[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.08.31"]
[Round "7.61"]
[White "Dotsenko, Sergey"]
[Black "Rupel, David G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2188"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[Annotator "David Rupel"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Qc7 $5 {An idea I picked from GM Jonathan Speelman.
Interestingly, it appears only 11 times in the Chessbase database of more than
5 million games through 2011 and one of them is mine (Roiz Baztan - Rupel,
Oviedo 2007.)} 4. e5 c5 {Varying from 4...Bf5 which I played in my loss in
Oviedo.} 5. dxc5 Qxe5+ 6. Be2 Qd4 7. Ngf3 {was played quickly. The logical
alternative, 7.Nb3, would save the pawn but would force a trade of queens.}
Qxc5 8. O-O Nf6 9. c4 e6 10. Nb3 Qd6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nbd4 Be7 13. Nb5 Qd8 14.
Qd4 a6 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bf6 17. Qb3 Nc6 {Black stands better as he has
consolidated and White does not have enough for his pawn deficit.} 18. Be3 O-O
19. Bb6 Qd5 20. Bc4 Qh5 21. Qc2 e5 22. Rad1 Bf5 23. Qe2 e4 24. Ne1 Qxe2 25.
Bxe2 Bxb2 $19 26. Nc2 Rfc8 27. Ne3 Be6 28. Nc4 Ne5 $2 {Among several better
alternative, Black can play 28...Nb4.} 29. Nxb2 Rc2 30. Bd4 Nc6 31. Bc4 Nxd4
32. Rxd4 Rxb2 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. a4 Rc8 35. Rxe4 Rc6 36. h4 a5 37. Rd1 Rb4 $4 {
37...b5 is indicated when Black still retains good chances for the full point.}
38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Rd7+ Kf6 40. Rxb4 axb4 41. Rxb7 Rc4 42. g3 b3 43. a5 Ra4 44.
Rb5 b2 45. Kg2 Rxa5 46. Rxb2 Ra3 47. Rb8 h5 48. Rf8+ Ke7 {Even without the
e-pawn, the position is drawn. But after my 37th, I could hardly blame him for
trying!} 49. Rf4 g6 50. Rb4 Kf6 51. Rb5 Rc3 52. Ra5 Rb3 53. Ra8 Rc3 54. Rf8+
Kg7 55. Rf4 Ra3 56. Rc4 Ra6 57. Rc5 Ra3 58. Rg5 Kf6 59. Rb5 Rc3 60. Rb4 Ra3 61.
Rf4+ Kg7 62. Kf1 Ra2 63. Ke1 Rb2 64. Rf3 Ra2 65. Kf1 Rb2 66. Kg2 Ra2 67. Rb3
Ra4 68. Kf3 Kf6 69. Ke3 Rc4 70. Rb8 Ra4 71. Rf8+ Ke7 72. Rf4 Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.09.01"]
[Round "8.64"]
[White "Rupel, David G"]
[Black "Savinov, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[Annotator "David Rupel"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. c3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Na3 Bd6 8.
Bxd6 cxd6 9. Qb4 Ke7 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qa4 Re8 12. Nc2 Kf8 13. O-O Kg8 {Although
Black has taken four moves to castle by hand, the game is roughly equal as
White's pieces are not well posted for the attack.} 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Rac1 b5 16.
Qa3 Qc7 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. Qb3 Na5 19. Qd1 Nc4 20. Re2 g6 21. b3 Nb6 22. Qd2 Kg7
23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. fxg4 e5 25. f3 e4 26. fxe4 Qxg4 27. Rce1 dxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4
29. Rxe4 Qd7 30. Rh4 h5 31. Qg5 Rh8 32. c4 bxc4 33. bxc4 Qc7 34. Rf4 Nd7 $4 {
White stands better but Black can fight on with 34...Qd8.} 35. Qe7 Rf8 36. Rf6
$1 Nxf6 37. Qxc7 Re8 38. Qxd6 {As a point of interest, I observed several
Russian players fighting on in similarly hopeless positions.} Re1+ 39. Kf2 Rd1
40. Ke2 Rg1 41. Qc6 h4 42. c5 Nh5 43. Be4 h3 44. gxh3 Nf4+ 45. Kd2 Nxh3 46.
Qxa6 Rg4 47. Ke3 Ng5 48. Bd5 Rg1 49. Kd3 1-0

