[Event "Spring Chess Classic B"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2022.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4kpn1/4p3/2pb2K1/3q3p/1P1B3P/3QR1P1/8 b - - 0 46"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[#] Mr.Cohen, I appreciate your interest and detailed review of our content
in chess Life. Readers like you make us work with more motivation to provide
the highest possible quality of chess for you.} 46... Qf6+ $6 (46... f5 $4 47.
Qb2 $18 {(Moradiabadi)}) (46... e5 $1 47. Qe3 (47. Bc2) 47... Ne6+ 48. Kh6 Bxb3
49. Bf5 Bc4 50. Re1 Kf6 {(Moradiabadi)}) ({Cohen gives} 46... e5 {I am going
to comment thoroughly on your line.} 47. Bc2 {Black's next move is relatively
forced.} (47. Bc4 Ne6+ 48. Kh6 Bxc4 49. bxc4 Qxc4 {? (JH)} (49... f6 $145 $1
50. Qxd4 $140 cxd4 $19) 50. Rxe5) 47... Ne6+ 48. Kh6 {Instead Black can play
the strong.} Kd6 $145 $1 $19 {[#] Now by looking at the board we can see that
Black is totally dominant. Should White change the queens Black will recapture
with the c-pawn and after} (48... Bb7 $2 {This isthe move you suggest in your
analysis. I am afraid that won't be Black's response in this position because
it is simply a waste of precious tempo.}) 49. Qxd4 (49. Qa5 {loses to} Qf4+ 50.
Kh7 Nf8+ 51. Kg7 Qg5+ 52. Kxf8 Qh6+ 53. Ke8 Qh8#) (49. Rf2 {loses to} e4 {
in the same fashion.}) 49... cxd4 50. Rf2 {an attempt on an active counter
play but Black continues his pawn avalanch with} (50. b4 {This is another try
but it lets Black to play} Bc4 51. Rd2 Kd5 {and now e4-e3 and subsequently e2
is an unstoppable sequence.}) 50... e4 51. Rxf7 d3 52. Bd1 e3 {I hope you find
the explanation sufficient for why the line in here was not mentioned in here
was not in the published content. White is now unable to stop Black pawns and
as you can see White has to concede collosal amount of material to just stop
Black from promoting his pawn.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Carlsen-Anand +3-1=7"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6rr/1k3p2/1pb1p1np/p1p1P2R/2P3R1/2P1B3/P1B2PP1/2K5 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2014.11.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 26. Kd2 a4 (26... Nxe5 27. Rxg8 Nxc4+ 28. Kd3 Nb2+) 27. Ke2 a3 28. f3 Rd8
29. Ke1 Rd7 30. Bc1 Ra8 31. Ke2 Ba4 32. Be4+ Bc6 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Rxg6 Ba4 35.
Rxe6 Rd1 36. Bxa3 Ra1 37. Ke3 Bc2 38. Re7+ Ka6 39. Rxh6 Rxa2 40. Bxc5 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Epinal"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Andruet, Gilles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Be3
Nd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. g4 Bg6 11. d4 Bb6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 Qf6 14. Rad1 h5
15. Rd2 hxg4 16. hxg4 Nc5 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. Nh4 Bh7 19. Rfd1 f6 20. Nf5 Qg8 21.
Be3 Bxf5 22. exf5 Rh3 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Qe4 Qf8 25. Qxc6+ Kf7 {[#]} 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.01.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gresser, Gisela Kahn"]
[Black "Bykova, Elisaveta I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1949.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Qe7 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
Be2 O-O-O 9. Bg5 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 c6 12. Qf5+ Kb8 13. Rfd1 h6 14.
Be3 Qc7 15. Rd4 Be7 16. Ra4 b6 17. b4 Qd7 18. b5 Qxf5 19. exf5 c5 20. Re1 Rd7
21. Bf4 Kb7 22. Ne4 d5 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24. Ra3 d4 25. Rd3 Rhd8 26. g4 Rd5 27. a4
a6 28. bxa6+ Kxa6 29. Rb3 c4 30. Rb4 Rc8 31. Reb1 Bd8 32. Kf1 Rcc5 33. Ke1 b5
34. axb5+ Rxb5 35. Rxb5 Rxb5 36. Rxb5 Kxb5 37. Be5 Bf6 38. Bxf6 gxf6 39. f4 Kc5
40. h4 Kd5 {[#]} 41. g5 (41. h5 Ke4 $2 (41... Kd6 42. g5 fxg5 43. fxg5 Ke7) 42.
g5 fxg5 43. fxg5 Kxf5 44. gxh6 Kf6 45. Kd2) 41... fxg5 42. fxg5 hxg5 43. hxg5 (
43. h5 Ke5 44. h6 Kf6 45. Ke2 g4) 43... Ke5 44. g6 fxg6 45. fxg6 Kf6 46. Kf2
Kxg6 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. Kf2 Kf4 49. Ke2 Ke4 50. Kd2 Kf3 51. Kd1 Ke3 52. Ke1 c3 53.
Kd1 Kf2 0-1

[Event "British CF-15 London International"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1922.08.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Morrison, John Stuart"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C32"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3R4/p4k2/1p3np1/2p4p/2b5/2P4P/2PBNKP1/r7 b - - 0 35"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 35... Rd1 36. Ng3 h4 0-1

[Event "British CF-15 London International"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1922.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atkins, Henry Ernest"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6pk/1p1q3p/2p2p2/4bP2/1PR1P1P1/4Q2P/3r1NK1 b - - 0 56"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 56... b5 57. Qxb5 (57. Z0 b4 58. Rc4 Rb1) 57... Qd2 0-1

[Event "British CF-15 London International"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1922.08.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D67"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7p/4k3/2n3PP/pp3P2/4P3/P2K4/8 b - - 0 41"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 41... Kf5 42. Kc2 Ne4 43. g6 (43. Kd3 b3 44. axb3 axb3) 43... hxg6 44.
hxg6 Kxg6 45. Kd3 Kf5 46. Kc2 (46. Kc4 b3 47. axb3 a3) 46... Ke6 0-1

[Event "British CF-15 London International"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1922.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wahltuch, Victor Leonard"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6r1/4k3/1p2p3/p1rp1p1p/P2RpP2/1KP1R1PP/1P6/8 b - - 0 34"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 34... h4 35. gxh4 e5 36. fxe5 f4 37. Re1 Ke6 38. c4 Kxe5 39. Rxd5+ Rxd5
40. cxd5 f3 0-1

[Event "British CF-15 London International"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1922.08.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Marotti, Davide"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3Rn1rk/p4Q1p/2p2r1b/4qN2/4p3/6P1/PP3B1P/4R1K1 w - - 0 33"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 33. Nxh6 (33. Qxf6+ Qxf6 34. Bd4) 33... Rf8 (33... Rxf7 34. Nxf7+) 34.
Qxf8+ Rxf8 35. Bd4 1-0

