[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zifroni, D."]
[Black "Kantsler, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 e5 7. Nc3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 e4 10. Nd2 {1h24} 10... Nf6 11. Bc4 {1h07} 11... Qg5 12. d5 {
0h56} 12... Ne5 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Nexd7 15. O-O {0h49} 15... O-O 16. d6
Rfe8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nc4 Rac8 19. b3 {0h17} 19... b5 20. Ne3 Rc6 21. Qd5 Qxd6
22. Qxb5 Nf6 23. Rfd1 Qc7 24. Qa4 {0h11} 24... h5 25. h3 Kh7 26. Qd4 a6 27. Rd2
Rc1+ 28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Rd1 Qa3 30. Qd2 Qc5 31. Qd6 Qa5 32. Qd2 Qc5 33. Nc4 Kg8
34. Qd4 Qc7 35. Qd6 Qb7 36. Qc5 Rc8 37. Qf5 Qb8 38. Qa5 Qb5 39. Qd2 Qb8 40. Qd6
Qa7 41. Qe5 Re8 42. Qa5 Ra8 43. Rd6 Qb7 44. Qb6 Qe7 45. Qc6 {0h02} 45... Qf8
46. Qb7 e3 47. fxe3 a5 48. Kh2 a4 49. Rd4 axb3 50. axb3 Re8 51. Qf3 Qc5 52. Qf4
Ra8 53. Qe5 Qb4 54. Nd2 Qa3 {#} 55. Qc7 $138 Kh7 $138 56. Qxf7 Ra7 57. Qc4 Qe7
58. Qd3+ Kh6 59. Rf4 Rd7 60. Qe2 Nd5 61. Rd4 Qe5+ 62. Kg1 Nc3 {White lost on
time. #  Following the game both players were analyzing the continuation: 63.
Qd3 R:d4 64. e:d4 Ne2+. Both G.M's missed completely the "obvious" 63. Qa6+
which wins at once.  } 0-1

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kudischewitsch, D."]
[Black "Neimer, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E03"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 Nb6 7. Qd3 c5 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Qb3 Bd7 12. a4 Qe8 13. Rxd4 e5 14. Rh4 e4
15. Nd4 Bxa4 16. Qa2 Bc5 17. e3 Bxd4 18. exd4 Bc2 19. b3 Qc6 20. Ba3 Rfe8 21.
Bc5 Bd3 22. Nd2 Nbd5 23. Nc4 b6 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. Ba3 Rac8 26. Bh3 Rcd8 27. Rc1
Nc3 28. Kh1 Nxa2 29. Rxc7 Rxd4 30. Nc6 Rd5 31. Ne7+ Rxe7 32. Bxe7 Ba6 33. Bf1
Rd1 34. Rxa7 Bb5 {#} 35. Rh5 Bc6 36. Kg1 Nxh5 37. Rc7 Bd7 38. Kg2 Nf6 39. Rc2
Nc1 40. Ba3 Nd3 0-1

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Soffer, R."]
[Black "Battaglini, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 a6 5. Bd3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Bb2
e6 9. Qc2 Qb8 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Rc1 Bb4 14. h3 Bh5
15. f4 Bg6 16. Ke2 O-O 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qc6 Rd8 19. a3 Bf8 20. Nf3 Nc5 21.
Rxc5 Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Rc8 23. Qd4 Rc2+ 24. Nd2 Qc7 25. Rb1 a5 26. Qd3 Rc8 27. Kf3
a4 28. Kg3 axb3 29. Nxb3 Qc4 30. Qxc4 bxc4 31. Nd4 Rd2 32. Bc1 Ra2 33. Kf3 c3
34. Rb3 Ra1 35. Ne2 f6 36. exf6 gxf6 37. Rb6 Kf7 38. Rb7+ Kg8 39. Kf2 e5 {#}
40. Rd7 exf4 41. exf4 Re8 42. Rxd5 Rxe2+ 43. Kxe2 Rxc1 44. Rc5 c2 45. Kf2 Kf7
46. a4 Ke6 47. a5 Ra1 48. Rxc2 Rxa5 49. Re2+ Kf7 50. g4 Ra3 51. Re3 Ra2+ 52.
Kf3 Rh2 53. Kg3 Ra2 54. Rb3 Ra7 55. h4 Kg7 {#} 56. g5 fxg5 57. hxg5 Rc7 58. Kf3
Re7 59. Rb6 Ra7 60. Ke4 Ra4+ 61. Ke5 Ra5+ 62. Ke6 Rf5 63. Rb7+ Kg8 64. Rb8+ Kg7
65. Rb7+ Kg8 66. Rb4 Kg7 67. Rd4 Kg8 68. Ke7 Kg7 69. Ra4 Rf7+ 70. Ke6 Rf5 71.
Ra7+ Kg8 72. Ra8+ Kg7 73. Ra4 Kg8 74. Ra8+ Kg7 75. Ra7+ Kg8 76. Ra8+ {#}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Klenburg, M."]
[Black "Baron, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. Bf1
e5 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 d5 {#} 11. exd5 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nxd5 14. Qd1
Be6 15. a3 Rc8 16. Nd2 Nb6 17. Qf3 Bd5 18. Qf4 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Qb4 Qe6 {
#} 21. Nf3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rc2 23. a4 Bf8 24. Qf4 Bc5 25. Bd2 Nd5 26. Qb8+ Kg7
27. Be1 Bd6 28. Qxb7 Qe5 29. f4 Qxf4 30. Bg2 Ne3 31. fxe3 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 Qf4 33.
Kg1 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Bc5 {#} 35. Bc3+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zilberman, Y."]
[Black "Lerner, K."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. f3 Be6 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Rb1 Qd5 {#} 18. Bf1 Bf5 19. e4 Nxe4 20. fxe4
Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxe4 22. Qb2 Bxb1 23. Qxb1 Qd1 24. Qb2 Qe1 25. Bf4 Rd1 26. Qf2
Qxc3 27. a4 Qd3 28. g4 c4 29. Kg2 Qe4+ 30. Kg3 c3 31. Be2 c2 32. Qxa7 h6 33.
Qc5 {#} 33... Qxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lerner, K."]
[Black "Kantsler, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bh6 Bg4 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Nb6 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Ne2 Kf8 17. b3 {#} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baron, T."]
[Black "Kudischewitsch, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "171"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 d6 8. a4
b4 9. a5 Qc7 10. Na4 Nd7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Qe2 Ne7 15.
O-O Nc6 16. Bxa6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Be7 18. Rfd1 Bd8 19. Na4 Qb5 20. Qxb5 Rxb5 21.
Rxd6 Nxa5 22. Nd4 Re5 23. f4 Rxe4 24. Nc5 Rxf4 {#} 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Ndxe6+
fxe6 27. Nxe6+ Kd7 28. Nxf4 Nc6 29. Kf2 Rf8 30. Ke3 Re8+ 31. Kd3 Kd6 32. b3 Kc5
33. Kd2 Rd8+ 34. Nd3+ Kd5 35. Ra6 Rb8 36. h4 Rb7 37. Nf4+ Kd6 38. Nd3 Rb5 39.
g3 g6 40. Ke3 Kc7 41. Ra8 Rf5 42. Re8 Kd7 43. Re4 Rb5 44. Rc4 Kd6 45. Ke4 Rb7
46. Kf4 Rb5 47. Nf2 Rf5+ 48. Ke3 Rf7 49. Nd3 Rb7 50. Nc5 Rf7 51. g4 h6 52. Nd3
Rb7 53. Rf4 Ke7 54. Re4+ Kd6 55. Nf4 g5 56. hxg5 hxg5 {#} 57. Ne6 Rh7 58. Nxg5
Rh2 59. Rc4 Ne5 60. Rd4+ Kc6 61. Re4 Nd7 62. Rc4+ Kd5 63. Nf3 Rg2 64. Rd4+ Kc6
65. Rxb4 Nf6 66. Rc4+ Kd6 67. g5 Nd5+ 68. Kd3 Rg3 69. Ke4 Rg4+ 70. Kd3 Rg3 71.
Ke2 Rg2+ 72. Ke1 Ne3 73. Rd4+ Kc5 74. b4+ Kb5 75. Rd2 Rg4 76. c3 Ka4 77. Kf2
Nf5 78. Rd5 Ng3 79. Nd2 Nh1+ {#} 80. Ke3 Rg3+ 81. Kd4 Ka3 82. Ne4 Rg4 83. Ke3
Rg1 84. b5 Ka4 85. c4 Rc1 86. b6 1-0

