[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX Rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2019.09.02"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, L."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w DBdb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nb3 Nb6 3. d4 Qa4 4. Ng3 e6 5. Qa5 Qxa5 6. Nxa5 Be7 7. c3 Bg5+ 8.
Kc2 f6 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ne7+ Kd7 12. Nxg8 Rxg8 13. Nb3 Rbe8 14. Nc5+
Kc8 15. Re1 Nf7 16. g3 f5 17. f3 Nc4 18. f4 Be7 19. Nd3 Ncd6 20. Ne5 Rgf8 21.
Rbd1 c6 22. c4 dxc4 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. d5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Kc7 26. Bd4 Bf6 27. Rxe8
Nxe8 28. Bxc4 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Re7 30. Kd2 Nf6 31. Bd3 Ng4 32. Rc4+ Kd6 33. Rd4+
Kc5 34. Rc4+ Kd5 35. Ra4 b6 36. Be2 Nxh2 37. Ra3 Ng4 38. Bf3+ Ke6 39. Rc3 Nf6
40. Rc6+ Kf7 41. b4 h6 42. b5 g5 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. a4 g4 45. Bg2 Nh5 46. Rc3
Kg6 47. Ra3 Kg5 48. Bc6 f4 49. gxf4+ Nxf4 50. a5 bxa5 51. Rxa5 Kh4 52. Ra4 Ng6
53. Ra6 Ne5 54. Ba8 Nc4+ 55. Kc3 Nb6 56. Bc6 g3 57. Ra2 Kh3 58. Kb4 Rg7 59. Ka5
Nc4+ 60. Ka6 Ne3 61. Ra3 Nf5 62. Rd3 Kg4 63. Rd2 Kf4 64. Bb7 Ke3 65. Ra2 Nd4
66. Ba8 Rg6+ 67. Ka5 Rg5 68. Rb2 Kd3 69. Ka6 Kc4 70. Bg2 Rg6+ 71. Kxa7 Nxb5+
72. Kb7 Nd4 73. Kc7 Rf6 74. Ra2 Rf2 75. Rxf2 gxf2 76. Kd6 Kd3 77. Ke5 Ke3 78.
Bf1 Ne2 79. Bg2 Ng3 80. Bh3 Kf3 81. Kd4 Ne2+ 82. Ke5 Nf4 83. Bf1 Nh5 84. Kd4
Ng3 85. Bh3 Nf5+ 86. Kd3 Ne3 87. Kd2 {[#]} Kg3 88. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperUnited Blitz 2022"]
[Site "Zagreb CRO"]
[Date "2022.07.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Carlsen, M."]
[Black "So, W."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C53"]
[WhiteElo "2864"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a5 7. Nf1 O-O 8. Ng3
Be6 9. Bb5 Ne7 10. O-O c6 11. Ba4 Ng6 12. d4 Ba7 13. h3 exd4 14. Nxd4 d5 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 {[#]} 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. Kh2 dxe4 18. Qe2 Nf4 19. Qe1 Rad8 20. Bxe4 h5
21. Be3 Bb8 22. Kg1 Nxe4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. Nxh5 Rf5 25. f4 Nd2 26. Qxe6+ Qf7
27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Ng3 Rb5 29. Rfe1 Rxb2 30. Nf5 Rd7 31. Rad1 Bxf4 32. a4 Rd5
33. Nd4 g5 34. Re2 Nc4 35. Ree1 Ne3 36. Rb1 Rxg2+ 37. Kh1 Rg3 38. Rxb7+ Kg6 39.
Nxc6 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Leningrad & Moscow"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1939.01.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1939.01.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 c6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bf4
O-O 9. Rd1 Be6 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qe7
15. O-O N8d7 16. Be2 Nxe5 17. Qc1 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1
Qb4 21. f4 Ned7 22. Qd2 Kg7 23. a3 Qc5+ 24. Kf1 Qe7 25. Qd4+ f6 26. Bd1 Qc5 27.
Qxc5 Nxc5 28. b3 g5 29. g3 gxf4 30. gxf4 Nd3 31. f5 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ne5 33. Ke3 Ke7
34. Kd4 Kd6 35. h3 a6 36. Ke3 Nbd7 37. Ne2 a5 38. Nf4 b5 39. Nh5 Kc5 40. Ng7
Kd6 41. Nh5 Kc5 42. Ng7 Nb6 43. Ne8 Ned7 44. Bh5 a4 45. b4+ Kc4 46. Bf7+ Kc3
47. Be6 Nc4+ 48. Kf4 {[#]} c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2022.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2022.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. a3 c6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 d5 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nf6 8. f3
Bc5 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Nc2 Qe7 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Qd4 Qg5 14. Qe3 Qg6
15. O-O-O Nbd7 16. g4 Nb6 17. Bd3 Be6 18. h4 Nfd7 19. e5 f5 20. Nd4 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 Bxc4 22. gxf5 Qh5 23. e6 Nf6 24. Ne4 c5 25. Nxc5 Rac8 26. Ne4 Bxe6+ 27.
Kd2 Bxf5 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. Qf4 Bg6 30. Rc1 Rcd8 31. Rc4 Qd5 32. Kc3 b5 33. Rc7
a5 {[#]} 34. b4 axb4+ 35. axb4 Ra8 36. Qxf6 Ra3+ 37. Kd2 Ra2+ 38. Kd1 Ra1+ 39.
Kd2 Ra2+ 40. Kd1 Ra1+ 41. Kd2 Qa2+ 42. Nc2 Qd5+ 43. Nd4 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Airthings Masters KO 2022"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.24"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Artemiev, V."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2865"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/8/8/4nNK1/6p1/7k b - - 0 100"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2022.02.23"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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Kf2 Nd4 102. Ng1 Kh2 0-1

[Event "75th ch-RUS HL 2022"]
[Site "Obninsk RUS"]
[Date "2022.07.05"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Yeletsky, Ivan"]
[Black "Paravyan, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6k1/6p1/3Qbp2/7p/8/6K1/4r3 b - - 0 108"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2022.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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-902,-1030,-1024,-1103,-1103,-1130,-2182,-1130] [#]} 108... h3+ 109. Kf2 (109.
Kxh3 Re2) 109... Re4 110. Qd7+ Kh6 111. Qd2+ Kh5 112. Qd1+ Kh4 113. Qd8+ g5
114. Kf3 Rf4+ 0-1

[Event "44th Olympiad 2022"]
[Site "Chennai IND"]
[Date "2022.08.09"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Piorun, K."]
[Black "Can, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5k2/5p2/p5qP/P3Q1P1/6K1/8/8/8 w - - 0 99"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2022.07.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

{[%evp 0,199,23,23,21,23,24,15,19,23,18,12,8,6,25,6,7,2,2,-3,9,7,29,29,2,11,18,
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125,126,120,155,155,147,126,126,122,118,116,124,138,140,114,112,65,65,65,59,30,
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144,218,215,309,186,199,175,216,245,302,314,246,269,324,354,1512,282,298,282,
326,334,1081,1294,1904,2267] [#]} 99. Qh8+ Ke7 100. Qf6+ (100. Qf6+ Qxf6 101.
gxf6+ Kxf6 102. Kh5) 1-0

[Event "Airthings Masters Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2022.02.20"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/7r/2BK4/8/8/8/8/6R1 w - - 0 97"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2022.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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44,42,44,43,43,43,41,42,44,43,43,45,44,46,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,47,
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29988,29989,29990,29991,29992,29995,29996] [#]} 97. Rg8+ Ka7 98. Kc5 Ka6 99.
Rg1 Ka7 100. Ra1+ Kb8 101. Ra8+ Kc7 102. Ra7+ Kc8 103. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Kvika Reykjavik Open 2022"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2022.04.10"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Dishman, S."]
[Black "Maze, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/1p1p4/p1pP4/P1Pn4/1PKB4/8/2k5 b - - 0 98"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2022.04.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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Nd2 100. Bg6 Nb1+ 101. Kd3 Kb2 102. Ke3 Nc3 0-1

[Event "22nd ch-EUR Indiv 2022"]
[Site "Terme Catez SLO"]
[Date "2022.03.28"]
[Round "2.115"]
[White "Giacomini, H."]
[Black "Giannoulakis, Lampros"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2129"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/7B/1p1kp3/1P1b4/1K1R1P2/6r1 b - - 0 91"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2022.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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[#]} 91... Rb1+ 92. Ka2 Rh1 93. Bg4 Kc3 94. Rb2 Rh7 (94... Rh7 95. Ka1 Ra7+ 96.
Ra2) 0-1

[Event "Opera House: Morphy-Duke of Brunswick"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1858.11.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Morphy, Paul"]
[Black "Duke of Brunswick, Count Isouard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1858.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,22,61,53,56,31,87,98,88,75,129,102,180,131,133,160,135,96,95,89,191,
192,260,485,494]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4
Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Nbd7 12. O-O-O Rd8
13. Rxd7 Rxd7 14. Rd1 Qe6 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Qb8+ Nxb8 17. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Intermediate move"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/pp1bppb1/3p1np1/q2Nn1Bp/3NP2P/5P2/PPPQ2P1/1K1R1B1R b - - 0 13"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "1858.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 13... Qxd2 {in a typical Dragon structure, Black captures the queen
assuming that that White will recapture, but instead comes} 14. Nxe7+ $1 {
the intermezzo that snags a pawn} Kh7 15. Rxd2 $16 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ex 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/8/1p6/8/1P6/5K2/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2023.01.26"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
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{[#] The idea in the position is very simple: capture opponent's pawn and
promote the b4 pawn.} 1. Ke4 {this move is very logical as it brings the king
closer to the enemy pawn} Kb7 {now we see that the Black king is trying to
approach our own pawn either through a6 or c6} 2. b5 {this move prevents both
of those ideas} Kc7 3. Ke5 $1 {diagonal opposition!} (3. Kd5 $2 Kd7 {and now
Black holds the opposition} 4. Ke5 Ke7 $11 {there is no way for White to make
progress}) 3... Kd7 4. Kd5 Kc7 5. Ke6 {the rule of having the opposition: when
the opponent kings goes one way, we go the other way} Kb7 6. Kd7 Ka8 7. Kc6 Ka7
8. Kc7 Ka8 9. Kxb6 {theoretical endgame rule: king on the sixth rank in front
of the pawn is a win (except for the a and h pawns) regardless whose turn it
is and where the pawn is} Kb8 10. Ka6 {the most accurate way to win} (10. Kc6 {
here Black has one last trick} Ka7 11. b6+ $4 {immediately results in a draw!}
({If you ever make this mistake, it's not too late to return to the
theoretically winning position!)} 11. Kc7 Ka8 12. Kb6 $1 {but not} (12. b6 $4 {
with a stalemate}) 12... Kb8) 11... Ka8 $1 12. b7+ (12. Kc7 {results in a
stalemate}) 12... Kb8 13. Kb6 $11) 10... Ka8 11. b6 Kb8 12. b7 Kc7 13. Ka7 {
and the pawn queens} *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ex 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/8/1p6/8/1P6/5K2/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2023.01.26"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 1. Ke4 $2 {imagine your opponent has the same amount of knowledge as you
and can do the same amount of calculation. They also calculated the previous
line and reached the same realization: losing the pawn on the b6 square leads
to a loss. There is also no way to hang on to the pawn. So what to do?} b5 $3 {
Black is going to lose the pawn anyways, but it's better to lose it on the b5
square} 2. Kd5 Kb7 3. Kc5 Kc7 {the Black king can be flexible but it is
important to be able to access the b7 square when White captures the pawn} 4.
Kxb5 Kb7 {now Black has opposition and the game ends in a draw with correct
play} 5. Kc5 Kc7 6. b5 Kb7 7. b6 Kb8 8. Kc6 Kc8 9. b7+ Kb8 10. Kb6 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ex 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k7/8/1p6/8/1P6/5K2/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "9"]
[EventDate "2023.01.26"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 1. b5 $1 {is the correct first move, fixing the pawn on b6. We know the
path to victory} Kb7 2. Ke4 Kc7 3. Ke5 Kd7 4. Kd5 Kc7 5. Ke6 {we have seen
this position already in the first example} *