[Event "British CF-15 London International"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1922.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yates, Frederick Dewhurst"]
[Black "Wahltuch, Victor Leonard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn2Q3/5pkp/2p2q2/3p1Pp1/3N4/2P5/6PP/5RK1 w - - 0 30"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1922.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 30. Ne6+ Kh6 31. Qf8+ Kh5 32. Ng7+ Kh4 33. Ne8 (33. Qb4+) 33... Na6 34.
Qg8 Qh6 35. Rf3 Kg4 36. h3+ Kh4 37. Rf4+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Part 5"]
[Black "Intro"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Welcome back to my Tarrasch Defense series! In this installment, we wrap up
our theoretical coverage with a discussion of various sidelines and move order
considerations, including when White avoids the Queen's Gambit or even avoids
1.d4 entirely. Of course this series cannot cover every possible sideline and
move order, but I will at least introduce White's major options and how I
recommend a Tarrasch player meet them. I hope you will see what I meant in
Part 1 when I described the Tarrasch as "a near-universal setup against...
pretty much everything except 1.e4."  We begin with a few loose ends in the
Tarrasch proper:} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 ({An example of how the Tarrasch
covers a multitude of White setups is that the Exchange Variation of the
Queen's Gambit has no independent significance against it - that is, if White
tries to force the Exchange Variation immediately with} 3. cxd5 exd5 {then
after} 4. Nc3 {(4.Nf3 is the same.)} c5 {we are in the normal Tarrasch
position reached below after 4.cxd5 exd5.}) 3... c5 4. cxd5 (4. Nf3 {appears
natural but in my experience is played primarily by players who are just
making it up as they go along.} cxd4 $1 5. Nxd4 Nf6 {White already has to be
careful not to get rolled over in the center:} 6. Bg5 (6. cxd5 Nxd5 {is equal,
and} 7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 e5 $5 9. Nb5 a6 $1 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {even leaves Black
with a slightly better pawn structure.}) (6. e3 {is similar to the lines
considered in Part 4.}) 6... e5 $5 7. Nf3 d4 8. Ne4 $4 ({Better is} 8. Nd5 Be7
{but Black is still at least equal.}) 8... Nxe4 $1 {[#] Similar to the famous
"Elephant Trap" in the Exchange Variation of the Queen's Gambit.} 9. Bxd8 Bb4+
10. Nd2 Bxd2+ {Black wins back the queen and remains up a piece. I have won
several games with this trap, and you probably will too if you play the
Tarrasch long enough.}) 4... exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 {The kingside fianchetto is
White's main setup, and was already covered in Parts 2 and 3. It is also
frequently reached when White plays non-1.d4 first moves such as 1.Nf3/1.c4/1.
g3 as discussed below. One important variation which we have not considered
yet is a White double fianchetto:} Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 {[#]} Bg4 ({
Also possible is} 9... Ne4 $5 {but the setup with ...Bg4 and ...Re8 is more
universally applicable (e.g. against White move orders with a delayed Nc3) and
more analogous to Black's setup in the main lines from Parts 2 and 3.}) 10. Bb2
Re8 11. dxc5 ({Less threatening is} 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qd7 {with normal
harmonious development.}) 11... Bxc5 12. Rc1 ({Against} 12. Na4 {I recommend
the same ultra-safe retreating square} Bf8 {. Note that the d5-pawn is
indirectly defended:} 13. Bxf6 $6 Qxf6 14. Qxd5 Rxe2 {and White has
relinquished the bishop pair for nothing.}) 12... Bf8 {Here this bishop is
safe from trades and doesn't interfere with any of Black's major pieces. White
has several ways to continue, but here is one example of Black's resources:}
13. h3 Bf5 $5 {Usually we retreat this bishop to e6, but here we can afford to
post it more actively, since White has less pressure than usual on our d5-pawn.
} 14. e3 Nb4 $1 {Taking advantage of the weakened d3-square.} 15. Ne1 Ne4 16.
a3 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Nc6 {and Black was fine in "Shapkin" - King, Internet 2020,
since if Black's d5-pawn falls, so will White's h3-pawn.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "London"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,22,19,9,26,29,30,14,99,41,34,40,49,32,45,28,28,0,10,8,-7,-6,-1,-1,23]
We now come to lines with 1.d4 but without the Queen's Gambit move c2-c4. This
includes the extremely popular London System, as well as the somewhat less
common Colle, Torre, and Trompowsky. Again, I cannot cover every detail of
each of these systems, but I will show you the basics of how to meet them with
the standard Tarrasch moves ...e6 and ...c5.} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 {[#] The London
System.} e6 3. e3 (3. Nf3 {will almost certainly transpose to the main line, e.
g.} c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 {transposing to below.}) ({Against the trendy
"Jobava London"} 3. Nc3 {the consistent} c5 {is relatively unexplored.} 4. e4
$5 ({After} 4. e3 {make sure to include} a6 $1 {to prevent any Nb5 tricks,
followed by normal development with ...Nf6, ...Nc6, ...Bd6, etc.}) 4... cxd4 5.
Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 (6. Qa4 $5 {is best met with} Bb4 $1 {followed by ...Nge7, ...
0-0, and possibly ...Bxc3, with unclear but balanced play.}) 6... Bd7 7. Bxc6
bxc6 {We have reached a reversed Chigorin Defense where White's extra tempo
Bf4 is not of any great use. I'd take Black's bishop pair and strong center
any day.}) 3... c5 4. c3 Nf6 {Note that in most of these sidelines Black will
play both ...Nf6 and ...Nc6, and it usually doesn't matter which one comes
first.} 5. Nd2 Nc6 6. Ngf3 {[#]} ({If White includes} 6. h3 {then} Bd6 7. Bxd6
Qxd6 {is very comfortable for Black:} 8. Ngf3 e5 {equalizing similarly to the
line given below against the Torre Attack.}) {This is a major tabiya of the
London, which I have reached hundreds of times. I have mostly played the main
line 6...Bd6, but as London theory and practice continues to build up, my
opponents have been increasingly well-prepared there. Recently I have been
experimenting with} 6... Nh5 $5 {with some success. While this is currently a
trendy move at even the highest levels, the position is just a reversed
version of the 4.e3 "Slow Slav" that I have played as White for many years.
Black can play to grab the bishop pair by exchanging knight for bishop, or try
to enforce a central pawn break with ...f7-f6 and ...e6-e5. Here are a few
sample lines:} 7. Bg5 (7. Bg3 {is rather cooperative; after} Nxg3 8. hxg3 {
I already prefer Black's bishop pair.}) ({More sophisticated is} 7. Be5 f6 8.
Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3 {since Black's kingside has been somewhat destabilized. Still,
I don't think White has any advantage, e.g.} Qb6 10. Qc2 cxd4 11. exd4 Bd7 12.
Bd3 O-O-O $1 13. Rxh7 Rxh7 14. Bxh7 {The computer actually gives Black an edge
here, valuing the bishop pair and central majority higher than White's extra
doubled pawn on g3.}) 7... Qb6 {As played in a recent online blitz game of
mine.} ({Another option is} 7... f6 $5 {as in the previous note.} 8. Bh4 g6 {
(securing the h5-knight)} 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd6 {Svane - Sarana, Germany
2022.}) 8. Qb3 (8. dxc5 $5 Qxc5 9. e4 {is more testing, although after} Be7 10.
exd5 exd5 11. Nb3 Qd6 {Black has a familiar IQP structure.}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 g5
10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 g4 {Black has acquired the bishop pair and retains at
least equal chances. I went on to win a nice positional squeeze in Ionescu
-King, Internet 2022.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "2.Nf3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,22,38,26,27,27,23,12,12,13,19,-25,7,-5,-5,-13,14,-1,4,-16,-15,-26,-19,
-15,-11] After} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 {I propose the consistent} e6 {[#]} 3. e3 {
This leads into the Colle System.} ({Other moves:} 3. g3 c5 {is likely to
transpose back to the Queen's Gambit after a subsequent c2-c4 from White.} 4.
Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 {Here the only real independent option from White is the
rather meek} 6. c3 $5 {when Black simply develops normally with} Bd6 {followed
by ...0-0, ...b6, and ...Bb7 as in the Colle System lines below.}) (3. Bg5 {
is the Torre Attack.} Be7 $5 4. Bxe7 Qxe7 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. e3 {Now Black can try
to liberate the c8-bishop before castling:} c5 $5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bd3 e5 {with
equality.}) (3. c4 c5 {takes us back into familiar Tarrasch waters. Note that
3...Nf6 would allow White to move-order us out of our normal Tarrasch main
line with 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 - see the discussion of ...Nf6 vs ...Nc6 in
Part 4.}) 3... Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 {Here White generally chooses between a reversed
Semi-Slav with c2-c3 or a "Colle-Zukertort" with b2-b3.} 5. b3 ({In my opinion
the reversed Semi-Slav is less dangerous for Black, e.g.} 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Bd6 10. a3 e5 11. e4 Bg4 {and Black was fine in
1-0 (39) Colle,E-Euwe,M Zutphen 1924}) 5... Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
b6 {The queenside fianchetto with ...b6 and ...Bb7 is my usual approach to
developing Black's light-squared bishop when the c8-h3 diagonal remains
blocked.} 9. Ne5 $5 Bb7 10. f4 {A natural attacking setup for White, but also
weakening the e4-square.} Rc8 11. a3 Ne7 {Opening the b7-bishop to control the
e4-square. Ideally Black will go on to occupy that square with a knight after .
..Nf5, ...Be7, ...Nd6, and ...Nfe4.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "2.Nc3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 {can also be met with 2...e6, but then 3.e4!? reaches a French
Defense. For what it's worth, I think the French is a great opening, and it
pairs well with the Tarrasch. But if you prefer to avoid it then the immediate}
c5 $5 {[#] leads to independent and unclear play, e.g.} 3. e4 ({Other moves
are no big worry:} 3. dxc5 Nf6 4. e4 (4. Nf3 Nc6) 4... d4) (3. Bf4 {tries to
transpose to the Jobava London. We can play 3...e6, as discussed in the London
section, but there is another option in this move order:} Nc6 4. e3 (4. Nb5 $4
Qa5+ 5. Nc3 cxd4) 4... cxd4 5. exd4 Bf5 {with easy equality.}) 3... dxe4 4. d5
Nf6 {and now a recent high-level game continued} 5. Nge2 $5 e6 6. Nf4 {
(Niemann - Duda, chess24.com 2022) when Black's safest option would have been}
Nxd5 7. Nfxd5 exd5 8. Qxd5 Qxd5 9. Nxd5 Bd6 {with sufficient compensation for
White, but also a solid position for Black.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pseudo-Tromp"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 $5 {[#] is the "Pseudo-Trompowsky". This is one of White's few
options that truly prevents our normal Tarrasch setup with ...e6 and ..c5.
However, it is not very dangerous (or common). I usually respond with} h6 3.
Bh4 c6 {followed by ...Qb6, ...Bf5, ...e6, ...Nd7, and any reasonable kingside
development. Black has a solid Slav setup with fully equal chances.} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Part 5"]
[Black "Move 1 Sidelines"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Finally we will consider White moves other than 1.d4. As I've repeatedly
emphasized in this series, this is one of the major advantages of the Tarrasch
- while Nimzo, Benoni, or Grunfeld players often have to maintain a separate
dedicated defense against flank openings, we can most of the time just play
our normal setup and expect to frequently transpose directly into the Tarrasch
proper. (Keep in mind that there are also potential transpositions to 1.e4
openings such as the French or Sicilian.)} 1. Nf3 {On the club level, players
who use this move are generally aiming for a Reti or for a King's Indian
Attack, but on the master level and above, it is also commonly used as a way
to back-door into a 1.d4 opening while avoiding various Black possibilities
along the way. For a Tarrasch player this kind of shadowboxing is superfluous,
as we plan to set out our usual stall no matter what.} ({The English Opening} 
1. c4 {can be met with} e6 {followed by ...d5, when virtually the only
possibility that doesn't transpose to 1.Nf3 or 1.d4 is the uncommon} 2. e4 $5 {
giving Black the choice between an Exchange French with} d5 ({or a Sicilian
with} 2... c5)) (1. g3 {also has little independent significance against a
Tarrasch setup, since after} d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 {White will almost certainly play
Nf3 before long.}) ({Miscellaneous White openings can be met quite solidly
with our normal setup, e.g.} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 c5 {followed by ...Nf6, .
..Nc6, ...Be7, and ...0-0.}) ({Or} 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 (3. e3 {might be
one place where you'd want to diverge from our standard plan, as it gives
White what he wants after} c5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb5 {. Still, the position is fine
for Black, but keep an eye on the e5-square!}) 3... e6 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 {
followed by ...Be7 and ...0-0.}) ({After} 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 {Black can choose
between transposing to the French with} e6 ({or playing more ambitiously with} 
2... d4 $5)) 1... d5 {The normal way a Queen's Gambit Declined player meets 1.
Nf3.} ({If you have the French Defense in your repertoire, then you can also
play} 1... e6 {here - in fact, in online games you can even premove this from
the starting position!}) ({Likewise, if you play the Sicilian then you can
also play} 1... c5 {inviting a transposition back to it. (But don't premove
it! 1.d4 c5 2.d5! is certainly not the Tarrasch.) In the case of} 2. c4 {then}
e6 {followed by ...d5 will transpose to the main line below.}) 2. c4 {The Reti.
} ({White's main setup without c2-c4 is the King's Indian Attack with} 2. g3 e6
3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1 {[#] This
admittedly leads to rather different play than the Tarrasch, but at least
Black's opening moves are the same. As a basic introduction, the main line
continues} b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 b4 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 {
when Black seeks counterplay on the queenside as in the "Mosquito Immortal" 
(Nepomniachtchi -So, chess24.com 2021). See my article "The Crypto Gambit" in
the August 2021 issue of Chess Life.}) 2... e6 3. g3 (3. e3 {is also met with}
c5 {when White tends to avoid the "threat" of ...d4 by playing d2-d4 either
here or after first including} 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 {We have transposed to a
position covered in Part 4.}) 3... c5 {As usual, we invite White to return to
the Tarrasch proper at any moment with cxd5 and/or d2-d4.} 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O
Nf6 {[#]} 6. d4 {This is an example of a back-door 1.d4 transposition as I
mentioned above. White has a more flexible version of the Tarrasch main line,
without having committed to cxd5. This position is also commonly reached from
the Catalan move order 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3.} (6. b3 {leads to the
double fianchetto setup covered earlier in this part.} Be7 7. cxd5 ({After} 7.
Bb2 d4 $1 8. e3 e5 {Black is already better, since the b2-bishop is misplaced
in this reversed Benoni structure.}) 7... exd5 8. d4 O-O 9. Bb2 Bg4 {and
besides 10.Nc3 or 10.dxc5 transposing to positions we've already considered,
the only alternative I've faced is} 10. Ne5 {against which Black has several
good options, e.g.} Bh5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 {as in Hanken - Akobian,
Las Vegas 2005.}) 6... Be7 {The main line is the Catalanesque 6...dxc4, but
the text is more in the Tarrasch spirit.} 7. Nc3 (7. cxd5 exd5 {transposes to
the main lines considered in Parts 2 and 3.}) (7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 {is one of
the "Small Step" variations from Part 3.}) 7... O-O {Now aside from the
aforementioned transpositions 8.cxd5 and/or 8.dxc5, White can try to continue
maintaining the tension with} 8. Bg5 {Again I propose to react in the spirit
of the main line with} cxd4 $5 9. Nxd4 h6 10. Be3 Re8 {when White still has
nothing better than} 11. cxd5 exd5 {[#] transposing back to Part 2. With that,
we finally conclude our Tarrasch Defense repertoire coverage! In Part 6 next
month we will wrap up the series with some exercise positions and material for
further research, including an annotated bibliography and a "who's who" of
Tarrasch heroes and their model games.} *

[Event "26th Mid-American Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Williams, Justus"]
[Black "Vaseegaran, Nandhakumar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[Annotator "Williams, Justus"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. d4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. Bf4
Rb8 9. Rc1 b5 10. b3 bxc4 11. bxc4 Bb7 12. Qa4 $6 {[#] As soon as I played
this lackadaisical move, I immediately saw the refutation. But it was already
too late.} Nd7 {Opening the monster dark-squared bishop to attack the d4-pawn,
while also threatening ...Nd7-b6 and winning the c4-pawn.} 13. Qd1 $5 {The
queen has no place on a4, so I decided to rectify my mistake before the
position starts to take a major turn for the worse.} ({Trying to justify the
queen move with something like} 13. Rfd1 $2 {leads to trouble for White:} Nb6
14. Qb3 Na5) 13... e5 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3 {While I wouldn't mind playing Black
here, I managed to straighten up and pull out the game.} Nb6 16. c5 Nc4 17. d5
{Allowing the doubled pawns, which do seem weak, however I haven't had too
many opportunities in life to put a pawn on c6. So... you know.} Nxe3 18. fxe3
Ne7 19. c6 Bc8 20. Qd3 h6 21. Nd2 {The rest of the game is not worth serious
analysis, as most of it was played under time pressure.} f5 22. e4 f4 23. Rb1
Rxb1 24. Rxb1 g5 25. Rb8 Ng6 26. Bh3 Bxh3 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Qxa6 Rf8 29. Qb7
Rf7 30. a4 g4 31. Nd1 fxg3 32. hxg3 Bf6 33. Nf2 Bg5 34. Nxh3 Bxd2 35. Qc8+ Kh7
36. Qxg4 Rg7 37. Kh1 Ne7 38. Qf3 Be1 39. Nf2 Rg6 40. Qf8 Ng8 41. Qf7+ Rg7 42.
Qf5+ Kh8 43. Kg2 Ne7 44. Qe6 Ng6 45. Ng4 h5 46. Kf1 1-0

