[Event "US Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "7.118"]
[White "Hartmann, John"]
[Black "Zhou, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "1851"]
[BlackElo "1593"]
[Annotator "Hartmann, John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4k1b1/1p2P2p/5p2/8/r1P1p1P1/P6P/R1R3K1 w - - 0 33"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

33. Rc2 $1 (33. Rab1 Bxc3 34. Rc2 (34. Rxb6 $2 e2 35. Rb7+ (35. Kf2 Bd4+ 36.
Ke1 Bxb6) 35... Kxe6 36. Kf2 e1=Q+ 37. Rxe1+ Bxe1+ 38. Kxe1 Rxa2 $11) 34... Bd4
35. Kf1 Kxe6 36. Ke2 Ke5 37. Rf1 $16) 33... Rxc3 (33... Bxc3 34. Rd1 {wti Rd3}
(34. Rac1 Bd4 35. Kf1 Bc5)) {This is a critical decision in Aagaard's sense of
the word.} 34. Rac1 $1 (34. Rxc3 $2 Bxc3 35. Rc1 e2 36. Kf2 e1=Q+ 37. Rxe1
Bxe1+ 38. Kxe1 Kxe6 39. Ke2 Ke5 (39... b5 {is also equal}) 40. Ke3 b5 $1 $11 (
40... Kd5 $4 41. Kf4 $18 Ke6 42. h4 $1 (42. a4 $2 Kf6 43. h4 (43. h3 Ke6 44. h4
Kf6 45. h5 Ke6) 43... h5) 42... b5 43. a3 $1 (43. h5 $2 b4) 43... h5 44. Kg5
$18)) 34... Rc5 $2 (34... Bd4 35. Kf1 Ra3 (35... Rd3 36. Ke2 Ra3 37. Rd1) 36.
Rd1 $1 (36. Ke2 $6 Bc5 (36... Kxe6 37. Rc6+ Kd5 38. R1c2 $18) 37. Rd1 Kxe6 38.
Rd3 Ra4 $14) 36... Bc5 37. Rd7+ Kxe6 38. Rh7 $18) (34... e2 35. Kf2 Bd4+ 36.
Kxe2 Re3+ 37. Kd2 Kxe6 38. Re1 $18) (34... Rxc2 35. Rxc2 Kxe6 36. Kf1 $18) 35.
Rxc5 bxc5 36. Rxc5 e2 (36... Bd4 37. Rc1 e2+ 38. Kg2 Kxe6 39. Kf3 Kd5 40. Kxe2)
(36... Kd6 37. e7 $1) 37. Rc1 Bd4+ (37... Kxe6 38. Kf2) 38. Kg2 Bc3 39. Kf2 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Hartmann, John"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r3bk1/2pq1pp1/p6p/P2r1b2/3Bp3/2PP3P/4QPP1/RB1R2K1 b - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]

25... exd3 (25... Bxh3 $1 {[#]} 26. dxe4 (26. gxh3 $2 Qxh3 $19) 26... Rg5 27.
g3 Bg4 28. f3 Rb2 $3 29. Qxb2 Bxf3 $19) (25... Rb7) 26. Bxd3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 c5
28. Be5 Rxd3 29. Bxb8 c4 30. Be5 Bc5 31. Rb1 Qd5 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Qh5 Qe4 34.
Rb2 Rd5 35. Re2 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 f6 0-1

[Event "Clark Street Capital Grandmaster In"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "FM Albert Chow"]
[Black "FM David Peng"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.02"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Be6 8. d5
Bc8 {[#]} (8... Bd7 9. e5) 9. Be2 (9. e5 Nfd7 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Qc5 Bg4 12. Be2
N8d7 13. Qe3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 (14. gxf3) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nc4) 9... c6 10. O-O
cxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 (11... e6 12. d6 Qxd6 13. Nb5) 12. Rd1 Ne8 13. Qh4 Nd6 14.
Nd4 Re8 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. Bg5 a6 17. Rac1 Nf6 18. Bf4 Bd7 19. Qg3 Rc8 20. b3 Rxc3
21. Rxc3 Nde4 22. Qd3 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Nxd5 24. Qf3 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 e5 0-1

[Event "9th Edmonton International"]
[Site "Edmonton, Canada"]
[Date "2014.06.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Irina Krush"]
[Black "Dale R Haessel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2168"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. Nd2
Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc4 f6 11. f4 b5 {[#]} 12. Ne3 exf4 13. Nf5 b4 (13... Bxf5
14. Bxc6+) (13... fxg3 14. Nxg7+) 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne4 fxg3 16. Bf4 gxh2+ 17.
Kh1 {[#]} Ne5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. d4 (19. Bxa8 Nxa8 20. d4 Qd5+ 21. Kxh2 Bc6)
19... Qe7 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Bg3 Rc8 22. Rc1 Rf8 23. Qd3 Ne6 24. Bxe5 Rxc1 25.
Rxc1 Qg5 26. Rd1 Rf7 27. Qd6 Nd8 28. Bxh2 Re7 29. Bf3 Qb5 30. Rd4 a5 31. Rd5
Qc6 32. Rxa5 Qc1+ 33. Bg1 Re6 34. Re5 1-0

[Event "3rd Open"]
[Site "Glyfada GRE"]
[Date "2001.09.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Efstratios Grivas"]
[Black "Dmitry Svetushkin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.08.31"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Qc2 e6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2
Qe7 9. O-O b6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 Ba6 12. Rfc1 Rfc8 13. Qd1 Bc5 14. a3 Bxb5
15. Bxb5 a6 16. Be2 b5 17. a4 bxa4 18. bxa4 a5 19. Bb5 Bb4 20. Nd4 Ne5 21. d3
Qd6 22. h3 h6 23. Rc2 Ned7 24. Nc6 Kh7 {[#]} 25. e4 e5 26. d4 exd4 (26... dxe4
27. dxe5) (26... Nxe4 27. dxe5 Qe6 28. Nd4) 27. Nxb4 axb4 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29.
Qxd4 Qc5 30. e5 1-0

[Event "YourNextMove (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "rapid"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. b4 Bd4 5. Rb1 c6 6. e3 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8.
Nf3 e4 9. Nd4 Nf6 10. d3 d5 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. a3 O-O 13. dxe4 Qxe4 14. Bb2 Nbd7
15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Qd4 Re8 17. Bd3 Nf8 18. Qc3 Bg4 19. Ne5 Bh5 20. O-O Rad8 21.
Qb3 N8d7 22. Nc4 b5 23. Na5 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Nxb7 Ng4 26. g3 Nxh2 27. Nxd8
Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Nd2 29. Bxh7+ Kf8 30. f4 Qf6 31. Qb2 Nxf1 32. Qxf6 Nxe3+ 33. Kg1
gxf6 34. Nxc6 Nc4 35. Nd4 Nxa3 36. Rb3 Nc4 37. Bd3 Bd1 38. Rc3 Ba4 39. Bxc4
bxc4 40. Rxc4 Re4 41. Kf2 f5 42. Rc8+ Ke7 43. Nxf5+ Ke6 44. Ng7+ Kf6 45. Nh5+
Kg6 46. g4 Rxb4 47. Rg8+ Kh6 48. Kg3 f5 {[#]} 49. Nf6 fxg4 50. f5 1-0

