[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Koblents"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. gxf3 e5 6. f4 dxe4 (6... exf4 7.
exd5 cxd5 8. d4 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 f3 10. Qxe7+ Nxe7 11. Nb5 Kd7 12. Bf4) 7. fxe5 Qd4
8. Qe2 Qxe5 9. d4 Qxd4 10. Nxe4 Be7 (10... Qe5 11. f4 Qe6 12. Bd2 Nh6 13. O-O-O
) 11. Bf4 Qxb2 12. Rd1 (12. Nd6+ Kf8 13. Be5 Qb4+ 14. c3 Qc5 15. Nxb7) 12...
Nf6 13. Nd6+ Kf8 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. Nf5+ Ke8 (15... Kf8 16. Rd8+ Ne8 17. Bd6+)
(15... Ke6 16. Nxg7+ Ke7 17. Bd6+ Kd8 18. Ba3+) 16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Bd6+ Kxg7 18.
Rg1+ Ng4 (18... Kh6 19. Bf4+ Kh5 20. Be2+ Kh4 21. Bg5+) 19. Rxg4+ Kf6 20. Rf4+
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fischer - Taimanov Candidates Quarterfi"]
[Site "Vancouver CAN"]
[Date "1971.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1971.05.16"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Rb1 b6 9. Be2 Bh6 10. Nf3 c6 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. f4 Bd5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nxc4 O-O
15. a4 c5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 f6 18. Rb2 Be6 19. Rd2 Qc7 20. Bg4 Qc8 21. Bf3
Rb8 22. Qe2 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qe8 25. exf6 exf6 26. Qd6 Rc8 27. a5 Bf8
28. Qd2 Be7 29. Bd5 Qf7 30. Bxe6 Qxe6 31. Qd7 Kf7 32. Qxa7 bxa5 33. e4 Qc6 34.
Rd7 Qxe4 35. h3 a4 36. Bf2 Kf8 37. c4 a3 38. Qxa3 Ra8 39. Qb2 Ke8 40. Qb5 Kf8
41. Rd1 Qxf4 42. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 43. Qxc5+ Kg7 44. Rf1 Qe4 45. Qc7+ Kh6 {[#]} 46.
Rxf6 Qd4+ (46... Ra2 47. Qf4+ Qxf4 48. Rxf4) 47. Rf2 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Petrosian - Spassky World Championship "]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1969.06.09"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qd2
b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 Bb7 11. Rb1 c6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfc1 a5 15.
bxa5 Rxa5 16. Bf5 Ra6 17. Rb3 g6 18. Bd3 Ra7 19. Rcb1 Bg7 20. a4 Qe7 21. Bf1
Ba6 22. h4 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 h5 24. Re1 Raa8 25. g3 Qd6 26. Kg2 Kf8 27. Reb1 Kg8
28. Qd1 Bf8 29. R3b2 Bg7 30. Rc2 Ra7 31. Rbc1 Nb8 32. Ne2 Rc7 (32... Rc8) 33.
Qd3 Ra7 34. Qb3 Ra6 35. Nf4 Rd8 36. Nd3 Bf8 37. Nfe5 Rc8 38. Rc3 Be7 39. Nf4
Bf6 40. Ned3 Ra5 41. Qxb6 Rxa4 42. Rc5 Ra6 43. Rxd5 Qxf4 44. Qxa6 Qe4+ 45. f3
Qe6 46. Qc4 Qxe3 47. Ne5 Rf8 48. Rc5 Be7 49. Rb1 Bxc5 50. Rxb8 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1968.07.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pal Benko"]
[Black "Israel Albert Horowitz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. b3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 a5 8. a3 c5
9. cxd5 exd5 10. d4 Na6 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc5 14. Nxd5 Nxb3 15.
Qf4 Nxd5 16. Qxf5 Nxa1 17. Nxf7 Qc8 18. Nh6+ Kh8 19. Qxd5 Nc2 {[#]} 20. Qg8+
Rxg8 21. Nf7# 1-0

[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 {[#]} Bxh3 23. Kxh3 (23. Rg1 Qh5 24. Rh1 Nxg3) 23... Re5 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1968.07.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bernard Zuckerman"]
[Black "Nicolas Rossolimo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Qg3 g6 10. h4 Qb6 11. h5 Qxd4 12. hxg6 Qxe5+ 13. Qxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxh7 Rg8
15. gxf7+ Nxf7 16. Kf1 Nd7 17. Bd2 Nf6 18. Rh3 Kd7 19. Re1 Raf8 20. Rhe3 Ng4
21. Rxe6 {[#]} Nh2+ 22. Kg1 (22. Ke2 Kxe6) 22... Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Rh8+ 24. Rh6 Nxh6
25. gxf3 Rfg8 26. Bf4 Nf7+ 27. Bh2 Bd6 28. Bf5+ Kc7 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1968.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[Black "Israel Albert Horowitz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. a4 b4 12. cxb4 cxb4 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. b3 O-O 15.
Bb2 Nd7 16. Nf1 Rfe8 17. Rc1 Bf8 18. Ne3 Qd8 19. Nd5 Nc6 20. Qd2 Rb8 21. Bd3
exd4 22. Nxd4 Nc5 23. Bc2 a5 24. Nf5 Ne5 25. f4 Ng6 {[#]} 26. Nh6+ gxh6 (26...
Kh8 27. Nxf7+ Kg8 28. Nxd8) 27. Nf6+ Qxf6 (27... Kh8 28. Nxe8+ Kg8 29. Nf6+ Kh8
30. Nd7+) 28. Bxf6 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Bb2 Bf5 31. Qd4 Be6 32. Qf6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1968.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nicolas Rossolimo"]
[Black "Herbert Seidman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. Ng5 d5 8. f4 a5
9. c3 Na6 10. O-O h6 11. Nf3 c5 12. Nh4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Nc3 e6 15. Nf3
Bd7 16. a3 Nc6 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Bf2 a4 19. Bc2 Kf8 20. Rb1 Qe8 21. g4 h5 22. h3
hxg4 23. hxg4 Nc4 24. Kg2 b5 25. Rh1 Rxh1 26. Qxh1 Qc8 27. Qe1 Ra7 28. Bd3 Rc7
29. Na2 Be8 30. Bh4 Bc6 31. Bf6 Nb6 32. Qb4 Qd7 {[#]} 33. Rh1 Qe8 (33... Kg8
34. Bxg7 Kxg7 35. Ng5) 34. Rh7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1968.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Israel Albert Horowitz"]
[Black "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A79"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Nc4 Ba6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4
Qd7 16. g4 Rab8 17. Bg3 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 a6 19. Re1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bf1 b4
22. Ne2 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Nb5 25. Kg2 Ra8 26. Qd3 Nh7 27. Qd2 Qe7 28. Qd3
Nd4 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Nxd4 Bxd4 31. Re2 g5 32. Qb5 Be5 33. Qc6 Ra1 34. Qc8+ Nf8
35. Bxe5 Qxe5 36. Qf5 Ng6 37. Qxe5 Nxe5 38. Rf2 c4 39. Kg3 {[#]} Ra2 40. Re2 b3
0-1

[Event "Queens CC Team Champ"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Philip, Benjamin"]
[Black "Phansteil, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "1859"]
[BlackElo "1669"]
[Annotator "Alburt. Lev"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.07.09"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 {Diagram [#]} 6. Bg5 (6.
f3) (6. e4 Nxe4 7. Qg4) 6... h6 7. Bh4 Ba6 8. e3 Nc6 9. Bd3 (9. Nf3) 9... Na5
10. Qa4 g5 (10... O-O) 11. Bg3 Qc8 12. Be5 Ke7 {Diagram [#]} 13. Rd1 (13. f4 d6
14. Bxf6+ Kxf6 15. Nh3 (15. fxg5+)) 13... d6 14. Bxf6+ Kxf6 15. Ne2 (15. h4)
15... Qe8 {Diagram [#]} 16. Qc2 Bxc4 17. Nc1 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Nc4 19. O-O d5 {
Diagram [#]} 20. Ra1 (20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5+ Kg7 22. f4) 20... a5 21. Qe2 Ke7 (
21... Kg7) 22. f4 (22. f3) 22... f5 23. a4 g4 24. Rfd1 h5 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5
Qc6 {Diagram [#]} 27. Qc2 (27. c4) 27... h4 28. Rd4 h3 29. g3 Qb7 30. Qe2 c5
31. Rd2 Rad8 32. Rb1 d4 33. exd4 cxd4 34. cxd4 Rd5 35. Rdb2 {Diagram [#]} Rb8 (
35... Rxd4 36. Rxb6 Rd1+ 37. Rxd1 Qxb6+ 38. Qf2 Rb8) 36. Qc4 Qd7 {Diagram [#]}
37. Rxb6 (37. Rd2) 37... Rxb6 38. Rxb6 Rxd4 39. Rxe6+ Kd8 {Diagram [#]} 40. Ra6
(40. Qa6 Rd1+ 41. Kf2 Qd2+ (41... Qd4+ 42. Ke2 Qd2#) 42. Qe2 Qd4+ 43. Qe3 Rd2+
44. Kf1 Qxe3) (40. Qa6) 40... Rd1+ 41. Kf2 Qd2+ (41... Qd4+ 42. Ke2 Qd2#) 42.
Qe2 Qd4+ 43. Qe3 Rd2+ 44. Kf1 Qxe3 0-1

[Event "U.S. Junior Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Burke, John Michael"]
[Black "Bian, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[Annotator "Hess, Robert"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