[Event "26th Mid-American Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.03.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Abrahams, Daniel"]
[Black "Williams, Justus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "Williams, Justus"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O a6 5. d3 c5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. e4 Be7 8. e5
Nd7 9. Qe2 b5 10. Re1 Bb7 11. h4 Qb6 12. a4 c4 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 15.
Nf1 O-O 16. N1h2 Rc8 17. Bf4 cxd3 18. cxd3 Nb4 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Qc7 21.
Bf4 Nc5 22. Ne1 Nb3 23. Nhf3 d4 24. Qd1 Bd5 25. Nd2 Qc1 26. Qxc1 Nxc1 27. Bf1
Na6 28. Nef3 (28. Nc2 Bc5 29. Ne4 Nb3 30. Nxc5 Naxc5) 28... Bc5 29. Ne4 Nb3 30.
Nxc5 Naxc5 31. Nd2 Na1 {[#] "The knight has left the chat." No trades - pieces
are needed to take advantage of the weak pawns.} 32. Bg5 {Rerouting the bishop
to better prospects.} Na4 33. b4 Kf8 {Now the king will gain needed tempos by
attacking the bishop.} 34. Bd8 Ke8 35. Bc7 Kd7 36. Bd6 Nc3 37. Bg2 {Trading my
most inactive piece. I would have played 37. f4.} Nc2 38. Bxd5 Nxd5 $17 {
Now we've obtained the most pressure we can against the b4 pawn.} 39. Nf3 Kc6 (
{Better was} 39... Ndxb4 {immediately, with play continuing} 40. Bxb4 ({not} 
40. Nxd4 $2 Nxd4 41. Bxb4 Nf3+ {and Black wins}) 40... Nxb4 41. Nxd4 Nxd3 42.
Nxb5 Nxe5 {when Black has good practical chances to convert the pawn.}) 40. Kf1
Ndxb4 41. Nxd4+ Nxd4 42. Bxb4 {[#] Here we see a good knight versus a bad
bishop. Sometimes trading pieces may feel as though you're relieving the
pressure, but in this position, this is not the case.} Nf3 43. Bc3 Kd5 44. Ke2
Nd4+ ({Less precise would be} 44... Nxe5 45. f4 Ng4 46. Bxg7 {when the win is
becoming a bit unclear.}) 45. Ke3 Nf5+ 46. Kf4 Kc5 {Now the active king does
active things.} 47. h5 b4 48. Bb2 Kb5 49. g4 Ne7 50. Ke4 Ka4 51. f4 Kb3 52. Bd4
Nd5 53. f5 Nc3+ 54. Kf3 Kc2 55. Bxc3 ({Stronger, but still insufficient, was} 
55. Bc5 b3 56. Ba3 Nb5 57. g5 Nxa3 58. g6 fxg6 59. h6 ({or} 59. fxe6 Nb5 60. e7
Nc7) 59... gxh6 60. f6 b2 61. f7 b1=Q 62. f8=Q Qf1+) 55... Kxc3 56. g5 {
One last trick.} g6 $1 0-1

[Event "26th Mid-American Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Williams, Justus"]
[Black "Antipov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Williams, Justus"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. c4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Nh4 Be4 8. f3
Bc6 9. d5 Bd7 10. e4 c6 11. Nc3 cxd5 12. cxd5 O-O 13. Be3 Na6 14. a4 e6 15. O-O
Nc5 16. Qd1 exd5 17. b4 Ne6 18. Rc1 d4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Ne8 21. Qd3 Qd8
22. a5 Rc8 23. f4 b6 24. a6 b5 25. Nd5 Bc6 {[#]} 26. Qe3 $6 {Attacking one of
the softest spots in Black's position. This move is the beginning of a plan
that borders winning and losing, but it's not my strongest option.} ({Even
with a sizable lead on time, the move} 26. Bh3 {only came to me while I was
completing the move. Becoming fixated on a linear path made it difficult to
look for alternatives. Being aware of this in our play is a recipe for growth.
Here's the main line I saw at the board:} Bxd5 27. Rxc8 Qb6+ 28. Kh1 Bc4 29.
Rxc4 bxc4 30. Qxc4 {and White has an an advantage.}) 26... Bxd5 27. exd5 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Qf6 29. Nf3 {Maintaining stability on shaky terrain.} Qb2 30. Rc8 Nf6
31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Qxa7 Nxd5 33. Qd4 ({Here I missed} 33. Ng5 $1 {. As this
threatens mate in two moves beginning with Qa7xf7, Black must spend time
stopping checkmate, and White will queen the a-pawn.}) 33... Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Nc7
35. a7 d5 36. Qb6 (36. Bf1 $1 {gives the king more protection, avoiding
perpetuals:} Qc2+ (36... Qc6 37. Bd3) 37. Be2 Qc6 38. Ne5 {and so on. ~ed.})
36... Bxb4 37. Qxc7 Bc5+ 38. Ke2 Qe3+ 39. Kd1 Qb3+ 40. Ke2 Qc4+ 41. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "26th Mid-American Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McConnell, Griffin T."]
[Black "Yanayt, Eugene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2221"]
[Annotator "Williams, Justus"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Nd1 d5 12. c3 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 b6 14. f4 Ba6 15. e5
f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Re1 Rae8 19. Nf2 Nc6 {[#] We have a position
where Black's pieces seem to be more active, yet White has resources to keep
the game level.} 20. Ng4 Bg7 21. Rad1 h5 {I think this is a mistake. Black
cannot afford to see a knight landing on g5!} 22. Nf2 {The first step on the
journey.} e5 {[#] Creating complications for White.} ({More accurate is} 22...
Qd7 {, preparing ...e6-e5 by protecting the d5-pawn. But the knight can still
head to g5!} 23. Nh3 e5 24. Ng5+ Kh8 {and despite the weaknesesses in the
black position, it's still a game!}) 23. Bxd5 {A missed opportunity.} ({
Instead White had} 23. f5 $3 {which is a brilliant find by the computer! After}
Rxf5 (23... gxf5 24. Qxh5+ Kg8 25. Bxd5+ $18) 24. Bxd5 $16 {we see possibly
the cleanest version of what White was after.}) 23... exf4 {Keeping the queens
on the board makes sense, but the rooks would dominate in this position.} 24.
Ne4 ({So it would have been better to play} 24. Qxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxe8 fxg3 26.
Bg8+ Kh8 27. Ne4 gxh2+ 28. Kh1 Qd7 29. Bf7+ Kh7 30. Ng5+ Kh6 31. Bg8 {and
Ng5-f7 on the next move should lead to forced mate.}) 24... f3 25. Ng5+ Kh8 26.
Qxe8 f2+ $1 27. Kg2 f1=Q+ 28. Rxf1 Rxe8 29. Nf7+ Kh7 30. Ng5+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Middle School Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.30"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Gutla, Aryan"]
[Black "Teitelman, Aiden"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2171"]
[BlackElo "1735"]
[Annotator "Tay,Brian"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. g4 $6 {White is not ready to start an attack with g3-g4-g5
and h2-h4. It only weakens White's own king.} ({Instead} 10. a4 {with standard
play is better.}) 10... Nc6 11. g5 Nd7 12. h4 Re8 13. Nce2 Bf8 ({Better is} 
13... Nf8 $1 {with the idea of ...Nf8-g6:} 14. Be3 Ng6 15. h5 Nh4 {and Black
has a serious advantage.}) 14. b3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Bb2 $2 {[#] This
developing move loses control over the f4 square, allowing the black knight to
find a juicy landing spot.} Ng6 $1 17. h5 Nf4 18. Bf1 Qd8 {Attacking the weak
g5-pawn.} (18... e5 {was also strong.}) 19. Nf3 e5 $1 {Preparing ...Bc8-g4 to
win the g5-pawn.} 20. Bc1 Bg4 21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Bg2 Bxh5 23. Qd5 Bxf3 24. Bxf3
Re5 25. Qxb7 Rxg5+ 26. Kf1 Rb5 27. Qc6 Rc5 28. Qa4 Rc3 29. Ke2 Rxc2+ {Black
wins a second pawn and the game shortly thereafter.} 30. Kf1 Rc3 31. Ke2 Rac8
32. Rad1 Qh4 33. Qd4 Qg5 34. Qd5 Qxd5 35. exd5 Rc2+ 36. Rd2 f5 37. Red1 g5 38.
Rxc2 Rxc2+ 39. Rd2 Rc5 40. Kf1 g4 41. Be2 f3 42. Bc4 h5 43. Rd4 Kf7 44. Kg1 a5
45. Kh2 Kg6 46. Bd3 Bg7 {0-1 (46) Gutla,A (2171)-Teitelman,A (1735) National
Middle School Championship 2022} 0-1

[Event "National Middle School Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.30"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Teitelman, Aiden"]
[Black "Tay, Brian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "1735"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[Annotator "Tay,Brian"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 e6
9. Bd3 exd5 10. cxd5 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. Nh3 Ne5 13. Nf2 Bd7 14. Be2 {[#]} b5 {
I would have had a difficult position if Aiden was able to play f3-f4, so I
decided to sacrifice a pawn to free my position.} 15. axb5 $6 ({Correct was} 
15. O-O $1 b4 16. Ncd1 $16 {followed by an eventual f3-f4.}) 15... axb5 16.
Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nxb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Rb8 19. Be2 Qa2 20. Nd1 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22.
Qe2 Qxe2+ {Here I thought I'd be able to get my pawn back in the endgame, but
it isn't so easy.} ({Keeping the queens on the board with} 22... Qb3 23. O-O
Nd7 $44 {would leave me with a lot of compensation.}) 23. Kxe2 Nd7 24. Bf4 $1
Ne5 25. Kd2 Nc4+ 26. Kd3 Rb4 ({The concrete} 26... Nxb2+ 27. Nxb2 Rb3+ 28. Kc4
Rb4+ 29. Kd3 Rb3+ {Would force a draw.}) 27. b3 Na3 28. Bxd6 Rxb3+ 29. Ke2 Bd4
30. Bf4 c4 31. Bc1 Nb5 32. f4 {I have very active pieces, but Rh1-f1-f3 is
coming soon. I decided to try and win the e4-pawn.} f6 33. Rf1 Nd6 34. Rf3 Rb1
{[#]} 35. Be3 $4 {An unfortunate mistake.} (35. Bd2 Nxe4 36. Ra3 {would still
hold a balance, although my active pieces would have given good chances to
make progress.}) 35... c3 $1 36. Nf2 c2 37. Nd3 Bxe3 38. Rxe3 Rd1 39. Rf3 Nxe4
40. Rf1 Rxf1 41. Kxf1 Nd2+ 42. Ke2 Nb3 {And I won thirty moves later.} 43. Ke3
c1=Q+ 44. Nxc1 Nxc1 45. Kd2 Nb3+ 46. Kc3 Nc5 47. Kd4 Nd7 48. Kc4 Kf7 49. Kb5
Ke7 50. Kc6 Nb8+ 51. Kc7 Na6+ 52. Kc6 Nb4+ 53. Kc5 Nd3+ 54. Kc6 Nxf4 55. g3 Nd3
56. Kc7 Ne5 57. d6+ Ke6 58. d7 Nxd7 59. Kc6 Ne5+ 60. Kc5 Nf3 61. h3 Ng1 62. h4
Kf5 63. Kd4 Ne2+ 64. Ke3 Nxg3 65. Kf3 Ne4 66. Ke3 Kg4 67. Kxe4 Kxh4 68. Kf3 f5
69. Kf4 h5 70. Kf3 g5 71. Kf2 f4 72. Kf3 {0-1 (72) Teitelman,A (1735)-Tay,B 
(2068) National Middle School Championship 2022} 0-1

