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[Event "New Orleans, USA"][Site "New Orleans, USA"][Date "1920.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Edwin Ziegler Adams"][Black "Carlos Torre Repetto"][ECO "C41"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6

Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 O-O 11. Bg5 c612. c4 cxd5 13. cxd5 Re8 14. Rfe1 a5 15. Re2 Rc8 16. Rae1 Qd717. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qg4 Qb5 19. Qc4 Qd7 20. Qc7 Qb5 21. a4 Qxa422. Re4 Qb5 23. Qxb7 1-0


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[Event "Bled"][Site "Bled SVN"][Date "1931.09.24"][EventDate "1931.08.23"][Round "24"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Alexander Alekhine"][Black "Geza Maroczy"][ECO "D30"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Rc1

h6 8.Bh4 c6 9. Bd3 a6 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. a4 Qa513. Qe2 cxd4 14. exd4 Nb6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. f4 Be818. Ng4 Rxd4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Ne4 Rad822. Nxf6+ Kf8 23. Nh7+ Ke7 24. f5 R8d6 25. b4 Qxb4 26. Qe5 Nd727. Qh8 Rxd3 28. f6+ 1-0


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[Event "Las Palmas"][Site "Las Palmas, Canary Islands ESP"][Date "1996.12.17"][EventDate "1996.12.09"][Round "7"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Viswanathan Anand"][Black "Anatoly Karpov"][ECO "D21"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "72"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 c6 6. axb5 cxb5

7. b3 Bb7 8. bxc4 Bxe4 9. cxb5 Nf6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Ne5 a6 14. Bf3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Rb1 Qb617. Be2 axb5 18. Rxb5 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bd3 Ba6 21. Bxh7+Kxh7 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Rb3 Bxe5 24. Rh3 f6 25. dxe5 Qe726. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Rg3 Ke8 28. Rxg7 Qe6 29. exf6 Nc6 30. Ra1 Kd831. h4 Bb7 32. Rc1 Ba6 33. Ra1 Bb7 34. Rd1 Ba6 35. Qb1 Rxf636. Bg5 { Black lost on time } 1-0


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[Event "Credit Suisse, Biel SUI"][Site "01"][Date "1997.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Viswanathan Anand"][Black "Joel Lautier"][ECO "B01"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5

7.Ne5 e6 8.g4 Bg6 9.h4 Nbd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.h5 Be4 12.Rh3 Bg213.Re3 Nb6 14.Bd3 Nd5 15.f3 Bb4 16.Kf2 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qxc318.Rb1 Qxd4 19.Rxb7 Rd8 20.h6 gxh6 21.Bg6 Ne7 22.Qxd4 Rxd423.Rd3 Rd8 24.Rxd8+ Kxd8 25.Bd3 1-0


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[Event "Casual Game"][Site "Berlin GER"][Date "1852.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Adolf Anderssen"][Black "Jean Dufresne"][ECO "C52"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.O-O

d3 8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qg6 10.Re1 Nge7 11.Ba3 b5 12.Qxb5 Rb8 13.Qa4Bb6 14.Nbd2 Bb7 15.Ne4 Qf5 16.Bxd3 Qh5 17.Nf6+ gxf6 18.exf6Rg8 19.Rad1 Qxf3 20.Rxe7+ Nxe7 21.Qxd7+ Kxd7 22.Bf5+ Ke823.Bd7+ Kf8 24.Bxe7# 1-0


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[Event "London"][Site "London"][Date "1851.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Adolf Anderssen"][Black "Kieseritzky"][ECO "C33"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 b5 5.Bxb5 Nf6 6.Nf3 Qh6

7.d3 Nh5 8.Nh4 Qg5 9.Nf5 c6 10.g4 Nf6 11.Rg1 cxb5 12.h4 Qg613.h5 Qg5 14.Qf3 Ng8 15.Bxf4 Qf6 16.Nc3 Bc5 17.Nd5 Qxb2 18.Bd6Bxg1 {It is from this move that Black's defeat stems. WilhelmSteinitz suggested in 1879 that a better move would be18... Qxa1+; likely moves to follow are 19. Ke2 Qb2 20. Kd2Bxg1.} 19. e5 Qxa1+ 20. Ke2 Na6 21.Nxg7+ Kd8 22.Qf6+ Nxf623.Be7# 1-0


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[Event "Maroczy mem"][Site "Szeged"][Date "1997.11.14"][EventDate "?"][Round "3"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Suat Atalik"][Black "Gyula Sax"][ECO "E37"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "51"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4

7.Qc2 Nc6 8.e3 e5 9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Bc4 Qa5+ 11.b4 Nxb4 12.Qxe4Nc2+ 13.Ke2 Qe1+ 14.Kf3 Nxa1 15.Bb2 O-O 16.Kg3 Kh8 17.dxe5 Be618.Nf3 Qxh1 19.Ng5 g6 20.Nxf7+ Rxf7 21.Bxe6 Rg7 22.Bf7 Rxf723.e6+ Kg8 24.Qd4 Kf8 25.exf7 Kxf7 26.Qd7+ 1-0


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[Event "Zurich Candidates"][Site "Zurich SWI"][Date "1953.09.23"][EventDate "1953.08.30"][Round "14"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Yuri Averbakh"][Black "Alexander Kotov"][ECO "A55"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 Nbd7 4.Nc3 e5 5.e4 Be7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O

c6 8.Qc2 Re8 9.Rd1 Bf8 10.Rb1 a5 11.d5 Nc5 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h3Bd7 14.Rbc1 g6 15.Nd2 Rab8 16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.Qxb3 c5 18.Kh2 Kh819.Qc2 Ng8 20.Bg4 Nh6 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.Qd2 Ng8 23.g4 f5 24.f3Be7 25.Rg1 Rf8 26.Rcf1 Rf7 27.gxf5 gxf5 28.Rg2 f4 29.Bf2 Rf630.Ne2 Qxh3+ 31.Kxh3 Rh6+ 32.Kg4 Nf6+ 33.Kf5 Nd7 34.Rg5 Rf8+35.Kg4 Nf6+ 36.Kf5 Ng8+ 37.Kg4 Nf6+ 38.Kf5 Nxd5+ 39.Kg4 Nf6+40.Kf5 Ng8+ 41.Kg4 Bxg5 42.Kxg5 Rf7 43.Bh4 Rg6+ 44.Kh5 Rfg745.Bg5 Rxg5+ 46.Kh4 Nf6 47.Ng3 Rxg3 48.Qxd6 R3g6 49.Qb8+ Rg80-1


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[Event "Kirovabad sf ch-URS"][Site "Kirovabad sf ch-URS"][Date "1973.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Vladimir Bagirov"][Black "Eduard Gufeld"][ECO "E83"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nf6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2

Rb8 8.Qd2 a6 9.Bh6 b5 10.h4 e5 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.h5 Kh8 13.Nd5bxc4 14.hxg6 fxg6 15.Qh6 Nh5 16.g4 Rxb2 17.gxh5 g5 18.Rg1 g419.O-O-O Rxa2 20.Nef4 exf4 21.Nxf4 Rxf4 22.Qxf4 c3 23.Bc4 Ra324.fxg4 Nb4 25.Kb1 Be6 26.Bxe6 Nd3 27.Qf7 Qb8+ 28.Bb3 Rxb3+29.Kc2 Nb4+ 30.Kxb3 Nd5+ 31.Kc2 Qb2+ 32.Kd3 Qb5+ 0-1


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[Event "02, Wijk aan Zee"][Site "02, Wijk aan Zee"][Date "1985.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Alexander Beliavsky"][Black "John Nunn"][ECO "E81"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Qd2

c5 8.d5 Ne5 9.h3 Nh5 10.Bf2 f5 11.exf5 Rxf5 12.g4 Rxf3 13.gxh5Qf8 14.Ne4 Bh6 15.Qc2 Qf4 16.Ne2 Rxf2 17.Nxf2 Nf3+ 18.Kd1 Qh419.Nd3 Bf5 20.Nec1 Nd2 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Bg2 Nxc4 23.Qf2 Ne3+24.Ke2 Qc4 25.Bf3 Rf8 26.Rg1 Nc2 27.Kd1 Bxd3 0-1


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[Event "Moscow"][Site "?"][Date "1914.02.04"][EventDate "?"][Round "1"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Ossip Bernstein"][Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"][ECO "D63"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7

7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qa4 Bb7 10. Ba6 Bxa6 11. Qxa6 c512. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. O-O Qb6 15. Qe2 c4 16. Rfd1Rfd8 17. Nd4 Bb4 18. b3 Rac8 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. Rc2 Bxc321. Rxc3 Nd5 22. Rc2 c3 23. Rdc1 Rc5 24. Nb3 Rc6 25. Nd4 Rc726. Nb5 Rc5 27. Nxc3 Nxc3 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Qb2 0-1


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[Event "AVRO"][Site "The Netherlands"][Date "1938.11.22"][EventDate "1938.11.06"][Round "11"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Mikhail Botvinnik"][Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"][ECO "E40"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5

exd5 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Ne2 b6 10.O-O Ba6 11.Bxa6 Nxa6 12.Bb2 Qd713.a4 Rfe8 14.Qd3 c4 15.Qc2 Nb8 16.Rae1 Nc6 17.Ng3 Na5 18.f3Nb3 19.e4 Qxa4 20.e5 Nd7 21.Qf2 g6 22.f4 f5 23.exf6 Nxf6 24.f5Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Re8 26.Re6 Rxe6 27.fxe6 Kg7 28.Qf4 Qe8 29.Qe5 Qe730.Ba3 Qxa3 31.Nh5+ gxh5 32.Qg5+ Kf8 33.Qxf6+ Kg8 34.e7 Qc1+35.Kf2 Qc2+ 36.Kg3 Qd3+ 37.Kh4 Qe4+ 38.Kxh5 Qe2+ 39.Kh4 Qe4+40.g4 Qe1+ 41.Kh5 1-0


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[Event "match"][Site "Ch World , Moscow (Russia) (14)"][Date "1954.04.15"][EventDate "?"][Round "14"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Mikhail Botvinnik"][Black "Vasily Smyslov"][ECO "E67"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O

e5 8.e4 c6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.h3 exd4 12.Na4 Qa6 13.hxg4b5 14.Nxd4 bxa4 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.e5 Qxc4 17.Bxa8 Nxe5 18.Rc1Qb4 19.a3 Qxb2 20.Qxa4 Bb7 21.Rb1 Nf3+ 22.Kh1 Bxa8 23.Rxb2Nxg5 24.Kh2 Nf3+ 25.Kh3 Bxb2 26.Qxa7 Be4 27.a4 Kg7 28.Rd1 Be529.Qe7 Rc8 30.a5 Rc2 31.Kg2 Nd4 32.Kf1 Bf3 33.Rb1 Nc6 0-1


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[Event "Russia"][Site "Match, Moscow (6)"][Date "1960.03.26"][EventDate "?"][Round "6"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Mikhail Botvinnik"][Black "Mikhail Tal"][ECO "E69"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "93"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O

e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3 Qb6 10.d5 cxd5 11.cxd5 Nc5 12.Ne1 Bd7 13.Nd3Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Rfc8 15.Rb1 Nh5 16.Be3 Qb4 17.Qe2 Rc4 18.Rfc1Rac8 19.Kh2 f5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Ra1 Nf4 22.gxf4 exf4 23.Bd2Qxb2 24.Rab1 f3 25.Rxb2 fxe2 26.Rb3 Rd4 27.Be1 Be5+ 28.Kg1 Bf429.Nxe2 Rxc1 30.Nxd4 Rxe1+ 31.Bf1 Be4 32.Ne2 Be5 33.f4 Bf634.Rxb7 Bxd5 35.Rc7 Bxa2 36.Rxa7 Bc4 37.Ra8+ Kf7 38.Ra7+ Ke639.Ra3 d5 40.Kf2 Bh4+ 41.Kg2 Kd6 42.Ng3 Bxg3 43.Bxc4 dxc444.Kxg3 Kd5 45.Ra7 c3 46.Rc7 Kd4 47.Rd7+ 0-1


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[Event "Gothenburg Interzonal"][Site "Gothenburg SWE"][Date "1955.08.25"][EventDate "1955.08.15"][Round "7"]

[Result "1-0"][White "David Bronstein"][Black "Paul Keres"][ECO "E41"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 b6 6. Ne2 Bb7

7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 O-O 9. d5 h6 10. Bc2 Na6 11. Nb5 exd512. a3 Be7 13. Ng3 dxc4 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qd2 Nh7 16. Qxh6 f517. Nxf5 Rxf5 18. Bxf5 Nf8 19. Rad1 Bg5 20. Qh5 Qf6 21. Nd6Bc6 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Be4 Bh6 24. Bxc6 dxc6 25. Qxc4 Nc5 26. b4Nce6 27. Qxc6 Rb8 28. Ne4 Qg6 29. Rd6 Bg7 30. f4 Qg4 31. h3Qe2 32. Ng3 Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Nd4 34. Qd5 Re8 35. Nh5 Ne2 36. Nxg7Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Nxf4 38. Qf3 Ne2 39. Rh6+ 1-0


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[Event "Third Rosenwald Trophy"][Site "New York USA"][Date "1956.10.17"][EventDate "1956.10.07"][Round "8"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Donald Byrne"][Black "Robert James Fischer"][ECO "D92"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "82"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bf4 d5 6. Qb3 dxc4

