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Attacking 101:Volume #005

Joel Johnson

Edited by: Lucy Johnson

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© Joel Johnson, March 2020

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Dedicated to: Circuitos Ajedrez Cundinamarca in Cundinamarca, Columbia! Thank You!

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CONTENTS

Preface 25Computer Software 25Kudos 25Appreciation of My Work 25IM Gerard Welling 26

My Games 27Center Game 27Game #001 – FearNoEvil12 – Disc-Jonne (948) 27Game #002 – FearNoEvil12 – koralka (1264) 29Game #003 – MassCarnage – knightshine (1292) 30Game #004 – MassCarnage – Loopin1616 (1331) 32Game #005 – FearNoEvil12 – andresvamo (1337) 33Game #006 – FearNoEvil12 – ErgoSumm (1342) 34Game #007 – MassCarnage – Lioman (1406) 36Game #008 – FearNoEvil – LV78 (2278) 37Game #009 – FearNoEvil12 – Bewesy (1407) 39Game #010 – MassCarnage – Freeze2 (1417) 41Game #011 – MassCarnage – wall (1589) 43Game #012 – MassCarnage – wall (1520) 44Game #013 – FearNoEvil12 – RickPhan (1422) 45Game #014 – FearNoEvil12 – GinoGochev (1616) 45Game #015 – FearNoEvil12 – takkarsj (1621) 46Game #016 – MassCarnage – elshaddai (1634) 48Game #017 – MassCarnage – KingsBishop (1582) 49Game #018 – MassCarnage – KingsBishop (1628) 50Game #019 – FearNoEvil12 – rishirajbaul (1699) 51Game #020 – FearNoEvil12 – rio_fernandez (1753) 52Game #021 – FearNoEvil12 – SylvesterBrown (1772) 53Game #022 – MassCarnage – macabreknight (1742) 53Game #023 – MassCarnage – pablomar70 (1828) 54Game #024 – FearNoEvil12 – Serobos (1876) 55

Game #025 – FearNoEvil12 – RoseMei (1954) 56Game #026 – FearNoEvil12 – moongal (2014) 59Game #027 – FearNoEvil12 – Daysilirion (1833) 60Game #028 – FearNoEvil12 – reniite (WFM) (2000) 61Game #029 – Joel Johnson – Dagadu Gaikwad (2034) 61Game #030 – FearNoEvil12 – PEROVO1980 (2139) 62Game #031 – MassCarnage – Bierpower (2139) 63Game #032 – FearNoEvil12 – JethroTal (2202) 64Game #033 – FearNoEvil12 – IM Angel Espinosa Aranda (2647)

66Game #034 – FearNoEvil12 – GM Evgeny Tomashevsky (2701)

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Sicilian Grand Prix 70Game #035 – MassCarnage – mankingnyc21 (1153) 71Game #036 – FearNoEvil12 – hamed000000631 (1227) 71Game #037 – MassCarnage – nepom (1350) 72Game #038 – MassCarnage – us54186606 (1351) 73Game #039 – FearNoEvil12 – srierijani (1415) 74Game #040 – MassCarnage – Leveller (1479) 74Game #041 – MassCarnage – celayade (1641) 75Game #042 – FearNoEvil – DalhePolenta (1735) 76Game #043 – MassCarnage – vsathiya (1850) 77Game #044 – FearNoEvil12 – Le_Chevalier_De_Pers (1851) 78Game #045 – FearNoEvil12 – trol_07 (1855) 79Game #046 – FearNoEvil12 – trol_07 (1870) 80Game #047 – MassCarnage – kentaur (1908) 81Game #048 – MassCarnage – Halasz (1940) 83Game #049 – FearNoEvil12 – Montrel_Alex (1976) 83Game #050 – MassCarnage – bkahuna (1986) 84Game #051 – FearNoEvil12 – Carlinhos (2002) 85Game #052 – FearNoEvil12 – Konstantin59 (2055) 86Game #053 – FearNoEvil12 – SolVita (2091) 87

Game #054 – FearNoEvil – minifisher (2104) 89Game #055 – FearNoEvil12 – FLchessplayer (2200) 90Game #056 – FearNoEvil12 – IM Elliott Winslow (2200) 92Game #057 – FearNoEvil12 – ElCieloTener (2318) 93