[Event "National Middle School Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Liu, Eric"]
[Black "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2195"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "Tay,Brian"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 Bc5 8.
Nb3 Ba7 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Ng4 11. Qg3 Qxg3 12. hxg3 d6 {[#] After 12 moves,
the players have reached an equal endgame. But now Brewington starts to go a
bit wrong.} 13. N1d2 Ke7 14. a4 Nd7 15. a5 Nge5 16. Be2 Nf6 17. f4 Nc6 {
Black aims to play ...e6-e5 to free his position.} 18. c3 ({I like} 18. Bf3 $1
{, with the idea of defending the e4-pawn and readying to play Nd2-c4 next.})
18... Rb8 ({The immediate} 18... e5 $1 {would be better, as White's knights
are not ready to take the d5-square.}) 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. b4 Rhc8 21. Rfc1 g6 22.
Bf3 {[#]} e5 $6 {Mistimed. Now White can quickly exploit the weaknesses on d5
and b6.} ({Instead} 22... b5 $1 {would give Black a slight advantage.}) 23. Nc2
Rc7 $2 ({Black has to put pressure on the c3-pawn before White's knights get
active:} 23... Na7 $1 24. Ne3 Nb5 25. c4 (25. Ndc4 Be6) 25... Nd4 26. Nd5+ Nxd5
27. exd5 $14 {and White has a small advantage.}) 24. Ne3 Rbc8 $2 25. Ndc4 Rd8
26. Nb6 Kf8 27. Ned5 Ne8 {Brewington chooses to give up the exchange
immediately.} ({The alternative} 27... Nxd5 28. exd5 Na7 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. d6 {
traps the rook.}) 28. Be2 Be6 29. Nxc7 Nxc7 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Nxc4 {The
position has cleared, leaving Eric up an Exchange. But he got very low on time
and chose to take a draw.} exf4 32. gxf4 d5 33. exd5 Nxd5 34. g3 h5 35. Ra2 Re8
36. Rd2 Nf6 37. Rcd1 Re7 38. Rd3 Kg7 39. Nb6 Re2 40. R1d2 Re1+ 41. Kg2 Re8 42.
Nd5 Ng4 43. Kf3 Rh8 44. Ne3 Nf6 45. Nd5 Ng4 46. Ne3 Nf6 47. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Middle School Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.05.01"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Cavanah, Troy"]
[Black "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2209"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "Tay,Brian"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. f4 e5 {[#]I was sitting right next to this game in the sixth round.
Troy got a great position out of the opening, but here he starts to get
outplayed.} 10. fxe5 $2 ({The stronger} 10. Qe1 $1 $16 {, followed by
completing development, would keep an advantage.}) 10... Ng4 $1 {Black is not
in a hurry to take the e5-pawn and instead secures his king first.} 11. Qf3 Be6
12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. Bc4 Bxc4 ({Brewington missed an intermezzo here:} 13... Qb6+
$1 14. Kh1 Bxc4 15. Qxg4+ Be6 16. Qf3 Qxb2 {and Black has a big advantage with
the bishops and a better pawn structure.}) 14. Qxg4+ Be6 15. Qe2 Qb6+ 16. Be3
Bc5 ({Possibly better was} 16... Qxb2 17. Na4 Qa3 18. Nb6+ Kb8 19. Qf2 $1 {
when preventing ...Bf8-c5 could give some counterplay.}) 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Qf2
Qxe5 19. Rad1 f6 20. Na4 Bg4 21. Nb6+ Kb8 22. Nc4 Qc7 ({Going pawn grabbing
with} 22... Qxe4 $1 {looks a bit scary, but I think Black can take it. After}
23. Qg3+ Ka8 24. Nd6 Qb4 25. c3 Qb6+ 26. Rd4 Be6 27. Qxg7 {(else Black is just
up a pawn)} Rhg8 28. Qe7 (28. Qxh7 $2 Rxd6 $1) 28... Qxb2 {I think Black might
have the edge?}) 23. Rd3 Rhe8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {[#]} 25. e5 $6 {Trying to fix
his weaknesses with forcing play, but it doesn't work.} ({Black only has a
slight edge after} 25. h3 {.}) 25... Be6 $1 ({Not} 25... fxe5 $6 26. Re1 Re8
27. Qg3 {with equality.}) 26. exf6 $6 {One mistake too many.} ({White has to
try} 26. Nd6 $1 {keeping the position sharp. After} fxe5 ({better is} 26... Qa5
{when we have to look at a long, forcing variation:} 27. exf6 Rxd6 28. f7 Bxf7
29. Qxf7 Qb6+ 30. Qf2 Qxb2 31. Qf8+ Kc7 32. Rf7+ Rd7 33. Rxd7+ Kxd7 34. Qf5+
Kd6 35. Qxh7 Qxa2 36. Qxg7 Qb1+ 37. Kf2 Qxc2+ {and Black is winning, but it's
still very complicated}) 27. Ne4 $17 {Black is better with his extra pawn.})
26... Bxc4 27. f7 Rf8 28. Qc5 Rxf7 $1 {The only move!} 29. Qxc4 Qb6+ 30. Kh1
Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Qxb2 {And Brewington converted his extra pawn.} 32. Qd1 Ka7 33.
h3 a5 34. a4 Qb4 35. Qa1 g6 36. Qg1+ Ka8 37. Qa1 h5 38. Qa2 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qe5+
40. Kh1 Qd5 41. Qa1 Qc4 42. c3 Ka7 43. Kh2 g5 44. Qd1 h4 45. Qc2 Qf1 46. c4
Qf4+ 47. Kh1 Qe5 48. Kg1 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qg3+ 50. Kh1 Qe3 51. c5 Qe1+ 52. Kh2 Qb4
53. Kh1 Qd4 54. Kh2 Qe5+ 55. Kh1 Qe1+ 56. Kh2 Kb8 57. Qc4 Qd1 58. Qg8+ Ka7 59.
Qc4 Qd5 60. Qc3 Ka6 61. Qb2 Qxc5 62. Qe2+ Ka7 63. Qd2 Qe5+ 64. Kh1 Qc5 {
0-1 (64) Cavanah,T (2209)-Hardaway,B (2337) National Middle School
Championship 2022} 0-1

[Event "National Middle School Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.05.01"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Sloan, Jed"]
[Black "Vemparala, Nikas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[Annotator "Tay,Brian"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 a6 7. c3 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. b4 Be7 10. h3 Be6 11. Re1 Bf6 {[#]} 12. Qc2 $4 Ndxb4 $1 13. cxb4 e4 14.
Bxe6 fxe6 15. Ra3 exf3 16. g3 Nd4 17. Qc4 Qd5 18. Ra2 Qh5 19. Kh2 {Now it's
Black's turn to give away his advantage.} g5 $2 ({White is both uncoordinated
and undeveloped after the correct} 19... b5 $1 20. Qxc7 Qd5 $1 {.}) 20. Re4 $1
{The only move to prevent ...g5-g4, but a strong one. White's king now appears
safe, and the black queen is misplaced.} b5 21. Qc5 Nb3 22. Qc2 Nxc1 23. Qxc1
Rad8 24. Qe3 e5 $2 {Blocking in the f6- bishop. Now White grabs the advantage.}
(24... Rd6 $11 {Would keep the balance.}) 25. Nd2 {The f3-pawn and the
e4-square are big weaknesses.} Bg7 26. Rg4 h6 {[#]} 27. Nxf3 $4 {Blundering
into a fork.} ({White has a small advantage after} 27. Ne4 {.}) 27... Qf7 28.
Rc2 Qxf3 29. Qc5 Qxd3 {A wild game!} 0-1

[Event "National Middle School Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.05.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Black "Chen, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[Annotator "Tay,Brian"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ngf3
Nh6 9. c4 Qa6 10. b3 Nf5 11. a4 b6 12. O-O Be7 13. Ba3 Qb7 14. g3 O-O 15. Rfc1
Bxa3 16. Rxa3 Na6 17. Nf1 dxc4 18. bxc4 Rfd8 19. Qe4 Qe7 20. Ra2 Qd7 21. Rd1
Nb4 22. Rad2 {[#]} a6 $6 {The black kingside comes under attack.} 23. Ng5 b5
24. Qe2 $6 ({The central break} 24. d5 $1 {(threatening d5xe6) is strong. After
} cxd5 25. cxd5 {the b4-knight is hanging, and the e6-pawn is loose.}) 24...
bxc4 25. Qxc4 $2 ({White still has an advantage after} 25. Qxh5 {althought the
c4-pawn can become dangerous.}) 25... a5 26. Qe2 g6 27. Ne4 Nd5 28. Qc4 Rdb8 {
Black has equalized and the game was drawn 15 moves later.} 29. Qc1 Kg7 30. Nh2
Rb6 31. Nf3 Qe7 32. Nc5 Nb4 33. Ng5 Rd8 34. Qc3 Rdb8 35. Kh2 Ra8 36. Kh3 Rh8
37. Qf3 Nd5 38. Kh2 Rhb8 39. Nge4 Ra8 40. Rd3 Rab8 41. Kh3 Rb2 42. R1d2 Rb1 43.
Rd1 R1b2 {1/2-1/2 (43) Hardaway,B (2337)-Chen,J (2265) National Middle School
Championship 2022} 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Middle School Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.05.01"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Tao, Sihan"]
[Black "Gutla, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "1975"]
[BlackElo "2171"]
[Annotator "Tay,Brian"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Bc5 Rd8
15. Bc4 Be6 {[#] This is a known position from modern Dragon theory, but Black
quickly runs into difficulties.} 16. h4 Nf4 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 $6 ({It's better to
trade rooks first with} 17... Rxd1+ $1 18. Qxd1 Nxe6 {so that Bc5-d6 is met
with ...Qc7-a5.}) 18. Be3 $6 ({Why not} 18. Bd6 $1 Qb6 19. h5 {with a good
advantage?}) 18... Rd5 $6 ({Black can shut down White's kingside counterplay
with} 18... f5 $1 19. Nc3 h5 $1 {while taking a big share of the center.}) 19.
h5 Rad8 20. Qh4 Qd7 $2 ({After} 20... Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 gxh5 {
(in light of the h5-h6 threat)} 23. Qxh5 Qa5 {White is better due to the weak
black pawns, but Black can seek counterplay with his queen.}) 21. Rxd5 Qxd5 $2
{White is winning anyway, but this speeds things up.} (21... cxd5 22. Nf6+ Bxf6
23. Qxf6 $18) 22. hxg6 Qxa2 $2 {[#]Allowing a nice checkmate.} 23. Nf6+ $1 Kf8
24. Qb4+ c5 25. Qxc5+ $1 ({The main line goes} 25. Qxc5+ Nxc5 26. Bxc5+ Rd6 27.
Bxd6#) 1-0

