[Event "Barcelona Casino"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "2010.11.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hess, Robert L"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.11.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. a4
b6 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. Ng3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Bf4 Bf8 13. Qf3 Ne5 14. Bxe5 Rxe5
15. Qf4 b5 16. Ba2 Qd7 17. Nf3 Re7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Qe4 c6 20. Ng5 g6 21. Qh4 h6
22. N5e4 Rxe5 23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. Rxe5 Bg7 25. Re2 c5 26. Qf4 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8
28. axb5 Be5 29. Qxh6 d5 30. bxa6 Ba8 31. Re1 Bd6 32. h4 Ng7 33. h5 Bxg3 34.
hxg6 Bxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qf5+ 36. Kg1 fxg6 37. Qh4 Bc6 38. Qf2 Qd7 39. Qxc5 Nf5 40.
a7 Kg7 41. Re5 Qb7 42. Bxd5 Qxb2 43. Rxf5 gxf5 44. Bxc6 Qc1+ 45. Kf2 Qd2+ 46.
Kf3 Qd1+ 47. Kf4 Qg4+ 48. Ke5 Qg3+ 49. Ke6 Qg6+ 50. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. e4 O-O 7. Nh3 bxc4 8. Bxc4
Nxd5 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. Qxd5 Ba6 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. Kf2 Nc6 13. Rhb1 Rae8 14. Be3
Ne5 15. a3 Bc4 16. Na4 Qb8 17. Qd1 Bb3 18. Qf1 Bxa4 19. axb4 Bc2 20. bxc5 f5
21. Bf4 Bxb1 22. Qxb1 fxe4 23. b4 exf3 24. gxf3 Qb5 25. Kg3 Ng6 26. Qb3+ Kh8
27. Bd6 Rf6 28. Ng5 h6 29. Ne4 Rxe4 30. fxe4 Rxd6 31. cxd6 Qe5+ 32. Kh3 Qxa1
33. Qf7 Qf6 34. Qxd7 Qf3# 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2011.03.12"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2011.03.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bc2 Nc6 10. Qd3 g6 11. O-O Be7 12. Bb3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Bh6
Re8 15. Ng3 Bd7 16. Rad1 b5 17. d5 Nxb3 18. axb3 exd5 19. Qxd5 Bg4 20. f3 Qxd5
21. Rxd5 Be6 22. Rxb5 a6 23. Ra5 Bxb3 24. Ne4 Bd8 25. Ra3 Bd5 26. Nd2 a5 27. c4
Bb6+ 28. Kh1 Bc6 29. Rd3 Red8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Bg5 f6 32. Bh6 g5 33. Ne4 Bxe4
34. fxe4 Bd4 35. h4 a4 0-1

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2011.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2011.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 b5 7. e3 bxc4 8. Bxc4
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nge2 Qh4 11. Qd3 O-O 12. O-O exd5 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. Ng3 Ba5
15. Rfd1 Rab8 16. Qe4 Qf6 17. Qa4 Bxc3 18. Ne4 Qe5 19. Nxc3 Ne7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7
21. Qe4 Qxe4 22. Nxe4 d5 23. Nxc5 Rxb2 24. Nd3 Rb5 25. Rac1 Rc8 26. Kf1 Ra5 27.
Rd2 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Nc6 29. Nd3 Ra3 30. Ke2 a5 31. Kd1 d4 32. exd4 Nxd4 33. Kc1
