[Event "Oregon Junior Closed Challenger's"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2020.12.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tang , Austin"]
[Black "Pai, Kushal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "1852"]
[BlackElo "1687"]
[Annotator "Wilson Gibbins"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]

{[%evp 0,84,29,25,62,49,82,51,51,30,43,38,60,36,43,33,41,50,44,15,18,18,15,20,
29,23,63,23,37,31,24,15,27,25,35,18,11,37,14,28,39,54,57,57,32,56,45,27,145,35,
35,-78,-81,-73,-80,-84,-78,-65,7,5,7,7,2,-67,-67,-63,-75,-119,-157,-208,-199,
-225,-224,-254,-251,-304,-306,-311,-319,-317,-316,-315,-351,-350,-286,-295,
-318]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6
8. O-O ({Another one of my dogmas from the 1970s bites the dust. Back then,
the received wisdom was that 7...Be6 was inaccurate because} 8. f4 Qc7 {
(supports the Bishop moving to c4 after White plays f5)} ({in reality, Black's
position is perfectly playable after} 8... Be7 9. f5 Bd7 10. g4 h6 11. h4 Bc6
12. Bf3 Nh7) 9. g4 $1 {led to White's advantage. Perhaps that is still true,
as White scores 73% from this position.} (9. f5 Bc4)) 8... Be7 9. Kh1 Nc6 ({
Back in the day, everyone played the more "Najdorfy"} 9... Nbd7 10. f4 Qc7 {
because if you wanted to put your Knight on c6, why didn't you put it there on
move 5? Kids today are a lot more open-minded.}) 10. f4 exf4 {Kushal declines
to fight for the tempo by waiting for White to play Be3 before taking White's
f-pawn, so Austin gets to develop his dark squared Bishop for free. This seems
naive, but a deeper analysis shows that (1) Black has saved a move by compared
to the same plan the Scheveningen variation of the Sicilian by playing e7-e5
in one move (in the Scheveningen Black first plays e7-e6, then e6-e5). And
sometimes White recaptures with his rook instead of his bishop in these lines.
For some examples, check out Karpov's four games from his 1974 Candidates
Match against Polugaevsky in your database.} 11. Bxf4 O-O 12. Qe1 Ng4 ({
I would instantly play} 12... Ne5 {to block the pressure from the f4 bishop on
my d6 pawn, but White scores 66.7% from that position, so Kushal is correct to
steer in the direction of other adventures. Only three games in the database,
the engine Leela thinks Black is OK, so why not give it a try?}) 13. Bxg4 Bxg4
{We reach a position where both sides have strongpoint squares for Knights (d5
for White, e5 for black), isolated centeral pawns on open files to defend, and
active pieces. Both players will get chances to attack, defend, and most of
all, calculate.} 14. Nd5 Bh4 15. Qd2 Ne5 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Rad1 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4
{The d-pawn looks doomed, but Kushal's active bishops make it hard for
Austin's rooks to find comfortable squares. I would worry about having two
loose pieces to potentially drop off, but Kushal seems to have it (barely)
under control.} 19. Rf3 Re8 20. Na5 Rxe4 21. Nxb7 Qe7 22. Nxd6 {Both sides
have captured their opponent's isolated center pawn, and Austin has snarfed a
b-pawn along the way. Kushal has compensation based on piece activity. Nobody
has stable pieces.} Re2 23. Qc3 Bd5 24. Nf5 Qf6 25. Qxf6 $6 {White is a pawn
up and under some pressure, so I would be tempted to simplify too. But this is
a small step in the wrong direction.} (25. Nxh4 Qxh4 26. Rg3 {and the
checkmate threat on g7 buys time to secure the bishop on f4, leading to an
unclear position.}) 25... Bxf6 $15 26. Rg3 Be4 27. Nh6+ Kf8 28. Bd6+ Be7 (28...
Ke8 {is a minor improvement, retaining the two bishops and an attack on the
b-pawn.} 29. Ng4 Bxb2) 29. Bxe7+ Kxe7 30. Rxg7 Bg6 $6 {A human move, trapping
the Rook.} ({The cold-blooded-engine move is} 30... Rc8 31. Rxf7+ Ke6 {and
Black is three pawns down but about to get a few of them back after} 32. Rg7
Rcxc2 $15) 31. Rg8 (31. Rf1 {is equal after} Rxc2 (31... Kf8 $4 32. Rg8+) 32.
h4 {Preparing to drive the Bishop away from defense of the kingside pawns} Rxb2
33. h5 Bxh5 34. Nxf7 Bxf7 35. Rfxf7+ $11) 31... Rxg8 32. Nxg8+ Ke6 $15 {
White is still two pawns up, but Black will soon get at least one back, and
White's Knight is a long way from contributing to the team effort.} 33. c4 $2 (
33. g4 $15 {is best, so White doesn't get tied down to the defense of the
g-pawn, but it will still be hard for White to defend.} Be4+ 34. Kg1 Rg2+ 35.
Kf1 Rxg4 36. Rd8 (36. Nh6 Rh4) 36... f5) 33... Be4 $17 34. Rg1 Rxb2 35. h4 Rxa2
36. Kh2 f5 37. Kh3 Kf7 38. Nh6+ Kg7 39. Nxf5+ Bxf5+ 40. g4 Ra3+ 41. Kh2 Bd3 42.
Rc1 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Oregon Junior Closed Challenger's"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2020.12.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kodithyala, Raj"]
[Black "Pai, Kushal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1866"]
[BlackElo "1687"]
[Annotator "Wilson Gibbins"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]

{[%evp 0,49,36,35,52,1,-11,-5,1,-10,31,59,51,61,88,47,42,42,42,11,49,49,42,47,
43,38,87,101,329,354,366,374,369,352,345,371,361,345,364,346,315,292,291,293,
293,278,281,264,266,265,263,244]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5.
cxd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nc6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. Be3 Be7 12.
Qb3 ({The engines recommend} 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 {as} Nxe5 $2 ({Black must
grovel with a line like} 13... Qc7 14. h4 {(it must be nice to have the
confidence of an engine to move pawns in front of your king)}) 14. dxe5 Qxd1
15. Rfxd1 {is unplayable due to lines like} Ne4 (15... Nd7 16. Bb5 Rd8 17. Rxd7
Rxd7 18. Rd1) 16. Nb5 O-O 17. Rac1 a6 18. Nd6) 12... Bg6 (12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3
O-O {is the simplest route to a solid position, though White can hope the two
Bishops will amount to something.}) 13. Ne5 $1 $14 {Raj gets the advantages of
the 12.g4 lines described above without weakening his kingside.} Nxe5 $2 ({
Black must play a move like} 13... Qc7 $1 $14) ({or} 13... Qc8 {but it isn't
much fun to bring your queen to an open file with your king still uncastled.})
14. dxe5 O-O ({Black can't save the Knight on f6} 14... Nd5 15. Bb5) 15. exf6
Bxf6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Bf3 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Rac1 Rad8 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Rd1 b6 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qc4 h6 25. b4 1-0

[Event "Oregon Junior Closed Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2020.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Feldman, Konner"]
[Black "Tang, Zoey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "2097"]
[Annotator "Wilson Gibbins"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]

{[%evp 0,87,19,31,14,15,12,14,30,26,24,26,53,4,-3,5,-8,5,11,-7,3,6,139,16,37,
40,77,59,74,72,49,53,27,35,57,61,68,68,63,57,45,51,53,53,50,53,63,54,51,50,58,
54,106,66,99,138,148,144,178,152,189,231,207,213,222,181,208,230,228,270,270,
269,650,718,29995,309,325,329,937,1117,29973,29974,29975,29972,29973,29974,
29985,29990,29991,29992]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 {This line scores well
for Black and ends the eternal vigilance for Nb5 shots. It might look a little
slow, but since White doesn't have the c4 or e4 pawn breaks to open the game,
perhaps Black can get away with it.} 4. e3 ({I was surprised that my database
had no examples of} 4. e4 {in my database, with an offer to transpose into a
Blackmar-Diemer gambit after} dxe4 5. f3 {and hopes that White's move 3.Bf4 is
more useful than Black's 3...a6. Curiously there were six games that started
from White's position after 5.f3 in my database, just not from this move order.
White won five of them. One of them started out as a Trompowsky, an opening
that Zoey knows quite a bit about. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 d5 4.f3 Nf6 5.e4
dxe4 6.Nc3 a6 is Galyas, Miklos (2440) - Gonday, Laszlo (2155) from the
Budapest Spring Open in 2000.}) 4... e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 {This is the first
choice of the engines and the second choice in database popularity, but it is
surprising that trading a center pawn for a wing pawn to develop Black's
bishop will give White a good game.} Bxc5 $11 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. e4 {
This position looks like it is ready to open up. You will be shocked at how
closed it will become in the next half dozen moves.} Nb4 {Maybe this is the
secret of the Jobava Veresov success - it encourages the players of the Black
pieces to be ambitious.} 10. e5 Nxd3 11. Qxd3 Ne8 ({Zoey's move does not
appear as natural as} 11... Nd7 {but the engines prefer it.}) ({Engines also
like the tricky} 11... Qc7 {discouraging} 12. exf6 {due to} Qxf4) 12. Rad1 Qe7
13. Rfe1 b5 14. a3 $14 Bb7 15. b4 $5 {This is a good positional move, but I
can't give it a full exclam because there is an attacking move that is at
least as good. White's c-file looks weak, but it will be hard to maneuver
Black's knight on e8 to c4 and Black's rooks are not yet coordinated to attack
the backward pawn on c2.} ({The attacking move is} 15. Ng5 g6 16. Qh3 h5 17.
Nf3) 15... Ba7 16. Ne2 ({The engines prefer} 16. Be3) ({or} 16. Bg5 {followed
by} Z0 17. Be3) 16... f5 ({Both Leela and Stockfish suggest} 16... d4 $5 {
not because it gets Black to equality or better, but because it is more
pleasant to play a pawn down with open lines for your two bishops than to be
squeezed in a position with a bad bishop. Who says computers don't have
feelings too?}) 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 $16 Rc8 19. Nfd4 {White is a long way
from breaking through with an attack. But it is hard to see how Black will get
any counterplay, so it appears that White will be able to build up the attack
slowly and carefully. That is roughly what happens, but Zoey sneaks a shot in
along the way to create a moment of drama. Even in "completely winning"
positions you always need to be on the lookout. As Andy Grove says, only the
paranoid survive.} g6 20. Rd3 Rc4 21. Qh6 Qg7 22. Qd2 Bc8 23. h4 Nc7 24. Nf4
Kh8 25. Rh3 Rg8 26. Ree3 Bd7 (26... h6 {and White is still much better, but it
avoids creating more pawn weaknesses.}) 27. h5 gxh5 ({The positionally
desirable} 27... g5 $2 {is met by} 28. Ng6+) 28. Rxh5 {Black's lineup on the
g-file looks impressive but there is no way to increase the pressure.} Qf7 29.
Reh3 Rg7 30. Rh6 $18 {Still even material, but the engines are evaluating this
to be about +6 for White (over a rook advantage).} Qg8 31. Rh2 Be8 32. Qe3 Bf7
33. c3 a5 {A pointless queenside demonstration, right? How will Zoey follow up
these pawn moves, as her only active piece is the rook on c4?} 34. Qh3 axb4 35.
axb4 Na8 {probably preparing to play the knight to b6 and a4, right?} 36. Ndxe6
Bxe6 37. Nxe6 ({The engines spot} 37. Ng6+ $1 Rxg6 38. Rxh7+ Qxh7 39. Qxh7#)
37... Ra7 $1 {All of a sudden Zoey has created a mate-in-one threat from her
seemlingly irrelevant moves on the queenside. The move 35...Na8 cleared
Black's second rank for the rook to grab the a-file. While it didn't save the
game, you have to admit it was clever.} 38. f4 $1 d4 (38... Ra1+ 39. Kf2 {
and White stops the checks by approaching the rook on the first and second
ranks.} Ra2+ 40. Ke1 Ra1+ 41. Kd2 Ra2+ 42. Kc1 Ra1+ 43. Kb2) 39. Qxf5 Ra1+ 40.
Kf2 Ra2+ 41. Kf1 Ra1+ 42. Ke2 d3+ 43. Kf2 Ra2+ 44. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Oregon Junior Closed Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2020.12.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Feldman, Konner"]
[Black "Nair, Roshen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[Annotator "Wilson Gibbins"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]

{[%evp 0,63,19,31,43,16,27,13,15,9,12,12,38,31,38,33,12,3,16,19,24,22,22,21,10,
28,23,23,42,7,42,22,21,24,15,-11,15,48,3,21,21,21,80,74,96,152,160,152,460,468,
484,484,453,516,690,521,639,639,649,658,667,672,667,686,693,693]} 1. d4 d5 2.
Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 {Konner transposes from the London System to the Jobava
Variation of the Veresov Opening (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4) that he also played
against Zoey and Shunkai.} e6 {the most common response in my database.} 4. Nb5
{This violates the "don't move the same piece twice in the opening" rule, but
it is the engine-endorsed and second most popular move in this position.} (4.
e3 {is the most popular}) 4... Na6 5. e3 c6 6. Nc3 {It appears that White has
lost two moves in the opening with a premature Knight maneuver. In reality,
the position is about even as Black's Knight on a6 isn't particularly well
placed.} Bb4 {Roshen isn't afraid of doubled isolated a pawns. Some players
have resorted to moves like} (6... Nc7 {,}) (6... Nb8 {, or}) (6... Qb6 {
to avoid them.}) 7. Bxa6 {And Konner isn't afraid of Roshen's two Bishops or
open b-file.} bxa6 8. Nf3 {And the game is about equal.} Ne4 {Roshen goes pawn
hunting. But Black has other playable moves.} (8... c5) (8... O-O) 9. O-O {
It is easy to make this pawn sacrifice, as Black's extra a-pawn won't be easy
to promote.} Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rb1 f6 (11... O-O {is OK too, but maybe
Roshen concerned with defending his c-pawn after} 12. Ne5 {and seventh rank
after} Bd7 13. Rb7) 12. Qd3 Ba5 13. Qa3 Kf7 14. c4 Re8 (14... dxc4 15. Rfc1 {
And White gets the pawn back.}) 15. Qa4 dxc4 {This is a better try for
equality than the obvious defense} (15... Bd7 {which allows} 16. Rb7 dxc4 (
16... Bb6 17. c5 Qc8 18. Qxa6) 17. Rxd7+ Qxd7 18. Qxa5) 16. Qxc4 Bb6 17. Nd2
Qd5 18. Qc2 e5 19. dxe5 fxe5 20. Bg3 g6 $2 {Black's difficulties stem from
this plausible defense of the h-pawn.} ({Black is still equal after} 20... Kg8
{combining defense of the h-pawn with getting the King out of danger, or the
wilder}) (20... Be6 21. Qxh7 Qxd2 22. Bxe5 Rg8) 21. Rfd1 $16 Bg4 {[#]} (21...
Qc5 22. Qa4 Bf5 23. Rbc1 Qa5 24. Qc4+) 22. Ne4 $1 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Kg7 {giving up
the queen is no worse than the alternatives.} (23... Qa5 {allows} 24. Ng5+ Kg7
(24... Kf8 25. Qxc6 {threatening 26.Qf6+} Qxa2 {to defend the f7 square} 26.
Nxh7+ Kg7 27. Qf6+) 25. Rd7+ Kg8 26. Qc4+) (23... Bd4 24. exd4 Rad8 {is equal
in material count, but the engines say White is winning.}) 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25.
Nd6 Re7 26. Qc6 Rb8 27. h3 d4 28. Bxe5+ Rxe5 29. Qd7+ Kg8 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Qf6+
Kg8 32. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Oregon Junior Closed Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2020.12.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Peng, Shunkai"]
[Black "Lu, Ryan "]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "1948"]
[Annotator "Wilson Gibbins"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]

