[Event "Sinquefield Cup Simul"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.09.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Niemann, Hans"]
[Black "Roberts, Gerry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2002"]
[Annotator "Roberts"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,67,31,27,27,20,26,26,46,60,63,33,50,46,46,56,45,41,56,46,71,37,35,34,
34,-92,-92,-329,-321,-319,-321,-359,-310,-303,-297,-313,-312,-307,-305,-353,
-326,-318,-323,-337,-315,-315,-316,-366,-377,-394,-394,-395,-310,-322,-281,
-336,-342,-342,-237,-237,-237,-237,-237,-237,-234,-234,-229,-227,-142,-134]} 1.
d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Bd3 g6 $6 {My first real decision of
the game, as both sides had been content to just blitz out reasonable
developing moves thus far. Here, the alternatives of 5...Bxd3, 5...Bg6, or 5...
e6 are each probably objectively preferred, but this seemed a decent way to
continue and keep a grip on e4.} 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bxf5 {Snapping the
bishop now, as the half-open g-file is blocked by my last move.} gxf5 9. Ne5 h5
{A multi-purpose move. I'd like to consider ...Nf6-e4 without allowing Qd1-h5
at an inopportune time, but there are also ideas of pairing an eventual ...
h5-h4 with either ...Rh8-g8 or ...Nf6-h5.} 10. f3 h4 11. Qd3 e6 12. e4 $2 {
The natural continuation of his plan to push e3-e4 and break open the center,
but this is tactically flawed.} Nh5 13. Qe3 $4 {[#]} ({Instead White had to
play} 13. Bd2 {. Retreating the bishop anywhere is objectively an improvement
over the text, but it still loses material in a relatively clean position, i.e.
,} Nxe5 14. dxe5 fxe4 15. fxe4 {with advantage to Black.}) 13... Nxf4 $1 {
Not the most difficult tactic to find, but I get style points for finding it
over the board against a rising super-GM! At this point, both sides had used
four or five minutes in a G/20 time control.} 14. Qxf4 Bh6 $1 {The queen is
trapped, and Hans is shocked! He quickly ditches his knight and redoubles his
focus on this game.} 15. Nxf7 Bxf4 $6 {Strong, but objectively not the best.
While I was eager to remove queens in a winning position, Hans was relieved
that I chose this continuation, as he quickly shared some lines with GMs
Wesley So and Alireza Firouzja, who had wandered over to spectate.} ({Correct
was} 15... Kxf7 16. Qd6 Be3+ {.}) 16. Nxd8 Kxd8 17. Rad1 Kc7 18. Rfe1 Rhg8 19.
e5 Rg6 {Still with plenty of time on the clock, I should've paused here to
identify a more concrete plan. Perhaps 19...Rg7 is more precise.} 20. Re2 Rag8
21. Kh1 Bh6 {Simply intending ...f5-f4 and ...h4-h3 to open the file.} 22. Nb1
Nf8 23. Rf1 R6g7 {Clearing the way for the knight to enter the attack via ...
Nf8-g6-f4 or -h4.} 24. Nc3 Ng6 25. g3 hxg3 26. hxg3 {[#]} Bg5 $2 {Not a bad
move, but it is questionable under the circumstances. Here I spent more than
half my remaining time calculating a fantasy checkmate line that fails.This
move intends the same maneuver without hanging a bishop after Re2-h2, but it
is too slow. Now I was at a severe disadvantage on the clock.} ({I so badly
wanted} 26... Nf4 $6 {to work, as anything other than} 27. Rh2 $1 {27.Rh2 wins
easily, and I wasn't eager about trading down into a slightly better endgame.
Now I see that Black is doing very well after} (27. gxf4 $4 Bxf4 {With mate to
follow eventually on the h-file.}) 27... Rxg3 28. Rxh6 {.}) 27. Rh2 Be3 28. Ne2
Rh8 {Trying to make trades as my time ticks down. The position was ripe for ...
f5-f4, but now my bishop becomes bogged down behind enemy lines.} 29. Rxh8 Nxh8
30. f4 c5 31. c3 cxd4 32. cxd4 Kd7 $2 {Technically, the bishop can still be
protected or extracted. However, with less than five minutes on the clock here,
32...Bd2 would've been the simplest way to proceed.} 33. Rd1 Ng6 34. Kh2 {
With no delay or increment, and just a few minutes remaining on my clock, I
had to stop notation here. Fearing the imminent demise of the bishop, I burned
time around here trying to calculate various sacrifices on f4 that would
preserve some advantage. Sadly, the bishop would perish for a mere pawn a few
moves later. In the waning seconds of the game, my wayward knight found
himself marooned on h2 and was unceremoniously trapped. With that, I extended
my hand in defeat, and Niemann graciously signed over the scoresheet with
compliments in tow. Thanks to the Saint Louis Chess Club, the Grand Chess Tour,
and GM Hans Niemann for making this experience possible.} 1-0

[Event "7th World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1977.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Curdo, John"]
[Black "Browne, Walter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Rizzitano"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1977.06.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ {Curdo was an early adopter of the Moscow Variation,
decades before it became fashionable.} Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7.
Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 Bg4 9. d3 e6 10. Nbd2 Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nf1 d5 13. Ng3 Bxf3 ({
Browne exchanges his light-squared bishop for the white knight at the cost of
weakening his light squares - more popular is} 13... Bg6 14. Nh4 O-O (14...
dxe4 15. dxe4 Nd7 $2 16. Nhf5 $1 {with a clear edge for White, Peters-A.Miguel,
Lone Pine 1979}) 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qe2 Rfd8 {with equal chances,
Godena-Caruana, 67th Italian Ch, Martina Franca 2007.}) 14. Qxf3 O-O 15. exd5
$1 {Curdo opens the center for his bishop pair.} Nxd5 16. Nh5 $1 Kh8 $6 {[#]} (
16... Qd6 {to keep the white queen away from the g3-square is equal.}) 17. Nf4
$6 ({In John Curdo's Chess Career - Forty Years at the Top, Curdo wrote
"Having never even drawn with a grandmaster before this game, I opted for
safety over} 17. d4 $5 cxd4 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Qh5 d3 20. Bxd3 Nf6 {thinking
the attack unclear". With the help of modern chess engines we can see that
Black has no effective counter to White's powerful light-squared bishop after}
21. Qh6+ $1 Kg8 (21... Kh8 22. Bg5 $1 Qxd3 23. Bxf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. Re3
Qg6 26. Rg3 {gives White a decisive material advantage.}) 22. Bc2 Re8 23. Bg5
Bf8 24. Qh4 Bg7 25. Rad1 Qe7 26. Rd3 {, intending Rg3 with a winning attack.})
17... Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Rc8 19. Rad1 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Qe4 {Curdo offered a
draw here.} e5 (21... g6 $1 22. a4 Kg7 {is equal.}) 22. f4 (22. a4 $5 {is
another idea to soften up Black's queenside.}) 22... exf4 23. Rf1 Rce8 24. Qxf4
Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Re2 (25... f5 {is the safest way for Black to equalize.}) 26. Rf2
Rfe8 27. Kf1 (27. Bb3 $1 {with the idea of Bd5 looks a shade better for White.}
) 27... R2e7 28. Bb3 f6 29. Rf5 $1 Ne5 30. d4 cxd4 31. Rxd4 $6 (31. cxd4 $1 Nc4
32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. Rd2 {gives White a favorable rook endgame thanks to his
passed d-pawn and Black's split queenside pawns.}) 31... h6 32. g3 Kh7 33. Rf2
a5 34. Kg2 Rb8 {and a draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "19th Queen City Open"]
[Site "Manchester"]
[Date "1995.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kopec, Danny"]
[Black "Curdo, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Rizzitano"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1995.02.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 {Curdo loved the Dutch Defense as it enabled him to play for a win
with Black in asymmetric positions.} 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nd2 Bg7 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nxe4
Nf6 6. Ng3 Nc6 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bb5 (8. Be2 $1 {was Kopec's subsequent improvement
- after} O-O 9. c3 Qd6 10. O-O e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Be3 (13. h4
$5) 13... c6 14. Qd2 {White has an edge and went on to win a fine game,
Kopec-Curdo, Manchester 2000.}) 8... O-O 9. h3 $6 (9. Qd3 {looks better to
control the e4-square.}) 9... Ne4 $1 10. Nxe4 dxe4 {[#]} 11. Bxc6 $2 ({White
should retain his light-squared bishop with} 11. Bc4+ $1 Kh8 12. Ne5 Qxd4 (
12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. c3 {is fine for White as Black's extra pawn is
doubled and isolated.}) 13. Nf7+ Kg8 14. Nh6+ Kh8 15. Nf7+ Rxf7 $5 (15... Kg8 {
repeats the position.}) 16. Bxf7 Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qc3+ 18. Qd2 b6 {with roughly
level chances.}) 11... bxc6 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Qd2 c5 $1 14. c3 cxd4 15. cxd4 c5
$1 {Curdo's energetic play undermines the support of the knight on e5 and
unleashes his bishop pair.} 16. Nc4 Qd5 17. Rc1 e3 $1 ({White resigned as} 
17... e3 $1 18. Bxe3 Qxg2 19. Rf1 Bxh3 {wins material.}) 0-1

[Event "Computer Match"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2018.01.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "AlphaZero"]
[Black "Stockfish 8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Ne5 c6 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. e4
Ba6 9. b3 d6 10. Nd3 {[#]} d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ne2 g6 14. O-O Nc6
15. a3 Ng7 16. h4 Kh8 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Ndf4 Nf5 19. Bh3 Rg8 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21.
Nh5 Bxh4 22. Nef4 Rg4 23. Kg2 Be7 24. Be3 Nb8 25. Rc1 Nd7 26. Qd2 Rg8 27. Nh3
b5 28. Bf4 Ra8 29. Ng1 Rg6 30. Nf3 b4 {[#]} 31. a4 Kg8 32. Rc2 Bc8 33. Qc1 Ba6
34. Rd1 Kh8 35. Rc6 Be2 36. Rd2 Bxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Qe8 38. Rdc2 Nb6 39. Rc7 {[#]}
Nc4 40. bxc4 b3 41. Rb2 Bd8 42. Rc5 Bb6 43. Rb5 dxc4 44. Qxc4 h6 45. Kg2 Rc8
46. Qd3 Rd8 47. d5 1-0

[Event "San Antonio"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1972.12.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6Q1/p4Bp1/1b3p1p/6k1/8/6P1/PP1q1PK1/4rR2 w - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "1972.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,63,19,-18,-9,-12,5,0,12,14,14,10,8,22,24,22,22,35,32,53,20,20,14,31,
-13,-9,23,-2,-2,-10,23,0,51,41,36,33,35,39,53,41,66,49,29,29,114,113,240,267,
674,694,729,788,1060,1079,1095,1123,1678,754,991,322,771,797,815,881,874,902] 
[#]} 28. Qxg7+ Kf5 29. Bh5 Ke6 30. Bg4+ f5 31. Bxf5+ Kxf5 32. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "San Antonio"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1972.12.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r2/1p3Bk1/7p/2pp3Q/8/pPbq1N2/P5PP/4R2K w - - 0 33"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1972.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,69,25,29,29,0,59,45,66,86,72,68,117,119,108,87,78,64,51,40,39,22,16,
34,53,53,92,67,94,79,69,79,75,73,73,81,106,88,88,58,74,74,68,76,94,81,81,40,14,
11,5,0,0,73,80,224,191,264,261,304,293,231,568,304,472,908,926,949,29981,29982,
29991,29992] [#]} 33. Bxd5 (33. Re7 $2 Qf1+ 34. Ng1 Rxf7) 33... Bxe1 34. Qe5+
Rf6 (34... Kg6 35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kg6 37. Ne5+) 35. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "San Antonio"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1972.11.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5R1b/5pk1/6p1/1K2P1P1/3B1P2/r7/8/8 w - - 0 57"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "1972.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,119,29,29,31,5,0,0,25,34,27,30,28,28,26,17,27,17,25,14,40,0,36,8,8,11,
2,9,20,12,10,7,8,1,24,14,-7,7,-2,-14,-36,-36,52,0,0,17,-20,-20,-13,4,35,42,73,
73,77,92,89,76,82,72,72,65,108,90,120,104,141,94,65,98,142,142,152,152,153,148,
169,128,169,162,182,168,162,162,180,183,182,182,181,187,185,183,182,185,243,
194,192,192,243,246,243,253,249,251,251,263,269,265,275,269,275,266,260,270,
273,93,57,479,543,543,572,740] [#]} 57. Rxh8 Kxh8 58. e6+ Kg8 59. e7 Ra8 60.
Bf6 1-0

[Event "San Antonio"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1972.11.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/5pn1/K4p1p/4kP1P/PP6/6N1/8 w - - 0 49"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1972.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,117,31,0,28,-20,8,-9,0,3,-2,8,9,-13,4,-13,9,15,21,29,17,27,40,31,31,
26,21,10,22,19,42,34,47,55,42,54,56,53,58,44,55,68,71,32,33,40,41,41,33,46,37,
16,31,40,35,23,71,66,63,48,34,26,20,16,20,24,24,19,24,24,30,9,12,22,18,22,29,
25,10,28,13,13,34,95,92,98,98,0,0,115,126,155,167,151,169,186,218,227,267,289,
357,444,480,480,619,646,743,761,839,833,838,852,840,907,1002,1016,1016,1016,
1016,1016] [#]} 49. b4 Kf3 50. b5 Kxg2 51. b6 Nf8 52. Kb5 Nd7 53. a4 Nxb6 54.
Kxb6 Kf3 55. a5 Kxf4 56. a6 Ke3 57. a7 f4 58. a8=Q f3 59. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "San Antonio"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1972.11.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5p1k/5Pp1/6Kp/6PP/2Q2P2/7q/8 b - - 0 60"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1972.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,182,31,-12,0,-16,12,32,20,8,8,16,24,24,30,35,50,20,20,22,20,11,31,21,
14,31,26,-2,10,10,26,-5,5,-8,-7,5,5,9,9,9,12,19,56,50,37,41,30,29,42,41,38,42,
64,54,60,51,84,44,74,72,113,107,117,114,109,108,105,109,108,101,108,115,110,93,
109,116,118,119,117,129,113,114,114,114,114,109,108,112,112,112,112,99,99,86,
93,93,80,71,15,15,15,3,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-68,-69,-113,-147,
-153,-153,-163,-163,-174,-182,-174,-182,-188,-182,-164,-184,-166,-142,-136,
-118,-136,-136,-136,-133,-147,-146,-178,-165,-187,-193,-209,-215,-226,-241,
-258,-266,-277,-280,-287,-280,-312,-312,-312,-337,-360,-368,-400,-368,-400,
-431,-434,-506,-518,-571,-657,-729,-982,-992,-992,-1024,-1012,-1140,-1488,
-1596,-1634,-1689] [#]} 60... Qg3 61. Qe3 hxg4 62. Qf4 Qxf3 63. Qxg4 Qe3+ 64.
Qf4 Qe2 65. Qg3 Qb5+ 66. Kf4 Qf5+ 67. Ke3 Qxf6 68. Qg5 Qf1 69. Qg4 Qe1+ 70. Kd3
Qe6 71. Qf4 Kg7 72. Qd4+ f6 73. Qb4 Qf5+ 74. Ke2 Kh6 75. Ke1 Kh5 76. Qc4 Qg4
77. Qc5+ Kxh4 78. Qe7 Qf5 79. Qb4+ Kh5 80. Qc4 g5 81. Qf7+ Kh4 82. Qf8 Kg3 83.
Qa3+ Qf3 84. Qd6+ Kg2 85. Qd2+ Kh3 86. Qd7+ f5 87. Qg7 g4 88. Qh8+ Kg3 89. Qe5+
f4 90. Qb8 Qe3+ 91. Kd1 Kg2 0-1

[Event "San Antonio"]
[Site "San Antonio"]
[Date "1972.11.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E57"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/pb3p1p/1p1q1bpB/3P4/n7/P3QN2/B4PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "1972.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,55,31,15,22,0,27,7,27,7,21,14,9,9,33,12,27,29,48,54,48,46,59,16,31,15,
56,16,30,69,26,18,20,12,19,15,4,6,-15,-7,-19,-50,-14,-28,-43,-27,0,-11,0,0,210,
210,497,565,616,628,619,643] [#]} 25. Re1 Qd8 (25... Bg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qd4+
) 26. d6 Nc3 27. Bxf7+ Kh8 28. d7 (28. d7 Qxd7 29. Be6) 1-0

[Event "W-ch38 sf07 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Edwards, Jon R"]
[Black "Hagen, Trygve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Na5 Rb8 13. a4 Be7 14. Nc4 O-O 15.
Be2 Bh4+ 16. g3 Rc8 17. a5 Be7 18. Ra4 Rc7 19. Rb4 Qe8 20. Kd1 Nf6 21. Bb6 Rc8
22. Kc1 e4 23. Ne3 Qd7 24. f4 Bd8 25. Bxd8 Rfxd8 26. h3 Bxh3 27. Bd1 Bg4 28.
Bxg4 Nxg4 29. Rxh5 Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Re8 31. Qg1 g6 32. Rh1 Qf5 33. Qd4 f6 34. Rxb7
e3 35. c3 e2 36. Re1 Rc5 37. g4 Qe4 38. Qxe4 Rxe4 39. Rb6 Rxa5 40. Rxd6 Kf7 41.
Kc2 Ke7 42. Re6+ Rxe6 43. dxe6 Kxe6 44. b4 Ra2+ 45. Kd3 Kd7 46. Rxe2 Ra1 47. f5
Rg1 48. Re4 gxf5 49. gxf5 Rd1+ 50. Kc4 Rf1 51. Re6 Rf4+ 52. Kb3 a5 53. Rxf6 {
time forfeit} 1-0

[Event "W-ch36 ct01 email"]
[Site "ICCF email"]
[Date "2016.09.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Edwards, Jon R"]
[Black "Haugen, Arild"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn (corr)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
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2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Nd1
b4 10. Be2 Qb6 11. c3 a5 12. c4 dxc4 13. d5 {[#]} c3 14. bxc3 exd5 15. Qxd5 Be7
16. Bf2 Ba6 17. Qe4 O-O 18. O-O Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qa6 20. c4 Rfd8 21. Qe4 Nd4 22.
Ne3 Nb6 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. Nxd4 Nxc4 26. Rfe1 Bc5 27. Rad1 Nb2 28.
Rd2 Qb6 29. Kh1 Rab8 30. Bg1 Nc4 31. Rd3 Bxd4 32. Bxd4 Qb7 33. Qe2 Qd7 34. Rdd1
Rdc8 35. Bc5 Qb5 36. Bg1 Re8 37. Rc1 Rbc8 38. f5 f6 39. e6 h6 40. Red1 Qe5 41.
Qf3 Qb8 42. Qh5 Ne5 43. Bd4 Kh7 44. h3 Rxc1 45. Rxc1 Rd8 46. e7 Rg8 47. Re1 Qe8
48. Qh4 g5 49. fxg6+ Qxg6 50. Re2 Re8 51. Bc5 Qb1+ 52. Kh2 Qf5 53. Bd6 Qe6 54.
Qe4+ Kg7 55. Rd2 h5 56. Rd4 Rc8 57. Bxe5 Qxe7 58. Rd5 fxe5 59. Rxe5 Qd6 60. Qf4
Rc6 61. Qg5+ Qg6 62. Qe7+ Qf7 63. Rg5+ Rg6 64. Qxf7+ Kxf7 65. Rxa5 Rh6 66. Ra7+
Kg8 67. Rb7 Ra6 68. Rxb4 Rxa2 69. Rb5 1-0

