[Event "BL 1213 (Women)"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Paehtz, Elisabeth"]
[Black "Hoolt, Sarah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Soltis"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bad Koenigshofen (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2
b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rd1 Nc7 13. Nf1 f5 14. h4 Qe8 15. Bh3
Qh5 16. Kg2 Rad8 17. Ne3 f4 18. Nf5 Qf7 19. Bxf4 Ne6 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bxe6+
Qxe6 {[#]} 22. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.07.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Journey to Chess Kingdom"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2P1P1P1/3PkP2/8/4K3/8/8/8 w - - 0 0"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[SourceTitle "Soltis"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 1. e8=B Kxf6 (1... Kxd6 2. c8=R) 2. g8=R Ke6 3. Rg6# *

[Event "Havana Armies-ch04"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Jansa, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1967.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "Soltis"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3
Qc8 9. Re1 Bh3 10. Bh1 Qf5 11. Bb2 Bh6 12. Nh4 {[#]} Qxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Ng4+ 14.
Kf3 Nxh2+ 15. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Diagram 1"]
[Black "Kaidanov-Benmeshbah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/r3qpk1/P2Rp1p1/2R1P2p/5Q1P/6P1/1r3P1K/8 w - - 0 45"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "Soltis"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 45. Rc8 (45. Rc8 {threatens 46. Rdd8 and mate after Rdg8, e.g.} Rc7 46.
Qf6+ Qxf6 47. exf6+ Kxf6 48. Rxc7) 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Diagram 2"]
[Black "Reeder-Kozarcanin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbq1bn1/pppp2k1/4p3/6PQ/8/8/PPP2P1P/RNB1K2R w KQ - 0 13"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "Soltis"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 13. Rg1 $1 ({Not} 13. g6 $2 Nf6) 13... Qe7 14. g6 Nf6 15. Bh6+ Kg8 16. g7
Bxg7 17. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Diagram 3"]
[Black "Gordon-Abrahamyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q1rk1/r1nb2p1/2p1p2p/p1Pp3R/3P3P/3BN1P1/P2Q1P2/R5K1 w - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "Soltis"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 31. Ng4 Ne8 32. Nxh6+ gxh6 33. Qxh6 Ng7 34. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Diagram 4"]
[Black "Donchenko-Kaidanov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "R7/8/1k2b3/2p2n2/2q3n1/5Q1K/P4PP1/8 b - - 0 49"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "Soltis"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 49... Nxf2+ 50. Qxf2 Ne3+ 51. Kg3 (51. Kh2 Ng4+) 51... Nf1+ 52. Kf3 Bd5#
0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Diagram 5"]
[Black "Alekseenko-Kaidanov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/5pb1/p6Q/3B4/1r4R1/2q4P/5PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 35"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "Soltis"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 35. Bxf7+ Rxf7 (35... Kxf7 36. Rd7+) 36. Rd8+ Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Qd6+
Ke8 39. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 18th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2020.01.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Diagram 6"]
[Black "Horvath-Ramirez"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/p2qnppp/b3r3/2RP4/5Q2/P3B1P1/6BP/4K2R b K - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2020.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "Soltis"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 25... Nf5 $1 26. Bh3 (26. dxe6 Qd1+ 27. Kf2 Qe2+) (26. Qxf5 Rxe3+) 26...
Nxe3 27. Bxe6 Ng2+ 28. Kd2 Qxe6 29. Qf3 Qb6 30. Rhc1 Qb2+ 31. R1c2 Qd4+ 32. Kc1
Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Toledo April Swiss"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.09.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schwan, Fred"]
[Black "Briant, Lee"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "Alburt / Lawrence"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Back to Basics"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 (4. Qb3) 4... cxd5 5. Qb3 Nc6 {[#]} (5...
Nf6 $19) (5... e5 $15) 6. Qxb7 $17 (6. Bxd5 e6 7. Qxb7 exd5 8. Qxc6+ Bd7 9.
Qxd5 Nf6 $11) 6... Nd4 $19 7. Na3 Nf6 $15 (7... e6 $17) 8. e3 (8. Nb5 Nxb5 (
8... Rb8 $1 9. Nc7+ Kd7 10. Qxa7 Nc6 $1) 9. Qxb5+ Bd7) 8... Rb8 9. Qxa7 $19 (9.
Qa6 $15) 9... Nc6 10. Qc5 Nb4 11. Bf1 e5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Qc3 {
[#]} (14. Qa5 Bc5) 14... d4 (14... Qf5 $1) 15. exd4 exd4 (15... e4 $1) 16. Qg3
Qe6+ (16... Bd6 $1) 17. Ne2 Bd6 18. Qb3 Qe4 19. Qa4+ Nd7 {[#]} (19... Kf8 $1)
20. Rg1 d3 21. Qd1 Ne5 22. Rg3 dxe2 23. Qa4+ Ke7 24. Re3 Nbd3+ {[#]} 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 7th July"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Salem, AR.."]
[Black "Mladenovic, St"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Make Your Move"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. Rd1 Ne4 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 a6 15.
g4 c5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Bf6 {[#]} 18. g5 $1 Bxg5 ({This looks like Black's
only move, but a better defense was} 18... Bxd4 {although White is much better
after} 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Ne5 21. gxh6 {.}) 19. Bxd7 $1 {The point behind
the previous move: Black's queen is overburdened and cannot recapture on d7 as
the bishop on g5 will then fall because the h-pawn is pinned.} Rf8 20. dxc5 f5
21. c6 Bc8 22. Rxd5 {and White soon won.} 1-0

[Event "54th Ilmar Raud Mem 2020"]
[Site "Viljandi EST"]
[Date "2020.07.10"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Sepp, O.."]
[Black "Narva, M.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2020.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "Make Your Move"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 10. Rd1 Bf6 11. Qc2 Qe7 {[#]} 12. Ng5 $1 {A standard tactical
ploy that frequently occurs in the Queen's Indian, the Catalan as well as the
English Opening.} Bxg5 13. Bxg5 $1 Qxg5 14. Bxb7 Nc6 15. Bxa8 {, White has won
the exchange and soon picked up the full point.} 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 7th July"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Belous, V.."]
[Black "Gabdrakhmanov, Azat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Make Your Move"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,53,27,-2,6,6,12,-3,47,47,11,18,28,32,30,43,27,2,30,7,16,3,6,-31,-30,
-48,-43,-53,7,-26,-2,0,-19,-18,0,-8,24,-14,-9,16,16,10,-1,25,28,37,46,4,7,4,5,
10,125,127,304,296]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3
Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd3 d5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Qb5 Nbxd5 13.
Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15. Qxe8 Rfxe8 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Rac1 h6 18. Nc6 Rxc6 19.
Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Rc8 21. Bf3 Rc2 22. Bd4 Nd5 23. e4 Nb4 24. a3 Nc6 25. Bc3
Bf6 {[#]} 26. e5 $1 {This pawn advance allows White to take advantage of
Black's poorly coordinated pieces.} Nxe5 $2 ({A mistake that makes matters
worse. Relatively best was} 26... Rxc3 27. bxc3 Nxe5 28. Be2 {and White has
won the exchange and has every chance of winning the game.}) 27. Bxe5 {Here
Black resigned, realizing that} (27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Be4+ {would
win the rook on c2.}) 1-0

[Event "Women's Speed Chess GP3"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.09"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, S.."]
[Black "Ju Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.07.08"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[SourceTitle "Make Your Move"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,59,30,30,30,-6,-6,-3,9,11,20,9,26,7,6,7,11,-7,31,16,19,31,46,52,52,49,
49,51,70,64,70,50,62,58,57,56,80,54,57,49,68,51,50,56,57,44,43,20,25,29,43,30,
254,254,379,263,683,961,1086,1015,29995,29996]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4.
a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d5 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Be2 e5 9. O-O a5 10. Ne1 Na6 11. Nd3
Nc5 12. Nxc5 bxc5 13. Be3 Ne8 14. Rb1 Bc8 15. g3 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bd3 g6
18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Ng7 20. Bh6 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Nf5 23. Bc1 Bf6
24. Ne4 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Qd7 {[#]} 26. g4 $1 ({The inclusion of this move is
essential. If White rushes matters with} 26. Qxd4 $4 {she would have received
a nasty surprise with} Nxg3+ $3 {which wins for Black! A possible continuation
was} 27. Kg2 ({or} 27. hxg3 Qh3+ 28. Kg1 cxd4 {and the knight check on f6 is
of no use}) 27... cxd4 28. Nf6+ Kf7 $1 29. Nxd7+ Nxf1 30. Kxf1 Ke7 {and the
knight is trapped, leaving Black with an easily won endgame.}) 26... Nh6 27.
Qxd4 $1 {Now Black no longer has the intermediary check on g3 and White
therefore wins a piece.} Nxg4 28. Nf6+ Nxf6 29. Qxf6 Re8 30. Bh6 {Black
resigned as there is no way to prevent mate.} 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 30th June"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garcia Ramos, Daniel"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Make Your Move"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,55,20,20,49,49,95,67,67,44,56,-12,75,29,34,42,35,34,58,40,50,11,15,
-10,40,-37,5,-76,-60,-128,-21,-4,98,102,81,79,53,49,88,45,81,-20,11,-86,99,65,
77,-64,-165,-630,-643,-703,-748,-713,-832,-832,-826,-29997]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 d5 10.
exd5 exd5 11. Nf5 Bb4 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Nb6 14. c5 d4 15. Qxd4 Nbd5 16. Nd6
b6 17. O-O-O bxc5 18. Qe5 Be6 19. Nc4 Qc8 20. Kb1 Rb8 21. Ka1 Rb3 22. Bc1 Qb7
23. Be2 {[#]} Nc3 $1 {A nasty surprise for White who colapses with astonishing
speed.} 24. Rd2 ({Naturally,} 24. bxc3 $4 {is not an option on account of} Rb1+
25. Ka2 Qb3#) ({If} 24. Rd3 {then Black wins after} Nxe2 25. Na5 Qb5 26. Rxb3
Bxb3 27. Nxb3 {and now} Re8 $1 {protects the knight on e2 without allowing
White the opportunity to protect the knight on b3.}) ({Finally,} 24. Qxc5 Rb8
$1 ({or simpler} 24... Nxe2 25. Na5 Qb5) 25. Bd3 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Rxb2 $1 27. Rd8+
Rxd8 28. Bxb2 Qxb2+ $1 29. Kxb2 Na4+ {which leaves Black a piece up.}) 24...
Bxc4 25. Qxc5 ({Or} 25. Bxc4 Rxa3+ 26. bxa3 Qb1#) 25... Bxe2 26. Re1 Rc8 27. g4
h6 28. Qd4 {and White resigned before Black played 28...Rxa3+.} 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday 30th June"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia"]
[Black "Isajevsky, A.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2311"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Make Your Move"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. d5 Nce7 7. Bd3 f5 8. f3 Bh6
9. Bf2 Nf6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bh4 Ng6 14. Be1 Kh8 15.
Bd2 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 Nh5 17. Qh6 {[#]} Ngf4 $1 ({In the game, Black chose the
other knight} 17... Nhf4 18. Nxf4 $4 ({White could have played better with} 18.
Bc2 $1 Rf6 19. Qg5 Qe7 20. Rae1 Qf7 {when Black would only have been clearly
better}) 18... Nxf4 19. Rad1 Rg8 $1 20. g3 Rg6 {and White's queen was trapped.}
) 18. Bc2 ({If} 18. Nxf4 {then} Nxf4 {transposes back into the game as seen in
the previous note.}) 18... Rg8 $1 ({Black also wins after} 18... Rf6 19. Qg5
Nh3+ $1 20. gxh3 Rg6 {but the main line is better.}) 19. Ng3 Rg6 {and White's
queen is trapped.} 0-1

