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Letter from the Editor

Much has happened since our last issue. The ‘colder’ months have proven to be chock full of action. Scott

Varagona capped off an excellent year in Alabama chess by winning the Dual Rated Championship. Ken

Goodman put up much resistance in the East Alabama Open but infiltrating Georgia residents decided the

tournament. The Dothan Open was a successful, drawing players from four states; the tournament podium

was split between Rex Blalock and Bryan Tillis. Lastly, and most significantly, we have a new World

Champion in Magnus Carlsen; may his reign bring new players to our great game.

Wanted: RESERVE SECTION GAMES!! At the Dothan Open this year to honor Clarence Kalenian

we had a best-games prize. In order to be eligible for the prize, players needed to turn in score sheets. We

had no less than twenty-three games turned in to my infinite satisfaction. I ask that tournament directors

ponder the implementation of a best game prize. For instance, offering a free entry to your next event for

the prizewinner. This could help with your attendance and make the Antics a better quality magazine (I

am more than willing to pay to have the games mailed to me to save you work). Reserve Section players,

you are killing me that I have not received one game from someone U1600 versus U1600 outside of my

home club; I see you playing games, what gives?

If you would like more coverage of your tournament in the future, please send me at least one game and

photos!

Chessfully,

Bryan Tillis

editor@alabamachess.com

Contents 2013 Dual-Rated Championship by Scott Varagona page 3-4

East Alabama Open by Ken Goodman page 5-6

World Chess Championship by Bryan Tillis page 6-7

Tribute to the Legend 4 by Bryan Tillis page 8-9

12th Annual Dothan Open by Bryan Tillis page 9-11

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“Refuting” the Benko Gambit:

My Best Game from the

2013 Dual-Rated Championship

by Scott Varagona

Photos: Courtesy of Doug Strout and http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2013/12/busy_chess_weekend_in_alabama.html

Scott Varagona (2217) - A.J. Goldsby (2200) Alabama Dual-Rated State Championship, Round 2 December 7, 2013 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.a4 Of all the opening variations in chess, I count this one among my very greatest friends. My knowledge of this sideline has earned me many critical victories in my chess career, including the final game that brought me my NM title. Basically, declining the gambit with 4.a4 helps derail the usual plans that booked-up Benko Gambiteers follow, and thus drives them out of their comfort zone. 4...b4

Black pushes ahead. The opening books I’ve checked have favored 4...b4 as a line that gives Black

equality, but I beg to differ. Black’s usual Benko theater of battle, the queenside, has now been closed, so White should more easily take the initiative in the center or kingside. In this game, I use a careful scheme of development with an eye to long-term kingside play, all while keeping Black’s pieces as cramped as possible.

As for alternatives for Black, the only reasonable one is 4...bxc4, keeping the queenside open. That variation has been the tabiya for a number of games Will Stevenson and I have played. The score there is in White’s favor, but most of the games have been close. 5.Nd2 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Ra2 A “mysterious rook move” that’s really not so mysterious: I want to get off the dangerous a1–h8 diagonal and also, someday, swing over to the kingside with Ra2-f2. 8...0–0 9.Ne2 Nbd7 10.h3 This move helps me restrain Black’s knights. Soon I’ll play f2-f4 and deprive him of even more squares. 10...e6 11.0–0 Ne5 12.Bb1 Ba6 13.b3 exd5 14.exd5 Qc7 15.f4 Ned7 16.Nf3 Rae8 17.Ng3 Bc8

Let’s take stock. Both sides have maneuvered their pieces to better squares, but Black, who is cramped, still has the short end of the stick. What the heck is Black even supposed to be doing? White, on the other hand, has a clear plan: after due preparation, I’ll go f4-f5, and then Black’s whole kingside will be under enormous pressure. 18.Kh1 So that, after Ra2-f2, there will be no tricks based on ...Bg7-d4. 18...Qd8 19.Raf2 Nb6?! This is an almost imperceptible misstep. Black is trying to untangle his knights, but being able to answer f4-f5 with ...Ne5 seems like a key defensive idea. Still, if Black leaves things as they are with some indifferent move like 19...a5, White has 20.f5 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Rxe5 22.Bf4 Re8 23.Bg5, when Black has serious trouble dealing with the pressure on f6: for example, 23...h6? fails to 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.fxg6, winning at least a pawn. For this reason, I think perhaps things are already desperate enough that Black should try to erect a fortress. 19...h6!? 20.f5 g5 is ugly, but it does keep White’s pieces out for the time being, and at least Black gets to use the e5 square. Of course, if Black

