[Event "Palma de Mallorca Interzonal"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca ESP"]
[Date "1970.12.12"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Milan Matulovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D25"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1970.11.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. h3 Bh5 8.
O-O Bd6 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qe7 14. Bf4
Be5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Qe3 O-O 17. f4 Qe7 18. e5 c6 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Qf3 Qc5+
21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 {[#]} Nd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Red1 Red8 (24... Rac8) 25.
Rac1 Rd7 26. Ke3 Rad8 27. Kd4 Kf8 28. f5 Ke7 29. Rd3 Re8 30. Rdc3 b6 31. Rc7
Red8 32. R1c6 Ke8 33. g4 h6 34. h4 Rb8 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Rb7 37. Rc8+ Rd8
38. Rxd8+ Kxd8 39. Kxd5 a5 40. Rd6+ Ke8 41. Kc6 Re7 42. Rd5 1-0

[Event "London m3"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1846.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Howard Staunton"]
[Black "Bernhard Horwitz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1846.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Be3 Bb6 8. a4
a6 9. Bxb6 cxb6 10. h3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nbd2 Nf4 14. Nf1 Bf5
15. Re3 Qf6 16. Qe1 Rad8 17. d4 e4 18. Ng3 (18. N3d2 Na5 19. Ba2 Nd3) 18...
Nxg2 19. Kxg2 exf3+ 20. Kh2 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 Bd7 22. Ne4 Qf5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nxf3
Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Qg4+ 26. Kf1 Re8 27. Nh2 Rxe3 28. Nxg4 Rh3 29. Kg2 Bxg4 30. Re1
Kf8 31. d5 Ne7 32. d6 Ng6 33. Re4 Nh4+ 34. Kg1 Bf3 0-1

[Event "US Championship 1958/59"]
[Site "New York, NY USA"]
[Date "1959.01.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Arthur Bisguier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "1958.12.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rfc8 15.
Ne3 Nc6 16. a3 a5 17. d5 Nd8 18. Bd2 a4 19. Bb4 Bf8 20. Bd3 Nb7 21. Qe2 Qb6 22.
Nd2 Nc5 23. Kh2 g6 24. Rac1 Bh6 25. Bb1 Rc7 26. Qf3 Bg5 27. g3 h5 28. Kg2 Kg7
29. Rf1 h4 30. Qe2 Rh8 31. Rh1 Nh5 32. Nf3 hxg3 33. fxg3 Bf4 34. Be1 {[#]} Qb8
(34... Nxe4 35. Rxc7 Bxg3 36. Rxd7 Nf4+) 35. Bf2 Qc8 36. h4 Bg4 37. Rc3 Bd7 38.
Nf1 Bh6 39. N1d2 Nf6 40. Be3 Bxe3 41. Qxe3 Ng4 42. Qe2 Nb3 43. Rxc7 Qxc7 44.
Nxb3 axb3 45. Nh2 Qc4 46. Bd3 Qd4 47. Nxg4 Bxg4 48. Qxg4 Qxd3 49. Rf1 Rf8 50.
h5 Rh8 51. Qf3 Qxf3+ 52. Rxf3 gxh5 53. Rxb3 Rb8 54. Rb4 f5 55. exf5 Kf6 56. a4
Ra8 57. axb5 Kxf5 58. b6 e4 59. Kf2 Ke5 60. Ke3 Kxd5 61. Rxe4 Rb8 62. Rh4 Rxb6
63. Rxh5+ Ke6 64. Rh2 Ke5 65. Kd3 Rb3+ 66. Kc4 Rxg3 67. Re2+ Kf5 68. Kd5 Rd3+
69. Kc6 d5 70. b4 d4 71. Kd5 Rd1 72. Rf2+ Kg4 73. Kc4 d3 74. Kc3 Rb1 75. Rd2
Kf4 76. Rxd3 Ke4 77. Rd8 Rc1+ 78. Kb3 Ke5 79. Ka4 Ke6 80. Rd2 Rc7 81. b5 Rd7
82. Rxd7 Kxd7 83. Ka5 Kc7 84. Ka6 Kb8 85. Kb6 Kc8 86. Ka7 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Jakob Rathlev"]
[Black "Daniele Vocaturo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2 h6
9. b4 g5 10. Qb3 Kh8 11. Rac1 Nc6 12. b5 Ne7 13. c5 f4 14. cxd6 cxd6 15. Ne4
Nf5 16. Bb4 g4 17. Nh4 Nxh4 18. gxh4 Ne8 19. Qa3 f3 20. exf3 gxf3 21. Bh1 Qxh4
22. Bxd6 Nxd6 23. Qxd6 Bh3 24. Rfe1 Rad8 25. Qg6 Rxd3 26. Ng3 Rd7 27. Re3 Qd4
28. Rce1 {[#]} Qxe3 29. fxe3 (29. Rxe3 Rd1+) 29... f2# 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dmitry Andreikin"]
[Black "Alexander Markgraf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h4 h6 6. Qf3 c6 7. Bc4 d5 8. Bd3 Be6
9. h5 Nxh5 10. Rxh5 gxh5 11. Bxf5 Bf7 12. Qh3 Nd7 13. Nf3 Bg7 14. O-O-O e6 15.
Bxe6 Bxe6 16. Qxe6+ Qe7 17. Qh3 Qf7 18. Ne2 O-O-O 19. Ng3 Rhg8 20. Nxh5 Bh8 21.
Nh4 Qxh5 {[#]} 22. Nf5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kauko Kelo"]
[Black "Nijat Abasov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A51"]
[WhiteElo "1592"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 Ng4 7. Nh3 Qh4 8. O-O
h6 9. Rb1 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Bxf5 Rxf5 13. Ne4 Bd4 14. b4 Nxh2 15.
Nxd6 {[#]} Nf3+ 16. gxf3 Qg3+ 17. Kh1 Qxh3+ 18. Kg1 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Marian Petrov"]
[Black "Marco Corvi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd3 a6 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Rfd8 14. h3 b5 15.
a3 Na5 16. Bc1 Nc4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21.
Rxe6 Nxb2 22. Bxb2 Bxb2 {[#]} 23. Qb3 Qc4 24. Qxb2 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2018.10.12"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Robert Ris"]
[Black "Konstantinos-Spyros Liodakis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. Bc2
Be7 9. O-O Nf8 10. Kh1 Bd7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. b4 Be3 13. Bxe3 Qxe3 14. b5 Qxf4
15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Qd4 Qh6 17. Nbd2 Ng6 18. Qc5 f6 19. Qd6 fxe5 20. Bxg6+ hxg6 {
[#]} 21. h3 Rd8 22. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "European Club Cup"]
[Site "Porto Carras GRE"]
[Date "2018.10.16"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vidit Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Michael Roiz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Soltis, Andy"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
c6 9. Bf4 d5 10. Qd3 Na6 11. a3 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Nd5 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Nb8 15.
Qa4 Nxf4 16. gxf4 a5 17. Qb3 b5 18. Rac1 Rc7 19. Ne4 Na6 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5
Qa8 22. Be4 g6 23. Qg3 Rd8 {[#]} 24. f5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2018.08.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Warhula, Joseph"]
[Black "Canafe, Abraham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[Annotator "Alburt, Lev"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2019.03.11"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 (5. f3) 5... g6 (5... e6) (5...
Bxa6) 6. Nc3 (6. Nf3) 6... Bxa6 (6... Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. e5 Ne8) 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Re1 (12. h3) (12. a4) 12... Ng4
(12... Qb6) (12... Ra6) 13. Qc2 Qa5 (13... Nde5) (13... Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
f4 Nc4 16. Qd3 Nb6) (13... c4) (13... Qb6 14. a4) 14. Nd2 {[#]} (14. a4 c4 (
14... Rfb8 15. Bd2 Qb4 16. h3 (16. Nd1 Qb3 17. Qxb3 Rxb3) 16... Nge5 17. Nxe5
Nxe5 18. Nb5 Qc4 19. Bc3) 15. Bd2 Qc5 16. Re2) (14. Bg5 Bxc3 (14... Rfb8) 15.
bxc3 f6) (14. Bd2 Rfb8 15. a4 Qb4 16. h3 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5) 14... Nb6 (14...
Bxc3 15. Qxc3 (15. bxc3 Qa4) 15... Qxc3 16. bxc3 Nge5 (16... Ra4)) 15. f4 (15.
Nb3) (15. a3) (15. a4) 15... c4 (15... Bxc3) 16. h3 Nf6 17. Re3 (17. Nf3) 17...
Nfd7 18. a3 Rfc8 (18... f5) (18... Rfb8) (18... Nc5) 19. Rb1 Nc5 20. b4 cxb3
21. Nxb3 Nxb3 22. Rxb3 Na4 (22... f5 23. Bd2 Nc4 24. Rd3 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Ne3+)
23. Bb2 (23. Bd2 Qc7 (23... Rc7 24. e5 (24. Be1 Rac8) 24... Nxc3 25. Rbxc3 (25.
Bxc3 Qxd5+))) 23... Nxb2 (23... Qc5 24. Rf3 Rab8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Ba1 Nxc3 27.
Rxc3 (27. Bxc3 Rc8) 27... Bxc3 28. Qxc3) 24. Qxb2 {[#]} Ra7 (24... Rc7 25. Qa1
Bd4 26. Rd3) (24... Qc5 25. Qd2 (25. Qc1 Ra4 26. --) 25... Rxa3 26. Rxa3 Qxa3
27. Ne2 Qa4 (27... Rc2) (27... Qa1) (27... Qc5 28. Qd3 Ra8 29. Qb3 h6) 28. Qd3
Rc2 29. e5 dxe5 30. fxe5 Qa2 31. Kf2 Rd2 32. Qe4) 25. Rb8 (25. Qb1 Rac7) 25...
Rac7 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5 Qc5 29. Kf3 (29. Qb7 Rd8 30. Kf3 Bxe5
(30... Bh6) 31. Rxe5 Qxc3+ 32. Re3 Qf6+) 29... Qd4 30. Qb3 Bxe5 (30... Bh6) 31.
Ne4 Rb8 32. Qd3 Qa1 33. Nf2 Bd6 34. Qc3 {[#]} Qxc3 (34... Qg1 35. Qc2 Qxg3+ (
35... Rb1 36. Ke2 Rc1 37. Qd2 Bc5)) 35. Rxc3 Ra8 36. g4 Bxa3 37. Ne4 Bb4 38.
Rc4 Ra3+ 39. Kg2 Ra2+ 40. Kf3 Ra3+ 41. Kg2 Rb3 {[#]} 42. Rd4 (42. Rc8+ Kg7 43.
Rb8 Rb2+ 44. Kf3 Ba3 45. Rxb2 Bxb2 46. d6 exd6 47. Nxd6) 42... Bd6 43. Rd2 Re3
44. Nxd6 exd6 45. h4 Kg7 46. Rd4 Kf6 47. Rf4+ Ke7 48. Rd4 f5 (48... Re5 49. Rd2
h5 50. Kg3 (50. g5 f6 51. gxf6+ Kxf6)) 49. g5 {[#]} (49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Rb4 Kf6
51. Rb6 Ke5 52. Rb7) 49... Re4 50. Rxe4+ fxe4 51. Kf2 Kd7 52. Ke3 Kc7 53. Kxe4
Kb6 54. Kd4 Kb5 1-0