[Event "WC32/final ICCF"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Edwards, Jon"]
[Black "Osipov, Sergey Adolfovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Edwards"]
[PlyCount "238"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
[EventType "corr"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
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12,10,19,19,16,15,18,17,41,0,3,-5] Before play started, I estimated that the
winner would need a +2 or +3 score. I selected solid openings with Black to
aim for draws in those games. I played two Queen's Indians and two
Nimzo-Indians against 1.d4, and the Sveshnikov against 1.e4. All eight games
ended quickly, peacefully, and without my having to confront any meaningful
new ideas. To have a chance to win the tournament, I would therefore need to
win two or three games with White. At first, I prepared to open with 1.d4, but
I could not find anything playable against the Semi-Slav, a popular defense
used by many of my players in this tournament. I spent days reviewing
everything I could find there, but Black's defensive resources consistently
held up. I instead opened with 1.e4 in every game with white. Two of the games
involved the super solid ...h5 line against my Be3 Najdorf Sicilian. You'll
achieve considerable chess fame if you find a compelling line there for White.
I continue to hunt for it! I faced 1...e5 in the other 6 games. Three were
Petroffs. One was a Berlin Ruy. In the other two, to avoid these solid systems,
I tried a line in the Vienna Opening, the Glek variation, which has the merit
of keeping all the pieces on the board. This is one of those two games.} 1. e4
e5 2. Nc3 {A move that was very well prepared. I am trying to reach positions
akin to the King's Gambit Declined. The Bishop's Opening has one variation
that provides Black with full equality and so, here we are in Vienna.} Nf6 {
There are other moves, but they all leave white with a playable advantage.} 3.
g3 {3. Bc4 leads, of course, to the famous Frankenstein-Dracula variation in
which Black, outfitted with a strong machine, is fully fine. 3. g3 is the Glek
Variation, which has the merit of permitting me to play chess with all of my
pieces. A number of strong players have tried this line from time to time.
There's an old Spassky win that provides the main idea. White will complete
the fianchetto, castle kingside, play h2-h3 and tuck the king on h2, and then
charge forward with f4-f5. The idea is riskless, well matched to the needs of
correspondence play, and frankly, quite appealing.} Bc5 {The main alternative
is 3. ...d5 which I am now testing in the Kurt Stein Memorial. Theory is not
well developed and there are plenty of interesting ideas for White in that
line thanks in part to that lovely, very active light-squared bishop.} 4. Bg2
O-O 5. Nge2 {The main attraction of the Vienna is to avoid Ng1-f3 so that
f2-f4 can be more quickly played.} Nc6 6. O-O a5 $5 {Unexpected. He wants to
preserve the bishop and stake a claim on the kingside, but this may be
slightly inaccurate. It's certainly not critical. ...a7-a6, ...d7-d6, and ...
Rf8-e8 are more commonly played here.} 7. h3 Re8 8. d3 Nd4 9. Nxd4 {OK, the
first exchange. To succeed here, White wants to preserve as much material as
possible, but I can stomach one trade.} Bxd4 10. Nb5 {Creative on my part.
Let's get a pawn to c4 to discourage Black's counterplay on the queenside and
in the center. Computers are not thrilled with this idea, but in my view,
winning in correspondence chess with any consistency requires a stable
structure and the ability to maneuver accurately with many pieces on the board.
} Bb6 11. c4 {He can always kick the knight back to c3, where it wants to be
anyway, but a c6-pawn creates additional long-term weaknesses in the structure.
} h6 {He is trying hard to limit the scope of what can become a very powerful,
dark-squared bishop. Of course, with most of the material left on the board,
this push is committal. One of White's main ideas, after all, is to press
forward on the kingside with a pawn rush.} 12. Nc3 {Black's potential
counterplay with ...d7-d5 or even ...b7-b5 is now unlikely. We can buckle our
belts. This will be a long struggle, exactly what I wanted.} d6 13. Kh2 {
These moves are part of the usual plan in the Glek and don't need computer
confirmation, but it's the World Final so the runs were long. When the engines
disagree with the plan, as happens often enough, the humans should step in and
reevaluate the plan or proceed. The idea here is straight forward. I want to
play f4-f5 and begin a pawn rush against his castled king. Black has no
apparent counterplay.} Bd4 14. f4 Bd7 {This is supposed to be Black's good
bishop, but it has nowhere useful to post. At least without a pawn on c6, the
bishop gains some scope on the queenside.} 15. Ne2 Bc5 {After this tempo loss,
I concluded that this game was my best shot for a win in the Final. I wound up
devoting thousands of hours to the game, a great many 12 hour days, trying to
find the most accurate path forward.} 16. Qc2 {Simple development, aiming to
activate the queen's rook.} c6 {He plays it anyway. As a young player, I
devoured Bent Larsen's Best Games. He talked about similar positions, albeit
with an open d-file, in which Black has to worry about the long-term weakness
of the d6-pawn. My progress depends in part on making sure that he cannot
break with either ...b7-b5 or ...d7-d5. Let's start by turning him into a
bystander of the plan.} 17. Bd2 Qe7 18. Rac1 $5 {Activating the queen's rook
on the c-file in order to firmly prevent a ... d7-d5 break. But this may be
the my only error in the entire game. If instead a2-a3 or Ra1-d1, White will
retain the dark-squared bishop to aid the kingside attack. I did agonize over
the decision, and I was persuaded by the plan that I outline below. But I
cannot help but note that the following plans, as impressive as they are,
would have been substantially aided by the addition of White's dark-squared
bishop. On 18. Rad1!?, which the computers reject at high depth, White can
retain the dark-squared bishop after ...Bc5-b4 with Bd2-c1.} Bb4 {Black
succeeds in getting the dark-squared bishops off the board, his second minor
piece exchange.} 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. f5 {I had seen all this coming,
and I had the following complex plan in mind. I was sure that I could still
win this even without the dark-squared bishop. Black has no counterplay, and
now the kingside can begin its advance.} Kf8 {His saving grace. White can
indeed press forward with the usual pawn-led advance on the kingside, but
Black's king won't be there.} 22. Ng1 {The actual details within this plan are
annoyingly minute and complex. The knight will eventually head towards c3, but
first, it needs to reach c2 in order to threaten b2-b4.} Qd6 23. Nf3 Nh7 24.
Rcd1 Ng5 25. Ne1 Nh7 {Effectively offering a draw by repetition, in which I
have no interest.} 26. Qd2 Ke7 27. Nc2 b6 28. a3 Nf6 29. Rb1 {Initializing the
b4-break.} a4 {Black prevents the pawn break, but the pawn on a4 is now the
target. I began to implement an idea that few over-the-board players and no
computers would consider or attempt. Without permitting any counterplay
anywhere on the board, I need to reposition my pieces within this structure so
as to force Black to defend the a4-pawn with b6-b5. Too simply put, to
accomplish this task, I will need the white knight on c3, the bishop on c2,
and the queen on d1. The obvious constraint: I must carry out this
redeployment within 50 moves or face a draw, and I must make sure that when he
advances the b-pawn, he cannot trap my c2-bishop with ... b5-b4-b3. Osipov is
fully aware of what I am trying to do here and tries throughout the next very
long sequence to present small problems that I must confront along the way. If
he can delay long enough, he avoids any possibility of a successful White
initiative.} 30. Ne1 Reb8 {Throughout the next long sequence, most of Black's
moves threaten nothing. The engines rate the position as 0.30 or thereabouts,
and every candidate move for both White and Black has the same evaluation.} 31.
Rf2 Be8 32. Bf1 Nd7 33. Nf3 f6 {And the 50 move rule is now in motion. I kept
careful track of the number on a white board in my chess study, the war room.}
34. Qe1 Kd8 35. Rc2 Kc7 36. Be2 Bf7 37. Qf2 Qe7 38. Qe3 Rh8 39. Rbc1 Kb7 40.
Nh4 Nf8 41. Rc3 Kc7 42. Bf3 Nd7 43. Qe2 Rhb8 44. Bh5 {A cool step along the
way. I invite the trade of my bad, light-squared bishop for his good one.} Bg8
{He declines the trade, partly perhaps to keep the 50 move rule clock running,
but his "good bishop" is now deprived of any meaningful scope or the ability
to transfer to the queenside.} 45. R3c2 Nf8 46. Ng2 Nd7 47. Ne3 Kd8 48. Rd2 Kc7
49. Qe1 Qd6 50. Ng2 Rd8 51. Nh4 Nf8 52. Nf3 {In the midst of all this glacial
maneuvering, the first shock of the tournament occurred. One of the players
inputted the wrong move, instantly hanging a piece and the game. In all of my
experiences, such things happen to others. In this case, I was the beneficiary.
A free point in the World Final changed everything! I was suddenly half way to
my +2 goal, and a win here would surely lock in the championship. There would
be no letup in my approach to this game!} Kb7 53. Rdd1 Kc7 54. Rc3 {Osipov
posted a win against one of the German competitors. He had played well, and
the game achieved notoriety, but his opponent had played a dubious line in the
Benoni. Sadly, I had been paired with Black against this same person and had
already banked my draw, an extremely easy game because my opponent appeared to
be unaware that I had played the same defense twice before. All this meant
that Osipov and I were both +1, and this game took on even more importance. A
win here and my tie-breaks would be awesome, defeating someone who had a win!}
Kb7 55. Qf2 Kc7 56. Rcc1 Kb7 57. Kg2 Qc7 58. Rc3 Qd6 59. Rb1 Kc7 60. Ng1 {
The knight finally commences its journey towards the c3-square.} Qe7 61. Kh2 {
I was getting very excited about my chances in this game. I had minimized his
play against my d-pawn. He dare not open the kingside. My pieces now have a
path to their desired squares in this first phase, and I knew that I could
carry out my plan within the constraints of 50 day rule. And then all hell
broke loose! Francisco Pessoa, one of the two competitors from Portugal,
offered a draw in a flat position to Steffen Bock of Germany, who accepted the
draw. Almost immediately thereafter, Bock, who now had three draws on the
books, suddenly resigned the rest of his games, including to me, to Osipov,
and to Neto, another Portuguese player. His resignations came during the
height of the pandemic and so, I assumed simply that he was sick, but there
are other possible explanations, of course. We may never know the cause. 
Pessoa had cause to be very upset since he effectively had fallen behind the
field simply by having his draw offer accepted. A protest was soon filed, and
later rejected. But on the same day as Bock's resignations, Pessoa, playing
Black against Neto, resigned, essentially throwing his game to his countryman.
When the smoke had cleared, Osipov and I were tied for first, with Neto
narrowly behind with a slightly inferior tie break. A win in this game would
move me out of the tie into a large lead with only 50 games still in motion.}
Nd7 62. Qe3 Qd6 63. Rd1 Ra7 64. Kg2 Raa8 65. Rcc1 Qe7 66. Rd2 Qd6 67. Ne2 Rdb8
68. Qf2 Kb7 69. Nc3 {The knight finally reaches the c3-square, beginning the
pressure on the a4-pawn.} Kc8 70. Qe1 Ra7 71. Bd1 {Now the bishop joins the
party. We have now made 38 moves without a pawn move or a capture.} b5 {
Finally, the first pawn advance since move 33.} 72. Bh5 {The bishop resumes
its most active perch immediately so as to keep Black's bishop bottled up. The
next step in the has multiple possibilities, but the main idea involves
threatening an exchange on b5 in order to pressure the c-file. I want to force
or encourage Black to play ... b5-b4 and then ...b4-b3, when White has a
winning plan with a king walk to a1 or b1, doubling the rooks on the g-file,
and then pushing the g-pawn forward. The computers still do not see such plans,
but humans can do so quite quickly. The computer is useful indeed in
confirming that the ideal position is winning for white. I repeatedly used the
computer to evaluate different piece placements iteratively within the
structure.} Kc7 {There's a kind of helplessness to Black's moves. He has no
meaningful way to make progress and so, he is left to parry every threat and
possibility while I progress with my glacially slow plan.} 73. Qd1 Kc8 74. Qe1
Kd8 75. h4 Rab7 76. Kh3 Ke7 77. Ne2 Qc7 78. Qf2 Ra8 {Amidst my building
efforts to impel him to advance the b5-pawn, a very tempting tactic emerged.}
79. cxb5 cxb5 (79... Rxb5 $2 80. Nc3 $16) 80. d4 Qd6 (80... exd4 $2 81. Rxd4
$16) 81. d5 c4 {Black's "good bishop" is now permanently buried, White has a
protected passer in the center, and there are all sorts of promising
possibilities for the posting of White's pieces. Imagine, for example,
maneuvering the knight to b4 and c6, securing the king on the queenside, and
blasting open the kingside with support from White's major pieces. Even
White's light-squared bishop will gain a role in that scenario.} 82. Rc3 Nc5
83. Qf3 Qd7 {A huge think now. He now threatens to break on the kingside with
g5 and attempt to seal the structure. I can avoid the pawn advance by
retreating my king, but even after ...g5, I can still reorient my pieces for
an eventual h4 break. The computer evaluations are simply worthless through
here.} 84. Nc1 {The knight prevents any incursion with ...Nc5-b3 or ...Nc5-d3,
and steers the knight towards the b4-hole. Another win is posted, this time by
LeCroq of France over Schwetlick, who had also lost to Osipov. Schwetlick has
strangely hung a mate in an otherwise even position. Clearly the chess gods
were with me because, while LeCroq also now had two wins, both he and Osipov
now had tie breakers hurt by the fact that both had defeated the same person! 
With the outcome of this game still uncertain, I suddenly had the best tie
breaker. If all 40 remaining games were to end in a draw, I would now win the
tournament outright even without a win in this game.. . but I never felt
comfortable, knowing that anyone's additional win would crunch my chances.} g5
85. Na2 Bh7 86. Kh2 Bg8 87. Kg1 {There are lines where White's king belongs on
the queenside as prelude to the rooks relocating to the h-file. Meanwhile,
White's king can cut off black's queen from any entry squares on the kingside.}
Kd6 88. Bg6 Rbb8 89. Rh2 Qa7 90. Kf1 Nd3 91. Nc1 Nc5 92. Na2 {Russia attacked
the Ukraine around this time, and the ICCF soon thereafter required all
Russians to play under a neutral flag. I forwarded my move with a message of
peace. Osipov, a former Cosmonaut, did not respond.} Nd3 {The repetition will
puzzle readers. It's a correspondence game, after all. But I was relatively
low on time, and this gains time on the clock. And psychologically, we both
now know that I am playing to win and that he is happy to draw.} 93. Nc1 {
Sadly, the lines with} (93. Nb4 Nxb4 94. axb4 {offer no winning chances.})
93... Nc5 94. Qe3 Nb3 95. Qe1 Qd4 96. Bh5 Rc8 97. Nxb3 axb3 98. Rd2 Qa7 99. Rd1
Bf7 100. Be2 {Finally reaching move 100, and avoiding the bishop exchange.
There are still plenty of ideas, but they now depend upon an aggressive role
on the queenside for white's bishop.} Be8 101. g4 {Played so very reluctantly.
There were so many lines in which White's king or queen could infiltrate via
the g4- and h5-squares. My hopes are dwindling, relying now on infiltration
down the h-file and a well timed a3-a4.} Bd7 102. Kg2 Qc5 103. Rh3 Ra4 104.
hxg5 hxg5 105. Rh6 Rf8 106. Qc3 b4 {Necessary, but good enough to draw.} 107.
axb4 Qxb4 108. Qxb4+ Rxb4 109. Kf3 Ra4 110. Rc1 Ra2 111. Rxc4 Rxb2 112. Rb4 Rc8
113. Rb6+ Kc5 114. Rhxf6 Rh8 115. Rh6 Rxh6 116. Rxh6 {A pawn ahead, which
looks great on the board but sadly not on the scoresheet.} Rc2 117. Rh1 b2 118.
f6 Be8 119. Bd3 Rc3 {Offering a draw. Over-the-board, play would go on. The
position remains complex and the lines quite fun. Readers should test their
own mettle here. One of the lines even involves two promotions followed by a
quick perpetual check. But we faced a clear path to a draw, and by now, there
were only two games left in motion. The tournament did indeed end with 47
consecutive draws, leaving me in first place with the best tiebreaks! Surely,
I missed a win here somewhere. That will continue to haunt me - the desire for
an extra dose of legitimacy - but ultimately it does not matter! The collusion
in mid-tournament did not determine the winner. Finally after more than two
years of 12 hour chess days, I can put my feet up, enjoy the engraved silver
platter, and buy a lottery ticket!} ({The simplest finish is} 119... Rc3 120.
Ke2 Rc1 121. Rd1 Kd4 122. Bb1+ Kc3 123. Rd3+ Kb4 124. Rd1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "2022 All-Girls"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ginzburg, Liora"]
[Black "Mou, Iris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "1638"]
[BlackElo "2173"]
[Annotator "Ginzburg / Stallings"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bd2 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nxc3
8. Qxc3 d6 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O a5 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Rfe1
Nf6 15. b3 $2 {A useless pawn move that weakens the dark squares and lessens
the prospects of White's bishop.} Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. g4 Bg6 19.
Nh4 Qe6 20. Nf5 b6 21. c5 Qc6 22. g5 Nd7 {[#] Even though there are three
attackers aiming at the pinned c-pawn, a careful examination reveals: a) Black
will not want to take with the b-pawn as it would weaken the queenside pawns
beyond repair; b) Capturing with the knight turns it around so it is a Black
piece on c5 that is pinned; and c) A capture by the queen would hang the
knight IF White's queen were protected, thus 23.Re3! would prevent the loss of
the pawn outright.} 23. b4 $2 axb4 24. Qxb4 Nxc5 25. Bb3 $6 {A good idea, but
White misses the fact that, in the ensuing moves, Black's knight will be able
to escape attack while simultaneously blocking the d-file and indirectly
protecting the e-pawn (see move 27 for Black).} Nxb3 26. Ne7+ Rxe7 27. Qxe7 Nd4
$1 {White is suddenly unable to capture the knight at b3, play the deadly Rd8+,
or even take the poisoned e-pawn (Nf3+).} 28. Rc1 $4 {[#] White lashes out
with an attacking move, but Black's heroic knight springs into action once
again.} Ne2+ $1 29. Rxe2 Qxc1+ 30. Kg2 {And Black closed out the game for the
full point.} Qc4 31. Rd2 Qc5 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Qxd8+ Qf8 34. Qxc7 Bxe4+ 35. f3
Bd5 36. Qxe5 Qa8 37. Qe3 Qxa2+ 38. Kg3 Qa8 39. f4 b5 40. Qc5 Bc4 41. h4 Qf8 42.
Qa7 b4 43. f5 0-1