[Event "M.Botvinnik Memorial 2012"]
[Site "St. Petersburg, Russia"]
[Date "2012.09.02"]
[Round "9.47"]
[White "Donskov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Rupel, David G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[Annotator "David Rupel"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.08.25"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 g6 4. h4 h5 5. Nf3 {Against this line, the more usual
square for this knight is h3.} Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. c3 Nd7 9. g3 Nh6
10. Nf1 Nf5 11. Ne3 Nxe3 12. Bxe3 b5 13. a4 a6 14. b3 c5 15. O-O c4 16. bxc4
bxc4 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. f3 Qa5 19. Qd2 Rb8 20. g4 hxg4 {Better is 20...Bd3 21.
Bxd3 cxd3 and if 22.Qxd3 hxg4 and Black stands well.} 21. fxg4 Bxg5 22. Bxg5
Be4 23. Ra3 Qb6 24. Ra2 Rh7 25. a5 Qa7 26. Qe3 Qb7 27. Bd1 Qb1 28. Rd2 Qb5 29.
h5 gxh5 30. gxh5 Nf8 $2 {I was nervous about my young adversary's advantage on
time. But this is too panicky. Grabbing the a-pawn with the queen would have
been a better attempt to complicate.} 31. Ra2 Qb1 $4 {Overlooking White's
obvious reply. I should have admitted my previous move was a mistake and
played 33...Nd7 with some survival chances.} 32. Ba4+ 1-0

[Event "WA Challengers' Cup"]
[Site "Seattle, WA"]
[Date "2012.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sinanan, Joshua"]
[Black "Sang, Tian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2248"]
[BlackElo "2213"]
[Annotator "Dubisch,Ralph"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2
Ne4 9. Rb1 Qe7 10. b4 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. c5 Bc7 13. Bf4 Bxf4 (13... e5 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 f4 17. e4 fxe3 18. Qxe3 Bf5 19. Rb2 {and
White keeps his extra pawn.}) 14. gxf4 Nf6 15. a4 a6 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Bd7
18. b6 Be8 19. Ra1 Rb8 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Nd3 (21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qh3 {and by
preventing the bad black bishop from gaining an active role on h5, combined
with the advanced outpost on a7, White can claim a clear advantage.}) 21... Bh5
22. f3 h6 23. Ra7 Kh8 24. Rfa1 Rg8 25. Qd2 g5 26. fxg5 e5 27. dxe5 (27. gxh6 $5
exd4 28. Nf4 Bf7 29. Qxd4+ Kh7 30. Rc1 {and White should maintain some extra
material.}) 27... Nxc5 28. g6 Qf8 29. Nf4 Bxg6 30. e6 (30. Qc3 $5) 30... Qf6 {
Diagram #} 31. Nxd5 (31. Rc1 Nb3 32. Qc3 Qxc3 33. Rxc3 Nd4 34. e3 Nb5 35. Rb3
Nxa7 $6 (35... Nd6 36. Kf2 Kg7 {with a small edge to White looks safer.}) 36.
bxa7 Ra8 37. Rxb7 Be8 (37... h5 38. h4 (38. Rb8 Kg7 $1)) 38. Kf2 Rg7 39. e7 {
and White appears to be winning.}) 31... Qg7 32. Nf4 ({An alternative to the
exchange sacrifice was} 32. Qc3 cxd5 (32... Nxe6 33. Qxg7+ Rxg7 34. Ra8 Rgg8
35. Rxb8 Rxb8 36. Ne7 {is unclear}) (32... Qxc3 33. Nxc3 Nxe6 34. Kf2) 33. Qxc5
