Play Like a Grandmaster - Best Tactics of 2013

By Roman Jiganchine
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About the Author
Roman Jiganchine has been a chess coach of several Canadian junior players.
His students in the early 2000s won many Canadian championship youth
titles in various age groups. Roman has contributed to "Chess Life", Russian
"64" magazine, and for several years had an endgame column in Canadian
chess magazine "En Passant" (later renamed into "Chess Canada"). He
received his early chess education in the Moscow Petrosian Chess school,
which brought to the chess world grandmasters such as Morozevich,
Riazantsev, and the Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk. Roman
moved to Vancouver, Canada in 1998, and represented Canada in the 2000
World Youth Under 18 Championship in Spain.
Introduction
This publication is a collection of best combinations played by strong
grandmasters in the year 2013. To see the solution for the combination - go to
the next page in your e-reader. The book is the fifth in the "Practical Tactics"
series, which aims to provide practical and solvable positions from real
games. Other titles in the series are:

Counterattack with Alexander Morozevich

Play Like a Grandmaster - Tactics from Chess World Cup 2013
World Championship Preview - Combinations by Anand and Carlsen
Attack with Alexander Morozevich - Selected Games and Best
Combinations

Looking through the games played by the world's top grandmasters is very
instructive because it gives an idea of how unforgiving are the best players to
any blunders, and how precise they are at spotting the most accurate ways to
winning a game. I wish that after studying their games - this precision
translates into your own games. All the games included have both players
rated at least 2500 ELO, which has another implication - even very strong
players also make blunders and end up on the receiving end of these
combinations - thus giving hope to improving and aspiring players to beat
them. The combinations are organized by month with summary of major
chess events of that month.
January
The main event of January was Wejk Aan Zee international tournament, won
by Magnus Carlsen. However the best combination and most brilliant game
of the tournament was played by Anand against Aronian.

Aronian, L. - Anand, V.
Wijk aan Zee NED 2013.01.15 , D47

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.

Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Ng5 c5 13. Nxh7 Ng4
14. f4 cxd4 15. exd4 Bc5 16. Be2 Nde5 17. Bxg4 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Nxg4 19.
Nxf8 f5 20. Ng6 Qf6 21. h3 Qxg6 22. Qe2 Qh5 23. Qd3

Black to move
Solution:

23. ... Be3!!

( 23. ... Be3 24. Bxe3 Qxh3+ 25. Kg1 Qxg2# )

0-1
Harikrishna, P. - Van Wely, L.
Wijk aan Zee NED 2013.01.17 , B84

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. O-O Be7

8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14.
g4 Bc8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. Rf3 Bf8 18. Rh3 g6 19. Qe1 Bg7 20.
Qh4 Nf8 21. Qf2 Nd7 22. Rf1 Nb4 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Nc6 25. f5 Nce5
26. Qh4 h5 27. Nde2 exf5 28. Nf4 Kg7 29. Ncd5 Bxd5 30. Nxd5 Qxc2 31.
exf5 Rac8 32. Nf4 Rh8 33. fxg6 fxg6 34. Ne6+ Kg8 35. Bd5 Qd2 36. Qe4
Rc1 37. Rf3 Kh7

White to move
Solution:

38. Rf7+!

This combination wraps up the game with checkmate:

38. ... Nxf7

( 38. ... Kg8 39. Rg7# )

39. Qxg6+!

( 39. Qxg6+ Kxg6 40. Be4# )

1-0
Karjakin, Sergey - Van Wely, L.
Wijk aan Zee NED 2013.01.27 , B76

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8.

Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13.
Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Nc5 Bf5 17. Bb3 h5 18. g4 e5 19.
Qg1 Nf4 20. Re1 hxg4 21. fxg4 Bc8 22. Qg3 a5 23. Qh4 a4?

White to move
Solution:

24. Bxf7+!

Black's last move encouraged this combination that White was

preparing anyway.

24. ... Kg7

Capturing the bishop with either queen or king loses material.

( 24. ... Kxf7 25. Qh7+ Kf6 26. Qxc7 +- )

( 24. ... Qxf7 25. Qxd8+ +- )

25. Ne4 1-0

Tiviakov, S. - Van Kampen, R.
Wijk aan Zee NED 2013.01.22 , B18

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Bc4 e6

8. Nf4 Bd6 9. c3 Qc7 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 c5 13. Nxg6
hxg6 14. Bb3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nb6 16. Bg5 Nbd5 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Bxf6
Nxf6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rac8 21. Rcd1 Rc7 22. Qg4 Qd8 23. Re3 Qf6
24. Rf3 Qe7 25. g3 Rfc8 26. Kg2 Rc1 27. Rd2 Re8 28. Re2 Rc7 29. Re4 g5

White to move
Solution:

30. Rxf7!!

White crushes through on the light squares, thanks to his bishop

that does not have a light-squared counterpart.

30. ... Qxf7

( 30. ... Kxf7 31. Rxe6 Qxe6 32. Qf5+ Ke7 33. Qxe6+ Kd8 34.
Qxd6+ +- )

31. Rxe6 Be7 32. Re3 Rc4 33. Qd7 b5 34. Qxb5
34. ... Rec8 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. Rxe7! 1-0
Shirov, A. - Al Sayed, Mohamad
Caleta ENG 2013.01.31 , B90

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8.

Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. g5 Nb6 11. Qg4 N8d7 12. O-O-O g6 13. h4 Rc8 14.
h5 Ne5 15. Qh3 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Bxe4 17. hxg6 Bxg6 18. f4 Nd5 19. Nxe6
Qa5 20. Rxd5 Qxc3 21. Nc7+ Kd8 22. f5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qxe3+ 24. Kd1
Kxc7 25. Rh3 Qg1 26. Rc3+ Kb6 27. Rc8 Nc4 28. Kc1 Bg7 29. Rxc4 Qe3+
30. Kd1 Re8 31. Rxd6+ Ka5

White to move
Solution:

32. Ra4+!

Shirov forces checkmate.

( 32. Ra4+ Kxa4 33. Rxa6# )

1-0
February
This year Moscow Aeroflot Open switched to rapid and blitz time controls
and the two events were won by Karjakin and Nepomniachtchi respectively.

Rakhmanov, Ale - Kovalev, Vl

Moscow RUS 2013.02.07 , A01

1. b3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 d4 7. b4 O-O 8. O-

O a5 9. b5 Nbd7 10. d3 e5 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. e3 g6 13. Re1 f5 14. exd4
exd4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Bd6 17. Re1 Nf6 18. Nf3 Qc7 19. Ng5 h6 20.
Ne6 Bxe6 21. Rxe6 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. b6 Qe7 24. Qf3 Qe2 25. Rb1
Qc2 26. Qd1 Qxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Re2 28. Bc1 Rxa2 29. Bxb7 g5 30. Bc6 a4
31. Kf1 Ng4 32. Bd2 a3 33. Ba4 Rb2 34. Ke2 a2 35. Ra1 Nxh2 36. Bd7

Black to move
Solution:

36. ... Nf1!

( 36. ... Nf1 37. Kxf1 ( 37. Rxf1 Rb1 -+ ) 37. ... Rb1+ -+ )

0-1
Goganov, A. - Sandipan, C.
Moscow RUS 2013.02.10 , A04

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. Bb2

O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Ne4 11. Ndf3 a5 12. Qc2 a4 13. bxa4 Bxe5 14.
dxe5 Nb6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rab1 Nc4 17. Rfd1 Qb4 18. Nd4 Qxa4 19.
Nb3 Qxa2 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. e6 Bxe6 22. Qc3 Nxb2 23. Rxb2 Qa3 24. Rc1
Bh3 25. Qd4 Ra4 26. Qe5 Rc4 27. Rcb1 d4 28. Qh5 Bf5 29. Nd2

Black to move
Solution:

29. ... Rc1+!

( 29. ... Rc1+ 30. Rxc1 ( 30. Kg2 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 e3 32. Nf3 Bxb1 -
+ ) 30. ... Qxb2 31. Rd1 Qc2 -+ )

0-1
Gabrielian, A. - Ganguly, S.
Moscow RUS 2013.02.12 , C19

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Qa5 8.

Qd2 Nbc6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. Qg5 Ng6 12. Bb5 Ncxe5 13. Bxd7+
Nxd7 14. O-O Nxc5 15. c4 Ne4 16. Qe3 Qxc4 17. Ba3 Qc3 18. Qc1 Rc8 19.
Bb2 Qxc2 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Qh6 Ke7 22. Bd4 Qc7 23. Be3 Ne5 24. Nd4
Rg6 25. Qh4+ Nf6 26. Rac1 Nc4 27. Bg5 Qe5 28. Nxe6 Kxe6 29. Bxf6
Qxf6 30. Qh3+ Qf5 31. Rce1+ Kf6 32. Qc3+ Ne5 33. Qd4

Black to move
Solution:

33. ... Rxg2+! 34. Kh1

( 34. Kxg2 Rg8+ 35. Kh1 Qf3# )

34. ... Rxh2+ 0-1

Efimenko, Z. - Vorobiov, E.
Aeroflot Open Rapid KO 2013.02.15 , A04

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. b3 O-O

8. Bb2 d5 9. d3 b6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. Nb5 Bxb2 12. Rxb2 d4 13. Na3 Qc7
14. Nc2 a5 15. a3 e5 16. Nd2 Nd8 17. e4 dxe3 18. fxe3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 f5
20. Nb1 Ne6 21. Nc3 Rad8 22. Qe2 Qc6+ 23. e4 fxe4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.
Nxe4 Nf5 26. Rb1 Ng5 27. Qg4 Nxe4 28. dxe4 Rd8 29. Kh3 Rd2 30. Ne1
Ne3 31. Qf3 Qe6+ 32. g4 h5 33. Kg3

Black to move
Solution:

33. ... Nf1+! 34. Kh4

( 34. Qxf1 Qxg4# )

34. ... Qe7+ 0-1

Maletin, P. - Vidit, S.
Moscow RUS 2013.02.06 , A37

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. e3 Bxc3 8.

bxc3 f5 9. e4 fxe4 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Qc7 13. Re1 Na5
14. Qg4 O-O-O 15. d4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qxc4 18. Bf4 h5 19.
Qd1 Kb7 20. Rc1 Qxa2 21. Rc7+ Ka8 22. Rxe7 Qd5 23. Re5 Qb3

White to move
Solution:

24. Rxa7+

( 24. Rxa7+ Kxa7 25. Rxa5+ bxa5 26. Qxb3 +- )

1-0
Tregubov, P. - Sasikiran, K.
Moscow RUS 2013.02.12 , E15

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. e4 Nxe4

8. Ne5 Bb4 9. Qg4 O-O 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Bxb7 fxg4 12. Bxa8 c6 13. O-O
Qc7 14. a3 Bd6 15. Nxg4 Na6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. b4 Nc7 18. Bb2 h5 19.
Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 b5 21. Rac1 bxc4 22. Rxc4 Qd5 23. Rd4 Qa2 24. Bc1
Nd5 25. Ne4 Qe2 26. Bd2 h4 27. Ng5 Qxe5 28. Re4 Qb2 29. Bc1 Qc2 30.
Kg2 Rxf2+ 31. Rxf2 Qxc1 32. Nh3 Qxa3 33. Rxh4 Qd3 34. Ng5 e5?

