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Gens Una Sumus!

 

Newsletter #880

Aug 16, 2019

By Abel Talamantez

Table of Content

 

Brandwein TNM Sees Favorites Cruising Through First 2 Rounds

The second round of the TNM concluded with pre-tournament favorites FM Josiah Stearman and NM Eric Yuhan Li staying perfect after 2 games. Defending champion FM Kyron Griffith won in a battle against Kevin Kuczek and is at 1.5/2 after a first round bye. The breakthrough in the open section thus far came from Ethan Boldi, who defeated WFM Natalya Tsodikova to take a share of the early lead with 2/2. Also entering the challenge at the top is former University of Virginia standout NM Jeevan Karamsetty (2296), who also won and is at 1.5/2 after a first round bye. The action will intensify for round 3, with only 3 players with perfect 2/2 scores in the open section

Viewers got to experience the top board of the TNM from a new camera angle

In the A/B section, Mansoor Mohammed continued his great run at Mechanics, following up his previous TNM A/B section win with a 2/2 performance in this current event after defeating strong blitz player Erika Malykin. Strong club regulars David Rakonitz, Adam Mercado and Teodoro Porlares are also perfect thus far after 2 rounds.

In the under 1600 section, Jackie Cowgill pulled off an upset of Albert Starr, taking down one of the section favorites. Perhaps the phrase “Any Given Tuesday” should apply to the TNM, as anything can happen at any time. Great game for Jackie!

In a tough and crowded section, John Chan, Jahaan Ansari, Jerry Simpkins, Charles James, Ton Carter Allen, and Sterling Albury all share the early lead with 2/2. 

For a full list of standings, please follow this link: https://www.milibrary.org/tuesday-night-marathon

 

 

U.S. Open Champion Illia Nyzhnyk to visit Mechanics’ Institute Monday August 26 and Play in Monday Night Rapid!


GM Nyzhnyk waits for his last round opponent at the 2019 U.S. Open

U.S. Open Champion and National Open Champion GM Illia Nyzhnyk will be visiting the Mechanics’ Institute on Monday August 26! He will perform a simul in the afternoon, give a brief lecture prior to the rapid, and finish the evening off by going for the coveted title of Monday Night Rapid Champion. We will also take this special opportunity to provide a live broadcast of this rapid event with commentary, so it will make for a very special rapid evening. To register for the simul or the rapid, please follow this link:

https://www.milibrary.org/chess-tournaments/simul-lecture-gm-illia-nyzhnyk

https://www.milibrary.org/chess-tournaments/monday-night-rapid-aug
 

 

 

Tournament Director's Corner
 

I had an incident  in a recent rapid I talked about where I was called to a position in which both players were in check. This happened at the very same moment when a player on the top board called me over to count moves in a king and rook versus king and bishop endgame. 

What I ended up doing as the sole TD for the last Monday Night Rapid was to tell the players on board 1 to pause the clock and that I was going to resolve a dispute at another board first, and then be right over. I felt that counting moves was a lesser priority than resolving two players simultaneously in check. When I went to the board, I asked if both agreed that it was in fact the position as they both understood it. One of the players believed the king may belong to a different square, which would have placed it out of check. When I asked the other player if that seemed right, he agreed. So I let play resume, with the king out of check, and the player in check, making the next move. When I returned to the other game, I counted moves. At move 30, the king and rook prevailed over the king and bishop, when the bishop got trapped in the back pinned.

I asked a very experienced TD about this scenario when he visited the club this week. FA Richard Koepcke has a wealth of experience running tournaments and is very active in USCF governance, especially as it relates to tournament directing. He said that I could legally have a spectator count moves on my behalf if my attention needed to be directed elsewhere, which is good to know. The reason is the simple counting of moves does not involve specific tournament rules expertise, so this is a viable option. With regards to the simultaneous check position, he said he also would have verified the position with both players. Had both agreed it was the position, I would have declared the game a draw. Because it was a rapid time control, no notation was required and so verification of the position could not happen. This would also have been the case had the position in a delay time control had gone under 5 minutes from either player. 

While many rules are specific in chess, or at least refer to rules from which TD’s can make interpretive rulings, there is enough flexibility to make a reasonable judgment in those cases that are not clearly specified. It is one of the joys of tournament directing to protect the integrity of the game and to think about situations that make the game fairer. 

 

 

Musings From the 2019 U.S. Open


The U.S. Open is a great open event, one in which anyone can compete for the right to play for large cash prizes and a spot in the U.S. Closed Championship. What many don’t know is that it is also the time when U.S. Chess governance is in full swing, bringing together policy makers and political chess representatives from all 50 states. I will focus on one specific part of governance that I feel is very important, and one I have the honor to be a part of.

There are several committees that help inform the U.S. Chess Executive Board on ideas and ways to improve our chess community. For example, The Ethics committee may debate ways to improve the integrity of the game and ways to prevent cheating at events. The Women’s committee may discuss ways to engage more girls and women in chess. Each committee has a Chairperson, usually a state delegate, and a fixed set of committee members. I have the pleasure of serving on the Clubs committee, which is chaired by our very own Judit Sztaray. Because family obligations, as well as a rather big simul event at Mechanics, prevented her from attending the U.S. Open this year, I got the opportunity to run the committee meeting along with Sophia Rohde from New York and Paul Covington from Colorado. 

Over the last few months, we have all been working on two very important things; constructing a survey to give to our members to learn more about how they feel about chess clubs and how we can engage them more, and creating an updated Guide To Starting a Chess Club. This guide is to help people who want to start a club, or give ideas to those who want to improve a current club. The goal is to give people the resources and guidance to start a club, be it for recreation, social interaction, playing rated tournaments, or all of the above. 

We presented to those in attendance what we have been working on, and we had quite a captive audience. We discussed ways to use technology to engage communities, such as creating club vs. club matches using digital boards or through an online platform like chess.com. We could also use broadcast platforms like Twitch to organize a match and broadcast live from the club, allowing players to see each other and interact. What was clear is that there was an interest and curiosity in clubs from different states like Alaska, Mississippi, and Washington, D.C. and New York to work together in using the common language of chess to learn more about each other. It is through committee work like this, that the opportunity is created to meet other like-minded people that are passionate about chess and finding new ways to leverage the power of chess to make an impact in communities. 

The same holds true for many other committees, where people come together with ideas to elevate chess. For example, I know work done on the Accessibility and Special Circumstances Committee has done a great deal to make chess more accessible to those who have a disability. The committees are a powerful part of the governance of U.S. Chess, and something that is exciting to be a part of.

If you have a passion for chess and want to be a part of making a contribution for the better in a specific area of interest, please look at the committee list found on the US Chess website here:

http://www.uschess.org/docs/gov/reports/2018-2019CommitteesList.pdf

Email the Chair if you have an interest, or find out how you can be more involved. To see whom your delegates are from each state that can also be found here:

http://www.uschess.org/datapage/USCF-Delegates.php

 


Shelby Lyman 1936-2019

The chess world lost a true legend this week, with the passing of Shelby Lyman. Much has been written about him, and we will put forward a more substantive column about him in next weeks newsletter, but he was a very generous supporter of scholastic chess in San Francisco, contributing to our Youth Outreach initiatives and helping engage many children in chess who may otherwise not have been able to learn. He was a master, a columnist, and commentator of the 1972 World Chess Championship. The US Chess Federation published an obituary along with space for people to share a story about Shelby. This can be found here: https://new.uschess.org/news/shelby-lyman-dies-age-82/

We will miss Shelby, a true lover and supporter of chess in our community and around the world.


  

Mark your calendar - October 22 5PM - Monthly Author event @ Mechanics'

Learn to Play Chess like a Boss:
Make Pawns of Your Opponents with Tips and Tricks from a Grandmaster of the Game

with author GM Patrick Wolff
 

My Ten Favorite Chess Books, Part Two

By FM Paul Whitehead.

 

Selecting my favorite books has forced me to look at what chess has meant to me, where I placed emphasis (and not), and how far my study took me competitively. I took a lot of pleasure out of game collections: of individual players or tournament books. I played over thousands of unannotated games from Shakhmatny Bulletin, and numerous annotated games from the Chess Informant.  The literature around chess interested me, and I became opinionated about writers: 100 Selected Games, by Botvinnik (1949) bored me, My Best Games, by Karpov (1979) was dry but somehow inspiring. I ignored well-known writers like Pachman, Reshevsky and Fine, finding more in Alekhine, Smyslov and Bronstein. I disliked opening books, yet paid extra attention to certain player’s games, in order to poach their opening ideas. And so on. I found the study of chess to be enjoyable, and the more I put into it the richer the reward I felt - and my results improved as well. I hope your own studies take you far!

 

6. The Art of Attack in Chess, by Vladimir Vukovic (1965).

First published in 1965, this classic had a great update and revision by John Nunn in 1993.  Almost every attacking motif is here, with chapters on the Classic Bishop Sacrifice, Mating Patterns, Focal Points, how to conduct attacks on the castled and un-castled king, and much more.  To bring home the point with a fantastic attack, to checkmate your opponent with a beautiful sacrifice – this is part of the art of chess, and I daresay the very reason some of us play to begin with!
A valuable companion to The Art of Attack, although less well-known, is The Chess Sacrifice (1968), also by Vukovic.  Studying these 2 books will make you an absolute terror in the chess club!


7. Tal – Botvinnik 1960: Match for the World Championship, by Mikhail Tal (1960).

I think this is the greatest book ever written on a World Championship Match by a participant, full stop. The “Magician from Riga” takes you through all 21 games of this historic match, and along the way you are treated to a rare glimpse into the mind of a genius. This may be the first chess book that paid significant attention to the psychological aspects of the game, as Tal repeatedly references his states of mind as it effects his play and choice of moves during the match. The times taken for each move are also notated, adding a further dimension to this ageless book.

 

8. Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953, by David Bronstein (1956).

Organized to determine a challenger for World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik, and won by Soviet GM Vassily Smyslov, Zurich 1953 remains one of the strongest tournaments ever held. Like many of the books in my list, there is an emphasis away from thickets of variations, instead there is a concentrating on ideas and psychology, competitive factors and artistry. The student will not only benefit from the high quality of the games played, but also from the penetrating insight of Bronstein into modern middle-game positions and strategy, the clash of plans – the “chess struggle in practice”.

 

9. Life and Games of Mikhail Tal (1976), by Mikhail Tal.

Is it my fault that Tal wrote two great books, thus taking up 20% of my list? The fact is - legendary chess player aside - Tal was a terrific (if not prolific) writer and journalist. Indeed, this book is an imaginary conversation between Tal the chess player, and Tal the chess journalist.

