[Event "Chess Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Li Chao"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Bd2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Ne5 Re8 12. f4 Nf8 13. Be1 c5 14. Bh4 c4 15.
Bc2 b5 16. g4 Qb6 17. g5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qe2 Bd5 20. Qg2 Qb7 21. f5 Nd7
22. Ng4 Kh8 23. Bg3 Rac8 24. Qh3 f6 25. g6 Nf8 26. Rf2 Rc6 27. Rcf1 a5 28. Rg2
a4 29. Rf4 c3 30. bxc3 Bxc3 31. Bh4 Qb6 32. gxh7 Re7 33. Ne5 fxe5 34. Bxe7 (34.
f6 Rxf6 35. Rxf6 gxf6 36. Bxe4 Bc4 {Diagram [#]}) 34... exf4 35. Bxf8 Bxd4 36.
Qg4 Rc7 37. Qh5 f3 38. Rg4 Be5 39. Bc5 Qh6 40. Qe8+ Kxh7 41. Qxe5 Rxc5 42. Qe7
f2+ 43. Kg2 Bc4 44. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1968.07.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Herbert Seidman"]
[Black "William James Lombardy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Kh1
Qc7 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nb3 h6 13. Bh4 b6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 Qd6 (15... O-O 16. Be7 Re8 17. d6 Qc6 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. Qf3+ Qxf3 20. Bc4+
) 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Qe2 f5 18. Nc4 Qxd5 19. Ne3 Qd6 20. Rad1 Qb8 21. Be7 Re8 22.
Bd6 Qa7 23. Bc4+ Kh7 {Diagram [#]} 24. Bf7 (24. Nd5 Rh8 25. Nc7 Rb8 26. Ne6 Ra8
27. Nxg7) 24... Nf6 (24... Rh8 25. Bxg6+ Kxg6 26. Nxf5) 25. Bxe8 Nxe8 26. Bxe5
Bxe5 27. Nc4 Bg7 28. Qxe8 Qc7 29. Nxb6 Qxb6 30. Rd8 Be6 31. Rxa8 h5 32. Rd8 Bc4
33. Re1 Qxb2 34. Rd6 Bf6 35. Qf8 Bg7 36. Qe8 Bf6 37. h4 Kg7 38. Rd7+ Kh6 39.
Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Skopje, Yugoslavia"]
[Date "1972.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Walter Shawn Browne"]
[Black "Abdul-Razzaq Ahmed Taha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nb5 Nb6 8.
a4 a6 9. a5 axb5 10. axb6 Rxa1 11. Qxa1 c6 12. Qa8 O-O 13. Qxb8 Qb4+ {Diagram 
[#]} 14. c3 Qxb2 15. Ne2 b4 16. cxb4 Qxb4+ 17. Kd1 Qb3+ 18. Kd2 Qb4+ 19. Kd3 (
19. Kd1) (19. Ke3 Qb3+ 20. Kf4 f6 21. Kg4) 19... c5 20. Qc7 c4+ 21. Ke3 Qb3+
22. Kf4 Qd3 23. f3 Qd2+ 24. Kg3 Qe1+ 25. Kh3 (25. Kf4 Qd2+ 26. Kg3 Qe1+) 25...
Qf2 (25... g5 26. g3 (26. g4)) 26. Kg4 f6 27. exf6 e5+ 28. Kh5 gxf6 {Diagram 
[#]} 29. dxe5 (29. h4 exd4 30. Kh6) (29. Qd6 Qe3 30. f4 Qe4 31. Kh4 exd4 32.
Ng3 Qe6 33. Qxe6+ Bxe6 {Diagram [#]}) 29... fxe5 30. Qe7 (30. Ng3 Qe3 31. Qe7
Bf5 32. Nxf5 Rxf5+) 30... Rf5+ 31. Kh6 Qxb6+ 0-1

[Event "Isle of Man Open"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "4.48"]
[White "Luke Scott"]
[Black "Konstantin Kavutskiy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2018"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Qe7 9. d5 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 h5 12. h3 Nh6 13. Ne1 Nf7 14. Nd3 Bh6 15. b4
a6 16. f3 Be3+ 17. Bf2 Bxf2+ 18. Rxf2 f5 19. Rc1 f4 20. c5 g5 21. Na4 g4 22.
fxg4 Nf6 23. Bf3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Ng5 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Qe2 Qh7 27. Nb6 Rb8 28.
Rc4 Qh4 29. Nxf4 exf4 30. e5 dxe5 31. Qxe5 Bxg4 32. Qxf4 Rbe8 33. Qd2 Nxf3+ 34.
gxf3 Qg3+ 35. Rg2 Re1+ 36. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 37. Kh2 {Diagram [#]} Kg7 38. Rgxg4+
Nxg4+ 39. Rxg4+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Isle of Man Open"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "5.37"]
[White "James Tarjan"]
[Black "Tereza Rodshtein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]

1. c4 c6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. Nf3 h6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O
9. Nc3 Bh7 10. Qc2 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. e4 d4 13. e5 dxc3 14. Bxc3 Be7 15. exf6
Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxc5 Bxd3 18. Rfe1 Nc6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21.
Rxe5 Ba6 22. Re7 Rfe8 23. Bxb7 Bxb7 24. Rxb7 a5 25. Rc1 Ra6 26. h4 Rf6 27. Rc2
Re4 28. Kg2 Rf5 29. Rbc7 a4 30. R7c4 axb3 31. axb3 Re1 32. Rb2 h5 33. b4 Rb5
34. Rf4 g6 35. Rc2 Rb7 36. Rb2 Rb5 37. Kf3 Rd1 38. Ke2 Rd7 39. Ke3 Rd1 40. Ke2
Rd7 41. Re4 Kg7 42. Rd2 Ra7 43. Kd3 Rc7 44. Rd4 Rc1 45. Rb2 Kf6 46. Kd2 Ke5 47.
Rf4 Rc7 48. Rc2 Rd5+ 49. Kc1 Ra7 {Diagram [#]} 50. Re2+ Kd6 51. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Open"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Wesley So"]
[Black "Alan B Merry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 a6 6. Be3 Nfd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 Qa5
9. Bh6 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne5 11. Bg7 Rg8 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. h4 Nd7 14. Bd3 Nb6 15.
Ne2 h5 16. Rb1 Nd7 17. Kf2 Qc7 18. Rb2 b6 19. Bc2 Nf6 20. Nc1 Kf8 21. Nd3 Qd6
22. Rhb1 Rb8 23. Qe3 Nd7 24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. Ba4 f6 26. Qh7 Kf8 27. Bc6 Rg7 28.
Qh6 Kf7 29. Rb3 b5 30. Nb2 Nb6 31. a4 b4 32. a5 Nd7 33. Nd3 Qc7 34. Qe3 bxc3 {
Diagram [#]} 35. Bxd7 Rxb3 36. Be6+ Bxe6 37. dxe6+ Kxe6 38. Rxb3 f5 39. exf5+
gxf5 40. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Open"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2016.10.07"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Black "Sabino Brunello"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qb3 c5 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nbd7 10. g3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc5 12. Qxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Na4 14. Bg2
O-O 15. Bg5 Nd5 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nd6 f6 18. Bd2 Rab8 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. b5 Be8 21.
Nxe8 Rxe8 22. e4 Ndb6 23. Bb4 Rbc8 24. Ke2 Kf7 25. f4 Red8 26. Rhd1 Rxd1 27.
Rxc8 Nxc8 28. Kxd1 Ncb6 29. Kc2 Nd7 30. e5 Nac5 31. exf6 Kxf6 32. Kc3 b6 33.
Kc4 h5 34. Bc6 Kf5 35. Bf3 h4 36. Bd1 hxg3 37. hxg3 g5 38. fxg5 Kxg5 39. Kd4
Kf6 40. a4 Kf5 41. g4+ Kf6 42. Be1 Kf7 43. Bg3 Kf6 44. Bh4+ Kf7 45. Be1 Kf6 46.
a5 Nb7 47. a6 Nbc5 48. Bh4+ Kf7 49. Bd8 e5+ 50. Kd5 Ne6 {Diagram [#]} 51. Kd6
Ke8 (51... Nxd8 52. Kxd7 Ne6 53. Bb3) (51... Nec5 52. Bxb6 axb6 53. a7) 52.
Bxb6 1-0

