[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Sandnes"]
[Date "2005.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ostmoe, Geir S Tallaksen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Re1 Bd6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Bb7
15. Rh4 Be7 16. Rh3 Nf6 17. Qe2 Bd5 18. Re1 Qb8 19. Ne5 Qb7 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21.
Qc2 c5 22. Ng4 h6 23. Re5 Qf3 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Rxh6 Kg7 {[#]} 26. Rg5+ Kxh6
27. Bc1 cxd4 28. Rg4+ Qe3 29. Rh4+ Nh5 30. Rxh5+ Kxh5 31. Qh7+ Kg4 32. fxe3
Rac8 33. Kg2 Rxc1 34. h3+ Kg5 35. Qg7+ Kf5 36. g4+ Ke4 37. Qxd4# 1-0

[Event "Green Bay Open"]
[Site "Green Bay, WI"]
[Date "1979.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ludwig, Luke"]
[Black "Piehl, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "1722"]
[BlackElo "1766"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Here is one of Luke's wins on his way to the 1979 GBO title.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3
g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Nge2 e5 8. O-O c6 9. h3 Re8 10.
Be3 Qa5 11. a3 Qc7 12. b4 Nb6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Na4 Be6 16. c5 b5
17. Nb6 Rad8 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22. h4 Bh6
23. a4 bxa4 24. Qxa4 Qd3 25. Qa5 Rd7 26. Qa8+ Kg7 27. Qb8 Rd8 28. Qxe5+ Kg8 29.
Nf4 Bxf4 30. Qxf4 Qc3 31. Rb1 Qd4 32. Qc1 Bc4 33. Qb2 Qxb2 34. Rxb2 Rd1+ 35.
Kh2 Kg7 36. Bh3 Be6 {[#]} ({The game score ends here, and it's not clear if
the players stopped keeping score during time pressure, or if Black resigned.
But White is indeed winning. The key line runs as follows:} 36... Be6 37. Bxe6
fxe6 {and now the key breakthrough} 38. b5 $1 cxb5 ({or} 38... Rc1 39. bxc6
bxc6 40. Rb7+ Kg8 41. g4 $1 Rxc5 42. g5 $1) 39. Rxb5 Rd7 40. Kg2 {and this is
a winning rook and pawn endgame for Black. White has two pawn islands compared
to Black's four, and the more active rook to boot. One plan would be to trade
the c-pawn for Black's b- and e-pawns, transitioning to a clearly winning
position.}) 1-0

[Event "San Francisco TNM Spring op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2016.05.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Black "Critelli, James M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2016.03.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. O-O Ncxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. f5 e5 12. Qh5 d5 13. Re1 Bc5 14. Rxe4 Qf6 $2
{[#] A move-order mixup. Now Doyle makes the most of his opportunity.} ({
Theory prefers} 14... Bxd4+ 15. Kh1 {first, and only then} Qf6 16. Re1 Bxf5 17.
c3 {with an unclear position (Naiditsch - Mamedyarov, Dortmund 2010).}) 15. Bg5
$1 Bxd4+ 16. Rxd4 Qb6 17. Ba4+ Kf8 18. Rad1 $1 exd4 19. Re1 d3+ 20. Kh1 Bxf5
21. Be7+ Kg8 22. Qxf5 dxc2 23. Rf1 Qe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Bd7 h6 26. Bxe6+ Kh7
27. Bb4 $2 {Right idea, wrong execution.} ({Correct was the forcing} 27. Bf5+
Kg8 28. Bxc2 {.}) 27... Rae8 $2 (27... a5 $1 28. Bf5+ $1 (28. Bd2 $4 Rhf8 29.
Re1 Rae8) 28... g6 29. Be6 axb4 30. Rf7+ Kg8 31. Rf6+ $11) ({The extra tempo
allowed Black to save the game with} 27... Rhc8 $1 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Bd2 d4 {
and the two pawns are a match for the bishop.}) 28. Bf5+ g6 29. Bxc2 1-0

[Event "San Francisco Neil Falconer op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2013.09.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Whitehead, Paul A"]
[Black "Doyle, Bryon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2046"]
[Annotator "Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. e4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. h3
Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nde5 13. b3 Qa5 14. Nd5 Qd8 15.
c4 e6 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Na2 Nec6 18. Nxb4 Nxb4 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Rad1 (20. Rfd1 Na5
21. Rab1) 20... Na5 21. Qd3 e5 22. Ne2 Be6 23. Qc3 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bc5
bxc4 26. Rxd6 (26. Bxd6 Nxb3 27. Bxb8 Qxb8 $132) 26... Qc7 27. b4 Nb7 28. Rxe6
Nxc5 29. bxc5 fxe6 30. Qxc4 Rbc8 31. Rc1 (31. Qxe6+ Qf7) 31... Qf7 32. c6 Bh6 (
32... Qxf2+) 33. f4 exf4 34. gxf4 e5 35. Qd5 exf4 36. Bf3 Rfd8 37. Qb5 Qa7+ 38.
Kg2 Qe7 39. Rc5 Rd6 40. e5 Qg5+ 41. Kh2 Rd2 42. Bg4 Qh4 43. Qb3+ Kh8 44. Qf3 {
[#]} Rc7 (44... Ra8 $1 45. c7 Rxe2+ 46. Qxe2 Qg3+) 45. e6 Rd3 $2 $138 (45...
Bf8 46. Rc4 (46. Qc3+ Kg8 47. Qxd2 Qf2+ 48. Kh1 f3 $19)) 46. Qxd3 Qf2+ 47. Kh1
Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch47 Final"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 e6 8. axb5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Bb7 11. Qh5 Qd7 12. Nxh7 Nc6 13. Nxf8 {[#]} Rxh5 (
13... Qxd4 14. cxd4 Rxh5 15. Be3 a5) 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. Rb1 a6 16. Bxc4 Na5 17.
Bf1 Be4 18. Rb4 Bd5 19. f3 Rc8 20. Bd2 Bc4 21. g4 Rh4 22. Bg5 Rhh8 23. Bxc4
Rxc4 24. Rxc4 bxc4 25. Kf2 Nc6 26. h4 Rb8 27. Ra1 Rb2+ 28. Ke1 a5 29. Ra4 Rb1+
30. Kf2 Rb2+ 31. Kg3 Rb3 32. Rxc4 Ra3 33. Kf4 a4 34. Ke4 Na5 35. Rc5 Nb3 36.
Rb5 Kc6 37. Rb4 Ra1 38. Be3 Na5 39. c4 a3 40. d5+ Kd7 41. Ra4 Nb3 42. Ra7+ Ke8
43. d6 a2 44. d7+ Ke7 45. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Nf6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rab1 a5 12. h3 Re8 13. a3 a4 14. Qc2 Qa5
15. Rfd1 Bf8 16. Ne5 Re7 17. b4 axb3 18. Rxb3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd7 20. Rxb7 Qxa3
21. Rc7 {[#]} Qc5 22. Rxd5 cxd5 23. Rxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxd5 Rea7 25. Bg5 Ra1+ 26.
Kh2 R8a2 27. Qf5 Ne6 28. Bh4 Rf1 29. f4 Rc1 30. Qg4 Rc4 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Qh5
1-0

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Karjakin +1-1=10"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2016.11.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2853"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2016.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. O-O
d6 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nc4 Nf4 12. Ne3 Qf6 13. g3 Nh3+ 14. Kh1 Ne7
15. Bc4 c6 16. Bb3 Ng6 17. Qe2 a5 18. a4 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 20. Nd2 (20.
Kg2 Nhf4+) (20. Ne1 Nxf2+ 21. Kg2 Nh4+ 22. Kg1 (22. gxh4) 22... Nh3+ 23. Kh1
Qg5 $1 (23... Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+)) (20. Ng1 Nxf2+ 21. Kg2 Nh4+ 22. gxh4) 20...
d5 21. Qh5 Ng5 22. h4 Nf3 23. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. Kg2 Rf7 26. Rfe1 h5
27. Nf1 Kf8 28. Nd2 Ke7 29. Re2 Kd6 30. Nf3 Raf8 31. Ng5 Re7 32. Rae1 Rfe8 33.
Nf3 Nh8 34. d4 exd4 35. Nxd4 g6 36. Re3 Nf7 37. e5+ Kd7 38. Rf3 Nh6 39. Rf6 Rg7
40. b4 axb4 41. cxb4 Ng8 42. Rf3 Nh6 43. a5 Nf5 44. Nb3 Kc7 45. Nc5 Kb8 46. Rb1
Ka7 47. Rd3 Rc7 48. Ra3 Nd4 49. Rd1 Nf5 50. Kh3 Nh6 51. f3 Rf7 52. Rd4 Nf5 53.
Rd2 Rh7 54. Rb3 Ree7 55. Rdd3 Rh8 56. Rb1 Rhh7 57. b5 cxb5 58. Rxb5 d4 59. Rb6
Rc7 60. Nxe6 Rc3 61. Nf4 Rhc7 62. Nd5 Rxd3 63. Nxc7 Kb8 64. Nb5 Kc8 65. Rxg6
Rxf3 66. Kg2 Rb3 67. Nd6+ Nxd6 68. Rxd6 Re3 69. e6 Kc7 70. Rxd4 Rxe6 71. Rd5
Rh6 72. Kf3 Kb8 73. Kf4 Ka7 74. Kg5 Rh8 75. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Clutch Champions Showdown"]
[Site "lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.27"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn2r1k1/1b3pbp/4p1p1/pP4B1/P2N4/1B6/5PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 21. Nxe6 (21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Rf8 (22... Rxe6 23. Bxe6+) 23. Re8+) 1-0

[Event "Meltwater Tour Final 2021"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.10.04"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Duda, Jan-Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b1k3/1pq3r1/4p3/4Pp2/1R1P1PpN/6P1/rQ3K2/2R5 w - - 0 34"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2021.09.25"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 34. Qxa2 (34. Qxa2 Qxc1 35. Rc4) 1-0

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn1q1rk1/pp2bppp/4bn2/2pNN3/2B5/8/P1P2PPP/1RBQR1K1 w - - 0 14"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2020.04.18"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 14. Nxf7 (14. Nxf7 Rxf7 (14... Bxf7 15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Bxf7)
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Rxe6) 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2n5/3K4/3p4/Npk5/8/8/8 b - - 0 133"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 133... d4 134. Kxc7 (134. Nc5 Nb5+) 134... d3 135. Kb6 d2 136. Nb2+ Kb3
137. Nd1 Kc2 138. Ne3+ Kc1 0-1

[Event "Magnus Carlsen Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.14"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/1R3p1p/2p2np1/8/1P3B1P/6P1/1b3PK1/3r1B2 w - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 28. b5 (28. b5 cxb5 29. Bh6+ Ke8 (29... Kg8 30. Rb8+) 30. Bxb5+ Nd7 31.
Bxd7+ Rxd7 32. Rxb2) 28... Rxf1 29. bxc6 Re1 30. c7 1-0