Rc3+ 34. Kb2 Rc4 35. Ne5 Rb4+ 36. Kc3 Nb5+ 37. Kd3 Rd4+ 38. Ke3 Ra4 39. f4 f5
40. Rd5 Nc7 41. Rd2 Ne6 42. g3 g5 43. Nd3 gxf4+ 44. Nxf4 Nxf4 45. gxf4 Kg7 46.
Kf3 Kg6 47. Rd5 Ra3+ 48. Kg2 a4 49. Ra5 Kh5 50. h3 Rxa2+ 51. Kg3 Ra3+ 52. Kf2
Rxh3 53. Rxa4 Kg4 54. Kg2 Rb3 55. Ra2 h5 56. Ra8 Rb2+ 57. Kg1 h4 58. Rg8+ Kxf4
59. Rh8 Kf3 60. Kh1 f4 61. Ra8 Kf2 62. Kh2 f3 0-1

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Hess, Robert L"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nbd2 Rc8 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Ne4 Bf4 14. Bxd5 exd5
15. Bxf4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 Be6 17. Re3 Qd5 18. Rc3 Rcd8 19. Be3 Bg4 20. h3 Bh5 21.
Rac1 f5 22. Rc5 Qf7 23. g4 Bg6 24. Ng5 Qf6 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Qxb7 Nxd4 27. Bxd4
Rxd4 28. Rc8 Rdd8 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. h4 fxg4 31. Rc8 h6 32. Qb8 1-0

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.26"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Hess, Robert L"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 e6 7. Nf4 Qc7 8.
c3 Nf6 9. h4 Bd6 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. h5 Bc2 12. h6 g6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 Qa5
15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 O-O-O 17. O-O g5 18. Qf3 Qd5 19. Qe2 Ng8 20. Qh5 Rf8 21.
Rfe1 Ndf6 22. Qh3 Qd8 23. a4 Ne7 24. b4 Rhg8 25. b5 Qc7 26. c4 Rd8 27. d5 Kb8
28. dxe6 Rxd3 29. exf7 Rgd8 30. Qe6 Neg8 31. fxg8=Q Nxg8 32. Ne4 g4 33. bxc6 g3
34. Rab1 b6 35. fxg3 Ka8 36. a5 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2011.08.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hess, Robert L"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2011.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8.
O-O Re8 9. Nc4 a5 10. a4 b6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Ba6 13. Ncd2 Nf8 14. Rf2 Ng6
15. Nf1 Nh4 16. Ng3 Bc8 17. Qd2 Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 Rf8 19. Raf1 Qd6 20. Qf2 f6 21.
Nh5 Rf7 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. d4 exd4 24. e5 Qc5 25. exf6 g6 26. Nf4 Bf5 27. e4 Bxe4
28. Ne6 Qc4 29. Ng5 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 Kg8 31. Nxf7 Qxf7 32. Qxc6 Re8 33. Rf4 Re6
34. Qa8+ Re8 35. Qa6 Re6 36. Rxd4 Re1+ 37. Kh2 Qe6 38. Rf4 Kf7 39. Qd3 Qd6 40.
Qxd6 cxd6 41. Rd4 Re6 42. Rd5 Kxf6 43. c4 Ke7 44. Rb5 Re4 45. b3 Re3 46. Rxb6
g5 47. Rb7+ Kf6 48. Rxh7 g4 49. h4 Rxb3 50. Rh5 Rb4 51. Rxa5 Rxc4 52. Kg3 Ke6
53. Ra8 d5 54. a5 Ra4 55. a6 Kf7 56. a7 Kg7 57. Rd8 Rxa7 58. Rxd5 Ra4 59. Rg5+
Kh6 60. Rxg4 Ra3+ 61. Kh2 Kh5 62. Rb4 Rc3 63. g3 Ra3 64. Kh3 Rc3 65. Rb5+ Kh6
66. Kg4 Rc4+ 67. Kf5 Kh5 68. Kf6+ Kh6 69. Rb8 Rc6+ 70. Kf5 Rc5+ 71. Kg4 Rc4+
72. Kh3 Rc3 73. Rf8 Ra3 74. Kg4 Ra4+ 75. Rf4 Ra6 76. Rf3 Ra4+ 77. Kh3 Ra6 78.
g4 Rb6 79. Kg3 Ra6 80. Re3 Rb6 81. Re4 Ra6 82. Kf4 Rf6+ 83. Kg3 Ra6 84. h5 Ra3+
85. Kh4 Ra1 86. g5+ Kg7 87. h6+ Kh7 88. Re7+ Kg8 89. Kh5 Ra6 90. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen op-A 48th"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2011.12.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hess, Robert L"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Be7 7. Nb5 Na6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. c4 Qc6 11. Ne5 Qc8 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Qxd7 Rxd7 16. Rfd1 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Nb4 18. Bf3 Nc6 19. Nd6 Rb8 20. c5 Kf8 21.
