[Event "Capablanca Memorial-03"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1964.09.22"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1964.08.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,144,19,31,14,-14,43,8,27,21,30,32,29,32,35,41,40,43,42,37,30,18,56,47,
38,49,60,23,39,46,39,37,27,57,62,67,61,59,74,55,52,63,52,44,45,46,66,49,40,50,
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-98,-103,-103,-95,-104,-104,-104,-104,-882,-852,-995,-995,-1011,-1011]} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. b3 c6 9.
Bb2 cxd5 10. cxd5 Qb6 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O Rac8 13. Nd4 Rc7 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15.
Nd1 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Qc5 18. Nc2 Qc8 19. Qd2 b6 20. e4 Nb7 21. Nd4
Nc5 22. f3 Qa6 23. Bc3 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Nxd3 25. Bf1 Nc1 26. Nc6 Nxa2 27. Bd2 e6
28. Bc4 exd5 29. exd5 a5 30. Be3 b5 31. Bxb5 Nxd5 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33. Nxd5 Bxb5
34. Kf2 Nb4 35. Nxb4 axb4 36. Ke1 Bc6 37. Ke2 Bd5 38. Bd2 Bxb3 39. Bxb4 Ke7 40.
Nc3 Bc4+ 41. Ke3 Kd7 42. Ne2 Bxe2 43. Kxe2 Be5 44. Be1 Ke6 45. h3 Kf5 46. Kf2
h5 47. Bd2 Ke6 48. g4 Kd5 49. Ke2 Kc4 50. Be1 Bf4 51. Ba5 d5 52. Be1 d4 53. Ba5
Bd6 54. Be1 Bb4 55. Bh4 Kc3 56. Be1+ Kb3 57. Bf2 Kc4 58. Bh4 Bf8 59. Kd2 Bh6+
60. Kc2 d3+ 61. Kd1 Kd4 62. Bf2+ Kc3 63. Bb6 d2 64. Bf2 Kd3 65. Bb6 Bf4 66. Bf2
Be5 67. Bg1 h4 (67... Bd4 68. Bxd4 (68. Bh2 Ke3 69. Bg1+) 68... Kxd4 69. Kxd2
h4 (69... hxg4 70. hxg4 g5 71. Ke2 Ke5 72. Ke3 f6 73. f4+) 70. g5 $3 (70. Ke2
Ke5 (70... f5 71. Kd2 f4 72. g5) (70... g5 71. Kd2 Ke5 72. Ke3 f6 73. f4+) 71.
Ke3 g5 72. Ke2 (72. f4+ gxf4+ 73. Kf3 f6) 72... Kf4 73. Kf2 f6) 70... Ke5 71.
Ke3 Kf5 72. f4) 68. Bf2 Bc3 69. Bg1 (69. Bxh4 Ke3) 69... Bd4 70. Bxd4 (70. Bh2
Ke3 71. Bg1+ Kxf3 72. Bxd4 Kg3 73. Kxd2 Kxh3 74. Bf2 Kxg4 75. Ke1 h3 76. Kf1
Kf3 77. Bg1 f5) 70... Kxd4 71. Kxd2 Ke5 72. Ke3 g5 (72... g5 73. f4+ gxf4+ 74.
Kf3 f6 75. Kf2 Ke4 76. Ke2 f3+ 77. Kf1 f2 (77... Ke3 78. Ke1 f2+ 79. Kf1 Kf3
80. g5 fxg5) (77... Ke5 78. Ke1 f5 79. gxf5 (79. g5 f4 80. Kf2 Kf5 81. Kxf3
Kxg5 82. Ke4 $11) 79... Kxf5 80. Kf1 Ke4) 78. Kxf2 Kf4 79. Kg2 Ke3) 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "classic endgame one"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/2k5/p1P5/P1K5/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1964.08.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 1. Kd5 Kc8 2. Kd4 Kd8 3. Kc4 Kc8 4. Kd5 Kd8 (4... Kc7 5. Kc5) 5. Kd6 Kc8
6. c7 Kb7 7. Kd7 Ka7 8. Kc6 *

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "classic endgame 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3k4/8/1pPK4/1P6/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "1964.08.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 1. c7+ Kc8 2. Ke6 Kxc7 3. Ke7 Kb7 4. Kd7 Ka7 5. Kc7 Ka8 6. Kxb6 Kb8 7.
Ka6 $1 (7. Kc6 Ka7 8. b6+ $2 (8. Kc7 Ka8 9. Kb6 Kb8 10. Ka6) 8... Ka8) 7... Ka8
8. b6 Kb8 9. b7 *

[Event "FTX Crypto Cup 2022"]
[Site "Miami USA"]
[Date "2022.08.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Giri, A."]
[Black "Duda, J."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2022.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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-339,-329,-350,-349,-350,-350,-346,-346,-375]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4.
e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 c5 8. d4 h6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Rb1 cxd4 11.
cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bb2 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Bc3 15. Ba3 Bd7 16. Rxb7 {[#]} g5
(16... Be1 17. Qf3 Bxf2) (16... Bc6 17. Re7+ Kd8 18. Rxf7) (16... O-O-O) 17.
Qb1 Rd8 18. h4 g4 19. h5 Rg8 {[#]} 20. g3 (20. Rh4 Be1 21. Qc2 Bxf2) 20... Rg5
21. Be2 Re5 22. Rh4 Rxe2 23. Kxe2 Qxc4+ 24. Qd3 Qxa2+ 25. Kf1 Qxa3 26. Rxg4
Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Dimitrov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,72,24,20,41,46,23,17,17,16,16,24,23,-9,3,5,1,-22,1,-37,-25,-36,23,-26,
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-66,-66,-55,-54,-55,-55,-100,-66,-73,-73,-65,-86,-71,-44,-195,-170,-156,-169,
-193,-193,-192,-192,-323,-284,-343,-298]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5
Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. h4 Be7 10. g3 a5 11. Kf2 a4
12. Ne2 f6 13. Kg2 O-O 14. h5 a3 15. b3 f5 16. Be3 Ndb8 17. Kh2 Bd7 18. Bh3 Na6
19. Rg1 Rac8 20. Qd2 Bb4 21. Qd1 Be7 22. g4 Ncb4 23. Ne1 Nc7 24. Ng3 fxg4 25.
Qxg4 Rf7 26. Rg2 Nb5 27. Ne2 Nc3 28. Nxc3 Rxc3 29. Bf2 Qc7 30. Bh4 Bf8 31. Nf3
Nc2 32. Re1 h6 33. Ree2 Ne3 34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. Bf6 Qc3 36. Nh4 Qxd4 37. Ng6 Qc5
38. Nxf8 Qxf8 39. Qg6 d4 40. Qxh6 Re2 41. Qg6 Rxg2+ 42. Bxg2 Rxf6 43. exf6 Qxf6
44. Qg3 Bc6 45. Bxc6 bxc6 46. b4 Qf5 47. h6 Qh5+ 48. Kg2 Qxh6 49. Qxa3 Qxf4 50.
Qa8+ Kh7 51. Qxc6 Qd2+ 52. Kf1 Qd3+ 53. Ke1 Qb1+ 54. Kd2 Qxb4+ 55. Kd3 Qa3+ 56.
Kxd4 Qxa2 57. Qe4+ Kg8 58. Qg6 Qd5+ 59. Ke3 Qe5+ 60. Kd2 Qf5 61. Qe8+ Kh7 62.
Ke3 e5 63. Qe7 Qf4+ 64. Ke2 e4 65. Qe6 Qf3+ 66. Ke1 {[#]} Qe3+ 67. Kf1 Qf3+ 68.
Kg1 e3 69. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "American Congress-09"]
[Site "Lake Hopatcong"]
[Date "1923.08.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bigelow, Horace Ransom"]
[Black "Kupchik, Abraham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C30"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/7p/R5bk/5n2/P7/7K/4r2P/8 b - - 0 40"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1923.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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-998,-29625,-29995,-29996] [#]} 40... Kg5 41. a5 Bh5 0-1

[Event "American Congress-09"]
[Site "Lake Hopatcong"]
[Date "1923.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Black "Morrison, John Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3rkn1/7p/p1b1R1p1/1p1pQp2/1q1P4/1P3PP1/P5BP/2B1R1K1 w - - 0 32"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1923.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,65,25,16,13,19,13,-6,26,15,19,7,14,11,14,22,13,23,15,1,1,-7,8,0,4,6,
20,13,13,9,11,0,-13,-6,-7,-45,-17,-23,-10,-40,39,35,29,4,35,16,59,36,162,160,
151,187,234,241,220,219,509,532,539,518,655,605,29997,786,29995,29996,29997,
29998] [#]} 32. Bh6+ Nxh6 33. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "American Congress-09"]
[Site "Lake Hopatcong"]
[Date "1923.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Black "Lasker, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3Rn3/3b1rp1/p3p1k1/5p2/q4B1Q/7P/5PPK/5B2 w - - 0 40"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1923.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,81,25,23,13,26,26,12,20,20,18,13,11,-2,-6,-6,-6,-13,-19,18,28,42,30,
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240,226,204,256,235,295,147,145,171,113,101,140,142,354,349,395,442,442,301,
417,417,417,412,419,251,258,253,265,255,239,255,294,290,323,238,1013,1060,
29999,-30000] [#]} 40. Be2 Rf6 (40... Nf6 41. Bh5+ Nxh5 42. Qg5+ Kh7 43. Qxh5#)
41. Qh5# 1-0

[Event "American Congress-09"]
[Site "Lake Hopatcong"]
[Date "1923.08.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chajes, Oscar"]
[Black "Bigelow, Horace Ransom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rr3/pk3q1p/1ppPp1p1/2P1Rp2/1P6/Q7/P4PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1923.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,55,25,25,59,74,58,28,28,31,38,18,53,28,26,22,18,21,15,2,-5,-18,1,2,10,
0,48,58,48,48,48,52,32,23,89,99,145,139,139,148,144,92,99,110,110,110,163,171,
212,171,201,138,129,136,136,126,138,139] [#]} 31. b5 cxb5 32. c6+ Kxc6 (32...
Ka8 33. d7) 33. Qf3+ (33. Qf3+ Kd7 34. Qb7#) 1-0

[Event "American Congress-09"]
[Site "Lake Hopatcong"]
[Date "1923.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lasker, Edward"]
[Black "Kupchik, Abraham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/p2Bqpnp/6pB/3R4/1bp5/5Q2/PP3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "1923.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,49,25,13,23,27,59,34,7,24,36,21,36,40,21,40,77,25,43,27,71,62,56,52,
40,6,21,82,76,88,95,124,111,105,90,91,140,130,126,157,180,187,192,49,318,320,
364,385,345,329,706,728] [#]} 23. a3 Bc5 24. Qc3 Ne6 (24... f6 25. Qxc4) 25.
Rxc5 (25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Bxe6) 1-0

