[Event "Breslau"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Marshall, F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nc5 Qe7 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qd4 Qd8 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Qxc4 Qa5 20. Rac1
Raf8 21. e4 Qh5 22. f4 Qa5 23. e5 Rh6 24. Rc2 Qb6+ 25. Kg2 Rd8 26. Rff2 Rc8 27.
Rfd2 Kh8 28. Rd6 Qb1 29. Rxc6 Rg8 30. Rc8 Qb7+ 31. Kg1 Qb6+ 32. Qc5 Qxc5+ 33.
R2xc5 g5 34. Rxg8+ Kxg8 35. fxg5 Rh5 36. h4 h6 37. gxh6 Rxh6 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39.
Rc7+ Kg6 40. Rxa7 Kf5 41. Ra5 Rh8 42. Kg2 Rb8 43. Kh3 Rb1 44. Ra3 Rh1+ 45. Kg2
Ra1 46. Rf3+ Kxe5 47. Rf2 Kd4 48. h5 Rc1 49. h6 e5 50. g4 e4 51. h7 Rc8 52. g5
e3 53. g6 exf2 54. g7 Ke3 55. g8=Q Ke2 56. Qe6+ 1-0 

[Event "Aarhus"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boe, Mads"]
[Black "Hansen, Jens Hult"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 e6 7. f4 d6 8. Nf3
dxe5 9. fxe5 Bb4 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Be2 Nde7 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Ng6
15. h4 Bd7 16. h5 Nge7 17. h6 g6 18. Bf6 Nd5 19. Bg7 Nf4 20. Qd2 Nxe2 21. Qxe2
Qa5 22. Qd2 Rfe8 23. Ng5 f5 24. exf6 Nd8 25. f7+ Nxf7 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. O-O+
Kg8 28. Rf2 Bc6 29. Qf4 1-0 

[Event "Arkansas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Torrijos, Oscar"]
[Black "Chambers, Rory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. cxd4 d6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e6 (7...
dxe5 $1 8. fxe5 Bf5 $17) 8. Nf3 dxe5 9. fxe5 Bb4 10. Qd3 O-O (10... Be7 $5) 11.
a3 $11 (11. Be2 $14 {is Boe - Hansen, Aarhus1986}) 11... Be7 12. Be2 f5 13. O-O
b6 {Æ} 14. Bd2 (14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Qc4 $14) 14... Bb7 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bc3 Rfd8
17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Ne1 Na5 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Bxa5 bxa5 21. Qb3 Rb8 22. Bxb7 Rxb7
23. Qa2 g6 24. Rf3 Rdb8 25. Rd2 Bg5 26. Rc2 Qxd4+ 27. Kf1 Qxe5 28. Nd3 Qd6 29.
Re2 Rb3 30. Nf2 a4 31. Qb1 Rxf3 32. gxf3 Rb3 33. Nh3 Be3 34. Qc2 Kg7 35. Qc4 e5
36. Qxa4 Qd1+ 37. Re1 Qxf3+ 0-1 

[Event "Arkansas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rory Chambers"]
[Black "Larry Cohen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[WhiteElo "2076"]
[BlackElo "2000"]

{Larry is a Colorado expert. Like Paul Covington who was at the tournament promoting "Paul's Chess March Across America", Larry is also on a mission to play chess in all fifty states.}

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 g6 5. Bb2 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4
Ne4 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 {Æ} 10... b6 $6 {The complex of weak light squares
this creates on the queenside can be directly exploited. White has a low-cost
initiative.} 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rac1 Bb7 13. Bb5 Nb8 14. Ne5 {Preparing to meet
Qd6 with Bc3 and Bb4. Black would like to consolidate, connect his rooks, and
even prepare counterplay by f6 and e5, which Qd6 would effect in a move. White
continues to eye d6, and it should be noted that black suffers weaknesses on
both dark and light squares now.} 14... Ba6 15. Qb4 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 a6 17. Qb4
Bxe5 {Key transition point. Æ Black's hope is to imbalance the position. The
weakness on b6 plus the possibilities of kingside expansion ensure white's
bishop will be better than the knight.} 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Bd4 Rc8 (19... e6 20.
Rc6 Rc8 21. Qc3 Rxc6 22. Qxc6 $18) 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Qxe7 Qc6 22. f4 Rc8 23. f5
{The final calculation, forced and hinging on tactics. Black's plan to trade
queens and attack white's queenside along the c-file threatens white's
advantage. Æ} 23... gxf5 24. Rxf5 Qe6 25. Rg5+ Kh8 26. Qxd7 1-0 