f4 {and Black certainly has enough compensation to recover the pawn e6.}) 32...
Nb3 33. Qe1 Nxa1 34. Rxa1 (34. Qxa1 $5 Qxa1+ 35. Rxa1 Kg7 36. Ra7 Kf6 {looks
like an interesting endgame.}) 34... Ra8 35. Rd1 $6 ({Now both of Black's
active rooks will participate in the attack. Probably necessary was:} 35. Rxa8
{The idea is to gain a tempo to play Qb4 before the black bishop has favorably
retreated to e8, and incidentally to reduce that g-file battery in the process.
} Rxa8 36. Qb4 {with at least some compensation for the exchange.}) 35... Be8
36. Qb4 c5 $1 37. Qxc5 $2 {Diagram #} Ra4 $1 {And now it's all over.} 38. e4
fxe4 39. fxe4 Rxe4 40. Rd2 {White resigned without waiting for...} Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "WA Challengers' Cup"]
[Site "Seattle, WA"]
[Date "2012.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Collyer, Curt"]
[Black "Lee, Megan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[BlackElo "2128"]
[Annotator "Dubisch,Ralph"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 c6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Bg2 e6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. h3
h6 9. e3 Qc7 10. Qe2 Bh7 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 e5 14. Ne1 Rfe8 15.
Nd3 Bf8 16. Rae1 Nc5 17. f4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Nd7 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. d4 Nd7 21. e5
f6 22. Nf3 Kh8 23. Nh4 Bb4 24. Rd1 fxe5 25. Rf7 Re7 26. Rxe7 Bxe7 27. dxe5 Nc5
28. Qg4 {Diagram #} Bxh4 (28... Nd3 29. Ng6+ Bxg6 30. Qxg6 Nxe5 (30... Nxb2 $4
31. Be4 Kg8 32. Rf1 {mates.}) 31. Qf5 (31. Bxe5 $6 Qxe5 32. Be4 Kg8 33. Rf1 Bf6
) 31... Bf6 32. Be4 Kg8 {and White has the bishop-pair and aggressively posted
pieces for the invested pawn.}) 29. Qxh4 Nd3 (29... Ne6 $5 {The blockade
square is nearly perfect for the knight, though with the bishop-pair, passed
e-pawn, and activity, White can still claim an edge.}) 30. Bc3 (30. Rxd3 $6
Bxd3 31. e6 Kh7 {Although the bishop-pair and a pawn are often thought to
provide good compensation for the exchange, here White lacks one key
ingredient.}) 30... Re8 31. Kh2 {Diagram #} Qe7 $6 (31... Nxe5 $2 32. Re1 Qb8 (
32... Kg8 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. Qc4+ Kh8 35. Qf4) (32... Bg8 33. Qf4) 33. Qd4 {is
winning for White.}) (31... Re7 $6 32. Rf1 $1 Nxe5 $2 33. Rf8+ Bg8 34. Qf4 {
when White's threats are worth more than the pawn.}) (31... b5 $5) 32. Qxe7
Rxe7 33. Bf1 Nc5 34. Rd8+ Bg8 35. Bb4 {Diagram #} (35. Bc4 Ne6 36. Rc8 c5 37.
b4 b6 38. bxc5 bxc5 {and though it's not at all hard for White to score a
healthy extra pawn, the likely opposite-color bishops certainly complicate the
technical process of using it to win.}) 35... Rd7 ({Relatively best is} 35...
Rxe5 36. Bxc5 Rxc5 37. Bc4 Rxc4 38. bxc4 Kh7 {when White still faces some
challenges to convert the material edge.}) 36. Rxg8+ Kxg8 37. Bc4+ Kh7 38. Bxc5
b6 39. Bd6 b5 40. Bd3+ g6 41. Be4 1-0