[Event "US Championship (Women)"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2019.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anna Sharevich"]
[Black "Jennifer R Yu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[Annotator "Hess, Robert"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.03.18"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Be7 (4... c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7.
Nb3 Bb6) 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 b6 7. cxd5 (7. O-O Bb7 8. b3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bb2
dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. a3 a5 13. Qc1 Nbd7 14. Ng5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 h6 16. Ne4) 7...
exd5 8. O-O Bb7 (8... c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e4 d4 (10... Bb7 11. exd5) 11. Ne5)
9. Ne5 Nbd7 (9... c5 10. b3 (10. dxc5 bxc5) (10. Ndf3 Ne4 (10... Nbd7))) 10. b3
Ne4 (10... c5 11. Bb2 a5 (11... Re8) 12. Ndc4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. Qc2 dxc4
15. bxc4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2) 11. Nxe4 dxe4 (11... Nxe5 12. Nc5 (12.
dxe5 dxe4 13. Qc2 Qd5 14. Bb2 c5 15. Rad1 Qc6) 12... bxc5 13. dxe5 a5 14. Ba3
a4 15. Rc1 Ra5 16. Qd2 c6 17. b4 cxb4 18. Bxb4) 12. Qc2 Nf6 {[#]} 13. Bb2 (13.
Bg5 Re8 (13... c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nd7 Qc6 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18.
Rac1 Rac8 19. Rfd1) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 c5 17. e3 Bxe5 18.
dxe5 Qe7 19. f4 f6 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. exf6 Qxe3+ 22. Kg2 gxf6 23. Rfe1 Qd4 24.
Qxd4 cxd4) 13... Bd6 14. Nc4 Re8 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Nxd6 (16. Bh3 Nd5 17. a3 a5)
16... cxd6 17. Qc7 (17. d5) 17... Nd5 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 {[#]} 19. Ba3 (19. a4)
19... Rd8 20. e3 (20. Rc2 f5 21. Rfc1 Kf7 22. e3 Ba6) 20... b5 21. Rfe1 f5 22.
f3 (22. Bf1 a6 23. h4) 22... b4 23. Bb2 Ba6 (23... exf3 24. Bxf3 Rde8) 24. fxe4
fxe4 25. a3 Bd3 {[#]} 26. axb4 (26. Rc6) 26... Nxb4 27. Red1 (27. Rc3 Nc2 28.
Rc1 Nxe3 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxd3 Nd5) 27... Nc2 28. Rd2 Nxe3 29. Bh3 g5 (29...
h6) 30. Re1 (30. d5 Nxd5 31. Bf1) 30... g4 31. Bg2 (31. Rxe3 gxh3 32. Rdxd3
exd3 33. Rxe7 d2) 31... Nxg2 32. Kxg2 Rb7 33. d5 Rxb3 34. Bd4 a6 35. Rf2 Rf8
36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Rc1 Be2 (37... Bb5 38. Bc3 e3) 38. Rc8+ (38. Kf2 Bf3 (38...
Bb5 39. Rc3 (39. Bc3 Bc4 40. Bg7+ Kxg7 41. Rxc4 e3+ 42. Ke2 Kf6) 39... Rxc3 40.
Bxc3 Bc4 41. Ke3 Bxd5 42. Kd4 Bb7) 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Rc7+ Ke8 41. Rxh7 Rd3 42.
Bb6 Rxd5 43. Ke3) 38... Ke7 39. Rc7+ Kd8 40. Rxh7 (40. Rc3 Rb5) 40... e3 41.
Rf7 Rd3 42. Bxe3 Rxe3 43. h4 Bf3+ 44. Kf2 Re2+ 45. Kf1 Re7 46. Rf8+ Kc7 47. Rf4
Kb6 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.05.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Books"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E05"]
[Annotator "Hartmann, John"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.07"]

1. d4 Nf6 (1... d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 (3. e3) (3. e4) 3... Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3) (
1... f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4
fxe4 9. Nd2 d5 10. f3 Nc6 {[#]} 11. fxe4 (11. e3 exf3 12. Nxf3 b6 (12... Bf6
13. Bd2 a5 14. Rc1 Kh8 15. Rf2 (15. Ne1)) 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Qc2 Rac8
16. cxd5 exd5 17. b4) 11... Rxf1+ 12. Nxf1 dxc4 13. Be3 Bd7) 2. c4 e6 (2... g6
3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4) (2... c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 (5... Bxa6
6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1 d6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. a4) 6.
Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O (7... Qa5 8. a7) 8. a7 (8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Bd2 (9. Nd2)) 8... Rxa7
9. Nf3 e6 (9... d6 10. Be2 Ba6 11. O-O) (9... Qa5 10. Bd2) (9... Qb6 10. Be2
Ba6 11. O-O) 10. Be2 exd5 11. exd5 d6 12. O-O Na6 (12... Ba6 13. Re1) 13. Nb5
Rd7 14. Bc4 Bb7 15. Bg5) (2... e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 g5 (4... Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+
6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Bxd2 11. Qxd2 d6 12. b4
) 5. Bg3 (5. Bd2 Nxe5 6. Nf3 Bg7 (6... Nbc6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qc2 Bg7 9. O-O-O) 7.
Nxe5 Bxe5 8. Nc3 d6 9. g3 Nc6 10. Bg2 Be6 11. Nd5 g4 12. Bf4 h5 13. Qd2) 5...
Bg7) 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 (8. a4) *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.02.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "FM Kapil Chandran"]
[Black "Arslan Otchiyev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Chandran, Kapil"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r2q1k1/4bppp/1P1Rn3/p1p1p3/N1Q1P3/1P3PP1/5BKP/8 w - - 0 45"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