[Event "2022 KCF All-Girls Nationals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stark, Chloe"]
[Black "Ananth, Ananya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "1535"]
[BlackElo "1858"]
[Annotator "Ananth"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2022.07.11"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 e5 5. d3 a6 6. Ba4 Nge7 7. Be3 g6 8. Bg5
Bg7 9. Nd5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Nxd5 11. exd5 b5 $1 12. Bb3 Nb8 13. Nd2 h6 14. Be3 O-O
15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Qd2 {[#]} Kh7 {This move preps f7-f5. If immediatley, 16. ...
f5?, White has 17.Nxc5! dxc5 18.d6+.} ({Although the line} 16... f5 17. Nxc5 f4
18. Ne6 {looks okay for Black, I didn't want to take that chance."}) 17. f4 f5
18. Ng3 exf4 19. Bxf4 Re8+ ({I missed that} 19... g5 {wins a piece on the spot.
}) 20. Ne2 Qe7 21. h4 Nd7 22. c4 $2 {This closes the bishop down and gives
Black a bigger space advantage on the queenside.} Nf6 23. Rh3 Ng4 24. Kf1 Qf6
25. Rb1 Bd7 26. Bc2 a5 27. b3 b4 28. Bd1 a4 {Breaking into the queenside will
give me straightforward ways to win with the open a-file.} 29. Rc1 axb3 30.
Bxb3 Ba4 31. Rb1 Bxb3 32. axb3 Ra3 33. Rh1 ({White needs room for her pieces,
but misses the resourceful} 33. d4 cxd4 34. Nc1) 33... Rea8 34. g3 (34. Nc1)
34... Ra2 35. Qd1 {[#]} Qe7 $1 36. Bd2 Bc3 37. Nxc3 bxc3 38. Qe1 Qxe1+ 39. Bxe1
Ra1 ({With time running down, I played a move that I knew would win, but
missed the quick mate.} 39... Ne3+ 40. Kg1 Rg2#) 40. Rxa1 Rxa1 41. Kg2 c2 42.
Bd2 Rxh1 43. Kxh1 Nf2+ 44. Kg2 Nxd3 45. Kf3 c1=Q 46. Bxc1 Nxc1 47. b4 Nd3 48.
bxc5 Nxc5 49. Kf4 Kg7 50. g4 fxg4 51. Kxg4 Kf6 52. Kf4 g5+ 53. hxg5+ hxg5+ 54.
Kg4 Ne4 0-1

[Event "All-Girls National U12"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jain, Parinya"]
[Black "Su, Jasmine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1610"]
[BlackElo "2103"]
[Annotator "Ginzburg / Stallings"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3k2r/1p2bpp1/pq1p1n1p/3Pp3/8/1N3P2/PPPQ2PP/2KR1B1R b kq - 0 15"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,2,-34,-196,-201] [#]} 15... Ne4 $1 {Jasmine threatens the queen and
the fork at f2. If 16.fxe4 Bg5 wins White’s queen. Black eventually mated
White on move 52.} 0-1

[Event "U.S. Cadet Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chasin, Nico"]
[Black "Ngo, Bach"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Chasin"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:33:15"]
[BlackClock "0:44:34"]

{[%evp 0,67,19,34,29,4,4,1,5,6,60,56,34,44,94,43,30,27,53,31,23,38,46,39,39,39,
45,1,1,8,31,30,30,30,25,-33,0,0,0,11,10,17,17,17,76,42,104,94,20,30,22,34,34,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5.
e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1
gxf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. h4 Ke7 14. Rh3 Nc6 15. Nxc6+ bxc6 16. Rd3 Rd8 17. e5 {[#]}
Ba6 {I was out of prep here as I had very little time before the game began,
and I had only considered the other main move:} (17... fxe5 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19.
Qe2 {and now I looked at} Rb8 $1 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Qe3 c5 {when I though White
might need to bail out with} 22. Qg5+ Ke8 23. Qg8+ Ke7 24. Qg5+ {.}) 18. exf6+
Kxf6 19. Kg1 ({Here} 19. Qf3+ {might have been a better try for an advantage,
but it falls short due to the king's position on f1. Here's a sample line:} Ke7
20. Rdc3 Rd5 21. Kg1 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rad8 23. Rf4 Rf5 {with equality, i.e.,} 24.
Rxf5 Qxf5 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. Rxc6 Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Rd2 {.}) 19... Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Rxd3
21. Qxd3 {[#] At this point I was sure that my opponent had miscalculated. I
assumed he was going to play} Rd8 (21... Qe1+ 22. Kh2 Qxf2 {after which I had
a prepared response:} 23. Qc3+ $1 Ke7 24. Qb4+ Kf6 (24... Ke8 25. Rg4 $1) 25.
Rf4+ {and White is winning. But after 15 minutes, he found a beautiful idea
that basically forces a draw on the spot.}) 22. Qxh7 Rd1+ 23. Kh2 Qe5+ 24. g3
Qe1 $3 {This move appears nonsensical, as the black king has little or no
protection. But in fact White has no way of taking advantage of Black's king
position.} 25. Rf4+ Ke5 26. Qh8+ ({The only way to play on without forcing the
perpetual is the insane} 26. Re4+ Qxe4 27. Qh8+ f6 28. Qh5+ Qf5 29. Qe2+ Kd6
30. Qxd1+) 26... Kd5 27. Qd8+ Kc5 28. Qe7+ Kd5 29. Qd7+ Kc5 30. Qxa7+ Kd5 31.
Qd7+ Kc5 32. Qe7+ Kd5 33. Qd8+ ({Note that if White tries to escape the
killzone by running to the h3-square, Black can stop him from escaping with} 
33. Kh3 f5 {.}) 33... Kc5 34. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "U.S. Cadet Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.07.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lu, Ming"]
[Black "Chasin, Nico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Chasin"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:32"]
[BlackClock "0:47:38"]

{Before the game I had seen that Ming was exclusively an English player.
Looking at his games with White, I found that he had some trouble against 1...
e5 followed by ...Bf8-b4 to exchange it for the knight.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3.
Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. b3 d5 8. d4 Bf5 $5 {A
lesser-known idea that I had seen was played by the likes of GM Jon Ludwig
Hammer and GM Pentala Harikrishna, who used it to draw with Black against
Caruana. My prep was spot-on.} 9. Nxe5 $6 ({While taking with the knight seems
logical, the alternative is more accurate. After} 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. Qb2 O-O-O {
the position was fine for Black in Caruana - Harikrishna, Saint Louis 2019.})
9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Qb2 O-O-O {[#] Now ...Qe7-b4 and ...Ne4-c5 ideas
are in play. So what should White play?} 12. b4 ({Better was the computerish} 
12. c5 $1 Qxc5 ({or} 12... Nxc5 13. Qd4 {with the idea of Bc1-a3}) 13. Qd4 Qe7
14. b4 Ng5 {when the position is very sharp. One idea is} (14... Kb8 $5) 15.
Be2 Kb8 16. O-O Ne6 17. Qb2 {.}) 12... Bg6 $2 {After a long thing, I panicked
a bit, and trotted out this move, which gives me a nearly lost position. My
thought was that I needed to avoid the scary idea of 13.f3 Qh4+ 14.g3 Nxg3 15.
Qf2.} ({Instead I had to go for the necessary} 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 {[#]} Nxf2
$3 {I saw this idea during the game but underestimated the position that would
arise after the rook sac.} 14. Qxf2 Qxb4+ 15. Bd2 Rxd2 16. Qxd2 Qxc4 17. Rc1
Qh4+ {This was what I missed at the board. It turns out that almost any other
logical move is close to equal!} 18. g3 ({worse is} 18. Qf2 Qb4+ 19. Qd2 Qxd2+
20. Kxd2 Rd8+ 21. Ke2 Bg4+ 22. Kf2 Rd5 {with a significant advantage for Black.
}) 18... Qe4 19. O-O Qxe5 {and Black is much better.}) 13. c5 $1 {Preventing ..
.d5xc4 and keeping the pawn.} Qg5 14. Qd4 $6 ({The engine gives} 14. h4 Qf5 15.
Rh3 $1 {when White is winning after the nutty rook lift.}) 14... Qf5 $2 {
Here, knowing I was dead lost, I offered a draw.} ({I should have tried} 14...
Rhe8 15. Bb2 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. c6 Kb8 {when, despite still being a bit
worse, Black has decent compensation.}) 15. f3 Ng5 16. c6 Kb8 {I was hoping
for Lu to make a mistake in this complicated position, and his next move was
just that. Finding the right way forward is hard here: despite the computer's
nearly +2 evaluation, there is no clear-cut path to victory.} 17. Bb2 $2 {
Now I'm back in it.} ({Best was} 17. cxb7 Ne6 18. Qb2 d4 19. Bc4 $1 Qxe5 20.
O-O {when the White advantage grows.}) 17... Ne6 18. Qd2 d4 $1 {This is the
only move to play for any attack, as anything else would allow White to
consolidate.} 19. exd4 f6 $1 20. exf6 Rhe8 21. Kf2 Qxf6 22. Rd1 $6 {Continuing
down a dangerous path.} ({Safer was} 22. Re1 Nxd4 23. Rxe8 Bxe8 24. Qe3 Qd6 ({
not} 24... Bxc6 $2 25. b5 $1) 25. Bxd4 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Be2 Bxc6 28. Rd1
{with clear equality.}) 22... Ng5 {[#]} 23. Bd3 $2 {Losing on the spot.} ({Only
} 23. Kg1 {holds, when Black has just enough (but no more) compensation for
the material after} Nh3+ ({or} 23... Bh5 {when the transparent threat of
sac'ing on f3 can't be prevented, i.e.,} 24. h4 $1 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Bxf3 26. Rh2
Bxd1 27. Qxd1 Re3 $5 {and the engine gives 0.00 but it's a mess!}) 24. gxh3
Qxf3 25. Bg2 Qh5 26. Bc1 $1 Be4 27. Re1 {and it's unclear or equal depending
on how you read the 0.00 eval!}) 23... Be4 $1 24. d5 ({Worse is} 24. Rhf1 Nxf3
$1 {.}) 24... Nh3+ $3 {Pretty, but forced - this was the only non-losing move!}
25. Kg3 ({The alternative} 25. Kf1 {doesn't change things, as Black should win
after} Bxd3+ 26. Qxd3 Qxb2 27. gxh3 bxc6 {, while of course}) (25. gxh3 $4 {
is unplayable due to} Qxf3+ {with mate to follow.}) 25... Qg6+ 26. Kxh3 Rxd5
27. g4 Rxd3 {Here White resigned. His entire position collapses after ...
Rd3xf3.} 0-1

[Event "2022 Barber K-8"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"]
[Date "2022.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Alexander"]
[Black "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "Lang"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2022.08.02"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,108,40,40,40,51,63,56,40,21,99,66,83,74,68,48,87,63,59,27,31,1,1,-4,
50,38,68,38,32,32,96,64,80,59,61,66,70,33,63,92,91,91,100,28,20,-15,-7,-15,10,
-20,25,2,12,12,1,-41,-19,-23,-20,-47,-18,-61,-47,-47,-72,-62,-6,-90,-38,-120,
-106,-129,-152,-152,-146,-180,-120,-197,-76,-147,-146,-199,-72,-153,-79,-101,
-97,-140,-137,-120,-191,-191,-79,-239,-247,-254,-258,-291,-338,-359,-363,-580,
-637,-1155,-2809,-2809,-3394,-2114,-1311,-2114,-29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 {In contrast to the traditional 5...Qc7, this is
the contemporary handling of the opening, Black goes straight for counterplay
in the center, and shows no interest in restrained Hedgehog-style play.} 6. a3
Bb7 7. g3 Qc7 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. g4 Nc5 12. Re1 g6 13. g5 Nh5
14. Be3 e5 {As always, Black must carefully assess whether the d5-square will
be critical before conceding it. Here, he correctly determines that the queen
landing on d5 is of little importance.} 15. Nde2 Bg7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 O-O
18. Bf3 Nf4 {This dynamic idea was another point behind the commital ...e7-e5
push. Now that the dark-squared bishop comes to life on the long diagonal, we
can appreciate the futility of the blockade of the d6-pawn.} 19. Nxf4 exf4 20.
Bxf4 Be5 21. Be3 Na4 22. b3 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 {White hopes that the bishop pair
and weakened Black king will provide compensation, but Hardaway manages to
keep up with the change of pace and withstands the ensuing attack.} Nb6 24. Qd2
Rac8 25. Bd4 Nd7 26. Bg4 Rce8 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Qf4 Qe6 29. Re1 h6 $1 {Both
this and the next move are psychologically difficult to play, as they "feel"
like weakening moves. But Hardaway understands White's attacking chances well
enough to appreciate why these moves are safe.} 30. gxh6 f6 31. h4 Kh7 32. Re3
Rf7 33. Kf1 Rg8 $1 {[#] [DIAGRAM] Black's envisioned fortress is finally here.}
34. Rg3 d5 {And with one small break, he has his own counterplay and can begin
pushing with the material advantage.} 35. exd5 Qxd5 36. Kg1 Re8 37. Be3 Qe4 38.
Qd6 Ree7 39. h5 g5 40. Qd2 Rd7 41. Qe2 Qf5 42. Kh2 Rfe7 43. c4 Re4 44. Kg2 bxc4
45. bxc4 Rh4 46. Qe1 Rxc4 47. Qe2 Qd3 48. Qe1 Qd5+ 49. f3 Qd1 50. Qa5 Rc2+ 51.
Kh3 Qh1+ 52. Kg4 Qh4+ 53. Kf5 Qxg3 54. Ke6 Qd6+ 0-1

[Event "2022 Barber K-8"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nandhakumar, Vaseegara"]
[Black "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2344"]
[Annotator "Lang"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2022.08.02"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,80,29,23,35,27,18,8,12,-8,14,21,12,-16,0,1,17,17,20,17,3,-25,-27,-61,
67,-30,-15,-32,-49,-94,-92,-92,-92,-109,-106,-123,-107,-140,-126,-129,-102,
-143,-170,-195,-131,-149,-154,-235,-245,-248,-114,-132,-187,-185,-184,-176,
-175,-175,-104,-132,-109,-125,-125,-120,-124,-70,-142,-151,-125,-238,-126,-132,
-140,-148,-134,-113,-157,-179,-185,-228,-226,-214,-219]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3.
g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 c6 8. c4 b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Nd2 b5
11. e4 $6 {White is asking a lot from this position. In similar Catalan
structures, White's central expansion is suffocating if Black lacks queenside
counterplay because the light-squared bishop is shut in. This is not the case
here.} bxc4 12. e5 Ne8 13. bxc4 Nb6 $1 {A precise move. Now Black's "problem
child" is guaranteed to be a force.} 14. Re1 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Bxc4 16. f4 Qa5 17.
Qc2 Rb8 18. Bc1 Nc7 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Rad1 Qb2 {By now, it is clear that White
will not enjoy the slow, unencumbered assault on the Black monarch. Excellent
positional understanding from the champ.} 21. Qa4 Qb6 22. Qc2 Qb2 23. Qa4 Bb4
24. Nb1 c5 25. Bxb4 Qxb4 26. Qxa7 Na6 27. a3 Qb5 28. Qe7 Bb3 29. Rc1 Rb7 30.
Qh4 Qd3 31. f5 Qxf5 32. dxc5 Bc2 33. Nd2 Nxc5 34. Rf1 Qg6 35. Qd4 Nd7 36. Rf3
Bf5 37. Rfc3 Qg4 38. Qxg4 Bxg4 39. Rc7 Rxc7 40. Rxc7 Nxe5 41. Bf1 Ra8 42. a4
Kf8 43. Bb5 Bd1 44. Rc1 Bxa4 45. Ra1 Bxb5 46. Rxa8+ Ke7 47. Nb3 Bc4 48. Nd4 Nd7
49. Kf2 g6 50. Nc6+ Kd6 51. Nd8 Ke7 52. Nc6+ Kd6 53. Nd8 f6 54. Nb7+ Ke7 55.
Na5 Bb5 56. Ra7 e5 57. Rb7 Ba6 58. Ra7 Bb5 59. Rb7 Ba4 60. Rb4 Nc5 61. Ke2 Bd7
62. Nb3 Ne6 63. Rb6 d4 64. Kd2 h5 65. Rb8 Ng5 66. Rb7 Kd6 67. Ke2 Ne4 68. Rb8
Bb5+ 69. Ke1 Bd7 70. Nc1 Ng5 71. Rb6+ Bc6 72. Kf2 Kc7 73. Rb2 Ne4+ 74. Ke1 Nc5
75. Rb4 g5 76. Kd2 Ne4+ 77. Ke1 Nc5 78. Kd2 Kd6 79. Rb8 e4 80. Rh8 e3+ 81. Ke1
Ke5 82. Rc8 Kd6 83. Rh8 Bd7 84. Rxh5 d3 85. h3 d2+ 86. Kd1 Ba4+ 0-1

[Event "2022 Denker K-12"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hong, Andrew"]
[Black "He, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Lang"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2022.08.02"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,55,32,24,56,67,57,6,20,23,6,0,3,-3,34,-32,-12,-30,41,42,65,72,76,47,
49,45,73,72,62,71,79,54,50,42,76,50,69,70,70,87,68,53,165,166,158,161,284,284,
248,208,660,664,718,652,711,681,758,758]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 dxe4 4. dxe4
Qxd1+ 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. Ne1 Bh6 8. f3 e5 9. Nc4 Bxc1 10. Kxc1 Nfd7 11.
Nd3 f6 12. a4 {Black's position is already quite difficult to navigate, as he
is behind in development and lacks a clear plan of coordination.} b6 ({Best was
} 12... Nb6 {attempting to neutralize White's most active piece before the
queenside expansion.}) 13. b4 $1 Ke7 14. Kb2 Na6 15. h4 Nc7 16. h5 Bb7 17. a5
Ba6 18. Ne3 {Playing on both flanks against the fixed center, Black's pieces
have made no progress.} Bxd3 19. Bxd3 b5 20. c4 Rab8 21. cxb5 cxb5 22. Rac1 {
[#] White's position is dominant: the knight cannot abandon the d5-square.}
Rhc8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rc6 {Textbook! After creating weaknesses on both sides
of the board, White increases his grip on the queenside before exploiting the
open h-file.} Kd8 25. Rh8+ Ke7 26. Rh7+ Ke8 27. Ng4 a6 28. Rd6 1-0

