[Event "NY SUMMER UNDER 2300 "]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2007.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polyakin, Vladimir  L . "]
[Black "Borden, Brandon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2128"]
[BlackElo "1136"]
[Annotator "Fritz 10 and MI"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.05"]

{B06: Modern Defence} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 O-O 5. e5 (5. Nf3 d5
6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O c5 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Bf5 11. Qh4 Qd5 12. Be3
Rfe8 13. dxc5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Nd2 Rad8 16. Qa4 Bb8 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Qb3
Qh5 19. Nf1 Bc6 {Sokolovs,A (2520)-Vokac,M (2450)/Germany 1995/GER-chT2/1/2-1/2
}) (5. Be3 d6 6. h3 Nc6 7. Ne2 e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 c6 10. c4 b5 11. b3 a6 12.
O-O cxd5 13. cxd5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. N4c3 e4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Bd4 Bh6 18.
Nxe4 Nxd5 19. Bb2 Bb7 {
Sitaric,A (2058)-Tomerlin,S (2282)/Osijek 2004/EXT 2005/1-0}) 5... Nd5 {
Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} 6. Nf3 $146 (6. f4
d6 7. Nf3 c5 (7... dxe5 8. dxe5 c6 9. Na3 Nd7 10. Be4 Nc5 11. Bxd5 cxd5 12. O-O
b6 13. Be3 Ba6 14. Rf2 Ne4 15. Rc2 Rc8 16. Rcc1 Qd7 17. Nc2 Rfd8 18. a4 Qc7 19.
Ncd4 Bc4 20. a5 bxa5 21. Qa4 Rb8 22. b3 {
King,D (2435)-Davies,N (2410)/Germany 1986/GER-chT/1-0 (49)}) 8. Be4 Nc7 9. Qe2
cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Ne6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Nc3 Na5
16. b3 Nc6 17. a3 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Ne5 Bf5 20. Bd1 Nc7 {
Vega Holm,F (2350)-Palacios de la Prida,E (2260)/Marchena 1991/EXT 2002/1/2-1/2
}) 6... d6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 (8. exd6 exd6 9. Qb3 Nb6 $11) 8... Bg4 (8... dxe5
9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 $11) 9. exd6 $14 Qxd6 (9... exd6 10. h3 Be6 11. Na3 $14)
10. Nbd2 {Diagram #} e5 $1 {excellent move} 11. Nc4 Qe7 12. h3 (12. Ncxe5 $6
Bxe5 13. Bd2 Rfe8 $14) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 (13. gxf3 $6 Qh4 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Rad8 $11) 13... Nb6 (13... Rad8 $16) 14. Nxe5 (14. Bf4 $142 $5 Nxc4 15.
Bxc4 $18) 14... f6 $14 {Secures g5.} 15. Bc4+ Nxc4 16. Qd5+ {
Diagram # White forks: c4+g8} Kh8 $4 (16... Rf7 17. Nxf7 Qxf7 $14 (17... Qxe1+
$143 18. Kh2 Qe7 19. Nh6+ Kh8 20. Qxc4 $18) 18. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:24]}) 17. Nxg6+
$1 $18 {Decoy: g6} hxg6 18. Rxe7 Nxe7 1-0

[Event "Marshall Chess Club, New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borden,  Brandon"]
[Black "Ding,  Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[BlackElo "1826"]
[Annotator "Fritz 10 (15m)"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.07.13"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.10"]

{A04: Unusual lines after 1 Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6
3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 Ba6 (
9... Qa5 10. Qd2 Qh5 11. h3 Qc5 12. b3 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bb2 Rb8 15. Rac1
Qd6 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21.
Bxd5 Bxh3 22. Rc7 Rd8 23. Bc4 Rd7 24. Rc5 {
Ricardi,P (2555)-Fiorito,F (2455)/Buenos Aires 1998/CBM 065/1-0 (54)}) (9...
Qc7 10. e4 d6 11. c5 Ba6 12. cxd6 exd6 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Qc2 Rab8 16.
Rad1 Nc4 17. b3 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Qe7 19. Bf1 Bb7 20. b4 Rbc8 21. Qb3 Be5 22. a4
Rfe8 23. a5 Qf6 24. a6 {
Lurie,M (2285)-Porat,S (2382)/Tel Aviv 2002/CBM 088 ext/1/2-1/2 (53)}) 10. Qa4
Bb7 $146 (10... Qb6 11. Rd1 Rfd8 12. Rb1 Bb7 13. h3 d5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Rbc1 Qd7
16. Bd4 e6 17. e4 Qe7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nxd5 Bxd5
22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Rc5 Rab8 25. b3 {
Zhigalko,A (2318)-Tonoli,B/Artek 2000/CBM 078 ext/1-0 (34)}) (10... Qc8 11. Bd2
Rb8 12. b3 Nh5 13. Rac1 f5 14. e3 e5 15. Rfd1 Rf7 16. Nb5 Bf8 17. Be1 d5 18.