[Event "Lindores Abbey Rapid Challenge"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.19"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q1r2/1p1n3k/1p1p1pp1/2pN3p/1PPPPR2/P5Q1/6PP/5RK1 w - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2020.05.19"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 31. e5 dxe5 32. dxe5 Nxe5 (32... fxe5 33. Rf7+ Kh6 34. Ne7) (32... f5 33.
e6) 33. Rxf6 Re8 34. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Mission 360 GM/IM Norm #1"]
[Site "San Jose CA USA"]
[Date "2022.03.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Black "Zhou Jianchao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2022.03.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 Bb7 7. O-O Nf6 8. b3 b4
9. e5 Nfd7 10. Ne4 c3 {[#] Black has mismanaged the opening (a Geller-Tolush
Gambit) and now falls under a direct attack.} 11. Nfg5 $1 {Crude, but already
decisive: the f7-square cannot be defended in a satisfactory manner.} Be7 12.
Bh5 g6 ({No better is} 12... O-O 13. Qg4 $1 ({But not the less accurate} 13.
Qf3 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qc7 {and black defends for the time being, in view of} 15.
Be7 Nxe5 $1 {and white achieves nothing with} 16. Nf6+ Kh8 17. Qh3 Qxe7 18.
Nxh7 Nbd7 $1 $13) 13... c5 (13... Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qc7 15. Bf6 {wins in
coffeehouse style.}) 14. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 15. Bh6 g6 16. Bxg6 Kh8 17. Qh3 {and
black has no defense against the multitude of threats.}) 13. Qf3 Rf8 ({or} 
13... O-O 14. Qh3 $1) 14. Nxh7 gxh5 15. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 (15... c5 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17.
Qxb7 Be7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. dxc5 $1 $18) 16. Nd6+ Ke7 {[#]
White's position is completely winning, and all he needs is one more accurate
move. I cannot fully explain what went through my mind here.} 17. Nxb7 $4 {
This move makes no sense, no matter whether you approach the position
concretely or abstractly. The variations here are not difficult; but even from
a positional point of view this is a blunder, as the bishop on b7 added no
value to black's position.} ({It was far more logical to take the good "bishop,
" after which black's position collapses:} 17. Nxg5 $1 Qb6 18. Ngxf7 Qxd4 19.
Qxh5 Rg8 20. Nh6 Qxe5 21. Ndf5+ $1 exf5 22. Rfe1 $18) ({Yet the strongest move
was} 17. Qxh5 $1 {, preserving all threats. White can capture the hanging
material at his leisure.}) 17... Qb6 18. Qxh5 ({Initially I intended to play} 
18. Nd6 $2 {, returning to d6 as if nothing had happened, noticing too late
black's only resource:} Qxd4 $1 19. Nxf8 Nxe5 $1 {and black takes over.}) 18...
Qxb7 19. Qxg5+ (19. f4 $1 {is an improvement, and it's not difficult to
understand why. But I continued to play "a tempo."}) 19... Ke8 20. f4 Rh8 21.
Qg7 ({Again missing the strongest continuation:} 21. f5 $1 Rxh7 22. fxe6 Nf8
23. exf7+ Rxf7 24. Qh5 {, and black cannot escape the pin. White follows with
Rf2 and Raf1, reaching an unbalanced endgame.} Qe7 (24... Qd7 $2 {is worse,
the drawback being} 25. Rf2 a5 26. e6 $1 Nxe6 27. Raf1 Ra7 28. Qh8+ Nf8 29.
Qe5+ $18) 25. Rf2 a5 26. Raf1 Ra7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Qh6 $5 {
Material is nominally level, but black is still under some pressure because of
his uncoordinated pieces.}) 21... Rxh7 22. Qxh7 Nf8 23. Qh5 $2 ({Analysis
shows that} 23. Qg8 $1 {would still have confronted black with difficult
problems, even if objectively his position may be better. The pin on the
f8-knight is useful: white can increase the pressure with f5 followed by fxe6,
or even with f6!? followed by a rook lift in some cases. And we should not
forget that black has already forfeited his castling rights!}) 23... Na6 $1 24.
f5 Nc7 25. a3 Rd8 $1 26. axb4 Rxd4 27. Rac1 Nd5 28. fxe6 Nxe6 {It's all over
-- black has coordinated all his pieces while maintaining the powerful c3-pawn.
I resigned 15 moves later.} 29. Rf2 Rf4 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Rxf4 Nexf4 32. Qh4+
Ke8 33. e6 Nxe6 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Qh4+ Kd6 36. Qe4 Qb6+ 37. Kh1 Qd4 38. Qc2 Qe3
39. b5 Nd4 40. Qb1 c2 41. Qb2 Nxb3 42. Qa3+ Ke6 43. Rf1 c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Mission 360 GM/IM Norm #1"]
[Site "San Jose CA USA"]
[Date "2022.03.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Panjwani, R.."]
[Black "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.03.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 a6 5. Bxc4 e6 6. a4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rac1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 a5 15.
Bc3 h6 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. dxc5 Bxc5 {This structure arose from a
well-studied variation of the Queen's Gambit Accepted, known from games such
as e.g., Gelfand - Huzman, Tel Aviv 1999.} 19. Rxd8+ (19. Nd2 Qe7 $5 {(by no
means the best move)} 20. Nc4 {would transpose to the aformentioned game,
where black did not find the right path and soon faced serious problems:} f5 $6
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bf3 Rc8 $6 23. Qd1 $1 Ba6 24. Qb3 $16 {1-0 (39) Gelfand,B 
(2690)-Huzman,A (2575) Tel Aviv 1999}) 19... Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 {
The position is equal, but my opponent understood its potential dangers better
than I did. Here I made an extremely careless decision:} Bb4 {In itself, this
move is not bad. Black wants to take the pressure off the a1-h8 diagonal.} 22.
Bxb4 Nxb4 $2 {This, however, is the real mistake. Black chooses the worst
possible moment to initiate trades.} (22... axb4 $1 {maintains an approximate
balance.}) 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qd8+ Kh7 25. Ne5 $1 {[#] At this point I began to
realize just how serious white's zugzwang-like pressure was. After thinking
for 35 minutes, I managed to find the only defense.} Qd5 $1 (25... Nd5 $2 26.
Nd7 h5 27. h4 $1 {and in view of the threat of Nf8+, black loses a pawn at the
very least.}) (25... f6 $2 26. Nd7 Qd5 27. Qe7 $18) (25... Qe4 $2 26. Nxf7 Qb1+
27. Kh2 Qf5 (27... Qxb2 $2 28. f4 $1 $18 {threatening Qh8+ followed by Ne5+.})
28. Qh8+ $1 Kg6 29. Nd8 Qxf2 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Nxe6 $18) (25... Nc6 $2 26. Qd7
Qxd7 27. Nxd7 $18) 26. Nd7 ({The endgame after} 26. Qxd5 $5 exd5 {[#] is very
interesting.} 27. Kf1 $1 (27. Nxf7 Nd3 28. b3 Nc5 29. Ne5 Nxb3 30. Nd7 b5 $1 {
Here white is the one who should be careful!} 31. axb5 a4 32. b6 Na5 33. Nf8+
$1 Kg8 34. Ne6 a3 35. Nd4 a2 36. Nc2 Kf7 37. Kf1 Ke6 38. Ke2 Kd6 39. Kd3 Kc5
40. Kc3 Kxb6 41. Kb2 Kc5 42. Kxa2 Kc4 $1 $11) 27... Kg8 28. Ke2 f5 $1 {The
best defensive setup.} (28... f6 29. Nd7 Kf7 30. Nxb6 Ke6 31. g4 Nc6 $6 (31...
g6 $1 {, followed by ...f5, still holds.}) (31... Kd6 $6 32. e4 $1) 32. Kd3 Kd6
33. e4 $1 {This is why black should have placed the pawn on f5.} dxe4+ 34. Kxe4
$16) 29. Nd7 Kf7 30. Nxb6 Ke6 31. Kd2 Nc6 32. Kc3 g6 33. f3 Kd6 $11 {After
correct defense, white is not able to convert the extra pawn into a win. The
d5- and f5-pawns prevent white from making progress on the kingside, while all
entry squares on the queenside are likewise controlled.}) (26. Qc7 Nd3 27. Nxd3
(27. Nxf7 Ne1 28. Qg3 (28. f3 Qd2) 28... Qd1 29. Kh2 Qxa4 $11) 27... Qxd3 28.
Qxf7 Qb3 29. Qf4 Qxb2 30. Qe4+ Kh8 31. Qxe6 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qxa4 33. Qxb6 Qb4 $11)
26... h5 $1 (26... Nc6 27. Qe8 $1 {is unpleasant.} (27. Nf8+ Kg8 28. Qxd5 exd5
29. Nd7 f5 30. Nxb6 Nb4 $11 {black should hold similarly to the above note.}))
27. Qc7 (27. Qe7 Qf5 28. Nxb6 Nd3 29. f3 Nxb2 $11) (27. h4 $5 {does not win
after precise defense either.} Qd3 $1 28. b3 Qb1+ $1 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. f4 f6 $1
31. Nf8+ Kh6 32. Qxb6 Qg4 33. Qxe6 Qxh4+ 34. Qh3 Qxh3+ 35. gxh3 Nc2 36. e4 Nd4
$11) 27... Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Na6 $6 ({In time pressure, I was unable to correctly
assess the consequences of} 28... Qd2 $1 29. Nf8+ Kg8 30. Qb8 (30. Qc8 $2 Qd6+)
30... Nc6 31. Qc8 Qd6+ 32. g3 Qxf8 33. Qxc6 Qd8 $11) 29. Qb7 Qd6+ 30. f4 Nc5
31. Nxc5 (31. Qxb6 Qxd7 32. Qxc5 Qxa4 33. Qxh5+ Kg8 {gives white fewer chances,
as black keeps a "healthy" pawn skeleton.}) 31... Qxc5 32. Qxf7 Qxe3 33. Qxh5+
Kg8 34. Qe5 Qb3 35. Qb5 ({Probably the best plan was} 35. Qd4 $1 b5 36. axb5
Qxb5 37. Qe5 Qc4 38. h4 $14) 35... Qe3 36. Qc4 Kf7 37. Qc7+ Kf6 {[#] It's
difficult to say whether white can win this endgame. Keeping in mind the time
situation (my opponent had around 15 minutes, whereas I had about 3), it's
likely that I would eventually have succumbed to the pressure. But here, I got
truly lucky:} 38. Qc3+ $4 {I had seen that this doesn't work, and so played 37.
..Kf6. But I never imagined that my opponent would fall for the "trap!"} Qxc3
39. bxc3 b5 $1 {This is the point. There is no stopping the a-pawn, whereas
white's pawns are easily blockaded.} 40. axb5 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Mission 360 GM/IM Norm #1"]
[Site "San Jose CA USA"]
[Date "2022.03.29"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Black "Daggupati, Balaji"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.03.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O a5 8. a4 b4
9. e5 Nd5 10. Ne4 c3 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Qc1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 cxb2 14. Qxb2 Nxa6 15.
Nfd2 h6 16. Bh4 Nb6 17. Nb3 Nb8 18. f4 Qd7 19. Rf3 Qd5 20. Qe2 N8d7 21. Raf1
Be7 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 {[#] After mismanaging a promising attack, I landed in a
difficult position where white needs to play creatively to display
compensation for the missing pawn.} 23. f5 {Otherwise, black will gradually
consolidate the position with .. .g6 and ...Kf8.} exf5 24. e6 $6 {By now I
realized that things had gone wrong, and decide to sacrifice an additional
pawn for latent compensation based on black's weak king and dark squares. A
further factor was the clock situation: both of us were down to thirty minutes
in a position far more difficult to play as black than as white. However,
white still had a fantastic way to equalize:} (24. Nd6 {is no good.} g6 25. g4
Nxa4 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Nxf5+ Kd8 $17 {The opening of the g-file turns out to
be more dangerous for white than for black.}) (24. Rxf5 Qxb3 25. Rxf7+ Kd8 $13
{is actually quite complicated, but during the game I felt that black would
realize his advantage fairly easily.} (25... Qxf7 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7 27. Nd6+ Ke7
28. Nf5+ Kd8 29. e6 {gives white enough counterplay to hold.})) ({The best
move was} 24. Nec5 $3 {, relying on a key resource several moves down the line.
} Nxc5 (24... g6 25. e6 $1 $132) 25. dxc5 Nxa4 26. Rxf5 (26. Rd3 Nc3 $19) 26...
Qxb3 27. Qg4 $1 {[#] This is the real point. It is black's turn to move with a
knight and two extra pawns, in a situation where white's threats do not seem
decisive, and yet he cannot win.} Raf8 (27... Rhg8 28. Rxf7+ Qxf7 29. Qh4+ Ke8
30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. e6+ Kxe6 32. Qe4+ Kd7 33. Qf5+ Kd8 34. Qe6 $11) 28. Qxg7 Nxc5
29. Qf6+ Ke8 30. Qxc6+ Nd7 31. Rf6 Qc3 32. Qb7 {The position remains complex,
e.g.,} Qxe5 (32... Nxf6 $2 33. exf6 $18) (32... Ke7 33. Rxf7+ $1 $11 (33. Rd6
Qc8 34. Qd5 $2 Qc5+)) (32... Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Ke7 34. Rd6 Rd8 (34... Qc8 35. Qd5 $1
$44) 35. Rfd1 Qc8 36. Qe4 $13) 33. R6f5 $13) 24... fxe6 ({Far weaker is} 24...
Qxe6 {, after which white should play} 25. Rxf5 $1 ({But not} 25. d5 $2 cxd5
26. Nd4 fxe4 $1 27. Rg3 Rhg8 28. Nxe6 fxe6 $17) 25... f6 26. Qd1 $1 Kd8 (26...
Rhe8 $2 27. Nxf6 $1) (26... Kf7 $6 27. Re1 $36) 27. Nbc5 {with counterplay.})
25. Nec5 {[#] Black is up three pawns and is indeed winning objectively, but
converting the advantage is by no means easy. Black's main problem is that
white's counterplay is not based on a specific threat that can be diffused
once and for all; rather, it is a long-lasting initiative that requires
precise reactions on each and every move. From here on, almost every one of
white's moves contains a threat. Though I am sure that Emanuel Lasker would
have dismissed this particular triple pawn sacrifice as foolhardy, utilizing
this kind of compensation was one of his trademarks, and I must confess to
have been inspired by some of the games of the former World Champion.} Kf7 {
Stepping out of Nxe6 ideas.} 26. Rg3 {Threatening Qh5+.} g6 27. Nd3 {
Threatening Nf4.} Rag8 $2 {The first mistake -- the h8-rook is now out of the
game.} ({Most likely my opponent did not play the natural} 27... Rhg8 $5 {
in view of} 28. Qd2 {, but after the simple} g5 {white lacks compensation.})
28. Re1 {With the threats of Nf4 and Nxa5.} Qd6 ({It was probably better to
play} 28... g5 $1 29. Nxa5 Kg7 $17 {, the point being} 30. Qxe6 Re8) 29. Nxa5 {
Threatening Nxb4.} Re8 30. Kh1 $6 {A slow move which loses some of the
momentum.} (30. Re3 $1 Re7 31. Nb7 (31. Nxb4 Rc8 32. Qb2 Nf6 $15) 31... Qxd4
32. Rd1 Qf6 33. Nxb4 $13) 30... g5 (30... Kg7 {was the main alternative.}) 31.
Ne5+ Nxe5 32. dxe5 Qd5 (32... Qc7 $1 {For the moment, black prevents white
from bringing his knight back into the game, whereas nothing is gained from}
33. Qh5+ Ke7 34. Qg6 Nd5 35. Qg7+ Kd8 36. Nb7+ Kc8 37. Nd6+ Kb8 38. Nxe8 Rxe8
39. Qxh6 c5 $17) 33. Nb7 ({It was possible to include} 33. Qh5+ Ke7 34. Nb7 {
, but after} Nc4 {I am not sure that it is such an improvement.}) 33... Kg6 {
[#]} (33... Nc4 $2 {would, in this case, lose immediately after} 34. Rd3) 34.
Nd6 $2 ({Strongest was} 34. Rd3 $1 Qe4 35. Qf1 Qf4 36. Qg1 {and black has to
find} Qc4 $1 (36... Nd5 $2 37. Rd4) 37. Rd4 Qc2 38. Rxb4 Nd5 39. Rc1 Qe2 40.
Re1 Qa6 41. Nc5 Qa5 42. Rc4 $17) 34... Ra8 $2 {A momentary lapse -- and
suddenly black is in trouble!} (34... Re7 $1 35. Rd3 Qc5 $19 {leaves white
without any tricks.}) 35. Rd3 Qc5 36. Nxf5 $1 Rhf8 $2 {After this black can no
longer save the game.} (36... exf5 $2 37. Rd6+ Kg7 38. Qh5 Rh7 39. Qg6+ Kh8 40.
Rxc6 Qf2 41. Rec1 {Puts black under significant pressure. Whether he can
eventually survive is not truly relevant in a practical game, since seeing
this far is enough to discard the variation.}) (36... Nd5 $1 {was necessary,
and after} 37. Nd4 ({or} 37. Ng3 Qc4 $13) 37... Rae8 38. h4 Kg7 39. Qd2 Qc4 40.
Rc1 Nc3 41. Rg3 Rh7 $13 {black defends.}) 37. Nd4 $1 Rae8 (37... Qc4 38. Nxe6
$1) 38. Rh3 $1 {The rest is not difficult.} Kf7 (38... Qxd4 39. Qh5+ Kg7 40.
Qxh6+ Kf7 41. Qh7#) 39. Rxh6 Qc4 40. Rf6+ Kg8 41. Qh5 Re7 42. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Berlin FIDE GP 1 Pool-A"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Nemec"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2Rr2k1/1p2q1pp/1p3p2/1b6/5Q2/P2pPPP1/1B1P3P/6K1 w - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2022.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Qg4+ Kf8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Qb4+ Qe7 33. Qxb5 Qxa3 34.
Kf2 Qc5 35. Qxd3 b5 36. Qc3 Qe7 37. Ke2 Kg7 38. Qd4 Qf7 39. Qg4+ Kh8 40. Qb4
Qe8 41. Qd6 Qf7 42. Qc5 Qe8 43. g4 Kg7 44. h4 Qd7 45. h5 Kg8 46. h6 1-0

