Shahade - Stripunsky (U.S. Championship, Seattle, 2002)
1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.h3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nd7 7.Bc4 Ngf6 8.Qe2 0–0 9.0–0 b5 10.Bb3 a5 11.Nxf6+ exf6 12.a3 Re8 13.Be3 Nb6 14.Qd2 a4 15.Ba2 Be6 16.Bxe6 Rxe6 17.Rfe1 Qd5 18.Qc3 Qd7 19.Qd3 Bf8 20.Bd2 Nc4 21.Bc3 Rae8 22.Rxe6 Rxe6 23.Nd2 Nb6 24.Bb4 Bxb4 25.axb4 Qe7 26.c3 Re1+ 27.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 28.Kh2 Qxf2 29.Ne4 Qf5 30.Qe2 Nc4 31.Nc5 Kg7 32.Nxa4 bxa4 33.Qxc4 Qf4+ 34.Kg1 Qc1+ 35.Kh2 Qxb2 36.h4 h5 37.Qxc6 a3 38.d5 a2, 0–1.
Judit Polgar - Kasparov (Russia vs The Rest of the World, Moscow, 2002)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0–0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 h6 10.Rd1+ Ke8 11.h3 Be7 12.Ne2 Nh4 13.Nxh4 Bxh4 14.Be3 Bf5 15.Nd4 Bh7 16.g4 Be7 17.Kg2 h5 18.Nf5 18...Bf8 19.Kf3 Bg6 20.Rd2 hxg4+ 21.hxg4 Rh3+ 22.Kg2 Rh7 23.Kg3 f6 24.Bf4 Bxf5 25.gxf5 fxe5 26.Re1 Bd6 27.Bxe5 Kd7 28.c4 c5 29.Bxd6 cxd6 30.Re6 Rah8 31.Rexd6+ Kc8 32.R2d5 Rh3+ 33.Kg2 Rh2+ 34.Kf3 R2h3+ 35.Ke4 b6 36.Rc6+ Kb8 37.Rd7 Rh2 38.Ke3 Rf8 39.Rcc7 Rxf5 40.Rb7+ Kc8 41.Rdc7+ Kd8 42.Rxg7 Kc8, 1–0.
Xu Yuhua - Krush (Olympiad, Bled, 2002)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 g6 9.f3 Bg7 10.Nde2 0–0 11.0–0 Rfc8 12.Be3 Qd8 13.b3 Qa5 14.Qd2 a6 15.a4 Rab8 16.Rab1 Nd7 17.Rfd1 Qb4 18.Qc1 Qa5 19.Kh1 Kh8 20.Bd2 Qd8 21.Bg5 Nc5 22.Bh4 Nb4 23.Qd2 Qd7 24.Nd4 Ne6 25.Bf2 Nxd4 26.Bxd4 Qc7 27.Ba7 Ra8 28.Be3 Re8 29.a5 Qxa5 30.Nd5 Nc6 31.Qxa5 Nxa5 32.Nc7 Rac8 33.Nxe8 Rxe8 34.c5 dxc5 35.Bxc5 Bf6 36.Rd7 b5 37.f4 Rc8 38.b4 Nc6 39.e5 Bg7 40.Rbd1 Bf8 41.g3 Kg7 42.Rb7 e6 43.Rdd7 Nd8 44.Bb6 Nxb7 45.Rxb7 Bxb4 46.Ra7 Rc6 47.Bd8 Rc8 48.Bf6+ Kg8 49.Rxa6 Bc5 50.Ra2 b4 51.Rb2 Kf8 52.Kg2 Ke8 53.Kf3 Kd7 54.Ke4 Kc6 55.g4 Kb5 56.f5 gxf5+ 57.gxf5 Rg8, 0–1.
