[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2023.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Srihari, LR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2839"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2023.10.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 dxc4 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3
Bd6 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Qf3 g6 11. h3 Qe7 12. O-O h5 13. Re1 Ne4 14. g4 hxg4 15.
hxg4 Bb4 16. gxf5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Qg4 Kg7 19. e4 Bxa1 20. Bg5 Qb4 21.
f6+ Kg8 22. Rxa1 Nd7 23. Qh3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.05.07"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Legacy Square"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. g5
Nfd7 9. Be3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. h4 Nc6 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. O-O-O O-O
15. Kb1 Ne5 16. Rh3 Nc4 17. Qe1 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Qc8 19. f4 Bd8 20. f5 Ba5 21. b4
Bb6 22. Red3 exf5 23. exf5 Re8 24. Qd2 Rc4 25. g6 hxg6 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Nd5
Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxh4 29. Rxd6 Be3 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Bd3 Bd4 32. Rh1 Qh3 33. Rd1
Qg3 34. Bxg6 Qc3 35. Qxd4 Rxd4 36. R6xd4 Rf8 37. Rh4+ Kg8 38. Rdh1 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Cordoba"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Qa5 8. e4 e5
9. h3 Nbd7 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nxe6 Rxe6 15.
a3 Nxe4 16. Rc1 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rae8 18. b4 Qd8 19. Rc2 a6 20. Bg2 Qf6 21. Rf1
Qf5 22. g4 Qd3 23. Qxd3 Nxd3 24. Rd1 Ne5 25. a4 Rc8 26. Bf4 Kf8 27. Kf1 f5 28.
b5 cxb5 29. Bxb7 Rxc4 30. Rxc4 bxc4 31. Bxa6 c3 32. Bb5 fxg4 33. hxg4 g5 34.
Bxg5 Nf7 35. Bf4 Be5 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 37. Rxd6 Rc5 38. Rd1 Rf5 39. Ke2 Rxf2+ 40.
Kd3 Rf3+ 41. Kd4 Nd6 42. Rc1 c2 43. a5 Nf5+ 44. Ke4 Ra3 45. Kxf5 Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde CCAS Gp-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e4 e5 8. d4
Nbd7 9. h3 Qa5 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Be3 Be6 14. Nxe6 Rxe6
15. a3 Nxe4 16. Rc1 Rae8 17. b4 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Qc7 19. Rc2 a6 20. Kh1 Qd7 21.
Bf4 b5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qd3 h5 24. h4 Qb7 25. Rce2 bxc4 26. Qxc4 d5 27. Qd3
Kg7 28. f4 Bf6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Qxa6 Qxa6 31. Bxa6 Ra8 32. Bb7 Rxa3 33. Kg2
Ra2+ 34. Kh3 Kf7 35. Bxc6 Bc3 36. Rb1 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 e5
9. Nh4 Nc6 10. Nf5 Bf8 11. Qa4 g6 12. d4 Nd7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nh6 Nd4 15. Nd5
Bc6 16. Qd1 Bg7 17. h4 Nf8 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3 Qd6 20. Rb1 Nfe6 21. a3 Qf8 22.
Qd2 Nb3 23. Qc3 Nbd4 24. Qd2 Nb3 25. Qd3 Nbd4 26. Ng4 h5 27. Nh2 Qf7 28. f4 O-O
29. f5 gxf5 30. exf5 Nc7 31. Bxd4 cxd4 32. Ne7+ Qxe7 33. Bxc6 Rad8 34. Bf3 Qf7
35. Qd1 d3 36. Bxh5 Qxc4 37. Bg6 d2 38. Rf1 Rd3 39. Kg2 Nd5 40. Qh5 Ne3+ 41.
Kh3 Rfd8 42. Rbd1 Qe4 43. Rg1 Nxd1 44. Rxd1 Qe1 45. Nf1 Rxg3+ 46. Nxg3 Rd3 47.
Bf7+ Kf8 48. Qg4 Rxg3+ 49. Qxg3 Qxd1 50. Qg2 Qc2 51. Bh5 Qxf5+ 52. Qg4 Qxg4+
53. Bxg4 f5 54. Bh5 e4 55. Kg3 Bh6 56. Kf2 f4 57. Bd1 f3 0-1

[Event "New York International Masters-01"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick Dewhurst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Nd2
Qxc5 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. Be5 e6 11. Nb5 Ne8 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. h4 a6 14. Nc3 Nc6 15.
Bd3 f5 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Be2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qd4 Qc7 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. Nxc5
b6 22. N5a4 Rb8 23. O-O-O b5 24. Nc5 Rb6 25. a4 Nh5 26. b3 cxb3 27. cxb3 bxa4
28. N3xa4 Rc6 29. Kb2 Nf6 30. Rd2 a5 31. Rhd1 Nd5 32. g3 Rf7 33. Nd3 Rb7 34.
Ne5 Rcc7 35. Rd4 Kg7 36. e4 fxe4 37. Rxe4 Rb5 38. Rc4 Rxc4 39. Nxc4 Bd7 40. Nc3
Rc5 41. Ne4 Rb5 42. Ned6 Rc5 43. Nb7 Rc7 44. Nbxa5 Bb5 45. Nd6 Bd7 46. Nac4 Ra7
47. Ne4 h6 48. f4 Be8 49. Ne5 Ra8 50. Rc1 Bf7 51. Rc6 Bg8 52. Nc5 Re8 53. Ra6
Re7 54. Ka3 Bf7 55. b4 Nc7 56. Rc6 Nb5+ 57. Kb2 Nd4 58. Ra6 Be8 59. g4 Kf6 60.
Ne4+ Kg7 61. Nd6 Bb5 62. Ra5 Bf1 63. Ra8 g5 64. fxg5 hxg5 65. hxg5 Bg2 66. Re8
Rc7 67. Rd8 Nc6 68. Ne8+ Kf8 69. Nxc7+ Nxd8 70. Kc3 Bb7 71. Kd4 Bc8 72. g6 Nb7
73. Ne8 Nd8 74. b5 Kg8 75. g5 Kf8 76. g7+ Kg8 77. g6 1-0

[Event "New York International Masters-01"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.04.13"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Yates, Frederick Dewhurst"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. c3 Ngf6 8.
Bc4 e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nd5 12. Bb3 a5 13. a3 Qc7 14. c4 Nf4 15.
Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Rad1 Bf6 17. Bc2 Rfd8 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Ne4 Nb6 20. b3 Be7 21.
Rd3 Bxa3 22. Ne5 Qh4 23. Rh3 Qe7 {[#]} 24. Ng5 (24. Ng5 Qxg5 25. Rh8+ Kxh8 26.
Nxf7+) 1-0

[Event "New York International Masters-01"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.04.06"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 d5 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Nb6 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. Ng5 Qd6
15. Qc5 Rd8 16. Qxd6 Rxd6 17. Nb5 Rd8 18. a4 h6 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. Ne5 a6 21. Nc3
Rdc8 22. Rfc1 Bxa4 23. Nxa4 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Nxa4 25. b3 Nb6 26. Rc7 Nc8 27. Nd3
Nd6 28. e3 b6 29. Rc6 Nfe8 30. Bf3 Kf7 31. Bh5+ Ke7 32. h4 Nf6 33. Be2 Nd7 34.
Ne5 Nxe5 35. fxe5 Nb5 36. Bxb5 axb5 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. b4 Ra8 39. Rc6 Kf7 40.
Rxb6 f4 41. Rb7+ Kf8 42. exf4 Ra1+ 43. Kg2 Rd1 44. Rxb5 Rxd4 45. Kg3 h5 46. Rb7
g6 47. b5 Rb4 48. b6 Rb3+ 49. f3 Rb4 50. Rb8+ Ke7 51. b7 Kd7 52. Rg8 Rxb7 {[#]}
53. Rg7+ (53. Rxg6 Rb4 54. Rh6 d4) 53... Kc6 54. Rxg6 Kc5 (54... d4 55. f5 Rd7
56. Kf2) 55. Rxe6 d4 56. f5 Rd7 57. Kf2 Kd5 58. Re8 Ra7 59. f6 Rc7 60. Re7 Rc8
61. f7 1-0