[Event "YourNextMove (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Levon Aronian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "rapid"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Nh4 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. b3
g5 9. Bb2 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Nb8 11. Qc2 gxh4 12. Bxe4 Re8 13. Bxh7+ Kf8 14. Qc4 Na6
15. gxh4 Re5 16. Qf4 Qe7 {[#]} 17. Rg1 (17. Bxe5) 17... Rxe2+ 18. Kd1 Rxd2+ 19.
Qxd2 (19. Kc1) 19... Qxh4 20. Rg8+ Ke7 21. Qe3+ Be6 22. dxe6 Qh5+ 23. Kc1 Rxg8
24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Qf4+ Ke8 26. Bxg8 Nc5 27. Bc4 d5 28. Bb5+ c6 29. Qxb4 Qg5+
30. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "rapid"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Nd2 e6 11. e4 Nc6 12. e5 b6 13. O-O Ba6 14. Re1 Rc8 15.
Qd1 Re8 16. a4 Na5 17. Re3 Qd7 18. h4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Bxc4 20. h5 a5 21. Ba3 b5
22. Bd6 bxa4 23. Bf1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rc4 25. Kg2 Bh6 26. Rf3 Rec8 27. Qd3 Bg5 28.
Rh1 Kg7 29. g4 Qb7 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Rf6 Bxf6 32. exf6+ Kg8 33. Be7 R4c7 34.
Bd6 Rxc3 35. Qe2 Qf7 36. g5 h5 37. Qb5 e5 38. Bxe5 Qe6 39. Rh4 Qf5 40. Qxd5+
Kh8 41. f7+ Kh7 42. Qb7 Qxg5+ 43. Bg3 {[#]} Rxg3+ 44. fxg3 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 (45.
Kf1 Qc1#) (45. Kh3 Qf5+) 45... Qf5+ 46. Ke3 Rc3+ 47. Ke2 Qd3+ 48. Ke1 Rc1+ 49.
Kf2 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Veselin Topalov"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "rapid"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. e3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Nd2 Bb4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qd8 14. Be2 Ne4
15. f3 Nf6 16. g4 Be6 17. O-O Rc8 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. a4 Nd7 20. a5 h5 21. h3 g5
22. Bg3 f5 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. exd4 f4 25. Bf2 Qd6 26. Rfe1 Bf7 27. Bb5 Rfe8 28.
Bxd7 Qxd7 29. Re5 Rxe5 30. dxe5 Re8 31. Bd4 Re6 32. Rb1 Be8 33. Qb2 b5 34. axb6
axb6 35. Ra1 hxg4 36. hxg4 Qh7 37. Ra8 Rh6 38. Qg2 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 Qc2+ 40. Kf1
Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Kf7 42. Ra2 {[#]} Rh1 (42... Bb5) 43. e6+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Grand Chess Tour Paris (Rapid)"]
[Site "Paris FRA"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "Hikaru Nakamura"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.06.21"]
[EventType "rapid"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Nb6 8.
Nxc4 O-O 9. Na5 c6 10. b4 Nbd5 11. a3 c5 12. dxc5 Ne4 13. Ng5 Nec3 14. Qc2 b6
15. Nc6 Qd7 16. e4 Ba6 17. exd5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxa1 20. Bb2 e6 21.
Bxa1 exd5 22. Ne5 Qe7 23. Ng4 f6 24. Bd4 bxc5 25. bxc5 Kg7 26. h4 h5 27. Ne3
Rad8 28. c6 Rd6 29. c7 Rc8 30. Nf5+ gxf5 31. Qxf5 Qxc7 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+
Ke7 34. Qh7+ Ke8 35. Qxh5+ Kd7 36. Nf3 Kc6 37. Qf5 Qd7 38. Qb1 Qg4 39. Kg2 Qe4
40. Qb2 Kd7 41. Bxf6 {[#]} Rb6 42. Qd4 (42. Qe5) 42... Rf8 43. Qxe4 dxe4 0-1

[Event "YourNextMove (Rapid)"]
[Site "Leuven BEL"]
[Date "2017.06.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.06.28"]
[EventType "rapid"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. Kh1 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Nb5 Rb7 14. Qe2 Nfe8 15.
c3 a6 16. Na3 Nf6 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. f5 b5 19. Na5 Rb6 20. Bg5 bxa4 21. Nc4 Rbb8
22. Bc2 a3 23. Rxa3 Qd8 24. Qf2 Nd7 25. Qh4 Bf6 26. Ra1 e5 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28.
Raf1 Nh5 29. f6 Kh8 {[#]} 30. Bd1 (30. g3) 30... Ne8 31. g3 Rg8 32. R3f2 Qd7
33. Bxh5 gxh5 34. Rf5 1-0

[Event "SCC May Tornado"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.05.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Addison Lee, Addison"]
[Black "Vignesh Anand, Vignesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "1986"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {Diagram [#]} 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7.
Be3 {[#]} O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 {Diagram [#]} 10. d5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Ne5 12.
Bd4 {Diagram [#]} c5 (12... Nec4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+) (12... Nbc4 13. Bxc4
Nxc4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+) 13. Bxc5 {[#]} Nbc4 (13... Nec4 14. Bxb6 (14. Bxc4
Nxc4 15. Qb3 Nxb2 16. Qxb2 {[#]} Rc8 17. Qa3 (17. Bb4 a5) 17... Qc7 18. Bb4
Bxc3+ 19. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 20. Qxc3 Rxc3) (14. Qb3 Nxb2 {[#]} 15. Rc1 (15. Qxb2 Na4)
15... Rc8 16. Bb4 N2a4 17. O-O Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3) 14...
Qxb6 15. Bxc4 Qxb2) 14. Bd4 Nxb2 15. Qc2 {[#]} Nbd3+ (15... Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxd4
17. Qxb2 Qb6 18. Qc2 Rac8) 16. Kf1 (16. Bxd3 Nxf3+ 17. Kf1 Nxd4) 16... Qc8 {
Diagram [#]} 17. h4 (17. Bxd3 Qh3+ 18. Ke2 Qxf3+ 19. Kd2 Bh6+ 20. Be3 Qxf2+)
17... Nb4 18. Qb2 {Diagram [#]} Ned3 19. Bxd3 Nxd3 20. Qd2 Bxd4 21. Qxd3 Qxc3
22. Qxc3 Bxc3 23. Rb1 b6 {[#]} 0-1

[Event "12th American Continental"]
[Site "Medellin COL"]
[Date "2017.06.13"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Robert Andrew Hungaski"]
[Black "Samuel Sevian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Hess, Robert"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.06.10"]