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zilberman, Y."]
[Black "Klenburg, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. O-O Qe8 12. b3 Nh7 13. a3 h5 14. f3 Bh6 15. Rb1 Be3+
16. Bf2 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qe7 18. b4 Nf6 19. Qc1 h4 20. f4 exf4 21. Rxf4 Nh7 22.
bxa5 Nc5 23. Nb3 Nxb3 24. Rxb3 Bc8 25. Nb5 h3 26. Rg3 Rxa5 27. Qc3 b6 28. gxh3
Bd7 29. h4 Bxb5 30. cxb5 Rfa8 31. Qb2 Ra4 32. h5 g5 33. h6 f6 34. h4 Qe5 35.
Qxe5 dxe5 36. Rf2 Rxa3 37. Rxa3 Rxa3 38. hxg5 Rg3+ 39. Kf1 Rxg5 40. Bd1 f5 41.
Rc2 Nf6 42. Rxc7 Nxe4 43. Rc6 Kh7 44. d6 Rg8 45. Bc2 Nc5 46. Bxf5+ Kxh6 47. d7+
Kg5 {#} 48. Rc8 Kxf5 49. Rxg8 Nxd7 50. Ke2 Ke4 51. Rd8 Nf6 52. Kd2 Nd5 53. Rd6
Kd4 54. Rc6 e4 55. Kc2 e3 56. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Battaglini, G."]
[Black "Zifroni, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Zifroni"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 (5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nd5) (5. Qc2
dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a4 Qc7 10. O-O Ng4 11. h3 Nxf2 12.
Rxf2 Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxc4 14. Qg3 {Kasparov - Seirawan, Amsterdam 1996}) 5... h6
6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 (7. e3 Nb6 8. Bxc4 Nxc4 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qxc4 Be7 $14) 7... b5
(7... Be7 {Threatens N:e4, had appered in several games played by Ivan Sokolov
who had achieved fine positions with Black. However, following my disaster in
the opening round I was in a combative mood.}) 8. Nxb5 (8. e5 g5 9. exf6 gxh4
10. Nxb5 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Qxf6 {With excellent play.}) 8... Bb4+ 9. Nc3 g5 10. Bg3
Nxe4 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Bxc4 g4 13. Nh4 Qg5 14. a3 Bxc3+ (14... Qa5 15. axb4 Qxa1+
16. Nb1) 15. bxc3 O-O {#} 16. O-O $2 (16. Rb1 $1) 16... Nd2 17. Ba2 Be4 18. Qa4
Nb6 19. Qd1 Nxf1 20. Qxf1 Nd5 21. Qe1 Nf6 22. f4 gxf3 $2 {
Allowes Nh4 to return to the game.} 23. gxf3 Bd5 24. c4 Bc6 25. Bb1 Nh5 26. Ra2
Nxg3 27. Rg2 Qxh4 28. Rxg3+ Kh8 29. Qe5+ (29. Rg8+ $4 Rxg8+) 29... f6 30. Qxc7
Qxd4+ 31. Kg2 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Neimer, V."]
[Black "Soffer, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bg2 d4 7. Nd5 Nf6 8.
Nef4 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 Re8 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. h3
Bd7 15. Bd2 Qf8 16. Qh5 Re8 {#} 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Bxe1 Ne7 19. Bd2 Nxd5 20.
Qxd5 Bc6 21. Qf5 Qe8 22. b3 Bf8 23. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Klenburg, M."]
[Black "Lerner, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 d5 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. c3
e5 9. Qb3 dxe4 10. dxe4 Rb8 11. Qb5 Nd7 12. Nc4 a6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5
15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Be3 Re8 17. a4 c4 18. Qa2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qa5 Qc6 21. Rd5
Bf8 22. Rad1 f6 23. h4 Be7 24. h5 Bd8 25. Qa1 Ra8 26. Qc1 Be7 27. hxg6 hxg6 28.
Nh4 Kf7 29. f4 Nc5 30. fxe5 Nd3 {#} 31. R1xd3 cxd3 32. exf6 Bxf6 33. e5 Qe6 34.
Rxd3 Qxe5 35. Bxa8 Qxg3+ 36. Ng2 Be6 37. Be4 Qe5 38. Bf3 Rh8 39. Bf4 Qf5 40.
Qe3 g5 41. Bg3 Be7 42. b4 Bc4 43. Rd1 Bf6 44. Be4 Qg4 45. Ra1 {#} 1-0

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Soffer, R."]
[Black "Baron, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qc1 h5 10. Nf3 Bh3 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Nxh3 Qxh3 13. Ne4 Qe6 14. h4
Rb8 15. Rb1 f5 16. Ng5 Qd5 17. O-O O-O 18. b3 Qd7 19. Bc5 Rf6 20. f4 Re8 21.
Nf3 Re6 22. Qc2 Qd5 23. Rbe1 Nd7 24. Bf2 Rd6 25. Rd1 e5 {#} 26. e4 Qb5 27. exf5
exf4 28. Qc4+ Qxc4 29. dxc4 gxf5 30. gxf4 Re4 31. Rxd6 cxd6 32. Rd1 Rxf4 33.
Rxd6 Rxf3 34. Rxd7 a5 35. Ra7 Bc3 36. Rc7 Rd3 37. Rxc6 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Rd2 39. Kf3
Rxa2 40. Bc5 Rb2 41. Kf4 Rxb3 42. Kxf5 Bb4 43. Rc8+ Kf7 44. Rc7+ Kg8 45. Bd4
Rg3 46. Ke6 Rg4 47. Be5 Re4 48. Rc8+ Bf8 49. c5 a4 50. c6 a3 51. c7 {#} 1-0

