[Event "URS-chT U16"]
[Site "Samtredia"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Chumachenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Soltis"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. f5 e5 13. Ndb5 Qd8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 a6 16. Nc3 Bf6 17. Be3 Rc8 18. Ne4 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Qd2 Rb8 21. a3 a5
22. g4 h6 23. h4 Bxh4 24. f6 {[#]} Bc8 25. Qh2 Rb3 26. Bc2 Rxb2 27. Qxh4 Rxc2
28. g5 Qd7 29. fxg7 Qh3+ 30. Qxh3 Bxh3 31. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 32. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament Montpellier"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1985.10.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1985.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "Soltis"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3 Nh6
9. h3 Bg7 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. b4 exd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. Bb3+
Kh8 16. Re1 Qc8 17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Nb3 Nf7 21. Nc5 Qc4
22. Rc1 Qxb4 23. Bd2 Qa3 {[#]} 24. Re3 Qxa2 25. Rc2 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Peters, Jack"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/p1qR1rp1/1p5p/8/4bb2/1B5Q/PPP2PPP/6K1 b - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1984.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "Soltis"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 24... Bd5 0-1

[Event "Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1k2/3p1ppp/R3p3/1P6/1PR5/6P1/3rPP1P/6K1 w - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1986.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Soltis"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 28. b6 Rb8 (28... Ke7 29. b7 Rb8 30. Ra8) 29. Ra8 (29. Ra8 Rxa8 30. b7
Rb8 31. Rc8+) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4k1/4Rp1p/4bRp1/8/1q1Q4/8/6PP/6K1 w - - 0 33"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "Soltis"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 33. Re8+ Kg7 (33... Rxe8 34. Qxb4) 34. Qe5 (34. Qe5) 1-0

[Event "American op"]
[Site "American op"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r5k/p2R4/2p1pNqp/2p1P3/8/2R5/P5B1/5bK1 w - - 0 32"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Soltis"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 32. Rg3 (32. Kxf1 Qb1+) 32... Bd3 (32... Qxg3 33. Rh7#) (32... Qb1 33.
Bxf1) 33. Rdxd3 (33. Rgxd3 Rf8 34. Rd8) 33... Qf5 34. Rd7 c4 35. Rdg7 Qg5 36.
R3xg5 hxg5 37. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Mendrisio op"]
[Site "Mendrisio"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Black "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1n2kb1r/rb1p1ppp/p7/1PpQP3/8/2N2P2/PP2Nq2/R1BK1B1R w k - 0 14"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Soltis"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 14. b6 Bxd5 15. bxa7 Bd6 16. Nxd5 O-O 17. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rr2k1/4bp2/p5pR/8/1p2Np1P/8/PPqB2Q1/K6R b - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Soltis"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 29... Rxd2 (29... Kg7 30. h5) 30. Nxd2 (30. Qxd2 Qxe4) 30... Rd8 31. Rb1
Rxd2 32. Qa8+ Rd8 33. Qxa6 Rd1 34. Rxg6+ fxg6 35. Qe6+ Kf8 36. Qc8+ 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.08.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 1 WTM"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Alburt / Lawrence"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3k1ppp/2n1p3/1B6/3PP3/8/5KPP/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Alburt/Lawrence"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.08.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 2 WTM"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Alburt / Lawrence"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn1q1rk1/ppp2pbp/2p2np1/6B1/8/1B1PP1N1/PPP3PP/R3QRK1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Alburt/Lawrence"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 1. Ne4 Nbd7 2. Qh4 *

[Event "New York 1947"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1947.08.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 3 WTM"]
[Black "Lasker, Ed-Avalla"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Alburt / Lawrence"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k2r/p1q1np1p/1p2p1p1/2p1P1B1/6Q1/2P5/PP4PP/3R2K1 w k - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Alburt/Lawrence"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 1. Bf6 Rg8 2. Qa4+ *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.08.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 4 WTM"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Alburt / Lawrence"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/6p1/p2q3p/b7/2QB4/7P/P5P1/6K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Alburt/Lawrence"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 5 WTM"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Alburt / Lawrence"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2qkbnr/ppp2ppp/2np4/4p2b/2B1P3/2N2N1P/PPPP1PP1/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 0 6"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Alburt/Lawrence"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 6 WTM"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Alburt / Lawrence"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2qkbnr/ppp2ppp/2np4/4N3/2B1P3/2N4P/PPPP1PP1/R1BbK2R w KQkq - 0 7"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Alburt/Lawrence"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 7 BTM"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Alburt / Lawrence"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2qkbnr/ppp2ppp/3p4/1Q6/2n1P3/2N4P/PPPP1PP1/R1B1K2R b KQkq - 0 8"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Alburt/Lawrence"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 8"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Alburt / Lawrence"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q1bnr/ppp1kBpp/2np4/3NN3/4P3/7P/PPPP1PP1/R1BbK2R b KQ - 0 8"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Alburt/Lawrence"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.08.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 9 BTM"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Alburt / Lawrence"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqk2r/ppp2ppp/3p1n2/2bPp1B1/2P5/2N5/PP2PPPP/R2QKBNR b KQkq - 0 5"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Alburt/Lawrence"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]}  *

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.29"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Benjamin,Joel"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Benjamin"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 {Choosing a move order is Black's first
question. The text invites the alternative lines} 4. d3 (4. Ng5) (4. d4 {
Those are a bit more work than White's options after 3...Bc5. Unless you
really want to play against those moves, or want to develop the bishop to e7,
I recommend 3...Bc5. I would especially advocate that move to lower-rated
children.}) 4... Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. a4 {This is the key move, that we shall see
at some point in most top level contemporary games. White prepares a queenside
pawn advance that will be useful in different situations.} a6 7. h3 Ba7 8. O-O
h6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 {We have reached
one of the many "tabiyas" for this opening. You'll find nearly 100 games in
the database, almost all played by strong grandmasters.} Qd7 (13... d5 {
is a bit early as White gets a new option for his knight. Black's results have
been quite poor after} 14. Nb3 $1 Ne7 15. exd5 (15. c4) 15... Qxd5 16. c4 Qd6
17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Ba3 Qa5 20. d4 Ng6 21. Bb2 {with good play for
White} Rae8 22. Bc3 Qb6 23. Rab1 Qa7 24. dxe5 Nd7 25. Rbd1 Ndf8 26. h4 Qc5 27.
h5 Ne7 28. Re4 Rc6 29. Nd4 Qxc4 30. Nxc6 Qxc6 31. Qd3 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Bb4
Qb7 34. Bxe7 Rxe7 35. Rd4 Rxe5 36. Rd8 Qc6 37. Qd7 Qc5 38. Qc8 Rxh5 39. Rxf8+
Qxf8 40. Rd8 Qxd8 41. Qxd8+ Kh7 42. Qd7 f6 43. Qxc7 b4 44. Qc2+ Kh8 45. Qc4 Re5
46. g3 Kh7 47. Kg2 b3 48. Qxb3 Kh8 49. Kh3 Rh5+ 50. Kg4 Rg5+ 51. Kh4 Re5 52. f4
Ra5 53. Qc3 Rd5 54. Qb4 {1-0 (54) Nepomniachtchi,I (2740)-Mamedyarov,S (2761)
Moscow 2016}) 14. Nc4 $5 {Nepom came primed for this game with a fresh idea.
Previously grandmasters had played} (14. Nf1 d5 15. Be3 Bxe3 (15... d4 16. cxd4
Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxc7 Qxd3 20. Qxb7 Qd8 21. Red1 Qb8 22.
Qxb8+ Rxb8 23. f3 {with a nagging pull in the endgame} Rxb4 24. Ne3 g6 25. a5
Rb5 26. Rdb1 Rc5 27. Rb6 Kf8 28. Ra2 h5 29. h4 Nd7 30. Rb7 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Nc5 32.
Rb8+ Re8 33. Rb6 Re6 34. Nd5 Rxb6 35. axb6 Rb1 36. Ra5 Nd7 37. Rxa6 Rb2 38. Kg1
Kg7 39. Kh2 Kf8 40. Kg3 Kg7 41. Kh3 Kf8 42. g4 hxg4+ 43. fxg4 Nc5 44. Ra8+ Kg7
45. g5 Nxe4 46. Rd8 Kh7 47. Rb8 Rb5 48. b7 Rb2 49. Ne7 Nd6 50. Ng8 Ne4 51. Ne7
Nd6 52. Nd5 Ne4 53. Ne7 {1/2-1/2 (53) Giri,A (2779)-Aronian,L (2765) Saint
Louis 2019}) 16. Nxe3 Ne7 17. a5 Ng6 18. g3 Rd8 19. Kg2 Qc6 20. Nf5 Ne7 21.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. c4 {though the position is equal,} dxe4 23. dxe4 Qe8 24. Rad1 c5
25. bxc5 Rc8 26. Nh4 Rxc5 27. Nf5 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Rd6 Rxc4
31. Qd3 Kh7 32. Rxf6 gxf6 33. Qe3 {1-0 (33) Ding,L (2791)-Carlsen,M (2863)
chess24.com INT 2020}) 14... d5 {Grischuk takes the bait, but probably the
wiser course is to shift the knight to the kingside as well.} (14... Ne7 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Ng6 (16... d5)) 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Ne3 Qd7 {Here, and the
next time around, Black should chop the knight} (16... Bxe3 17. Bxe3 Rd8 {
with equality.}) 17. Nc4 Qd5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. b5 Na5 {The knight is offsides,
here, but otherwise the e-5 will drop when the knight returns to c4.} 20. c4
Bd4 21. Rb1 axb5 22. axb5 Ree8 23. c5 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. Nxd4 exd4 (25...
Qxd4 {was a lesser evil but still unpleasant for Black.}) 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Bf4 Re7 28. Qa4 b6 29. c6 {White is already winning; the difference in the
minor pieces is decisive.} Kh7 30. Rb4 Qe6 31. Rxd4 f5 32. Be3 g5 33. Qb4 Rg7
34. Rd8 Nb3 35. Bd4 Re7 36. Qxe7+ 1-0