[Event "33rd Leon Blitz Open 2020"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Make Your Move"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. g4
Nc5 9. Qe2 Nfd7 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. f3 Rc8 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Kb1 Qc7 15.
h4 Ne5 16. g5 Nc6 17. h5 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxg5 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. h6 Bf4 21. Rhg1
Ke7 22. Rg4 Be5 23. Rdg1 Nxb3 24. cxb3 Rgd8 25. f4 Bxc3 26. Bxc3 Qc5 27. Rg7
Rf8 28. R1g5 Qc6 {[#]} 29. Rd5 $1 ({A surprising move that doesn't seem to
threaten anything, but it leaves Black remarkably vulnerable. A natural
alternative is} 29. e5 {, aiming to exploit the dark squares, for instance,}
Qe4+ 30. Qxe4 Bxe4+ 31. Ka2 Kd7 32. exd6 b5 33. Ka3 {and White is better, but
winning the game is another story and not entirely simple.}) 29... Kd7 $2 ({
Black wants to get the king away from the a3-f8 diagonal but placing the king
on the d7-square is not without its problems. Alternatively,} 29... b5 30. Rd4
bxa4 31. Rxa4 {when Black's position suddenly is very drafty, for instance,}
Qb5 32. Qe3 Bc6 33. Rc4 Ba8 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. f5 {and Black is struggling to
keep everything guarded.}) 30. Rd4 $1 {The point behind the previous move: the
e4-pawn is now protected and Bb4 is terrifying threat.} a5 $2 ({Black blunders
but also} 30... b5 31. Rxh7 bxa4 32. bxa4 {is lost for Black.}) {White could
have won on the spot with} 31. Rc4 {because} Ba6 32. Qh5 Bxc4 33. Rxf7+ {
ends with Black getting mated.} 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday 30th June"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Narayanan, SL.."]
[Black "Wagner, De"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2020.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Make Your Move"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bb3 Nge7 7. a3 d6 8. d3
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Be3 Kh7 11. g4 f5 {[#]} 12. Ng5+ $1 ({The game continued with
} 12. gxf5 gxf5 ({Black could have stayed in the game with} 12... Nd4 $1 {
after which Black may even be better!}) 13. Ng5+ $1 Kh8 14. Qh5 $1 f4 15. Nf7+
({or} 15. Rg1 fxe3 16. fxe3 Bd7 17. Nf7+ Rxf7 18. Bxf7 {, transposing to the
game}) 15... Rxf7 16. Bxf7 fxe3 17. fxe3 Bd7 18. Rg1 Be8 {, and here White
should have played} 19. Nd5 Bxf7 20. Qxf7 Qg8 21. Qxg8+ Rxg8 22. Nxc7 Rc8 23.
Ne6 {with a clear advantage for White.}) 12... hxg5 ({If} 12... Kh8 {, the
play transposes into the game continuation with} 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Qh5 {.}) 13.
h4 $1 {Ouch! Suddenly the king's hiding spot is being torn apart.} f4 ({Or} 
13... d5 14. hxg5+ Kg8 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. gxf5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qf3 {
and Black's position collapses.}) 14. hxg5+ Bh6 15. Rxh6+ Kg7 16. Qf3 $1 Rh8
17. Qh3 fxe3 18. fxe3 Qf8 19. O-O-O {and Black's king will not find safety as
Rh1 is threatened.} 1-0

[Event "33rd Leon Blitz Open 2020"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vl3"]
[Black "Sanal, V.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Make Your Move"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bc2 Nc4 12. Bc1 Bh5 13. b3 Nb6 14. Nbd2 c5 15. Bb2
Nfd7 16. Nf1 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Ng3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Bf6 20. Nf5 Rc8 21. Bd3
Ne5 22. Qh3 d5 23. Bxd4 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 dxe4 25. Rxe4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Qf6 27. Rd1
g6 {[#]} 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Ng4 Qg5 {[#]} (29... Qf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 31. Ne3 Rc5
32. Rf4) 30. h4 $1 ({The game continued with} 30. h3 Rfe8 $4 (30... h5 {
was the best way to stay in the game}) 31. Rd6 Qc5 {, and now White could have
won with} 32. Qd2 $1 {threatening Qh6+ followed by Nf6 and no defense works
because Black has too many loose pieces and weak squares.}) 30... Qc5 (30...
Qxh4 $2 31. Ne3 $1 {Interestingly, Black now loses a piece by force!} Qh5 32.
Rd6 $1 Qc5 33. b4 $1 Qxb4 ({Or} 33... Qc7 34. Qd4+ {.}) 34. Rxb6 {and White is
winning.}) 31. Qe3 $1 {White threatens Qh6+ followed by Nf6.} Qf5 ({Or} 31...
Rc6 32. b4 $1 Qh5 33. Re4 {with the threat of Qd4+ followed by Re5, and} Kg8
34. Qd4 f6 35. Re7 Nc8 36. Rd7 {and Black's defense collapses.}) 32. Qh6+ Kh8
33. Rf4 Qh5 34. Qxh5 gxh5 35. Nf6 {with a technical won position for White.}
1-0

[Event "New York vs. Singapore"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2020.05.31"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Tin, Jingyao"]
[Black "Ostrovskiy, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Junior Tay"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "NY vs Singapore"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SGP"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 {How apt, the
Marshall Gambit defended by a staunch Marshall Chess Club member. For good
measure, his chess.com handle is actually 'Ostrovskiy-Marshalls'!} 7. Bxb4
Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Ba5 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Rd1d8]} b6 10. Qd6 $1 bxa5 $6 {
GM Dragan Paunovic considers this line dubious.} (10... Bd7 11. Bc3 f6 12.
O-O-O O-O-O 13. Qa3 Kb7 14. Bf3 Qf4+ 15. Rd2 Qc7 16. Ne2 e5 17. Ng3 Nh6 18. Ne4
Nf7 19. b4 (19. c5 Bf5 20. Nd6+ Nxd6 21. cxd6 Qd7 22. b4 Nb8 23. b5 e4 24.
bxc6+ Qxc6 25. Be2 Nd7 26. Ba6+ Kb8 {and Black is better in Atalik,S (2581)
-Pavasovic,D (2573) Nova Gorica 2003}) 19... f5 20. b5 Nb8 21. Nd6+ Nxd6 22.
Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 e4 24. Be2 Rde8 25. Rhd1 Re7 26. Kb2 $11 {White has
sufficient compensation for material deficit [Dragan Paunovic]}) 11. Rd1 $1 {
[%csl Gd1][%cal Rd6d8]} f6 12. f3 Qe3 13. Qxc6+ Kf7 14. Qxa8 Ne7 15. Qe4 ({
White retains a big advantage after} 15. Nh3 e5 16. Nf2 f5 17. Rd6 Nb4 18. Nd3
Re8 19. Nxb4 axb4 20. Qb8 e4 21. fxe4 Qxe4 22. Qxa7 $16 {Paunovic.}) 15... Qb6
16. Nh3 $146 {A novelty by the Singaporean national serviceman (All
Singaporean males are required to serve 2 years in the armed forces after
finishing college education). However this allows Black to seize the
initiative.} ({Better is} 16. Qd4 $1 Nc5 {and only now} 17. Nh3 {Ruslan
Scherbakov: 'after'} Nf5 $6 (17... e5 $1 18. Qf2 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qb4+ (19... Ng6
$5) 20. Kf1 Ng6 {and Black has acceptable play [Ruslan Scherbakov]}) 18. Qd2 e5
19. Nf2 Ne6 20. Ne4 Ne3 21. c5 Qb4 {and White is winning in Naiditsch,A (2684)
-Buhmann,R (2590) Aix les Bains 2011}) 16... Nf5 17. Rd2 Nc5 18. Qb1 Ne3 $1 {
The octopus establishes its tentacles and now White is struggling to cope with
Black's initiative.} 19. Rg1 e5 20. Nf2 Bf5 21. Qc1 Rc8 22. Qc3 ({Perhaps} 22.
g4 $5 {[%cal Rg4f5]} Bg6 23. h4 {to stake some kingside space is better?})
22... Ne6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] This deployment with the idea of ...Nd4 is
really troublesome for White.} 23. Bd3 $2 {White decides to ditch the c4-pawn
to get rid of the light square bishop and hopefully quell the initiative but
it isn't enough.} ({Again} 23. g4 $5 Bg6 {with the idea of} 24. Rg3 {and Bf1
is not easy to see, unless you are a cyborg.}) 23... Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxc4 25.
Qd7+ Kf8 26. Qd6+ {[#]} Qxd6 $1 27. Rxd6 {We have reached an ending with
uneven material but Black's initiative still persists due to the tourist on g1.
} Rc1+ 28. Nd1 Nd4 {With the knights so active, one can sense a combi
forthcoming and indeed, the American GM pulls off a stinger...} 29. Kd2 Rxd1+
$1 {The knights run riot and White can only watch them grab and grab.} 30. Rxd1
Nc4+ 31. Kd3 Nxb2+ 32. Ke4 Nxd1 33. Ra6 Nc3+ 34. Ke3 Nxa2 35. Rxa5 Nb4 36. Rxa7
Nbc6 {White has managed to clear all the queenside pawns but the knight pair
soon takes over...and of course, having an extra pawn helps too.} 37. Rb7 Ne7
38. Ke4 Ne6 39. Ra7 f5+ $1 {Faced with the bleak prospect of losing his
kingside pawns as well after Kd3 Nf4+, White decides to give up the rook and
play the ending with pawn for knight.} 40. Kxe5 Nc6+ 41. Kxe6 Nxa7 42. Kxf5 {
[%mdl 4096]} Kf7 43. h4 Nc6 44. g4 Ne7+ 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. f4 g6 47. h5 gxh5 48.
gxh5 Kf6 0-1

[Event "New York vs. Singapore"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2020.05.31"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Gong, Qianyun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2333"]
[Annotator "Junior Tay"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "NY vs Singapore"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York"]
[BlackTeam "Singapore"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SIN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 (3... Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3
cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 O-O {has been played by
Ponomariov vs Carlsen and Caruana (as well as many other games in chess praxis)
of course) a decade ago in Moscow. The reason for showing this can be seen
later in the game.}) 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9.
Re1 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nf1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd6 $6 {Basically, Black is now 1
tempo down in the French Tarrasch with ...Bd6.} ({As GM Kevin Goh indicated,
the right plan is} 12... Qb6 {...with ...Bd7...Kh8 and ...Rae8 to follow.}) 13.
Bd2 {White is better.} Bd7 14. Bc3 {Probably this move should be reserved for
a time when Black plays ...Qb6 first. White can consider useful waiting moves
such as Rc1 or a3 then Rc1} Qb6 $6 {And then again, Black obliges...} (14...
Nh5 15. N1d2 ({or} 15. g3 Qf6 16. N1d2 g6) 15... a5 (15... Qf6 16. g3 g6 17.
Qe2 Rf7 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qe7 20. Nb3 $16) 16. g3 g6 17. Bb5 Qe7 18. a4 Ng7
19. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 20. Ne5 $14 {with a pull for White but Black is still hanging
on.}) 15. a3 Rae8 16. Ng3 {It's not easy to do anything active here for Black.}
g6 17. Qd2 {[#]} Qc7 $2 ({Perhaps} 17... Rf7 {with the idea of ...Ref8 (as
well as covering the 7th rank) should be tried when} 18. b4 $1 (18. Bc2 $6 {
and now Black can try on the kingside with} Ng4 $1 19. Ba4 (19. Qg5 {does not
come with the threat of Bxg6 as the Rf7 covers Black's 2nd rank well.} Nxf2 20.
Bxg6 hxg6 21. Kxf2 Rg7 {and Black is more than OK.}) 19... Bf4 20. Qc2 e5 21.
dxe5 Ncxe5 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 {and Black is fighting
well.}) 18... a6 19. Qb2 Ng4 {when after} 20. h3 {Black can gamble with} Rxf3 (
{or bide her time with} 20... Nh6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Ref8) 21. gxf3 Nh6 {
and in both cases White is better but Black is still very much in the mix.}) ({
The immediate} 17... Ng4 {runs into} 18. Qg5 $1) 18. Ne5 $1 {Commencing the
big squeeze. Carissa focuses on boxing in the black pieces, removing any
chance of counterplay.} Bc8 19. Re2 {Preparing an overprotection of the
e5-strongpoint as well as covering the f2-pawn in advance.} Qg7 20. Rae1 Bc7
21. b4 Nxe5 $2 {Qianyun decides to fish for counterplay on the kingside
instead of waiting to be slowly but surely squashed. Her bid however could not
be sustained from a passive setup.} 22. dxe5 Ng4 23. Bd4 $1 {Taking away the ..
.Bb6 option as well.} a6 24. h3 Nh6 25. Qc1 {Another utility move, allowing
both Rc2 and forcing Black to keep an eye on the queenside as well.} Bb8 26.
Kh1 {What's the hurry? The initiative isn't going away anytime soon.} Bd7 27.
Bc5 Rf7 28. Be3 $1 {With this direct threat, White exposes the chronic
dark-square weaknesses on the Black kingside.} Nf5 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Bh6 Qg6
31. Re3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] The beginning of the end.} Kh8 {[%mdl 8192]} ({
Perhaps Black's best chance is} 31... Rc8 32. Qd2 Qxh6 33. Rg3+ Qg6 $1 {
[%mdl 512]} 34. Rxg6+ hxg6 {This is worse for Black of course but it's
rapidplay so a good a try as any.}) 32. Rg3 Qh5 33. Qf4 (33. Be2 Qh4 34. Bg5
Qd4 35. Bh5 {is even more decisive.}) 33... Rfe7 34. Be2 Qf7 35. Bg5 h6 36.
Bxe7 1-0

