[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "A BETTER ANSWER?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r1k/r4Pp1/3qbRPp/1p1n3Q/p2pB3/4p1N1/PP5P/6RK w - - 0 32"]
[PlyCount "7"]

{[#]} 32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. Qxh6+ gxh6 34. g7+ Kh7 35. Bxf5# *

[Event "US Open (diagram)"]
[Site "Omaha"]
[Date "1959.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brasket, Curt"]
[Black "Bisguier, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "Hartmann, John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2kr2r1/1b1p4/p1nqp3/5p2/2P3n1/2QBBNPp/1P3P1P/R2R2K1 b - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

24... Nxe3 $1 25. fxe3 Rxg3+ $1 26. hxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Kf1 Qxf3+ 28. Ke1 h2 29. Kd2
Qg2+ 30. Be2 d5 $1 {Tearing open the center to get to the King!} 31. Qc2 (31.
c5 d4 $1 32. exd4 Rxd4+ 33. Kc1 h1=Q) 31... Nb4 32. Qc1 dxc4+ 33. Kc3 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1961.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. b3 Bg4 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Rc8 10. Bb2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 cxd4 12. exd4 Be7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Rc1 b5
15. Qd3 Bb4 16. a3 Ba5 17. b4 Bc7 18. g3 Qd6 19. Rc2 Bb8 20. Bc1 Rfe8 21. Rxe8+
Rxe8 22. Bf4 Qd7 23. Bg5 {[#]} Qh3 (23... Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Qf5 25. Bxf6 Qxc2 (
25... Qxf3 26. Bxg7) 26. Bxg7) 24. Ne2 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Qf5 26. Bxf6 Qxc2 (26...
Qxf3 27. Bxg7) 27. Qg4 g6 28. Nd4 Qd3 29. Kg2 Be5 30. Qd7 Bxf6 31. Qxe8+ Kg7
32. Nc6 Qf5 33. Ne7 Bxe7 34. Qxe7 d4 35. Be4 1-0

[Event "Las Vegas Open"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "IM Ruben Rodriguez"]
[Black "GM Arthur Bisguier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bf4 h6 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne4 b6 12. Rfd1+ Kc8 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14.
Rxd4 Kb7 15. c3 c5 16. Rd2 a5 17. Be3 Be7 18. f4 Rhd8 19. Rxd8 (19. b3 a4) (19.
a3 Rxd2 20. Nxd2 Rd8) 19... Rxd8 20. h3 Rd3 21. Re1 Bxa2 22. f5 Rd8 23. f6 Bf8
24. fxg7 Bxg7 25. Nf6 Be6 26. g4 {[#]} Kc6 27. Ra1 Kb5 28. Kf2 Kc4 29. Ra3 Kd3
30. b4 cxb4 31. cxb4+ Kc2 32. bxa5 Kb2 33. Ra4 Ra8 34. a6 Bb3 35. Bd4+ Kc2 36.
Ra3 Bf8 37. Ra1 c5 38. Be3 Kb2 39. Re1 Rxa6 40. h4 Be6 41. g5 hxg5 42. Bxg5 c4
43. h5 Bc5+ 44. Kg2 c3 45. h6 Bf5 46. h7 Ra8 47. Rh1 Rh8 48. Kf3 Be7 49. Bc1+
Kb3 50. Rh6 Bf8 51. Rh5 Bg6 52. Rg5 Be7 53. Rg2 Bxf6 54. exf6 Rxh7 55. Kf4 Rh1
56. Be3 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Southsea"]
[Site "Southsea ENG"]
[Date "1950.04.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Black "Jonathan Penrose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 d6 8. O-O
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. d5 O-O 12. h3 Bd7 13. Kh1 Ne8 14. g4 g6 15. Rg1
Ng7 16. Nbd2 Kh8 17. Nf1 Nb7 18. Ng3 f6 19. Rg2 c4 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Rag1 Nc5 22.
Nf5 Bf8 23. Ne3 Ne8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. h4 Ng7 26. h5 gxh5 27. gxh5 Nxh5 28. Nxe5
Nf4 {[#]} 29. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Ch Club Argentino"]
[Site "Buenos Aires (Argentina)"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Black "Raul Sanguineti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. Nd5
d6 9. d4 Rb8 10. a5 O-O 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. d5 Na7 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Bc4 Bb5 15.
O-O c6 16. dxc6 Rfc8 17. Nh4 Rxc6 18. Nf5 Qc7 19. Bd3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Re1
Re8 22. Qe4 Qd7 {[#]} 23. Bxb5 (23. Qg4 Rg6) (23. Ne7+ Nxe7 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25.
Qh8+ Ng8) 23... Nxb5 24. Qg4 g6 25. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Ch USA (team)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Edgar Thomas McCormick"]
[Black "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne2 Re8 11. c3 Bd6 12. Bf4 c5 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Re1
Rb8 15. Qd2 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. b4 Ne4 18. Qxd5 Qf6 19. Rf1 cxb4 20. cxb4
Rbd8 21. Qh5 Re5 22. Qg4 {[#]} h5 23. Qf4 Nc3 24. Nxc3 (24. Qxf6 Nxe2+) 24...
Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Gothenburg Interzonal"]
[Site "Gothenburg SWE"]
[Date "1955.09.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1955.08.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. e5 Ng4 8.
h3 Nh6 9. Nd1 Qe7 10. c3 c6 11. Bd3 dxc3 12. dxc3 Nf7 13. Bxf5 Qxe5 14. Ne3 Bc5
15. O-O d5 16. Qd3 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 O-O 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Rae8 20. Rae1 Ng5
21. Nc2 Qf4 22. Qd4 Re4 23. Rxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Nxe4 25. f3 Nc5 26. Nd4 Re8 27.
Rb1 Na4 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. f4 Re4 30. Kf3 g6 31. g3 Ke7 32. Nc2 b5 33. Nb4 Kd6 34.
Nd3 a5 35. h4 c5 36. a3 Re7 37. Ne5 Rb7 38. Ke3 c4 39. Kd4 Nc5 40. h5 gxh5 41.
Rh1 Ne6+ 42. Ke3 Ng7 43. g4 b4 44. axb4 axb4 45. gxh5 bxc3 46. bxc3 Nf5+ 47.
Kf3 Rb3 48. Rc1 Nd4+ 49. Kg4 Ne2 50. Ra1 Rxc3 51. Ra6+ Kc5 52. Ra5+ Kd6 53.
Ra6+ Kc7 54. Ra5 Rg3+ 55. Kf5 c3 56. Rxd5 c2 57. Rc5+ Kd6 58. Rxc2 Nd4+ 59. Kf6
Nxc2 60. Nf7+ Kd5 61. Ng5 Rg4 62. Nxh7 Rxf4+ 63. Kg5 Ke5 64. h6 Nd4 65. Kg6 Ne6
66. Ng5 {[#]} Rg4 67. h7 Rxg5+ 68. Kh6 Kf5 69. h8=Q Rg6+ 70. Kh7 (70. Kh5 Nf4+
71. Kh4 Rg4#) 70... Ng5# 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1968.07.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tibor Weinberger"]
[Black "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bc7 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. e4 e5 13. h3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15.
Nf5 Qe5 16. g3 Qc5 17. b3 Nb6 18. Nb5 Nxe4 19. Be3 Qxf5 20. Nxc7 Nxc4 21. bxc4
{[#]} Qf3 22. Kh2 (22. g4 Bxg4) 22... Bxh3 23. Kxh3 (23. Rg1 Qh5) 23... Re5 0-1