[Event "chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2018"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2018.10.11"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Benjamin,Joel"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.07.24"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Benjamin"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 (5. d4 exd4 6. e5 (6. cxd4 Bb4+
7. Bd2 (7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. Bg5 Bxg5
13. Nxg5 h6 14. Qe2 hxg5 15. Re1 Be6 16. dxe6 f6) 7... Bxd2+ 8. Nbxd2 d5) 6...
d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4 Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. Be2 Rae8 {1-0 (27) Aronian,L (2772)-Karjakin,S (2754)
Bucharest 2019}) 5... d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 8. Nbd2 {This move order is
slightly provocative, as Black can try} (8. h3 Be6 9. Bb5 Ne7 10. d4 Bb6) 8...
Be6 (8... Ng4 9. Re2 Kh8 10. h3 Nh6) 9. Bb5 Qb8 $5 {This maneuver is one of
the oddest twists of the new-fangled Italian.} (9... Ba7 10. Nf1 Ne7) 10. Nf1
Qa7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Ne7 13. Ba4 h6 14. Qc2 Ng4 (14... c5 15. Rad1 Qa6 16.
Bb3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Qc6 $11) 15. Bb3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Qb6 18. d4 Ng6
19. g3 Rfe8 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nd2 Re7 22. Kg2 Rae8 23. h3 Qc5 24. Ra4 Nc6 25.
Nf3 b5 26. Ra1 d5 27. Rae1 d4 28. R3e2 dxc3 29. Qxc3 Qxc3 30. bxc3 a4 31. bxa4
bxa4 32. Nd4 Ne5 33. Ra1 c5 34. Nf3 Ra7 35. Rea2 Nxf3 36. Kxf3 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Sinquefield Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.08.27"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2882"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Benjamin,Joel"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[SourceTitle "Benjamin"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O ({A-pawn mania} 4. d3 Nf6 5. a4 O-O 6. a5
a6 7. O-O h6 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Ba7 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Nbd2
Re8 14. d4 Be6 15. Bf1 Qc8 16. b4 {With the bishop on f1 flexible placed,
White is poised to advance on the queenside. But one feels Black should have
played for d5 somewhere.} exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Qc2 Ra8 20. Rac1 c6
21. Nb3 Re7 22. g3 Qe8 23. Nfd2 f5 24. Bd3 Qf7 25. Nf1 Ree8 26. Ne3 Ne7 27. f4
g6 28. Re2 Kh8 29. Rf1 Rg8 30. Rg2 Rg7 31. Kh2 Rf8 32. Qb1 Qg8 33. Qe1 Rgf7 34.
Nc1 Qh7 35. Ne2 Qg8 36. g4 Qh7 37. Qh4 Rg8 38. Rfg1 Nf8 39. Bb1 Bc8 40. gxf5
Nxf5 41. Nxf5 Bxf5 42. Bxf5 Rxf5 43. Ng3 {1-0 (43) Van Foreest,J (2667)
-Stefansson,H (2529) Prague 2020}) 4... Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. h3 h6 8. Re1
a6 9. a4 (9. Bb3) 9... a5 {Okay, the dance of the a-pawns must look a little
strange, so I will try to explain it. Black's a7-a6 prepared a cozy retreat
for his bishop, but also created a threat to go after White's bishop with
Nc6-a5. The old school way to meet that was to retreat the bishop--Bc4-b3.
While this fits fine with playing for d3-d4, the new method keeps open ideas
of playing on the queenside. Finally, the pawn comes to a5 to kill the plan of
queenside expansion we saw in game one. But why not just push the pawn
directly to a5?} 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Na7 {That's the reason for provoking the
pawn to a4. White will have to trade his bishop.} 12. d4 Nxb5 {MVL has already
had this position four times, trying both captures twice each.} 13. dxc5 (13.
axb5 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15. Nf1 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Bxb5 17. Ng3 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19.
Nxe4 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd5 21. Rh4 Ra6 22. Ra3 Rg6 23. Rg4 Rxg4 24. Qxg4 Bd7 25.
Qh4 Bf5 26. Be3 b6 27. Rc3 c6 28. Qe7 Rc8 29. Qb7 b5 30. Rc5 Qd7 31. Qa6 a4 32.
d5 cxd5 33. Rxc8+ Qxc8 34. Qxb5 Qd7 35. Qb4 Kh7 36. Bd4 Qc6 37. Bc3 Qc4 38.
Qxc4 dxc4 39. f3 h5 40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 Be6 42. Kf2 Kg6 43. Ke3 f5 44. exf6
gxf6 45. Kd4 f5 46. Kc5 fxg4 {1/2-1/2 (46) Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Grischuk,A
(2766) Leuven 2018}) 13... Na7 14. b3 Re8 15. cxd6 Qxd6 (15... cxd6 16. c4) 16.
Ba3 c5 17. Nc4 $1 {A profound novelty.} (17. Qe2 b6 18. Nc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rad8
{led to a win in Vachier Lagrave-Karjakin Saint Louis 2018, but Black controls
the d-file while the bishop remains a bit shut out; Black looks pretty okay.})
17... Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Bxc4 19. bxc4 {The pawn structure is deceiving. Doubled
isolated pawns look ugly, but White has great pressure on the b-file and can
look forward to sinking his knight on d5 while Black does not have a
corresponding outpost.} b6 20. Nh4 Rad8 21. f3 g6 22. g3 Nh5 23. Kf2 Nc6 24.
Bc1 {It's interesting that Carlsen is not in a rush to occupy d5 with the
knight, but instead repositions his bishp first, to maintain pressure on
Black's pawns.} Kg7 25. Be3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rb1 Rb8 28. Ng2 Nf6 29. Ke2
Ne8 30. Bf2 Nd6 31. Ne3 Ne7 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. cxd5 Rb7 {Black has a great
blockading knight, but his pawns are big targets.} 34. Kd3 f5 {This attempt at
counterplay weakens the e5-pawn, but f3-f4 will create the same problems.} 35.
c4 fxe4+ 36. fxe4 Rf7 37. Rxb6 Rxf2 38. Rxd6 Rf3+ 39. Ke2 Rc3 40. Re6 Rxc4 41.
Rxe5 Rxa4 42. Re7+ Kf6 {It seems like an obvious win to the grandmaster eye,
but the engines point out} (42... Kf8 {would pose problems for White. The
knee-jerk} 43. d6 ({White would have to try} 43. Re6 {after which he will
eventually be able to support the pawns with the king, but Black might have
some hope for counterplay with his passed pawns}) 43... Rd4 44. e5 Rd5 {
is a rather astonishing draw, as White's king is stuck in a bad spot.} 45. h4
a4 46. Kf3 Rd3+ 47. Kg4 Rd4+ 48. Kh3 c4) 43. d6 (43. d6 Rd4 44. e5+ Kf5 45. d7
a4 46. g4+ (46. e6 $4 a3) 46... Kf4 47. e6 a3 48. Rf7+ {and wins}) 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Showdown rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.02.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Benjamin,Joel"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.02.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Benjamin"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O (6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5
8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. h3 g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Qe2 Kg7 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Bb5 Qe7 14. Bh2
a4 15. a3 Nb8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Nc6 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Ne4 Be6 21.
Rhe1 Rfd8 22. Qc2 Ncb4 23. axb4 Nxb4 24. Rxd8 Nxc2 25. Rxa8 Nxe1 26. Nxe1 Qb4
27. Nd3 Qxe4 28. Rxa7 c6 29. Rxa4 Qxg2 {0-1 (29) Grischuk,A (2777)-Giri,A 
(2764) chess24.com INT 2020}) 6... O-O ({Online Nakamura has preferred} 6... h6
) 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 a6 9. a4 g5 10. Bg3 {In the old books this bishop would be
described as "biting on granite." White sacrifces the activity of the bishop
in hopes of freeing it with counterplay in the center, perhaps fueled by a
queenside pawn storm.} Ba7 11. Nbd2 Kg7 {This flexible move has received
increasing attention.} (11... Nh7 12. h3 h5 13. d4 h4 (13... g4 14. hxg4 hxg4
15. Bh4 Qd7) 14. Bh2 g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. b4 h3 18. b5 (18. gxh3
Bxh3 19. Kh1) 18... Ne7 19. gxh3 Bxh3 20. Nxe5 {White was much better and went
on to win.} Kg7 21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Bxf7 Bxf1 23. Bb3 Bh3 24. Be5+ Nf6 25. Bxf6+
Kxf6 26. Qf3+ Bf5 27. Rd1 Qc8 28. exf5 Qxf5 29. Ne4+ Kg7 30. Qxf5 Nxf5 31. Rd7+
Kh6 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. Rxc7 Bb8 34. Rf7 Nh4 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. Kf1 Ra7 37. Rb6 Be5
38. Bd5 Ng6 39. c4 Bd4 40. c5 Nf4 41. Bb7 Nd3 42. Bxa6 Bxc5 43. Re6 Nf4 44.
Nxc5 Rc7 45. Re4 {1-0 (45) Duda,J (2738)-Kramnik,V (2777) Wijk aan Zee 2019}) (
11... Nh5 $2 12. Nxe5) (11... g4 12. Bh4) 12. Re1 Nh7 13. h3 (13. b4 h5 14. h4
$6 g4 15. Nh2 Ne7) 13... h5 (13... f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4
17. cxd4 $14 Bxd4 $6 18. Ne4 $36) 14. b4 (14. d4 g4 15. Bh4 (15. Nh4 exd4 (
15... gxh3) 16. cxd4 Bxd4) 15... f6 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Nh2 Ng5 18. Be2 Rh8 19.
Bxg5 fxg5 20. Bxg4 exd4 21. Ndf3 dxc3 22. bxc3 Qf6 23. Qd2 Rxh2 24. Nxh2 Ne5
25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Rab1 Rh8 27. Rxb7 Rxh2 28. Rxc7+ Kg6 29. Rxa7 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2
Qf3+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Ke2 Qf3+ 33. Kf1 Qh3+ 34. Ke2 {1/2-1/2 (34) Duda,J (2731)
-Nakamura,H (2749) Saint Louis 2019}) 14... h4 15. Bh2 g4 16. hxg4 Nf6 $5 (
16... Bxg4 17. b5 Ne7 (17... Na5) 18. d4 Ng6) 17. g5 (17. b5 Nxg4 (17... Na5)
18. bxc6 Nxf2 19. Qe2) 17... Ng4 18. Re2 f6 19. b5 Ne7 (19... Na5) 20. gxf6+
Rxf6 21. d4 Ng6 22. Nf1 Nxh2 (22... h3) 23. Kxh2 $2 h3 24. dxe5 Rf8 (24... hxg2
25. exf6+ Qxf6) 25. Ng3 hxg2 26. Nf5+ Bxf5 27. exf5 Rxf5 28. Kxg2 Rxf3 29. Kxf3
Qh4 30. Bf7 Nxe5+ 31. Rxe5 Qxf2+ 32. Kg4 dxe5 33. Bh5 Rf8 34. Qd7+ Kh6 35. Kh3
Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "Benjamin"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bb3
Be6 9. Nc4 Ba7 10. a4 h6 11. a5 Ne7 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Be3 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxe3 15.
Rxe3 c6 16. d4 d5 17. exd5 e4 18. Nd2 cxd5 19. Bf1 Ne7 20. f3 Nf5 21. Re1 Re8
22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. Be2 Nd5 25. Qd2 Nh4 26. Bf1 Rad8 27. Qf2 Ng6 28.
Qf5 Nf6 29. Ne3 Ne7 30. Qf2 Ned5 31. Nf5 g6 32. Ne3 Nxe3 33. Qxe3 Rd5 34. Be2
Kg7 35. b4 Rdd8 36. c4 Qd6 37. d5 Qxb4 38. Reb1 Qe7 39. Rb6 Qe5 40. Rf1 Ng8 41.
Rxb7 Ne7 42. Qg3 Nf5 43. Qxe5+ Rxe5 44. g4 Re7 45. Rxe7 Nxe7 46. Rb1 Kf6 47.
Rb6+ Ke5 48. Rxa6 Nxd5 49. cxd5 Rxd5 50. Kf2 Rc5 51. h4 Rc2 52. g5 hxg5 53.
hxg5 Ra2 54. Ra7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.08.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ADDITIONAL GAMES"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Benjamin"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 *

[Event "Chessable Masters Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.28"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.06.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Benjamin"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. h3 g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Qe2 Kg7 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Bb5 Qe7 14. Bh2 a4 15.
a3 Nb8 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Nc6 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Ne4 Be6 21. Rhe1
Rfd8 22. Qc2 Ncb4 23. axb4 Nxb4 24. Rxd8 Nxc2 25. Rxa8 Nxe1 26. Nxe1 Qb4 27.
Nd3 Qxe4 28. Rxa7 c6 29. Rxa4 Qxg2 0-1

