«Chess as profession in USA» - Rashid Ziatdinov

Rashid Ziatdinov is professional chess player who has his own www site: http://members.aol.com/RZiyatdino/HOME.html
He commented three games for us (also available in zipped cbv file).
 

Goldin,A (2717) - Ziatdinov,R (2553) [D37]
Los Angelos (4), 11.04.1998
[Ziatdinov]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 Qa5 10.0-0-0 Bd7 11.Kb1 Be7 12.h4 Rfc8 13.Ng5 Nd8 14.e4 g6 15.e5 Nh5 16.Be3 b5 17.g4

17...Bxa3!? 18.cxb5 [18.gxh5 bxc4 A) 19.hxg6 hxg6 A1) 20.Bc1 Rab8 21.h5 A1a) 21...Rxb2+ 22.Bxb2 Rb8 23.Bxc4 dxc4 24.hxg6 (24.Rxd7 Bxb2 25.Qxb2 Rxb2+ 26.Kxb2 Qb4+ 27.Kc2 Qb3+ 28.Kd2 Qb2++- =/+ 29.Kd1 Qa1+) 24...Bxb2 25.Qxb2 Rxb2+-+; A1b) 21...Bxb2 22.Bxb2; A2) 20.h5 20...Rab8?? (20...Bxb2 -/+) 21.Bc1 Bxb2 22.Bxb2 Nc6 23.hxg6 Rxb2+ 24.Qxb2 fxg6 25.Nxd5 exd5 26.e6 c3 27.exd7 Rb8 28.Qxb8+ Nxb8 29.Rh8+ Kxh8 30.d8Q+ Qxd8 31.Nf7++-; B) 19.bxa3 19...Qxa3 20.Bc1 Rab8+ 21.Bb2 Nc6 22.Kc1 (22.hxg6 hxg6 23.Rd2 d4 24.Rh3 Rxb2+ 25.Qxb2 Rb8 26.Nb5 Qc5 27.Ne4 Qxe5 28.Bxc4 Qxe4+ 29.Bd3 Qd5 30.h5 Ne5 31.hxg6 Nxd3 32.gxf7+ Kxf7 33.Rdxd3 Rxb5 34.Rdf3+ Ke7 35.Rb3 Qe4+ =/+) 22...Qa5 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.h5 Rxb2 25.Qxb2 Rb8 26.h6 Be8 27.h7+ Kh8 28.Qc2 Qa3+ -/+] 18...Bb4 19.Nge4 Bxb5 20.Bxb5 dxe4 21.Bd7 Rxc3 22.bxc3 Bxc3 23.Qa4 Rb8+ 24.Ka2 Rb2+ 25.Ka3 Qxe5 26.gxh5 Qb8 27.Bb5 Nc6 28.hxg6 Qf8+ 0-1

Ziatdinov,R (2553) - Gurevich,D (2620) [B08]
Los Angelos (5), 12.04.1998
[Ziatdinov]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 0-0 6.0-0 c6 7.Bg5 Qc7 8.Qd2 Re8 9.Bh6 Bh8 To play with King who has no move always dangerous 10.Ng5 b5 11.f4 b4?! 12.Nd1 c5 13.e5 Ng4 14.Bxg4 Bxg4 15.Ne3 Bd7 16.f5! Black did not make terrible mistakes, but position almost lost. How it can be? Probably Re8,Bh8 and b4 all together one bigblunder 16...dxe5 17.fxg6 hxg6 18.Rxf7 Qd6 19.Qf2 Bf5 20.Nxf5 gxf5 21.Qxf5 Qxh6 22.Rg7+ And last ro ok from a1 will finish game, this attack remain me style of "Spartak" (soccer team from Moscow) in his best, when last defender ran without stop from goalkeeper and score. 1-0

Ziatdinov,R (2553) - Shabalov,A (2700) [B01]
Toronto (3), 15.05.1998
[Ziatdinov]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.Be2 Nc6 5.d4 0-0-0 6.c4 Qf5 [6...Qa5+ 7.Bd2 Qb6 8.c5 Qxb2 9.Bc3+-] 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Nc3 e6 9.Qa4 Bxf3 [9...Qa5? 10.Qxa5 Nxa5 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Kxe2+-; 9...a6 10.c5 +/-] 10.Bxf3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Rxd4 12.Qxa7 Qe5+ 13.Ne2 Rxc4 [13...Bb4+ 14.Kf1+- Three threats Qb7,Qa8 and Qd4 are desizive] 14.Qxb7+ Kd7 Looks like black is better now, but... 15.Rd1+ Bd6 16.Rxd6+!! Qxd6 17.Qb5+ Rc6 18.0-0 Qc5 Again looks like black solved their problems, but again miricale had happened 19.Rd1+ Nd5 20.Bxd5!! Qxb5 21.Bxc6+ Kxc6 22.Nd4+ Last white piece come in to the game and all become clear 22...Kc5 23.Nxb5 Kxb5 24.Rd7 Rook ending is winning very easily 24...Kc6 25.Rxf7 Rd8 26.g4 Rd2 27.Rxg7 Rxb2 28.Rxh7 Kd6 29.g5 c5 30.g6 Rb8 31.Rh3 Ke7 32.Rf3 Rc8 33.Kf1 c4 34.Rf7+ 1-0