[Event "Isle of Man Open"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2016.10.03"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Na4 Nd4 12. Nc5 a5 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nb3 g5
15. Qd2 g4 16. Nh4 Re5 17. Qf4 Qd6 18. e3 Rb5 19. Rxc7 Qxf4 20. exf4 a4 21.
Nxd4 Rxb2 22. Be4 Rxa2 23. Rb1 a3 24. Nc2 {Diagram [#]} Bd6 25. Rc3 Na4 26. Rc4
Be6 27. Nxa3 (27. Rd4 Rxc2) 27... Rxa3 28. Rc2 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Isle of Man Open"]
[Site "Douglas ENG"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Yifan Hou"]
[Black "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.10.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 h6 8. a4 O-O
9. h3 Be6 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. Bxe6 Bxb2 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. Bxb2 Qd7 14. c4 Raf8
15. Nh4 Kh7 16. f4 exf4 17. d4 Re8 18. Qb1 Kg8 19. Nf3 Rfe7 20. d5 Ne5 21. Bxe5
Rxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Qxb7 f3 24. Qb3 fxg2 25. Qf3 Qe8 26. Ra2 Nxe4 27. Rae2
Ng5 28. Qg4 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 {Diagram [#]} Qxe2 30. Qxe2 Nxh3+ 31. Kh2 (31. Kxg2
Nf4+) 31... g1=Q+ 32. Kxh3 Kh7 33. Qd2 h5 34. Qxa5 Qh1+ 35. Kg3 h4+ 36. Kf4
Qh2+ 37. Kf5 Qe5+ 38. Kg4 Qg3+ 39. Kf5 h3 0-1

[Event "November Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.11.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Richard Pope"]
[Black "Andre L. Morris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "1500"]
[BlackElo "1149"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2016.12.08"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 {Diagram [#]} 4. h3 Bxf3 (4... Bh5 5. g4 Bg6 6.
Ne5 Nbd7 7. h4 {Diagram [#]} h6 8. Nxg6 fxg6 9. Bd3) 5. Qxf3 {Diagram [#]} e6 (
5... Nbd7) 6. Bd3 Bb4+ (6... c5) 7. c3 {Diagram [#]} Ba5 8. Nd2 c6 9. O-O O-O
10. e4 {Diagram [#]} dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 g6 13. Bh6 {Diagram [#]} f5 (
13... f6 14. Qxe6+) (13... Re8 14. Qe5 f6 15. Qe2 Kh8 16. Rad1 Nd7 {Diagram [#]
} 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bxe6 Nd5 19. Qg4) 14. Qxe6+ Rf7 15. Bc4 Qd7 {Diagram [#]} 16.
Qf6 (16. Qe5 Qd5 17. Qe8+ Rf8 18. Qxf8#) 16... Na6 (16... Qd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18.
Qe6 Nd7 19. Qxd5) 17. Qg7# {Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "London Classic 8th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2016.12.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Hess, Robert"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn1q1rk1/1ppbbppp/p3pn2/8/P1QP4/5NP1/1P2PPBP/RNB2RK1 b - - 0 9"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.12.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.24"]

9... Bc6 {Let's start our analysis here. This position has been seen many
times, stemming from a classical Catalan. Take a moment to analyze the
strengths (for instance, White's spatial advantage) and weaknesses (White's b4
square). An essential question is how Black should continue his development,
seeing as his light-squared bishop both blunts the advance of the c-pawn and
impedes the knight's development. White's pieces quickly find themselves on
natural squares, but can progress be made? Who will win the fight for the
vital e4 square? Black may look solid, but the very simple fact that White has
a relatively clear plan and Black does not pushes the balance in So's favor.}
10. Bg5 a5 $5 {This move is not uncommon, cementing control of the b4 square
and opening the a6 square for a piece.} (10... Bd5 {has been played hundreds
of times, though Black does not score particularly well here and his pieces
will lack harmony. The wandering bishop becomes targeted, and exchanging on f3
gives White a long-term advantage.}) 11. Nc3 Ra6 {Diagram [#] The point! You
hardly see an opening that encourages such a random rook lift, but the b2 pawn
is backward; instead of getting stuck behind the pawns, the rook enters the
battle.} 12. Qd3 {So makes a bizarre decision to retreat his queen to the
second rank in two moves. What was he thinking?} (12. e3 Rb6 13. Qe2 Nbd7 14.
Rfd1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c6 16. Qc2 Ne8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 {eventually led to a draw in
Nakamura,H (2793) -Aronian,L (2788) London 2015. Improvements - for both sides
- surely can be found.}) 12... Rb6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bd2 {This retreat makes it
clear why So did not commit the pawn to e3, as Nakamura had previously done.} (
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rfd1 {is comfortable for White, though the concession 
(giving up the bishop pair) might not be worth it. If Adams was going to allow
e4 he might as well have received something in return, and here the promise of
the two bishops - and potentially opposite-colored bishops in the future -
keeps Black afloat.}) 14... Bb4 {An ugly move to play, but Adams clearly felt
he could not afford White further expansion with e2-e4. Black is gasping for
air after a "normal" continuation like} (14... Na6 15. e4 Nb4 16. Qb1 {when
Black has real issues.}) 15. Rfe1 {Diagram [#]} Bxf3 $2 {In a strategically
difficult position, Adams loses the thread.} (15... Bxc3 {is certainly the
better bishop to give up. It seems odd, given that the pawn structure was
previously fixed (which is generally to Black's advantage). Yet this capture
forces White to relinquish his overpowering control of the central squares.
Indeed, Black now has the ability to free the c6 square for his knight at long
last. Importantly, from e4 the bishop covers both the long diagonal and
White's access to the b1 square.} 16. bxc3 (16. Bxc3 {looks to attack the
a-pawn, White gets absolutely nothing after} Be4 17. Qd2 Nc6 {Black is more
than comfortable.}) 16... Be4 {feels very solid. The bishop on e4 is extremely
difficult to dislodge. White will consider rerouting his bishop to a3 via c1,
but even there the way forward is murky. The position should be assessed as
slightly preferable for White, if not only because of the bishop pair.}) 16.
Bxf3 Nc6 17. e3 e5 {Feeling stuck, Adams lashes out in the center. His pieces
were tamed, so this pawn thrust - to him - seemed necessary. Yet let's
evaluate. What would have happened if Mickey had sat tight, with say 17...Be7?
Black is retreating, though sometimes this is the path of best resistance.
White will march on, eventually preparing e3-e4 with moves like Rad1, Bc1. But
then? Can Black not go Nb4 followed by c6 and try to passively survive? These
are the critical decisions we chess players must make; often we choose the
plan that gives us activity. Often we choose incorrectly.} (17... Be7) 18. Bxc6
exd4 (18... Bxc3 19. Bxc3 exd4 20. Rad1 Rxc6 21. Rxd4 {results in a sizable
plus for White, since the bishop is the far superior minor piece.}) 19. Bf3
dxc3 20. bxc3 Bc5 {Diagram [#]} 21. Rab1 {Noncommittal and perfectly
reasonable, but imprecise.} (21. c4 {should be our first instinct, opening up
the second bishop (moving either rook to d1 also makes sense since the awkward
rook on b6 is tied to the defense of the b7 pawn)} Bb4 {Now there are two
options: 1) 22. Red1 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Qe7 24. c5 Rb4 25. Rad1 is clearly better
for White, with absolutely no risk. Hard to determine if the likeliest result
is a win or a draw, but White is in charge. 2) 22. c5 is more forceful, and to
the point. Qxd2 23. Qxd2 Bxd2 24. cxb6 Bxe1 25. bxc7 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rc8 27.
Rc1 Ne8 28. Bxb7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Nxc7. Fewer pieces remain in this variation,
but the White king will reach c4 while Black's king reaches d6. Eventually a
zugzwang shall occur, leaving Black in grave danger.} 22. Red1 (22. c5 Qxd2 23.
Qxd2 Bxd2 24. cxb6 Bxe1 25. bxc7 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Rc8 27. Rc1 Ne8 28. Bxb7 Rxc7
29. Rxc7 Nxc7) 22... Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Qe7 24. c5 Rb4 25. Rad1) 21... Rd6 (21...
Rxb1 22. Rxb1 b6 {is similar to the game.}) 22. Red1 b6 23. c4 Qe7 24. Bc3 {
The bishop finally breathes new life.} Rfd8 25. Bb2 Qe6 (25... Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Bd6 {provides more stubborn defense.}) 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Rd1 $1
{Excellent chess. So correctly determines that the c4 pawn is not en prise,
thanks to attacking resources.} Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 {Diagram [#]} Bd6 (28... Qxc4 {
forces the following sequence:} 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Bd5 Qb4 31. Qh5 Qb1+ 32. Kg2
Qh7 33. Qg4+ Qg7 34. Qc8+ Qf8 35. Qxc7 {and Black will grovel for a draw,
though the opposite-colored bishops certainly play to White's advantage given
the compromised pawn structure.}) 29. Qd4 Qe8 30. Bd1 Qc6 (30... Qe4 {was the
more active try. Adams probably was reluctant to enter a queenless endgame,
where the two bishops coupled with White's four on three advantage on the
kingside make Black's quest for a draw immensely difficult. However, the game
continuation provided an even more challenging defensive task.}) 31. Bc2 Kf8
32. e4 Bc5 33. Qd8+ {Diagram [#]} Ne8 (33... Qe8 {is actually possible here.
Of course So has the option of 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Qxf6 but after Qe6, Adams
would still be kicking. If 34. Qxc7 Kg8 (34...Ng4 35. Bd4! keeps White ahead),
Black now threatens to play Nxe4 or Ng4. The natural way to stop this is 35.
Qf4, though Qe6 provides legitimate counterplay.} 34. Bxf6 (34. Qxc7 Kg8 (34...
Ng4 35. Bd4) 35. Qf4) 34... gxf6 35. Qxf6 Qe6) 34. Qd5 {Now Black has no way
back in the game. White controls too much of the board.} Qg6 35. Kg2 Ke7 36. f4
c6 $2 {In an unpleasant position, Adams badly errs.} (36... Nf6 37. Qe5+ Kd8 {
allows Black to cling onto hope. Admittedly, the position is still dreadful.
The knight is pinned down to the pawn on g7, so even a move like 38. Bd1
leaves Black hard-pressed to find a saving strategy.} 38. Bd1) 37. Qd3 {
Diagram [#]} Nc7 $4 {Yikes, losing at least the knight on the spot. Something
like 38...Qe6 was better, though still bad.} (37... Qe6) 38. f5 Qg5 39. Be5 Ne6
(39... Ne8 40. Bf4 {is the problem. The queen is trapped: After Qf6 41. e5. If
Qh5 or g4 41. Bd1.} Qf6 (40... Qh5) (40... Qg4 41. Bd1) 41. e5) 40. fxe6 {
So forces his opponent's resignation, as Qxe5 41. Qd7+ Kf6 42. Qxf7+ Kg5 43.
h4+ Kg4 44. Bd1 is an unstoppable checkmate. Otherwise, Adams is simply down a
bishop.} Qxe5 41. Qd7+ Kf6 42. Qxf7+ Kg5 43. h4+ Kg4 44. Bd1# 1-0

