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Does this mean that current theory frowns upon 7. e5 (instead of 0-0)? I’ve always played 7. e5 (7… Nxe5 8. NxN Bxe5 9. Bxf7ch KxB 10. Qd5ch).

Well, the following game shows that the compensation for the pawn is most likely not sufficient in this line:

Topalovic,Z (2355) – Cebalo,M (2570) [B21]
Ptuj Ptuj (8), 1995

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.e5 Nxe5
8.Nxe5 Bxe5 9.Bxf7+ Kxf7 10.Qd5+ Kg7 11.Qxe5+ Nf6 12.0-0 d6 13.Qg5 Rf8
14.h3 Bd7 15.Re1 Rf7 16.Be3 Bc6 17.Rad1 Qd7 18.Ne2 Ne4 19.Qh4 e5
20.Nd4 exd4 21.Bh6+ Kg8 22.Rxe4 Bxe4 23.Qxe4 Qf5 24.Qxd4 Qf6 25.Qd2
Re8 26.Be3 a6 27.Bd4 Qf4 28.Qc3 d5 29.Qb3 Qf5 30.a4 h5 31.a5 Kh7
32.Bb6 Re5 33.Rd3 Re1+ 34.Kh2 Qf4+ 0-1

Topalovic-Cebalo.pgn

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Since Black can play Nh6 at any time, including at move 8, why not play it right away? Alternatively, why not block off the Bc4’s diagonal by playing 8… e6, which also has the benefit of reinforcing the f5-square?

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For sure Black can play 8. Nh6 right away. Whether this is better is rather questionable though because White has got other ideas than the pawn push f4 -f5.

I already gave an analysis line in my answer to Scott’s analysis, I’ll repeat it here for you:

[Event "Analysis"]
[Date "2006.02.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dc Gentle"]
[Black "Dc Gentle"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7
7. O-O d6 8. Ng5 Nh6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. h3 O-O 11. Qd2 Kh8 12. a3 Ne5
13. Bd5 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rac1 e6 16. Ba2 Nc4 17. Bf4 b5 18.
Rfd1 e5 19. Bg3 f5 20. a4 a6 21. b3 Na5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qd2 Qb6
24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Nf7 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27. b4 Nc4 28. Rd5 Nb2
29. Rc2 Na4 30. Rdd2 Rff8 31. Rxd7 f4 32. Bh4 Nxc3 33. Be7 Nxa2
34. Bxf8 Rxc2 35. Bxg7+ Kg8 36. Bxe5 Nxb4 37. Bxf4 Na6 38. Ra7
Nc5 39. Bh6 Ne6 40. Rb7 Rc5 41. Kh2 Rc2 42. Kg3 Rc5 43. f3 Rh5
44. Be3 Nc5 45. Rb8+ Kf7 46. Kh2 Nd7 47. Rb7 Ke8 48. g4 Re5 49.
Kg3 Kd8 50. Bd4 Re6 51. Rxb5 {and Black could have resigned earlier}
1-0

Analysis-DCGentle.pgn

As you see the black knight and black bishop on the kingside are rather useless during the whole game which is the reason Black loses. 8. Ng5 paralyzes the black game.

I also answered the question why Black may try 8… Ne5.
By attacking the bishop c4 by 8… Ne5 Black wins time to develop his bishop and provokes 10. f4 which is not the best option for White under all circumstances as you noticed yourself already, In the earlier game with 8… Ne5 Black could have tried 13… Na5 followed by 14. Be2 in order to prevent the pawn push f5.

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On this simul game I have even less info than Paul’s
methodical dismemberment of Bent Larsen.

I will take some guesses here -
since John Watson hosted Larsen in 1974, Denver visit,
and since 1 b3 became Larsen’s opening in 1971-2
and since Paul quickly became too strong to play in simuls
I will make a rough guess of 1974, Paul being an 18 year old
1800 again.

[Event "simul"]
[Site "Denver, Colo"]
[Date "1973.07.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Future IM John Watson"]
[Black "Young punk Paul Nikitovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "1809"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack: modern variation"]
[ECO "A01"]
[NIC "VO.08"]
[Time "04:30:04"]
[TimeControl "none"]

Denver simul
1974?
White – John Watson 2400
Black – Paul Nikitovich 1809

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. e3 Nf6 6. Ne2 O-O 7. O-O TN Watson

Theoretical Novelty by John Watson and the best move -
later John followed this up with 30,000 more TNs.

7 … c6! 8. d4 e4! 9. Nf4 Qe8

It’s hard to explain but Paul attacks from “weird angles” -
he sneaks up on you.

10. c4! g5 11. Nh3 Ng4

11 … h6! is best but Paul is eager to start a Fishing Pole
attack before LM Jack Young identified Fishing Pole attacks.

12. Nc3! Qg6

Once again Paul goes his own way instead of 12 … h6! – Fritz 8

13. d5 Nd7
Fritz prefers an immediate 13 … Ne5 but naturally
Paul wants to utilize his dead Queenside pieces.

14. Ne2 c5!!!
Eliminating any Watson counterplay,
good tactical and positional understanding
by the angelic looking boy with long, brown hair.

15. Qd2 Qh5
15 … Nge5!! or … Nde5!! are good but Paul wants to prepare a knockout punch.

16. a3?
Wildly optimistic

16 … Nde5!!!
Watson’s in big trouble.

17. Bxe5 Nxe5!! 18. Kh1 Nf3
Paul had an exclam here in his kiddie scoresheet but 18 … f4!! 19 pawn takes pawn Nf3!! just wins a piece.