{Samuel Sevian should be a household name for chess fans. He holds the record
as the youngest grandmaster in American history and the sixth-youngest of all
time. His age, however, belies his experience. The 16-year-old has had a
summer to remember in 2017, most notably scoring an impressive tournament win
at the Chicago Open before becoming the youngest-ever American Continental
champion. In this game, Sevian secured the two bishops and calmly built his
advantage until his opponent broke.} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5
5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. a3 Nd4 {
[#]} 12. Bxd4 {This is a bad decision. After a standard opening, Hungaski
hands his young opponent a superior position. Sometimes even grandmasters err
early and face an uphill battle for the rest of the game.} ({There was no
point in rushing this capture on d4. Unless Black was planning to capture on
f3, which is not a big deal, White had the opportunity to capture on d4
whenever he wanted. Much better was the immediate} 12. Ne4) 12... exd4 13. Ne4
a5 {A move like this generally is easy to overlook. While it surely is
sensible, both preventing White's queenside expansion and threatening to fix
the pawn structure with a5-a4, it can be difficult to further delay
development when only one piece is past the first rank. Yet in order to make
use of the two bishops, Black must tame the enemy knights. Believe it or not,
this pawn push actually serves to help Sevian develop his rook: it will find a
comfortable home on a5.} ({Black can't quickly develop, lest he relinquish the
bishop pair.} 13... Be6 14. Qc2 c6 15. Nc5 {is a nuisance.}) 14. Re1 c6 15. Nc5
a4 {The clamp has been fully tightened on the queenside. With his opponent's
pawn structure fixed, Sevian can now inch his way forward to make use of his
pawn majority.} ({Another idea that comes to mind is removing the pesky knight
from c5 by offering a trade with} 15... Nd7 {The main drawback of this retreat
is that it allows White to obtain enough activity to maintain the balance.} 16.
Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qa4 (17. Rc4 c5 18. Nd2 Rb8 19. a4 b6 {is better for Black. The
light-square control is meaningless for the time being, and Black is the one
with the opportunity to break open the position whenever he so chooses. White
can only sit and anticipate.}) 17... Rd8 18. e3 dxe3 19. Rxe3 {with only a
minimal advantage for Black because the light-squared bishop still can't find
a comfortable home on e6 for White would immediately sacrifice an exchange for
sustained pressure. Thanks to his control of the lone open file, despite the
isolated pawn White's position is acceptable here.} Qd6 20. Rce1 Be6 21. Rxe6
fxe6 22. Ng5 {is now tactical, whereas the game continuation was quite
one-sided.}) 16. Qd2 g6 17. Rc2 Bg7 18. Kf1 {[#] White's shuffling has been
strictly fortifying, guarding e2 (four times!) and preparing to double on the
c-file to secure the knight's placement. Sevian, on the other hand, has
protected the only potential liability in his position and turned it into an
asset. The pawn on d4 restricts White's movement.} Ra7 19. Qg5 ({
Dilly-dallying further with} 19. Kg1 {puts the onus on Black to find a way to
make progress. When players know that they are better but can't find clear
progress, they often hastily push forward. For instance, in the following
variation at least White snags a pawn for his many troubles.} Nd5 ({Simple and
strong is} 19... Nd7 {where Black removes White's only active piece will march
forward on the queenside.}) 20. Rc4 b6 21. Rxa4 Rae7 22. Ne4 c5 {Black is to
be preferred, but a pawn is a pawn. If the side down a pawn is unable to
exploit his opponent's lack of harmony and make use of his own coordination,
the sacrificed material can come back to haunt him.}) 19... Bf6 20. Qc1 Bg7 21.
Qg5 {Hungaski, with both the lower rating and inferior position, offers a
repetition. Sevian wisely rejects. From Black's perspective there is
absolutely no reason to split the point this early. White lacks an impressive
plan, whereas Black can consider a number of tempting moves without any
repercussions.} Ra5 $1 {The show must go on. In such a closed position, there
is no need to keep queens on the board in order to fight for the win. In fact,
White needs his queen more than Black does - without the queen, he will not be
able to fight for the dark squares.} 22. Qxd8 ({White should have considered} 
22. h4 {which at the very least forces Black to contemplate the new pawn
structure that arises in the event of a queen exchange on g5.}) 22... Rxd8 {
[#] The players enter a queenless middlegame that clearly favors Black. Sevian
has no weaknesses to speak of, for his pawns are extremely well defended. The
challenge ahead is that turning a spatial advantage with a bishop pair into a
concrete edge is really hard, particularly when there are no evident
infiltration points. That said, being patiently passive is a technique
mastered by engines but one that humans find insufferable.} 23. Rb1 Bf8 24. b4
$6 {This very well may be the optimal move according to engine analysis. Yet
from a practical perspective, the ensuing endgame is straightforward from
Black's point of view.} ({Retreating with} 24. Ne4 {[#] does not provide White
any relief. Knights can be clumsy pieces when restricted, in this case by
enemy pawns. After} Be7 25. Ned2 Be6 {Black's position is undeniably pretty
but there remains no apparent way to make a dent. Engines love the two bishops
though even the silicon machines seem clueless as to how to proceed. I don't
have the foresight to map it all out, but I wonder what happens if White just
moves his rook along the back rank for the time being, throwing in reactionary
kingside pawn moves when necessary?}) 24... axb3 25. Nxb3 Rb5 ({Also strong was
} 25... Rxa3 26. Nbxd4 Nd5 {An important note, however, is that swapping a
pair of rooks often helps the pressing side. Black's pawns are harder to push
if rooks are aiming at them.}) 26. Rcc1 Bxa3 27. Nbxd4 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 Nd5 29.
Nc2 {The start of another passive approach. Hungaski has been moving backwards
all game and here he continued to limit his possibilities.} (29. Nd2 {kept
many more options open, including ideas with e3 or N4b3 and Ne4.}) 29... Be7
30. Nd2 Nc3 31. Ra1 ({Remaining on the b-file only results in the blockade of
the rook.} 31. Rb3 Nb5 {and now Black can develop the second bishop.}) 31...
Bf6 32. Ra7 Bg4 {It took a measly 32 moves for Sevian to develop his final
piece. While it was previously dormant, it served well protecting the pawn on
b7.} 33. Bf3 Bh3+ {[#]} 34. Ke1 ({More testing was} 34. Bg2 {because now Black
is forced to exchange a minor piece.} Bc8 ({The following can only get Black
into trouble.} 34... Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Nxe2 (35... Rd7 36. Kf3) 36. Ne4 Kg7 37.
Rxb7 Rxd3 38. Nb4 {with equality.}) 35. Ne4 {Black is still calling the shots
but the advantage has greatly diminished.}) 34... Bc8 35. Nc4 {White could
have forced a knight trade with 35. Ne4, which would have made the defensive
task easier for Hungaski.} (35. Ne4) 35... Nb5 36. Ra4 ({Hungaski must have
underestimated Sevian's current threats or else he would have gone for the
rook swap.} 36. Ra8 Be6 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {The fewer pieces that remain, the
better White's chances of holding. After all, in certain endings a draw can be
sought by sacrificing a minor for pawns.}) 36... Bh3 37. Kd2 ({The king is now
caught in the crossfire. Retreating would have prolonged the battle.} 37. N4a3
Be6 38. Kf1 {and the game continues.} (38. Nxb5 {Black wins material in the
event of the knight trade.} cxb5 39. Ra7 Rc8 40. Kd2 Bb3 41. Na3 Bc3+ 42. Ke3
Re8+)) 37... Be6 38. Nb6 $2 {The fatal error. There's no coming back from this
blunder.} (38. Ke1 Nc3 39. Ra1 {is extremely unpleasant but not yet hopeless.})
38... Bb3 39. Ra8 {This move loses immediately, but all other rook moves also
resulted in a material deficit.} ({White has no follow-up after} 39. Re4 Kg7 {
No matter the continuation, White is losing. His pieces are suffocating and
there's hardly a way to avoid losing at least a pawn.}) 39... Bxc2 40. Kxc2
Nd4+ 41. Kd2 Nxf3+ 42. exf3 Rxa8 43. Nxa8 Bd8 {[#] After a flurry of traded
the knight is trapped, so the finish is easy.} 44. Kc3 Kf8 45. Kc4 b6 46. d4
Ke7 47. d5 c5 48. f4 Kd6 49. g4 b5+ 50. Kxb5 Kxd5 51. f5 gxf5 52. gxf5 c4 53.
Kb4 Kd4 {This game demonstrates how an error in judgment can lead to passivity
that is nearly impossible to overcome. Because of an inaccurate capture on
move 12 Hungaski's pieces could not find good footing for the final 40 moves
and the young Sevian, despite a few blips of his own, made him suffer.} 0-1