[Event "Berlin FIDE GP 1 Pool-D playoff"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.02.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Nemec"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4r1k/1p4p1/2p5/p2P3p/4R2n/2PQ3P/PPB2q2/3R3K w - - 0 33"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2022.02.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 33. Rxh4 g6 34. Rxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Berlin FIDE GP 1 Playoff"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2022.02.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Nemec"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.02.12"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Nc3 Qb6 7. Nd5 Qb7 8. Bf4
e5 9. Bxe5 Nd7 10. Bf4 Ngf6 11. Nc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Qxe4+ 13. Ne2 Qxa8 14. f3 Nd5
15. Bg5+ f6 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. Ng3 Qb8 18. Kf2 Re8 19. Be2 Bc7 20. Re1 Bb6 21. Kg1
Ne5 22. Kh1 Nc6 23. b3 c3 24. Bxb5 Bd7 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Be1 Nxd4 27. Bxe8 c2
28. Qd3 Kxe8 29. Bd2 Qe5 30. Rc1 f5 31. Qc4 Ne3 32. Qc8+ Kf7 33. Qd7+ Kg6 34.
f4 Qe6 35. Qxe6+ Nxe6 36. Ne2 Ng4 37. g3 Nc5 38. b4 Nd3 39. Rxc2 Ngf2+ 40. Kg2
Ne4 41. Nc1 1-0

[Event "Berlin FIDE GP 1 KO"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.02.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Nemec"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/q1p2k2/2Qp1b2/Pp1P1p1p/5P2/1N5P/4K3/8 w - - 0 43"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2022.02.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 43. a6 Qg1 44. Qxc7+ Kg6 45. Nd2 Qh2+ 46. Kd1 Qxf4 47. a7 Bg5 48. Qa5 b4
49. Qa2 b3 50. Qa5 Qe3 51. a8=Q Qg1+ 52. Ke2 Qe3+ 53. Kd1 Qg1+ 54. Ke2 Qe3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Berlin FIDE GP 1 KO"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2022.02.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Nemec"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5p2/4k3/1pR5/1P2K3/2Pr4/8/8 b - - 0 46"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2022.02.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 46... Rd8 47. Rxb5 Rd1 48. Rb6+ Kd7 49. Rf6 Ke7 50. Rf3 Ke6 51. Rd3 f5+
52. Kd4 Rb1 53. Re3+ Kf6 54. Re8 f4 55. Rb8 Kf5 56. b5 f3 57. Ke3 Rb3 58. Kd3
Kg4 59. Kc2 f2 60. Rf8 Rxb5 61. Rxf2 Rc5 1-0

[Event "Belgrade FIDE GP 2 Pool-A"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Nemec"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rr4k1/4bppp/p1nqp3/3nN3/4P3/1Q3N2/1P1B1PPP/R1R3K1 w - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2022.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 25. Qxb8+ Nxb8 26. Rc8+ Bf8 27. exd5 exd5 28. Rac1 f6 29. Nc6 a5 30. Rd8
Qc7 31. Nfd4 Qb7 32. Nxa5 Qxb2 33. Ndb3 Kf7 34. Bf4 Bb4 35. Rc7+ Kg6 36. Rg8
Bxa5 37. Nxa5 Rxa5 38. g4 Nd7 39. Rxd7 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Kg3 Ra3+ 42. Kh4
1-0

[Event "Belgrade FIDE GP 2 KO"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2022.03.11"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Nemec"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1R3rkr/5pn1/4p1p1/p2pP3/3N3p/q1P2Q1P/5PP1/1R4K1 w - - 0 32"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2022.03.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Nc6 Qc5 34. Rb7 Nf5 35. Ne7+ Kg7 36. Nxg6 Qc6 37.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Nxh8+ Kg7 39. Qh5 Qxc3 40. Nf7 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxf2 42. Ng5 Qg3+
43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qxe5+ 45. Kg1 Qe3+ 46. Kh2 Qg3+ 47. Kg1 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qh1+
49. Kxh1 Ng3+ 50. Kg1 Nxh5 51. Nxe6+ Kf6 52. Nc5 Ke5 53. Kf2 d4 54. Ke2 Nf4+
55. Kf3 Kd5 56. Na4 Ne6 57. g3 hxg3 58. h4 d3 59. Kxg3 Kc4 60. h5 Kb3 61. h6
Nf8 62. Nc5+ Kc2 63. Ne6 d2 0-1