[Event "American Congress-09"]
[Site "Lake Hopatcong"]
[Date "1923.08.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schapiro, Morris Abraham"]
[Black "Chajes, Oscar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/p7/1p6/8/1PP5/5K2/1k6/8 w - - 0 59"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "1923.08.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,120,25,25,45,56,40,37,22,3,22,32,40,23,49,35,35,35,29,32,29,22,44,41,
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0,8,24,84,67,200,94,132,77,96,96,96,106,114,121,84,166,166,164,163,590,584,584,
584,559,549,549,546,548,554,546,544,40,40,40,39] [#]} 59. c5 (59. Ke3 Kb3 (
59... a5 60. c5 bxc5 (60... a4 61. cxb6 (61. c6 $2 a3 62. c7 a2 63. c8=Q a1=Q
64. Qh8+ Ka2 65. Qxa1+ Kxa1 $11) 61... a3 62. b7 a2 63. b8=Q a1=Q 64. Qh8+) 61.
b5 a4) 60. c5) (59. Ke2 Kb3 (59... a5 60. c5 a4 61. cxb6 (61. c6 $2 a3 $11))
60. c5) 59... bxc5 60. bxc5 a5 (60... a5 61. c6 a4 62. c7 a3 63. c8=Q a2)
1/2-1/2

[Event "American Women's Cup | Champions"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2022.04.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2311"]
[Annotator "Abrahamyan,Tatev"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2022.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 0,73,26,30,26,-9,-4,-4,-3,28,31,36,26,26,22,33,33,25,27,-2,12,5,17,20,7,
15,16,-5,22,16,11,-14,-10,2,-3,-9,-1,-5,6,8,41,41,31,23,18,5,22,-1,63,26,30,49,
45,45,70,49,78,50,80,80,164,0,0,53,97,99,107,46,56,10,47,50,52,29,484,534]
First round games, especially after a long break, are tough on me. The
indecision, spending forever on simple moves, and the weighty feeling of every
decision all led to my loss in this game. Another reason I expereinced
difficulty, oddly enough, is because the position was simple. I have often
found myself in trouble in those kinds of positions.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 {I suspected she might try this.} c5 ({Varying from} 5...
d5 6. Nf3 {, which would transpose to my game against Krush from 2018 U.S.
Championships, and for which I think Anna had prepared. I am happy I chose a
new line over-the-board.}) 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 {I spent eight minutes on
this move.} 8. Rc1 d6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Bd3 Ndf6 {I spent 10 minutes on this move,
contemplating whether I should take first on c3 or play ...Nd7-f6. This is
poor time management on my part.} ({The normal way to finish development is} 
10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 b6 {.}) 11. O-O Nxc3 {Another 16 minutes on this decision.}
({The alternative} 11... b6 12. Be1 {rightfully worried me, as White gets to
keep the bishop pair, which will potentially be very dangerous for me. But
there is no reason to think for so long here.}) 12. Rxc3 Qe7 {Another seven
minutes on this move.} ({My gut feeling was that} 12... b6 13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4
{was a good Hedgehog because of the piece trades, but I was not comfortable
make such decisions during the game. I was concerned about} Bb7 15. Qe2 {
and somehow getting attacked.}) 13. Ng5 ({If} 13. e4 e5 {was my plan to deal
with the central expansion. For some reason I was really worried about this
move, but after} 14. d5 Bg4 {the structure is quite comfortable for me due to
the exchanges and her bad bishop.}) 13... e5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Qb1 g6 16. Ne4
Nd7 {With the idea of ...f7-f5. This is overly optimistic.} ({Better is} 16...
Rd8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Be4 Bf5 {, finally finishing the development of my
pieces.}) 17. Rc2 {I missed this move, which was the idea behind 15.Qb1.} f5
18. Nc3 $1 {A nice maneuver by Anna.} Nf6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 {Here I've
completely lost my sense of danger. I thought this position was completely
fine for me, but in reality, she has a passed pawn, better development, and my
king is slightly weak.} Bd7 21. b4 cxb4 22. axb4 {[#]} e4 {This move is insane,
and worse, I didn't feel good playing it. I knew that it only weakens my king
in the long term, but still I was too tempted.} ({It's time to do damage
control and challenge her on the open file with} 22... Rfc8 23. Rfc1 Qd6 24. h4
{and now if} Rxc2 ({slightly better for White is} 24... Kg7 25. Rc5 {and with
the better king and passer she can press for a long time}) 25. Rxc2 Rc8 26.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qc2 {White can try to force the matters via} ({note that the
endgame is pleasant for White after} 27. e4 fxe4 28. Bxe4 {but it's not clear
that she can convert}) 27... Bd7 28. Qc5 Qxc5 29. bxc5 Kf8 30. f4 e4 31. Bc4
Ke8 {and here the engine says 0.00, but I am not so sure how easy it would be
to defend.}) 23. Bc4 Kg7 24. Rd1 Rfc8 {It's reckless of me to allow the pawn
push.} ({Blocking the pawn with} 24... Qd6 {is absolutely necessary to survive.
}) 25. d6 Qf6 26. Qa2 Rc6 27. Rcd2 Rb6 28. Qa5 Rc8 29. Bf1 {Her king is so
secure compared to mine.} Rcc6 30. b5 ({The stronger} 30. Bb5 {wins material
on the spot. At the board I thought I had a trick:} Rxd6 31. Bxd7 Rxd2 32. Rxd2
Ra6 {. This is the whole idea, trying to exploit the weakness of the back rank.
I spotted} 33. Qd5 $1 {after my 29th move but she didn't see it. After} Ra1+
34. Rd1 {White successfully defends against my only threat.}) 30... Rxd6 31.
Qxa7 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 {Despite managing to exchange her passed pawn, my position
is still lost. My pieces are stuck and my king is weak. Both of us were low on
time, and while her play wasn't precise, I collapsed under the extended
pressure.} Be8 {[%cal Ga7b8,Gd2c2,Gc2c7]} 33. Rd4 Kh6 34. Qa5 Kg7 35. h4 Re6
36. g3 Rd6 $4 37. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "15th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2023.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Aidan"]
[Black "Hegel, Jordan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "539"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.04.05"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. d3 h6 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. fxe3 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 Ng4 12. Qd2 Ne3 13. Rfe1 Nxg2 14. Kxg2 Qd7
15. Nd5 b6 16. b3 Bb7 17. Qxh6 Re6 18. Qd2 Rh6 19. Qxh6 gxh6 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21.
Nxd7 Rd8 22. Nde5 dxe5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24. Rad1 Re8 25. e4 Ng4 26. Rd7 Rc8 27. e5
Bc6 28. Rd4 Re8 29. Rxg4+ 1-0

[Event "15th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Hardaway, Brewington"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C73"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2023.04.05"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nc6 Qd7 9. Na5 Qa4 10. Qd5 Rb8 11. Qc6+ Qxc6 12. Nxc6 Rb6 13. Na5 f5 14. f3
fxe4 15. fxe4 Be6 16. Nc3 Ne7 17. b3 g6 18. Bb2 Bg7 19. O-O-O O-O 20. Nd5 Bxd5
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. exd5 Rbb8 23. Rhe1 Rbe8 24. Re2 Nf5 25. Rde1 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 h5
27. Nc6 g5 28. a4 h4 29. a5 Kh6 30. Rf2 Kg7 (30... g4 31. Ne7 Kg5 32. c3 Rf7
33. Rxf5+ Rxf5 34. Nxf5 Kxf5 35. b4 cxb4 36. cxb4 Ke5 37. b5 Kxd5 38. bxa6 Kc6
39. g3 {and White queens as soon as Black runs out of pawn moves.}) 31. Kd2 Kf6
32. c3 Re8 33. Re2 Rg8 34. Re6+ Kf7 35. Kd3 $6 {I start to get sidetracked and
waste precious tempi.} (35. b4 {and White will soon have a decisive passed
a-pawn.}) 35... h3 36. g4 Nh4 37. Ke4 $4 {Dominating the knight--but it's the
rook I should be worried about!} (37. b4 {preserves a winning advantage.})
37... Rf8 $1 {The win is gone, as Black finds big counterplay just in time.}
38. Re7+ Kg6 39. Re6+ Kg7 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Re6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Macieja, B.."]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2023.04.05"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Bf4 Be7 8. e3
d6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nd7 11. e4 O-O 12. O-O Qc8 13. b4 Qb7 14. h3 Rfd8 15.
Rfe1 a6 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. d5 e5 18. Be3 c6 19. Nd2 h6 20. Nb1 c5 21. Nd2 Rb8
22. Rc3 Rdc8 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Qc2 Qd8 25. Nf3 Nf6 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Nd2 Nd7 28.
Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Qa4 Rb6 30. Rb3 Nf6 31. Kf1 Rxb3 32. Qxb3 Qa5 33. Ke2 Bf8 34. Kd3
Be7 35. Nf3 Bf8 36. Nd2 Be7 37. Kc2 Bf8 38. Kb2 Nd7 39. Nb1 Qe1 40. Nc3 Nf6 41.
Qa4 Qf1 42. g3 Qd3 43. Qxa6 Nxe4 44. Nxe4 Qxe4 45. g4 Qd3 46. a4 e4 47. a5 g5
48. Qc8 Kg7 49. Qb7 Qxc4 (49... Kg6 50. Qb3 Bg7+ 51. Ka3) 50. a6 Be7 51. a7
Bf6+ 52. Ka3 Bc3 (52... Qc3+ 53. Ka4 Qc4+ 54. Ka5 $2 Bd8+) 53. a8=Q Bb4+ 54.
Ka4 Bc3+ 55. Ka3 Bb4+ 56. Ka4 Bc3+ 57. Ka3 Bb4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "15th Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Ledyard USA"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Zhou Jianchao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2023.04.05"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 Nbc6 7. Nc3 d4 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nxe5 Nxd5 12. Bd2 Re8 13. Qf3 Nf6 14. Qf4 c6
15. Nf3 (15. Qh4 $1) 15... Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Nd5 17. Qh4 Bd7 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. h4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Foxwoods"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "He, Jason"]
[Black "Benjamin, Aidan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "969"]
[BlackElo "539"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. h3 h6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxd5 Re8 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Ne7 11. Bb3 d6 12. Qe2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. g4 d5
15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nxe5 Bxb3 17. axb3 Nd5 18. Qh2 Nxe3 19. Rde1 Qg5 20. Nf3
Nxg4+ 21. Nxg5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Nxh2 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Re2 g5 25. Rxh2 Rg8 26.
Rf2+ Kg6 27. Kd2 Re8 28. Rg2 h5 29. c4 c5 30. Rg1 a5 31. Rg2 Rd8 32. h4 g4 33.
Ke3 Rd4 34. Rg3 Kf5 35. Ke2 Rf4 36. Re3 b5 37. Rg3 b4 38. Re3 Rd4 39. Kf2 Rd7
40. Kg3 Ra7 41. Re8 Rf7 42. Rc8 Kg6 43. Rxc5 Rf3+ 44. Kg2 Rxd3 45. Rc6+ Kf5 46.
Rc5+ Kf4 47. Rxh5 Rd2+ 48. Kf1 Kf3 49. Rf5+ Kg3 50. h5 Kh3 51. Rf2 Rd1+ 52. Ke2
Rh1 53. Rf1 Rh2+ 54. Ke3 g3 55. Rg1 Kg4 56. c5 Rxh5 57. Kd4 Kf3 58. c6 Kf2 59.
Rxg3 Kxg3 60. c7 Rh8 61. Kc5 Kf3 62. Kb5 Rc8 63. Kxa5 Rxc7 64. Kxb4 Ke3 65. Ka5
Kd4 66. b4 Rb7 67. b5 Kc5 68. b4+ Kd6 (68... Kc4 $2 69. b6) 69. b6 Rb8 70. Ka6
Kd7 71. Ka7 Kc8 72. b5 Rb7+ 73. Ka6 Kb8 74. Ka5 Ka8 75. Ka6 Rb8 76. b7+ Rxb7
77. b6 Rb8 78. Kb5 Kb7 79. Kc5 Rc8+ 80. Kd5 Rc6 81. Ke5 Kxb6 0-1