{[#]} 45. Rxe6 (45. Rd5 Bd8 46. Bxc5) 45... fxe6 46. Qxe6+ Qf7 47. Qxe5 Rb7 48.
Bxc5 Bxc5 49. Qxc5 Rb8 50. Qb5 h5 {[#]} 51. Nc5 (51. h4) 51... h4 52. b7 h3+
53. Kf2 (53. Kxh3 Qxf3 54. Nd7 Rxb7 55. Qxb7 Qh5+ 56. Kg2 Qe2+) 53... Qf6 54.
Qc4+ (54. Nd7 Qb2+ 55. Ke3 Qc3+ 56. Kf4 Qc7+ 57. Kg4 Qxb7 58. Qc4+ Kh7 59. Nxb8
) 54... Kh7 55. Qd5 Qb2+ 56. Ke3 Qc1+ 57. Kd4 Qb2+ (57... Rd8 58. Qxd8 Qd1+ 59.
Nd3) 58. Kd3 Qb1+ 59. Kc4 Qc2+ 60. Kb5 Qxh2 61. Qf5+ g6 (61... Kh8 62. Qc8+) (
61... Kh6 62. Qf4+) 62. Qf7+ Kh6 (62... Kh8 63. Qf6+ Kh7 64. Kc6 Qg2 (64...
Qxg3 65. Ne6) 65. Kc7 Rxb7+ 66. Kxb7) 63. Qf4+ Kh7 64. Qxb8 Qe2+ 65. Kc6 h2 66.
Qc7+ {[#]} 1-0

[Event "USATE 2019"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.02.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Li, Ethan"]
[Black "Lu, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[Annotator "Li, Ethan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/1p3kb1/p1pp1r1p/3np3/1PB5/4B2P/P3KP2/3R2R1 b - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

{Up until this point, my opponent had played very well. I sacrificed a pawn
for initiative earlier, but he managed to defend against my kingside attack
and even grab another pawn.} 26... Rc8 $2 {[#] This move allows me to finally
get the initiative.} ({Something like} 26... Bf8 {would have yielded a
favorable position for Black} 27. Bxd5+ cxd5 28. Rxd5 Ke6 29. Rgd1 Rc8 $17 {
Here Black should be able to convert the extra-pawn endgame if he plays
accurately.}) 27. Rc1 $1 {Amazingly, Black cannot prevent my rook from coming
through the c-file. His king is stuck guarding his Bishop, so ...Ke6 is not a
possibility, and his rook (on c8) and knight are both awkwardly placed.} (27.
Bxd5+ cxd5 28. Rxd5 Rc2+ 29. Rd2 Rxd2+ 30. Kxd2 (30. Bxd2 d5)) 27... Rg8 $2 {
now Black is just losing.} (27... Rf8 $1 {Is the calculated save found by
computer engines.} 28. Bxd5+ cxd5 29. Rc7+ Ke6 30. Rgxg7 (30. Rcxg7 d4 31. R1g6
dxe3 32. fxe3 R8f7 33. a3 b5 (33... Kf5) 34. h4 Kf5 35. Rxf6+ Rxf6 36. Kd3 d5
37. Rd7) 30... d4 $13 {with chances for both sides. White can continue play by
either keeping the bishop, or sacrificing it back.} 31. Rxb7) 28. Bxd5+ cxd5
29. Rc7+ $18 {Despite being up two pawns, Black's poor piece placement and
king positioning allow me to immobilize his position.} Kf8 30. Rc8+ Kf7 31.
Rc7+ Kf8 32. Rxb7 Re6 33. Rc1 d4 34. Rc8+ $1 Re8 35. Rcc7 {threatening mate
with Rf7#} Re6 36. Bd2 {[#] Black resigned here, since there is no good way to
prevent Rf7+ winning the bishop} 1-0

[Event "usate-2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.02.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tuhrim, Richard"]
[Black "Panchanathan, Vignesh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Annotator "Lawrence, Al"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.18"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. g3 Nbd7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Bd6 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. e4 Be7 $5 (12... dxe4 13. Nxe4
Nxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. b3 $11) 13. e5 Nd7 14. Rfe1 b6
15. Rac1 Ba6 16. Bf1 dxc4 17. Nxc4 b5 $2 (17... c5 $1 $11 {Black needs to
undermine the e5 pawn immediately.}) (17... Qb8 {is an alternative. The
critical point is to prevent White's knight hitting e5 with an advantage.}) 18.
Nd6 $1 Bxd6 $2 (18... Nb8 19. Ne4 (19. Qc5 {Black has misjudged. Although he
can trade off the knight once it hits the e5-outpost, the resulting pawn is
strong, not weak.})) 19. exd6 Bb7 20. Ne5 Nb6 21. Qc5 Nc8 22. d7 $1 Nb6 23. Qd6
Qb8 {[#]} 24. Rxc6 $3 Bxc6 25. Qxc6 b4 26. Bh3 Ra7 {[#]} 27. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 28.
Qxe6+ Kh7 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nxh6+ Kh8 32. Re8 {32. Re7! mates in
three more moves.} (32. Re7 $1) 32... Nxd7 33. Re7 {[#] It's mate in three
after Black gives away his queen and rook.} 1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.02.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Derrick Higgins"]
[Black "John Oyeyemi Fawole"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[Annotator "Higgins, Derrick"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 {A flexible
system that I was not adequately prepared for. I aim for an English attack
setup, and White gets nothing out of the opening.} 7. f3 e6 8. Qd2 Qc7 9. O-O-O
b5 10. Kb1 b4 11. Na4 Rb8 12. b3 Be7 13. h4 O-O 14. h5 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 {
[#] The straightforward 16. Ne2 is dismal for white, but a long think on move
14 had given me another idea.} 16. e5 $5 {The computer actually prefers 16.
h6!? with the idea of weakening g7 and f6. e.g.} (16. h6 cxd4 17. hxg7 Rd8 18.
Bh4 {with the idea of Qh6}) (16. Ne2) 16... Nd5 {Or} (16... cxd4 17. exf6 gxf6
18. Bh4 {+=}) (16... Qxe5 $2 17. Nc6 Qc7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. h6 g6 20. Qf4 Nd5
21. Rxd5 f6 22. Qxb8 {+-}) 17. Bxe7 cxd4 $6 (17... Nxe7 {leads to a position
with chances for both sides:} 18. h6 g6 (18... cxd4 $4 19. hxg7 Rd8 20. Qh6 {+-
}) 19. Qg5 Nd5 20. Ne2 Bb7 21. Kc1 Qd8 22. Qxd8 Rbxd8) 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. h6
Nc3+ 20. Ka1 Nxd1 {Makes white's life much simpler, trading the killer knight
for a passive rook. Two other continuations were more testing:} (20... Qa5 $5 {
The computer gives +7 after this move, seeing that there is no mate, but the
path to safety is far from easy to find over the board!} 21. a4 $1 Nxa4 $5 22.
bxa4 Qxa4+ 23. Kb1 $1 (23. Kb2 $2 b3 24. hxg7+ Kg8 25. Ra1 bxc2+ {mates}) 23...
b3 24. hxg7+ Kg8 25. c3 (25. c4 $2 b2 26. Bd3 Qa1+ 27. Kc2 Qa4+ {=}) 25... b2
26. Bc4 $1 Qa1+ 27. Kc2 Qa4+ 28. Kd3 {+-}) (20... g6 21. Bc4 Nxd1 22. Rxd1 Qxe5
23. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Rxd4 {+=}) 21. hxg7+ Kg8 22. Qxd1 Qxe5 23. Bd3 f5 24. g4
Kxg7 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Qg1+ Kh8 27. Qg5 {And White's piece activity and king
safety make this position very difficult for Black to hold. But} Be6 $4 {
ends the game. After the superior 27... Bd7 28. Qh6 Qg7 29. Qxa6, white would
establish material equality as well.} (27... Bd7 28. Qh6 Qg7 29. Qxa6) 28. Qe7
{[#]} 0-1

[Event "2019 US Amateur Team West Championship"]
[Site "Santa Clara, CA"]
[Date "2019.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "FM Rayan Taghizadeh"]
[Black "NM Derek Wu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[Annotator "Talamantez, Abel"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qc3 8.
Bd3 g6 9. Nd4 a6 10. O-O Bg7 11. N2b3 e5 12. Ne2 Qb4 13. c3 Qa3 14. Bg3 Be6 15.
f4 e4 16. Bc2 Nd7 17. Ned4 Nxc5 18. f5 gxf5 19. Bd6 Bf8 20. Nxc5 Bxd6 21. Ncxe6
fxe6 22. Rb3 Qa5 23. Qh5+ Kd8 24. Nxe6+ Kc8 25. Qxf5 Kb8 26. Rfb1 {[#]} Ra7 27.
a4 Ka8 28. Qf7 Rb8 29. Qd7 Be5 30. Rd1 Qxa4 31. Rxd5 b6 32. Rb1 Qc4 33. Rc5
Rxd7 34. Rxc4 Na5 35. Rxe4 Bxc3 36. Rh4 Re7 37. Nf4 Rxe3 38. Nd5 Re1+ 39. Rxe1
Bxe1 40. Rxh7 Rb7 41. Nc7+ Kb8 42. Nxa6+ Kc8 43. Bf5+ Kd8 44. Rh8+ Ke7 45. Bc8
1-0