[Event "New York vs. Singapore"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2020.05.31"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Wong, Meng Kong"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "Junior Tay"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "NY vs Singapore"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SGP"]
[BlackTeam "New York"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 17,104,0,38,0,30,17,32,-7,16,-83,-60,-130,-129,-131,-115,-174,-146,-187,
-172,-185,-198,-198,-148,-162,-152,-348,-223,-233,-225,-229,-221,-221,-198,
-204,-197,-193,-186,-212,-213,-220,-194,-222,-194,-224,-179,-216,-203,-226,
-196,-194,-188,-205,-194,-202,-193,-346,-179,-188,-180,-182,-182,-182,-175,
-191,-184,-197,-168,-328,-327,-325,-181,-323,-323,-309,-178,-204,-189,-193,
-193,-340,-338,-347,-341,-334,-320,-424,-422,-429,-445]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Qc7 10. g4
Re8 $5 $146 {[#] Mysterious rook move? This is a typical Scheveningen motif,
seeking to find the right moment to play ...d5 or ...e5 and then ...d5 or
simply to drop back the bishop to f8 when Black can even sometimes play for ...
f5 as well when White commences a kingside pawn storm.} 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nde2 $6
{Usually, the White setup is prefaced with a4 and Nb3 to restrain Black's ...
Nxd4 or ...b5 ideas.} (12. g5 Nd7 13. f4 {is the principled continuation with
a kingside spce grab.}) (12. Nb3) (12. a4 Bf8 13. Nb3) 12... b5 $1 {[%cal
Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32] The Fed isn't afraid of the long white diagonal e4-e5
shennenigans. They don't work} 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. a4 $2 b4 15. Nce2 {[#]} d5 $1 {
[%mdl 512] The whole point of ...Re8 is realised! Just 16 moves into the
opening, it is not too late to say that White is already in serious trouble.
His centre is crumbling and his central pieces are in a traffic jam, getting
in each other's way.} 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 {A move that White doesn't really
want to play but it seems White can stabilize the position...} Rad8 $1 {
Completing development with aplomb. Now Black has both the centre and an
enduring initiative.} ({Meng Kong probably prepared} 17... exd5 18. Nd4 {
to block the Bc8.}) 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. c4 bxc3 20. Nxc3 exd5 21. Nxd5 $2 {I
remember playing in the Singapore team as Meng Kong at the 1995 Asian Teams
Championship and when he reached a lost position against Nenashev (now Graff)
of Uzbekistan after 15 moves or so, he basically went for broke...and said,
'Worst case scenario, I can beat the rush hour traffic get an early dinner at
home....".} (21. Re1 {is met by} d4 {and it is only a matter of time before
the Bb7 will exert itself.}) 21... Bc5 22. Rc1 Nd4 {Virtually forcing White to
cough up material.} 23. Qxd4 ({After} 23. Ne3 Qc6 24. f3 Ne6 {, there is no
escape for the bishop.}) 23... Bxd4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Nf5 {It is now a mopping
up exercise for the Fed.} Bxd5 26. Nxd4 Rc4 27. Be3 Rxa4 28. Rc1 Rc4 29. Ra1
Bb7 30. b3 Rc3 31. Ra4 h6 32. Rb4 Bc8 33. Rb6 Kh7 34. Kg2 Re7 35. b4 Rd7 36. b5
axb5 37. Rxb5 $19 Rd3 38. Rb4 Bb7+ 39. Kg3 Bd5 40. Ne2 Rd1 41. Nf4 Bb7 42. h4
Rg1+ 43. Kh3 Rh1+ 44. Kg3 Rg1+ 45. Kh3 Rc7 46. Ne2 Rh1+ 47. Kg3 Ba6 48. Nf4
Rg1+ 49. Kh3 Bf1+ 50. Kh2 Rxg4 51. Nd5 Rxb4 52. Nxb4 Rc4 0-1

[Event "New York vs. Singapore"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2020.05.31"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Lapan, Dan"]
[Black "Chan, Peng Kong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2142"]
[Annotator "Junior Tay"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2r2/1p2pkb1/p2p4/3n4/PP3P2/3K4/3BB2P/2R4R b - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "NY vs Singapore"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New York"]
[BlackTeam "SGP"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]

{[#] A protracted Maroczy bind fight reached this ending with White's bishop
pair compensating for Black's better centre. However, one slip by Black and
it's all over for the Singaporean IM.} 27... Kg8 $2 {Black is not interested
in simplifying but he is horribly exposed on the light squares after} (27...
Rxc1 $11 28. Rxc1 Rh8 {is equal.}) 28. Rxc8 $1 $18 Rxc8 29. Bg4 {and it
transpires he cannot stop the deadly Be6 effectively.} Rc3+ 30. Bxc3 {White is
clearly winning.} Nxc3 {[%mdl 4096]} 31. Be6+ Kh7 32. Bb3 b5 33. a5 d5 34. Re1
Bf6 35. Re6 Ne4 36. Rxa6 1-0

[Event "New York vs. Singapore"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2020.05.31"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Liang, Jason"]
[Black "Liu, Xiangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "Junior Tay"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "NY vs Singapore"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "SGP"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Nc6
9. Nf3 f6 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 10. Bd3 Bb8 $146 11. Nbxd4 f5 12. Be3 Nge7 13. O-O O-O
14. h3 a6 15. Kh2 Bd7 16. Qe1 Ng6 17. Nb3 Bc7 18. Qf2 Kh8 19. Rad1 b5 20. Nc5
Qe8 21. Kh1 Nd8 22. Qe2 Nf7 23. Nd4 Nh6 24. Ra1 Bb6 25. Ndb3 Bxc5 26. Nxc5 Bc6
27. Bd4 Qf7 28. Kh2 Qe7 29. g3 Rfb8 {White has slowly but surely put a lid on
Black's attempts to seek counterplay in this French. Now he presses on the
queenside with} 30. a4 $1 {A clever breakthrough. White has no intention of
recapturing the pawn and give Black counterplay down the b-file. He just plays
around the a-pawn and continues to improve his position.} bxa4 31. Nxa6 (31.
Nxa4 Bxa4 32. Rxa4 Rxb4 33. Rxb4 Qxb4 {makes White's task harder.}) 31... Rc8
32. Nc5 Nf8 33. Ra3 Nd7 34. Rfa1 {Very Karpovian-like, White's building of his
queenside initiative.} Nxc5 35. Bxc5 Qd7 36. b5 Bb7 37. Bd4 {[#] The
Singaporean IM realises he has to somehow fish for counterplay or he will be
throttled to death on the queenside.} Rc4 $1 38. c3 $1 {White continues to
ignore the rook offer and correctly so.} (38. Bxc4 $6 dxc4 39. c3 (39. Qxc4 $2
Rc8 40. Qd3 $4 {and Black is winnning after} Be4) 39... Qxb5 {and things have
become very random.}) 38... Qxb5 39. Rb1 $1 Qc6 40. Qb2 Ba6 41. Qb6 $2 ({
Now it is actually the right time to take the exchange as White can seize the
long white diagonal as well. But things are easier in post-mortem than actual
play itself, of course.} 41. Bxc4 dxc4 42. Qg2 $1 Qc8 43. Rb4 {and Black is
just lost.}) 41... Qe8 $1 {The a-pawn is becoming a nuisance and now if White
doesn't take on c4, he will just be worse.} 42. Bxc4 Bxc4 43. Rb4 Bf1 {Black
is now threatening ..Qh5.} 44. Rb1 $2 ({The engine churns out} 44. Ra1 Bd3 45.
Qc7 Qh5 46. Rb8+ Rxb8 47. Qxb8+ Ng8 48. Qb2) 44... Bd3 {It is once again very
difficult to adjust psychologically to the turn of events. White has an
arduous defensive task and with little time left, Liang misses his way.} 45.
Rd1 $2 {[#]} ({Engine level play holds after} 45. Rb4 Qh5 46. Rbxa4 Rg8 47. Ra8
Bf1 48. Rxg8+ Nxg8 {and now White simply defends calmly with} 49. Qb2 Qxh3+ 50.
Kg1 Bd3 51. Qf2 {and Black has at best equal chances.}) 45... Be4 $1 $19 {
There is no stopping ...Qh5 and ...Ng4 with an unstoppable attack.} 46. Raa1
Qh5 47. Re1 Ng4+ 48. Kg1 Qxh3 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Rh3h1]} 49. Rxe4 Qxg3+ 50. Kf1
fxe4 51. Rxa4 Qf3+ 52. Ke1 Rf8 53. Kd2 Qd3+ 54. Kc1 e3 55. Qd6 Rg8 56. Qxe6
Qd2+ 57. Kb1 e2 {[%cal Re2e1]} 58. Qxg8+ Kxg8 {[%cal Re2e1]} 59. Ra8+ Kf7 {
[%cal Re2e1]} 60. e6+ Kg6 {[%cal Re2e1]} 61. f5+ Kh5 {[%cal Re2e1]} 62. e7
e1=Q# 0-1

