[Event "CAN-ch"]
[Site "Vancouver"]
[Date "1951.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Black "Hayes, Rea B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1951.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 b6 9. c3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Qc2 Be7 12. O-O-O f5 13. Ned2 c5 14. Rhe1 Rf6
15. g4 fxg4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Ng5 Nf8 18. Be4 Bd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. dxc5 Rxf2
21. Ne6 Nxe6 22. Rxe6 bxc5 23. Qg6 Bg5 24. Re5 Bh6 25. Kb1 Qf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6
27. Rxd5 Re8 28. Rh5 Kh7 29. Nc4 f5 30. h3 g3 31. a4 Kg6 32. Rxh6+ Kxh6 33. a5
g2 34. Ka2 Rf1 35. Rd6+ Kg5 36. h4+ Kxh4 0-1

[Event "Candidates FIDE sf1 playoff rapid"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 g6 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Qb3 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. d5 Nd8 8. Nbd2
Nf6 9. e4 d6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. O-O Bg7 13. e5 Nh5 14. exd6 exd6 15.
Rfe1+ Kf8 {[#]} 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qb5 (17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Bxd6+ Kg8 19. axb5) 1-0

[Event "David Loever Memorial"]
[Site "Vikersund NOR"]
[Date "2001.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Carlsen, Henrik"]
[Black "Mellem, Nicolas Axel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "1804"]
[BlackElo "1984"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nb3 Ra8 13. Be3 f5 14. f3 f4 15. Bf2
g5 16. c5 Rf6 17. Nb5 Rg6 18. Qc2 g4 19. cxd6 g3 20. Qxc7 Qe8 21. hxg3 Rxg3 22.
dxe7 Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Qg6+ {[#]} 24. Kh3 Nf6+ 25. Qxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rg1 Qh5+ 27. Bh4
Rc2 28. Rg5 Qe8 29. Nd6 Qd7+ 30. Nf5 Ne8 31. Rag1 Kh8 32. Rxg7 Nxg7 33. Bf6 h5
34. Rxg7 Rxe2 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Rf8+ Kh7 37. e8=Q 1-0

[Event "21st ch-EUR Indiv 2021"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2021.08.27"]
[Round "2.74"]
[White "Omarsson, Adam"]
[Black "Gueci, Tea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "1546"]
[BlackElo "2188"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/pp3ppp/2nQp3/2P1n2N/4P3/4BP2/4BKPP/R6R b - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2021.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 18... Qh4+ 19. Ng3 (19. g3 Qxh5) 19... Rd8 0-1

[Event "2nd Chartres GM 2021"]
[Site "Chartres FRA"]
[Date "2021.05.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Shirazi, K."]
[Black "Milliet, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b2rk1/pp3ppp/8/2b1Q3/8/2Pq4/B2P2PP/RNB1KR2 b Q - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2021.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 16... Bg4 (16... Bd7 $143 17. Rf3 $1) 17. Rf4 Rae8 (17... Rae8 18. Bxf7+
Kh8 19. Bxe8 Rxf4) 0-1

[Event "74th ch-RUS HL 2021"]
[Site "Cheboksary RUS"]
[Date "2021.06.26"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Yuffa, D."]
[Black "Ibadov, Dashgyn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnb2rk1/p3bppp/q3p3/BN1nN3/2pP4/4P1P1/1P3PBP/R2QK2R w KQ - 0 14"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2021.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 14. Nc7 Nxc7 15. Bxc7 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Qb5 17. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Tolstoy Mem 2021"]
[Site "Yasnaya Polyana RUS"]
[Date "2021.09.11"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Paravyan, D."]
[Black "Korobov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2rk1/3qbppp/2npb3/pp1Np1P1/2n1P2P/1N2BQ1B/PPP2P2/1K1R2R1 w - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2021.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 18. Nc5 (18. Nf6+ $5 Bxf6 19. gxf6 g6 20. Nc5) 18... Nd4 (18... dxc5 19.
Nf6+) 19. Nxd7 Nxf3 20. Nxe7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 2021"]
[Site "Krasnaya Polyana RUS"]
[Date "2021.07.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Onischuk, Al"]
[Black "Ali, Ak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2274"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn4kr/p5pp/1pbp4/2pN2q1/4R3/5QP1/PP3P1P/R5K1 w - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2021.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 18. h4 Qd8 (18... Qxd5 19. Re8+) 19. Re7 Qf8 20. Qb3 1-0

[Event "V Closed IMB Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona ESP"]
[Date "2021.07.11"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Martinez Ramirez, L."]
[Black "Mathieu, Phileas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3kb1r/p4p1p/bqp1p1p1/8/3P4/1Q3N2/PP3PPP/R1B1R1K1 w kq - 0 14"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2021.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 14. Rxe6+ fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Be7 (15... Kd8 16. Bg5+ Kc7 17. Bf4+ Kd8 18. Ne5
) 16. Bg5 Qc7 (16... Qd8 17. Ne5) 17. Re1 Bc8 18. Qf6 1-0

[Event "source unknown"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh=Y"]
[Black "(+0010.10a6c5)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "B7/8/K7/2k5/8/2P5/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Bd5 $1 Kxd5 2. Kb5 1-0

[Event "L'Italia Scacchistica#3595"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dall Ava=A"]
[Black "(+3110.12f1a8)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/1R5p/8/3Bq3/p7/8/7P/5K2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Bf3 Qh5 2. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Shakhmatny Listok#102"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1925.06.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaminer=S Botvinnik=M"]
[Black "(+4043.21a1h5)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6q1/6b1/4p2k/8/3n1P2/Q2B2P1/K7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1925.06.15"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4+ Kh4 2. Bh6 Qxh6 3. Qh2+ Kg5 4. Qd2+ Nf4 5. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Basic Setup"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pp3ppp/4p3/2pp4/2PP4/2N5/PP2PPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "IQP"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/pp2bppp/2n2n2/3p2B1/3N4/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 10"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 *

[Event "Bayerischer SB-13 Meister"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1932.07.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benzinger, Josef"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/pp3p2/1b2bq1p/3p4/6r1/P4NP1/1P1QPPB1/R2R1K2 b - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1932.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The namesake of the Tarrasch Defense was the elite German player and writer
Siegbert Tarrasch (1862-1934), who introduced the opening as early as the
1880s. A devotee of the IQP, in this game he powerfully demonstrates its
dynamic potential.} 21... d4 $5 {The IQP steps off of the diagonal of White's
fianchettoed bishop and also opens up Black's light-squared bishop.} 22. Bh3 $2
{A critical waste of time; better was 22.Rac1 when Black is only slightly
better.} Re4 23. Bg2 ({White perhaps realized that} 23. Bxe6 {could be met
with the same move as in the game.}) 23... d3 $1 {Shattering White's center
and kingside, and further activating Black's pieces.} 24. exd3 Rxd3 $1 {
Now White loses his queen after 25.Qxd3 Bc4, but sadly this was his best try.}
25. Qc2 $2 Rxf3 $1 26. Qxe4 Rxf2+ 27. Ke1 Qxb2 {and White resigned in light of
overwhelming threats including 28...Ba5+ and 28...Qc3+.} 0-1

[Event "Bad Pistyan Breyer Memorial-A"]
[Site "Piestany"]
[Date "1922.04.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rnrk1/p2qbppp/1p2b3/3p4/P2B4/1QN3P1/1P2PPBP/R2R2K1 b - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "1922.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This time Tarrasch finds himself with an unfavorable version of the IQP -
White has solidly blockaded it and is already attacking it with three pieces,
with both rooks ready to add to the pile-up. Meanwhile Black's pieces are
passive and discoordinated, putting no pressure whatsoever on White's position.
Tarrasch's next move backfires immediately:} 17... Bc5 $2 ({Better was the
reinforcing} 17... Nc7 $16) 18. Bxc5 $1 d4 19. Qa3 bxc5 20. Qxc5 $18 {White
has simply won a pawn for nothing, and Reti went on to steer the game into a
rook ending which he won smoothly.} 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1903.03.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r3/pp3kpp/1b3p2/4r3/3p4/6P1/PP1BPP1P/2R1RK2 b - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Here the position is balanced: the advanced IQP is cramping the e2-pawn,
which White has to "babysit" with his stronger pieces just as Black has to do
with his IQP. Neither side has any clear way to make progress, and after a few
moves the players agreed to a draw:} 27... Kg6 28. Bf4 R5e7 29. Bd2 Kf5 30. Bb4
Re5 31. h3 h5 32. a3 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Petersburg"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1914.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1rk1/p3qp1p/2bb2p1/2pp4/8/1P2P3/PBQN1PPP/2R2RK1 b - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{As in the IQP structure, the hanging pawns structure offers significant
dynamic potential. The advance of one of the hanging pawns, even as a
sacrifice, can ignite a powerful attack in the center and/or kingside:} 18...
d4 $1 {Unleashing Black's deadly bishop pair.} 19. exd4 $2 {White had to try
to keep the position closed with something like 19.e4.} Bxh2+ $3 20. Kxh2 Qh4+
21. Kg1 Bxg2 $1 {A spectacular combination enabled by the fact that White's
kingside is almost completely free of defenders.} 22. f3 ({After} 22. Kxg2 Qg4+
23. Kh2 Rd5 {White can only avoid mate with} 24. Qxc5 Rh5+ 25. Qxh5 Qxh5+ 26.
Kg2 Qg5+ 27. Kh2 Qxd2 $19) 22... Rfe8 $1 23. Ne4 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Bxf1 25. d5 (25.
Rxf1 {loses a queen after} Qh2+) 25... f5 26. Qc3 Qg2+ 27. Ke3 Rxe4+ $1 {
Beginning the final king hunt.} 28. fxe4 f4+ 29. Kxf4 Rf8+ 30. Ke5 Qh2+ 31. Ke6
Re8+ 32. Kd7 Bb5# 0-1