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has been reduced to this sort of miserable, passive defense, then something went horribly wrong for him earlier. Yet haven’t Black’s moves been reasonable up until now? 20.f5! Nfd7 21.Ne4 This lays a trap and doesn’t hurt anything, but 21.Ng5! right away was more straightforward. 21...Nf6! Avoiding the trap: instead, 21...Ne5? 22.Nxe5 Rxe5 23.f6 entombs Black’s bishop, or 22...Bxe5 23.f6 gives White a winning attack. 22.Ng3 Nfd7 23.Ng5!

On the second try, I play the best move, and suddenly Black is strategically lost. The pressure on the f-file is absolutely crushing. 23...Bd4 If now 23...Ne5, then 24.f6!, as we’ve seen. 24.fxg6! The point. After 24. ..Bxf2 25.gxf7+ Rxf7 26.Nxf7, Black’s king is wide open and White wins in all variations. On the other hand, 24...hxg6 25.Rxf7, with Bxg6 soon to follow, is curtains for Black once again. So, Goldsby decides to try his luck against a super knight on e6. 24...fxg6 25.Ne6 Qh4 26.Rf3!

Now White has unanswerable threats, including Nxf8, winning the exchange, and Bg5, winning the queen. If 26...Rxf3, then 27.Qxf3, with a new threat: Qf7+. All defenses fail, e.g., 27...Ne5 28.Qf8+! mates, 27...Bf6 28.Bg5! wins material, and 27...Qf6 28.Nxd4 cxd4 29.Qxf6 Nxf6 30.Rxf6 Re1+ 31.Rf1! wins a piece. 26...Rxe6 27.dxe6 Nf6 28.Ne4! Bb7 29.Bg5 Qh5 30.e7 Re8 31.Bxf6 Also possible here was 31.g4, which actually wins Black’s queen

since ...Nxg4 runs into Rf8+ and R1f7 mate. Still, my choice in the game puts me ahead by a whole rook, and it’s hard to argue with that. 31...Bxe4 32.Bxe4 Bxf6 33.Rxf6 Qxd1 34.Rxd1 Here I reached the five-minute mark, so the notation stops; however, Black soon lost on time (1–0). That was a clean, smooth win that I’m very proud of indeed. Black made no obvious errors, and yet White managed to conjure up a killer attack. I believe that the 4.a4 variation is vastly underrated, and Benko Gambit players need to start taking it more seriously. I’d like to give a big shout-out to Doug Strout for organizing the Dual-Rated Championship this year, and to ACF President Neil Dietsch (Pictured below) for winning the Reserve Section.

Also, thanks to you both for recognizing me as winning the “Grand Slam” of Alabama chess, i.e., all four adult state titles in the same year. (Believe me, I don’t know how that happened.) Either way, it has been an unforgettable year of chess for me, and I’d like to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone who supported me along the way.

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East Alabama Open

Annotations by Ken Goodman and Editor

The East Alabama Open was a success, growing last year from 8 players to 19 in one section. Sanjay Ghatti, a Georgia resident, won the event with 4/5. Here is a game of the winner via Ken Goodman who nicked him in the first round. Ken Goodman (1788) - Sanjay Ghatti (2090) East Alabama Open Lanett, Alabama (1), November 2, 2013 1.Nf3 Editor: A favorite of GM Jesse Kraai, he recently finished a novel on chess simply titled: Lisa. 1...d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.e3

