[Event "World Rapid Team 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf GER"]
[Date "2023.08.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Shuvalova, Polina"]
[Black "Paehtz, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Freedom"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin Chess Federation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Be3 Qb6 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. cxd4 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 a5
15. Rab1 Qc7 16. h3 Bf5 17. Rbc1 Rfb8 18. g4 Bc8 19. Qd2 a4 20. Bh6 Bh8 21. Ng5
a3 22. Qf4 f6 $2 {[#] A visual inspection of the position suggests that White
may have something. Black's major pieces are huddled on the queenside, and 22.
... f6 creates unnecessary holes in Black's king cover. Shuvalova does not
miss her shot.} 23. Nf7 $1 {Lovely! White threatens to take the h8-bishop,
removing a defender of the f6-pawn, and then prosecute an attack. And if} fxe5
{This keeps the f6-square under control, but allows the following.} (23... Kxf7
{White has the discovery} 24. e6+ $1 Bxe6 25. Qxc7 {.}) 24. Nxe5 Be6 25. Nxg6
$5 Qxf4 26. Bxf4 {Every White move comes with tempo, giving her attack maximum
velocity.} Rb2 ({Or} 26... hxg6 27. Bxb8 {.}) 27. Nxh8 Bc8 28. Rxe7 Kxh8 29.
Bh6 Ba6 30. Rce1 Rg8 31. Bf4 Ra8 32. Be5+ Kg8 33. Rg7+ Kf8 34. Rxh7 Bb7 35.
Bd6+ Kg8 36. Ree7 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Team 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf GER"]
[Date "2023.08.28"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Black "Svidler, P."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "WR Chess"]
[BlackTeam "Chess Pensioners"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. d4 d5 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Ng6 9. h4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qe2 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 O-O 14.
O-O-O Bg4 15. h5 Ne5 16. Qxf4 Qb8 {[#]} (16... Re8 17. Be2 Qc7 $1 {is equal; if
} 18. Bxg4 $2 Nd3+ $1) 17. Nd6 $1 f6 (17... Qxd6 $2 18. Bxh7+) 18. Qe4 g6 {
A doomed attempt to save the game.} (18... Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 f5 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21.
Nf7+ Rxf7 22. Qxf7) 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rh6 $1 Qxd6 21. Bc4+ Kg7 22. Rxg6+ 1-0

[Event "World Rapid Team 2023"]
[Site "Dusseldorf GER"]
[Date "2023.08.27"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Grischuk, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2023.08.26"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Freedom"]
[BlackTeam "ASV AlphaEchecs Linz"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Bg5 Bc6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Qe8 13. d5 Bxd5 $2 {Even the
world's elite make mistakes. In what follows we see the dynamic potential of
the Catalan.} (13... exd5 14. Nd4 Qe5 $1 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Ra7
18. axb5 Qc5 {Dubov,D (2699)-Wei,Y (2732) Lindores Abbey Prelim rapid 2020 (4)
1/2-1/2 was seen in}) 14. axb5 Bxc3 (14... axb5 $2 15. Nxd5 $1 {and Black
loses material.}) 15. Ng5 $1 g6 16. Qxc3 Qxb5 {[#]} 17. Nxf7 {A typically
creative move from Dubov, but a step too far.} ({Correct was} 17. Ra5 $1 Qb3
18. Qxb3 cxb3 {and now White has the geometric shot} 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Raxd5
exd5 21. Bxd5+ Kg7 22. Bxa8 {with advantage.}) 17... Kxf7 18. Ra5 Qb3 19. Qxb3
cxb3 20. Rdxd5 Ke7 ({Black overlooks a key difference with the variation cited
on move 17: here Black can try to lock up the bishop with} 20... exd5 21. Bxd5+
Ke7 22. Bxa8 c6 $1 {and now, in contrast to the line above, the two extra
files matter in Black's king placement.}) 21. Rd3 Ra7 22. Rxb3 Nd7 23. Bh3 Rb8
24. Rxb8 Nxb8 25. Re5 Rb7 26. Rxe6+ Kd8 27. Rf6 Rxb2 28. Rf7 Rxe2 29. Rxh7 a5
30. Rg7 a4 31. Bf1 Re8 $2 ({Black could save the game with} 31... a3 $1 32.
Bxe2 $1 (32. Rg8+ $2 {first loses to} Re8 $1) 32... a2 33. Rg8+ Ke7 $1) 32.
Rxg6 Nd7 33. Bb5 Re4 34. Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "32nd Chicago Open 2023"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2023.05.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Quesada Vera, L..."]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2023.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Qa4
Qb6 9. Qb5 Bb4 10. Qxb6 Nxb6 11. Bd2 Bf5 12. Nb5 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 14. b3 e3+
15. fxe3 Rhc8 16. Na3 g5 17. Nh3 Be4 18. Rhg1 Bxg2 19. Rxg2 Ne4+ 20. Kd1 Nd7
21. Nf2 Ndf6 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Nb1 a5 24. Nd2 Nc3+ 25. Ke1 a4 26. Rg1 axb3 27.
Nxb3 b6 28. Nd2 b5 29. e4 dxe4 30. Kf2 f5 31. a3 Nd5 32. Nb3 e3+ 33. Kg2 Rc2
34. Rge1 Ra4 35. Kf1 Rb2 36. Nc5 Rxd4 37. Reb1 Rc2 38. Rxb5 Rdd2 39. Nb3 Rxe2
40. Rxd5 Rxh2 41. Kg1 Rcg2+ 42. Kf1 e2+ 0-1

[Event "32nd Chicago Open 2023"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2023.05.29"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Corrales Jimenez, F.."]
[Black "Zhou Jianchao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2023.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 O-O-O 12. h4 Kb8 13. g4 g6 14. g5 hxg5 15.
hxg5 Qg7 16. Rg1 Be7 17. Kb1 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Qf2 d4 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Nfd2
Nb4 22. Bc4 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Qf3 Rhd8 25. Nc4 d3 26. cxd3 Qd4 27. Rge1 Rc8
28. Ka1 Bb4 29. Rf1 Rdd8 30. a3 Bf8 31. Ng3 Bxd3 32. Ne5 Bxa3 33. Nxd3 Qa4 34.
Qe2 Rc2 35. Qe4 Bxb2+ 36. Kb1 Bd4 0-1

[Event "32nd Chicago Open 2023"]
[Site "Chicago USA"]
[Date "2023.05.29"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Nasuta, G..."]
[Black "Cordova, E..."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2023.05.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 b6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 d5 8. e5 d4
9. d3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Qe2 Rd8 12. c4 Nb4 13. Qd1 Ng6 14. g3 Be7 15. h4 h5
16. a3 Nc6 17. Bg2 Rd7 18. Qe2 Qb8 19. Nf1 Qa8 20. N1h2 Bd8 21. Bh3 Qc8 22. Bg5
Nce7 23. Nd2 Qc6 24. Nhf3 Bc7 25. Kh2 Ng8 26. Rg1 Bb8 27. b4 f6 28. exf6 gxf6
29. b5 Qd6 30. Ne4 Qe7 31. bxa6 fxg5 32. Nfxg5 Bxe4 33. Qxe4 Ne5 34. Bxe6 Nf6
35. Qa8 Nfg4+ 36. Kg2 Qd6 37. Bxd7+ Kxd7 38. a7 Nxd3 39. Qb7+ Bc7 40. Ne4 Qc6
41. Qxc6+ Kxc6 42. a4 Ra8 43. Ra3 Nde5 44. Nd2 Rxa7 45. Re1 Bd6 46. Kg1 Kd7 47.
Re4 Ra8 48. Rf4 Ke6 49. Re4 Nf6 50. Re1 Kd7 51. Kg2 Bc7 52. Kg1 Re8 53. Ra2 Rf8
54. Rf1 Ne8 55. a5 bxa5 56. Nb3 Bb6 57. Nxa5 Nd6 58. Rb1 Kc7 59. Kg2 Nexc4 60.
Nxc4 Nxc4 61. Re2 Kd6 62. Rc2 Kd5 63. Rxc4 Kxc4 64. Rxb6 d3 65. Rd6 Kc3 66. f3
d2 67. Rd5 c4 0-1

[Event "Airthings Masters Div 1 W"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.02.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2852"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2023.02.06"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. a3
Nc6 9. Be3 Qd7 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Qc2 Na5 12. Rd1 Rb8 13. Be2 Be7 {[#]} 14. h4 Bc6
15. h5 Ba4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. Rc1 Nb3 18. Rb1 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 c5 20. h6 g6 21. dxc5
Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rh4 O-O 24. Bxc4 Rfc8 25. Bxb3 Qb5+ 26. Qe2 Qxb3 27. Rb4
Qa2 28. Rd1 a5 29. Rb5 a4 30. Qe4 Qc4+ 31. Qxc4 Nxc4 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Rd4 Rc8
34. Rd7 Nxb2 35. Ng5 Rf8 36. Rd4 Rc8 37. Rf4 Rc1+ 38. Ke2 Rc2+ 39. Ke3 Rc3+ 40.
Kd2 Rc7 41. Rb4 Nc4+ 42. Ke2 Rc8 43. Rxa4 Nxe5 44. Ra7 Ng4 45. Nxf7 Rb8 46. f3
Rb2+ 47. Kd3 Nf2+ 48. Kd4 Rd2+ 49. Ke3 Ra2 50. Ng5 Nd1+ 1-0

[Event "Rilton Cup 50th"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2023.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kilgus, Georg"]
[Black "Koelle, Tobias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2022.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. h3 Bh5 5. c4 c6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. d3
Be7 9. Be3 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Na6 12. Bd4 O-O 13. Bc3 Rfd8 14. d4 Nb4
15. Nd2 a5 16. e3 h6 17. Rfc1 b6 18. Kf1 Rac8 19. Ke2 Nd7 20. h4 g6 21. Bg2 h5
22. Nf3 Nf6 23. Ne5 Nd7 24. Nf3 Nf6 25. Bh3 Nd7 26. Ng5 Nf8 27. g4 f6 {[#]} 28.
Nxe6 Nxe6 29. gxh5 f5 30. Rg1 Kf7 31. Rxg6 Nf8 32. Bxb4 axb4 33. Bxf5 Rc7 34.
Rg4 c5 35. Bd3 cxd4 36. Rxd4 dxc4 37. Bxc4+ Kg7 38. Rf4 Kh6 39. Ra6 Rd6 40. Rf7
Rcd7 41. Ra8 Rd2+ 42. Kf3 b5 43. Be6 Bxh4 44. Rfxf8 Rxf2+ 45. Kg4 Rxf8 46. Rxf8
Rd6 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Rg8+ Kh7 49. Rg6 Be7 50. Bf5 Rxg6+ 51. Bxg6+ Kg7 52. Kf5
Bf6 53. e4 Bxb2 54. e5 Bc1 55. Be8 Bd2 56. Bxb5 Bc1 57. e6 Kf8 58. Kg6 Ke7 59.
h6 Bb2 60. Kh7 Bc1 61. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Chessable Masters Div 1 Win"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2023.04.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2853"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r2/p4rkp/1p2q1p1/1P1Np3/2P1PbRN/3n3Q/8/5R1K w - - 0 39"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2023.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 39. Rxg6+ Qxg6 40. Nxg6 hxg6 41. Qxd3 Rh8+ 42. Kg1 Rh5 43. Nxf4 exf4 44.
Qd4+ Kh6 45. e5 f3 46. e6 Rg5+ 47. Kh2 Rg2+ 48. Kh3 Rh7 49. Rxf3 Rg5 50. e7
Rxe7 51. Qh8+ Rh7 52. Qf8+ Kh5 53. Rf4 Rf5 54. Rh4+ Kg5 55. Qd8+ Rf6 56. Rxh7
Kf5 57. Qd5+ Kf4 58. Rh4+ Ke3 59. Re4+ Kf2 60. Qd2+ 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.08.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "early version of Fritz"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C20"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 Bc5 4. Na4 Bf8 5. Nac3 Bc5 6. Na4 Bf8 7. Nac3 Bc5
8. Na4 *

[Event "Schlechter Memorial-01"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Takacs, Sandor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5qk1/7p/2Q2B2/2Pp3r/8/7P/PP4P1/6K1 w - - 0 48"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1923.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 48. Qe6+ Qf7 49. Qc8+ (49. Qc8+ Qf8 50. Qg4+) 1-0

[Event "Schlechter Memorial-01"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Becker, Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A38"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r3rk1/p3pp1p/3p3Q/1Np5/1p2q1p1/8/PP6/K2R3R w - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "1923.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 27. Rdg1 Kh8 28. Rxg4 Qxh1+ 29. Qxh1 Rg8 30. Rxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Schlechter Memorial-01"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Fischer, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5b1k/p4p1p/7p/3R1N2/3pP2Q/3P2P1/5PKP/1rq5 w - - 0 36"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "1923.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 36. Rd8 Qf1+ 37. Kf3 Qxd3+ 38. Kf4 Qd2+ 39. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Schlechter Memorial-01"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wolf, Siegfried Reginald"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r2k/pb1Q2pp/8/4N3/1Pp2P2/4B3/1q6/3K4 b - - 0 35"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "1923.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 35... Bf3+ 36. Nxf3 Qb3+ 0-1

[Event "Schlechter Memorial-01"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Becker, Albert"]
[Black "Gruber, Theodor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/pqkr2b1/2p5/1PPpp3/6Q1/2N1p1P1/P3P1KP/3R4 w - - 0 34"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "1923.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Nxd5+ Kb8 36. Nb4 a5 37. Nxc6+ 1-0

[Event "Schlechter Memorial-01"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Patay von Bay, Gyula"]
[Black "Becker, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/4p1p1/1k1p1p1p/3P1P1P/4RKP1/1rr5/5R2 b - - 0 52"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "1923.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 52... Rd2 53. Rxe6 Rxd4 54. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women's Olympiad"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Zatonskih, Anna"]
[Black "Sachdev, Tania"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1R6/8/8/7P/6K1/1pr5/2k5 w - - 0 75"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America (W)"]
[BlackTeam "India (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

{[#]} 75. h5 $4 {A heartbreaking mistake.} ({The king needs to assist the
h-pawn, so the correct move is} 75. Kg4 $1 b1=Q ({or if} 75... Rc5 {, the king
(compared to the game) will be in time to defend the pawn when it reaches the
seventh rank:} 76. h5 b1=Q 77. Rxb1+ Kxb1 78. h6 Kc2 79. h7 Rc8 80. Kg5 Rh8 81.
Kg6 {is a draw.}) 76. Rxb1+ Kxb1 77. h5 {Here the game will end drawn, as the
black king is too far away:} Rg2+ 78. Kf5 Kc2 79. h6 Rh2 80. Kg6 Rg2+ 81. Kf7
Kd3 82. h7 {and White cannot make progress.}) 75... Rc4 $1 {An instructive
moment. The h-pawn is helpless against the rook without the king for support,
so it is crucial for Black to cut the white king off on the fourth rank. In
doing so, Black can allow the h-pawn to reach the seventh rank, but also have
time to go and capture it.} 76. h6 b1=Q 77. Rxb1+ Kxb1 78. h7 Rc8 {White
resigned as the king cannot come to the pawn's aid.} 0-1