[Event "San Sebastian International Masters-02"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "1912.02.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D33"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b1kb1r/pp3ppp/1qn2n2/3p4/3N4/2N3P1/PP2PPBP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 0 9"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1912.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It is not uncommon for an IQP structure to transform into a hanging pawns
structure, or vice versa.} 9. Nxc6 {White exits the IQP structure and enters
the hanging pawns structure.} bxc6 {After this recapture Black's d-pawn is
more solidly protected, but his c-pawn is now on a semi-open file, making it
more vulnerable to attack.} 10. O-O Be6 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Be3 Rc8 13. a3 c5 14.
Nxc5 {This simplifying tactic transforms the pawn structure again, from
hanging pawns back to IQP.} Bxc5 15. b4 Bxb4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Bd4 O-O 18. Bxf6
gxf6 19. Rxa7 {White still has a better pawn structure, but Tarrasch managed
to simplify the position further by trading off his IQP, after which a draw
was soon agreed:} Rc4 20. e3 Rfc8 21. Ra1 d4 22. exd4 Rxd4 23. Qf3 Kg7 24. Rfb1
Qd6 25. h3 Rc2 26. Rd1 Ra2 27. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rated Blitz game"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.12.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "bringtheruckus"]
[Black "sonora2019"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4kb1r/3n1p1p/3p1P2/1r1Np3/1Pq5/7Q/P4PPP/R2R2K1 w k - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "180"]

{[#]} 25. Rdc1 (25. Rac1 Rxd5) 25... Qxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Bh6 27. Rc8# {Normal} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Diagram 2"]
[Black "The Two Kinds of Tactics"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1q2rbk1/1b5p/p2p2p1/1p5n/8/1P1Q2P1/P5BP/B4R1K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Qd5+ $1 (1. Bd5+ $2 Re6 {[%cal Gb7h1]}) 1... Bxd5 2. Bxd5+ Re6 3. Bxe6# *

[Event "26th Annual Northeast Open"]
[Site "Stamford, CT"]
[Date "2021.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chernin, Oliver"]
[Black "Paragua, Megan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2016"]
[Annotator "Paragua,Mark"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2021.12.12"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,108,39,7,20,-37,15,16,16,14,24,12,28,16,16,16,28,28,47,33,26,-5,8,12,
14,34,47,77,73,72,45,45,45,45,45,72,63,63,94,94,94,113,84,50,50,50,50,50,68,47,
57,37,117,57,171,70,99,84,85,16,0,-135,-44,-90,-109,-245,-245,-245,-245,-284,
-279,-319,-319,-319,-319,-319,-132,-319,-125,-355,-123,-222,-220,-275,-283,
-311,-105,-169,-169,-190,-246,-402,-402,-421,-452,-494,-494,-493,-184,-198,
-226,-300,-300,-497,-597,-617,-622,-654,-645,-863,-863] I am very honored to
annotate this game from my niece.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 {A very solid
setup for Black.} 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 (5. d4 {This would give White a different
version on the Symmetrical line.} cxd4 6. Nxd4 d5 $1 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bg2 Nxc3
9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O e5 {A would definitely prefer Black here because of the
space and the c3-pawn would be very weak.}) 5... O-O (5... d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7.
O-O O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nd7 $1 $11) 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 {[#]} d5
$1 {In my opinion, this is a smart choice to open up the position.} 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 Be6 ({More flexible would be} 11... Re8 {
, preserving the option of going to g4 with the bishop also.} 12. Rc1 cxd4 13.
Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Rxe2 16. Rfd1 Be6 $11) 12. Rc1 c4 $2 {This
move gives White control of the e4-square.} 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. e4 Nb4 15. Ba3
Qa5 16. Bxb4 Qxb4 17. Rb1 Qa3 18. Rxb7 Qxa2 19. e5 Bd8 ({Getting rid of the
rook on b7 with} 19... Qa6 {would be a good choice here for Black.} 20. Rb1 Bd8
) 20. d5 Bc8 21. Rb1 Bf5 22. Ra1 Qb2 23. Qc1 {[#]} c3 ({Also playable is} 23...
Rb8 {, but I prefer the 23...c3 as it keeps the pressure on White.}) 24. Nd4
Bg6 25. d6 Rb8 26. Nc6 Rb6 27. Nxd8 (27. Qe3 $1 {I prefer this move so that
the f-rook could go to c1.}) 27... Rxd8 28. Qg5 Rbb8 29. h4 h6 30. Qg4 $2 $19 {
30.Qf4 or 30.Qe3 are options that keep White in the game.} Rb4 31. Qf3 c2 $1 {
A very precise move for Megan.} 32. Qe3 {[#]} Qxa1 $3 {The final blow.} 33.
Rxa1 Rb1+ 34. Qc1 Rdb8 35. Kh2 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Kf8 37. Ra1 Rc8 (37... Bf5 {
leads to an even easier win.}) 38. Rc1 a5 39. f4 Rc4 40. Bh3 Rd4 41. Bg4 Rd2+
42. Kg1 Be4 43. Kf1 a4 44. Be2 Bd3 45. Bxd3 Rd1+ 46. Ke2 Rxc1 47. Kd2 a3 48.
Bc4 Rg1 49. Kxc2 Rxg3 50. f5 Rg4 51. Bb3 Rg2+ 52. Kd3 a2 53. Bxa2 Rxa2 54. Ke4
Rd2 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.02.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Study on board"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1N6/3B1k2/3P4/K7/8/8/5Pp1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]}  *

[Event "2/3.sp.p Gurgenidze,D JT EG"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Afek=Y"]
[Black "(+0011.21a5f7)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1N6/3B1k2/3P4/K7/8/8/5Pp1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{EG=154 EG/10 (EG#14153).} 1. Be8+ $1 (1. Be6+ $2 Kxe6 2. d7 g1=Q 3. d8=Q Qxf2)
1... Kxe8 2. d7+ Ke7 3. Nc6+ Kxd7 4. Ne5+ Kd6 5. Nf3 Kd5 (5... Kc5 6. Ng1 $1
Kc4 7. Kb6 Kd3 8. Kc5 Kd2 9. Kd4 Ke1 10. Ke3) 6. Kb6 $1 (6. Kb5 $2 Ke4 7. Ng1
Kd5 8. Kb6 Kd6 9. Kb7 Kd7 10. Kb8 Kd8 11. Nf3 Kd7 12. Kb7 Kd6 13. Kb6 Kd5) 6...
Ke4 7. Ng1 Kd4 8. Kc6 $1 Kc4 9. Kd6 Kd4 10. Ke6 Ke4 11. Kf6 Kf4 12. Kg6 (12.
Kg7 {<or>}) 12... Kg4 13. Kh7 $1 Kh5 14. f3 $1 Kh4 15. Ne2 1-0

[Event "K12 Championships"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Prad Kothapalli"]
[Black "Adolfo Balderas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Qa5 $6 4. Bc4 (4. Be2 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. d4 $1 cxd4 7.
b4 Qc7 8. cxd4 Nxb4 9. O-O Nc2 10. Bd2 Nxa1 11. Nc3 a6 (11... g6 12. Nb5 Qb6
13. Qc1 Rb8 14. h3 Bg7 15. Bb4) 12. Ng5 Nh6 13. Nd5 Qc2 14. Ba5 $1 b6 15. Bxb6
e6 16. Nc7+ Ke7 17. d5 $1 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Rb8 19. d6+ Kd8 20. Ncxe6+ Ke8 21. Nc7+
Kd8 22. Ba5 Rb2 23. Nxa6+ Ke8 24. Nc7+ Kd8 25. Nd5+ Ke8 26. Bh5) 4... b5 5. Bd5
e6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 $6 (8. d3) 8... c4 9. d4 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Bb7
11. Bg5 Be7 $6 (11... h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nbd2 Qb6) 12. Nbd2 Rd8 13. Qc2 Qb6
14. e5 Ng4 15. Ne4 Bxg5 16. Nexg5 Rd5 17. h3 Nh6 18. Ne4 c5 19. Qc1 $2 (19.
Nd6+ Rxd6 20. exd6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qxd6 22. a4) 19... O-O $2 (19... Nf5 20. Qg5
Rd7 21. Nfd2 h6 22. Qg4 h5 23. Qf4 c4) 20. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 (20... gxf6 21. Qxh6
Rxe5 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. Re3 f5 24. Rg3+ Kf7 25. Rg7+ Ke8 26. Rd1) 21. Nxd5 Bxd5
22. Qf4 Nf5 23. Nh4 Ne7 24. Re3 Qc7 25. Ree1 f5 26. b3 $1 c4 27. bxc4 Bxc4 28.
Nf3 Nd5 29. Qd4 h6 30. a4 $1 a6 31. axb5 Bxb5 32. Rec1 Nb6 33. Qb4 Rc8 34. Qd6
$1 Qxd6 35. exd6 Rd8 36. Ne5 $1 Be8 37. c4 1-0

