[Event "Sparkassen GM"] [Site "Dortmund"] [Date "2010.07.24"] [Round "9"] [White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2684"] [BlackElo "2790"] [Annotator "Reeh,Oliver"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2010.07.15"] [EventCountry "GER"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nbd7 7. Nge2 Nb6 8. Nf4 Bg7 9. a4 b4 10. Ncd5 Nbxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. Qxb4 e6 14. Bc4 Qh4+ 15. Kd1 Bxd4 $5 16. Bxa6 e5 $5 {This eventually comes down to a piece sacrifice.} 17. Bxc8 Rfxc8 18. c3 Rab8 19. Qc4 c5 20. Bc1 e4 21. cxd4 exf3 22. gxf3 Re8 23. Ra3 Rb4 24. Qf1 Qxd4+ 25. Kc2 c4 ({Also interesting was} 25... Reb8 $5) 26. Qd1 Qf2+ 27. Bd2 Re2 28. Ra2 Qxf3 29. Re1 $6 {With hindsight, this seems not the best defence.} (29. Kc1 $1 {would have repelled the attack.} ) 29... Qb3+ $2 {Missing a study-like rescue.} (29... Qf5+ $1 30. Kc1 c3 $3 { allows the saving intervention of the rook on the 4th rank.} 31. Bxc3 (31. Rxe2 {(31.Qxe2? cxd2+ 32.Qxd2 Rc4+ 33.Kd1 Qb1+)} cxd2+ 32. Rxd2 Rc4+ $1 {Driving the rook to an unfavourable square.} (32... Rf4 $2 33. Qc2 Rf1+ 34. Rd1) 33. Rc2 Rf4 {followed by 34...Rf1 winning the queen and roughly equal chances.}) 31... Qf4+ 32. Kb1 (32. Bd2 Rc4+ 33. Kb1 Rxd2) 32... Qe4+ {and here White has to concede perpetual check with 33.Kc1 (answer B), since the winning attempt} 33. Ka1 $2 {even loses, with the white rook a2 being the tragicomic hero:} Rd4 $3 34. Qxe2 (34. Qc1 Rxe1 35. Bxe1 Qg4 $1 {(covering c8) followed by 36...Rd1 winning the queen!}) 34... Qxe2 35. Rxe2 Rd1#) 30. Kb1 Rxe1 31. Qxe1 c3 32. Bxc3 Re4 33. Qf1 {Avoids the last trap.} (33. Qxe4 $4 Qd1#) 33... Qxd5 34. Ra3 1-0

[Event "7th CHN-RUS Rapid"] [Site "Ningbo CHN"] [Date "2010.08.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Bu Xiangzhi"] [Black "Rublevsky,S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2688"] [EventDate "2010.08.11"] [ECO "D02"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. O-O e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. c4 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bd6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Na5 Nxa5 14. Qa4+ Qd7 15. Qxa5 O-O 16. a4 Bc4 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Bc5 Qa6 20. Qxa6 Bxa6 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rb1 Rd8 23. Bxb7 Bxe2 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bxd1 27. a5 Ke7 28. Kf2 Kd6 29. Ke3 Kc5 30. Ba6 Bc2 31. h4 Bf5 32. Be2 Be6 33. Bd3 h6 34. Ke4 Bd7 35. Be2 f6 36. Bd3 g5 37. fxg5 fxg5 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Be2 Bb5 40. Bd1 Bd7 41. Be2 Be6 42. Ke5 Bc4 43. Bd1 Bd3 44. Kf6 Kc4 45. Kxg5 Kxc3 46. Kf4 Kb4 47. Ke3 Bg6 48. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th CHN-RUS Rapid"] [Site "Ningbo CHN"] [Date "2010.08.