There are so many wonderful stories and games that I don’t know where to start: from the humorous psychological warfare with Fischer and Benko during the Candidates Tournament in 1959, to the 1974 Gold Medal at the Olympiad in Nice – for 1st Reserve! Tal was still to have many years of world-class competition ahead of him, with a final glory being a shared 1st with Karpov in Montreal 1979.

Tal’s own words to wrap up this classic book:

JOURNALIST. And your plans…
CHESS PLAYER. To play!
 

10. My 60 Memorable Games (1969), by Bobby Fischer.

This is THE chess book of my generation, and the blueprint of the New Renaissance in American chess: just “Milk the Cow” and play 1.P-K4 - on principal. Play sharp openings: the Sicilian Najdorf and the Sozin Attack, the Modern Benoni and Kings Indian. Always play to win: in the Opening, the Middle Game and the Ending. 
The truth is on the Chessboard, folks, and this is the book to prove it. Analytically honest and thorough. Almost perfect - without computer analysis.   

People, listen up: this book tells it like it is.  

Fischer takes on the Americans, the Russians and the Yugoslavs – in fact, all who stand in his way. Written 3 years before he took the crown off Boris Spassky’s head, Fischer’s book was already proof that the World Championship was his for the taking. GM Larry Evans provides the pithy intros that set the stage for what lies next: a devastating over the board take-down of the chess elite.  

This book will never die.

 

Paul Whitehead’s column will take a break for one week, resuming late August.
 

 

Tony's Teasers

Last newsletter's problem:

White to play and draw by F.Lazard 1930

   
1.h5 gh5 2.g6 fg6 3.e6 de6 4.c5 dc5 5.a6 ba6 6.b6 ab6. Stalemate.
 

This week's problem:
Taimanov vs. N.N. 1970 - White to win:

 

 

Scholastic Corner

Summer is ending, School classes are starting and tournaments are continuing ...

by Judit Sztaray

Summer is coming to an end, and Mechanics' Institute Chess Club was hosting a last week of free chess club for interested kids. This past week, we had National Master Isaiah Kim and Coach Andrew Schley teaching the kids chess and show them the fun way of playing. We hoped that they go home with lasting memories and will continue to see them at scholastic classes, and tournaments.

We would like to thank our generous donors, who's donations made two full weeks of free camps possible. 

As the new school year is starting, we are also planning for our classes at schools in San Francisco city and the surrounding cities.
There are two main different classes we offer at schools:

  • free chess classes at deserving schools: usually offered during lunch recess time for anyone in the school who is interested. We are happy to make a difference in several hundreds of kids every week. Since there is no set roster, we mainly focus on providing the safe space for kids to learn the basics, and be able to play chess and socialize over the board.
  • fee-for-service chess classes: parents can sign up for chess classes that we offer usually after school at schools for the fall, semester or the whole year. Since there is a set roster of students, we can implement an educational and fun curriculumn, get kids inspired about progress via small rewards and send frequent progress updates to the parents.


To learn about where we offer chess currently, and read our general mission, plese visit our scholastic page on the website: https://www.milibrary.org/chess/scholastic-chess

If you would like to see how we can offer chess class at your child's school, please reach out to me at [email protected].


August 24 - Scholastic Tournament
Swiss @ 10AM and Blitz @ 3PM
 
Another scholastic tournament day is coming next weekend to the oldest chess club of the nation, the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club!
Join us for 4 rounds of G/30 tournament in the morning, starting at 10AM. We are going with rolling schedule that will end approximately around 2PM.
Trophies to Top 5 players in each section, including ties.
After swiss, first time we are trying out a Scholastic Blitz starting at 3PM. So get some lunch after the swiss and come back for a quick blitz: 4 double round of G/5 games will end around 5PM.
More information: https://www.milibrary.org/chess/scholastic-swiss-blitz-tournaments
Register at: Swiss  --  Blitz
 
Any questions? Email [email protected].
 

Nick de Firmian's Column - Magnificent Magnus
Week 2 – endgames
 

All world chess champions are good in endgames. They would never get to win the ultimate title unless they had a mastery of the final phase of the game. Yet even among world champions there are some who stand out as virtuosos in that rarified company. Karpov was renown for the final phase of the game, but in history most people regard Capablanca as the first to mark the beauty of showing the world the inner logic to making a small advantage grow in to a decisive final position. Lasker, Fischer and Kasparov were astounding endgame players. All three are remembered for their inventive opening play, resolute middle game handling, but also for their iron logic to convert the most minute edge into the full point.

Still, the endgames of Magnus Carlsen are a wonder, even when it comes to World Champions. Something that sets him apart from his champions colleagues has been his willingness to enter the endgame at an early stage. Most of the great World Champions such as Alekhine, Tal, Fischer and Kasparov would seek opening complications and complex middlegames where the opponent would have to defend against an imposing attack on the king and sift through labyrinth complications. Instead Magnus showed no adversity to an endgame, even from an early age (your author can personally testify to that). It's not that Magnus was ever afraid of complications or eschewed wild attacking positions, but he simply believed that a small edge in an endgame was a worthy result. Thus his early mastery of the final phase  became an art form as he approached the top level in the world. We investigate again this week three of Magnus's endgame victories. The subtle maneuvers he makes to slowly increase the harmony of his pieces and pawns are something to behold.

(1) Nunn,John - Carlsen,Magnus [B30]
Amsterdam, 2006

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0-0 Nge7 5.c3 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bc2 d5 8.e5 d4 9.Be4 d3 10.c4 b4 11.Qb3 Bb7 12.Qxd3 Qxd3 13.Bxd3 0-0-0 14.Be4 Nd4 15.Bxb7+ Kxb7 16.Nxd4 Rxd4

White needs to develop his pieces and must give back the extra pawn. 17.d3 Rxd3 18.Nd2 Nc6 19.f4 Be7 20.b3 a5 21.Ne4 a4! The game is still roughly even but Black is initiating play on the queenside. 22.Nf2 Rc3 23.Ne4 Rc2 24.Be3 Kb6 25.Rf2 Rxf2 26.Kxf2 Ra8 27.Rd1 axb3 28.axb3 Ra3 29.Rd3

White is still all right but feeling a bit of pressure. 29...f6 30.exf6 gxf6 31.g4 f5 32.gxf5 exf5 33.Ng3 Bh4 34.Rd5 Rxb3 35.Rxc5

35...Rc3! Not fearing the discovered check gives Black some advantage. 36.Rxf5+ Ka6 37.Ke2 Rxc4 38.Rc5 Nd4+ 39.Bxd4 Rxd4 40.Ke3 b3! White could make a draw with precise play, but he must be very careful. 41.Rc1 Rb4 42.Ne4 b2 43.Rb1 Kb5 44.f5 Kc4 45.f6 Kb3 46.f7 Be7

The bishop is stronger than the knight, but with only two pawns left White has great drawing chances. 47.Kd3 Rb8 48.Nd2+ Ka2 49.Re1 Rd8+ 50.Kc4 Ba3 51.Re2 Rd7 52.Rf2 Bf8 53.Kc3 Bg7+ 54.Kc4? Rc7+?! 55.Kd3 Rd7+ 56.Ke4?! Rd4+ 57.Kf5 Rd6 58.f8Q??

Nunn cracks under the pressure, thinking he can get an easy draw against the wrong rook pawn. [58.Ke4 would have held the game.] 58...Bxf8 59.Nc4 Kb3!

Magnus crossing him up. He leaves the rook hanging, he lets his pawn be taken with check -- but White's pieces don't work together. 60.Rxb2+ [60.Nxb2 Bg7 is the point -- the knight is trapped anyway.] 60...Kxc4 61.Rb8 Rd5+ 62.Ke4 Bd6 63.Rc8+ Bc5 64.Rc7 Rh5

The rest is easy for Magnus. 65.Kf3 Rxh2 66.Kg3 Rh6 67.Kg2 Kd5 68.Rc8 Bd6 69.Ra8 Ke4 70.Ra1 Rh2+ 71.Kg1 Rd2 72.Rb1 Bf4 73.Kh1 Kf3 74.Rf1+ Kg4 75.Re1 Kh3 76.Kg1 Bg3 77.Rf1 Rg2+ 78.Kh1 Bf2 0-1


(2) Carlsen,Magnus - Eljanov,Pavel [D91]
Wijk aan Zee, 2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bh4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 dxc4 8.Qa4+ Qd7 9.Qxc4 b6 10.e3 Ba6 11.Qb3 Bxf1 12.Kxf1 0-0 13.Ke2 c5 14.dxc5 Na6 15.Rhd1 Qb7 16.c6 Qxc6 17.Bxe7 Rfe8 18.Ba3 Qxc3 19.Qxc3 Bxc3 20.Rac1 Bb4 21.Bb2 Bf8

We have reached an endgame with pawn structure somehwhat similar to the last one in that White has 4 pawns vs 3 on the kingside. See the patience that Magnus proceeds with - not looking for direct combinations but slowly taking squares. 22.Nd4 Nc5 23.g4! Note how once again Magnus takes space with his pawns. 23...Re4 24.Kf3 Rae8 25.h3 f6 26.Ba3 Kf7 27.Rc2 Na6?! 28.Bxf8 Kxf8 29.Rc6 Kg7 30.Nb5!

Suddenly the white pieces have tactical threats. Yet that's not what beats a 2700 player. 30...R4e7 31.Rdd6 Nc5

32.Nc7! Not Rxf6? Nd7! winning the exchange due to the check on e5. 32...Rf8 33.h4 Rff7 34.Nd5 Rd7 35.Rxd7 Nxd7 36.Kg3 Nc5 37.f3

37...h6 38.Nf4 g5?! Black is under pressure due to the slow advance of White on the kingside. This makes it worse though. Needed was to play ...Kh7 and suffer patiently. 39.Nh5+ Kg6 40.f4! gxf4+ 41.exf4 Kh7

42.f5 The slow, patient move is more powerful than capturing on f6 immediately. " The threat is stronger than the execution." - Nimzovich 42...Kg8 43.Kf3 Nd7 44.Ke4 Kf8 45.Rc8+ Ke7 46.Kd5

White is up no material but is completely dominating positionally. 46...b5 47.Rh8 Nb6+ 48.Kc6 Nc4 49.Ra8 Ne5+ 50.Kc5 Nd7+?! Black is losing material in any case, so it was better to try ...Nxg4 Nf4 Ne5 Rxa7+ with at least a few chances. 51.Kxb5 Kd6 52.Rxa7 Rf8 53.Kb4!