[Event "USCL Wk 8 Seattle vs Carolina"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akobian-SEA"]
[Black "Schroer-CAR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. O-O Qc8 13. Rb1 axb4 14. axb4 Qb7 15. Qc2
Rc8 16. Rfc1 b5 17. Ra1 Rca8 18. Qb2 Bd8 19. Nd2 Bc7 20. Rxa6 Rxa6 21. Bxc7
Qxc7 22. Ra1 Rxa1+ 23. Qxa1 e5 24. Qa8+ Nb8 25. Nf3 exd4 26. Nxd4 Nfd7 27. f4
g6 28. g4 Nf8 29. Nce2 Kg7 30. Kf2 h6 31. h4 g5 32. Nf5+ Kh7 33. Qa1 Ne6 34.
Qf6 gxf4 35. Nxf4 d4 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. Nxd4 1-0

[Event "USCL Wk 8 Seattle vs Carolina"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jones-CAR"]
[Black "Feng-SEA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. a3 Nf6 2. b4 e6 3. Bb2 Be7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. c4 Bb7 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bc4 Bxc4 12. Rxc4 c5 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. d4 Qd5
15. Qc2 Ne4 16. O-O Nd6 17. Rc7 Rfc8 18. Rc1 Bd8 19. Rc6 h6 20. Ne5 Bf6 21. Nd7
Rxc6 22. Qxc6 Kh7 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Rc7 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 27. a4
Nd6 28. Bc3 Nc4 29. Kf1 Kg6 30. Ke2 f5 31. f3 Kf6 32. Be1 Nb2 33. a5 bxa5 34.
Bxa5 Nc4 35. Bc3 a5 36. Kd3 a4 37. e4 fxe4+ 38. fxe4 Ke6 39. g4 a3 40. exd5+
Kxd5 41. h4 a2 42. Ba1 f6 43. Bc3 Nd6 44. Ba1 Ne4 45. Ke3 Nd6 46. Kf4 Kc4 47.
d5 Kxd5 48. Bxf6 Nb5 49. Ke3 Kc4 50. Ba1 Na3 51. Kd2 Kd5 52. g5 h5 53. Kc3 Ke6
54. g6 Nb5+ 55. Kb3 Nd6 56. Kxa2 Nf5 57. g7 Kf7 58. Bf6 Nh6 59. Bd4 Kg6 60. Kb3
Kf7 61. Kc4 Ke6 62. Kc5 Ng8 63. Kc6 Ne7+ 64. Kc7 Kf7 65. Kd7 Nf5 66. Bf6 Nh6
67. Bc3 Ng4 68. Bd4 Nh2 69. Kd6 Nf3 70. Bf6 Nd2 71. Ke5 Nf3+ 72. Kf5 Nxh4+ 73.
Kg5 Ng2 74. Kh6 Kg8 75. Kxh5 Nf4+ 76. Kg5 Ne6+ 77. Kg6 Nxg7 78. Bxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USCL Wk 9 Seattle vs San Francisco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akobian-SEA"]
[Black "Bhat-SF"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Dubisch,Ralph"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 Nf6 8.
e3 e6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 Nc5 12. b4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qc2 Bd7
15. b5 f5 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Rd1 Qf5 18. Qc7 b6 19. Be2 Qc5 20. Qb7 Qd5 21. Qa6
Rc8 22. Bc3 Qc5 23. Bd4 Qb4+ 24. Kf2 Rc7 {Diagram #} (24... Rc2 $1 25. Qxa7
Bxb5 26. Rhe1 Bxe2 27. Qb8+ (27. Rxe2 $2 Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Qc4+ 29. Ke1 Bb4+ 30.
Kf2 Qc2+ 31. Kg3 Qxd1 $19) 27... Kf7 28. Qb7+ Ke8 (28... Be7 29. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 30.
Kxe2 Qc4+ 31. Ke1 Qxa2 32. Qxe4 b5 $13) 29. Qb8+ Kf7 $11) 25. Rc1 $1 Bc8 26.
Rxc7 Bxa6 27. bxa6 Bd6 28. Rc8+ Kf7 29. Rxh8 Bxf4 30. Rc1 e5 31. Rc7+ Kg6 32.
Bc3 Qb1 33. Rg8 Bxe3+ 34. Kxe3 Qc1+ 35. Kxe4 Qc2+ 36. Bd3 Qxg2+ 37. Kxe5+ Kh6
38. Rgxg7 Qxh2+ 39. Kd5 Qh5+ 40. Be5 Qh1+ 41. Kd6 1-0

[Event "USCL Wk 9 Seattle vs San Francisco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kraai-SF"]
[Black "Orlov-SEA"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[Annotator "Dubisch,Ralph"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Qc7 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Rad1 b5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qd6 Qb7 14. Nd2 Nf4 {
Diagram #} 15. Nb3 (15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Qxf4 $14) 15... Nxe2+ 16. Rxe2 a5 (16...
b4 $6 17. Na5 $1 Qb8 (17... Qa6 18. Qxb4 Rb8 19. Qa4 $1 (19. Qa3 Re8 20. b4 Bf8
$44) 19... Rxb2 $6 20. Red2 Nb6 21. Qa3 $18) 18. Qxb8 Nxb8 19. Na4 $16) 17.
Red2 Re8 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Qxc5 Be6 20. a4 b4 21. Ne2 b3 22. c3 Qa6 23. Bg5 Bf8
24. Qe3 Qc4 25. Bf6 Bg4 26. h3 Bxe2 27. Qxe2 Qxa4 28. Rd7 Qb5 29. Qf3 (29. Qxb5
cxb5 30. R1d5 $11) 29... Qc4 30. Rb7 a4 31. Rdd7 {Diagram #} a3 32. bxa3 Rab8
33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Bxe5 Qe6 35. Bxb8 Qxd7 36. c4 b2 37. Qb3 Qd2 0-1