[Event "2019 USAT North"]
[Site "Santa Clara, CA"]
[Date "2019.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mika Brattain"]
[Black "Aydin Turgut"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[Annotator "Turgut, Aydin"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.02"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 (3... c6) 4. O-O (4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 Qd5 6. Qa4+
c6 7. Qxc4 e6 8. b3) 4... e6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 (6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5) (6. Nc3) 6...
Be7 7. b3 (7. e4 dxe4 8. Ne5) 7... O-O 8. Bb2 c5 (8... c6) (8... a5) 9. Ne5
Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 (10... Bh7 11. Qe2 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Rc8) 11. dxe4 Bh7 12. Nxd7 (
12. Nec4) (12. Qe2) 12... Qxd7 (12... Nxd7) 13. Qe2 Rad8 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. a4
Rd7 16. Nc4 (16. Rf1) 16... Rfd8 17. f3 (17. Rf1 Bg6 18. h3 Qc8 19. f4) 17...
Ne8 18. Bc3 Bf6 (18... Nd6) 19. e5 (19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. Bxf6 Nxf6) 19... Be7 (
19... Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qd8) 20. f4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1
Qd8 23. Qe2 (23. Qxd8 Bxd8 24. Bxb7 Bxc2 25. Ba5 Be7 (25... Bxa5 26. Nxa5) 26.
Nd2 g5 27. Be4 Bd1 28. Kf1) 23... b6 24. Ne3 Nc7 25. g4 (25. Qc4 Qd7 26. Kf2 b5
) 25... c4 {[#]} 26. b4 (26. Qxc4 Bc5 27. Kf2 Nd5 28. Bd4 Nxf4 29. Bxc5 Qd2+
30. Kf3 Nxg2 31. Qd4 Ne1+) (26. bxc4 Bc5 27. Kf1 Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Bxc2) (26. Nxc4
Bc5+ 27. Kf1 Nd5 28. Qd2 Qh4) 26... b5 27. Bc6 a5 (27... bxa4 28. Qxc4 a3 29.
Kf2 Bf8 30. Qa2 Na6 31. Qxa3 Qb6 32. Qa4 Nxb4) 28. axb5 axb4 29. Be1 (29. Ba1
Bc5) 29... Bc5 (29... b3 30. cxb3 (30. Qxc4 b2) 30... cxb3 31. b6 Bc5 32. bxc7
Qxc7) 30. Bf2 b3 (30... c3) 31. cxb3 cxb3 32. f5 (32. Qd1 Nd5 33. Nxd5 exd5 34.
Qxb3 Qa5 35. Qd1 Qa7 36. Bxc5 Qxc5+) 32... exf5 33. gxf5 Qg5+ 34. Kh1 b2 35.
Be4 Qf4 36. Bb1 Qxe5 (36... Bxf5) 37. Bg3 Qe7 38. Bxc7 Qxc7 39. Nd5 Qe7 40. Qd3
Kf8 41. Qc4 Qd6 42. Be4 h5 43. Qa2 Qe5 44. Qa8+ Qe8 45. Qxe8+ Kxe8 46. b6 Kd7
47. b7 Bd6 (47... Ba7 48. Nb6+ Kc7 49. Nd5+ Kd6) 48. Nb6+ Kc7 49. Nc4 Bc5 50.
Nxb2 f6 51. Kg2 Bg8 52. Kf3 Bd4 53. Nd3 Bc4 54. Nf4 Be5 55. Nxh5 Bxh2 56. Nxg7
Bf7 57. Ne6+ Bxe6 58. fxe6 Kd8 59. Bf5 Ke7 60. Ke4 Bg3 61. Kd5 Bh2 62. Kc6 Bg3
63. Kb6 Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "2019 USAT North"]
[Site "Santa Clara, CA"]
[Date "2019.02.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cale McCormick"]
[Black "Arshaq Saleem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2252"]
[Annotator "Saleem, Arshaq"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2019.05.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 {[#]} (7.
Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. f4 Nxc4) 7... dxc5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bxc5 Nc6 10. Nge2 (10. Nd5) 10... b6 (10... Nd7 11. Be3 Nb4) 11.
Ba3 Bb7 (11... Ba6 12. Nb5 Rd7 13. Nec3) 12. Rd1 (12. Nd5 e6 13. Ne7+ Nxe7 14.
Bxe7 Rd7 15. Bb4 Rc8 16. Nc3 Nh5 17. Rd1 Rcd8 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. g3) 12... e6 (
12... Nd7 13. Nd5 (13. Nf4 Nde5 14. Be2 e6) 13... Nde5 14. Nec3 (14. Nxe7+ Nxe7
15. Bxe7 Nd3+) 14... e6 15. Ne7+ Nxe7 16. Bxe7 Rdc8) 13. b3 (13. Nc1 Nh5) 13...
Ne5 (13... a5) 14. Nd4 (14. Nf4 Nfd7 15. Na4 Bc6 16. Nb2 Nc5 17. Be2 a5 18. O-O
) 14... Nh5 15. Na4 (15. Nce2 Rd7) (15. Ncb5 Rd7) 15... Rxd4 16. Rxd4 Nxf3+ 17.
gxf3 Bxd4 18. c5 Bc6 19. cxb6 (19. Bb2) 19... axb6 20. Bc1 (20. Bb2 Rxa4) 20...
b5 (20... f5 21. Bb2 Bxb2 22. Nxb2 Rxa2 23. Nd3 Bb7) 21. Bb2 Bxb2 (21... Rxa4
22. bxa4 Bxb2 23. axb5) 22. Nxb2 Rxa2 23. Nd3 Ra3 (23... Bb7) 24. b4 (24. Kd2
Rxb3 25. Be2) 24... f5 25. Ne5 Be8 (25... Bb7 26. Kf2 fxe4 27. fxe4 Nf6 28. Bg2
Nxe4+) 26. Kd2 Nf4 (26... Kg7 27. Nd3 Nf6) 27. Bd3 (27. Nd3) 27... Kg7 28. Ke3
(28. Rc1 Kf6 29. Rc5) 28... Ng2+ (28... Kf6 29. Kxf4 g5+ 30. Ke3 Kxe5 31. exf5
exf5 32. Re1 Bc6 33. Kd2+ Kf4) 29. Kd4 Kf6 30. Rc1 Ra4 (30... Ra8 31. Rc5 Rd8+
32. Kc3) 31. exf5 (31. Bc2 Nf4 (31... Rxb4+ 32. Kc3 Rxe4 33. fxe4 Kxe5) 32. Rd1
(32. Bxa4 Ne2+) 32... Ra8 33. Nd3 e5+ 34. Ke3 Ra2) 31... gxf5 (31... exf5 32.
Rc8 Bf7 (32... Rxb4+ 33. Kc5 Ra4 34. Rxe8) 33. Nxf7) 32. Rc8 (32. Rb1 Ra6 33.
Bf1 Rd6+ 34. Kc3 Kxe5) 32... Rxb4+ 33. Kc5 Rf4 34. Rxe8 Kxe5 35. Bf1 Ne1 36.
Bxb5 Nxf3 37. Bc4 Nd4 (37... Ng5) 38. Rd8 Rh4 39. h3 Nf3 40. Rd3 Ng5 41. Rg3
Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "U.S. Amateur Team South"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.02.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Erick Zhao (2101)"]
[Black "Thomas Zerquera (2028)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2078"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[Annotator "Silva, Ben"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nf3
Bc5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 Rd8 11. Qe2 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nb4
15. Bg5 f6 16. Bc4 Qd6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Qxg3 19. d6+ Kh8 20. Kh1 Qxd6 21.
Rad1 Qe7 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Nxg5 {[#]} Kg7 24. Nf7 Qd4 25. Rd1 Qxf2 26. Qh5 Qe3
27. Nd6 Qg5 28. Qf7+ Kh6 29. Qf8+ Kh5 30. Qe8+ Kh4 31. Qe4+ Bg4 32. hxg4 Qxg4
33. g3+ Kxg3 34. Nf5+ Qxf5 35. Qxf5 Re8 36. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Raghav Venkat (2248)"]
[Black "Yan Miellier (2318)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Annotator "Silva, Ben"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. f3 b5 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Nb6 8. b3
Bb7 9. g4 h5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. h4 Bg7 12. Bg2 c5 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rad1 c4 15. b4
e6 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 gxf5 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 c3 21. Qd3 O-O
22. Ng3 {[#]} Nc4 23. Nxf5 Nb2 24. Nfe7+ Kh8 25. Qe2 Qe8 26. g6 Rf5 27. Nxf5
Qxg6+ 28. Ng3 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Nf6 30. Nxf6 Bxf6 31. Qxh5+ Qxh5 32. Nxh5 Bxh4 33.
Rxd6 {[#]} Be7 34. Bd4+ Kg8 35. Rxa6 Kf7 36. Ra7 Ke6 37. Ng7+ Kd5 38. Rxe7 Kxd4
39. Nf5+ Kc4 40. Nd6+ Kxb4 41. Nxc8 Ka3 42. Nd6 b4 43. Rb7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4rbk1/2pq1pp1/p1n4p/Pr1np3/2Q5/2pP1NNP/1P1B1PP1/R3R1K1 w - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[#] After a good opening, Dariusz seized a intiative against his 2700
opponent with the following sequence.} 21. bxc3 Nf6 22. Reb1 $4 (22. Ne4 {
This was necessary.} Nxe4 23. Qxe4 {but after either Re6 or Rd8 black has a
clear advantage.} Re6 (23... Rd8)) 22... Nxa5 23. Qa2 {Amin might have counted
on this but he missed the following tactical shot.} Qxd3 24. Rxb5 axb5 25. Qxa5
e4 $1 {Black wins back the piece and maintains the extra two pawns. Dariusz
converted with ease.} 26. Nd4 Qxd2 27. Nf1 Qd3 28. Qxc7 b4 29. Rc1 e3 30. fxe3
Rxe3 31. Nc6 b3 32. Qb8 b2 33. Qxb2 Re2 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Black "Yip, Carissa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2279"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1rr3k1/3n1pbp/3p2p1/qpnPp3/p3P3/P3BP2/1P1NB1PP/1QR2RK1 w - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[#]} 22. Rc3 {Carissa didn't play the opening particularly accurate. However,
her opponent didn't also try hard to address her inaccuracies. From here until
time pressure, where the mutual blunders begin, Carissa gradually outplays her
experienced GM opponent.} Bf6 $1 {Beginning of an excellent maneuver. The
bishop goes to b6, and Carissa manages to activate her last passive piece.} 23.
Qc2 Bd8 24. Rb1 Qa6 25. Qd1 Ba5 26. Rc2 Bb6 27. Bf2 Kg7 (27... Nb7 {would have
fully equalized.}) 28. Rbc1 Rc7 29. Qf1 $1 {players are already in severe time
pressure. Carissa might have missed this move, now white has a clear edge,
which means nothing in time pressure.} Ba7 30. Rc3 Rcc8 31. Kh1 Qb7 32. R1c2
Rf8 33. b4 $2 {Carissa's move were passive but she followed a very correct
approach in time pressure: Do not create complications for yourself! On the
other hand, Ushenina felt the urge to do something, which in this case only
backfired!} axb3 34. Nxb3 Qa6 $6 {Tactically unsound but it worked in time
pressure!} (34... Nxb3 35. Rxb3 Bxf2 36. Qxf2 Nc5 37. Rxb5 Qa7 {and black is
very comfortable if not slightly better.}) 35. Bh4 (35. Nd2 {This was
necessary.}) 35... Qa4 36. Qb1 $4 {Now this is a serious mistake!} b4 $1 {
Of course!} 37. axb4 Qxb4 38. Qa2 Nxb3 39. Qxa7 Nd4 {White is already lost,
but..} 40. Qxd7 Qxc3 $1 {Ouch! that hurts!} 0-1