{[%evp 0,77,30,33,78,15,36,38,35,23,20,9,6,28,28,17,17,16,7,11,43,14,18,22,34,
40,31,37,33,46,44,27,28,35,26,13,69,66,84,85,83,92,78,67,101,108,121,99,163,
164,170,174,151,152,152,149,167,134,202,207,232,309,302,368,376,263,264,282,
406,437,564,583,583,606,2607,29209,29987,1044,1172,950]} 1. e4 c6 2. c4 {
A good move for getting Caro-Kann players out of their comfort zone. Maybe it
will transpose to a Panov-Botvinnik attack, maybe not...} d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4.
exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 {We now reach a position that could have
come from a Caro-Kann Panov-Botvinnik attack, a Queen's Gambit Declined
Semi-Tarrasach (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5), or even the English (1.c4
c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e3 e6 6.d4 cxd4 7.exd4).} Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9.
O-O Nc6 10. Qe2 {Shunkai offers a tricky gambit that has been played a few
times by Magnus Carlsen. This is the third most popular choice in the position
after} (10. Re1) ({and} 10. a3) 10... Ndb4 {And Ryan courageously takes the
offer. Carlsen's opponents were less courageous. Ryan is not being foolhardy -
engines and databases rate all three choices as roughly equivalent.} (10... Bd7
{Carlsen - Leko, Legends of Chess Preliminaries, 2020, 1/2-1/2}) (10... Nf6 {
Carlsen - Harikrishna, Tata Steel India Blitz, 2019, 1-0}) 11. Be4 {The
quibblers will point out that White's 10.Qe2 wasn't technically a gambit, as
White can keep the pawn with} (11. Rd1 {or}) (11. Be3 {But in an isolated
queen's pawn position, White's light-squared bishop is an essential part of
the attack, and allowing Black to trade a knight for it is a bigger concession
than giving up the d-pawn.}) 11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Rd1 {This has all
been played before, as long ago as Szabo-Portisch, 1960.} Qb6 ({Portisch
preferred} 13... Qf6 {protecting his king but abandoning his b-pawn after} 14.
Be3 e5 15. Rac1 Be6 16. Bxb7 {and leading to a loss in 35 moves.}) 14. Be3 Qa6
15. Qh5 g6 (15... f5 {is a little better. Since Ryan plays it on his next move,
it might have been nice to keep the dark squares better protected with his
pawn on g7 instead of g6.} {But White still has a slight edge after} 16. a3 {
, the move Shunkai used in the actual game.}) 16. Qh6 f5 17. a3 {Leela likes
White's position (0.61), Stockfish loves White's position (2.67).} fxe4 ({
And both engines display a slight preference for} 17... Nc6 {though human
players would hate to put a piece on a square obstructing Black's queen from
kingside defense. Plus it is nice to get White's light-squared bishop off the
board, though in this case Ryan has already created a nice phalanx of
light-squared pawns that has lowered the bishop's threat level from red to
orange.}) 18. axb4 {Ryan hasn't played badly, but Shunkai is winning.} Qc6 19.
b5 Qe8 20. b6 a6 21. Bd4 Qf7 22. Nxe4 Bd7 23. Ra3 $1 ({Ok, in reality, the move
} 23. Rd3 {is just as good, but Shunkai's 23.Ra3 has a demoralizing effect on
the defender's state of mind.}) 23... Bc6 (23... Bxa3 24. Nf6+ Qxf6 (24... Kh8
25. Nxh7+) 25. Bxf6 Rf7 (25... Rxf6 26. Rxd7) 26. bxa3) 24. Rf3 Bxe4 25. Rxf7
Rxf7 26. Rc1 Bc6 27. Qe3 Bd5 28. Rc7 Re8 29. h4 Rf5 30. Qh6 Rf7 31. h5 g5 32.
Rxe7 Rexe7 33. Qxg5+ {Notice that material is still even. But White has an
overwhelming advantage.} Kf8 34. Qe5 Rf5 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Bc5 Re8 37. Qxh7+ Kf6
38. Qg6+ Ke5 39. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Oregon Junior Closed Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2020.12.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lu, Ryan "]
[Black "Feldman, Konner"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1948"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[Annotator "Wilson Gibbins"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]

{[%evp 0,66,40,45,10,19,21,-5,21,31,22,25,28,29,43,17,18,2,0,5,33,34,47,18,5,
13,20,12,19,-3,22,18,5,-12,-11,-11,-49,-65,-10,-45,-45,-93,-125,-123,-129,-117,
-112,-107,-107,-107,-115,-349,-380,-433,-434,-443,-452,-450,-462,-660,-1021,
-1507,-1573,-1662,-1023,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {
I think of the Petrov Defense as a drawing tool, but Konner and Caruana seem
to be able to play it for a win. Watch how Konner develops an attack against
Ryan's King that is defended by 4(!) pawns.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3
6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 {This mainline move
leaves a backward pawn on d6, but it does not appear to be an exploitable
weakness.} 11. h4 (11. c4 b5 $5 12. cxb5 a6 {opens lines against White's
formerly well protected King}) 11... Be6 12. Kb1 d5 {backward no more.} 13. Ng5
c4 {and backward again} 14. Nxe6 {and backward no more. Kids these days, can't
make up their minds :-)} fxe6 15. Be2 Rc8 16. f3 $6 {It is hard to keep
worrying about Blackplaying Ne4 at an uncomfortable moment, but this move
might be a little too slow.} (16. Bd4 {is a little better.}) 16... Rc6 $15 17.
a3 Qa5 18. Qc1 Ne8 $1 {bringing another piece to bear on a3 and c3} 19. Ka2 $6
{A clever attempt to defend by bringing the queen to a1 that will end up
making things worse. But White is already in trouble.} Nc7 $17 20. Qa1 Nb5 21.
a4 {Interesting, best, but it doesn't quite hold.} Qxa4+ 22. Kb1 Nxc3+ 23. bxc3
Ba3 24. Qa2 Qb5+ 25. Ka1 Ra6 {At the temporary cost of a piece, Black's attack
has broken through the defenses} 26. Rb1 Qa5 27. Rxb7 Qxc3+ 28. Kb1 Qxe3 29.
Qa1 Rb6+ 30. Rxb6 Qxb6+ 31. Ka2 Be7 32. Rb1 Qa5+ 33. Kb2 Bf6+ 0-1

[Event "Western States op"]
[Site "Reno"]
[Date "1992.10.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Franett, Michael"]
[Black "Thinnsen, James A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E47"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "John Donaldson"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.10.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]

{[%evp 0,67,27,27,27,4,-4,-3,27,29,37,33,33,-9,8,8,16,14,21,33,23,21,31,28,40,
36,47,53,42,41,50,50,48,48,107,89,95,111,116,95,95,103,58,69,163,19,19,0,3,12,
227,235,247,-72,-64,-111,-85,-109,-109,-97,-97,-66,28,0,1030,1106,1518,1518,
1518,714] Mike Franett started his chess career in the late 1950s at the
Seattle Chess Club and Olaf Ulvestad's Chess Center, but it was not until the
early 1970s that hereached the peak of his powers, winning three state
championships in four years. That was Mike's highwater mark as a player, but
his greatest service to chess began in 1988 when he accepted the position of
editor for Yasser Seirawan's magazine Inside Chess. He served in the capacity
until the magazine ended in early 2000, along the way editing close to 10,000
pages! Here three-time Washington state champion Mike Franett is matched
against Southern California Senior Master James Thinnsen who learns the hard
way why Mike, who was around 6'5'', was affectionately nickamed the Grizzly
Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) around the Inside Chess office.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 b6 6. Qa4 $5 {This seems to be a novelty in
this position where 6.Nge2 and 6.Nf3 are normally seen. The queen doesn't seem
to be particularly well placed here, but it soon retreats to c2 and White has
a winning position in less than twenty moves!} Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bb7 8. f3 c5 9.
Ne2 d6 10. O-O Nc6 11. e4 Na5 (11... Ne8 {, along the lines of the Saemisch
Nimzo-Indian (4.a3) was worth a thought but in this case Black might have
wanted to defer playing ...d6 to keep that square free for the knight.}) 12.
Bg5 Qe8 $6 {What could be more natural than offering a trade of queens and
breaking the pin and yet this move is the start of Black's troubles.} (12...
Rc8 {was more prudent.}) 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Ng3 Ba6 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Nb8 $2 {
[#]} ({Black needed to go on defense with} 16... f6 17. Be3 Rf7 {After the
text move Black has few defenders around his king and White immediately starts
a powerful attack.}) 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18. dxe5 f5 {This shouldn't save Black,
but it offers the best chance to put up some resistance.} ({Instead} 18... Bb7
{is met by the shot} 19. Bf6 $1 {and Black has no defense. For example:} gxf6 (
19... Nd7 20. Qe3) 20. Nh5 Nd7 21. Qe3 {winning.}) ({Trying to win the c-pawn
is much too slow:} 18... Qa4 19. Qe4 g6 20. Qh4 Bxc4 21. Bf6 h5 22. Qg5 {
and White's attack is successful - not suprising has four pieces have the lone
king cornered.}) 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Qe4 Qd7 21. Bh6 f5 22. Qe3 Rf6 23. Rcd1 Qf7
24. Bg5 {[#]} ({The text is perfectly fine and trhe human choice. Stockfish 12
points out a faster knockout blow with} 24. Ne4 $1 {which is not actually that
surprising with knights on a5 and b8 and a bishop on a6.} fxe4 25. fxe4 Bxc4
26. Bxc4 Nxc4 27. Qg5+ Qg6 (27... Rg6 28. Rd8+) 28. Rxf6) 24... f4 25. Qe5 Nd7
{[#]} 26. Qd6 $2 {White, with the possible exception of his experimental sixth
move, has played a near perfect game up to this point but here he misses a
pretty combination that exploits Black's overloaded queen.} (26. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7
(26... Qxh7 27. Rxd7 Rf7 28. Ne4) 27. Rxd7) 26... fxg3 {Now Black is back in
the game...} 27. Qxg3 {...but not for long! Here he misses his chance and
never gets another opportunity to save himself.} Rg6 $2 ({Correct was} 27...
Qg7 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rxd7 (29. Qh4+ Kg6 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Bxf6 Rg8 32. Be5 {
transposes.}) 29... Qxd7 30. Bxf6 Rg8 31. Qh4+ Kg6 32. Be5 Nxc4 33. Qe4+ Kh6
34. Qh4+ $11 {and White has perpetual check, but nothing more.}) 28. Bxg6 hxg6
29. Rfe1 Bxc4 {[#]} 30. Re4 $1 {This rook lift spells the end for Thinnsen.} e5
$2 {This loses right away, but even tougher tries fail. For example:} (30...
Re8 31. Rf4 Qg7 32. Rg4 Nf8 33. Qh4 Nh7 34. Bh6 Qf7 35. Rf4 {and Black has no
moves as} Qe7 {is met by} 36. Qxe7 Rxe7 37. Rd8+) ({or} 30... Bxa2 31. Rh4 Nf8
32. Rh6 Nc6 33. Qh4 Nh7 34. Rd7 $1 Qxd7 35. Rxg6+ Kf8 36. Qh6+) 31. Rh4 Be6 32.
Rxd7 $1 Bxd7 (32... Qxd7 33. Qxe5 Qd1+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ 35. Kg3 {and the checks
run out. Once again Black has no pieces near his king.}) 33. Qxe5 Qg7 34. Bf6
1-0

[Event "Lincoln ch-US jr Lincoln, NE USA"]
[Site "Lincoln, NE"]
[Date "1955.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Pupols, Viktors"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Annotator "Daniel Shubin"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1955.07.??"]

{[%evp 0,90,36,17,17,17,59,94,121,123,127,127,127,127,102,82,105,8,4,4,40,-8,
-12,-28,-28,-28,-1,-20,-28,-15,-22,-19,-39,-42,0,56,17,9,6,11,11,6,29,-10,0,-3,
17,-109,-119,-724,-724,-729,-22,-24,-26,-6,-12,-1598,-1664,-1664,-63,-356,-356,
-325,-95,-276,-221,-1627,-187,-214,16,-88,25,56,34,8,8,0,67,-613,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,
-60,-60,-720,-720,-720,-675]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 {This is what is typically
known as the Latvian Gambit (or Greco Countergambit).} 3. Nxe5 (3. Bc4 fxe4 4.
Nxe5 d5 5. Qh5+ g6 6. Nxg6 hxg6 7. Qxg6+ Kd7 8. Bxd5 $44 {White has three
pawns for the piece with the attack.}) (3. exf5 e4 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. Be2 d6 $2 6.
Bh5+ Ke7 7. Nf7 $18) 3... Qf6 4. d4 $1 (4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qf7 6. Ne3 c6 7. d3
exd3 8. Bxd3 d5 9. O-O Bc5 10. Na4 Bd6) 4... d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7. Ne3
Nf6 {Personally, I agree with the computer that White is better than Black in
this position. They have better development and a safer king (for now?)} 8. Bc4
$2 {Now Black gets ...d5 with tempo.} (8. Be2 c6 9. O-O d5 10. f3 $14) 8... c6
9. d5 (9. O-O d5 10. Be2 Bd6 $11) 9... Be7 10. a4 (10. f3 exf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7
12. dxc6 Ne5 13. Qe2 bxc6 14. O-O Qh5 15. Qxh5+ Nxh5 $14) 10... Nbd7 11. a5 $6
{Fischer just wasted two tempos and now the game has flipped in favor of
Viktors.} Ne5 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 (13... c5 $5 14. Kh1 Neg4 15. Nxg4 Nxg4
16. Bxg4 Bxg4 $19) 14. Kh1 Kh8 15. Nc4 Nfg4 16. Qe1 Rf7 $6 {Too slow, allowing
White to trade pieces and simplify.} (16... Nf3 $3 17. gxf3 exf3 18. Bxf3 Rxf3
$18 19. Qxe7 $4 (19. Rg1 Re8 20. Rg2 Bh4) 19... Nxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Rxf2 21. Qg5
Rf1+ 22. Kg2 Raf8 23. Qxg6 R8f2+ {Mate in five. Can you find it?}) 17. h3 Nf6
18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Bc4 Rff8 $14 20. Be3 $4 {This game is going back and forth.}
Nh5 (20... cxd5 $3 21. Bb5 (21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxh3 23. gxh3 (23. Bxe4 Qxe4
{Viktors is up a bishop after a potential undefendable combination.}) 23... Rf3
$18)) 21. Kh2 Bd6 22. Bb3 (22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Qe2) 22... Nf4 23. Bxf4 $4 exf4
24. Qxe4 $4 {Viktors is completely winning in this position!} f3+ $3 25. g3 Bf5
$4 (25... Qh5 $1 {No way to protect the h3-pawn and White's position falls 26.
h4 Rf4.}) 26. Qh4 $11 Rae8 27. Rae1 Be5 28. Qb4 Qh6 29. h4 g5 (29... Bxg3+ $3
30. Kxg3 (30. fxg3 Qd2+ 31. Kg1 Qg2#) 30... Qg6+ 31. Kxf3 Bg4+ 32. Kg3 Bf3+ 33.
Qg4 Qxg4+ 34. Kh2 Qg2#) 30. Rh1 $4 (30. Rxe5 {getting rid of Black's most
dangerous piece, the bishop.} Rxe5 31. a6 c5 32. Qxc5 bxa6 (32... gxh4)) 30...
gxh4 31. Kg1 h3 $2 (31... c5 32. Qc4 (32. Qxc5 Bxg3 33. Qd4+ Be5 34. Rxe5 Qg7+
35. Kf1 Rxe5) 32... Bxg3) 32. dxc6 $2 bxc6 33. Qc5 Qg7 {This is too slow.
Black can win with an immediate blow.} (33... Bxg3 $1 34. fxg3 (34. Rxe8 Qc1+
35. Nd1 Qxd1+) 34... Rxe1+) 34. Kh2 Qf6 35. Qxa7 Bd4 36. Qc7 Bxf2 37. Rxe8 Rxe8
38. Rf1 Bd4 39. Rxf3 Bxc3 (39... Bg1+ 40. Kxg1 (40. Kh1 Be4 41. Qf4 Bxf3+)
40... Qd4+ 41. Kh2 Qd2+ 42. Ne2 Rxe2+) 40. bxc3 Re2+ 41. Kh1 $11 Be4 (41...
Re1+ 42. Kh2 Re2+ 43. Kh1 Re1+) 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qg4+ $2 (43. Qd7+ {Black's
advantage has disappeared. It is impossible to defend against all of White's
checks.} Kh6 44. Qxh3+ Kg7 45. Qd7+ $11) 43... Qg6 44. Qd7+ $4 Kh6 {Fischer
lost on time in this position. One of only two games where that happened.
However, even if there was no time trouble, Viktors is already completly
winning in this position!} 45. Qxh3+ Qh5 0-1

[Event "Apropos Adult Swiss #5"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thompson, Cameron"]
[Black "Schill, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "1748"]
[BlackElo "2253"]
[Annotator "William Schill"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2021.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]

{[%evp 0,108,19,19,19,13,40,37,37,37,37,42,46,43,31,29,73,65,57,57,57,29,28,33,
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-634]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O {
Am I REALLY going to play one of the main theory lines? I dunno! Oh, okay, why
not.. ...} Nc6 (7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 {This is a crazy
way to get out of theory. Uncle Vic and I had a State Championship game in the
last round one time when we both wanted to go home that went like this:} 11. g4
Be5 12. gxh5 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Qh4+ 14. Kg1 Qg3+ 15. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) 8. d5 Ne7 9.
Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. Rc1 (13. a4 a5 14. Nd3 b6 15. b4
axb4 16. Nxb4 Nf6 17. Nc6 {Seems like a better (safer) line for White.}) 13...
Rf6 {Well, here it is, what I have prepared against the main line. Come and
get it everyone! Supposedly this just does not work for Black. Howver, if
White makes a mistake he loses his King and if Black messes up he only loses
all his Queenside pieces. WHATEVER!!} 14. Nd3 Rh6 15. b4 Qe8 16. Kh1 (16. Be1
$1 Qh5 17. h3 Nf6 18. Nf2 $16) 16... Qh5 17. Bg1 a6 (17... Nf6 18. Nb5) 18. c5
Nf6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Na4 $2 {The mistake Black has to hope for. Far from
obvious what the problem is however. This is why crazy people play the King's
Indian Defense, so we, once in a while, get to play moves like....} (20. Nf2 $1
) 20... Nfxd5 $3 21. exd5 (21. Qd2 $142 Ne3 (21... Be6 $5 22. Nac5 $1 dxc5 23.
Nxc5 Bf7 24. exd5 Nf5 $2 25. Ne4 $11) 22. Nb6 Nxf1 23. Bxf1 Rb8 24. Rc7 Qe8 25.
Nxc8 Nxc8 $14) 21... Nf5 22. Rxc8+ $8 (22. h3 $4 Ng3+ 23. Kh2 Bxh3) 22... Rxc8
23. h3 Ng3+ $6 (23... e4 $142 $1 24. fxe4 $2 (24. Nf2 Ne3 25. Qb1 Rc2 {This is
winning, despite still being a big mess.}) 24... Ng3+ 25. Kh2 Qxe2 26. Qxe2
Nxe2) 24. Kh2 e4 $1 25. Nf2 {The position is so unusual Houdini and Stockfish
disagree on Black's best plan!} Nxf1+ (25... Nxe2 26. Qxe2 exf3 27. Qxf3 Qxf3
28. gxf3 Rc2 29. Kg2 Rxa2 30. Nb6 Rc2 31. Re1 Bd4 32. Re8+ Kf7 33. Rc8 Rxc8 34.
Nxc8 $15) 26. Bxf1 {I do not think I have ever had two Rooks against three
minor pieces before. Whichever team is more active will have a large advantage
given that weird imbalance.} exf3 27. gxf3 {Black's advantage is larger in
this line. But ONLY if I find the best plan. Which I did not.} b5 $2 (27... Qh4
$1 28. Ne4 {I mistakenly thought White was okay here, because I did not see
the following breakthrough:} g4 $1 29. fxg4 f3 $1 30. Qxf3 Rf8 {Black gives up
two pawns so that he can give up his Rook too!} 31. Qe2 Rxf1 32. Qxf1 Be5+ 33.
Kh1 Qxg4 $19) 28. Nb6 Rc3 29. Ng4 Qg6 $8 {I am forced to play a whole string
of clever 'only' moves to keep a miniscule edge.} (29... Rg6 $4 30. Nd7 Rc8 31.
Bd3 $16) 30. Nxh6+ Bxh6 31. a4 Qc2+ 32. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 33. Kh1 {Normally two minor
pieces would win in this type of endgame. I had seen that my Rook was so
active that I wasn't in danger. But can I make something out of this?} bxa4 34.
Nxa4 Ra2 {Great play by Cameron. Not only has he made such a fight out of the
game, he has created some winning chances late in the endgame. I did have
enough time to work out what was going on. I would not want to face this move
with seconds left.} 35. Bxa6 $5 Rxa4 36. b5 Ra1 37. b6 g4 38. b7 Rb1 39. hxg4
$6 {A very small slip by White, but just enough to give Black some hope.} (39.
Kg2 Rb2+ (39... Bg5 $2 40. fxg4 Bd8 41. Kf3 Bc7 $14 42. Bf2) 40. Kh1 (40. Kf1
$4 gxh3 $19) 40... Rb1 $11) 39... Bg5 40. Kg2 Bd8 41. Ba7 $2 Bc7 {After
missing my big chances on moves 23 and 27 I have fought my way back to a half
a pawn advantage. Whoopeee My opponent has played the endgame very well indeed,
but is about to run out of gas.} 42. g5 $1 Ra1 43. b8=Q+ $4 (43. Bb6 $1 Bb8 44.
Bd3 {This could go on for a very long time, at least Black is easier to play.}
Ra3) 43... Bxb8 44. Bxb8 Rxa6 45. Kh3 Kf7 46. Kg4 Ke7 {The White Bishop is
trapped} 47. Kh5 (47. Kxf4 Kd7 48. Kg4 Ra8 49. Bxd6 Kxd6) 47... Ra5 {Nothing
to think about this way. Even the normally greedy computers approve.} 48. Kh6
Rxd5 49. Ba7 Kf7 50. Bf2 Rd1 51. Kh5 Rf1 52. Bb6 Rxf3 53. Kg4 Rf1 54. Bc7 Ke6
0-1