[Event "Women's Olympiad"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2018.10.03"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Gara, Anita"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "R7/8/8/4K3/7p/6k1/8/8 w - - 0 108"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{[#]} 108. Rg8+ $4 ({The correct} 108. Ra3+ $1 {might feel counterintuitive,
but the rook needs to push the king out of the way so that the white king can
join the fight. With this move White's pieces do not stand in each other's way.
} Kg4 {The only chance to fight.} ({If} 108... Kg2 {the king comes in via} 109.
Kf4 h3 110. Ra2+ Kg1 111. Kg3 {.}) 109. Ra4+ {This wins an important tempo.
Play continues} Kg3 110. Kf5 h3 111. Ra3+ Kh4 ({the alternative} 111... Kg2 {
leads to a well known endgame} 112. Kg4 h2 113. Ra2+ Kg1 114. Kg3 h1=N+ (114...
h1=Q 115. Ra1#) 115. Kf3 {and - in a pattern you should know - the knight is
famously trapped.}) 112. Kf4 h2 113. Ra1 Kh3 114. Kf3 {and the white king is
right on time.}) 108... Kf3 $3 {The only move to make a draw, using a
technique called "shouldering" to keep the white king away from the pawn. Note
that the rook alone cannot fight against the pawn as it is far advanced, while
the h-pawn also gives additional drawing resources due to stalemating ideas.}
109. Rh8 ({White can try to use the above idea again via} 109. Ra8 {, but
granted an extra tempo, Black can draw with correct play:} h3 110. Ra3+ Kg2
111. Kf4 h2 112. Ra2+ Kh3 $1 {.}) 109... Kg3 110. Ke4 h3 111. Ke3 Kg2 112. Rg8+
Kf1 $1 {Shouldering the king again!} ({Of course} 112... Kh1 $4 {loses, i.e.,}
113. Kf3 h2 114. Ra8 Kg1 115. Ra1# {.}) 113. Rf8+ Kg1 114. Ke2 h2 115. Rg8+ Kh1
116. Ra8 Kg2 117. Rg8+ Kh1 118. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2023.07.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/r5k1/3p2P1/p2P2K1/8/5R2 b - - 0 47"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{[#]} 47... a2 {At first glance, this move, paralyzing the white rook, is
irresistably natural.} 48. Ra1 Ra3 {The position looks lost for White: the
a1-rook cannot move, and Black is about to pick up the c-pawn.} 49. Kf3 Rxd3+
50. Ke4 Rd2 51. Kf3 Kf6 ({It's worth mentioning the alternatives. White holds
after} 51... Kh4 52. Rh1+ Kg5 53. Ra1 {, as is also true of}) (51... d3 52. Ke3
{. If}) (51... Kg6 52. Ke4 Kf6 53. Rf1+ Kg5 54. Rg1 {Black is out of useful
moves, and cannot make progress after} Rb2 55. Ra1 ({of course not} 55. Kxd4 $4
Rb1) 55... Rd2 56. Rg1 {with equality.}) 52. Ke4 {[#] For all of the optical
virtue of Black's position, there is no way for him to make progress. The
d2-rook is perched on an awkward square, as it is attached to the defense of
both pawns. If White manages to capture one of them, the other will fall. The
white king is centralized and constantly threatening the d4-pawn, while the
a1-rook is hardly passive here, freed now that the black rook is no longer
supporting the a2-passer.} Ke6 53. g5 {Firouzja finds the most precise move
with little time on his clock, using his own passed pawn as a distraction.} ({
Simply passing the move leads to disaster, as Black has the idea of bringing
the king to the queenside to assist with the pawns:} 53. Rc1 $2 Kd6 54. g5 Rc2
$3 {This wins an important tempo. After} 55. Ra1 Kc5 56. g6 Rg2 {Black is now
winning as the king and rook have switched roles; the rook goes active while
the king defends the pawns.} 57. Kf3 Rxg6 58. Rxa2 Kc4 $19 {Soon Black
transposes into the Lucena position, once the king is in front of the pawn.})
53... Kd6 54. g6 Ke7 ({The quickest way to draw is} 54... Kc5 55. g7 Rg2 56.
Rxa2 $1 {.}) 55. Rf1 {A nice move, cutting off the king.} Rf2 56. Ra1 Rd2 {
The rook has no choice but to go back.} 57. Rf1 d3 {Accepting the inevitable.}
58. g7 Rg2 59. Kxd3 Rxg7 60. Ra1 Rg3+ 61. Kc2 Rh3 62. Rxa2 Rh2+ 63. Kb3 Rxa2
64. Kxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SuperUnited Rapid & Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2023.07.06"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/r5k1/3p2P1/p2P2K1/8/5R2 b - - 0 47"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[EventType "blitz"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{The winning idea is to go immediately after the d3-pawn while cutting the
white king off on the third rank, allowing Black to win both pawns and
maintain active pieces. Therefore:} {[#]} 47... Re5 $1 {The only move that
wins. Let's try some defensive ideas for White.} ({Note that the incorrect} 
47... Rc5 48. Ra1 Rc3 49. Kf3 Rxd3+ 50. Ke4 {results in a draw, as Black
cannot hold on to both pawns.}) 48. Rf8 {White can try activating the rook} ({
Passive defense with} 48. Rd1 {can only last for so long, i.e.,} Re3+ 49. Kf2
Kxg4 50. Rd2 Kf4 51. Rd1 Ke5 {and now, since the white king is cut off on the
e-file, and the rook is stuck defending the d3-pawn, Black has the time to
bring the king around to the queenside to assist the a-pawn:} 52. Rd2 Kd5 53.
Rd1 Kc5 {and wins.}) ({If} 48. Ra1 Re3+ 49. Kf2 Rxd3 {both of White's pieces
are passive, and the white king cannot approach the d-pawn. Play continues} 50.
Ke2 Rh3 51. Kd2 Kxg4 52. Kc2 a2 $1 {and with two extra pawns, Black is happy
to give one up to trade rooks:} 53. Rxa2 Rh2+ 54. Kb3 Rxa2 55. Kxa2 Kf3 56. Kb2
Ke2 {and wins.}) 48... Re3+ 49. Kf2 Kxg4 50. Ra8 Rxd3 51. Ke2 Rh3 {The a-pawn
is unstoppable. A sample line runs} 52. Ra4 a2 53. Rxd4+ Kf5 54. Ra4 Rh1 {
This is a well-known mechanism, promoting and then setting up a skewer.} 55.
Rxa2 Rh2+ {and Black wins the rook and the game.} 0-1

[Event "CLK repertoire: Halloween Gambit"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2023.08.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Halloween Gambit"]
[Black "Sidelines"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 ({Here} 3... Bc5 {is a bit of a mistake. If
Black tries the Stafford Gambit-esque} 4. Nxe5 Nc6 $5 {we deny them all their
fun with} 5. Nxc6 dxc6 6. h3 $1 {, stopping ... Nf6-g4. If Black is persistent
and tries} Qd4 {we play} (6... h5 7. d3 $1 Be6 8. Bg5) 7. Qf3 {with a large
advantage.}) 4. Nxe5 {This is the hallmark of the Halloween Gambit. White
gives up a piece for a pawn (or two), gambling that their central pawn wedge,
coupled with Black's developmental problems, gives sufficient compensation.} ({
Less adventurous players might want to try the Scotch Four Knights via} 4. d4
exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 (5... Bc5) 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 {, which leads to interesting
play for both sides.}) ({The Spanish Four Knights,} 4. Bb5 {, is also an
option.}) 4... Nxe5 5. d4 {Most of the time you will see 5...Nc6 or 5...Ng6. A
third option is} Neg4 $6 {, but this gives White everything they want. Play
continues} ({Trying to give back the piece with} 5... Bb4 $2 {is disastrous, i.
e.,} 6. dxe5 Nxe4 7. Qg4 {[%cal Yg4b4] with serious initiative.}) (5... d6 $6 {
should be met with the quiet} 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bc4 $14 {when
White has a small but stable advantage.}) 6. e5 $1 {and if} Qe7 7. Qe2 $1 {
when we regain the piece with a better position to boot.} *

[Event "CLK repertoire: Halloween Gambit"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2023.08.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Halloween Gambit"]
[Black "5...Nc6"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Nc6 {This is probably
objectively worse than 5...Ng6, but it's played half the time by "club
players" in the lichess statistics. Stronger opposition increasingly chooses
to bring the knight to the kingside. Still, you should know how to handle both
moves.  Here we play the thematic} 6. d5 $1 Ne5 {This is Black's best move,
but you will see some other moves.} ({After} 6... Ne7 $6 7. e5 Nfg8 $2 {
we reach a position that you should know. White pushes on with} (7... Nfxd5 8.
Nxd5 Nxd5 (8... c6 9. Ne3 $5) 9. Qxd5 c6 10. Qe4 {leaves White a smidge better}
) 8. d6 $1 Nc6 (8... Nf5 9. g4) 9. Nb5 $1 cxd6 10. exd6 {and the d6-pawn is a
bone in the throat!}) (6... Bb4 {is quite reasonable, although uncommon. After}
7. dxc6 Nxe4 (7... bxc6 {transposes to the Scotch Four Knights}) 8. Qd4 Qe7 9.
Be3 {White has some, but perhaps not full, compensation. Best is simply} O-O
10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd6 {with an unclear game.}) ({Other moves are worse:} 
6... Nb8 $6 7. e5 Qe7 (7... Ng8 $2 8. d6 $1) 8. Qe2 Ng8 9. Nb5 $5 {, and}) (
6... Nb4 $6 7. a3 Na6 8. e5 {.}) 7. f4 Ng6 ({After} 7... Neg4 {we regain the
piece with} 8. e5 Bc5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qe2+ {and look to castle queenside.}) 8.
e5 Ng8 ({Here} 8... Qe7 $2 9. Qe2 Ng8 $2 {is a common, and terrible!, mistake.
White wins with} 10. d6 $1 cxd6 11. Nd5 {.}) 9. d6 $5 cxd6 10. exd6 Qf6 $1 {
The strongest, seen about 29% of the time, and preventing White's f4-f5 idea.
Now White has to make a choice.} ({Slightly more often seen is the weaker} 
10... Qb6 {. White should play} 11. Nb5 Kd8 12. f5 $1 Ne5 13. Bf4 $13 {with
good compensation.}) ({Here} 10... Nf6 $2 {gives White a great game with} 11.
Qe2+ Be7 12. dxe7 Nxe7 13. Be3 {.}) 11. Nb5 $6 {This is risky, but Black has
to find the correct move. 85% of the time, she doesn't per Lichess.} (11. Qe2+
{is objectively best. Play continues} Qe6 12. Nb5 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Rb8 14. Be3 {
and White has some, but perhaps not enough, compensation for the piece. The
d6-pawn is key.}) 11... Kd8 $2 {Natural... and wrong.} ({The correct path is} 
11... Nxf4 $7 12. Nc7+ Kd8 13. Nxa8 Qe5+ $1 {and Black is nearly winning, i.e.,
} 14. Be2 Nxg2+ 15. Kf1 Nf4 16. Qd2 Bxd6 {.}) (11... Qe6+ $2 {simply helps
White's development with} 12. Be2 Kd8 13. O-O $1) 12. Be3 {Attacking the
a7-pawn, while preparing to castle queenside after the queen develops. If} Nxf4
$2 (12... a6 $4 13. Bb6+ Ke8 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8+ Ke8 16. Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nd5+
Ke8 18. Nxf6+) 13. Qd2 Ne6 ({Not} 13... Qxb2 $4 14. Qa5+ {and wins.}) 14. O-O-O
{White's attacking chances are glorious!} *

[Event "CLK repertoire: Halloween Gambit"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2023.08.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Halloween Gambit"]
[Black "5...Ng6, 7...Bb4"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Ng6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Bc4 {
The engine hates this position for White, but the Lichess statistics are not
bad at all! The key question for Black comes down to whether, and when, he
wants to play ...d7-d5. There are four key options to consider, and we'll
investigate them in roughly the order of frequency in the Lichess stats.} Bb4
8. Qf3 Qe7 {Played 50% of the time.} (8... d5 $5 {looks like it just gives up
the pawn, but the engine thinks this is a key pawn thrust in these kinds of
positions. The bishop must be freed!} 9. Bxd5 {[%csl Gf7]} Qe7 (9... Be6 10.
Bxb7 Rb8 11. Bc6+ Kf8 $1 (11... Bd7 12. O-O $13)) (9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qe7 11.
O-O $36) 10. O-O $36) (8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qe7 (9... d5 $5) 10. h4 $1 {to
dislodge the knight} h5 (10... Nh6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. h5 Nf8 14. O-O
$13) (10... Nxh4 $2 11. Rxh4 Qxh4 $4 12. Qxf7+ Kd8 13. Qf8#) (10... d6 11. h5
Nf8 $2 (11... Nxe5 {is played 12% of the time, but forced:} 12. dxe5 Qxe5+ 13.
Kf1 $1 {and the position is a mess - just what White wants!})) 11. Kf1 $1 d6 $6
12. Bg5 f6 {and now we see one of the ideas of Ke1-f1:} 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Re1)
(8... f6 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 d6 $2 (10... Qe7 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bg5 {and the
king has to move to get off the e-file. White has compensation, but how much
isn't clear.}) (10... d5 $5 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Re1+ N8e7 13. h4 $5) 11. Re1 $1)
9. O-O {Continuing development and breaking the pin. Black's reply is almost
forced.} ({Here} 9. h4 $5 {is interesting, trying to dislodge the g6-knight.
Black has a range of options:} c6 {is strongest, but played just 5% of the
time! The key point is} (9... Nh6 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. O-O-O $40) (9...
Bxc3+ {(most common)} 10. bxc3 h5 (10... Nh6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. h5
Nf8 14. O-O-O $5) 11. Kf1 $1) (9... h5 10. Kf1 $1) 10. h5 Nh4 $1 {rarely
played (Black would have to have studied this position well to realize this
was a good idea) as now} (10... Nf8 $2 11. Kf1 $1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne6 {and
White's initiative is beginning to peter out.}) 11. Rxh4 {is met with} d5 $1)
9... Bxc3 $1 10. bxc3 Nh6 $1 {This position is difficult for White. Perhaps
best is the slow-seeming} ({Alternatives include} 10... d6 11. Ba3 {and}) (
10... Rb8 11. a4 {with the idea of Bc1-a3.}) 11. g3 {Limiting the g6-knight
and allowing a h-pawn push as well.} ({Another idea is} 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Qe3
d6 $1 {rare but strong!} ({if} 12... Qg5 $2 {, which is often tried, White
grabs the initiative with} 13. f4 $1) (12... O-O 13. f4 $1) 13. f4 (13. Qxh6 $2
dxe5) 13... f5 $1 {and Black is consolidating the material.}) (11. a4 $5 O-O
12. Ba3 d6 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Rab1 $5 {Black is doing well}) 11... O-O 12. h4 d5
({Or} 12... d6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. h5 Nh8 15. Rfe1 {and White's compensation is
not clear.}) 13. Bg5 (13. Bxd5 c6 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Bb3 $15 {is better for Black.
}) 13... Qd7 14. Bxd5 c6 15. Bb3 {with advantage to Black.} *

