[Event "chessclub.com"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arasan 11.3"]
[Black "Telepath"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[TimeControl "300+4"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 Ng6 11. h4 d5 12. h5 Ne7 13. h6 Rg8 14. Bg5 dxe4
15. hxg7 Ned5 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qg5 Be7 18. Kb1 b5 19. Rh6 b4 {An
extraordinary position. Nb5 looks good here but only draws. The right move is
Bb5+.} 20. Nb5 (20. Bb5+ $142 axb5 21. Nxb5 Qb8 (21... Qc6 22. N3d4 $18) 22.
Rxf6 e3 23. N3d4 $18) 20... axb5 21. Bxb5+ Bd7 22. Bxd7+ Nxd7 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24.
Qh5+ $11 Kd8 25. Qxh7 Qa7 26. Qxg8+ Kc7 27. Qf7 Qxa2+ 28. Kc1 e3 29. Qf4+ e5
30. Qxe3 Qa6 31. f4 Qg6 32. Kb1 Qxg7 33. Qe4 Nb6 34. Rh1 Rh8 35. Rg1 Rd8 36.
fxe5 Qf7 37. e6 Qf6 38. Re1 Na4 39. c3 Rd6 40. Nd4 Qf2 41. Qe2 Qxe2 42. Rxe2
Kd8 43. Nf5 Rd5 44. Nxe7 Kxe7 45. cxb4 Rg5 46. Ka2 Nb6 47. Ka3 Nd5 48. Kb3 Nf4
49. Re4 Rg3+ 50. Kc4 Nxe6 51. b5 Rxg2 52. b6 Rxb2 53. b7 Rxb7 {This is a
tablebase draw} 54. Kd5 Rb5+ 55. Kc6 Rc5+ 56. Kb7 Kd6 57. Rb4 Kd5 58. Kb8 Nd4
59. Rb7 Nc6+ 60. Kc8 Ne5+ 61. Kb8 Rc1 62. Rb5+ Kd6 63. Rb6+ Kc5 64. Rb7 Rh1 65.
Rc7+ Kd6 66. Rg7 Rb1+ 67. Rb7 Nc6+ 68. Kc8 Ne7+ 69. Kb8 Rh1 70. Rb6+ Kc5 71.
Re6 Nc6+ 72. Kc8 Rh7 73. Re3 Ne7+ 74. Kb8 Kd6 75. Rd3+ Nd5 76. Rg3 Ke6 77. Rg6+
Ke5 78. Rg5+ Ke4 79. Rg4+ Kf5 80. Rg8 Kf6 81. Rf8+ Ke6 82. Re8+ Kd6 83. Rg8 Ne7
84. Rd8+ Kc6 85. Rd3 Nd5 86. Rg3 Rb7+ 87. Kc8 Ne7+ 88. Kd8 Kd6 89. Rd3+ Nd5 90.
Ke8 Ke6 91. Kf8 Rf7+ 92. Ke8 Re7+ 93. Kf8 Ra7 94. Rg3 Rf7+ 95. Ke8 Nf6+ 96. Kd8
Kd6 97. Rd3+ Nd5 98. Ke8 Rg7 99. Rd4 Kc6 100. Rc4+ Kb6 101. Rh4 Rg6 102. Re4
Kc5 103. Rh4 Nf6+ 104. Kd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "chessclub.com"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2009.10.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ProphetX"]
[Black "Arasan 11.6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2379"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[TimeControl "900+3"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nxd2 ({
possibly better is} 6... Nxc5) 7. Qxd2 f6 8. b4 e5 9. Bg3 a5 10. c3 axb4 11.
cxb4 d4 12. Qb2 Qd5 13. a3 Be7 14. Nd2 Bh3 (14... f5 $5 {
to free the B bishop might be better.}) 15. Rg1 Bg4 16. e3 dxe3 {Arasan failed
low here. Black has pushed pawns but not developed well and has failed to get
his King safe.} 17. fxe3 h6 18. Bc4 Qd7 19. a4 h5 20. a5 h4 21. Bf2 g5 22. e4
Kf8 23. Bd5 Bd8 24. Be3 Ne7 25. Bc4 Nc6 26. Rf1 (26. h3 $1 Be6 27. Qb3 {
would be more testing.}) 26... h3 27. g3 Kg7 28. Kf2 f5 $5 29. exf5 Bf6 30. Kg1
(30. Be6 $142 Qd3 31. Rfe1 Bxf5 32. Ra3 Qc2 33. Qxc2 Bxc2 $16) 30... Bxf5 31.
Rad1 Rhd8 32. Bb5 Qe6 33. Qa3 e4 34. Bc4 Qc8 35. Kh1 Ne5 36. Qa2 Ng4 37. Qb3
Kh6 38. Rde1 $2 (38. Be2 Nxe3 39. Qxe3 Bd4 40. Qb3 $14) 38... Rxd2 39. Bxd2 e3
$1 $19 40. Rxe3 Nxe3 41. Bxe3 Qc6+ 42. Bd5 Be4+ 43. Kg1 Bxd5 44. Qd3 Bg2 45.
Re1 Qf3 46. Qd2 Rf8 47. Qd6 Rd8 48. Qe6 Bf1 49. Qe4 Qxe4 50. Bxg5+ Bxg5 51.
Rxe4 Rf8 52. Rf4 Bxf4 53. Kxf1 Bxg3+ 54. Ke2 Bxh2 55. a6 Bc7 56. axb7 h2 57.
b8=B Bxb8 58. b5 h1=Q 59. Kd3 Qh3+ 60. Ke2 Rf3 0-1

[Event "freechess.org"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2010.02.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "strelka"]
[Black "Arasan 12.0"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2057"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. h3 e5 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 Nge7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 8.
Kxf2 Nxe5 9. d4 N5g6 10. h4 $5 Bxg4 11. h5 $1 Nh8 12. h6 g6 {Black is behind
in development. White has an open King but there isn't much Black can do to
exploit it at this point.} 13. Qd3 c6 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd5 16. Qb3 b6 17.
Rf1 Be6 (17... Bf5 $142) 18. Kg1 f6 19. c4 Nc7 20. Qc3 Ne8 21. b3 Bf5 22. Ba3
Rf7 23. Ng3 Bd7 24. Rae1 a5 25. Rf2 (25. d5 $142 $1 b5 26. Qd4 $18) 25... a4
26. b4 Rc8 27. b5 cxb5 28. Bd5 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Qxc4 Qb8 31. Kg2 f5 32.
Re7 b5 33. Qe2 $2 (33. Qc5 $142) 33... Bc6+ 34. Kh3 b4 35. Bxb4 Qxb4 36. Rxe8+
Bxe8 37. Qxe8+ Qf8 38. Re2 Qxe8 39. Rxe8+ Rf8 40. Re7 Nf7 {Black finally gets
the Knight out.} 41. Ne2 Nxh6 42. Re5 f4 43. Re4 g5 44. Re5 g4+ 45. Kh4 f3 46.
Ng3 f2 47. Rg5+ Kh8 48. Rh5 Rf3 49. Rxh6 Rxg3 50. Kxg3 f1=Q 51. Kxg4 Qf2 52.
Re6 Qxa2 53. Re4 Qg2+ 54. Kf4 Qxe4+ 55. Kxe4 a3 56. Kf4 a2 57. Ke4 a1=Q 58. Ke3
h5 59. Ke4 h4 60. Kf3 Qxd4 61. Kg2 Qf4 62. Kg1 h3 63. Kh1 Qf1+ 64. Kh2 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "WCRCC 2010"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2010.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "AlmondX"]
[Black "ArasanX"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "227"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+4"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3
c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Be6 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Kd2
Rxc5 15. Nd4 Rc7 16. Bd3 (16. Rhb1 {was played in Onischuk,A (2699)-Vitiugov,N
(2707)/Poikovsky 2010}) 16... Nd7 17. Nb5 Rc5 18. h3 a6 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Rhc1
Ne5 21. a4 Kh8 22. Be2 Bd7 23. a5 R8c7 24. f4 Nc4+ 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Ra3 Bc8
27. Kd3 Kh7 28. Rb1 Kg8 29. Rb4 R4c5 30. Rbb3 Kf8 31. Ra1 Ke8 32. Kc2 Kd8 33.
Kd2 Bd7 34. Raa3 h5 35. Ra2 Bc8 36. Ra1 Ke8 37. Kd3 Kf8 38. Rba3 f6 39. h4 Re7
40. f5 Rcc7 41. R3a2 Re4 42. g3 Rce7 43. Re1 Ke8 44. Rb2 R4e5 45. Rf2 Bd7 46.
Kd2 Re4 47. Rff1 Kd8 48. Rf3 Kc7 49. Rb1 Kb8 50. Rb6 Kc8 51. Rb1 Re8 52. Ke2
R4e5 53. Kd3 R8e7 54. Ke2 Kc7 55. Kd3 Re4 56. Kd2 Kb8 57. Rb6 R4e5 58. Rb1 Ka7
59. Rg1 Re4 60. Rb1 Re8 61. Rb6 Bc8 62. Kd3 R4e5 63. Rb2 Bd7 64. Kd2 Kb8 65.
Rb6 Kc8 66. Rb1 Re4 67. Ke2 Kc7 68. Kd2 Kb8 69. Rb6 Bc8 70. Kd3 Kc7 71. Kd2
R8e5 72. Rb4 Bd7 73. Rb2 Kb8 74. Rb1 Kc7 75. Rb2 Kb8 76. Rb1 Kc8 77. Rb2 Kc7
78. Rb6 Kc8 79. Rb1 Re7 80. Kd3 Kb8 81. Rb6 Kc7 82. Rb2 Bc8 83. Rb1 Re8 84. Kd2
R8e5 85. Rb6 Rg4 86. Rb1 Bd7 87. Rb6 Kb8 88. Rb2 Re7 89. Rb1 Kc7 90. Rb6 Bc8
91. Rb1 g5 $2 {This unnecessary pawn advance costs the game. I could not
reproduce this move later.} 92. hxg5 Rxg5 93. Rb6 Rf7 94. Kd3 Bd7 (94... Rg4 $5
) 95. Ke2 Rg8 96. Kf2 Kb8 97. Rf4 Rc8 98. Rh4 Rxc3 99. Rxh5 Rc5 100. g4 Bc6
101. Rh8+ Ka7 102. Rd8 Ba4 103. Rdd6 Rxa5 104. Rxf6 Rg7 105. Rg6 Rc7 106. Rb1
Bc2 107. Nxc2 Rxc2+ 108. Kf3 Rc7 109. Rd6 Rh7 110. g5 Ra4 111. Rg1 Re4 112.
Rxd5 Rhe7 113. g6 Rxe3+ 114. Kf4 {ArasanX resigns} 1-0

[Event "WCRCC 2010"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2010.07.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tinker"]
[Black "ArasanX"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+4"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Rb1 (17. a4 c5 18. d5 c4 19. b4 Nh7 20. Be3 h5 21. Qd2
Rf8 22. Ra3 Ndf6 23. Rea1 Qd7 24. R1a2 Rfc8 25. Qc1 Bf8 26. Qa1 Qe8 27. Nf1 Be7
28. N1d2 Kg7 29. Nb1 Nxe4 30. Bxe4 f5 31. Bc2 Bxd5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Ra7 Kf6
34. Nbd2 Rxa7 35. Rxa7 Ra8 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Rxa7 38. Qxa7 f4 39. Bxf4 exf4
40. Nh4 Bf7 41. Qd4+ Ke6 42. Nf5 Bf8 43. Qxf4 Kd7 44. Nd4 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Bd5+ 46.
Be4 Bxe4+ 47. Nxe4 Be7 48. Nxb5 Nf8 49. Nbxd6 Ne6 50. Qe5 {1-0 Fischer,R (2785)
-Spassky,B (2560)/Belgrade 1992/CBM 031}) 17... d5 18. dxe5 Nxe5
19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. f4 Rxe4 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Be3 Qe7 23. Qf3 f5 24. Rbd1 b4 25.
Bd4 bxc3 26. bxc3 c5 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rb1 Bc6 29. Qf2 Qa7 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31.
Qb2 Qe7 32. f5 $2 (32. Qb6 $142) 32... gxf5 33. Qf2 Rf8 34. Rb6 Rf6 35. Rxa6 f4
36. Ra5 $4 (36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. Qxf4 Qg5 $11 {according to Rybka 3}) 36... e3 $1
37. Qe2 d4 38. cxd4 cxd4 39. Qb2 Qc7 40. Rc5 f3 41. gxf3 Rg6+ 42. Kf1 Qf4 43.
Rf5 Qxf5 44. Qxd4+ Kh7 45. Qa7+ Bd7 46. Rxe3 Qxh3+ 47. Ke1 Qh1+ 48. Kd2 Rd6+
49. Qd4 Rxd4+ 50. Rd3 Qg1 51. Kc3 Qa1+ 52. Kd2 Bb5 53. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 54. Kc2 Ba4+
55. Kb1 Qd2 56. a3 Bb3 57. f4 Qa2+ 58. Kc1 Qc2# {White checkmated} 0-1