[Event "2017 U.S. Junior Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alex Bian"]
[Black "Eli Karp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2356"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[Annotator "Bian, Alex"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.07"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 {[#]} (
7... cxd4 8. cxd4 f6) 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bf4
(12. Nc3) (12. b3) 12... Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Qxb2 14. Re1 O-O 15. g3 (15. Re3 Ng4 16.
Re2 Qc3 17. Rc1 Qa3 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 Kh8) 15... Kh8 16. Ng5 Nxd4 17. Bxh7
Nxh7 18. Qh5 {[#]} Qc2 19. Rac1 (19. Ng6+ Qxg6 20. Qxg6 Nxg5 (20... Nf3+ 21.
Nxf3 Kg8 22. Ne5)) 19... Qf5 (19... Ne2+ 20. Kg2 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 Qf5 22. h4 Bd7
23. Ng6+ Qxg6 24. Qxg6 Nxg5 25. hxg5 Kg8 26. Rc7 Rad8 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Qxe6+
Rdf7 29. g6) 20. Re5 Nf3+ 21. Qxf3 {[#]} Qxe5 22. Ng6+ Kg8 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24.
Nf7+ Rxf7 25. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "2017 U.S. Senior Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Serafima Sokolovskaya"]
[Black "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6p1/3n1kp1/p1r1pp2/P1P3PP/3BKP2/2R5/8 w - - 0 41"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

{[#]} 41. Rc3 (41. g5+) 41... f4+ 42. Kf2 g5 43. h5 e4 44. fxe4 (44. Bxe4 Rxc4
45. Rd3 (45. Rxc4 Nxc4 46. Bd3 Nb6 47. Bb5 Ke5 48. Ke2 Kd4) 45... Nxe4+ 46.
fxe4 Ke5 47. Rd5+ (47. Rd7) 47... Kxe4 48. Rxg5 Rc2+ 49. Ke1 f3 50. Rxg7 f2+
51. Kf1 Kf3 52. Rf7+ Kg3 53. g5 (53. h6 Rc1+ 54. Ke2 Re1+ 55. Kd3 f1=Q+ 56.
Rxf1 Rxf1 57. g5 Rh1) 53... Rc1+ 54. Ke2 Re1+ 55. Kd3 f1=Q+ (55... Re5 56. h6
Rxg5 57. h7 Rh5 58. Rg7+ Kf3 59. Rf7+) 56. Rxf1 Rxf1 57. g6) 44... Ke5 45. Kf3
Kd4 46. Rb3 Rc7 (46... Nf7 47. Be2 Ne5+ 48. Kf2 Kxe4 49. Rb5 Rc7 50. Rxa5 f3
51. Bxf3+ Nxf3 52. Rf5 Ne5 (52... Nd4 53. Rxg5 Kf4 54. Rd5 Rxc4) 53. Rxg5 Nxc4
54. a5 Ne5 55. a6 Ra7 56. Kg3) 47. Rb6 (47. Be2 Ke5 48. Rd3 Rc5 49. Rd2) 47...
Nf7 48. Be2 Ne5+ 49. Kf2 f3 50. Bf1 Kxe4 51. Re6 (51. Kg3) 51... Kf4 52. Rxe5
Kxe5 53. Kxf3 Rf7+ 54. Kg2 Kd4 55. Be2 Ke3 56. Bd1 Rf2+ 57. Kg3 Rf1 58. Bc2
Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "2017 U.S. Senior Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Doug Shuffelt"]
[Black "Raymond Davis, Jr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1421"]
[BlackElo "1048"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd2 Bxc3 (5... c5) (5... O-O 6. Nf3
b6) 6. Bxc3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 Bf5 12.
Nd2 Qg5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc4 Re7 {[#]} 15. g3 (15. Rfd1 Bh3 16. Bf1) 15... Bh3
16. Rfe1 Qg4 17. Bf1 Rae8 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Qe2 Qf5 20. Rad1 Rd7 21. Rd2 Red8
22. Red1 Ne7 23. Qf1 Nd5 24. Qb5 c6 25. Qe2 Nf6 26. Qf1 Rd5 27. b4 b5 28. a3 h6
29. Bb2 Nh7 30. Rc2 Qg6 (30... Ng5 31. Rxc6 Nh3+) 31. h4 Nf6 (31... R8d6 32.
Rdc1 Qe6 33. a4 a6 34. axb5 axb5 35. Ra1 Nf6 36. Bc3 Ng4 37. Be1) 32. Rxc6 Qg4
33. Rc7 Qf3 (33... g5) 34. Rdc1 Ng4 {[#]} 35. Rxa7 (35. Qg2) 35... Rf5 36. Rc2
Nxe3 37. Re2 Nxf1 0-1

[Event "2017 U.S. Senior Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Allen Sheldon"]
[Black "Bob Haskell, Sr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2010"]
[BlackElo "1714"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.07"]

1. d4 e6 2. e3 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O Qc7 8. Ne5
Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxe5 10. fxe5 f5 {[#]} 11. Nxe4 (11. exf6 Nxf6 12. e4) 11... dxe4 (
11... fxe4 12. Qg4 exd3 13. Qxg7 Rf8 14. Rxf8+ Bxf8 15. Qxc7) 12. Bc2 O-O 13.
Bd2 Bd7 14. b3 Qb6 15. Be1 Rfd8 16. g4 Bg5 17. Bf2 Rf8 18. h4 Be7 19. gxf5 (19.
c4 cxd4 20. exd4 Bc6 21. d5 e3) 19... exf5 20. Bg3 {[#]} (20. Qh5 cxd4 21. exd4
Rac8) 20... Qh6 21. Qe1 (21. Bf4 g5 (21... Qxh4 22. Rf2 g5 23. Rh2 Qg4+ 24. Rg2
Qxd1+ 25. Rxd1 h6 26. d5) 22. hxg5 Bxg5 23. Qe2 Kh8 24. Qh2 Rg8 25. Kh1 Rg6)
21... cxd4 22. exd4 f4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 Qxf4 25. Qxe4 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 Bc6
27. d5 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "2017 U.S. Senior Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lydia Rennicke"]
[Black "Douglas La Verne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "1432"]
[BlackElo "1668"]
[Annotator "Rennicke, Lydia; Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.07"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 Be6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bd2 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bc3 Re8 13. e3 Bb6 14. d4 {[#]} (
14. b4 a6 15. a4) 14... exd4 15. Nxd4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4
Qxd4 19. exd4 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Re4 (20... Re2) 21. Rac1 c6 22. d5 cxd5 23. Rc7 Rb4
24. Re1 a6 {[#]} (24... Rxb2 25. Ree7 Rf8 26. Rxb7 Rxa2 27. Red7 a5 28. Ra7)
25. Ree7 Rf8 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Rxb7 Rd8 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke2 Ke8 30. Kd3 Rd7 (
30... Rd6 31. b4 Rf6 32. f4 g5 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. a4 Rh6 35. a5 Rxh2 36. b5 axb5
37. a6 Ra2 38. a7) 31. Rxd7 Kxd7 32. Kd4 Kd6 33. b4 Kc6 34. a4 f5 35. b5+ axb5
36. axb5+ Kxb5 37. Kxd5 f4 38. gxf4 Kb4 39. Kd4 Kb5 40. Ke4 Kc4 41. h4 Kc5 42.
Ke5 Kc4 43. f5 Kc5 44. f6 gxf6+ 45. Kxf6 Kd5 46. Kf5 Kd4 47. f4 Kd5 48. Kg6 Ke4
49. f5 Kf4 50. f6 Kg4 51. h5 1-0