Shahade - Wang Pin (Olympiad, Bled, 2002)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Be2 h5 12.0–0 Nd7 13.Kh1 Nc5 14.f5 Be7 15.Rf3 Qa5 16.Rg3 h4 17.Rg7 Bf8 18.Rg4 h3 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.e5 dxe5 21.Nb3 Nxb3 22.Rxb3 Bh6 23.Qd3 f5 24.Rg6 hxg2+ 25.Rxg2 Qd8 26.Bh5+ Ke7 27.Qe2 b5 28.Bf3 e4 29.Nxe4 fxe4 30.Qxe4 Bd7 31.Qb4+ Kf6 32.Qh4+ Kf7 33.Bh5+ Kf8 34.Rf3+, 1–0.
Socko - Zhao Xue (Olympiad, Bled, 2002)
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Qb6 7.e3 Qc7 8.Bd3 b6 9.0–0 a6 10.a3 Be7 11.b3 Bb7 12.Bb2 d6 13.Rad1 Nbd7 14.Ne4 Rc8 15.Rd2 Qb8 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Bxf6 Nxf6 18.Rfd1 Bxf3 19.gxf3 Ke7 20.Qb2 g5 21.Bf1 Rhd8 22.Qd4 a5 23.Bg2 Qc7 24.b4 axb4 25.axb4 e5 26.Qa1 Qxc4 27.Bh3 Rc7 28.Qb1 h6 29.Kh1 g4 30.Bg2 gxf3 31.Bxf3 Qh4 32.Qf5 Rc4 33.b5 e4 34.Bg2 Rc5 35.Qf4 Qxf4 36.exf4 d5 37.f3 e3 38.Rd4 Kd6 39.Bf1 Rc2 40.Bd3 Rc3 41.Kg2 Kc5 42.Be2 Ra8 43.R4d3 Rxd3 44.Bxd3 Nh5 45.Bb1 Nxf4+ 46.Kg3 Ne2+ 47.Kg4 Rg8+ 48.Kf5 Rg1, 0–1.
Shahade - Stefanova (Andorra, 2000)
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.g3 c6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.b4 Qc7 9.0–0 e6 10.Rb1 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.Re1 Bd6 13.b5 0–0 14.g4 Bg6 15.Nh4 axb5 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.axb5 Nb6 18.Qf3 Nbd5 19.Bb2 Rac8 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Qxf6 Be7 23.Qb2 Qf4 24.c3 Bc5 25.d4 Bd6 26.Re3 Rc4 27.Ra1 Bb8 28.Qb3 Qh2+ 29.Kf1 Rfc8 30.Ra4 Qd6 31.Rxc4 Rxc4 32.Qa2 Rc8 33.Qa4 Kg7 34.Qb4 Qxb4 35.cxb4 Rc4 36.Rb3 b6 37.Ke2 Rxd4 38.Ke3 Rc4 39.Kd3 Bd6 40.Bf1 Bxb4 41.Rb2 Bc5 42.f3 Rc1 43.Bg2 g5, 0–1.
Milov - Stefanova (Andorra, 2001)
1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.d4 Bg7 6.Be2 0–0 7.0–0 a6 8.b4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bb3 Nd5 11.Nxd5 cxd5 12.a4 bxa4 13.Bxa4 Bd7 14.Qb3 e6 15.Bd2 Ra7 16.Rfc1 Qb6 17.Rc5 Rd8 18.Bc3 Bf8 19.Ne5 Bxa4 20.Qxa4 Rb7 21.Qd1 Qd6 22.h4 Nd7 23.Rc6 Qe7 24.Nf3 Qe8 25.Rc5 Nxc5 26.dxc5 Bg7 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Qd4+ f6 29.Rxa6 e5 30.Qc3 Qb5 31.Rxf6 d4 32.exd4 Kxf6 33.Ng5 Rxd4 34.Qf3+ Rf4 35.Qb3 Qc4 36.Qa4 Qc1+, 0–1.