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Malakhov,V"] [Black "Wang Hao"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2724"] [EventDate "2010.08.11"] [ECO "C78"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. a4 Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. c3 O-O 11. h3 h6 12. Re1 Re8 13. d4 Bb6 14. d5 Ne7 15. Na3 Bd7 16. Nc2 Ra8 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Ng6 19. Nb4 Nf4 20. Kh2 g5 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Ng1 Qa7 23. Qd2 Ra8 24. Re1 Kg7 25. Qe3 Qb8 26. Bc2 h5 27. g3 Ng4+ 28. hxg4 hxg4 29. gxf4 gxf4 30. Qd2 Qh8+ 31. Kg2 f3+ 32. Kf1 Qh1 33. Qg5+ Kh7 34. Rd1 Qg2+ 35. Ke1 Qxg1+ 36. Kd2 Qxf2+ 37. Kc1 Ra1+ 38. Bb1 Qh2 39. Qe7 Qf4+ 40. Kc2 f2 41. Nd3 f1=Q 42. Nxf4 Qxf4 43. Qh4+ Kg7 44. Rh1 Qxe4+ 45. Kd2 Qxd5+ 46. Ke3 Qf3+ 47. Kd2 Qg2+ 48. Ke3 Qxh1 49. Qxh1 Bf5 50. Qh5 Bxb1 51. Qxg4+ Bg6 52. Qd7 Rd1 53. Qxb5 Rd3+ 54. Kf2 c5 55. Qc6 e4 56. Qd7 c4 57. Qg4 Rd2+ 58. Ke3 Rxb2 59. Qg3 Rc2 60. Qxd6 Rxc3+ 61. Ke2 Rd3 62. Qe5+ Kh7 63. Qh2+ Kg7 64. Qe5+ Kh6 65. Qh2+ Kg5 66. Qg1+ Kf6 67. Qb6+ Kg7 68. Qc5 c3 69. Qe5+ Kh6 70. Qh2+ Kg5 71. Qg1+ Kf6 72. Qc5 Bf5 73. Qb6+ Kg5 74. Qc5 f6 75. Ke1 Rh3 76. Qg1+ Bg4 77. Qc5+ f5 78. Qe7+ Kf4 79. Qc7+ Kf3 80. Qxc3+ e3 81. Qc6+ Kg3 82. Qg2+ Kh4 83. Qc6 f4 84. Kf1 Rh2 85. Kg1 Kg3 86. Qc3 Rd2 87. Qc1 Rd1+ 0-1

;Title: Yahoo! Chess Game ;White: toomas1432 ;Black: bbb.rome ;Date: Tue Aug 17 00:57:07 PDT 2010 1. e2-e4 e7-e6 2. d2-d4 d7-d5 3. e4xd5 e6xd5 4. b1-c3 g8-f6 5. g1-f3 f8-b4 6. f1-b5+ c7-c6 7. b5-d3 d8-e7+ 8. c1-e3 o-o 9. o-o c8-g4 10. h2-h3 g4-h5 11. f1-e1 e7-d6 12. a2-a3 b4-a5 13. b2-b4 a5-c7 14. g2-g4 h5-g6 15. b4-b5 f6-e4 16. c3-a4 f7-f5 17. a4-c5 f5xg4 18. f3-e5 b7-b6 19. c5xe4 d5xe4 20. d3-c4+ g8-h8 21. d1xg4 b8-d7 22. e3-f4 d6xd4 23. e5xg6+ h7xg6 24. f4-e3 d4-f6 25. g4xd7

[Event "FICS rated blitz game"] [Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"] [Date "2010.08.20"] [Time "23:28:06"] [Round "-"] [White "Enemy"] [Black "Jonathan"] [WhiteElo "0"] [BlackElo "0"] [TimeControl "300+0"] [Mode "ICS"] [Result "0-1"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. e4 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. e5 b6 10. h4 Bb7 11. Ng5 Bxg5 12. hxg5 g6 13. Rxh7 Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg7 15. Qh6+ Kg8 16. Ba3 Nxe5 17. Bxf8 Nxd3+ 18. Kd2 Qxf8 19. Qh4 Qg7 20. Kxd3 Kf8 21. Qf4 Rc8 22. a4 Ke7 23. a5 f5 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra7 e5 26. dxe5 Rd8+ 27. Ke3 Be4 28. Rxc7+ Rd7 29. Rc8 Qf7 30. Qh4 Rd3+ 31. Ke2 Qa2+ 32. Ke1 Qb1+ 33. Ke2 Qd1# {White checkmated} 0-1

;Title: Yahoo! Chess Game ;White: toomas1432 ;Black: bbb.rome ;Date: Tue Aug 17 00:57:07 PDT 2010 1. e2-e4 e7-e6 2. d2-d4 d7-d5 3. e4xd5 e6xd5 4. b1-c3 g8-f6 5. g1-f3 f8-b4 6. f1-b5+ c7-c6 7. b5-d3 d8-e7+ 8. c1-e3 o-o 9. o-o c8-g4 10. h2-h3 g4-h5 11. f1-e1 e7-d6 12. a2-a3 b4-a5 13. b2-b4 a5-c7 14. g2-g4 h5-g6 15. b4-b5 f6-e4 16. c3-a4 f7-f5 17. a4-c5 f5xg4 18. f3-e5 b7-b6 19. c5xe4 d5xe4 20. d3-c4+ g8-h8 21. d1xg4 b8-d7 22. e3-f4 d6xd4 23. e5xg6+ h7xg6 24. f4-e3 d4-f6 25. g4xd7