{There were many fascinating games and elite performances by American players
in July of 2018. Awonder Liang defended his U.S. Junior Championship title
while Carissa Yip won her first U.S. Girls' Junior Championship. Alexander
Shabalov, four-time U.S. Champion, led the United States team to a gold medal
at the World Senior 50+ Team Championship by scoring a remarkable 7.5/8 on the
top board. His victory in the ninth round was a vintage Shaba-style demolition.
This month, I admit, my column is more about the game than the players. Alex
Bian had the tournament of his life at the U.S. Junior, going +1 against a
field that included five grandmasters. John Burke was the youngest player to
ever reach 2600 FIDE, and has since become a solid GM. The battle between
these two was a youthful slugfest.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6
5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 {[#]} 11.
O-O ({Slightly more popular is a line that sees the queens traded early:} 11.
Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. g4 f5 {This
position is common in the Maroczy, with White preventing Black from expanding
on the queenside. Black, in turn, strikes in the center. Azeri grandmaster
Gadir Guseinov is a leader in this variation.}) 11... Qa5 12. b3 ({Peter Leko
played a series of rapid games against Vassily Ivanchuk in this line back in
2007. In two of them he played} 12. Rab1 Rfc8 13. b3 {Ivanchuk himself won a
model game against Anand way back in 1994. In strategic setups such as these,
studying games of the greats - both past and present - is essential. After all,
turning an advantage into a victory requires players to create and orchestrate
precise plans.} Ng4 14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Bxd2 Kf8 16. Bg5) 12... Rfc8 13. Rfc1 a6
14. Rab1 Qd8 ({An ambitious (and risky) move is to immediately push forward on
the queenside. The pawn may be immune from capture for the time being, but
once captured White obtains a pesky passed pawn.} 14... b5 15. b4 Qd8 16. cxb5
axb5 17. f3 (17. Bxb5 Ra3 18. Nd5 {deserves serious attention, though Nakamura
and Guseinov held draws against Dominguez and Safarli, respectively.}) 17...
Ra3 18. Nxb5 Rxa2 19. Qe1 {led to a fairly smooth win in Shankland,S (2632)
-Sebenik,M (2516) Biel 2014}) ({The passive} 14... Rab8 15. f3 Nd7 16. b4 Qd8
17. Nd5 Bxd5 {is good for White, no matter how the bishop is captured.}) 15. f3
Nd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 ({It might seem like moves are interchangeable at this stage
of the game, but Bian proceeds correctly.} 16... a5 {allows} 17. Nf4 Nc5 18.
Nxe6 {which may not be a huge deal, but the altered pawn structure is a
difference that must be taken into account.}) 17. exd5 a5 {[#] Strategically
accurate. Burke should not be allowed to roll his pawns down the queenside.
Now if the pawns march forward, Black will gain access to the a-file.} ({
While thematic,} 17... h5 {encourages White to abandon his ambitions on the
queenside to play for a kingside initiative.} 18. f4) 18. a3 b6 19. Bf1 ({
Opening the queenside too early would be a mistake.} 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Ra3 {
leaves Black with fairly little to worry about. The rooks take over the file,
whereas White does not have anything to target for the time being.}) 19... h5
20. g3 ({Whenever an opponent advances pawns on their kingside, you must
consider ways to punish them.} 20. f4 {was the most direct attempt, with the
clear intention of playing f5. Black can choose to play 20...f5, though that
decision would leave behind vulnerable squares. In retrospect, 19. Bf2 would
have been a preferable way of anticipating kingside play.}) 20... Kh7 ({
Black does not want to allow White to get rid of this knight without first
making a concession, so} 20... Nc5 {is a possible improvement.}) 21. Qf2 ({
Burke had the opportunity to fix Bian's pawns on the dark squares, leading to
a one-sided position where only he could press:} 21. Bh3 Rc7 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23.
a4 {[#] It's clear that White has the better position, with b6 a target for
the rest of the game and Black lacking space. 23...e5 24.dxe6 fxe6 gives Black
more play, but also three vulnerable pawn islands.}) 21... Rcb8 22. h3 ({
White is in prime shape to initiate an attack on the kingside. Black has
limited resources on that side of the board, making his defensive task much
more arduous.} 22. f4 Nf6 {the knight's journey makes logical sense, but it
fails tactically.} (22... f5 {will always be an option, but there are so many
weak squares left behind. White can choose to go for a quick h3-g4 or play for
the e-file.}) (22... Qh8 {is also interesting, giving the rooks access to the
kingside. A hasty} 23. f5 {allows the knight the safety of} Ne5 {White is
still better, but the position is complicated.}) 23. h3 Ne4 24. Qf3 Nc3 ({Now} 
24... f5 {is met by the obvious} 25. g4) 25. f5 Nxb1 26. fxg6+ fxg6 27. Bd3 {
is decisive.}) 22... Qh8 $1 {Great decision-making by Bian, who recognizes the
mounting pressure he is about to experience. This is one of the better
dual-purpose moves in chess, coming to the king's aid while simultaneously
taking control of the board's longest diagonal.} 23. g4 ({With White's
position so stable, Burke could have gone for a slower approach.} 23. Bd3 Ne5 (
23... Kg8 24. f4 Nc5 25. Bc2 {is excellent for White. The bishop joins the
action, while White can push forward with Kg2, g4 or go straight for f5. Black
does not have the desired counterplay.}) 24. Be2 Nd7 {renews ...Bb2 ideas and
maintains the status quo. White should still be favored, but the path forward
may take some time.}) 23... Kg8 24. Be2 {[#]} Nc5 ({Without engine assistance,
} 24... Bb2 $1 {is an extremely hard move to evaluate objectively. Even with
engine analysis, the situation is not very clear! Black's chances, to me, look
to be quite good, as White's attack might not be fast enough.} 25. Rxb2 ({
Any rook move can be eliminated, since Black snags the a3 pawn and lives to
tell the tale:} 25. Rd1 Bxa3 26. Bd4 Bc5 {and the resulting trades favor Black,
even if White is able to win back the lost pawn. Good knight versus bad bishop!
}) 25... Qxb2 26. gxh5 a4 $1 ({A very chaotic imbalance occurs after} 26...
gxh5 27. Kh1 Kf8 28. Rg1 Nc5 ({Black isn't yet able to run to the queenside,
since} 28... Ke8 29. c5 $3 {opens up a discovery on the Black queen.}) 29. Bd4
Qxb3 30. Qh4 Ke8 {Black's king might be able to keep running, but it will
surely cost a few more pawns.}) 27. b4 (27. hxg6 axb3 {is handing Black too
much.}) 27... Qxa3 {with what appears to be a nice edge for Black.}) 25. Kg2 a4
26. b4 Nb3 27. Rd1 Bb2 28. gxh5 ({Burke could have gone for a strong exchange
sacrifice here, though it's hard to fault him for avoiding this material
imbalance.} 28. Rxb2 Qxb2 29. gxh5 {is a much improved version of the analysis
on move 24. The vital difference is that the knight is on b3 rather than on d7,
leaving the kingside completely undefended.} Qxa3 30. Bd3 {and now Black's
chance is the ridiculous} Nc5 $1 {which White should respond to with} 31. Bb1
$3 {and the attack rages on.} (31. bxc5 bxc5 {is a nuisance for White, who
can't afford to trade more pieces and is in danger of the a-pawn promoting.}))
28... Bxa3 29. hxg6 Bxb4 ({Bian was not interested in recapturing the pawn,
which spends an important tempo that was used in the game to rush the passed
pawn down the board.} 29... fxg6 30. Rd4 $1 Bxb4 (30... Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Qh6 32.
f4 Rf8 33. Qg3 {with both a trapped bishop on a3 and a weak king.}) 31. Rg4 Qc3
{is a mess, but a move like} 32. Kh1 $1 {looks like huge trouble for Black.})
30. f4 Bc5 31. Bg4 a3 ({It was too scary to play} 31... fxg6 {which invites a
pretty direct attack} 32. Be6+ Kf8 33. f5 g5 (33... Bxe3 34. Qxe3 Qe5 {is a
three-result game with exposed kings for both sides. White can likely force a
draw with} 35. Qh6+ ({Incredible foresight is needed to enter the variation} 
35. Qxe5 dxe5 36. Kf2 Nc5 37. Rg1 Nxe6 38. dxe6 Kg7 39. Rxg6+ Kh7 {with,
allegedly, all zeros.}) 35... Qg7 36. Qe3 Qe5 {but another queen move forces
Black to find accurate defense.}) 34. f6 $1) 32. Rxb3 a2 33. gxf7+ {[#]} Kf8 $2
{This loses the game after a very tense battle. Often an opponent's pawn
shields our king, but here it is used to deliver mate.} ({Bian, in time
trouble, had to find the precise} 33... Kxf7 34. Bxc5 ({Both players had
envisioned} 34. Be6+ Ke8 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. Rxb8+ Rxb8 37. Qxa2 Rb2+ 38. Rd2
Rxa2 39. Rxa2 Qg7+ {which should result in a draw.}) 34... bxc5 35. Rxb8 Rxb8
36. Qe1 Qb2+ 37. Kh1 Kf8 $1 {this is necessary to avoid the checks on e6.} 38.
Qe6 (38. Bf5 Qf6 {can only get White into trouble.}) 38... a1=Q 39. Qf5+ Ke8 ({
Not} 39... Qf6 $4 40. Rxa1 {and White is up a bishop!})) 34. Be6 {Yikes. Now
the fate is obvious: place a major piece on g8 and the game is over.} Qg7+ 35.
Kh2 a1=Q 36. Rxa1 Qxa1 37. Bxc5 Ra2 38. Rg3 {A phenomenal battle between two
talented youngsters. The result hung in the balance until Bian's blunder, but
it was certainly the most electrifying game of the 2018 U.S. Junior.} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Emir Dizdarevic"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "Hartmann, John"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Rad1 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 {[#]} Bxh2+
14. Kxh2 Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Bf3 16. Nd2 (16. gxf3 Rf6 17. Rfe1 Qh3) 16... Bxg2 17. f3
Rf6 18. Nc4 Bh3 0-1