[Event "CLK repertoire: Halloween Gambit"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2023.08.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Halloween Gambit"]
[Black "5...Ng6, 7...d6"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Ng6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Bc4 d6 8.
Qf3 Be6 {Played nearly 50% of the time. Now Black has to navigate carefully.} (
{After} 8... Qe7 $6 {(25%)} 9. O-O dxe5 10. Nd5 {White has good compensation.})
({Here} 8... Qd7 {(11%) is a serious option. Play continues} 9. O-O (9. h4 $5 {
is again a possibility}) 9... dxe5 {39%} (9... c6 $5 {with the idea of ...d6-d5
} 10. Re1 (10. exd6 Nf6 11. Re1+ Kd8 12. Bg5 Bxd6 13. Ne4 Kc7 {and Black has
untangled his pieces. Still, after} 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Bxf7 {White has two
pawns and some play for the piece.}) 10... d5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bxd5 {White is
not completely bereft of compensation, but three pawns for two knights is
tough.}) (9... Qf5 {offers a queen trade, but after} 10. Qe3 $1 dxe5 11. f4 $1
e4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. Bd2 $1 {White is making progress.}) 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Re1 (
11. Qe3 $5 {is Leela's choice:} Qe7 (11... Bd6 {leads to a remarkable tactical
sequence} 12. f4 Qe7 13. fxe5 $1 Bc5 14. Bxf7+ Kd8 15. Rd1+ Bd7 16. e6 Bxe3+
17. Bxe3 Nf6 18. Nd5 Bxe6 19. Nxe7+ Kxe7 20. Bxe6 Kxe6 {with equality!}) 12.
Nd5 Nxc4 13. Qg3 Qd6 14. Nxc7+ Kd8 15. Bf4 Qc6 (15... Kxc7 $2 16. Bxd6+ Nxd6
17. c4 $18) 16. Rad1+ Bd7 17. Nxa8 Nf6 {and let's call this unclear.}) 11...
Bd6 12. Bf4 f6 $1 {the position is complicated, but White has full
compensation and interesting play.} 13. Rad1 (13. Bb5 c6 14. Rad1 {[%cal Bc3e4]
is also possible, with the idea of Nc3-e4 now that the bishop has one less
defender}) 13... Ne7 (13... Qg4 $2 {is played about 35% of the time! White
wins in all variations after} 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 $2 (14... Qxc4 15. Bxd6+ Kf7) 15.
Rxe5+ $1) 14. Bxe5 fxe5 15. Bb5 Nc6 {forced} (15... c6 $4 16. Ne4 $18) 16.
Rxe5+ Nxe5 17. Bxd7+ Bxd7 18. Qxb7 Bc6 19. Qb3 {and now Black's best move is}
O-O-O $1 $13) (8... f6 {(8%)} 9. O-O {is a little slow after} (9. h4 $1) 9...
dxe5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Bf4 {when the f-pawn gives the knight good
support. Still, White scores reasonably well here in the Lichess states, even
after the strongest} Qe7 13. Bxe5 fxe5 14. Nd5 Qf8 $2 (14... Qf7 15. Qxf7+ Kxf7
16. Nxc7+ Ke7 17. Nxa8 Nf6 $17 {and the knight will not get out.}) 15. Nxc7+
Bxc7 16. Bb5+) 9. Qxb7 Bxc4 $2 {68%, but a mistake!} (9... Rb8 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Qxa7 {and White has compensation}) (9... N8e7 $1 {is best but
rarely played. White should continue} 10. Nb5 Rc8 11. d5 Nxe5 (11... Bd7 $2 12.
exd6 $18) 12. dxe6 Nxc4 13. Nxa7 Rb8 14. Qa6 {and if} Nxb2 $2 15. Nc6 Nxc6 16.
Qxc6+ Ke7 17. O-O {with a great position.}) 10. Qc6+ Ke7 11. Qxc4 dxe5 $2 {
So natural! This tries to grab a pawn, but overlooks the killing} 12. Bg5+ $1
f6 13. O-O-O $1 fxg5 $2 14. dxe5 {and White is winning.} *

[Event "CLK repertoire: Halloween Gambit"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2023.08.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Halloween Gambit"]
[Black "5...Ng6, 7...d5"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Ng6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Bc4 d5 {
Giving back a pawn, but freeing the c8-bishop.} 8. Bxd5 c6 (8... N8e7 {is
logical, but White's} 9. Bg5 {is tricky.} (9. Bb3 $2 Nf5 {and Black has
everything she wants}) 9... h6 $2 (9... Qd7 10. Be4 Nf5 11. Qd3 Be7 12. Bxe7
Nfxe7 13. O-O-O {and White's hope is that the pawn wedge in the center is
compensation enough.}) (9... c6 $1 {first, followed by} 10. Bb3 h6 $1 {leaves
Black ahead.} 11. Be3 Nd5 (11... Nf5 $5) 12. Nxd5 (12. O-O $5) 12... cxd5 13.
O-O $17) 10. Qf3 Be6 11. Bxb7 Rb8 (11... hxg5 12. Bxa8 Qxd4 13. Bc6+ Nxc6 14.
Qxc6+ Qd7 $1 (14... Bd7 $2 15. Qa8+) 15. Qa8+ Qc8 16. Qxa7 Nxe5 {and the
bishops are potent for Black}) 12. Bc6+ Bd7 {and White should probably take
the draw with} 13. Bd5 Be6 14. Bc6+ {etc.}) (8... Bb4 9. Qf3 {is similar to
lines to some 7...Bb4 lines.}) (8... Be6 $2 9. Bxb7 Rb8 10. Bc6+ Bd7 11. Be4 {
with three pawns and the initiative for the piece.}) 9. Bb3 {A key position to
know for Halloween Gambiteers.} Bb4 {Played 35% of the time.} (9... Be6 {
is played more than half the time.} 10. O-O Bxb3 (10... Bb4 $6 11. Ne4) (10...
N8e7 11. Ne4 Nf5 12. c3 $15) 11. axb3 Bb4 $6 (11... N8e7) 12. Ne4 N8e7 $4 {
played 49% of the time!} (12... Qd5 13. Qd3 $13) 13. c3 $1 $18) (9... N8e7 {
gives White options.} 10. h4 $5 Nd5 11. Ne4 Nxh4 $6 (11... Be7 12. h5 Nh4 13.
Kf1 $13) 12. Bg5 Nxg2+ 13. Kf1 Be7 $2 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Kxg2 $16) 10. O-O (10.
Qf3 $2 {doesn't work here after} Be6 {as there is no attack on the b7-pawn.})
10... Bxc3 (10... N8e7 $6 {is a mistake, allowing White to play} 11. Ne4 $1 O-O
(11... Bf5 12. Ng3 $5 (12. Ng5 O-O $2 13. g4 $1)) 12. c3 Ba5 13. h4 $5 $40) 11.
bxc3 N8e7 12. f4 {and White would like to begin a kingside pawnstorm with
g2-g4. Therefore Black's best option is to play} h5 $5 {, stopping the g2-g4
push. White can try to grab more of the center with} (12... Be6 $2 13. g4 $1) (
12... Nd5 $2 13. f5 Nh4 14. Qg4 Nxf5 15. Rxf5 O-O (15... Bxf5 16. Qxf5 (16.
Qxg7 $5 Rf8 17. Ba3) 16... O-O 17. Bd2 $14) 16. Bg5) (12... O-O $6 13. g4 $36)
(12... Bf5 $2 13. g4) 13. c4 Nf5 14. d5 {but Black is objectively better.} *

[Event "CLK repertoire: Halloween Gambit"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2023.08.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Halloween Gambit"]
[Black "5...Ng6, 7...c6"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "Hartmann"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Ng6 6. e5 Ng8 7. Bc4 c6 {
Carefully preparing ...d7-d5, while also shutting down tricks on the h1-a8
diagonal.} 8. Qe2 $5 {Played about 10% of the time on lichess, but with much
better results for White!} ({The standard} 8. Qf3 $6 {allows} d5 $1 (8... Qe7
$2 9. O-O {White has full compensation given Black's lack of development. If}
f6 (9... b5 $2 10. Nxb5 $1) 10. Re1 fxe5 $6 (10... d6 11. Ne4) 11. dxe5 d5 12.
Nxd5 $1) 9. exd6 Be6 $1 {(the key move, but played only 1/3 of the time!)} (
9... Nf6 $5 10. Qe2+ Kd7 11. d5 Bxd6 12. dxc6+ bxc6 $17) 10. d5 Ne5 $19 {
and the point is that Black will be able to defend the f7-square after} 11. Qe2
Nxc4 12. dxe6 Nxd6 $1) 8... Bb4 ({Now} 8... d5 $4 {fails to} 9. exd6+ {.}) ({If
} 8... b5 9. Bb3 (9. Bd3 {is relatively untested, but the engines give it
their stamp of approval. A sample line is} Bb4 (9... Be7 10. f4 f5 11. exf6
Nxf6 12. f5 $1) 10. O-O N8e7 11. Ne4 $13) (9. Nxb5 $2 {is too cute by half:}
cxb5 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qf3+ Ke8 12. Qxa8 {and White has given too much
material.}) 9... Bb4 (9... a5 {tries to trap the bishop, but this is parried
with} 10. a4 b4 $6 (10... bxa4 11. Nxa4) 11. Ne4 {and White has compensation})
10. O-O N8e7 $1 (10... Bxc3 $6 11. bxc3 N8e7 12. f4 O-O 13. f5 Nxf5 14. Rxf5 d5
15. Rf2 $13) 11. Ne4 $5 (11. Nxb5 $6 cxb5 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Qxa8 Nc6 $1 $19)
11... O-O 12. c3 d5 $1 (12... Ba5 $2 13. Bg5 $1 d5 $4 14. exd6) 13. Ng3 (13.
exd6 $2 {solves the problem of the bishop}) 13... Ba5 {and White's attack is
gone.}) (8... Be7 {is a bit slow, giving a free tempo for} 9. Ne4 {.}) 9. O-O {
and now} (9. Bxf7+ {tries to force things, but the tactics don't really work:}
Kxf7 10. Qc4+ d5 $1 11. exd6+ Be6 12. Qxb4 Qb6 $1) 9... d5 $1 {looks wrong 
(played just 10% of the time!) but is best. After} (9... Bxc3 {is common, and
after} 10. bxc3 N8e7 11. f4 O-O $1 (11... d5 $2 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. f5 $1) 12. f5
(12. Ba3 $5) 12... Nxf5 13. Rxf5 d5 14. Bd3 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 {White has a hard
time proving compensation here.}) (9... N8e7 {can be met with} 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7
11. Qc4+ d5 (11... Nd5 $1 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxb4 Qb6 $17) 12. exd6+ Nd5 13.
Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qxd5+ Kf8 15. Qf3+ Qf6 (15... Ke8 16. Qe2+) 16. d7 Bxd7 17. Qxb7
$15) 10. exd6+ Kf8 11. Ne4 Bxd6 12. Re1 {White has some, but definitely not
full, compensation.} *

[Event "NC World Masters"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2023.06.26"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kollars, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r4/4R3/2pp4/8/3K4/5k2/8/8 b - - 0 50"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{Black should be winning via the two extra pawns, but with the king being cut
off and White's active pieces, the conversion is not so simple!} 50... c5+ $2 {
Amazingly this is already theoretically drawn.} ({Correct is} 50... Kf2 $1 {
, and I was only able to understand the idea behind this king move (and run)
by trying other moves for Black. It turns out that the king is poorly placed,
and so it needs to get out of the way! After} 51. Re6 Kf1 52. Re7 d5 53. Rc7
Rd6 54. Re7 ({on} 54. Kc5 Re6 {the black king rejoins the action}) 54... Rh6
55. Kc5 Rh4 {Black is finally able to coordinate his pieces. The pawn is
untouchable, i.e,.} 56. Kxc6 ({or} 56. Re6 Rc4+ {and wins}) 56... d4 57. Rd7
Ke2 58. Kc5 d3 {and the pawn promotes.}) ({It's important to note that} 50...
d5 {is met by} 51. Re3+ $1 {, an important resource. After} Kf4 52. Rc3 Rd6 {
the black rook has been forced to an awkward square. Play continues} 53. Rc1
Kf5 54. Rf1+ Ke6 {(trying to get to the queenside to free the rook)} 55. Rg1
Kd7 56. Kc5 {and Black can't make progress.}) 51. Kd5 Rc8 {This was Fabiano's
idea behind 50...c5, but both players missed a key point.} 52. Kxd6 $4 {
White returns the favor} ({After the correct} 52. Kc4 $1 {the white king
blockades the pawns while the rook angles to keep cutting off the king. Again,
Black cannot make progress. The straightforward attempt to promote the pawns
does not work:} d5+ 53. Kxd5 c4 54. Kd4 c3 55. Re3+ $1 {and with this key move
we see why moving the king to f1 in the initial position was so important.})
52... c4 53. Kd7 Ra8 {Now White's pieces are misplaced.} 54. Kd6 c3 55. Rc7
Rd8+ 56. Kc5 Ke3 57. Kb4 Kd2 ({White resigned in view of} 57... Kd2 58. Rxc3
Rb8+ {, picking up the rook.}) 0-1

[Event "NRW Sportland Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2023.06.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Wagner, Dinara"]
[Black "Saltaev, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Na3 $5 {
An unusual looking move that has gained some popularity lately. Based on the
time usage, we can assume that Saltaev was not familiar with this idea.} Bxa3
8. bxa3 Qd6 ({Giri played the typical} 8... Bd7 {against Carlsen in Wijk last
year:} 9. a4 Bc6 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Qc2 Nbd7 {with a position that scores well
for Black. (Carlsen -Giri, Wijk aan Zee 2022)}) 9. Qc2 Qa6 10. e4 h6 11. e5 Nd5
{[#]} 12. g4 {A typical move in modern chess! As Black lags in development and
the knight has been forced away from the kingside, White decides that it is
time to go after the lonely king. The silicon beasts disapprove, but facing
this attack is not an easy task for a human.} Bd7 13. g5 Ba4 ({Black cannot
allow a capture on h6, so nearly forced is} 13... h5 {and if} 14. g6 fxg6 15.
Qxg6 Be8 16. Qc2 {, threatening Nf3-g5, Black has the typical Exchange sac}
Rxf3 17. Bxf3 Nc6 18. Be3 Nce7 {. Here Black will manage to consolidate and
finish development. The knight sits pretty on the d5-outpost, the bishop goes
to g6, and most importantly, the c4-pawn lives.}) 14. Qe4 Nc3 $2 {A mistake,
but an understandable one, as Black is desperately looking for counterplay.} ({
Here} 14... h5 {is still the best defensive move, holding a near-balance.}) 15.
Qe1 {Most accurate, gaining a tempo.} ({The alternative} 15. Qh4 {looks quite
logical, but now the a4-bishop finds purpose. After} h5 $1 16. Qxh5 g6 {
Black loses the pawn in the best way possible, keeping the pawn structure
intact and not allowing Nf3-g5. Now} 17. Qh6 Bc2 {stalls White's attack.})
15... Nd5 16. gxh6 {The position looks awful for Black, as the kingside falls
apart.} Bc2 17. hxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd2 {[#] It's all over but the crying, as the
queen joins the attack.} Bd3 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Bg5 Nd7 21. Bf6 N7xf6 22. exf6
Nxf6 23. Qg5+ Kh7 24. Qxf6 Rad8 25. Ne5 Bf5 26. Nxf7 Rd7 27. Qh4+ Kg7 28. Ne5
Rdd8 29. Rfe1 1-0