[Event "2022 Denker K-12"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"]
[Date "2022.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Guo, Arthur"]
[Black "Hong, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Lang"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2022.08.02"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,117,28,40,34,12,17,7,7,7,47,-9,13,12,35,37,32,11,14,19,34,-6,23,-15,
-15,-7,-5,-21,-5,2,10,7,2,-10,8,37,31,44,59,64,61,62,73,62,95,92,93,89,115,104,
115,115,91,97,104,92,100,105,116,141,137,133,125,126,116,128,128,126,135,133,
168,188,194,198,229,209,228,224,233,226,214,228,240,240,281,232,280,254,259,
231,227,227,265,305,304,311,308,304,333,340,317,301,505,521,576,583,593,606,
608,626,633,608,1171,1019,1420,1848,2012,2133,2344,2366]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. b4 Bb6 8. Re1 {A rare move,
contrasted with the thematic a2-a4 push.} O-O 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Bf1
Re8 12. Qc2 c6 13. h3 Bc7 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. a4 a5 17. bxa5 Be6
18. Rb1 Ra7 19. a6 bxa6 20. Nc4 {[#]} Nd7 $5 {It is difficult to suggest a
plan for Black, but the knight proves useless here.} ({The rook is no longer
needed to defend the b7-square, so perhaps Black was better off untangling with
} 20... Ra8 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Ba3 c5 {. It is not clear how White can make use
of the d5-square, although he must be better.}) 21. Rd1 a5 22. Be3 Ra8 23. Rb7
Qc8 ({Slightly preferable was trading at least one rook with} 23... Rb8 24.
Rdb1 Rxb7 25. Rxb7 Nf6 26. Bc5 {as now White cannot play Rb7-a7 and Rd1-b1-b7.}
) 24. Rdb1 Rd8 25. Qc1 Nf6 26. f3 Ne8 27. R7b2 Rd7 28. Nb6 {The first concrete
victory, netting the bishop pair while also increasing play on the weakened
dark squares.} Bxb6 29. Rxb6 Nd6 30. Qa3 Nc4 31. Bxc4 Bxc4 32. Qc5 Bd3 33. Rxc6
Qe8 34. Rb2 Rdd8 $2 ({Black had to keep the seventh rank defended, but he
could have created complications after} 34... f5 $5 35. exf5 ({inferior is} 35.
Rd6 Rxd6 36. Qxd6 Rd8 37. Qc7 Rc8 38. Qxa5 fxe4 {when Black is happily making
a mess of things}) 35... Bxf5 36. Rbb6 Qf7 37. Rd6 e4 {, and this least forces
White to make decisions about his kingside.}) 35. Rb7 Rdc8 36. Rxc8 Rxc8 37.
Re7 $1 Qf8 38. Qxe5 Bc2 39. Bd4 Bxa4 40. Ra7 Bb3 41. Rxa5 f6 42. Qg3 Kh8 43.
Ra7 Bf7 44. Qf4 Be6 45. Kh2 Rc6 46. Qg3 Bf7 47. f4 Kh7 48. f5 Rc8 49. e5 fxe5
50. Qxe5 Re8 51. Qc7 {The final blow.} Kg8 52. Bc5 Rc8 53. Bxf8 Rxc7 54. Rxc7
Kxf8 55. g4 g5 56. c4 h5 57. Rxf7+ Kxf7 58. gxh5 Kf6 59. h6 1-0

[Event "2022 Denker K-12"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sethuraman, Sandeep"]
[Black "Chasin, Nico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Lang"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/R7/1r3K2/5P2/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 75"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2022.08.02"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,9,4,4,527,537,1022,1479,29973,29974,29975,29976]} {[#]} 75. Kg5 Rb5 $4
({In what appears to still be a standard Philidor position, Black's simplest
drawing strategy is to prevent the white monarch from entering the sixth rank.
} 75... Rc6 76. f6 {The key point is, if White ever attempts to use the pawn
as a shield from side-checks} Rc1 {Black exploits the fact that the pawn is
now in front of the king and thus unable to shield the king from rear-checks!})
76. Kg6 $1 Rb8 ({Instead, after} 76... Rb1 77. Ra8+ Ke7 78. f6+ Ke6 79. Re8+
Kd7 80. Kf7 {White would have achieved a Lucena position, where the pawn will
shield the king from the enemy rook.} ({Although it is worth noting that, here,
White does not even need to "build a bridge". Instead, the simple} 80. f7 Rg1+
81. Kh5 $1 {by avoiding the f-file, White can slowly eliminate Black's
checking distance. Ordinarily, Black could exploit this by playing ...Rg1-f1
to attack both f7 and f8, but here the rook already covers the eighth rank.}
Rh1+ 82. Kg4 Rg1+ 83. Kh3 Rh1+ 84. Kg2)) 77. f6 Kg8 78. Rg7+ Kf8 79. Rh7 $1 1-0

[Event "2022 Haring K-12"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kumar, Asha"]
[Black "Prasanna, Gracy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Annotator "Lang"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2022.08.02"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,57,25,26,32,-9,44,41,37,35,45,45,46,33,27,37,65,40,35,35,29,31,18,6,
37,17,23,32,12,-4,13,-6,25,11,65,83,99,82,82,90,132,217,254,275,278,299,270,
286,295,292,285,244,260,251,270,250,220,256,325,231]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3
Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bg5
Rf8 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. a3 Rfd8 15. Rac1 Ne7 16. Nd2 c6 17.
b4 Ne8 18. Nb3 f5 19. f3 Nc7 {[#]} 20. c5 $1 {White grips key squares on the
queenside in typical King's Indian fashion.} b5 ({Attempts to keep the
a5-square protected are inadequate. For instance, after} 20... Ba6 {White
breaks through with} 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. cxb6 {.}) ({No better is} 20... Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Ba6 $2 22. Rd7) 21. Na5 Ba6 22. Rd6 $1 Ne8 23. Nxc6 $1 {Activity over
material!} Nxc6 24. Rxc6 Bb7 25. Bxb5 Bxc6 26. Bxc6 Rab8 27. Bd5+ Kh7 28. c6 a6
29. Na4 Nc7 30. Bb6 Rdc8 31. Ba7 Rb5 32. Nc3 fxe4 33. fxe4 Bf8 34. Nxb5 Nxb5
35. Bc5 Bxc5+ 36. Rxc5 Nxa3 37. Ra5 Nc2 38. Rxa6 Nd4 39. Rb6 Kg7 40. Rb7+ Kf6
41. b5 Kg5 42. c7 Nxb5 43. Rxb5 Rxc7 44. Rb6 1-0

[Event "2022 Haring K-12"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"]
[Date "2022.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tang, Zoey"]
[Black "Wang, Ellen L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2217"]
[Annotator "Lang"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "2022.08.02"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,161,25,26,18,-17,26,39,42,16,48,23,25,26,30,33,51,37,37,38,54,46,50,
44,55,59,56,48,55,45,58,48,60,22,66,10,4,4,-2,34,65,-20,-11,14,20,31,18,54,98,
78,86,76,76,86,90,91,92,93,90,96,94,97,93,96,96,91,104,100,101,108,103,99,96,
102,115,92,108,96,118,111,110,109,130,109,109,109,108,115,116,116,115,115,125,
111,122,115,120,136,136,158,161,146,161,146,153,146,146,146,144,131,145,145,
147,145,164,158,158,160,160,153,171,159,160,159,196,204,210,211,201,168,171,
158,160,158,158,159,170,170,163,161,216,212,211,211,211,240,245,249,274,265,
276,319,360,421,411,537,1126,434,29991,29988,29989,29990,29991,29992]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O
9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. h3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rab1 a5 15. a3
Be6 16. b4 b5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. a4 b4 19. Na2 Rb8 20. Ne5 c5 21. Bb5 Rc8 22.
Qb2 N8d7 23. Rbc1 Raa8 $6 ({While she defended the resulting passive position
valiantly, Black missed an opportunity to achieve dynamic counterplay by
sacrificing the Exchange with} 23... Qb8 $5 24. Nc6 Rxc6 25. Bxc6 b3 $1 26. Nc3
c4 27. Bb5 Nb6) 24. Nxd7 $1 Nxd7 25. dxc5 Nxc5 26. Qxb4 Qb6 27. Rfd1 Nxa4 28.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Bxa4 Qxb4 30. Nxb4 Rxa4 31. Nxd5 {[#] White has a small plus
and, given Black's rook inability to coordinate with the bishop to target the
g2-square, can now play for two results.} Be6 32. Nf4 Bf5 33. Rd5 Bc2 34. Rd8+
Kh7 35. Rd7 Bb3 36. Kh2 Ra2 37. Kg3 Rc2 38. Nd3 Be6 39. Ra7 Rd2 40. Ne5 Kg8 41.
Ra8+ Kh7 42. Rf8 f6 43. Nf3 Rd7 44. Nd4 Bd5 45. Rb8 Bc4 46. f3 Ba2 47. Kf4 Bc4
48. g4 Kg6 49. Rc8 Ba2 50. Rh8 Bc4 51. h4 Ba2 52. Nf5 Be6 53. h5+ Kf7 54. Nh4
Re7 55. Rb8 Re8 56. Rb6 Kg8 57. Rb7 Bd5 58. Rc7 Be6 59. e4 Bc8 60. Ng6 Be6 61.
Ke3 Bb3 $2 ({Here} 61... Rd8 62. Ne7+ Kh7 {at least poses White more problems,
since the key f5-square is still guarded.}) 62. Ne7+ Kh8 63. Nf5 Rg8 64. Kf2
Be6 65. Ne7 Re8 66. Kg3 Rd8 67. Ra7 Re8 68. Kf4 Rd8 69. Nf5 Bxf5 $2 {
Practically the only error. Now White's better king position will bear fruit.}
({With the stronger} 69... Rd7 70. Ra6 Bf7 {the struggle would go on
indefinitely here, as White is no closer to making progress targetting the
g7-square.}) 70. Kxf5 Kh7 71. f4 Rd1 72. e5 $1 fxe5 73. fxe5 Rf1+ 74. Ke6 Rf4
75. Ke7 Rxg4 76. Kf8 Kh8 77. e6 Re4 78. Rxg7 Rxe6 79. Rg8+ Kh7 80. Rg7+ Kh8 81.
Rg6 1-0

[Event "2022 Haring K-12"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lee, Alice"]
[Black "Yan, Ruiyang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[Annotator "Lang"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2022.08.02"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,104,23,20,23,-11,-2,-17,-4,-5,10,6,20,23,23,26,36,24,24,-17,12,4,28,
37,37,15,36,7,29,-8,-2,0,2,12,15,-7,16,-4,23,-37,-36,-56,-52,-55,-44,-103,-5,
-111,-106,-84,-63,-60,-30,-26,-27,-166,-178,-171,-153,-150,-150,-200,-150,-150,
-113,-218,-193,-199,-192,-199,-95,-142,-164,-226,-255,-255,-270,-274,-77,-161,
-230,-212,-211,-257,-84,-118,-119,-119,-119,-229,-266,-258,-107,-294,-366,-261,
-203,-312,-220,-449,-449,-465,-449,-1445,-29986,-29989,-1491]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Qc2 c6
10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Rfe1 $6 {An odd choice. Presumably
White is signaling an intention to push e4, but it is unclear how she plans to
play with the isolated d-pawn.} Rfe8 14. Nd2 ({Black would have an advantage
after} 14. e4 $6 {because after} dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Nf6
{Black has successfully traded two sets of minor pieces, while White has no
viable kingside attacking chances as compensation for her isolated pawn.})
14... Bxg3 15. hxg3 Qd6 16. a3 a5 17. Na4 b6 18. Rab1 c5 19. dxc5 $6 {Faced
with another difficult choice about how to transform the position, White
elects to stick Black with a "hanging pawns" structure on d5 and c5. But
neither pawn is particularly weak, and so this only cements a space advantage
for Black.} ({Better was} 19. Nc3 Rac8 20. Nf3 {, keeping the tension and
forcing Black to make a decision about her intended piece placement.}) 19...
bxc5 20. Nc3 Ne5 21. Nf3 Bg4 22. Nh2 c4 $6 {By committing to this push, Black
commits to a permanent weakening of the d5-pawn.} 23. Bf1 ({White had a nice
chance to remove a crucial defender with} 23. Nxg4 $5 cxd3 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 {
with some chances for counterplay after} 25. Qd1) 23... Bh5 24. Qd2 Bg6 25.
Rbc1 Nd3 {By now, the choice to push ...c5-c4 has paid off for Black. White
has no way to attack the weak d5-pawn for the forseeable future.} 26. Bxd3 Bxd3
27. g4 $6 ({Blockading the backward pawn with} 27. Nf3 Qb6 28. Nd4 {is
objectively better, but practically speaking, it provides White with little to
no counterplay.}) 27... Rab8 28. f3 Qb6 {[#] We have now entered the surgical
stage of the game. White can barely move, and as each move creates new
weaknesses, Black uses her space advantage to re-route her pieces to exploit
them.} 29. Nd1 Nd7 30. Nc3 Nf6 $5 ({I would love to know what spooked Black
from playing} 30... Nc5 {, which appeared to be her intended move. Black could
rid herself of her weak central pawn after} 31. Nxd5 Qd8 32. e4 Nb3 {which
would also open up more lines for her pieces, and net an Exchange. But perhaps
she was concerned about introducing unnecessary imbalances into the position,
providing White with more chances for counterplay.}) 31. Nd1 d4 $1 32. Qf2 Qe6
({Even more crushing was} 32... Nd5 33. e4 Nf4) 33. e4 Qb6 34. Nf1 Bxf1 $6 ({
The re-route with} 34... Nd7 {seemed more patient and in the spirit of Black's
dominating position.}) 35. Kxf1 Nd7 36. Rxc4 $2 {In an impossible positon,
White seeks out clarity, and is now clearly lost.} Qa6 37. Qxd4 Ne5 38. Ne3
Nxc4 $6 ({Most precise was} 38... Rbd8 $1 39. Qc3 Rd3 $1 40. Qc1 Rxe3 $1 {.})
39. Nxc4 $2 ({It's understandable that White would not want to trade queens
with} 39. Qxc4 Qxc4+ 40. Nxc4 {and land in a likely lost endgame, but she does
have more practical chances to hold here considering that Black's queen was
the anchor of her attacking chances in the middlegame.}) 39... Red8 40. Qc3
Rdc8 41. Rc1 ({If} 41. b3 a4 $1 {.}) 41... Rc6 42. a4 Rb4 43. b3 Qb7 $1 {
The knight is still pinned!} 44. Rc2 Rxb3 45. Qxa5 Rb4 46. Qd8+ Kh7 47. e5 g6
48. Qd3 Qa6 49. Qd5 Kg7 50. e6 Rbxc4 51. e7 Rxc2+ 52. Kg1 Qa7+ 0-1

[Event "2022 Irwin Senior"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolin, Leonid"]
[Black "Root, Douglas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Lang"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,86,26,28,39,33,38,27,-4,8,-6,-23,7,34,10,23,7,3,13,13,21,24,20,27,33,
27,37,30,22,22,36,30,30,52,38,45,34,13,8,6,6,0,32,37,37,28,71,-20,-22,-114,
-147,-136,-156,-156,-139,-211,-207,-219,-200,-193,-190,-213,-192,-207,-232,
-231,-245,-250,-256,-269,-240,-242,-226,-299,-228,-286,-255,-279,-293,-303,
-343,-363,-368,-397,-409,-403,-427,-432,-428]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4.
e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11.
O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Qb6 17. Nc4
Qa6 18. b3 Be8 19. Qd2 Rd8 20. Qe3 Nb4 21. Qxe4 Bg6 22. Qg4 Bf5 {Where to put
the queen?} 23. Qh5 $6 ({One idea is to cover the d3-square and then chase the
knight before Black can make use of the light squares:} 23. Qg3 Bd3 24. a3 Bxe2
25. axb4 Qb5 26. Rfc1 {with a slight advantage. If Black grabs the pawn with}
Qxb4 {the position is unclear after} 27. Ra4 Qe7 28. Ne5 {.}) ({Another idea is
} 23. Qg5 Bd3 {and now} 24. Qd2 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Qxc4 26. Rab1 {.}) 23... Bd3 24.
f4 $2 ({With the queen off the third rank, Black can now respond to} 24. a3 {
with the crushing} Nc2 $1) ({White missed a tactical 'saving grace' with} 24.
Qg4 $1 Rf6 ({note that} 24... Nc2 {is ineffective as the d4-square is guarded
by the queen} 25. Rad1) 25. Rad1 {with sufficient counterplay against the weak
e6-pawn.}) 24... Nc2 25. Rac1 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bxf1 27. Qe5 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rd5 $1 {
While this loses the e6-pawn, the black rooks can now coordinate.} 29. Qxe6+
Qxe6 30. Nxe6 Re8 31. Ng5 Rd2 32. h3 h6 33. Nf3 Rxa2 34. Ne5 Rb2 35. b4 Kh7 36.
h4 h5 37. Kh2 b5 38. Rd4 Rc8 39. Nf3 Rc4 40. Rd5 Rxf4 41. Rxh5+ Kg6 42. Rg5+
Kf6 43. Kg3 Rbxb4 44. Rd5 a5 45. Rd6+ Ke7 46. Ra6 Rg4+ 47. Kh3 a4 48. h5 Rge4
49. Ra7+ Kf6 50. Ra6+ Re6 51. Ra8 Rb3 52. Rf8+ Ke7 53. Rg8 Kf7 54. Ra8 Re4 55.
Ra7+ Kg8 56. Ra8+ Kh7 57. Kh2 Rxf3 58. gxf3 Rh4+ 59. Kg3 Rxh5 60. Kf4 Rc5 61.
Ke4 Rc4+ 62. Ke5 Rc3 63. f4 a3 64. f5 b4 65. Ra7 Rf3 66. Ra4 Rf1 67. Ke6 0-1

[Event "2022 Irwin Senior"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sevilllano, Enrico"]
[Black "Szpisjak, Steven J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "Lang"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,53,20,11,40,12,18,-19,-33,-33,-14,-7,24,10,15,9,71,62,95,118,160,171,
249,266,287,278,277,271,261,254,277,295,294,294,297,264,291,218,238,224,224,
215,258,277,277,283,286,292,292,289,289,304,420,423,1024,1066]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3
d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Na3 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qxb3 7. axb3 f6 $6 {The attempt
to prevent d2-d4 is misguided, as it only results in a new Black weakness on
the e5-square.} ({Black is better off playing cautiously, while still getting
a lively position after} 7... a6 8. d4 e6 9. Be3 Na5 10. Nb5 {.}) 8. d4 e5 9.
dxe5 fxe5 10. Bb5 e4 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Nxd7 Kxd7 13. Nc4 Ke6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15.
Ra6 Nf6 16. Rxc6+ Kf5 17. h3 h6 18. g4+ Kg6 19. Ne5+ Kh7 20. h4 Re8 21. Nf7 Rg8
22. g5 Kg6 23. Nxh6 $1 gxh6 24. Rxf6+ Kh5 25. gxh6 Be7 26. Re6 Bxh4 27. h7 1-0