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zifroni, D."]
[Black "Neimer, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d3 d6 5. a3 g6 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bd2 Bg7 8. b4 Nge7
9. Rb1 O-O 10. g3 g5 11. Bg2 Ng6 12. h3 h6 13. g4 f5 14. gxf5 Rxf5 15. e3 Qf8
16. Ne4 Nd8 17. Qe2 Be6 18. Bc3 Rc8 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. Rg1 Rc7 21. Bh1 Rcf7 22.
Nh2 Nh4 23. Rb2 Rd7 24. Rd2 Nc6 25. Kd1 a6 26. Kc1 Rc7 27. Ng3 Rff7 28. Nh5 Bh8
29. Ng4 b5 30. Rg3 b4 31. Bb2 Na5 32. Qd1 Bxg4 33. Rxg4 Rxf2 34. Bd5+ Kh7 35.
Be4+ Ng6 {#} 36. Nf4 Rxd2 37. Bxg6+ Kg8 38. Kxd2 exf4 39. Bxh8 fxe3+ 40. Kxe3
Kxh8 41. axb4 Nc6 42. Re4 Re7 43. bxc5 Qf4+ 44. Ke2 Nd4+ 45. Ke1 Rxe4+ 46. Bxe4
Qe3+ 47. Kf1 Qxh3+ 48. Kf2 Qh2+ 49. Bg2 Qf4+ 50. Kg1 Qe3+ 51. Kh1 g4 52. Qxg4
Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qe5+ 54. Kh3 Ne6 55. Be4 h5 56. Qf5 Nf4+ {#} 57. Kg3 Nxd3+ 58.
Qxe5+ Nxe5 59. Bd5 Kg7 60. c6 Nxc6 61. Bxc6 Kf6 62. Kf4 Ke6 63. Ke4 Kd6 64. Bd5
Kc5 65. Kd3 h4 66. Bg2 a5 67. Kc3 a4 68. Bf1 a3 69. Kb3 h3 {#} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kantsler, B."]
[Black "Battaglini, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+
Nbd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nh5 11. e6 Qh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qxh1 14. exd7+
Bxd7 15. Qe2+ Kf8 16. Be3 Re8 17. Bxd7 Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Bd4 19. Qf3 Qxg1+ 20. Qf1
Qxg3+ 21. Kd2 Kg7 22. Qh3 Bxc3+ 23. bxc3 Qg5+ 24. Kc2 Qxd5 25. Bg4 Qe4+ 26. Kb2
Rd8 27. Rd1 Rxd1 28. Bxd1 h5 29. Qd7 h4 30. Bb3 c4 31. Bc2 Qe3 32. Qxb7 Qb6+
33. Qxb6 axb6 34. Kc1 f5 35. Kd2 Kf6 36. Ke3 Ke5 37. Ba4 g5 38. Bb5 g4 39. Bd7
h3 40. Kf2 Kf4 41. Bc6 g3+ 42. Ke2 g2 43. Kf2 g1=Q+ 44. Kxg1 Ke3 45. Bd7 Kd3
46. Bxf5+ Kxc3 47. Bxh3 Kb2 48. Kf2 c3 49. Bf5 b5 50. Ke3 Kxa2 51. Kd4 Kb3 52.
Kc5 b4 53. Kb5 Ka3 {#} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kudischewitsch, D."]
[Black "Zilberman, Y."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. O-O Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. f4 Rab8
15. Rc2 Rd8 16. Qe3 Rbc8 17. f5 Bd7 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 f6 {#}
21. Qxe7 fxg5 22. Bd3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Rf3 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Rc7
27. Rh3+ Rh7 28. Rxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qxf5+ Kh8 30. Re2 Qc3 31. g3 Bf6 32. Kg2 Kg7
33. Qe6 b5 34. cxb5 axb5 35. Qf5 b4 36. h4 gxh4 37. Re4 Rg8 38. Rc4 Qxg3+ 39.
Kf1 {#} 39... Rf8 0-1

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lerner, K."]
[Black "Battaglini, G."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 c5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Nb6 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nbd5 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Rad1 b6 14. Ne5 Bb7
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 g6 {#} 17. Bh6 Rb8 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. Qg4 Bh6 20. Qf3 Qe7
21. Be4 Rd8 22. Ng4 Bg7 23. Ne3 Qb4 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 Rxd5 26. Qc3 a5 27.
a3 Qxc3 28. bxc3 b5 29. Rfe1 a4 30. Rb1 e5 31. Kf1 exd4 32. c4 Rd8 33. Rxb5 Bf8
34. Reb1 Rc8 35. c5 Kg7 36. R1b4 Rd8 37. Ke2 Rd5 38. Kd3 Rf5 {#} 39. c6 Bxb4
40. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Klenburg, M."]
[Black "Kudischewitsch, D."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. c4 h6 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. Rc1 Bh7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bd4 N5f6 12. Na3 Be7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. e4 Rfd8
15. Qc3 c5 16. Be3 b5 17. Bf4 Qb7 18. Qb3 a6 19. a4 g5 20. Bd2 {#} 20... Nxe4
21. dxe4 Bxe4 22. Na5 Qb6 23. Qe3 Nf6 24. Ne5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rac8 26. axb5 axb5
27. Bc3 Nd5 28. Qf3 Bf6 29. Nec4 bxc4 30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Qxf6 Rd5 32. Nxc4 Qb7
33. Qf3 {#} 33... Qe7 34. Nb6 1-0