19. Bxf3?
19 Qc2 was better but bad.

19 … exf3
19 … Q:f3+!!! 20 Kg1 f4!!! is a killer

20. Neg1 f4!! 21. gxf4 Qg4!!!!!
Way to butch the hook, Paul. Mate in 3.

John Watson resigns. 0-1
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Watson-Nikitovich.pgn

[Event "simul"]
[Site "Denver, Colo"]
[Date "1973.07.18"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Future IM John Watson"]
[Black "Young punk Paul Nikitovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "1809"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack: modern variation"]
[ECO "A01"]
[NIC "VO.08"]
[Time "04:30:04"]
[TimeControl "none"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. e3 Nf6 6. Ne2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. d4
e4 9. Nf4 Qe8 10. c4 g5 11. Nh3 Ng4 12. Nc3 Qg6 13. d5 Nd7 14. Ne2 c5 15.
Qd2 Qh5 16. a3 Nde5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Kh1 Nf3 19. Bxf3 exf3 20. Neg1 f4 21.
gxf4 Qg4

0-1

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One of the many types of openings, which has gained much popularity and as such played in tournaments by grandmasters, is the French Defense.

The opening has its own relative merits and demerits and the amount of variation and challenges it poses to the players is fascinating.  The challenge in French variation, especially for the black pieces, is the light-squared bishop or the bishop on the queenside.

The initial moves of black in French variation, viz., e6 and d5, literally block the development of the light-squared bishop, and, if not taken care of in the initial stages by way of a sacrifice as part of development, then black is literally handicapped and, if effectively exploited by White, might lead to a loss.

This is one of the reasons for the light squared bishop to be called as bad French Bishop.  This does not deter many exponents of the French Defense variation to play this opening and, as such, the opening has its pride of place in the list of various openings.

Application of effective tactics might help turn the bad French bishop or the light-squared black bishop into a very effective piece and aid in the prospective development and attack of the opponent’s King, especially in the middle game stage.

One of the games played in Bundesliga tournament between two grandmasters is an excellent example for the effective use of bad French bishop, which, at the conclusion of the game, can be rightly referred to as the most healthy and effective piece in the game.  Only thing that needs to be done is to switch the queenside bishop or the light-squared black bishop to the kingside.

Let us analyze this fascinating game, and, at the end, we can conclude with confidence that bad French bishop need not always be bad and can gain its rightful place in black’s armory.

The position of the board after the 15^th move by White is given below:

(Black to move)

Black’s light-squared bishop is presently at d7. The pawn at e6 and the Knight at c5 are effectively blocking the movement of the light-squared bishop, and as such, the bishop is passively supporting the c5 and e6 squares. Another cursory look indicates that the diagonal e8-h5 is open and can be exploited and black exactly did that one.

15. …… Be8

16. Bb5 Bh5   Bad French bishop has been moved to kingside

17. Bxc6 bxc6
18. Qd3 Nd7
19. Ng5 ……   White succeeded in breaking away the pin on f3 and now threatens h7 square

19. ….. Bg6   The light-squared bishop, which is now free from the shackles, is used effectively to thwart the threat

20. Qe3 e5
21. dxe5 Qxe5
22. Qd2 d4
23. Ne2 h6
24. f4 Qd5
25. Nf3 c5
26. Qa5 Be4

The position after 26 moves is given below:

(White to move)

A cursory look at the position reveals that the light-squared bishop of black is no more a bad French bishop and is playing an active part in the game, occupying the e4 square in the a8-h1 diagonal.

The game proceeded further as follows with decisive victory for the black.

27. Nd2 Bd3
28. Rf2 Rae8
29. Re1 Rf7
30. Nf1 Rfe7
31. Qd2 c4
32. 0-1

The black emerged winner convincingly, thanks to the support of the light-squared bishop. This is a good example for transforming the bad French bishop to an active piece in the kingside.

One more important fact that emerges out of this example and in general for players opting to play the French variation is that the light squared bishop should get top priority and should not be allowed to remain inactive.

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For quite some time I have been analyzing the Fianchetto variant of the Morra gambit, because current theory offers no satisfying method for White.

But now I guess I found something, look at this sample analysis line:

[Event "Analysis"]
[Date "2006.07.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dc Gentle"]
[Black "Dc Gentle"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7
7. O-O d6 8. Ng5 Ne5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Bc4 Nh6 12. Be3
O-O 13. h3 a6 14. f5 gxf5 15. Qh5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17. Kh1 Bg7
18. exf5 Rc8 19. Bd5 b5 20. Rad1 b4 21. Nce4 Bb5 22. Rf4 Bc4 23.
Nxh7 Bxd5 24. f6 Bxe4 25. fxg7 Bxh7 26. Qxh6 f6 27. Rh4 Bf5 28.
Rf1 Re8 29. Rxf5 Kf7 30. Qh5+ Ke6 31. Re4+ Kd7 32. Qf7 Rc1+ 33.
Kh2 Rg8 34. Rxf6 a5 35. Rxd6+ Kxd6 36. Rd4+ Kc6 37. Rxd8 1-0

The early knight sortie to g5 (8. Ng5) together with the bishop on c4 exerts enough pressure on f7 in order to paralyze the black game.

For a better understanding you might try to answer the questions:

a) Why doesn’t Black try to save the bishop, for example by
27… Bc2 ?
b) Why doesn’t Black take the pawn with 30… Kxg7 ?
c) Can Black prevent the fatal 14. f5 starting the White kingside attack?

Maybe I’ll answer these questions later.
Comments are welcome.

Have fun…

DCGentle-analysis.pgn
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As for the line you cite in the Smith-Morra Accepted vs Black’s fianchetto setup, in playing through the first few moves of the opening, I was struck by 8…Ne5?! as not being what I would have played “instinctively” to defend the attack on f7, because the Knight is not secure there and can be driven off by a subsequent f2-f4.

I would have preferred 8…Nh6 and after, say, 9.Be3 0-0, although this may simply transpose to a similar course as in the actual game after a few more moves.