[Event "Apropos Adult Swiss #5"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rickert, Samuel"]
[Black "Cohen, Lawrence"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1265"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[Annotator "Lawrence Cohen"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]

{[%evp 0,100,37,28,35,-19,48,37,33,33,38,38,34,38,83,49,84,60,81,65,90,57,112,
96,139,116,110,53,53,57,38,-17,320,296,331,331,330,296,297,297,295,277,280,279,
276,172,228,220,215,187,173,170,238,171,237,224,238,238,247,247,239,196,203,
214,213,231,226,195,279,265,275,249,282,164,183,175,181,145,204,178,204,209,
236,170,198,202,200,200,210,170,214,206,197,170,176,180,178,153,358,52,52,30,0]
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 {Basic Kings Indian
up to this point.} c6 {6...c5 is probably better, but I was planning on the
knight tour to c7 to bolster the d5 push.} 7. O-O Na6 8. Bg5 Nc7 9. Qd2 Re8 {
Not wanting to trade the dark-squared bishops. As long I am not the one taking
that may not be that bad for Black.} 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. h3 a6 {Going for the ...
b5 break, rather than ...d5. Not sure why I changed my mind.} 12. Ng5 b5 13.
Qf4 Ne6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. e5 {Fritz prefers d5 for White, and now gives Black
a slight plus.The only problem being that although I thought about it, I did
not play ...dxe5. It's blundering time.} Nh5 $4 ({I actually looked at ...dxe5,
but figured on having to move the knight anyway. The blunder is avoided by} 
15... dxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 {The pawn is lost anyway.}) 16. Bxh5 dxe5 ({Of course
not} 16... gxh5 17. Qg5+ {mating.}) 17. dxe5 Bxc4 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. Re1 {
Black has only one pawn for the piece but hopes to get more.} Be6 20. Bg4 Bxg4
21. hxg4 (21. Qxg4 Bxe5) 21... Rad8 22. Ne4 Qxe5 {Apparently ...Bxe5 is better,
but I wanted to get the Queens off the board to greatly reduce White's
attacking chances.} 23. Qxe5 Bxe5 24. Re2 ({If} 24. Rac1 {(to trade pawns) I
would have responded with} Rc8 {I do hope to at some point be able to push the
c-pawn.}) 24... a5 25. Rae1 Rc8 26. Nc3 Bd6 27. Ne4 Be5 28. Nc5 {I would say
White is looking for a win. That means avoiding repetition with the knight and
my bishop.} Bd6 29. Nb7 Bb4 30. Bd2 Bxd2 31. Rxd2 a4 32. Rd7 Kf8 33. Nc5 f6 $2
{At this point the move should have been ...e6. In place of a good move I make
what I thought was a mistake.} 34. f3 ({Fritz prefers} 34. Red1) ({I thought
that Ne6+ followed by Nc7 won off the e-pawn. What I missed was} 34. Ne6+ Kf7
35. Nc7 Rcd8 $1 {holding onto the pawn as} 36. Nxe8 Rxd7 {wins off the knight.}
) 34... Kf7 35. Kf2 Rcd8 36. Red1 Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Rc8 38. Ke3 Ke8 39. Rd2 Ra8 40.
Ne6 Rb8 41. Rc2 (41. g5 {is a better move. Trading off one of the doubled
pawns is good. If} f5 42. Kf4 {followed by either g4 or Ke5 look good for
White.}) 41... Kd7 42. Nc5+ Kd6 43. Ne4+ Kc7 44. Nc5 Kd6 45. Ne4+ Kc7 46. Rd2 {
Looking to avoid the draw by repetition.} Kb6 47. Rd7 Re8 48. Kd4 c5+ {I
almost didn't make this move as I saw that Kd5 was playable for White. However,
I set the trap and my opponent fell for it.} 49. Nxc5 Kc6 50. a3 e5+ {Here I
offered a draw, which my opponent accepted. After the King moves I win the
knight, but lose the h-pawn. That creates a Rook and pawn ending with five
pawns apiece. I have a slight advantage due to White's doubled pawns, but I
wanted to rest up for the next game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Apropos Adult Swiss #5"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cohen, Lawrence"]
[Black "Witt, Steven"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "1930"]
[Annotator "Lawrence Cohen"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2021.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]

{[%evp 0,39,40,-9,0,-65,-17,-14,-6,-1,-6,-11,9,9,9,9,28,22,35,9,19,4,14,-6,19,
17,20,4,23,-18,-18,-18,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-19,-15,-15,-6,-50]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3
e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 c5 6. Nf3 {It is a little rare for me to play
the Knight here. I usually like the set up with Knights on c3 and e2. Maybe
just e3 should have been played.} Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Rb1
{Getting the Rook of the diagonal, as I was thinking about taking on f6.
Better would have bee Rc1 with the idea of dxc5 followed by Na4 & Nc5} b6 11.
Ne5 {Maybe e3 was better. I was figuring that I would get the pawn back. I did
not think about the kind of play that Black might get.} Nxd4 12. e3 Nf5 13. Nc6
Qc7 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Rad8 18. e4 Bxd5 19.
exd5 Qe5 20. Qa4 {I offered a draw and my opponenet accepted. The pawn trade
would be fine for White. Rd7 can'r be played, so only Ra8 would guard the a
pawn. If 20...Ra8, 21 Rfd1 is even.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Apropos Adult Swiss #5"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thompson, Cameron"]
[Black "Cohen, Lawrence"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "1747"]
[BlackElo "1957"]
[Annotator "Lawrence Cohen"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[EventDate "2021.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]

{[%evp 0,200,30,16,25,-3,35,25,37,39,39,32,34,30,34,46,58,57,62,60,65,32,53,44,
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Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 c6 {I don't know why I lkie to play this move.} 8. Qd2 Re8 9. h3
Bxf3 {I could retreat to d7 and then play Na6 followed by Nc7. I decided to
trade.} 10. gxf3 {An aggressive attacking move} Nbd7 11. f4 e5 12. fxe5 dxe5
13. d5 c5 {This is what I hoped for when I played e5. The pawns are pretty
well fixed. That makes my opponents Bishops a little less effective.} 14. h4 h5
15. Rg1 Kh7 16. O-O-O a6 17. a4 Qc7 {ms} 18. Rg5 Qa5 {This was the intended
move last turn. I was fortunate that the slip only cost me a tempo} 19. Rdg1
Qb4 20. Kc2 Rab8 21. Qd1 Rh8 {I saw the sacrifice coming and took action.} 22.
Bxh5 Nxh5 23. Qxh5+ Kg8 {Not 23...gxh5??, 24 Rxg7 mate} 24. Qg4 Nf6 25. Qe2 b5
{I'm not sure why I didn't immediately take the h pawn.} 26. axb5 axb5 {
Diagram [#]} 27. b3 {27 Nxb5 allows Nxe4 as well as the sacrifice of Rxb4.. If
27 cxb5 Nxe4, 28 Nxe4 Qxe4 when the d5 pawn is hanging.} Rxh4 28. f3 bxc4 29.
Qxc4 Qxc4 30. bxc4 Bh6 31. Bxc5 (31. Rxg6+ fxg6 32. Rxg6+ Kh7 33. Rxf6 Bxe3 {
Leaving Black up the Rook to the 2 pawns.}) 31... Bxg5 32. Rxg5 Rc8 33. Be7 Nd7
{Best was 33...Rf4 holding the Knight and winning a pawn.} 34. Rxg6+ fxg6 35.
Bxh4 {This won White a pawn, but it also means White has less pieces to work
with.} Rxc4 36. Kd3 Rd4+ 37. Ke3 Kg7 {I want to move the Knight, but I do not
want to allow Bf6 after} 38. Bg5 Nc5 39. Ne2 Rd3+ 40. Kf2 Kf7 {To prevent Be7
followed by d6} 41. Be3 Nd7 {Na4 was a little better. I was thinking more of
protecting the pawn, while bringing the King around and in.} 42. Ng1 Ra3 43.
Nh3 Ra2+ 44. Kg3 Re2 45. Bf2 Kf6 46. Kg2 Rc2 {If 46...Nc5, 47 Kf1 would be
annoying, although I could follow with Rc2} 47. Kf1 Ke7 {Back to the idea of
bringing the King around} 48. Be1 Rb2 49. Nf2 Kd6 50. Nd3 Rc2 {I can no
longeer stop Bb4ch, so I keep the Rook pinning back the King} 51. Bb4+ Kc7 52.
Ke1 Rc4 53. Kd2 g5 {Planning the pawn trade with the psuedo sacrifice} 54. Ba5+
Kc8 55. Bc3 g4 56. fxg4 Rxe4 57. g5 Kc7 58. Ba5+ {Bb4 keeping my King out is
much better} Kd6 59. Bb4+ Kxd5 60. Be7 Ke6 61. Bd8 Kf5 {I should now be able
to win of White's last pawn.} 62. Nf2 Rf4 63. Ke3 e4 {63...Nc5 (or Nf8) with
the idea of Ne6 to win off the pawn is another plan} 64. Bc7 Rf3+ 65. Ke2 Rc3
66. Ba5 Rb3 67. g6 Rg3 {My mind went blank for a minute here as to how to stop
the pawn. Then I saw the obvious move to win it off.} 68. Bd2 Rxg6 69. Nd1 Rg2+
70. Ke1 {If Ke3 Nb6 followed by Nc4ch could be a problem} Rh2 71. Ne3+ Ke6 72.
Ng4 Rh4 73. Ne3 Ne5 {Bringing the Knight to the f3 post} 74. Ke2 Rh2+ 75. Kd1
Nf3 76. Bc3 Kd6 77. Ng4 Ra2 78. Bf6 Rd2+ 79. Kc1 Rg2 80. Ne3 Rg6 81. Bc3 Kc5
82. Kd1 Rd6+ 83. Ke2 Rd3 84. Ba5 Kb5 85. Bc7 Rd2+ 86. Kf1 Nh2+ 87. Kg1 Re2 {
A trade is good for Black.} 88. Nf5 Nf3+ 89. Kf1 Ra2 {I do not want to allow
the King off of the rank.} 90. Bf4 Kc4 91. Ne3+ Kd3 {The King gets closer,
which is not good for White} 92. Nd5 Rb2 93. Bh6 Nh2+ 94. Kg1 Ng4 95. Nf4+ Kc4
96. Bg7 Ra2 97. Kf1 Ne3+ 98. Ke1 Ng2+ {The Knight trade is forced, and White
is thus lost.} 99. Nxg2 Rxg2 100. Be5 Kd3 {The pawn will push to e2 and
eventually the Rook will get to f1 costing White the Bishop for the pawn.} 0-1

[Event "Apropos Adult Swiss #5"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cohen, Lawrence"]
[Black "Bell, H.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "1957"]
[BlackElo "1880"]
[Annotator "Lawrence Cohen"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2021.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]

{[%evp 0,123,19,-12,-27,-45,11,11,23,27,54,35,43,53,43,84,80,73,97,105,120,46,
77,13,26,7,2,-7,-3,-30,-39,-80,-53,-48,-38,-30,-12,-21,-33,-26,-26,-27,-36,-34,
-28,-61,-47,-58,-29,-36,-38,-36,-33,-92,-91,-77,-22,-25,-15,-19,-17,-56,-38,
-20,-17,-15,0,-40,-41,-86,-91,-80,-79,-103,-103,-102,-95,-109,-52,-81,2,-12,-9,
0,0,0,1,6,22,13,15,0,0,9,0,0,20,48,66,82,110,90,78,78,78,120,158,176,176,241,
151,124,151,124,121,122,267,319,352,391,490,650,982,1002,1012,1119]} 1. c4 e5
2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 f5 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. b3 {I generally do not
like playing b3, as my past results have not been good. It is the
recommendation in the Soltis book I learned the opening from, although Fritz
prefers Nd5} Nf6 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. dxc5 Nxc3 12. Qxd8+
Rxd8 13. Nxc3 Bxc5 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Bb2 Kf7 {Apparently both me and my
opponent missed 15...Bxf2ch, 16 Kxf2 Rd2ch followed by Rxb2 winning a pawn.}
16. O-O Rd2 17. Na4 Be7 {Fritz assessment is that Black stands slightly better.
} 18. Bc3 Rc2 19. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rd8 21. Kf1 Bd5 22. f4 g5 23. Be5 gxf4
24. Bxf4 Ba3 25. Re1 Be4 26. h4 Bb4 27. Rc1 Bd2 {It looks like Black was
looking for a simple trade of material over looking my responsse. If 28 Bxd2
Rxd2, 29 Nc3 should be able to hold for White.} 28. Rd1 Ba5 29. Rxd8 Bxd8 30.
a3 Be7 31. b4 Ke6 32. Be3 {Here I offered a draw. I figured that after 32...
a6, 33 Nc5ch Bxc5, 34 Bxc5 we would have a Bishops of opposite color endgame.}
a6 33. Bc5 {Changing my mind about the trade. Friitz prefers Ke2. You can
later in the game why.} Bf6 34. Bf8 Kd5 35. Nc5 Bb2 36. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:33] If
36 Nxa6 Bd3ch wins the Knight. That is why I played it & why Fritz suggests it
for move} Bxa3 37. Nxa6 Kc4 38. Kd2 Kb5 39. Nc7+ Kb6 40. Ne6 Kb5 41. Kc3 Bc1
42. Nd4+ Kb6 43. Nb3 {I initially looked at playing the immediate Bc5ch. After
looking closer I saw that this move left the dark squared Bishop with only 2
moves.} Be3 44. Bc5+ Bxc5 45. bxc5+ Kb5 46. Kd4 Bf3 47. Nd2 {The ideal
position for me is to get my Knight to the e6 square. It will protect the c
pawn allowing the King to become active.} Bg4 48. Nc4 Bh3 49. Nd6+ Kb4 50. Nf7
h5 51. Ng5 Bg4 52. Ne6 {My Knight has now reached the ideal square. It
protects the pawn on c5 and covers the f4 square} Kb5 53. Ke5 Kc4 54. Kd6 Bf3
55. Ng7 {winning a pawn. I make no progress after 55 Nd8 Kb5, 56 Nf7 Be4, 57
Ne5 Bd5} Kd3 {Black had to lose a pawn, and allowing me to have the clear
passer looks to be the worst choice.} 56. Nxf5 Ke4 57. Ne7 Ke3 58. Nxc6 {
Now I have won 2 pawns. With that advantage the rest is just technique.} Kf2
59. Nd4 Be4 60. Ke5 Bb7 61. Kf4 {Black's King is so horrible placed that this
is an easy win from here.} Bc8 62. c6 {It will only take a few more moves for
White to force Black to surrender the Bishop for the c pawn. After that the
game is easily won.} 1-0