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Neimer, V."]
[Black "Kantsler, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 c6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Qd2 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qa3 8. Bc4
Nf6 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 O-O 12. Nxf7 Rxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. Qxd5 Qf8 {#} 16. e6 Re7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Baron, T."]
[Black "Zifroni, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. d5 Nb6 14. g4 Bc8 15. b3 Bd7
16. Rg1 Qc7 17. Nbd2 c4 18. b4 Nb7 19. Nf1 Ra7 20. Ng3 Rfa8 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. a3
a5 23. Rb1 axb4 24. axb4 Ra2 25. Rg3 Ra1 26. h4 Rxb1 27. Bxb1 Ra1 28. Bb2 Ra6
29. Qd2 Nd8 30. h5 Bxf5 31. gxf5 Qe7 32. Nh2 Qh4 33. Qe2 Nd7 34. Rg4 Qh3 35.
Rg3 Qh4 36. Rg4 Qh3 37. Rg3 {#} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zilberman, Y."]
[Black "Soffer, R."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "230"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Qh4 10. b4 d6 11. d5 Nd7 12. Qxg7 O-O-O 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. exd4
exd5 15. f3 Nf8 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bd3 h5 18. Kf2 Ne6 19. Be3 h4 $11 20. g4
hxg3+ 21. hxg3 f6 22. Bf5 Kb7 23. g4 Ng5 24. Bxg5 fxg5 25. Rae1 Rxh1 26. Rxh1
b5 27. Rh5 Rg8 28. Kg3 Bf7 29. Rh7 Bc4 30. f4 gxf4+ 31. Kxf4 a5 32. bxa5 Bd5
33. g5 Ra8 34. Rh3 Rxa5 35. g6 Ra4 36. Rd3 Ra8 37. g7 Re8 38. Rg3 Kb6 39. Bh7
c5 40. g8=Q Bxg8 41. Rxg8 Re7 42. Be4 Rf7+ 43. Kg3 cxd4 44. Rb8+ Kc5 45. Rc8+
Kb6 46. Rb8+ Ka5 47. Bc6 Rc7 48. Ra8+ Kb6 49. Be4 Rc3+ 50. Kf4 Re3 51. Bf3 Kc5
52. Ra6 Kc4 53. Bd1 Kc5 54. Bg4 Kc4 55. Bd7 Re7 56. Bh3 Kb3 57. Bf5 Re3 58. Bd7
Kb2 59. Bxb5 Rxa3 60. Rxd6 Ra5 61. Bd3 Kc3 62. Ke4 Ra4 63. Rc6+ Kd2 64. Rc2+
Kd1 65. Rg2 Rb4 66. Kd5 Kc1 67. Bc4 Rb2 68. Rg1+ Kd2 69. Kxd4 {#} 69... Kc2 70.
Rh1 Kd2 71. Rh3 Kc2 72. Rg3 Kd2 73. Bb3 Kc1 74. Kc3 Rc2+ 75. Kb4 Rh2 76. Rc3+
Kb2 77. Bc4 Rd2 78. Ra3 Kc2 79. Ra2+ Kc1 80. Ra1+ Kb2 81. Re1 Kc2 82. Rg1 Kb2
83. Rg3 Kc2 84. Re3 Rf2 85. Rg3 Rd2 86. Bb3+ Kb2 87. Rg4 Rf2 88. Rd4 Rh2 89.
Bc4 Kc2 90. Bb5 Rd2 91. Ba4+ Kc1 92. Rg4 Kb2 93. Bb5 Kc2 94. Rg3 Rf2 95. Rd3
Rf4+ 96. Bc4 Rf2 97. Ra3 Rd2 98. Ra1 Kb2 99. Re1 Kc2 100. Re3 Rf2 101. Re4 Rd2
102. Be2 Kb2 103. Kc4 Rc2+ 104. Kd4 Rc8 105. Bc4 Rd8+ 106. Bd5 Kc2 107. Re2+
Kd1 108. Ra2 Kc1 109. Rh2 Kd1 110. Ke4 Kc1 111. Kd4 Kd1 112. Ra2 Rd7 113. Kc4
Ke1 114. Rh2 Rd8 115. Kd4 Kd1 {#} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kudischewitsch, D."]
[Black "Lerner, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nd2 O-O 7. Qc2 b6 8. e3
c5 9. Ngf3 Bb7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Rc8 12. Qb2 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. O-O Ndf6
15. h3 Rc7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 {#} 18. b4 d4 19. exd4 c4 20. Rfe1 Qf6
21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. Bf1 c3 23. Qc2 Nd6 24. Ne5 h5 25. Rcd1 Bd5 26. f3 Qg5 27. h4
Qxh4 28. Nd3 Qg3 29. Nc5 h4 30. Qxc3 h3 31. Re5 Bc4 32. Qe1 Qg6 33. g4 Bxf1 34.
Qxf1 Qc2 35. Qe2 Qc4 36. Kh2 f6 37. Re6 Kf7 38. Qxc4 Nxc4 39. d5 Re7 40. Kxh3
a5 41. Rd4 Ne5 42. Rxe7+ Kxe7 43. d6+ Kf7 44. d7 Rh8+ 45. Kg3 Ke7 46. b5 g5 47.
b6 Nc6 48. Rd1 Rb8 49. b7 Nd8 {#} 50. f4 gxf4+ 51. Kxf4 Nc6 52. Ke4 Kd8 53.
Ne6+ Ke7 54. d8=Q+ Nxd8 55. Nxd8 1-0

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Battaglini, G."]
[Black "Neimer, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nd2 g5 12. Bg3 h5 13. f3 O-O-O 14. a4 a5
15. Rb1 h4 16. Be1 g4 17. f4 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. d5 h3 20. g3 e4 21. Be2 Qc5 {
#} 22. Nb3 Qxe3+ 23. Bf2 Qg5 24. Bd4 Rhe8 {#} 25. Nxa5 Ba8 26. Qb3 e3 27. Qb5
Nxd5 28. cxd5 Qxd5 29. Qxd5 Bxd5 30. Nc4 Bxc4 31. Bxc4 c5 32. Bg7 f6 33. Be2
Ne5 34. Bxf6 Rd2 35. Rbe1 Nf3+ 36. Bxf3 gxf3 37. Rxf3 Rg2+ 38. Kh1 e2 {#} 39.
Rf4 Re6 40. g4 Rd6 41. Bh4 Rd1 42. Re4 Rd2 43. Bg3 Kd7 44. g5 Rd5 45. g6 Rg5
46. Bh4 R5g3 47. hxg3 Rf2 48. Rf4 {#} 1-0

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zifroni, D."]
[Black "Zilberman, Y."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Zifroni"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 c6 8. Nbd2
b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qa4 (13. Qd1 {
Greenfeld - Zilberman 2008}) 13... a6 (13... a5 {Is more common.}) 14. Nf1 (14.
Bf1 Nc7 15. Bd3 a5 16. Nf1 Ba6 17. Bb1 Re8 18. a3 Nb5 19. Qd1 Na7 20. h4 Nc6
21. N1h2 {And White won, Huzman - Zilberman 2008}) 14... Nc7 15. Bf4 {
Preventing 15...f6} 15... Nb5 16. h4 $1 h6 17. Qd1 Re8 18. N1h2 Bf8 (18... f6
19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Ng4 $16) 19. Bf1 $1 f6 20. Bd3 fxe5 (20... f5 21. h5 $1) 21.
dxe5 Nc5 $2 {#} 22. Bg6 Re7 23. Bg5 $1 Ne4 (23... hxg5 24. Nxg5 $18) 24. Bxe7
Bxe7 25. a4 Nc7 26. Nd2 $1 Nc5 27. Qg4 Qf8 28. Nhf3 Bc6 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. Re3 $1
Nxa4 31. Rf3 Qd8 32. Bc2 $1 Qe8 $8 33. Bxa4 $1 Bxa4 34. Nxe6 Nxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kh7
36. Rf7 {#} (36. Rxa4 Rc1+ 37. Nf1 Qxa4 38. Qxe7 Qd1 $1) 36... Bxh4 (36... Bb4
37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Rxa4 Bxd2 39. Rg4 $18) (36... Rc7 37. Rxa4 Qxa4 38. Rxe7 $18)
37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. gxh4 Bc2 39. Qd7 {#} 1-0