[Event "North American Open 2022"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.12.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Liang, Jason"]
[Black "Wang, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Wang, Jason"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,14,19,31,43,13,29,28,67,19,60,-20,39,28,35,22,23]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6
3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Be7 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 $1 Nd7 9. Bd3 Qc7
10. Nf3 b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. Qe2 a6 13. O-O g6 $5 {I played this move with the
idea of ...h7-h6 followed by ...g6-g5.} ({Starting with} 13... h6 {would not
work because} 14. h5 {brings Black's kingside play to a halt. Meanwhile, White
will soon break in the center with e3-e4.}) 14. h5 $2 {Liang tries to break
open my pawns and stop my preparation of ...g6-g5, but he cannot win this pawn
back easily. Instead, this pawn sacrifice opens up the g-file for me.} ({
The immediate} 14. e4 {was not bad, even after} c4 15. Bc2 Nc5 ({or} 15... O-O
{where White is slightly better}) 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Bh6 O-O-O 18. Rfd1 {
with a slightly better position for White. The kingside is locked up and White
will slowly improve his position.}) 14... gxh5 15. Rad1 h4 $6 {This was played
based on a miscalculation on the 19th move.} ({I considered} 15... Rg8 $1 {
but was scared that he would take my h7-pawn. In retrospect, there is no
situation in which this pawn is important in the near future. My g8-rook, on
the other hand, is very important, as it eyes the g2-pawn.} 16. Bxh7 ({He
could also try} 16. e4 {like he played in the game, but with my rook on g8, it
is not as effective.} c4 17. Bc2 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Nc5 19. Bxh7 ({Black shows the
value of the rook on g8 after} 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qxc4 Qxf3 $1) 19... Rg7 {
From now on, the g2-pawn will be a huge problem for White after, for example, .
..Qc8-c6.}) 16... Rg7 17. Bd3 {But now, I can play} b5 {with the idea of ...
0-0-0, and all of my pieces are coming in harmoniously.}) 16. e4 c4 17. Bc2 Nc5
$6 {[#] I am completely oblivious to the Exchange sac that Liang has prepared.}
({Had I been more alert, I would have chosen} 17... dxe4 18. Nd2 ({White will
be worse after} 18. Bxe4 Rg8 19. Rd4 b5 20. Rfd1 O-O-O {.}) 18... b5 19. Nxe4
Rg8 {. This familiar move, resulting in chances for both sides, was more
prudent.}) 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 $1 {This move was a cold shower, killing my
momentum. Even though Black will be up an Exchange, White will have two
dominating bishops and a fantastic blockade on the d4-square. Meanwhile, my
king will find it difficult to castle and my pawn structure will be heinous.
Yet, the position is still complicated.} exd5 20. Bf5 Ne6 21. Bh2 Qc6 $2 {
This is a really awful move. It just begs for White's next move to be played
with tempo.} ({Black could have kept more complications with} 21... Bc5 {.})
22. Nd4 $1 Nxd4 23. cxd4 b5 $4 {This was when I really started panicking. I
was getting low on time, and I just crumbled with amazing speed.} ({A more
prophylactic move was} 23... Rg8 $1 {, anticipating White's idea of Qe2-h5.
White's best chance is} 24. e6 ({Now} 24. Qh5 {will not work because after} Rg5
25. Qxh7 Rxf5 $1 {I am more than willing to sacrifice an Exchange if it means
that I solidify my position.} 26. Qxf5 Qe6 {Now, I will push my queenside
pawns and be for choice.}) 24... Rg5 25. exf7+ Kxf7 {when the position is
still unclear.}) 24. Qh5 {A simple but effective move.} b4 $4 {Now, I am lost.
I know e5-e6 is coming.} ({I would still be worse, but a better attempt was} 
24... Kd8 25. Qxf7 b4 {. Here, at least White is not getting a pawn to f7.})
25. e6 Rf8 26. Re1 Kd8 27. exf7 c3 28. Re6 Qb7 29. Bd6 c2 30. Bxc2 Bxd6 31.
Rxd6+ Kc8 32. Bf5+ Kb8 33. Be6 Ra7 34. Qe5 Qc7 35. Bxd5 Rb7 36. Rd7 1-0

[Event "North American Open 2022"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khanin, Semen"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Wang, Jason"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,119,19,21,30,0,37,37,33,42,42,48,35,11,30,15,16,0,2,-6,21,11,8,30,49,
31,26,20,19,30,14,16,-1,4,-1,10,90,-14,-25,-19,-17,-23,-17,-25,-7,-40,-24,-8,
-9,0,-1,-27,-10,-30,16,18,32,9,2,0,2,16,0,-2,-1,10,0,0,29,7,0,0,0,0,10,64,89,
94,89,109,103,21,126,165,73,73,73,94,94,125,97,144,193,115,168,191,196,201,201,
220,224,257,300,339,353,828,965,1017,1034,1093,1097,308,311,542,634,1238,1238,
1252,1252,1260,1312,1293]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6.
Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. h4 Nc5 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bxc5 dxc5 11. h5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Ne8 13.
h6 ({Perhaps White could have waited before pushing h5-h6, instead opting for} 
13. Nf3 {to give himself more flexibility.}) 13... Bf6 14. Nf3 Nd6 15. Nd2 a6
16. a4 Bd7 17. a5 Nb5 18. Nc4 ({Liang's idea reveals itself after} 18. Nxb5
axb5 19. Qxc5 b6 $1 {with a great position.}) 18... Nd4 19. Qd1 Bb5 20. Bd3 ({
White should have played} 20. Nb6 $1 {to prevent Black from trading his bishop
for the knight, because his knight is strong, controlling and attacking many
squares.} Rb8 21. Bc4 {White will play Qd1-d3 next, with a stable advantage.})
20... Re8 ({White will find it difficult to form a plan after} 20... Bxc4 $1
21. Bxc4 Bg5 {.}) 21. Kf1 Bg5 22. Ne2 Qf6 ({Better was} 22... Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nb5
{when Black will follow with ...Nb5-d6, with a great blockade. Black may then
play for ...f7-f5 in the future.}) 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. g3 Rac8 25. b3 Rc5 26. Kg2
{[#]} Bxc4 $6 {Black should have played something like ...Qf6-e7 with the idea
of ... f7-f5 instead.} 27. bxc4 $1 {White correctly assesses that this b-file
will be a huge asset for him. Plus, Black's counterplay is near zero now.} Rb8
28. Ra2 Qd8 29. Qg4 Be7 30. f4 Bd6 31. Rf2 Qe7 ({Black wouldn't be able to get
mileage out of} 31... Rxa5 {because after} 32. fxe5 Bxe5 {White has a knockout
blow:} 33. Rxf7 Kxf7 34. Qe6+ {and Black can resign.}) 32. Ra1 Bc7 33. Rfa2 ({
Worth considering was} 33. f5 $5 {with an unclear position.}) 33... Rf8 34. Rb1
Rb8 35. Rab2 Bd6 36. Rb6 ({White could have played} 36. Qh4 $1 {to provoke ...
f7-f6, weakening Black's king further.} f6 ({or} 36... Qxh4 37. gxh4 Rxa5 38.
Rxb7 {and White's active rooks, strong center pawns, and Black's weak back
rank together make Black's position unenviable.}) 37. Ra2 {with a solid edge.})
36... Qc7 ({Surprisingly, Black could have played} 36... Rxa5 $1 {here. White
can try to make Rb6-xb7 work, but it is only enough for an equal position:} 37.
Rxb7 ({An interesting alternative is} 37. Qg5 $5 Qxg5 ({or} 37... f6 38. Qg4 {
when White surely has compensation.}) 38. fxg5 {with a small plus.}) 37... Rxb7
38. Qc8+ Qf8 39. Qxf8+ Kxf8 40. Rxb7 exf4 {with equality.}) 37. Qg5 exf4 {
[#] Now Khanin found a very nice tactic.} 38. e5 $1 f3+ ({Not} 38... Bxe5 39.
Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 40. Rxb7 Qxb7 {because of} 41. Qd8# {.}) 39. Kxf3 Bf8 40. d6 $2 {
Played with a very tempting but wrong idea.} ({White can win with} 40. Rf6 {
with the idea of pushing e5-e6 next.}) 40... Qd7 41. e6 $6 {At first sight,
this seems crushing. If Black takes the pawn on e6, he loses the rook on c5,
while if Black takes the queen on g5, White's pawn captures Black's queen,
landing on d7 with devastating effect.} Rxg5 $2 ({Liang misses a brilliant
saving chance with} 41... Qxe6 $3 {. If White captures the rook, Black uncorks
an ingenious perpetual check with} 42. Qxc5 Qe3+ 43. Kg2 Qd2+ 44. Kh3 Qxh6+ 45.
Kg4 f5+ 46. Kf3 Qe3+ 47. Kg2 Qd2+ {.}) 42. exd7 Rd8 43. Rxb7 Bxd6 44. R1b6
Rxg3+ 45. Ke4 Bf8 46. Rc6 Re3+ 47. Kxd4 Re7 48. Rcc7 Bxh6 49. c5 Bf4 50. c6
Bxc7 51. Rxc7 Kf8 52. Rc8 Rexd7+ 53. cxd7 Ke7 54. Rxd8 Kxd8 55. Bxa6 Kxd7 56.
Kc5 Kc7 57. Bc4 Kb7 58. Bxf7 Ka6 59. Kb4 g5 60. Bh5 1-0

[Event "North American Open 2022"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikaelyan, Arman"]
[Black "Wang, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Wang, Jason"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,70,25,21,27,-16,2,6,-1,5,32,-2,-5,30,0,3,3,-14,-14,-41,-10,-10,-28,
-13,-13,-13,-13,-12,-4,-28,8,-6,-4,-19,-11,1,-12,7,6,6,52,0,0,0,27,18,7,7,35,
-5,61,30,33,36,55,55,103,70,66,74,139,73,124,-4,3,-414,-510,-529,-543,-620,
-622,-654,-657]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 {Mikaelyan surprises me immediately in the
opening.} d4 3. b4 {White's idea in this opening is to play against my
possibly weak d4-pawn.} c5 {I had remembered studying this line in the past,
but I spent about 30 minutes in the opening phase trying to recall what I
looked at.} ({An interesting idea is} 3... g5 $5 {White cannot take the pawn
because after} 4. Nxg5 $2 {Black has a double-attack on the hanging knight and
the hanging b4-pawn with} e5 $1 {. Now, Black's big center secures an
advantage.}) 4. e3 Nf6 5. exd4 cxd4 6. Bb2 e5 $1 7. Nxe5 Bxb4 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9.
Bxd4 ({My last move set a trap, hoping for} 9. Nxd7 $2 {where now} Qe7+ 10.
Ne5+ Bd7 {secured a favorable position for Black.}) 9... Qe7 10. Be2 O-O 11.
Nd3 Nc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Qc2 Bf5 $6 {This move is
very complacent and invites White's queen to a better square.} ({Better was} 
15... Bc6 {, as now I provoke a weakness after} 16. O-O Qg5 17. g3 Rad8 18.
Rad1 Qc5 {. Again, my strong bishop and White's weaknesses compensate for the
lost pawn.}) 16. Qb2 Rad8 17. O-O {[#]} Bd3 $6 {Resigning myself to an
inferior position. I thought that I would have enough counterplay, but White
still has some resources to play for a win.} ({Saving the b7-pawn with} 17...
b6 {would have been better, and the position is still unclear.}) 18. Bxd3 Rxd3
19. Qxb7 Rxd2 20. Rac1 h6 21. h3 Rc8 22. a4 Rd7 ({After} 22... Rd4 {I manage
to win the c4-pawn and maintain an equal position after} 23. Nb5 Rd7 24. Qf3 a6
25. Nc3 Rd4 {.}) 23. Qb1 Rdc7 24. Nb5 Re7 $6 ({Preferable was} 24... Rb7 {
with equality.}) 25. Rfd1 Re2 26. Nd4 Re4 27. Nb3 $1 {White is willing to
sacrifice the a4-pawn in order to advance his c-pawn.} Qb4 28. c5 Qxa4 29. c6
Ree8 $6 {This move is objectively very dubious, but I wanted to keep more
pieces on the board.} ({Apparently, the path to equality began with} 29... Rxc6
30. Nc5 Qxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rxc5 {, but I preferred to keep more pieces on the
board, especially since we were reaching time pressure. This position is quite
calm, whereas in the game, there is still quite some room for White to make
errors.}) 30. c7 $2 {My gamble pays off. White pushes his pawn too fast.
Instead, he should have supported it with his knight first.} ({Now, after} 30.
Nd4 {, c6-c7, along with Nd4-b5, are coming will full force. Black's position
is difficult.}) 30... Qb4 31. Rc6 {[#]} Nd5 $1 {The only move, but a
sufficient one. If Rd1-xd5, I have ...Re8-e1+, winning White's queen. I am
also threatening both ...Nd5-c3 and ...Rc8-xc7. We both had very little time
here, so I was quite content with letting Mikaelyan think here. He thought and
thought, and then I noticed him pick up the queen. All of a sudden, I thought,
"perhaps he wants to play Qf5! How did I miss that?" But just as quickly, I
realized that I had ...Nd5-e7, forking his queen and rook. "Please, please,
please," I thought...} 32. Qf5 $4 {Yes!} Ne7 $1 {Simple yet effective. White
cannot avoid the loss of a whole rook.} 33. Qxc8 Rxc8 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Nd2 Nxc6
0-1