Skripchenko - Atalik (Saint Vincent, 2001)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.0–0 Nf6 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.c3 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ng8 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.a3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Nge7 14.Rd1 Na5 15.Rb1 h6 16.Ne1 Rc8 17.Rd3 b6 18.Qh5 Rc7 19.g4 Qc8 20.Bd2 Nc4 21.Bc1 Ng6 22.f4 Ncxe5 23.fxe5 Rxc3 24.Rd1 Qc4 25.Ng2 Qa2 26.Be3 Qxa3 27.Ra1 Qe7 28.Rf1 Qc7 29.Ra2 0–0 30.Raf2 a5 31.g5 hxg5 32.Bxg5 Qc4 33.Be3 Qd3 34.Rf3 Qe2 35.Qg5 Rc2 36.R3f2 Qc4 37.h4 Rxf2 38.Rxf2 Kh7 39.h5 Nh8 40.Nh4 Qd3 41.Rg2 Rg8 42.Ng6 Qd1+, 1–0.
Kosteniuk - Paehtz (Duel of the Graces, Mainz, 2002)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nc6 7.0–0 Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Na4 Be7 10.f4 Nxe4 11.c4 0–0 12.Bd3 Nf6 13.g4 Nb4 14.g5 Ne8 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Qh5+ Kg8 17.Rf3 f5 18.Rh3 Nf6 19.gxf6 Bxf6 20.Nf3 Nd3 21.Ng5 Bxg5 22.fxg5 Nf4 23.Qh7+ Kf7 24.Rh6 Ne2+ 25.Kf2 Nf4 26.Rf6+ Ke8 27.Qxg7 Nh3+ 28.Ke1 Qa5+ 29.Ke2 Qb4 30.Qg6+ Ke7 31.Bc5+ Qxc5 32.Qg7+ Ke8, 1–0.
Paehtz - Kosteniuk (Duel of the Graces, Mainz, 2002)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.0–0 0–0 8.Re1 Nc6 9.Nb3 a5 10.a4 Be6 11.Bf1 Bxb3 12.cxb3 e6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Qb6 15.Bg3 Rfd8 16.Nb5 Ne8 17.Bf4 d5 18.e5 Nc7 19.Qd2 g5 20.Bg3 Nxb5 21.axb5 Nd4 22.Qe3 Bf8 23.Ra4 Bc5 24.Rc1 Rac8 25.Rxc5 Nf5 26.Rxc8 Nxe3 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.fxe3 Qc7 29.e4 Qc2 30.exd5 Qxb3 31.Rxa5 exd5 32.Ra8+ Kg7 33.Bf2 Qxb2 34.Rb8 Qxe5 35.Rxb7 h5 36.Rd7 h4 37.b6 g4 38.g3 Qe6 39.b7, 1–0.
Luong Minh Hue - Paridar (Asian Junior Championship, Tehran, 2002)
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.d4 c6 5.Qc2 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Nf3 0–0 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Bd3 Re8 10.0–0 Nf8 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.b4 Be7 13.Rab1 Bd6 14.Bf5 a6 15.Na4 Bxf5 16.Qxf5 Re6 17.Nc5 Rg6 18.Qd3 Qe7 19.Rfe1 Rh6 20.a4 Bxh2+ 21.Nxh2 Qh4 22.Nxb7 Qxh2+ 23.Kf1 Rg6 24.Ke2 Rxg2 25.Rf1 Qh5+ 26.Ke1 Re8 27.Rb3 Qh6 28.Kd1 Qf6 29.Nc5 h5 30.Nxa6 h4 31.b5 h3 32.Nc7 Rb8 33.Ke2 h2 34.Qd1 Qf5 35.Kd2 Rxf2+ 36.Rxf2 Qxf2+ 37.Kd3 Ne6 38.b6 c5 39.Nxd5 cxd4 40.Rb1 dxe3 41.Ne7+ Kf8 42.Ke4 Qf4+ 43.Kd5 Rd8+ 44.Kc6 Rxd1 45.Rxd1 Qxa4+ 46.Kb7 Qxd1 47.Nc8 h1Q+, 0–1.