[Event "New York International Masters-01"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Be2 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. d4 cxd5 7. Bxf4 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nge2 Bg4 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qb3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nb6 14.
Bd3 Nfd5 15. Bd2 Bxe2 16. Bxe2 Rc8 17. Rf3 Qc7 18. Raf1 f6 19. Bd3 Nc4 20. Rh3
g6 21. Re1 Nxd2 22. Qxd5+ Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Rxf7 24. Re2 Nc4 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Bxc4
h5 27. Kf2 Rc8 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Re3 b5 30. Ke2 Rc6 31. Kd3 h4 32. Re2 g5 33.
Rb2 Rb6 34. d5 Ke7 35. Kd4 g4 36. Kc5 Rb8 37. Kd4 Rb6 38. h3 g3 39. a3 Kd7 40.
Kc5 Rb8 41. Rb4 f5 42. a4 a6 43. Kd4 Re8 44. Kd3 bxa4 45. Rxa4 Re1 46. Rxa6 Rg1
47. Ra2 Kd6 48. c4 Ke5 49. Re2+ Kd6 50. Rc2 Kc5 51. Rd2 Rf1 52. Ke2 Rg1 53. Ke3
Kd6 {[#]} 54. c5+ Kxc5 55. d6 Re1+ 56. Kf4 Re8 57. d7 Rd8 58. Kxf5 1-0

[Event "New York International Masters-01"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.04.14"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Qa5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 Ne4 9. O-O Nxg5 10. Nxg5 Be7 11. f4 Nf6 12. Qe1 Qb6 13. Rb1 Bd7 14. Nf3 Kf8
15. Ne5 Be8 16. b4 a6 17. Na4 Qa7 18. Nc5 h5 19. a4 Rh6 20. a5 Rd8 21. g3 Qb8
22. Rb2 Bd7 23. Kg2 Bc8 24. h3 Qc7 25. Rh1 Re8 26. Kg1 Bd6 27. Rg2 Qe7 28. Qe2
Nd7 29. g4 Nxe5 30. fxe5 Bxc5 31. bxc5 hxg4 32. hxg4 Rxh1+ 33. Kxh1 Qh4+ 34.
Kg1 Ke7 35. Qf2 Qxf2+ 36. Kxf2 g6 37. Kg3 Rh8 38. Rg1 Rh6 39. Rf1 Bd7 40. Be2
Rh8 41. Bf3 Bc8 42. Bg2 Be6 43. Rb1 Bc8 44. Rb6 Rd8 45. Bf3 Rh8 46. Rb2 f6 47.
exf6+ Kxf6 48. Rf2 Kg5 49. Rb2 Re8 50. Re2 Re7 51. Re1 Re8 52. e4 Re7 53. e5
Be6 54. Kf2 Rh7 55. Rb1 Kf4 56. Rb3 Rh2+ 57. Bg2 Bxg4 58. Kg1 Rh7 59. Kf2 g5
60. Rc3 Rf7 61. Rb3 Rh7 62. Rc3 Rf7 63. Re3 Re7 64. Rb3 Rg7 65. Re3 Rc7 66. Rb3
Rd7 67. Re3 Rc7 68. Rb3 Rg7 69. Re3 Rd7 70. Rb3 Re7 71. Re3 Rf7 72. Rb3 Rc7 73.
Re3 Rh7 74. Rb3 Bd1 75. Rd3 Bh5 76. Re3 g4 77. Re1 Bg6 78. Rh1 Rxh1 79. Bxh1
Bf5 80. Bg2 {[#]} Be6 81. Bh1 (81. Bf1 Ke4) 81... g3+ 82. Ke2 Bh3 0-1

[Event "New York International Masters-01"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lasker, Edward"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "Soltis"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 O-O 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. Bxd5 d6 8.
c3 Ba5 9. d3 Bg4 10. h3 Bd7 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Nh4 Kh8 13. Kh1 f6 14. Be3 Ne7 15.
Bxb7 Rb8 16. Ba6 Rxb2 17. Qc1 Rb8 18. g4 f5 19. f3 fxg4 20. fxg4 d5 21. Qa3 Bb6
22. Bg5 c5 23. d4 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 exd4 25. cxd4 dxe4 26. dxc5 Bc7 27. Bg2 Nf5
28. Bf4 Bxf4 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. gxf5 Bc7 31. Qe3 Qe5 32. Qg1 e3 33. Re1 e2 34.
Bf3 Rb2 35. Qg2 h6 36. f6 Qxf6 37. Bxe2 Qc3 38. Rf1 Qxc5 39. Qa8+ Rb8 40. Qg2
Qc2 41. Bd1 Qc3 42. Bb3 Re8 43. Bc2 Bd6 44. Bb3 Qc8 45. Rg1 Re7 46. Rd1 {[#]}
Re3 47. Rxd6 Rxh3+ 48. Kg1 Qc1+ 49. Bd1 (49. Rd1 Qe3+ 50. Kf1 (50. Qf2 Rh1+)
50... Rf3+) (49. Kf2 Qe3+ 50. Kf1 Rf3+) 49... Qe3+ 50. Kf1 Qf4+ 51. Kg1 (51.
Ke1 Re3+) 51... Rg3 52. Rd8+ Kh7 53. Bc2+ g6 54. Bxg6+ Kg7 55. Rd2 Rxg6 56.
Qxg6+ Kxg6 57. Rg2+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3r1k1/p2b1q1p/2nBp1p1/1B1p1p2/P2P1P1Q/2P1R3/6PP/4R1K1 w - - 0 27"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Shirov isn't afraid to give up the bishop pair in order to be left with a
dominant bishop.} 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. Rg3 ({White doesn't have to give up the
pawn --} 28. a5 {is also strong -- but I presume that Shirov was eager to set
fire on the board!}) 28... e5 {A nice attempt to conjure counterplay. With
this move Black gives himself the e6 -square for the rook and a possibility to
sacrifice the Exchange for the bishop.} 29. Bxe5 Bxa4 30. Qg5 Re6 31. h4 $1 {
White needs to open lines in order to fully utilize the bishop.} Be8 32. h5 a5
33. c4 $1 Qd7 ({Here} 33... dxc4 34. d5 Rea6 35. d6 {disconnects the a6-rook
from the kingside. White is attacking with all his might, while Black's only
defensive resources are the queen and the bishop. How helpless the dark
squares around the black king look!}) 34. cxd5 Qxd5 35. Rc1 Rxe5 {An Exchange
sacrifice wrought of desperation, but it can't change the outcome of the game.}
({Standard moves like} 35... a4 36. Rc7 Bf7 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Qh6 {leads to
checkmate.}) 36. dxe5 Qd8 37. hxg6 hxg6 38. Qxf5 Qb6+ 39. Kh1 Ra7 40. Qc8 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1r3k1/p2nq2p/1p2p1pQ/1B1bPp2/8/8/PP3PPP/R1BR2K1 w - - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Socar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

{[#]} 20. Bg5 Qf7 21. Bxd7 $1 {Like Shirov, Kramnik is happy to part ways with
his bishop. Here he does so in order to be rid of the piece that was guarding
the f6-square.} Qxd7 22. Bf6 Qf7 23. b3 Qf8 24. Qf4 Rc2 25. h4 {Kramnik uses
the same methodology. Let's discuss the d5-bishop: it's a centralized piece,
living on a square that a French bishop could only dream of! Yet this same
bishop is absolutely useless. It does not target anything meaningful in
White's camp and, worse still, it does not contribute to the defense of his
own king.} Rac8 26. h5 Qe8 27. Rd3 R2c3 28. Rad1 gxh5 ({If Black tries to
exchange pieces with} 28... Rxd3 29. Rxd3 {, the attack is still devastating.
The remaining rook will swing to g3, leaving the g6-pawn helpless.}) 29. Rxd5 {
Putting the final touches on the attack.} exd5 30. e6 R3c7 31. Rxd5 Qxe6 32.
Qg5+ Kf8 33. Rxf5 Rf7 34. Qh6+ Ke8 35. Re5 Rc6 36. Qxh5 1-0