53...Nc5 54.Kc4

White has avoided any tricks from the black rook and knight and netted two pawns. Eljanov resigned. 1-0

(3) Carlsen,Magnus - Tiviakov,Sergey [E17]
Crete, 2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Na6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Bf4 Ne4 9.Re1 d5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rc1 c5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.e3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qe7 15.Nd4 Rad8 16.h4 Rfe8 17.Bf1 Ba3 18.Rc2 Nc5 19.Nb5 Ne6 20.Be5 Bc6 21.Nxa3 Qxa3 22.Qg4 Qa4 23.Qxa4 Bxa4 24.Rd2 Nc5 25.Bd4 Rc8 26.Rb2 Rc7 27.Rb4 Bc2 28.c4 Nd3 29.Bxd3 Bxd3 30.cxd5 Rd7 31.Rc1 Rxd5 32.Ra4 Rd7

We have been left with an even material, bishops of opposite color endgame where both sides have two rooks. One may think this should be a simple draw for Black but there are a couple of subtle differences. First, White has a rook on the only really open file. Secondly, White's bishop on d4 is radiating power. Isn't the black bishop very powerful too you ask? Maybe, so Magnus plays to take control of the kingside white squares. 33.g4! h6 34.f3!

Quickly the white king is safe from any mating attacks and the black bishop doesn't look so threatening at all. 34...Kh7 35.Kf2 Ree7 36.Ra3! Bb5 37.Rac3 Magnus makes sure he controls the important file. 37...Rd8 38.Kg3 f6 39.f4 h5 40.g5

Black manages to get some control over the kingside light squares but becomes vulnerable on the dark squares. Note again the power of the white bishop on d4. 40...Kg6 41.Rb1 Rd5 42.Rc8 Be8 43.Rbc1 f5 44.Rb8 Rd6 45.Rcc8 Rde6

The computer may not worry enough about the black position. White has not direct threats, but he has all the active pieces and black's are passive. 46.Be5 Kf7 47.Rd8 Kg6 48.Kf2 Kf7 49.e4!

49...Kg6 ...fxe4 50. Bd6 e3+ 51 Ke1 would win material. 50.Bd6 Rd7 51.Rxd7 Bxd7 52.e5 Bc6 53.Rc8 Be8 54.Ra8

White wins a pawn now. The white bishop had found another powerful spot, now at d6 instead of the earlier d4. 54...Bf7 55.Rxa7 Re8 56.a3 Bd5?! ...Rc8 would have made progress a little more difficult. 57.Ke3 b5 58.Kd4 Bg2

59.e6! Rxe6 60.Be5

The final attack. Note how bishops of opposite color can even attack in the endgame. 60...Kh7 61.Rxg7+ Kh8 62.Re7+ 1-0

 


Brandwein Memorial TNM Games Round 2

Annotations by GM Nick de Firmian and IM Elliott Winslow

 

(1) IVANOV,ALEKSANDR. (2192) - STEARMAN,JOSIAH P. (2427) [D10]
MI Brandwein TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (2.1), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.Qb3 Na5 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qc2 Rc8 10.Nf3 b5 11.a3 a6 12.Bd3 e6 13.0-0 Be7 14.h3 [14.Rfc1] 14...h6 [14...0-0] 15.Ne5 0-0 16.Qe2N [16.Rfc1 Nc4 17.Qe2 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Nh7 19.Qd1 Qb6 20.Ne2 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rc8?? 22.Rxc8+ Bxc8 23.Bxh7+ 1-0 (23) Karadeniz,A (2288)-Gonullu,M (1832) Antalya 2018] 16...Qb6 17.Bh2 [17.g4!] 17...Rfd8 18.Rac1 [18.f4!; 18.g4!] 18...Nc4 19.g4!? a5 20.Nb1 Be8 21.Rc2 a4 22.Rfc1 Nd7 23.Nd2 Bf6 24.Ndf3 Qb7 25.Rc3 Ndb6 [25...Nf8] 26.Bg3 Be7 27.R3c2 Bd6?! [27...Nd6] 28.Kh2 [28.g5!] 28...Qb8

[Stockfish comes up with the surprising 28...g5!=/+ catching White in a minor piece logjam.] 29.Rg1? [29.g5!+/- hxg5 30.Nxg5 Nxe5 (30...f6? 31.Bh7+ Kf8 (31...Kh8 32.Ng6+ Bxg6 33.Bxg6 Kg8 34.Qh5) 32.Nxe6+ Ke7 33.Qg4! fxe5 34.Qxg7+ Bf7 (34...Kxe6 35.Bg8+ Kf5 36.Qg4+ Kf6 37.Bh4#) 35.Bh4+ Kd7 (35...Kxe6 36.Qg4#; 35...Ke8+-) 36.Qxf7+ Kc6 37.Bxd8) 31.dxe5 Bxe5 32.f4! Bf6 33.Qh5 White's attack far outweighs one little pawn] 29...f6 30.Ng6 Bxg6 31.Bxg6 Bxg3+ 32.Rxg3 Nd6 33.Nd2 Nbc4 [33...Rxc2! 34.Bxc2 Qc7 35.Qd3 f5-/+] 34.Kg2 Rc6 35.Rc3 Qb7 36.Rc2 Rdc8 37.Nxc4 Nxc4 38.Bd3 Qc7 39.Rc3 [39.e4!] 39...Qb6 40.Bb1 [40.Rc2=] 40...Nd6?! [40...b4 41.axb4 Qxb4 42.g5 Qxb2! (42...hxg5 43.Bg6 Qxb2 44.Rc2 Qb1 45.Qh5 f5=) 43.Qxb2 (43.Qh5 Qxb1 44.gxf6 R6c7 45.Qxh6 Qh7) 43...Nxb2 44.Rxc6 Rxc6 45.gxh6 Rc7 46.e4 dxe4 47.Bxe4 Nd1-/+] 41.Rxc6 Qxc6

42.Qd3? [42.h4=] 42...Ne4 43.Rf3 Qc1 44.Rf4 Qxb2 45.Rxe4 Rc3 46.Rxe6 Rxd3 47.Bxd3 Kf7 48.Rb6 Qxa3 49.Bf5 Qb3 50.Rc6 Ke7 51.Rc7+ Kd6 52.Rxg7 a3 53.Rd7+ Kc6 54.Rf7 a2 55.Rxf6+ Kb7 56.Rf7+ Kb6 57.Rf6+ Ka5 58.Rf8 Kb4 59.Ra8 Qa3 0-1


(2) LI,ERIC YUHAN. (2282) - LIN,MICHAEL. (2161) [E04]
MI Brandwein TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (2.2), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nc6 Rare, but very likely to just transpose into something more familiar. Ivanchuk has played it a few times, although he follows with 4...Bb4+ (when ...Nc6 fits in with many Bogo lines). [3...d5 the Catalan, tens of thousands of games.; 3...Bb4+ A sort of Bogoindian; 3...c5 Inviting White to play a Fianchetto Benoni with 4.d5 (4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 still doesn't know what it is -- an English? 5...Bb4+ (5...d5 6.cxd5 exd5 Some sort of Tarrasch...) 6.Nc3 A Nimzoindian!) ] 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bg2 dxc4 6.Qa4 [6.0-0 Rb8!?] 6...Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Nd5 8.Bxb4 Ndxb4 9.0-0 Rb8 10.Na3 a6 [10...0-0 11.Qb5 b6 12.Qxc4 Ba6 13.Nb5 Qe8 14.Rfc1 Nd5 15.Qxc6 Qxc6 16.Rxc6 Bxb5 17.Rc2 Rfc8 18.Rac1 c5 19.dxc5 Nb4 20.Rd2 Nxa2 21.Ra1 Nb4 22.Rxa7 Nc6 23.Ra1 bxc5 24.e3 h6 25.Bf1 Bxf1 26.Kxf1 Rb5 27.Rc1 Kf8 28.Rdc2 Nb4 29.Nd4 Nxc2 30.Nxb5 Rb8 31.Na3 Nxa3 32.bxa3 Rb3 33.Rxc5 Rxa3 1/2-1/2 (33) So,W (2780)-Caruana,F (2822) Saint Louis 2018] 11.Ne5 0-0 12.Nxc6 bxc6?!N

There are a lot of interesting Catalan lines where Black quickly plays ...Bd7-Bc6, even trading bishop for knight and getting "wrecked" pawns, but the activity is enough to counter. Here, with the bishop still on c8, it's suspect. [12...Nxc6 13.Qxc4 Qxd4 14.Bxc6 Qxc4 15.Nxc4 bxc6 16.Rfd1 Rb5 17.b3 Re8 18.Rac1 Kf8 19.Nb2 Bb7 20.e4 Ke7 21.Na4 e5 22.f3 f6 23.Kf2 Rd8 24.Rxd8 Kxd8 25.Nc5 Bc8 26.a4 Rb4 27.Rd1+ Ke7 28.Ke3 a5 29.Rd3 f5 30.h4 fxe4 31.fxe4 h5 32.Kd2 g6 33.Kc2 Bg4 34.Kd2 Bc8 35.Kc3 Bg4 36.Rd2 Bc8 37.Rd3 Bg4 38.Kd2 Bc8 39.Ke3 Rb6 40.Kd2 Rb4 41.Kc3 1/2-1/2 (41) Buhmann,R (2579)-Khenkin,I (2620) Bonn 2011] 13.Rfd1! Bd7 14.Qa5! White shows due diligence before recovering the pawn. 14...Qe7 15.Nxc4 Rfc8 16.Rac1 Be8 17.Ne5 [17.a3!+- Rb5 18.Qa4 Nd5 19.b4 gates Black in, when the toll will be at least a pawn. 19...a5 (19...c5 20.bxc5! (20.dxc5 Rxb4 21.Qxa6 Rbb8+/-; 20.e4! Rbb8 21.Qa5! is excellent as well) 20...Rxc5? 21.Qxa6 wins a rook) when 20.bxa5!+- is simplest] 17...Rb6 Passive is fatal. [17...Rb5 18.Qa3 Rd8 19.Nxc6 Nxc6 20.Bxc6 Qxa3 21.bxa3 Rb2] 18.a3 Nd5 19.Nc4 Rb5 20.Qxa6 Qd8 21.Qa4 c5 22.Qc2 cxd4 23.Rxd4 Qf6 24.Qd2 Nb6 25.Nxb6 Rxb6 26.b4 Qe7 27.Qc2 g6 28.Qc5 Kf8 [Black's best defense is 28...Qxc5 29.Rxc5 Bb5 30.e3 c6 , hoping to devaluate White's extra pawn (on a3), but it should ultimately fail as well.] 29.Rdc4 Rd6 30.Rd4 Rcd8 31.Rxd6 cxd6 32.Qe3 d5 33.Qe5 Kg8 34.Rc7 Qd6 35.Qxd6 Rxd6 36.e3 Kf8 37.Bf1 d4 38.exd4 Rxd4 39.b5 Rd7 40.Rxd7 Bxd7 41.b6 Bc8 42.Bg2 Ke7 43.b7 1-0


(3) BOLDI,ETHAN. (2001) - TSODIKOVA,NATALYA. (2196) [E91]
MI Brandwein TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (2.3), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 c5!? Not such a bad change from the King's Indian [6...e5; 6...Bg4] 7.0-0 [7.d5 e6] 7...Bg4 [7...cxd4; 7...Nc6; 7...Re8!? has shown up in some high-level games, including Carlsen, with okay results.] 8.Be3 [8.d5! now that Black has played something that might not allow a standard Benoni 8...e6 9.dxe6 fxe6 10.e5!? (10.Ng5!?; 10.Bg5!?) ] 8...Nfd7!? 9.dxc5 dxc5 10.Qb3 Qc8 11.Rad1 Nc6 12.Rd2 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nde5 14.Be2 Nd4 15.Qd1 Nec6 [15...Rd8] 16.f4 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 Nd4 18.Qf2 b6?!