[Event "2nd Prague Challengers"]
[Site "Prague CZE"]
[Date "2020.02.21"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Benjamin,Joel"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "Benjamin"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. a4 O-O 6. a5 (6. O-O h6 7. c3 d6)
6... a6 7. O-O h6 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Ba7 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Re1 Ng6 13.
Nbd2 Re8 14. d4 Be6 15. Bf1 {it seems White's strategy is paying off. He has
kept pieces on the board, with his kingside well-protected, and potential pawn
play on the other side.} Qc8 16. b4 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Qc2 Ra8 20.
Rac1 c6 21. Nb3 Re7 22. g3 {You think the knight will land on c5, but the
threat is stronger than the execution, as Black's knight is stuck on c5
defending the square.} Qe8 23. Nfd2 f5 24. Bd3 Qf7 25. Nf1 Ree8 26. Ne3 Ne7 27.
f4 g6 28. Re2 Kh8 29. Rf1 Rg8 30. Rg2 Rg7 31. Kh2 Rf8 32. Qb1 Qg8 33. Qe1 Rgf7
34. Nc1 Qh7 35. Ne2 Qg8 36. g4 Qh7 37. Qh4 Rg8 38. Rfg1 Nf8 39. Bb1 Bc8 40.
gxf5 Nxf5 41. Nxf5 Bxf5 42. Bxf5 Rxf5 43. Ng3 {Black resigns before the first
pawn falls, but collapse is imminent.} (43. Ng3 Rf7 44. Nh5) 1-0

[Event "Superbet TB 2019"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Benjamin,Joel"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[SourceTitle "Benjamin"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6
15. Be2 Rae8 16. O-O h6 17. Rae1 Qd6 18. Bc1 Ba5 19. Qd2 Re4 20. Bd1 Bxf3 21.
Bxf3 Rxd4 (21... Rxf3 22. gxf3 Rh4) 22. Qc2 Rc4 23. Ba3 Bb4 $2 {This is the
more natural move, but} (23... Nb4 24. Bxb4 Bxb4 25. Qd1 Rxc3 {would have been
good enoguh for equality.}) 24. Qd3 Rxf3 (24... Rxc3 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Qxc3 {
White wins the exchange}) 25. Qxf3 Bxa3 {Black won material, but sees the game
come to a sudden end.} 26. Re8+ Kh7 27. Qf5+ (27. Qf5+ g6 (27... Qg6 28. Rh8+)
28. Qf7#) 1-0

[Event "82nd Tata Steel GpA"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2020.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Anand, Vishy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Benjamin,Joel"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.01.10"]
[SourceTitle "Benjamin"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Bb3
Be6 9. Bc2 d5 10. Ng5 {New for grandmaster practice.} (10. Qe2) 10... dxe4 $146
(10... Nxe4 $5) 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. dxe4 Bxf2+ {Sound or not, a very tempting
sacrifice. Both players may have been out of home analysis.} (12... Qe8) 13.
Kxf2 Ng4+ 14. Kg1 $1 {Otherwise Black stands well, e.g.} (14. Ke2 $2 Nd4+ $19)
14... Ne3 15. Qe2 Nxc2 16. Rb1 {the knight is trapped, but sacrifices look
promising.} N6d4 17. cxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Kh2 Rf2 19. Qg4 $1 (19. Qh5 Ne3 20. Rg1
Raf8 {Black has enough compensation for the piece.}) 19... Ne3 20. Qxe6+ Kh8
21. Rg1 Qd3 22. Qxe5 Raf8 (22... Nxg2 $1 23. Kh1 (23. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qe2+
25. Kg3 Qe1+ 26. Kg4 {otherwise perpetual} Qe2+ 27. Nf3 Rf8 28. Qf4 Rxf4+ 29.
Kxf4 $13) 23... Raf8 24. Qc3 Qe2 {and Black's attack is apparently good enough
for a draw.}) 23. Qg3 Qe2 $2 ({Black had to try} 23... R8f6 {though} 24. b4 Rg6
25. Rb3 Rxg3 26. Rxd3 Nf1+ 27. Nxf1 Rxd3 28. Ng3 {clearly favors White.}) 24.
b4 Rxg2+ (24... Nxg2 25. Kh1 $18) 25. Rxg2 Nxg2 26. Qg4 {Black has to swap
queens or lose another piece.} 1-0

[Event "7th Sinquefield Cup 2019"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.08.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Benjamin,Joel"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.08.17"]
[SourceTitle "Benjamin"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O 8. Nbd2
Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Nf1 d5 15.
Be3 d4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxc7 Qxd3 20. Qxb7 Qd8 21.
Red1 Qb8 22. Qxb8+ Rxb8 23. f3 Rxb4 24. Ne3 g6 25. a5 Rb5 26. Rdb1 Rc5 27. Rb6
Kf8 28. Ra2 h5 29. h4 Nd7 30. Rb7 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Nc5 32. Rb8+ Re8 33. Rb6 Re6 34.
Nd5 Rxb6 35. axb6 Rb1 36. Ra5 Nd7 37. Rxa6 Rb2 38. Kg1 Kg7 39. Kh2 Kf8 40. Kg3
Kg7 41. Kh3 Kf8 42. g4 hxg4+ 43. fxg4 Nc5 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. g5 Nxe4 46. Rd8 Kh7
47. Rb8 Rb5 48. b7 $2 (48. Nf6+ Nxf6 49. gxf6 Rb3+ (49... e4 50. Kg3 Rb3+ 51.
Kf4 Rf3+ 52. Kxe4 Rxf6 53. Kd5 g5 54. hxg5 Rg6 55. Kc5 Rxg5+ 56. Kc6 Rg1 57.
Rc8 Rc1+ 58. Kd7 Rd1+ 59. Kc7 Rc1+ 60. Kb8 $18) 50. Kg2 (50. Kg4 Rb4+ 51. Kg3
Rb3+ 52. Kf2 Rb1 53. b7) 50... e4) 48... Rb2 49. Ne7 Nd6 50. Ng8 Ne4 51. Ne7
Nd6 52. Nd5 Ne4 53. Ne7 (53. Nf6+ Nxf6 54. gxf6 Rb6 55. Kg3 e4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Benjamin,Joel"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "Benjamin"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. a4 a6 8. h3 O-O
9. Re1 Re8 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 Rxe6 12. b4 Ba7 13. Qc2 d5 (13... Qd7 14. Nc4
(14. Nf1 d5 15. Be3 d4 (15... Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Ne7 17. a5 Ng6 18. g3 Rd8 19. Kg2
Qc6 20. Nf5 Ne7 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. c4 dxe4 23. dxe4 Qe8 24. Rad1 c5 25. bxc5
Rc8 26. Nh4 Rxc5 27. Nf5 Rd7 28. Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Rd6 Rxc4 31. Qd3 Kh7
32. Rxf6 gxf6 33. Qe3 {1-0 (33) Ding,L (2791)-Carlsen,M (2863) chess24.com INT
2020}) 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxc7 Qxd3 20. Qxb7 Qd8 21.
Red1 Qb8 22. Qxb8+ Rxb8 23. f3 Rxb4 24. Ne3 g6 25. a5 Rb5 26. Rdb1 Rc5 27. Rb6
Kf8 28. Ra2 h5 29. h4 Nd7 30. Rb7 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Nc5 32. Rb8+ Re8 33. Rb6 Re6 34.
Nd5 Rxb6 35. axb6 Rb1 36. Ra5 Nd7 37. Rxa6 Rb2 38. Kg1 Kg7 39. Kh2 Kf8 40. Kg3
Kg7 41. Kh3 Kf8 42. g4 hxg4+ 43. fxg4 Nc5 44. Ra8+ Kg7 45. g5 Nxe4 46. Rd8 Kh7
47. Rb8 Rb5 48. b7 Rb2 49. Ne7 Nd6 50. Ng8 Ne4 51. Ne7 Nd6 52. Nd5 Ne4 53. Ne7
{1/2-1/2 (53) Giri,A (2779)-Aronian,L (2765) Saint Louis 2019}) 14... d5 15.
exd5 Qxd5 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Nc4 Qd5 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. b5 Na5 20. c4 Bd4 21. Rb1
axb5 22. axb5 Ree8 23. c5 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Bf4 Re7 28. Qa4 b6 29. c6 Kh7 30. Rb4 Qe6 31. Rxd4 f5 32. Be3 g5 33. Qb4 Rg7
34. Rd8 Nb3 35. Bd4 Re7 36. Qxe7+ {1-0 (36) Nepomniachtchi,I (2773)-Grischuk,A
(2772) Moscow 2019}) 14. Nb3 Ne7 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. c4 Qd6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. bxc5
Qxc5 19. Ba3 Qa5 20. d4 Ng6 21. Bb2 Rae8 22. Bc3 Qb6 23. Rab1 Qa7 24. dxe5 Nd7
25. Rbd1 Ndf8 26. h4 Qc5 27. h5 Ne7 28. Re4 Rc6 29. Nd4 Qxc4 30. Nxc6 Qxc6 31.
Qd3 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Bb4 Qb7 34. Bxe7 Rxe7 35. Rd4 Rxe5 36. Rd8 Qc6 37. Qd7
Qc5 38. Qc8 Rxh5 39. Rxf8+ Qxf8 40. Rd8 Qxd8 41. Qxd8+ Kh7 42. Qd7 f6 43. Qxc7
b4 44. Qc2+ Kh8 45. Qc4 Re5 46. g3 Kh7 47. Kg2 b3 48. Qxb3 Kh8 49. Kh3 Rh5+ 50.
Kg4 Rg5+ 51. Kh4 Re5 52. f4 Ra5 53. Qc3 Rd5 54. Qb4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Benjamin,Joel"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "Benjamin"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 O-O (7... h6
8. d4 Ba7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bxf7 Rf8) 8. Bg5 {
This provocative continuation completely changes the usual quiet nature of
this opening.} h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 {The old books would describe a bishop
like this as "biting on granite." I'm sure a lot of grandmasters don't trust
this way of playing. Help is on the way for this bishop, though. White has a
plan ob b2-b4-b5 followed by a central advance of d3-d4.} Ba7 11. Nbd2 Nh7 (
11... Kg7 12. Re1 Nh7 13. h3 h5 14. b4 (14. d4) 14... h4 15. Bh2 g4 16. hxg4
Nf6 17. g5 Ng4 18. Re2 f6 19. b5 Ne7 20. gxf6+ Rxf6 21. d4 Ng6 22. Nf1 Nxh2 (
22... h3) 23. Kxh2 h3 24. dxe5 Rf8 25. Ng3 hxg2 26. Nf5+ Bxf5 27. exf5 Rxf5 28.
Kxg2 Rxf3 29. Kxf3 Qh4 30. Bf7 Nxe5+ 31. Rxe5 Qxf2+ 32. Kg4 dxe5 33. Bh5 Rf8
34. Qd7+ Kh6 35. Kh3 Qe3+ {0-1 (35) Duda,J (2731)-Nakamura,H (2749) Saint
Louis 2019}) (11... g4 12. Bh4 Kg7 (12... gxf3 13. Qxf3 Kg7 14. Rfe1) 13. Ne1 (
13. Re1)) (11... Nh5 $2 12. Nxe5 Nxg3 13. Nxc6) 12. h3 h5 13. d4 (13. Kh1 Kh8
14. b4) 13... h4 14. Bh2 g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. b4 h3 18. b5 Ne7
19. gxh3 Bxh3 20. Nxe5 Kg7 21. Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Bxf7 Bxf1 23. Bb3 Bh3 24. Be5+ Nf6
25. Bxf6+ Kxf6 26. Qf3+ Bf5 27. Rd1 Qc8 28. exf5 Qxf5 29. Ne4+ Kg7 30. Qxf5
Nxf5 31. Rd7+ Kh6 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. Rxc7 Bb8 34. Rf7 Nh4 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. Kf1
Ra7 37. Rb6 Be5 38. Bd5 Ng6 39. c4 Bd4 40. c5 Nf4 41. Bb7 Nd3 42. Bxa6 Bxc5 43.
Re6 Nf4 44. Nxc5 Rc7 45. Re4 1-0