[Event "North American Open 2022"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khanin, Semen"]
[Black "Raja, Harshit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Wang, Jason"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,84,21,31,14,0,9,3,25,16,36,28,31,0,-2,-4,6,12,12,19,15,15,6,-19,-21,0,
42,56,54,67,42,35,89,94,154,140,140,162,159,159,176,185,149,149,154,146,144,
163,163,126,184,137,133,145,142,138,87,137,129,146,387,405,64,-173,-255,-314,
-340,-342,-315,-342,-334,-342,-261,-335,-290,-329,-330,-305,-329,-345,-360,
-540,-548,-553,-568,-29991,-29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5.
Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. Ne2 Qc7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. f4 Rd8
12. O-O b5 $5 {Raja sacrifices a pawn in order to activate his pieces.} ({
The 'solid' alternative} 12... b6 {would concede an advantage to White.}) 13.
Bxb5 Bb7 14. Bd3 Ne7 15. Ng3 Ng6 ({Black can sacrifice a second pawn with} 
15... c4 16. Bc2 Nf5 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Bxf5 Qa5 19. Bc2 Be4 {. Despite White's
two extra pawns, Black has a strong blockade on the light squares and has full
compensation.}) 16. Qe2 ({White is up a clear pawn after} 16. f5 exf5 17. Rxf5
{.}) 16... h5 17. f5 exf5 18. Rxf5 h4 19. Nh5 Ne4 20. Bb2 $2 ({White is
winning after} 20. Qg4 Re8 ({or} 20... Nxc3 {, which fails to} 21. Rxc5 {.})
21. Bc4 Nd6 22. Qxg6 Nxf5 23. Qxf5 {.}) 20... c4 $1 21. Bxc4 Nd6 22. Rc5 Qe7
23. Ba2 h3 $1 24. gxh3 Rab8 ({Black could force a perpetual check with} 24...
Ba6 25. Qxa6 ({If White refused the draw, Black would have full compensation
after} 25. Qf3 Rab8 {.}) (25. c4 Rac8 {with compensation}) 25... Qxe3+ 26. Kh1
Qf3+ {.}) 25. Rf1 Ba6 26. c4 Ne4 27. Rcf5 Ng5 28. Ba1 $2 {Khanin moves his
bishop to the wrong square, but this was almost impossible to see in advance.
In these types of complicated positions, even very strong players can make
mistakes.} ({We will see shortly why} 28. Bc3 $1 {puts the bishop on a better
square.}) 28... Nh4 29. Re5 $2 {[#] Khanin blunders into a beautiful queen
sacrifice.} ({The best chance was to play for complications after} 29. Ng3 Bc8
{.}) 29... Nxh3+ 30. Kh1 Qxe5 $3 31. dxe5 Bb7+ 32. e4 Bxe4+ 33. Qxe4 Nf2+ 34.
Kg1 ({After} 34. Rxf2 Rd1+ {we can see the benefit of 28. Bc3.}) 34... Nh3+ 35.
Kh1 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Nxe4 37. c5 Rd2 38. Bxf7+ Kh7 39. Nf4 Rb1 $1 {[#] A flashy
finish by Raja.} 40. Bg6+ ({Alternatives:} 40. Bh5 Rxf1+ 41. Kxf1 Rf2+ 42. Ke1
Rxf4 {and Black wins.}) ({or} 40. Rxb1 Nf3+ {with mate to follow.}) 40... Nxg6
41. Rxb1 Nxf4 42. c6 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "North American Open 2022"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.12.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Wang, Jason"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Wang, Jason"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,9,25,23,17,-21,9,-47,-32,-35,-28,-33]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4.
Bg2 e5 5. O-O e4 $5 ({More solid would be} 5... Nf6 {, but I opted for a pawn
sacrifice I looked at briefly before the game.}) 6. Ne1 h5 $1 7. Bxe4 Bh3 8.
Bg2 $6 ({White could not have gotten away with} 8. Qb3 {as after} Qc8 9. Ng2 ({
or} 9. Bg2 h4 10. d3 ({White is already in trouble, but} 10. Bxh3 Qxh3 11. Qxb7
Kd7 {is a disaster.}) 10... Bxg2 11. Nxg2 Qd7 $1 {White will not take the
b7-pawn. Black will then play ...Ra8-b8 and the attack will continue fiercely.}
12. Nxh4 O-O-O {Despite being two pawns down, I have a very strong initiative.}
) 9... Nf6 10. Bf3 h4 11. Qb5 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Bd7 14. Qf3 c5 {
Black is for choice.}) 8... Qd7 9. Qb3 O-O-O {[#] Funnily enough, the computer
thinks that Black is almost winning already.} 10. Bxh3 Qxh3 11. Qf3 Nf6 12. Nd3
({No better is} 12. d3 Bd6 ({or} 12... h4 13. g4 Qxg4+ 14. Qxg4+ Nxg4 {where
Black is better.}) 13. Bg5 h4 14. Qg2 Qf5 {where Black, again, has a strong
initiative.}) 12... h4 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. d3 Ne5 15. Qg2 h3 {Hemming White's
queen into the corner of the board.} 16. Qh1 c6 $1 {Cutting off the knight's
access to the d5-square and threatening ...g7-g5 to trap the knight.} 17. e4
dxe3 18. Bxe3 g5 19. Ne2 Qxd3 20. Nbc3 g4 21. Rfd1 Nf3+ 22. Qxf3 gxf3 23. Rxd3
Rxd3 24. Nd4 Bc5 25. Nxf3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Ng4 {With this move, Belous resigned
the game.} 0-1

[Event "9th Sunway Sitges 2022"]
[Site "Sitges ESP"]
[Date "2022.12.19"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Alekseenko, K."]
[Black "Grigoryan, K2."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Rendle"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2022.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,63,25,26,13,-23,2,0,6,3,8,-12,8,11,11,4,12,12,28,16,29,23,34,-5,46,37,
69,68,59,54,65,55,64,55,61,55,55,57,58,57,51,22,51,39,37,28,9,14,49,42,93,84,
55,29,37,91,105,114,133,129,427,458,1397,637,1484,1696]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3.
Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bg5 c6 8. Bd3 Be6 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10.
h3 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Nf4 Nf8 13. O-O Bc8 14. Bg3 Ne6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Qb3 Ra7
17. Qc2 O-O 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Kh1 Bf8 21. Bh2 Ra8 {[#]} 22. f3 $1 {
After a fairly cagey first 20 moves, we finally see a concrete plan from
Alekseenko. With 22.f3 he prepares e3-e4, and if left unchecked it may be
followed by e4-e5 and f4-f5, overrunning the black kingside. Black has to
respond very activity to maintain the balance.} Rc8 $1 23. e4 dxe4 $2 {This
allows White far too much control over the center. It's possible that
Grigoryan was relying on the vulnerable pawn on a2 in order to force exchanges,
but as we will see, this doesn't work out!} ({Far more testing was} 23... c5 $1
{; in fact it's hard to find any White advantage here. Play might continue} 24.
dxc5 ({or} 24. exd5 cxd4 $1 25. dxe6 $5 Rxc2 26. exd7 Rxg2 $1 27. dxe8=Q Rxh2+
28. Kxh2 Qxe8 {and Black has enough counterplay on the dark squares to
compensate for the material - a tough line to see in practice}) 24... Nxc5 25.
exd5 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Bd7 27. Nc3 Bb4 {and with the two bishops and more active
pieces Black has full compensation for the pawn.}) 24. fxe4 Nb6 25. Nc5 $1 Bxc5
26. Qxc5 Bxa2 $6 {A mistake, but Black's position was already horrible anyway.}
({Instead Black should try passive defence here with} 26... Nd7 27. Qc3 Nf8 {
but after} 28. Rf3 {White is preparing to double rooks with a large advantage.}
) 27. b3 $1 Bxb3 28. Rb1 Nd7 {[#] Grigoryan was relying on this trick to save
the piece but Alekseenko has seen further:} 29. Qd6 Ba4 ({More stubborn was} 
29... Be6 {but White should still be winning after} 30. d5 cxd5 31. exd5 Ne5
32. Qxe5 Qxd5 33. Qg3 {and the extra piece is still worth far more than the
pawns here.}) 30. Rxf7 $1 {A shattering blow that effectively ends the game.
The rook cannot be taken, and White now has threats all over the board,
including Qd6-g6 and Rb1xb7.} Nc5 ({or} 30... Kxf7 31. Bc4+ Re6 32. Qxe6+ Kf8
33. Qf7#) 31. Qxc5 Kxf7 32. Bc4+ ({Mate is unavoidable. One sample finish
would be} 32. Bc4+ Re6 33. Bxe6+ Kxe6 34. Qf5+ Ke7 35. Rxb7+ Ke8 36. Qf7#) 1-0

[Event "9th Sunway Sitges 2022"]
[Site "Sitges ESP"]
[Date "2022.12.15"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Sanal, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Rendle"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2022.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,83,23,22,22,15,27,-12,18,18,10,10,15,2,26,2,-6,-6,8,0,0,0,-3,-4,13,15,
31,36,40,40,49,50,50,50,55,50,50,54,53,34,34,34,39,25,31,24,43,49,58,67,60,62,
70,70,69,69,69,69,69,73,71,95,95,95,105,109,109,43,98,6,6,14,67,78,79,79,147,
139,218,171,227,211,335,335,709,739]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7
5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. a4 a5 8. Na3 Nb6 9. b3 Ne4 $6 {Logical but this feels
a bit premature to me - Hans can build up some pressure after this inaccuracy.}
({A more solid approach was} 9... c6 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. c4 e6 {.}) 10. Bb2 c6 11.
c4 Be6 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nd3 $1 Ndf6 14. Nf4 ({It was better to keep the tension
a bit longer with} 14. Rc1 $1 {, as Black is running out of moves to improve
his position, whereas White can play e2-e3, Rf1-e1 and then consider playing
f2-f3 to kick the knight from the e4-square, and perhaps even c4-c5 if the
knight goes back to d6.}) 14... Bc8 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nb5 Bf5 17. Rc1 Rc8 18.
Rxc8 Qxc8 19. f3 $5 {From here the game really starts to sharpen up} Nd6 20.
Nc3 Qc6 21. g4 Bh6 $1 ({After} 21... Bd7 $2 22. g5 {White wins an important
pawn, while}) (21... g5 $5 22. e4 $1 {is surprisingly strong for White, for
example:} dxe4 23. gxf5 Nxf5 24. fxe4 Ne3 25. Qe2 gxf4 (25... Nxf1 $2 26. Nfd5
$1) 26. Rxf4 Nxg2 27. Qxg2 {and while material is level again White has taken
complete control over the center.}) 22. e3 Bc8 23. Qd3 b6 24. Rc1 Qa8 25. Ba3
Ba6 26. Qd2 Rc8 27. h4 $1 {Very energetic play from Niemann, still intent on
winning the d5-pawn. Black has to swap his dark-squared bishop to avoid this,
but this leaves his king vulnerable as the position opens up.} Bxf4 28. exf4
Rc6 29. f5 $1 gxf5 30. Re1 Qd8 31. g5 Nh5 32. Nxd5 e6 {[#]} 33. Nc3 $2 {
After a flawless middlegame, this almost lets Black off the hook.} ({The way
to finish things off was} 33. Ne3 $1 {. The main idea is that d4-d5 is coming
to open up the center as well as the a1-h8 diagonal, and Black's pieces are
too badly coordinated to defend. Perhaps Hans was worried about allowing ...
Nh5-f4 but after} Nf4 (33... f4 34. Ng4 Nf5 35. d5 $1 exd5 36. Re5 {is
completely crushing}) 34. d5 $1 Rc8 35. dxe6 {Black's game collapses.}) ({
Also strong is} 33. Nf4 {.}) 33... f4 ({The correct} 33... b5 $1 {shows why
the knight is badly placed on c3 - suddenly there are tricks with ...b5-b4, i.
e.,} 34. d5 (34. axb5 $1 {keeps some advantage after} Nxb5 35. Nxb5 Bxb5 36. d5
$1 exd5 37. Bb2) 34... Rxc3 $1 35. Qxc3 b4 36. Bxb4 axb4 37. Qxb4 Qc7 {and the
position is a complete mess - all three results are still very possible!}) 34.
d5 Nf5 35. Rd1 Rc8 $2 {The final mistake. Sanal was understandably worried
about his back-rank, but now the d-pawn becomes too strong} ({After} 35... Rc7
36. d6 Rd7 37. Ne4 Nxh4 38. Bb2 Bb7 $1 {Black is somehow holding on here. After
} 39. Qc3 (39. Bf6 $1 {leaves Black under severe pressure, but still breathing}
) 39... Ng6 {and everything is covered on the kingside}) 36. d6 Qd7 37. Bh3 Ne3
38. Rc1 Bb7 39. Ne4 Rxc1+ 40. Qxc1 Bc6 ({or} 40... Nf5 41. Qc3 $1 Bxe4 42. fxe4
Nxd6 43. Qd4 {and White wins a piece and soon after the game}) 41. Qc3 Nd5 42.
Qe5 {There is no defence to Ba3-b2 and a mating attack on the kingside.} 1-0