[Event "Arkansas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Orton, Bill"]
[Black "Stahl, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 e6 5. Nc3 (5. d5 $5) 5... Bb4 6. Nf3 Nge7
7. Bd3 d5 8. e5 Qb6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. O-O h6 12. Rb1 Qc7 13. Bd2 Nc8
14. Ne1 Nb6 15. Qg4 Kf8 16. f4 Ne7 17. Nc2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Ne3 b5 20. Qe2
g6 21. Be1 Bc6 22. Bh4 a6 23. Bf6 Rg8 24. Qb2 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Qb4+ Ke8
27. a4 Rb8 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra1 Qb7 30. Rf2 g5 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Rfa2 1-0 

[Event "Arkansas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chambers, Rory"]
[Black "Holmes, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "119"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nc5 Qe7 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. e4 (15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qd4 {Rubinstein,Akiba - Marshall,F,
Breslau (1) 1912}) 15... dxe4 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qb5 Qc7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bxe4
Nc6 20. Rab1 Rab8 21. Rfe1 f5 22. Bg2 Rfe8 23. Qc4 {Æ} 23... Kf7 24. Rb5 Kf6
25. Reb1 Rec8 26. Qh4+ Kg7 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Qe7+ Kg6 29. h4 Rc7 30. Qg5+ Kf7
31. Qh5+ Kg7 32. Qe2 b6 33. Re5 Kf6 34. Re1 Re7 35. Qe3 Rg8 36. Qh6+ Rg6 37.
Qf8+ Rf7 38. Rxe6+ Qxe6 39. Rxe6+ Kxe6 40. Qc8+ Kf6 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Qd4+ Rff6
{Æ} 43. Qe5 Rg4 44. Kg2 Re4 45. Qc7+ Rf7 46. Qd8 h6 47. Qd5 Ree7 48. Qd4+ Rf6
49. Kf3 Kf7 50. Qf4 Kg7 51. Qd4 Kf7 52. Qd5+ Kg7 53. Kg2 Rff7 54. Qd6 Rd7 55.
Qe5+ Kh7 56. h5 Kg8 57. Qe8+ Kg7 58. Qe6 Rb7 59. Qg6+ Kf8 60. Qxh6+ 1-0 {White
won with his passed pawn.} 

[Event "Arkansas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Talbot, Chris"]
[Black "Anderson, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 g6 (4... Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5) 5. Bf4 a6 6. Nf3
Bg7 7. Qe2 (7. Be2) 7... Nf6 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. Ne5 Be6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Ne4
$2 (11... Qa5 $14) 12. f3 Nd6 13. Nc5 $16 Bc8 {Æ} 14. Qd2 Nf5 15. c3 Qa5 16. b4
Qd8 17. g4 Nd6 18. Bh6 O-O 19. h4 Nb5 20. Bxg7 $18 Kxg7 21. h5 Rh8 22. a4 Nd6
23. Qf4 Kg8 24. Rd2 Qf8 25. Bd3 Qg7 26. Rdh2 g5 27. Qe3 Qf6 28. h6 {Æ} 28...
Nb7 29. Rh5 Nxc5 30. Rxg5+ Kf8 31. bxc5 Rg8 32. Rhh5 Rxg5 33. Rxg5 e6 34. Bxh7
1-0 