My major observation is that Black could defend a bit better and should seek active counter play to “disturb” White’s intentions on the Kingside. The retort…b5!? on either move …14 or … 15 may very well thwart White’s attack. I include my analysis of the game as follows, which includes the answers to the questions you posed:

Dc Gentle – Dc Gentle
Analysis, 28.07.2006

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.0-0 d6 8.Ng5 Ne5 [8...Nh6 9.Be3 (9.h3 Bd7 10.Be3 Rc8) 9...0-0 10.h3]

9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.f4 Nc6 11.Bc4 Nh6 12.Be3 0-0 13.h3 a6

14.f5 gxf5 [14...b5 15.Bd5 Rc8 16.fxg6 hxg6 17.Nf3 b4 18.Ne2 e6 19.Bc4 Nb8 20.Bb3 d5 21.exd5 Nf5=/+]

15.Qh5 Nd4?! [15...b5 16.Bd5 b4 17.Ne2 e6 18.Bxc6 Bxc6 19.exf5 exf5 20.Nd4 Bd7-/+ Black intends ...Qf6 and/or ...Re8]

16.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17.Kh1 Bg7 18.exf5 Rc8 19.Bd5 b5 20.Rad1 b4
21.Nce4 Bb5 22.Rf4 Bc4 23.Nxh7 Bxd5 24.f6 Bxe4 25.fxg7 Bxh7 26.Qxh6 f6

27.Rh4 Bf5 [27...Bc2 28.Rc1(White wants to simply capture,followed by gxf8+ and Qh7#) Bf5 29.gxf8Q+ Qxf8 30.Rxc8 Qxc8 (30...Bxc8 31.Qh7#) 31.Qh8+ Kf7 32.Rh7+!( a lovely deflection) Bxh7 33.Qxc8+-]

28.Rf1 Re8 29.Rxf5 Kf7

30.Qh5+ Ke6 [30...Kxg7 31.Rg5+ fxg5 (31...Kf8 32.Rg8+ Kxg8 33.Qg6+ Kf8 34.Rh8#) 32.Qxg5+ Kf7 33.Rf4+ Ke6 34.Qf5#]

31.Re4+ Kd7 32.Qf7 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 Rg8 34.Rxf6 a5 35.Rxd6+ Kxd6
36.Rd4+ Kc6 37.Rxd8 1-0

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Considering the Fianchetto line you wrote:

Well, generally I agree with your analysis (after 28. Rc1 White could even win a surplus rook) but I don’t think that 14… b5 can thwart 14. f5 and I don’t think that 15.. b5 is better either (16. Bb3 Sa5 17.exf5 Sxb3 18.axb3 +/-)

After the moves

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4
Bg7 7. O-O d6 8. Ng5 Ne5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Bc4
Nh6 12. Be3 O-O 13. h3 a6 14. f5 {and now}

14… b5 {would be countered by}
15. Bb3 Na5 16. Nd5 Nxb3
(16…Nc4 {blocking this bishop doesn’t help:}
17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Bb6 Qe8 19. f6 {+/-})

17. Qxb3 Rc8 18. Bb6
{Main reason: Not to attack the black queen but to clear e3 with a tempo.}

18…Qe8 19. Qe3 e6
20. f6 exd5 21. fxg7 Kxg7
22. Bd4+ f6
23. Qf4 Kg8
{24. Qxd6 would be not so good.}
24. Bxf6
{threatening a devastating 25. Qh4.}
24…Nf5
{forced.}
25. exf5 Rxf6 26. Qh4 h5 27. Nh7 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Rxf5
29. Nf6+ Rxf6 30. Qxf6
{winning.}

A good way to avoid 14. f4 would be 13… Na5 followed by 14. Be2 and the pawn push f5 is not on the schedule anymore. This shows that 13… a6 might be not so accurate, which brings us back to the start of the game. Why does Black play 8. Ng5 just delaying the more natural looking 8. Nh6? Well, two things:

First, bishop c4 is attacked and has to react which gains time to develop the black bishop to d7.

Second, on the one hand the provoked 10. f4 looks dangerous for Black but is also weakening the white kingside (For example by Qb6 Black has the chance to attack b2 with a check afterwards.) Furthermore Black has chances to prevent f5.

By the way, the idea of 14. f4 is not the only one at White’s disposal if Black chooses the fianchetto variant.

Look what could happen if Black plays 8. Nh6:

DCGentle-re-analysis.pgn

[Event "Analysis"]
[Date "2006.02.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dc Gentle"]
[Black "Dc Gentle"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7
7. O-O d6 8. Ng5 Nh6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. h3 O-O 11. Qd2 Kh8 12. a3 Ne5
13. Bd5 Rc8 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rac1 e6 16. Ba2 Nc4 17. Bf4 b5 18.
Rfd1 e5 19. Bg3 f5 20. a4 a6 21. b3 Na5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qd2 Qb6
24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Nf7 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27. b4 Nc4 28. Rd5 Nb2
29. Rc2 Na4 30. Rdd2 Rff8 31. Rxd7 f4 32. Bh4 Nxc3 33. Be7 Nxa2
34. Bxf8 Rxc2 35. Bxg7+ Kg8 36. Bxe5 Nxb4 37. Bxf4 Na6 38. Ra7
Nc5 39. Bh6 Ne6 40. Rb7 Rc5 41. Kh2 Rc2 42. Kg3 Rc5 43. f3 Rh5
44. Be3 Nc5 45. Rb8+ Kf7 46. Kh2 Nd7 47. Rb7 Ke8 48. g4 Re5 49.
Kg3 Kd8 50. Bd4 Re6 51. Rxb5 {and Black could have resigned earlier}
1-0

As you can see the character of this line is more positional where Black gets more and more contained and has to resign finally. Black’s kingside bishop and knight haven’t got any influence on the game before they are eliminated in the end. This is the real reason why 8. Ng5 is so strong.

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1.d4 Nc6 2.d5 Ne5 3.e4 e6 4.f4 exd5!!

Full Metal Jacket Opening invented by Brian Wall in Josh Bloomer’s basement.