[Event "CCCSA Summer IM 2020"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.08.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Javakhadze, Zurab"]
[Black "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko,Robert"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Charlotte"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,65,43,38,33,-10,8,4,-1,-15,4,-5,-18,-5,9,22,30,35,24,20,-2,5,5,-29,
-22,-26,-14,-20,0,-3,-24,-104,-20,-30,-13,-63,-65,-33,-23,-93,-126,-156,-115,
-122,-97,-210,-222,-105,-71,-410,0,-114,-114,-111,-154,-142,-62,-62,-62,-172,
-139,-169,-128,-232,-258,-229,-254,-255] In the first round, my opponent's
flight was delayed and he showed up precisely 59 minutes late for the game --
one minute before the forfeit time! Despite several inacuraccies, the time
advantage was on my side and I won the game. This game was played in the
second round and proved key to my tournament success. As the critical stage of
the game was played in time pressure, there are some errors, but nevertheless
the game is quite interesting.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. O-O
Nf6 6. c4 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 {By transposition, we have reached the Rubinstein
Variation of the Tarrasch Defense.} 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 {My knowledge of this
plan consisted of the very modern game Bondarevsky - Keres, Parnu 1951!
According to Kotronias, it shouldn't be that dangerous for black as placing
the white knights on f3 and d4 will not exert much pressure on black's center.}
O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nbd4 Re8 12. b3 Ne4 ({Instead, the Keres game continued} 
12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bg4 14. Re1 Ne4 15. Bb2 Qg5 16. Qd3 h5 17. e3 h4 18. f3 Nc5
19. Qd2 Bh5 20. g4 Bg6 {, and black had excellent counterplay in Bondarevsky,
I-Keres,P Parnu 1951, 0-1 (53)}) 13. Bb2 Qf6 14. e3 Bg4 {[#] Black's minor
pieces all stand on their most active posts, so there is no reason why he
should be worse.} 15. Qc2 (15. h3 $2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 (16. Qxf3 Bxd4 17. exd4 Qxf3
18. Bxf3 Nd2 $17) 16... Nxg3 $1 17. fxg3 Rxe3 18. Bg2 Qe5 {and black is close
to winning, on account of white's open king and cross-pinned knight on d4.}) ({
It looks like} 15. Qc1 $1 {was the best move, the point being that the queen
is less of a target on c1 than on c2. For example, after} Rac8 16. Nxc6 {
black can no longer play 16...Rxc6 since the queen on c1 is defended. Compare
to the comment on black's 15th move.}) 15... Nb4 ({More natural and better was
} 15... Rac8 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 $1 17. Bxf6 Rxc2 18. Bd4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Bxd4 20. Bxe4
(20. exd4 Nd2 $19) 20... dxe4 21. exd4 {and black is clearly better.}) 16. Qb1
Qh6 17. Nh4 $6 {Overly ambitious.} (17. a3 Nc6 18. Qd3 {would have minimized
white's disadvantage.}) 17... Bxd4 $2 {I "trusted' my opponent.} ({Objectively
there was nothing to fear by going} 17... Nd2 18. Ndf5 (18. Qe1 Nxf1 19. Qxb4
a5 20. Qb5 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qxe3+ $19) 18... Qg5 19. Qe1 Nxf1 20. Qxb4 (20. Nxg7
Rxe3 $1 21. fxe3 Nxe3 {wins for black.}) 20... Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Qxf5 22. Rxf1 $17)
18. Bxd4 Rac8 19. h3 $2 {It's probably better not to include this move, since
now ....g5 will be very strong.} (19. Rc1 {is mainly what I calculated during
the game.} Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 Nd3 21. Qc7 Ndxf2 22. Rf1 {and now black should play}
Qa6 $1 {Here white can't take on f2 twice because of Qe2+ at the end, and after
} 23. h3 Rc8 24. Qe7 Bxh3 25. Rxf2 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 Qxa2+ {white's position is
very difficult.}) 19... Bd7 ({It's also possible to include} 19... g5 $5 {
first.}) 20. Qd1 g5 21. Nf3 Bxh3 22. Bb2 {It looks like white may be getting
counterplay on the a1-h8 diagonal, but everything is under control.} Rc2 $1 23.
Qd4 f6 24. Rac1 {[#]} (24. Qxb4 {loses to} Bxg2 25. Kxg2 g4 26. Nh2 Qxe3 27.
Nxg4 Qxg3+) 24... Rec8 $4 {A very strange thing happened here. I'd calculated
the winning variation in my head while walking around, and then promptly
forgot about it when I returned to the board. After this white has a draw in
multiple ways.} (24... Bxg2 25. Kxg2 g4 26. Nh4 Rd2 $1 27. Qxb4 Qxe3 $19 {
and black wins.}) 25. Bxh3 $2 {Alas, my opponent was in time pressure as well.
White could draw in multiple (albeit non-obvious) ways, as the following lines
illustrate.} ({a)} 25. Qxb4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 g4 27. Nh2 Qxe3 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Qd4
Qxg3+ 30. Kh1 Nxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Rxf2 32. Qxd5+ {and white gives perpetual check.})
({b)} 25. Qxa7 Rxb2 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qd4 $1 {with a double attack on the
rook and the knight. After} Nxg3 28. fxg3 Rxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Bh3+ 30. Kf2 Bxf1 31.
Kxf1 {the position is objectively equal.}) ({c)} 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Ba3 $1 Nc3
$1 27. Qxb4 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 Nxg3+ 29. Kg1 {and black has nothing better than a
perpetual with} Ne2+) 25... Qxh3 26. Nxg5 Nxg5 27. Qxf6 Ne6 {The only move,
but black covers everything.} 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Be5 $2 ({The last chance to
resist was} 29. Rd1 {, with some residual compensation.}) 29... Nc6 30. Ba1 Rc5
31. b4 Nxb4 32. Be5 Nc6 33. Qh8+ {...and white lost on time.} 0-1

[Event "CCCSA Summer IM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.08.23"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Liang, Jason"]
[Black "Tsay, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko,Robert"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "Charlotte"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,49,25,14,43,44,33,22,66,26,22,-2,19,20,11,21,15,19,12,26,80,51,52,-3,
15,-11,73,41,41,41,41,41,41,41,53,45,66,66,79,79,559,559,29987,279,29985,29986,
29987,29988,29985,29986,29987,1497]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5.
f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 {It's better to first force the queen to e7
before taking on b7.} Qe7 (14... Qa5 $2 15. Bb6) 15. Rxb7 Rc8 16. O-O Qd8 {
This move has essentially replaced 16...Qa3 on the top level. Now Jason plays
a rare move in a still-theoretical position.} 17. Qf2 $5 {17. Qe3 is the most
common move. As we will see, both choices have their plusses and minuses.} (17.
Qe3 Rc4 18. Rfb1 Be7 (18... Ba3 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Qxa3 Rxd4 21. Rxd7) 19. f5
Bg5 20. Qd3 O-O 21. Ne4 Bc8 22. Bb6 Be3+ $3 23. Qxe3 Qh4 24. Nf6+ gxf6 {
was tested in two correspondence games. Black appears to be doing OK.}) 17...
Rc4 $5 (17... Rxc3 $5 {is one way to try and explot Qf2, since the knight on
c3 is poorly defended. From a theoretical perspective, this might be black's
best try.} 18. Bxc3 Qc8 19. Rb3 Ba4 20. Bd4 Bxb3 21. axb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (46)
Chigaev,M (2550)-Popov,I (2596) St Petersburg 2016}) 18. Rfb1 {[#]} Qa5 $2 (
18... Bc8 $6 19. Ra7 Bb4 20. Bb6 $1 Qxb6 21. Qxb6 Bc5+ 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. Na4
Rxc2 24. Rb8 $16) (18... Ba3 19. R1b3 Be7 20. f5 exf5 21. Qg3 $1 Bc8 (21...
Rxd4 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. e6 $1 $18) 22. Qxg7 Rf8 23. Qh6 $1 Rg8 24. Qxh7 Rf8 25.
Qh6 Rxd4 26. Qc6+ Bd7 27. Qxa6 {with a complex position.}) (18... g6 $5) 19. f5
$1 {Now white crashes through.} exf5 ({The main point is that} 19... Rxd4 {
loses to the intermediate move} 20. Rb8+ $1) (19... Be7 {offered more
resistance, though after} 20. R1b3 {it's still not clear how black can
complete development.}) 20. Rxd7 $1 {Suddenly black is completely lost.} Bc5 (
20... Kxd7 21. Qxf5+ Kc7 22. Qxf7+ {and white will have his pick of wins.}) 21.
Bxc5 (21. Qxf5 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 O-O 23. Rb8 {was a slightly faster way to finish
off the game.}) 21... Rxc5 22. Qxf5 O-O 23. Rb8 $1 {A nice shot, preventing
any further resistance.} Rcc8 24. Rxc8 Qb6+ 25. Kf1 1-0

[Event "CCCSA Summer GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.08.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Hong, Andrew"]
[Black "Stremavicius, Titas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko,Robert"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "Charlotte"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,71,30,20,64,73,75,64,74,80,87,54,48,68,49,44,46,13,5,5,10,10,29,13,54,
48,54,61,69,73,79,68,82,-3,105,72,72,86,61,42,23,8,128,67,107,141,168,168,150,
154,107,197,266,217,316,403,476,401,440,513,604,371,644,310,304,383,729,198,
198,1626,29977,127,1034,29986]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2
Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bh6 O-O 8. h4 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Ng4 10. Qd2 h5 11. Ng5 e5 12. f3
Ngf6 {Andrew had clearly prepared this entire variation in advance, since this
was already the second time that black had reached this position.} 13. O-O-O ({
Instead} 13. a4 Qa5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qd6 Qc5 16. O-O-O a5 $11 {was seen in
Abasov,N (2640)-Stremavicius,T (2490) Riga 2019, ½-½ (33)}) 13... Qa5 ({
Maybe black should have kept his queen closer to the kingside with} 13... Qe7
$5 {, though it already seems to me that white has won the opening battle. For
example:} 14. Be2 b5 {(else it's not clear how to develop active counterplay).}
15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 $16) 14. Kb1 b5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. g4 $1
Kg7 17. Qd6 b4 {[#]} 18. Ne2 ({The computer points out the nice blow} 18. Na4
$3 {. Now black can't expel white's queen with ...Qc5, and} Qxa4 19. gxh5 Nxh5
20. Bc4 {Black's discoordinated pieces cannot fight of the attack, 21. Qe7 and
various sacrifices on f7 being the main ideas.}) 18... Qc5 19. Qd2 Rh8 20. Ng3
Nf8 21. b3 {In order to give the bishop a home on c4.} ({But even stronger was
the direct} 21. gxh5 Nxh5 (21... Be6 22. hxg6 Nxg6 23. Bh3 $1 {gives black no
respite.}) 22. Nxh5+ Rxh5 23. Qd8 {, threatening Qe8 or Qc7.}) 21... Be6 22.
gxh5 Nxh5 23. Nxh5+ Rxh5 24. Be2 Qf2 25. f4 $1 {Opening more lines.} Rxh4 26.
Rhf1 Qg3 27. f5 Bd7 28. f6+ Kg8 29. Bc4 (29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Bc4+ Ke8 31. f7+ Ke7
32. Qd6+ Kd8 33. Qxd7+ $1 {is another win.}) 29... Be8 30. Rg1 Qc3 31. Qd6 Rh2
32. Rc1 Rd2 33. Qe7 Rd7 {[#] It looks like black might be holding on for the
time being, but now white plays a beautiful combination:} 34. Qxf8+ $1 Kxf8 35.
Rh1 Kg8 36. Rh7 {And black simply has no defense against Rg7+ followed by Nh7
or Rdh1 (depending on where black's king goes). A very impressive win by
Andrew; it's not immediately clear to me where his opponent went wrong.} 1-0