[Event "Arkansas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wolf, Alex"]
[Black "Smith, Danial"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[WhiteElo "1840"]
[BlackElo "1566"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. Be3 Qa5 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. g4 Nc5 14. Qd1 Bf6 $17
15. Bd2 Qc7 {Æ} 16. Qb1 Nd4 17. g5 Nxe2+ 18. Nxe2 Be7 19. Qc2 b6 20. Ng3 Bb7
21. Bf4 Rac8 22. b3 Bc6 23. h4 Qb7 24. Rfe1 e5 25. Bd2 Ne6 26. Nf5 Bf8 27. b4
b5 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Bc3 Nf4 30. Kh2 Qd7 31. Bd2 g6 {Æ} 32. Bxf4 gxf5 33. Be3
Bxe4 34. Qe2 Bc6 35. f4 Bg7 36. Rad1 e4 37. Bc5 d5 38. Nc2 Ra8 39. Nd4 Bf8 40.
Bxf8 Rxf8 41. Rc1 Rfc8 42. h5 Bb7 43. h6 Rc4 44. Rxc4 dxc4 45. Qb2 Rxa2 46.
Qxa2 Qxd4 47. Qe2 Qd6 48. Qe3 Qd3 49. Qc1 c3 50. Rd1 Qe2+ 51. Kg1 Qg4+ 52. Kf2
Qf3+ 53. Ke1 Qg3+ 54. Kf1 Qf3+ 55. Kg1 Kf8 56. Rd8+ Ke7 57. Qd1 Qg3+ 58. Kf1
Qxf4+ 59. Ke1 Qg3+ 60. Kf1 Qh3+ 61. Kg1 Qg3+ 62. Kf1 Qf3+ (62... Qc7) 63. Qxf3
exf3 64. Rd3 c2 65. Rc3 Be4 66. Kf2 f4 67. Rc5 Ke6 68. Ke1 Bd3 69. Rc3 Kf5 70.
Kf2 Be4 71. g6 fxg6 72. Rc7 g5 73. Rg7 g4 74. Rc7 g3+ 75. Kg1 f2+ 76. Kf1 Kg4
77. Rc3 Bd3+ 0-1 

[Event "Arkansas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ballinger, Noah"]
[Black "Horton, Stanley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Qc2
Nb4 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. d4 {winning material} 10... e4 11. Nd2 Nd3 12. dxc5 dxc5 13.
Ndxe4 b6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Nd5 Be2 16. Bd2 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 Ne5 {Æ} 18. Bc3 Re8
19. Rd1 c6 20. Nb4 Qc8 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Nxc6 Rb7 23. Bd5 Rc7 24. Qb5 Kg7 25.
b4 cxb4 26. Nxb4 Rc5 27. Qa4 Re7 28. Nc6 Rc7 29. Nxe5 Ra5 30. Qc2 Rac5 31. Qb2
f6 32. Nd3 Ra5 33. Nf4 {Æ} 33... Re7 34. Nh5+ Kf8 35. Qxf6+ Ke8 36. Qh8+ Kd7
37. Bb7+ 1-0 

[Event "Arkansas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Covington, Paul"]
[Black "Orton, Bill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Qb3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nbd2 Nh5 8. Bg3
Qxb3 9. axb3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bd6 11. Ng5 h6 12. f4 Rf8 13. Ngf3 Ke7 14. Bd3 b6
15. Ke2 Bb7 16. g4 a5 17. g5 hxg5 18. Nxg5 Rh8 19. Rxh8 Rxh8 20. Kf2 f6 21.
Ngf3 e5 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Bc2 Rf8 25. Ke2 Ba6+ 26. c4 Ne6 27. Nh4
Rc8 28. Nf5+ Kd7 29. Nxd6 Kxd6 30. Rd1 Ke7 31. Bf5 dxc4 32. bxc4 Bxc4+ 33. Nxc4
Rxc4 34. Bxe6 Kxe6 35. Kd3 Rg4 36. Rd2 Kd5 37. Ke2+ Kc5 38. Kf3 Rb4 39. Rc2+
Rc4 40. Rd2 g6 41. Rd8 Rb4 42. Rd2 a4 43. Rc2+ Rc4 44. Rd2 b5 45. Ke2 b4 46.
Kd1 a3 47. bxa3 bxa3 48. Rd8 Ra4 49. Rc8+ Kb4 50. Rb8+ Kc3 51. Rb1 a2 52. Rc1+
Kd3 53. Ra1 Rh4 0-1 

[Event "Arkansas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smith, Danial"]
[Black "Baumgartner, Chris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. c4 Bc5 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Be3 Nb4 11. Nc3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Ng4 13. g3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Qxc4
$19 15. Qh5 d6 16. Nd2 Qb4 17. Rab1 O-O 18. f4 Nc4 {Æ} 19. a3 $6 Qa5 $2 (19...
Nxa3 $19) 20. Nd5 $14 exd5 21. Nxc4 Qb5 (21... Bg4 $1) 22. Nb6 Rb8 (22... Be6
$5) 23. Nxd5 $16 Bd8 24. f5 f6 25. Rf4 Qe8 26. Qh3 g5 {Æ} 27. Rbf1 $1 gxf4 28.
Rxf4 Qf7 29. Rg4+ Kh8 30. Nf4 Rg8 31. Ng6+ Rxg6 32. fxg6 Qg7 33. Bh6 Qc7 34.
Qh5 Bxg4 35. g7+ Qxg7 36. Bxg7+ Kg8 37. Qxg4 h5 38. Qg6 1-0 