[Event "2022 Irwin Senior"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"]
[Date "2022.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sevillano, Enrico"]
[Black "Sokolin, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Lang"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2022.08.01"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,80,39,4,54,5,9,0,14,25,26,12,11,8,26,17,18,21,24,30,31,28,25,10,22,
-13,26,-21,13,15,24,20,34,28,32,15,23,25,11,1,-14,-11,-13,-5,-14,-2,31,30,46,
53,50,19,42,-109,-153,-170,-176,-171,-166,-155,-193,-208,-208,-196,-203,-206,
-211,-211,-203,-214,-227,-226,-171,-195,-184,-215,-194,-197,-196,-205,-208,
-213,-207]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Nfd4 Qd6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bf1
Qf6 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Qh5 N7g6 16. h3 h6 17. Nd2 Rad8 18. g3 Rfe8 19. Qd1 Ne7 20.
N4f3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 N5c6 22. Nb3 Bf5 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. b4 b6 {[#]} 26.
b5 $2 {Overestimating the effect of Alekhine's gun against a well-defended
knight.} Na5 27. Re1 Kf8 28. Na6 $6 Bxa6 29. bxa6 Nc4 {Likely the idea White
missed: the gun disappears in a puff of smoke.} 30. Rd3 Nc6 31. Qc2 N4e5 32.
Nxe5 Nxe5 33. Red1 Nxd3 34. Qxd3 g6 35. Bg2 Re5 36. f4 Re7 37. Bxd5 Rde8 38.
Kf2 Re3 39. Qxe3 Rxe3 40. Kxe3 Qxc3+ {Black won on move 71.} 41. Rd3 Qe1+ 42.
Kd4 Qg1+ 43. Ke4 Qh1+ 44. Ke5 Qxh3 45. Rc3 Qf5+ 46. Kd4 Qf6+ 47. Kd3 Qd6 48.
Ke4 Qb4+ 49. Rc4 Qe1+ 50. Kd4 Qd2+ 51. Ke5 Qe3+ 52. Kd6 Qa3+ 53. Ke5 Qe7+ 54.
Kd4 Kg7 55. a4 h5 56. Rc8 Qb4+ 57. Rc4 Qb2+ 58. Kd3 Qb3+ 59. Ke4 Qb1+ 60. Ke5
Qe1+ 61. Kd6 Qxg3 62. Rc7 Qxf4+ 63. Kc6 Qxa4+ 64. Kb7 Qd4 65. Bxf7 b5 66. Be8+
Kf8 67. Bxb5 Qb6+ 68. Kc8 Qxb5 69. Rxa7 Qc6+ 70. Kb8 Qb6+ 71. Ka8 Ke8 0-1

[Event "2022 Rockefeller K-5"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"]
[Date "2022.07.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jiang, Andrew"]
[Black "Ji, Yuze L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "1915"]
[Annotator "Lang"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2022.08.02"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,77,16,28,46,44,80,89,95,65,37,27,79,33,28,31,31,33,42,-5,13,7,-1,10,1,
-18,-2,-9,-6,1,14,17,22,24,44,53,50,58,75,49,71,56,63,55,51,32,22,34,31,41,103,
118,144,189,192,144,132,137,273,355,361,355,353,344,344,372,382,393,371,371,
378,389,509,492,522,546,570,592,824,841]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Nd5 {White opts for the
principled line, which is noteworthy because of the popularity of 9. Qd2 at
club levels. One reason for this popularity might be its similarity to the
opposite-side castling seen in the Yugoslav attack.} Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Qd2
Nd7 12. Na5 Qc7 13. c4 O-O 14. O-O Bd8 15. b4 {Playing on the side of the
board where he is strongest, White also knows to play for activity before
Black is in time to mobilize with ...f7-f5 and a kingside pawn storm.} Rc8 16.
Rac1 Qb8 17. Nb3 Nf6 18. f3 Be7 19. a4 Rfd8 20. Bb6 Rd7 21. Qe3 Bd8 22. Rfd1
Bxb6 23. Qxb6 Qc7 24. Qxc7 Rcxc7 {[#]} 25. c5 $1 {The thematic break White
should be looking for.} e4 26. c6 $1 Rd8 ({Black is in greater trouble after} 
26... bxc6 27. dxc6 Rd8 28. Bxa6 {.}) 27. b5 axb5 28. axb5 Nxd5 ({White would
have had a chance for fireworks after} 28... exf3 29. Bxf3 b6 30. Na5 $3) 29.
Rxd5 Be6 30. fxe4 $1 bxc6 31. bxc6 Bxd5 32. exd5 {White uses the dynamics in
the position to achieve a winning ending.} Re8 33. Nd4 Rce7 34. c7 Rc8 35. Nb5
Rxe2 36. Nxd6 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 g6 38. Nxf7 Rd2 39. d6 1-0

[Event "2022 Rockefeller K-5"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"]
[Date "2022.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tang, Benjamin"]
[Black "Sethuraman, Roshan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2140"]
[BlackElo "2059"]
[Annotator "Lang"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2022.08.02"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,69,20,38,35,28,22,10,10,22,22,18,1,-3,-26,-26,-34,-34,-12,-18,-5,-5,
-1,1,12,15,4,21,40,34,40,40,70,75,75,60,68,48,53,69,113,113,134,135,112,126,
125,121,121,-35,116,138,134,153,153,124,124,135,423,400,587,645,578,702,29993,
29994,29995,29996,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4.
Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Qe2 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be3 Be6 9. O-O-O Ng4 10. Bxb6 axb6
11. Kb1 Qd7 12. f3 Nge5 13. h3 Bc4 14. Qf2 Bxf1 15. Rhxf1 g5 $6 {Black is
asking a lot of the position. The prophylactic idea is creative, but more
suited to less open centers.} 16. h4 h6 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Qe3 O-O-O 19. Qxg5
Rhg8 20. Qd2 {[#] The open g-file is not compensation for the pawn because
White is not restricted by this move, given the control over the d5-square and
the resulting chances to crash through the center.} Rg3 21. Nd5 f5 22. f4 Nc4
23. Qe2 b5 24. a4 Qg7 25. e5 Rxg2 26. Qd3 bxa4 27. Nd4 Nxd4 28. Qxd4 b5 $2 ({
Black's most practical chance was attempting to hold the inferior heavy piece
ending after} 28... Nb6 29. Nxb6+ cxb6 30. Qxa4 ({White would have the chance
to err here, as after} 30. Qxb6 $2 Qc7 31. Qxc7+ Kxc7 {The endgame is
dynamically balanced.})) 29. Qa7 Rh8 30. Qa6+ Kd8 31. Qxb5 Rhh2 32. Qb8+ Kd7
33. e6+ Kxe6 34. Qe8+ Qe7 35. Qxe7# 1-0

[Event "2022 Rockefeller K-5"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"]
[Date "2022.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rallabandi, Krishna K"]
[Black "Luger, Sam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "1716"]
[BlackElo "2048"]
[Annotator "Lang"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2022.08.02"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,114,31,14,14,3,7,-14,30,30,28,28,25,29,29,24,34,30,25,34,30,30,30,22,
56,49,80,24,50,23,4,3,9,-9,1,-4,-1,-43,-36,-104,-100,-55,-68,-71,-2,-2,-4,-71,
-68,-80,-81,-66,-38,-61,-72,-80,-23,-145,-145,-186,-100,-161,-170,-180,-180,
-194,-173,-173,-143,-200,-213,-188,-171,-221,-154,-198,-197,-130,-141,-199,
-242,-244,-251,-257,-141,-170,-161,-159,-125,-164,-144,-160,-167,-326,-196,
-208,-203,-224,-245,-229,-199,-229,-229,-263,-264,-357,-334,-326,-362,-372,
-370,-674,-732,-1619,-1747,-29997,-29998]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3
O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 c5 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. c5
bxc5 12. dxc5 Nbd7 13. b4 Re8 14. O-O e5 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Rc1 Bc6 17. Ba4 ({
By trading immediately with} 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 {White would have more time to
consolidate the queenside majority to ensure counterplay against the mobile
center. Play might continue} 18. Re1 d4 19. Bd2 a6 20. Qb3 {.}) 17... d4 18.
Bb2 $2 {But this move is the real error: the bishop is misplaced here.} Rab8
19. Rb1 Nd5 20. Ba1 a6 ({More concrete was} 20... a5 21. b5 Nxc5 22. bxc6 Rxb1
23. Qxb1 Nxa4) 21. Nd2 Ba8 22. Ne4 Re6 23. Bb3 Rg6 24. Bxd5 $6 ({The
concession on the light squares would be less pertinent if the light-squared
bishop remained on the board.} 24. g3 Nf4 25. f3 $1) 24... Bxd5 25. f3 Nf8 26.
Qc2 Ne6 27. g3 Bc6 28. a4 Qd7 29. Qd2 Nc7 30. Bb2 Nd5 31. Bc1 Bxa4 32. Qe1 Bb5
33. Rf2 {[#]} h5 $1 {Having neutralized the queenside, Black now goes in for
the attack.} 34. Kg2 h4 35. Nd6 Qe6 36. Bd2 Bd7 37. g4 Bc6 ({Precise was} 37...
h3+ $1 38. Kg1 Nf6 39. g5 Nh7) 38. h3 Nc7 39. Kf1 Nb5 40. Nxb5 Bxb5+ 41. Kg1
Bc6 42. Qe2 Qd5 43. Re1 Re6 44. Qe4 Qb3 45. Qf5 Rbe8 46. Qg5 Bxf3 47. Qxh4 e4
$1 48. Ref1 Qd5 49. Qg3 Rf6 50. Be1 Rfe6 51. g5 Bh5 52. Qc7 Qxg5+ 53. Rg2 Qd5
54. Rgf2 Bf3 55. Qf4 Rf6 56. Qh4 Rg6+ 57. Kh2 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "122nd U.S. Open"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage, CA"]
[Date "2022.08.03"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Luger, John"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2022.07.30"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,100,17,35,100,66,88,70,89,38,60,41,37,37,41,24,44,32,30,32,32,27,18,
-16,-5,-9,11,-10,0,-10,24,30,22,12,8,14,0,4,0,-17,8,7,32,2,14,9,-18,-16,0,-56,
-28,-39,-36,-71,-114,-113,-122,-128,-121,-149,-181,-130,-147,-93,-98,-98,-129,
-151,-161,-245,-230,-230,-254,-261,-304,-282,-262,-274,-260,-260,-225,-269,
-259,-254,-218,-218,-211,-303,-205,-287,-234,-274,-267,-313,-331,-330,-327,
-330,-331,-331,-336,-331,-326]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nd7 5. Be3
b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Ne7 9. Re1 h6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nf1 a6 12. a4 c5
13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. h4 {White is playing good moves, and as we'll see,
he has more than a few chances to take it to the GM.} e5 16. Ng3 $1 Nf6 {
[%cal Gf6g4]} 17. Nh2 exd4 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. Rac1 $6 Qd8 20. d5 Na5 $2 {The
position oscillates between difficult and very difficult for Black.} 21. Qe2 $6
Nd7 22. h5 Ne5 $2 23. Bb1 $2 {Not challenging the knight gives Black the time
he needs to whip up counterplay.} ({Luger probably avoided} 23. f4 $1 {in
light of} Qh4 {but White is much better after} (23... Nxd3 24. Qxd3) 24. fxe5
$1 Qxg3 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Qf2 $1) 23... Qh4 $6 24. Ngf1 $6 b5 {[#] Playing
with fire.} ({Objectively Black had to accept that he was worse and grovel with
} 24... Qxh5 25. Qxh5 gxh5 26. Ng3 Nac4 {. White keeps a serious edge after}
27. Nxh5 Nxb2 28. Re2 Nxa4 29. f4 $1) 25. hxg6+ $2 {Playing to win a pawn, but
relieving all the tension in the position and giving Black the half-open
f-file.} ({Correct is} 25. f4 $1 Nec4 26. Nf3 Qf6 ({or} 26... Qe7 27. Qc2 $1 {
[%csl Yg6][%cal Gb1g6]}) 27. e5 $1 {with tremendous initiative.}) ({Another
strong move is} 25. axb5 $5 {, which looks worrisome in light of} Nb3 {, but
now the rook goes on a bit of a trip, i.e.,} (25... Qxh5 26. Qxh5 gxh5 {
and now best is the visually odd} 27. b6 $1 {just keeping the pawn and locking
up the queenside for a bit while White recoordinates his pieces.}) 26. Rc3 Nd4
27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Rc7) 25... fxg6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Qxb5 $2 {[#]} Rfb8 $2 ({
Missing the killer} 27... Ba6 $1 {with the idea} 28. Qxa5 (28. Qa4 Nac4 29. Qc2
Rf7 $40) 28... Bxf1 {.}) 28. Qa4 $6 ({Better is} 28. f4 Nec4 29. Nf3 Qd8 $1 {
and now only} 30. Qa4 {holds the balance}) (28. Nd2 $5 {holds the c4-square
and gives luft to the queen. After} Bxd5 (28... Bc8 29. Qe2) 29. Qe2 Bc6 30. f4
{it's pretty unclear.}) 28... Nac4 29. Qc2 Ba6 {All of Black's pieces spring
to life, and ... Rb8xb2 is a real threat.} 30. b3 Na3 31. Qd1 Nxb1 32. Rxb1 Bd3
33. f4 $2 {Right idea, wrong time.} ({Black has tremendous compensation after} 
33. Rc1 Bxf1 34. Nxf1 Ng4 35. g3 Qh3 {but he still has to find the knockout
punch.}) 33... Bxb1 34. fxe5 Bxe4 {Now White is down the Exchange with no
compensation.} 35. Bf2 Qf4 36. Qg4 Qxg4 37. Nxg4 Bf5 38. Nf6+ Bxf6 39. exf6 Re8
40. Rc1 Rf8 41. b4 Rxf6 42. bxc5 dxc5 43. Rxc5 Rc8 44. Ra5 Rc1 45. Ra7+ Kg8 46.
Ra3 Rd1 47. Ra8+ Rf8 48. Rxf8+ Kxf8 49. Bc5+ Kf7 50. Kf2 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "122nd U.S. Open"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage"]
[Date "2022.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Black "Mei, Austin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2269"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,67,47,12,18,-20,-12,-15,10,-23,0,-39,-31,-12,-25,-22,-22,-9,-25,-38,
-40,-43,-35,-18,-39,-33,-7,-28,-19,-24,-8,-32,-30,-45,230,248,217,189,206,189,
203,185,202,173,184,115,430,447,457,469,482,436,612,654,648,682,690,690,699,
694,797,815,845,830,865,865,865,865,929,989]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4.
c4 d4 5. e3 c5 6. exd4 cxd4 7. d3 Nc6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 e5 11. b4
Re8 12. b5 Nb8 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Ne4 Ncxe4 16. Bxe4 {Here I was
very pleased. After checking my opponent's games and doing a bit of work, I
had another 12 moves of prep left, and I was up by a lot on my clock. Black's
next move was a big shock, but lucky for me, it was the kind I could handle.}
Nxe4 $4 {This is not one of those brilliant queen sacrifices.} (16... h6 17.
Bxf6 Qxf6 18. a3 Qe7 19. Nb4 $1 $14 {with a nice edge was what I had expected
and prepared.}) 17. Bxd8 Nc3 18. Qf3 Rxd8 19. Rfe1 f6 ({Here} 19... a6 {
loses to} 20. c5 $1 Bxc5 21. Rxe5 Bd6 22. Ree1 axb5 23. Nxd4 Bf8 24. Nf5) 20.
a3 $1 {This was my biggest think of the game. White simply improves his worst
piece.} Rb8 21. Nb4 Be6 22. Nd5 Bc5 $2 {[#] This lets me go on a king hunt,
but there were no other moves to save Black at this point..} ({White wins
after both} 22... Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nxb5 24. Qf5 Nc3 25. f4 {, and}) (22... Nxd5
23. cxd5 Bf7 24. Rac1 Bxa3 25. Rc7 Bxd5 26. Qg4 Bf7 27. Ra1 (27. f4 $5) 27...
Bd6 28. Rd7 {.}) 23. Nxf6+ $1 gxf6 24. Qxf6 Bf7 25. Rxe5 Bf8 26. Rg5+ Bg6 27.
Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Re1 Rd6 30. Qh5+ Kg8 31. Qg5+ Kf7 32. Qf4+ Kg8
33. c5 Rdd8 34. Qg5+ {Mission accomplished!} 1-0

[Event "122nd U.S. Open"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage"]
[Date "2022.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naroditsky, GM Daniel"]
[Black "Daggupati, IM Balaji"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,47,26,28,58,64,74,11,13,26,34,33,21,31,51,37,37,45,43,56,64,61,42,50,
61,67,71,54,88,91,99,78,88,69,101,129,86,84,102,86,121,91,354,355,349,371,377,
385,629,632]} {While mainly focusing on streaming these days, GM Daniel
Naroditsky can still play sharp chess at classical time controls. In this game
he shows what a vicious attacker he can be when gets the initiative.} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nb5 Qd8 9.
Nbxd4 {[#]} Nxd4 $2 {This kind of mistake is very common among young players.
As a booked-up Sicilian player, they study forced lines in the Najdorf or
Taimanov for 30-35 moves of theory, but then they neglect to check these
simple, 'theoretically dead' sidelines. Daniya's choice of opening was a
brilliant psychological ploy.} ({Much stronger was} 9... Nd5 $1 10. Nxc6 bxc6
11. Bd2 (11. Bd4 f6 $1 12. Bc4 {Or} (12. Qa4 Bd7) 12... Be7) 11... Be7 12. c4
Nb4 13. Bc3 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 {and now we can improve on Hayes - Koester, ICCF
2018, with} c5 $5 {, an interesting move to consider. Don't underestimate the
sidelines - as you see here, there are always nuances to study!}) 10. Bxd4 Be7
11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Qa5 $2 {Going from bad to worse.} (12... b6 {was a must,
regardless of the evaluation.}) 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Re1 {White is strategically
winning. All of his dudes are at the party!} Bc5 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Qf3 Rb8 $2 {
Black prepares to bring his last piece into play, but it is already too late!}
17. Qf4 $1 Nd5 ({There's a nice line after} 17... Bd7 {[#] :} 18. Bxh7+ $1 {
A nice twist on the "Greek Gift." This one is lead by the Medusa's head;
whichever way White's pieces look, they turn Black's position to stone.} Kxh7 (
18... Nxh7 19. Nxd7 $18) 19. Re3 Kg8 20. Rg3 Nh5 21. Rxg7+ $1 Nxg7 22. Nxd7 Qf5
23. Nf6+ $18) 18. Qh4 h6 19. Rad1 f6 20. Ng4 Qe7 $2 ({More accurate was} 20...
Qc7 {, avoiding the pressure on the b8-square. Still, it would have lost to
the following, with Naroditsky in full beast mode!} 21. Be4 (21. Bc2 Bd7 22.
Nxh6+ {also wins.}) 21... Nf4 22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. Qxh6 e5 {[#]} 24. Rd3 $3 {
A double rook lift sacrifice. It is just so awesome to look at it!} ({not} 24.
Re3 Qg7 {as Re3-g3 doesn't work due to ...Nf4-e2+}) 24... Nxd3 25. Re3 $1 Nxf2
26. Bd5+ Rf7 27. Kxf2 Bg4 28. h3 Rd8 29. Bxf7+ Qxf7 30. Rg3 $18 {and White
wins.}) 21. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 22. Qg3+ Qg7 23. Qxb8 e5 24. Bc4 {A simple victory
against a very strong player. This is another cautionary tale, showing just
why we need to know our classics before delving into engine analysis.} 1-0