[Event "WCRCC 2010"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2010.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "ArasanX"]
[Black "Tornado-C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+4"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. O-O Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c3 Bg7
15. Qh5 e4 16. Bc2 O-O 17. Rae1 Qc8 18. Bb3 {More common in recent games are:}
(18. f3) (18. Kh1) 18... a5 19. Nxb5 {Tornado was apparently out of book here.}
a4 20. Bd1 Qc5 21. Be2 Nxd5 22. Qg5 {last book move for Arasan.} Rab8 23. c4
Nc7 24. Nxc7 h6 (24... Qxc7 25. Qxf5 Rfe8 26. b3 axb3 27. axb3 Rxb3 28. Bd1 Rc3
29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxc4 31. Qxc4 {1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y (2597)-McShane,L 
(2643)/Biel 2004/CBM 102}) 25. Qe7 Rb7 26. Rd1 Rxc7 27. Qxd6 Rb8 28. Qxc5 Rxc5
29. Rd2 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Bxb2 31. Rb1 a3 32. Rd1 f4 33. Rd7 Kg7 34. Re7 Be5 35. g3
f3 36. Bf1 Kf6 37. Ra7 Bb2 38. Ra6+ Kg7 39. Rd6 Re5 40. Bh3 Bc3 41. Rd5 Rxd5
42. cxd5 Kg6 43. d6 f5 44. d7 Ba5 45. Bf1 Kf6 46. Ba6 (46. h4 $142 {intending
Bh3}) 46... Ke6 47. Bc8 Bd8 48. Kf1 h5 49. Ke1 Ke5 50. Ba6 Ba5+ 51. Kf1 Kf6 52.
Bb7 h4 53. gxh4 Bd8 54. Bc6 Kg6 55. Bd5 Bxh4 56. Ke1 Bd8 57. h3 {I didn't like
this move as I observed the game - pawn moves are commital. But Arasan wants
to push pawns!} Kf6 58. h4 Ke7 (58... Kg6 {might be better. The d pawn is not
going anywhere.}) 59. h5 Ba5+ 60. Kf1 Kxd7 61. h6 Bc3 62. h7 {Arasan's score
dropped to -1.35 here} Ke7 63. Kg1 Bg7 64. Kh2 Kf6 65. Kh3 Ke5 66. Bc4 Kd4 67.
Be6 e3 68. fxe3+ Kxe3 69. Bc4 $2 (69. Kg3 $1 {appears to draw}) 69... Kf2 $1 {
this is winning - Arasan at long time control analyzed the following position
to a forced mate.} 70. Kh4 Kg1 71. Kg5 {Arasan failed low here with a score of
-4.35.} f2 72. Kxf5 {White resigns} 0-1

[Event "WCRCC 2010"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2010.07.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Telepath"]
[Black "ArasanX"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+4"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bf4 Bb7 6. h3 $5 {usual is:} (6. Qb3
) (6. e3) (6. a3) 6... d6 {I think both sides were out of book here.} 7. e3
Nbd7 8. Qb3 a5 9. O-O-O O-O 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 b5 12. Qc2 $6 (12. cxb5 $142)
12... bxc4 (12... b4 $5) 13. Bxc4 Qb8 14. h4 Be4 15. Bd3 Qb7 16. Kb1 Ra6 17.
Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Ka1 Rb8 19. Rb1 Rb6 20. Ng5 Nef6 21. f3 Rc6 22. Qd2 h6 23. Nh3 e5
24. Bg3 Rb6 25. Rhc1 e4 26. Qe2 Rb3 27. Nf2 Nf8 28. Nd1 Ne6 29. Rc3 Rb5 30. Rc4
exf3 31. gxf3 Nd5 32. Qc2 Nb6 33. Rc6 Nd7 34. f4 $2 Nec5 $1 35. d5 Rb6 36. Nc3
(36. Rxb6 Nxb6 37. e4 Nxd5 38. exd5 Nb3+ 39. Ka2 Qxd5 40. Nc3 Qc4 $19) 36...
Rxc6 37. dxc6 Qxc6 38. Qe2 Nf6 39. Rd1 Qb7 40. Be1 Ng4 41. Nd5 h5 42. Kb1 Na4
43. Ka1 Qb3 44. Rd3 Qc4 45. Rd2 Qc1+ 46. Ka2 Nxe3 47. b3 Nxd5 48. Rxd5 Nc5 49.
Qd2 Nxb3 50. Qxc1 Nxc1+ 51. Ka1 a4 52. Rxh5 Rb3 53. Ra5 Nd3 54. Bd2 Rxa3+ 55.
Kb1 c5 56. Ra8+ Kh7 57. f5 Nb4 58. Bxb4 cxb4 59. Ra5 Rb3+ 60. Ka2 Rh3 61. Rxa4
Ra3+ 62. Rxa3 bxa3 63. Kxa3 Kh6 64. Kb4 Kh5 65. Kc4 Kxh4 66. Kd5 Kg5 67. Ke4
Kg4 68. f6 gxf6 69. Ke3 f5 70. Kf2 f4 71. Ke2 f3+ 72. Ke3 Kg3 73. Kd3 f2 74.
Ke2 Kg2 75. Kd3 f1=Q+ 76. Kd4 Kf2 77. Kc3 Ke2 78. Kc2 Qd1+ 79. Kb2 Kd2 80. Ka3
Kc3 81. Ka2 Qc2+ 82. Ka1 Qb2# {White checkmated} 0-1

[Event "WCRCC 2010"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2010.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "ArasanX"]
[Black "Rybka"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+4"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Re1 ({another variation
here is} 13. Nxd4) 13... g6 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 h6 {
a TN. Usual here is 17. .. Bg7} (17... Bg7 18. Qxd4 Qxa4 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Qxd5
Nb6 21. Qc5 Bf8 22. Qe3 Bg7 23. Qc5 Bf8 24. Qe3 Qc6 25. Bf6 Rg8 26. Qh3 Bg7 27.
Qxh7 Kf8 28. Qh4 Nd5 29. Rad1 Rc8 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxb4+ Qc5 32. Rc1 {1-0
Gligoric,S-Ljubojevic,L/Yugoslavia 1976/EXT 2010}) 18. Bd2 Bg7 19. Qb3 O-O 20.
Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 exd5 22. e6 $6 (22. Bxb4 $142) 22... fxe6 23. Rxe6 a5 $5 24.
Rxg6 Ne5 $1 25. Rg3 Kh7 26. Re1 ({probably better was} 26. Nb6 Ra6 27. Nxd5 Nc4
28. Bf4 Nxb2 $15) 26... Rac8 27. f4 Rc2 28. fxe5 Rxd2 29. Rf3 Rxf3 30. gxf3 d3
31. Nc5 Bf8 32. Ne6 (32. Na4 $142) 32... Be7 33. a4 Bh4 34. Rb1 Kg6 35. Nc7 Re2
36. Nxd5 Kf5 37. Rd1 d2 38. e6 Ke5 39. e7 Bxe7 40. Nxe7 Re1+ 41. Kf2 {White
resigns} 0-1

[Event "chessclub.com"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2010.08.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arasan 12.0"]
[Black "crafty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "300+5"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5
9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Bd3 Ndf6 11. Nge2 f4 $5 (11... fxe4) (11... Kh8) 12. Bf2 Nd7
13. Kb1 a6 14. Ng1 $5 {preparing g4} Nc5 15. Bc2 Rb8 16. g4 fxg3 17. hxg3 b5
18. cxb5 axb5 19. Nce2 b4 20. g4 Nf4 21. Nxf4 exf4 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Bb3 Ba6 $2
(23... Qd6 $142) 24. d6+ $1 c4 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. Qxc4 cxd6 28. Ne2
b3 29. axb3 (29. a3 $142) 29... Rb7 30. Qd5 Qd7 31. Rxh7+ Kxh7 32. Rh1+ Bh6 33.
g5 Rb5 34. Rxh6+ Kg7 35. Qd4+ Re5 36. Qf2 (36. Rh4 $5) 36... Rfe8 $4 (36...
Rxg5 $11) 37. Qh4 Qb5 38. Rh7+ Kg8 39. Rh8+ Kf7 40. Qh7+ Ke6 41. Nxf4# 1-0

[Event "ACCA 2010"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2010.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "ArasanX"]
[Black "parrot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2237"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "2700+10"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qb3
c6 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rfe1 Re8 (12... Qc7 13. e4 dxc4 14.
Qxc4 Rac8 15. e5 Be7 16. Bb1 Rfd8 17. h3 Nf8 18. Nh2 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5
Rxd5 21. Rxd5 b5 22. Qb3 c4 23. Qd1 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qe4 Bb4 26. Rf1 Rd2
27. Bc2 Bc5 28. Nf3 Rd8 29. g3 Bb6 30. Re1 Qc5 31. Re2 a5 32. Nh4 Rd4 {1/2-1/2
Markos,J (2565)-Riazantsev,A (2638)/Plovdiv BUL 2008}) 13. cxd5 exd5 14. a3 Nf8
15. e4 Ne6 16. e5 Be7 17. Bf5 Qd7 18. Ne2 Rac8 19. Qa4 b5 20. Qb3 g6 21. Bg4 h5
{This and the following two pawn pushes seriously weaken the King position} 22.
Bh3 g5 23. Bf5 h4 24. Nxh4 $3 gxh4 25. Qh3 Qc7 {Black has no good moves.} 26.
Bxe6 fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Kg7 28. Nf4 Bf8 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. Rd3 Qh7 31. Ng6+ Kg8 32.
Nxh4+ Qg7 33. Qh3 Qc7 34. Rg3+ Bg7 35. Nf5 Re7 36. e6 Rce8 37. Nh6+ Kf8 38.
Qf5+ Rf7 39. Qh7 Ke7 1-0

[Event "ACCA 2010"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2010.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "ArasanX"]
[Black "Gaviota"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "2700+10"]

{Arasan is generally stronger than Gaviota in my testing, plus in this
tourney Arasan had a large hardware advantage.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6
3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6
9. O-O O-O 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. e4 e5 12. h3 h6 (12... Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5
14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Be3 a6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17.  Ne2 c5 18. Bxc5 Qc7 19. Bd4
Nxe4 20. Qxc7 Bxc7 21. Nc3 Rad8 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23.  Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Be3
f5 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Rc1 Kf7 27. Rc2 Bf6 28. Kf1 h5 29. b3 Re6
{1/2-1/2 Del Rio Angelis,S (2524)-Cifuentes Parada,R (2525)/Bergara
2010/ Mega2010 Update 20}) 13. Be3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Rfd1 Qb6
16. Nf5 Bxe3 17.  Nxe3 Rad8 18. a4 b4 19. Ne2 Ne5 20. Nc4 Nxc4
21. Bxc4 Qc7 22. f3 c5 23. Rac1 Bc6 24. Bb3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bb7 26. g3
Rc8 27. Qc4 Rf8 28. Qd3 Rc8 29. Bc4 Bc6 30. Qb3 Rf8 31. Kg2 g5 $6
{weakening the King position, very much like the game against parrot}
32. a5 Nd7 33. Qe3 Kg7 34. Bd5 Bb5 35. f4 gxf4 $6 (35... f6 $142)
36. Nxf4 Kh7 37. Rd2 a6 38. Rf2 c4 39. Nh5 (39. Ne2 {also looks
strong.}) 39... Qe5 40. Qf3 c3 41. bxc3 bxc3 42.  h4 Kh8 43. g4 $1 Qd4
$2 (43... Kh7) 44. Qf4 $1 $18 Kh7 45. g5 Bd3 46. Kh3 Bc4 47. Qf5+ Kh8
48. Bxc4 Qxc4 49. Qxd7 Qxe4 50. Rxf7 Qe3+ 51. Kg4 Qe4+ 52. Nf4 h5+
53. Kxh5 Rxf7 54. Qxf7 Qh7+ 55. Qxh7+ Kxh7 56. g6+ Kg8 57. Nd3 Kg7
58. Kg5 c2 59. h5 Kf8 60. Kf6 Ke8 61. g7 Kd7 62. g8=Q c1=Q 63. Qe6+
Kc7 64. Qb6+ Kc8 65.  Nxc1 1-0

[Event "ACCA 2010"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2010.11.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thinker"]
[Black "ArasanX"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2817"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "2700+10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Nxe5 d6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. Bf1 $146 (17. Nd2 Na5 18. Bf3 Qd7 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20.
Qxb3 b6 21. g4 Bg6 22. Bb7 Rb8 23. Qd5 Qxd5 24. Bxd5 Bd6 25. Bxd6 cxd6 26. f4
Bd3 27. Bc6 Rec8 28. d5 Kf8 29. a4 Ba6 30. a5 b5 31. Rab1 Bb7 32. Rxb5 Bxc6 33.
Rxb8 Rxb8 34. dxc6 Rc8 35. Rb1 Rxc6 36. Rb8+ Ke7 37. Rb7+ Kf6 38. Rxa7 Rxc3 39.
Kg2 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A (2749)-So,W (2668)/Khanty Mansiysk 2010/Mega2010 Update
42}) (17. Qc1 Qd7 18. Qb2 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Bc4 b6 21. Qb5 Bd7 22. Qh5 Qf4
23. Bb5 Rcd8 24. a4 Kf8 25. g3 Qf6 26. d5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Ne7 28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29.
c4 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Nxf5 31. Rc1 Ne7 32. a5 f6 33. Nd4 c6 34. axb6 axb6 35. Nxc6
Nxc6 36. dxc6 Rc7 37. Rb1 Rxc6 38. Kf1 Rxc4 39. Rxb6 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V (2694)
-Gelfand,B (2741)/Astrakhan 2010/Mega2010 Update 23}) 17... Bd6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8
19. c4 Qe4 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Ra2 Kf8 22. Re2 Qb1 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. Qd2 Ne7 25.
Qe3 Qa1 26. Qb3 Qb1 27. Qc3 Qb6 28. c5 Qc7 29. Nh4 dxc5 30. Nxf5 Nxf5 31. dxc5
Kf8 32. g3 Ne7 33. Bg2 Nc6 34. h4 Qd7 35. Qb2 Kg8 36. Bf3 Kf8 37. h5 Qc7 38.
Bd5 Nd8 39. Qb4 a5 40. Qc3 Qd7 41. Qc4 Qf5 42. Qd4 Qd7 43. Qe5 Ne6 44. Bxe6
fxe6 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. Qf4+ Ke7 47. Qe4 Qd5 $4 {This is losing but Arasan could
not see that during the game - not enough depth, and maybe not enough endgame
knowledge. Looks like Black had good chances to draw here by keeping the
Queens on board.} 48. Qxd5 exd5 49. Kf3 Kd7 50. Ke3 Kc6 51. Kd4 b6 52. cxb6
Kxb6 1-0