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kantsler, B."]
[Black "Baron, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. O-O Qd7 11. Ng5 Nd5 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rab1
Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Qd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 {#} 17. f3 Qxg5 18. fxg4 Qxg4 19. b3 Qd4+ 20.
Rf2 Rb6 21. Rc1 Rd8 22. Qd2 Ra6 23. Rc4 Qa1+ 24. Rf1 Qxa2 25. Qg5 Qxe2 26. Re4
Qxd3 {#} 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qxe7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Soffer, R."]
[Black "Klenburg, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. b3 Nc8 12. Ra2 Nb6 13. Ndb1 Ne8 14. Be3 f5 15. f3
Qe7 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa2 19. Qxa2 Ra8 20. Qb3 Na4 21. c5 Nxc3
22. Nxc3 Be8 23. c6 b6 24. Qb2 Bf7 25. Ra1 Qd8 26. Ra3 Ne8 27. Qa1 Rxa3 28.
Qxa3 Bf6 29. Nb5 Bg5 30. Bf2 Bd2 31. Qb2 Bg5 32. Qa2 h5 33. Qa7 Kf8 {#} 34.
Nxc7 Qxc7 35. Bxb6 Qxa7 36. Bxa7 Nc7 37. Kf2 Bd8 38. Ke1 Na8 39. Ba6 Bc7 40.
Bf2 Nb6 41. Bh4 Ke8 42. Bg5 Bd8 43. h4 Bxg5 44. hxg5 Kd8 45. Bf1 Kc7 46. Kd2 h4
47. b5 {#} 47... Bxd5 48. exd5 Nxd5 49. Kd3 Nf4+ 50. Kc4 Kb6 51. Kc3 d5 52. Kb4
Ne6 {#} 0-1

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kudischewitsch, D."]
[Black "Soffer, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 h6 3. Bh4 c6 4. c3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nd2 e6 7. f3 Be7 8. Bf2
Nf6 9. g4 Bg6 10. h4 Nfd7 11. Nh3 c5 12. Nf4 Bh7 13. e3 Nc6 14. Rg1 g5 15. hxg5
hxg5 16. Nh5 O-O-O 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. O-O-O Kb8 19. Nb3 c4 20. Nd2 Na4 21. e4 b5
22. Re1 b4 23. Nb1 Ka8 24. Be2 bxc3 25. bxc3 Rb8 {#} 26. Bd1 Rxb1+ 27. Kxb1
Rb8+ 28. Kc1 Nxc3 29. Bc2 Nxa2+ 30. Kd2 Rb2 31. Rb1 Bb4+ 32. Kd1 Nc3+ 33. Kc1
Ra2 34. Nf6 Bg6 35. Rh1 Ba3+ 36. Kd2 Nxb1+ 37. Rxb1 Nb4 38. Rxb4 Bxb4+ 39. Kd1
a5 40. Be3 a4 41. Bxg5 a3 {#} 0-1

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Klenburg, M."]
[Black "Zifroni, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. c3
b6 9. Re1 e6 10. a3 a5 11. a4 Ba6 12. exd5 exd5 {#} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Baron, T."]
[Black "Battaglini, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Rhe1 b5 17. cxb5 cxb5+ 18. Kb1 O-O 19. Nf5 exf5 20. Rxe7 Qd6 21.
Re2 Qd5 22. Ne5 Rfe8 23. Qxf5 Qxd4 24. Nf3 Qg4 25. Qxg4 Nxg4 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Bxh6 Ndf6 28. Be3 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Rxe3 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Rf8 Re7 32. Ng5+ Kh6 33.
Nxf7+ Kxh5 34. Nd6 a6 35. Nf5 Re5 36. Nd4 Re1+ 37. Kc2 Rg1 38. Ra8 Rxg2+ 39.
Kb3 Nd5 {#} 40. a3 (40. Rxa6 Rg3+) 40... Nb6 41. Rxa6 Na4 42. Kb4 Rxb2+ 43. Ka5
Nc5 44. Rb6 Nb3+ 45. Nxb3 Rxb3 46. Rxb5+ Rxb5+ 47. Kxb5 g5 48. a4 g4 49. a5 g3
50. a6 g2 51. a7 {#} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zilberman, Y."]
[Black "Kantsler, B."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 c5 8. dxc5
dxc4 9. O-O Bxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 a6 12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 b5 14. Be2 Bb7
15. Nd4 Nbd7 16. Nb3 Rac8 17. f3 Rc7 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. Kf1 Nb6 20. Na5 Nfd5 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. e4 Bc4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Rd7 Bf8 27.
Ra7 Rc6 28. Bd4 f6 29. h4 e5 {#} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lerner, K."]
[Black "Neimer, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4 d5
9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. O-O dxc4 15.
Be4 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. a3 b5 18. b4 Bb6 19. Rd6 Nb8 20. h4 Bb7 21. Ng5 Bxe4
22. Nxe4 Bc7 {#} 23. Qg4 Kf8 24. h5 Rg8 25. Rad1 h6 26. R1d2 f5 27. exf6 gxf6
28. Qf3 f5 29. Nf6 Rg5 30. Rd7 Nxd7 31. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Battaglini, G."]
[Black "Zilberman, Y."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. h3 Bh5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. e4 Re8 13. Bf4 Bb4 14. Bd3 Nd7 15.
Bc2 Bd6 16. e5 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Be7 18. d5 Nb4 19. Qb3 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Qxb7
Nc5 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Reb8 24. b3 c6 25. Rd2 Ne6 26. Be3 a5 27. Rd7 Kf8
28. Rc1 a4 29. Nd2 axb3 30. axb3 Rb5 31. Rxc6 Rxe5 32. Rb6 Bc5 {#} 33. Rxe6
fxe6 34. Nc4 Rxe3 35. fxe3 Rb8 36. Rc7 Rb5 37. Kg2 Be7 38. Nd2 h5 39. Kf3 hxg4+
40. hxg4 Bf6 41. Ke2 Be5 42. Ra7 Bc3 43. Ne4 Bb2 44. g5 Be5 45. Kf3 Ke8 46.
Rxg7 Rxb3 47. Nf6+ Kf8 48. Rd7 Bxf6 49. gxf6 Rb5 50. e4 $138 {#} 1-0