7. Qxc4 c6 8. e4 Nbd7 9. Rd1 Nb6 10. Qc5 Bg4 11. Bg5 {11. Be2followed by 12 O-O would have been more prudent. The bishopmove played allows a sudden crescendo of tactical points to beuncovered by Fischer. -- Wade} Na4 {!} 12. Qa3 {On 12. Nxa4Nxe4 and White faces considerable difficulties.} Nxc3 {Atfirst glance, one might think that this move only helps Whitecreate a stronger pawn center; however, Fischer's plan isquite the opposite. By eliminating the Knight on c3, itbecomes possible to sacrifice the exchange via Nxe4 and smashWhite's center, while the King remains trapped in the center.}

13. bxc3 Nxe4 {The natural continuation of Black's plan.}14. Bxe7 Qb6 15. Bc4 Nxc3 16. Bc5 Rfe8+ 17. Kf1 Be6 {!! Ifthis is the game of the century, then 17...Be6!! must be thecounter of the century. Fischer offers his queen in exchangefor a fierce attack with his minor pieces. Declining thisoffer is not so easy: 18. Bxe6 leads to a 'Philidor Mate'(smothered mate) with ...Qb5+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Ng3+21. Kg1 Qf1+ 22. Rxf1 Ne2#. Other ways to decline the queenalso run into trouble: e.g., 18. Qxc3 Qxc5} 18. Bxb6 Bxc4+

19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Nxd4+ {This tactical scenario, where aking is repeatedly revealed to checks, is sometimes called a"windmill."} 21. Kg1 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Nc3+ 23. Kg1 axb6 24. Qb4Ra4 25. Qxb6 Nxd1 26. h3 Rxa2 27. Kh2 Nxf2 28. Re1 Rxe129. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Nxe1 Bd5 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Qb8 b5 {Every pieceand pawn of the black camp is defended. The white queen hasnothing to do.} 33. h4 h5 34. Ne5 Kg7 35. Kg1 Bc5+ 36. Kf1Ng3+ {Now Byrne is hopelessly entangled in Fischer's matingnet.} 37. Ke1 Bb4+ 38. Kd1 Bb3+ 39. Kc1 Ne2+ 40. Kb1 Nc3+


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[Event "US Championship 1963/64"][Site "New York City, NY USA"][Date "1963.12.18"][EventDate "1963.??.??"][Round "3"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Robert Eugene Byrne"][Black "Robert James Fischer"][ECO "E60"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "42"]

1. d4 {Notes from various sources.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6

4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 {5.Qb3 maintains more tension. -- Fischer}cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. b3 {It'shard for either side to introduce an imbalance into thisessentially symmetrical variation. Deadeye equality alsoensues afer 10.Nf4 e6 11.b3 Ba6 12.Re1 Rc8 13.Ba3 Re8 14.Rc1(Stahlberg-Flohr, Kemeri 1937) -- Fischer} Ba6 11. Ba3 {AfterWhite's 11th move I should adjudicate his position as slightlysuperior, and at worst completely safe. To turn this into amating position in eleven more moves is more witchcraft thanchess! Quite honestly, I do not see the man who can stop Bobby

at this time. -- K.F. Kirby, South African Chess Quarterly}Re8 12. Qd2 e5 {! I was a bit worried about weakening my QP,but felt that the tremendous activity obtained by my minorpieces would permit White no time to exploit it. 12...e6 wouldprobably lead to a draw. -- Fischer} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rfd1{"Add another to those melancholy case histories entitled: TheWrong Rook." -- Fischer ~ "This is very much a case of 'thewrong rook'. One can understand Byrne's desire to break thepin on the e2-knight, but this turns out to be less important

than other considerations. Fischer spends a lot of time andenergy analysing the superior 14. Rad1!, but still comes tothe conclusion that Black can keep the advantage." -- JohnNunn} Nd3 {Now it's all systems go for the Fischer rocket. --Robert Wade} 15. Qc2 {There is hardly any other defense to thethreat of ...Ne4. -- Fischer} Nxf2 {! The key to Black'sprevious play. The complete justification for this sac doesnot become apparent until White resigns! -- Fischer} 16. Kxf2Ng4+ 17. Kg1 Nxe3 18. Qd2 {Byrne: As I sat pondering why


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Fischer would choose such a line, because it was so obviouslylost for Black, there suddenly comes...} Nxg2 {!! Thisdazzling move came as the shocker... the culminatingcombination is of such depth that, even at the very moment atwhich I resigned, both grandmasters who were commenting on the

play for the spectators in a separate room believed I had awon game! -- Robert Byrne} 19. Kxg2 d4 {!} 20. Nxd4 Bb7+ {TheKing is at Black's mercy. -- Fischer} 21. Kf1 {In a room setaside for commentaries on the games in progress, twograndmasters were stating, for the benefit of the spectators,that Byrne had a won game. Byrne's reply to Fischer's nextmove must have been jaw dropping! -- Wade} Qd7 {And Whiteresigns. Fischer writes: "A bitter disappointment. I'd hopedfor 22.Qf2 Qh3+ 23.Kg1 Re1+!! 24.Rxe1 Bxd4 with mate to follow

shortly."} 0-1


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[Event "New York"][Site "New York, NY USA"][Date "1918.10.23"][EventDate "1918.10.23"][Round "1"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Jose Raul Capablanca"][Black "Frank James Marshall"][ECO "C89"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "71"]

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 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Nf6 12.Re1 Bd613.h3 Ng4 14.Qf3 Qh4 15.d4 Nxf2 16.Re2 Bg4 17.hxg4 Bh2+ 18.Kf1Bg3 19.Rxf2 Qh1+ 20.Ke2 Bxf2 21.Bd2 Bh4 22.Qh3 Rae8+ 23.Kd3Qf1+ 24.Kc2 Bf2 25.Qf3 Qg1 26.Bd5 c5 27.dxc5 Bxc5 28.b4 Bd629.a4 a5 30.axb5 axb4 31.Ra6 bxc3 32.Nxc3 Bb4 33.b6 Bxc334.Bxc3 h6 35.b7 Re3 36.Bxf7+ 1-0


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[Event "New York"][Site "New York City, NY USA"][Date "1927.03.09"][EventDate "1927.02.19"][Round "13"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Jose Raul Capablanca"][Black "Rudolf Spielmann"][ECO "D37"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "51"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nd7 4. Nc3 Ngf6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. cxd5

exd5 7. Qa4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 O-O 9. e3 c5 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 Qe712. O-O a6 13. Rfe1 Qe6 14. Nd2 b5 15. Qa5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe417. a4 Qd5 18. axb5 Qxg5 19. Bxe4 Rb8 20. bxa6 Rb5 21. Qc7 Nb622. a7 Bh3 23. Reb1 Rxb1+ 24. Rxb1 f5 25. Bf3 f4 26. exf4 1-0


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[Result "1-0"][White "Jose Raul Capablanca"][Black "Savielly Tartakower"][ECO "A80"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "104"]

1. d4 {Notes by Alekhine and Reti.} e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7

5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O Qe8 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bxe7Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxe7 12. a4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. Rfb1 Rae815. Qh3 Rf6 16. f4 Na5 17. Qf3 d6 18. Re1 Qd7 19. e4 fxe4 20. Qxe4g6 21. g3 Kf8 22. Kg2 Rf7 23. h4 d5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Qxe8+ Qxe826. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. h5 {! This is the calamity--the Rook now enters thehostile camp. -- Alekhine} Rf6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Rh1 {Whiteplays logically to utilize his advantage on the K-side andvery properly does not concern himself with the weakness ofthe Q-side. Black, on the other hand, makes a defensive movewhich he could perhaps have omitted. -- Reti} Kf8 30. Rh7 Rc6

31. g4 {Anxious nature might have moved the King towards thequeenside, but Capablanca adheres to the principle ofaggression that governs rook endings. -- Reti} Nc4 32. g5 {Hegives his opponent the opportunity of winning a pawn. ButCapablanca has confidence in the passed pawn which heobtains. -- Reti} Ne3+ 33. Kf3 Nf5 34. Bxf5 {Simple andcompelling. -- Alekhine} gxf5 35. Kg3 {Decisive! Whitesacrifices material in order to obtain the classical positionwith King on f6, pawn on g6, and Rook on h7, whereupon the

black pawns tumble like ripe apples. -- Alekhine} Rxc3+ {It isextremely instructive to see how Capablanca is no longer inthe least concerned about material equality, but thinks onlyof supporting his passed pawn. -- Reti} 36. Kh4 Rf3 37. g6Rxf4+ 38. Kg5 Re4 39. Kf6 {It is a frequently availablefinesse in such positions not to capture hostile pawns, but topass them by in order to be protected in the rear againstchecks by the rook. -- Reti} Kg8 40. Rg7+ Kh8 41. Rxc7 Re842. Kxf5 {Again the simplest. Kf7 would not yet have been


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disastrous because of Rd8, etc. -- Alekhine} Re4 43. Kf6 Rf4+44. Ke5 Rg4 45. g7+ Kg8 {After exchanging rooks, White wouldwin still more easily. -- Alekhine} 46. Rxa7 Rg1 47. Kxd5 Rc148. Kd6 Rc2 49. d5 Rc1 50. Rc7 Ra1 51. Kc6 Rxa4 52. d6{Capablanca's management of the endgame gives the impression

of being so natural that one easily forgets the difficulty ofsuch precise play. The difficulty is chiefly psychological. Inchess, as in life, one is so accustomed to place value on thematerial factors that it is not easy to conceive the idea ofindulging in pawn sacrifices when there is so little availablematerial. --Reti} 1-0


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[Event "Wik aan Zee Open"][Site "Holland"][Date "1995.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Roberto Cifuentes Parada"][Black "Vadim Zvjaginsev"][ECO "D45"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Be2

Bb7 8.O-O Be7 9.Rd1 O-O 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Qc7 12.Nc3 c5 13.d5exd5 14.cxd5 a6 15.Nh4 g6 16.Bh6 Rfe8 17.Qd2 Bd6 18.g3 b519.Bf3 b4 20.Ne2 Ne4 21.Qc2 Ndf6 22.Ng2 Qd7 23.Ne3 Rad8 24.Bg2Nxf2 25.Kxf2 Rxe3 26.Bxe3 Ng4+ 27.Kf3 Nxh2+ 28.Kf2 Ng4+ 29.Kf3Qe6 30.Bf4 Re8 31.Qc4 Qe3+ 32.Bxe3 Rxe3+ 33.Kxg4 Bc8+ 34.Kg5h6+ 35.Kxh6 Re5 0-1


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[Event "corr-5"][Site "corr-5"][Date "1965.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Yakov Estrin"][Black "Hans Berliner"][ECO "C57"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 b5 6.Bf1 Nd4 7.c3

Nxd5 8.Ne4 Qh4 9.Ng3 Bg4 10.f3 e4 11.cxd4 Bd6 12.Bxb5+ Kd813.O-O exf3 14.Rxf3 Rb8 15.Be2 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Qxd4+ 17.Kh1 Bxg318.hxg3 Rb6 19.d3 Ne3 20.Bxe3 Qxe3 21.Bg4 h5 22.Bh3 g5 23.Nd2g4 24.Nc4 Qxg3 25.Nxb6 gxh3 26.Qf3 hxg2+ 27.Qxg2 Qxg2+ 28.Kxg2cxb6 29.Rf1 Ke7 30.Re1+ Kd6 31.Rf1 Rc8 32.Rxf7 Rc7 33.Rf2 Ke534.a4 Kd4 35.a5 Kxd3 36.Rf3+ Kc2 37.b4 b5 38.a6 Rc4 39.Rf7Rxb4 40.Rb7 Rg4+ 41.Kf3 b4 42.Rxa7 b3 0-1


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[Event "NLD 3940 m (Amsterdam) ;MAINB"][Site "NLD 3940 m (Amsterdam) ;MAINB"][Date "1940.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "09"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Max Euwe"][Black "Paul Keres"][ECO "E19"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O

7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 d6 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ne1 Qc812. e4 Nd7 13. d5 fxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qe2 Bf6 16. Bh3 Re817. Be3 Qd8 18. Bxc5 exd5 19. Be6+ Kh8 20. Rd1 dxc5 21. Ng2 d422. f4 d3 23. Rxd3 Qxd3 24. Qxd3 Bd4+ 25. Rf2 Rxe6 26. Kf1Rae8 27. f5 Re5 28. f6 gxf6 29. Rd2 Bc8 30. Nf4 Re3 31. Qb1Rf3+ 32. Kg2 Rxf4 33. gxf4 Rg8+ 34. Kf3 Bg4+ 0-1


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[Result "1-0"][White "Max Euwe"][Black "Miguel Najdorf"][ECO "E60"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "73"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 e5

7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. d6 Nc6 10. e3 b6 11. Bd5 Kh8 12. Ne4Qd8 13. h4 f5 14. Ng5 Bb7 15. g4 e4 16. Ne2 Bxb2 17. Nf4 Qf618. gxf5 Bxa1 19. Nxg6+ Kg7 20. Nxe4 Bc3+ 21. Kf1 Qxf5 22. Nf4Kh8 23. Nxc3 Rae8 24. Nce2 Rg8 25. h5 Rg5 26. Ng3 Rxg327. fxg3 Rxe3 28. Kf2 Re8 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 Kg7 31. Qe8Qc2+ 32. Kg1 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qc2+ 34. Ng2 Qf5 35. Qg8+ Kf636. Qh8+ Kg5 37. Qg7+ 1-0


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[Event "Fischer-Larsen Candidates Match"][Site "Denver, USA"][Date "1971.07.06"][EventDate "1971.??.??"][Round "1"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Robert James Fischer"][Black "Bent Larsen"][ECO "C19"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5