5.fxe5 Qh4+ 6.Ke2 Qxe4+ 7.Be3 Bc5 8.Qd3 Qxe5 9.Nf3 Qxe3+ 10.Qxe3+ Bxe3 11.Kxe3 d6

Notice in the Full Metal Jacket
(movie by Stanley Kubrick)

I have all 8 pawns (bullets) left

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Mongolian Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg took clear first in the 2009 Colorado Closed, the Incredible Tyler Hughes took clear second.
This is their story. Tyler told me he tried to Full Metal Jacket the Grandmaster, meaning a giant pawn wave. At the end Tyler was surviving mostly on his 5 second delay.

Hughes,T (2272) – Sharavdorj (GM),D (2470) [A50]
Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (1), 27.03.2009
2009 Colorado Closed
Round 1 Friday Night
March 27, 2009
40/2, Game/1 hour
5 second delay
Tivoli Center,
Denver, Colorado

White – The Incredible Tyler Hughes
Black – Grandmaster Sharavdorj Dashzeveg

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5
Tyler said he had good results with this in blitz.

5 … h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6 9.Be2 Nd7 10.Qc2 Qe7
Played 10 times by GMs Radjabov (twice), Bologan, Socko et. al.

11.Nb5!! TN Hughes
Theoretical Novelty b7 Tyler Hughes.
Sharavdorj looked concerned.

11 0-0-0 played twice
11 Qb3 never played
11 c5 played once
11 Nd2 played 7 times
11 Qa4 never played
11 Rc1 never played
11 Ne4 never played
11 Bd3 Bd3 was played on move 9 by Moiseenko so he gets to also play 11 0-0-0 here
11 Rd1 played once

11 … Qd8!?
Very risky and provocative. SD can stop the potential sacs with
11 … N:g3 12 hg Qd8 but maybe he was trying to start a fight.
11 … Ndf6 is also possible.

12.c5
Tyler can simply play 12 0-0-0!! with a good lead in development. I would have played 12 B:d6!! cd 13 N:d6+!! Kf8 14 0-0 in a New York minute with a Full Metal Jacket, two pawns for a piece, a safer King and many ways to strengthen my attack.

After 12 B:d6!! cd 13 N:d6+!! Ke7 14 c5!!
The Mongolian’s King can be assailed in various ways. I can’t wait to crush Radjabov with this the next time he dares to play me in blitz.
Tyler manages to get an even better position after another GM mistake.

12 … a6!?
Must have been a pyromaniac like me as a kid, the GM is really playing with fire. Perhaps he is provoking an imbalance for winning chances.

The Grandmaster avoided … N:g3! twice on moves 11 and 12, maybe he didn’t like trading against a lower rated player, maybe he doesn’t believe in murky sacrifices, maybe he didn’t want to open up the h-file before Tyler 0-0ed.

13.Nxc7+!! Qxc7!! 14.Bxd6!!
Tyler ends up with a Bishop on d6 instead of a Knight. I bet Dashzeveg wishes he had traded that bishop off now.

14 … Qd8
Fritz 9 likes the more active 14 … Qc6 better but to any human that just begs for 0-0, b4, a4, b5 losing time

15.Nd2!! Nhf6! 16.e4
To establish a central baseball diamond with e5. It might be better and more flexible to just relax and 16 0-0

16 … Bf8 17.Nc4!! Bxd6 18.Nxd6+!!
Fishing Jacket, Bishing Jacket, Fishing Jacket, it’s all good.

18 … Kf8
To hide at g7

19.0-0!!!
It’s getting embarrassing, will Tyler knock out the GM in Round 1?

19 0-0-0!!, h4!!, b4!!, e5!! et. al. are all great options. It’s hard to know what good move to play first.

19 … Ne8! 20.Nc4!!
Avoid enemy trades in cramped positions although Watson attacks this as another myth in Secrets Of Modern Chess Strategy. I hate to retreat so I would have settled for the pawn wedge from hell with
20 e5 N:d6 21 cd followed by f4.

Taking on e8 or c8 are pretty strong too. The GM has a Bloomer position, meaning Josh likes his opponents to relax on comfy couches on the first two ranks while he does all the work. Tyler has a Brian position with a Full Metal Jacket (all 8 pawns) pawn wave about to flower.

20 … Qc7 21.b4!!!
How do you even pick a move in a position this good? I like to advance my pawns together like an army – Hold the line. Sherlock Holmes could deduce that Tyler’s middle name is Brian from this move alone.

21 … b6! 22.Qb2
Tyler’s idea is to sneak in d5 hitting the h8-rook and also to get off the c-file for his rook.

My idea is I want to shave wood between my rook and his King while I control the center so I like some combination of f4 and e5. Fritzy’s idea is to keep Tyler’s Queen super-active with Qc3.

Another idea is to play 22 Rac1 first and then see where you want to go with your Queen later.

22 … Rg8!
Catching Tyler’s sneaky 23 d5 plan

23.Rac1!!
Place the Rook against the King or Queen, no many how many pieces intervene. – GM Suba

23 … bxc5!
Sharavdorj breaks up Tyler’s Full Metal Jacket, only 7 pawns left.

24.bxc5
Both recaptures are strong. The idea of 24 dc is e5 followed by Nd6.
The idea of 24 bc is maybe e5 and Nd6 or maybe Rfd1, d5-d6. I like keeping my pawns in one bunch of bananas but now with an open b-file 22 Qb2 is exposed as a mistake.

24 … Rb8
Thanx for the free tempo, I needed that.

25.Qa3!! Kg7! 26.Ne3!!
Which pawn will Tyler push, c,d,e or the Aigner?

26 … Ndf6!
Josh doesn’t normally allow his opponents to cross beyond the second rank. He rapidly punishes such anomalies. The Asian mastermind is trying to slow down Tyler’s central steamroller by attacking the e-pawn. How will Tyler react?

27.Bf3!!
It takes a while for Fritz 9 to fully accept Tyler’s genius but he comes around like everyone else. 27 f3! is a solid gold option to set up Rfd1 and d5. 27 e5! looks like fun too.

27 … Kh8!
The Grandmaster finally has his King safe but Tyler still has his street sweepers heading downtown.