[Event "K10 National grade"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Johnson, Donald"]
[Black "Guo, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.12.20"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,61,25,16,73,51,80,53,56,41,28,29,63,32,32,26,31,9,19,32,17,18,10,7,16,
-4,3,-1,18,-11,-6,-2,-3,-18,-15,-63,-56,-61,-48,-101,-104,-89,-15,-101,-101,
-101,-74,-84,23,-216,34,413,597,568,568,1606,29987,29988,29989,29990,29991,
29992,29993,29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3
e5 7. Nb3 Be7 (7... Be6 8. Qf3 Nbd7 9. Be3 Rc8 10. O-O-O $2 (10. Bd3 Be7 11.
O-O) 10... Rxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Kb2 Be7 13. g4 h6 14. Bd3) 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qf3
O-O 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 (12... a5 13. Bd3 (13. Kb1 Nxd5 14.
exd5 Bd7 15. Bd3 a4 16. Nd2 Na6 17. Qe4 f5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Qc4 Qd7 20. Rhg1
Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qxh3 22. Rg3 Qh5 23. Rdg1 g6 24. Qb5 Qf5 25. Qxa4 e4 26. Qb3 Bh4
27. Rg4 Bxf2 28. Bxf2 Qxf2 29. Qh3 Nc5 30. Rh1 Ra7 31. Nxe4) 13... a4 14. Nd2
Nxd5 15. exd5 Bc8 16. Kb1 (16. Qe4 f5 17. Qxb4 Na6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. f3 Qc7 20.
Rhg1 Bd7 21. c4 f4 22. Bf2 Rb8 23. Qc3 Be8 24. Ne4 Rc8 25. c5 Bf7 26. Rd2 dxc5
27. Rgd1 Bd6 28. Qc4 Rb6 29. Rc2 Qb7 30. Be1 a3 31. b3 Be8 32. h4 Qb8 33. Ba5
Bb5 34. Qc3 Rb7 35. Bb4 Be2 36. Rdd2 Bxf3 37. Nxd6 Qxd6 38. Bxc5 Rbc7 39. Bxd6
Rxc3 40. Bxe5 Rxc2+ 41. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 42. Kxc2 g5 43. hxg5 Be4+ 44. Kd2 f3 45. Bd6
Kf7 46. Bxa3 f2 47. Ke2 f1=Q+ 48. Kxf1 Bb1 49. d6 Ke6 50. Bc5 Bxa2 51. b4)
16... Ba6 (16... a3 17. b3 Nd7 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Rc1 Rb8 20. Rhd1 Qa5 21. c3 bxc3
22. Nxc3 Kh8 23. Rc2 f5 24. gxf5 Nf6 25. Bc1 e4 26. Nxe4 Nxd5 27. f6 Bxf6 28.
Rg1 Qa8 29. Qh5 Be5 30. Nd2 Nf6 31. Qg5) 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. h4 Qc7
20. Qe2 Raa8 21. Qd3 Rac8 (21... Ra5 22. f3 Rc8 23. Rh2 Qc4 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25.
b3) 22. f3 Nf6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. g5 Be7 25. h5 f5 26. f4 e4 27. Qd2 Qb7 28. h6
g6 29. Qd4 Bd8 30. Bd2 Rb8 31. a3 Bb6 32. Qxb4 Qd7 33. Bc1 Rfc8 34. Rh3) 13.
exd5 Bc8 14. Bd3 a5 (14... Nd7 15. Qe4 Nf6 16. Qxb4 a5 17. Qa4 Bd7 18. Bb5 Bxb5
19. Qxb5 a4 $44) 15. Nd2 Qc7 (15... Nd7 16. h4 (16. g5 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18.
Rhg1 a4 19. Rg4 b3 20. cxb3 axb3 21. a3 f5 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Rc4 Ra5 24. Qf5
Nxd5 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Kb1 Rf6 27. Qc8 Ra8 28. Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. Nxb3 Nxe3 30. fxe3
Rf3 31. Na5 d5 32. Rc7 Bf6 33. Nc6 Ra8 34. Nb4 Rxe3 35. Nxd5 Rxh3 36. Nxf6 gxf6
37. Rf1 Rh6 38. Rf7 Re8 39. R7xf6) 16... a4 (16... Qc7 17. h5 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5
19. Ne4 Qc7 20. h6 g6 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. g5 Qd8 23. Kd2 Bb7 24. Rhe1 Bxf6 25.
Qxf6+ Qxf6 26. gxf6 Bxd5 27. Ke3 Be6 28. Be4 Ra6 29. a3) 17. h5 Qc7 (17... b3
18. a3 e4 19. Qxe4 f5) 18. Ne4 Ra5 19. g5 a3 20. b3 Rxd5 21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. gxf6
Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Bb7 24. Qf5 Bxf6) 16. h4 $5 Ba6 17. Bf5 $5 a4 18. h5 (18. Bg5 b3
19. Kb1 f6 20. Be3 bxa2+) 18... Nd7 (18... b3 19. axb3 axb3 20. Nxb3 Bc4 21.
Kd2 Ra2 22. Ke1 Rxb2 23. Qe4) 19. g5 a3 $2 (19... b3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Nxb3 Bc4
) 20. b3 $1 Rac8 $4 (20... Qc3 21. Ne4 Qb2+ 22. Kd2 Rac8 23. Rc1) 21. c4 $3
bxc3 22. Ne4 c2 23. Rd2 f6 24. g6 h6 25. Be6+ Kh8 26. Bxh6 $1 f5 27. Bxg7+ Kxg7
28. h6+ Kh8 29. g7+ Kh7 30. Bxf5+ Kg8 31. Qg4 1-0

[Event "K10 Championships"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huston, Gus"]
[Black "Johnson, Donald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,85,25,14,64,63,71,63,62,53,46,46,55,54,57,23,24,24,38,30,118,58,90,84,
86,66,79,90,159,67,94,89,60,60,40,55,42,21,102,58,58,58,94,70,82,87,82,62,153,
126,187,149,150,162,162,172,212,196,138,141,137,192,192,142,150,235,139,137,
137,147,147,153,497,122,122,159,274,544,1185,2073,29993,29994,29995,29996,
29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 (3... Bd7) 4. d4 cxd4
5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O e5 8. Qe3 Nc5 9. Nc3 b5 $2 (9... Be7 10. h3 (10.
b3 Ng4 11. Qd2 Nf6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Bb2 b5) 10... O-O 11. b4 Ne6 12. Rd1 Qc7)
10. b4 $1 Ncd7 11. a4 bxa4 12. Nd2 $1 Bb7 13. Nc4 Bc8 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Nc4 Qc7
16. Bb2 $2 (16. Rd1 $1 Be7 17. b5 $1 O-O 18. b6 Qc8 19. Ba3) 16... Be7 17. Rfd1
O-O 18. Na5 d5 $6 (18... Rab8) 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bxb4 21. Nc4 Bc5 22. Qf3
e4 23. Qg3 Qd8 $2 (23... Qxg3 24. hxg3 a5) 24. d6 Rb8 25. Rxa4 Nb6 26. Nxb6
Rxb6 27. Be5 g6 28. Qf4 Nd7 29. Bc3 Qb8 30. Qh6 f6 31. Rxe4 Rxd6 32. Re1 Ne5
33. Bc4+ Kh8 34. Rxe5 fxe5 35. Bxe5+ Rff6 36. Qf4 Qf8 37. h4 Kg7 38. g4 g5 39.
hxg5 Bb6 40. gxf6+ Rxf6 41. Qg5+ Kh8 42. Qxf6+ Qxf6 43. Bxf6# 1-0

[Event "K7 Championships"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.12.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brewin Hardaway"]
[Black "Vaseegaran Nandhakumar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/4q2p/1Bp1pbp1/pb1p4/5PB1/2P4P/PP1Q2P1/R3R1K1 b - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "234"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

