[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1965.12.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1965.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Ngf3 exd4 7. Bc4 Qh5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe1+ Be7 10. Nxd4 O-O {[#]} 11. Be2 Bg4 12. Nxc6 Bd6 13. h3 Bxe2 14.
Nd4 Bxf1 15. Qxf1 Rfe8 16. N2f3 a6 17. Bg5 Qg6 18. Rd1 Re4 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Bc1
Rae8 21. Nd2 R4e7 22. Nc4 Bf4 23. Nf3 c6 24. Nb6 Bxc1 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Rxc1
Re2 27. Rb1 Qc2 28. Rc1 Qxb2 29. Rb1 Qxc3 30. Rxb7 Rxa2 31. Kh2 h6 32. Qb1 Rxf2
33. Qf5 Qxf3 34. Qxf3 Rxf3 35. gxf3 Rd8 36. Rb6 d4 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1963.12.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Bisguier, Arthur Bernard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C98"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1963.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Rd8 15.
Qe2 Nh5 16. g3 g6 17. h4 Be6 18. Ne3 f6 19. Nd5 {[#]} Qb7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.
Nh2 Ng7 22. Ng4 c4 23. Qf3 Bxg4 24. Qxg4 Ne6 25. h5 Kh8 26. Kg2 g5 27. Be3 Nf4+
28. Kh2 Nd3 29. Bxd3 cxd3 30. Red1 Rd7 31. Rd2 Na5 32. b3 Qd6 33. Rad1 Re8 34.
Rxd3 Qxd3 35. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "St Stefan/Belgrade m"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
f3 a6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. h4 b4 14. Na4 Bb7 15.
Nb6 Rb8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Kb1 Qc7 18. Bd3 {[#]} Bc8 19. h5 e5 20. Be3 Be6 21.
Rdg1 a5 22. g6 Bf6 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. Bg5 Qe7 25. Rg3 Bxg5 26. Rxg5 Qf6 27. Rhg1
Qxf3 28. Rxg7 Qf6 29. h6 a4 30. b3 axb3 31. axb3 Rfd8 32. Qg2 Rf8 33. Rg8+ Kxh7
34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. h7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2022.01.22"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Warmerdam, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/5pp1/3P4/2Q1RPK1/2B5/1P3qP1/2r4P/8 b - - 0 60"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 60... Kh7 0-1

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Grandelius, N."]
[Black "Rapport, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1kr5/3p1pR1/p3p2p/1p2PP1P/1q1N4/bP5r/P1P5/1K1RQ3 b - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 29... Rh1 30. Rg1 Rxg1 31. Qxg1 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2022.01.23"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Dardha, Daniel"]
[Black "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "kn1r3r/ppq1bp1p/4b3/3p1p2/QPpP4/P1N1PNP1/5PBP/1R3RK1 w - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. Qxa7+ Qxa7 22. Nc7# 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2022.01.18"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Black "Grandelius, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/r7/1p1Pk3/2p5/2P1Pp2/1K3P2/8/3R4 w - - 0 61"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 61. d7 Rxd7 62. Rxd7 Kxd7 63. Ka4 Kc6 64. e5 1-0

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2022.01.23"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "R7/6r1/2p2p2/p3r3/P4k1p/2P2Np1/6K1/5R2 b - - 0 47"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 47... h3+ 48. Kxh3 g2 49. Rf2 Ke3 0-1

[Event "84th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2022.01.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "Rapport, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2865"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/q4pp1/1n2p2p/P5b1/1r6/4QBP1/R1RNPP1P/6K1 w - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2022.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 27. Qc5 Be7 28. axb6 Qxa2 29. Qxe7 Qxc2 30. Qxd8+ Kh7 31. b7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1942.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Pilnick, Carl"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "1942.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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15,28,-3,2,2,50,32,25,26,25,25,25,38,47,49,41,33,83,56,71,71,54,36,23,16,16,
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-146,-140,-131,-162,-177,-171,-179,-179,-179,-190,-182,-186,-183,-185,-183,
-182,-171,-184,-125,-134,-139,-170,-180,-177,-177,-188,-192,-188,-172,-186,
-185,-185,-172,-184,-177,-175,-191,-190,-187,-199,-181,-188,-184,-187,-191,
-194,-194,-205,-207,-207,-211,-211,-211,-211,-211,-212,-211,-211,-211,-211,
-211,-211,-212,-211,-211,-211,-211,-211,-211,-211,-211,-211,-211,-211,-211,
-211,-211,-214,-214,-214,-214,-214,-211,-211,-211,-211,-211,-229,-210,-214,
-210,-210,-210,-210,-170,-196,-188,-188,-188,-188,-182,-182,-178,-178,-183,
-178,-173,-178,-178,-182,-319,-379,-387,-408,-464,-530,-323,-336,0,0]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9.
d5 Nb8 10. a4 e5 11. a5 N6d7 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Bd3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Nxe5
Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. O-O Nd7 18. Rc1 Qd4+ 19. Kh1 Ne5 20. Be2 Qe3 21. Nb5 c6
22. Nd6 Rd8 23. Rc3 Qg5 24. Nxc8 Raxc8 25. Bf3 a6 26. Qb3 Rc7 27. h3 Rcd7 28.
Rc5 Qe7 29. Qc3 Nxf3 30. Rxf3 cxd5 31. exd5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. Qc8+ Kg7 34.
Qc3+ f6 35. Rd3 Rxd3 36. Qxd3 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. Kh1 Qxb2 39. Qd7+ Kh6 40.
Qd8 Qe5 41. Qd2+ Qg5 42. Qd8 Qf4 43. Qf8+ Kg5 44. Qc5+ Qe5 45. Qc1+ Kh5 46.
Qd1+ Kh6 47. Qd2+ Qg5 48. Qd8 Qc1+ 49. Kh2 Qc3 50. Kh1 Qe1+ 51. Kh2 Kg5 52. Qb6
Qe5+ 53. Kh1 Qe7 54. Qb1 Kh6 55. Qc1+ Kg7 56. Qd2 h5 57. Qc3 g5 58. Qd2 h4 59.
Qc3 Qd6 60. Qb3 Qc6 61. Qa3 Kf7 62. Qb3+ Ke7 63. Qe3+ Kd7 64. Qd3+ Ke6 65. Qa3
Kd7 66. Qd3+ Ke6 67. Qd8 Kf7 68. Kh2 Ke6 69. Kh1 Qd5 70. Qc8+ Kf7 71. Qc7+ Kg6
72. Qc2+ f5 73. Qa4 f4 74. Qe8+ Kf6 75. Qf8+ Ke6 76. Qe8+ Kd6 77. Qf8+ Kc6 78.
Qa3 Qd2 79. Qa4+ Kc7 80. Qa1 Qe3 81. Qg7+ Kb8 82. Qg8+ Ka7 83. Qd5 f3 84. gxf3
Qe1+ 85. Kg2 Qg3+ 86. Kf1 Qxh3+ 87. Kg1 Qg3+ 88. Kh1 Qf2 {[#]} 89. f4 Qf1+ (
89... g4 90. Qg2 Qxg2+ 91. Kxg2 Kb8) 90. Kh2 Qxf4+ 91. Kh1 Qe3 92. Qf5 g4 $4 {
[#]} 93. Qf2 (93. Qxg4 Qe1+ 94. Kg2 Qg3+ 95. Qxg3 hxg3 96. Kxg3 Kb8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-ch sf"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Titenko, Vladimir F"]
[Black "Murey, Jacob"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,107,19,31,19,-16,26,22,38,27,8,-5,-5,11,13,18,22,13,14,-8,4,2,1,-58,
23,17,16,-40,-8,-22,41,11,18,-44,-21,-83,-62,-62,-62,-42,-62,-34,-36,-36,-20,
-27,-25,-35,-37,-43,-48,-56,-55,-55,-7,0,0,-6,-6,-6,-4,0,0,0,16,15,69,35,57,44,
53,49,113,71,81,89,89,124,124,124,136,144,191,112,120,65,117,115,110,164,107,
117,121,131,130,159,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6
4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg6
11. Bd3 Bh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qe3 Be7 15. Ne1 Rc8 16. f4 Nc5 17. Bb1
Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Bxd2 Rc6 22. a5 Qd7 23. Qd3 Rfc8
24. Rf3 Rc4 25. Kh1 a6 26. g4 Bb4 27. b3 Bc3 28. bxc4 Bxa1 29. c5 Qa4 30. Bc3
Bxc3 31. Qxc3 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 f5 33. exf6 gxf6 34. Qd3 Qxd3 35. Rxd3 Kf7 36. Rh3
e5 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Rxb7 exd4 39. Rb6 d3 40. Kf3 Kf7 41. c6 d4 42. Kf2 Ke6 43.
Ke1 Kd5 44. h4 Ke4 45. Kd2 g5 46. fxg5 fxg5 47. h5 Rf8 48. c7 {[#]} Rf2+ 49.
Ke1 d2+ 50. Kxf2 d1=Q 51. Re6+ Kd3 52. c8=Q Qd2+ 53. Kg1 Qc1+ 54. Qxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Carlsen Inv Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2021.03.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2021.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,137,31,32,46,0,17,-19,-16,-14,23,24,40,62,59,59,59,64,64,58,63,71,71,
71,84,57,32,39,40,24,21,17,39,52,56,1,-4,-4,12,19,55,24,65,21,59,63,63,-4,13,
14,13,12,12,-29,-25,-2,52,50,57,64,52,44,96,93,93,105,99,99,68,69,126,105,157,
164,164,164,164,174,188,187,188,130,124,125,125,136,134,138,134,134,134,126,
126,127,127,126,126,126,126,126,126,126,130,137,138,158,165,170,176,181,181,
183,195,189,199,196,204,206,210,203,207,175,184,131,155,137,172,186,197,174,
172,180,177,158,12,13,13,2,2,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5.
cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne7
12. Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qa3 Qe6 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Be2 Nf5 16. O-O Bc6 17. Bg4 Qg6 18.
Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qc5 Rfd8 20. Qxa7 h5 21. Qe3 Rd3 22. Rxd3 exd3 23. f3 Rxa2 24.
Rd1 Bb5 25. e6 fxe6 26. Qd4 Qg6 27. Re1 Ra4 28. Qd8+ Kh7 29. Re5 Ra1+ 30. Kf2
d2 31. Qxd2 Rf1+ 32. Ke3 Qh6+ 33. Kd4 Qxd2+ 34. Bxd2 Be8 35. Rxe6 Bf7 36. Re7
Kg6 37. Ke3 Rh1 38. h3 b5 39. Rb7 Rg1 40. g4 Rg3 41. gxh5+ Kf6 42. Bc3+ Ke6 43.
Kf4 Rxh3 44. Kg4 Rh1 45. Rxb5 Rg1+ 46. Kf4 Rh1 47. Kg4 Rg1+ 48. Kf4 Rh1 49.
Bxg7 Bxh5 50. Bc3 Kd6 51. Kg3 Bf7 52. f4 Be8 53. Ra5 Bd7 54. f5 Rf1 55. Kg4 Ke7
56. Bd4 Kf7 57. Kg5 Rd1 58. Rd5 Bc8 59. Rd8 Ba6 60. Rd7+ Ke8 61. Rd6 Bc4 62.
Kf6 Bb3 63. Rb6 Bc2 64. Re6+ Kd7 65. Re7+ Kc6 {[#]} 66. Be5 $2 Rf1 67. Rc7+ Kd5
68. Rxc2 Rxf5+ $1 69. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sharjah Cup (Women) 10th"]
[Site "Sharjah"]
[Date "2020.01.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zimina, Olga"]
[Black "Bykova, Anastasia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2020.01.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,143,27,8,11,-16,38,39,36,48,72,44,64,44,32,30,28,34,34,22,22,22,21,20,
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77,70,74,68,65,63,53,26,17,11,27,17,13,0,11,24,28,39,55,89,112,32,42,-19,3,0,0,
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163,179,186,147,136,144,144,122,198,205,160,183,177,227,546,657,654,687,687,
687,704,693,693,693,712,973,972,982,1165,992,1002,1320,1315,1343,29981,29982,
29987,29988,29989,29990,29991,29992,29993,29994,29995,29996]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4
c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. cxd5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nxd5 9.
Nxd5 cxd5 10. d4 Nc6 11. Bd2 e6 12. Ra4 Bd6 13. b4 Kd7 14. b5 Ne7 15. Bd3 b6
16. Ke2 Kc7 17. h4 h5 18. e4 Kb7 19. f4 g6 20. f3 Rae8 21. Kf2 Rhg8 22. Rha1
Bb8 23. Bb4 Nc8 24. Ke3 Bc7 25. Bc2 Bd8 26. Be1 Bf6 27. Bb3 Rd8 28. Bf2 Rd7 29.
Bc2 Re8 30. Ke2 Kb8 31. Kf1 Red8 32. f5 exf5 33. Bg3+ Kb7 34. exf5 g5 35. hxg5
Bxg5 36. f6 Bxf6 37. Bf5 Re7 38. Bf4 Ka8 39. Rc1 Nd6 40. Rc6 Nxf5 41. Rxf6 Ng7
42. Rxb6 Re6 43. Rba6 Rxa6 44. bxa6 Ne6 45. Be5 Rc8 46. Rb4 Nc7 47. Ra4 Ne6 48.
Ra5 f6 49. Bxf6 Rf8 50. Be5 Rxf3+ 51. Kg1 Rb3 52. Rxd5 Rxb2 53. Rd6 {[#]} Rb6 (
53... Rb1+ 54. Kf2 Rb2+ 55. Ke3 (55. Kg3 Rb3+ 56. Kh4 Rb6 57. d5 Rxd6 58. Bxd6
Nc7) 55... Rb3+ 56. Ke4 (56. Kd2 Rb2+ 57. Kc3 Rb6 58. d5 Rxd6 59. Bxd6 Ng7 {[#]
} 60. Bh2 (60. Kd4 h4 61. Be5 h3 62. Ke4 Ne8 63. Kf3 Nd6 64. Kg3 Nc4 65. Bf4
Nb6 66. d6 Nd7 67. Kxh3 Kb8 68. Be3 Ne5 69. Kg3 Nc6) 60... Nf5 61. Kb4 h4 62.
Kb5 (62. Kc5 h3 63. d6 (63. Be5 Ng3) 63... Nxd6 64. Kxd6 Kb8) 62... h3 63. Kc5
Ng3 64. Kd4 Ne4 65. Ke5 Nc5 66. d6 Kb8 67. Kf6 Kc8 68. Ke7 Nd7) 56... Rb6 57.
d5 Nc5+ 58. Kf5 Rxd6 59. Bxd6 Nxa6) 54. d5 Rxd6 55. Bxd6 Ng5 56. Bc7 h4 (56...
Ne4 57. Kg2 h4 58. Kh2 h3 59. Kxh3 Nd6 60. Kg4 Nc4 (60... Ne4 61. Be5 Nd6 62.
Kg5) 61. Kg5 Nd6 62. Kf4 Nc4 63. Be5 Nd6 64. Kg5 Nc4 65. Kf6 Nd6 66. Ke6 Nc4 (
66... Ne4 67. Bd4 Kb8 68. Be3 Ka8 69. Ke5) 67. Bf4) (56... Nf7 57. Kg2 h4 58.
Bh2 h3+ 59. Kh1) 57. d6 Nf3+ 58. Kg2 Ne5 59. Kh3 Nd7 60. Kxh4 Nc5 {[#]} 61. Kh3
Nd7 62. Kg4 Nc5 63. Kf5 Nd7 64. Ke6 Nc5+ 65. Ke7 Nd7 66. Ba5 Ne5 67. Bc3 Nc6+
68. Kd7 Nb8+ 69. Kc8 Nc6 70. d7 Ne7+ 71. Kc7 Nd5+ 72. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Ostende"]
[Site "Ostende"]
[Date "1905.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chigorin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1905.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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-36,-37,-32,-29,-34,-34,-20,-19,-20,-26,-26,5,-13,-24,-12,0,-27,-11,-16,-3,8,
-9,1,-13,-15,-3,-34,-58,-114,-115,-59,-54,-48,-40,-38,-46,-39,50,62,32,19,28,
21,22,23,41,15,15,25,24,-31,-56,-54,-19,-19,-11,-28,-20,-11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,-11,-91,-6,-19,-550,-814,-950,-1011,-1011,-1086]} 1. e4 e6 2. Qe2
c5 3. f4 Nc6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. g3 Nd4 8. Qd1 Qb6 9. Bg2 O-O 10.
O-O dxe4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nxe4 Bd7 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16.
a4 b6 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Bd2 a6 19. Rfc1 b5 20. Ne5 Qd5 21. c4 dxc3 22. bxc3 Red8
23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. c4 bxc4 26. dxc4 Bc5+ 27. Be3 Qe4 28. Re1 Ra1
29. Kf2 Qxe3+ 30. Qxe3 Rxe1 31. Qxc5 Ne4+ 32. Kxe1 Nxc5 33. Ke2 f6 34. Nc6 Kf8
35. Ke3 Ke8 36. Na5 Kd7 37. Kd4 Kd6 38. Kc3 e5 39. Nb3 Nxb3 40. Kxb3 Kc5 41.
Kc3 e4 42. f5 e3 43. Kd3 e2 44. Kxe2 Kxc4 45. Ke3 Kd5 46. Kf4 Kd4 47. g4 Kd5
48. h4 Kd4 49. g5 Kd5 {[#]} 50. gxf6 (50. Kg4 Ke4 51. g6 h6 (51... hxg6 52.
fxg6 f5+ 53. Kg5 f4 54. h5) 52. Kh5) (50. g6 h5) 50... gxf6 51. Kg4 Ke4 52. Kh3
Kf4 0-1