[Event "Cairns Cup"]
[Site "St Louis, MO USA"]
[Date "2020.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.02.06"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nc5 11. Rb1 Nxd3 12. cxd3 b6 {[#] The players
have arrived in an opposite-colored bishop position with only the heavy pieces
remaining. Objectively, the position is fine for Black, but it does require
some precision to keep things that way.} 13. Rb4 $1 {Admittedly I am partial
to rook lifts, but I really like Muzychuk's approach to finishing her
development. In what follows, pay close attention to the c1-bishop.} Bf5 14.
Qf3 c5 15. Rf4 Bg6 16. h4 {[#]} h5 ({If instead} 16... h6 $2 17. h5 Bh7 18. Rg4
{the position is starting to look difficult for Black, as both the g7- and
h6-pawns are clear targets. Play might continue} ({even the tempting} 18. Rf6
$5 {(as suggested by one of my students) is playable for White as the rook is
untouchable}) 18... Kh8 19. d4 $1 {as White can shift gears and play on the
other side of the board. If} c4 $2 20. Ba3 $1 {White will win the f7-pawn with
devastating consequences for Black, due to the flexibility of the bishop.}) 17.
g4 {All of White's pieces are perfectly positioned to blast open the kingside.}
Qxh4 18. Qg2 {With the not-so-subtle threat of g4-g5, trapping the queen.} ({
After} 18. gxh5 Qxh5 19. Qg3 Bf5 $1 {Black has to keep control of the light
squares and evacuate the g6-square for the queen, so as to offer a trade.})
18... Qe7 $2 {A losing move. The queen absolutely cannot abandon the kingside.}
({Necessary, if terrifying, was} 18... Qg5 {. Black must keep an eye on the
g4-pawn and maintain the opportunity to trade queens.} 19. Ra4 ({worse is} 19.
Rxf7 Qxg4 {, giving Black the welcome chance to trade queens. After} 20. Qxg4
hxg4 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 {Black enjoys an extra pawn with a safe king}) 19... Qh4 $1
{and now the g4-g5 pawn push is not a threat, as the rook on the fourth rank
is defended.}) 19. gxh5 Bxh5 20. Re3 {White is attacking with full force.} Rfe8
21. Qh2 g6 22. Rf5 Bg4 23. Rf4 Bh5 {[#]} 24. e6 $1 {A strong move, with which
White shuts down the e-file and further weakens the black king.} ({The problem
with the hasty} 24. Rg3 {is} Qxe5 {, conveniently defending the h5-bishop.})
24... fxe6 25. Rg3 Kh7 26. Rh4 {A typical attacking motif. White is ready to
sacrifice on h5.} Qf7 27. Rg5 ({Not} 27. Rxg6 $4 Qxg6+ 28. Kh1 Rh8 29. Rxh5+
Qxh5 30. Qxh5+ Kg7 {when Black wins.}) 27... Rg8 28. Kf1 $1 {Sidestepping the
pin on the g-file.} ({Black rightly avoids} 28. Rhxh5+ $2 gxh5 {when suddenly
the g5-rook is pinned.}) 28... Qf3 29. Rhxh5+ gxh5 30. Qc7+ {Black is
completely helpless on the dark squares} Kh8 31. Qe5+ Kh7 32. Rxh5+ Kg6 33.
Qg5+ Kf7 34. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.15"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E88"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Tatev"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1q3rk1/1r3pbp/3p2p1/1b1PP3/2N3P1/1B2QP2/1P1R3P/1K5R b - - 0 29"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[#]} 29... Bxc4 30. Bxc4 Bxe5 {Now Black wins the game by making simple,
natural moves, putting the heavy pieces on the open file.} 31. Qe2 Qa7 32. Rc1
Ra8 33. b3 Bf4 34. Kc2 Re7 35. Qd3 Qc5 36. Rb1 Re3 37. Qd4 Ra2+ 38. Kd1 Rxf3
39. Qxf4 Rxf4 40. Rxa2 Qg1+ 41. Kc2 Qxh2+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Seniors (Women)"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2023.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cabrera, Varinia F"]
[Black "Belakovskaia, Anjelina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "1707"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[Annotator "Belakovskaia"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. h3 O-O 8.
Be2 Re8 9. Be3 Qc7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qd2 f5 12. Qd3 Nf6 13. c4 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Ne4
15. a3 f4 (15... Qf6 16. Qc2 Qg6 17. Nh4 Qf6 18. Nf3) 16. Bc1 Bf5 17. Qb3 Rad8
(17... Qd7 18. c5 Bc7 19. Qxb7 Rab8 20. Qa6 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Qxh3 22. Qd3 (22. Nh2
f3 23. Nxf3 Re6) 22... Re6) 18. Bd3 Bg6 $4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Nd2 Bc2 (20... f5
21. c5+ Kh8 22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Qxb7) 21. Rxe7 Bxb3 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8
23. Nxb3 Re1+ 24. Kh2 f3+ 25. g3 Re2 26. Be3 (26. Kg1 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Re2) 26...
h5 (26... Rxb2 27. Nd2) 27. Kg1 (27. h4 g5 28. hxg5 h4 29. Bf4) 27... Bxg3 28.
Nc5 (28. fxg3 Rxe3 29. Nc5 Re2 30. Nxb7 Rg2+ 31. Kf1 Rxg3 32. Kf2 Rxh3 33. Na5
g5 34. Nxc6 g4) 28... f5 29. fxg3 Rxe3 30. Kf2 Re2+ 31. Kxf3 Rxb2 32. Re1 Kf7
33. Re3 b6 34. Nd3 Rc2 35. h4 Kf6 (35... Rxc4 36. Ne5+) 36. Ne5 g6 37. Nxc6 (
37. d5 cxd5 38. cxd5 Rd2 39. Nd3) 37... Rxc4 38. d5 Rc5 39. Re6+ Kg7 40. d6 $6
(40. Kf4 Rxd5 41. Rxg6+) 40... Rc3+ 41. Kg2 (41. Kf4 Rc4+ 42. Ke5 (42. Kg5 Rg4#
) 42... Rc5+ 43. Kd4 Rxc6 44. d7 Rxe6 45. d8=Q) 41... Rxc6 42. d7 Rc2+ 43. Kf3
Rd2 44. Re7+ Kf6 45. Rh7 (45. d8=Q Rxd8 46. Rxa7) 45... a5 46. Ke3 Rd1 47. Ke2
Rd5 48. Ke3 Rd6 (48... a4) (48... b5) 49. a4 Rd5 50. Kf4 Rd3 51. Rh8 Rd4+ 52.
Ke3 Rxd7 53. Rf8+ Ke5 54. Re8+ Kd5 55. Kf4 Kc5 56. Kg5 (56. Re6 Rd6 57. Rxd6
Kxd6 58. Kg5 b5) 56... Rd6 57. Rg8 b5 58. Rxg6 Rxg6+ 59. Kxg6 bxa4 60. Kxh5 a3
61. Kg6 a2 62. h5 a1=Q 63. Kxf5 a4 64. g4 Qg7 65. g5 Qf7+ 66. Kg4 a3 67. g6 Qf6
0-1