[Event "43rd Annual Eastern Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Aleksandr Lenderman"]
[Black "GM Alexander Shabalov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Lenderman, Aleksandr and Shabalov, Alexander"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 (1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. b3) 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3
(4. cxd5) (4. Bg5) 4... Nf6 5. b3 c5 (5... b6) 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Nbd2
g6 9. c5 (9. g3 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Bg7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Rac1 (
14. Nf1)) (9. Be2) 9... Bg7 10. Rc1 O-O (10... Nh5 11. Be2 (11. g3 f6) 11...
Nf4) 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O bxc5 13. Rxc5 (13. dxc5 Qc7 14. a3 e5 15. b4 Nh5 (15...
e4 16. Nd4 Ng4)) 13... Bb7 (13... Qb6) 14. Qa1 Ne4 15. Rc2 (15. Nxe4 dxe4 16.
Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qd2) 15... f5 (15... Rc8 16. Rfc1 Bh6) 16. a3 Rc8 17. b4 {
Diagram [#]} g5 (17... Nxd4 18. Bxd4 (18. Nxd4 Rxc2 19. Nxe4 Rxb2) 18... Rxc2
19. Bxg7 (19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Bxg7 Rf7 21. Nd4 Rxe2 22. Nxe2 Rxg7 23. Qe5) 19...
Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Rf7 (20... Rxd2 21. Bh6) 21. Bh6 Qh4 22. Bd1 Qxh6 23. Bxc2 Qxd2)
18. Nb3 g4 19. Ne1 (19. Nfd2) 19... Qg5 (19... Qh4) 20. Nd3 f4 (20... g3 21.
hxg3 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxc8 (23. Rfc1 Be3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 (24... Bxc8 25.
Rc7) 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Bf3) 23... Nxg3) 21. Qc1 (21. f3 Ng3 (21... Nxd4)) (21.
Nbc5 f3 22. Nxe6 Qh4 (22... Qe7)) 21... f3 (21... Rf6 22. Nbc5 (22. f3)) 22.
Qxg5 Nxg5 23. Bd1 fxg2 24. Kxg2 Nf3 25. Ndc5 Nd8 (25... Ncxd4 26. Bxd4) (25...
Nfxd4 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Bxd4) 26. Be2 (26. Rc3) 26... e5 (26... Rc7 27. Rfc1
Bh6) 27. dxe5 Ne6 28. Bxf3 (28. Bd1) 28... Rxf3 29. Nd4 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 Rxa3 31.
Rfc1 Ba8 32. Nd7 (32. Rd1) (32. Kg1) 32... Rc4 33. Nb6 {Diagram [#]} Bh6 (33...
Rd3) (33... Rxd4 34. Rc8+ Kf7 (34... Bf8 35. Nd7 Rf3 36. Rxa8) 35. R1c7+ Kg6
36. Rg8) 34. Be3 (34. Nxc4 dxc4+ 35. Kf1 Bxc1 36. Rxc4 Rd3 37. Rxc1) 34... Rxc2
(34... Bxe3 35. fxe3 Rxc2+ 36. Rxc2 Rc3) 35. Rxc2 d4+ 36. Nxa8 dxe3 37. e6 Kf8
(37... Bg5) 38. Nc7 Ke7 (38... Rd3 39. Rc5 e2 40. Re5 Ke7 41. Rxe2 Bf4 42. Nxa6
Rh3) 39. fxe3 Rd3 (39... Bxe3 40. Re2 Bg5 (40... Kd6 41. e7 Kxe7 42. Rxe3+ Rxe3
43. Nd5+) 41. Nd5+ Ke8 (41... Kd6 42. e7 Bxe7 43. Nxe7 Ra4) 42. e7) 40. e4 (40.
Rc4) 40... Bg5 {Diagram [#]} (40... Rd2+ 41. Rxd2 Bxd2 42. Nxa6 Kxe6) 41. Nxa6
(41. Rc6 Rd6 42. Rc5 (42. Rxd6 Kxd6 43. Nxa6 Kxe6) 42... h6 (42... Bh4 43. Rh5)
43. Kg3 Rd4 44. Kxg4 Rxe4+ 45. Kf5 Rxb4 (45... Re2 46. Rd5 Kf8 47. Rd7) 46.
Nd5+ Kd6 47. Nxb4 Kxc5 48. Nxa6+) 41... Bf4 42. Nc7 Bd6 (42... Bxc7 43. Rxc7+
Kxe6 44. Rxh7 Ke5) 43. b5 Rh3 44. Kg1 g3 45. hxg3 Rxg3+ 46. Kf2 Rh3 47. Nd5+
Kxe6 48. Rc8 Rb3 49. b6 Ke5 50. Re8+ Kd4 51. Ke2 Bc5 52. Re6 h5 53. Kf2 h4 54.
Kg2 Rg3+ 55. Kh2 Bxb6 (55... Rb3) 56. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "43rd Annual Eastern Open"]
[Site "Bethesda Maryland USA"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2016.12.27"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 (4. exd5) 4... cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7
7. Nxc6 bxc6 (7... Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4) 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6
11. Nf3 Bd6 (11... Nf4 12. Bxf4 Qxf4 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bb5) (11... Be7 12. c4
dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. b3) 12. Re1 Nf4 (12... O-O) (12... Rb8) 13. Bxf4 (13. Qe3
) (13. Qd1) 13... Bxf4 14. g3 Bd6 15. c4 (15. exd5 cxd5 16. Rac1 Qb6) 15... O-O
(15... dxc4 16. Bxc4 O-O 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rd3 Be8) 16. Rac1 (16. exd5 cxd5 17.
Rac1 dxc4 18. Rxc4 Qb6 19. Rd4) 16... Qa5 (16... dxc4) 17. Bb1 (17. exd5 exd5 (
17... cxd5 18. a3 dxc4 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Red1 Bc6 21. Rxd6) 18. Qc2 g6 19. c5
Bb8 20. Re3) 17... g6 18. Red1 Rfd8 19. h4 {Diagram [#]} dxe4 (19... Rab8) 20.
Qxe4 (20. Rxd6 exf3 21. Qd3 (21. Qxf3 Be8) 21... Be8 22. Rd1 Rxd6 23. Qxd6)
20... Be8 21. Kg2 Bf8 22. Qe2 Bg7 23. b3 c5 24. Be4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8
Qxd8 27. Qe3 Qc7 28. h5 gxh5 29. Ng5 h6 30. Nf3 (30. Nh3 Qe7 31. Nf4 h4) 30...
Qe7 31. Kg1 Kf8 32. Qf4 f5 33. Bc2 Kg8 34. Qb8 Kh7 35. Ne5 Bf6 (35... h4 36.
gxh4 (36. g4 h5 37. gxf5 Qg5+) 36... Bh5) 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Nd3 Bd4 38. Nf4 Bf7
39. Ne2 Bf6 40. Nf4 h4 41. gxh4 Bxh4 42. Nd3 Bf6 43. Qg3+ Kh7 44. Ne5 Be8 45.
Qe3 Qd6 46. f4 Bc6 47. Nxc6 (47. b4 Bxe5 (47... cxb4 48. Qxa7+ Bg7 49. Qf7) 48.
fxe5 Qe7 49. b5 Bb7 50. Bd1) 47... Qxc6 48. Ke2 Qg2+ 49. Kd1 (49. Qf2 Qg4+ 50.
Qf3 h5) 49... Qh1+ 50. Kd2 Qc6 51. Ke2 a5 52. Bd3 Qg2+ 53. Kd1 Qc6 54. Ke2 Qd6
55. Qf3 Bd8 56. Qh5 Kg7 57. Qe8 Bf6 58. Bc2 Bb2 59. Qa8 Bc3 60. Qg2+ Kf6 61.
Kf3 Bd2 62. Qh2 Kg7 63. Qh4 Kh7 64. a4 Bc1 {time} 0-1