[Event "National Open 2012"]
[Site "Las Vegas USA"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bachmann, Ax"]
[Black "Liou Yian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "220"]
[EventDate "2012.06.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,220,27,37,48,59,52,42,82,82,83,76,85,72,62,63,80,43,70,35,30,30,43,11,
24,5,13,16,27,33,40,40,38,45,35,32,31,31,73,50,40,59,55,46,43,73,69,44,62,94,
104,88,136,-29,11,-27,1,0,0,-80,57,57,57,57,140,134,97,109,109,108,133,132,116,
151,115,117,117,120,120,162,161,140,138,109,109,99,95,46,67,101,132,128,128,72,
87,86,90,129,150,132,136,146,139,145,145,108,108,93,104,108,119,120,119,116,
139,147,172,172,172,172,172,172,172,172,173,173,173,170,209,143,159,143,143,
146,154,149,166,166,172,166,166,166,148,162,159,121,166,141,141,138,127,124,
134,141,141,117,114,114,142,114,141,141,141,124,124,124,159,122,126,129,126,
125,126,122,136,134,139,142,172,171,171,176,181,159,180,173,186,192,183,164,
226,221,231,170,176,169,170,169,169,168,160,168,202,180,327,349,521,1014,1016,
355,1016,363,366,359,1016,358,358,349,349,349,29989,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3.
Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O d6 8. Kh1 g6 9. f4 Bg7 10. Be3
O-O 11. a4 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. f5 exf5 14. exf5 Ng4 15. Bg1 Nd7 16. Be4 Bxe4 17.
Nxe4 d5 18. Nc3 Ndf6 19. Rae1 Rfe8 20. Qd3 Ne5 21. Qg3 Nh5 22. Qh4 Qd6 23. Rd1
Nc4 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. Qxh5 Nxb2 27. Rxd5 Qg6 28. Qh3 Rac8 29. Rd4
Rc4 30. Rxc4 Nxc4 31. Nd5 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rxf5 Nd6 34. Rf1 Re5 35. Qf3
Qxc2 36. Nf6+ Bxf6 37. Qxf6 Re6 38. Qd8+ Ne8 39. Qd7 Nd6 40. Qd8+ Ne8 41. Rf3
Qe2 42. Rf2 Qe5 43. h3 b4 44. Rf3 Qe4 45. Re3 Qc6 46. Rb3 Rg6 47. Qd2 Nd6 48.
Rxb4 Nf5 49. Bh2 Ng3+ 50. Bxg3 Rxg3 51. Rh4 Qf6 52. Re4 Rg6 53. Qe1 Qb2 54. Re2
Qf6 55. Kh2 Qf4+ 56. g3 Qd4 57. h4 Qf6 58. Rf2 Qd8 59. Qe5 Qd6 60. Qe8+ Qf8 61.
Qd7 Qg7 62. Rf3 Re6 63. Kh3 Rg6 64. Re3 Qf6 65. Qd3 Qa1 66. Kg2 Qb2+ 67. Re2
Qf6 68. Rf2 Qc6+ 69. Kh2 Qb6 70. Qf3 Qe6 71. Re2 Qf6 72. Qh5 Qc6 73. Rf2 Qc3
74. Rg2 Kg7 75. Qf5 Qf6 76. Qd3 Qd6 77. Qf1 Qe5 78. Qf3 Qf6 79. Qb3 Qe6 80.
Qc3+ Qf6 81. Qe1 Qf3 82. Re2 Qf6 83. Re5 Qf3 84. Re3 Qf5 85. Qe2 Rf6 86. Kg1
Rg6 87. Rf3 Qc5+ 88. Kh2 Qd5 89. Qb2+ Kh7 90. Qf2 Kg8 91. Rf5 Qc4 92. Qf3 Qa2+
93. Kh3 Qe6 94. g4 Qc4 95. h5 Rd6 96. Rg5+ Kh7 97. Kh4 Qe6 98. Rf5 Kg8 99. Qc3
f6 100. Rc5 Qe7 101. Rc7 Rd7 102. Rxd7 Qxd7 103. Qxf6 Qd1 104. Qe6+ Kh8 105.
Qe5+ Kh7 106. Qe4+ Kh8 107. g5 (107. h6 Qd7 (107... Qd8+ 108. Kh5) (107... Qd6
108. Qe8+ Kh7 109. Qf7+ Kxh6 110. g5#) 108. Qe5+ Kh7 109. Qg7+ Qxg7 110. hxg7
Kg8 111. Kh5 Kxg7 112. Kg5) 107... Qd7 108. h6 Kg8 109. Kh5 Qf7+ {[#]} (109...
Qd1+ 110. Kg6 Qd6+ 111. Kf5 Qc5+ 112. Qe5 Qc2+ 113. Kf6 Qf2+) 110. Qg6+ (110.
g6) 110... Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Continental Chess Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.05.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Yoo, Christopher Woojin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Yoo, Christopher"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 c5 {Trying to get rid of White's central pawn.} 4.
dxc5 Qa5 5. a3 Qxc5 6. b4 Qc7 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. e3 O-O 9. c4 b6 {Going for a
Hedgehog setup. I think Black is is pretty solid, as White does not have a
strong central bind with the pawn on e3.} 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O d6 12. Rc1 Nbd7
13. Qb3 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Qb8 15. Nb1 $6 {I think he was trying to bring the
knight to c3, but it does not really improve the position.} ({After} 15. Nd4 $5
Qa8 16. f3 Bh6 17. e4 a6 18. Nc2 {I wouldn't say White is better, but this
position has much more interesting prospects than were found in the game.})
15... Qa8 16. Nbd2 {It is clearly not ideal to move your piece right back to
where it was a move ago.} ({Better was} 16. Nc3 a6 {with equality. White
cannot play Nc3-d5, as I have several pieces controlling that square. It is
hard to see a plan for White here.}) 16... Rc7 17. Rc2 Rfc8 18. Rdc1 e5 {
Grabbing some space in the center.} 19. Ne1 a5 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Ndxf3 $6 {
The knight was well placed on d2, guarding the c4-pawn.} ({After the correct} 
21. Nexf3 a4 22. Qa2 Ne4 23. Qb1 {Black has a little something, but I do not
see an advantage.}) 21... axb4 $6 {Trying to take the a-file, but there was a
better, more concrete way of playing:} (21... a4 $1 22. Qa2 b5 $5 23. cxb5 Rxc2
24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Nxc2 Nb6 {and with ...Qa8-e8xb5 coming up, White is very
uncomfortable here.}) 22. axb4 Ra7 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Rcc1 Bf8 {Going for a
possible endgame with ..Qc6-a4.} 25. b5 $6 {Giving my knight a powerful square.
} ({Better was} 25. Nd3 Qa4 26. Qxa4 Rxa4 27. Nd2 {when chances are equal.})
25... Nc5 26. Qc2 Qe4 27. Qe2 Ra2 28. Ra1 Rca8 29. Nd2 Qf5 30. Qf3 R8a4 31.
Rxa2 Rxa2 {[#]} 32. Bc1 {Too passive.} ({The only move to hold the position
together is} 32. Bc3 $1 Nce4 33. Bb4 Nxd2 34. Qxf5 gxf5 35. Rxd2 Ra1 36. Kf1 {
and Black is still pressing, but White can probably hold.}) 32... Nfe4 33. Nxe4
Nxe4 34. Qxf5 gxf5 35. Nd3 Nc3 36. Re1 Rc2 37. Kf1 Na4 $2 {This is a mistake
as it lets his knight back into the game via the b4-square.} ({Black is
winning after} 37... Na2 $1 38. Re2 Rxc1+ 39. Nxc1 Nxc1 40. Rc2 Nb3 $1 41. Ra2
Na5 {.}) 38. Nb4 Rxc4 39. Ba3 $4 {With just 30 seconds on the clock, White
blunders a piece.} ({After} 39. Bd2 Rc5 40. Ra1 Nb2 41. Nc6 Kg7 {White is down
a pawn with a very difficult defense, but I do not think it is really winning
for Black.}) 39... d5 0-1

[Event "HSK GM 2022"]
[Site "Hamburg GER"]
[Date "2022.05.26"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Svane, Frederik"]
[Black "Kotronias, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2022.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
h3 f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 c5 12. dxc5 Bb7 13. Na3 Rc8 14. Be3 e6 15.
Nc4 g5 16. Qd4 h5 17. Rac1 Rc7 18. Nd6 g4 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. h4 Bd5
22. b4 Qa8 23. b5 Rfc8 24. Qf4 Bf8 25. c6 Bh6 26. f3 dxc6 27. fxg4 Rf8 28.
gxh5+ Kxh5 29. Red1 c5 30. Bxc5 Rfc8 31. Be3 Bxg2 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Qg3 Rc4 34.
Rd4 Rxd4 35. Bxd4 Bd5 36. Nh7 Bd2 37. Nf6+ Kh6 38. Be3+ 1-0

[Event "Schach Bundesliga"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.05.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svane, Frederik"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Ng3 h6 10. c3 Bc5 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. h3 Re8 14. Re1 Bd7 15.
Bd2 c5 16. e5 Nh7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Ne4 Bb6 19. exd6 Bc6 20. Qc2 Bxe4 21. Rxe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Tarrasch-Walbrodt +7-0=1"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "1894.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Walbrodt, Carl August"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1894.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 b6
9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. b3 Qd7 12. Bb2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rfd8 14. Ne2 cxd4 15.
exd4 Qb7 16. f3 e5 17. b4 b5 18. Bd3 e4 19. fxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxe4 21. Qd2 Nd5
22. Ng3 Qe3+ 23. Qxe3 Nxe3 24. Rfe1 Nd5 25. Ne4 Nb6 26. Nc3 Bf6 27. Nxb5 Na4
28. Bc1 a6 29. Nc7 Bxd4+ 30. Be3 Bxa1 31. Rxa1 Rac8 32. Nxa6 Rc3 33. Nc5 Rxe3
34. Nxa4 Ra8 35. Rc1 Rxa3 36. Nb6 Ra1 37. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 38. Kf2 Rb1 39. Nd5 Rd1
40. Ne7+ Kf8 41. Nc6 Ke8 42. b5 Kd7 43. Ne5+ Ke6 44. Nc6 Kd6 45. Ke3 Kc5 46.
Ke2 Rd7 47. Ke3 Kxb5 48. Ne5 Re7 49. Kf4 Kc5 50. Kf5 Kd5 51. Ng4 Re4 52. h3 f6
53. g3 Re1 54. Kf4 Rf1+ 55. Ke3 h5 56. Nf2 Rxf2 57. Kxf2 Ke4 58. Ke2 h4 59. g4
g6 60. Kf2 Kf4 61. Kg2 Ke3 62. Kg1 Kf3 63. Kh2 Kf2 64. Kh1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "DSB Kongress-17 Meisterturnier-16"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1910.08.04"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1910.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Nbd4 Qe7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Bd7
15. Ng5 Be5 16. Ba6 Rab8 17. Rb1 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 c5 19. b5 d4 20. O-O d3 21. Qd2
c4 22. b6 c3 23. Qxc3 Nd5 24. bxa7 Rbd8 25. Qa5 Qxg5 26. Bb7 Bh3 27. g3 Qf6 28.
Bxd5 Qxb2 29. Rd1 Qe2 30. Ra1 d2 0-1

[Event "Casual game"]
[Site "Munich GER"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nissl, Theodor"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1932.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. h3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. a3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 c4 14. Qb1 b5 15. b4
Qd8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 a5 18. Bd1 f6 19. Bg3 Rf7 20. f4 f5 21. Be1 axb4 22.
axb4 Qf8 23. Rc1 Bd6 24. Rf2 Rfa7 25. Rb2 Ra3 26. Bc3 R8a7 27. Qc2 Qa8 28. g4
g6 29. Qg2 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Ra1 31. Kh2 Rxd1 32. Ra2 Qf8 33. Rca3 Bb8 34. gxf5
Qxf5 35. Ra8 Qf8 36. R2a6 c3 37. Kg3 Rd2 38. Qf1 c2 39. Qc1 Rd3 40. Kf2 Bf5 41.
Qxc2 Rxe3 42. Qc6 Re8 43. Qxd5+ Kg7 44. Qxb5 Qe7 45. R6a7 Bxa7 46. Rxe8 Bxd4+
47. Kg3 Qh4+ 48. Kxh4 Bf2+ 49. Kg5 h6# 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-06"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1964.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1964.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 dxc4 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bxc4 Bd7 10. b4 Bd6 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Nbd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Ke7 14.
Bb2 Rc8 15. Bd3 a5 16. b5 Bd6 17. Ke2 Nd5 18. Be4 Rc5 19. a4 f5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5
21. Rhc1 e5 22. Nb3 Be6 23. Rc2 Bb4 24. Ba3 Rd7 25. Nd2 e4 26. Bxb4+ axb4 27.
Rb2 Rc8 28. a5 Rd5 29. Nb3 Rxb5 30. Nd4 Bc4+ 31. Kd2 Rbc5 32. Rxb4 Ba6 33. Rb2
g6 34. Rc2 Kd6 35. Rxc5 Rxc5 36. h4 Kd5 37. g3 Rc4 38. h5 Rc5 39. Ra3 Ke5 40.
hxg6 hxg6 41. Nb3 Rc8 42. Ra4 Rh8 43. Nc5 Rd8+ 44. Kc3 Rd5 45. Nxa6 bxa6 46.
Ra2 Rb5 47. Kc4 Kf6 48. g4 fxg4 49. Kd4 Kf5 50. Rc2 Rxa5 51. Rc8 Ra4+ 52. Kd5
g3 53. Rf8+ Kg4 54. fxg3 Kxg3 55. Ke5 g5 0-1