[Event "Foxwoods"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Klempner, Jonah"]
[Black "Ramanathan, Varun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1571"]
[BlackElo "1479"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bb5 Bxb1 7. Rxb1 Qa5+ 8.
Bd2 Qxb5 9. Ne2 e6 10. O-O Bb4 11. Bg5 Nge7 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bc7 14. a4 Qb6
15. a5 Qb5 16. Qd2 h6 17. Nc3 Qc4 18. Be3 Nxb4 19. Rfc1 Bxa5 20. Ne4 Qxc1+ 21.
Qxc1 dxe4 22. Qd1 O-O 23. Qg4 Nf5 24. Bc1 Rfd8 25. Qxe4 Rxd4 26. Qf3 Rad8 27.
Be3 R4d7 28. g4 Nh4 29. Qe2 Nc6 30. g5 Nxe5 31. gxh6 Nef3+ 32. Kh1 g6 33. h3
Bd2 34. Bxa7 Bxh6 35. Qc2 Rd2 36. Qa4 e5 37. Bb6 R8d7 38. Rc1 R2d6 39. Bc5 Bxc1
40. Bxd6 Rxd6 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qh8+ Kxh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cao, Clarissa"]
[Black "Proll, Doug"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "835"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[Annotator "Wang, Ellen"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.02.21"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,47,24,14,43,34,40,30,32,24,23,15,69,-4,9,-6,17,-13,-7,-33,-30,-27,-13,
-11,-1,-2,2,2,-2,4,0,-41,-19,-86,-96,-528,18,-51,-5,-19,325,-146,11,-24,-34,
-28,0,-3,348,348]} 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bb5
Nge7 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Be2 {Both sides have a solid position, with the objective
evaluation being about equal.} h6 9. Nd2 $6 {A slight inacurracy, retreating
the knight back and playing too passively.} ({Better was} 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O
{leading to a sharp, opposite-side castling game.}) 9... Bxe2 10. Qxe2 a6 11.
Qf3 Bb4 12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O Qd7 14. c3 Bd6 15. b4 $6 {Up to this point, both
sides have played well, developing all of their pieces. However, 15.b4 is a
slight mistake - while White gains space on the queenside, the overextended
pawns may prove to be a weakness in the future.} ({Here} 15. Bf4 {would have
been a better continuation, trading off the bishops. White's bishop was
blocked by the dark-squared pawn on d4, while Black's bishop was more active.})
15... Nf5 16. Qg4 Rad8 17. Bf4 $4 {[#] An unfortunate blunder, giving Black
the chance for a nice tactic. It was the right idea to trade off the bishops,
but the execution was off.} Bxf4 {Missing the shot. Now White is back in it.} (
{The right idea was} 17... Nfxd4 $1 {, taking advantage of the overworked
queen on g4. After} 18. Qxd7 ({or} 18. Qh5 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Bxf4) 18... Nxe2+ {
this beautiful intermezzo wins a piece.}) 18. Qxf4 Nce7 19. Ng3 Ng6 $2 {
Giving White a chance to win material. The knight was a useful defender on e7!}
20. Qf3 ({Of course} 20. Qxf5 $1 {wins a piece.}) 20... Nxg3 21. Qxg3 c6 22.
Nf3 Rfe8 23. Rfe1 f6 $4 {The final mistake.} 24. Qxg6 1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Howlader, Ifaz"]
[Black "Tian, Eddy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "1504"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[Annotator "Wang, Ellen"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2023.02.21"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,60,24,-11,-13,0,0,-4,-7,-7,-7,2,1,0,24,16,9,9,36,-11,-13,-23,0,-1,-7,
-59,-48,-46,-18,-14,-12,-5,-8,-14,19,-1,15,-99,-142,-92,-92,-92,-97,-185,79,61,
221,135,131,108,337,170,170,0,0,0,0,0,0,-54,0,0,0]} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5
exd5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bd2 $6 {Passive - bishops usually like long, open diagonals.}
({More mainline is} 5. Nf3 {.}) 5... Nf6 6. a3 Bd6 7. Nf3 c6 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2
Re8 10. O-O {Black has built up a slight advantage out of the opening, with
more active pieces. The d2-bishop proves to be a nuisance, restricting White's
other pieces from developing normally.} Ne4 11. h3 Nd7 12. Nxe4 $6 {I think
this is inaccurate. While White does trade off Black's strong knight, the new
e4-pawn is an annoying wedge in White's position, paving the way for the rest
of the black pieces to attack the kingside.} dxe4 13. Nh2 Nf6 14. Rc1 Bc7 15.
Ng4 Nxg4 16. Bxg4 Qd6 17. g3 f5 $2 {Giving away almost all of the advantage.
Although it seems like ...f7-f5 is gaining space and setting up a potential
kingside breakthrough, it also weakens Black's king.} ({Instead} 17... Be6 18.
Bxe6 Rxe6 {would preserve Black's advantage.}) 18. Bb4 Qh6 19. Bh5 g6 20. Be2
Qxh3 {[#]} 21. d5 $1 {Now White has an attack of his own! Grabbing the h3-pawn
dragged the queen offside , so White starts to breakthrough in the center. Who
will get their attack going first?} f4 ({Tian could have bailed out with} 21...
Bxg3 22. fxg3 Qxg3+ 23. Kh1 Qh3+ {but surely, given the players rating
difference, he would prefer to take his chances and play on.}) 22. gxf4 g5 $5 {
A bit of a roll of the dice, but Black wants to complicate at all costs.} 23.
d6 $6 gxf4 $2 ({After} 23... Bb6 $1 {Black is in the driver's seat. If} 24.
Bc4+ Kg7 {.}) 24. Rc5 $1 Bf5 25. Bc4+ $2 ({White missed his last chance with} 
25. dxc7 $1 {, grabbing the piece and opening lines. If now} Kg7 $2 26. Qd4+
Kg6 27. Bc3 {with mate to follow.}) 25... Kg7 26. Qd4+ $6 {While this looks
tempting as it drags the king out, it actually takes away control of the
g4-square and allows a rook to land on g8 if needed.} Kg6 27. dxc7 Rg8 28. Bxg8
Rxg8 29. Qd8 Rg7 30. Bc3 Qg4+ {So close, and a good save for the IM!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2022.12.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tang, Andrew"]
[Black "Wang, Ellen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[Annotator "Wang, Ellen"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2021.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,85,19,31,43,30,30,23,24,25,88,49,17,31,44,-1,14,15,20,-28,-19,-18,10,
-77,-80,-99,-97,-99,-100,-100,-104,-87,-92,-84,-80,-77,-81,-105,-61,-61,-8,-18,
15,3,14,-32,32,-28,11,-81,13,-45,71,73,82,48,65,24,24,21,40,-16,-25,-21,-27,
-33,37,25,122,112,126,67,60,33,316,300,310,199,316,227,330,356,831,840,862,876,
877,882]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3
O-O 8. Bd3 g6 {A move I had prepared, going for a sneaky trap.} 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10.
dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 $2 {Natural, reinforcing the e5-pawn. But now the trap is
sprung.} ({The engine prefers} 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. h4 Ndxe5 13. h5 {, pitching a
pawn for the attack.}) 11... c4 $1 12. Bc2 Qb6 {The fork forces white to give
up a pawn.} 13. Rb1 Qxe3+ 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 {An queenless middlegame is
reached, where Black is up a pawn, but White has the bishops and the potential
for an h2-h4-h5 breakthrough.} b5 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. h4 {[#] Going for the attack}
f6 $6 {The first slip.} ({Much better was} 17... d4 $1 {, taking advantage of
the strong fianchettoed b7-bishop and opening the center, where the white king
is. The best defense to a flank attack is a counterpunch in the center!} 18.
Nxd4 Nxd4+ 19. cxd4 Bxg2 20. Rh2 Bb7 21. h5 Nb6 {And now, black has a nice
stronghold over the d5 square}) 18. Rbf1 b4 19. h5 Kg7 $2 {Too slow.} ({Here} 
19... g5 {was a nice continuation for Black, undermining the e5-pawn. After}
20. fxg5 fxe5 21. g6 h6 {all three results are possible.}) 20. Rh4 gxh5 21.
Rxh5 h6 22. Rfh1 Rh8 23. Bh4 Raf8 $2 ({The correct} 23... fxe5 24. fxe5 Rag8
25. Ba4 Kf7 {would keep Black in the game.}) 24. Ba4 {Now White has a lot of
threats.} fxe5 25. fxe5 Rf5 26. Rxf5 exf5 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. Ke3 $2 {A bit
careless, giving away a significant portion of White's advantage.} bxc3 29.
bxc3 Kf7 30. Rb1 Re8 31. Bg3 Nc5 32. Rh1 Kg7 33. Bf4 Ne4 $2 {A blunder as we
scrambled to move 40.} ({Instead} 33... Rh8 {keeps chances for a draw:} 34. Nd4
Bd7 35. e6 Re8 36. Nxf5+ Kg6 {.}) 34. Rxh6 Bb7 35. Nd4 Bc8 36. e6 Nxc3 37.
Nxf5+ Kg8 38. Nd4 Kg7 39. g4 Ne4 40. g5 c3 41. Be5+ Kf8 42. Rh8+ Ke7 43. Nc6+
1-0