20... e5 21. fxe5 Bh4 22. Red1 $2 (22. b4 $3 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 axb4 24. Qe3) 22...
Qxe5 $2 (22... h5 23. Bf3 Qxe5) 23. Re1 $1 Qg7 24. a4 Bc4 25. Re6 Rab8 26. Bd4
Bf6 27. Bc5 Rfe8 28. Rxc6 Rxb2 29. Qxb2 Bxc3 30. Qb6 Bxa1 31. Re6 Rf8 32. Bxf8
Qxf8 33. Re1 Bc3 34. Rd1 d4 35. Be6+ Bxe6 36. Qxe6+ Qf7 37. Qe2 Qd7 38. Qc4+
Qf7 39. Qb5 Qe7 40. Rf1 Kg7 41. Rd1 Qe3+ 42. Kh1 Qe7 43. Qf1 Qf6 44. Qe2 Qd6
45. Qf3 Qf6 46. Qd3 Qe7 47. Rf1 Qe3 48. Qd1 Qe7 49. Qf3 Kg8 50. Qd5+ Kg7 51.
Kh2 Qc7+ 52. Kg1 Qe7 53. Kh1 h5 54. Qc4 Qe8 55. Qc7+ Kh6 56. Qf4+ Kh7 57. Rb1
Qd7 58. Qe4 Bb4 59. Rd1 Bc3 60. Qc2 Qe7 61. Rf1 Kg7 62. Qd3 Qd7 63. Qc4 Qe7 64.
Qd5 Qc7 65. Qf3 Qe7 66. Rb1 Bb4 67. Qd5 Qf6 68. Rd1 Bc3 69. Qe4 Qd6 70. Rd3 Qf6
71. Rf3 Qd6 72. Qb7+ Kh6 73. Qb1 Qe7 74. Qd1 Kg7 75. Rf1 Qd6 76. Rf3 Qe7 77.
Qf1 Bb2 78. Rb3 Bc3 79. Rb1 Qf7 80. Qe2 Qd7 81. Rd1 Qf7 82. Qe5+ Qf6 83. Qe4
Qf7 84. Rd3 Qd7 85. Qe5+ Kh7 86. Qe2 Qf7 87. Rf3 Qd7 88. Qc4 Kg7 89. Qc5 Qe8
90. Qc7+ Kh6 91. Qf4+ Kg7 92. Qf6+ Kh7 93. h4 Qe1+ 94. Kh2 d3 95. Qf7+ Bg7 96.
Rxd3 Qxh4+ 97. Kg1 Qe1+ 98. Qf1 Qxf1+ 99. Kxf1 Bf8 100. Rd5 Bb4 101. Ke2 Kh6
102. Kf3 g5 103. Ke4 h4 104. Kf5 Kh5 105. Rd7 Kh6 106. Kg4 Kg6 107. Rd5 Kf6
108. Rxg5 Be1 109. Rf5+ Ke6 110. Rb5 Kd6 111. Rb8 Kc7 112. Rb5 Kc6 113. Kf5 Bg3
114. Ke4 Be1 115. Kd3 Bb4 116. Kc4 Be1 117. Rh5 Kd6 118. Kb5 Ke6 119. Kc4 Kf6
120. Rb5 Kg6 121. Kd3 Kf6 122. Ke4 Kg6 123. Kf4 Bd2+ 124. Kg4 Be1 125. Rb6+ Kf7
126. Kf5 Ke7 127. Ke5 Bb4 128. Kd5 Kd7 129. Kc4 Kc7 130. Kb5 Bd2 131. Ra6 Kd7
132. Ra8 Ke6 133. Rf8 Ke7 134. Rf2 Bb4 135. Rf4 h3 136. gxh3 Ke6 137. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "K8 Championships"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kent Slate"]
[Black "Aniket Shukla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,88,30,25,41,38,30,3,-3,5,26,7,7,2,-6,2,14,14,1,-11,12,12,0,12,11,1,
-22,-57,-41,-63,-42,-42,-37,-37,-34,-114,-126,-289,-149,-271,-278,-314,-321,
-295,-309,-347,-347,-447,-435,-562,-388,-388,-367,-379,-386,-476,-376,-479,
-506,-503,-535,-534,-548,-602,-546,-576,-583,-583,-570,-679,-729,-785,-696,
-720,-654,-659,-625,-634,-642,-663,-665,-665,-673,-687,-683,-762,-674,-687,
-705,-758,-910]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O a5 9. Re1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Qa4 (11. h3 $5) (11. Nb1 $5)
11... g5 $1 12. Nb3 Qb4 (12... g4 13. Nfd2 Qb4 14. Bb5 (14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. Bb1
a4 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc5) 14... Qxa4 15. Bxa4 Nb4 16. Nc5 b5 $1) 13. Qxb4
Nxb4 14. Bb1 $2 g4 15. Ng5 a4 16. Nc5 Nf8 $1 17. Bd2 Nc6 18. Bc2 h6 19. Nxf7
Kxf7 20. Nxa4 Nxd4 21. Bd1 Nd7 22. Bc3 Nc6 23. b3 b5 24. Bxg4 h5 25. Bf3 bxa4
26. Bxd5 Bb7 27. f4 Nd8 28. Bc4 Bc5+ 29. Kf1 Rg8 30. g3 h4 31. b4 Ba7 32. Red1
Nb6 33. Be2 Nd5 34. Rxd5 Bxd5 35. g4 Nc6 36. Rd1 Rad8 37. b5 Nd4 38. Bxd4 Bxd4
39. Rxd4 Bg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rxd4 41. Kf3 Rd2 42. f5 Rxe2 43. Kxe2 Rxg4 44. Kd3 Rb4
0-1

[Event "K9 Championships"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.12.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nico Wer Chasin"]
[Black "Avi Kaplan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A59"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Re1 Ra6 13. e5 (13. a4 Qa8 14.
Ra3 Rc8 15. b3 e6 (15... Ng4 16. Bd2 Nge5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qc2) 16. dxe6 fxe6
17. Kg1 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Ra2 d4 20. Nb5) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Rxe5
Rd6 16. Qf3 Nd7 $2 (16... e6 $1 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bg5 Qd7 19. Rxc5 Nd5) 17. Re1
Bxc3 $2 (17... Ne5 18. Qe2 e6 19. Bf4 Rxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5+ 21. f3 Nd3) 18. bxc3
Nb6 19. c4 $1 Nxc4 20. Bh6 $1 (20. Qc3 Qa5) 20... Rf6 21. Qd3 Nb2 22. Qe4 c4
23. Bxf8 Kxf8 1-0

[Event "K4 Championships"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.12.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vijay Anandh"]
[Black "Megan Paragua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rr2k1/2q1b1pp/bp2pn2/p1ppNp2/P1PPnP2/1P2PNP1/1B4BP/2RRQ1K1 b - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