[Event "World-ch26 Spassky-Petrosian +6-4=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.04.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1969.04.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Nb3 Be6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Re1 Qd7 15.
Bc5 Rac8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. e3 Red8 18. Qe2 Bg4 19. f3 Bf5 20. Rcd1 Ne5 21. Nd4
Bg6 22. Bh3 Rc4 23. g4 Rb4 24. b3 Nc6 25. Qd2 Rb6 26. Nce2 Bh7 27. Bg2 Re8 28.
Ng3 Nxd4 29. exd4 Re6 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Rc1 Bg6 32. Bf1 Nh7 33. Qf4 Nf8 34. Rc5
Bb1 35. a4 Ng6 36. Qd2 Qf6 37. Kf2 Nf4 38. a5 Bd3 39. Nf5 Qg5 40. Ne3 Qh4+ 41.
Kg1 Bxf1 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Cup 07th final A"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1971.08.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1971.08.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Burevestnik"]
[BlackTeam "Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc4 dxc4 12. d5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Rc8 14. Rb1 b5 15.
a4 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 a6 17. axb5 axb5 18. b3 Ba3 19. Ra1 Bb2 20. Ra6 Nb4 21. Rd6
Qe7 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Bf3 c3 24. Rd7 Qe6 25. Qa4 Nc6 26. Rb7 Ne5 27. Be4 Nc4
28. Qc2 Nxe3 29. fxe3 h6 30. Rf3 Rcd8 31. Bd3 Rxd3 32. exd3 Qd5 33. Rxb2 cxb2
34. Rf1 Qe5 35. e4 Ra8 36. Qb3 Ra1 37. Kg2 Rc1 38. Qxf7+ Kh7 39. Rf5 Qd6 40. e5
0-1

[Event "Niksic International"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1983.09.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1983.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bg5 d4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Ne1 Be7
15. Nd3 Bf8 16. Qd2 a5 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. Ndc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Qe7 20. h3 Bxe2 21.
Re1 d3 22. Qc3 Rad8 23. Nd2 Nd4 24. Qxa5 h6 25. Rc3 b6 26. Qa6 Qg5 27. Rxd3 Qg6
28. Bf1 Qxd3 29. Qxd3 Bxd3 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Bxd3 Re1+ 32. Bf1 Ra1 33. Nc4 b5
34. Nd6 Rxa2 35. Nxb5 Nxb5 36. Bxb5 Rxb2 37. Bc4 Rc2 38. Bd5 Kf8 39. h4 g6 40.
Kg2 Ke7 41. Kf3 Rc7 42. Ke4 Kd6 43. Ba2 Re7+ 44. Kd4 Ra7 45. Bb3 Ke7 46. Ke4
Kf6 47. Bd5 Re7+ 48. Kf4 Re2 49. Kf3 Rd2 50. Bc4 Rd4 51. Ba2 Rd7 52. Bc4 Ke5
53. Ba2 Kd4 54. Bb1 Rc7 55. Ba2 Ra7 56. Bb1 Ra1 57. Bc2 Kc3 58. Be4 Kd2 59. Kg2
Ke1 60. Bd5 Ra7 61. f4 Ke2 62. h5 gxh5 63. Bf3+ Ke3 64. Bxh5 Ra2+ 65. Kh3 f6
66. Be8 Kf2 67. Kh4 Ra8 68. Bc6 Rg8 69. g4 Ke3 70. Kg3 f5 71. Bf3 h5 0-1

[Event "Candidates f Kasparov-Smyslov +4-0=9"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1984.04.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1984.03.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. a3 Be6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qa4 Rc8
15. Rad1 Kh8 16. Kh1 a6 17. f4 Na5 18. f5 b5 19. Qh4 Ng8 20. Qh3 Nc4 21. Bc1
Bg5 22. fxe6 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Ne3 24. Nxd5 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 Rf8 26. Nf4 Ne7 27. Qg4
g5 28. Qh3 Rf6 29. Nd3 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Kg7 31. Qg4 Qd5+ 32. e4 Qd4 33. h4 Rf8
34. Be2 Qe3 35. Kg2 Ng6 36. h5 Ne7 37. b4 Kh7 38. Kh2 Rd8 39. e5 Rxd3 40. Bxd3+
Qxd3 0-1

[Event "World-ch30-KK1 Karpov-Kasparov +5-3=40"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1984.10.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1984.09.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "48"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. Nf5 Rc8 15.
Bd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Qa4 Rd8 20. Rd3 a6 21. Rfd1
Nc4 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 23. Qa5 Rc5 24. Qb6 Rd7 25. Rd4 Qc7 26. Qxc7 Rdxc7 27. h3 h5
28. a3 g6 29. e3 Kg7 30. Kh2 Rc4 31. Bf3 b5 32. Kg2 R7c5 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Rd4
Kf8 35. Be2 Rxd4 36. exd4 Ke7 37. Na2 Bc8 38. Nb4 Kd6 39. f3 Ng8 40. h4 Nh6 41.
Kf2 Nf5 42. Nc2 f6 43. Bd3 g5 44. Bxf5 Bxf5 45. Ne3 Bb1 46. b4 gxh4 47. Ng2
hxg3+ 48. Kxg3 Ke6 49. Nf4+ Kf5 50. Nxh5 Ke6 51. Nf4+ Kd6 52. Kg4 Bc2 53. Kh5
Bd1 54. Kg6 Ke7 55. Nxd5+ Ke6 56. Nc7+ Kd7 57. Nxa6 Bxf3 58. Kxf6 Kd6 59. Kf5
Kd5 60. Kf4 Bh1 61. Ke3 Kc4 62. Nc5 Bc6 63. Nd3 Bg2 64. Ne5+ Kc3 65. Ng6 Kc4
66. Ne7 Bb7 67. Nf5 Bg2 68. Nd6+ Kb3 69. Nxb5 Ka4 70. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bjarnason, Saevar"]
[Black "Schiller, Eric Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. b3 Ba3 14. Rb1 Bb4 15. Bd2
Bf5 16. e4 dxe4 17. bxc4 a5 18. a3 Bxa3 19. Rxb7 Nxd4 20. Nb5 Bb2 21. Na7 Rb8
22. Nac6 Nxc6 23. Nxc6 Rxb7 24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Qc2 Bd4 26. Bxa5 Rc8 27. Bd2 Rb2
28. Qc1 Ra2 29. Be3 Bxe3 30. fxe3 Be6 31. Qb1 Re2 32. Rc1 Rxe3 33. Qb6 Re2 34.
c5 Nd5 35. Qa6 Re3 36. Qd6 Nc3 37. Bf1 Ne2+ 38. Kf2 Rd3 39. Qxe6 fxe6 40. Bxe2
Rd5 41. c6 Kf8 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. Ba6 Rc7 44. Bb7 Kd6 45. Rf1 Ke5 46. Rf8 Rd3+ 47.
Ke2 Rb3 48. Rd8 Rb2+ 49. Ke3 Rf7 50. Rd2 Rf3+ 51. Ke2 Rxd2+ 52. Kxd2 Kd6 0-1

[Event "97th US Open"]
[Site "Alexandria, VA USA"]
[Date "1996.08.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shutt, Steve"]
[Black "Schiller, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. cxd5 exd5 4. d4 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Qc1 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 cxd4 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Qd2 Bg4
15. Bxd4 Rxe2 16. Bxf6 Rxd2 17. Bxd8 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rxd8 19. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1
d4 21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke2 Ke7 23. Kd2 Rd6 24. Re1+ Re6 25. Rc1 Rf6 26. Ke2 Kd6 27.
Be4 Re6 28. Kd3 g5 29. h3 h5 30. f3 Rf6 31. a3 h4 32. g4 Ke5 33. b4 Kf4 34. Rc5
Ne5+ 35. Kxd4 Nxf3+ 36. Bxf3 Kxf3 37. Rxg5 Kg3 38. Ke5 Ra6 39. Rg7 Kxh3 40. g5
Kg4 41. Rxf7 Kxg5 42. Rg7+ Kh6 43. Rg8 Rg6 44. Rh8+ Kg5 45. Rh7 Kg4 46. Rxb7 h3
47. Rxa7 h2 48. Rh7 Rg5+ 49. Ke4 Rh5 50. Rg7+ Kh3 0-1

[Event "Koltanowski Memorial op"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2000.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pinto, Mark A"]
[Black "Schiller, Eric Andrew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.12.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bf4 Be6 11. h3 Nf6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Kh2 Ne4 14. dxc5 Nxc3 15.
Rxc3 d4 16. Rc1 Bf6 17. b3 h6 18. h4 Rfe8 19. Qd2 a5 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. Bd6 Bg4
22. a3 Qe6 23. Re1 Qxb3 24. Rb1 Qxa3 25. Rxb7 Qc3 26. Rc1 Qxd2 27. Nxd2 Rxe2
28. Ne4 Nb4 29. Bc7 Rc8 30. Rf1 Bd8 31. Bxd8 Rxd8 32. f3 Be6 33. Rd1 d3 34. Rd2
Bd5 35. Rxb4 axb4 36. Rxd3 Rc2 37. Nd2 Rd7 38. Bh3 Be6 39. Rxd7 Bxd7 0-1

[Event "Las Vegas National op"]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2002.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Na4 Nxd4 15.
Qxd4 Qa5 16. Nc3 Rc4 17. Qd3 d4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Rxc4 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Bxc4 21.
Qxc4 Bf6 22. Bxb7 Qf5 23. Bg2 Qxf4 24. Rd1 Qf5 25. Qd5 Qc2 26. Re1 Qxb2 27. Bf3
Rd8 28. Qb3 Qd2 29. Rd1 Qa5 30. Kf1 g6 31. Rc1 Kg7 32. Rc6 d3 33. exd3 Qf5 34.
Bg4 Qf4 35. Qd1 h5 36. Qf3 Qg5 37. Bc8 Rd4 38. Rc4 Rxc4 39. dxc4 Qc1+ 40. Kg2
Qxc4 41. Bb7 Qxa2 42. Bd5 Qd2 43. Qb3 Bd4 44. Qf3 f5 45. Bc4 a5 46. Bb3 Bc5 47.
Qb7+ Kh6 48. Qf3 Qd4 0-1

[Event "Imre Konig Memorial 1st"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "2002.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Bf6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nxe4 Bxd4
15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. Re1 Rac8 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Nc5 Bg6 20. b4 b6 21.
Na6 Ne5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. f4 Nc4 24. Qxd4 Ne3 25. Bf3 f6 26. Qb2 Nc2 27. Rd1
Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Qf2 29. Qb3+ Bf7 30. Qd3 Ne3 31. Qd7 Rf8 32. Rg1 Nf1 33. Qg4 Qh2#
0-1

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2008.09.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "King"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 c4 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. e3 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Na4 Rab8
15. Qc2 Rb4 16. b3 Rfb8 17. Rfd1 g6 18. Qc1 Qd6 19. Rd2 Bf5 20. Nc3 cxb3 21.
axb3 Rxb3 22. Rda2 Qb4 23. Ra3 Rb2 24. Ra4 Qb3 25. R4a3 Rc2 26. Qe1 Qb4 27. Bf3
Rb7 28. g4 Be6 29. Na4 Qe7 30. Be2 h5 31. Bd3 Qh4 32. Bxc2 Qxg4+ 33. Kf1 Qf3
34. Qa5 Nb6 35. Ke1 Nc4 36. Qd8+ Kg7 37. Qg5 Bg4 0-1

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise 1"]
[Black "Black to move"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbqk1nr/pp3ppp/4p3/1Nb5/2Pp1B2/8/PP2PPPP/R2QKBNR b KQkq - 0 6"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise 2"]
[Black "Black to move"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rr2k1/p4ppp/1pn2q2/5b2/2Rp4/1N4P1/PP2PPBP/3Q1RK1 b - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2022.06.15"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise 3"]
[Black "Black to move"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/p5p1/1p2pr1p/2bn4/P1R1B3/3NP1P1/3r1P1P/5RK1 b - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise 4"]
[Black "Black to move"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q1rk1/pp2bpp1/2n2n1p/3p4/Q2N2b1/2N1B1P1/PP2PPBP/R4RK1 b - - 0 12"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2022.06.15"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise 5"]
[Black "Black to move"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1q1rbk1/pp1b1pp1/2n2n1p/3p4/3N4/2N1B1PP/PPQ1PPBK/3RR3 b - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2022.06.15"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Exercise 6"]
[Black "Black to move"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "King"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/ppB3p1/4pn1p/1q1p4/8/1P4PP/P1RbPPB1/1Q4K1 b - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2022.06.15"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 *

[Event "Charlotte Spring Norm"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.02.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eckert, Doug"]
[Black "Perrine, Dalton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2268"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[Annotator "Eckert"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/2nnpp1p/r2p2p1/2pP2B1/4P3/P1P2NP1/5PKP/1RR5 w - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,25,150,160,121,129,125,125,156,157,169,169,238,238,260,269,274,275,
299,312,489,470,641,657,29989,29990,29991,29992]} {[#]} 20. Bxe7 $1 {Of course
this is the move I wanted to play, but what about 20...f6 followed by 21...Kf7,
trapping the bishop?} f6 21. Rb7 Kf7 22. Bd8 $1 {Perrine missed this - an
oversight by a very strong opponent having a tough day.} Rxd8 23. Rxc7 Rxa3 $2
24. Nd2 Ke7 25. Nc4 Ra4 26. Nb6 Ra6 27. Nc8+ Kf8 28. Rb1 Ne5 29. Rbb7 h5 30.
Rh7 Kg8 31. Rbg7+ Kf8 32. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Charlotte Masters"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.04.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eckert, Doug"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2258"]
[BlackElo "2421"]
[Annotator "Eckert"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r1r1k1/p2nqpp1/2bb3p/2pp1B2/8/1PB1PN1P/P4PP1/2RQR1K1 w - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is a typical hanging pawn structure where the first move White should be
looking at is 20. b4. What if Black just takes it? The elements in the
position favor a potential combination, with the rook on c1 indirectly
attacking the c6-bishop and a pin on the d7-knight. I played 20.Bb2 and the
opportunity passed with Black eventually winning.} 20. b4 $1 (20. Bb2 Rb8 21.
Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Ba3 Rb5 23. Bb2 Ba8 24. Qd3 Rbb8 25. Qc3 {and Black already has
an advantage. 0-1 (43) Eckert,D (2162)-Liang,J (2351) Charlotte 2021}) 20...
cxb4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd4 Bb7 $8 ({Not} 22... Nb8 $2 23. Qg4+ Qg5 24. Bxc8 $18
{and White wins.}) 23. Qg4+ Qg5 24. Bxd7 {Here Black can probably draw, but
it's not trivial. In hanging pawn structures, White must try to find the most
favorable moment to play the e2/3-e4 or b2/3-b4 pawn breaks. Once the
opportunity is missed, Black is generally fine, and in many cases, more than
fine.} *