[Event "Zagreb"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "1965.04.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 8. Qe1
c5 9. f5 dxe5 10. fxg6 hxg6 11. Qh4 exd4 12. Bh6 Nef6 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. Rxf6 Bh8
15. Rf1 Re8 {[#]} 16. Bf8 (16. Rxf7 Nxf7 17. Bxg6) 16... Bf6 17. Rxf6 exf6 18.
Qh6 Rxf8 19. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Mid-America Open"]
[Site "Clayton Plaza Hotel"]
[Date "2016.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ronnie C. Barnes"]
[Black "Randy Merrell"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1609"]
[BlackElo "1521"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 {[#]} 6. h3 e6 (6... e5 7.
dxe5 Nxe5 8. Qe2 Ne4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Bd6) 7. Bf4 Qb6 (7... Bd6) 8. Qe2
Bd7 9. Nf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O {Diagram [#]} 11. Nbd2 Qxb2 12. Rab1 Qxc3 13. Rb3
Nxd4 14. Rxc3 Nxe2+ 15. Bxe2 {Diagram [#]} Bc6 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18.
Bb5 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Kf1 a6 22. Ba4 Nd7 {Diagram [#]} 23.
N2b3 Nb6 24. Be8 Kf8 25. Bc7 Na8 26. Bxf7 Kxf7 27. Be5 Nb6 28. Ke2 Nc4 29. Nf3
{[#]} Nxe5 30. Nxe5+ Kf6 31. f4 Bd6 32. Ng4+ Kf5 33. g3 e5 34. Ne3+ {Diagram 
[#]} Ke6 35. f5+ Kf6 36. g4 d4 37. Nd5+ Kg5 38. Nb6 Bxf5 39. gxf5 Kxf5 {[#]}
40. Nc4 Bc7 41. Kd3 h5 42. Ncd2 Kf4 43. Nc5 Kg3 44. Ne6 Kxh3 45. Nxc7 {[#]} Kg2
46. Ne6 h4 47. Ng5 h3 48. Ndf3 {Diagram [#]} h2 49. Nxh2 Kxh2 50. Nf3+ Kg3 51.
Ke4 g6 52. Nxe5 g5 53. Kxd4 Kf4 54. Ng6+ Kf3 55. Ne5+ Kf4 56. Nf3 Kg3 57. Nh4 {
[#]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lone Pine op"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1973.03.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[Annotator "Hess, Robert"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1973.03.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.30"]

{Arthur Bisguier passed away on April 5th, 2017 at the age of 87. In his later
years he was most well known as a steward of the game: a coach, a columnist
for this very magazine, a promoter who traveled around the country spreading
his love for chess. Yet in his heyday, Bisguier was a legend on the board. The
"Dean of American Chess" won the 1954 United States Championship and
represented the U.S. in five Olympiads. His accolades and accomplishments need
little introduction. To pay homage to the grandmaster who inspired countless
chess lovers, I have decided to annotate a vintage Bisguier beatdown.} 1. e4 c5
{Both players were known to eschew main lines in order to draw their opponents
out of the comfort of preparation. 7 years after this game, Miles actually
defeated Anatoly Karpov with 1. e4 a6!} 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 ({The only nuance
available to Black because of this move order is} 3... e5 {with the idea of
preventing White from playing d4.}) 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6
8. Be3 ({At the highest levels today,} 8. Nb3 {is more frequently chosen.
White's plan is relatively simple: Re1, Bf1, Bg5, Nd5 in some order. Black,
however, has experienced fine results in this line.}) 8... O-O 9. Qd2 ({
White can attempt to transpose to the previous note with} 9. Nb3 {but the
bishop has already committed itself to e3, which is not the optimal square.
Black can comfortably respond with} Be6 {to simultaneously develop and prepare
d6-d5.} 10. f4 {, which prevents d5, has been seen hundreds of times with
mixed results.}) 9... Ng4 10. Bxg4 {No other move makes sense. In order to
keep the two bishops, White has to compromise by improving Black's pawn
structure and opening up the b-file.} ({Not recommended is} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 {
where Black is to be preferred.}) 10... Bxg4 {[#] This position is worth
examining. Black has obtained the two bishops, but given the current situation
this is hardly an advantage. There is no good diagonal available on the light
squares, which means the bishop on g4 lacks a meaningful home for the
foreseeable future. White, meanwhile, has more space thanks to control of the
d5 square and can be deliberate pushing forward.} 11. Nd5 $1 {This move is
quite strong, preparing c2-c4.} Bd7 ({Attention definitely should be given to} 
11... Be6 {with the intention of trading off all of the minor pieces. White
surely is better in the ensuing ending, but Black retains drawing chances.} 12.
c4 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 {This is not an appealing
position to defend, for White is playing for two results. The pawn on e7 is a
target and Black has no counterplay. White is able to double (or triple) on
the e-file and can eventually push forward with h2-h4. A strong player like
Bisguier salivates over positions like these.}) ({Black does not actually
prevent c4 with} 11... Rc8 {because} 12. c4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Rxc4 {fails to the
simple} 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne3 Rxe4 16. f3 {and White goes up a knight for
three pawns or an exchange for just one pawn.}) 12. c4 Ne5 13. b3 Bc6 $2 {
If Black was aiming to capture on d5, he would have retreated with Be6 earlier.
With this move Miles loses all hopes of obtaining activity.} ({Ideally, Miles
could have played} 13... e6 {to kick the knight from d5. But pushing a pawn
weakens the square adjacent to it, so d6 becomes vulnerable. Deep calculation
is required when considering the following sequence:} 14. Nc3 Ng4 {The only
way to disturb White's setup, as otherwise f3 or h3 cements the bind.} 15. Bg5
Qa5 {Kicking the knight is the intention, but Black has several resources after
} 16. h3 {[#] 1) 16...Qe5 17. hxg4 Qxd4 18. Rac1 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Bc6 is just
slightly better for White. Black needs to properly time transitioning into an
opposite-colored bishop ending, or else really suffer. If Black can open up
the game with a precise f7-f5, White stands no better. 2) 16...Bxd4 17. Qxd4
Qxg5 18. hxg4 looks very pleasant for White. The dark squares are loose and
the knight is superior. 3) 16...Nxf2!? 17. Be3 Nxh3+ 18. gxh3 Qh5 suddenly
makes the game extremely tactical. White should stand better, but it is
perfectly plausible to imagine the white kingside collapsing as diagonals open
up for the bishops.} ({If} 16. Nde2 {it appears that Black is in time to play}
b5) 16... Qe5 (16... Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxg5 18. hxg4) (16... Nxf2 17. Be3 Nxh3+ 18.
gxh3 Qh5) 17. hxg4 Qxd4 18. Rac1 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Bc6) 14. Bh6 Bxh6 ({Ridding
oneself of a torpid bishop is certainly tempting, though here} 14... Bxd5 15.
exd5 {increases White's edge. The advantage now manifests itself in the form
of Black's backward e-pawn, which is easy to pile pressure on and hard to
defend. In fact, compared to earlier variations that saw all minor pieces
traded off, this continuation is worse for Black. White's knight can be used
as an attacker, whereas Black's will be removed from its perch with an
impending f2-f4.}) 15. Qxh6 e6 {[#] Miles commits to defending a weak d-pawn
rather than allow Bisguier the comfort of knight planted on d5. Black
realistically had no option, as there were hardly any useful moves to make
given the constraints of the position.} 16. Nc3 Qb6 ({Much more natural is} 
16... Qa5 {as Black's only realistic hope of counterplay comes in the form of
an eventual queenside break. In the meantime, White's strategy can be employed
effortlessly.}) 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. h3 Qc5 19. Rfe1 a6 20. Qe3 $1 {[#]
Bisguier's choice was extremely accurate. A less experienced player would not
retreat the queen in the hopes of delivering checkmate. However, as a knockout
blow is not imminent, it was best to secure the positional advantages.} ({
Another variation that claims even more space and favors White is} 20. f4 Nd7
21. Kh1 {Yet White can easily overextend his position if he is not careful,
particularly if he ends up with an isolated pawn after exchanging on e5. That
structure often favors White in the short term, when attacking opportunites
use the pawn for support, but in the long run such a pawn can become a
weakness.}) 20... Rfe8 {[#]} ({The reason why I love Bisguier's decision to
retreat his queen is because it prevents the desperately needed} 20... b5 {
White simply goes up a pawn after} 21. cxb5 axb5 ({After} 21... Bxb5 {White
can directly win a pawn by capturing on b5 and trading queens, but even better
is} 22. Rc1 {Black's minor pieces interfere with one another and there is no
way to coordinate them.} Bd7 23. Nb1 Qa7 24. f4 {forces the trapped knight to
sacrifice itself} Nd3 25. Qxd3 e5 {which is objectively very bad for Black.
Considering this is the best option, it is clear that Black has to be very
careful before expanding on the queenside.}) 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Ndxb5) 21. Rd2 Nd7
$2 ({It is hard to be overly critical of Miles' move, but he had to recognize
that the only way for him to withstand doubled rooks on the d-file was to
create a new retreat for his knight on f7.} 21... f6 {[#] With its readily
apparent drawbacks, most noticeably a softened e6 square, is a very difficult
move to make. Miles was merely a teenager in 1973; later in his career, as a
seasoned grandmaster, he would have had no reservations making such a
weakening move. I for one am curious how Bisguier intended to exploit this
more stubborn defense, likely beginning with 22. f4. Further analysis is
certainly warranted, and I recommend all readers set up their boards and get
to work!} 22. f4) 22. Nxc6 {Now Bisguier is winning and does not let his
opponent back into the game.} Qxc6 ({Recapturing with the pawn does not save
d6. White is happy to accept doubled isolani in exchange for an extra pawn.} 
22... bxc6 23. Red1 ({A much tougher nut to crack would have been the imprecise
} 23. Qxc5 $2 Nxc5 24. Red1 Nb7 {where Black defends.}) 23... Qxe3 24. fxe3 {
The 3-on-2 queenside should decide the game.}) 23. Red1 Nb6 24. e5 d5 25. Ne4
Kg7 26. Nf6 Rf8 27. Nh5+ $1 {[#] The final finesse.} gxh5 ({Black still gets
mated after} 27... Kh8 28. Qh6 Rg8 29. Nf6 Rg7 30. Rd4) 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Qf6+
Kg8 30. Rd3 Rfe8 31. Qh6 h4 32. Rd4 {Mate can be stopped only be resignation,
so Miles tipped his king. Bisguier went on to win this tournament, the third
edition of the celebrated Lone Pine Open. No single memory, moment, or move
can describe the tremendous impact Arthur Bisguier had on American chess. But
games like these show what the amiable champion was capable of if you opposed
him.} 1-0