[Event "FIDE Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2019.03.05"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Buksa, Nataliya"]
[Black "Wu, Rochelle"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r4/1pq1ppk1/p4b1p/3PpPpP/1PP3P1/8/1PB5/1K1RQ3 w - - 0 39"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[#]} 39. Qe4 {In severe time pressure, Rochelle finds the best solution to
her crammed position: She activates her heavy artillery!} a5 $1 40. bxa5 Qxa5
41. Rd3 Qc5 42. Rb3 $6 {Buksa needed to close down the game and concede to a
draw but now her position is exposed and troubels on white's way.} Ra8 43. Bd1
Ra4 $1 {Now whie starts to feel the heat.} 44. Rc3 Rb4 (44... Qg1 {is probably
better.}) 45. Bb3 Qg1+ 46. Kc2 b5 $1 {Now white is totally lost. She has a
hard time to find any shelter for her king.} 47. d6 exd6 48. Qb7 Qf2+ 49. Kb1
Rxb3 $4 {blunder in time severe time pressure. Though, it is hard to criticize
black for missing the following continuation in time pressure, when your
team's entire faith on upon your shoulder!} (49... e4 50. cxb5 Rxb3 $1 51. Rxb3
e3 52. Qe4 e2 53. Re3 e1=Q+ $1 {with eventual mate on b2. An important lesson
for everyone: If you cannot see a clear-cut win, when you know you are winning,
activate your least active piece, and you probably end up having some winning
tactical shot!}) 50. Rxb3 bxc4 51. Rb5 Qg1+ (51... c3 52. bxc3 Qg1+ 53. Ka2
Qxg4 {should win}) 52. Ka2 Qxg4 53. Qc8 c3 54. Ka3 (54. Rb8 Qa4+ 55. Kb1 Qd1+ {
was a draw.}) 54... cxb2 55. Rb8 Qf3+ 56. Kxb2 e4+ 57. Ka2 Qe2+ 58. Ka3 Qd3+
59. Ka4 Qd4+ 60. Kb5 Qd5+ 61. Kb4 Qd2+ 62. Ka3 $4 {Unbelievable blunde!} Qa5+
$4 {The moment of mutual miss: Both players think it is a perpetual!} (62...
Qc3+ 63. Qxc3 Bxc3 {and the endgame is a primitive win.}) 63. Kb3 Qd5+ 64. Ka3
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2019.03.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