[Event "Denker Senior Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.08.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eckert, Doug"]
[Black "Finegold, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Eckert"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b3rk/1p4np/p2q1n2/2pPppB1/2P5/6PP/PP1QN1B1/3R1RK1 w - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,13,124,164,215,228,256,315,245,229,334,309,378,398,416,479]} {This
game was previously published in Chess Life but I wanted to add some
explanation. Here, I was playing with awareness of my missed b2-b4 against
Liang a few months prior. Now we have the hanging pawn structure on the
kingside. At first, g3-g4 looks like it will expose White's king. But
intuition says the move must be considered. Absent White taking action, Black
can build up behind his pawn center.} 20. g4 Nfe8 $8 21. Ng3 $1 (21. gxf5 $2
Nxf5 $13 {This is exactly what White should avoid. Black will put a piece on
d4 and the open g-file is aimed at the White king.}) 21... fxg4 22. h4 {
When playing 20 g4, this was the position I had in mind. What does White have
for his pawn? The g-file is closed. If White leaves his knight on g3 and rook
on f1, Black can never play ...Nf5-d4. White immediately threatens Bg2-e4,
Rf1-f7, h4-h5-h6 winning. Additonally, White can pile up on the e5-pawn, and
Black's dark squares are weak due to his absent dark squared bishop. And how
in the world does Black get the a8-rook, c8-bishop, and e8-knight into play?
During the game my intuition was that is a lot for a pawn, and it turns out
that it's +9.4 per Stockfish. A strong GM gave me the advice when it is your
turn, you should calculate. When your opponent is thinking, you should
consider plans, not variations. If you are always calculating variations as an
old man, you will wear yourself out.  In this game I tried to follow this
advice. I had no idea how Finegold might try to respond. After playing 22.h4,
I considered the ideas above in terms of where my pieces might go and what I
should prevent him from doing, i.e, ...Nf5-d4.} Qd7 23. Qc3 Qd6 24. Rde1 h6 25.
Bd2 Nf6 26. Rxe5 {Finegold resigned here as some combination of Qc3-e3xh6 or
Re5-e6xf6 is going to deliver checkmate or heavy material gain.} 1-0

[Event "SPICE Cup"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.10.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chen, Ryo"]
[Black "Eckert, Doug"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "Eckert"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r4k1/8/1b1p2p1/1p1P2qp/1P1P1Pp1/8/2B1Q1PK/3R4 b - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,15,0,51,-139,-209,-401,-478,-959,-1794,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29990,
-29991,-29992,-29993,-29994]} {Ryo Chen is one of America's great up and
coming talents at age 11. In previous moves, we had traded mistakes in a very
complicated position. I had 25 minutes left with three moves to choose from: ..
.Qg5-h4+, ...g4-g3+, and ...Qg5xf4+. I think that ...Qg5xf4+ winning the pawn
is the move we want to make work, but the issue is after 31...Qxf4+ 32 g3
White is threatening Rd1-f1, Qe2-e6+, and then capturing on g6 with huge
threats. What should Black play?} 31... g3+ (31... Qh4+ 32. Kg1 g3 33. Qe6+ Kh8
34. Qxg6 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qxg2+ 37. Kd3 Qf3+ 38. Kd2 Qxf4+ 39. Kc3
Rc8+ 40. Kb3 Rxc2 41. Kxc2 Bxd4 42. Qxh5+ Kg7 43. Qe2 $11 {with equality. This
is a very forcing line. I spent 10 minutes calculating this variation, and I
decided White was OK, but was convinced Stockfish would tell me Black was
winning somewhere after the game. As it turned out, my original analysis was
correct.}) (31... Qxf4+ 32. g3 Qg5 $1 {Getting out of the way of the main
threat. Rd1-f1 should be a move we analyze, even if it is not immediately
obvious.} (32... Qf6 $2 {I kept focusing on this move during the game,
allowing Rd1-f1 with a decisive tempo. My main variation at the board was} 33.
Rf1 Qg7 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Bxg6 $2 $18 {and Black is winning.}) 33. Qe6+ Kg7 34.
Rf1 Rb7 $1 35. Qxd6 Bxd4 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Qf4 Qxf4 38. Rxf4 $15 {Black is
better, although White should hold the draw.}) 32. Kg1 $4 {To my surprise, Ryo
played this instantly. The king intuitively looks unsafe on the h3-square, but
the back rank is worse. Intuitively, we should all understand that a king
stuck on the back rank, and hemmed in by a pawn, is in mortal danger.} (32. Kh3
$8 Qxf4 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Qxg6 Qg4+ $6 35. Qxg4 hxg4+ 36. Kxg3 Rc8 37. Be4 Rc4 {
with equality. I finally settled on this variation believing it was a safe
draw, and as I was running short on time. I just didn't see 32...Qg5 after 31..
.Qxf4+. The variations after 31...Qh4+ were so long, I was concerned I had
missed something. This seemed safe.}) 32... Qxf4 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Bxg6 Rf8 {
The threat is ...Qf4-f2+-f1 mate, so White must defend the f1-square.} 35. Bd3
Bxd4+ 36. Kh1 Qh4+ 37. Qh3 Qxh3+ 38. gxh3 Rf2 {Black efficiently mates after ..
.Rf2-h2.} 0-1

[Event "NYC Winter IM"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.01.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Eckert, Doug"]
[Black "Paciorkowski, Lev"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2271"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "Eckert"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r5rk/1ppbqp1p/3p2pB/p2PpP2/2P1P1Rb/2NQ1P1P/PP6/2K3R1 w - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Black is weak on the dark squares. The intuitive move is obvious, but how can
White make it work?} 23. Rxh4 $1 Qxh4 24. Bg5 Qxh3 $6 25. Bf6+ Rg7 26. Qe3 $1 (
{In the game I played} 26. Nd1 $4 {, thinking the path to h6 was via Nd1-f2
and Rg1-h1. Black subsequently won} Qh6+ 27. Kb1 Rag8 28. f4 $2 Qxf4 29. Bxg7+
Kxg7 30. Rf1 {and Black consoldated his material.}) 26... Kg8 27. Ne2 c6 28.
Rg4 Rc8 29. Rh4 Qg2 30. Qh6 gxf5 31. Rh1 $1 {and White is winning. This
combination is much harder to visualize. During the game, neither my opponent
nor I saw the path Rg1-g4-h4 to get the rook decisively into the game. But the
elements of the combination were there.} *

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Song, Michael"]
[Black "Gledura, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Gledura"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I first played Michael Song at the World Youth Championship in Brazil in 2011
- a long time ago! Since then Michael has become an IM, and he's a pretty
tough opponent. I was ready for a big fight!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4.
exd5 Qxd5 5. Na3 $5 {An interesting move! Michael plays it a little tricky,
with the knight perhaps jumping to b5 at some point.} ({After} 5. d4 Nf6 {
(the main line of the Alapin) we would transpose to the game with} 6. Na3 {
We would transpose to the game.}) 5... Nf6 6. d4 ({After} 6. Nb5 {White
threatens to play Nb5-c7. The standard answer to this is} Qd8 $1 {with ...
a7-a6 next, chasing the knight away.}) 6... Nc6 7. Bc4 {I felt fairly
comfortable here, as I'd checked this line recently, but this was the first
move I did not know about. It seems like a logical way to develop the bishop
with tempo.} ({If White wants to play} 7. Nb5 {this is the best moment to do
so, but Black has} Qd8 $1 8. dxc5 (8. Bf4 Nd5 $1 {defends the c7-square and
hits the f4-bishop as well}) 8... Bxc5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {and this endgame can be
tricky for black, especially if you are not familiar with it. But because I
had studied it, I was not afraid to play here.} 10. Bf4 Ne4 $1 {Black has to
go after the f2-pawn. Now} (10... Nd5 $6 {is logical but not best:} 11. O-O-O
$1 Ke7 12. Bg3 a6 13. Nbd4 $14 {and White has a small but stable advantage})
11. O-O-O+ $6 {fails for concrete reasons:} Ke7 12. Nc7 Rb8 {and ...Ne4xf2 is
a serious threat.}) 7... Qd8 $1 8. Nc2 {A logical move to get out of the ...
c5xd4 / ...Bf8xa3 threat.} ({Here} 8. O-O {seems like a slight mistake but it
is actually very interesting:} cxd4 9. Nb5 $1 {Offering a pawn.} ({It makes no
sense to isolate one's own pawns with} 9. cxd4 $6 {, especially in light of}
Bxa3 $1 10. bxa3 O-O {and Black is doing excellently.}) 9... a6 $1 10. Nbxd4
Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 $1 12. Bb3 Bd6 $11 {Things are equal, but I would like this
position with Black. The pieces are harmonious, and up next are ...h7-h6 and ..
.0-0.}) 8... Qc7 $1 {The best square. Later the queen has a big role in the
attack against the white kingside from c7.} 9. Qe2 {White defends the c4
bishop so cxd4 is not so dangerous.} Be7 10. Be3 $6 {[#]} ({I think} 10. dxc5
Bxc5 11. Bg5 {is a better way, although Black is also fine here:} h6 $1 {
(playing for the bishop pair)} 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O $5 Bd7 {and both sides
have chances. Black will castle queenside.}) {This was the first moment when I
thought for quite a long time. Black has basically two choices here: ...c5xd4
or ...b7-b6. If this was a blitz game, I would take on d4 without much
thinking. But here I wondered what else I might accomplish...} 10... b6 $1 {
After 20 minutes thought, I realized that this move makes the white position
slightly unpleasant. Why? It turns out that the c2-knight has no real purpose.
It doesn't belong on c2, but then where? My move defends the c5-pawn, which
takes away the very important d4-square. The only downside to this move is
that it slightly damages my pawn structure.} 11. dxc5 bxc5 {While the c5- and
a7-pawns are isolated, I thought that it was more important to paralyze the
c2-knight. I also gain a half-open b-file and access to the long diagonal.} 12.
O-O ({The immediate} 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Ne3 Rd8 {would be better, but I still
think the black position is flexible with lots of ideas. One might be ...
Nf6-h5.}) 12... O-O {Now that both sides have castled, White has to choose a
plan. How to improve the badly-placed c2-knight?} 13. Bg5 {This is a very
logical move. White has a clear plan with Bg5xf6 followed by Nc2-e3,
eventually transferring the knight to c4. What a lovely square for the knight
that would be!} ({Michael and I discussed} 13. Na3 {after the game. It looks a
little unusual in that the knight returns to the same square from whence it
came. But during the game I thought it was pretty logical, as the c4-square
beckons. The best piece to blockade an isolated pawn is the knight! Now} Bb7 {
was my original plan, but I'm not sure if it was correct. I think White
benefits by exchanging the light-squared bishops, so with} (13... Na5 $1 {
The engine suggestion is pretty strong. Essentially Black wins a tempo because
White has nothing better than to play} 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Rab8 16. b3 Nd5 $1
$15 {and now that the c3-pawn is weak, the position slightly favors Black)})
14. Ba6 $1 {we remove pressure on the long diagonal and now Na3-c4 is possible.
After} Nd5 {the position is roughly equal, but it's not to my taste.}) 13...
Rb8 14. Ne3 $6 {This position is a little dry. White wants to follow up with
Bc4-d3 and Ne3-c4 which would stabilize the position even more. How can Black
turn up the pressure?} ({Again} 14. Na3 {would be slightly more accurate,
allowing White to choose between the c4- and b5- squares for a landing zone.})
14... Nh5 $1 {I was happy to find this move, which reminded me an idea from
the Karpov system in the 4.e3 Nimzo-Indian. There, Black often has this ...
Nf6-h5 idea when the white bishop is on g5 and the queen is on e2. Exchanging
the dark-squared bishops gives Black a good chance to follow up with a great
attack. ...Nh5-f4 is next!} 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 $1 {Clearing b7 for the bishop.} 16.
b3 $2 {The wrong move in a difficult situation.} ({The best defense has to be} 
16. Rfd1 {, followed up by Nf3-e1. After} Bb7 ({worse is} 16... Nf4 17. Qd2 Bb7
18. Qd7 $1 $132 {when White has counterplay. Admittedly this is tough to find
without the engine.}) 17. Ne1 Nf4 {Finally the knight arrives at f4!} 18. Qc2
Neg6 $1 {and Black is for choice. The black knights are pretty dominant, while
the white kingside is under a lot of pressure which will only increase when
Black plays ...h7-h5-h4.}) 16... Nf4 $1 {It's hard to imagine a better square
for the knight than f4. Now the attack whirls up.} 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Ne1 {
This prevents Black from weakening the kingside with ...Bb7xf3, but it also
traps the rook on f1.} Rbd8 $1 {The rook had no purpose on b8. The d-file is
more important.} 19. h4 {[#] Preparing 20.g3.} ({Michael told me he was
planning to play} 19. Nd3 {but he realized it would be a blunder after} Be4 $1
{when the pin on the knight is too strong:} 20. Rfd1 Nf5 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. g3
Nh3+ 23. Kf1 Qc6 {and White might even get mated.}) ({Note that} 19. g3 $4 {
straight away loses to} Nh3# {.}) 19... Neg6 $1 {From here I calculated
everything until the end. This is one of those positions where once you know
that you are winning, you just have to play some accurate moves.} 20. g3 Nxh4
$1 {The best move. The attack is just simply too powerful.} 21. f3 ({Not} 21.
gxh4 $4 Nh3#) ({I looked at} 21. gxf4 Qxf4 {for just a few moments, but my
feelings told me I had to be winning. ...Nh4-f3 is a deadly threat! I stopped
after} 22. Be2 f5 $1 {thinking ...Rf8-f6 unstoppable and the g1-king way too
weak.}) 21... Nd5 $1 {The final touch. It was a very interesting game, but
after 14...Nh5, it was difficult for White to defend.} ({The idea is} 21... Nd5
22. Nxd5 Qxg3+ 23. Kh1 exd5 {.}) 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kadric, Dennis"]
[Black "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Gledura"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,51,21,28,28,28,12,12,12,11,8,8,8,-9,-6,-10,-12,-18,7,-11,15,3,-2,-2,
19,19,24,-3,0,0,0,0,14,11,22,14,34,29,29,22,28,34,97,104,109,113,104,97,165,
163,425,431,484,469]} {This was one of the most important games at Foxwoods.
Kadric had to beat Mikealyan to win the tournament, as the Armenian
grandmaster was ahead of the field by a half-point.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4
{The Italian game was a good choice by Kadric. White ususally gets a slightly
better position out of the opening -- nothing crazy, but a long, positional
game.} Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O {Already White has several choices here. If
you play the Italian with either color, then you need to be aware of all the
tricky move orders that both sides can use.} 6. Re1 {This move's main purpose
is to stop Black from playing ...d7-d5. Other possibilities here:} (6. h3 {
is one of the main moves in this position; however, I think that because Black
does not need to answer with ...h7-h6, this can be sometimes be a waste of
tempo.} d6 7. c3 a6 8. Re1 Ba7 {Black is threatening Na5 to grab the bishop
pair.} 9. Bb3 {We would transpose to the game.}) ({Perhaps the main line is} 6.
c3 d5 {which can lead to very complicated middlegame positions. After} 7. exd5
Nxd5 8. Re1 Bg4 {Black will look to attack on the kingside.}) 6... a6 $5 {
An interesting move order. Mikaelyan postpones playing ...d7-d6, and I like
his reasoning.} ({Note that Black cannot successfully open the center with} 
6... d5 $6 {in this order. After} 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nxe5 $1 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 Bxf2+ $6
{(this common sacrifice usually works against Nf3xe5 / Re1xe5; however, here
it does not!)} 10. Kxf2 Qf6+ 11. Qf3 $1 {and we see the point: the d5-knight
is undefended. White should win after} Qxe5 12. Bxd5 {.}) ({After} 6... d6 7.
c3 ({White has the addtional option of} 7. Bg5) 7... a6 {we transpose to the
game.}) 7. c3 ({If White chooses to pin the knight with} 7. Bg5 {Black has an
extra option because the pawn is not yet on d6:} h6 8. Bh4 Be7 $1 {. Now the
pin is broken and Black is completely fine.This is the reason for Mikaelyan's
precise 6...a6. True, it's just a small nuance, but one that players who
analyze the Italian Game a lot have noticed.}) 7... d6 {Black has to play ...
d7-d6 sooner or later. Now he threatens ...Nc6-a5 to nab the lovely c4-bishop.}
8. Bb3 {Stepping out of the threat.} ({White can also give the c4-bishop
'luft' with} 8. a4 {, but I prefer the game continuation.}) 8... Ba7 {
Prophylaxis: if White plans to play d3-d4 later on, this bishop retreat avoids
losing time later after White's pawn push..} 9. h3 {The solid move, and in
this situation, the right choice for Kadric. White does not want to deal with
the possibility of ...Nf6-g4.} ({The other common move is} 9. Nbd2 {. White
wants to save a tempo by starting with Nb1-d2-Nf1-Ng3, which has both
advantages and disadvantages. One key point is that Black now has} Ng4 {
because White avoided h2-h3. Now Black can try to attack the white king. Play
might continue} 10. Re2 Kh8 $1 {(preparing ...f7-f5)} 11. h3 Nh6 $1 {and this
might look like an unusual spot for the knight, but it helps enforce the ...
f7-f5 break. After} 12. Nf1 f5 13. Bxh6 gxh6 {The position is very
double-edged, but if you analyze it, you'll realize that Black should be more
than happy to play here.}) 9... h6 {Again, these positions are very rich and
full of possibilities. As mentioned earlier, Black does not have to answer
h2-h3 with ...h7-h6. I have noticed that for many players, it is almost an
automatic response, but Black has other possibilities.} ({For instance, one
could try and save the tempo with} 9... Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 Be6 $5 {.})
10. Nbd2 {Beginning the typical knight maneuver Nb1-d2-Nf1-Ng3 which will help
put pressure on the black kingside.} Be6 {A very sound move: Black wants to
exchange the well placed b3-bishop. Naturally there are options:} ({
Interesting is} 10... Nh5 $5 {trying to sharpen the game. It appears Mikaelyan
did not want to take unnecessary risks. After} 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 {White will
have to play some accurate moves to be slightly better.}) ({The other main
idea here is} 10... Re8 {to be followed with ...Bc8-e6 as in the game:} 11. Nf1
Be6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 {and Black can capture in three different ways, with
complicated middlegames in all cases.}) 11. Nf1 ({I think that taking on e6
with} 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf1 {is often underrated for white. This pawn
structure can be very unpleasant for black to play in the long term. White
will exchange the dark-squared bishops with Bc1-e3 and then play Nf1-h2 to
defend the kingside. This is why many people prefer to play 10...Re8, so they
can avoid this structure.}) 11... Bxb3 12. Qxb3 {Pressuring the b7-pawn.} ({
The alternative} 12. axb3 d5 {puts less pressure on Black.}) 12... Qd7 13. Ng3
{Finally reaching the g3-square, the knight now supports the d3-d4
breakthrough in the center (by defending the e4-pawn).} ({Note that} 13. Qxb7
$4 {would be a serious blunder:} Rfb8 14. Qxa6 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Rxa6 {.}) 13...
Rab8 $6 {Unnecessary. White was not threating to take on b7, since the queen
qould would have been trapped. Now the b8-rook is tied to the b7-pawn, which
is far from ideal.} ({More sound was} 13... Rfe8 $142 {.}) 14. Be3 {It is
often good for White to trade the dark-squared bishops, blunting Black's
attacking ideas on the kingside.} Bxe3 15. Rxe3 {[#] We have arrived at the
critical moment of the game. Mikaelyan has to play accurately to equalize.} Ne7
$6 ({Correct was} 15... Qe6 $1 {. Black has to remove the powerful queen on b3.
White should reject the trade and play} 16. Qc2 {, but then Black equalizes
with} d5 $1 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ree1 {. I think this position is what Mikaelyan
was afraid of. The pressure on the e-file is slightly unpleasant because the
queen is misplaced on e6. But after} Qd6 $1 {(moving off the e-file)} 19. Ne4
Qg6 {Black would have been completely fine.}) 16. d4 $1 {White now takes the
opportunity to gain some space in the center.} Ng6 17. Rd1 {You can see that
white made very healthy, logical moves up to this point, and that is why he
has a stable positional advantage.} Qb5 $6 {Not the right direction.} ({
Better was} 17... Rfe8 {, developing the rook on the e-file and helping to
keep the center. Still, White is definitely better after} 18. c4 Qc8 $1 {
because of the central pawns, but Black has chances to hold.}) 18. Qc2 $1 {
In the spirit of the position, keeping the queens on to support the central
pawns.} Rfe8 19. c4 $1 {Strong play from kadric. White builds up more and more
central pressure.} Qc6 20. b4 $1 {Gaining space and momentum on the queenside
too.} d5 $2 {[#] The wrong move in a difficult position.} ({Better was} 20...
b6 {, making space for the queen on b7, but the position after} 21. d5 Qb7 22.
Nf5 {is still pretty sad. White's space advantage looms large.}) 21. Nxe5 $1 {
Now Kadric finishes the game most accurately.} Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rxe5 23. Qb2 $1 {
Probably what Mikaelyan missed. Now Black is losing because the d5-pawn will
fall.} Qe8 24. cxd5 Nxe4 {This move is the only hope for black, but it is
still bad.} 25. f4 $1 Re7 26. Nf5 $1 {A very professional game from Kadric,
and an unfortunate final round game from Mikaelyan.} 1-0