[Event "Sparkassen A-Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2023.06.26"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Guo, Arthur"]
[Black "Prohaszka, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O {[#]} a5 {Rare. I only
understood the idea behind this move by comparing it to} (6... f6 {first;
following the main line} 7. c4 fxe5 8. dxe5 Bc5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Ne7 11.
Na4 {and now getting the bishop gives White a big advantage. After} O-O ({or} 
11... Bb4 12. Qb3 Ba5 13. Qxb7 {with a significant advantage}) 12. Nxc5 Nxc5
13. Nd4 {White will play Bc1-e3, f2-f4, and then perhaps g2-g4, enjoying the
space advantage and the cramping e5-pawn.}) 7. a4 f6 8. Bd3 ({After} 8. c4 fxe5
9. dxe5 Bc5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3 Ne7 {the bishop stays on c5 -- this is the
difference with the immediate 6...f6.}) 8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 fxe5 10. dxe5 Nc5 11.
Qd4 Qd7 {Black has trouble completing his kingside development -- the
g8-knight is stuck and can only move to h6. So he plays a flexible, useful
move, keeping the option of castling queenside.} 12. Be3 ({I think} 12. Nc3 {
would have been more useful, as Black will play ...Ng8-h6 and White will
capture it. The game continuation loses a tempo. After} Nh6 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14.
Ne2 {White will move the queen ad prepare c2-c3 and b2-b4.}) 12... Nh6 13. Bxh6
gxh6 14. Nbd2 Rg8 15. c3 h5 16. h3 Qf7 17. Qe3 Be7 18. Kh1 Qg6 19. Ne1 O-O-O {
[#] We have reached a double-edged position, where it feels as though White's
attack should be quite direct with b2-b4. It turns out that it is not so easy
to execute, and Black has active counterplay on the kingside.} 20. b4 axb4 21.
cxb4 Ne4 22. b5 Bg5 $2 {Moving in the wrong direction.} ({The correct diagonal
is found with} 22... Bc5 {, putting pressure on the f2-pawn. After} 23. Qe2
Rdf8 24. Nxe4 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 dxe4 {the endgame is comfortable for Black, as the
bishop is better than the kight, and while Black has a poor pawn structure on
the kingside, the e5-pawn will soon come under attack.}) 23. f4 Bh4 24. Nxe4
Qxe4 ({If} 24... Bxe1 25. Ng5 $1 {shuts down the g-file, and after} Bh4 26. Qa7
Bxg5 27. bxc6 {mate is near.}) 25. Qd2 {Correctly avoiding the queen trade, as
White's attack is stronger. The only target in the White camp is the g2-pawn,
which is well defended. Meanwhile the c-file will soon open for White's rooks.}
d4 $2 {Completely losing the thread.} ({Now} 25... c5 {looks logical, trying
to keep the c-file closed, but after} 26. a5 {White's attack looks strong, as
Black cannot avoid the opening of files following b5-b6 and a5-a6.}) 26. Nf3
Bg3 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Rab1 Bxf4 29. Qb4 {Now mate is unavoidable.} Kd7 30. Qd6+
Ke8 31. Qxe6+ Kf8 32. Qf6+ Ke8 33. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Sparkassen A-Open"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2023.06.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]
[Black "Krishnan, Ritvik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2282"]
[BlackElo "2021"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1b6/1P6/7p/3k1pp1/3B4/3K1P1P/5P2/8 b - - 0 53"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After a long battle, my young opponent succumbed to impatience.} {[#]} 53...
h5 $4 {after a long battle, my young opponent showed impatience} ({With the
correct} 53... Kc6 54. Kc4 h5 {Black manages to trade off all the kingside
pawns. Note that, compared to the game, the b7-pawn is already under attack.
It's fully equal after} 55. Bf6 g4 56. fxg4 fxg4 57. hxg4 hxg4 {.}) 54. Bf6 g4
55. fxg4 fxg4 56. hxg4 hxg4 57. Bh4 $1 {A sneaky move that my opponent missed.}
({Black resigned in light of} 57. Bh4 Kc6 58. Bg3 Bxg3 59. fxg3 Kxb7 60. Ke4 {
when the king and pawn endgame is completely winning, due to the black king
being so far away.}) 57... Kc6 58. Bg3 Bxg3 59. fxg3 Kxb7 60. Ke4 {The king
and pawn endgame is completely winning for me as his king is too far away} 1-0

[Event "Philadelphia International"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.06.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Harutjunyan, Gevorg"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "Davis Zong"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/6pp/8/4p3/N1R5/P5r1/K7/8 b - - 0 44"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 44... g5 $1 {This is the first of several only-moves. It's important to
push the pawns in the right order in order to generate counterplay without
allowing a blockade of the pawns.} ({After} 44... h5 $2 45. Rh4 $1 g6 46. Nb2 {
the g- and h-pawns are stopped, and White grabs the advantage.}) 45. Nc5 h5 $1
{Again, the right move.} ({Here} 45... g4 $2 {is slower because the g-pawn is
blocked by its own rook, and the white rook is closer! White should win after}
46. a4 h5 47. a5 {.}) 46. a4 h4 $1 47. a5 h3 {The counterplay arrives just in
time. Although White promotes with check, Black's pawn is one tempo faster,
and the h-pawn prevents White's from promoting as well.} 48. Rc1 ({To wit:} 48.
a6 $4 h2 49. a7 h1=Q) 48... h2 49. Rh1 Rc3 50. Ne4 Rc4 51. Nxg5 Ra4+ 52. Kb3
Rxa5 {The passed pawn has been eliminated and the rest is simple. White tries
to achieve a rook and knight versus rook ending to continue to push for
victory, but is unable to win the pawn under favorable conditions.} 53. Rxh2
Kg7 54. Rf2 Rd5 55. Kc4 Rd1 56. Rf5 Re1 57. Nf3 Re4+ 58. Kd5 Rf4 59. Rg5+ Kf6
60. Rg8 Ra4 61. Rf8+ Ke7 62. Rf5 Ra5+ 63. Ke4 Ra4+ 64. Ke3 Ra3+ 65. Kf2 Ra5 66.
Kg3 Ke6 67. Rh5 Rc5 68. Rh8 Kf6 69. Re8 Ra5 70. Nh2 Kf5 71. Ng4 Ra3+ 72. Kh4
Ra5 73. Rf8+ Ke4 74. Rf1 Ra8 75. Nf6+ Kd3 76. Rd1+ Ke2 77. Rd5 e4 78. Re5 Kf3
79. Rxe4 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Philadelphia International"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Zong, Davis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Annotator "Davis Zong"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r4rk1/2p2pp1/1p3n1p/p3Nq2/Pn1P4/5NQR/1P3PPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 26. Rxh6 $3 {This is a beautiful move that breaches the Black defenses.
Giving up the Exchange accentuates White's powerful knights and the weak black
king.} ({A slower move like} 26. Nh4 $2 {ruins the advantage, i.e.,} Qg5 27. f4
Qxg3 28. Rxg3 Nh5 {with an edge for Black.}) 26... Nh5 ({The alternative} 26...
Ne4 {also seems to win an Exchange, but after} 27. Qh4 $1 gxh6 28. Rxe4 {
the four pieces circling Black's king easily overpower the lone defending
queen.}) 27. Rxh5 $1 Qxh5 28. Nd7 $1 {Attacking the rook and threatening the
deadly Nd7-f6+. White now emerges up a pawn.} Qg6 ({Black could have resisted
more with} 28... Nd5 29. Re5 Qh6 $1 {, avoiding the queen trade, but this
pawn-down position is still a very challenging hold.}) 29. Qxg6 fxg6 30. Nxf8
Kxf8 31. Kf1 {The dust has settled and the endgame is hopeless for the second
player. The extra pawn, superior structure, and more active pieces make
resistance almost impossible.} Rd8 32. Re6 Nc2 33. Re4 Kf7 34. h4 Rd5 35. g4
Kf8 36. Ke2 Nb4 37. Ng5 Nc6 38. Ke3 Nd8 39. Ne6+ Nxe6 40. Rxe6 Kf7 41. Rc6 Rd7
42. b3 Re7+ 43. Kd3 Rd7 44. f4 Re7 45. d5 Rd7 46. Kd4 Re7 47. d6 cxd6 48. Rxd6
Rb7 49. Kd5 Rb8 50. Kc6 Rc8+ 51. Kb7 Rh8 52. Rxb6 Rxh4 53. g5 Rxf4 54. Ka6 Rf5
55. Rb5 Ke6 56. Kxa5 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.06.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Anand, Vignesh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "Davis Zong"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k1B5/5p2/2N2bp1/2Rn4/4p2P/1P6/r4P2/2K5 b - - 0 37"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} {After a wild attacking middlegame with attacking chances for both sides,
the dust has settled, and Black now tries to force a draw with perpetual check.
} 37... Ra1+ 38. Kd2 Ra2+ 39. Ke1 Ra1+ 40. Ke2 $4 {Going all out for the win,
the Armenian GM makes a critical mistake, moving his king into a deadly mating
net.} ({Acquiescing to the draw with} 40. Kd2 {was the only choice:} Ra2+ 41.
Ke1 Ra1+ {etc.}) 40... Bc3 $1 41. Rxc3 ({Not} 41. f3 $2 Ra2+ 42. Kf1 e3 {
and wins.}) 41... Ra2+ 42. Ke1 Nxc3 {The position is completely winning for
Black, and the second player had no problems converting the extra Exchange.}
43. Ne5 e3 44. fxe3 Re2+ 45. Kf1 Rxe3 46. Nc4 Re4 47. h5 gxh5 48. Kg2 Kb8 49.
Bf5 Rf4 50. Bd3 h4 51. Ne5 Nd1 52. b4 f6 53. Nd7+ Kc7 54. Nc5 Kc6 55. Ne4 h3+
56. Kg3 h2 57. Kxh2 Nf2 58. b5+ Kb6 59. Nxf2 Rxf2+ 60. Kg3 Rd2 61. Bf1 Rd4 62.
Kf3 Kc5 63. Ke3 Rb4 64. Be2 Kd6 65. Bf1 Ke5 66. Bd3 f5 67. Kd2 f4 68. Kc3 Rd4
69. Be2 Ke4 70. Bf3+ Ke3 71. Bc6 Rd1 72. Kc4 Rc1+ 73. Kd5 f3 74. Kd6 f2 75. Bg2
Kf4 76. b6 Kg3 77. b7 Rb1 78. Be4 Rxb7 79. Bxb7 f1=Q 80. Bc6 Kf4 81. Kc5 Ke5
82. Bb5 Qc1+ 83. Bc4 Qc3 84. Kb5 Kd4 85. Bf1 Qb2+ 86. Kc6 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Corrales Jimenez, Fidel"]
[Black "Ghaemmaghami, Ehsan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "Davis Zong"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. b3 Nbd7 8. Bb2
Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 ({The queen trade after} 9... Nxc5 $6 10. Qxd8+ Bxd8 11. Rc1 {
is unfavorable here as White is too far ahead in development.}) 10. Nbd2 b5 11.
Be2 Bb7 {[#]} 12. a4 $1 {The only try for an advantage. White fights for
control of the c4-square.} b4 13. Rc1 O-O $6 {A bit of a mistake, allowing
White to win the bishop pair or grab the initiative.} ({I'd prefer} 13... Rc8
$1 14. Nc4 O-O 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 {and now the key move} Nc5 $1 {. The
initiative is neutralized, and Black finds counterplay with the knights.}) 14.
Ne5 $1 Nxe5 ({The stronger} 14... Rc8 $1 {yields White a slight pull, but may
have been the lesser evil compared to yielding the bishop pair. A sample line
is} 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Ndxf3 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 {.}) 15. Rxc5 Ned7 ({
The natural knight jump} 15... Nd3 $2 {fails to} 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rc4 {.}) 16.
Rc1 Rc8 17. Nc4 Bd5 $6 {The bishop should have went in the other direction, as
here it is prone to being driven away by an e3-e4 push.} ({After} 17... a5 $1 {
[%cal Rb7a6] both ...Bb7-a6 and ...Nf6-e4 are on the cards, and Black puts up
resistance against White's strong minor pieces.}) 18. f3 $1 Nb6 $6 {The knight
swap only helps White, as it unleashes the power of his light-squared bishop.}
19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Bd4 $6 {[#] A slight inaccuracy.} ({White's advantage grows
with} 20. Qd3 $1 Bb7 21. Bd4 Qd6 22. e4 Nd7 23. Qe3 {.}) 20... Qb7 $6 ({
Best was} 20... Qd6 $1 {Eyeing e5 and preventing white's e4 due to Bxb3. Black
won't lose the d5 bishop to the pin due to a check on the a7-g1 diagonal that
bails out the queen.} 21. Qd3 $5 {allows} (21. e4 $4 {is met with} Bxb3 $1) ({
Strongest is} 21. a5 $1 {, fixing the two black pawns as real weaknesses.}) ({
White's edge dissolves after} 21. Rxc8 $6 Rxc8 22. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 23. e4 Qc5+ $1
{with equality.}) 21... e5 $1) 21. Qd3 $1 {Now the game is effectively over,
as Black is strategically lost. Both e3-e4 and Qd3-a6 are coming, and the
bishop pair is simply too powerful for the second player to handle.} a5 22. e4
Bc6 23. Qa6 Qd7 24. Be3 Qc7 25. Qb6 Nd7 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Rc2 Rcc8 28. Rfc1 Bb7
29. Rc7 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Bc8 31. Ra7 f5 32. exf5 Rxf5 33. Ra8 1-0

[Event "World Open"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "2023.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Justin"]
[Black "Bellahcene, Bilel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "Davis Zong"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Ne3 $5 11. Qd3 Nf5 12. Bd2 $5 {A rare move by Wang,
but Stockfish approves. White intends to castle queenside as soon as possible.}
({The main alternative is} 12. g4 {, expanding on the kingside and seizing a
space advantage on the entire board at the coast of slightly weakening his
position. White is better after} Nd4 13. Bg2 h5 14. g5 h4 {.}) 12... c5 ({
Grabbing the pawn with} 12... Qxb2 $2 {is unwise. After} 13. Rb1 Qxa2 14. g4
Nh4 15. Be2 {White is miles ahead in development and has plenty of
compensation for the two pawns.}) 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Bc3 Rd8 15. Be2 d5 16. exd6
Bxd6 17. Nxd6+ Rxd6 18. Qc2 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 ({Of course not} 19. Rxd1 $2 Ne3 {.}
) 19... O-O 20. Qf2 Rd8 21. Bc2 Nd4 22. Rd1 {[#]} Nxc2 $6 {There's no reason
to give up this strong knight. Now White has good attacking chances due to the
opposite colored bishops, and even if the queens come off, Black's loose
c5-pawn means that the endgame can also be losing.} 23. Qxc2 f6 24. g3 Rxd1+
25. Qxd1 Qc6 26. b3 Qg2 27. Qd6 Kf7 28. Qxc5 {[#]} Qh1+ $2 {An unfortunate
oversight in a key position. The idea is to take on g3, but now there are some
geometric motifs in play.} ({The correct move order was to run with the king
first, keeping the option of the h1-check open:} 28... Kg6 $3 29. Qxa7 (29. Qc7
$2 Be4 $1 {and we see the point of the last move - without having played ...
Qc7-h1+ yet, the bishop move is available, catching the white queen
unfortunately placed:} 30. Bd2 Qg1+ 31. Kb2 Qxh2 {with a significant advantage.
}) 29... Qh1+ ({note that} 29... Be4 $4 {doesn't work due to} 30. Bd2 Qh1+ 31.
Kb2 Qxh2 32. Qe3 {when White should win}) 30. Kb2 Qxh2+ 31. Ka3 Qxg3 {and the
position is rather unclear.}) 29. Kb2 Qxh2+ 30. Ka3 Qxg3 $2 {It looks like
Black is generating some serious counterplay on the kingside, but now the game
screeches to a sudden halt.} ({White should still win after} 30... Bf3 31.
Qxa7+ Kg6 32. Be1 $1 {but the battle continues.}) 31. Qc7+ $1 {A nice
combination of a fork and a discovered check. Black either loses the bishop
with check or the queen.} Kg6 ({Or} 31... Kg8 32. Qb8+ Kf7 33. Qxb7+ {.}) 32.
f5+ 1-0

