3 54. Kf4 g2 55.
Rg5 Kh3 56. Rh5# 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 57th"]
[Site "Schiltigheim"]
[Date "1982.08.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1982.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]

1. b4 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Nf3 e5 6. d4 e4 7. Nfd2 O-O 8. Nc3
Re8 9. Be2 h5 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. b5 Nbd7 12. a4 c5 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Ba3 c5 15.
Nb3 Ng4 16. Rd1 Qg5 17. Nd5 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Nge5 20. Nf4 Nd3+ 21.
Bxd3 Qxf4 22. Be2 Qg5 23. g3 Nc5 24. O-O Rad8 25. Rd5 Qe7 26. Bb2 Kh7 27. Qc3
Rg8 28. Qf6 Qxf6 29. Bxf6 Rd7 30. Kg2 Nxa4 31. Rfd1 Nb6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6
Rc8 34. Rd8 Rxd8 35. Bxd8 Bd7 36. Kf1 f5 37. Ke1 Kg7 38. Kd2 Na4 39. Be7 Kf7
40. Bb4 Ke6 41. Kc2 Bc6 42. Kb3 Nb6 43. Bc5 Be8 44. Kb4 Kd7 45. Bd4 Kc6 46. c5
Nd5+ 47. Ka5 Nc7 48. Bc4 Bd7 49. Bb3 Be6 50. Ba4+ Kb7 51. c6+ Kb8 52. Kb4 a6
53. Be5 Kc8 54. Kc5 Nb5 55. Kb6 Bc4 56. Kc5 Be6 57. Bxb5 axb5 58. Kxb5 Bb3 59.
Bf4 Bd1 60. Kc5 h4 61. Kd6 h3 62. Ke6 Bf3 63. Kf6 Bh5 64. Kg5 Kd8 65. g4 Bxg4
66. Kxg6 Kc8 67. c7 Kd7 68. Kf6 Bf3 69. Kxf5 Bg2 70. Kg4 Kc8 71. Kg3 Kd7 {
Diagram [#]} 72. f3 exf3 (72... Bxf3 73. Kxh3) 73. Kf2 Kc8 74. e4 Kd7 75. Bg3
1-0

[Event "U.S. Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tim Just"]
[Black "Destor Nakamota"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1738"]
[BlackElo "1978"]
[Annotator "Just, Tim"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 e6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Qg4 c5 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. O-O-O cxd4 8.
Rxd4 Nxe5 9. Nxd5 Nxg4 10. Nxb6 Nc6 11. Bb5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Nxc8+ Raxc8
14. Rxg4 Ne5 15. Re4 Rc5 {Diagram [#]} 16. Ba4 (16. Be2) 16... Nd3+ 17. Kb1
Nxf2 18. Re1 Nxh1 19. Nf3 Nf2 0-1