[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhou, Jianchao"]
[Black "Narva, Mai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Gledura"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{WGM Mai Narva had a great performance at Foxwoods. Heading into this final
round game, both Mai and her opponent knew that the winner would at least
share first place. Being higher rated and playing White, Jianchao must have
felt like this was a must-win situation.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 $5 4.
cxd5 cxd4 $5 {This has been very fashionable recently.} ({Of course} 4... exd5
{is the classic path into the Tarrasch.}) 5. Qa4+ ({The alternative} 5. Qxd4 {
wins a pawn too, and after} Nc6 $1 6. Qd1 exd5 7. Qxd5 Bd6 {White is a pawn up
while Black has some good compensation. Both ...Ng8-f6 and ...0-0 will come
and White will have to find some very accurate moves to keep any advantage.} ({
or} 7... Be6 $5 8. Qxd8+ Rxd8 {with a playable endgame})) 5... Bd7 6. Qxd4 exd5
7. Qxd5 {What did White gain by forcing the bishop to d7? I think White wanted
to keep the position complicated, hoping for errors later.} Nf6 ({More usual is
} 7... Nc6 {, but developing the knight to f6 is fine too. After} 8. Nf3 Nf6 9.
Qd1 Bc5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Be2 O-O {we transpose to the game.}) 8. Qd1 ({Grabbing
another pawn with} 8. Qxb7 {would be too risky:} Nc6 {(with the idea ...Nc6-b4)
} 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Qd1 Bb4 {and Black has excellent compensation.}) 8... Bc5 {
Mai develops her pieces straightforwardly. I believe this line in the Tarrasch
is trendy nowadays because it is pretty easy to remember the ideas for Black.}
9. Nf3 O-O 10. e3 Nc6 11. Be2 Qe7 12. O-O {[#] Now that White has castled as
well, let's examine the position. Obviously White has a pawn, but what does
Black have for the material? Development and space, making it hard for White
to develop his pieces. Is that enough compensation? Hard to say, but I reckon
that if White plays some accurate moves, it should be enough for an advantage.}
Rfd8 {Logical, developing the rook and pressuring the d-file.} 13. a3 ({Perhaps
} 13. Qc2 {is more accurate because White does not need to fear ...Nc6-b4, i.e.
,} Nb4 14. Qb1 Bc6 15. a3 Nbd5 16. Bd2 Ng4 $1 $44 {and Black has compensation,
with the knight pressuring both f2 and e3. Note that if} 17. h3 $4 Nxc3 18.
Bxc3 Nxe3 $1 19. fxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Qxe2 {and Black wins.}) 13... Rac8 {
Again, logical, but perhaps not the best choice.} ({With} 13... Ne5 $1 {
Black not only puts pressure on the kingsidebut also opens the diagonal for
the d7-bishop:} 14. b4 $6 (14. Qc2 Bc6 $1 $44 {and the bishop is useful on the
long diagonal}) 14... Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bb5 16. Qb3 $2 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Bd6 $19 {
and Black was crushing in Hua - Tari, Chess.com 2022.}) 14. Qc2 Bd6 $1 {
A nice move by Narva. The bishop was no longer useful on c5, but on d6 it
pressures the h2-pawn.} 15. Rd1 $6 {[#]} ({Better was} 15. Bd2 {developing the
bishop and connecting the rooks.}) 15... Ne5 $1 {Narva shows good feeling for
these kinds of positions. Here the knight move increases the pressure on the
white kingside.} 16. Bd2 Bg4 $6 {Not the right follow-up.} ({Correct was} 16...
Nxf3+ {removing the defender on f3. After} 17. Bxf3 Ng4 $1 {the position is
simplified, but Black does get the bishop pair which is enough compensation to
equalize.}) 17. Nd4 $1 {Played at just the right time. After exchanging the
light-squared bishops, Black's compensation evaporates.} Bxe2 18. Ndxe2 {
Here White has a clear advantage for the first time in the game, although
Black has some chances to draw.} Nd3 ({I think} 18... Nc4 $1 {would have given
better chances for compensation. White needs to stop ...Nf6-g4, so} 19. h3 $1 (
{the obvious} 19. Be1 $2 {leads to a difficult position for White:} Ng4 $1 20.
h3 Ngxe3 $1 21. fxe3 Nxe3 22. Qb3 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Bc5+ $15 {and the two rooks
are pretty strong on the open files, while the white king is vulnerable.})
19... Qe5 {(with the idea ...Qe5-h2)} 20. Ng3 $1 Nxd2 21. Rxd2 Nd5 $1 {and I
think this is what Narva overlooked. Black has good chances to draw despite
being a pawn down.}) 19. Be1 $1 Nxe1 20. Rxe1 {[#] Compare this position to
the one on move 15. It's clear something has gone wrong for Black. The
position is simplified and Black doesn't have the bishop pair.} Ng4 {Too late
- Black doesn't have enough of an attack anymore.} ({After the stronger} 20...
g6 21. Red1 {White has good chances to convert the pawn.}) 21. g3 $1 {Blunting
the power of the d6-bishop. Also note that without the light-squared bishops,
the light squares are less of a concern for White.} Qf6 22. Nd4 $1 Bc5 23. Qe2
$1 Qg6 ({If} 23... Bxd4 24. exd4 Nh6 $2 25. Nd5 $1 {would be a nice finish, i.
e.,} Rxd5 26. Qe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8#) 24. Nf3 {Keeping the knight on the kingside
is smart.} ({Also playable is} 24. Rad1 Bxd4 25. exd4 Nf6 {, but I think that
Jianchao preferred not to just rely on the d-pawn because such positions can
be a bit tricky with the rook opposing it.}) 24... Re8 25. Nd5 Qe4 26. Rad1 $18
{The position is clearly winning for White, who has both pawn and positional
advantage.} a5 27. h3 Nh6 $6 ({It would be better to exchange the knights with
} 27... Ne5 {, although the position remains lost:} 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Qg4 $1 {
and the queen exchange makes it easier to convert the pawn advantage.}) 28. Kg2
Nf5 29. Qd3 $1 {Exchanging the queens is smart.} h6 30. Qxe4 Rxe4 31. Nd2 {
The rest of the game is pretty straightforward.} Ree8 32. Nb3 Ba7 33. Nc3 Re5
34. Rd7 a4 35. Nxa4 Rb5 36. Rc1 $1 Re8 37. Nbc5 Rc8 38. Nd3 Re8 39. Nc3 Rb3 40.
Nd1 Bb8 41. Nc5 Rb5 42. Rxb7 {With this win Jianchao joined Kadric at the top
of the table. A very nice finish. Congratulations! Foxwoods was a great
experience for me, and I'm looking forward to going back again next year!} 1-0

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1972.07.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E56"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko,Robert"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/pp4pp/3bpp2/1P6/8/P2KP3/5PPP/2B5 b - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1972.07.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,54,1,8,28,93,88,104,108,107,114,113,113,104,106,106,103,107,110,112,
104,102,87,85,94,119,119,124,119,170,162,140,111,177,185,229,242,236,283,316,
316,316,314,311,333,358,316,318,527,525,1002,1282,1282,1282,1292,1292,1302]} {
[#]} 29... Bxh2 $6 {Fifty years later, this move is still hard to explain. For
no reason, Fischer transforms the position from an easy draw to one in which
he must display a high level of precision simply to hold. This position has
been so widely publicized that many people are under the impression that Black
is losing after this move. However, as we will see, this is not correct.} 30.
g3 h5 (30... Ke7 {is met by} 31. a4 {, and the black king cannot invade.} ({
But not} 31. Ke2 Kd6 32. Kf3 $2 Kc5 33. Kg2 Bxg3 34. fxg3 Kxb5 {and black is
the one with all the chances.})) 31. Ke2 h4 32. Kf3 Ke7 ({Many speculated that
Fischer first planned} 32... h3 33. Kg4 Bg1 34. Kxh3 Bxf2 {, only to miss} 35.
Bd2 $1 {and the f2-bishop is trapped.}) 33. Kg2 hxg3 34. fxg3 Bxg3 35. Kxg3 Kd6
{[#]} 36. a4 (36. Kg4 {"would have led to the goal," according to Kasparov,
but Black has a miracle save:} Ke5 37. Kh5 Ke4 $1 {It turns out that Black
doesn't need to worry about the g7-pawn.} 38. a4 $5 e5 39. Kg6 ({After} 39. Ba3
Kxe3 40. Bc5+ Kd3 41. Bxa7 Kc4 42. Bf2 Kb4 43. b6 Kxa4 {the position is a
fortress draw, since White can't stop the black king from running back to c8.})
39... f5 40. Kxg7 ({or} 40. Kg5 b6 {, and White can't improve his position.}
41. Bd2 Kd3 42. Bc1 Ke4 {with a draw.}) 40... f4 41. exf4 exf4 42. Bd2 (42.
Bxf4 Kxf4 {is drawn.}) 42... f3 43. Be1 Kd3 44. Kf6 (44. a5 b6 $1) 44... Kc4
45. Ke5 b6 $1 46. Kd6 Kb3 47. Kc6 Kxa4 {and Black is just in time.}) 36... Kd5
37. Ba3 Ke4 (37... Kc4 $2 {is a mirage:} 38. Bf8 Kb3 39. a5 Ka4 40. a6 $1 b6
41. Bxg7 Kxb5 42. Bxf6 Kxa6 43. Kf4 Kb5 44. Bd4 $1 {and Black is doomed.} ({
But of course not} 44. Ke5 $4 Kc4 45. Kxe6 Kd3 46. Bd4 Ke4 $1)) 38. Bc5 a6 (
38... b6 $4 39. Bxb6 $1 {is another pitfall.}) 39. b6 {[#] White keeps as many
pawns on the board as possible. Now comes the critical moment of this endgame.
Black is aiming for a fortress: if White plays a4-a5 and Black manages to
trade off the e3-pawn, then all the second player has to do is bring the king
to c8. That position is drawn, based on the theme of stalemate. If White's
pawn is still on a4, however, the fortress no longer works -- White can induce
the move ...a6-a5 and win the fledgling pawn, after which the win is trivial.}
f5 $4 {The decisive mistake, allowing white's king to "come around" from the
side.} ({Black holds with} 39... e5 $1 40. Kg4 ({Kasparov gives} 40. Bf8 Kxe3
41. Bxg7 Kd4 42. Bxf6 Kc5 43. Bd8 Kb4 44. Kf3 Kxa4 45. Ke4 Kb5 46. Kd5 a5 $1
47. Kxe5 Kc5 48. Ke4 Kc4 49. Ke3 a4 {with a draw}) 40... g6 41. Kg3 $5 {
and now even} f5 42. Kh4 f4 43. exf4 Kxf4 $1 44. Be7 e4 45. Bg5+ Kf3 46. Bc1 e3
47. Kg5 e2 48. Bd2 Ke4 $1 49. Kxg6 Kd5 50. Kf5 Kc6 {, forcing} 51. a5 (51. Ba5
e1=Q 52. Bxe1 Kxb6 53. Ke5 Kc6 54. Kd4 a5 $1 55. Bxa5 b5 {, liquidating the
position.}) 51... Kd7 {and Black sets up the desired fortress.}) 40. Kh4 $1 f4
({Now} 40... e5 41. Kg5 f4 42. exf4 exf4 43. Bg1 Ke5 {doesn't hold:} 44. Kg6
Kd6 45. Kxg7 Kd7 46. Kf7 Kc8 47. Ke8 f3 48. Bf2 {(as given by A. Levin on
chess.com)} Kb8 49. Kd8 Ka8 50. Kc7 {and Black is in zugzwang. If the white
pawn was on the a5-square, this position would be an obvious draw.}) 41. exf4
Kxf4 42. Kh5 $1 {Black cannot force a4-a5 and get his king back to a8 in time.
The rest is a matter of technique.} Kf5 43. Be3 Ke4 44. Bf2 Kf5 45. Bh4 e5 46.
Bg5 e4 47. Be3 Kf6 48. Kg4 Ke5 49. Kg5 Kd5 50. Kf5 a5 51. Bf2 g5 52. Kxg5 Kc4
53. Kf5 Kb4 54. Kxe4 Kxa4 55. Kd5 Kb5 56. Kd6 1-0