Rab1 Ne5 22. b4 Ke7 23. Rdc1 b6 24. Nb5 bxc5 25. bxc5 Nd5 26. c6 Nxc6 27. Rxc6
Nxe3 28. Rb3 Nd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Ra6 Rbb7 31. Nd4 Kf8 32. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Groningen op-A 48th"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "2011.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hess, Robert L"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.12.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5 Qd8 7. Bf4 Na6 8.
Na3 c6 9. c3 Nc7 10. Nc4 Bg7 11. Be5 O-O 12. a4 Ncd5 13. a5 Bh6 14. Be2 Nh5 15.
O-O Nhf4 16. Re1 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Be6 18. Bg3 Rc8 19. Nce5 Bf5 20. Nd3 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 e6 22. c4 Ne7 23. Qb3 b6 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. Qc3 Nf5 26. Be5 f6 27. c5 Qb7
28. Bg3 Rfe8 29. Qc4 Qd7 30. Ra4 Nxg3 31. hxg3 Rc7 32. Ra6 Kf7 33. Qa4 Rb8 34.
b4 Rb5 35. d5 Qxd5 36. Rxa7 Rxa7 37. Qxa7+ Kg8 38. Qe7 Rxb4 39. Ra1 Bf8 40. Ra8
Rb1+ 41. Kh2 Qh5+ 42. Nh4 Qh6 43. Qxe6+ Kh8 44. Qf7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. e3 d6 11. O-O-O a5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 Ra6 14. Nf4 Nd7
15. Nh5 Kh8 16. Be2 Rg8 17. g4 a4 18. Rd2 Rxg4 19. fxg4 Bxh1 20. g5 Be4 21. Bd3
Bxd3 22. Rxd3 e5 23. gxf6 Qg8 24. Qd2 Nb6 25. Qe2 Nd7 26. Qf3 Rb6 27. e4 $6 (
27. Ng3 Qg6 28. Rd2 $16) 27... Qg1+ 28. Rd1 Qxh2 29. Rd2 Qg1+ 30. Rd1 $2 (30.
Qd1 Qxd1+ 31. Kxd1 $15) 30... Qg5+ $19 31. Kc2 Rb3 32. Rd3 Rxd3 33. Kxd3 h6 34.
Qf5 Nb6 35. Qxg5 hxg5 36. Ng3 Kh7 37. Nf5 Kg6 38. Nxd6 g4 39. Nb7 $6 (39. Ke3
Kxf6 40. Kf2 $19) 39... Nxc4 $1 $19 40. Nxc5 Nxb2+ 41. Ke2 Kxf6 42. Kf2 Kg6 43.
Kg2 Kh5 44. Nd7 Nd3 45. Nb6 Nc5 46. Nc4 Nxe4 47. Nxe5 f5 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2012.05.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Bd6
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 e5 {The theorethical discussion in this line tends to be
rather painful. Black was quite generous with tempi in the opening (5..a6, 6...
Bb4), but White finds it extremely difficult to get any advantage at all.} 11.
cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 {The opening of the centre should be beneficial for White's
pieces, as he has two more in play. Unfortunatelly for him the enemy can also
mobilise very efficiently.} (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. f3
Bh5 (15... Bd7 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Qb1 Qb6 18. Rc1 Bb8 19. g3 h5 20. Qb2 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Braun,A (2567)-Vitiugov,N (2638)/Kallithea 2008 (34)}) 16. Ne2 Rc8 17.
Qb1 Bg6 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. b4 b5 20. Nf4 Bxf4 21. exf4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qa7+ 23. Kf1
Qd4 24. Rc3 Ne4 25. fxe4 dxe4 26. Qe1 exd3 $17 {0-1 Arlandi,E (2425)-Godena,M 
(2485)/Reggio Emilia 1994 (42)}) 12... exd4 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nf6 15. Rae1
{Despite the symmetrical pawn structure Kaidanov hopes to get something of an
edge on the strength of his piece concentration.} (15. h3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Re8 (
16... Rc8 17. Qb1 Rc5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Nxd5 22. Bh7+
Kg7 23. Rxd4 Qb6 $11 {1-0 Levin,E (2499)-Martynov,P (2284)/St Petersburg 2012 
(44)}) 17. Nxd4 Rc8 18. Qb1 h6 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Rc5 21. Rfe1 Rxd5 22. Bc3
Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2739)-Anand,V (2799)/Moscow 2012 
(34)}) (15. Qc4 Bg4 16. Qxd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nxd5 18. Kh1 (18. Rad1 Bc7 19. Bc1
Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxd4 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxd4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Rad8 24. Rc1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,A (2575)-Leitao,R (2604)/Sao Paulo 2008 (46)}) 18... Nf6 19.