[18...e6] 19.f5! Warning: the computers make this +- ! 19...Qb7 20.Nd5 Rad8 [20...Rfe8] 21.Qh4 Rd7 22.Rdf2 b5 23.b3 bxc4 24.bxc4 Rxd5 Black caves. [24...Bf6] 25.cxd5 Bf6 26.Qg3 Bg7 27.Kh1 Qb5 28.Bg5 f6 29.Be3 gxf5 30.exf5 Kh8 31.Qc7 Qc4 32.Rc1 Qxd5 33.Qxc5 Qxc5 34.Rxc5 e5 35.Bxd4 exd4 36.Rd5 Bh6 37.Rb2 Re8 38.g3 Be3 39.Rb7 h6 40.Kg2 Rc8 41.Kf3 Bg1 42.Kg4 Bxh2 43.Kh5 Bxg3 44.Kg6 Be5 45.Rh7+ Kg8 46.Rdd7 1-0


(4) KUCZEK,KEVIN. (1987) - GRIFFITH,KYRON. (2452) [B23]
MI Brandwein TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (2.4), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.0-0 d5 8.Bb3 0-0 9.Qe1 Na5 10.Bd2 Nec6

11.exd5?! Nxb3 12.axb3 exd5 Black holds all the trumps here: two bishops, better center, White's hampered bishop. 13.Kh1N b6 14.Qg3 Ne7 15.Nh4 f5!? Sure White now has e5 for a knight, but there will be no kingside attack. 16.Nf3 d4 17.Nb5 Bb7 [17...a6] 18.Rfe1 Re8 [18...a6 19.Na3 b5-/+] 19.Na3 Qd5 [19...Nd5] 20.Nc4 Nc6 21.Nce5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 b5 23.Re2 Re6 24.Rae1 Rae8 25.h4 Qd8 26.Nc6 [26.h5!?] 26...Qd7 27.Rxe6 [27.Ne5] 27...Rxe6 28.Rxe6 Qxe6 29.Nd8 Qe2! 30.Nxb7 Qxd2 31.Qg5?! Qxc2 White's attack doesn't lead anywhere, while Black is on a pawn-eating spree. 32.Qd8+ Bf8 33.Qd5+ Kg7 34.Qe5+ Kh6 35.Nd8

35...Qxd3? Now White can draw. [Black had an amazing airtight defense: 35...Kh5! 36.Ne6 Bh6!] 36.Ne6 Qg3? And this slip could cost him. [Again 36...Kh5 37.Nxf8 Kg4! 38.Qf6?? (38.Ne6=; 38.Kh2=) 38...Kg3!! 39.Qg5+ Kf2 and Black wins!] 37.Qf6?? [37.Nxf8] 37...d3 Now Black locks it up. 38.Qxf8+ Kh5 39.Qxc5 Qxh4+ 40.Kg1 Qe1+ 41.Kh2 d2 42.Qc3 Qh4+! [42...d1Q? would have spoiled it all: 43.g4+!! Qxg4! (43...fxg4?? 44.Qc5+ Qd5 45.Qxd5+ Qe5 46.Qxe5+ Kh6 47.Qg5#) 44.Qxe1 and Black might just have enough pawns to draw.] 0-1


(5) JENSEN,CHRISTIAN. (1881) - Karamsetty,Jeevan (2296) [E11]
MI Brandwein TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (2.5), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Nxd2 0-0 7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 e5 9.0-0 e4 10.Bc2 c6 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.f3 Re8 13.fxe4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Rf4 Nf6 16.Bd2 Qd5 17.Bb3 Qg5 18.h4?! Qg6 19.Be1 Bg4 20.Qd2 a6 21.Qb4 b5 22.Qc5 h6 23.d5 Rac8 24.Qb6 Bf3 25.g3

25...a5 26.d6 Red8 27.Qxb5 Rxd6 28.Qxa5 Rd3 29.Qb5 Rxe3 30.Bf2 Be2 31.Bxf7+ Qxf7 32.Qf5 Rd8 33.Bxe3 Qb3 0-1


(6) BUSCH,JONAH M. (1871) - SHAW,TENZING. (2276) [B12]
MI Brandwein TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (2.6), 13.08.2019

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nc3 e6 5.g4 Bg6 6.Nge2 c5 7.h4 h5 8.Nf4 Bh7 9.Nxh5 Nc6 10.Be3 cxd4 11.Bxd4 Nge7 12.Nb5 Nc8 13.Nd6+ Nxd6 14.exd6 Rg8 15.Bd3 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Nxd4 17.Qxd4 Qa5+ 18.c3 0-0-0 19.b4 Qb6 20.Qxb6 axb6 21.a4 Rxd6 22.Ke2 Rc6 23.Kd3 Bd6 24.Ng3 Rc4 25.g5 Rh8 26.h5 Rg4 27.Rag1 Rxg5 28.Ne2 Rxg1 29.Nxg1 Be5 30.Ne2 Rh6 31.f4 Bd6 32.Rg1 Rh7 33.Ke3 Kd7 34.Nd4 Bf8 35.f5 Rxh5 36.fxe6+ fxe6 37.Rg6 Re5+ 38.Kd3 Re1 39.Nf3 Rf1 40.Ke2 Rh1 41.Nd4 Rh4 42.Kd3 Re4 43.c4 Bxb4 44.cxd5 exd5 45.Rxg7+ Be7 46.Rg6 Bc5 47.Rg7+ Kd6 48.Rg6+ Ke7 49.Nb5 Rxa4 50.Rg7+ Kf6 51.Rxb7 Ra5 52.Nc3 Ra3 53.Kc2 Ke5 54.Rb8 d4 55.Re8+ Kf4 56.Nd5+ Kf3 57.Re6 Kf2 58.Nxb6 d3+ 59.Kd1 Bb4 60.Rf6+ Kg3 61.Rc6 d2 62.Rg6+ Kf3 63.Rf6+ Ke4 64.Rf4+ Kxf4 65.Nd5+ Ke4 66.Nxb4 Rb3 67.Nc6 Rb6 68.Ne7 Kd3 69.Nc6 Rb1# 0-1

(7) KRASNOV,STEVEN. (1820) - WINSLOW,ELLIOTT. (2222) [A43]
MI Brandwein TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (2.7), 13.08.2019
[Winslow,Elliott]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 c5 7.d5!? b5!? 8.Bxb5?!

[8.Nxb5] 8...Nxe4 9.Nxe4 Qa5+ 10.c3 Qxb5 11.a4 Qa6 12.Kf2 Nd7 White has problems with his d-pawn 13.Re1 Nb6 14.a5 Bb7! 15.Ned2 Nxd5 16.g3 e6 17.Qe2 Qxe2+ 18.Rxe2 Ba6 19.Re1 Rab8 20.Ne4 Rfd8 21.Rd1 h6 22.g4 f5 23.gxf5 gxf5 24.Ng3 Nf6 25.Ra4 Bb5 26.Ra3 Bc4 27.Nd2 Ng4+ 28.Kg1 Ba6 29.Re1 Kf7 30.Nf3 Nf6 31.h3 Bb7 32.Kf2 Ne4+ 33.Nxe4 fxe4 Lava pawns! 34.Nd2 d5 35.Nb3 Rbc8 36.a6 Ba8 37.Ra5 d4 38.Rxc5 Rxc5 39.Nxc5 dxc3 40.b4 Rd4 41.Ba3 Bf6 42.Ke3 Walking into mate! 42...Bc6 43.Rc1 Rd2 44.b5 Bd4# 0-1


(8) HAKOBYAN,SOS. (1799) - DAVILA,CARLOS. (2079) [A40]
MI Brandwein TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (2.8), 13.08.2019

1.e4 a6 2.d4 b5 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Nbd2 e6 5.g3 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.Bg2 c5 8.c3 Nc6 9.0-0 Qb6 10.c4 Nc7 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.a3 a5 13.cxb5 Qxb5 14.Ne4 Nd5 15.Qc2 Be7 16.Bg5 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Bh6 a4 19.Nc3 Nxc3 20.Qxc3 Rc8 21.Qd2 Ne5 22.Nxe5 Bxg2 23.Kxg2 fxe5 24.Rac1 Kf7 25.Rc3 Qd5+ 26.Rf3+ Kg6 27.Re1 e4 28.Rc3 Rxc3 29.bxc3 Rb8 30.Be3 Qxd2 31.Bxd2 d5 32.f3 Rb2 33.fxe4 Rxd2+ 34.Kf3 Rd3+ 35.Ke2 dxe4 36.Rc1 Bxa3 37.Rc2 Bc5 38.Ra2 a3 39.Rc2 Kf5 40.Ke1 0-1

(9) CHEN,MINGSON. (1909) - BARADARAN,ARMAN. (2224) [B01]
MI Brandwein TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (2.11), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6 4.d4 c6 5.Nge2 Nf6 6.Bf4 Qd8 7.Qd2 Bf5 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.Be2 e6 10.a3 Bd6 11.0-0-0 Bxf4 12.Qxf4 Nd5 13.Qd2 Qh4 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Bb5+ Nc6 16.Qb4 Qe7 17.Qxe7+ Kxe7 18.Rhe1 Rhc8 19.Re3

19...Bxc2 20.Rd2 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 Bd3+ 22.Kd2 Bxb5 23.Rc3 Rxc3 24.Kxc3 Rc8+ 25.Kd2 Rc4 26.Rxc4 Bxc4 27.Nh5 g6 28.Nf4 e5 29.Nd3 Bxd3 30.Kxd3 Kd6 31.f3 b5 32.b3 d4 33.Ke4 f5+ 34.Kd3 Kd5 35.Kd2 e4 36.f4 d3 37.Kc3 a5 38.b4 a4 39.g3 h6 40.h3 g5 41.fxg5 hxg5 42.h4 gxh4 43.gxh4 f4 44.h5 f3 45.h6 f2 46.h7 f1Q 0-1