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Neimer, V."]
[Black "Baron, T."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. a3 d6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O b6 10. b4 Bb7 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. g3 O-O 14. Bb2 dxe5 15.
dxe5 a5 16. b5 Nb8 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Nbd2 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Ne4 Rxc1+ 21.
Bxc1 Qc7 22. Bb2 Nd7 23. Nfg5 h6 {#} 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qg4 Nc5 26. Bb1 Kf8 27.
Qf3+ Ke8 28. Qh5+ Kd7 29. Qf7 Na4 30. Nd6 Qc5 31. Nxb7 Qc8 32. Bf5 Nc7 33. Be4
Nxb5 34. Nd6 Qf8 35. Qh5 Bxd6 36. Qe2 Nbc3 37. Qa6 Nxe4 38. Qb5+ Kd8 39. Bd4
Bc5 40. Qxa4 Nc3 41. Bxc5 Qxc5 42. Qh4+ Ke8 43. Qh5+ Kf8 44. Qf3+ Kg8 {#} 45.
Qd3 Qd4 46. Qg6 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zifroni, D."]
[Black "Kudischewitsch, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Zifroni"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 a6 5. d4 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bd2 a5 8. a3 Bg7 9.
b4 a4 10. Ne5 Bd7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Be8 13. Kh1 e6 14. f4 Qc8 15. Be1 Kh8 16.
g4 Ng8 17. g5 f6 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Ra2 Ne7 20. Rf3 Nf5 21. Rh3 Ra7 22. Rg2 Rg7
23. Bf2 Qd8 24. Ne2 Qc7 25. e4 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Bd8 27. Qd3 Kg8 28. Qf3 Qc8 29.
Bxf5 exf5 30. d5 Bf6 31. Nd4 Bxe5 32. fxe5 cxd5 33. Qxd5+ Kh8 34. e6 f4 35. Qd6
Bc6 36. Nxc6 Nxc6 37. Bh4 Re8 38. Re2 g5 39. Be1 Rg6 40. Bc3+ Kg8 41. Rh5 h6
42. Qd5 Rexe6 43. Rh3 Kh7 44. Qf5 {# Here Black reached out to play with his
Queen, maybe to e8. Luckily for him he must have noticed in the last second
the mate in two.} 44... Kg8 (44... Qe8 45. Rxh6+ Kxh6 46. Qh3#) 45. Rd3 Ne7 46.
Rxe6 Nxf5 47. Rxg6+ Kh7 48. Rdd6 Qe8 49. Rge6 Nxd6 50. Rxe8 Nxe8 51. Be5 Kg6
52. c6 Kf5 53. c7 Nxc7 54. Bxc7 Ke4 55. Kg2 g4 56. Kf2 h5 57. Bd8 Kd3 58. Bg5
f3 59. Bh4 {As soon as Black captures a3, White plays Kc3 and Black can not
make any progress. - Draw.  #} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Soffer, R."]
[Black "Lerner, K."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 b6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 Bb7 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Nh5
Re8 9. Bd3 Bf8 10. O-O Nxh5 11. Qxh5 g6 12. Qh3 Bg7 13. Rfd1 c6 14. Rac1 d5 15.
Bf1 Nd7 16. b3 Qe7 17. Rc2 Nf6 18. Bc1 Red8 19. Bb2 Rac8 20. Qh4 Rd7 21. Nb1
Qd8 22. c5 Re7 23. Ba3 b5 24. Bb2 a5 25. a4 b4 26. Nd2 Ra8 27. f3 Ba6 28. Bxa6
Rxa6 29. e4 Nd7 30. e5 f6 31. f4 f5 {#} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kantsler, B."]
[Black "Klenburg, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "306"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. b3 Nc8 12. Ra2 Bh6 13. c5 dxc5 14. Nc4 Bxc1 15.
Qxc1 Nd6 16. Nxe5 Nfxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qe3 Bf5 19. g4 Qxd5 20. gxf5 Qxe5 21.
f3 Rae8 22. fxe4 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. Bc4 a4 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Raf2 axb3 27.
Bxf7+ Kg7 28. Bxb3 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Rh4 30. Kg3 Rd4 31. Rf4 Rd7 32. Bc4 c6 33. a4
Kh6 34. a5 Rd2 35. Rf2 Rd1 36. Rf1 Rd2 37. Rc1 Rb2 38. Bf1 b6 39. axb6 Rxb6 40.
Rxc5 Rb3+ 41. Kf2 Rb2+ 42. Be2 Rb6 43. Bf3 Rb2+ 44. Kg3 Rb3 45. Kf4 Rb2 46. h3
Rh2 47. Kg3 Rb2 48. h4 Rb6 49. Bxc6 Ra6 50. Be4 Re6 51. Bf3 Rd6 52. Rc7 Re6 53.
Bd5 Rd6 54. Bg8 Rd3+ 55. Kg2 Kh5 56. Rh7+ Kg4 57. Be6+ Kf4 58. Rf7+ Ke5 59. Bd7
Ra3 60. Bc8 Rc3 61. Rf8 Rb3 62. Kh2 Rc3 63. Bd7 Kd6 64. Bg4 Ke7 65. Rf4 Re3 66.
Bf3 Re5 67. Rg4 Kf6 68. Be4 g5 69. h5 Kg7 70. Kg3 Kh6 71. Bf3 Re6 72. Ra4 Rb6
73. Re4 Ra6 74. Re7 Rf6 75. Re5 Rb6 76. Kg4 Ra6 77. Be4 Rf6 {#} 78. Re7 Rf4+
79. Kg3 Rg4+ 80. Kh3 Rh4+ 81. Kg3 Rg4+ 82. Kh2 Rh4+ 83. Kg2 Rg4+ 84. Kf2 Rf4+
85. Ke3 Kxh5 86. Rh7+ Kg4 87. Rh1 Rf8 88. Rg1+ Kh5 89. Bf3+ Kg6 90. Ra1 Re8+
91. Be4+ Kf6 92. Ra6+ Re6 93. Ra8 Rb6 94. Rg8 Rb5 95. Bd3 Ra5 96. Rg6+ Kf7 97.
Rb6 Ke7 98. Kd4 Kf7 99. Bg6+ Kg7 100. Be4 Kf7 101. Bd5+ Kg7 102. Ke5 g4 103.
Rb4 Kh6 {#} 104. Rxg4 Kh5 105. Rg1 {To the right. #} 105... Rb5 106. Ke4 Kh6
107. Bc4 Rg5 108. Rh1+ Kg7 109. Bd5 Kf6 110. Kd4 Rg3 111. Rf1+ Kg7 112. Ke5
Rg5+ 113. Kd6 Rg3 114. Rf7+ Kg6 115. Rf8 Ra3 116. Ke5 Ra5 117. Rf2 Kg5 118. Rf1
Rb5 119. Rg1+ Kh5 120. Rg2 Ra5 121. Rg8 Rb5 122. Ke6 Kh4 123. Be4 Rg5 124. Rh8+
Kg3 125. Bf5 Rg7 126. Ke5 Re7+ 127. Be6 Kf3 128. Rh3+ Ke2 129. Ra3 Re8 130. Kf5
Kd2 131. Bd5 Re3 132. Ra4 Kc3 133. Rc4+ Kd2 134. Kf4 Rc3 135. Ra4 Rc8 136. Ke4
Re8+ 137. Kd4 Rd8 138. Ra2+ Kd1 {Down under. #} 139. Rb2 Rd7 140. Kc5 Rd8 141.
Rg2 Ke1 142. Kd4 Kd1 143. Ke4 Kc1 144. Rh2 Rd7 145. Rf2 Rd8 146. Bc4 Rd2 147.
Rf8 Kb2 148. Bd3 Rh2 149. Rb8+ Kc3 150. Rc8+ Kb4 151. Kd4 Rh4+ 152. Be4 Ka4
153. Rb8 {To the left. #} 153... Rg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lerner, K."]
[Black "Baron, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "209"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 e6 8. e4
exd5 9. exd5 d6 10. Na3 Be7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. a4 O-O 13. Ne2 Nbd7 14. Ng3 Ne5 15.
Ne3 g6 16. Be2 Ne8 17. f4 Nd7 18. O-O f5 19. Bd3 Bf6 20. Bd2 Bg7 21. Qc2 Ndf6
22. Rae1 Qf7 23. c4 Nc7 24. Bc3 Bd7 25. Rf2 b6 26. Rfe2 Rfe8 27. Nef1 Rxe2 28.
Rxe2 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. b3 a5 31. Qe2 Na6 32. Qxe8+ Bxe8 33. Ne3 Kf7 34.
Ne2 Bd7 35. Kf2 Nb4 36. Bb1 Na6 37. Kf3 Ne8 38. h3 h5 39. Bxg7 Kxg7 40. Kg3 Nf6
41. Ng1 Nc7 42. Nf3 Ng8 43. Ng5 Nh6 44. Nf1 Kf6 45. Nd2 Na6 46. Ndf3 Bc8 47.
Kf2 Bd7 48. Ke3 Bc8 49. Bd3 Nc7 50. Nh4 Bd7 51. Ngf3 Ne8 52. Ng5 Nc7 53. Nhf3
Bc8 54. Nd2 Bd7 55. Nb1 Bc8 56. Nc3 Bd7 57. Kf2 Ke7 58. Kg3 Kf6 59. Kh4 Ng8 60.
Be2 Nh6 61. Nf3 Ne8 62. Nh2 Kg7 63. Nf1 Kf6 64. Ne3 Ng8 {#} 65. g4 hxg4 66.
hxg4 Ne7 67. Bd3 Ng7 68. Ne2 Bc8 69. Ng1 fxg4 70. Nxg4+ Bxg4 71. Kxg4 Ngf5 72.
Ne2 Ne3+ 73. Kf3 N7f5 74. Nc3 Nc2 75. Bxc2 Nd4+ 76. Kg4 Nxc2 {#} 77. Ne4+ Kg7
78. Nxd6 Nd4 79. Nc8 Nxb3 80. d6 Nd4 81. d7 Ne6 82. f5 gxf5+ 83. Kxf5 Kf7 84.
Ke5 b5 85. cxb5 c4 86. Nd6+ Ke7 87. Nxc4 Kxd7 88. Kd5 Nf4+ 89. Kc5 Kc7 90. b6+
Kb7 91. Kb5 Nd5 92. Nxa5+ Kb8 93. Nc6+ Kb7 94. Nd8+ Kc8 95. Ne6 Nc3+ 96. Kb4
Nd5+ 97. Kc5 Nc3 98. a5 Kb7 99. Nc7 Na4+ 100. Kb5 Nc3+ 101. Kb4 Ne4 102. Ne6
Kc6 103. Nd8+ Kd7 104. a6 Kc8 105. a7 {#} 1-0