[Event "US Amateur Team East"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huston, Gus"]
[Black "Song, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2262"]
[Annotator "Huston, Gus"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.02.21"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,71,24,25,46,37,46,17,17,14,33,9,30,33,47,39,39,35,22,18,53,8,19,10,37,
6,-2,-2,-1,1,19,-28,-1,-8,-47,-40,11,-63,34,-23,11,-2,-23,-45,28,-34,-4,-25,
-22,-13,1,-9,1,0,4,4,-8,-5,174,147,182,251,286,298,315,321,333,340,395,335,356,
311,29999,-30000] Going into round four, our team had won all of our matches.
We now faced off against the AJAB, and with fairly even matchups on the other
three boards, I knew that a win against Alan Song would be crucial.} 1. e4 c5
2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9.
Qe2 Nc6 10. a3 {Not the main theoretical move. Far more popular are 10.Nc3 and
10.Rd1.} Qb6 11. Qe4 Na5 12. Bd3 f5 ({If Black opts to go the slower route with
} 12... g6 {, after} 13. Nbd2 (13. Bh6 {interestingly runs into} Nb3 $1 14.
Bxf8 Bxf8 $1 15. Ra2 Bd7 {with enough compensation for the Exchange due to
active pieces and a misplaced a2-rook, according to the computer.}) 13... dxe5
14. dxe5 Rd8 15. Re1 {Black has very little room to manuever the pieces.}) 13.
exf6 Nxf6 14. Qh4 {With ideas of Bd3xh7+, utilizing the pin on the f6-knight.}
Nb3 15. Ra2 Nxc1 16. Rxc1 g6 17. Nc3 Qd8 18. Qh6 {Re-routing the queen from h4
where it is no longer useful.} Nh5 {Threatening to win two pieces for the rook
with ...Rf8xf3.} 19. Qe3 ({If} 19. Re1 {, for example, Black has} Rxf3 $1 {
and White is forced to sacrifice the bishop on g6 to avoid losing a queen:} 20.
Bxg6 ({worse is} 20. gxf3 $2 Bg5 {trapping the queen}) 20... hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Ng7
22. gxf3 Qe8 {with an advantage for Black.}) 19... Ng7 20. Re1 Nf5 21. Qd2 {
Slightly inaccurate.} ({Better was} 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 22. Raa1 Bd7 23. Rac1 {
with an advantage for White due to the passivity of Black's bishops and the
weak pawn on e6.}) 21... Bf6 ({After} 21... Nh4 22. Be2 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bg5 24.
Qe2 {, Black manages to free up their position and equalize.}) 22. d5 ({
Once again, the counter-intuitive} 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Raa1 Bd7 24. Ne2 {
promises White an advantage after the knight re-routes itself to f4, taking
aim at the e6-pawn.}) 22... e5 23. Ne4 Bg7 24. Raa1 {Finally fixing the
problem of the awkward rook!} Bh6 25. Qb4 b6 {By this point, my opponent had
less than a minute left on their clock, compared to my 37 minutes. With this
weakening move, it becomes very hard for Black to defend, especially with such
little time.} 26. Bb5 Bb7 {Inviting a trade of light-squared Bishops.} ({
Black's best chance was} 26... a5 27. Qb3 Ng7 28. Rad1 Bf5 29. Nfd2 {, after
which White's advantage is not as large.}) 27. Qb3 Rc8 28. Bc6 Qe7 {[#]} 29. g4
$1 {Taking advantage of the fact that once the knight moves, the e7-queen will
be overworked, defending the bishop and the d6-pawn. There is also the awkward
position of the h6-bishop.} Nh4 ({If} 29... Ng7 {, the h6-bishop will be
trapped after} 30. Bxb7 Qxb7 31. g5 Qd7 32. Nfd2 $1 {, while after}) (29... Nd4
{, White wins an Exchange with} 30. Nxd4 exd4 31. Bxb7 Qxb7 32. Nxd6 Qd7 33.
Nxc8 {.}) 30. Nxh4 Bxc6 31. dxc6+ {This discovered check allows White to
regroup with the extra piece.} Kh8 32. Ng2 Rxc6 33. Rad1 Bf4 34. Qd5 Rc2 35.
Qxd6 {With one second left on the clock and the delay ticking down, my
opponent allowed a swift finish to the game, though the position is already
lost.} Qb7 36. Qxf8# 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship 2023"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2023.04.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Liren, Ding"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1k1r1br1/1bq2p1p/p1n1p3/5pB1/PppPP3/5N1P/1PB2PP1/2RQR1K1 b - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,58,19,34,29,0,-11,6,6,-27,2,21,42,15,26,16,10,6,-3,-3,42,37,31,52,40,
-16,-26,-34,-13,-1,-9,1,5,7,40,-45,-45,-38,-44,-56,6,-51,-71,-92,12,-28,0,-114,
-191,-213,-162,-280,-295,-385,-419,-419,-412,-431,-469,-469,-458]} 20... Rxg5
$1 {Well, it is kind of an obvious move, but we should compliment Nepo for
getting the kind of position from which this move flows!} 21. Nxg5 Nxd4 22. Qh5
f6 23. Nf3 $4 {Resigning already. Ding doesn't even try to hope for some
'cheapos' with Ng5xh7, although it must be said that Black is still crushing
after} (23. Nxh7 Bc5) 23... Nxc2 24. Rxc2 Bxe4 {The rest is, as they say, just
a matter of technique.} 25. Rd2 Bd6 26. Kh1 $2 c3 {Push 'em!} 27. bxc3 bxc3 28.
Rd4 c2 29. Qh6 e5 {After two rounds, Nepo is confident and calm, while Ding is
dealing with a lot of emotions. I personally hope that the Chinese super-GM
manages to find his usual form after a rest day.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Championship 2023"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2023.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Yu, Jennifer"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/1p1qnpp1/p3p2p/3p1b2/P2P4/2P5/1P1N1PPP/R2QRBK1 w - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

16. a5 $1 {This fixes the queenside and creates the permanent b-pawn target
for White to attack. This is a common idea when there's a pawn push like ...
a7-a6, as it prevents the b-pawn from moving forward, in turn allowing White
to take control of the c5-square since there are no more possibilities of
Black pushing ...b7-b6 to kick the knight off of its quasi-outpost.} Qc7 17.
Qf3 Rfc8 18. Ra3 {Although this move looks strange, there's several different
ideas behind it. One is that White has the option to add extra support to the
a5-pawn, such as in the case of a Nd2-b3 manouvre to get to c5, when Black
might play ...Ne7-c6 and White can now play, e.g., Qd1-a1 to provide backup
for the rook on the a-file. The rook has other useful functions on the third
rank as well, which we will see later on in the game with Ra3-b3, adding extra
pressure on the b7-pawn. This also opens the possibility of a b2-b4 pawn push.}
(18. Rec1 {Another reasonable idea would be to prepare b2-b4 and then manouvre
the knight to c5, with a clamp on the queenside.} Bg6 19. b4 Nf5 20. Nb3) 18...
Bg6 {A smart "waiting move" that opens up the f5-square for the knight and
preemptively responds to any attacks on the bishop such as g2-g4 pushes that
now will no longer come with tempo.} 19. Nb3 Nc6 20. Qg3 Qe7 {Although the
position is evaluated as only slightly better for White, it's hard for Black
to find productive moves here. This move avoids the queen trade, after which
White could have maintained his pressure on Black's queenside. However, now
Ding has time to improve on his position further.} 21. h4 {No rush! Ding takes
the time to grab space on the kingside.} Re8 22. Nc5 e5 {An active move hoping
to create some counterplay and chances.} (22... Rac8 23. b4 {White can
comfortably push on for the rest of the game.}) (22... Nxa5 $4 {doesn't work
because} 23. Rxa5 b6 {and then} 24. h5 $1 {would illustrate another reason why
the h4-pawn push was useful.} Bxh5 (24... bxa5 25. hxg6 {and Black's kingside
will fall apart soon.}) (24... Bh7 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Rxe7 Rxe7
28. Qd6 $18) 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rxd5 $1 exd5 $2 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Qh4 $18 {
The tactics work out in White's favor.}) 23. Rb3 {White forces an exchange of
pieces that opens up the center.} (23. b4 $1 {This is a clever move that
defends the c5-knight, threatening to capture on e5. After} e4 {White can put
pressure on Black's center without allowing chances of counterplay on the
queenside like in the White allowed in the game.} (23... Bf5 {then} 24. dxe5
Nxe5 25. Raa1 {and Black has too many weaknesses to defend, as White is
threatening Nc5xb7 and f2-f4.}) 24. f3 e3 25. Ra2 $16 {The e3-pawn will fall
at some point.}) 23... Nxa5 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Ra3 Nc4 (25... b6 26. Nd7 Qc6 27.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Ne5 $16) 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. h5 $6 (27. Nxb7 {is a good
alternative. After} Qb6 28. Nd6 Rxe5 29. Qxe5 Qxb2 30. Nxc4 {White has a solid
extra pawn.}) 27... Bc2 (27... Rxe5 $1 28. dxe5 Qd8 $1 {This is the clever
idea behind the trade of rooks, creating counterplay. This move takes
advantage of the now-awkward position of the a3-rook that would much rather be
on the back rank defending against a possible perpetual check.} 29. Qf3 (29.
hxg6 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qh5+ 31. Kg1 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qh5+ 33. Qh3) 29... Bc2 30. Ra1 (
30. Nxb7 $2 Qd2 $1 31. Ra1 Bd3 {With good chances of holding a draw due to
Black's active pieces.}) 30... b6 31. Nb7 Qd3) 28. Nxb7 {The b7-pawn finally
goes down. At a quick glance, it looks like Black can get the material back
quickly, but some clever tactical ideas work out in White's favor, keeping the
advantage.} Qb6 29. Nd6 $1 {A monster square for the knight, attacking the
c4-pawn and creating ideas of a kingside attack.} Rxe5 (29... Qxd6 $4 30. Rxe8+
$18) 30. Qxe5 Qxb2 31. Ra5 {White's rook is getting back into the game and now
he is threatening the deadly Nd6-e8.} (31. Ne8 $2 {right away doesn't work
because of} Rxe8 $1 32. Qxe8+ Kh7 {and there is no way for White to prevent
the perpetual check while still defending the rook.} 33. Ra5 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+)
31... Kh7 {A useful move to get the king off the back rank and out of some
tactical troubles. Ding uses this time to improve his pieces further.} (31...
Qxc3 $4 32. Ne8 $1 f6 33. Nxf6+ $1 gxf6 34. Qd5+ Kg7 35. Qb7+) 32. Rc5 $6 (32.
Ne8 Rxe8 33. Qxe8 {no longer comes with check} Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+) (32. Nxf7 $4
Rf8 33. Nd6 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Rxf2 {and Black is back in the game.}) (32. Qe1 $1 {
Going backwards in this position is the correct idea. Now that Black has
multiple weaknesses that can't be simultaneously covered, White has the time
to defend his own weaknesses.} Bd3 33. Nxc4 $1 Qb7 (33... Bxc4 34. Qe4+) 34.
Ne5 {with a solid advantage.}) 32... Qc1+ $2 {After this, Black loses his
opportunities for counterplay. White's superior pieces and Black's weak king
will be the deciding factor. Nepomniachtchi did spend nine minutes on this
decision, but he still had 36 minutes remaining to Ding's 19 after he played
it.} (32... Qxc3 $1 {It won't be easy, but Black has some good ideas that may
hold the position.} 33. Nxf7 (33. Rc7 Qd2 $1 34. Rxf7 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qg5 {
Everything is defended for now, and in the upcoming moves, Black can push his
a-pawn to create some counterplay. After a queen trade, there are good chances
for Black to hold the endgame.}) 33... Bd3 34. Rc7 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Re8 $3 {
This is the idea! The activated black rook is a game-changer.} 36. Qg3 (36.
Qxe8 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+) 36... Re1) 33. Kh2 f6 34. Qg3 a5 35. Nxc4 a4 36. Ne3
Bb1 37. Rc7 $1 Rg8 38. Nd5 Kh8 39. Ra7 a3 40. Ne7 Rf8 41. d5 {Preparing a very
sneaky idea...} a2 42. Qc7 $1 {Forced mate is incoming! The d5-pawn takes away
the escape square on e6 for Black's king in the situation where White
sacrifices the queen for the rook.} Kh7 43. Ng6 Rg8 44. Qf7 $1 {Qf7xg8 is
coming with a beautiful forced mate. This concludes the first six-game stretch
of the world championship match! Thoughts on whether the chaos will continue?}
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship 2023"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2023.04.19"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Yoo, Christopher"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/p4p2/3qpbp1/2pr3p/2R5/1PP1Q1P1/P6P/4R1K1 b - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