Bf5 Editor: This seems premature, taking into account the specific move order White is using a Colle is in the air and a likely trade of pieces. As Sanjay is a Slav player I feel this line is preferable: [3...c6 4.Bd3 Bg4 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.h3 Bh5 7.b3 e6 8.Bb2 Bd6 9.c4 0-0 10.Qc2] 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.cxd3 [5.Qxd3 c6 6.0-0 e6 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.e4 dxe4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Nf6 11.Qd3 with a Caro-Kann structure and an equal game] 5...c6 6.0-0 e6 7.b3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 Be7 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Nd7 12.f4

Editor: This may be a touch premature, Black gets some initiative off of the weak g1-a7 diagonal [12.Qc2

a5 13.Nf3 a4 14.Bc3 axb3 15.axb3 Qb6 16.h3 Rfc8 With a roughly equal game] 12...Qb6 13.Qe2 a5 14.a4 Nc5?

Editor: This is impulsive, a weak pawn is created on b3; it isn’t going anywhere? Why rush? [14...Bc5 limits the scope of White's bishop by forcing d4 and after Bb4 Black has the opportunity to create a favorable imbalance in the closed position by possibly trading bishop for knight. 15.d4 Bb4] 15.Ba3 Rae8 16.Rab1 Qa6 [16...Na6 to own the b4 square and probe at d3 via Qa6] 17.Bxc5 Bxc5 18.Rfc1 Ba3 19.Rc2 f6 20.Nf3 fxe5 21.Nxe5 Re7 [21...Bd6 he isn’t doing much on a3] 22.d4 Qxe2 23.Rxe2 c5 24.Nd3 c4?

Editor: There has been equilibrium in the game up until this point; this is a positional blunder. 25.bxc4! dxc4 26.Ne5 compare the pawn structure 5 moves ago to now, it’s clear White has gotten the better deal. 26...Rc7 27.Rb6 c3 28.Rc2 Rf6 29.g4! gaining space and pushing Black backwards, White has a decisive edge 29...Bb4 30.g5 Rf8 31.Rxe6 b5 32.axb5 Rb7 33.b6 Rfb8 34.Nc4 Rc8 35.Ne5 Rcb8 36.Nc4

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Editor: I find Ken's choice highly instructive: "while it seems in hindsight that White is winning the endgame, I was happy to repeat the position because I was afraid of Black's a- and c-pawns, and even now I feel I was as likely to lose the ending as to win if I had pressed the issue." I feel you need more confidence in your abilities! [36.d5 Rxb6 37.Nc6 R8b7 38.Re8+ Kf7 39.Ra8

Now neither pawn is very easily pushed, and White still has all of his central pawns to casually walk up the board to knock on the door. 39...Rc7 40.e4 Rbxc6 it is hard to offer many alternatives to Black 41.dxc6 Rxc6 42.Kf2 Rc7 43.Ke3 Rd7 44.f5 Rd1 45.e5 Bc5+ 46.Ke2 Rd5 47.Rxa5 Rxe5+ 48.Kd3 Re3+ 49.Kc4 Be7 50.h4 Re4+ 51.Kxc3 Rf4 52.Kd3 Bf8 53.Rc7+ Kg8 54.Ke3 Rxh4 55.Ra8 Rh3+ 56.Ke4 Rh4+ 57.Ke5 Rb4 58.Rcc8 1-0] ½-½

World Chess Championship

Annotations by Editor – (Comment by GM Friedel)

Image from Chessbase: http://en.chessbase.com/post/chennai-05-first-blood-what-next Magnus Carlsen (2870) - Viswanathan Anand (2775) World Chess Championship 2013 Chennai (5), November 15, 2013 1.c4 After two unsuccessful probing attempts with 1.Nf3 Carlsen tries a new approach. 1...e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 c6 Triangle System! When I saw this position arise my first thought was well after e3 we can have another Anand-Gelfand game. 4.e4 As soon as this was played I knew that Anand was about to get his first point because Mighty Magnus had lost the thread and was going to try and play outside of his style. (I didn’t say I was right) 4...dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Nc3

This is a quiet option for White, declining the Marshall Gambit...I had to open my database at this point because I was out of book. More usual is [6.Bd2 Qxd4 7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6 9.Ba5 Bd7 10.Nf3 Nf6 11.0-0 Nakamura-Shulman, 12, 1/2-1/2] 6...c5 7.a3 Ba5 [7...Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nf6 9.Nf3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Ne4 seen in