(10) WONG,RUSSELL. (2200) - MELVILLE,CAILEN. (1905) [C10]
MI Brandwein TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (2.12), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 b6 8.Qd2 Bb7 9.0-0-0 Qd7 10.Kb1 Ne7 11.Be2 Rg8 12.g3 0-0-0 13.Rhe1 Nf5 14.Qc3 Bd5 15.Bf4 Bd6 16.Bxd6 Nxd6 17.Nd2 Rge8 18.Ba6+ Kb8 19.Qb4 e5 Black has nothing to feel bad about now. 20.c4 Qf5+ 21.Ka1 Ba8 22.c5 Nc8 23.cxb6 axb6 24.dxe5 fxe5 25.Qc3 Rd6 26.Nc4 Rxd1+ 27.Rxd1 f6 28.Rc1 Re7 29.Qa3 Re8 30.Qc3 1/2-1/2

(11) OSTROVSKY,SERGEY. (2032) - RUDYAK,FELIX. (1900) [A00]
MI Brandwein TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (2.13), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1-0

(12) LEHMAN,CLARENCE. (1900) - WALDER,MICHAEL. (2011) [B20]
MI Brandwein TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (2.14), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 e5 4.axb4 Bxb4 5.c3 Be7 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Qb3 0-0 8.d3 Nc6 9.Qa2 d6 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.Nbd2 a6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Nxf3 b5 14.Bb3 Nd7?= [14...a5! 15.Ng5? d5! 16.exd5 a4 17.dxc6 axb3 18.Qxa8 Qxa8 19.Rxa8 Rxa8 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.dxe4 Rc8] 15.Bd5?!=/+ [15.0-0; 15.Be3] 15...Qc7 [15...Qc8] 16.0-0 Nb6 17.Bb3 [17.Be3] 17...b4 [17...a5] 18.Bd2 a5 19.cxb4 Nxb4 20.Qb1 Rfd8 21.Rc1 Qb8 22.d4 Bf6 23.Bxb4? [23.dxe5! Bxe5 (23...dxe5 24.Rc5+/-) 24.Bxf7+! Kxf7 25.Nxe5+ dxe5 26.Qb3++/-] 23...axb4 24.Rxa8 Qxa8 25.dxe5 dxe5 26.Rc7 Rd7 27.Rc5 Ra7 28.Qc2 Qe8 29.Rc7 Rxc7 30.Qxc7 Qd8 [30...Bd8] 31.Qxd8+?! [31.Qxf7+ Kh8 32.Qb7+-] 31...Bxd8 32.Nxe5 Kf8 33.Nxf7 Be7 34.Ne5 Bd6 35.Nc4? [35.Nd3+/-] 35...Nxc4 36.Bxc4 Ke7 37.Kf1 Kf6 38.Ke2 Ke5 39.Kd3 Bc5 40.f3 Kf4 41.Ke2 Kg3 42.Kf1 Bd4 43.Bb3 g5 44.Bc4 h5 45.Bb3 g4 46.hxg4 hxg4 47.Ke2 gxf3+ 48.gxf3 Kf4 1/2-1/2

(13) ARGO,GUY. (1859) - Au,Christopher (1936) [B02]
MI Brandwein TNM: 2000+ San Francisco (2.15), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nxd5 exd5 5.Qf3 Qe7 6.Qxd5 c6 7.Qe4 d6 8.f4 g6 9.d4 Bf5 10.Qe2 Nd7 11.Nf3 f6 12.c3 0-0-0 13.exd6 Qxd6 14.Be3 Re8 15.Kf2 Bh6 16.Qd2 Re4 17.g3 Rhe8 18.Re1 Nb6 19.Bd3 R4e7 20.Bxf5+ gxf5+- Now White just needs to prepare Bd2: 21.Nh4?! [21.Qd3; 21.Qd1; 21.Qc2; 21.Qc1] 21...Qd5 [21...Re4] 22.Qd3??

[22.Qd1+/-] 22...Rxe3!! 23.Rxe3 Rxe3 24.Qxf5+ Qxf5?? [24...Qe6-+; 24...Re6-+] 25.Nxf5 Rd3 26.Ke2 1-0


(14) MOHAMMED,MANSOOR. (1885) - MALYKIN,ERIKA. (1762) [A47]
MI Brandwein TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (2.9), 13.08.2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0-0 c5 6.c3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bb4 8.Bg5 0-0 9.Nbd2 h6 10.Bf4 Nd5 11.Bxb8 Rxb8 12.Qb3 Re8 13.e4 Bxd2 14.Nxd2 Nc7 15.Qa3 d5 16.e5 Nb5 17.Qb4 Ba6 18.Rfc1 Rc8 19.Bf1 Nc7 20.Rxc7 Rxc7 21.Bxa6 Qg5 22.Nf3 Qg4 23.Kg2 f5 24.Qd6 Ree7 25.Rc1 Rxc1 26.Qxe7 f4 27.Qe8+ Kh7 28.Bd3+ g6 29.Qf7+ Kh8 30.Bxg6 1-0

(15) MERCADO,ADAM. (1699) - MAKHANOV,GAZIZ. (1867) [C50]
MI Brandwein TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (2.16), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 d6 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.0-0 Be6 8.Bxe6 fxe6 9.Qf3 e5 10.c4 Be7 11.Nc3 0-0 12.Qh3 Rb8 13.b3 Kh8 14.Be3 a6 15.Rad1 Ng8 16.Ne2 Bg5 17.f4 exf4 18.Bxf4 Bxf4 19.Nxf4

19...Qe7?? 20.Ng6# 1-0

(16) CORTINAS,MARTIN A. (1697) - ROBEAL,RAFIK. (1800) [A40]
MI Brandwein TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (2.17), 13.08.2019

1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Ne2 Nb4 6.Nbc3 Nxd3+ 7.Qxd3 d6 8.0-0 Ne7 9.d5 e5 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Ng6 12.Qg3 Qe7 13.Nd4 0-0-0 14.b4 Nxf4 15.Qxf4 Qe5 16.Qe3 g6 17.Rxf7 Bg7 18.Ncb5 Kb8 19.Raf1 a6 20.Ne6 axb5 21.Rxg7 Rc8 22.Qd4 Qxd4+ 23.Nxd4 bxc4 24.Rc1 Rhe8 25.Ne6 b5 26.a4 c6 27.dxc6 Bxc6 28.axb5 Bxe4 29.Nd4 c3 30.Rd7 c2 31.Nc6+ Bxc6 32.bxc6 Rxc6 33.b5 Rc3 34.Rxd6 Re5 35.Rc6 Rec5 36.Rxc5 Rxc5 37.Kf2 Kb7 38.Ke2 1/2-1/2

(17) Rakonitz,David (1639) - HUBERTS,ALEXANDER. (1767) [A70]
MI Brandwein TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (2.18), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 Bg7 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 0-0 7.h3 e6 8.Bd3 Re8 9.0-0 exd5 10.cxd5 Na6 11.a3 Nc7 12.a4 Na6 13.Re1 Nb4 14.Bf1 a6 15.Ra3 Nd7 16.Nd2 Ne5 17.Nc4 Nxc4 18.Bxc4 f5 19.Bd3 Qh4 20.Qf3 g5 21.Bd2 g4 22.hxg4 fxg4 23.Qe2 g3 24.fxg3 Qxg3 25.Bb1 Bg4 26.Qf2 Qxf2+ 27.Kxf2 Rf8+ 28.Kg1 Be5 29.Nd1 Bxd1 30.Rxd1 Bxb2 31.Rg3+ Kh8 32.Rf1 Rxf1+ 33.Kxf1 Rf8+ 34.Ke2 Be5 35.Bc3 Re8 36.Bxe5+ Rxe5 37.Kf2 Re8 38.Kf3 Rf8+ 39.Ke2

39...a5? [39...b5!] 40.Rf3 Re8 41.Kf2 Re7 42.Rf8+ Kg7 43.Rd8 c4 44.Rc8 Kf6 45.Rxc4 Ke5 46.Ke3

46...Na6? [46...Rg7! eliminates any danger and wins, if not easily.] 47.Rc2? [47.Rc8!! wins for White, since it threatens not only Rf8 but also Re8+ if the rook moves: 47...Rg7 48.Re8+ Kf6 49.Re6+ Kf7 50.Rxd6 sets up rolling connected passed pawns] 47...Nc5? Missing the main threat! [47...Rg7! 48.Rf2 (48.Rc8? Rg3+ (making sure Black's king has d4) 49.Kf2 Rb3 puts White's bishop in a jam) 48...Rg3+ 49.Rf3 Rg5 Black holds -- just! -- the line.; 47...Rf7 draws but less convincingly. 48.Rc8 Nc5 49.Re8+ Kf6 50.g4] 48.Rf2! Black's king is caught in a web in the center of the board! Mate follows. 1-0


(18) PORLARES,TEODORO. (1766) - ACHARYA,VENKATAGI. (1706) [D03]
MI Brandwein TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (2.19), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.Bd3 d5 6.c3 b6 7.Nbd2 Ba6?? 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.Qa4+ Qd7 10.Qxa6 c4 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.Qb5+ Kf8 13.f4 h6 14.Bh4 g6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nd7+ Kg7 17.Nxf6 Kxf6 18.0-0 a6 19.Qa4 h5 20.h4 Kg7 21.e4 dxe4 22.Nxe4 b5 23.Qc2 Qb6 24.Nc5 Rhd8 25.Qe4 Rd5 26.Nd7 Qd8 27.Ne5 Qxh4 28.Rae1 a5

29.Nxf7 Rf8 30.Ne5 Rf5 31.Re3 Qf6 32.Rg3 g5 33.Rxg5+ Rxg5 34.fxg5 Qxg5 35.Rf7+ Kg8 36.Qh7# 1-0


(19) MAYS,JERRY. (1700) - CLEMENS,KRISTIAN. (1944) [C36]
MI Brandwein TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (2.20), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.c4 c6 6.dxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 Bb4+ 8.Nc3 Qe7+ 9.Be2 Ne4 10.Bd2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 0-0 12.0-0 Rd8 13.Kh1 Bg4

14.a3? [14.d5!+/-] 14...Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Rxd4 16.Qe2?! [16.Qc2 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Qc5] 16...Bxc3 17.Qxe7 [17.bxc3 Qxe2 18.Bxe2 Re4 19.Bd3?! Re3] 17...Nxe7 18.bxc3 Rxc4 19.Bxb7 Rb8 20.Rad1 Rc7 21.Ba6 g5 22.c4 Kg7 23.Rb1 Rxb1 24.Rxb1 h6 25.Kg1 Nf5 26.Rb7 Rxb7 27.Bxb7 Nd6 28.Bd5 Kf6 29.c5 Nb5 30.a4 Nc7 31.Bc4 Ne6 32.c6 Ke7 33.a5 Kd6 34.c7 Kxc7 0-1