[Event "Arkansas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Orton, Bill"]
[Black "Chambers, Rory"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nd7 4. O-O Be7 5. Re1 c6 6. c3 Ngf6 7. d4 (7. d3
{might be a slight edge, since White's king bishop is more active than black's,
but I am a half point down so need to win. This Steinitzian plan is just isn't
aggressive enough, I thought.}) 7... O-O 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Bf1 $6 {White should
leave this square open for the knight to use in its pivot to e3 or g3.} (9. Bd3
$14 {is better. i.e.} 9... a6 10. a4 Bb7 11. Nf1 c5 12. Ng3 c4 13. Bc2; 9. Bb3
$14 {is, too.} 9... Bb7 (9... a6 10. Nf1 c5 11. Ng3 Bb7 12. h3) 10. Nf1 (10. a4
a6) 10... c5) 9... Bb7 10. a4 a6 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. b3 Rfe8 13. Bb2 $14 Bf8 {White
has a very slight edge, but black has no weaknesses, good development, and is
poised for counterplay.} 14. b4 (14. Bd3 {is better.}) 14... Nb6 15. a5 Na4 16.
Ba3 {Æ} 16... c5 $2 (16... Qd7; 16... Rac8) 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. dxe5 $2 (18. d5
$1 $16 Bc8 (18... Qxa5 19. c4 $18 Qb6 20. Reb1) 19. c4 Qxa5 20. Nb3 Qc7 21.
cxb5 axb5 22. Bxb5 Bd7 23. Bd3 $18) 18... Nd7 $15 19. c4 $2 (19. Nc4 $1 Bc6 20.
Bc1 bxc4 21. e6 (21. Rxa4) 21... Rxe6 22. Rxa4 Bxa4 23. Qxa4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5
25. Qc2 $11) 19... Qxa5 $15 (19... Bc6 $1 $17 20. Bc1 Nxe5 21. Ra3 Ng6 22. h4
Qxa5 23. h5) 20. Bb2 $2 (20. Nb3 Qb6 21. Bc1 $15 {is a much better try, since
White might whip up some real kingside play.}) 20... Qb6 21. Rad1 $2 (21. cxb5
axb5 22. Nc4 {was the only chance to stay in the game, since} 22... Qe6 23. Bc1
h6 24. Nb2 Nxe5 $15) 21... Nxb2 $19 22. Qxb2 b4 23. Nb3 Bc6 24. Rd5 a5 25. Red1
Ra7 26. Qe2 (26. g3 a4 27. Nbd2 a3) 26... a4 27. e6 Rxe6 28. Ng5 Bxd5 29. cxd5
Re5 30. f4 Rxg5 31. fxg5 axb3 32. e5 c4+ 33. Kh1 c3 34. e6 Nc5 1/2-1/2 {I was
just about to resign, and my opponent offered a draw! So I took it. Rory
cinched outright first.} 