[Event "Biel Masters"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Erne, Raphael"]
[Black "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko,Robert"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Bg2 Qb6 $5 {A rare and double-edged
line.} 6. Nb3 a5 7. d3 a4 8. N3d2 Bc5 9. O-O e3 10. fxe3 Bxe3+ 11. Kh1 Ng4 12.
Ne4 O-O 13. h3 $2 {[#]} ({Correct is} 13. Nbc3 $1 {.}) 13... d5 $1 {Black is
already much better.} 14. hxg4 ({No better is} 14. c5 {in view of} Qc7 $1 15.
hxg4 Bxc1 16. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 17. Qxc1 Bxg4 18. Rxf6 Qe5 {with a clear advantage
for Black.}) 14... dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxg4 16. Bf3 Bh3 17. Bg2 Be6 $1 {Trading
light-squared-bishops would make white's king position more secure.} ({
Incredibly, another game played on the same day reached this position. There,
Black continued} 17... Bxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Re8 {in Sousa - Wadsworth, Stafford Wood
Green, 2023, but could not convert his advantage.}) 18. Bxe3 ({Perhaps
preferable is} 18. Nc3 {, where one idea is} Nd7 $5 19. Nxa4 Qd4 20. Nc3 Bg4 $1
{with an initiative.}) 18... Qxe3 19. Qe1 Nd7 20. Qf2 Qe5 21. Nd2 Nf6 $1 {
Denying White's knight the e4-square.} ({This is stronger than} 21... Qxb2 22.
Ne4 {, which gives White unecessary counterplay.}) 22. Qf4 $2 (22. Nf3 {
was relatively best, though Black's position is overwhelming after} Qh5+ 23.
Kg1 Ng4 24. Qb6 Rae8 25. Rae1 Qh6) 22... Qxe2 {Now Black's task is easy.} 23.
Rae1 Qxd3 24. Bf3 Rad8 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Qxc4 27. a3 Rd4 28. Qf3 ({Or} 28.
Rc1 Qe2 {.}) 28... f5 0-1

[Event "Biel Masters"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Black "Wessman, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko,Robert"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 e6 7. a4 $5 {This
rare idea was introduced on a high level only two years ago, and it seemed
that my opponent was not ready for it.} b4 8. e5 bxc3 9. exf6 cxb2 10. fxg7 {
[#]} Bxg7 $5 {A practical choice -- Black accepts a position with a worse pawn
structure and a weaker king, but hopes to at least avoid White's preparation.}
({I was a bit concerned that my opponent would go for the critical line} 10...
bxa1=Q {, mostly because I did not see a second queen anywhere near our board!
The position becomes very complicated and requires precise knowledge from
Black:} 11. gxh8=Q Qa5+ 12. Nd2 $1 c3 13. O-O cxd2 14. Bxd2 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 {
and here Black defends only with} Qf5 $3 (15... Qxa4 $2 {was played in the
stem game of Gelfand - Movsesian, FIDE Grand Swiss, 2021. Now} 16. Bh5 $1 Qb5
17. d5 $1 cxd5 18. Qg8 Qb7 19. Rc1 Na6 20. h3 $3 {leaves Black in
near-zugzwang, as first pointed out by Bojkov, I believe.}) 16. d5 Qg6 $1 {
, where the theory streches on for many more moves.}) 11. Bxb2 Qa5+ $2 {
However, this is a real mistake.} ({Correct is} 11... c5 $1 {, where Black may
hope to equalize. It is critical for Black to counterattack in the center as
quickly as possible. The key tactical point is that after} 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. O-O
Nc6 14. Ba3 $6 Nxd4 $1 15. Bxc5 Bb7 $3 {Black is fine.}) 12. Nd2 $1 {Most
likely, my opponent just missed this move. Now it transpires that the queen
has nothing to do on a5.} Ba6 ({Here} 12... c3 {is ineffective because of} 13.
Nc4 $1) 13. Ra3 $5 {I knew that 13. Rc1 would give me a stable advantage, but
decided to play more ambitiously. This move continues to set new problems for
Black -- now he must worry about a possible rook transfer to g3.} Bf8 $5 {
The most logical move.} ({After} 13... c3 14. Bxc3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Qd5 16. O-O
Nd7 17. Nc4 {is unpleasant for Black; his king has no safe home.}) 14. O-O $1
Rg8 $2 ({For better or for worse, Black had to accept the Exchange sacrifice:} 
14... Bxa3 15. Bxa3 c3 $1 (15... Nd7 16. Ne4 O-O-O 17. Nd6+ Kc7 18. Nxf7 {
is bad.}) 16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Nc4 Qd5 18. Nd6+ Ke7 $1 {and while White maintains
a strong initiative, at least Black has some extra material to play with.}) 15.
Rc3 $1 {A difficult move. It seems illogical to place the rook on the c-file
when it could have gone there in one move (13.Rc1), but now the circumstances
are very different. The moves ...Bg7-f8 and ...Rh8-g8 significantly worsened
Black's position, since now his king cannot castle kingside.} Nd7 16. Nxc4 Bxc4
17. Rxc4 Qd5 18. g3 Nb6 $2 {[#] A blunder, but the position was very bad in
any case.} ({After} 18... Rb8 19. Bc1 $5 {Black cannot defend his weakneses
for very long: White will defend (or move) the rook on c4 and then play Be2-f3.
}) 19. Rxc6 $1 {Black's position collapses on the light squares.} Qxc6 20. Bb5
Qxb5 21. axb5 Rg5 22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Ra1 Rxb5 24. Rxa7 Nd7 25. Ba3 $2 {This and
the next move are very careless. By simplifying the position, White gives
Black some chances to create a fortress.} ({The simplest was} 25. Rxd7 Kxd7 26.
Qxf7+ Be7 27. Ba3 Re8 28. Qxh7 Kd8 29. Bc1 {.}) 25... Bxa3 26. Ra8 $6 Rxa8 27.
Qxa8+ Rb8 ({Most resilient was} 27... Ke7 $1 28. Qxa3+ Kf6 {when Black
threatens set up an impregnable blockade after ...Kf6-g7 and ...Rb5-d5.
Thankfully, White is in just time:} 29. Qd3 $1 Rf5 30. d5 $1 (30. g4 $2 Rg5 $1
31. h3 h5 32. f4 Rd5 {is equal}) 30... exd5 31. g4 Rg5 32. h3 {and White has a
won position.}) 28. Qxa3 Nf6 {If Black was able to bring his king to g7 and
put his rook on d5, his position would become holdable. Thus:} 29. d5 $1 {
By far the most accurate. White breaks the blockade.} Nxd5 ({Or} 29... exd5 30.
Qd6 {.}) 30. Qa1 $1 {The key tactical point. Black will lose the h7-pawn.} Rd8
31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qxh7 {The rest is simple.} Nf6 33. Qh4 e5 34. Qb4+ Ke6 35. Kg2
Rd4 36. Qb3+ Nd5 37. h4 Kf5 38. Qf3+ Kg6 39. h5+ Kg7 40. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Biel Masters"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rodrigue-Lemieux, Shawn"]
[Black "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko,Robert"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,66,19,10,10,10,7,11,12,9,6,9,24,-8,29,-19,43,28,45,20,28,28,28,28,35,
14,10,-10,27,24,10,10,35,33,27,40,32,29,39,33,50,34,36,33,54,35,47,33,27,-39,
-51,-58,-43,-57,-75,-75,-44,-92,-95,-166,-98,-198,-166,-311,-157,-285,-284,
-619,-619]} 1. a3 {For some reason, many people treat this move with disdain,
even though it is a perfectly legitimate way to get a game with White. In fact,
Shawn has often played 1.a3, including in classical chess.} d5 (1... g6 {
is another logical reaction, but as I once lost here as Black to IM Alex
Costello, I decided to try something else in the present game.}) 2. Nf3 Nf6 3.
d4 Bf5 4. Bf4 e6 5. e3 {Essentially, this has become a reversed London with
the extra move a2-a3 included.} Ne4 $5 (5... Bd6 {is simpler, intending} 6. Ne5
Nfd7) 6. c4 {Here the move a3 is helpful for White, since ...Bb4+ is not on
the cards. Even so, the position should be roughly equal.} c6 7. Bd3 ({It was
more ambitious to keep Black's light-squared bishop on the board with} 7. Nbd2
Bd6 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Nd2) 7... Bd6 (7... dxc4 $5 {would be more
in the Classical Slav spirit.}) 8. Bxd6 Nxd6 9. Bxf5 Nxf5 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. O-O
O-O 12. b4 {White is slightly better thanks to his space advantage. Given that
two pairs of minor pieces have been traded, the effect of this is somewhat
lessened, but I started to recall some effortless wins by Capablanca in
similar structures and decided to counter White's intentions on the queenside.}
a5 $5 (12... Nh4 $5 {, trading another pair of pieces, is also logical.}) ({
However,} 12... b5 $6 13. c5 a5 14. a4 $1 {is unpleasant for Black.}) 13. b5 $6
{This move came as a surprise, as it was not at all clear to me that this
structural modification is in White's favor.} (13. c5 {was best. Now one
approach for Black is} Qc7 $5 {, intending either ...b6 or ...e5, depending on
the circumstances.}) 13... cxb5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qb3 Nf6 16. Qxb5 Nd6 17. Qb3
b5 {This position arises more or less by force after 13.b5. The b5- and
d5-pawns are targets, but at the moment they are well-defended by Black's
knights, and in the long term Black's 2 vs. 1 majority on the queenside can
become an important factor.} 18. Rfc1 Qe7 19. Rc5 Qb7 $6 (19... Rfc8 20. Rac1
Qe8 {is more harmonious, as it's easier for Black to play ...Nc4 with the
queen on e8 rather than on b7.}) 20. Ne5 Rfc8 21. Rb1 Rc7 22. f3 $6 {Allowing
Black to double his rooks on the c-file. Additionally, the slight weakening of
the e3-pawn can become important.} (22. Qc3 $1 {is stronger, as} Rac8 (22...
Rcc8 $5 {might be better.}) 23. Qxa5 Rxc5 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. a4 $1 {puts Black
under pressure.}) 22... h5 (22... Rac8 {was fine as well.}) 23. Rbc1 Rac8 24.
Qc3 $2 {Allowing Black to favorably transform the position.} (24. Kf2 {was
best.}) 24... Rxc5 25. dxc5 Nc4 26. Ndxc4 dxc4 $1 (26... Rxc5 $2 {is
ineffective in view of} 27. Nd3 $1 Rxc4 28. Qxa5) 27. c6 Qb6 28. Rd1 (28. Qd4
Qxd4 29. exd4 Nd5 30. a4 f6 31. Nd7 b4 $1 32. Rxc4 b3 33. Rc1 Rxc6 $1 34. Rb1
Rc2 35. Rxb3 Nf4 {does not fully solve White's problems either.}) 28... Qc5 $1
{White has no good answer to threats of ...b4 and ...Re8.} 29. Kh1 $2 {The
decisive mistake.} (29. Kf2 $2 Re8 $1 {is the key point.}) (29. Qd4 {was a
better try.} Qxd4 30. exd4 (30. Rxd4 $2 c3) 30... Nd5 31. Rb1 f6 32. Rxb5 Nc7
33. Rc5 fxe5 34. dxe5 {and converting this endgame is not easy.}) (29. Kf1 $5
Nd5 (29... Re8 30. f4 $1) 30. Qd4 {was also possible.}) 29... Nd5 30. Qxa5 c3
$1 {The passed pawn decides the game.} 31. e4 Ne3 (31... Nf4 $1 {was even
stronger, introducing ...Qf2 motifs.}) 32. Qa6 (32. Rc1 Qxe5 33. Qxc3 Qxc3 34.
Rxc3 Nc4 35. a4 Nd6 {wins, e.g.,} 36. e5 b4 $1 37. exd6 bxc3 38. d7 Rb8 $1)
32... Re8 33. Nd3 Rd8 $1 {A seemingly quiet position turned deadly for White
in just a few moves.} 0-1

[Event "Biel Masters"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2023.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shlyakhtenko, Robert"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Luis Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko,Robert"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,51,32,32,32,4,-4,-6,28,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,27,29,29,24,16,8,-2,11,45,44,39,
63,82,16,54,16,17,-64,-65,-128,-139,-133,-131,-131,-136,-152,-98,-98,23,20,14,
10,12,12,77,351,379,390,29985,29986]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+
5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 d6 {An uncommon move order.} 8. Bd3 Na5 9. Bg5 ({
Here} 9. f4 {also deserves consideration.}) 9... h6 10. Bh4 Ba6 11. f4 Qd7 12.
e5 Ng8 {The first new move for me.} ({I think} 12... Nh7 {is best. There are
two advantages to placing the knight on h7. First, the knight comes to g6 via
the f8-square, so White cannot trade it off as in the game. Second, Black's
castling is not impeded.}) 13. Qe2 ({Also good was} 13. Qf3 $5 {.}) 13... Ne7 (
{Here} 13... d5 {is worse. After} 14. cxd5 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qxd5 16. Nf3 {we
reach a position where Black would really prefer the knight on h7 rather than
g8! For example, after} Ne7 17. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7 18. O-O {White is better, as
Black's blockade on the light squares does not look convincing.} ({Not} 18. f5
Qc4 $1)) 14. Nf3 ({Black's plan is to eventually modify the structure with ...
d6-d5, after which White's dark-squared bishop would be bad. White should have
taken the opportunity to trade it with} 14. Bxe7 $1 Qxe7 15. Nf3 O-O-O $1 {
. The queenside is clearly the safest place for Black's king. White should not
be better here.}) 14... Ng6 $1 {[#] I saw this move when I played 14.Nf3, but
I should have taken it much more seriously.} 15. O-O $2 {A blunder: I assumed
that Black had to take on either f4 or h4 immediately.} (15. Bxg6 $2 fxg6 16.
Qe4 O-O {is not an option.}) (15. Bg3 {was necessary.}) 15... d5 $1 {Here I
immediately realized that the position was bad.} (15... Nxf4 $2 {loses to} 16.
Qe4) (15... Nxh4 $2 {also makes no sense, either positionally or tactically.})
16. cxd5 {I think this is the best practical chance. The other options lead to
statically bad positions with no hope of counterplay.} Nxf4 17. Qe4 Bxd3 ({Now
} 17... Nxd3 $2 18. dxe6 {gives White an overpowering attack. The quickest
execution is} Qc6 19. d5 $1 Qc5+ (19... Qxc3 20. d6 $1) 20. Nd4 O-O 21. e7 Rfe8
22. e6 {and wins.}) 18. Qxf4 Bxf1 ({The most convincing solution was} 18...
Qxd5 $1 {when Black might play} 19. Nd2 ({The alternatives are no better:} 19.
Ng5 $2 {is the equivalent of firing a blank: after} hxg5 20. Qxf7+ Kd8 {
White has absolutely nothing,}) ({while after} 19. Rf2 {Black has several good
moves here, but the simplest is} Bf5 $1 {when Black is ready to play ...g7-g5
and castle queenside, after which White has no way to drum up any compensation.
}) 19... Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Rf8 $1 21. Ne4 {White is threatening Bh4-f6, but after
the accurate} f5 $1 22. exf6 O-O-O {Black's advantage is decisive.}) 19. dxe6
fxe6 $1 ({Much weaker is} 19... Qxe6 $6 20. Rxf1 {, as White has a potentially
mobile center in this version. After} g5 (20... O-O $2 21. Bf6 $1 gxf6 22. exf6
Kh7 23. Ng5+ {(with mate coming) is an important point.}) 21. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 22.
Nxg5 Qd5 ({or} 22... Qg6 23. Qf3 $1) 23. Qf5 $1 {the position is not at all
clear. Because of Black's weak king, it is difficult for the second player to
consolidate his position, and White can take his time bringing in the reserves.
}) 20. Rxf1 {[#] The critical moment of the game. White is down an Exchange
and his light squares are extremely weak. His only hope lies in the weak black
king, which so far has not found safe haven.} g5 $2 {After this weakening move,
the position turns around completely. There is only one refutation; after
thinking for half an hour, I found it.} ({Here} 20... Qf7 $2 {also fails to
address the problems of the position in a satisfactory manner. The king is not
completely safe on the kingside either, e.g.,} 21. Qg4 O-O 22. Nd2 Qd7 23. Rf6
$1 {with an unclear position.}) ({The right way to consolidate was} 20... Qd5
$3 {. Black centralizes the queen, but the real point is that Black's king now
has a path to safety: the strategic threat is ...Kd7-c8-b7. White cannot
really stop this, and therefore his position is bad; for instance:} 21. Nd2 Kd7
22. Qg4 g5 23. Ne4 Kc8 $1 {with a clear advantage for Black.}) 21. Nxg5 $1 ({
Now} 21. Qe4 $2 {loses to} Qd5 {followed by the above-mentioned king maneuver,
while}) (21. Qf6 $2 Rf8 22. Qg6+ Qf7 {also misses the win; the best White has
is} 23. Qxh6 gxh4 24. Nd2 Qe7 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26. Qxe6+ Kd8 27. Ne4 $1 {with
continuing complications.}) 21... hxg5 ({It was too late to turn back with} 
21... O-O-O {, in view of} 22. Nf7 Rdf8 23. Qe4 $1 {.}) 22. Qf6 $1 ({Note that
} 22. Qxg5 $2 {loses to} Qh7 $1 {.}) 22... Rg8 {[#]} 23. Bxg5 $1 {This move
was the most difficult for me to see, but eventually I realized that Black is
simply lost here. His pieces are paralyzed; he must not only defend against
immediate threats such as Qf6-f3 and Qf6-h6, but also against slow plans such
as h4-h5-h6.} Rc8 ({The best attempt was} 23... Nc6 {, trying to prepare ...
Nc6-d8 followed by ...Qd7-f7. However, White has a nice path to victory:} 24.
Qf3 $1 Rh8 25. h4 $1 {and the h-pawn begins its march.} Rc8 26. h5 Nd8 {
There is nothing else to try, but now there follows} 27. Bxd8 $1 Rxd8 28. Qg4
$1 {and Black must give up his queen to avoid mate.}) 24. Qh6 $1 {The most
precise.} Qd5 {The only move.} 25. Rf7 $1 {The key point. Black's king is cut
off on the back rank.} Nc6 {Here my opponent offered me a draw.} 26. Rh7 $1 {
....and here he resigned. Mate is inevitable.} 1-0