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-223,-249,-234,-215,-297,-285,-296,-313,-347,-354,-338,-359,-368,-349,-354,
-391,-409,-409,-389,-404,-418,-410,-503,-503,-498,-547]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3.
g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4 c5 {Aleks enters the
'debate' with the Chinese team, which started in 2018 chess Olympiad in Batumi,
where Aleks worked as the US team's coach.} 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qxc4 {[#] Ni Hua
chooses a different path. The other higher-rated Chinese players failed to
gain anuything against GMs Wesley So, and Sam Shankland, and the two top US
players held comfortably.} (10. Nbd2 b5 11. axb5 Bb7 12. Nxc4 axb5 13. Rxa8
Bxa8 14. Nce5 Bd6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Qxc7 Bxc7 17. Bg5 (17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Nd4 Nxf4
19. gxf4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 g5 21. Nxb5 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Nc6 23. Rc1 Nxe5 24. Rc5 f6
25. Nd4 Rb8 26. Nxe6 Rxb2 27. Nxg5 Rxe2 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Rc7+ Kg6 30. Nxh7 Nd3
31. Rd7 Nxf2 32. Nf8+ Kg5 33. Kf3 Re8 34. h4+ Kxh4 35. Rh7+ Kg5 36. Rh8 Rxf8
37. Rxf8 Nd3 {1/2-1/2 (37) Li,C (2708)-Shankland,S (2722) Batumi 2018}) 17...
h6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nd7 21. Rc1 Bd6 22. Rc6 Bb8 23. Ra6 Ne5
24. Rb6 Nxd3 25. exd3 Be5 26. Rxb5 Rb8 27. Rxb8+ Bxb8 28. b4 f5 29. b5 Ba7 30.
Kg2 Bb6 31. Bh5 Kf8 32. f4 Ke7 33. Kf3 Bg1 34. h3 Bb6 35. g4 fxg4+ 36. hxg4 f6
37. Ke4 Kd6 38. Bg6 e5 39. Be8 Bg1 40. Kf5 Be3 41. Kxf6 exf4 42. Bc6 Kc5 43.
Bf3 Kxb5 44. Kg6 Kb4 45. Kxh6 Kc3 46. g5 Kxd3 47. g6 Bd4 48. g7 Bxg7+ 49. Kxg7
{1/2-1/2 (49) Yu,Y (2765)-So,W (2776) Batumi 2018}) 10... b6 11. Ne5 Ra7 12.
Nd3 {Rare but expected, Lenderman had already played this line against Kuzubov.
} Be7 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Nd2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. Rfc1 {
The novelty. Black is passive but the position is objectively balanced.} (18.
Nf3 Nd7 19. Rfc1 Qb6 20. Qc6 h6 21. Bd2 Qxc6 22. Rxc6 Rd8 23. Kf1 Bf6 24. Rac1
Kh7 25. Ra6 N5b6 26. Ba5 Rc8 27. Rxc8 Nxc8 28. e4 Ra7 29. Rxa7 Nxa7 30. e5 Be7
31. Nd4 Nc5 32. Ke2 Na6 33. Bb6 Nc8 34. Ba5 Na7 35. Kd2 Kg8 36. Bb6 Nc8 37. Ba5
Na7 38. Kc3 Kf8 39. Bb6 Nc8 40. Ba5 Na7 41. b4 Ke8 42. Bb6 Nc8 43. Bc5 Bxc5 44.
Nxc5 Nc7 45. Nc6 Nb6 46. Kd4 Nbd5 47. f4 h5 48. Ke4 Nc3+ 49. Kd3 N3d5 50. Kd4
h4 51. Ke4 hxg3 52. hxg3 Ne7 53. Nxe7 Kxe7 54. Kd4 f5 55. exf6+ gxf6 56. Nd3
Kd6 57. g4 Nd5 58. g5 fxg5 59. fxg5 Ne7 60. Nc5 Nc6+ 61. Kc3 Ke5 62. g6 Kf6 63.
g7 Kxg7 64. Nxe6+ Kf6 65. Nd4 Nxb4 66. Kxb4 Ke5 67. Kxb5 {1/2-1/2 (67) Kuzubov,
Y (2655)-Lenderman,A (2626) Saint Louis 2018}) 18... Nd7 19. Nb3 Nxf4 20. Nxf4
Bd6 21. Qe4 Rb6 22. Nd3 {The problem of such positions is that due to their
passive nature it is hard to stay accurate the entire time. It is easy for
engines to stat passive but it is not that comfortable to play against white's
knight over the board!} Nf6 23. Qd4 Nd5 24. Ra7 (24. Nbc5 {would have been
annoying.}) 24... Be7 (24... Qb8 {makes more sense.} 25. Ra5 Bc7 26. Nbc5 Rc6
27. Raa1 Bb6 28. b4 Rd8) 25. Nbc5 (25. Rcc7 $1 {could have been quite annying.}
) 25... Rc6 26. Nd7 $2 {this throws away white's advantage. Both Ne5 or Rb7
would have given white a long-lasting edge.} Rxc1+ 27. Nxc1 Qc8 $1 {I am sure
white missed this cunning move.} 28. Nd3 Rd8 {Here Ni Hua went spent a lot of
time here. It was time for him to bailout but her remianed too optimistic.} 29.
N7e5 $4 (29. Nb6 Qb8 30. Nd7 Qc8 {leads to draw with repetition}) 29... f6 30.
Nf3 e5 $1 {Positionally incorrect but there is a beautiful trick hidden behind
this move which wins a piece for black!} 31. Qh4 {only move, Ni Hua realizes
that after} (31. Qe4 f5 32. Qxe5 Bf6 {He loses his queen in the middle of the
board!}) 31... g5 $1 {Lenderman plays fast and good!} 32. Nxg5 fxg5 33. Qe4 Qe6
34. Qxe5 Qxe5 35. Nxe5 Re8 36. Rd7 Nf6 37. Rb7 b4 38. Nd3 Bf8 39. Kf1 Ne4 40.
Rb5 h6 41. h4 gxh4 42. gxh4 Nd2+ 43. Kg2 Rxe2 44. Nxb4 Re4 45. Nd5 Rxh4 46. f4
Rg4+ 47. Kh3 Rg1 48. Rb7 Ne4 49. b4 Bd6 50. b5 Rd1 51. Ne7+ Kf7 52. Nc6+ Ke6 {
Now black is totally winning. Lenderman showed impeccable technique!} 53. Nd8+
Kf5 54. Rf7+ Nf6 55. Kg2 Bxf4 56. Nc6 Rb1 57. Kf3 Rb3+ 58. Ke2 Kg6 59. Rb7 h5
60. Nd4 Re3+ 61. Kf1 h4 62. Ne2 Be5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[%evp 0,63,28,19,25,25,13,-1,27,-2,-2,-27,9,-37,-3,-23,7,-19,-5,-13,-2,-14,-3,
-6,-6,-13,-13,-36,-35,-49,-20,-14,-16,-16,5,0,0,16,22,58,65,68,67,67,102,112,
112,110,230,260,260,214,366,323,323,323,323,320,276,350,458,466,539,534,1238,
1523]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O
8. a4 {[#] This is a topical line among 'higher-tier GMs', these days:
avoiding Marshall Gambit, and achieving a playable position.} b4 {The main
response.} 9. d3 d6 10. a5 $5 {Sasikiran pndered over this a bit. I am sure he
had prepared against this move, but he probably considered it less likely to
happen.} Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2 Qe8 13. c3 Rb8 {all according to the best
theoretical line.} 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 {not the most common
line in this opening, but it was played by several top GMs. The lowest rated
player in this position from black side had a 2644 FIDE rating!} Nb4 $6 {
A mistake after a long pause. Suggesting that something has gone terribly
wrong with Sasikiran preparation.} (16... Rb5 {Is the typical maneuver in this
position.} 17. Ba3 Qd7 18. Qc2 Nxa5 19. Rec1 c5 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22.
dxc5 Nc6 23. Qc4 Rb4 24. Qc3 Rf4 25. Rxa6 e4 26. Ne5 Nxe5 27. Rd6 Qf7 28. Qxe5
Rxf2 29. h3 Re2 30. Rf1 h6 31. Nb3 Qg6 32. Qxe6+ Kh7 33. g4 Re3 34. Kg2 Re8 35.
Qc4 Qg5 36. Rfxf6 Rb8 37. Rb6 Rxb6 38. Rxb6 Qf4 39. Rxh6+ Kxh6 40. Qe6+ g6 {
0-1 (40) Motylev,A (2668)-Tomashevsky,E (2710) Sochi 2017}) 17. Qb3 $5 {
Sevian challenges his opponent immediately. This is not the best move but it
is a good practical choice.} Nh5 $2 {this loses a pawn without much of a
compensation.} (17... d5 {was called for.}) 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Rb1 Nf4 20. Qc4
Qg6 21. g3 d5 22. exd5 $1 {Sam his head cool and calculates that black has not
enough compensation} Bd6 23. Ba3 Nh3+ 24. Kf1 {black pieces are awkward and
lack coordination. The end is very close!} Qh5 25. Rb3 Nxd5 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27.
Bxd6 cxd6 28. Qxa6 Rd8 29. Qc6 Nhf4 30. gxf4 Nxf4 31. Re4 Qf5 32. Re8+ {
A timely win for Sam and our team!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Team Championship"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2019.03.13"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Adhiban, B."]
[Black "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 0,175,16,28,27,-16,-9,4,4,-22,-18,-19,-18,-33,12,0,5,-35,-19,-12,-13,
-15,-15,-52,-46,-46,-46,-52,-84,-141,-48,-96,8,0,74,-39,-39,-39,-39,20,20,20,
20,20,18,30,27,30,90,-44,-36,-36,-71,-75,-56,-55,-46,-54,-49,-76,-58,-133,-133,
-115,-119,-121,-121,-130,-140,-149,-136,-166,-166,-143,-135,-172,-171,-171,
-157,-177,-168,-178,-187,-191,-200,-221,-198,-185,-199,-206,-196,-177,-175,
-193,-200,-220,-202,-215,-215,-230,-220,-246,-220,-231,-246,-228,-199,-245,
-205,-169,-155,-203,-191,-265,-242,-204,-278,-258,-244,-294,-271,-310,-288,
-280,-255,-237,-242,-251,-255,-264,-279,-307,-253,-286,-284,-284,-242,-253,
-194,-279,-174,-184,-154,-279,-270,-265,-291,-292,-220,-220,-158,-110,-112,-91,
-23,-82,-20,-83,-11,-10,-8,-8,-8,-8,-7,-7,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Nxc4 cxd4 9.
Bf4 Be7 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Nxb7 {[#] One of the newest trends in Catalan.} Qb6
12. Nd6 Qc5 13. b4 Qxb4 14. a3 Qc5 15. Qb3 Qh5 $1 {Swiercz improves on the
following game} (15... Na5 16. Qb4 Qxb4 17. axb4 e5 18. Bxa8 exf4 19. Rxa5 Bxd6
20. Rxa7 Bxb4 21. Rd1 fxg3 22. hxg3 Bc5 23. Ra5 Bb4 24. Ra6 Ke7 25. Bc6 Rc8 26.
Rxd4 Bc5 27. Bxd7 Nxd7 28. Re4+ Kf8 29. Nd2 g6 30. Kg2 Rd8 31. Rc4 Be7 32. Ne4
h5 33. Rc7 Ne5 34. Raa7 Re8 35. f4 Ng4 36. Nc3 Nh6 37. e4 Bd6 38. Rc6 Rd8 39.
Nd5 Kg7 40. Kf3 Ng4 41. Rb7 Kf8 42. Ra6 Bc5 43. Rc7 Bd4 44. Ra4 Bg1 45. Rb4 {
1-0 (45) Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Adams,M (2712) Douglas 2018}) 16. Qc4 $2 (16. Rc1
g5 17. Bxc6 Ng4 18. Bg2 gxf4 19. h3 fxg3 20. Qf3 gxf2+ 21. Kh1 Bxd6 22. Qxa8+
Kg7 23. Qe4 Nf6 24. Qxd4 Be5 25. Qxf2 Bxa1 26. Nc3 Qe5 {0-1 (26) Arnaudov,P 
(2459)-Fridman,D (2633) Germany 2019}) (16. Nc4 {This seems to be a better
choice than the moves that have been played over the board sofar.} Rd8 17. Bc7
Rc8 18. Qb7 Qc5 {with a crazy position where both players need to know a lot
each move's nuances.}) 16... Nd5 $6 (16... g5 {seems decisive. Winning
material.}) 17. Bf3 Qh3 18. Bg2 Qh5 19. Bf3 Qg6 $1 {Dariusz goes for a
fighting line. He realizes his position has good potential.} 20. Bxd5 exd5 21.
Qxd5 Qe6 22. Qxe6 Bxe6 {black has a pair of bishop and with the queens off the
board, the king on f8 is not an issue anymore.} 23. Rc1 $2 Na5 $1 24. Nd2 g5 $1
{it is never late to win some material!} 25. Be5 f6 26. Bxd4 Bxd6 27. Bxf6 Rg8
28. Ne4 Kf7 29. Rc3 Nc4 30. Nxd6+ Nxd6 31. Be5 Nc4 32. Rf3+ Ke8 33. Bd4 a5 34.
a4 Rb8 35. Rc1 Rb4 {Dariusz is totally winning.} 36. Ra1 Rb7 37. Bc3 Rf8 38.
Rd3 Rff7 39. f3 Rfd7 40. g4 {black is winning} Kf7 $6 {first miss, but
understandable: Black had only one minute on the clock.} (40... Rxd3 41. exd3
Rb3 42. Rc1 Ne3 43. Bxa5 Rxd3 44. Rc6 Kf7 45. Rc7+ Kg6 46. Rc6 Kf6 47. Rc3 Rd1+
48. Kf2 Nc4) 41. Rxd7+ Bxd7 42. Rd1 Be6 43. Kf2 Rb3 44. Be1 Ra3 45. Rd8 Rxa4
46. Rh8 Kg6 47. Re8 Bf7 48. Rc8 Ra3 49. Ra8 Kf6 50. Kg3 a4 51. h4 gxh4+ 52.
Kxh4 Ke6 53. f4 Ra1 54. f5+ Kd5 55. Bb4 h6 (55... a3 {was simpler.}) 56. Rf8
Rh1+ 57. Kg3 Rb1 58. Be7 Rb7 59. Bf6 Nd6 60. Rd8 Kc6 (60... a3 61. Bg7 a2 62.
Ra8 Kc5 63. Bxh6 Rb1 64. Bg7 Nxf5+ $1 {Is totally winning but not an easy line
to see!}) 61. Be5 Rb3+ 62. Kh4 Nc4 63. Bg7 a3 64. Bxh6 a2 65. Bg7 Ne3 (65...
Nd6 66. Ra8 Re3 {is gradually winning.}) 66. Rd3 Rxd3 67. exd3 Kd5 68. Bb2 Kd6
{players are in deep time pressure. Playing only on increament.} 69. Kg5 Ke7 $2
(69... Be8 $3 70. Kf4 Ng2+ $3 71. Kg5 Ke7 {was the way to win! It is almost
impossible to see it in just few seconds!} 72. d4 Bc6 73. Kh6 Ne3 74. Kg7 Nxg4
75. d5 Bxd5 76. f6+ Ke8) 70. Kf4 Nd5+ 71. Kg5 Nb4 $4 {throws away the win.} (
71... Be8 72. Kh6 Ne3 73. f6+ Kf8 74. g5 Nf5+ 75. Kh7 Nh4 {and the pawns are
controlled! Black gradually wins, again not easy at all.}) 72. Kh6 $1 {Now it
is a draw.} Nxd3 73. Ba1 Kf8 74. g5 Kg8 75. g6 Be8 76. f6 Nb4 77. Kg5 Nc2 78.
Bb2 Ne3 79. f7+ Bxf7 80. gxf7+ Kxf7 81. Kf4 Nc4 82. Ba1 Ke6 83. Ke4 Nd2+ 84.
Kd3 Nb3 85. Kc3 Nxa1 86. Kb2 Ke5 87. Kxa1 Kd4 88. Kxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's World Team Championship"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2019.03.09"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Mkrtchian, Lilit"]
[Black "Nemcova, Katerina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 0,84,58,21,35,0,16,-13,30,3,-2,36,79,12,34,30,33,2,23,2,23,16,19,15,16,
16,11,8,-11,-44,-34,-34,-34,-49,-24,-103,-77,-137,-101,-112,-112,-112,-116,
-116,-187,-162,-169,-172,-183,-187,-187,-195,-193,-213,-192,-220,-209,-205,
-206,-231,-203,-274,-250,-274,-279,-273,-304,-311,-321,-337,-333,-336,-305,
-318,-326,-361,-394,-377,-402,-406,-377,-404,-394,-412,-1235,-1382,-1823]} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Bf5 $5 {[#] This move is making
its way to the new theory trend of QGA!} 6. Ne2 (6. Qb3 {is the most
principled move.} c6 7. Ne2 (7. Qxb7 $4 Nb6 {and after Bc8 white loses her
queen.}) 7... Qb6 8. Qf3 Bxb1 9. Bxd5 cxd5 10. Rxb1 e6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Be3 Be7
13. Nf4 g6 14. Rfc1 a5 15. g3 Qb5 16. h4 h6 17. Qd1 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. a4 Qb6
20. Nh5 Kd7 21. Kg2 Qd8 22. g4 Ra6 23. Rc3 Rb6 24. Rb3 Rxb3 25. Qxb3 Nb4 26.
Rc1 Qb6 27. Qd1 Rf8 28. Qf3 Qd8 29. Qe2 Nc6 30. Qb5 Qc7 31. Qd3 Rh8 32. Bd2 Qb6
33. Bc3 Qb3 34. Qf3 Rh7 35. Qd3 Rh8 36. Qf3 Rh7 37. Qd3 Rh8 38. Qf3 {1/2-1/2 
(38) Gelfand, B (2703)-Laznicka,V (2662) Novy Bor 2018}) 6... e6 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Bb3 Nc6 9. Nbc3 {Now the game transposes to one of the topical lines.} Be7 10.
a3 (10. Be3 O-O 11. Ng3 {is more direct.}) 10... Qd7 11. Be3 Rd8 12. Rc1 O-O
13. Ba2 {h6 is a simpler waiting move.} Qc8 (13... h6) 14. Ng3 $2 {Mkrtchian
walks into unnecessary complications and once she is worse, Nemcova doesn't
give her a second chance.} Nxe5 $1 15. Nxf5 exf5 16. Nb5 c6 $1 17. Nxa7 $2 {
Now white loses material and the game.} Qa8 18. Qb3 Ned7 $1 {simple!} 19. d5
Nxd5 20. Nb5 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bc5 $1 {Katerina finds all of the inbetween moves!}
22. Rxc5 Nxc5 23. Qxc5 cxb5 24. Qxb5 Qc8 25. h3 Rfe8 26. a4 g6 {consolidating.
The win is coming black's way gradually.} 27. Bc4 Re4 28. b3 Qc7 29. Rc1 Qe7
30. Bf1 Rb4 31. Qa5 b6 32. Rc7 bxa5 33. Rxe7 Rd1 34. g3 Rxb3 35. Kg2 Rb4 36.
Bb5 Rd2 37. Ra7 Rbb2 38. Kf3 Rxf2+ 39. Ke3 Rg2 40. Kf3 Rgc2 41. Rxa5 Rc3+ 42.
Kf4 f6 0-1