[Event "World Open 2018"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illia"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Nyzhnyk, Illia"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

{This was a second game of the day as well as a must-win situation for me if I
wanted to keep fighting for the first place. Having played Samuel multiple
times before, I knew that he has a superb knowledge in the majority of the
mainstream openings such as Slav, Grunfeld, etc., so I decided to go for a
rather unusual and rare opening these days - the Barry attack.} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Be2 h5 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. a3 Bg4 9. Qd2 {
Not having enough time to prepare, my home preparation was officially over
after this move. Even though the position is objectively equal, I believed
that due to simplicity of white's plan I will have an easier time playing this
position than Samuel.} Nbd7 10. O-O-O {[%cal Gf3e5] [#]} Ne4 $2 {This might
very well be a critical mistake after which everything went downhill for black.
} ({The normal} 10... O-O {seems unpleasant, because now white's standard plan
becomes even more effective:} 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Ng4 (13...
Nd7 14. g4 $5 $40) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f3 Nf6 16. g4 $40) 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5
Bf5 {[%cal Ge7e5] [#] If it was black to move, Samuel would definitely play e5
opening his dark squared bishop. However, it is white to move here, and black
is 1 tempo too short.} 13. f3 $6 {An inaccurate move order that misses a win.}
(13. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Gc4f7] Could have ended the game in a spectacular manner.
For example:} O-O (13... e6 $6 {Creates a "big pawn" on f5..} 14. f3 Nf6 15.
Be5 $18 {[%csl Rf5]}) (13... f6 {Would transpose to a better version of the
actual game where white does not have doubled pawns on the f-file.} 14. Ne6
Bxe6 15. Bxe6 Nf8 16. Bb3 $18 {[%csl Re6,Re8,Rf7] Leaving white with the
bishop pair and a plentiful of weaknesses in black's position.}) 14. f3 Nf6 (
14... e5 15. g4 $1 hxg4 16. fxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 exf4 18. h5 c5 (18... gxh5 19.
Rxh5 $18) 19. Qd3 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) (14... exf3 15. gxf3 e5 16. e4 $1 Bxe4 17.
fxe4 exf4 18. Qxf4 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 15. g4 $1 hxg4 16. h5 $3 {The computer
solution that I failed to consider during the game. Black simply does not have
enough resources to defend the king.} gxh5 17. Nxe4 {[%csl Yf6,Rh5][%cal Gf6h5]
} Nxe4 (17... Bxe4 18. fxe4 Nxe4 19. Qh2 Qa5 20. Be5 Nf6 21. Rdf1 Rfd8 22. Qf4
$18) (17... Bg6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Rxh5 $18 {[%cal Gd2h2]}) 18. fxe4 Bg6 19.
Rxh5 $1 Bxh5 20. Qh2 Bg6 21. Bc7 Bxe4 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Rg1 $18) 13... exf3 14.
Bc4 f6 {The point. This position could have occured without white playing f3.}
15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Bxe6 Nf8 17. Bb3 Bh6 18. gxf3 $6 {An inaccuracy yet again. I
failed to recognize the potential strength of my bishop pair:} (18. Bh2 $5 fxg2
19. Rhe1 O-O-O 20. Kb1 e5 21. Qxg2 Rh7 (21... exd4 $2 22. Qg3 $1 $18) 22. Qh3+
f5 (22... Rhd7 23. dxe5 fxe5 24. Bxe5 $18) 23. Bxe5 Nd7 24. Bh2 $18 {[%csl Rc8]
[%cal Gh2b8] And black's king does not get out.}) 18... Bxf4 19. exf4 O-O-O 20.
Rhe1 {[#] Even though my play was not accurate, I still managed to get
position with a long-term advantage after the opening where black's pieces on
the kingside are paralyzed trying to defend the e7 pawn.} Qc7 {[%csl Re7]} 21.
Re4 {Preparing a double-up (or even a triple-up) on the e-file.} Rh7 22. Qe3
Kb8 23. c3 {I did not see a need in tripling on the e-file, because black can
still defend the e7 pawn with a simple Re8.} Rg7 24. d5 {[%cal Ge4a4]} c5 25.
Ba4 Rc8 26. Re1 Qd6 27. c4 Rc7 28. Be8 {A pretty-looking move that has no
threats. As the time pressure was approaching, I thought it is not a bad idea
to "burn" a few moves before move 40, because all black can do is wait.} a6 29.
Kb1 Ka8 30. Ka2 Kb8 31. Rg1 Rc8 32. Ba4 Rf7 33. Rb1 Ka8 34. b4 {[%cal Gb1b7]
An effective break-through that allows white to utilize the better placement
of the pieces.} Rg7 35. b5 axb5 36. Bxb5 e6 37. Rd1 $6 {Inaccurate, but still
keeps advantage.} (37. Qb3 $5 {Overwhelms black's pieces, and leads to the
material advantage for white.} Kb8 38. Bc6 Rxc6 39. dxc6 Qxc6 40. Re2 Rd7 41.
Reb2 $18) 37... Rgc7 38. Qe2 (38. Qb3 $5 {Once again, sticking to the old plan
was the right way to go.}) 38... Rd8 39. Qb2 Qe7 40. Ree1 Rd6 41. Rd3 Qd8 42.
Ba4 Re7 43. Rde3 Rc7 44. Rb3 Ra6 45. Bb5 $6 {Once again missing an effective
way to end the game.} (45. Bc6 $1 bxc6 46. Rb1 Rc8 (46... Nd7 47. dxe6 Rb6 48.
Rxb6 Nxb6 49. Qxb6 $18) 47. dxc6 $1 Qd6 (47... Raxc6 48. Rb5 $1 (48. Rb7 $4
R6c7 $1 49. Qb3 Qd2+ 50. Ka1 Qd4+ 51. Ka2 Qd2+ $11) 48... Ra6 49. Ra5 $18) 48.
Rb7 Qxf4 49. Qb5 Qd2+ 50. Rb2 $18) (45. Rb1 $5 Rxa4 46. Rxb7 Rb4 (46... Rc8 47.
Rf7 Rb8 48. Qxb8+ Qxb8 49. Rxb8+ Kxb8 50. Rxf8+ Kc7 51. Kb3 Ra6 52. Rf7+ Kd6
53. Rxf6 $18) 47. Rxb4 cxb4 48. Qxb4 Qc8 49. dxe6 Nxe6 50. Qa5+ Ra7 51. Qd5+
Rb7 52. Rxb7 Qxb7 53. Qxe6 $18) 45... Rd6 46. Rb1 Rb6 47. Qc3 (47. Bc6 $5 $18 {
Was winning once again.}) 47... Kb8 48. Qa5 Qd6 49. Bc6 Rxb3 50. Rxb3 exd5 51.
Bxd5 Re7 52. Qb6 Re2+ 53. Kb1 Qxb6 54. Rxb6 Nd7 55. Rxb7+ Kc8 56. a4 Re1+ 57.
Kc2 Re2+ 58. Kd3 Ra2 59. Ra7 Ra3+ 60. Kc2 Nb6 61. a5 Nxd5 62. cxd5 {I
calculated till here, and believed that this position is easily winning for me,
since the a and d pawns cannot be stopped. Although I was right in my
judgement, I still had to find a few accurate moves to finish the game.} Kb8
63. Ra6 f5 64. d6 Kb7 65. d7 $1 {[%cal Ga6d6]} Kc7 66. Rd6 Kd8 67. a6 c4 {
[#] If it is black to move in this position, he is in zugzwang. Therefore, a
simple triangulation technique does it for white.} 68. Kb2 Rb3+ 69. Kc1 Rc3+
70. Kd2 Ra3 71. Kc2 $22 {The rest is simple.} Rxf3 72. a7 Ra3 73. Rxg6 Kxd7 74.
Rg8 Kd6 75. a8=Q Rxa8 76. Rxa8 Kd5 77. Re8 {In conclusion, the Barry attack
worked out pretty well for me. Even though my play was not perfect, I was able
to maintain a decent advantage throughout the whole game. At the end, I took
my chance to transform it into the winning rook endgame, and had just enough
time on my clock to find an accurate winning pattern.} 1-0

[Event "46th Annual World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia USA"]
[Date "2018.07.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lenderman, A."]
[Black "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2018.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]