28.e5
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Fritz is patient – 28 g3!! g4 29 Bg2 plan – Rfd1, d5
no hurry, what can Black do?

Another cute idea is 28 h3! h5 29 e5 g4 30 hg hg 31 B:g4 N:g4 32 N:g4 R:g4? 33 Qh3+
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28 … g4!!
Checkmates tells you: I was impressed with his 28…g4!! move, he quickly realized that 28…Nd7 29.Ng4 was bad
28 … Nd7 29 Ng4, c6, Rfe1, Rfd1, Bh5, Nc4 are all good.
28 … Nh7 29 Rfe1, h3, Qd3, Rfd1 are the strongest of the many.

29.Be2!! Ne4 29 … Nd5! is a sturdier outpost

30.Nxg4!
Tyler wins by moving slowly and conscientiously. The Grandmaster makes sharp, snappy decisions pausing at critical moments to see if his house is in order.

Tyler has three pawns for a knight but his pawn wave looks a little stymied for the moment.

30 … f5! 30 … Rg6 31 Qe3 30 … Ng5 31 f4 30 … Bb7 31 f3

31.exf6 31 N:h6!! splat Rg6 32 Ng4!! fg 33 Bd3!! N8f6 34 c6!! or Rfe1! work out for Tyler but pretty messy scary stuff against a GM. After 31 N:h6!! Rg6 32 Ng4!! Qd8 33 c6!!, Ne3!!, Qd3!, Qh3+! are all good. 31 N:h6!! Rg6 32 Ng4!! Bb7 33 Ne3!!, f3! or c6! are good. 31 f3 instead of N:h6 or ef is also sweet pumpkin pie.

31 … N8xf6!!

32.Ne5!! 32 f3 is also winning. The GM’s pawns are isolated and weak but Tyler’s are not advancing for the moment.

32 … Qg7!

33.g3! Nd7

34.Nxd7 34 c6!! N:e5 35 fe Q:e5? 36 Qe3! wins

34 … Bxd7!

35.c6! 35 Qe3!! Nf6 36 B:a6! with 4 pawns for a knight.

35 … Bc8!

36.Qe3 36 Rc2, c7, Rfd1 keep a smidgin’ of advantage left

36 … Nf6 36 … Nd6!

37.Bf3?
Still some chances aftr 37 Qe5!!, Bc4!, Rfe1! and others.

37 … Rb5!

38.Rb1 Rf5!
The Mongolian has fully coordinated every piece and stands about even now, maybe slightly better.

39.Rb8 39 Bg2 is fine.

39 … Qg5? 39 … Nd5!! is a good middlegame but Dashzeveg thrives in the endgame.

40.Qxg5 hxg5!
First time control. Tyler has three pawns for a piece. Are they strong or weak?

41.Be2

41 Bg2!! is cozy but Tyler is targetting a6

41 … Rd5!! 3D Attacking d4

42.f4 g4

43.f5 43 Rb4, Rc1, Ra8, Rd1 should be Ok for Tyler. Every pawn trade gets Tyler closer to a draw. The GM said he missed 43 f5.

43 … Kg7 43 f5 ef? 4 Bc4 wins a exchange
43 f5 R:f5? 44 R:f5 ef 45 Bc4 Re8 46 Bf7 also wins an exchange.
43 f5 R:d4! 44 fe Kg7 transposes to the game, about equal

44.fxe6!
The GM is running out of pawns.

44 … Rxd4 45.c7
The position is tricky if Tyler can get a rook to d7 or d8. After all this endless complexity either side can win.

45 … Rd6!!

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Philipp Ponomarev had beaten me and we were analyzing Tyler’s game in another room with his doctor father Mikhail, 82 years old.
45 … Rd6!! 46 Rf4 is roughly equal, trying to eliminate g4.

I was proud of finding 45 c7 Nd5 46 Rf7+ Kh6 47 Rd7!! (47 e7!!)
We were starting to get excited about Tyler’s possibilities.

45 … B:e6?? 46 R:f6!!
Game Over
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46.e7 Re8
We didn’t like this move, Philipp found 46 e7 Rc6!! 45 B:g4 R:c7 ending all the tricks.
46 e7 Re8 47 Rf4 or R:f6 are about equal but Tyler missed a chance to disturb the balance with 47 Bd1!! Be6 48 Re1! wins
47 Bd1!! Rg8 48 Ba4! or Bb3! win
47 Bd1!! Rh8 48 Ba4! wins
47 Bd1!! Re6 48 Ba4! wins
47 Bd1!! Nd5 we have a switchback with 48 B:g4!! wins
Sharavdorj can improve with 47 Bd1!! R:e7 48 R:c8 Rc6! and Tyler will be up one pawn with reduced material – looks tough to win to me.
47 Bd1!! Re4 48 Rb6 R8:e7 49 Rf:f6 Re1+ 50 Kg2 R1e2+ 51 Rf2 R:f2+ 52 K:f2 R:c7 again with Tyler one very hard to convert pawn up 47 Bd1!! Rd7 48 Ba4 R:c7 49 B:e8 N:e8 followed by 50 .. Bd7 looks tough to call
47 Bd1!! Rc6 48 B:e8 or R:f6 gives Tyler the better of a possible draw again.

It would have been the Grandmaster sweating after 47 Bd1!!. The move reminds me of the ending two bishops versus a knight. No human could make sense of it. Finally a computer figured out the winning idea, place your bishops on d1 and e1 and then see which way the knight goes.

47.Rxf6! Kxf6!
Tyler should draw after 47 … R:f6 48 R:c8 R:c8 49 B:g4 Rook to (a, g or h)8 50 c8(Q) R:c8 51 B:c8 Ke7 and two connected pawns and a bishop should hold against a rook. Watch out for
47 … R:f6 48 R:c8 R:c8 49 B:g4 Re8??? 50 Bd7!! is amusing as one bishop humiliates two rooks. 47 … R:f6 48 B:g4 R:e7 49 R:c8 Rc6 and again two connected passed pawns and a bishop should hold up against a rook.