Shahade - Dzagnidze (Women’s World Championship, Elista, 2004)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0–0–0 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 0–0 10.f3 a6 11.Kb1 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 Qxg5 14.f4 Qa5 15.Qxd6 b5 16.Bd3 Bb7 17.Qe5 Rac8 18.h4 Bd5 19.b3 Qc3 20.Qe2 b4 21.f5 a5 22.Rh3 Qf6 23.g4 exf5 24.Bxf5 Rcd8 25.Rhd3 Bb7 26.g5 Qb6 27.h5 Ba6 28.g6 Bxd3 29.gxh7+ Kh8 30.Bxd3 Rde8 31.Qg2 Re5 32.Rf1 Rfe8 33.a4 bxa3 34.Ka2 Qd4 35.Kxa3 Rxh5 36.Rxf7 Qa1 mate, 0–1.
Chiburdanidze - Stefanova (Women’s World Championship, Elista, 2004)
1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 c6 3.Bf4 Qb6 4.Qd2 Ne4 5.Qc2 d5 6.f3 Qa5+ 7.Nd2 Nxd2 8.Bxd2 Qd8 9.e3 g6 10.Bd3 Bg7 11.Ne2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd7 13.Bb3 a5 14.a3 e5 15.0–0 0–0 16.Rad1 exd4 17.Nxd4 Qe7 18.Rfe1 Ne5 19.e4 c5 20.Nb5 c4 21.Ba4 Nd3 22.Re2 Nxb2 23.Rb1 Nxa4 24.Qxa4 c3 25.Be3 Bd7 26.Qc2 Rfc8 27.a4 Rc4 28.Bc1 h5 29.Ba3 Qe6 30.f4 Qg4 31.Bd6 Bxb5 32.axb5 Rd8 33.e5 Qxf4 34.Rf1 Qg4 35.h3 Qe6 36.b6 a4 37.Kh1 Rd7 38.Ra1 Kh7 39.Rf1 Rc6 40.Ref2 Qb3 41.Qe2 Rxb6 42.Qe4 Rc6 43.Rb1 Qc4 44.Qc2 b5 45.Rff1 Rcxd6 46.exd6 Rxd6 47.Rf2 Bh6 48.Rbf1 Rd7 49.Rf3 Bd2 50.Rf6 a3 51.Ra1 Ra7 52.Rd6 a2 53.Rd8 Bg5 54.Re8 b4 55.Qf2 Rc7, 0–1.
Kovalevskaya - Stefanova (Women’s World Championship, Elista, 2004)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Bb7 8.d3 d6 9.Nc3 b4 10.Ne2 0–0 11.Ng3 h6 12.Nf5 Bc8 13.N3h4 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Qf3 Bg4 16.Qg3 Kh7 17.Be3 Bxb2 18.Rab1 Bc3 19.f3 Bd7 20.Qf2 a5 21.g4 Qe8 22.Nf5 Bxa4 23.g5 Nh5 24.Qh4 g6 25.Nxh6 Bxb3 26.Ng4 Qe6 27.Nf6+ Kg7 28.Nxh5+ gxh5 29.cxb3 a4 30.bxa4 Rxa4 31.Kh1 Ra2 32.Rg1 Re2 33.Bf2 Ra8 34.f4 exf4 35.Qxf4 Raa2 36.Rg2 Kg6 37.Qf3 Rac2 38.Rf1 b3 39.e5 Bxe5 40.d4 Bg7 41.Bg1 Rxg2 42.Qd3+ Kxg5 43.Be3+ Kh4 44.Rf4+ Rg4 45.d5 Rc1+ 46.Bxc1 Qe1+ 47.Rf1 Qe4+ 48.Qxe4 Rxe4 49.Kg2 b2 50.Bf4 Rb4 51.Bg3+ Kg5 52.h4+ Kg6 53.Rb1 Ra4, 0–1.