[Event "9th Sunway Sitges 2022"]
[Site "Sitges ESP"]
[Date "2022.12.15"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Woodward, Andy"]
[Black "Korobov, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2457"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Rendle"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2022.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,78,22,22,44,0,46,42,40,40,87,62,62,57,66,54,63,52,37,26,33,29,17,24,
40,27,33,39,66,69,83,81,79,67,63,23,90,61,72,10,6,10,50,26,24,18,11,15,12,-69,
-20,-32,25,-43,-43,-85,-73,-117,-100,-80,-80,-91,-62,-91,-91,-91,-82,-70,-70,
-79,-63,-304,-304,-384,-410,-625,-264,-248,-254,-267,-254]} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5
3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Bxf4 10.
gxf4 Ne4 11. Qc2 h6 $5 {A very direct plan from Korobov, going for immediate
kingside expansion.} ({The alternative} 11... b6 {is a more flexible way to
play the position, first sorting out the queenside with ...Bc8-b7 and ...
Ra8-c8 to follow, perhaps with ...c6-c5 after that.}) 12. Ne5 g5 13. Nd3 Ndf6
14. e3 Rf7 15. Ne2 Rg7 16. f3 Nd6 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. Ng3 gxf4 20. exf4
Kh8 21. Rae1 dxc4 22. bxc4 Rag8 {[#] After a long period of manuevering the
game is ready to explode into action. Black is ready to strike on the kingside,
probably with ...Bd7-e8 and ...Nf6-h5, while White is looking to open up the
center with d4-d5 at the earliest opportunity} 23. Bh3 ({The computer offers
the interesting suggestion} 23. c5 Nc8 24. Bh3 {. It's not so easy to prevent
White capturing on f5 here, i.e.,} Rf8 ({After} 24... Qd8 {Black can leave the
bishop on d7 but} 25. d5 $1 cxd5 26. Qb2 {is surprisingly hard to deal with.
The b7-pawn is under immediate attack and White has immense pressure on the
a1-h8 diagonal.}) 25. Rg1 Be8 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Nxf5 Rxg1+ 28. Rxg1 Qh7 29. Rg7
Qxg7 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 {[#] and we reach an endgame with an interesting material
imbalance of queen and two pawns vs a Rook and two pieces. Perhaps White is
the one pressing after} 31. Qg2+ Kh7 32. Qb2 $1 {as Black has problems
coordinating his pieces.}) 23... Be8 24. d5 cxd5 25. c5 $1 Nc8 26. Qb2 $6 ({
Strong players are often reluctant to give up two pieces for a rook in the
middlegame but here it looks like the only chance to break up Black's solid
centre, especially as the knight and bishop didn't have much of a future where
they were.} 26. Bxf5 $1 exf5 27. Nxf5 Qf8 28. Nxg7 Rxg7 29. Qb2 {and now, with
Rf1-g1 coming to exchange off Black's excellent rook on g7, it's White that
has all the pressure here. If Black can somehow coordinate his pieces then
he'll be doing well, but that looks to be a long way off.}) 26... Nh5 27. Nxh5
Bxh5 28. Qf2 a6 ({More precise was} 28... Qf6 $1 {as now} 29. c6 bxc6 30. Nxc6
{can be met with} Ne7 $1 31. Nd4 Bf7 {and Black is a healthy pawn ahead, while
the h3-bishop is a mere spectator.}) 29. c6 $1 Nd6 30. cxb7 Nxb7 31. Nc6 Qf6
32. Qd4 Qxd4 33. Nxd4 Nc5 34. Re3 ({The pawn cannot be taken here due to} 34.
Nxe6 $4 Nxe6 35. Rxe6 Bxf3+ $1 36. Rxf3 Rg1#) 34... Rb7 {[#]} 35. Rc1 $2 {
A time-trouble mistake - the threat to the c5-knight is illusory due to
White's back-rank problems.} ({White had to try grabbing the pawn} 35. Nxe6 $1
Re7 36. Bxf5 Bf7 37. Rfe1 Rge8 {and it looks like White is losing a piece to
the pin; however the tables turn with} 38. Re5 Bxe6 39. Bb1 $1 {and all of a
sudden White has a pin of his own. After} Rb8 $1 40. f5 Reb7 41. fxe6 Rxb1 42.
Rxb1 Rxb1+ 43. Kg2 Rb8 44. Rxd5 Nxe6 45. Rd6 Re8 46. Rxa6 {White has excellent
drawing chances in the endgame.}) 35... Rb4 36. Nc6 d4 37. Ra3 Rb3 $1 {A cute
interference tactic to finish the game} 38. Rxb3 ({It's game over after} 38.
axb3 Bxf3+ 39. Bg2 Bxg2+ 40. Kg1 Bxc6+ 41. Kf1 Bb5+ 42. Ke1 Nd3+ {.}) 38...
Nxb3 39. Rf1 Nd2 0-1

[Event "9th Sunway Sitges 2022"]
[Site "Sitges ESP"]
[Date "2022.12.16"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "Rendle, T......"]
[Black "Cheng, Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Rendle"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2022.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{My own favorite game from the tournament was this effort against an
up-and-coming GM from Australia, Bobby Cheng.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4.
g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 b5 6. Ne5 Bb7 ({The mistaken} 6... Nf6 $6 {allows} 7. Nxc6 (7.
a4 {is also dangerous for Black here}) 7... Qb6 8. Na5 $1 Nd5 9. Bd2 Nc6 10.
Nxc6 Qxc6 11. e4 Nb4 12. O-O {with a clear edge for White as in
Kortschnoi-Moskalenko, Barcelona 2004.}) 7. a4 a6 8. O-O Nf6 9. b3 {A standard
Catalan pawn sacrifice} cxb3 10. Qxb3 $1 {Offering a second pawn rather than
wasting a tempo defending with the more common Bc1-b2.} Be7 ({Critical is} 
10... Qxd4 {but after} 11. Bb2 Qb4 12. Qc2 Qc5 13. Qd3 Be7 14. Nd2 Qb6 15. Ne4
{White has very active pieces and a promising attack in return for the two
pawns.}) 11. Rd1 $6 ({I didn't want to release the tension too early but
Harikrishna has show this leads to a stable edge for White:} 11. axb5 axb5 12.
Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Qa2 $1 Bb7 14. Qa7 Qc8 15. Nc3 O-O 16. Nxb5 Nd5 17. Ba3 cxb5 18.
Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qxb7 Qxb7 20. Bxb7 {(Harikrishna-Druska, Legnica 2021).}) 11...
O-O 12. Nc3 ({Thematic would be} 12. Ba3 {but unfortunately there is} b4 $1 {
and the pawn can't be taken because of} 13. Bxb4 $2 Qb6 {.}) 12... b4 13. a5
Nbd7 14. Nxd7 ({Now} 14. Bg5 $1 {seems to be the way to keep up the pressure,
for example} bxc3 15. Qxb7 Nxe5 16. Bxf6 Nf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxf6 18. e3 {and only
White can be better, although a draw seems very likely when the queens get
exchanged.}) 14... Nxd7 ({White is clearly better after} 14... Qxd7 $6 15. Na4
Rad8 16. Bf4 {(Sarana-Ponkratov, Anapa 2021)}) 15. Ne4 {[#]} c5 $1 {Played
after a 30min think - it turns out ...c6-c5 wasn't as restrained as I'd hoped!}
({White is in total control after} 15... Rc8 16. Bf4 {.}) 16. dxc5 Bxe4 {
I had overlooked the strength of this intermezzo and suddenly the centre has
been blasted wide open.} 17. Bxe4 Nxc5 18. Bxh7+ $6 {This is objectively a
mistake, but I couldn't bring myself to defend a slightly worse endgame. Often
it helps to be optimistic (or simply unable to correctly assess a position!)
when playing, and I didn't really think I was worse yet.} ({The alternative} 
18. Qc2 Qxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Nxe4 20. Qd3 Nc5 21. Qf3 Rab8 {felt a bit unpleasant to
me for White, although objectively it should be close to equal. The passed
pawn on b4 will always give Black pressure.}) 18... Kh8 19. Qc2 Qc8 20. Bb2 b3
21. Qb1 Rb8 $2 ({Here} 21... Rd8 $1 {prevents Rd1-d4, and now the b3-pawn
dominates proceedings. White has nothing better than retreating with} 22. Bd3
Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 {but after} Qc2 $1 {Black is in complete control
of the ensuing endgame}) 22. Rd4 Bf6 {[#]} 23. Rc4 $1 {I think this was the
idea my opponent overlooked. It seems strange to go here, rather than over to
the kingside va g4 or f4, but it's much more important to pin the knight and
tie down the black queen.} ({My original intention was} 23. Rg4 {, but I
realised that after} Qd8 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Rh4 Rfd8 {White's attack on the
black king is only a mirage - and with ...g7-g5 and ...Kh8-g7 coming, Black is
even winning!}) 23... e5 $2 {Played after a lot of thought, but now the bishop
escapes from h7. White has all the positional trumps to go with a winning
attack.} ({Instead} 23... Bxb2 24. Rh4 {looks very strong, but in fact Black
has a number of ways to stay in the game. The clearest is} Rb4 $1 25. Rxb4 ({
or White can take a draw with} 25. Be4+ Kg8 26. Bh7+ Kh8 27. Be4+) 25... Bf6
26. Rc4 Qb7 $1 27. Rxc5 Qb4 28. Rh5 Qg4 $1 {and Black is hanging on, but this
series of only moves is very hard to forsee.}) 24. Bf5 Qc7 25. Qc1 {Finally I
was able to untangle my queenside pieces, and suddenly the black king is
looking very vulnerable} Rb5 26. Qe3 Qd6 27. g4 $1 {Creating a simple
mate-in-two threat, as well as threatening g4-g5 and Bb2xe5.} Kg8 28. g5 Bd8
29. Bxe5 b2 30. Rb1 {[#] I was expecting resignation at any moment, but strong
GMs always seem to find a way to cause a few more problems!} Qxe5 $5 ({After} 
30... Qe7 31. Qh3 Qxg5+ 32. Rg4 {Black can safely resign.}) 31. Qxe5 Ne6 {
Of course the game should be completely over, but I couldn't find a
satisifactory way to eliminate the b2-pawn if I kept the extra queen.} 32. Qxb5
$5 ({The cleanest way to finish the game was} 32. Qe4 Nxg5 33. Qc2 Bf6 34. h4
$1 Ne6 35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. Rc8 {.}) 32... axb5 33. Rc8 Nd4 34. Bd3 Bxa5 35. Rxf8+
Kxf8 36. Rxb2 Bc3 37. Ra2 b4 38. Ra7 Ne6 39. h4 b3 40. Rb7 b2 41. Rb3 Be5 42.
Rb5 Bc3 43. e3 Ke7 44. Rb3 Be5 45. f4 {Not the simplest way to win, but good
enough.} ({Another path to victory runs} 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. Bb1 g6 47. f4 Bg7 48.
Kf2 {.}) 45... Nc5 46. Rb5 Nxd3 47. fxe5 g6 48. Kf1 Kd7 ({The endgame is
hopeless for Black after} 48... Ke6 49. Ke2 Nxe5 50. Rxb2 Kf5 51. Rb4 {.}) 49.
Ke2 Kc6 50. Kxd3 ({White can still go wrong with} 50. Rb8 Kc7 51. Rb3 $4 Nc1+ {
.}) 50... Kxb5 51. Kc2 Kc6 52. e6 $1 ({The point is that the pawn cannot be
stopped after} 52. e6 fxe6 53. h5 gxh5 54. g6 {.}) 1-0

[Event "2022 K-12 Nationals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sethuraman, Sandeep"]
[Black "Lu, Maximillian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Sethuraman"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.01.06"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,65,17,27,33,-23,25,33,32,23,49,49,26,26,27,38,38,31,31,38,37,29,22,28,
63,63,107,100,146,146,218,218,218,218,218,155,155,152,152,115,114,113,186,186,
192,127,93,59,163,156,181,181,181,181,181,155,166,170,606,606,606,606,598,387,
328,365,612,436]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3
e6 7. e4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 c5 {Both sides have gotten what
they want in the opening: a solid but playable position} 11. O-O $6 {Perhaps
too complacent, as engines revealed an interesting idea with 11.Bf4!?,
primarily designed against 11...cxd4. Then 12.Bb5+! Bc6 13.Nxd4 Bd7 14. O-O
O-O 15.Rad1 would leave Black with misplaced pieces and an underdeveloped
queenside.} (11. Bf4 cxd4 12. Bb5+ Bc6 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rad1) 11...
O-O $6 {A bit careless. Better would have been 11...cxd4 12.cxd4 and only then
12...O-O, where White might try 13.Bb2 Nc6 14.a3 Rc8 15.Qe2 with a slight edge
after both 15...Na5 and 15...Bf6.} (11... cxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. a3
Rc8 15. Qe2 Na5 (15... Bf6)) 12. d5 $1 {Thematic, and already posing Black a
difficult question: to take twice and risk a rook appearing on d1, or to leave
a protected passed pawn on d5?} exd5 13. exd5 {[#]} g6 $4 {An extremely
unfortunate oversight, but no relief was offered in 13...Qxd5 14.Re1! (14.Rd1?
which was my plan during the game throws away the advantage after 14...Qh5 15.
Be4 Bc6) 14...Qd7 15.Bxh7+ Kh8 16.Bf5! with an unstoppable attack. Best would
have been 13...h6, however, White would maintain a steady pull after the
natural 14.c4 Bf6 15.Rb1 (better than the obvious 15.Bb2) 15...Re8 16.Bf4.} (
13... Qxd5 14. Re1 (14. Rd1 Qh5 15. Be4 Bc6) 14... Qd7 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bf5) (
13... h6 14. c4 Bf6 15. Rb1 (15. Bb2) 15... Re8 16. Bf4) 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Bb5
Nd7 16. Qa4 {Undoubtedly overlooked during the game, this wins a clean
Exchange, as 16...Bc8 17.Bc6 Rb8 18.Bf4 is hopeless for Black.} Nf6 (16... Bc8
17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Bf4) 17. c4 a6 18. Bxe8 Nxe8 {The position is completely
winning, as the extra Exchange, coupled with the monster pawn on d5, stifle
Black's pieces. But my opponent stays ever resilient, trying to find any way
to stay in the race for first place.} 19. Rfe1 Nd6 20. Ne5 Bf6 21. Rad1 b5 $1 {
Another thematic move, opening up the a8-rook, and undermining the d5-pawn,
breathing life into the b7-bishop. The importance of the knight on d6 cannot
be understated, as it is the perfect blockader.} 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Qf4 Ra4 {
I had written this off during the game, thinking that any queen move would
maintain a winning position. After Max played it, I began to realize there was
a lack of great squares for my queen.} 24. Qc1 $1 {This square is definitely
the best, as it both hits the c5-pawn while defending the h6-bishop in case of
...Nd6-f5. For example, a normal move like 24.Qf3 would allow complications
after 24...Nf5 25.Bc1 (25.Nc6!) 25...Nd4 and already I should give back the
Exchange with 26.Rxd4 to maintain the advantage.} (24. Qf3 Nf5 25. Bc1 (25. Nc6
$1) 25... Nd4 26. Rxd4) 24... Qc8 25. Nc6 $6 {More accurate were quiet moves
such as 25.h3 or 25.f3, preventing any entry on g4, or even 25.Bg5 to offer a
trade of dark-squared bishops and leaving the black king vulnerable.} (25. h3)
(25. f3) (25. Bg5) 25... Nf5 26. Bg5 Rc4 {[#] During the game I was primarily
concerned with 26...Bxg5 27.Qxg5 Bxc6 28.dxc6 Qxc6 29.Rd8+ Kg7 30.Ree8 f6 
(also losing is 30...Nh6 31.Qe5+ Qf6 32.Rg8+ and White wins the queen) 31.Rg8+
Kf7 32.Rdf8+ Ke7, and the natural 33.Rxf6 Qxf6 34.Re8+ Kxe8 35.Qxf6 Kd7!
offers Black great drawing chances, but the calm 33.Qd2 is easily winning.} (
26... Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Bxc6 28. dxc6 Qxc6 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Ree8 f6 31. Rg8+ Kf7
32. Rdf8+ Ke7 33. Qd2 $1 (33. Rxf6 Qxf6 34. Re8+ Kxe8 35. Qxf6 Kd7)) 27. Qxc4
$1 {This move can't really be called a sacrifice, as White keeps a material
advantage after the dust settles, but more pertinent is the difference in
coordination. White's pieces are perfect: the f6-bishop controls the vital
a1-h8 diagonal, the two rooks controlling the e- and d-files, and a knight on
c6 that Black can't take without creating a deadly passer.} bxc4 28. Bxf6 Bxc6
29. dxc6 Nd4 30. c7 Kf8 31. Re5 $1 {A nice touch that effectively seals the
game} Qxc7 32. Rxc5 Qb7 33. Rd5 1-0