[Event "Belgrade FIDE GP"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "2022.03.13"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Rapport, Richard"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "Nemec"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 $5 {The Janowsky variation. With this nimble pawn
move, Black covers the b5-square, intending to take on c4 and then play ...
b7-b5. Andreikin already used this line against Shankland in the fifth game of
the group stage, so it is very probable that Rapport came into the game
anticipating its appearance.} 4. cxd5 {The main move, reaching a Carlsbad
structure where White tries to claim Black's ...a7-a6 is a loss of tempo.} exd5
5. a3 $5 {A creative move, typical of Rapport. Instead of going down the
trodden-paths and discussing topical theory, he makes a new, non-standard move,
calmly covering the b4 square and waiting to see what Black will do. In the
post game interview, Rapport said it is a "half-serious" move because White is
merely mirroring Black, but he did mention he did have some ideas here,
without disclosing what exactly they are!} h6 {Black in turn also makes a
semi-waiting move, not wishing to commit the knight to f6 and allow White to
develop the bishop to the optimal g5 square.} 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 c5 {Instead of
going into the Carlsbad structure, Black goes for the central counterstrike,
hinting at the potential ...c5-c4 advance should White allow it.} 8. Be5 {
An unexpected move, violating the principle of moving the same piece twice,
but creating a direct threat of taking on f6, while also defending the d4-pawn.
Rapport considered this a bit ambitious.} Be6 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Ge6d5]
Necessary to defend the d5-pawn.} 9. Nge2 {The knight is headed to f4 or to d4,
increasing the pressure.} Nc6 ({Here} 9... c4 $2 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nf4 {
is trouble as after} Qd8 12. Qh5 {the d5-pawn drops.}) 10. Nf4 {Increasing the
pressure on the center.} ({Rapport mentioned} 10. g3 {as an interesting
alternative. The main line involves a piece sacrifice: after} Ne4 (10... Bd6 {
might be safer.}) 11. Bg2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 f6 13. Bf4 g5 14. O-O {we see his
point! White gets tremendous compensation after} gxf4 15. Nxf4 {, but it is
understandable that he might shy away from this in an important game.}) 10...
cxd4 ({Note that} 10... Nxe5 $2 {is impossible, i.e.,} 11. dxe5 Ne4 (11... Nd7
{just loses material}) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nxe6 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 fxe6 15. Bc4 {
and with a horrific pawn structure, Black is lost.}) 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 {
So White has given up the bishop pair, but retains some pressure against the
isolated d5-pawn.} Bd6 13. g3 ({Perhaps more normal was} 13. Be2 {.}) 13... Rc8
14. Rd1 {A strange move, not achieveing any real purpose.} ({Rapport was not
satisfied with the alternative} 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bh3 Qe7 {, although it would
have been better than what happened in the game.}) 14... Qa5 {With the
transparent threat of ...Bd6xa3.} ({Also possible was} 14... Bxf4 {, giving up
the bishop pair. After} 15. Qxf4 O-O 16. Be2 ({worse is} 16. Bg2 Qb6) 16... Qb6
17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. axb4 {we reach an equal endgame.}) 15. Rc1 {Admitting the
mistake on the previous move and dealing with the threat.} O-O 16. Nxe6 fxe6
17. Bh3 Kf7 $5 {Creatively defending the e6-pawn.} 18. O-O Rc4 19. Qd3 Be5 {
Increasing the pressure on the queenside.} 20. Ne2 Rfc8 ({It turns out that} 
20... Bxb2 {grabs a poisoned pawn. After} 21. Rxc4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 {the e6-pawn
is weak, as is the king, and Ne2-f4 is coming.}) 21. Rxc4 ({Another path is} 
21. Rb1 {, keeping the tension. The idea is f2-f4 next.}) 21... Rxc4 22. b4 {
Is this grabbing space, or creating a weakness?} ({Rapport's initial intention
was} 22. f4 {, but he couldn't make anything work after} Bxb2 23. Rb1 Qxa3 {
with a drawish endgame after something like} 24. Qxa3 Bxa3 25. Rxb7+ Ke8 26.
Bxe6 Bc5 27. Nd4 Bxd4 28. exd4 g5 {.}) 22... Qa4 23. Nf4 {Creating threats on
e6 and g6. Black's next is virtually forced.} Bxf4 24. exf4 Qc6 ({Also
possible is} 24... Qc2 25. Qe3 {, but the queen seems better placed on c6 than
on c2.}) 25. Qe3 Ne4 {Changing the nature of the game. With hindsight, it was
probably better to force the immediate draw and prepare for the tiebreaks.} ({
After} 25... Re4 26. Qd2 Rc4 {neither side can make real progress.}) 26. f3 Rc3
{This intermediate move was Andreikin's point.} 27. Qd4 ({Note that} 27. Qe1 {
loses after} Qb6+ $1 ({not} 27... Nf6 28. Bxe6+ Qxe6 $4 29. Qxc3) 28. Kh1 Re3 {
Another nice intermediate move, removing the hanging rook. After} 29. Qc1 Nd6 {
Black's pieces are dominating and White is strategically outplayed.}) 27... Rc4
28. Qe3 Rc3 29. Qd4 Rc4 {[#] Now offering the draw by repetition.} 30. Qe5 {
A historic moment. Rapport decides to avoid the repetition, entering a very
sharp variation where he will be forced to sacrifice some material, while the
black king will be very weak and exposed. In doing so, Rapport left himself
with only two minutes on the clock, so this was a decision to "take destiny in
his own hands" and gamble a little bit.} Nd2 31. f5 {Rapport's point.} Nxf1 {
The first critical moment. Black had the option of either capturing on f1 or
first including the preliminary check. As it turns out, both moves are equally
fine.} ({Andreikin passed up} 31... Qb6+ 32. Kh1 Nxf1 33. fxe6+ {[#]} {and
here Black must be careful:} Kg8 {is an only move, which may not have been
obvious in time pressure.} ({Here} 33... Ke8 {is losing, although at first
glance it is not obvious why.} 34. Qh5+ Ke7 (34... Kd8 35. Qxd5+ {wins the
c4-rook.}) 35. Qf7+ Kd6 {and now the king chase begins} 36. Qd7+ Ke5 37. Qxg7+
Kd6 38. Qd7+ Ke5 39. f4+ Ke4 40. Bxf1 {And with the exchange for two pawns,
and the black king in the middle of the board, White is winning.}) 34. e7 {
This was Rapport's over-the-board idea, but he missed the critical} (34. Bxf1 {
should be enough to maintain the balance, but the position is extremely sharp.}
) 34... Nxg3+ $1 35. Kg2 ({worse is} 35. hxg3 Rc1+) 35... Rc2+ 36. Kxg3 Qg1+
37. Kh4 Qg5+ $3 38. Qxg5 hxg5+ $1 {when Black manages to get to the e7-pawn in
time and should be winning.}) 32. fxe6+ {[#] The key moment in the game and
the match. Black has three king moves at his disposal, but only one of them is
sufficient to hold the draw.} Ke8 $2 {The wrong choice, and an excellent
example of how even elite grandmasters can crack when subjected to
psychological pressure - especially when in time trouble. It is hard to
explain conceptually why this move loses, as everything turns on tactics.} ({
It's fairly easy to see that} 32... Kg8 $2 {loses to the direct} 33. e7 {
when Black has no tricks:} Qb6+ 34. Kxf1 Rc1+ 35. Ke2 Rc2+ 36. Kd1 {. No
desperado rook sacrifices work with the queen on e5, so it is time to resign.})
({But} 32... Ke7 {was the only move! It looks crazy to let White take on g7
with check, but concrete analysis shows that Black survives.} 33. Qxg7+ Kd6 34.
Qf8+ (34. e7 {also looks scary, but Black has} Qb6+ 35. Kh1 ({after} 35. Kxf1
Qe3 {Black is fine, as there are no Qg7-f8 mate threats with the with the king
on d6}) 35... Nxg3+ 36. Qxg3+ Kxe7 {when White has to settle for perpetual with
} 37. Qe5+) 34... Kc7 35. e7 {Threatening Qf8-d8 mate. But Black is able to
force a perpetual with} Qb6+ 36. Kxf1 Rc1+ 37. Ke2 Rc2+ 38. Kd1 Rc1+ $3 39.
Kxc1 Qe3+ {and with the queen on f8 instead of g7, it is unable to return and
help the king, so the game should end in a draw.}) 33. Qxg7 {White is down a
rook, but Qg7-f7 and e6-e7 are threatened, and the queen is well placed on g7
to prevent key checks. Black can't save the game.} Qb6+ ({Instead} 33... Qc7 {
was more resillient, but then White can switch gears with} 34. Qg6+ Ke7 35.
Bxf1 {when two pawns are enough for the Exchange, and the threat to the
c4-rook ensures that the e6-pawn will survive.}) 34. Kxf1 Rc1+ 35. Ke2 Re1+ {
A last-ditch try.} 36. Kxe1 Qe3+ 37. Kd1 Qd3+ 38. Kc1 Qe3+ 39. Kb1 Qd3+ 40. Kc1
{Repeating to get to move 40 and get extra time on the clock.} Qe3+ 41. Kb2
Qd2+ 42. Ka1 Qc1+ 43. Ka2 Qc4+ 44. Kb2 Qe2+ 45. Ka1 {A nice geometrical point!
Now the checks will end as the queen is able to come back to b2, and the
bishop controls the f1-square.} Qf1+ {Hoping for a pre-move slip?} 46. Bxf1 {
A fascinating struggle, and one that virtually guaranteed Rapport a spot in
the Candidates.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool A"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2022.03.28"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Nemec"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2022.03.22"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,76,21,12,12,4,7,7,7,-23,3,-32,-32,-11,-8,-16,-18,-10,-9,-15,-9,-2,5,
-8,6,4,1,-3,0,3,8,13,8,3,19,5,-11,-11,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,-41,-41,-60,-73,-70,-30,
-53,-40,-27,8,30,95,49,33,33,33,-13,-13,-21,-13,-50,0,-32,-24,-76,-23,-90,-132,
-120,-125,-222,-248,-279,-287]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 {
Transposing to the Vienna, which Nakamura plays a lot as White - especially in
online games.} Na5 5. Qf3 {A rare move, and a bit of a surprise to Nakamura.
The idea is to place the queen on g3 and create some pressure. Allowing the
capture on c4 is not concerning, as it comes with nice control over the
d5-square.} Nxc4 6. dxc4 d6 {Black can't really get the bishop outside of the
pawn chain, as it would create some problems associated with Qf3-g3 or Bc1-g5.
Instead, Nakamura develops naturally.} 7. Nge2 Be6 8. b3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4
{Gaining space on the queenside, with a4-a5 to come.} Nd7 {Nakamura commented
in the post game interview that he remembered this concept from a game against
Aronian. The idea is to play ...Be7-g5 and trade the dark-squared bishops.} 11.
a5 a6 {A very practical move. With Esipenko playing very fast, Hikaru didn't
want to go for forcing lines where he might fall into some sort of preparation.
} ({The alternative was a pawn sacrifice:} 11... f5 12. exf5 Rxf5 13. Qxb7 Nc5
{when Black has some compensation, but Nakamura said it felt like a gamble.
The engine claims White is clearly better.}) 12. Ng3 {Heading to the g3-square,
helping to prevent the ...f7-f5 break.} Bg5 13. Nf5 Bxc1 14. Raxc1 g6 {Getting
rid of the f5-knight.} ({Here} 14... Bxf5 {is structurally undesirable.
Nakamura correctly judged the position after} 15. exf5 {as difficult to play,
because of White's queenside pressure and the prospect of a kingside pawnstorm
with g2-g4-g5, etc.}) 15. Ne3 c6 {Committal. This controls the d5-square, but
also weakens the d6-pawn on a half-open file.} 16. Ra1 Qe7 ({Nakamura
considered} 16... f5 {, but he didn't like the positions arising after} 17.
exf5 gxf5 18. Qg3+ {.}) 17. Qd1 Rad8 {Deciding to stay solid, while retaining
the option to break with ...f7-f5.} 18. Qd2 Nf6 {[#] Now the ...d6-d5 break is
coming, but Esipenko makes his move first.} 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Nh5 21. Rf3
Qg5 {After the game Nakamura said he initially thought he would be fine in
this position, but he realized that misjudged its dangers. White has nice
attacking chances in this position, mainly due to the weakened dark-square
complex around the black king.} 22. Raf1 Qxa5 {Perhaps a bit greedy, but if
you have to suffer an attack, you might as well take a pawn for your troubles!
The computer assess the position as dynamically balanced, but humans may not
be so sanguine for either side.} 23. g4 Ng7 24. Nf5 {A strong move, increasing
the tension. Nakamura said he started worrying about his position at this
point.} Qe5 ({It is possible to take the knight with} 24... gxf5 {, but it
looks scary to the human eye after} 25. exf5 {when simply returning the
material might be best, i.e.} Bxf5 (25... Bc8 26. Qh6 {leads to a very strong
attack.}) 26. gxf5 f6 {which looks tricky for Black but is probably playable.})
25. Nh6+ {Esipenko spent around 30 minutes on this move.} ({He may have been
calculating the alternative} 25. Ne7+ {, which doesn't work due to} Kh8 26. Qh6
{(with the idea of Rf3-h3)} Rfe8 {(only move!)} 27. Rh3 Nh5 $1 28. gxh5 Rxe7 {
and, up material, Black survives. A difficult line to calculate.}) (25. Qh6 {
is another tricky move, but after} Bxf5 26. gxf5 Nh5 {Black is holding, and
may even be taking over.}) 25... Kh8 {[#]} 26. Nd5 $1 {Fantastic! This puts
Nakamura under considerable pressure. The idea is to play Nd5-f6, when ideas
such as Nf6xh7 and Rf3-h3 appear.} g5 {Preventing White's main idea and
opening the g6-square for the king, but objectively speaking, this is inferior
to taking the knight:} (26... cxd5 27. exd5 Bxd5 28. cxd5 {and now the only
move is} f5 {. Here Nakamura analyzed} 29. Re1 {and found the position
unpleasant. The engine points out that the odd-looking} Qb2 {is enough to hold,
but it's certainly not obvious for a human player to sideline the queen and
then see that after} 30. Re7 Rc8 {the king is safe enough, while Black retains
enough activity to keep the balance.}) 27. Qf2 {Certainly logical, but now
Nakamura finds a stunning defensive resource.} ({The point of Black's 26th
move was to meet} 27. Nf6 {with the immediate} Ne8 {challenging the knight.
Now the sacrifice on h7 doesn't work: after} 28. Nxh7 Kxh7 29. Rh3 Kg6 $1 {
, the black king has the g6-square available and it turns out that the
situation is dynamically balanced.}) ({The engine likes the slow move} 27. c3 {
working to restrict the black queen, but it's understandable that Esipenko
would pass such a move over. Black's problem is that it's hard to find a move,
as the ...f7-f5 pawn break no longer works:} f5 28. gxf5 Bxd5 29. exd5 {
and now with the queen on the d2-square, both Qd2xg5 and f5-f6 are serious
threats.}) 27... f5 $3 {Closing the f-file and preventing any activity by
White's heavy pieces. The move is not only spectacular, but also objectively
best.} 28. gxf5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Nh5 {Now the g5-pawn is safe, and Black has time
to get the knight to the f4-square.} 30. Re1 Qg7 31. Ng4 Nf4 32. f6 Qd7 {[#]}
33. Rxf4 $5 {Interesting, but not 100% necessary. I don't think Esipenko
oversteps here, but such a risky move may not have been the best practical
decision.} ({The alternative was} 33. h3 {, when White had to evaluate} Nxh3+
34. Rxh3 Qxg4+ 35. Rg3 {with equality.}) 33... gxf4 34. Qxf4 Rde8 {Everything
comes down to this position.} 35. Rf1 $4 {A step too far. Now Black's activity
proves overwhelming, and a well-timed ...h7-h5 removes the knight from its
g4-outpost.} ({Esipenko should have headed for a draw by exchanging rooks and
picking up the d6-pawn, i.e.,} 35. Rxe8 Qxe8 ({but not} 35... Rxe8 36. f7) 36.
Qxd6 {and the final touch is the following forced sequence:} Rg8 37. h3 h5 38.
Qe6 $1 {. Here, with the idea of f6-f7, White should save the game.}) 35... Qf7
36. Kh1 Qg6 $6 ({More clinical was} 36... cxd5 {, preventing any c4-c5 ideas.})
37. Rg1 $2 {The final error.} (37. c5 {was the only way to try to stay in the
game, although Black should still be winning after} Qe4+) 37... h5 ({Of course
} 37... Qe4+ $4 {would be a big blunder as after} 38. Qxe4 Rxe4 39. Nh6 {
it is White who wins!}) 38. Ne3 ({Esipenko saw that} 38. Nh6 {failed to} Qxf6
39. Rg8+ Kh7) 38... Rxf6 0-1