[Event "Apropos Adult Swiss #5"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Martin, Andrew"]
[Black "Teuffer, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "1642"]
[BlackElo "1989"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2021.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Bg5 f6 8.
Bh4 Be6 9. Nbd2 Qd7 10. a3 O-O-O 11. Bg3 a6 12. c4 Nde7 13. b4 Bd4 14. Rb1 Nf5
15. Nb3 h5 16. Nfxd4 Ncxd4 17. Nc5 Qf7 18. h3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 c6 20. Bf3 Qe7 21.
Qa4 Bf7 22. Rfc1 Bg6 23. Rc3 Qd6 24. Kh1 Nf5 25. Ne4 Qd4 26. Rcb3 Nd6 27. Nc5
Bf7 28. Bxc6 Be8 29. Bxb7+ Nxb7 30. Qxa6 Rd6 31. Qxb7+ Kd8 32. Qxg7 1-0

[Event "Apropos Adult Swiss #5"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ruff, Lois"]
[Black "Lopez, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "801"]
[BlackElo "1732"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2021.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. Nf3 c6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Rb1 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxd4 10. O-O e6 11. Be3 Qh4 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Bg3 Qh5 14. Qf4
Nbd7 15. Be2 Qa5 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. b4 Qd8 18. b5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. c4 Nf6
21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Qf3 Qa5 23. Be5 Rfc8 24. Qg3 Bf6 25. Rxd5 Qxa2 26. Rdd1 Bxe5
27. Qxe5 Rc2 28. Re1 Rac8 29. Qe3 R8c3 30. Bd3 g6 31. Qd4 Rxd3 32. Qxd3 h5 33.
Qb3 Rxf2 34. Qxa2 Rxa2 35. Rf1 Rd2 36. Rbd1 Rb2 37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rd7 Rxb5 39.
Rfxf7+ Kh6 40. h4 g5 41. Rf6# 1-0

[Event "Apropos Adult Swiss #5"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sohol, Tanraj"]
[Black "Schill, William"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E98"]
[BlackElo "2263"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2021.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]

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. Ne1 Nd7 10. Nd3 f5 11. Bd2 c5 12. a3 Nf6 13. f3 f4 14. b4 b6 15. bxc5
bxc5 16. Rb1 g5 17. Nf2 h5 18. h3 Kh8 19. Nb5 Neg8 20. Qe1 a5 21. Kh2 Nh6 22.
Rh1 Rg8 23. Kg1 Bf8 24. Kf1 Rg6 25. Bd1 Kg8 26. Ke2 g4 27. hxg4 hxg4 28. Kd3 g3
29. Nh3 Nf7 30. Ng1 Rh6 31. Rxh6 Bxh6 32. Kc3 Ne8 33. Ne2 Qh4 34. Bc2 Bg5 35.
Qh1 Qxh1 36. Rxh1 Bd8 37. Kd3 Kg7 38. Nec3 Ng5 39. Ke2 Bd7 40. Bd3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Apropos Adult Swiss #5"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Witt, Steven"]
[Black "Porter, Ryan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1951"]
[BlackElo "2308"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2021.01.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 Qa5 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nf3 exd4 7. Nxd4 g6 8. Nb3
Qc7 9. Be3 Bg7 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 b5 12. a3 a6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Be2 Ne8 15. O-O
Nb6 16. Bd4 Bb7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Na5 Rd8 19. f5 Nd7 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. Qf4 f6
22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rd3 Ne5 24. Rg3 Nc7 25. Qe3 Rf7 26. Bd3 Ne6 27. Rf2 Qa7 28.
Qd2 Rh8 29. Nd1 Kf8 30. Ne3 Rh4 31. Ng4 Nxg4 32. Rxg4 Rxg4 33. hxg4 Kg7 34. Kf1
Qd4 35. c3 Qe5 36. Qe3 d5 37. Bc2 d4 38. cxd4 Nxd4 39. Rd2 c5 40. b4 Nxc2 41.
Rxc2 c4 42. Rd2 Rc7 43. Rd5 Qe6 44. g5 fxg5 45. Rxg5 Qf6+ 46. Ke2 Rf7 47. Kd2
Qf1 48. Kc3 Rf2 49. Kd4 Re2 50. Qc3 Qf6+ 51. Re5 Rxg2 52. Kc5 Rg5 53. Rxg5 Qxc3
54. Rd5 Qe3+ 55. Rd4 c3 0-1

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Swiercz, Dariusz"]
[Black "Sprumont, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2100"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,71,29,20,39,24,15,16,56,57,36,42,49,59,54,47,31,31,19,24,34,35,53,11,
35,12,32,36,38,31,30,24,37,16,8,33,49,39,52,52,41,73,70,63,53,23,30,40,77,43,
242,255,257,213,207,206,212,172,198,200,1174,1219,1224,1234,1281,1315,1339,
1394,1403,1530,1530,2165,2600,29982]} 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 9. Nc3 d6 10. Nd3 Bd4 11. Ne2
Bb6 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. Ng3 Ba6 15. Kh1 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Rxf2 17. Rxf2
Bxf2 18. Nf5 g6 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Rf1 gxf5 21. Rxf2 fxe4 22. Rf5 Qg6 23. dxe4 d5
24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. h4 h6 26. Rf3 Kh7 27. Rg3 Qf7 28. Qxc6 Rd8 29. e5 d4 30. Qe4+
Kh8 31. e6 Qf1+ 32. Kh2 Rg8 33. Qxd4+ Kh7 34. Qe4+ Kh8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. e7
1-0

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Whale, Nicholas"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Nicholas Whale"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,70,18,-3,61,61,71,50,54,58,115,94,79,59,44,43,57,58,61,64,65,62,55,16,
24,-11,10,7,4,-29,-6,-28,-33,-33,-50,-55,-55,-43,-48,-46,-46,-40,-29,-38,-36,
-29,-31,-38,-47,-56,-62,-76,-52,-141,-126,-212,-225,-212,-245,-237,-223,-232,
-249,-413,-436,-714,-761,-761,-1429,-1489,-1596,-1639,-1704] Well, not exactly
an ideal first round pairing for easing into things...} 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3.
Nc3 e6 4. Bd3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be3 {There's plenty of other moves here, but I
was just trying to play super solidly and avoid getting blown away. This works
for a little while...} Ne7 7. Qd2 h6 8. O-O-O d6 9. Kb1 Nd7 {I got caught
between wanting to attack because I thought (correctly) that I had a fairly
good position, and knowing that the GM would surely out-tactic me. The result
is an uneasy mixture of aggression and caution for the following few moves.}
10. h4 $5 a6 {Ipatov had only used 21 seconds at this point, while I'm already
five minutes in the hole.} 11. Ne1 $6 {Very optimistically trying for a pawn
storm.} (11. d5 $1 {is much more sensible, to try and go after his king, but I
wasn't convinced it wouldn't backfire.}) 11... c5 12. Ne2 b5 {Stockfish claims
this very natural move is Black's only inaccuracy of the game.} ({It likes} 
12... d5 $1 {immediately opening up the position to try and exploit my weird
knights.}) 13. c3 Qc7 14. f4 $6 (14. f3 {is more sensible. I'm pawn storming
the wrong flank and actually just creating weaknesses.}) 14... O-O-O 15. Nf3 f5
$1 {Putting an end to any attacking ideas I might be dreaming of, and now I'm
simply overextended and worse.} 16. Ng3 c4 17. Bc2 Nf6 18. e5 Ng4 {This is why
I should've played f3 before...} 19. Qe2 Nxe3 {On the bright side, I had
managed to get him down to less than three minutes for the rest of the game,
so I was actually up on time by about six minutes here. Unfortunately the GM
was spending that time working out exactly how to dismantle my position, and
plays the rest very quickly and ruthlessly.} 20. Qxe3 Nd5 21. Qd2 dxe5 22. Nxe5
Bxe5 23. fxe5 Qe7 24. Rdf1 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 {This was probably the closest
thing to a critical position. Black has the nasty threat of ...Nf4, which I
chose to passively defend, and walked into something even worse in the process.
} 26. Ne2 $2 ({Especially given the clock situation,} 26. Bxf5 $5 {was
definitely the move to try. I couldn't get past being down a piece vs. a GM,
but this at least changes the nature of the position.} exf5 27. Nxf5 Qe6 28.
Nd6+ Kb8 29. Qxg5 {and I have a very good knight and three pawns to work with.
I'm honestly probably still going to lose somehow, but it would be more fun.})
26... f4 $1 {I didn't see this coming at all. e3 is obviously an even better
square for the knight, and there's nothing at all I can do about it. The rest
is no trouble at all for someone of Ipatov's caliber.} 27. Qc1 Ne3 28. Rxh8
Rxh8 29. Rh1 Qg7 $1 30. Rxh8+ Qxh8 31. g3 Nxc2 32. Qxc2 Qh1+ 33. Qc1 (33. Nc1
Be4) 33... Be4+ $1 34. Ka1 Qxc1+ 35. Nxc1 f3 $1 {Ouch.} (35... fxg3 $6 {
allows me to survive a few more painful moves after} 36. Ne2 {but I was not
afforded such a pleasure.}) 0-1

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Godin, Dennis"]
[Black "Utiatskaja, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "1689"]
[BlackElo "2183"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,95,29,28,20,-8,6,3,6,-17,-17,-9,-19,-13,-8,-14,-5,-32,50,20,25,7,11,
29,34,35,24,39,128,43,45,36,48,35,38,22,31,28,46,42,54,49,60,31,42,10,21,21,19,
10,64,74,135,89,116,102,94,100,338,358,367,240,217,241,920,795,998,259,636,399,
359,224,224,118,119,145,150,146,156,99,212,248,255,152,313,156,156,161,296,312,
300,277,361,270,292,301,366,295]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 d5 4. g3 Bg7 5.
Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ne8 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e4 Ba6
12. Re1 d4 13. Na4 e5 14. Ba3 Nd6 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Nc5 Bc8 17. Rad1 Nb5 18. Bb2
Qe7 19. Nd3 a5 20. a4 Nc7 21. c3 Be6 22. cxd4 Bxb3 23. Ra1 exd4 24. Rec1 Red8
25. Rxc6 Be6 26. Ba3 Qd7 27. Rac1 Ne8 28. e5 Rab8 29. Nc5 Qa7 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31.
Rxe6 Rb3 32. Re7 Qb8 33. Bc5 Bxe5 34. Qxa5 Bf6 35. Re6 d3 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 37.
Bd5+ Kh8 38. Bxb3 Qxb3 39. Qd2 Re2 40. Qf4 Qe6 41. Be3 Be7 42. Qb8+ Kg7 43. Qf4
h6 44. Qxh6+ Kf7 45. Qf4+ Kg7 46. Qh6+ Kf7 47. Qf4+ Kg7 48. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Zech, Joseph"]
[Black "Whale, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[Annotator "Nicholas Whale"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,96,26,11,46,46,49,0,13,2,-2,12,21,13,23,37,26,24,48,26,32,33,33,10,10,
10,16,-17,-22,-78,-99,-85,-44,-40,-27,-36,-27,-78,-67,-79,-58,-76,-78,-78,-75,
-75,-58,-86,-87,-114,-89,-65,-74,-112,-116,-143,-127,-144,-103,-104,-102,-93,
-106,-122,-119,-169,-174,-175,-175,-174,-160,-168,-176,-193,-182,-207,-203,
-209,-214,-206,-216,-294,-316,-327,-163,-158,-158,-158,-158,-442,-531,-982,
-1012,-1960,-2218,-2651,-28463,-29967,-29968]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4.
e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 {A natural looking
move, but I think it just gives me easy equality.} Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxe5 11. Nxe5
Nxe5 12. dxe5 O-O $1 {There's no need to cede the d-file by trading queens.}
13. Qg4 {Trying to create some kind of attack, but the queen by herself can't
do much damage.} ({If} 13. Qxd8 $6 Rxd8 {I have better development, control
the open file, and have a weak pawn at c3 to attack.}) 13... Qc7 {Tactically
defending against White's next move.} 14. Bh6 $2 ({I had expected} 14. Re1 Rd8
(14... h5 $1 {is the computer move, which I didn't consider.} 15. Qxh5 $4 Qxc4)
15. Bh6 Bf8 {but here} 16. Bg5 $1 {is pretty annoying.}) 14... Qxe5 15. Be3 Qf6
{Pragmatism.} ({I spent three minutes on} 15... Qxc3 $6 16. Bd4 e5 {which
works materially, but after the in-between move} 17. Qxg7+ $1 {I didn't like
it so much.} ({The idea is} 17. Bxc3 Bxg4 18. Bxe5 Rad8 {and although White's
bishop are nice and active, I have an extra pawn.})) 16. Rfd1 {I'm still up a
pawn, but White has nice activity and it's a little hard to find moves.} e5 {
I didn't really want to do this, but it seemed necessary.} 17. Qe4 $1 {A nice
centralization.} Qf5 {Again, not really what I wanted to do, but I couldn't
see anything better.} (17... a6 18. a4 {didn't seem to help.}) 18. Qxf5 (18.
Bd5 $1 {first gains a key tempo, so White can regain his pawn.}) 18... Bxf5 19.
Bd5 Rac8 $1 {With the bishop developed, now I can play this move.} 20. Bxb7 {
My opponent was down to 4 and a half minutes for the rest of the game here,
while I still had ten.} Rxc3 21. Rac1 (21. Bxa7 $4 Rc7 {skewering is the point.
}) 21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rb8 23. Ba6 Rb2 24. Bc8 $5 {With 50 seconds left to my
five minutes, White reasonably starts playing for tricks.} ({The other option
was passive defense by} 24. Ra1 Rb1+ 25. Rxb1 Bxb1 26. a4 Bc2 27. a5 Bb4 28.
Bxa7 Bxa5 {, which I think was better since I don't really see how to win this
position.}) 24... g6 (24... Bc2 $1 {is Stockfish's move, which it gives about
-1.3.}) (24... Bxc8 $4 25. Rxc8+ Bf8 26. f4 {is obviously not good, I'm stuck
in a bad pin.}) 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Bh6 $2 (26. g3 {is a better chance:} Rxa2 27.
Rc7) 26... f6 $1 {Stopping the back rank tricks.} 27. a4 Ra2 28. g3 Rxa4 $2 ({
Better is} 28... Kf7 $1 {, which gains a tempo over the game continuation, i.e.
} 29. Rc7 a5 30. Be3 Ke6) 29. Rc7 Kf7 30. Be3 {Now I lose the a-pawn due to
the threat of Bc5, and things are much tougher.} Ke6 31. Bxa7 h5 32. h4 $2 {
Stockfish considers this the losing move, and recommends sitting tight with} (
32. Kg2 {instead. Still, it's hard to defend accurately with only 15-20
seconds left}) 32... f4 33. Kg2 fxg3 34. fxg3 {This should be winning for me
now, with the strong passed e-pawn.} Ra2+ 35. Bf2 Bd6 36. Rc6 Kd5 37. Rc1 e4
38. Kf1 Ra3 39. Rd1+ Rd3 40. Ke2 $2 {Trading makes my life easier.} Rxd1 41.
Kxd1 f5 $2 {Down to about a minute myself, I make the win more difficult.} (
41... Ke6 $1 {is kind of weird looking but much more straightforward, for
example} 42. Ke2 Kf5 43. Ke3 Bc5+ 44. Ke2 Bxf2 45. Kxf2 Kg4 {winning.}) 42. Ke2
Bb4 43. Be3 Bc3 44. Bf4 $4 {Unfortunately this is the worst square to move the
bishop to, allowing me to force an easy king and pawn endgame.} Be5 45. Ke3
Bxf4+ 46. gxf4 Kc4 47. Ke2 Kd4 48. Kd2 e3+ 0-1

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Keltner, John"]
[Black "Godin, Dennis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "1689"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,106,23,19,61,61,50,20,47,10,-4,-21,10,13,33,4,32,27,29,17,15,20,26,27,
42,32,40,54,54,-3,64,56,58,40,80,86,68,58,55,25,53,48,54,69,167,156,220,148,
130,25,50,140,119,139,133,133,156,140,140,132,138,144,145,133,180,0,0,0,19,-50,
-61,-147,-147,-139,-88,-94,-113,-125,-123,-122,-71,-135,-98,-149,-147,-147,
-154,-154,-156,-155,-142,-130,-145,-146,-131,-159,-156,-147,-144,-153,-135,
-182,-170,-191,-202,-381,-377,-29999,-30000]} 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4.
Bc4 Nb6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. exd6 cxd6 7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. Re1 Bg4 11.
h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Ne4 Na5 16. Nf6+ Kh8 17. Bc2
Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. b3 Rac8 20. Ba3 Rfe8 21. Rad1 Qe6 22. Bb4 Qb6 23. Rd7 f5
24. Bxa5 Qxa5 25. Qxb7 Rb8 26. Qxa7 Qxa7 27. Rxa7 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. a4 e4
30. Rc1 Rd8 31. c4 Rd2 32. Bd1 Bd4 33. c5 Bxf2+ 34. Kh1 Bxc5 35. Kh2 Bd6+ 36.
Kg1 e3 37. Kf1 Rf2+ 38. Kg1 Bg3 39. Bf3 Rb2 40. a5 Rxb3 41. Ra1 Be5 42. Re1 Ra3
43. Kf1 f4 44. g3 Rxa5 45. gxf4 Bxf4 46. Kg2 Rg5+ 47. Kf1 Rg3 48. Bg4 h5 49.
Be6 Kg7 50. Ke2 Kf6 51. Bd7 Ke5 52. Ra1 Rg2+ 53. Kf3 Rf2# 0-1