[Event "USA-ch Seniors (Women)"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2023.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Teasley, Dorothy O"]
[Black "O'Neill, Julie Anne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2044"]
[BlackElo "1659"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 Nh5 5. Bg3 Nxg3 6. hxg3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8.
exd4 d5 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Be2 Nf6 11. O-O Qb6 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 O-O 14. Ne5
e6 15. b4 Nd7 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. f4 a6 18. Nb3 Rfc8 19. Nc5 Bc6 20. Ra3 Bf8 21.
Rfa1 Bxc5 22. bxc5 Rab8 23. Rb3 Ra8 24. Ra5 f6 25. Rb6 Kg7 26. b4 Kf7 27. Kf2
f5 28. Bd1 Kf6 29. Ba4 Bxa4 30. Rxa4 Rab8 31. Ke3 h6 32. Ra1 g5 33. Rh1 gxf4+
34. gxf4 Rh8 35. Kf3 h5 36. Re1 Rhe8 37. g3 Kf7 38. Rh1 Rh8 39. c6 bxc6 40.
Rxa6 Ra8 41. Rxc6 Rac8 42. Rc5 Ke7 43. Ra1 Ra8 44. Raa5 Rhc8 45. Rxc8 Rxc8 46.
Ra3 Rb8 47. Rb3 Kd6 48. b5 Kc7 49. Kg2 Kb6 50. Kh3 Rg8 51. Rb2 Rg7 52. Re2 Rg6
53. Kh4 Rg4+ 54. Kxh5 Rxg3 55. Rxe6+ Kxb5 56. Re5 Kc4 57. Rxf5 Rxc3 58. Rg5
Kxd4 59. Kg6 Ke4 60. f5 d4 61. f6 Rf3 62. Rg4+ Ke3 63. f7 d3 64. Rg5 d2 65. Rd5
Ke2 66. Rxd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Seniors (Women)"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2023.11.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kuhner, Mary"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Olga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "1678"]
[BlackElo "2123"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bb5 Bf5 8. Na3
e6 9. O-O Be7 10. d4 Be4 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bxd4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Qxf3 15. gxf3 Bxa3 16. bxa3 Nd5 17. Rfe1 O-O 18. Rab1 Rfc8 19. c4 Nf4 20. Kh2
Rd8 21. Be3 Nd3 22. Red1 Ne5 23. Bxa7 Nxf3+ 24. Kg3 Nd2 25. Bb6 Rd3+ 26. Kg2
Nxb1 27. Rxd3 Nxa3 28. c5 Kf8 29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxd8 Ke8 31. Bb6 e5 32. Kf3 Kd7
33. Ke4 Ke6 34. Kd3 Kd5 35. f3 f5 36. Kc3 f4 37. Kb3 Nb5 38. a4 Nd4+ 39. Kb2 e4
40. a5 exf3 41. a6 f2 42. a7 f1=Q 43. a8=Q Qe2+ 44. Ka3 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Seniors (Women)"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2023.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marinello, Beatriz M"]
[Black "Tsodikova, Natalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2061"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. b3 c6 7. Bb2 Qc7 8. c4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Re8 10. Rc1 e5 11. d5 c5 12. Qc2 a6 13. a3 Nf8 14. b4 b6 15. Nd2
Bd7 16. e4 Rab8 17. b5 a5 18. Rcd1 g5 19. Rfe1 Ng6 20. Nf1 Nf4 21. Ne3 Qc8 22.
Bc1 h6 23. Bf1 Kh8 24. Ne2 N6h5 25. Ng3 Nxg3 26. fxg3 Ng6 27. Be2 Ne7 28. Rf1
Rf8 29. g4 f6 30. Rf2 Kg8 31. Rdf1 Be8 32. g3 Bg6 33. Qd3 Qe8 34. Bd2 Bh7 35.
Bf3 Kh8 36. Qe2 Qd7 37. Nf5 Nxf5 38. gxf5 Rg8 39. Bh5 Bf8 40. Rg2 Qg7 41. Qg4
Be7 42. Kf2 Rgf8 43. Rh1 Rg8 44. h3 Bf8 45. h4 Rb7 46. Ke2 Qe7 47. hxg5 fxg5
48. Rf2 Qf6 49. Rfh2 Re7 50. Rh3 Rc7 51. R1h2 Rd7 52. Qf3 Re7 53. Bg4 Rc7 54.
Qh1 Re7 55. Rxh6 Bxh6 56. Rxh6 Qf7 57. f6 Rc7 58. Bf5 Ra7 59. Bxh7 Qxh7 60.
Rxh7+ Rxh7 61. Qf3 Rf8 62. Qf5 Rh2+ 63. Kd3 g4 64. Bg5 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Seniors (Women)"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2023.11.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Christiansen, Natasha"]
[Black "Root, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1558"]
[BlackElo "1949"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Bf4 Ngf6 8.
Qe2 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. Qxe4 c6 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Qe2 Nd5 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Kb1
O-O 15. h4 a5 16. g4 b5 17. g5 b4 18. h5 a4 19. g6 fxg6 20. hxg6 Rf6 21. Rxh7
Rxg6 22. Rdh1 Kf7 23. Ne5+ Kf6 24. Qf3+ 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Seniors (Women)"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2023.11.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kennedy, Shernaz"]
[Black "Dimitrijevic, Vesna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "1759"]
[BlackElo "2060"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2023.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Bc5 8.
e3 a5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Qd5 f6 11. c5 a4 12. cxb6 axb3 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qxb3 cxb6
15. O-O-O d5 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rc8+ 19. Kb1 Qc5 20. Bb5+ Kf7
21. Bd3 Rc6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qb4 h6 24. Qxc5 bxc5 25. Ra4 c4 26. Bc2 Rhc8 27.
Ra7 R8c7 28. Rd1 c3 29. b4 f5 30. Rd4 Kf6 31. Kc1 Rg7 32. g3 Rcc7 33. a4 Rg4
34. Rxg4 fxg4 35. a5 Rf7 36. Kd1 Ke5 37. Ke2 d4 38. exd4+ Kxd4 39. b5 Bc4+ 40.
Ke1 Bxb5 41. Ra8 Re7+ 42. Kd1 Be2+ 43. Kc1 Bf3 44. Rd8+ Kc4 45. Bd3+ Kb4 46.
Kc2 Rc7 47. Rd4+ Kxa5 48. Be4 Be2 49. Kb3 b5 50. Rd8 Rc5 51. Rd6 h5 52. Bb7
Bc4+ 53. Kxc3 b4+ 54. Kd4 Rc7 55. Be4 b3 56. Rh6 b2 57. Rxh5+ Kb4 58. Re5 Rd7+
59. Ke3 Bd3 60. Re6 Bxe4 61. Rb6+ Ka3 62. Kxe4 Rd2 63. Ke3 Rd5 64. f4 gxf3 65.
Kxf3 Rd3+ 66. Ke4 Rb3 67. Ra6+ Kb4 68. Rb6+ Kc4 69. Rxb3 Kxb3 70. h4 b1=Q+ 71.
Kf4 Qg6 72. g4 Qh6+ 73. Kg3 Kc4 74. g5 Qh5 75. Kf4 Qxh4+ 76. Kf5 Qh7+ 77. Kf6
Qg8 78. g6 Kd5 79. g7 Kd6 80. Kg6 Ke6 81. Kh6 Kf6 0-1