[Event "USCL Wk 9 Seattle vs San Francisco"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wheeler-SF"]
[Black "Feng-SEA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2204"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. d3 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. a3 a6 8. Nge2 d6
9. O-O Ba7 10. b4 Rb8 11. Rb1 Ne7 12. a4 Be6 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 c6 15. Qb3
Nd7 16. d4 Nb6 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Bg4 19. f3 Bh5 20. Kh1 Nd7 21. Na4 Nc5 22.
Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Nc3 Bg6 24. Ra1 f5 25. Na4 b6 26. Bd2 Bf7 27. Nc3 Qd7 28. e4 fxe4
29. fxe4 Bd4 30. Rae1 Bg6 31. Nb1 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Qg4 33. Qf3 Qxf3 34. Bxf3 Rc8
35. Na3 Bc3 36. Nb1 Bxd2 37. Nxd2 Rc2 38. Rd1 Kf7 39. Be2 Ng8 40. Bd3 Rc3 41.
Bb1 Nf6 42. Kg1 Ke7 43. Re1 Rc5 44. Bd3 Nxd5 45. Nc4 Nb4 46. Bf1 Nc2 47. Rb1
Bxe4 48. Nxb6 Nd4 49. Rb2 Rc1 50. Kf2 Kd8 51. Bc4 Kc7 52. Nd5+ Kb7 53. Ne3 Nc2
54. Bd5+ Bxd5 55. Nxd5 Na3 56. Ne7 Rc7 57. Nc6 Nxb5 58. Nxe5 dxe5 59. Rxb5+ Kc6
60. Rxe5 Kd6 61. Re2 Rf7+ 62. Kg2 Rf5 63. g4 Re5 64. Ra2 Ke6 65. Kf3 Kf6 66. h4
Re6 67. Ra5 Re5 68. Ra6+ Re6 69. Ra4 g6 70. Ra7 Rb6 71. Ra4 Rb3+ 72. Kf4 g5+
73. hxg5+ hxg5+ 74. Ke4 Rb6 75. Kd5 Rb5+ 76. Kd4 Rb6 77. Rc4 Rd6+ 78. Ke4 Re6+
79. Kf3 Rd6 80. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USCL Wk 10 Los Angeles vs Seattle"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kavutskiy-LA"]
[Black "Collyer-SEA"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A59"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. d4 b6 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nd2 e6 4. Ngf3 d6 5. Bd3 Nd7 6. O-O g6 7. Qe2 a6 8. a4
Bg7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ng3 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qb8 14. Qe3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nb4 16. Bb1 Rc8 17. Qd2 a5 18. h4 Rc4 19. Ra3 Qc7 20. Rc3 Rc8 21. Rec1
Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Qb8 23. h5 Rxc3 24. bxc3 Nc6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Nh2 Ba6 27. Ng4
Bc4 28. Bh6 Qf8 29. Bxg7 Qxg7 30. Ne3 Bb3 31. Bc2 Bxc2 32. Qxc2 Qh6 33. Qb3 Qg5
34. Qa3 Qe7 35. Qb3 Qd8 36. f4 Qh4 37. Nef1 Qxf4 38. Qc4 Ncb8 39. Qc7 Kf8 40.
Qb7 Ke7 41. Ne2 Qg4 42. Kf2 f5 43. exf5 Qxf5+ 44. Kg1 d5 45. Qc8 Qf8 46. Qc7
Qf6 47. Nf4 Na6 48. Qb7 Qxf4 49. Qxa6 Kd6 50. Qd3 Nf6 51. Qb5 Kc7 52. Qe2 Ne4
53. Qc2 Kb7 54. Qb2 Ka7 55. Qc2 g5 56. c4 dxc4 57. Qxc4 g4 58. Qe2 g3 59. Qf3
Qxf3 60. gxf3 Nd6 61. Nxg3 b5 62. axb5 a4 63. Ne2 Nxb5 64. Kf2 a3 65. Nc1 Nxd4
66. Ke3 Nb5 67. Ke4 Kb6 68. Ke5 Kc5 69. Kxe6 Nd4+ 70. Ke5 Nxf3+ 71. Ke4 Ne1 72.
Ke3 Kc4 73. Kd2 Nf3+ 74. Kc2 Nd4+ 75. Kb1 Kc3 76. Na2+ Kb3 77. Nc1+ Ka4 78. Nd3
Nb5 79. Kc2 Nd4+ 80. Kb1 Kb3 81. Nc1+ Kc3 82. Na2+ Kd2 83. Nb4 Nb5 84. Nc2 Nc3+
85. Ka1 a2 86. Nb4 Kc1 87. Nxa2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USCL Wk 10 Los Angeles vs Seattle"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.11.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sinanan-SEA"]
[Black "Yanayt-LA"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2263"]
[BlackElo "2339"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Qa5 8. h3
Qa6 9. b3 b5 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Rfc8 13. e4 bxc4 14. Nxc4 d5 15.
Ne3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 e6 18. Nc4 Rd8 19. Rfc1 Rab8 20. Qe1 c5 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22. dxc5 Bxb2 23. Nxb2 Qd5 24. Qe3 Ne5 25. Rc3 Nc6 26. Rd1 Nd4 27. f4
f6 28. Rcd3 e5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Nc4 Qxc5 31. Nxe5 Ne2+ 32. Kf2 Qxe3+ 33. Kxe3
Rxd3+ 34. Rxd3 Nxg3 35. Kf4 Nf5 36. Rd7 a6 37. Ng4 Kh8 38. Nf6 Ng7 39. Ra7 Rb4+
40. Ke5 Rb5+ 41. Ke4 Rb4+ 42. Kd5 Rb8 43. Rxa6 Rf8 44. Ra7 h5 45. Ke5 g5 46.
Rd7 Rb8 47. a4 g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. Rd3 Rf8 50. b4 Ra8 51. a5 Rb8 52. a6 Rb5+
53. Rd5 Rxb4 54. Rd8+ Ne8 55. Rxe8+ Kg7 56. a7 Ra4 57. a8=Q Rxa8 58. Rxa8 g3
59. Rg8+ Kh6 60. Kf5 g2 61. Rg6# 1-0