[Event "Biel Masters"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2023.07.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chasin, Nico Werner"]
[Black "Harikrishnan, A Ra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko,Robert"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rn3rk1/p4ppp/q3p3/3b4/PPN2Bn1/6P1/4PRBP/2RQ2K1 w - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#] Here Nico calculates precisely and soon obtains a winning position.} 17.
Rf3 $1 Bxc4 18. Rfc3 $1 Bd5 19. e4 Qb6+ 20. Rc5 e5 ({A better try was} 20...
Bb7 $1 21. Qxg4 Nd7 22. Bh6 g6 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. a5 Qxb4 {with advantage to
White.}) 21. exd5 exf4 22. Qxg4 Na6 ({Certainly} 22... a5 $5 {was more
resilient.}) 23. Qxf4 {The rest is simple. The rook on c5 is essentially
untouchable; Black could not hope to survive against connected passed pawns.}
Rad8 24. a5 Qxb4 25. Qxb4 Nxb4 26. Rb5 Nd3 27. Rc3 Ne5 28. Rb7 f5 29. Rcc7 1-0

[Event "Biel Masters"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2023.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eidelman, Gabriel"]
[Black "Samadov, Read"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2204"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko,Robert"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 O-O 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Qd2
b5 {A line popularized by Grischuk.} 9. h4 ({Black has excellent compensation
after} 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nxb5 c6 11. Nbc3 e5 {.}) 9... Nb6 $6 {A surprising
mistake; perhaps Samadov did not have much experience in this variation. Black
cannot allow the white pawn to reach h5.} 10. Ng3 (10. Nf4 {is also possible
and thematic.}) 10... c6 $6 {Highly suspicious. The whole point of Black's
prior play is to do without this move. Both captures on c4 deserved
consideration.} 11. h5 Re8 $2 {[#] In the face of the attack, Black panics and
makes another passive move.} ({Once again} 11... Nxc4 {was better, aiming to
seek counterplay on the b-file after} 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Bh6 Qb6 $5 {.}) 12.
hxg6 hxg6 ({Here} 12... fxg6 {runs into} 13. e5 $1 {(otherwise Black would
play ...e7-e5 himself)} Nfd7 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. O-O-O {, with a strong initiative.
}) 13. O-O-O b4 {The closing of the queenside means the end of Black's
counterplay.} 14. Nb1 a5 15. Be2 {A bit too cautious.} ({The direct} 15. Bh6 $1
Bh8 16. Nf5 $1 {was stronger.}) 15... Qc7 ({The computer notes that} 15... Nh7
$1 {is the only defense, with a two-fold idea: now ...e7-e5 or ...c6-c5 are on
the cards, while the h-file can be successfully blocked with ...Nd7-f8.}) 16.
Bh6 Bh8 {[#] With simple and confident play, Gabriel has built up a decisive
attack straight out of the opening. Here he had a direct win:} 17. Nf5 $5 ({
Gabriel saw the crushing} 17. Bf8 $3 {, but was concerned about} Nh5 $1 (17...
Rxf8 18. Rxh8+ $1 Kxh8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Rh1 {is simply mate}) 18. Nxh5 Rxf8 19.
Qh6 Rd8 {, where no knockout blow seems apparent. However, White can continue
with} 20. f4 $1 {, and Black cannot prevent the opening of more lines after
f4-f5. For example,} gxh5 (20... e6 21. e5 $1) 21. Rxh5 Bf6 22. Rdh1 {loses,
since Black cannot prevent Rh5-g5+.}) 17... Bxf5 18. exf5 e5 19. Bd3 e4 20.
fxe4 Nxe4 21. Qf4 Qe7 {White's position is still good, but Black managed to
confuse things in Gabriel's time pressure:} 22. Rhe1 ({The clearest solution
was} 22. Nd2 $1 Nxd2 23. fxg6 $1 Ne4 24. g7 {.}) 22... d5 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. Nd2
g5 25. Bxg5 {[#]} ({As Black's main problem is his weak king, keeping queens
on the board with} 25. Qg4 $1 {makes sense.}) 25... Qxg5 26. Rxe4 Qxf4 27. Rxf4
Re3 28. Rg4+ Bg7 29. Kc2 a4 30. c5 Nd7 31. Nf3 ({Now} 31. Nf1 $1 {would
effectively transfer the knight to the f5 square. But such nuances are hard to
see with little time.}) 31... Nf6 32. Rh4 ({Much stronger was} 32. Rg6 $1 {
, aiming at the c6-pawn.}) 32... Ne4 {Black has sufficient activity for the
missing pawn; the game was later drawn.} 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Ne5 Bxe5 35. dxe5
Re8 36. Rh6 Rg3 37. Rd2 Rxe5 38. Rxc6 Reg5 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. Rc7+ Ke6 41. Rc6+
Ke5 42. Rb6 e3 43. Re2 Rxg2 44. Kd3 Rxe2 45. Kxe2 Rg2+ 46. Kxe3 Rxb2 47. Kd3
Rxa2 48. Rxb4 Kd5 49. Kc3 Kxc5 50. Rh4 a3 51. Kb3 Ra1 52. Ra4 Kb5 53. Rxa3
Rxa3+ 54. Kxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Masters"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2023.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Costello, Alexander"]
[Black "Collin, Valentin Moritz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2224"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko,Robert"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r2q1rk1/1p1n2pp/2p1b1n1/p1p1pp2/2P5/PP1PP1N1/2Q1BPPP/R1B2RK1 w - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 16. f4 $1 {This is an excellent move from all points of view: White
prevents ...f5-f4, restricts the g6-knight, and makes use of his unopposed
dark-squared bishop.} Qc7 17. Bb2 exf4 18. Nh5 $5 ({Here} 18. exf4 $1 {may
have been even stronger, with the idea of} Nxf4 19. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 20. Rxf4 {.})
18... fxe3 19. Nxg7 Qd6 {The only move.} 20. d4 $1 {Alex continues to play
with great energy.} cxd4 21. Bxd4 f4 $2 {[#]} ({Forced was} 21... Qxd4 $1 {
, sacrificing the Exchange but stopping the attack. After} 22. Nxe6 Qe5 23.
Nxf8 Rxf8 {Black has decent compensation.}) 22. Rad1 $2 ({I think} 22. Qe4 $1 {
was better. After} Rfe8 {White does not have to capture the exchange
immediately; the improving move} 23. Rad1 $1 {gives him a clear advantage.})
22... Qe7 23. Qe4 Bf5 $2 {Under constant pressure for the last few moves,
Black collapses. He had to find} (23... Nde5 $3 24. Bxe5 Bc8 {when, thanks to
the pin, Black regains the piece and has a fine position.}) 24. Nxf5 $1 Qg5 ({
Not} 24... Qxe4 25. Nh6#) 25. Qe6+ Rf7 26. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Biel Masters"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2023.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ehsani, Yassamin L"]
[Black "Ermitsch, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2106"]
[BlackElo "2232"]
[Annotator "Shlyakhtenko,Robert"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2rk1/pb2qpp1/1pp1pn1p/8/2PP3Q/bP1B1N2/PB3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 17"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#] Black's position looks solid: after trading dark-squared bishops, he will
be ready to counterattack in the center with ...c6-c5. However, White found an
ingenious solution:} 17. Bxa3 Qxa3 18. g4 $3 {The Black queen is misplaced for
the moment, and White rushes to take advantage.} Qe7 ({After} 18... c5 $2 {
White wins with} 19. g5 $1 {.}) 19. g5 hxg5 ({Here} 19... Nh7 $2 {fails to} 20.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. g6+ $1 {, while}) (19... Nd7 {allows White to continue
improving the position of her pieces with} 20. Re3 $5 {.}) 20. Nxg5 g6 21. Nh7
$5 ({Good enough, but} 21. Re3 $1 Kg7 22. Bxg6 $3 {was even stronger. Black
loses in all variations.}) 21... Kg7 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. Re3 {White went on to
successfuly convert her advantage.} Rh8 24. Qf4 Qd8 25. Rae1 Rh5 26. Re5 Qd6
27. Be2 Rh8 28. c5 Qe7 29. Bc4 Bc8 30. b4 b5 31. Bb3 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4
Qa7 34. R5e3 Rh5 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tringov, Georgi P"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 {[#]} a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6
8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Bc4 Bb4 13. Rb3 Qa5 14.
O-O O-O 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Qf4 Nc6 19. Qf7 Qc5+ 20.
Kh1 Nf6 21. Bxc8 Nxe5 22. Qe6 Neg4 {[#]} 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1q3rk1/5Npp/8/8/2Q5/8/6K1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qk1r2r1/1pp5/1P6/4N3/6Q1/7B/7K/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k3q3/1bQN4/n7/8/8/8/7K/R7 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4kb2/8/2qp4/6B1/8/8/Q3K3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k1q1r3/ppQn4/8/8/8/8/7B/R6K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini,Bruce"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "7k/3n1p1p/3Q1P2/8/1p6/q7/b7/K2R4 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "ch-USA Seniors 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.07.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melit"]
[Black "Root, Doug"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 h6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bf4 c6 13. Rad1 Bd6 14. Ne2 Bxf4
15. Qxf4 Qb6 16. b3 Ba6 17. Ng3 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Qb8 19. Qd4 Ne4 20. Re1 Nxg3 21.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Rxg3 g6 23. Re3 Qd8 24. c4 dxc4 25. Qxc4 Qd1+ 26. Kh2 Qd6+ 27.
g3 Rb8 28. Rc3 Rb6 29. Rd3 Qf6 30. Kg2 Qe7 31. Qg4 h5 32. Qd1 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Rb8
34. Re3 Qd5 35. Rd3 Qf5 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Qf3 Qxf3+ 38. Kxf3 Rb7 (38... Kf8 39.
Rd7 a5) 39. Ke3 Kf8 (39... Re7+) 40. Kd4 {[#]} Rd7+ (40... Rb5 41. Rc3 Rf5) 41.
Kc4 Rxd3 (41... Re7) 42. Kxd3 Ke7 43. Kd4 Kd6 44. b4 Ke6 45. Kc5 Kd7 46. f3 Kc7
47. g4 {[#]} h4 (47... hxg4 48. hxg4 (48. fxg4 $2 g5 49. b5 cxb5 50. Kxb5 Kb7
51. Kc5 Kc7 52. Kd5 Kd7 53. Ke5 Ke7 54. a3 f6+ 55. Kd5 f5 56. gxf5 Kf6 $11)
48... g5 (48... Kd7 49. b5 cxb5 50. Kxb5 Kc7 51. Kc5 Kd7 52. Kd5 Kc7 53. Ke5
Kd7 54. Kf6 Ke8 55. f4 Kf8 56. a4 Ke8 57. a5 Kf8 58. a6 Ke8 59. Kg7 Ke7 60. f5
g5 {[#]} 61. Kg8 $1) 49. b5 cxb5 50. Kxb5 Kb7 51. Kc5 Kc7 52. Kd5 Kd7 53. Ke5
Ke7 54. a3 f6+ 55. Kd5 Kd7 56. a4) 48. g5 Kd7 49. a3 (49. b5 $2 cxb5 50. Kxb5
Ke6) 49... Kc7 50. a4 Kd7 51. b5 cxb5 52. Kxb5 Ke6 (52... Kc7 53. Kc5 Kd7 54.
Kd5 Kc7 (54... Ke7 55. Kc6) 55. Ke5 Kd7 56. Kf6 Ke8 57. f4 Kf8 58. f5 gxf5 59.
Kxf5) 53. Ka6 Kf5 54. Kxa7 Kf4 55. a5 Kg3 56. a6 Kxh3 57. Kb6 Kg2 58. a7 h3 59.
a8=Q h2 60. f4+ Kg1 {[#]} 61. Qa1+ (61. Kc5 h1=Q 62. Qxh1+ Kxh1 63. Kd6 Kg2 64.
Ke7) 61... Kg2 62. Qb2+ Kg3 63. Qc1 Kg2 64. Qd2+ Kg1 65. Qe1+ Kg2 66. Qe2+ Kg1
67. Qg4+ Kh1 68. Kc5 f5 69. gxf6 g5 70. Qf3+ (70. f7 gxf4 71. f8=Q f3 72.
Qfxf3#) 1-0