[Event "New York vs. Singapore"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2020.05.31"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Sivakumar, Ashvin"]
[Black "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Junior Tay"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "NY vs Singapore"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SGP"]
[BlackTeam "New York"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qd2 Bb4 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O O-O 13. e4 Nxc3 $6 (13... Bxd3
14. Qxd3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3 16. Rb1 Bd6 17. e5 Bc7 18. c4 Bd8 $11 {Black can
equalize with relative ease according to Vuckovic.}) 14. bxc3 Ba3 15. Rcd1 Rfe8
16. e5 $5 $146 Be7 $2 {Althout Black removes or pushes off a strong White
attacker, his kingside is a trifle porous after this trade.} ({Black should
play the Stenitizian knight retreat} 16... Nf8 17. Qe2 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Qa4 {
and now Stockfish 11 demonstrated the flamboyant} 19. Bf6 $5 Ng6 $1 {and White
just keeps feeding pieces over...} ({Not} 19... gxf6 20. exf6 Ng6 21. Ne5 Bd6
22. f4 {and Black will get crushed on the kingside.}) 20. Nh4 gxf6 21. Rg3 Kh7
22. exf6 Qa5 23. Qe4 Rg8 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Qxc6 Rad8 26. Qc7+ Kh8 27. Rh3 h5
28. Qf4 Kh7 29. g4 Qd5 {when suddenly an even double rook ending materialises
following} 30. c4 Qxd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxa3 Rxg4+ 33. Kh1 $11) 17. Bxa6 Qxa6
18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Re4 Nf8 20. Rg4 Ng6 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. h4 $1 Kh8 {Black
calmly curls up and asks White to do his worst...} 23. h5 Nf8 {[#] This will
make a very good training exercise for students. How should White continue his
attack? Is it better to send pieces in or to use pawns to prise open the
kingside?} 24. Qf4 {Ashvin sets up the dardstardly threat of Rxg7 and tries to
bring in the heavies to crash through. The problem with serve and rushing to
the net to volley is...the backcourt is rather airy...} ({White should focus
on the f4-f5 break here instead with} 24. Nh4 $1 Nh7 ({or} 24... Rc7 25. f4 Qc8
26. Rf1 Nh7 27. f5 exf5 28. Nxf5 Rg8 29. Qf4 Qe6 $16 30. Rf2 {with a large
advantage for White.}) 25. f4 Qc8 26. Rf1 Qd7 27. Qd3 b5 (27... c5 28. Qg3 Rg8
29. f5 {and White crushes through.}) 28. f5 $1 exf5 29. Nxf5 Ng5 $18) 24... Nh7
$1 25. Rd2 Qc4 $6 {The queen is susceptible to d4-d5 tricks from here.} (25...
Qa3 $1 {is a better square to harass White from and Black has enough to keep
White busy.}) 26. Qg3 Rg8 27. d5 $1 Qxc3 28. d6 $6 {White does get a protected
passed pawn but Black's more interested in trudging his queenside majority
home while he shutters up his kingside.} ({White does better to create light
square weaknesses with} 28. dxe6 $1 Qc1+ 29. Kh2 fxe6 30. Nh4 Nf8 31. Rd8 Rf7
32. Qb3 Qc5 33. f4 b5 34. Qf3 Qb6 35. Rc8 {when Black's pieces are too
un-coordinated to hold out.}) 28... Rd7 29. Rdd4 $2 {Giving Black a tempo to
get Charlie moving.} c5 30. Rc4 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qxa2 32. Rcf4 Qb3 {Despite the
impressive accumulation of kingside forces, there is no way through.} 33. Qh4
b5 34. Rg3 Qb2 35. Rgg4 a5 36. Re4 a4 37. Ne1 a3 38. Nd3 Qc3 39. Rg3 a2 40. Nf4
a1=Q 41. Rxc3 Qxc3 42. Re3 Qd4 43. Kg1 b4 {[%cal Bb5b4,Bb4b3][%mdl 32]} 44. g3
b3 $1 {Nice cold blooded defense by Vincent.} 0-1

[Event "New York vs. Singapore"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2020.05.31"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Levine, Jack"]
[Black "Wong, Zhenyong Jayden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1882"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[Annotator "Junior Tay"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5p2/2PK4/8/8/1R4pk/8/2r5 b - - 0 65"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "NY vs Singapore"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "SGP"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]

{[#]} 65... Kh2 {Jack and Jayden fought all the way to a rook ending and the
evaluation bar on the chess24.com swung between winning and drawn for Black
throughout the last 20 moves. However, it's the last mistake that counts in
quickplay and here...the denouement came after} 66. Rb5 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({
White has to play} 66. Rf3 $1 g2 67. Rxf7 g1=Q 68. Rh7+ Kg2 69. Rg7+ Kf2 70.
Rxg1 {and he can pick up half a point now.}) 66... g2 67. Rh5+ Kg3 $1 {[%cal
Rg3f4]} 68. Rg5+ Kf3 69. c7 f6 $1 {[%cal Rf6g5] and now it's over} 70. Rg6 f5
71. Kd7 f4 0-1

[Event "New York vs. Singapore"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2020.05.31"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Hsu, Li Yang"]
[Black "Brodsky, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Junior Tay"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "NY vs Singapore"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SGP"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
{GM Maxim Chetverik calls this Opocensky variation after the Czech master "who
popularized this bishop move, which strengthens white’s position in the
center. White plans the move d4-d5, while black gains very little from having
the bishop pair after Ne4xd2, especially due to e2-e4" (The Queen’s Indian
Defense: Main Line 4.g3 System, 2018).} Bf6 9. Rc1 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. e4 ({
The main line is} 11. d5 {and thus unsurprisingly the focus of Chetverik's
treatise (Chapter 17).}) 11... Nd7 12. Rfd1 g6 {Black maintains flexibility
for now, and looks for a more opportune time to play ...c5 or ...e5.} 13. Qe2 {
White is in no hurry either.} Bg7 14. b3 Qe7 {Black continues to shadowbox.} ({
It is a good time as any to play} 14... c5) ({or} 14... e5 {though White's
spatius plus gives him a slight edge anyway.}) 15. e5 {Li Yang decides to
stake his central claim first.} dxe5 $5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rfe8 $6 {
After Black's refusal to trade the Ne5, it's time for massive suffering.} ({
Based on positional grounds, it would seem a tad crazy to play} 17... Nxe5 18.
dxe5 {when the black bishop is kind of shut in by the e5-pawn wedge and if
rooks are traded off, White gets the dreaded Queen and Knight tandem. However,
modern engines demonstrate that Black can swifty undermind White's
e5-strongpoint and create enough counterplay to nullify his subsequent pawn
structure issues.} Rad8 19. f4 ({or} 19. Qe3 a6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. f4 f6 22.
exf6 Qxf6 23. Rc2 Qe7 $11 {and it is very difficult for White to stop ...e5
riding Black of his only weakness.} 24. Re2 ({and even if White tries to
ensure that Black doesn't get in ...e5, after} 24. Rd2 Bxc3 {This isn't forced
of course but just an illustration that Black is even ok after this.} (24...
Rxd2+ 25. Qxd2 h6 {doesn't give White much either.}) 25. Qxc3 Kf7 {, White
cannot make much progress from here.}) 24... Qd7 $1 25. Ne4 (25. Nb1 e5 $1 26.
fxe5 Qf5 27. e6 Rd3 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. gxf4 Kf8 $11) 25... e5 $1) 19... g5 $1 {
There you go...Kingside struture? Who cares?} 20. Ne4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 gxf4 22.
gxf4 f6 $1 {Ditto.} 23. exf6 Bxf6 {and White is just as exposed as Black and
now Black's bishop has been freed up with equal play.}) 18. Nc6 $1 {The knight
lodges itself onto this square to torture Black into passivity for almost the
whole game.} Qd6 19. Qf3 a6 20. b4 Qf8 21. a4 {[#] This reminded my pals and I
of FM Wong Foong Yin's play 3 decades ago. Once upon a time, we used to get
tortured by 'Yinz', our senior (and role model) in Singaporean events or
casual blitz in this manner. He will just take square after square, usurp more
and more space while keeping his pawn structure immaculate. We still
frequently watch his online games often as he snuffs out his opponents slowly
but surely. Among us, Li Yang has the most similar style to Foong Yin but his
play has evolved since.} e5 {Black tries to find counterplay in the centre but
this was what Li Yang was waiting for, a chance to latch onto the d5-outpost.}
22. dxe5 (22. Nd5 {is even stronger but Li Yang prefers keep a nagging slight
edge.}) 22... Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Nd5 Re6 25. Rd3 Ra7 $6 {This is a clever
attempt to evict the Nd5 by getting the rook out of the way of the knight but
the positional concessions makes Black's subsequent defensive task even harder.
} ({At first, the engine's choice of} 25... a5 {doesn't make sense. After all,}
26. b5 {merely ensures that the Nd5 can never get booted off its excellent
outpost. However, after} Rae8 27. Re3 Kg7 28. Rce1 Qd6 $14 {, there is no
clear way for White to improve his position substantially. This is where the
computer engines trumps us humans vastly. Other than our much slower and
weaker calculating ability, we will reject moves that concede permanent
positional concessions and are bound to tire and blunder after arduous
defending for a long time. Engines have no such issues of course, and can keep
the game going without missing a beat tactically.}) 26. Re1 c6 27. Rxe5 $1 {
It transpires that White doesn't need the knight to maintain his edge as he
exchanges one advantage for another. Now it's active heavies vs passive ones
and Black is still saddled with queenside pawn weaknesses.} ({After} 27. Nxb6
$6 Qxb4 28. Nc8 Qxe1 29. Nxa7 {, Black is clearly out of the woods and can
even play for the win after} Rf6) 27... Rxe5 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7
{[%mdl 4096] [#] White now threatens Qc3 and it's pure suffering for Black.}
Re7 ({The best counter, as pointed out by GM Kevin Goh is} 30... c5 $1 {
and after} 31. bxc5 $2 ({White should instead play} 31. a5 $1 {Black is in hot
soup after} bxa5 $2 32. bxc5 Qe8 ({A very long and unforcing variation follows
with} 32... Rxc5 33. Qc3+ $1 Kg8 34. Qf6 Rc8 35. c5 Qe8 36. Qd4 $1 Qe6 37. Rd6
Qe2 38. c6 Qc2 39. Rd8+ Rxd8 40. Qxd8+ Kg7 41. Qd4+ Kh6 42. Qd6 Qe4+ 43. Kf1
Qb1+ 44. Ke2 Qb6 45. Qf4+ Kg7 46. Qe5+ Kg8 47. c7 Qc6 48. Kd2 {and White is
supposed to waltz to a win. Clearly beyond the scope of online rapid play!})
33. c6 Rc5 34. Qc3+ Qe5 35. Qxe5+ Rxe5 36. Rd5 Re6 37. Rc5 $18 {and White will
win.}) 31... bxc5 32. a5 h5 33. Qc3 Qa8+ 34. Qf3 Qf8 35. Rb7 Rf5 36. Qc3+ $11
Kh7 {and chances are even.}) 31. Rd6 ({White won't agree to a rook trade as
after} 31. Qxc6 $6 Rxd7 32. Qxd7 Qxb4 {, Black is back in business.}) 31... Re8
32. Qf6+ Kg8 33. c5 $1 {Ensuring that the c- and a-pawns will fall while his
own queenside pawns remain intact.} bxc5 34. bxc5 Qh6 {For the price of the
c-pawn, Black goes fishing for counterplay.} 35. Rxc6 Qd2 36. Rd6 $40 {[%mdl
128] And now, to run the c-pawn home.} Qa5 37. c6 {[%cal Bc5c6,Bc6c7][%mdl 32]}
Qxa4 38. c7 Qe4+ 39. Qf3 Qe7 40. Qc6 Rc8 41. Rd7 Qe8 42. Qd5 {A stylish
squeeze and suffocation example by the Singaporean legend.} 1-0