[Site "www.chesscube.com"] [Event "ChessCube Game"] [White "malajac@chesscube.com"] [Black "mahish20@chesscube.com"] [Date "2010.08.22"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. c3 d6 5. h3 f5 6. d3 Qf6 7. O-O g5 8. exf5 Bxf5 9. Nh2 h5 10. f3 Nh6 11. Bd5 O-O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qe2 Kd7 14. b4 Ke8 15. Bb2 d5 16. a4 Bd6 17. f4 e4 18. dxe4 Bxe4 19. c4 Qf5 20. fxg5 Qxg5 21. Bxh8 Bxb4 22. Bb2 Nf5 23. Nc3 Bc5+ 24. Rf2 Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Marshall Club Championship"] [Site "New York, NY"] [Date "1946.03.07"] [Round "?"] [White "Evans, Larry GM"] [Black "Pilnick, Carl"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "unknown"] [BlackElo "unknown"] [Annotator "Hayes, David"] [PlyCount "57"] 1. e4 {C13: French: Classical System: 4 Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack} 1... e6 2. d4 d5 {Black gets the initiative} 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. e5 {This push gains space} 6... Be7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. O-O-O c5 {Trying to unravel the pawn chain} 9. h4 cxd4 10. Nce2 Nc6 11. f4 Qa5 12. Kb1 d3 13. cxd3 Bd7 14. Rh3 Rac8 15. Rg3 {Threatening mate: Qxg7} 15... g6 16. d4 b5 17. h5 Nb4 {The mate threat is Qxa2} 18. a3 Nc6 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Nc3 b4 21. Bd3 Be8 22. Nf3?? (22. axb4 {is a viable option} 22... Bxb4 23. f5 (23. Qxe6+ Bf7 24. Qf6 Be7 (24... Nxd4 25. Bxg6 Bxg6+ 26. Rxg6+ hxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Nge2 Qa1+ 29. Kxa1 Nc2+ 30. Ka2 Ne1 31. Rxe1 Rxc3 32. Rh1+ Rh3 33. Rxh3#)) 23... exf5 24. Bxf5 Bxc3 25. Be6+ Kg7 26. Rxc3 (26. Bxc8?? {greedy!} 26... Nb4 27. Qd7+ Bxd7 28. Rxc3 Qa2+ 29. Kc1 Rf2 30. Ne2 Qa1+ 31. Kd2 Qxb2+ 32. Rc2 Qxc2+ 33. Ke3 Qxe2#)) 22... bxa3? (22... bxc3! {is better for Black} 23. Rh1 Rb8 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. b4 Qxa3) 23. Qxe6+ Bf7 24. Bxg6 {The mate threat is Bxh7} 24... axb2 {No better is:} (24... Bxe6 25. Bxh7+ {Demolishes the pawn shield} 25... Kh8 (25... Kf7 26. Bg6+ Kg6 27. Be8+! Kh8 28. Rh1+) 26. Rh1 Rxf4 27. Bf5+ Bh4 28. Nxh4 ends the debate)) 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Qh6 Qa1+ 27. Kc2 b1=Q+ 28. Rxb1 Nb4+ 29. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Fifth World Championship, corr."] [Site "?"] [Date "1968.05.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Estrin, Yakov (Soviet Union)"] [Black "Berliner, Hans (United States)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C57"] [WhiteElo "unknown"] [BlackElo "unknown"] [Annotator "Hayes, David"] [PlyCount "84"] 1. e4 {C57: Two Knights: Wilkes-Barre/Traxler and 4 Ng5 d5 5 exd5, unusual Black 5th moves} 1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 {If black play s the immediate 5... Nxd5?, then white can crush black's position with 6. Nxf7! Typical play might look like this: 6... Kxf7 7. Qf3+ Ke6 8. Nc3 Ncb4 9. Qe4 c6 10. a3 Na6 11. f4! Nac7 12. fxe5 Ke7 13. d4 Ke8 14. O-O.