White to move
Solution:

35. Rh8+!!

( 35. Rh8+ Kxh8 36. Rf8# )

1-0
Mamedov, Rau - Svetushkin, D.
Moscow RUS 2013.02.15 , C77

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O

8. d4 d6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 exd4 13. cxd4 c5
14. dxc5 dxc5 15. Nf1 Qc7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Rac1 Bf6 19. Bb1
Nc4 20. b3 Na3 21. Bd3 Rac8 22. Qd2 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. f4 Bd4+ 25.
Kh1 Rcd8 26. e5 c4 27. bxc4 bxc4 28. Be4 Bxe5 29. Qb4 Bxe4 30. Nxe4
Nc2 31. Qa4 Bxf4 32. Nf6+ Kh8

White to move
Solution:

33. Qxe8+!! Rxe8 34. Bg7+!

( 34. Bg7+ Kxg7 35. Nxe8+ Kf8 36. Nxc7 +- )

1-0
Karjakin, Sergey - Frolyanov, D.
Moscow RUS 2013.02.16 , C42

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3
O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 c6 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bd3 Qa5 13.
Qe2 Be6 14. c4 Rad8 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Bc3 Bd6 17. g4 b5 18. h4 b4 19.
Bd2 Bc5 20. Rde1 Bd4 21. h5 a5 22. f4 f5 23. fxe5 fxg4 24. Rhf1 Rxf1 25.
Rxf1 Kh8 26. Qe4 Bg8 27. Bg5 g3 28. h6 g2 29. Qxg2 Bxe5 30. Bxd8 Qxd8
31. Qe4 Bf6 32. hxg7+ Bxg7 33. Rh1 h6

White to move
Solution:

34. Rxh6+! Bxh6 35. Qe5+

( 35. Qe5+ Bg7 36. Qh2+ Bh7 37. Qxh7# )

1-0
Nepomniachtchi, I. - Karpov, Ana
Moscow RUS 2013.02.16 , B10

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qe2 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3

8. Qxf3 e6 9. Bf4 Nd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. h4 h5 12. g4 hxg4 13. Qxg4 Qc7
14. Re1 O-O-O 15. h5 Kb7 16. Rh3 a5 17. Rf3 Nb6 18. Be3 Rd7 19. Bxb6
Qxb6 20. a4 bxa4 21. Qxa4 Rxh5 22. c4 Bb4 23. Rd1 Kc7 24. cxd5 exd5
25. c3 Bc5 26. Qf4 g5 27. Qg3 Re7 28. Rf6 Qb8? 29. e6+! Bd6

White to move
Solution:

30. Qxd6+!! Kxd6 31. exf7+ Kc5 32. f8=Q Qxf8 33. Rxf8

White temporarily sacrificed and regained the queen, and now is a full piece
ahead.

33. ... g4 34. Bd3 Rh3 35. Rg8 Rf3 36. Rd2 Rf4 37. Kc2 a4 38. Be2 Rxf2
39. Bxg4 Rf4 40. Be2 Ra7 41. Rg1 Kd6 42. Ra1 Ke5 43. Bd1 c5 44. Be2 c4
45. Bf1 Kd6 46. Bg2 Rf5 47. Kb1 Kc5 48. Ka2 1-0
March
The main event of March, and arguably of the entire year was the Candidates
Tournament in London. It was won by Carlsen and Kramnik, with Carlsen
qualifying to play the world championship match against Anand.

Naiditsch, A. - Svetushkin, D.
Nancy FRA 2013.03.09 , C65

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O
Nd7 8. Nb3 Bxb3 9. axb3 O-O 10. Kh1 Re8 11. Bd2 Bd6 12. b4 c5 13.
bxc5 Nxc5 14. Bc3 f6 15. Qb1 Ne6 16. b4 Qd7 17. Bd2 c5 18. b5 Nd4 19.
Nxd4 cxd4 20. Ra4 Rec8 21. f4 h6 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Bf4 Bxf4 24. Rxf4
Rc5 25. Rb4 Re8 26. Rf1 Ree5 27. Qa2+ Kh7 28. Qa4 Qc7 29. c4 Rh5 30.
h3 Qg3 31. Qd1

Black to move
Solution:

31. ... Rxh3+ 32. Kg1

( 32. gxh3 Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 Rg5+ 34. Kf2 Qe3# )

32. ... Rch5 0-1

Istratescu, A. - Vachier Lagrave, M.
Nancy FRA 2013.03.10 , A48

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 b6 6. c3 Bb7 7. Bd3 d6 8.

h3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Re8 11. e4 h6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rfe1 Rad8
14. a4 e6 15. a5 bxa5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Ra4 Rb8 19. Nc4
Ba6 20. Rea1 Bxc4 21. Rxc4 Nd5 22. Rca4 Nf4 23. Qc2 Nxd3 24. Qxd3
Rxb2 25. Rxa5 c4 26. Qe3 Qb6 27. Qe1

Black to move
Solution:

27. ... Bxc3

( 27. ... Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qxg2# )

0-1
Berkes, F. - Yemelin, V.
Skopje MKD 2013.03.12 , E20

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. Ne2 b5 8. Nf4

e5 9. Ne2 Nh5 10. g4 Qh4+ 11. Kd2 Nf4 12. Nxf4 exf4 13. Kc2 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 b4 15. Bxf4 Bd7 16. Qd3 Ba4+ 17. Kd2 Nd7 18. Be2 f5 19. exf5 Rae8
20. Rae1 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. f4 Rfe8 23. Rhf1 Re4 24. g5 Qxh2 25. Qf3
bxc3+ 26. Kd3 Re3+ 27. Qxe3

Black to move
Solution:

27. ... Bc2+

( The text is better than 27. ... Rxe3+ 28. Kxe3 )

28. Kxc3 Rxe3+ 29. Kd2 Re8 0-1

Kovacevic, A. - Perunovic, Mil
Skopje MKD 2013.03.15 , B30

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8.

h3 Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. Nc3 Be7 13. d5 Nb8 14. Qb3
Nbd7 15. Qxb7 Nc5 16. Qb4 O-O 17. Nd2 h5 18. f3 hxg4 19. hxg4 Nh7 20.
Qc4 Bh4 21. Rd1 Bg3 22. Qe2 Qh4 23. Qg2 Ng5 24. Ne2 Be1 25. Nc4

Black to move
Solution:

25. ... Nxf3+!! 26. Qxf3 Bxe4 0-1

Radjabov, T. - Gelfand, B.
London ENG 2013.03.24 , A33

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5

8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bg2 e5 14.
c5 b6 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. O-O O-O 17. f5 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Qa3 19. Rxd8+
Nxd8 20. Bg5 Ba6 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. Rd1 Nb7 23. Bf3 Rd8 24. Qc1 Rxd1+
25. Bxd1 Nd6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qe3 Qc7 28. a4 Qd7 29. a5

Black to move
Solution:

29. ... Nxe4! 30. Bc2

( 30. Qxe4 Qxd1+ 31. Kf2 Qf1+ 32. Ke3 Qe2# )

30. ... Qb5 31. Qf3 Ng5 32. Qg2 bxa5 0-1
Burmakin, V. - Granda Zuniga, J.
La Roda ESP 2013.03.31 , D11

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8.

Bd2 Bb7 9. b4 Ne4 10. Rc1 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e6 13. Qe2 Qe7
14. Rb1 a5 15. bxa5 b5 16. Bb3 Rxa5 17. Ne4 Na6 18. Rbc1 b4 19. Nfd2
Rh5 20. f4 c5 21. g4 Rh3 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 Qh4 24. Rc7

Black to move
Solution:

24. ... Rg3+

( 24. ... Rg3+ 25. hxg3 Qxg3+ -+ )

0-1
Gunina, V. - Ju Wenjun
Astana KAZ 2013.03.06 , A41

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 Nd7 4. Nc3 g6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bd2 Nc5 8.

Qc2 Be6 9. e4 c6 10. Be2 Nh6 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. O-O Nf7 13. Nh4 Bh6 14.
Nf5 Bf8 15. Be3 Qc7 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nfe5 18. Nd4 Bc5 19. Kh1 Bxd4
20. Rxd4 O-O 21. Qd2 Rae8 22. b3 Qa5 23. Rd6 Nc5 24. Bh6 Rf7 25. b4
Qxb4 26. Rd8 Re7 27. Rxf6 Ncd7 28. Nd5 Qa3

White to move
Solution:

29. Qa5 Qd6

( 29. ... Qxa5 30. Nxe7+ Kh8 31. Rxe8+ with mate. )

30. c5

Black is losing a lot of material, so she resigned.

1-0
Pelletier, Y. - Naiditsch, A.
Nancy FRA 2013.03.10 , E91

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O Qe8

8. Re1 e5 9. Bf1 Bg4 10. d5 Nh5 11. h3 Bd7 12. g3 Nc5 13. b4 Na4 14.
Nxa4 Bxa4 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Bb2 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. c5 f4 19. g4 Nf6 20.
Bd3 Kh8 21. Ng5 Qe7 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. dxe6 Ne8 25. f3 Nc7
26. Be4 Nxe6 27. Bd5 Ng5 28. Kg2 Rad8 29. Rac1 Ne6 30. Qf2 b6 31. Rc6
Rc8 32. Rec1 Rxc6 33. Rxc6 Nc7 34. Be4 d5 35. Bxh7 Ne8 36. Bg6 e4

White to move
Solution:

37. Re6!! Qg5

( 37. ... Qxe6 38. Qh4+ Kg8 39. Qh7# )

38. Bxe8 e3 39. Bxg7+ Kxg7 40. Qb2+

White is up a piece, and continues the attack.