[Event "National High School (K-12) Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vanapalli, Vishnu"]
[Black "Guo, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4rk1p/6p1/8/5P2/2r1pKP1/4B2P/3R4 w - - 0 54"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 54. h4 $1 {A strong defensive move. Earlier in the endgame Black had
chances to undermine White's structure with ...g5, but now this break is
firmly restrained, after which Black has no good way to make progress. Still,
Guo continues pressing - in the end perhaps too stubbornly.} Ke6 55. Rh1 Kd5
56. h5 Kd4 57. hxg6 hxg6 58. Rd1+ Kc5 59. Rd8 Re6 60. Rf8 Ra3 61. Rd8 Kb4 62.
Rd4+ Kc5 63. Rd8 Kb6 64. Rf8 Kc6 65. Rd8 Kc7 66. Rf8 Kd6 67. Rb8 Ke7 68. Rb5
Kf6 69. Rc5 Re7 70. Rc6+ Kg7 71. Rd6 Rc3 72. Rb6 Kf7 73. Ra6 Rd7 74. Rb6 Rd2
75. Rb7+ Kf6 76. Rb6+ Ke7 77. Rb4 Rd6 78. Re4+ Re6 79. Ra4 Kf6 80. Ra5 Rd6 81.
Re5 Re6 82. Ra5 Re7 83. Ra6+ Kg7 84. Ra5 Kf7 85. Ra6 Rec7 86. Ra4 Re7 87. Ra5
Ke8 88. Ra6 Kf7 89. Ra5 Kg7 90. Rb5 Re6 91. Rb7+ Kf6 92. Rb5 Ke7 93. Rd5 Ra3
94. Rb5 Kd7 95. Rc5 Kd6 96. Rb5 Rc3 97. Ra5 Ke7 98. Ra7+ Kd6 99. Ra6+ Ke7 100.
Ra5 Kf6 101. Rb5 Ra3 102. Rc5 Ke7 103. Rb5 Kd7 104. Rc5 Kd6 105. Rb5 Kc6 106.
Rb4 Kd5 107. Rb5+ Kd4 108. Rb8 Kc3 109. Rd8 Kc2 110. Rc8+ Rc3 111. Rd8 Kc1 112.
Rd1+ Kc2 113. Rd4 Rb6 114. Re4 Kd2 115. Rd4+ Kc2 116. Re4 Rbb3 117. Re6 {[#]}
Kc1 $5 {Rather a bridge too far; instead 117...g5!? was better, accepting
simplifications leading to a draw.} 118. Rxg6 Rb2 119. Re6 Kd2 120. Rd6+ Kc1 {
Admitting his failure to make progress by inviting a repetition. Here White
could even switch gears to playing for a win with 121.g4!?, but with only
seconds left on both players' clocks, Vanapalli decides to accept the
repetition.} 121. Re6 Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "National High School (K-12) Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huston, Gus"]
[Black "Lu, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbq1rk1/1p2ppbp/p5p1/P1pnN3/8/2NP4/1PP1BPPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 12"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 12. Nxd5 Bxe5 {After 12...Qxd5 White's other knight heads to b6 with 13.
Nc4!} 13. Nb6 Ra7 {White's knight outpost on b6 paralyzes Black's queenside
for almost the entire rest of the game.} 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Be3 Bd4 16. c3 Bxe3
17. fxe3 Nc6 18. d4 cxd4 19. exd4 Bf5 20. b4 e5 21. dxe5 Qe7 22. Qe1 Qxe5 23.
Bf3 Qg7 24. Rd1 Ne5 25. Qe3 Re8 26. Rfe1 f6 27. h3 Qe7 28. Bg4 Bc2 29. Nd5 $1 {
Finally the knight returns to the center, immediately winning material for
White.} Qf7 30. Qxa7 Nxg4 31. hxg4 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Qxd5 33. Qd4 1-0

[Event "National High School (K-12) Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Guo, Arthur"]
[Black "He, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1kr5/pb1rbpN1/p5n1/P2qP2p/R3N3/1P2Q3/1B4PP/5RK1 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 26. e6 $3 {Allowing Black to pin and win White's queen.} Bc5 $2 {Taking
the bait.} ({Correct was the improbable} 26... Rdc7 $1 27. exf7 Ka8 $1 {
with an unclear position.}) 27. Qxc5 $1 Rxc5 28. exd7 Rc2 29. Rd4 $1 {This may
have been what Black missed. Now he is forced to return the queen, after which
White is just up material and winning.} Kc7 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Rd1 Ne7 32. Bf6
Kxd7 33. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "National High School (K-12) Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chasin, Nico"]
[Black "Costello, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/1p3p2/6q1/p3PbN1/P1P5/1P5P/2nQ2PK/8 b - - 0 40"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 40... Qb6 $6 ({Correct was} 40... Nd4 $1 41. Qxd4 Qxg5 {when Black's
extra piece is more likely than in the game to outweigh White's three extra
pawns.}) 41. Qf4 Ne3 42. Nf3 Nf1+ 43. Kh1 Qe3 44. Qh4 {Already a perpetual
check is looming - for both sides!} Be4 45. Qd8+ Kg7 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47. Ng5 Ng3+
48. Kh2 Nf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "National High School (K-12) Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Huston, Gus"]
[Black "Guo, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2332"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5pk1/5n1p/p4rp1/P1BQ4/1P4PP/5PK1/4r3 w - - 0 36"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 36. Qd2 {Draw agreed.} (36. Qa7 $1 {was riskier but also stronger, e.g.}
Ne4 37. f3 Nd6 38. Qd4+ Rf6 39. Bd3 {with good winning chances.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "National High School (K-12) Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Guo, Andrew"]
[Black "Tahmassebi, Bijan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "2234"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2qk1r1/1p2bp1p/2b1p3/8/1P1B1n2/1Q3NP1/4PP1P/R3KB1R b KQq - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 18... Nd3+ $3 {A spectacular winning shot, barely out of the opening.}
19. exd3 (19. Qxd3 {is met with} Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1 Qxd3 21. exd3 Bxf3 {when} 22.
Rg1 {is impossible due to} Bxb4+ 23. Bc3 Bxc3#) 19... Bxf3 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 {
White has avoided losing material for the moment, but his position is
hopelessly uncoordinated and vulnerable.} 21. Rg1 Rg4 22. Bc3 Rxb4 $1 {Another
fantastic tactic.} 23. Qc2 (23. Bxb4 {again leads to mate after} Qa1+ 24. Kd2
Bg5+ $1 25. Kc2 Bd1# $5) 23... Ra4 24. h4 Ra2 25. Qb3 Ra3 26. Qb5+ Bc6 27. Qe5
f6 $2 {An unfortunate inaccuracy, spoiling what might otherwise have been the
best game of the tournament.} ({Black had many winning moves, e.g.} 27... Qa4
$5) 28. Qxe6 Kf8 29. Bxf6 $2 ({Instead after} 29. Bd2 $1 {threatening Bh6+,
White has time to untangle, e.g.} Ra1+ 30. Ke2 Ra2 31. Bh3 Qa4 32. Qe3 Bb4 33.
Rd1 {and the position is unclear.}) 29... Ra1+ $1 {The sacrificial mating
attack resumes.} 30. Bxa1 Qxa1+ 31. Ke2 Qb2+ 32. Ke3 Qc1+ 33. Ke2 Qb2+ 34. Ke3
Bc5+ 35. Kf4 Qd4+ 36. Kg5 Be7+ 0-1

[Event "National High School (K-12) Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Costello, Alexander"]
[Black "Karthik, Advaith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/4rq1k/6Rp/p1p2p2/P2b1N2/3PNQP1/b3R2P/6K1 b - - 0 34"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 34... Rxe3 $1 35. Rxe3 Re8 {Winning back the rook and remaining a piece
up, although White fought on for 25 more moves before finally throwing in the
towel.} 0-1

[Event "National High School (K-12) Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vanapalli, Vishnu"]
[Black "Platnick, Elijah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2234"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/P1b2Kp1/5p1p/5P1P/6P1/4p1k1/4B3 b - - 0 63"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 63... Kf1 $2 {A tempting blunder.} ({Instead Black needed to play} 63...
Kf3 {in order to meet} 64. Kxg6 {with} Kg4 $1 {e.g.} 65. a7 Bb7 66. Kf6 Bc6 67.
Ke7 Kf3 {holding the draw.}) 64. Bc3 Kf2 65. Kxg6 {Now Black is one move short
to defend his remaining kingside pawns.} Kxg3 66. Kxf5 Kxh4 67. Be1+ Kh3 68.
Kg5 Bf3 69. f5 Kg2 70. f6 Bd5 71. a7 Kf1 72. Bh4 e1=Q 73. Bxe1 Kxe1 74. f7 Bxf7
75. a8=Q {and White eventually won.} 1-0

[Event "National High School (K-12) Ch"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Johnson, Donald"]
[Black "Peterson, Ryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2208"]
[BlackElo "2120"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2K5/8/4k3/8/5n2/2b5 w - - 0 66"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 66. Kd6 Nd3 67. Ke6 Ba3 68. Kf6 Nf4 69. Kg5 Be7+ 70. Kg4 Bf6 71. Kg3 Nd3
72. Kg4 Ne5+ 73. Kg3 Ke3 74. Kg2 Ke2 75. Kg3 Bg5 76. Kg2 Bf4 77. Kg1 Kf3 78.
Kh1 Be3 79. Kh2 Ng4+ 80. Kh1 Nf2+ 81. Kh2 Bf4+ 82. Kg1 Bg3 83. Kf1 Bh2 84. Ke1
Ne4 85. Kd1 Ke3 86. Ke1 Nd2 87. Kd1 Kd3 88. Kc1 Bg3 89. Kb2 Bd6 90. Kc1 Be5 91.
Kd1 Bg3 92. Kc1 Nc4 93. Kd1 Ne3+ 94. Kc1 Be5 95. Kb1 Kc3 96. Kc1 Bf4 97. Kb1
Nc4 98. Ka2 Kc2 99. Ka1 Nb2 100. Ka2 Bd6 101. Ka1 Nd3 102. Ka2 Nc1+ 103. Ka1
Be5# 0-1

[Event "Amateur Team East"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.02.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Black "Rohde, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qf3 Rb8 8.
Bd3 Nf6 9. g4 d6 10. g5 Nd7 11. Qg3 Nc5 12. Be2 e5 13. f4 Ne6 14. f5 Nd4 15.
Bd3 Qb6 16. b3 Ba6 17. Na4 Qb7 18. Bb2 Be7 19. c3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nb5 21. c4 Nd4
22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Qxd4 Bxg5 24. Qxg7 Qb4+ 25. Kf1 Qd2 26. Qxh8+ Kd7 27. Qb2
Qf4+ 28. Qf2 Qxe4 29. Rg1 Be3 30. Re1 Qd3+ 31. Qe2 Qxf5+ 32. Kg2 Rg8+ 33. Kh1
Qe4+ 34. Rg2 f5 35. Nc3 Rxg2 36. Nxe4 {1-0} 1-0

[Event "Amateur Team East"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dedona, Marc"]
[Black "Rigai, Jon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2054"]
[BlackElo "1959"]
[Annotator "Rigai"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Qe2 {My opponent spent 15 minutes to come up with this
move.Perhaps he was trying to avoid my preparation; we've played each other
several times before. I always believe in playing my own style of chess. For
anyone to beat me, they're going to have to come into my house and outplay me.}
Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. Nd5 {You need a good reason to move the same piece twice in
the opening. White is falling behind in development.} d6 6. c3 Ng4 {OK, I
moved the knight twice too, but this move comes with a serious threat. My goal
is always to stay on the offensive, and never let up. My inspiration is Paul
Morphy!} 7. Ne3 O-O 8. b4 Nxe3 9. fxe3 Bb6 10. Bb2 Qf6 11. a3 {Unneccessary.
Why move a wing pawn when development is not complete?} Qg6 12. d3 Be6 13.
O-O-O a5 {[#] Now that White has committed his king to the queenside via 13.
0-0-0, I want to rip open some files to the enemy king so that my pieces can
infiltrate.} 14. g3 ({I think} 14. b5 {was essential, trying to keep the
queenside closed. But Black is better and it only postpones things.}) 14...
axb4 15. axb4 Ra2 16. Bg2 Rfa8 17. Kc2 {This loses on the spot.} ({White had
to try} 17. Rd2) ({or} 17. Nd2 {.}) 17... Rxb2+ ({The point is that after} 
17... Rxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Ra2+ {I win the queen.}) 0-1