[Event "22nd ch-EUR Indiv 2022"]
[Site "Terme Catez SLO"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "6.1 Cheparinov, I."]
[Black "Papp, Ga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbbk2r/p4ppp/2p5/1p2P3/2BNp3/8/PPP2PPP/R1B1K2R w KQkq - 0 10"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2022.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,31,28,22,22,28,21,9,9,8,16,8,30,27,32,26,26,10,58,51,94,165,217,251,
254,259,241,241,326,316,335,358,473,501] [#]} 10. Nxb5 $1 cxb5 11. Bd5 {
The point behind the previous move: the rook on a8 is trapped.} Nd7 12. Bxa8
Nxe5 13. Bxe4 f5 14. Bd5 Bf6 15. O-O Nc4 16. a4 {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "22nd ch-EUR Indiv 2022"]
[Site "Terme Catez SLO"]
[Date "2022.03.29"]
[Round "3.42"]
[White "6.2 Holm, Kristian Stuvik"]
[Black "Vocaturo, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rq1rk1/ppb2pp1/2b1pn1p/8/2BP4/P1NQPN2/1P4PP/3R1RK1 b - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2022.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,60,23,23,29,-5,-5,-5,24,25,29,34,36,31,33,33,23,49,41,26,23,12,7,14,
13,-36,10,15,17,5,0,-21,3,-7,33,-21,-9,-25,-27,-37,-29,-50,-43,-77,-81,-83,-82,
-151,-83,-111,-106,-124,-81,-107,-104,-156,-131,-132,-188,-255,-159,-2371,
-2710] [#]} 21... Bxf3 $1 22. gxf3 Bxh2+ $1 23. Kf2 ({The point of the
combination is revealed after} 23. Kxh2 Qc7+ 24. Kg2 Qxc4 {and Black has won a
pawn.}) 23... Bb8 24. Ba2 Qb6 25. Rd2 e5 26. Rg1 $2 exd4 27. exd4 $2 Kh8 28.
Kf1 Nh5 29. Nd5 Qd6 30. Ke2 Qh2+ {and White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "22nd ch-EUR Indiv 2022"]
[Site "Terme Catez SLO"]
[Date "2022.04.03"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "6.3 Vocaturo, D."]
[Black "Blohberger, Felix"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rr1k1/1p3ppp/2n2n2/1q6/1p1p2b1/1N3NP1/PPQ1PPBP/3RR1K1 b - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2022.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,46,28,17,15,12,13,13,13,-24,3,1,23,15,10,-15,18,22,-3,10,2,12,10,4,-2,
-6,12,-13,-7,-16,-4,-4,-8,5,23,-13,10,-71,-96,-202,-198,-203,-217,-246,-240,
-565,-570,-566,-580] [#]} 18... d3 $1 19. Qc5 $4 ({The alternatives are better:
} 19. exd3 Qd5 20. Nh4 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Qb5 {, and Black has won the exchange.}) (
19. Rxd3 Bf5 {, winning the exchange.}) (19. Qc1 dxe2 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 {and Black
has won a pawn.}) 19... Qxc5 20. Nxc5 dxe2 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. h3 ({White cannot
capture the e2-pawn:} 22. Rxe2 Rd1+ 23. Re1 Bxf3 {and Black is winning.}) 22...
Rd1 23. hxg4 Ne5 {and White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "22nd ch-EUR Indiv 2022"]
[Site "Terme Catez SLO"]
[Date "2022.04.01"]
[Round "6.59"]
[White "6.4 Noe, C."]
[Black "Samunenkov, Ihor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/1pq2ppp/p7/2nb4/3Q4/5N2/PP3PPP/1KR2B1R b - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2022.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,48,28,24,24,-11,13,12,5,-2,3,-17,51,64,42,67,46,27,27,19,70,34,66,75,
83,62,68,64,64,64,62,-43,-40,-65,-65,-185,-176,-176,-163,-176,-177,-177,-182,
-182,-177,-177,-177,-177,-177,-181,-193] [#]} 17... Bxa2+ $1 {The only move to
win.} 18. Kxa2 ({Or} 18. Ka1 Nb3+ 19. Kxa2 Nxc1+ {and Black is winning.}) 18...
Qa5+ 19. Kb1 Nb3 20. Qc3 ({Or} 20. Qf4 Qa1+ 21. Kc2 Nxc1 22. Qxc1 Rac8+ {
and Black is winning.}) 20... Qa1+ 21. Kc2 Nxc1 22. Bc4 Qa4+ 23. b3 Qa2+ 24.
Kxc1 b5 {and White resigned as he stood to lose a piece when ...Rfc8 follows.}
0-1

[Event "TCh-AUT 2021-22"]
[Site "Austria AUT"]
[Date "2022.03.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "6.5 Krassowizkij, J."]
[Black "Bosiocic, Mari"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r1r1k1/1p1b1ppp/pb3n2/3p4/1q1N4/1PNQPPP1/P1R2KBP/R7 b - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2021.11.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SK Sparkasse Goetzis"]
[BlackTeam "SV  - Das Wien - St. Veit"]

{[%evp 0,58,21,17,17,10,10,-18,16,-22,-19,-6,22,-32,19,-11,34,6,36,-25,-23,-34,
-26,-16,-27,-75,-51,-42,-26,-10,-10,-27,-30,-10,-57,-43,-51,-72,-75,-88,-92,
-92,-61,-127,-114,-113,-95,-279,-352,-360,-25,-27,-34,-716,-619,-783,-818,-819,
-831,-831,-831] [#]} 23... Rxe3 $1 24. Kxe3 Bf5 $1 ({This is better than the
game continuation which went} 24... Bxd4+ $2 25. Qxd4 Re8+ 26. Ne4 $4 (26. Kd3
Bf5+ 27. Ne4 dxe4+ 28. fxe4 Qe7 29. Ke2 {would have given White good survival
chances}) 26... Rxe4+ 27. fxe4 Ng4+ 28. Kd3 Bb5+ 29. Rc4 dxc4+ {and White
resigned.}) 25. a3 Qe7+ 26. Ne4 Rd8 {when Black will win material on both pins
of White's knights.} 0-1

[Event "22nd ch-EUR Indiv 2022"]
[Site "Terme Catez SLO"]
[Date "2022.04.04"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "6.6 Martirosyan, Haik M."]
[Black "Nesterov, Arseniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2kr3r/1p1bqpp1/p1n1p2p/P3P3/1bBpNQ2/5N2/1P3PPP/R1R3K1 w - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2022.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,59,28,13,17,-11,30,7,19,5,43,8,35,-2,28,27,67,27,73,54,61,52,65,39,31,
4,-2,-51,-51,-55,62,1,-5,-74,-44,-15,2,81,91,-236,136,89,265,574,233,878,895,
356,363,626,904,872,1440,1535,1535,1535,1526,1707,1736,1759,1419,1419] [#]} 17.
Bxa6 $1 bxa6 ({Or} 17... g5 18. Qg3 {and Black's situation is similarly bad as
the white queen can join the attack along the third rank.}) 18. Nxd4 $1 {
The point behind the sacrifice on a6: the knight on c6 now comes under heavy
fire.} Kb7 19. Qe3 $1 {The queen want to get to b6 with devastating effect.}
Nxd4 ({Or} 19... Nxa5 20. Rxa5 Bxa5 21. Nd6+ Kb8 22. Qb3+ Bb5 23. Nc6+ {
and White wins.}) 20. Qxd4 Rc8 21. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 22. Qb6+ Ka8 23. Qxa6+ Kb8 24.
Qb6+ Ka8 25. exd6 Qg5 ({If} 25... Qd8 {then} 26. Qa6+ ({White also wins after} 
26. Rc7 Rxc7 27. dxc7 Qc8 28. a6) 26... Kb8 27. Rc3 {and it is soon over for
Black.}) 26. Qa6+ Kb8 27. Rc7 $1 Rxc7 28. dxc7+ Kxc7 29. Qb6+ Kc8 30. a6 {
and Black resigned because the a-pawn is unstoppable while the black king is
stuck.} 1-0