[Event "Southern Idaho Open"]
[Site "Twin Falls, ID"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Hanson, Cindy"]
[Black "Gorman, Cody Austin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1058"]
[BlackElo "1383"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2012.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Bxe4 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
Bc3 Nf6 9. Ng5 Bg6 10. Bc4 h6 11. Nf3 d5 12. Bb5 Qd6 13. Ne5 Bh5 14. f3 O-O 15.
Nxc6 a6 16. Bb4 Qf4 17. Bd2 Qh4+ 18. g3 Qh3 19. Bf1 Qf5 20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Nxf5
exf5 22. Be3 Rfe8 23. Qd3 Bxf3 24. Rg1 Ng4 25. Kd2 Nxh2 26. Qxf5 Be4 27. Qh5
Nf3+ 28. Kc3 c5 29. Bd3 cxd4+ 30. Bxd4 Rec8+ 31. Kb4 Nxd4 32. Ka3 Nb5+ 33. Kb4
Nd4 34. Rac1 b5 35. b3 a5+ 36. Ka3 b4+ 37. Kb2 a4 38. Bxe4 axb3 39. cxb3 Re8
40. Rc7 Rxe4 41. Rg2 Nb5 42. Rc6 Nc3 43. Rxh6+ gxh6 44. Qxh6+ Kg8 45. Kc2 Rxa2+
46. Kd3 Rxg2 47. Qg5+ Kf8 48. Qd8+ Re8 49. Qd6+ Kg7 50. Qxb4 Rxg3+ 51. Kd2 Re2+
0-1

[Event "Southern Idaho Open"]
[Site "Twin Falls, ID"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gretchanei, Petro"]
[Black "Leano, Bryan B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "1692"]
[BlackElo "1752"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.11.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a4 e6 6. Nb5 d5 7. e5 Nge7 8. Nd6+
Kf8 9. Ng5 f6 10. Ngf7 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Nxh8 fxe5 13. Nxg6+ Nxg6 14. Be2
exf4 15. O-O Kg8 16. Bh5 e5 17. c4 d4 18. d3 Nb4 19. Qe2 Bf5 20. Rd1 Qd8 21.
Bf3 Qe7 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Nc2 24. Rb1 Kh8 25. Bd2 Rg8 26. Rf1 Bh6 27. Rf2
Qg7 28. Nd6 Ne3 29. Qxb7 Qxb7 30. Nxb7 Nh4 31. Nxc5 Ng4 32. Re2 f3 33. Bxh6
fxe2 34. Bd2 Ne3 35. Ne4 Rxg2+ 36. Kh1 Nf3 0-1