[Event "Amateur Team East"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Weisz, Bryan"]
[Black "Fernandez, Kenneth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[Annotator "Fernandez"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 {Uncommon. Perhaps my opponent was trying
to take me out of book?} dxe4 5. Qxe4 Nf6 6. Qh4 Bd7 7. Bd3 Bc6 8. Nf3 {
The wrong square for the knight, although I didn't capitalize!} ({Better is} 8.
Nge2 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 {as in Hector - Eingorn, Debrecen 1989.}) 8... Nbd7 ({
I should have played} 8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nd5 {and after} 11. Qxd8+
Rxd8 12. Rb1 {(avoiding the worst of White's problems)} Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3+ {
Black is much better.}) 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Ne5 Nd5 {[#]} ({An alternative is} 10...
Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qg3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O {- it's not often both
sides castle queenside!}) 11. Nxd5 {This looks like it could have won a piece..
. until you see that the knight would be trapped on c7 at the end!} Bxd5 ({
The key variation is:} 11... Bxg5 12. Nxc7+ Kf8 13. Qg3 ({or} 13. Nxe6+ fxe6
14. Nxd7+ Bxd7 15. Qg3) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Rc8 15. Nxe6+ fxe6 16. Rd1 {
when Black is up a piece for two pawns.}) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qg4 Qb4+ 14. Kf1 ({
Only slightly better is} 14. c3 Nxe5 15. Qxg7 (15. dxe5 $2 Qxg4) ({best is} 15.
cxb4 Nxg4) 15... Nxd3+ 16. Kd2 Qxb2+ 17. Kxd3 O-O-O {when Black wins.}) 14...
Nxe5 15. Qxg7 O-O-O ({The best move is} 15... Nxd3 $1 16. Qxh8+ Ke7 17. Qxa8
Qxb2 18. Rd1 $2 (18. cxd3 Qxa1+ 19. Ke2 Qxh1 {and Black's threats can't be
stopped}) 18... Qxc2 {is mate shortly.}) 16. Qxe5 Rhg8 17. f3 Qxb2 18. Kf2 ({If
} 18. Rd1 Bc6) 18... Bc6 19. Bxh7 Rxd4 $1 20. Qe3 ({Not} 20. Bxg8 Rd2+) 20...
Rgd8 {And the rest, as they say, is technique!} 21. Rae1 Rd2+ 22. Re2 Rxe2+ 23.
Qxe2 Qd4+ 24. Kf1 Qa1+ 25. Qe1 Rd1 26. Kf2 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Qd4+ 28. Kf1 Bb5+ 29.
Bd3 Bxd3+ 30. cxd3 Qxd3+ 31. Kf2 Qd4+ 32. Kg3 c5 33. Re4 Qd6+ 34. Kh3 f5 35.
Ra4 a6 36. g4 fxg4+ 37. fxg4 Qd3+ 38. Kh4 c4 39. g5 Qd4+ 40. Kh5 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Amateur Team East"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.02.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chiu, Isaac"]
[Black "Paciorkowski, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Paciorkowski,Lev"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 $5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 Bd7 $5 {This is a very
rare move that I recently took a look at. Why not give it a whirl in the final
round of a big tournament?!} 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Nxd7 {I don't think White has
anything better} Qxd7 8. O-O g6 9. Re1 Bg7 10. d3 O-O {After White's offbeat
opening choice and my equally rare response, we have reached an equal position
that I think is easier to play for Black. White has the bishop pair, but Black
has a clamp on the d4-square. Black can always expand on the queenside;
meanwhile, I am not sure what White is supposed to do.} 11. Ne4 b6 ({I think
that} 11... Nxe4 $6 12. dxe4 {would be a bad idea. As we'll see in the game,
White will be forced to play c2-c3, leaving the d3-pawn backward and weak.
This transformation would pre-solve that problem for White!}) 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6
13. c3 Bg7 14. Be3 Rfd8 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Bf1 e6 ({Perhaps} 16... Nd4 $5 {
is possible, but I felt like after} 17. Qd2 Nf5 {the knight was misplaced. I
was instead aiming for ...Ne7-d5 instead to support ...b5-b4.}) 17. Rad1 Ne7
18. Bg5 h6 19. Bc1 b5 20. Qb3 b4 {Black now feels slightly preferable. White's
bishops are passive, and I am close to creating targets on the queenside.} 21.
Re4 Nd5 22. Bd2 a5 23. a3 {[#] This is a critical moment, and I took my
longest think of the game here. It feels like there should be a tactical
breakthrough for Black, and indeed, there is:} bxc3 24. bxc3 c4 $1 {Now White
is forced to accept some structural weaknesses.} 25. Rxc4 ({Not} 25. dxc4 $2
Nxc3 $19) 25... Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Rc8 27. Qa6 Nxc3 {As the clocks ticked on, the
games boards two and three were drawn, while I could see our board four was in
trouble. I would need to win this game to tie the match. Clearly Black is
better here, but there is some risk of things liquidating to a holdable
endgame if I am not precise.} 28. Bxc3 Rxc3 $1 {It seems that White
underestimated this idea, sacrificing a pawn for activity.} ({After} 28... Bxc3
$2 {I really did not like} 29. d4 $1 {when White is much closer to a draw --
my pieces are suddenly poorly coordinated.}) 29. Qxa5 Rc2 $2 {[#] Tempting,
but I realized after playing this that it gives White a golden opportunity to
liquidate things.} ({The patient} 29... Bd4 $1 $17 {was correct.}) 30. Rd2 $6 (
{Better was} 30. d4 $1 Bxd4 {and only now} 31. Rd2 $1 $11 {would almost surely
secure a draw. White's pieces actually benefit from losing the d-pawn; now the
f1-bishop can get out.}) 30... Rc1 31. Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qe4 Qb5 $6 ({More precise
was} 32... Bc3 $1 33. Re2 Qb5 {preventing White's Qe4-b4.}) 33. Qe2 ({After} 
33. Qb4 {I had intended} Qe5 {when it looks like the threats of ...Qe5-a1 and .
..Qe5-e1 are decisive, but I was shocked when I found the only defense:} 34.
Ra2 $1 {and White (barely) holds things together.}) 33... Qb1 34. d4 {Forced,
as ...Rc1-e1 was threatened.} Re1 35. Qd3 Qc1 {Threatening ...Rxf1+.} 36. Ra2 {
Also forced -- the rook had no other square!} ({Case in point:} 36. Rc2 $2
Rxf1+ $19) 36... Bxd4 {Black has won the pawn back and preserved his
dominating pieces. I felt very optimistic that I would also win White's a-pawn,
keeping good chances to convert the resulting opposite-color
bishop-and-major-piece endgame while up a pawn.} 37. g3 ({Mistaken would be} 
37. a4 $2 e5 38. a5 e4 $19 {and ...e4-e3 is crushing.}) 37... Rd1 38. Qe2 e5
39. Kg2 Qb1 40. Rd2 Qb7+ 41. Kg1 Ra1 42. Ra2 Rb1 43. a4 Qd5 44. Rd2 ({Not} 44.
a5 $4 Rxf1+ $1 $19) 44... h5 45. h4 Ra1 46. Kh2 ({I had another nasty trick
prepared in case of} 46. Qb5 $2 Qf3 47. Qd3 Bxf2+ $1 $19) 46... Qc6 $5 ({
The pawn grab} 46... Rxa4 {left me concerned about} 47. Qb5 $1 Qa8 48. Bg2 {
when it felt like White is coordinating his pieces very nicely. I figured I
could take the a4 pawn later under better circumstances.}) 47. Rc2 Qf6 48. Bg2
Rxa4 {[#] This is the endgame I was envisioning. Objectively, it is holdable
for White, but it is not easy, especially with little time on the clock.} 49.
Bd5 Qe7 50. Kg2 Rb4 {The ideal place for my rook is on the f6-square, where it
covers f7 and attacks f2.} 51. Bf3 Qd7 {Covering the c6-square so that I can
begin the rook transfer.} ({Note that} 51... Rb6 {directly makes no progress
after} 52. Rc6 Rb2 53. Rc2 {.}) 52. Bc6 {Hindering my plan!} Qa7 53. Bf3 Kg7
54. Qd2 Rb6 55. Ra2 $5 ({I thought} 55. Rc6 {would be more to the point,
although perhaps White was concerned about} Rb2 56. Rc2 Rb1 {when my plan to
double major pieces on the back-rank looks menacing.}) 55... Qe7 {Now White
can no longer stop my rook from reaching the f-file.} 56. Qd3 Rf6 57. Ra6 Rf5 (
{Fun fact:} 57... e4 $2 {would actually win if I hadn't played the
"prophylactic" 53. ... Kg7 a few moves earlier, but here it loses only because
after} 58. Qxd4 exf3+ 59. Kh2 $18 {my rook is pinned, and, to add insult to
injury, Black is even in zugzwang here!}) 58. Qe4 Qb4 59. Ra2 Qb3 60. Re2 Rf6 {
I'm slowly making progress here. White is tied down to the defense of the
f2-square, and at the right moment I thought I could try to switch my major
pieces to White's back rank to create mate threats. The position is still
defendable, but it's getting tougher.} 61. Qd5 Qb6 62. Qe4 Qa6 {[#]} 63. Qb7 $6
{This seems impractical.} Qxe2 $1 64. Bxe2 Rxf2+ 65. Kh3 Rxe2 {The engine
assures me that White can construct a fortress, but humans with only minutes
on the clock will find it very difficult to draw this position.} 66. Qf3 Rb2
67. g4 $2 {The losing move - now the h4-pawn is indefensible. White had to sit
and wait instead.} Rf2 68. Qd1 hxg4+ 69. Qxg4 Rf5 70. Qe4 Bc5 71. Qd5 Be7 $1 {
Only now does it become clear that after ...Be7-f6 and ...Rf5-h5, the h4-pawn
falls and Black has a winning position.} 72. Kg3 Bf6 73. Qc6 Rh5 74. Qd7 Rxh4
$19 {All that's left is to advance the pawns while avoiding perpetuals.} 75.
Kf3 Rd4 76. Qc6 Rf4+ 77. Kg3 Rf5 78. Qe4 Bg5 79. Qd5 Bf4+ 80. Kf3 Rg5 81. Qc6
Rg3+ 82. Kf2 Re3 83. Qd6 g5 84. Qe7 Rh3 85. Qd7 Rh6 86. Kf3 Rg6 87. Kg4 Re6 88.
Kf3 e4+ 89. Ke2 Rd6 90. Qf5 Rd2+ 91. Ke1 e3 92. Qg4 Kg6 93. Qf3 f5 94. Qc6+ Kh5
95. Qf3+ Kh4 96. Qh1+ Rh2 97. Qf3 Bg3+ 98. Kd1 e2+ 0-1

[Event "Super Chess Rapid Open"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2022.05.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "7.1 Magold, Filip"]
[Black "Ceteras, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2203"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r1rk1/ppp2ppp/2nq4/8/3PB1b1/2P2NP1/P5PP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2022.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,41,30,25,28,28,60,53,51,42,45,6,1,-29,38,18,44,-10,16,21,21,56,58,25,
40,38,57,28,49,-8,7,24,23,-24,50,145,140,161,894,894,899,899,899,933] [#]} 17.
Bxh7+ $1 {A typical Greek gift sacrifice.} Kxh7 ({Or} 17... Kh8 18. Bb1 {
and White has won a pawn.}) 18. Ng5+ Kg6 19. Qxg4 f5 20. Rxf5 $1 ({Absolutely
decisive. White achieves less after} 20. Qh4 Rh8 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. gxf4 {
and White has only won a pawn.}) 20... Rxf5 21. Ne4+ {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "TCh-RUS Premier 2022"]
[Site "Sochi RUS"]
[Date "2022.05.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "7.2 Sakaev, K."]
[Black "Kokarev, Dm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b3k1/1pnnr1b1/p2p1q1p/3P1p2/2B1pB1N/2N1R1PP/PP1Q1P2/2R3K1 w - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2022.05.01"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mednyy vsadnik (g. Sankt-Peterburg)"]
[BlackTeam "Yuzhnyy Ural - 1 (Chelyabinskaya oblast)"]

