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4. ... Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 0-0 9. Ne2 b6 10. 0-0 Ba6 11. f3


Here I recalled the epic game Botvinnik-


Capablanca in 1938 (1-0) and my loss (as Black!) against GM Borki Predojevic in 2009. White’s plan is clear: to prepare e3-e4.


11. ... Re8 12. Ng3 Qd7? 13. Bf5! Now I get to keep the bishop pair plus a


flexible center. Combined, these advantages are a deadly weapon!


13. ... Qc7 14. Re1 Nc6 The bishops are on fire!


24. ... cxd4 25. cxd4 dxe4 26. fxe4 Nd6 White wins material after 26. ... Bxe4 27.


Qf1. 27. d5 Nxd5


No better is 27. ... Bxd5 28. Bb2 Kxh6 29.


Bxf6 Qxg4+ 30. Rg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Qh3+ Rh4 34. Qxh4 mate.


28. Ref1 Rd7 Gruesome is 28. ... Qxe4 29. Rxf7+ Nxf7 30.


15. Ra2!


A maneuver I remembered from Kramnik- Polgar, 2005.


15. ... Rad8 16. Rd2! Na5 17. Bc2 Nc4 18. Rf2 Qd7 19. a4 Since Black has no active plan, White can


sit back, relax, improve his position slightly, and watch his teammates playing.


19. ... Bb7 20. Qd3 Qd6 21. Nf5 Qe6 22. g4


It’s always a good idea to attack the king if


your opponent is in time trouble. Here, Black acquires additional problems in defense.


At A Glance Rxf7+ Kh8 31. Bb2+.


29. exd5 Qxd5 30. Bb2+ Kf8 31. Qxd5 Bxd5 32. Rd2 Be6 33. g5, Black resigned.


WHITE TO PLAY


43. Kf1?? Giving away a 3+ advantage! Griffith, who


won board two honors, then went on to outplay White and win a Final Four spot for Columbia. Probably on any other day, Rosenthal would have seen that 43. Kh3! kept him a piece ahead, since 43. ... Rxc4 allows 44. b3!, when the rook has no haven.


2015 PanAmerican Intercollegiate


Date: December 27-30, 2015 | Location: Sheraton Cleveland Airport Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio | 185 players | Top Finishers: 1st-4th, 5: Texas Tech - A (GM Yaroslav Zherebukh, GM Elshan Moradiabadi, GM Andriy Baryshpolets, IM Andriy Gorovets); University of Texas Rio Grande Valley - A (GM Anton Kovalyov, GM Andriy Stukopin, GM Holden Hernandez, IM Guillermo Vazquez, IM Fe Ynojosa Aponte); Webster University -B (GM Alex Shimanov, GM Ashwin Jayaram, GM Corrales Jimenez, GM Denes Boros); Columbia University - A (FM Arthur Shen, FM Kyron W. Griffith, Aaron Jacobson, Alexander Fabbri); 5th-6th, 41


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University - A (GM Liem Le, GM Illia I. Nyzhnyk, GM Vasif Durarbayli, GM Ray Robson, Paul M. Truong); University of Texas at Dallas - B (GM Valentin L. Yotov, GM David Berczes, GM Nadezh Kosintseva, IM Zurab Javakhadze, WIM Mariam Danelia); Division I Champion (Team 2200 or above), 4: University of Texas at Dallas - A (GM Gil Popilski, GM Aleksandar Indjic, GM Denis Kadric, GM Dani Raznikov, IM Kacper Drozdowski); Division II Champion (Team 2000 to 2199), 4: Columbia University - B (Jonathan J. Pagan, Xiuwen Sun, Theodore Ja Coyne, Anthony Panat); Division III Champion (Team 1800 to 1999), 3: Texas Tech - C (Olzhas Alexandrov, Trey Modlin, Seethara Marreddy, Shane Day Metzler, Umruddin Babayev); Division IV Champion (Team 1600 to 1799), 21 Illinois - C (Mark Waechter, Nathan Beauchamp, Hephestio Bolaris, Krishn Appalaneni); Division V Champion (Team under 1600), 21


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Baltimore County - B (Abhilash Puranik, Mustapha Diomande, Nathaniel Wong, Jeffrey Mich Carr). | Chief Tournament Director: Joseph Yun. For more information, see http://buckeyechess.com/index.html.


The Pan Am is open to college teams of four players, with up to two alternates, from the same university, college, or community college in North America, Central America, South America, or the Caribbean. Teams play head-to-head matches in a six-round, open Swiss tournament.


www.uschess.org 43 : University of : University of Maryland,


WHAT WOULD YOU PLAY? Nicholas Rosenthal (2265), Lindenwood-A FM Kyron Griffith (2394), Columbia-A 2015 PanAmerican Intercollegiate (6), Cleveland, Ohio


22. ... g6 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. e4!


THIRD PLAYER AT THE BOARD Luck—often in the form of your opponent’s


blind spots—is always the third player at the chessboard. In the last round, two schools ranked just below the powerhouse lineups had four points and were paired for a shot at glory. After 42 moves, Nicholas Rosenthal of Lindenwood, another St. Louis college that provides scholar - ships for chess, had a winning position against FM Kyron Griffith of Columbia University. Rosenthal was in check and had to decide where to put his king. What would you play?


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