[Event "2022 K-12 Nationals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lowik, Dylan"]
[Black "Venkat, Raghav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "1684"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[Annotator "Sethuraman"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2023.01.11"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O ({This allows} 4... d5 {with a very
solid position, but Venkat most likely wanted some imbalance in the game.}) 5.
c4 d5 6. O-O Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nb6 9. d5 Nb4 {Played quickly, so it was
probably preparation, but 9...Na5 is the engine-approved mainline.} 10. e4 c6
11. a3 ({Another try is} 11. Qb3 Na6 12. Be3 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nc7
15. Nd4 {with an edge, but the game continuation is perfectly fine as well.})
11... Na6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qc2 {Despite the 650+ point rating difference,
White has a safe, low-risk edge.} Nc5 {You can't faullt Venkat for playing
this very natural move.} ({Still,} 13... Bg4 {might have been a more
challenging try when} 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nc7 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gc7e6,Ge6d4,
Gc6c5,Ge7e5,Gc5d4,Ge5d4] with the idea of planting a knight on the d4-square
and anchoring it with a pawn on c5 or e5.}) 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Be3 Ne6 {[#] So
far White has played a perfect game, and his pieces show it. Black's position
is riddled with holes on the queenside, and as long as White maintains control
of the d4-square, he should hold a clear edge.} 16. Rac1 {Black's position
might look innocuous, but ...Nb6-c4 is already a semi-threat, so the three
best moves are prophylactic:} ({(a)} 16. b3 Ba6 {and now} 17. Rac1 {and
White's position is picturesque}) ({(b) similar is} 16. Bf1 a5 17. Rac1 a4 18.
Rd2 c5 19. Nd5) ({and perhaps most accurate is (c)} 16. Ne2 $1 {, because it
also has a distinct threat - to place the knight on d4. Play continues} c5 17.
Nf4 {(moving to take advantage of the new hole on d5)} Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Qc6 19. a4
{[%cal Ga4a5] with a4-a5 possible. The b6-knight is offiside, and White's
position is generally more coordinated.}) 16... Nc4 $1 {Venkat doesn't need to
be asked twice! Now White must part with his prized e3-bishop.} ({A lazy move
such as} 16... Rd8 {would again allow} 17. b3 {and the b6-knight remains a
problem, e.g.,} Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nd7 19. Na4 {with a strong advantage.}) 17. Qe2
({More daring might have been} 17. Bd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 {where White actually has
a threat} Rb8 ({For example} 18... Rd8 $4 19. Nxc6 {and White should win}) 19.
Na4 {, taking advantage of the weak c5-square and the loose c4-knight. After}
Ne5 20. f4 {[#]} Bg4 $1 {Black has to fight fire with fire} (20... Ng4 {
would also be acceptable if} 21. e5 {didn't exist} Ne3 22. Qxc6 {and all the
tactics work for White, i.e.,} Qxc6 23. Nxc6 Rb7 24. Rd8 {with a tremendous
advantage.}) (20... Nd7 $2 21. Nxc6 {is horrendous}) 21. fxe5 Bxd1 22. Rxd1
Bxe5 23. Nxc6 (23. Nf3 $5 {seems to blunder a pawn with} Bxb2 $1 24. Nxb2 Qb6+
{but} 25. Nd4 Qxb2 26. Qxb2 Rxb2 27. Nxc6 {saves the day!}) 23... Rfc8 {and now
} 24. Rd5 $1 {is the best way to equalize} (24. Rc1 {leads to some difficulty
after} Qd6 25. b4 Rc7 26. Bf1 $1 {the only way to survive} Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Be3 28.
e5 $1 {and White is hanging on}) 24... Qxc6 25. Qxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxe5 $13 {
with an unbalanced but equal position.}) 17... Ba6 18. b3 ({Moves like} 18. Nd5
$5 {show the richness of the position} cxd5 ({also equal is} 18... Qb7 19. Nb4
Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bb5 21. e5 {with a dynamically equal position}) 19. exd5 Nd8 {
and a forced line with} 20. b3 Nxe3 21. Qxa6 Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. fxe3 Rxa3
24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. exd4 Rxb3 26. Rc7 e6 27. d6 {where White has plenty of
compensation for the pawn.}) 18... Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qb6 20. Na4 $6 {A bit weird,
as allowing the destruction of the pawn structure was unnecessary.} ({The
natural} 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. e5 $1 {, shutting down Black's monster g7-bishop,
is mandatory:} Rfd8 22. a4 {with only a slight advantage for Black.}) 20...
Qxe3 21. fxe3 {This is now a two-result position for Black.} Bb5 22. Nc5 Bb2 $6
{Including this move allows White to equalize.} ({The immediate} 22... Nxc5 23.
Rxc5 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Kf2 Rd1 {would preserve the bishop pair and the
practical chances for an advantage.}) 23. Rc2 Nxc5 24. Rxb2 Rad8 25. Rxd8 ({
Plugging the d-file with} 25. Rd4 $1 {would equalize:} Ne6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Rd2 {and the e6-knight is misplaced, giving White a crucial tempo.}) 25... Rxd8
26. Nd4 $2 {Now Black gets a serious edge.} (26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Nxd2 Nd7 28. Nf3
Kg7 29. e5 c5 {is unpleasant, but at this point it was time to cut losses.})
26... e5 27. Nxb5 Rd1+ 28. Bf1 cxb5 29. Kg2 a6 {[#]} 30. b4 $2 {Too passive.} (
{The active path was the only way to fight for the draw:} 30. a4 $1 bxa4 (30...
b4 31. Rc2 Nxe4 32. Rc8+ $1 ({Not} 32. Bxa6 $2 Rd2+ 33. Rxd2 Nxd2 34. Bd3 Nxb3
{and Black is up a pawn with good winning chances}) 32... Kg7 33. Bxa6 Rd2+ 34.
Kg1 f5 35. Rb8 {and White should hold with active play}) 31. bxa4 Nxa4 32. Rc2
$1 {Accurate, restricting the knight on a4} (32. Ra2 $6 Nc3) 32... a5 33. Ra2
Nc5 34. Rxa5 Nxe4 35. Rxe5 {and White should hold comfortably.}) 30... Nxe4 31.
a4 Nc3 $4 {This almost allows White back into the game.} ({The correct} 31...
bxa4 $1 {was natural and very easily winning. For example,} 32. Ra2 ({if} 32.
Bc4 Rd2+ 33. Rxd2 Nxd2 34. Bd5 a3 35. Kf2 Nb1 36. Ke1 Nc3 {White can't stop
the pawn}) 32... Rd2+ {is hopeless.}) 32. axb5 axb5 33. Rb3 Rc1 34. Ra3 Kg7 35.
Ra5 Rb1 36. Bxb5 Rxb4 37. Be8 (37. Bc6 $1 {is best, trying to defend the weak
white king, but Black should win after} Rb2+ 38. Kg1 f6 39. Ra7+ Kh6 {.}) 37...
Rb2+ 38. Kh3 e4 39. Rc5 Nd1 {It's smooth sailing from here.} 40. Rc4 f5 41.
Rc7+ Kh6 42. Bf7 Nxe3 43. g4 Nf1 0-1

[Event "2022 K-12 Nationals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Underwood, Toshinori"]
[Black "Yehamandram, Yogeshwar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2040"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[Annotator "Sethuraman"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2023.01.06"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,89,19,38,40,46,59,38,40,-22,55,62,62,57,57,15,9,-13,23,33,19,8,-6,12,
8,4,28,11,19,18,36,12,38,21,18,18,127,34,53,41,21,52,293,481,576,527,576,528,
510,506,506,510,472,474,582,562,557,635,770,372,373,225,230,216,223,229,252,
251,257,254,251,246,246,246,255,255,276,276,285,285,285,321,322,328,346,322,
328,346,387,363,426,445]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. g3 a6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6.
O-O Be7 7. a4 O-O 8. d3 Rb8 {So far both sides have played logically, and
White aims to expand on the kingside and launch an attack on the black king.
Meanwhile, Black is preparing ...b7-b5 and queenside expansion.} 9. f4 {[#]} d5
$1 {The classical reply to an attack on the flank is to push in the center,
and that is exactly what Black does with this move. A flank alternative such
as 9...b5 would give White free rein with 10.e5 Ne8 11.Bxc6 dxc6 12.Be3 with a
ruined pawn structure and passive pieces for Black.} (9... b5 10. e5 Ne8 11.
Bxc6 dxc6 12. Be3) 10. e5 {A double-edged decision: closing down the center
and leaving White's g2-bishop biting on a granite d5-pawn may not be the best
idea, but it does grab central space and forces Black to take pieces away from
the kingside defence.} Nd7 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Ng1 Nd4 $6 {A bit premature, as the
knight looks very nice, but it can be disloged with White's next move.} 13.
Nce2 {Classy, trading off Black's most active piece. Another idea was 13.a5 to
hinder the ...b7-b5 advance.} Nxe2 14. Qxe2 b5 15. Nf3 d4 $2 {This opens up
the diagonal for the g2-bishop. Better would have been 15... bxa4 16.Rxa4 a5
17.b3 c4 18.bxc4 Nb6 19.Rxa5 dxc4 20.d4, when both 20...Nd5 and 20...Bb7 give
satisfactory compensation for the pawn.} (15... bxa4 16. Rxa4 a5 17. b3 c4 18.
bxc4 Nb6 19. Rxa5 dxc4 20. d4 Nd5 (20... Bb7)) 16. axb5 axb5 {[#]} 17. f5 $1 {
A thematic move that rips apart Black's position.} exf5 {Necessary, as f5-f6
was a real threat, e.g., 17...c4 18.f6 gxf6 19.Bh6 f5 20.g4! would let in the
white pieces with decisive effect.} (17... c4 18. f6 gxf6 19. Bh6 f5 20. g4)
18. Bf4 {Natural and good, but 18.e6 was even better as 18...Nf6 (18...fxe6 19.
Qxe6+ Rf7 20. Bf4 Qb6 21.Qa2!! and Black's position falls apart) 19.Ng5 Bd6 20.
Nxf7 is very hard to play as Black.} (18. e6 fxe6 (18... Nf6 19. Ng5 Bd6 20.
Nxf7) 19. Qxe6+ Rf7 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. Qa2) 18... Nb6 $1 {Black finds a great
defense in a very tough position; nevertheless, even stronger would have been
18...Qb6 as prophylaxis against 19.e6. A sample variation is 18...Qb6 19.e6
fxe6 20.Rfe1! (after 20.Bxb8 Nxb8 21.Rfe1 Bf6 Black's two pawns and solid
structure more provide enough compensation for the Exchange) 20...Rb7 21.Qxe6+
Qxe6 22.Rxe6 Nb6 23.Re2 Nd5 24.Ne5! and White maintains slightly better
chances.} (18... Qb6 19. e6 fxe6 20. Rfe1 (20. Bxb8 Nxb8 21. Rfe1 Bf6) 20...
Rb7 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Nb6 23. Re2 Nd5 24. Ne5) 19. e6 Bd6 {[#]} 20. Ng5
$1 {Far from the most obvious move, but clearly stronger than 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.
Qe5 Qxe5 22.exf7+! Kxf7 23.Nxe5+ Kf6 24.Nc6 Ra8 where Back is able to hold the
position.} (20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. Qe5 Qxe5 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Nxe5+ Kf6 24. Nc6 Ra8
) 20... g6 $4 {There was only one move to keep Black in the game: 20...Bxf4!
21.exf7+ Rxf7! 22.Nxf7! Be3! 23.Ng5! Qd7 and for now White cannot infiltrate
into the black camp. All of this is incredibly difficult to find over the
board.} (20... Bxf4 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Nxf7 Be3 23. Ng5 Qd7) 21. exf7+ Kg7 22.
Ra7 $1 {A killer blow that Black overlooked when playing 20...g6. A move such
as 22.Rg1 would offer a better position, but no clear breakthrough, after 22...
Bxf4 23.gxf4 h6 24.Ne6+ Bxe6 25.Qxe6 Rxf7.} (22. Rg1 Bxf4 23. gxf4 h6 24. Ne6+
Bxe6 25. Qxe6 Rxf7) 22... Qd8 23. Be5+ Bxe5 24. Qxe5+ Kh6 25. Qxb8 {The
computer coldly suggests 25.h4!, but Underwood chooses the human continuation.}
(25. h4) 25... Kxg5 26. Re1 Nd5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 28. Kg1 Kf6 29. Qc7 Rxf7 30.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Re5 {After liquidating into an endgame, White
wins with very nice technique.} Bd7 33. Rxc5 Ke6 34. Kf2 Kd6 35. b4 Bc6 36. c3
dxc3 37. Rxc3 Bd7 38. Rc5 Bc6 39. Ke3 Bd7 40. h4 h6 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. Rc7 Kd6 43.
Ra7 Be8 44. Rh7 h5 45. Ra7 1-0