31... h4 (31... Kg7 {(Immediately after the game, Nepo pointed this move out
to Ding. His point was that Black had no need to change the structure,
inducing even more complications, before the time control. I mention this to
point out that certain brave players, such as GM Yoo, seem to have no problem
with Ding's choice, provided he finds the proper continuation, while others
thought the h-pawn push was already a practical error. - JJL)}) 32. gxh4 $6 {
In this critical moment, Ding only had five minutes left and decided to use up
four of them, leaving himself 50 seconds to play eight moves! This was very
problematic, and partially led to his position collapsing. The right
continuation is difficult, but I think he should have moved faster here.} Rd2 (
32... Be5 $1 {White has a bit of trouble defending the kingside and h2-pawn in
the long term.} 33. Qf2 Rd2 34. Re2 Rd1+ 35. Re1 Rd2 36. Re2 {Worst case, Ding
could have repeated moves with Rd1-d2, but he can even play for the win.} Rd3
$1 37. Re3 Bxh2+ 38. Kh1 Rd5 $15 {I doubt you can find all these moves as
Black with low time, but if Ding had 15 or more minutes, it is possible to
press the position.}) 33. Re2 Rd3 $4 {A panicked blunder under time pressure.}
(33... Rd5 {It is necessary to admit the inaccuracy and move back. This is
quite difficult to do in practice, as we do not like to admit our inaccuracies
or mistakes. Ding tried to justify his last move, but simply blundered as
there was no time to calculate.}) 34. Qxc5 $18 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd3 {Ding might
have thought there was an attack, but it does not exist as there are not
enough pieces to checkmate.} 36. Rf2 {Despite Nepo's attack not being
completely sound, it put a lot of pressure on Ding, and eventually led to time
pressure and a decisive blunder. The risky, but innovative, approach paid off.}
Kg7 37. Rcf4 {With the rooks eyeing the f6-bishop and f7 pawn, there is
nothing for Black to do. The game is over.} Qxc3 {Ding played this move with
seconds on his clock, but resigned without waiting for White's reply of
trading queens and capturing the f7-pawn with the rook battery. A thriller of
a game, starting with a unique opening, and a very agressive middlegame from
Nepo. It was held off with great defense from Ding, but it paid off, as the
time pressure made Ding collapse in the end. I hope for more interesting games
to come, such as this one!} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship 2023"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2023.04.21"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Liren, Ding"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Liang, Awonder"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r3q/p1QP1pk1/1p2p1p1/2p2nP1/2P5/P1P5/3R1P2/4KB2 b - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,89,19,31,14,1,16,15,21,20,30,-9,-4,-13,1,-27,-10,-12,3,-24,-24,-39,
-31,-72,-100,-77,-82,-82,-65,-88,-80,-61,-110,-136,-60,-66,7,7,0,0,0,-34,-21,0,
0,0,54,104,95,95,106,112,101,80,80,80,100,105,83,83,83,83,83,87,328,34,1,14,68,
68,69,88,85,80,88,31,13,0,0,-40,11,11,69,49,33,27,22,6,10,29,18,22]} 31... Qh4
$3 {An astonishing bluff, or a stroke of genius? In either case, Nepo's
strength as an incredible practical player comes into full force as he brings
about a fantastic save.} (31... Qf8 {was the normal way to play, but White is
basically getting the game with an extra tempo:} 32. Kd1 Qe7 33. Kc2 Qxg5 (
33... e5 34. Rd5 e4 35. Bh3) (33... Nh4 34. f4 e5 35. Bh3 exf4 36. Qxf4) 34.
Qxa7 Qe7 35. Qc7 $18 {and White stops ...Nf5-d6, while Black is running short
on ideas.}) 32. Kd1 {In the post-game interviews, Nepo revealed he didn't see}
(32. Qxd8 $1 {[#] when playing his 31st move, so he definitely rode his luck
in this game! As everyone knows by now, this wins for White, and the lines are
not particularly difficult to calculate. If Ding had spent a minute to work it
out, I'm sure he would have seen the way. Here are the main ideas:} Qe4+ 33.
Re2 Qb1+ 34. Kd2 Qb2+ 35. Kd3 Qb1+ 36. Rc2 Qd1+ (36... Qxf1+ 37. Kd2 Nd6 38.
Qh8+ Kxh8 39. d8=Q+) 37. Ke4 Qxc2+ (37... Nd6+ 38. Ke5 Nb7 39. Qc7) 38. Bd3
Nd6+ 39. Ke3 Qc1+ (39... Nxc4+ 40. Bxc4 Qxc3+ 41. Bd3 Qd4+ 42. Ke2 Qe5+ 43. Kf1
Qa1+ 44. Kg2) 40. Ke2 Qb2+ 41. Kf3 {and White wins.}) 32... Qxg5 33. Kc2 Qe7
34. Bg2 {[#] White prepares Bg2-c6 before taking on a7; otherwise, Black has ..
.Nf5-d6.} (34. Kb3 e5 35. Rd5 f6 36. Bg2 Nh6 37. Qxa7 Qe6 38. Be4 Nf7 39. Qc7
Qg4 40. f3 Qe6) (34. Qxa7 Nd6 $1 35. Qxb6 Ne4 $1 {and black wins the d7 pawn
and a bit more.}) 34... e5 (34... Nd4+ $1 {was fine, although with mutual time
pressure, it's understandable that Nepo didn't want to take such decisions.
After} 35. cxd4 Rxd7 36. Qe5+ f6 37. Qg3 Rxd4 {Black is alright, with three
pawns for the piece.}) 35. Be4 $1 {Precise, kicking away black's knight before
mopping up the queenside.} Nh6 36. Qxa7 Ng4 $1 {Straining to find counterplay.
Other ideas are no better, i.e.,} (36... Qe6 37. Qc7 Qe7 38. Bc6 {and}) (36...
f6 37. Qxb6 Nf7 38. Bc6) 37. Bf3 $4 {[#] A moment of carelessness, and an
inexplicable blunder. Was it nerves or all the pressure? In contrast to the
previous wins we've analyzed, here Ding needed to just check carefully for
Black's ideas. Of course conversion wouldn't have been easy, but with Bf3-g6,
the game would have been all but over.} (37. Qxb6 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. Qxc5
Qa4+ 40. Kd2 $1 Qb3 41. f3 $18) (37. Bc6 e4 38. Qxb6 Ne5 39. Bb5 Nd3 40. Qc7
Qg5 (40... f5 41. a4) 41. Qg3 Qh5 42. a4 Qh1 43. Rd1 $18) 37... Nxf2 $1 {
You don't need to ask Ian twice!} 38. Rxf2 e4 $1 {[#] The point - if White
managed to secure the bishop on d5, the game would soon be over, but now the
bishop is locked behind Black's phalanx of pawns.} 39. Re2 (39. Bg4 e3 $19)
39... f5 40. Qxb6 Rxd7 41. Qb8 Qd6 42. Qxd6 Rxd6 43. Bxe4 fxe4 44. Rxe4 Kf6 45.
Re8 {A clear miss for Ding, and a game he'd like to have back. Still, from a
spectator's point of view, this was a fantastic battle. If Ding had come back
for the third game in a row, the online pundits would have had an absolute
field day. Instead, Nepo keeps his slight buffer, but the way the match is
going, it's not clear if it'll last.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship 2023"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2023.04.27"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Liren, Ding"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Lee, Alice"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r6k/p4p1p/3bp1r1/1p4qN/P1pP1pPn/2Q4P/1PB2P2/4R1RK b - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