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Jedynak - Vallejo Pons, 07, 1/2-1/2] 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Be3 Nc6 [9...Ne4 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.bxc3 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Yermolinsky-Shulman, 08, 1-0] 10.Qd3! Novelty! Carlsen plays against ideas to ruin his queenside pawn structure by taking back on c3 with the queen. It also leaves the possibility open to castle queenside as seen in the game. [10.dxc5 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qa5 12.Qc2 Ng4 13.Qc1 0-0 14.Be2 Polgar,Z -Portisch,L, 93, 1/2-1/2] 10...cxd4 11.Nxd4 Ng4 [11...Ne5 12.Qd2 Ne4 13.Qc2 Nxc3 14.b4 Bc7 15.Qxc3 Ng4 16.Rd1 one the first choice lines of my engine.] 12.0-0-0 Nxe3 13.fxe3

[13.Qxe3? Bb6 where the pin is strong!] 13...Bc7 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Qxd8+ Bxd8 16.Be2 Ke7 [16...Bb6 I like this more active move immediately focusing on the weakness created from the previous trades. 17.Bf3 Bxe3+ 18.Kc2 Bd7 19.Rhe1 Bb6 20.Ne4=] 17.Bf3 Bd7 18.Ne4 Bb6 19.c5 f5 20.cxb6 fxe4 21.b7 Rab8 22.Bxe4 Rxb7

This is the type of position the challenger has been searching for in the previous games. Carlsen will now play forever in this slightly better position slowly squeezing. 23.Rhf1 Rb5 24.Rf4 g5 25.Rf3 h5 26.Rdf1 Be8 27.Bc2 Rc5 28.Rf6! making Black's pieces awkward 28...h4 29.e4 a5 30.Kd2 Rb5 31.b3 Bh5 32.Kc3 Rc5+ 33.Kb2 Rd8 34.R1f2 Rd4 35.Rh6 Bd1 36.Bb1

Around this point I was reminded of a game where Carlsen outplayed Kramnik in a similar ending by keeping the minor pieces on the board and felt that the World Champ is about to be in a serious mess. 36...Rb5 37.Kc3 c5 38.Rb2 e5 39.Rg6 a4 40.Rxg5 Rxb3+ 41.Rxb3 Bxb3 42.Rxe5+ Kd6 43.Rh5 Rd1 44.e5+ Kd5 45.Bh7 Rc1+?

This is the mistake that cost the game. [45...Ra1 46.Bg8+ (46.Rxh4 Rxa3 =) 46...Kc6 47.Bxb3 Rxa3 48.Rxh4 Rxb3+ 49.Kc2 Ra3 An example given by GM Friedel stated: "and Black should draw comfortably due to superior king and pawns. Note that the e-pawn is a major weakness. A possible line would continue" 50.Kb2 Rb3+ 51.Ka2 Re3 52.Rxa4 Re2+ 53.Kb3 Rxg2 54.h4 Kd5=] 46.Kb2 Rg1 47.Bg8+ Kc6 48.Rh6+ Kd7 49.Bxb3 axb3 50.Kxb3 Rxg2 51.Rxh4 Ke6 52.a4 Kxe5 53.a5 Kd6 54.Rh7! Kd5 55.a6 c4+ 56.Kc3 Ra2 57.a7 Kc5 58.h4 There is no defense to h5-h6-Rg7 and queening the pawn. This was the first decisive game in the world championship that eventually lead to a 6.5-3.5 victory for the new young World Champion.