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1972.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D59"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko,Robert"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1972.07.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,81,14,-17,3,3,4,4,4,11,13,20,20,14,29,19,31,30,27,24,18,16,26,12,29,
21,23,0,7,13,7,14,2,2,15,12,16,17,6,21,19,23,57,51,43,44,53,63,66,68,89,75,93,
109,132,82,116,127,129,134,144,165,160,182,257,208,219,222,276,275,247,256,337,
265,606,377,461,660,748,391,798,718,1268,1516]} 1. c4 $1 {Fischer played 1.e4
so exclusively that the possibility of any other first move was viewed almost
jokingly. For example, a prophetic cartoon on the June 1972 cover of Chess
Life & Review displayed worried Soviet leaders Brezhnev and Kosygin
questioning Spassky (who sits next to a stack of 1.e4 tomes): "But Boris, what
if he doesn't play 1 P-K4?" When discussing this question with his team,
Spassky was flippant: "I'll play the Tartakower-Bondarevsky; what can he
achieve?" Possibly, he was counting on Fischer's lack of experience in the
closed openings, underestimating the flexibility of his opponent. As the game
shows, Fischer's choice was a brilliant practical decision, sidestepping much
of his opponent's preparation and forcing Spassky to devote additional time to
preparing the closed openings later in the match.} e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4.
Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 {The aforementioned
Tartakower-Makogonov-Bondarevsky variation.} ({In the 12th game, Spassky
deviated with} 7... Nbd7) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 (
{The text move is an improvement on} 11... Bb7 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Be2 {
, and white had some chances for an advantage in Petrosian - Spassky, Santa
Monica 1966.}) 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Bb5 {[#] So far, the players have
followed Furman - Geller (1970), a game that should have been known to Spassky.
} a6 ({The strong improvement} 14... Qb7 $1 {neutralized this variation.
According to Geller, Spassky's team had already found this move and Spassky
simply forgot it during the game. If true, this is another example of
Spassky's lackluster preparation for the match, but I can't help but wonder --
if Spassky knew about this move during the match, why didn't he repeat this
line in the three future games where Fischer played 1.c4?. The point of this
move is revealed after} 15. dxc5 {(forced, as otherwise Black plays ...c5-c4!)}
bxc5 16. Rxc5 Rxc5 17. Qxc5 Na6 $1 18. Bxa6 (18. Qc6 Qxc6 19. Bxc6 Rb8 $1 {
and White cannot save the b-pawn, because now after} (19... Rc8 20. Ba4 Rc1+
21. Bd1 {is somewhat less accurate.}) 20. b3 $2 Rc8 $1 {wins}) 18... Qxa6 19.
Qa3 Qc4 {and Black has excellent chances as in Timman - Geller, Hilversum 1973.
}) 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. O-O {Black is faced with two pins and has to develop
carefully: he risks being forced to defend his hanging pawns passively, as
well as being left with an inferior minor piece. Both of these things happened
in the game...} Ra7 ({Kasparov shows the line} 16... Qb7 {(other possibilities
are 16...Qa7, 16...Nc6, and 17...Nd7)} 17. Ba4 Qb6 18. Ne5 a5 19. f4 Bf5 (19...
Ra7 $5 {, intending} 20. f5 Bd7 {, is also possible.}) 20. Rfd1 Be4 {and gives
equality -- the queen is a valuable defender of the queenside. It's possible
to extend this line a bit further:} 21. Qb3 $5 Qxb3 22. Bxb3 c4 23. Bc2 Bxc2
24. Rxc2 Na6 $1 25. a3 Rc5 {with sufficient counterchances.}) 17. Be2 Nd7 {
Allowing White a favorable minor-piece exchange.} (17... a5 18. Rc3 {occured
in the Furman - Geller game. Now, the most accurate move might be} Kf8 $5 {
, preparing to trade queens with ...c5-c4.} ({The immediate} 18... c4 {is also
possible, but after} 19. Qxe7 Rxe7 {black's king is far from the center.}) {
Now play might continue} 19. Rfc1 c4 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. b3 cxb3 $1 22. Rxc8
Bxc8 23. axb3 {and Black should be able to defend.}) 18. Nd4 {[#]} Qf8 $2 {
Spassky's first real mistake.} ({It was vital to play} 18... Nf6 {, taking the
e4-square under control. After} 19. Nb3 {Black can even play} (19. Nxe6 fxe6 {
is no longer so dangerous.}) 19... Rac7 $1 {(Kasparov's move) and Black's
position is fully harmonized. Capturing the a6-pawn poses more risks for White
than for Black.}) 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. e4 $1 {[#] White wants to modify the
structure in order to activate the light-squared bishop. Black should not
allow him to do so, but how?} d4 $2 {Positional capitulation: the hanging
pawns are now immobilized and White is able to activate his light-squared
bishop. However, I do not see complete equality in any of the alternatives
either, which suggests that 18...Qf8 was already a serious error.} ({I am not
convinced by} 20... Nf6 21. e5 Nd7 {for two reasons. And secondly, the
prophylactic} 22. Qe3 $1 {creates difficult problems for black: he can no
longer play ...c5-c4. After the relatively best} ({Firstly, in Kasparov's line
} 22. f4 c4 23. Qh3 Rc6 24. b3 Nb6 {White has strong pressure after} 25. Bg4
Qe7 ({or} 25... Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Re7 27. Qh5 Nd7 28. bxc4 dxc4 29. Bd1 $1 {, and
White successfully combines play on both flanks.}) 26. f5 $1 {, and again the
light-squared bishop reigns supreme.}) 22... Qd8 23. b3 $1 Qb6 24. Qg3 $1 ({Not
} 24. Kh1 a5 25. a4 c4 $1) 24... a5 25. a4 {White has frozen Black's queenside
counterplay and stands better.}) (20... c4 21. Qh3 Rc6 22. b3 Nb6 {gives Black
"a perfectly defensible position" (Kasparov), but after} 23. exd5 exd5 24. bxc4
(24. Rfe1 $5 {is also very interesting, intending} Re7 25. Bf1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 {
with some advantage.}) 24... dxc4 25. Rfd1 {I think White still has serious
chances for an advantage: he can combine threats against the c4- and a6- pawns
with play against black's king}) (20... Qd6 21. exd5 exd5 22. Rfd1 {is simply
worse for Black.}) (20... dxe4 $5 {is surprisingly difficult to refute;
somehow, Black is always able to cover his weaknesses adequately. However, I
doubt that he can hope for equality in this case.}) 21. f4 Qe7 22. e5 {Perhaps
slightly rushed.} ({The preparatory} 22. Qh3 $1 {improves the position without
committing to a specific attacking plan. For example, White can contemplate
e4-e5 as in the game, but also Be2-c4 or even f4-f5 (in the case of 22...Nb6).}
) 22... Rb8 $6 (22... Nb6 {was relatively best, though Kasparov shows that} 23.
Qd3 $1 {(intending Qd3-e4 and Be2-d3) is still very dangerous for Black.}) 23.
Bc4 {[#] Now black's position is truly lost: there is simply nothing for him
to do. Fischer's conversion of the advantage is flawless.} Kh8 ({Here} 23...
Nb6 {is refuted by Tal's} 24. Qb3 $1) 24. Qh3 Nf8 ({If} 24... Rxb2 25. Bxe6 {
, and in the long run Black can't stop the advance of White's pawns.}) 25. b3
a5 26. f5 exf5 27. Rxf5 Nh7 28. Rcf1 Qd8 29. Qg3 Re7 30. h4 {Further
restricting the black knight. All the preparations have been made for the
final advance.} Rbb7 31. e6 $1 Rbc7 32. Qe5 Qe8 33. a4 Qd8 34. R1f2 Qe8 35.
R2f3 Qd8 36. Bd3 Qe8 37. Qe4 $1 Nf6 (37... Rxe6 {does not help in view of} 38.
Rf8+ Nxf8 39. Rxf8+ Qxf8 40. Qh7#) 38. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 39. Rxf6 Kg8 40. Bc4 Kh8
41. Qf4 {Black resigned; his passive pieces are completely powerless.} 1-0

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1972.08.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko,Robert"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1972.07.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,61,19,19,46,52,80,72,56,39,37,37,58,43,68,16,23,26,9,-23,-26,-38,-47,
-39,-33,-13,-46,-63,-49,-48,-24,-32,3,26,32,24,14,24,71,34,81,121,88,92,221,
170,168,82,233,486,749,749,787,782,816,771,760,760,831,937,1077,1095,1257,1281]
} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 {
Fischer sticks to his guns, repeating the same variation he played in Game 7.
In all other matchgames, he constantly varied his openings to avoid Soviet
preparation. For this encounter, Spassky came prepared...} 8. Qd2 {The
critical move, both then and now. Spassky's only time facing this variation
before the match was in a 1970 exhibition game against the readers of Pravda,
where he, obviously not wishing to show his cards, played the placid 8. Nb3.}
Qxb2 9. Nb3 ({Nowadays} 9. Rb1 {is played exclusively. Fischer had faced the
text move only once, in a blitz game against Matulovic in 1970.}) 9... Qa3 10.
Bxf6 ({Spassky tries to improve on} 10. Bd3 {, which brought him little
success in the seventh game:} Be7 11. O-O h6 $1 12. Bh4 $6 {As the game proves,
this spirited sacrifice is insufficient.} Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxh4 14. f5 $1 exf5 15.
Bb5+ $1 axb5 $1 16. Nxd6+ Kf8 17. Nxc8 Nc6 18. Nd6 Rd8 19. Nxb5 Qe7 20. Qf4 g6
{Black has consolidated his position and Spassky was fortunate not to lose the
game. (Spassky - Fischer, Reykjavik (7) 1972)}) 10... gxf6 11. Be2 h5 {A
standard move in this pawn structure, preventing White from playing Be2-h5.} ({
Later, most players came to the conclusion that the text is not strictly
necessary, and continued simply with} 11... Nc6) 12. O-O Nc6 13. Kh1 Bd7 {[#]}
14. Nb1 $5 {Spassky's novelty! Black needs to play accurately to keep his
queen out of trouble.} Qb4 ({On} 14... Qa4 {white can try} 15. a3 $5 {and the
e4-pawn is immune.}) (14... Qb2 $6 {is very risky on account of} 15. a4 $1 {
and White threatens Nb1-c3 (or Nb1-a3) followed by Rf1-b1, trapping the black
queen.}) 15. Qe3 d5 $5 {Fischer's trademark: he defends as actively as
possible. Most annotators consider this to be a serious error, but I am not so
sure.} (15... Ne7 {is more solid, and now:} 16. a3 (16. N1d2 $5 {is
interesting, in which case Black should play} Rc8 $1 {to prevent Nd2-c4.}) (16.
c4 {is well met by} f5 $1) 16... Qa4 17. Nc3 Qc6 18. Rad1 {with an unclear
position.}) 16. exd5 Ne7 17. c4 {The most natural move: White maintains the
central pawn on d5.} Nf5 18. Qd3 {[#]} h4 $2 {This is the real mistake:
however risky Black's strategy might be, it is too late to deviate from it now.
} (18... Rc8 $5 {deserves consideration, e.g.,} 19. Nc3 b5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21.
Rad1 Rc7) ({The best move is the surprising} 18... exd5 $1 {, which looks
incredibly dangerous in view of} 19. Nc3 $1 dxc4 20. Qe4+ Be7 21. Nd5 Qd6 22.
Bxc4 {[#] and it seems that White has a strong initiative. However,
appearances are deceptive:} Rc8 23. Rad1 Be6 $3 24. Rfe1 (24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25.
Rxd6 Nxd6 {is equally unclear.}) 24... Kf8 $1 {and Black holds miraculously, e.
g.,} 25. Ne3 Rxc4 26. Nxc4 Qb4 $1) 19. Bg4 $1 {Black's momentary counterplay
is nipped in the bud. Now sacrificing the knight on g3 does not work, as
White's bishop can block on h3.} ({Fischer evidently counted lines such as} 19.
Nc3 $4 Ng3+ $1 20. hxg3 hxg3+ 21. Kg1 Bc5+ 22. Nd4 e5 {and wins.}) 19... Nd6 ({
Black is strategically lost after} 19... O-O-O 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. h3 $3 {
-- he simply has no counterplay.}) 20. N1d2 f5 21. a3 $1 {With a series of
strong intermediate moves, Spassky destroys Black's position.} Qb6 22. c5 Qb5
23. Qc3 fxg4 24. a4 $1 {Trapping the queen -- the rest becomes a formality. An
incredible disaster for Fischer.} h3 25. axb5 hxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rh3 27. Qf6 Nf5
28. c6 Bc8 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Rfe1 Be7 31. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1972.08.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko,Robert"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/3P1k2/4pBp1/1ppb1pP1/7R/r1P3KP/p7/3R4 b - - 0 44"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1972.07.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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-3,-3,-3,-3,-279,-272,-272,-527,-527,-527,-527,-527,-527,-527,-527,-527]} {
[#] Botvinnik considered this endgame to be the "finest creative achievement"
of Fischer's whole career. It all began with the next move.} 44... e5 $1 {
Rather than accept a perpetual check, Fischer sacrifices a piece! The next ten
moves are practically forced.} (44... a1=Q 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Rh8+ {is an
immediate draw.}) 45. Rh7+ Ke6 46. Re7+ Kd6 47. Rxe5 Rxc3+ 48. Kf2 Rc2+ 49. Ke1
Kxd7 50. Rexd5+ Kc6 51. Rd6+ Kb7 52. Rd7+ Ka6 53. R7d2 Rxd2 54. Kxd2 b4 {
[#] Black's queenside pawns are menacing. White has to act immediately to
create chances on the other side of the board.} 55. h4 $1 Kb5 56. h5 $1 c4 {
Threatening ...c4-c3+, so White's next move is forced.} 57. Ra1 gxh5 58. g6 h4
59. g7 (59. Bxh4 $2 Rg8 60. Rxa2 Rxg6 {is lost for White. He needs the g7-pawn
to hold down Black's rook.}) 59... h3 60. Be7 {[#]} (60. Kc1 $5 {should draw
as well.}) 60... Rg8 $1 {"The American found a paradoxical solution: he
stalemated his own rook, but blocked White's passed pawn and pinned down his
bishop. Now there were five passed pawns fighting against the white rook.
Nothing similar had ever been seen previously in chess. Spassky was shocked
and lost. Soon Smyslov found a draw for White, but would he have found it at
the board, sitting opposite Fischer?" (Botvinnik)} 61. Bf8 h2 62. Kc2 Kc6 63.
Rd1 {Not the only drawing move, but the most precise one: black's king is cut
off.} b3+ 64. Kc3 ({Gligoric's} 64. Kb2 {indeed holds the draw more easily:} f4
65. Rd6+ Kc7 66. Rd1 f3 67. Kc3 f2 68. Kb2 {, and Black cannot further improve
his position.}) 64... h1=Q 65. Rxh1 Kd5 66. Kb2 ({In my view, the simplest
path to a draw was} 66. Re1 {. By keeping the king on c3, White prevents
Black's king from penetrating to d3.} f4 67. Rd1+ Ke4 68. Re1+ Kf3 69. Rf1+ Kg2
70. Ra1 $1 f3 71. Kxc4 f2 72. Kxb3 f1=Q 73. Rxf1 Kxf1 74. Kxa2 {, with a draw.}
) 66... f4 67. Rd1+ Ke4 68. Rc1 Kd3 {[#]} 69. Rd1+ $4 {After a long defense,
Spassky finally cracks.} ({Instead, White saves the game with} 69. Rc3+ $1 Kd4
({or} 69... Ke2 70. Rxc4 f3 71. Rc1) 70. Rf3 c3+ 71. Ka1 c2 72. Rxf4+ Kc3 {
and now, for example} 73. Bb4+ Kd3 74. Rf1 Rxg7 75. Kb2 {as given by Smyslov.})
69... Ke2 70. Rc1 ({Note that White isn't in time to play} 70. Ra1 {, as in
the above line.}) 70... f3 71. Bc5 Rxg7 72. Rxc4 Rd7 (72... f2 {also wins,
because the a- and b- pawns are so far advanced.}) 73. Re4+ Kf1 74. Bd4 f2 {
Black threatens ...Rd7xd4, and if the bishop moves, there is ...Rd7-d1.
Therefore, Spassky resigned.} 0-1