[Event "Simul, 30b"]
[Site "Kiev RUE"]
[Date "1914.03.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Masyutin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 {[#]} 3. Nc3 (3. f3) 3... Nf6 (3... d5 4. Qh5+) 4. Bg5 (4.
f3) 4... c6 (4... d5 5. Bxf6) (4... Nc6) (4... e6) (4... g6) 5. f3 exf3 (5...
Qb6) 6. Nxf3 e6 (6... Qb6) 7. Bd3 d5 (7... Qb6) 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Ne5 (9. Qe2) (9.
Qe1) 9... Be7 (9... Qb6) 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 (10... Nxf6) 11. Qh5+ Ke7 (11... g6 12.
Bxg6+ hxg6 13. Qxg6+ Ke7 14. Rxf6 Nxf6 15. Qg7+ Kd6 16. Nf7+) (11... Kf8 12.
Qf7#) 12. Bxh7 Nf8 (12... Qe8) 13. Qf7+ Kd6 14. Nc4+ dxc4 15. Ne4+ Kd5 16. Rf5+
Kxe4 (16... Kxd4 17. c3+ (17. Rd1+)) 17. Re1+ Kxd4 18. c3+ (18. Rd1+) 18... Kd3
19. Rd5# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM I"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3k4/1p6/3KR3/2B5/5r2/8/7b/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{[#]} 1... Rd4# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM II"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7q/4kn2/8/8/4P3/4Q3/3K4 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{[#]} 1... Qb1+ 2. Kd2 Ne4# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM III"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/6k1/8/5r2/2PKR3/2P1B3/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{[#]} 1... Rd8# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.05.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM IV"]
[Black "Mating Net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4R3/2p1K1k1/2B1n3/5r2/6b1/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]