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Tribute to the Legend 4

Annotations by Editor

Andrei Dokoutchaev (2225) - Andrew Whatley (2339) Texas Masters, Dallas, Texas, April 13, 2002

Image courtesy of Dallaschess: http://www.dallaschess.com/scholastics/TX2002/ 1.d4 Whatley was a player who began in Alabama and went from pure beginner all the way to FM. Making him one of the few individuals hailing from Dixie with a FIDE title. One of his biggest accomplishments was winning the Denker Tournament of High School Champions. When going through Andrew’s games, this one stuck out as an extremely clean example of how to play the Benko Gambit. 1...Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6

5.bxa6 [5.Nc3 This is personally my favorite variation against the Benko getting a lively position! 5...axb5 6.e4 b4 7.Nb5 d6 (7...Nxe4?? 8.Qe2 (8.f5 has Black losing a piece after 9.f3) 8...Nf6 9.Nd6#) 8.Bf4 g5 9.Bxg5 Nxe4 10.Bf4 Bg7 11.Qe2 Nf6 12.Nxd6+ Kf8 13.Nxc8 Qxc8 14.Qf3 Sokolov - Shirov 1-0, 95.] 5...g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.h3 [10.g3 Bg7 11.Kg2 0-0 12.a4 is another option played recently with success by the top-rated American in Nakamura-Bologan 1-0, 2012.] 10...Bg7 11.Kg1 0-0 12.Kh2 Qb6 13.Re1

This is where the position is clearly defined and both sides need to take stock. Black is down a pawn, but for it, he has a solid pawn phalanx and open files to probe on the queenside. 13...Ne8 14.Re2 [14.a4 Nc7 15.Bd2 Rfb8 (15...Qxb2? 16.Rb1 where the queen is trapped) 16.Ra2 Qa6 17.a5 c4 18.Na4 I feel both sides have adequate chances in this position but I feel this is closer to what White is after compared to the main game.] 14...Nc7 15.Bg5 Bxc3 Novelty! Re8 is the only move in the database in this position other than this game. 16.bxc3 f6 17.Be3 Nb5 18.Rb2 Qa6 19.Qd3 Na3 20.Qxa6 Rxa6 21.Rb7 Rd8 22.Bc1 Nc4 23.Nd2 Ncb6 24.f4 Rda8 25.a3 R8a7 26.Rxa7 Rxa7 27.Rb1 Ra4

Finally the overextension is being felt in White's camp; Black has more than equality at this point. 28.Kg3 Kf7 29.Kf3 f5 30.g4 fxe4+ 31.Nxe4 Nxd5 32.Rb7 Ke8 33.Rb3 Rc4 34.Bd2 Ra4 35.h4 N7f6 36.Nxf6+ Nxf6 37.Bc1 h5 38.gxh5 gxh5 39.Bd2 Kf7 40.Ke3 Nd5+ 41.Kf3 Ke6 42.Bc1 Ra7 43.c4 Nf6 44.Bb2 Kf5 45.Bxf6 Kxf6 46.Ke4 e6 47.Rd3 Ra6 48.Rd2 Ra4 49.Rxd6 Rxc4+ 50.Ke3 Kf5 51.Rc6 Rc3+?

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This move is the wrong check and should lead to a draw [51...Re4!+ 52.Kd2 Rxf4 53.Rxc5+ e5 54.Rc8 Rxh4 now Black has two pawns compared to the main game where he only has one and a theoretical draw. 55.Rf8+ Ke4 56.a4 Rh3 57.Kc2 h4] 52.Kd2 Rxa3 53.Rxc5+ Kxf4 54.Rxh5= Ra2+ 55.Kd3 [55.Ke1 Rh2 56.Kf1 e5 57.Rh8 Kf3 58.Rf8+ Ke3 59.Ra8! It is difficult to want to give your last pawn, but if you know the Phillidor you can make this easy on yourself. 59...Rxh4 60.Ra3+ Kf4 Phillidor) 61.Ke1 Rh2

62.Rb3 e4 63.Ra3 e3 64.Ra8! Black will never be shielded from the checks. GG] 55...e5 56.Rh8 e4+ 57.Kd4 Rd2+ 58.Kc3 Rd7 White has boxed himself away from the queening square and has made his defensive task much harder. 59.Rf8+ [59.h5 Ke3 60.Rc8 Rd1 61.Rh8 Rc1+ 62.Kb2 Rc7 63.h6 Ke2 64.Rg8 Rh7 65.Rg2+ Kf1 66.Rg6 e3 67.Rf6+ Ke1 68.Re6 Kd2 69.Rd6+ Ke2 70.Kc3 Re7 71.Ra6 Kf2 72.Rf6+ Ke1 73.Kd3 e2 74.Kc2 Rc7+ 75.Kb3 Kd2 76.Rd6+ Ke3 77.Re6+ Kf2 78.Rf6+ Ke1 79.Kb2 where Black has made as much progress as he can.] 59...Ke3 60.h5 Rc7+ 61.Kb2 Rh7 If you are unfamiliar with the drawing maneuver of the Phillidor KRP v kr I would suggest picking up a copy of Silman's Complete Endgame Course. In this game a National Master missed a simple draw by not having mastery of that basic endgame. 0-1