[Event "22nd ch-EUR Indiv 2022"]
[Site "Terme Catez SLO"]
[Date "2022.04.02"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "6.7 Brunello, S."]
[Black "Brkic, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rr1k1/p1q2ppp/bp3n2/3P4/Q1p2Pn1/P3PRN1/BB4PP/R5K1 b - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2022.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 19... Nxd5 $1 ({The knight capture is best, but also} 19... Rxe3 $1 20.
Rxe3 Nxe3 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qxa6 Qxf4 23. Re1 Qd4 24. Kh1 Qd2 {leads to a
large advantage for Black. A third option is}) (19... Qc8 $5 20. h3 (20. Qc6
Rxd5 21. Qxc8 Rxc8 {is much better for Black}) 20... Nxe3 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nh5
Nxd5 {is somewhat messy but still better for Black.}) 20. Qxa6 Ndxe3 21. Qb5 a6
$3 ({In the game, Black went wrong with} 21... c3 $4 22. Rc1 a6 23. Rxc3 Qe7
24. Qe2 Qh4 25. h3 Nd1 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rc7+ Re7 28. Qc4+ Kf8 29. Bxg7+ {
and Black resigned.}) 22. Qb4 b5 {White has won a piece for two pawns but due
to his pieces being completely tied up, Black is winning. For instance,} 23.
Qc3 ({Some alternatives are:} 23. h3 Qb6 24. Kh1 Rd3) ({or} 23. Kh1 Nd1 {
and Black is winning.}) 23... f6 24. h3 Nd1 $1 25. Rxd1 ({Or} 25. Qb4 Qb6+ {
and Black is winning.}) 25... Rxd1+ 26. Rf1 Ne3 27. Rxd1 Nxd1 28. Qd2 Nxb2 29.
Qxb2 Qxf4 {and Black is winning.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Grand Prix 3 Pool D"]
[Site "Berlin GER"]
[Date "2022.03.28"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "6.8 Giri, A."]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rr1k1/bpqb1pp1/p1p3np/3p4/PP1PP2P/5NPn/1BQN1PK1/R3RB2 b - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2022.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,60,27,21,21,21,21,21,17,7,7,5,14,-6,-14,-4,16,21,19,32,33,22,22,22,40,
14,19,-1,26,-19,30,-4,7,10,9,4,4,-9,-23,-11,19,-41,-53,-81,-81,-173,-94,-94,
-53,-53,-59,-121,-8,-77,-100,-107,-121,-101,61,-245,-471,-661,-594] [#]} 22...
Ngf4+ $1 ({If Black uses the other knight, White will survive, for instance,} 
22... Nhf4+ 23. Kg1 Nh3+ 24. Bxh3 Bxh3 {and White is only marginally worse.})
23. gxf4 Qxf4 $1 {Now the queen joins the party!} 24. e5 {The threat was ...
Qg4+ followed by ...dxe4. The text move stops it but opens another can of
worms.} Bf5 $1 {Can I come in as well?} 25. Qc3 (25. Qd1 Re6 {is also terrible.
}) 25... Re6 {And me too?} 26. Qe3 Rg6+ 27. Kh1 Qg4 28. Ra3 f6 $1 {The threat
is 29...fxe5 30.Qxe5 Bb8! Yes, they all want to play!} 29. exf6 gxf6 30. h5 Rg7
{and White resigned before Black played ...Bb8, threatening ...Qg1+.} 0-1

[Event "Charity Cup KO 2022"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.03.26"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "6.9 Duda, J."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2864"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2kr1b1r/ppp2bpp/2n2p2/1qN1p3/1P6/3P1NPP/2P2PB1/R2QR1K1 w - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2022.03.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,51,27,21,21,21,21,-36,-22,-6,3,3,-5,4,21,16,24,5,64,55,35,-5,-33,-40,
-29,-41,-17,-24,-29,-29,-29,-13,-56,-90,-105,-92,-104,-96,-103,-102,-102,-97,
-57,58,39,-10,206,211,189,189,189,189,595,599] [#]} 18. Ng5 $1 ({This is best,
but White also gains an advantage after} 18. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 19. Bxb7+ Kb8 20. Bg2
Bxc5 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rb1+ Kc8 23. Bb7+ Kd7 24. d4 {.}) 18... fxg5 19. Qg4+
Kb8 20. Nd7+ Rxd7 21. Qxd7 {White has given up two minor pieces for a rook,
but Black's queen is poorly placed on b5, White is threatening c2-c4 as well
as the bishop on f7. In other words, Black's problems are mounting.} Bxb4 $1 {
The only move to sort of stay alive.} 22. Reb1 $1 a5 $4 ({It was necessary to
play} 22... Nd4 {when} 23. Qxf7 {leaves White with a clear advantage.}) 23.
Bxc6 $1 Qb6 ({Or} 23... Qxc6 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Rxa5 {and Black is hopelessly
lost.}) 24. c3 Rf8 25. cxb4 a4 26. Qe7 {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "e3 lines - Intro"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Welcome to part 4 of my series on the Tarrasch Defense! In parts 2 and 3 we
considered various White setups involving a kingside fianchetto and/or the
move dxc5. In this part we will consider White setups with e2-e3, e.g. the
following common move order:} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 {[#] Before
getting into the theory of these lines, I want to discuss some pawn structures
that can be reached besides the IQP and hanging pawns structures we explored
in part 1. First of all, since White can now respond to ...cxd4 with exd4, it
could be White instead of Black who ends up with the IQP. Don't be afraid of
this role reversal. Playing both sides of standard pawn structures deepens
your understanding of their typical ideas and makes you a more well-rounded
player.  Another structure we haven't discussed yet is the "Panov formation":}
*

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Typical Structure"]
[Black "Panov Formation"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "King"]
[Variant "illegal"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/pp3ppp/8/3p4/2pP4/4P3/PP3PPP/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#] This structure (named after the Panov Attack in the Caro-Kann, where it
arises with reversed colors) is reached after the trade cxd5 / ...exd5 when
Black subsequently advances with ...c4. This is always a voluntary decision,
since Black could have reached an IQP structure instead with something like ...
cxd4 / Nxd4. But in cases where the IQP might be less favorable than usual, or
where the Panov formation might be particularly favorable, it's good to be
familiar with it.  One of Black's main plans in the Panov formation is to
advance further on the queenside with ...b5 and ...b4, perhaps even creating a
passed pawn. Meanwhile White can try to undermine Black's structure with e3-e4
and/or b2-b3. The following example demonstrates all of these ideas:}  *

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lev, Ronen"]
[Black "Korchnoi, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bqk2r/pp2nppp/2n5/2pp4/3P4/2N1PN2/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R b KQkq - 0 8"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1988.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 8... c4 {With the dark-squared bishops already traded, Korchnoi prefers
to avoid the IQP after 8...cxd4, instead entering the Panov formation.} 9. Be2
O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. b3 {Undermining the strong c4-pawn, but Black
can keep it reinforced.} Qa5 $1 13. Rc1 b5 14. bxc4 bxc4 {[#] Black's position
is active and coordinated. White decides to employ his other undermining break
to liquidate the entire center:} 15. e4 $5 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rad8 18.
Rxc4 Qxa2 19. Ra4 Qb2 20. d5 Nxd5 21. Qa1 {Black is up a pawn but White
eventually held a draw after a long defense.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "e3 lines - Theory"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 {[#]} 4. e3 ({White can also develop his
dark-squared bishop before playing e2-e3:} 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 {[#]} ({The
immediate} 5. Bg5 $5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. dxc5 {doesn't give Black time for ...
c4, and after} Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Qxc5 {an IQP structure is reached.} 9. e3 O-O 10.
Be2 Nbc6 11. O-O Rd8 {Black was already preparing the typical ...d5-d4 break
in ½-½ (42) Petrosian,T-Keres,P Voronovo 1952}) 5... Nc6 ({*** An important
move order note here: in this precise position} 5... Nf6 {has long been
thought to be a mistake, as it allows} 6. Bg5 {with a potential e2-e4 break.
But modern players seem less worried about this, and no less than Carlsen
shown faith in positions after} Be6 {. White's most pressing continuation may
be} 7. Bxf6 (7. e4 $5 Be7) (7. e3 c4 {gives us a version of the Panov
structure.}) 7... Qxf6 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Qe2 Be7 {
, when White has an edge, but not much more. Note that this position can also
be reached via the move order 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3.}) 6.
Bf4 (6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7 {could transpose to the previous note, or after}
8. e3 {Black could instead enter the Panov formation with} c4 $5 {as in the
Korchnoi game above.}) (6. g3 {leads to positions seen in the first two
installments of this series, while}) (6. dxc5 {was analyzed last month.}) (6.
e3 Nf6) 6... Nf6 7. e3 c4 $1 {Again the Panov formation is a promising option
for Black.} 8. Be2 Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 Ne7 $5 {Preparing moves like ...Bf5,
...Bxc3, ...Ne4, and ...b5, with good play.}) 4... Nf6 {[#]} 5. Nc3 (5. cxd5
exd5 6. Bb5+ $5 Nc6 {reaches a position from the Nimzo-Indian with reversed
colors, leading to a normal IQP structure:} 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. b3 Bd6
10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. N2f3 Qe7 {Black had a fully
satisfactory development in ½-½ (59) So,W (2822)-Radjabov,T (2710) Shamkir
2017}) 5... Nc6 6. cxd5 (6. Bd3 {loses a tempo after} dxc4 7. Bxc4 {, and now
Black can choose to give White the IQP with} cxd4 ({or play for queenside
expansion with} 7... a6 {followed by ...b7-b5.}) 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O) ({So
instead White often tries the useful waiting move} 6. a3 $5 {although} dxc4 {
is still a good option:} 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qe2 ({Neither} 10.
dxc5 Bxc5 {nor 10.d5 exd5 are threatening for Black.}) 10... cxd4 11. Rd1 Be7
12. exd4 O-O {[#] Now it is White who has the IQP, meaning that Black should
proceed solidly and keep an eye out for the d4-d5 break.} 13. Bg5 ({After the
immediate} 13. d5 $5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 {Black should absorb the
pressure with} Qe8 $1 {followed by ...Bf6.}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 b4 $5 15. axb4
Nxb4 {followed by ...Nbd5 firmly blockading the IQP.}) 6... exd5 {[#]} 7. Be2 (
7. Bb5 {is similar to 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ above.} cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6
10. b3 a6 $5 11. Bxc6 bxc6 {The structure has transformed from IQP to hanging
pawns.} 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rc1 {In ½-½ (13) Matros,A (2364)-King,A (2276)
Charlotte 2021 I made a comfortable short draw, but after the more ambitious}
c5 $5 14. Nf3 Bc6 {Black might even be better.}) 7... cxd4 ({The Panov
formation with} 7... c4 $5 {is an interesting alternative. After} 8. O-O Bb4 9.
Bd2 O-O 10. b3 Bxc3 $5 11. Bxc3 b5 12. Ne5 Qc7 {the position is complex and
unclear.}) 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O {[#] Again we have a standard IQP structure,
which could transform into a hanging pawns structure if White trades on c6.
Either way, Black will have comfortable development, more space, and chances
for a kingside attack if White isn't careful. The following recent online game
of mine is an example of the kind of glory Black dreams of:} 10. b3 Re8 11. Bb2
a6 ({A more solid alternative is} 11... Nxd4 $5 12. Qxd4 Be5 13. Qd3 Bg4) 12.
Rc1 Bc7 13. Na4 Qd6 14. g3 Ne4 $6 ({Correct was the immediate} 14... Bh3) 15.
Qc2 $6 ({Better was} 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qd4 $1 {when Black no longer has time
for} Qh6 $4 {due to} 17. Rxc6 $1) 15... Bh3 16. Rfe1 $2 {Missing Black's reply;
necessary was 16.Rfd1 with equality.} Ba5 $1 17. Red1 Nb4 $1 18. Qb1 Qh6 19. a3
$2 {19.f4 was the last try to hold on. [#]} Nxf2 $1 20. axb4 Qxe3 21. Rc3 Nd3+
22. Kh1 Qf2 $1 23. Bf1 Nxb2 24. Qxb2 Bg2+ $1 25. Bxg2 Re1+ {0-1 (25)
Goodness_1 (2461)-King,A (2618) Online 2022  May you find similar glory in
your own Tarrasch games! In part 5 next month we will cover various sidelines
and move orders including the London, Reti, and English.} *