[Event "World-ch Kramnik-Kasparov +2-0=13"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2000.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.10.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {[#]} 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. b3 h6 11. Bb2 Kc8 12. h3 b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14.
Ne2 Ng6 15. Ne1 h5 16. Nd3 c5 17. c4 a5 18. a4 h4 19. Nc3 Be6 20. Nd5 Kb7 21.
Ne3 Rh5 22. Bc3 Re8 23. Rd2 Kc8 24. f4 Ne7 25. Nf2 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Anand-Topalov +3-2=7"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2010.04.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.04.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 c5 8. e4 Bg6
9. Be3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxc4 {[#]} a6 14. Rc1
Rg8 15. h4 h6 16. Ke2 Bd6 17. h5 Bh7 18. a5 Ke7 19. Na4 f6 20. b4 Rgc8 21. Bc5
Bxc5 22. bxc5 Rc7 23. Nb6 Rd8 24. Nxd7 Rdxd7 25. Bd3 Bg8 26. c6 Rd6 27. cxb7
Rxb7 28. Rc3 Bf7 29. Ke3 Be8 30. g4 e5 31. Rhc1 Bd7 32. Rc5 Bb5 33. Bxb5 axb5
34. Rb1 b4 35. Rb3 Ra6 36. Kd3 Rba7 37. Rxb4 Rxa5 38. Rxa5 Rxa5 39. Rb7+ Kf8
40. Ke2 Ra2+ 41. Ke3 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 Ra2+ 43. Ke3 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 Ra2+ 45. Ke3 Ra3+
46. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "KID MDP"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E97"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. a4 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Bg5 Nf6 15.
Bd3 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pirc 4.Be3"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. a4 O-O 7. f3 Qa5 8. Nge2
e5 9. g4 Nbd7 10. g5 exd4 11. Bxd4 Nh5 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. O-O-O *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benko Acc 12.a4"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A59"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bxf1 8.
Kxf1 d6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Kg2 Nbd7 12. a4 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Philidor"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C41"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 Nc6 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Qxe5 Bd6 12. Qd4 Bxf4+ 13. Qxf4 Qe7 14.
Bc4 Be6 15. Rhe1 Rad8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Ne4 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Budapest"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A52"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. f4 Nec6 6. Nc3 Bc5 7. Qg4 O-O 8.
f5 d6 9. Nf3 Re8 10. Nd5 Kh8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. O-O-O *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dragon 9.0-0-0"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qc7 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Nc5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Benoni Taimanov"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A67"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nfd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Na6 11. O-O Nb4 12. h3 a6 13. Bc4 f5 14. e5 dxe5 15. d6+
Kh8 16. Ng5 e4 17. Be3 Qf6 18. Qe2 Qxd6 19. Rfd1 Qc6 20. Nd5 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ruy Lopez Steinitz"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C62"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Qf3 Qb8 9. O-O Qb6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Rab1 a5 12. a3 *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith-Morra ML"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Qe2 Nf6 9. Rd1 e5 10. Be3 O-O *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2023.12.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schliemann Ruy"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C63"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
Nxe5 O-O *

[Event "Manhattan March Int"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1999.03.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Negulescu, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Ashley"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. h3 Nf6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Ng5
c5 9. Bc4 O-O 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Be3 Na5 13. Bb3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 b6 15.
Nxe4 Be6 16. Qa3 f5 17. exf6 exf6 18. O-O f5 19. Ng5 Bc4 20. Rfc1 Bd5 21. Bf4
h6 22. Nf3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qxd4 24. Rc7 Rad8 25. Rxa7 g5 26. Be3 Qxb2 27. Rf1 f4
28. Bc1 Qf6 29. Qb3+ Kh8 30. Ba3 Ra8 31. Rd7 Rfd8 {[#]} 32. Be7 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mate with 7 pts White's view"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Ashley"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/R7/4k3/3PP3/4K3/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Anna's mate White's view"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[Annotator "Ashley"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/8/2P1kPP1/3PP3/4K3/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]}  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2024.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ashley"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Ashley"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/5pPk/1p1P4/2r1PP1B/6K1/6P1/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2024.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#] This puzzle was inspired by Anna Khudayarova. White has a lot of pawns,
but Black has a very powerful b-pawn that gives massive counterplay. The fun
part of the this position is to try to guess the hero.} 1. d6 Rd4 (1... Kxg6 2.
f5+ Kf7 3. e5 Rxh4 4. Kxh4 b4 5. exf6 Kxf6 6. g4 b3 7. g5+ Kxf5 8. d7 b2 9.
d8=Q b1=Q 10. Qf6+ Ke4 11. Qg6+) (1... b4 2. Bxf6) 2. Bxf6 Rxd6 3. e5 Rxf6 (
3... Rd3+ 4. Kg4 b4 5. g7 Kh7 6. e6 {is just winning.}) 4. exf6 b4 (4... Kxg6
5. Kf3 {and White catches the pawn.}) 5. f5 b3 6. Kh4 $1 b2 7. g4 b1=Q 8. g5# {
The pawn on g2 becomes the unlikely hero that delivers an unusual pawn cube
mate.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2024.01.26"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "5.1 Beukema, S."]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2kr4/5pp1/2p4p/pp2Pb1P/1P2qB2/Q4PP1/P1rbB3/3R1K1R b - - 0 33"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2024.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,66,20,-15,-15,-39,5,6,-7,-9,-9,15,8,-5,13,1,16,19,32,-33,4,-3,0,-1,10,
-9,9,1,-6,19,38,57,51,49,49,22,40,19,53,0,70,0,26,26,9,34,0,1,-13,-2,50,10,38,
27,-10,-43,-43,-58,0,0,0,0,-193,-208,-238,-260,-248,-29991,-29992] [#]} 33...
Qxe2+ $1 {White resigned as Black is forcing mate after} (33... Qxe2+ 34. Kxe2
Bxf4+ 35. Ke1 Bxg3+ 36. Kf1 Rxd1# {.}) 0-1

[Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2024.01.24"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "5.2 Donchenko, Alexa"]
[Black "Gukesh, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "1r1qrbk1/p4p1p/1n4pP/2pP1bP1/1pp1NP2/P3P1N1/1PQB1K2/3R3R b - - 0 23"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2024.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,114,19,19,32,6,6,6,28,33,34,31,25,20,26,-2,16,-12,10,10,12,13,33,32,
21,-15,36,-10,51,1,1,14,5,-1,-7,-10,-47,-37,55,7,-13,-28,-71,-32,15,-128,-30,
-34,-148,-146,-146,-178,-187,-172,-177,-177,-212,-204,-229,-208,-208,-211,-212,
-211,-187,-206,-181,-202,-206,-197,-197,-204,-204,-211,-179,-200,-200,-195,
-167,-167,-174,-180,-188,-196,-211,-196,-113,-129,-109,-107,-90,-95,-133,-120,
-150,-228,-236,-211,-243,-244,-267,-267,-312,-306,-306,-301,-301,-297,-290,
-295,-259,-209,-452,-645,-734,-982,-786] [#]} 23... Rxe4 $1 24. Nxe4 Qe7 {
The pin wins material for Black.} 25. Nf6+ Qxf6 26. e4 Qd4+ 27. Kf3 Qxd5 28.
Bxb4 Bxe4+ 29. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 30. Kxe4 cxb4 31. axb4 Bxb4 {and Black won
eventually.} 32. Rd4 Bc5 33. Rd2 Bb4 34. Rd4 Bc5 35. Rd2 f5+ 36. gxf6 Kf7 37.
Ra1 Rb7 38. Rd8 Kxf6 39. Ra6 Re7+ 40. Kf3 Kf7 41. Rh8 Ke6 42. Ra8 Bd4 43. R8xa7
Rxa7 44. Rxa7 Nc8 45. Rc7 Nd6 46. Rxh7 Nf7 47. Rg7 Bxg7 48. hxg7 Nh6 49. Ke4
Kd6 50. Kd4 Nf5+ 51. Kxc4 Nxg7 52. Kd4 Nf5+ 53. Ke4 Ke6 54. b4 Ne7 55. Kf3 Kf5
56. b5 Nd5 57. Kg3 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2024.01.27"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "5.3 Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4r1k1/1p1b1ppp/1q3n2/p2p4/3Nr3/1NQ1R2P/PPP2PP1/4R1K1 b - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2024.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,48,22,19,41,26,39,18,26,20,28,11,23,-5,28,19,14,18,20,29,11,-15,-4,-1,
-1,-1,-15,-12,-18,3,9,16,14,-21,-1,-14,4,0,3,10,8,-9,-31,-228,-228,-234,-234,
-254,-254,-275,-275] [#]} 21... Rc8 $1 22. Qd2 a4 {All of a sudden, White's
position falls apart.} 23. Rxe4 Nxe4 24. Qa5 Qf6 {White resigned as he loses
material.} 0-1

[Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2024.01.26"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "5.4 Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4kr2/4b1pp/1N2Bn2/1p6/1P2q3/4B3/Q4PPP/6K1 w - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "13"]
[EventDate "2024.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,67,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,19,24,20,13,-2,13,7,5,-18,-1,-13,39,28,34,38,
36,28,28,21,32,23,71,32,26,33,57,82,82,51,51,51,45,83,84,82,82,33,132,129,150,
62,62,94,52,116,118,0,57,352,367,355,362,362,363,353,363,343,366,366,1078,1057]
[#]} 28. Nd5 $1 Bd8 ({Threatening Qa8+ with devastating consequences. Of
course,} 28... Qxe6 $4 {is met with} 29. Nc7+ {, forking Bklack's king and
queen.}) 29. h3 {Creating some luft for the king before continuing the assault
against Black's king. Unfortunately for Black, her pieces are completely tied
up.} Rf7 ({Or} 29... Nxd5 30. Bxd5 Qg6 31. Qe2 Rf7 32. Qxb5+ Rd7 33. Bc6 {
, and White is forcing a won endgame.}) 30. Qa6 $1 Nxd5 ({Or} 30... Rd7 31. Qc6
{, and White wins.}) 31. Qc6+ Kf8 32. Qd6+ Ke8 33. Bxd5 Qe7 34. Qc6+ {and
Black resigned as she will lose her queen.} 1-0

[Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2024.01.18"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "5.5 Gukesh, D."]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "6k1/2r2pp1/r1p3bp/q2p4/Nb1N2Q1/1P2P2P/P2R1PP1/3R2K1 w - - 0 35"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2024.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,97,20,19,19,13,13,13,13,13,58,51,60,44,44,-1,41,10,0,-2,2,19,19,-11,0,
17,32,64,33,51,68,83,64,63,65,62,25,22,16,18,23,-4,17,6,20,15,33,22,0,-11,14,
14,14,14,32,14,24,15,37,2,15,18,30,0,11,6,22,30,31,-28,104,117,125,131,130,128,
128,112,112,110,127,127,128,128,135,135,175,167,175,175,175,197,236,224,295,
215,255,257,271,264] [#]} 35. Nxc6 $1 Rcxc6 36. Rxd5 h5 ({Or} 36... Bc5 37.
Nxc5 Rxc5 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. b4 {and White wins.}) 37. Qf4 Rd6 38. Rxd6 Bxd6 39.
Rxd6 Rxd6 40. Qxd6 {White has won three pawns, and while one will have to be
returned, the endgame is easily won for White.} Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qxf2 42. Nc3 Qc2
43. Qd4 Bd3 44. Nd5 Be4 45. Nf4 g6 46. a4 Bf3 47. Qd3 Qf2 48. e4 Bd1 49. Nxg6 {
and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel Challengers"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2024.01.24"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "5.6 Roebers, Eline"]
[Black "Maurizzi, Marc'Andria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5rk1/6pp/4p3/p1QbN2P/5q2/Pr3P1R/5KP1/4R3 b - - 0 31"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "2024.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,68,20,20,72,67,73,77,85,44,60,21,25,-17,11,1,61,46,59,38,39,18,-10,
-46,24,3,24,14,-4,-14,-14,0,6,0,0,0,0,-22,-50,-58,-66,-55,-58,-37,-51,-58,-87,
-70,-3,-13,-80,-47,-48,-38,-45,-5,-23,-123,-103,-148,-150,-186,-119,-227,-448,
-442,-462,-909,-1243,-29995,-29996] [#]} 31... Rb2+ $1 {The weak spot in
White's camp is the g2-pawn.} 32. Kf1 Qg5 {More pressure against g2.} 33. Qg1 (
{Or} 33. Rh2 Qg3 34. Ng4 Bxf3 {and Black crashes through.}) 33... Qd2 34. Rg3 (
{Or} 34. Rh4 Bxf3 $1 35. gxf3 Rxf3+ 36. Nxf3 Qd3+ 37. Re2 Qxe2#) 34... Bc4+ {
and, facing mate in 2, White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2024.01.24"]
[Round "10.7"]
[White "5.7 Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Black "Ding Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/2p2pp1/2n1q3/1pQ1P2n/3pN1R1/3P1N1P/1P3P2/6K1 w - - 0 34"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[EventDate "2024.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,71,19,19,19,19,19,17,17,-1,4,-3,30,14,20,20,34,-14,-6,-24,-12,-37,-17,
-16,-10,-7,23,-12,42,-41,57,43,48,52,30,35,35,35,35,-4,7,-13,-5,-13,20,20,17,7,
20,20,20,20,15,0,0,0,0,-48,10,10,10,26,16,55,61,85,188,94,79,123,178,193,208,
204] [#]} {The material is even, but Black's position is surprisingly
vulnerable to simple threats.} 34. Rh4 $1 Rd5 ({Or} 34... g6 35. Rxh5 $1 gxh5
36. Nfg5 Qg6 37. h4 Nb8 38. Qxc7 Rf8 39. b4 {and Black's position is
completely paralyzed.}) 35. Qa3 {Threatening Rxh5.} g6 36. Nfg5 ({Black
resigned on account of} 36. Nfg5 Qxe5 37. Qa8+ Nd8 38. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 39. Qxd5 {
, leaving White a piece up.}) 1-0

[Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2024.01.16"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "5.8 Nepomniachtchi, I."]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r2r1k/5pbp/6p1/3N3q/PQ3P2/1P6/2P4P/2KR3R b - - 0 28"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2024.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,112,20,20,34,59,96,73,64,38,32,35,64,35,67,22,36,35,18,19,68,55,69,72,
133,111,79,58,77,85,124,72,74,77,56,48,38,-9,66,65,53,61,136,-12,-34,-46,6,20,
31,17,17,25,10,10,47,52,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,-301,-69,-78,-59,-90,-74,-74,-74,-74,
-88,-70,-106,-116,-89,-90,-90,-90,-112,-112,-120,-94,-83,-98,-92,-92,-127,-76,
-90,-127,-90,-83,-45,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,75,44,4,93,67,89,93,84,50] [#]} 
28... Rxc2+ $3 {Completely unexpected. Now, from being two pawns up, White is
scrambling to survive.} 29. Kxc2 Rc8+ 30. Nc3 $4 ({White should have settled
for the scary-looking but survivable} 30. Kd2 Qxd5+ 31. Ke3 Qg2 32. Qe4 Qh3+
33. Ke2 Qh5+ 34. Ke3 {when Black can take the repetition of moves or play for
more with} f5) 30... Qf3 31. Rd3 Qg2+ 32. Kb1 Qxh1+ 33. Nd1 Qxh2 34. Qd2 Qh4 {
Black has a decisve advantage but somehow, White managed to survive and save
the draw.} 35. Ka2 h5 36. a5 Kh7 37. f5 Qf6 38. fxg6+ fxg6 39. Nb2 Rc5 40. b4
Rf5 41. Nd1 h4 42. Ka3 Rf4 43. Nc3 Rf2 44. Qd1 Rf1 45. Qd2 Qe6 46. Qa2 Qe1 47.
Qc4 Qc1+ 48. Kb3 Rf4 49. Qc7 Rf2 50. Rd7 Qc2+ 51. Ka3 Qc1+ 52. Ka4 Qa1+ 53. Kb5
Qf1+ 54. Ka4 Qa1+ 55. Kb5 Qf1+ 56. Ka4 Qa1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "86th Tata Steel Masters"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2024.01.20"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "5.9 Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Black "Giri, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Hansen"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3k4/3rbpp1/3p3p/1ppR1P2/1P2N1P1/2P4P/PK6/8 w - - 0 34"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2024.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,119,20,20,20,13,13,-4,29,30,35,-1,7,1,0,2,2,7,1,0,57,49,32,30,27,31,
30,25,20,22,19,34,21,26,7,7,12,12,12,-11,28,25,42,25,25,24,36,27,25,30,17,38,
33,40,44,50,35,43,42,55,36,49,31,34,33,69,47,66,56,45,45,46,41,40,38,37,37,35,
36,43,77,43,101,77,43,95,123,67,64,61,132,134,168,45,116,132,135,93,101,93,123,
93,125,120,212,211,202,202,238,238,239,239,239,227,283,482,707,953,1160,1394,
1296,1492] [#]} 34. c4 $1 {This queenside break forces an endgame on the board
that heavily faovrs White.} bxc4 ({Or} 34... cxb4 35. cxb5 {, and White is
winning.}) 35. bxc5 dxc5 36. Rxd7+ Kxd7 37. Kc3 Kc6 38. Kxc4 {The outside pawn
on the a-file as well as White strong knight vs. bad bishop decide the game in
White's favor.} Kb6 39. a4 Kc6 40. Nf2 Bd8 41. Ne4 Be7 42. a5 Bd8 43. a6 Be7
44. Nc3 Bg5 45. Nb5 Be3 46. h4 Kb6 47. a7 Kb7 48. h5 Ka8 49. Kd5 Kb7 50. Kd6 c4
51. Kd5 Bxa7 52. Nxa7 c3 53. Nc6 c2 54. Na5+ Kc7 55. Nb3 Kd7 56. g5 Ke7 57.
gxh6 gxh6 58. Ke5 f6+ 59. Kd5 Kd7 60. Nc1 {and Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch11"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Slonim, Solomon Moisevich"]
[Black "Riumin, Nikolay Nikolaevich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,40,19,26,26,14,17,8,7,7,11,10,9,4,3,-27,-14,-30,-9,0,9,11,-11,-21,23,
-24,-59,-59,-59,-314,-312,-311,-344,-358,-429,-440,-432,-412,-412,-29991,
-29992,-29993,-29994]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {[#]} exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6
bxc6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bg5 Qe7 8. Bd3 Qe5 9. Bd2 d5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Rb8 12.
f4 Qe7 13. exd5 Ba3 14. Na4 Bxb2+ 15. Nxb2 Qa3 16. Qe5 Re8 17. Qd4 c5 18. Qc3
Qxa2 19. Be1 Re2 20. Bxe2 Ne4 {[#]} 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 1"]
[Black "Mate in 2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r4/pkp5/p7/1B6/8/8/8/KR6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 2"]
[Black "Mate in 2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "k2b2r1/p7/8/1N6/B7/8/1R6/7K w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 3"]
[Black "Mate in 2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r5/p1p5/2kn4/K1p5/8/1B3N2/8/1R6 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 4"]
[Black "Mate in 2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "4b3/pkp3q1/8/p1K5/8/7B/8/5Q2 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 5"]
[Black "Mate in 2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2k4q/2p1Kp2/8/8/2Q5/3R4/8/6r1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Problem 6"]
[Black "Mate in 2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Pandolfini"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2kq4/Qnp2K2/8/2P5/8/3N4/8/8 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Brno-A"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8.
Nxa4 Na6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. O-O-O Kc6 13. Nf3 Nxc5
14. Be5 Nxa4 15. Bxg7 Rhc8 16. Kb1 f6 17. Rd4 Nc5 18. Rc1 a5 19. Bh6 b6 20. e4
Nc7 21. Rdc4 N7e6 22. Be3 Kb7 23. b4 axb4 24. Rxb4 Ra4 25. Rxa4 Nxa4 26. Rxc8
Kxc8 27. Kc2 Kc7 28. Nd2 Nac5 29. f3 Kc6 30. Nb1 Nc7 31. Nc3 b5 32. Ne2 e5 33.
Bd2 N7e6 34. Bb4 f5 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Nc3 Nd4+ 37. Kd2 Nce6 38. Nd1 Nf4 39. Ne3
Nd5 40. Bc3 Nxe3 41. Kxe3 Kd5 42. Bxd4 exd4+ 43. Kd3 b4 $4 {Stohl
miscalculated that this would be sufficient to draw, but Black doesn't need to
make any concessions at all.} ({On the surface White has the edge with a
potential outside passed pawn, but Black has the chance to weaken White's
kingside majority.} 43... f4 44. g3 (44. a3 Ke5) 44... fxg3 45. hxg3 h5 (45...
b4 46. g4 Ke5 47. g5 Kf5 48. Kxd4 Kxg5 49. Ke5 h5 50. f4+ Kg6 51. Ke6 Kg7 52.
Kf5 (52. Ke7 Kg6) 52... Kh6 53. Ke6 Kg7) 46. a3 Ke5 47. f4+ (47. Kd2 $11) (47.
Ke2 Kd5 48. Kd2 Kc4 (48... Ke5 $2 49. Kd3 Kd5 50. f4) (48... Kc5 $2 49. Kd3 Kd5
50. f4) 49. f4 b4) 47... Kd5 48. f5 Ke5 49. f6 Kxf6 50. Kxd4 Kf5 {White will
be slower in the race and has to backtrack with} 51. Ke3 Ke5 52. Kf3 $1) (43...
h5 44. g3 b4 45. h3 Kc5 46. g4 fxg4 47. fxg4 hxg4 48. hxg4 Kd5 $11 {produces
the type of variation Black thought he was getting in the game.}) 44. g4 fxg4
45. fxg4 h6 46. h4 Ke5 47. h5 $1 {White scores a one-punch knockout in going
against the grain. The routine approach is to "scorch the earth" on the
kingside and win with a passed pawn on the other side. But Black has extra
time to bring his king back because White's last pawn is a rook pawn.} (47. g5
hxg5 48. hxg5 Kf5 49. Kxd4 Kxg5 50. Kc5 Kf6 51. Kxb4 Ke7 52. Kc5 Kd7 53. Kb6
Kc8 $11) (47. h5 Kf4 (47... Kd5 48. g5) 48. Kxd4 Kxg4 49. Kc4 Kxh5 ({Black can
run back to the corner, but White takes full advantage of leaving a pawn on
the kingside.} 49... Kf5 50. Kxb4 Ke6 51. Kc5 Kd7 52. Kd5) 50. Kxb4 Kg5 51. a4
{and we see the (hopefully) familiar story of a queening rook pawn stopping
it's counterpart on the opther side!}) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch rapid"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikrut, Dariusz"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[Annotator "Benjamin"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.12.18"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Nc3 Bg4 9. Be2 e6 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O Be7 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. d5 exd5
15. Be3 O-O 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Rxd5 Qg6 18. Qxb6 Nb4 19. Qxg6 Bxg6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Bf6 23. Bb3 Kf8 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 b6 26. b3 Ke7 27.
Kf1 Kd6 28. Bc4 Kc5 29. a4 Kb4 30. Ke2 Bc2 31. Nd2 Bc3 32. Bxf7 Bxd2 33. Kxd2
Bxb3 34. Bxb3 Kxb3 {Black has an outside passed pawn, but White has the