[Event "Arkansas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mack Howard"]
[Black "Mark Anderson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. c3 h6 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. Kh2 Na6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Nc4 c5 15.
Ne2 Nh7 16. a4 {Æ} 16... e5 $2 {A positional error, since now White has a hole
for a knight on d5, but Black does not have a corresponding hole on d4. Mack
targets the weakness.} 17. Ne3 $14 {Logical, but the attacking} (17. f4 {could
also be considered.}) 17... Nf6 $2 (17... c4 {should be tried, so that if Black
trades off an outposted knight on d5, White won't end up with a protected
passer.}) 18. b3 Bc6 19. Nd5 $16 Nxd5 (19... Bxd5 20. exd5 c4 21. Be3 $16) 20.
exd5 Bd7 21. Ba3 Rd8 22. c4 Bf5 23. Qd2 Rb8 24. Rad1 {Æ} 24... Rd6 $2 25. Nc3
b6 26. g4 Bd7 27. Ne4 $18 Qc7 28. Rde1 {Winning the exchange. Mack shows
exemplary technique and patience in the rest of the game.} 28... f5 29. Nxd6
Qxd6 30. gxf5 Bxf5 31. Be4 Rf8 32. f3 Nc7 33. Qg2 Kh7 34. Rg1 Ne8 35. Bc1 Qf6
36. Be3 Nd6 37. Qc2 Qh4 38. Qg2 Qf6 39. Re2 Qf7 40. Bf2 Bf6 41. Bg3 Rg8 42. Qf1
Qe7 43. Qe1 Qd7 44. Bh4 Bh8 45. Qf1 Qf7 46. Qg2 Qd7 47. Bg3 Qf7 48. Rge1 Nxe4
49. fxe4 Bc8 50. Rf2 Qd7 51. Ref1 Rg7 52. Bxe5 Re7 53. Bxh8 Kxh8 54. Qxg6 Qxh3+
55. Kg1 Be6 56. Rf8+ 1-0 

[Event "Arkansas Open"]
[Site "Fayetteville Arkansas"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Howard Zhong"]
[Black "Mack Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 c6 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Be2 Ngf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Re8 9. d5 a5 10. Be3 Bf8 (10... Qc7 11. Qc2 b6 12. b3 Bb7 {is better. Black is
neglecting development, and "the kid" will punish him!}) 11. Nd2 g6 $2 12. a3
Re7 $6 (12... Qc7) 13. b4 Ne8 14. c5 Ndf6 {It's pretty clear whose pieces are
more active.} 15. Nc4 {Æ} 15... axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 cxd5 18. cxd6 1-0 

[Event "Arkansas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mack Howard"]
[Black "Bob Sivils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8.
Qb3 Qd6 9. a3 c6 10. Bg2 Be6 11. O-O Kg8 12. Qb2 Nd7 13. d3 a5 14. b5 Nc7 15.
bxc6 bxc6 16. Nc3 Rfb8 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. Qh6 f6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. dxe4 {Pushing
e4-e5 is the threat. Æ} 20... Bc4 $2 21. Rfd1 $1 Qe6 22. Nd4 Qf7 23. Nxc6 Bxe2
(23... Re8 {is better but still loses.}) 24. Rd7 Re8 25. Rxc7 1-0 {20 ...} 

[Event "Arkansas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.04.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smith, Danial"]
[Black "Zhong, howard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. O-O c5 13. f3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rc8
15. Qe2 Nc5 16. Bc4 Qe7 17. e4 Nf6 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Rfc1 Ncd7 20. Ba2 Ne5 {Æ}
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rd1 Nc6 23. Nb5 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Bxd2 Kf8
27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Bc3 a6 29. Nd4 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 b5 31. Ke3 g6 32. Bb1 Nd7 33. f4
Kd6 34. e5+ Kc7 35. g3 Nb6 36. Bxb6+ Kxb6 37. Kd4 a5 38. b4 axb4 39. axb4 h5
40. Bd3 Bf3 41. Bf1 Kc6 42. h3 Kb6 43. Ke3 Bd5 44. Kd4 Bf3 45. Ke3 Bd5 46. Kf2
Kc6 47. Be2 Bc4 48. Bf3+ Bd5 49. Be2 Bc4 50. Bf3+ 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Arkansas Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Orton, Bill"]
[Black "Zhong, Howard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 e6 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 9. a3 $2 (9. c3 $14) 9... Nd4 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 12. Kh1 Qc7
13. d3 b6 14. c3 Bf6 15. Be3 g6 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Qf2 Bb7 18. h3 Bd5 19. Bxd5
Rxd5 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Rfd1 Qd7 22. d4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4
Qc7 26. Qd2 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 h5 28. c4 Kf8 29. b4 Ke7 30. Kg1 {Æ} 30... Qd6
{Howard offered a draw, which I declined. Playing too hard for a win is playing
"for the loss!"} 31. Qxd6+ Kxd6 32. Kf2 e5 33. Ke3 $2 (33. Kf3 $11 Ke6 34. g3
Kf5 35. fxe5 Kxe5 36. Ke3 g5 37. h4 $11) 33... h4 34. Kf3 f5 35. fxe5+ $2 (35.
g3 $11 hxg3 (35... e4+ 36. Kf2 hxg3+ 37. Kxg3) 36. Kxg3 Ke6 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. h4
e4+ 39. Ke3 $11) 35... Kxe5 $19 36. Ke3 g5 37. Kd3 g4 38. Ke3 a5 (38... f4+ $19
39. Kf2 gxh3 40. gxh3 Kd4 41. Kf3 Kxc4 42. Kxf4 Kb3) 39. Kd3 (39. bxa5 bxa5 40.
c5 gxh3 41. gxh3 Kd5 42. Kf4 Kxc5 43. Kxf5) 39... axb4 $2 (39... a4 $19 40. Ke3
g3 41. b5 f4+ 42. Kf3 Kd4 43. Kxf4 Kxc4 44. Kg4 Kb3) 40. axb4 $11 f4 $2 (40...
gxh3 $11 41. gxh3 f4 42. Ke2 Ke4 43. c5 bxc5 44. bxc5 Kd5 $11; 40... g3 $2 41.
Ke3 f4+ 42. Kf3 Kd4 43. c5 bxc5 44. bxc5 Kxc5 45. Kxf4 $18) 41. Ke2 $2 (41.
hxg4 $18 f3 42. Ke3 fxg2 43. Kf2 h3 44. c5 Kd5 45. g5) 41... gxh3 1/2-1/2 