26... b4 $6 (26... a6 $1 {A very good move. Black prevents White from breaking
the pawn chain, and White has no counterplay.} 27. axb5 axb5 28. Be4 Rag8 29.
f3 f5 $1 30. Bc6 fxg4 31. hxg4 Rh6 $19) 27. Qxc4 Rag8 $2 {Nepo played this
move in less than a minute. This was a mistake as there was a winning
variation for Black. However, it was not easy to see from far in advance, and
Black is still slightly better here (although it does allow White a chance).} (
27... Nf3 $1 {this is necessary for Black to gain an advantage,} 28. Qc6 {
This is probably what Nepo was worried about.} Nxe1 29. Qxa8+ Rg8 30. Qe4 Nxc2
31. Qxc2 Qh4 32. Qd3 f5 $1 33. Qf3 fxg4 34. Rxg4 Rxg4 35. Qxg4 Qxg4 36. hxg4 b3
$1 {This is the only winning variation for Black, and not easy to calculate
from ten moves in advance. Here, Black should be winning with ...Bd6-a3 to
come next.}) 28. Qc6 $2 (28. Bxg6 $1 {This move works now, even though the
h5-knight is still trapped, because White is able to get tempo on one of
Black's loose pieces.} hxg6 29. Qc6 gxh5 (29... Bb8 $2 {Perhaps the most
intuitive move for Black, saving the bishop while White's knight is stlil
trapped. However, now White has a very nice win.} 30. d5 $1 Qxd5+ (30... exd5
31. Nf6 Rd8 32. Re8+ Rxe8 33. Qxe8+ Kg7 34. Qg8+ Kxf6 35. Qd8+ $18) (30... gxh5
31. dxe6 fxe6 32. gxh5 {Here, the open g-file was more than worth the knight!}
Qxh5 33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Rg1+) 31. Qxd5 exd5 32. Nf6
$18) 30. Qxd6 Nf3 31. Qc5 hxg4 32. Qxg5 Rxg5 33. hxg4 Nxg1 34. Rxg1 {when
Black might be slightly better.}) 28... Bb8 $4 (28... Nf5 $1 {Not an obvious
move to see, but this is very effective for Black. The key idea involves a
queen sacrifice for a mating net!} 29. gxf5 (29. Rd1 Qh4 30. Qf3 b3 31. Be4
Ng3+ 32. Rxg3 fxg3 33. Bxg6 Qxh3+ 34. Kg1 Rxg6 35. fxg3 Qxg4 $17) 29... Qxg1+
30. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 31. Kh2 f3+ 32. Ng3 (32. Qxd6 $4 R8g2#) 32... Rg2+ 33. Kh1 Bxg3
34. fxg3 R8xg3 {and White can resign.}) 29. Qb7 $4 (29. Bxg6 $1 {This
transposes to variations we looked at earlier if 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Qc6 Bb8?
was played. This is winning for White.} hxg6 30. d5 exd5 (30... Qxd5+ 31. Qxd5
exd5 32. Nf6) (30... gxh5 31. dxe6 Qf6 32. Qd7) 31. Nf6) 29... Rh6 $6 (29...
Nf5 $1 {Again, this very nice idea works here.} 30. Rd1 Qh4 31. Qf3 Ng3+ 32.
Rxg3 fxg3 33. Bxg6 Qxh3+ 34. Kg1 gxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 hxg6 $15) 30.
Be4 Rf8 $6 (30... f3 31. Qxf7 Ng2 32. Qxf3 Nxe1 33. Rxe1 Qh4 34. Rg1 Qg5 35.
Rf1 Qh4 36. Rg1 $10) 31. Qxb4 Qd8 32. Qc3 {White has successfully managed to
mediate Black's attack, and is up a pawn in a slightly more pleasant position.}
(32. d5 $5 e5 {Now, Black threatens the dangerous ...f7-f5 with a continued
attack. White wants to be able to meet this thrust with Qb4-b7, threatening
mate on g7. To do this, a prophylactic move is required.} 33. Rc1 $1 {This is
the only way to keep an advantage.} a5 34. Qb7 {Only now, when the c7-square
is under White's control.} Rb6 35. Qa8) 32... Ng6 33. Bg2 (33. Re2 Qh4 {
transposes to the game.}) 33... Qh4 (33... Bd6 {does not gain anything.} 34.
Re4 Qg5 35. d5+ e5 36. Rc4 f5 37. Bf3 fxg4 38. hxg4 Nh4 39. Rc8 Nxf3 40. Rxf8+
Bxf8 41. Qxf3 e4 42. Qc3+ Kg8 43. Qc4 {when the computer insists the game is
drawn, showing how any attempts from White to push will be met by a perpetual
check:} Kf7 44. d6+ Re6 45. Qc7+ Be7 46. dxe7 Qh4+ {with perpetual check.}) 34.
Re2 f5 $4 {Perhaps Nepo saw this idea in advance and decided to play it here.
However, this just hangs the e6 pawn.} (34... Rg8 {allows White to begin
pushing the extra pawn with} 35. b4 Qg5 36. Qc5 Qd8 37. Qc3 Qg5 38. d5+ e5 {
Now, a key difference with Black's bishop being on b8 instead of d6 is that
White can return the pawn to open the central file.} 39. d6 Bxd6 40. Rd1 f3 41.
Qxf3 Bxb4 42. Re4 Bc5 {White should have a small, but enduring, edge.}) 35.
Rxe6 {With d4-d5 and checkmate threatened next, there is no defense for Black
now that there is no e-pawn ready to block with ...e6-e5.} Rxh5 {Played after
seventeen minutes, most of which Nepo spent not looking at the board.} 36. gxh5
Qxh5 37. d5+ Kg8 38. d6 {An unfortunate result for Nepo, and an excellent
result for Ding. Now, the match is tied at 6-6 with the two games remaining
sure to be good fights.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Championship 2023"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2023.05.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/ppq2pp1/2nN3p/2P4r/6b1/P1R1P1P1/3Q1PB1/5RK1 w - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

23. Rb1 $2 {Massive oversight by Ding, from which he managed to quickly
recover.} (23. Rfc1 $1 Ne5 24. e4 {and now ...b7-b6 is met with f2-f4!!} b6 25.
f4 Ng6 (25... bxc5 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Rd3 $18) 26. e5 $16) 23... Ne5 $1 24. e4
b6 $1 25. cxb6 axb6 $1 26. Nb5 $1 {Ding fights back.} (26. Rxc7 $4 Nf3+ {
would have been the swindle of the century, but you cannot expect that big of
a blunder in the final of the world championship!}) 26... Rxd2 27. Nxc7 Bh3 (
27... Nd3 28. Rf1 Rc5 {is not giving a lot of chances to Black, but at least
could annoy Ding a lot longer.}) 28. Bxh3 Rxh3 29. Kg2 Rh5 30. Rb5 Rd1 31. Nd5
Rdh1 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33. Rxe5 R1h2+ 34. Kg1 Rh1+ 35. Kg2 {A well-fought draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Championship 2023"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2023.05.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi, Elshan"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/6pk/5r1p/p1p5/1b2Q3/4B1PP/4qP2/2R3K1 b - - 0 46"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

46... Rg6 $3 {Ding tries to play for a win with under two minutes on his clock.
This time around, his move does not even introduce any threat to his position!}
47. Qf5 $2 {Shocked by the move, Nepo reacts poorly.} (47. h4 h5 48. Kg2 a4 49.
Qf5 Qg4 50. Qd3 a3 51. Bxc5 {but again, how easy is it to play this with very
little time on your clock?} a2 52. Bd4 Qd7 53. Qe4 {Now it is more clear, but
we are sitting here with engines running...}) 47... c4 48. h4 $4 {The
beginning of a dramatic end with the first blunder.} (48. Qf4 c3 49. Qf5 {
was close to balanced after} a4 50. Rb1 Qc4 51. Bf4 c2 52. Rc1 Qe6 53. Qxc2 a3
54. h4 Kg8 55. Qa4) 48... Qd3 $1 49. Qf3 (49. Qh3 c3 $19) 49... Rf6 $6 (49...
Bd2 50. Rd1 c3 51. Kh2 a4 52. h5 Rf6 {wins without much of a fuss}) 50. Qg4 c3
51. Rd1 Qg6 52. Qc8 $6 {loses a tempo but it is losing anyways.} (52. Qe2 Re6
53. h5 Qe4 54. Qa2 c2 55. Rd4 Qxd4 56. Qxe6 Qd3 57. Kg2 a4 58. Bc1 a3) 52...
Rc6 53. Qa8 Rd6 $2 {This squanders substantial amount of Black's winning
advantage.} (53... c2 54. Rd8 c1=Q+ 55. Kh2 Qf7 $1 {The move that Ding must
have missed with a minute on his clock.}) 54. Rxd6 Qxd6 $6 {Black loses a
valuable tempo.} (54... Bxd6 $1 55. Qxa5 Bxg3 $1 $19 56. h5 Qd3 $1 {Again none
of these lines are too hard for Ding, but with a minute on the clock and what
is at stake...}) 55. Qe4+ Qg6 56. Qc4 Qb1+ 57. Kh2 a4 $6 {Now it is a draw!} (
57... Qf5 58. g4 Qf3 59. h5 Kh8 60. Qc8+ Kh7 61. Qc4 Be7 62. Kg1 Bf6 {The
engines show a draw but in a classical game it would have been a better
practical try.}) 58. Bd4 a3 59. Qc7 $4 {And Nepo functionally resigns. If 59.
Bxg7 was too complex to calculate, then 59. h5 was a very simple, intuitive
move taking away the g6-square from Black's queen.} (59. Bxg7 Kxg7 60. Qc7+ Kf8
61. Qc8+ Kf7 62. Qb7+ Kf6 63. Qb6+ Ke5 64. Qb8+ Kd4 65. Qd8+ Kc4) (59. h5 Bf8 (
59... a2 $4 60. Qf7 $18) 60. Qf7 Qe4 61. Bxc3 Qe7 62. Qd5) 59... Qg6 {The rest
is easy. Ding Liren is the 17th world chess champion!} 60. Qc4 c2 61. Be3 Bd6
62. Kg2 h5 63. Kf1 Be5 64. g4 hxg4 65. h5 Qf5 66. Qd5 g3 67. f4 a2 68. Qxa2
Bxf4 {Congratulations Ding!} 0-1