{[%evp 0,47,24,13,24,0,38,38,38,38,38,37,37,37,54,55,72,48,96,60,85,52,45,36,
108,63,63,37,93,80,97,60,53,41,49,16,29,9,12,10,27,6,11,-28,-6,-7,20,11,29,266]
[#]} 24. Bxd6 $1 ({The best and Black consequently resigned immediately. Note
that White also gains a decisive advantage after} 24. Nxf5 Qxf5 25. Bxd6 Ne5
26. Be2 $1 Rf7 27. Nxe4 {but this is not as convincing as the game
continuation.}) ({A possible continuation was} 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 ({or} 24... Nb6
25. Bxe7 Nxc4 26. Bxf6 Nxd2 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Re2 {and White is winning.}) 25.
Nxf5 Nb5 26. Nxb5 axb5 27. Bb3 {and Black is toast.}) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 2021-22"]
[Site "Dusseldorf GER"]
[Date "2022.05.01"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "7.3 Sonntag, HH."]
[Black "Pruijssers, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1rbq1rk1/3nppbp/2np2p1/3N4/1p1NP3/4B1PP/1PP2PB1/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 15"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2022.03.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Aachener SV"]
[BlackTeam "SV Werder Bremen"]

{[%evp 0,44,24,24,54,54,54,34,34,35,42,32,109,36,69,-21,-25,-23,-23,-34,23,-12,
16,-20,57,51,55,28,44,33,35,32,65,45,60,-118,-106,-115,-117,-113,-101,-200,
-193,-267,-246,-394,-389] [#]} 15... Bxd4 $1 {This tactical trick also exists
in the English Opening (a Dragon Variation but with the colors reversed)} 16.
Bxd4 e6 17. Be3 ({The more obvious alternatives do not work either:} 17. Ne3 e5
18. Ba7 Rb7 {and the bishop is trapped.}) ({Or} 17. Nf4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 e5 {
and the fork wins a piece.}) 17... exd5 18. Qxd5 Qc7 ({It was even better to
play} 18... Nde5 $1 {, e.g.,} 19. f4 Be6 {and White can resign.}) 19. Rfd1 Nce5
20. Ra7 Qxc2 21. Rd2 Qb1+ 22. Kh2 Nf6 {and White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Caissa Hotel Bahar GpA"]
[Site "Ayvalik TUR"]
[Date "2022.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "7.4 Isik, Alparslan"]
[Black "Danaci, Ege"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2348"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r1k1/1p3ppp/p1b5/q2p4/N2Qn3/1P4P1/P3PPBP/2RR2K1 w - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2022.04.23"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "B TAKIM"]
[BlackTeam "D TAKIM"]

{[%evp 0,39,30,28,20,-23,-11,-40,-40,-62,-11,-66,-42,-32,7,-34,-22,-27,-22,-30,
-21,-19,-5,5,20,10,29,-25,23,22,47,6,58,36,36,36,42,63,78,127,128,266] [#]} 19.
Nb6 $1 Rab8 ({It was relatively best to play} 19... Qa3 {although} 20. Nxa8
Rxa8 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Qd8+ Qf8 23. Qxf8+ Kxf8 24. Kf1 {wins for White.}) ({
Note that} 19... Qxa2 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Bxe4 {is even worse for Black as the
queen cannot return to f8 as in the above line.}) 20. a4 $1 {The queen is
trapped and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "4NCL 2021-22"]
[Site "England ENG"]
[Date "2022.04.30"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "7.5 Roberson, P."]
[Black "Parligras, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4k2r/1b2b1pp/pq2Q3/2nn4/8/PBp2P2/2P3PP/1KBRR3 w k - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2021.11.27"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The Sharks 1"]
[BlackTeam "Chess.com Manx Liberty"]

{[%evp 0,43,24,24,54,54,84,80,79,49,49,51,69,61,103,81,68,83,71,8,35,-42,20,20,
64,-29,-29,-92,58,14,34,14,17,-17,21,6,6,76,76,76,42,24,1419,1556,29995,29996]
[#]} 21. Qxb6 $1 Nxb6 22. Rxe7+ $1 {Black resigned as he cannot prevent mate.
For instance,} (22. Rxe7+ Kxe7 23. Bg5+ Ke8 24. Rd8# {The criss-crossing
bishops take all the squares away from Black's king.}) 1-0

[Event "Super Chess Rapid Open"]
[Site "Bucharest ROU"]
[Date "2022.05.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "7.6 Stepanencu, Nicodim-Cosmin"]
[Black "Bilych, Olexiy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2kr3r/1pp1qp2/1pn1b2p/3n2p1/8/PN3PB1/1PP1Q1PP/2KR1B1R b - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2022.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,46,30,28,28,28,28,8,16,16,40,59,6,11,20,-25,21,-46,-44,-48,-39,-29,21,
0,10,-23,-3,-4,18,18,18,-9,-24,-195,-195,-195,-338,-338,-338,-338,-338,-338,
-338,-338,-338,-433,-449,-533,-628] [#]} 16... Nc3 $1 17. Rxd8+ ({Or} 17. bxc3
Qxa3+ 18. Kb1 Bxb3 {and White cannot defend.}) 17... Rxd8 18. Qe1 (18. bxc3
Qxa3+ {will end the game rapidly in Black's favor.}) 18... Rd1+ 19. Qxd1 Nxd1
20. Kxd1 Bxb3 21. cxb3 Qe3 22. Bc4 b5 23. Bxf7 Qd3+ {and White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "American Cup Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "7.7 Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Kevlishvili, Robby"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/4pp1p/p2p1bp1/qp1P1b2/8/2P1B3/PP1QBPPP/R1R3K1 w - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2022.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,66,24,24,56,56,92,92,92,80,61,61,61,52,31,21,10,-36,8,-27,-7,-17,-36,
-36,10,15,2,-15,-3,-9,6,8,23,12,20,39,45,43,31,31,45,48,94,135,135,121,147,111,
93,71,123,133,156,160,164,195,195,209,190,190,190,161,159,141,159,159,224,219,
241] [#]} 17. a4 $1 {Before this and White's next move, it could appear that
Black had a pretty decent position, but after White's next move, it becomes
clear that his castle comes crashing down.} bxa4 18. b4 $1 {The black queen is
being chased away, White wins back the a-pawn and now the assualt on the
queenside takes shape. Black is completely without hope.} Qc7 19. Rxa4 Qb7 20.
c4 $6 ({It was better to play} 20. Qa2 Be4 21. Ra5 {and Black can soon resign.}
) 20... Rfb8 21. c5 dxc5 22. bxc5 Qb3 23. Rxa6 $4 ({White wins with} 23. Qa5
Qb2 24. Bc4 {and Black is without counterplay.}) 23... Rxa6 ({Black could have
saved himself with} 23... Bb2 $1 24. Rf1 Bc3 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 {and White has
nothing better than to repeat moves with} 26. Bd1 Qc4 27. Be2 Qb3 {with a draw.
}) 24. Bxa6 Qa3 $2 25. Bf1 Rb2 26. Qd1 Rb3 27. c6 $2 (27. Bh6 $1) 27... Rxe3
28. fxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Be5 30. Qe1 $2 (30. c7 $1 Bc8 31. Rc4 $1) 30... Qh6 31.
h3 Qf4 $2 (31... Bg3 $1) 32. g3 Qd4 $2 33. Bg2 Bd6 {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Lengyel Levente Mem 2022"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "2022.04.29"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "7.8 Papp, Levente"]
[Black "Sturt, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3k2r/1p1nbp2/2p3p1/p1n1P2p/3N4/2NbB1P1/Pq3PBP/R2QR1K1 w kq - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2022.04.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,57,25,14,18,-12,-5,-29,36,48,21,-43,-3,-13,2,-13,-5,-25,-23,-66,-9,-4,
20,12,12,39,42,41,69,53,127,29,60,-22,-22,-40,-46,-122,-59,-62,-3,-61,-16,-27,
302,102,141,54,153,155,316,265,348,227,467,467,626,609,1090,767] [#]} 20. e6 $1
{The only move to win.} ({After} 20. Na4 Nxa4 21. Qxd3 Nac5 22. Qd1 Rd8 {
, White has the better chances but Black is still very much alive.}) 20... Nf6
({Black has several alternatives but nothing works for him: a)} 20... Ne5 21.
exf7+ Kf8 ({or} 21... Kxf7 22. Nf3 $1 Qxc3 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Nxe5+ Kg7 25. Qxd3
{and White has won a piece}) 22. Nf3 Nxf3+ ({or} 22... Ncd7 23. Bd4 $1) 23.
Qxf3 Qxc3 24. Rac1 Qa3 25. Bd4 Rh7 26. Rc3 Qxa2 27. Rxc5 {and Black can resign}
) ({b)} 20... O-O 21. exd7 Qxc3 22. Rc1 Qa3 23. Bh6 Bf6 24. Nb3 Nxb3 25. Qxd3
Qxa2 26. Rc2 Qa3 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Rc4 {and White is winning}) ({c)} 20... Qxc3
21. exd7+ Nxd7 22. Rc1 Qa3 23. Bf4 O-O 24. Re3 {and White wins a piece.}) 21.
Nxc6 ({Or even stronger} 21. Na4 Nxa4 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Qxd3 {and Black is
completely busted.}) 21... Qxc3 22. exf7+ ({Or} 22. Rc1 Qa3 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24.
Nxe7 Ncd7 25. Rc7 Qxe7 26. Qb3+ Qe6 27. Rxd7+ Nxd7 28. Bd5 {and White is
winning.}) 22... Kxf7 23. Rc1 Qa3 24. Nxe7 Ne6 25. Nd5 Ne4 26. Qf3+ Kg7 27. Rc3
Qxc3 28. Nxc3 Nxc3 29. Bd2 {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "55th Capablanca Mem Prem"]
[Site "Havana CUB"]
[Date "2022.04.27"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "7.9 Hernandez Moya, Y."]
[Black "Forgas Moreno, Y."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3kb1r/1b3pp1/p2ppn1p/qp6/3NP3/1BN5/PPPQ1PPP/2KRR3 w kq - 0 13"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2022.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 13. e5 $1 {The only winning move.} dxe5 ({The alternatives do not work
for Black either, for instance,} 13... Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16.
exd6+ {and Black will lose the queen and get mated}) ({or} 13... b4 14. Nxe6
bxc3 15. Nxg7+ Kd8 16. Qf4 {and Black's king will not survive the central
onslaught}) ({or} 13... Nd7 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 b4 16. Nc7+ Kf7 17. e6+ Kg8
18. N3d5 Nf6 19. e7 {and Black can resign.}) 14. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 ({Or} 14... e4
15. Nxf8 Kxf8 16. Qd6+ Kg8 17. Qe7 {and Black is busted.}) 15. Rxe5 $1 Rd8 16.
Rxe6+ $1 Be7 17. Rxe7+ $1 {White's last five moves have all been on the e-file
and all have been the only loves to lead to the win. White now wins Black's
queen.} Kxe7 18. Nd5+ {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Cambridge Springs"]
[Site "Cambridge Springs,PA"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Pillsbury, Harry Nelson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1904.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. e5 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nd5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bc4
e6 9. Bg5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Ne7 11. O-O h6 12. Bf6 Bxf6 13. exf6 Nf5 14. Qe2 Qxf6
15. g4 Nd6 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. Bd3 O-O 18. Rf2 Kg7 19. Raf1 Bd7 20. Rf6 Rg8 21.
Nxg6 Qxf6 22. Rxf6 Kxf6 23. Qe5# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/6R1/8/k7/1nK5/2Q5/6q1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/3b4/5N2/8/5krP/7K/7R b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/3k4/3b4/8/1P1r4/1KN1n3/R1R5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/3b4/3B4/8/6r1/4k3/6RK b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/3B4/6k1/4P1n1/3Q2K1/q7 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/k3q3/8/7r/8/QP1n4/K7/1R6 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Lone Pine op Louis D. Statham Masters"]
[Site "Lone Pine"]
[Date "1979.04.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Silman, Jeremy D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3k4/pp3bBp/8/5P2/2p3P1/1P3K2/P6P/8 w - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1979.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 31. bxc4 (31. b4 c3 32. Bxc3 (32. a3 c2 33. Bb2) 32... Bxa2 33. g5 Bf7
34. Kg4) 31... Bxc4 32. a3 Ke7 33. h4 Bb3 34. h5 (34. g5 Bd1+) 34... Bd1+ 35.
Kf4 Kf7 36. h6 a5 37. Bc3 a4 38. g5 Bc2 39. g6+ Kg8 (39... hxg6 40. h7) 40. Kg5
Bb1 41. Kf6 Bc2 42. Bd2 Bd3 43. gxh7+ Kxh7 44. Ke6 Kg8 45. f6 Bc4+ 46. Ke7 Bb3
47. f7+ Bxf7 48. h7+ Kxh7 49. Kxf7 {[#]} Kh8 50. Bc3+ Kh7 51. Bg7 b6 52. Bf8
Kh8 53. Bh6 Kh7 54. Bg7 b5 55. Bf8 1-0