[Event "US Championship"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1962.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "William G Addison"]
[Black "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Annotator "Root, Alexey"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 b6 8. b3
Bb7 9. Bb2 c5 10. e3 Rc8 11. Ne5 (11. Qe2) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 (12. Bxd4) 12...
Rc7 13. Qe2 Qa8 14. f4 dxc4 15. Bxb7 (15. bxc4) 15... Qxb7 16. bxc4 b5 17. c5
Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5+ 19. Rf2 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Rc2 21. Qd4 {[#]} Qb6 (21... Qc7 22.
Ng4) 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Bc1 Rd8 24. Nf1 (24. Nef3 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Rd1+) 24... Rd1
25. Bb2 Rxa1 (25... Rxf1+) 26. Bxa1 Rxa2 27. Bd4 Nd5 28. Nf3 b4 29. N1d2 Kf8
30. Kf1 Rc2 31. Ke1 f6 32. Kd1 Rc8 33. Ke2 Ke7 34. Kd3 Kd7 35. Nc4 b5 36. Na5
Nc3 37. Nd2 Kd6 38. Nb7+ Kc6 39. Nc5 Kd5 40. Nd7 Na4 {[#]} 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2017"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.26"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Savage, Allan G."]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. O-O b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Kh1 Rc8 14. Rae1 O-O 15.
Qh3 Rfe8 16. Bd3 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Re3 Nf8 19. Ne2 Qd7 20. Rf5 Qe6 21. Nd2
N6d7 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Nb3 g6 24. Qg3 Nf6 25. Rf1 N8d7 26. Qe1 Kg7 27. Ng3 h5
28. Ne2 Rh8 29. h3 Qb6 30. Ng1 h4 31. Nf3 Ree8 32. Kh2 Rh5 33. Re2 Reh8 34. Qf2
Qxf2 35. Rfxf2 g5 36. Rf1 g4 37. Nfd2 Rg5 38. c4 Nh5 39. cxb5 axb5 40. Bxb5
Ndf6 {[#]} 41. Nc5 Bc8 42. Ree1 (42. Bc4 Nf4 43. Rxf4 exf4 44. e5 Nd7) 42...
Nf4 43. hxg4 Nxg4+ 44. Kh1 Nf6 45. Nd3 Rg3 (45... Nxd3 46. Bxd3 Rg3 47. Rf3 Rd8
) 46. Rf3 (46. Rxf4 exf4 47. Nxf4 Bb7 48. Kh2) 46... Bg4 (46... Nxd3 47. Bxd3
Rd8) 47. Rfe3 Rxg2 48. Nc4 (48. Nf3 Rc2 49. Ba4) 48... Rc2 49. Ndxe5 N6h5 50.
Kg1 Ng3 (50... Rg2+) 51. Rxg3 hxg3 52. Ne3 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2017"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.27"]
[Round "10.11"]
[White "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Black "Firat, Burak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Savage, Allan W."]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 c6 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bc3 d5 10. Ne5 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nd2 b5 (12... Rc8) 13. Re1 bxc4
14. bxc4 Nb6 15. c5 Nc4 16. Rb1 (16. e4 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Qd7) 16...
Qc7 17. e4 Rab8 (17... Bf6 18. e5 Be7) 18. exd5 exd5 19. Nf3 Rbe8 (19... Rxb1
20. Qxb1 Bf6) 20. Bf1 Bf6 (20... Qc8 21. Qa4 Bf6) 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qc8 (
22... Bc8 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Qd6 Re7) 23. Qh5 Na3 24. Bh3 Qc7 {[#]} 25. e6 (25.
Rb4 Nc2 26. Rh4 h6 27. e6 Nxe1 28. Bxg7 f5 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 30. Bxf5 Qg7 31. Rg4
Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Ng5 33. e7 Qxe7 34. Qxh6 Rxf5 35. Qg6+ Kf8 36. Qxf5+ Nf7 37. h4)
25... fxe6 (25... Nxb1 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qf6+) 26. Rxe6 (26. Rb3
Nb5 27. Bf5 g6 28. Bxg6 Nxc3 29. Bxe8 Ne4 30. Rf3) 26... Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28.
Rbe1 Rxe6 (28... Bc4 29. Bf5 Nb5 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. Bxg7) 29.
Bxe6+ Kg6 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Re6+ Kf5 32. Rxa6 Nc2 33. Rd6 Ke4 34. c6 Nd4 35.
Bxd4 Kxd4 36. c7 Rc8 37. Rc6 g5 38. Kf1 Kd3 39. Ke1 h5 40. Kd1 h4 41. g4 d4 42.
Rc5 Ke4 43. Ke2 d3+ 44. Kd2 h3 45. f3+ Kxf3 46. Kxd3 Kxg4 47. Ke4 a5 48. a4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2017"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.26"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Panchanathan, Magesh Chandran"]
[Black "Pigott, John C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "Pigott, John"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Nc3 (9. Bb2) (9. e3) 9... Nc6 10. d5 Na5 11. Bf4 (11. Ba3 b6 12. Nd2)
11... Nxc4 12. Qd3 Na5 (12... Nd6) 13. e4 e6 14. d6 Nc6 15. e5 Nh5 16. Ne4 Nxf4
17. gxf4 Nb4 18. Qd2 b6 19. Nfg5 Rb8 20. Nc3 f6 21. a3 fxg5 22. axb4 gxf4 23.
bxc5 f3 24. c6 Bxe5 25. Ra4 fxg2 26. Rd1 Qf6 27. Nb5 a6 28. f4 axb5 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2017"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.20"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Savage, Allan W."]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 g6 (6... e5) 7. Be3
Bg7 (7... b5) 8. Qd2 (8. Bc4 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Bh6) 8... h5 9. Bc4
b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Rhe1 Rc8 13. Kb1 Ne5 14. Bg5 Nc4 15. Bxc4
Rxc4 16. Nb3 (16. e5 dxe5 17. Ne6 Qxd2 18. Nxg7+ Kf8 19. Ne6+ fxe6 20. Rxd2)
16... Nh7 (16... Qc7) 17. Bh6 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 {[#]} (18... Nf8 19. e5 d5) 19.
e5 d5 (19... dxe5 20. Bg7) 20. e6 Rg8 (20... Nf6 21. Bg7 Rh7 22. Bxf6 exf6 23.
Re3) 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Qe2 (22. Na5 Qxa5 23. Qe3) 22... e5 23. Na5 Re8 24.
Nxc4 bxc4 25. Bf4 Kf6 26. Be3 Bc6 27. f4 exf4 28. Bd4+ Kf5 29. Qf1 Ng5 30. g3
Ne4 31. Qh3+ Kg5 32. Qh4+ Kh6 33. Qxf4+ Qxf4 34. gxf4 Bd7 35. Ka1 h4 36. Rb1
Bb5 37. Rb4 Kh5 38. Rg1 Rf8 39. a4 Bc6 40. Rb6 Bxa4 41. Rbxg6 Rxf4 42. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Open 2017"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2017.04.27"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Savage, Allan G."]
[PlyCount "241"]
[EventDate "2017.04.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bc4
Be6 9. Ba2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Nb4 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. Rd2 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rad1 Be7 18. h3 Qb6 19. h4 Kh8 20. g3 Bg4 21. Re1
Rf8 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Be6 24. Kg2 g5 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Nh2
Rc5 28. Ng4 {[#]} b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Re1 Kg7 31. Ra1 Nc6 32. Ne2 b4 33. Ra6
Rc8 34. Ne3 Na5 35. b3 R8c6 36. Ra7 Rc7 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Rd1 Rc5 39. Nc1 Nc6
40. Nd3 Ra5 41. Rc1 d5 42. c3 bxc3 43. Rxc3 dxe4 44. Nb2 {[#]} Rc5 (44... Nd4
45. Rc7 Kf8 46. Nbc4 Rb5 47. Ng4 Nf3 48. Rc8+) 45. Na4 Rxc3 46. Nxc3 Nd4 47.
Nxe4 Nxb3 48. Nc4 Kg6 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. g4+ Kg6 51. Nxe5+ Kg7 52. Nc6 Bf6 53. Ke3
Kg6 54. f3 Kg7 55. Kd3 Nc1+ 56. Kd2 Nb3+ 57. Kc2 Na1+ 58. Kd3 Nb3 59. Nb8 Kg6
60. Nd7 Bg7 61. Nec5 {[#]} Nd4 62. Ke3 Nc2+ 63. Ke4 Nd4 64. Nf8+ Kf7 65. Nfd7
Ke7 66. Nb6 Kd6 67. Nd3 Nb5 68. Nc4+ Ke7 69. Nf2 Kf7 70. Kd3 Nd4 71. Ke4 Nb5
72. Nh3 Kg6 73. Ne5+ Kf6 74. Nd7+ Kg6 75. Ne5+ Kf6 76. Nc6 Bf8 77. Kd3 Bg7 78.
Nf2 Kg6 79. Ne4 Nc7 80. Kc4 Nd5 81. Kc5 Bf8+ 82. Kd4 Bg7+ 83. Ne5+ Kh6 84. Nc5
Nf4 85. Ke4 Bf8 86. Ncd7 Kg7 87. Nd3 Ng6 88. N7e5 Nh4 89. Nc6 Bd6 90. Nd4 Kf6
91. Nb5 Bf8 92. Ne5 Bb4 93. Nc7 Ba5 94. Na6 Bc3 95. Nc6 Ng6 96. Kd3 Be1 97. Nc5
Nf4+ 98. Kc4 {[#]} Bh4 99. Ne4+ Kg6 100. Kc5 Kh6 101. Kd6 Be1 102. Nd8 Bb4+
103. Kd7 e5 104. Nf7+ Kg7 105. Nxe5 Nh3 106. Ke6 Ba3 107. Kf5 Bc1 108. Nd3 Be3
109. Ndc5 Kh6 110. Ne6 Bc1 111. Nd6 Ng1 112. Nf7+ Kh7 113. Nfxg5+ Kh6 114. f4
Ne2 115. Ne4 Kh7 116. g5 Bb2 117. Nf6+ Kh8 118. g6 Ng3+ 119. Kg5 Bxf6+ 120.
Kxf6 Nh5+ 121. Ke5 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage 2017"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[Annotator "Karagianis, Pete"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster Windmills"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 {the Ponziani doesn't often rear its head in
top-level chess, but the PRO Chess League is a testing ground for new (old)
ideas and, occasionally, unusual side lines.} d5 4. Qa4 f6 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. exd5
Qxd5 7. O-O Bd7 8. d4 a6 9. c4 Qd6 {A novelty, according to my database. ...
Qf7 had been tried twice previously, without a black win.} (9... Qf7) 10. dxe5
fxe5 11. Rd1 Qe6 12. Nc3 Rc8 {[#] putting the question, finally, to the b5
bishop. But, just because your piece is under attack doesn't mean you have to
move it! In truth, this bishop has been en prise since move 8! (though immune
to capture due to the pin)} 13. Ng5 {Inaccurate. White had two safer
alternatives:} (13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Qb3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 {White probably did not
like his king's position, but it's not so bad. Black has questions of his own
to answer. For example, he can ignore b7 and rush castling:} Nf5 16. Qxb7 Be7 {
but now white has two queen retreats which both look reasonable:} 17. Qd5 (17.
Qe4)) (13. Re1 {would have been the stronger way to ignore the threat to b5}
Ng6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 {Just because your piece (Queen) is under atack,
doesn't mean you have to move it!}) 13... Qg4 14. h3 {A blunder. White must
have overlooked the action on the 4th rank. Readers familiar with the title I
gave this game should be well aware that black will not be touching his queen
this turn.} axb5 15. Qxb5 Qf5 16. Qxb7 {White has two pawns for the piece, but