Nc3 dxc4 19. Bxc6 cxb3 20. Bd5 b2 21. Rb1 Nf6 22. Bb3 Kg7 23. Rxb2 Rc7 24. Be6
Rxb2 25. Bxc8 {
Gutman,L (2488)-Wallhof,D (2060)/Bad Woerishofen 2000/CBM 075 ext/1-0 (41)})
11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bf4 {White threatens to win material: Bf4xc7} e5 {
Black threatens to win material: e5xf4} 13. Bg5 h6 (13... d6 14. Qb4 Rad8 15.
Ne4 $16) 14. Be3 {White threatens to win material: Be3xa7} (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
c5 Bc8 $16) 14... Rfd8 (14... d6 15. Rac1 $14) 15. Bc5 (15. c5 $142 $5 $16)
15... d6 $11 16. Bb4 a5 17. Ba3 Ne8 (17... d5 18. e3 $15) 18. Rd3 f5 19. Rad1
e4 {Black wins space} 20. R3d2 Bxc3 (20... Rab8 21. f3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 $11) 21.
bxc3 $11 d5 (21... c5 22. Rb2 $11) 22. c5 (22. cxd5 $5 {is worth consideration}
cxd5 23. c4 dxc4 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Qxc4+ Bd5 27. Qd4 $16) 22...
Ba6 $11 23. Qd4 Qe7 24. Bb2 (24. Qe3 Qg5 25. f4 Qf6 $11) 24... Bc4 $15 {
Black threatens to win material: Bc4xa2. Menacing} 25. Qe3 {
White threatens to win material: Qe3xh6} Kh7 (25... Qg5 26. Qd4 $15) 26. Bc1
$15 Nf6 27. f3 {Covers g4} Nd7 {
Attacking the isolated pawn on c5. Black threatens to win material: Nd7xc5} 28.
Rb2 Qxc5 29. Rd4 Qf8 30. fxe4 c5 (30... fxe4 $142 {
and Black could well hope to play on} 31. Rb7 Qg7 $11) 31. Rxc4 $16 ({
Inferior is} 31. Rxd5 Bxd5 32. exd5 Rab8 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 $11) 31... f4 (31...
dxc4 32. exf5 Ra6 33. fxg6+ Kxg6 34. Qe4+ Kg7 35. Bf4 $18) 32. gxf4 (32. Qd2
dxc4 33. Rb7 Qf7 $18) 32... dxc4 $16 33. e5 Rab8 34. e6 {
White threatens to win material: e6xd7} (34. Rxb8 $142 Nxb8 35. Be4 $16) 34...
Qe7 $4 (34... Nf6 35. e7 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Qc8 37. Rxb8 Qxb8 $16) 35. Rxb8 (35. f5
$5 {seems even better} Nf6 36. Rxb8 Rxb8 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Qxg6+ Qg7 39. Qxg7+
Kxg7 $18) 35... Nxb8 36. f5 g5 $2 (36... Qh4 $142 37. e7 Re8 $18) 37. h4 $1 {
Deflection: g5} Rd1+ (37... gxh4 38. Qf4 {Double attack} (38. Qxh6+ {Pinning})
(38. Qxh6+ {Deflection}) (38. Qf4 {Decoy})) 38. Kf2 Qf6 (38... Rxc1 {
cannot undo what has already been done} 39. Qxc1 Kg7 40. Qb1 $18) 39. Be4 (39.
e7 Rd8 40. exd8=Q Qxd8 41. Qe6 $18) 39... gxh4 (39... Rxc1 {
the last chance for counterplay} 40. Qxc1 Kg7 $18) 40. e7 (40. e7 Rh1 41. e8=Q
Rh2+ 42. Kg1 Rxe2 43. Qg6+ Qxg6+ 44. fxg6+ Kg8 45. Bd5+ Kg7 46. Qxh6+ Kf6 47.