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "K+P"]
[Black "endgame"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/pp2K3/5p2/6k1/4P3/P6P/8 w - - 0 1"]


1. h3+ (1. h4 f4 2. exf4 Kxf4) 1... Kg5 2. h4+ Kg4 (2... Kxh4 3. Kxf5) 3. h5
Kg5 (3... Kxh5 4. Kxf5 b5 5. e4) 4. h6 Kxh6 5. Kxf5 b5 (5... Kg7 6. Ke6 b5 7.
Kd5) 6. Ke6 Kg5 7. Kd5 Kf5 8. Kc5 Ke4 9. Kb6 Kxe3 10. Kxa6 b4 11. Kb5 Kd4 12.
Kxb4 Kd5 13. Kb5 Kd6 14. Kb6 Kd7 15. Kb7  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "K+P"]
[Black "sneaker"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "5"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/1pp5/1p1p4/1P1P4/P1P5/2K1k3/8/8 w - - 0 1"]


1. c5 dxc5 (1... bxc5 2. a5; 1... Ke4 2. a5 bxa5 3. b6 cxb6 4. c6) 2. a5 bxa5
3. b6  *

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Petroff"]
[Black "Black system"]
[Result "*"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 (3. d4 {Line 1} 3... exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6.
exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qf4 {Æ} 8... Nf5 $1 9. Bb5 (9. Nb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11.
g4 Nfe7 $11) 9... Bd6 10. Qe4+ Qe7 11. Bg5 (11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qxe4 13.
Nxe4 O-O 14. Re1 h5 $11 {Rodriguez,A (2565) - Ginzburg,M (2450), Villa Martelli
(1) 1997-06-08}) 11... f6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O Qxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 15. g4
{Kasparov - Karpov, World Ch (10) 1990} 15... Nd6 $1 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Rde1+
Kf8 18. Rhg1 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Kxe8 $11 {Karpov}) 3... d6 4. Nf3 (4. Nxf7 {Line 2
The Coscrane Gambit Æ} 4... Kxf7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bc4+ Be6 8. Bxe6+ Kxe6
9. O-O d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qg4+ Kf7 12. Qf5+ Ke8 13. Nc3 Nd4 $1 $17 {Vitolinsh,A
(2415) - Dautov,R (2515), semi final (Minsk): ch-URS (1) 1988}) 4... Nxe4 5. d4
(5. Qe2 {Line 4 Spassky's "Draw Line"} 5... Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2
Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. Rfe1 Nc7 $11 {Spassky,B - Karpov,A, Torino (1)
1982}) 5... d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O (7. c4 {Line 5 Marshall's Line} 7... Bb4+ 8.
Nbd2 (8. Kf1 $6 O-O 9. cxd5 $2 Qxd5 $17 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Nc3 $2 Nxc3 12. bxc3
Qxf3 $3 {Janowski,David - Marshall,F, Biarritz (1) 1912}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Bxd2
10. Bxd2 Bg4 $1 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Re1 Nxd4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qxd4 exf3 15. Qxd8
Raxd8 16. Bxc7 Rd2 $11 {Tarrasch,Siegbert - Marshall,Frank James, St Petersburg
1914}) 7... O-O {Mason's Defense - Line 1, the main line.} 8. c4 (8. Re1; 8.
h3) 8... Nf6 {Æ The key retreat, aiming toward an isolated queen pawn
middlegame.} 9. h3 (9. Nc3 Nc6 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Re1 Nc6
14. a3 a6 15. Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 $11 {Gufeld,E - Schussler,H, Havana (1)
1985}) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Re1 c6 14. Bg5 Be6
{Æ We have a classic IQP game - the better center and middlegame chances
against the isolated pawn and better endgame.} 15. Ne5 (15. Rc1 Re8 16. Ne5
(16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rc7 b6 21. Qc1 h6
$11 {Van der Sterren,P (2560) - Piket,J (2670), Amsterdam ch-NED (1) 1995})
16... Nc7 17. Bc2 Nd7 {Yusupov,A (2620) - Hubner,R (2595), Belfort: World Cup
(1) 1988}) 15... Re8 16. Rc1 Nc7 17. Bc2 Nd7 18. Qh5 Nf8 $11 {Yusupov - Hubner,
World Cup 1988 is game 5.}  *