[Event "APCT 1983"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1983.10.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Niro, Frank"]
[Black "Foust, Mike"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Nb6 7. O-O e6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. Qd4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc2 13. Qxg7 Bf6 14. Qg4
Nxa1 15. Re1+ Be7 16. Bg5 Rg8 17. Bxe7 Rxg4 18. Bc5+ Kd7 19. Bxg4+ f5 20. Bxf5#
1-0

[Event "Boston, MA"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1988.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ascolese, Paul"]
[Black "Niro, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nge2 c6 8. O-O e5
9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Nh5 11. Qd2 f4 12. exf4 exf4 13. gxf4 Bh6 14. Qd3 Ndf6 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qh4 17. Bc1 Bh3 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21.
Qe3 Re4 0-1

[Event "Greenwich, CT"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Niro, Frank"]
[Black "Burnett, Ron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. e5 Nh6 8. O-O O-O
9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Be4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Ra7 13. Be3 Rc7 14. Rad1 Qe8 15.
Nd5 Qc6 16. Ng5 Rb7 17. Kh1 Nf5 18. g4 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 h6 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 21. Ne4
c4 22. Nc5 Rc7 23. e6 Bxb2 24. exf7+ Rxf7 25. Ne6 Rc8 26. Rd7 Ba3 27. Rfd1 Kh7
28. Nd5 c3 29. g5 hxg5 30. Nxg5+ Kg7 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Nxc3 Nb8 33. R7d3
1/2-1/2

[Event "PCC Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sean O'Connell"]
[Black "Jason Cigan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Annotator "Jason Cigan"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2012.11.13"]

1. b3 {Sean had beaten me with a double fianchetto earlier in the year. I had
seized the centre classically with ...d5, ...c5, ...Nc6, ...Nf6 that time,
which is exactly what players who play hypermodern systems usually want! This
time I decided to mix things up.} g6 {A quirky response. 1... e5 and 1... d5
are the solid choices.} 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e4 (3. Bxf6 {looks principled.}) 3... Bg7
4. e5 Nd5 5. c4 Nb6 6. f4 ({At the board I feared} 6. c5 Nd5 7. Bc4 {, but
Black is doing fine after} Nf4 8. g3 Ne6 {, as} 9. Bxe6 dxe6 {is no problem.})
6... d6 7. d4 {Chess is full of surprises. Here we are in the Four Pawns
Attack of Alekhine's Defense, but with both dark-squared bishops already
fianchettoed! This favors Black, as his counterplay against White's center is
now greatly enhanced.} dxe5 8. fxe5 c5 {The most incisive.} 9. d5 e6 $1 {The
point of Black's play--d5 is hanging and the queen has her sights on h4.} 10.
Nf3 {One of several ways to lose a pawn.} exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13.
Nc4 O-O 14. Qd2 ({The knight will never get to the d6 square, as} 14. Nd6 Nxe5
{loses.}) 14... Bg4 15. Be2 Ndb4 16. O-O Qxd2 17. Ncxd2 Nxe5 {This was the
principled way to play, but now White will develop a nagging initiative for
the two pawns. This seems to be a recurring theme in my games...} 18. Bxe5 Bxe5
19. Nxe5 Bxe2 20. Rf2 Bb5 21. Ne4 b6 22. Nd6 Nd3 23. Nxd3 (23. Rxf7 $1 {looked
best to me. Now White gets a pawn back and still will keep better-placed
pieces. Black is better but there is a lot of work to do.}) 23... Bxd3 24. Rd1
Ba6 25. Re1 {I am not sure if White had anything better. Here it seems that
his temporary initiative has dried up, and Black can consolidate.} Rad8 26. Ne4
f5 27. Ng5 Rfe8 $19 {Black has a won position. I was in mild time-pressure
still, with about fifteen minutes left now, so some focus was still needed.}
28. Rc1 h6 29. Nf3 Re2 30. h4 Rde8 31. Rd1 Rxf2 32. Kxf2 Re2+ 33. Kg3 Bb5 34.
Rd8+ Kf7 35. Rh8 Rxa2 36. Kf4 (36. Rxh6 $2 Kg7 {and White must resign.}) 36...
Kg7 37. Ra8 Kf6 38. Rf8+ Kg7 39. Rc8 Rxg2 40. Rc7+ Kf6 {I have made the time
control.} 41. Ne1 g5+ 42. hxg5+ hxg5+ 43. Kf3 Re2 44. Ng2 Rb2 45. Ne3 g4+ 46.
Nxg4+ {At this point I triumphantly played Be2+. After a pause, Sean politely
pointed out that my king was in check. Fortunately time was no longer an issue,
and touchmove did not apply, as the bishop cannot move (I am in check, you
see!).} fxg4+ 47. Kxg4 Rxb3 {The rest is straightforward.} 48. Rxa7 Be2+ 49.
Kf4 c4 50. Rc7 c3 51. Rc6+ Ke7 52. Ke3 Kd7 53. Rh6 c2+ 54. Kd2 Bd1 0-1