Sicilian Grand Prix – Wedge Games 94Game #058 – MassCarnage – Phantomas42 (1248) 94Game #059 – MassCarnage – islanderpfeifer (1251) 95Game #060 – MassCarnage – LawrenceTu (1589) 97Game #061 – FearNoEvil12 – bogart66 (1671) 98Game #062 – FearNoEvil12 – hangman2018 (1651) 100Game #063 – FearNoEvil12 – raeden21santi (1704) 100Game #064 – FearNoEvil12 – nap1 (1787) 101Game #065 – FearNoEvil12 – Harsh2356 (1787) 102Game #066 – FearNoEvil12 – hectormantecas (1792) 104Game #067 – FearNoEvil12 – abelha1313 (1903) 105Game #068 – Joel Johnson – Tom Mayka (2046) 106Game #069 – FearNoEvil12 – eros-joo (2067) 108Game #070 – FearNoEvil12 – FM Jokksi99 (2200) 110

Open Sicilian 112Game #071 – FearNoEvil12 – sskalsvik (1663) 112Game #072 – FearNoEvil12 – jeanraphael (1686) 112Game #073 – FearNoEvil – YakovNY (1727) 114Game #074 – FearNoEvil12 – diddan23 (1765) 115Game #075 – FearNoEvil12 – alephnought (1800) 116Game #076 – FearNoEvil12 – adamfoust88 (1809) 117Game #077 – FearNoEvil12 – Davyman21 (1841) 118Game #078 – MassCarnage – WIM biki (1971) 118Game #079 – FearNoEvil12 – WIM ethylalcohol (2000) 119Game #080 – FearNoEvil12 – rediredubh (2062) 120Game #081 – MassCarnage – mika53 (2117) 121Game #082 – FearNoEvil12 – Phlox (2163) 122Game #083 – FearNoEvil12 – Bonesy1116 (2145) 123

Game #084 – FearNoEvil12 – Pudor (2237) 124Game #085 – MassCarnage – IM SimonBacamarte (2391) 125Game #086 – MassCarnage – FM Joshua Colas (2506) 126

Modern Reti 129Game #087 – MassCarnage – Oops (1551) 130Game #088 – MassCarnage – SunGlasses1089 (1562) 130Game #089 – MassCarnage – nulozechecs (1714) 132Game #090 – MassCarnage – Topy (1779) 133Game #091 – MassCarnage – PITCHUS (1793) 134Game #092 – Joel Johnson – Andrey Zubkov (1882) 135Game #093 – FearNoEvil12 – Smalichess (2160) 136

Alekhine's Defense 137Game #094 – FearNoEvil12 – mauricio0rodriguez (1468) 138Game #095 – Joel Johnson – Tyler Sypherd (1580) 138Game #096 – MassCarnage – Mimessi (1581) 139Game #097 – FearNoEvil12 – meateaterforlife (1699) 141Game #098 – FearNoEvil12 – SumoYoon (1743) 141 Game #099 – Joel Johnson – Eli Moore (1826) 143Game #100 – FearNoEvil12 – 4443333111 (1868) 144 Game #101 – FearNoEvil12 – aydin00 (2036) 146

French Defense 147

French Defense – dxe4 Variation 148Game #102 – MassCarnage – ChiefHalfFast (1477) 148Game #103 – MassCarnage – ChiefHalfFast (1481) 149Game #104 – FearNoEvil12 – HrvojeZagreb (1998) 150

French Defense – Various Lines 151Game #105 – FearNoEvil12 – Marce121 (1731) 151Game #106 – MassCarnage – babyboy (1829) 152Game #107 – FearNoEvil12 – sasakg034 (1965) 153Game #108 – FearNoEvil12 – GM DJ_Haubi (2135) 154

French Defense – Qd3 156Game #109 – MassCarnage – MightyBlunder (1342) 156Game #110 – MassCarnage – Westman (1487) 157Game #111 – MassCarnage – NATI (1696) 159Game #112 –FearNoEvil12 – CiroVastano (1736) 160Game #113 – Joel Johnson – William Scoville (1806) 161Game #114 – MassCarnage – OneTrickPony (1820) 162Game #115 – MassCarnage – tamod (1845) 163Game #116 – MassCarnage – Hector1600 (1891) 163Game #117 – MassCarnage – Noknima (1899) 164Game #118 – MassCarnage – morgy007 (1918) 166Game #119 – FearNoEvil12 – sacrifice_pleasure (2051) 167Game #120 – FearNoEvil12 – claws_and_fangs (2400) 168Game #121 – FearNoEvil12 – FM Alexandre Bouget (2475) 169