18... dxc4 19. Nxc4 Nd5 20. Nfe5 Nef6 21. Nd3 Ng4 $2 22. h3 $1 Ngf6 23. dxc5
Bxc5 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. Qxa5 Qxa5 26. Nxa5 Nxe3 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Bxf6 $1 gxf6
29. Bb7 $1 Bxb7 30. Nxb7 Rd2 $1 31. a5 $2 (31. Nxc5) 31... Ra2 32. Rxc5 Rg2+
33. Kh1 Ra2 34. b4 Nf1 $2 (34... Ra1+ 35. Kh2 h5 36. b5 Rf1 $3) 35. Rc3 Nd2 36.
b5 Ne4 37. Rb3 $4 (37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. b6) 37... Ra1+ $1 38. Kg2 Ra2+ 39. Kh1 Ra1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "K10 Championships"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.12.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shuman, Nate"]
[Black "Lu, Maximillian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2118"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c6 5. h4 Bg7 6. Be2 h5 7. Nf3 Bg4 (7... Bf5
8. Ne5 Nfd7 9. Nd3 Na6) 8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nfd7 $6 (9... Nbd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 $5
11. f3 (11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. e4 c5 $5) 11... b5) 10. O-O-O Qa5 $2 (10... Nxe5 11.
dxe5 Qa5 12. e4 d4 13. Rxd4 Nd7 14. Kb1 Nxe5 15. Nd5 $1 O-O 16. Nxe7+ Kh7 17.
Nf5 gxf5 18. Qxh5+ Kg8 19. Qxf5) 11. e4 $1 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 d4 $6
14. Rxd4 Qxe5 15. Qd2 Na6 16. f4 Qe6 17. Rd1 O-O 18. f5 $1 Qf6 19. Qh6 Rae8 20.
Ne2 Qg7 21. Qg5 Kh7 22. g4 (22. Rd7) 22... hxg4 23. Qxg4 gxf5 24. Qxf5+ Qg6 25.
Qf3 Qf6 26. Qh3 Rg8 27. Rf1 Qh6+ 28. Kb1 f6 29. a3 $1 Qh5 30. Nc3 Qg4 31. Qd3
Nc5 32. Qc4 Ne6 33. Rd7 Nc5 34. Qxc5 $1 Qxd7 35. Qh5+ Kg7 36. Rg1+ Kf8 37. Qh6+
Kf7 38. Qh7+ Ke6 39. Rxg8 Qd8 40. Qf5+ Kd6 41. Rxe8 Qxe8 42. h5 Qg8 43. h6 Qg1+
44. Ka2 Qg8+ 45. b3 Qg2 46. Kb2 Qh2 47. h7 Qh6 48. Nb5+ cxb5 49. Qd5+ Kc7 50.
Qg8 b4 51. axb4 Qd2 52. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Intercollegiate"]
[Site "Dulles USA"]
[Date "2022.01.06"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ali Marandi, C."]
[Black "Ouellet, Maili-Jade"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2022.01.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saint Louis University - A"]
[BlackTeam "Univ of TX Rio Grande Valley - B"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 c5 4. dxc5 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. c4
Na6 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Ne5 Nxc5 12. Be3 Nfe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Nxc4
Nd6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Nxe7+ Kf8 18. Nd5 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Nc4 20. Bc5+
Kg7 21. e4 Bxd5 22. exd5 Be5 23. f4 Bd6 24. Bd4+ Kg8 25. Rb5 Bb4 26. Bc5 Na3
27. Rxb4 axb4 28. Bxb4 Nc4 29. Re1 Rd7 30. g4 Nb6 31. d6 Nc4 32. Re7 Rbd8 33.
Bxb7 Nxd6 34. Rxd7 Rxd7 35. Bf3 Nc8 36. Bc5 Rc7 37. Bf2 Rc4 38. f5 gxf5 39.
gxf5 Nd6 40. f6 Ne8 41. Be2 Rc1+ 42. Kg2 Rc2 43. Kf3 Rxa2 44. Bd4 Ra4 45. Be5
h6 46. Bf4 Nxf6 47. Bxh6 Kh7 48. Bf4 Nd5 49. Bc1 Kg6 50. Kg3 f5 51. h4 Nf6 52.
Bf3 Rc4 53. Bb2 Nh5+ 54. Kh3 Rb4 55. Bc1 Rb3 56. Kg2 Nf6 57. Bf4 Rb4 58. Bg5
Nh5 59. Kh3 Rb3 60. Kg2 Ng7 61. Bf4 Ne6 62. Be5 Rb5 63. Bc3 Nf4+ 64. Kf2 Nd5
65. Be5 Nf6 66. Bf4 Rb4 67. Bg5 Ne4+ 68. Bxe4 fxe4 69. Bd2 Rb3 70. Ke2 Rh3 71.
Be1 Kf5 72. Bf2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Intercollegiate"]
[Site "Dulles USA"]
[Date "2022.01.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, L."]
[Black "Zhong, Howard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2022.01.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Webster University - A"]
[BlackTeam "MIT Beavers"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 a6 7. Nxe5 Nxe5 8.
Qe4 Nxc3 9. Qxe5+ Be7 10. dxc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Qd4 Bxf4 13. Qxf4 c5 14. e3
Qb6 15. Rb1 Be6 16. Bc4 Rad8 17. O-O Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Rd2 19. b4 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Qc6
21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. g4 h6 23. h4 Rfd8 24. Rfb1 Ra2 25. a4 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27.
Rb8 Rxb8 28. Rxb8+ Kg7 29. Rb4 f6 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Kg3 Ke6 32. f4 gxf4+ 33. exf4
a5 34. Re4+ Kd5 35. Rd4+ Ke6 36. f5+ Ke5 37. Kf3 Ra3 38. Re4+ Kd5 39. Re6 Rxc3+
40. Kf4 Rc4+ 41. Kg3 Rxa4 42. Rxf6 Ra1 43. Kf4 a4 44. Rf8 a3 45. Ra8 a2 46. Kg5
Kc4 47. f6 c5 48. f7 Rf1 49. Kg6 Kb3 50. Rb8+ Kc3 51. Ra8 Kb2 52. Rb8+ Kc3 53.
Ra8 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-American Intercollegiate"]
[Site "Dulles USA"]
[Date "2022.01.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Schmakel, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Yu,Jennifer"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2022.01.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. e3 d5 7. Nc3 Be7 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. d3 {Putting pressure on the center, and creating an isolated pawn.}
exd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. Qb5 {White doesn't mind the queen trade: the black queen
is currently Black's most active piece.} Rd8 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rd1
Bg4 15. Nde2 Bb4 16. h3 Bf5 17. Bd2 d4 {A natural move to get rid of the weak
isolated pawn, but it also opens the position further, allowing White to put
pressure on Black's other weaknesses, such as the doubled b-pawns.} 18. exd4
Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Be1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 h5 22. a3 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 {Defending
the b7-pawn is a problem.} Be4 ({After the alternative} 23... Ne4 24. Rd5 Bg6
25. Bd4 {the other b-pawn is under fire!}) 24. Bxf6 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 gxf6 26. Rd6
b5 27. Rxf6 b4 28. axb4 Kg7 29. Rb6 Ra2 30. Rxb7 Rxb2 31. b5 Rb3 32. b6 Kg6 33.
Rb8 Kg7 34. b7 Rb2 {[#] In order to win positions with a rook in front of the
passed pawn, endgame theory states that a passed f-pawn needs to be formed.
Bok instructively shows how it should be done.} 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 Rb5 37. f4
f6 38. f5 Rb2+ 39. Kf3 Rb3+ 40. Ke2 Rb2+ 41. Kd3 Rb3+ 42. Kc2 Rb6 43. g5 fxg5
44. f6+ Kxf6 45. Rf8+ Ke5 46. b8=Q+ Rxb8 47. Rxb8 Ke4 48. Kd2 Kf3 49. Ke1 1-0

[Event "Pan-American Intercollegiate"]
[Site "Dulles USA"]
[Date "2022.01.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Chandran, Kapil"]
[Black "Srivatshav Peddi, Rahul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "Yu,Jennifer"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2022.01.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. a4 {This is not a very
common move, as it gives Black time to strike in the center and enter a
favorable endgame, as happened here.} ({More common is} 6. Bg2 Nbd7 ({note that
} 6... c5 {doesn't work here due to} 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Ne5) 7. O-O {.}) 6... c5 7.
dxc5 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 Nc6 {The weaknesses wrought in White's queenside pawn
structure by the a2-a4 advance are apparent.} 9. Bg2 Bxc5 10. Be3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2
Nd5 12. Rc1 a5 {Already it's a little awkward for White, who can't untangle
his pieces without making some sort of concession.} 13. Ne3 ({Worse is} 13.
Rxc4 Nb6 {.}) 13... Nxe3 14. fxe3 e5 15. Rxc4 ({I think that} 15. Bxb4 axb4 16.
Nd2 {is a good try to create counterplay, redeploying the white knight and
simultaneously eyeing Black's weak squares.}) 15... Be6 16. Rc1 f6 17. Bxb4
axb4 18. Nd2 Ke7 19. Bxc6 Rhc8 20. Kf2 Rxc6 21. Rxc6 bxc6 {[#] White just has
too many weaknesses.} 22. Rc1 ({If instead White tries to protect the pawn with
} 22. b3 {Black's rook enters the game with} Rd8 {Now if} 23. Ke1 {we have the
rook lift} Rd5 {followed by ...Rd5-c5 and infiltration down the c-file. White
is doomed by his numerous pawn weaknesses and passive pieces.}) 22... Rxa4 23.
Rxc6 Ra2 24. Rc7+ Kf8 25. Nc4 b3 26. e4 h5 27. Ke3 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rxb2 29. Rb4
Rb1 30. Rb7 b2 31. Rb8+ Ke7 32. Rb7+ Kd6 33. Rb8 Kc5 34. Rc8+ Kb4 35. Rb8+ Kc3
36. Rc8+ Kb3 37. Rb8+ Kc2 38. Rc8+ Kd1 39. Rb8 Ke1 {There are no more checks,
but White plays for one last trick...} 40. Kf3 g5 41. h3 Kf1 42. g4 h4 43. e3
Kg1 44. Rxb2 Rf1+ $1 {Stalemate avoided!} 45. Ke2 Rf2+ 0-1