[Event "Moscow GM3"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Mitenkov, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 cxd4 8.
exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. Qh3
Ne7 15. Bg5 Ng6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qe7 20. Rfe1
f5 21. Nc3 Qg5 22. d5 Nf4 23. Qf3 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Qxd5 Qf6
27. Qd2 f4 28. h3 Rd8 29. Qb4 a5 30. Qe4 f3 31. g3 Qe6 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. b3 e5
34. Rxe5 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rf1 36. Rg5+ Kh8 37. g4 Rxf2+ 38. Kg3 Rb2 39. Rb5 f2 40.
Kg2 f1=Q+ 41. Kxf1 Rh2 42. a4 Rxh3 43. Rxb6 Kg7 44. g5 Rf3+ 45. Ke2 Rf8 46. Kd3
Rf3+ 47. Ke4 Rf8 48. Rb5 Ra8 49. Rb6 Rf8 50. Ke5 Ra8 51. Kd5 Rf8 52. Kc6 Kg6
53. Rb5 Rf5 54. Rxf5 Kxf5 55. Kb5 Kxg5 {[#]} 56. b4 axb4 57. Kxb4 1-0

[Event "GM"]
[Site "Augsburg GER"]
[Date "2005.01.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rogers, I.."]
[Black "Bromberger, S.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Qf3 Qb6 8. Nb3
Nc6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. Bd3 g6 15.
Nd4 Na5 16. f5 b4 17. Ncb5 axb5 18. Bxb5+ Kd8 19. fxe6 Bg7 20. e5 Bxe5 21. Bf4
Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Nd5 23. Nc6+ Qxc6 24. e7+ Kc7 25. Qxf7 Qxb5 26. e8=Q+ Bd7 27.
Qxb8+ Rxb8 28. Rxd5 Qc6 29. Rhd1 Nc4 30. R5d4 Ne5 31. Qf6 Bf5 32. Rxd6 Qxc2+
33. Ka1 Nd7 34. Rxd7+ Bxd7 35. Qd6+ Kb7 36. Qxd7+ Ka6 37. b3 Rb6 38. Qd5 Rc6
39. Qd4 Qc3+ 40. Qxc3 Rxc3 41. Rd4 Kb5 42. Rh4 Rc5 43. a3 bxa3 44. Ka2 Rxg5 45.
Rxh7 {[#]} Rh5 46. Rxh5+ gxh5 47. Kxa3 h4 $1 (47... Ka5 48. h4 Kb5 {[#]} 49.
Kb2 (49. b4 Ka6 50. Kb3 Kb5 51. Kc3 Kb6 52. Kd4 Kb5 53. Ke5 Kxb4 54. Kf5 Kc5
55. Kg6 Kd6 56. Kxh5 Ke7 57. Kg6 Kf8) 49... Kb4 50. Kc2 Kb5 51. Kd3 $1 (51. Kc3
Kc5 52. b4+ Kb5 53. Kb3 Kb6 54. Kc4 Kc6 55. Kd4 Kb5 56. Ke5 Kxb4 57. Kf5 Kc5
58. Kg5 Kd6 59. Kxh5 Ke7 60. Kg6 Kf8) 51... Kb4 52. Ke4 Kxb3 53. Kf5 Kc4 54.
Kg5 Kd5 55. Kxh5 Ke6 56. Kg6 Ke7 57. Kg7) 48. h3 Ka5 49. Kb2 Kb4 50. Kc2 Kb5
51. Kd3 Kb4 52. Ke4 Kxb3 53. Kf4 Kc4 54. Kg4 Kd5 55. Kxh4 Ke6 56. Kg5 Kf7 {
[#] Black gets back in time.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 e6 7. Nf4 Bd6 8.
Ngh5 Bxh5 9. Nxh5 g6 10. Ng3 Nf6 11. c3 Nbd7 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. Bg5
Kg7 15. O-O h6 16. Be3 c5 17. Bb3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 19. Rad1 h5 20. h3 Nb6 21.
Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qd7 23. Rfe1 Nd5 24. Bg5 Rfe8 25. Qf3 Kg8 26. g3 Bf8 27. Bxd5
exd5 28. Kg2 Bg7 29. Bf6 Re6 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Re5 Rc2 32. Rxd5 Qc6 33. Rf5
Qxf3+ 34. Rxf3 Rxb2 35. a3 Ree2 36. Rdd3 Rbd2 37. Rc3 Re7 38. Rfd3 Rxd3 39.
Rxd3 Kf6 40. Kf3 Ke6 41. Re3+ Kd6 42. Ke2 g5 43. Kd3 Rxe3+ 44. fxe3 f5 45. h4
gxh4 46. gxh4 Kd5 47. a4 b6 48. Kc3 a6 49. Kd3 a5 50. Kc3 Ke4 {[#]} 51. Kc4 (
51. Kd2 f4 52. exf4 Kxd4 53. f5 Ke5 54. Ke3 Kxf5 55. Kf3 {[#]} Ke5 56. Ke3 Kd5
57. Kd3 Kc5 58. Kc3 b5 (58... Kc6 59. Kc4 Kd7 60. Kd3) 59. axb5 Kxb5 60. Kb3
Kc5 (60... a4+) 61. Ka4 Kd4 62. Kxa5 Ke4 63. Kb4 Kf4 64. Kc4 Kg4 65. Kd3 Kxh4
66. Ke2 Kg3 67. Kf1) 51... Kxe3 52. d5 f4 53. d6 f3 54. d7 f2 55. d8=Q f1=Q+
56. Kc3 Qc1+ 57. Kb3 Qb1+ 58. Kc3 Qb4+ 59. Kc2 Qxa4+ 60. Kb1 Qb3+ 61. Ka1 Qa3+
62. Kb1 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pirrot, Dieter"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Qd8 9. Qb3 Qc8 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxe2 12. Ncxe2 Nbd7 13. O-O a6 14. Qg3
Qxc4 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Bf4 N7f6 17. Be5 Rd8 18. b3 Qc8 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Nf3 Ne4
21. Qh4 f5 22. Rc7 Nxc7 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Bxc3 Rd1+ 26. Kh2 Bd6+
27. g3 O-O 28. Ng5 h6 29. Qh5 Bxg3+ 30. fxg3 Rd7 31. Nf3 Nd5 32. Be5 Ne7 33.
Nd4 Rc8 34. h4 Rd5 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Nxe6+ Kf6 37. Qxh6+ Ke5 38. Nc7 Rxc7 39.
Qf4+ Ke6 40. Qxc7 Rd7 41. Qb6+ Ke5 42. Qe3+ Kf6 43. Qg5+ Ke6 44. h5 Nd5 45. g4
fxg4 46. Qxg4+ Kd6 47. Qg6+ Ke5 48. Qg5+ Ke6 49. Qg4+ Ke7 50. Qe4+ Kd8 51. Qf5
Ke7 52. h6 Nf6 53. h7 Nxh7 54. Qxh7+ Kd8 55. Qg8+ Kc7 56. Kg3 Rd6 57. Kf4 b6
58. b4 Rd4+ 59. Ke5 Rd8 {[#]} 60. Qxd8+ $4 Kxd8 61. Kd6 b5 62. Kc6 a5 $1 (62...
a5 63. a3 axb4 64. axb4 Kc8 65. Kxb5 Kb7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lisbon POR"]
[Site "Lisbon POR"]
[Date "2018.02.05"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Santos, Jose Guilherme B Li"]
[Black "Ozturk, Ku"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2098"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2018.02.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a4 h6 11. Na3 O-O 12. Be3 exd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. d5 c6 15. dxc6
Bxc6 16. Bd5 Bxe3 17. Rxe3 Bxd5 18. exd5 b4 19. Nc2 Nc4 20. Re1 Qa5 21. Qd4
Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Rad1 b3 24. Na3 Nxa3 25. Rxd5 Nc4 26. Nd2 Rfe8 27. Rxe8+
Rxe8 28. g3 Re1+ 29. Kg2 Rd1 30. Rd4 Nxd2 31. Rxd6 a5 32. f4 Rc1 33. Rxd2 Rc2
34. Rf2 f5 35. Kf1 Rc4 36. Rf3 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Rc2+ 38. Rf2 Kf7 39. Kf3 Kf6 40.
Ke3 Rc4 41. Kd3 Rxa4 42. Kc3 Rb4 43. Rd2 Ke6 44. Rd4 Rxd4 45. Kxd4 g5 46. Kc5
gxf4 47. gxf4 a4 48. Kb4 Kd5 49. Kxa4 Ke4 50. Kxb3 Kxf4 51. Kc2 Ke3 52. Kd1 Kf2
53. b4 f4 54. b5 f3 55. b6 Kg1 56. b7 f2 57. b8=Q f1=Q+ 58. Kd2 Qf2+ 59. Kd3
Qf3+ 60. Kd2 h5 {[#] Can White force a draw with} 61. Qg3+ {No! After} Qxg3 62.
hxg3 Kf2 $1 {the white king did not make it to the corner} (62... Kg2 $2 63.
Ke2 Kxg3 64. Kf1) 0-1

[Event "WchT U26"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cramling, Dan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1981.08.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3 O-O
9. b4 axb4 10. axb4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nb5 Ng4 13. O-O Re8 14. Bb2 c5 15.
Qc2 Qe7 16. Rbe1 Bf5 17. h3 Ne5 18. e4 dxe3 19. Rxe3 Ra2 20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. Nc3
Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Rxb2 23. Qxb2 Nxd3 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qd2 Qe1+ 26. Qxe1 Nxe1 27.
Nd5 cxb4 28. Nxb4 Nxg2 29. Kxg2 f5 30. f4 Kf7 31. Kf3 Ke6 32. g4 Bd4 33. Nd5
Ba7 34. Nc7+ Kd7 35. Nd5 Bd4 36. Nb4 Bg7 37. Ke3 Bb2 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Nd5 Bg7
40. Kd3 Ke6 41. Nc7+ Kf7 42. Nd5 Bf6 43. Ke2 Bd8 44. Ne3 Ke6 45. Kd3 Bb6 46.
Nd5 Bg1 47. Nc7+ Kd7 48. Nd5 Bh2 49. Ke3 Kc6 50. Ne7+ Kc5 51. Nxf5 d5 52. cxd5
Kxd5 53. Nh4 b5 54. Nf3 Bg3 55. Nd2 Be1 56. Nb3 Kc4 57. Nc1 Bc3 58. Nd3 Kd5 59.
Nc1 Bb2 60. Nb3 Bf6 61. Kd3 b4 62. Nd2 Bg7 63. f5 Ke5 64. Kc4 Bf8 65. Nf3+ Kxf5
66. Nd4+ Ke4 67. h4 Bd6 68. h5 Kf4 69. Nc2 Kg5 {[#]} 70. h6 Kxh6 71. Nxb4 Bxb4
72. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad-Moscow m"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 {[#]} 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4
8. Bd3 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 d5 12. Be3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14.
Rac1 Rd8 15. f4 Bd7 16. Qe1 b6 17. Qf2 Rdb8 18. f5 Qc8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4
Nc6 21. fxe6 Bxe6 22. Bxe6 {[#]} 1-0