Shahade - Goletiani (U.S. Championship, 2004)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 e6 7.0–0 Be7 8.Be3 a6 9.f4 0–0 10.Qe1 Qc7 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Rb8 14.Kh1 b4 15.e5 Ne8 16.exd6 Bxd6 17.Ne4 f6 18.Bd3 bxa3 19.bxa3 Be7 20.Rab1 Bxa3 21.Rxb8 Qxb8 22.Bc4 Be7 23.Qh3 f5 24.Ng5 Bxg5 25.fxg5 Qb4 26.Qb3 Qxb3 27.cxb3 Nd6 28.Bc5 Rd8 29.Bxd6 Rxd6 30.Rxf5 Rd1+ 31.Rf1 Rxf1+ 32.Bxf1 a5 33.Kg1 Kf7 34.Kf2 e5 35.Bd3 Bb7 36.g3 e4 37.Bc4+ Kg6 38.h4 Kf5 39.Bg8 Ke5 40.Ke3 Bd5 41.Bxh7 Bxb3 42.Bxe4 a4 43.h5 a3 44.Bb1 a2 45.Bxa2 Bxa2 46.h6 gxh6 47.gxh6, ½–½.
Batseeseg - Shahade (U.S. Championship, 2004)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nb3 a6 7.Be3 Be6 8.f3 Be7 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.0–0–0 Nb6 11.g4 0–0 12.g5 Nh5 13.Rg1 Qc7 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 a5 16.Nc5 Rac8 17.c3 Nxd5 18.Qxd5 dxc5 19.Bc4 Rcd8 20.Qe4 g6 21.h4 Rd4 22.cxd4 cxd4 23.B
d2 Qxc4+ 24.Kb1 Qb5 25.a4 Qc5 26.Rc1 Qd6 27.Rge1 f6 28.f4 Qa6 29.Rc7 Bd6 30.Rd7 Kh8 31.fxe5 fxe5 32.Bc1 Ng3 33.Qd5 Nf5 34.Rxe5 Bxe5 35.Qxe5+ Kg8 36.Ka2 Qc6 37.Rc7 Qxa4+ 38.Kb1 Qb3 39.h5 gxh5 40.Qe4 d3 41.Rc3 Qb5 42.Qe6+ Kh8 43.Bd2 Qe8 44.Qd5 Qf7 45.Qxd3 Ng7 46.Qd4 Qf5+ 47.Ka2 Qe6+ 48.Rb3 b5 49.Bc3 Rg8 50.Bxa5 Ra8 51.Qb4 Qd5 52.Kb1 Qd1+ 53.Ka2 Qd8 54.Ra3, 0–1
Shahade - Abrahayman (U.S. Championship, 2004)
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Qb6 8.0–0 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.Qa4 Be7 13.Qg4 Kf8 14.Bg5 Qd8 15.Qf4 Nc5 16.Bc2 Bd7 17.b4 Na6 18.a3 Kg8 19.Bd3 h6 20.Bxe7 Qxe7 21.Rfc1 Be8 22.Rc3 Rd8 23.Qd4 Nb8 24.b5 b6 25.h4 g6 26.Qb4 Qb7 27.Nd4 h5 28.Rac1 Rd7 29.Nc6 Kg7 30.Qf4 Rc7 31.Nd8, 1–0.
Zatonskih - Shahade (U.S. Championship, 2004)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.0–0 Ngf6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d3 Bg7 8.Ng5 h6 9.Nh3 0–0 10.f4 c4 11.Kh1 cxd3 12.cxd3 Qa5 13.Qe2 Qh5 14.Qe1 Nc5 15.d4 Nd3 16.Qd2 Nxc1 17.Raxc1 e5 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.d5 Rac8 20.Nf2 Rfd8 21.Ne2 Rxc1 22.Rxc1 Ne8 23.Rc3 Nd6 24.Rh3 Qg5 25.Qxg5 hxg5 26.g4 f6 27.Rc3 Rc8 28.Rxc8+ Nxc8 29.Nd3 Bf8 30.Kg2 Kf7 31.Kf3 Bd6 32.Ke3 Ke7 33.Nc3 Kd7 34.Nb1 Nb6 35.b3 Nc8 36.Nd2 b6 37.Nf3 Ne7 38.h4 gxh4 39.Nxh4 g5 40.Nf3 Ng6 41.Nh2 Ne7 42.Nf1 Ng8 43.Kd2 Nh6 44.Ne3 Kc7 45.Kc3 b5 46.a4 Kb6 47.Kd2 a6 48.Nf5 Nxf5 49.exf5 bxa4 50.bxa4 e4 51.Nf2 e3+ 52.Kxe3 Bc5+ 53.Kf3 Bxf2 54.Kxf2 Kc5 55.Ke3 Kxd5 56.a5 Ke5 57.Kd3 Kf4 58.Kc4 Kxg4 59.Kc5 Kxf5 60.Kb6 g4 61.Kxa6 g3 62.Kb7 g2 63.a6 g1Q 64.a7 Qa1 65.a8Q, 0–1.