{I decided to choose this game, since it was a good win for win and it was a
very important last round game which helped me get into very good prizes in
this tournament. Also I felt there were a lot of instructive moments in this
game.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 $5 {On one hand, this is a very odd choice of
openings. We are both in a must-win game where a draw would leave both of us
with very little-no prize, but a win would be significantly much more of a
prize. Exchange slav is an opening where I try to play for an advantage with
minimal risk, but maybe not the best opening for a must-win game. On the other
hand, this decision had a psychological context. I know that Li Ruifeng is a
very good creative player and is a very good calculator, and therefore I
wanted to take him out of his most comfortable element and I wanted to steer
the game into something more quiet where I figured my opponent would still
create chances for me thanks to his creative nature. Another reason of
choosing this opening was because I've already played almost every other
opening against him against the Slav.} cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 {
My opponent went for one of the most solid lines.} 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. O-O
Bd6 (9... Bxe2 $5 {Is also playable but maybe a slight pull for white after...}
10. Qxe2 Bd6 11. Bg5 $1) (9... Be7 {Is also possible.}) 10. f3 Bh5 11. Rc1 Bg6
12. Na4 O-O 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 {Another critical choice. I really was
thinking to take with the pawn to make the position more unbalanced because
the pawn stucture isn't symmetrical anymore. But then I remembered that my
opponent will most likely find a way to unbalance the game anyway and I don't
have to go out of my way to do it. So I kept the position more balanced.} (14.
dxc5 $5 {Is something I might try in another game.}) 14... Nd7 15. Rc3 Qe7 16.
Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qc2 (18. Qa3 $5 {Was interesting, but somehow I
didn't consider this very much.} Qxa3 19. Rxa3 Nc4 (19... Nc6 20. Rc1 Rac8 21.
Rac3 f6 22. h4 $14 {And it's unpleasant for black since it's not so easy for
black to untangle himself and no clear plan for him.} Nb6 $2 23. Rb3 $18) 20.
Rc3 $1 Nxb2 21. Rb1 Na4 22. Rc7 Ndb6 23. Rxb7 $14) 18... Nc4 (18... Nc6 {
I expected Nc6, but I guess my opponent didn't play it because he saw 18)Qa3!?,
and I could just return to that position by repeating the position once.} 19.
Qb3 Na5 20. Qa3) 19. b3 Na3 20. Qb2 Nb5 21. Rc2 Rfc8 22. Rfc1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Qd8
24. Qc1 Na7 25. Bc7 (25. Rc7 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Qxc8+ Nxc8 28. h4 f6 {
Seems too equal though my computer says +/=, so maybe white still has pressure.
} 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Bc7 Na7 31. Nf4 Nc6 32. Ke2) 25... Qf8 26. Nf4 Rc8 27. Nd3
Qe7 28. a4 Nc6 29. Bg3 Re8 30. Qb2 g5 {Comp doesn't mind this, but I wouldn't
play this, since I have a dark squared bishop and this puts a pawn on a dark
square and in the long run it might show.} 31. h3 {Just making useful waiting
moves, stopping any counterplay, and letting black suffer a bit since he
doesn't have a very productive plan here.} Kh7 32. Nc5 Nxc5 33. Rxc5 {[#]} a5
$6 {Now this really surprised me, since now this pawn on a5 is a very target
to the bishop on e1, and also I get the b5 square, and now I can seriously
hope for something in this position. He was probably afraid of my plan b4 a4
b5, etc... but I didn't think that it was anything that special.} (33... Qd7
34. b4 Rc8 35. b5 (35. Qc2+ Kg8 36. b5 Ne7 $11) 35... axb5 36. axb5 (36. Qxb5
Kg8 37. a5 f6 38. Kh1 Ra8 {And black is solid here but he has to play a
waiting game.}) 36... Ne7) 34. Qc3 (34. Rb5 $14 {Maybe it was best to put the
rook on b5 right away and then decide where to move the queen depending on how
black plays.}) 34... Rd8 35. Kf1 Rd7 36. Qd3+ g6 37. Be1 e5 $5 {My opponent
goes for concrete play, counterplay, and it works, objectively for black, but
now in order to hold the balance he has to find some very accurate moves in a
row.} (37... Qd8 {Would be a passive defence where it's still not easy for me
to breakthrough though it's much more pleasant to play white.}) 38. Bc3 (38.
Bxa5 exd4 39. exd4 Nxa5 40. Rxa5 g4 $3 41. hxg4 (41. fxg4 $2 b6 $1 {And
suddenly after Rc7, black creates a lot of counterplay and is winning actually.
} 42. Rb5 Rc7 43. Rxd5 Rc1+ 44. Kf2 Qe1+ 45. Kf3 Rc3 $19 {Is a sample line.})
41... Qh4 $11) 38... Qd6 (38... f5 $5 {Was also ok.}) 39. Rb5 {Best chance.}
exd4 40. Bxd4 {Critical decision. Positionally I thought exd4 was better to
keep my bishop in case it got into the endgame. On the other hand I thought
Bxd4 might win material, but I was miscalculating things. Thankfully it all
came together for me in this game.} (40. exd4 f6 {I thought was better for me
but it turned out it was just equal since black has counterplay.}) 40... Nxd4
41. Qxd4 Rc7 $1 42. Qd2 $1 {I was actually a bit lucky I had this move, since
I didn't see this in advance, and thought I can take a pawn on d5, but
miscalculated originally.} (42. Rxd5 $4 Rc1+ 43. Ke2 Qg3) (42. Qxd5 Rc1+ 43.
Kf2 Rc2+ $11) 42... Qh2 $6 {Very tempting but not the best. But the best move
is probably a borderline computer move.} (42... b6 $3 {In such a position when
there are so many forcing, active moves to play a quiet move like this is
almost unrealistic for a human.} 43. Rxd5 (43. Qxd5 Qh2) 43... Qa3 $1 {And the
lines continue but in short, black has enough counterplay to mkae a draw.}) 43.
Kf2 $1 (43. Rxd5 $5 {Doesn't quite work since black has a brilliant solution.}
g4 $3 (43... Rc1+ $6 44. Kf2 Qg1+ (44... Rg1 45. Rxg5) 45. Kg3 {Leads nowhere
for black.}) 44. fxg4 Rc1+ 45. Kf2 Rg1 {Now the main difference is that there
is NO Rg5.} 46. Kf3 Rf1+ 47. Ke4 Qg3 $1 {[%eval 0,0] And in this messy
position, the computer evaluation is the infamous}) 43... Qh1 $6 (43... g4 $1 {
This was the way for black.} 44. fxg4 (44. hxg4 Qh4+ $11) 44... d4 (44... Rc6
45. g5 Qc7 46. Qxd5) 45. exd4 Rc6 46. g5 {And I thought this is just winning
for white but missed the brilliant retreating move...} Qc7 $1 47. Rc5 Rxc5 48.
dxc5 Qxc5+ 49. Qe3 Qb4 $14 {With great chances for a draw.}) 44. Kg3 Qb1 45.
Qxd5 $6 {This is inaccurate and this is also based on a miscalculatoin.} (45.
Kh2 $3 {Was a very strong consolidating move.} Rc1 46. Rxd5 Qxb3 47. Rd7 Rc2
48. Qd4 $16 {With very good winning chances for white. I'll get the pawn back
and black's king is at least as weak as mine, but mainly white's pieces are
very active here.}) 45... Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qxe3 47. Qxg5 $6 (47. Qe4 {Objectively
this was giving me a better winning chance.}) 47... Qxg5 48. Rxg5 f5 $1 {
This is what I missed when I played 45)Qxd5. Now I was suddenly worried about
my winning chances and thought that it might be a draw with perfect play. But
I made sure to fight till the end and look for winning chances any way I can.}
(48... b6 49. Rb5 {I was thinking about something like this where I should
have a technical win since I'm up a pawn with a more active rook.}) 49. h4 Kh6
50. f4 $5 {The best chance.} (50. g4 Rc5 51. Kg3 b5 52. gxf5 gxf5 53. Kf4 bxa4
54. bxa4 Rc4+ 55. Kxf5 Rxa4 {Would be f+h pawns at best for me which is still
a draw, but in the meantime the a-pawn is still a big problem for me.}) 50...
Rc5 $2 {[#] Luckily for me my opponent cracked and made the last mistake.} (
50... Rc3 $1 {Would still lead to a draw.} 51. h5 (51. Rg3 Rc2 {Is just a dead
draw since his rook is too active and his king goes to h5.}) 51... gxh5 52.
Rxf5 Rxb3 53. Rxa5 h4 $1 {This would seal the draw, since this move seals my
pawn on f4, and makes sure I can't play g3 to stabilize my kingside.} (53... b6
54. Rb5) 54. Rb5 Ra3 55. Rb6+ Kh5 56. Rxb7 Rxa4 57. Rb5+ Kg4 $11) 51. h5 $3 {
Honestly speaking I was lucky to have this resource since I didn't see this in
advance. But this is the only winning idea, and I was very happy to find this
idea which won me such an important game.} (51. Kh3 $2 Rc3+) 51... gxh5 52. Kg3
{Now my king goes to h4, and no matter how black plays, he can't save this
game anymore.} b5 (52... Rc3+ 53. Kh4 Rxb3 54. Rxf5 Rb4 55. Rxh5+ Kg6 56. g3 (
56. Rxa5 $4 Rxf4+ $11) 56... Rxa4 57. Rb5 $18) 53. Kh4 bxa4 54. bxa4 Rc4 55.
Rxf5 Rxa4 56. Rxh5+ Kg6 57. g3 Ra1 58. Kg4 a4 59. Ra5 a3 60. Ra6+ Kf7 61. Kf5 {
Accuracy till the end. Still not too late to blow the game with...} (61. f5 $4
a2 {And now I can't make progress without giving up one of my passed pawns.}
62. Kg5 Rg1 63. Ra7+ Kf8 64. Rxa2 Rxg3+ 65. Kf6 Kg8 {With a theoretical draw.})
61... a2 (61... Rg1 62. Rxa3) 62. Ra7+ Kf8 (62... Kg8 63. g4 Kf8 64. g5 Kg8 65.
g6 Kf8 66. g7+ Kg8 67. Kf6) 63. g4 {Here black resigned since I get to pawn to
g6 and then play Kf6 and black won't be able to create any counterplay. A
sample line can be...} Kg8 64. g5 Kf8 65. Kf6 Ke8 66. f5 $18 {I was very happy
with this game, because I kept the tension for a long time and for the most
part, took advantage of my chances when I had them.} 1-0