[Event "2017 U.S. Senior Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lydia Rennicke"]
[Black "Charles Cannone"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "1432"]
[BlackElo "1684"]
[Annotator "Rennicke, Lydia; Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.07"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e3 (6. Bg5) 6... Bd6 7.
Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Be2 (9. Qc2 Bg4 10. Nh4 g6 11. h3) 9... Nbd7 10. Bd2 Ne4
11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne1 {[#]} Nf6 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. h3 Be6 15. Bc4 Nd5 16. Rc1 Qd7
17. f4 Rab8 (17... b5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qc2 a5) 18. Nc2 Nb6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20.
Na3 Rg6 21. Kh2 Nd5 22. Nc4 Rh6 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Ne7 25. Rfd1 Nf5 26. Qc4
Qd3 27. Rc3 Qd5 28. Qxd5 cxd5 29. Rdc1 {[#]} Kf8 30. Rc7 Rb6 31. Rd7 Rxb2 32.
Rxd5 Rxa2 33. Rc7 Nh6 {[#]} (33... Ke8 34. Rdd7 Rc8 35. Rxb7 Rcc2 36. Rxf7 Rxd2
37. Rxf5 Rxg2+ 38. Kh1) 34. Bb4+ Kg8 35. Rdd7 a5 36. Rxb7 Ra8 37. Ra7 axb4 38.
Rxa2 Rb8 39. Rb2 Kf8 40. Rbd2 Ke8 41. R7d4 b3 42. Rb2 Ke7 43. Rxe4 Nf5 44. g4
Nh6 45. Rd4 Ng8 46. Rd3 f6 47. Rdxb3 Rxb3 48. Rxb3 fxe5 49. Rb7+ Kf6 50. fxe5+
Kxe5 51. Rxg7 Nf6 52. g5 Nd5 53. Rxh7 Kf5 54. e4+ Kxe4 55. Rf7 Ke5 56. g6 Ke6
57. Rf1 Nf6 58. h4 Ke7 59. Rxf6 Kxf6 60. h5 Kg7 1-0

[Event "2017 U.S. Senior Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[Black "Dmitry Gurevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 (3... Bg4) (3... Bf5) 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2
Nc6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 Qc7 9. e5 (9. Qe2 b5 10. e5 Nd7 11. Nf1 a5 12. h4 b4 13.
Bf4 a4 14. a3) 9... Ng4 10. Qe2 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Bd7 13. h3 Nge5 14. Nh2
(14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Nf3 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 Rae8) 14... Ne7 (14... Rae8 15. f4 Ng6 16.
Ng4 Be7 17. Nf3 (17. h4 Bxh4) 17... h5 18. Nge5 (18. Nf2 h4) 18... Ngxe5 19.
fxe5 h4 20. gxh4 Rf5) 15. Ndf3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng6 17. Ng4 Be7 18. h4 Bd6 19. h5
Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 {[#]} 21. h6 (21. Bg4 Bxg3) 21... Bd6 (21... g6 22. Bg2 Bd6
23. Bg5 Rf5 24. Qd2 Raf8 25. Rf1 (25. f4 Rxg5 26. fxg5 Bxg3) 25... Bc6 26. f4
e5 27. Bh3) 22. hxg7 Rf6 23. Bg5 Rg6 24. Bh4 Rxg7 25. c4 {[#]} Rf8 (25... d4)
26. cxd5 exd5 27. Bxd5+ Kh8 28. Rac1 Bg4 29. Qe3 b6 30. Bg5 Rg6 31. Bh6 Rd8 32.
Qe8+ Bf8 {[#]} 33. Bf4 (33. Bd2 Bf3 34. Bc3+ Rg7 35. Qf7) 33... Rxe8 34. Bxc7
Rc8 35. Be5+ Bg7 36. Rc4 Bxe5 37. Rxe5 h5 38. d4 h4 39. dxc5 hxg3 40. fxg3 (40.
f3 Bd7 41. Re7) 40... Rxc5 41. Rxc5 bxc5 42. Kf2 Kg7 43. Be4 Rf6+ 44. Ke3 Be6
45. a3 (45. Rxc5 Bxa2 46. Ra5) 45... c4 46. Ra5 Rf7 47. Ra6 Re7 48. Kd4 Rd7+
49. Ke5 Bf7 50. g4 Re7+ 51. Kf4 Bg8 52. Rd6 Rc7 53. g5 Bf7 54. Rc6 Rd7 55. g6
Bd5 56. Bxd5 Rxd5 57. Rxc4 a5 (57... Kxg6 58. Rc6+ Kh5 59. b4 Rd7 60. Kf5 Rb7
61. Rc4) 58. Ke4 Rb5 (58... Rh5 59. Kd4 Kxg6 60. Rc5 Rh2 61. Kc3 a4 62. Rc4)
59. b4 axb4 60. axb4 Kxg6 61. Kd4 Kf6 62. Rc6+ Ke7 63. Kc4 Rb8 64. b5 Kd7 65.
Kc5 Rb7 66. Rh6 Kc8 67. Rh8+ Kc7 68. b6+ 1-0

[Event "2017 U.S. Senior Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mark Dejmek"]
[Black "Alex Yermolinsky"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O {[#]} e6 9. Bf4 (9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Qh5 (10. Na4 Qa5 11. b3 Ne5 12. Bd2 Qc7)
10... Qc5 11. Qxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Ba6) 9... Qxb2 (9... d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Nb5
dxc4 12. Bc7) 10. Qd3 {[#]} e5 (10... Qb4 11. Rab1 Qc5 12. Rfd1 e5 13. Bg5 Be7
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne2 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Rb7) 11. Bg5 Qa3 (11... Qb8 12.
Rab1 Qc7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ba6 Be7 15. Bxc8 Qxc8 16. Nd1) 12. Rab1 (12. Bxf6
gxf6 13. Rab1 Bg7 14. Rb3 Qc5 15. Nd5 O-O 16. Nc7) 12... Be7 13. Rb3 Qc5 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bd8 {[#]} 16. Nb4 Bd7 (16... Bb7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qf3+ Bf6
19. Nd3) (16... O-O 17. Nxc6 Bd7 18. Nxd8 Raxd8 19. Bd5 Rc8 20. c4 Bc6) 17. Na6
Qd4 18. Qe2 d5 19. exd5 O-O {[#]} (19... cxd5 20. Bb5) (19... Bg4 20. Qd3 Qxd3
21. cxd3 cxd5 22. Bxd5 Rc8 23. Rb7 O-O 24. Nb4 Rc7) 20. dxc6 (20. c3 Qf4 21. g3
Qh6 22. Nb8 Bh3 23. Rfb1) (20. Rd1 Bg4 21. Rxd4 Bxe2 22. Re4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 cxd5
24. Rc5 Bb6 25. Rxd5 Rac8) (20. Nb8 cxd5 (20... Bg4 21. Qd3) 21. Nxd7 dxc4 22.
Rd1 Qxd1+ 23. Qxd1 cxb3 24. Nxf8 bxa2 25. Qa1 Kxf8 26. Qxa2 Bb6) 20... Bxc6 21.
Rd1 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Rdxd3 Rc8 {[#]} 25. c3 Bb6 26. Kf1 e4
27. Rd7 Rfd8 (27... f5 28. Nb4 Rfd8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Ke2 g6 31. c4 Rc8 32.
Nd5 Rxc4 33. Nxb6 axb6 34. Rxb6 Rc2+ 35. Ke3 Rxa2 36. Rb7) 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29.
Ke2 (29. c4) 29... Rd5 30. Nb4 (30. c4 Ra5 31. Nb4 f5 32. a3 Bc5 33. Nc2 Ra4)
30... Rf5 31. f3 exf3+ 32. gxf3 Rh5 33. Kd3 g6 (33... Rxh2 34. Nd5 Rh6 35. c4
Rd6) 34. c4 Rxh2 35. Nd5 Rxa2 36. Nxb6 axb6 37. Rxb6 {[#]} Ra3+ 38. Kd4 Rxf3
39. Rb8+ (39. c5 Kf8 40. Rb7 Ke8 41. c6 Kd8 42. Kc5 Kc8 43. Kd6) 39... Kg7 40.
c5 Rf1 41. c6 Rc1 42. Kd5 Kf6 43. Kd6 Rd1+ 44. Kc7 (44. Kc5 Rc1+ 45. Kd6) 44...
h5 45. Rd8 Rc1 {[#]} 46. Kd7 (46. Kd6) 46... h4 (46... g5 47. c7 g4 48. c8=Q
Rxc8 49. Rxc8 g3 50. Rg8 h4 51. Kd6 Kf5) 47. c7 g5 48. c8=Q Rxc8 49. Rxc8 h3 {
[#]} 50. Rc6+ (50. Rh8 g4 51. Kd6 Kf5 (51... Kg5 52. Ke5) 52. Ke7 Kf4 53. Kxf7
Kg3 (53... g3 54. Rxh3 (54. Rh4+) 54... g2 55. Rh4+ Kg3 56. Rh6) 54. Kf6 Kf2
55. Rh4 g3 56. Rxh3 g2 57. Rh2) 50... Ke5 51. Ke7 g4 52. Kxf7 h2 53. Rh6 g3 54.
Ke7 Kf5 55. Kf7 Kg5 56. Rh8 Kg4 57. Kf6 g2 58. Rxh2 g1=Q 59. Rh7 (59. Rh6 Qd4+
60. Kf7 Qd7+ 61. Kf6 Qd6+ 62. Kg7 Qe7+ 63. Kg6 Qg5+ 64. Kh7 Kf5 65. Rh1 Qg6+
66. Kh8 Qg2 67. Rh6 Kg5 68. Ra6 Qb7) 59... Qd4+ 60. Kf7 Kg5 61. Rg7+ Kf5 62.
Rh7 Qd7+ 63. Kg8 Qe8+ 64. Kg7 Kg5 65. Rh1 Qe5+ 66. Kg8 Qb8+ 0-1