Shahade - Belakovskaya (U.S. Championship, 2004)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.h3 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.a3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Qc7 13.Nf1 Rae8 14.Ne3 Bd8 15.Nh2 Nc6 16.Nhg4 Nxg4 17.hxg4 Bg5 18.c3 Ne7 19.Qf3 Qd7 20.Nf5 Bxc1 21.Raxc1 Ng6 22.Rcd1 Rd8 23.d4 Qc7 24.dxc5 dxc5 25.Bd5 Bc8 26.g3 Be6 27.c4 Ne7 28.Ne3 Rd6 29.g5 Nc6 30.Bxc6 Qxc6 31.Nd5 Qd7 32.Qc3 f6 33.gxf6 gxf6 34.cxb5 Bxd5 35.exd5 Qxb5 36.Rd2 Rb8 37.Rc1 Rc8 38.Qc4 Qxc4 39.Rxc4 Kf7 40.b4 Rcd8 41.Rxc5 Kg6 42.Kg2 Kf5 43.Kf3 e4+ 44.Ke3 Ke5 45.a4 f5 46.Rc6 h5 47.Rxd6 Rxd6 48.f3 h4 49.f4+ Kf6 50.gxh4 Ke7 51.Kd4 Rh6 52.Ke5 Rxh4 53.Kxf5 e3 54.Re2 Kd6 55.Rxe3 Kxd5 56.Re5+ Kc4 57.b5 axb5 58.axb5 Rh6 59.Ke4 Rb6 60.f5 Rh6 61.Re6 Rh4+ 62.Ke5 Kxb5 63.Kd6 Ra4 64.Re5+ Kb6 65.f6 Ra7 66.Re7 Ra1 67.Re8 Rd1+ 68.Ke7 Kc7 69.f7 Re1+ 70.Kf6 Rf1+ 71.Kg6 Rg1+ 72.Kh5 Rh1+ 73.Kg4 Rg1+ 74.Kh3 Rh1+ 75.Kg2. 1–0.
Notes
1. Playing Like a Girl
1. H.J.R. Murray, History of Chess. New York: Oxford University Press, 1913, p. 530.
2. War-Torn Pioneers: Vera Menchik and Sonja Graf
1. British Chess Magazine, 1937.
2. Margaret Hilton Brown, “Tribute to Vera Menchik,” British Chess Magazine, 1944.
3. There were no copies of I Am Susann avaliable in U.S. bookstores or libraries. Henk Chevret of The Hague Collection sent me a copy for Christmas.
4. R. H. Wood, “Rolling Down to Rio,” Chess, September 20, 1939, pp. 18-19 (article was written before, but published after, the start of the War.)
5. British Chess Magazine, August 1944.
6. Thanks to Michael Negele, who encountered these stories in Max Euwe’s writing in researching Sonja Graf’s life for the German magazine KARL.
7. Kathryn Slater, “Women’s Chess,” Chess Life, October 1966.
8. John Graham, Women in Chess: Players of the Modern Age. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., 1987.
3. Building a Dynasty: The Women of Georgia
1. New In Chess, No. 8, 2003, p. 106.
2. Chess Life & Review, January 1979.
3. Graham, op. cit., p. 43.
4. In Olympiads played between 1957-1978, there were three-player women’s teams with two boards and one alternate.
5. Inside Chess, Vol. 1, Issue 25, pp. 4-5.
4. Be Like Judit!
1. Ratings change incrementally but constantly, so these are approximate figures.
2. ChessCafe.com interview between Misha Savinov and Olga Alexandrova.
3. Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1952, pp. 604-605.