48.Bxg4!! Re6!!
Now the problem is how is Tyler supposed to get rid of that stupid wrong colored rook pawn? It’s sick to lose to such a pawn but as long as Dashzeveg keeps a rook on the board it’s a definite winning possibility. I saw GM Woitkiewicz do something similar, he had Rook and Knight versus Rook and four pawns.

He ate all the pawns then won the Rook and Knight versus Rook ending. Tyler’s clock ran down to 2 seconds plus 5 second delay and we all watched helplessly as the GM slowly picked off all of Tyler’s pawns and came in for the kill with Rook, opposite colored rook pawn and bishop against rook.

It was tough to watch.

49.Bxe6 Kxe6! 50.Rb2 Kxe7 One pawn down, 4 to go.

51.Kf2 Kd6 52.Rc2 Bd7 53.Rc3! a5 54.a3 Bc6! 55.g4! Kxc7!
Two pawns down, three to go

56.h4 Kd6 57.Rd3+ Ke5! 58.Rc3 Bd5 59.Rc5 Rf8+!

60.Ke2 a4! 61.Ra5! Rf4! 62.Kd2??
Missing his last chance to draw with 62 h5!! R:g4 63 h6!! Rh4 64 h7!! R:h7 65 R:a4! removing the last pawn with a theoretical draw but I doubt Tyler could hold Rook + 2 seconds plus a five second delay versus Rook and Bishop and Grandmaster.

Kamsky lost that ending this morning against Akobian at Nalchik. I lose all those endings – I lost Rook versus Rook and Knight against IM Dionisio Aldama in Florida 2008.

I think I lost Rook versus Rook and Knight versus Dr. Mikhail Ponomarev in a Colorado Closed.

I lost Knight versus Rook against Philipp Ponomarev and Robert Ramirez. I think some guy was drawing Tyler with Bishop versus Tyler’s rook as I was losing to Robert Ramirez in Boulder with Knight versus Rook.

All those endings are bad memories for me except teaching Jolina Rice how to draw with Knight versus Rook.

I saw 62 h5! from the sidelines and got excited but could say nothing. I thought it was clever how the a5-rook paralyzed all of the Grandmaster’s pieces. With a little move time Tyler would have seen that in a flash.

In Round 4 I put my rook on a5 to draw Mulyar.

62 … Rxg4 63.h5 Rh4 64.Kc3 Kd6!65.Ra6+ Bc6! 66.Ra5! Rh3+!

67.Kb2 Rb3+! 68.Ka2 Bd5! 69.Ka1! Rxa3+!
Three pawns down, one to go

70.Kb2! Rb3+! 71.Kc2! Rh3 72.Kb2 Bc6

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Tyler resigned as his flag and position were falling about 10 moves later. I don’t have all the moves but I remember Sharavdorj’s King swooped in for the kill on the Queenside, pushing Tyler’s King back. Tyler said … Bb3 was the final winning move.

The peak age for a Chessplayer is said to be 35 years old. Tyler is 18. I am sure he will beat many GMs in the future, maybe even starting May 7th at the U.S. Closed.

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hughes-sharavdorj.pgn

Hughes,T (2272) – Sharavdorj (GM),D (2470) [A50]
Colorado Closed 2009 Denver, CO (1), 27.03.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6 9.Be2 Nd7

10.Qc2 Qe7 11.Nb5 Qd8 12.c5 a6 13.Nxc7+ Qxc7 14.Bxd6 Qd8 15.Nd2 Nhf6 16.e4 Bf8

17.Nc4 Bxd6 18.Nxd6+ Kf8 19.O-O Ne8 20.Nc4 Qc7 21.b4 b6 22.Qb2 Rg8 23.Rac1 bxc5

24.bxc5 Rb8 25.Qa3 Kg7 26.Ne3 Ndf6 27.Bf3 Kh8 28.e5 g4 29.Be2 Ne4 30.Nxg4 f5

31.exf6 N8xf6 32.Ne5 Qg7 33.g3 Nd7 34.Nxd7 Bxd7 35.c6 Bc8 36.Qe3 Nf6 37. Bf3 Rb5

38.Rb1 Rf5 39.Rb8 Qg5 40.Qxg5 hxg5 41.Be2 Rd5 42.f4 g4 43.f5 Kg7 44.fxe6 Rxd4

45.c7 Rd6 46.e7 Re8 47.Rxf6 Kxf6 48.Bxg4 Re6 49.Bxe6 Kxe6 50.Rb2 Kxe7 51.Kf2 Kd6

52.Rc2 Bd7 53.Rc3 a5 54.a3 Bc6 55.g4 Kxc7 56.h4 Kd6 57.Rd3+ Ke5
58.Rc3 Bd5 59.Rc5 Rf8+ 60.Ke2 a4 61.Ra5 Rf4 62.Kd2 Rxg4 63.h5 Rh4 64.Kc3 Kd6

65.Ra6+ Bc6 66.Ra5 Rh3+ 67.Kb2 Rb3+ 68.Ka2 Bd5 69.Ka1 Rxa3+ 70.Kb2 Rb3+ 71. Kc2

Rh3 72.Kb2 Bc6 0-1

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Full Metal jacket games that may have inspired Tyler Hughes.