[Event "2017 U.S. Senior Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.07.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barry Endsley"]
[Black "Mark Pinto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.08"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. d4 (4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. c4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Nc3
b5 8. d3 e6 9. Bg5) (4. Qa4+ Nbd7 (4... Bd7 5. Qb3) 5. c4) 4... Nxd5 5. Nf3 e6
6. Bb5+ (6. g3) 6... Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. O-O Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11.
cxd4 (11. Bxd4) 11... O-O 12. a3 Rfd8 13. Nb3 b6 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Qe2 h6 16.
Ne5 Qd6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Rxc6 Qxc6 19. Rc1 Qd7 20. Qc4 {[#]} Bd6 (20... e5)
21. Nd2 Qe7 22. Nf3 Kh7 23. Qd3+ Kg8 24. h3 Qe8 25. Qc4 a5 26. Rc2 Kh7 27. Qd3+
(27. Qc6) 27... f5 28. Qc4 Qh5 29. Rc1 g5 30. Qc2 Kg7 31. Ne5 g4 (31... f4 32.
Bd2 Bxe5 33. dxe5 f3 34. Qd1 Qf7 35. Qxf3 Qxf3 36. gxf3 Kg6) 32. hxg4 fxg4 33.
Qe2 (33. Qe4 Bxe5 34. dxe5 Qg6 35. Qd4 g3) 33... Bxe5 34. dxe5 Qf5 35. Qd2 Rh8
(35... h5 36. Bxb6) 36. b4 (36. Rc6 h5 37. Bxb6 h4 38. Bxa5 h3 39. Qc2 Qh5 40.
Rd6 hxg2 41. Rd7+ Ne7 42. Rxe7+ Kf8 43. Qc8+ Kxe7 44. Bb4+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kg8 46.
Qxe6+ Kg7 47. Qe7+ Kg8) 36... axb4 37. axb4 h5 38. Ra1 (38. Bg5 Kg6 39. Bf6)
38... h4 39. Qe2 h3 40. g3 h2+ {[#]} 41. Kh1 Qe4+ 42. f3 Qf5 (42... gxf3 43.
Bh6+) (42... Qxe3 43. Ra7+ Kg8 44. Ra8+ Kg7) 43. Rf1 Rf8 44. Qd2 Kg6 45. Bd4
gxf3 0-1

[Event "45th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2017.07.04"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Black "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Ramirez, Alejandro"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2017.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[WhiteClock "0:04:03"]
[BlackClock "0:03:41"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. Be2 (5. Bd3) (5. Nbd2) 5... O-O 6.
c4 (6. O-O b6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. Nd2) 6... Ne4 7. Bh4 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9.
Nc3 (9. Nbd2 Bf5) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. d5 Na5 12. Qc2 {[#]} e5 (12... b6
13. Nd2 Ba6 14. f4) 13. dxe6 (13. Nd2 f5 (13... b6 14. Nb3 Nb7) 14. Nb3) 13...
Bxe6 14. Nd2 f5 (14... Rae8 15. e4 Bh6 16. f4) 15. Rad1 (15. e4 f4) 15... Rae8
16. Rfe1 Kh8 17. Bf1 b6 18. Qd3 Qc6 19. Qc2 Qc7 20. f4 Qf7 21. Qd3 d5 22. cxd5
Bxd5 23. c4 Be4 (23... Bc6 24. e4 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 fxe4 26. Nxe4 Nxc4) 24. Nxe4
Rxe4 25. Qd7 {[#]} Bc3 26. Re2 Bf6 27. Qxf7 (27. Bxf6+ Qxf6 28. Qxa7 Nxc4 (
28... Rf7 29. Qa8+ Rf8) 29. Rd7 Rxe3 30. h3) 27... Rxf7 28. Bxf6+ Rxf6 29. Red2
Rxe3 30. Rd7 Nc6 31. g3 a6 32. Rb7 (32. Kf2 Rfe6 33. R1d5 Nd4 34. Rf7) 32...
Nd4 33. Rb1 {[#]} (33. Bg2 Rfe6 34. Bd5) 33... Ra3 34. Rb2 Re6 35. Kg2 h6 36.
Kh3 g5 37. Bg2 Ne2 0-1