7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3 Bd7 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O c4 11. Be2 f6 12. Re1Ng6 13. Ba3 fxe5 14. dxe5 Ncxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qd4 Ng617. Bh5 Kf7 18. f4 Rhe8 19. f5 exf5 20. Qxd5+ Kf6 21. Bf3 Ne522. Qd4 Kg6 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxd7 Rad8 25. Qxb7 Qe3+ 26. Kf1Rd2 27. Qc6+ Re6 28. Bc5 Rf2+ 29. Kg1 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qd2+31. Kh1 Rxc6 32. Bxc6 Qxc3 33. Rg1+ Kf6 34. Bxa7 g5 35. Bb6Qxc2 36. a5 Qb2 37. Bd8+ Ke6 38. a6 Qa3 39. Bb7 Qc5 40. Rb1 c341. Bb6 1-0


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[Event "Buenos Aires"][Site "Buenos Aires ARG"][Date "1970.??.??"][EventDate "1970.??.??"][Round "?"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Robert James Fischer"][Black "Oscar Panno"][ECO "A07"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "71"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7

7. Re1 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Bd7 12. Nc3Rc8 13. Bf4 Na5 14. Rc1 b5 15. b3 b4 16. Ne2 Bb5 17. Qd2 Nac618. g4 a5 19. Ng3 Qb6 20. h4 Nb8 21. Bh6 Nd7 22. Qg5 Rxc123. Rxc1 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. h5 Qd8 27. Ng5Nf8 28. Be4 Qe7 29. Nxh7 Nxh7 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Bxg6 Ng532. Nh5 Nf3+ 33. Kg2 Nh4+ 34. Kg3 Nxg6 35. Nf6+ Kf7 36. Qh7+1-0


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[Event "Fischer-Petrosian Candidates Match"][Site "Buenos Aires ARG"][Date "1971.10.19"][EventDate "1971.09.30"][Round "7"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Robert James Fischer"][Black "Petrosian"][ECO "B42"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6

bxc6 7. O-O d5 8. c4 Nf6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Nc3Be7 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Re1 Qxa4 14. Nxa4 Be6 15. Be3 O-O 16. Bc5Rfe8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. b4 Kf8 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. f3 Rea7 21. Re5Bd7 22. Nxd7+ Rxd7 23. Rc1 Rd6 24. Rc7 Nd7 25. Re2 g6 26. Kf2h5 27. f4 h4 28. Kf3 f5 29. Ke3 d4+ 30. Kd2 Nb6 31. Ree7 Nd532. Rf7+ Ke8 33. Rb7 Nxf4 34. Bc4 1-0


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[Event "Reykjavik WCh"][Site "Reykjavik WCh"][Date "1972.07.23"][EventDate "?"][Round "6"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Robert James Fischer"][Black "Boris Spassky"][ECO "D59"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "81"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6

7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be612. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Bb5 a6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. O-O Ra717. Be2 Nd7 18. Nd4 Qf8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. e4 d4 21. f4 Qe722. e5 Rb8 23. Bc4 Kh8 24. Qh3 Nf8 25. b3 a5 26. f5 exf527. Rxf5 Nh7 28. Rcf1 Qd8 29. Qg3 Re7 30. h4 Rbb7 31. e6 Rbc732. Qe5 Qe8 33. a4 Qd8 34. R1f2 Qe8 35. R2f3 Qd8 36. Bd3 Qe837. Qe4 Nf6 38. Rxf6 gxf6 39. Rxf6 Kg8 40. Bc4 Kh8 41. Qf4 1-0


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[Event "Leipzig Olympiad Final"][Site "-"][Date "1960.11.01"][EventDate "?"][Round "5"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"][White "Robert James Fischer"][Black "Mikhail Tal"][ECO "C18"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "42"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4

7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Qc712. Bb5 Bd7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Bg5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxb5 16. Nxf7Bxf1 17. Nxd8 Rxg5 18. Nxe6 Rxg2+ 19. Kh1 Qe5 20. Rxf1 Qxe621. Kxg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2


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[Event "Linares"][Site "Linares"][Date "1993.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "5"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Boris Gelfand"][Black "Viswanathan Anand"][ECO "D20"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 c5 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bf4 Qa5 7.e5 Ne4

8.Ne2 Na6 9.f3 Nb4 10.fxe4 Nd3+ 11.Kd2 g6 12.b3 Bg7 13.bxc4Nxf4 14.Nxf4 Bxe5 15.Ne2 b4 16.Qa4+ Qxa4 17.Nxa4 Bxa1 18.Nxc5O-O 19.Nd3 a5 20.g3 Bg7 21.Bg2 Ba6 22.c5 Rac8 23.c6 Rfd824.Rc1 Bh6+ 25.Nef4 Bxd3 26.Kxd3 e5 27.Kc4 exf4 28.Re1 fxg329.e5 Bf4 30.hxg3 Bxg3 31.Re3 Bf4 32.Re4 Bh2 33.Bh3 Rc7 34.Re2Bg3 35.Re3 Bf4 36.Re4 g5 37.Kc5 Re7 38.Kd4 f6 39.d6 Bxe5+40.Rxe5 Rxd6+ 0-1


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[Event "Israel"][Site "Israel"][Date "2001.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "-"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Boris Gelfand"][Black "Boris Kantsler"][ECO "E98"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5

7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Ne8 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2h5 13. c5 g5 14. a4 Ng6 15. a5 Rf7 16. cxd6 Nxd6 17. Nd3 Bf618. Nc5 Nf8 19. Nb5 Rg7 20. a6 bxa6 21. Nxa6 g4 22. Nxa7 g323. Bc5 Bh3 24. gxh3 Qd7 25. Bd3 Qxh3 26. Qe2 Ng6 27. Qg2 Qd728. Nxc7 Nh4 29. Qe2 Qh3 30. Ne6 Ng2 31. Rfc1 Qxh2+ 32. Kf1Qh1+ 33. Bg1 Nh4 34. Nxg7 Nxf3 0-1


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[Event "Memorial, Rubinstein"][Site "Polanica Zdroj"][Date "1998.08.20"][EventDate "?"][Round "4"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Boris Gelfand"][Black "Alexey Shirov"][ECO "D85"][WhiteElo "2675"][BlackElo "2720"][PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3

7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-OBg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 a5 15.Rxb7 g5 16.Bg3 a4 17.h4 a3 18.hxg5hxg5 19.Rc7 Na6 20.Rxe7 Qb2 21.Bc4 Qb4 22.Bxf7+ Kh8 23.Rd7Bxd7 24.Nxg5 Qb6 25.Be6 Qxe6 26.Nxe6 Bxe6 27.Be5 Rf7 28.Qh5+Kg8 29.Qg6 Bd7 30.Bxg7 Rxg7 31.Qd6 Kh7 32.Qxa3 Nc7 33.Qe3 Ne634.d5 Ng5 35.f4 Nh3+ 36.Kh1 Ra2 37.f5 Ng5 38.f6 Rg6 39.f7 1-0


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[Result "0-1"][White "Efim Geller"][Black "Max Euwe"][ECO "E26"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "52"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6

7. Bd3 Bb7 8. f3 Nc6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. e4 Ne8 12. Ng3cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. f4 Nxc4 15. f5 f6 16. Rf4 b5 17. Rh4 Qb618. e5 Nxe5 19. fxe6 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxe6 21. Qxh7+ Kf7 22. Bh6Rh8 23. Qxh8 Rc2 24. Rc1 Rxg2+ 25. Kf1 Qb3 26. Ke1 Qf3 0-1


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[Event "Geller-Smyslov Candidates Quarterfinal Match"][Site "Moscow RUS"][Date "1965.04.??"][EventDate "1965.04.??"][Round "5"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Efim Geller"][Black "Vasily Smyslov"][ECO "D87"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7

7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Rc1 Rd8 12.f4 e613.Kh1 b6 14.f5 Na5 15.Bd3 exf5 16.exf5 Bb7 17.Qd2 Re8 18.Ng3Qc6 19.Rf2 Rad8 20.Bh6 Bh8 21.Qf4 Rd7 22.Ne4 c4 23.Bc2 Rde724.Rcf1 Rxe4 25.fxg6 f6 26.Qg5 Qd7 27.Kg1 Bg7 28.Rxf6 Rg429.gxh7+ Kh8 30.Bxg7+ Qxg7 31.Qxg4 1-0


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[Event "Karlsbad"][Site "Karlsbad CZE"][Date "1923.04.29"][EventDate "1923.04.28"][Round "2"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Ernst Gruenfeld"][Black "Alexander Alekhine"][ECO "D64"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "68"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O

7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2 a6 9. a3 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4b5 13. Ba2 c5 14. Rd1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Bb1 Bb7 17. O-ORac8 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qc2 g6 21. Qe2 Nc4 22. Be4Bg7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Rc1 e5 25. Nb3 e4 26. Nd4 Red8 27. Rfd1Ne5 28. Na2 Nd3 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. f3 Rxd4 31. fxe4 Nf432. exf4 Qc4 33. Qxc4 Rxd1+ 34. Qf1 Bd4+ 0-1


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[Event "Student Olympiad, Marianske Lazne"][Site "?"][Date "1962.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Eduard Gufeld"][Black "Lubomir Kavalek"][ECO "C64"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 f5 5. d4 fxe4 6. Ng5 Bb6

7. d5 e3 8. Ne4 Qh4 9. Qf3 Nf6 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. dxc6 exf2+12. Kd1 dxc6 13. Be2 Be6 14. Qh5+ Qxh5 15. Bxh5+ Ke7 16. b3Bd5 17. Ba3+ Ke6 18. Bg4+ f5 19. Bh3 Rhg8 20. Nd2 Bxg221. Bxg2 Rxg2 22. Rf1 Rd8 23. Ke2 Rxd2+ 24. Kxd2 e4 25. Bf8 f426. b4 Rg5 27. Bc5 Rxc5 28. bxc5 Bxc5 29. Rab1 f3 30. Rb4 Kf531. Rd4 Bxd4 32. cxd4 Kf4 0-1


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[Event "It (cat.19)"][Site "Dos Hermanas (Spain)"][Date "1996.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "8"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Vassily Ivanchuk"][Black "Vladimir Kramnik"][ECO "B62"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "64"]

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 h6 9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Qe3 Qc7 13.e5dxe5 14.Bxe5 Ng4 15.Qf3 Nxe5 16.Qxa8 Nd7 17.g3 Nb6 18.Qf3 Bb719.Ne4 f5 20.Qh5+ Kf8 21.Nf2 Bf6 22.Bd3 Na4 23.Rhe1 Bxb2+24.Kb1 Bd5 25.Bxb5 Bxa2+ 26.Kxa2 axb5 27.Kb1 Qa5 28.Nd3 Ba329.Ka2 Nc3+ 30.Kb3 Nd5 31.Ka2 Bb4 32.Kb1 Bc3 0-1


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[Event "Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens"][Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"][Date "1996.01.16"][EventDate "1996.01.13"][Round "3"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Vassily Ivanchuk"][Black "Alexey Shirov"][ECO "D44"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6

8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5Qb6 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Na4 Qb5 17.a3 exd5 18.axb4 cxb419.Be3 Nc5 20.Qg4+ Rd7 21.Qg7 Bxg7 22.fxg7 Rg8 23.Nxc5 d424.Bxb7+ Rxb7 25.Nxb7 Qb6 26.Bxd4 Qxd4 27.Rfd1 Qxb2 28.Nd6+Kb8 29.Rdb1 Qxg7 30.Rxb4+ Kc7 31.Ra6 Rb8 32.Rxa7+ Kxd6 33.Rxb8Qg4 34.Rd8+ Kc6 35.Ra1 1-0


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[Event "Brussel"][Site "Brussel"][Date "1991.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "9"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Vassily Ivanchuk"][Black "Artur Yusupov"][ECO "E67"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "78"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d4 Nd7 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Nf3 Ngf6 7.O-O

O-O 8.Qc2 Re8 9.Rd1 c6 10.b3 Qe7 11.Ba3 e4 12.Ng5 e3 13.f4 Nf814.b4 Bf5 15.Qb3 h6 16.Nf3 Ng4 17.b5 g5 18.bxc6 bxc6 19.Ne5gxf4 20.Nxc6 Qg5 21.Bxd6 Ng6 22.Nd5 Qh5 23.h4 Nxh4 24.gxh4Qxh4 25.Nde7+ Kh8 26.Nxf5 Qh2+ 27.Kf1 Re6 28.Qb7 Rg6 29.Qxa8+Kh7 30.Qg8+ Kxg8 31.Nce7+ Kh7 32.Nxg6 fxg6 33.Nxg7 Nf2 34.Bxf4Qxf4 35.Ne6 Qh2 36.Rdb1 Nh3 37.Rb7+ Kg8 38.Rb8+ Qxb8 39.Bxh3Qg3 0-1


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[Event "Dresden"][Site "Dresden DEU"][Date "1926.04.05"][EventDate "1926.04.04"][Round "2"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Paul F Johner"][Black "Aron Nimzowitsch"][ECO "E47"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "80"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6