40. ... Kh7 41. Bg6+ Kg8 42. Bd3 Kf7 43. Rg6 1-0
Kramnik, V. - Radjabov, T.
London ENG 2013.03.28 , E60

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 Qc7

8. b3 d5 9. Ndb5 Qa5 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. bxc4 Qd8 12. O-O a6 13. Na3 Bf5
14. Nc2 Nc6 15. Ne3 Qd7 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. Rb1 Rad8 18. Qc1 Qe6 19.
Re1 Qxc4 20. Rxb7 Ne5 21. Bf4 Qe6 22. h3 Nc4 23. e4 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5
25. Nd5 Rfe8 26. Nb4 Rd7 27. Nc6 Qe6 28. Rb6 Qxa2 29. e5 Nd5 30. Rb2
Qa4 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Rb4 Qa2

White to move
Solution:

33. Nxe7+!

This wins the exchange, because the rook cannot be captured.

33. ... Kh8

( 33. ... Rxe7 34. Rb8+ Bf8 35. Qc8 with checkmate. )

34. Nxd5 Qxd5 35. Qc4 Qxc4 36. Rxc4 Bxe5 37. Kf1 1-0
April
The most prestigious event of April was the Alekhine Memorial (won by
Aronian, ahead of Gelfand and Anand), but most of the combinations here
come from various strong opens and Grandmaster tournaments.

Ulibin, M. - Hillarp Persson, T.

Norrkoping SWE 2013.04.01 , C02

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4

Rc8 9. Bb2 Nge7 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Nd2 Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Nde4 Ng6
14. O-O Bc6 15. d5 Rd8 16. Na4 Qa6 17. Nac5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Qb5 19. d6
O-O 20. Qd2 Bd5 21. f3 a5 22. Bc3 b6 23. a4 Qc6 24. Na6 Qb7 25. b5 f6
26. exf6 gxf6 27. Bb2 Rf7 28. Ba3 Rg7 29. Qh6 e5 30. Nc7 Bf7 31. Kh1
Qc8 32. Rad1 Qf5 33. Qe3 Nf4 34. Rd2 Kh8 35. g3

Black to move
Solution:

35. ... Rxg3! 36. Qxb6

( 36. hxg3 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qxg3+ 38. Kh1 Qh3+ 39. Rh2 ( 39. Kg1
Rg8+ 40. Kf2 Qg3# ) 39. ... Qxf1+ )

36. ... Qh3 37. Qf2 c3 38. Rc2 Rdg8 0-1

Piorun, K. - Khenkin, I.
Schwetzingen GER 2013.04.05 , B01

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5

e6 8. O-O Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 Qd6 11. Bd2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. Bd3
Bb7 14. h4 Rac8 15. h5 Qd5 16. Rb1 Qxa2 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Na5 19.
Bf6 gxf6 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Qh4 Qd5 22. Qxf6+ Kg8 23. Re4 Rfd8 24. Rb5
Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Re5 Bd5 27. Qh6 f5 28. Re3 Rf8 29. Rg3+ Kf7 30.
Rg7+ Ke8 31. Qxh7 Rxc3 32. Qg6+ Kd8 33. h6 Nc6 34. h7 Nxd4

White to move
Solution:

35. Qf6+!

( 35. Qf6+ Rxf6 36. h8=Q+ Rf8 37. Qxf8# )

1-0
Timofeev, Arty - Bukavshin, I.
Loo RUS 2013.04.10 , E20

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. f4

exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf3 Nc7 11. Bd3 c4 12. Bc2 f5 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nd4
Nb6 15. Nc6 Bc5+ 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. a4 bxa4 18. Bxa4 Kh8 19. exd6 Bxd6
20. Be3 Bd7 21. Qd4 Ncxd5 22. Nxd5 Nxa4 23. Ndb4 Bxc6 24. Nxc6 Bc5
25. Qxc4 Bxe3 26. Qxa4 Bb6 27. Ne5 Bc7 28. Qd7 Bxe5 29. fxe5 Qb4 30.
e6 Qxb2 31. e7 Rg8 32. Qxf5 Qb4 33. Qe5 a5 34. Rab1 Qc4 35. Rf4 Qd3
36. Rbf1 Qa3 37. h3 Rae8 38. Rf7 a4

White to move
Solution:

39. Rxg7! Rxg7 40. Rf7 Qc1+ 41. Kh2

41. ... Qc7

( 41. ... Qh6 42. Rf8+ )

42. Rf8+ 1-0

Danin, A. - Castellanos Rodriguez, R.
Lille FRA 2013.04.17 , B85

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O d6

8. f4 Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7
14. Kh1 Rad8 15. Rad1 Rd7 16. Rfe1 Qd8 17. Bf3 Ne8 18. Bf2 g6 19. Rd3
Ng7 20. Red1 Bc6 21. Qh3 Re8 22. Bd4 Bb7 23. Bg4 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6
25. Qh6 Rc7 26. Rh3 Rxc3 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Rxc3 Bxe4 29. Rc7 Nf5 30.
Bxf5 exf5

White to move
Solution:

31. Rxd6! Bd5

( 31. ... Qxd6 32. Qxf7# )

32. Rc8!

( Of course not 32. Rxf6? Re1# )

1-0
May
The main event of May was European's men championship in Legnica, which
was won by Alexander Moiseenko.

Esen, B. - Postny, E.
Legnica POL 2013.05.11 , D26

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8.

Qe2 Nbd7 9. a4 b4 10. e4 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Re8 14.
a5 g6 15. h4 c5 16. Bg5 cxd4 17. Nd6 Nxe5 18. Nxe8 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxe8
20. Rfe1 Qd8 21. Qg3 Bd6 22. Qg4 Nf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Be4 Bxe4 25.
Qxe4 Rd8 26. Rac1 d3 27. Red1 Qxb2 28. Rc6 b3 29. Rxa6 Bc5 30. Qf3
Rd5 31. Rc6 Rf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 33. Rxc5

Black to move
Solution:

33. ... Qc2!

( 33. ... Qc2 34. Rxc2 dxc2 35. Rc1 b2 -+ )

0-1
Finegold, B. - Shabalov, A.
Saint Louis USA 2013.05.12 , B07

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nd7 5. Bd3 e5 6. O-O Ne7 7. dxe5 dxe5

8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Na3 Nc6 11. Bb5 Qe7 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 f5
14. f3 Nc5 15. Nb3 Ne6 16. Qd2 Ba6 17. c4 fxe4 18. fxe4 Qh4 19. Qd7 Nf4
20. Rf2 Rad8 21. Qxc6 Bc8 22. Raf1

Black to move
Solution:

22. ... Ne2+

( 22. ... Ne2+ 23. Rxe2 ( 23. Kh1 Ng3+ 24. Kg1 Nxf1 -+ ) 23. ...
Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 Rd1+ 25. Re1 Rxe1# )

0-1
Shchekachev, A. - Dobrov, V.
Limburg NED 2013.05.19 , A42

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nge2 e5 6. Be3 Nf6 7. d5 Ne7 8.

f3 h5 9. Nc1 h4 10. Nd3 Nh5 11. Qd2 f5 12. Be2 c6 13. O-O-O cxd5 14.
cxd5 Bd7 15. Kb1 f4 16. Bf2 Bf6 17. Rc1 Kf7 18. Rc2 Ng3 19. hxg3 hxg3
20. Rxh8 Qxh8 21. Be1 Qh1 22. Bd1 g5 23. b3 Rh8 24. Kb2 Rh2 25. Ne2
Rxg2 26. Nxg3 Rxg3 27. Bxg3 fxg3 28. Qg2 Qxd1 29. Rd2

Black to move
Solution:

29. ... Bh3!

( 29. ... Bh3 30. Rxd1 Bxg2 31. Rg1 Bxf3 32. Rxg3 Bxe4 -+ )

0-1
Kravtsiv, M. - Zhigalko, S.
Legnica POL 2013.05.10 , B90

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8.

Qd2 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 Nc6 11. g4 Na5 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Nb3 Nc4 14.
Bxc4 bxc4 15. Nd4 Rb8 16. Kb1 Ba8 17. Ka1 Be7 18. Rb1 Qa5 19. Rhd1
h5 20. h3 Nc5 21. Nde2 h4 22. Bd4 Rg8 23. Bf2 g5 24. Qd4 Nd7 25. Qxc4
Ne5 26. Qd4 Rc8 27. Qa7 Nc6 28. Qe3 Ne5 29. Na2 Rxc2 30. Rdc1 Rxc1
31. Rxc1 f6 32. f4 gxf4 33. Nxf4 Kf7 34. Qb3 d5 35. Nc3 Bc5 36. Ncxd5
exd5 37. Rxc5 Qd8 38. exd5 Qd6 39. Rc1 Nxg4

White to move
Solution:

40. Rc7+ 1-0

Svetushkin, D. - Dragun, K.
Legnica POL 2013.05.14 , B51

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 g6 7. O-O Bg7

8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 b5 10. Bb3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Rd1 Qe7
14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Bd5 Nb6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Nxe5 Rae8 18. Qf3 Re6 19.
Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Qg3 Re6 21. Nd3 Rc8 22. e5 Nc4 23. Re1 h6 24. f4 Qd7 25.
Kh1 Qd4 26. Rad1 Qb6 27. Ne4 Rd8 28. b3 Na3 29. Nb4 Rxd1 30. Rxd1
Qc7 31. Qd3 Bf8 32. Nd5 Qc2 33. Ndf6+ Kg7 34. Qd8 Qe2

White to move
Solution:

35. Qxf8+

( 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rd8+ Re8 37. Rxe8+ Kg7 38. Rg8# )

1-0
June
This year's rapid and blitz world championships, which are now being held
annually, took place in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia. Le Quang Liem became
the blitz World Champion, and Mamedyarov won the title in the rapid event.