[Event "43rd Annual Eastern Open"]
[Site "Bethesda Maryland USA"]
[Date "2016.12.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa Shiwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.12.27"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8.
O-O e5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Rc1 Nd4 11. Nd2 c6 12. b4 Re8 13. a4 a5 14. b5 Bd7 15.
bxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 (16... bxc6) 17. Qb3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Nb5 Rxe2 20.
Nc7 (20. Ne4 Qd5 21. Qd1 Qa2) 20... Rb8 (20... Rc8 21. Qxb6 Rxd2 22. Qxb7 Qd7)
(20... Rxd2 21. Nxa8 Nxa8 22. Qxb7 Nb6 23. Rc7) 21. Ne4 Nc8 (21... Nd7 22. Nd5)
22. Na6 Ra8 23. Qxb7 Ne7 24. Rc5 h6 25. Rb1 f5 26. Rc7 Bf8 27. Nec5 Re5 28. Nd7
Re6 29. Nac5 Re2 30. Kf1 {Diagram [#]} 1-0

[Event "43rd Annual Eastern Open"]
[Site "Bethesda Maryland USA"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Sinha, Sahil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[Annotator "Beckman, Tom"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.12.27"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 a6 8. Bd3
Qc7 9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qe1 Rd8 13. b4 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Ne2
Nb6 16. Ned4 Nc4 17. c3 g6 18. Ra2 Qb6 19. Re2 a5 20. Qf2 Kd7 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22.
Be3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Qa6 24. bxa5 Be4 25. Rb2 Rb8 26. Nf3 Qxa5 27. Rd2+ Bd5 28.
Ng5 Ke8 {Diagram [#]} 29. f5 (29. Rxd5) 29... gxf5 30. Rxd5 h6 (30... exd5 31.
Qxf5 Qc7 32. Qxf7+ Kd7 33. Qe6+ Ke8 34. Rd1 Rf8 35. Nxh7 Qc8 36. Qxd5 Qf5 37.
Nxf8) 31. Nxf7 (31. Ne4) 31... Kxf7 32. Rd7 Rhd8 33. Ra7 Qxc3 34. Qh4 Re8 35.
Qf6+ Kg8 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Ra6 Rf8 39. Qg6+ Kh8 40. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "43rd Annual Eastern Open"]
[Site "Bethesda Maryland USA"]
[Date "2016.12.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa Shiwe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "Beckman, Tom"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.12.27"]

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 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 a5 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Bxe5 Bc6 16. Qe3 Qe8 17. Rd4 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Rxb4 Qd8 20. Re1 Qa5 21. Rd4
Rfd8 22. g4 Rxd4 23. Bxd4 Rd8 {Diagram [#]} 24. g5 {Diagram [#]} (24. Bxf7+
Kxf7 (24... Kh8) 25. Qe6+ Kf8 26. Qxe7+ Kg8 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Bxf6 Qa1+ 29. Nb1)
24... Rxd4 25. Qxd4 (25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxd4 Qxg5+) 25... Ne4 26. Qxg7+ (26.
Qxe4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Qxg5+ 28. Kb1 e6 29. Nd1 Qg1) (26. Rxe4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxg5+
28. Kb1 Qg1+) (26. Qc4 Qxg5+ 27. Kb1 Nd2+) (26. Qe3 Bxc3 27. Kb1 (27. bxc3 Qa1#
) 27... Nd2+) 26... Kxg7 27. fxe4 Qxg5+ 28. Kb1 Qd2 29. Re2 Qf4 (29... Qd4) 30.
Bc4 h5 31. Bd3 Qe5 32. Kc1 g5 33. Kd1 g4 34. Ke1 h4 35. Kf1 Qf4+ 36. Kg1 Qc1+
37. Kg2 f5 38. h3 Qxb2 39. Nd1 Qe5 0-1