[Event "ch-USA Seniors 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.07.17"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,146,19,34,29,22,69,43,37,37,72,40,45,33,4,25,22,29,42,36,47,29,47,33,
33,35,33,33,29,43,49,49,46,49,49,44,82,29,36,30,48,42,41,41,29,41,39,22,22,25,
24,37,22,23,27,7,26,9,22,-8,-1,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,-7,-21,-38,-14,-31,-30,-8,-11,
-14,-15,-21,-21,-21,-21,-21,0,0,25,-21,-21,-21,0,-8,-14,-21,-14,-14,-11,0,0,
-68,-48,-48,-84,-84,-84,-101,-79,-132,-132,-235,-147,-151,-132,-125,-80,-79,
-79,-81,-76,-79,-81,-81,-81,-81,-81,-116,-115,-112,-129,-129,-81,-206,-216,
-217,-228,-216,-445,-423,-228,-228,-228,-230,-229,-228,-233,-226,-229,-349,
-765]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Na4 O-O 7. e4
Nb6 8. Be2 Nxa4 9. Qxa4 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. O-O c5 13. Rad1 Qc8 14.
d5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bg7 17. b3 e6 18. Bc4 exd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5
Qc7 21. Rfd1 Rad8 22. Qc4 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. e5 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Qc8 26. h3 h5
27. Kh2 Bf8 28. a4 Qf5 29. Kg3 Kg7 30. Kf3 Be7 31. Qe4 Qd7 32. Ke2 a6 33. Qd3
Qc6 34. Kf2 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Kg3 c4 37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Qc3 h4+ 39. Kf2 Kg8
40. Bd4 Qd5 41. Be3 Bf8 42. Qd4 Qc6 43. Qc3 Be7 44. Bd4 Kf8 45. Qf3 Qc8 46. Qc3
Ke8 47. Qb2 Kd7 48. Qb1 Qc6 {[#]} 49. f5 {Okay if followed up correctly, but
certainly not necessary} Qd5 50. e6+ ({White could force a draw with} 50. Qb6
gxf5 51. Qa7+ Ke8 52. Qb8+ Bd8 53. Bb6 c3 54. Bxd8 Qxd8 55. Qb5+ Qd7 56. Qb8+
Ke7 57. Qb4+) 50... fxe6 ({Max confessed that he considered} 50... Kc6 {
before noticing} 51. Qb6#) 51. fxe6+ Qxe6 52. Qb5+ Qc6 53. Qxc6+ $6 {White can
hold after the queen trade, but only if he applies the correct strategy. It
might be more practical to maintain activity with} (53. Qe5 {when Black is
unlikely to make progress.}) 53... Kxc6 {[#]} 54. Kf3 $2 ({White needs to stop
the c-pawn with the king and cover the kingside with the bishop.} 54. Ke2 Kd5
55. Bf2) 54... Kd5 55. Bc3 Bd6 $2 (55... g5 56. Bb2 Bd6 57. Bf6 Bf4 {White is
in a kind of Zugswang. Either the king will penetrade, or the c-pawn will
advance.}) 56. Bf6 Bg3 57. Ke3 {White can correct his earlier mistake.} Be1 58.
Ke2 Ke6 59. Bd8 Bg3 60. Ke3 Kd5 61. Bf6 Kc5 62. Bc3 Kb5 63. Kd2 Bf4+ 64. Kd1
Kc5 65. Ke2 $2 {Dmitry repeats his earlier mistake.} (65. Bf6 g5 66. Kc2 Kd5
67. Bd8 Ke4 68. Bb6 Be5 69. Bc5 Kf4 70. Bf2 {White can fend off the Black king.
}) 65... Kd5 66. Bf6 Ke4 67. Bc3 Be5 68. Be1 c3 {Ma.x thinks he has a routine
win, but there will be tricks at the end} ({There was a more direct win with} 
68... g5 69. Bd2 c3 70. Bxg5 Bf4 71. Be7 c2 72. Ba3 Kd4 {Black will promote
the c-pawn.}) 69. Bxh4 Bf4 70. Bf6 c2 71. Bb2 {[#]} c1=Q $2 {Black will have
very little margin of error when he is down to one pawn. But here he can play
with an extra queen thanks to impending Zugzwang.} (71... Bh6 72. g3 (72. Ba3
Kd4) 72... Bg5 73. h4 Be3 74. g4 g5 75. hxg5 (75. h5 c1=Q) 75... Bxg5 $19 {
and Black will bring the king around the queenside to promote the pawn.}) 72.
Bxc1 Bxc1 {[#]} 73. g3 $4 (73. Kf2 $11 Bf4 74. g3 Bd2 (74... Be3+ 75. Kg2 Bd4
76. h4 Be3 77. g4 Kf4 78. Kh3 Bf2 79. g5 Kf5 80. h5 $11) 75. Kg2 Kf5 (75... Be1
76. h4 {Kh3, g4, g5 anf h5}) 76. Kf2 $1 (76. Kf3 Be1 77. h4 Kf6 78. Kg4 Bd2 79.
Kh3 Kg7) 76... Bc3 77. Ke2 ({or} 77. Kf1)) 73... Be3 {White's king cannot
reach the corner so the position is hopeless.} 0-1

[Event "ch-USA Seniors 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.07.23"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Dlugy, M.."]
[Black "Novikov, I.."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,127,19,31,14,-14,3,-15,0,4,36,50,42,55,57,53,48,61,19,17,43,11,22,13,
-17,-17,-11,-41,-41,-41,-6,-5,-5,-70,-10,-127,-87,-87,-105,-109,-100,-143,-89,
-103,-64,-91,-100,-96,-99,-99,-89,-108,-102,-108,-98,-100,-74,-98,-94,-104,-52,
-68,-71,-83,-83,-74,-74,-75,-72,-71,-74,-81,-44,-21,-27,-36,12,-45,-49,-48,-48,
-42,-44,-44,0,0,0,-20,-85,-85,-43,-17,-21,-24,-65,-74,-109,-104,-30,-8,-35,-4,
0,0,0,0,0,-25,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10.
e4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. h3 O-O 14. f4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 c5 16. e5 c4
17. Bxc4 Qb6+ 18. Kh2 bxc4 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. f5 Be4 21. Qg4 Bd3 22. Rf2 Rfe8
23. Qg5 Qe5+ 24. Qg3 Bxf5 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Bf4 Re6 27. Bg3 Bd3 28. Rb2 f6 29.
a4 g5 30. a5 a6 31. h4 h6 32. Re1 Rae8 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34. Bf2 f5 35. Rb6 Re2 36.
Kg1 g4 37. Rxa6 Be4 38. Rg6+ Kf7 39. h5 Rc2 40. Bd4 Rxg2+ 41. Kf1 Rh2 42. Rxh6
g3 43. Rf6+ Ke7 44. h6 {[#]} Rd2 (44... Rh4 45. a6 (45. Rg6 f4) (45. Ke2 Bd3+)
45... g2+ 46. Kf2 Rf4+ 47. Kg3 Rg4+ 48. Kh3 g1=Q 49. Bxg1 Kxf6) 45. Rg6 f4 46.
h7 Bf3 47. Bc5+ Kf7 {[#]} 48. h8=N+ $1 (48. Rd6 Rh2 49. a6) 48... Ke8 49. Re6+
(49. Rd6 Ra2) 49... Kd7 50. Rd6+ Rxd6 51. Bxd6 Kxd6 52. Ng6 Kd5 (52... Kc5 53.
Nxf4 Kb5 54. Ng6 Kxa5 55. Ne5 Bd5 56. Nxc4+ Bxc4+ 57. Kg2) 53. Nxf4+ Ke4 54.
Ng2 Kd5 55. Ne3+ Kc5 56. a6 Kb6 57. Nxc4+ Kxa6 58. Nd6 Bd5 59. Nf5 g2+ 60. Kf2
Kb5 61. c4+ Kxc4 62. Ne3+ Kd4 63. Nxd5 Kxd5 64. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA Seniors 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.07.21"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joe"]
[Black "Wolff, Pa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,183,19,27,62,20,19,-3,-12,-12,-4,-17,22,-9,10,11,30,11,19,0,0,18,18,
18,44,15,40,31,36,36,35,20,38,-34,0,4,4,16,3,-21,-4,-12,10,7,34,34,35,28,10,2,
33,33,45,44,44,44,26,33,33,46,46,46,46,50,58,37,37,39,53,51,61,54,56,54,58,51,
44,59,121,67,67,65,60,60,58,60,72,39,49,43,51,43,54,53,65,39,47,37,45,38,45,38,
43,38,38,38,43,43,43,35,43,43,43,43,43,51,43,32,33,34,36,28,34,24,21,14,42,30,
32,0,24,12,15,0,0,22,10,24,18,18,18,18,14,0,24,23,18,12,18,20,19,29,32,20,90,
25,27,15,4,4,4,4,4,3,3,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 c5 2.
c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. c5 Bc7 9. g3
O-O 10. Bg2 b6 11. O-O Be5 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Rc1 Rb8 14. h3 Bc4 15. Nd2 Bd5 16.
Nf3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 bxc5 18. Bxc5 d6 19. Be3 Bb3 20. Qd3 d5 21. Bc5 Bc4 22. Qe3
Re8 23. Nd2 Ba6 24. c4 Qc7 25. Rfe1 Red8 26. cxd5 Nxd5 27. Qe4 Qa5 28. Nf3 h6
29. Nd4 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 Ne7 31. Bc3 Qf5 32. Qa4 Qb5 33. Qg4 Qg5 34. Qxg5 hxg5 35.
Ba5 Rd7 36. Bf3 Rc8 37. Rxc8+ Bxc8 38. Rb1 Ba6 39. Rb8+ Kh7 40. Rd8 Rxd8 41.
Bxd8 Nf5 42. e3 f6 43. Be4 Kg8 44. Bc7 Bc4 45. Ba5 Kf7 46. Bb4 Ne7 47. Bc2 a6
48. f3 e5 49. Kf2 Ke6 50. Bh7 Kf7 51. Be4 Nd5 52. Ba5 Ke6 53. Bc2 Ne7 54. Ke1
Nf5 55. Kf2 Ne7 56. Ba4 Nf5 57. Bb4 Nd6 58. e4 Nb5 59. Ke3 g6 60. Bd1 Nd4 61.
f4 gxf4+ 62. gxf4 g5 63. f5+ Kd7 64. Bc5 Nb5 65. Bc2 Nd6 66. Bd3 Bxd3 67. Kxd3
Kc6 {[#]} 68. Bb4 (68. Bxd6 Kxd6 69. Kc4 Kc6) 68... Kd7 69. Be1 Nb5 70. Bb4 Nd6
71. Ke3 Nb7 72. Kf3 Ke8 (72... Nd6 73. Bxd6 Kxd6 74. Kg4 Kc5 75. Kh5 Kd4 76.
Kg6 Kxe4 77. Kxf6 Kd4 78. Kxg5 e4 79. f6 e3 80. f7 e2 81. f8=Q e1=Q 82. Qb4+)
73. Kg4 Kf7 74. h4 gxh4 75. Kxh4 a5 76. Be1 Nc5 77. Bxa5 Nxe4 78. Bb4 Ke8 79.
Kh5 Kd7 80. Kg6 Kc6 81. a4 Kb7 82. Kf7 Ng3 83. Kxf6 Nxf5 84. Kxf5 e4 85. Kxe4
Ka8 86. Kd5 Ka7 87. Kc6 Ka8 88. Kb6 Kb8 89. a5 Ka8 90. a6 Kb8 91. a7+ Ka8 92.
Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,83,5,28,52,45,50,9,19,-13,-1,-3,-8,14,24,24,7,17,18,-6,18,27,33,41,47,
23,49,36,45,42,40,42,2,30,36,30,37,29,41,21,39,38,37,44,44,46,24,32,44,12,13,
19,14,13,12,12,23,0,0,20,0,0,7,19,17,14,14,4,35,17,23,8,6,3,8,6,6,14,14,14,6,
12,14,6,6,6]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7.
Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. h3 Qe7 13. Qd2 Be6
14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Nd7 16. Bc2 Ne5 17. c5 Rfd8 18. Qd4 f6 19. cxd6 Rxd6 20.
Qc5 Rd7 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Bxe5 fxe5 23. Bb3 Rb8 24. Rad1 Bxb3 25. axb3 a5 26.
Ra1 Rxb3 27. Rxa5 h6 28. Rc5 Re6 29. Rf5 Rb5 30. Rxb5 cxb5 31. Kf1 g6 32. Rf2
Rc6 33. Rb2 Rc4 34. Rxb5 Rxe4 35. Kf2 Rc4 (35... Kf7 36. Rb4) 36. Rxe5 Rxc3 37.
Re7 Ra3 38. Ke2 Rg3 39. Kf2 Ra3 40. Ke2 Rg3 41. Kf2 Ra3 42. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2023.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khachiyan, Melikset"]
[Black "Dlugy, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,119,19,29,55,17,6,14,22,-21,-22,-23,-26,-1,-15,-8,-13,-15,-4,-19,26,
40,53,57,31,18,34,19,26,6,6,13,13,19,31,25,7,6,6,9,6,-14,-11,-24,19,41,37,16,
16,16,57,8,7,17,21,42,64,81,80,38,83,0,10,0,18,-1,0,-24,0,0,41,26,118,130,106,
121,106,90,106,93,120,142,132,132,132,147,108,108,109,0,152,161,144,144,144,
144,173,175,198,221,233,233,277,332,337,335,339,341,449,375,636,375,29979,
29980,29989,29990,29991,29992,29993,29994,29995,29996]} 1. Nf3 c5 2. c3 d5 3.
d4 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. e4 Re8 10. e5
Ng4 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Kg8 14. Qxg4 Nxe5 15. Qh4 Qf6 16. Bf4
Qh6 17. Qxh6 gxh6 18. Bxe5 hxg5 19. Bf6 g4 20. Rae1 Kh7 21. Bd4 Bd7 22. f3 e5
23. Bxb6 axb6 24. fxg4 Kg6 25. g5 Rxa2 26. Rf6+ Kg7 27. Nc1 Rxb2 28. Nd3 Rb3
29. Nxe5 Re7 30. h4 Rxc3 31. h5 Be8 32. h6+ Kh7 33. Kf2 Rc2+ 34. Kg3 Kg8 35.
Rff1 Rc8 36. Ng4 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Bc6 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. Kf4 (39. Nh7+ Kg8 40. g6
fxg6 41. Re7 Bb5 42. Rg7+ Kh8 43. Nf6) 39... Ra8 40. Nh7+ Kg8 41. Nf6+ Kf8 42.
Kf5 d4 43. Nh7+ Kg8 44. g6 fxg6+ 45. Kxg6 Kh8 46. Nf6 Ba4 47. Re7 Bc2+ 48. Kg5
b5 49. Rxb7 Rd8 50. g4 b4 51. Kh5 Rf8 52. g5 Bd1+ 53. Kh4 Bc2 54. Rxb4 Rd8 55.
Rb7 Bg6 56. Rg7 d3 57. Rxg6 d2 58. Rg7 Rd4+ 59. Kh3 Rd3+ 60. Kh2 1-0

[Event "ch-USA Seniors 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.07.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "10.1 Root, Do"]
[Black "Gurevich, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rq1rk1/1p1b1pp1/p1nbp1np/3pN3/3P4/2P2N2/PPQB1PPP/R3RBK1 b - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,60,23,20,20,20,20,11,37,-21,-15,-2,-11,-30,-11,1,8,15,45,24,30,27,25,
30,29,29,28,9,3,2,12,-16,-5,-115,-118,-134,-145,-154,-153,-163,-164,-167,-145,
-283,-193,-217,-267,-294,-213,-253,-177,-253,-279,-400,-313,-395,-390,-387,
-460,-476,-620,-606,-581] [#]} 16... Nxd4 $1 {Thanks to the queen on c2, the
knight on f3 is overburdened, and Black wins a pawn with the capture.} 17. Qd1
({Or} 17. Nxd4 Bxe5 {and Black has an extra pawn.}) 17... Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 e5 {
Black has a decisive advantage.} 19. Qb3 Bc6 20. a4 d4 21. c4 Bb8 22. Bb4 Re8
23. Red1 Qf6 24. c5 Rcd8 25. Nd2 e4 26. Nc4 Bd5 27. Qa3 Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Ne5 29.
Be2 d3 30. Ba5 Rc8 0-1