[Event "USATN"]
[Site "Schaumberg"]
[Date "2023.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tillman, Langston"]
[Black "O'Brien, Bret"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[Annotator "O'Brien"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2023.02.20"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,68,19,38,42,37,48,41,69,69,94,82,93,95,88,35,69,18,-35,-39,97,-17,87,
60,56,-10,-44,-76,-69,-75,-61,-67,-38,-42,-29,-46,-38,-86,-25,-89,1,5,33,-10,
21,24,89,45,45,28,8,-144,-139,-185,-152,-250,-176,-211,-323,-1019,-1018,-29979,
-637,-1515,-1640,-29991,-29988,-29997,-29998,-29999,-30000]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5
Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. c3 Qb6 8. Bd3 $6 Bxd3 9.
Qxd3 {[#]} O-O-O $2 ({While not appreciated at the time, here Black should
break in the center with} 9... e5 $1 {, and if} 10. dxe5 $2 Nxe5 11. Qe2 O-O-O
{.}) 10. Ne2 $2 ({White should stop Black's plan with} 10. f4 {, leaving me
short of ideas. Now if} e5 11. Qf5+ {(stepping out of the pin to avoid ...
Nc6xe5)} ({worse is} 11. fxe5 $6 Nxe5 12. Qf5+ Ned7) 11... Kb8 12. fxe5 {
Black can try the wild} Bb4 $5 {, somehow preserving compensation. If} 13. cxb4
$2 Nxd4 {and Black wins.}) 10... Kb8 $2 ({During the game I misevaluated} 10...
e5 11. Qf5+ Kb8 12. dxe5 {What's another pawn with dark squares this juicy?
Perhaps best is} Bc5 $5 {"allowing"} 13. exf6 $2 Bf2+ 14. Kf1 Rd1#) 11. O-O $2
({Again shoring up the dark squares with} 11. f4 {should have been preferred.})
11... e5 {Finally, and with a little help from White, the key break comes.} 12.
Kh1 exd4 13. Qc4 $2 d3 $1 {A "bone in the throat" for moves to come.} 14. Ng3
Ne5 15. Qb3 Qc6 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Nf5 Nh5 $1 18. Be3 $6 ({Here} 18. Nxd6 {
is a mistake. After} Nxf4 19. Nxf7 Qg6 {wins.}) ({Relatively best was} 18. Nd4
{but after} Qc5 19. Bg5 {Black adds more fuel to the fire with} Nc4 $1 20. Bxd8
Rxd8 {and now the threat of ...Nh5-g3+, tearing open the king's cover, gives
Black all the chances.}) 18... Nc4 19. Nd4 {[%cal Gc6c5] [#]} Qc8 $2 ({Now} 
19... Qc5 $1 {is an unfortunate miss. While I considered it, I discarded this
move because after} 20. Bf2 {I missed} ({not} 20. Bg1 Ng3+ 21. hxg3 Qh5+ 22.
Bh2 Bxg3 {with mate soon}) 20... Rhe8 $1 {and if} 21. Nb5 $2 Qxf2 22. Rxf2 Re1+
23. Rf1 Rxf1#) 20. Bf2 Rhe8 21. Rd1 Nf4 $6 22. Nd2 $1 {With both clocks
ticking away, Black's pressure dissipates as White untangles.} Ne3 23. Bxe3
Rxe3 24. Nc4 Ree8 {[#] Dreams of an e-file incursion are put on hold.} 25. Qa4
$4 {While this threatens Nc4xd6 and Nd4-b5, this is the decisive mistake. Now
Black finds a way to gain entry to the e2-square.} ({White had to go for} 25.
Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Qxf7 ({or} 26. Nb5 Rf6 27. Qa3 Ra6 28. Qb4 g5 $1 {with an
unclear position}) 26... g5 {when anything can happen.}) 25... Bc5 $1 26. Nb3
Re2 27. Nb6 Qf5 $1 {There's no way I'm giving up that beautiful knight!} 28.
Nxc5 axb6 $1 {The only move, lest the white knights team up to bail White out.}
({I avoided my opponent's last trick with} 28... Rxg2 $2 29. Ncd7+ Rxd7 30.
Qxd7 {.}) 29. Ne4 $6 {[#]} Rxg2 $1 30. Ng3 $6 {The belated return to g3 is too
little, too late.} Rxg3 ({Cleaner is} 30... Rxh2+ {immediately, i.e.,} 31. Kxh2
$2 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Qg2#) 31. Rd2 ({Or} 31. hxg3 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Qg2#) 31... Rxf3 32.
Re1 Ne2 33. Rexe2 Rf1+ 34. Kg2 Qf3# 0-1

[Event "USATN"]
[Site "Schaumberg"]
[Date "2023.02.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Magness, Trevor"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Liang, Awonder"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.02.20"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,99,42,37,69,66,73,30,65,46,30,38,60,55,19,10,65,37,23,44,44,44,41,32,
32,33,34,29,40,30,22,21,22,23,33,24,17,4,7,15,22,15,22,20,11,11,18,9,22,12,26,
20,11,20,18,20,12,12,23,10,-2,-3,9,9,18,15,30,20,34,37,27,2,1,-3,-10,-10,-18,
12,12,-11,0,0,0,0,-43,-73,-75,-67,-64,-21,-19,-14,-3,-3,31,31,1158,29984,29987,
29986,29997,29998]} 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 Nf6 6. Be2
e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 dxe4 9. Qe3 Nbd7 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qd3 O-O 13.
Rd1 a5 14. a4 {Generally slightly inaccurate, since now with the weakening of
the b4-square, White can never expand on the queenside. Anyway, Black is
normally fine.} ({White has a slight edge after} 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. Qe2 Rfd8 16.
g3 {.}) 14... Qc7 15. Bg5 Rad8 16. c3 Rd7 ({Breaking in the center with} 16...
e5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qf5 Qe7 {was too simplified for my tastes.}) 17. Qc2 Rfd8
18. Bf3 h6 19. Bh4 Qb8 20. Qb3 Qa7 ({If} 20... g5 21. Bg3 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 {
with counterplay.}) 21. Rac1 Nd5 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 23. g3 g6 24. Kg2 Nf5 25. Be4
Nd6 26. Bf3 Nf5 27. Be4 Ne7 28. h4 Kg7 29. Bf3 e5 $5 {After some shuffling, I
finally decided to go for this tactical trick. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite
work here: it was better to improve the position with} (29... h5 {.}) 30. Bg4 (
{Avoiding} 30. dxe5 $2 Rd2 31. Rf1 Nf5 {when Black is crushing.}) 30... f5 31.
Be2 e4 32. Qe6 Qb8 33. Bc4 {[#]} h5 $6 {Technically speaking, this probably
the first real mistake in a relatively dry game. Black is of course still
completely fine, but now it's difficult to ever create real chances with the
static kingside.} ({After} 33... Ng8 $1 34. h5 Nf6 35. hxg6 Kxg6 36. Rh1 Qd6
37. Qxd6 Rxd6 $15 {Black retains some slight edge in the endgame, as} 38. f3 {
can be met with} c5 $1 {.}) 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35. Qf6 Nd5 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. Bxd5 cxd5
38. c4 Qd6 39. cxd5 Qxd5 40. Rc5 Qb3 41. Rdc1 Rf8 $5 ({White is level after} 
41... Qf3+ 42. Kg1 Rxd4 43. Qe7+ {.}) 42. Rc7 Rff7 43. Rc8 Qd5 44. R1c5 Qxd4
45. Rxa5 Qd1 46. Qf4 {[#] After mainly focusing on the threat of Rc8-h8+ for
the past couple moves, I missed the idea here.} Qd2 $2 ({Naturally} 46... Rd3
47. Rc3 Qf3+ 48. Qxf3 exf3+ 49. Kh2 Rxc3 50. bxc3 Rc7 51. Rb5 Rxc3 52. Rxb7+ {
is just drawn, which I saw during the game.}) 47. Qe5 Rg7 $4 ({Necessary was} 
47... Rd8 48. Rxd8 Qxd8 49. Rc5 {when Black should hold, but it's still
difficult.}) 48. Raa8 Kh6 49. Qf6 Qd6 50. Qg5+ {A well-played game by my
opponent, completing an improbable upset. Out of curiosity, I checked my US
Chess history to see the last time I'd lost to a player below 2300. I couldn't
find any in the past seven years! Sometimes it just suffices to hand your
opponent some rope, no matter their strength...} 1-0

[Event "Warsaw Casual Game"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glucksberg"]
[Black "Miguel Najdorf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 {[#]} c6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Ne2 Nbd7 9. Ng5 Bxh2+ 10. Kh1 Ng4 11. f4 Qe8 12. g3 Qh5 13. Kg2 Bg1 14. Nxg1
Qh2+ 15. Kf3 e5 16. dxe5 Ndxe5+ 17. fxe5 Nxe5+ 18. Kf4 Ng6+ 19. Kf3 f4 20. exf4
Bg4+ 21. Kxg4 Ne5+ 22. fxe5 h5# {[#]} 0-1

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k1r5/1pp1q3/8/1N6/1P6/8/3Q4/1K6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r1k/6pB/4p3/7Q/8/8/6PK/4q3 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1k1r2/1ppBpb2/8/3Q4/8/8/3K4/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4a"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/5pk1/5b2/6N1/5q2/8/2Q3K1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/4pr2/4b1p1/B4k2/4NP2/5K2/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Warsaw"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r5/1k6/1p3q2/1Np5/Q1KP4/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Swiss Young Masters 2023"]
[Site "Basel SUI"]
[Date "2023.04.15"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "7.1 Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Black "Hasenohr, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bqk1nr/pp4pp/3bpn2/1N1p1p2/3P4/5N2/PPQBPPPP/R3KB1R w KQkq - 0 10"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2023.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,19,19,31,19,-16,26,22,49,1,50,53,45,39,57,67,66,78,97,119,436,431] [#]
} 10. Qa4 $1 {Black resigned. Shockingly Black has no decent moves., for
instance,} (10. Qa4 Kf7 (10... Kf8 11. Nxd6 {and the knight cannot be
recaptured because of Bb4.}) 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. Ne5+ {followed by Bb4}) 1-0

[Event "49th La Roda Open 2023"]
[Site "La Roda ESP"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "7.2 Li, Di"]
[Black "Tabuenca Mendataurigoitia, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2307"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bq1rk1/pp1nppbp/1n4p1/2p1N3/P2P4/5NP1/1P2PPBP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 11"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2023.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,31,19,29,23,-8,32,23,12,4,10,4,9,-3,17,-1,22,23,37,15,16,17,93,113,76,
76,92,91,135,201,195,308,324,341] [#]} 11. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 12. dxc5 $1 {This was
the point behnd the previous move. Black's knight only has one square and
Black's king is now also more vulnerable.} Nc4 13. Ng5 $1 Nce5 14. Ne6 $1 {
Oh yes, the queen is also out of good squares.} Qa5 15. Bd2 Qa6 16. Nc7 {
and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Southend Masters 2023"]
[Site "Southend ENG"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "7.3 Livaic, Leon"]
[Black "Boyer, Mahel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rrnk1/4qppp/p2b4/1p1R4/2p2P2/4P2Q/PB4PP/1B1R2K1 b - - 0 25"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2023.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,50,31,30,31,19,19,-10,4,-11,17,-11,-6,3,30,21,32,21,28,26,23,21,24,24,
17,-1,19,1,-3,-23,-6,-15,3,20,20,-10,-21,-15,-20,-33,-46,-32,-7,-73,-67,-95,
-72,-100,-92,-178,-196,-260,-275] [#]} 25... Bxf4 $1 {White resigned. This
isn't Black's only good move, but it ends everything with a flourish. A
possible continuation was} (25... Bxf4 26. Rxd8 ({or} 26. exf4 Rxd5 27. Rxd5
Qe1#) ({or} 26. e4 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Qc7 {and Black is winning}) 26... Rxd8 27.
Rxd8 Qxd8 {and Black wins because of White's back rank.}) 0-1