[Event "2022 K-12 Nationals"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.12.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Park, Evan"]
[Black "Padhye, Rohan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[Annotator "Sethuraman"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2023.01.12"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. d3 Na5 {Padhye deviates from well-trodden
lines. This is a strong indication that he is playing ambitiously, despite
facing an IM with the black pieces. Quite admirable!} 5. Nc3 ({Trying to keep
the bishop is also a critical try} 5. Bd5 c6 6. Bxf7+ $5 (6. Bb3 {would render
5.Bd5 pointless}) 6... Kxf7 7. Ng5+ Ke8 8. b4 Be7 (8... Nf6 9. bxa5 Qxa5+ 10.
Nd2 Be7 11. O-O h6 12. Ngf3 {leads to a double-edged game}) 9. Bd2 $1 Nf6 (9...
Bxg5 $2 10. Qh5+) 10. bxa5 h6 11. Nf3 Kf7 12. O-O {And Black has the bishop
pair and the open f-file as compensation for the a5-pawn, which, despite being
doubled, fixes a weakness on b7.}) 5... Nxc4 6. dxc4 f5 $5 ({Solidity with} 
6... Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. a4 c6 {was also possible, but again Padhye
chooses a more combative move. I think it is safe to assume that he was still
in his preparation.}) 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxe7 Nxe7 9. Qd2 {[#]} f4 $2 {A serious
error as starting a kingside push before White castles is ill-advised.} ({
More principled was} 9... O-O {and if} 10. O-O ({the more cautious} 10. O-O-O
fxe4 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Ngxe4 b6 13. b3 Qd7 14. Rhf1 {would be the lesser evil}) {
only then} 10... f4 11. h3 g5 $1 {. Opening lines is worth a pawn, and Black's
king will be perfectly safe on h8 mainly due to the closed center. Here} 12.
Nxg5 $6 {is risky, as Black quickly develops a threatening initiative with} ({
more cautious is} 12. c5 {, although Black mantains slightly better chances
after} g4 $1 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Rfd1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 dxc5 16. Qe2 Qc8 17. Qc4+ Rf7
{.}) 12... Kh8 13. Nf3 Qe8 {(transferring the queen into the attack)} 14. Kh1
Qh5 15. Nh2 f3 $1 {and Black destroys the king's defenses.}) 10. c5 $1 {
Undermining the pawn chain and creating a weakness on d6} Bg4 11. cxd6 ({
Even more accurate was} 11. O-O-O $1 {and there is no satisfactory way to
defend the pawn. After} O-O (11... dxc5 $2 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Rxd8+ Kxd8 14.
Nxe5 {is no good}) 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Rxd6 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rad8 16.
Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Nd5 $1 {Black has no compensation for the pawn.}) 11... Qxd6 12.
Qxd6 cxd6 13. O-O-O {A bit slow; now Black has survived the worst of it.} ({
The best try was} 13. Nb5 $1 Bxf3 ({perhaps more stubborn is} 13... Rd8 $5 14.
Nxa7 O-O 15. Nb5 d5 $5 {but White maintains an edge with accurate play after}
16. Nxe5 Bh5 17. Nd4 $1 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Gd4e6,Ge6d8,Ge6f8] taking advantage
of some tactics}) 14. gxf3 Kd7 15. O-O-O Nc8 16. Rhg1 g6 17. Rd3 {and the
contrast between the white and black pieces leaves quite an impression!}) 13...
Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rd8 15. Rd2 Nc8 16. Rhd1 a6 $6 {Again too slow - Nc3-b5 wasn't a
real threat as the d6-pawn can easily be defended. After} (16... O-O 17. Nb5
Rf6 {Black has no issues.}) 17. Nd5 O-O {[#]} 18. a4 $1 {A classy idea,
planning to fix Black's queenside pawns with a4-a5.} Rde8 19. a5 $6 {White
carries out his plan, but Black has his own threats.} ({Better was} 19. b4 $1
Re6 20. Kb2 Rh6 21. Rd3 Rxh2 $2 (21... Re8 {would hold on a bit longer, but
there is the devastating} 22. h4 $3 Rxh4 23. Rg1 $1 Kf8 (23... Rh6 24. Rc3) 24.
Rc3 Ne7 25. Rc7 {and Black is paralyzed}) 22. Rc3 {This is a very deep idea,
and truthfully, one that is very tough to spot during a game. Black is dead
lost. For example, if} Kh8 (22... Rxf2 $2 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ne7+) 23. Rc7 Rxf2
24. Rxb7 Rxf3 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 {and we see the power of 19.b4 - the white
passer is deadly.}) 19... Re6 $1 {Padhye realizes that he has only one source
of counterplay: the vulnerable h2-pawn. Despite Black's passive knight and
weak queenside pawns, this is enough to hold.} ({Note that} 19... Kf7 $2 {
fails to} 20. Nb6 $1 Nxb6 21. axb6 Re6 22. Rxd6 {leaving White a clear pawn up.
}) 20. Nb6 Nxb6 ({Even stronger was} 20... Rh6 $1 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxd6 Rxh2 {
Padhye probably didn't like} 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kf7 25. Rd7+ {but after}
Kg6 $1 (25... Kf6 $6 {also works, but requires more of Black}) 26. Rxb7 Rh1+
27. Kd2 h5 28. Rb6+ Kh7 {we see the point of 25...Kg6. White must be careful
here!}) 21. axb6 Rd8 22. c4 ({More testing was} 22. b4 $1 {but} Kf8 23. Kb2 Rc8
24. Rxd6 Rc6 25. Rd8+ Re8 {holds.}) 22... Kf7 23. Kb1 Rc8 24. Rxd6 Rxc4 25.
Rd7+ Re7 26. R1d5 Rc6 27. Rxe7+ Kxe7 28. Rxe5+ Kd7 29. Rf5 Rf6 30. Rg5 g6 31.
Rd5+ Kc6 32. Kc2 Kxb6 33. e5 Rc6+ 34. Kd3 Kc7 {[#]} ({Now} 34... Rc1 $1 {
was clearer, when White has nothing after} 35. Ke4 Rc4+ 36. Kd3 Rc1 {.}) 35. b3
({The final try was} 35. Rd4 $1 {, and it would require Black to find} a5 $3 {
to survive - good luck with that in time trouble!} ({not} 35... Rc1 $2 36. Ke4
Rc2 37. b4 Rxf2 38. h4 Rh2 39. e6 Re2+ 40. Kd5 {and the e-pawn is too strong})
36. Rxf4 Rb6 37. Rf7+ Kd8 38. Rxh7 Rxb2 39. f4 a4 40. Rh8+ Kc7 41. Ra8 b5 {
and Black manages to hold.}) 35... Rb6 36. Kc4 Rc6+ 37. Kd4 Rb6 38. Kc4 Rc6+
39. Kd3 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Blitz (time odds)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Alburt, Lev"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Annotator "Alburt"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 {[#]} (6... Nbd7)
7. Qc1 (7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. b4 $2 Ncxe4) 7... e5 8. d5 Qe8 9. h4 (9. Nf3)
9... Nc5 10. Qe3 h5 (10... a5 11. O-O-O (11. h5 Nxh5) 11... Bd7 12. h5 Nxh5 13.
Bh6) 11. f3 (11. b4 Na6 (11... Na4 12. Nb5) 12. a3) 11... a5 12. Nh3 Bd7 13.
Nf2 c6 14. g4 {[#]} cxd5 15. cxd5 hxg4 (15... Kh7) (15... b5) 16. fxg4 b5 (
16... Nh7) 17. h5 {[#]} b4 18. h6 bxc3 (18... Bh8 19. h7+ Nxh7 20. Qh3) 19.
hxg7 Kxg7 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Bg7 Nh5 22. Qh6 f6 23. gxh5 cxb2 24. hxg6 bxa1=Q+
25. Nd1 1-0