his pieces are not well coordinated.} Nd4 17. Nb5 {Making matters worse.} Bc6
18. Qa6 {[#] Allowing a clever mini-combo which finishes the game.} Nxb5 19.
cxb5 {"If your opponent is attacking one of your pieces, first check if you
can attack two of his." Or, in this case, you know, one big one:} Ra8 {The
queen is caught.} 20. g4 Qc2 21. Rd2 Qg6 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage 2017"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Pichot, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Karagianis, Pete"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[WhiteTeam "Montreal ChessBrahs"]
[BlackTeam "Buenos Aires Krakens"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. h4 b4 14. Na4 d5
15. e5 {15. Nb6, Schevchenko - Volokitin 0-1. e5 looks stronger to me, forcing
a defender away from the black king while gaining tempo.} (15. Nb6) 15... Nd7
16. Qe3 Bc6 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. Bxb6 Qb7 19. Bd4 {[#] the engine gives ths
position as roughly equal, even favoring Pichot's move, but strategically
speaking I feel I have to disagree. White's pawn mass looks far more menacing
to the black king while the d4 bishop is well placed, blockading black's
d-pawn and influencing both halves of the board.} a5 20. f4 a4 21. f5 Rfc8 22.
f6 Bf8 23. fxg7 Bxg7 24. h5 b3 {Only now does the silicon machine truly
realize the trouble black is in. This pawn break is not as deadly as black
needs it to be. Meanwhile, white's g5-g6 will decide matters.} 25. cxb3 {
Surprisingly, only second best, though a very natural move.} (25. h6 bxc2+ 26.
Kxc2 {looks absurd, but black now has an issue - what to do with the threat to
the g7 bishop?} Bb5+ 27. Kb1 Bxf1 28. Rdxf1 Bh8 (28... Bf8 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30.
Qf6+ Kg8 31. Rh5 {is the point}) 29. Rh5 Qe7 30. Rg5+ Kf8 31. Rc1 {and the
coming Bc5 is a serious problem.}) 25... axb3 (25... Bf8 26. h6 Be7 {was
black's last chance not to have a buried bishop.}) 26. a3 (26. h6 {again
appears to win for white.} bxa2+ (26... Bf8 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Rh5)
27. Ka1 Bh8 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29. Bc5+ Ke8 30. Qg8+ {etc.}) 26... Qe7 27. Bd3 {
Caruana prefers a more solid approach, which also works. White has a solid
advantage thanks to better bishops and the very lethal g5-g6 idea.} Bf8 28. g5
Rxa3 29. bxa3 Qxa3 {[#] Black tries a breakthrough but there is no finishing
touch. Now, it's white's turn...} 30. Rh2 {A nice move. The rook is an
excellent defender from the side.} Ba4 31. g6 fxg6 32. hxg6 h6 {Desperately
trying to keep lines closed, but white shows the way:} 33. g7 {The pawn must
be taken, but the open g-file is too much.} Bxg7 34. Rg1 Rc2 {A final try, but
the black king is left all alone. White's mating attack against the open king
is textbook.} 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qxh6+ Kf7 37. Qf6+ Ke8 38. Rh8+ Kd7 39. Qd8+
Kc6 40. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "PRO League KO Stage 2017"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Karagianis, Pete"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[WhiteTeam "Marseille Migraines"]
[BlackTeam "Miami Champions"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g4 {This pawn sac is the second
most popular move in this position.} Nxg4 6. Rg1 exd4 (6... Ngf6) 7. Nxd4 Ngf6
8. Be3 Ne5 9. Be2 h5 (9... c5 {was Pavlidis - Llaneza Vega, 2010.0-1 in 30
moves.}) 10. Qd2 Nfg4 11. Bf4 c5 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Qe7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15.
Nd5 Qd7 16. Rg3 {[#] Aggressive play is often reqarded in quicker time
controls. MVL hopes this rook lift will lead to a swift attack on black's king,
and indeed it does look rather dangerous. However, there were solid
alternatives:} (16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Bxe5 dxe5 18. Qa5 (18. Rxg4 Rxh2)) (16. Bxe5
Nxe5 {and only now the rook lift -} 17. Rg3) 16... Nxf2 17. Ra3 Kb8 18. Qa5 {
But this was probably too optimistic.} (18. Rf1 Ne4 19. Qa5 Nc6 20. Qa4 {
kept some pressure.}) 18... Nc6 19. Qxc5 Nxd1 20. Bb5 Qxf5 {! The strongest
reply. White has a lot of "loose" pieces, and Qxf4 is a threat.} 21. Qc4 Rc8 {
Target: the white king.} 22. Kxd1 g5 {Jobava continues in convincing fashion.}
23. Be3 (23. Bxc6 {had to be calculated. Fortunately for our purposes of
enjoyment, the variations are quite interesting, and involve a lot of kingly
exercise.} Rxc6 (23... Qg4+) 24. Qd4 {forking a7 and h8, but black's threats
are greater.} Qxc2+ 25. Ke1 gxf4 26. Qxa7+ (26. Qxh8 {playing for material
only gets white mated.} Qb1+ 27. Kf2 Rc2+ 28. Kf3 Qd1+ 29. Ke4 Rc4+ 30. Kf5
Qg4+ 31. Kf6 Qg6# {Quite the jaunt.}) 26... Kc8 27. Qa8+ Kd7 28. Qxb7+ Ke6 {
You were promised king calisthenics! The black king seeks the shelter of his
pieces.} 29. Nxf4+ Ke5 30. Qb5+ Kf6 31. Rf3 Qe4+ 32. Kf2 Rc5 33. Nxh5+ Kg5 34.
Rg3+ Kh6 {white is out of useful checks. A potential record for 'number of
total king moves (both sides combined) by move 34'}) 23... Qf3+ 24. Kd2 Qg2+
25. Kc1 (25. Ke1 {was another alternative, after which the white king will
travel some more:} Qh1+ 26. Kd2 Qxh2+ 27. Kd1 Qh1+ 28. Kd2 Qg2+ 29. Ke1 Qg3+ (
29... a5 {Black can include this move to try to dull white's threats at any
moment.}) 30. Bf2 Qe5+ 31. Kd1 (31. Kf1) {and now the calm:} 31... Bg7 32. Bxc6
Rxc6 33. Bxa7+ Kc8) 25... Nd4 26. Bxd4 {There is no other try. Vachier-Lagrave
gives up his queen in the hopes his remaining pieces may be enough to cause
the black king trouble... and they almost are!} Rxc4 27. Bxc4 {Black's rook is
hanging and the imminent Bxa7 looks somewhat frightening. However, Jobava
coolly executes a threat of his own:} Bh6 28. Bxa7+ Kc8 29. Be3 {Ra8 is
menaced.} Kb8 30. Ba7+ Kc8 31. Be3 Kd7 (31... Bg7 {also seemed sufficient, but
Baadur wanted to move the king a bit more.}) 32. Nf6+ Kc7 33. Nd5+ Kd7 34. Nf6+
Kc7 35. Nd5+ Kc6 {[#] carefully sidestepping repetitions. Note the excellent
technique: move the king as much as possible before continuing the game. (I
jest, of course.)} 36. Rb3 g4 37. Rb6+ Kd7 38. Rxb7+ Kc8 39. Rc7+ Kb8 {Ahhh,
back to the safe sanctuary of b8. In all seriousness, however, black is now
winning. The dark-square bishop on e3 is pinned and cannot deliver the fatal
blow on a7. White simply ran out of pieces.} 40. Bxh6 Rxh6 41. Rxf7 Rh8 42. b3
h4 43. Nb4 Rc8 {Also textbook: black intends to return some of the sacrificed
material at the proper moment.} 44. Na6+ Ka8 45. Kb2 Rxc4 46. bxc4 Qxh2 {
White could play a few more checks, but the passed kingside pawns will decide
matters.} 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage 2017"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.26"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2838"]
[Annotator "Karagianis, Pete"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[WhiteTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]
[BlackTeam "Norway Gnomes"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 b6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8.
g3 O-O 9. Bg2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. O-O a4 12. Qe3 Bb7 13. Qd3 f5 14. Ne5 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 d6 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. e4 Nc6 18. Rae1 Ra5 19. d5 fxe4 20. Qxe4 exd5 21.
cxd5 Ne7 22. Rd1 Qf5 23. Qxe7 Qxf3+ 24. Kg1 Rc5 25. Rd2 h6 26. Re1 Rf5 27. Re3
Rc1+ 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Re5 30. Qc1 b5 31. h3 Kf8 32. h4 Ke8 33. Kh2 Kd8
34. Qh1 Qb3 35. Qg2 Re1 36. Qh3 Qf3 37. Qg2 Qf5 {[#] Black's heavy pieces are
incredibly active and neutralizing them is not easy. White should probably
consider now 38. f4, to connect his own heavy pieces and stop the f-pawn from
becoming too much of a target. However...} 38. Qh3 {?? throws it all away.} (
38. f4) 38... Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "PRO League KO Stage 2017"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2017.03.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Finegold, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Karagianis, Pete"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.03.01"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway Gnomes"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis Arch Bishops"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Bxb1 {Black parts with the
bishop pair to relieve white of his right to castle.} 6. Qxb1 Bb4+ 7. Kd1 Bd6
8. Bg5 {This position has been seen twice previously, where black tried 8. ...
c6 and 8. ...h6.} c5 (8... c6) (8... h6) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. dxc5
Bxc5 12. Bxc6+ {...and now it's white's turn! 'Anything you can do, I can do,
better!' White relinquishes his own bishop pair to deprive black of the right
to castle... and a pawn.} bxc6 13. Qc2 Be7 (13... Qb6 {saves nothing.} 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Rc1) 14. Qxc6+ Kf8 15. Rc1 {Some of the dust has settled and white is
up a pawn and in command.} h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ke2 $1 Bxb2 {White is not
really returning the pawn - simply exchanging it for d5.} 18. Rc2 Bf6 19. Rd1
Qe8 20. Rxd5 Qxc6 21. Rxc6 {The pawn isn't the main issue - the white rooks
are deadly in the open.} Ke7 22. Rc7+ Ke6 23. Rcd7 Rhb8 24. e4 {It's almost
impossible to stop e5 and Nd4.} Rb2+ 25. Kd3 Rb6 26. e5 1-0