[Event "2018 World Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Joshua Sheng"]
[Black "Alexander Ipatov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Be7 (5... Bc5 6. Be3 Bb6 7.
Nf5 Bxe3 8. Nxe3 Nf6 9. f3 O-O 10. c4 d6 11. Nc3) 6. Nf5 (6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3
d6 8. O-O Nf6 9. h3 (9. Re1 O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nc5 13. Bc2 Bg4
14. h3 Bh5 15. Be3 Nd7 16. Ba4 c5 17. g4 Bg6 18. e5 Rb8 19. Bf4 (19. b3) 19...
Rxb2 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Bxd6 cxd6 23. Qxd6 Qe2) 9... O-O 10. Be3
Nd7 11. f4 a5 12. Nd2 a4 13. Qc2) (6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Be3 d5 (
9... Ne5 10. f4 Neg4 11. Bc1 d5 12. h3 Nh6 13. e5) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6
12. Bd4) (6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bg3 O-O 9. Nf5 d6 10. Nxe7+ Ndxe7 11. exd6
Nf5 12. Be2 Re8 13. O-O Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qxd6 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. Re1 d5 17. Nd2 d4)
6... Bf6 7. Ne3 g6 8. Bc4 (8. Nd5 Bg7 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O Nge7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4
g5 13. Bg3 h5 14. f4 (14. h4 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne5) 14... h4 15. Be1 gxf4 16. Nxf4
Ng6) 8... d6 9. O-O Bg7 10. f4 Nf6 (10... Nge7) 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Qf3
{[#]} d5 (13... b6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxc6 Qxd3 16. Qxa8 Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 Ba6 18. Qf3
Qxf3 19. Rxf3 exf4) 14. Nxd5 (14. e5 d4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Qd1 Nd5 17. Ne4 Nf5)
(14. exd5 Ne7 15. c4 c6) 14... Nxd5 15. exd5 {[#]} Nd4 16. Qd1 (16. cxd4 Bxd4+
17. Kh1 Re3 18. Qf2 Rxd3 19. Qe2 Bf5 (19... Re3 20. Qc4 c5 21. Nb3 b5 22. Qxb5
Re4) 20. Ne4 Qxd5 21. Qxd3 Bxe4) 16... Nf5 17. Qb3 {[#]} Ne3 18. Re1 Nxg2 19.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Kxg2 Qe3 {[#]} 21. Bf1 (21. Qc4 Bh3+ 22. Kh1 Re8 23. Bf1 Qe1 24.
Kg1 Re3) 21... Bh3+ 22. Kh1 Bxf1 23. Nxf1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Re8 25. Be3 (25. c4 Bd4+
) 25... Rxe3 26. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 (27. Kg2 Qe2+ 28. Kg1 (28. Kg3 h5) 28...
Bf8 29. d6 Qg4+ 30. Kh1 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Bxd6) 27... Qe4+ 28. Kg1 {[#]} Bf8 29. Qd1
Bc5+ 30. Kf1 Qxf4+ 31. Kg2 (31. Ke2 Qe3+ 32. Kf1 Qf2#) 31... Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Bd6
33. Qg1 Qxb2 34. Rb1 (34. c4 Bxh2 35. Rb1 Qxa2 36. Ra1 Bxg1 37. Rxa2 Bb6) 34...
Qxa2 35. Rxb7 Qxd5+ 36. Qg2 Qd1+ 37. Qg1 Qf3+ 38. Qg2 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "TCEC Season 12 - Division P"]
[Site "http://tcec.chessdom.com"]
[Date "2018.05.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Stockfish 160518"]
[Black "Jonny 8.1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "3554"]
[BlackElo "3274"]
[Annotator "Kislik, Erik"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. g3 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. e4
Re8 9. Be3 a6 10. a4 Ng4 11. Bd2 a5 12. h3 Ngf6 13. Be3 Nb8 14. d4 Nfd7 15. Qe2
Na6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Rd2 Bf8 18. Qd1 exd4 19. Nxd4 Ndc5 {[#]} 20. g4 Qb6 21. f4
Qb4 22. f5 Qxc4 23. Rf4 Qb4 24. Rdf2 Bd7 25. g5 g6 26. Rh4 Re5 27. Qf3 Re7 28.
Bf1 Nc7 29. Nc2 Qxb2 30. Bd4 Qc1 31. Ne3 N5e6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1957.02.16"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A78"]
[Annotator "Kislik, Erik"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. Re1 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. h3 {[#]} Nxf2
15. Kxf2 (15. Nf3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe4 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. Bg5 Ncxd5 19. c4 Rxe1+ 20.
Rxe1 h6 21. Bxg6 Qf8) 15... Qh4+ 16. Kf1 Bd4 17. Nd1 Qxh3 18. Bf3 Qh2 19. Ne3
f5 20. Ndc4 (20. Ke2 Bxe3 21. Nf1 Qe5 22. Nxe3 fxe4) 20... fxe4 21. Bxe4 Ba6
22. Bf3 Re5 (22... g5 23. Ke2 g4 24. Bxg4 Bxe3 25. Bxe3 Qxg2+ 26. Kd3 Rxe3+ 27.
Rxe3 Qxd5+ 28. Ke2 Qg2+ 29. Kd1 Qxg4+) 23. Ra3 (23. Ke2 Rae8 24. Ra3 Bxe3 25.
Rxe3 Qh4 26. Kd1 Bxc4 27. Rxe5 Qd4+ 28. Bd2 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 dxe5 30. d6 Ne6)
23... Rae8 24. Bd2 (24. Ke2 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Qh4 26. b3 Rxe3+ 27. Bxe3 Rxe3+ 28.
Kxe3 Qxe1+) 24... Nxd5 25. Bxd5+ (25. Kf2 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Bxc4) 25... Rxd5 26. Ke2
Bxe3 27. Rxe3 (27. Kd1 Qh5+) 27... Bxc4+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "EXPOSED KING"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Kislik, Erik"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b1k2r/p1p1qp2/2p5/4P1p1/2P5/6P1/Pr2BKP1/RN1QR3 b k - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "8"]

{[#]} 19... Qc5+ 20. Kf3 g4+ (20... f6) (20... Qxe5 21. Bd3 g4#) 21. Ke4 Rh5 (
21... f5+ 22. exf6 Qf5+ 23. Kd4 Qxf6+ 24. Ke3 Qe5+ 25. Kf2 Qc5+) 22. Qd4 Bf5+
23. Ke3 *

[Event "Skopje"]
[Site "Skopje MKD"]
[Date "1976.03.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Annotator "Kislik, Erik"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qa5 8. Kf2
Be7 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Ne2 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Kg3 cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Re1 e5
15. fxe5 {[#]} Ndxe5 16. dxe5 (16. Nf4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nb4 18. Qb3 g5) 16... Bh4+
(16... Nxe5 17. Nf4) (16... Bxe5+ 17. Nf4) 17. Kxh4 Rxf3 (17... Qf2+ 18. Ng3)
18. Rf1 (18. gxf3 Qf2+ 19. Kg5 h6+ 20. Kg6 Nxe5+ 21. Kh5 Qxh2#) 18... Qb4+ 19.
Bf4 Qe7+ 20. Bg5 Qe6 21. Bf5 Rxf5 22. Nf4 Qxe5 23. Qg4 Rf7 24. Qh5 Ne7 25. g4
Ng6+ 26. Kg3 Bd7 27. Rae1 Qd6 (27... Qc7) 28. Bh6 Raf8 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1889.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wilhelm Steinitz"]
[Black "Celso Golmayo Zupide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "Kislik, Erik"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1889.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. f4 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Nd3 Bb6 8.
Qf3 Nc6 9. Be2 Bg4 10. Qf4 Bxe2 11. Kxe2 O-O-O 12. Ne1 {[#]} Nb4 (12... g6 13.
Kd1 Rhe8 14. Nf3 Qf2 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. hxg3 Ng4) (12... Rhe8 13. d3 Nd5 14. Nxd5
Qxd5 15. Be3 (15. Rf1 f5 16. Qxf5+ Qxf5 17. Rxf5 Nd4+ 18. Kf1 Nxf5 19. exf5 Rf8
) 15... Qb5 16. Nf3 (16. b3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 f5 18. Kf2 Qb4 19. Nf3 fxe4 20. a3
Qc3 21. dxe4 Qxc2+ 22. Qe2 Qxb3) 16... Bxe3 17. Qxe3 f5 18. Kf2 g5 19. Qxg5 (
19. Nxg5 f4 20. Qh3+ Rd7) 19... Qc5+ 20. Qe3 Qxc2+ 21. Qe2 Qc5+ 22. Qe3 Qb5 23.
Rhd1 fxe4 24. dxe4 Qxb2+ 25. Kg1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qxa2) 13. a3 {[#]} Rhe8 (13...
Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5 15. Qf5+ Kb8 16. c3 Qa4 17. d3 Rhe8) 14. axb4 Nxe4 15. Qf5+
Kb8 16. Nxe4 Rxe4+ 17. Kd1 Rf4 18. Qh3 Re8 19. c3 Qc4 20. Kc2 Rf2 21. Nd3 Rfe2
22. b3 Qc6 23. Qf3 Qg6 24. Rf1 R8e4 25. Qf5 Qc6 26. b5 Qd6 27. Nf4 Re5 28. Qxf7
R2e4 29. d3 Re2+ 30. Nxe2 Rxe2+ 31. Bd2 1-0