(20) CHALISSERY,JOSSY. (1668) - HEIDARI,AKO. (1856) [C44]
MI Brandwein TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (2.21), 13.08.2019

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d3 d5 3.Nbd2 Nc6 4.e4 e5 5.Be2 Bc5 6.0-0 0-0 7.c3 a5 8.exd5 Qxd5 9.Nb3 Ba7 10.Bg5 Bf5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nh4 Bg6 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.Bf3 Qd6 15.Nd2 Kg7 16.Ne4 Qe7 17.Qd2 f5 18.Ng3 Rh8 19.Rae1 Qh4 20.Nxf5+ gxf5 21.h3 e4 22.dxe4 Ne5 23.Qe2 Qg3 24.exf5 Nxf3+ 25.Qxf3 Qxf3 26.gxf3 Rxh3 27.Kg2 Rah8 28.Re4 Kf6 29.Rc4 Rh2+ 30.Kg1 c6 0-1

(21) MCKELLAR,DANIEL. (1854) - KAPLAN,GLENN. (1651) [B07]
MI Brandwein TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (2.22), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 [2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.Be3 (4.Bg5 Bg7 5.Qd2 0-0 1-0 (29) Bazal Bouzas,X (1757)-Otero Perez,J Cambados 2008) 4...Bg7 5.Qd2 0-0 1-0 (23) Camarero Izquierdo,J (1861)-Suarez Mencia,R (1454) Madrid 2016] 2...g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Qd2 0-0 6.Bh6 Nc6 [6...Bxh6 7.Qxh6 c5] 7.Bxg7 Kxg7 8.h4 [8.0-0-0 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.h4 1-0 (29) Bazal Bouzas,X (1757)-Otero Perez,J Cambados 2008] 8...h5 9.0-0-0 e5 [9...a6 10.f4 1-0 (23) Camarero Izquierdo,J (1861)-Suarez Mencia,R (1454) Madrid 2016] 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.f4 [11.Be2 1-0 (29) Bazal Bouzas,X (1757)-Otero Perez,J Cambados 2008] 11...Nc6 12.Nf3 Bg4 13.Be2 Re8 14.Ng5 a6 15.Bxg4 Nxg4 16.Rhf1 f6 17.Nh3 b5 18.Rde1 Na5 19.b3 c5 20.f5 c4 21.fxg6 cxb3 22.Qd5 [22.axb3] 22...b2+ 23.Kb1 Ne5 24.Nf4 Kh6 25.Ne6 Rxe6 26.Qxe6 Nac4 27.Rxf6 Qa5 28.g7+ Kxg7 29.Qe7+ Kg8 30.Qe6+ Kg7 DRAW? White has one move to win, and it's crushing: [30...Kg7 31.Rf5! Na3+ 32.Kxb2 Nd3+ 33.cxd3 Qb4+ 34.Qb3] 1/2-1/2

(22) Drane,Robert Will (1800) - TAMONDONG,CESAR. (1617) [B31]
MI Brandwein TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (2.23), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 0-0 7.d4 cxd4 8.cxd4 d5 9.e5 Ne4 10.Nh4 [10.Nc3] 10...e6 11.g3 f5 12.Ng2 Bd7 13.Be3 Rc8 14.a3 a6 15.Ba4 h6 16.Nd2 b5 17.Bc2 g5 18.Nb3 g4 19.Nf4 Ng5 20.Nd2 Qe8 21.Kg2 Ne7 22.Rh1 Ng6 23.h4 Nxf4+ 24.Bxf4 Nh3 25.Be3 h5 26.f4 Rf7 27.Nb3 Bf8 28.Rc1 Qd8 29.Nc5 Bxc5 30.dxc5 Bc6 31.Bd4 Rb7 32.Rh2 a5 33.Qd2 Rbb8 34.b3 b4 35.a4

White is effectively a piece up -- but how is he going to break in? 35...Qe8 36.Bd3 Rb7 37.Bf1 Bxa4 Black couldn't stand and wait! 38.bxa4 Qxa4 39.Kh1 Qb3 40.Qe3 Qxe3 41.Bxe3 b3 42.Rb1 a4 43.Bc1! Rb4 44.Ba3 Rd4 45.Rhb2 -- (Here both scoresheets read "45...Rc8" so I must have mis-guessed the ambiguous rook moves earlier. 46.Rc1 Re4 47.c6 Re3 48.Kg2 d4 49.Ba6 Rc3 50.Bxc8 Rxc1 51.Bxe6+ Kg7 52.Bd5 d3 53.e6 Re1 54.e7 Ng1 55.c7 1-0


(23) PERLOV,ALEXANDER. (1770) - COHEE,JAMES. (1654) [D10]
MI Brandwein TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (2.24), 13.08.2019

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 b5 5.a4 b4 6.Nb1 e5 7.Nf3 exd4 8.Bxc4 Be6 9.Bxe6 fxe6 10.Qb3 Nf6 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.Nxe6 Nbd7 13.0-0 Nc5 14.Nxc5 Qxc5 15.Bf4 Be7 16.Nd2 Rf8 17.Rac1 Qb6 18.Nc4 Qb7 19.Na5 Qd7 20.Nxc6 Nxe4 21.Nxe7 Rxf4 22.Nd5 Nd2 23.Rfe1+ Re4 24.Rxe4+ Nxe4 25.Nc7+ Ke7 26.Qxb4+ Kf6 27.Nxa8 Qf5 28.Qxd4+ 1-0

(24) Hack,Richard (1601) - MASER,THOMAS F. (1902) [A17]
MI Brandwein TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (2.25), 13.08.2019

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.d3 0-0 6.Qb3 c6 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.d4 Qc7 9.Bf4 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.c5 Qc7 12.Qc2 e5 13.e3 exd4 14.exd4 Re8+ 15.Ne2 Ne4 16.0-0 Nf8 17.Nd2 Nxc5 18.Rfe1 Nce6 19.Rac1 Qb6 20.Nb3 Bd7 21.Qd2 Qd8 22.Nf4 Qg5 23.Re5 Qh6 24.Rh5 Qf6 25.Nxe6 Bxe6 26.Re5 Nd7 27.Re3 Re7 28.Rce1 Rae8 29.Rf3 Qg6 30.Bf1 Nf6 31.Bd3 Qh5 32.Be2 Bg4 33.Re3 Bxe2 34.R3xe2 Rxe2 0-1

(25) CASARES JR,NICK. (1600) - Etinoff,Claude (1681) [C01]
MI Brandwein TNM: Extra San Francisco (2.26), 13.08.2019

1.e4 d6 2.d4 e6 3.f4 d5 4.e5 c5 5.c3 a6 6.Nf3 Nh6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.a3 c4 9.Bc2 b5 10.0-0 Be7 11.Nbd2 0-0 12.b4 Bd7 13.Rf2 Nf5 14.Nf1 a5 15.Bb2 a4 16.Bc1 g6 17.h3 h5 18.g4 hxg4 19.hxg4 Ng7 20.Rh2 Qb8 21.Ng3 f5 22.g5 Kf7 23.Bd2 Rh8 24.Nh4 Qc8 25.Qf3 Rh7 26.Kf2 Qh8 27.Rah1 Rg8 28.Qg2 Bd8 29.Nxg6 Kxg6 30.Rxh7 Qxh7 31.Rxh7 Kxh7 32.Qh3+ Kg6 33.Qh6+ Kf7 34.Bd1 Be7 35.Qh7 Kf8 36.Qh6 Kf7 37.Nh5 Bc8 38.Nxg7 Rxg7 39.Bh5+ Kg8 40.Be8 Nd8 41.g6 Ba6 42.Kf3 Bf8 43.Bf7+ Nxf7 44.gxf7+ Rxf7 45.Qxe6 Bb7 46.Qg6+ Bg7 47.e6 Re7 48.Be1 Bc8 49.Qxf5 Rxe6 50.Qxd5 Kf8 51.Qc5+ Kf7 52.Qxc8 Rxe1 53.Qb7+ Kg8 54.Qxb5 Rf1+ 1-0

(26) CARRON,JOEL. (1573) - NEWEY,RICHARD HER. (1666) [B21]
MI Brandwein TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (2.27), 13.08.2019

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Ng5 Nf6 9.Nxe6 Qd7 10.Nxf8 Rxf8 11.0-0 0-0-0 12.h3 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Qxd5 Rxd5 16.Be3 Kb8 17.a3 e5 18.Rac1 Nd4 19.Rc4 b5 20.Rb4 Nc2 21.Re4 Nxe3 22.Rxe3 Kc7 23.Rc1+ Kd6 24.Rec3 e4 25.Rc7 Rdf5 26.R1c6+ Kd5 27.Rc5+ Kd4 28.Rxf5 Rxf5 29.Rxa7 Rg5 30.Ra5 h6 31.a4 e3 32.fxe3+ Kxe3 33.Rxb5 Rg6 34.a5 Rd6 35.Rb6 Rd1+ 36.Kh2 Kf2 37.Rb3 Rd6 38.Ra3 Rg6 39.Rf3+ Ke2 40.b4 Ra6 41.Ra3 Rg6 42.a6 Kf2 43.Rf3+ Ke2 44.b5 1-0

(27) BARREYRO,ROMEO. (1657) - BOLDI,NICHOLAS. (1598) [C01]
MI Brandwein TNM: 1600-1999 San Francisco (2.28), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Bd3 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Ne2 Nf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Bg5 Bg4 9.Nbc3 h6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nxd5 Qe5 12.b4 Bd6 13.f4 Qe6 14.Qd2 Kh8 15.c4 Nc6 16.Rae1 Qd7 17.h3 Be6 18.a3 Bxd5 19.cxd5 a5 20.dxc6 Qxc6 21.bxa5 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Rxa5 23.Rc1 Qxa3 24.Rc3 Qa4 25.Bc2 Qd7 26.Qd3 f5 27.Rd1 Qe7 28.Ng3 Ra6 (around here both scores turn to mush) 1-0

(28) Schley,Andrew (1683) - KHAMKAR,SUSHEEL. (1470) [C01]
MI Brandwein TNM: Extra San Francisco (2.29), 13.08.2019