[Event "2009 Golden Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Daniel-Walker Elias"]
[Black "Robert Kelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.05"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 (5... c6) (5... Bf5) 6.
h3 (6. Be2) 6... Bh5 (6... Bxf3 7. Qxf3 c6 8. Be3 e6 9. O-O-O (9. Bd3) 9... Bb4
) 7. Bd3 (7. Bb5+ c6 8. Be2) (7. Be2) (7. g4) 7... e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bf4 c6 10.
Ne4 Nxe4 (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxd4 12. Rfd1 Nbd7) 11. Bxe4 Nd7 12. c3 Nf6 13.
Bd3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Re1 O-O-O 16. Re5 Kb8 17. a4 {[#]} g5 (17... Qc7) 18.
Rxg5 Rhg8 19. Re5 h6 20. a5 Nd5 21. Rxh5 Nf4 22. Ne1 Nxh5 23. Qxh5 Rg5 24. Qxh6
Rdg8 25. Qf6 a6 26. Bh7 R8g7 27. h4 Rg4 28. Bf5 1-0

[Event "2009 Golden Knights semifinal"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spencer Kell"]
[Black "Thomas Connelly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Be2 e6 (8... h5 9. O-O (9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxh5 Rb8 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Be2 Rxb2)
9... h4) 9. O-O Qb6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. a4 Na5 12. Kh1 Nxb3 (12... Rc8 13. f4 Nc4
14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. f5) 13. cxb3 Be7 14. f4 Rc8 15. f5 Rg8 16. Bc4 Qc5 {[#]} (
16... Qe3 17. Rf3 Qc5 18. Rh3 Qf2) 17. Qh5 Rg7 18. Qh6 Kf8 19. Rf3 Kg8 20. fxe6
fxe6 21. Qh3 Kf7 (21... Qe5 22. Rf5 Qd4 23. Rd1 Qb6 24. Rh5) 22. Raf1 Rcg8 23.
Nd5 Rxg2 (23... exd5 24. Qxd7) 24. Qxh7+ R8g7 25. Qh5+ R7g6 (25... Kf8 26.
Rxf6+ Bxf6 27. Qh8+ Rg8 28. Qxf6+ Ke8 29. Qe7#) 26. Rxf6+ Bxf6 27. Qh7+ Rg7 28.
Rxf6+ Ke8 29. Qh8+ Rg8 30. Rf8+ Rxf8 31. Nf6+ Kf7 32. Qxf8+ Kg6 (32... Kxf8 33.
Nxd7+ Ke7 34. Nxc5 Rg4 35. Nxb7) 33. Kxg2 Qg5+ 34. Kf3 Qxf6+ 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36.
a5 Ke5 37. Ke3 Bc6 38. h4 Be8 (38... Bxe4 39. Bxe6 d5 40. Bf7 d4+ 41. Kd2 Kf4
42. h5 Kg5 43. Bg6 Bxg6 44. hxg6 Kxg6 45. Kd3 Kf5 46. Kxd4 Ke6 47. Kc5 Kd7 48.
Kb6 Kc8 49. b4 Kb8 50. b5 axb5 51. Kxb5 Ka7 52. b3 Kb8 53. a6 bxa6+ 54. Kxa6
Kc7 55. Kb5 Kb7 56. b4) 39. Be2 Bc6 40. Bf3 Kf6 41. b4 Ke5 42. h5 Kf6 43. b5
Bxb5 (43... axb5 44. e5+ Kxe5 45. Bxc6 bxc6 46. a6) 44. e5+ Kxe5 45. Bxb7 d5
46. h6 d4+ 47. Kd2 Kf6 48. Bf3 Bd7 (48... Kg6 49. Be2 Bc6 50. Bxa6 Kxh6 51. b4
Kg6 52. b5 Ba8 53. b6 Kf6 54. b7) 49. h7 Kg7 50. Be2 Bc8 51. Kd3 Kxh7 52. Kxd4
Kg7 53. Ke5 Kf7 54. Kd6 Bb7 55. b4 1-0