[Event "Fifth Annual ACCA Americas' Computer Ch"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2010.11.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "crafty"]
[Black "ArasanX"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "2700+10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. h3 Bf5 (12... g5 13. b3 Bf5 14.
Ba3 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Nbd2 Nf7 17. Qf1 Nd8 18. Qa6 Qd7 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Bc5
Rc7 21. Re1 Ne6 22. b4 h5 {1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M (2575)-Yakovich,Y (2570)/Maikop
1998/CBM 066/[Wells]}) 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. g4 Bxg4 $6 {I didn't like this move -
Rybka 3 scores the sac as =, but as the game shows, I think Black doesn't have
enough compensation.} 15. hxg4 Qxg4+ 16. Kh1 Nf5 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Rab8 19.
Nh2 Qh4 20. Re2 Rfe8 21. Qa4 Re6 22. Rf1 Ra8 23. e4 f5 24. e5 a5 25. Qd1 Kh8
26. Qd3 Bh6 (26... c5 $142) 27. Rf3 Rf8 28. Na4 Qd8 29. Nc5 Re7 30. Rh3 Bf4 31.
Qa6 Qe8 32. Nd3 Bxh2 33. Rexh2 f4 34. Qxa5 Rg7 35. Qe1 Qe6 36. Nc5 Qf5 37. Kg1
f3 38. Qd1 g5 39. Rh5 Kg8 40. Kf2 Qf7 41. Qd2 g4 42. Kg3 Kh8 43. Rh6 Re8 44.
Rf6 Qg8 {ArasanX resigns} 1-0

[Event "ACCA 2010"]
[Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"]
[Date "2010.11.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "ArasanX"]
[Black "TinkerFICS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2273"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]
[TimeControl "2700+10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd7 15. c3
bxc3 16. bxc3 Rb8 (16... Bg5 17. Bg1 Qc7 18. c4 a5 19. Nd2 f5 20. Nb1 Nc5 21.
Nc3 Rf6 22. Rb1 Ba6 23. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2765)-Gelfand,B (2700)/Dos
Hermanas 1997/CBM 059/[Tyomkin,D]}) 17. Rb1 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Na5 Ba8 20.
Rb4 Nc5 21. Nc4 f5 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Nxd6 Rd8 24. Nc4 Bxd5 25. Nxe5 Qf6 26. Nd3
Bc6 27. Qb1 Nxa4 28. Rc1 Re8 29. Bf1 Qe6 $2 (29... Qd6 $142 30. Nb4 Bb5 31. c4
Bd7 {now c5 is not possible.}) 30. Nb4 Bb5 31. c4 Bd7 32. c5 Bb5 33. Bxb5 axb5
34. h3 $1 Qg6 35. Nd5 $1 Qc6 36. Qxf5 Nb2 37. Nb4 Qh6 38. Qd5+ Kf8 39. Rb1 Qf4
40. Nc2 Re5 41. Qd6+ Kf7 42. Qc7+ Kf6 43. Qb6+ Kf7 44. Qxb5 Nc4 45. Nb4 Rg5 46.
Qd7+ Kg6 47. Nd3 Qg3 48. Rg1 Nb2 49. Qc6+ Kh5 50. Nxb2 1-0

[Event "chessclub.com"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2011.05.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arasan 13.0"]
[Black "MoonShot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[TimeControl "900+3"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 e6 $6 ({usual here is} 3... Bf5) 4. Nc3 c5 5. dxc5 Nd7
6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. O-O O-O $2 {Black must defer castling.} 9. Bxh7+ $1
$18 Kxh7 $2 (9... Kh8 $142 {but White would still be winning.}) 10. Ng5+ Kg6
11. Ne2 Nxe5 12. Nf4+ Kf5 13. Nh7 Ng4 14. Qf3 (14. b4 $1 {is even better,
intending Bb2.}) 14... Ke5 15. Nd3+ Kd6 16. Qxg4 Nf5 17. Nxf8 Qxf8 18. c4 Kc7
19. cxd5 Bd6 20. Bf4 a6 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. Rfd1 Kb6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Nf4 Qc5
25. Rac1 Qb5 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qe4 Ka7 28. Rc7 Qb6 29. Rdd7 Rb8 30. g4 Nh4 31.
Rxg7 Qxb2 32. h3 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Qe5+ 34. Qxe5 Nf3+ 35. Kg3 Nxe5 36. g5 Kb6 37.
Rce7 Kc5 38. Rxe6 Nc6 39. g6 Nd4 40. Rc7+ Kd5 41. Rf6 Rg8 42. Rxb7 Ke5 43. Rxa6
Nc2 44. g7 Nd4 45. Kg4 Ne2 46. Rd7 Nd4 47. f4+ Ke4 48. Rad6 Ke3 49. f5 Nf3 50.
Rd3+ Ke2 51. Rxf3 Re8 52. f6 Rg8 53. Kg3 Ra8 54. Rf2+ Ke1 55. f7 Ra6 56. Re7+
Kd1 57. g8=Q Ra3+ 58. Kg2 Rd3 59. Qg4+ Kc1 60. Re1+ Rd1 61. Rxd1# 1-0

[Event "30th Amateur Div. 3 (G. Banks)"]
[Site "ChessGUI"]
[Date "2011.08.19"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Arasan 13.0 32-bit"]
[Black "Glass 1.7 32-bit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. Ne2 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be2 f6 12. O-O a6 13. Kh1 Re8 {This and the
next move seem suboptimal. Why retreat the Knight?} 14. a3 Nf8 15. exf6 Bxf6
16. Be3 Ne7 17. Na4 Qd8 18. g4 Nc6 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. Nc5 Rc8 21. b4 Rc7 22. Qb1
Be7 23. Bd3 Bc8 24. Ra2 Bd6 25. Rg2 Qe7 26. Ne5 a5 27. g5 (27. b5 $5 {
threatening b6.}) 27... Rd8 28. Rg3 axb4 29. axb4 g6 30. Bb5 Na7 31. Be2 b6 32.
Ng4 Nc6 33. Qb2 Qg7 34. Nd3 Kh8 35. Nde5 Ne7 36. Rh3 Nf5 37. Re1 Nxe3 38. Rxe3
Qe7 39. Nf6 $1 Bxb4 40. Rf1 Bb7 41. Rh3 Kg7 42. Qb1 Ra8 $2 {Bd6 was necessary.}
43. Rxh7+ $3 {stronger than Nxh7.} ({probably even better is} 43. Rff3 {when
White still has the Rxh7+ threat, but it is even stronger since the 2nd Rook
can be added to the attack.}) 43... Nxh7 44. Qxg6+ Kh8 45. Qh6 Rg8 46. Bd3 Qf8
47. Qh3 Qe7 48. Nxh7 Qxh7 49. Bxh7 Rxh7 50. Nf7+ Kg7 51. Qxe6 Rc8 52. Qf6+ Kf8
53. Ne5+ Kg8 54. Qe6+ Kh8 55. g6 1-0

[Event "6th ACCA Pam-Am CCC"]
[Site "80.100.28.169"]
[Date "2011.11.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arasan 13.3"]
[Black "Hannibal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[TimeControl "2700+10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Rfe1 Rd8 14. Bd3 (14.
a3 b6 15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Nf4 Nf8 17. h3 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G (2805)-Ehlvest,J 
(2615)/Riga 1995/CBM 047}) 14... c5 15. a3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Bb5 Qc7 18.
Ne5 a6 19. Be2 Bd7 20. Qe4 Rac8 21. Rc1 Bc6 22. Qe3 Qe7 23. Ne4 $6 ({Houdini 1.
5 suggests} 23. g3 $11) 23... Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qd6 26. Qf4 (26. Nf3
$5 Rd7 $15) 26... Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qd2 28. Qxd2 Rxd2 29. Bf3 Rxb2 30. Bxb7 a5 31.
Ba6 Rb3 32. Ra1 Nd7 33. f4 g5 34. Bc4 Re3 35. Bb5 Nb6 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. Bf1 Na4
38. Kf2 Rxe5 39. Rc1 Nc5 40. Re1 $2 {White should not exchange pieces when a
pawn down.} Rxe1 41. Kxe1 f5 42. Kd2 e5 43. Kc3 Ne4+ 44. Kd3 Kf7 45. Be2 Nd6
46. Kc3 Ke6 47. Kb3 Kd5 48. Ka4 Nc4 49. g3 e4 50. Kb3 Ne3 51. Ba6 0-1
[Event "6th ACCA Pam-Am CCC"]
[Site "80.100.28.169"]
[Date "2011.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Crafty"]
[Black "Arasan 13.3"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "1951"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[TimeControl "2700+10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. h3 O-O 14. Bg5
Nd7 15. c3 Ne5 16. Qe2 (16. Qh5 $142) 16... b6 $146 (16... Ng6 17. Bc2 Bd7 (
17... Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Bf4 19. Nf3 $11) 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. Qh5 Qc5 20. Nb3 Qc7 21.
Rd4 Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Be5 23. Rd2 Nf8 24. Rfd1 Bc6 25. Qh4 h6 26. Be3 Bd5 27. Nc5 b5
28. Bb3 Bc6 29. Qg4 Kh8 30. Qh5 a5 31. a4 bxa4 32. Bxa4 Bxa4 33. Nxa4 Bf6 34.
Nc5 Kg8 35. Nd7 Be7 36. Ne5 Bf6 37. Nd7 Be7 38. Qg4 Kh8 39. Nxf8 Bxf8 {1-0
Asrian,K (2621)-Ionov,S (2546)/Moscow 2008/CBM 123}) 17. Kh1 Ng6 18. f4 a5 19.
Nb5 Qc5 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Rad1 Qc7 22. Rf2 h6 23. f5 exf5 24. Bc1 Bd7 25. Qh5
a4 26. Bd5 Ra5 27. c4 Ne7 28. Bf4 Qc8 29. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 30. Qxh6 Rxd5 31. cxd5 {
This is about =. It is better to have the two pieces vs. a Rook but White has
an extra pawn in compensation.} Qc5 32. Rf3 Ng6 33. Rc3 Qb5 ({Crafty expected} 
33... Qb4) 34. Qc1 f4 35. Rf3 Re8 36. Rf2 Qb4 37. a3 Qb3 38. Rf3 Re3 (38... Qb5
$5) 39. Rxe3 fxe3 40. Re1 Qxd5 41. Qxe3 Kg7 42. Qc3+ f6 43. Rf1 {Crafty
offered the draw. Arasan had a score above +1, but accepted since Crafty had a
higher rating.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "6th ACCA Pam-Am CCC"]
[Site "80.100.28.169"]
[Date "2011.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arasan 13.3"]
[Black "Telepath"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "1496"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[TimeControl "2700+10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 c5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Rxe4 Bb7
15. Re2 Nf6 16. Qc2 (16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qc2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rc8 19. Rd1 Qe7 20.
Kg2 a5 21. Qb2 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Bxd2 e5 25. Bc3 e4 26. Be2
h6 27. Qc1 Qd6 28. Qd1 Qxd1 29. Bxd1 Kf8 30. Bc2 Ke7 31. f3 exf3+ 32. Kxf3 h5
33. h3 g6 34. Bd2 Ke6 35. Bf4 Bd6 36. Bc1 Nd7 37. Be4 Ne5+ 38. Ke2 f6 39. Bb2
g5 40. Bb7 f5 41. Bc8+ Kf6 42. Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I (2614)-Prokopchuk,E 
(2470)/Koszalin 1999/CBM 073}) 16... cxd4 17. Rd1 Bc5 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2
Qc7 20. Nf3 Be7 21. Ng5 g6 22. Bb2 Ng4 $2 23. Ne4 $16 f5 24. h3 Nh6 $4 ({Black
should block the long diagonal with} 24... Nf6) 25. Qc3 $1 {Black must lose
material to counter the mate threat.} e5 26. Rd7 $1 Bb4 27. Rxc7 Bxc3 28. Nxc3
Rf7 29. Nd5 Rxc7 30. Nxc7 Rc8 31. Bxe5 Rd8 32. Bb2 Nf7 33. Re7 h6 34. Nd5 Ra8
35. Rb7 Kf8 36. Nf4 g5 37. Ng6+ Kg8 38. Ne7+ Kf8 39. b4 f4 40. c5 bxc5 41. Ng6+
Kg8 42. bxc5 Kh7 43. Nh8 Kg8 44. Nxf7 h5 45. Nh6+ Kf8 46. Bg7+ Ke8 47. Nf5 Kd8
48. Nd6 f3+ 49. Kg1 a5 50. Bf6# 1-0
[Event "6th ACCA Pam-Am CCC"]
[Site "80.100.28.169"]
[Date "2011.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arasan 13.3"]
[Black "RedQueen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E64"]
[WhiteElo "1700"]
[BlackElo "1745"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[TimeControl "2700+10"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. d5 O-O 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bf5 (7... Na6
) (7... e6) 8. Nh4 Bd7 9. Qc2 (9. O-O Na6 10. e4 Rb8 11. f4 b5 12. e5 Ne8 13.
cxb5 Nac7 14. a4 dxe5 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 Bg7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ne4 a6 19.
Nxc5 axb5 20. a5 b4 21. a6 Nd6 22. Nf3 Bb5 23. Rf2 Kg8 24. Ne5 Nc4 25. Nxc4
Bxc4 26. a7 Rc8 27. d6 exd6 28. Ne4 d5 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. b3 Bb5 31. Qc1 Ne8 32.
Qxc8 Qxc8 33. a8=Q {1-0 Ivkov,B-Doda,Z/Havana 1965/MCD}) 9... Na6 10. Bd2 Rb8
11. O-O {This is an unusual Benoni type opening where White has omitted e4 
(although that is played eventually).} b5 $5 12. cxb5 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Rxb5 14. b3
Nd7 15. Rad1 Nb4 16. Qe4 f5 17. Qb1 Nf6 18. Bg5 Ra5 (18... Qa5 $142) 19. a4 Qd7
20. e4 {finally!} fxe4 21. Bxe4 Qb7 22. Bg2 $1 {score +0.80} Qc8 23. Rfe1 Rf7
24. Bd2 $1 {score +0.96} Qf8 25. f4 (25. Bh3 $5 {threatening Be6}) 25... Kh8
26. f5 $1 $18 gxf5 27. Qxf5 $18 Bh6 28. Qh3 Kg8 29. Bc3 Bg5 30. Nf5 Ra6 31. Re6
Rb6 32. Rf1 Rb7 33. Kh1 c4 34. Bxf6 Rxf6 35. Qg4 cxb3 36. Nxe7+ Kh8 37. Qd4 Nc2
38. Qb2 Rxe7 39. Rfxf6 Bxf6 40. Rxf6 Re1+ 41. Bf1 Qxf6 42. Qxf6+ Kg8 43. Kg1
Ne3 44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. Qc7+ Kg8 46. Kf2 Rxf1+ 47. Kxe3 Re1+ 48. Kf2 Re4 49. Qxd6
Re8 1-0
[Event "6th ACCA Pan-Am CCC"]
[Site "80.100.28.169"]
[Date "2011.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thinker"]
[Black "Arasan 13.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2029"]
[BlackElo "1700"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[TimeControl "2700+10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 O-O (12... Ne7 {is popular
recently}) (12... Rb8 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4 Nxb4 15. cxb4 O-O 16. Rxa4 a5 17. b5
Bd7 18. Nc3 Kh8 19. Bc4 Qb6 20. O-O $11 {Jakovenko,D (2730)-Radjabov,T (2733)/
Bursa 2010/CBM 134 (59)}) 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. b3 Kh8 17.
Nce3 Ne7 {not very common.} (17... g6) (17... Be6) 18. O-O Nxd5 {first move
out of book.} 19. Nxd5 f5 (19... Bd7 20. Ra2 f5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Qe2 Rc8 23.
Rfa1 Rc5 24. b4 axb4 25. cxb4 Rc8 26. b5 Be6 27. Ra6 Rc5 28. Nb6 d5 29. Ra8
dxc4 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Na4 Rxb5 32. Nc3 Rb6 33. Qxe5 Bf6 34. Qe1 Bf5 35. h3 h6
36. Kh2 Re6 37. Qc1 Rd3 38. Ra3 Bg5 39. f4 Bh4 40. g4 Re1 41. Qb2 Bd7 42. Ra6
Ree3 43. Ne2 c3 44. Ra8+ Kh7 45. Qc2 Rxh3+ {0-1 Bakr Jwan,J (2360)-Mamedov,R 
(2564)/Adana 2006/CBM 115 ext}) 20. Bd3 Bd7 21. Ra1 Be6 22. Bc2 Rb5 23. c4 Rc5
24. Nc3 f4 25. Qf3 Qd7 26. Bd1 Bd8 27. Qd3 Rf6 28. Bf3 Rh6 29. Rfd1 Rc6 30. Nb5
Bg8 31. h3 Qb7 32. c5 d5 33. Nd6 Rhxd6 $2 {Black gets a pawn + minor for the
Rook but doesn't have full compensation I think.} (33... Qb8 $142) 34. cxd6 d4
35. Rdc1 $1 {Arasan expected Rac1.} Rxd6 {Arasan failed low here, with a score
of -0.68.} 36. Rc5 Qe7 37. Qb5 Rb6 38. Qxa5 Rb7 39. Qa8 Qxc5 40. Qxb7 Qc3 41.
Rf1 d3 42. Qb5 Qd4 43. Qe8 $18 Bb6 44. b4 Qd6 45. Bd1 Qxb4 46. Qxe5 Qd4 47. Qb8
d2 48. Bb3 Qd8 49. Qxd8 Bxd8 50. Bxg8 Kxg8 51. Rd1 Ba5 52. Kf1 Kf7 53. Ke2 Kf6
54. Rxd2 $3 {exchanging into a won pawn endgame.} Bxd2 55. Kxd2 Ke5  {Arasan
resigns} 1-0
[Event "CCT14"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2012.02.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arasan 14.0"]
[Black "Telepath"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2368"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[TimeControl "3000+3"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 {This move allows White to set up
the Maroczy Bind formation with c4. Black will have a persistent pawn weakness
on d6.} (4... Nf6) 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2
Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Be5 ({Much more
common is} 15... Qb6) 16. Rfd1 Rc8 (16... e6 17. Qe1 Qe7 18. Nb5 f5 19. f4 Bg7
20. Nxd6 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bd3 Bc6 $11 {Korneev,O (2559)-Wippermann,T 
(2353)/Boeblingen 2003/CBM 097 ext (59)}) 17. g3 b6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Kg2 e6 20.
h4 f5 21. exf5 Qf6 22. Nb5 exf5 $6 {Other captures such as gxf5 are better.
Now the d-pawn is isolated.} (22... Bxb5 23. cxb5 gxf5 $11) 23. Na7 $1 $14 {At
the time this was played it seemed mysterious to me, but there is a plan
behind it.} Bc3 24. Qc2 Rc7 25. Nb5 $1 (25. Nxc6 Rxc6 {would give White the
Bishop pair, but the text move is better.}) 25... Bxb5 {forced, other moves
lose material.} 26. cxb5 Be5 27. f4 Bd4 28. Bf3 Kh8 29. Qc4 Ne6 (29... Bc3 $142
) 30. Bc6 $18 d5 31. Qxd5 {White finally collects the weak d-pawn.} Rd8 32. Qc4
Rd6 33. Rd2 Bc5 34. Rxd6 Bxd6 35. Re1 Re7 36. Rxe6 {This exchange sac gives
White powerful play against the weaknesses in Black's position. Somewhere
around here Telepath showed a 0.0 score and it looked like it expected it
could get a draw by repetition, but that is not so.} Rxe6 37. Bd5 Re8 38. Qc6
Qb2+ 39. Kh3 Qe2 40. Bg2 Re3 {The White King is quite safe, it is Black who is
in danger.} 41. Qc8+ Re8 42. Qc3+ Be5 43. fxe5 Qxe5 44. Qc6 Re6 45. Qb7 g5 46.
hxg5 Re8 47. Qf7 Rd8 48. Bd5 Qd4 49. Qe7 Rc8 50. Qf6+ Qxf6 51. gxf6 Rc7 52. f7
Rc8 53. Kh4 f4 54. Kg5 Rf8 55. Kf6 Rxf7+ 56. Kxf7 fxg3 57. Bg7# 1-0