} 5... b5 {The Ulvestad Variation.} 6. Bf1 {The odd looking retreat of this Bishop is designed to prevent Qxg2 after 6... Qxd5 7. Nc3. Other alternatives give black a good game. For example, 6. Bb3 Nd4 7. d6?! Nxb3 8. dxc7 Qxc7 9. axb3 abandons the center to black's very active play for only a pawn. Also, 6. Bxb5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qxg2 8. Qf3 Qxf3 9. Nxf3 Bd7 is OK for black.} 6... Nd4 {A new move ! The book line is 6... Qxd5 Nc3 7. Qd6 (7. Qc5?! leaves the Queen too exposed). Black can also play 6... h6 which drops a pawn for active play. 6... h6 7. Nxf7 Kxf7 8. dxc6 Bc5 (Kirilov - Shebenyuk, coor. 1985.} 7. c3 Nxd5 8. Ne4 Qh4 {Black's pieces swarm around white. Now if 9. d3 then 9... Bg4 10. Qd2 entombs many of white's pieces.} 9. Ng3 Bg4 10. f3 {How should black respond with two pieces hanging? Attack of course!} 10... e4 11. cxd4 Bd6 {Black sacrifices material until it hurts. Play is now razor sharp on the king side.} 12. Bxb5+ Kd8 13. O-O exf3 {White is a piece up with no peace. How should white respond to black's threat of 14... fxg2 attacking both white's Rook and Queen? The natural 14. gxf3 is refuted by 14... Bxg3 15. hxg3 Qxg3+ 16. Kh1 Nf4 17. Qe2 (forced) Nxe2 winning.} 14. Rxf3 {This may be the losing move. After 14. Qe1!, black will find it hard to justify his material sacrifice.} 14... Rb8 15. Be2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Rb6 19. d3 Ne3 20. Bxe3 Qxe3 21. Bg4 h5 22. Bh3 g5 23. Nd2 g4 24. Nc4 Qxg3 25. Nxb6 gxh3 26. Qf3 hxg2+ 27. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 cxb6 {Black's attack has regained the lost material. Now it is only a matter of endgame technique.} 29. Rf1 Ke7 30. Re1+ Kd6 31. Rf1 Rc8 32. Rxf7 Rc7 33. Rf2 Ke5 34. a4 Kd4 35. a5 Kxd3 36. Rf3+ Kc2 37. b4 b5 38. a6 Rc4 39. Rf7 Rxb4 40. Rb7 {Why you might ask did white stop short of capturing on a7? Indeed, 40. Rxa7 is better. No doubt that after white saw that the capture on a7 loses also, he decided to complicate matters in the hope that black might go wrong.} 40... Rg4+ 41. Kf3 b4 42. Rxa7 b3 {With this move white resigned. There is little use in wasting postage on a lost game. The game might have continued: 43. Rb7 b2 44. a7 Ra4 when black's b-pawn cannot be stopped.} 0-1

[Event "World Championship, Game 16"] [Site "?"] [Date "1985.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Karpov, Anatoly GM"] [Black "Kasparov, Garry GM"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B44"] [WhiteElo "2700"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "Hayes, David"] [PlyCount "80"] 1. e4 {B44: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nb5} 1... c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 d5 {White tried to stop this move. The white Pawns on e4 and c4 form what is known as the Maroczy Bind or Wall. This wall is supposed to restrain black in the center. Black played this move which sacrifices a Pawn in order to gain greater freedom of movement for his pieces. Is the sacrifice worth it? In this game - yes. In clear retrospect - no.} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Be2 Bc5 12. O-O {White may have missed his best chance for a win by making this natural move. Karpov himself provides us insight into this position, and how to refute the black gambit. Karpov played the following line against GM John vanderWiel in the 1987 SWIFT tournament in Brussels. 12. Be3! Bxe3 13. Qa4+! Nd7 14. Qxb4 Bc5 15. Qe4+ Kf8 16. O-O with advantage for white.} 12... O-O 13. Bf3 {White plays for the win. He reinforces his extra Pawn on d5 which black could have regained on move 11. How does black refute the loss of material? Watch how black paralyzes white, dominates the center, and gains control of more space. By move 19 white will be tied in knots.} 13... Bf5 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Qd2 b5 16. Rad1 Nd3 17. Nab1 {A natural retreat which avoids the Pawn fork on b4. Kasparov recommends the more active 17. d6! Ra7! (17... b4? 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Na4 bxa3 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22 Qd5! Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Re5 24. Rxe5 fxe5 25. bxa3 makes a better ending for white.) 18. Nd5 with an unclear position.} 17... h6 18. Bh4 b4 19. Na4 Bd6 {Kasparov states in his book Garry Kasparov: New World Chess Champion, A position for which I had aimed in my preparatory analysis! Black has achieved obvious advantage. White scattered his minor pieces about on either flank and are quite unable to coordinate, the placement of the Knights being particularly depressing. But black has the wonderful duo of Bf5 and Nd3 which completely paralyzes all three white major pieces - a very rare occurrence in a practical game!} 20. Bg3 Rc8 21. b3 g5 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. g3 Nd7 {A very excel lent move. Black is not content to merely capture the d5 Pawn. Instead, he wants to reinforce the d3-Knight with Nd7-e5 and then play for an attack against the white King on the weakened light squares. In addition, this sets up a diabolical trap if white tries to recycle his a4-Knight to b2. For example, 24. Nb2 Qf6! 25. Nxd3 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Ne5! trapping the white Queen. Believe it or not.} 24. Bg2 Qf6 25. a3 a5 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qa2 Bg6 {A good move indeed. Black will refute Nd2 with Re2. This move prevents white from driving away the Rook with Bf3. This is a refute to the refute. Simply stated this move prevents the freeing Nd2.} 28. d6 g4 29. Qd2 Kg7 30. f3 Qxd6 31. fxg4 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Nf6 33. Rf4 Ne4 34. Qxd3 Nf2+ 35. Rxf2 Bxd3 36. Rfd2 Qe3 37. Rxd3 Rc1 {Who among us has the steady hand to play a move like this. Black offers to give up his Queen for a host of white pieces.} 38. Nb2 Qf2 39. Nd2 Rxd1+ 40. Nxd1 Re1+ 0-1