Jakovenko, D. - Ponkratov, P.
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013.06.10 , D16

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bg4 6. Ne5 Bh5 7. g3 Na6 8.

Bg2 Nb4 9. O-O a5 10. Nxc4 e6 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qd2 Qc7 14.
Ne4 Rfd8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rac1 e5 17. e3 exd4 18. exd4 Bg6 19. Bc3
Rd7 20. Nxa5 Nd5 21. Nc4 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Bxd4 23. Qf3 Re8 24. Rfe1
Rde7 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Rd1 Qc5 27. Qf4 Bf6 28. Ne3 Bg5 29. Qf3 h6 30.
Re1 Qc3 31. Re2 Bd3 32. Nd1

Black to move
Solution:

32. ... Qe1+! 33. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Bf1 Bxf1 35. Qc3 Rxd1

36. h4

( 36. h4 Bc4+ 37. Kg2 Bd5+ 38. f3 Bf6 -+ )

0-1
Caruana, F. - Karjakin, Sergey
Moscow RUS 2013.06.12 , B90

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nc6 8.

Bg2 Nd7 9. Be3 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. e5 d5
14. f4 b4 15. Na4 Bb7 16. b3 Bc6 17. Nb2 a5 18. f5 a4 19. Nd3 axb3 20.
cxb3 Bb5 21. Kb1 Qa5 22. Rhf1 Nc5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Rf4 Rfc8 25. g5

Black to move
Solution:

25. ... Be3! 26. Rf3

( 26. Qxe3 Qxa2# )

26. ... Bxd3+

Black resigned as there is no way to stop Qxa2.

0-1
Tadic, Br - Indjic, A.
Sarajevo BIH 2013.06.16 , A31

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e4 Qc7 7. a3 d6 8.

Be2 Nbd7 9. Be3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. f3 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Qd2 Rac8
14. Rfd1 Qb8 15. b4 Bd8 16. Kh1 Ne5 17. Qa2 Bc7 18. f4 Ned7 19. f5 exf5
20. Nxf5 Rce8 21. Bd4 Ne5 22. Qc2 g6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Bd8 25.
Ng3 b5 26. Qc8 Bb6 27. Qxa6 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 h5 29. a4 bxa4 30. Nf1 Rc8
31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. h3 Rc3 33. b5 a3 34. Ra4 Kg7 35. Rxa3 Nxe4 36. Qa4
Qb6 37. Qa7 Qf2 38. Ra2

Black to move
Solution:

38. ... Rc2!

This utilizes the queen's position on a7.

39. Ra4

( 39. Rxc2 Qxa7 -+ )

( 39. Qxf2 Nxf2+ 40. Kg1 Nxh3+ 41. gxh3 Rxa2 -+ )

39. ... Rxe2 0-1

Lysyj, I. - Prizant, Ja
Yekaterinburg RUS 2013.06.23 , D30

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 f5 5. g3 Nd7 6. Bg2 Bd6 7. O-O Ngf6 8.

Ne1 O-O 9. Nd3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. c5 Bc7 12. Nf3 g5 13. b3 Qg7 14.
Nfe5 Nef6 15. Rb1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. f4 gxf4 18. gxf4 Kh8 19. h3 Nh6
20. Ne1 Rg8 21. Be3 Bd7 22. Bf2 Be8 23. b4 Bh5 24. Rb3 a6 25. Rg3 Qf7
26. Rxg8+ Nxg8 27. Bh4 Bd8 28. Bf2 Ne7 29. Kh2 Ng6 30. Nd3 Bh4 31.
Bd4 Rg8 32. Bh1

Black to move
Solution:

32. ... Nxf4!

( After 32. ... Nxf4 33. Nxf4 Bg3+ 34. Kg1 Bxf4+ 35. Bg2 Qg7 36. e3 Bg3

Black has a strong attack and an extra pawn. )

0-1
Iordachescu, V. - Williams, Si1
Haguenau FRA 2013.06.01 , B51

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 e5 8.

Na3 Bg4 9. Nc2 Be7 10. Ne3 Bh5 11. Nf5 O-O 12. d3 Ne8 13. h3 Nc7 14.
g4 Bg6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nb5 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Be3
Nbd4 20. Rb1 a5 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Qf3 b6 24. Bd3 Bd6
25. Kg2 Qf6 26. Rbc1 Rae8 27. Re4 Bb8 28. Kf1 Rxe4 29. Bxe4 Qe5 30.
Bd3 h6 31. Rc6 Bc7 32. f6 g6 33. h4 Rd8 34. h5 g5 35. Rc2 Bd6 36. Re2
Qh2 37. Re4 Rc8 38. Qf5 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qc1

White to move
Solution:

40. Qh7+!

( 40. Qh7+ Kxh7 41. Re8# )

1-0
Akopian, Vl - Kamsky, G.
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013.06.07 , C95

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O
8. h3 d6 9. c3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. b3 Bf8 14.
Bb2 g6 15. a4 c6 16. c4 exd4 17. Bxd4 b4 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 c5 20.
Nxd7 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 cxd4 22. Nxf8 Qd6 23. Nxh7 Kxh7 24. Qf1 Qf4 25.
Qd3 Re8 26. Rd1 Nh5 27. Nf3 Be4 28. Qe2 Bc6 29. Qd3 Bxf3 30. Qxf3
Qxf3 31. gxf3 Nf4 32. Kf1 Rd8 33. c5 a5 34. c6 Kg7?

White to move
Solution:

35. Rxd4!

White either gets a new queen or wins a piece.

35. ... Rxd4

( 35. ... Rc8 36. Rxf4 +- )

36. c7 Rd5 37. c8=Q Ne6 38. Qc4 Rc5 39. Qe4 Kf6 40. h4 Re5 41. Qg4
Rd5 42. Qc4 Rc5 43. Qd3 Rh5 44. Qa6 Rc5 45. Bd3 Kg7 46. Bc4 Nf4 47.
Qd6 Rf5 48. Qd4+ Kh7 49. Ke1 Kg8 50. Kd2 Kh7 51. Qd6 Kg7 52. Kc2
Kg8 53. h5 gxh5 54. Qh6 h4 55. Qxh4 Kg7 56. Qg4+ Kf6 57. Bxf7 1-0
Mamedyarov, S. - Vitiugov, N.
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013.06.08 , A40

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Bxd2+ 4. Qxd2 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7.

Qf4 Qe7 8. e3 a6 9. a3 Re8 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. cxd5 exd5 13.
Nd3 Rad8 14. Be2 Bc8 15. O-O Rd6 16. Qh4 Qf8 17. Bf3 Ne7 18. Rfe1
Ng6 19. Qg3 c6 20. b4 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Nc5 f5 23. Ne2 Qe7 24. a4
b6 25. Nb3 Be6 26. Nd2 Bd5 27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rf8 29. Rec1 Rff6 30.
h4 Nf8 31. h5 Nd7 32. R4c2 Rh6 33. Qf4 Qf7 34. Ng3 Rhf6

White to move
Solution:

35. Nxf5! Qxh5

( 35. ... Rxf5 36. Qxd6 +- )

36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. Nxd6 Nf6

White won the key f5 pawn, followed by exchanging the queen for two
rooks. Black's problems are not over yet, as White breaks through on the
queenside:

38. b5! axb5 39. axb5 Ng4

( 39. ... cxb5 40. Rc8+ +- )

40. bxc6 Qh2+ 41. Kf1 Qh1+ 42. Ke2 Qxg2

43. Nxe4!

Black can't stop c6-c7-c8, so he resigned.

1-0
Khismatullin, D. - Moiseenko, A1.
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013.06.08 , E43

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. f3 c5 7. a3 cxd4 8.

axb4 dxc3 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. b5 Ne5 11. Nxc3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. e4 d5
14. exd5 exd5 15. O-O dxc4 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. Qb3 Re8 18. Bg5 h6 19.
Bh4 Ra8 20. Kh1 g5 21. Bf2 g4 22. fxg4 Nxg4 23. Bg3 Re6 24. Rae1 Qd2
25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Qxb7 Ree8 28. h3 Qd3 29. Rf3 Ne3

White to move
Solution:

30. Be5+!

This forces mate.

30. ... Rxe5

( 30. ... Kg8 31. Qg7# )

31. Qxa8+ Kg7 32. Qf8+ Kg6 33. Qf7+

33. ... Kg5 34. Qf6+ 1-0
Smirin, I. - Rublevsky, S.
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013.06.10 , B46

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b5

8. Be3 Bb7 9. O-O-O Rc8 10. Be2 Nf6 11. Bf3 Be7 12. e5 Bxf3 13. gxf3
Nh5 14. Ne4 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Rhg1 Qc7 17. Rd2 O-O 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6
19. Qxd7 Qc4 20. Bd4 Rf7 21. Qd6 Qxa2 22. b3 Rd8?

White to move
Solution:

23. Rxg7+!!

This shot disrupts the coordination of the Black pieces and turns the
tables around.

23. ... Rxg7

( 23. ... Bxg7 24. Qxd8+ Rf8 25. Qe7 +- )

( 23. ... Kxg7 24. Bxf6+ Rxf6 25. Qe7+ Kg6 26. Rg2+ Kf5 27.
Qxh7+ Rg6 28. Qxg6+ Kxf4 29. Qe4# )

24. Qxe6+ Rf7 25. Rg2+ Kf8 26. Bc5+ Be7 27. Bxe7+

( 27. Bxe7+ Rxe7 28. Qg8# )

1-0
Andreikin, D. - Safarli, E.
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013.06.10 , C47

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7.

Bd3 d5 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Rb8 13.
b3 Rb4 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rfe1 Rb7 16. Na4 Re7 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. fxg3
Rfe8 19. Rxe7 Rxe7 20. g4 h6 21. Kf2 Kf8 22. Rd1 Re5 23. c4 Ke7 24. c5
a5 25. a3 d4 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Nd5 28. Nb6 Nxb6 29. cxb6 Kd6 30.
Be2 c5 31. bxc5+ Rxc5 32. Rxd4+ Kc6 33. Rb4 Kb7 34. Bf3+ Kb8 35. b7
Bd7 36. Rb6 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 Rc7 38. Rd6 Ka7

White to move
Solution:

39. Ra6+

( 39. Ra6+ Kb8 ( 39. ... Kxa6 40. b8=Q +- ) 40. Ra8# )

1-0
Le Quang Liem - Movsesian, S.
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2013.06.10 , D02

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8.