[Event "Biarritz"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1912.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Janowski, David"]
[Black "Marshall, F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. c4 O-O 8.
cxd5 Bb4+ 9. Kf1 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qxf3 13. cxb4 Nc6 14.
Bb2 Nxb4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. gxf3 Bh3+ 17. Kg1 Nxc2 18. Bxc2 Re2 19. Rc1 Rae8 20.
Bc3 R8e3 21. Bb4 Rxf3 22. Bd1 Rf6 0-1 

[Event "St Petersburg prel"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[ECO "C42"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. c4 Bb4+ 8.
Nbd2 Bxd2+ 9. Bxd2 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Re1 Nxd4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14.
Qxd4 exf3 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Bxc7 Rd2 17. b3 fxg2 18. Kxg2 h6 19. Bf4 Rd3 20.
Re3 Rxe3 21. Bxe3 a6 22. Kg3 Bd7 23. Rd1 Bc6 24. Bb6 Re8 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. Bxd8
Be4 27. b4 Bd3 28. b5 Bxc4 29. bxa6 Bxa6 30. a3 f6 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. Kg1 Ke6 33.
Ba5 g5 34. Bb4 h5 35. Bc3 h4 36. Ba5 g4 37. Bd8 Be2 38. Kh1 h3 39. Kg1 f5 40.
Bc7 Kd5 41. Bb8 Ke4 42. Bc7 Bf3 43. Bd6 Bg2 44. Bc7 f4 45. Bd6 Kf3 46. Bc7 b5
47. Bd6 Ke4 48. Bc7 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Torino"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spassky, B"]
[Black "Karpov, A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O Na6 11. Rfe1 Nc7 12. Bf1 Ne6 13. Be3 O-O 14. d4 Re8
15. d5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bb5 Rd8 18. Red1 Bf6 19. c3 Nc7 20. Be2 Re8 21.
Nd4 Bd7 22. Bf3 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Bc6 24. Be3 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gufeld, E"]
[Black "Schussler, H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. h3 O-O 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Re1 Nc6 14. a3 a6 15.
Bf4 Nd5 16. Bg3 Bf6 17. Bc2 Nce7 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bb3 c6 21. Ne5
Nfd5 22. Qf3 Be6 23. Rad1 Nf5 24. Bxd5 1/2-1/2 

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1988.06.00"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yusupov, A"]
[Black "Hubner, R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2595"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Bxc4 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
h3 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. Re1 Nbd5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Ne5 Re8 14. Rc1 Nc7
15. Bc2 Nd7 16. Qh5 Nf8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rcd1 f6 19. Nf3 Qd7 20. Qc5 Ree8 21.
Re3 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bb3 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Qe6 1/2-1/2 