12th Annual Dothan Open

by Bryan Tillis

The Dothan Chess Club has made a number of changes recently that have helped our attendance. We have had new members begin to play on a regular basis who came in because of our free advertisements (and end-of-the-month free, blitz tournament). I am sharing this information because as a state, I would love to see our overall adult population and participation grow. I encourage other clubs to take initiative and advertise in your area: local newspaper, Facebook, Twitter, Blogspot, and University billboards are all free and require little effort to use. Now that my desires have been stated, I would like to start off this article with a special thank you to Mandy Blalock for stepping in to direct the event for Tim Owens. Mandy is a FIDE international arbiter and has directed events in Portugal that had upwards of 300 attendants. Every round was started promptly and the playing conditions left nothing to be desired. As stated in the introduction, we had a best game prize at the Dothan Open that was won by visiting Mississippian Clay Polk. My initial intention was to include the best game prize-winner as the article. Alas, after going through all of the games collected I could hardly control myself and wanted all of them in the Antics. After much self-debate, I decided on a tactics article as there were a number of very interesting tactical possibilities that occurred or could have been.

Prize Winners

Open Section

1st & 2

nd: Rex Blalock 3.5

1st & 2

nd: Bryan Tillis 3.5

U1800: D Strout, J Lanning, and J Flowers 2.0

Reserve Section Winners:

1st : Bill Van Ness 3.5

2nd

: Wendell Whitaker 3.0 U1400: Travis Mcardle 2.5 U1200/Unrated: R Tew, L Mclendon, P Helms 2.0

For more pictures and information check out: http://dothanchessclub.blogspot.com/

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12th Annual Dothan Open Tactics

Solutions on the following page

1) Clay Polk - Rex Blalock (Round 3) 2) Rex Blalock – AJ Goldsby (Round 4) 3) Clay Polk - Muhammad Amin (Round 1)

4) Randall Tew - Preston Helms (Round 2) 5) Allan Smith - Travis Mcardle (Round 2) 6) Bryan Tillis - Clay Polk (Round 2)

7) Doug Strout - Rex Blalock (Round 1) 8) John Lanning – Bryan Tillis (Round 1) 9) Jerome Flowers - AJ Goldsby (Round 2)

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1) 18.Ba4! Bd7 (18...Rd8 19.Bxh6 Where Black gives back a piece to defend the mate and White maintains his initiative.) 19.Bxh6 +/-

2) 27. Re8! Where Black has the unpleasant choice of losing a rook or a queen. 3) 11.c5 winning a bishop. 4) 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 [6...Ke7 7.Bb3] 7.Nxe5+ Ke7 8.Qxg4 5) 19.Bc3 Qb6 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Bxf6 Bg4 22.Bd4 Bxd1 23.Rxd1 Qa5 24.Bf5 Securing a winning advantage

with the Bishop Pair. 6) 27.dxc6 Rxd2 28.Rxd2 Rxd2 29.c7 Where both the bishop and rook are harmless to the pawn putting on a

dress. 7) 40...Rg4 41.g3 h5 42.Ke2 h4 43.Kf3 hxg3! 44.hxg3 Ra4 45.Rxe3 With a Phillidor position and effortless

draw (discussed in the previous article Tribute to the Legend 4). 8) 11...cxd4 12.Bxd4 Nxe4+ 13.Nxe4 Bxd4 Winning an important central pawn. 9) 32…Rd1+ 33.Kg2 Qf1+ 34.Kf3 Rd3+ 35.Kg4 h5+ 36. Kh4 g5+ 37.Kxh5 Qh3++