[Event "45th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2017.07.04"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Abdumalik, Z."]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. g3
Be6 9. Bg2 b5 10. Bg5 (10. O-O Nbd7 11. Be3 Be7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5) (10.
a4) 10... Nbd7 11. a4 (11. Nd5) 11... b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Be7 14. O-O O-O
{[#]} 15. Qd2 (15. a5) 15... a5 16. Be3 Qb8 (16... Rc8 17. f4 Nc5) 17. f4 (17.
c3) 17... Bd8 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. c3 (19. c4 Bb6 20. Kh1 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Rc8) 19...
Bb6 20. Kh1 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Rc8 22. Rfd1 Ra6 (22... bxc3 23. Nxc3 Qxb2 24. Nb5 e4
25. Nd6 Rc3 {[#]}) 23. Rac1 Rb6 (23... bxc3 24. Nxc3 Qxb2 25. Nb5 Rxc1 26. Qxc1
Qb3 27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Rc1 Qe3) (23... Qb6) 24. c4 Qd6 25. b3 Nc5 26. Rf1 Nfd7
27. h4 (27. Be4 g6) 27... Qh6 (27... g6 28. Bh3 f5 29. Ng1 (29. Bxf5 gxf5 30.
Rxf5 Qh6 31. Rg5+ Rg6) 29... Nf6 30. Nf3 Re8 31. Ng5 Rb7) 28. Qxh6 Rxh6 29. Bh3
Rd8 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Rf3 Rg6 32. Rd1 Rg4 33. Kg2 Rd6 34. Re3 Re4 (34... f6 35.
Ng1 Kf7) 35. Rxe4 Nxe4 36. Nc1 Nc5 {[#]} (36... Rg6 37. Kh2 Kf8 38. Nd3 Rxg3
39. d6 Re3 40. Nxb4 Nxd6 41. Nc6 Ne8 42. Nxa5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "45th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2017.07.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Le Quang Liem"]
[Black "Zhou Jianchao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Le, Quang Liem"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 1183"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.10"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 (7. d4
cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O) 7... O-O 8. Qa4 {[#]} (8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 (9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10.
Be3 Nc6 11. Nxd4 Qc4) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6) (8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3
Bd7) 8... Nb6 (8... Nc6 9. Qc4 Nxc3 10. dxc3 Qb6 11. Ng5 h6 12. Ne4 Be6 13.
Qxc5 f5 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Nd2 Rxa2 16. Rxa2 Bxa2 17. e4) 9. Qh4 e6 (9... e5 10.
d3 Qxh4 11. Nxh4 Nc6 12. Be3 Nd4) (9... h6 10. d3 g5 11. Bxg5 hxg5 12. Nxg5 Bf5
13. Be4 Qd7 14. g4 Bxe4 15. dxe4 Rc8 16. e5) 10. d3 Qxh4 11. Nxh4 Nc6 12. a4 (
12. Be3 c4 (12... Nd4 13. Rac1) 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. dxc4 Na5 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3
Na5 16. Rfb1 Nxc4 17. Rb4) 15. Rac1 Nxc4 16. b3) 12... Nd4 13. Be3 Rd8 {[#]} (
13... Nc2 14. Bxc5 Nxa1 15. Bxf8) 14. Nf3 (14. a5 Nd5 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Rfc1
Rb8) (14. Rac1 Nb3 (14... Nxa4 15. Nxa4 Nxe2+ 16. Kh1 Nxc1 17. Rxc1 Rb8) 15.
Rc2 Bd7 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Bg2 Nxa4) 14... Nc2 15. Rac1 (15. Bg5 Nxa1 16. Bxd8
Nb3 17. Bg5 Bd7 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Bxd2 Nxa4 20. Nxa4 Bxa4 21. Ra1 Bb3 22. Bxb7
Bxb2 23. Ra5 Rb8 24. Rxa7 c4 25. dxc4 Bd4 26. Ra8 Rxa8 27. Bxa8 Bxc4) 15...
Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bh6 17. Kf2 Nd7 (17... Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. d4 (19. Rxc5 Re8)
19... b6) 18. g4 b6 19. g5 Bg7 20. d4 Ba6 (20... Bb7 21. Rfd1 a6 (21... Rac8
22. Nb5 Bd5 23. Nxa7 Ra8 24. Nb5 Rxa4 25. Nc3 Rb4 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. Rc2) 22.
Ne1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2) 21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. axb5 {[#]} Kf8 (23... cxd4
24. Rxc8 (24. exd4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 e5) 24... Rxc8 25. exd4 Rc4 (25... e5 26. Bh3)
26. Ra1 Bxd4+ 27. Nxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxa7 Ne5 29. Rb7 Rb4 30. Rxb6 Rxb2) (23... h6
24. h4 hxg5 25. hxg5 Nf8) 24. Ra1 Rc7 25. h4 {[#]} (25. Rd3 e5 26. dxe5 Re8) (
25. Ra4 cxd4 26. exd4 Nc5) (25. Ra3 Ne5) 25... Ke7 (25... e5 26. dxc5 bxc5 27.
Nd2) (25... cxd4 26. exd4 e5) 26. Rd3 Nb8 (26... e5 27. d5 Kf8 (27... e4 28.
d6+) 28. e4) 27. Ra4 Rcd7 28. Kg3 cxd4 {[#]} (28... Rc7 29. Rda3 Rdd7 (29...
Kf8 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 cxd4 32. exd4 Bxd4 33. Nxd4 Rxd4 34. Bc6 Nxc6 35.
bxc6 Rc4 36. c7 Ke8 37. b3 Rc1 38. Rb7) 30. Kf4 Kf8 31. Ne5 Bxe5+ 32. Kxe5 Kg7)
29. exd4 e5 30. Bh3 Rc7 31. dxe5 Re8 (31... Ke8 32. Kf4 Nd7 33. Rad4 Bf8 34.
Rxd7 Rcxd7 35. Bxd7+ Rxd7 36. Rxd7 Kxd7 37. Ke4) 32. Rc3 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Natasha Morales Santos"]
[Black "Raphael Zimmer"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A93"]
[WhiteElo "1927"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[Annotator "Marinello, Beatriz"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.06"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O Ne4 7. Nbd2 f5 8. Qc2
Nd7 9. b3 c6 10. Bb2 Qe8 11. Nxe4 (11. Ne1) 11... fxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5
Qg6 {[#]} 14. Kh1 (14. Rad1) 14... b6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rac1 c5 17. f3 Bb7 (
17... Be6 18. fxe4 d4) 18. f4 Rad8 19. Rfd1 h5 (19... Bc8 20. e3 Bg4) 20. e3 h4
{[#]} 21. Qf2 (21. gxh4 Bc8 22. Rg1 Bxh4 23. e6) 21... d4 22. exd4 h3 23. Qe3
hxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rd5 25. Rc2 Rfd8 26. Rcd2 cxd4 27. Bxd4 Bb4 28. Rc2 Bc5 (28...
Rxd4) 29. Rcd2 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Qxd4 e3+ 33. Kf1 Ba6+ 34.
Ke1 Qb1+ 35. Qd1 Qxd1+ 36. Kxd1 Kf7 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Samarth Jagadish Rao"]
[Black "Jesus Adrian Barrios Chamorro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1392"]
[BlackElo "1433"]
[Annotator "Marinello, Beatriz"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rrb1k1/p4ppp/p3p3/2RnN3/3N4/4P3/PP2KPPP/7R w - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]

{[#]} 19. Ndc6 (19. Rhc1) 19... Rd6 (19... f6 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Ne7+ Kf8 22.
Nxc8 fxe5 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. Nxa7 Rb8 25. b3 Rb7 26. Nc8 Rb8 27. Na7) 20. Rhc1 f6
21. e4 Bxc6 (21... Nf4+) 22. Nxc6 Nf4+ 23. Kf3 Ng6 24. Ne7+ Nxe7 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8
26. Rxc8+ Kf7 27. Rc7+ Kg6 28. Rxa7 Rb6 29. Ke3 Rxb2 30. Rxa6 Rc2 31. h3 e5 32.
g3 h5 33. h4 Rb2 34. f4 exf4+ 35. Kxf4 Rf2+ 36. Ke3 Rb2 37. e5 Rc2 38. e6 Rc5
39. Kd4 Re5 40. Rd6 Kf5 41. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Margate"]
[Site "Margate ENG"]
[Date "1937.04.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C71"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1937.03.31"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 {[#]} 5. c4 (5. c3) (5. Bxc6+) (5. O-O)
5... Bd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc5 Nh5 11. Nd5 Nf4
12. Nxf4 exf4 13. e5 (13. O-O) (13. Qb3) 13... g5 14. Qd5 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16.
O-O-O Qe7 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qd3 Bd7 19. Nxg5 O-O-O 20. Nf3 f6 21. exf6 Rxf6 (
21... Qxf6 22. Qxh7 Bf5) 22. Rhe1 Qb4 23. Qxd7+ Rxd7 24. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#1"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k1rr3/3q4/Q7/8/8/8/PPPR4/2KR4 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{[#]} 1... Qxd2+ 2. Rxd2 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#2"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4rk/6qp/8/8/7Q/7R/6PP/6RK b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{[#]} 1... Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#3"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k1r5/8/8/4q3/8/2r5/1Q4PP/1R4RK b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{[#]} 1... Qxh2+ 2. Kxh2 Rh8# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#4"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "q7/6pk/8/4Q1nb/5p2/8/5PPP/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{[#]} 1... Qxg2+ 2. Kxg2 Bf3+ 3. Kg1 Nh3# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#5"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "kr6/p7/1b6/8/1q6/R7/PPP5/1KR5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{[#]} 1... Qxb2+ 2. Kxb2 Bd4# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "#6"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/8/3b4/4n3/4QqP1/5P1P/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]