7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 b6 10. Nb3 e5 11. f4 e4 12. Be2Qd7 13. h3 Ne7 14. Qe1 h5 15. Bd2 Qf5 16. Kh2 Qh7 17. a4 Nf518. g3 a5 19. Rg1 Nh6 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. Bc1 Rac8 22. d5 Kh823. Nd2 Rg8 24. Bg2 g5 25. Nf1 Rg7 26. Ra2 Nf5 27. Bh1 Rcg828. Qd1 gxf4 29. exf4 Bc8 30. Qb3 Ba6 31. Re2 Nh4 32. Re3 Bc833. Qc2 Bxh3 34. Bxe4 Bf5 35. Bxf5 Nxf5 36. Re2 h4 37. Rgg2hxg3+ 38. Kg1 Qh3 39. Ne3 Nh4 40. Kf1 Re8 0-1


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[Event "Ch World (team)"][Site "Lucerne (Switzerland)"][Date "1993.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "6"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Gata Kamsky"][Black "Alexey Shirov"][ECO "D44"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5

7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb712. g3 c5 13. d5 Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Qd2 Qxf6 16. O-O-O Kf817. f4 Nb6 18. Bg2 exd5 19. Qf2 Rc8 20. Nxb5 Na4 21. Qc2 Qa622. Na3 c3 23. Bxd5 Nxb2 24. Qf5 Rf6 25. Qh7 Qxa3 26. Qh8+ Ke727. Rhe1+ Kd7 28. Qh3+ Kd6 29. Bxb7+ Nxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Qxa231. Qg2 Qb1+ 0-1


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[Event "USSR Championship"][Site "Moscow URS"][Date "1976.12.07"][EventDate "1976.11.27"][Round "8"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Anatoly Karpov"][Black "Josif D Dorfman"][ECO "B81"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 Be7

7. g5 Nfd7 8. h4 Nc6 9. Be3 a6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O-O b512. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Bd4 b4 14. Nd5 exd5 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. exd5Qc7 17. Bf6 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. f4 Bf5 20. Bh3 Bxh3 21. Rxh3Rc8 22. fxe5 Qc4 23. Rdd3 Qf4+ 24. Kb1 Rc4 25. d6 Re4 26. Rhe3Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Qxh4 28. Qf3 Qxg5 29. Re1 Qg2 30. Qf5 Rg631. Rf1 Qd5 32. dxe7 Kxe7 33. Qf4 a5 34. Qh4+ Ke8 35. Qxh7 Qf336. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qh4+ Ke8 38. Qc4 Qb7 39. b3 Re6 40. Rg1 Rxe541. Rg8+ Ke7 42. Qh4+ Kd7 43. Qf6 Re7 44. Qf5+ Kd6 45. Qxa5Re5 46. Qd8+ Ke6 47. Kb2 f6 48. Rf8 Qg7 49. Qc8+ Kd5 50. Qc4+1-0


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[Event "Moscow-Wch I Unzicker,W"][Site "Moscow-Wch I Unzicker,W"][Date "1984.10.05"][EventDate "?"][Round "9"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Anatoly Karpov"][Black "Garry Kasparov"][ECO "D34"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "139"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O

O-O 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qb3 Na513.Qc2 Bg4 14.Nf5 Rc8 15.Bd4 Bc5 16.Bxc5 Rxc5 17.Ne3 Be618.Rad1 Qc8 19.Qa4 Rd8 20.Rd3 a6 21.Rfd1 Nc4 22.Nxc4 Rxc423.Qa5 Rc5 24.Qb6 Rd7 25.Rd4 Qc7 26.Qxc7 Rdxc7 27.h3 h5 28.a3g6 29.e3 Kg7 30.Kh2 Rc4 31.Bf3 b5 32.Kg2 R7c5 33.Rxc4 Rxc434.Rd4 Kf8 35.Be2 Rxd4 36.exd4 Ke7 37.Na2 Bc8 38.Nb4 Kd6 39.f3Ng8 40.h4 Nh6 41.Kf2 Nf5 42.Nc2 f6 43.Bd3 g5 44.Bxf5 Bxf545.Ne3 Bb1 46.b4 gxh4 47.Ng2 hxg3 48.Kxg3 Ke6 49.Nf4+ Kf550.Nxh5 Ke6 51.Nf4+ Kd6 52.Kg4 Bc2 53.Kh5 Bd1 54.Kg6 Ke755.Nxd5+ Ke6 56.Nc7+ Kd7 57.Nxa6 Bxf3 58.Kxf6 Kd6 59.Kf5 Kd5

60.Kf4 Bh1 61.Ke3 Kc4 62.Nc5 Bc6 63.Nd3 Bg2 64.Ne5+ Kc3 65.Ng6Kc4 66.Ne7 Bb7 67.Nf5 Bg2 68.Nd6+ Kb3 69.Nxb5 Ka4 70.Nd6 1-0


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[Event "Wch Moscow i 40/202; YB 4/91"][Site "16"][Date "1985.10.15"][EventDate "?"][Round "16"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Anatoly Karpov"][Black "Garry Kasparov"][ECO "B44"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3

a6 8.Na3 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.Be2 Bc5 12.O-O O-O13.Bf3 Bf5 14.Bg5 Re8 15.Qd2 b5 16.Rad1 Nd3 17.Nab1 h6 18.Bh4b4 19.Na4 Bd6 20.Bg3 Rc8 21.b3 g5 22.Bxd6 Qxd6 23.g3 Nd724.Bg2 Qf6 25.a3 a5 26.axb4 axb4 27.Qa2 Bg6 28.d6 g4 29.Qd2Kg7 30.f3 Qxd6 31.fxg4 Qd4+ 32.Kh1 Nf6 33.Rf4 Ne4 34.Qxd3 Nf2+35.Rxf2 Bxd3 36.Rfd2 Qe3 37.Rxd3 Rc1 38.Nb2 Qf2 39.Nd2 Rxd1+40.Nxd1 Re1+ 0-1


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[Event "Karpov-Korchnoi Candidates Match"][Site "Moscow RUS"][Date "1974.09.18"][EventDate "1974.09.16"][Round "2"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Anatoly Karpov"][Black "Viktor Korchnoi"][ECO "B77"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "53"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7

7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. h4 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne512. O-O-O Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Nxh5 15. g4 Nf6 16. Nde2Qa5 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Rfc8 19. Rd3 R4c5 20. g5 Rxg521. Rd5 Rxd5 22. Nxd5 Re8 23. Nef4 Bc6 24. e5 Bxd5 25. exf6exf6 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ 1-0


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[Event "Linares"][Site "Linares, ESP"][Date "1994.??.??"][EventDate "1994.??.??"][Round "4"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Anatoly Karpov"][Black "Veselin Topalov"][ECO "A32"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "77"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bc5

7. Nb3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. e3 Nxf412. exf4 Bd7 13. Qd2 Qb8 14. Rfe1 g6 15. h4 a6 16. h5 b517. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nc5 dxc5 19. Qxd7 Rc8 20. Rxe6 Ra7 21. Rxg6+fxg6 22. Qe6+ Kg7 23. Bxc6 Rd8 24. cxb5 Bf6 25. Ne4 Bd426. bxa6 Qb6 27. Rd1 Qxa6 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Qxg6+Kf8 31. Qe8+ Kg7 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Be8+ Kf835. Qxc5+ Qd6 36. Qxa7 Qxf6 37. Bh5 Rd2 38. b3 Rb2 39. Kg2 1-0


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[Event "Ch World (match) (PCA)"][Site "New York (USA)"][Date "1995.01.11"][EventDate "?"][Round "10"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Garry Kasparov"][Black "Viswanathan Anand"][ECO "C80"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3

d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Ng5 dxc3 12.Nxe6 fxe613.bxc3 Qd3 14.Bc2 Qxc3 15.Nb3 Nxb3 16.Bxb3 Nd4 17.Qg4 Qxa118.Bxe6 Rd8 19.Bh6 Qc3 20.Bxg7 Qd3 21.Bxh8 Qg6 22.Bf6 Be723.Bxe7 Qxg4 24.Bxg4 Kxe7 25.Rc1 c6 26.f4 a5 27.Kf2 a4 28.Ke3b4 29.Bd1 a3 30.g4 Rd5 31.Rc4 c5 32.Ke4 Rd8 33.Rxc5 Ne6 34.Rd5Rc8 35.f5 Rc4+ 36.Ke3 Nc5 37.g5 Rc1 38.Rd6 1-0


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[Event "m/16"][Site "London/Leningrad 42/440"][Date "1986.09.15"][EventDate "?"][Round "16"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Garry Kasparov"][Black "Anatoly Karpov"][ECO "C92"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "81"]


d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a4 h6 13.Bc2exd4 14.cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 c5 16.d5 Nd7 17.Ra3 c4 18.Nd4 Qf619.N2f3 Nc5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Nxb5 Rxa3 22.Nxa3 Ba6 23.Re3 Rb824.e5 dxe5 25.Nxe5 Nbd3 26.Ng4 Qb6 27.Rg3 g6 28.Bxh6 Qxb229.Qf3 Nd7 30.Bxf8 Kxf8 31.Kh2 Rb3 32.Bxd3 cxd3 33.Qf4 Qxa334.Nh6 Qe7 35.Rxg6 Qe5 36.Rg8+ Ke7 37.d6+ Ke6 38.Re8+ Kd539.Rxe5+ Nxe5 40.d7 Rb8 41.Nxf7 1-0


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[Event "Niksic"][Site "Niksic"][Date "1983.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "4"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Garry Kasparov"][Black "Lajos Portisch"][ECO "E12"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.e3

Nxc3 8.bxc3 Be7 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Bd3 c5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Bb2 Rc813.Qe2 O-O 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.c4 cxd4 16.exd4 Na5 17.d5 exd518.cxd5 Bxd5 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Rxd5 Kg8 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Ne5Rfd8 23.Qg4+ Kf8 24.Qf5 f6 25.Nd7+ Rxd7 26.Rxd7 Qc5 27.Qh7 Rc728.Qh8+ Kf7 29.Rd3 Nc4 30.Rfd1 Ne5 31.Qh7+ Ke6 32.Qg8+ Kf533.g4+ Kf4 34.Rd4+ Kf3 35.Qb3+ 1-0


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[Event "Hoogovens A Tournament"][Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"][Date "1999.01.20"][EventDate "?"][Round "4"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Garry Kasparov"][Black "Veselin Topalov"][ECO "B06"][WhiteElo "2812"][BlackElo "2700"][PlyCount "87"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. f3 b5

7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bb7 10. a3 e5 11. O-O-O Qe712. Kb1 a6 13. Nc1 O-O-O 14. Nb3 exd4 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd1 Nb617. g3 Kb8 18. Na5 Ba8 19. Bh3 d5 20. Qf4+ Ka7 21. Rhe1 d422. Nd5 Nbxd5 23. exd5 Qd6 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Re7+ Kb626. Qxd4+ Kxa5 27. b4+ Ka4 28. Qc3 Qxd5 29. Ra7 Bb7 30. Rxb7Qc4 31. Qxf6 Kxa3 32. Qxa6+ Kxb4 33. c3+ Kxc3 34. Qa1+ Kd235. Qb2+ Kd1 36. Bf1 Rd2 37. Rd7 Rxd7 38. Bxc4 bxc4 39. Qxh8Rd3 40. Qa8 c3 41. Qa4+ Ke1 42. f4 f5 43. Kc1 Rd2 44. Qa7 1-0


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[Result "0-1"][White "Paul Keres"][Black "Vasily Smyslov"][ECO "A17"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 b6 7.d4

cxd4 8.exd4 d5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Re1 Nb413.Bf1 Ne4 14.a3 Nxc3 15.Rxc3 Nc6 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Rxe5 Bf618.Rh5 g6 19.Rch3 dxc4 20.Rxh7 c3 21.Qc1 Qxd4 22.Qh6 Rfd823.Bc1 Bg7 24.Qg5 Qf6 25.Qg4 c2 26.Be2 Rd4 27.f4 Rd1+ 28.Bxd1Qd4+ 0-1


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[Event "Budapest"][Site "Budapest"][Date "1955.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Paul Keres"][Black "Laszlo Szabo"][ECO "B64"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2

Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 a6 10.e5 dxe5 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.fxe5 Nd713.h4 Rb8 14.Qe3 Re8 15.Rh3 Qa5 16.Bxe7 Rxe7 17.Rg3 Re818.Rxd7 Bxd7 19.Bd3 h6 20.Qf4 Kf8 21.Rxg7 Kxg7 22.Qf6+ Kf823.Bg6 1-0


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[Event "USSR Championship 1964/65"][Site "Kiev (RUS)"][Date "1965.01.23"][EventDate "1964.??.??"][Round "17"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Ratmir Kholmov"][Black "David Bronstein"][ECO "B99"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "67"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6

7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf612. f5 Ne5 13. Qh3 O-O 14. g5 b4 15. gxf6 Bxf6 16. Rg1+ Kh817. Qh6 Qe7 18. Nc6 Nxc6 19. e5 Bg5+ 20. Rxg5 f6 21. exd6 Qf722. Rg3 bxc3 23. Bc4 cxb2+ 24. Kb1 Nd8 25. Rdg1 Ra7 26. d7Rxd7 27. fxe6 Nxe6 28. Bxe6 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Bxe6 30. Kxb2 Rb8+31. Ka1 Bxa2 32. Rgd3 Qe7 33. Kxa2 Qe6+ 34. Rb3 1-0


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[Event "USSR Championship"][Site "Yerevan ARM"][Date "1962.12.11"][EventDate "1962.??.??"][Round "14"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Viktor Korchnoi"][Black "Mikhail Tal"][ECO "A62"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "107"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6