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Womack, Ethan"]
[Black "Petregal-Lemay, Nick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "995"]
[Annotator "Roland,Jeffrey"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,79,28,16,16,16,33,17,17,5,19,21,22,20,21,21,19,-12,0,18,20,-77,-80,
-181,244,78,314,302,283,345,358,360,406,406,394,378,413,411,427,360,451,451,
448,404,395,342,361,321,381,297,291,300,382,252,333,-187,-196,-214,-210,-216,
-202,-215,-129,-220,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 d6 8. Ne2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5
10. e4 Ne3 11. Qd2 Nb4 12. Bb3 a5 13. Qxe3 a4 14. Qd2 Qd6 15. Bc4 c6 16. a3 Na6
17. O-O b5 18. Ba2 O-O 19. Rf2 b4 20. Bc4 bxa3 21. bxa3 Be6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23.
Qb4 Qc7 24. c4 Rb8 25. Qd2 Rb3 26. Rff1 g5 27. Rfb1 Qb6+ 28. Kf1 Rxb1+ 29. Rxb1
Qxb1+ 30. Kf2 Qa1 31. Nxg5 hxg5 32. Qxg5+ Kf8 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qg5+ Kh7 35.
Qh4+ Kg6 36. Qg3+ Kf6 37. Qh4+ Kg7 38. Qg5+ Kf8 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Soetedjo, James"]
[Black "Danie Samani, Amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "1786"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,207,26,23,18,18,16,1,31,33,36,36,33,21,26,16,22,8,14,3,5,4,4,-47,-16,
-54,-41,-50,-40,-51,-59,-97,-21,-22,-22,-35,-23,-16,-18,-22,-21,-23,-4,-1,-5,
-5,0,-6,0,0,8,4,10,0,0,0,0,13,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,74,56,38,23,48,43,57,45,
57,101,100,98,126,0,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,-14,-20,-6,-12,-23,-15,-23,0,-111,-109,
-110,-127,-180,-168,-203,6,0,87,82,76,73,127,145,165,163,176,186,180,187,198,
198,204,157,198,218,235,263,274,229,266,261,261,169,274,274,274,285,301,341,
341,343,507,527,527,527,527,527,527,537,537,537,537,537,577,537,537,537,547,
547,547,547,547,547,547,557,557,567,567,577,29973,29970,29967,29968,29969,
29970,29975,567,29973,29974,29975,29976,29979,29980,29987,29984,29985,29986,
29987,29988,29989,29990,29991,29986,29987,29988,29989,29990,29991,29992,29995,
29994,29995,29996,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O d6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Rab1 a5
11. a4 Re8 12. Rfc1 h6 13. b3 Qe7 14. Ra1 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17.
Bf3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe4 20. Nd4 g6 21. f3 Nc5 22. e4 Kg7 23. Rab1
Nd3 24. Rd1 Nf4 25. Nb5 Re7 26. Kf2 Ne6 27. Nc3 Rc8 28. Nd5 Ree8 29. h4 h5 30.
g3 Nc5 31. Nc3 Nd7 32. Nb5 Nf6 33. Na7 Rcd8 34. Nc6 Rd7 35. Rd3 Ng8 36. Rbd1
Ne7 37. Nd4 Kf8 38. e5 Nc8 39. exd6 Nxd6 40. Nb5 Rde7 41. Nxd6 Re2+ 42. Kg1
cxd6 43. Rxd6 Rb2 44. Rxb6 Ree2 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. Rc1 Rg2+ 47. Kh1 Rh2+ 48. Kg1
Rbg2+ 49. Kf1 Rxg3 50. Rb5 Rxf3+ 51. Kg1 Rxh4 52. Rg5 Rxb3 53. c5 Rxa4 54. c6
Rb8 55. c7 Rc8 56. Rd5 Re4 57. Rd8 Re8 58. Rxe8 Rxe8 59. c8=Q Rxc8 60. Rxc8 f5
61. Ra8 Kf6 62. Rxa5 Kg5 63. Kg2 Kg4 64. Ra4+ f4 65. Ra3 g5 66. Rb3 Kf5 67. Rb4
Kg4 68. Rb5 h4 69. Rd5 h3+ 70. Kh2 Kh4 71. Rd4 Kg4 72. Rd3 Kf5 73. Kxh3 g4+ 74.
Kg2 Ke4 75. Rd7 Ke5 76. Rg7 Kf5 77. Rf7+ Kg5 78. Rd7 Kf5 79. Rd5+ Kg6 80. Kf2
Kf6 81. Ke2 Kg6 82. Kd3 g3 83. Ke4 g2 84. Rd1 Kg5 85. Kf3 Kh4 86. Kxg2 Kg4 87.
Rd4 Kf5 88. Kf3 Ke5 89. Rxf4 Ke6 90. Ke4 Kd6 91. Rf5 Ke6 92. Rd5 Ke7 93. Ke5
Kf7 94. Kf5 Ke7 95. Rd4 Kf7 96. Rd7+ Ke8 97. Rb7 Kd8 98. Ke6 Kc8 99. Rh7 Kb8
100. Kd6 Ka8 101. Kc6 Kb8 102. Rg7 Ka8 103. Kb6 Kb8 104. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "*Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Morris, Conrad"]
[Black "Getz, Nate"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "1517"]
[BlackElo "1701"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,74,20,26,8,-10,40,37,33,37,44,43,34,6,59,20,43,36,86,87,86,77,102,83,
51,55,59,-19,-26,-38,-34,-198,-179,-194,-204,-204,-207,-207,-208,-212,-174,
-235,-249,-283,-271,-364,-386,-384,-392,-407,-405,-443,-419,-445,-445,-458,
-460,-606,-528,-565,-620,-575,-769,-681,-839,-1514,-1520,-1545,-1294,-1381,
-851,-1548,-1550,-1581,-1696,-2239,-2384]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3
O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 ({A rare choice. The main move here is, of course,} 6. Be2
{, when} e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 {is a normal continuation.}) 6... Na6 (6...
Bg4 {also looks like a principled response. The light-square bishop gets into
the fight for the central dark squares in the only way possible: it pressures
the f3-knight.}) 7. a3 c5 8. d5 e6 9. O-O exd5 10. exd5 h6 11. h3 Nc7 12. Bf4 (
12. Re1 $14) 12... b5 $1 13. Nxb5 $6 Nxb5 14. cxb5 Nxd5 15. Be4 $2 ({Careful!
That superficially attractive pin is only "relative."} 15. Bg3 $13) 15... Nxf4
$1 16. Bxa8 Bxh3 $1 17. gxh3 Qxa8 {Material is roughly equal, but the weakness
around the white king is absolutely decisive.} 18. Kh2 Qc8 19. Ng1 Be5 20. Re1
Qf5 21. Qg4 Nd3+ 22. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 23. Qg3 Qxb2 24. Qxd3 Qxa1 25. Qxd6 Qd4 26. Qg3
Re8 27. Nf3 Qd5 28. h4 Kg7 29. Kg2 c4 30. a4 c3 31. Qc7 Qd3 32. Ne5 Qe4+ 33.
Nf3 c2 34. Qc3+ Kh7 35. Qf6 Qg4+ 36. Kh2 Qf5 37. Qc3 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Whale, Nicholas"]
[Black "Anthony, Toni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "639"]
[Annotator "Nicholas Whale"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,71,30,11,49,49,44,43,56,73,73,64,33,36,28,9,40,8,1,-7,-1,3,0,2,-14,
-13,-10,-10,-10,-10,188,194,196,218,223,206,213,204,249,202,297,283,472,322,
320,328,339,331,401,292,365,365,431,339,643,649,649,663,773,766,1060,1090,1104,
1096,1254,1303,1348,1391,29989,1482,29997,29998,29999,-30000] It was tempting
to brush this game off as an easy win given the rating difference, but given
that this rating was 11 years old, it meant pretty much nothing. And having
both dealt and received a few upsets of hundreds of points in my time, you
learn to never underestimate anyone.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {
I went for a more strategic line, trying to outplay her that way. I was
unpleasantly surprised in the opening...} bxc6 (4... dxc6 {is more common, but
there's nothing wrong with the text move.}) 5. d3 d6 6. O-O {Too routine.} (6.
e5 $1 {disrupts Black's operations more, and if I had considered what I might
be getting myself into after move 13, I would have definitely played this.})
6... e5 $1 7. Nc3 $6 {The knight is pretty useless here.} (7. Nbd2 {intending
to follow up with Re1 and Nf1-e3 or g3, like in a Ruy Lopez, would be a better
idea.}) 7... h6 8. Be3 Nf6 9. h3 Be6 10. b3 Be7 11. Nh2 O-O 12. f4 exf4 13.
Bxf4 d5 $1 {A nice thematic push, trying to activate the bishops. I knew I had
absolutely no advantage, and according to Stockfish Black is even a bit better.
Clearly things haven't worked out.} 14. e5 Ra7 $4 {Presumably a mouseslip;
unfortunate, but one of the risks of online play...} ({Simply} 14... Nd7 {
and it's not clear what exactly I'm supposed to be doing here.}) 15. exf6 Bxf6
{Even up a piece, I had more trouble converting than I would have liked.} 16.
Bd2 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Re7 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Ne2 Bf6 $6 ({I was expecting} 19... Be5 {
, which offers slightly better resistance.}) 20. Bxh6 (20. Rxf6 $1 {is even
better.} gxf6 21. Nf4 {is simply devastating with my queen coming in next.
This possibility was available for a couple more moves, so I guess I just
wasn't looking for it. I was very focused on not blundering anything.}) 20...
Qd7 21. Bd2 (21. Rxf6 $1) 21... Rfe8 22. Nf4 (22. Rxf6 $1 {...sigh.}) 22... Bf5
23. Qf3 Bg5 24. Rbe1 ({Yet another tactical opportunity missed:} 24. Nxd5 $1)
24... Qd6 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Bc1 Qc7 $2 27. Nxd5 $1 {Finally I see something.
Now the rest is simple.} cxd5 28. Bxg5 Re5 $6 29. Bf4 Qe7 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31.
Qxf5 Qe7 32. Qxd5 g6 33. Ng4 Kh8 34. Qxf7 Qe2 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Nf6# {A nifty
little mating net.} 1-0

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Soetedjo, James"]
[Black "Wei, Jeffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "2208"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,77,28,20,26,27,45,5,5,16,2,13,35,7,18,18,25,5,13,8,15,2,22,0,11,11,10,
-11,-13,-23,-7,-12,0,-42,-42,-79,-86,-88,-78,-68,-82,-67,-15,-17,0,0,0,0,0,-46,
3,0,0,-53,55,56,96,57,48,53,146,140,113,104,116,82,110,116,133,48,147,139,119,
99,451,408,415,424,456,467]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5. O-O d6
6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 b6 8. Nbd2 Bb7 9. c4 e5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Rb1 Ngxe5 12. Nxe5
dxe5 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nc5 15. Rfd1 f5 16. Ba3 e4 17. Qg3 Qe7 18. Bxc5 bxc5
19. f3 Rad8 20. fxe4 Bc3 21. Nf1 fxe4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qg4 Rd3 24. Rd1 Qd6 25.
Rb1 Qe5 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 Qe7 28. Qd5+ Kg7 29. Ng3 a5 30. Nxe4 Bb2 31. Qd3
Be5 32. Nd2 Bf6 33. Nf3 h5 34. e4 Qe8 35. Kf1 g5 36. e5 Bxe5 37. Qe2 g4 38.
Qxe5+ Qxe5 39. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "*Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ng, Kelvin"]
[Black "Shi, Jason"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,67,26,15,77,67,67,60,38,32,25,-3,21,29,40,20,20,16,14,7,7,1,22,22,71,
32,86,86,85,92,98,94,98,56,38,18,62,39,66,67,79,51,52,37,37,2,259,259,336,333,
405,128,475,497,476,470,503,503,523,485,551,568,29991,29992,29997,29998,29999,
29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4
Bg4 7. Nf3 (7. Qb3 {is standard here.}) 7... e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Bg3 Bxg3 10. hxg3
h5 11. Nbd2 h4 12. gxh4 Rxh4 (12... Ne4 $5 13. Nxe4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxh4 15. Qh3
Qxh3 16. gxh3 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxh3 18. Kg2) 13. Qb3 $1 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Rh6 15. Qxb7
$1 Ne7 16. Bb5+ $6 ({Tempting, but the black king is probably safer on f8 than
on e8, and White is building a box around his queen.} 16. Qb3 $16 {.}) 16...
Kf8 17. a4 $6 (17. Bd3) 17... g6 (17... Rb8 18. Qxa7 Ra8 19. Qc5 (19. Qb7 Rb8
20. Qa7 Ra8) 19... Ne4 20. Qa3 Kg8 {and Black has a force advantage on the
kingside.}) 18. g3 a6 19. Bd3 Ng4 20. Rab1 ({Perhaps getting queen out of the
danger zone and consolidating one extra pawn is again the safest way to play:} 
20. Qb3 $16 {.}) 20... Kg7 21. Kg2 Rb8 22. Qxa6 Qh8 ({Black needs to find the
sneaky trick} 22... Ne3+ $1 {to stay in the game.} 23. fxe3 (23. Kg1 $5 $13)
23... Rb6 24. Ne5 ({The idea is to meet} 24. Qa5 {with} Rxb2+ 25. Rxb2 Qxa5 {
, when Black should have some winning chances.}) (24. Qa7 Nc6 25. Qxb6 Qxb6 26.
b4) 24... Rxa6 25. Rxf7+ Kg8 26. Bxa6) (22... Rb6 23. Qa5 Ne3+ 24. Kg1 $13 {
is a different approach to the trick, though perhaps less sneaky.}) 23. Qd6 $18
Nf5 24. Qf4 Rh3 (24... Rh2+ $2 25. Nxh2 Qxh2+ 26. Kf3 {and the white king is
surprisingly safe.}) 25. Rh1 Rxb2 (25... Nfe3+ 26. fxe3 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 Rxb2+ 28.
Kg1 {and now Black can lose the endgame following} Qxh1+ 29. Kxh1 Nf2+ 30. Kg1
Nh3+ 31. Kf1 Nxf4 32. exf4 {.}) 26. Rxb2 Rxh1 27. Qxg4 Rd1 28. Bf1 Qc8 29. Nh4
Nxh4+ 30. Qxh4 Qxc3 31. Rb8 f5 32. Qh8+ Kf7 33. Rb7+ Qc7 34. Rxc7# 1-0

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sprumont, Oscar"]
[Black "Kim, Yoon-Young"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,125,18,23,23,-10,-11,24,18,16,37,15,35,4,21,7,42,20,54,32,74,45,45,21,
21,27,40,33,35,42,48,20,12,34,32,25,33,51,68,76,62,59,63,72,72,83,67,68,152,
141,138,174,172,176,168,194,207,216,214,182,183,201,201,216,217,220,230,152,
154,152,154,162,153,115,179,82,141,138,121,149,145,110,71,102,55,30,41,50,161,
138,210,215,194,223,221,214,221,195,196,207,207,32,28,28,36,41,26,7,34,26,26,0,
0,0,0,0,-10,-83,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5.
g3 e5 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2 a5 9. b5 a4 10. Na3 Nd7 11. Qd2 Nc5 12. Nc2
Re8 13. Rab1 Bf5 14. Ba3 Qd6 15. Qb4 b6 16. Nh4 Rad8 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18. Qd2 h5
19. Nb4 e4 20. dxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Nc6 Qxa3 23. Nxd8 Qc3 24. Qd3 Re8
25. Nc6 Bh6 26. Rfd1 Bg7 27. Rdc1 Qxd3 28. exd3 Re2 29. Ra1 Kf8 30. Kf1 Rb2 31.
Rcb1 Rd2 32. Rd1 Rb2 33. Ke1 Bh6 34. Ne5 Ke7 35. Nf3 Kd6 36. h4 Kc5 37. Ng5 Nd6
38. Rdb1 Rc2 39. Rc1 Rb2 40. Rd1 Kb4 41. Rab1 Ka3 42. Rxb2 Kxb2 43. Rd2+ Ka3
44. Rc2 Bg7 45. Ke2 Bf6 46. Kf3 Be5 47. Ne4 Nb7 48. Nd2 Nc5 49. Nb1+ Kb4 50.
a3+ Kb3 51. Rd2 Bg7 52. Ke2 Bh6 53. f4 Bf8 54. Kd1 Ne6 55. Kc1 Bxa3+ 56. Nxa3
Kxa3 57. Kc2 Ng7 58. Rd1 Nf5 59. Ra1+ Kb4 60. Rb1+ Ka3 61. Ra1+ Kb4 62. Rb1+
Ka3 63. Ra1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Webster, Dex"]
[Black "Ng, Kelvin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "1937"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,142,22,28,23,-20,0,1,-4,-4,13,3,-6,-17,-2,-3,-16,-11,-10,-14,18,4,22,
-3,-7,-16,55,49,51,69,73,72,71,63,67,62,62,53,71,50,76,76,85,56,88,63,52,36,91,
88,97,84,84,81,108,115,119,88,86,84,84,80,81,87,92,61,81,2,4,11,11,20,20,21,21,
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-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999,-30000]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4.
O-O c6 5. d3 Nbd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 e5 8. Nc3 Bc5 9. Na4 Qe7 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11.
b4 Rd8 12. Qe1 Na6 13. a3 e4 14. Nh4 Bg6 15. Qc3 O-O 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bb2 c5
18. b5 Nc7 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Re8 21. e3 b6 22. a4 Ne6 23. Qe5 Nc7 24. Qxe7
Rxe7 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Bc3 Nfe8 27. a5 f5 28. Rb8 bxa5 29. Bxa5 Nd6 30. Bf1 Ne6
31. h4 g5 32. hxg5 Nxg5 33. Be2 Nf3+ 34. Kg2 Ne5 35. Bc3 Nexc4 36. Bxc4 Nxc4
37. Rc8 Nd6 38. Rxc5 Rb7 39. Rd5 Nxb5 40. Be5 a5 41. Ba1 g6 42. g4 fxg4 43. Rd8
g5 44. Ra8 Ra7 45. Rb8 Na3 46. Re8 Nc2 47. Be5 a4 48. Rc8 Nb4 49. Bd4 Ra6 50.
Rb8 Nc2 51. Rb7+ Kg6 52. Rc7 Nxd4 53. exd4 a3 54. Rc1 a2 55. Ra1 Ra3 56. d5 Kf5
57. d6 Ke6 58. Kf1 Kxd6 59. Ke2 Ke5 60. Kd2 Kf4 61. Ke2 Ra4 62. Kf1 Kf3 63. Kg1
g3 64. fxg3 Kxg3 65. Kf1 Kf3 66. Ke1 g4 67. Kf1 Rb4 68. Re1 Rb1 69. Kg1 Rxe1+
70. Kh2 Re2+ 71. Kg1 a1=Q# 0-1