Bg3 Ne4 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. Bd3 h5 11. h4 Nxg3 12. fxg3 g4 13. Ng5 Be7 14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. O-O Bxg5 16. hxg5 Qb6 17. Nb5 O-O 18. Qa3 a6 19. Rac1
Qd8 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. g6 Nf6 22. Rf4 fxg6 23. Bxg6 Kg7 24. Bb1 Rf7 25.
Rcf1 Qxc7 26. Qd3 Kf8 27. Rxf6 Rxf6 28. Rxf6+ Ke7

White to move
Solution:

29. Rf7+!

This win clinched the World Blitz Champion title for Le Quang
Liem.

( 29. Rf7+ Kxf7 30. Qh7+ Ke8 31. Qxc7 +- )

1-0
Swiercz, D. - Meier, Geo
Haguenau FRA 2013.06.07 , A35

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8.

Nxd4 Bd7 9. Nc2 h5 10. Bg5 Nh7 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. h4 Ne6 13. Bd2 a6 14.
Rb1 O-O 15. Ne3 Ned4 16. b4 Rb8 17. a4 Ne5 18. b5 Re8 19. Ncd5 Nf5
20. Rc1 Be6 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Be3 Nd7 23. Qb3 Qa5 24. Rfd1 Rbc8 25.
b6 Nc5 26. Qa3 Bd7 27. Nc7 Red8 28. Bxc5 dxc5 29. Bxb7 Rb8 30. Nxa6
Rxb7 31. Nxc5 Qxb6 32. Nxb7 Qxb7 33. Qxe7 Qc7 34. c5 Bf8

White to move
Solution:

35. Qxd8! Qxd8 36. c6 Ba3

( 36. ... Qb6 37. Rxd7 +- )

37. c7

( 37. c7 Qc8

38. Rxd7! Bxc1 39. Rd8+ +- )

1-0
Nepomniachtchi, I. - Shomoev, A.
Yekaterinburg RUS 2013.06.29 , B51

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 e6 6. c3 Qc7 7. a4 c4 8.

Bc2 b6 9. b3 cxb3 10. Bxb3 Bb7 11. d3 Ngf6 12. c4 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14.
Bf4 Ne5 15. Ne1 Nc6 16. Nc2 Rfc8 17. Rb1 Nd7 18. Bg3 Bf6 19. d4 e5 20.
Nd5 Qd8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Ba2 Na5 23. Nce3 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Be7 25. Kh1
Nxc4 26. Qe2 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rxb5 Nd6 29. Rb2 Bh4 30. Bxh4 Qxh4
31. g3 Qd8 32. Rd1 Rcb8 33. Rbd2 Nc5 34. Nc3 Qa5 35. Qf3 Nb5 36.
Nxb5 Qxb5 37. Qxf7+ Kh8 38. Bd5 Ra4

White to move
Solution:

39. Bc6

( 39. Bc6 Qxc6 ( 39. ... Qb6 40. Bxa4 +- ) 40. Rd8+ )

1-0
Mamedyarov, S. - Bacrot, E.
Geneve SUI 2013.06.29 , D53

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 O-O

8. O-O-O dxc4 9. e4 Nc6 10. e5 Bg5+ 11. Kb1 Nb4 12. Qe4 Bd7 13. Bxc4
Bc6 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Qc8 18. h4 c6 19.
Nxg5 hxg5 20. hxg5 f5 21. Qh4 Qe6

White to move
Solution:

22. Rd7!

( 22. Rd7 Qxd7 23. g6 with mate. )

1-0
July
Dortmund international tournament is very often won by Kramnik, but this
time he was only second after Michael Adams. Still, Kramnik played a rather
nice game against Georg Meier.

Meier, Geo - Kramnik, V.

Dortmund GER 2013.07.29 , E06

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8.

Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Ra7 11. Rc1 Be4 12. Qd1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3
Qxd4 14. a4 c6 15. Qb3 Rd7 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. Rxc6 Nb4 19.
Rc1 Bc5 20. Rf1 bxa4 21. Qxa4 Rc7 22. Nc3 Qe5 23. Rfd1 h5 24. Kg2 h4
25. Ne4 Bf8 26. Rac1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Qxb2 28. Rc7 Qe5 29. Qd7 Qf5 30.
g4 Qf4 31. g5 Nd5 32. Nf6+

Black to move
Solution:

32. ... Qxf6!! 33. Qxd5

( The point is that 33. gxf6 Nf4+ 34. Kf1 Rb1+ leads to mate. )

33. ... Qg6 34. Qe5 Rb5 35. Qf4 Rf5 36. Qe4 Qxg5+ 37. Kh3 Rf4 38. Qd3
g6

Black has a dominating position so White resigned.

0-1
Yilmaz, M. - Swiercz, D.
Denizli TUR 2013.07.06 , A20

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 O-O

8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qb3 Qe7 10. O-O a5 11. Bf4 Qb4 12. Bxc7 Be6 13. Rad1
Bxc4 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. Bd6 Qb6 16. b3 Ba6 17. Na4 Qb5 18. e4 Qe2 19.
Rd2 Qh5 20. Re1 Nd5 21. Qc1 Nb4 22. Nc5 Rad8 23. Nxa6 Nxa6 24. Red1
Qb5 25. Bf1 Qb6 26. Bc4 Bh6 27. Qc3 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Rd7

White to move
Solution:

29. Bf8! Rxf8

( 29. ... Rxd2 30. Qg7# )

30. Rxd7 +- Nc5 31. Re7 Qb4 32. Qf6 Ne6

33. Bxe6 Qe1+ 34. Kg2 Qxe4+ 35. Kh3 1-0

Svetushkin, D. - David, Alb
Rethymno GRE 2013.07.31 , B43

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8.

Qf3 b5 9. g4 Bb7 10. Be3 Nfd7 11. O-O-O Nc5 12. Kb1 Nbd7 13. g5 b4
14. Nce2 g6 15. h4 f5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Ng3 Bg7 18. Nb3 Na4 19. Bd4 e5
20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Be3 O-O 22. Qe2 h5 23. Rhg1 Rac8 24. Rg2 Kh7 25.
Rdg1 Ng4 26. Nf1 Rf6 27. Bg5 Rd6 28. Ne3 Nxe3 29. Bxe3 Qd7

White to move
Solution:

30. Rxg6 Rxg6 31. Qxh5+

( 31. Qxh5+ Rh6 32. Bxh6 Bxh6

33. Qg6+ Kh8 34. Qxh6+ Qh7 35. Qf6+ Qg7 36. Qxg7# )

1-0
Bartel, Mat - Ganguly, S.
Biel SUI 2013.07.31 , B51

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. Re1 e6 7. c3

Ne7 8. d4 Rc8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qb6 11. Bg3 Qxb2 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13.
cxd4 Qb6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Qb3 Ng6 16. h4 Be7 17. h5 Nf8 18. Qa3 Rd8
19. Rec1 Qb8 20. Qa5 Nh7 21. Rc7 Bb5 22. Nc4 b6 23. Rxe7+ Kxe7 24.
Nxb6 Qb7 25. a4 Qxe4 26. Nd2 Qxd4 27. axb5 axb5 28. Qa7+ Ke8 29.
Nb3 Qd3 30. Rc1 Qxb3

White to move
Solution:

31. Bxd6

( 31. Bxd6 Rxd6 32. Rc8+ Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Kxd8 34. Qd7# )

1-0
August
During the month of August most of the world's top players took part in the
World Cup in Tromso (Norway), which was won by Kramnik who played
perhaps his best tournament in many years. Anton Korobov also did well
until he got eliminated by Kramnik, and in the first round he managed to
sacrifice his queen twice against the same opponent - both of those games are
included.

Durarbayli, V. - Korobov, A.
Tromso NOR 2013.08.13 , B92

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7

8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 12. Nd5 Nfxd5 13. exd5
Bd7 14. a5 Nc4 15. Re4 Rc8 16. Be2 Bb5 17. Bf1 f5 18. Re1 b6 19. axb6
Qxb6 20. c3 Bh4 21. Qc2 f4 22. Bd3 g6 23. Rf1 Ne3 24. Bxe3 fxe3 25. c4
e4 26. Be2 exf2+ 27. Kh1 e3 28. Qe4 Bd7 29. Nd4 Bf6 30. Ne6 Rce8 31.
Ra3 Bg5 32. Qg4 Qxb2 33. Rxa6 Rf4 34. Qxg5 Qxe2 35. Raa1

Black to move
Solution:

35. ... Qxf1+

( 35. ... Qxf1+ 36. Rxf1 e2 -+ )

0-1
Vachier Lagrave, M. - Moiseenko, A1.
Biel SUI 2013.08.02 , B30

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bf5 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Na3 cxd4

8. Bc4 Qa5 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13.
Nc4 Qd5 14. Qe2 Be7 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxe5 Qxg2 17. Qb5+ Kf8 18. O-
O-O Qg5+ 19. Qxg5 Bxg5+ 20. Kc2 Be7 21. Rhe1 f6

White to move
Solution:

22. Bxa7! Rd8?

( 22. ... Rxa7 23. Rd7 would have regained the piece with
dividends. )

23. Bc5

( White wins a piece after 23. Bc5 Rxd1 24. Bxe7+ Kf7 25. Kxd1 )

1-0
Andreikin, D. - Kramnik, V.
Dortmund GER 2013.08.02 , D30

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nbd2 g6 7. Qb3

dxc4 8. Qxc4 Qe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. e4 Bg7 11. e5 O-O 12. Bd3 b6 13. O-O
Rd8 14. Qb3 Bb7 15. Be4 Rd7 16. Rfd1 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qa4 Rd8 19.
Nb3 Na6 20. Rd6 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Rxd6 22. exd6 Qf8 23. Qb7 Nb4 24. d7
Nd3 25. Rd1 c4 26. Na5 Rd8 27. Nc6 Qc5 28. Nxd8 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Bd4
30. h3 Qe3

White to move
Solution:

31. Nxf7!

White plays for the strength of his passed 'd' pawn.