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Third Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket game

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "m"]
[Date "1966.01.08" ]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Petrosian"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Nbd2 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Qc7
12. Nf3 h6 13. b4 g5 14. Bg3 h5 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bf4 O-O-O
17. a4 c4 18. Be2 a6 19. Kh1 Rdg8 20. Rg1 Rg4 21. Qd2 Rhg8
22. a5 b5 23. Rad1 Bf8 24. Nh2 Nxe5 25. Nxg4 hxg4 26. e4 Bd6
27. Qe3 Nd7 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Rd4 e5 30. Rd2 f5 31. exd5 f4
32. Qe4 Nf6 33. Qf5+ Kb8 34. f3 Bc8 35. Qb1 g3 36. Re1 h3
37. Bf1 Rh8 38. gxh3 Bxh3 39. Kg1 Bxf1 40. Kxf1 e4 41. Qd1 Ng4
42. fxg4 f3 43. Rg2 fxg2+ 0-1

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Original Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket Variation game
[Event "Poor Richard's"]
[Site "Colorado Springs"]
[Date "2009.03.04" ]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fred Spell"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1484"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Berlin defense, 4.O-O, Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket"]
[ECO "C65"]
[NIC "RL.07"]
[Time "18:09:28"]
[TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Ng4 5. Re1 Bc5 6. Re2 Nd4
7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. h3 Nxf2 9. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 10. Kxf2 Qh4+ 11. Kg1 Qxe4
12. Nc3 Qd4+ 13. Kh1 c6 14. Ba4 O-O 15. Qf3 d5 16. d3 f5 17. Be3 Qb4
18. Bb3 Be6 19. Qf2 b6 20. Bd2 Qd6 21. Re1 Rae8 22. Ne2 c5 23. Ng3 f4
24. Nf1 b5 25. a3 g5 26. Qf3 Kg7 27. Qh5 h6 28. Qe2 Bf5 29. Kg1 a6
30. Kh1 Kh7 31. Bc3 d4 32. Bd2 e4 33. Qh5 e3 34. Bc1 c4 35. dxc4 bxc4
36. Ba4 Re7 37. Nh2 d3 38. cxd3 cxd3 39. Nf3 Qg6 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6
41. Kg1 Rd8 42. Bd2 Be4 43. Bc3 Bxf3 44. gxf3 d2 45. Bc2+ Kh5
0-1

Game available on my website in Chessbase click and move form
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Second Fishing Pole, Full Metal Jacket game
[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.03.05" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "Danielle"]
[Black "DocOcc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1374"]
[BlackElo "1368"]
[Opening "Trompowsky attack (Ruth, Opocensk=FD opening)"]
[ECO "A45"]
[NIC "QP.07"]
[Time "23:30:45"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 Be7 4. Bxf6 Bxf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5
7. c3 a6 8. Nbd2 b5 9. Qb1 g6 10. h4 h5 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Qxg6+ Bg7
13. Ng5 Rf6 14. Qh7+ Kf8 15. Qxh5 Qe8 16. Nh7+ Ke7 17. Qxe8+ Kxe8
18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. g4 cxd4 20. cxd4 Bb7 21. Rh2 Nc6 22. g5 Be7
23. f4 Kf7 24. h5 Nb4 25. Ke2 Bd6 26. Rg1 Nd5 27. g6+ Kf6 28. h6 Bxf4
29. h7 Bxh2 30. g7
{Black resigns} 1-0

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Bill Weihmiller shouldn’t feel bad about how he lost to me in March. I’ve used that Petrosian tricks hundreds of times.

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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.04.17" ]
[Round "-"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Allmeiddah" ]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2206"]
[Opening "King's Indian: S=E4misch variation"]
[ECO "E80"]
[NIC "KI.54"]
[Time "02:07:04"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 e5 6. d5 O-O 7. Nge2 h6
8. Be3 a5 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. h4 Ne8 11. g4 Nd7 12. Ng3 Nc5 13. h5 g5
14. Kf2 Bd7 15. Be2 Qe7 16. Rhb1 Rb8 17. b3 b6 18. a3 Nf6 19. b4 axb4
20. axb4 Nb7 21. Ra7 Qd8 22. Rba1 Qc8 23. R1a3 Ne8 24. Qa2 Bf6
25. Kg2 Ng7 26. Nh1 Bd8 27. Nf2 Be7 28. Nd3 Ne8 29. c5 bxc5
30. bxc5 Nxc5 31. Nxc5 dxc5 32. Qc4 Rb4 33. Qd3 Rd4 34. Qc2 Nf6
35. Na4 Nxg4 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. fxg4 Bxg4 38. e5+ Kh8 39. d6 cxd6
40. Rxe7 Qc6+ 41. Kg3 f5 42. Bxg4 dxe5 43. Bxf5 c4 44. Nb6 Qd6
45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Qxc4+ Rf7 47. Qxf7# {Black checkmated} 1-0

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The Ultimate Full Metal Jacket game, all 8 pawns on the board when Bill resigns on move 45.

[Event "Poor Richard's Wednesday"]
[Site "Colorado Springs, CO"]
[Date "2009.03.11" ]
[Round "2"]
[White "B-Wall"]
[Black "Bill Weihmiler"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2206"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[Opening "King's Indian: S=E4misch, 5...O-O"]
[ECO "E81"]
[NIC "KI.51"]
[Time "23:59:02"]
[TimeControl "Game/85 5 second delay"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qd2 e5 8. d5 c5 9. g4 h6 10. Be3 Kh7 11. Nge2 Ng8 12. Ng3 a6 13. h4 Qf6 14. Be2 Qd8 15.h5 g5 16. O-O f6 17. a3 Rf7 18. b4 b6 19. Rfb1 Rb7 20. Ra2 Raa7 21. Rb3 Ne7 22. Rab2 Nd7 23. Qc1 Qc7 24. Qb1 Kg8 25. Kg2 Kh7 26. Bd3 Kg8 27. Nh1 Kh8 28.Be2 Kg8 29. Nf2 Kh8 30. Nd3 Kg8 31. Na4 Kf7 32. Kf1 Bf8 33. Ke1 Ng8 34. Kd2 Be7 35. Nf2 Bf8 36. Bd3 Ne7 37. Ke2 Ng8 38. Bd2 Ne7 39. Nh1 Kg7 40. Nc3 Kf7 41. Ng3 Kg7 42. Nd1 Kf7 43. Ne3 Nb8 44. Be1 Bd7 45. bxc5
1-0