Bc3 Be7 20. Rad1 Qxd4 21. Bxd4 Rfd8 22. Be5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Avrukh,B (2632)-Wang
Hao (2684)/Dagomys 2008 (36)}) (15. Rfe1 Bg4 16. Nxd4 Rc8 17. Qb2 Rc5 18. h3 (
18. Be4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bc8 20. Nf3 Bf5 21. Rd4 Rc2 22. Qb1 Bc5 23. Qe1 Re8 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A (2636)-Kharlov,A (2511)/Moscow 2009 (70)}) 18... Rxd5 19.
Bc3 Bc5 20. hxg4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. g5 Ng4 $15 {0-1 Peralta,F (2558)
-Illescas Cordoba,M (2603)/Barcelona 2008 (37)}) 15... Bg4 {Hess now needs
just one more move in order to get the same level of piece mobility as his
adversary.} (15... h6 16. Qc4 (16. Nxd4 Nxd5 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Ba5 Bc7 19. Bxb6
Bxb6 20. Nf5 Bd4 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Qe4 Qb6 23. Nd5 Qa7 24. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Yevseev,
D (2541)-Dzhakaev,D (2401)/St Petersburg 2001 (43)}) 16... Nxd5 17. Qxd4 Be6
18. Bb1 Rc8 19. Qd3 Nf6 20. Nd4 Bd7 $11 {1-0 Timoscenko,G (2536)-Godena,M 
(2490)/Padova 1999 (81)}) 16. Nxd4 (16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Qb2 Rc5 18. f4 Rxd5 19. Bc4
Rc5 20. Qxd4 Bxe5 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22. fxe5 Rxd2 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Rxf6 Be6 $11)
16... Rc8 17. Qb1 Rc5 18. Bg5 $2 {There are moments, when the white pieces can
become a curse rather than a blessing. The first player believes that since he
began the game he has to push very hard to get something of a plus.} (18. h3
Rxd5 19. Be3 Bd7 20. Rc1 Re8 $11) 18... Rxd5 19. Bxh7+ (19. Be3 Bb8 $17) (19.
Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Ne2 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Qd6+ 22. Kg1 Rxd3 $17) 19... Kh8 20. Nf5 (20.
Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Ne2 Qh4 $19) 20... Nxh7 $6 {It is much easier to be a smart
annotator after the battle armed with the wisdom of a computer assistant. For
some reason both players have clearly misjudged the critical line 20...g6!} (
20... g6 $1 21. Bxg6 (21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Bxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bxg6 Qxg6 $17) 21...
fxg6 22. Nxd6 Rxg5 $17) 21. Bxd8 Bxf5 22. Qc1 Rxd8 23. Rd1 {[%mdl 1024] The
defender has got three pieces for the white queen and a pawn, but his piece
coordination is close to perfection.} (23. h3 Bd3 24. Rd1 Nf6 25. Rfe1 Kg8 $15)
23... Bd3 24. Rfe1 Kg8 25. Qc3 Nf6 26. h3 $6 {Kaidanov had to admit that his
ambitions to get an advantage have failed and look for ways to level the
chances.} (26. g3 $1 Ne4 (26... Bf8 27. Re5 R5d6 28. h4 $11) 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28.