[Event "New York vs. Singapore"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2020.05.31"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Li, Rachael"]
[Black "Liu, Yang Hazel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[Annotator "Junior Tay"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "NY vs Singapore"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "SGP"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Bd3 (7. h3 {
now or on the next move are the principled continuations for White to play for
a slight pull.}) 7... O-O 8. O-O $6 (8. h3) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 ({After} 9. exd5
{, Ivanesevic analyses} Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Qd1 Nh5 13. Ne4 {
and he covered} Be5 ({and} 13... Qe7 {in his Modernized Delayed Benoni book 
(Thinkers' Publishing 2019).})) 9... Bg4 (9... a6 10. a4 Bg4 {is a tad more
accurate.}) 10. Bf4 (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Qc7 {and as
Ivanesevic put it "all Black’s pieces are developed at their natural
positions."}) 10... Nh5 $1 11. Be3 Nd7 12. h3 $6 {Why use up a tempo to force
the issue when Black is already committed to the exchange sooner or later?}
Bxf3 $1 13. Qxf3 f5 $5 $146 {A temporary pawn sacrifice to put immediate
pressure on the White kingside.} ({White went down quickly in a prior game
after} 13... Ne5 $1 14. Qe2 Qh4 $1 15. Qd2 Nxd3 16. Bg5 $4 (16. Qxd3 {is
comfortable for Black though with ...f5, ...Be5 or ...Rae8 with a better game.}
f5) 16... Bxc3 $1 17. bxc3 Qxe4 {and Black is a piece up. 0-1 (21) Salama,O 
(2254)-Abasov,N (2627) Porto Carras 2018}) 14. exf5 Ne5 15. Qe2 Nxd3 16. Qxd3
Rxf5 17. g4 $2 {The impulse of youth. White seeks to displace the Black pieces
and gain some space but her kingside becomes porous as a result.} ({More
prudent is} 17. Qc4 a6 (17... Qf6 18. Rae1 Rf8 19. a4 Nf4 20. Ne4 Qe5 21. b3
R5f7 22. Bxf4 Rxf4 $11 {with equal chances.}) 18. a4 Qe7 19. Rae1 Raf8 20. Bh6
Qd7 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. Qh4 $11 {and it's probably about equal again.}) ({
White can also play on the queenside with} 17. Rad1 Qd7 18. Qc4 Re8 19. b4 b6
20. bxc5 bxc5 $11) 17... Nf4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. Rae1 Be5 $1 {Denying White the
use of the e6 square and asserting total control over the f4-one. The weak
dark squares around the White king are quite telling.} 20. Ne2 $2 {Trying to
fight for the dark squares but this knight displacement allows Black's attack
to continue unimpeded.} ({White has to dig in with} 20. Kg2 Qb6 21. Qc2 Raf8
22. f3 Rb4 23. Re2 {and Black has the initiative though it is still not easy
to put White away.}) 20... Rf7 ({Stockfish demonstrated the tempo gaining} 
20... Ra4 $1 21. a3 Qh4 22. Kg2 Rf8 {with a powerful attack.}) 21. b3 Qh4 22.
f4 {[#] Rather than to resist and hold the dark-square weaknesses, the
American youngster decided to ditch a pawn to remove the bane of her problems,
the dark-square bishop.} Bxf4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 23. Nxf4 Rxf4 24. Rxf4 $2 {
One trade too many.} ({After} 24. Qe3 $1 Raf8 25. Rxf4 Rxf4 26. Re2 Rf7 27. Qc3
Rf8 28. Qe3 {Black has problems converting this.}) 24... Qxe1+ {[%mdl 4096]}
25. Rf1 Qe7 26. Qf3 Rf8 $1 $36 {[%mdl 2048] No qualms about vacuuming
everything off. Both king and pawn or queen endings are winning for Black with
some care.} 27. Qxf8+ $4 {Making things simpler for Black.} ({To be fair,} 27.
Qd3 Qe5 {should be winning for Black too.}) 27... Qxf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. g5 b5
{[%cal Bb7b5,Bb5b4][%mdl 32]} 30. Kf2 b4 31. Ke3 Ke7 32. Kd3 Kd7 33. Kc2 Kc7
34. Kd2 Kb6 35. Ke3 Kb5 36. Kd3 a6 0-1

[Event "New York vs. Singapore"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2020.05.31"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Liu, Xiangyi"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Junior Tay"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1br2k1/pp2bppp/2n1p3/q3P3/2B2BQ1/5N2/P1P2PPP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 15"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "NY vs Singapore"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SGP"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