[Event "8th Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Carlsen, M.."]
[Black "Kramnik, V.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2864"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/4b3/8/4k2P/6P1/3K4/3B4 w - - 0 51"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 51. Ke2 Bg4+ 52. Ke1 Be6 53. Kf2 Ke5 54. Ke3 Bd7 55. Bc2 Bg4 56. Bg6 Bd7
57. h5 Kf6 58. Kf4 Be6 59. Be4 Kg7 (59... Bd7 60. h6 Be6 61. g4 Bxg4 62. Kxg4
Kf7 63. Bh7 {[#]}) 60. Kg5 Bd7 61. h6+ Kh8 62. Kf4 Be6 63. Bf5 Bf7 64. g4 Bh5
65. g5 Kg8 66. Be6+ Kh7 67. Kf5 Bg6+ 68. Kf6 Kh8 69. Bd7 (69. Kxg6 $4) 69...
Bh5 (69... Bd3 70. Bf5) 70. Bc6 Kh7 71. Bd5 Bg6 (71... Kh8 72. Bf7) 72. Bg8+
1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Norm IM"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kiewra, Keaton F"]
[Black "Jacobson, Aaron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7p/p1k1ppp1/P1P5/3K4/5PP1/7P/8 w - - 0 43"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2019.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "3"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 43. h4 (43. f4 e5+ 44. fxe5 fxe5+ 45. Kxe5 Kxc5 46. Kf6 Kb5 47. Kg7 Kxa5
48. Kxh7 Kb6 49. h4 a5 {[#]} 50. g4 $1 (50. Kxg6 a4 {White is able to queen
one move after Black, but Black's queen will eliminate it immediately.} 51. h5
a3) 50... a4 51. h5 gxh5 52. gxh5 (52. g5 $2 h4 {White promotes first but
Black queens with check and swpas down again.}) 52... a3 53. h6 a2 54. Kg8 a1=Q
55. h7 $11 {with the classic Q vs rook pawn draw.}) 43... e5+ 44. Kc4 f5 45. f4
e4 46. Kd4 e3 47. Kxe3 Kxc5 48. h5 gxh5 49. Kd3 Kd5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch Seniors 50 14th"]
[Site "Porto"]
[Date "2014.03.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Santos, Luis M"]
[Black "Bruno, Fabio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/7p/7p/1PK3kP/6P1/8 w - - 0 64"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2014.03.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 64. b4 (64. Kd3 Kxg2 65. Ke2 Kxh3 66. Kf3 Kh2 67. Kf2 {[#]} h3 68. b4 Kh1
69. b5 h2 70. b6 h4 71. b7 h3 72. Kg3 Kg1 73. b8=Q) 64... Kxg2 65. b5 Kxh3 66.
b6 Kg2 67. b7 h3 68. b8=Q h2 {[#]} 69. Qb7+ Kg1 70. Qb6+ Kg2 71. Qc6+ Kg1 72.
Qc5+ Kg2 73. Qg5+ Kf2 74. Qh4+ Kg2 75. Qe4+ Kg1 76. Qg6+ Kf2 77. Qe4 Kg1 78.
Qe1+ Kg2 79. Qe2+ Kg1 80. Qe3+ Kg2 81. Qg5+ Kf2 82. Qxh5 Kg2 83. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Canadian Open"]
[Site "Kapuskasing CAN"]
[Date "2004.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark"]
[Black "Krnan, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2331"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2004.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[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. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nbd2 Nc6
15. Qb1 h6 16. h3 Be6 17. a3 Qc7 18. Qc1 Rfd8 19. Nb3 Nd7 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Bxd6
Qxd6 22. Qe3 Bxb3 23. Bxb3 c4 24. Bc2 Nde5 25. Rad1 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Qe5 27. Qc3
Kf8 28. Qxe5 Nxe5 29. f4 Nc6 30. e5 Rd4 31. Be4 Rad8 32. Rxd4 Nxd4 33. Kf2 Nb3
34. Ke3 Ke7 35. f5 Nc5 36. Re2 Nd7 37. Rd2 Nxe5 38. Rxd8 Kxd8 39. Kd4 f6 40.
Bb7 Kc7 41. Bxa6 Kb6 42. Bc8 Nc6+ 43. Ke3 Kc5 44. Bb7 Nd8 45. Be4 Nf7 46. Bc2
Nd6 47. g4 Kd5 48. Bd1 Ke5 49. Bf3 Ne8 50. Bc6 Nc7 51. Bb7 h5 52. gxh5 Ne8 53.
Bc6 Nd6 54. Kd2 Kxf5 55. Kc3 Ke5 56. Kb4 {Both minor pieces have freedom of
movement, showcasing the advantages and disadvantages of each piece. The
variations are also chock full of pawn endings.} f5 ({It seems natural to
"shoulder" with} 56... Kd4 {White cannot go for the pawn ending But White can
play} 57. Bd7 $1 (57. Bxb5 Nxb5 58. Kxb5 f5 59. a4 f4 60. a5 f3 61. a6 f2 62.
a7 f1=Q 63. a8=Q c3+ 64. Kb4 c2 $19) 57... f5 ({on} 57... Kd5 {It seems that
White can go for the pawn ending, but appearances are deceiving.} 58. Bxb5 (58.
Bg4 Kc6 $1 (58... f5 59. Bxf5 Nxf5 60. Kxb5 Nd6+ 61. Kb6 {with a high
probability of a draw.}) 59. Bf3+ Kb6 {with winning chances for Black}) 58...
Nxb5 59. Kxb5 f5 {[#]} 60. a4 (60. Kb4 f4 61. Kc3 Kc5 $1 62. h4 f3 $1 63. Kd2
Kb5 64. Ke3 Ka4 65. Kxf3 Kb3 66. a4 Kxb2 $1 67. a5 c3 68. a6 c2 69. a7 c1=Q 70.
a8=Q Qh1+ $19) 60... f4 61. a5 c3 $1 (61... f3 62. a6 f2 63. a7 f1=Q 64. a8=Q+
{White is the one who queens with check.}) 62. bxc3 f3 63. a6 f2 64. c4+ Kd6
65. a7 f1=Q 66. a8=Q Qb1+ 67. Ka6 Qa2+ 68. Kb7 Qb3+ 69. Ka6 (69. Ka7 Kc7) (69.
Kc8 Qxc4+) 69... Qxc4+ 70. Kb6 Qb4+ 71. Ka6 Qa4+ 72. Kb7 Qb5+ 73. Ka7 Kc7) (
57... Kd3 $2 {is actually dangerous for Black after} 58. Kc5) 58. Bxf5 Nxf5 59.
Kxb5 $11 {looks like a draw in all lines, e.g.} Ne3 60. a4 Nd1 61. a5 Nxb2 62.
a6 c3 63. a7 c2 64. a8=Q c1=Q 65. Qa7+) 57. Kc5 Ne4+ $1 (57... f4 58. Bg2 Ne4+
59. Kxb5 Nd2 60. a4 Kd6 61. a5 f3 62. Bxf3 Nxf3 63. Kb6 Ne5 64. a6 Nd7+ 65. Kb7
Nc5+ $11) 58. Kxb5 Kd4 59. a4 (59. Bd7 f4 60. Bg4 Nf2 61. Bf3 Nd3 62. a4 Nxb2
63. a5 c3 64. a6 c2 65. a7 c1=Q 66. a8=Q Qc5+ 67. Ka6 Qa3+ 68. Kb5 Qxa8 69.
Bxa8 Nd3 $19) 59... f4 60. a5 f3 61. Bxe4 $2 (61. a6 f2 62. a7 f1=Q (62... Nd6+
63. Ka5 $1 f1=Q 64. a8=Q Qa1+ 65. Kb6 Qxb2+ 66. Kc7 Qh2 $17) 63. Kb6 $1 (63.
a8=Q c3+ 64. Kb6 c2 $1) 63... Qa1 64. a8=Q Qxb2+ (64... Qxa8 65. Bxa8 Nf2 66.
Kc6 Nd3 (66... Nxh3 67. Kd6 Nf4 68. Bf3 Nd3 69. Bd5 Nxb2 70. Ke6 (70. Bxc4
Nxc4+ 71. Ke6 Ne3 $19) 70... c3 71. Bb3 Nd3 72. Kf5 Nc5 73. Bc2 Ke3 74. Kg6 Ne6
75. Kf7 Nf4 76. Kxg7 Nxh5+ 77. Kf7 $11) 67. Kd6 Nxb2 68. Bd5 c3 69. Bb3 Nd3 70.
Ke7 Nf4 (70... Nc5 71. Bc2 Ke3 72. Kf7 Kd2 73. Kxg7 Kxc2 74. h6 Ne6+ 75. Kg8)
71. Kf7 Nxh5 72. h4 Ke3 73. Kg6 Ng3 74. h5 Kf4 (74... Kd2 75. Ba4) 75. Ba4 $1 (
75. Bd1 Nxh5 76. Kxh5 g5 $22) 75... Kg4 76. Bd1+ Kh4 77. Kxg7 Kg5 78. Kf7 Nxh5
79. Ke6 Kf4 80. Kd5 Ke3 81. Kc4 Kd2 82. Ba4 $11) 65. Kc7) 61... c3 $3 62. a6 (
62. bxc3+ Kxe4 {and only Black queens.}) 62... f2 63. Bd3 Kxd3 64. a7 cxb2 65.
a8=Q b1=Q+ 66. Kc5 Qc1+ 67. Kd6 f1=Q 68. Qa6+ Qc4 69. Qa3+ Kc2 0-1

[Event "World op 28th"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2000.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Tate, Emory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2000.06.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. Qe2 dxe4 5. dxe4 Ne7 6. Na3 $1 Nec6 7. c3 Be7 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. Bb5 g5 $2 ({Black's position is awkward, but} 10... e5
11. Bg3 Qc7 {gives him a position. This wild advance is so unprincipled that I
knew I had to smack it down hard.}) 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 exf5 13. O-O-O f4 14.
h4 $1 gxh4 {[#]} (14... fxe3 15. hxg5 Rf7 16. Bc4) (14... g4 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16.
hxg5 Qe7 17. Bd3 {, etc.}) 15. Bxc5 $3 Bxc5 16. Rxh4 Qe7 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Rdh1
Nf6 19. Ng5 {There are simply too many attackers, though Tate ensures a few
more curious moments.} Be3+ 20. Kb1 h5 21. Rxh5+ Nxh5 22. Rxh5+ Kg7 23. Qh7+
Kf6 24. Rh6+ Ke5 ({Or} 24... Kxg5 25. Qg6# {. GMs are rarely called upon to
place checkmate on the board. I decided that a knight mate was a bit more
aesthetic than 25.Qe4#.}) 25. Nf3# 1-0

[Event "Kolty Chess Club"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.08.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Splane, Mike"]
[Black "Escoto, Joki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1966"]
[Annotator "Splane"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. d5 exd5 6. Qxd5 c6 7. Qe5+ Be6 8.
Bg5 Qd5 {[#]} 9. Rd1 f6 10. Bxf6 (10. Rxd5 fxe5 11. Rxe5) 10... Qxe5 (10...
gxf6 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Rxd5) (10... Nxf6 11. Rxd5) 11. Rd8+ Kf7 12. Bxe5 Nf6
13. Ng5+ (13. Bxb8 Bb4+) 1-0