Nge2 Caro Kann 172Game #122 – FearNoEvil12 – Chesspir7 (1637) 172Game #123 – FearNoEvil12 – riki2000 (1713) 173Game #124 – FearNoEvil12 – nombrador (2006) 174Game #125 – FearNoEvil12 – kyklos_01 (2059) 176Game #126 – FearNoEvil12 – GodDanielX (2132) 176Game #127 – FearNoEvil12 – Leo_C (2163) 178

Caro Kann 179Game #128 – FearNoEvil12 – Dubbu_IIIrd_standard (1472) 180Game #129 – MassCarnage – keko-shell (1653) 180

Caro Kann – 3. … dxe4 183Game #130 – Joel Johnson – Tom Mayka (1931) 183Game #131 – MassCarnage – Masterbaloon (2055) 185Game #132 – FearNoEvil12 – BarneyPlum (2127) 186

Caro Kann – Advanced 187Game #133 – FearNoEvil12 – Kansan_Chess_Warrior (1431) 188

Game #134 – MassCarnage – SuiGeneris (1546) 188Game #135 – FearNoEvil – Aubie (1913) 188Game #136 – FearNoEvil – CapaKing (2103) 189Game #137 – MassCarnage – FM Shech (2523) 190

Caro Kann – Panov Attack 192Game #138 – Artur Yusupov (2601) – Dimitri Gurevich (2515) 192Game #139 – MassCarnage – Kawasaki (1435) 193

Caro Kann – Nc5 194Game #140 – MysteryMan – jasep (1717) 195Game #141 – MassCarnage – raller (2055) 195

Caro Kann – Qf3 197Game #142 – Joel Johnson – Doug Bishop (1520) 197Game #143 – Joel Johnson – Stan Nawrocki (1575) 199Game #144 – Joel Johnson – Tony Miller (1982) 200Game #145 – Joel Johnson – Leonid Raisin (2335) 201

Modern/Pirc 202Game #146 – MassCarnage – KansanWarrior (1428) 202Game #147 – FearNoEvil – Elite-- (1724) 203Game #148 – FearNoEvil – vesco (1723) 203Game #149 – Joel Johnson – Allan Peasants (2356) 204

Yugoslav Attack 206Game #150 – FearNoEvil12 – A264 (1785) 207Game #151 – FearNoEvil – GrandMouster (1871) 208Game #152 – FearNoEvil – blarcen (1903) 209

Owen's Defense 209Game #153 – Joel Johnson – Richard Cowan (1715) 210Game #154 – MassCarnage – DPereira (1767) 210

Polish Defense 211Game #155 – Joel Johnson – Brian Marmolego 211

King's Indian Defense 212Game #156 – Joel Johnson – Darian Nguyen (2106) 212

Center Counter 214Game #157 – MassCarnage – charles1 (1405) 214Game #158 – FearNoEvil12 – knighter1ant (1431) 215Game #159 – MassCarnage – arkadi12345 (1512) 216Game #160 – FearNoEvil12 – chrisanton (1947) 218

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 219Game #161 – Joel Johnson – Yohenis Carrillo (1878) 219

Miscellaneous 220Game #162 – FearNoEvil12 – BagatoiruuUlanbatar (1544) 220Game #163 – FearNoEvil12 – nadhniki (2153) 220

Student Games 223Christina Johnson 223

Barry Ball 223Game #164 – HangingRook (2020) – loif61 (1941) 223Game #165 – HangingRook (2023) – zedoido (1843) 223

Harry Lyman (My Chess Coach) (Master Emeritus) 224Game #166 – Harry Lyman – Rheams 225Game #167 – Harry Lyman – Milton Kagan 225Game #168 – Harry Lyman – GM Isaac Kashdan 226

Danielle Rice (RIP) 11/07/1960-05/01/2018 227Game #169 – Danielle (1294) – tomnine (1257) 227Game #170 – DanielleInDenver (1361) – Andra (1763) 228Game #171 – Danielle (1843) – gerardo (1631) 229Game #172 – DanielleInDenver (1904) – Davu1966 (1800) 230