[Event "ch-USA Seniors 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.07.16"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "10.2 Shabalov, A."]
[Black "Kaidanov, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2rq1r1k/pp4pp/2n5/8/Pb6/1Q1n1N1P/1P2RPP1/R1B2NK1 b - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "3"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,48,24,18,20,21,21,24,24,8,36,30,23,7,7,9,17,15,30,-10,14,13,13,14,12,
-11,-3,-7,-29,-7,-7,-7,-7,-1,-10,8,45,43,10,10,10,-78,10,10,4,-81,-57,-325,
-325,-327,-316] [#]} 23... Rxf3 $1 ({Or with the move order reversed:} 23...
Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxf3 $1 25. gxf3 ({Or} 25. Qxf3 Nd4) 25... Qg5+ {, and the rook
on c1 falls, leaving Black a piece up.}) 24. gxf3 Nxc1 {White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "ch-USA Junior 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.07.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "10.3 Xu, Arthur"]
[Black "Stearman, Josiah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "2444"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1q2r1/1pnb3k/p4b1P/2pNp3/2P1Pp2/3P1N2/P4PPB/1RQ2RK1 w - - 0 22"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,64,22,18,51,51,73,57,75,42,24,34,27,21,31,29,34,34,34,32,39,41,41,35,
43,62,53,50,70,57,110,43,33,31,48,41,60,80,97,96,93,81,125,108,187,62,30,-8,-8,
3,146,76,103,103,62,20,45,29,27,-325,-292,-446,-410,-416,-424,-980,-894] [#]} 
22. Nxf6+ $1 ({In the game, White instead went} 22. Bxf4 $4 exf4 23. Qxf4 Nxd5
24. cxd5 Rg4 25. Qh2 Rg6 26. e5 Bg4 27. Nd2 Bh8 28. e6 Rxh6 29. e7 Qxd5 30.
e8=Q Rxe8 31. Qc7+ Kg8 32. Rxb7 Qh5 {and White resigned.}) 22... Qxf6 23. Nxe5
$1 {Black's wall of pawns rapidly crumbles.} Qxe5 24. Qxf4 Qxf4 25. Bxf4 Rgc8
26. Rb6 {and with four pawns for the piece and Black hopelessly tied up, White
is easily winning, e.g.,} Bc6 27. Rfb1 Ra8 28. Rxb7 Bxb7 29. Rxb7 {and White
wins.} 0-1

[Event "U.S. Senior Chess Championship 2023"]
[Site "https://www.chess.com"]
[Date "2023.07.25"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "10.4 Novikov, Igor"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/1p2qpp1/p1p1r3/3p4/1P1PrPpP/P3P3/5PK1/2RQ3R b - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2023.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 31... g3 $1 {This pawn sacrifice rips White's king shelter wide open.}
32. f5 ({If White takes the pawn, Black quickly penetrates, for instance,} 32.
Kxg3 Rxe3+ 33. fxe3 Rxe3+ 34. Kf2 Qe4 35. Qg4 f5 {and Black wins.}) 32... Rh6
33. fxg3 Rxe3 34. Qg4 Re4 ({Or} 34... Re2+ 35. Kh3 Re4 36. Qf3 g5 37. fxg6 Qe6+
38. Kg2 Rxg6 {with a decisive attack for Black.}) 35. Qf3 g5 $1 ({IN the game,
Black continued less accurately:} 35... Rf6 $6 36. Rcf1 g6 37. g4 gxf5 38. gxf5
Rxd4 39. Re1 Re4 $2 40. Rxe4 Qxe4 41. Qxe4 dxe4 {and Black didn't have enough
of an advantage to win the game any longer.}) 36. fxg6 Rxg6 37. Rc3 Qe6 {
and Black wins.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA Seniors 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.07.19"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "10.5 Khachiyan, M."]
[Black "Dlugy, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4b1k1/1p2rp2/1p3R1P/3pN1P1/8/6K1/2r3P1/4R3 w - - 0 35"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,119,20,20,55,26,7,30,0,-11,-19,-20,-16,-23,-15,3,-15,-15,-19,-19,42,
52,42,26,44,18,35,19,7,7,7,33,9,12,6,23,23,2,16,8,12,-7,0,-17,-6,38,40,15,27,
37,59,-10,9,0,32,53,65,62,82,67,67,21,21,-10,-15,-5,-14,0,34,19,30,-22,122,121,
112,92,86,148,168,85,142,132,137,137,137,129,97,121,142,65,99,89,123,114,109,
93,149,175,195,196,223,236,325,336,342,336,336,334,342,347,426,347,29979,29980,
29989,29990,29991,29992,29993,29994,29995,29996] [#]} 35. Rff1 $1 {The only
winning move, clearing the f6-square for the knight and protecting the rook on
e1 to prepare for the knight to move.} Rc8 36. Ng4 Rxe1 37. Rxe1 Bc6 38. Nf6+
Kf8 39. Kf4 Ra8 40. Nh7+ Kg8 41. Nf6+ Kf8 42. Nh7+ $1 ({The game continued} 42.
Kf5 $2 d4 43. Nh7+ Kg8 44. g6 fxg6+ 45. Kxg6 Kh8 46. Nf6 Ba4 47. Re7 Bc2+ 48.
Kg5 b5 49. Rxb7 Rd8 50. g4 b4 51. Kh5 Rf8 52. g5 Bd1+ 53. Kh4 Bc2 54. Rxb4 Rd8
55. Rb7 Bg6 56. Rg7 d3 57. Rxg6 d2 58. Rg7 Rd4+ 59. Kh3 Rd3+ 60. Kh2 {and
Black resigned.}) 42... Kg8 43. g6 fxg6 44. Re7 {and White decisively breaks
through.} 1-0

[Event "ch-USA Girls 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.07.21"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "10.6 Tang, Zoey"]
[Black "Wu, Rochelle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2b2rk1/3r1ppp/pB2n3/1p6/4N3/2Q3Pq/PP3P1P/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,69,16,16,20,-9,-9,-9,13,-5,-5,9,58,44,43,2,47,69,59,54,54,52,70,23,75,
77,98,83,55,62,74,110,103,145,201,225,100,100,100,100,100,143,169,68,60,60,67,
80,60,67,193,191,209,300,300,308,322,275,284,267,294,295,298,304,316,284,291,
291,291,284,795,805] [#]} 26. Qxc8 $1 {Boom!} Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Nf8 28. Rxf8+ ({
Did we say boom already? But also} 28. Ng5 Qf5 29. Bc5 {would have done the
job.}) 28... Kxf8 29. Bc5+ Re7 30. Ng5 {Now White gets a decisive material
advantage.} Qf5 31. Bxe7+ Ke8 32. Bb4+ Kd8 33. Ne4 Qd5 34. Nc5 Qxa2 35. Ba5+ {
and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "ch-USA Girls 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.07.22"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "10.7 Yip, Carissa"]
[Black "Lee, Alice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3rr3/1p4kp/2p2pp1/p7/n1NB4/1P6/2P4P/2K2BR1 w - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "10"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 27. Ne3 $1 {The only saving move, exploiting the tactical finesse that
the bishop on d4 now is protected due to 27...Rxd4 28.Nf5+.} ({In the game
White went} 27. Bf2 Nc3 28. Nxa5 Ne2+ 29. Bxe2 Rxe2 30. Be1 Rde8 31. Bg3 Ra8 {
with a clear advantage for Black that the later champion eventually converted.}
) 27... Re4 ({If Black runs with the king, White gains an advantage after} 
27... Kf7 28. Bc4+ Ke7 29. Nd5+ cxd5 30. Bd3 {and the knight on a4 is trapped.}
) 28. bxa4 Rexd4 29. Nf5+ Kf8 30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. c4 Rf4 {and Black has enough
pawns for the sacrificed piece.} 0-1

[Event "ch-USA Junior 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.07.19"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "10.8 Mishra, Abhimanyu"]
[Black "Liang, Jason"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "Q1b2rk1/5ppp/pP6/4Pn2/1q6/8/PP3PPP/2KR1B1R b - - 0 19"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,66,21,15,29,1,1,1,15,24,23,11,8,4,117,-1,57,52,50,18,57,46,53,51,34,
41,-2,11,11,1,3,26,26,26,179,156,84,3,29,13,51,0,0,0,0,22,15,15,33,-180,-61,
-179,-156,-138,-125,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] [#]} 19... Ne3 $1 {Black
exploits the position of White's queen to hold the balance.} 20. fxe3 Qc5+ 21.
Kd2 Qb4+ 22. Kc1 Qc5+ 23. Kb1 (23. Kd2 Qb4+ {would be a draw by repetition.
The text move is a hardcore try to win the game.}) 23... Bf5+ 24. Bd3 Rxa8 25.
b7 Bxd3+ 26. Rxd3 Rf8 27. Rc1 Qe7 28. Rb3 Qxe5 29. Rc8 Qf5+ 30. Rc2 Qe5 31. Rc8
Qf5+ 32. Rc2 Qe5 33. Rc8 Qf5+ {and White will not escape Black's checks, thus,
draw agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ch-USA Seniors 2023"]
[Site "Saint Louis USA"]
[Date "2023.07.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "10.9 Gurevich, D."]
[Black "Novikov, I."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2364"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r6r/1b2kppp/1q2pn2/pBn5/Pp1N4/4P3/1P3PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2023.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 16. e4 $3 {With this pawn sacrifice, White exploits the vulnerable
situation of Black's king and queen.} Nfxe4 17. Be3 {The threat is Rc1, f2-f3
and Qc2, and Black will not survive.} Qd6 18. Rc1 Nd7 19. Nc6+ ({White could
also play} 19. Qe2 {, when something like} Rhd8 {leads to a rapid collapse of
Black's position after} 20. f3 Nef6 21. Nf5+ {.}) 19... Bxc6 20. Rxc6 ({
The game continued} 20. Bxc6 Nef6 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Bg5 h6 23. Qf3 Qa6 24.
Bxf6+ Nxf6 25. Rc7+ Kf8 26. Rd1 {and White is still winning, but eventually
White's advantage slipped away and Black got half a point.}) 20... Qxd1 21.
Rxd1 {and White is winning.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-03"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1955.09.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Medina Garcia, Antonio Angel"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C94"]
[Annotator "Watson,John"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1955.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15.
Nh2 d5 16. Qf3 g6 17. Bg5 Be7 {[#] Some readers will recognize this as a
position from the old main line of the Breyer Defense to the Ruy Lopez.} 18. h4
{Probably not the best move, but the one played most often over the years.} (
18. Bh6 {is a good option.}) 18... a5 $1 19. h5 Ra6 {We see this rook lift
maneuver throughout Spassky's career, both with White and Black, and
analogously, on the kingside with h4 and Rh3.} 20. Bh6 d4 $5 (20... Ne6 {and})
(20... a4 {are objectively better moves, but Spassky has an inspired idea:})
21. cxd4 Ne6 $5 {This is the surprising point. It is also quite risky, in line
with Spassky's early style. The natural} (21... Qxd4 {allows} 22. Nf5 $1 {
with the idea} Qxb2 $2 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Bg5 Ree6 25. Rec1 $1 {, but}) (21...
exd4 {is safer. There might follow} 22. Qd1 $1 a4 23. b3 axb3 24. Bxb3 Nxb3 25.
axb3 Rxa1 26. Qxa1 Nxh5 27. Nxh5 gxh5 {with appproximate equality.}) 22. hxg6 (
{After} 22. dxe5 Nd7 {, the computer finds} 23. Ne2 $1 Nxe5 24. Qg3 Bf6 25. d4
$1 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Rad1 {, intending} Qxb2 $4 (27... Qc5 $1 28. Bb3 a4
29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Qe7 31. Red1 {with a modest advantage.}) 28. Bb3 {
threatening both Bc1, winning the queen, and f4.} Rc6 29. Ng4 $1 Nxg4 30. Qxg4
{follows, with many threats, for example,} Bg7 31. Qd7 Rf8 32. Bxg7 Qxg7 33.
Bd5 {, winning.}) 22... hxg6 23. dxe5 Nd4 24. Qd1 Nd7 25. Ng4 $6 (25. Nf3 {and}
) (25. Ne2 {are better, not to mention safer.}) 25... Bb4 26. Re3 $2 (26. Bd2
$1 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Bb3 Rd6 {and Black has compensation for the pawn,
but no more.}) 26... Qh4 (26... Nxe5 {first is even better.}) 27. Bb3 $2 ({
There was a chance to play} 27. e6 $1 Raxe6 28. Nf1 $1 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Qxh6 (29...
Rxe5 30. Rh3) 30. Nf3 Bc5 31. Bb3 $1 {, but this was very hard to see and
still doesn't equalize.}) 27... Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 {The bishop on h6 is
trapped.} 29. Rf3 Qxh6 30. Rxf7 Nxb3 31. Rxc7 (31. Qxb3 Bd5 $1 32. exd5 Kxf7
33. d6+ Kg7 34. dxc7 Rc6) 31... Nxa1 32. Rxb7 Rc6 0-1

[Event "World Team-ch01"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1985.11.26"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Qi, Jingxuan"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Watson,John"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1985.11.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Bc5 Re8 12. Bb3 h6 13. Re1 Na5 14. Bc2 b6 15.
Ba3 Qc8 16. b4 Nc6 17. Bb2 Nh5 18. g3 Bh3 19. Nh4 Rd8 20. Qe2 {START HERE: [#]}
Nf4 21. gxf4 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 exf4 $1 (23... Qxh4 24. f5 $1 $13) 24.
f3 Qxh4 25. e5 Rd8 26. Qe2 Nxe5 27. Rad1 Re8 28. c4 Kh7 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Rg1
Re7 31. Be4 c5 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Qc2 f5 34. Bd5 h5 (34... Bd4 $1 {isn't
obvious, because} 35. Rxd4 cxd4 36. Qb2 {looks promising, but} Qf6 37. Qb8 h5
$1 {prevents the counterattack and} 38. Qxf4 g5 $1 {is strong, in view of} 39.
Rxg5 (39. Qxg5 Qxg5 40. Rxg5 d3 {wins}) 39... Re1+ 40. Rg1 Qg7 $1 41. Qg3 Qxg3
42. hxg3 Bf1 $1 43. c5 d3 44. c6 d2 45. Bb3 Be2 46. c7 Bxf3+ 47. Kh2 Re2+ 48.
Kh3 Kh6 $1 49. c8=Q Bg4+ 50. Kh4 Rh2#) 35. Rge1 Bd4 36. Rxe7+ (36. Re6 $1 $17)
36... Qxe7 37. Qd2 Qe3 38. Qc2 Kh6 $1 {The beginning of a lovely king walk to
support the attack.} 39. Rb1 a5 40. a4 Kg5 $1 41. Rd1 Kh4 42. Qd2 g5 (42... Bc3
$1 43. Qc2 g5 {is faster.}) 43. Qe1+ Qxe1+ 44. Rxe1 g4 45. Re6 Bf1 46. Re1 Bh3
47. Re6 Be3 48. Rf6 Kg5 49. Rf8 Bf1 50. Rb8 Kf6 51. Rb5 h4 52. Rb1 Be2 53. fxg4
fxg4 54. h3 f3 55. hxg4 Kg5 56. Kh2 Bf4+ 57. Kh3 f2 58. Kg2 Be3 0-1

[Event "URS U20 Team-ch08 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Golyak, Isay Grigorievich"]
[Black "Gaiduk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "Romanovsky / Golyak"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1949.06.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CL October 2023"]
[SourceDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qa5 8. Bd2
c4 {The move c3-c4 was not yet a threat, so there was no need to rush to lock
the center. Better was 8...Nbc6.} 9. Ne2 $1 Bd7 10. Ng3 Nbc6 11. Nh5 Rg8 12.
Be2 O-O-O 13. O-O Rdf8 14. f4 f5 {A simplified way to play. Black should have
tried 14...f6 followed by ...Bd7-e8.} 15. Rf3 Nb8 $2 16. Bc1 {With an small
but original combination in mind, one that Black overlooks.} Bxa4 {[#] Black
should have preferred 16...Be8, avoiding what follows.} 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Nf6 $1
{This is MY BEST MOVE.} gxf6 19. exf6 Rgf8 20. Bxe7 Rf7 21. Re3 Nd7 22. Bh5
Rexe7 23. fxe7 Rxe7 24. Qe1 {Maybe even better was 24.Qc1.} Qa6 25. Qh4 Rg7 26.
Be8 Qc6 27. Bxd7+ Kxd7 28. Qf6 {And White went on to utilize his material
advantage and claim victory.} 1-0