[Event "43rd Annual Eastern Open"]
[Site "Bethesda, MD"]
[Date "2016.12.30"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Ling, Evan Maxwell"]
[Black "Bennett, David M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2089"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[Annotator "Beckman, Tom"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.12.27"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. h3
Nb6 9. c3 Be6 10. Re1 a5 11. a4 Bd5 12. Bf4 e6 13. Na3 h6 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. g4 g5
16. Bg3 f5 17. Nd2 f4 18. Bh2 Re8 19. Bf1 e5 20. c4 Bf7 21. d5 Nb4 22. Ne4 Qe7
23. f3 Rcd8 24. Kh1 c6 25. Bg1 Nxc4 26. Bc5 {Diagram [#]} Qxc5 (26... Qd7 27.
Bxc4 cxd5 28. Bxb4 axb4) 27. Nxc5 cxb5 28. axb5 Ne3 (28... Bxd5 29. Qxd5+ Nxd5
30. Bxc4 Kf8 31. Nxb7 Rd7) 29. Qe2 (29. Rxe3 fxe3 30. d6 Bd5 31. Ne4 Rf8 32.
Be2 (32. Rxa5 Rxd6) 32... Rf4 (32... b6 33. Rc1) 33. Rxa5 Bf8 34. Ra7 Bxd6 35.
Nxd6 Rxd6 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Kg1 Rd7 38. Qc1 Bxf3 39. Qxe3 Nd5 40. Qxe5+ Nf6)
29... Nbc2 30. Nxb7 Rxd5 31. Red1 Nd4 32. Qf2 e4 33. fxe4 Rxe4 34. Rd3 Re7 35.
Nxa5 Rdd7 36. Be2 Bd5+ 37. Kg1 Nec2 38. Bd1 Re1+ 39. Qxe1 Nxe1 40. Raa3 0-1

[Event "26th WSCC 2016 Open 50+"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne, Czech Republi"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Bagaturov, Giorgi"]
[Black "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 d5 (4... g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 d5) 5. Nc3 g6
(5... Ne4 6. e3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6) 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 dxc4 10.
Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bg3 Na5 12. Bd3 c5 {Diagram [#]} 13. Ne2 Nc6 14. e4 Nde7 15. dxc5
Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Qxc5 (16... Qxd2+ 17. Nxd2 Bxb2 18. Ra2 Be5) 17. O-O Qb6 (17...
Rd8) 18. Nc3 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. e5 {Diagram [#]} Nc6 22. Bh4
Bxe5 (22... Rd7 23. Ne4 Bxe5 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6) 23. Bxd8 Qxd8 24. Be4 Qb6
25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Rac1 b6 27. Qe3 Bb7 28. Nd5 Qe8 29. Nc7 Bxc7 30. Rxc7 Bd5 31.
Qxb6 Qd8 32. Qc5 Qg5 33. Rc8+ Rxc8 34. Qxc8+ Kg7 35. Qc3+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37.
Qc3+ Kg8 38. Qg3 Qf6 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Qb4 Qg5 41. Qg4 Qd8 42. Qd4+ Kg8 43. Rc1
h5 44. Qf4 g5 45. Qe5 Kh7 46. h4 gxh4 47. Qxh5+ Kg7 48. Qg4+ Kh6 49. Qf4+ Kg6
50. Rc7 f5 51. Rc3 Qf6 52. Rh3 Qxb2 53. Qxh4 Qc1+ 54. Kh2 f4 55. Qh7+ Kf6 56.
Qh8+ Kf5 57. Rh5+ Ke4 58. Qe5+ Kd3 59. Rh3+ f3 60. gxf3 Qf1 61. f4+ Kc2 62.
Qc3+ Kb1 63. Qd3+ Qxd3 64. Rxd3 Kc2 65. Re3 a5 66. Re5 Kc3 67. f5 Kd4 68. f6
Kxe5 69. f7 a4 70. f8=Q Bb3 71. Qb4 1-0

[Event "26th WSCC 2016 Open 50+"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne, Czech Republi"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Reprintsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Bagaturov, Giorgi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 e6 3. Bb2 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Qf3 {Diagram [#]} (5. Nf3) 5... a6 (
5... Nf6 6. O-O-O Be7 7. g4 d5) 6. Qg3 Nc6 7. O-O-O Nge7 8. f4 Qc7 9. Nf3 Ng6
10. e5 (10. Ne2) 10... Nge7 11. Ne4 Nf5 12. Qe1 O-O-O 13. g4 Nfd4 14. Nfg5 (14.
Nxd4 cxd4 15. Kb1) 14... d5 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Nxd6+ Rxd6 17. c3 Nb5 18. Bg2 Rd7
19. Qg3 h6 20. Nf3 Rd3 21. g5 Ne7 22. gxh6 {Diagram [#]} gxh6 (22... Rxh6) 23.
Rhf1 Rg8 24. Qf2 Rxg2 25. Qxg2 Qc6 26. Qg7 Rxf3 27. Qxf7 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Kd7 29.
Re1 Qd6 30. Qf6 Nf5 31. Qf7+ (31. a4 Na7 32. Qf7+ Qe7 33. Qxe7+ Nxe7) 31... Qe7
32. Qg8 Nbd6 33. c4 Nd4 34. Bxd4 cxd4 35. Qh8 Nf5 36. Qb8 {Diagram [#]} Kc6 37.
Qe5 Bc8 38. Kb2 Qd6 39. Qe4+ (39. Rg1 Qxe5 40. fxe5) 39... Kc7 40. a3 Qc6 41.
Qxc6+ Kxc6 42. Rg1 h5 43. Rg8 Bb7 44. Rh8 h4 45. Rh7 Bc8 (45... a5) 46. b4 Kd6
47. Kc2 Bd7 48. Kb3 (48. Kd3 Bc6 49. Ra7) 48... a5 (48... b5 49. c5+ Kc7) 49.
c5+ (49. b5 Bc8 50. Kc2) 49... bxc5 50. bxc5+ Kc6 51. Kc4 Bc8 52. Ra7 h3 53.
Rxa5 Nh4 54. Ra8 Kb7 55. Ra4 {Diagram [#]} (55. Ra5 Nf3 56. d3) 55... Nf3 56.
f5 exf5 57. Kd5 Bd7 58. Rb4+ Kc7 59. Rb6 Nxh2 60. Rh6 f4 61. Kxd4 f3 62. Rf6
Bc6 63. Rf7+ Kd8 64. Rf4 Ng4 0-1

[Event "26th WSCC 2016 Open 50+"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne, Czech Republi"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Kalegin, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 e5 (6... c5) 7. dxe5
Ng4 8. Bb2 Nc6 9. Qc1 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. c4 Rb8 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Rd1 {
Diagram [#]} Qe7 14. Qd2 f5 15. Rac1 b6 16. Nd5 (16. Nb5) 16... Bxd5 17. cxd5
a5 18. Rc2 Rbd8 19. Re1 g5 {Diagram [#]} 20. Bxe5 (20. e4 f4 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22.
Bh3) 20... Bxe5 21. e4 Qg7 22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Bf6 24. Kh1 Kh8 25. exf5 Rg8
26. Re3 Rd7 27. Qc1 Qg4 28. Qf1 Rdg7 29. Rg3 Qxf5 30. Rxg7 Qxc2 31. Rxg8+ Kxg8
32. Qe1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th WSCC 2016 Open 50+"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne, Czech Republi"]
[Date "2016.11.21"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Bartos, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2151"]
[Annotator "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. c3 a6 (4... d6) 5. Ba4 g6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4
Bg7 8. d5 Na5 9. Bd2 Bxb2 10. Bxa5 Bxa1 11. Nc3 b6 12. Qxa1 bxa5 13. d6 {
Diagram [#]} cxd6 14. Nd5 O-O 15. Nf6+ Kh8 16. Nxd7+ f6 17. Nxf6 Ng8 18. Nd7+
Rf6 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Nxf6 Nxf6 21. O-O h6 22. Nf3 Bb7 23. Re1 Qg7 24. e5 dxe5
25. h3 (25. Nxe5 Rc8 26. h3 Kh7 27. Qb1 Nd5 28. Nxg6 Nc3 29. Qf5 Be4 30. Rxe4
Nxe4 31. Nf4+) 25... Kh7 26. Qb1 Nd5 {Nxg6 Nc3} 27. Qf5 {Be4 Rxe4 Nxe4} Nf4 1-0