[Event "CCT14 blitz"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2012.02.26"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ChironX"]
[Black "Arasan 14.0"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2847"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3
d5 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. e4 $146 ({usual is} 10. O-O) 10... Nxe4 {first move out of
book.} 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 b5 15. cxb5 cxb5 16.
Bxe4 Rc8 17. Bd4 Rc7 18. O-O O-O 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Be3 b4 22. Rd1
Bb5 23. f4 f5 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Rd2 f5 26. Rc2 Rc3 27. Rxc3 bxc3 28. Bc2 a5 29.
Bd4 Bb4 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Ke3 Bc6 32. Bd3 a4 $6 {Maybe questionable. Engines
like this, but although Black will get a passer on the c file, it will be well
blockaded and in fact will be hard to defend.} 33. a3 Bxa3 34. bxa4 Bb4 35. Bc2
Bg2 36. Bb6 Bb7 $6 {inaccurate.} (36... Bf1 $142) 37. Kd4 Ba6 38. Bc5 Ba5 39.
Bd3 Bb7 40. Ba3 Kg6 41. Kc5 Bd8 42. Bc1 Kh5 43. Be2+ Kg6 44. Kb4 Bf6 45. a5 Bd4
46. a6 Bd5 $2 {Black blunders in a drawish position. This move allows White to
force the exchange of Bishops and go into a winning endgame.} (46... Bg2 47.
Bc4 Kf6 $14) 47. Bc4 $1 Kf7 48. Bxd5 exd5 49. Kb3 Ke6 50. Kc2 Kd7 51. Kd3 Bg1
52. Kxc3 Kc6 53. h3 Kb6 54. g4 fxg4 55. hxg4 Kxa6 56. f5 Bc5 57. f6 Kb5 58. Bh6
Kc6 59. f7 Ba3 1-0

[Event "6th annual WCRCC"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tinker"]
[Black "ArasanX"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+4"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e5 d5 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Be2
$146 (14. f5 fxe5 15. Qxe5 Bf6 16. Qg3 Rc8 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Bd3 Qc7 19. Qg4
Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Rhf1 Ke7 22. Qh4+ Kd6 23. Rf7 Rc7 24. Qe7+ Kc6 25. Bxh7
Kb7 26. Bd3 Rxh2 27. Qd6 Bc8 28. Rdf1 Rxg2 29. a4 Rxc2 30. Qxc7+ Qxc7 31. Bxc2
Bd7 32. Rg1 Kb6 33. Rgg7 Qc6 34. Rg1 Qc7 35. Rgg7 Qc6 36. Rxd7 Qc7 37. Rgf7 Qc6
38. Rg7 bxa4 39. Bd3 Ka5 40. Rb7 Qc3 41. Bc2 e5 42. Rgc7 Qd4 43. Rb2 e4 44.
Rcb7 Qg1+ 45. Ka2 Qc5 46. Kb1 Qg1+ 47. Ka2 Qc5 {1/2-1/2 Kanarek,M (2387)
-Durarbeyli,V (2501)/Chotowa 2010/CBM 137 Extra}) 14... Rc8 15. a3 Bc5 16. Qd2
f5 17. Qd3 O-O 18. g4 Qh4 19. gxf5 Qxf4 20. fxe6 Bxe6 21. Qg3+ Qxg3 22. hxg3
Kg7 $6 (22... Rfd8 {keeps the pawn and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong
with it.}) 23. Nxd5 Rcd8 24. Nf4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bf5 26. g4 Bc8 27. Nh5+ Kh8 28.
Rh1 Be3 29. Rh3 Bg5 30. Nf6 h6 31. c4 bxc4 32. Bxc4 Kg7 33. Rf3 Bxf6 34. Rxf6
Bxg4 35. b4 h5 36. Bxa6 Re8 37. Bc4 Be6 38. Bxe6 Rxe6 39. Rxe6 fxe6 40. b5 {
Tinker apparently failed low here.} h4 41. b6 h3 42. b7 h2 43. b8=Q h1=Q+ 44.
Kb2 Kg6 45. a4 Qe1 46. Qb5 Qd2+ 47. Kb3 Qd1+ 48. Kc4 Qc1+ 49. Kb4 Qe1+ 50. Kc4
Qe4+ 51. Kc3 Qe1+ 52. Kc2 Qf2+ 53. Kd3 Qf3+ 54. Kd4 Qf2+ 55. Kc4 Qf4+ 56. Kd3
Qf3+ 57. Kc4 Qf4+ 58. Kb3 Qe3+ 59. Kc4 Qf4+ {Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2

[Event "6th Annual WCRCC"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arasan 14.3"]
[Black "Somnus (Crafty)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D64"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2883"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+4"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1
Re8 9. Qc2 {last book move.} c6 10. Be2 (10. a3) (10. Bd3 a6 11. cxd5 exd5 12.
Bg3 Nh5 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Ne5 Rf8 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Bf5 Qc8 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18.
O-O Nxg3 19. hxg3 Rae8 20. Na4 f5 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Rf6 23. Rfe1 h5 24. Qc2
Rh6 25. Qd1 Re4 26. f3 Re7 27. Qd3 Rg6 28. Kf2 Qd6 29. f4 Re4 30. Rh1 Rh6 31.
Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Gruenfeld,E-Rubinstein,A/Vienna 1922/HCL}) 10... Bb4 (10... Ne4 $5
) 11. O-O g5 $6 {Black starts an attack on the kingside, but this will
backfire.} 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Be5 g4 14. Ne1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qg5 16. Nd3 Be7 17. Qd1
f5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. g3 Ng7 20. h3 Bd8 21. Kh2 h5 22. b4 h4 23. gxh4 Qxh4 24.
Rh1 gxh3 25. Rg1 f4 26. Bg4 $1 fxe3 27. fxe3 Bc7 28. Nxd5 $1 Bxe5+ 29. N5f4
Bxf4+ 30. exf4 Qe7 31. Rc2 Qf6 32. Qf3 $1 a5 $2 (32... Be6 $5) 33. Bxc8 Raxc8
34. Rg4 ({It was stronger to play immediately} 34. Qxh3) 34... Rc7 35. Qxh3 Qd4
36. Ne5 Rxe5 {forced, otherwise White plays Re2, with a strong attack.} 37.
fxe5 Qxe5+ 38. Rg3 axb4 39. Qg4 Rf7 40. Re2 Qb8 41. Qc4 Qf8 42. Re5 Qd8 43.
Reg5 Qd2+ (43... Kf8 $142) 44. Rg2 Qd6+ 45. Kh1 Qd1+ 46. Rg1 Qf3+ 47. Kh2 Kh7
48. R1g3 Qf2+ 49. Rg2 Qf6 {Black has run out of checks.} 50. Qe4+ Kh8 51. Rg6
Re7 52. Rxf6 Rxe4 53. Rf8+ Kh7 54. Rf7 Kh8 55. Rgxg7 b6 56. Rh7+ Kg8 57. Rfg7+
Kf8 58. Ra7 Kg8 59. Rhc7 {This was Arasan's first win against Crafty in a
tournament, although it had come close to winning before.} 1-0