[Event "Robert Byrne Memorial GM"]
[Site "Naperville"]
[Date "2023.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Escobar Forero, Alder"]
[Black "Wang, Tianqi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[Annotator "Shankar, Gauri"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2023.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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-180,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-143,-143,-154,-154,-154,-143,-143,-143,-276,-143,
-143] Welcome to the most spectacular game of 2023 (yet), that I witnessed
from a tournament I participated in. This game was played in the 2023 Robert
Byrne Memorial Tournament, a GM norm event held in Naperville, Illinois from
January 18 to 22.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 {
A very trendy line in the Caro Kann. Black accepts doubled pawns, but in
return, he gets a very safe king along with quick development.} 6. c3 Bd6 7.
Bd3 Na6 8. Ne2 Nc7 9. Bf4 h5 {A typical idea in the modern ...exf6 lines, but
I do not think there was a need for this move in this specific position.
Perhaps Black was playing provocatively?} 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Ng3 h4 12. Qe2+ Kf8
13. Ne4 Qd8 14. O-O-O g6 15. Kb1 a5 {The provocation seems to have worked, as
Black's king might be a little safer than White's here.} 16. g3 a4 17. Rhg1 Nd5
18. a3 Kg7 19. Qf3 f5 20. Nd2 h3 21. Nc4 Nf6 22. Qf4 Be6 23. f3 Qd5 {Creating
a very dangerous battery - once the c4-knight moves away, Black infiltates on
a2!} 24. Rde1 b5 25. Ne3 $2 ({White should have prevented Black's next move
with} 25. Re5 Qd8 26. Rxe6 $1 {- the only chance to keep the balance. After} (
26. Ne3 $4 Nh5 {traps the queen!}) 26... fxe6 27. Ne5 {White has enough
compensation for the Exchange with chances for a kinghunt.}) 25... Qa2+ 26. Kc1
Qa1+ 27. Bb1 Ba2 {Very nice tempo play.} 28. Kc2 Bb3+ 29. Kc1 Nd5 {[#]} 30.
Nxd5 $2 {This doesn't feel like a mistake, but it is a crucial one, opening
the c-file for a potential rook sacrifice on c3.} cxd5 31. Qe5+ Kg8 ({Black
should keep the rooks connected with} 31... Kh7 {as both are needed to
overcome White's defenses. Here's a sample line:} 32. g4 Rhc8 33. Rg3 ({if} 33.
Re3 {Black plays} f4 $3 {, sacrificing a pawn to buy time for ...b5-b4 and ...
a4-a3:} 34. Qxf4 Kg8 35. Rg3 b4 36. Rxh3 bxc3 37. Rxc3 Rxc3+ 38. bxc3 Qxc3+ 39.
Bc2 Qxc2#) 33... Rxc3+ $1 34. bxc3 Qxc3+ {and Black mates first.}) 32. Qd6 ({
The correct} 32. Qf6 $1 Rc8 33. Re2 b4 34. Rge1 {is an epic defense; after}
Rxc3+ 35. bxc3 Qxc3+ 36. Bc2 Qa1+ {the game ends in a perpetual.}) 32... Rc8 {
Before we go any further, I want you to keep an eye on THE recurring theme in
this game from this point forward: the demolition of White's pawn cover by ...
Rc8xc3 followed by mate.} 33. Re3 {Defending against Black's threats.} b4 $1 {
A fine move, diverting the queen and opening more files.} 34. Qxb4 Kg7 {
Connecting rooks.} 35. Re7 Rc4 36. Qa5 Ra8 {[#]} ({Black should have gone
all-in on c3 with} 36... Rhc8 $19 {when White has to divert the rook back with}
37. Re3 {(removing a defensive idea we see in the game) and now} Ba2 {is a
clever resource to open the b-file. Black has a winning attack after} 38. Kc2
Rb8 {.}) {Black appears to be on the cusp of victory. The white queen cannot
leave the defence of the c3-square as it would lead to swift mate. Still,
there is one glimmer of hope.} 37. Rxf7+ $1 {A desperado, trying to draw the
king out into trouble.} Kh6 $1 {Now comes one of the most spectacular
sequences you will ever see on a chessboard.} ({We see White's idea after} 
37... Kxf7 38. Qxd5+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ $1 {when the draw is at hand.}) 38. g4 $3 {
[#] White leaves the queen en prise for a second move. As the saying goes, the
best defense is a good offense!} ({Here} 38. Rh7+ {no longer works as there is
no good queen check after} Kxh7 {.}) 38... Kg5 $1 {The only move that doesn't
lose.} ({It's mate after} 38... Rxa5 39. g5+ Kh5 40. Rh7# {, and if}) (38...
fxg4 39. fxg4 Kg5 40. Qxd5+ {it's game over.}) 39. gxf5+ ({The alternative} 39.
f4+ $1 {clears the board for more checks, but after} Kxf4 40. gxf5 g5 41. Rf1+
Kg4 42. Rg1+ Kf4 43. Rf1+ {the best White has is a clean perpetual.}) 39... Kf4
$1 40. fxg6+ {What an incredible situation. If we split the board in half,
Black is completely obliterating White on the left, while the black king is
stripped bare on the right! Watching this game live, I could not believe what
I was seeing... and I still can't now!} Ke3 41. Re7+ Kf2 $1 {[#] The king
takes shelter behind White's pawn, which functions as an "umbrella." On-site,
the spectators were amazed and flummoxed as we watched this unfold. So many
questions, including: How is the white queen still alive on a5 after five
moves? Why is there a random king on f2? Why is there a random queen on a1?
Why can't White take the a8-rook? Why is White's g1-rook hanging? Why White is
out of good checks? What will happen next?!} 42. Ree1 {White doesn't find the
only drawing move, but since the position is so unusual, I can't give him a ?.}
({It's hard to explain why only} 42. Rge1 {draws, but I'll try. After} Rxa5 43.
R7e2+ $1 Kxf3 44. Re3+ {White's rooks are well-coordinated to attack the black
king, checking the king on e3 and simultaneously guarding the c3-pawn.
Meanwhile, after} Kf4 {White's passed pawn and active pieces balance out the
missing queen:} 45. g7 Ba2 ({or} 45... Ra8 46. Rg3 {- threatening Re1-f1 mate!
-} Rxd4 47. Rf1+ Ke5 48. cxd4+ Kxd4 49. g8=Q Rxg8 50. Rxg8 Ba2 51. Kc2 Bb3+ 52.
Kc1 Ba2 {with a skin-of-the-teeth draw.}) 46. Kd2 $1 {just one move is needed
to deliver mate with Re1-f1!} Qxb2+ 47. Bc2 Rxd4+ $1 48. cxd4 Qxd4+ 49. Bd3 {
and now Black has to take the draw. If he gets ambitious with} Qxg7 (49... Qb2+
{is required}) 50. Rf1+ Kg5 {the x-ray attack} 51. Rg3+ {wins, i.e,.} Kh6 52.
Rxh3+ Kg5 53. Rg1+ Kf6 54. Rf3+ Ke5 55. Rxg7 {.}) 42... Rxa5 43. Ref1+ Ke3 44.
Re1+ Kf4 45. Rg4+ Kxf3 46. Rg3+ Kf2 47. Ree3 {[#] White probably thought this
was at least a draw by perpetual, but Black's next move is an absolute cold
shower.} Bd1 $1 {Now Black is winning, as the bishop stops the check on f3.
On-site, we thought it was all over now.} 48. g7 {This move was made with
under a minute on the clock, while Black had 17 in the bank.} Rb5 $2 49. b4 $1
{Fighting on, this makes White's kingside safer in the long run.} Rb8 50. Kxd1
$1 {Now the king joins in the fight!} Qxb1+ 51. Kd2 Qb2+ 52. Kd1 {[#] White
still threatens mate in one with Re3-f3, but more broadly, how is he still in
the game?!} Rxd4+ $1 {Required to break the queen out, this leaves Black with
a winning position, but with clocks ticking away, it's not easy.} 53. cxd4
Qxd4+ 54. Rd3 Qa1+ 55. Kc2 Qa2+ 56. Kd1 Qe2+ 57. Kc1 Re8 ({Black wins with
either (a)} 57... Rc8+ 58. Rc3 Qe1+ $1 (58... Rxc3+ 59. Rxc3 {draws as Black
cannot collect the g-pawn with check, and if} Qe6 60. Rg3 Qg8 {it's a fortress}
) 59. Kc2 Rxc3+ 60. Rxc3 Qg1 $1 61. Rc7 Qxh2 (61... Ke3 62. Rc3+ Ke4) 62. g8=Q
Qxc7+ {, or}) ({(b) simply} 57... d4 $1 {, preparing ...Rb8-c8+ and winning,
but it's hard to see with no time and being under so much pressure.}) 58. Rc3
$1 {Clever, preventing checks on the c-file while preparing to pin the black
queen.} Qf1+ {Now the position should (in theory) be drawn.} ({Black is still
winning after the correct} 58... Qe5 59. Rc2+ (59. Kb2 Rg8) 59... Kf1 {
(threatening mate in four)} 60. Kb1 Qxg3 $1 61. hxg3 Kg1 $1 {.}) 59. Kb2 Re2+
60. Rc2 Rxc2+ 61. Kxc2 {The smoke has cleared, and White's rook is in optimal
position. Black has nothing better to do that give perpetual check.} Qe2+ 62.
Kc1 Qe1+ 63. Kc2 $6 {Giving Black one more try...} Qe4+ 64. Kc1 Qh1+ $1 65. Kb2
Qxh2 {[#] Did White blow it?} 66. Rg5 $1 {Amazingly this is still a draw!! 
(How many lives does White have in this game?) From its new perch the rook
prevents Black's check on e5.} Ke3+ 67. Ka1 Qh1+ 68. Ka2 {This allows a
spectacular win for Black, but as the players aren't computers (and had
already lived through all the twists and turns you've enjoyed thus far) they
kept repeating.} ({The drawing move was} 68. Kb2 {- come back to this
variation after seeing the full game to understand the point. Play continues}
Qe4 69. g8=Q h2 70. Rg3+ Kf2 71. Rc3 h1=Q 72. Qg3+ Ke2 73. Rc2+ Qxc2+ 74. Kxc2
{and now you see why the king was needed on b2!}) 68... Qh2+ ({The
unbelievable winning idea is} 68... Qe4 {, letting White promote! After} 69.
g8=Q h2 70. Rg3+ Kf2 $1 71. Rh3 Qe2+ 72. Kb1 Qf1+ 73. Kb2 Qxh3 {and Black wins.
}) 69. Ka1 {One of the wildest games I have ever encountered, showing the
beauty of chess, and the power of perseverance!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "National Chess Congress, Philadelphia U"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaufman, Larry"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7. Be3 Nbd7
8. Ne2 a5 9. a4 Bc5 10. Kf2 Ke7 11. Nd2 Bxe3+ (11... Rd8 12. Nc1 Ne8 13. Nd3
Bxe3+ 14. Kxe3 Nd6 15. Bb3 b6 16. Bd5 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. Nc4 f6 19. Rhd1
Ndc5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. b3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Kxd8 24. g3 Ke7 25. Nd2
Ke6 26. Nc4 Nb7 27. Kd3 Nc5+ 28. Ke3 Nb7 29. Kd3 Nc5+ 30. Ke3 Nb7 {1/2-1/2 (30)
Novikov,I (2556)-Benjamin,J (2524) Saint Louis 2019}) 12. Kxe3 Rd8 13. Rhd1 Nb6
14. Bb3 Nfd7 15. Nc4 Nxc4+ 16. Bxc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 {[#]} c5 19. c3
$2 (19. Nc3 c4 20. Ba2 Be6 21. Rb1 Rc8 22. Kd2 {computers rate as evenish})
19... Bd7 {It seemed a no-brainer to force White's rook off the open file, but
I could have secured a concrete advantage with} (19... Be6 20. Bxe6 Kxe6 21. b3
c4 {White's a4-pawn becomes critically weakened.}) 20. Ra1 Rd8 21. h4 {My old
friend GM Mike Wilder used to say that good players play h4 when they don't
know what to do. Seriously, this move is okay, but more to the point is} (21.
Ng3 g6 22. Nf1 {getting the knight in position to defend important squares.})
21... f6 {This move doesn't add anything to Black's position.} ({The engine
recommendation} 21... f5 {is another approach I didn't consider, potentially
weakening Black's structure to get more activity.} 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Ng3 Bd3) (
21... Be6) 22. g4 Be6 23. Bxe6 Kxe6 24. b3 c4 25. b4 {This move keeps White's
disadvantage manageable.} axb4 26. a5 $4 {Only now am I aware of the double
blunder here.} Nc8 (26... Rd3+ 27. Kf2 b3 $3 28. axb6 Kd6 $19 {[#]} 29. Ra4 Rd1
30. Rb4 g5 {White is so tied up that he can only wait for Black to collect
more pawns e.g.} 31. h5 Kc5 32. Ng3 Rd2+ 33. Ne2 Rd3 34. Ra4 Rd6) 27. cxb4 Rd3+
28. Kf2 Nd6 29. a6 $1 {White gets activity of his own that should save the
game.} bxa6 30. Rxa6 Rb3 31. Ra7 $2 {[#] White's third major error of the game
is as plausible as the other two. It is more important to keep Black's knight
at bay then immediately attack pawns.} (31. g5 fxg5 32. hxg5 Rxb4 33. Nc3 {
Black has almost no chance to exploit his extra pawn.}) 31... Nb5 $1 32. Rxg7
Nd4 $1 {Not wasting time taking the b-pawn--which isn't going anywhere--Black
totally dominates the knight relationship.} 33. Nxd4+ ({I was a bit wary of} 
33. Ng3 {because White has a potential mating net of his own.} Rb2+ (33...
Rxf3+ 34. Kg2) 34. Ke1 (34. Ke3 Rg2) 34... c3 35. Rc7 (35. Nf5 Rb1+ $1 36. Kf2
Nxf5 37. gxf5+ Kd6 {and the c-pawn costs White his rook}) 35... c2 36. Nf5 {[#]
} Nxf3+ (36... Rb1+ 37. Kf2) 37. Kf1 Nd2+ 38. Ke2 Nxe4 39. Ke3 Kd5 {Black
should win without too much trouble}) (33. Ng1 Rb2+ 34. Ke3 Rg2) 33... exd4 34.
Rxh7 Rb2+ {Again the king is forced to accept relegation to the back rank or
be chased away.} 35. Ke1 c3 36. Rc7 {[#]} Ke5 $1 {Activating the king is the
last piece of the puzzle. Mate threats willhelp the Black pawns move faster.}
37. g5 fxg5 38. hxg5 Kf4 39. Kd1 Ke3 40. g6 Rg2 {White has a lot of pawns, but
won't have time to use them.} 41. Kc1 (41. g7 d3 {forces mate, so White has to
give up his best queening candidate.}) 41... Kd3 42. Kb1 Kd2 43. f4 Rxg6 44. f5
Rg1+ 45. Ka2 c2 {There are many solutions, but this onewas forcing andeasy to
calculate.} 46. f6 c1=Q 47. Rxc1 Kxc1 48. e5 Rf1 49. b5 d3 (49... d3 50. b6 d2
51. b7 d1=Q 52. b8=Q Qa4# {would be an aesthetic finish}) 0-1