[Event "CCCSA Summer GM 2020"]
[Site "Charlotte USA"]
[Date "2020.08.24"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Wang, Kevin"]
[Black "Hilby, Craig"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko,Robert"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "Charlotte"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nd7 7. h4 {Black has
several ways to respond to this move: 7...Ngf6, 7...h6, and 7...h5. The latter
move is the most common and also what happened in the game.} h5 8. Nh3 Nb6 {
A rare move, this has been tried by several strong players, including GM
Almeida Quintana, an expert on the Modern Defense.} 9. Ng5 Nf6 ({Instead
Almeida Quintana played} 9... c6) ({whereas after} 9... f6 $6 10. Nh3 e5 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {white's position is better, Mamedov,R (2655)-Saric,I
(2660) Almaty 2016, 1-0 (43)}) 10. a4 b4 11. Nd1 a5 12. b3 {Possible, but
weakening the dark squares on the queenside.} ({Instead} 12. c3 bxc3 13. Nxc3
c6 {is a different approach; the resulting structure is somewhat remniscent of
the Saemisch King's Indian.}) 12... Nfd7 $5 13. Nb2 c5 14. Bb5 ({Better was} 
14. O-O-O {, with some attacking chances after} Qc7 15. Bb5 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4
17. Qxd4 O-O 18. g4 Nf6) 14... Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. O-O Qc7 {Black has fully
equalized. The question now is how to play for a win.} 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. Bxd4
Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Qc5 $5 {Heading into a vintage Sicilian endgame, where all the
chances are with black: he has an extra pawn in the center and the c2-pawn is
a target.} 20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. Nd3 Nbd7 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 {[#] In the long-term,
black's position is better. He just needs a few moves to finish coordinating
his pieces, after which white will be condemned to a long defense. I think
white missed a serious chance here to gain counterplay.} 23. Rfe1 (23. e5 $1 {
Drastically changing the course of the game.} dxe5 24. Rd5 Rc6 (24... Nd7 25.
Rfd1 {is a nasty pin; white can even start playing for a win after} Ra7 26. Ne4
$5 {, with ideas of Nc5 or Nd2-c4.}) 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. fxe4 {Because the rook
on h8 is still out of play, black cannot hold everything -- the extra pawn
will be lost and the position will be completely equal.}) 23... f6 24. Nh3 e5
$1 {Stopping all counterplay and preparing an assault on the dark squares with
Ne6-d4.} 25. Nf2 Ne6 26. Rd2 Nd4 27. Nd1 Rc6 28. Ne3 Ke7 29. Red1 Ke6 30. Nc4 (
{Instead of letting black sacrifice the exchange, white could have tried to do
the same:} 30. Kf2 Rhc8 31. Rxd4 (31. Rc1 $2 Nxb3) 31... exd4 32. Rxd4 {
, and black still has a lot of work to do.}) 30... Rc5 31. Kf2 Rhc8 32. Rd3
Rxc4 $1 {A very typical exchange sacrifice, simply breaking down white's
defenses. At this point I do not think white's position can be held.} 33. bxc4
Rxc4 34. R1d2 Rc6 35. g3 Nxc2 36. Rd5 {[#]} b3 $1 {I think I can assume that
Craig had calculated up to the end of the game when he played this move.} 37.
Rxa5 Rb6 {This is the point. White can't stop the pawn...} 38. Rb5 Rxb5 39.
axb5 b2 40. Rd1 Na3 41. b6 Kd7 $1 {...but black can stop this one! White
resigned.} 0-1

[Event "2019 US Masters and North Carolina Open"]
[Site "ChessStream"]
[Date "2019.08.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Zherebukh, Yaroslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Ashley"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Mishra"]

{[%evp 0,81,19,38,60,60,55,57,69,58,51,35,49,38,57,10,25,0,61,29,29,23,16,13,
15,4,2,5,27,0,19,-10,15,-18,0,-21,-9,-50,-53,-11,-17,-14,12,28,77,39,22,38,42,
36,88,117,117,126,124,125,124,125,125,134,138,140,157,128,256,149,166,126,148,
148,186,186,282,282,226,273,407,455,505,459,670,684,540,756] Abhi considers
the following his favorite game to date. In it, he displays both positional
and tactical mastery beyond his years.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6
5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Nb3 Bg6 (8... g5 {is popular here.}) 9. Bd2
Nf5 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 O-O ({White was ready to play against} 11... a6 12. g4
Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. f4 Be4 15. Be3 O-O 16. c3 Be7 17. Nd2 Bh7 18. b4 {
with control in all sectors of the board.}) 12. c4 {Not worrying about the d5
square since Black's knights would have to go through contortions to get there.
} ({Still,} 12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. f4 {is more in the spirit of the
position.}) 12... Rc8 ({The move} 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 {was a viable
alternative.}) 13. Rc1 b6 14. cxd5 cxd5 {[#]} 15. Bc3 {Not a natural move for
a ten-year-old. Abhi felt that he didn't want to trade because of his space
advantage. This doesn't lead to any real advantage, but it shows that he's
already displaying deeper positional awareness.} Nb8 $1 {[%cal Gb8c6] A nice
redeployment. The knight finds a better square on c6.} 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Ra1 {
More positional depth. There is no need to fight for the c-file when the
opponent can't use it. White is not better, but it's moves like this one that
signal to the opponent that one is playing against someone without prejudice.}
Rb8 18. axb6 Qxb6 19. Na5 {Offering a trade for the good knight on c6.} Nb4 {
A poor decision. Black must have seen a little ten-year-old in front of him
and thought there was no need to simplify to equality. However, this boy is no
average ten-year-old.} (19... Nxa5 20. Rxa5 Bb4 {would have led to equality.})
20. Ra4 $1 h5 21. Rfa1 Rfc8 22. Nb3 Nc6 23. Nc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1d3,Gd3f4] 2600's
aren't the only ones who can make sophisticated knight maneuvers. The steed is
headed to f4.} h4 24. h3 {[%cal Gc1d3,Gd3f4]} Bh5 $2 {A careless oversight.}
25. Nxh4 $1 {Winning a pawn.} Bxh4 ({It doesn't help to play} 25... Bxe2 26.
Nxf5 exf5 27. Nxe2 {and White is just up a pawn for nothing.}) 26. Bxh5 Be7 {
[#]} 27. Bg4 $1 {Small nuances like this one are the sign of a mature player.}
Nh6 28. Be2 $1 Nf5 {White simply stole a tempo.} 29. Bd3 $1 g6 ({Of course} 
29... Nfxd4 {fails to} 30. Bxd4 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 Qxd4 32. Bh7+ {[%cal Gd2d4]}) 30.
Ne2 Nh4 31. Qf4 {Black has nothing to queenside so White turns his attention
to putting his extra h-pawn to good use.} Kg7 32. g3 Nf5 33. Kg2 {Admirable
patience.} Rh8 34. Qg4 Rh5 {[#]} 35. h4 $1 ({Abhi saw through the trap that
began with} 35. Nf4 $2 Rg5 36. Qd1 (36. Qf3 $4 Nh4+) 36... Rxg3+ $3 37. fxg3 $2
Ne3+) 35... Bxh4 $5 {With a killer knight headed to h4, Black tries to land a
desperate blow.} 36. gxh4 Rxh4 37. Qg5 Nxe5 $1 {[#] The first ingenious point
of the piece sacrifice.} 38. Bxf5 $1 ({A massive turnaround would occur on} 38.
dxe5 $4 Rh2+ $1 39. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 40. Kh3 Rh8+ 41. Kg4 Ne3+ 42. Qxe3 Rh4+ (42...
Qxe3 $2 43. Nf4) 43. Kg5 Rh5+ 44. Kg4 Qxe3 {where with threats of 45...Qh3 46.
Kf4 g5 mate and 45...Rg5+ 46.Kh4 Rg2! White's king is just getting mated. For
example,} 45. Nf4 Rg5+ $3 46. Kxg5 Qg3#) 38... Rh2+ $1 {The shark is fighting
for his life...} 39. Kg3 $1 {...but Abhi won't let him out off the hook.} ({
Obviously not} 39. Kxh2 $2 Nf3+ {[%cal Gf3g5,Gf3h2]}) 39... exf5 ({Useless is} 
39... Rh5 40. Qe3 Rxf5 41. dxe5) 40. Ra6 Rbh8 {Setting one last trap.} 41. Nf4
$1 ({A sad fate awaited} 41. Rxb6 $4 R8h3+ 42. Kf4 Nd3# {Now Black will simply
lose another piece when the queen retreats. Black resigns.}) 1-0