[Event "122nd U.S. Open"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4rrk1/1b3n1p/2p5/pp2qp2/3Q4/1P2PB2/P1N3PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,63,62,38,76,101,119,107,107,103,103,95,127,113,113,123,143,148,135,
121,130,130,131,139,139,128,135,138,141,103,136,144,143,146,153,159,169,173,
178,168,143,153,155,165,239,237,216,184,215,203,194,194,232,232,254,226,242,
240,240,240,287,276,296,290,289,289]} {[#]} 23. Qf4 Qc3 $2 {This almost loses
by force.} ({Here Shabalov had to try to mantain the balance with} 23... Qg7
24. Nd4 Ng5 25. Kh1 Nxf3 26. Rxf3 Re4 {with dynamic equality.}) 24. Nd4 Ne5 25.
Nxf5 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Kh8 27. e4 Qe5 28. Qg3 $1 {Solid technique. Black's bishop
is not that great.} Qxg3 29. Nxg3 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 c5 31. Rf5 {Sorokin's
accuracy is instructive.} Bxe4 32. Rxc5 Bb1 33. a3 Rb8 34. Ne2 $6 {[#]} ({
More accurate was} 34. b4 {.}) 34... a4 $2 ({Black had excellent chances to
hold after} 34... Ba2 $1 35. b4 ({after} 35. Nc1 Bb1 36. Kf2 Rf8+ 37. Ke3 Re8+
{I do not see how White can push for a win in this position with that passive
knight on c1}) 35... axb4 36. axb4 Bc4 37. Nc3 Rf8 {. Now the difficult
continuation} 38. h3 Rf4 39. Nxb5 Bd3 {is a theoretical draw, but in practice,
Black still has to iron more than a few wrinkles.}) 35. Nc3 $2 ({Far better was
} 35. b4 $1 {.}) 35... Bc2 $2 {Now it's over.} ({Only} 35... Bd3 36. Rd5 axb3
$3 37. Rxd3 Rc8 $1 38. Nd1 Rc1 39. Rxb3 Rxd1+ 40. Kf2 Rd2+ 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. h3
Kf6 {with another technically drawn position would save the day.}) 36. b4 Bd3
37. Kf2 Re8 38. g4 Kg7 39. h4 Re7 40. Rd5 Bc4 41. Rg5+ Kf8 42. Rc5 Bd3 43. g5
h6 44. gxh6 Kg8 45. Rg5+ Kh8 46. Nxb5 Re2+ 47. Kf3 Bxb5 48. Rxb5 Ra2 49. Ra5
Rxa3+ 50. Kg4 Ra1 51. Kh5 a3 52. Ra8+ Kh7 53. Ra7+ Kh8 54. h7 1-0

[Event "122nd U.S. Open"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage"]
[Date "2022.08.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eidelman, Gabriel"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,45,25,26,30,4,-15,7,28,-4,20,24,99,67,26,26,36,37,37,49,55,48,53,40,
35,33,59,75,73,69,71,73,76,87,91,90,127,146,149,144,149,241,522,524,811,820,
820,851]} {I don't know much about the young and talented Gabriel Eidelman,
but he came very close to qualifying for at least the playoff for the U.S.
Championship. In this game, he dismantled the experienced Ltihuanian GM
Eduardas Rozentalis, after the veteran made too many bad moves in the opening.
} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 $6 {I've played this line in the
past, but today's engines have proven that this plan is plain wrong.} 5. e4
Bxc3+ $2 {Giving up on the center for no good reason. Already White is nearly
winning!} 6. bxc3 d6 7. e5 $1 {Of course! White seizes space.} dxe5 8. dxe5
Nfd7 9. Qe4 c6 10. Qg4 Kf8 ({No better is} 10... Qc7 11. Nf3 g6 12. Bf4 {.})
11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Bf4 c5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O Bxf3 {[#] This doesn't solve
Black's problems; in fact, it accelerates the inevitable.} 15. Qxf3 Nc6 16.
Rfe1 h6 17. Bg3 Ke7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Qe4 {Making way for f2-f4-f5, the
simplest winning plan. Black has no moves.} Rhe8 20. Bc2 $1 {Preparing Rd1-d6.}
Kf8 21. Qh7 Ne7 22. Qh8+ Ng8 23. Bh7 {Rozentalis was hardly a shadow of
himself in this game, but full credit to Eidelman for showing that no one can
trifle with him in the opening and get away with it!} 1-0

[Event "122nd U.S. Open"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage"]
[Date "2022.08.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khanin, Semen"]
[Black "Jacobson, Brandon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was a key game for both players. For Khanin, it was about winning a
better prize, while for Jacobson, a potential seat in the U.S. Championshp was
at stake.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 {
Brandon 'Jacobsons' it. It is a verb I use when I see Brandon trying to enter
complications right out of the opening.} 7. h4 h5 8. Nf3 {The engines approve
of these moves, but I don't really see the point of h2-h4 in this setup.} Ng4
9. Bg5 c6 {Black's moves are more natural, and they make more sense to me than
do White's, but the engine gives White an advantage. What do I know?!} 10. O-O
Bd7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. a3 $6 {This seems like a waste of time.} ({The 'human'} 12.
Ne1 Nf6 13. Be3 e5 14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Ng4 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Qd2 {gives White
an obviously better position in a King's Indian structure. The loss of the
tempo moving the dark-squared bishop is more than made up for with the
clarified pawn structure.}) 12... Nc7 13. d5 a5 $1 {Now the knight can head
for the c5-outpost via a6.} 14. Nh2 {Instead} Nf6 $6 ({Here} 14... Nxh2 15.
Kxh2 cxd5 16. exd5 Na6 {seems promising for Black. I suspect Jacobson wanted
to keep the game as complex as possible, even at the cost of a worse position.}
) 15. f4 $6 {The provocation paid off.} ({Here} 15. Be3 cxd5 16. cxd5 b5 17. b4
{, followed by Nh2-f3 and Be3-d4, secures White a slight edge.}) 15... cxd5 16.
cxd5 b5 ({The alternative} 16... Na6 17. e5 Nc5 {would be my choice. The
position explodes after} 18. f5 dxe5 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. d6 Bc6 21. b4 axb4 22.
axb4 Nce4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qd3 Nxg5 25. Qxg6 Qxd6 26. Qxg5 Rf8 {and we reach
a pretty chaotic position where all three results are possible, while of
course the engine gives 0.00!}) 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Ra3 {[#]} 19. e5 $2 {
Khanin totally loses it.} ({Almost forced is} 19. f5 gxf5 ({after} 19... Na6
20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Qc2 Nxb4 22. Qb1 Qa5 23. e5 Bf5 24. exf6 Bxb1 25. f7+ Kf8 26.
fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 27. Nxb1 Ra2 {we reach a crazy position where the better
calculator wins}) 20. Bxh5 Na6 21. exf5 Nxb4 22. Kh1 Na2 23. Nxa2 Rxa2 24. Rc3
{with an unclear position.}) 19... Rxc3 $6 ({The cold-blooded} 19... Bf5 20.
Qd2 Qb8 {was stronger according to the engines, but Jacobson's move seizes the
initiative.}) 20. Rxc3 Ncxd5 21. Rcf3 Qb6+ 22. R1f2 $2 {The losing move.} ({
White had to find} 22. Kh1 Ne3 23. Rxe3 Qxe3 24. Bxf6 exf6 25. Qxd6 Qxe2 26.
Qxd7 {when} Ra8 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. f5 Ra2 29. Rg1 {is admittedly better for
Black, but White has drawing chances due to the weakness of the black king.})
22... Ne3 23. Rxe3 Qxe3 24. exf6 {Throwing in the towel, but it is already too
late.} ({Relatively best was} 24. Bxf6 exf6 25. Qxd6 Qa7 26. Nf3 Bf8 27. Qd2
Be7 {when Black is nearly winning.}) 24... exf6 25. Qxd6 Qa7 26. Qd3 fxg5 27.
Nf3 Re3 28. Qd2 g4 {A crushing win for Jacobson, who will get certainly his
dose of U.S. Championships in the coming years!} 0-1

[Event "122nd U.S. Open"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage"]
[Date "2022.08.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nyzhnyk, Illia"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,88,36,-2,-18,-12,-31,-26,-26,-26,-26,-25,-4,-9,-4,-12,3,-3,23,29,53,
17,47,16,27,35,27,8,23,0,38,36,35,36,51,23,22,37,15,14,11,17,12,-40,-40,-18,-9,
0,12,-37,-43,0,0,-85,-32,-45,-51,-48,-37,-35,0,0,0,-123,-129,-150,-145,-152,
-142,-163,-172,-172,-52,-163,-170,-203,-118,-111,-115,-127,-102,-247,-241,-254,
-169,-316,-328,-382,-382,-366,-378]} {An absolutely critical game for me, as I
was tied for first place (a half-point ahead of the field) along with
Matviishen and Sorokin, who themselves were facing off on board one. Perhaps
even more importantly, I was a half-point ahead of all the other U.S. players
in the field, but they appeared to have better tiebreaks. A win would
guarantee a seat in the 2022 U.S. Championship, but to get there, I'd have to
go through one of the toughest customers around, GM Illia Nyzynyk.} 1. c4 e5 2.
Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 $5 {I've never beaten Nyzynyk
before, and he has a positive score against me. Here he chooses someething
less theoretical to throw me off. While I knew of this move, I wasn't prepared
for it, so I was on my own from here.} O-O 7. d3 ({More natural was} 7. e4 {
, when I would have played} d6 8. g3 a6 9. Rb1 Na5 10. d3 Bd7 $132 {to grapple
with White's center and bishops.}) 7... a6 8. Be2 b5 $6 ({The alternative} 8...
d6 9. Nd2 {wasn't at all all to my liking, but the engines prefer it.}) 9. d4
$6 {Returning the favor.} ({Engines claim an edge for White after} 9. cxb5 axb5
10. O-O d5 11. a4 Re8 12. Bb2 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Rxa4 14. Qxa4 Bd7 {, but it wasn't
that obvious to me.}) 9... e4 10. Nd2 bxc4 11. Nxe4 {Another indication that
Nyzhnyk was working hard to beat me.} ({Black gets counterplay after} 11. Bxc4
d5 12. Be2 Re8 13. Ba3 Ng4 {.}) 11... Nxe4 12. Qxe4 d5 13. Qf4 Re8 ({I'd
considered the engine's choice,} 13... Ne7 14. O-O Ng6 15. Qg3 Re8 {, but I
have to admit that I was overestimating my position until move 17.}) 14. Bd1 $5
Na7 ({More testing was} 14... Ne7 $5 {, when play continues} 15. g4 {(almost
an only move)} ({Black has a significant edge after} 15. O-O Ng6 16. Qg3 Bf5 {
, while the engine says Black dominates after}) (15. h4 Rb8 16. h5 Bf5 17. h6
Bd3 $1 18. hxg7 Nf5 {-- why, I don't know! It's not apparent to me!}) 15... c5
16. O-O Ng6 17. Qg3 Qa5 18. Bd2 Bd7 {and Black has counterplay.}) 15. a4 Rb8
16. Bc2 Rb6 $6 {This is a waste of time. But I already was playing for a win,
since Rozentalis had lost pretty quickly, meaning that there would be at least
two players with 7.5 who would have had better tiebreaks than me.} ({After} 
16... Nc6 17. O-O Na5 {[%cal Ga5b3]} 18. f3 Nb3 19. Rb1 Bd7 {Black is clearly
equal.}) 17. Rb1 $5 ({More challenging for Black would have been} 17. O-O Rf6
18. Qh4 h6 19. Rb1 {.}) 17... Rxb1 18. Bxb1 Bd7 19. Bc2 Nc8 $5 ({Here} 19...
Nc6 {with the idea of going to ...Nc6-a5-b3 would have equalized, but I needed
to keep the game 'alive.'}) 20. Ba3 a5 21. Kd2 {A critical tempo.} ({After} 21.
Bc5 Nb6 22. Bxb6 cxb6 23. Qd6 {White achieves a slightly better endgame,
although Black should be fine after} Be6 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Kd2 f5 26. Rb1 Rd6
27. Ke2 {in a two results position. White has ideas of pawn breaks on e4 or g4.
}) 21... Nb6 22. Rb1 h6 {[#] Both players had burned a lot of time to get here,
meaning that some pretty severe time pressure would ensue.} 23. h4 $2 {Opening
the blunderfest.} Bxa4 24. Bxa4 $6 (24. Bf5 {is more sound but neither player
saw Black's unplayed 24th move.}) 24... Nxa4 $2 {And one by me.} ({The simple} 
24... Re4 {gives a great advantage, i.e.,} 25. Qf5 Nxa4 26. Rb7 Re6 {and ...
Re6-b6 follows.}) 25. Rb7 Re6 $5 {[#] The postmortem analysis showed that both
players thought Black was already better here. But White has a miraculous draw.
} 26. g4 ({The right move was} 26. Qxc7 Qf6 27. Qb8+ $3 (27. Qf4 {loses to} Qg6
) 27... Kh7 28. Qf4 {and now after} Qg6 {White has to find} 29. Qxf7 $3 Qd3+
30. Ke1 Qxc3+ (30... Rg6 31. Rb8 Qxc3+ 32. Kf1 Qd3+ 33. Kg1 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Rxg2+
35. Kxg2 Qg4+ {is a draw}) 31. Kf1 Qd3+ 32. Kg1 Qg6 {with dynamic balance.})
26... Rb6 $6 {I realized I was winning, and my fate was in my own hands. Now
the nerves in time pressure began to show.} ({I missed the difficult-to-find} 
26... Qxh4 $3 {, when Black is winning after} 27. Rb8+ Kh7 28. Qf5+ Rg6 29.
Qxf7 Rf6 {. White can try} 30. Qg8+ Kg6 31. Qe8+ Rf7 32. Qe6+ {but the checks
run out, and Black takes the point, after} Qf6 33. Qxf6+ Rxf6 34. f4 Rb6 35.
Ra8 Nxc3 $1 {.}) 27. Rxb6 cxb6 $2 {Squandering most of Black's advantage.
Going for ...b6-b5 and ...Na4xc3 was seductive, but this is the only move in
the game I'm disappointed in. As a big advocate of the power of positional
assessment, I feel like I failed both as a player and a coach!} ({I should
have played the simple} 27... Nxb6 {and regrouped, i.e.,} 28. g5 h5 29. Qe5 Qd7
(29... Qc8 30. Bc5 Qd7 {is pretty much the same.}) 30. f3 Qc6 {and Black plays
...Qc6-g6-d3.}) 28. g5 $2 {A bit of overconfidence, but Nyzynyk goes for the
win.} ({Black cannot make any progress after} 28. Qf5 b5 29. h5 {.}) 28... hxg5
29. hxg5 Qe8 $2 {Throwing away the win again!} ({The right move was} 29... Qc8
{. After} 30. g6 fxg6 31. Qd6 {Black has} Qf5 $19) 30. g6 fxg6 31. f3 {The
evaluation flips once more.} ({It's a draw after} 31. Qd6 $1 Qf7 32. Qb8+ Kh7
33. Qh2+ {.}) 31... b5 32. Qg5 Nxc3 33. Kxc3 b4+ 34. Bxb4 axb4+ 35. Kxb4 {[#]}
Qb8+ $4 {Why didn't I pick up the free pawn?} ({It's over after} 35... Qf8+ $1
36. Kc3 Qxf3 37. Qd8+ Kh7 38. Qh4+ Qh5 $1 $19) 36. Ka5 $4 {The last mistake.} (
{White holds after} 36. Kc3 {, which admittedly is hard to see, especially in
time pressure. The key idea is} Qb3+ 37. Kd2 c3+ 38. Kd3 c2+ 39. Kd2 $1 {.})
36... Qd6 37. Qg4 Qc6 38. Qg2 {Black has consolidated, and I manage to finish
things off.} Kf7 39. Qc2 Qb7 40. Ka4 Qd7+ 41. Ka5 Qf5 42. Qg2 c3 43. Qh2 Qc8
44. Qc2 Qc4 {Not the proudest game of my career, but I was over the moon at
earning the chance to play in an over-the-board U.S. Championship!} 0-1