{[#]} 1... Qh1+ 2. Kxh1 Nxf2+ 3. Kg1 Nh3# 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.07"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Bf5
8. Nd2 Nc6 9. e4 Bg6 10. Bb5 Rc8 11. h4 h5 12. Re1 e6 13. a4 Be7 14. g3 O-O 15.
a5 Rfd8 16. a6 b6 17. Kc2 Ne5 18. f4 Ng4 19. Kb3 f6 20. Nc4 Nf2 21. e5 Ne4 22.
Be3 Bf5 23. Rg1 Rd5 24. Rae1 Kf7 25. Bc1 Bh7 26. Re3 Rcd8 27. Bc6 Nf2 28. Re2
Nd3 29. exf6 gxf6 30. Bb5 Rg8 31. Bd2 Rgd8 32. Be3 Be4 33. Rd2 Rg8 34. Ka4 Rgd8
35. Kb3 Rg8 36. Ka2 f5 37. Rh2 Rc8 38. Rd2 Rg8 39. Re2 Bf3 40. Rh2 Bf6 41. Nd2
Bg4 42. Rf1 Rgd8 43. Nc4 {[#]} e5 44. fxe5 (44. Bc6 e4) 44... Bxe5 (44... Nxe5
45. Bf4 Kg7 46. Ne3 {[#]} R5d6 (46... c4 47. Nxd5 Rxd5 48. Be8 (48. Bxe5 Bxe5
49. Bxc4 Ra5+) 48... Bf3 49. Rxf3 Nxf3 50. Re2) 47. Nxg4 fxg4 48. Re2) 45. Bg5
Bxg3 {[#]} (45... Bf6 46. Bxf6 Kxf6 47. Bc6) 46. Rg2 (46. Rd2 Rf8 47. Ka3 (47.
Ne3 Nc1+)) 46... Bh3 (46... Ke6 47. Ka3 f4 48. Nxb6 axb6 49. Bc4) 47. Rxg3 Bxf1
48. Rf3 {[#]} (48. Bxd8 Rxd8 49. Rf3) 48... Be2 49. Bxd8 (49. Re3 {[#]} Bf1 (
49... Bg4 50. Bxd8 Rxd8 51. Rxd3) (49... f4 50. Re7+ Kg6 51. Rxa7 Rxg5 52. hxg5
f3) 50. Re7+ Kf8 51. Rxa7) 49... Bxf3 50. Bxb6 axb6 51. Bc6 Be4 52. a7 Rd8 53.
Nd6+ Rxd6 54. Bxe4 Rd8 55. a8=Q Rxa8+ 56. Bxa8 Ne5 57. Kb3 f4 58. Kc2 Kg7 59.
Kd2 Ng6 60. Kd3 Nxh4 61. Ke4 f3 62. Ke3 Kf6 63. b4 c4 64. Bd5 Kf5 65. Bxc4 Kg4
66. Kf2 Ng6 67. Be6+ Kf4 68. Bf7 Ne5 69. Bxh5 Nd3+ 70. Kf1 Kg3 71. Bf7 Nf2 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "222"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.07"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Be2 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Na4 Nd5 14. Bg3 Bd6
15. Bd3 Nce7 16. Qb3 b6 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Rfe1 Bb7 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Bxb7 Nxa2 21.
Qxa2 Rxb7 22. Qxa6 Rc7 23. b3 Nf5 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Qb5 h6 26. d5 exd5 27. Qxd5
Nxg3 28. hxg3 Rd8 29. Qb5 g6 30. Ne5 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Bxc5 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. Ke2 Bb4
34. Rc1 Re8 35. f4 f6 36. Rc7+ Kh8 37. Rc6 fxe5 38. Rxb6 exf4+ 39. Kf3 Re3+ 40.
Kxf4 Bd2 41. Rxg6 Kh7 42. Kf5 Rxb3 43. Rd6 Bg5 44. Rd7+ Kg8 45. Kg4 Bf6 46. Kf5
Bg7 47. g4 Rb2 48. g3 Rb5+ 49. Ke4 Bf6 50. Rd3 Rb4+ 51. Kf3 Bg5 52. Rd5 Rb3+
53. Kg2 Kf7 54. Rd6 Ke7 55. Rc6 Rd3 56. Ra6 Rd6 57. Ra3 Ke6 58. Kf3 Ke5 59.
Ra5+ Rd5 60. Ra3 Kd4 61. Ra4+ Kd3 62. Ra3+ Kd2 63. Ra1 Rc5 64. Kf2 Rc2 65. Rb1
Bf6 66. Kg2 Ke3+ 67. Kh3 Kf2 68. Rb5 Re2 69. Rb6 Bg5 70. Rb5 Bd2 71. Kh2 Kf1+
72. Kh1 Re4 73. Rf5+ Ke2 74. Kg2 Rxg4 75. Rf2+ Kd3 76. Rf6 Rd4 77. Rf1 Ke4 78.
Rf8 Bg5 79. Rf1 Be3 80. Rf8 Rd2+ 81. Kh3 Bg1 82. Kg4 Ke5 83. Rf5+ Ke6 84. Rf1
Bd4 85. Rh1 Bg7 86. Kf3 Kf5 87. Rh5+ Kg6 88. Rb5 Rd3+ 89. Kf4 Bf8 90. Rb6+ Bd6+
91. Ke4 Rd1 92. Kf3 Kf5 93. Rb5+ Be5 94. Rb6 h5 95. Rh6 Kg5 96. Re6 Bd6 97. Re8
Rc1 98. Re6 Rd1 99. Re8 Rg1 100. Kf2 Rc1 101. Kf3 Kf5 102. Re3 Bc5 103. Rd3 Ke5
104. Rd2 Rc3+ 105. Kg2 Ke6 106. Kh3 Bd6 107. Kh4 {[#]} Bxg3+ 108. Kxh5 Kf5 109.
Rd5+ Be5 110. Kh4 Rc4+ 111. Kh3 (111. Kh5 Rc2) 111... Rc2 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier-lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.07"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nf5 Nc6 13. Nd5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Rc8 16. a4 Bf6 17. axb5 axb5 18. c4 bxc4 19. dxc4 Bg5 20. Be3 Kh8 21.
Qh5 h6 22. Bxf7 Nd4 23. h4 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Qf6 25. Ra7 Ne2+ 26. Qxe2 Rxf7 27.
Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qg4 Rb8 29. Ra1 Qf6 30. Qe4 Kh7 31. Ra2 h5 32. Kh2 {[#]} d5 33.
Qxd5 (33. cxd5 Rb4) 33... Qxh4+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qh4+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2
Qxe3 38. Qf7 Qf4+ 39. Kh1 Qh4+ 40. Kg1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qd4+ 43. Kh1
1/2-1/2