7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. h3 Nc7 11. e4 Nd7 12. Re1Ne8 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Be3 Rb8 15. a4 a6 16. Bf1 Qe7 17. Nd2 Nc718. f4 b5 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nde4 Qd8 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. d6 Ne623. fxe5 b4 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Bb7 26. Qd2 Qd7 27. Kh2 b328. Rac1 Qxa4 29. Bc4 Bc8 30. Rf1 Rb4 31. Bxe6 Bxe6 32. Bh6Re8 33. Qg5 Re4 34. Rf2 f5 35. Qf6 Qd7 36. Rxc5 Rc4 37. Rxc4Bxc4 38. Rd2 Be6 39. Rd1 Qa7 40. Rd2 Qd7 41. Rd1 Qa7 42. Rd4Qd7 43. g4 a5 44. Kg3 Rb8 45. Kh4 Qf7 46. Kg5 fxg4 47. hxg4Bd7 48. Rc4 a4 49. Rc7 a3 50. Rxd7 Qxd7 51. e6 Qa7 52. Qe5axb2 53. e7 Kf7 54. d7 1-0


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[Event "Kiev (Ukraine)"][Site "Kiev (Ukraine)"][Date "1960.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Nikolai V Krogius"][Black "Leonid Stein"][ECO "E92"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 h6

8.O-O Nh7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.b4 Rf7 13.c5 Ndf614.c6 bxc6 15.dxc6 Be6 16.b5 Bf8 17.Nb4 d5 18.Nbxd5 Bc5+19.Kh1 Nh5 20.Qe1 Ng3+ 21.hxg3 Qg5 22.g4 h5 23.g3 hxg4 24.Kg2Raf8 25.Bd2 Qh6 26.Rh1 Qg7 27.gxf4 exf4 28.Rd1 g5 29.e5 Qxe530.fxg4 Qxe2+ 31.Qxe2 f3 32.Qxf3 Rxf3 33.Rhf1 Bxg4 34.Ne4 Bh3+35.Kh2 Rxf1 36.Rxf1 Bxf1 37.Nxc5 Rf2+ 38.Kg1 Rxd2 39.Nxc7 Bh340.a4 Rg2+ 41.Kh1 Nf6 42.a5 Ng4 43.Ne4 Re2 0-1


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[Event "USSR vs. Rest of the World"][Site "Belgrade SRB"][Date "1970.03.31"][EventDate "1970.03.29"][Round "2.1"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Bent Larsen"][Black "Boris Spassky"][ECO "A01"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "34"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nxc6

dxc6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. f4 Ng4 11. g3 h512. h3 h4 13. hxg4 hxg3 14. Rg1 Rh1 15. Rxh1 g2 16. Rf1 Qh4+17. Kd1 gxf1=Q+ 0-1


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[Event "Habana, WCH"][Site "Habana, WCH"][Date "1921.04.08"][EventDate "?"][Round "10"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Emanuel Lasker"][Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"][ECO "D61"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "136"]

1.d4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5

Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.Rd1 Qa5 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4cxd4 11.exd4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.O-O {Thedevelopment is now complete. White has a lone d Pawn, but, onthe otherhand, Black is somewhat hampered in the manoeuveringof his pieces.} Rac8 15.Ne5 Bb5 {With this move and thefollowing, Black brings about an exchange of pieces, whichleaves him with a free game.} 16.Rfe1 Nbd5 17.Bxd5 Nxd518.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Qb3 Bc6 {Not Ba6 because of Nd7, followed byNc5.} 20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.Re5 Qb6 22.Qc2 Rfd8 23.Ne2 {ProbablyWhite's first mistake. He wants to take a good defensive

position, but he should instead have counter-attacked with Na4and Rc5.} Rd5 24.Rxd5 cxd5 {Black has now the open file andhis left side Pawn position is very solid, while White has aweak d-Pawn. The apparently weak Black a Pawn is not actuallyweak because White has no way to attack it.} 25.Qd2 Nf5 26.b3{In order to free the Queen from the defense of the b-Pawn andalso to prevent Rc4 at any stage.} h5 { In order to prevent g4at a later stage. Also to make a demonstration on the kingsside, prepatory to further operations on the other side.}

27.h3 {Weak, but White wants to be ready to play g4.} h4 {Totie up White's King side. Later on it will be seen that Whiteis compelled to play g4 and thus further weaken his game.}28.Qd3 Rc6 29.Kf1 g6 30.Qb1 Qb4 31.Kg1 {This was White'ssealed move. It was not the best move, but it is doubtful ifWhite has any good system of defense.} a5 32.Qb2 a4 {Now Blackexchanges the pawn and leaves White with a weak, isolatedb-Pawn, which will fall sooner or later.} 33.Qd2 Qxd2 34.Rxd2axb3 35.axb3 Rb6 {In order to force Rd3 and thus prevent the


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White rook from supporting his b-Pawn by Rb2 later on. Itmeans practically tying up the White rook to the defense ofhis two weak pawns. } 36.Rd3 Ra6 37.g4 hxg3 38.fxg3 Ra2 39.Nc3Rc2 40.Nd1 {The alternative Na4, was not any better. Whitesgame is doomed. } Ne7 41.Nc3 Rc1+ 42.Kf2 Nc6 43.Nd1 Rb1 {Not

Nb4 because of 44. Rd2 Rb1 45. Nb2 Rxb2 46.Rxb2 Nd3+ 47.Ke2Nxb2 48.Kd2, and Black could not win. } 44.Ke2 {Not a mistake,but played deliberately. White had no way to protect hisb-Pawn.} Rxb3 45.Ke3 Rb4 46.Nc3 Ne7 47.Ne2 Nf5+ 48.Kf2 g549.g4 Nd6 50.Ng1 Ne4+ 51.Kf1 Rb1+ 52.Kg2 Rb2+ 53.Kf1 Rf2+54.Ke1 Ra2 {All these moves have a meaning. The student shouldcarefully study them.} 55.Kf1 Kg7 56.Re3 Kg6 57.Rd3 f6 58.Re3Kf7 59.Rd3 Ke7 60.Re3 Kd6 61.Rd3 Rf2+ 62.Ke1 Rg2 63.Kf1 Ra264.Re3 e5 {This was my sealed move and unquestionably the best

way to win.} 65.Rd3 {If 65.Ne2 Nd2+ 66.Kf2 e4 67.Rc3 Nf368.Ke3 Ne1 69.Kf2 Ng2. and White would be helpless. If 65.Nf3Nd2+ exchanging knights wins.} exd4 66.Rxd4 Kc5 67.Rd1 d468.Rc1+ Kd5 {There is nothing left. The Black pawn willadvance and White will have to give up his Knight for it. Thisis the finest win of the match and probably took away fromDr. Lasker his last real hope of winning or drawing thematch.} 0-1


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[Event "Cambridge Springs"][Site "Cambridge Springs, PA USA"][Date "1904.04.28"][EventDate "1904.04.25"][Round "3.3"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Emanuel Lasker"][Black "William Ewart Napier"][ECO "B34"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.h3

Nf6 8.g4 O-O 9.g5 Ne8 10.h4 Nc7 11.f4 e5 12.Nde2 d5 13.exd5Nd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd5 15.Nf5 Nxc3 16.Qxd8 Rxd8 17.Ne7+ Kh8 18.h5Re8 19.Bc5 gxh5 20.Bc4 exf4 21.Bxf7 Ne4 22.Bxe8 Bxb2 23.Rb1Bc3+ 24.Kf1 Bg4 25.Bxh5 Bxh5 26.Rxh5 Ng3+ 27.Kg2 Nxh5 28.Rxb7a5 29.Rb3 Bg7 30.Rh3 Ng3 31.Kf3 Ra6 32.Kxf4 Ne2+ 33.Kf5 Nc334.a3 Na4 35.Be3 1-0


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[Event "Wijk aan Zee"][Site "Wijk aan Zee"][Date "1976.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "3"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"][Black "Ulf Andersson"][ECO "B47"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O

Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Bd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5Nxe5 14.Bf4 Bd6 15.Rad1 Qb8 16.Rd3 Ne8 17.Ne4 Bc7 18.Rc3 Nc619.Bxc7 Nxd4 20.Bd3 Qa7 21.Nc5 Bb5 22.Be5 Nc6 23.Bxh7+ Kxh724.Rf4 f6 25.Rh4+ Kg8 26.Qh3 Nd8 27.Bd4 b6 28.Nxe6 Nxe629.Qxe6+ Qf7 30.Qe4 g5 31.Rh6 Ra7 32.Rch3 Qg7 33.Rg6 Rff734.c4 1-0


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[Event "Tbilisi"][Site "Tbilisi"][Date "1976.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "2"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Lputian"][Black "Garry Kasparov"][ECO "E80"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 Nc6 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Rb8

8.Rb1 O-O 9.b4 e5 10.d5 Nd4 11.Nge2 c5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Nxd4exd4 14.Bxd4 Re8 15.Be2 c5 16.bxc5 Nxe4 17.fxe4 Qh4+ 18.g3Rxb1+ 19.Kf2 Rb2 20.gxh4 Rxd2 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Ke3 Rc2 23.Kd3Rxc3+ 24.Kxc3 dxc5 25.Bd3 Bb7 26.Re1 Re5 27.a4 f5 28.Rb1 Bxe429.Rb6 f4 30.Rxa6 f3 31.Bf1 Bf5 32.Ra7+ Kh6 33.Kd2 f2 34.Be2Bg4 35.Bd3 Re1 36.Rf7 Bf5 37.a5 Bxd3 38.Rxf2 Rf1 0-1


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[Event "4, Teplitz-Schonau it GER"][Site "4, Teplitz-Schonau it GER"][Date "1922.10.05"][EventDate "?"][Round "4"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Geza Maroczy"][Black "Savielly Tartakower"][ECO "A84"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "70"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5

7. Nf3 c6 8. O-O Ne4 9. Qc2 Bd6 10. b3 Nd7 11. Bb2 Rf612. Rfe1 Rh6 13. g3 Qf6 14. Bf1 g5 15. Rad1 g4 16. Nxe4 fxe417. Nd2 Rxh2 18. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. Re2 Qxg3 21. Nb1Nh5 22. Qd2 Bd7 23. Rf2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Bg3 25. Bc3 Bxf2+26. Qxf2 g3 27. Qg2 Rf8 28. Be1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 e5 30. Kg1 Bg431. Bxg3 Nxg3 32. Re1 Nf5 33. Qf2 Qg5 34. dxe5 Bf3+ 35. Kf1Ng3+ 0-1


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[Event "London m4 ;HCL 18"][Site "16"][Date "1834.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "62"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Alexander McDonnell"][Black "La Bourdonnais"][ECO "B32"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bc4 Nf6

7.Bg5 Be7 8.Qe2 d5 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Bb3 O-O 11.O-O a5 12.exd5cxd5 13.Rd1 d4 14.c4 Qb6 15.Bc2 Bb7 16.Nd2 Rae8 17.Ne4 Bd818.c5 Qc6 19.f3 Be7 20.Rac1 f5 21.Qc4+ Kh8 22.Ba4 Qh6 23.Bxe8fxe4 24.c6 exf3 25.Rc2 Qe3+ 26.Kh1 Bc8 27.Bd7 f2 28.Rf1 d329.Rc3 Bxd7 30.cxd7 e4 31.Qc8 Bd8 32.Qc4 Qe1 33.Rc1 d2 34.Qc5Rg8 35.Rd1 e3 36.Qc3 Qxd1 37.Rxd1 e2 0-1


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[Event "Tilburg 42/681"][Site "Tilburg 42/681"][Date "1986.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Anthony Miles"][Black "Alexander Beliavsky"][ECO "E12"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5

8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Qc2 d6 10.Bd3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 f5 12.d5 Nc5 13.h4 g414.Nd4 Qf6 15.O-O Nxd3 16.Qxd3 e5 17.Nxf5 Bc8 18.f4 Qxf5 19.e4Qh5 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.c5 Kd8 22.d6 Qe8 23.dxc7 Kxc7 24.Qd5 Nc625.Rf7+ Bd7 26.Raf1 Rd8 27.R1f6 Kc8 28.cxb6 axb6 29.Qb5 1-0


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[Event "Rovin/Zagreb"][Site "?"][Date "1975.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Dragoljub Minic"][Black "Albin Planinc"][ECO "C78"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "60"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7

7. d4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. e5 Ne4 10. c3 d3 11. Qf3 Qe712. Nd2 O-O-O 13. Nxe4 Qxe5 14. Re1 f5 15. Qg3 Qe8 16. Nd6+Bxd6 17. Rxe8 Rhxe8 18. Bf4 d2 19. Rf1 Re1 20. Bxd6 Rde821. f3 Bd5 22. Qf4 Bc4 23. h4 Rxf1+ 24. Kh2 Re2 25. Bxc7 Rff226. Qd6 Rxg2+ 27. Kh3 Rh2+ 28. Kg3 Reg2+ 29. Kf4 Rxh4+30. Kxf5 Rh6 0-1


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[Event "St Petersburg"][Site "St Petersburg RUS"][Date "1914.04.28"][EventDate "1914.04.21"][Round "5"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Aron Nimzowitsch"][Black "Siegbert Tarrasch"][ECO "D30"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "64"]

1. d4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. To redress the balance to a

great chess teacher, here is a brilliant win by Tarrasch. } d52. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 {11 Qe2!? }11...exd5 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nhf3 Rad8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bb5 Ne416. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qc2 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 {'The guardian of theking's field leaves his post for a moment, assuming wronglythat 19 Qc3 is a major threat' -- Tartakower. If 18 Qxd2 d4 19exd4 Bxf3 20 gxf3 Qh4 } 18...d4 {!} 19. exd4 {19 Rfe1! } Bxh2+20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Bxg2 {!} 22. f3 {22 Kxg2 Qg4+ 23 Kh2Rd5-+ } 22...Rfe8 23. Ne4 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Bxf1 25. d5 {25 Rxf1