[Event "Pan-American Intercollegiate"]
[Site "Dulles USA"]
[Date "2022.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bajarani, Ulvi"]
[Black "Theodorou, Nikolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Yu,Jennifer"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2022.01.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Bg5
h6 9. Be3 Qe7 ({More common is} 9... Ng4 10. Bc1 c6 {.}) 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd5
Qd8 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. h3 b6 {Black's pieces look slightly awkward here, but
looks can be deceiving! His bishop is coming to b7, where it will pressure the
white center, and the rooks will quickly get to the open file. The a6-knight
can be repositioned after moving the c-pawn, when ...Na6-c7-e6 is in the cards.
White really needs to come up with something to counter Black's long-term
ideas.} 14. Qd2 ({One possibility is} 14. c5 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Qc2 {
. It might look strange to trade off the active white bishop for Black's
sidelined knight, but White get some weaknesses to target in return. And as we
see in the game, the knight can become bothersome very quickly.}) 14... Kh7 15.
b4 Rd8 16. Qc3 c5 17. a3 Bb7 18. Nd2 Qd6 {How the tables have turned! Now it's
White's pieces that have to take awkward positions defending the weaknesses.}
19. b5 Nc7 20. Qc2 Ne6 21. Rfd1 Qe7 22. a4 a5 {Stopping White from getting any
queenside counterplay.} 23. Rac1 h5 {Preparing to swap Black's worst-placed
piece for White's good bishop!} 24. Bd3 Bh6 25. Nf3 Qf6 26. Bf1 Nd4 27. Nxd4
Bxe3 28. fxe3 exd4 29. Qf2 {Giving up a pawn, but the fact of the matter is
that there is no good way for White to deal with the pawn center.} ({After} 29.
exd4 Rxd4 30. Bd3 Rad8 {White is under too much pressure, and material will
start dropping soon.}) 29... Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Bxe4 ({More accurate is} 30...
dxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Kg7 {as it removes some of White's counterplay chances while
retaining long-term pressure on the e4-pawn.}) 31. exd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33.
c5 bxc5 34. Rxc5 Rd8 35. Ke1 $2 ({Putting the bishop in front of the pawn with
} 35. Be2 d3 36. Bd1 {is preferable, as it leaves the king free and gives
White thoughts of pushing his own b-pawn.}) 35... h4 $6 ({Slightly better is} 
35... f5 {, stopping any White counterplay on the seventh rank.}) 36. Kd2 $2 ({
White holds after} 36. Rc7 Kg7 37. Re7 Bc2 38. Bc4 {.}) 36... f5 {Now White is
practically in zugzwang.} 37. Rc6 ({After} 37. Rc7+ Kh6 38. Rc1 Kg5 {the king
infiltrates.}) 37... Bxc6 38. bxc6 d3 {With the c6-pawn not long for this
world, White gave up.} 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2021.12.26"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "3.1 Salem, AR."]
[Black "Tari, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1b3rk1/3n1ppp/R7/2qr1N2/1p2nP2/4P2Q/1P2B1PP/2B2RK1 w - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2021.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,63,21,21,21,10,10,10,34,13,28,19,19,19,33,16,103,-4,-13,-4,17,24,18,
18,18,20,38,0,0,0,0,0,0,-7,68,32,58,64,67,28,18,36,100,82,107,103,101,88,137,
141,141,125,171,179,282,229,610,610,601,610,609,609,635,634,636,636] [#]} 28.
Rc6 $1 {Forcing the queen away from c5 where it guards the e7-square. For the
same reason, the rook cannot be captured as Ne7+ will fork Black's king and
queen.} Qa5 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. Ra6 {Winning a tempo to set-up the final win of
material. Note that} (30. Rc4 {also accomplishes this for White.}) 30... Qc5
31. Nxd5 Qxd5 32. Rd1 {Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2021.12.26"]
[Round "2.55"]
[White "3.2 Dvirnyy, D."]
[Black "Kosakowski, Jakub"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5k1/r2n3p/1p1p2p1/2nP1p2/P1P1pP2/R5P1/2Q1Bq1P/R4N1K b - - 0 30"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2021.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,68,21,11,55,51,100,48,48,27,49,35,42,34,24,7,7,8,40,21,19,25,24,23,29,
29,32,39,34,31,25,5,10,11,17,-15,-7,-4,-1,-1,2,3,-20,-41,-44,-76,-57,-53,-68,
-122,-94,-134,-103,-149,-118,-183,-186,-195,-204,-204,-204,-204,-189,-172,-167,
-167,-227,-389,-390,-449,-492] [#]} 30... Rxa4 $1 {Black has several other
strong moves, but the text move is the most direct and best.} 31. Rxa4 Rxa4 32.
Rxa4 Nxa4 33. Qxa4 Qxe2 {The point: White's queen has been diverted to a4, and
now White's kingside defense crumbles.} 34. Kg1 e3 $1 ({The threat of ...Qf2+
forces White's resignation. Black would probably also win after} 34... Nf8 35.
Qb3 {but that is much slower and less concrete.}) 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2021.12.28"]
[Round "11.80"]
[White "3.3 Aziz, Husain"]
[Black "Nasuta, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2qr1k1/p1p2ppp/2p2n2/3p4/1b2P1b1/2NB4/PPPB1PPP/R1Q1R1K1 b - - 0 11"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2021.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,24,21,8,8,8,17,19,12,8,8,-16,-16,-22,-10,16,3,-49,-16,-10,37,-28,-24,
-66,-59,-283,-280] [#]} 11... dxe4 $1 12. Nxe4 $4 ({White responded a little
too quickly and misses Black's tactical point. If} 12. Bxe4 $4 {then} Bxc3 {
removes the defender and wins a piece. Therefore, White has to play}) (12. Bc4
{when} h6 {leaves Black with a solid pawn up and clearly better chances.})
12... Rxe4 $1 ({White resigned on account of} 12... Rxe4 13. Rxe4 Bxd2 14. Qxd2
Nxe4 15. Qb4 Nf6 {and Black would be a clear piece up.}) 0-1