[Event "2020 Denker"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Checa, Nicolas"]
[Black "Hong, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Fishbein"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Invitationals"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 {The grandmaster would like nothing more than a long
game where his positional skills and experience might prevail, so he chooses a
flexible opening. But we soon arrive at a theoretical discussion.} dxc4 4. Bg2
Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 Rb8 8. d4 b5 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11.
O-O {White sacrifices a pawn for the initiative and faster development.} Nxe5
12. Rd1 Bd6 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Nd2 $1 ({Ding - Karjakin, St. Louis rapid 2019,
continued} 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Bc6+ Kf8 {, but the black king is safe there, and
he has the two bishops. Checa brings an improvement. He keeps the tension for
now and tries to gain the two bishops for himself.}) 14... O-O 15. Ne4 Bb7 16.
Nxd6 cxd6 17. Qb4 $1 {The fruits of White's novelty are evident, as, after the
bishop trade, Black is having trouble on the f4-b8 and b4-f8 diagonals.} a5 $5
18. Qxa5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nc4 $2 {A tempting move, but an inaccurate move order.
Black needed to first give check on b7, because then after Kg1 he can play
Qe4! without the consequences that arise in the game.} 20. Qb4 e5 21. Bc1 Qb7+
22. Kg1 $1 Qe4 23. b3 $1 {This is the difference. The knight got in Black's
way at c4, and he has to lose a piece or other material.} Qc2 24. Re1 Nb6 25.
Qxb5 ({Not bad, but even more decisive is} 25. Qxd6 {, which not only attacks
the e5-pawn, but also threatens Be3, and the knight is chased around some more.
}) 25... d5 26. Qd3 Qc6 27. Bb2 {White is up a clean pawn and you would expect
him to win routinely here, but the tournament leader puts up an inspired
defense.} Rfe8 28. Rac1 Qe6 29. Rc7 $6 d4 $1 30. Rec1 Nd5 31. R7c6 Qg4 32. Qc4
Nf4 33. f3 Qg5 34. Rc2 Nh3+ 35. Kg2 Nf4+ 36. Kf1 Ne6 37. Bc1 $6 (37. Qd3 {
immediately was more circumspect.}) 37... Qf5 38. Qd3 $6 e4 $1 {Diagram [#]
Changes the whole game, as White now must lose an exchange.} 39. Qxe4 Qh3+ $1
40. Kg1 d3 $1 41. Rxe6 $1 (41. Qxd3 Rbd8 42. Rd6 Rxd6 43. Qxd6 Rd8 {would turn
the tables.}) (41. exd3 {also loses to} Nd4 {Nico maintains his composure and
comes out of this relatively unscathed.}) 41... Qxe6 42. Qxe6 fxe6 43. exd3
Rec8 44. Rc4 Rd8 45. Kf2 Ra8 46. a3 Rxd3 47. b4 {White's two passed pawns are
sufficient compensation for the exchange, but not more, because his king is
not supporting them. The ending is very complicated, and all three results are
possible.} Kf7 48. b5 Rb3 49. a4 Rb1 50. Bf4 Rd8 51. g4 Rd3 52. Ke2 Ra3 53. Be5
$2 {Diagram [#]} Ra2+ $2 ({The time control for all the junior invitationals
was 70 minutes per game with a 10 second increment. Coming back from the brink
of defeat in this game had cost Speed of Light precious time, and he had only
30 seconds left here, to Speedskater's 8 minutes. With more time, Andrew would
have found} 53... Rbb3 $1 {after which White would have to fight for a draw
with} 54. Kd1 Ra2 $1 55. Rc7+ Ke8 56. Rc8+ Kd7 57. Rc7+ Kd8 58. Rc2 {But he
forgets to cut off the white king, after which the advantage again passes to
Checa, and this time decisively.}) 54. Kd3 Rd1+ 55. Kc3 Ra3+ 56. Kb4 Rxf3 57.
b6 Rb1+ 58. Kc5 Rfb3 59. Bc7 {With the king and bishop chaperoning the white
pawns to promotion, the result is no longer in doubt.} e5 60. Kc6 Ra3 61. Bxe5
g6 62. b7 Rab3 63. b8=Q Rxb8 64. Bxb8 Rxb8 65. a5 Rc8+ 66. Kd5 Rd8+ 67. Ke5 Ra8
68. Ra4 Ra6 69. Kd5 Ke7 70. Kc5 Kd7 71. Kb5 Re6 72. a6 Kc7 73. a7 Re5+ 74. Kb4
Re4+ 75. Kb3 Rxa4 76. Kxa4 Kb7 77. Kb5 Kxa7 78. Kc6 Kb8 79. Kd7 h5 80. g5 h4
81. Ke6 Kc7 82. Kf6 Kd7 83. Kxg6 Ke6 84. Kh7 Kf5 85. g6 Kg4 86. g7 Kh3 87. g8=Q
Kxh2 88. Qg4 h3 89. Kh6 1-0

[Event "2020 Denker"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Grabinsky, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Fishbein"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Invitationals"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:21:18"]
[BlackClock "0:06:19"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c4 dxc4 {Although this
move has been played by Topalov and other strong players, I don't think the
chance to eventually occupy the d5-square compensates for White's advantage in
space and time. I prefer 6...c5.} 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 c5 9. Be4 Ra7 10. Nb3 c4
11. Bg5 $5 {An enterprising move and effectively a piece sacrifice, but it
only succeeds if Black accepts it. Here, the most solid response would be 11...
Be7.} f6 $6 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Bf4 $1 cxb3 $2 ({Josh should definitely not take
the piece, although after} 13... Bb4+ 14. Nbd2 f5 15. Bc2 {White still has the
initiative.}) 14. Nd2 $6 ({The right idea, but the wrong execution. The knight
can also be useful on f3, so in the interest of time she should castle:} 14.
O-O $1 {, for example:} Be7 15. Nh4 $1 {and Black's king remains stuck in the
center, as} O-O {loses to} 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Ng6+ hxg6 18. Bxg6 {with a quick
mate.}) 14... Bb4 15. Qh5+ Ke7 16. O-O Qe8 17. Qf3 {Diagram [#]} e5 $2 ({
Sometimes even in a position with lots of pieces fighting for central squares,
a pawn on the side is an important soldier. Black needed to eliminate the
a2-pawn with} 17... bxa2 $1 {, with an unclear position. That pawn was
threatening to displace the bishop from b4 in many variations. Now if} 18. Qb3
$2 a5 $1 {comfortably defends the bishop. But taking a pawn like that while
Rome seems to be burning might only occur to an engine. Josh's move
accelerates the inferno.}) 18. Qxb3 $1 Bd6 ({Carissa correctly ignored the
attack on the bishop. If} 18... exf4 19. Qxb4+ Kf7 20. Qd6 Kg7 21. Rac1 {
, then White is nominally a piece down, but she knows that only her pieces are
playing. After} Qd8 22. Qxf4 Re8 23. Rc3 {, threatening both the rook transfer
to the kingside and doubling on the c-file, Black will have to give up the
knight on b8.}) 19. Rae1 Qg8 20. Bd5 $1 Qg7 21. dxe5 Nxe5 {White is still a
piece down, but it does not matter as the black king is too high-maintenance
here.} 22. Be3 $1 Rc7 23. f4 Nbd7 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Ne4 Rf8 26. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6
27. Bg5 Nf3+ 28. Qxf3 1-0

[Event "2020 Haring"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Annie"]
[Black "Samadashvili, Martha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Fishbein"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/pq2b1pp/4pp2/1p1b4/4n3/1PB3PB/PQN1PP1P/R2R2K1 w - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[SourceTitle "Invitationals"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "4200+10"]

{Diagram [#]} 20. Bd4 ({Both rivals had perfect scores before this fifth-round
game. White has a more pleasant position here, but she moves her bishop to a
problematical square. Instead, she could challenge her opponent's bishop with} 
20. Ne3 {.}) 20... Ng5 21. Bf1 Rfd8 22. h4 Ne4 23. Bh3 $2 ({This was the last
chance for} 23. Ne3 {. Now Black is able to develop a powerful initiative.})
23... e5 $1 24. Be3 b4 $1 {I once heard Mikhail Tal say that the c6-square (or
c3 if you are Black) is at least as good a square for a knight as d6.} 25. Ne1
Nc3 26. Rdc1 Qb5 27. Nd3 Bf7 28. Bf1 a5 $1 29. Bd2 Ne4 $2 ({Black should
already be looking for tactics to crown her strategical plan of gaining
squares on the queenside. After} 29... e4 30. Nf4 Qe5 $1 31. Bxc3 bxc3 32. Qxc3
Ba3 $1 {she would win an exchange.}) 30. Be1 Rac8 31. Bh3 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rb8 33.
Qc2 {Diagram [#] Annie has been on the defensive, but has now equalized.
Having lost the thread but still trying to stay ahead on the clock, Martha
commits a bad blunder, and her opponent capitalizes.} Qb6 $2 34. Nxe5 $1 fxe5
35. Qxe4 Qd4 36. Qxd4 exd4 37. Rc7 {Now White is winning, with a pawn up and a
weak black pawn on d4. In spite of having less than four minutes left at this
point, she convincingly concludes the game.} Bd8 38. Rd7 Bb6 39. Bd2 Bc5 40.
Bf4 Re8 41. Rc7 Bf8 42. Kf1 a4 43. Bd7 $1 Rd8 44. Bxa4 d3 45. exd3 Rxd3 46. Rc8
Be6 47. Rb8 Bg4 48. Bb5 Rd1+ 49. Kg2 Be6 50. Kf3 h5 51. Ke2 Rd4 52. Be3 Re4 53.
Kd2 Re5 54. Bd4 Rd5 55. Ke3 Rf5 56. Bd3 Ra5 57. Bb6 Re5+ 58. Kf4 Rd5 59. Bc4
Rf5+ 60. Ke4 Rf6 61. Bd4 Rg6 62. Bc5 1-0

[Event "2020 Haring"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lee, Alice"]
[Black "Samadashvili, Martha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2151"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "Fishbein"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[SourceTitle "Invitationals"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 Nbd7 12. a4 Qe7 13. Ba3 Rfb8 {This move sets
a nice trap.} 14. b5 Bxa3 15. bxa6 Bxa6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Rxa3 $6 {Diagram [#]}
(17. Qxa3 {is approximately equal.}) 17... b5 $1 {I am sure Alice didn't
expect this shot. She cannot take with the knight because it will be pinned,
or with the pawn because it is already pinned. But she keeps cool and finds
the best way out.} 18. Ra2 $1 bxa4 19. Qc2 a3 20. Rfa1 c5 21. Nb1 $2 ({Black
is a pawn up, but the position is not so clear. An extra rook pawn that has to
be defended from an organized attack on the file is sometimes a weakness, as
Benko Gambit players know. With} 21. Qc1 c4 22. Nd2 {, White could hold her
own. But trying to win back the pawn too quickly, she runs into serious
trouble.}) 21... c4 22. Nxa3 Ne4 $1 {Martha puts together a string of forceful
positional moves, just as in the previous game.} 23. Nb1 Rxa2 24. Rxa2 Qb4 $1
25. Nbd2 c3 ({White's back rank is defenseless, so} 25... Nxd2 {would win
immediately after} 26. Qxd2 (26. Nxd2 Qxd2 $1) 26... Qb1+ $1 27. Ne1 c3 {.})
26. Nf1 Qb1 27. g3 Qxc2 28. Rxc2 Rb1 29. Kg2 f6 {and here White played} 30. Rd2
{which is an obvious mouse-slip, and the game ended soon. Her position was
lost, in any event.} 0-1