Qf4+ Ke7 48. Qc7+ Nd7 49. Bg5+ Kf8 50. Qd8+ Kg7 51. Qg8#) 1-0

[Event "Marshall Chess Club, New York"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.08.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borden,  Brandon"]
[Black "Farber,  Nelson M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "1422"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[Annotator "Fritz 10 (15m)"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.07.13"]
[SourceDate "2008.08.10"]

{D02: 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3 g3 and 2...Nf6 3 Bf4} 1. d4
Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Nc3 {
Can d5 get defended?} (8. O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Nc3 e4 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 h6
13. Bf4 Ne8 14. Ne2 Nd6 15. c3 Qd7 16. Bd2 Nc4 17. b3 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 f5 19. f4
b5 20. a4 a6 21. Rfe1 Rfb8 22. axb5 Qxb5 {
Sokalskaja,E (2147)-Vasilkova,S (2336)/Dresden 2007/CBM 117 ext/0-1 (43)}) 8...
d4 9. Ne4 Bb4+ $146 (9... Be7 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Bh6 Rg8 (11... Bd5 12. e4 Bc4
13. Bf1 Be6 14. Bg2 Bc4 15. Nd2 Ba6 16. Bf1 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Qd7 18. Kg2 f5 19.
Qh5 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Qe6 21. Rhe1 O-O-O 22. a3 f5 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Rd7 25.
Kg1 Qg6 26. Qxg6 {
Galinsky,T (2378)-Shianovsky,V (2299)/Kiev 2002/CBM 086 ext/1/2-1/2}) 12. O-O
a5 (12... Rg6 13. Bd2 Qd7 14. e3 O-O-O 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Be3 Qxd1
18. Raxd1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 b6 20. a4 Bc5 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Rd6 c4 23. Rc6+ Kb8 24.
Rc5 Rg8 25. Bd5 Rc8 26. Rb5+ Kc7 27. Rb7+ {
Burmakin,V (2460)-Onoprienko,V (2290)/Pardubice 1993/TD/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 13. Qd3
a4 14. Qb5 Bd7 15. Qxb7 Rc8 16. Nc1 Na5 17. Qa6 Rg6 18. Nd3 f5 19. Qa7 Rxh6 20.
Nxe5 Bc5 21. Qxd7+ Qxd7 22. Nxd7 Kxd7 23. Rad1 Ke7 24. b4 {
Gutman,L (2395)-Alburt,L (2505)/Beltsy 1977/MCD/0-1 (33)}) 10. Nbd2 h6 11.
Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. O-O Rc8 (13... Qb6 14. Ne4 f5 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Nd2
$15) 14. Nb3 (14. f4 Nb4 15. Bxb7 Rc7 $15) 14... b6 {
Prevents intrusion on a5+c5} (14... Nb4 $5 $15 {is an interesting idea}) 15.
Rc1 $11 {White's piece can't move: h4} Nb4 {
Black threatens to win material: Nb4xa2} 16. a3 {
White threatens to win material: a3xb4} Nd5 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Rfd1 f5 (18... Rd8
19. e3 dxe3 20. c4 $14) 19. Nxd4 exd4 $2 (19... Bxh4 $142 {
and Black has air to breath} 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. gxh4 Rg8 $11) 20. Qxd4 $18 Bxh4
$4 {Black falls apart} (20... Rg8 $142 21. Bxd5 Bxh4 22. Qxh4 Bxd5 $18) 21.
Qxh8+ (21. Qxh4 $6 {is clearly weaker} Qe7 22. Bxd5 Qxh4 23. gxh4 Bxd5 24. Rxd5
Rg8+ 25. Kh1 Rg4 $18) (21. Bxd5 $6 {is clearly inferior} Rg8 22. Qxh4 Bxd5 $18)
21... Ke7 22. Qxh6 Bf6 23. Bxd5 (23. c4 {might be the shorter path} Rh8 24. Qd2
Nc3 25. Qxd7+ Bxd7 26. bxc3 Ba4 $18) 23... Bxd5 24. Qe3+ (24. c4 $5 {
keeps an even firmer grip} Bxb2 25. Qh4+ Ke8 26. Rxd5 Qe7 27. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $18)
24... Kf8 (24... Qe6 25. Rxd5 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Bxb2 27. Rcd1 $18) 25. c4 $1 {
Deflection: d5} Qe7 (25... Rxc4 26. Rxc4 {Combination}) (25... Bxc4 26. Rxd7 {
Pinning} (26. Rxd7 {Deflection})) 26. Qxe7+ Kxe7 27. cxd5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Kd6 (
28... Bxb2 {the only chance to get some counterplay} 29. Rc7+ Kd6 30. Rxf7 Kxd5
31. Rxf5+ Ke6 $18) 29. Rc6+ (29. Rc6+ Ke7 30. Rxf6 Kxf6 31. h4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Marshall Chess Club"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Borden, Brandon"]
[Black "Margiotta, Jason J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "1280"]
[BlackElo "1818"]
[Annotator "Fritz 10 (15m)"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.01.25"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.25"]

{D11: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4 e3 Bg4} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6
3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. c4 e6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3 (8. h3 Bxf3 9.
exf3 Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. f4 Ne8 12. f5 Nd6 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Bf4 Bf8 15. g4 a6
16. g5 Nb6 17. h4 Nb5 18. a4 Bd6 19. axb5 Bxf4 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rxa6 Rxa6 22.