[Event "6th Annual WCRCC"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tornado-C"]
[Black "ArasanX"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+4"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O a5
15. Qd3 Ne7 16. Nce3 Be6 17. Rad1 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Rb7 {First move out of book.} (
18... Kh8 19. a3 f5 20. Bf3 g6 21. Qe2 Rb7 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Qb8 24. g3 f4
25. Bg4 Bg8 26. Ra1 Bd8 27. Kh1 h5 28. Bh3 f3 29. Qd2 Kg7 {1/2-1/2 Sanchez
Almeyra,J (2405)-Spasov,V (2535)/Biel 1992/CBM 031 ext}) 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. Bh5
Bh6 21. Bf3 b4 22. b3 Qb8 23. c4 Ra7 24. h3 Bg5 25. Bg4 Bxd5 (25... a4 $5) 26.
Qxd5 Be7 27. Qc6 a4 28. Rd5 axb3 29. axb3 Rc7 30. Qa4 Ra7 31. Ra5 Rxa5 32. Qxa5
Bd8 33. Qb5 Qxb5 34. cxb5 Bb6 35. Bd7 Ra8 36. Rc1 Bc5 37. Bc6 Ra2 38. Bd5 g5
39. Bxf7 Bxf2+ 40. Kh2 Bc5 41. Rf1 Bf2 42. g4 Kg7 43. Bc4 Rc2 44. Kh1 Ra2 45.
Kg2 Bc5+ 46. Kg3 Rc2 47. Ra1 Rc3+ 48. Kg2 Rc2+ 49. Kh1 Rf2 50. Ra6 Rf8 51. Rc6
Kg6 52. Kh2 h6 53. Rc7 h5 54. gxh5+ Kxh5 55. Rh7+ Kg6 56. Rb7 Rf2+ ({Houdini
suggests} 56... g4 57. hxg4 Kg5 58. Kg3 Bf2+ 59. Kh3 Kf4 {and Black is a pawn
down but with a good King position, and can likely hold.}) 57. Kg3 Rf6 58. Bd5
Rf8 59. b6 Bf2+ 60. Kg2 Be3 61. Be6 Kf6 62. Bg4 Rd8 63. Kf3 Bc5 64. Ke2 Bd4 65.
Kd3 Kg6 66. Kc4 (66. Be6 $142 $1 {and Black is practically in zugzwang.} d5 (
66... Kf6 67. Bd5 Kg6 68. Kc4 $18) 67. Rc7 dxe4+ 68. Kxe4 Kf6 69. Bc4 $18)
66... d5+ 67. exd5 Rd6 68. Rc7 Rxb6 69. Rc6+ Kf7 70. Rxb6 Bxb6 71. d6 Ke8 72.
Kxb4 e4 73. Kb5 Ba7 74. Kc6 Bb8 75. b4 e3 76. b5 Kd8 77. b6 Ke8 78. Kd5 Kd8 79.
Ke6 Ke8 80. Be2 Kd8 {ArasanX resigns} 1-0

[Event "6th Annual WCRCC"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2012.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sjeng"]
[Black "Arasan 14.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2929"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+4"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Nd4 Bd7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2
c5 9. Nb3 (9. Nc2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Rb8 13. Be3 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6
15. b4 Rxb4 16. Nxb4 cxb4 17. e5 Nfe8 18. Na2 a5 19. Bb6 Bxe5 20. Bxa5 Bxa1 21.
Qxa1 b3 22. Nb4 Qa8 23. Rb1 Na6 24. Nxa6 Qxa6 25. Rxb3 Nf6 26. Ra3 Rb8 27. h3
Qb7 28. Bd3 Ra8 29. Qc1 h5 30. Ra1 Kg7 31. Qe1 Bf5 32. Bxf5 gxf5 33. Ra3 Qb2
34. Rg3+ Kf8 35. Bc3 Qc2 36. Bxf6 exf6 37. Rc3 Qe4 38. Qc1 f4 39. c5 dxc5 40.
Rxc5 Kg7 41. Kh2 Qd4 42. Rc4 Qxd5 43. Rxf4 Qe5 44. g3 Ra1 45. Qc6 Rd1 46. h4
Qe6 47. Qc3 Rd5 48. Qc4 Re5 49. Qd3 Qd5 50. Qb1 Qb5 51. Qd1 Rf5 52. Qf3 Rxf4
53. Qxf4 Qe5 54. Qf3 Kg6 55. Kg2 f5 56. Qc6+ f6 57. Kf3 Qe1 58. Qc4 Qe8 59. Qd5
Qc8 60. Qd4 Qc6+ 61. Ke3 Qe8+ 62. Kd2 Qa8 63. Qc4 Qe8 {1/2-1/2 Stocek,J (2580)
-Dausch,R (2387)/Germany 2006/EXT 2007}) 9... a5 10. a3 a4 11. Nd2 Qa5 12. O-O
Na6 13. Nf3 Nc7 14. Re1 Ng4 15. Bf4 b5 16. h3 b4 17. Na2 bxa3 18. bxa3 Bxa1 19.
Bd2 Qb6 20. Qxa1 {Black has won the exchange but is no more than =, maybe
worse already.} Nf6 21. e5 dxe5 22. Qxe5 $14 Rfe8 23. Nc3 Rac8 24. Bd1 Qa6 25.
Qf4 Nh5 26. Qh6 f6 (26... Nf6 27. Re4 $3 {threatening Rh4. The Rook cannot be
taken:} Nxe4 $2 28. Nxe4 {with the deadly threat of Ng5.}) 27. g4 $1 Ng7 28.
Ne4 $1 Qxc4 29. Neg5 fxg5 30. Nxg5 Kf8 31. Qxh7 Qxd5 32. Re5 Bc6 33. Rxd5 Bxd5
34. Bc3 e5 1-0

[Event "7th ACCA Americas' Computer Chess Chmp."]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2012.11.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tinker"]
[Black "Arasan 15.1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[TimeControl "2700+10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Be7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 Rd8 (11... a6) (11... b6) 12. Bb3 a6 13.
Nxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bf4 Bg4 {Arasan was out of book here.} 16. Bxe5
Bxd1 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 18. Raxd1 Bf6 19. Re3 g6 (19... Rc8 20. Rc3 Rxc3 21. bxc3 {
1/2-1/2 Stevic,H (2617)-Jankovic,A (2540)/Banja Vrucica 2009/CBM 131 Extra})
20. Rc3 a5 21. Ba4 Rb6 22. Rb3 Rxb3 23. Bxb3 Rd8 24. Kf1 b5 25. Ke2 a4 26. Bc2
Rc8 27. Bd3 b4 28. Ke3 a3 29. bxa3 bxa3 30. Rd2 Re8+ 31. Kf3 Rb8 32. Ke3 Kf8
33. Be2 Re8+ 34. Kf3 Ke7 35. Rc2 Rb8 36. Rc3 Bxd4 37. Rxa3 Rb6 {The endgame
should be =. If anything White has some advantage because of the outside
passer.} 38. Rd3 $2 {White blunders and loses material with this move.} (38.
Ra7+ $142) 38... Rf6+ 39. Kg4 Rxf2 40. Bf3 Be5 41. Rxd5 Bxh2 42. Ra5 $2 {It is
wrong to put the Rook ahead of the passed pawn.} h6 43. Ra7+ Ke6 44. Ra3 (44.
Ra5 $142 f5+ 45. Kh3 Bd6 46. Bd5+ $15) 44... f5+ $19 45. Kh3 Bd6 46. Re3+ Be5
47. Rd3 g5 48. Bd5+ Kf6 49. Rb3 g4+ 50. Kh4 Rf1 51. Rb6+ Kg7 52. Rb7+ Kg6 53.
Rb6+ Bf6+ 54. Rxf6+ Kxf6 55. Bc6 h5 56. a4 Rh1+ 57. Kg3 h4+ 58. Kf2 g3+ 59. Ke2
Ra1 60. a5 Ke5 61. Kd3 Rxa5 62. Ke3 Ra2 63. Kd3 f4 64. Kc3 f3 65. gxf3 Kd6 66.
Be4 g2 67. Kb3 Ra1 68. f4 g1=Q 69. Kc3 Qc5+ 70. Kd3 Re1 71. Bc6 Re3+ 72. Kd2
Qc3+ 73. Kd1 Re1# 0-1

[Event "7th ACCA Americas' Computer Chess Chmp."]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2012.11.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arasan 15.1"]
[Black "crafty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[TimeControl "2700+10"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. d5 (11. O-O-O {might be better.}) 11...
Qxb2 {This pawn grab looks risky.} (11... cxd5 12. Bxd5 Be7 13. Bc3 Bb4 14.
Bxb4 Qxb2 15. O-O Qxb4 16. Rab1 Qc5 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Rfd1 Nb6 19. Nd4 Rxb7 20.
Rb5 Qa3 21. Rb3 Qc5 22. Rb5 Qc3 23. Rb3 Qc7 24. Nxf5 O-O 25. Nd6 Rbb8 26. c4
Rbd8 {1/2-1/2 Harikrishna,P (2680)-Sutovsky,E (2628)/Turin 2006/CBM 113}) 12.
O-O cxd5 13. Bxd5 Be7 14. Rfb1 Qxc2 15. Bxb7 $146 {A slight improvement on the
Balinov-Reindermann game but the position is still pretty even.} (15. Rxb7 exd5
16. Re1 O-O 17. Qxe7 Qc8 18. Rb3 Nf6 19. Qa3 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Nd4 Bg6 22.
h3 h6 23. Bf4 Kh7 24. Be5 Qd7 25. Qa6 Qc8 26. Qa3 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Balinov,I (2372)
-Reinderman,D (2517)/Pulvermuehle 2005/CBM 104 ext}) 15... Rd8 16. Rb3 Nb6 $2 (
16... Bf6) 17. Rc1 $1 Rxd2 ({I expected instead} 17... Qxa2 {but then the
following variation is unpleasant for Black} 18. Qb5+ Nd7 19. Bc6) 18. Rxc2
Rxe2 19. Bc6+ Kd8 20. Rxe2 {White is now better due to having the Rook vs. a
pawn and Bishop.} Kc7 21. Bb5 Bf6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Kd6 24. Ree3 Rb8 25.
Rec3 Be4 26. Bf1 Bd5 27. Rb5 Rb7 28. Ra5 Nd7 29. Ra6+ Ke7 30. h4 Nb8 31. Ra5
Kd6 32. Bb5 f5 33. Rc8 ({Crafty expected} 33. Kh2) (33. a4 $5) (33. f3 $5)
33... g6 34. f4 a6 35. Bxa6 Rb2 36. Bf1 Nc6 37. Ra4 Bxa2 38. Rh8 Bb3 39. Ra3
Rb1 40. Kf2 e5 $2 (40... Rb2+ {and Black still has chances.}) 41. fxe5+ Nxe5
42. Rxh7 Bd5 43. Ra6+ (43. Rha7 $5) 43... Nc6 $2 (43... Kc5) 44. Rg7 {White is
winning now} Rxf1+ 45. Kxf1 Bc4+ 46. Kg1 Bxa6 47. Rxg6+ Kd5 48. h5 Bd3 49. h6
f4 50. h7 Bxg6 51. h8=Q Ne5 52. Kf2 Be4 53. g3 fxg3+ 54. Kxg3 {This ending is
a tablebase win for White.} Bd3 55. Qa8+ Kd4 56. Qa4+ Nc4 57. Kf4 Kc3 58. Qa1+
Kc2 59. Qe1 Kb3 60. Kg5 Kc2 61. Qb4 Ne3 62. Qa4+ Kc3 63. Qa5+ Kc2 64. Kf4 Nc4
65. Qb4 Kd1 66. Kf3 Kc2 67. Kf2 Nb2 68. Ke3 Nd1+ 69. Kd4 Be2 70. Qa5 Nb2 71.
Qc3+ Kb1 72. Qg3 Kc2 73. Qf2 Kd1 74. Qe3 Nd3 75. Kc3 Ke1 76. Qg1+ Bf1 77. Qg3+
Ke2 78. Qxd3+ Kf2 79. Qf5+ Ke1 80. Qe5+ Kf2 81. Kd2 Kf3 82. Qf5+ Kg3 83. Ke3
Bh3 84. Qf3+ Kh2 85. Kf2 1-0

[Event "chessclub.com"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arasan 16.0"]
[Black "crafty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[TimeControl "900+5"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 Nd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O f5 $6 (11... Be7 12. Rfe1 exd4 13. Nxd4 O-O
$11 {Euwe,M-Fine,R/Holland 1938}) 12. Ned2 e4 13. Rfe1 $1 Kd8 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15.
Rxe4 {Black has a piece for two pawns but is terribly under-developed.} Qf7 16.
Qc3 Kc7 17. c5 a5 (17... g5 $5) 18. Bc4 Qf6 19. Re6 Qf4 20. g3 $1 Qf5 21. Nh4
Qh7 $2 (21... Qg5 $142) 22. Rae1 Nf6 23. d5 $1 {a deadly exchange sac} Bxe6 24.
Qe5+ Kc8 25. Qxe6+ Kc7 26. Qe5+ Kc8 27. Bf1 ({adequate, but better was} 27.
dxc6 $1 bxc6 28. Nf5 $18) 27... g5 28. Qxf6 Bxc5 29. Qe5 (29. Ng6 $1) 29...
Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rf8+ 31. Kg1 Qc7 32. d6 Qb6+ 33. Kh1 Kb8 34. Ng6 Rd8 35. Rd1 a4
36. d7+ Qc7 37. Qe8 Ra5 38. Nf8 Re5 39. Ne6 Rxe6 40. Qxe6 h5 41. Be2 h4 42.
gxh4 gxh4 43. Qe7 Ka7 44. Rd4 Kb8 45. Bg4 Qa5 46. Qxh4 Kc7 47. Qg3+ Kb6 48. Qf4
Qc5 49. Rb4+ Ka6 50. Rxa4+ Kb6 51. Rd4 1-0

[Event "7th Annual WCRCC"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2013.07.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arasan 16.0"]
[Black "Sjeng"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2879"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "218"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+4"]