[Event "Absolute Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad/Moscow"]
[Date "1941.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1941.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. g3 c5 6. dxc5 dxc5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Ne4 13. Qe3 Nxg5 14.
Nxg5 e5 15. Ne4 Qd4 16. b3 Bg4 17. Nc3 e4 18. Rad1 Qe5 19. Rd2 Rad8 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 21. Nxe4 f5 22. Nc3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Rd2 24. Rd1 Rc2 25. Rd3 Bxe2 26. Rd8+
Kf7 27. Nxe2 Rxe2 28. Rd7+ Ke6 29. Rxa7 g5 30. Rxh7 Rxa2 31. Rh6+ Ke5 32. Rxc6
Ke4 33. Rxc5 {[#]} f4 34. exf4 Kf3 35. h3 Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raoul"]
[Black "Tartakower, Savielly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,103,19,25,29,21,70,50,54,26,43,40,23,20,22,0,14,9,27,32,42,35,35,30,
41,15,36,37,39,17,0,-5,33,11,15,6,9,4,23,22,3,8,0,0,44,19,22,23,91,98,91,92,86,
92,95,94,66,65,64,54,43,35,35,0,55,23,37,36,45,33,40,0,38,74,161,187,175,177,
195,166,195,165,206,215,191,184,178,282,282,288,315,343,365,341,392,406,441,
450,493,529,547,557,557,607,1022,1032]} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7
5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Qe8 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 11. bxc3
Qxe7 12. a4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. Rfb1 Rae8 15. Qh3 Rf6 16. f4 Na5 17. Qf3 d6
18. Re1 Qd7 19. e4 fxe4 20. Qxe4 g6 21. g3 Kf8 22. Kg2 Rf7 23. h4 d5 24. cxd5
exd5 25. Qxe8+ Qxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. h5 Rf6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rh1 Kf8 30. Rh7
Rc6 31. g4 Nc4 32. g5 Ne3+ 33. Kf3 Nf5 34. Bxf5 gxf5 {[#]} 35. Kg3 Rxc3+ 36.
Kh4 Rf3 37. g6 Rxf4+ 38. Kg5 Re4 39. Kf6 Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rxc7 Re8 42. Kxf5
Re4 43. Kf6 Rf4+ 44. Ke5 Rg4 45. g7+ Kg8 46. Rxa7 Rg1 47. Kxd5 Rc1 48. Kd6 Rc2
49. d5 Rc1 50. Rc7 Ra1 51. Kc6 Rxa4 52. d6 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Qe2 Bf8 11. b3 Rxe5 12. Qxe5 Ne8 13. Bb2 d6 14. Qe4
g6 15. Re1 Nf6 16. Qf3 d5 17. Nb5 Nh5 18. Re5 Nf6 19. Nxc7 Bg4 20. Qf4 Rc8 21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Exercises March 2023 / ABCs"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5q1k/8/8/3b2P1/3P4/6P1/3Q1P2/5RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Exercises March 2023 / ABCs"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k6/1b6/8/8/4r3/5qP1/5P2/3Q1RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Exercises March 2023 / ABCs"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/5bb1/8/8/8/qPrB4/P1PQ4/1KR5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Exercises March 2023 / ABCs"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/6b1/8/8/3n4/1Bq1Q3/P1P5/1KR1R3 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Exercises March 2023 / ABCs"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3q4/6k1/3b4/3b4/6P1/8/5P2/3Q1RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "Exercises March 2023 / ABCs"]
[Site "Soviet Union"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/6k1/8/q7/N7/1Pb2PP1/2P3Q1/1KR5 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2022.12.27"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "3.1 Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "cahan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "R7/5ppk/4pb2/3p3p/7P/1q1b1BP1/1P2QP2/6K1 w - - 0 46"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,112,34,24,30,0,-13,2,30,36,40,22,32,28,30,26,43,37,19,11,19,35,27,2,
27,4,6,8,51,18,30,23,51,-25,-12,-3,21,-20,12,22,16,0,17,20,19,-11,0,6,1,-6,28,
-6,28,-37,-2,-26,-51,-51,-37,-30,-22,-3,-17,-46,-73,-62,-73,-108,-110,-97,-13,
-7,-6,-24,-26,-89,-39,-104,-42,-30,-30,-56,0,0,0,0,-8,0,20,35,30,0,29995,20,22,
29,57,44,25,11,47,31,44,73,88,69,69,60,96,60,62,-38,96,62,86] [#]} 46. Be4+ ({
In the game, Niemann overlooked the mating continuation and instead went for} 
46. Qe3 Qc2 47. b4 Qb1+ 48. Kh2 d4 49. Qd2 Bg6 50. Qd1 Qb2 51. Qe2 Qb1 52. Qd1
Qb2 53. Qe2 Qb1 54. Qd1 Qf5 55. Qe2 Qb1 56. Qd1 Qb2 {and draw was agreed.})
46... g6 ({The alternatives end the game sooner:} 46... Bxe4 47. Qxh5#) ({or} 
46... Kh6 47. Rh8# {.}) 47. Qxh5+ {with mate on the next move.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2022.12.27"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "3.2 Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Nihal, Sarin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "cahan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/1bq1bp1p/p1n1p1p1/3n2N1/2N4R/2BBP3/1P2QPPP/5RK1 w - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,35,20,20,20,-1,32,17,14,41,44,33,62,52,41,-7,-4,10,7,-3,44,40,52,55,
83,54,35,51,77,69,53,12,16,16,65,65,29991,29992] [#]} 18. Qh5 $1 {Black
resigned as Black cannot capture the queen, 18...gxh5 19.Bxh7#, and stopping
the threatened mate on h7 is not possible.} 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Women 2022"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2022.12.26"]
[Round "4.37"]
[White "3.3 Lu, Miaoyi"]
[Black "Khamdamova, Afruza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2139"]
[Annotator "cahan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r1k1/pppn1pp1/3q1n1p/2bP4/2P3b1/3B1N1P/PBQN1PP1/R4RK1 b - - 0 15"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,48,33,31,28,24,15,-32,-32,-10,37,23,20,-4,6,6,18,-18,3,3,-7,-59,-31,
-38,-20,1,-5,-4,-9,4,2,0,0,-143,-159,-211,-180,-337,-478,-391,-418,-415,-434,
-649,-99,-531,-503,-503,-544,-29995,-29996] [#]} 15... Bxh3 $1 16. gxh3 $2 {
It would better to ignore the bishop on h3.} Qg3+ $1 {The point!} 17. Kh1 Qxh3+
18. Nh2 Ng4 $1 19. Ndf3 {White sends the other knight to help defend against
the intruders.} Nde5 {Ehh, Black has an extra knight of his own as well.} 20.
Bxe5 {But I can take Black's knight...} Rxe5 {and then the rook joins the
party too.} 21. Bg6 Rf8 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Qd3 Rh5 24. Kg1 Qg3+ {with mate in
two moves. White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2022.12.26"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "3.4 Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Kadric, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "cahan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn1qr1kb/pp2pp1p/2p3pB/3p4/2PP4/5PPB/PP1Q1P1P/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,47,20,-14,13,28,45,-4,37,19,11,11,25,31,25,17,40,42,51,65,73,27,98,67,
93,98,82,66,98,87,74,76,133,141,141,138,138,149,160,167,231,222,272,272,272,
219,318,318,896,952] [#]} 16. Qb4 $1 {A move with a simple threat, Qxb7, but,
as we will see, with much more sinister intentions.} b6 ({Or} 16... Qb6 17.
Rxe7 $1 {Oops! and White is winning.}) 17. cxd5 Qxd5 ({Also,} 17... cxd5 18.
Bg5 a5 19. Qa3 Bxd4 20. Bxe7 {wins for White.}) 18. Rxe7 {White is winning.
The game ended shortly.} Na6 19. Rce1 Red8 20. Qa3 Bf6 21. Qxa6 Bxe7 22. Rxe7
Qh5 23. Qc4 Rd5 24. Qxc6 {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Women 2022"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2022.12.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "3.5 Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A86"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "cahan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2rk1/p2b1nbp/2p3p1/qpPp1p2/5Nn1/1PN3P1/PBQRPPBP/3R2K1 w - - 0 18"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,42,28,2,38,43,42,20,72,63,63,63,76,15,9,38,38,0,20,14,25,21,16,18,18,
14,23,26,21,27,24,5,11,11,37,0,169,168,168,186,202,183,183,197,276] [#]} 18.
Ncxd5 $1 (18. Nfxd5 {actually works pretty good as well, but the text move is
best.}) 18... cxd5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxd5 $1 {Now Black has a problem: moving
the bishop allows Ne6+.} Rcd8 ({Or} 20... Bc6 21. Qb2+ Kh6 ({also} 21... Kg8
22. Ne6 {ends the fun}) 22. Ne6 $1 Rg8 23. Qc1+ g5 24. Rxf5 Rce8 25. Bxc6 Rxe6
26. Bd5 {and Black can resign.}) 21. Qb2+ Kg8 {and Black resigned at the time.}
1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2022.12.26"]
[Round "5.45"]
[White "3.6 Sindarov, Javokhir"]
[Black "Cheng, Bobby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "cahan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/p4pp1/7p/2P5/2Q5/3P1q2/P4P1P/R5K1 b - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,47,19,31,45,38,36,29,27,37,46,46,46,46,49,8,48,55,49,45,52,54,54,54,
32,59,59,33,7,31,47,53,35,5,-8,0,0,-4,-8,-19,0,-48,-52,-123,0,0,0,0,0,-1632] 
[#]} 21... Re8 $1 ({In the game, Black went for} 21... Rc8 $2 22. Re1 Rc6 23.
Re8+ Kh7 24. h4 $4 {and White resigned as he is losing, e.g.,} Qd1+ 25. Kh2 Rg6
{.}) 22. c6 Re2 $1 23. Qh4 ({Or} 23. Rf1 Re6 {, ending White's resistance.})
23... Qxc6 {and Black is winning.} 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2022.12.27"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "3.7 Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "cahan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/2pp1ppp/p1n2b2/1p1NNn2/3P4/1BP5/PP3PPP/R1BQR1K1 w - - 0 13"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,27,31,19,30,18,11,11,17,-38,-1,7,7,13,13,-44,-29,-80,64,36,129,110,
163,141,141,131,230,518,541,605] [#]} 13. Nxf7 $1 ({White also wins after} 13.
Qg4 g6 14. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 15. Re8+ $1 Qxe8 16. Nxf6+ {and it is curtains for
Black.}) 13... Rxf7 14. Nxf6+ {and here Black resigned. A possible
continuation was} (14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qh5+ Kg7 17. Qxf5 {
and Black is finished.}) 1-0

[Event "World Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2022.12.28"]
[Round "12.19"]
[White "3.8 Kobalia, Mikhail"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "cahan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/ppp2ppp/5q2/2b1r3/4P1b1/2P5/PPQNBPPP/4RRK1 b - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,44,61,25,25,10,0,17,15,13,12,10,-14,-17,9,-4,3,-1,-1,-25,-5,34,34,-12,
-3,0,21,6,19,-26,-24,7,11,18,54,4,117,112,144,131,131,123,114,114,-64,-1234,
-29988] [#]} 16... Bh3 $3 ({In the game, Black was successful with the less
accurate} 16... Qf4 17. Nc4 $6 (17. Nb3 $1 Bb6 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. h3 Qg6 20. Kh1
{gives White an advantage.}) 17... Rh5 $2 (17... Qxe4 $1) 18. g3 Qh6 19. Bxg4
Rxh2 20. Bf3 $4 (20. Rd1 Rxd1 21. Qxd1 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Rh1+ 23. Kg2 Rxd1 24.
Bxd1 Qc6 {leads to a clear advantage for White.}) 20... Qh3 21. Ne3 Rd6 22. Nf5
Rh6 {and White resigned.}) 17. Nf3 ({If} 17. gxh3 {then} Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Rxd2 19.
f4 Rxc2 20. fxg5 Rxg5 {is clearly better for Black.}) 17... Qg6 18. g3 Ree8 {
and Black wins the exchange.} 0-1

[Event "World Rapid 2022"]
[Site "Almaty KAZ"]
[Date "2022.12.26"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "3.9 Ter-Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2859"]
[Annotator "cahan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2kq3r/pp1b3r/2n1p1pB/3p4/P1pPn1NP/2P1QB2/2P2PP1/R3K2R b KQ - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2022.12.26"]
[EventType "rapid"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 20... e5 $3 {Threatening, among other things, ...Bxg4.} 21. dxe5 (21.
Bxe4 {is met by} Bxg4 {and White loses material.}) 21... Bxg4 $1 ({In the game,
the world champion played less accurately:} 21... Qa5 $2 22. Ra3 $2 (22. Kf1 $1
{would have been better for White}) 22... Bf5 23. O-O Kb8 24. Bg5 Nxg5 25. Qxg5
Rxh4 {and Black eventually won the game.}) 22. Bxg4+ Kb8 23. Bf4 {Did White
get out of his troubles?} Rxh4 $1 24. Rxh4 Rxh4 25. e6+ Ka8 26. Bh3 g5 {
Nope, the troubles are not over, they were always there!} 27. Bg3 Nxg3 28. Qxg3
({or} 28. fxg3 Re4) 28... g4 {and Black is winning.} 0-1

[Event "Dreaming King Open 2022"]
[Site "San Diego, CA"]
[Date "2022.01.17"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Chen, Megan"]
[Black "Xu, Jayden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[Annotator "Chen"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL March 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. Bc4 Ne7 7. Bg5 Qc7 8.
Bb3 Ng6 9. O-O Bd6 {An unusual move, because this blocks Black's d-pawn. I'd
prefer Bc5 here instead.} 10. Rc1 {[%csl Gd6]} Nc6 11. Nd5 {Going in for
blood! This is a common motif for White in the Morra, with the intent for
opening the e-file and going straight for the Black king.} exd5 12. exd5 O-O
13. Re1 {Best to be patient, taking the e-file when we can. With the pin on
the Black queen, the knight on c6 clearly isn't going anywhere.} Nge5 $4 {
It's tempting to want to trade off the badly placed knight. But, this turns
out to be a fatal mistake from Black. After the bishop (as opposed to the
pinned knight) must recapture, the next 2 moves really put Black into epic
misery.} 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Be7 Re8 16. d6 $3 {This is MY BEST MOVE. Notice how
I was not in a rush to win back material, but really focused on digging in and
slamming Black's pieces shut. Black basically looks as though he's down 2
rooks and a bishop, with the d6 pawn severely restricting a huge proportion of
his army. Black quickly collapses from here.} Qa5 (16... Bxd6 $4 {would've
resulted in forced mate, or loss of the rook for Black:} 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18.
Qh5+ g6 19. Qxh7#) 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qf3 Nd8 19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Bd5
Qd2 22. Qe7 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Qxd5 24. Qxd8+ Kg7 25. Re7+ Kh6 26. Qf8+ Kg5 27. Kxh2
Qxd6+ 28. Kg1 Qd2 29. Re5+ Kh4 30. Rc4+ {White won by resignation Black
resigned here, as his king is toast with mate coming on the next move.} 1-0