Qh2+ or 25 Nf6+ Kf8 26 Nxe8 Qg2+ } 25...f5 26. Qc3 Qg2+27. Ke3 Rxe4+ 28. fxe4 f4+ {28...Qg3+! } 29. Kxf4 Rf8+ 30. Ke5Qh2+ 31. Ke6 Re8+ 32. Kd7 Bb5# 0-1


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[Event "FRA-chT"][Site "France"][Date "1999.??.??"][EventDate "1999.02.??"][Round "6"]

[Result "0-1"][White "John Nunn"][Black "Igor Alexandre Nataf"][ECO "B32"][WhiteElo "2600"][BlackElo "2481"][PlyCount "56"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7

7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 f5 9. Bd3 f4 10. g3 Nf6 11. gxf4 exf412. Bxf4 O-O 13. Bg3 Ng4 14. Be2 Nxf2 15. Qd5+ Kh8 16. Bxf2Nb4 17. Qh5 Rxf2 18. Kxf2 Bh4+ 19. Kg2 g6 20. Qf3 Qg5+ 21. Kf1Bh3+ 22. Qxh3 Rf8+ 23. Bf3 Qe3 24. Qxh4 Nd3 25. Nd5 Qxf3+26. Kg1 Nf2 27. Kf1 Qxh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxa1 0-1


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[Event "Moscow-Wch"][Site "Moscow-Wch"][Date "1966.05.02"][EventDate "?"][Round "10"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Petrosian"][Black "Boris Spassky"][ECO "E63"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "59"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nc3 d6

7. d4 a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 e5 11. b3 Ng4 12. e4 f513. exf5 gxf5 14. Nd1 b5 15. f3 e4 16. Bb2 exf3 17. Bxf3 Bxb218. Qxb2 Ne5 19. Be2 f4 20. gxf4 Bh3 21. Ne3 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Ng623. Bg4 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25. Be6+ Rf7 26. Ne4 Qh4 27. Nxd6Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Ra7 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 30. Qh8+ 1-0


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[Event "Tilburg "][Site "Tilburg "][Date "1989.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Jeroen Piket"][Black "Garry Kasparov"][ECO "E99"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O

Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.b4 Nf614.c5 Ng6 15.cxd6 cxd6 16.Rc1 Rf7 17.a4 Bf8 18.a5 Bd7 19.Nb5g4 20.Nc7 g3 21.Nxa8 Nh5 22.Kh1 gxf2 23.Rxf2 Ng3+ 24.Kg1 Qxa825.Bc4 a6 26.Qd3 Qa7 27.b5 axb5 28.Bxb5 Nh1 0-1


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[Event "Nuremberg"][Site "Nuremberg DEU"][Date "1896.07.29"][EventDate "1896.07.20"][Round "9"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"][Black "Emanuel Lasker"][ECO "C11"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "99"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Nc6

7. a3 Nxc5 8. b4 Nd7 9. Bd3 a5 10. b5 Ncb8 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Be3Nbd7 13. O-O g6 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Qe1 Nb6 16. Nfd4 Bd7 17. Qf2Nba4 18. Rab1 h5 19. b6 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Bxa3 21. f5 gxf5 22. Nf4h4 23. Ra1 Be7 24. Rxa4 Bxa4 25. Ndxe6 fxe6 26. Nxe6 Bd727. Nxd8 Rxd8 28. Bc5 Rc8 29. Bxe7 Kxe7 30. Qe3 Rc6 31. Qg5+Kf7 32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Qxc1 Rc8 34. Qe1 h3 35. gxh3 Rg8+36. Kf2 a4 37. Qb4 Rg6 38. Kf3 a3 39. Qxa3 Rxb6 40. Qc5 Re641. Qc7 Ke7 42. Kf4 b6 43. h4 Rc6 44. Qb8 Be8 45. Kxf5 Rh646. Qc7+ Kf8 47. Qd8 b5 48. e6 Rh7 49. Ke5 b4 50. Qd6+ 1-0


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[Event "St. Petersburg 1895-96"][Site "Petersburg 1895-96"][Date "1896.01.04"][EventDate "1895.12.13"][Round "10"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Harry Nelson Pillsbury"][Black "Emanuel Lasker"][ECO "D50"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "60"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6

7. Qh4 Be7 8. O-O-O Qa5 9. e3 Bd7 10. Kb1 h6 11. cxd5 exd512. Nd4 O-O 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qh5 Nxd4 15. exd4 Be6 16. f4Rac8 17. f5 Rxc3 18. fxe6 Ra3 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. bxa3 Qb6+21. Bb5 Qxb5+ 22. Ka1 Rc7 23. Rd2 Rc4 24. Rhd1 Rc3 25. Qf5 Qc426. Kb2 Rxa3 27. Qe6+ Kh7 28. Kxa3 Qc3+ 29. Ka4 b5+ 30. Kxb5Qc4+ 0-1


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[Event "Sochi 28th RSFSR ch"][Site "Sochi 28th RSFSR ch"][Date "1958.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Lev Polugaevsky"][Black "Nezhmetdinov"][ECO "A54"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "66"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6

7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Bd3 Ng4 10. Nge2 Qh4 11. Ng3 Nge512. O-O f5 13. f3 Bh6 14. Qd1 f4 15. Nge2 g5 16. Nd5 g4 17. g3fxg3 18. hxg3 Qh3 19. f4 Be6 20. Bc2 Rf7 21. Kf2 Qh2+ 22. Ke3Bxd5 23. cxd5 Nb4 24. Rh1 Rxf4 25. Rxh2 Rf3+ 26. Kd4 Bg727. a4 c5+ 28. dxc6 bxc6 29. Bd3 Nexd3+ 30. Kc4 d5+ 31. exd5cxd5+ 32. Kb5 Rb8+ 33. Ka5 Nc6+ 0-1


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[Event "USSR Championship"][Site "Moscow (RUS)"][Date "1969.09.07"][EventDate "1969.??.??"][Round "2"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Lev Polugaevsky"][Black "Mikhail Tal"][ECO "D41"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "73"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3

7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Na5 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. d5exd5 17. e5 Nc4 18. Qf4 Nb2 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 21. h4Rc4 22. h5+ Kh6 23. Nxf7+ Kh7 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. e6 Qf6 26. Qxf6gxf6 27. Rd2 Rc6 28. Rxb2 Re8 29. Nh6+ Kh7 30. Nf5 Rexe631. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Rc2 Rc6 33. Re2 Bc8 34. Re7+ Kh8 35. Nh4 f536. Ng6+ Kg8 37. Rxa7 1-0


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[Event "It ( cat. 15 )"][Site "Moscow"][Date "1981.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Lev Polugaevsky"][Black "Eugenio Torre"][ECO "D44"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6

8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5Nb6 14.dxe6 Qxd1+ 15.Rxd1 Bxh1 16.e7 a6 17.h4 Bh6 18.f4 b419.Rd6 Rb8 20.Nd1 Bxg5 21.fxg5 Nd5 22.Bxc4 Nxe7 23.fxe7 Kxe724.Rf6 Rhf8 25.Ne3 Be4 26.Rxa6 Rbd8 27.Rf6 Rd6 28.Rf4 Rd429.h5 Bd3 30.Nd5+ Kd6 31.Rxd4 cxd4 32.Bb3 Bc2 33.Bxc2 Kxd534.Bb3+ Ke5 35.g4 Kf4 36.g6 Ke3 37.g7 Rc8 38.Kf1 d3 39.Kg2 Kf440.h6 1-0


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[Event "USSR Championship"][Site "Leningrad (RUS)"][Date "1933.08.19"][EventDate "1933.??.??"][Round "4"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Vsevolod Rauzer"][Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"][ECO "B72"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 g6 7.Be3

Bg7 8.Nb3 Be6 9.f4 O-O 10.O-O Na5 11.Nxa5 Qxa5 12.Bf3 Bc413.Re1 Rfd8 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.Rac1 e5 16.b3 d5 17.exd5 e4 18.bxc4exf3 19.c5 Qa5 20.Red1 Ng4 21.Bd4 f2 22.Kf1 Qa6+ 23.Qe2 Bxd424.Rxd4 Qf6 25.Rcd1 Qh4 26.Qd3 Re8 27.Re4 f5 28.Re6 Nxh2+29.Ke2 Qxf4 0-1


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[Event "Skopje"][Site "Skopje"][Date "1976.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Samuel Reshevsky"][Black "Rafael Vaganian"][ECO "C05"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ndf3

Qa5 8.Kf2 Be7 9.Bd3 Qb6 10.Ne2 f6 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.Kg3 cxd413.cxd4 O-O 14.Re1 e5 15.fxe5 Ndxe5 16.dxe5 Bh4+ 17.Kxh4 Rxf318.Rf1 Qb4+ 19.Bf4 Qe7+ 20.Bg5 Qe6 21.Bf5 Rxf5 22.Nf4 Qxe523.Qg4 Rf7 24.Qh5 Ne7 25.g4 Ng6+ 26.Kg3 Bd7 27.Rae1 Qd6 28.Bh6Raf8 0-1


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[Event "Baden Baden"][Site "Baden Baden DEU"][Date "1925.04.25"][EventDate "1925.04.16"][Round "8"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Richard Reti"][Black "Alexander Alekhine"][ECO "A00"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "80"]

1. g3 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 d5 4. d3 exd3 5. Qxd3 Nf6 6. Bg2

Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 O-O 9. c4 Na6 10. cxd5 Nb4 11. Qc4Nbxd5 12. N2b3 c6 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. Rd2 Qc8 16. Nc5Bh3 17. Bf3 Bg4 18. Bg2 Bh3 19. Bf3 Bg4 20. Bh1 h5 21. b4 a622. Rc1 h4 23. a4 hxg3 24. hxg3 Qc7 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Re327. Nf3 cxb5 28. Qxb5 Nc3 29. Qxb7 Qxb7 30. Nxb7 Nxe2+ 31. Kh2Ne4 32. Rc4 Nxf2 33. Bg2 Be6 34. Rcc2 Ng4+ 35. Kh3 Ne5+36. Kh2 Rxf3 37. Rxe2 Ng4+ 38. Kh3 Ne3+ 39. Kh2 Nxc2 40. Bxf3Nd4 0-1


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[Result "1-0"][White "Richard Reti"][Black "Efim Bogoljubov"][ECO "A13"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "50"]

1.Nf3 {Notes by Alekhine} d5 2.c4 e6 {As for the merit of this

system of defence, compare the game Reti vs. Yates in thesixth round.} 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bd6 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 Re8 7.Bb2 Nbd78.d4 {To our way of thinking, this is the clear positionalrefutation of 2...e6, which, by the way, was first played byCapablanca (as Black) against Marshall and is based upon thesimple circumstance that Black cannot find a method for theeffective development of his Queen's Bishop.} c6 9.Nbd2 {Inthe game referred to, Capablanca, in a wholly analogousposition, played ...Ne4 and likewise obtained an advantagethereby. Of course, Reti's quieter development is also quite

good.} Ne4 {If the liberating move of 9...e5, recommended byRubinstein and others, is really the best here-then itfurnishes the most striking proof that Black's entirearrangement of his game was faulty. For the simplecontinuation 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Bxe5Rxe5 14.Nc4 Re8 15.Ne3 Be6 16.Qd4, would have given White adirect attack against the isolated Queen's pawn, withoutpermitting the opponent any chances whatsoever. Moreover, themove selected by Bogoljubow leads eventually to a double

exchange of Knights, without moving the principal disadvantageof his position.} 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.Ne5 f5 {Obviously forced.}12.f3 {The proper strategy. After Black has weakened hisposition in the center, White forthwith must aim to change theclosed game into an open one in order to make as much aspossible out of that weakness.} exf3 13.Bxf3 {Not 13.exf3,because the e pawn must be utilized as a battering ram.} Qc7{Also after 13...Nxe5 14.dxe5 Bc5+ 15.Kg2 Bd7 (after theexchange of Queens, this Bishop could not get out at all)


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[Event "Lodz"][Site "Lodz"][Date "1907.12.26"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Georg Rotlewi"][Black "Akiba Rubinstein"][ECO "D32"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 {Notes by Carl Schlechter and Dr. Savielly Tartakower.}

d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.c4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.dxc5 {Tartakower:Less consistent than 6.a3 or 6.Bd3, maintaining as long aspossible the tension in the center.} Bxc5 7.a3 a6 8.b4 Bd69.Bb2 O-O 10.Qd2 {? Schlechter: A very bad place for thequeen. The best continuation is 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Be2, followedby O-O. *** Tartakower: Loss of time. The queen will soon haveto seek a better square (14.Qe2). The most useful move is10.Qc2.} Qe7 {! Schlechter: A fine sacrifice of a pawn. If11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nxd5? Nxd5 13.Qxd5 Rd8! and Black has a strongattack.} 11.Bd3 {Schlechter: Better was 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Be2.}

dxc4 12.Bxc4 b5 13.Bd3 Rd8 14.Qe2 Bb7 15.O-O Ne5 {!Schlechter: Introduced by Marshall and Schlechter in a similarposition with opposite colors, but here with the extra moveRd8.} 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 {Tartakower: Threatening to win a pawn by17...Bxh2+ 18.Kxh2 Qd6+. White's next move provides againstthis, but loosens the kingside defenses.} 17.f4 Bc7 18.e4 Rac819.e5 Bb6+ 20.Kh1 Ng4 {!} 21.Be4 {Schlechter: There is nodefense; e.g., 21.Bxh7+ Kxh7 22.Qxg4 Rd2 etc.; or 21.h3 Qh422.Qxg4 Qxg4 23.hxg4 Rxd3, threatening ...Rh3 mate and