{[#]} 1... Rf6# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM V"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/1k6/q1p5/1nQ5/1P6/1K1B4/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]

{[#]} 1... Qa2+ 2. Kc1 (2. Kc3 Qc2# (2... Qa1#)) 2... Qa1# 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "PROBLEM VI"]
[Black "Mating net"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini, Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6k1/8/8/7q/4PQb1/3BK3/3R4 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]

{[#]} 1... Qc4# 0-1

[Event "63rd ch-USA 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.03.28"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2019.03.20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14.
Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Nc5 18. d6 Bxf3 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20.
gxf3 Qc6 21. Bd5 Qd7 22. Qf4 Rd8 23. Be4 g6 24. h4 Qe6 25. h5 Nd7 26. Bd5 Qf6
27. Qe3 Nc5 28. Rd4 gxh5 29. Rf4 Qg6+ 30. Kh1 Ne6 31. Rc4 h6 32. Bxe6 Qxe6 33.
Qxe6 fxe6 34. Rc7 a5 35. Rc6 b5 36. Rb6 a4 37. Kg2 Kf7 {[#]} 38. a3 (38. Rxb5
Rxd6 39. Rxh5 Rd2 {[#]} (39... Kg6 40. Ra5 Rd4 41. Re5 Kf6 (41... Rd2 42. Rxe6+
Kg5 43. f4+) 42. Rh5) 40. Rxh6 Rxa2 41. Rh7+ Kf6 42. f4 a3 (42... Kf5 43. Rf7+
Ke4 44. Re7 Kd5 45. Rf7 a3 46. f5) 43. Ra7 Kf5 44. Kf3) 38... Rg8+ 39. Kf1 Rg5
{[#]} 40. d7 (40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Rh7 b4 (41... Rd5 42. Rxh6+ Ke5 43. d7 Rxd7 44.
Rxh5+ Kf4 45. Rxb5 Kxf3 46. Ke1 Rd3 47. Re5 Rxa3 48. Rxe6 (48. Kd2)) (41... Kg6
42. Rb7 Rd5 43. d7 h4 44. Kg2 h5 45. Rxb5 Rxd7 46. Rb4) 42. axb4 a3 43. Rxh6+
Ke5 44. d7 a2 (44... Rg8 45. Rxh5+) 45. d8=Q a1=Q+ 46. Ke2 Qa2+ 47. Qd2 Qc4+
48. Qd3) 40... Ke7 41. Rxe6+ (41. Rd6 Kd8) 41... Kxd7 42. Rxh6 Rc5 43. f4 Kc7
44. f5 (44. Ke2 Rc2+ 45. Kd1 Rc3 46. Rxh5 Kb6 47. Ke2 Rxa3 48. f5 Rc3 49. f6
Rc8 50. f7 a3 51. Kd3 b4 (51... a2 52. Rh1 b4 53. f8=Q Rxf8 54. Kc4) 52. f8=Q
Rxf8 53. Kc4 Rf4+ 54. Kb3) 44... Rxf5 45. Ke2 Kb7 46. f3 (46. Rd6 h4 47. Rd3
Rc5 48. Rh3 Rc2+ 49. Kd3 (49. Ke1 Rb2) 49... Rxf2 50. Rxh4 Rf3+) 46... b4 47.
axb4 a3 48. Rd6 Rf8 49. Kf2 Ra8 50. Rd1 Kb6 51. Kg3 Kb5 52. Kh4 Rf8 53. Rf1 Rf5
54. f4 Kxb4 55. Rf2 Ra5 56. Ra2 Kb3 57. Ra1 a2 58. Rf1 a1=Q 59. Rxa1 Rxa1 60.
Kxh5 Rf1 61. Kg5 Kc4 62. f5 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2019.04.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hikaru"]
[Black "limitlesss9"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "3103"]
[BlackElo "2935"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[TimeControl "180"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:18"]
[BlackClock "0:00:10"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. exd4 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. c3
{[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 8. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bd6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Ne5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 12. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 13.
Nxg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 14. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 15. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nh7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 16. Bh4 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 17. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 18.
hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 19. f4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rab8 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 20. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 21. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 23.
b4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. a3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rec8 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} 25. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 26. Rec1 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 28. Ne5 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 29. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 30. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Qe1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg7
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Nxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 34. bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 35. a4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 37. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 38. Qxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Rbc8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 39. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} 40. Qe5+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Rhd8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 42. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 43. Raxf7+
{[%emt 0:00:25]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 44. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 45. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 46. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kg4
{[%emt 0:00:01]} 47. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 48. Rc2 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 50.
Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:03] [#]} 51. Rxc4+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 52. Re4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 53. Rxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 54. Rc5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 55. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 56. Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 57. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 58. Rg6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 59. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 60. Rxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 61. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Rf3+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 62. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Rxg3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 63. Rxg3+
{[%emt 0:00:01]} Kxg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 64. Kxe6 {[%emt 0:00:00] Game drawn by
insufficient material} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PRO League Group Stage"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2019.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[Annotator "Naroditsky, Daniel"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.01.08"]
[WhiteTeam "New York Marshalls"]
[BlackTeam "Saint Louis Arch Bishops"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 Bc5 8. Qd3
Qc7 9. a4 Nf6 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Rad1 h5 13. Bh4 Qb7 14. Bf3 Ng4 15.
Bg3 Rd8 16. Nb5 axb5 17. axb5 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 d5 19. c4 h4 20. Bf4 Nf6 21. Bg5
Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Be7 23. Qg4 O-O 24. Qxh4 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 d4 26. Rd3 f6 27. Qg6 Qf7
28. Qe4 e5 29. b3 Rfe8 30. Rfd1 f5 31. Qe2 Qf6 32. Qd2 Rd7 33. b4 Red8 34. c5
e4 35. c6 Rd5 36. c7 exd3 37. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 38. Qxd3 Qe5 39. g3 Qe4 40. Qc4+ Kh7
41. Qc7 Qe2 42. Rf1 Re8 43. Qd7 d3 44. Qxf5+ Kh8 45. g4 Re5 46. Qc8+ Kh7 47. h3
d2 48. Qc2+ Kh8 49. Qb1 Qf3 50. Qc2 Qe2 51. Qb1 Rd5 52. Qd1 Qxb5 53. Kg2 Rd8
54. f3 Qxb4 55. h4 Qd4 56. h5 b5 57. Rh1 b4 58. h6 g6 59. Qe2 b3 60. Qe7 d1=Q
61. Rxd1 Qb2+ 62. Kg3 Rxd1 63. Qe8+ Kh7 64. Qe7+ Kxh6 {[#]} 65. Qf8+ (65. g5+
Kh5 66. Qh7+ Kxg5 67. Qh4+ Kf5 68. Qh3+ Kg5 69. f4+ Kf6 70. Qh8+) 65... Qg7 66.
Qf4+ Kh7 67. g5 Rh1 68. Kg2 Rh5 0-1

[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2019.02.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Edward_Latimore"]
[Black "daveworld4000"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "1433"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[Annotator "Latimore, Edward"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1/86400:0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Re8 9. Na4 cxd4 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 Nb6 12. Nc5 e5 13. Nd3 f5 {[#]} 14. Nc5
Bf8 15. b4 Bxc5 16. bxc5 fxe4 17. Ng5 Nd5 18. Bc4 Kg7 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxd5 Qxd5
21. Bxf4 Qxc5 22. Rc1 Qxa3 23. Rxc6 Qd3 24. Qxd3 exd3 25. Rc7+ Kg8 26. Nxh7 Kh8
27. Be5+ {Edward_Latimore won by resignation} 1-0