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Klenburg, M."]
[Black "Battaglini, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 h6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nbd7 8.
Nxc4 e6 9. Bf4 Nb6 10. Na5 Qd7 11. Nd2 Bb4 12. Ndb3 O-O 13. a3 Be7 14. Rc1 Bh7
15. Qc2 Rfc8 16. Be3 Nbd5 17. Bc5 Bd8 18. Bd4 Bb6 19. Qd2 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 e5 21.
Ndb3 b6 22. Nc4 Qe7 23. e4 Nc7 24. Qc3 Nd7 25. d4 exd4 26. Nxd4 Nb5 27. Qe3
Nxd4 28. Qxd4 Nc5 29. Qd6 Qe8 30. f3 Rd8 31. Qe5 Nb3 32. Rcd1 Qxe5 33. Nxe5 Nd4
34. b4 f6 35. Nd3 Nc2 36. Nf4 Nd4 37. Rd3 g5 38. Rfd1 c5 {#} 39. Nd5 Rxd5 40.
exd5 Bxd3 41. Rxd3 Rd8 42. bxc5 bxc5 43. f4 gxf4 44. Kf2 fxg3+ 45. hxg3 Kf7 46.
Rc3 Rc8 47. Bh3 f5 48. g4 c4 49. gxf5 Nb5 50. Rc1 c3 51. a4 Nd4 52. f6 Rc5 53.
d6 Kxf6 54. d7 Nc6 55. Ke2 Ke7 56. Kd3 c2 57. Kd2 Ne5 58. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 59. Kxc2
Nxd7 {#} 60. Kc3 Kd6 61. Kc4 Kc6 62. a5 Ne5+ 63. Kd4 Nf7 64. Bf1 Kd6 65. Be2
Ng5 66. Bd1 Nh7 67. Ke4 Ke6 68. Bg4+ Kd6 69. Kf5 Nf8 70. Be2 Kc5 71. Kf6 Kb4
72. a6 Ka5 73. Kg7 Ne6+ 74. Kxh6 Nd4 75. Bd3 Nb5 76. Kg5 Kxa6 77. Kf4 Ka5 {#}
78. Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kudischewitsch, D."]
[Black "Kantsler, B."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nc6 9. Qa4 Be6 10. Qb5 a6 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Bh3 Qc8 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Be5 16. f4 Rad8 17. c4 Bd4 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Nf3 exd5 20. Nxd4
dxc4 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Re1 Rd3 {#} 24. Re8+ Kf7 25. Ra8 c3 26.
bxc3 Rxc3+ 27. Kb2 Rf3 28. Rxa6 Rf2+ 29. Kb3 Rxh2 30. Rxc6 Rh1 31. a4 Rg1 32.
Rc3 g5 33. fxg5 Kg6 34. a5 Kxg5 35. Kb4 Kg4 36. a6 Ra1 37. Ra3 Rb1+ 38. Rb3 Ra1
39. Kb5 h5 40. Kb6 Re1 41. a7 Re8 42. Rc3 Kh3 43. Kb7 Kg4 {#} 1-0

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zilberman, Y."]
[Black "Neimer, V."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2446"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Qa4
Bb7 9. Bd2 Bc6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Nf4 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 d6 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Bd3 h6 15.
d5 e5 16. Ne2 Bc8 17. O-O Qe8 18. Ng3 g6 19. f4 Ng4 20. Rde1 f5 21. e4 exf4 22.
Rxf4 g5 {#} 23. Rxg4 fxg4 24. e5 1-0

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Soffer, R."]
[Black "Zifroni, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2459"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. Rb1 Rc8 15.
Bb2 Re8 16. Re1 Bf8 17. Nf3 h6 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Bd7 20. Rec1 Bd6 21. Kf1
b6 22. Qb3 Bc5 23. Nd2 Nd4 24. Bxd4 a4 25. Qd5 exd4 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Nxc5 bxc5
28. Re1 Be6 29. Qb7 Bb3 30. Qxe7 Rxe7 31. Rbc1 c4 32. e3 Rce8 33. Bc6 cxd3 34.
Bxe8 Rxe8 35. Red1 {#} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zifroni, D."]
[Black "Lerner, K."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Zifroni"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