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Getz, Nate"]
[Black "Post, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "1701"]
[BlackElo "1267"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,61,33,18,18,1,40,40,58,49,49,56,54,34,51,35,32,43,40,44,44,43,37,45,
64,15,40,40,45,44,51,54,68,88,77,73,143,73,93,122,175,145,301,280,337,384,356,
356,396,411,489,345,489,617,695,733,1103,1223,29995,29996,29997,29998,29999,
-30000]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7.
Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Qd2 Na5 13. Bd3 c4 14.
Bc2 b6 15. f4 Bb7 16. f5 Nc6 17. Bh6 Bf6 18. Bg5 Bh8 19. Qe3 Rf8 20. Nf4 e6 21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. Nxe6 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qd7 24. d5 Ne5 25. Qf2 Qf7 26. Qh4 Qd7 27.
Bf6 Re8 28. Bxh8 Kxh8 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qf8+ Rxf8 31. Rxf8# 1-0

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Devarakonda, Kireeti"]
[Black "Sharkansky, Jacob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "1625"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,53,23,17,27,45,33,17,19,5,5,17,5,11,-5,-28,-5,-28,34,53,66,56,57,15,
17,-20,-20,7,150,175,233,228,516,313,398,274,312,305,319,322,346,356,1447,1468,
1472,1471,1481,1481,1481,1310,1481,1491,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Bxf6
gxf6 10. Nc3 c6 11. Nh2 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bb3 d4 14. Ne4 f5 15. Nxc5 b5 16.
Qh5 Kg7 17. Ne4 fxe4 18. Qxe5+ Kg8 19. Qxe4 Rb8 20. Rfe1 Ng6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22.
Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Re5 Re8 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Rh5# 1-0

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Soetedjo, James"]
[Black "Ramirez Esqueda, Edson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "1927"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,87,23,26,29,18,45,16,7,12,4,20,35,0,25,17,23,-21,-3,-13,-2,-23,-23,
-12,-3,0,0,-16,-8,-16,7,1,0,7,18,7,14,3,25,22,28,7,13,-17,-17,-18,-6,-20,-29,
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-1008,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Be2 O-O 5.
O-O d6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Nbd2 Bd7 10. c4 a5 11. Nd4 Qb6 12.
Nb5 Bc6 13. Nf3 Rad8 14. Nfd4 d5 15. Qc1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Be4 17. Rd1 Rc8 18. Qd2
Rfd8 19. Bc3 Ra8 20. Qe1 Nd5 21. f3 Nxc3 22. Nxc3 Bc6 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. Rac1
Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Ne2 Nb7 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. e4 Qb6+ 29. Qf2 c5 30. Qg3 Nd6
31. h4 Nxc4 32. bxc4 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qb2 34. Ng1 Bd4 35. Nh3 Qxa2 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37.
Qe8 Qxc4 38. Qxe7 a4 39. h5 a3 40. h6+ Kxh6 41. Qg5+ Kg7 42. Nf4 a2 43. Nh5+
Kf8 44. Qd8# 1-0

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Holder, L Dillon"]
[Black "Whale, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "1795"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[Annotator "Nicholas Whale"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,100,26,40,49,62,44,31,41,22,45,7,7,-12,21,9,-7,5,3,0,-15,-25,-26,-31,
-34,-35,-21,-32,-11,-17,7,27,30,11,9,4,12,7,16,26,46,32,28,33,28,10,-3,-35,-27,
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-211,-205,-217,-374,-352,-356,-392,-386,-385,-371,-394,-405,-418,-430,-389,
-417,-387,-416,-431,-425,-434] I think this was the best game I played in the
tournament, although it was not without some adventures along the way.} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 {Not bad, of course, but
obviously not the most testing line.} bxc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. c4 {With a kind of
Marcozy bind, except that White doesn't have control of d5, which defeats the
whole purpose of the setup.} g6 8. Nc3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Rb8 11. Qe2 Nd7 $1
{I was quite proud of this plan, maneuvering the knight to either c5 or e5.}
12. Be3 Qc7 (12... Qa5 $1 {is more aggressive and better.}) 13. Rac1 Ne5 14.
Bb1 Be6 $2 {However, this move is the start of trouble, by playing too
directly to win the c4-pawn.} 15. b3 Qa5 {Threatening ...Nxc4, but there's a
very strong reply.} 16. Bd2 $1 {This does several good things for White:
covers the knight again to avoid the cheapo and threatens both the obvious Nd5
discovery and a sneaky idea of f4-f5.} Bc8 (16... c5 {was the other choice but
I didn't want to give up the d5 square.}) (16... Qc7 $4 {or some other
careless move walks into} 17. f4 $1 Nd7 18. f5 {trapping the bishop.}) 17. f4
Nd7 18. Kh1 (18. Nd5 {can luckily be met by} Qd8) 18... Qc7 19. Qf2 {Obviously,
White is the one making progress here. I couldn't see what to do so decided to
try and bait him into something, which is obviously a risky strategy.} Nb6 $6
20. f5 (20. c5 {is also quite strong.}) 20... Nd7 {Now at least I can use e5.}
21. Qh4 Ne5 22. Bg5 f6 23. Bh6 $2 {This was a very pleasant surprise.} ({
White should play more patiently with} 23. Be3 {when my position remains quite
unpleasant. After the text, I have a forcing sequence to at least a small
advantage.}) 23... g5 $1 24. Qh5 Bd7 $1 {Threatening ...Be8, but also setting
a more sinister trap.} 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. h4 $2 {Tempting, but also nearly
losing. White should retreat the queen instead.} g4 $1 {Again threatening ...
Be8 next, which will now trap the queen. I initially thought I was just
winning, but not quite...} 27. Rf4 ({The other option was} 27. Ne2 {, but it's
still close to being lost:} Be8 28. Nf4 Qd7 (28... Bxh5 29. Ne6+) 29. Ne6+ Qxe6
$1 30. Qxe8 Rfxe8 31. fxe6 c5 {and with such an awful bishop, it looks grim
for White.}) 27... Be8 28. Rxg4+ Nxg4 (28... Kh8 $2 {was my original plan but
White can save himself with} 29. Qh6 $1) 29. Qxg4+ Kh8 {This should be winning,
but my technique left something to be desired.} 30. Ne2 (30. Qf4) 30... Rg8 31.
Qf4 Qa5 $6 ({The more forcing} 31... Bh5 {is better, with the idea of ...
Rg4xh4+}) 32. c5 $6 ({Stockfish much prefers} 32. g4 {, when I was going to
play} Qe5) 32... Rd8 33. Nd4 dxc5 $1 34. Ne6 Qd2 $1 {The point.} 35. Qf1 Rd6 ({
Missing the prettier} 35... Rg4 $1 36. Nxd8 Rxh4+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Qf2 Qxc1+)
36. Rxc5 Qd1 ({Again} 36... Rg4 $1 {is stronger.}) 37. Rc1 (37. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 38.
Kh2 Rxb1) 37... Qg4 38. Qf2 Rd1+ 39. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 40. Qg1 {I was pretty annoyed
that White was still hanging around, somehow.} Qg4 41. Qf2 Bf7 $1 {Time to
bring in the reserves.} 42. Nd4 {This finally lets me simplify the position,
but there's really nothing good to do.} Qd1+ 43. Qg1 Qxg1+ 44. Kxg1 Rd8 $1 {
Winning another piece, after which the rest is easy.} 45. Nxc6 Rd1+ 46. Kh2
Rxb1 47. Nxa7 Kg7 48. Nc6 Kf8 49. e5 fxe5 50. Nxe5 Rb2 {White has a bunch of
pawns, but the rook easily gobbles them up.} 0-1

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.05"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Patric Clark, Ryan"]
[Black "Agrawal, Varun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "1317"]
[BlackElo "1450"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,102,26,26,59,47,35,31,62,56,102,66,64,64,66,64,50,34,35,14,21,16,16,
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c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qd3 Ne4 9. h4 Nd7
10. Bg5 Ndf6 11. Ne5 h6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be3 Qf6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bf3 Nhxg3 16.
fxg3 Nxg3 17. Bf4 Nxf1 18. Rxf1 g5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Bh2 f4 21. Ng4 Qg7 22. Nd1
Bf5 23. Qd2 Rae8 24. Ndf2 Be4 25. Nh3 Bc7 26. Kh1 Bb6 27. Bg1 Bd8 28. Kg2 Bc7
29. Nhf2 Re6 30. Nh3 a6 31. a4 Rfe8 32. Re1 Kh7 33. b4 Kg6 34. a5 Qh7 35. Bf2
Qe7 36. Ng1 Rh8 37. Nh3 Bd6 38. Ng1 Bxb4 39. Qa2 Bxe1 40. Bxe1 Bxf3+ 41. Kxf3
Re3+ 42. Kg2 Qe4+ 43. Kf1 Rh1 44. Bf2 Rc3 45. Ne5+ Kg7 46. Nd3 f3 47. Qd2 fxe2+
48. Qxe2 Rxd3 49. Qxe4 dxe4 50. Kg2 Rxg1+ 51. Bxg1 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Pinisetti, Prateek"]
[Black "Whale, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[Annotator "Nicholas Whale"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,135,22,31,62,44,44,22,30,36,36,47,50,43,40,5,7,-7,24,7,5,14,14,-8,-8,
-7,-24,-25,-22,-23,-16,5,33,0,-1,-1,1,11,25,-20,60,67,74,74,67,101,102,78,84,
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29993,29992,29993,29994,29995,29992,29993,29994,29995,29996,29997,29998]} 1. e4
c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5
9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. g3 $5 {An unusual move, which I had never faced
before.} (11. Bd3 {is the most common continuation.}) 11... fxe4 {I vaguely
remembered that taking the pawn was recommended in my Sveshnikov book, but
nothing else.} 12. Bg2 Bg7 13. O-O O-O {With my king still in the center,
hanging onto the pawn seemed like a bad idea.} 14. Bxe4 Be6 15. c3 f5 16. Bg2
Rc8 17. Nc2 {This is still pretty even, and so I just decided to play for a
draw, figuring that the bottom boards had what seemed to be pretty favorable
positions. Unfortunately, sometimes playing it safe can, ironically, be more
dangerous.} Ne7 $6 (17... a5 {is best, taking advantage of White's last move
removing the attack on b5.}) 18. a4 $1 {A thematic and strong retort, and
suddenly I wasn't happy with my position anymore.} Rc5 19. Ncb4 Nxd5 $2 (19...
e4 $1 {was essential, to shut out the bishop and thus encourage White to be
the one initiating the exchange, and would be more or less ok for me. After
the text it's borderline lost; the d5-square is an outpost forever, and White
puts it to very good use.}) 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 {This knight actually never
moves again in the whole game, but clearly it doesn't need to.} Kh8 22. axb5 $2
(22. b4 $1 {to drive the rook away is much better.}) 22... axb5 $2 {An
automatic, but incorrect, premove.} ({Better} 22... Rxb5 $1 {when at least I
can attack something.}) 23. b4 $1 Rc4 24. Qh5 {Uh-oh.} f4 {Desperately looking
for something, anything...} 25. Ra7 $1 fxg3 $2 26. hxg3 Qe8 27. Qxe8 Rxe8 {
An unsurprisingly awful endgame, but there's no immediate knockout.} 28. Rfa1
e4 $5 {The best try. Apparently this came as quite a surprise for my opponent,
as he thought for five minutes, leaving himself with only about 30 seconds
left, and then made a bad move...} 29. Ra8 $2 ({After the calm} 29. R1a3 $1 {
I have nothing.}) 29... Rcc8 $1 ({Maybe he was hoping for} 29... Rxa8 $4 30.
Rxa8+ Bf8 31. Rxf8+ {$2}) 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 {Taking off one pair of rooks makes
things much more manageable, since I no longer have to worry so much about
seventh ranks invasions or back rank mates. But, some caution is still
required...} 31. Kf1 Be5 32. Ke2 Rf8 33. Ra5 Rf3 34. Rxb5 Bxc3 {Trading pawns
is good.} 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Re8 Bd4 37. Rxe4 Rxf2+ 38. Kd3 ({I momentarily
thought that I had just dropped a piece if he played} 38. Ke1 {but luckily I
have} Ba7 39. Re7+ Rf7) 38... Be5 39. g4 Kg6 40. b5 {The critical position; I
have two minutes vs. twenty seconds, and all that's left to do is stop that
pawn and the game would be a draw. This would be enough to win the match,
since we won on the bottom two boards. I thought for nearly one precious
minute, only to play a horrible move:} Rf8 $4 {This throws away all of the
hard work done to get back into the game. Rooks belong behind passed pawns...}
(40... Rb2 $1 {The move I was afraid of was} 41. Rb4 {but my opponent pointed
out that this can be simply met with} Rxb4 42. Nxb4 d5 $1 {, sacrificing a
pawn to allow the bishop to cover b8, after which White won't be able to force
the b-pawn through while still hanging on to his g-pawn.}) 41. b6 Kg5 42. Kc4
Rc8+ 43. Kb5 $1 Rc5+ {With each of us now down to about ten seconds, I
miscalculated a tactic, but my position is lost in any case.} 44. Ka6 Rxd5 45.
b7 Rd1 46. b8=Q Ra1+ 47. Kb5 Rb1+ 48. Rb4 {Oops. I played on in the hope of a
flagging, but it was not to be.} Rxb4+ 49. Kxb4 Kxg4 50. Qg8+ Kf5 51. Qxh7+ Kf4
52. Kc4 Kf3 53. Kd3 Kf4 54. Qe4+ Kg5 55. Ke3 Kf6 56. Kf3 Ke6 57. Kg4 Kf6 58.
Qd5 Kg6 59. Qe6+ Kg7 60. Kg5 Kh7 61. Qf7+ Bg7 62. Kh5 d5 63. Qxd5 Bf6 64. Qf7+
Bg7 65. Qg6+ Kg8 66. Qf5 Bf8 67. Kg6 Bg7 68. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ng, Kelvin"]
[Black "Toliver, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1937"]
[BlackElo "2088"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,109,23,19,44,44,75,70,60,33,27,36,36,35,23,-42,-30,-28,-49,-30,0,-28,
26,-20,27,13,23,28,86,86,49,66,70,50,50,55,62,63,125,131,146,107,196,187,165,
159,169,164,245,123,264,190,294,334,379,337,337,214,184,234,222,230,230,162,
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1188,869,905,855,911,928,1171,1249,1572,1621]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11.
Be3 Be7 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. c4 b4 14. Qxb4 Rb8 15. Qd2 f5 16. Bd3 Bh4+ 17. g3 f4
18. Bf2 fxg3 19. hxg3 Bg5 20. Qc3 e4 21. Bxe4 Bf6 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qa5+
24. Kf2 Ne5 25. Rab1 Rf8 26. Rxh7 Qd8 27. Kg2 Qg5 28. f4 Rxf4 29. Qe3 Rg4 30.
Qxg5 Rxg5 31. Rh8+ Ke7 32. b3 Rg4 33. Re1 Ra8 34. Bf5 Bxf5 35. Rxa8 Be4+ 36.
Kh3 Nf3 37. Re3 Ne5 38. Rxa6 Bf5 39. Kg2 Rd4 40. Re2 Bd3 41. Rf2 Be4+ 42. Kh3
Rd1 43. Ra7+ Ke8 44. g4 Rh1+ 45. Rh2 Rf1 46. Nb5 Rf3+ 47. Kh4 Rf6 48. Re2 Bf3
49. Re3 Kf8 50. Nxd6 Ng6+ 51. Kg3 Rxd6 52. Kxf3 Rf6+ 53. Kg3 Kg8 54. c5 Nf4 55.
d6 1-0

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Pao, Lucas"]
[Black "Agrawal, Varun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "1450"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

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-1289,-1500,-1500,-1500,-29980,-29981,-29982,-29989,-29990,-29993,-29986,
-29991,-29992,-29999,-30000]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3
Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Nf3 e6 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Rfe8 12.
Qb3 Nd7 13. Qc2 h6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 e5 16. dxe5 Ndxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Qd2
Rae8 19. Rxe5 Nxe5 20. Bb5 Re6 21. Rd1 a6 22. Bf1 Qb6 23. b3 Rd6 24. Qf4 Ng6
25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Ne7 27. c4 Nf5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. cxd5 Ne7 30. Bc4 Kf8 31.
a4 Ke8 32. Kf1 Kd7 33. d6 Kxd6 34. Bxf7 Kc5 35. Ke2 Nc6 36. Ke3 Kb4 37. Kd2 Nd4
38. f4 Nxb3+ 39. Kc2 Nc5 40. Be8 Nxa4 41. g4 Nc5 42. h4 a5 43. g5 Ne6 44. f5
Nd4+ 45. Kb2 Nxf5 46. gxh6 gxh6 47. h5 b5 48. Bg6 Ng3 49. Ka2 a4 50. Kb2 Kc5
51. Ka3 Ne2 52. Be8 Nd4 53. Bg6 Nc6 54. Be8 Na5 55. Bg6 Nc4+ 56. Ka2 b4 57. Be8
a3 58. Kb3 Nd2+ 59. Ka2 Kd4 60. Bf7 Kc3 61. Bg8 Nc4 62. Ka1 b3 63. Bh7 Ne3 64.
Bb1 Nd5 65. Be4 Nb4 66. Bb1 b2# 0-1