[Event "World Senior Teams +50"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2018.07.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Benjamin, Joel"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.16"]
[WhiteTeam "England 1"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Na3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d3 e6 8. Nc4
Qd7 (8... Be7 9. Qa4 (9. Ne3 Qd7) 9... O-O 10. Ne3 Qh5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qg6
) 9. Qb3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd5 (10... Be7 11. Bf4) 11. Bg5 $1 {[#]} Rc8 (11... Rb8
12. a4 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7) 12. O-O Be7 $2 (12... b6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Bg3 {
leaves White only comfortably better}) 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 (13... Ndxe7 14. Qxb7) 14.
Qa3 Rhd8 (14... b6 15. d4) 15. Qxc5+ Kf6 16. Rfe1 b6 17. Qa3 Nf4 (17... g6) 18.
Rad1 Qe7 $2 19. Qa4 $1 Nd5 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Qc5 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Qh4+ g5
24. Qxh7 Ke7 25. Rde1 (25. d4) 25... Qb5 26. h4 Qxb2 27. hxg5 (27. d4) 27...
Qxc3 28. g6 (28. d4 Qxd4 29. Rf3 Rf8 30. g6) 28... Qf6 29. g7 Qg6 30. Qh4+ Qf6
31. Qb4+ Kd7 32. Rg3 Rg8 33. Qa4 a6 $1 34. Qxa6 Rxg7 35. Rxg7 Qxg7 36. Qb7+ Kd6
37. Rb1 (37. Rxe6+ Kxe6 38. Qxc6+) 37... Qg5 $6 (37... Qf6 38. g3 Qe7) 38. Qxf7
Rc1+ 39. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 40. Kh2 Qd2 41. a3 Qxd3 42. g4 Qd4 (42... Ke5 43. g5 Qf5
44. g6 Qh5+ 45. Kg3 Qg5+ 46. Kf3 Qh5+ 47. Ke3) 43. Kg3 Qa1 44. Qf3 Ke7 45. g5
Qe5+ 46. Kg4 Qd4+ 47. Qf4 Qd1+ 48. f3 Qb1 49. Qb4+ 1-0

[Event "World Senior Teams +50"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2018.07.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Plaskett, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Benjamin, Joel"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.16"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "England 1"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 Qe7 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Rac8 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Qe2 h6 18. h3 Nb8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bxb7 Qxb7
21. Rd1 Nc6 22. Nh4 Bb8 23. Qh5 Qe7 24. Nf3 e5 25. Qf5 Qe8 26. Rc1 f6 27. Nd2
Bd6 28. Ne4 Bf8 29. f4 Rd8 30. fxe5 {[#]} ({Jaan could only chuckle at the
engine suggestion of} 30. Kf1 {with a clear advantage. But his path is good,
too.}) (30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. Nxf6+ Kf7 32. Nxe8 Rc8 {traps the knight}) 30... Nxe5
31. Rc7 Qg6 32. Qxg6 Nxg6 33. Bd4 (33. Bxf6 $2 Re8) 33... Ne7 (33... Nf4) (
33... f5 34. Nc5 Nf4) 34. Kf2 Nf5 35. Bc5 (35. Bxf6 $1 Re8 (35... Rd3 36. Rc3)
36. Kf3 Re6 37. Bd8 Nd6 38. Nxd6 Rxd6 39. Rc8) 35... Re8 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. Nc5
Nxe3 38. Nxa6 Nd1+ 39. Kf1 h5 40. Nc5 h4 41. Rb7 Nc3 42. Kf2 Re7 43. Rb8+ Kf7
44. Rh8 Nd1+ 45. Kf1 Ne3+ 46. Kf2 Nf5 47. Rd8 Ra7 48. a4 {Tricky, but Plaskett
finds the defense.} bxa4 49. b5 Ra5 50. b6 Rxc5 51. b7 Rc2+ 52. Ke1 Rb2 53.
b8=Q Rxb8 54. Rxb8 {Don't listen to the engine; Black has a fortress and drew
on move 63.} a3 55. Kd2 Ne7 56. Rb7 Ke6 57. Ra7 g5 58. Rxa3 Nf5 59. Ke2 Kf7 60.
Ra6 Kg6 61. Kd3 Ng7 62. Ke4 Nh5 63. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Senior Teams +50"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2018.07.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Penzold, Andreas"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Benjamin, Joel"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.16"]
[WhiteTeam "SC Empor Potsdam 1952 e.V"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8.
Nb3 Bb4 9. Qd3 {White gets the bishop pair but coughs up a juicy tempo. I
thought} (9. Bd2 {was better.}) 9... Nbd7 10. a3 Ne5 11. Qg3 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 O-O
({Komodo suggests} 12... Ne4 13. Qd4 Bf5 {but I was really trying to keep it
simple}) 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Nd2 h6 {I considered all kinds of other moves, mainly}
(14... Bf5) (14... b5 {but I decided this simple move would get me rolling in
the center}) 15. e3 ({I thought White wouldn't be too bad after} 15. Bxe5 {
but I thought it kind of unlikely he would give up his pride and joy
unprovoked. But now the bishop actually becomes a spectator.}) 15... Ng6 16.
Bg3 d5 17. Be2 Bg4 $1 {[#] Making lemonade out of lemons...There was no way
this move would escape my attention after Johnny Emms gave me so much
consternation with it the day before!} 18. Qd4 $2 (18. f3 Bf5 19. Kf2 {was the
best try. White might only be slightly worse, but the momentum is going in my
favor.} (19. Bf2 d4 20. exd4 Nf4)) (18. Bxg4 d4 $1 {is of course the point})
18... Bxe2 19. Kxe2 Qa5 20. b4 Qa6 21. Rhc1 Rad8 22. Ke1 Ne4 23. c5 f5 24. f3
Ng5 (24... f4 25. fxe4 fxg3 26. hxg3 Ne5 {is crushing--the last move I only
saw after playing Ne4-g5. But it doesn't matter; the move I played is also
quite strong.}) 25. Bd6 (25. Kf2 Ne6 26. Qb2 d4 {was my plan; White can't take
the pawnbecause his bishop gets trapped. But the engine points out} (26... f4
27. exf4 Nexf4 {is just as strong, as the threats of invading at d3 or e2
cannot be resisted.})) 25... Ne6 26. Qc3 Nef4 0-1

[Event "Dresden (World Seniors)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.16"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 {According to Vladimir Kramnik and
pretty much the rest of top ten, white bishop's sortie to b5 in Ruy Lopez is a
grave mistake that devoid white of any chance to obtain an opening advantage 
(The reason is the Berlin Variation and 3.Bc4 is the correct move). While i
tend to agree when we talk about mainlines of Berlin, both sidelines with Nc3
or d3 often lead to positions that are very hard to distinguish from 3.Bc4.}
Bb4 {The way of symmetry which was a predictable way Philipp would play for
the Team on board one.Black has other choices, of course, that any 1.e4 e5
black player varies according to a game situation} (4... Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5
Re8 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Bc4 b5 9. Be2 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Rxe4 11. Bf3 Re6 12. c3 $6 Qd3
$1 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Qxa4 Bd7 16. Ra2 Rae8 17. Qa6 {and here's a
liitle quiz for our young players: what's the black move and who was playing?})
(4... Nd4 {is a critical response, but black must be ready to sac on e5 after}
5. Ba4 c6 ({or} 5... Bc5)) (4... Bd6 {is the newest black's try, but he must
be ready white's attacking tries connected with g2-g4 thrust}) 5. d3 d6 6. O-O
O-O 7. Ne2 {The latest fashion.} ({the old} 7. Bg5 {is now facing serious
challenge after the correct} Ne7 $1) ({Technically speaking, white would love
to insert exchange on c6 before moving the knight} 7. Bxc6 bxc6 (7... Bxc3 8.
Bxb7 Bxb2 9. Bxa8 Bxa1) 8. Ne2 {which gives him a chance to prove that the
strong center and better pawn structure might be more valuable than two
bishops, but unfortunately black may stay symmetrical until the end: 7...Bxc3!
8.Bxb7 Bxb2 9.Bxa8 Bxa1 with an equal position.}) 7... Ne7 {Black continues
the same strategy.} (7... a6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Ng3 h6 10. c3 Bc5 11. h3 Bb6 12.
Re1 Re8 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb7 15. Bf4 {led to a better position for white
in Shabalov,A-Boros,D Chicago Open, 2018}) 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11.
Re1 Re8 12. h3 h6 13. d4 {It is the fact that white will always play d4 first
gives him a glimpse on some opening plus. He could have done starting from
move 11.} Bc7 (13... exd4 14. b4 $1 {that's the tactical justification of
white's setup. Black cannot prevent a buildup of strong center.} Bc7 15. cxd4
b5 16. Bb3 a5 17. Bd2 $1 {and white was better in Ivanchuk,V-Bogdanovich,S
Lvov 2014.}) 14. Bc2 Be6 15. Be3 Qe7 {It seems that in this visibly
symmetrical position all black needs to do is to play d6-d5 at some good
moment. However it is easier said than done and eventually black's position
drift to a very passive kind.} (15... d5 {does not work as planned here} 16.
Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bd4 {White was very comfortable and
later won in Wei Yi - Melkumyan, World Teams Armenia 2015}) 16. Qd3 {White
need to find a place for a queen other than d1. I thought that f1 would be a
great one. Stockfish solves the same problem differently} (16. Qd2 Rad8 17.
Rad1 Qf8 18. Qc1) 16... Rad8 17. Qf1 Qf8 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Kh8 {Black
indecisiveness cost him in the end. Here or on a previous move he should have
strike in the center with} (19... a5 20. b5 d5) 20. c4 $1 exd4 21. Nxd4 Ne5 (
21... Bd7 22. f4) 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rab1 (23. f4 Nf7 24. a5) 23... d5 24. Bc5 (
24. cxd5 exd5 25. f4 Nc4 26. Bc1 $16) 24... Qg8 25. cxd5 exd5 26. exd5 {
When you open the position against two bishops usually you should keep your
expectations very low.White could have obtain the decisive advantage with
energetic} (26. f4 $1 Nc4 27. e5 Nd2 28. Qf2 $18 Nxb1 29. exf6 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1
Na3 31. Qe7 $18) 26... Qxd5 27. Nf5 Qc4 ({The engine indicates that} 27... Qd2
{was the last fighting chance.}) 28. Qxc4 Nxc4 29. Be7 Ra8 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31.
Rbd1 {After rook invades on the 7th rank white will have a surprising mating
attack in the endgame.Black's next accelerates the finish} a5 $2 32. bxa5 Nxa5
33. g3 Bb6 34. Nxh6 Kg7 35. Rd7+ Kxh6 {[#]} 36. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:06] What a
pity white misses a forced checkmate in} (36. Rh7+ Kg5 37. h4+ Kg4 38. Kg2 Bxf2
{i stopped the line here} 39. Rg7+ Kh5 40. g4+ Kxh4 41. Rh1#) 36... Re2 37.
Rh7+ Kg5 38. h4+ Kg4 39. Bd1 {Safety first when you're in the team competition,
but 39.Rb4+ was a checkmate in few.} (39. Rb4+) 1-0