[Event "TGIF G90 +30 001"]
[Site "Beaverton, OR"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gay, Daniel"]
[Black "Herrera, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2198"]
[BlackElo "2069"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 a6 8. a3
Bd6 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 Ng6 13. O-O Bc5 14. Rac1 Ba7 15.
Ne2 Bg4 16. Qd3 b5 17. Ba2 c5 18. Bb1 Ne8 19. h3 Bd7 20. Ng3 Nd6 21. h4 Nc8 22.
h5 Nh4 23. Bc3 Re8 24. Nd2 Nd6 25. Kh1 b4 26. axb4 Bb5 27. Qc2 Bxf1 28. Rxf1
cxb4 29. Bxb4 Nb5 30. Nc4 Rc8 31. Qd3 Qg5 32. Bd2 Qg4 33. Bc2 f6 34. Ba4 g6 35.
Bxb5 axb5 36. Nd6 Red8 37. Nxc8 Rxc8 38. Qxb5 Rb8 39. Qc6 Bxf2 40. Rxf2 Qxg3
41. Qxf6 gxh5 42. Qf7+ Kh8 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Bh6 1-0

[Event "TGIF G90 +30 001"]
[Site "Beaverton, OR"]
[Date "2012.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tezcan, Yaman"]
[Black "Janniro, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "1997"]
[BlackElo "2025"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. h3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Qb3 N7f6 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nxc3
15. bxc3 h6 16. Bd2 Ne4 17. Bf4 g5 18. Be3 Ba6 19. Rfe1 Bc4 20. Qa3 Nd6 21. Ne5
Qc7 22. Nc6 a5 23. Nxe7+ Qxe7 24. Bf4 Qxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nb5 26. Qb2 gxf4 27. a4
Nc7 28. Qxb6 fxg3 29. fxg3 Nd5 30. Qxa5 Ra8 31. Qc5 Rfc8 32. Qd6 Rd8 33. Qc6
Rac8 34. Qb7 Nxc3 35. a5 Bxd4+ 36. Kh2 Bd5 37. Bxd5 Nxd5 38. Rd1 Ne3 39. Rb1
Rc2+ 40. Kh1 Nf5 41. Qf3 Rf2 42. Qd3 Re8 43. g4 Ree2 44. Qxe2 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "TGIF G90 +30 001"]
[Site "Beaverton, OR"]
[Date "2012.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Janniro, Michael"]
[Black "Sellers, Matt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2025"]
[BlackElo "2109"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bf4 Ne8 12. Rc1 f6 13. Qd2 Nac7 14. Bh6 b5 15.
Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Nh2 b4 17. Nd1 f5 18. f4 Qe7 19. Nf2 Rae8 20. Rce1 Qf6 21. e5
dxe5 22. d6 Nb5 23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Nfg4 fxg4 25. Rxf6 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Rxf6 27.
Bxb5 Bxb5 28. Qe7 Rf7 29. Qe5 Rf5 30. Qe7 g3 31. Nf3 Rd5 32. Qe1 Rxd6 33. Qxg3
Nf5 34. Qe5 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Bc4 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qxa7+ Kh6 38. g4 1-0

[Event "TGIF G90 +30 001"]
[Site "Beaverton, OR"]
[Date "2012.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stevens, Matthew"]
[Black "Tezcan, Yaman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A44"]
[WhiteElo "1575"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2012.10.??"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 f5 6. e4 f4 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Rb1 O-O
9. O-O Kh8 10. b4 cxb4 11. Rxb4 Na6 12. Rb1 Nc5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Nd2 g5 15. a4
Rg8 16. Nb3 b6 17. Bd2 g4 18. f3 g3 19. a5 gxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qe8 21. Rh1 Qg6 22.
Bf1 Nh5 23. Nb5 Ng3 24. Nxc5 Qh5+ (24... Nxf1+ 25. Kg1 Qxg2#) 25. Kg1 Qxh1+ 26.
Kf2 Nxf1 0-1