[Event "2009 Golden Knights final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eric Godin"]
[Black "Wilbur Tseng"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.05"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 e5 (6... b5 7. Nd5
Bb7 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. c4) 7. Nde2 b5 (7... Be7 8. g4 O-O 9. Ng3) 8. g4 b4 9. Nd5
Nxd5 10. Qxd5 (10. exd5 h5 11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. a3 bxa3 13. Rxa3) 10... Ra7 11. c4
(11. Be3 Be6 12. Qd3 Rb7 13. Bg2 Be7 14. O-O) 11... Be6 12. Qd3 (12. Qd1 h5)
12... Nd7 13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Qc2 a5 15. Be3 g6 16. Be2 Be7 17. Rd1 Rc7 18. b3 a4
19. Bf3 Bg5 {[#]} 20. Bxg5 (20. Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Bxg5 f6 22. Be3 Kf7 23. O-O Ra8)
20... Qxg5 21. Rxd6 Ke7 22. Rd1 axb3 23. axb3 Ra7 24. Ne2 (24. O-O Ra3 25. Rb1
h5) 24... Rha8 25. Nc1 Ra1 26. Qd2 Qxd2+ 27. Kxd2 R8a3 28. Nd3 (28. Kc2 Nxb3
29. Nxb3 R1a2+ 30. Kb1 Bxc4 31. Nc5 Ra1+ 32. Kb2 R3a2#) 28... R1a2+ 29. Ke1
Nxd3+ 30. Rxd3 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "2009 Golden Knights"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rick Earsley"]
[Black "Patrick Ryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Nd4 7. Nxd4 exd4 8.
Ne2 c6 9. Ba4 d5 10. e5 Nd7 (10... Ng4) 11. c3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Ba5 (12... Be7)
13. d4 f6 14. e6 {[#]} (14. f4) 14... Nb6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. e7 Qc7 17. Bb3 Bg4
18. Rc1 (18. h3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Bxc3 20. Rad1) 18... Qd7 19. f3 Be6 20. Nf4 Nc8
21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Qd3 Nxe7 23. Rfe1 Qd7 24. Bc2 g6 25. Qd2 Bc7 26. Rb1 Nf5 27.
Bxf5 gxf5 28. Qh6 Re6 29. f4 Rae8 30. Rf1 b6 31. Rf3 Kh8 32. Rbf1 Qg7 33. Qh3
Re2 34. R1f2 Re1+ 35. Rf1 Qe7 36. Qh4 Qe6 37. Qh6 Re2 38. Rg3 Qf7 39. Rf2 Re1+
40. Rf1 c5 41. dxc5 d4 42. Rgf3 (42. cxd4 Rxf1+) 42... dxc3 43. Bb4 Rxf1+ 44.
Rxf1 c2 45. Bc3 Bd8 46. Rc1 Qe6 47. Kh1 (47. Rxc2 Qe3+ 48. Kf1 Qd3+) 47... Kg8
48. Qh5 Qe4 49. Qh4 Be7 50. c6 Rd8 51. Qe1 Qxe1+ 0-1