[Event "ch-URS"]
[Site "semi final (Minsk)"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitolinsh, A"]
[Black "Dautov, R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2515"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nxf7 Kxf7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Bc4+ Be6 8.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 9. O-O d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qg4+ Kf7 12. Qf5+ Ke8 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Qh3
Qd7 15. e6 Qxe6 16. Qd3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Nxc1 19. Raxc1 Kf7 20. Rce1
Qc6 21. Qf5+ Kg8 22. Re6 Qd7 23. Qe5 Bxc5 24. f4 h5 25. f5 Bf8 26. f6 Qf7 27.
Rf3 Rh6 28. Rg3 Rg6 29. Rxg6 Qxg6 30. Qxd5 Qf7 0-1 

[Event "FIDE (36) 1987-1990"]
[Site "New York wch-m"]
[Date "1990.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, G"]
[Black "Karpov, A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2730"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 Nf5 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Qe4+ Qe7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. O-O-O Qxe4 14. Nxe4
Be7 15. g4 a6 $6 (15... Nd6 $1 16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Rde1+ Kf8 18. Rhg1 Re8 19.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 $11 {Karpov}) 16. Bc4 $6 (16. Ba4 b5 17. Bb3 (17. gxf5 bxa4 18. Ng3
O-O-O) 17... Nfd4; 16. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 17. Rhe1 Bxe4 (17... Nd6 $2 18. Nxd6+ cxd6
19. Nd4 $16) 18. Rxe4 Nd6 19. Re2 $14 {with the idea of N-d4-e6 Karpov}) 16...
Nd6 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Rde1+ 1/2-1/2 

[Event "FIDE (37) 1990-1993"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee cm"]
[Date "1991.01.00"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sax, G"]
[Black "Kortchnoi, V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2615"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
Nf6 9. h3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Re1 c6 14. Bg5 Be6
15. Rc1 Re8 16. Ne5 Nd7 (16... Nc7 {is probably better, as in Yusupov - Hubner,
Belfort 1988}) 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Ne4 Nf8 19. Nc5 Qe8 20. Qf3 Rd8 21. Nxb7 Rxb7
22. Nxc6 Rxb3 23. Qxb3 Rd7 24. Qa3 Qa8 25. b4 Ng6 26. b5 h6 27. Qf3 Qb7 28. Rc5
Nf6 29. a4 Bd5 30. Qg3 Ne4 31. Qb8+ Qxb8 32. Nxb8 Nxc5 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. dxc5
Re7 35. Rxe7 Nxe7 36. a5 Kg6 37. a6 Nc8 38. Nd7 Kf5 39. b6 Ne7 40. bxa7 Nc8 41.
Nb6 Nxa7 42. Nxd5 Ke5 43. Ne3 h5 44. Kh2 g6 45. Kg3 Kd4 46. Kf4 f6 47. g4 1-0 

[Event "Amsterdam ch-NED"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1995.06.00"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van der Sterren, P"]
[Black "Piket, J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2670"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
h3 Nbd7 9. Nc3 c6 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rc1 Re8 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Rc7 b6 19. Qc1 h6 20. Qc6
Qxc6 21. Rxc6 Re8 22. Kf1 Re4 23. Rc8+ Kh7 24. Rc7 Bxd4 25. b3 a5 26. Rxf7 a4
27. Nd2 axb3 28. axb3 Re5 29. Nf3 Re4 30. Nd2 Re5 31. Nf3 1/2-1/2 

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rodriguez, A"]
[Black "Ginzburg, M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2450"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 Nf5 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Qe4+ Qe7 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Qxe4 13. Nxe4 O-O 14.
Re1 h5 15. h3 c5 16. b3 Bb7 17. Bb2 Rfe8 18. Nfd2 Re6 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Rxe6
fxe6 21. Re1 e5 22. Nc4 Rf8 23. f3 Rf6 24. Kf2 Kf7 25. a3 g5 26. Kg1 Ke6 27. b4
cxb4 28. axb4 Rf7 29. Na5 Nh4 30. Re2 Ng6 31. c4 Nf4 32. Rd2 Ba8 33. b5 e4 34.
fxe4 Bxe4 35. Ba3 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Rxd6+ Ke5 38. Rd2 Bd3 39. Bc5 g3 40.
Bxa7 Ke4 41. Bb8 Ke3 42. Bxf4+ Rxf4 43. Rd1 Ke2 44. Rc1 Be4 45. Nb3 Rf2 46.
Nd4+ Kd2 47. Nb3+ 1/2-1/2 