{Note: Sjeng is normally much stronger than Arasan but had a hardware
problem with one of its cluster nodes during this game.}
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Bxc6+ $5 ({usual is} 9. Nc3) 9... bxc6 {Sjeng was out of book here.} 10.
Qc2 {Arasan's first move out of book.} c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. O-O O-O 13. Nc3 Bb6
14. a4 Ba6 15. a5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Qd7 18. axb6 axb6 19. Ra3 c5 20.
Qb3 Qc6 21. Qd3 Rxa3 22. bxa3 Rd8 23. h3 Qe6 24. Bg5 Ra8 25. Bc1 h6 26. Kg1 d4
27. Qe4 Rd8 28. Bd2 Qd5 29. Qb1 c4 30. Qxb6 c3 31. Be1 c2 32. Bd2 d3 {Black's
connected passers look dangerous, but White can block them.} 33. Qb4 Rc8 34.
Bc1 Rc4 35. Qb8+ Kh7 36. Kh2 Rc6 37. Qb2 Qc4 38. Qb7 Rc7 39. Qb6 Rd7 40. Qe3
Rd8 41. Qb6 Rc8 42. Qe3 Kg8 43. Nd2 Qc5 44. Qg3 Qd5 45. Nf3 Kh8 46. Qf4 Rc4 47.
Qf5 Rc5 48. Qg4 Rc6 49. Qb4 f6 50. exf6 Rxf6 51. Kg1 Rg6 52. Kh1 Qe6 53. Qc5
Qe4 54. Kh2 Kh7 55. Qh5 Kg8 56. a4 Rd6 57. Qc5 Qd5 58. Qc3 Rc6 59. Qe1 (59. Qd2
$5) 59... Re6 60. Qc3 Qc6 61. Qa5 Rd6 62. Qb4 Kh7 63. Ne5 Qd5 64. Qf4 $1 {
[%eval 58,0] score} Kg8 65. a5 Rd8 66. Bd2 Qe6 67. Qe3 Qd6 68. Qe4 Qc7 69. a6
$1 Rd6 $4 (69... c1=Q 70. Bxc1 d2 71. Bxd2 Rxd2 $11) 70. Bf4 (70. f4 $142 $1
Rxa6 71. Qd5+ Kh8 72. Nf7+ Kg8 73. Nxh6+ $18) 70... g5 71. a7 Qxa7 72. Qc4+ Kh7
73. Bc1 {[%eval 131,0]} Rd4 74. Qc8 Qe7 75. Qf5+ Kg8 76. Qg6+ Qg7
77. Qe6+ Kh7 78. Qf5+ Kg8 79. Nxd3 Qf7 80. Qc8+ Qf8 81. Qe6+ Qf7 82. Qe3 Rd6
83. Qe2 Qg6 $2 (83... Rc6) 84. Nb4 {[%eval 215,0]} Rb6 85. Qd2 Qd6+ 86.
Qxd6 Rxd6 87. Be3 c1=Q 88. Bxc1 Re6 {Now Black's troublesome passers are
finally gone. The two White minors are stronger than the Black Rook in the
endgame, plus White has an extra pawn.} 89. Be3 Kg7 90. Nc2 Kg6 91. g4 Ra6 92.
Ne1 Ra5 93. Nf3 Kh7 94. Kg3 Rb5 95. Nd4 Rb8 96. h4 gxh4+ 97. Kxh4 Kg6 98. Nf5
h5 99. Ne7+ Kf7 100. Nc6 Rc8 101. Na7 Rh8 102. gxh5 Re8 103. Nc6 Kg7 104. h6+
Kg6 105. Bg5 Ra8 106. f4 Ra1 107. Ne5+ Kf5 108. Kh5 Rb1 109. h7 Rb8 1-0

[Event "7th Annual WCRCC"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2013.07.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "NightmareX"]
[Black "Arasan 16.0"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+4"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 (6... h6) (6... Ne7
) 7. Nbd2 Ne7 (7... Nh6 $142) 8. Nh4 c5 9. c3 Qb6 10. Ndf3 Be4 $2 ({Hiarcs 14
book recommends} 10... Bh5 $11) 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Nd4 Nc6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. f3
Qxh4 15. Bf2 Qg5 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Qa4 Ncxe5 18. Nb5 $1 {Black is
uncomfortable here, with the King caught in the middle.} Qd8 19. Qxe4 a6 20.
Bg3 Qb6+ {Arasan failed low here.} 21. Kh1 axb5 22. Bxe5 Qc6 23. Qe3 Nxe5 24.
Qxe5 f6 25. Rxf6 $5 gxf6 26. Qxf6 Rg8 27. Bh5+ Rg6 28. Bxg6+ hxg6 {White has
ended up trading a Bishop for two Pawns, but in compensation has a lasting
initiative.} 29. Rf1 Kd7 30. Qf7+ Kd6 31. Rd1+ Ke5 32. h4 $1 (32. Qxg6 {right
away is not as good. After} Qe4 {White can't play h4, at least not right away.}
) 32... Rc8 33. Rd4 $2 ({Houdini prefers the following line} 33. Re1+ Kd5 34.
b4 $1 b6 35. c4+ bxc4 36. Rd1+ Ke5 37. Qf2 Qe4 38. Re1 c3 39. Rxe4+ Kxe4 40.
Qxb6 $18 {and White has a much better endgame.}) 33... Bh6 34. Qxg6 Rh8 35. Rb4
Kd6 36. Qf6 Qe8 37. a4 Be3 38. Re4 Ba7 39. Qe5+ Kd7 40. Qxb5+ Kc8 41. Qe5 Qd8
42. Rc4+ Kd7 43. g3 Qb8 44. Qg7+ Kd6 45. Rb4 Qf8 46. Qxf8+ Rxf8 47. Rxb7 e5 48.
Rxa7 e4 49. b3 e3 50. Ra6+ Kd5 51. c4+ Ke5 52. Ra5+ Ke4 53. Ra6 Rf1+ 54. Kg2 e2
55. Re6+ Kd3 56. g4 e1=Q 57. Rxe1 Rxe1 {A remarkable endgame with Rook vs. 5
pawns. Arasan's score here was +1.33. But in fact it appears the Rook can't
win.} 58. h5 Ke3 59. b4 Kf4 60. b5 Re2+ 61. Kf1 Kf3 62. a5 Ra2 63. Ke1 Ke3 64.
Kf1 Rf2+ 65. Kg1 Kf3 66. b6 Rg2+ 67. Kf1 Ra2 68. Ke1 Ke3 69. Kd1 Kd3 70. Kc1
Kc3 71. Kd1 Kd3 72. Kc1 Kc3 73. Kd1 Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "7th Annual WCRCC"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2013.07.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arasan 16.0"]
[Black "Goldbar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+4"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 a6 $5 3. Bg5 $6 (3. c4 $142 e6 4. Nc3 d5 {and White has a
standard QGD position with a tempo, because .. a6 is not very useful to Black.}
) 3... d5 4. e3 c5 5. dxc5 Ne4 6. Bd3 $2 (6. Bf4 $142) 6... Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Nxh7 {aggressive but unsound.} (8. Nf3) 8... Bxc5 9. Qg4 g6 10. Ng5 Be7 11.
Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 12. Qxg6+ Kf8 {White has saced a Bishop for three pawns, but does
not appear to have compensation. Generally it is better to have the piece,
especially in the endgame.} 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Be2 Qd6 15. O-O-O Qe5 16. g3 Bd7
17. Nf3 Qg7 18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 19. h4 Raf8 20. Rh2 Rh6 21. Ne1 e5 22. Rxd5 Be6 23.
Rd2 e4 24. a4 Bc5 25. h5 Rhf6 26. Rh4 Rxf2 27. Rxe4 Bf5 28. Nd3 Bxe4 29. Nxc5
Bf5 30. Nxb7 Nb4 31. e4 Bxe4 32. Nc5 Bf5 33. g4 Rc8 34. c3 {Arasan failed low
here, with a score of -2.42. But after this the score starts to climb back up.}
Bxg4 $6 (34... Rxc5 {This is what Arasan expected, and Houdini also prefers it.
While this looks like it leads to an endgame similar to the actual game, in
fact Houdini thinks Black is much better.}) 35. Bxg4 Rxc5 36. Rxf2 Nd3+ 37. Kc2
Nxf2 38. b4 Rd5 39. Bf3 Rd6 40. c4 a5 $6 (40... Nd3 $142 {Arasan expected this.
}) 41. bxa5 Ra6 42. Bd5 Rxa5 43. Kb3 Ra6 44. c5 Ra7 45. Kb4 Rd7 46. Ba8 Rd1 47.
Bf3 Rc1 48. c6 Nd3+ 49. Kb5 Ne5 50. Bd5 Ng4 51. a5 Nf6 52. Bc4 Ne8 53. Be2 Rb1+
54. Kc5 Kf6 55. Bd3 Rb3 56. Bc4 Rh3 57. Kb6 Ke7 58. c7 Nd6 59. Be2 Rb3+ 60. Kc6
Nc8 61. h6 Nd6 62. h7 {Arasan finally showed a draw score here. Previously it
had a minus score.} Rc3+ 63. Kb6 Rh3 64. Bd3 Kd7 65. a6 Rh6 66. a7 Ne8+ 67. Kb7
Nxc7 68. Bg6 Rh4 69. Bf5+ Kd6 70. Be4 Rh3 71. Bc2 Rh5 72. Bd3 Rh1 73. Be4 Rh2
74. Bc2 Rh1 75. Bg6 Rh2 76. Bc2 Rh1 77. Bf5 Rh2 78. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "SSDF-match"]
[Site "Sundsvall"]
[Date "2013.10.28"]
[Round "40"]
[White "Deep Rybka 3 Q6600"]
[Black "Arasan 16 MP Q6600"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "3202"]
[Annotator "Dart, J."]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2013.08.29"]
[EventRounds "40"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. a3 $6 (9. g4 h6 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qc7 12. h4 d5 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bh2
dxe4 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh2 17. Rxh2 exd4 18. Rh8 Nd5 19. Qxd4 Bb7 20. Qxe4+
Ne7 21. Qxb4 Ng6 22. Rg8 Ne7 23. Rh8 Ng6 24. Rg8 Ne7 25. Rh8 {1/2-1/2 (25)
Kasimdzhanov,R (2699)-Grischuk,A (2779) Thessaloniki 2013}) 9... h5 10. O-O-O
Bb7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Kb1 Ne5 $146 (12... Be7 13. g3 Ne5 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Bg1 d5
16. exd5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nxd5 18. Ne4 b4 19. a4 Qa5 20. Qb3 Rfd8 21. f4 Nb6 22.
Ng5 Bd5 23. Qd3 Bxg5 24. fxg5 Nxa4 25. Nb3 Qc7 26. Qe2 e5 27. Rc1 Re8 28. Qxh5
Nxb2 29. Kxb2 Qc3+ 30. Ka2 a5 31. Qe2 a4 {0-1 (31) Fercec,N (2487)-Hulak,K 
(2562) Sibenik 2007}) 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. Be2 Ned7 16. g3 Re8 17. Bf1
Qb6 18. h3 Nc5 19. h4 ({possibly better here is} 19. g4 {preserving an escape
route for the Bishop g5.}) 19... b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Na2 Qb6 22. Qb4 Qc7 23.
Qc3 Bd8 24. Nc1 Qb8 25. Qe3 Ncd7 26. Qa3 Qc7 27. Re3 Be7 28. Qa1 Bf8 29. Rc3 (
29. Bh3 $5) 29... Qb8 30. Re3 e5 31. Ndb3 d5 $15 32. Bh3 Rc7 33. Bf5 d4 34. Re2
g6 35. Bh3 Bc6 36. Qa5 Bb5 37. Rf2 Bd6 38. Bf1 Rb7 39. Nd3 Rc8 40. Bh3 $2 (40.
Ndc1 $142) 40... Rcc7 41. Bf1 Bc4 42. Qe1 Bxd3 $1 43. Rxd3 a5 44. Qc1 a4 45.
Nd2 Nh7 46. Ka2 Nxg5 47. hxg5 Nc5 48. f4 Nb3 49. Qb1 Rc3 50. Nc4 Rxc4 51. Rd1
Qc7 52. Rd3 Qa5 53. Re3 a3 54. Qe1 Rcb4 (54... Nd2 {is a slightly quicker way
to mate.}) 55. cxb3 axb2+ 56. Kxb2 Rxb3+ 57. Rxb3 Qa3+ 58. Kc2 Qxb3+ 59. Kd2
Qa2+ 60. Kd3 Rb3+ 61. Kc4 Rb2+ 62. Kd3 Qa6# 0-1