...Rxc3; or 21.Qxg4 Rxd3 22.Ne2 Rc2 23.Bc1 g6! threatening...h5; or 21.Ne4 Qh4 22.h3 (if 22.g3 Qxh2+ 23.Qxh2 Nxh2 andwins.) 22....Rxd3 23.Qxd3 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Qg3 25.hxg4 Qh4+ mate.}Qh4 22.g3 {Schlechter: Or 22.h3 Rxc3! 23.Bxc3 Bxe4 24.Qxg4Qxg4 25.hxg4 Rd3 wins. *** Tartakower: The alternative 22.h3,parrying the mate, would lead to the following brilliant linesof play: 22...Rxc3! (an eliminating sacrifice, getting rid ofthe knight, which overprotects the bishop on e4) 23.Bxc3 (or23.Qxg4 Rxh3+ 24.Qxh3 Qxh3+ 25.gxh3 Bxe4+ 26.Kh2 Rd2+ 27.Kg3


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[Event "USSR Correspondence Championship"][Site "?"][Date "1960.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Anatoly Rubezov"][Black "G Borisenko"][ECO "B89"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "74"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6

7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Bb3 Na5 10. f4 b6 11. g4 Bb7 12. Qf3Rc8 13. g5 Rxc3 14. gxf6 Rxe3 15. Qxe3 Bxf6 16. Rad1 Nxb317. axb3 a6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe6 Qc8 20. Nxf8 Qc6 21. Kf2 Qg2+22. Ke1 Bh4+ 23. Rf2 Bf3 24. Rd8 Qg1+ 25. Kd2 Qd1+ 26. Kc3Qxd8 27. Rxf3 e4 28. Rh3 Bf6+ 29. Kc4 Qc7+ 30. Kd5 Qb7+31. Kd6 Kxf8 32. Rxh7 Be7+ 33. Ke5 f6+ 34. Ke6 Qc6+ 35. Kf5Qc8+ 36. Kxe4 Qxc2+ 37. Kd5 Qxh7 0-1


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[Event "Semmering"][Site "Semmering (AUT)"][Date "1926.03.17"][EventDate "1926.03.07"][Round "8"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Akiba Rubinstein"][Black "Alexander Alekhine"][ECO "E16"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "58"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O

7. O-O d5 8. a3 Be7 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. dxc5 Bxc512. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ng4 15. Bc3 Rb8 16. Rb1 d417. Rxb7 Rxb7 18. Bxb7 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 dxc3+ 20. e3 cxd2 21. Ke2Qb8 22. Bf3 Rd8 23. Qb1 Qd6 24. a4 f5 25. Rd1 Bb4 26. Qc2 Qc527. Kf2 a5 28. Be2 g5 29. Bd3 f4 0-1


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[Event "St Petersburg"][Site "St Petersburg RUS"][Date "1909.02.18"][EventDate "1909.02.15"][Round "3"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Akiba Rubinstein"][Black "Emanuel Lasker"][ECO "D30"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 {Notes by Emanuel Lasker} d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 c5

5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 {The cause for subsequentembarrasment. 7...Be7 was preferable.} 8.e3 Be7 9.Bb5 {Showingup the weakness of Black's 7th move.} Bd7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nxd5Bxd4 12.exd4 Qg5 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Ne3 O-O-O {A carelessmove. There was no reason for Black to desist from hisintention of capturing the g-pawn simply because White hasomitted Qe2+. As a matter of fact, after ...Bxg2 15 Rg1 Qa5+16 Qd2 Qxd2+ 17 Kxd2 Be4 Black would have been quitecomfortable.} 15.O-O Rhe8 16.Rc1 {! A very subtle move. Whatwith the threat of Rc5 and d5, White retains his advantage,

and he can certainly cope with Black's threat of ...Rxe3.}Rxe3 17.Rxc6+ bxc6 18.Qc1 {!} Rxd4 19.fxe3 Rd7 20.Qxc6+ Kd821.Rf4 {! A splendid idea, threatening to decide the game atonce by Qa8+, followed by a Rook check on e4 or c4; hence,Black is forced to swap Queens and to face a lost ending.} f522.Qc5 Qe7 {After 22...Rd1+ 23 Kf2 Rd2+ 24 Ke1 Qxg2 Whitewould win the Rook by 23 Qa5+.} 23.Qxe7+ Kxe7 24.Rxf5 Rd1+25.Kf2 Rd2+ 26.Kf3 Rxb2 27.Ra5 Rb7 28.Ra6 Kf8 29.e4 Rc7 30.h4Kf7 31.g4 Kf8 32.Kf4 Ke7 33.h5 h6 34.Kf5 Kf7 35.e5 Rb7 36.Rd6

Ke7 37.Ra6 Kf7 38.Rd6 Kf8 39.Rc6 Kf7 40.a3 1-0


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[Event "Tilburg 53/115"][Site "Tilburg 53/115"][Date "1991.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Nigel Short"][Black "Jan Timman"][ECO "B04"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Qe2

Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 a5 10.a4 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd413.Re1 e6 14.Nd2 Nd5 15.Nf3 Qc5 16.Qe4 Qb4 17.Bc4 Nb6 18.b3Nxc4 19.bxc4 Re8 20.Rd1 Qc5 21.Qh4 b6 22.Be3 Qc6 23.Bh6 Bh824.Rd8 Bb7 25.Rad1 Bg7 26.R8d7 Rf8 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.R1d4 Rae829.Qf6+ Kg8 30.h4 h5 31.Kh2 Rc8 32.Kg3 Rce8 33.Kf4 Bc8 34.Kg51-0


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[Event "USSR Championship"][Site "Odessa"][Date "1989.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Ilya Smirin"][Black "Alexander Beliavsky"][ECO "C95"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "76"]

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. Bc2Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Qc1 Kh718. h4 d5 19. exd5 exd4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 21. Ne6 Qxd5 22. Nf4 Qc623. h5 Rad8 24. hxg6+ fxg6 25. Qb1 Rxd2 26. Bxg6+ Kg8 27. Bxe8Nxe8 28. Qc1 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Nd3+ 30. Nxd3 Qxg2+ 31. Ke3 Nd632. Rf1 Nc4+ 33. Kf4 Qd5 34. Kg4 Bc8+ 35. Kh4 Qd8+ 36. Kh5Qe8+ 37. Kh4 Qe7+ 38. Kh5 Ne3 0-1


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[Event "USSR Team Championship"][Site "Ol URS, URS"][Date "1964.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Vasily Smyslov"][Black "Mikhail Tal"][ECO "A36"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "144"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Nge7

7. Na4 Bxb2 8. Nxb2 O-O 9. e3 d5 10. Nf3 Nf5 11. O-O b612. Na4 Bb7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. d3 Qf6 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rfd1Rfe8 17. Rab1 Nd6 18. Ne1 d4 19. e4 Qe7 20. Nc2 f5 21. exf5Ne5 22. f4 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24. Re1 Qe2 25. Rxe2 Rxe226. Qxe2 Bxe2 27. Nb2 gxf5 28. Re1 Bh5 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. bxc4Re8 31. Kf2 Rxe1 32. Kxe1 Kf8 33. Kd2 Ke7 34. Ne1 a6 35. a4 a536. Kc2 Be8 37. Kb3 Bc6 38. Ka3 Kf6 39. Kb3 Kg6 40. Ka3 Kh541. h3 Kg6 42. Kb3 Kg7 43. Ka3 Kf6 44. Kb3 Be8 45. Ng2 Bh546. Kc2 Be2 47. Ne1 Bf1 48. Nf3 Bxh3 49. Ng5 Bg2 50. Nxh7+ Kg751. Ng5 Kg6 52. Kd2 Bc6 53. Kc1 Bg2 54. Kd2 Kh5 55. Ne6 Kg4

56. Nc7 Bc6 57. Nd5 Kxg3 58. Ne7 Bd7 59. Nd5 Bxa4 60. Nxb6 Be861. Nd5 Kf3 62. Nc7 Bc6 63. Ne6 a4 64. Nxc5 a3 65. Nb3 a266. Kc1 Kxf4 67. Kb2 Ke3 68. Na5 Be8 69. c5 f4 70. c6 Bxc671. Nxc6 f3 72. Ne5 f2 0-1


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[Event "GMA"][Site "Dos Hermanas ESP"][Date "2001.04.21"][EventDate "2001.04.19"][Round "3"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Ivan Sokolov"][Black "Alexey Dreev"][ECO "D43"][WhiteElo "2659"][BlackElo "2685"][PlyCount "62"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4

7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 b4 11. Na4 Nxe4 12. Be5Rg8 13. Qc2 c5 14. Bxc4 g4 15. Bb5+ Nd7 16. dxc5 b3 17. Qd3gxf3 18. c6 Bb4+ 19. Bc3 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 fxg2 21. Rg1 b222. Rd1 Qxh4 23. Qxd7+ Kf8 24. Qd4 b1=Q 25. Rxb1 Rd8 26. cxb7Rxd4 27. b8=Q+ Rd8 28. Qxa7 Qh2 29. Ke2 Rd2+ 30. Ke3 Rg3+31. Kxe4 Rg4+ 0-1


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[Event "USSR Championship"][Site "Leningrad (RUS)"][Date "1960.02.20"][EventDate "1960.??.??"][Round "16"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Boris Spassky"][Black "David Bronstein"][ECO "C36"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Bd6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. d4 O-O

7. Bd3 Nd7 8. O-O h6 9. Ne4 Nxd5 10. c4 Ne3 11. Bxe3 fxe312. c5 Be7 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Qd3 e2 15. Nd6 {One of the deepestsacrifices this side of The Evergreen Game -- Soltis} Nf816. Nxf7 exf1=Q+ 17. Rxf1 Bf5 18. Qxf5 Qd7 19. Qf4 Bf620. N3e5 Qe7 21. Bb3 Bxe5 22. Nxe5+ Kh7 23. Qe4+ 1-0


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[Event "Tallinn"][Site "Tallinn EST"][Date "1973.03.10"][EventDate "1973.02.20"][Round "13"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Boris Spassky"][Black "Mikhail Tal"][ECO "E30"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "76"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 b5

7. dxe6 fxe6 8. cxb5 d5 9. e3 O-O 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Bxf6 Rxf612. Qd2 a6 13. bxa6 Nc6 14. Be2 d4 15. exd4 Rxf3 16. Bxf3 cxd417. O-O dxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Qd6 Rxa6 20. Bxc6 Bb4 21. Qb8Rxc6 22. Rac1 Bc5 23. Rc2 Qa4 24. Qb3 Qf4 25. Qg3 Qf5 26. Rfc1Bb7 27. Qf3 Qg5 28. Qb3 Rc7 29. g3 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qf6+ 31. Ke1Qe5+ 32. Kf1 Ba6+ 33. Kg1 Qd4+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 Bb7 36. h4Qh1+ 37. Kf2 Rf7+ 38. Ke2 Qe4+ 0-1


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[Event "Havana WCH"][Site "Havana WCH"][Date "1892.01.07"][EventDate "?"][Round "4"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Wilhelm Steinitz"][Black "Mikhail Chigorin"][ECO "C65"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "55"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7

7. Nf1 O-O 8. Ba4 Nd7 9. Ne3 Nc5 10. Bc2 Ne6 11. h4 Ne7 12. h5d5 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bb3 Qc617. Qe2 Bd7 18. Be3 Kh8 19. O-O-O Rae8 20. Qf1 a5 21. d4 exd422. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nxd4 24. Rxh7+ Kxh7 25. Qh1+ Kg726. Bh6+ Kf6 27. Qh4+ Ke5 28. Qxd4+ 1-0


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[Event "St. Petersburg 1895-96"][Site "Petersburg 1895-96"][Date "1896.01.08"][EventDate "1895.12.13"][Round "11"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Wilhelm Steinitz"][Black "Emanuel Lasker"][ECO "D35"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "61"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bf4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. c5 Ne4

7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qc2 f5 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. a3 Bf6 11. O-O-O Kh812. f3 Qe7 13. Bg3 f4 14. Qxe4 fxg3 15. hxg3 g6 16. Qxg6 Bd717. f4 Rf7 18. g4 Rg7 19. Qh6 Rxg4 20. Bd3 Rg7 21. Nf3 Qf722. g4 Rag8 23. g5 Bd8 24. Rh2 Rg6 25. Qh5 R6g7 26. Rdh1 Qxh527. Rxh5 Rf8 28. Rxh7+ Rxh7 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Rxd7 Rf7 31. Bc41-0


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[Event "Hastings"][Site "Hastings, England"][Date "1895.08.17"][EventDate "1895.08.05"][Round "10"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Wilhelm Steinitz"][Black "Curt von Bardeleben"][ECO "C54"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4