31. ... Bb6

( 31. ... Kxf7 32. d8=Q# )

32. N7e5! Nf2+

( 32. ... Nxe5 33. d8=Q+ Bxd8 34. Rxd8# )

33. Kh2 Nxd1

( 33. ... Nxd1 34. d8=Q+ Bxd8 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Nxg6# )

1-0
Naiditsch, A. - Khenkin, I.
Dortmund GER 2013.08.04 , B12

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 Bc5 8.

Nxc6 bxc6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Nb5 Bc7 12. Bb2 Ne7 13. Bd3 a6
14. Nxc7+ Qxc7 15. O-O Bd7 16. Qg4 O-O 17. Rfc1 Qd8 18. a4 Ng6 19.
Rc5 Qb8 20. Qd4 Rc8 21. Ra5 Qb7 22. g3 h6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Rxa5
25. Rxa5 Ra8 26. Ra6 Qc8 27. h4 Rb8 28. b6 Qc6 29. Ra7 Be8 30. Ra6
Bd7 31. h5 Nf8 32. Ba3 Bc8 33. Ra7 Qxb6

White to move
Solution:

34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Qf4+ Ke8 36. Qxf8+ Kd7 37. Bb5+

( 37. Bb5+ Qxb5 38. Qd6+! Ke8 39. Qe7# )

1-0
Landa, K. - Ikonnikov, Vy
Vlissingen NED 2013.08.07 , B23

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nd4 4. Nxd4 cxd4 5. Ne2 e5 6. c3 dxc3 7. dxc3

Bc5 8. Ng3 Qf6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Nh6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O d6 13.
Bc4 Bg4 14. Rdf1 Qe7 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Rac8 17. f6 gxf6 18. Bd5 Kh8
19. e4 Ng8 20. Rf5 Rc5 21. Rhf1 Rfc8 22. R1f3 R5c7 23. Rh3 Qf8 24.
Rfh5 Qg7 25. Rg3 Qf8 26. Rgh3 Qg7 27. Rg3 Qf8 28. Qf2 h6 29. Qf5 Qe7
30. Qg4 Qf8 31. Qf5 Qe7 32. Rh4 Qd7

White to move
Solution:

33. Rxh6+

( 33. Rxh6+ Nxh6 34. Qxf6+ Kh7 35. Qg7# )

1-0
Korobov, A. - Durarbayli, V.
Tromso NOR 2013.08.13 , E12

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3

8. bxc3 Ne4 9. Ne1 f5 10. f3 Nf6 11. Nc2 Qe8 12. a4 Nc6 13. Rb1 d6 14.
Qe2 Qh5 15. c5 dxc5 16. dxc5 Ne5 17. Nd4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Rad8 19. Qe2
Rfe8 20. c6 Bc8 21. Nb5 Ba6 22. c4 Qf7 23. Bb2 e5 24. Rbd1 Ra8 25. f4
exf4 26. Rxf4 Bxb5 27. axb5 Nh5 28. Rff1 a6 29. Rd7 Qg6 30. Rxc7 f4

White to move
Solution:

31. Qxh5

( 31. Qxh5 Qxh5 32. Rxg7+ Kh8

33. Rg5+ Re5 34. Bxe5# )

1-0
September
In September Hou Yifan won back her title in the match against Anna
Ushenina, but most of the combinations here come from various strong opens
and Grandmaster tournaments.

Indjic, A. - Georgiev, Ki
Kragujevac SRB 2013.09.01 , E34

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Qf5 7. Qd1

O-O 8. e3 c5 9. Bd3 Qh5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. exd4 Bd6 13. Bf4
Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qh6 15. Qd2 b6 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Bb1 Rad8 18. Rfe1 e5
19. Nxe5 Nxd4 20. Qe3

Black to move
Solution:

20. ... Qxf4!!

This wins a piece.

21. Qxf4 Ne2+ 22. Kf1

( 22. Rxe2 Rxd1+ 23. Re1 Rxe1# )

22. ... Nxf4 23. Rxd8 Bxg2+ 0-1

Najer, E. - Eliseev, U.
Moscow RUS 2013.09.01 , B67

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6

8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 Be7
14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. Rhe1 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Bd4
Rg8 20. Ne3 Bc6 21. c4 b4 22. Nd5 Qb7 23. Qf4 Rc8

White to move
Solution:

24. Rxe6+!! fxe6 25. Bg6+ Kd8 26. Qh4+ Nf6

27. Bb6+ Kd7 28. Nxf6+ 1-0

Manolache, M. - Vajda, Le
Mamaia ROU 2013.09.08 , A56

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Nbd7 6. g3 a6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nh4

g6 9. Be2 Nb6 10. h3 O-O 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. a4 Bf8 14. Qc1
Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Re7 16. Qh4 Kg7 17. Nd2 Rb8 18. g4 Na8 19. g5 Ng8 20.
f4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Be8 22. O-O Nc7 23. Rf2 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. cxb5 Nxb5
26. Bxb5 Bxb5 27. Nxb5 Rxb5 28. Nc4 Rb3 29. Nxd6 Qd7 30. e5 Qxh3

White to move
Solution:

31. Qf6+

( 31. Qf6+ Kf8 ( 31. ... Nxf6 32. exf6+ Kf8 33. Ra8+ Re8 34.
Rxe8# ) 32. Qxf7+ Rxf7 33. Rxf7# )

1-0
Nepomniachtchi, I. - Malakhov, V.
Riga LAT 2013.09.14 , A15

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bd2 O-O 8.

Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bf5 10. e4 Bg4 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nh5 13. O-O-O e6
14. Kb1 Qc7 15. Ne2 Nd7 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rfd8 18. f4 b5 19. Be2
Rac8 20. g4 Nf8 21. f5 e5 22. d5 Rd6 23. Rc1 Nd7 24. g5 c5 25. f6 Bf8 26.
Bg4 c4 27. f4 Re8

White to move
Solution:

28. Rxh7!

Now the threats along the 'h' file are impossible to resolve.

28. ... Nxf6

( 28. ... Kxh7 29. Qh2+ Kg8 30. Rh1 with mate. )

29. gxf6 Rxf6 30. Qh2 Bg7 31. Rh1

( 31. Rh1 Kf8 ( 31. ... exf4 32. Rh8+ Bxh8 33. Qxh8# ) 32. Rxg7
Kxg7 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34. Qh8# )

1-0
Jumabayev, R. - Smirin, I.
Baku Open 2013 2013.09.20 , E97

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.

d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. g3 c6 11. Nd2 Bh3 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Nb3 cxd5 14.
exd5 h6 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Rc1 h5 17. c5 Nf5 18. Bf3 e4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20.
Bxg7 Nxf2 21. Qd2 Kxg7 22. Qxf2 h4 23. Nd2 hxg3 24. hxg3 a5 25. Ne4
Rh8 26. g4 Nh4 27. g5 Kf8 28. Nf6 axb4 29. Re8+ Qxe8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31.
Bh1 dxc5 32. Qf6 Kg8 33. d6 Rh7 34. Bxb7 Bd7 35. Bd5 Kf8

White to move
Solution:

36. Bxf7 Nf3+

( 36. ... Rxf7 37. Qh8# )

37. Kf2 1-0

Naiditsch, A. - Stevic, H.
Bol CRO 2013.09.20 , B01

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd2 Bg4 6. f3 Bd7 7. Bc4

Qb6 8. Nge2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 a5 11. Ne4 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5+ 13. Kh1
Nxe4 14. fxe4 O-O 15. Nf4 Nc6 16. Nh5 Bd4 17. Qg4 Qc5 18. Be3 Qxc4
19. e5 Qxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Bxe5 21. Bf4 f5 22. Qg3 Bf6 23. Qb3 Nd8 24. Rd1
Bc6 25. Qg3 Kh8 26. Be5 Rf7 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Qc3 e5 29. Rd6 Re7 30.
Qg3 Ne6 31. Rxe6 Rd7 32. Rd6 Rg8

White to move
Solution:

33. Qxg8+

( 33. Qxg8+ Kxg8 34. Nxf6+ Kf7 35. Nxd7 leaves White with a lot
of extra material. )

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Bruzon Batista, L. - Castellanos Rodriguez, R.
Azuqueca de Henares ESP 2013.09.21 , E15

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O d5 8.

Qc2 Ba6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Qa2 c5 13. Na3 dxc4 14.
Nxc4 cxd4 15. Rac1 Qc5 16. b4 Qh5 17. Nxd4 Nd5 18. Bf3 Qg6 19. Nc6
Bf6 20. b5 Bb7 21. Nd6 Bxc6 22. bxc6 Nc5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. c7 d4 25.
Qd5 Qg4 26. Bb4 d3 27. Bxc5 dxe2 28. Re1 bxc5

White to move
Solution:

29. Nxf7

( 29. Nxf7 Rxf7 30. Qxa8+ +- )

1-0
Belous, V. - Demidov, M.
Moscow RUS 2013.09.26 , D11

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8.

Bb2 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qc2 h6 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Ne5 Rfd8
14. f4 c5 15. f5 Nf8 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nb5 Qb8 19. Ng4 Rc6
20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Be5 Qa8 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6
25. Rf1 Rd7 26. Rxf6 Qd8 27. Rxh6 a6 28. Qg4+ Rg7 29. Qh5 Rxg2+ 30.
Kxg2 axb5 31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ Kf7

White to move
Solution:

33. Bg6+!!

( 33. Bg6+ Nxg6 ( 33. ... Kxg6 34. Rg8+ Kh6 35. Qg7+ Kh5 36.
Rh8+ Nh7 37. Rxh7# ) 34. Rh7+ Kf8 35. Qg7+ Ke8 36. Qf7# )

1-0
October
Anatoly Karpov had a great performance in the rapid tournament at Cap
d'Agde, and was only stopped in the finals by Bacrot. This section includes a
couple of Karpov's tactical shots against Bacrot and Pelletier.