Jimi Sullivan 231Game #173 – viceversa (1380) – altguard (1183) 231Game #174 – viceversa (1624) – Brickyard (1573) 232Game #175 – Viceversa (1736) – es-semi (1658) 232Game #176 – Viceversa (1668) – burnetetela (1714) 232Game #177 – Viceversa (1563) – e-manseznamcz (1640) 233Game #178 – JimiSullivan (1752) – German10 (1711) 234Game #179 – JimiSullivan (1750) – Totie2011 (1724) 234Game #180 – viceversa (1880) – basciano (2020) 235Game #181 – viceversa (1718) – Allan2 (2046) 236Game #182 – Viceversa (1810) – Wedasayed (1762) 237Game #183 – Viceversa (1822) – sarco76 (1791) 238Game #184 – Jimi Sullivan (1952) – Andrey Zubkov (1937) 238

Vimal Adiraju (Champion) 239Game #185 – Vimal Adiraju (753) – Ammar Fahim (488) 239Game #186 – electriclogic (1253) – Salvatore (1516) 239Game #187 – Vimal Adiraju (1425) – Ademidun Adebolu (1219)

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Nancy Jones 241Game #188 – toilandtrouble (1089) – Poussin (1225) 241Game #189 – toilandtrouble (1034) – LUCHO (1042) 241Game #190 – toilandtrouble (1174) – Isaiah53 (1150) 242Game #191 – toilandtrouble (1098) – MGBR (1044) 242Game #192 – toilandtrouble (1002) – FLAG0073 (1203) 243Game #193 – toilandtrouble (1300) – dkinla (1542) 243Game #194 – toilandtrouble (1087) – rla110138 (1119) 243Game #195 – toilandtrouble (1032) – terbium7 (1109) 244Game #196 – toilandtrouble (986) – Rascal44 (1550) 244

Egan Wong (Champion) 245Game #197 – Egan Wong (902) – Mu Lin (1778) 245Game #198 – naruhodo (1286) – stingerccs (1249) 248

Game #199 – Egan Wong (1311) – Nikhil Samudrala (1356) 249Game #200 – Egan Wong (1071) – Arliss Dietz (1500) 249Game #201 – naruhodo (1393) – tdlamb (1412) 250Game #202 – naruhodo (1325) – DudleyAR (1313) 251Game #203 – Egan Wong (1336) – Gary Bagstad (1700) 251

Tim Brennan 252Game #204 – TimmyBx (1690) – InTheBalance (1602) 252Game #205 – Tim Brennan (1800) – Aigboje Aregbeyen (1944)

252Game #206 – Tim Brennan (1800) – Brian Glover (1905) 256

Ronen Huang (Champion) 258Game #207 – Ronen Huang (1445) – Charlie Rez (1606) 258Game #208 – Ronen Huang (1583) – Aaryan Balu (1808) 259Game #209 – Iamronenhuang (1549) – Saturdayfan (1509) 260Game #210 – Iamronenhuang (1732) – Campoeliasguzman (1976) 261Game #211 – Iamronenhuang (1754) – park40 (1723) 262Game #212 – meateaterforlife (1782) – abcvcxz (1629) 263Game #213 – meateaterforlife (1818) – tanyaz06 (1742) 264

Kevin Taylor 264Game #214 – Chessmo (1319) – B3nj (1259) 265Game #215 – Chessmo (1430) – wdchambers_jm (1443) 265

Richard Cowan (Expert) 266Game #216 – Hysteria (1671) – PERCYOR (1718) 266Game #217 – Hysteria (1513) – Raptorr (1658) 267Game #218 – Hysteria132 (2073) – BiigChicken (2054) 267Game #219 – Hysteria (1926) – petrean (1889) 268Game #220 – Mania (1686) – Korov (1703) 269Game #221 – D_for_DJ (1914) – Rasukutti (1648) 270Game #222 – Richard Cowan (1995) – Butch Paragas (1801) 271Game #223 – Richard Cowan (1951) – Andrey Zubkov (1966) 271

Game #224 – Richard Cowan (1973) – Daniel Bryant (2059) 272

Bernabe Garcia 273Game #225 – KingRex (1249) – villehartti (1376) 273Game #226 – ChessApostle (1575) – claudioas2001 (1467) 274

Jonathan Garcia 275Game #227 – trubba (1440) – JOHNNYHANDSOME100 (1259)

275Game #228 – trubba (1405) – maya6570 (1544) 276

Charvic German 277Game #229 – Charvic German (1499) – George Krasnopolskiy (1613) 277

Matthew Johnston 278Game #230 – Matthew Johnston – Scott Price (2112) 278

Eleanor Song 279Game #231 – Eleanor Song (958) – Christopher Morrissey (1096)