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Nbd2 0-0 8.0-0 Nc6 9.c3 Re8 10.Qc2 h6 11.Bh4 Nh5 12.Bxe7 Rxe7 13.Rfe1 Nf4 14.Bf5 Bh5 15.g3 Bxf3 16.Nxf3 Ne6 17.Bxe6 Rxe6 18.Rxe6 fxe6 19.Re1 Qf6 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.Rxe5 Rc8 22.Qe2 Kf7 23.Qb5 Rb8 24.Qc5 Qe7 25.Qxa7 Qe8 26.f4 Qc8 27.Qc5 b6 28.Qc6 b5 29.f5 Rb6 30.fxe6+ Ke7 31.Qxd5 Rxe6 32.Qxb5 Kf7 33.Qd5 Ke7 34.Rxe6+ Qxe6 35.Qxe6+ Kxe6 36.Kf2 Kd5 37.b3 Ke4 38.Ke2 1-0

(29) OLSON,DAVID. (1407) - MARTIN,MICHAEL J. (1574) [A20]
MI Brandwein TNM: U1600 San Francisco (2.10), 13.08.2019

1.Nf3 Nc6 2.c4 e5 3.d3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bc5 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 Qe7 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Be2 0-0 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 b6 11.0-0 Qe6 12.h3 d5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.c4 Nc3 15.Qc2 Nxe2+ 16.Qxe2 Bb7 17.Rab1 a6 18.Bg3 f6 19.d4 Ne7 20.d5 Qd6 21.a4 a5 22.Nd4 Bc8 23.f3 Qd8 24.Nb5 Ba6 25.e4 Bxb5 26.cxb5 Qd6 27.Qc4 Ng6 28.Rbc1 Rac8 29.Rc2 f5 30.Qc6 fxe4 31.fxe4 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Ne7 33.Qxd6 cxd6 34.Rxc8+ Nxc8 35.h4 g5 36.h5 Kf7 37.Ke2 Ne7 38.Bf2 Nc8 39.g4 Kf6 40.Kd3 Ke7 41.Be3 Kf6 42.Kc4 Kg7 43.Bd2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

(30) CHAN,JOHN. (1515) - Cole,Tony (1400) [D02]
MI Brandwein TNM: U1600 San Francisco (2.30), 13.08.2019

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c3 c5 4.h3 h6 5.Qc2 Nf6 6.e3 Nc6 7.Nbd2 Bd7 8.a3 Be7 9.Be2 Qc7 10.Qb1 e5 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nb3 Bd6 13.Bd2 e4 14.Nfd4 a6 15.Qd1 Bh2 16.Qc2 0-0 17.Qd1 Kh8 18.Rc1 Qe5 19.Nc5 Bc8 20.Na4 Ne7 21.Nb6 Rb8 22.c4 Qd6 23.c5 Qc7 24.b4 Be5 25.Bc3 Bxd4 26.Bxd4 Nd7 27.Na4 Qc6 28.g4 Qg6 29.Qb3 Nf6 30.Be5 Ra8 31.Nb6 Ra7 32.Kd2 Be6 33.Qb2 Nc6 34.Bc3 Nd7 35.Na4 Raa8 36.Ke1 Rg8 37.Kf1 Raf8 38.Rg1 f6 39.Qd2 Nde5 40.Qd1 h5 41.Ke1 h4 42.Kd2 Re8 43.Ke1 Ref8 44.Qc2 f5 45.Qb2 Qf6 46.g5 Qf7 47.Bxe5 Qg6 48.Bf4 Rd8 49.Rd1 Rgf8 50.Kf1 Rf7 51.Kg2 Rfd7 52.Nb6 Re7 53.Kh2 Kg8 54.Qc3 Qf7 55.a4 Nb8 56.a5 Nc6 57.Rd2 Qg6 58.Rgd1 Qe8 59.Qb2 g6 60.Qa1 Bf7 61.b5 axb5 62.Bxb5 Re6 63.Nxd5 Kh7 64.Nf6+ Rxf6 65.Qxf6 Rxd2 66.Rxd2 Qf8 67.Bxc6 b6 68.Rd7 Kg8 69.Be5 1-0

(31) ALLEN,TOM CARTER. (1400) - REYES,VICTOR HUGO. (1497) [C41]
MI Brandwein TNM: U1600 San Francisco (2.31), 13.08.2019

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qa4 a6 6.Nc3 Bd7 7.Be2 h6 8.Qc4 b5 9.Qd3 Nf6 10.0-0 Nb4 11.Qd2 Be7 12.a3 Nc6 13.b4 0-0 14.Bb2 Bg4 15.Nd4 Bxe2 16.Nxc6 Qd7 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Qxe2 Qe5 19.Rad1 Rae8 20.f3 Qg5 21.Nd5 Nh5 22.f4 Qg6 23.f5 Qg5 24.Bc1 Qh4 25.Nc3 Re5 26.Rd3 Nf6 27.Bf4 Re7 28.Rh3 Qg4 29.Qxg4 Nxg4 30.Rg3 h5 31.h3 Ne5 32.Nd5 Nc6 33.Nxe7+ Nxe7 34.Bh6 Kh7 35.f6 Ng6 36.Bxg7 Re8 37.Re3 Re5 38.Rf5 Re6 39.Rxh5+ Kg8 40.Kf2 c6 41.h4 Re8 42.Rh6 c5 43.h5 cxb4 44.hxg6 fxg6 45.axb4 Kf7 46.Rh8 1-0

(32) ROBERTS,JOSEPH. (1369) - ANSARI,JAHAAN. (1459) [C15]
MI Brandwein TNM: U1600 San Francisco (2.32), 13.08.2019

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 dxe4 5.a3 Ba5 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.Nxe4 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 Nf6 9.f3 0-0 10.0-0-0 b5 11.Qc3 Bb7 12.Nxf6+ Qxf6 13.Ng3 Rfd8 14.Ne4 Qf4+ 15.Kb1 e5 16.Bxb5 Nxd4 17.Qxc7 Bxe4 18.fxe4 Rdc8 19.Qa5 Rxc2 20.Rxd4 exd4 21.Kxc2 Qxe4+ 22.Kb3 Qxg2 23.Re1 g6 24.Re8+ Rxe8 25.Bxe8 d3 26.Qd8 Qc2+ 27.Ka2 Qc4+ 28.Ka1 Qc1+ 29.Ka2 d2 30.Ba4+ Kg7 31.Qd4+ Kh6 32.Qe3+ Kg7 33.Qc3+ Kh6 34.Qe3+ Kg7 35.Qxa7 d1Q 36.Bxd1 Qxd1 37.a4 Qd5+ 38.Ka3 Qd6+ 39.Kb3 Qxh2 40.a5 Qh3+ 41.Ka4 Qg4+ 42.b4 Qd1+ 43.Kb5 Qd5+ 44.Qc5 Qd7+ 45.Kb6 Qd8+ 46.Kb7 Qd7+ 47.Qc7 Qb5+ 48.Qb6 Qd7+ 0-1

(33) JAMES,CHARLES.. (1458) - SARAF,SANJAY.. (1257) [E91]
San Francisco San Francisco (2.33), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 Nc6 7.0-0 Nd7 8.Be3 e5 9.Qd2 Ne7 10.b4 f5 11.Bh6 f4 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.d5 Nf6 14.c5 Bg4 15.Ng5 Bc8 16.f3 h6

17.Ne6+ Bxe6 18.dxe6 dxc5 19.Qxd8 Raxd8 20.bxc5 Nc6 21.Bc4 Rd4 22.Bb3 Re8 23.Nb5 Rb4 24.Nxc7 Rc8 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.exd5 Nd4 27.e7 Nf5 28.d6 Rd4 29.Rac1 Kf6 30.Rfd1 Nxe7 31.dxe7 Kxe7 32.Rxd4 exd4 33.Rc4 Rd8 34.Kf2 Kf6 35.Ke1 g5 36.Kd2 h5 37.Kd3 Ke5 38.c6 bxc6 39.Rxc6 Rg8 40.Rc5+ Kf6 41.Kxd4 and White won shortly 1-0


(34) ALBURY,STERLING C. (1117) - HILLIARD,MICHAEL. (1429) [D51]
MI Brandwein TNM: U1600 San Francisco (2.34), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.e3 Bd6 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 a6 10.a4 Qb6 11.Qc2 Qc7 12.Rac1 Qb8 13.e4 dxe4 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 f5 16.Bd3 h6 17.Bd2 Nf6 18.Rfe1 Bd7 19.Qb3 Kh8 20.Bb4 Re8 21.Ne5 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Nd5 23.Bd6 Qa7 24.Bxf5 Bc6 25.Bb1 Nf4 26.Rc4 Nxg2 27.Qd3 Kg8 28.Qh7+ 1-0

(35) SIMPKINS,JERRY. (1426) - AHRENS,RICHARD WI. (1206) [B21]
MI Brandwein TNM: U1600 San Francisco (2.35), 13.08.2019

1.e4 c5 2.f4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.d3 d5 5.e5 d4 6.g3 Nc6 7.Bg2 e6 8.Nbd2 g6 9.Ne4 Qc7 10.0-0 0-0-0 11.Bd2 Be7 12.Nfg5 Nh6 13.a4 Rdf8 14.Qe1 Qd7 15.a5 f5 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.axb6 a6 18.Nxc5 Qe7 19.Nxb7 Kxb7 20.Bb4 Qd7 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.Nxe6 Re8 23.Nc5+ Ka8 24.Rxa6+ 1-0

(36) NICOL,GEORGE R. - BAER,MICHAEL A. (1430) [E60]
MI Brandwein TNM: U1600 San Francisco (2.36), 13.08.2019

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.e3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bd3 0-0 6.0-0 Nbd7 7.h3 c5 8.d5 b5 9.cxb5 Nxd5 10.Ng5 Bb7 11.Bd2 Bxb2 12.Bc3 Nxc3 13.Nxc3 Bxc3 14.Rc1 Bg7 15.Qb3 Ne5 16.Be2 h6 17.Ne4 Bxe4 18.f3 Bb7 19.f4 Nd7 20.Qc2 e6 21.e4 d5 22.exd5 Bxd5 23.Rfd1 Bd4+ 24.Kh1 Qh4 25.Bg4 Qg3 26.Rd2 Be3 0-1