[Event "LXVIII Mexican Open 2023"]
[Site "Mexico City MEX"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "7.4 Henriquez Villagra, C."]
[Black "Cordova, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn3rk1/5ppp/p4q2/3p2n1/N2N2Q1/6P1/P4P1P/3RR1K1 b - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,40,19,38,40,46,91,42,66,63,52,59,60,53,49,45,64,6,-4,1,-10,-10,-13,4,
-14,-36,-7,-30,4,56,42,42,48,48,20,26,36,17,22,-102,-100,-221,-231] [#]} 19...
Nc6 $1 {This simple move is enough to make White's sandcastle collapse. The
problem is the f3-square and White's inability to keep guarded along with all
the pieces Black can hit from there is a couple of moves.} 20. Kg2 (20. Nxc6
Nf3+ 21. Kh1 ({or even worse} 21. Kf1 Nxh2+) 21... Nxe1 22. Nd4 Qxf2 {and
Black is winning.}) 20... Nxd4 {and White resigned. He will end up a piece
down.} 0-1

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 3 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "7.5 Vallejo Pons, F."]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4r1k/p1n1nqp1/1p2p2p/2ppPp2/P2P4/2PQ1P1R/2P1NKP1/R1B5 w - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,49,31,8,80,57,74,17,17,5,20,6,6,16,33,9,36,-11,24,29,24,29,21,5,-4,13,
6,0,13,0,0,-47,-43,-46,-50,-62,-49,-42,-21,-77,-16,-33,-10,-5,421,676,741,463,
1558,878,29987,29988] [#]} 19. Bg5 $1 ({White is not in a rush; Black's king
is not going anywhere and the defenders are not likely to arrive in time
anyway. Therefore, there's no need for} 19. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 20. Rxh6+ {and Black
is able to defend after} Kg7 21. Qd2 ({or} 21. Rah1 Rh8) 21... f4 22. Rf6 Qh5 {
and Black survives.}) 19... Ng8 20. Rah1 {Adding more fuel to the fire.
White's attack is warming up and soon the decisive breakthrough will happen
whether Black like it to or not.} Rac8 21. Qd2 $1 Ne7 ({It was better to play} 
21... Qg6 {, but even then, after} 22. Bxh6 Nxh6 23. Rxh6+ gxh6 24. Rxh6+ Kg7
25. Rxg6+ Kxg6 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. Qf4 {White has a decisive advantage.}) 22.
Rxh6+ gxh6 23. Bf6+ ({Or} 23. Rxh6+) 23... Kg8 24. Rxh6 Ng6 25. Qg5 {and Black
resigned. The computer is announcing a forced mate.} 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 2 L"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "7.6 Praggnanandhaa, R."]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4b1r/p4kpp/b1q2p2/2pp4/2p1NB2/8/P1P2PPP/1R1QR1K1 w - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2023.04.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,47,29,23,27,35,24,27,23,35,69,15,25,19,19,-8,0,-8,-3,-1,-6,11,-4,-40,
-36,-20,2,20,22,14,12,0,-14,-58,15,-99,-91,0,0,0,0,0,428,770,29989,29990,29991,
29992,29993,29994] [#]} 19. Nxf6 $1 {Let's rip the robes off his majesty. It
quickly becomes apparent that he is naked.} gxf6 ({Of course,} 19... Qxf6 20.
Qxd5+ {is worse.}) 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Re3 $1 {The queen needs back-up and they
are easily available.} h6 22. Qg6+ Bg7 23. Re7 Rh7 24. Bxh6 {and Black
resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Sahibkiran Amir Temur Cup"]
[Site "Tashkent UZB"]
[Date "2023.04.16"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "7.7 Sivuk, V."]
[Black "Yakubbaeva, Nilufar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2362"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r1k1/p2q1ppp/1p2nn2/2pp4/3P4/P1P1PPN1/5RPP/2BQ1RK1 w - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2023.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,45,32,32,33,-2,4,-5,17,23,40,23,31,-9,-1,15,-3,0,-6,-7,2,8,9,-28,-15,
-23,-26,-39,5,-50,-31,-59,38,43,118,127,34,248,248,210,228,261,276,286,267,286,
262,281] [#]} 16. e4 $1 dxe4 17. fxe4 cxd4 {Otherwise, White's central pawns
will continue forward.} 18. Rxf6 $1 {Boom! All of a sudden, White's pieces
will flood Black's kingside which is painfully vulnerable.} gxf6 19. Nh5 {
Threatening a nasty fork on f6.} Qb5 20. Nxf6+ Kh8 21. Nxe8 Rxe8 22. cxd4 Nd8
23. Qf3 {Black resigned. White has won material, Black's kingside is in
shambles and White's pieces look wonderful.} 1-0

[Event "VII Semana Santa Alicante"]
[Site "La Nucia ESP"]
[Date "2023.04.09"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "7.8 Espinosa Aranda, A."]
[Black "Plaskett, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1b2rk1/p2n1ppp/2pBp3/3n4/1p2N3/3B1Q2/PqP2PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2023.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,39,19,28,51,34,81,80,95,98,109,90,112,103,89,110,96,96,83,70,79,85,87,
80,73,85,90,90,79,95,101,116,151,151,130,94,201,240,236,214,558,416] [#]} 17.
c4 $3 ({The game continuation was} 17. Ng5 $2 Qf6 $4 ({Black should have played
} 17... h6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 N7f6 20. Bxf8 hxg5 {when White is much better
but Black can fight}) 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Qg3 Re8 20. Qh4 {and Black resigned.})
17... N5b6 ({Or} 17... bxc3 18. Reb1 {(Black's queen is trapped)} f5 19. Rxb2
cxb2 20. Rb1 {and White is winning.}) 18. Ng5 {and Black has no meaningful way
of continuing the battle.} 1-0

[Event "49th La Roda Open 2023"]
[Site "La Roda ESP"]
[Date "2023.04.08"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "7.9 Jumabayev, R."]
[Black "Firat, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/pp1bppbp/6p1/3P4/1n2P3/q4N1P/P2BBPP1/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 15"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2023.04.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,47,19,19,33,-12,35,33,53,55,51,51,54,42,42,51,51,23,34,15,18,8,16,16,
45,45,30,-3,36,57,64,60,247,96,199,245,238,204,201,208,251,294,311,319,407,428,
415,389,411,411] [#]} 15. Qc1 $1 {All of a sudden, it becomes clear that
Black's play on the queenside is a problem for Black not for White.} Qa4 $4 ({
Black panics and blunders. It was better to play} 15... Bb2 {when} 16. Qc5 Na6
17. Qxa3 Bxa3 18. Ne5 Nb8 19. Rab1 {leads to a clear advantage for White.}) 16.
Bd1 Qb5 17. a4 {Now Black loses material. The rest is basically desperation.}
Qd3 18. Ra3 Qxe4 19. Re1 Qxd5 20. Bxb4 Rfc8 21. Qe3 e6 22. Rd3 Qc4 23. Rxd7
Qxb4 24. Rxf7 {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Pan-Ams U1800"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.01.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rudrapatna, Nagaprasad"]
[Black "Castro-DeVarona, Malik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "1719"]
[BlackElo "1266"]
[Annotator "Castro-DeVarona"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL July 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,140,25,16,71,43,82,67,62,42,33,37,46,25,8,10,10,-7,-3,15,34,35,47,38,
61,40,64,-158,57,19,12,-1,50,4,98,85,226,116,143,14,57,57,57,-21,-10,-377,-382,
-377,-381,-389,-391,-391,-378,-399,-259,-257,-237,-245,-248,-246,-203,-216,
-216,-215,-209,-210,-153,-151,-159,-173,-147,-147,-143,-144,-149,-168,-196,
-205,-115,-143,-131,-108,-157,-151,-45,-50,-61,-68,-68,-72,-71,-173,-169,-223,
-245,-297,-356,-448,-498,-498,-523,-680,-895,-949,-975,-1058,-1151,-29995,
-1449,-29995,-1873,-2374,-1860,-1389,-1433,-1455,-1505,-1548,-1591,-2019,-2019,
-29983,-29986,-29987,-29986,-29987,-29980,-29981,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29989,
-29990,-29991,-29992,-29995,-29994,-29997,-29996,-29997,-29996,-29997,-29998]} 
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be2
Be6 9. Bf3 h5 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Be3 a5 12. Qd3 Rc8 13. Qb5 b6 ({Here I missed
the killer} 13... Bc4 $1 {, winning material after} 14. Qxa5 b6 15. Qa7 Ra8 16.
Qb7 Ba6 17. Qc6 Rc8 18. Bxb6 Rxc6 19. Bxd8 Bxd8 {. Of course this is very hard
to see over-the-board.}) 14. Nd2 g6 15. Be2 Qc7 16. f4 Nh7 17. O-O f5 18. Kh1
Nhf6 19. g3 Nxe4 20. Ndxe4 fxe4 21. Kh2 Bc4 {Now White slips up.} 22. Bxb6 $2
Bxb5 23. Bxc7 {[#]} Bxe2 $1 {This is MY BEST MOVE.} ({My opponent had
calculated} 23... Rxc7 24. axb5 {, but capturing the bishop gave me a key
intermezzo as the c7-bishop lacks time to escape, lest I grab the f1-rook. Now
I emerge up a clean bishop.}) 24. Nxe2 Rxc7 25. Nc3 exf4 26. Rxf4 Rf8 27. Rxe4
Ne5 28. Re2 Kd7 29. Rd1 Nc6 30. Nd5 Rb7 31. b3 Rf5 32. Nf4 Re5 33. Red2 g5 34.
Nxh5 Rb4 35. g4 Rbe4 36. Ng3 Re1 37. Rxe1 Rxe1 38. Nf5 Ne5 39. Kg3 Rg1+ 40. Kf2
Rh1 41. Kg3 Bf8 42. Rd5 Rg1+ 43. Kf2 Rc1 44. Ne3 Nc6 45. Rd2 Ke6 46. Nc4 d5 47.
Ne3 Bc5 48. Re2 Nd4 49. Re1 Nxc2 {I was happy with this move. The rook cannot
be taken unless White wants to allow his last pieces to be traded off.} 50. Re2
Bxe3+ 51. Kf3 d4 52. Ke4 Nb4 53. h4 gxh4 {I missed mate in three. Can you find
it?} 54. Rh2 Re1 55. Kf3 Rf1+ 56. Ke2 Rf2+ 57. Rxf2 Bxf2 58. Kxf2 d3 59. Kf1
Kf6 60. g5+ Kxg5 61. Ke1 Kf4 62. Kd2 Kg3 63. Kc3 h3 64. Kc4 h2 65. Kb5 h1=Q 66.
Kxa5 d2 67. Kxb4 d1=Q 68. a5 Qb7+ 69. Kc4 Qc1+ 70. Kd4 Qd7+ 0-1