[Event "CCT-16"]
[Site "Variant-ICS, Amsterdam, NL"]
[Date "2014.01.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ArasanX"]
[Black "Crafty"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1878"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[PlyCount "368"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[Source "ChessPublishing"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[TimeControl "3000+3"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 (6. cxd5 {is the main
line.}) 6... Be7 7. Qa4+ c6 ({better scoring is} 7... Bc6) 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5
exd5 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 c5 {seldom played in recent years} (11... Nd7) 12. Rd1
Qe7 13. O-O Rd8 14. e3 Na6 15. Rc1 Nc7 16. Rfe1 Ne6 17. Kh1 $146 ({Predecessor:
} 17. Rcd1 a6 18. Bh3 Qc7 19. Qc2 Qd6 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Na4 Qd6 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23.
Nxc5 bxc5 24. e4 Re8 25. Bg2 d4 26. Qd3 Rab8 27. Nd2 Qc6 28. Nc4 Be7 29. Rd2
Bf8 30. f4 $11 {1-0 (68) Zvjaginsev,V (2600)-Ionov,S (2525) Elista 1995}) 17...
a6 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Bh3 Qd6 20. a4 Rc7 21. Rcd1 g6 22. Qd2 Qf8 23. Ne2 Be7 24.
Kg1 c4 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Ne5 Bd6 27. Rf1 Qf5 28. f4 Qh3 29. Rf3 Qh6 30. Rdf1
Qf8 31. g4 Qe8 32. Qc2 b5 33. Ra1 b4 34. Rg3 a5 35. Nf3 c3 36. b3 {Looks bad
for White here.} Ba6 37. Rg2 Kf8 {Black starts to transfer the King to the
q-side. It looked like White might have attacking chances if the Black King
remained on the k-side but in fact this transfer may not be necessary.} 38. Rd1
Ke7 39. Nc1 Kd7 40. Nd3 Kc8 41. Rf1 Kb8 {Crafty spent about 4 minutes on this
move, remarkable since it had already used a lot of time.} 42. Rff2 Qh8 43.
Nde5 Qf6 44. Rg3 Rg8 45. Kh1 Rgg7 46. Rh3 Ka8 47. Rh6 Qf8 48. h3 Rc8 49. Kh2
Rgc7 50. Rh4 Re8 51. Rg2 Qg7 52. Rg1 Ka7 53. Rd1 Qg8 54. Ng5 {White is still
worse but the position is very locked and a draw looks likely.} Ree7 55. Kg3
Rc8 56. Nef3 Rg7 57. Rh6 Bb7 58. Ne5 Re7 59. Rh4 Rec7 60. Rc1 Ba6 61. Nd3 Rd7
62. Ne5 Rdc7 63. Rh1 Ka8 64. Rd1 Rf8 65. Rc1 Ka7 66. Qd1 Kb7 67. Ngf3 Re8 68.
Ng5 Rec8 69. Qc2 Re8 70. Re1 Rf8 71. Ngf3 Ka8 72. g5 Be7 73. Rh6 Rf5 74. Rc1
Bd6 75. Ra1 Qd8 76. Rd1 Bb7 77. Ra1 Ka7 78. Kh2 Qf8 79. Rh4 Rg7 80. Re1 Qh8 81.
Rg1 Qc8 82. Ng4 Be7 83. Rh6 Qc7 84. Nfe5 Ba6 85. Re1 Bd6 86. Rc1 Qb7 87. Qd1
Rc7 88. Rc2 Qb6 89. Nf3 Qb8 90. Nge5 Qg8 91. Kg2 Ka8 92. Kh2 Qd8 93. Kg1 Qc8
94. Kf2 Kb7 95. Kg3 Qb8 96. Rc1 Qg8 97. Qc2 Qd8 98. Rh1 Kc8 99. Rh4 Qf8 100.
Rg4 {position is even here but now both engines start to make mistakes in time
trouble.} Qg7 (100... Kb7 101. h4 {Komodo 8 64-bit:} Bxe5 102. Nxe5 h5 103.
gxh6 Qxh6 104. Kf2 Qh7 105. Rxg6 Rh5 106. Kg3 Rh6 107. Rh2 Rxg6+ 108. Nxg6 Qh5
109. Ne5 Rg7+ 110. Kf2 Rg8 111. Rh1 Rg7 112. Ke1 Rg8 113. Kf2 {0.00/33}) 101.
h4 Bb7 $2 (101... Bxe5 102. Nxe5 Kb7 103. Kf3 Kb6 $11 {0.16/26}) (101... Kb7
102. Kf2 Qg8 103. Rg2 Bxe5 $11 {0.25/25}) 102. h5 $1 $16 gxh5 103. Rxh5 Kb8
104. Rgh4 ({Komodo 8 64-bit:} 104. Rh6 $1 Qg8 105. Kf2 Qf8 106. Nd3 Rg7 107.
Rgh4 Qe7 $16) 104... Qg8 $2 ({Houdini 4 x64:} 104... Bxe5 105. dxe5 Qg6 106.
Nd4 Rff7 107. Qxg6 hxg6 108. Rh8+ Rc8 109. Rh1 $14 {Houdini rates White only
slightly better.}) 105. Kf2 (105. Ng4 $1 $16) 105... Bxe5 $1 106. Nxe5 Ba6 ({
Houdini 4 x64:} 106... Rxe5 $1 107. dxe5 Qg6 108. Qxg6 hxg6 109. Rh8+ Ka7 110.
R4h7 Rc5 111. Rh1 d4 112. exd4 Bxh1 113. dxc5 Bd5 114. Ke2 Bxb3 115. Kd3 Kb7
116. f5 exf5 117. Rh6 Kc6 118. e6 Bd5 119. Rxg6 Be4+ 120. Ke2 b3 121. Rg8 Kc7
122. Rg7+ Kc8 123. Rg8+ Kc7 124. Rg7+ {0.00/28}) 107. Rh1 Kb7 $2 ({better is} 
107... Bb7) 108. Kg3 ({Stockfish DD 64 SSE4.2 2 threads:} 108. Nf3 $3 Rff7 109.
Rh6 Rg7 110. Ne5 Kb6 111. Ke1 Bc8 112. Kd1 Bb7 113. Kc1 Rge7 114. Ng4 Bc6 115.
Nf6 Qc8 116. Nxh7 Ka7 117. Nf6 Qa6 118. R6h2 Rg7 119. Ng4 Be8 120. Ne5 Kb8 121.
Rh8 Rce7 122. Kd1 Qc8 123. Ke2 Qa6+ 124. Ke1 Qb7 125. R1h5 {2.58/36}) 108...
Rg7 109. R1h4 $2 (109. Ng4 $1 Qb8 110. Kf3 $1 Rff7 111. Nf6 $18 {White will
collect the h7 pawn eventually.}) 109... Kb6 {Now White cannot break through.}
110. Rh6 Ka7 111. Kg2 Kb7 112. Kh1 Rc7 113. Kg2 Rg7 114. Kh2 Rc7 115. Kg3 Rg7
116. Kh2 Rc7 117. Kg3 Rg7 118. R4h5 Kb8 119. Ng4 Qf7 120. Kf3 Kb7 121. Nf6 Kc6
122. Nxh7 Rg6 123. Rh4 Kb6 124. Kg2 Kb7 125. Qd1 Rxh6 126. Rxh6 Qc7 127. Rh1 c2
128. Qd2 Rf7 129. g6 Rg7 130. Rc1 Rxh7 131. gxh7 Qg7+ 132. Kf2 Qxh7 133. Kg1
Bd3 134. Qg2 Qh5 135. Qd2 Qg4+ 136. Kf2 Qh4+ 137. Kg2 Bf5 138. Qf2 Qh3+ 139.
Kg1 Be4 140. Qe2 Ka7 141. Rxc2 Qh1+ 142. Kf2 Bxc2 143. Qb5 Qh4+ 144. Ke2 Bf5
145. Qxa5+ Kb7 146. Qxb4+ Kc6 147. Qf8 Bg4+ 148. Kd3 Bh3 149. Ke2 Kd7 150. Qf7+
Kc8 151. a5 Bg4+ 152. Kd3 Bf5+ 153. Ke2 Qh2+ 154. Kf3 Qc2 155. a6 Qd1+ 156. Kf2
Qd2+ 157. Kf3 Be4+ 158. Kg4 Qe2+ 159. Kg5 Qxa6 160. Kf6 Qa5 161. Qxe6+ Kc7 162.
Qe7+ Kc6 163. b4 Qa1 164. Qc5+ Kb7 165. Qb5+ Kc8 166. Ke6 Qg1 167. Qd7+ Kb8
168. f5 Qxe3 169. Qd6+ Kc8 170. Qc6+ Kb8 171. Qb6+ Kc8 172. Qa6+ Kc7 173. Qd6+
Kb7 174. f6 Bg6+ 175. Qe5 Qxe5+ 176. Kxe5 Kc6 177. b5+ Kxb5 178. Kxd5 Bf7+ 179.
Kd6 Kc4 180. d5 Bg8 181. Ke7 Bxd5 182. Kf8 Kd4 183. f7 Kc4 184. Ke7 Bxf7 {Game
drawn because neither player has mating material} 1/2-1/2
[Event "CSVN PT46"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2014.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dirty"]
[Black "Arasan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "14. +0.28"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2014.05.18"]
[TimeControl "3600"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. a3 b4 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 bxa3 12. O-O Bd6 13. bxa3 $6 (13. Nd2) 13...
O-O 14. Qc2 f5 15. Bxc6 Bxh2+ 16. Nxh2 Rc8 17. Qb3 Bxc6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Qa2
$146 ({Predecessor (5):} 19. Qd6 Rf6 20. Qf4 Nb6 21. Bd2 Qd5 22. f3 Nc4 23. Bc3
Kg8 24. Rfe1 Nb6 25. Bb4 Qf7 26. Qg3 Re8 27. Rac1 Nc4 28. e4 fxe4 29. fxe4 a5
30. Bc5 Bxe4 31. Ng4 Rg6 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Rf1 Qxf1+ 34. Kxf1 Nd2+ 35. Kg1
Rgxg4 36. Qb8+ Kf7 37. d5 Re1+ 38. Kf2 Rf1+ 39. Ke3 Nc4+ 40. Ke2 Rf5 41. Qc7+
Kg6 42. Qc6+ Rf6 43. Qe8+ Kf5 44. Qh5+ Kf4 45. Bd4 Rf5 46. Qh1 Ke4 47. Qh3 h5
48. Qd3+ Kxd5 {Ciazela,W (2405)-Pierzak,R (2443) ICCF email 2007 1/2-1/2 (71)})
19... Nb6 (19... Rf6 $5) 20. Qe2 Qd5 21. Qf3 Qc4 22. Qd1 Qd5 23. Qf3 Qb5 24.
Qd1 Nc4 25. Qe2 Qd5 26. Qf3 Qa5 27. Qd1 Rf6 28. Qe2 Qc3 29. Ra2 Be4 30. Rd1 Rg6
31. Nf3 Nd6 ({Houdini 4 x64:} 31... Qb3 $1 32. Ne1 Qb8 33. d5 Rh6 34. d6 Nxd6
35. Rb2 Nb7 36. f4 Rhc6 37. Bd2 Qc7 38. Nf3 Nd6 39. Ne5 Nc4 40. Nxc4 Rxc4 41.
Ba5 Qc6 42. Bb4 Rc1 43. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 44. Kh2 Qc6 45. Qd1 Qh6+ 46. Kg1 Qg6 47. Kh2
Qe6 48. Qd6 Qf7 {-0.41/25}) 32. Ne1 Qc6 $2 (32... Rh6 $11) 33. f3 Bd5 34. Rc2
Bc4 35. Qf2 Qa6 36. Bb2 Rf8 (36... Re8 $5) 37. Rc3 Be2 38. Rdc1 Qb5 ({somewhat
better is} 38... Bc4) 39. Rc5 Qxb2 40. Nd3 Qa2 41. Ne5 Re6 42. R5c2 Qxa3 43.
Qxe2 {material is even again, but Black's pieces are worse placed. White is
much better.} Re7 44. Rc3 Qa4 45. Qd3 Rb7 46. Ra3 Qe8 47. Rb3 Re7 48. Rbc3 Rb7
49. Rc6 Qe7 50. Qa3 Nc8 51. Qa2 Nd6 52. Qd5 Ne8 53. Re6 Qa3 54. Rc8 Qxe3+ 55.
Kh2 Qg5 56. Nf7+ Rbxf7 57. Rexe8 Qh6+ 58. Kg1 Qf6 59. Qxf7 Qxd4+ 60. Kf1 Qd1+
61. Kf2 Qd2+ 62. Re2 Qxe2+ 63. Kxe2 Rxc8 64. Qxf5 Ra8 65. Qd5 Re8+ 66. Kf2 h6
67. Qd7 Ra8 68. Qb7 Rf8 69. Qxa7 Kg8 70. Qa2+ Kh8 71. Qe6 Kh7 72. Qe4+ Kg8 73.
f4 Rf6 74. g4 Rf7 75. Qd5 g5 76. f5 Kg7 77. Qe5+ Rf6 78. Ke3 Kf7 79. Ke4 h5 80.
Qc7+ Kg8 81. Qd8+ Rf8 82. Qxg5+ Kf7 83. Qg6+ Ke7 84. Qe6+ Kd8 85. Qd6+ Kc8 86.
Qxf8+ Kc7 87. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "ACCA WCRCC 2014"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2014.07.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "ArasanX"]
[Black "gaviota"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Dart, J."]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+4"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. a4 b4 11. Nb1 c5 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Qe2 Qc7 $1 ({Relevant:} 
13... cxd4 14. exd4 a5 15. Nc4 O-O 16. Bf4 Nb6 17. Nce5 Qd5 18. Rfc1 {1/2-1/2 
(41) Delchev,A (2625)-Vallejo Pons,F (2708) Rijeka 2010}) 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Nc4
Rfd8 16. Bd2 a5 17. Rac1 Qb8 $146 ({maybe better is} 17... Bc6 18. b3 Qb7 {
½-½ (47) De Oliveira,J (2542)-Ruemmele,M (2539) ICCF email 2008}) 18. Nfe5
Qa7 19. e4 cxd4 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. e5 Ng8 22. Qh5+ Kf8 23. f4 Bd5 24. Rf1 Ngf6
25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Qh3 Kg8 27. f5 e5 28. Nxe5 Qb7 29. Nf3 Rac8 30. Rce1 Re8 31.
Ng5 Bd6 32. Ne6 h6 33. Rf2 b3 34. Bxa5 (34. Bc1 $5) 34... Qa7 35. Bd2 Rc2 $1
36. Bxc2 bxc2 {Even Stockfish does not think the passed pawn is dangerous, but
it is, at least if White does not play very exactly.} 37. Qd3 Rc8 38. Bc1 Qxa4
39. Qxd4 Qa6 40. Kh1 Qb7 41. Ree2 Rc4 42. Qd3 Qb4 43. Kg1 $2 {looks like the
decisive mistake} ({Stockfish 5 64 SSE4.2:} 43. Rf3 Rh4 44. Rh3 Re4 45. Rhe3
Rxe3 46. Qxe3 Qg4 47. h3 Qxf5 48. Kg1 Be4 49. Qb3 Kh8 50. g4 Qe5 51. Kf1 Nd5
52. Qc4 Qf6+ 53. Kg1 Ne3 54. Bxe3 Qf3 55. Bc1 Qg3+ 56. Kf1 Qf3+ 57. Kg1 {0.00/
39}) 43... Be4 44. Qd2 Qb6 45. b3 Rc8 46. Kh1 Bb4 47. Qf4 Qb7 48. Qg3 Rc3 49.
Re3 Rc6 50. Rd3 Bxd3 51. Qxd3 Rc3 52. Qe2 Qd5 53. Rf1 Qd3 54. Nf4 Qxe2 55. Nxe2
Rxb3 56. g3 Rd3 57. Kg2 Rd1 58. Rf3 Bd2 59. Bb2 Rb1 60. Ba3 Ng4 61. Nd4 c1=Q
62. Bxc1 Bxc1 63. Rb3 Rxb3 64. Nxb3 Bg5 65. Nd4 Bf6 66. Nc2 h5 67. h3 Nh6 68.
Kf3 Nxf5 69. Kf4 Nd4 70. Ne3 Ne6+ 71. Kf3 Kf7 72. h4 Nd4+ 73. Ke4 g6 74. Ng2
Nf5 75. Kf3 0-1
[Event "ACCA WCRCC 2014"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2014.07.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arasan 17.3"]
[Black "crafty"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Dart, J."]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[TimeControl "1500+4"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 {This looks harmless but is not the safest move, as the game will
show.} (8... Be7) (8... Bd7) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 d5 11. Qe3 Be7 12. Be2 O-O
13. h4 $5 Ne8 $6 $146 ({most recent top-level games went} 13... Nd7) ({also
possible is} 13... Re8) 14. Kb1 Nd6 $6 (14... f5 $5) 15. Bxh6 $3 {White will
get excellent compensation for the sac, although there is no immediate win.}
gxh6 16. Qxh6 Bf6 17. Rd3 Bg7 18. Rg3 Ne8 19. e5 Qc7 20. h5 $5 {very
aggressive: White just ignores the attack on e5.} (20. f4 $142) 20... Qxe5 21.
f4 Qd4 22. Qg5 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. h6 Ne8 25. Na4 Rb8 26. Kc1 f6 27. Nc5 a5 {
Now White will get the sacrificed material back, and then some.} 28. Bh5 Rb5
29. Nb3 ({For a while Arasan was preferring} 29. Nd7 Bxd7 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 31.
Rxg7+) 29... Rb7 30. Nxa5 Rc7 31. Bg6 e5 32. f5 Bxh6+ 33. Rxh6 Ng7 34. Rgh3
Nxf5 35. Rh8+ Kg7 36. R8h7+ Kxg6 37. Rxc7 Nd4 38. Rh1 c5 39. Rxc5 Bf5 40. Nc6
Nxc6 41. Rxc6 Ra8 42. a3 Ra4 43. g3 Ra5 44. Rh8 Kg7 45. Rb8 Ra7 46. Rcb6 Kg6
47. Rf8 Bg4 48. Rfxf6+ Kg5 49. Rg6+ Kh5 50. c3 Rh7 51. Rg8 Rf7 52. Rbg6 Bf3 53.
Rg5+ Kh6 54. Rxe5 Be4 55. c4 Bh7 56. Re6+ Kh5 57. g4+ Kh4 58. Rh8 Kxg4 59. cxd5
Rc7+ 60. Kd2 Bf5 61. Re1 Bh7 62. Rf8 Rd7 63. Rg1+ Kh5 64. Rh8 Kh6 65. Rh1+ Kg6
66. R8xh7 Rxd5+ 67. Ke3 Rd8 68. R1h6+ Kg5 69. Rh8 Rd1 70. Rh1 Rd7 71. Rf8 Re7+
72. Kd4 Kg6 73. Rf2 Re6 74. Rg1+ Kh7 75. Rh2+ Rh6 76. Rxh6+ Kxh6 77. Ke5 Kh5
78. Kf4 Kh6 79. Kf5 Kh7 80. Kf6 1-0