[Event "2010 Golden Knights final"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Laurence Bonsack"]
[Black "James Rhodes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.05"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Na3 Nb6 7. Qc2 Be6 8.
Ng5 Bg4 9. Nxc4 Bxe2 10. Ne5 Bh5 11. Re1 Nbd7 (11... h6 12. Ne4) 12. d4 h6 13.
Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 e6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qe5 {[#]} Bb4 (16... Bg6 17. d5) 17. Bf4
Bxe1 18. Rxe1 f5 (18... Bg6 19. Qxg7 O-O-O (19... Ke7 20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21. Qxh6
Qxd4 22. Qg5+ Kf8 23. h4) 20. Qe5 Qe7 21. Qb8+ Kd7 22. Qxb7+ Ke8 23. Bxc6+ Kf8
24. Bc7) 19. Qxf5 Bf7 20. Qc5 Bg6 21. Bh3 Bf7 22. Be5 Rg8 23. f4 Qd5 24. Qa3 a6
25. f5 O-O-O 26. Bg2 Qc4 27. Qa5 Rd7 28. d5 exd5 29. Bf1 b6 (29... Qg4 30. Bxa6
bxa6 31. Qxa6+ Rb7 32. Qa8+) 30. Qxb6 Rb7 31. Qf2 Qb4 32. Bh3 (32. Bxa6) 32...
Be8 33. f6+ Bd7 34. f7 Rd8 35. a3 Qf8 36. Bf1 c5 37. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "2010 Golden Knights "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Michael Buss"]
[Black "Abe Wilson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Annotator "Dunne, Alex"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. Nbc3 g5 (11... Bd6) (11... Re8) (11...
b6) 12. Rd2 Bd6 13. Nd5 Bc6 14. Nec3 b5 15. f3 b4 16. Ne2 Bxd5 17. exd5 (17.
Rxd5 Ne7 18. Rd2 Nc6 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. b3 Rhd8 21. g3 Ne5 22. Kg2 c4) 17... Ne7
18. Ng3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 c4 (19... Rxd5) 20. Rad1 c6 21. dxc6 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rd8
23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Bb6+ Kc8 25. Kf2 (25. c7 Kb7 26. Ba5 Nc6 27. Bb6 Ne7) 25...
Nxc6 {[#]} 26. g4 Ne7 27. Bd4 Nd5 28. g3 Kd7 29. b3 cxb3 (29... c3 30. Ke2 Kc6
31. Kd3) 30. axb3 Ke6 31. Ke2 f5 32. gxf5+ Kxf5 33. g4+ Kf4 34. Kf2 a5 35. Bb2
h6 36. Bd4 Nc7 37. Ba7 Ke5 (37... Na6 38. Bb6 Ke5 39. Ke3 Kd6 40. Bxa5 Kc6 41.
Bd8) 38. Bb8 Kd6 39. f4 (39. Ke3 Kc6 40. Bxc7 Kxc7 41. Ke4 Kc6 42. Kf5 Kb5 43.
Kg6 a4 44. bxa4+ Kxa4 45. Kxh6 Ka3 46. Kxg5 Kb2 47. f4 Kxc2 48. f5 b3 49. f6 b2
50. f7 b1=Q 51. f8=Q Qa1) 39... Kd7 40. f5 Nd5 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. Ba7 Kf6 43. Bd4+
Kf7 44. Be5 Nb6 45. Ke4 Nd7 46. Kd5 h5 47. gxh5 g4 48. Bd4 g3 49. Ke4 Nf6+ 50.
Bxf6 Kxf6 51. Kf3 Kxf5 52. Kxg3 Kg5 53. Kf3 Kxh5 54. Ke3 Kg5 55. Kd3 Kf5 56.
Kc4 Ke5 57. Kb5 Kd4 58. Kxa5 Kc3 59. Ka4 Kxc2 60. Kxb4 1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team Finals"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Viswanathan, Arul"]
[Black "Li, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1897"]
[BlackElo "1931"]
[Annotator "Li, Ethan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1r2/pp3pk1/2p2npp/7P/3Pp3/7N/PPPQBPP1/R3K2R b KQ - 0 15"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[TimeControl "5400+5"]

15... Bxh3 16. Rxh3 g5 {Jason successfully defended against his opponent's
attack achieved an equal position.} 17. f4 exf3 18. gxf3 $2 {creates a hole on
f4.} Nd5 $17 {[%cal Gd5f4] Now Black has a sizable advantage.} 19. Rg3 Qf6 20.
O-O-O Qf4 21. Rg4 Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 f5 23. Rg3 Nf4 24. Rh1 Nxe2 $2 {The exchange
was not necessary, but Jason's position is still slightly better.} 25. Kxe2
Rae8+ 26. Kf2 f4 27. Rgg1 Re3 28. Re1 Rfe8 29. c4 Kf6 30. b4 Kf5 31. Rhg1 Rxe1
32. Rxe1 Rxe1 33. Kxe1 g4 34. fxg4+ Kxg4 35. a4 Kxh5 $19 {Jason carefully
calculated the winning endgame line.} 36. b5 Kg5 37. d5 cxd5 38. c5 Kf6 39. a5
Ke6 40. b6 axb6 41. c6 Kd6 42. cxb7 Kc7 $19 {Black's king arrives just in time.
} 43. a6 h5 0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team Finals"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Eswaran, Ashritha"]
[Black "Wang, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2238"]
[BlackElo "2272"]
[Annotator "Li, Ethan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/2pq4/pn1pN1p1/1p1P1b1p/7Q/2N1R3/PP3PPP/6K1 w - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[TimeControl "5400+5"]

{The position is roughly level here. White has some pressure, but he does not
have enough pieces to break through Black's defense.} 27. Qf6 $4 (27. Nd4 Rxe3
28. fxe3 b4 29. Nce2 $11 {is one possible line. The position remains complex,
but Black should be fine with best play.}) 27... b4 $19 {Wesley wins the d5
pawn, and White's position quickly collapses.} 28. Rg3 {threatening Rxg6+.} Qf7
$1 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Ne2 Nxd5 31. N6d4 c5 32. Nxf5 Rxe2 33. Nxd6+ Ke7 34. Kf1
Rxb2 35. Ne4 c4 {Black's queenside pawns are unstoppable. Wesley converted the
full point without difficulty.} 36. Ke1 c3 37. Kd1 Rxa2 38. Rxg6 b3 39. Rg3
Ra1+ 40. Ke2 b2 41. Nxc3 Nxc3+ 42. Rxc3 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "US Amateur Team Finals"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Li, Ethan"]
[Black "Manvelyan, Hayk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Li, Ethan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b1rbk1/2q1rp2/2p3p1/p1N5/2P2N1p/2R1PP2/P2Q1P2/3R2K1 w - - 0 32"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[TimeControl "5400+5"]