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1972.08.27"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko,Robert"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1972.07.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,80,18,18,75,67,67,53,64,36,28,28,66,54,55,47,65,73,73,69,68,50,52,54,
50,46,46,36,36,39,37,37,37,45,77,76,87,43,41,-16,37,1,16,0,105,19,20,17,7,0,0,
0,-4,-18,-20,-2,-20,0,0,-24,-22,-52,0,0,-5,-1,-4,-8,-11,-8,0,-28,-31,-31,11,10,
9,12,7,15,16,15,15]} 1. e4 Nf6 {Returning to his choice from the 13th game,
but by this time Spassky had studied this variation more carefully.} 2. e5 Nd5
3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 ({Deviating from the 13th game, where Fischer played} 4...
g6) 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 {Now this is
the main line, but at the time this whole variation was relatively new (for
example, it isn't mentioned in Bagirov's 1971 monograph on the Alekhine
Defense).} ({At the time,} 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Be3 d5 $1 {was becoming popular.
With the text move, Spassky avoids this possibility.}) 10... d5 ({Now after} 
10... Nc6 {White could play} 11. exd6 cxd6 12. d5 $1 {, considered favorable
for White both then and now. The inclusion of h2-h3 is helpful, because after}
exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 {the bishop on h5 is hanging.}) 11. c5 Bxf3 {[#]}
12. Bxf3 (12. gxf3 $5 {became popular only later. White prevents ...Nb6-c4,
and after} Nc8 13. f4 {Black will need some time to make use of his
"counterchances." (Less kind, but more accurate, is to say that White is just
better -- Black's position is solid, but very passive).}) 12... Nc4 13. b3 {
This move is beneficial only from a dynamic point of view -- White opens the
f-file and prepares e3-e4 in some cases.} ({It's better to preserve the bishop:
} 13. Bf4 b6 14. b3 Na5 15. b4 Nc4 16. Rc1 {with some advantage, as in
Beliavsky - Alburt, Daugavpils 1974. Black can't play} a5 {in view of} 17. b5
bxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nxd5 $1) 13... Nxe3 14. fxe3 b6 ({Stronger is} 14... Nc6
{, followed by ...b7-b6 or in some cases ...f7-f6.}) 15. e4 $1 {Increasing the
tension while Black's queenside is still undeveloped.} c6 16. b4 bxc5 $5 ({
Fischer avoids} 16... a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 {, which leaves
Black with a tenable but prospectless position.}) 17. bxc5 Qa5 {[#]} 18. Nxd5
$5 {Greatly complicating the position.} ({However, the strongest move was} 18.
Qe1 $1 {, creating the threat of Nc3xd5. After} Qb4 19. Rd1 Na6 20. exd5 cxd5
21. Bh5 Nc7 22. Kh2 {Black's position is difficult.}) 18... Bg5 $1 ({Accepting
the sacrifice is too dangerous; Kasparov gives} 18... exd5 19. exd5 Bg5 20. Kh1
$1 ({but not} 20. d6 $2 Be3+ 21. Kh1 Qc3) 20... Na6 21. d6 {and the pawns are
simply too strong.}) 19. Bh5 ({According to Kasparov,} 19. Qd3 {was better,
missing that after} exd5 20. exd5 Na6 21. d6 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 {
Black can hold with} Rae8 $3 {, e.g.,} (23... Qxe5 $2 24. Bxc6 Rab8 25. Rae1
Qc5 26. Bd5 {and with two rooks on the board, White's attack is overpowering.})
24. Rae1 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26. Bxc6 g6 $1 27. d7 Bd8) 19... cxd5 {[#]} ({
There was no choice, as after} 19... g6 {white has} 20. Nf6+) 20. Bxf7+ (20.
exd5 $5 {is also very interesting. The counterattacking} Qc3 $3 {was best, and
after} (20... Na6 $2 {allows} 21. Qg4 $3 ({In contrast,} 21. Bxf7+ Rxf7 22.
Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qxg5 exd5 25. e6 Qd8 $1 {(missed by Kasparov)} 26.
e7 Qd7 {allows Black to survive.}) 21... Be3+ 22. Kh1 Qc3 23. Rad1 {and it
transpires that black does not have a good move:} exd5 {loses to} 24. Bxf7+
Rxf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Qd7+) (20... exd5 21. Bxf7+ Rxf7 22. Rxf7 {and now:} Qd2
(22... Qc3 $2 {is bad due to} 23. Rb1 $1 Nc6 24. Rbb7 Bh6 25. Kh1 Nxd4 ({or} 
25... Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Nxd4 27. g4) 26. c6 $1) 23. Rc7 Na6 24. Rd7 Be3+ 25. Kh1
Qxd4 26. Rxd5 {(curiously, Kasparov does not comment on this move)} Qxd1+ 27.
Raxd1 {and White has some winning chances, since} Nxc5 $2 {loses immediately to
} 28. e6 $1) 21. dxe6 Nc6 $1 22. exf7+ Kh8 23. Bf3 $1 Rxf7 $1 24. Bxc6 Rxf1+
25. Kxf1 $5 Rb8 {. White is up three pawns but has great difficulties in
consolidating his advantage, e.g.,} 26. Kg1 Rb4) 20... Rxf7 21. Rxf7 Qd2 $1 {
The most human move, forcing the trade of queens.} (21... Nc6 $5 {is very
complicated, but appears to hold as well.}) 22. Qxd2 Bxd2 23. Raf1 Nc6 24. exd5
({After} 24. Rc7 $5 {Black can only save the day with} dxe4 $3 25. Rxc6 ({or} 
25. Rff7 e3 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Rxh7+ Kg8 28. Rcg7+ Kf8 29. Rg4 e2 30. Re4 Kg8 $1
31. Rxe2 Be3+ $1 32. Rxe3 Kxh7 33. Rd3 Nb4 {and the knight makes its way to d5.
}) 25... e3 26. Rxe6 (26. Rb1 Rf8 $1) 26... e2 27. Kf2 exf1=Q+ 28. Kxf1 Rd8 $1
{and Kasparov analyzes this complex endgame to equality.}) 24... exd5 25. Rd7
Be3+ 26. Kh1 Bxd4 27. e6 Be5 $1 {[#] Slowly, the position clarifies and the
result becomes clear.} 28. Rxd5 Re8 29. Re1 Rxe6 30. Rd6 Kf7 $1 31. Rxc6 Rxc6
32. Rxe5 Kf6 33. Rd5 Ke6 34. Rh5 h6 35. Kh2 Ra6 36. c6 Rxc6 37. Ra5 a6 38. Kg3
Kf6 39. Kf3 Rc3+ 40. Kf2 Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1972.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1972.07.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
e5 9. d5 Ne7 {[#]} 10. Nh4 h6 11. f4 Ng6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 {[#]} 13. fxe5 dxe5 14.
Be3 b6 15. O-O O-O 16. a4 {[#]} a5 17. Rb1 Bd7 18. Rb2 Rb8 19. Rbf2 Qe7 20. Bc2
g5 21. Bd2 {[#]} Qe8 22. Be1 Qg6 23. Qd3 Nh5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {[#]
} 26. Bd1 Nf4 27. Qc2 {[#]} Bxa4 0-1

[Event "Rovinj/Zagreb"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1970.04.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "9.1 Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1nq1n2/3b2k1/p2p1p1R/Pp1Pp1p1/1Pp1P1P1/2P1BPN1/2BQ2K1/8 w - - 0 35"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "1970.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,69,30,19,19,19,19,-14,-14,-38,-38,-61,6,-37,-28,-14,-14,-48,-48,-30,
-31,-31,-8,-16,32,-3,-3,-4,18,15,20,34,27,-13,47,34,60,53,94,72,80,49,68,72,75,
63,97,62,120,88,84,84,91,112,112,86,135,165,167,177,166,165,160,160,160,161,
167,167,223,246,423,366] [#]} 35. Rxf6 $1 ({Black resigned as the rook cannot
be captured, for instance,} 35. Rxf6 Qxf6 ({or} 35... Kxf6 36. Bxg5+) ({or} 
35... Nh7 36. Nh5+ Kh8 37. Bxg5) 36. Nh5+ {, and in all cases, White is
winning.}) 1-0

[Event "Varna ol (Men) qual-B"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "9.2 Rivera, D."]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/pbq2ppp/1p2pn2/n1p5/3P4/PBP1P1N1/1B3PPP/2RQ1RK1 b - - 0 14"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1962.09.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,32,19,17,44,-13,-13,-14,-13,-15,-9,-39,-39,-39,20,8,54,58,71,26,32,21,
-6,3,-13,-44,-52,-60,-49,-94,-219,-324,-318,-385,-389] [#]} 14... Qc6 $1 {
Threatening mate, which is easily parried.} 15. f3 Qb5 $1 {Taking advantage of
the two underprotected bishops, which is not so easily parried...} 16. Ba4 Qxb2
{and White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Siegen ol (Men) qual-C"]
[Site "Siegen"]
[Date "1970.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "9.3 Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Hook, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4q2r/p1r1kp2/1p2pR1p/2n1P2P/8/P1P1BQ2/2P2P2/3RK3 w - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1970.09.05"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,55,30,19,49,30,41,44,46,29,68,14,14,10,49,32,98,80,89,10,29,-5,-34,
-28,-54,-42,-40,-73,-49,-48,-20,-20,-20,-84,-42,-84,-45,-43,-17,0,0,-49,127,
157,244,233,152,195,227,195,316,302,462,446,1324,29984,29993,29994] [#]} 27.
Bxc5+ $1 {Removing the essential defender.} bxc5 28. Rxe6+ {Boom! Black
resigned on account of} (28. Rxe6+ Kxe6 (28... fxe6 29. Qf6#) 29. Qf6#) 1-0

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "9.4 Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Kupper, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2r2/p2q1ppk/1p1p1b1p/3PpP2/8/3QB2R/PPP3PP/R6K w - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 20. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 $2 (20... Rh8 {would have been a better defense,
although White has simply won a pawn after} 21. Bg5+ Kg8 22. Rxh8+ Kxh8 23.
Bxf6 gxf6 24. c4 {and White will still have to work a bit for the win.}) 21.
Qe3 $1 ({Or} 21. Qd2 {with the same effect.}) 21... Bg7 22. f6 $1 Rh8 (22...
Bxf6 23. Qxh6+ {of course leads to mate.}) 23. Rf1 $1 ({White should not cash
in too soon, for instance,} 23. fxg7 $2 Kxg7 24. Qg3+ Kf8 25. Qd3 Qe7 {and
while better for White, Black can still fight.}) 23... Qb5 ({Or} 23... Bf8 24.
Qe4+ Kg8 25. Rg3+ {and it is game over for Black.}) 24. Qf3 ({Or} 24. Qf2 {
with the same intentions.}) 24... Rc4 ({Or} 24... Rxc2 25. Rg3 {and it is game
over for Black.}) 25. Qf5+ {and Black resigned on account of} (25. Qf5+ Kg8 26.
fxg7 {and Black will get mated.}) 1-0

[Event "Leipzig ol (Men) fin-A"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.10.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "9.5 Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Bobotsov, Milko G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/6p1/p7/1ppq3p/3b4/1P3N1P/1PQ2PP1/2R3K1 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1960.10.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,69,19,19,27,18,43,5,21,-26,-5,-63,-19,-51,-37,-19,-16,-58,-48,-60,-14,
5,27,40,27,40,41,49,70,38,53,50,50,31,31,35,65,24,24,23,26,43,51,45,68,91,129,
-13,6,6,-32,-32,-29,-28,-6,-6,-35,-35,0,0,0,0,71,71,85,207,155,181,181,252,227,
42] [#]} 26. b4 $1 {White undermines the protection of the d4-bishop.} Rxf3 $2
({A little too desperate. Black should have tried} 26... Qf5 27. bxc5 Qxc2 28.
Rxc2 Bf6 29. b4 {when White has won a pawn but there is still plenty of work
to be done.}) ({After} 26... cxb4 $4 27. Rd1 {, White wins material.}) 27. gxf3
Qxf3 28. bxc5 Qg3+ {Black was counting on these checks but they soon run out.}
29. Kf1 Qxh3+ 30. Ke1 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Qc6 32. Qb3+ Kh8 33. Qf3 Qe6+ 34. Kf1 Qh6
35. Qd1 {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "1960.04.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "9.6 Saadi, Julio"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1q1rk1/p3ppbp/b2p2p1/8/2n5/1PN1P1P1/P1Q1BP1P/R1B2RK1 b - - 0 15"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1960.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,68,19,-22,-12,-16,43,46,57,-2,4,4,81,39,60,57,54,35,47,34,21,10,2,12,
12,-47,-32,-28,36,-154,-127,-179,-195,-195,-207,-190,-191,-192,-192,-179,-179,
-179,-173,-190,-182,-177,-167,-170,-140,-152,-204,-256,-258,-283,-264,-264,
-293,-470,-476,-476,-474,-474,-442,-495,-337,-331,-346,-348,-387,-408,-418] [#]
} 15... Qa5 $1 {Black takes advantage of White's inability to adequately
protect the knight on c4. Additionally, the rook on a1 is trapped and the
bishop on e2 is only loosely protected. In other words, White faces a major
problem.} 16. Nd5 $6 ({Nothing works for White, for instance,} 16. bxc4 Qxc3
17. Qa4 Qxa1 18. Qxa6 Rb1 {and Black is winning.}) 16... Qxd5 17. bxc4 Qb7 18.
Ba3 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Rfc8 {and Black had won the exchange and, not long after,
the game.} 20. e4 Rc7 21. Bd3 Qc6 22. Rc1 Rbc8 23. Qb3 Qd7 24. Bb2 Qe6 25. Qc3
f6 26. Qa5 Bxc4 27. Bd4 Rc6 28. Qa4 Bb5 29. Qxb5 Rxc1+ 30. Kg2 Rd1 31. Be3 Rxd3
32. Qxd3 Qxa2 33. Qb5 Qe6 34. Qb7 a5 0-1