4. Melbourne Herald, April 1, 1998.
5. Bring Up Grandmasters: The Polgar Sisters
1. Susan Polgar on chess, ChessCafe.com March 2003.
2. Ibid.
3. Zsuzsa Polgar and Jacob Shutzman, Queen of the Kings Game. New York: CompChess Cosulting, 1997, p. 17.
4. Ibid.
5. New In Chess, No. 8, 1989, p. 34.
6. Tibor Károlyi, Judit Polgar: The Princess of Chess. London: B. T. Batford, 2004, p. 38.
7. New In Chess, No. 2, 1989.
8. Cathy Forbes, The Polgar Sisters: Training or Genius? New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1992, p. 49.
9. Dirk Jan Ten Geuzendam, New In Chess, No. 4, 1994.
10. Forbes, op. cit., p. 177.
11. Polgar and Shutzman, op. cit., p. 83.
12. Susan had occasionally chose to develop her King’s Knight on the first move (1.Nf3), the third or fourth most popular starting move, which often involves playing d4 later, thus leading to positions that would have come about after 1.d4 anyway.
6. Women Only!
1. Graham, loc. cit.
7. Chinese Style
1. The quotes are from Xie Jun’s book Chess Champion from China: The Life and Games of Xie Jun. London: Gambit Publications Ltd., 1998.
2. Sarah Hurst, Curse of Kirsan. Milford, CT: Russell Enterprises, 2002.
3. “Making All the Right Moves” Asia Time magazine, April 8, 2002.
4. Ibid.
5. “God of Big Trends,” Bitch magazine, No. 16, Spring 2002.
6. Asia Time magazine, op. cit.
7. Yu Nan’s translations, found on his Internet site. At the time of writing, the book is only available in Chinese languages.
8. New In Chess, No. 1, 2003.
8. Juno and Genius
1. Edward Lasker, “Letter from a Woman,” Chess for Fun and Chess for Blood. New York: David McKay Company, Inc., 1942.
2. John Berger, Ways of Seeing. New York: Penguin Books, 1972.
9. European Divas
1. In Russian, Sasha is a nickname for Alexandra.
2. Nigel Farndale, “Blitzed by Russia’s pawn star,” Telegraph, August 14, 2002.
10. Checkmate Around the World
1. New In Chess, No. 8, 2003, pp. 65.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid. No. 5, 1995.
11. Playing for America
1. New York Sun, April 16, 1937.
2. New York Herald Tribune, February 28, 1937.
3. The Cleveland Public Library houses the largest collection of chess books and memorabilia in the world, and the Midwestern former steel capital is an unlikely Mecca for a small but zealous group of chess historians. Upon visiting the library myself, I was stunned by its wealth of materials, such as personal letters, original photographs, and rare books. The material in this chapter as well as in Chapter 2 is largely based on my findings there.
4. Rank and File, January/February 1993, pp. 16-17.
5. “Queen Among the Knights,” New York Post, September 10, 1945.
6. A preset number of World Championship invitations are awarded to Zones consisting of several countries.
7. The winner was the young Nona Gaprindihasvilli, who later that winter defeated Bykova for the title.
8. Although many teams fielded two players and an alternate, the United States Federation only sponsored a two-player women’s team.
9. Newsweek, May 22, 1961.
12. Gender Play: Angela from Texas
1. H.J.R. Murray, History of Chess. New York: Oxford University Press, 1913, pp. 426-427.
13. Worst to First
1. Seth Mydans, “Where Chess Is King and the People Are Pawns,” The New York Times June 20, 2004.
2. In the final round, I lost against Irina Krush, who played a nice game. She ended up tying with Anna Zatonskih for second/third place.
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