{This was the "game for the money". Lerner was leading with 5 points which
meant Zifroni who was trailing by half a point had to win at all cost.} 1. Nf3
Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 (5... Nbd7 $142 6. O-O a6 (6...
c6) 7. Qxc4 b5) 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. O-O a6 $2 (7... Nbd7 8. Nc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10.
Rd1 $14 {Schmidt - Gdanski 1994}) 8. Qc2 Be7 9. d3 (9. b3 {Is also interesting.
}) 9... O-O 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. b3 {White has an advantage because the poor
position of the c6 bishop prevents Black from producing any counterplay in the
center.} 11... a5 12. Bb2 a4 ({Black might have considered} 12... Bxf3 {
With 13...c6 and while still being inferior Black does not have any major
weaknesses.}) 13. e4 {Threatens 14. Nd4} 13... Nc5 14. Ne5 Bb5 15. Ndc4 Nfd7
16. Nf3 $1 {Exchanging pieces would have alleviated Black's situation while he
struggles to find suitable positions for his light pieces.} 16... a3 {
Makes life easier for White but Black's position is already not easy.} 17. Bc3
Nb8 18. Rad1 Bxc4 19. dxc4 Qe8 20. Nd4 $1 c6 21. e5 {White had established an
attacking formation and prepares an onslaught on Black's king.} 21... Nca6 22.
Be4 g6 23. Qd2 Nc5 24. Bc2 Nbd7 25. Rfe1 Rd8 26. f4 (26. Qh6 f6 {
Seemed somewhat less convincing during the game.}) 26... Nb8 27. Qf2 Nca6 {#}
28. f5 $1 Bc5 $2 (28... exf5 29. Nxf5 Bc5 $1 30. Ne3 Qe6 31. Kg2 Nd7 32. Qf4
$14) 29. f6 {
Now Black is in dire straits because of the mate threats caused by the f6 pawn.
} 29... Kh8 30. Re4 Rg8 31. Rh4 Nd7 32. g4 {33.R:h7+} 32... Nf8 33. g5 Bxd4 34.
Rhxd4 Rxd4 35. Qxd4 c5 36. Qd6 $1 ({Not allowing any counter chances} 36. Qd8
Qc6) 36... h6 37. Be4 Nh7 38. Bxb7 Nb4 39. Bxb4 cxb4 40. gxh6 g5 {#} 41. Qe7 $1
Qb8 42. Qxf7 Nf8 (42... Qxe5 43. Qg7+) 43. h7 Qa7+ (43... Rg6 44. Be4) 44. Kf1
Nxh7 45. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Neimer, V."]
[Black "Klenburg, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qd2 a6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. d5
Nb4 9. Be2 a5 10. a3 Na6 11. Nd4 Nc5 12. f3 e5 13. Nb3 Ncd7 14. a4 Nb6 15. Nb5
Bd7 16. Nxa5 Qb8 17. Be3 Nc8 18. Qc3 Ne8 19. O-O Ne7 20. b4 c6 21. dxc6 bxc6
22. Na3 d5 23. Bc5 Nd6 24. b5 dxe4 25. Qd2 exf3 26. gxf3 Rxa5 27. Bxd6 Qa7+ 28.
Kh1 Rxa4 29. b6 Qb7 30. Bxe7 Rfa8 31. Rfd1 Be8 32. Bc5 e4 33. c3 R4a5 34. Qe3
Bd7 35. Nc2 Rxa1 36. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 37. Nxa1 exf3 38. Qxf3 Be6 39. Qd3 Bd5+ 40. Kg1
Bf6 41. Bf2 c5 42. Nc2 Be4 43. Qd2 Qxb6 44. Ne1 h5 $11 45. Bf3 Bf5 46. Qe3 Qb3
47. Kg2 Bg7 48. Nd3 Qxc3 49. Nxc5 Qxe3 50. Bxe3 Be5 51. Ne4 Kg7 52. Ng3 Be6 53.
Ne2 Bc4 54. Nf4 Bb3 55. Nd3 Bc3 56. Kg3 {#} 56... Bc4 57. Be2 Bf6 58. Nf4 Bb3
59. Kf3 Ba4 60. Bc4 Bd1+ 61. Ke4 Bg4 62. Be2 Bc8 63. Bc5 Bf5+ 64. Kd5 h4 65.
Bf2 Kh6 66. Ng2 g5 67. Ne3 Be6+ 68. Ke4 Bd8 69. Bg4 Bb3 70. Bf5 Kh5 71. h3 Bc7
72. Be1 Ba4 73. Bg4+ Kg6 74. Bf5+ Kh5 75. Bc3 Bb8 76. Bd4 Bc7 77. Kf3 Bc6+ 78.
Be4 Ba4 79. Bg7 Bd8 80. Kg2 Bd7 81. Bf3+ Kg6 82. Bd4 f5 83. Bc5 {#} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kantsler, B."]
[Black "Soffer, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. f3 c5 6. d5 O-O 7. e4 Re8 8. Nge2 Ba6
9. a3 Ba5 10. Ng3 d6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. dxe6 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Rxe6 14. Qa4 Bb7 15.
O-O Ne5 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Qb3 Nc6 18. a4 Na5 19. Qa2 Bc6 20. Rfd1 Qf8 21. Nf5 Ne8
$11 22. Rd2 f6 23. Bf4 g6 24. Ne3 Rb8 25. Bf1 Rb7 26. Rad1 Kh8 27. Nd5 Bd7 28.
g3 Nc6 29. Bh3 f5 30. Rf2 Ne5 31. Ne3 Rf6 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Qc2 Ng7 34. Bg5 f4
35. gxf4 Rg6 36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. Qe4 Rf7 {#} 38. Ng4 $138 Nxg4 $138 39. fxg4 Rxg5
40. Rg2 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Baron, T."]
[Black "Zilberman, Y."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

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 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bd7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. b3
Nc6 16. Be3 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 d5 19. f3 Rc8 20. Re2 Nb4 21. Bb1 dxe4
22. Nxe4 Nbd5 23. Bf2 Nf4 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Kh1 Bc5 27. Be4 {#}
27... Nxh3 28. gxh3 Rxe4 29. fxe4 Qxf2 30. Nf5 Bc6 31. Qg4 g6 32. Rc1 h5 33.
Qg2 Qxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 35. Kg3 Bb4 36. Nd4 g5 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Re8 f5 {#} 39.
Re6 h4+ 40. Kh2 Bd2 41. Ne2 Kf7 42. Rxa6 g4 43. hxg4 fxg4 44. Rd6 Be3 45. a4
Bf3 46. Rd3 Bb6 47. Nf4 b4 48. Rd7+ Ke8 49. Rh7 Bf2 50. Ng6 Bg3+ 51. Kg1 h3 52.
a5 Bd6 53. a6 g3 54. Rh8+ Kf7 {#} 55. Rf8+ Kxg6 0-1

[Event "Herzeliya International 2009"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kudischewitsch, D."]
[Black "Battaglini, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.12.19"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. d3 a6 10. Qa3 Qc7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. h3 Bf5 14. Bd2 b5
15. Bb3 Bxd3 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Qxd6 exd6 18. Bf4 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. g4 Bc8
21. Re7 Bf8 22. Re2 h6 23. f3 Bd7 24. Be3 Bg7 25. Bf4 Be8 26. Re7 a5 27. Rb7 a4
28. Bc2 a3 29. bxa3 Rdc8 30. Bxd6 Rxc3 31. Bb3 Rxf3 32. Be7 Rxh3 33. d6 Bc6 34.
Rc7 Rh1+ 35. Kf2 Nxg4+ 36. Kg3 Be5+ 37. Kxg4 Ra4+ 38. Bxa4 f5# {#} 0-1