(37) DUBENSKY,WALTER B. (1078) - FRANK,ROBERT H. (1358) [C47]
MI Brandwein TNM: U1600 San Francisco (2.37), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Be2 Bc5 5.0-0 0-0 6.d3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Re8 9.Ne4 Bb4 10.c3 Ba5 11.b4 Bb6 12.Bb2 f6 13.b5 Nb8 14.Ba3 f5 15.Neg5 h6 16.Nh3 Ba5 17.Rc1 Bxc3 18.Rxc3 Nxc3 19.Qb3+ Nd5 20.d4 Be6 21.Bc4 e4 22.Ne5 c6 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Qb7 Nc7 25.Bxe6+ Rxe6 26.Nf4 Rf6 27.Rd1 Ne6 28.Nfg6 Nc7 29.Be7 Qe8 30.Bxf6 gxf6 31.Qxc7 fxe5 32.Ne7+ Kf8 33.dxe5 Na6 34.Qd6 Qxe7 35.Qxh6+ Qg7 36.Qxc6 Qg4 37.Qf6+ Kg8 38.f3 exf3 39.Rd2 Nb4 40.Qe6+ Kh8 41.Qh6+ Kg8 42.g3 Qg7 43.Qf4 a5 44.Qxf3 Re8 45.Qxf5 Qxe5 46.Qg6+ Kf8 47.Rf2+ Ke7 48.a3 [48.Rf7+ Kd8 49.Qb6+ Kc8 50.Qb7+ Kd8 51.Qd7#] 48...Qa1+ 49.Kg2 Qxa3 50.Qe4+ Kd8 51.Rd2+ Kc8 52.Qxe8+ Kb7 53.Qd7+ Ka6 54.Rd6+ Nc6 55.Qxc6+ Ka7 1-0

(38) Starr,Albert (1575) - COWGILL,JACKIE. (1169) [A00]
MI Brandwein TNM: U1600 San Francisco (2.10), 13.08.2019

1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 Bxb4 3.Bxe5 Nf6 4.c4 Nc6 5.Bc3 Be7 6.e3 d6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Be2 Qd7 9.0-0 0-0 10.d3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Ne5 12.Bxe5 dxe5 13.Bxb7 Rab8 14.Bf3 Bd6 15.g3 c5 16.Nc3 Qh3 17.Bg2 Qe6 18.Ne4 h6 19.Nxd6 Qxd6 20.f4 Rb4 21.Rb1 a5 22.Rxb4 cxb4 23.d4 exd4 24.exd4 Qa6 25.c5 a4 26.Qf3 Qc4 27.Rd1 Qxa2 28.Qd3 b3 29.Qb1 Qxb1 30.Rxb1 Rb8 31.Bf1 a3 32.Bd3 b2 33.Bc4 Rb4 34.Ba2 Rxd4 35.c6 Ne8 36.Re1 Nc7 37.Re3 Rd1+ 38.Kf2 Ra1 39.Re7 Rxa2 40.Rxc7 b1Q+ 41.Kf3 Qb3+ 42.Kg4 h5+ 43.Kxh5 Rxh2+ 44.Kg4 Qd1+ 45.Kg5 Qh5# 0-1

(39) CHEN,BRYANT ALAN. (1468) - BADGETT JR,JAMES. (1084) [A27]
MI Brandwein TNM: U1600 San Francisco (2.40), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.exd4 Qe7+ 8.Be3 Bb6 9.Be2 c6 10.0-0 Bc7 11.c5 d5 12.b4 b5 13.a4 a6 14.axb5 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Qxe4 16.bxc6 Bxh2+ 17.Kxh2 0-0 18.Kg1 Re8 19.Bd3 Qh4 20.Qf3 g6 21.Qf4 Qg4 22.Qxg4 Bxg4 23.Rxa6 Rab8 24.b5 Re6 25.c7 Rc8 26.Rxe6 Bxe6 27.b6 Ra8 28.b7 Re8 29.b8Q Bc8 30.Ba6 Bxa6 31.Qxe8+ Kg7 32.Rb1 1-0

(40) ROBERTSON,WADE... (1249) - DUNLAP,STEVEN... (1016) [A25]
San Francisco San Francisco (2.42), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 Nge7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Qc2 d6 7.a3 e4 8.Nxe4 Bc5 9.Nxc5 dxc5 10.0-0 Be6 11.Ng5 Bf5 12.d3 Nd4 13.Qd1 Rb8

14.e4 White might want to use this pawn to unseat Black's knight at d4. 14...Bg6 15.Nf3 Bh5 16.Be3 b5 17.Bxd4 cxd4 18.Qb3 f5 19.cxb5+ Kh8 20.exf5 Bf7 21.Qa4 Nc8 22.Qxd4 Qxd4 23.Nxd4 Rd8 24.Nc6 Nd6 25.Nxb8 Rxb8 26.Rac1 Nxb5 27.a4 Nd6 28.Rxc7 g6 29.Rd7 Rb6 30.f6 Be6 31.Rd8+ 1-0


(41) SULLIVAN,GEORGE. (873) - RUSHTON,PETER JAM. (1237) [D20]
MI Brandwein TNM: U1600 San Francisco (2.43), 13.08.2019

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 exd4 7.Bg5 Be7 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Bxc4 d3 10.Qb3 0-0 11.Bxd3 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.Rc1 Qf6 14.0-0 Bxb2 15.Rxc7 Be5 16.Rcc1 Qh6 17.Nf3 Bf4 18.Rc2 Bg4 19.g3 Bxf3 20.gxf4 Qg6# 0-1

(42) CAPDEVILLE,BARRY. (1226) - GULBIS,ANDREJS JU. (842) [C77]
MI Brandwein TNM: U1600 San Francisco (2.44), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 Be6 7.Nbd2 d5 8.Nxe5 Qd6 9.d4 dxe4 10.Bb3 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Qxe5 12.0-0 Bc5 13.Kh1 Bd6 14.f4 exf3 15.Nxf3 Qf5 16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.Re1 Ne4 18.Qa4+ b5 19.Qxe4 0-0-0 20.Qa8+ Kd7 21.Qxa6 Qd5 22.Be3 Rhe8 23.Rad1 Qe6 24.Bc5 Re7 25.Rxe6 Rxe6 26.Qxb5+ Ke7 27.Bxd6+ Rexd6 28.Rxd6 Kxd6 29.Qd3+ 1-0

(43) THIBAULT,WILLIAM. (1195) - SERRA,OWEN. (829) [C27]
MI Brandwein TNM: U1600 San Francisco (2.45), 13.08.2019

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d3 0-0 5.Nge2 h6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.Na4 d6 8.Nxc5 dxc5 9.c3 Bg4 10.Be3 b6 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qd2 Na5 13.Bb5 Qe7 14.Ng3 Bg6 15.Rae1 Rad8 16.Qe2 c6 17.Ba4 b5 18.Bc2 c4 19.d4 Rd6 20.f4 Rd7 21.fxe5 Nh7 22.Bxh6 gxh6 23.Qg4 Ng5 24.h4 Qe6 25.Nf5 Kh7 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.Qh3+ Kg8 28.Kf2 f6 29.Nh6+ Kg7 30.Qxe6 fxe5+ 31.Nf5+ 1-0

(44) Acharya,Aravind (1084) - HARRIS,CLARENCE. (1464) [C55]
MI Brandwein TNM: Extra Rated San Francisco (2.41), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.Re1 a6 7.c3 b5 8.Bb3 Re8 9.Ng5 Rf8 10.d4 d6 11.a4 Bb7 12.d5 Na5 13.axb5 axb5 14.Na3 Ba6 15.Bd2 h6 16.Nf3 Nd7 17.c4 Nxb3 18.Qxb3 Nc5 19.Qc3 b4 20.Qxb4 Nd3 21.Qc3 Nxe1 22.Bxe1 Qd7 23.b4 c6 24.dxc6 Qxc6 25.b5 Bxb5 26.Nxb5 Rxa1 27.Qxa1 Ra8 28.Qc3 Qc5 29.h3 Ra4 30.Nd2 Bg5 31.Qb3 Rb4 32.Qc2 Bxd2 33.Qxd2 Rxc4 34.Nxd6 Rd4 35.Nb7 Qc6 36.Qb2 Qxe4 37.Qc3 Qxb7 38.Qa5 Qe4 39.Qa1 Qe2 40.Qb1 Rd1 41.Qb8+ Kh7 42.Qc8 Qxe1+ 43.Kh2 Qh1+ [43...Qxf2] 44.Kg3 Rd3+ 45.f3 Rd2?? 46.Qf5+ g6 47.Qxf7+ Kh8 48.Qf8+ 1/2-1/2

(45) RADAELLI,LUCAS. (1444) - Laidlaw,John [D58]
MI Brandwein TNM: Extra Rated San Francisco (2.46), 13.08.2019

1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bh4 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 Ne4 10.Bxe7 Nxc3 11.Bxd8 Nxd1 12.Be7 Nxb2 13.Bxf8 Nxd3 14.Ba3 dxc4 15.Ne1 Be4 16.f3 Nxe1 17.Rfxe1 Bd3 18.Bb2 Nc6 19.Bc3 a5 20.Red1 b5 21.Rxd3 cxd3 22.a3 Rb8 23.Rb1 f6 24.Kf1 b4 25.axb4 axb4 26.Bd2 Kf7 27.e4 b3 28.Bc3 Rd8 29.Ke1 Nxd4 30.Kd2 c5 31.Bxd4 Rxd4 32.Rxb3 c4 33.Rb2 Ke7 34.Kc3 e5 35.f4 d2 36.Rxd2 Rxd2 37.Kxd2 Kd6 38.Kc3 Kc5 39.f5 Kb5 40.h4 Kc5 41.g4 Kb5 0-1

(46) Laidlaw,Robert - Ferraiuolo,Jim (1190) [B10]
MI Brandwein TNM: Extra Rated San Francisco (2.47), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d3 dxe4 4.dxe4 Qxd1+ 5.Kxd1 Bg4 6.Be2 Na6 7.a3 0-0-0+ 8.Bd2 Nf6 9.Nc3 Nd7 10.h3 Bh5 11.g4 Bg6 12.h4 f6 13.h5 Bf7 14.g5 Ne5 15.Ke1 Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 g6 17.h6 Rd6 18.Bg4+ Be6 19.Bxe6+ Rxe6 20.f3 Rd6 21.Rd1 Kc7 22.gxf6 exf6 23.Bf4 Kd7 24.Bxd6 Bxd6

25.e5! Re8 26.Rxd6+ Kc7 27.Rxf6 Rxe5+ 28.Kf2 Re7 29.Re1 Rd7 30.Rd1 Re7 31.b4 Kc8 32.b5 and further moves: 1-0 60 1-0


(47) BRYAN,ROBERT R. (390) - Sztaray,Judit (609) [C41]
MI Brandwein TNM: Extra Rated San Francisco (2.49), 13.08.2019
[de Firmian,Nick]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 c6 6.0-0 cxb5 7.Nxb5 Bxb5 8.Nd4 Be7 9.Nxb5 Qd7 10.Nd4 exd4 11.Re1 0-0 12.c3 dxc3 13.bxc3 d5 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.c4 Nc3 16.Qd2 Na4 17.Qe2 Re8 18.Bg5 Nc6 19.Rad1 Nc3 20.Qe3 Nxd1 21.Rxd1 Bxg5 22.f4 Rxe3 23.fxg5 Rxd3 24.Rf1 Rd1 25.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 26.Kf2 Re8 27.Kg3 Re4 28.Kh3 0-1


 

 

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