[Event "2020 Barber"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zheng, Michael"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "1894"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[Annotator "Fishbein"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1p4p1/3k1p1p/2n1pP1P/p1P3P1/P1N1K3/1P6/8 w - - 0 43"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Invitationals"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Diagram [#] It seems like Black should have the advantage here. He has a
protected passed pawn and his pawn on a4 holds two. Take away the knights, and
Black is winning, and knight endings are supposed to be like pawn endings. But
the problem here is that that pawn on a4 is attacked, and the black knight is
tied down to its defense.} 43. Nb5+ Kc6 44. Nc3 Kb6 45. Nd5+ Kc6 46. Nc3 Kd7 {
Black attempts a triangulation maneuver, to lose a tempo with the king for the
coming b7-b5 break.} 47. Nd5 Kd6 48. Nc3 Kc6 49. Nd5 Nd7 50. Nc3 Nc5 {Jason
repeats moves, perhaps in the hope of reinforcing in his opponent the
dangerous feeling of an imminent draw.} 51. Nd5 b5 $1 52. Nb4+ Kb6 53. Nd5+ Kc6
54. Nb4+ Kb7 $1 {A second triangulation, this time to make sure the king can
take on b5 in response to check.} 55. cxb5 Kb6 56. Nd5+ Kxb5 57. Nc7+ Kc6 58.
Ne8 Kd7 59. Nxg7 Ke7 $1 {Diagram [#]} 60. Ne6 $2 ({It looks like Black has
succeeded in trapping the knight and winning the game, but White has just
enough time in the coming pawn race:} 60. Kd2 $1 Kf7 61. Ne6 Nxe6 62. fxe6+
Kxe6 63. Kc3 f5 64. gxf5+ Kxf5 65. b4 axb3 66. Kxb3 Kf4 67. a4 e4 68. a5 e3 69.
Kc2 Kg3 70. a6 e2 71. a7 e1=Q 72. a8=Q {with a drawn ending, although even
here Jason would make his opponent show the perpetual. However, White, in a
moment of panic, loses a crucial tempo and the game.}) 60... Nxe6 61. fxe6 Kxe6
62. Kd3 Kd5 63. b4 axb3 64. Kc3 e4 65. Kxb3 Kd4 66. a4 Kd3 $1 67. a5 e3 68. a6
e2 69. a7 e1=Q 70. a8=Q Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "2020 Barber"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Park, Evan"]
[Black "Ngo, Bach"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[Annotator "Fishbein"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Invitationals"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 a5 {An unusual response to the Yates variation. 10...
exd4 followed by 11...Na5, or the immediate 10...Na5, are common.} 11. a4 b4
12. h3 Bh5 13. Nbd2 bxc3 14. bxc3 exd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bc2 $5 ({
With this move, Evan is already planning an exchange sacrifice.} 17. Nxe4 dxe4
18. Qc2 exf3 19. Qxc6 {would be a much more conventional way.}) 17... Bg6 18.
Bf4 Bb4 19. Nxe4 $1 Bxe1 20. Qxe1 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Ne7 {Diagram [#]
White is down an exchange for a pawn. As compensation, he has a well-supported
center and attacking chances. Black's queenside pawns can be loose in the
ending, as we shall see. Evan's willingness to enter a position with a
material/positional imbalance, and strong play there, indicate that he is
someone to watch in the future.} 23. Ng5 $1 Ng6 24. Be3 h6 $2 {A blunder that
spoils an interesting position.} 25. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 26. Qxg6 {With two pawns for
the exchange, White is winning. The e5-pawn makes it impossible for the black
rooks to develop any activity.} Rb8 27. Qc6 Rd7 28. Rc1 Qe7 29. Qc5 (29. Rc5 {
was more forceful, but White chooses a technical approach.}) 29... Qxc5 30.
Rxc5 {We now see that the a- and c-pawns are hard to defend. Black decides to
trade down into a rook ending instead, but it is easily winning for White.}
Rbd8 31. f4 Rxd4 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. f5 $1 Rxa4 34. Rxc7 Rf4 35. g4 Re4 36. e6 a4
37. Kf2 Kf8 38. Kf3 Re1 39. Ra7 Ra1 40. Ra8+ Ke7 41. Rg8 a3 42. Rxg7+ Kf6 43.
Ra7 a2 44. Kg2 Kg5 45. e7 Re1 46. Rxa2 Rxe7 47. Ra6 h5 48. Kf3 Rb7 49. Rg6+ Kh4
50. g5 Rb3+ 51. Kf4 Rb4+ 52. Ke5 Rb5+ 53. Ke6 Kxh3 54. f6 Kg4 55. Rg8 Rb6+ 56.
Ke5 Rb5+ 57. Kd6 Rb6+ 58. Kc5 Rb7 59. g6 Kg5 60. f7 1-0

[Event "2020 Rockefeller"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2020.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Black "Xie, Bryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B34"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2203"]
[Annotator "Fishbein"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.08.01"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Invitationals"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. c3 {I played against
Brewington in a G/60 game late last year. I was Black in the Sicilian, and he
played unpretentiously (similar to here), losing a few tempi here and there.
Yet I didn't seem to get any advantage and in fact soon emerged with a worse
position. I had to sacrifice a pawn and create an imbalance to turn the game
in my direction. Brewington plays quickly, but makes solid and strong moves
and understands the position well.} Rb8 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. a4 Be6 16.
b4 Qc7 17. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 $2 18. cxd4 $1 {Diagram [#] White has correctly
assessed that his three pawn islands are stronger than Black's two pawn
islands. He has a potentially passed pawn on the queenside, while the d4-pawn
serves to block the d5-pawn and therefore constrict the black bishop.} Bf5 19.
Rac1 Qb7 20. b5 Bd7 21. Rc5 Rdc8 22. Rdc1 e6 23. Qa5 Qb6 24. Qxb6 $2 {If White
keeps the queens on, he should be able to push the pawns through. Bryan puts
up a tough defense now.} axb6 25. Rc7 Kf8 26. Kf1 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Rc8 $1 28.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Ke1 Ke7 30. Kd2 f6 31. f4 Kd6 32. Ke3 Bb7 33. h4 Bc8 34. Bd3 f5
$2 {But this is a serious mistake. Black needs to have some play in the center
when White moves the king to the left to support his pawns.} ({With} 34... e5 {
, he can hold the draw.}) 35. h5 $1 {Excellent timing, as Black was
threatening h7-h5 to lock everything up. Now White has enough space on the
kingside to enter.} gxh5 36. Kf2 h4 37. Be2 Ke7 38. Bh5 Bd7 39. Kg1 h3 40. g3
Kf6 41. Kh2 h6 42. Kxh3 Kg7 43. Kh4 Kf6 44. Be2 Be8 45. Bd3 Bd7 46. Be2 Be8 {
Diagram [#]} 47. g4 $2 {This is where "Brew" spoils his winning chances. He
needs to walk his king to the queenside and push through a5-a6, which would
tie to that pawn. Then the king can come back to the kingside and, facing only
one defender instead of two, the g3-g4 break would then succeed. Brewington
had plenty of time and needed to use it here. Then he would have found this
plan. He already senses chess strategy very well. When he becomes more patient
with time management, he will greatly improve.} fxg4 48. Kxg4 Bd7 49. Kh5 {
Realizing he can no longer by normal means, White desperately takes his king
behind enemy lines. But this only leads to trouble.} Kf5 50. Kxh6 Kxf4 51. Kg7
e5 52. dxe5 $2 Kxe5 53. Kf7 Kd6 54. Bd3 Kc5 55. Ke7 Bg4 56. Kd8 Bd1 57. a5 bxa5
58. Kc7 Bf3 $1 59. b6 d4 {Black has stopped the pawn, and his two pawns will
easily win against the bishop. Bryan's persistent defense is rewarded in the
end, and he becomes the first Rockefeller champion.} 60. Bf1 a4 61. Bd3 a3 62.
Bb1 d3 63. Bxd3 a2 64. Be2 Ba8 65. b7 Bxb7 66. Kxb7 a1=Q 67. Ba6 Qg7+ 68. Kc8
Kc6 69. Kd8 Qd7# 0-1

[Event "2020 Senior"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Fishbein"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.07.25"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "Invitationals"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {I decided, for old
times' sake, to go with the Open Ruy, which I played against Zapata at the
Saint John Festival in Canada thirty-two years ago.} 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 ({In the aforementioned game I played} 9... Nc5 $6 {and was
fortunate to eventually escape with a draw after} 10. Nc3 $1) 10. c3 O-O 11.
Nbd2 Bg4 $1 12. Re1 $5 ({11...Bg4 had long been shunned because of} 12. Nxe4
dxe4 13. Qd5 Qxd5 14. Bxd5 exf3 15. Bxc6 fxg2 16. Kxg2 Rad8 17. a4 {, as
played in the famous game Alekhine - Teichmann in 1921. But Black should not
have serious problems after 17...b4.}) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 dxe4
15. fxe4 Qc8 ({After} 15... Nd3 16. Re2 Qd6 17. Bd5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Bxa8
Qg4+ 20. Kf1 Qh3+ 21. Ke1 Rxa8 {, White has nothing better than perpetual
check:} 22. Re3 Qxh2 23. Ke2 Qh5+ 24. Kf1 Qh1+ {, as played in a PRO League
game Dominguez - Oparin earlier this year (which I was not aware of).}) 16. Bf4
Bd6 17. Bg3 ({Giving me a bit of an initiative, although the game remains
roughly level. The way to fight for an advantage was} 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Qh5)
17... Qh3 $1 18. Qe2 h5 19. Rf1 Rad8 20. Kh1 Ng4 {Diagram [#]} 21. Bxd6 $2 ({
The correct defense is} 21. f4 h4 22. Rf3 $1 hxg3 23. Rxg3 Qxh2+ 24. Qxh2 Nxh2
25. e5 {Zapata must have missed something here, as he relieved the tension
prematurely.}) 21... Rxd6 22. f3 Ne5 23. Rad1 $6 Rfd8 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 {Now I
have full control of the d-file, and the threat of Rd2 forces White into
further concessions.} 25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Nd3 $1 ({I certainly wanted no
part of} 26... Rd2+ 27. Rf2 Rxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Nd3+ 29. Ke3 Nxb2 30. Kd4 {. The
b-pawn won't run away.}) 27. f4 Nxb2 28. e5 Rc6 29. Rf3 Kf8 30. f5 Nc4 31. e6
Ke7 $6 ({Missing} 31... Nd2 32. Rd3 Nxb3 33. Rd8+ Ke7 34. Rd7+ Ke8 $1 35. exf7+
Kf8 {, and the rook ending is hopeless for White.}) 32. exf7 Kxf7 33. Rh3 $1
Kf6 34. Rxh5 Ne3+ 35. Kf3 Rxc3 36. Ke4 Nc4 37. Rh8 Nd6+ 38. Kf4 Rc1 39. Ra8
Rf1+ 40. Kg4 Rxf5 $2 ({That f-pawn could have waited too.} 40... Ke5 $1 41.
Rxa6 c5 {threatens to trap the bishop and wins.}) 41. Rxa6 Rf2 $2 ({The final
and worst error. With} 41... Rc5 {, keeping the pawns together, Black should
still win.}) 42. Rc6 $1 Rxh2 43. Rxc7 {Now the position is drawn, and I
realized it. Zapata had put up a tough defense, and he was down to the last
few seconds here, playing on increment. I started looking for a trap I could
set.} Rd2 44. Rc5 Rd4+ 45. Kf3 b4 46. Ke3 Re4+ 47. Kd3 Re7 48. Rd5 Nf5 49. Rb5
Rd7+ $1 {Diagram [#] With ten seconds on the clock, White is in check and has
to decide where to move the king. The problem is, any king move loses to a
knight fork! So he has to go back with 50.Rd5!, and this draws! Running out of
options for the king (or maybe due to a mouse malfunction!), Alonso lost on
time here. The all-important clock advantage (and a little bit of luck) helped
me in the end.} 0-1

[Event "Titled Tue 11th Aug"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shapkin, Anatoliy"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2qr1k1/p4ppp/b1p2n2/2bp4/8/1PN3P1/PB2PPBP/R2QR1K1 b - - 0 13"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Make Your Move!"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,34,19,16,16,-2,6,13,45,42,38,19,13,18,20,49,48,-33,-38,-13,-36,-21,
-11,-52,-27,-72,-48,-71,-392,-636,-577,-543,-538,-538,-564,-29987,-29988] [#]} 
13... Bxf2+ $1 {This tactical strike should always be on your radar. In Dubov
Tarrasch, Abdusattorov has gotten excellent mileage out of this trick.} 14.
Kxf2 Ng4+ 15. Kg1 Qb6+ 16. e3 ({Of course,} 16. Kh1 {results in a smothered
mate after} Nf2+ 17. Kg1 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 Qg1+ 19. Rxg1 Nf2# {.}) 16... Rxe3 $1 {
The rook capture is much stronger than the knight capture.} 17. Kh1 Nf2+ {
and White resigned before getting mated.} 0-1