[Event "World Rapid Women 2021"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2021.12.27"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "3.4 Ovod, E."]
[Black "Atalik, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b2r1k/1pp3pp/p7/P2Pb3/2BBp2q/7P/1P3PP1/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2021.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,47,21,19,19,12,20,14,24,12,17,22,22,-9,8,4,30,13,22,15,34,42,58,56,57,
60,55,18,15,15,9,-52,-52,-67,-59,-59,-59,-59,-32,-25,-37,-36,-169,-552,-231,
-362,-527,-927,-435,-29999] [#]} 19... Bd6 $1 {The bishop drops brack to avoid
being exchanged and simultaneously preventing White from playing Ra3 which
would help defend White's king.} 20. Qb3 ({White tries to defend on h3. If
White instead plays} 20. Re1 {to give the king an escape square, then Black
simply continues} Bxh3 $1 21. Qd2 ({or} 21. Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Rf6 23. gxh3
Qxh3 {and Black forces mate}) 21... Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rf4 23. Rg1 e3 24. Bxe3 Rxc4
25. Kf1 Qh3+ 26. Ke2 Rf8 {with an ongoing, decisive attack.}) 20... Rf3 $1 {
A beautiful interference move.} 21. gxf3 ({Or} 21. Qc2 Bxh3 {and it is over
for White.}) 21... Bxh3 ({This capture wins, but Black can force mate with} 
21... Qf4 $1 22. Rfb1 Bxh3 $1 {and White's king is stuck in the trap and White
can only delay mate by giving up her material, e.g.,} 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Qc3+
Kg6 {and it is over for White.}) 22. f4 Bxf4 23. Ra3 Bg2 ({Also} 23... e3 {
wins.}) 24. Qg3 ({And White resigned at the same time as} 24. Qg3 Qh1# {
would have ended the game.}) 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2021.12.26"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "3.5 Jobava, Ba"]
[Black "Dziuba, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4rrk1/1pqnbppp/pn2p3/8/P1PN4/1P3N2/4QPPP/R1BR2K1 w - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2021.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,59,21,12,55,55,81,56,50,46,41,35,26,22,27,0,-3,-18,-9,-26,-5,56,42,48,
52,38,25,31,23,41,44,25,71,49,51,46,95,95,168,168,242,217,211,203,261,185,174,
139,145,163,163,170,169,167,282,275,281,281,297,303,303,313] [#]} 18. a5 $1 {
Kicking the b6-knight away, setting up the tactical strike that follows.} Nc8
19. Nxe6 $1 {The whack!} Bf6 ({Black cannot allow} 19... fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21.
Rxd7 {when White is easily winning.}) 20. Nxc7 Rxe2 21. Kf1 $1 {Forcing
Black's rook to an inferior square.} Re4 ({Of course,} 21... Rxf2+ 22. Kxf2
Bxa1 23. Rxd7 {is out of the question.}) 22. Ra2 {White has won a pawn and his
pieces are also better placed that their black counterparts. The rest is
technique for a grandmaster like Jobava.} Ne5 23. Ba3 Be7 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Bb2
Rh5 26. h3 Na7 ({Or} 26... Nd6 27. Nd5 Bd8 28. Ba3 {and Black's position
crumbles.}) 27. Rd7 Nc6 28. Nd5 Bd8 29. Bc3 Re8 30. Rxb7 {and Black resigned.}
1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2021.12.26"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "3.6 Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Jakubowski, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4k1/1b1n3p/pp1bpq2/3p4/P1rP2pN/1QN3P1/1P3PP1/1BR1R1K1 w - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2021.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,67,21,21,21,21,27,30,22,27,39,12,21,14,12,10,-10,-15,3,-7,-5,-10,-1,
-7,-15,-26,-3,-15,-2,-22,-18,-19,-13,-19,-21,-50,-66,-63,-77,-69,-54,-69,-51,
-53,-1,-114,-18,-18,0,-119,109,172,201,171,205,169,212,156,136,160,160,145,210,
197,281,301,327,194,321,341] [#]} 25. Ne4 $1 ({This is stronger than} 25. Nxd5
{, for instance,} exd5 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Qxc4+ Kh8 28. Re6 Rc8 29. Rxf6 Rxc4
30. Rxd6 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Rxb1 32. Rxd7 {when White has excellent winning chances
but there is still a lot of work to be done.}) 25... Qh6 26. Rxc4 dxc4 27. Qxc4
Bd5 ({Also the sharper} 27... b5 {fails after} 28. axb5 Bd5 29. Qe2 Bb4 30. Nc3
axb5 31. Nxd5 (31. Qxg4+ Kh8 32. Qe2 {also works}) 31... Bxe1 32. Nf4 {and
White has a decisive advantage.}) 28. Qe2 $1 ({White could also have captured
on a6,} 28. Qxa6 {but the g4-pawn is more tasty to the World #2.}) 28... Bb4
29. Qxg4+ ({White is up two pawns, yet} 29. Rd1 $5 {is possibly even stronger.}
) 29... Kh8 30. Rf1 Rf8 31. Qe2 Rg8 32. Qxa6 Nf6 33. Qe2 Nh5 34. Nc3 {Black
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2021.12.26"]
[Round "1.40"]
[White "3.7 Nevednichy, V."]
[Black "Sjugirov, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2qk2r/bpp2p2/p1np1n2/4p1B1/P1B1P1b1/1NPP2N1/1PQ2PP1/R3R1K1 b kq - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2021.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,55,21,12,12,11,11,6,17,19,12,7,12,10,11,26,30,1,-4,-3,17,21,18,26,26,
8,46,46,104,103,95,95,75,80,-321,-334,-271,-303,-475,-475,-325,-502,-215,-563,
-544,-571,-266,-301,-282,-305,-379,-758,-360,-360,-394,-429,-404,-563] [#]} 
16... Nh5 $3 {A surprising jump, ignoring the pin on the knight to exploit a
pin of his own.} 17. Be3 ({After} 17. Bxd8 Nxg3 $1 {White gets mated because
there is no stopping ...Rh1. The bishop hiding on a7 is all of a sudden a
rather wonderful piece.}) 17... Qh4 $1 18. Bxa7 ({White is hopelessly lost, e.
g.,} 18. Nd2 Nf4 $1 ({or} 18... O-O-O 19. Bxa7 Nf4 {and Black is winning}) 19.
Ndf1 Nxg2 {and Black's attack crashes through.}) 18... Nf4 19. f3 Bxf3 ({Or} 
19... Qh2+ 20. Kf2 Qxg2+ {and White's queen falls.}) 20. Kf2 Bxg2 ({Or} 20...
Rg8 {, but many things win for Black in this position.}) 21. Rh1 Bxh1 22. Rxh1
Qf6 {White is busted and it was soon over.} 23. Rxh8+ Qxh8 24. Kf3 Nxa7 25. Nd2
Nc6 26. Ndf1 O-O-O 27. b4 f5 28. exf5 {and White resigned at the same time.}
0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2021.12.26"]
[Round "1.38"]
[White "3.8 Aziz, Husain"]
[Black "Alekseenko, K."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2357"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k3/1pq1bp2/p2p1p1p/1r2pP2/2r1P3/3Q2P1/PPPN3P/1K1RR3 b - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2021.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,60,21,15,55,55,81,49,69,41,41,40,57,47,47,45,62,27,77,39,29,34,34,36,
37,40,52,38,38,34,66,67,53,51,85,82,92,91,99,104,109,95,104,95,95,-70,111,124,
151,97,89,85,169,-656,-686,-1030,-1175,-1245,-1251,-1245,-1441,-29997,-29998] 
[#]} 22... Rc3 $1 ({In the game, Black played less accurately:} 22... Rd4 $2
23. Qe3 $6 ({White should have played} 23. Qf1 $1 {as} d5 24. c3 $1 {is fine
for White as} Qxc3 $4 {is not possible on account of} 25. Qxb5+ $1 {instantly
winning for White.}) 23... d5 24. c3 Ra4 25. exd5 $4 ({White blunders; after} 
25. Nb3 Rxe4 26. Qxh6 {, White should not lose}) 25... Qa5 26. d6 ({or} 26. Nb3
Rxa2 $3 27. Nxa5 Rbxb2+ 28. Kc1 Ba3 {and Black forces mate}) 26... Rxa2 27. d7+
Kd8 28. Nc4 Qa4 29. Kc1 Qxc4 30. Qa7 ({or} 30. Qd3 Qb3 31. Re2 Ra1+) 30...
Qxc3+ $1 {with mate.}) 23. Qxb5+ ({Accepting the opportunity to win two rooks
for the queen, but White's king is very vulnerable. If instead} 23. Qf1 {then}
Rxc2 24. Nb3 Rxh2 {and Black is winning}) 23... axb5 24. bxc3 Qxc3 25. Rf1 ({Or
} 25. Nb3 d5 26. Nc1 Bc5 {, threatening ...Bd4, and Black is winning.}) 25...
Qb4+ 26. Kc1 d5 $1 {Opening up for the bishop to join the attack on White's
king.} 27. exd5 Qa3+ 28. Kb1 Bb4 29. Ne4 Ba5 $1 {Threatening ...Qb4+.} 30. c3
Kf8 31. Rf3 b4 32. Rdd3 bxc3 33. Nxc3 Qb4+ 34. Kc2 e4 {and Black wins.} 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2021"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2021.12.28"]
[Round "11.41"]
[White "3.9 Antipov, M2."]
[Black "Gabuzyan, H."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q1rk1/3nb1pp/p2pb3/1p2p1P1/4P3/PNN1BPn1/1PPQ4/2KR1B1R w - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2021.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,47,21,13,38,42,68,65,56,51,51,30,60,48,68,23,23,22,32,49,29,9,9,5,27,
25,32,8,11,10,9,-8,-6,-7,37,34,74,59,59,45,176,135,156,716,773,779,777,796,807,
813] [#]} 16. Bh3 $3 ({Brilliant, removing Black's bishop on e6, allowing
mobilization on the h-file against Black's king. If instead} 16. Rg1 {then}
Rxf3 {is simply better for Black.}) 16... Bxb3 $2 ({Black fails to proper
account for the trouble his king is in after the departure of the
light-squared bishop. The alternatives were:} 16... Bc4 $5 {(the best, if also
entirely inadequate)} 17. Qg2 $1 Nxh1 18. Rxh1 Rf7 19. Nd2 ({or} 19. g6 hxg6
20. Nd2) 19... Nf8 20. g6 hxg6 21. Qh2 Bh4 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Bf1 $1 {and with
the bishop transfering to the a2-g8 diagonal while opening the h-file, Black
is lost.}) ({or} 16... Bxh3 $2 17. Rxh3 Rxf3 18. Kb1 $1 {avoiding any
unfortunate accidents after ...Ne2+ and the rook on h3 is hanging, while 18.
Qh2 Nf1 even wins for Black, and now Black loses material.}) ({or} 16... Bf7 $2
17. Rh2 {and White intends to follow up with Bg4 and the knight on g3 is
hopelessly stuck in White's camp with no way home.}) 17. cxb3 Nxh1 18. Be6+ ({
Or} 18. Rxh1 {first.}) 18... Kh8 19. Rxh1 Rxf3 ({If} 19... h6 {, intending} 20.
gxh6 ({White simply plays} 20. g6 $1 {, threatening Bxh6, and if} Rf4 {then}
21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Qxf4 {and White is completely winning.}) 20...
g6) 20. Bg4 $5 ({Note that} 20. Qh2 {loses to} Nf8 $1 {, the square cleared
after the advance of Black's rook. But other queen moves win for White, for
instance,}) (20. Qe2 {when the rook cannot move on account of Rxh7+ and Qh5#.})
20... Qf8 ({Or} 20... Nc5 21. Qh2 $1 ({but not} 21. Bxf3 Nxb3+ {and Black wins!
}) 21... h6 22. gxh6 g6 23. Bxf3 {and Black can resign.}) 21. Rxh7+ Kxh7 22.
Qh2+ Kg8 23. g6 Rf1+ 24. Kc2 {and Black resigned as he will have to give up a
lot of material to delay mate.} 1-0