Bacrot, E. - Karpov, Ana

Cap d'Agde FRA 2013.10.27 , A28

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. d5 Nd4 7. Be3 c5 8.

dxc6 Bxf3 9. gxf3 bxc6 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Be7 12. f4 O-O 13. Be2
Qc7 14. Rg1 Rfd8 15. Rd1 Ne8 16. Qe3 Rab8 17. b3 Qa5 18. Kf1 Bf6 19.
Na4 g6 20. f5 Qe5 21. f4 Qe7 22. h4 Ng7 23. fxg6 fxg6 24. h5 Rf8 25. Ke1
Rbe8 26. hxg6 Nf5 27. Qh3 Bh4+ 28. Kd2 Qxe4 29. gxh7+ Kh8 30. Rg8+
Kxh7 31. Rg2 Qxf4+ 32. Kc2 Ne3+ 33. Kb1 Nxg2 34. Bd3+ Kh6 35. Qxg2
Qg3 36. Qd2+ Kg7 37. Nc3 Rf2 38. Qc1 Bg5 39. Qa3

Black to move
Solution:

39. ... Re1! 40. Qxa7+

( 40. Rxe1 Qxd3+ 41. Ka1 Qxc3+ 42. Kb1 Qxe1+ 43. Qc1 Qxc1# )

40. ... Rf7 41. Qd4+ Bf6

42. Qe4
 ( 42. Qb6 Qxd3+ -+ )

42. ... Rxe4 43. Nxe4 Qe5 0-1

Khismatullin, D. - Al Modiahki, M.
St Petersburg RUS 2013.10.09 , E97

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8.

d5 Ne7 9. b4 Ne8 10. a4 h6 11. c5 f5 12. Ba3 g5 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Bg4 Bxg4 16. Qxg4 Nf6 17. Qc4 Nf4 18. g3 Nh3+ 19. Kg2 g4 20. f3 h5
21. fxg4 Nxg4 22. Kxh3 Qc8 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Qe2 Ne3+ 25. g4 Bh6 26.
Nf1 hxg4+ 27. Kg3 Nf5+ 28. Kg2 Nh4+ 29. Kh1 Qf5 30. Ng3 Qg6 31. Qe4
Qg7 32. Nh5 Qg5

White to move
Solution:

33. Qxg4

( 33. Qxg4 Qxg4 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Nxg4 +- )

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Bacrot, E. - Giri, A.
Emsdetten GER 2013.10.12 , B52

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4

8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxd7 Qxd7 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 a6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Nd5
Nxd5 14. exd5 Qc5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Qd2 b5 18. Rac1 Qa7
19. b4 bxc4 20. Rxc4 h5 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. Rc7 Qb6 23. a4 Rab8 24. Re4
f6 25. g4 Rb7

White to move
Solution:

26. Qxf6!

Now White either gives checkmate or gains a lot of material.

( 26. Qxf6 exf6 ( 26. ... Qxc7 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 ( 27. ... Kf8 28. Rf4#
) 28. Qxe8+ ) 27. Rxe8# )

1-0
Fedorchuk, S. - Cvitan, O.
Bastia FRA 2013.10.20 , B72

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O

8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. Kb1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. Nb3 Qc7
14. Bg5 Be6 15. g4 a5 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. gxh5 a4 19. N3d4
Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qb6 21. hxg6 Bc4 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. c3 Ra5 24. f4 Bxe2
25. Qxe2 Rxc3 26. e5 dxe5 27. Qh5+ Kf8

White to move
Solution:

28. Ne6+ Qxe6 29. Rd8+

( 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Rg1+ with mate. )

1-0
Fedorchuk, S. - Greenfeld, A.
Bastia FRA 2013.10.21 , B56

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. h3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7

8. g4 O-O 9. Bg2 Nd7 10. Nde2 Nb6 11. b3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Qd2 e5 14.
Bg5 Qe8 15. O-O-O f4 16. Be4 Be6 17. Qxd6 Rf7 18. Qd3 Bf8 19. Kb1
Rc8 20. Bf5 Nb4 21. Qf3 Rxf5 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. Rd2 Bg7 24. Rg1 Kh8 25.
Qxb7 Bg6 26. Rgd1 Nxc2 27. Rxc2 Bxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Qg6+ 29. Kb2 Qxg5
30. Ne4 Qf5 31. N2c3 Qf8 32. Qxa7 Qb4 33. Rg1 Bf8

White to move
Solution:

34. Rg8+

( 34. Rg8+ Kxg8 35. Nf6+ Kh8 36. Qxh7# )

1-0
Zhigalko, S. - Laznicka, V.
Rhodes GRE 2013.10.22 , B12

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Be3 Nge7 8.

Bb5 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 a6 10. Ba4 Qa5 11. Bc2 Nxe5 12. Qg3 Nc4 13. b4 Qd8
14. O-O Nxe3 15. fxe3 Nc6 16. e4 g6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Na3 Be7 19. Rad1
O-O 20. Bb3 Qb8 21. Qe3 Qc7 22. Bxd5 Rae8 23. Nc4 Kg7 24. Qf3 f5 25.
Bxc6 bxc6 26. Nd6 Rd8 27. Qf4 Qa7 28. Kh1 Bf6 29. Qc4 Rd7 30. Rde1
Re7 31. a4 Rd8 32. h3 Be5 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Qd4 Rxd6 35. Qxe5+ Rf6
36. Rd1 Kf7 37. Rd8 Re6

White to move
Solution:

38. Rf8+!

( White wins the queen after 38. Rf8+ Kxf8 39. Qh8+ Ke7 40.
Qg7+ Kd8 41. Qxa7 )

1-0
Sjugirov, S. - Dreev, A.
Rhodes GRE 2013.10.25 , B12

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nf5 8.

Nb3 Nd7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f4 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14.
g5 Qf7 15. Na5 O-O-O 16. c4 Bf5 17. Rc1 Nb6 18. c5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4
20. Nxc4 Bh3 21. Rf3 Bg4 22. Ne5 Qf5 23. Qa4 Rxd4 24. Qxa7 Rxd2 25.
Qa8+ Kc7 26. Qa5+ Kb8

White to move
Solution:

27. Nxc6+

( 27. Nxc6+ bxc6 ( 27. ... Kc8 28. Ne7+ Kb8 29. Nxf5 +- ) 28.
Rb3+ Kc8 29. Qa8+ Kd7 30. Rb7# )

1-0
Koneru, H. - Gunina, V.
Rhodes GRE 2013.10.23 , D45

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8.

Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Rad1 e5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e4 dxe4
14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 exd4 16. Bc1 Qf6 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19.
Bb2 Bg4 20. Rde1 Nd7 21. h3 Rac8 22. Qb1 Bxh3 23. Nf3 Qf4 24. Re4
Bf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Rd4 Qe6 27. Re1 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Qxe5
30. Rg4 Rc3 31. Rc4 Rxb3 32. axb3 Qh5 33. Qd3 Re8 34. Bc3 Qg5 35.
Qf3 Qe7 36. Qg3 Qf8 37. Rc7 b5 38. Rc6 Re6

White to move
Solution:

39. Rc8! Re1+

( 39. ... Qxc8 40. Qxg7# )

40. Kh2 1-0

Karpov, Ana - Pelletier, Y.
Cap d'Agde FRA 2013.10.27 , E32

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.

bxc3 c5 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f3 Nxc3 13. Nxd4
Nb5+ 14. Bd2 Nxd4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bxa5 Nxc2+ 17. Bxc2 Nc6 18. Bb4
Nxb4 19. axb4 f6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Kd2 Bd7 22. Rhe1 a6 23. Re7 Rd8 24.
Rae1 Kg8 25. h4 Kf8 26. h5 Be8 27. Rxb7 Bxh5 28. Rh1 Rh6 29. g4 Be8
30. Rxh6 gxh6 31. Rb6 Kg7 32. Bd3 Rd7 33. Bxa6 Rf7 34. Rb7 Bd7 35. b5
Kf6 36. b6 Ke6

White to move
Solution:

37. Bb5!

The most precise way.

( The pawn promotes after 37. Bb5 Bxb5 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. b7 )

1-0
November
While Anand and Carlsen battled in out, many of the other top grandmasters
took part in the European team championship in Warsaw, which was won by
Azerbeidzjan, lead by Mamedyarov and Radjabov.

Godena, M. - Morozevich, A.
Warsaw POL 2013.11.12 , B06

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d6 7. exd6 cxd6

8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Bf5 11. Bf4 Na5 12. Bc2 Bxc2 13. Qxc2
Nd5 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Na3 h6 16. Bd2 Rfc8 17. Rac1 b5 18. b3 Qb6 19. c4
bxc4 20. bxc4 Nb4 21. Qb1 Rab8 22. Rxe7 Nac6 23. Re4 Qa6 24. Re3 Qa4
25. Rb3 Nxa2 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Qxa2 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 29. Rc2?

Black to move
Solution:

29. ... Rb2!! 30. Qa1

( When playing Rc2 - Godena must have overlooked 30. Rxb2

Qd1+ 31. Be1 Qxe1# )

30. ... Rxc2!

31. Qxd4 Qxa3 32. h3 Qb2

The endgame with the extra exchange is easily winning for Black.

0-1
Zherebukh, Y. - Chirila, I.
Houston USA 2013.11.10 , A45

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 Nbd7 4. Ngf3 c5 5. e3 e6 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 b6 8.

O-O Bb7 9. Qb1 h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7
14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxb4 17. Qb7 Qa4 18. Rfc1 Rab8
19. Qc7 Rfd8 20. Rc6 Qa6 21. Rac1 Qxa2 22. h3 Qa6 23. d5 exd5 24. Nd4
Rbc8 25. Qxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Kh7 27. R1c7 Ne5 28. Ra8 Qa1+ 29. Kh2
Qf1 30. Rc2 a5 31. Ra7 Nc4 32. Re2 Kg6 33. Rd7 a4 34. Rxd5 a3 35. Rb5

Black to move
Solution:

35. ... Qxe2 36. Nxe2 a2

The pawn inevitably promotes, so White resigned.

0-1
Greenfeld, A. - Popov, Iv RUS
Hyderabad IND 2013.11.29 , D48

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8.

Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Qc7 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bc2 Bd6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14.
Ng5 Nf8 15. f4 O-O-O 16. Qe2 h6 17. Nf3 Bxf4 18. e5 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Bxe5
20. a4 Ng4 21. g3 b4 22. Qxa6+ Qb7 23. Qe2 bxc3 24. bxc3 Nd7 25. Rb1
Qc6 26. Be4 Qxa4 27. Rf7 Rhf8 28. Qxg4 Bd4+ 29. Be3 Bxe3+ 30. Kh1
Qa2 31. Re7 Rf2 32. Qh5

Black to move
Solution:

32. ... Qxb1+

( 32. ... Qxb1+ 33. Bxb1 Nf6 leads to winning a queen or giving
mate after Rd1. )

0-1
Swiercz, D. - Khenkin, I.
19th European Teams 2013.11.09 , C02

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. Bb2

Nge7 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Nbd2 Nf4 13. Bf1 Ne7 14.
g3 Nfg6 15. Bd3 Ba4 16. h4 Nf5 17. Kg2 Rc8 18. h5 Nfh4+ 19. Kg1 Nxf3+
20. Nxf3 Ne7 21. h6 g6 22. Qd2 a6 23. Rac1 Nc6 24. Qf4 Bc7 25. Qg4 Bb5
26. Bc3 Qe7 27. Kg2 Rfe8 28. Bd2 Bxd3 29. cxd3 f5 30. exf6 Qxf6 31. a4
Bb6 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Na7 34. Rxc8 Nxc8 35. Bf4 Qb2 36. d4 Bxd4 37.
Nxd4 Qxd4 38. Rxe6 Rf8 39. Qe2 Qc4

White to move
Solution:

40. Rxg6+ hxg6 41. Qe6+

The queen enters with decisive effect.

( 41. Qe6+ Kh7 ( 41. ... Kh8 42. Qe5+ Kh7 43. Qg7# ) 42. Qd7+
Kg8 43. Qg7# )

1-0
Aronian, L. - Djukic, Ni
Warsaw POL 2013.11.09 , E71

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5

a5 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Nd2 Kh8 12. a3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Ng8 14. Nb3
c5 15. h4 f5 16. h5 f4 17. hxg6 h6 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Bh4 Bf6 20. Bg4 Bxb5
21. Bxf6+ Rxf6 22. cxb5 Nc7 23. a4 Rxg6 24. Bf5 Rg7 25. Rc3 Ne8 26.
Nd2 Qd8 27. Rh3 Qf6 28. Kh2 Qg5 29. g4 fxg3+ 30. fxg3 Nef6 31. Nc4
Ne8 32. Be6 Ngf6 33. Rf5 Ng4+

White to move
Solution:

34. Qxg4 Qxg4 35. Rxh6+

( 35. Rxh6+ Rh7 36. Rf8+ Kg7 37. Rxh7+ Kxh7 38. Bxg4 leaves
White with an extra piece. )

1-0
Matlakov, M. - Ftacnik, L.
Turnov CZE 2013.11.03 , D70

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O

8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. f4 Qe6 12. Nc3 Nc4 13. Qe2
Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Nb4 15. Kb1 c5 16. d5 Qb6 17. a3 Bd4 18. Qd2 Na6 19. h3
Rd8 20. Nf3 Bg7 21. g4 Nc7 22. e5 Be6 23. dxe6 Rxd2 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25.
Rxd2 Kg8 26. Bc4+ Kh8 27. Ng5 Rf8 28. Rf1 Qa5 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nd8+
Kh8 31. Nxb7 Qb6 32. Nd8 Nb5 33. Nf7+ Rxf7 34. Nxb5 Rf8 35. g5 Qc6
36. Nc3 Qc8 37. Nd5 Qxh3 38. Ka2 Bxe5 39. fxe5 Rxf1

White to move
Solution:

40. Nf4!

( 40. Nf4 Rxf4? ( 40. ... Qc8 41. Bxf1 leaves White with a
dominating position. ) 41. Rd8+ Kg7 42. Rg8# )

1-0
Solak, D. - Zhigalko, S.
Warsaw POL 2013.11.11 , B96

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8.

Bh4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5
exd5 14. e6 Bxe6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be2 Be7 17. Bh5+ Kd8 18. Bxe7+
Qxe7 19. O-O Nd7 20. Rf7 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Rf8 22. Rxg7 Rc8 23. Qxh6 Qb4
24. Qc1 Qc3 25. Qg5+ Kc7 26. Bf7 Qc6 27. Qe7 Kb8 28. Bxe6 Qb6 29.
Rd1 Rce8 30. Qxd7 Rxe6 31. Qxd5 Re2

White to move
Solution:

32. Rxb7+! Qxb7 33. Qd6+ Ka7 34. Qc5+ Qb6

35. Rd7+ 1-0

December
After the third place in Warsaw and many years of drought, the Russian team
led by Kramnik finally won a major team competition - World Team
Championship in Turkey. After a slow start in the first 3 rounds, they won the
remaining 6 matches and took the gold ahead of China and the Ukraine.

Lalith, B. - Papin, V.
Hyderabad IND 2013.12.01 , E38

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3 Na6 7. Bd2

Nxc5 8. g3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Nce4 10. Bg2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. O-O b6 13.
Nd4 Bb7 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Nd6 Qc6 17. Rfd1 Ne8 18. Qb4
a5 19. Qb5 Nc7 20. Qe5 a4 21. e4 f6 22. Qc3 Ne8 23. Nb5 Nc7 24. Qd3
Rfd8 25. Rac1 h6 26. Rc3 Ra5 27. Nd4 Qc5 28. b4 Qxb4 29. Nc6 dxc6 30.
Qxd8+ Kh7 31. Rf3 Na6

White to move
Solution:

32. Rxf6! Qxc4

( 32. ... gxf6 33. Rd7+ Kg6 34. Qg8+ Kh5 35. Qe8+ Kg4

36. Kg2! Nc5 37. Qg6# )

33. Rf8 Qxe4 34. Qe8 1-0

Appendum
Symbols and Abbreviations Used in the
Book

Position Evaluation

∞ – Unclear: It is unclear who (if anyone) has an advantage.

= – Even position: White and Black have more or less equal chances.
+= – White has slightly better chances.
+/− – White has much better chances.
+− – White has a clear advantage.
=+ – Black has slightly better chances.
−/+ – Black has much better chances.
−+ – Black has a clear advantage.

Move Evaluation

?? - Blunder
? - Mistake
?! - Dubious move
!? - Interesting move
! - Good move
‼ - Brilliant move
 Table of Contents
CopyRight Information
About the Author
Introduction
January
Aronian, L. - Anand, V.
Harikrishna, P. - Van Wely, L.
Karjakin, Sergey - Van Wely, L.
Tiviakov, S. - Van Kampen, R.
Shirov, A. - Al Sayed, Mohamad
February
Rakhmanov, Ale - Kovalev, Vl
Goganov, A. - Sandipan, C.
Gabrielian, A. - Ganguly, S.
Efimenko, Z. - Vorobiov, E.
Maletin, P. - Vidit, S.
Tregubov, P. - Sasikiran, K.
Mamedov, Rau - Svetushkin, D.
Karjakin, Sergey - Frolyanov, D.
Nepomniachtchi, I. - Karpov, Ana
March
Naiditsch, A. - Svetushkin, D.
Istratescu, A. - Vachier Lagrave, M.
Berkes, F. - Yemelin, V.
Kovacevic, A. - Perunovic, Mil
Radjabov, T. - Gelfand, B.
Burmakin, V. - Granda Zuniga, J.
Gunina, V. - Ju Wenjun
Pelletier, Y. - Naiditsch, A.
Kramnik, V. - Radjabov, T.
April
Ulibin, M. - Hillarp Persson, T.
Piorun, K. - Khenkin, I.
Timofeev, Arty - Bukavshin, I.
 Danin, A. - Castellanos Rodriguez, R.
May
Esen, B. - Postny, E.
Finegold, B. - Shabalov, A.
Shchekachev, A. - Dobrov, V.
Kravtsiv, M. - Zhigalko, S.
Svetushkin, D. - Dragun, K.
June
Jakovenko, D. - Ponkratov, P.
Caruana, F. - Karjakin, Sergey
Tadic, Br - Indjic, A.
Lysyj, I. - Prizant, Ja
Iordachescu, V. - Williams, Si1
Akopian, Vl - Kamsky, G.
Mamedyarov, S. - Vitiugov, N.
Khismatullin, D. - Moiseenko, A1.
Smirin, I. - Rublevsky, S.
Andreikin, D. - Safarli, E.
Le Quang Liem - Movsesian, S.
Swiercz, D. - Meier, Geo
Nepomniachtchi, I. - Shomoev, A.
Mamedyarov, S. - Bacrot, E.
July
Meier, Geo - Kramnik, V.
Yilmaz, M. - Swiercz, D.
Svetushkin, D. - David, Alb
Bartel, Mat - Ganguly, S.
August
Durarbayli, V. - Korobov, A.
Vachier Lagrave, M. - Moiseenko, A1.
Andreikin, D. - Kramnik, V.
Naiditsch, A. - Khenkin, I.
Landa, K. - Ikonnikov, Vy
Korobov, A. - Durarbayli, V.
September
Indjic, A. - Georgiev, Ki
Najer, E. - Eliseev, U.
 Manolache, M. - Vajda, Le
Nepomniachtchi, I. - Malakhov, V.
Jumabayev, R. - Smirin, I.
Naiditsch, A. - Stevic, H.
Bruzon Batista, L. - Castellanos Rodriguez, R.
Belous, V. - Demidov, M.
October
Bacrot, E. - Karpov, Ana
Khismatullin, D. - Al Modiahki, M.
Bacrot, E. - Giri, A.
Fedorchuk, S. - Cvitan, O.
Fedorchuk, S. - Greenfeld, A.
Zhigalko, S. - Laznicka, V.
Sjugirov, S. - Dreev, A.
Koneru, H. - Gunina, V.
Karpov, Ana - Pelletier, Y.
November
Godena, M. - Morozevich, A.
Zherebukh, Y. - Chirila, I.
Greenfeld, A. - Popov, Iv RUS
Swiercz, D. - Khenkin, I.
Aronian, L. - Djukic, Ni
Matlakov, M. - Ftacnik, L.
Solak, D. - Zhigalko, S.
December
Lalith, B. - Papin, V.
Appendum
Symbols and Abbreviations Used in the Book