[Event "ABC-374"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r2/3k1q2/8/3b4/8/3Q4/6PP/3R2K1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "ABC-374"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6k1/8/5b2/8/8/PPP5/1KQq4 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "ABC-374"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6k1/8/6n1/4b3/5p2/5PPP/2Q4K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "ABC-374"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r6/8/1b6/8/8/R1p5/PP1k4/KB6 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "ABC-374"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6k1/8/4r3/2B2n2/8/5PPP/5RKR b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "ABC-374"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/5PbQ/6P1/4q3/8/PPPr4/RKR5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Watson"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[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. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. Bc2 g6 15. d5
Nb8 {Soltis is superb at explaining positional ideas concisely. He argues
against 15...Ne7 as follows: "The reason is that after 15 d5, White will play
16 c4 and aim for c4-c5. A Black knight on d7, after 15...Nb8!, will help
deter that." He includes a short excerpt with 15...Ne7 to illustrate his point.
} 16. c4 c6 17. b3 Bh6 18. a4 b4 {[#]} 19. dxc6 {Soltis gives this an '!' and
says: "White can pursue two promising plans after this: He can pressure the
d6-pawn with his heavy pieces (Qd2/Rad1). At the same time, he can wait for
the right/ moment to plant a knight on d5.} ({After the more commonly-played} 
19. Nf1 {, Soltis gives} Bxc1 20. Rxc1 c5 $1 {That's a legitimate
consideration, but I'm not sure that Navara would choose 20...c5, because
Black has no realistic way to make progress, whereas White with his space
advantage can probe indefinitely with a combination of piece play on the
kingside combined with potential f4 and h4 advances.}) 19... Bxc6 {Presumably
prepared as a surprise. Everyone else here has played} (19... Nxc6 {, after
which Soltis gives} 20. Nf1 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Qe7 {[Go to 22 Qd2]} (21... Re6 $1
22. Ne3 Nd7 $11 {also looks fine, or here [22...a5]} (22... a5 23. Qd2 Nd7 (
23... Rc8 $11) 24. Rcd1 Nc5 25. Nd5 Re8 {intending ...Ne6. White's bishop on
c2 is a liability, compensating for his opponent's weakness on d6. This
comfortable play for Black makes one question whether 19 dxc6 deserves that
'!'.})) 22. Qd2 a5 23. Ne3 {intending 23...Rad8 24 Nd5. He rightly points out
that} Nd8 $1 {is an effective alternative, hitting e4, when} 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25.
cxd5 Nb7 $11 {secures the c5 outpost. More thematically [Go to 21...Re6!]}) 20.
Nf1 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 {Soltis: 'The d6-pawn is the poster child for a backward
pawn on an open file." True, but White has a bad bishop and Black has two
potentially powerful outposts on c5 and d4, so the position is also
illustrative of why Black routinely accepts such backward pawns.} a5 ({Soltis
gives} 21... Qe7 22. Qd2 a5 {('?', but it's the best try)} 23. Rcd1 Rd8 (23...
Ra7 $1 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Kg7 {leaves Black a pawn down, but he has the
better minor pieces, e.g.,} 26. Ng3 Nfd7 27. Red1 Nc5 $14) 24. c5 $1 {, when}
d5 25. Qg5 $1 {is strong. Here [GO to 23..Ra7!]}) ({Another solution is} 21...
Bb7 $1 22. c5 (22. Qd2 a5 23. Rcd1 Ra6 24. c5 Rc6 25. cxd6 Re6) 22... Nc6 (
22... dxc5 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxe5 Nc6 $11) 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. cxd6 Rad8 25. Red1
Re6 26. Ne3 Rexd6 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Nc4 Rd8 $11) 22. c5 $1 d5 $5 (22... Bb7 {
is a good option, with the idea} 23. cxd6 Ra6) 23. exd5 Qxd5 24. Qxd5 Bxd5 25.
Nxe5 Nbd7 26. Nxd7 Nxd7 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Ne3 Be6 {[#]} 29. Bd3 {Soltis:
"Caruana called this his 'best practical chance'. The is grandmaster-speak for
'the best attempt to win a probably drawn position'. White is offering a pawn
to break the blockade."} Rc8 ({With the clock ticking,} 29... Bxb3 30. c6 Nb6
31. c7 {looks too risky (31...Bxa4 32 Nd5!), but} Be6 {isn't so bad. After 29..
.Rc8, White should keep a serious advantage. The play isn't perfect in time
pressure, but the c-pawn allows White o prevail in the end:}) 30. c6 Rc7 31.
Bb5 Nb6 32. Rb1 Kf8 33. Nc2 $1 Ke7 34. Nd4 Bd5 35. Rd1 Kd6 36. Ba6 Kc5 37. Bb7
(37. Nb5 $1) 37... Re7 38. f3 Re3 39. Kf2 Rc3 $2 40. h4 $1 Bxb3 41. Nxb3+ Rxb3
42. c7 Rc3 43. Rd5+ Kc4 44. Rxa5 Kb3 (44... Kb3 45. Rb5 $1 {is winning.}) 1-0

[Event "USCF/WS/20A01 (USA)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2020.03.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stephenson, Mark"]
[Black "Miettinen, Kristo S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. h4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bd7 11. Kb1 a6 12. f3 Bc6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Bd3 b5
15. Ne2 Nd7 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. g4 Bb7 18. Qh2 h6 19. Be2 Re8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21.
Rhe1 Ng6 22. h5 Nf8 23. Bd3 e5 24. Nf5 Qc7 25. c3 Ne6 26. Bc2 Rcd8 27. Bb3 Ng5
28. Rd3 Rd7 29. Red1 Red8 30. Qh1 a5 31. Bd5 Ba6 32. Rc1 Kh7 33. Qf1 a4 {
White is happy to give up the exchange for a pawn and better structure. This
is a good example of where the engine alone won't find the best moves - the
compensation isn't immediately obvious, but a human can 'help' the computer
see it.} 34. a3 Qb6 35. Qd1 b4 36. axb4 Bxd3+ 37. Qxd3 Ne6 38. Ka2 Nf4 39. Qd2
Rb8 40. Ne3 Rc8 41. Ka3 Ne6 42. Rd1 Kh8 43. g5 $5 Nxg5 44. Nf5 Kh7 45. Qe1 Qc7
46. Qg3 Rb8 47. Ne3 Rf8 48. Qg4 Rdd8 {Black is reduced to shuffling his pieces
while White prepares to open the position.} 49. f4 exf4 50. Qxf4 Rfe8 51. Nf5
Re5 52. Qg3 Ne6 53. Rg1 Ng5 54. Qd3 Qa7 55. Rg4 Qd7 56. Rg3 Rde8 57. c4 Qc7 58.
Qd2 Rg8 59. Rg2 Rf8 60. Rg1 Rb8 61. Rg4 Kh8 62. Rxg5 $1 hxg5 63. Qxg5 f6 64.
Qg3 {After a second exchange sacrifice, White is winning, but curiously, Leela
does not see the danger. (Stockfish, however, is fully aware!)} Qa7 65. Nxd6
Rxh5 66. b5 Qc5+ 67. Kxa4 Kh7 68. Nf5 Qa7+ 69. Kb4 Rd8 70. Qe3 Qd7 71. Qc5 g6
72. Qe7+ Qxe7+ 73. Nxe7 Re8 74. Nc6 Rh2 75. b3 g5 76. Nd4 Kg6 77. c5 g4 78. b6
Re2 79. Nxe2 1-0

[Event "USCF/WS/20A01 (USA)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2020.03.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leonard, Andrew"]
[Black "Burmeister, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bb5 $5 Na5 12. Rc1 Be6 13. d5 Bd7 14. Bxd7
Qxd7 15. c4 e6 16. Ng3 Nb7 17. Re1 e5 $6 18. a4 Rae8 19. f3 f5 20. Bd2 Qf7 {[#]
} 21. Nh1 {The start of some very interesting reorganization on the kingside,
culminating in a thoroughly modern opening of the g-file.} Nd6 22. Nf2 Rb8 23.
Kh1 Kh8 24. Qc2 Rb7 25. Re2 Re8 26. Rce1 f4 27. Rg1 Rc8 28. Ree1 g5 29. g3 Qh5
30. Qd3 a6 31. gxf4 gxf4 32. Rg4 b5 33. cxb5 axb5 34. Reg1 Qe8 35. Qf1 b4 36.
a5 Rf7 37. a6 Ra8 38. Nd3 1-0

[Event "USCF/WS/21A01 (USA)"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2021.03.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Horwitz, Daniel M."]
[Black "Corkum, Tim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2291"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 a6 8.
Ne5 Bd6 9. Be2 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1+ 11. Bxd1 {It seems hard to believe that
Black could lose this position, but even at correspondence time controls, the
bishops and space can be a potent mix.} Nd5 12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 h6 14. c4 Ne7 15.
Bd2 O-O-O 16. Bc3 Bc6 17. f3 b5 18. Kf2 bxc4 19. Rh4 Bd5 20. Be2 g6 21. Rah1 g5
22. Rg4 Kb7 23. f4 gxf4 24. Rxf4 Rdg8 25. Rh2 Rg5 26. g4 Nc6 27. Rxf7 Nxe5 28.
Rf4 Kc6 29. Kg3 Kd6 30. Kh4 Rhg8 31. Rh3 c5 32. Rg3 Ke7 33. Re3 Kd6 34. Bd1 Bb7
35. Rg3 Ke7 36. Re3 Kd6 37. b4 cxb3 38. axb3 Bd5 39. Be1 Nc6 40. Rf6 Ne5 41.
Rg3 R5g7 42. Bc3 Rh7 43. Bc2 Rhh8 44. b4 c4 45. Bd4 Nd7 46. Rf1 e5 47. Bb2 Rf8
48. Bf5 Be6 49. Rd1+ Ke7 50. b5 1-0

[Event "Golden Knights 93NS29"]
[Site "Correspondence"]
[Date "1994.11.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Title, Rich"]
[Black "Zechiel, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Zechiel"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL 06.2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. h5
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 {So far we have been following Pilnick-Olivera, Mar de Plata
1948, but his next move is new to me.} 10. Rb1 a6 11. Nf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4
13. Bd3 Nec6 14. h6 g6 15. Bg5 Qa5+ 16. Kf1 Nxf3 17. Qxf3 f5 {As I recall,
this last move was a desperate attempt to keep white off of the weak black
squares around the king.} 18. exf6 Kf7 19. Qg3 e5 20. c4 Rb8 21. cxd5 Qxd5 22.
Rh4 Be6 23. Bc4 Qd7 24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. Re4 Qd5 26. Rbe1 Rhe8 27. f4 exf4 28.
Qxf4 {It was around here that I looked deep into the game and saw the final
board position. I had his bishop on a different square (but the same long
diagonal, and that didn't affect the final outcome). Also, at around this time,
I had business in Boston, and made arrangements to meet Rich for lunch. We
split several games of blitz, but did not discuss our ongoing game, and I
certainly did not hint that I thought I knew the ending.} Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Qf5 30.
g4 Qxf4+ 31. Bxf4 Re8 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 33. Ke2 Kf7 34. g5 b5 35. Kd3 a5 36. Bd6 a4
37. Kc3 Ke6 38. Bf4 Kf7 39. Bd2 Ke6 40. Kd3 Kf7 41. Ke4 Ke6 42. Bc3 Kd6 43. f7
{This appears decisive, but there's still play left.} Ke7 44. Kd5 {[#] Now
comes MY BEST MOVE!} b4 $1 {I offered a draw with 44...b4, and my opponent
accepted pretty quickly. It's not obvious at first glance why this should be a
draw. White threatens the knight and it appears he will clean up the queen
side pawns. But, the white pawns on a3 and f7 are both subject to capture.
Black can give up his a- and b-pawns and his knight! for those two white pawns,
then run for cover behind the g- and h-pawns, where it will be impossible for
white to extract him.} 1/2-1/2