potential to liquidate most of the kingside.} 35. f4 {This doesn't hurt
anything, but begins a faulty plan. White could push any of the pawns to the
fourth rank here.} Kxa4 36. f5 $4 (36. g4 Kb5 37. Kd3 Kc5 38. Ke4 b5 39. Kd3
Kd5 40. h4 b4 41. h5 h6 (41... b3 42. h6) 42. g5 {in both case Black will be
left with a rook pawn}) 36... Kb4 37. Kd3 Kc5 38. Ke4 b5 39. g4 b4 40. g5 b3 $4
(40... Kd6 41. Kd4 b3 42. Kc3 Ke5 {was the way to get what Black wanted.}) 41.
Kd3 Kd5 42. g6 $3 {This is rather counterintuitive for experienced players, as
White leaves his opponent with a healthy g-pawn instead of the dreaded h-pawn.
But Black takes so much longer to eat White's pawns that White's king is able
to launch a surprising counterattack.} (42. Kc3 Ke5 43. f6 gxf6 44. gxf6 Kxf6
45. Kxb3 Kg5 46. Kc3 Kh4 47. Kd2 Kxh3 48. Ke2 Kg2 {White's king doesn't get to
the corner.}) 42... hxg6 43. fxg6 Ke5 44. Kc3 Kf5 45. Kxb3 Kxg6 46. Kc4 Kg5 47.
Kd5 Kh4 48. Ke5 Kxh3 49. Kf5 g5 50. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-chT"]
[Site "China"]
[Date "2016.07.24"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "*Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Zhao, Chenxi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2035"]
[Annotator "Kuljasevic"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2016.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zhejiang"]
[BlackTeam "Shenzhen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%evp 0,111,27,21,31,0,35,35,39,28,39,48,33,43,77,64,83,55,84,72,89,82,95,99,
113,99,100,99,124,93,96,95,95,97,97,82,79,69,73,54,147,153,143,125,125,131,131,
131,131,96,102,110,117,100,91,109,106,125,126,130,130,127,130,130,130,123,170,
170,194,196,192,191,156,132,133,141,138,132,194,188,183,109,165,165,168,183,
187,183,190,124,119,62,193,186,184,181,290,211,228,228,479,490,519,459,687,340,
838,933,729,1153,1433,515,29991,29992]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6
5. d4 O-O 6. h3 c6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Bd3 b5 9. O-O b4 10. Na4 Nfd7 11. c5 dxc5 12.
dxc5 a5 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bh4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Bc4
e6 19. Rd3 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Bxd7 21. Rfd1 Bc8 22. Bd8 Qb8 23. Bb6 Ra8 24. Rd8 Bf6
25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rd6 Be7 27. Qe3 Bxd6 28. cxd6 Kg8 29. Bc5 Bd7 30. Qxh6 Qf8
31. Qg5 Qg7 32. e5 a4 33. Bxb4 Rb8 34. Bc3 c5 35. Qe7 a3 36. Qxd7 axb2 37. Bxb2
Rxb2 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qxc5 Qh6 40. Qe3 Qh4 41. g4 Qd8 42. Qa7 Kg8 43. a4 Rb1+
44. Kh2 Qg5 45. Qe3 Qd8 46. Bb5 Qa8 47. d7 Qd5 48. Bc6 Qd1 {[#] Kuljasevic:
'White has a powerful pawn on the seventh rank. Yet, the mating attack against
his king could obstruct his attempts to promote it. To solve this problem,
Ding conceived a brilliant solution:'} 49. Kg3 $1 Kg7 50. Qf4 Rb3+ 51. Kh4 $3
Rd3 52. Kg5 $1 Kg8 (52... Qd2 53. Qxd2 Rxd2 54. a5 Kf8 55. a6 Ke7 56. a7) 53.
Qf6 Qc1+ 54. f4 Qd2 (54... Qxc6 55. d8=Q+ Rxd8 56. Qxd8+ Kg7 57. Qf6+ Kf8 58.
Kh6) 55. h4 Rd4 (55... Rxd7 56. Kh6 Kf8 57. Bxd7 Qxd7 58. Qh8+ Ke7 59. Kg7 $1 {
and Qf8+ follows}) 56. Kh6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Candidates 2020"]
[Site "Yekaterinburg RUS"]
[Date "2020.03.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "*Ding Liren"]
[Black "Caruana, F."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "Kuljasevic / JW"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "Chess Life 04.2024"]
[SourceDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2024.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,117,28,15,23,2,25,37,21,21,21,-5,6,0,9,-12,-12,-12,-6,-6,71,58,71,72,
73,57,99,116,158,110,216,114,181,181,218,122,209,175,164,164,162,108,108,108,
97,97,125,125,140,140,143,154,159,118,104,104,106,109,85,128,128,115,129,110,
125,127,152,149,236,236,226,243,251,253,261,275,267,300,273,278,317,252,240,
303,354,351,359,321,321,315,326,326,366,384,498,467,482,500,497,550,550,560,
560,579,579,568,583,581,581,578,578,578,872,1280,1412,610,742,772,809,629]} {
'DK' indicates a note by Kuljasevic.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4
5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4 O-O 9. Kf2 {[#] A position well-known to
theory. Here Caruana produced a dangerous novelty.} e5 $5 {Quite a shock.
Kuljasevic points out that Ding had lost two games in a row, and now faced the
depressing task of trying to outplay Caruana's always deep, computer-asisted
preparation. He succeeds brilliantly, despite having to consider multiple
tempting options on almost every move.} 10. Nxe5 ({DK:} 10. e4 {was a sharper
possibility. It is understandable that Ding avoided it because} exd4 11. Na2
Bc5 {leads to the kind of position where he would be at a great disadvantage
against the opponent's engine analysis. For example,} 12. b4 (12. exf5 b5)
12... b5 13. bxc5 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Be6 15. Be2 Nxe4+ $1 16. fxe4 d3 {with
compensation for the piece in both cases.}) 10... Bc2 $1 11. Qd2 (11. Qxc2
Qxd4+ 12. e3 Qxe5 $11) 11... c5 {DK: Black continues making unpleasant pawn
moves that complicate White's development. Ding had another big decision to
make.} 12. d5 {DK: You have to be brave to play this move in such
circumstances. In such a situation, 1'd probably opt for the safer alternative
12.e3.} Bb3 13. e4 Re8 14. Qf4 $1 {DK: Ding must have prepared this risky
queen move before going 12.d5 because it is the only one that holds his
position together.} (14. Nc4 $2 Rxe4 $1) 14... c4 $1 {DK: Another strong move
blitzed out by Caruana, indicating he'd had this position on his computer
screen before the game.} 15. Nxc4 Nbd7 {[#] Caruana has full compensation for
two sacrificed pawns due to White's vulnerable king and awkwardly placed queen.
White's predicament would have been even worse if his two extra pawns were not
creating a central barrier for the black pieces. In a tricky situation, Ding
keeps searching for the truth and finding the best resources to keep the
position under control.} 16. Be3 $1 {DK: Now Black had dangerous compensation
for two pawns, but the Chinese super-GM managed to gradually neutralize
Black's counterplay and secure the point...Trusting himself in a difficult
psychological situation paid off, and that is infinitely more important than a
point in the tournament crosstable!} Nf8 $1 {Still making best moves.} 17. Bd4
Ng6 $6 {Kuljasevic points out that Caruana should have started with} (17... Rc8
18. Ne3 {, which makes it impossible for the queen to go to c1 after} Ng6 {
, leading to sharp dynamically balanced positions.}) 18. Qf5 $2 {DK: 'That's
the move you make quickly when pressed by the clock.' The engine finds} (18.
Qc1 $1 Rc8 19. Nd2 $1 {, tempting sacrifices on e4 and/or d5 which are indeed
dangerous, but not sufficient versus accurate defense.}) 18... Bxc4 19. Bxc4
Qc7 20. Be2 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kf1 {Black has compensation now.} h6 $2 (
22... Re5 $1 23. Qh3 Qb4 24. Rb1 Nf4 25. Qg3 N6h5 26. Qe1 f5 {is messy and
dynamically balanced.}) 23. Rd1 Qb6 $6 (23... a6 $1) 24. Rd2 Qe3 25. Rc2 a6 26.
Qh3 b5 27. Qg3 b4 $6 (27... Rec8 $1) 28. Nd1 Qb3 29. Rd2 Qxa4 30. Qf2 Qd7 31.
g3 $1 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 a5 33. Qd4 Nh5 34. Nf2 Qd7 35. f4 {Astonishly
well-calculated moves have avoided all tricks and brought Ding to a winning
position.} Nhxf4 $5 {Otherwise White's pawns roll forward.} 36. gxf4 Nxf4 37.
Kf1 Qd6 38. Rg1 f6 39. Bb5 Re7 40. b3 {and White went on to win; a still
easier path would have been} (40. Ng4 $1 Kh8 41. Ne3) 40... Rf8 41. Rc2 Ne6 42.
Qe3 Ng5 43. h4 Nf7 44. Rc6 Qb8 45. Qc5 Qd8 46. Rxf6 Kh8 47. Rf5 Rc7 48. Bc6 a4
49. bxa4 b3 50. Rg3 b2 51. Rb3 Nd6 52. Rxf8+ Qxf8 53. Rxb2 Qf4 54. Rb8+ Kh7 55.
Qc2 Re7 56. e5+ Nf5 57. Qe4 Qc1+ 58. Kg2 g6 59. Rb3 1-0