Rxd3 Nc5 29. Rd5 Kf8 $11) 26... Bb8 (26... Ne4 27. Qxd3 (27. Qb2 Be5 28. Qc1 a5
$15) 27... Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Nc5 29. Rdd1 Kf8 $15) 27. Re3 $6 {Another step in the
wrong direction. Frustrated and hard pressed White manages to go under in
record pace.} (27. Re7 Ne4 28. Qe1 Ba7 29. Rxd3 Bxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Nxf2 31. Rxd5
Nxh3+ 32. gxh3 Rxd5 33. Rxb7 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Rd2+ 35. Kg3 Rxa2 36. b4 $15) 27...
Bb5 28. Rxd5 (28. Rb1 Rd2 $17) 28... Nxd5 29. Qd4 Bc7 30. Re1 Nf4 31. Qa1 (31.
Qc5 Bc6 32. Qe7 Ba5 $17) 31... Bb6 (31... Bc6 32. Rd1 Re8 33. Re1 Ne2+ 34. Kh1
Ba5 35. Rd1 Nf4 $17) 32. Rd1 Bd4 33. Qb1 $6 {The last drop of poison, now the
black pieces will dominate the world.} (33. Rxd4 Rxd4 34. Kh2 Ne6 35. Qc3 Bc6
$17) 33... Bd3 $1 (33... Bd3 34. Rxd3 Nxd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Chicago op 21st"]
[Site "Wheeling"]
[Date "2012.05.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hess, Robert L"]
[Black "Ramirez Alvarez, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.06.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Bd2 e6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Nbd7 12. f3 O-O 13. O-O-O Qc8 14. g4 b5
15. g5 Nh5 16. e4 Nb6 17. Kb1 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Be7 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Nd3 Nb6 21. Qc2
Nc4 22. Bc1 Rd8 23. Ng3 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Qf5 25. g4 Qg6 26. f4 Rxd4 27. f5 Qd6 28.
f6 g6 29. fxe7 Rxe7 30. Bf4 Rxf4 31. Qh2 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O a5 8. d3 b5
9. cxb5 cxb5 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. a4 Ba6 13. axb5 Bxb5 14. Ba3 Rfc8 15.
Na4 Qd8 16. Bh3 e6 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. Qd2 Nb4 19. Qe3 d4 20. Nxd4 Rxc5 21. Rxc5
Qxc5 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Nxb5 Qxb5 24. Rc5 Qa6 25. Qc1 Nfd5 26. Bg2 Nc3 27. Bf3 Rc8
28. Qg5 h6 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Qxa5 Nc2 31. Bc5 Ne1 32. Bh1 Nxe2+ 33. Kf1 Nxd3
34. Be3 Qc2 35. Be4 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Ne1+ 37. Kf1 Nc2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Hess, Robert L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc3 Rc8 10. dxc5 Nd5 11. Qc2 Ncb4 12. Qd1 Bxc5 13. e4 Nf6 14. Nc3 Ng4 15.
Qe2 Qb6 16. a3 Bxf2+ 17. Kh1 Nc6 18. e5 Bc5 19. b4 Be7 20. h3 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4
22. Bb2 Ne3 23. Rf4 Qb6 24. Be4 Nc4 25. Raf1 Nxb2 26. Rxf7 Rxc3 27. Qg4 Qe3 28.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 29. Qxg7+ Kd8 30. Qxh8+ Kc7 31. Bg2 Nd3 32. Qf8 Nxe5 33. Rd1 Nd3 34.
Kh2 Rc2 0-1

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hess, Robert L"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8.
Qe2 Qe7 9. Bc2 Bd7 10. Na3 a6 11. Be3 Qe6 12. Nf3 Bxa3 13. bxa3 Bb5 14. Nd4
Bxe2 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Kxe2 Rc8 17. Rab1 b5 18. a4 Nc4 19. axb5 Na3 20. b6 Nxc2
21. b7 Rb8 22. Ba7 Kd7 23. Rb3 Ne4 24. Rc1 Nxc3+ 25. Rxc3 Rxb7 26. Bc5 Nb4 27.
Rb1 Rc8 28. a3 d4 29. Bxd4 e5 30. Rxb4 Rxb4 31. axb4 exd4 32. Rxc8 Kxc8 33. Kd3
Kb7 34. Kxd4 Kc6 35. f4 Kb5 36. Kc3 h5 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Kb6 39. f5 Kc6 40.
Kd4 1-0