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Patel, Nikhil"]
[Black "Godin, Dennis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A65"]
[BlackElo "1689"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,74,20,18,18,-25,42,36,63,54,71,52,79,86,123,79,77,74,73,72,64,52,80,
-3,20,12,66,-24,-52,-46,-56,-111,-96,-102,-108,-116,-139,-184,-152,-204,-116,
-349,-537,-572,-600,-585,-609,-614,-608,-608,-615,-608,-628,-988,-628,-624,
-624,-624,-634,-634,-628,-630,-622,-833,-848,-961,-964,-981,-989,-1214,-999,
-1065,-1095,-1098,-1138,-1140,-1137]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5
5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Nf3 c4 12.
Bc2 Re8 13. Nd2 b4 14. Ne2 Ba6 15. O-O c3 16. bxc3 bxc3 17. Nb1 Nxe4 18. Re1
Nd7 19. Bd4 Qh4 20. Bxg7 Nxf2 21. Qd4 Nxh3+ 22. Kf1 Qxe1+ 23. Kxe1 Rxe2+ 24.
Kd1 Nf2+ 25. Kc1 Re1+ 26. Qd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Kxg7 28. Nxc3 Rc8 29. Kd2 Nxd1 30.
Rxd1 Ne5 31. Ne4 Nc4+ 32. Ke1 Re8 33. Rd4 f5 34. Kf2 Rxe4 35. Rd1 Ne3 36. Rc1
Ng4+ 37. Kg1 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Sprumont, Oscar"]
[Black "Bellissimo, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,129,20,15,36,32,24,8,10,15,15,-25,-30,-15,-13,-14,1,1,10,0,18,-34,7,4,
34,32,19,28,65,78,97,74,133,59,148,147,132,147,148,137,100,80,80,87,88,0,0,-23,
-14,1,-4,-11,-14,-33,-17,-102,-113,-117,-68,-94,-161,-211,19,-134,137,155,183,
196,305,306,304,306,306,299,463,371,424,312,372,331,418,325,342,391,424,418,
424,424,425,425,450,359,425,466,514,564,576,404,670,818,810,923,1002,1014,1014,
1024,1135,1016,1099,1174,1214,1299,1322,1622,29862,29982,29981,1015,1022,1022,
1022,1022,1032,1032,29959,29966,29965,29968,29971,29974,29975,29976]} 1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. Bc2 Be7 9. O-O
f5 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. dxc5 Qxc5+ 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Na3 Nb6 15. Nb5 Qe7
16. Nbd4 Bd7 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. f5 Rae8 19. Rxe6 Qd7 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Bf4 Nc4
22. b3 Ne3 23. Qd3 Nxc2 24. Qxc2 Nb4 25. Qd2 Qxf5 26. Rd1 Nxa2 27. Nd4 Qe4 28.
Bg3 Qg4 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Nb4 31. Nb5 Qf5 32. Qe2 Be5 33. cxb4 d4 34. Nxd4
Bxd4 35. Qc4+ Qf7 36. Qxd4 Qxb3 37. Qxa7 Qd5 38. Qc5 Qe4 39. Bc3 h5 40. Qd4
Qb1+ 41. Qg1 Qd3 42. Qe1 Qd5 43. h3 Qf5 44. Kh2 Kh7 45. Qe5 Qf7 46. Qxg7+ Qxg7
47. Bxg7 Kxg7 48. g4 h4 49. Kg2 Kf6 50. Kf3 Ke5 51. Ke3 b5 52. Kf3 Kd4 53. Kf4
Kc4 54. g5 Kxb4 55. g6 Ka3 56. g7 b4 57. g8=Q b3 58. Qxb3+ Kxb3 59. Kg4 Kc4 60.
Kxh4 Kd5 61. Kg5 Ke6 62. Kg6 Ke7 63. Kg7 Ke6 64. h4 Kf5 65. h5 1-0

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Jaferian, Koosha"]
[Black "Whale, Nicholas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[Annotator "Nicholas Whale"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,144,23,20,18,-11,-15,-7,6,6,1,-4,-5,-4,-4,-1,-1,4,17,18,11,-24,3,-9,
-14,-32,24,12,4,-3,-14,-77,0,12,17,11,5,-9,29,31,31,-4,29,-329,-6,-17,-17,-38,
-34,-21,-1,0,0,0,-8,-6,-12,-8,-4,-21,-21,-30,-26,-29,-39,-36,-26,-25,-24,-26,
-22,-12,-7,-12,0,-36,-43,-41,-42,-41,-45,-48,-1,0,0,-14,5,13,15,19,22,19,21,18,
23,0,0,0,50,16,0,0,132,151,178,142,125,61,142,125,278,52,52,55,55,55,55,0,0,
-119,0,-291,-384,-458,-548,-548,-548,-548,-698,-745,-745,-755,-755,-883,-992,
-1002,-1012,-1497,-1657,-1775,-1359,-1934,-2048,-2378,-1012,-1022,-1022] I was
kind of annoyed to be given my third straight Black, but this ended up being
the most exciting (and stressful) of all.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 {A totally new
move for me, so I just decided to play solidly.} d5 3. Bb2 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Be2
Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. d4 ({If} 7. c4 {instead I was planning} d4 $1 8. exd4 cxd4 9.
Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxh2+ 11. Kxh2 Qxd4 {, when White's king is rather exposed.}
) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. c4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bf3 Bc7 ({
I wanted to play} 12... Bb7 {but got concerned about} 13. e4 {with the idea of
e5 and various discoveries, but the tactics seem to work out, i.e.} Nf4 ({
Even better is} 13... Nb4 $1 14. e5 $2 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Nc2 16. exd6 Nxd4 {
since I can absorb the d6-pawn.} ({Not} 16... Nxa1 $4 17. Qg3 {winning for
White.})) 14. e5 Bc5 $1 15. Bxc5 (15. Bxb7 $4 Bxd4) 15... Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxf3
17. gxf3 bxc5 {which peters out to equality.}) 13. Nd2 Ba6 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Nc4
Qg5 $5 (15... b5 $1 16. Ne5 Ba5 {wins an exchange, although White gets decent
compensation for it with his active pieces. This is an idea for the next few
moves as well, but I didn't want to expose my queenside, which could
potentially backfire.}) 16. Rc1 Rfd8 {Trying to make White resolve the tension,
but he holds off.} 17. Qe2 Bd6 18. Qb2 Bc5 (18... Bf8 {is objectively better,
when Stockfish says equal; but it's also rather passive.}) 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20.
Ne5 Rdc8 {White is just slightly better, but now makes a losing blunder.} 21.
Bxd5 $4 Rxd5 $4 {An automatic move, continuing with the overall strategy of
keeping it simple, stupid. But, as so often happens, the instinctual response
overlooks something much stronger...} (21... Qxe5 $3 {is the almost brilliancy.
} 22. Qxe5 Rxc1 {and remarkably, because of the weak back rank, White has no
way to save either the rook or the bishop, and so loses heavy material.} 23. h3
(23. Rxc1 Rxc1#) (23. Rf1 Rxf1#) 23... Rxe1+ 24. Kh2 exd5 25. Qxd5 Re2 {
is completely winning for me.}) 22. Nf3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qd8 24. h3 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1
Qxd1+ 26. Kh2 Qd6+ 27. Qe5 Qxe5+ 28. Nxe5 {Instead of all that, things quickly
simplified into a very drawish looking endgame, which nonetheless turned out
to be quite exciting.} Bb7 29. g4 $5 {White is still playing for a win,
although with only about a minute left on the clock this is a double-edged
sword...} Kf8 30. g5 Ke7 31. f4 f6 32. Nc4 Bd5 33. Nd2 {Allowing the minor
piece trade on c4 would lead to a winning king and pawn ending for me.} e5 34.
Kg3 exf4+ 35. Kxf4 fxg5+ 36. Kxg5 Kf7 37. e4 $6 (37. h4 {is safer, putting
more pawns on dark squares.}) 37... h6+ $1 38. Kf4 g5+ 39. Kg3 (39. Ke5 $2 Be6
{, winning the suddenly vulnerable h-pawn, is the problem with 37. e4.}) 39...
Be6 40. h4 gxh4+ 41. Kxh4 Kf6 {Thanks to the outside passed pawn I have a
glimmer of hope, but I didn't think it would lead anywhere.} 42. Nf3 Bf7 43.
Kg4 Ke6 44. Kf4 Kf6 45. e5+ Ke6 46. Nd4+ Kd5 47. Nf5 h5 48. Nh4 Kd4 $5 {
Now the really exciting part starts. I was also trying for a win, since a draw
would still lose us the match by half a point. The plan was to give up my
bishop for the e-pawn when necessary in order to take White's queenside pawns,
and try to play that position. But it's not as easy as I thought.} 49. Kf5 Kc3
50. Kf6 Be8 51. e6 Kb2 52. Ke7 {Unfortunately, I now realized that the
bishop's diagonals are too short. What we both failed to grasp, with seconds
left, is that I'm actually in trouble.} Bc6 53. Kd6 (53. Kd8 $1 Bd5 54. e7 Bf7
55. Nf3 $1 {and I would have to find} h4 $1 ({not} 55... Kxa2 $4 {which loses,
as the bishop gets run out of squares after} 56. Ne5) 56. Nxh4 Kxa2 {which
works out to a draw.}) 53... Be8 54. Ke7 Bb5 55. a4 $2 {The only move I
considered, but missing a great winning opportunity.} (55. Kd8 $1 {and if I
play} Kxa2 {, I wind up a move too slow:} 56. e7 Kxb3 57. Nf3 $1 Kc3 58. Ne5 $1
h4 59. Nd7 $1 Bxd7 60. Kxd7 h3 61. e8=Q h2 62. Qh8+) 55... Bc6 56. Kd6 (56. Kd8
{is still a trappy attempt, like at move 53.} Kxb3 57. e7 Bxa4 58. Nf3 $1 {
and again, the only way to draw is} h4 $1) 56... Be8 57. Ke7 Bc6 {I expected
to keep repeating, since a draw would clinch the match for Toronto, but...} 58.
Nf5 $5 {Very risky.} Bd5 $1 (58... Kxb3 $4 59. Nd4+) 59. Nd4 $4 {This is the
losing move.} ({Stockfish still finds a draw with} 59. b4 $1 Kb3 60. a5 Kxb4
61. axb6 axb6 62. Kd7) 59... h4 $1 {Free of its blocker, the pawn can make a
run for the end zone.} 60. Kd6 Bxe6 $1 61. Kxe6 h3 62. Nf3 Kxb3 63. Kd5 Kxa4 {
And now there's just too many passers for the king and knight to deal with on
their own.} 64. Kc4 b5+ 65. Kc3 Ka3 66. Kc2 Ka2 67. Kc3 a5 68. Nh2 b4+ 69. Kc4
b3 70. Nf3 b2 71. Nd2 b1=Q 72. Nxb1 Kxb1 0-1

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Whale, Nicholas"]
[Black "Thangavel, Gokul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2065"]
[BlackElo "2066"]
[Annotator "Nicholas Whale"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,56,15,18,26,26,27,1,-10,6,37,12,16,20,16,19,12,22,21,14,16,2,34,34,34,
26,24,35,35,38,37,21,70,31,28,3,22,-1,44,30,54,14,21,-12,-7,-9,-5,-12,3,0,0,0,
6,-23,6,-11,-4,-11,0]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3
a6 7. cxd5 (7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 {leaves me with the isolated
d-pawn, which I decided to avoid.}) 7... exd5 8. O-O Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. a3 {
An innocent looking move, but with a point.} Be6 $6 (10... c4 $1 {is still
equal.}) 11. dxc5 $1 Bxc5 12. b4 Bd6 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Ne2 $1 {Now I just have a
nice, risk-free position. By this time we were also already winning the bottom
two boards as Iowa's players both fell into traps, so between Oscar and I,
only one total draw was needed.} Qe7 15. Rc1 b5 {Unfortunately about here I
started to make routine moves and lose my advantage.} 16. Ned4 $2 (16. Nf4 $1
Bxf4 17. exf4 {only opens the e-file in my favor, and the doubled pawn is not
really a problem as it could maybe advance to f5.}) 16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 $6 (17.
Nxd4 {at least allows for more ideas, like if} Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nc6 $5)
17... Ne4 $1 {Black now comes up with some aggressive, but accurate,
counterplay.} 18. Qe2 f5 19. Ne5 (19. Be5 {might be better, but I liked my
bishop.}) 19... Qh4 $1 20. f4 (20. Qb2 {is another move, but after} f4 {
things get a little too interesting around my king for my liking.}) 20... Qe7 (
{Of course} 20... Ng3 $4 {is a blunder because of} 21. Qf2 {with a nasty pin.})
21. Bxe4 (21. Qb2 {again was probably a better try. Inserting the trade
basically acquiesces to a draw.}) 21... dxe4 22. Qb2 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 {There's
some pressure on g7, but as long as Black doesn't blunder, I can't really
force anything.} Bc4 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Rd4 Rxd4 26. Bxd4 (26. Qxd4 {keeps
things going a little longer.}) 26... Rc6 27. Bc5 Qd7 28. Qe5 Qe6 {My opponent
offered a draw here. While normally I would have probably played on, by this
point I was pretty tired, and couldn't see any way to make progress. Also, a
draw would clinch us the match victory; so I had no good reason to refuse.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Gurpinar, Nigarhan"]
[Black "Devarakonda, Kireeti"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "452"]
[BlackElo "1625"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,76,20,18,26,-2,37,9,35,13,14,40,64,31,77,9,45,45,149,70,171,-46,-51,
-47,-60,-68,-65,-78,-47,-43,-47,-31,-28,-58,-21,-20,-40,-71,-81,-86,-89,-124,
-105,-91,-79,-148,-161,-165,-169,-172,-172,-216,-220,-228,-132,-139,-108,-165,
-177,-218,51,106,685,712,712,790,1695,1781,2206,29976,29977,373,1261,1216,1216,
489,650,-29999,-30000]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6.
Bf4 a6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qb3 Bxf3 9. exf3 Nxd4 10. Qa4+ Nc6 11. Rd1 e6 12. Bd3 Bb4
13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Qb3 b5 16. Bd6 Nge7 17. O-O O-O 18. Rc1 Rfc8 19.
Rfd1 Ng6 20. Qb1 Qd8 21. Bg3 Na5 22. h4 Nc4 23. h5 Nf8 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Be5
Nd7 26. Bd4 Nb6 27. Rd3 Na4 28. Re3 Rac8 29. f4 Qa5 30. Rg3 Nxc3 31. Rxg7+ Kf8
32. Qxh7 Ne2+ 33. Kh2 Ke7 34. Rxf7+ Kd6 35. Be5+ Kc6 36. Rxc4+ bxc4 37. Rb7 Qd8
38. Qb1 Qh4# 0-1

[Event "Pan-Am Intercollegiate Championship"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.06"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Agrawal, Varun"]
[Black "Patel, Nehal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "1450"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2021.01.04"]
[EventRounds "9"]

{[%evp 0,41,26,-28,-21,-27,8,8,5,-18,20,-10,2,-5,11,-12,3,45,105,118,118,121,
171,130,130,144,168,175,303,337,596,345,576,594,594,628,650,720,776,788,798,
849,857,881]} 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 c4 5. Be2 Bf5 6. O-O e6 7. b3
b5 8. a4 bxa4 9. bxc4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bb5+ Nbd7 12. c4 a6 13. Qxa4 a5 14.
Ne5 Bb4 15. Bd2 Bxb1 16. Bxb4 Be4 17. Bxa5 Rxa5 18. Qxa5 Qxa5 19. Rxa5 Ke7 20.
Ra7 Rd8 21. c5 1-0

[Event "*2021 BC-WA Match (online)"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.17"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Levine, Joseph"]
[Black "Le, Quang Long"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2179"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2021.01.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Nd7 5. g3 h5 $5 (5... Ngf6 6. Bg2) 6. Bg2
Be7 7. O-O h4 8. Re1 hxg3 9. hxg3 d4 10. c3 c5 11. Nc4 f6 12. cxd4 cxd4 13. Nh4
Nb6 14. Ng6 Rh7 15. Ncxe5 $1 fxe5 16. Qb3 Nf6 17. Nxe5 Qd6 18. Qf7+ Kd8 19. Bf4
Be6 20. Qg6 Nbd7 21. Nf7+ ({Stockfish suggests} 21. Ng4 $1 Nf8 (21... Qb6 22.
Nxf6 Nxf6 23. e5 $18) 22. Qxh7 $1 Qxf4 23. gxf4 N8xh7 24. Ne5 {as an edge for
White.}) 21... Bxf7 22. Qxf7 Ne5 (22... Qb6 $5 23. e5 $1 g5 $1 24. Qg6 gxf4 25.
exf6 Nxf6 26. g4 $1 $13) 23. Qb3 g5 $6 (23... Rb8 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. f4 Qh5 26.
e5 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Qxg3 28. exf6 Qxf4+ 29. Ke2 Qg4+ 30. Kf2 (30. Kd2 $4 Qxg2+ 31.
Kd1 gxf6 $19) 30... Qf4+ 31. Kg1 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Qf4+) 24. Bxg5 Qb6 $4 (24... Rg7)
25. Bxf6 Qxb3 26. Bxe7+ Kxe7 27. axb3 Nxd3 28. Red1 Nb4 29. Rxd4 Nc2 30. Rc4
Nxa1 31. Rc7+ Kd6 32. Rxh7 Rb8 33. f4 Nxb3 34. e5+ Ke6 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Bxb7
Nc5 37. Bc8+ Kd5 38. Kg2 a5 39. Bf5 Na4 40. b3 Nc5 41. Bc2 Kd4 42. Bd1 Ke3 43.
f5 Kd4 44. e6 Ne4 45. e7 Nf6 46. Bh5 1-0