Game available on my website in Chessbase click and move form
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[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Labuckas,Aidas"]
[Black "Bologan,Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "E61"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5
8.Bg3 Nh5 9.Qc2 e6 10.Be2 Qe7 11.Nd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 c6 13.0-0-0 a6
14.Nb3 b6 15.Bf3 Bb7 16.Kb1 0-0-0 17.a4 Kb8 18.a5 f5 19.axb6 g4
20.Be2 c5 21.Na5 Nxb6 22.f3 Ba8 23.Qb3 Kc7 24.Qa3 gxf3 25.gxf3 Nd7
26.Nb3 Bb7 27.Na4 cxd4 28.exd4 Kb8 29.Na5 Rc8 30.Qb4 Rc7 31.Qxb7+ Rxb7 32.Nc6+ Kc7 33.Nxe7 Rb4 34.Nc3 Rhb8 35.Ned5+ exd5 36.Nxd5+ Kd8 37.Nxb4 Rxb4 38.Kc2 a5 39.Rh5 Nb6 40.Rxf5 Nxc4
41.Bxc4 Rxc4+ 42.Kb3 Rb4+ 43.Kc3 1-0

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[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dancevski,Orce"]
[Black "Socko,Bartosz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6
9.Be2 Qe7 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.Nd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 f5 13.Bh5+ Kf8 14.Be2 Nf6
15.0-0-0 Bd7 16.f4 Kg8 17.e4 fxe4 18.Ndxe4 gxf4 19.gxf4 Rf8 20.Rhf1 Bc6 21.Kb1 Qe8 22.g4 Nxe4 23.Nxe4 Ba4 24.b3 Bd7 25.g5 Qe7 26.Qd3 hxg5 27.fxg5 Rh4 28.Rxf8+ Kxf8 29.Qg3 Rh8 30.Nf6 Bxf6 31.gxf6 Qf7 32.Qg5 Be8 33.Bd3 Qg8 34.Qf4 Bg6 35.Kb2 Rh3 36.Bxg6 Qxg6 37.c5 Qh5 38.Rd2 Qh6 39.Qxh6+ Rxh6 40.cxd6 cxd6 41.Rc2 Rxf6 42.Rc8+ Kg7 43.Rd8 d5 44.Re8 Kg6 45.Re7 Kf5 46.Rxb7 Ke4 47.Rxa7 Kxd4 48.a4 e5 49.Re7 e4 50.a5 e3 51.b4 Rf2+
52.Kb3 e2 53.a6 Rf3+ 54.Kc2 Re3 55.Rxe3 Kxe3 56.a7 d4 57.a8=3DQ d3+
58.Kb3 e1=3DQ 59.Qa7+ Kd2 60.Qa2+ Ke3 61.Qa7+ Ke2 62.Qe7+ Kd1 63.Qc5 Qg3 64.Qh5+ Ke1 65.Qe8+ Kd2 66.b5 Qe1 67.Qg6 Qb1+ 68.Kc4 Qc2+ 69.Kd4 Qc3+ 70.Kd5 Kc1 71.Qg1+ Kc2 72.Qg6 Kb2
0-1

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[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev,Murtas"]
[Black "Radjabov,Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5
8.e3 e6 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Be2 Nd7 11.Nd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 c6 13.g4 a6 14.Nde4 d5
15.Ng3 Nf6 16.0-0-0 b5 17.c5 e5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Nd7 20.f3 exd4
21.exd4 Nf8 22.Rhe1 Ne6 23.Bf1 0-0-0 24.Kb1 Qd7 25.Ne2 Rde8 26.Qd3 Qc7
27.Rc1 Re7 28.Red1 Rhe8 29.Qd2 Nd8 30.Rc3 Ne6 31.Rd3 Nf4 32.Nxf4 gxf4
33.a4 Re3 34.axb5 axb5 35.Qc3 Bf6 36.Kc2 Qa7 37.Qa3 Qxa3 38.Rxa3 Rxa3
39.bxa3 Kc7 40.Bd3 Ra8 41.Rh1 Bg5 42.Re1 Kd8 43.Rd1 Rxa3 44.Kb2 b4 45.Bc2 Rc3 46.Rd2 Bf6 47.Bb3 Rxc5 48.Ka2 Rc3 49.Rd1 Ke7 50.Re1+ Re3 51.Rc1 Re2+ 0-1

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[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Moiseenko,Alexander"]
[Black "Radjabov,Teimour"]
[Result "1/2"]
[Eco "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5
7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6 9.Be2 Nd7 10.Qc2 Qe7 11.0-0-0 Ndf6
12.Kb1 Bd7 13.Nd2

1/2

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[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2007.05.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Moiseenko,Alexander"]
[Black "Amonatov,Farrukh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "E61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 Nh5 8.e3 e6
9.Bd3 Qe7 10.Qc2 Nd7 11.0-0-0 Ndf6 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.Nd2 Nxg3 14.hxg3 c5
15.dxc5 dxc5 16.Nde4 Bc6 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Be4 0-0 19.Rd2 Rfd8
20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Rd1 Rxd1+ 23.Nxd1 Qd8 24.g4 Qd7 25.f3 Qd6
26.Qe2 f5 27.Nf2 Qh2 28.Nd3 Bf8 29.a3 Qd6 30.Ka2 Bg7 31.Qc2 Kh8
32.Ka1 Kg8 33.Kb1 Kh8 34.Qe2 Kg8 35.Kc2 Kh8 36.f4 gxf4 37.exf4 Kh7
38.gxf5 exf5 39.Qe8 Qg6 40.Qxg6+ Kxg6 41.Nxc5 Kh5 42.Ne6 Bf6 43.b4 a6
44.a4 Kg4 45.c5 Be7 46.Kd3 Kg3 47.Nd4 Kxg2 48.Nxf5 h5 49.Nxe7 h4 50.Nf5 h3 51.Ne3+ Kf3 52.Nf1 Kf2 53.Nh2 Kg3 54.Ke2 Kxh2 55.Kf2 Kh1 56.a5 Kh2 57.f5 1-0

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