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Rich DesMarais 279Game #232 – Rich DesMarais (1446) – Alya Cancio (1173) 280Game #233 – MarshKing (1555) – cryhavoc (1477) 281Game #234 – MarshKing (1411) – BillietheKid (1399) 282Game #235 – Rich DesMarais (1578) – Jim Bursley (2000) 282

Nick DesMarais (Champion) (National Master) 283Game #236 – MarchKnight (1248) – raimundo (1434) 284Game #237 – MarshKnight (1291) – nemoaz (1394) 284Game #238 – Nick DesMarais (1465) – Heinz Horner (1538)

285Game #239 – Nick DesMarais (1842) – Gunnar Martineau (1863)

285Game #240 – MarshKnight (1460) – aturkeri (1428) 286

Game #241 – MarshKnight (1697) – Fakhouri (1911) 287Game #242 – MarshKnight (1759) – pitbull1 (1874) 287Game #243 – MarshKnight (1908) – Lucentio7 (1898) 288Game #244 – Nick DesMarais (1968) – Darian Nguyen (1814)

289Game #245 – Nick DesMarais (2104) – Christopher Dilli (1931)

290Game #246 – Nick DesMarais (2104) – Leo Cruger (2204) 292Game #247 – Nick DesMarais (2124) – Andrew Liu (2347) 295Game #248 – Nick DesMarais (2104) – Carlos Hoyos (2149) 297Game #249 – Nick DesMarais (2124) – Richard Cowan (2154)

297Game #250 – MarshKnight (2103) – mikle1206 (1671) 298Game #251 – Nick DesMarais (2105) – Bryson Gregory (1930)

299Game #252 – Nick DesMarais (2160) – Rannon Huo (1926) 300Game #253 – Nick DesMarais (2136) – Sanjay Selvam (1725) 302Game #254 – MarshKnight (2144) – JavierMorasso (1988) 302Game #255 – MarshKnight (2144) – DanglingFury (2025) 303Game #256 – MarshKnight (2328) – organdzievhren (2439) 304Game #257 – MarshKnight (2232) – M_Rothbard (2235) 305

Liam Hait 306Game #258 – IJTreasure (1296) – smokin (1199) 306Game #259 – IJTreasure (1405) – evan7284 (1411) 306Game #260 – IJTreasure (1382) – marcocoimbra (1395) 307Game #261 – IJTreasure (1773) – MNM (1723) 308Game #262 – IJTreasure (1707) – crimsonSoldier (1868) 309

Dr. Bogdan Anghel 309Game #263 – Bogdan Anghel (1506) – Hossein Ameri (1728) 309Game #264 – cucushow (1478) – MonkeyWithWatch (1526) 310Game #265 – cucushow (1586) – soloanton (1976) 311

Raymond Zou 312Game #266 – RaymondMLG (1424) – shawnmarcum (1461) 312Game #267 – Raymond Zou (1307) – Mehul Singh (1311) 313Game #268 – RaymondMLG (1401) – GerelMukharaeva (1358)

313Game #269 – RaymondMLG (1518) – CT-Crunch (1556) 314Game #270 – Raymond Zou (1446) – Arianna Li (1313) 314

Triya Venkataraja 317Game #271 – ch6mund1 (1750) – edwinthomasr (2013) 317Game #272 – Triya Venkataraja (1533) – Pranava Kumar (1347)

317Game #273 – ch6mund1 (1808) – shaux (1999) 318Game #274 – ch6mund1 (1783) – agari (1970) 319Game #275 – ch6mund1 (1783) – doctorbrume (1962) 320Game #276 – ch6mund1 (1759) – Mihail84 (1980) 321

Lingaa Venkataraja 321Game #277 – pratyangira (1703) – infinitywar5 (1600) 322Game #278 – pratyangira (1704) – metrekop (1857) 322

Jerry Snitselaar 322Game #279 – snits (1346) – Kwam12 (1538) 322Game #280 – snits (1330) – Wes42 (1276) 323

John Walsh 324Game #281 – irishkong (959) – malachi (1073) 324Game #282 – irishkong (1103) – philinja (1021) 324Game #283 – irishkong (1190) – Sempervivum (1053) 325Game #284 – irishkong (1030) – seamesa (1169) 326Game #285 – irishkong (1139) – Internetpawn (1417) 326Game #286 – irishkong (1137) – kamisama (1595) 327Game #287 – irishkong (1247) – PEONCITO (1176) 327Game #288 – irishkong (1219) – nimzomania (1258) 328

Katherine Walsh 328Game #289 – historyrocks (807) – IndianWisdom (983) 329Game #290 – historyrocks (1090) – Haik90 (1133) 329