15... b6 {Black was outplayed in the opening and hence his opponent mounted a
ferocious kingside attack. What else can Jason do but to try to ward off any
kingside incursion that the Singapore IM could throw at him?} 16. Bh6 {[%csl
Gh6][%cal Rg4g7]} Bf8 {[%mdl 8192]} 17. Qe4 $1 $18 {By hitting on c6, White
gains a tempo to further weaken Black's kingside.} Bb7 18. Ng5 {[%csl Gg5]
[%cal Re4h7]} g6 {[#]} 19. Bxf8 ({Missing} 19. Nxf7 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Kxf7 ({
Black has to play} 19... Bxh6 20. Qh4 ({After} 20. Nxh6+ Kg7 {, simplest is}
21. Ng4 {when Black is one pawn down and still unable to get forces over to
the kingside.}) 20... Rxd1 21. Nxh6+ (21. Rxd1 Bg7 $18) 21... Kg7 22. Rxd1) 20.
Qf4+ Kg8 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Qf6+ Bg7 23. Qxg7#) 19... Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rxf8 21. Qh4
{[%csl Gg5][%cal Rh4h7]} h5 {[#] Jason still has more trials to endure...} 22.
Nxe6 {Nowhere near as decisive as the detonation on f7. White is forced to
find some difficult moves just to maintain the attack.} ({Once again,} 22. Nxf7
$1 $18 {[%mdl 512] wins as after} Rxf7 23. Bxe6 Qxe5 24. Qc4 Qf6 25. Bxf7+ Qxf7
26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rd7+ {mops up.}) 22... fxe6 23. Bxe6+ $2 {After this, the
attack fizzled out.} (23. Qg5 $1 $14 {A quiet queen shift following a
sacrifice...not something easily calculated out for sure.} Qxe5 24. Qxg6+ Qg7
25. Bxe6+ (25. Qxe6+ $145 Kh8 26. Rd5 $40) 25... Kh8 26. Qxh5+ Qh7 27. Qxh7+
Kxh7 28. Rd7+ Kh8 29. Rxb7 Re8 30. Bc4 Na5 31. Rc7 Nxc4 32. h4 $11) 23... Kg7
24. Rd7+ Kh6 {[%cal Ra5e1] It transpires that the worst is over for Black as
the king is extremely safe on h6!} 25. f4 $4 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rh4g5] Black has
only one chance to counterattack in the whole game and it is an immediate kill.
} ({The only way to sustain the initiative is} 25. Qe4 {and now} Qc3 26. h4 Bc8
27. Rc7 Bxe6 28. Rxc6 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Qxa2 30. c4 {and White is fishing hard for
3 results though a draw is likely to occur.} Qxf2 31. Rxe6 Qf4+ 32. Qxf4+ Rxf4
{fo rexample.}) 25... Qc5+ 26. Kh1 $2 {[#]} (26. Qf2 {is losing anyway.}) 26...
Qxe5 $1 $19 {[%mdl 512] Jason's tenacity paid off.} 27. Bf7 (27. fxe5 Rf1#)
27... Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "New York vs. Singapore"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2020.05.31"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Choksi, Khushi"]
[Black "Liu, Kelsey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1706"]
[BlackElo "1488"]
[Annotator "Junior Tay"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2rk1/pp1q1ppp/2nbpn2/7b/3P4/1QN1BN1P/PP2BPP1/2R2RK1 w - - 0 14"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "NY vs Singapore"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SGP"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[#]} 14. Rfd1 {In a standard Alapin Sicilian where Black has somewhat lost a
couple of tempi, White demonstrated great textbook application.} Bb8 $2 {
A powerful demonstration of the thematic IQP big d5 push and the subsequent
use of the initiative.} (14... Nd5 {is mandatory.}) 15. d5 $1 exd5 $2 ({
Black has to play} 15... Ne7 {though} 16. Bb5 {or} (16. dxe6 {are good for
White.})) 16. Nxd5 {Black has no answer to the powerful accumulation of
central forces.} Qf5 $2 ({Also insuffient are} 16... Qd6 17. Bc5) ({or} 16...
Qe8 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qxb7) 17. Rxc6 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Nxd5 (17... bxc6 18. Ne7+
) 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Bg6 21. Rc5 {[%cal Rc5c8] And the rest
is just mopping up.} Re8 22. Rc1 h6 23. Rd1 Kh7 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Re7 26.
Kf1 f5 27. Rd8 Bc7 28. Ra8 a6 29. Rf8 Kg6 30. Nh4+ Kh5 31. Nxf5 Rd7 32. Nd4 Kg6
33. Ne6 Ba5 34. Ke2 Rd6 35. Nf4+ Kh7 36. Rf7 b6 37. Nh5 Rg6 38. Bd4 Re6+ 39.
Kd3 Kg6 40. Rxg7+ Kxh5 41. f3 b5 42. Bf2 {[%csl Gf3,Gg7,Gh3][%cal Rg2g4]} Rg6
43. g4+ Kg5 44. h4+ Kf6 45. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Iowa Closed 2020"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.07.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saleem, Arshaq"]
[Black "Neal, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "Saleem"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Iowa Closed"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,50,80,17,86,46,82,86,72,25,35,41,60,54,52,42,32,17,70,65,51,25,31,42,
42,33,41,12,27,-42,-44,-30,-54,-54,-48,-48,-42,-48,-45,-55,-72,-84,-106,-180,
-165,-165,-201,-159,-179,-145,-190,-216,-149]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 $5 {
this move has never achieved main line status, but has always proved to be a
solid option, and Carlsen even employed it against Shankland last year} (3...
Nf6 {is the traditional main line, but QGD players often like to avoid} 4. cxd5
exd5 5. Bg5 {although Black has been holding his own here recently.}) (3... Be7
{also avoids Bg5 like 3...a6. After} 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 {the positions
resemble the game continuation.}) 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Qf3 $5 {
This had only been played 5 times prior to my game, but one of the players was
Wojtaszek, so I figured it was worth testing out.} (7. Bxd6 {is by far the
main move}) 7... Ne7 {Black wants to exchange his "bad" light bishop for my
good light bishop with Bf5, although this plan led to a position that was
difficult to play for Black practically.} (7... Nf6 {is logical. Here I wanted}
8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 {and Black should be alright in this endgame
but it is easy to play for White. He can combine queenside minority attack
ideas with kingside expansion (f3-g4)}) 8. Bd3 Bf5 (8... O-O {might be safer
in hindsight, but after} 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nge2 {Black can no longer exchange
the light bishops so easily}) 9. Bxd6 $1 (9. Bxf5 Nxf5 {is very comfortable
for Black.}) 9... Bxd3 10. Qf4 $1 {[#] the Bd6-Qf4 will prove bothersome for
Black due to his lack of a dark bishop.} O-O 11. O-O-O {This is the point of
the continuation. While computers say Black is fine, it is not easy to defend
this OTB.} Bg6 12. h4 h6 13. g4 Re8 14. Nf3 {White is threatening h5-g5 to
blow up the kingside, and this prompted an interesting, but flawed idea from
Black.} Be4 $6 {objectively this doesn't work, but it is a perfectly
understandable move to try to slow down White's attack.} (14... Nd7 {was
probably best, but Black was understandably worried about} 15. h5 {with g5 to
follow}) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 {now at least Black's knight has the d5-square.} 16. Ne5
$6 {this allows Black back into the game.} ({The silicon beast points out that
the amazing} 16. Ng5 $1 {leaves Black in a terrible position.} hxg5 $2 (16...
f6 {is forced, although Black is nearly lost after both Nxe4 or} 17. Ne6) 17.
hxg5 Ng6 18. Qh2 {the threat is Qh7#} f6 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Rh6 {and White's
attack crashes through.}) 16... f6 {this move starts a forcing sequence} 17.
Nc4 Nd5 18. Qg3 b5 19. Nd2 Re6 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 {[#] this was a critical moment
in the game. I saw I could continue with Nb3 and have a solid positional
advantage due to the weak c5-square and potentially-weak e4-pawn or I could
play g5 immediately to start attacking the Black king. Objectively, my choice
is not best, but I felt it was the most logical way to justify my early
aggressive play.} 21. g5 $6 (21. Nb3 $14) 21... f5 {practically forced. Taking
on g5 is nearly suicidal.} (21... fxg5 $2 22. hxg5 $16 Qxg5 $4 23. Qxb8+) 22.
gxh6 Rxh6 23. Qe5 {the ensuing middlegame was riddled with errors from both
players. It was not easy to play the position for both sides, but I would
argue that Black's task is harder as his king needs constant protection.} Qf8
24. Rdg1 Rb7 $1 (24... Re8 $2 25. Rxg7+ $1 {is a nice trick.}) 25. Rg5 $6 {
natural, but objectively flawed} (25. Kb1 {was safest to avoid potential
Nb4-d3+ ideas.}) 25... Rf7 (25... Nb4 $1 {with Nd3 to follow gives White
problems.}) 26. a3 Rhf6 {this is too passive. If Black just sits and defends
White will eventually find a breakthrough.} (26... b4 $1 {was necessary to
create counterplay.} 27. a4 b3 $1 {and suddenly White has to worry about his
king's safety as well with Nb4/Qb4 ideas in the air.}) 27. Rhg1 Re7 28. Qg3 $6
(28. Qh2 $1 {avoided f4 ideas}) 28... a5 (28... f4 $5 29. Qh3 fxe3 30. fxe3 {
opened the f-file and made it much less likely that my attack would succeed.
Black has good counterplay}) 29. h5 a4 30. Qh3 {threatening h6} Kh7 31. Rg6 {
the position is becoming more uncomfortable for Black. He needed to play
actively here to avoid a disaster on the kingside.} Ref7 $2 (31... b4 $1 {
had to be played. Black desperately needs counterplay.}) 32. Qg2 {White now
threatens g6, gxh6 Rg8} Ne7 33. Rg5 $6 (33. f3 $1 {immediately was possible.
The rook on g6 is obviously untouchable.}) 33... Ng8 $2 {[#] My opponent told
me that because my Nd2 had been out of play for so long, he simply forgot
about my next move} 34. f3 $1 {the long-dormant knight enters the game with
decisive effect. The rest of the game was played under time pressure, so the
accuracy from both sides was not very high. Curiously, at this point the
tornado alarm in the city went off so we temporarily halted play!} c5 {an
interesting way to muddy the waters} (34... exf3 35. Nxf3 {the knight comes to
e5 and Black's position is falling apart.}) 35. fxe4 cxd4 36. exd4 fxe4 37.
Qxe4+ Kh8 38. Rxb5 Re7 39. Qd3 Qe8 40. Kb1 Rf2 41. Rc5 {White is up 2 pawns,
but Black still has some unpleasant pressure.} Re1+ 42. Rc1 Ree2 43. Rc2 Qxh5
44. Rgc1 (44. Rc5 {followed by Nc4 was best.}) 44... Rf4 $6 {This move
relinquishes the pressure along the 2nd rank, so I figured it was my turn to
attack.} 45. Rc8 $1 Re7 46. Rd8 {Rcc8 is a huge threat} Re8 $2 {this loses
immediately, but the position is lost anyway.} 47. Rxe8 Qxe8 48. Qh3+ {and
Black resigned as Rc8 will pick up the queen next move. Even though Black was
fine after White's g5 break, the price of his moves was higher due to White's
attacking potential. A few inaccurate moves and he was suddenly lost.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess Showdown Int"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.06.06"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[SourceTitle "Clutch Chess"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,100,22,22,60,34,46,52,37,36,66,24,38,39,31,22,42,15,17,19,35,35,27,32,
51,48,40,15,26,19,19,1,30,24,2,9,87,17,-2,18,16,-28,-63,-63,-91,-81,-34,-37,
-84,-86,-83,-85,-83,-80,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-89,-98,-113,-117,-126,-107,-113,
-120,-98,-97,-85,-80,-85,-84,-66,-60,-67,-68,-71,-81,-79,-85,-82,-78,-73,-86,
-96,-89,-103,-128,-138,-107,-173,-183,-162,-187,-249,-146,-286,-269,-331,-329,
-336,-352]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3
b6 (7... Nxe4 $6 {is too clever by half. Black does win a pawn - but White
gets a serious initiative as compensation.} 8. Nxe4 Qe5 9. Bd3 Qxd4 10. Qe2 $16
{followed by Be3, 0-0, and f4. White's initiative and lead in development is
alarming, so I wouldn't recommend the 7...Nxe4 line except as an occasional
surprise in blitz.}) 8. Be2 Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Rc1 Nbd7
13. b4 {This is a standard type of Hedgehog position. White has a big space
advantage, while Black's position is more flexible than one might suppose.
Positions like this are great for getting both players into time pressure, as
they must consider pawn breaks (whether immediately or as part of a plan) on
practically every move. Black generally looks at ideas involving ...d5 and/or .
..b5, and there's even the idea of ...Kh8 followed by ...Rg8 and ...g5-g4. For
White, it's common to look for ideas like a4-a5, or c4-c5, and sometimes even
b4-b5. Often positions arise when the breaks don't seem to work, and it
doesn't seem as if there's any way to further improve one's position. Then one
looks for ways *not* to mess things up! As I said, it's a prescription for
mutual time pressure.} Rfc8 (13... Rac8) 14. Kh1 (14. Qd2) (14. Na4) 14... Qd8
15. Nb3 Ne5 (15... d5 {is possible here.} 16. exd5 exd5 17. cxd5 Nf8 18. Bf2
Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11 20. Bxb6 $4 Bxb3 $1 $19) 16. Na4 Nfd7 17. Qd4 (17. f4 {
seems (and is) playable, and to those of you without much Hedgehog experience
it may seem natural and automatic. It's not bad, but those of us who have
faced strong Hedgehog players will have been chastened. After} Ng6 {White has
gained space and sidelined the knight, but now the e4 pawn is a new headache.})
17... b5 18. Na5 (18. Nb2 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. Bxc4 d5 $1 {
As noted above, Black's typical breaks are ...b5 and ...d5, and he often plays
both of them!} 22. exd5 Bf6 $1 23. Qd2 Ne5 $1 24. Be2 Bxd5 $11) 18... Nc6 $1 {
Otherwise Black is in trouble, but now he's fine.} 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 $11 20. cxb5
$2 (20. Nb2 $11) 20... Bxb5 $17 {Now White is in trouble.} 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22.
Qd1 Qc7 (22... Bf6 $1) 23. Bd4 Qc2 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. Nb6 Nxb6 26. Bxb6 Qxd1 27.
Rxd1 Rc3 28. Ra1 Bf6 29. Rd1 Rxa3 (29... Be5 $142 $19) 30. Kg1 Ra6 31. Bc7 Be5
32. Rc1 Kf8 $2 {This makes Black's job much more difficult.} (32... Ra4 $142
33. Ba5 g5 $19) 33. Ba5 d5 (33... g5 $142) (33... f5 $142) 34. exd5 exd5 35.
Kf1 Bxh2 36. Rc5 Re6 $1 37. g4 (37. Rxd5 $143 Bg3 38. Rd1 Ke8 $19) 37... d4 $1
38. Rxb5 d3 $2 (38... Ke7 $17) 39. Rd5 Rd6 40. Rxd6 Bxd6 41. b5 $11 {[#] Is
Carlsen going to get an extra half point from the game yet again? Not this
time.} g6 42. b6 Ke8 43. b7 $2 (43. g5 $1 {had to be played, and it achieves a
draw.} Kd7 44. Kf2 Bc5+ 45. Ke1 {Black cannot save the d-pawn, because} Be3 46.
b7 Bf4 47. Kf2 Kc6 48. Bd2 $1 {forces the bishop to abandon control over the
dark squares that keep away White's king.} Bb8 49. Ke3 Kxb7 50. Kxd3 Kc6 51.
Ke4 $11 {followed by f4, with a dead draw.}) 43... Kd7 $19 44. Bb4 Bb8 $2 (
44... Bc7 $1 45. Bd2 h5 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Bg5 Kc6 48. Ke1 Ba5+ $1 {wins. There
is no check on this diagonal when the bishop is coming from b8, and that's why
Xiong's move is an error.}) 45. Kf2 $2 (45. Bd2 h5 (45... Kc6 46. Kf2 Ba7+ 47.
Ke1 Kxb7 48. Bh6 {followed by Kd2xd3 is completely drawn.}) 46. gxh5 gxh5 47.
Bg5 Kc6 48. Ke1 {is a draw.}) 45... h5 $1 {The only winning move.} 46. gxh5
gxh5 47. Be1 h4 48. Kg2 Kc6 49. Kh3 Kxb7 50. Kg4 Bg3 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess Showdown Int"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.06.08"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[SourceTitle "Clutch Chess"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,59,19,17,56,53,49,11,30,14,19,6,25,10,15,23,45,11,32,-6,5,-6,12,-3,2,
2,25,-14,-25,-40,-21,-9,-16,-23,0,2,5,8,18,31,26,10,2,-1,4,7,38,46,52,42,70,60,
49,46,85,75,177,187,178,133,135,138]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5.
Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Be7
12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qf3 Ba6 14. Rd1 Nd5 15. Ne4 Qb6 16. Qg3 Qb8 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bd2
Qxg3 19. hxg3 Bd3 20. Nc3 Rfc8 21. Rac1 Kf7 22. Na4 Bb5 $2 (22... Bf5 $11) 23.
Nc5 $16 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 Nb6 25. Re1 Re8 26. Ra1 Red8 $2 27. a4 $1 Bc4 $4 28. Bxc4
Rxd4 29. a5 Rxc4 30. axb6 $1 (30. axb6 $1 axb6 (30... Rxc5 31. Rxa7+ $1 Rxa7
32. bxa7 $18) 31. Rxa8 Rxc5 32. Ra7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess Showdown Int"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[SourceTitle "Clutch Chess"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,91,31,39,27,-4,-4,2,11,20,28,21,33,17,34,39,39,38,21,12,-2,-12,24,10,
23,9,-7,-7,-7,21,80,-33,58,32,45,-50,74,116,41,57,57,13,53,0,31,31,31,31,39,0,
106,99,99,130,130,94,89,89,91,103,124,104,90,90,65,62,78,0,0,23,73,58,222,213,
225,245,263,263,305,305,425,442,466,331,337,475,494,546,945,547,1033,547,880,
549] Grischuk entered the clutch games on the final day needing to win one and
not lose the other. He achieved the first part of his task in this game.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bc2 {Logical, preparing Qd3, though castling is the usual move.} Nc6
10. Qd3 Qh4 $2 {[#] On the one hand, it's an alert move. Many of us might play
10...g6 automatically, not even considering this move, because it's generally
unavailable. (In most positions of this type, White's knight is on f3 rather
than e2.) So it's impressive that Aronian noticed it. Unfortunately for him,
he didn't notice, or at least underestimated, Grischuk's next two moves.} (
10... g6 {is normal. White can switch his focus to the dark squares around
Black's king, but they're not as weak as one might initially suspect, as ...
Re8 followed by ...Bf8 (for example) helps cover things up.}) 11. Bg5 $1 Qh5
12. g4 $1 Qg6 13. Qd2 f5 14. Rg1 $16 {Maybe Black can hold this, with a
magnificent defensive effort, but it's a lousy looking position and it's much
easier for White to handle.} e5 $2 15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. Bb3 $18 Be6 17. Be7 $2 {
A big error by Grischuk.} (17. Bh6 {pretty much wins on the spot.} Qf6 {
is the only try and probably what dissuaded Grischuk from 17.Bh6. Neither
capture on g7 promises any advantage, but} 18. O-O-O $1 Rf7 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20.
Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Bg5 $1 {is an outright winner.}) 17... Qf5 $2 (17... Qf7 18. Bxf8
Rxf8 $44) 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. O-O-O $18 Nxc3 20. Bxe6+ Qxe6 21. bxc3 Ba3+ 22. Kb1
Rxf2 23. d5 Qf5+ 24. Ka1 Na5 25. d6 $1 {The only move, but good enough.
Black's pieces are very active, but not active enough to make up for a second
white queen.} Nc6 26. d7 Be7 27. Qd5+ Qf7 28. Ng3 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Kf7 30. Rf1
Rxf1+ 31. Nxf1 Ke6 32. c4 Bd8 33. Kb2 Nb8 34. Ng3 {Aronian has defended very
well, and while he's still worse he's no longer clearly lost. He wants to get
rid of White's d-pawn - who could blame him? - but he needed to prepare the
capture.} Nxd7 $2 (34... g6 $1 35. Ne4 Nxd7 {keeps the game going, though
White is still better after 36.Nc5+ or} 36. Rd6+ Ke7 37. Rd3 $16 {/+-}) 35. Nf5
$1 Nb6 $2 (35... Bc7 {was better, though White's winning after} 36. Nxg7+ Ke7
37. Kc3) 36. Nxg7+ $1 Ke7 37. Nf5+ Ke6 38. Rxd8 Kxf5 39. Kc3 Na4+ 40. Kb4 b5
41. cxb5 Nb6 42. a4 Ke6 43. a5 Nd5+ 44. Kc5 Nf6 45. b6 axb6+ 46. axb6 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess Showdown Int"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.06.09"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[SourceTitle "Clutch Chess"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,57,19,24,53,49,71,75,75,63,60,51,56,41,26,56,51,24,23,18,23,15,29,-20,
-20,-24,-24,-50,22,-17,-5,14,-7,-17,4,-15,-4,-40,-38,-69,-24,-19,-67,-119,38,
-99,58,74,63,84,477,508,508,528,528,513,540,546,548,590] now it was Aronian
who was in a must-win situation. Let's see how he coped with the pressure.} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qe3 d5 $5 $146 {This
seems to have been an unintentional novelty - it seemed from the post-match
interview that Grischuk may have mixed things up. Even so, it doesn't look
that bad - at worst White is a little better, and the refutation (a slightly
exaggerated term) is counterintuitive.} 7. Bb5 (7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9.
Qb3 $1 {is surprisingly unpleasant for Black. After the natural} Qxb3 10. axb3
$14 {/+/-, White will make progress on the queenside with c3, b4, and Be3.
Simple and strong.}) 7... Nxe4 (7... a6) (7... dxe4) 8. Nd4 Bd7 9. Nxe4 dxe4
10. Bxc6 (10. Nxc6) 10... bxc6 11. Qxe4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd5 13. Qe3 c5 ({Black's
position is precarious, but it looks like he can work his way out of trouble
with precise play. Here's a sample line:} 13... e5 $142 14. Nb3 Bf5 15. O-O-O
f6 16. Bc3 Qe4 17. Qxe4 Bxe4 18. f4 Bxg2 19. Rhe1 Rd8 $11 {and in the immortal
words of Andras Adorjan, Black is OK.}) 14. Ne2 (14. Nb3 $142) 14... e6 (14...
Bc6) (14... Qxg2 $5) 15. Bc3 Bc6 16. f3 Be7 17. Nf4 Qf5 18. h4 Bd6 19. Ne2 Qxc2
20. Rd1 (20. Kf2 $11) 20... Be7 (20... O-O-O $5 {looks crazy, but not be too
bad.}) 21. Nf4 (21. Qe5 $142) (21. Kf2 $142) 21... O-O 22. O-O Rfd8 $4 {[#]} (
22... Bxh4 23. Qxc5 Rfc8 $17) (22... Rad8 $15 {was fine, though not as good as
ripping off the h-pawn. Tactics aside, Grischuk's choice was correct, but
"tactics aside" is an option that's not open to any chess player worth his
salt.}) 23. Rc1 $1 Qa4 24. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 $4 (24... Qxh4 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 {was a
better option. White should win in the long run, but at least there will be a
long run.}) 25. Qxe6+ {Had Black played 22...Rad8 instead, he'd have 25...Rf7
here, with a winning advantage. Instead, he's lost.} Kf8 26. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 27.
Qxe7+ Kg8 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Rc4 {Winning the queen for the rook, as a move like
29...Qb5 allows 30.Qf6+ Kg8 31.Rg4#.} 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess Showdown Int"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.06.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[SourceTitle "Clutch Chess"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,64,26,25,25,2,2,2,29,-28,-25,1,0,0,63,15,15,3,-5,-111,-109,-113,-126,
-205,-203,-257,-156,-237,-186,-169,-194,-181,-120,-63,-85,-97,-97,-178,0,-77,
-116,-134,-134,-118,-93,-147,-89,-133,-138,-122,-68,-152,-171,-152,-225,-232,
-118,-436,-455,-466,-458,-638,-482,-501,-618,-1102,-1146] On day 1 of their
match, Wesley So looked like a world champion. The first game was especially
impressive.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. a3
Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 {[#] This position shows up 338 times in my database, with
White usually choosing 9.Bd3 (240 times, plus another 60 times by
transposition) or 9.Bb2 (84 times). Instead of these moves, or any of the
minor alternatives that have been tried, Caruana reveals a fantastic novelty.
It looks like a blunder, and isn't showing up as one of the engine's top
choices. Nevertheless...} 9. f3 $5 {It is a principled move, as the knight
would be trapped were it not for} Qh4+ 10. g3 Nxg3 {, but doesn't this just
win?} 11. hxg3 $1 (11. Qf2 $2 {is useless:} Nf5 $19 {leaves Black a pawn ahead
with a better structure.}) 11... Qxh1 12. Qf2 {If the queens were off the
board, White could resign, but the big question is whether Black will manage
to keep his queen alive (and to do so without allowing some other sort of
disaster). Caruana was making his moves immediately, while So was
understandably burning through his time.} Qh5 13. Bd3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. g4
Qf7 16. Qh4 g6 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Kf2 {[#] Caruana was still moving instantly
through here and had around 11 minutes on his clock, while So was under six
minutes. If you're checking the evaluations on your engine, you might think
that So didn't make the most of his opportunities. After Caruana's sac, the
engine claims that Black was winning, while now it says that Black is just
somewhat better - somewhere between slightly and clearly for choice. But
here's the important thing: Black is safe and has coordinated his forces.
There's little danger to him at this point, and so although he hasn't handled
the game like a computer, what he has done is brilliant: he has taken all the
poison out of White's idea and can now make moves in a more or less normal
position - one which is better. Very soon Caruana's position becomes obviously
bad, and he falls behind So on the clock as well.} dxc4 19. Bxc4 cxd4 20. cxd4
b5 $1 21. Bxb5 Bb7 $17 {White is in deep trouble. His pieces are disjointed
and his king is terribly unsafe.} 22. Qg3 Rf8 (22... e5 $1 {was even stronger,
threatening ...Rb6.} 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 {Threatening ...Ne4+, so White doesn't have
time to take on e5 with the pawn (and 24.Qxe5?? walks into a different fork
after 24....Nxg4+), and after} 24. Kg2 e4 $19 {Black is cracking everything
open.}) 23. Bxf6 ({The paradoxical} 23. Ke1 {was best.}) 23... Nxf6 24. Kg2 h5
$5 (24... Bd5 $142) 25. gxh5 $2 (25. Rc1 $142) 25... Nxh5 26. Qg4 Nf4+ 27. Kf2
e5 28. Ne2 $2 (28. Qd7 {was the last chance to stay alive, but in a blitz game
it's impossible for a human being to consistently make the best moves. Even
here, Black should win after} Nd3+ $1 29. Kf1 Qxd7 30. Bxd7 exd4 $19) 28...
Bxf3 $1 {Stripping away the last fig leaf covering White's king. The rest is a
massacre.} 29. Kxf3 (29. Qxf3 {loses the queen to} Nd3+ ({or} 29... Nh3+ {.}))
29... Qb3+ 30. Kf2 Qxb5 31. Ke1 Kg7 $1 32. Ng3 Qb2 {Threatening both ...Qxa1+ 
(crushing) and ...Ng2+ followed by ...Ne3+ (winning the queen or mating - ...
Qf2# at the end of the line), for starters.} 0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess Showdown Int"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[SourceTitle "Clutch Chess"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,73,19,19,21,19,29,29,75,40,75,1,-1,-4,-4,17,29,16,6,10,10,-31,-19,-19,
-17,-12,-17,-7,-16,-12,-12,-7,-8,-19,-12,-6,3,-6,5,-19,-37,-2,-10,-9,5,16,25,
20,13,4,148,129,95,66,302,249,141,141,226,161,237,392,462,468,375,438,410,448,
428,428,539,550,606,481,606,517]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5.
Nbd2 Nh5 6. dxc5 Nxf4 7. exf4 Qa5 8. Bd3 Qxc5 9. O-O g6 10. Nb3 Qd6 11. Qd2 Bg7
12. c3 O-O 13. Rfe1 $6 Bg4 (13... Bh6 $142 14. g3 e5 $17) 14. Qe3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3
e6 16. h4 h5 17. g3 Rfe8 18. Rad1 a6 19. Nd2 b5 (19... e5 $142 $15) 20. Ne4 $11
Qd7 21. Ng5 Rad8 22. Bc2 b4 $2 (22... Bf6 $11) 23. Ba4 ({The more direct} 23.
g4 $1 {is even stronger. Black's kingside is very shaky.} hxg4 24. Qxg4 bxc3
25. bxc3 Bxc3 26. Re3 $16 {/+- and with h5 coming quickly - not to mention Ba4
followed by Rc1 as an added bonus - Black's position is on the verge of
collapse.}) 23... bxc3 24. bxc3 Qc8 $2 (24... Re7) 25. f5 $1 $18 {Winning.}
gxf5 {[#]} (25... exf5 $2 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qxd5 $18) 26. c4 $1 {Remarkably,
this is a crushing blow.} ({Perhaps Caruana expected only} 26. Qxh5 {, when}
Re7 $8 27. g4 Ne5 28. gxf5 exf5 {is obviously good for White after} 29. Bb3 ({
or} 29. Kh1 {, but it's not winning.})) 26... Nd4 (26... Ne5 27. Rxe5 Bxe5 28.
Bxe8 Rxe8 29. cxd5 exd5 30. Qxh5 Qd7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Re1 {This threatens Rxe5
followed by Qh8+ and Qxe5, and Black is surprisingly helpless to cope with
this threat in a sensible way.} Bg7 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Qxf5 d4 $18 {is about
the best he can do, but White's extra pawn and dominant pieces will make the
win easy.}) 27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Qxh5 {White's advantage is too
great, and a strict path is not needed for him to convert.} Qc7 (29... Re7 $142
) 30. cxd5 Re7 31. dxe6 (31. Qh7+ $142 Kf8 32. dxe6) 31... f6 32. Qg6+ Kf8 (
32... Rg7 33. Qe8#) 33. Nf3 Bc3 34. Rc1 Rxe6 35. Nd4 Rb6 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Qe3
1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess Showdown Int"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p4p2/1p1k3p/P2p2qP/3P2P1/8/1KP1Q3/8 b - - 0 44"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[SourceTitle "Clutch Chess"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 44... bxa5 $2 {Blundering a pawn, and in a position where it will matter.
} (44... Qf4 $11) 45. Qa6+ Ke7 46. Qxa7+ Kf6 47. Qxa5 Kg7 48. c4 $2 {This
allows a surprising resource; unsurprisingly, Caruana wasn't able to find it
either - there simply isn't enough time on the clock to find such moves and
work out the details.} ({White has a beautiful win here. It's something like a
mutual zugzwang, and White must find a way to achieve this position with Black
to move. Here's how to make it happen:} 48. Qa8 $1 Kh7 49. Qb7 Kg7 50. Qd7 Kf8
51. Qd6+ Kg8 52. Qb8+ Kh7 53. Qa8 Kg7 54. Qa5 Kg8 55. c4 $1 Qe7 56. Qxd5 Qb4+
57. Kc2 Qa4+ 58. Kd3 Qb3+ 59. Ke4 Qc2+ $1 60. Ke5 Qh2+ 61. Kf6 $18 {With the
help of his queen and queenside passers, if necessary, White's king will
escape the Black checks. This is why White had to get Black's king to leave g7.
}) 48... Qxg4 $2 (48... Qe7 $3 $11 49. Qxd5 Qb4+ $1 50. Kc2 Qa4+ $1 51. Kd3
Qb3+ $1 52. Ke4 Qc2+ $1 53. Ke5 Qh2+ $1 {Because Black's king is on g7,
White's king cannot go to f6 and then e7, eventually avoiding the perpetual.})
49. Qxd5 $18 {Now there's no perpetual, and White's passers will decide.} f5
50. Qe5+ Kf7 51. c5 f4 52. Qd5+ Kf6 53. Qd6+ Kg5 54. Qg6+ Kh4 55. Qxg4+ Kxg4
56. c6 f3 57. c7 1-0