[Event "CSVN Programmers Tournament 47"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2014.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hannibal"]
[Black "Arasan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2014.11.16"]
[WhiteClock "0:08:30"]
[BlackClock "0:06:06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Qd2 O-O ({The most common.} 9... Qb6 {is preferred in Hiarc's book.})
10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 {rather unusual} (11. a3 $142 Be7 12. Kb1 a6 $14 {1/2-1/
2 (49) deepthroat (2593)-EtaoinShrdlu (2624) InfinityChess INT 2014}) 11... Bb4
12. a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3 b6 $146 ({Predecessor (5):} 14... Nb6 15.
Bb5 Bd7 16. c4 Nb8 17. Bxb6 Bxb5 18. Bxa7 {1/2-1/2 (18) Kritz,L (2593)-Luther,
T (2586) Triesen 2007}) 15. Nd4 Ne7 16. Re1 $6 (16. g4) 16... Nc5 17. g4 Rd8
18. Rg1 Bd7 19. Bd3 Rac8 20. Ne2 Nc6 21. Rg2 Na5 22. Bd4 Ne4 23. Kb2 Rc7 24. h4
Nb7 25. Ng3 Nec5 26. Ne2 Rdc8 27. Rh2 Na5 28. Ka2 a6 29. Rg2 Bb5 30. Rd1 Bc4+
31. Ka1 Bb5 32. Ka2 Na4 33. Rb1 Nc6 34. Bg1 Na7 35. Rb4 Bxd3 36. cxd3 b5 37.
Rb1 Rxc3 $2 {Up till this point Black was better. Arasan will get an
attractive-looking attack from this move but in fact it is not best.} (37...
Nc6 $142 {and Black preserves an advantage.}) 38. Nxc3 Nxc3+ 39. Kb3 Nxb1 40.
Bxa7 Rc3+ $2 (40... Rc7 $11) 41. Kb2 Rxd3 42. Kxb1 Rxa3 43. f5 $14 {3 pawns
are not enough compensation for the Knight.} Ra4 44. h5 h6 45. Bc5 Rc4 46. Bd6
a5 47. Rb2 Rxg4 48. Rxb5 exf5 49. Rb8+ Kh7 50. Rf8 Re4 51. Rxf7 f4 52. Kc2 a4
53. Kd2 a3 54. Ra7 a2 55. Rxa2 g5 56. Ra7+ Kg8 57. Ra8+ Kg7 58. Bf8+ Kg8 59.
Bxh6+ Kh7 60. Bf8 f3 61. Ra7+ Kg8 62. Bc5 Rxe5 63. Ra8+ Kf7 64. Rf8+ Ke6 65.
Re8+ Kf5 66. Rxe5+ Kxe5 67. h6 f2 68. Ke2 f1=Q+ 69. Kxf1 Kf6 70. Be3 g4 71. Kf2
d4 72. Bxd4+ Kg6 73. Bg7 Kh7 74. Kg3 Kg8 75. Kxg4 Kf7 76. Kf5 Ke7 77. h7 Kd6
78. h8=Q Kc5 79. Qc8+ Kb5 80. Bc3 Kb6 81. Bb4 Kb5 82. Qe6 Kxb4 83. Ke4 Kc3 84.
Qc6+ Kd2 85. Qc7 Ke1 86. Qh2 Kd1 87. Kd3 Kc1 88. Qc2# 1-0

[Event "Programmers Tournament 48"]
[Site "Leiden"]
[Date "2015.06.14"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Spartacus"]
[Black "Arasan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 Rb8 $6 (7...
Bd7 $142) 8. Nfd2 e5 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Nxc4 Be6 12. Nbd2 Bb4 13.
Qc2 (13. b3 $1 h5 14. Bb2 $2 (14. Qe2 h4 15. Nf3 hxg3 16. hxg3 $14) 14... h4
15. Nf3 hxg3 16. hxg3 Qxd1 $2 {1-0 (41) Iljushin,A (2505)-Smeets,J (2614) Al
Ain 2012} (16... Qd5 $19)) 13... Qg5 14. e4 (14. Nf3 $1 Qh5 15. b3 O-O 16. Bb2
$14 {1-0 (40) Tleptsok,R (2467)-Baldin,V (2297) ICCF 2014}) 14... Qh5 15. Nf3
O-O 16. h4 Bc5 17. Kg2 Rb4 18. b3 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Ba3 Rb6
22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rfd1 Rb4 24. Rac1 Qe7 25. Rd2 h5 26. f3 Qc5 $6 27. Qd3 ({
Komodo 9.01 64-bit:} 27. f4 $1 Rfb8 28. e5 a5 29. Qe4 Rb2 30. Rcc2 Rb1 31. Kh3
$14) 27... Rfb8 28. Rcc2 Rb1 $1 {after being worse most of the game, now
Arasan showed a near-even score. Komodo agrees.} 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Kf8 31.
Rdd2 Ke7 32. Kf2 a5 33. Ke3 Re1+ 34. Kf4 (34. Kf2 {looks safer, and this is
what Arasan expected.}) 34... Ke6 35. Rd3 f6 36. Ra3 g5+ {This sac should only
lead to a draw and in fact Arasan had a 0.0 score.} 37. hxg5 fxg5+ 38. Kxg5
Rg8+ 39. Kh6 $4 (39. Kf4 $8 {is still a draw.}) 39... Kf6 {Now all of a sudden
White will be mated.} 40. Kh7 Rg7+ 41. Kh6 Rg6+ 42. Kh7 Rd1 43. e5+ Kf7 44.
Rxa5 Rd8 45. e6+ Kf6 46. Rf5+ Kxf5 47. e7 Re8 48. Re2 Rxg3 49. Re4 h4 50. Rg4
Rxe7+ 51. Kh6 Rxg4 52. fxg4+ Kf6 53. g5+ Kf5 54. g6 h3 55. g7 h2 56. Kh7 h1=Q+
57. Kg8 Re8+ 58. Kf7 Qh5# 0-1

[Event "Purdue FOSCEC season3"]
[Site "Columbus, IN"]
[Date "2016.03.08"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Arasan 18.3"]
[Black "Senpai 1.0"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[Source "ChessPublishing"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Bc4 Nge7 7. d4 b5 8. Bd3 (
{more common is} 8. Bb3 exd4 9. cxd4) 8... exd4 9. cxd4 Nb4 $2 (9... d5 10.
exd5 Nxd5 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Nbd2 O-O $11 {0-1 (61) Borriss,M (2340)-Arkhipov,S 
(2500) Kecskemet 1991}) 10. a4 (10. Be2 $5 {keeping the Bishop pair}) 10... Bb7
11. Re1 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Bg5 Re8 $2 14. axb5 axb5 15. Nbd2 Rxa1 16. Rxa1
h6 17. Bf4 d5 18. e5 g5 19. Be3 Qd7 {White has superior mobility. Both Black
Bishops are very restricted.} 20. Nb3 Bc8 21. Bd2 Bf8 22. h3 c6 23. Qc2 Qf5 24.
Qc3 g4 25. hxg4 Qxg4 26. Nc5 Ng6 27. b4 Bf5 28. Nh2 Qe2 29. g4 Be4 30. Nd7 Bg7
31. Bxh6 $1 Rd8 (31... Bxh6 $4 32. Nf6+) 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. exf6 Nh4 34. Bf4 Bb1
35. Qd2 Bd3 36. Qxe2 Bxe2 {White is "only" a pawn up but is winning.} 37. Be5
Kh7 38. Ra7 Kg8 39. Ra3 Ng6 40. f4 Nxe5 41. fxe5 Kh7 42. Kf2 Bd1 43. Ra1 Bc2
44. Nf3 Kg6 45. Rh1 Be4 46. Rh5 Bxf3 47. Kxf3 {Black must play 47. .. Ra8 to
avoid mate. But White can win by attacking the f pawn after 48. Kf4 Ra1 49.
Rg5+.} 1-0

[Event "chessclub.com"]
[Site "chessclub.com"]
[Date "2016.05.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arasan 19.0"]
[Black "MyrddinComp"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2294"]
[Annotator "Dart,Jon"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ (7...
g5 $1) 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Qe7 (10... Nc6) (10... Nbd7) 11. c5 ({
safer is} 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Bd3 $11 {1-0 (41) Nguyen,A (2551)-Moradiabadi,E 
(2497) Esfahan 2005}) 11... dxc5 12. Bb5+ Nbd7 13. O-O O-O-O {Arasan's score
went from slightly negative to positive after this. But Komodo still thinks
Black is better.} 14. Qa4 Kb8 15. Ba6 (15. Bc6 Nd5 16. Rfc1 f5 17. Nc4 $3 f4
18. Rab1 Bxc6 $2 (18... Bc8 $2 19. Na5 $3 Qf6 20. c4 $14) (18... Qf6 $1 $11)
19. Qxc6 Kc8 20. Qa8+ Nb8 $14 {1-0 (34) Zakharevich,I (2456)-Korotylev,A (2577)
St Petersburg 2001}) 15... Bxa6 $2 (15... Ba8 $1 $15) 16. Qxa6 Nd5 17. a4 cxd4
18. cxd4 f5 $2 {Clever, but the wrong idea.} (18... Ka8 $142) 19. a5 $3 {
Not really sacing the Bishop, as the next moves will make clear.} f4 20. axb6
N7xb6 (20... fxg3 $2 21. bxa7+ Ka8 22. Qc6#) 21. Nb3 ({Possibly a quicker win
was available with} 21. Qxa7+) 21... c6 22. exf4 gxf4 23. Bh4 $1 Qg7 (23...
Qxh4 $2 24. Qxa7+ Kc8 25. Nc5 $1 Rd7 26. Nxd7 Nxd7 27. Rfc1 $18) 24. Bxd8 Rxd8
25. Rfc1 Rg8 26. g3 fxg3 27. hxg3 Qd7 28. Nc5 Qf7 29. Nd3 Qc7 30. Ne5 Ne7 31.
Qa3 Nbd5 32. Qc5 Rg7 33. Rcb1+ Nb6 34. Ra6 Nec8 35. Nxc6+ Kb7 36. Na5+ Ka8 37.
Qa3 Rf7 38. Rc1 Qe7 39. Qe3 Qd7 40. Qe5 Rg7 41. Rc2 h5 42. Rc5 Rg4 43. Rc7 Rxd4
44. Nc6 Qxc6 45. Rxc6 Rb4 46. Rc7 Rc4 47. Rxb6 axb6 48. Rxc4 h4 49. Rxc8+ Kb7
50. Qxe6 Ka6 51. Qa2+ Kb5 52. Qc4+ Ka5 53. Ra8# 1-0