[Event "Marshall Chess Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2021.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher"]
[Black "Dolgitser, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Hartmann,John"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. d5 dxe5 12. dxe6 f6 13. Qc2 Qc8 14. Bb3 O-O
15. Nh4 Na6 16. Rd1 Nc5 17. Nf5 Re8 {[#]} 18. Rd7 $1 Be4 (18... Nxd7 $4 19.
exd7+) 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. Qe2 Qe8 21. Ba3 $1 Bc6 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Qa6 Be4 (
23... Rc8 $2 24. Rxe7) 24. f3 Bf5 25. Qb7 Rxe6 (25... Kf8 $2 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27.
Qxa8+) 26. Bxe6+ Bxe6 27. Rxg7+ Kf8 28. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Marshall Chess Championship"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2021.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yoo, Christopher"]
[Black "Tanenbaum, Zachary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C58"]
[Annotator "Hartmann,John"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Nd5 9. h4 h6 10. Qh5 Qf6 11. Nh7 Rxh7 12. Bxh7 g6 13. Qe2 Nf4 14. Qf3 Qg7
$6 (14... Bb7 $142 15. Nc3 c5 16. Ne4 Qg7 17. d4 O-O-O 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. O-O-O
f5 $2 (19... cxd4 $1) 20. dxc5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxe4 22. Qa3 $16 {1/2-1/2 (74)
Popov,I (2608)-Moskalenko,A (2535) Moscow 2018}) 15. Qc3 Nxg2+ $2 (15... Bf5 $1
16. Qxa5 Bxc2 17. Nc3 Bd3 $13) 16. Kf1 Nf4 17. Qxa5 Qf6 18. d3 Bh3+ 19. Rxh3
Nxh3 20. Be3 Rb8 21. Qc7 Qd6 22. Qxd6 Bxd6 23. Nd2 Kd7 24. h5 Rxb2 25. hxg6
fxg6 26. Bxg6 Nf4 27. Bf5+ Kc7 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. d4 Bb4 30. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Carlsbad 1907"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rudolf Spielmann"]
[Black "Oldrich Duras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 {[#]} 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3
Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. d5 Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bxf6 gxf6
14. Nh4 Ng6 15. Qh5 Kh8 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. Bd3 Rg8 18. Re7 Rg7 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20.
Nxg6+ Kg8 21. Rxg7+ {[#]} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/8/8/4r3/5N1b/5P1P/6KR b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/1k6/8/8/1p6/1n1P4/1R1B4/1K6 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6k1/8/8/8/b7/P1B1n3/RK6 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7r/8/8/8/4nk2/6Br/6RP/6RK b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6k1/8/8/5R2/6np/4r3/5BK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/4q3/8/8/3b4/1P6/PB1Q4/KRn5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Christmas Congress 1974/75-50 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1975.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Planinc, Albin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[Annotator "Watson"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1974.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Ndb5 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bg5 h6 $1 {Black offers a pawn for superior development and
activity.} 10. Bxf6 (10. Bh4 {can be met by} d4 11. Ne4 g5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.
Bg3 e5 14. h4 Bf5) 10... Qxf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Rd8 13. Qf3 Qb6 14. Rd1
Rxd1+ 15. Nxd1 {White has everything covered and an extra pawn.} Nc6 16. Qe3 $6
{Very logical, offering an exchange of queens and apparently threatening Qe8+.}
(16. e3 Be6 17. Be2 Rd8 18. O-O (18. b4 $2 Nxb4) 18... Rd2 {gives Black the
seventh rank with active pieces and more than enough for a pawn.}) 16... Nd4 $1
17. Qe8+ Kh7 18. e3 (18. Qxf7 $2 {wins a second pawn, but} Bf5 19. e3 Nc2+ {
hunts down the king, e.g.,} 20. Kd2 (20. Ke2 Bg6 21. Qf4 Qb5+ 22. Kf3 Qc5 23.
Kg3 Rf8) 20... Rd8+ 21. Kc1 Bg6 22. Qc4 Nxa3) 18... Nc2+ 19. Kd2 {Now White
threatens Bd3+ and appears safe. Planinc reveals the point of his previous
moves:} Bf5 $3 {[#]} 20. Qxa8 Qd6+ 21. Kc1 ({Without going into the details,} 
21. Kc3 {will also lose to} Qe5+ $1 22. Kb3 (22. Kd2 Qd5+ 23. Kc3 Qa5+ $1 24.
b4 Qxa3+ 25. Kd2 Qxb4+) 22... Na1+ $1 23. Kb4 (23. Ka2 Qd5+) 23... b6 24. Qc6
Bd7 $1) 21... Na1 {Threatening ...Nb3 mate!} 22. Qxb7 $2 {So logical. [#] 
[Place diagram after note]} (22. Bc4 {holds for a while, although Black gets
all the winning chances after} Qc6 23. Nc3 Qxc4 24. Qd8 $1 Nb3+ 25. Kd1 Qg4+
26. Ne2 {All forced.} Qe4 $1 27. Ke1 Qb1+ 28. Qd1 Qxb2) 22... Qc7+ $1 {Lovely.}
(22... Qc7+ 23. Qxc7 {is met by} Nb3#) 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial-17"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1979.08.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Planinc, Albin"]
[Black "Pokojowczyk, Jerzy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Watson"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1979.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
h6 9. Bh4 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Be2 g5 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qe3 Nfg4 14. Bxg4 Nxg4
15. Qd2 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Nf2 $2 {Tricky, but this gets crushed:} 17. Bxe7 Nxd1 {
[#]} 18. Nd5 $3 exd5 19. Bf6 Rh5 20. exd5 {White is still a rook down but the
attack is unstoppable.} Bg4 (20... Rxd5 21. Re1+ Re5 22. Qg5 $3 {and Black can
resign.}) 21. Re1+ Kf8 22. h3 $1 {A slow move which highlights Black's
helplessness:} Re8 23. hxg4 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Nxb2 25. Kxb2 Rxd5 26. g5 Ra5 27. g6
1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Watson"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bd2 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. exf5 Nxf5 12. Ne4 Nf6 13. Bd3 Bh6 14. Bc3 $5 {
My initial instincts in a position like this is that White should have a small
positional advantage, but the best King's Indian players are comfortable with
Black. Here a slow move like [#] [Diag after note] Kupreichik now finds an
astonishing reorganization which, above all, keeps maximum complications on
the board:} (14. b4 {might have kept better control over the kingside squares.}
) 14... Ng7 $5 {What a retreat! At first this is the fourth choice by my
engine, but rather soon it puts it on an equal level with several other moves.}
({Kovalev gives} 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qf6 $11 {and says "but this is too
conventional and tedious for Kupreichik".}) 15. Nfd2 Ngh5 $1 16. Re1 Bf5 17. c5
(17. f3 Qd7 18. Bf1 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qf7 20. Nf2 Nf6 {and the engine still calls
it equal}) 17... Qd7 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. f3 Rf7 {Every piece in the attack.} 20.
Nc4 $4 (20. a4 $5 Raf8 21. Ra3) (20. Qe2 Raf8 $15) 20... Bxe4 21. fxe4 (21.
Bxe4 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Raf8 23. Qe2 Qh3 24. Qg2 Qc8 $1 25. Na3 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Rf2 27.
Qh3 b5 {will win a piece and then some}) 21... b5 22. Na3 {[#]} ({The notes
suggest} 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Bxe5 {, but among other ideas,} Raf8 24. Qe2 Ng4 {
is extremely strong:} 25. Bd4 (25. Bxb5 Qc8 {and ...Rf2}) 25... Nxh2 26. Qxh2 (
26. Kxh2 Rf3 27. Rf1 Qg4) 26... Rf3 27. Bf1 Rxg3+ 28. Bg2 Qg4 29. Rf1 Bf4 $19)
22... Nxg3 $1 23. hxg3 Qh3 24. Qf3 Ng4 25. Qg2 Qh5 26. Qh1 Rf3 $1 27. Qxh5
Rxg3+ 28. Kh1 gxh5 29. Be2 (29. Bf1 Nf2+ 30. Kh2 Bf4 31. Bg2 h4 $1 32. Re2 h3
$19) 29... Rh3+ (29... Rh3+ 30. Kg1 Be3+ 31. Kf1 Rh1+ 32. Kg2 Rh2+ 33. Kg3 Bf4+
34. Kf3 Rf2#) 0-1

[Event "URS-ch49 Final"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1981.12.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Agzamov, Georgy"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Watson"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1981.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5
Nc5 9. f3 Bd7 10. h4 Qe8 11. g4 h5 12. O-O-O hxg4 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. fxg4 Qd8
15. Qe1 Bg7 16. Nh3 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. g5 b5 $1 19. cxb5 a6 20. b4 $6 {
Tempting, but Black can get too much activity for a piece.} (20. h5 {would get
White's counterattack moving.}) 20... axb5 $1 21. bxc5 b4 22. Nb1 Rxa2 23. Bc4
Ra5 24. c6 {[#]} Qb8 $3 {This second piece sacrifice is the key.} 25. Qe2 {
A logical defense.} ({After} 25. cxd7 Rc5 {, c4 hangs and White's king is
exposed. Okay, the computer finds the miraculous} 26. Rd4 $3 {, leading to
balanced chances after} Qb5 $1 (26... exd4 $2 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Nf4 Rxc4+ 29.
Kd1 $18) 27. Kd1 Rxc4 ({or} 27... Qa4+ 28. Kd2 Qa1 $13) 28. Rxc4 Qxc4 29. Nd2
Qb5 30. Qe2 Qxd7 {'=' according to my engine. But who would actually play this
way as White?}) 25... b3 $1 26. cxd7 Qb4 27. Rd2 e4 28. Nf4 $2 ({White had to
return the piece with} 28. Kd1 Ra1 29. Bd3 exd3 30. Qxd3 {with dynamic
equality.}) 28... Ra1 29. Rh3 Bc3 $1 {There's no good defense now.} 30. Bxb3
Bxd2+ 31. Qxd2 Rxb1+ 32. Kxb1 Qxd2 33. Ne6 Rb8 34. d8=Q+ Rxd8 35. Nxd8 e3 36.
Ne6 e2 37. Rh1 f4 $1 0-1

[Event "U.S. Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2003.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jaffray, John"]
[Black "Kayma, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1865"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[Annotator "Kayma"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life March 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. c4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Bd3 a6 12. Nc3 f5 13. f3 Bh4+ 14. g3 Bg5 15.
Bf2 Nd7 16. O-O Nf6 17. Qc2 Qe8 {My first sacrifice of the game. I wasn't sure
if it was good, but being aggressive was one of my tournament goals.} 18. Bxf5
Qh5 19. Bxc8 Raxc8 20. Qd3 Nd7 21. g4 Qh3 22. Bg3 Bf4 23. Ne2 Nc5 24. Qa3 Bxg3
25. Nxg3 Rf4 26. Rac1 Rcf8 27. b4 {[#]} Ne4 {This is MY BEST MOVE! I had seen
this idea a few moves before. Due to the horizontal and vertical tactics, the
knight can march right into the position. It can't be taken by the pawn or the
knight, nor can it be ignored!} 28. Nxe4 ({If} 28. fxe4 {White drops heavy
material after} Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 30. Nxf1 Qxa3 {. The tactics all work due
to White's poor queen position.}) 28... Rxg4+ 29. Ng3 ({Now} 29. Kf2 Qg2+ 30.
Ke3 Rxe4+ {gives White a choice between two bad outcomes:} 31. fxe4 ({worse
yet is} 31. Kxe4 Qe2+ 32. Qe3 Rf4#) 31... Qh3+ {and the queen is lost.}) 29...
Rxg3+ 30. hxg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kh1 Rf4 0-1