[Event "Clutch Chess Showdown Int"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[SourceTitle "Clutch Chess"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. O-O Bd6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Bc4
Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 d6 11. a4 Nh5 12. Bg3 g6 13. Re1 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Kg7 15.
Nf1 h5 16. Ne3 h4 17. gxh4 Bxh4 18. g3 Bg5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Qf3 f5 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Nxf5+ Rxf5 23. Qg2 Raf8 24. Re2 Rf3 {[#] White is under pressure, but
with the right move he's still okay. Paradoxically, the way for him to
maintain equal chances is by sacrificing a pawn. Instead, he errs, and it's a
Black pawn sac that in turn gives him a winning advantage.} 25. Rae1 $2 (25.
Bd5 Rxd3 26. Be4 Rd2 27. Qf1 Rxe2 $8 28. Qxe2 $44) 25... e4 $1 26. dxe4 ({
Of course White would rather not close the e-file after doubling his rooks
there, but} 26. Rxe4 {is busted by the obvious} d5 $19 ({or} 26... Rxf2 27.
Qxf2 Rxf2 28. Kxf2 d5 $19)) 26... Ne5 $19 27. Be6 Nd3 28. Bf5 (28. Rf1 {
doesn't help:} Nxf2 29. Rexf2 Rxg3 $19) 28... Nxe1 29. Rxe1 Rd3 {Sometimes a
minor piece and a pawn is enough, or almost enough, for a rook. Not here:
White's bishop has nothing to do, while Black's rooks are extremely active.
White is thoroughly lost.} 30. f4 Qxg3 31. Qxg3 Rxg3+ 32. Kf2 Rd3 33. Ke2 c4
34. Rg1 Rf6 35. Rg4 d5 36. a5 b6 37. axb6 Rxb6 38. b4 cxb3 39. Kxd3 b2 40.
Rxg6+ Rxg6 41. Kc2 Rb6 42. Kb1 Kf6 43. Bh7 dxe4 44. Bxe4 a5 45. Bc2 Ke6 46. c4
Kd6 47. f5 Kc5 48. f6 Rxf6 49. Kxb2 Kxc4 50. Bh7 Rf8 51. Be4 Re8 52. Bg6 Re7
53. Bh5 Kb4 54. Bf3 Rd7 55. Bg4 Rd2+ 56. Kb1 Rd6 57. Kb2 a4 58. Bh5 a3+ 59. Kb1
Rd7 60. Bg6 Rd1+ 61. Ka2 Rd2+ 62. Kb1 a2+ 63. Ka1 Ka3 64. Bc2 Re2 65. Bd1 Rg2
0-1