Bryce Barringer 330Game #291 – coyoteofthewind (1703) – plato46353 (1651) 330

Jon Vitale 330Game #292 – JonnyItaliano (1848) – danielstevens1 (1338) 330Game #293 – JonnyItaliano (1841) – curry014 (1631) 332Game #294 – JonnyItaliano (1850) – oliviawylee (1633) 332Game #295 – JonnyItaliano (1552) – aarav62 (1559) 333Game #296 – JonnyItaliano (1575) – steinutz (1739) 334Game #297 – JonnyItaliano (1597) – victorfalah (1538) 335

Mike Oldehoff 335Game #298 – TurkishStockton (1673) – FM Geir Sune Tallaksen (2404) 335Game #299 – TurkishStockton (1786) – Sandbagger (1676) 336Game #300 – Michael Oldehoff (1871) – Andrey Zubkov (1979)

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Noah Raskin 337Game #301 – Noah Raskin (1633) – Joseph Hoffman (1428) 337Game #302 – Noah Raskin (1883) – Nikolay Delchev (1805) 338Game #303 – Noah Raskin (1796) – FM Pedram Atoufi (2326)

339Game #304 – Noah Raskin (1846) – Robert Stetson (1886) 340

Alec Andersen (National Master) 341Game #305 – STANDERSEN (1307) – chesswiz2987 (1260) 341Game #306 – Alec Andersen (2203) – Joshua Goldring (1860)

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Luke Miller (National Master) 343Game #307 – KingMuncher (1739) – Adderley (1561) 343Game #308 – KingMuncher (1816) – mno (2030) 344

Matthew Miller (National Master) 345Game #309 – MassDestroyer (1326) – BobPeterson (1189) 345Game #310 – MassDestroyer (1583) – andrus (1413) 346Game #311 – MassDestroyer (1643) – bugs-2011 (1696) 346Game #312 – MassDestroyer (1639) – pasiflorino (1644) 346Game #313 – MassDestroyer (1808) – IM Horacio Saldano – panteratucumana (2149) 347Game #314 – MassDestroyer (1741) – pac (1804) 348

Jon Dussik (National Master) 349Game #315 – Primetime21 (2203) – Pepiton (2187) 349Game #316 – Primetime21 (2051) – mika53 (2233) 350

Chris Dussik (Expert) 351Game #317 – Chris Dussik (1773) – Jason Kammerdiner (1701)

351Game #318 – TEH-UBERHAXOR (1846) – dkdb (1843) 352

Austin Terrill 352Game #319 – Austin Terrill (1599) – Richard Ding (1862) 352

Eric Hammond (Expert) 353Game #320 – Eric Hammond (1880) – IM Dionisio Aldama (2409) 354

Joshua Zhu (Expert) 354Game #321 – chessman1337 (1518) – allknightmanly (1679) 355Game #322 – chessman1337 (1880) – avetron (1746) 356Game #323 – chessman1337 (1705) – nijole (1482) 356Game #324 – Joshua Zhu (1849) – Kevin Musil (1856) 357Game #325 – chessman1337 (1968) – drawyah (2050) 358Game #326 – chessman1337 (1989) – Setne (2128) 358

Joshua Lynch (Champion) (National Master) 359Game #327 – Propugnator (916) – Admiralmike (1665) 359Game #328 – Joshua Lynch (1885) – IM Anthony Saidy (2276)

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Joe Range 360Game #329 – dragonsages (1789) – nominisumbra (1689) 360Game #330 – dragonsages (1761) – ciprian_miron (1684) 361Game #331 – dragonsages (1318) – fisherino (1571) 362

Jamie Aronson 362Game #332 – Braaaains (1529) – gdragon (1487) 362

Adam Nehmeh 362Game #333 – Adam Nehmeh (1432) – ryp (1976) 362

Yassi Ehsani (Expert) 364Game #334 – Yassi Ehsani (1737) – Swarup Dhar (1745) 364Game #335 – Yassi Ehsani (1751) – Betty-Anna Strati 365Game #336 – Yassi Ehsani (1723) – Jonathan Waldorf (1533) 365

James Huggins 366Game #337 – James Huggins (1468) – Rexy Que (1400) 366

Keith Amaral 369Game #338 – Keith Amaral (1400) – vdesp (1489) 369

Timothy Murphy 370Game #339 – ilovetal (1649) – Smitukas (1726) 370

Nathan Kelly 371Game #340 – NathanKelly (1617) – shunzhu22 (1879) 372Game #341 – NathanKelly (1705) – chessterboard (2011) 372