{My position is unpleasant. Black has the bishop pair, and potential pressure
against my open king.} 32. Ne4 $2 {This only makes matters worse.} (32. Rd3 {
with ideas like Rd8 or Nd7 was better.} Qe5 33. Nd7 Bxd7 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Qxd7
$11) 32... Rxe4 $1 {Now Black's bishops come into the game with devastating
effect.} 33. fxe4 Bg4 34. f3 $6 {This preserves my rook, but allows him to
keep his powerful light square bishop.} (34. Rd3 {is better, after which I
will be down a pawn.} Bxd1 35. Qxd1) 34... Bxf3 35. Rf1 Bxe4 $19 {Diagram [#]
Black's bishops completely dominate the game.} 36. a3 Qe5 37. Kf2 Bc5 38. Ke2
Qg5 39. Qd7 Rd8 40. Rg1 Qf6 41. Qc7 Bd6 42. Qxa5 Rb8 43. Rd1 Rb2+ 44. Rd2 Rxd2+
45. Kxd2 g5 46. Ne2 h3 {Black's queenside pawns are unstoppable. At this point,
I considered resigning, but I owed it to my teammates to play to the end.} 47.
Qa8+ Kg7 48. Qe8 Be5 49. Rc1 h2 50. Rf1 $5 {We were both getting low on time,
and as a result of that, my opponent played more instinctively. Time trouble
in chess is akin to the fifth set of a tennis match: the eloquence and thought
of earlier devolves into little more than a streetfight, a slug-match of
endurance. If my opponent had just had a little more time on the clock, he
would have won this position easily.} Qd6+ $6 {A natural move, reacting to the
"threat" against the queen.} (50... h1=Q $19 {is immediately winning, for
example.}) (50... Qxf1 $2 {obviously is impossible because the bishop on e5
hangs.} 51. Qxe5+ Qf6 52. Qxh2 $11) 51. Ke1 f6 52. Nd4 $5 {Diagram [#] Now
Black has some real problems to deal with. He cannot queen because of Nf5+
ideas, and he also has to deal with the threat Ne6+.} Bxd4 $2 {After this move,
I am back in the game.} (52... Qb8 $1 {is still winning, but it is
psychologically difficult to allow Ne6+.} 53. Qxb8 Bxb8 54. Kf2 h1=Q $19) 53.
Qxe4 $15 Bc3+ 54. Ke2 Qxa3 55. Qxc6 Qb2+ 56. Kf3 $11 {Diagram [#] My king is
safe, and Black's passed pawn has been neutralized.} Be5 57. Qd7+ {with
perpetual.} Kg6 58. Qe8+ Kg7 59. Qe7+ Kg6 60. Qe8+ {With this draw, we won the
match 2.5-1.5, and with it the 2017 US Amateur Team Championship.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zagreb"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "1965.04.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 {[#]} 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 (
7... Nh5 8. g4) 8. Qe1 c5 9. f5 dxe5 10. fxg6 hxg6 11. Qh4 exd4 12. Bh6 Nef6
13. Ng5 Ne5 14. Rxf6 Bh8 (14... Bxf6 15. Bg7) 15. Rf1 (15. Bg7 Kxg7 16. Qh7+
Kxf6) 15... Re8 16. Bf8 Bf6 17. Rxf6 exf6 18. Qh6 Rxf8 19. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM I"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/8/3P3q/6n1/5PPb/5P2/3Q1RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{[#]} 1... Bg2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM II"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/3k4/7q/3P2n1/5PP1/5P2/3Q1bK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{[#]} 1... Qh3 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM III"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/4R3/4Q3/8/8/7q/5P1n/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{[#]} 1... Nf3# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM IV"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r2/1b4k1/5b2/1Q6/8/3P2P1/6BP/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{[#]} 1... Bd4+ 2. Kh1 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.06.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM V"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "b1k4r/8/3Q4/7q/8/8/5PB1/1R4K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

{[#]} 1... Qh1+ 2. Bxh1 Rxh1# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM VI"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k6r/2Q5/8/7b/8/6Pq/4PP2/1R4K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{[#]} 1... Qh1+ 2. Kxh1 Bf3+ 3. Kg1 Rh1# 0-1

[Event "Parcetic Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Sombor"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Black "Raicevic, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1974.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Ba6 Qc8 14. Bd3 Nd5
15. Rac1 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Qd8 17. Bf4 Nf6 18. Rcc1 Rc8 19. Bb5 Rf8 20. Ba6 Qd5 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 b5 25. Bg5 h6 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27.
Qc2 Qd5 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Qc2+ g6 30. Qc7 Kg7 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. Qxe5+ Qxe5 33.
dxe5 g5 34. Kf1 g4 35. f4 gxf3 {[#]} 36. g4 (36. gxf3 Kg6) 36... h5 37. h3 hxg4
38. hxg4 Kg6 39. Kf2 Kg5 40. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mengarini, Ariel"]
[Black "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky. Daniel"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 e5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Qxf5 Nc6 12. e3 O-O 13. Be2 Qe4 14. Qf3
Qxf3 15. Bxf3 e4 16. Bxf6 exf3 17. Bc3 fxg2 18. Rg1 f6 19. Rxg2 Kf7 20. O-O-O
Rfd8 21. Rgg1 Ne5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Rd1 Rc8+ 25. Kd2 Ke6 26. Rg1
Rc7 27. Rg4 Kd5 28. Ra4 a6 29. Kd3 Rf7 30. Ra5+ Kd6 31. Ke2 Rf6 32. Ra4 Rh6 33.
Rg4 g6 34. h4 Rh5 35. e4 Ke6 36. Kd3 Kd6 37. Kc4 Rh6 38. a4 Kc6 39. a5 Kd6 40.
b3 Rh5 41. b4 Rh6 42. b5 Rh5 43. f3 Rh6 44. bxa6 bxa6 45. f4 Rh5 46. Kb4 Kc6
47. Ka4 Kc5 48. fxe5 Rxe5 49. Rg5 {[#]} Kd4 50. Rxe5 Kxe5 51. Kb4 h6 (51...
Kxe4 52. Kc5) 52. Kc4 g5 53. hxg5 hxg5 54. Kd3 Kf4 0-1

[Event "US op"]
[Site "Pittsburgh"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Black "Adams, Weaver Warren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Na5 11. Bc2 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c5 13. axb5 axb5 14. d3 Nc6 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nd2 b4 17. Nc4 Rb8 18. Ne3 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa2 20. Qd1 Bf8 21. f4
exf4 22. Rxf4 Ne5 23. d4 Ng6 24. Rf1 Re8 25. Ng4 Qe6 26. d5 Qc8 27. Rxf6 gxf6
28. Nxf6+ Kg7 29. Nxe8+ Qxe8 30. Qh5 Kg8 31. Bh6 Bxh6 32. Qxh6 Qe5 33. Qe3 f5
34. Kf2 f4 35. Qd3 Kg7 36. Bd1 Qg5 37. Kf1 Ne5 38. Qa6 Qf6 39. Qc8 Kh6 {[#]}
40. Qe6 (40. Bf3 Ng6 41. c4 Qa1+ 42. Ke2 Qb2+ 43. Kf1 Qc1+ 44. Kf2 Qxc4 45. h4
Qd4+ 46. Ke1 Qf6) 40... Qxe6 41. dxe6 Kg7 42. Ba4 Kf6 43. Bd7 f3 {[#]} 44. g3
Nd3 45. Bb5 Nb2 46. Kf2 Kxe6 (46... Nd1+ 47. Kxf3 Nxc3 48. Bc4 Na4 49. g4) 47.
Kxf3 Ke5 48. g4 Nd1 49. c4 Nc3 50. Bc6 Nd1 (50... h6 51. h4 Kf6 52. Kf4 (52.
g5+ hxg5 53. h5 Nd1) (52. Ke3 Nd1+ 53. Ke2 Nc3+ 54. Kd2 Na2) 52... Ne2+) 51. g5
Nb2 52. Bd5 Nd3 53. h4 Nf4 54. Bg8 Ng6 55. h5 Nf8 (55... Nh4+ 56. Kg4) 56. h6
Kd4 {[#]} 57. Bxh7 {[#]} Nxh7 58. g6 Ng5+ 59. Kg4 Nxe4 60. h7 Nf6+ 61. Kg5 1-0

[Event "PA State Game/45. Championship section"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.08.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ben Johnson"]
[Black "Franklin Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2097"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[Annotator "Johnson, Ben"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r1r1k1/1q1nbppp/p2p4/4pPP1/Rn2P3/2N1BB2/1PP1Q2P/5RK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "7"]

{[#]} 1. f6 gxf6 2. Bg4 d5 3. Rxb4 Qxb4 4. Bxd7 1-0