[Event "Clutch Chess Showdown Int"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.06.14"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Annotator "Monokroussos,Dennis"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.06.06"]
[SourceTitle "Clutch Chess"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,61,19,-12,-15,-13,-13,-40,-19,-63,-9,-11,-2,-9,55,42,41,41,20,44,25,
24,63,61,98,15,23,40,22,15,21,60,46,11,-10,76,203,186,293,268,244,244,218,238,
265,217,308,313,627,335,340,362,466,517,1157,1431,1529,1786,1786,1963,1784,
28853,29981,29980]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. bxc3 {There's
nothing obviously wrong with this move, and the engine prefers this recapture
as well, so it's surprising that it has been played so rarely while the other
capture is a commonplace. (In fact, Carlsen himself has played 5.dxc3 at least
three times.)} O-O 6. f3 $146 b5 {A bold choice in a new position. Could this
have been preparation? It seems unlikely, but it's astonishingly committal to
play this on spec.} (6... Re8) (6... c6) 7. d4 $1 exd4 (7... Re8 $142) (7...
Qe7 $142) 8. cxd4 bxc4 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bxc4 {This position looks scary for Black,
but he's still okay - if he plays accurately. If he doesn't - and he doesn't -
White's massive center will pay off.} Bb7 (10... Nb6 $142) 11. Nh3 $1 d6 12.
O-O (12. Qd3 $142) 12... Nd7 13. Re1 dxe5 14. dxe5 N7b6 15. Bb3 {[#] A
critical moment. If White has the chance to play Ba3 and Rc1, Black will be
left with a miserable position. White will have monstrously strong bishops, a
powerful pawn center, and potential play down the road against Black's c-pawn.
Black has only one good move here.} Qe7 $2 {This deals with the threatened Ba3
in an even more forceful way, but it's a mistake. Black needed to neutralize
the a2-g8 diagonal with ...c5-c4, and now White takes advantage of Black's
failure to do so.} (15... c5 $1 {had to be played, and after} 16. Ba3 {the
boldness continues:} c4 $1 17. Bxf8 (17. Bc2 $5 Nc3 $1 18. Qc1 (18. Qxd8 Rfxd8
19. Bb4 Ncd5 (19... Rd2 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Bxc3 Rd3 22. Rac1 Nd5 23. Ba1 Rc8
$44) 20. Bd6 (20. Ba5 Ne7 $11) 20... c3 $11) 18... Qd4+ 19. Kg2 Rfd8 20. Bd6
Bc6 21. Nf2 Re8 $11) 17... Qxf8 18. Bc2 Qc5+ 19. Nf2 Ne3 20. Qc1 Nxc2 21. Qxc2
Bxf3 {gives Black just about enough compensation to save the game.}) 16. e6 $1
fxe6 $2 (16... f6 $16 {had to be played. White is clearly better, but there's
no immediate breakthrough.}) 17. Ng5 $18 Rf6 18. Qc2 Rg6 $2 (18... g6 $142 {
was better, not overloading the rook. Still, Black is lost, e.g.} 19. Qf2 e5
20. f4 Rf5 21. Bb2 $18 {Black's position is a disaster.}) 19. Rxe6 $1 {Simple
and strong. In a slower game, or a less meaningful one, Black would resign
here.} Qxe6 (19... Rxe6 20. Qxh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8#) 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Bb2 Rae8 22.
Bd4 Kh8 {Preparing ...Re2, for what it's worth, but White prevents it again.} (
22... Re2 {would be desirable (though still losing), were it not for} 23. Qxc7)
23. Qf5 Bc8 (23... Re2 24. Qf7 {and now the only sensible way of stopping the
threatened Bxg7# is} Rg8 {, which loses serious material to} 25. Bxb6 {.
Taking the bishop with a pawn on b6 bids the knight farewell, and 25...Nxb6 is
even worse, allowing 26.Qxg8#. That leaves} Re7 {, but after} 26. Qh5 $18 {
Black still has no worthwhile way to capture the bishop.}) 24. Qh5 c5 25. Bxc5
Re5 26. Qf7 Bh3 27. Bf8 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Rf1+ 30. Ke2 Nc3+ 31. Kd3 {
The sensible checks are at an end, and so is Black's resistance.} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Rachels, Stuart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Watson,John"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "Books and Beyond"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,155,25,26,13,-23,31,12,0,27,30,28,28,31,29,39,55,27,23,22,22,22,25,18,
15,15,51,47,37,34,26,14,34,-1,6,19,21,21,37,32,30,25,13,0,0,0,9,0,0,0,0,-18,5,
0,1,0,-9,0,27,7,36,49,42,29,22,18,73,47,45,37,34,31,31,0,0,0,0,-28,-25,-25,-15,
-23,-21,-60,-30,-52,-3,-24,-27,-26,-25,-32,-25,-19,-12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-32,0,
-2,-2,-1,-2,-10,38,0,29,0,18,5,12,23,29,23,34,30,67,41,49,66,77,85,115,68,84,
41,40,30,39,39,60,48,48,60,47,0,79,76,270,38,38,32,55,-48,-70,-104,0,0,0,0,0,0]
} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 exd4 7. Qxd4
Nf6 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nd4 Nbd7 11. Nxe6+ fxe6 12. Bxc4 e5 13. f3 c6
14. Kf2 Ke7 15. Rhd1 Rhd8 16. Ke3 b5 17. Bf1 Nc5 18. g3 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 a5 20.
Bh3 Rd8 21. Rc1 Nd3 22. Rc2 Nb4 23. Rg2 Rd3+ 24. Ke2 Rd4 25. Rg1 Kd6 26. Rb1
Na6 27. Bf1 Nc5 28. Ke3 Rb4 29. Be2 Na4 30. Nxa4 Rxa4 31. Rd1+ Ke7 32. a3 b4
33. Rd3 bxa3 34. bxa3 Ne8 35. Bd1 Rc4 36. f4 Nd6 37. Kf3 Nxe4 38. fxe5 Nc5 39.
Re3 Rc1 40. Ke2 Nd7 41. e6 Nc5 42. Re5 Rc3 43. Kd2 Rd3+ 44. Kc2 Rd5 45. Re3 Rd6
46. Bg4 Nxe6 47. Re5 c5 48. Kc3 Kf6 49. Rf5+ Ke7 50. Re5 Kf6 51. Re4 Ng5 52.
Rf4+ Ke7 53. Kc4 Rd2 54. h4 Nf7 55. Kxc5 Nd6 56. a4 Rb2 57. Rd4 Nb7+ 58. Kc6
Nd8+ 59. Kd5 Rb3 60. Re4+ Kf7 {[#] [Diagram 1]} 61. Rf4+ Kg8 62. Rf3 Rb4 63.
Bd7 g5 64. h5 Kg7 65. h6+ Kxh6 66. Rf8 Rb8 67. Rg8 Kh5 68. Bf5 Rb2 69. Rh8 h6
70. Rh7 Rd2+ 71. Kc5 g4 72. Rd7 Rf2 73. Rd5 Nf7 74. Be4+ Ng5 75. Kb5 Rb2+ 76.
Kxa5 Rb5+ 77. Ka6 Rb6+ 78. Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2019.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Watson,John"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "Books and Beyond"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 b4 15.
Bf4 h5 16. Rfc1 Bc5 17. a4 bxa3 18. bxa3 Ba6 19. Rab1 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxa3 21.
Qxa3 Bxa3 22. Rxb6 Bxc1 23. Rc6 Bxf4 24. Rc8+ Ke7 25. Rxh8 d3 26. Kf1 Nc5 27.
Rxh5 Ne4 28. Rh4 e5 29. g3 d2 30. Nxd2 Nxd2+ 31. Ke2 Bg5 32. Rb4 e4 33. Rd4 Nb3
34. Rxe4+ Kd6 35. h4 Bh6 {[#] [Diagram 2]} 36. h5 $1 Kd7 ({White's idea after} 
36... Nc5 {was} 37. Re8 $1 {intending} Ne6 $2 38. Rh8 Bg7 39. Rh7 $1 Ke7 40.
Rxg7 Nxg7 41. h6 Kf8 42. h7 $1) 37. Rb4 $1 Nc1+ $2 38. Kf3 Ke6 39. Rb6+ $1 Kf5
40. Rb5+ Ke6 41. Ke4 $1 Ne2 42. Rb6+ Ke7 43. Kd3 $1 Nc1+ 44. Kc4 {Finally
ensuring that the knight will fall.} Ne2 45. Rb1 $1 1-0

[Event "Arkhangelsk 1950"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rashid Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Boris Romanov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Pandolfini"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. a4 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Ndb5 Ne5 11. Be2 Bc6 12. f4 Ng6 (12... Ned7 13. Nxd6 Bxd6
14. Qxd6 Bxe4) 13. Bf3 Nh4 14. g4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 a6 16. Nd4 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5
18. Nf5 Nd7 19. Rad1 Bg5 20. b4 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 b5 22. a5 Qc7 23. Qg5 g6 24.
Ne7+ Kg7 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Qf6+ Kh6 27. Rf5 (27. Nf5+) 27... Qa7+ 28. Kf1 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1k6/8/8/8/2n2P1q/5P1P/Q4RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Pandolfini"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/7k/r7/5qPK/5P2/3Q1R2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Pandolfini"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/1k6/8/7r/KPqQ4/2P5/2R5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Pandolfini"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1r6/3R4/k7/8/KP2Q3/PnP5/q7 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Pandolfini"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1q3k2/7Q/8/8/8/5BrP/2n2R1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Pandolfini"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.06.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r1k/3R4/6Q1/6p1/1q6/4nPPK/7P/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Pandolfini"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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