Bb4+ 7. Nc3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxd5Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Re1 f6 15. Qe2 Qd716. Rac1 c6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nd4 Kf7 19. Ne6 Rhc8 20. Qg4 g621. Ng5+ Ke8 22. Rxe7+ Kf8 23. Rf7+ Kg8 24. Rg7+ Kh8 25. Rxh7+{And black resigned at this point. As Steinitz demonstratedimmediately afterward, there is a mate in ten moves which canonly be averted by ruinous loss of material; analysis follows:...Kh8 25. Rxh7+ Kg8 26. Rg7+ Kh8 27. Qh4+ Kxg7 28. Qh7+ Kf829. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qg7+ Ke8 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Qf8+Qe8 34. Nf7+ Kd7 35. Qd6#} 1-0


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[Event "Israeli Championship"][Site "Tel Aviv"][Date "2002.11.30"][EventDate "?"][Round "6"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Emil Sutovsky"][Black "Ilya Smirin"][ECO "B23"][WhiteElo "2657"][BlackElo "2683"][PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6

7. Ng5 O-O 8. f4 exf4 9. Bxf4 h6 10. Nf3 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd512. exd5 Na5 13. Nh4 b5 14. Nf5 bxc4 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Nxh6+Kh7 17. Nf5 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Kh8 19. Rae1 Qb6 20. Qh3+ Nh721. Rxe7 c4+ 22. Kh1 Qxb2 23. Re4 Rg8 24. Qxh7+ 1-0


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[Event "EUCup 16th"][Site "Neum"][Date "2000.09.24"][EventDate "?"][Round "7"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Peter Svidler"][Black "Michael Adams"][ECO "C78"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2

d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.d3 O-O 10.h3 Bh5 11.Nbd2 b4 12.a5 Rb8 13.Qe2bxc3 14.bxc3 d5 15.d4 exd4 16.Qxa6 dxc3 17.Qxc6 cxd2 18.Nxd2Bd4 19.Ra4 dxe4 20.Nxe4 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Be2 22.Bxh7+ Kh8 23.Bc2Re8 24.Re1 Re6 25.Qxe6 fxe6 26.Rxe2 e5 27.a6 Qd7 28.a7 Ra829.Rxe5 g6 30.Re4 c5 31.Ra6 Rxa7 32.Rxg6 Bg7 33.Bb2 Qb5 34.Bc31-0


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[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"][Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"][Date "1959.10.11"][EventDate "1959.09.07"][Round "20"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Mikhail Tal"][Black "Robert James Fischer"][ECO "E93"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5

7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. O-O Qe8 11. Nd2 Nh7 12. b4Bf6 13. Bxf6 Nhxf6 14. Nb3 Qe7 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Qe3 Ng8 17. c5f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 dxc5 21. Bd3 cxb422. Rae1 Qf6 23. Re6 Qxc3 24. Bxf5+ Rxf5 25. Qxf5+ Kh8 26. Rf3Qb2 27. Re8 Nf6 28. Qxf6+ Qxf6 29. Rxf6 Kg7 30. Rff8 Ne731. Na5 h5 32. h4 Rb8 33. Nc4 b5 34. Ne5 1-0


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[Event "Varna olm"][Site "Varna olm"][Date "1962.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Mikhail Tal"][Black "Hans-Joachim Hecht"][ECO "E12"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4

Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6 9.Nd2 e5 10.f3 Qe7 11.e4 Nbd7 12.Bd3 Nf8 13.c5dxc5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.Qa4+ c6 16.O-O Ng6 17.Nc4 Qe6 18.e5 b519.exf6 bxa4 20.fxg7 Rg8 21.Bf5 Nxh4 22.Bxe6 Ba6 23.Nd6+ Ke724.Bc4 Rxg7 25.g3 Kxd6 26.Bxa6 Nf5 27.Rab1 f6 28.Rfd1+ Ke729.Re1+ Kd6 30.Kf2 c4 31.g4 Ne7 32.Rb7 Rag8 33.Bxc4 Nd534.Bxd5 cxd5 35.Rb4 Rc8 36.Rxa4 Rxc3 37.Ra6+ Kc5 38.Rxf6 h539.h3 hxg4 40.hxg4 Rh7 41.g5 Rh5 42.Rf5 Rc2+ 43.Kg3 Kc444.Ree5 d4 45.g6 Rh1 46.Rc5+ Kd3 47.Rxc2 Kxc2 48.Kf4 Rg149.Rg5 1-0


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[Event "Reykjavik 43/449 Tal,M"][Site "Reykjavik 43/449 Tal,M"][Date "1987.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Mikhail Tal"][Black "Johann Hjartarson"][ECO "C97"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "85"]


O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1cxd4 14.cxd4 Rac8 15.Ne3 Nc6 16.d5 Nb4 17.Bb1 a5 18.a3 Na619.b4 g6 20.Bd2 axb4 21.axb4 Qb7 22.Bd3 Nc7 23.Nc2 Nh5 24.Be3Ra8 25.Qd2 Rxa1 26.Nxa1 f5 27.Bh6 Ng7 28.Nb3 f4 29.Na5 Qb630.Rc1 Ra8 31.Qc2 Nce8 32.Qb3 Bf6 33.Nc6 Nh5 34.Qb2 Bg735.Bxg7 Kxg7 36.Rc5 Qa6 37.Rxb5 Nc7 38.Rb8 Qxd3 39.Ncxe5 Qd1+40.Kh2 Ra1 41.Ng4+ Kf7 42.Nh6+ Ke7 43.Ng8+ 1-0


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[Event "Riga ;MAINB"][Site "Riga ;MAINB"][Date "1957.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Mikhail Tal"][Black "Alexander Koblents"][ECO "B63"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2

Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 a6 11.g4 Rd8 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h4b5 14.g5 Nd7 15.g6 hxg6 16.h5 gxh5 17.Rxh5 Nf6 18.Rh1 d5 19.e5Nxe5 20.Bf4 Bd6 21.Qh2 Kf8 22.Qh8+ Ng8 23.Rh7 f5 24.Bh6 Rd725.Bxb5 Rf7 26.Rg1 Ra7 27.Nd4 Ng4 28.fxg4 Be5 29.Nc6 Bxc330.Be3 d4 31.Rgh1 Rd7 32.Bg5 axb5 33.R1h6 d3 34.bxc3 d2 35.Kd1Qxc6 36.Rf6+ Rf7 37.Qxg7+ 1-0


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[Event "Tal-Larsen Candidates Semifinal Match"][Site "Bled YUG"][Date "1965.08.08"][EventDate "1965.07.23"][Round "10"]

[White "Mikhail Tal"][Black "Bent Larsen"][Result "1-0"][ECO "B82"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][MovePly "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4

Be7 8.Qf3 O-O 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Ndb5 Qb8 11.g4 a6 12.Nd4 Nxd413.Bxd4 b5 14.g5 Nd7 15.Bd3 b4 16.Nd5 {!} exd5 17.exd5 {Thepiece sacrifice is a positional one, since it has been used toerect an invisible barrier on the e-file. A number of squareson it (e5 and e6) are controlled by white pawns, and a whiterook will soon be moved to e1. -- Iakov Damsky} f5 18.Rde1 Rf719.h4 Bb7 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.Rxe7 Ne5 22.Qe4 Qf8 23.fxe5 Rf424.Qe3 Rf3 25.Qe2 Qxe7 26.Qxf3 dxe5 27.Re1 Rd8 28.Rxe5 Qd629.Qf4 {! With this simple tactic 29 ...Bxd5 30. Re8+ Whitekeeps his two extra pawns. The finish is straightforward. --

Damsky} Rf8 30.Qe4 b3 31.axb3 Rf1+ 32.Kd2 Qb4+ 33.c3 Qd634.Bc5 Qxc5 35.Re8+ Rf8 36.Qe6+ Kh8 37.Qf7 1-0


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[Event "Montreal"][Site "Montreal CAN"][Date "1979.04.25"][EventDate "1979.04.11"][Round "11"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Jan Timman"][Black "Anatoly Karpov"][ECO "A28"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "62"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4

O-O 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 d5 9. O-O Bd6 10. b3 Qe7 11. Bb2 dxc412. bxc4 Rb8 13. Qc1 Ng4 14. g3 Re8 15. Nd1 Nxh2 16. c5 Nxf117. cxd6 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Qxd6 19. Kf2 Qh6 20. Bd4 Qh2+ 21. Ke1Qxg3+ 22. Kd2 Qg2 23. Nb2 Ba6 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Kxd3 Rbd826. Bf1 Qe4+ 27. Kc3 c5 28. Bxc5 Qc6 29. Kb3 Rb8+ 30. Ka3 Re531. Bb4 Qb6 0-1


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[Event "Linares"][Site "Linares ESP"][Date "1999.03.06"][EventDate "1999.??.??"][Round "11"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Veselin Topalov"][Black "Viswanathan Anand"][ECO "B12"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7

7. Nf4 c5 8. h4 cxd4 9. Nb5 Nec6 10. h5 Be4 11. f3 a6 12. Nd6+Bxd6 13. exd6 g5 14. Nh3 h6 15. fxe4 dxe4 16. Bg2 f5 17. O-OO-O 18. c3 Qxd6 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Bxe4 fxe422. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qe6 Nd7 24. Qxd7 Rd8 25. Qg4 e3 26. b3 Ne527. Qe4 Qf6 28. Kg2 e2 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. cxd4 Qc6 31. d5 Qxd532. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. Re1 Rd2 34. Kf2 Rxa2 35. Rxe2 Nd3+ 36. Ke3Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 g4 38. Ng5 Nc1+ 39. Ke3 Nxb3 40. h6 a5 41. Kf4Nd4 42. Kxg4 a4 43. Kh5 Nc6 0-1


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[Event "Linares"][Site "Linares ESP"][Date "1999.03.09"][EventDate "1999.??.??"][Round "13"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Veselin Topalov"][Black "Vassily Ivanchuk"][ECO "A04"][WhiteElo "2700"][BlackElo "2714"][PlyCount "50"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3

Qa5 7. Ndb5 d5 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Qb3dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 13. Nd6 Be6 14. Qd3 e4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4Rad8 17. Qc2 Nd4 18. Qb2 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 Rfe8 20. Qb4 Qh5+21. f3 f5 22. g4 Qh3 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Re1 Rxe4+0-1


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[Event "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"][Site "Belgrade (Yugoslavia)"][Date "1995.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "6"]

[Result "0-1"][White "Veselin Topalov"][Black "Vladimir Kramnik"][ECO "B57"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4

Qb6 7. Ndb5 a6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 Ne5 10. Bd3 Neg4 11. Bc1 g612. Nb3 Qb6 13. Qe2 Bg7 14. f4 Nh5 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Bd2 e617. Ba5 Qh4+ 18. g3 Nxg3 19. Nc7+ Ke7 20. hxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Kd1Nf2+ 22. Kd2 Nxh1 23. Nxa8 Qxf4+ 24. Qe3 Qh2+ 25. Qe2 Qf4+26. Qe3 Qh2+ 27. Qe2 Bh6+ 28. Kc3 Qe5+ 29. Kb4 Ng3 30. Qe1 Bg731. Nb6 d5 32. Ka4 Bd7+ 33. Nxd7 b5+ 34. Kb4 Kxd7 35. Bb6 Qxb236. exd5 Rc8 37. dxe6+ Ke8 38. Bc5 Bc3+ 39. Qxc3 a5+ 40. Kxb5Qxc3 0-1


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[Event "It (cat.18)"][Site "Dortmund (Germany)"][Date "1996.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "9"]

[Result "1/2-1/2"][White "Veselin Topalov"][Black "Vladimir Kramnik"][ECO "D44"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6

8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5Qb6 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 16.Rb1 Qa6 17.dxe6 Bxg2 18.e7 Bxf119.Qd5 Bxe7 20.fxe7 Bd3 21.Ne4 Bxb1 22.Nd6+ Kc7 23.Bf4 Kb624.Nxc4+ Kb5 25.Nd6+ Kb6 26.exd8=B+ Rxd8 27.Nc4+ Kb5 28.Nd6+Kb6 29.Nc4+ Kb5 1/2-1/2


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[Event "Zonal tournament"][Site "Tallinn"][Date "1998.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Alexander Veingold"][Black "Daniel Fridman"][ECO "D44"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "71"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5

7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb712. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15. d5 b4 16. Rb1 Qa617. dxe6 Bxg2 18. Re1 Ne5 19. Qxd8+ Kxd8 20. e7+ Bxe721. fxe7+ Ke8 22. Rxe5 f6 23. Rd1 fxe5 24. Rd8+ Kf7 25. Rxh8Bc6 26. Ne4 Qxa2 27. Rh7+ Kg6 28. Rh6+ Kf7 29. Rh7+ Kg630. Rh6+ Kf7 31. Nd6+ Kg8 32. e8=Q+ Bxe8 33. Bf6 Qb1+ 34. Kg2Bc6+ 35. Kh3 Bd7+ 36. Kh4 1-0


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[Event "Jugoslavija (ch) 13/523"][Site "Jugoslavija (ch) 13/523"][Date "1972.??.??"][EventDate "?"][Round "?"]

[Result "1-0"][White "Dragoljub Velimirovic"][Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"][ECO "B99"][WhiteElo "?"][BlackElo "?"][PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4

Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.O-O-O Nbd7 10.Bd3 b5 11.Rhe1 Bb7 12.Nd5 Nxd513.exd5 Bxg5 14.Rxe6+ fxe6 15.Nxe6 Qa5 16.Qh5+ g6 17.Qxg5 Rg818.Rd2 Nf8 19.Nxf8 Qd8 20.Nxh7 Qxg5 21.fxg5 Kf7 22.Nf6 Rh823.g3 Bc8 24.h4 Bf5 25.Bxf5 gxf5 26.h5 Ra7 27.Rf2 1-0


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