[Event "World Senior Team Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Meister, Jakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 {In my quick preparation I managed to correctly guess the
opening. The question remained which line to play against it.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3
e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 {[#] An over-the-board decision.} 7. Bd3 $5 ({I
thought Jakob would be prepared to face my usual} 7. Bb3) (7. a4 Nc6 8. Qe2 Qc7
$5) 7... Nc6 ({Just as with the other bishop move the point of an unprovoked
retreat is to meet} 7... b5 {with} 8. a4 $1) 8. Nc3 Qc7 $6 {I don't think this
works as well as in similar lines where White plays a2-a4. However, I wasn't
too surpised with this move. A quick survey of Jakob's games had shown that he
isn't very keen on playing against the IQP, which is rather strange for a QGA
player.} (8... cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O {is best. Against} 11. Rc1 {
Black can depend on} h6 ({but rather not} 11... Nb4 {as} 12. Bb1 b5 13. a3 Nbd5
14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. Qf3 Bf6 19. Be4 Qe7 20.
Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 21. Qf4 {brought White success in Giri-Laznicka, 2010 - one of
the early games that showcased an exceptional talent of then 16-year-old
player.}) 12. Bh4 Nh5) 9. Qe2 {I decided to disperse with unnecessary pawn
moves.} ({After the game I learned that} 9. a3 b6 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Ne4 Be7 12.
Bd2 Bb7 13. Bc3 {was good enough for Kasparov against Kamsky back in 1994})
9... Bd6 $2 {Gifting White another tempo is just too much.} (9... b6 10. Bd2
Bb7 11. Rac1 Be7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Bc3 O-O {Sokolov-Wan Vely, 1997.
I have no idea how Loek survived this.}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 {[#] Look, White took
back on c4 in one move, while the black bishop took two steps, plus the white
queen is better positioned. Add all that up, and White can claim a serious
edge in a symmetrical pawn structure.} 11. Bd2 ({Or} 11. Ne4 {right away.})
11... Bd7 12. Rac1 Bd6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bc2 {Upon seeing f7-f5 I
preferred a slow treatment} ({rather than the hasty} 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. e4 fxe4
17. Nd4 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qxe4 O-O 21. b3 {where White
stands better but may not be able to convert.}) 15... O-O ({During the game I
wondered about} 15... O-O-O $5 {What does Black have to lose anyway?}) 16. Bb3
Rae8 17. Rfd1 Bc8 18. h3 {Another one of those patented Grandmaster waiting
moves. After doing this for 40+ years, it almost becomes you to play chess
like this.} Qe7 19. e4 f4 20. e5 Bb8 21. Qe4 g5 22. Bc3 Qg7 23. Ba4 {Knowing
the game was in hand I let down a bit and missed some tactics (fortunately,
for myself only)} ({For example,} 23. Bb4 {was there:} Nxb4 (23... Rf7 24. Rxc6
bxc6 25. Qxc6) 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Bxc8) 23... Kh8 24. Nd4 $1 {[#]}
Ne7 {It looks strange, but in reality Black hardly had any better choices.} (
24... Bxe5 25. Nxc6 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 bxc6 27. Qxc6 {catches the black pieces
hampered by a weak back rank:} Bb7 28. Qxe8 Rxe8 29. Bxe8 Bd5 30. Bc6 Qe5 31.
Bxd5 exd5 32. Rc5 Qxb2 33. Rdxd5) 25. Bxe8 Rxe8 26. Bb4 {It's curtains already.
} Ng6 (26... Nd5 27. Bd6 Ba7 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nxe6) 27. Bd6 ({Once again,} 27.
Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Nxe6 Qg8 29. Nxg5 {was there.}) 27... Bd7 28. Qxb7 Bxd6 29. exd6
e5 30. Rc7 Nf8 31. Nf5 Qf7 32. Ne7 Qxa2 33. Qd5 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Kg7 35. Rxe5 Kf6
36. Re1 Rd8 37. Nc6 Bxc6 38. Rxc6 a5 {He resigned before I could land my only
tactical blow in the game.} (38... a5 39. Re8 {was what I had in mind.}) 1-0

[Event "World Senior Teams +50"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2018.07.14"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Benjamin, Joel"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.16"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Lasker Schachstiftung GK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. a3 Bf8 {I noticed that Artur had
taken up this opening in the last few years, but as I had played it many years
ago, I knew it wasn't very good. I'm not sure why he doesn't play 1...e5
anymore.} 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 a5 {People do this, but I think the
only real hope is to force the bishops off--} (8... Ba6 9. Ne2 Bb5 {Now I'm
not sure whether to trade on b5 or c4 after} 10. Bb3 Bc4 {I was leaning to the
former. Even with the bishops off. White has a lovely space advantage with
zero plressure on his center.}) 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. c3 h6 11. O-O ({White can also
play} 11. h4 {but I thught my position is so good, I should just play in a
straightforward manner.}) 11... Nd7 12. Re1 g6 13. h4 Rc8 14. h5 (14. Ng3 Nf5)
14... Bxe2 (14... g5 15. Nh2) 15. Qxe2 gxh5 16. Nh2 Ng6 (16... h4 17. Qh5 Ng6
18. Bc2 Rg8 19. Ng4) 17. Qxh5 Qh4 18. Qxh4 Nxh4 19. g3 Ng6 20. f4 Be7 21. Bc2
Ndf8 22. Nf3 Kd7 23. Kf2 h5 24. Be3 f5 {otherwise Blackwill lose the h-pawn
for nothing. I don't want to let the position get too closed.} 25. exf6 Bxf6
26. Rh1 Re8 27. Rh3 Re7 28. Rah1 Reh7 29. Ke2 h4 30. Ne5+ Bxe5 31. fxe5 Rh5 32.
g4 R5h7 33. Rf3 {I can also play} (33. Bg5 {but in mild time pressure thought
it best to overprotect f4.}) 33... h3 34. Bg5 $1 {[#] Now the h-pawn is doomed.
From here on, Artur plays very resourcefully.} h2 35. Bf6 Rg8 36. Rf2 Rh3 37.
Kf1 ({I missed} 37. Rfxh2 Nf4+ 38. Kf2 Rxh2+ 39. Rxh2 Rxg4 40. Kf3) 37... Rg3
38. Rg2 Rf3+ 39. Rf2 Rg3 40. Bd1 Rd3 41. Ke1 c5 42. Be2 Rg3 43. Rhxh2 Rg1+ 44.
Kd2 c4 45. a4 {I thought that} (45. Bg5 {would be quite strong, but thought I
should keep the queenside fluid just in case.}) 45... Rb1 46. Kc2 Ra1 47. b3 (
47. Bg5) 47... Ra2+ 48. Kb1 Rxe2 49. Rxe2 Nf4 50. Re1 (50. Ref2 Rxg4 51. Bg5)
50... cxb3 (50... Rxg4 51. Rh4 {simplifies}) 51. g5 (51. Rh8 {would have been
a whole lot simpler}) 51... Kc6 52. Rf1 N8g6 53. Rhf2 Nh5 {Ugh, I missed that
move.} 54. Kb2 Ng3 55. Ra1 Ne4 56. Rh2 b5 57. Kxb3 Rb8 58. axb5+ Kxb5 59. Rha2
Ra8 60. Kc2 Ra7 61. Rb2+ Kc6 62. Rb8 {I could see the end, as this rook can
unleash my g-pawn. So it's desperate times.} Rh7 63. Rxa5 Rh3 64. Ra6+ (64. Bd8
{immediately forces mate, but this is good enough}) 64... Kc7 65. Rab6 Rxc3+
66. Kb2 Kd7 67. R6b7+ (67. R6b7+ Kc6 68. Bd8) 1-0