[Event "26th WSCC 2016 Open 50+"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne, Czech Republi"]
[Date "2016.11.27"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Matamoros Franco, Carlos S"]
[Black "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Nc6 9. Qh4 h6 {Diagram [#]} 10. Qf4 Rc8 11. Rd1 d6 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Nb4 14.
Rab1 Na6 15. Nb5 g5 (15... Nc5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxh6 a6 18. Nbd4 e5) 16. Qe3
Nc7 (16... Nc5) 17. Nxa7 Ra8 18. Qxb6 Be4 19. Nd2 (19. Nc6) 19... Bxb1 20. Bxa8
Nd7 21. Qe3 Bxb2 {Diagram [#]} 22. Rxb1 Ba3 23. b4 Qxa8 24. Qxa3 Qb7 25. Nb5 (
25. Qe3) 25... Nxb5 26. cxb5 Ra8 27. Qb3 Qxb5 28. Nf3 Nb6 29. Nd4 Qc4 30. Qxc4
Nxc4 31. Rc1 (31. b5) 31... d5 32. Rc2 e6 33. e4 Kf8 34. exd5 exd5 35. Nf5 Rb8
36. Nxh6 Rxb4 37. Nf5 f6 38. h3 Ne5 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Rd8 Ra4 41. Rxd5 Rxa2 42.
Rd6 g4 43. hxg4 Nxg4 44. f4 Kg6 45. Nh4+ Kf7 46. Rc6 Rb2 47. Ra6 Rc2 48. Ra3
Rb2 49. Rd3 Ke6 50. Rd1 Ra2 51. Re1+ Kf7 52. Rb1 Rc2 53. Re1 Ra2 54. Rb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "26th WSCC 2016 Open 50+"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne, Czech Republi"]
[Date "2016.11.28"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[Black "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Bg4 8. d5
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 a6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. a4 Ne8 13. Be2 Bd4 14. Be3 Bg7 15.
Bh6 Qc7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 {Diagram [#]} Rd8 18. Bg4 Nef6 19. Bh3 Rfe8 20. b3
h6 21. Rae1 e5 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Qb2 Re7 24. Kh1 Rf8 25. Qd2 Nb8 26. Rd1 Ne8
27. f5 Ref7 28. Rfe1 gxf5 29. exf5 exf5 30. Re6 Nf6 31. Nd5 Qd8 {Diagram [#]}
32. Ne3 (32. Qc3 Kg8 33. Bxf5) 32... Ng8 33. Rxd6 Qg5 34. Rd5 Nc6 35. Rxc5 Nge7
36. Qf2 b6 37. Nxf5+ Nxf5 38. Rxf5 Rxf5 39. Bxf5 Qxf5 40. Qxb6 {Diagram [#]}
Qf1+ 41. Qg1 Qe2 42. h3 Rf7 43. Re1 Qd2 44. Rd1 Qc2 45. Rd6 Ne7 46. Qe3 Nf5 47.
Qe5+ Kh7 48. Rxa6 (48. Rf6) 48... Rg7 (48... Nh4 49. Qd5 Rf1+ 50. Kh2 Nf3+ 51.
Kg3 Qf2+) 49. g4 {Diagram [#]} Qd1+ 50. Kh2 Qd2+ (50... Nh4 51. Rxh6+ Kxh6 52.
Qh5#) 51. Kh1 Qc1+ 52. Kh2 Qc2+ 53. Kh1 Qc1+ 54. Kh2 Qd2+ 55. Kh1 Ng3+ 56. Qxg3
(56. Kg1) 56... Rf7 57. Qg2 (57. Qg1) 57... Qe1+ 58. Kh2 Rf2 59. Ra7+ Kg6 60.
Ra6+ Kg7 61. Ra7+ Kf6 62. Ra6+ Ke7 63. Ra7+ Kd8 64. Ra8+ Kc7 65. Ra7+ Kb6 66.
Rb7+ Ka6 67. Rb5 {Diagram [#]} Qe2 68. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 69. Kh1 Qg3 70. Rh5 Kb7 71.
b4 Qe1+ 72. Kg2 Qe2+ 73. Kg3 Qd3+ 74. Kg2 Qxc4 75. Rb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.11.28"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Vokac, Marek"]
[Black "Matamoros Franco, Carlos S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Nfd7 8. Nge2
Nxc5 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Nc6 12. Kh1 O-O 13. a3 Qb6 14. Bc2 Na5 15.
Rf3 Nxc4 16. Rb1 Qd8 17. b3 Nb6 18. b4 Ncd7 19. Bb3 Rc8 20. Be3 Nc4 21. Bg1 a6
22. a4 Nf6 23. Nc3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qe2 Qd7 26. Rd1 Qb7 27. Bd4 Nh5 28.
Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rd5 Qa8 30. Nxb5 Nb6 31. Rd1 Kg8 32. f5 Nd7 33. Kh2 Ne5 34. Rff1
Nf6 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Nxd6 Qb8 37. Kh1 exd6 38. Rxf6 Qxb4 39. Bd5 Kg7 40. Rdf1
Rc7 {Diagram [#]} 41. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th WSCC 2016 Women 50+"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne, Czech Republi"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Bogumil, Tatiana"]
[Black "Ankudinova, Yelena"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2124"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[Annotator "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 (
8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6) 8... Qe8 9. b3 Na6 10. Ba3 b5 11. cxb5 cxb5 12. Ng5 (12.
Ne5 Be6 13. Nc6) 12... Rb8 13. Nd5 {Diagram [#]} b4 (13... Bb7) 14. Bb2 (14.
Qc4 Kh8 15. Nxb4) 14... Nxd5 15. Bxd5+ e6 16. Bc4 Rb6 17. f4 h6 18. Nf3 Bb7 19.
d5 e5 (19... exd5 20. Bxa6 Qe3+ 21. Kg2 Rxa6) 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. e4 f4 22. a3
Bc8 23. axb4 Nxb4 24. Qd2 {Diagram [#]} Na6 25. Ba3 g5 26. Rad1 Kh7 27. Qe2 (
27. Bxf8) 27... Rff6 28. gxf4 Rxf4 29. Bc1 Bf8 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. Kh1 Bc5 32.
Nh4 Rf6 33. Nf5 Nb4 34. Rg1 Bxg1 35. Rxg1 Bxf5 36. exf5 Rxf5 37. Qe4 Qd7 38.
Rd1 Kg7 39. Bb5 Qc8 40. Qxb4 f3 41. Qg4+ Kh8 42. Bd3 Rf8 43. Qg6 1-0

[Event "26th WSCC 2016 Open 65+"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne, Czech Republi"]
[Date "2016.11.30"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Plachetka, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2348"]
[Annotator "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2016.11.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. d5 (4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4) 4... Be7
5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 h6 7. Nc3 Nh7 (7... c6) 8. Bf2 f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. h4 {
Diagram [#]} c5 11. O-O-O a6 12. Kb1 b5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Bd3 Qe8 15. Bxc5 Bxd3
16. Qxd3 dxc5 17. d6 Ra7 18. Qd5+ Rf7 19. dxe7 Qxe7 20. Nge2 Nf6 21. Qd3 b4 22.
Nd5 Nxd5 23. Qxd5 Rd7 24. Qc4 Nc6 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. g5 Qd6 27. Ng3 {Diagram [#]
} Na5 (27... Nd4) 28. Qe2 c4 29. Ne4 Qc6 30. gxh6 Qxh6 31. Ng5 Re7 32. Qe4 1-0