[Event "ch-GER Blitz 2020"]
[Site "Magdeburg GER"]
[Date "2020.08.15"]
[Round "25.1"]
[White "Meier, Geo"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1rk1/4p1bp/p1nqP1p1/2pn1p2/1p6/2P2NPP/PPBBQPK1/R3R3 w - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2020.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "29"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "Make Your Move!"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 19. c4 $1 ({In the game, White missed his chance and played} 19. Rad1
bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc7 {which lead to equal chances.}) 19... Bxb2 $5 ({Trying to
create confusion, whereas} 19... Nf6 20. Bf4 {will cost Black a piece to save
the queen .}) 20. cxd5 Qxd5 21. Bb3 Nd4 22. Bxd5 Nxe2 23. Rab1 Bf6 24. Bb3 {
and White should win without too many problems.} 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 11th Aug"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Willow, Jonah B"]
[Black "Kavyev, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4k1/5pp1/p6p/2q1pPb1/Q3P3/2PR4/P1P3P1/K6R b - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Make Your Move!"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,50,19,19,46,50,78,61,63,60,60,60,20,40,47,23,23,23,27,4,-7,-3,-14,-31,
0,20,29,-8,30,-47,56,75,56,64,64,2,70,70,70,61,99,99,99,99,28,26,32,0,14,-406,
-430,-29995,-29996] [#]} 24... Bd2 $1 {Threatening mate, starting with a
combination of ...Bxc3+ and ...Qxc3 in whichever order you please.} 25. c4 ({
Of course,} 25. Rxd2 {is met by} Qxc3#) ({and} 25. Rhh3 {by} Qg1# {.}) 25...
Qd4+ $1 {and White resigned. Capturing the queen is met by ...Bc3#, whereas 26.
c3 Qxc3+ 27.Rxc3 Bxc3# is a pretty conclusion.} 0-1

[Event "ch-HUN Rapid 2020"]
[Site "Ajka HUN"]
[Date "2020.07.19"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Berkes, F.."]
[Black "Kozak, Adam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/p3Rppp/1pR1nn2/3p1N2/q7/3P1NP1/PP1Q1P1P/6K1 w - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2020.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "Make Your Move!"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,53,24,22,22,28,28,28,35,36,36,-26,56,34,33,35,35,28,29,30,19,18,24,18,
23,15,43,55,43,45,43,56,92,89,109,95,116,86,86,41,78,78,137,121,166,293,403,
424,424,424,425,425,425,425,435,420] [#]} 21. Rcxe6 $1 ({In the game, White
won after} 21. Ne5 Nd4 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Nexf7+ Rxf7 24. Nxf7+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ Kh8
26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Qf4 {, and Black resigned.}) 21... fxe6 {This capture allows
mate, but otherwise Black is a piece down for nothing.} 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. Qh6
$1 exf5 24. Re7 $1 {and Black can delay getting mated but not prevent it.} 1-0

[Event "Moi Etyudy "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vasily"]
[Black "Mate in 7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6Kp/7B/8/8/8/ppp5/kb1R4 w - - 0 3"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Make Your Move!"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 3. Rc1 $3 {Now, Black has one legal move and it opens the a1-h8-diagonal
which is what we need to deliver mate.} ({A tempting alternative is} 3. Rg1 $4
{, but in that case Black wins:} c1=Q 4. Rxc1 bxc1=Q 5. Bxc1 h5 6. Bf4 {
, threatening mate, but now Black untangles from the nest on a1:} Bc2 7. Kf6 h4
8. Kg5 h3 9. Kg4 Kb1 10. Be5 a1=Q 11. Bxa1 h2 {and Black wins.}) 3... bxc1=Q 4.
Bxc1 h5 {Our plan is quite simple: transfer our king to c3 and then play Bb2
mate.} 5. Kf6 {The king makes his way to c3 to deliver mate.} h4 6. Ke5 h3 7.
Kd4 h2 8. Kc3 h1=Q 9. Bb2# {A nice conclusion to a study with a tactical theme.
} 1-0

[Event "ch-BEL 2020"]
[Site "Bruges BEL"]
[Date "2020.08.15"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Hovhanisian, M.."]
[Black "Meessen, R.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2qk3/pp1b3r/3Pp1p1/2p2p2/2P1p3/2Q1P1P1/PP5P/3R1RKB w q - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2020.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "Make Your Move!"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,57,24,24,82,56,98,13,54,34,41,46,68,55,79,4,2,22,22,-6,21,-10,24,14,2,
8,1,3,16,32,44,-12,8,33,21,21,10,14,4,1,-1,-11,57,45,45,32,138,22,79,90,91,80,
200,102,238,238,29993,29994,29997,29998] [#]} 26. Bxe4 $1 fxe4 $2 ({Capturing
the bishop accelerates the end but} 26... Rb8 27. Bg2 {leaves Black with a
hopeless mess of a position.}) 27. Qe5 $1 ({Black's forces are paralyzed so
White can take his time penetrating Black's position if he does so without
letting Black entirely off the hook, therefore} 27. Rf6 $4 {doesn't work on
account of} Qb6 {followed by castling queenside.}) 27... Rc8 $2 ({This makes
no sense, not leaving Black's king with any chance of escaping. Better but
hardly saving Black is} 27... Bc8 {when White slowly but surely penetrates
Black's position:} 28. Rf6 $1 Qd7 29. Rdf1 $1 Qg7 30. Qxe4 Qg8 31. Rxg6 Rg7 32.
Qh4 Qh7 33. Rf8+ $1 {and it is game over for Black.}) 28. Qf4 $1 Ba4 29. d7+ $1
{and Black resigned as mate follows on the next move.} 1-0

[Event "Carlsen Tour Final 2020"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.12"]
[Round "1.42"]
[White "Ding Liren"]
[Black "Carlsen, M.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3br1k/2p3bB/1pPp1q1B/8/1P5N/2n3P1/2Q4P/1R2R1K1 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2020.08.09"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[SourceTitle "Make Your Move!"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,61,28,25,17,-2,47,18,4,-8,11,21,12,13,17,23,40,45,36,40,60,56,47,60,
47,41,28,29,65,25,45,40,74,42,42,26,35,1,28,-22,-19,7,72,72,68,80,90,-15,27,1,
29,-13,-13,-284,161,492,492,517,29995,29996,29997,29998,29999,-30000] [#]} 26.
Rxe8 $1 Rfxe8 ({If} 26... Bxh6 {then} 27. Re7 $1 Bg7 ({or} 27... Rf7 28. Rxf7
Qxf7 29. Qxc3+ {and White is winning}) 28. Rbe1 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Qd5+ 30. Be4 Nxe4
31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. R7xe4 {and White wins.}) 27. Ng6+ $1 Kxh7 28. Nf8+ Kxh6 ({Also
} 28... Kg8 29. Qh7+ Kf7 ({or} 29... Kxf8 30. Bxg7+ Qxg7 31. Rf1+) 30. Rf1 {
and it is curtains for Black.}) 29. Qh7+ Kg5 30. Qh4+ Kf5 31. Qf4# {A nice
king hunt.} 1-0

[Event "Online Olym Div2 C 2020"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shirov, A.."]
[Black "Martins, Dav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2b1rk1/p2q2pp/bp2p2B/2ppP3/3P2Q1/2N5/PPP2RPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2020.08.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[SourceTitle "Make Your Move!"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Portugal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POR"]

{[%evp 0,49,19,11,50,30,46,39,68,65,48,2,16,9,9,0,45,-5,41,40,46,18,71,17,36,
20,63,27,25,20,18,27,0,8,-26,10,9,25,33,23,28,61,37,67,99,151,265,324,357,423,
412,426] [#]} 21. Rxf8+ $1 ({Two tempting but insufficient alternatives are:} 
21. Nxd5 $2 Rxf2 $1 22. Kxf2 Kh8 23. dxc5 gxh6 24. Nf6 Qf7 25. Rd7 Be7 {
when White has compensation for the sacrificed piece}) ({and} 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Qxe6 Bg5 24. Nxd5 Rd8 {and Black wards off the white aggression.
}) 21... Kxf8 22. Rd2 $1 {This rook lift allows White to sidestep Black's
safety measures without allowing Black time to organize his defense.} Bc7 (
22... Kg8 {is met by} 23. Nxd5 $1 Kh8 24. Qf3 {and Black is winning.}) 23. Rf2+
Kg8 24. Nxd5 $1 Kh8 25. Bxg7+ {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Titled Tue 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Visakh, N R.."]
[Black "Piesik, P.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Carsten"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2kr3r/pp3p1p/2q1pbp1/3p4/3P1B2/1P1Q2P1/P1P2P1P/1K1RR3 w - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[SourceTitle "Make Your Move!"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,45,17,13,85,85,85,85,120,80,60,51,20,12,37,31,33,8,20,20,29,19,12,24,
32,23,43,13,15,-21,-26,-52,43,26,66,53,62,53,93,62,45,111,140,116,164,173,1127,
1136] [#]} 19. Qf3 $3 ({This little queen move creates a variety of threats,
targeting both Black's vulnerable king and the loose pieces on the kingside.
In the game, White won after} 19. Qd2 Be7 $6 ({Black should have played} 19...
b6 $1 20. Re3 Kb7 21. Rc3 Qe8 22. Rc7+ Ka8 23. Qc3 g5 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Kb8
{and Black has excellent survival chances}) 20. Re3 Kd7 21. Rc3 Qb6 $2 22. Bc7
{(White is winning)} Qa5 $4 23. Bxa5 {and Black resigned.}) 19... Kd7 ({
Black has to address thre threat of the rook lift to the third rank followed
by Rc3. The alternative is} 19... Rd7 20. Rd3 Qa6 21. Bh6 Bd8 22. Rc3+ Bc7 23.
Qf6 Re8 24. Bf4 Qa5 25. Ree3 {and Black is tied in knots.}) 20. Bd2 Be7 21.
Qxf7 Rdf8 22. Qg7 {and White has a large advantage.} 1-0

[Event "New York Rice final"]
[Site "New York,NY"]
[Date "1916.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Black "Chajes, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1916.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Pandolfini"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 b5 {[#]} 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O c5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Ne5
Rfe8 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qxf7+ Kh7 20.
Nd7 Nxd7 21. Rxd7 Bc6 22. Ne4 Bxb2 23. Ng5+ Kh6 24. g4 g6 25. h4 Rh8 26. Qh7+
1-0

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1931.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k2q4/6p1/2pb4/8/7P/1Q3b2/5P2/1R3RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Pandolfini"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1931.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/5R2/8/7p/6n1/6PK/2r1q3/5R1Q b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Pandolfini"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1931.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/6k1/6p1/3Q2K1/4P3/5q2/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Pandolfini"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1931.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/3k4/1p6/1K2Q3/P2P3P/2q4r/R7 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Pandolfini"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1931.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3R4/6k1/6p1/4P1K1/5PPP/4r1q1/3Q4 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Pandolfini"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 1... Rxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1931.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7Q/2R5/8/2n2k1p/7K/2P5/8/q7 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Pandolfini"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