[Event "World Senior Teams +50"]
[Site "Dresden GER"]
[Date "2018.07.15"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Barron, Michael"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2123"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Benjamin, Joel"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.16"]
[WhiteTeam "Canada"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Kh1 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. c3 e6 14. Ne3 Qc7 15.
Qe2 a5 (15... Ne7 16. Bd2 Rfe8 17. Rad1 e5 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 e4 20. Bg4 Nf6
21. Bh3 h5 22. g4 hxg4 23. Bxg4 Kh7 24. Qg2 Rh8 25. Rg1 Kg8 26. Be2 Rh7 27. Be1
Kh8 28. Bg3 Ned5 29. Nc2 Rg8 30. Rd4 Qc8 31. Qf1 Nh5 32. Bxd6 Bxd4 33. Ncxd4
Rxg1+ 34. Kxg1 Qg8+ 35. Kf2 Nhf4 36. Ke1 Ng2+ 37. Kf2 e3+ 38. Kg1 Ngf4+ 39. Kh1
Nxe2 40. Na5 Ng3+ 41. Bxg3 Qxg3 42. Qg1 Qxg1+ 43. Kxg1 Ba8 {0-1 (43) Barron,M 
(2123)-Tischbierek,R (2436) Dresden 2018}) 16. Rd1 b4 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 e5
19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qd6 22. g3 Rfe8 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Qg2 Kg7
25. Rb1 Rac8 26. b3 h5 27. Qd2 Rh8 28. Bb2 h4 29. Kg2 Bc3 30. Rbc1 Qf6 31. Bxc3
Rxc3 32. Rxc3 bxc3 33. Qf4 Ne5 34. Be4 h3+ 35. Kg1 Qb6+ 36. Qf2 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2
f5 38. Bd3 Ng4+ 39. Kg1 Ne3 40. Rc1 Nxd5 41. Bc4 Rd8 42. Kf2 Nf6 43. Ke3 Ng4+
44. Kf4 Rd4+ 45. Kf3 Ne5+ 46. Ke3 Re4+ 47. Kf2 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "Breslau GER"]
[Date "1925.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Efim Bogoljubov"]
[Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1925.07.19"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. Nf3 d6 {[#]} 4. d4 (4. c4) 4... Bf5 (4... Bg4) 5. Bd3
Bg6 (5... Bxd3 6. Qxd3) (5... Qd7) 6. c4 Nb6 (6... Bxd3) 7. Bxg6 (7. e6) 7...
hxg6 (7... fxg6 8. e6) 8. e6 f6 (8... Nxc4 9. Qa4+) 9. Qd3 Qc8 (9... f5 10. g4
(10. Ng5)) 10. Qxg6+ Kd8 11. Qf7 Nxc4 (11... g5) 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 (12... b5) 13.
Bxd2 (13. Nh4) 13... g5 14. d5 c5 (14... c6) (14... Na6) 15. Bc3 g4 (15... Bh6)
16. Nh4 Rxh4 17. Qxf8+ Kc7 18. Qxe7+ Kb6 19. Qxd6+ Kb5 20. a4+ Kc4 21. Qf4+
Kxd5 (21... Kb3 22. Qe4) (21... Kd3 22. O-O-O+) 22. O-O-O+ Kc6 (22... Kxe6 23.
Qxf6#) 23. Qd6# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM I"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/8/8/1p3q2/1R1K4/4B3/1Q6/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{[#]} 1... Rd8+ 2. Kc3 Qd3# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM II"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/3k4/2b5/2K5/2P2q2/1Q6/8/6R1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{[#]} 1... Qe5+ 2. Kb4 (2. Kb6 Qa5#) 2... Qa5# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM III"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3k1n1/8/2PK4/5q2/1Q6/6B1/8/1R6 b q - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

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

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM IV"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/8/8/5q2/2PK2k1/2Q2R2/3B4/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{[#]} 1... Rd8+ 2. Ke3 Qxf3# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM V"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6k1/8/8/q3Q3/n2BpP2/1P2P3/4KN1r b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{[#]} 1... Qd1+ 2. Kxd1 Rxf1# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM VI"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k2r/2b5/8/4q3/1B6/4p1R1/4P2P/3QKB2 b k - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{[#]} 1... Qxg3+ 2. hxg3 Bxg3# 0-1

[Event "6th Sinquefield Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. d4 dxc4 8. Ne5
Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qe8 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Qa4 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Be3
Qc7 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Bd4 Rd8 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. O-O Bh3 20. Rfe1 Rd7
21. Bc3 Re8 22. Rd4 Qg5 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Be6 25. Red1 Rde7 26. f3 h5 27.
Kf2 f6 28. Rd4 Kh7 29. R1d2 Bf7 30. h3 a6 31. Rf4 Kg8 32. Bd4 Kh7 33. Bc3 Kg8
34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Kh7 36. Rf5 Rb7 37. Rfxd5 Bxd5 38. Rxd5 Kg6 39. Rc5 Rh8
40. Kg3 Rb6 41. Rxc4 Rh1 42. Rc7 Rc1 43. Rd7 Rc6 44. a4 Rg1+ 45. Kf2 Ra1 46. a5
Ra4 47. Kg3 Rac4 48. Ra7 Re6 49. e4 Rc8 50. Rd7 Rec6 51. f4 R8c7 52. f5+ Kh7
53. Rd8 Rc8 54. Rd3 Re8 55. Rd4 Rc7 56. Kf4 Rce7 57. Rc4 Kh6 58. Kf3 Rd7 59.
Bd4 Kh7 60. b4 Rd6 61. Ke3 Kh6 62. Rc1 Kh7 63. Bb6 Rd7 64. Bc5 Red8 65. Rh1+
Kg8 66. Kf4 Re8 67. Re1 {[#]} g5+ 68. fxg6 (68. Ke3 Kf7 69. Rh1 Kg7 70. b5 axb5
71. Rb1 Red8 72. Rb3 (72. Rxb5 Rd3+ 73. Kf2 Rd2+ 74. Ke1 (74. Ke3 R8d3#) 74...
Rd1+ 75. Ke2 R8d2+ 76. Kf3 Rd3+ 77. Ke2 (77. Be3 Re1) 77... R1d2+ 78. Ke1 Rc2)
72... Rh8 73. Rxb5 Rh3+ 74. Ke2 Rh2+ 75. Ke3 Rh3+) 68... Kg7 69. g5 Kxg6 70.
gxf6 Kxf6 71. Rh1 {[#]} (71. Re2) 71... Rf7 72. Ke3 (72. Rh6+ Kg7+ 73. Kg5 Re5+
) (72. e5+ Rxe5 73. Rh6+ Kg7+ 74. Kxe5 Kxh6 75. Kd5 Kg6 76. Kc6 Kf5 77. Kb6
Rf6+) 72... Ke6 73. Rh4 Rf6 74. Rh7 Rf7 75. Rh5 Kd7 {[#]} 76. e5 Rf1 (76... Kc6
77. Rh6+ (77. Ke4 Re6) 77... Kd5 78. Rxa6 Rxe5+ 79. Kd2 Kc4) 77. Ke4 Kc6 (77...
Re1+ 78. Kd5 Rd1+ 79. Bd4 {[#]} Rd8 80. Kc4 (80. Ke4 Re1+) 80... Rc1+) 78. Rh6+
Kb5 (78... Kc7 79. Rxa6 Re1+ 80. Be3) 79. Rb6+ Kc4 80. e6 (80. Rxa6 Re1+ 81.
Be3 Rxe3+) 80... Re1+ 81. Kf5 Rf1+ 82. Ke5 Re1+ 83. Kf6 Rf1+ 84. Kg7 Ra8 85. e7
Re1 86. Kf7 Re4 87. Rd6 Rh8 88. Rxa6 (88. Rd8) 1-0

[Event "Russian Women's Superfinal"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "WGM Olga Girya"]
[Black "WGM Natalia Pogonina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2
c5 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Rd2 Nc6 14. a3 Qe7
15. Bb5 Nf6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. O-O e5 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Re8 20. Qxc6 Rb8 21.
Qa4 Be6 22. b4 Bg4 23. Qc6 a5 24. bxa5 Qxa3 25. Qd5 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Qb4 27. a6
Rb5 28. Qd7 Ra8 29. Qc6 Ra7 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Qc8 Rb6 32. Rh8+ Kg6 33. Kh1 Rbxa6
34. e4 Re6 35. Qg8 Kf6 36. Rg1 g6 37. Rh7 Ree7 38. Rxh6 Reb7 {[#]} 39. Rgxg6+
Ke7 40. Re6+ fxe6 41. Rxe6+ Kd7 42. Qe8+ Kc7 43. Rc6# 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup (playoff)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2018.08.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "GM Fabiano Caruana"]
[Black "GM Wesley So"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2822"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qa4
Nd5 9. Qc2 Be7 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. e4 Ncb4 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. Ne5 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Qc2 f5 16. a4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd7 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Rxd5 Qc6 22. Rd4 Bc5 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc4 Bxf2+ 25. Kg2 c5 {[#]} 26. Ra2 Bd4
27. b4 Rad8 28. bxc5 c6 29. Bf4 Rfe8 30. Rd2 Bf6 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. h4 h5 33. Kf3
Re1 34. Re4 Ra1 35. Rd7 Ra3+ 36. Kg2 a5 37. Bd6 Kh7 38. Ra7 Bc3 39. Kh3 Ra2 40.
Rc4 Bb4 41. Rf4 Bc3 42. Re7 Rd8 43. Re6 Rd7 44. Rf5 g6 45. Rf3 Bd4 46. Re4 Bg7
47. Rfe3 Rb7 48. Re2 Rxe2 49. Rxe2 Bd4 50. Re4 Rb4 51. Rf4 Bg1 52. Rf1 Bd4 53.
Rf7+ Kg8 54. Rc7 Rxa4 55. Rxc6 Kf7 56. Ra6 Ke6 57. Bf4+ Kd5 58. c6 Rc4 59. c7
a4 60. Ra8 Bb2 61. c8=Q Rxc8 62. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Eastern Class Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1993.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kenneth Newman"]
[Black "Nathan Resika"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2033"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[Annotator "Resika, Nathan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2p5/b1p1q1k1/4p1p1/4P3/2P2PB1/3Q2KP/8 b - - 0 56"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{[#]} 56... Kh5 57. Qd8 Qh3+ 0-1