[Event "26th WSCC 2016 Women 65+"]
[Site "Marianske Lazne, Czech Republi"]
[Date "2016.11.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Black "Kuznetsova, Luba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[Annotator "Ginsburg, Mark"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 f5 5. g3 Bd6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bf4 h6
(8... Bxf4 9. gxf4 b6) 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. c5 {Diagram [#]} (11. Rfd1
) 11... Qd8 12. Ne5 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Nd7 14. Nd3 Nf6 15. f3 Bd7 16. b4 a6 17. Rab1
Be8 18. a4 Rb8 19. Qe3 Bd7 20. Ne5 {Diagram [#]} Qc8 21. Rb2 Be8 22. Rfb1 Ra8
23. Nd3 Bd7 24. Qe5 Qb8 25. Qe3 Qc8 26. Qe5 Qb8 27. Bf1 Qxe5 28. Nxe5 Rfd8 29.
e3 Be8 30. b5 {Diagram [#]} axb5 31. axb5 g5 (31... Kf8) 32. Bd3 Kf8 33. bxc6
bxc6 34. g4 {Diagram [#]} fxg4 35. fxg4 Ra3 36. Rf1 Kg7 37. Rb7+ Nd7 38. Nxc6
Rxd3 39. Nxd8 Rxe3 40. c6 1-0

[Event "U12 World Cadets Championship"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2016.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kumar, Nikhil"]
[Black "Praggnanandhaa, Rameshbabu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2442"]
[Annotator "Kumar, Nikhil"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2014.06.07"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]
[WhiteClock "1:13:53"]
[BlackClock "1:25:25"]

{This was the most important game of the tournament. I was nervous going into
the game as I was playing the top seed.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5
exd5 5. Bg5 {I have lots of experience with this system and was happy when he
played this.} Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nge2 Nhf6 {
Diagram [#] Not the most common move, but has been played by strong players
like Naidistch.} 11. O-O Nf8 {Planning to go to e6 or g6.} 12. a3 {This is a
multi-purpose move: planning a minority attack and controlling the b4 square
in the future.} Ne6 13. Rad1 O-O 14. f3 {[%cal Ye3e4] The classic idea of this
system with f3 and e4.} c5 $2 (14... Rd8 {preventing e4}) 15. dxc5 {Diagram [#]
} Qxc5 $2 (15... Nc7 $16 {Black's only chance to stay in the game even though
he is clearly inferior.}) 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Rxd5
Kxh7 20. Rxc5 {With a decisive advantage, I was very happy but knew that it
still had to be converted into a win.} b6 21. Rc2 Ba6 22. Rd1 Bxe2 23. Rxe2
Rac8 24. Rd7 a5 25. Red2 Rc6 26. Kf2 a4 27. Ke2 f6 28. Ra7 b5 29. e4 (29. Rb7
Rc5 30. f4 {A lot simpler as the king just advances forward and then Rdd7 wins.
} Kh8 31. Kf3 Kh7 32. Rdd7 Rg8 33. h4 $1) 29... Rfc8 30. h4 Rc2 31. Rad7 Rc1
32. Ke3 Rg1 33. R7d5 (33. Rb7 Rc5 34. g4 {Black has no defense to both Rdd7
and Rxb5.}) 33... Rb8 34. Kf4 Rc1 35. Rd7 b4 36. Ra7 b3 37. Rxa4 Rc2 38. Rad4
Rbc8 39. Ke3 Rc1 40. R4d3 Rb8 41. g4 Rh1 42. h5 Re1+ 43. Kf4 Rc1 44. Rd5 Rc2
45. Ke3 Rc1 46. a4 Ra1 47. Rb5 Rc8 48. Rd4 Re1+ 49. Kf4 Rc2 50. Rxb3 {I am
very proud of this game as it put me in serious contention to win the
tournament.} 1-0

[Event "World Cadets Championship G10"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Melenchuk, Olga"]
[Black "Wu, Rochelle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Annotator "Burnett, Ron"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 c5 9. Ba3 Qa5 10. Qb3 Be6 11. Qb2 Nd7 12. O-O b5 13. h3 Rab8 14. Qc1 Rfc8
15. Bb2 cxd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Qd2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 {Diagram [#]} 19. Qf4 Qc7
20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Ng5 Bd5 22. Rfe1 e6 23. Ne4 b4 (23... Bxe4 24. Rxe4) 24. Nc5
bxc3 25. Bxc3 {Diagram [#]} Rxc5 26. dxc5 Bxc3 27. Rab1 Rc8 28. Rec1 Rxc5 29.
a3 Bd4 30. Rxc5 Bxc5 31. a4 Kf8 32. g4 Ke7 33. Rb8 Bd4 34. g5 f5 35. Rb4 e5 36.
Kf1 f4 37. Rb8 e4 38. Rb4 Bb6 39. h4 Kd6 40. a5 Bxa5 41. Rb8 Bc4+ 42. Kg1 e3
43. fxe3 fxe3 44. Re8 e2 45. Kf2 e1=Q+ 46. Rxe1 Bxe1+ 47. Kxe1 Ke5 48. Kd2 Kf4
49. Kc3 Bf1 50. Kd2 Kg4 51. Ke1 a5 52. Kd2 Kxh4 53. Kc2 Kxg5 54. Kb3 Bb5 55.
Kb2 h5 56. Ka3 h4 57. Kb3 h3 58. Ka3 h2 59. Kb3 h1=Q 60. Ka3 Qc1+ 61. Kb3 Kf4
62. Ka2 Bc4# 0-1

[Event "World Cadets Championship - Open U12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.10.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Subelj, Jan"]
[Black "Hong, Andrew Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[Annotator "Hong, Andrew Z."]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. h3 Nf6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qc5 13. Qxc5 dxc5 14. Be3 b6 15.
Nd5 Rab8 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. Bf4 Rb7 18. e5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nxe5 20. Bxa6 Ra7 21.
Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Bd3 Bxb2 23. Rab1 Bf6 24. Ne4 Bd4 25. Rxb6 Rxa2 26. Rc1 Bf5 27.
Bc4 Ra3 28. Nd2 Rfa8 29. Nb3 R8a4 30. g4 Be4 31. Rb8+ Kg7 32. Nxd4 {Diagram [#]
} Ra1 $1 {To simplify and take control of the first rank} (32... cxd4 $19 {
also wins}) 33. Rxa1 (33. Nb3 Rxc1+ 34. Nxc1 Rxc4 $19) 33... Rxa1+ 34. Kh2 cxd4
35. Re8 d3 36. d6 d2 37. Be2 (37. dxe7 d1=Q 38. Rg8+ Kh6 $1 39. g5+ Kh5 $19) (
37. d7 d1=Q $19) (37. Bb3 Rh1+ 38. Kg3 Rb1 39. Ba4 Bc6 40. d7 Bxd7 $19) 37...
Bc6 38. Rc8 (38. Rxe7 d1=Q $19) 38... Re1 39. d7 (39. dxe7 Rxe2 $19) (39. Rxc6
Rxe2 40. d7 d1=Q $19) 39... Bxd7 40. Rd8 d1=Q 41. Bxd1 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.12.03"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jonathan Mikolic"]
[Black "GM Timur Gareyev"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2059"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Stallings, Jay and Vallens, Jennifer"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/5p2/2n4p/3p2p1/1pb5/pN2P2P/P4PPK/1B6 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "2"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Bxb3 2. axb3 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Timur Gareyev"]
[Black "Peter Bodziony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "1733"]
[Annotator "Stallings, Jay and Vallens, Jennifer"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. axb4 Bxb4 7. c4 Nb6 8. Ba3
Qe7 9. Bxb4 Qxb4 10. Nc3 a6 (10... Nc6) (10... O-O) 11. Rb1 Qc5 12. Ne4 Qc6 13.
Nd6+ Ke7 14. Ng5 f6 15. Qh5 fxe5 (15... fxg5 16. Qxg5+ Kf8 17. Qd8#) (15... g6
16. Qh6) 16. Nge4 Rf8 {Diagram [#]} 17. Qg5+ Rf6 18. Qxg7+ Rf7 19. Qxf7+ Kd8
20. Qf6+ Kc7 21. Ne8# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tom Brownscombe"]
[Black "GM Timur Gareyev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Stallings, Jay and Vallens, Jennifer"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Re1 Ng4 7. Re2 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 e4 10. dxc6 exf3 11. gxf3 {Diagram [#]} Nxh2 (11... Nxf2) 12. Re5
Qf6 13. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 14. Kg2 Bh3+ (14... Qg6+) 15. Kxh3 Qh4+ 16. Kg2 Qg4+ 17. Kf1
Nh2+ 18. Ke1 Rfe8+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Timur Gareyev"]
[Black "Tony McCarthy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[Annotator "Stallings, Jay and Vallens, Jennifer"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r6r/pp2p1kp/2p4R/3nPpN1/3P4/8/PPP2P2/R3K3 w Q - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "12"]