Qxa6 h6 {
Aguettaz,M (2338)-Dorfman,J (2595)/Gonfreville 2006/CBM 111 ext/0-1 (44)}) 8...
Bd6 (8... Be7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qc2 Bh5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Bg6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6
14. Qd2 Re8 15. Nh4 Be4 16. f3 Bd5 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6
Qxf6 21. f4 Rad8 22. Rad1 Bc5 23. Nc2 {
Pleshkov,M (2078)-Karalkin,M (2287)/St Petersburg 2007/CBM 117 ext/0-1 (36)})
9. Re1 O-O 10. e4 $146 (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Re8 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Bg2 Qb6 14. e3
Ne6 15. Bd2 Ng5 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. Kh2 h5 19. e4 Ngxe4 20. Nxe4 dxe4
21. Bxe4 h4 22. Kg2 Bxg3 23. Bf3 Bc7 24. Be3 Nd5 {
Sokolowski,R (2245)-Luther,T (2510)/Neubrandenburg 1998/CBM 065 ext/0-1 (52)})
(10. h3 Bf5 $15) 10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Rxe4 Nf6 {
Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 13. Re1 h6 {Consolidates g5} 14. h3 {
White threatens to win material: h3xg4} Be6 15. a3 {Prevents intrusion on b4}
Qc8 16. g4 h5 (16... Qc7 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 $17) 17. Ng5 (17. g5 Nd5 18. Ne5
g6 $11) 17... Bd7 (17... Bc4 18. b3 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. gxh5 $11) 18. gxh5
$11 Nd5 (18... Bf5 19. h6 gxh6 20. Nf3 Bxh3 21. Ne5 $11) 19. Qd3 (19. h6 $142
$16) 19... Bf5 $11 {Black threatens to win material: Bf5xd3} 20. Be4 Nf4 $4 {
Black lets it slip away} (20... Re8 $142 $11 {saving the game}) 21. Bxf4 $18 (
21. Bxf5 {is a bad alternative} Nxd3 22. Bxc8 Nxe1 $17 (22... Raxc8 $6 23. Rd1
Nxc1 24. Raxc1 $11)) 21... Bxf4 22. Bxf5 Qc7 (22... Qd8 {
doesn't get the cat off the tree} 23. Nh7 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Kf1 $18) 23.
Bh7+ Kh8 24. Nf3 (24. Bg8 $1 {keeps an even firmer grip} g6 25. Nxf7+ Rxf7 26.
Bxf7 Qxf7 27. hxg6 Rg8 $18) 24... Rad8 25. Re2 g6 (25... c5 $18 {desperation})
26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Bxg6 Qg7 (27... Qd7 {doesn't improve anything} 28. Rae1 Qxh3
29. Re7 $18) 28. Kf1 (28. Rae1 {makes it even easier for White} Rd6 29. Re6 a6
$18) 28... Rg8 (28... Rf6 {doesn't change anything anymore} 29. Bh5 Rg8 30. Bg4
$18) 29. Re6 Rdf8 30. h4 Rf6 (30... Qd7 {does not solve anything} 31. Rae1 Rg7
32. Ng5 Bxg5 33. hxg5 $18) 31. Rxf6 Qxf6 32. h5 Rf8 (32... Qe6 {
does not improve anything} 33. d5 $1 {Decoy: d5} Qf6 34. Re1 $18) 33. Re1 Bh6
34. Re8 Rxe8 35. Bxe8 Qe6 36. Qg6 (36. Bg6 {and White can already relax} Bf4
$18) 36... Qc4+ (36... Qxg6 {hardly improves anything} 37. hxg6 Kg7 38. Ke2 $18
) 37. Kg2 Qc1 (37... Qg8 {no good, but what else?} 38. Nh4 Bg5 $18) 38. Bf7 (
38. Bf7 Bg7 39. Ng5 Qxg5+ 40. Qxg5 Kh7 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. h6 Bxh6 43. Qxh6#) 1-0