[Event "122nd US Open Armageddon"]
[Site "Rancho Mirage USA"]
[Date "2022.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sorokin, Aleksey"]
[Black "Moradiabadi, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2022.08.07"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b3
Nc6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Rb1 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. cxd5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 exd5
{[#]} 15. Rd1 Re8 16. b4 cxb4 17. axb4 Nc6 18. b5 Ne5 19. Bb2 Qd7 20. h3 Rad8
21. Rd4 Qe6 22. Ra1 Rd7 23. Ra6 Qf5 24. Ra1 h5 25. Rad1 Ng6 26. Ba1 Rc8 27. Qb2
Qg5 28. Nxd5 Nh4 29. Rxh4 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Rd4 Qc5 32. Rd1 Rb8 33. Rc1
Qd5 34. Qa3 Rxb5 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Rc8+ Kh7 37. Qf8 Kg6 38. Qh8 a5 39. e4 Rb1+
40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. g3 Rh1+ 42. Kxh1 Qxe4+ 43. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Hollywood Chess Norm Classic | Swiss"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2022.08.06"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Woodward, Andy"]
[Black "Kavutskiy, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Woodward"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 {An interesting
choice that is gaining popularity right now. I was preparing for 6...Nbd7 and
6...Nc6 but did not look much at 6...c5.} 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 e6 {[#]}
10. Qc2 ({I had played} 10. Rb1 {twice before, winning both games, but then
when I got this position, I forgot that the rook move was best! Here's a game
I won against my friend and rival, FM Ryo Chen:} exd5 11. cxd5 Bd7 12. b4 cxb4
13. Rxb4 b5 14. Bb2 Rb8 15. Qa1 Ne8 16. Rc1 a6 17. e3 Nb7 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Rxc8
Qxc8 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Nd4 Nc5 22. Nc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Nf5 24. a4 bxa4 25. Nc4
Qe6 26. c7 a5 27. Rb8 Ne7 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qh8+ Ng8 30. Nxd6 a3 31. c8=Q+
Qxc8 32. Nxc8 Nb3 33. Bd5 {, and Black resigned in Woodward -Chen, Charlotte
2022.}) 10... Re8 11. Rb1 exd5 12. cxd5 Rb8 ({I've had previous practice in
this position. One game went} 12... Bf5 13. e4 Bd7 {provoking White to move
his pawn to e4, but here} 14. b3 b5 15. a4 ({if} 15. Nd1 c4 $5 16. b4 $1 Nb7
17. Bb2 a5 18. a3 axb4 19. axb4 Ng4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc3+ Qf6 22. Bh3 {
and White achieves a pleasant position.}) 15... b4 16. Nd1 Bc8 17. Ne3 Ba6 18.
Ndc4 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Ng4 20. Rd1 Bd4 21. Bf3 h5 22. h3 Qf6 23. Kg2 Nh2 24. Bxh5
gxh5 25. Bf4 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Be5 27. Bxe5 Qf3+ 28. Kxh2 Rxe5 29. Re1 h4 30. Rb3
hxg3+ 31. fxg3 Qh5 32. Qf2 {and here Woodward - Schitco (Richardson, 2022) was
drawn.}) 13. b4 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Bf5 15. e4 Bd7 {I think things started going
wrong here for me.} 16. a4 ({I needed to play} 16. Nb5 $5 Bxb5 17. Rxb5 a6 18.
Rb1 b5 19. a4 Nd7 20. Ba3 Ne5 21. Rfc1 {and hope for the best.}) 16... Rc8 17.
Bb2 Ng4 18. Nb3 $2 {Completely misevaluating his activity and tactics.} Nc4 $2
{He meets a mistake with a mistake in return.} ({If he wanted to acquire an
advantage, he had to play} 18... Rc4 {with much the same idea, but the rooks
get off the board, and now there's makes for Black's queen on b6.}) 19. Ba1 b6
20. Nd2 Na5 $6 ({Here} 20... Na3 $1 {looks horrendous, but the follow-up shows
its worth:} 21. Qc1 $1 {This is the only move because if} (21. Qb3 {Black has}
a5 $1 {[%csl Gb4]} 22. Rxb6 {and} ({if} 22. Qxa3 $5 axb4 23. Qxb4 Qc7 {Black
is up the Exchange and winning}) 22... Nc2 $3 {Boom! Black threatens ...Nc2xa1
and ...Bg7xc3, while White cannot take the offered knight due to the hanging
b6-rook.}) 21... a5 $1) 21. h3 Ne5 22. Qb1 Nf3+ 23. Nxf3 Bxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxc3 25.
Qb2 {Here I started to try and neutralize the position.} Qc7 26. h4 {
Objectively not the best, but it caused some problems for his king. Better was}
(26. Re1 {preparing for the push e4-e5.}) 26... Qc5 27. h5 f6 $6 {[#]} ({
The engine says that} 27... gxh5 {was the only move retaining the advantage. I
can see why he didn't want to take, however, because it opens his king. The
position is unclear after} 28. Nd4 Re5 {.}) 28. Nd4 $1 {Taking my only chance.
The knight prepares to leap to many squares, like b5, c6, and e6.} Kf7 29. Rb1
{Down to 11 minutes on my clock, I needed to find some sort of counterplay. I
decided to let my queen go and defend my rook with the lazy one on f1.} Rc8 $2
{It's hard to see in advance, but this is a pure waste of time. Black wants to
play ...Rc3-c1+, ...Rc1xb1, and ...Qc5-c3, getting a really pleasant position.
Instead this move gives me a chance to strike.} 30. Qd2 $1 {The only move
gaining the advantage, and one where I had to forsee the following
continuation to make it playable.} Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Rxb1 32. Qh6 $3 {[#] At first
the engine calls this a ridiculous blunder, but then as it starts calculating
it becomes clear that it is just a brilliant combination. And how often can
you say that you outthought the machine?!} Rxb4 {The main defence. Let's
analyze some of the possibilities first.} ({One of the first things I
calculated was} 32... Rh8 {but White can just play} 33. hxg6+ Ke8 (33... Kg8 $2
34. g7 $1 {trapping the rook in a hilarious way. If} Rxb4 {white can choose
his pleasure.} 35. Qxf6 {[%cal Gg7h8,Gf6f8]} (35. gxh8=Q+ Kxh8 (35... Kf7 36.
Q6xh7# (36. Q6xf6#) (36. Q8f8#)) 36. Qf8#) (35. gxh8=R+ Kxh8 (35... Kf7 36.
Qxh7#) 36. Qf8#)) 34. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 35. dxe6 Rxb4 36. Qg7 hxg6+ (36... Qh5+ $2
37. Bh3 $1 Qxg6 38. Qd7+ Kf8 39. e7+ $1 Kg8 (39... Kg7 40. e8=Q+ Kh6 41. Qxh8 {
with mate to come.}) 40. e8=Q+ Qxe8 41. Qxe8+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kg6 43. Bf5+ Kh5 44.
Qf7+ Kg5 45. Qg7+ Kh5 46. Bg4#) 37. Qxh8+ Ke7 38. Qg8 $1 Qh5+ 39. Bh3 d5 (39...
g5 $2 40. Qg7+ Ke8 41. Qd7+ Kf8 42. e7+ Kg8 43. e8=Q+ Qxe8 44. Qxe8+ Kg7 45.
Qe7+ Kg8 (45... Kg6 46. Bf5+ Kh6 47. Qh7#) 46. Be6+ Kh8 47. Qf8+ Kh7 48. Bf5#)
40. Qf7+ Kd6 41. Qf8+ Kc7 42. Qe7+ Kc6 43. Qxb4 {and White is winning.}) ({
If he plays} 32... Ke8 {, I transpose to the game with} 33. Qxh7 $18) 33. Qxh7+
Ke8 34. Qg8+ ({The horrible} 34. Ne6 $4 Bxe6 35. dxe6 Qxh5+ {would be a sad
way to lose a brilliant game.}) 34... Ke7 35. Qg7+ {It is important to include
these checks because if I play Nd4-e6 immediately, he can capture the knight
and then play ...Qc5xh5+, trading the queens.} Kd8 36. Ne6+ $1 {This looks
like a terrible mistake, but even though White is down two rooks, he is still
winning.} Bxe6 37. dxe6 Qc6 38. e5 $4 {Nearly spoiling the win. I had the
spectacular} (38. e7+ $1 Kd7 {The main part} ({alternatives:} 38... Kc7 39.
e8=Q+ Kb8 40. Qef7 {completely destroying with two queens!}) (38... Ke8 39. Bh3
{[%cal Gg7f8]} f5 40. hxg6 {with Qg7-f8+ and Bh3xf5+ next, winning.}) 39. Bh3+
$1 {The only winning move.} f5 40. exf5 $1 Re8 41. f6+ Kc7 42. f7 {and White's
pawns are too strong. Here} Rxe7 43. f8=Q Rxg7 44. Qc8# {is a beautiful way to
finish the game.}) 38... Qe8 $4 {Once again, meeting a mistake with a mistake,
and giving me a chance to redeem myself. If he had played} (38... d5 39. e7+
Kd7 {(now I can't play e5xf6 after Bg2-h3+)} 40. exf6 (40. Bh3+ $2 f5) 40...
Rh4+ $1 {This is the only saving move, and I had missed it when I played 38.e5.
This would have been a sad way to ruin half a point and a memorable game!
After a series of forced moves, Black saves the day with a perpetual:} 41. gxh4
Qd6+ 42. Kg1 Rc1+ 43. Bf1 Qe6 {and there's no escaping the draw.}) 39. exf6 $1
{And now I have everything guarded, so it's time to prepare for a newborn
queen.} Rc5 {The last try, but everything is defended beautifully.} 40. f7
Rxh5+ 41. Bh3 Rxh3+ 42. Kxh3 Qxe6+ 43. Kh2 Qxf7 ({If} 43... Rh4+ 44. gxh4 Qe5+
45. Qxe5 dxe5 46. f8=Q+ {White gets a new queen and wins the game.}) 44. Qxf7 {
Now it's just mopping up.} Nc6 45. Qxg6 Kd7 46. Qf7+ Ne7 47. f4 Rxa4 48. f5 Re4
49. f6 a5 50. fxe7 Rxe7 51. Qd5 Kc7 52. g4 Re5 53. Qg8 a4 54. Qc4+ {Picking up
the pawn and the game.} 1-0

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.09"]
[Round "11.17"]
[White "11.1 Dobrovoljc, Vid"]
[Black "Diamant, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b2rk1/1pq1bppp/p1n1p3/6B1/2P1N1n1/5N1P/PPQ2PP1/R3RBK1 b - - 0 15"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

{[%evp 0,30,33,30,51,33,37,34,55,56,48,27,23,11,17,5,7,-15,21,34,25,20,20,17,
20,23,23,16,28,35,19,-633,-633] [#]} 15... Nd4 $1 {White resigned. With the
knight on f3 obligated to protect the h2-square, it cannot capture on d4 nor
can White allow the f3-knight to be captured with check.} 0-1

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.29"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "11.2 McShane, L."]
[Black "Michaelides, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r6/2prnkbp/R3n1p1/1p2pp2/4P3/1N1NBP2/1PP1K1PP/R7 w - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Cyprus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CYP"]

{[%evp 0,49,24,17,17,21,17,9,26,-5,25,23,89,103,67,83,73,98,110,83,113,123,113,
113,99,114,106,94,114,66,72,81,65,81,88,83,91,97,97,108,107,97,93,94,102,102,
112,68,388,380,412,412] [#]} 24. Rxe6 $1 {Setting up a knight fork on c5.} Kxe6
25. Ndc5+ {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.30"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "11.3 Kantans, T."]
[Black "Navara, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3n1k1/pp3p2/2pN1pp1/3b4/3P1B1P/2P2P1q/PPBQ2p1/4R1K1 b - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

{[%evp 0,50,24,17,69,63,74,41,37,22,23,32,36,15,15,33,34,21,20,4,27,23,50,47,
25,13,23,15,15,-1,-8,-6,-6,-2,-32,-55,-20,-43,0,-119,-115,-115,-35,-210,-233,
-212,-273,-247,-240,-274,-274,-521,-522] [#]} 21... Qh1+ 22. Kf2 g1=B+ {
A small joke by the sympathetic Czech grandmaster. 22...g1Q+ would naturally
have worked equally well.} 23. Rxg1 Qxf3+ 24. Ke1 Nxd6 25. Qh2 ({Or} 25. Bxd6
Re8+ 26. Be5 fxe5 27. Qe2 Qf4 {and it would be game over for White.}) 25... Nc4
{and White resigned as there would be no good way of stopping the devastating .
..Re8+ from deciding the game.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.30"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "11.4 Krush, I."]
[Black "Yakubbaeva, Nilufar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2299"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2qr2k/pbp1nppp/1p1pn3/5N2/2P1P2P/5PP1/PBQ3B1/3R1RK1 w - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States of America"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

{[%evp 0,57,24,24,24,6,6,4,33,17,18,1,7,17,43,37,47,-1,5,-17,-3,-20,-22,-12,-9,
-19,-27,-34,-34,-34,-21,-15,-21,-39,-53,-48,-27,-40,0,0,5,25,16,16,0,-38,-11,
-6,-23,-15,162,166,166,163,152,155,155,186,542,548] [#]} 24. Qc3 $1 f6 ({Or} 
24... Rg8 25. Nh6 $1 {(exploiting the pin)} Qf8 26. Nxg8 Qxg8 27. e5 {and
White is winning.}) 25. Nxg7 $1 {Krush crashes through on the long diagonal}
Nxg7 26. Qxf6 Rg8 27. h5 $1 {Yes, White has time for this!} Nc6 28. h6 Ne5 29.
Bxe5 {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad Women 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.31"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "11.5 Guichard, P."]
[Black "Zimina, O."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/4Qppn/p3p3/3p3P/1pqP1B2/2NbPP2/PP3K2/7R w - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

{[%evp 0,57,25,25,18,10,44,18,21,34,49,38,44,36,51,36,50,51,58,61,64,52,43,19,
36,23,45,46,61,46,54,65,39,25,41,61,48,36,38,39,39,33,38,29,39,10,22,22,6,1,31,
-6,30,-25,205,671,357,990,29993,29994] [#]} 27. Rg1 $1 ({White stages an
assault on the g7-pawn. Note,} 27. Be5 $1 {also does the job.}) 27... bxc3 28.
Be5 $1 {Now, Black cannot avoid getting mated.} g5 29. hxg6 {and Black
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.30"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "11.6 Nisipeanu, LD."]
[Black "Sipila, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r1k1/pb3pp1/qp2pn1p/4N3/P2R4/B1P1P2P/2Q2PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

{[%evp 0,57,19,31,14,-14,-11,-3,33,33,25,24,26,33,32,20,32,25,26,34,36,24,22,6,
13,39,32,41,48,30,20,38,38,38,23,66,93,85,68,68,68,68,79,41,58,288,444,871,
1144,1452,29983,29984,29987,29988,29989,29990,29993,29994,29999,-30000] [#]} 
22. Nxf7 $1 {Black does not have enough defenders to resist White's attack and
the queen on a6 makes a particularly ridiculous impression.} Kxf7 ({Or} 22...
Be4 23. Rxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Kxf7 25. Rd7+ {and White will checkmate Black in a
matter of a few moves.}) 23. Rd7+ $1 {White forces mate!} Nxd7 24. Rxd7+ Kf6
25. Qh7 $1 {The only move to force mate, otherwise, Black is allowed to live
another day, or least more moves.} Rg8 26. Be7+ $1 (26. c4 {, in order to
introduce the bishop to the attack via the b2-square also wins quickly, but
doesn't checkmate right away.}) 26... Kf7 27. Bh4+ Kf8 28. Qg6 {Now, it is
over.} Qxa4 29. Be7# 1-0

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.01"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "11.7 Olson, Hamish"]
[Black "Krysa, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2343"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/3n2pp/4p3/5p2/rpNP4/2n1P1P1/2R2PKP/2N5 b - - 0 24"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

{[%evp 0,56,27,27,27,27,25,7,24,-18,-18,-12,22,2,23,-13,39,47,36,37,24,-6,-4,
-21,-26,-26,27,12,-3,2,0,2,10,26,13,31,24,46,51,16,30,34,34,0,28,32,38,0,14,
-136,-131,-141,-152,-324,-334,-338,-348,-346,-351] [#]} 24... b3 $1 {The only
move to win.} 25. Rxc3 Rxc4 $1 26. Rxc4 $2 ({This eases Black's path to
victory! After} 26. Ne2 Rb4 27. Rc8+ Kf7 28. Nc3 g5 29. h3 h5 30. g4 h4 {
, Black is much better, but it still requires some work to win.}) 26... b2 $1
27. Rc8+ Kf7 28. Rc7 Ke8 $1 ({But not} 28... Ke7 $4 29. Nd3 b1=Q 30. Ne5 {
and White survives. After the text move, White resigned.}) 0-1

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.07.31"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "11.8 Mamedyarov, S."]
[Black "Peralta, Fe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/p2p2pp/Ppn1p3/2p4n/2PPPp2/2PB1P1N/6PP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 14"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Argentina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARG"]

{[%evp 0,49,17,-12,12,12,19,22,28,34,24,24,24,-1,24,20,34,16,5,8,50,-6,6,0,41,
10,55,86,99,99,110,116,126,156,150,125,149,151,152,201,203,203,231,223,227,215,
217,227,222,226,239,242] [#]} 14. e5 $1 ({This is best, both addressing
Black's positional threat of playing ...e6-e5, such as after 14.Bb2 e5, when
Black is better. However, also} 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. e5 $1 Nxe5 16. Be4 {also
gives White a massive advantage. Nevertheless, the text move is best:
constricting Black while destroying him positionally.}) 14... g6 15. Be4 Rb8 ({
Note that, Black's position completely collapses after} 15... d5 16. exd6 Qxd6
17. dxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Nf2 Rd8 19. Qa4 {when White has too many threats for Black
to handle.}) 16. Bxc6 dxc6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Ba3 {White's bishop starts the
penetration, while its colleague on c8 await a sad future.} Qe7 19. Qd4 $5 (19.
Nf2 $1 {is better according to the engines, but the text move more than fits
the bill for what works.}) ({Also,} 19. Qe2 {followed by Nf2 works for White.})
19... cxd4 20. Bxe7 Re8 21. Bd6 Rb6 22. cxd4 Rxa6 23. Ng5 {Now the White
knight joins the party!} Ng7 $6 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. Nf6+ {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.09"]
[Round "11.19"]
[White "11.9 Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel"]
[Black "Panjwani, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3k2r/ppp2ppp/1bnq1n2/4pb2/PPB5/2PP1N2/3N1PPP/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 0 10"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CAN"]

{[%evp 0,48,27,37,9,5,18,15,36,2,3,-2,97,-51,-45,7,8,8,-6,-6,-21,-109,-87,-80,
-80,-91,-112,-98,-98,-91,-116,-184,-179,-179,-211,-187,-222,-318,-309,-471,
-227,-386,-386,-452,-398,-611,-593,-1027,-1056,-1263,-1056] [#]} 10... Bxd3 $1
({Black can also play} 10... O-O-O $5 11. Qe2 (11. a5 $2 Bxf2+ 12. Kxf2 Bxd3 {
transposes to the game continuation}) 11... Nd5 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nb1 a5 {and
Black has a clear advantage.}) 11. a5 ({Or} 11. Bxd3 Qxd3 12. a5 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2
Ng4+ 14. Kg3 Ne3 15. Qb3 O-O-O {and Black is much better; White's king is in
trouble on g3.}) 11... Bxf2+ $1 {The point. Black generates a strong attack
while White's king will not find safety.} 12. Kxf2 O-O-O 13. Bxd3 Qxd3 14. Re1
$2 ({This makes Black's job easier. A more challenging continuation was} 14.
Qe2 Qxc3 15. Rb1 Nxb4 16. Qb5 Nd3+ 17. Kg3 ({Or} 17. Ke2 e4 18. Qxb7+ Kd7 19.
Rd1 exf3+ 20. Nxf3 Rhe8+ 21. Kf1 Ke7 {and Black has a decisive advantage})
17... Qc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. Bb2 Rhe8 {when Black's four pawns combined with
White's still open king gives Black a decisive advantage.}) 14... e4 15. Ng5
Qxc3 ({Black can also play} 15... Rhe8 16. Re3 Qd5 17. Nh3 Ne5 {with a winning
position for Black.}) 16. Ra3 Qd4+ 17. Kf1 Rd5 {Balck's attack rages on and it
is only a matter of time before Black wins back a piece.} 18. Nh3 Rf5+ 19. Ke2
Nd5 20. Qb3 e3 21. Nf3 Qg4 22. Kf1 Nd4 23. Qc4 Rxf3+ 24. Kg1 Rxh3 {and White
resigned.} 0-1