{Diagram [#]} 19. Re6 h6 20. c4 hxg5 21. cxd5 Kf7 22. Rxe7+ Kxe7 23. d6+ Ke6
24. O-O-O Rh2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Timur Gareyev"]
[Black "Scott White"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "1889"]
[Annotator "Stallings, Jay and Vallens, Jennifer"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1rkn/5ppp/4qb2/1p2BQ1P/2p5/5N2/1P3PP1/3RR1K1 w - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "9"]

{Diagram [#]} 25. Rxd8 Qxf5 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Bd6+ Be7 28. Rxe7 Qd3 29. Re6+
1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Timur Gareyev"]
[Black "Shenlone Wu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "1003"]
[Annotator "Stallings, Jay and Vallens, Jennifer"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Qe7 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bg4 8. O-O
dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. Nc3 Ndxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxd1 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6+ Kd8 14.
Rxd1+ Kc8 15. Bxa8 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Be3 Bd6 18. Nb5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Timur Gareyev"]
[Black "Marius Lucan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[Annotator "Stallings, Jay and Vallens, Jennifer"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 h6 4. d4 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. d5 Ne7 8. Bf4
exd5 9. Bxd5 Nbc6 10. Qd2 g5 11. Bg3 d6 12. Rfe1 Nxd5 13. exd5+ Ne7 14. h4 g4
15. Nd4 O-O 16. Re4 h5 17. Qg5 Nxd5 18. Qxh5 Nf6 19. Qf5 Bxe4 {Diagram [#]} 20.
Qxe4 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Jan Hein Donner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bc1 Nxc3 10. Bd3 c5 {Diagram [#]} 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Nf3 Qa5 13. O-O Qxc5
14. Qh4 (14. Bxg6 Rg8) 14... Ne7 15. Qf6 Rh7 16. a4 (16. Be3) 16... Qc7 17. Ba3
Ne4 (17... Nxa4 18. Bb5+ Bd7) 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nd2 Nd5 (19... Qxc2) 20. Qh4
Qxe5 21. Nxe4 g5 22. Qg4 (22. Nd6+ Qxd6) 22... Bd7 23. Nd6+ Kd8 (23... Ke7 24.
Nc4+) (23... Kf8 24. Nc4+) 24. Nxb7+ Kc8 25. Nd6+ Kc7 26. Qc4+ Bc6 27. Qc5 Qf4
28. c4 Nb6 (28... Nc3 29. Qa5+) 29. a5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#1"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5b2/5kp1/b7/8/8/3qP3/3Q1P2/4K2R b K - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

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

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#2"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/8/8/6q1/3n4/3BQ3/3K4 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qa4# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#3"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/8/8/2q5/2Pn4/2K5/2RQR3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Nb4+ 2. Kd2 (2. Kb2 Qa2#) (2. Kb1 Qa2#) 2... Qd3# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#4"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5pk1/5n2/8/4q3/6P1/Q3R3/5K2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qh1+ 2. Kf2 Ng4# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#5"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/3b4/8/3q4/8/4P3/2P2P2/Q1B1KB2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qd1+ 2. Kxd1 Bg4+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#6"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/4q3/b2b4/8/8/4P3/3N1P2/2BQK3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{Diagram [#]} 1... Qxe3+ 2. fxe3 Bg3# 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel "]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2017.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Dobrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 f6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nh4 d5 8. Nc3
g5 9. Qh5+ Kd7 10. Nf3 Qe8 11. Qxe8+ Kxe8 12. d3 Ba6 13. Re1 Kf7 14. Na4 Nc8
15. Ba3 Nb6 16. Nxc5 Nd7 17. Nxa6 Bxa3 18. Rab1 g4 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5
21. Nxc6 Rhc8 22. exd5 exd5 23. b4 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Rxc6 25. Re2 h5 26. Kg3 Rb8
27. Rb3 Kg6 28. Kf4 d4 29. h3 gxh3 30. gxh3 Rb5 31. a4 (31. Rg2+ Rg5 32. Rxg5+
fxg5+ 33. Ke4 Rxc2 34. Ra3 Re2+ 35. Kxd4 Re7) 31... Rg5 32. Rb1 (32. Rb2 Rd6
33. Kf3 Rdd5 34. Re4 Rg1 35. b5 Ra1 36. Rb4 Ra2 37. Rc4) 32... h4 33. Rbe1 a6
34. Rb1 (34. Re6 Rf5+ 35. Kg4 Rxc2 36. R1e2 Rg5+ 37. Kxh4 Rc7 38. Re7 Rxe7 (
38... Rc3 39. R7e6 Rxd3 40. Rf2 Rh5+ 41. Kg4 Rg5+)) 34... Rf5+ 35. Kg4 Rc8 36.
b5 Rh8 (36... axb5 37. axb5 (37. Rxb5 Rxb5 38. axb5 Rb8 39. Kxh4 Rxb5 40. Re4 (
40. Kg3 Rg5+ 41. Kf2 Rh5 42. Re4 Rc5))) 37. b6 (37. bxa6 Rhh5 38. Re4 Rf2 39.
Rb6) 37... Rhh5 38. Re4 Rf2 39. Rf4 Rg5+ 0-1

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bd2 Rd8 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Nh4 c5 14. Qf3 h6
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qc7 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. c4 Re8 20. Bc3 N8d7 21.
Re3 Re7 22. Qh4 Rae8 23. g4 e4 24. g5 exd3 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. gxf6 Nxf6 27. Bxf6
gxf6 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qxf6 Qe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 31. cxd3 Re2 32. a4 Rb2 33. Kg2
Rb3 34. Rd1 Ra3 35. Kf3 Kg7 36. Ke3 Rxa4 37. Rb1 b6 38. h4 Kf6 39. h5 Kg5 40.
Rg1+ Kh6 41. f6 Ra2 42. Rg7 Kxh5 43. f4 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.11.26"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Qg4 O-O 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. Bd3 g6 14. Nc4 Qd8
15. Qf3 Bg7 16. Be4 Re8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qxc6 Bd7 19. Qf3 Qe7 20. Bf4 Rec8 21.
Rb7 Qe8 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Bxc7 Bc6 24. Qf4 Bd5 25. Ne3 Bxa2 26. Be5 f5 27. Bxg7
Kxg7 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Ra1 Bb3 30. c4 Ba4 31. Rxa4 Qxa4 32. Qxe6+ Kf8 33. Qf6+
Kg8 34. Qe6+ Kf8 35. Qd6+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kh6 {Diagram [#]} 37. g4 (37. Nxf5+ gxf5
38. Qf6+ Kh5 39. Qxf5+ Kh6 40. Qf6+ Kh5 41. h3) 37... Rf8 (37... Re8) 38. g5+
Kxg5 39. Qe7+ Rf6 40. h4+ 1-0

[Event "40th Annual World Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jamaal Abdul-Alim"]
[Black "Andrew Sleefe"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1405"]
[BlackElo "1548"]
[Annotator "Abdul-Alim, Jamaal"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 6. a3 Ne5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. a4
dxc3 9. Nxc3 Bxb5 10. axb5 Qb6 11. Nge2 Nfd7 12. f4 Ng4 13. Qd4 Nc5 14. O-O e5
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. fxe5 Nb3 {Diagram [#]} 17. Qc3 {Diagram [#]} Nxa1 18. Nc7+ Kd7
(18... Ke7) (18... Qxc7) 19. Rxf7+ Be7 20. e6+ Kc8 21. Na6+ *