Reader Games 374

Austin Cambon 374Game #342 – Austin Cambon (1978) – Vincent Nguyen (1904)

374Game #343 – Austin Cambon (1977) – Annie Wang (1783) 374Game #344 – InvisibleMoves (2105) – mtabar (1621) 375

Jules Carter 376Game #345 – ScumbagMulitia (1366) – chuckh2 (1389) 376Game #346 – ScumbagMulitia (1391) – AlonzoB (1391) 376

Andy Pineda 377Game #347 – Andy Pineda (1682) – Lee Lahti (1651) 377

Andy Soukal 378Game #348 – Mysound (1816) – ArsenMuradyan (1728) 378Game #349 – Mysound (1774) – AigleXV (1589) 379Game #350 – FlashGordon (1650) – PhilHarmonic (1630) 380Game #351 – Mysound (1886) – aliboron (1530) 381Game #352 – Mysound (1894) – aliboron (1493) 382Game #353 – Mysound (1678) – jaschar (1693) 383Game #354 – Mysound (1878) – ArneSaggnussen (1967) 384Game #355 – Mysound (1884) – juleshewitt (1639) 385Game #356 – Mysound (1925) – LEXUS1979 (1806) 386

Jeff Baffo 387Game #357 – Dirk van Geet – Guyt 387Game #358 – baffoj – eligio_lim 388Game #359 – jbaffo (1505) – straightforward (1577) 389Game #360 – jbaffo (1541) – gilp (1454) 390Game #361 – Jeff Baffo (1745) – Katie Wise (1959) 391

Tomas Peterson 392Game #362 – TOMAS (1420) – Vugar003 (1340) 392

Jarret Minkler 392Game #363 – jminkler (1493) – kkkaixo (1484) 392

David Kane 393Portsmouth Gambit 393History 393Clough Variation 394Game #364 – Kamus (1790) – StrongCell (1621) 394

Jim Bursley 395Game #365 – Jim Bursley (1975) – Kenneth Su (1821) 395

Tom Mayka 398Game #366 – Tom Mayka (1931) – Daniel Greiner (1917) 398Game #367 – Tom Mayka (1907) – Randy Ho (2025) 400

Domingos Savio Perego (Brazil) 401Game #368 – gbsalvio (1713) – artchess (1736) 401

Other Master Games 403

Life Master Brian Wall 403Game #369 – Brian Wall (2220) – Phil Nelson (1474) 403Game #370 – Brian Wall (2213) – Al Gardner (1485) 403Game #371 – Brian Wall (2204) – Cory Foster (1596) 404Game #372 – Brian Wall (2324) – Joe Pahk (1814) 404Game #373 – Brian Wall (2200) – Ben Gurka (1895) 405Game #374 – Brian Wall (2286) – Joel Senger (2000) 406Game #375 – Brian Wall (2200) – Richard Shtivelband (2324) 407Game #376 – BrianWall (2200) – GM Sauerkraut (2464) 408

Motif Theme Games 410

Bxh7 410Game #377 – Alexei Shestoperov – Serzhanov 410Game #378 – Iorcho (2633) – Sadorraski (2618) 411Game #379 – 2Vladimirovich90 (2929) – Goala (2429) 412

Bxh6 413Game #380 – Alexander Zubov (2606) – Sunil Dhopade Swapnil (2500) 413

Wedge Game 414Game #381 – Anna Rudolf (2062) – Marta Nestorow 414

Fishing Pole 415Game #382 – Frosbitten (2042) – bulletking (1884) 415Game #383 – Jonny Hector (2470) – Alexander Budnikov (2520)

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Lay Down Sacrifice 416Game #384 – Janis Klavins – Andrei Makarov 416Game #385 – Jeffery Xiong (2656) – Eesha Karavade (2374)

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Opposite Side Castling 419Game #386 – Stephen Jones – Ian Hambleton 419Game #387 – Konstantin Kavutskiy (2365) – Jacob Furfine (2208)

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Fatal Weakness 421Game #388 – Marina Makropoulou (2220) – Katarina Nestorovic (1484) 421Game #389 – Alexander King (2236) – Victor Mikhalevski (2581)

422Game #390 – Robert Wendling (2219) – Curt Carlsen (1883)

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Isolated d-Pawn 424Game #391 – Lars Bo Hansen (2580) – Giovanni Vescovi (2465)