[Event "Skopje"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "9.7 Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Panov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r1k1/2n3pp/5p2/1p2pq2/3PN2R/2P4P/2Q2PP1/4R1K1 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,59,19,14,54,75,84,60,60,55,42,31,31,-13,40,21,6,-8,22,19,19,20,38,26,
48,37,53,29,53,51,51,51,54,38,33,35,46,26,50,46,56,64,64,9,5,-22,-17,-43,-10,0,
-6,-2,86,-34,84,37,39,-56,-43,-160,38,-124] [#]} 26. Re3 $1 {The only winning
move, intending to remove Black's queen from pinning the knight and defending
on f6 and h7. The immediate threat is 27.Rf3 Qg6 28.Rg4.} h6 $2 ({Other
defensive moves do not work either, for instance,} 26... Ra6 27. Rf3 Qg6 ({or} 
27... Qc8 28. Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. Qxh7+ Kf8 31. Rg4 {and White wins.})
28. Rg3 Qf5 (28... Qf7 29. Rxh7 {also wins for White}) 29. Qb3+ Qe6 (29... Kf8
30. d5 {and Black has a hopeless position}) 30. Nxf6+ Kf7 31. Qxe6+ Rexe6 32.
Nxh7 {and White is winning.}) ({or} 26... Kh8 27. Rf3 Qg6 28. Rg4 Qh5 29. Nd6
Rf8 30. Rf5 Qh6 31. dxe5 {and White wins material.}) 27. Rf3 Qh7 {This was
Black's defensive idea, but unfortunately for him it does not work.} 28. Nxf6+
$1 gxf6 29. Rg3+ Kh8 30. Rg6 {and facing one of the rook capturing on h6,
Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "FRG-USA"]
[Site "Berlin West"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "9.8 Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Darga, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k4r/3r2pp/1pn5/3p1P2/2p1q3/B1P2R2/2P3PP/R2Q2K1 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 26. Qb1 $1 {The assault on Black's king begins and this is the only way
to get there.} Kc7 ({The most obvious defensive try. The alternatives also
fail, for instance,} 26... Rb7 {is also met by} 27. Bc1 {, but now the
e3-square is a possibility for White as well.}) (26... Kb7 27. Bc5 {is just a
disaster for Black, and, finally,}) (26... d4 27. Qxb6 Rb7 28. Qc5 Rd8 29. Qxc4
{and White has won a few too many pawns.}) 27. Bc1 $1 {The only winning move.
The bishop belongs on the h2-b8 diagonal.} Qe1+ ({Nothing works for Black, for
instance,} 27... Re8 28. Re3) ({or} 27... Re7 28. Bf4+ Kb7 (28... Kd7 29. Qxb6)
29. Qb5 {and White is winning.}) 28. Rf1 Qxc3 29. Bf4+ Kb7 30. Qb5 {and Black
resigned. A possible continuation was} (30. Qb5 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 {and Black cannot
defend against Qa6+ without losing material.}) 1-0

[Event "Varna ol (Men) fin-A"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "9.9 Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/5pp1/q2p3p/1p1QpPb1/r3P3/1NP3PP/1P5K/R3R3 b - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1962.09.16"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 24... Qa7 $1 ({The best move, threatening a nasty check on f2 with
penetration of White's camp. After} 24... Ra2 25. Kh1 {, White can still fight.
}) 25. Kg2 ({Or} 25. Rg1 Rxa1 26. Nxa1 b4 $1 27. cxb4 Rc1 $3 28. Rxc1 Qf2+ 29.
Kh1 Qf3+ 30. Kh2 Bxc1 {and White cannot defend.}) ({Also} 25. Rf1 Ra2 $1 {
(pinning the b2-pawn)} 26. Rxa2 Qxa2 27. Rf2 Rxc3 {wiins for Black.}) 25... Ra2
26. Kf1 ({Or} 26. Rxa2 Qxa2 27. Re2 Rxc3 $1 {and Black is winning.}) 26... Rxc3
{White resigned as the rook cannot be captured because of ...Qf2 mate, while
otherwise the threats of ...Rf3+ and ...Rxb3 decide the game.} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch27 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.02.20"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "Pando"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1960.01.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 {[#]} 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Bd6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 Nd7
8. O-O h6 9. Ne4 Nxd5 10. c4 Ne3 11. Bxe3 fxe3 12. c5 Be7 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3
e2 15. Nd6 Nf8 16. Nxf7 exf1=Q+ 17. Rxf1 Bf5 18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Qf4 Bf6 20. N3e5
Qe7 21. Bb3 Bxe5 22. Nxe5+ Kh7 23. Qe4+ {[#]} 1-0

[Event "ABC-376"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pando"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/6p1/3b4/4q3/8/7P/6P1/3QRN1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "ABC-376"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pando"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/b5k1/8/8/4n3/6qP/4Q3/5R1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "ABC-376"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pando"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/8/8/8/8/4q3/4n1PR/4Q2K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "ABC-376"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pando"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6k1/8/8/2Qb2N1/6qP/6B1/5n1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "ABC-376"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pando"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1k6/b7/8/3n4/8/RP6/1KB5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "ABC-376"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pando"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/6p1/8/8/5qn1/7B/5rP1/2RQ1N1K b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "*Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Watson,John"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 c4 12. Bc2 Qc7 {A main line that is well-tested
but still played today.} 13. Nd4 {The main move today is} (13. dxe6) 13... e5 (
{And here} 13... Nc5 {is seen most often.}) 14. Nf5 g6 15. Nh6 $1 Nh5 16. Qf3 {
This looks logical, tying Black to the defense of f7, although Black finds a
good reply.} ({Sokolov comments extensively on the game M Carslen-A Shirov,
which led to White's advantage after} 16. g3 $1 Bc5 17. Qf3 Rf8 18. Bd2 Bd4 $6
19. b4 $1 cxb3 20. Bxb3 {with a clear advantage.}) 16... Nf4 $1 17. Nxf7 $5
Kxf7 18. g3 g5 $1 19. gxf4 gxf4 {[#] Sokolov: "I assume Boris thought this
position was good for him because the Black king is exposed and the pawn chain
is stopping the b7 bishop from being active."} 20. Qh5+ Ke7 21. Qh4+ Kf7 ({
Sokolov loves the computer suggestion} 21... Kd6 $1 22. b3 Kc5 $3 {with the
idea} 23. bxc4 Kb6 $1 {and Black actually stands better!}) 22. Bd1 $6 {Natural
and hard-to-criticize, but Sosonko feels that White should have played for a
draw by} (22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Qh4+ {, although Black could still get chances after
} Ke8 $1) 22... Rg8+ 23. Kh1 Nf6 $5 {This incredible idea is simply remarkable.
Black sacrifices the exchange to get pawns rolling, even though he had a safe
path to a small advantage with} (23... Rg7 $15 {followed by ...Kg8.}) 24. Bh5+
Rg6 25. Bxg6+ hxg6 $44 {[#] Wow. The key to understanding Black's compensation
is that he can not only expand on the kingside with ...g5-g4, but has the
queenside pawn roller with ...b4 as well.} 26. Rg1 Be7 27. Qh6 Rg8 28. f3 ({
White's queen gets stuck after} 28. a3 Bc8 29. f3 Nh5 $1 30. Bd2 Qb6 31. Nd1
Qd4 32. Bc3 Qd3 $19) 28... b4 $1 {Another key moment. Black could equalize with
} (28... Nh5 29. Bd2 Bc8 30. Rxg6 $1 Rxg6 31. Qxh5 Qc5 32. Rf1 $11 {, but
instead he goes for and amazing sacrifice:}) 29. Ne2 Nxd5 $1 30. exd5 Bxd5 31.
Rf1 Bf6 {Black has only two pawns for a rook, but his bishop pair and pawn
roller coordinate beautifully.} 32. Qh7+ Rg7 33. Qh3 Be6 $1 34. Qg2 g5 35. a3
g4 {[#]} 36. axb4 $6 {Sokolov notes that for the defending side, it is often
crucial to feel the 'SOS moment' when one has to give back his extra material
and try to survive. Here} (36. Bxf4 $1 exf4 37. fxg4 Rxg4 38. Qf3 Be5 {is
still hard to defend, but} 39. axb4 $1 Bc8 40. Ng3 $1 {holds the draw, for
example,} Bb7 41. Ne4 Rg7 42. Ra5 $1 Kf8 43. Rc5 Qe7 44. Rxc4 Qh4 45. b3 Re7
46. Rc5 Bf6 47. Rc4 Be5 48. Rc5 $11) 36... Bd5 {Now it's too late to
counter-sacrifice.} 37. Nc3 gxf3 38. Qf2 Bb7 39. Ra5 Qd7 ({Or} 39... Rg2) 40.
Nd5 Bxd5 41. Qd2 Bc6 42. Qxd7+ Bxd7 43. Rxa6 Bh3 {Thre's still a mating net!}
44. Rf2 Bh4 ({White resigns. Sosonko gives the sample line} 44... Bh4 45. Ra7+
Kf6 46. Rxg7 Bxf2 47. Rg8 Kf7 48. Rg5 Be3 {and the f-pawn marches.}) 0-1

[Event "Leuven"]
[Site "Leuven"]
[Date "2017.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "*Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Watson,John"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 {The subject of hundreds of games and an important position to
this day.} Qc7 10. Ba2 (10. Bd3 {has been also played, but is less ambitious.})
10... b6 11. O-O Ba6 {"Probably Black's best move." Sokolov gives the
instructive line} (11... Bb7 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. c4 cxd4 14. exd4 {with typical
hanging pawns, when d5 is already a threat:} Nc6 (14... Nbd7 15. Rc1 {and d5
comes next}) 15. d5 $1 Ne5 (15... exd5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. cxd5 {and Black's
kingside is ruined}) 16. Nf4 exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 (17... Qd6 18. Re1 Re8 19. Qd4
$16) 18. cxd5 Nc4 19. Rc1 b5 20. Qg4 {with attack.}) 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. Rc1 Rfd8
14. c4 cxd4 15. exd4 {[#] A key position in which the hanging pawns on c4 and
d4 can be either weak or strong. White has the bishop pair aimed at Black's
king and a mobile center that is poised to advance. Black has the more active
development. When you have the knight pair, you can't wait around for your
opponent to build up and open the position, but need to play actively to
change the nature of the game.} Ng4 $6 {Not a bad idea, but it fails to affect
White's basic advantages. Sokolov gives these alternatives:} ({a)} 15... Rac8
$6 {"is also not the way for Black to proceed, as White gets strong initiative
after} 16. d5 $1 Ne5 17. Ng3 $1 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qg4+ {
", e.g.,} Kh8 $2 (20... Kf8 21. d6 $1 Rxd6 22. Nh5 {is also difficult for Black
}) 21. d6 $1 Rxd6 22. Nh5 Rg8 23. Rxc4 {and White wins material.}) ({b) When
you have the knights, it's desirable to create holes on the position that you
can use to your advantage. Since 15...e5 16 Qa4! Bb7 17 d5 is powerful for
White, Black should try the other pawn break} 15... b5 $1 {, which compromises
White's center: [#]} 16. d5 (16. c5 Nd5 {with ...b4 to come}) (16. cxb5 Bxb5
17. Re1 Bxe2 $1 18. Rxe2 Qb6 {and the dynamism is gone from White's position.})
16... bxc4 17. Bxf6 $5 (17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 exd5 $11 {turned out to be
equal in Tregubov-Gharamian, Chartres 2017.}) 17... Rxd5 18. Qe1 gxf6 19. Bxc4
Bxc4 20. Rxc4 {"White has some compensation, but only enough for equality"})
16. Ng3 Qf4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Ne2 (18. d5 {is also good, since} exd5 19. cxd5 Bxf1
20. Rxc6 $1 Bb5 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Nh5 {gives a killing attack.}) 18... Qh4 19.
d5 $1 ({"White had even better option at his disposal, but it's a Stockfish
solution:} 19. Re1 $1 Ne4 {(probably the reason Magnus rejected 19.Re1)} 20.
Ng3 $1 Nxg3 21. fxg3 Qxg3 22. d5 Ne7 23. Rc3 Qh4 24. Rce3 {, which is close to
plus two! (though far from obvious to a human!)"}) 19... exd5 20. cxd5 Ne7 21.
Re1 $1 Nexd5 {This wins a pawn, but see how White's bishops rake the kingside.}
22. Nd4 {Threatening Nc6 and in some cases Nf5.} Bb7 23. Nf3 Qh6 24. Ne5 {
"sytematically improving the knight". White targets f7, which Black scurries
to defend.} Rf8 25. Nc6 {Sokolov calls this a mistake and says that Carlsen
probably thought he was just winning. Better, and bringing all of White's
pieces into the attack, was} (25. Rc2 $1 {with the idea Rd2. The d5 knight
will eventually have to move and then f7 will fall.}) 25... Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rad8
27. Qf3 {Threatening Bxd5.} Qd2 $1 28. Re2 {[#]} Qf4 $4 {This is a Rapid game,
and Aronian missed the pretty defense} (28... Qd1+ $1 29. Kh2 Nf4 $1 {, when}
30. Qxf4 Qxe2 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Qxf6 Qxa2 33. Qg5+ $11 {is a perpetual check.})
29. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 30. Bxd5 Qxf3 31. Bxf3 {The two bishops are monsters, and
Black's king is still exposed, so he has to simplify into a lost ending:} Rfe8
32. Rc2 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Bxf6 b5 35. Kf1 a5 36. Ke2 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38.
Bd5 Rc5 39. Bb3 Rc6 40. Bd4 Kf8 41. Kd3 Ke7 42. Ke4 Rc1 43. Kd5 Kd7 44. h4 Re1
45. g3 f5 46. Be3 Ke7 47. Kc4 Kf6 48. Kxb4 Ke5 49. Bc2 1-0

[Event "15-board simul"]
[Site "Peoria, AZ"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kruse, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "1430"]
[Annotator "Kruse"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Aug 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,62,34,24,14,36,32,23,54,39,48,56,53,53,53,28,41,25,12,13,34,34,41,35,
52,60,62,63,79,89,126,46,55,51,48,52,74,58,58,36,24,3,15,-1,-3,11,72,94,213,
159,717,733,1394,1446,1466,1230,1533,877,1499,1254,29987,29988,29995,29996,
29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O
Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bf1 {Avoiding exchanges and keeping the game complex.} Nxd4
10. Qxd4 c5 {A committal decision, kicking back the queen but creating a
target on d6.} 11. Qd1 Re8 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. Qd2 ({Why didn't Kasparov win the
pawn with} 13. Bxd6 {?}) 13... Qc7 14. Rad1 a6 15. e5 ({Here again} 15. Bxd6
Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 {looks strong.}) 15... dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qc6 17. Be2 ({
Even in blitz mode Kasparov saw through} 17. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 $1 {when} 18. Qxd7 $2
Qxd7 19. Rxd7 Rxe1 {would have handed me material.}) 17... Rcd8 18. Bf3 Qc8 19.
Qf4 Bg4 20. Rxd8 Bxd8 21. Re2 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 {Somehow I have gotten a playable
middlegame position, but now the inevitable mistakes begin.} Qg4 $2 23. Qxb7
Qc4 24. h3 Ba5 $2 {The final mistake, leaving my king exposed and soon forcing
resignation.} 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rxe8+ Kg7 27. Ne4 Qxc2 28. Ng3 Qg6 29. Qf3 h6
30. Nh5+ Kh7 31. Nxf6+ Kg7 1-0