[Event "2021 BC-WA Match (online)"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hemstapat, Andrew"]
[Black "Mahajan, Rushaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[Annotator "Andrew Hemstapat"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2021.01.16"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]

{[%evp 0,20,16,28,79,27,40,15,35,12,19,12,8,10,102,96,142,120,127,135,106,92,
147]} 1. e4 c6 2. d3 $5 {I have played my opponent before and I wanted to
change things up a bit.} d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 $5 {An interesting
move played before by Carlsen against So.} exd4 6. exd5 c5 $6 {An innacuracy
that allows White a good game. 6. cxd5 or 6. Nf6 was better.} 7. Ne4 $1 Be7 8.
Bc4 $1 {A somewhat counter-intuitive move blocking the bishop behind the pawn.
This was the key move prepared before the round. Discoveries involving d6!
appear in many variations as will be seen. 8. c4 or 8. Bb5+ were sound
alternatives.} Bf5 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. h4 $5 {The last piece of home preparation.
Virtually forces black to give up bishop pair and White also gains space. An
improvement on another game where 10.0-0 was played.} (10. O-O Nf6 11. Re1 O-O
12. c3 dxc3 13. bxc3 Bd6 $14) 10... Nf6 11. h5 $5 {The logical follow up. 11.
Qe2 might be an even better alternative, examined below.} (11. Qe2 $1 Nh5 (
11... h5 $6 12. Ne5 $1 Bh7 13. d6 $1 $18 {The c4 bishop comes alive!}) 12. Ne5
$1 Nxg3 13. fxg3 O-O 14. h5 Bf5 15. O-O $1 Bc8 16. h6 $1 g6 17. d6 $3 $18 {
Here too!}) 11... Be4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qd3 Nd6 14. Bf4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Na6 $6 {
Black is getting too greedy, going after the d5 pawn. 15.0-0 is recommended
but White has initiative like in the variation below.} (15... O-O 16. h6 g6 17.
O-O Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. c3 dxc3 20. Qxc3 f6 21. Rfe1 $1 Qxd5 22. Rad1 Qf7 23.
Nd2 Nc6 24. Ne4 Rae8 25. Rd6 Re6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. Nxc5 Qf7 $14) 16. O-O-O Nb4
$4 {The logical expected follow-up, but it is a mistake. It wasn't too late to
play 16.0-0.} (16... O-O 17. h6 g6 18. Rhe1 $14) 17. h6 $5 {Perhaps wrong move
order! I wanted my opponent's K-side to be even weaker so I threw in this move
first. The immediate 17.d6 is stronger and limits Black's options.} (17. d6 $3
Bxd6 18. Rhe1+ Kf8 19. Bxd6+ Qxd6 20. Ne5 Nd5 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Nd7+ Kg8 23.
Nxc5 $18 {Essentially identical to the variation on move 21 except Black has
more options but K-side pawn structure is not fixed.}) 17... g6 $2 {Now Black
is just lost. Black should try either 17. g5, 17. Qxd5, or 17.0-0 with
super-slim chances of surviving, examined below.} (17... g5 $1 18. d6 gxf4 19.
dxe7 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Rh5 $1 Nxe7 22. Rxc5 $16) (17... Qxd5 $5 18. hxg7
Rg8 19. Qb5+ Qc6 20. Qxc6+ Nxc6 21. Rxh7 $16) (17... O-O $5 18. hxg7 Re8 19.
Rh5 $1 $16) 18. d6 $3 Bxd6 19. Rhe1+ Kf8 20. Bxd6+ Qxd6 21. Ne5 $1 {The point.
White threatens mate with 22. Qxf7# which Black does not have a sufficient
defense for.} Nd5 (21... Qd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Nd7+ Kg8 24. Nxc5 $18 {Even
with equal material, Black's king and as a result the h8 rook is permanently
trapped. Effectively, white is up a full rook and is just winning.}) 22. Qxc5
$1 Rd8 (22... Qxc5 23. Nd7+ Kg8 24. Nxc5 {Transposes to previous variation.})
23. Qxd4 $1 f6 24. Nc4 $1 Qd7 25. Qc5+ Kf7 26. Rxd5 $1 {Black resigns. The
game would've ended: 26. Qxd5, 27. Qe7+, and Qg7# A short and sweet game that
shows what happens when Black acted a bit too chill... and mainly didn't
Castle!!!} 1-0

[Event "*2020 ICA Western Open"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2020.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Price, Josh"]
[Black "Roland, Jeffrey T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "1903"]
[BlackElo "1544"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.12.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "4"]

{[%evp 0,101,25,27,32,-9,44,43,52,51,52,49,34,34,51,30,51,41,40,19,34,28,32,24,
54,68,89,81,89,31,77,3,0,7,-1,-55,21,22,-16,-19,-10,-3,78,87,85,59,62,63,71,79,
80,82,85,40,56,66,76,46,58,66,68,76,81,81,131,139,145,145,213,132,0,0,209,223,
223,67,90,119,273,274,286,275,340,81,97,397,416,240,665,692,698,701,706,712,
712,722,722,722,722,722,742,1012,1012,1022]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4.
cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O (7... c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 (
9... O-O 10. O-O {transposes to the game line or later-mentioned options.}) 10.
cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 (11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O $13) 11... Qd8 {suggests a
repetition with} 12. Be3 {,} ({though} 12. Bc3 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 {
is still quite a battle.})) 8. Ne2 c5 ({While some consider the counter-attack
on the center with ...c5 an absolute must, Black actually scores quite well
with piece play beginning} 8... Nc6 9. O-O b6 (9... e5 $5) 10. Be3 Bb7 {.}) 9.
O-O cxd4 ({Black chooses to release the tension, but there doesn't seem to be
a strong reason to do so. For example,} 9... Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 (10... Qc7 11. Rc1
Rd8) (10... Bd7 11. Rb1 a6) (10... Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qd2 (12. dxc5 bxc5 13.
Bxc5 Qc7 14. Bd4 e5 15. Be3 Nc4) 12... e5 13. Bh6 $13) 11. f3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Na5
13. Bd3 Rc8 {. White is quite unlikely to capture on c5 in these lines, as} 14.
dxc5 Be6 {doesn't seem to offer White any extra advantages over more
positionally sound plans.}) 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bd7 ({There are more active,
and more common, plans here:} 11... Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bd3 Be6 {, when} 14. d5
Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 {is an old-school exchange sacrifice line that has been
played quite often.}) (11... Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bh6 e6 ({or} 14...
Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Rc8) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rac1 {is still interesting for both
players.}) (11... b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Bb5 {etc.}) 12. Rb1 b6 $6 ({An
unnecessary weakening of the queenside pawns, and it doesn't even suggest a
fianchetto. Instead, develop!} 12... Rc8 13. Bd3 (13. Rxb7 $2 Na5 $17) 13...
Na5 {.}) 13. Rc1 a6 $6 (13... Na5) 14. f4 $6 (14. Qd2 Na5 15. Bd3 Bb5 $5 {
shows an interesting positional concept. Black aims to control c4, and it's
also convenient to remove the awkward light-square bishop.}) ({Stockfish is
fond of} 14. h4 $14 {, apparently planning to underminie the black pawns on
the light squares (g6), though I don't see an obvious kingside attack arising
along the h-file.}) 14... Bg4 $6 (14... Na5 15. Bd3 e6 $13) 15. Bd5 $6 ({
White has at least two superior choices here:} 15. d5 Na5 16. Bd3 $14) (15.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Rxc6 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Bxd4 $14) 15... Nxd4 $1 16. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17.
Kh1 $2 (17. Qxd4 Bxe2 {. White's space, kingside play, and rook activity
counter the pawn, but not more than that, as Black has few weaknesses.}) 17...
Bc5 18. Bxa8 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Bxe2 20. Re1 Rxa8 $2 (20... Bb5 $1 {takes
advantage of congestion caused by the off-side white bishop:} 21. Bb7 (21. Bd5
Bf2 22. Red1 Be2 23. Rd2 Be3 24. Rxe2 Bxc1 $15 {, when Black enjoys an extra
pawn in an opposite-bishops-with-rooks endgame. It's hard to imagine forcing a
win after} 25. g3 Ba3 26. Rc2 Bc5 {, but there's definite potential for
lengthy torture.}) 21... Rb8 22. a4 Rxb7 23. axb5 axb5 $15 {, and Black has a
secure structure and enough material for the exchange.}) 21. Rxe2 Rd8 22. h3 $6
h5 23. Rcc2 $2 h4 $2 ({Strike while the iron is hot, as my ancient mother
might have said. Black is certainly not worse in the complications, and there
are plenty of chances for White to go very wrong.} 23... Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Bg1+ 25.
Kg3 (25. Kh1 Be3+ 26. Kh2 Bxf4+ 27. g3 Be5 $17 {is very comfortable for Black.}
) 25... Rd3+ 26. Kh4 Bh2 $1 {Black threatens ...Kg7, ...Bg3+, and ...f6#.} 27.
g4 {Forced.} Bxf4 28. gxh5 g5+ 29. Kg4 Rg3+ 30. Kf5 Rxh3 $15 {.} ({Or} 30...
Kg7 31. h6+ $1 Kxh6 32. e5 {, according to Stockfish. White definitely needs a
plan with e4-e5 in order to have an escape route for his king.})) 24. Rcd2 Rxd2
$2 ({White has blocked the rook's access, so now Black stands materially worse.
In general, though, Black should definitely not exchange rooks. White has two
of them, so retains the rook action after an exchange; Black has only the one,
and once traded, it's gone forever.} 24... Rc8 $14) 25. Rxd2 Be3 26. Rd8+ (26.
Rb2 $1 b5 27. Rb3 Bxf4 28. Ra3 $18) 26... Kg7 27. Rb8 Kf6 28. Rc8 Bxf4 29. Rc6+
Ke5 30. Rxb6 Kxe4 31. Rxa6 Bd6 32. Ra4+ (32. Kg1) 32... Kd3 33. Rxh4 e5 34. Rh7
e4 35. Rxf7 Ba3 (35... Bg3 36. Rd7+ Ke2 37. a4 e3 38. a5 Kf1 39. Rd1+ Ke2 40.
Rb1 $18) 36. Kg1 Ke2 37. Rf2+ $6 (37. g4) 37... Ke1 38. Rf1+ Ke2 (38... Kd2 {
is a better try, since the a-pawn is still blockaded and Black would gain time
in some battles against the separated passed pawns. White still wins, but must
be accurate.} 39. Rf7 ({But} 39. Kf2 $4 {only draws:} Bc5+ 40. Kg3 e3 41. a4 e2
42. Rb1 Bb6 {. Cute, but not actually necessary to hold. From here, play might
continue} 43. h4 e1=Q+ 44. Rxe1 Kxe1 45. Kf4 Kd2 46. Kg5 Bd8+ 47. Kxg6 Bxh4 48.
a5 Kd3 49. a6 Bf2 50. g4 Kc4 51. Kf7 Kb5 52. g5 Kxa6 53. g6 Bd4 {.}) 39... e3 (
39... Ke1 40. g4 e3 41. h4 (41. Rg7 e2 42. Rxg6 $4 Kd2 43. Re6 Bc5+ 44. Kg2 Be3
$1 $19 {. Stranger things have happened.}) 41... e2 42. Rd7 Bb4 43. h5 gxh5 44.
gxh5 Bd2 45. Re7 Kd1 46. h6 {.}) 40. Rd7+ $1 Ke1 41. g4 e2 42. h4 $18 {.}) 39.
g4 Bc5+ 40. Kg2 Kd2 41. a4 e3 42. a5 e2 43. Ra1 e1=Q 44. Rxe1 Kxe1 45. h4 Ke2
46. h5 gxh5 47. gxh5 Ke3 48. a6 Kf4 49. h6 Kf5 50. h7 Bd4 51. a7 {The split
passers overwhelm the lone bishop.} 1-0

[Event "*MLK Blitz"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wei, James"]
[Black "Kodihalli, Kaustubh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2061"]
[BlackElo "2144"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2021.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]

{[%evp 0,82,25,18,39,42,23,29,28,3,-2,-6,23,4,9,8,7,4,11,-6,19,0,-22,-12,-22,
-12,-9,-20,-18,-23,-23,-23,-12,-58,-49,-6,-7,-11,21,21,30,23,64,73,53,18,150,
149,152,155,155,154,157,163,163,159,174,150,151,110,153,160,187,132,164,158,
173,179,233,257,259,262,268,140,169,39,45,45,45,45,42,42,40,40,35]} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 d6 9. c3 Nb8
10. d4 Nbd7 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Nxe4 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxe5 dxe5
16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Bc1 Bg6 18. Rxe5 Bf6 $6 (18... Bd6) 19. Rc5 Rfe8 20. Be3 Rd7
21. Rc6 a5 (21... Rxe3 $1 22. fxe3 Be4 23. Rc5 (23. Rxa6 Rd2 24. Rd1 Rxg2+ 25.
Kf1 Rh2) (23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Rd1) 23... Rd2 24. Rd1 (24. Rxc7 h5 25. Rd1 Rxg2+
26. Kf1 Rxb2 27. Bxf7+ Kh7 28. Bxh5 Bg2+ 29. Kg1 Bg5 30. Re1 Be4) 24... Rxg2+
25. Kf1 Rxb2 $13) 22. a4 bxa4 23. Bxa4 Red8 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26.
Rxa5 Kg7 27. Bd4 Be4 28. g4 Kg6 29. f4 c6 30. Rh5 h6 31. Rc5 Re7 32. Kf2 Bd5
33. f5+ Kg5 34. Kg3 h5 35. h4+ Kh6 36. gxh5 (36. c4 $1 Be4 (36... Bh1 37. Bxf6
(37. g5+ fxg5 38. hxg5+ Kh7 39. Be5 $18) 37... Re3+ 38. Kh2 $18) 37. Bxf6 Re8
38. g5+ Kh7 39. b4 $18) 36... Kxh5 37. Bxf6 $2 (37. b4 $18) 37... Re3+ 38. Kf4
Re4+ 39. Kg3 Re3+ 40. Kf4 Re4+ 41. Kg3 Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "*MLK Blitz"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kodihalli, Kaustubh"]
[Black "Fugal, Jeremy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2144"]
[BlackElo "1891"]
[Annotator "Ralph Dubisch"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2021.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]

{[%evp 0,95,25,12,51,71,72,-4,16,27,34,77,53,53,43,22,22,-13,23,24,24,19,5,4,
27,35,58,-52,-46,-31,30,50,75,23,60,38,42,42,60,51,78,76,64,0,47,-17,74,76,69,
80,67,54,199,193,200,164,154,178,206,167,160,169,185,182,202,185,190,170,193,
142,191,165,159,188,159,298,316,334,334,355,354,397,384,328,412,535,638,697,
732,588,596,335,388,293,415,454,860,1352]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11.
Bd3 O-O ({Theory suggests challenging the knight here, with the main line going
} 11... Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 {, and now White chooses between} 13. O-O {,} (13. c4
{, and}) (13. c3 {.})) 12. O-O Ne7 13. c4 $5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Kh8 (14... f5 15.
exf5 e4 16. Bxe4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 (17. Nc2 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 $13) 17... Bxa3 (17... Re8
18. Qf3 Qf6 19. Rfe1) 18. Qf3 Bc5 $2 (18... Re8 19. f6 {looks dangerous for
Black.}) (18... Qh4 $5 19. g3 Qh3 20. Qxa3 Bxf5 {with a pawn-structure edge
for White.}) 19. f6 $18) 15. Nc2 Rg8 16. Kh1 (16. Qh5 $14 {starts to assert
control of key kingside squares.}) 16... Bd7 17. Rc1 Bh6 18. Ne3 Rc8 19. Qh5
Qf8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Rc1 $6 Qg7 ({Black has an interesting opportunity to
activate those bishops by exploiting the pin on the h6-c1 diagonal:} 21... Bg4
$1 22. Qh4 (22. Nxg4 Bxc1 23. Nxf6 Rg7 $13) 22... Bg5 $1 23. Qg3 Bf4 24. Qh4
Qg7 $13) 22. g3 (22. Qe2 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Bd7 24. Qf2 Rc8 25. Rf1 $14) 22... Bxe3
(22... Bg4 23. Qh4 f5 $5 24. exf5 Bf3+ 25. Kg1 $13) 23. fxe3 Qg5 (23... Bg4 24.
Qh4 Qg5 25. Qxg5 fxg5 26. Rc6 Rc8) 24. Qxf7 $6 (24. Qxg5 fxg5 25. Rc6 $16)
24... Bg4 25. Rf1 Rg6 $4 (25... f5 $1 26. exf5 Qxe3 {There are too many
perpetual check ideas for both sides.}) (25... Qxe3 26. Qxf6+ Rg7 27. Bc2 Bh3
28. Qf2 {isn't as clear. Now White takes the slow and steady route and gets
the job done.}) 26. Qf8+ Rg8 27. Qxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rxf6 Rg6 29. Rxg6 hxg6 30. Kg2
Bd7 31. Kf2 Bh3 32. Bf1 Bg4 33. h4 Kg7 34. Ke1 Kf6 35. Kd2 Bf3 36. Bd3 Kg7 37.
Kc3 Bg4 38. Kb4 Bc8 39. Ka5 Kf6 40. Kb6 Ke7 41. b3 Kd7 42. a4 bxa4 43. bxa4 a5
44. Kxa5 Kc7 45. Kb5 Kb7 46. a5 Bd7+ 47. Kb4 Ka7 48. Bb5 Bg4 49. Kc3 Bf3 50.
Bd3 Bg4 51. Kd2 Kb7 52. Be2 Bd7 53. a6+ Ka7 54. g4 Be8 55. h5 gxh5 56. gxh5 Bf7
57. h6 Bg6 58. Kd3 Kb6 59. Bg4 Kxa6 60. Bf5 1-0