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Is He Really Blind? 425Game #392 – GM Timur Gareyev – Manas Parmar 425

King Exposure 427Game #393 – Zenon Franco Ocampos – Alejandro Needleman

427Game #394 – tioloko (2583) – Incognito_Knight (2612) 428

Games by Opening 429

Smith-Morra Gambit 429

Game #395 – Grant Xu (2207) – Oliver Barbosa (2552) 430Game #396 – Marc Esserman (2446) – Flavio Perez (2279) 431Game #397 – MassterofMayhem (2592) – dmisilver (2337)

432Game #398 – MassterofMayhem (2603) – greg_sarg (2195)

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Qd3 French 434

Game #399 – Fernanda Kiss (2238) – Melinda Goczo (2201) 435

Game #400 – Jan Votava (2385) – Gabor Kecskes (2215) 435Game #401 – Franciszek Borkowski (2450) – Jacek Gdanski (2300) 437Game #402 – Enrico Sevillano (2490) – Stanislav Ritvin (2160)

438Game #403 – Enrico Sevillano (2477) – Todd Andrews (2244)

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Game #404 – Enrico Sevillano (2450) – Craig Clawitter (2176) 439

Wing Gambit 440

Game #405 – DanielNaroditsky (2964) – Aklanion (2161) 440

Sicilian: Portsmouth Gambit 441

Game #406 – Gunnar Andersen (2320) – Akshat Jain (2141) 442

Sicilian Grand Prix 443

Game #407 – Gary Quillan (2364) – Daniela Movileanu (2174) 443

Game #408 – Irina Bulmaga (2420) – Stephanie Matasaru (1735) 443

Game #409 – Strong1700 (2507) – Nerdy24 (2511) 444

KID – Martz Variation 445

Game #410 – Hans Berliner – Edmar Mednis 445

Modern Reti 446

Game #411 – Krzyztof Jakubowski (2526) – Dmitrijs Tokranovs (2348) 447

Game #412 – Kivanc Haznedaroglu (2501) – Arda Basara (1668) 448

Game #413 – Miguel Santos Ruiz (2523) – Rithvic Raja (2415) 449

Game #414 – Ian Nepomniachtchi (2768) – Etienne Bacrot (2678) 450

Qf3 Caro Kann 451

Game #415 – Phillip Rossiter – Michael Adams 451

Games From Around the Globe 453

Colorado 453

Game #416 – Jonathan Leathwood (1767) – Sam Dorchuk 453Game #417 – Shannon Fox (1670) – LaMoyne Spichael (1625)

454Game #418 – Cory Foster (1615) – Alex Freeman (1774) 455Game #419 – JC MacNeil (1771) – Robert Carlson (1629) 456

Europe 458

Game #420 – Herr Deutsch – Herr Konikowski 458Game #421 – Efraim de Haas – Antonius Wap 458Game #422 – Semen Mitusov (1752) – Vladimir Bochnicka (1901) 459Game #423 – Fernando Ribeiro – Juan Jose Lioret Ramis 459Game #424 – Robert Fiala – Jiri Domlatil 460Game #425 – Kristian Dimitrijeski (2088) – Thomas Mager 460Game #426 – Stefan Arnalds (1999) – Oskar Long Einarsson (1729) 461Game #427 – Rainer Albrecht (2179) – Yizheng Yuan (1795) 461

Internet 462

Game #428 – pureredwhiteblu (1205) – apaulanderson (1232) 462

Game #429 – iamjusttito (1417) – jono1996 (1529) 463Game #430 – Somnathmukherjee (1606) – Cocomaster (1573)

464Game #431 – DEPEBO41 (1680) – Aeraaa (1634) 465

Game #432 – shaptoni (1849) – jmi60 (1626) 466Game #433 – Frederick Rhine – NN 468Game #434 – Magnus-Mons (1391) – joseshirov (1443) 469Game #435 – aschepler (1683) – PapaDDS (1816) 470Game #436 – robi (1719) – toma-st (1390) 471

Everywhere Else 472

Game #437 – Scott Maid (1724) – Edward Frumkin (1864) 472Game #438 – Jack Young (2124) – Pat Walker (1960) 474Game #439 – Sherif Khater (2146) – Joseph Kelly (1923) 475Game #440 – Brett Kildahl (2108) – Alex Fauman (1956) 476Game #441 – Vishwa Krishnamurthy (1815) – Calvin Hori (1694)

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