[Event "ABC-379"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nimzowitsch, Aron"]
[Black "Alapin, Semion"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,35,28,43,25,25,46,38,45,18,49,49,62,56,51,69,66,44,49,0,0,0,6,28,79,
60,173,192,274,960,29995,29990,29991,29992,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5 {[#]} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 c5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 a6 9. Be2 Qxg2 10. Bf3 Qg6 11. Qd2 e5 12. O-O-O exd4 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bf6
Qxf6 15. Rhe1+ Be7 16. Bxc6+ Kf8 17. Qd8+ Bxd8 18. Re8# {[#]} 1-0

[Event "ABC-379"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r3/3q4/8/8/8/8/2k1BQ2/4K3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "ABC-379"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r6/2r5/8/1q6/6P1/3N4/QB1kP3/RK6 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "ABC-379"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2kr3r/3q4/8/8/8/2P2Q2/5P2/2B1KB2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "ABC-379"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/5r2/8/5P1Q/8/3q4/1P3P2/2B1KR2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "ABC-379"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r2/6k1/7b/q7/7Q/6B1/4P1PP/4R1KR b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "ABC-379"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r3/2k5/8/b7/q7/5Q2/P3BPR1/5K2 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1914.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Mid-South Camp"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jonathan"]
[Black "Caleb"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,103,25,16,10,25,17,14,14,10,10,10,21,1,1,-7,8,8,-6,9,9,-53,-47,-109,
-89,-79,42,47,41,39,31,31,42,55,55,67,48,41,35,14,68,68,57,65,86,79,79,84,141,
130,134,134,141,139,167,162,183,103,105,105,105,101,114,91,95,74,72,94,159,49,
48,0,24,64,21,10,8,0,0,0,72,131,100,115,111,124,124,121,123,114,120,115,115,
112,119,120,115,123,127,127,122,124,124,129,129,126]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. Bxd5 h6 10. Bh4
g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 14. Bxe4 Qxg5 15. Qg4 Qxg4 16.
hxg4 Nd4 17. c3 Ne6 18. Rh5 Kg7 19. g5 f5 20. gxf6+ Rxf6+ 21. Ke3 Rh6 22. Rah1
Rxh5 23. Rxh5 c6 24. Rh7+ Kf6 25. Rxb7 d5 26. Bf3 d4+ 27. Kd2 c5 28. Rf7+ Kxf7
29. Bxa8 Nc7 30. Be4 a5 31. c4 Ne8 32. Kc2 Nd6 33. Bd5+ Kf6 34. Kb3 e4 35. Bxe4
(35. dxe4 Ke5 36. Kc2 Nxe4 37. Bxe4 Kxe4) 35... Nxe4 36. dxe4 Ke5 37. Kc2 Kxe4
{[#] What follows is analysis of this position.} 38. b3 $1 (38. Kd2 a4 $1 {
reduces White's winning chances to zero.} (38... Kf4 39. a4 $3 {[#]} (39. a3 {
tries to save a tempo} a4 (39... Kg3 40. b4 axb4 (40... cxb4 41. axb4 a4 42. b5
a3 43. b6 a2 44. b7 a1=Q 45. b8=Q+ Kxg2 $11) 41. axb4 cxb4 42. c5 b3 43. c6 Kf2
44. c7 b2 45. Kc2 d3+ 46. Kxb2 d2 47. c8=Q d1=Q $11) 40. Kd3 (40. Ke2 Kg3 41.
Kf1 $11) 40... Kg3 41. b4 axb3 (41... cxb4 42. Kxd4 $18) 42. a4 b2 43. Kc2 Kf2
44. a5 d3+ 45. Kxb2 d2 $19) (39. b3 Kg3 40. a3 Kxg2 41. b4 cxb4 42. axb4 axb4 (
42... a4 43. c5 a3 44. c6 a2 45. c7 a1=Q 46. c8=Q $11) 43. c5 b3 44. c6 b2 45.
Kc2 d3+ 46. Kxb2 {[#]} Kf2 47. c7 d2 {everybody queens}) 39... Kg3 40. Kd3 Kxg2
41. b4 axb4 42. a5 b3 43. a6 b2 44. Kc2 d3+ 45. Kxb2 Kf2 46. a7 d2 47. a8=Q
d1=Q 48. Qf8+) 39. b3 (39. Ke2 Kf4 40. Kd3 Kg3 41. a3 Kxg2 42. b3 axb3 43. a4
b2 44. Kc2 Kf3 45. a5 d3+ 46. Kxb2 d2) 39... a3 40. Ke2 Kf4 41. Kf2 $11) 38...
Ke3 39. Kd1 Kd3 $1 {[#]} (39... Kf4 40. Ke2 Kg3 41. Kf1 Kg4 42. Kf2 Kf4 43. a3
Ke4 44. Ke2 Kf4 45. Kd3 Kg3 46. b4 cxb4 47. axb4 $18) 40. a3 $1 (40. a4 Ke3 $11
) (40. g4 Ke4 41. a4 Kf4 42. b4 axb4 43. a5 b3 44. Kd2 b2 45. Kc2 d3+ 46. Kxb2
Ke3) 40... Ke3 (40... Kc3 41. g4) 41. a4 $1 Kf4 (41... Kd3 42. g4 Ke4 43. g5
Kf5 44. b4 cxb4 45. c5 b3 46. c6 Ke6 47. g6) 42. Kd2 Kg3 {[#]} ({Black can't
wait} 42... Ke4 43. Ke2 Kf4 44. Kd3) 43. Kd3 $1 (43. b4 $2 cxb4 $1 (43... axb4
$2 44. a5 b3 45. a6 Kf2 46. a7 b2 47. Kc2 d3+ 48. Kxb2 d2 49. a8=Q d1=Q 50.
Qf8+ (50. Qd5) 50... Kxg2 51. Qxc5) 44. c5 b3 45. c6 Kf2 46. c7 b2 47. Kc2 d3+
48. Kxb2 d2 49. c8=Q d1=Q $11) 43... Kxg2 44. b4 axb4 (44... cxb4 45. Kxd4 $1 {
That's why it is important to have the king on d3!}) 45. a5 b3 46. a6 b2 47.
Kc2 d3+ 48. Kxb2 Kf2 49. a7 d2 50. a8=Q d1=Q 51. Qf8+ Ke3 {[#]} 52. Qe7+ $1 (
52. Qxc5+ Qd4+ $1 53. Qxd4+ Kxd4 54. Kb3 Kc5 $11) 52... Kd2 53. Qd6+ Ke2 54.
Qxc5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "\"pawn lock\""]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/8/3K1Pp1/6P1/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2019.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 1. f7 $1 Kxf7 2. Kd7 Kf8 3. Ke6 Kg7 4. Ke7 Kg8 5. Kf6 Kh7 6. Kf7 Kh8 7.
Kxg6 Kg8 8. Kh6 Kh8 9. g6 Kg8 10. g7 *

[Event "80th ch-GER"]
[Site "Saarbruecken GER"]
[Date "2009.02.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wippermann, T.."]
[Black "Khenkin, I.."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/p1pP1k2/P1P3pp/1P6/7K/8 b - - 0 48"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2009.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 48... g3+ (48... h3 $2 49. Kg3 $11 Kg5 50. Kh2 Kh4 $2 51. d6 g3+ 52. Kg1
$18) 49. Kh3 Kg5 50. Kg2 {It's the moment of truth. Black wins because the
wing pawns force White's king into the coffin corner.} Kg4 51. d6 h3+ 52. Kh1
Kf3 53. d7 Kf2 54. d8=Q g2+ 55. Kh2 g1=Q+ 56. Kxh3 Qg3# 0-1

[Event "URS Games"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fomenko"]
[Black "Radchenko, Sergei1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C59"]
[Annotator "Giddins"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Qd4 {This is the start of the real fun. Although
known, the text has long been regarded as inferior. Black has three more
respectable moves: 10...d6, 10...Qc7, and even 10...Bc5... Radchenko goes for
the most forcing line of all.} 11. f4 Bc5 12. Rf1 {This is the point. Black's
early queen raid has forced White to abandon short castling, but now the
threat of c2-c3 and b2-b4 forces the black pieces to retreat (in disarray?).}
Qd8 13. c3 $6 {The computer prefers 13.Nc3 or 13.d3, both of which should
offer White at least some advantage.} Nd5 $6 {The lure of a check on h4 is too
tempting for Black to resist, but objectively, he should have preferred} (13...
Bd6) 14. Qa4 $1 {Note that the greedy} (14. b4 $2 {backfires horribly after}
Qh4+ 15. g3 Qxh2 {and Black has a winning attack.}) 14... O-O 15. b4 $2 {
But now White also allows greed to get the better of him. He should have played
} (15. Qxe4 {, dangerous though it looks to open the e-file.}) 15... Qh4+ 16.
Kd1 Rd8 $1 {The threat is simply 17...Ne3 mate.} 17. Kc2 (17. d4 {loses to the
spectacular variation} exd3 18. Bxd3 Nc4 $1 19. Nxc4 Bf5 $1 20. Rf3 Bxd3 21.
Rxd3 Qg4+ 22. Kc2 Qe2+ 23. Rd2 Qxc4 $19) 17... Bf5 $2 ({Tempting, but better
was} 17... Qxh2 $1 {, e.g.,} 18. Qxa5 Bb6 19. Qa4 Qxg2 {and the attack is too
strong.}) 18. bxc5 $2 {[#] Faced with a bewildering variety of pieces to
capture, White chooses the wrong one. The only good move was} (18. Qxa5 {, when
} Bb6 19. Qa4 e3+ 20. Kb2 a5 $1 {continues the attack. Then} 21. Nxc6 axb4 22.
Qb5 {is the best try, but the brilliant} Be4 $3 {gives a winning attack:} 23.
Nxd8 Qxd8 {Black is a whole rook down, but White's queenside pieces remain
buried in the corner and he will not be able to repulse all the threats
without significant material loss.}) 18... e3+ $2 {Again, the key idea was to
imitate the Doomsday Machine of the eponymous Star Trek episode, and have the
queen simply eat her way through the defences:} (18... Qxh2 19. Qxa5 Qxg2 {
and despite his two extra pieces, White is defenceless.}) 19. Kb2 (19. d3 $1 {
was objectively better.} Qxh2 20. Nd2 f6 $1 {is then the computer's first line,
with Black still attacking, but White just about hanging on with his
fingertips.}) 19... Rdb8+ 20. Ka3 Qd8 {The attack rages on. Now the knight on
a5 is defended, and Black simply threatens to take a piece on b1.} 21. Bb2 $2 {
jw: Giddins gives an array of pretty lines here, a stunning one going} (21. d3
f6 22. Nc4 Nxc4+ 23. dxc4 Bc2 $1 24. Qa6 Nc7 25. Qxc6 {"and now various moves
win, but one simply has to love the computer's first choice:} Kh8 $1 {,
threatening 26 ...Nd5!, which is now not captured with check! There is no
defence, e.g.,} 26. Qd6 Qe8 27. c6 Rb6 {and Black threatens ...Rab8 and ...Ra6
mate."}) 21... exd2 {Now the threat is 22 ...Ne3 and ...Nc2.} 22. Rd1 Bc2 $1
23. Qxc2 Nb3 $4 {A tragically unfortunate twist. Having found the winning
combination, Black could now have forced mate in nine with 23...Qe7. Instead,
he actually throws away the win.} 24. Nc4 $4 {A blunder in return.} (24. Nxc6
$1 {incredibly, is now winning for White!}) 24... Nxa1 25. Qxd2 (25. Bxa1 Qe7
26. Nd6 Qe3 $1 {neatly illustrates the vital importance of the c5-pawn. The
text allows a beautiful mate in four, which this time Black does not miss.})
25... Qb6 $3 {[#] An exquisite final blow. It is mate in three, 26...Qa6+
being the threat. White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 35th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2019.11.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Suleymanli, Aydin Elshan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[Annotator "Watson / Giddins"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2019.11.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova Obiettivo"]
[BlackTeam "Vugar Gashimov"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Qd1 Ne7 10. Qb1 c4 11. Ne2 Nbc6 12. Nf4 b6 13. Nh5 Bd7 14. Qc1 Rg8 15.
h4 Ke8 16. Rh3 Kd8 17. Rf3 Kc7 18. g3 Raf8 19. Bh3 Be8 20. Nf4 Bd7 21. Kf1 Kb7
22. Kg1 Nf5 23. Rb1 Nce7 24. Rb4 Qc6 25. Ng2 h5 26. Nf4 f6 27. Qe1 g5 28. Nxh5
g4 29. Rxf5 Nxf5 30. Bg2 fxe5 31. dxe5 a5 32. Rb1 Qc5 33. Nf6 Rg7 34. Be3 Nxe3
35. Qxe3 Qxe3 36. fxe3 Ba4 37. Rc1 b5 38. e4 d4 39. cxd4 b4 40. axb4 axb4 41.
Bf1 Rc8 42. Rb1 b3 43. c3 Kb6 44. h5 Bb5 45. h6 Ra7 46. h7 Rh8 {[#]} 47. Be2 $1
Ra2 48. Bxg4 Rc2 49. Bxe6 b2 50. Rxb2 Rxb2 51. Bg8 {The point. Black has two
rooks for a knight, but his rook is trapped and those White pawns are
terrifying.} Rc2 52. Nd5+ Ka5 53. e6 Bc6 $2 {Giddins analyses a lengthy line
beginning with} (53... Ka4 54. g4 Kb3 55. g5 Be8 56. e5 Rxc3 57. Nxc3 Kxc3 58.
d5 Kb4 {leading to a draw!}) 54. e7 Ka4 55. Nb6+ Kb3 56. d5 $2 (56. Nxc4 $1
Kxc3 57. d5 Be8 58. Nd6 {is killing.}) 56... Bb5 $2 (56... Be8 $1 {leads to
another forced draw:} 57. e5 Kxc3 58. d6 Rd2 59. g4 Kb4 60. Nxc4 Rd1+ 61. Kf2
Rxh7 $1 62. Bxh7 Kxc4 63. g5 Kd5 64. g6 Rd2+ 65. Kf3 Rd1 66. d7 Bxd7 67. g7 Rg1
) 57. d6 Rd2 58. Nxc4 Rd1+ 59. Kf2 Kxc3 60. Na3 $1 Be8 61. e5 {The pawns can't
be stopped.} Kd4 62. e6 Ke5 {[#]} 63. Nc4+ $4 {Giddens notes: "It is not often
that a move produces a 60-point swing in the computer's assessment! After} (63.
d7 {, Stockfish gives +60 on my computer, but after the text, it is back to 0.
00 again. After} Rxd7 64. exd7 Bxd7 65. Nc4+ Kf6 66. Nb6 Kxe7 67. Nxd7 Kxd7 68.
Ke3 {, White simply marches his pawn to g7."}) 63... Kf6 64. g4 Rd5 65. d7 Rxd7
$4 {"This last blunder finally does decide things.} (65... Kxe7 66. dxe8=Q+
Kxe8 {is a draw."}) 66. exd7 Bxd7 67. Nb6 Kxe7 68. Nxd7 Kxd7 69. Kg3 Ke7 70.
Kh4 Kf6 71. Kh5 ({After so many twists, Black might have tried for an
exhaustion blunder with} 71. Kh5 Kg7 72. g5 $4 (72. Kg5 {wins}) 72... Rxh7+ $11
) 1-0

[Event "23rd Chicago Open "]
[Site "Wheeling"]
[Date "2014.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rizzitano, James"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Rizzitano"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL Nov 2022"]
[SourceDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Sam had earned two GM norms earlier in 2014 - he completed his third norm
later that summer at the Washington International to become the youngest
American Grandmaster at the time. I like this game because it is an
instructive example of how to build up a kingside attack in a Carlsbad pawn
structure.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 ({I preferred a quieter approach rather
than a sharp Benoni beginning with} 3. d5) 3... cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Bd3 {
The game has transposed into a Caro-Kann Defense, Exchange Variation.} Nc6 6.
c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bf4 Bg4 10. Nbd2 e6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 {
White has a slight edge thanks to his pair of bishops.} Nd7 13. Qd2 a6 14. Bh6
{I wanted to exchange Black's dark-squared bishop as it is the lone defender
of the kingside.} Re8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qf4 Rc8 17. Re2 Qf6 18. Qd6 Qe7 19. Qf4
Qf6 20. Qd6 Red8 ({I repeated moves to gain time on the clock - now} 20... Qe7
{would be met by} 21. Qg3 {followed by doubling rooks on the half-open e-file.}
) 21. Rae1 Qe7 22. Qf4 Qf6 23. Qd6 b5 ({Or} 23... Qe7 24. Qg3 {as in the game.}
) 24. Qg3 $1 Nb6 $2 ({Safer is} 24... Re8 {to shore up the center although} 25.
h4 {keeps up the pressure.}) 25. Ng5 $1 Nd7 {[#]} 26. Rxe6 $3 {White has all
five of his pieces aimed at Black's kingside, so the rook sacrifice is MY BEST
MOVE - it shatters Black's pawn structure and enables all of White's pieces to
participate in the attack.} fxe6 27. Rxe6 Rf8 ({After} 27... Qf8 {White has a
few good moves - I was intending} 28. Nxh7 $1 Qf7 29. Rxg6+ Kh8 (29... Qxg6 30.
Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Ng5 {and mate next move}) 30. Rh6 Qg7 31. Ng5+ Kg8 (31... Qxh6
32. Nf7#) 32. Bh7+ Kh8 (32... Kf8 33. Ne6+ Ke7 34. Qxg7+ Kd6 35. Nxd8+ {
wins the house and mates in a few moves}) 33. Nf7+ Qxf7 34. Bf5+ Qh7 35. Rxh7#)
28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Qg4 {White has a material advantage and a relentless attack.}
Ncb8 30. Ne6+ Kh8 31. Nf4 Rcf8 ({Or} 31... Nb6 32. Nxd5 $1 {wins another pawn.}
) 32. Nxd5 Rxf2 33. Qh4 R2f7 34. Bxg6 Rg7 35. Be4 Nc6 36. Nf4 Ne7 37. Ne6 {
White wins the exchange to effectively end the game.} Rfg8 38. Nxg7 Rxg7 39.
Qf4 Ng8 40. b3 Ngf6 41. Bf3 Re7 42. Qd6 Re1+ 43. Kh2 Re8 ({Black loses a piece
as} 43... Kg7 44. Qg3+ {picks up the loose rook.}) 44. Bc6 Rd8 45. Bxd7 Nxd7
46. Qe7 1-0

